Michigan Tradesman.

Published Weekly.

VOL.  9.

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY,  PUBLISHERS.
(IRANI)  RAPIDS,  DECEMBER  23,  1891.

$1  Per  Year.
NO. 431

G .  S .  B R O W N   <fc  C O .,

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Domestic Fruits  and  Vegetables

We carry th e largest stock In the city and guarantee satisfaction.  We alw ays bill  goods at the 

low est m arket prices. 

SEN  u   F O R   fjD O T A T IO N S .

24 and 26 North Division St.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

MUSKEGON  BRANCH  UNITED  STATES  BAKING  CO.,

S u ccesso rs  to

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HARRY  FOX,  Manager.

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Crackers, Biscuits#Sweet Goods.

MUSKEGON,  MICH.

SPE C IA L .  A T T E N T IO N   P A ID   T O   M A IL   O R D E R S .

Im proved  !FTu.e  Scraper.

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

H ESTER  &  FOX,  Sole  Agents,  Grand Rapids,  Mich.

Y M A S  GOOD S !

HANDKERCHIEFS,  COTTON,  SILK,  LINEN. 
MUFFLERS,  ALL  PRICES.
GENTS’  AND  LADIES’  GLOVES  AND  MITTS. 
NECKTIES,  FROM  $2.25  TO  $9.00.
DOLLS,  FROM  8c  DOZ.  TO  $9.00.
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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P.  S T E K E T E E   &  SO N S

H o l i d a y

C o m p le te   L in e   o f  N o v elties  N ow   R ea d y .

A.  E.  B R O O K S   &  CO.,
G ran d   R a p id s,  M ich.
4 6   O tta w a   St., 
F.  J.  LAMB.

WHOLESALE  CONFECTIONERS.

C.  A.  LAMB.

C .  A .   L A M B   &   C O ,

WHOLESALE  AND  COMMISSION

Foreign  and  DomestiB  Fruits  and  ProdUce

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

G - e t   t h e   B e s t   I

Jennings*

Flavoring;  Extracts

S E E   Q U O T A T IO N S.

Spring & Company,

IMPORTERS  AND  WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

Dress  Goods,  Shaw ls,  Cloaks, 
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  an d   D o m estic  C otton s

R ib b o n s, 

We invite  the attention  oi  the  trade  to  our Complete  and  well 

assorted  stock  at  lowest  m arket  prices.

Spring & Company.

W.  H.  DOWNS,

-----JOBBERS  O F------

Notions  &  Fancy  Goods.

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

SPECIAL  BARGAINS  IN  SPECIAL  LINES  TO  CLOSE.

S h e e p s k in   S lip p e rs.

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F e lt S lip p e rs.

X quality,  per  doz.  prs.........$1 35
XX 
..........   1  65
Plain, for rubber  boots.........  1  50
Leather sole, quarters and
toe  cap.................................  2 25
Parker’s Arctic Sock................2  25

HIRTH  &  KRAUSE,

H e a d q u a r te r s  fo r  B la c k in g s , D re s sin g s, 

S h o e   B ru s h e s , E tc .

Grand Rapids, Mich.

TELFER  SPICE  COMPANY,

MANUFACTURERS  OF

S p ic e s  a n d   B a k in g   P o w d e r ,  an d   J o b b ers  of 

T ea s. C offees  a n d   G rocers'  S u n d ries.

1 and 3 Pearl  Street,

TtfE  P

GRAND  RAPIDS

  YORK  BISGUIT  00.,

S.  A.  SEARS,  Manager.

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8 7 ,  3 9   a n d   41  K e n t St., 

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M a n u f a
G rand  R ap id s.

M O S E L E Y   BRO S.,

- WHOLESALE -

Fruits  Seeds,  Beans  and  ProdifGe.
G rand  IR.a/picis,  IMIioIx

26, 28, 30 & 32 OTTAWA  ST,

SBND  FOR  SAMPLE

O F   O U R

Imitation Linon Envelopes

O ne  S ize  o n ly , 

x  6.

Frice  printed, 500,  $1  50
1.000,  2  50
2.000,  2 25 per JVf.
5.000,  2 OO 

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The Tradesman Company,

Grand  Rapids•

For  Bakings  of All  Kinds  Use
eisGhmann  I  Bo/s
Unrivaled Gompressed Yeast,

SUPPLIED

FISH DAILY

To Grocers Everywhere.

Special attention is invited to our

YELLOW   LA B EL
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  

O r a n g e s  &   B a n a n a s !

WE  ARE  HEADQUARTERS. 

Mail  Orders  Receive  Prompt  Attention.

w .  N .  R A P P   St  C O .,

9 North  Ionia St.,»Grand Rapids.

Florida  Oranges  a  Specialty.

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

GRAND  RAPIDS

Wholesale  Grocers
STANDARD  OIL  CO.,
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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.
in 

Illiiminating  and  Lubricating

Dealers 

NAPTHA  AND  GASOLINES.

Office,  Hawkins Block. 

Works, Butterworth A?e.

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

kegon,  Reed City,  Manistee,  Petoskey, Allegan.

B U L K   S T A T IO N S   A T

Highest Price Paid  for Empty Carbon and Gasoline Barrels.

Wholesale
Grocers,

PUTMAN  CO.

JOBBER  OF

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

SALT  FISH

I Ma/fil Orders Receive Prompt Attention. 

See Quotations in Another Column

CONSIGNMENTS OF ALL  KINDS OF POULTRY AND GAME SOLICITED.

BALL

BARNHART 

VOL.  9._____________ GRAND  RAPIDS,  W EDNESDAY,  DECEMBER  23,  1891.

NO.  431

B .  J .  Mason  &  C o .,

PROPRIETORS  OF

Old Homestead Factory

G K R ^H ST T ,  M I C H .

MANUFACTURERS  OF

Fruit  Jellies  and  Apple  Butter

The Bradistreet Mercantile Apocy.

The Bradstreet Company, Props.

Executive  Offices, 279,281,283  Broadway, N.Y.

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

Offices in the principal cities of th e U nited 
States.  C anada,  th e  European  continent, 
A ustralia, and in London, England.

Grand  Rapids  Office,  Room  4,  Widdicomb  Bldg.

Our  goods  are  guaranteed to be made 
from wholesome  fruit and  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.

Including the follow ing celebrated brands m an­
ufactured  by the  w ell-known  house 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... 
55
L a  F lo r   d e  A lfo n s o ,...................................... 
65
L a  D o n c e lla  d e  M o r e r a ,............................. 
L a   I d e a l,  85 in a b o x ...................................... 
55
Also  fine line  Key W est goods at rock  bottom 
prices.  All favorite  brands of  Cheroots  kept in 
stock.

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

C or.  M o n ro e   a n d   I o n ia   Sts.,

Depositors’  Security,  $200,000.

OFFICERS.

Thom as Hefferan, President.
H enry F. H astings, V ice-President.
Charles M.  Heald,  2d V ice-President.
Charles B.  Kelsey, Cashier.
DIRECTORS.

D. D. Cody 
S. A. Morman 
Jas. G. M cBride 
Wm. M cM ullen 
D. E. W aters 
Jn o . Patton, J r  
Wm. A lden Smith

H. C.  R ussell 
Jo h n  M urray 
J . H. Gibbs 
C. B. Ju d d  
H.  F.  H astings 
C. M.  H eald 
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, Detroit and all foreign countries. 
Money transferred by mail or  telegraph.  M uni­
cipal  and county bonds  bought  and  sold.  Ac­
counts of  m ercantile  firms aB well as banks  and 
bankers solicited.

We  invite  correspondence  or  personal  inter 

view  w ith a view to business relations.
ESTABLISHED  1841.

THE MERCANTILE AGENCY

R. G. D u n   &  Co.

R eference Books Issued  quarterly.  Collections 

attended to throughout U nited States 

and Canada

To Buy A llen B.Wrisley's

ITWILL FAY YOU
6000 CHEER SOAR
Leading Wholesale Grocers keep it.

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

S w e e t  F lo r id a  O r a n g e s................................$8  50@2  75
L e m o n s ..................................................................   3  75@4  00
O Y S T E R S   !

We quote: 

B u lk .

Standards, per gal  .............................................$1  C5

S o lid   B ra n d  in  C ans.

....... . 

D a isy   B ra n d   In  C ans.

Selects........................85  E.  F ...........................   80
S ta n d a rd s................  18
Selects,..............  22 Standards................  16
F avorites................   t4
M rs.  W ith e y ’s H o m e -m a d e   M in ce -M ea t,
Large bbls................   6 
H a lfb b ls ................... 6J£
40 Id. pails 
6H  80 1b.  pails  ..............6-51
10 lb.  pails  ..............  7
21b. cans,  (usual  w eig h t)................$1.50  per  doz.
51b. 
................$3.50  per  doz.
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Choice D airy  B u tter...........................................:  23
E g g s ..........................................................................  21
Pure Sweet Cider,  in  bbls........   15__ 5 £bbl...  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  A  SON, 

V alley  City  Cold  Storage.
F IR E  
I N S .  
\  CO-
P R O M P T .  C O N S E R V A T IV E ,  S A F E .

S. F . A sf in w a l l , P re s ’t  

W  F red McB ain, Sec'v

THOS. E.  WYKES,

WHOLESALE

L im e ,  C e m e n t,  S tu cc o ,  H a ir,  F ir e   B ric k , 

F ir e  -Clay, 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.
________ on M. C. R.  R.________ W rite for prices.

L e t  u s  send You

A Few Bugs
Hassocks 
Carnet  Sweepers

From  which to  make  selections 

for the  Holiday Trade.

SM ITH   &  SANFORD.

CUTS for BOOM  EDITIO NS

-----OR-----

P A M P H L E T S

For th e best w ork, at  reasonable  prices, address 

THE  TRADESM AN  COMPANY.

A   T E M P L E   O F   H Y G E IA .

She said she  wanted one  hundred  dol­
lars dreadfully.  Many  people  do.  But 
Mrs.  Miller expressed  herself with an  in­
tensity which left  no  doubt  that  in  her 
case there was something  more  than the 
ordinary and general  desire for this con­
venient sum  of  money.  Her  tone  bore 
testimony to  a fierce  longing,  her  whole 
face was  screwed  into  wrinkles  by  the 
vehemence  of  her feelings,  and her  fea­
tures  gathered  together  in a  bunch  so 
that  her  mouth,  nose  and  eyes had  the 
effect of taking counsel with one another 
that they might  by their  united  powers 
taste,  sniff or spy out the desideratum.

But one hundred dollars to Mrs. Miller 
was a thing to be mentioned  with a  sigh 
of despair.  She  had  not  for years  had 
so  much  money 
in  her  hands  all  at 
once.  There  was very little ready money 
afioat in all the town of Stebbinsville, the 
popular  method  of  carrying  on  affairs 
being  to  exchange  directly  the  actual 
goods of this world  without resorting  to 
an intermediary handling  of  dollars and 
cents.

Mrs.  Miller’s  lot  had  never  been  an 
easy one.  Very  early in  her career  had 
come that day which comes to some  peo­
ple—the day  on  which  she  has  discov­
ered,  almost  with a  jump,  that  she  had 
nothing more to live for. And soon there­
after  had  followed  the  other  day—the 
day upon which she  had realized  in  the 
midst of mental and  moral collapse  that 
it was  necessary  to  live  still, neverthe­
less.  She  had  continued  to  exist  dog­
gedly for a  number  of  years  after  this. 
She had  even  grown to  believe,  with  a 
kind  of  stoical  enjoyment  of  the  fact, 
that she could  go on  forever if  need  be. 
But  she was destined  at last to  surprise 
herself  just  once  more.  By  the  time 
that  others had  resignedly, comfortably 
accepted her own theory  that  her career 
was practically  at  an  end  she suddenly 
flamed  up  with a  desperate  determina­
tion to make the  most of what  remained 
of it.  The most  was  not  very  much— 
it was not to  be more  happiness—only  a 
little  less  misery. _  She  demanded  for 
herself  the  right  to draw  at  least  one 
thorn from  her  flesh  and  to  spend  the 
last of her days in healing up the wound. 
The  thorn,  to  descend  from  figurative 
heights, was Granny  Miller.

from 

It is an ancient and  reprehensible cus­
tom to speak ill of  one’s  mother-in-law; 
no doubt many  a  really  charming  belle- 
mere  suffers  undeservedly 
the 
“black eye”  which  the  social  historian 
has  given to  her role.  But as  for Gran­
ny  Miller—the  mother-in-law  of  Mrs. 
Miller—she  was,  in  fact,  what  is  com­
monly supposed to be the pore type. She 
was a gossip,  a  scold,  a  gadabout  and  a 
meddler,  bitter of tongue and  prying  of 
eye; in  her  old  age  she  added  several 
troublesome infirmities to her vices.  The 
old woman  had  made for  herself such  a 
reputation that  when her  only son  mar­
ried,  her daughter-in-law stoutly refused 
to take her in.  Granny’s  husband,  some 
years before  this  episode, dying  with  a 
sigh of relief, had  left  his  widow  what, 
from a Stebbinsville  point  of  view, con­

stituted  a  comfortable  competency,  but 
as time went  on this  property  dwindled 
and  dwindled  away  unacountably,  as 
property  will,  and  in  her  old  age  the 
elder Mrs.  Miller came to be  regarded as 
little better than a pauper.  She was not 
above  accepting  assistance 
from  her 
neighbors, and had  a habit  of borrowing 
a pinch  of  tea  here  and  a  half  a  loaf 
there,  which  habit  was  at  last  openly 
recognized  as begging.

Finally  the  good  people  of  Stebbins­
ville, weary of her  importuning,  made it 
a  matter of  scandal  that the  old  crone 
should  be  left  alone  of  nights  in  her 
ramshackle old house,  a mark for practi­
cal jokers  and  marauders,  (with  whom, 
nevertheless,  it  may  be  parenthetically 
remarked,  Granny  was  abundantly  able 
to cope),  and it was at  this time that the 
younger  Mrs.  Miller,  weakened  by 
trouble,  made a  concession and took  her 
mother-in-law  in.  Adeline  Miller  had 
already at this period renounced all hope 
of  a  comfortable  and decent  existence. 
Her  husband  had  settled  into  an  ac­
knowledged good-for-nothing.  Three  of 
her children  had  died  in  one  winter  of 
scarlet  fever,  and  her  only  surviving 
daughter, Susie,  who worked in the dairy 
with her mother,  was a young person not 
destined to comfort  the  declining  years 
of her parents.  “Things is  so  bad  now 
they can’t be any  wuss,”  argued Adeline 
Miller—and  so  Granny  came;  Granny 
came,  and,  to be  brief,  Satan came  also! 
No pen and  ink could  depict  what  fol­
lowed in the  years that  ensued.  Suffice 
it to say that  Adeline Miller,  in  estimat­
ing her  own  powers  of  endurance,  had 
reckoned without her  guest.

“Granny,” she  said  one  day,  “I  wish 
to goodness you’d  go into  an  old  folks’ 
borne. 

I can’t stand you no longer.”

“Go into  an  old  folks’ home?  I  ain’t 
got any objections,”  responded  Granny, 
unexpectedly,  “none  whatsoever;  but  It 
costs money,” she went on,  with compla­
cency,  “a  hundred  dollars  down,  I’ve 
heard.  At least that’s what they  charged 
for  Aunt  Sairy  Ma’shall,”  and  the  old 
woman  grinned; she knew that this  was 
a  poser.

It  was very  shortly  after this that the 
younger Mrs.  Miller confessed to a neigh­
bor that she wanted one  hundred dollars 
dreadfully.  “Ef  I  could  only  sell  the 
cows!” sighed Adeline—but she  couldn’t 
sell the cows  and  live.  She  had  a wild 
plan for supplying a neighboring asylum 
for the  aged  with  unlimited  dairy  pro­
duce in lieu of the  admission fee for  her 
mother-in-law,  but she  learned  upon  se­
cret application to the  authorities of  the 
institution that this method  of payment, 
even were  she  able  to  pursue  it,  would 
not  be  acceptable.  She  ransacked  the 
papers with terrible  eagerness in  search 
of chances for money-making.

From  time  to  time  her  hopes  were 
fanned  .by  promising  announcements. 
She invested a dollar  which she could ill 
spare  in  materials  for  work  at  home, 
work which, according to  a plausible ar­
gument,  would speedily fill her  lap with 
gold.  When the  materials  came  by  the 
the
mail,  Adeline  tremblingly  undid 

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

looked  at 

package that coutaiued them.  She could 
feel the power of Midas  already tingling 
in her hands.  The  package contained  a 
photograph,  a  colored  photograph,  of  a 
fat  and  fatuous  young  lady 
smiling 
vaguely,with lips whose red had evident­
ly been  left  over  from  her  sash.  Her 
eyes and  bonnet ribbons,  both  blue,  had 
in like  manner  resigned  themselves  ac­
commodatingly  to  the  exigencies  of  an 
economical  palette—but  her  real  glory 
was her jewelry,  or at least  her gold,  all 
of which  had  been  highly brought out by 
an  unsparing  application  of  yellow. 
Adeline 
this;  possibly  she 
thought it fine—but  she failed  to under­
stand.  There were ott er  photographs— 
uncolored.  They seemed to  be the  pho­
tographs  of dead  people—they  had  that 
vague, ghostly  uncertainty  which  marks 
a 
from  daguerreotype. 
Their  watch  chains,  rings  and  ear-rings 
evidently  needed  toning  up  and  their 
complexions  solidifying:  their  features 
seemed  to  be  fioatiug  in 
the  clouds. 
There was  a  priuted letter  in  the  pack­
age  which  explained  to  Adeline,  after 
she  found it,  a number  of things.  What 
she made out  most plainly  in  the  midst 
of its seductive phraseology  was that the 
entire  success  of  this  money-making 
scheme involved another remittance from 
herself—a considerably  larger  one  than 
the first,  for  which  she  would  receive  a 
colorist’s  outfit.  She  could  then  enjoy 
an unlimited opportunity to perfect  her­
self in  the  charming  art  of  which  she 
held an example,and her many acquaint­
ances  would,  no  doubt,  beseige her  with 
orders for her work.

reproduction 

After the first blow  Adeline did not let 
the failure  of  this  venture  trouble  her 
too greatly.  She had  already something 
else  in  mind.  She  was  going  to  com­
municate with Mr.  Rufus L.  Smith of St. 
Louis,  who had announced  in  several pa­
pers that  he  would  show  any  lady  who 
should send  a postage stamp an infallible 
means  for  making  from  $40  to  $50  a 
month  in her  own  home,  and  Mr.  Smith 
had added  in  larger type that he was  “no 
humbug.”  It was only after several dis­
appointing  experiences 
that  Adeline 
learned  to  detect  beneath  flowers  of 
rhetoric  a  call  for  canvassers.  She 
couldn’t  go canvassing.  Adeline’s opin­
ion of human nature had never been very 
high.  It sank at last to  the lowest depth. 
All hope—all  faith—deserted her.  It was 
then  that  something  actually  came  to 
her, and came unsought.

The house  in  which  the  Millers lived 
stood  upon  what had  once  been  the top 
of a rounded  hill.  But in  order to  make 
a bed for the  railroad this hill  had  been 
cut exactly in two as neatly as one  might 
divide a pound cake,  and the half  which 
in  the days of  more prosperous residents 
had formed the  front  yard of  the  dwell­
ing had been carried off bit by bit in cart 
loads.  The house had  thus been left  to 
overlook  a  precipice—a  perpendicular 
escarpment  of  raw  red  earth—that  re­
fused even with time to be healed  with a 
sod.  The great frame structure looming 
up high  above this mutilated  face of  the 
hill  seemed 
the 
very edge of the world.  When the trains 
came plunging  into  light from  a  tunnel 
which ended  a  few  rods  farther  down 
the line  the  guant  old  habitation,  with 
its  Sapping “ washing” on  the  line,  was 
the  first  thing  to catch  the  eye  of  the 
/westward-bound traveler.  Fred Boomer, 
the  advertising  agent  for  a  new  and 
promising liver pill  known  to commerce

to  be  perched  upon 

j as the “ Panacea  Pellet,”  raised his eyes 
to this object  one  day  and  had  an idea. 
Three minutes after  he had  from the car 
! window caught sight of the  house on the 
j cliff he was jauntily descending from  the 
train  as it drew  breath  at  the  Stebbius- 
ville station,  although  his ticket bore the 
name  of  a  town  at,  least  twenty  miles 
further on.

Ten minutes later Fred  was  lifting the 
latch of  the  Miller’s  gate,  and  the  mis­
tress  of  the  house,  who  hail  a  keen ear 
for  its  click,  appeared  at  the  doorway, 
the doorway which  faced on  the  road  at 
the back of the house.

“ 1  wonder,” said  the young  man,  with 
a diffident smile,  “ if  1  might ask  you  to 
give me a glass of milk?”

“I  have  got  milk  to  sell,” said  Mrs. 
Miller,  whose  life had  not  cultivated  in 
her the amenities.

“Of course, of  course,” murmured  the 
embarrassed 
tsoomer,  struggling  with 
agonies  of  fictitious  bashfulness.  “ 1 
thought,” he  went  on,  timidly,  “that  I 
heard a cow  moo  as  1  was  passing by, 
and  the  sound  actually made  me  home­
sick.  1 am a  city  man  now,  but  1  was 
boru in the country once.”

“Step  in,”  said  Mrs.  Miller,  dryly, 

“and  I’ll  fetch you a  glass.”

“I’m  afraid  I’m  troubling  you.”  he 

lisped,  shriukiugly.

“Oh.  I’m  used to trouble’s f a r’s  that 
goes,”  said  Adeline Miller,  with  a  hard 
laugh.  “May  be,  you’d  like to sit down 
and rest a little.”

“Thank  you,  ma’am,  1  am  tired.” 
Boomer placed  himself  modestly on  the 
edge of a  chair.  Mrs.  Miller  had  gone 
into  another  room,  and  presently'  re­
turned,  bringing the  cool  atmosphere of 
the cellar in  her skirts.  Boomer quaffed 
the milk  which  she placed  before him as 
if it  had been  nectar. 
“Guess you don’t 
keep a pump in your  dairy,  do you?”  he 
remarked  with  emphasis.  “ You  must 
make a first-rate thing out of those cows.” 
Mrs.  Miller  responded  with  a  sound  in 
her throat  that  did  not  suggest  enthu­
siasm.  Then  Boomer  suddenly  cast 
aside his timidity and assumed a winning 
and confidential  manner.

“1  wonder,  Mrs.  Miller,”  he  said,  set­
tling more  comfortably  into  his chair— 
“I  wonder if you’d care  to make  a  little 
extra money?”

Adeline  Miller  started. 

It  seemed  to 
her that the young man  must be a mind- 
reader.

"Because if you do,”  went on Boomer, 
“ I should like to offer you a chauce.  1 have 
something  here”—he  drew  a  much  la­
belled  bottle from his pocket—“which—”
“Pshaw!” said Mrs.  Miller,  “I  can’t go 
a-canvassin’ with  a  husband and a moth­
er-in-law.”

“No—no—you  mistake  me—of  course 
not,” said Fred,  smiling.  “One moment, 
my dear madam.  My idea,  to be entirely 
frank with you,is to put an advertisement 
on the front of your house.  This  house 
is made for an  ad., my  dear Mrs.  Miller, 
and it’s a pure waste  of material to let it 
go  plain.  Really,  if  you’ll  excuse  me 
for  expressing  myself,  it’s  an  extrava­
gance for you to  be living  here  without 
utilizing your  frontage  for  the  purpose 
for which circumstances have so obvious­
ly  destined  it. 
If  you’ll  consent  to  let 
me  have  4 Panacea Pellets ’  in  five-foot 
white letters on a deep azure background 
run  across  the  front  of  this  house  I’ll 
make you a handsome  offer  for it.  This 
sort of thing is  going to  be  all  the rage 
in a year or two,  madam,  and you’ll have

the pas of all the  rest  of  the  townsfolk 
for setting  the  style.  A  house  without 
an ad.  five years from  now is going to be 
a rare thing in  my mind.  We’re a great 
advertising country, ma’am—the greatest 
in the  world.  It’s something to  be proud 
of—it’s something that every  private cit­
izen should glory in  promoting.  1  don’t 
say that there are not ads. and ads.  The 
great question of the  future  is  going  to 
I be  ‘What do you advertise?’  A  man  is 
going  to  stand  or  fall  by  that.  Now, 
Mrs.  Miller,  I’ll  tell  you  what  it  is,  you 
can’t start  in  on  anything  better  than 
the ‘Panacea Pellet.’ 
It’s the pill of the 
It’s a sure  cure  for  all  the  ills 
future. 
that flesh is heir to. 
In my opinion  it is 
going to affect  radically  the longevity of 
the  human  race. 
I  don’t  see  why  it 
shouldn’t bring back  the  good old  times 
and enable  us  to  count our  ages by the 
century,  like  Methuselah and the rest of 
the old worthies.  Yes,  mark my  words, 
Mrs.  Miller,  mark  my  words—”   Here 
Boomer paused for an  instant to balance 
his chair  nicely on  its  hind  legs  and  to 
settle his shoulders  against  the wall  be­
hind him—  “Mark my words—”

But Mrs.  Miller at last broke in—“See 
here,” she said,  “ what’ll you  pay me for 
lettin’  it be put on?”

Fred suddenly dropped his chair on  all 
fours and leaned  forward on the kitchen 
table. 
“Now  that’s  what  I  like,”  he 
said.  “I see you’re a  woman of business.” 
“I’ll  tell  you  what  it  is,” said  Mrs. 
Miller,  “1  couldn’t  let  you do it for less 
than one  hundred  dollars  a  year.”  She 
thought that sheshould probably frighten 
the young man  away by her bold demand, 
but she said to herself that it must be that 
or nothing.

"Yon couldn't?” said  Boomer,  looking 
up with surprise that she should  let  him 
oft so easily.  “ Well,  we’ll call  it a hun­
dred dollars,  then,  Mrs.  Miller,  an  even 
hundred a year to be paid in monthly in­
stallments.  And if  you’re tired of  your 
bargain at the end  of the  first year we’ll 
paint  it  all  out  for  you  as  sober  as  a 
Quaker,  and any color  you like.  Now,  I 
suppose I can  have  this little  job begun 
I’ll send the painters  over this 
at once. 
very afternoon. 
I run  up  and down the 
road every few days  and the next time  I 
pass in the train I want to  see  ‘ Panacea 
Pellets’  as large as life when I look this 
way. 
I’m going to leave  you  a  handful 
of circulars  and this  little  bottle  of  the 
pills.  Send you  up  a dozen more by and 
by.  You’d better try ’em. 
It’s  no joke; 
they’re a  splendid  thing.  Perhaps  you 
think you’re  well,  but  what’s the  harm 
in being  better—or  even  best?  Let  me 
see;  I owe you for the milk.  Now,  Mrs. 
Miller, good-by!  But I shall be in  in  the 
afternoon  with  those  painters.  Well, 
I’m glad to have met you.”

Mrs.  Miller  followed  him to  the  gate. 
She seemed to be struggling with an idea 
which she found difficult to expresg.  He 
had  thought  he  was  off,  when  she  de­
tained him  by  plucking  his coat  sleeve 
to say:  “1 couldn’t ’a done it once, but I 
guess I can stan’ it  now. 
I  don’t  know 
what the rest  of ’em ’ll say to  it,  but  as 
long as I  own  the house,  1  d’  know’s  it 
makes  any  difference.”  Boomer  had  a 
buoyant  and  reassuring  reply  for  her, 
and he reminded her  that she was  about 
to enroll herself  among  the  benefactors 
of the age.  He even referred  to  the old 
house as a temple  of Hygeia.  These lit­
tle flights of fancy were  amusing to him­
self,  and he believed that they were none 
the less effective because  they  were  im­

perfectly  understood  by the people upon 
whom he tried to use them.

When  he  turned  away  with  a  florid 
salute and descended  the  road  with  the 
springing  step  of  success,  Mrs.  Miller, 
against the gate,  followed  him  with hol­
low,  lusterless eye—with eyes  that  were 
looking  through  and  beyond  him  into 
the  cousequences  of  her  decision—in 
whose gaze Boomer was only a small  and 
unimportant speck  upon a broad field  of 
vision.  After a few  moments  her  fixed 
look changed.  There  was  a  shortening 
of the focus that brought  her back to her 
immediate  foreground,  and  she  drew  a 
sigh  in  acknowledgment  of  her  return 
to  herself.  She  walked  around  to  the 
front of the  house. 
It  was  a  hot  sum­
mer day,  and  while  the  back  yard  was 
cool, almost damp, with closely-set locust 
trees,  in front the sun beat upon the face 
of  the  dwelling,  peeled  off  the  white 
paint and  warped the lumber.  The very 
atmosphere seemed to  hum with  the  ra­
diation  of  heat.  The  river,  broad  and 
smooth,  that  lay  below  the  cliff  beyond 
the  railway,  was  a  shimmering  white 
sheet of  water,  on  which  the  sunlight 
danced  in  myriad  points  of  fire.  Mrs. 
Miller threw  her apron over her head and 
looked  up  at the face of the  house  with 
blinking,  watering eyes.

It had  been  rather a  pretentious house 
once,  with a great  classic pediment  sup­
ported by  wooden  pilasters,  which  were 
now  all  warped  out  of  plumb.  Mrs. 
Miller had  owned the  place  for  twenty 
years. 
It w'as not  a  cheerful  home,  but 
Mrs.  Miller had  never been  embarrassed 
by a choice between this and another.  It 
was her home, such as it was.  She won­
dered as she  looked at  it how the adver­
tisement would  appear  across  the  front 
in  “five-foot  white  lettering  on  a  deep 
azure background.”  She  fetched two or 
three  sighs  that  were  almost  groans. 
“Temple of  High  Cheer,” she  muttered; 
“that’s  what  that  high-falutin’  chap 
called  it.”  She  was  vaguely  conscious 
that he had  been  amused,  that  he  had 
made  a  joke,  and  she  knew  that  the 
Stebbinsvillians  would  not  hesitate  to 
make  other 
she 
would understand more  perfectly.  Ade­
line had a remnant of fierce pride—pride 
will  lurk  in the queerest places and sur­
vive the rudest  shocks!  Her  face  grew 
hot with shame  as she stood  there  look­
ing  up  at  the  house.  Then  Granny’s 
voice, rasping,  whining,  familiarly peev­
ish,  came from within:

jokes—jokes  which 

“ A-a-de-li-ine.”
“Well,  I guess lean stan’ it,” muttered 
Mrs.  Miller,  in  conclusion,  as  she  went 
in.

Boomer lost no  time in completing  his 
arrangements,  and in  a  day or  two  “Try 
Panacea Pellets,”  in hugh letters of daz­
zling  whiteness  shown  upon  Mrs.  Mil­
ler’s  house.  The  Stebbinvilliaus  came 
en masse to take a  near look  at  the  ad­
vertisement,  although  many  of  them 
could  see it from  their homes below  the 
cliff,  where the principal  part of the vil­
lage nestled  from  the wind. 
It  was  re­
garded as a magnificent joke.

Adeline  Miller  was 

living  with  her 
teeth set now. 
It  had  all  been  harder 
even than  she  had  feared,  but  she  was 
“stan’in’  it  somehow,”  she  said.  You 
had to “ stan’ ”  things when  it  was  nec­
essary,  and it was necessary to get rid of 
Granny,  and  this  was  the  only  way. 
When Adeline thought of this she looked 
at Granny  and felt helped  to “ stan’”  it. 
But  Granny’s  behavior  was  very queer.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

3

Adeline had had a lively prevision of the 
old woman’s “raisin’ Cain” when she saw 
Boomer’s  work,  but  Granny  had  done 
nothing of the kind.  Her  only allusion 
to the matter had been:  “Well,  Adeline, 
you  must  a’  wanted  money  dreadful!” 
From the very beginning of the advertis­
ing epoch a change had come  over Gran­
ny—she had begun  to draw  into  herself 
aud  an  unwonted  stillness  had  settled 
upon her.  She seemed  in a  kind  of  un­
holy  peace, to be  feeding upon  thoughts 
that  were  agreeable — even  amusing. 
Adeline 
the  old 
woman’s eyes fixed upon her with a curi­
ous and uncanny twinkle in them.  It gave 
Adeline the  “creeps”—it gave her a sen­
sation that after all  Granny was  not go­
ing to be  cornered,  that  she  was  medi­
tating some  dodge.  Adeline  frequently 
said to herself,  “What  is it?”

sometimes  caught 

in  Life,  Provokin’ 

In the eighth month of the  “ ad.” (Mrs. 
Miller reckoned time  only  with  relation 
to  the  “ ad.”  now),  Granny  was  found 
dead  in her chair.  Then it  appeared  to 
Adeline  that  a  ghastly  joke  had  been 
played upon her.  She was  positive that 
Granny had done it “ a purpose.”  Granny 
had  slipped  away  to  add  the  sting  of 
needlessness to all  the mortification that 
Adeline  had  been  “ stau’in’. ”  Her last 
moments  had  been  entertained  by  the 
spectacle  of  her  daughter-in-law’s  un­
necessary  struggles  to  get  rid  of  her. 
She had  been tickled  by the  conscious­
ness that the offensive legend emblazoned 
upon  Adeline’s  door  would  flourish— 
must flourish for three long months after 
it  ceased  to  have  a  reason  for  being. 
They buried the old woman  in the grave­
yard  of  the  “First  Reformed  Church.” 
There  was  no  other inscription  on  the 
headstone than  name  and  dates.  Ade­
line Miller framed from her own fancy a 
little epitaph  which jingled  in her  head 
—“Provokin’ 
in 
Death”  it ran—but she kept it to herself.
A few  weeks  after  Granny’s  funeral, 
Adeline  began  her  spring  house-clean­
ing.  The first  thing  that  she  attacked 
was Granny’s  arm-chair,  a veteran piece 
of upholstery to  which  the  old  woman 
had always  clung,  and  which  had been 
transported  from her  own  house at  the 
time of her removal  to  Adeline’s.  Ade­
line Miller ripped off the rags  of ancient 
rep  from  the  seat  and  back;  the  hair 
stuffing  was  good  and  she  meant  to 
cleanse it and make up  the  chair  anew. 
She sat  down  upon the  ground to  with­
stand the force of the gale that was blow­
ing,  and  began  to  pull the  stuffing into 
her  lap.  Out from the  matted  bunches 
of hair tumbled  a shimmering shower  of 
gold—bright, glittering gold that clinked 
upon  the  hard  ground.  Some  of  the 
pieces  spun; one  rolled away; the  mass 
soon lay brilliant in the grass.  “ Money! 
money!  Mercy!  mercy!  Money!”  cried 
Adeline.  She  fell  forward  upon  her 
knees and began to  gather  up the pieces 
with  trembling  fingers. 
They  were 
double eagles.  Adeline had hardly  ever 
seen  the  coin  before.  Shs  began 
to 
count, but her hands shook and her brain 
was  faint. 
“Twenty—forty — sixty —
eighty—mercy,  mercy!  an’  to  think  she 
had ’em  all  the  time!  Eighty—a  hun­
dred-dear, dear—how  I  wanted  a  hun­
dred!  A hundred  and  twenty—and  she 
never  said  nothin’,  an’ just  set  on  this 
all her  life.  Dear  me; and  I  gave  her 
my grenadine to keep her decent because 
she hadn’t a  rag  to  her  back!  A  hun­
dred and twenty—land!  land!  She used 
to beg.  She shamed us  by  beggin’ till  1

took her in!  Where  was  1?—a  hundred 
an’  twenty—a hundred  an’  forty—sixty. 
Oh, dear!  oh,  dear!  When  little  Lizzie 
died if I’d just had ten dollars more!”

She lost  her count here and buried her 
face in  her hands to cry.  When she got 
up she carried the gold into her bedroom, 
and there,  by  aid  of  paper  aud  pencil, 
she made  out  that  there  were  $4,000 in 
all—the better part of Granny’s property 
that  had  “ dwindled  away.”  Adeline 
locked  up  this  fortune  in  her  bureau 
drawer  and  went  out 
in  front  of  the 
house to gather  up the scattered  hair as 
if in a dream.  Once or  twice  she stared 
up  at  the  front  of  the  dwelling  from 
which  “Try  Panacea  Pellets”  seemed  to 
grimace at her.  She had felt for months 
as  if  those  letters  were  tattooed  npon 
her face.

She kept thinking:  “We’re  rich  now, 
but it don’t make  any  difference;  I  b’eu 
through too much.”  Her  husband came 
and stood  in the doorway.  Adeline per­
ceived that it was not a lucid interval with 
him; he had  been  drinking  just  enough 
to cloud his intellect.  “1  won’t  tell him 
now,” she reflected.  Then  she  thought: 
“ Why, he can have a new soot o’  close!” 
It occurred  to  her,  too,  in  the  next  in­
stant that  she  could  have  a  new  shed 
built in the cow-yard just as  well as not. 
It all  dazzled  her  and  she  sat down  on 
the doorstep  with her back to  “him”  and 
tried  to  gather  her  wits.  She  realized 
with  a  feeling  of  “flightiness” that  her 
cousin’s daughter  Katie  would  come  on 
from the  West  now  and  stay  with  her 
and help  in the dairy.  Katie had always 
wanted  to  come,  but  there  had  never 
been  any  money  before.  Adeline  had 
always had a soft spot  for Katie because 
she looked like  “ Lizzie.”

There was  something  else  which  flut­
tered before  Adeline’s  excited  imagina­
tion.  She had  a  vision—a  queer  little, 
quick,  unexpected  vision—of  something 
that  had  dangled  in  the  doorway  of a 
shop  in  the  nearest  large  town,  where 
she had  been  a  month  before.  Adeline 
had hardly realized that she had thought 
of the  thing  at  all  at  the time,  but  she 
remembered  it  distinctly  now—she  saw 
it like a flash. 
It was  a  shawl,  a decent 
black shawl,  and it had a ticket sewed  to 
it  which  said  “ Twelve dollars.”  When 
this vision came up before  Adeline a hot 
flush of  joy spread  itself over her gaunt 
and  careworn  face.  The  next  minute 
she said to herself,  with  a kind of  inter­
nal  bashfulness,  “Adeline Miller, you’re 
a fool!”

But, after all,  it is such  trifles that win 

us back to life. 

H e l e n   W a l t e r

A lw a y s  a t  t h e  F r o n t.

We have received a  copy  of  the  hand­
somely illustrated prospectus for 1892 is­
sued  by  the  Detroit  Free  Press.  The 
achievements  of  this  famous  paper  in 
the past have been great,  but if its prom­
ises for the  future  are  to  be  fulfilled— 
and there certainly  is  no  reason  to  ex­
pect the contrary—the Detroit Free Press 
will in  1892  be,  as  its  publishers  con­
fidently claim,  the most entertaining and 
instructive paper  published,  giving  ad­
ditional pleasure to its  thousands  of  old 
subscribers  and  fresh  enjoyment  to  the 
many thousand new ones that its merrits 
deserve.  Its list of contributors for 1892 
includes many of the most famous names 
in American literary and public life, and 
most of the  articles  to  be  published  are 
of unusual  importance  and interest, pre­
senting a splendid array of valuable  fea­
tures in addition to inimitable work done 
by its  own  staff  of  bright  and  famous 
writers.
The publishers of  the  Free  Press  will 
mail copies of the paper  and  prospectus 
to all applicants.

BEFORE  AND  AFTER.

Experience  o f  a  Live  Firm  w ith  the  Coupon

System.

F  Goodman  &  Co.,  dealers  in  general  merchandise  at  Burnip’s  Corners,  re­

cently issued the following circulars to their customers:

BEFORE  USING.

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
ers would  often  neglect  to  bring  their 
books  when  making  purchases,  and  it 
would frequently  happen,  when we were 
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 
the source of considerable loss  to  us  in 
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.
to 
2.  There  will  be  no  pass-books 
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 know the exact amount of  goods  they 
have had,  by reference  to  their  coupon 
books.
7.  They will know 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 per ceut. on all 
of your purchases,  no  matter  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 and 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.  Goodman  & Co,

AFTER °U SING.

Bu r n ip’s Corners,  Nov.  25—We have 
been  gradually  endeavoring  to  correct 
some of the unnecessary evils  appertain 
iug to a credit business of a country retail 
store,  aud  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 
customers in  settling  accounts  seems  to 
us to be alone sufficient to  recommend  it 
to every retail merchant in  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  in  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 given  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 far 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.  Goodman &  Co.

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY,

Sole Manufacturers,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN,

4

THE  MICHIGAN  TTRAlDESMAlSr

AMONG  T H E   T R A D E.
ABOUND  THE  STATE.

Middleville—Thompson Bros, have dis­

continued the meat business.

Flint—E.  W.  McIntyre  has  sold  his 

drug store to Howell  & Harris.

Colon—C.  E .  Baird  succeeds  Baird  <& 

Kent in the hardware business.

Durand—F.  H. Potter has sold his lum­

ber business to McBride  &  Son.

Pittsford—Geo.  Iianer  succeeds F.  W. 

Weden & Co.  in the harness business.

Yale—W.  W.  Grinnell  has  sold  his 
cigar and  tobacco  stock  to B.  Xeustead.
Mt. Clemens—Eugene Shook is succeed­
ed by Shook  Bros,  in  the  grocery  busi­
ness.

Xaubinway—I.  Reinhertz has  removed 
his dry goods and clothing stock to Trout 
Creek.

Greenville—Oscar  Dassance  succeeds 
S. C.  VanderSlip in the  sewing  machine 
business.

Addison—J .  W.  Crandall  &  Son  have 
purchased  the meat  market of  Edwin S. 
Lapham.

Ludington — Mrs.  Maggie  Gulembo 
succeeds  Gulembo  &  Roussin  in the gro­
cery business.

Detroit—Hamilton Carhart &  Co.  suc­
ceed Hamilton  Carhart  in  the  manufac­
ture of overalls.

Coleman—John  D.  Carpenter  is  suc­
ceeded by John Mason in the grocery  and 
crockery  business.

Evart—E.  R. Sage  and  Festus  Phenix 
each  centemplate  engaging  in  the  gro­
cery business near East Fork.

Muskegon—Joseph Mitchesou has  sold I 
his meat  market  to Chas.  Price and Wei- j 
lington Price,  late of  Ravenna.

Morley—A.  C.  Adams,  Administrator, 
has sold  his  grocery  stock  to  Frank  A. 
Hunter  &  Co.,  who  will  continue  the 
business.

Charlevoix—A.  Fox  has  sold  his  gro­
cery  stock  to  Capt.  O.  E.  Wilbur,  who 
has sailed  the  City of urand liapidx  for 
many years.

Kalamazoo—Charles  Brakeman  has re­
signed his position as clerk at the  Farm­
ers’  sheds  grocery  and  taken  a  similar 
position with A. P.  Sprague.

Hudsonville—T.  B.  Curtis  has  pur­
chased an  interest in the general stock of 
C.  K. Hoyt  and  the  firm  will  hereafter 
be known as C.  K.  Hoyt & Co.

Muskegon—Chas.  J.  French  has  as­
signed his dry goods stock to Harry Fox, 
¡Superintendent of  the Muskegon  branch j 
of the United States Baking Co.

Montague — Herron  Bros,  have  dis­
solved partnership and  are succeeded  by 
the  Herron Grocery & Stock  Co.  W.  J. 
Mason has taken  an  interest in  the  busi­
ness.

Vicksburg—Newton & Best,  dealers in 
groceries and drugs,  have dissolved  part­
nership.  Clinton  D.  Best  continues  the 
grocery business  aud  Geo.  Newton  con­
tinues the drug business.

Big Rapids—F.  T.  Wilcox  is  packing i 
his hardware  stock  for  removal to  West 
Superior,  Wis.,  where  his  father,  S. S. 
Wilcox,  has just completed a store build­
ing aud warehouse for its reception.

Saginaw—A  burglar  gained  entrance 
into Wm.  D.  Reagan’s  grocery  store  one 
night  last  week  by  climbing  over  the 
transom.  He broke  open  both  tills,  but 
they were empty.  Nothing else  was dis­
turbed.

Detroit—Three chattel mortgages have 
been  filed  on  the  stock of  shoes  in  the 
stores owned Emma H.  Richardson.  One |

| of them is for S3,000 to  A.  C.  McGraw  & \ 
j Co.,  securing an  indebtedness  of §960.87;
1 the second is to H.  S.  Robinson & Co.,  to j 
! secure an  indebtedness of  S2.222.52, and i 
I the third  to II.  S.  Robinson and  Samuel j 
| G.  Caskey is for §5,000  to secure them as I 
j bondsmen  in  a  replevin  case  which  she ) 
• has brought  against  the  Riverside  Sfor- ; 
| age Co.

Marquette—E.  W.  Wheeler,  who  is op- j 
| erating on  a tract of timber  of  about  6,- 
j 000,000 feet, east of  Ewen, in Ontonagon | 
| county,  will  put  some  of  the  best of  it 
j into  wauey  timber. 
Flatt  Bros,  have 
; contracted  for  and  will  send  it  to  the 
; Canadian  market  by  water  from 
this 
: port.

MANUKACTURIN6  MATTERS.

Detroit— Gruber  *   Wilson  succeed! 
| Gruber,  Smith & Co.  in the  manufac'ure j 
of brushes.

Eagle Mills—F .  W.  Read  &  Co.  have j 
j started their sawmill  here,  the  logs com- j 
ing  in  by  rail  from  their  camp  near 
O’Brien.

Manistee—Five  sawmills are still  run­
ning,  aud  so  far  as  the  weather is  con­
cerned  they  can  do  as  good  work  as  at I 
| any time of  the year.

Marquette—The  Johnson  Lumber  Co. 
has  begun  receiving  logs  over  the  Chi­
cago & Northwestern  railway for its  mill I 
at TeaMake,  near Negaunee.

Manistee—J.  Hansel man  will  move the 
drug  stock  formerly  owned  by  Lee  & I 
Mix into  the  Ramsdell  block,  when  the 
establishment  will  be  styled  the  Ideal 
Drug Store.

Manistee—Jas.  Finan  &  Co.,  of  this 
place,  have leased  the Hill  shingle  mill, 
at  Frankfort,  for  a  term  of  years,  and j 
will stock  it  with cedar aud pine and run 
it to its fullest capacity.

Bay City—Eddy  Bros.  &  Co.  will  rail 
15,000,000 feet of  logs to the Pinconning 
boom,  where  they  will  be  made  up into 
rafts in the  spring and  towed around  to | 
the  mill.  One  train  load  daily  is  run } 
from their camps to the  boom.

Arthur Bay—Sweet &  Jacobi,  who  re­
cently  purchased  J.  A.  Crozier’s  mill 
j outfit  at  Stephenson,  will  re-establish 
j  the plant  at  this  place.  The  buildings 
of the  Sweet  Cedar &  Lumber  Co.,  re­
cently  burned,  are  being  rapidly  re­
placed.

Manistee—The demand for  cedar shin­
gles having been  so  good  the  past  year 
has  induced  more  speculation  in  that j 
line,  and  some  of  our  capitalists  are 
talking of  engaging  in  the  manufacture | 
of such shingles in  the  Upper Peninsula, I 
where cedar is plentiful and che'ap.

Saginaw—Canadian logs brought to the 
Saginaw river the  past season,  as  a  rule I 
do  not  cut  out  lumber  as  good  as  ex- I 
pected,  and  some  disappointment  is  ex­
pressed,  although  in one or two instances 
some  very  good  logs  have  come  over. 
The  lumber even  of the  common  grades 
is inferior  to Michigan stock of the same 
class.

Bay  City — The  Kern  Manufacturing 
Co.  is the new concern  that is building a j 
mill  on  the old  Hotchkiss mill  premises,  j 
The company filed  articles  of incorpora- j 
tion  last  week.  The  capital  stock  is j 
$50,000.

Saginaw — Brown  &  Ryan  will  do  a 
pushing business in Gladwin  county this 
winter,  when  they  expect  to  purchase j 
10,000  cords  of  cedar,  10,000  cords  of 
shingle bolts,  5,000  cords of barrel head­
ing bolts and  10,000,000 feet of hardwood | 
logs.

Marquette—James Norton  has a  camp j 
two miles  west  of  Bruce’s  Crossing,  on 
the Duluth,  South  Shore* Atlantic Rail-! 
way,  and  will  put  in  2,500.000  feet  of j 
white pine logs  to go by  rail to the shin- j 
gle  mill  now  being constructed by John 
McRae & Co.,  at Ewen.

Detroit—The Michigan Brass and  Iron 
Works has been formed by M. W. O'Brien, 
H. W. Skinner. J. J. Healy, F. A. Schulte, 
I).  F.  O'Brien and  F.  F.  Palms,  trustees, 
I>r.  J.  B.  Book and F.  A. Schute.  These 
gentlemen have filed articles  of  associa­
tion.  The capital  stock  is  $200,000,  of 
which 70 per cent,  has been  paid in.

Standish—Austin & Co.’s  sawmill  has 
started  with  a  full  crew,  and  it  is  ex­
pected  will  run  all  winter.  A  much 
larger  number  than  usual  of  both  saw 
and  shingle  mills  in  Eastern  Michigan 
will  be operated through the  winter—re­
garded  as  an  indication  that  manufac­
turers look for a busy year in trade.

Cadillac—About five  miles  below Cad­
illac.  on  the  Grand  Rapids  &  Indiana 
Railroad.  John Dalton  has erected  a mill 
which  has a capacity of 25,000 feet a day. 
He has  just  contracted  with  Chittenden 
&  Herrick,  of  Cadillac, to  cut  about  1,- 
500,000  feet of hemlock  this  winter,  the 
most  of which will  be cut  into bill stuff.
Manistee—Pardee, Cook & Co., of Lud­
ington.  are about to buy out the Klamath 
Co.’s  mill  at  Klamath,  Cal.  This  mi l 
was designed and  built for Portland peo­
ple  by  Evan  Davies,  formerly  of  this 
place,  and a large  part of  the machinery 
in  Manistee.  The  company 
was built 
got 
the 
mill,  though  completed,  has  never  been 
operated.

into  financial  difficulties  and 

Elk  Rapids—The  Elk  Rapids  Iron Co. 
reports  a remarkable  day’s work  accom­
plished  by  its  water  mill  one  day  the 
past season.  The mill  has one  circular, 
friction  feed,  and in ten  hours  cut  106,- 
745  feet of  two-inch  maple.  The  com­
pany  cut  during  the  season  10,252,686 
feet  of  lumber,  mostly  hardwood.  The 
mill  was operated  195 days,  the  average 
cut being 52,578 feet a day.

Saginaw—A  well-informed lumberman 
states that  he  believes Charles H.  Plum­
mer  will  pay all  his  obligations  dollar 
for dollar,  and  come  out with a good  lot 
of money for himself.  He says Plummer 
was  converting  his  property into assets 
available  for putting  himself  even  with 
the world  as  rapidly  as  possible.  The 
First  National  Bank  of  Bayfield,  Wis., 
began two  or  three suits  against  Plum­
mer,  but he has effected a settlement and 
the suits will  be discontinued.

Saginaw—It  is  reported 

that  G.  H. 
Hutchinson,  of 
the  Owen-Hutchinson 
Lumber  Co.,  has  formed  a new  business 
connection,  and  will  purchase  the  ma­
chinery  of  the  Owen-Hutchinson  plant 
and move it elsewhere. 
It  is understood ! 
that all  of  the  creditors  will  accept  45 
cents  on the  dollar,  and  that  the  assets 
of  the  company are not  sufficient to pay 
this sum,  but  friends  have  helped them 
out.  Stevens & Ladue are  said to be the 
heaviest creditors—about $18,000.

Ann Arbor—At the last meeting of the 
Business  Men’s  Association,  S.  W.  Par­
sons, of Ypsilanti,  submitted  a  proposi­
tion  for  the  organization  of  a  company 
for the manufacture  of coffee roasters in 
this city.  He explained the cost of man­
ufacturing the  machines  and the  proba­
ble  profits.  His  plan  is  to  organize  a 
company  with  $15,000  stock,  $10,000  of 
which is to be in  preferred  stock  with  a

j guaranteed  dividend  of  7  per  cent.  A 
committee  was  appointed to consider the 
! plan  and  confer  with  Mr.  Parsons,  the 
committee  being  A.  L.  Noble,  G.  F.  All- 
mendinger,  C. E.  Greene,  H.  S. Dean and 
Moses Seabolt.
G e o .  F .  O w e n   v s .  Y p s i la n t i  " S e n t i n e l .” 
Y p s i l a n t i ,  Dec.  16—If  you  will  pub­
lish  enclosed  communication,  you  will 
oblige one  who  has no  care  to  continue 
au  unwise,  unnecessary and  unprofitable 
dispute,  but  who  will  not  permit  some 
things to pass unrebuked.

Very truly  yours,

M.  T.  Wo o d ru ff.

MR.  W O O D R U F F ’ S  S T A T E M E N T .

Y p s i l a n t i ,  Dec.  16—While  in no  way 
responsible for the  recent  item  that has 
caused  much  unnecessary  feeling,  I  do 
feel that you  have gone beyond the  lim­
its  of  decent  journalism  in  permitting 
Mr.  Owen 
to  continue  the  discussion, 
and have violated  the confidence  of  pri­
vate conversation in  providing that  gen­
tleman with any material  for  continuing 
his warfare. 
It is the wail of defeat that 
causes  that  time-dishonored  cry 
that 
“only gray  hairs  prevent  punishment,” 
and it  is  evident  that  the  editor  of  the 
Sentinel is  not  so  far  in  his  dotage but 
that his  caustic pen can  make opponents 
smart  with pain.  So far  as  Mr. Owen’s 
physical  punishment — so  generously 
withheld on account  of his excessive ven­
eration for age, exhibited in  all his com­
munications  to  T h e   T r a d e s m a n —if  he 
deems himself justified  in  administering 
it,  no doubt he can  be accommodated  by 
any one  of  four  sons  who  are proud  to 
call 
the  “old  man'’  father,  while  the 
aged  veteran  of a  hundred  worse  fights 
than  these  would  never  run  from  Mr. 
Owen. 

Respectfully,

M.  T.  W o o d ru ff.

MR.  O W EN ’ S  R E .JO IN E R .

Gr a n d   R r p ih s,  Dec.  18—Your letter to 
T h e  T radesman  has been  shown me by 
Mr.  Stowe. 
It blames  him for  violating 
the  confidence  of  private  conversation. 
Please  allow  me  to  say  that  to me  Mr. 
Stowe has never  divulged any  conversa­
tion that  passed  between  you  and  him. 
My information all comes from Ypsilanti 
aud 1 assure you  I have enough  to  keep 
the ball rolling  for  some  time  yet.  As 
to your  quoting  me  in  saying that  gray 
hairs alone  prevent  me  from punishing, 
etc.,  I  never  made  such  a  statement, 
and  you  cannot  produce  it. 
1  sim­
ply said that I,  in  common with all com­
mercial  travelers, had  too much  respect 
for old people in their  dotage to give his 
imbecile attack  anything  but  a  passing 
thought. 
I still  feel  the  same and I  do 
not think there is  a  young  journalist  in 
the country who would  make the foolish 
remark your poor old  father did.  As  to 
physical punishment  by your father  and 
his  four  boys, from  you  such  language 
sounds like a loafer’s bombast  and I cer­
tainly always had a better opinion of you 
than  that. 
I  claim  to  be  a  gentleman 
and, as  a gentleman,  do not place myself 
on  a  level  with the pugilist.
Hoping to see you at our convention at 
Jackson on the 29th,  I am

Yours most  truly,

Geo.  F.  Ow en.

Country Callers.

Calls  have  been 

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

John Marion,  Reed City.
M.  M.  Brooks, Cedar Springs.
W.  M.  Bale,  Fennville.
Henry Hamlyn,  Bellevue.
Alex.  Denton,  Howard City.
Phin.  Smith,  Hastings.
J. Fisher & Son,  Hamilton.
C. Van Amberg,  Whitneyville.
E. P.  Gifford, Saranac.
Holmes & DeGoit,  Tustin.
A  Heavy  Load.

Mrs.  Five Room Flat (to  grocer’s  boy) 
—How is it the elevator  won’t  come up? 
Your bread must be fearfully heavy!
Grocer’s boy—’Taint  the  bread  that’s 
on  it, ma’am;  it’s  the bill  for what  you 
owe.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

5

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

E.  P.  Gifford  has  re-engaged  in  the 
grocery business  at  Saranac.  The Ball- 
Barnhart-Putman Co. furnished the stock.
Geo.  S.  Jones  succeeds  Jones &  Clark 
in  the  grocery  business  at  602  South 
Division street.

L.  V.  Beebe,  hardware  dealer  at  El­
mira,  has added a line of groceries.  The 
Lemon  &  Wheeler  Company  furnished 
the stock.

Cyrus  E.  Wise  has  purchased  a  store 
building  at  Glenn  and  will  engage  in 
general trade  at  that  place.  The  stock 
will be  furnished by  Grand  Rapids  job­
bers.

All  the  creditors  of  W.  I.  McKenzie, 
the  Muskegon grocer,  have compromised 
their  claims  on  a  basis  of  .30  per cent., 
and  he has  resumed  business at  the old 
stand.

J.  A.  Wiley,  grocer and meat dealer  at 
the corner  of  Spring  and  Oakes streets, 
has sold his  grocery stock to  C.  Fox and 
removed  his  meat  market  to  13  South 
Division street.

Arthur M. Fleischauer has discontinued 
the  grocery  business  on  West  Bridge 
street  and  removed  the  stock  to  Reed 
City,  where it will  be  consolidated with 
that  his  father  recently purchased  at  a 
mortgage sale.

John DeVries  has  purchased the  saw­
mill  at  Alba  formerly  operated  by  the 
Alba  Lumber  Co.  He  is  stocking  the 
mill this winter and  will  resume  opera­
tions  in the  spring  under  the  manage­
ment of his son,  A. J.  DeVries.

Jas.  D.  Lacey  and  O.  H.  Gardner 
have  formed  a  copartnership  under the 
style  of  the  Gardner  &  Lacey  Lumber 
Co.  and will  engage in  the  manufacture 
of Cyprus lumber and shingles at George­
town,  S. C.  The  firm will put  in  a  mill 
of 60,000  daily  capacity  and  operate  a 
dry kiln in connection.

Four  new  meat  markets  have  been 
opened in  the city  during  the  past  two 
weeks—F.  R. Jackman,  on  Lyon  street, 
near College avenue; C.  Roys,  at the cor­
ner of  Fourth  street  and  Broadway;  G. 
Vanderhyde,  on Wealthy avenue,  east of 
East  street;  Wiseman  &  Frans, at  Oak­
dale Park.

J.  Fisher  &  Son.  whose  general  stock 
at  Hamilton  was  recently  destroyed  by 
fire, have re-engaged  in  trade in the Bos­
nian building,  which has been  purchased 
by  the  firm.  Musselman  &  Widdicomb 
furnished  the  groceries,  H.  Leonard  & 
Sons captured the order for  the crockery 
and  glassware  and  Williams,  Davis, 
Brooks  &  Co.  booked  the  drug  order. 
Lines  of  dry  goods,  clothing  and  boots 
and  shoes  will  be  added  later  in  the 
season. 

________________

The  E.  Howard  &  Co.  boot  and  shoe 
stock,  at Lawrence,  will  be sold at  mort­
gage  sale  this  afternoon,  in satisfaction 
of a mortgage for $1,182, held  by Geo.  H. 
Reeder  &  Co.  After  the  latter  was  in 
possession  of  the  stock,  I.  P.  Farnham, 
of  Chicago,  seized  the  goods  on  attach­
ment  and,  before 
the  attachment  was 
dissolved,  shipped  $500  worth  of  goods 
to Chicago.  Reeder & Co.  thereupon ap­
pealed  to  the Van  Buren  Circuit  Court 
" for justice  and  the  judge of that  circuit 
issued an  order,  giving  Farnham the  al­
ternative  of  paying  for  the  stock  ab­
stracted  or  returning  the  goods.  He 
chose the latter alternative.

Gripsack Brigade

Wm.  B.  Collins  has  been  confined  to 
his house for the  past  three  weeks  with 
an  attack of influenza.

Ask  M.  M.  Mallory to explain what the 
young  lady  meant  when  she  exclaimed 
to her mother.  “What is it?”

Dick Warner  has been laid  up  with la 
grippe for a week back  and  is  likely  to 
remain indoors for several days yet.

N. J. Whitney,  local  representative  of 
the  Vienna  Yeast Co.,  is  rejoicing  over 
the advent of an 8 pound daughter.

Geo.  McWilliams  severed  his  connec­
tion  with the  Ball-Barnhart-Putman  Co. 
Dec.  15 and  Thos.  Ferguson  will  do  the 
same Jan. 1.

D. G. Crotty,  the  Muskegon  salesman, 
has started out  with the  summer line  of 
Snedeker  &  Boynton,  of  New York. 
It 
is unusually large and complete.

Geo.  W.  Stowits  leaves next  week  for 
Mansfield,  Ohio,  where  he will  spend  a 
week or ten days getting out  his summer 
line for the Western Suspender Co.

Emory Buskirk,  formerly  on  the  road 
for  Blake,  Shaw  &  Co., 
the  Chicago 
cracker  manufacturers,  has  purchased 
the “Model” grocery store at Jackson.

Robert  Hanna,  formerly  cigar  sales­
man  for  the Ball-Barnhart-Putman  Co., 
is now  on  the  road  for Antonio Roig  & 
Langsdorf, cigar manufacturers of Phila­
delphia.

The traveling men of the State will not 
suffer for the  want of  conventions to  at­
tend  for  the  next  week,  as  the  annual 
meeting  of  the  Michigan  Commercial 
Travelers’  Association  will  be  held  at 
Detroit on  the 23rd and the annual  meet­
ing of the Knights  of the  Grip  will con­
vene at Jackson on the 29th.

The effort of  the  Benton  Harbor  Im­
provement Co. to attract traveling men to 
Benton  Harbor by offering  them  special 
inducements in the  way of real estate in­
vestments is somewhat at  variance  with 
the statement of the Ypsilanti Sentinel to 
the effect that every traveling mau ought 
to be shot on sight. 
If any  considerable 
number of the people of  Ypsilanti  sym­
pathize with the  Sentinel  in  this  state­
ment, the traveling men of that city might 
do worse than to emigrate  to  the  lively 
city on Lake Michigan.

An Alliterative Advertisement.

Alliteration  was,  at  one  time  in  the 
history  of  literature,  the  only  existing 
form  of  poetry.  However  much  such 
effusions  may have  been admired at that 
time,  language so put  together is,  at this 
writing,  a mere effort at novelty,  and  the 
result an exhibition of ingenuity.  There­
fore,  it  is  only  in  the  latter  sense  that 
we  present  the  following  as  being  of 
interest to the  advertiser.  This  form of 
alliteration  is but  occasionally seen  used 
in  this  way. 
It  appeared in the  Ames- 
bury,  Mass., Daily :
C o n c e r n i n g   C l o t h i n g . — Collins,  the 
clothier, carefully clothes  callers  choos­
ing comfortable clothing;  cleverly creates 
curious  callers  contented  customers. 
Close, captious  customers  compare  Col­
lins’ charges  candidly,  confess  Gollins’ 
clothing captures cake, claim competitors 
can’t  carry  candle,  considering  choice 
collections.
Clerks,  campers,  canoeists,  citizens, 
congressmen,  chubby children, correctly 
clad,  certify Collins,  the clothier, caused 
complete change.
Certain  cautious,  conservative  chaps 
calculating  cost  caps,  collars,  clothing, 
consulted Collins’  competitors,  consulted 
Collins;  conceded  Collins’  commodious 
counters  contained choice  clothing care­
fully collected.  Contented,  careful con­
tributions  current  coins could certainly 
clothe customers correctly.
Collins  cordially  courts  confirmation 
conservative chaps; conclusion.
Come;  call.

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Give Workmen E q u a l E ig h ts, Not Phar­
From th e New York Com merdAl B ulletin.

isaic Sympathy.

As  a  people,  we  are  not  conspicuous 
for  superfluous  sentimentalism.  And 
yet it is true that such  sentimentality as 
we do  indulge  in  is oft  strangely misdi­
rected  and  ludicrously extravagant.  At 
the  moment,  we  have  in  view  a  form 
which assumes strange affections, or per­
haps more  properly  affectations,  towards 
the workingman.  This  attitude is by no 
means  a  universal  one;  it  is  the  select 
and  sacred  “fad”  of  politicians,  office­
holders,  stump-orators,  and  economists 
of  the  emotional  type. 
It finds  its  ex­
pression  in  not a few of  the newspapers, 
in  specially subsidized  and  gratuitously 
circulated  journals,  in much of  our cam­
paign  literature, in  party  platforms,  in 
official  reports  and in Presidential  mes­
sages.  Outwardly,  it  assumes  the  mis­
sion  of  a  special  providence  over  the 
interests of the working class. 
It flatters \ 
the  American  workman  as  the  best  in I 
character,  competence  and  skill  to  be 
found on  the face of  the  globe;  and yet, ! 
seemingly for  that  very  reason,  it  rates 
him  as  needing  a  patronage, oversight j 
and  protection  which  he  receives  in  n o ! 
it  professes the  most ten-1 
other nation, 
der solicitude that he should  receive high  [ 
wages; 
it  affects  tolerance  for  all  his 
strikes; and not unirequentiv it sanctions 
his conceit  for  cutting short  his  supply ! 
of  bread  by refusing to work  more than | 
eight  hours a day.  Ostensibly,  this sen­
timent  exhibits  itself  in  these ways and j 
many others  not  less  incomprehensible.  | 
What  it  is  inwardly  not  many  people 
need  to  he  told.  To  lay  bare the “true 
inwardness”  of  these  professions  would ] 
he  to  exhibit  phases of  human  nature j 
and  methods of  winning social and legis­
lative  control  which  might too painfully j 
wound the  respect we all desire to main­
tain  for  human  nature.  One  shrinks 
from the half-revolting similes the G reat! 
Master  of  sacred  sarcasm  employed  to 
express the rotten  insincer.ties of  Phari­
saism; and  we have  no  desire  to  lift the 
thin  veil  that ill conceals  the  mean  mo- j 
tives of these Pharisaic professions.

The gratuitousness of  these  false pre­
tensions strikes one one  as  the strangest 
of  their  many repulsive features.  Such 
professions  are  neither  desired  by  the 
workingman  nor  appreciated  by  him. 
His  straightforward  common-sense  in­
stincts  expose to him  the  real  meaning ] 
and  motive of  all such  flatteries; and,  so j 
far from being gratified, he feels insulted j 
by the  assumption  that he has  no  more 
sense than  to he  caught  by mere  senti­
mental  chaff, 
lie smiles  at  the  offered j 
taffy, goes  his  way and  tells the  donors 
to give  it  to  the babes, among whom he \ 
does  not  class  himself.  He  sets  off, j 
against this  importunity for his welfare, 
the  attitude of  its  professors  when  he 
conies  into bargaining with them for  his 
services.  He  remembers  that  they  are 
“ as other men,”  if  not  “ more so;” that | 
those  who  in  anticipation  of  the  elec­
tions,  are  loud  in  their  anxiety  for  his 
welfare,  are oft  and  at  the  present  mo­
ment among the  foremost,  after the elec­
tions, 
to  demand  a  reduction  of  his 
wages.  Both from experience  and  com­
mon  sense,  he  learns that  the  determin­
ing of  wages  is  a  matter  of  pure  busi­
ness and  in  no  measure of  philanthropic 
sentiment.  He  understands  as  well  as | 
the employer that in  the  long  run,  what 
a man shall receive for his  work depends 
solely  upon  the  value  of  his  service  to I 
his employer and  to the  community that I 
buys  the employer’s  products.  And  al- 
though  the  workman  does  not  usually 
pay much  regard  to the  effects of his ex­
acting  higher  wages  than  his  employer 
can  afford  to  pay—for  he  has  an  idea 
that the latter can be  trusted to look out 
for himself—yet  he  does  not need  to  be 
told that the employer  who regulates  his 
wages upon  sentiment and not upon  true ! 
business principles  is on the  way  to  the j 
poor house,  and  that he himself is likely 
to follow.

Be the cause  whatever  it may that  de- I 
pends  upon  such false and sycophant pre- j 
tensions as  these for its  support,  it  is  a 
hopelessly  sick  one.  When  truth  and 
manliness are  insufficient,  self-degrading ' 
pretenses are  not  likely  to  succeed. 
It j

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UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.

Beyond all  this,  there  i

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.
Dry Goods Price Current.

A d ria tic ...........
th e m   seek 
Argyle 
......... ....  6%
A tlanta A A __ .. . .   6%
If  Johnson’s  definition  of pa-; Atlantic A 
A tlantic  A .......
n .....
”
....  634
p .......
D .......
..  634
L L ......... .  ..  5%

“  Arrow Brand  5% 
“  W orld W ide..  7
L L ..................  5
“ 
Full  Yard W ide....... 6*
Georgia  A ................  634
Honest W idth...........  634
H artford A  ...............5
Indian H ead............   714
A m ory..................
7  I K ing A  A ..................  6*
Archery  Bunting 
4  K ing E C ....................  5
Beaver Dam  A  A 
5% |Lawrence  L L .........  534
Blackstone O, 32.
| M adras cheese cloth 6-4
5 
Black Crow .........
6%  N ew m arket  G ......... 6
Black  Hock  .......
B  ..........514
7 
N
734 
6*
Capital  A ..................5%! 
D D ...  5 *
Cavanat  V ................534| 
X .........7
. 
,  Chapm an cheese c l.  3 k   Xolbe R .....................  5
in  this  assum ption  by  one I Clifton  CR   ......... 5)4 Our Level  Best........  6%
¡Oxford  K  ..................   6%
Com et.........................7 
Dwight S tar.......  ...  7% iPequot.......................   7%
Clifton C C C ............   6% S olar...........................  6%
¡Top of the  H eap__   7%

d o e s   n o t  in d ic a te   a   h e a th f u l  m o ra l  s ta rn - 
■ in a   a m o n g   th e   m e n   w h o   a r e  fra m in g  p u b ­
lic   o p in io n   a m o n g   u s ,  w h e n   a   la rg e   se c ­
tio n   o f 
in f lu e n c e '
fessions. 
triotism  be  true,  what  shall  be  said of 
the sentimentalism  that  arrogates a  sole 
and supreme regard for the workingman?
Both sentiments are  noble  in  their  true 
and  honest  form; but  when  their  ends 
are selfish and  their  methods false,  they 
must be ranked as  among  the  most  con­
temptible  sentiments  that  can  degrade | 5oot7AL 
society.
,  
fensiveness 
c la s s   to w a rd s   a n o th e r. 
I ts   r e p u ls iv e   a ir  
o f  p a tr o n a g e   fin d s  n o   w a r r a n t  in   a  tr u e  
th e o ry   o f  th e   re la tio n s   b e tw e e n   e itiz e n  
a n d   c itiz e n .  W h o   is   a u th o riz e d   to   s in g le  
o u t  a   s p e c ia l  c la s s   a n d   s e t  th e m   f o rth   as 
th e   im p lie d   o b je c ts   o f  p ity   a n d   d e p e n -1   Amsburg 
d e n ts  
Workingmen  want neither sympathy  nor j 
p ity ;  a ll  th e y   a s k  
is  th e ir   e q u a l  rig h ts ,  B o s
with  every  other  class  of  citizens,  and 
Cabot, 
i  Cabot,  %.
freedom to pursue their own  interests  in j eharter*6ak 
their own  way.  without obstruction from  Conway W 
others  upon  whom  special  protections | Cleveland 
and exemptions  have  been  unwarranta­
“ 
bly  bestowed.  Charity may  be, ought to 
be,  offered  to the helpless or the unfoitu- 
nate;  hut  the  honest,  manly  workman 
asks nothing and  will accept nothing  be­
yond  the  Divine  bestowals,  his  liberty 
and his independent  strength  and  skill.

b e n e fic e n c e ?  I  A rt  Cambric

p e c u lia r   o f- j

BLEACHED  COTTONS.

le g is la tiv e  

AA.....  

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434®

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T h e   O r a n g e   S u p p ly .

Up to five  years  ago  this  country de­
pended in  a certain  measure upon supply 
from the Mediteranean  for oranges.  But 
now  we  have  domestic  oranges  all  the 
year,  and  it  is only  a question of a short 
time  when it will  not  pay at all  to send 
the foreign article to this country except 
when  the crops  here  are a failure.  The 
Mexican oranges,  of  which  three  crops 
are raised every season, run from August 
to  April,  Florida  from  November  to 
April,  and  California  from  January  to 
July.

DEMINS.

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A m oskeag................ 12*
9 oa....... 1314
brow n  .13
A ndover....................11%
Beaver Creek  A A ... 10 
B B ...  9
CC__
Boston  M fgCo.  br.  7 

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“  d a  tw ist  10% 

Colum bian XXX  br.10 
XXX  bl.19

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Colom bian  brow n.. 12
E verett, b lu e ............12
bro w n ........12
H aym aker b in e....... 734
b ro w n ...  734
Jeffrey ........................ 11%
L ancaster  .................12%
Law rence, 9 oz.........13%
No. 220....13
No. 2 5 0 ...11% 
No. 280.... 10%

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634

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Lancaster,  staple 
fa n c ie s .
N orm andie  8

“  Persian dress  8% 
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A m oskeag.................7%
Canton  ..  8%
A FC.......12%
L ancashire................  6%
T e azle ... 10%
M anchester...............  5=4
A ngola.. 10%
M onogram ................  6%
P ersian ..  8%
N orm andie............... 7%
A rlington staple —   6%
P ersian ......................   8%
A rasapha  fancy —   434  R enfrew  Dress.........7%
Bates W arw ick dres  8% 
R osem ont.................... 6%
staples.  6%
S latersv ille...............6
C entennial...............  t0%
Som erset....................7
C rite rio n ................   10%
Tacom a  ...................... 7%
Cum berland  staple.  5%
Toll  du N o rd ............10%
C um berland................5
W abash........................7%
E ssex ............................4%|
seersucker..  7%
E lfin ...........................  7% W arw ick..................  8%
E verett classics.......8%  W hittenden................   634
E xposition................734[ 
heather  dr.  8
G lenarie..................   634
indigo bine  9 
G lenarven ................... 634
W am sutta staples...  634
G lenw ood....................7%
W estbrook................   8
H am pton......................6%
10
Johnson  Chalon  cl  %
W Inderm eer.............6
York.....................634
Indigo blue  9% '
zephyrs — 16

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SBAIN  BAGS.

A m oskeag................ 16% | Valley C ity..................15%
S tark .........................   19% j G eo rg ia....................   15%
A m erican....... 
....... 16%¡P acific....................   .14%

THREADS.

Clark’s Mile E n d ....45 
[B arbour's..................88
CoatB’,  J .  & P .......... 45  M arshall’s ...................88
H olyoke.....................22%|

No.

KNITTING  COTTON.

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

W hite. Colored.
INo.  14. ........37 
38
16. ........38 
39 
i1  “ 
40
18. ........39 
*• 
41  11  “ 
20. ........40 
CAMBRICS.

42
43
44
45

W hite.  Colored.

S later..........................  4  [E dw ards...................   4
W hite S tar.........  ..  4  Lockw ood.................4
Kid G love.................  4  Wood’s ........................  4
N ew m arket...............  4  | B ru n sw ick ...............  4

BED  FLANNEL.

F irem an.................... 32%
Creedm ore................27%
Talbot X X X ............. 30
Nam eless  .................27%

T W .........................22%
F T ............................... 32%
J R F ,  X X X ...............85
B uckeye.....................32%

MIXED  FLANNEL.

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Red & Blue,  plaid. .40 
|G rey S R W .............. 17%
Union R .....................22% W estern W  ................18%
W indsor.....................18% D R  P ...........................18%
6 oz W estern.............20  F lushing XXX.......... 23%
U nion  B ....................22%[M anitoba....................23%
DOMET  FLANNEL.
N am eless....... 8  @ 9%[ 
........9  @10%
8%@10 
12%
Brown. Black.

CANVASS  AND  PADDING.
13
15
17
20

Slate.
13
9%
15
10%
17
11*
20
12%
Severen, 8 oz............  9% |W est  Point, 8 o z 
10%
M ayland, 8 o z ..........10% 
...12%
G reenw ood, 7% oz..  9%  Raven, lOoz.............. 13%
Greenwood, 8 o z__11%  Stark 
13%
Boston, 8 oz............. 10% [Boston, 
10 oz........... 12%

934  13
10*  15
11*  17
12%|20
DUCKS.

Brown. Black. [Slate.

9%
10%
11*
12*

10oz 

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WADDINGS.

8ILE8IAS.

W hite, d o z..............   25  [Per bale, 40 d oz___17  50
Colored,  d oz............20 

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Slater, Iron C ross...  8  P aw tu ck et................ 10%
D undle.......................  9
B edford......................10%
Valley  C ity............... 10%
K K ..............................10%

Red C ross....  9
B est...............10%
Best  A A .......12%
L .................................. 7%
G .................................. 8%
Cortlcelll, doz..........75  [Cortlcelli  knitting,

SEWING  SILK.

per %oz  b a ll.........30

tw ist, d o z. .37% 
50 yd, doz..37%|
HOOKS AND ETK8—PER GROSS.
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|No  4 B l’k A Whlte.,15 
No  1  Bl’k & White.,10 
..20
..12 
“ 2 
“  8 
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..12  J  “  10 
3 
No 2—20, M  C ...........50 
|N0 4—15  F   3% ......... 40
‘  S -1 8 .S C ............ 45 
I
COTTON  TAPE.
|No  8 W hite A Bl’k..20 
No  2 W hite A Bl’k.. 12 
“ 
..15 
“ 10 
.2 8
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..18  |  “  12 
SAFETY  PINS.
No 2.............................28 
IN oS............................. 36

FINS.

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NEEDLES—PER  M.

A. Jam e s....................1  40| 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  2515—4 .... 1  95  6—4 . 2   95

TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.
“ 

...3   10|
COTTON TWINES.

“ ....2   10 

|

Cotton Sail Tw ine. .28
C ro w n ....................... 12
D o m estic..................18%
A n c h o r..................... 16
B ris to l...................... 13
Cherry  V alley.........15
I X L ...........................18%
A labam a....................634
A lam ance..................  6%
A u g u sta ....................7%
A r  sap h a..................  6
G eorgia......................  634
G ra n ite .....................  534
Haw  R iver...............  5
Haw  J .......................   6

N a sh u a ......................18
R ising Star 4-ply___17
3 -p ly .... 17
N orth  S tar................ 20
Wool S tandard 4 ply 17% 
P o w h a tta n ...............18

T‘ 

M onnt  P leasan t__ 6%
O neida.......................   5
Prym ont  ..................  534
R andelm an...............  6
Riverside  ................   534
Sibley  A ...................... 6%
T oledo.......................   6

PLAID  OSNABURGS

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HALF  BLEACHED  COTTONS.

A B C ......................... 8% ¡Geo.  W ashington...  8
A m azon..................... 8  Glen M ills.................   7
7  Gold  M edal.................7%
|Green  T ick et...........8J4
10 
Falls...........   6*
S
J u st  O u t".’."  «34©  5*
King  P hillip............   734
634 
OP.......   7%
5%¡Lonsdale C am bric..10%
7% | Lonsdale............   ®   8%
¡M iddlesex..........  @ 5
7 
Dwight A nchor........  834  No N am e...................  7%
shorts.  834¡Oak V iew ..................  6
Edw ards.....................  6  Our O w n...................  5%
E m pire......................   7  P rld eo f the W est  . .12
F arw ell......................  734[Rosalind....................  7%
F ru it of the  Loom.  8% [8unlight....................  4%
F itchville  ............... 7  U tica  M ills................... 8%
F irst  P rize................6% 
N onpareil  ..11
V lnyard .....................  8%
F ru lto f the Loom %. 
F alrm ount................   434 W hite  H orse...........  6
F ull V alue................  6341 
.  8%
C abot..........................  734 [Dwight A nchor....... 9
F arw ell......................8  I
T rem ontN ................  5%
Hamilt'-n N ...............6%
L .............. 7
M iddlesex  A T .........  8
X.
No. 25.
Hamilton N .......
Middlesex  P T ..
A T ..
A O ....... .13%
X  A ..
.17%
X F ..
.16
WARP.
Peerless,  white.. 
Integrity, colored.. .21
colored
Integrity.  .........
.21
Hamilton  __ __ ....  8 N am eless................. .20
.25
■ 27%
.30
.........
■ 32%
.................. 35

...  7% M iddlesex A A ....... .11
...  8
2 ....... .12
...  9
...  9
4 . . .
...10%
5.......
CARPET
...18
...20% W hite S tar.............. ■ 18%
.  ..18% 
DRESS
. . .   9
...21
...16
...18

M iddlesex No.  1.
2 .
3.
8Ì

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G G  C ashm ere..
N a m e le ss..........
. . . . . .

UNBLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.

. . . . . . ■  -10%

“  Rock ... 

“  colored

..11
-.12
..18
..19

GOODS.

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•«

“ 

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COSSETS.

“ 

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6
5%|

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CORSET  JEANS.

6
4%  M anchester  fancy.

loraline.....................*9 501 W o n d erfu l............... «4 50
Schilling’s ................  9 
00  B righton............... 4 75
Davis  W aists  —   9 00 Bortree’s .................   9 00
G rand  R ap id s.........  4  50|A bdom inal...........15  00
A rm ory.....................   6341N aum keagsatteen..  7%
Androscoggin.
34 Rockport................... 6%
B lddeford.................  6
.Conestoga....................6%
Brunswick
6%jW alworth 
...............  6%
PRINTS.
Allen turkey  reds.
5%[Berwick fan cies__   %
robes............ 5% Clyde  R obes...............  5
pink a purple  6% ¡Charter Oak fancies  4% 
buffs 
DelM arine cashm ’s.  6
pink  checks
staples  .........  5% j Eddy stone  fancy
shirtings 
American  fa n c y ... 
American Indigo
American shirtings  334¡Hamilton fancy
Argentine  Grays. 
A nchor S hirtings. 
A rnold 
A rnold  Merino

m ourn’g
chocolat 
rober  ... 
sateens.
s ta p le .
new   era.  6 
M errimack D fancy.  6
long cloth  B. 10%  M errim’ck shirtings.  4 
“  C.  8% 
R eppfurn  .  8%
century cloth  7 
¡Pacific  fa n c y ............  6
robes..............  6%
gold seal.......10% 
green seal T R 10%  Portsm outh robes...  6 
yellow  seal. .10% Simpson m ourning..  6
serge.............. 11% 
g re y s......... 6
Turkey  re d .. 10% 
solid black.  6
Ballou solid black..  5  W ashington indigo  6
co lo n .  5% 
Bengal blue,  green, 
red and  o ran g e...  5%
Berlin solids............   5%
“  oil b lu e .........  6%
“  green  ....  6%
“ 
“   F o u la rd s ....  5%
red % .............7
“ 
“  X  ...........   9%
“ 
“  4 4............10
“ 
“  3-4XXXX 12
“ 
Cocheco fancy.........  6
m adders...  6 
“ 
XX tw ills..  6%
solids.........5% I
Amoskeag A C A .... 12%
Hamilton N ..............   7%
D .............. 8%
A w ning.. 11
F arm er.......................8
F irst  P rize................11%
Lenox M ills ............ 18
COTTON  DRILL.
A tlanta,  D ................  6%[Stark  _
8
Boot............................  6% No  N a m e .................7%
Clifton, K ..................6% |T opof  H eap................10
Sim pson.....................20
Im perial.................... 10%
....................18
B lack...................  9®  9%
....................16
.................. 10%

Turkey ro b es..  7%
" 
India robes____7%
“  plain T ’ky X %  8% 
“  X ...10
“ 
“  Ottom an  T u r­
key re d ...................   6
M artha W ashington
T u rk ey red  % ..........7%
M artha  W ashington
Turkey re d ............  9%
Riv erp o ln tro b es....  5
W indsor fan cy ........... 6%
Indigo  b lu e............10%

A C   A ........................ 12%
Pem berton A AA__16
Y ork...........................10% 
Sw ift R iv er..............   7%
Pearl  R iv e r ...,...... 12
W arren......................13

“  BC.............  @10

gold  ticket 

TICKINGS.

SATINES.

Coechco 

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l'U E   MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN
Hardware Price Carrent.

HAMMERS.

7

These  prices are  for cash  buyers,  who
p a y   p r o m p tly   a n d   b u y   in   f u ll  p a c k a g e s .

AUGURS AND BITS. 

dig.

60
Snell’s ..................................................................... 
Cook’s ....................................................................  
40
Jennings’, gen u in e............................................. 
25
Jen n in g s’,  Im itatio n ..........................................50A: 10

firs t Q uality, S. B. B ronze...............................1 7 5 0
D.  B.  B ronze....................................  12 00
S.  B. S.  Steel................................  8  50
D. B. Steel....................................  13 50

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R ailroad ..................................... ........................(   14 00
G arden.........................................................  n et  30  00

dig.

dis.

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

AXES.

BARROWS. 

BOLTS. 

BUCKETS.

Well,  p la in ........................................................... t   3  50
Well, sw ivel...............................................................  4 00

b u t t s ,  c a st. 

d is.
Cast Loose Pin, figured...................................... 70*
W rought N arrow , bright 5ast jo in t.................G0&10
W rought Loose P in ............................................. 60&10
W rought  T ab le.....................................................G0&10
W rought Inside B lin d ........................................ 60*10
W rought  B rass.......  
75
Blind,  Clark’s .......................................................70*10
Blind,  P arker’s .....................................................70*10
Blind, S h e p a rd 's................................................  
70

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

b l o c k s.

c r a d l e s.

O rdinary Tackle, list A pril 17,’86.................. 

60

G rain .............................................................  dis. 50*02

Cast Steel....................................................per lb 

cr o w  b a r s .

Ely’s 1-10.................................................... per m 
Hick’s  C.  P ............................................... 
G. D .............................................................  
M u sk e t........................................................ 

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c a r t r id g e s.

Rim  F ire ............................................................... 
Central  F ire .................................................. dis. 

c h is e l s. 

dis.

Socket F irm e r.....................................................70*10
Socket F ram ing...................................................70*10
Socket C orner.......................................................70*10
Socket S lic k s.........................................  
70*10
B utchers’ Tanged  F irm e r.................. 
 
40
dis.

c o m bs. 

 
 

Curry,  Law rence’s  ...........................................  
H o tch k iss.............................................................  

40
25

5

65

60
35
60

50
25

W hite Crayons, per  gross................12©12vi dis. 10

CHALK.

COFFER.

“ 

Planished, 14 oz cut to size.........per pound 
14x52, 14x56,14x60 ...........................  
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60...........................  
Cold Rolled, 14x48............................................... 
Bottoms 
...............................................................  

DRILLS. 

dis.

Morse’s  B it  Stocks...........................................  
Taper and straight S hank................................. 
Morse’s Taper S hank.........................................  

DRIPPING FANS.

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

28
26
23
23
25

50
50
50

t/7
814

ELBOWS.

Com. 4  piece, 6 In ................................dos. net 
75
Corrugated 
................................................. dis 
40
...............................................dis.  40*10
A djustable 

dig.
EXPANSIVE BITS. 
Clark’s, sm all, 118; large, 126......... 
 
Ives’, 1,118;  2, 824;  3, «36................................  

 

30
25

piles—New L ist 

D lsston’s .................................................. 
New  A m erican.................................... 
N icholson’s  .
Heller’s ................................................................. 
H eller’s Horse R asps....................................... 

dis.
60*10
60*10
.......................................................60*10
50
  50

 

GALVANIZED IRON

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

13 
GAUGES. 

Discount, 60

12 

14 

Stanley wule and  Level Co.’s .........................  

28
18

50

The  Keweenaw  Copper  Deposits.
A  peninsula  called  Keweenaw  Point, 
jutting out into  Lake  Superior from  the 
southern  shore toward  the  northeast,  is 
famous  as  the  center  of  a  vast  copper 
mining  industry.  Last  year  the  mines 
produced no less than 105,586,000 pounds 
of  refined  copper,  and  it  is  estimated 
that during next year the production will 
be increased by at  least  20 per cent.  E. 
B.  Hinsdale, who contributes to the latest 
bulletin of the American Geographical So­
ciety an article on the subject,  has much 
that is interesting to  say about the num­
erous prehistoric mines which  have  been 
found  in 
this  region.  These  aucient 
mines,  judging  from  their  exteut,  must 
have  been  worked  for  centuries.  Who 
the workers were no one can  tell.  They 
seem  to  have  known  nothing  of  the 
smelting  of  copper,  for 
there  are  no 
traces  of  molten  copper.  What  they 
sought were pieces  ihat  could  be  fash­
ioned by cold  hanimerii.g  into useful  ar­
ticles and  ornaments.  They  understood 
the use of  fire  in  softening  the rocks to 
enable  them  to  break  away  the  rock 
from the masses  of copper.  They  could 
not  drill,  but  used  the  stone  hammer 
freely.  More than ten cart loads of stone 
hammers  were  found  in  the  neighbor­
hood  of  the  Minnesota  mine. 
In  one 
place the  excavation  was  about  50  feet 
deep,  and at the bottom  were  found tim­
bers  forming  a  scaffolding,  and  a  large 
sheet of copper was discovered there.  In 
another place,  in one of the old pits, was 
found a mass of copper weighing 46 tons. 
At another  point  the  excavation was  26 
feet deep.
In  another  opening,  at  a  depth  of  18 
feet,  a mass  of  copper  weighiug  over  6 
tons was found,  raised  about 5 feet from 
its native  bed  by  the  ancients,  and  se­
cured on oaken props.  Every projecting 
point  had  been  taken off,  so that the  ex­
posed surface was smooth.  Whoever the 
workers may  have been,  many  centuries 
must have passed since  their mines were 
abandoned.  Their  trenches  and  open­
ings  have  been  filled  up, or  nearly  so. 
Monstrous  trees  have  grown  over  their 
work and  fallen to  decay,  other  genera­
tions of  trees  springing  up.  When  the 
mines were rediscovered, decayed trunks 
of large trees were lying over the works, 
while  a  heavy  growth  of  live  timber 
stood on  the ground.

T h e   P r e v a le n c e  o f  G a m b lin g .

W .  B. Curtis in th e Forum.

“ It is safe to say that  there never  was 
a time in the  history of  the world  when 
gambling  was so rife  among  all  classes 
of  people as  at  present. 
In  fact, many 
legitimate  branches  of  business  are 
tinged  with 
the  hue  of  speculation. 
Those  persons who  do not  bet on  horse 
races or in stock gratify their speculative 
tendencies  by  dabbling  in  rural  town 
lots,  in  mining  shares,  and  in  various 
other  so-called  business  enterprises,  the 
methods  of  which  are  really  variations 
of  the  methods  of  gambling  by  the 
roulette  wheel,  with  20  eagle  birds  in­
stead of  one.  The  same  class  of  men, 
who in the  last  century wagered  thous­
ands  and  hundreds of  thousands  on  the 
turn of  a  card  or  on the emptying of  a 
dice  box,  now  speculate  in  the  stock, 
produce, or  the cotton  exchange,  and on 
horse  racing,  which  is  at  present  the 
greatest of  all gambling games.”
Mr. Curtis,  after  citing figures to show 
the  vast scale on  which betting is carried 
at  horse  races  and  in lotteries, presents 
some interesting views of the moral effect 
of  this vice upon  those  who indulge in it 
persistently.  “A  bold gambler,”  he says, 
“is  a great  man  gone  wrong,  and  gam 
bling is  a  mis-direction of  courage  and 
energy  and  enterprise  and  of  most  of 
those  attributes  that  make  men  most 
manly.  The  same mental qualities  that 
enable a man  to  await  without a tremor 
the turn of  a card that carries a fortune, 
or  the  stock  quotation  that  will  make 
him  a  beggar,  will 
lead  him  to  face 
death  unflinchingly at the  call of  glory, 
of honor or of duty;  will  bring  him first 
over 
the  breastworks  when  a  forlorn 
hope- saves an army,  and  will  nerve him 
to risk  his  life for others at the throttle, 
in  the  surf,  amid  flames  and  smoke, or 
in a hospital.”

Use Tradesman  or  Superior  Coupons.

25  :
Maydole  *  Co.’s ..........................................dis. 
Kip’s ..........................................................  
dis. 
25  :
Terkes A Plum b’s ......................... 
dis. 40*10
M ason’s Solid Cast Steel...........................30c list 60
Blacksm ith’s Solid Cast  Steel. Hand 
.  30c 40*10

HINGES.

 

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% ...................  
% .................... 
%....................... 

Gate, C lark’s, 1, 2, 3 ......... 
dls.60&10
S tate.................................................. per doz.  net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  StTap, to 12  In. 414  14  and
lo n g e r................................................................. 
3Vi
Screw Hook and  Eye,  Vi...........................  net 
io
“ 
n et  8Vi
7 Vi
“ 
•  net 
“ 
net  7V4
50
Strap and T ................................................  dis. 
dis.
.50*10
Barn Door K idder Mfg. Co., Wood track  . 
Champion,  anti-friction .........................   60*10
Kidder, wood tr a c k ...........................................  
40
P ots.................................................................  
 
80
K ettles.................................................................... 
60
SpiderB  ...  ...........................................................  
60
Gray enam eled..................................................... 40*10

HOLLOW  WARE.

hangers. 

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

. 

dig.

dis.

dis.

N A IL S

MATTOCKS.

w ire goods. 

locks—door. 

MOLASSES GATES. 

Stamped  Tin W are....................................new list 70
Japan n ed  T in W are.................................... 
25
G ranite Iron W a re .........................new  list 33Vi*10
B right............................................................... 70*10*10
Screw  E yes.....................................................70*10*10
Hook’s ..............................................  
70*10*10
70*10*10
Gate Hooks and  Eyes.........................  
dis.
levels. 
70
Stanley  Rule and Level  Co.’s 
dis.
knobs—N ew List. 
Door, m ineral, jap. trim m in g s.....................  
56
. . . . . .  55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trim m ings... 
Door, porcelain, plated trim m ings.........................    55
55
Door,  porcelBln, trim m ings  ........................... 
70
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain.....................  
Russell *  Irw in  Mfg.  Co.’s new  list  ........... 
55
55
Mallory, W heeler  &  Co.’s .................. 
... 
56
B ranford’s ........................................................... 
N orw alk’s ........................................................... 
55
Adze Eye  ...............................................116.00, dis.  60
H unt Bye 
....................................... 615.00, dis. 60
H unt’s ........................................... »18.50, dis. 20*10.
dig.
MAULS. 
Sperry *  Co.’s,  Post,  h an d led .........................  
50
mills. 
dis.
40
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ............. 
............ 
40
P. S. &  W.  Mfg. Co.’s  M alleables.. .. 
" 
“  Landers,  Ferry & Ch-  k’s .................... 
40
“ 
Enterprise 
........................................ 
30
Stebbln’s  P attern .................................................60*10
Stebbln’s G enuine............................................... 66*10
Enterprise, self-m easuring..............................  
25
Steel nails, b ase............................................................1 80
W ire nails, b ase............................................................2 00
60...............................................................Base 
50...............................................................Base 
40 ............................................................. 
05 
80................  .......................................... 
10 
15 
20.............................................................. 
15 
16.............................................................. 
12.............................................................. 
15 
10.............................................................. 
20 
8..................................................................  25 
7 *  6 .........................................................   40 
4 .................................................................  60 
3................................................................ 1  00 
2.'..............................................................1  50 
F ine 3........................ ..............................1  50 
Case  10.....................................................   60 
8...........’........................................  75 
6....................................................   90 
F inish 10.....................................  .........   85 
8...............................................1  00 
6  ...............................................1  15 
Clinch, 1C..................................................  86 
8 .................................................1  00 
6...............................................1  15 
B arrell %................................................1  75 
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fa n c y ......................................  @40
Sclota  B ench.......................................................   ©60
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fa n c y .............................  ©40
Bench, first q u ality .............................................  ©60
Stanley R ule and  Level Co.’s, wood  —   *10
Fry,  A cm e..................................................  dls.60—10
70
Common,  polished......................................dis. 
dis.
Iron and  T in n ed .......................................  
... 
40
Copper Rivets and B u rs..................................  5C—!0
“A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10  20 
“ B” Wood’s  pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27  ..  9  20 

Steel.  Wire.
Base
10
20
20
30
35
35
40
50
65
90
1 50
2 00
2 00
90
1  00
1  25
1  00

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

A dvance over b ase: 

1 25
1 50
75
90
1 00
2 50

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PLANES. 

rivets. 

PANS.

die.

Broken  packs  V4e per pound extra

ROPES.

dig.

SQUARES. 

SHEET IRON.

Sisal, Vi Inch and la r g e r .................................. 
M anilla................................................................  
Steel and  Iro n ................................................... 
Try and B evels................................................  
M itre .................................................................... 

7Vi
12V4
75
60
20
Com.  Smooth.  Com.
12  95
3  (5
3 (5
3  15
3  25
3  35
All  sheets No.  18  and  lighter,  over 30  inches 

Nos. 10 to  14.......................................... 14 05 
Nos. 15 to 17 ..........................................   4  05 
Nos.  18 to 21.........................................  4  05 
Nos. 22 to 2 4 ...........................................  4  05 
Nos. 25 to 26  ..............................  
..  4  25 
No. 27.............................................. 
. . .  4  45 
w ide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19, ’86.............................................dis. 
Silver Lake, W hite  A .................................. list 
D rab A ......................................   “ 
W hite  B ...................................  “ 
D ra b B .......................................  “ 
W hite C .....................................  “ 

SAND PAPER.
SASH CORD.

50
sc
56
50
55
35

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D iscount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

d is .

w ir e . 

s a w s. 

t r a p s . 

Solid E yes....................................................per ton »26
H a n d ............................................... 
“ 
20
Silver Steel  Dia.  X Cuts, per foot,  ... 
70
Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot 
 
“ 
50
“ 
Special Steel Dia. X Cuts,  per fo o t 
 
30
cham pion  and  Electric  Tooth  X
“ 
3u
Cuts,  per  fo o t.................................................... 
d is.
60*10
Steel, G am e..............................................  
O neida Community, N ew house’s ................ 
35
Oneida  Community, Hawley a  N orton's 
70
.. 
M ouse,  cho k er.......................................18c per doz
M ouse, d elusion....................................»1.50 per doz.
d is .
B right M arket.....................................................   65
70—10
A nnealed M arket..............  
Coppered M arket................................................   60
T inned M arket.................................................       62V4
Coppered  Spring  S teel.................................... 
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized....................................  3 35
p a in te d ............ .........................   2 85
Au S able....................................dis. 25*10©25*10*05
die.  05
P u tn am ................................................. 
N orth w estern.....................................  
die. 10*10
d is.
B axter’s  A djustable, n ickeled.......................  
30
Coe’s  G e n u in e .................................................... 
50
Coe’s P atent A gricultural, w rought,........................ 75
Coe’s  Patent, m alleable..................................  75*10
Bird C ag es.........................................................  
50
Pumps, C istern............................................... 
75
Screws, New 1 1st...............................................  70*10
Casters, Bed  a  d  P la te ...............................50*10*10
Dampers,  A m erican.......................................  
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods......... 
66

MISCELLANEOUS. 

HORSE NAILS.

WRENCHES. 

dig.

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26c
28c

M E T A L S.
' PIG TIN.
Pig  L arge..................................
Pig B ars.....................................
ZINC.
D uty:  Sheet, 2Vic per pound.
680 pound  casks.........................
Per  p o u n d ....................................
SOLDER.
Vi© Vi.............................................................................16
E xtra W ip in g ......................................................  .  15
The  prices  of  the  m any  other  qualities  of 
solder In  the m arket Indicated by private brands 
vary according to composition.
Cookson.............................................. per  pound  16
H allett’s ......................... ................... 
13
10x14 IC, C harcoal.............................................  » 7 5 0
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
14x20 IX, 

TIN—MELYN GRADE.

ANTIMONY

6*
7

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Each additional X on this grade, »1.75.
10x14 IC,  C h arco al.................................... 
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
14x20 IX, 

TIN— ALLA WAT GRADE.
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..................................... .  - 

E ach additional X on this grade (1.50.

 
 
ROOFING PLATES

“ 
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6  50
“  W orcester.............................. 
14x20 IC, 
“ 
14x20 IX, 
8  50
............................. 
18  50
“ 
.....................  
20x28 IC, 
14x20 IC, “   A llaway  G rade.........................  
6  00
7  50
“ 
14x20 IX, 
 
“ 
12  B0
20x28 IC, 
20x28 IX, 
15  50
“ 
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.
14X28  IX .............................................................  »14  0»
14x31  IX ................................................................ :15
S
10

 i f ’ f“r N°' I B0,‘‘er*’ } P» P°und 

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7 50
9 25
9 26

8 25
9 25

» 6 7 5
6  75
 
 

AL. SO

The  Kelly Perfect  Axe
The Falls City Axe
Tie My Aie If’g Co,  immu n

B o th   M a n u fa c tu re d   by

W e c a rr y  a  go o d   sto c k  o f  th e s e   ax e s 
a   d   q u o te   th e m   a t   th e   fo llo w in g  
p r ic e s :

K e lly  P e rfe c t, p e r  d o z. 
F a lls  C ity , p e r  doz. 

$6 

12
$9

S. Bit.  D. Bit.

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A dvertising Rates m ade know n on application. 

strictly in  advance.

Publication  Office,  100 Louis St.

Entered at the Grand Rapids Post Qjr.ee.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

W E D N E S D A Y ,  D E C E M B E R   2 3 ,  1 8 9 1 .

explanation that  the  attacks  are  due  to 
the  fact  that  the  writer  is,  probably, 
mentally irresponsible is  the most chari­
table way to view the  matter.

Honesty of purpose  does not count  for 
| much,  unless  honesty  of  execution  fol­
lows it.  You  may  have  both  food  and 
fuel,  but  you  will  not get  your break- 
! fast  unless  you  light the  fire  and  pre­
pare the food.

T h e   T r a d e s m a n   cordially  wishes  its 
friends  and  patrons  a  Merry  Christmas 
I and trusts that they may be spared to en­
joy many succeeding Christmas days.

Pertinent Suggestions on the Credit 

Business.
“Store Crank" in Am erican Qrocer.

It is an old saying and true  that  “any 
i 
fool can get rid of goods.”  Many a mer- 
I chant,  at the end of his first year’s  busi­
ness and at the  time  of  inventory,  has 
come to the conclusion that the secret  of 
success does not all hinge  upon the  abil­
ity to make large sales,  but that this gift 
inseparably united to a capacity to collect 
the money for the goods sold will make a 
permanent success.  Faith and works can 
be as successfully separated, as can these 
two factors,  in the life  of  a  retail  mer­
chant. 
It  is  unreasonable  to  suppose 
that you will not suffer some  losses,  but 
they can, by constant vigilance,  be  kept 
at a minimum.  Retail merchants in  our 
large cities do not suffer largely  on  this 
account.  A strict cash business is almost 
exclusively done.  At  the  farthest,  set­
tlements are generally  made  at  periods 
not over a week in extent,  and  if  these 
small balances  are  not  allowed  to  lap, 
then the losses wili be small;  herein  lies 
the danger.  The  mechanic  or  laborer 
who receives his  wages  every  Saturday 
night generally expects to spend his Sun­
day square with  the  world.  As  a  rule 
they generally exhibit greater anxiety to 
pay their just  debts  than  do  the  class 
which  I shall speak of farther on.  You 
may  be  of  a  particularly  sympathetic 
nature and cannot listen  to  the  tale  of 
woe, which is so often poured  into  your 
ears as a reason for letting  “this  week’s 
bill go over until next Saturday.”  As a 
rule this class of people use all that they 
earn to meet their regular necessities and 
have no way to make up arrearges.  You 
can stand one week’s loss; you cannot af­
ford to multiply it,  because of  some  un- 
forseenoaccident or  sickness  cutting  off 
the customers’ means of  supply.
Have no hesitancy in declining to  give 
continued credit to  a customer who deals 
upon a cash basis,  and is unable  or  dis­
inclined to keep his accounts square.  Let 
the Doctor or the druggist,  the furniture 
dealer or the jeweler, take their  share of 
the liability.  How unjust it appears to a 
merchant to hear, as an excuse given  by 
a customer for lapping his bills,  that  he 
had to buy some chairs or a set of dishes, 
and assurngly ask you to carry  the  debt 
instead of the party of  whom  the  goods 
were purchased. 
I would have the  mer­
chant in such a case make a frank  state­
ment,  as 1 have outlined,  and if  done  in 
the right spirit would  not  give  offence. 
I imagine  that  upon  this  you  will  say 
that  the  crockery  or  furniture  dealer 
would not perhaps extend the credit.  In 
such case,  ask your customer to refer the 
dealer to you and you can make  a  state­
ment to him just how your customer  has 
paid you,  what his  promises  have  been 
and how kept. 
If after  a  statement  of 
this kind,  which has been  favorable,  he 
declines to take the risk,  it is absurd  for 
you to consent to assume it for his  bene­
fit.  Rather than  carry  a  book  account 
against a cash customer who is dependent 
upon his daily wages for his  support,  if 
he is actually needing assistance  for  an 
emergency,  far better  make him  a  cash 
loan,  relying upon  his honor for its  pay­
ment.

I think I do not exaggerate when I  say 
that  the  merchant  suffers  greater  loss 
from the class of meu earning  from  81,- 
200 to 82,000  per  year  than  from  those 
just referred to.  Society  demands,  and 
imaginary  needs use up a  great  portion 
of the income this  class  of  persons  re­
ceive.  There  is  a  strong  tendency  to 
copy the manners and  court  the  friend­
ship of  those  who  have  dollars  where 
they  have  nickels,  and  thus  they  live 
a little beyond  their  income  each year. 
This  class  of  persons,  the  merchant 
should  hold to  prompt  payment;  never 
let the bills pass thirty days,  and  when 
the time of payment comes,  insist  upon 
getting it.  The merchants generally are 
timid about  refusing  such  a  customer, 
owing to his personal appearance,  but  if 
the dealer is at all shrewd,  he  will  soon 
know the  approximate  income  and  the 
probable ability of the customer.  Most 
of the  losses  sustained  are  from  these 
silk-hat-fur-beaver-overcoat-and - patent- 
leather-shoe-customers, who,  perhaps try 
to keep within their means,  but are  car­
ried out to sea by the  feeling  that  they 
must have just what their neighbor  pos­

sesses,  although  he  is  able  to  home  it, 
while they are not.
The  country  merchant,  after  one  or 
two years’  establishment,  should  make 
but few losses.  His trade is confined  to 
a  certain  area  of  country.  He  should 
know every farmer and mechanic  in  his 
jurisdiction,  and  what their ability to pay 
is.  Farmers expect  to  pay  in  the  fall 
after  crops are harvested.  I find that  in 
most sections of the country  settlements 
are made twice a year,  spring  and  fall. 
The great majority of country merchants 
have but little capital in  their  business, 
and it would greatly embarrass  them  to 
grant extended credit.  Settlement in  the 
spring may be made by note,  with  prop­
er  endorsement,  and  always  averaging 
interest.  These may be used by the  mer­
chant.  Of course such settlements should 
be only made with such  parties  as  have 
realestate.  The fall settlements are gen­
erally cash. The above, of course, the read­
er will understand,  is to apply to a  class 
of farmers as  dispose  of  their  products 
in other  markets.  All  others  I  should 
hold to prompt  pay,  in  produce  which 
every country  merchant  is  expected  to 
take,  or cash in  thirty  days.
Never extend credit to any one without 
having  a  correct  understanding  as 
to 
time of payment.  When  the time arrives 
insist  upon  its  fullfilment.  All  differ­
ences as regards price or questions which 
the  customer  may  raise  as  to  quality, 
etc., will be fresh in the mind and can be 
decided.  Many  country  merchants allow 
farmers,  whom they know to be good,  to 
have running accounts of two  and  three 
years  standing.  These  always  cause 
friction when a settlement is made.  My 
judgment is that the dealer  should  ren­
der an  itemized statement to every credit 
customer once in thirty days, and request 
its  examination.  No  rule  can  be  laid 
down for any merchant’s guidance.  His 
common sense and judgment are to  play 
the important part in the  matter.  As  a 
rule, “short accounts make long friends,” 
but  whatever  you  do  as  to  extending 
credit, observe this one  rule religiously: 
Have a definite time  for  settlement  un­
derstood  with each one of  your  custom­
ers,  and then see that  the  settlement  is 
made.

T h e C a sh  C ry  C o m es A c ro ss  th e   S tr a its .
Conrad  Bros.,  the  St.  Ignace  grocers, 
announce the abandonment of  the credit 
system in the  following  circular to their 
trade:

St.  I gn a ce,  Dec.  15—We  have  been 
doing  business  in  this  city  nearly  five 
In 
years and  we want to stay with you. 
order  to  do  so  and  give  satisfaction to 
our  customers  and  make  our  business 
profitable,  we  realize that  we must  turn 
over  a  new  leaf  and  make  it  to  your 
interest to buy goods of  us. 
It has been 
a  study with  us  how to  accomplish  this 
and  we  have decided  that  there is only 
one way,  and  that way we are  hereafter 
going  to  try for  all  there  is in  it.  We 
can  buy cheaper by paying  cash  and we 
can  sell a great deal  cheaper if  we  sell 
for cash.  Ninety  cents in  cash is worth 
more  to  us  than  81  on  our  books,  and 
for  that  reason  we  will  sell  you goods 
for cash at far lower prices than  we have 
ever sold them before.
Beginning  Jan.  1,  1892,  we  will  do  a 
strictly  cash  business,  and  all  goods 
must  be paid  for  before  they leave  the 
store.  No  deviation  whatever  will  be 
made from this rule,  so do not ask for it.
You will  want to know what difference 
this will make to the customer.  We will 
show you by our  prices,  figured  from  a 
cash  basis,  with no percentage added for 
losses  through  bad  accounts,  with  no 
man’s  time  occupied  by  book-keeping, 
making  out  bills,  collecting,  etc.,  and 
with  the  ready cash  at all  times to pur­
chase  goods with,  which  will  save  us at 
least 7 per  cent.  The following table of 
prices  go  into  effect  at  once,  for  cash 
only: 
Our stock  is  large,  well  assorted  and 
first-class in every  respect.  We  request 
a  continuance  of  your  patronage  and 
hope to add  many new customers  to  our 
present  long  list.  Thanking  you  for 
past favors,  we wish one  and all a Merry 
Christmas and Happy New Year.

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Very respectfully,

Co n r a d   B ros.

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IS   C O M PETITIO N   A  FA IL U R E .
The supposition that competition  is the I 
life of trade has,  since the time of Adam 
Smith,  been  an  axiom  and  a  proverb. 
We  have  believed  in  the  doctrine  that | 
competition  is  the  life of  trade  as  im­
plicitly.  perhaps,  as we have  believed  in 
any economic doctrine. 
In  spite of  this, 
every observing  man knows  that compe­
tition  has  very often  proved  to  be  the 
death  of  trade. 
In  fact,  one  of  the 
strongest  forces that  has caused  the or­
ganization  of  monopolies  and  trusts  is 
the  demonstration  by  competing  firms 
that  competition  would  end in disaster. 
The inability to withstand competition  is 
what has caused combinations.

Mr.  Aldace  F.  Walker,  who  was  for  a 
long  time  one of  the  Inter-State  Com­
merce  Commissioners,  and  is  now  the 
chairman  of  the  Western  Traffic  Asso­
ciation,  has  made  a  thorough  historical 
study of the rise, growth, and application 
of  this doctrine of  “competition the life 
of  trade,”  and  he shows in  a thoughtful 
contribution  to the  December number of 
the  Forum  how  competition  is  just  as 
often the death of trade as it  is the life of 
trade.  He  shows  how  the  old  doctrine 
that  we  have  so  long  believed  in  has 
utterly  broken down.  He shows that  by 
the  development  of  modern  commerce 
competition can  no longer be  trusted  in 
all cases to  bring or to maintain a health­
ful  sort of  industry.  He  concludes  his 
study of this subject  by  expressing him­
self in favor of a  regulated  competition. 
Mr. Walker’s historical  treatment  of the 
subject and the pertinent examples  with 
which  he  fortifies  his  arguments,  make 
this one of the most original  and  impor­
tant  contributions  to  economic  science 
that has  been  presented  in  our  current 
literature  for many a day.

The defenceless condition  of the Unit­
ed  States sea coast  will soon  be  a  thing 
of  the  past.  Secretary  Proctor  of  the 
War Department states in his  annual  re­
port that work  has  begun on the  batter­
ies at New  York,  Boston,  San  Francisco, 
Hampton  Roads  and  Washington;  198 
steel  rifled  cannons  of  high  power  are 
about  to  be  made; one  company  of  In­
dians has been  enlisted  for  each  of  the 
twenty-six  regiments  of  white  cavalry 
and  infantry serving west  of the  Missis­
sippi river,  and promise  to  be  excellent 
soldiers; desertions  have been  less  than 
in any previous  year,  being  but  6.1  per 
cent. 

________________

It is unfortunate that the  editor of the 
Ypsilanti  Sentinel  should desire to  con­
tinue 
the  discussion  provoked  by  his 
brutal  attack on the traveling  fraternity, 
but  so  long  as  he  repeats  his  baseless 
charges against the profession as a whole, 
the columns of T h e   T r a d e s m a n   will  be 
open  to  a  reply  to  same.  Mr.  Owen’s

If you  lean  too  much  on  chance  and 
good luck in  the  conduct  of  your  busi­
ness,  your creditors will soon have a lien 
on your  property.

When  you  are  tempted  to whine,  try 
It  will  accomplish the  same 

whistling. 
purpose and sound much  better.

A financial success  is  a  financial  fail­
ure,  if  integrity  and  square  dealing  do 
not constitute its foundation.

Wisdom  is  better  than  riches,  but  is 
not  considered  legal  tender  in  the  pay­
ment of a debt.

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

Alex.  Denton,  the Howard City grocer, 

was in town  last Wednesday.

Henry Hamlyn,  meat  dealer  at  Belle­
vue,  was in town a  couple  of  days  last 
week.

W. C.  Edsell  succeeds W.  C.  Edsell  & 
Son  in  the  private  banking  business at 
Otsego.

Oscar F. Conklin has gone to Lawrence 
to attend the mortgage sale of  the  How­
ard & Co.  boot and shoe stock.

Heman  G.  Barlow  is  expected  home 
from  Mt. Clemens  to-day.  His  adipose 
is  considerably  reduced  and  his  health 
correspondingly  improved.

Wm.  H.  Hoops  has  purchased  a  resi­
dence on  Drexel Boulevard, Chicago, and 
will remove to  the  Windy  City early  in 
January.  He  has sold  his  residence  iD 
in this city and  is rapidly closing out his 
business interests at Luther.

Jas.  N.  Bradford  went  to  Muskegon 
last Thursday to assist in the celebration 
of  his  parents’  golden  wedding.  His 
father is 74 years old and his mother two 
years  younger.  Both  have  lead  active 
lives,  but are remarkably well preserved, 
considering their years.

Fred  H.  Ball,  Secretary  of  the  Ball- 
Barnhart-Putman  Co.,  leaves  Saturday 
for New  York,  whence he  sails for  Ber­
muda  Islands,  where  he  expects  to  re­
main a couple  of  months.  Of course  be 
will  be  accompanied  by  his  wife.  The 
best wishes of  the  trade will  follow  the 
couple on their journey.

Frank B.  Warren, Cashier of  the  City 
National Bank of Greenville,  has  resign­
ed that position to take  the  Cashiership 
of the First National Bank of Englewood, 
111.  Mr.  Warren  has  been  connected 
with the banking business of  Greenville 
about ten years and  his  departure  from 
Michigan  will be a matter of general  re­
gret.

W h a t  D id  H e  W an t?

A lad recently  entered a  drug store  at 
Benton  Harbor  and  handed the  proprie­
tor a piece of paper on which the follow­
ing was written:
“har.  lemnoil.”
What did the boy  want?

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

9

Origin of the Tobacconist’s Wooden 

In d ia n .

From the Chicago Tribune.
A North Clark  street  tobacconist said: 
“I used to live in Spain, and afterward in 
the West  Indies  before  I  came  to  the 
States. 
I  met the  wooden  Indian  long 
before  I  came  to  this  country. 
I  have 
been asked before where  the wooden In­
dian got his start. 
I only know  what  I 
have heard about him in the  Old  World. 
There  was  an  adventurer, named Ruiz, 
who left his old city, Barcelona, and came 
to Virginia 300 years  ago.  When  he re­
turned he executed the wooden Indian in 
a rude  way,  as  a  type  of  the  sort  of 
animal he had met  in  the  New  World, 
and  the figure was set up  in  front  of  a 
shop  where  wine  was  sold.  Finally  it 
I became sort of a trademark.  There were 
smokers in those days and they assembled 
around the Indian.  And the wooden In­
dian  is now seen in  front of  every  cigar 
store,  or nearly every one in  the  world.”
STUDY  LAW
AT  HOME.
Take a  course in th e 

S p r a g u e   C o rre s p o n ­
d e n c e   s c h o o l o fL a w  
[incorporated].  Send  ten 
cents [stam ps] for particu­
lars to
J .  C O TX E R ,  Jr.,  Sec’y,
No.  375 W hitney Block, 
D E T R O IT .  -  M IC H .

to 

buyer  would  sprinkle  any  stock  with 
the  kind  of  stuff  we  have  been  de­
scribing,  and,  in  time,  would  run  the 
most promising business into the ground.
Here is a way open by which  the most 
of us can increase the  profits of our bus­
iness:  Never buy a novelty or add a new 
element to your  stock because some vain 
or cranky  individual  asks  for it.  Wait 
until  there  is  a  general  demand,  and 
your customers begin to show an inclina­
tion to go elsewhere for  the coveted arti­
cle, and then  buy  sparingly at  first.  A 
little  conservatism  exercised  along  this 
line  would  undoubtedly  add 
the 
profits of most  every  retail  business  in 
the country.  Never allow yourself to be 
talked  into  the  purchase  of  any  new­
fangled  thing, when  your  better  judg­
ment prompts you to leave it alone.  You 
had better err  on the  slow  side  than  on 
the too hasty  side. 
It  is  not  so  expen­
sive, and less injurious to your business.
If the  retailers  would  develop  a little 
backbone and only buy  what they  want­
ed,  and when they wanted  it,  and  would 
exercise a little more  independence,  sta­
bility of  purpose,  and  common  sense  in 
placing their  orders  with  the  house  in 
which they have the  greatest confidence, 
and whose shipments and business meth­
ods  have  always  been  satisfactory,  in­
stead of with  the salesman  who can  tell 
the slickest story,  the house might super­
annuate one-third  of  its traveling force. 
The trade would not suffer  and  the  job­
ber would  not lose a dollar if the gentle­
man with the  grip  called every  third in­
stead  of  every  second  week—and  the 
cost  of  living  might  be  reduced  for 
the  masses  to  the  extent  of  the 
re­
The  advocates  of 
duced  expenses. 
the 
seem 
to 
two  weeks’ 
interval 
think  that  it  is  necessary, in  order  to 
hold the trade up  and  keep  it  together. 
They are afraid  that if the  interval  was 
extended  to  three  weeks  the  fickle  re­
tailer  would  lose  his  constancy,  forget 
his  fair drummer and become  befuddled 
by a better looking fellow.

How  Can I Increase  the  Profits  of  My 

T r a d e ?

FO U RTH   P A P E R .

Written (or Thb Tradesman

There is probably no more certain  way 
of increasing  the  profits  of  the  general 
retail business than by studying the pub­
lic  taste,  thereby  qualifying  ourselves 
for  the  important  duty  of  anticipating 
the  wants,  and  preparing  to  meet  the 
demands,  of  the  people. 
It  is  all  very 
well to undertake to  improve the  public 
taste and educate the people up to higher 
standards and loftier  ideas,  but  we  can­
not  afford  to sacrifice  our  profits in  the 
advancement  of  this  good  work.  We 
must not forget that the people are  their 
own  judges  as  to  what  they  want  and 
what  they  do  not  want;  and,  when  we 
constitute  ourselves  their  monitors,  in 
this matter we hamper our  business  and 
diminish  the  profits.  The  contents  of 
every retail store should  be the very  em­
bodiment of the tastes and demands of the 
people  of the  neighborhood in  which the 
store  is located.

A stock  of this  kind  would  always  be 
worth 100 cents on the dollar  and  would 
never  go  begging  for  a  purchaser; but 
add something to it which is foreign to the 
tastes of the  people,  and the  major  por­
tion of that something will remain on the 
shelves until it  is  shelf-worn and  rusty, 
when it  is  shoved  to  one  side  as  dead 
stock.  Our  jobbers  and  manufacturers 
are not supposed to know  what our trade 
demands except as they  learn  it through 
us,  and,  therefore,  we  should  make  a 
careful study of it,  in  order that we may 
not deceive ourselves  and  mislead  them. 
The commercial traveler is  not supposed 
to know  what  our  customers  want,  and 
no wise  retailer  who  is  anxious  to  in­
crease his  profits,  will  ever set aside  his 
own judgment  for that  of any  traveling 
agent,  as to what  his  trade demands.  A 
shoe,  for instance,  may  be very  popular 
in one locality,  in  price, style and fitting 
qualities;  yet,  not  fifty  miles  away,  at 
some other point,  it cannot be sold at all. 
This  is  not  all  sentiment  or  simply  a 
matter  of  education,  for  no  amount  of 
education,  voluntary or compulsory,  will 
ever educate a  No.  7  double E wide  foot 
into a No. ‘S)4  B.  Every community is  a 
little world by  itself, moving in an orbit 
of its own and possessing many little no­
tions which are  not  held in  common  by 
the  little  worlds  all  around  it.  Every 
retail  merchant  should  understand  the 
local peculiarities of liis own little world 
and regulate bis stock accordingly.

1 do not wish  to be  understood as cen­
suring  the  traveling  fraternity  for  the 
many mistakes made in  buying stock.  If 
the  retailer  is  too  stupid  to  learn  the 
wants of  his  trade  and  does  not  know 
what  to buy—and  is  able to  pay for  all 
he does buy—the  agent  deserves  praise, 
rather than censure,  for generously  loan­
ing  the  unfortunate  retailer  a 
little 
brains to make  his purchases  with,  even 
if he  does  sell  him  some  shelf  fixtures. 
These  commercial 
the 
agents of the houses which employ them, 
and do not and can not act as purchasing 
agents for the retailers at the same time. 
Shame upon  the  cowardly  and  imbecile 
retailer  who,  finding  himself 
loaded 
down  with  stock  which  he  cannot  sell 
and  which  was  never  demanded  by  his 
trade,  dodges his own  responsibility and 
throws all the blame upon the agent who 
sold  him  the  goods!  Poor  fellow!  He 
wonders where he could have been about 
the time the  agent  sold  him  the  goods.

travelers  are 

Let us prove  to the wholesalers  that  we 
are men of matured  judgment, and not a 
tiuttering,  wavering,  vacillating  fleet  of 
pilotless,aimless, small-sized crafts, float­
ing and  waiting  to be driven  and  tossed 
about by the first windy gust  that passes 
our way.  Let us win from them a larger 
degree  of  confidence  by  assuring  them 
that we are anchored  sure and  steadfast 
on  the  rock  of  self-reliance,  and  that 
when they  send emissaries  to our  doors 
with  samples  of  their  wares,  they  will 
find us prepared  at  all times,  and  under 
all  circumstances,  to  cheerfully  receive 
them,  look  them over,  and  act  promptly 
according to our own preconceived  ideas 
as to the wants  and  dislikes of  our  own 
trade.  Dear  reader,  stop  reading  this 
article right here, drop T h e   T r a d e s m a n  
on  the desk  and  run  your eye over  your 
shelves  and  take  an  inventory,  in  your 
mind, of  all  the  shelf-ornaments,  wall­
flowers,  stock-fixtures,  and  store-ballast 
you  have  on  hand.  No?  You  cannot 
cast  it  in  your  mind—too  much  of  it. 
Well,  take  a  pencil  and a  half  quire of 
foolscap paper and go at  it.  When it  is 
finished,  hold a post mortem examination 
over it, and  over  the verdict  soliloquize 
thus:  “Here is  a  fine  array of  very in­
teresting stuff which will  stay by me un­
til the day of  judgment.  Unfortunately 
for me,  my heirs,  executors,  administra­
tors,  and,  more  especially,  my creditors, 
this widely-diversified  assortment is  im­
perishable: otherwise a  fond  hope  would 
linger  in  the  minds  of  my  decendants 
that there would come,  sooner or later, a 
final  dissolution  when  it  would  disap­
pear from  the  face  of  the  earth.  This 
precious  stuff,  which  would  not  bring 
seventeen  cents  on  the  dollar,  is  a  sad 
memento of my imbecility. 
It was never 
demanded  by  my  trade,  and  how  it  is 
that the stuff has crept into my stock and 
accumulated  from  year  to  year is  more 
than I can tell. 
I  declare, I believe that 
the evil one”-----Hold on!  You have so­
liloquized  long enough.  You  are  begin­
ning  to  think  about  the  “ drummer.” 
Shame  on  you!  Don’t  you  know  that 
you  and  that  drummer  met  in an  open 
field—he charged  with the responsibility 
of  selling  the  goods  and  wares  of  bis 
employer;  and you with the responsibili­
ty of buying supplies  wherewith  to sup­
ply  the wants and demands  of your  cus­
tomers?  If either had an advantage over 
the  other,  it was  you,  because  the  con­
test was fought on your  own ground  un­
der the  supposition  that  you  knew just 
what your trade  wanted  and that he  did 
not; yet,  because he  simply did his  duty 
and gained  a  point,  and  you  neglected 
your  duty and lost a point,  you set  up  a 
how! and would feign dodge your respon­
sibility by placing  it upon someone  else. 
Remember  that  the  most  expert  sales­
man in the  world  cannot  effect  a  legal 
sale of anything without a willing buyer; 
and  remember,  also,  that  the  time  to 
consider  whether  you  want  a  thing or 
not,  is before you buy it.

1 know that  the readers  of  this  paper 
will pardon  me for pounding around one 
spot so much,  for  they  know,  as well  as 
I do, that  it  is  the  only way, to-day,  to 
attract attention  or make  an impression. 
This idea of familiarizing ourselves with 
the  tastes  and  desires  of  the  people 
whom  we  furnish  with  food,  clothing, 
fuel, medicine,  etc.,  is  a  grand one,  and 
is  worthy of  careful consideration. 
In­
deed,  it is of  such  vital  importance that 
no man  who  overlooks  it  is  qualified to 
buy stock for  any  retail  store.  Such  a

G.  R. MAYHEW,

Grand  Rapids, MicR.,

JO B B E R   OF

Woonsocket Rubbers,

Felt  Boote & M a  Socie.

Whitcomb  1  Paine’s  Calf  Boots.

E .  A.  O w e n .
O w en   S h a k e s   th e   D o c to rs.

W rite  f o r  P ric e s.

Geo.  F.  Owen  has  issued a handsome  Christmas  souvenir to  his  customers,  an­
nouncing  his  emancipation  from  the  pill  dispensers  in the  following  significant 
illustration :

P E RK I N S   &  HESS
Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,

D E A L E R S  IN

NOS.  12 2   a n d   1 2 4   1 , 0 0 3   S T R E E T ,  G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  M IC H IG A N .

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D ru g-s f& M e d ic in e s .

S ta te   B o a rd   o f  P h a rm a c y *

One  Year—S tanley E. P ark ill, Owosso.
Two  Years—Jacob  Jesson,  M uskegon.
T hree  Years—Jam es  Vernor, D etroit.
Four Years—O ttm ar Eberbach, Ann  Arbor 
F iv e Years—G eorge Gundrum, Ionia.
P resident—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon.
Secretary—Jas.  Vernor, Detroit.
Treasurer—Geo. Gundrum. Ionia.

N ext m eetin g—At Bay C ity, Jan.  13 and 14,1892.
>Iichig<in  S ta te   P h a r m a c e u tic a l  A ss’n . 

P resident—H. G. Colem an, K alam azoo.
Vice-Presidents—S.  E.  P arkill,  Owosso;  L.  Pauley, St.
Ig n a ce;  A. S. Parker, D etroit.
Secretary—Mr. P arsons. D etroit.
Treasurer—Wm  Dupont, Detroit.
E xecutive Com m ittee—F. J. W urzburg,  Grand Rapids; 
Frank  In glis  and  G.  W.  Stringer,  D etroit;  C.  E. 
W ebb, Jackson.

N ext place o f  m eeting—Grand Rapids.
Local Secretary—John  D. Muir._______________________
G ra n d   R a p id s   P h a rm a c e u tic a l  S o ciety . 
President. W. R. Jew ett,  Secretary,  Frank H. E scott, 
R egular M eetings—First W ednesday evenin g o f March 
June, Septem ber and Decem ber.____________________
G ran d  R a p id s   D ra g  C lerks* A ss o c ia tio n , 
resident, F. D. Kipp;  Secretary, W. C. Sm ith.

D e tro it  P h a rm a c e u tic » ]  S ociety. 

President, F. Rohnert;  Secretary,  J. P.|R heinfrank.
M ask eg o n   D ra g   C lerks*  A sso ciatio n . 

President. N. Miller;  S ecretary, A. T. W heeler.

T H E   TH EO RY   O F  PR O FIT .

There is  no  phase  of  life, commercial 
or  social,  that  does  not  afford  food  for 
theory,  yet  to  theorize  is but  to  formu­
late beliefs,  which contribute little bene­
fit aside from  the  satisfaction  one  feels. 
To evolve a theory  and  substantiate  the 
same by demonstration is in effect the es­
tablishment of  a rule  or  fixed  principle 
on which calculation may be based.

The “ Theory of Profit,”  because of its 
peculiar  nature,  changeable  conditions 
and susceptibility to  exterior  influences, 
necessarily occupies a point  midway  be­
tween  these  two.  Analogous  cases  or 
conditions  provide  a  basis for  compara­
tive  or  deductive 
reasoning — they 
strengthen  the theory  without  establish­
ing  the  rule.  The  merchant,  therefore, 
who desires  to  establish  a  rule  will  do 
well to  formulate  an  elastic  theory  and 
so hedge it in by data  that each  applica­
tion  may  be  measurably  covered  by  a 
precedent;  he  will  then  have  a  “nine 
times out  of ten”  rule. 
It  is  this  same 
rule  at  which  we  shall  aim  in  dealing 
with the “ Theory of Profit.”

There  is  but  one  rational  basis  upon 
which  to  calculate  profit—the  ultimate 
results, and  all means having this end in 
view may,  in  the  proper acceptation  of 
the term,  be declared  profitable.

The  superficial  reasoner  who 

looks 
upon profit as a gain  in a separate trans­
action where  goods are purchased at one 
price  and  sold  at  another,  is  sooner  or 
later,  confronted  with  the  paradoxical 
condition of a losing profit.  Many costly 
errors are committed through  computing 
this factor  in  the  abstract—considering 
it independent of ulterior influences.

Local  conditions  exercise  such 

We  have  seen  stores  rise  and  fall;  a 
good  trade  wrecked  in  a  few  months. 
There  was  no  deterioration  in  stocks, 
there were no  important  changes in con­
ditions,  yet they could not hold the trade; 
their systems of fixing prices were wrong.
a 
marked effect upon  the management  of a 
store and  its  results  that  the  most suc­
cessful  operator  cannot  safely  do  more 
than  generalize  his  rules,  as  specific 
rules require specific conditions.  In this 
matter,  as in  many  others of like nature, 
half  the  battle  lies  in  serious  study 
backed up  by  that  degree  of  judgment 
which any business man  must  possess to 
be successful.

The  theory of profit  is  an  all-prevad- 
ing  element. 
It  cannot  safely  be  lost 
sight of  at  any  point,  but  should  exert 
its influence upon each  one  of the many 
details  which make up  the  sum  of  com­
mercial life.

First of all,  profit  should  be  systema­
tized to enable one to deal with it intelli­
gently; this can only be  done by  placing 
it upon a basis of percentage.  This will 
not  necessitate  the  fixing  of  a  rate  at 
which all goods must be  marked,  but de­
partments or goods  that should  yield  50 
per cent,  as well as those  which yield  10 
or  20  per  cent,  may  be  handled  with 
equal  facility by this method.

In buying let  all transactions  be guid­
ed by the  expected profit.  With  a thor­
ough  understanding  of  the  peculiarities 
of  your  trade  and  a  familiarity  with 
their  tastes,  financial  status,  etc.,  you 
should  be  reasonably  well  prepared  to 
lay in a stock that will meet the demand.
First determine  the price at  which  an 
article can be sold to  your  trade,  deduct 
from this the  percentage of profit  which 
should be  realized on the  article  (which 
percentage  should  be  liberal  enough  to 
embrace its proportion of the risk  which 
you incur in the  operation of the depart­
ment  to  which  it  belongs),  this  should 
give you cost price—it must do it  or  you 
cannot afford to make the purchase.  This 
is the  rule upon  which  the  best  buyers 
act,  and  there is no questioning the  fact 
that when wholesalers  once discover that 
you a:e  acting  upon this  safe rule  their 
appreciation of  your  ability  as  a  buyer 
will  assume  a  very  advantageous  form. 
The  careful  buyer  is  the  one  who  re­
ceives the most  concessions.  One of the 
best buyers with whom we are  acquaint­
ed confidently asserts  that  all  successful 
merchants make  their  profits when  they 
buy,  a  statement  from  experience  that 
bears out the old adage  that  “goods well 
bought are half  sold.”

This measuring of percentage between 
the cost  and retail  price  constitutes  the 
secret  of  buying,  and  unless  goods  are 
well bought there  is  little hope  that  the 
most  shrewd  manager  or  salesman  can 
dispose of them at a profit and retain his 
prestige  and  that  which  detracts  from 
the prestige or  reputation  of  a  house is 
ruinous to its profits.

In offering “ bargains,”  it is not gener­
ally profitable to secure  too heavy an ad­
vance  above  cost  price.  The  “bargain 
sale”  has for  its object  a profit of a  dif­
ferent nature,  but  none the less surely a 
profit.  The merchant  looks  to  his  bar­
gain sale as a means  of popularizing  his 
store, of disposing of surplus stock, estab­
lishing  confidence  throughout  the  com­
munity. 
It cannot do alt  this and  at the 
same  time  yield  a  good  direct  profit 
above cost price.

Let all things be  tempered with  judg­
ment.  There  are  times  when  you  can 
secure a  lot of  reliable  goods  at a  very 
low  price.  Would  it 
tend  to  enhance 
your reputation to sell them at one-fourth 
value?  Be  careful  here;  do  not  mark 
them too high; do not mark them too low. 
See  that  they  are  cheap  at  the  price 
asked,  and,  if  it  yields  you  500  per 
cent., so much  the  better.  When  goods 
are  marked  down  below  all  reason  the 
effect  is  not  good; customers  will  look 
them over with not only acritical eye, but 
I with a prejudice  against  them and a  de­
termination  to  find  fault;  and,  depend 
upon  it,  they will  find  it, be  it  real  or 
imaginary.

There  is  another  “theory  of  profit” 
which has many disciples,  yet we believe 
it to be wrong, especially  in small  cities 
or  towns  where  customers  are  largely 
acquainted with each other  and with the 
j stocks  carried  by  the  stores. 
It  is  the 
I practice of marking goods  at  an  unreas- \

onable advance during the height  of  the 
season, after which time they are marked 
at or near cost.  Say what  you  will,  ad­
vertise  in  every  way  imaginable,  you 
cannot  make  many  people  believe  you 
are selling  below  cost,  or  even  at  cost. 
When  you  mark  down  the  prices  they 
will  immediately see  wherein they could 
have  saved greatly by waiting, and  they 
will profit by  it  another season.  Again, 
there is  never  a  very  kindly  feeling  in 
the1 heart of  one  who  has paid  20 or  30 
per  cent,  more  for  an  article  than  a 
neighbor has  purchased  the  same  thing 
at.  On the other hand,  in order to make 
sure  of  the  proper  percentage  the  first 
half would  have to  be  sold  at  a  double 
advance to make good the loss on the  re­
maining half.  The percentage  of  profit 
must  be realized on the  entire  purchase.
Your chances of  disposing of a line  of 
goods are much better if held at a reason­
able  advance  during  the  best  of  the 
season than when you  charge  exorbitant 
prices at first and cost at last.

The  above  is  applicable  in  a  greater 
degree  to stores  of  the  size  and  nature 
mentioned. 
In  the  immense  bazaars  of 
large  cities  customers  know  compara­
tively little of  the stock  when  not  look­
ing at it,  and therefore the other  method 
may  be more  successfully  operated;  yet 
we  know  of  many  stores,  particularly 
clothing  stores,  which,  by  their  heavy 
“mark downs,” have created a feeling of 
distrust that, of  course,  operates against 
them  to a considerable  extent. 

,

A theory of  profit  which  does not em­
brace  provisions  for  running  expenses, 
risks, clearing up,  deterioration of stock, 
fluctuations 
in  values,  credits,  small 
losses,  damaged  goods 
from  various 
causes,  the  peculiarities  of  the  trade, 
local  influences  and carrying  of  stocks, 
is at  fault  and  should  be  made  to  con­
form.

The country merchant  under  ordinary 
conditions  cannot look for a  very  heavy 
increase  of  trade, and  at  the  beginning 
of the  year he should determine  the per­
centage  of  profit  necessary  upon  gross 
sales,  then  apportion  it  to  the  various 
departments  in  conformity with  the na­
ture of the goods.  With this  percentage 
in  mind let him buy his goods, departing 
as little  from his  rule as  possible.  But 
first  of  all  he  should  remember  that 
profit  is  a  deceptive  factor  and  needs 
constant  watching.  Profit  in 
the  ab­
stract  remains  the  same  “through  the 
still  lapse  of  ages,” but  the  theory  of 
profit  changes  with  the  tide  of  human 
affairs.

W h a t  B re a k s  M en D o w n .

One of  the features  of  American busi­
ness life about which  men are compelled 
to  think  when  they  have  time,  hut  of 
which  certainly  those  who  know  and 
feel it most cannot  be  expected to write, 
is the irregularity with  which  the  strain 
of mental  and  and  accompanying physi­
cal exertion  falls  upon  them.  Business 
comes with a rush  and  for  some months 
those  in  positions  of  responsibility  and 
greatest  usefulness  are  compelled  by 
circumstances  to  wrestle  with  figures,
I facts  and  circumstances  at  a  rate  and 
during  an  extended  day,  the  result  of 
which  must  be  to  wreck  the  nerves of 
the strongest  and  most  determined  who 
undertake to do their duty  if  in employ­

ment, or to keep their heads above water 
if in theuswim for  themselves.  There is 
no  patent  method  for  reforming  this 
under  the  actual  conditions,  but  the 
thought  that  able  men  are  being  worn 
out too  quickly  by  the  system will sug­
gest that where a saving  of  time  can  be 
effected no  routine  should  be adhered to 
that is  not  strictly  necessary  to  safety 
and efficiency.  Another  thing  is that as 
service  becomes  more  valuable  by  ex­
perience  in  a  place,  those  whose  busi­
nesses which can by care in management 
be shaped  to  employ  a  steady  and  ade­
quate  personnel  by  the  year  will gain 
something in the course of  time by mak­
ing  the  endeavor  intelligently.  Other 
points are that all facilities to bring busy 
men to and from  their places of business 
are of increasing importance as to saving 
that time which would be devoted to rest 
and meals.  The  motherly  housekeeper, 
also,  needs  to  he  aware  that  upon  her 
devolves no small portion of  responsibil­
ity for the health of the toiling man.  It is 
business rush  and  worry that break men 
down  more  than  manual  labor ever did. 
The  temperance  advocates, 
too,  may 
stop  and  think  that  they  have  to deal 
with  causes,  and  that  often,  indeed,  the 
habit of  taking  stimulants  to  excess is 
merely  a  result  of  business  pressure. 
On  the  other  hand,  enforced  idleness is 
as had  morally,  while  less  injurious  in 
its  direct  physical  results.  Overwork 
and  strain  fall  upon  the clerk and book­
keeper as  upon  the  manager,  but on the 
former  classes  the  blight  of  no  work at 
all is more likely to  fall.  While  appar­
ently small  safeguards  are  all  that can 
at  present  be  practically  suggested,  it 
should not  be  forgotten that safeguards, 
in appearance  small  are  otten  sure and 
effective. 
It should  be  in  the  power of 
every reasonable man  at  least  to banish 
worry;  to  attend  closely to what  is pre­
sented,  decide  promptly,  press  forward 
serenely  and  care  nothing  for  conse­
quences while  doing  what  seems best in 
the time  which  nature  allows  for  work. 
A  good  strong  resolution  in  competent 
managing  men,  when  they  are  able  to 
take  leisure  and  save  health,  to  do  so, 
no  matter  if  it  costs  much  in  money, 
would  be  very  wise  and  would have a 
wholesome  effect  in  making  places  for 
others and in compelling  corporations to 
seek their  interest  in  a  reasonable con­
servation of the  health  of  their  capable 
employes.

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

Opium  is  firm, but  unchanged.  Mor­
phia is steady.  Quinine is dull and weak. 
Assfcetida is scarce and higher for prime. 
The  cheap,  adulterated  article  has  not 
advanced. 

Ipecac  has declined.

Kalamazoo—The Morgan  Manufactur­
ing Co.  is succeeded by  the  Sun  Stamp­
ing Co.  in  the  manufacture  of  odorless 
cookers.

H .  H .  H .

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Makes harsh and coarse hair soft,  pliable 
and glossy.  Prevents hair from splitting, 
eradicates  dandruff,  arrests  falling  hair 
and  will  thicken with  new growth  thin 
heads of hair.

PRICE,  $1  PE R   BOTTLE.

Sold by all druggists.  Manufactured by
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S H E R W O O D ,  M IC H .

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A dvanced— A ssofoetida. 

D eclined —Ipecac.

ACIDUM.

A ceticu m ......................
Benzoicum  G erm an..
Boracic 
.......................
C arb o licu m ..................
C itrlc u m ......................
H y d ro cm o r..................
N ltrocum  
....................
O x allcu m ......................
Phosphorium   d ii.........
Salley lic u m .................1
S ulphurlcum ................
T an n icu m .....................1
T a rtarlcu m ..............

8®   10 
50@  60ao
22®  30 
48®  53 
3® 
5
10®   12 
10®   12 
20
30@1  70 
IX ®   5 
40®1  60 
38®  40

AMMONIA.

“ 

Aqua, 16  d e g ................  3*4® 
5
20  d eg ................   5ft@ 
7
Carbonaa  ......................  };J@
C h lo rld u m ....................  1«@  1*

a n il in e .

B lack..............................^ 00@2 25
B row n.............................  80@100
Reel 
46® 50
Y ello w .......................... 2  50@3 00

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

 

BACCAB.

Cubeae (po.  80).........  

in

b alsam um .

C o p aib a...........................   50@ K
P e ru ................................. 
30
T erabin, C anada  .........   35<&  40
T o lu ta n .........................  
50

CORTEX.

Abies,  C anadian ....................  18
Casslae 
...................................  “
Cinchona F l a v a ....... ............
Euonym us  atropurp............
M yrica  Cerlfera, p o ...............  20
P runus V lrg ln l.  .................... 
J*
QuUlala,  g rd ...........................
Sassafras  ......... 
.........
Ulmus Po (G round  12).......  

1«

Cubebae.........................   @  6  5i>
E xechthltos................   2  50®2 75
E rlg e ro n ........................ 2  25® 7 50
G a u lth e ria .....................2  00@2 10
G eranium ,  o u n ce.......   @  75
Gossipi!,  Sem. g a l.......  50®  75
Hedeoma  ...................... 1  40@1 50
J u n lp e ri.........................   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 iper................. 3  00®3 50
M entha  Y erid ............... 2  20®2 30
M orrhuae,  g al................ 1  00@1 10
M yrcia, ounce..............   @  50
O liv e ..............................   85®?  75
Plcls Liquida,  (gal. 35)  10®  12
R ic in i.............................. 1  08@1 24
R osm arini.............. 
75®1  00
Rosae,  o u n ce................  @6  50
S uccinl...........................  40®  45
S a b in a ............ ..............  90@1  00
........................... 3  50@7 00
San tal 
Sassafras.......................   50®  55
Sinapis, ess, o u n ce ... 
®   65
T iglfl..............................   @1  00
T h y m e ...........................  40®  50
..................  @  60
Theobrom as..................  15®  20

opt 

“ 

POTASSIUM.

B IC arb...........................  15®  18
B ich ro m ate..................  13®  14
B rom ide.......................  
25©  27
C arb................................   12®  15
Chlorate,  (po. 16).........  14®  16
C y an id e.........................   50®  55
Io d id e..............................2  8G@2 90
Potassa, B itart,  p u re..  28®  30
® 15
Potassa, Bitart, com ..
8® 10
Potass  NItras, opt  ...
7® 9
Potass N Itras..............
28® 30
15® 18
Sulphate  po.

A nchusa  . 
A rum,  po.

EXTBACTUM. 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

G lycyrrhiza  G labra.
p o .........
H aem atox, 15 lb. box
I s .............
*8.......
548.......
FEBBUM.
Carbonate Preclp. - - 
C itrate and Q ulnla 
C itrate  Soluble  ....
Ferroev anldum  S ol..
Solut  C hloride.........
•
Sulphate,  com’l 
p u re ..........
FLOBA.

«  

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

®   15 
@3 50 
®   80

G lyehrrhiza, (pv.  15). 
H ydrastis  Canaden,
(po.  i0).....................
Hellebore,  Ala,  po  ..
Ipecac,  po....................
Iris  plox  (po. 35®38).
M aranta,  fts.
Rhel.

lft®
®

S p lg elia.......................
Sanguinarla,  (po  25).

20® 25
25® 30
12® 15
® 25
20® 40
10® 12
16® 18
@ 35
15® 20
15® 20
!  25@2 30
35® 40
50® 55
@ 35
15® 18
75@1  00
@1 75
75@1  35
48® 53
@ 20
33® 35
40® 45
@ 40
@ 20
10® 12
@ 35
® 25
15® 20
10® 15
18® 22

*®@
g g
if®

8®

A rn ic a ........................... 
iff®
A n th é m is......................  ¿o®
25®
M atricaria 
aB™

FOLIA.

Barosma 
Cassia  A cutlfol,  Tin- 
nlvelly 

...... 

Salvia  officinalis,  fts 
U ra U rsl............................  

and  fts 

SUMMl.
Acacia,  1st  picked.

“
»

“ 
tt 
“ 
“ 

2d 
sifted sorts
po.......  - •
60®
50®
Aloe,  Barb,  (po. 60)
“   Cape,  (po.  20)
®
Socotrl.  (po.  60). 
“ 
C atechu, Is, (fts, 14 fts,
16).............................  
w
A m m o n lae.............-•• • -  55®
Assafcetlda,  (po. 35). • 
®
Benzol n u m ....................  50®
Camphor® 
50®
E upnorblum   po  .........  35®
G afbanum .....................   @3
Gamboge,  p o ................   <5®
G uaiacum ,  (po  30) 
@
Kino,  (po.  25)..............   @
M a s tic ...........................   @
M yrrh,  (po  45)............   @
Opll.  6 o.3   20)............ 2  10@2
Shellac  .........................   25®
b leach ed .........  30®
T ra g a c a n tb ..................  30®
hbbba—I n ounce packages.

.  .. 

“ 

A bsinthium  
.........................
E u p a to rlu m .............................
L obelia......................................
M ajorum ..................................
M entha  P ip erita.........  .......
V lr .............................
R u e......................; .....................
Tanacetum , V .........................
Thym us,  V ..............................

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MAGNESIA

Calcined,  P at  ..............   55®
Carbonate,  Pat  ...........  20®
Carbonate, K. &  M —   20® 
Carbonate,  Je n n ln g 5 ..  35®

“ 

Slmllax, Officinalis,  H 
M
Fosti
dus,  p o .......................
G erm an..

Symplocarpus,
V aleriana, Eng.  (po.30) 

“ 

Zingiber  ]

Anlsum,  (po.  20). 
Aplum  (graveleons) 
Bird, I s .....................

@ 15
20® 22
4® 6
12
a n
00®1  25
10® 12
Cannabis S ativa........... 
4ft®5
C ydonium .....................   75@i  00
Chenopodlum   ............   10®  12
2  10®2  20 
D lpterix Odorate
®   15 
F œ n lc u lu m ............
6®  
Foenugreek,  p o .......
8 
4  @  4ft 
L i n i............................
4  @  4ft 
Lini, grd,  (bbl. 3ft)
35®  40 
Lobelia 
..................
3ft®   4ft 
Pharlarls C anarian  .
6® 
7
.........................
Rapa 
9
8® 
Sinapis,  A lb u ...........
“ 
N ig ra.........
11®   12

 

1 

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Frum enti, W.. D.  Co. .2 00®2  50
D. F. R .........1  75®2 00
Juniperls  Co. O. T — 1  75@1  75
................1  75@3  50
Saacharum   N.  E .........1  75@2 00
Spt.  V ini  GalU.............. 1 
V ini O p o rto ....................1 
V ini  A lba....................... 1 

75@6 50
25@2 00
25@2 00

10@1 50

“ 

F lorida  sheeps’  wool
carriag e..................... 2  25®2  50
Nassau  sheeps’  wool
carriage 
...................
2  00 
Velvet  ex tra  sheeps’
wool  carriag e...........
1  10
Extra  yellow  sheeps’
85
c a rria g e .....................
Grass sheeps’ wool car
65
rlage  —   ..................
75
H ard for  slate  use —
Yellow  Reef, for  slate 
1  40
u s e ..............................

50@4 00

...............3 

75@1 85
75@4 00

A bsinthium  
A m ygdalae, Dulc  .. 
..  45®  75
A m ydalae, A m arae— 8 00@8 25
A n ls i................................ 1 
A urantl  C ortex.............2 80®3  00
Bergam li  ...................... 3 
C a jlp u ti.........................    70®  80
C aryophyili..................   90®  95
C e d a r .............................  35®  65
C h en o p o d li.................. 
® l  75
C ln n a m o n ll....................1 
15®1 20
d tr o n e lla ......................  @  45
Conlum   M ac................  35®  65
Copaiba 

........................1 

io@i 20

 

A c c a d a ........................... 
50
Zingiber  ..................................  50
Ip ecac.......................................   60
Sferri  Io d ..................................  50
A urantl  Cortes........................  56
Rhel  A rom ...............................  50
Slm llax  Officinalis................  60
C o.........  50
S en e g a ......................................  50
Sclllae.......................................   50
“  C o..................................  50
T o lu ta n ....................................  50
P runus  vlrg.............................  50

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R 

p in ts ........... 

S. N.  Y.  Q. &

M orphia,  S.  P.  & W .. .1  96®2  20 
C. C o ...........................1  85@2  10
M oschus  C anton.........  @ 4 0
M yrlstlca,  No. 1............  70®  75
N ux Vomica,  (po 20)..  ©   10
Os.  Sepia........................   22®  25
PepBin Saac, H.  & P. D.
C o ................................   @2 00
Plcls  Llq, N.  C.,  ft gal
doz  .............................  @2  00
Plcls Llq., q u a r ts .......   @1  00
©   85
Pll  H ydrarg,  (po. 80)..  @ 5 0
Piper  N igra,  (po. 22)..  @ 1
Piper Alba,  (po g5)___   @  3
P ix  B u rg u n ...................   @  7
Plumb] A c e t.................   14®  15
Pulvis Ipecac e to p U ..l  10®1  20 
Pyrethrum ,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., doz.......  @1  25
Pyrethrum ,  p v ..............  30®  35
Q u asslae........................  
8®  10
Q ulnla, S. P. & W .........  31®  36
S.  G erm an___ 20  ©   30
R ubia  T inctorum ........   12®  14
Saccharum  Lactls p v .  @ 3 5
S alacin...........................1  60@1  65
Sanguis  DraconlB.........  40®  50
S a n to n in e .......................  
4  50
Sapo,  W ...........................  12®  14
“  M ............................  10®  12
“  G ............................   @  15

“ 

.. . .  
.... 
De

@ 25
Seldlltz  M ixture.
Sinapis..................
@ 18
30
“  o p t............
@
Snuff,  Maccaboy,
V o e s ..................
@ 35
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  @ 35
Soda Boras,  (po.  1:!).  .  11® 12
Soda  et Potass T a rt...  30® 33
lft® 2
Soda C arb.............
... 
@ 5
Soda,  B IC a rb ....
Soda,  A sh ............
....  3ft@ 4
Soda, Sulphas___ .... 
2
©
Spts. E ther C o __ ....  50® 55
“  M yrcia  Dom ----   @2 25
“  M yrcia Im p.
..  @3 00
. 
‘  V ini  Rect. bbl.
...  2 31@2 41
2  27)....................
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia  Crystal
@1 30
Sulphur,  S ubl__ . . . . 3   @ 4
R o ll......... ....  2ft©  3ft
T a m arin d s............
8 ® 10
.... 
Terebenth Venice ....  28® 30
T heobrom ae.......
45® 50
... 
V anilla...................
...9   00® 16 00
Zlncl  S ulph........... .. . .  
7 ®
8

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OILS.

W hale, w in te r__ ...  70
Lard,  e x tra ...........
...  55
...  45
Lard, No.  1...........
Linseed, pare raw ...  36

Bbl.  Gal
70
60
50
39

“ 

bbl. 

paints. 

Llndseed,  boiled  ____  39 
N eat’s  Foot,  w inter
50 
s tra in e d ..................... 
Spirits T u rp en tin e__   39 

42
60
45
lb.
Red  V enetian .................lf t  2@3
Ochre, yellow  M ars...  lf t   2@4
“ 
B er.........lf t  2@3
P utty,  com m ercial__2ft  2ft@3
“  strictly  p u re ......2ft  2ft®3
V ermilion Prim e A m er­
13@16
ican  ............................... 
V erm ilion,  E n g lish __  
70@75
Green,  P en in su lar.......  
70@75
Lead,  re d ........................   7  © 7ft
w h ite .....................7  © 7ft
W hiting, w hite S pan...  @70
W hiting,  G ilders'......... 
@90
1  0
W hite, Paris  A merican 
W hiting  Paris  Eng.
c l if f ..............................  
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 ABNISHES.

No.  1 T urp  C oach__ 1  10®1  20
E xtra T u rp ...................160@1  70
Coach  B ody.................2 75@3flOO
No. 1  T urp  F u m ........ 1  0C@1  10
E u tra T u rk  D am ar__ 1  55®1  60
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
70®  76

T urn. 

. 

HAZBLTINB

& 

PBRKIN
DRUG  CO.

I m p o r te r à  a n d   J o b b e r»   a t

CHEMICALS  AND

PATENT  MEDICINES.
Paints, Oils  Varnishes.

D E A L E R S   I k

M e   á | f k   Ser th e   O M * M M

SWISS 

l i n i   PR EPU SO   S U IT S .

M  Line oT Staile  Drafts' Suies.

We are S o le  Propriété*» a t

lfeatlierlg's  J M p n   Catarri  Remedg.

We Wi  i  ta Stock and Offer a M  U w  a«

W H IS K IE S , 

URJLNDIRS,
G IN S ,  W IN E S ,  R U M S .

We sell Liquors for Medicinal Purposes only.
We give oar Personal Attention to Mail Orders and Guarantee Satisfaction.
All orders are Shipped and Invoiced the same day we reeelve them.  Send Is  a 

trial order.Jtaeltine l Perkins Drug Co.,

GRAND  RAPIDS. MICH

TINCTUBES.

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A conltum   N apellis R ...........  60
F ...........  50
A loes...........................................   60
and  m y rrh ......................  60
A rn ic a ......................................  50
0
ABafcetida................................. 
Atrope B elladonna................   60
B enzoin....................................   60
C o...............................  50
S an g u in aria...............................  50
B aro sm a....................................   50
C antharides.............................  75
C ap sicu m ................................   50
Ca  dam on.................................  75
C o..  .........................  75
C asto r....................................... 1  00
C atechu......................................   50
Cinchona  ................................   50
C o..............................  60
C o lu m b a..................................  50
C o n iu m ......................................  50
C ubeba......................................  50
D ig ita lis..................................   50
Ergot — ..................................  50
G e n tia n ....................................  50
C o................................   60
G u a lc a ........................................  50
am m on.......................   60
Z in g ib e r..................................  50
H yoscyam us...........................  50
Io d in e..........................................  75
Colorless........................  75
Ferri  C hlorldum ....................  35
K in o .........................................   50
L obelia.....................................   50
M y rrh .......................................   50
N ux  V om ica...........................  50
O p ll.............................................  85
“  C am phorated..................  50
“  Deodor.............................2 00

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A urantl C ortex.........................   50
Q u a s sia ......................................  50
R h a ta n y ....................................   50
R hel...........................................   50
Cassia  A cutlfol........................  50
C o..................   50
S e rp e n ta ria ...............................  50
Stram onium ...............................  60
T o lu ta n ......................................  60
V a le ria n ....................................  50
V eratrum  V eride......................  50

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r‘ 
ground, 

MISCELLANEOUS.
Æ ther, Spts  N it, 3  F .. 
26® 28
“  4 F ..
30® 32
A lu m e n................... 2ft@ . !
(po.
3® 4
7)  ................................
60
55®
A n u atto .........................
5
4®
A ntim onl, p o ................
55® 60
et Potass T
<mi  40
A n tip y rln .....................
@ 25
A n tlfëb rin .....................
@ 65
A rgenti  N Itras, ounce
5® 7
A rsenicum ...................
Balm Gilead  B u d .......
40
38®
Bism uth  S.  N ...........
10@2
20
Calcium  Chlor, Is, (fts
11;  fts,  12)............
9
®
C antharides  Russian,
PO........................
®1  20
C apsid  F ructus, a f.
@ 20
@ 25
“ 
p o ...
W 20
B po.
“ 
12© 13
Caryophyllus,  (po.  15)
Carmine,  No. 40........
@3 75
Cera  Alba, S.  & F .....
50® 55
Cera  F la v a...............
38® 40
Coccus  ...................
@ 40
Cassia F ru c tu s.........
@ 22
C ontraria.................
© 10
C etaceum ................
@ 40
C h lo ro fo rm .............
60® 63
squlbbs .
@1  25
Chloral Hyd C rst.......
25@1  50
C h o n d ru s................
20® 25
Clnchonldlne.  P.  *   W 15® 20
G erman  3  @ 12
“ 
Corks,  ¡1st,  dis.  per
.................
60
cent 
(  reasotuH ).............
@ 50
Creta,  (bbl. 75).........
@ 2
prep................
5® 5
“ 
preclp...........
9® 11
“ 
“  R u b ra.............
@ 8
C ro c u s....  .............
30® 35
C udbear...................
@ 24
Cuprl Sulph  ............
5  @ 6
D e x trin e.................
10® 12
E ther S ulph.............
68® 70
Emery,  all  num bers.. 
@
PO  ...............
@ 6
Ergota,  (po.)  70........
70
65®
Flake  W h ite............
15
12®
G a lla.....................
@ 23
G am bler.....   ........... 7  @  8
G elatin,  Cooper........
@ 70
F re n c h.........
40® 60
“ 
G lassware  flint,  70 and 10.
bybox60and 10 
Glue,  B row n............
9® 15
“  W h ite............
13® 25
G ly ce rln a................15ft@ 20
G rana P aradis!.........
@ 22
H um ulus.................
25® 56
“  Cor — @ 90
H ydraag Chlor  M ite.. 
® 80
@1 (0
Ox Rubrum
A m m oniati.
@1 10
41® 55
U nguentum .
H ydrargyrum .......
75
@
25@1
50
Ijhthyobolla,  Am.
In d ig o.....................
75@1 00
Iodine,  R esubl......... 3  75®3 85
Iodoform .................
®4 70
L u p u lin..'................
40
L ycopodium ............
45
M a c is.....................
80
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
drarg Io d...............
@ 27
12
10®
Liquor Potass A rslnltls 
M agnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
l f t ) .......................
2®
3
M anilla,  8. F ...........
40® 45

40®
75®

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Grocery  T*rice  Current•

T he  quotations given below are such as are  ordinarily offered  buyers w ho pay promptly 

and  buy  in  full  packages.

Oyster.

S. Oyster  X XX .......................   554
City Oyster. XXX...................... 554
Shell  O yster.........................   6

CREAM TARTAR.

Strictly  pure 
30
.................... 
T elfer’s  A bsolute................  
35
G rocers’..............................   10@15

APPLE  BUTTER

40 lb. pails
20 lb.  pails 
.....................
M ason's,  10, 30 or 30 lbs
51b..................
AXLE UREASE. 

“ 

G raphite.

4s gr. cases, per  g r.........
12% lb. pails, per doz  ... 
85 lb
100 lb. kegs, per  lb.
250 lb.  >4 bbls., per  lb ... 
400 lb. bbls , per lb 
Badger.

gr. cases, per g r ..........
.

244 lb. pails, per d o z . 
aiu. 
.........
00 lb  kegs,  per  lb
501b.  V4 bbls.,  per  lb  __
400 lb. bbls., per lb ...........
BAKING  POWDER.
Acme. M lb. cans, 3 doz  .
44 lb.  “ 
2  “
1  “  ..
1 lb.  “ 
b u lk .......................
T eller's.  M lb. cans,  doz

“
“
A rctic, M  ft c a n s ............
............
............
.............
Red Star.  M  ft  ca n s.........
.........
.........

44 lb. 
1 lb. 
44  »   “ 
1  fl>  “ 
5 f t  “ 
44  lb 
1 ft 
BATH  BRICK.

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2 dozen in case.
E n g lis h ..............................
Bristol..................................
D om estic...........................

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BLUING.

“ 

A rctic, 4 oz  ovals............
“ 
8 oz 
.............
“ 
pints,  round  .......
“  No. 2, sifting b o x .
“   No. 3,
“  No. 5, 
“ 

1 oz ball  ..  ...........

“

7  50 
.12 00 
.  4

$6  50 
7  CO 
10  50
.  3 ss
.  3

45
85
1  00
10
45
85
1  50
60
120
.  2 00
.  9 60
40
SO
1  50

. 

90
70
60
Gross
.  4 00
.  7  00
.10  50
.  2  75
.  4  00
.  8 00
.  4  5-1

BROOM».

No. 2 H u rl...........................
No.  1  “  
No. 2 C arpet.....................
No. 1 
-  
.....................
Parlor G em .........................
Common  W hisk................
Fancy 
Mill  ......................................
W arehouse.........................

.  1  75
........................... . .  2  00
.  2 25
.  2 50
.  2  75
90
................ ..  120
.  3  25
.  2 75

“ 

b u c k w h e a t   f l o u r .

Rising S u n ...........................  .5  00
York S tate............  ...............
Self Rising, c a s e ................... 5 (0

CANDLES

Hotel, 40 lb.  boxes.............. 
Star,  40 
P araffine................................   12
W icking..................................  85

lo ti
................   1054

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C A N N E D   GOODS.

PISH.
Clams.

“ 

Little Neck,  l i b .......................... 1 10
“  2  lb .......................... 1 90
Clam Chowder.

Standard, 3 lb ...............................2 30

Cove Oysters.

Standard,  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

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M ackerel.

“ 

Standard, 1 lb ................................1 20
2  lb ............................. 2 00
M ustard,  31 b ...............................3 00
Tom ato Sauce,  3 lb .................... 3 00
Soused, 3  lb ...................................3 00

Salmon.

Colum bia River, fia t...........1  90
ta ils ...........  1  75
A laska, 1  lb ...................................1 45
21b .................................... 2 10

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Sardines.

American  54s ...................44»@  5
54s................... 644@ 7
Im ported  54s ................— 11@12
54s........................13@I4
M ustard  Ms.....................   @8

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Trout.

Brook, 3  lb ...............................  50

FRUITS.
Apples. 
York State, gallons.. 
H am burgh, 

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Apricots.

Live oak..............
Santa  C ruz................
Lusk’s .......................
O verland.....................
Blackberries.
. &  W...................
Cherries.
B e d .................................
P itted H am burgh 
..
W h ite ...........................
B rie ...............................

2 50 
2  50

2  25 
2  00 
2  50 
1  90

1  20 
1  75 
1  60 1 30

Damsons, Egg Plum s and Green 

Santos.

Gages.

E r ie ................................   @1  25

Common 

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

P ie ..................................   90@1  00
1  50 
M axwell 
1  30 
Shepard's  . 
@2 25
C alifornia.

1  10

D om estic.. 
R iverside..

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Pineapples.
Comm on.............  
.......
•Johnson’s  slic ed .........
g rated ........
Quinces.
Commo n .......................
Raspberries.
Red 
..........................
Black  H am burg  .........
Erie,  black

Straw berries.
L a w ren c e.....................
H am b u rg h ....................
E rie.................................

W hortleberries.

Common 
.....................
F.  <fc  W.........................
B lu e b erries.................

1  25
2 25

1  30
2  50 
2  75

1  30 
1  50 
1  40

1  40
1  25
1  30

MEATS.

..
Corned  beef,  L ibby's. 
1  85
.
Roast beef,  A rm our’s  .. 
.175
Potted  bam ,  44 lb 
...........
.1  60
.1  00
”  M l b ................
tongue.  44 l b ........... .1  10
..
95
chicken,  M lb .........
95

M lb  .. 

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VEGETABLES.

Beans.

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H am burgh  stringless 

...
F rench s tv le ...
Limas  ..............
Lima, g re e n .........................
soaked .....................
Lewis Boston  B aked.........
Bav State  B aked............  
.
W orld’s  F a ir.......................

“ 

1  25
.2  25
.1  40
.1  30
.  90
.1  35
.1  35
.1  35

H am b u rg h .......................  
.
L ivingston...........................
Purity 
Honev  D ew .........................

1  25
.1  00
............................... ..1  10
.1  45

Corn.

Peas

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Ham burgh m a rro fa l.........
.1  35
early Ju n e   __ .1  50
.1  50
Cham pion Eng
Ham burgh  petit  pois  — .1  75
fancv  sifted 
.1  90
Soaked  .................................. ..  65
H arris  sta n d a rd ................
75
Van Cam p's M arrofat
.110
Early J u n e __ .1  30
A rcher’s  Earlv Blossom
1  35
F rench  .................................
. 1   80

“ 

.

M ushrooms.

F re n c h .................................. 17@18
E rie ........................................ ..  90

Pum pkin.

- 

Squash.

Succotash.

H u b b a rd ............................... ..1  30

H a m b u rg ............................. -.1  40
Soaked .................................. ..  85
Honey  D ew ..........................
.1  60

Tomatoes.

Excelsior 
..............................1  00
E clipse....................................... 1 (.0
H a m b u rg .................................. 1 30
G a llo n .......................................2 50

CHOCOLATE—BAKER I

G erm an Sw eet.................
P rem ium .............................
P u re......................................
B reakfast  Cocoa............

36
38
40
@1254 
@ 2 
@1254 
@12 
@10 
1254 
@1  00 
@10 
@35 
@22 
@25 
©13

...  80 
1  tO 
.  .1  50 
...1   25 
.. St 00 
3 OO

.  40

mn.

CHEESE.

A m boy...........................
N o rw a y .........................
R iv e rsid e ......................
A llegan 
......................
S k im ...............................
B rick...............................
E d a m ............................
Lim burger  ..................
R oquefort......................
Sap  Sago.............  ........
Schw eitzer, im ported. 
dom estic  __

“ 

CATSUP.

“
“

H alf  pint, com m on... 
P in t 
Q uart 
H alf  pint, fa n c y .........
P int 
...........
...........
Q uart 
CLOTHES PINS
5 gross boxes  ..............
COCOA  SHELLS

“ 
“ 

351b  bag s................
Less  quantity 
.........
Pound  packages...........
C O F F E E .

GREEN.

Rio.

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

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

Java.

Mocha.

Im ita tio n .................................23
A rabian.................................... 26

ROASTED.

To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add  54c. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink­
age.

PACKAGE.

A r b n c k le ’s A r io s a .......... .20*4
M c L a u g h lin 's   X X X X __ 20M
L ion............................................2054

EXTRACT.

Valley City  .................  
Felix 
.. 
H ummel’s, fo il......... 
“ 

75
1  15
.  1  50
..................  2  50

. 

 

tin  
CHICORY.

B ulk..  ......................................454
R e d ............................ ... 
7
CLOTHES  LINES.

“ 
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“ 
“ 
Ju te  
“ 

Cotton,  40 f t ...........per doz.  1  25
1 40
1 60
1 75
1 90
90
1 no

5 0 ft............  
“ 
“ 
60 f t ............ 
“ 
70 f t ............  
80 f t ............  
“ 
60 f t ..........  
“ 
“ 
72 ft 
CONDENSED MILK.

4 doz. in case.
Eagle  .......................................  7 40
Crown 
................................  6 25
G enuine  Sw iss.......................  8 10
A m erican Sw iss...................... 7 00

C O U PO N   B O O K «.

a  —~

“ Tradesm an ”

per hundred  .............  

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“Superior.”

  2  0b
2  50
3  00
3  00
4 00
5  00

 

per h u n d re d ..............   2  50
3  00
3  50
4  00
5 00
..................  6 00

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“ 
“ “ 

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8 2, 
8  3, 
8  5, 
810, 
820, 

t   1 
* 2, 
8 3, 
1 5. 
*10, 
*20, 

“ U niversal.”
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

8  1. per h u n d re d ................   83 00
8 2, 
.................. 3 50
8 3, 
..................   4 00
..................   5 00
8 5, 
*10, 
................... 6 00
*20, 
.................. 7 00
Above prices on coupon books 
are  subject  to  the  follow ing 
quantity discounts:
200 or o v er.................5  per  cent.
500  “ 
1000  “ 

10 
“
COUPON  PASS  BOOKS.

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

I Can  be  m ade to represent any 
denom ination  from 810  dow n. |
20 books.............................8  1  00
2  00
50 
3  00
100 
6  25
250 
50V 
10 00
100O 
17  50

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CRACKERS.

Butter.

Seymour XXX...........................6
Seymour XXX, carto o n .........654
Fam ily  X XX.........................   g
Fam ily XXX,  cartoon.........  654
Salted  XXX...............................  6
Salted XXX,  cartoon  .........   654
K enosha 
.............................  754
Boston.......................................   8
B atter  b is c u it....................... 654

Soda.

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

Soda, X XX.............................  6
Soda, C ity................................   7^4
Soda,  D uchess....................... 854
Crystal W afer.........................10
Reception  F lak e s..................10

Whitefish.

No. 1,  54 bbls., lOOlbs.............7  50
No.  1, kits, 10 lb s....................1  00
Fam ily,  54  bbls., 100lbs  ...  3 00 
kits  10  lb s-----------   50

“ 

FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

Jennings’  D C.
Lemon. V anilla
2 oz folding b o x .. . 7 5  
1  25
150
3 oz 
...1 0 0  
“ 
4 oz 
...1   50 
2 00
“ 
6 oz 
.. .2  00 
3 00
“ 
"  
4 tO
.. .3  00 
5 oz 
GUN  POWDER.

K e g s ............................................... 5 50
H alf  keg s......................................3 00

HERBS.

Sage............................................16
H ops........................................... 25
M adras,  5 lb.  boxes  .........  
S.  F., 2, 3 and 5 lb. b oxes.. 

INDIGO.

55
50

JELLY.

Chicago  goods..................   @3
M ason's,  10, 20 and 30 lb s ..  6 
51b...........................  7

*’ 

P ure G round in  Bulk.

A llspice.
Cassia,  B atavia.

“ 
•* 
“ 
“ 

and  Saigon
S aig o n ....................
Cloves,  A m boyua................
Z anzibar..........
G inger, A frican ....................
C ochin....................
J a m a ic a .................
Mace  B atav ia.......................
M ustard,  Eng. and Trieste.
T rieste....................
N utm egs, No. 2 ....................
Pepper, Singapore, b la ck ...
w h ite___
C ayenne....................
Sage...........................................
“ A bsolute” in Packages.

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

Xs
A llspice.........................   84
C innam on......................  84
Cloves.............................  84
G inger, J a m ..................  84
A f......................  84
M ustard.........................   84
84
P e p p e r.........................  
Sage.................................   84

“ 

54s 
1  55 
1  55 
1  55 
1  55 
1  55 
1  55 
1  55

LICORICE.

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

LYE.

MATCHES.

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

MINCE  MEAT

3 or 6 doz.  in case  per doz.. 1  00

MEASURES.

Tin, per dozen.

1  gallon 
..................... .. •  81  75
H alf  g allo n .........................  1  40
70
Q u a rt....................................  
P in t.......................................  
45
H alf  pint 
40
W ooden, for vinegar, per doz.
1 g a llo n ................................   7  00
H alf gallon 
.......................   4  75
Q u a rt....................................  3  75
P in t........................................  2  25

... 

* 

MOLASSES.
Blackstrap.
Cuba Baking.
Porto Rico.

Sugar h o u s e ........................ 
O rd in ary ..............................  
P rim e .................................... 
F a n c v ....................................  
F a ir ........................................ 
G ood...................................... 
E x tra good...........................  
C h o ic e ..................................  
F an cy ..................................... 
O ne-half barrels, 3c extra

New Orleans.

14
16
16
20
17
20
26
30
36

OATMEAL.

Barrels  200....................  @4  85
H alf barrels  100........................@2 65

ROLLED  OATS.

B arrels  180....................  @4  85
H alf  bbls 90................  @2  65

PICKLES.
Medium.

Small.

PIPES.

Barrels, 1,200  co u n t............. 84  50
H alf  barrels, 600 co u n t—   2  75 

Barrels, 2.400  count  ...........  5  50
H alf barrels, 1,200 c o u n t...  3  ¿5

55
10

Clay, No.  216................................. 1 75
Cob, No.  3 ...................................... 1 25

“  T.  D.  full c o u n t............   75

POTASH.

48 cans In case.
B a b b itt's.........................
Penna Salt  Co.’s  .........

4  00 
3  25

RICE.

Domestic.

C arolina h e a d ............................7
No.  1 . . . .................... 6
No. 2 ..................  @ 5

B roken....................................

“ 
“ 

Im ported.

“ 

Jap an , No. 1...............................6
No. 2 .............. , ..............5*4
J a v a ..........................................  5
P a tn a ........................................  5

SAUERKRAUT.

Silver T hread, b b l.............  83 50
44 b b l.........  2 00

“ 

K itchen,3 doz.  in b o x . 
H and 

3  “ 

...  2  50 
2 50

SAPOLIO.

“ 
S PIC K S .

W hole Sifted.

“ 
“ 
“ 

A llspice.....................................10
Cassia, C hina in m a ts.........  8
B atavia in  bund — 15
Saigon in   ro lls..........35
Cloves,  A m boyna.................. 22
Z anzibar.....................13
M ace  B atavia..........................80
N utm egs, fan cy ...................... 80
“  No.  1...........................75
“  No.  2...........................65
Pepper, Singapore, b lack — 15 
“ 
w h ite ...  .25
sh o t............................. 19
•“  

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SU G A R.

Cut  L oaf.......................   @514
C u b e s........................... 
@  4M
P ow dered .....................   @  4%
.......  4J4@4.3t
G ranulated.. 
Confectioners’ A .........44« @4. 9
Soft A  .........................  
@ 4«
W hite E x tra  C .............  @ 3 %
E xtra  C.........................   @  3%
C ......................................  @  354
Y ello w ......................... 
@  3*4
Less than  bbls.  Me advance

SEEDS.
Anise 
....................
Canary, Smyrna.  .
C ara w ay ...........*.........  
Cardamon, M alabar 
Hemp,  Russian 
.......  
M ixed  Bird 
M ustard,  w hite  ......... 
P o p p y ............................  
Rape 
............................. 
Cuttle  bone 

@12M 
3 44
8
90
444
...........4*4®  544
5
9
6

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

30

“ 

STARCH.
Corn.
20-lb  boxes................
40-lb 
...............
Gloss.
1-lb packages  ...........
3-lb 
............
6-lb 
.............
40 and 50 lb. boxes..
B arrels.......................
SNUFF.

“ 
“ 

Scotch, in  bladders.......
M accaboy, In ja rs ...........
F rench Rappee, in  J ars

SODA.

B o x es.................................
Kegs, E nglish................
SAL  SODA.

K egs...........................
G ranulated,  boxes.
SALT

“ 
“ 

100 3-lb. sacks.
.
60 5-lb 
28 10-lb.  sacks 
2014-lb. 
.
24 3-lb  cases..
56 lb.  dairy in linen  bags 
28 lb. 
56 lb. dairy In linen  bags 
28 lb. 

W arsaw.

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“

“

644
6M
6
6
6!44M
4M

-5M4M
Hi
1M

82  15 
2  00 
1  85 
1  75 
1  40 
50 
25
35
18

A shton.

Higgins.

561b. dairy  bags..................  
56 lb. dairy  bags..................  
56 lb.  sacks...........................  
Saginaw and M anistee. 
Common F ine  per bbl. 
... 

Solar Rock.

75
75
25
90

SALERATUS.

Packed 60 lbs. In box.

C hurch’s ..............................  83  30
D eLand’s .................................3  30
D w ight’s ...................................3  30
Taylor’s .................................... 3  00

SOAP.

A llen B. W rlsley’s B rands. 

Old Country, 801-lb. bars. .83  50 
Good Cheer, 601 lb. b ars..  3  90 
B onner, 100  M-lb  b a rs__   3 00

SYRUPS.
Corn.

B arrels.....................   .............24
H alf b b ls..................................26

P ure Cane.

F air 
Good 
Choice  ................ 

..........................................  19
........................................  25
30

 

 
SWEET GOODS.
G inger Snaps................  
Sugar  Cream s............... 
Frosted  Cream s........... 
G raham   C rackers....... 
Oatmeal  C rackers—  

8
8
944
8
844

TE A S.

j a p a n —Regular.

@17
F a i r .......
G ood...
@2«
C hoice... ......................24 @26
........................32 @34
Choicest
.........................10 @12
D ust 
.. 
SUN CURED.

@17
F a i r .......
@20
Good ..  .
C hoice... ........................24 @26
C hoicest. ....................... 32 @34
D u st....... .......................10 @12

D R IE D   F R U IT S .

D o m estic.
APPLES.

“ 

“ 

5
5

__

quartered  “
APRICOTS.

Sundried. sliced  in  bbls.
Evaporated, 50 lb.  boxes 7@744
C alifornia in  b ag s...........
844
Evaporated in boxes.  ...
1144
BLACKBERRIES.
In  barrels__  
444
.........................
4M
70 lb. b ags.....  ..................
25 lb  b oxes.......................s @844
Peeled, in  boxes  ...........
Cal. evap.  “
“ 
in bags  ....... 7 @  844
PEARS.
C alifornia in bags  .......7 @844

NECTARINES.

PEACHES.

12
18

“ 

PITTED CHERRIES.
...............
...............
......................

B arrels............ 
50 lb. boxes 
v5  “ 

“ 

PRUNELLES.

30 lb.  boxes............. 

. . .
RASPBERS1ES.
In   barrels.........................
50 lb. boxes.......................
251b.  “ 
.........................
F o re ig n .
CURRANTS.
Patras, in b arrels.........
in  44-bbls  .......
in less quantity

“ 
“ 

11
1144
12

1244

17
1744
18

@  444
@  4M
@  544

Citron, Leghorn. 25lb.  boxes  21
Lemon 
10
O range 
11

PEEL.

“ 
25  “
“ 
25  “
RAISINS.
Domestic.

“ 
“ 

London layers  2  crow n.

Loose M uscatels, boxes  .

. 1   60
fan cy __ ...1   90
.  1  50
70 lb  bags  544©6
O ndura, 29 lb. b o x es..  7 @  744
Sultana, 20 
V alencia, 20 

.1 0
ÎLÔ12
..  6M@  7

Foreign.

“ 
“ 

PRUNES.

B osnia............................
California, 90x10 25 lb  bx s  .  9
“
“
“

80x90 
7» x80 
60x70 

@
--0M
..954
-

T u rk e y ................................

“ 
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EN Vfc LOPES.

XX  rag,  white.

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

No.  1, 644.............................
$1  75
No. 2, 
..................
1  60
No. 1,6 
1  6.4
No. 2, 6
1  50
XX  wood, w hite.
1  35
No. 1, 644  ...........................
No. 2, 6 .
1  25
M anilla, w hite.
644......................................... .  100
6 ............................................
95
M ill  No. 4 .......................
.  100

Coin.

.

.

.

F A R IN A C E O U S   G OO D S.

100 lb. kegs......................

4

F arina.

Hominy.

B arrels................................. ..  3 75
G rits .................................... ..  4  50

Lima  Beans.
D ried.................................

5
M accaronl and Vermicelli.

Domestic, 12 lb. bo x __
Im ported.........................
Pearl Barley.

K egs.......................   ......... @34«

Peas.

Green,  b u .......................... ...1   It
Split,  bbl  ........................... ...5  00
G erm an ..............................
4/4
East I n d i a .......
544

Sago.

Cracked...............................

“

5

W heat.

F IS H —S alt.

Bloaters.

Cod.

Y arm outh........................... ..  1  10

Pollock  ...........................
3M
W hole, G rand  B an k ...  6 @6M
Boneless,  bricks  ......... 7 54 @8
Boneless,  strips.............7 /4@8

Sm oked........- ...............

12

H alibut.

H erring.

Scaled.............................
H olland,  b b ls............... 
kegs............... 
R ound shore,  54 b b l... 
“ 
54  b b l.. 

“ 
“ 

M ackerel.

20
in  00
85
2 50
1  50

N o. 1, 54 bbls. 90 lbs..............II  00
No. 1, kits, 10 lb s........................  1 25
Fam ily, 54 bbls.,  100 lb s____5 50
75

kits, 10  lb s......... . 

“ 

Russian,  kegs........................ 

45

Sardines.

Trout.

No. 1,54 bbls.. lOOlbs............. 5 76
No. 1, kits, 10 lb s....................   80

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

1 3

P R O D U C E   M A R K E T .

C A N D IE S ,  F R U IT S   a n d   N U TS.

T he P utnam  Candy Co. quotes as follow s:

STICK  CANDY.
F ull  W eight.
Standard,  per  lb ...........................
 

Bbls.  Palls. 
6 
6
H .H ..................... 
Tw ist  ........................................6
Boston  Cream  .......................................
Cut  Loaf.  ................................................. 7
E xtra  H.  H .................................................7

“ 
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7

cross..................... 3 00@5
grey.......................   50®
i,  d a rk ................ 1  0(;@3
pale  & yellow  50@1
d a rk ....................  40@1
a t.........................   03®  15
turn......................   15®  25
d a rk .....................5 
>n  .......................  25@  80
.................. 
  1 
............................. 1 

00@S 00
00@1 25
00@3 00

 

Beaver castors, lb.  .. .2 00@5  00

d e e r s k in s—Per pound

Thin and  green 
..................  10
Long g r a y ..............................  21
Red and  blue

G R A IN S   a n d  F E ED STU FF.« 

WHEAT.

MEAL.

No. 1  W hite (58 lb. test) 
No.  1  Red  (60 lb. test) 

90 
90

B olted....................................  1  75
G ranulated...........................  2  00

FLOUR.

Straight, In  sacks  .............  5  00
barrels............  5  10
6  CO 
P atent 
“  s a c k s ....
6  10 
b arrels... 
2 30 
sa c k s...
G raham
2  65
Rye

Apples—D ull and slow of sale.  H olders  $1.75 
@$2 25  per bbl.
Beans—Easy  and  quiet.  D ealers  now  pay 
$1.30@1.40for  unpicked  and country picked and 
hold at $1.G5@1.75 for city picked pea or m edium.
B utter—Lower and in sm aller dem and.  Choice 
dairy is  in  m oderate  dem and  at  20@21c.  F ac­
tory cream ery is held at 28c.
Celery—20c per doz.
Cabbages—3o@40c  per doz.
Cider—Sweet, 10c per gal.
Cod
C ranberries — Quiet  and  lower.  Cape 
are in  fair dem and at $7(&$7.5U  per  bbl.
and
D ried Apples—Snndrieil  is held at 454@5c 
evaporated at 654@7c.
Eggs—Fresh eggs are alm ost  im posible to find, 
but choice cold storage stock is in good  dem aud 
at due.

G rapes—Malaga, $5 per keg.
Honey—15c per lb.
O nions—Dealers  pay 50®60c  and  hold at 65® 
70c, ex tra fancy com m anding about S0c.
Potatoes—Local  handlers  are  paying  18@20c 
for  choice  stock, but  are  not a t all anxious  to 
purchase, even at th at price.

Squash—H ubbard, 154c per lb.
Sweet Potatoes—$2.50 per  bbl. for  choice Mus­
T urnips—25c per bushel.

catine stock.

S tan d ard ...........
L eader..............
Special................
R oyal..................
N obby................
B roken................
English  R ock..
Conserves .........
Broken Taffy... 
Peanut Squares.
E x tra ..................
French Cream s. 
Valley  Creams.

BASSET  FIRED.

P a ir .................................. 18  @30
Choice.............................  @25
Choicest..........................  @35
E x tra choice, w ire leaf  @40

GUNPOWDER.

Common to  fa ir.............35  @35
E x tra fine to finest___ 50  @65
Choicest fan cy ...............75  @85
@26
Common to  fa ir.............33  @30

oolong. 

IMPERIAL.

Common to  fa ir.............33  @36
Superior to fin e.............. 30  @35

YOUNG  HYSON.

Common to  fa ir.............18  @20
Superior to  fine.............30  @40

ENGLISH  BREAKFAST.

P a ir .................................. 18  @33
Choice...............................24  @28
B e s t..................................40  @50

TO BA CCO S.

F ine Cut.

“ 

Pails unless otherw ise noted.
H iaw atha 
.................... 
60
Sweet  C uba.................. 
34
24
M cG inty........................ 
54 bbls...........  
33
22
L ittle  D arling............. 
54 b b l.. 
20
1791................................. 
20
19
1891, 54  b b ls..................  
Valley  C ity..................  
33
D andy J im ....................  
27
T ornado.........................  
30

“ 

Plug.

Searhead........................ 
J o k e r .............................  
Zeno................................. 
L. & W ...........................  
H ere  I t I s ...................... 
Old S tyle........................ 
Old  H onesty................. 
Jolly T a r........................ 
H iaw atha......................  
V alley C ity ..................  
Jas. G. B utler  &  Co.’s  Brands.
Som ething G ood........................38
Toss  U p........................................ 26
O ut o f  S ig h t..............................  25

40
17
23
26
38
31
4>
33
37
34

Smoking.

Boss............................................1254
Colonel’s Choice.....................13
W a rp a th ................................... 14
B a n n e r.....................................14
K ing B ee.............................   ..20
K iln  D ried................................17
N igger H ead........................ ..23
Honey  D ew ............................. 24
Gold  B lock..............................28
Peerless................. 
24
Rob  R oy...................................24
U ncle  Sam ............................... 28
Tom and Je rry ........................ 25
B rier P ipe.................................30
Yum  Y u m ............................... 32
Red Clover............................... 33
N avy.......................................... 32
H andm ade................................40
F r o g ........................................  33

 

VINEGAR.

40 g r ...............................'...........8
90 gr................................ 
9
$1 fo r barrel.
WET  MUSTARD.

B ulk, p er g a l ...................... 
Beer m ug, 2 doz in case...  1 

yeast—Compressed. 

30

Ferm entum   per doz. cak es..  15 
per lb ’..................30

“ 
F R E S H   M EA TS.

Sw ift  and  Company  quote as 
follow s:
Beef, carcass............. 4  @554
h in d  quarters  .  5  @ 6
fore 
...  3  @  354
loins, No.  3 —   754®  8
rib s .............  @ 7
ro u n d s.......  @  5
to n g u es.................   @

Bologna  ........................  @ 0

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;  
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1 shoulders 
“ 
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Pork  lo in s.................
...
@454
Sausage, blood  or head  @5
liv e r.........
@  5
F ran k fo rt.
@7
M utton  .....................
@
V eal....... '....................

F IS H   a n d   O Y STER S

F.  J .  D ettenthaler  quotes  as

o y st e r s—Bulk.

follows :

FRESH  FISH
W hitefish 
................
T rout  .........................
H alib u t.....................
Ciscoes 
................
Flounders
B luefish..................
M a c k e re l................
C od.............................
C alifornia  salm on
Standards, per  gal
Selects, 
Clams 
Shrim ps 
Scallops 
F alrhaven  co u n ts.
F. J . D.  S e le c ts.......
S ele cts..................
F   J. D.......................
A nchor.....................
S tandards  ................
F avorites..................

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“

o y s t e r s—Cans.

@10
@10
@17
@ 5
@ 9
@12
15  @20
@12
@20
$1  on
1  60
1  25
1  25
1  75

@35
@30
@22
@20
@18
@16
@14

Oysters,  per  100 ___ .. 1  26@1  50
Clams. 
..  75@1  00

SHELL  GOODS.

“
P O U L T R Y .

Local dealers pay as  follows

for dressed  fo w ls:
Spring  chickens— ..  9  @10
F o w l........................... ..  7  @  8
Turkeys 
.................. ..11  @12
D ucks  .  .................... ..12  @13
G e e s e ......................... .1 1   @12

O IL S .

.

The  S tandard  Oil Co.  quotes
as  follows,  inbarrels,  f.  0.  b.
G rand Rapids:
W.  W.  H eadlight,  150
fire  test  (old te st) 
W ater  W hite,  .......
M ichigan  Test —
N ap th a.....................
G aso lin e...................
C y lin d e r..................
(e n g in e ......................
lack. 25 to 30  deg

@   7 «
H ID E S ,  P E L T S   a n d   F U R S
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol

@ 854
@ 8
@  754
@  754
@   8)4

.  27  @36
.13  @21

low s:

“ 

HIDES.
....  3  @ 4
Green  —  
.............
P art  Cured  .......  
..
@  454
@ 5
F ull 
..............
..  5  @  0
D ry.............................
--  3  @  4
Kips, green  .............
@ 5
cu red ..............
.  4  @  5
Calfskins,  g reen ...
..  5  @  6
c u re d ...
Deacon sk in s........... . 1 0   @30
No. 2 hides 54 off.
FELTS.

*• 

“ 

Shearlings................ ...10  @25
.................... ...50  @90
Lambs 

WOOL.
...20  @25
W ash ed ..................
U n w a sh e d .............. ...10  @20

MISCELLANEOUS.

...  354®  4
T a llo w .....................
G rease  b a tter  ....... ...  1  @ 2
S w itch es.................. ...  154®  2
G in s e n g .................. .. .2  00@2 50

FURS.

O utside prices for No.  1 only.
...  50@1  00
B a d g e r....................
B ear........................... .15 00@30 00
B e a v e r............ — ...3   00©8 00
Cat,  w ild .................. ...  40©  60
“   h o u se.............. ...  10@  25
.. .4  00@6 00
F ish e r......................

WE  MAKE  A  SPECIALTY  OF

P R E S E N T   P R IC E ,  # 4   IN   SA C K S.

And would  be pleased to send you sample and prices.

PUREvBUGKWHEKYvFLOUR
A.  S C H E N C K   &  SON,
SEEDS
----- A N D -----GRAIN

W.  H.  MOREHOUSE & CO.

E L S IE .  M ICH.

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

prom ptly attended to.  Correspondence solicited.

Choice Clover % Timothy Seeds a Specialty

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 , 

G ra in ,  C lo v e r  a n d   T im o th y ,  H u n g a ria n ,  W h ite  

Orders  for  purchase  or  sale  of  Seeds  for  future  delivery 

WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN 

TOT F D O   O-

P o p c o rn ,  E tc.

W arehouses—3 2 5 -3 2 7   E r ie  S t, 
Office—4 6  P r o d u c e   E x c h a n g e , 

1 
)

MENTION T ills PAPER.

8
8
8
8
8
88
854
9
10
12)4

fancy—In bulk.
Full W eight.

 

 

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Bbls.
..  9
9
..

Lozenges,  p la in ......... 
p rin ted .....................
Chocolate D rops.......................
Chocolate M onum entals.........
.  5
Gum D rops...............................................  5
,.  7
Moss D rops................................
Sour D rops...............................................  754
•
.  9
Im perials....................................
fancy—In 5 lb.  boxes. 

Palls.
10
1054
11
13
554
8
854
10
Per Box.
Lemon D rops............................................................56
Soar 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
Licorice Drops....................................................... 1 00
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
Hand Made  Cream s..............  
85@95
Plain Cream s......... 
........................................ 80@90
D ecorated C ream s................................................1 OO
String  R ock..............................................................70
B urnt A lm onds.. 
............................................. 1  00
.65
W intergreen  B erries.................
CARAMELS.
No. 1, w rapped, 21b.  boxes__
No. 1, 
N o.2, 
N o.3, 
Stand up, 5 lb. boxes.................
ORANGES.
Floridas,  fa n c y .........................
LEMONS.

34 
.  51 
.  28 
.  42 
.1  10

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3
2 
3 

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.2  25@3  00

Messina, choice, 360..................................
fancy, 360..........................  
.
choice  300...................................
fancy 3 6 0 ................................
OTHER  FOREIGN  FRUITS.

“ 
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@4 50 
@
@
@5 00

extra 

“ 
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Persian.50-lb.  b o x ... 
NUTS.

Almonds, Tarragona.
I v ac a.........
C alifornia.

.......................... 
“ 
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« 
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50-lb.  “ 
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Figs, fancy  layers, Gib........ .....................11
101b.............................14
141b  ..............................
201b...............................
Dates,  F srd, 10-lb.  b o x ..............................
..............................
..................

@14 
©15 
@16 
@1754 
@  9 
@  9 
@  554
@1754@
@1654
Brazils, new ..................................................  754®  8
Filberts .
@1354 
W alnuts, Grenoble.
@1454 
@
@10 
@1354 
• 1154@1254 
15  @16 
@4  00

M arbot..........
C h ill.............
Table  N uts,  fancy —
choice 
Pecans, Texas, H.  P.,
Cocoanuts, full sacks.

“ 
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“ 

PEANUTS.

Fancy,  H.  ? ., S uns.................................... 
@  554
“  Roasted  ......................   7  @  754
Fancy, H.  P., Flags  .  ...............................  @  554
“  R oasted.......................   7  @  754
Choice,  H. P.,  E x tra s ................................   @ 454
“  R oasted....................  6  @  654

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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 
j 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 
I goods.

MILLSTUFFS

B rau...........
Screenings
M iddlings.

Less than  car  lo ts.
OATS.
Car  l o t s ..................
Less than car lots  .

18  00 
14  00 
21  00 
19  50 
19  50

P R O V IS IO N S .

The G rand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co. 

PORK  IN  BARRELS.

quotes as follow s:
Mess,  new ...........................................................   11  59
Short c u t ..............................................................   J1  0®
E x tra clear pig, short  c u t................................   13  '0
E x tra clear,  heav y .............................................
Clear, fat  b ac k ....................................................  12  75
Boston clear, short c u t.....................................   13  50
Clear back, short c u t.........................................   13 25
Standard clear, short cut, b est...................  
13  50

No.  1 T im othy, car lo ts . 

14  00
15  00
P A P E R  & W O O D E N  W A K E

ton lots

“ 

.......................................194

Straw  
Rock f a lls ...................................2
Rag su g ar...................................2
H ard w are...................................254
B ak e rs........................................ 254
Dry  G oods......................  554®6
J u te   M anilla..................   @654
Red  Express  No. 1..............   554
No. 2 .................454

“ 

TWINES.

48 C otton.... 
15
Cotton, No. 1
16
Sea  Island, assorted...........  35
No. 5 H e m p ..............................15
No.  6  “ .......................................15

WOODENWARE.

Tubs, No. 1.............................
“  No. 2.............................
“  No. 3.............................
Pails, No. 1, two-hoop..
“  No. 1,  three-hoop—  
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes —
Bowls, 11 In c h .......................
13  “ 
........................
15  “............................
........................
17  “ 
assorted, 17s and  19s 
M  15s, 17s and 19s
Baskets, m arket....................
shipping  bushel..
fu ll  hoop  “
b u s h e l....................
willow cl’ths, No.l 
No.
No.3
N o.l
No.2
No.3

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splint

7  00 
6 00 
5 00 
1  35 
1  60 
50 
1  00
1  35
2  00 
2  75 
2 50
2 76 
35
1  20 
1  30 
1  50
5  75
6  25
7  25
3  50
4 25
5 OC

sausage—F resh and Smoked.

Pork Sausage.........................................................   654
Ham Sausage...........................................................  9
Tongue Sausage.....................................................   9
F rankfort  Sausage 
Blood Sausage.........................................................   5
Bologna, straig h t................................. ..................  5
Bologna,  th ic k ........................................................  5
H ead ch eese.............................................................  5

.............................................   754

lard—Kettle R endered

Tierces .....................................
Tubs...........................................
501b.  T in s................................
LARD.

Tierces .............................
?0 and  50 lb. T u b s.........
3 lb. Pails, 20 in a  case. 
5 lb. Pails, 12 in  a case.. 
10 lb. Pails, 6 in a case- 
20 lb. Pails, 4 in  a  case.

Fam ily.
...5X
. . . 6
. ..69S£
...694
...654
—
...6
BEEF  IN  BARRELS.

.............................  754
.............................7 *
Com-
pound.
554
554
654
694
65*
59i
554
6  50 
6  50 
10  00

E xtra Mess, w arranted 200  lb s.......................
E xtra Mess, Chicago p acking.........................
Boneless, rum p butts.........................................
sm o ked  m eats—Canvassed or Plain.
Hams, average 20 lb s.............................................

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16 lb s .............................................  9)4
12 to 14 lb s ....................................   994
p ic n ic ............................................................. 65*
854
best boneless........................................... 
654
S houlders....................................... 
B reakfast Bacon, boneless..................................  8)4
Dried beef, ham  p ric e s ............................... 
...  8
Long Clears, h ea v y ..................................... ..........   6)4
B riskets,  m edium ..................................................   7
li g h t........................................................7

„ 

C ro ck ery   & G la ssw a r e

LAMP  BURNERS.

No. 0 Sun. 
N o .l  “  - 
No. 2  “  • 
T u b u la r..

l a m p   c h im n e y s.—Per box.

6 doz. In box.

 

F irst quality.
“ 
“ 
XXX F lint.

No. 0 S u n .................................................................  1
No. 1  “ 
................................................................... 1
................................................................... 2
N o.2  “ 
to p ............................................2
No. 0 Sun, crim p 
No. 1  “ 
“  
*
“  
N o.2  “ 
3
to p ............................................2
No. 0 Sun, crim p 
No. 1  “ 
“  
2
N o.2  “ 
“  
3
No. 1 Sun, w rapped and  lab eled ........................3
N o.2  “ 
......................4
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
....................... 4
N oA ^tan^plaln bulb,  per d oz............................1
...........................J
N o.2  “ 
No. 1 crimp, per d o z...............................................l
N o.3 
“ 
..............................................1

Pearl top.

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“ 

LAMP  WICKS.

No. 0,  per  gross......................................................
No. 1, 
........................................................
No. 2, 
................ .......................................
No. 3, 
........................................................
Mammoth,  per doz................................................

“ 
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STONEWARE—AKRON.
B utter Crocks, 1  and 2 g a l...........................
3  to 6 g a l..................................
Ju g s, 54 gal-i per doz.........................................

“ 

“ 

M ilk Pans, 54 gal., per doz.  (glazed 75c)....
90 c)....

i ......................................  1
“ 

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2 
» 

“ 
« 

“ 

1 

( 

23
28
38
75
96

06
0654
75
90
80
60
72

1 4

THE  MICHIGAN  TEADESMAN

T H E   N A TIO N A L  F IN A N C E S .

to 

redeem 

Statistics are proverbially dry reading, 
and  I  fancy  that  very  few  people  pay 
much  attention  to those presented in the j 
President’s  message  and its accompany­
ing documents.  The  newspapers  print, 
as  a  matter  of  duty,  a  portion of  the 
figures  embodied  in  these  lucubrations, 
omitting  the  rest,  partly  out of  mercy, 
and  partly for  the  sake of  economy  in 
typesetting, so that  those who  desire  to j 
explore their  mysteries  thoroughly must 
resort to the official copies,  Their enter­
prise is sometimes  rewarded  by the  dis­
covery of  nuggets of  information in  the 
arid  waste,  but  the  task is tedious  and 
tiresome.  Mr.  Gladstone,  it  is  said,  has 
the 
faculty  of  rendering  a  financial 
speech as  interesting  as one  on  Turkish 
atrocities or the  cause of  home-rule,  but 
none of  our  statesmen possess  it,  or  at 
least  they do not  exercise it. 
I  take to 
myself,  therefore,  some  credit as  a  pat­
riotic  citizen  and an industrious  student 
for  having  carefully  gone  through  the 
report of  the  Secretary of  the  Treasury 
for the last  fiscal year,  and  mastered its 
contents. 
I find in it a good many things 
not  calculated  to  arrest  superficial  ob­
servation,  but  which are of  considerable 
importance,  and  which  deserve  to  be 
brought  into  more  prominence  than  is 
given  them  by the  author of  the report.
I  was  struck,  at  the  outset,  by  the 
appearauce,  for ihe  first time,  under  the 
act of July  14, 1890,  of the item of lawful 
money  deposited 
retired 
national  bank  circulation,  among  the 
assets of  the  nation,  and of  that of  the 
amount  paid  for the  redemption of  such 
notes as a part of its expenditures.  Since 
the  notes  necessarily  come  in  slowly, 
the  money  deposited  by  the  banks  for 
their  redemption  is,  for  the  time being, 
in excess of  the demands  made  upon it, 
but  this  excess  no  more  rightfully  be­
longs  to  the  Treasury  than  the  money 
placed  in  the hands of  a  trustee  for  a 
specific  purpose  belongs to him  for  his 
own  use. 
It  seems very  odd,  therefore, 
to 
the 
national income for the year ending June 
30, 1891,  swelled  by the  sum of  §54,207,- 
975,  received  in  years  gone  by for  the 
redemption  of  national  bank  notes,  and 
diminished  by  §23,553,298  expended  for 
notes  actually  redeemed,  the  difference 
being put into the cash  balance on hand. 
It  is,  in  reality,  a  confiscation  of  the 
property of  the holders of  the notes still 
out-standing. 
I  was  in  Europe  when 
the  act  was  passed,  and I do  not  know 
who is responsible  for this  provision  in 
it. 
I  have  heard  the  argument  made 
that  as the  nation  assumes  the payment 
of  the  notes  it  has  a  right  to  use  the 
money provided  for  the  purpose  by the 
banks  until  it  is  called  for, just  as  a 
banker  has  the  right to use  the  money 
deposited  with  him,  provided  he  keeps 
himself ready  to  repay 
it  on  demand. 
The obvious  answer is,  that  the Govern­
ment  is  not  a  banker,  and  that,  as  the 
notes which it undertakes  to  redeem are 
sure  to come  in  sooner or later,  any bal­
ance  held  on  their  account  is  in 
its 
nature illusory,  and  cannot  be depended 
upon  as  assets.  So enamored,  however, 
Is the Secretary of  this  ingenious device 
for  adding to the volume of  the national I 
income,  that  he  puts  into his  estimated 
revenues for the  current year  the money 
likely to be  received  from this  source in 
the future,  and  even reckons it as a part 
of  the  sinking fund  for the  extinguish- |

find  in  the  Treasury  figures 

ment of  the  country’s outstanding bond­
ed debt.

result 

This  will 

The  jaunty  carelessness  with  which 
the  Secretary speaks  of  a  probable  de­
ficit in the revenues of  this and the  next 
fiscal  years  also  strikes  me  as  remark­
able.  Even after appropriating the bank 
note redemption  fund,  he confesses  that 
he will  lack  §10,748,302 of  the §48,913,- 
025 which  the sinking  fund will  require 
for this year,  and for the fiscal  year end­
ing  June  30, 1893, he  estimates  that  he 
will  have applicable  to  it  only §14,036, 
257 surplus of  revenue  over  the  appro­
in  a 
priations. 
deficiency  for  that  year  of  at 
least 
§35,000,000,  but  he  dismisses 
the  sub­
ject,  as  he  does  that  of  the  deficiency 
for  the  current  year,  without  com­
ment and  without suggesting any remedy 
for the  evil.  His  figures show that  the 
customs  and  internal  revenue  for  the 
current  year  are  already  considerably 
less  than 
they  were  during  the  same 
period  of  last  year,  and  for the  entire 
year  is  likely to suffer  a  total  decrease 
of  §28,000,000.  As 1 have  said  he  con­
cedes a probable deficiency of §10,747,302 
at the end of this year, and it is notorious 
that  he  reduces it to this  figure  only by 
withholding  items of  expenditure which 
ought to  be  made if  the  instructions  of 
Congress are carried  out.  For the  com­
ing  year  the  case is much  worse.  The 
probable deficiency conceded is, as  1 have 
said, §35,000,000,  and to it must be added 
a  large  sum  for  river and  harbor  im­
provements,  for  which  no  allowance  is 
made. 
I  shall  watch with  interest  the 
mode  in  which  the administration deals 
with these deficits,  and  the expedients it 
adopts to overcome them.

By  way of  offset, I  desire  to  give  the 
Secretary  credit  for  some  very sensible 
remarks  about  the  currency  and  the 
groundless clamor  fcr  an  increase of  it, 
raised  from  time to  time  by those  who 
fancy  that  if  the  country’s  supply  of 
money  were greater than it is they would 
in  some  mysterious way  which  they do 
not explain,  find  more of  it in  their own 
pockets.  He shows by statistics that our 
total circulating  medium,  which on  July 
1  was  §1,497,440,707, or §23.41  for  each 
individual of  our  population,  had  risen 
on December 1 to §1,577,262,070, or §24.38 
per  head. 
I  do not  myself  attach  any 
value to this  way of  estimating the suffi­
ciency  or  insufficiency  of  a  country’s 
currency,  but the fact that ours is steadi­
ly increasing is a perfect answer to those 
who  demand  new  and  extraordinary 
measures for its augmentation. 
If  there 
were  no  other cause  of  work,  the opera­
tion of  the act of  July 14,  1890,  is giving 
us  §4,500,000  per month of  fresh  paper 
currency,  to  which  must  be  added  the 
surplus  product of  our  gold  mines, over 
and  above the  quantity consumed in the 
arts,  which is §15,000,000 annually.  Dur­
ing the past  year,  too,  unavailable silver 
half dollars,  to the amount of  §7,608,846, 
have  been  recoined 
into  dimes  and 
quarters  and  put into  circulation.  Fur­
thermore, old trade dollars to the amount 
of  $3,260,000  have  been  recoined 
into 
standard  dollars.  The Secretary,  rather 
inconsistently,  in  view  of  these  facts, 
recommends measures for increasing  the 
j national  bank  circulation,  but  as  Con­
gress  is  not  likely to adopt  them, what 
he says on the subject is of no particular 
importance.

On the  silver question the Secretary is 
discreetly silent.  He  does not  even  re- 
| peat what he said at the recent  Chamber

CHERRYSTONE  OYSTERS.

■ HE trade  throughout the various  towns  adjacent to Grand 

Rapids are respectfully  requested  to  bear in mind  that if 
they  order  the  “P.  & B.” brand of  Oysters  they will  get 
full  measure  and  well  filled  cans  of  the  FINEST  CHERRY­
STONE stock.  We  aim to cater to fine  trade and  realize that it 
calls  for  FINE  GOODS  to  meet  the  requirements.  Goods put 
up bearing  our  “ P.  & B.”  trade  mark  are guaranteed  A No.  1 
and are  sold at fair  prices.  We do not  claim to meet scurrilous 
competition who  advertise one  thing and  sell  another,  but  will 
say that  we will  sell  “Bay  stock”  as low as  any competitor  in 
the business,  but we prefer to sell OYSTERS instead of  JUICE. 
The express  charges  are as much  on  one as on  the  other, so  if 
stock  must  be watered,  we  advise  you to buy  solid  meats  and 
dilute at your own  place.  Buy the P.  & B.  brand  and  you will 
have the best in market.  Handled by all the jobbers.

THE PUTNAM CANDY CO.

W.  H.  W HITE  &  CO.,

ManiifaBtUrers  of  Hardwood  Lumber,

B O Y N E   C IT Y ,  MICH.

W e operate three m ills w ith a capacity of 9,000,000 feet hardw ood and 3,000,000 feet hem lock, as 
follow s:  Boyne  City  m ill, 7,000,000;  Boyne  F alls  m ill,  3,000,003;  D eer  Lake  m ill, 2,000,000.  O ur 
facilities for shipm ent are  unsurpassed, either by rail or w ater.

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

Manufacturers  of

Slow  Cases

Of  Every Description.

WRITE FOB  PRICES.
First-Glass  Work  Only.
G R A N D   R A P ID S .

8 3   and  6 8  C an al  St.,

of  Commerce  dinner  about  the  benefi­
cent  effect  of  the  act of  July  14,  1S90, j 
and of  the determination of  the adminis- ! 
tration  to  maintain gold  payments even 
to the  extent of  issuing  new  bonds  fo r! 
the  purchase of  the  necessary supply of ! 
the metal.  The  omission is the  less im- | 
portant,  since  President  Harrison in his 
message  makes  this  noteworthy intima-1 
tion:  “Under  existing  legislation  it  is 
in the power of the Treasury Department 
to  maintain  that  essential  condition  of | 
national finance as well as of commercial 
prosperity—the  parity in use of  the coin 
dollars  and  their  paper representatives. 
The  assurance  that these  powers  would 
be  freely  and  unhesitatingly  used  has 
done  much  to  produce  and  sustain  the 
present  favorable  business  conditions.” 
These  words  may  be  fairly interpreted 
as  backing  up  Secretary Foster’s  after 
dinner speech.  1 wish,  however, that the 
Secretary had,  in  his  report,  expressed 
his  own  personal  views,  and  I  should 
have  liked to read  his  comment  on  the 
significant  fact,  which  he  records  in  the 
report,  that,  whereas,  the  total  annual 
gold  product of  this  country is $33,000.- 
000,  and  the  consumption  of  the  metal 
in the arts  $18,000,000,  leaving as 1 have 
mentioned,  a  surplus  of  $15,000,000  as 
an  addition  to  the  circulating medium, 
our total annual  production of  silver,  at 
coining  value,  is  $70,000,000,  and 
the 
annual  consumption  of  it  in  the  arts 
$9,000,000,  leaving  a  surplus of  $61,000, 
000.  The  Secretary  further  makes  the 
world’s total  annual  product of  gold to 
be  $116.009,000,  and  that  of  silver,  at 
our  coining  rates,  $166,677,000.  Allow­
ing  everywhere  the same  proportion  of 
consumption in  the  arts  which  prevails 
in this  country, the world’s  annual  sur­
plus  production of  gold  should  be  less 
than  $53,000,000,  while 
that  of  silver 
should be a little over $142,000,000.  How, 
with this enormous disproportion of sup­
ply,  the  official  coining value of  the two 
metals  can  be  restored  in  the  bullion 
market,  or  how,  eveu,  the  further  de­
preciation of  silver  can  be  averted,  is a 
conundrum to which  I  would  gladly see 
the Secretary’s answer.

What  the  Secretary,  as  well  as  the 
President, says about imports and exports 
of  gold  and  merchandise,  the  effect  of 
the  McKinley tariff,  reciprocity,  and  the 
decay of  our  foreign  shipping  interests 
I  shall  refrain  from  discussing.  1  am 
afraid  that  even  what  I  have  already 
written will  be  found  dull and  uninter­
esting,  but  l  have done the best  1  could 
with the  matter,  and throw myself  upon 
the readers’ mercy for forgiveness. •

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

The  Bank  Account.

The bank account should  be  kept  un­
der  the  immediate  supervision  of  the 
president in  the case of a corporation, or 
in the case of  a  partnership, of  a  mem­
ber of the firm.  With the utmost respect 
for the  clerical  force, it  is  just  one  of 
those things that a  man  ought to  attend 
to for himself.  And this is true not only 
by reason of the responsibility  which al­
ways attaches  to the care  of money,  but 
because the bank  account is the  founda­
tion stone  upon  which  the  whole busi­
ness rests.  An easy  bank account  gives 
one  such  a  comfortable  feeling.  This 
being,  therefore, so important  a  matter, 
a few words in  regard  to  it  may not  be 
out of place.  And first,  as to the  choice 
of one’s  bank.  So  many  and  such  im­
portant considerations enter  into the de­
termination of this question that it would 
be difficult to discuss them  all  properly. 
Safety  of  the  funds,  of  course,  stands 
first. 
It is  always  desirable  to  take the 
account to a bank where  one Is personal­

STUDLEY^fc  BARCLAY

Agents for the  C A N D E E   Rubber  boots, shoes,  arc­

tics, lum berm en’s, etc.,  the best in the  m arket.

We carry the finest line of  felt and k n it boots, socks 
and  rubber  clothing  in the  m arket.  Send  for  price 
list and discounts.

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

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

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

W. T.  LAMOREAUX  &  GO.,

S izedS

TTHS  M IG E ï IG^JST  T R A D E S M A N
ly known to  two  or  three  influential  di-1 
rectors, in order that in time of need one 
may have  needful  friends to  speak  the | 
favorable word.  Meetings of bank direct-1 
ors  are  always considered  as  peculiarly ! 
confidential  and  paper  offered  for  dis-1 
count is discussed  with  the utmost  free- j 
dom.  And at  times  when  money  is  in 
unusual demand or a captious director is 
disposed to make  objections  to  your pa­
per,  it  goes a great  way with  the  board 
to have  a  couple  of  directors  say,  "We 
know this man  personally;  we  know  all 
about  him,  and  his  note  will  be  paid.” 
Such  a  recommendation  carries  all  the 
weight that  goes with a  personal  assur- 1  
ance  founded  on  personal  knowledge. 
But the  bank  must  not  only  be  willing 
but also able to lend.  Therefore go to  a 
bank that pursues a  conservative  policy 
and habitually keeps a reserve  fund suf­
ficiently  large to  meet the  wants of  its 
customers  in  times  of  sudden  financial 
stringency.  Some banks make a special­
ty  of  certain  kinds  of  business,  and, 
therefore,  if  you  happen  to  know  of  a 
convenient bank that  cares particurlarly 
for the kind  of  business you  have to of­
fer,  take  your  account  to  that  bank. 
Having once  chosen your  bank,  stick  to 
it.  And now  a word  as  to  the  account 
itself. 
In opening your  account  always 
go in person to  the  bank,  and if you  are 
not known  to the  officers  take  some  re­
sponsible friend to introduce you.  Some | 
careful managers have a habit of making 
a  note  as  to  the  person  introducing  a 
new customer, and,  on that account,  it is 
just  as  well  to  have  some  one  whose 
name will stand  referring  to  at  any  fu­
ture  time.  Every  now  and  then  make 
your deposit yourself and  stop to have  a 
word with the  president or  cashier.  By 
so doing you not  only  cultivate  friendly 
relations  with 
the  managers,  but  you 
give an opportunity  for those  innumera­
ble little explanations  which the bank is 
constantly wanting concerning its custom­
ers.  And you  will pick up many an  odd 
scrap  of  information  yourself.  Never 
draw  a check until the  money is in bank 
to meet  it.  All  overdrafts are  reported 
at once to the cashier, and reports of that 
nature leave  a most  unpleasant  impres­
sion.  Have the bank book balanced once 
a  month  regularly,  and  go  over  the 
vouchers  carefully  and  promptly  when 
the book is returned. 
It is  an  excellent 
plan  to enter  the checks from  your  own 
stubs  and prove  the  balance with  your 
check book before sending the pass book 
to the bank.  Then the bank book-keeper 
merely  checks  off  the  vouchers  he  has 
charged  to  your  account  and  deducts 
these  outstanding, the  remainder  show­
ing the  total  of  checks  charged on  the 
bank ledger.  This  system  not  only  in­
sures the  accuracy  of the  entries in  the 
pass  book  but  affords  a  ready  check 
against  raised  or  forged  checks.  The 
very fact of the bank book-keeper having 
a voucher against your account not listed 
by you on the  pass book  calls special at­
tention to  such  voucher  and  betrays  at 
once its true character.  As  to  the  form 
of check,  that is  very much  a  matter  of 
taste. 
In  general  a  check  should  be 
clearly  printed  on  strong  paper, either 
white or some light tint, and with an ab­
solute avoidance of anything like ginger­
bread  ornamentation.  The  number 
should be in  the upper  left-hand corner, 
the date in the  upper  right-hand corner, 
and the figures should follow immediately
after  words,  th u s:..................................
.........Dollars, $..........................................
Drafts for collection  may usually be  de­
posited in the bank for that purpose;  but 
in the case of a house doing a large collec­
tion  business,  it  is  more  satisfactory  to 
send the  collections  direct to  a  bank in 
the town  where the  drawee  resides. 
In 
offering paper for discount,  have  a  word 
with the cashier  with  regard to the mat­
ter,  so  that  any  needful  explanations 
may be made before the note  gets before 
the  board. 
In  conclusion,  cultivate 
friendly  personal  relations  with  your 
bank,  and  give  your  bank  business  as 
close personal attention as possible.

A N D   D E A LER S  IN

128,  130,  132  W .  B rid g e  8t*a 
GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICH.

Barnett  Bros. 
Commission  Merchants

A p p le s , 
Dried. Fruits, 
Onions•

Twenty-five years’  experience and ample 
facilities for the transaction of  business. 
Refer by permission to the  editor of  this 
paper.  Write for information which will 
be cheerfully furnished.

BARNETT  BROS.

159 So.  Water St., Chicago.

O f  L e d g e rs  a n d   J o u r n a ls   b o u n d   w ith  

P h ila d r lp liia  P a t. F la t o p e n in ’.' b a c k . 
T h e  S tro n g e s t B la n k   B ook  E v e r M ade.

1 5
STANTON,  MOREY & CO,,

D E T R O IT ,  M IC H .

--------- MANUFACTURERS  OF  -----------

JPBZVJ2VS ULA.U

Every  garm ent  m ade  by us strictly  on  honor 
and if it RIPS  return it to the  m erchant  th a t  it 
w as purchased of  and get a  new  one.

Our line of  shirts for  1832 is second to none in 

America.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

A.  J .  B o w n e, P resid en t.

D.  A. 

'•  <  d g k t t, Vice-President.

H .  W .  N a s h , C ashier
CAPITAL,  -  -  -  $300,000.

T ra n sac ts a  g en e ra l  b an k in g   business.

M ake a  Specialty o f  C ollection,.  A cco u n t, 

o f Country M erchants Solicited.

THE  GREAT

EDMUND B.DIKEMAN
Watch fltakcr 
i Jeweler,
Grand Rapids  -  JlIiGh.

44  CA N E  8T„

THIS  IS  WHAT  EVERY  SUCCESSFUL  PE R ­
IT  IS TH E  CONDITION OF 

SON MUST DO. 
CONDITIONS.
The  In d u strial  School of  B usiness  furnishes 
som ething  superior  to  the  ordinary  course  in 
book keeping, short-hand and type w riting, pen­
m anship, E nglish 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 ich .

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

0 JOBBERS  OF

State A gents for

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.

O K  A N D   R A P ID S ,  M ICH

158 A   1 6 0  Fulton  St-^Grancl  Rapids.

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

competition  rapidly  developed,  it  sent 
values  above  any limit  which  salesmen 
had  thought  possible  when  they  were 
selling  their  September  stock.  This is I 
the secret of  the late  advance in  cheese,  I 
and it clearly shows that our  home trade 
is our best factor and  that without it the 
cheesemaking 
industry  could  not  be 
maintained in this country.

T o F ig h t th e  C ra c k e r C o m b in a tio n .
Retail  grocers  of  St.  Louis  have  sub­
scribed §12,000  to a fund  to erect  an in­
dependent  cracker  factory  to  fight  the 
cracker trust composed of the New York, 
American  and  United  States  Biscuit 
Companies.

It is said that half the tin of the world 
is exported  from  the  Malay  Peninsula, 
where mining  is  carried  on  almost  ex­
clusively by the Chinese.  The mining is 
that of flood tin,  and  the  metal  is  taken 
from the lowlands  near  the  mountains, 
where it is found in pockets  10 to 20 feet 
or more  below the surface.

Use Tradesman or Superior Coupons.

FO R   S A L E ,  W A N T E D ,  E T C .

Advertisements will be inserted  under  th is  bead for 
tw o  cents  a   word  th e  first  insertion  and  one cen t a 
word  for  each  subsequent  insertion.  No  advertise­
m ent taken fo r less th an  25 cents.  Advance  paym ent.

BU SIN E SS  C H ANCES.

G ra n d   R ap id *   ¿4 In d ia n a .
Schedule  in effect  December 13,1891.

TBA1N8  GOING  NORTH.

South. 
For Saginaw  and  Cadillac.........  5:15 a m  
For Traverse City & Mackinaw 
9:20 a m 
For Saginaw &  Traverse  C ity..  2:00 p m  
For  Petoskey & M ackinaw.......  8:10 p m  
From Kalamazoo and Chicago.  8.-35 p m 
except Sunday.

Arrive from   Leave going 
North.
7:05  a m
11:30  a  m
4:15  p m
10:90  p i

Train  arriving a t 9:20  daily;  all  other  train s  daily 

TRAINS  GOING  SOUTH.

North. 
For  C incinnati.............................   8:20a m 
For Kalamazoo and  Chicago... 
For F ort W ayne and the  E ast..  11:50 a  m 
For  Cincinnati..............................  5:30 p m  
For  Chicago.....................................10:40 p m 
From Saginaw...............................  10:40 p m
all other train s daily except Sunday.

Arrive from   Leave going 
South.
7:00 a m
10:30  a m
2:00  p m
6:09  p i
11:05 p l

Trains leaving a t 6:00 p. ra. and 11:05 p. m. ru n  daily; 

For Muskegon—Leave. 

M u sk e g o n , G ra n d   R ap id a  & In d ia n a .
10:10 a  m 
4:40  p m 
9:05 p m

7:00  a  m 
11:25  a m 
5:35  p m

From Muskegon—Arrive.

SLEEPING  &  PARLOR  CAR  SERVICE.

N O R TH

1 1 :3 0   a  m  t r a i n . —P arlor chair car  G’d 
Rapids to  Petoskey and Mackinaw.
1 0 :3 0   p   m   tr a in .—Sleeping  car  Grand 
Rapids  to  Petoskey and Mackinaw.
SO U TH —7 :0 0  am  tra in . -P a rlo r chair car Grand 
Rapids to Cincinnati.
1 0 :3 0   a m   tr a in .—W agner  P arlor  Car 
Grand Rapids  to  Chicago.
6 :0 0   p  m   tr a in .—W agner Sleeping  Car 
Grand  Rapids to Cincinnati.
1 1 ;0 5   p  m  t r a i n  .—W agner Sleeping Car 
Grand Rapids to Chicago.

C h ic ag o  v ia  G.  B.  & I.  R.  R.

Lv Grand  Rapids 
A rr Chicago 

10:30 a  m  2:03 p m 
3:55 p m  9:00 p m  

11.05 p m
6 50 am
10:30 a m train  through W agner P arlor Car.
11:05 p m train  d aily, through W agner  Sleeping Car 
10:10 p m
6:15  a m
10:10  p  m 

7:05 a  m  3:10 p m  
Lv  Chicago 
2.00 p m   8  3 5 p m  
Arr Grand Rapids 
3:10  p m   through  W agner  Parlor  Car. 
train daily, through W agner S leeping Car.

Through tick ets and full inform ation  can  be had by 
ca llin g  upon A. Alm quist.  tick et  agen t  a t  Union Sta­
tion,  or  G eorge  W.  Munson,  Union  T icket  Agent, 67 
Monroe street. Grand Rapids. Mich.

General  Passenger and Ticket Agent.

C. L. LOCKWOOD.

Our Complete  F all  Line  of

HOM E  TR A D E  B EST .

R ev iew  o f  th e   C h ee se   B u sin e ss  fo r  th e  

S e a so n  o f  1891.
From  the Chicago Produce Reporter.

this:  One, 

Now  that  the  cheese  trade,  so far  as i 
the producer is concerned,  is over for the j 
season,  it  is  interesting to look  back  at | 
the  salient features of  the  year. 
It has 
been  a very successful one  for the dairy- i 
men.  The  output  was  fair  and  pricesj 
the  average,  cheese  of  fine 
good;  on 
quality has brought ten cents.
It  is easy  to  learn lessons  so as  to be j 
wise,  after the  event.  But there  are one j 
or  two  obvious  lessons  which  can  be 
drawn  from the  operations of  the  year,  i 
The  first is,  spring  and  summer  cheese 
should  be  sold  when  it is ready  to  ship 
at  such  prices  as  are  being  paid.  All 
through the  early  part of  the season  the I 
buyers  paid  as much or more  than  they j 
could afford to.  They should be allowed I 
to carry  the cheese into  consumption  at 
once.  Competition  is  so  keen  and  the j 
chances of  combination  so  remote  that j 
the producer is certain  to get all  that the | 
consumers  will  enable  agents  to  give.  I 
There is always a danger of holding early 
cheese until  they are off  flavor and later 
makes  are  in  demand.  To  keep  them 
out of  the  market  when  consumption is j 
greatest  is  surely folly.  Most  salesmen ' 
have  acted  wisely  in  this  respect;  but j 
some held too long.
The  condition  of  the  cheese  market 
last spring,  in this country,  at  least,  was I 
more favorable than it has  been for some j 
years past.  Stocks  all over  the country 
were  reduced  to  small  proportions,  and 
prices  were  correspondingly  high.  The 
spring was  not quite  so  early,  and cows 
did  not do  as  well  as in previous  years, 
nor were  factories  opened  as  promptly. 
Dairy  butter  was  worth  24 to 25  cents, 
and  a  considerable  proportion  of 
the 
early  spring  milk  was  used for  butter I 
rather than  for cheesemaking.
Meanwhile  prices  had settled  down to 
S}4  cents  for high  during the latter part 
of  June,  and  they  practically  remained 
at  that  during  the  month  of  July, in 
spite of  the  decreased make.  Two  rea­
sons  were  given  for 
that 
there was  an  increased make in  Canada; 
another,  that  old  cheese  had  not  been 
used  up  in  England  and was  hindering 
the purchase of  new. 
If  the latter  rea­
son  was  correct,  it was  a  very  unusual 
condition of  things and  was the  reverse 
of what was true in this country.
During all this time the make of cheese 
had  been  very  light,  and,  as the  ruling 
price  had  fallen to 1%  cents,  the  dairy­
men  in  many  sections  decided  to  hold 
back  a  part of  the  offerings  each  week 
until  the  markets  should  show  better 
conditions.  This  policy  was  followed 
for a number of  weeks.  The  effect  was 
seen,  not  in  any  advance,  but  in  pre­
venting  a  further  decline. 
The  cool 
weather  and  rain  in  July  somewhat in­
creased  the  flow  of  milk  and,  conse­
quently,  the  make of  cheese. 
In  fact, 
the  entire fall  make  has  been  in excess 
of  the  previous  year,  notwithstanding 
the  extreme  prices  of  butter,  and  has 
therefore made  up a considerable part of 
the shortage down  to August.
During September  the  market showed 
no  extraordinary  features,  but  October 
and November brought an  unusual  activ­
ity. 
In order  to  understand  this it will 
be  necessary  to go  back as far  as  July. 
During that month the home trade bought 
considerable  stock,  enough,  apparently 
to  carry them  through  the  fall.  Then 
there  was  an  entire  shut-down on  that 
class of  business,  and  there  were  only 
the  exporters  left to fake  the stock. 
It 
has long been a demonstrated  fact that  a 
market which depends  on  foreign  trade 
alone must  be  weak  and  slow.  This,  as 
we  have  seen,  was the  case;  nor  would 
it have been different at the present time 
had  we been  obliged to look  to exporters 
for the bulk of our trade.
But the latter part of October domestic 
buyers began to  awaken  to the fact  that 
the  cheese  crop  of  the  country,  as  a 
whole,  was  short;  that  it  was necessary 
for  them to buy at  once  in  order to get 
stock  to  supply  their  trade;  and  they 
concluded  that  their  best  policy  would 
be  to  come  directly into the cheese  pro­
ducing regions  and take the  stock out of 
first  hands.  They must have the  goods 
and  did  not  stickle  at  prices,  and,  as |

350

I^OR  SALE — ONE  OF  THE  BEST-PAYING  DRUG 

stocks  in  Albion,  Mich.,  a   good  m anufacturing 
and  college town of  5,000 inhabitants.  Invoice  about 
$3,000.  Reason  for  selling,  ill-health.  Address  Lock 
Box 103. Albion, Mich. 

in first-class condition, doing  a  business of  from 
$60,000 to $80,000 per year.  The  trad e  of  the  store  is 
all on a  cash basis.  For  particulars  address No.  357 
care Michigan Tradesm an. 

F^ c r   s a l e—l a r g e   stock  o f  g e n e r a l   goods
IpOK  SALE—CLEAN  GR  *CBKY  STOCK,  L o ­

cated on one of th e best business streets  in 
low.  Stock  and  fixtures  w ill  inventory  about 
$2,000.  Good reasons for  selling.  There  is  $500 
in  the  purchase  for  buyer.  A ddress  No.  361, 
care M ichigan  Tradesm an._____________ 361

G rand  Rapids.  Trade  w ell  established.  Rent 

F OR  SALE—FIRST-CLASS  GROCERY  B us­

iness in  th e  best  town  of  5,000  inhabitants 
in N orthern M ichigan.  The purchaser can have 
a  trade of  $50,000 a year  at  the  start.  No  town 
in  th e  State has  better  prospects.  This  is  the 
chance  of  a  life  time.  A ddress  No.  363,  care 
M ichigan Tradesm an._________________   363

357

SITU A TIO N S  W A N T E D .

\ \ T ANTED—SITUATION  AS  MANAGER  IN
▼ ▼  general  m erchandise  establishm ent.  F if­
teen years’ experience.  Best of references.  Sev­
eral  different languages  spoken.  A ddress J no. 
R auscher, 434 M innesota  street,  St.  Paul,  M inn.

T IT A N T E D —SITUATION  BY  REGISTERED
▼ ▼ 
Pharm acist,  six  years’  experience.  Can
furnish very  best  of  reference.  A ddress  P har­
m acist F,  H art, M ich.,  Box 55. 
\irA N T E D —SITUATION  AS  BOOK-KEEPER  BY  A
v t  m arried  m an  who  can  give the  best of  refer­
ences.  Address  No.  305,  care  Michigan  Tradesm an, 
Grand Rapids.___________________________  

36o

305

365

M ISCELLANEO US.

1 
fractions  and 

IilOR  SALE—ABOUT  100  POUNDS  OF  NON- 

pareli  type,  w ell  assorted  as  to  figures, 
country  paper  for  use in  tax  sales  and  general 
work.  Laid in  tw o  cases.  W ill  sell for 25 cents 
per pound and $1 per pair for cases.  Tradesm an 
Company, G rand Rapids,  Mich. 

leaders.  J u s t  the  thing  for  a 

359

187

I70R  SALE—CHEAP  ENOUGH  FOR  AN  INVE8T- 

1  ment.  Corner  lo t  and  5-room  house  on  North 
L afayette  St.,  cellar,  brick  foundation,  soft  w ater 
in  kitchen.  $1,200.  Terms  to  suit.  Address No.  187, 
care Michigan Tradesman. 
J F   YOU HAVE ANY PROPERTY TO EXCHANGE FOR 
JL  a   residence  brick  block in Grand  Rapids,  address 
B.  W. Barnard, 35 Allen street. Grand Rapids, Mich.  331

J^OR SALE—TWO  HUNDRED  ACRKS  LAND  (160  IM- 

proved), located in the fru it b elt of  Oceana coun­
ty,  Mich.  Land  fitted  fo r  m achinery,  good  fences, 
large  curb  ro o f  b a m   w ith  underground  for  stock, 
horse b arn and  oth er necessary farm  buildings.  New 
windm ill furnishes w ater fo r house and barns.  Eight­
een acres apple bearing orchard, also 1.000 peach trees, 
tw o years old, looking th rifty .  Price, $36 per  acre, or 
will exchange for stock of dry goods.  I f any difference 
will pay cash.  A. Retan, Little Rock, Ark. 
Fo r s a l e —t h e   b e s t   r e s id e n c e   l o t  in  g r a n d
Rapids, 70x176 feet, b eau tifu lly shaded w ith native 
oaks, situ ated  in good  residence  lo ca lity , only 200 feet 
from   electric street car line.  W ill sell  fo r $2,500  cash 
or p a rt cash, paym ents  to  suit.  E. A. Stow e, 100 Louis 
Street. 
Q P L E N D ID   CHANCE  FOR  A  FLOURING 
£ 3   M ill at Leslie, Ingham  county,  M ich , a town 
of 1,500inhabitants.  No m ill inside of ten m iles 
The  old site  and w all all ready.  Pow er  on  the 
ground  now,  if  w anted.  A ddress  for  particu­
lars, Village Recorder, Leslie, Mich. 
\
W f  ANTED-  GROCERY  STOCK  BY  PARTIES  WHO 
can pay cash  down.  Must  be  d irt  cheap.  Ad­
i  V 
dress N o. 343. care M ichigan Tradesm an. 
T A T  ANTE D—AN EX PERIEN CED  LADY DRY 
▼ ▼  goods clerk—one w ith some  know ledge of 
stam ping and  fancy goods  preferred.  A ddress, 
stating  experience and giving  references, “Dry 
Goods,” care M ichigan Tradesm an. 

364 

362

343

334

341

W ill b e re a d y  S e p te m b e r 10th . 
I t  w ill p ay  
e v e ry  m e r c h a n t h a n d lin g  th is  lin e  o f goods 
to  e x a m in e  o u r  s a m p le s .

EATON,  LYON  &  CO.,

20 & 22 Monroe St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

- 

-  MICH.

H.  M.  REYNOLDS  &  SON,

Tar and  Gravel  Roofers,

A nd  dealers  In  T arred  F elt,  B uilding  Paper, 
Pitch,  Coal  Tar,  A sphaltum .  Rosin,  M ineral 
Wool, Etc.

C o rn e r L o u is  a n d  C a m p a u  Sts., 

G R A N D   R A P ID S .

lföiit, Herpolsleiier k Go.,
Dry  Goods.  Carpets l Cloaks.

WHOLESALE

We  Make a Specialty of  Blankets, 

Quilts & Live Geese Feathers.

Overalls  of  oifr  own  Manitfactilre.
Mackinaw Shirts and Lumbermen’s 

Socks.

mil, H s le iie r & Go.,

48, 50 and 52 Ottawa St. 

GRAND RAPID S, 

- 

-  MICH.

Michigan Central

“  The Niagara Falls Route.’'

D EPA RT.  A RRIV E
D etroit E xpress........................................7:00 a m   10:00 p m
Mixed 
4:30  p m
........................................................   7:06am  
Day  E xpress...........................................  1:20 p m   10:00 a m
'A tlan tic A Pacific E xpress............... 10:30 p m  
6:00 a m
New York Express................................. 5:40 p m   12:40 p m

'Daily.
All oth er d aily excep t Sunday.
Sleeping  cars  run  on  A tlantic  and  Pacific  Express 
trains to and from   Detroit.
E legant  parlor  cars  leave Grand  Rapids on D etroit 
Express a t 7 a. m..  returning  lea v e  D etroit  4:45 p. m. 
arrive in  Grand  Rapids 10 p.  m.

Fred M.  Briggs, Gen'l A gent. 85 Monroe St.
A. A lm quist, T icket A gent, Union  Depot.
Geo.  W.  Munson, Union T icket Office, 67 Monroe St. 
O. W. Rugglks  G. P.  &  T. A gent.,C hicago.

Detroit

Milwaukee
-

■RAILWAY 

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

TIME  TABLE

NOW  IN   EFFECT.

EASTWARD.

tN o.  14 tN o.  16 tN o.  18 •No.  82
6 50am
10 55pm 
7 45am
12 37am 
8 28am
1 55am 
9 03am 
3 15am 
It) 45am 
8  45am 
11 30am
7 :  0am 
10 05am
5  40am 
11 55am
7  30am 
10 53am
5 37am 
11 50am
1  00am

I  20am
II 25am 
1217pm
1 20pm 
3 15pm 
3 45pm 
3 40pm 
6 00pm
3 05pm
4 05pm

3 25pm
4 27pm
5 20pm 
d 65pm 
8  0pm 
8 45pm
7 (5pm
8 50pm
8 25pm
9 25pm

WESTWARD.

T rains Leave 

G’d Rapids,  L v .............
G’d H aven,  A r.............1
M llw’k eeS tr  “ ............
Chicago Str.  “ ...........  |

i •N o. 81 tN o. 11 tN o. 13
5  10pm
6  15pm

1  00pm
2  10pm

7 05am
8 35am

♦Daily. 

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   the w est,  10:10  a. m., 3:15 
p.m.  and 9 :50 p. m.
E astw ard—No. 14  has  W agner  P arlcr  Buffet 
car.  No.  18 C hair  Car.  No. 82 W agner  Sleeper.
W estward — No.  81  W agner  Sleeper.  No.  11 
Chair Car.  No. 15 W agner Parlor Buffetcar.
J o hn W.  Lo u d , Traffic M anager.
B e n  F l e t c h e r , Trav. Pass. Agent.
J a s . C a m p b e l l , City Ticket Agent.

23 M onroe Street.

CHICAGO

&  WEST  MICHIGAN  RY.

...

12:05

!  A.  M. P.  M.

DEPART  POR

P. M.
C hicago...................... ..j  9:00 12:05 •11:35
In d ia n ap o lis............
Benton H arbor......... .. 
9:00 12:05 *11:35
St.  Jo se p h .................. .. 
9:00 12:05 ♦11:35
Traverse  C ity........... .. 
7:25
5:17
M uskegon.................. .. 
9:00 12:05
5:30
M anistee 
.................. . 
5:17
7:25
L u d in g to n ................ ..!  7:25
5:17
Big  R apids......... 
1  7:25
5:17
•D aily.  § Except Saturday.  O ther  trains  w eek 

DETROIT, 

•U U   go.  No extra charge for seats.

P  M.  runs  through to Chicago  solid 
w ith W agner buffet car;  sea s  50 cts.

only.9, /  jA   A.  M. has through chair ear to Chlca- 
5, 1  rr  P. M. has  through free  chair  car  to 
•J-1  M anistee,  via M.  & N.  E.  R. R.
P.  M. is solid  train   w ith W agner pal-
] 1 
1  «O eJ  ace sleeping  car  through  to Chicago.
N o w s»,.
Lansing & Northern R R
A. M. P. M. P. X.
7:15 *1 :C0
5:45
7:15 *1:00
5:45
7:15 *1:00
5:45
7:15 *1 :<0
5:45
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.............................

DEPART  FOR

• 1  PI  A  M. runs through to D etroit w ith par-
• JL«J  lor car;  seats 25  cents.

1.A A   P.  M.  H as  through  Parlor  car  to  De- 

troit.  Seats, 25 cents.

P i./d  FT  P. M. ru n s through to D etroit  w ith par 

lor  car, seats  25  cents.

r j  .A fT   A.  M. has parlor  car  to  Saginaw, seats 
•  . v u   25 cents.

F or  tickets  and  inform ation  apply  at  Union 
T icket Office, 67 M onroe  street, or U nion station.

Geo.  DeHaven, Gen. Pass’r  A gt.

T o led o ,  A n n   A rb o r  &  N o rth   M ich ig an  

R a ilw a y .

In  connection  w ith 

the  D etroit,  L ansing  & 
N orthern or D etroit, G rand H aven & M ilw auk  e 
offers  a  route  m aking  the  best  tim e  betw e  n 
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 .

VIA 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.  Bennett, G eneral Pass. Agent, 
Toledo, Ohio.

Good  »8  the  Best  and  Five Times  Cheaper.

T H E   V E R Y   L A T E S T !
THE  "SIMPLEX”
C a tti*

Price,  $35.00 

Simple  and  D urable!

Warranted  Ten  Years.

IF  YOU WANT

ACCEPT  NONE  BUT

The B e st
Sito  Tirai

Sauerkraut.

PERKINS  i  RICHMOND,  13  Fountain  St.,  Grand  Rapids. 

Order  this  Brand  from  Your Wholesale  Grocer!

“You  can  fool  some of  the  people  all of  the  time, and 
all of the people some of  the  time,  but you can’t fool  all 
the people all the time.”

The  Tradesman  Coupon  Boot

is  what  the  people will  have after  having been  fooled 
once  or  twice  into  using  something  said  to  be  just  as 
good.

T *   t h *   S m o k . r .   o f  t h .

PR IN C E   R U D O L PH   CIG A RS.

T*  th*  pcrsos  ruM *l*g  the  nearest  to  the  number  of  Im ps th a t will 
appear In a seriee of  cute in the  Evening  News,  cuts  not  to  exceed  109. 
j *  C*eh  Prize,  $60;  2d, $25:  3d,  16;  4th, $10.  Guess slips to be had with 
every 26c. w orth of  PRINCE  RUDOLPH  CIGARS.  8old E veryw here 
Up to date there has been published 28cuts, with a total of 8 0 3   Imps.

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

mmmwm

H o lts   W a n t e d !

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 particulars address

RINDGE,  BERTSCH  &  CO.

Manufacturers of Boots  & Shoes.

Agents for the Boston Rubber Shoe Co

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

Storm Slips

in  cotton and wool lined 
for ladies ;  also the
Northwest
Roll  Edge

or

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

I

J. W. FOX, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Winter  St., between  Shawmift Äue.  and  W.  Fiilton St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

General  Warehousemen  and  Transfer  Agents.

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

ALL  KINDS  OF  PERISHABLES.

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

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

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

and Machine and Plow repairs, Etc.

Telephone  No.  945. 

J.  T.  F.  BLAKE,  Sup’t.

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We Pay the Freight!

Wait for our  agent to call  on you,  before  placing  your order  for  Best,  A  I r m n   S tO D (   w a r e   as there is 
a great  advantage to be gained by ordering  early to secure carload  rates, by so  doing you  can  get the  ware delivered 
to your  railroad  station, free of  freight and  breakage.  Our terms, 60  DAYS  TIME  from date of  delivery, on  ap­
proved  orders,  or  2  per  cent,  discount  for cash.  You  will  need  the ware  soon.  Buy it right  and  save  money by 
getting the lowest rates from

H.  LEONARD  &  SONS,  Grand  Rapids.

Butter  Crocks.

Sizes from  X   to 6 gallons.

Covers  only for same  counts  1  gal.  each.

Meat  Tubs.

Sizes 8,  10,  12,  15 and 20 gallons.

Preserve Jars and  Covers.
Sizes Xi  1, IX   and 2 gallons.

Flat Bottom  Milk  Fans.
Sizes  }4,  l  and  1 X  gallons.

Round  Bottom  Milk Pans.

Sizes Xi  1 and I X   gallon.

Stew Pans with  Bails.

Sizes X  and  1 gallon.

Churns  and  Covers.
Covers count 1  gallon each. 
Sizes from 3 to 8 gallons.

Common Jugs.
Sizes  X  to 5 gallon.

Tomato Jugs.

Sizes X   and  1 gallon.

Write for quotations  and  we will  have one of  our representatives  call  upon  you  as soon  as possible  and  make 

rock  bottom  figures  for your town  or at your nearest  station.

We Pay the Freight!

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