Michigan Tradesman.

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY,  PUBLISHERS.
GRAND  R A PID S,  A P R IL   27,  1892.

$1  Per  Year.
NO.  449

Published Weekly.

YOL.  9.
MUSKEGON  BRANCH  UNITED  STATES  BAKING  CO.,

Successors  to

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

Crackers, Biscuits#Sweet Goods.

HARRY  FOX,  Manager.

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TELFER  SPICE  COMPANY,

MANUFACTURERS  OF

Spices  and  Baking  Powder,  and  Jobbers  of 

Teas. Coffees and Grocers1 Sundries.

1 and 3 Pearl  Street,

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even at the same price, for 
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of  goods, or  odd  number 
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GRAND  R A PID S,  W EDNESDAY,  A P R IL   27,  1892,

NO.  449

F O R   S A L E .

We have  for  sale a store  and  general 
stock of goods at Deer Lake, Mich.  The 
stock is well  kept up and of  good assort­
ments.  We will  sell  the stock  indepen­
dent of  the store  building.  For particu­
lars address

Oslerbont & Fox Lnilter Co.,

Grand Rapids, Mich

THOMAS  STOKES,

WHOLESALE  DEALER IN

S a l t   F i s h ,

New  lork   City.
Represented in Michigan by

J.  P.  VISNER,  Merchandise  Broker.

304  N orth  Ionia  St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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

D o n ’t  B u y
Hammocks,

YOUR  SPRING  LINES  OF

Base Ball  Goods,

& Fislii  Tackle

Until you have seen our  assortment.  Our sales 
men are now on the way to call on you.

EATON,  LYON  &  CO.,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

F O R   R E N T .

Store  and  Basement, 

Size,  24x36.

Leonard streets.

Situated at the  southeast  corner of  Turner  and 
Lighted by gas; two nice show windows.  There 
is  in  the  vieinltv a meat  market,  several  drug 
stores, a hardware store and grocery.  Desirable 
opening  for  Boots  and  Shoes,  Clothing  and 
Gent’s Furnishing, Furniture and Undertaking. 
Rent  very low for the  right tenant.  Enquire of

Mrs.  J.  PATTERSON,

138 Summer St.
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WAS IT ACCIDENT  OR  DESIGN ?
As there are some men who are always 
known by their Christian  names—James 
or William,  or  Robert—and  others  with 
whom  their  friends  are  more  familiar 
still, and use those  names  abbreviated— 
Jim, or  Bill,  or  Bob—so  there  are  men 
who might have  had  no  Christian  name 
at all,  so  little  is  there  known  of 
it. 
Except when they write it on a  check,  it 
is never in evidence,  and they are known 
by  their  surnames  only  to  the  end  of 
their life’s chapter.  Of such a kind  was 
my Uncle Lock.  Few  of  his  acquaint­
ances,  until  they  read  it  on  his  tomb­
stone, were aware that he  was  christen­
ed Richard,  and if his mother ever called 
him Dick (which  I  doubt)  she  was  the 
only one.

Once  upon  a  time  he  was  married, 
though I did not know him  until  he  had 
been  a widower for a  quarter  of  a  cen­
tury,  but his wife  never  addressed  him 
by any other name than  Mr.  Lock.  The 
only parallel to  this  within  my  experi­
ence is the case  of  a  lady  of  title  who 
speaks of her husband as  “my lord,” but 
Aunt Lock never got even to that  degree 
of familiarity; she might have called him 
“my  Mr.  Lock”  appropriately  enough, 
for  they  were  more  like  a  commercial 
firm than  a  married  couple,  but  I  am 
sure she never  ventured  on  the  experi­
ment.  She  died  after  a  few  years  of 
wedded life,  not of  a  broken  heart,  for 
she was not of  that kind,  but  rather  as 
one who,  having had enough of the busi­
ness of  life,  retires  from  it  early.  She 
was not an  attractive  person  from  any 
point  of  view,  but  she  suited  Uncle 
Lock much better than  any  one,  includ­
ing himself,  had any idea of.

Hard as he was,  and harsh as he  could 
be,  he sincerely regretted her death, and, 
what  seemed  curious  to  many  people, 
showed it in a  very sentimental  fashion. 
As a matter of fact,  all of us who are not 
absolutely inhuman are actuated  by  sen­
timent,  and those  who  deny  it  at  least 
as much as  other  people;  and  the  more 
we repress the natural emotious the more 
extravagant  become  the  expression  of 
them.  Thus, thoughaUncle  Lock  never 
wore mourning for his wife,  not  even  in 
the mitigated  form  of  a  two  inch  hat­
band,  he  put  away  every  article  of 
jewelry and clothing she had  worn  in  a 
room,  the  door  of  which  was  never 
opened,  and kept the very books  (mostly 
on cookery  and  housekeeping)  she  had 
used under glass  like  melons  or  cucum­
bers.

There was  a  soft  place,  indeed,  that 
few  suspected  in  Uncle  Lock’s  heart, 
and his niece Sophy found it out.  It was 
impossible,  indeed, for her to miss it if it 
existed  at  all,  for  a  more  delightful 
child than  Sophy  Mayhew  it  was  diffi­
cult  to  imagine,  nor  would  she  have 
seemed  capable  of  improvement  had 
she  not  become  the  most  charming 
and gracious of young women.

When her parents died, which they did 
a few years after her birth, comforted no 
doubt by  the  reflection  that  they  had 
made the  world  happier  and  better  by 
presenting her to it, Uncle Lock adopted

her,  and,  I am bound to say, did his duty 
by her in  every  respect,  save  one—un­
fortunately for me,  a most important  ex­
ception.  He  would  not  allow  her  to 
marry the man of  her  choice.  The  ob­
jection he put forward  was  that  he  did 
not  approve,  on  principle,  of  the  mar­
riage of cousins.  Everybody knows that 
when anything is objected to  “on princi­
ple” it means  that  the  objecting  party 
has a personal dislike to it,  and this  was 
what  Uncle  Lock  felt  as  regarded  the 
suitor in  question. 
It was not  the  con­
sanguinity he objected to so much as me; 
but the pretext  exactly  suited  his  pur­
pose,  for no  improvement  in  myself  or 
my position could get over the  fact  that 
Sophy and  I  had  had  the  same  grand­
father.

for 

Although I was au orphan like herself, 
Uncle Lock never adopted  me,  but  only 
in due course  made  me  his  confidential 
clerk and  secretary.  The  salary  I  re­
ceived for my services was small; but,  on 
the other hand,  I  lived  under  the  same 
roof with Sophy,  which would have been 
compensation  enough 
anything. 
How Uncle  Lock could have supposed  it 
possible that such contiguity  could  have 
resulted in anythiug short  of  a  passion­
ate devotion to her is amaziug to me, but 
he stigmatized it  as  idiotic.  After  ex­
pressing his views about the marriage of 
cousins  (entertained,  as I am  persuaded, 
on the spur  of  the  moment,  and  solely 
with an eye to my discomfiture),  he add­
ed “Moreover,  Master  Charles,  I  cannot 
conceal from  myself, and  know  no  rea­
son why I should do so from  you,  that  it 
appears to me that  your  aspirations  are 
not  very  creditable  to  your  sense  of 
honor.  1  don’t  say  that  your  motives 
may be wholly mercenary,  but  you  can­
not be blind to the fact  that  Sophy  will 
probably be  my  heiress,  and  you  have 
nothing  of  your  own  but  your  meager 
salary,  so you are therefore in  a  position 
of a mere fortune hunter.  Do  you thiuk 
it a high  toned  thing  to  look  for  your 
livelihood to your wife’s money?”

I replied that I  was so  wildly  fond  of 
Sophy that such considerations had never 
occurred to me.

“At  all  events,”  he  went  on,  “ they 
have  now  been  presented  to  you;  and

TWENTY
THOUSAND
RETAIL  GRQPERS

have  used  them  from  one  to 
six years and  they  agree  that 
as  an  all-around  Grocer’s 
Counter  Scale  the  “PERFEC­
TION”  has no equal.
For sale by

HAWKINS  &  CO.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

And by Wholesale Grocers generally.

what may  also suggest  itself  to  you  is 
that,  when  I  am  dead  and  gone,  my 
niece  may,  out  of  the 
foolish  good 
nature or other  causes”  (that  was  how 
he spoke of the noblest  emotions  of  the 
female heart)  “throw herself away  upon 
you,  penniless though you may be.  Now 
I mean to stop that by  the  terms  of  my 
will,  by which  it  will  be  provided  that 
she shall marry  a  man  of  suitable  for­
tune, say with §20,000 of his own.  If she 
marries a begger  she  will  be  a  begger 
herself, as in that case my money will go 
elsewhere.  1 don’t think so ill of you as 
to suppose  you  would  drag her down to 
poverty  and  wretchedness,  but  believe 
that this proviso will put an end once for 
all  to  any  nonsense  between  you, 
in 
which  confidence  I  shall  retain  you  in 
your present  situation.”

To this I  replied  that,  as  to  being  a 
beggar,  I could  hardly  think  it  possible 
that any man of humanity and grod feel­
ing,  such as I  paid  him  the  compliment 
of  being,  could  leave  the  only  relation, 
except Sophy,  he bad  in  the  world  (my­
self)  totally unprovided for.

At this  he  grinned,  1  must  say,  most 
unbecomingly,  and  muttered  something 
about somebody’s “infernal impudence.”
I added that  my  expectations  from  him 
were not unreasonable,  but only  such  as 
I  was sure his own sense  of  right  would 
dictate. 
I did not ask him  for  the  sum 
he had mentioned  as  the  lowest  tender 
for Sophy’s hand,  but only  for  a  modest 
competence. 
I  felt  confident  that  if  I 
had something to start with I could  soon 
build up a fortune by my own  exertions.
To this he only  replied  by  a  guttural 
noise,  which 1 am  afraid  expressed  con­
tempt,  and the subject  dropped,  and  for 
a long time things went  on  as  they  had | 
done before.  Notwithstanding  that  we 
inhabited the same dwelling,  I saw  little 
of Sophy, being kept hard at work in my j 
uncle’s office till  near  dinner  time,  aud 
even when  I got home had few opportun­
ities of speaking with her alone.  But  I 
wrote to her long letters every night and 
slipped  them  under  her  chamber  door 
when I went down to my early  breakfast 
with my uncle,  at which she  did  not  ap­
pear.  They were very  tender  aud  hope­
ful,  speaking  of  the  great  fortune 
I 
hoped  to  make  one  day,  whose  only 
value in my eyes would  be  its  enabling 
me  to  call  her  mine.  They  were 
interspersed  with 
also 
touching  kind. 
verse  of 
to 
And 
them 
ad­
juring me to  keep  a  good  heart  and  be 
confident of  her unchangeable  love;  but 
still duty ran through all of  them,  and  I 
am well convinced that  her  gratitude  to 
our  common relative  (to  whom  she  was 
indebted for  all  she  had)  would  never 
have permitted her to disregard  his  pro­
hibition so far as to wed me in secret had 
I been capable of proposing such a thing. 
All these letters I  kept,  tied  up  with  a 
rose colored ribbon,  and read and re-read 
again and again.  1  have  reason  to  be­
lieve she did the  like,  nor  did  we  ever 
dream that  this  innocent  but  agreeable 
correspondence  would  be 
interfered 
with.  But one day it came to  a  sudden 
and miserable end.

she  on  her  part 
in 

the  sweetest  strain, 

plentifully 

the  most 

replied 

In  Uncle  Lock’s  “study,”  as  he  was 
pleased to term the  apartment  in  which 
he often looked at his banker’s book,  but 
which contained  no  other,  stood  an  oak 
desk  most beautifully carved.  This was 
Sophy’s handiwork,  and,  as  I  had  often 
told him, I envied him the  possession  of

. it more than anything else in  the  world.
: One  evening,  when  I  returned  from 
i the office,  he  threw  this  open  and  dis 
I played in it,  to  my  great  indignation,  a 
j great many bundles  of  letters  tied  with 
| rose colored  ribbon.

“I  found  these  in  your  room,  young | 
i  man,  and they are the last you  will  ever 
j  receive from your cousin.  She has given 
j me her word never to write to you  again 
on condition that 1 do not  destroy  them, 
so here they will  be kept safe enough.”

Transported  with passion  at  this  out­

rage,  I exclaimed:

“When you ransacked my room  I  pre­

sume you read those letters?”

“You  presume, sir,  indeed?”  he  said, 
with a look of fury which  I  shall  never 
forget.  To do my uncle  justice,  he  was 
too much of a gentleman  to  do  anything 
of the kind,  and such an imputation  was 
inexcusable. 
I  made  some  sort  of 
apology,  but he only answered:

“When  I  am  dead,  young  man,  you 
shall have them  again,  and  not  before.”
Nothing  more  was  said  between  us, 
but I felt that 1 had  done  for  myself,  so 
far as  that  “modest  competence”  from 
Uncle  Lock  was  concerned. 
It  was 
characteristic of  him, however,  that  this 
incident made  no  difference  in  our  ex­
ternal relations.

To outsiders, if  we were  not  a  united 
family,  there was no sign of  any  domes­
tic unpleasantness, and  though  they  in­
stinctively kept silence upon  the  matter 
it was thought only probable (as,  indeed, 
it well might be)  that we two young peo­
ple were well  disposed  to  one  another, 
and would sooner or later make  a  match 
of it. 
If my uncle had objected  to  such 
an  eventuality  it  seemed  only  natural 
that  be  should  have  separated  us  and 
placed me in some  other  office  than  his 
own,  but,  as  has  been  shown,  he  had 
taken another  way  with  us,  which  he 
had good  reason  to  feel  would  be  still 
more efficacious.

in 

It was about six months after this that 
my  uncle  had  a  sudden  illness,  which, 
though  it  did  not  confine  him  to  the 
house for more than  a  day  or  two,  was, 
as I afterwards discovered, of a very ser­
ious  nature.  He  developed, 
fact, 
symptoms of  heart disease,  and  the  doc­
tor,  adjured to  be candid,  informed  him 
that it was a  warning  which  would  not 
be repeated, or,  in other  words,  that  his 
next seizure would be a fatal  one.  The 
old gentleman  received  this  intelligence 
with much equanimity, merely observing 
that his  affairs  had  long  been  arranged 
with  a  view  to  any  such  contingency; 
nor did I notice that it made the slightest 
difference  in  his  spirits  or  behavior. 
There  was, however,  a  little  difference, 
so Sophy  afterwards  told  me  with  very 
genuine  emotion,  in  his conduct to  her­
self,  which became  more  than  ever  ten­
der, 
I am glad to  say  I  never  spoke  a 
word  against him  to  her,  and  carefully 
concealed from  her  my  conviction  that 
he intended to cut me off with  a  shilling 
—a belief which, I am constrained to say, 
was never shaken  by  any  demonstration 
of  avuncular  affection.  The  sequel, 
however, shows how  easy  it  is  to  mis- 
j udge people, even  when  they  are  near 
relatives.

My  uncle  about  this time was making 
some  changes  in  his  investments,  and 
one evening received a little over $20,000 
of securities from his stock broker;  as  it 
was too late in  the  day  to  put  them  in 
his safe at the  safety  deposit  company’s 
vault,  he locked them up in his  desk  for

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the  night,  and  retired  to  rest,  neither 
better nor worse than usual.

Unhappily,  in  the  morning  he  was 

found dead in his bed.

This catastrophe, which  gave  me  sor­
row,  though  there  had  certainly  been 
“no  love  lost”  between  us,  affected 
Sophy extremely.  There  was  no  room 
in  her  mind  for  any  consideration  of 
material affairs, but for my  part  I  could 
not help thinking of  Uncle  Lock’s  “tes­
tamentary  dispositions.”  After 
the 
funeral  his  man  of  business  called  on 
her, but she refused to  see  him  and  re­
ferred him to me.

“I suppose it is all the same,” he  said, 
with a cheerful smile,  and I feebly  tried 
to look as if it was.  “You  see,  as  there 
are no relatives but  you  two,”  he  went 
on,  “and you  two,  as  I  understand,  are 
going to be made  one,  there  will  be  no 
necessity  for  even  ‘a  friendly  suit,’ 
which  otherwise  the  wording  of  your 
uncle’s  will  might  have  necessitated. 
He has forbidden his neice to  marry  any 
one  who  is  not  possessed  of  at  least 
$20,000, but then,  as  if  to  indicate  the 
very person  he  wished  to  wed  her,  he 
has left you that  very  sum,  with  just  a 
few hundreds  over.”

“Dear  old  man,”  I  murmured,  “how 

like him!”

“Yes; his method  of  leaving  you  the 
money was also  peculiar,  one  might  say 
characteristic. 
‘To my nephew,  Charles 
Lock,’  he  says, 
I  know  he 
values it very  highly,  I  leave  my  desk 
and its contents,’  and  in  the  desk  was 
this money. 
It,  therefore,  seems  quite 
clear that it was intended for you.”

‘since 

1 nodded as confidently as 1 could  nod, 

but words seem to fail me.

It was  not  for  me,  with  my  limited 
knowledge  of  law,  to  dispute  a 
legal 
opinion.  Sophy, too, held the same view 
as the lawyer.  She had always  thought, 
she said,  that Uncle  Lock  had  only  her 
happiness  in  view,  and  how  could  he 
have  taken  a  better  way  to  insure  it? 
She  had  not  not  a  doubt  of  his  good 
(testamentary)  intentions. 
It  was  not 
for me, at that  early  stage  of  my  affec­
tions—before I had even married her—to 
contradict  Sophy;  nor,  indeed,  have  I 
ever breathed a word of  doubt  upon  the 
matter.  But I sometimes think if  Uncle 
Lock  had  lived  a  little 
longer—say, 
twelve  hours—that  those  bonds  would 
have gone to the  bankers, and  his “desk 
and  its  contents”  would  not  have  been 
quite  so  valuable  a  legacy  as  I  found 
them.

Causes of Commercial Failure.

Why so many bankrupts in these days? 
is a very pertinent question to  ask.  For 
the evil of  financial  debauchery  has be­
come so common  that  it receives  no at­
tention, except from those  sufferers who 
have the misfortune to be involved.  We 
are  strongly  convinced  that  this  wide­
spread disease  could in  the  majority  of 
cases have been  avoided  by  its victims; 
and knowing how  vast is  the number of 
our readers who  are  already,  or  in  five 
years’ time will be, engaged  in  business 
for themselves, it  becomes  our  duty  to 
point out the  root causes of  commercial 
disaster.
Inexperience is the first;  not so much a 
fault  with  some  as  a  misfortune,  and 
therefore 
the  more  careful 
guarding  against.  The  man  who  does 
one thing well is a better business factor 
than he  who does  twenty  things moder­
In these  days  of  keen  competi­
ately. 
tion  and  high  demand 
“Admirable 
Crichtons”  cannot  find  a  place. 
If  we 
enter  haphazard  into  business,  we shall 
remain there haphazard,  and come out of 
it the  same.  A thorough  training must 
be given,  from the sweeping of  the store

it  needs 

to  the  banking  of  the  cash,  if  parents 
wish their sons  to avoid the  quicksands 
and rocks  of  the  sea  upon  which  they 
embark them.
Extravagance  comes  second.  This 
fault  in young  business  aspirants is an 
extraordinary  source  of  bankruptcy. 
The records of most receivers of  forfeit­
ed estates prove this.  Everything we do 
not  need  (we  may  desire  what  is  not 
necessitous) is a bad bargain at any price. 
Sickness 
in  handling  accounts,  either 
for or against us,  will  lead to sure death 
in  both  cases.  Credit  on a small  scale 
should  be  viewed  warily. 
It  is  some­
times  the  triumph of  a false generosity 
over  common  sense.  To  know  how to 
handle sums to  which we  have not been 
accustomed is no small part of our train­
ing.  And  to  buy  goods  which are un­
salable,  simply  because  they 
appear 
cheap, is a bad investment made to please 
a false  economy.
Negligence is  the third  item which we 
must impeach as a prolific cause of  ruin. 
Whatever interferes with business hours 
should be set aside.  We  must  watch as 
well  as  pray,  and  do  with  our  might 
what  our  hands  find  to  do.  The  time 
consecrated  to  the  office  and  the store 
should  be  fulfilled  with  all the  aggres­
sive energy and  active intelligence body 
and mind can  bestow.  The  practice  of 
“larking around,” chatting  stale gossip, 
playing  cards  and  absenting  one’s  self 
from  the  post  of  duty  cannot  be  too 
strongly  condemned,  and 
if  persisted 
in,  will bring its own  Nemesis.
Speculation  formes the  fourth  count. 
The  betting  book,  the  gambling  saloon 
and  the  excitement  of  stocks  are  too 
prevalent  in  all  classes.  Among  busi­
ness men the  “ long” or “short”  on  cot­
ton,  wool,  pork or aught else,  carry  with 
them most dangerous risks;  and financial 
stability  must  depend  on 
something 
more enduring thau  the speed of  a race­
horse or the turn of a billiard ball.
To  make  this  classification  complete, 
there  are  two  other  causes  we  now 
mention.  The fifth is natural dishonesty. 
It is not treated here  because  we take it 
that  all  readers  of  T h e 
for  granted 
T radesm an are honest men.
Lastly,  there comes along the tramp of 
commercial  circles,  whose  tale  of  woe 
calculates to move groans  from the most 
adamantine hearts.
The Unfortunate m an: Some  men  are 
just  his  opposite.  You 
could  have 
stripped them of raiment and money and 
hurled  them  from  the  bridge  above to 
the  stream  below—no  matter;  the  next 
morning  you  meet  them  there  on  that 
very  bridge  clad  in  latest  attire, with 
valise  and pocketbook,  crowned  by  a 
smiling face.  But of  our hero  just  the 
reverse is true. 
In  his  case,  instead  of 
all  he touches  turning  to  gold, all  the 
gold  he  touches  turns  to  nothingness. 
And  yet  he  often  seems  possessed  of 
much energy and ability to please.  And 
there have been cases  where  the strong­
est men have succumbed  to stronger cir­
cumstances.  But  what  is  the secret  of 
his failure?  This we leave  unanswered. 
Bret Harte’s speculator who would never 
have  found gold if  he had  not  given up 
the search  and  dug  a well  for  water to 
find the sleeping nuggets of wealth when 
he was not looking for them, is an amus­
ing picture of  the individual  who  never 
found  what  he  started  out  for.  But 
most of  his class do  not  experience  his 
luck.
Our  incoming  merchandise  will,  as  a 
rule,  look  after  itself.  The outgoing is 
the problem.  Will  it return  in bad  ac­
counts or solid cash?  Upon our  fidelity, 
zeal and fitness depends the answer.

How to Keep Young.

Dr.  Edward  Everett  Hale  gives  this 
prescription as an infallible rule for pre­
serving  a  youthful  spirit at 70  years  of 
age:  “Never bother yourself  about who 
gets  the  credit  of  what’s  done.  Self- 
seeking is what  makes  people  grow  old 
even  in  youth.”  Worry  is  a  fruitful 
source of  misery and  the prime  cause of 
most premature breakdowns.  The work­
er who  does not find  his reward in doing 
work,  and  good  work,  is  not  like  Dr. 
Hale,  who  has  reached  three-score  and 
ten  with  abundance of  health and  good 
spirits,  and  with a tremendous  record of 
work behind him besides.

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Because it records items instead of General  Results.
Because  it is always ready to m ake and preserve a record of money paid in and out.
Because  there  are no “charge  slips,”  “received on account  slips,” “paid  out  slips" and “just 
Because  a merchant can file away his entire day’s  business on one sheet and refer in an instant 
Because  figures won’t lie, but machinery, if out of repair, is bound to.
Because  it is not necessary to send it to the factory every six months for repairs.
Because  you are not obliged to strike  three or four keys to register one amount.
Because  it is simple, practical, reasonable in price, and accomplishes the results that merchants 

out slips” to be lost and break the record.
to the record of any previous day.

After using a Peek Cash  Register for one year we can  conscientiously say that we are entirely 
satisfied.  We are continually harassed with periodical  communications from the  National Regis 
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T I-Mh;  MICHTGAJSr  T R A D E S M A N .

AMONG THE TRADE.
ABOUND THE STATE.

Ishpeming—D.  C. Fox has removed his 

drug stock to Trout Creek.

Cadillac—Kieldsen & Rasmussen  have 

retired from the meat business.

Oxford—H.  Findon has sold  his  hard­

ware stock to Phelps & Lincoln.

Marlette — J.  Warner  &  Co,  succeed 

W.  A. White & Co.  in general trade.

Detroit—Andrew Klersey has  sold  his 

grocery stock to Wm. C.  Lindemann.

Portland—S.  F.  Deatsman has sold  his 

general stock  to John A.  McClelland.

Stark—Peter  Mastagle  has  sold  his 

general  stock to Millard & Hutchinson.

Marquette—Thomas  Ryan 

succeeds 

Ryan & Taylor in the grocery business.

Ann  Arbor—J.  W.  Hayley  succeeds 
Hayley & Davis in the  grocery  business.
Ithaca—Everett  &  Nangle  have  sold 
their grocery  stock to  Lucius  B.  Sweet.
Portland—Dorrance  &  Garrison  have 
removed their drug  stock to  Wyandotte.
the 
grocery firm  of  L.  Beckhardt  &  Co.,  is 
dead.

Hillsdale—David  Beckhardt,  of 

Durand—Lorenzo  Chambers  succeeds 
Chambers  &  Bernerd  in  the  drug  busi­
ness.

Kalamazoo—H. Wilcox is succeeded by 
W.  P. Darling in the lime and  coal  busi­
ness.

Wheeler—H. C.  Breckenridge  has sold 
his  hardware  stock  to  J.  A.  Brecken­
ridge.

Manchester—J.  Roller  &  Co.  are  the 
successors  of  Roller & Blum in  general 
trade.

Negaunee—A.  Senecal  has  sold  his 
boot  and  shoe  stock  to  Henry  H. Berg- 
stone.

Homer—E. W.  Blair  has  sold his res­
taurant  and  notion  business  to  G.  S. 
Murray.

Ovid—Cowan  &  Pearl  are  succeeded 
the  clothing 

by  Hoyt  &  Cavender  in 
business.

Battle  Creek—J.  C.  Halladay  &  Co. 
have sold their grocery stock  to  Geo.  & 
Fred Zang.

Jackson—W.  S.  Adams  succeeds  An­
derson & Adams in the carriage and road 
cart business.

Constantine — Thomas  &  Ruple  are 
the 

succeeded by  Thomas  &  Wolf  in 
meat business.

Menominee—J.  H.  Jewett  succeeds 
Mrs.  Jane F.  Anson in  the  crockery  and 
notion  business.

Alpena—G.  D.  Bradford  succeeds  G. 
D.  Bradford &  Co.  in the  wholesale  and 
retail cigar business.

Battle  Creek—Robert  Payne  is  suc­
ceeded by D.  L.  Smith  in  the  book  and 
stationery business.

Merrill—Murray  &  Kenney  are  suc­
ceeded  by  Jno.  A.  Murray  in  the  drug 
and grocery business.

Flint—F.  B.  Larabee  has  sold his gro­
cery  stock  to  Chas.  Worden, who  will 
continue the business.

North  Adams—John Hunter  has  sold 
his hardware and agricultural implement 
stock to J.  M.  Williams.

Benton  Harbor—Seel  &  Hopkins  are 
succeeded by Winslow  &  Brown  in  the 
grocery and crockery business.

Athens—R.  H.  Lewis  has  sold  his 
hardware  stock  to  George  Van Middle- 
worth,  who will continue the business.

Iron Mountain — Richard  King,  meat 
dealer,  has  removed to Calumet and  en­
gaged in the same business at that  place.
Casnovia — R.  H.  Topping,  who  was

engaged in the mercantile  business  here 
thirty-two years, died one day last week, 
at the age of 68  years.

Marquette—M.  R.  Manhard,  manufac­
turer  of  steam  and  hot  water  heating 
apparatus,  is  succeeded  by  the  M.  R. 
Manhard Heating Co.

Otsego—Barnes  & Williams  have sold 
their  grocery  stock  to  Rose  &  Barton, 
who  will  continue  the  business.  Mr. 
Barnes  will  continue  the  drug busines, 
the same as before.

Belding—J.  Cornell has sold  his  stock 
of groceries to A. W.  Demorest,  who  has 
moved the same to the commission house 
of  Demorest  &  Bigley,  where  he  will 
stock up and retail them.

Belding—Owing  to  their  inability  to 
secure a vacant  store  for  their  grocery 
stock,  Wagner & Son  have  sold  all  but 
their fixtures to Spencer  Bros.  As  soon 
as one of the  new  stores  is  built,  they 
will go into business again.

Belding—W. F.  Bricker’s  losses  have 
been adjusted at the full amount  carried 
on his buildings, $5,500 on the block  and 
$900 on dwelling house.  He was insured 
for $2,000 on his stocks of dry  goods and 
clothing and was awarded $1,500.

Tustin—Lovene  &  Stevenson,  whose 
frame  store  building  was  recently  de­
stroyed by  fire,  have  decided  to  rebuild 
with brick.  The building will  be  46x60 
feet in dimensions,  and two stories high. 
The firm  hopes  to  be  able  to  get  into 
their new building by Sept 1.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Saginaw—G.  W.  Bowman  has finished 
a job  of  banking  1,000,000  feet  on  the 
Tittabawassee,  for W.  W.  Steele,  of  this 
place.

Alpena—Chas.  H.  Reynolds  has  dis­
posed of his interest in  the  shingle  mill 
firm of Davidson  & Reynolds to his  part­
ner, S.  A.  Davidson.  The  consideration 
was $3,500.

Bay City—C. C. Barker, who purchased 
the mill of  the  Robinson Salt & Lumber 
Co.,  here last  fall,  will  do a  “laud  office 
business” in the  manufacture of  lumber 
this season.

West Bay City—The  mill  site  of  the 
old Bradley shingle mill is  being  negoti­
ated for by outside parties,  who will  put 
in the machinery  to  cut  from  80,000  to 
100,000 shingles daily.

Tawas—The mill  of  the  Winona  Salt 
& Lumber Co.  has been thoroughly over- 
hauled and begun  sawing  last  week.  A 
full stock has been secured,  a  portion  of 
which comes from Georgian bay.

Saginaw—C.  Merrill & Co.  are rebuild­
ing  two  dams  on  the  Molasses,  which 
were carried away a few  days ago, hang­
ing up 7,000,000 of logs.  They  will lose 
$2,500 in any event,  and possibly $10,000.
Oscoda—The H.  M.  Loud & Sons Lum­
ber  Co.  has  organized  and  incorporated 
the  Huron  Transportation  Co.,  with  a 
a capital of $25,000,  with headquarters at 
Buffalo.  The  object  is  to  handle  their 
own lumber on their own boats.

Saginaw—The  A.  W.  Wright  Lumber 
Co.  will  build  a branch  of  its  logging 
j railroad this summer to connect with the 
! Hauptman branch of  the  Michigan Cen­
tral, in  order  to  reach  a  tract  of  pine 
j owned by the company.

Bay City—The new sawmill of Smalley 
I & Woodworth steamed  up  April 11, and 
the E.  Y.  Williams mill  near  the  mouth 
! of  the  river,  now  owned  by  Jonathan 
Boyce, began operations last  week.  Mr. 
I Boyce  will  add a planing  mill  and  box 
| factory to the plant,  and the sawmill has

received  extensive  alterations  and  im­
provements.

Manistee—It is reported that the Chas. 
Rietz & Bros.  Salt  &  Lumber  Co.  plant 
has  been  sold  either  to  T.  R.  Lyon,  of 
Ludington, or Henry Ward. 
It would be 
a good  thing if  this  plant  could  find  a 
purchaser. 
It  was  the  pioneer  in  the 
salt  business,  and  has a  fine  block  at­
tached to the mill,  with dairy salt  works 
in connection.  The company’s  interests 
since the death of  the senior partner are 
all  located  at Chicago,  so  that  the  part­
ners do not  care  to bother  with a manu- j 
facturing plant here.

McKinley—The  work  of  grading  the I 
Au Sable & Northwestern  Railroad,  bet- I 
ter known as the Potts  logging  railroad, 
from McKinley to Twin Lakes, is in  pro­
gress.  There  remains  about  30,000,000 
feet  of  pine  on  the  south  side  of  the 
river near this place,  cut  and  on  skids, 
when it is gotten out  about  July  1,  the 
that 
south  side  of 
in 
will  be  stripped.  By  that  time 
the 
extension  of 
line  in  the  direc­
tion  of  Twin  Lakes  will  have  reached 
new  sections  of  pine,  which  will 
then be cut and railed to Oscoda.

river 

the 

the 

Manistee—It  seems  as  though  all the 
snaps  along 
this  river  had  not  been 
picked up  as yet,  as a  Lansing  man  has 
just pulled a plum out  of  the State land 
office, and will log it this  summer.  This 
was a quarter section  lying  right  on the 
river,  and  which  was  claimed  by 
the 
State, by the United States and by  a rail­
road  company,  so  that  it  has  been held 
out of the  market  for the  past  eight  or 
ten years, and every mill man on the riv­
er was on  the watch  for it. 
It  has  just 
been settled as to  the  title, and  the  first 
man,  of course,  who  had  the chance,  en­
tered  it  for  the  State,  paying  therefor 
$300  or  so,  and  getting a piece  of  pine 
worth $50,000 of any man’s money.

Mauistique—Plans  are  being  matured 
for the construction of  the Manistique & 
Northwestern Railway.  A  terminus has 
been secured  here  and  the  road  is to  be 
completed by the close of  navigation the 
coming fall. 
It is the  intention  to  have 
the line  opened to  the  heaviest belts  of 
timber northward,  so that shipments can 
be made this year. 
It  is  stated  that the 
road will  make  traffic  connections  with 
the railway systems of  the Lower Penin­
sula,  and  eventually  with  the  Detroit, 
Bay  City  & Alpena.  The  road,  begin­
ning  at  Manistique,  will  pass  along the 
shore  of  Lake  Michigan,  through  Nau- 
binway to  La Barbe  Point,  where  there 
will  be  a  ferry to  McGulpm’s  Point,  at 
the  upper end  of  the  Straits of  Mack­
inac.

Manistee—The  steam  barge  Concord 
and  consort  Dumford,  both  of  Buffalo, 
which  have  been  engaged  in  the  salt 
trade on the other lakes,  have been char­
tered by  the  Michigan  Salt  Co.  to carry 
salt from Manistee to Chicago at 10  cents 
a barrel.  This  was  the  rate paid the F. 
&  P.  M.  boats  last  season,  but  it  was 
thought  by  their  owners  that  no  other 
boats could be got  to  handle that  traffic, 
and they therefore  refused  to  carry  salt 
this season unless they were paid 12 cents 
a barrel.  They  will have the pleasure of 
running  their  boats  back light this sea­
son, and as this back freight  was  money 
almost found,  it looks as though they had 
not figured well.  The  mill men have al­
so  been  turning  their  boats  into  this 
trade, and the Wente, the Ida E.,the Mar­
shall, the Markham and  others  owned at 
I this  point  have  already  made  two  or

three trips with  salt.  This  will  come in 
handily  on occasion  during  ¿he  summer 
season,  when  they  have no lumber  that 
they  want  to  ship,  and  can  turn  their 
boats on to salt  instead.

Death of All Three Partners.

A  former  Paw  Paw  drug  firm  was 
composed of Dr.  E. W.  Bartram,  C.  Fred 
Covert  and  Frank  S.  Millington;  all 
young business men.  Covert died about 
three months ago  at  Ovid,  Dr.  Bartram 
at Ann Arbor several  weeks  ago,  and  a 
telegram last week announced  the  death 
of  the  other  partner  at  San  Antonio, 
Texas.

Now is the time to buy CLOVER  AND 
TIMOTHY  SEED  for  your spring trade. 
We  have  a  good  stock  and  for  THIS 
WEEK will sell  you

FOR  CASH

In  five bag lots or over as  follows: 

Prime Clover, 
No. 2 
Timothy, 

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$7  00
6  00
1  50

Bags extra at market  price.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

W,  T. LAMOREAUX  k CO.,
Sobillili Corset  Co’s

THE

MODEL
(Trade Stark.)
FORM.

Greatest  Seller  on Earth!

FRENCH

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GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

J.  D.  Pickett  has  opened  a  grocery 
store at Nunica.  The  Gluey  &  Judson 
Grocer Co.  furnished the stock.

Lewis Bliss,  formerly engaged  in  the I 
meat business  at  Mason,  has  opened  a 
meat market at 361 South East street.

R. Van Her Wynen has opened  a  gro­
cery  store  at 210 North  Sinclair  Street. 
The Ball-Barnhart-Putmau Co. furnished 
the stock.

Vickers  &  Pratt,  agricultural  imple­
ment  dealers  at Glendale,  have  added a 
line of hardware.  Foster,  Stevens & Co. 
furnished the stock.

Foster,  Stevens  & Co.  have  shipped a 
line of hardware to Loveue & Stevenson, 
of Tustin,  whose  general  stock was par­
tially  destroyed  by  fire  about  a  mouth 
ago. 

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Port  Sanilac—T.  &  J.  S.  Thomson, 
dealers  in  general  merchandise,  have 
merged their business into  a  stock  com­
pany under the style of  Thomson  Bros., 
Incorporated.

The Colby Hardware Co.,  at Muskegon 
Heights,  has  added  a  line  of  groceries 
and changed its style to the Colby  Hard­
ware  Grocery  Co.  The 
I.  M.  Clark 
Grocery Co. furnished the stock.

J. V.  Moran,  the Lake City grocer,  has 
formed a copartnership with Wm.  Doyle 
under the  style  of  J.  V.  Moran  &  Co. 
and arranged  to increase  the  stock  and 
enlarge the business.  The Olney & Jud­
son Grocer Co.  has the order for the  new
stock. 

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I.  L.  Gardner,  whose  grocery,  crock­
ery and boot  and  shoe  stock  at  Water- 
vliet were recently destroyed by fire, has 
purchased a store building  and  arranged 
to resume business.  The  Olney  &  Jud­
son  Grocer  Co.  has  the  order  for  the 
grocery stock.

Purely Personal.

Chas.  B. Lovejoy,  the  Big  Rapids  gro­

cer,  was in town one day last week,

P.  Bresnahan,  general  dealer  at  Par­
nell,  was in town  a  couple  of  days  last 
week.

H.  F.  Hastings  has returned  from Col­
orado and  California,  where he spent the 
winter, 
in 
health and strength.

looking  much 

improved 

Charles E.  Olney writes his  associates 
in the Olney &  Judson  Grocer  Co.  that 
he and his family will  leave  Santa  Bar­
bra April 30, spending May 1, 2 and  3  at 
San Francisco,  May 5 at Salt  Lake  City, 
reaching home about the 10th.

David  Vinton,  senior  member of  the 
firm of D.  Vinton & Son, general  dealers 
at  Williamsburg,  was  in  town  two  or 
three  days  last  week.  He  says  that 
Williamsburg is having a marked growth 
since the  advent  of  the steam horse  and 
that further betterments are in prospect.
The old  firm  of  DeJager  &  Klap,  who 
conducted 
the  grocery  business  on 
Ellsworth  ayenue  for  several  years,  is 
again  in  the  field,  Martin  C.  DeJager 
and  Homer  Klap  having  joined  forces 
and opened  a  real  estate  and  insurance 
office.  The boys are young and energetic 
and both have hosts of friends  who  wish 
them well.

Martin Johnson,  who has stood  behind 
the counter for  P.  Steketee  &  Sons  for 
five  years,  succeeds  Wm.  Moerdyk  as 
floor  walker 
that  house.  Mr. 
Moerdyk  severed  his  connection  with

for 

Steketee  &  Sons last  Saturday  evening, 
to take  the  position  of  Director  of  the 
Poor,  and the occasion was  improved  by 
the firm to present  the  retiring  employe 
with a handsome gold watch.
Gripsack Brigade.

Windy Hawkins, who  has been severe­

ly ill for several weeks,  is recovering.

Bert  Kuyers,  traveling  representative 
for  P.  Steketee  &  Sons,  pulled  off  the 
road last week by reason of  an  attack  of 
the tonsilitis.  He is out on the warpath 
again this week.

M.  R.  Redmond, of  Hancock,  has  en­
gaged to represent the  cigar  department 
of the I.  M. Clark Grocery Co.  in the cop­
per country.  He was in the city a couple 
of  days  last  week,  posting  np  and  ar­
ranging his  samples.

Ed Pike has been confined to his  house 
for the past three  weeks  by  reason  of  a 
recurrence  of  his  old  trouble,  but  is 
recovering  so  rapidly  that  his  friends 
confidently expect he will be  able  to  re­
sume his road duties in  the  course  of  a 
couple of  weeks.

Cheboygan  Tribune:  Monday  a  com­
mercial traveler from  Grand  Rapids was 
in  the  city and  manifested  considerable 
conceit as a billiard player.  “Ike” Cooper 
introduced  him to Dr.  Berdan  that even­
ing and,  as  the  doctor  is  an  enthusiast 
in  regard  to  the  “gentleman’s game,” it 
did not take  long to get them contesting. 
The  Grand  Rapids  gentleman  was  “not 
in  it,”  Dr.  Berdan  beating  him  three 
games in succession.

New Route  of the  “Grand Rapids.”
Geo.  Gane,  who  has 

represented 
Hannah,  Lay & Co.  in several  capacities 
during the past  eight years,  has been  in 
town several days in the  interest  of  the 
new boat line  which  H.,  L.  &  Co.  pro­
pose  to  establish  this  season  between 
Traverse  City  and  Manistique.  The 
City  of  Grand  Rapids  has  been  over­
hauled at Grand  Haven  during  the  past 
winter  and  will  leave  Traverse  City 
Monday,  Wednesday  and  Friday  even­
ings for Manistique,  reaching  its  destin­
ation  at  6  o’clock  the  following  morn­
ings and  returning  the  following  even­
ings.  The  distance  is  about  ninety 
miles and the  fare,  including  berth,  will 
be $3.50 or $6 for  the  round  trip.  The 
boat will  go  on  the  new  route  May  2. 
She  will  be  ably  officered,  the  master 
being Wm.  Franklin,  who  was  captain 
of  the  Gazelle  last  season.  Desirable 
traffic  arrangements  have  been  effected 
with the G.  R.  & I., C.  &  W.  M.  and  M. 
&N.  E. roads  at  this  end  of  the  route 
and  with the “Soo” line at the other end.

Good  Words Unsolicited.

Ilichar & Co., grocers, Muskegon:  “Don’t  stop 
T h e   T r a d e s m a n   on  account  of  the change  in 
our firm.  We cannot do business without it.”
W. O. Smith & Co.,  general dealers, Eentville: 
“Herewith  we  hand  you SI  for  subscription to 
T h e   T r a d e s m a n ,  which we consider  the  key to 
our business.”
F.  M.  Witbeck,  hardware  and  agricultural 
implements,  Millburg:  “Enclosed  please  find 
SI to renew my subscription  for ’92.  I could not 
do without it.  I have  been taking several  lead­
ing  trade journals  for  several  years, and while 
yours  is  not  fully in my  line, I have  learned to 
appreciate it for the many plain every day  facts 
which  it  contains, and  I  predict that  it  is  the 
means of  placing many a  dollar into merchants’ 
pockets who take it, read it, and  put into  prac­
tice many of  its wise  teachings.  Success to you 
and your  T r a d e s m a n ,  and  may it  continue do­
ing as much  good to others  as  it  has done  for 
me.”
Boyd Redner, groceries  and  boots  and  shoes, 
Hubbardston*  “As  long as you keep improving 
T h e  T r a d e s m a n  as you have since its inception, 
you can count on me as a subscriber.”

Y o u r Orders  for

And Everything Handled by us are Respectfully Solicited.

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Consumer gets butter in Original Package.  Most 
profitable  and  satisfactory  way  of  marketing 
good goods.  Full particulars free.
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The  M an  a t  th e   O th er  E nd o f th e   B ar­

g ain .

When  the  great  retail  store of  Paris, 
the  Bon Marche,  began  its  existence,  it 
was  customary in  Paris,  as  well as else­
where,  to hold  the  purchaser to his  bar­
gain.  As he bought things with his eyes 
open,  it was expected that he would take 
the consequences of his own judgment or 
the lack of it. 
If  the goods did not suit, 
it  was  his  own  fault, and  so  the  mer­
chant  told  him. 
If  he  came  back  dis­
satisfied with  his purchase, he was prob­
ably permitted  to  make an exchange for 
other  goods,  in case  it  could  be  done to 
the safety and advantage of the merchant; 
but under no circumstances was his money 
returned,  and  under  Dearly  all  circum­
stances the goods  he  brought  back were 
received  at  a  reduced  price,  from  the 
fact that  they would  be unsalable.  The 
proprietors of  the Bon  Marche acted up­
on an entirely different  principle.  They 
desired to retain  their  customers, and in 
order  to  do  so,  to make  them  feel  that 
they would  always  be  fairly dealt  with; 
so  they  adopted  the  principle of  taking 
back any goods they had sold and return­
ing  the  money  without  a  question.  At 
first  it  might  seem  that  they  had  put 
themselves in  a position  where their cus­
tomers could  take  advantage of  them  to 
their  great  loss,  but  human  nature  is 
alike  all  over  the  world,  and  what  was 
true in this  case will  be true every time. 
When  the  customer  discovered  that  he 
was free to purchase and sure to be fairly 
dealt  with,  he bought  freely,  and  out of 
a sense of  mere gratitude would  hesitate 
a  long  time  before  submitting the  mer­
chant  who  was  so  fair  to  him  to  any 
inconvenience.  Instead of increasing the 
trouble and  annoyance of  the house,  the 
exact  reverse  was  true,  and  the  house 
established  for  itself  such  a  reputation 
for fair  dealing  that  it  needed  no  other 
advertising, and  became at once,  what it 
has been  through all its  career,  the  best 
known  and  most  reputable of  all  retail 
establishments of the world.

Almost the  same story  may  be  told of 
the  phenomenal  success  of  the  greatest 
merchant this country' has known—A.  T. 
Stewart.  He  made  a  number  of  dis­
coveries which have been of infinite value j 
to the business world. 
In the first place, 
he discovered  that if  people  could  feel 
free  to come  into  his  store without  the 
implied  obligation  to  buy,  they  would 
come in freely and be more  likely to buy 
than  if  under  compulsion.  So  he  in­
structed his clerks  to  be  polite to every- j 
body,  but to solicit nobody.

He discovered  that if people who come 
in  to  look around could  find  convenient 
seats  upon which  to  rest,  it  would  be a 
great comfort  to  them,  and  put them  in 
the right condition of  mind  to  purchase 
what  they might  want.  So he had  com­
fortable stools  placed  along the counter, 
that  while they were  resting  they could 
look unmolestedly at the goods.

He  discovered  that  the  patronage  of 
poor people,  and  those  in  moderate  cir­
cumstances  was  quite  as  profitable  to 
him as that of  rich people,  because there 
were more of them, and they bought only 
what they could  pay for at the time.  So 
he instructed  his clerks to be as polite to 
a poorly-clad child as to a lady  who came 
in  her  carriage  and  dressed  in silk and 
satin.

He  discovered  that if  a  person  were 
deceived in  the quality of  the goods pur­
chased at his store, he would rarely come 
back  again.  So  he had  a  standing rule

that any clerk who misrepresented goods 
for  the  sake of  selling  them  should  be 
peremptorily discharged.

He discovered that  if  he  had different 
prices  for  the same  goods, or  asked one 
price  and  took  another,  his  customers 
would never know when  they were being 
fairly dealt  with,  and so would buy with 
caution or not  at  all;  so he was the  first 
merchant  in  America who  adopted  the 
one  price  system,  and  adhered  to  it 
strictly,  and  thus made  it  necessary  for 
every  respectable  house  to  follow  his 
lead;  and  he  became  the  best  known 
merchant  in  the  world,  and left  behind 
him a legacy which  his  seventy millions 
of dollars could not measure.

S. S.  P ackard.

The attention of  merchants desiring to 
move to  Grand  Rapids  is  called  to  the 
store advertised by Mrs. J.  Patterson  on 
another page.
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SMITH  &  SANFORD,

Grand  Rapids, Mich.

U S E

Best  Six  Bord

— FOR

Machine  or  Hand  Use.

FOR  SALE  BY  ALL

Dealers  in  Dry  Hoods & Notions.
FOURTH NATIONAL BANI

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

D. A. B l o d g e t t , President.

S. P. A s p in w a l l , Vice-President.

CAPITAL, 

Wm. H. A n d e r s o n ,  Cashier.
-  -  -  $300,000.

Transacts a general banking business.

Make a Specialty of Collections.  Accounts 

of Country Merchants Solicited.

T H E   M IC H IG A N   T R A D E S M A N
Dry Goods Price Current.

UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.

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Adriatic
“  Arrow Brand  5V 
A rgyle...................  6
“  World Wide..  634
“  Lb..............  4?S£
Atlanta AA.............6
Atlantic A..............  63i
Pull Yard Wide...... 634
Oeorgia  A..............  634
H..............6*
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Honest Width......... 634
P ............   534
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Hartford A ............ 5
“  LL..............  5
Indian Head...........  7
Amory....................   6V4
King A A................654
Archery  Bunting...  4 
King EC.................  5
Beaver Dam  A A..  5%
Lawrence  L L ........  534
Madras cheese cloth 634
Blackstone O, 32__5
Black Crow............ 6
Newmarket  G........  5V
Black Rock  ...........6
B  .......5
Boot, AL................  7
N........6*
Capital  A ............... 534
DD....  534
Cavanat V..............534
X ......634
Chapman cheese cl.  334  Noibe R..................5
Clifton  C R ..............534  Our Level  Best......634
Comet....................... 6J4  Oxford  R...............  6
Dwight Star............  634  Pequot....................  7
Clifton CCC...........  634  Solar.......................  634
|Top of the  Heap__7
Geo. Washington...  8
A B C ........................834
Amazon.................. 8
Glen Mills.............   7
Amsburg.................7
Gold Medal............   734
Art  Cambric...........10
Green  Ticket......... 834
Blackstone A A......8
Great Palls.............   634
Hope....................... 7J4
Beats All................   434
Boston....................12
Just  Out......   434© 5
King Phillip...........734
Cabot......................   7
Cabot,  %...................634
OP......734
Charter  Oak...........  534
Lonsdale Cambric.. 10 
Conway W..............734
Lonsdale.........  ©  834
Cleveland.............. 7  I Middlesex..........   @ 5
Dwight Anchor......  834 No Name..................  734
shorts.  8  Oak View............... 6
Edwards................. 6  Our Own...................   534
Empire...................   7  I Pride of the West... 12
Farwell...................  734 Rosalind..................   734
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Fruit of the  Loom
Sunlight.................   434
Fitchville  .............
Utica  Mills.............. 834
“  Nonpareil  ..10
First Prize..............
Fruit of the Loom %.
Vinyard..................  834
Falrmount..............  434
White Horse...........  6
Full Value..............634
“  Rock............ 834
Cabot........................7  I Dwight Anchor...... 834
Farwell.....................8  |
Tremont N..............  534
Hamilton N.............  634
L............   7
Middlesex  AT........8
X...........9
No. 25....  9
BLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.

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

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CARPET  WARP.
Peerless, white.. —  1734IIntegrity colored... 20
colored — 1934 White Star..............18
Integrity...........
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Hamilton.......... ....  8 Nameless ...............20
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CORSET  JEANS.

COSSETS.Wonderful.................14 50
Brighton......................4 75
Bortree’s ...................  9 00
Abdominal.................15 00

Corallne.................19 50
Schilling’s .............  9 00
Davis  Waists  ....  9 00 
Grand  Rapids......4 50
Armory..................   634|Naumkeagsatteen..  7
Androscoggin.........  734[Rockport.................  634
Blddeford..............   6  Conestoga................. 634
Brunswick..............  6341 Walworth..............   634
Allen turkey  reds..  534
Berwick fancies...
534
robes...........534
Clyde Robes.........
pink & purple 634
Charter Oak fancies 434 
buffs...........  6
DelMarlne eashm’s.  6 
pink  checks.  534
mourn’g  6 
staples'........  534
Eddy stone  fancy...  534 
shirtings ...  4
chocolat  534 
American fancy__534
rober —   534 
American Indigo__534
sateens..  534 
American shirtings.  4 
Hamilton fanew.  ...  534
Argentine  Grays...  6 
staple__534
Anchor Shirtings...  4 
Manchester fancy..  534 
“  —   634
Arnold 
new era.  534 
Arnold  Merino-----6
Merrimack D fancy.  534 
long cloth B. 1034 
“ 
Merrim’ck shirtings.  434 
“  Reppfnrn .  834
“ 
“  C.  834
“ 
century cloth 7
Pacific fancy..........534
“  gold seal......1034
robes............  634
“ 
Portsmouth robes...  534 
“  green seal TR1034 
Simpson mourning..  534
“  yellow seal.. 1034
“ 
serge.............1134
greys........534
“  Turkey red.. 1034 
solid black.  534 
Ballou solid black..  5 
Washington indigo.  534 
“ 
“  colors.  534
“  Turkey robes..  734
Bengal bine,  green, 
“  India robes___ 734
red and  orange...  534
“  plain Tky X 34  834 
“ 
“  X...10
Berlin solids...........  534
“  oil bine........634
“  Ottoman  Tur­
“  “  green ....  634
key red................ 6
"  Foulards ....  534
Martha Washington
red 34...........7
“ 
Tnrkeyred 34........734
Martha Washington
“  “  %...........  934
“  4 4..........10
“ 
Turkey red..........   934
“  3-4XXXX 12
“ 
Rlverpolntrobes....  5
Cocheco fancy........  6
Windsor fancy..........634
“  madders...  6
indigo blue..........1034
“  XXtwills..  634 
“ 
solids.........5 >4
Harmony.................  434
Amoskeag A C A__1234
AC A......................1234
Hamilton N............   734
Pemberton AAA__16
D...........834
York....................... 1034
Awning.. 11
Swift River............   734
Farmer....................8
Pearl  River............ 12
First Prize..............1134
Warren................... 13
Lenox M ills...........18
Atlanta,  D..............  634|Stark  A.
Boot........................  634  No  Name__
[Top of  Heap
Clifton, K............... 6 
Simpson..................20
Imperial..................1034
.................18
Black................9©  934
.................16
"  BO...........   ©IO

gold  ticket

COTTON  DRILL.

TICKINGS.

SATINES.

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

Coechco................. 1034

“ 
“ 

Amoskeag.............. 1234
9 oz...... 1334
brown .13
Andover................. 1134
Beaver Creek AA... 10 
BB...  9
CC....
Boston MfgCo.  br..  7 

“ 
•« 
“ 
blue  834 
“  d & twist  1034 

Columbian XXX br.10 
XXX  bl.19

“ 
“ 

Columbian  brown.. 12
Everett, bine..........12
brown.......12
Haymaker blue......   734
brown...  734
Jaffrey....................1134
Lancaster  ...............1234
Lawrence, 9 oz........1334
No. 220__13
NO.250....1134
No. 280.... 1034

“ 
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“ 

“ 

Amoskeag.............. 7

Persian dress 834 
Canton ..  834
AFC........1034
Teazle.. .1034 
Angola.. 1034 
Persian..  834
Arlington staple__634
Arasapha  fancy__434
Bates Warwick dres 834 
staples.  634
Centennial.............  t034
Criterion................1034
Cumberland staple.  534
Cumberland........... 5
Essex........................434
Elfin.......................   734
Everett classics......834
Exposition............... 734
Glenarie.................  634
Glenarven................ 634
Glenwood...............734
Hampton...................634
Johnson Chalon cl 
34 
indigo blue 934 
zephyrs

GINGHAMS.
Lancaster,  staple...  7 
fancies....  7 
“ 
“  Normandie  8
Lancashire.............   634
Manchester............   534
Monogram..............  634
Normandie............... 734
Persian..................... 834
Renfrew Dress........734
Rosemont................. 634
Slatersville.............. 6
Somerset...................7
Tacoma  .................  734
Toll  duNord......... 1034
Wabash...................  734
seersucker..  734
Warwick...............   834
Whittenden............   634
heather dr.  8 
Indigo blue 9 
Wamsuttastaples...  634
Westbrook................8
..............10
Windermeer............. 5
York..........................634

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GRAIN  BAGS.

Amoskeag...............1634IValley City..............1534
Stark......................  1934 Georgia.................. 1534
American............... 16 
| Pacific....................1434

THREADS.

No.

KNITTING  COTTON.

Clark’s Mile End... .45  (Barbour's................88
Coats', J. & P ......... 45  Marshall’s ...............88
Holyoke..................22341
White.  Colored.
White.  Colored.
38 No.  14... ....37
42
39
43
“  16...
...38
**  18... ...39
44
40
41
“  20... ...40
45
CAMBRICS.
Edwards................  4
Lockwood.................4
Wood’s..................   4
Brunswick............  4

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

6  ..
8...
10...
12...

..33
...34
...35
...36

..12
..18
..19

RED  FLANNEL.

MIXED  FLANNEL.

T W........................2234
F T ............ ............. 3234
J R F , XXX............35
Buckeye.................3234

Fireman..................3234
Creedmore..............2734
Talbot XXX............30
Nameless................2734
Red & Blue,  plaid. .40  I Grey S R W.............1734
Union R.................2234 Western W  ..............1834
Windsor................. 1834P  R P ...................... 1834
6 oz Western..........20  Flushing XXX......... 2334
Union  B................ 2234|ManItoba................. 2334
DOMET  FLANNEL.
.......9  ©1034
Nameless...... 8  © 9341 
1234
834©10 
Brown. Black. Slate. Brown. Black.
13
15
17
20
• 1034
10 oz  ...1234
Raven, lOoz.............1334
............1334
Stark 
Boston, 10  oz..........1234

CANVASS  AND  PADDING.
13
934
15
1034
17
1134
1234
20
8 oz.... ....  934 West  Point, 8 oz

Greenwood, 734 oz..  934 
Greenwood, 80* — 1134 
Boston, 8 oz............ IO34

914 13
1034 15
1134 17
1234 20
DUCKS.

Slate.
934
1034
1134
1234

“ 

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WADDINGS.

|

SILESIAS.

White, doz..............25  (Per bale, 40  doz....87 50
Colored, doz.......... 20 
Slater, Iron Cross...  8 
Red Cross....  9 
Best.............1034 :
Best  AA......1234
L............................. 734
G............................. 834
Cortlcelll, doz.........75  [Cortlcelli  knitting,

Pawtucket...............1034
Dundle....................  9
Bedford...................1034
Valley  City.............1034
K K ......................... 1034

SEWING  SILK.

..12  “ 8 
..12  j “  10 

twist, doz. .3734  per 34oz  ball....... 30
50 yd, doz..3734J
HOOKS AND EYES—PER GROSS.
“ 
“ 
“ 
" 

No  1 Bl’k & White..10  (No  4 Bl’k & White..15 
“  2 
..20
“ 
..25
3 
No 2-20, M C......... 50 
|No4—15  F 334........ 40
‘  3—18, S C...........45  I
No  2 White & Bl’k..l2  INo  8 White A Bl’k..20 
“ 
.28
« 
..26
|No8..  ..................... 36
No2.........................28 

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

PINS.

“ 
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4 
6 

NEEDLES—PER   M.

A. James.................1 401 Steamboat...............   40
Crowely’s................1  85 Gold Eyed...............1  50
Marshall’s...............1 00|
5—4....2 25  6—4...3 2515—4....1  95  6—4...2 % 

TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.
“ 

...3 10|
COTTON TWINES.

“ ....2 10 

Cotton Sail Twine. .28
Crown....................12
Domestic............... 1834
Anchor.................. 16
Bristol....................13
Cherry  Valley........15
I X L....................... 1834
Alabama...................634
Alamance...............   634
Augusta.................734
Ar  sapha................  6
Georgia...................  614
Granite..................534
Haw  River............ 5
Haw J .................   6

Nashua................... 18
Rising Star 4-ply__ 17
3-ply— 17
North Star.............. 20
Wool Standard 4 ply 1734 
Powhattan............. 18

“ 

Mount  Pleasant__ 634
Oneida....................  5
Prymont...............   534
Randelman.............6
Riverside...............   534
Sibley  A.................  6)4
Toledo....................   6

PLAID  OBNABURG8

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TTTTC  MICHXGAlSr  T R A D E S M A N .
Hardware Price Current.

HAMMERS.

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

AUGURS AND BITS. 

dls.

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

AXES.

“ 
‘ 
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BABBOWB. 

first Quality, 8. B. Bronze...........................1750
D.  B. Bronze...........................   12 00
S. B. S. Steel............................   8 50
D. B. Steel...............................   13 50
Railroad......................................   ............ 8 14 00
Garden.................................................. net  30 00

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

bouts. 

dlS.

buckets.

butts, cast. 

Well,  plain.................................................. I 3 50
Well, swivel............................................ 
 
dls.
Cast Loose Pin, figured.................................70*
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint.............. 60*10
Wrought Loose Pin.......................................80*10
Wrought Table.............................................60*10
Wrought Inside Blind.................................. 60*10
Wrought Brass............................................. 
75
Blind,  Clark’s...............................................70*10
Blind,  Parker’s.............................................70*10
Blind, Shepard’s .........................................  
70

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

60

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

blocks.
CRADLES.

CBOW BABS.

Cast Steel............................................ per lb  5
Ely’s 1-10.............................................per m  65
60
Hick’s  C. P .......................................... 
“ 
G. D ....................................................   “ 
35
Musket................................................  “ 
60

CAPS.

CABTBIDOBS.

chisels. 

Rim  fire ...................................................... 
Central  fire ........................................... dls. 

50
25

Socket firm er...............................................70*10
Socket framing............................................ 70*10
Socket Comer................................................70*10
Socket Slicks................................................70*10
Butchers' Tanged firm er............................ 
40

dls.

dls.

Curry,  Lawrence’s ......................................  
40
Hotchkiss....................................................  
25
White Crayons, per  gross............. 12©12ft dls. 10

combs. 

CHALK.
COPPER.

“ 

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

 
D BILLS. 

 

dls.

28
26
23
23
26
50
50
50

DRIPPING PANS.

Small sizes, ser pound................................  
Large sizes, per pound....................... 

07
  6ft

 

ELBOWS.

Com. 4  piece, 6 in ............................dos. net 
75
Corrugated...........................................dls 
40
Adjustable............................................dls. 40*10
dls.

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

Clark’s, small, 318; large, 926.......................  
Ives’, 1, SIS; 2, 824; 3, 830............................ 

30
25

piles—New List. 

dls.

Dlsston’s ...................................................... 60*10
New  American.............................................60*10
Nicholson’s ..................................................60*10
Heller's......................................................... 
50
Heller’s Horse Rasps...................................  
50
28
Nos.  16  to  20;  22  and  24;  25  and  26;  27 
List 
16 
17
dls.

13 
Discount, 60

14 
sauses. 

GALVANIZED IBON.

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

12 

15 

50

d ls .

dls.

diS.

“ 
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“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

HINGES.

HANGERS. 

dls.
dls.

levels. 

HOLLOW WARE.

MATTOCKS.

LOCKS—DOOR. 

knobs—New List. 

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

May dole  *  Co.’s..................................... dls. 
25
Hip’s........................................................dls. 
25
Yerkes & Plumb’s ............................................ dis. 40*10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.........................30c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel. Hand__80c 40*10
Gate, Clark’s, 1,2, 3 ........................ dis.60&10
State...........................................per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook and  Strap, to 12 In. 4ft  14 and
longer.......................................................   3ft
10
Screw Hook and  Eye, ft.........................net 
ft..........................net  8ft
“ 
X..........................net  7ft
“ 
ft................... 
net  7ft
“ 
Strap and T ............................................ dls. 
50
Barn Door Kiddei Mfg. Co., Wood track__ 50*10
Champion,  anti-friction.............................   60*10
Kidder, wood track.....................................  
40
Pots............................................................... 60*10
Kettles......................................................... 60*10
Spiders  .........................................................60*10
Gray enameled............................................. 40*10
Stamped  Tin Ware............................  . new list 70
Japanned Tin Ware..................................... 
25
Granite Iron W are..................... new list 33ft*10
4 00
wire goods. 
Bright......................................................70*10*10
70*10*10
Screw  Eyes............................. 
Hook’s .....................................................70*10*10
70*10*10
Gate Hooks and Eyes...................... 
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s .....................  
70
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings..............—  
55
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings................. 
55
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.............. 
Door,  porcelain, trimmings........................  
55
70
Drawer and  Shutter, porcelain..................  
Russell *  Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list  .........  
55
Mallory, Wheeler  *   Co.’s ...........................  
55
Branford’s ................................................... 
55
Norwalk’s ................................................... 
55
Adze Bye......................................... 313.00,  dls. 60
Hunt Eye.  ...................................... 815.00, dls. 60
...........118.50, dls. 20*10.
Hunt’s....................... 
dls.
Sperry *  Co.’s, Post,  handled............... —  
50
dls.
40
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ...................................  
“  P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s Malleables.... 
40
“  Landers,  ferry & Cle  .k’s............... 
40
“  Enterprise 
30
.....................................  
Stebbin’s Pattern................................... ...  60*10
Stebbln’s Genuine........................................ 66*10
Enterprise, self-measuring..........................  
25
Steel nails,  base.................................................1 85
Wire nails,  base.................................................2 00
Steel.  Wire.
Base
60......................................................Base 
10
50......................................................Base 
40 ....................................................   05 
20
20
10 
30..................................................... 
30
20..................................................... 
15 
35
16..................................................... 
15 
35
12.....................................................  15 
40
10 ......................................................  20 
50
S........................................................  25 
66
7 *  6..................................................  40 
4 .......................................................   60 
90
1  50
3.........................................................1 00 
2 00
2.........................................................1 50 
2 00
fine 3................................................1 50 
Case  10.............................................   60 
90
8..................................  
100
  75 
1  25
6  ...  .....................................   90 
1  00
finish 10..........................................   85 
8............................................ 1 00 
1  25
1  50
6.............................................1 15 
75
Clinch; 10..........................................   85 
8......................................... 1 00 
90
100
115 
6................ 
Barren ft...........................................1 75 
2 50
dlS.
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy................................   @40
Sclota Bench................................................  @60
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.........................  @40
Bench, first quaUty.......................................  @60
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood...........  *10
fry,  Acme......................................dls.60—10
70
Common,  poUshed................................dls. 
dls.
Iron and  Tinned.........................................  
40
Copper Rivets and Burs.............................   50—10
“A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9 20 

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

Advance over base: 

 
PLANES. 

MOLASSES GATES. 

MAULS. 
mills. 

rivets. 

NAILS

PANS.

«• 
“ 
« 

dlS.

“ 
•> 

Broken packs ftc per pound extra.

 

ROPES.

SqUARES. 

Sisal, ft Inch and larger.............................  
9ft
Manilla............... .........................................  13
dls.
Steelandlron.............................................. 
Try and Bevels....................................  
 
Mitre............................................................ 

75
60
20
SHEET IRON.Com.  Smooth.  Com.
$2 95
3 05
3 05
3 15
3 25

3 35
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  inches 

Nos. 10 to  14......................................34 05 
Nos. 15 to 17.....................................   4 05 
Nos.  18 to 21...................................  4  05 
Nos. 22 to 24 .....................................  4  05 
Nos. 25 to 26 .....................................  4 25 
NO. 27 ...............................................   4 45 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19, ’86........................... ...........dis. 
Silver Lake, White A ............................. list 
Drab A.................................  “ 
White  B..............................  “ 
Drab B.................................  “ 
White C................................ “ 

50
50
55
50
55
35

SAND PAPER.

SASH CORD.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Discount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

d ls .

dls.

s a w s . 

w ir e . 

t r a p s . 

Hand........................................ 

“ 
Silver Steel  Dia. X Cuts, per foot...... 
“  Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot__ 
“  Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot__ 
“  Champion  and  Electric  Tooth  X
Cuts,  per  foot............................................  

Solid Eyes............................................ per ton 325
20
70
50
30
30
Steel, Game.................................................. 60*10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ...............  
35
Oneida Community, Hawley a Norton’s __ 
70
Mouse,  choker...................................18c per doz
Mouse, delusion.............................. 31.50 per doz.
dls.
Bright Market..........................
Annealed Market......................
Coppered Market  ............
Tinned Market..........................
Coppered Spring  Steel............
Barbed  fence, galvanized......
painted............
HORSE NAILS.

Au  Sable.................................................dls.  40
dls. 05
Putnam.......................................... 
dls. 10*10
Northwestern................................ 
d ls .
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.................... 
30
Coe’s  Genuine............................................  
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought............ 
75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable...............................75*10
Bird Cages................................................... 
50
75
Pumps, Cistern........................................ 
Screws, New 11st..........................................70*10
Casters, Bed a  d Plate...............  
.50*10*10
Dampers, American..................................... 
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods....... 6-7*10

MISCELLANEOUS. 

WRENCHES. 

dlS.

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METALS,
PIG TIN.

13

26c

28c

ZINC.

SOLDER.

ANTIMONY

The  prices  of 

Pig  Large...................................................  
Pig Bars...................................................  
Duty :  Sheet, 2ftc per pound.
660 pound  casks....................................... 
6ft
Per pound...............................................  .. 
7
ft@ ft.................................................... .............16
Extra Wiping...........................................   15
of
solder in the market indicated by private brands
vary according to composition.
Cookson........................................per pound
Hallett’s......................................  
“ 
TIN—MELYN GRADS.
10x14 IC, Charcoal...................................
14x20 IC, 
...................................
10x14 IX, 
...................................
...................................
14x20 IX, 
Each additional X on this grade, 31.75.

the many other  qualities 

10x14 IC,  Charcoal..............................
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
14x20 IX, 

“ 
“ 
“ 
TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE.
.............................
“ 
“ 
....................................
“ 
...................................
Each additional X on this grade 31.50.
“  Worcester......................
14x20 IC, 
“ 
......................
14x20 IX, 
“ 
20x28 IC, 
...........
“  Allaway  Grade............
14x20IC, 
...........
“ 
14x20 IX, 
“ 
............
20x28 IC, 
20x28 EX, 
“ 
............
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.
14x28  IX..................... .............................
14x31  IX...................................................
.  niwind 
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, 1 
14x60 ix!  “ 
frPerponna

3 6 75 
.  6 75 
S 25 
.  9 25

6  50 
8 50
13 50 
6  00
7 50 
12 50 
15 60
314 09 
.15
10

3 7 50 
7 50 
9 25 
9 25

ROOFING PLATES

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“  9 

“ 

Crisp  Critiques  for  Business  Men.
The more religion a  man  has  the  less 

he has to say about it.

Better to be “behind orders”  than  too 

far ahead of demand.

Good book-keeping is  as  necessary  to 
to  a  full 

success  in  business  as  salt 
meal.

Treat your competitor’s  customer  cor­
lie  may  come  your  way  later 

dially. 
on.

If your goods and prices are right, you 
need not worry about  your  competitor’s 
talk.

Modesty is a  good thing in  everything 
but  advertising.  There  it  is  a  blank 
failure.

After some other fellow  has  captured 
he order is a poor time to  do  the  figur­
ing.

The pleasant request  often  gets  more 
good work out of a clerk  than  the  surly 
order.

Try to look happy when trade  is  dull. 
Your competitor will think  he’s  getting 
the worst of it.

Men  who think there is no  such  thing 
in  business  judge 

as  strict  honesty 
others by themselves.

A glossy silk hat and an old-gold neck­
tie  won’t  sell  goods  unless  there  are 
brains between them.

Profits in business depend as much  on 
the small, needless expenses saved  as on 
the size of the margins.

The business man who  opens  all  dis­
courses with abuse of his  competitors  is 
a good one to let alone.

A good personal appearance in a sales­
man is desirable.  But  personal  appear­
ance alone will not sell  goods.

A large stock of goods is desirable, but 
a full supply of  push  and  perseverance 
is even more fruitful of success.

The salesman  who  has  the  knack  of 
winning  his  customer’s  confidence  has 
no trouble in capturing the orders.

A  successful  man  is  not  backward 
about urging the merits of his  own,  but 
it is genius to know just when to  do  the 
blowing.

Some  salesmen  seem  to  think  that 
their customer wants to  know  all  about 
them and little about their  goods.  This 
is a mistake.

“Keep  a  stiff  upper  lip”  is  a  good 
maxim in business. 
If you don’t  tell  it, 
no  one  will  know  that  it’s  such  hard 
pulling,  and  you’ll  soon  strike  smooth 
water again.

The man who belongs to himself,  who 
has not given a mortgage on  his  charac­
ter, is rich, however poor he  may  be  in 
purse.  Character  unencumbered  is  in­
exhaustless  capital.  Ch a s.  S.  Brown.

Where the Law Works a Hardship.
Grand  Ra pid s,  April  20—Of  course, 
it  is  the  duty  of  the  government,  both 
State and National,  to protect  its  people 
from  the  rapacity  of  robbers  and  show 
them  the  difference  between  good  and 
worthless products,  but I am constrained 
to believe  that  this  right  is  sometimes 
carried  so  far  as  to  become 
inksome. 
For instance,  manufacturers  of  fertiliz­
ers  are  compelled  to  pay  an  annual 
license of $20,  which  includes the fee for 
analyzing the product and  passing  upon 
its merits.  The glue factory here makes 
an excellent fertilizer,  but  the  manufac­
turers have no business to  put  it on  the 
market without first  running  the  gaunt­
let of  official criticism.  The  law  works 
a hardship in this case,  as  the  men  who 
produce the article  do  not  manufacture 
enough to warrant their going to  the  ex­
pense  of  a  public  analysis—and  cannot 
go on the market without doing so.

W m.  T.  Hess.

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL  27,  1892.

A  NAVY  FOR  THE  LAKES.

lakes 

The passage by the United States Sen­
ate of Senator McMillan’s resolution call­
ing  upon  the  administration  to investi­
gate  the  reports  that  Great  Britain  is 
building  a navy on  the Great  Lakes  in 
violation  of  an  agreement  which  has 
been in  force  botween  that country and 
the United States  since  the  war of 1815, 
is timely,  because there can be no doubt­
ing for a moment that  in  the  event that 
Great  Britain  has  commenced  to  make 
navai  preparations  on  the 
this 
country should permit no one-sided agree­
ment to  cause a moment’s  delay  in  tak­
ing counter precautions.

It is stated  that the Dominion of  Can­
ada is placing small but powerfully-armed 
vessels on all the  lakes  nnder  the  name 
of  revenue  cutters,  but  that  in  reality 
they  are  powerful  gunboats  admirably 
adapted  for  operations  on  the  lakes in 
the event of war.  Of course it is not the 
Dominion of Canada  which  is to be  con­
sidered in  the matter, but Great  Britain, 
as the Dominion  is powerless to take any 
steps  in  international  matters  without 
the  consent  and  approval of  the  home 
Government in  London.

Under  the  agreement  between 

the 
United States and Great Britain,  the two 
countries are  permitted to maintain  but 
a single small vessel,  armed but with one 
18-pounder  cannon,  on  the  lakes.  Of 
course  the agreement is  worthless,  as  a 
vessel of the character allowed  would be 
of  no earthly  service,  either  in  war  or 
peace,  at the present  time.  The  United 
States has itself  practically  ignored  the 
agreement  for  years  by  maintaining  a 
small steam cruiser of  the  regular  navy 
on the lakes.  The resolution being prac­
tically worthless and  Great  Britain hav­
ing evidently  no  longer  respect for it, it 
would certainly be better for  the  United 
States to at once  rescind  it.

With  a small  fleet  of  powerful  gun­
boats  in  active  service  on 
the  lakes, 
Great Britain  would  possess a great ad­
vantage over us iu  the event of  war.  Be­
sides,  that  power  has  over  a  hundred 
light-draft  gunboats  on  the  high  seas 
which could  be got into the lakes through 
the  Welland  Canal, should  occasion  re­
quire it.  The Welland Canal  being under 
British  control  and in  British territory,

the same facility would not be ours in the 
| event of  hostilities.

Such being the  undoubted facts in  the 
I casa,  it would  appear  to  be a wise plan 
I for this country to at  once  take  steps  to 
build a lake  navy  capable of  defending 
the approaches to  our  Great  Lake cities 
and  to  properly  protect  our  immense 
commerce on  the  vast  inland seas.  As 
things now  are,  Chicago, Buffalo, Cleve­
land,  Detroit and other  cities  are entire­
ly  defenseless,  and  would  be  an  easy 
prey to Great Britain in the event of war 
catching us unprepared.  Such a state of 
things is a disgrace to a great and power­
ful nation,  and should  not be permitted 
to continue,  particularly  as  matters  are 
annually  shaping  themselves  so  as  to 
make a quarrel with some foreign power, 
and  particulariy  Great  Britain,  more 
than a possibility at any  time.
INTEREST IN  THE  WORLD’S  FAIR.
Although  a full  year  must  yet  elapse 
before  the date  fixed for  the opening of 
the great world’s fair and Columbian Ex­
position at Chicago, interest in the enter­
prise is already great all over the country 
and  may be expected to steadily increase. 
The celebration, for such it is, has ceased 
to  be  considered  as  merely  a  Chicago 
enterprise  and  is now  looked  upon  as a 
national  matter,  in which  the  people of 
the entire country should feel an interest 
and to the success of  which the  national 
honor is pledged.

The United  States Government has al­
ready invited all the nations of the world 
to participate in the  fair  by sending  ex­
hibits,  and nearly all of them have signi­
fied their intention of  taking part, hence 
the country  is  practically  pledged to see 
that  the  celebration  is  a thorough  suc­
cess.  That the masses of the people feel 
this is demonstrated by the deep interest 
which  is  everywhere  displayed  in  the 
progress being  made in the  preparations 
at Chicago and  in  the efforts which each 
State  is  making  to  prepare  proper  ex­
hibits of  its products and industries.

review  and  demonstration 

It will  be remembered  that in the  hill 
providing for the  Columbian  Exposition 
there was also provision made for a grand 
naval 
in 
Hampton  Roads  and  New York  Bay,  to 
take  place  at  about  the  commencement 
of  the  fair.  To  this  naval  review it  is 
proposed  to  invite  all  naval  powers  to 
send  representative  squadrons  of  their 
warships,  and  it  is  expected  that  per­
sonages  high in  the  governments of  the 
different countries  which  will  be  repre­
sented will also be in attendance.

This naval  display will  be of  unusual 
interest to the American  people  because 
at the present time there is no more pop­
ular  issue  among  all  classes  than  the 
building of  the  new  navy.  By the  date 
of the contemplated naval review a num­
ber of  the new  ships  now  building will 
have  been  completed  and  put  in  com­
mission,  so  that  the  American  navy, 
while  not as numerous or as powerful as 
some of  the great  fleets of  Europe,  will, 
nevertheless, he  able  to  muster a squad­
ron which will  compare  well with  those 
which  foreign  powers will  be  likely  to 
send.

As  the naval  review  is  intended  as a 
part of  the  world’s fair  celebration, the 
interest  felt  in the  former  project in no 
way detracts  from that  felt in the latter, 
hence  the world’s  fair  managers  should 
take  no  steps  to  prevent  adequate  pre­
parations  being  made to make  the naval 
demonstration a success.  The visitors it

will  attract will  only  serve  to  increase 
the  attendance at  the  fair at Chicago,  as 
it  may  reasonably  be  assumed  that  all 
foreigners coming to this  country to wit­
ness the review or take part in it will not 
miss visiting the great  fair at Chicago.

showed 

Investigation 

In view of the statement often  seen  in 
print that the country is full of  poverty- 
stricken  men  who  are  poor  simply  be­
cause they “can’t  get  work,” the  statis­
tics  recently  published 
in  a  London 
paper, relating to an  exhaustive  inquiry 
into  the  causes  of  the  poverty  of  152 
families  in  a  certain  city  district  con­
taining a population of  126,000  make  an 
interesting  study.  These  families  pre­
sented a wide variety  in  trade  and  reli­
gion and nationality, and  their  applica­
tion  for charitable  assistance  was  taken 
prima-facie  and  confessed  evidence  of 
poverty. 
that 
forty-two families  were brought to want 
by their own  fault,  the  causes  of  their 
poverty  being  set  down  as  “reckless 
improvidence,” “crime,”  “drink,” “idle­
ness,”  “bad  temper,”  etc.  Then  came 
fifty-three  families  whose  poverty  was 
due to certain common accidents  or  mis­
fortunes which might have  been  provid­
ed  against,  but  were  not.  The  final 
group  of  fifty-seven  families  presents 
cases  of  excusable  poverty,  such  as 
those due to  extraordinary  slackness  of 
trade or the absolute destruction of some 
branch of business, though  even  in  this 
group  appear  twenty-one  families  who 
are made hopelessly  poor  by  “incompe­
tence.”  The whole result  goes  to  show 
the  untrustworthiness  of 
the  figures 
often cited  of  the  number  of  persons 
who  are  unemployed,  and  said  to  be 
“able  and willing  to  work if  they could 
only  get  employment.” 
It  is  mighty 
seldom the man who wants to  work  finds 
it  impossible to get a job.

This country will not have reached the 
limit of  the profitable  extension  of  our 
wool-growing  industry  until  we  have 
produced every sort  of  wool  that  is  re­
quired  in  our  domestic  manufactures. 
Substantially, all the wools that are  now 
used by American  carpet  manufacturers 
come  from  abroad.  They  are  chiefly 
long,  coarse  wools,  and  come 
from 
Russia,  Asia  Minor,  Persia,  India  and 
South  America.  They  are  grown,  of 
coarse, under the most  inexpensive  con­
ditions, often by people not  far  removed 
from barbarism and whose modes  of  life 
do  not  require  much  for  their  suste­
nance. 
It is true that we  do not number 
this class of people among our American 
sheep farmers, but we  have  every  other 
essential for  cheap  production,  and  the 
market  at  our  very  doors,  which  will 
more than offset this single lack.

The time was when a  man  had  to  be­
come famous in some way to get  his  por­
trait in the papers, but now he  has  only 
to  become  afflicted  with  some  disease 
and  be  cured  and 
the  enterprising 
medicine man  will  make  his  features  a 
familiar  picture  in  every  household  in 
the land.

If  you  have  had  some  expensive  ex­
perience, make  it  an  investment  by  ap­
plying  its  lesson  and  thus  avoiding 
greater losses.

A man  becomes  less  a  man  when  he 
starts on a chase after the dollar  that  he 
doesn’t intend to honestly earn.

Use Tradesman Coupon Boohs.

Rocks Ahead  at  Detroit.

The retail drug trade of Detroit is  in a 
badly demoralized  condition, due  to  the 
price-cutting of some  of  the  stores  and 
the anticipated prosecution  of  nearly  a 
hundred dealers for illegal liquor selling.
The  Detroit  Druggists’  Association, 
formerly known as  the  Detroit  Pharma­
ceutical Society,  has asked the wholesale 
druggists  of  the  country  to  put  C.  H. 
Mitchell and  F.  A. Cooke  on  the  cut-off 
list,  and the latter  asserts  that,  in  case 
the Association succeeds in  drawing  the 
lines  so  tightly  that  he  cannot  secure 
goods, he will institute  a  civil  suit  for 
damages  against  the  Association  and 
also a criminal  action for conspiracy.

Regarding the prospective  prosecution 
of druggists for  violation  of  the  liquor 
law,  the  Detroit  Journal  publishes  the 
following:

The  Detroit  Saloonkeepers’  Mutual 
Protective Association recently employed 
a private  detective  agency  to  get  evi­
dence  against  all  druggists  who  sell 
whisky  as  a  beverage  without  license. 
They sent out  two  men,  who  went  out 
together,  dressed  in 
their  G.  A.  R. 
clothes.  They had  no  difficulty  in  ob­
taining  a  flask  filled  with  the  amber 
fluid  at  over  eighty  drug  stores.  The 
flasks were all labeled with the time  and 
name of the druggist and will be used  as 
evidence against them.  The  police  will 
assist the Saloonkeepers’  Association  to 
get warrants against the  wily  druggists, 
who are usually  the  loudest  to  cry  out 
against the saloonkeepers.

Taking  all  things  into  consideration, 
the life of  the  average  Detroit  druggist 
is not  likely to be  a  happy  one  for  the 
next few months.

The  Grocery  Market.

The  sugar  market  is  weak  and 

lower  and  still  lower  prices  are  by  no 
means unlikely.  Package  coffees  are X  
cent  lower.  Sorg announces an advance 
of  lc  on  all  brands  of  his  plugs  on 
May 10.

This is a good time for grocers to stock 
up  on  New  Orleans  molasses,  as  the 
present  cool  weather  is  favorable  for 
shipping same.

Oranges  of  all kinds are firm,  in  con­
sequence of the nearness  of  the  end  of 
the Florida crop.  The rapid ripening  of 
lemons  at  the  seaport  markets 
and 
the  cool  weather 
in  all  parts  of  the 
country,  which has tended to check  con­
sumption,  hasve  reduced prices very ma­
terially.

Bank  Notes.

The  business  men  of  Marshall,  who 
have  been  without  adequate  banking 
facilities since the failure of  a  National 
bank there a few months ago, have organ­
ized a State bank under the style  of  the 
Commercial Savings Bank.

Harbor  Springs  business  men  assure 
T h e  T ra desm an  that  there  is  a  good 
opening for a bank  at  that  place.  Full 
information in regard to the  matter  may 
be obtained by writing to  W.  J.  Clarke, 
President of the Harbor Springs Business 
Men’s Association.

The Druir Market.

Opium  is  dull  and  weak.  Morphia is 
unchanged,  but  a  decline  is  looked for. 
Quinine is dull.  Tartaric acid  is  lower. 
Carbolic  acid  is  firm.  Celery  seed  has 
advanced and will  be still higher.  Gum 
camphor is firm.  Lupulin has advanced. 
Quicksilver  has  declined.  Mercurials 
will  be lower.  Balsam copaiba is lower. 
Oil pennyroyal has advanced.  Oil cajiput 
is  lower.  Manna  has  declined.  Tur­
pentine is lower.

T H E   IVHCHIGAJST  T R A D E SM A N .

9

THE  FIGHT  AGAINST  THE  TRUSTS.
The  effort to  break  up  by  process  of 
law the great combinations of capital en­
gaged in  manufacturing  industry, popu­
larly  known  as  trusts,  began  with  the 
successful  attack, two  years  ago,  upon 
the  Sugar  Refineries  Company.  Since 
then the Supreme Court of  Ohio has ren­
dered a decision which has compelled the 
Standard Oil Trust to  dissolve, and now, 
under the act of  Congress  of  July,  1890, 
called the Sherman orjAnti-Trust act,  in­
dictments  are  pending  in 
the  United 
States  District  Court  in  Massachusetts 
against the officers of the  Distilling  and 
Cattle Feeding Company,  usually  styled 
the Whisky Trust,  as conspirators for an 
unlawful  purpose.  They  are  charged 
with  attempting 
the 
whisky trade in the United  States by of­
fering rebates to all customers who shall 
buy  exclusively  from  their  company, 
which,  since the company  controls near­
ly the  entire  product  of  the  country,  is 
averred to be fatal to competition.

to  monopolize 

To an unprejudiced mind it  is difficult 
to see  how  it  should  be unjust,  and,  es­
pecially,  why it should be  made a crime, 
for any man or set of  men to seek to  get 
business  by  offering  pecuniary 
induce­
ments to customers,  even  though  the in­
ducements be coupled  with a stipulation 
for the customers’ entire trade to the ex­
clusion of other  dealers.  From time im­
memorial,  the  leading  manufacturing 
companies  in  New  England  have  had 
agents in the large  cities,  who have sold 
their  goods  on  commission  under  an 
agreement  that  they  should  have a mo­
nopoly  of  the  business.  Workingmen 
everywhere  are  united  in  organizations 
pledged  to  work for  no  employer  who 
employs hands not  affiliated  with  them. 
Every great  brewer,  too, in this  country 
and in England  supplies  numbers of  re­
tail dealers with beer on the  understand­
ing that they 'shall buy  beer of  no other 
brewer,  and  no  valid  reason  can  be ad­
duced  to  prove  that  whisky  is  more 
worthy of legal protection than beer.

The lawfulness  of  these  contracts for 
exclusive dealings has  recently  been as­
serted  by  the  highest legal  tribunal  in 
Great Britain.  An association of owners 
of ships plying between  China  and Lon­
don issued,  a few years ago, a circular to 
shippers of goods from China, offering to 
carry  their  goods  at  certain  rates  of 
freight, and  to  make  a rebate  of  5  per 
cent,  on  those  rates  if 
the  shippers 
would give business to no other lines.  An 
opposition  company,  called  the  Mogul 
Steamship  Company,  brought  a  suit 
against  the  association  as  conspirators, 
alleging  that  their  purpose  was to ruin 
the trade of  rival  lines  by bribing ship­
pers  not  to  employ  them.  Lord  Cole­
ridge decided in  favor  of  the  associated 
owners on the  first hearing  of  the  case, 
his decision was affirmed  on  appeal,  and 
on a final hearing by the House of  Lords 
it was recently affirmed again.  This set­
tles the law for Great Britain, and,  if  the 
precedent is  followed  by  our  courts,  it 
will exonerate the Whisky Trust  here.

How the Sugar Trust outwitted its ene­
mies by the simple expedient of  forming 
itself into a corporation  under  the  laws 
of  New  Jersey  is  notorious.  Probably 
the Standard  Oil trustees  will  follow  in 
substance,  if  not  exactly  in  the  same 
form,  the  example thus set them, though 
their ingenuity and  that of  their lawyers 
may  devise  some  new  and  hitherto  un­
known plan  for  continuing  their  opera­
tions within the sanction  of the law. 
In

fact, none of the so-called trusts is a trust 
any  longer.  They do not act as they did 
at first,  through  the holding  by  trustees 
of the shares of the various  corporations 
of which they are composed, but they are 
either single corporations, like the Sugar 
Refineries Company, or are lessee corpor­
ations of the properties or their constitu­
ent  companies.  So  long  as  there  is  no 
limit to the amount of  capital of  corpor­
ations, nor to the  value  of  the  property 
which they are allowed to own,  the  fight 
against trusts is the  fight  of  Liliputians 
against Gullivers.

This point has  not  escaped  the  obser­
vation of the more clear-sighted  enemies 
of the trusts,  and  several  of  them [have 
suggested the repeal of  all  laws  permit­
ting the creation of large corporations as 
the  only  effectual  means  of  preventing 
the aggregations of  capital to which,  un­
der whatsoever  name,  they  are  hostile. 
They have not yet seriously proposed the 
adoption of  this  radical  measure,  but  it 
would be a good thing in the  end if  they 
should do it. 
It  would  reopen  a debate 
which raged vigorously when I was a boy, 
and  which has long  ago  been  forgotten,  i 
To renew it now  would  result  in  teach­
ing  the present  generation  a great  deal 
that  would  be  useful  to  it,  and  would 
clear up its  ideas on  many  points  upon 
which it needs enlightenment.

The hostility which prevailed  sixty  or 
seventy years ago against corporations of j 
every  kind  was  based,  like  that  which | 
prevails now against the so-called trusts, 
upon  an  unreasoning  dread  of  placing 
large masses of’capital under the control 
of a few individuals. 
In  those  days the 
special  objects  of  hatred  were banking 
corporations, 
though  corporations  for 
manufacturing,  mining  and 
railroad 
building also came in  for  their  share  of 
dislike. 
I dare say some  of  my  readers 
can  recall  the  war  waged  by  Andrew 
Jackson  upon  the  United  States  Bank 
chartered by Congress,  and the  apparent 
justification  which  his  course in regard 
to it received by its collapse under a sub­
sequent charter obtained from  the Penn­
sylvania Legislature.  They may also re­
member the  stratagems  employed  to se­
cure secretly banking privileges from the 
Legislature of N. Y. State, such as tacking 
on the  grant  of  them  to  charters  for  a 
water company as in the case of the pres­
ent Manhattan Bank or a canal  company 
like the Delaware and Hudson, or a com­
pany to manufacture  chemicals,  like  the 
original Chemical Bank.  All this bitter­
ness  and  jealousy  of  banking  corpora­
tions  passed  away 
long  ago,  and  was 
succeeded by  the  enactment  of  laws  in 
all the  States, and,  finally,  by  Congress, 
providing for their cheap and easy forma­
tion by  whomsoever  desires to do it. 
It 
is the same with railroad charters, which 
at first were obtained only with difficulty 
as special  favors  and  under  all  sorts of 
provisos and restrictions,  but  which now 
can be had  by  anybody  under a general 
act.  So it is with charters for  manufac­
turing and mining companies,  for which, 
also,  general  laws have  long  since  been 
enacted.  That public  opinion in regard 
to trusts will take a similar course 1 have 
no doubt.

It is not to be denied that many  things 
both in history and  in  contemporary ex­
perience justify the  popular  hostility  to 
aggregations  of  capital.  The  acquire­
ment of great riches is  impossible  with­
out  intellectual  ability, not,  indeed,  of 
the  noblest  sort,  but  still,  superior  to 
that of most other men.  This same abil-

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DETROIT  and  CHICAGO.

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UON  COFFEE 

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W h y Is  Lyon Coffee the  hestforthe  J t o h a n t  t0  handle?

Because

It is the  quickest, surest  and  most  satisfactory  seller, besides 
attracting  trade to less  known  articles.  Lion Coffee is a per­
fect blend of  the three standard grades, Mocha, Java and  Rio. 
It is roasted without glazing, and  packed in  1-lb.  papers, with 
a  handsome  picture in every package.  To  suit  that  class of 
trade not desiring a package  coffee, merchants find  that O.  D. 
Java  and  Standard  Maracaibo  exactly  till  the  bill  as  high 
grade bulk coffees.
Undoubtedly YOUR  JOBBER  WILL  BE  GLAD  TO  FILL 
W00LS0N  SPICE  CO.,
High  M e   Coffees,

L,  WINTERNITX,

YOUR  ORDER,  AS  ALSO  WILL  THE

RESIDENT  AGENT,

106  Kent  St.,

ROASTERS OF

TOLEDO,  - 

-  OHIO.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

T H E   jVIICHIO^lSr  T R A D E SM A N .

IO
ity,  when  re-enforced  with  the  instru­
ment  which  it  creates,  becomes  doubly 
powerful,  and  backed  as  it often  is  by 
intense  greed  and  selfishness,  tends  to 
oppression  and  cruelty. 
In  ancient 
times,  before  civilization  had  mitigated 
social  usages,  the  debtor  was  liable  to j 
become the slave of  his creditor, and not 
only  the  sacred  but  profane  writers 
descant  upon  the  outrages  perpetrated j 
by the rich upon  the  poor.  The  Christ- | 
ian  Church  has  preserved  the  tradition | 
thus generated and continues to  espouse 
the cause  of  the  poor  and  to  represent 
the  possessors  of  wealth  as  warnings ! 
rather  than  models. 
Inasmuch  as  the 
comparatively  rich  are  few,  while  the 
comparatively poor are many,  the weight 
of  popular  sympathy  is  always  against 
any  measure  which  apparently  facili­
tates the acquisition of additional  riches 
by  those  who  possess  them  already.  1 
will not undertake to say  that  envy  and 
jealousy  always  come  in  to  intensify 
this dislike of  increasing  the  prosperity 
of the prosperous,  but  they  are  ineradi­
cable elements of human  nature  and ex­
ert  a  considerable  though  unconscious 
influence.

Against this hereditary  and  impulsive 
resistance to the acquisition  and concen­
tration of wealth reason  points  out  that 
the grounds for it  are  mainly  sentimen­
tal,  and  that  those  originally  valid  are 
rapidly disappearing.  Oppression of the 
poor by the rich and outrages upon  their 
personal  liberty  are  mere  legends  of  a 
past when justice itself was administered 
with a  barbarity  which  shocks  our  re­
finement.  and when  religion  was  propa­
gated with fire and  sword. 
In  the  deli- j 
cate  and  complicated  fabric  of  modern | 
society,  the rich retain their  riches  only j 
by  the  consent  of  the  poor,  and  could  | 
not without their aid make them  profita­
ble. 
If,  too,  the rich  gain  by  the  labor 
of the poor the poor,  in turn reap a bene­
fit from the results  of  their  just  efforts. 
The  multiplication  of 
the  comforts  of 
life and the cheapness which brings them 
within the reach of the multitude are due 
entirely to the employment  in  their pro­
duction of  those aggregations of  capital 
of  which  so  much  fear  is  entertained. 
Our  factories,  our  railroads,  our  sugar 
refineries,  our  petroleum  refineries,  our 
distilleries, and all  the other applications 
of  machinery to  industrial  purposes are 
more economically  managed  on  a  large 
scale than on  a small one, and the public 
gains by the result. 
If, at the same time, 
a few men make  great pecuniary profits, 
that is no  reason  why we  should  injure ! 
ourselves  to  prevent it.  Besides,  in  all 
these  enterprises,  numerous  small  capi­
talists are associated  with  the few large 
ones,  and  share  in  their  earnings. 
In 
fact,  it was  for the  benefit  of  small in­
vestors  that  the device  of  forming  cor­
porations was first  adopted,  and the cre­
ation of  the  present  so-called  trusts  is 
a legitimate  outcome of  a  policy  which 
thus far  has  been  of  immense  value  in 
developing the material  resources of  the 
country. 

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

The Largest Roof in the World.

H.  M.  Reynolds  &  Son  have  secured 
the contract  for  roofing  thirty  acres  of 
buildings now being  erected  by  the  De- 
Pauw Plate Glass Works,  at  Alexandria, 
Ind.  The  contract  was  awarded  them 
over  competitors  at  Chicago, 
Indian­
apolis,  Pittsburgh,  and  several  other 
cities.

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Insurance in Big Stores.

a 

The 

given 

stores. 

From the Chicago  Tribune.
‘•The  majority  of  the  big  stores  in  I 
Chicago,  wholesale and retail, are not in- j 
sured for anything like the full  value  of 
their stock.”  said  a prominent  insurance 
“ Eighty  per  cent,  of 
man  yesterday. 
the value is a high ratio.  The average is 
probably nearly TO. 
In instances the in­
surance represents perhaps  60  per  cent, 
of the worth of the stock.”
“ This,”  he  continued,  “is  not  the 
fault  of  the  storekeepers  and  owners. 
They are willing to insure  up  to  a  full 
valuation,  but it  is  impossible  to  place 
the risks.  The fire-insure market in this 
country is not large enough  to  meet  the j 
demand.  Under  the  very  best  condi- j 
tions the  maximum  capacity  of  Ameri- 1  
ican  companies  between  four  walls  is 
SI.000,000.  That is to say,  81,000,000 
is 
the outside amount in risks  that  can  be 
placed by all of  the American companies 
1 together  within 
space. 
More or  less  insurance  can  be  placed 
! with foreign  companies  not  represented 
in this country,  it is  true,  but  the  bulk 
of the risks calculated on  as  a  safe  in­
demnification  are  with  domestic  com- 
I panies.  Now,  it is clear  to  almost  any­
body  that  81,000,000  doesn’t  represent 
the value of goods carried in some of the 
I mammoth 
restrictions 
I placed  by the companies on this  class  of 
] risks have always been severe.  Within 
the last six months, owing to the  fearful 
; losses of  1891, these  have  become  more 
I rigid than ever. 
If 1 had it or  could  get 
I it I could go  out  and  in  an  hour  write 
!  hundreds of thousands  of  dollars’  worth 
of  risks ”
“The theory of  the companies  is  that 
large areas mean increased physical dan­
ger.  Long experience and  many  losses 
I have  brought the companies to  this  con­
clusion.  One great warehouse  in  town, 
j which is able to  carry  probably  $3,000,- 
1000 of  insurance,  is  divided  into  three 
j  sections—fireproof  walls  with  vault 
I doors at the openings.  Others are parti­
ally d ivided by  perpendicular  or  longi­
tudinal  walls—such  being  the  interpre- , 
tation  placed  upon  a  fireproof  floor. 
This decreases the physical risk.
“The stock-yards may  be  included  in  : 
the large area class. 
It is always under- 
insured.  Some companies will not touch 
the locality,  others regard it as one area, 
and govern the size of  their  policies  ac­
cordingly.  The  big  stores  all  employ | 
men to  look  after  the  placing  of  their j 
insurance.  They  place all they can with | 
domestic companies,  then  go  abroad  to 
the good  ones,  and  finally select anything j 
and everything that  offers  to  indemnify j 
against loss,  figuring that if they  get  50 
cents on the dollar  from  the  weak  con­
cerns  it  will  help  them  out  so  much. 
Withal, the aggregate of  insurance  that 
is  finally  placed  is  in  most 
instances 
away  below the cost of the goods.

“I see no heip for this state of affairs,” 
he continued.  "The insurance  exhibit at 
the  World’s Fair will be an  object lesson 
of fire-proof construction as it should be, 
and  doubtless  will 
lead  to  reforms  in 
building.  But  in  the  meantime  about | 
forty-five insurance companies have with- | 
drawn from  business,  and  1892 starts off 
with fire losses nearly as great  as  in  the 
same period  of  1891.  The companies in 
self-defense are drawing the lines tighter. 
Insurance men generally believe that the 
outcome  of  the  whole  situation  means 
the doom of  the big stores.”

The  Biggest  Shoes.

A shoemaker  of  Georgia  has  recently i 
turned out the biggest pair of shoes ever | 
made for actual use. 
It took  a  piece  of i 
leather containing 1,040 square inches to ! 
make the uppers,  and one of 1,960 square 
inches  to  make  the  soles,  or  exactly
3.000 square inches of leather altogether.  I 
If the leather contained  in  that  pair  of | 
shoes were cut into  strips  an  eighth  of j 
an  inch  wide  it  would  make  a  string
24.000  inches  long.  The  soles  of  this 
gigantic pair of shoes are  14  inches  long 
and 5K inches wide.  The two combined 
tipped the scales at exactly  S}4  pounds.  |

Barber W anted.

L acota,  April  19—This town  wants  a  j 
It  is  an  ex­

barber and  wauts one  bad. 
cellent location  for a good  workman.

P ostmaster, 

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Our floods from worthless Imitations.

TO  DISTINGUISH 

Clothing  and  General  Store  Merchants  will  do  well  to 

Inspect  the  Line  of

Michael  Kolb  &  Son,
ac

ROCHESTER,  N.  Y.

Most Reliable  House, established35 years.  The senior  member of  this firm  being 
a practical tailor, personally  superintends the manufacturing  department,  and  has 
the reputation of  making the best fitting garments and most select choice in styles, 
patterns and  designs, adapted  for all  classes of  trade and sold at such  low prices,
and  upon  such  equitable  terms as  not 
fear  any competition,  and  within  reach
of all.

William  Connor,  representative  of 
above firm in Michigan, begs to announce 
that  the trade  can secure  some  Closing 
Out  Bargains  for  Spring  and  Summer 
trade which  will be sold at astonishingly 
low  prices.  Mr.  Connor  also  takes 
pleasure in calling  attention  to  his  nice 
line of  Boy’s and  Children’s  Clothing as 
well  as  to  his  great  selection of  Men’s 
Suitings,  Spring  Overcoats  and  Pants, 
all closing out to the  trade at marvelous- 
y  low  prices.  Largest  line  of  Prince 
Alberts  and  Cork  Screw  Cutaways  in 
fancy and  plain.  Mail  orders  promptly 
attended  to,  or  write  William  Connor, 
Box  346  Marshall,  Mich.,  and  he  will 
soon  be  with  you to show  you  our  full 
line,  and  he  will  supply you  with  the 
leading  merchants’  printed  opinions  as 
to the  honesty of  our  goods  and  prices

WILLIAM  CONNOR,

Box 346, 

Marshall  Mich,

If you have any beans and want to sell, 
we want them, will  give you full  mar 
ket  price.  Send  them  to  us  in  any 
quantity  up to car  loads, we want  1000 
bushels daily.

W .   T.  L A M O R E A U X   &  CO.,

128,  130 and 132  W.  Bridge S t, GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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A  NN OUN CEMENT_______

them 

TUT:  M IC H IG A N   T R A D E SM A N
no doubt, can write good advertisements,  j 
but  few  of 
realize  the  actual 
needs of their customers.
1 believe it will  be more  important to j 
those needing the  services  of  an  adver- i 
Using m anager  in  the  future, that  such j 
a one shall  be competent  to  edit  rather i 
than  write  their  advertisements.  The j 
latter  is important, of  course,  but  often I 
the manager can secure  excellent adver- j 
tisements from the many writers and  ad- j 
vertisement  designers,  if  he is  left  free] 
to edit rather  than  write  them.  A man j 
capable  of  editing  advertisements  can I 
write  them,  but  the  editing  quality  is j 
more important than the  writing.
It is not difficult to  prepare  an  adver - ] 
tisement which  will be seen,  nor difficult j 
to  write  one  that  will  be  read;  but  to ! 
kuow  the “drawing  power” of  the  ad­
vertisement is much more difficult.
To  take  a  good  advertisement—one [ 
that will  give  good  results—add a word 
which  may,  perhaps,  deteriorate it  in  a j 
literary  or  grammatical  sense, or  an il-1 
lustration which  may  lessen  its  artistic 
merit,  but  will in its entirety improve its 
drawing quality and give better results— 
this  is an  inhereut  faculty  that  makes 
the  editor  of  an  advertisement  invalu­
able.

We have removed  our  Manufacturing  Department  to 
the  new  buildiug  which  we  have  erected  solely for  our 
own  use  at  330  and  332  Lafayette  Avenue, on the  same 
street,  but seven  blocks distant  from  the  new Post Office 
building,  and  easily  reached  from  our  store  by the Con­
gress and Baker,  or Fort street cars.

Our specialty  in  manufacturing will  be a high  grade 
of  Ladies’  Fine  Shoes  in  Hand-Turned,  also  Men’s  and 
Women’s Goodyear Welt and  Machine  Sewed, and Misses’ 
and Children’s in Machine Sewed.

In  ‘‘Low  Cuts,”  both  Hand-Turned  and  Machine 
Sewed,  we are  showing one of  the most desirable  medium 
priced  lines  now  offered to the trade.  Sample  orders will 
have prompt and personal attention.

Local Advertising in Country Weeklies, j
B o u d in o t  M u id e tte r  in  P rin te rs ' In k .

I  never  pick  up  a  country  weekly 
without thinking of the possibilities some 
editor  of  such  a  medium  has  to  win  a 
reputation  for  himself  by 
reforming 
his local advertising. 
I  do  not  pretend 
in  this article to  do more than  point out 
the idea.  1  can do  this  best perhaps by 
giving a little personal experience.
About ten years  ago, and  before 1  had j 
any practical  knowledge  of  advertising,
I  was  asked  to  edit  a  country  weekly 
during  a  warm  political  campaigu. 
i 
had never before had anything to do with 
a newspaper, and did not feel inclined to 
do more than  contribute a couple of  col­
umns of editorials each week.  One day, 
before  leaving  the  office,  the  foreman 
said  to me  that  Mr.  Jones  (who  had  a j 
store  up  street)  wanted  a  local  notice 
written up,  and asked if  1 would  not  do 
it for him.  1 called on Jones, introduced 
myself,  and  said if 1  could  help  him  in 
any  way  1  would  do  so,  though  1  was 
thinking all  the  while  that he  ought to 
be  able  to  express  himself  about  his 
goods  better 
than  I  could.  This  he 
either could  uot do, or  thought  he could 
not.  1  wrote  for  him  a  reading-matter 
notice of  perhaps  300  or  400 words, 
it 
would,  I  persume.  compare  favorably j 
with the average of such notices. 
It did  j 
not suit me, and yet 1 could  see  nothing 
wrong about it.  1 banded it to the  fore­
man and  went  home.
Somehow,  L  could not  banish the mat­
ter from  my  mind.  The  paper  did  uot 
go to  press for a couple of  days, and  be­
fore  morning  1 had  made  up  my  mind 
that it was all  wrong.
I said  to  myself:  Here  is  a  man  who 
has  a  general  store;  he  has  received  a 
few hundred dollars’worth of new goods; 
he wants  to  sell  them;  to  sell  them  he 
must  attract  people  to  his  store;  after 
getting  them  there,  he  and  his  clerks i 
must sell  the goods.  He is willing to pay 
for  space  in  this  paper;  if  it  attracts 
new  customers  he  will  pay  for  more 
space;  others will see  what  he  is doing, 
and will do the same.  To  do  him good, 
any statements  he  makes  in  the  paper 
must be  truthful. 
I  want  the  paper  to 
increase its  circulation,  but  just  as  im­
portant is it  that  its  advertisers  should 
be satisfied with  results  trom  it.  Very 
few local advertisers have  attractive  ad­
vertisements,  or  well-written;  if  1  can 
help them  in  this  respect  they  will  be 
pleased, and spend more money  with the 
paper.
I called on him the next day,  and gave 
him my views,  looked over his stock,  and 
helped  him  to  formulate  a  campaign 
which  proved  to  be  highly  successful. 
This  man  was  paying  $50  a year  for  a 
display advertisement which was changed 
every month or so,  and  was  spending $2 
or  $3  occasionally  for  reading  notices. 
After the first week’s  advertising  under 
my management he  was  looking  us  up, 
and cheerfully spending $15 and $20 each 
week,  at least,  for a  time.
I went  to  other  advertisers  and  gave 
them my views,  and  offered  to  help and 
give them the foreman’s assistance.
My  views at this time  were  somewhat 
crude,  but I still  believe I  had  the right 
idea.
It seems to me, then,  that the editor of 
a country weekly should be  an  advertis­
ing expert;  he usually is  something of  a 
politician,  and  why  not  add  the former 
calling  to  his  other  accomplishments. 
Local advertisers are  not,  as a rule, edu­
cated  up  to  the  proper  standard  in the 
science and art of advertising.  The edi­
tor should be the  expert,  to  advise  and 
counsel them. 
If  this  is  properly done, 
they will solicit him  for  space;  no need 
to solicit them and use the argument that 
they  “must help along their local paper.” 
Two-thirds  of  local  advertising  is  now 
given grudgingly.  Why  not  make  it so 
that advertisers will want it,  and want it 
bad.  Let the editor not only  write their 
advertisements for them,  but study care­
fully the  probable results.  The writing 
of  an  advertisement  belongs  to  the 
science and art of advertising.  There  is 
also an editing  and  results.  Study  the 
latter  with  even  more  care  than 
the 
former.
This naturally suggests speaking of ed­
iting  advertisements.  Advertisement 
writers  are  now common.  All of  them, '

Must  Merchants  Lie?

In  the noble  desire  to  do  business,  to 
sell goods,  very many business men  stop 
at nothing,  but carry their ideas of truth 
far away into  the  realm  of  fiction. 
In 
otht-r  words  they  say  anything  to  sell 
goods,  and  represent  them  to  be  what 
they know they are not.  The amount of 
lying in  which a  merchant  can  indulge 
should he have a mind so to  do.  is  with­
out  end.  From  solemnly  asseverating 
that  some  old  chestnut  is  the  “ latest 
out”  to  declaring  that  some  new  and 
taking article  which they do  not  happen 
to have in stock,  is a chestnut  they  have 
a wide field to  cover.  And  it  must  be 
confessed  that  a  good  many  of  them 
cover  it  most  successfully.  Now  the 
question that arises,  is all this gratuitous 
flow of lies necessary? 
It is  not  the  in­
tention here to convey any idea  of  Puri- j 
tanism or to think  it  possible  for  mer­
chants  to  be  exactly  exact  in  all  they j 
say or do. 
It is  simply  the  purpose  to 
discuss the question as an open  one.  A j 
merchant can feel that he has done fairly j 
well  if  he  avoids  deliberate  lies  either \ 
on  price,  exact  age  or  style  of  goods. 
But he can  also  feel  himself  a  distinct j 
fool—ninny would more exactly  suit  the 
case,  if he is going to  sit  down  and  te ll} 
everyone who comes into  his store,  what 
he knows  and  what  he  doesn’t,  where 
and at what early period  in  the  century ]
he got those old-----, mentioning  certain j
chestnuts,  or  how  he  happened  to  get j 
left  on  certain  goods  through  lack  of 
business smartness. 
It  is  no  use  dis­
closing your weak points to  the  world— 
they can see them  fast  enough  without 
your going to  the  trouble  of  disclosing 
It is man’s duty,  and  the 
unseen ones. 
saving clause in  living,  to make the  best 
of everything in life. 
It is  his  proof  of j 
strength and courage, that he bears  him- ] 
self well in the battle of life.  To do this 
it is no use  going  out  to  meet  his  com­
petitors who are armed  with  steel, being 
only armed with  a  straw  himself.  No. 
He has to brace up and use all  his  nerve 
and fight his opponents  on  equal  terms. 
However in  dealing  with  his  customers 
it is no use his going to the  trouble  of  a 
deliberate or fatuous  lie,  for  such  a  lie 
will invariably disclose  itself  sooner  or 
later. 
If a customer ask  a  question  de­
liberately out of  a  desire  to  get  at  the 
exact truth a merchant, if  it  is  possible, 
should be sure to give him  that  informa­
tion.  Both for his own sake and for the 
customer's.
Looking at this question  of  wholesale 
or  retail  lying  from  a  comprehensive 
standpoint, it  would  seem  that  a  mer­
chant should act in accordance  with  the 
ordinary custom of business  ipen  of  the 
world up to  the  point  where  he  has  to 
protect himself, his trade  and  his  inter­
ests generally,  but he  should  be  conser­
vative in his lies and above all he should 
avoid deliberate  and  purposeless  lying.
That there is room  for  reformation  in 
commercial  morality,  is  quite  another 
question. 

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H - S R o r w s q n  AND C o m p a n y  

D E T R O IT ,  MICH

General  Agency  of the

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on  every  package,  as  it  is  a 
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Soli  in  this  market  for  tie  past  Fifteen  Years.

Far Superior to any other.
Correspondence or Sample Order Solicited. 
Endorsed Wherever Used.

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Telephone 566.

106 Kent St.

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

WHO  URGES  YOU  TO  KEEP S a p q l i q ?

T h e  

Pub!

By  splendid  and  expensive  advertising  the  manufacturers  create  a 
demand,  and  only  ask  the  trade  to keep the  goods in  stock  so  as to  supply 
the  orders  sent to  them.  Without  effort on  the  grocer s  part the  goods 
sell  themselves,  bring  purchasers to the  store,  and  help  sell  less  known 
goods.

12
“NOTHING NEW  UNDER  THE  SUN.”
W ritte n  fo r T h e  Tradesman.

“Who was the first man?”
“Adam.”
Thus began my first  lesson  in  natural 
history. 
It  was  at  a  time  when  my 
worldly  experience  did  not  cast a ghost 
of a shadow,  and  my  stock of universal 
knowledge  had  not  even  sprouted. 
I 
was awfully  young  and  painfully  new; 
and my  mental  expansion  had  not  yet 
reached the  point  of  inception. 
It  was 
my  first  great  triumph  over  the  multi­
farious  obstacles  which  lie  strewn  all 
along the pathway of life from the cradle 
to the grave;  the  elementary  dissection; 
the  syllabic  analyzation,  and  the  final j 
mastery of  the word  with a big A which 
constitutes the  answer to  this  first ques- j 
tion.
Many years have passed since that first 
terrible tussle with  the origin of  human 
existence,  bearing away with them a few I 
unimportant victories  and a great  many 
crushing  defeats;  yet, to-day, as  1 sit  in 
my arm chair and gaze  through  dimmed 
spectacles  at  this  old  word “Adam,” a 
strange  feeling  comes  over  me  akin to | 
sorrow  and  bitter disappointment.  For ! 
one  brief  moment  1  am a  child  again, 
struggling  to  learn  who  the  first  man | 
was, and that  early,  far-remote  thrill  of 
joy once  again  passes  over me as I make 
the startling discovery that it was Adam. 
Fond  delusion!  Since  that  wonderful 
infantile  discovery  was  made,  1  have 
learned a great  many  lessons  and made 
many discoveries;  but I don’t know  now 
who the first man  was—do you?

The question,  “Who  made  you?” cut 
no  figure. 
It  was  short  and  easily 
learned,  but  when I came  to “Who was 
the wisest man?” 
I  gave up  in  despair | 
and  have  never  yet  fully  recovered. 
When I reached the  point  where I could 
stand  on  a chair  and  say  “Sol-a-man,” 
with two. fingers in my mouth, in answer 
to  my  father’s  question  when  we  had 
visitors,  I  thought  1  had  very  nearly 
reached the pinnacle  of  youthful  great­
ness.  Owing to a favorite  expression of 
my  father’s,  when  speaking  of  a  very 
reticent neighbor of  ours,  that “He just 
sot and said noth’n an’ looked  wise as ’n 
owl,” 1  somehow  fell  into  the  habit  of 
confounding big eyes and a hooked  nose 
with  the  idea  of  wisdom.  Night  after 
night 1 used  to  sit  out on  the chip pile, 
by the mosquito “smudge,” and listen to 
the hooting of the owls in the dark woods 
behind the little old log house, and think 
of  Mr. Solomon  and  wonder  why  wise 
people  toot  and  prowl  around  nights— 
and I wonder at it to  this day.

Solomon, no doubt,  knew bow to run a 
good  sized  family  and keep  his  second 
wife  from  kicking  over  the  traces  and
visiting  her  mother  every  time he  hap­
pened  to  show  any  respect  for his first 
wife;  but if he live d in the  world  to-day 
and  should  so  far  forget  himself  as to 
say that there was nothing new under the 
sun,  I would make  up my  mind that  he 
either had a fearfully bad memory or else 
that his  early  education  had been sadly 
neglected.
Nothing  new  under  the  sun !  Why, 
there is  not a single day passes but some­
thing new,  unheard of  before by  mortal 
man,  is indelibly stamped upon the scroll 
of time as it unfurls and floats back  into 
the  dim  vistas  of  the  past!  Life  was 
monotonous in  Solomon’s time.  Men of 
bis age were sensuous, superstitious, non- 
speculative and non-inventive; and, there­
fore,  non-progressive.  Manners,  cus­

toms, methods,  appliances  and  general 
conditions remained the  same  for gener 
ations;  and a man would have to die and 
be resurrected after  the lapse of  ages in 
order to  witness a  radical  change.  No 
wonder that Solomon became weary with 
the dull  monotony  of  his  environments 
and the  limited  means  at  his  command 
for  the  gratification  of  his propensities 
and came to the conclusion that there was 
nothing new und*>r the sun.

Life to-day is  a panorama,  the reels  of 
which are run by electric dynamos.  Up­
on the rapidly moving canvas there is al­
ways something  new,  and  he who is un­
able to run and  keep  up with  it, has no 
part or lot in  the  matter.  He must step 
to  one side,  where the procession  cannot 
run over him,  and  look  on with wonder­
ment and awe—he is in the world but not 
of it.  Of what earthly  practical use,  to­
day, is  the  man  who  received his  busi­
ness  training  and  practical  experiences 
according to  the  best  improved  method 
of thirty years ago;  and  who, during the 
intervening time has  been  sitting by the 
roadside  and  watching  the  procession 
pass by?  Absolutely no good  whatever— 
he is simply “not  in  it.”  Thirty  years 
ago he was an  expert  dry  goods  clerk— 
to-day* he  could  not  give  the  correct 
name of  half  a  dozen  articles  in  a  dry 
goods store;  then he stood at the head of 
the shoe  trade and  knew  all about  cow 
hides,  kipp  and  calf  stocks—to-day  he 
could not  tell  cordovan  from kangaroo. 
Thirty years ago he was a good mechanic, 
but to-day he  would not  be  able  to  tell 
you what nine-tenths  of  the  mechanical 
tools are  used  for.  He  was  once a fine 
penman and could  command  ready  pay, 
but the  world  became too  practical  for 
his fine Spencerian flourishes  and finally 
too fast for his pen.  The typewriter has 
knocked him out, with the aid of stenog­
raphy;  but the rushing, roaring business ! 
world  cannot  always  have  the  stenog­
rapher at its  elbow,  and  so it is shoving 
him aside for the phonograph.  The next 
to  follow  is  the  autophone,  which  is 
about to be applied to  commercial  uses.
Nothing new  under the sun,  when man 
can call down the  rain  upon  the  just as 
well  as  the  unjust  and  when  the  con­
firmed  and  cast  out  toper  can be saved 
from  a  drunkard’s  hell  and  restored  to 
manhood  by  the  application  of  a little 
chloride  of  gold !  Nothing  new  under 
the  sun,  when a man  can  bottle  up  his 
voice on  a cylinder of  wax  and  talk  to 
his  friends  after  he is  dead;  and  when 
man is daily finding new materials in the 
great storehouse of nature, and construct­
ing new and  wonderful  machines which 
are made to produce more perfect results 
than can possibly be produced by  human 
hands guided by human eyes!

1 shall close  these  rambling  thoughts 
by giving  expression to a thought which 
has a tinge of sadness for us who are up­
on  the  stage  of  action  to-day,  but  is 
fraught with undreamed of  blessings for 
It is this:
those  who  are  to  follow  us. 
| All  the  wonderful  new  machines, 
the 
I latest scientific methods and the most ap­
proved theories of  our  time  will  be the 
old junk,  the cast off methods and the ex­
ploded theories of the  time to  come.

E. A. Owen.

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HOW TO PUT  UP  WOOL.

W ritten fo r  Tan T radesman.

The season for handling  the  new  clip 
of wool will soon be  here,  and  as  your 
valuable paper  did  such  good  work  in 
disseminating some suggestions I  had  to 
offer last  year,  1  wish  to  impose  upon 
your good graces again,  as 1 have a  most 
important article sent  me  from  Boston, 
which  I  wish  to  go  before 
the  wool 
growers of M.chigan:

HOW WOOL  SHOULD  BE  PUT  UP.

in 

is  himself  a 

Among  the  improvements  which  the 
grower should adopt in  methods  of  pre­
paring his  wool  for  market,  we  would 
urge upon his attention the following:
All rubbish should be kept  out  of  the 
fleeces,  which  should  be  put  up  with 
merely one or two ties of  the  best  hemp 
twine,  or glazed twine.
Sisal twine should not be used.  Many 
growers still fail to realize the  injury  to 
their wools resulting from the use of sisal 
twine.  This sisal costs  only  five  or  six 
cents per pound,  but it  is  weighed  with 
wool  costing  from  20  to  30  cents  per 
pound,  so that the manufacturer has  not 
only to make  a  reduction  in  price  suffi­
cient to  protect  himself  against  loss in 
weight,  but  also  to  guard  against  the 
damage to the goods by the sisal fibre.
American hemp twine  possesses  many 
advantages  for  use 
tying  fleeces, 
and,  everything considered,  cost, etc.,  is, 
perhaps,  to be preferred to any other.  It 
has strength, lightness and a  glazed  sur­
face,  while its cost  is  very  much  in  its 
favor,  it being  about  half  the  price  of 
the  linen  twine  used  in  Australia. 
It 
can  be bought  for  19  cents  per  pound. 
The linen  twine,  however,  is  better,  as 
it contains  all  the  elements  necessary, 
and has  already  met  with  approval  by 
wool  dealers  who  handle  Australian 
wool.
In  putting  up  wool  for  market,  the 
dung  locks  should  be  clipped  off  and 
thrown away when shearing.  As to the 
stuffing of fleeces with tags,  etc.,  and the 
decrease in the real value of the wool re­
sulting  therefrom,  the  following  letter 
from Mr. Joseph Walworth,  of  the  Paci­
fic  mills,  who 
large 
buyer of wool, is  well worthy of  perusal:
"A few months ago I needed to get  up 
a  sample  of  wool  for  a  new  cloth. 
I 
bought 10,000 pounds  of  Australian  un­
washed  at  the  extreme  price  of  42>£c 
per pound. 
I also bought 10,000  pounds 
of  washed  x  Ohio  combing  at  36}4e 
per pound,  thinking to cheapen  the Aus­
tralian and still have a soft effect.  What 
was the result?  The Australian was put 
up  honestly,  no  stuffing,  and  only  a 
string  like  cotton  thread  to  hold 
the 
fleece  together,  while  my  crack  lot  of 
Ohio,  which  was  praised  to  the  skies, 
gave 18 per cent,  of  stuffings,  and  pro­
duced so  little  top  that  the  Australian 
unwashed at 42%c produced  as  cheap  a 
top as washed Ohio at 36)4 c.  Of course, 
we stick to the Australian,  as  the  top  is 
worth a deal more per pound in  top than 
the  Ohio.
“Lately I was  sent  out  in  St.  Louis, 
Chicago  and  Milwaukee. 
found 
fleeces  of  wool  with  three  pounds  of 
dung,  or valueless  stuffing in  one fleece, 
or 70 cents cheating in  one  fleece;  other 
fleeces would have two  pounds  of  stuff­
ing in one  fleece,  and  these  fleeces  had 
been taken  for  good  wool  by  the  local 
buyer.  Of  course,  these  were  extreme 
cases.  On the whole,  I thought  that  St. 
Louis and Chicago  had  improved  some­
what in putting up  their  wool;  they  do 
not try to sell quite so much  prairie  soil 
at 25 and 30 cents per  pound  as  former­
ly.  While I was away,  I got a  crack  lot 
of  50,000  pounds  unwashed  combing 
wool in Milwaukee.  This was, undoubt­
edly,  a  grand  lot  of  wool,  especial  in 
front of the pile, and I had to pay a little 
extra.  Judge my surprise  when  we  be­
gan  to  pack,  when  we  found  nearly 
every fleece stuffed,  and not  stuffed  in  a 
clumsy  manner,  but  in  a  smart,  cute, 
thief-like manner,  well calculated  to  de­
ceive. 
I told the owner  that  we  should 
take all  the stuffings  out  if  we  packed 
the wool, or we would stop.  He said we 
might go on.  Among the wool we found 
some great, big,  clumsy  fleeces,  that  we 
were told were  put  up  by  the  Swedish 
settlers  in  Wisconsin.  1  undid  several

I 

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T ek oxsha,  April  22—Tekonsha  will 
experience a  building  boom  this season. 
Allen & Johnson  expect  to erect a brick 
block  to  be  used  in  part  as  a  bank; 
Messrs. Pratt & J.  W.  Randall  will erect 
a brick block to be used as dry goods and 
boot an shoe stores,  the upper story to be 
built and used by the  A. O.  U.  W.  lodge. 
H. N.  Randall  has  nearly  completed  a 
large building for produce and  cold stor-

The Topeka Capital has  published  re- j 
turns from many  counties  in  that  State 
showing how  the people  are  getting out 
of debt. 
It is stated  that “for  an  aver­
age  period  of  eight  and a half  months 
seventy counties of  eastern  and  central j 
Kansas report farm-mortgage  releases of 
over  $15,000,000,  and  a  net  reduction,  I 
notwithstanding renewals and new mort­
gages  and  large  purchases  of  land,  of 
$3,659,495.  A careful  estimate based on 
the  reports  received  indicates that  the 
actual  reduction  of  farm-mortgage  debt 
in seventy  counties for  eight and a half 
months  has  been  not  less  than $7,000,- 
000.”

t h e   M IC H IG A N   T H A E E S M A X
of  these  clumsy  fleeces,  and  found  in J 
Paying Kansas Mortgages.
each case three fleeces spread out on  one 
another, and not a particle of dishonesty. 
We came to the conclusion that  the  poor j 
Swede  was  yet  a  benighted  foreigner,  | 
and, consequently,  honest.  Out  of  the | 
50,000 pounds that we should have taken, I 
we  threw  out  9,000  pounds  of  stuffing 
and rubbish. 
I  told  the  owner  that  I 
was surprised that  his  local  buyers  had i 
taken  such  stuff.  He  said  they  were 
forced to take it or lose  their  trade.  So 
I concluded that they must make it up in 
price paid to the farmer. 
In view of the 
general dishonesty of the farmers in put­
ting up their wools,  and  the  general  in­
efficiency  of  local  buyers  of  wool,  I 
think you are engaged in a  praiseworthy 
work  in  trying  to  make  them  do  that 
which is  right.  But  I  am  inclined  to 
think  that  you  have  a  steady  job  be­
fore you.”
I have  personal  knowledge  as  to  this 
lot of wool  bought  in  Milwaukee,  as  I 
personally examined  it,  with  a  view  to 
buying it  before  Mr.  Walworth  bought 
it,  and his statement  is  correct.  Farm­
ers may talk tariff  until  doomsday,  but 
until they discard the  slovenly  and  dis­
honest manner of putting  up  their  wool 
as has been their custom for the past  six 
or eight years,  they must  expect  to  sell 
their  wool  cheap.  Just  refer  back  to 
Mr.  Walworth’s letter  and see  what  per 
cent,  of  waste  was  in  50,000  pounds 
of  a crack lot of  wool—9,000  pounds  or 
It  is  just  so  here 
almost 20 per  cent. 
I  have  been  a  buyer 
in  Michigan. 
over 
In  my  early 
the 
days  of  buying  Michigan  wool, 
shrinkage  by  cleansing  was 
about 
twenty-eight  per  cent. 
For  the  past 
six or eight years,  it has run 52 to 58  per 
cent. 
Is  it  any  wonder  our  Michigan 
wool has become  so  unpopular  as  it  is 
to-day?  There is no  dodging  it  when  I 
say there is no wool so little sought after 
as  Wisconsin and Michigan wool.  Refer 
again to  Mr.  Walworth’s  letter  wherein 
he says: 
“I  bought  10,000  pounds  of 
Australian unwashed at 42>£c and 10,000 
pounds of  Ohio washed  at  36>ac.”  See 
the difference:  42J£  for  unwashed,  as 
against 36% for our washed.  Why  is  it 
so?  Simply because of  the  condition  of 
our wool, and nothing  else.  Now,  how 
to remedy it?  Only  one  way. 
If  you 
wash  your  wool,  wash  it  (don’t  drive 
your sheep to some creek or lake to  drink 
and call  them  washed), or,  better  still, 
don’t  wash  at  all.  Keep  your  sheep 
clean and tag  well  before  shearing;  use 
no box to put  it  up;  use  a  small  linen 
or  hemp 
twine;  bring  your  wool  to 
market  in  the  same  condition  as  you 
would expect to buy your  sugar  or  tea, 
and you  will find  a  ready  sale  at  good 
prices, and it will  be  but  a  short  time 
when  our  domestic  wool  will 
rank 
as it should first in every market  and  be 
sought after the same as Australian wool 
is now. 

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business,  stock,  fixtures,  etc.,  In  hustling 
I city  of  Muskegon.  Reasons  for  selling,  other 
business.  A rare chance.  Address Lew W. Cod-
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OR  SALE—OUK ENTIRE  STOCK  OF  GBN- 
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I sisting of hats, caps, boots and  shoes, men’s fur­
nishing goods, hardware, crockery and groceries. 
Having finished our lumber operations, we offer 
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I a whole or  any branch of  it.  Enquire of  Chip- 
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483

489

490

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F or  sa le—a  f in e stock o f g r o c eries
and  crockery  in  good  shape  and  doing  a 
good business.  Can give  good  reasons for  sell­
ing.  Box 87, Allegan, Mich. 
F or  sa le  c h ea p —sm all  stock  o f 
hardware,  hoots  and  shoes  and  groceries, 
store  building  and  fixtures  in  the  best  new 
growing town in Northern  Michigan.  Business 
well  established.  Address  No. 490, care  Michi­
gan Tradesman. 
I ¡¡TOR SALE—NEW,  CLEAN  STOCK  OF  DRY 
-  goods.  Established trade;  good town.  Lock 
box 963. Rockford. Mich. 
SPLENDID BUSINESS CHANCE  FOR A PER- 
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established  cash  retail  and  paying  business. 
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address No. 471, care Michigan Tradesman.  471
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25years;  best  of  reasons  for  selling;  excellent 
opportunity for obtaining a good  business.  Ad­
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F or  sa le  c h ea p—a t  Lisbo n,  m ich.,  a
drug stock all complete and favorable  lease 
of store—an old  established  business.  Enquire 
of  Eaton,  Lyon  &  Co., or  Stuart  &  Knappen. 
rooms 15,16 and 17, New Houseman Block, Grand 
Rapids,  Mich. 
F o r  sa le—a  c lea n  grocery  stock,
doing a good business.  Reason for selling, 
395 
poor health.  W. L. Mead, Ionia. Mich. 
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shoes,  two-story  brick  block,  which  rents  for 
$475 annually.  Best location in town.  Address 
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463

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391

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Rapids,  Micb. 
\17ANTED—REGISTERED  DRUG  CLERK. 
Vi  Write terms,  experience,  etc.  C.  A.  Gur­
ney, Hart, Mich. 
F or  r e n t—n ic e  la r g e  l ig h t  sto re
in  brick  block  near  Fifth  avenue  at  $25, 
Jno. C. Dunton, Widdicomb  Building. 
F|  OR  SALE —GOOD  DIVIDEND - PAYING 
stocks in  banking, manufacturing  and mer 
cautile  companies.  E. A. Stowe,  100  Louis  St., 
Grand Rapids. 
■ j'ANTED—A  DRUGGIST  TO  GO  To  DEL 
ton. Barry county, Mich., and  start a drug 
store.  Living rooms  above.  Will  be ready May 
1.  For particulars address H. Arbour, Stanwood, 
Mich. 
DO YOU  USE  COUPON BOOKS ?  IF  SO, DO 
you buy of the largest manufacturers in the 
United States?  If  you do, you  are  customers of 
the Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids.
ir o n  SALE—TWO  HUNDRED  ACRKS  LAND  (160 IM- 

370

486

491

341

proved), located In the fru it belt of  Oceana coun­
ty,  Mich.  Land  fitted  for  m achinery,  good  fences, 
large  curb roof  barn  with  underground  for  stock, 
horse barn and other necessary farm  buildings.  New 
windmill furnishes w ater for house and barns.*  Eight­
een acres apple bearing orchard, also 1,000 peach trees, 
two years old, looking thrifty.  Price, 335 per acre, o r 
will exchange for stock of dry goods.  If any difference 
will pay cash.  A. Retan, Little Rock, Ark. 
OR  SALE  -  BEST  RESIDENCE  LOT  IN 
Grand Rapids, 70x175 feet, beautifully shad­
ed with  native  oaks, situated in good residence 
locality,  only 200  feet  from  e.ectric  street  car 
line.  Will sell  for $2 500 cash, or part cash, pay­
ments to suit.  E. A. Stowe, 100 Louis St. 
354
SEE HERE—GOOD  CHANCE  FOR  A  BUSl 
ness  man  or  practical  miller,  with  some 
money  to  invest  in  a  roller  mill.  Address  J. 
Wylie. Fairgrove, Mich. 
F OR  SALE — $1,100  BUYS  5-ROOM  HOUSE 
and  corner lot  within  ten  minutes walk of 
post office.  W.  A. Stowe. 100 Louis St. 
■ ANTED — REGISTERED  DRUG  CLERK.
Write particulars as to experience and sal­
ary expected.  L. A. Scoville, Clarksville, Mich.
OR  SALE—11-ROOM  HOUSE IN GOOD  LO- 
cation, within ten  minutes  walk of  Monroe 
St.  Price, $3,200.  W. A. Stowe. 100 Louis St.  470
■TANTED — A  GOOD  SHOE  SALESMAN 
who can  give good  references.  No  other 
need apply.  G. C. Yonker, Muskegon. Mich.  482
F OR SALE—320 ACRES OF LAND  IN HAYES 
county. Neb.  Will  sell  cheap  or  trade  for 
a stock of merchandise.  A. W. Prindle, Owosso,
Mich.___________ _________________ 480
ANTED—GOOD  LOCATION  FOR  MEAT 
market.  Address  II  H ,  care  Michigan
TANTED—REGISTERED  PHARMACIST— 
'  lady preferred.  Geo.  C. Rounds, Vickery- 

______________________ 479

Tradesman. 

469

492

viUe, Mien. 

481

TEDE  MICHIGLAN  TRAJDESMAJ^T

14
D ru gs 0  M edicines»

State Board of Pharmacy.

O ne  T e a r—Ja c o b   Jesso n ,  M uskegon.
Tw o  Y ear»—Ja m e s Y e m o r, D e tro it.
T h re e   T e a rs—O ttm a r E b e rb a c h , A nn  A rb o r 
F o u r Y e ars—G eorge G u n d ru m . Io n ia.
F iv e Y e ars—C. A, Bugrbee,  C heboygan.
P re sid e n t—Ja c o b   Jesso n , M uskegon.
S ec re ta ry —Ja s .  Y e rn o r. D e tro it.
T re a su re r—Geo. G u ndrnm , Io n ia .
r  M eetings  fo r  1S92 — S ta r  Isla n d  
M arq u ette,  A ug. 31;  L an sin g ,  N ovem ber 1.

(D etro it),  J u ly   5; 

Michigan  State  Pharmaceutical  Ass’n. 
P re sid e n t—B . G. C olem an, K alam azoo. 
V ice-P residents—S.  E.  P a rk ill.  O w osso,  L.  P au ley , St.
Ig n a c e ;  A. S. P a rk e r, D e tro it.
S ec re ta ry —Mr. P a rso n s, D e tro it.
T re a su re r—W m   D upont, D e tro it.
E x ec u tiv e C om m ittee—F. J. W u rzb u rg ,  G ran d  R ap id s;
F ra n k   In g lis  a n d   G.  W .  S trin g e r,  D e tro it;  C.  E. 
i— | W ebb, Jac k so n .
N ext p lac e  o f  m ee tin g —G ran d   R apids, A ug. 2,3 a n d  1. 
L ocal S ec re ta ry —Jo h n   D. M uir._______________________
G r a n d   R a p i d s   P h a r m a c e u t i c a l   S o c i e t y .  
P re sid e n t. W . R. Je w e tt,  S e c re ta ry ,  F ra n k  H . E sco tt, 
R eg u la r M eetings—F ir s t W ednesday ev e n in g  o f M arcb 
Ju n e , Septe m b e r a n d  D ecem ber.
Grand Rapids Drug Clerks’ Association, 
re sid e n t, F . D. K ip p ;  S e c re ta ry , W. C. S m ith.

Detroit Pharmaceutical Society. 

P re sid e n t, F . R o h n e rt;  S e c re ta ry ,  J. P .  R h e in fra n k .
Muskegon  D rag Clerks’  Association. 

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

The  time of  the  year  having  arrived 
when this insecticide  incites the  interest 
of  its  distributors as well  as the  manu­
facturers,  speculatiou  as  to  the possible 
action of  the  Paris Green Association or 
its policy lor the season  is naturally rife.
Last year,  while the price was uniform 
it was low, sales  were limited  somewhat 
by  the  fact  that  many  distributors  had 
carried  stock  over  from  the  previous 
year, and it is thought  by some  that this 
will  be  the  condition  of  affairs  during 
and throughout the present season.  The 
members  of  the  association,  always  se­
cretive.  have as usual  nothing  to  say on 
the  subject,  which  is taken as  an indica­
tion  that  they  themselves  are  awaiting 
developments.
As  iast  year, communication has  been 
had  with customers by each manufacturer 
asking  what  amouut  of  green  will  be 
needed to supply  wants,  and  the  replies 
as far  as  known  seem to indicate  much 
the condition  noticeable last  spring,  the 
outlook  therefore  being  in  favor  of  a 
similar market for this year.
The  season  is  so  short  on  this  com­
modity, that if  money be made, it  has to 
be  done  promptly, but  of  late  years  a 
number  have gone into the  manufacture 
and  there  are  said  to  be  so  great  a 
variety of  qualities that  it  is  more diffi­
cult than  ever  to  keep  prices  at  such a 
level that fair profits may be made.  Com­
petition is generally  sharp,  and  between 
numerous  makers, the  dealers  naturally 
abstain  from  making  any contracts  for 
the  season or even  large purchases until 
they feel  assured  that  they  are  getting 
figures somewhere near the bottom price, 
or  orders  begin  to  come in to an  extent 
compelling  them  to  buy.  Nothing  cer­
tain can  be  assured  at  this  writing  re­
garding the possibilities of price, but the 
indications are that  they  will not  be far 
removed  from  those of  last  year,  and as 
manufacturers have not made the amount 
of  green  they  have  in  former  years  in 
preparation  for  the  season,  it  is  quite 
likely  that  as  good  contract  prices  for 
the season’s  supply can  be  made now as 
later.

Attacked the Wrong Dog.

F ro m  th e  P h ila d e lp h ia  R ecord,

There  was  a  tremendous  rumpus  and 
excitement in a prominent drug  store  on 
Chestnut street  near  Twelfth,  yesterday 
afternoon.  A  fair  maid,  strolling  down 
the street with  a  large  mastiff,  stopped 
in  the  store  for  soda.  The  place  was 
crowded,  and among the crowd were  two 
other ladies with two other dogs.
The  other  dogs  were  considerably 
smaller than the mastiff,  but by  a  light­
ning calculation they decided that by com­
bining forces they might  take  a  fall  out 
of  him. 
Instantly  acting,  the  rumpus 
began.
In one-fifth the space* of  time  it  takes 
to write it the air was filled  with  snarls, 
yelps,  barks,  growls,  dog-hair,  female 
shrieks,  children’s  howls  and  screams, 
soda water, muffs,  small  packages,  and 
male  profanity.  Women  and  children 
clambered upon the counters or  fled  into 
the  street;  the  clerks  and  soda  water 
boys grabbed the  fighting  dogs,  and  the

big  mastiff  was  dragged  out  upon  the 
pavement,  where  a  crowd  had  already 
gathered.
Seeing his mistress on the  outskirts  of 
the crowd,  the mastiff  gave  a  bound  to­
ward  her  and  hurled  an  old  gentleman 
and a small girl flat on their backs.  The 
crowd scattered as if it had been  an  egg 
thrown  against a barn door,  the  big  dog 
barked  loudly,  and  the  old  gentleman 
grew red in the face  in  his  efforts  to  do 
verbal justice to  his  feelings.  The  ex­
citement lasted until a reserve policeman 
came up and asked what the  matter  was 
and was told nine  different stories,  all of 
which were wrong.
Inside  the  damage  was  computed  at 
six broken  tumblers,  five  or  six  dresses 
ruined by soda water  stains, and  a  hnge 
bowl of fresh eggs rendered valueless  by 
being sat in  by  a  fat  baby,  which  was 
placed  there  by  its  mother  during  the 
first outbreak of  the excitment.  One  of 
the small dogs  had  about  a  half  pound 
of meat bitten out of him  by the big  one.

Fighting  Fire  With  Fire.

F rom   th e   C hicago  D rug  R eview .
The  Chicago  retail  druggists  are  de­
veloping  their  plans  for  fighting  the 
Economical  (cut-prices)  Drug  Co.,  when 
it shall be  established  in  business  next 
month,  and  a  charter  has  already  been 
granted  the  Chicago  Peoples  Drug Co., 
with a capital stock of $100,000.  It is said 
that nearly every druggist in Chicago has 
promised to buy more or less stock of the 
company to aid it  in  killing a dangerous 
rival, even if  they should  not make  any 
money themselves on the  enterprise. 
It 
does seem a rather  doubtfully-wise  plan 
to  go  into  the  price-cutting  bnsiness, 
when they are so opposed to it,  and have 
been trying  so  long  to root out the evil, 
but there are occasions when heroic treat­
ment  may  be  necessary  in  business as 
well  as in  surgery, and  it  may  be  that 
this is one of  those  occasions.  We trust 
that this competition in the way of prices 
will  not  lead  to  deterioration  in  drugs 
sold,  for,  as  we  understand  it, the  cut­
ting is to be on  legitimate  drugs  as well 
as specialties and this we  fear will cover 
prescriptions, and, as it would, of course, 
be the very poor who would mostly avail 
themselves  of  the  low  prices  for  com­
pounding prescriptions and for legitimate 
drugs,  it is  hard  to see  how the tempta­
tion to buy impure and adulterated drugs, 
or to substitute inferior remedies  for the 
proper one can be avoided in such a war. 
In this case the  public  would  suffer and 
much  physical  damage  be  done,  while 
people  whose  lives  depended  upon  the 
proper remedy would be exposed to most 
extreme  danger.  There  may  be  some 
other way  of  preventing  the  cutting  of 
prices, if it can be prevented, and for the 
safety of the public  as well as  the trade 
the Review hopes that  legitimate cutting 
may be done away with before the results 
above referred to shall have taken place.

Quinine is Very Cheap Now.

F ro m  th e  P h ila d e lp h ia   R ecord.
Perhaps no drug  known  to medicine is 
more  generally  used  than  quinine,  and 
certainly  none  presents  such  a  wide 
difference  in  price  as  the  quinine  sold 
six years ago and that sold now.  At that 
time  nearly all  the  cinchona  bark,  from 
which  it  is  extracted,  was brought from 
South  America, subject  to  heavy import 
duty.  But  the  duty was  taken  off,  and 
this marked the first big decline in price. 
Before  that  time it sold  for  about a dol­
lar an ounce.
Shortly  after  this  English  capitalists 
concluded that  the bark  could  be grown 
in India  as  well  as  in  South  America, 
and  large  plantations  were  purchased. 
The  climate  and  soil  suited  admirably, 
and,  by  scientific culture,  the  yield  was 
greatly increased.  From  India  the bark 
is  largely  shipped  to  England  and  the 
quinine  extracted,  being  sent  here  in 
crystals.  Because  of  the  taking  off  of 
the  duty and  the  largely increased  sup­
ply,  the  price  in  quantities  of  10,000 
ounces is about  twenty cents  per  ounce.
Some  time  ago  the  rumor  of  a  big 
foreign trust caused the price to advance 
several  cents, but it dropped,  and is now 
lower than before.

Use Tradesman Coupon Boohs.

THE  FOLDING  BED.

Modern  Inventions  at  a  Discount  in 

One  Family.

wasn’t it? ”

The  salesman  with red  whiskers  and 
an eight-day smile,  who was  sitting near 
the door  of  a local  furniture  store  the 
other afternoon,  received a disagreeable 
surprise.
He  was  occupying  an oak hall  chair 
marked down to $4, and  idly, wondering 
whether  business  for  the  day  wasn’t 
about over,  when the  door opened and  a 
small man hurried  in,  located  the  sales­
man in  the marked-down  chair and  said 
briefly:
“Sold  me a  folding  bed  on  Monday, 
didn’t  you?”
“Quite likely I did, sir.”
“Regular  A1  modern  improved  bed, 
“Undoubtedly a first-class  article.” 
“Believe  you  said no house was com­
plete without  one—bed,  washstand,  bu­
reau  and  writing  desk  combined,  and 
looked  like  a  pianner  besides,  didn’t 
you? ”
“Thiuk I did.  Anything  wrong? ”  in­
quired the salesman,  uneasily. *
“You  said  old-fashioned  double  beds 
had gone out of style,  didn’t you?”
“That is  surely  quite  true,”  said  the 
salesman,  soothingly.
“You said,” continued the man,  ignor­
ing the suggestion, “that if a man bought 
one of them folding beds,  he didn’t  need 
another  stick of  furniture  in  the room 
but a chair and a spittoon.  Didn’t yer?” 
“I might have  suggested  the value of 
the article? ”
“Hey?”
“1 say I  might have  said something of 
the sort.”
“Well,  you did.  1 was  fool  enough to 
buy  one  of  them  beds. 
It’s  up at my 
house  now.  Me and my  wife  has lived 
on that combination  business  one night, 
and now it’s the bed or we get out.” 

“What’s the trouble?”
“Well,  you  see, the  thing  you  call  a 
bed only got there  yesterday  afternoon, 
and my wife and 1 spent the evening see­
ing how it worked.  She was  kinder shy 
of the thing till the young  lady from the 
next house  thought  it was a pianer,  and 
was  took  in  tryin’ 
to  play  ‘Hogan’s 
Alley’ on them  fake keys.  That  tickled 
my wife, and  she  said  there was a good 
deal to the critter, after  all.  So she  put 
four of  her dresses  into  the  drawers in 
the bureau half,  and I fixed  up  the wash 
pitcher and basin  on the  washstand sec­
tion,  and later in  the evening I filled  up 
the  ink-well  and  wrote  a letter  on  the 
desk  part  to  Deacon  Hodson,  and  my 
wife made up the bed.  We  don’t like to 
sleep  facin’ east, so  she  made up  with 
pillows at foot-board  and  we turned  in 
I reckon I’d  been  asleep about  an  hour 
when I was woke up by my wife nudgin.’ 
“ ‘Willyum,’  says  she  in  a  whisper, 
‘I’ve had  the  realest  dream I ever had. 
I dreampt I was out swimmin’ in a round 
pond,  and  on  the  shore  was two pigs a 
snortin’ and  gurglin’ so loud  they woke 
I was a  splashin’—
me up. 
“ ‘Macrgrit,  do  yon  smell  something 
gueer?’ says I,  interruptin.’
“No,’  says  she,  ‘mebbe  its  the  new 
bed.’
“  ‘Taint bed,’ says I,  ‘it’s a sour,  vine­
gary smell,  and  besides,  says  I,  sort  of 
scared,  “there’s  something  wet  on  my 
ear.’
“With  that I jumped  out  of  bed  and 
lit np.  Well,  sir, my wife give a screech, 
jumped  clear  across  the  room,  and ran 
out into the hall.
“ ‘Lord  sakes,  Willyum,—if  you  are 
him,’ says she  through  the  crack of the 
door,  ‘are you sick or what is it? ’
“ ‘What ails you, carryin’ on  like that,’ 
says I, gettin’ kinder mad.
“ ‘Ails me,’  says she,  ‘look at yourself, 
you  nightmare.’
“Well, sir, you  should  have seed  me. 
I reckon the whole half-pint of ink I had 
put into  the ink-well in the desk section 
of that bed had got on me.  My head was 
all ink except my  nose  and  my left ear^ 
There  was  ink  on  my  hair  and ink on 
my  night  clothes,  till  I  looked  like  a 
dirty  pen-wiper  on legs. 
It took fifteen 
minutes  to  get  my  wife  back  into the 
room,  and then we found out that wasn’t 
all.  One  of  us  must  have  turned over 
heavy  in  oar  sleep,  and  squashed  the

pitcher in  the  washstand section,  and  it 
had filled  the  bureau  half, till I reckon 
there was a gallon of water in the second 
drawer, on my wife’s best dress.”
“You seem  to  have  had a nice,  quiet 
time,”  returned  the  salesman,  foolishly 
attempting the genially humorous.
“Nice,  quiet time,  hey,” exclaimed the 
small  man  excitedly,  “mebbe  goin’  to 
bed  with  an  ink  bottle  and  standin’ 
round in  the  sun  next day with salts of 
lemon on  your  head  to  bleach  oat  the 
smootches  is  your  idea of  a nice  time. 
Taint mine. 
I haven’t  come  in  here  to 
kick,  but  I  don’t  want  no  foolishness 
about this.  Me and my wife have agreed 
that if you’ll exchange that folding busi­
ness  for  a good  plain  bed  we’ll  call 
square;  will yer?”

‘likely’  about 

“Very likely we can,  sir.”
“Taint  no 

it,  man; 
you’ve  got  to,” shouted  the  little  man, 
getting rapidly excited.  “I won’t spend 
another night strewin’  my  shape around 
on fake  pianners  and  washstands.  We 
want  the  genuine  article  now,  and  no 
more  foolishness. 
I’ve  been  perlite  so 
far, but this aint my day for  pokin’  fun. 
Mebbe there’s  people in  this  town likes 
to sleep on a monkey business bed,  but I 
want a bed,  a plain  bed,  with  four  legs 
and slats,  even if I have to  dress  on the 
mantelpiece  and  eat on the fire  escape.”
It is a bad memory that retains  all  the 
bad stories and mud jokes brought  to  it, 
and lets the sands  of  gold  slip  through 
and be lost in the sea of oblivion.

St a t e o f Oh io , Cit t  o f T o le d o ,  I

f “  '

L uca s Co u n ty 

F r a n k   J .  C h e n e y   makes  oath  that  he is the 
senior partner of the firm of F. J. C h e n e y  & Co., 
doing business in the city ol Toledo, county and 
state  aforesaid, and  that said  firm will  pay the 
sum  of  ONE  HUNDRED  DOLLARS  for  each 
and  every case of  catarrh  that cannot be cured 
by the use of H a ll’s Ca t a r r h  C u b e .

Sworn  to  before  me  and  subscribed  in  my 

FRANK  J.  CHENEY.
presence, this 6th day of December, A D, 1886.
j 
I 
I 8BAL  j 
Hall’s Catarrh  Cure is taken  internally and acts 
directly on the blood  and  mucuous  surfaces of 
the system.  Send for testimonials, free.
F  J  CHENEY  &  CO,  Toledo, O 
IS^Sold by druggists, 75c. 

49
G Z 2T S S 2T G   H O O T .

A  W GLEASON,

Notary Public.

W e p ay th e h ig h est price fo r It.  Address

D P n ir   P U  HQ  Wholesale  Druggist* 
rJllU lA   D i IU Ö m  GRAND  RAFTDS

BDY  THE  PENINSDLAR

Once and You aie our Customer 

for life.

STANTON, MOREY & C0„ Mlrs.

DETROIT, MICH.

G e o .  F . O w e n , Salesman  for Western  Michigan, 

Residence, 59 N.  Union St., Grand  Rapids.

From Boston  and  New York  on 
Shoe Dressing when you can  buy 
it  of  HIRTH  &  KRAUSE  at

ALMA,  [Large size].

A  Rug  with  each  gross,  $22.80.  Sh  e 
Stool with two gross.  An assorted  gross 
of the above dressing, $22.80.

HIRTH  &  KRAUSE,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

TETE  MT CH I G A N   T R A D E SM A N ,

W h olesale  P r ic e   C u rre n t•

Advanced—Oil pennyroyal, celery seed, lupulin.
Declined—Tartaric acid, balsam  copaiba, gum opium, oil  cajiput, quicksilver, manna, turpentine.

ACIDUM.

Acetlcum.....................  
8® 10
Benzolcum  German..  60®  65
Boraclc 
....................  
30
Carbolicum.................   22© 30
Citrlcum.....................   55® 60
Hydrochlor................  3®  5
Nltrocum 
...................  10® 12
Oxalicum.....................  10® 12
Phosphorium dll........ 
20
Salicylicum.................1 30@1 70
Snlphurlcum................  15£@ 5
Tannicum....................1  40@1 60
Tartaricum.................  33®  35

AMMONIA.

s  

Aqua, 16  deg..............  3%®  5
20  deg................5V4®  7
Carbonas  ...................  12®  14
Chlorldum.................  12®  14

ANILINE.

Black........................... 2 00®2 25
Brown...........................  80@1 00
Red.............................   45©  50
Tellow........................ 2 50@3 00'

BACCAB.

Cubeae (po  75)........  75®  80
Juniperos..................   8®  10
Xantnoxylum............   25®  30

BALSAMUM.

Copaiba......................  45®  50
Peru............................  @1  30
Terabln, C anada......   35®  40
Tolutan......................  35®  50

CORTEX.

Abies,  Canadian.................  18
Casslae  ...............................  H
Cinchona Flava  .................   18
Euonymus  atropurp...........  30
Myrica  Cerifera, po............   20
Prunus Vlrglnl....................  12
QuUlala,  grd.......................  12
Sassafras  ............................  14
Ulmus Po (Ground  12)........  10

EXTRA CTUM.

Glycyrrhlza  Glabra...  24®  25
po...........  33®  35
Haematox, 15 lb. box..  11®  12
Is..............  13®  14
Viz............   14®  15
Viz............  16®  17
FERRUM.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Carbonate Preclp........  ®  16
Citrate and Qulnla....  @3 50
Citrate  Soluble...........  ®  80
Ferrocyanidum Sol —   @  80
Solut  Chloride...........  ®  15
Sulphate,  com’l .........   1H@ 
jj
pure............  ®  <

“ 

Arnica.......................  22®  25
Anthemlz..................   25®  30
25®  30
Matricaria 

 

FLORA.

 
FOLIA.

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Barosma 
Cassia  Acutifol,  Tin- 

...................  20®  75
_
nivelly....................  25®  28
Alx.  35®  50
Salvia  officinalis,  Vis 
_   „
and  vis....................  12®  15
UraUrsl......................  S@  10
@  80
®  55 
“  40 
25 
80 
60 
12 50

s u m m i.
Acacia, 1st  picked.
2d 
“ 
“  3d 
.
sifted sorts
" 
M  po..............
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)
“  Cape, (po.  20)

60®
50®

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Socotri, (po.  60) 
Catechu, Is, (Vis, 14 Ms.
@
16).....................   • 
Ammnnlae.................  55®
Assafcetlda, (po. 35)...  35®
Benzolnum.................  50®
Camphor»..................   50®
Euphorbium  po  ........  35®
Gafbanum.  ...............   ®3
Gamboge,  po..............  70®
Guaiacum,  (po  30)  ...  @
Kino,  (po.  30)............   @
M astic.......................   ®
Myrrh, (po. 45)...........  ®
Opil.  (po  2 70)...........1  65@1
Shellac  ......................  25®
bleached........  30®
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Tragacanth................  30®
herba—In ounce packages.
Absinthium.........................
Bupatorlum.........................
Lobelia.................................
Majorum.............................
Mentha  Piperita.................
“  V lr.........................
Rue.......................................
Tanacetum, V......................
Thymus,  V..........................
Calcined, Pat..............  55®
Carbonate,  Pat...........  20®
Carbonate, K. &  M —   20® 
Carbonate, Jennlng5..  35® 

MAGNESIA

OLEUM.

Absinthium.................3 50®4
Amygdalae, Dulc........  45®
Amyaalae, Amarae— 8 00@8
A nisi........................... 1 75@1
Auranti  Cortex...........3 00@3
Bergamll  ...................3 75®4
Cajiputi.................... 
60®
Caryophylll................  75®
Cedar  .........................  35®
Chenopodil...............   ®1
Clnnamonll.................1 20®1
Cltronella..................   ®
Conlum  Mac..............  35®
Copaiba  .................... 1  10©i

Cubebae..................   .  @  6 P0
Exechthltos..............  2 50@2 75
Erlgeron.....................2 25@ J 50
Gaultherla..................2 00@2 10
Geranium,  ounce......   @  75
Gosslpll,  Sem. gal......  50®  re
Hedeoma  ...................1  60@1  70
Junlperi......................  50@2 00
Lavendula.................  90©2 00
Llmonls......  .............2 75®3 25
Mentha Piper...............2 75®3 50
Mentha Verid............. 2 20®2 30
Morrhuae, gal..............1  00@1 10
Myrcia, ounce............   @  50
Olive..........................   80©2 75
Plcl8 Liquida, (gal..35)  10®  12
Ricini.......................... 1  08@1 24
Rosmarini............  
75@1  00
Rosae, ounce..............  @6 50
Succlnl.......................  40®  45
Sabina.......................   90@1  00
Santal  ....................... 3 50®7 00
Sassafras....................  50®  55
Slnapls, ess, ounce__  @  65
Tlglfl..........................  @  90
Thyme.......................  40®  50
opt  ...............   ®  60
Theobromas...............   15®  20

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POTASSIUM.

BlCarb.......................  15®  18
Bichromate...............   13®  14
Bromide....................  25®  27
Carb............................  12®  15
Chlorate  (po. 18)........  16®  18
Cyanide......................  50®  55
Iodide..........................2 86®2 90
Potassa, Bitart,  pure..  26®  30
Potassa, Bitart, com...  ®  15
Potass Nitras, opt......  8®  10
Potass Nitras.............. 
7®  9
Pressiate....................  28®  30
Sulphate  po...............   15®  18

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Aconltum...................  20®  25
Althae.........................  25®  30
Anchusa....................  12®  15
Arum,  po....................  @  25
Calamus......................  20®  40
Gentlana,  (po. 15)......   10®  12
Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15)..  16®  18 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 40)...................  @  35
Hellebore,  Ala,  po__  15®  20
Inula,  po....................  15®  20
Ipecac, po..................2 50@2 60
Iris plox (po. 35@38)..  35®  40
Jalapa,  pr..................   42®  45
Maranta,  J£s...  ........  @  35
Podophyllum, po........  15®  18
Rhel............................  75®1  00
“  cut.....................   @1  75
“  pv.......................  75@1  35
SpigellR.....................   48®  53
Sanguinarla, (po  25)..  @  20
Serpen taria .................  35®  40
Senega.......................  45®  50
Simllax, Officinalis,  H  @ 40
M  ©  20
Seillae, (po. 35)...........  10®  12
Symplocarpus,  Foetl-
dns,  po............ .......  @ 35
Valeriana, Eng. (po.30)  @  25
German...  15®  20
inglber a ..................   12®  15
Zingiber  j .............. 
18®  22
SEMEN.
Anlsum,  (po.  20).. 
..  @ 15
Aplum  (graveleons)..  33®  35
Bird, Is..................  
4®  6
Carol, (po. 18)............  
8®  12
Cardamon..................1  00@1  25
Corlandrum...............   10®  12
Cannabis Satira.........   3Vi®4
Cydonlum..................   75@1  00
Cnenopodlum  ...........  10®  12
Dlpterfx Odorate........ 2 25@2 35
Poenlculum...............   @  15
Foenugreek,  po.........   6®  8
L in i............................4  @ 4 Vi
Lini, grd,  (bbl. 3Vi)...  4  @ 4)4
Lobelia  ......................  35®  40
Pharlarls Canarian  ...  3Vi@ 4V4
Rapa..........................   6®  7
Slnapls,  Albu............   8®  9
Nigra...........  11®  12

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

SPONSES.

Florida  sheeps’  wool
carriage  ................. 2 25®2 50
Nassau  sheeps’  wool
carriage  ................. 
2 00
Velvet  extra  sheeps’
wooi  carriage.........  
1  10
Bxtra  yellow  sheeps’
85
carriage................... 
Grass sheeps’ wool car­
riage ....................... 
65
Hard for  slate  use—  
75
Yellow Reef, for  slate 
140
u se..........................  

STRUTS.

A ccada...............................  50
Zingiber  .............................   50
Ipecac..................................  60
Burri  Iod.............................   50
Auranti  Cortes....................  56
Rhel  Arom..........................   50
Simllax  Officinalis..............  60
Co........  50
Senega................................   50
SclUae..................................  50
Tolutan......
Prunus  rirg

Co.

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TINCTURES.
Aconltum  Napellls R. 
F.
Aloes..........................
and myrrh........
Arnica.......................
Asafœtida..................
Atrope Belladonna__
Benzoin......................
“  Co.................
Sanguinaria...............
Barosma....................
Cantharides...............
Capsicum..................
Ca damon..................
Co...............
Castor.........................
Catechu....................
Cinchona  ..................
Co........... ...
Columba....................
Conlum.....................
Cubeba.......................
Digitalis....................
Ergot..........................
Gentian..................   .
“  Co..................
Guaica.......................
ammon...........
“ 
Zingiber....................
Hyoscyamus..............
Iodine.......................
“  Colorless.........
Ferrl  Chlorldum........
K ino..........................
Lobelia.......................
Myrrh.........................
Nux  Vomica..............
Opil............................
“  Camphorated......
“  Deodor...............
Auranti Cortex...........
Quassia.....................
Rhatany  ....................
Rhel............................
Cassia  Acutifol.........
Co....
Serpentaria...............
Stram onium ..................
Tolutan....................
Valerian..................
Veratrum Veride........

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MISCELLANEOUS.

Æther, Spts  Nit, 3 F .. 26® 28
“ 
‘ 
“  4 F .. 30® 32
Alumen..................... 2 M® 3
ground,  (po.
“ 
7)............................. m55@
4
Annatto......................
60
4® 5
Antimoni, po..............
et Potass T. 55® 60
“ 
Antipyrln..................
@1  40 
Antifebrln..................
@  25 
Argentl  Nitras, ounce
@  60 
Arsenicum.................
5®  7
55®  60
Balm Gilead  Bud__
Bismuth  S.  N............ 2 10@2 20
Calcium Chlor, Is, (Vis
11; *s,  12)............
Cantharides  Russian,
po........................
@1  20 
@  22 
Capsid  Froctus, af...
po.
®  25 
B po.
©   20 
10®  12 
Caryophyilus, (po.  14)
Carmine,  No. 40.........
@3 75
Cera Alba, S. & F ......  50®  55
Cera Flava.................  38®  40
Coccus.......... ............  ®  40
Cassia Froctus..........   @  22
Centrarla....................  ©  10
Cetaceum...................  @  40
Chloroform...............   60®  63
squlbbs..  @1  25
Chloral Hyd Crst........1  25®1  50
Chondrus...................  20®  25
Clnchonidlne, P.  i f
  15®  20
German 3  ®  12 
Corks,  list,  dls.  per
60
cent  ...................... 
Creasotum...............   @  50
Creta, (bbl. 75)
“  prep......
“  preclp...
11  Rubra...

U®

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“ 

35 
Crocus ...................
Cudbear.................
®  24 
■  6 
Cupri Sulph..................  5 @
Dextrine....................  10®
12 
70
Ether Sulph................  68®
Bmery,  all  numbers..  ®
po..................   @  6
Brgota,  (po.)  65 .........   60®  65
Flake  White..............  12®  15
Galla..........................  ®  23
Gambler.....................   7  @  8
Gelatin,  Cooper.........   ©  70
French...........  40®  60
“ 
Glassware  flint,  75 and 2V4. 
by box 70
Glue,  Brown..............  9®  15
"  White...............   13®  25
Glycerlna...................15Vi®  20
Grana Paradlsl..........   ®  22
Humulus....................  25®  55
Hydraag  Chlor  Mite..  ®  90
“  Cor__   @ 80
Ox Rubrum  @1  C O
Ammoniatl..  @1  10
Unguentum.  45®  55
Hydrargyrum............   @  65
Ichthyobolla, Am. 
.1  25®1  50
Indigo...........................  75@1 00
Iodine,  Resubl...........3 75@3 85
Iodoform....................  @4  70
Lupulin......................  45©  50
Lycopodium..............  55®  t>0
M ads.........................  75®  80
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
drarg Iod.................  @  27
Liquor Potass Arslnitls  10®  12
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
1V4).......................... 
2®  8
Mannia,  8. F  ...........  30©33

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V oes................ 

Seldlltz  Mixture........  @  24
Slnapls.......................   @  18
‘‘  opt..................   ®  30
Snnff,  Maccaboy,  De
  @  35
Snnff, Scotch, De. Voes  @  35 
Soda Boras, (po. 11).  .  10®  11 
Soda  et Potass Tart...  27®  30
Soda Carb.................  1V4®  2
Soda,  Bl-Carb............   ®  5
Soda,  Ash.................... 3V4®  4
Soda, Sulphas............   @  2
Spts. Ether C o...........  50®  55
“  Myrcia  Dom......  @2 re
“  Myrcia Imp........  @3 00
•’  Vlnl  Reel.  bbl.
....7 .........................2 21@2 31
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia Crystal......   @1  30
Sulphur, Subl..............3  @4
“  Roll..............  2X@ 3V4
Tamarinds................. 
8®  10
Terebenth Venice......  28®  30
Theobromae.............. 38  @  43
Vanilla..................... 9 00@16 00
Zincl  Sulph...............   7®  8

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S. N.  Y.  Q. &

Morphia,  S. P. & W .. .1  80®2 05 
C. Co......................1 70®1  95
Moschus Canton........  @ 40
Myristica, No. 1....   70® 
75
Nux Vomica, (po 20)..  @  10
Os.  Sepia...............   18® 
20
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
Co............................  @2 00
PIcis Llq, N.*C., Vi gal
doz  .........................  @2 00
PIcis Llq., quarts......  @1  00
pints.........   ®  85
Pll Hydrarg,r(po. 80)..  @ 50
Piper  Nigra, (po. 22)..  @ 1
Piper Alba, (po g5)....  @  3
Pix Burgun...........  @ 
7
Plumb! A cet.........  14® 
15
Pulvis Ipecac et opil. .1  10@1  20 
Pyrethrom,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., doz......  @125
35
Pyrethrom,  pv......  30® 
Quasslae...............   8® 
10
34
Qulnla, S. P. & W..  29® 
S.  German_20  @ 
30
Rubla  Tlnctoram..  12® 
14
Saccharam Lactls pv.  @ 28
Salacln...................... 1  75@1  85
Sanguis  Draconls.  40® 
50
Sapo,  W.................  12® 
14
M...... x..........  10® 
12
“  G...................  @ 
15

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paints. 

Llndseed,  boiled  ___  44 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
Spirits Turpentine__  40 

15
47
strained..................  50  66
45
bbl.  lb.
Red  Venetian.............. lj£  2©3
Ochre,yellow  Mars...  1M  2®4
“ 
Ber........13£  2@3
Putty,  commercial__2*£  2Vi®3
“  strictly  pure......2'vi  2R@3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican ..........................  
13@16
Vermilion,  English__ 
70@75
Green,  Peninsular...... 
70@75
Lead,  red......................7  @7Vi
“  w hite................. 7  @7V4
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gilders’........  @96
White, Paris  American 
1  0 
Whiting  Paris  Eng.
1 40
Pioneer Prepared Paintl  20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
Paints.....................1 00@1 20
No. 1 Turp  Coach__ 1  10@1  20
Extra Turp................ 160@1  70
Coach  Body...............2 75®3 00
No. 1 Turp Furn....... 1  00®1  10
Entra Turk Damar__1  55@1 60
t u t p ............................ 
70®7

Cliff..............................  

VARNISHES.

OILS.

Whale, winter...........  70 
Lard,  extra...............   55 
Lard, No.  1...............   45
Linseed, pure raw  ...  41

Bbl.  Gal
70
60
56  Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
44 

H A Z B B T IN B

&  P R R K I N S

Importera and Jobber* «6

D R U G   C O .
D R U G S
PATENT MEDICINES
Paints, Oils  Varnishes.

CHEMICALS  AND

DEALERS  Of

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GINS,WINDS,  R U M S .

We adì Llqnon for MedBdnal Purposes only.
We give oer Personal Attention to Mail Orders and Gears« tee Aatlstaottoo. 
ah orders are Stripped «si Invoiced the same day sn receive ¿hem.  Bead In » 

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GRAND RAPIDS.  MICH.

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

G ro c e ry   P ric e   C urrent*

The  quotations given below are such as are  ordinarily offered  buyers who pay promptly 

and  buy  in  full  packages.

COUPON  PASS  BOOKS.

(Can  be  made to represent any 
denomination  from $10 down. 1 
20 books.........................$ 1 00
50
2 00
1UU 
.......................
......................... 6 25
250  “ 
......................... 10 00
500  “ 
......................... 17 50
1000  “ 

MINCE  MEAT

Peas.

Sago.

Wheat.

Green,  bu..
Split  per  lb
German —
East India..
Cracked......

...... 1  40
......3 00
....  4
....  5

5

CLOTHES PINS.

5 gross boxes...................... 40

COCOA  SHELLS.

351b  bags......................  @3
Less quantity...............   @354
Pound  packages..........0)4 @7

CONDENSED MILK.
4 doz. in case.

Eagle................................ 7 40
Crown............................... 6 25
8 00
Genuine  Swiss.................
American Swiss............
7 00

6 00
5 50
9 00
8 00
6 00

Cook’s  Favorite.

AXLE GREASE.
Aurora.................... 55
Diamond................. 50
81
Frazer’s ..................
75
Mica.......................
55
Paragon 
...............
BAKING  POWDER.
Acme.
45
M lb. cans, 3 doz —
85
H lb.  “ 
2  “ 
. ...
.  1 00
1  “  ......
lib .  “ 
10
Bulk........................
Arctic.
60
M S> cans.................
.  1  20
...............
KD  “ 
.  2 00
1  B>  “ 
......................
.  9 60
5  B>  “ 
...............
100 M lb cans....................  12 00
100 
lb cans....................  12 00
100 54 lb cans....................  12 00
2 doz 1 ib cans....................  9 60
(tankard pitcher with each can) 
per doz
90 
1  33 ; 
oz 
1  90 
.2 47 
.3 75 
.1  75 
11  40 
18 25 
21  60 
41  80

(101 pieces colored glass)
(131 pieces of crystal glass)
(luG hdl cups and saucers)

pgPRICfîS
CREAM
baking
powder
J s i n a t

Dime cans
4- 
6-oz 
3-oz 
12-oz 
16-oz 
2fc-lb 
li b
5- lb 
10-lb

T)r. Price’s.

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Red Star, 5* lb  cans.........
.........
..........
Telfer’s,  54 lb. cans, doz.
“

54 
“ 
IB)  “ 
541b.  « 
i i b .  
“
Victor.
4 d o z ...............
2 doz____
BATH  BRICK.

b oz cans 
9  “
16

40 
SO 
1  50 
45 
85 
1  50
80 
1  20 
.  2 00

2 dozen in case.

 

 

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Soz 

bluing. 

English...............................  90
Bristol................ 
SO
 
Domestic.............................   70
Gross
Arctic, 4 oz  ovals..............   4 00
“ 
“  pints,  round........... 10 50
“  No. 2, sifting box...  2 75
“  No. 3, 
...  4 00
“  No. 5, 
...8  00
“  1 oz ball  ...................4 50
BROOMS.
No. 2 Hurl........................2 00
No. 1  “ 
........................  2 25
No. 2 Carpet.........................2  50
No. 1 
“ 
Parlor Gem..........................3  00
Common Whisk..................  1 00
Fancy
Warehouse.........................3 50
Stove, No.  1.......................  1  25
“  10.......................  1  50
“  15.......................  1  75
Rice Root Scrub, 2  row....  85
Rice Root  Scrub, 3 row__  1  25
Palmetto, goose.................  1  50

BRUSHES.

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CANDLES
“ 

H o te l, 40 lb .  b o x e s ................... 10
Star,  40 
..............  9
Paraffine............................11
Wlcklng.............................  24

CANNED GOODS.

PISH.
Clams.

“ 

Little Neck,  l i b ..............
“  2 lb..............
Clam Chowder.
Standard, 3 lb..................
Cove Oysters.
Standard,  1 lb.................
21b.................
Lobsters.

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Star,  1  lb............................ 2 40
“  2  lb............................ 3 30
Picnic,lib...........................2 00
21b...........................2 90
“ 
Mackerel.
Standard, 1 lb...................... 1 30
2  lb.........................2 25
Mustard,  2 lb .......................... 2 25
Tomato Sauce,  2 lb ................. 2 25
Soused, 2 lb......................  
2 25
Columbia River, flat........... 1  85
tails...........1 75
Alaska, 1  lb..............................1 45
21b............................... 2 10

Salmon.
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Sardines.
American  )4s................4W@  5
Vis...............6)4® 7
Imported  14s.....................10@12
%e.....................15@16
Mustard Ms......................  7@8
Boneless........................  
20
Brook, 3 lb...............................2 50

Trout.

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FRUITS.
Apples.

Cherries.

Apricots.
2 25 
Live oak............ .  .  ..
Santa Cruz................
2 00 
2 50 
Lusk’s ........................
Overland..................
1  90
Blackberries.
B. A  W....................... 
90
120
Red............................. 
1  75
Pitted Hamburgh...... 
W hite......................... 
1  20
Brie  .......................... 
1  20
Damsons, Egg Plums and Green 
@1  25 
E rie............................
California..................
1  70
Gooseberries.
Common....................

Gages.

1  10

Peaches.
P ie.............................
Maxwell....................
Shepard’s ..................
California..................
.................
Monitor 
Oxford.......................
Pears.

1  10 
1  50 
1  40
Î 35 
1  25

“ 

1  25
2 10

1  30
2 50 
2 75

1  10
l so
1  50
1  40

Domestic....................
Riverside....................
Pineapples.
Common.....................
-Johnson's  sliced.......
grated.......
Quinces.
Common....................
Raspberries.
Red  ...........................  
Black  Hamburg.........  
: Brie, black 
... 
Strawberries.
1 Lawrence..................
! Hamburgh  ...............
| Erie............................
0  5
i Terrapin..............
1  35
Common....................
1  20 
F. &  W.......................
1  25 
Blueberries....... 
.
1  20
MEATS.
Corned  beef,  Libby’s . ___  1  80
Roast beef,  Armour’s...........1 75
Potted  ham, 54 l b ................1 50
“  54lb.................100
!  “ 
tongue, 54 l b ...........1  10
j  “ 
| 
“ 
J4 lb..........  95
“ 
chicken, 54 lb.......... 
95
7 00

Whortleberries.

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VEGETABLES.

Beans.

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| Hamburgh  stringless......... 1  25
French style......2 25
Limas.................1  40
| Lima, green..........................l 30
soaked.....................   80
| Lewis Boston Baked............1 35
1 Bay State  Baked.................. 1 35
j World’s  Fair........................ 1 35

“ 

2 75

Corn.

“ 

Peas

“ 
“ 
“ 

__ Hamburgh..............................
1  20  Livingston  Eden.................1 15
Purity
Honey  Dew......................... 1  50
Morning Glory..................   1  10
Hamburgh marrofat........... 1  35
early June..........
Champion Eng... 1  50
Hamburgh  petit pois..........1 75
fancy  Bifted.......1  90
Soaked.................................  65
Harris  standard.................   75
Van Camp's Marrofat 
.1 10
Early June........ 130
Archer's  Early Blossom__1  35
French................................ 1 80
Mushrooms.
French.............................16218
Pumpkin.
Erie....................... 
95
Squash.
Hubbard..............................1  20
Succotash.
Hamburg  ............................ 1  40
Soaked.................................  80
Honey  Dew......................... 1 60
Tomatoes.
Excelsior 
......................... 1  00
Eclipse.................................1 00
Hamburg............................. 1  30
Gallon ...  ...........................2 50

00

.  85 
.1  65

.1  90

 

 

CHOCOLATE— BAKER’8.
German Sweet...............
Premium..........................
Pure.............................
Breakfast  Cocoa..............

CHEESE.

Amboy.......................
Herkimer..................
Riverside..................
A lleg au  
........................
Skim..........................
Brick..........................
E dam ........................
Limburger  ...............
Pineapple...................
Roquefort...................
Sap Sago....................
Schweitzer, imported. 
domestic  __

“ 

CATSUP.

Curtice  Bros. Co.

@@13
@13)4
@
@1013
@1  00 
@10 @25 
@35 
@22 @30 
©15

3 lb. standard............  
York State, gallons__ 
Hamburgh,  “  —  

85
2 40
2 50

Half  pint, 25 bottles...........2 75
Pint 
..........4 50
Quart 
1 doz bottles...... 3 50

“ 

“ 
“ 

Cod.

....  1  10

Bloaters.

FISH—Salt.
Yarmouth..........................
4
Pollock......................
Whole, Grand  Bank.. 6  @6)4
7)4 @8
Boneless,  bricks  ......
7)4 @8
Boneless, strips.........
Halibut.
12
Smoked ......................
Herring.
Scaled.........................
Holland,  bbls............
kegs............
Round shore, % bbl...
“ 
)4  bbl..
Mackerel.

18@20
11  00
85
2 03
1  10
No. 1, % bbls. 90 lbs.. . ...... 11  00
No. 1. kits, 10 lbs........ ......   1  25
Family, % bbls., 100 lbs....  5 50
kits, 10 lbs... .......  75
45
Russian, kegs............ ......... 
...........6 50
No. 1,  )4 bbls., lOOlbs.
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs........... ...........   90
Whitefisb.
No. 1, )4 bbls., lOOlbs.. ...........8 00
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs........... ...........1  10
Family, )4 bbls., 100 lbs —   3 50
...........   50

Sardines.
Trout.

kits  10  lbs..

“ 

“ 

FISH  and  OYSTERS.

F.  J.  Dettentbaler  quotes as

follows:
FRESH  FISH
Whitefisb 
7  @ 8
.....................
Trout  ................................
7  @ 8
@15
Halibut..............................
Ciscoes....................... ..
Blueflsh.................... 11  @12
Mackerel.................. 15  @25
.10  @12
Cod..........................
No. 1 Pickerel...........
@ 8
Pike..........................
@ 8
Smoked  White  ........
@  8

o y s t e r s —Cans.

Falrhaven  Counts...
F. J. D. Selects........
Selects.....................
F  J. D.......................
Anchor......................
Standards  ...............

SHELL  GOODS.

@40
@35
@30
@25
@22
@20

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

MEASURES.

Tin, per dozen.

@6)4 11  gallon  ..........................  $1  75
Half  gallon......................  1 40
Q uart............................... 
70
P int................... 
45
 
Half  p in t......   ..............  
40
Wooden, for vinegar, per doz.
gallon............................  7 00
Half gallon......................  4 75
Q uart...............................  3 75
Pint..................................   2 25

 

MOLASSES.
Blackstrap.
Cuba Baking.
Porto Rico.

Sugar house....................   13)4
16
Ordinary..........................  
16
Time...............................  
Fancy...............................  
20

New Orleans.

F air..................................  
Good................................. 
Extra good........................ 
Choice.............................. 
Fancy................................ 
One-half barrels, 3c extra

14
17
22
27
35

OATMEAL.

Barrels 200.................  @4 25
Half barrels 100............... @2 25

The  Standard  Oil  Co.  quotes 
as  follows,  In barrels,  f. o.  b. 
Grand Rapids:
W.  W.  Headlight,  150
fire test (old test)......  @8
Water White.................  @ 7)4
Naptha..........................   @ 7
Gasoline.......................   @ 8)4
Cylinder....................27  @36
E ngine......................13  @21
Black, 25 to 30 deg__  @  7)4

ROLLED OATS.

Barrels 180.................  @4 25
Half  bbls 90..............  @2  25

PICKLES.
Medium.

Small.

Oysters, per  100...... .1  25@1 50
....... .  75@1 00
Clams. 

“ 

Barrels, 1,200 count........... $4 00
Half  barrels, 600 count__  2  50

GRAINS and FEEDSTUFF!*

MEAL.

FLOUR.

No. 1 White (58 lb. test) 
No. 1 Red (60 lb. test)
Bolted.................................  1 20
Granulated.........................  1 40
Straight, in  sacks............   4 50
“  barrels...........  4 60
“ 
Patent 
“  sacks............   5 50
“  barrels.  ........  5 60
“ 
Graham  “  sacks...........  2 20
Rye 
“ 
2 50
MILLSTUFPS.
Bran...................................  17 00
Screenings........................  15 00
Middlings...........................18 00
Mixed Feed........................17 50
Coarse meal.......................17 0
Car  lots................................44
Less than  car  lots.............. 46

CORN.

“ 

 

 

OATS.

Car  lots............................... 33
Less than car lots................35

No. 1 Timothy, car lots__13 00
No. 1 
14 00

“ 

. 

HAT.
ton lots 

FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

2 oz folding box.
3 oz 
4 oz 
6 oz 
8 oz 

Jennings’ D C.
Lemon. Vanilla 
..  75
1  25
“
1  50
.1   00
“
..1  50
2  003 004 t
..2 00
“
“
..3 00
GUN  POWDER.
.5 50 
.3 00

K egs...............
Half  kegs.

HERBS.

INDIGO.

Sage.......................................15
Hops.... ................................25
Madras, 5 lb. boxes........ 
55
S. F., 2, 3 and 5 lb. boxes.. 
50
Chicago  goods................  @3
Mason's,  10, 20 and 30 lbs..  6 
51b.......................   7

JELLY.

“ 

LICORICE.

Pure.......................................  30
Calabria.................................  25
Sicily.....................................   12
LYE.
Condensed, 2 doz..................1 25
4 doz..................2 25
MATCHES.
No. 9  sulphur........................1 25
Anchor parlor....................... 1 70
No. 2 home............................ 1 10
Export  parlor......  .............4 00

“ 

Barrels, 2,400  count. 
4  50 
Half bbls, 1,200 count
2 75
Clay, No. 216....................1 75
“  T. D. full count...........  75
Cob, No. 3........................... 125

PIPES.

POTASH.

48 cans in case.

Babbitt's.................
Penna Salt  Co.’s  ...
BOOT BEER

4 00 
3 25
Williams, T B O E per doz.  1  75 
“  3 doz. case.  5 00
BICE.

“ 

Domestic.

Carolina head........................6
“  No. 1....................... 5
“  No. 2...............  @4

Broken...............................   3)4
Japan, No. 1......................... 6
“  No. 2..........................5)4
Java....................................  5
Patna..................................   5

Imported.

SAUERKRAUT.
Silver Thread, b b l . . .  
34 bbl.

“ 

SPICES.

Whole Sifted.

“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

Allspice................................10
Cassia, China in mats........  8
Batavia In band__ 15
Saigon in rolls........35
Cloves,  Amboyna................22
Zanzibar..................13
Mace  Batavia....................  80
Nutmegs, fancy...................80
“  No.  1....................... 75
“  No. 2....................... 65
Pepper, Singapore, black__15
“ 
white...  .25
“ 
shot......................... 19
Pure Ground In Bulk.

Allspice............................... 15
Cassia,  Batavia...................20
“ 
and  Saigon. 25
“  Saigon.....................35
Cloves,  Amboyna................30
Zanzibar................20
Ginger, African................... 15
“  Cochin.....................18
Jam aica.................20
“ 
Mace  Batavia...................... 80
Mustard,  Eng. and Trieste..25
“  Trieste.....................27
Nutmegs, No. 2 ...................65
Pepper, Singapore, black__ 20
“ 
“  white.......30
“  Cayenne................. 25
Sage..................................... 20

“ 

CRACKERS.

Butter.

Soda.

.  6
Seymour XXX..................
Seymour XXX, cartoon... ■  6)4
6i..
Family  XXX....................
Family XXX,  cartoon__ -  6)4
Salted XXX......................
.  6
Salted XXX,  cartoon  __ •  6)4
Kenosha 
...............   — 7)4
Boston..............................
.  8
Butter  biscuit —   ......... ■  6)4
Soda, XXX......................
6
Soda, City.........   ............
•  7^4
Soda,  Duchess................. ..  8)4
.10
Crystal Wafer..................
Reception  Flakes............ .10
S. Oyster  XXX.................
.  6
City Oyster. XXX.............. ..  6
Farina  Oyster................. ..  6
30
Strictly  pure....................
Telfer’s  Absolute............
35
Grocers’............................ 10@15

CREAM TARTAR.

Oyster.

DRIED  FRUITS

Domestic.
APPLES.

“ 

quartered  “
APRICOTS.

Sundrled. sliced in  bbls.
5
5
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes @7
California in  bags.........
8
Evaporated in boxes.  ...
8k
BLACKBERRIES.
In  boxes.......................
4H
NECTAFINE8.
70 lb. bags.......................
7)4
25 lb. boxes....................£ @9)4
Peeled, In  boxes..........
12
Cal. evap.  “ 
...........
8
“ 
In bags  ...... @ 7)4
PEARS.
California in bags  ....
@7
PITTED CHERRIES.
Barrels..........................
11
50 lb. boxes..................
11)4
25 “ 
...................
12

PEACHES.

“ 

“ 

PRUNELLE8.

“ 
“ 

12)4
17
m
18

301b.  boxes..................
RASPBER8IES.
In  barrels......................
50 lb. boxes....................
......................
25 lb.  “ 
Foreign.
CURRANTS.
Patras, in barrels........ @ 4
In  )4-bbls.......
@ 4)4
In less quantity @  4)4
Citron, Leghorn. 25 lb. boxes  20
Lemon 
10
Orange 
11

25  “
“ 
“ 
25  “
RAISINS.
Domestic.
London layers,  2 crown. ..1  40
S  “
...1  65
fancv__ ...1  85
Loose Muscatels, boxes.. . ..1   25
70 lb. bags @5)4
(Indura, 29 lb. boxes..  7*¿@ 7%
..11 @12
“ 
Sultana, 20 
..  6)4©  6)4
Valencia, 20  “ 

Foreign.

PEEL.

“ 
“ 

‘ 
‘ 

PRUNES. 

•

Bosnia........................ @
California, 90x100 25 lb.  bxs.  8
..8)4
.9
-.9)4
Turkey......................... @5)4
Silver.... ........................ ...11)4

80x90 
76x80 
60x70

“ 
“ 
“ 

“
“

ENVELOPES.
XX rag, white.

XX  wood, white.

No. 1, 6)4......................... .  $1  75
No. 2, 6)4......................... .  1  6C
No. 1,6........................... .  1  65
No. 2,6............................ .  1  50
No. 1,6)4......................... .  1  35
No. 2,6)4......................... .  1  25
Manilla, white.
6)4  ................................
i  a
6.................................
95
Mill No. 4.....................
.  1  00

Coin.

. 

FARINACEOUS GOODS. 

Farina.
Hominy.

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

334

Barrels.................................300
Grits.................................. 3 50
Lima  Beans.
Dried............................ 
4
Maccaronl and Vermicelli.

Domestic, 12 lb. box__  
50
Imported.....................10)4@ll)4
Pearl Barley.
Kegs...............................  @2)4

COFFER.
GREEN.Rio.

Fair.................................... 16
Good...................................17
Prime................................. 18
Golden............................... 20
Peaberry............................20

Santos.

Fair....................................16
Good.................................. 17
Prime.................................18
Peaberry  ...: .....................20
Mexican and Guatamala.
Fair....................................20
Good...................................21
Fancy.................................23
Prime.................................19
M illed............................... 20
Interior..............................25
Private Growth................. 27
Mandehling......................28
Imitation.......................... 23
Arabian............................. 26

Maracaibo.

Mocha.

Java.

ROASTED.

To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add 44c. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per cent,  for shrink- 
age.

PACKAGE.

A rbuckle’s A riosa........  19.30
M cLaughlin’s  XXXX..  19.30
G erm an..........................   19 30
Lion, 60 or 100 lb.  case__  19 30
Bunola  ............................  18.80

EXTRACT.

Valley City........................  
75
1  15
Felix.............................  
Hummel’s, foil...................1 50
t i n ....................2 50

“ 

CHICORT.

Bulk.
Red..

Cotton,  40 ft......... per doz.  1

CLOTHES  LINES.
50 ft. 
60 ft. 
70 ft. 
80 ft. 
60 ft. 
72ff

1  40 
1  60 
1  75 
1  90 
90 
1  00

COUPON  BOOKS.

8  2, 
I 3, 
I 5, 
•10, 
•20,

“Tradesman.’

“Superior.”

Universal.

$ 1, per hundred............  S3 00
3 50
• 2,
4 005 00
• 3,
• 5, *10. 
6 007 00
• 20,
Above prices on coupon books 
are  subject  to  the  following 
quantity discounts:
200 or over............   5 per cent.
500  “ 
1000  “  

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

“
“

 

T H E   M ICÏÏIGAJSr  T O A D E flM A N .

“Absolute” in Packages.

Ms  Ms
Allspice......................  84  156
Cinnamon..................   84  1  55
Cloves.........................  84  1  55
Ginger, Jam ...............   84  1 55
“  A£...................  84  1  55
Mustard......................  84  1  55
Pepper.......................   84  155
Sage.............................  84

SA Ii  SODA.

Kegs.................................  
154
Granulated, boxes..............  i \

SE E D S.

A nise.........................  @12K
Canary, Smyrna.........  
354
Caraway.......................... 
90
Cardamon, Malabar... 
Hemp,  Russian.........  
454
Mixed  Bird............... 444@ 554
Mustard,  white.........  
6
Poppy..............................  
Rape................................ 
Cuttle  bone  ................... 

9
6
30

8

STARCH.

“ 

20-lb  boxes.........................  654
40-lb 

.........................  6
Gloss.
 
....................... 6

1-lb packages  ........................554
3-lb 
554
6 lb 
40 and 50 lb. boxes..............  454
Barrels................................   454

“ 
“ 

S N U F F .

Scotch, In  bladders.............37
Maccaboy, In jars................35
French Rappee, in Jars.......43

SODA.

Boxes............................. 
55»
Kegs, English....................... 454

Common Fine.
Saginaw.......................
Manistee...................   .

8AX.ERATU8.

Packed 60 lbs. in box.

Church’s .........................   83 30
DeLand’s .................................3 15
Dwight’s.................................. 3 30
Taylor’s....................................3 00

SOAP.
LAUNDRY.

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.

Old Country,  80  l-lb...... ...3 20
Good Cheer, 601 lb ......... ...3 90
White Borax, 100  2£-lb... ...3 60
Proctor & Gamble.
Concord.......................... ..  2 80
Ivory, 10  oz....................
6  oz...................... ..  4 00
Lenox 
..........................
Mottled  German............ ..  3  15
Town Talk..................... ..  3 00
Sapolio, kitchen, 3  doz. 
..  2 50
hand, 3 doz......
..  2 50

SCOURING  AND  POLISHING.
“ 

“ 

SUGAR.
Cut  Loaf.................... @  5%
Cubes........................
@ 4%
Powdered..................
@ 47*
Granulated.. 
......4.56® 4%
Confectioners’ A......4.44® 444
Soft A......................... @4.31
White Extra C........... @ 444
Extra  C......................
©  4
@3 %
Yellow  .....................
m  3%
Less than  bbls.  4£c advance

SYRUPS.
Corn.

Barrels.............................
Half bbls.........................
F air................................ ...  19
Good............................... ...  25
Choice  ............................ ...  30

Pure Cane.

...23
...25

SALT
 
 

100 3-lb. sacks......  ............$2 25
2 00
60 5-lb.  “ 
2810-lb. sacks.......................   1 85
2 25
2014-lb.  “ 
24 3-lb  cases..........................   1 50
50
56 lb. dairy in linen  bags.. 
28 lb.  “ 
18

drill  “ 

 
 

SW EET GOODS.
Ginger Snaps..............
Sugar  Creams............
Frosted  Creams.........
Graham Crackers......
Oatmeal Crackers__
TEAS.

8
8
9
844
844

Warsaw.

Ashton.

Higgins.

56 lb. dairy in drill  bags...  35
18
281b.  “ 

.. 

“ 

" 

56 lb. dairy In linen sacks..  75 

56 lb. dairy In linen  sacks 

75 

Solar Rock.

56 lb.  sacks..........................  25

JAPAN—Regular.

F air......
@17
Good__
@20
Choice... ....................24 @26
Choicest
....................32 @34
D ust.......................... 10 @12

SUN C U R ED .

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

©17
@20
@26

Choicest...................... 32  @34
Dust............................ 10  @12

B A S S E T   P IR E D .

F air.............................18  @20
Choice........................   @25
Choicest.....................   @35
Extra choice, wire leaf  @40

GU N PO W D ER.

oolong. 

Common to  fair.......... 25  @35
Extra fine to finest___50  @65
Choicest fancy............75  @85
@26
Common to fair.......... 23  @30
Common to  fair.......... 23  @26
Superior to fine............30  @35
Common to fair...........18  @26
Superior to  fine.......... 30  @40

YOUNG  HYSON.

IM P E R IA L .

EN G LISH   BR EA K FA ST.

F air.............................18  @22
Choice..........................24  @28
Best.............................40  @50

TOBACCOS.

Fine Cut.

“ 

“ 

Pails unless otherwise noted
Hiawatha..................  
60
Sweet Cuba...............  
34
24
McGlnty.................... 
22
44 bbls.......... 
32
Valley  City................ 
Dandy Jim ................. 
27
20
Torpedo..................... 
in  drums__ 
19
Yum  Yum  ................ 
26
Sorg’s Brands.
Spearhead.................  
Joker......................... 
Nobby Twist................. 
Oh  Mv..........................  
Scotteu’s Brands.

37
22
38
29

Plug.

Middleton's Brands.

Kylo...........................  
22
38
Hiawatha...................  
34
Valley City................ 
Finzer’s Brands.
Old  Honesty..............  
40
Jolly Tar....................  
32
28
Here  It Is................... 
Old Style.................... 
31
Ja8. G. Butler  &  Co.’s  Brands.
Something Good.................... 38
Toss Up.................................. 26
Out of Sight........................... 25
Private Brands.
Sweet  Maple.............. 
L. &W.......................  
Boss....................................  1244
Colonel’s Choice................ 13

Smoking.

30
26

Warpath..............................14
Banner................................15
King Bee..............................20
Kiln Dried...........................17
Nigger Head........................23
Honey  Dew.........................24
Gold  Block................. 
  28
Peerless............................... 24
Rob  Roy..............................24
Uncle  Sam...........................28
Tom and Jerry.....................25
Brier Pipe............................ 30
Yum  Yum...........................32
Red Clover...........................32
Navy.................................... 32
Handmade...........................40
Frog....................................33

W ASHBOARDS.

“ 

@ 444

HIDES,  PKIiTS and  FLiiö
Perkins  &  Hess pay  as  fol

“  cured...... 

lows,  prices nominal:
HIDES.
Green...................
......3  @4
Part Cured...........
Full 
...........
...  @ 5
Dry..................... . ...  5  @ 6
Kips, g reen .........
. . . 3   @4
@5
Calfskins,  green  . . . . 4   ©  5
cured  . . . . 5   @7
Deacon skins........
. . .10  @30
No. 2 hides 44 off
PELTS
Shearlings............
Lambs 
...............
WOOL.
Washed...............
Unwashed___

...10  @25
...50  @1  50
.. .20  @25
..  10  @20

“ 

.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Grease butter  ....
Switches..............
Ginseng...............
PURS.

...  1  @2
...  144©  2
.. .2 00@2 50

“ 

Outside prices for No. 1 only.
Badger.................
...  50@1  00
Bear.....................
.15 00@25 00
...3 00@7 00
Beaver.................
Cat, wild..............
...  40©  50;
...  10©  25
“  house...........
Fisher..................
.. .4 00@6 00 !
Fox, red...............
...1  00@1 50
...3 00@5 00
“  cross............
...  50© 1  00
“  grey..............
Lynx....................
. ..2 00@3 00
Martin,  dark..
...1  00@3 00
pale  & yellow  50@1  00
Mink, dark........... ....  40©1  10
...  03©  16
Muskrat...............
Oppossum............. ....  15©  20
Otter,  dark...........
...5  on@s 00
Raccoon............... ----  25©  75
Skunk.................. ...1  00@1  20
..  1  00@3 00
Wolf.....................
...2 00@5 00
Beaver castors, lb.

d e e r s k i n s —Per pound
Thin and  green  .. ...............   10
20
Long gray...  ...... .........  
..............25
G ray....................
.............   35

POULTRY.

Local dealers pay  as  follows
for dressed  fowls:
Fowl.................... ....12  @13
Turkeys............... ....14  @15
Ducks  .  .............. .  ..13  @14
Spring  chickens.. ....25  @30
....  9  @10
Fowls..................
...12  @13
Turkeys...............

Live Poultry.

Single.

Double.

Wilson....................................82 00
Saginaw..................................  1 75
Rival.......................................  1 40
Daisy.......................................  1 00
Langtry..................................  1 10
Defiance..................................  1 75
Wilson...................................   2 50
Saginaw....................................2 25
Rival.......................................  1 80
Defiance..................................  2 00
Crescent....................................2 69
Red Star..................................  2 75
Shamrock.................................2 50
Ivy Leaf..................................  2 25
40 g r.....................................  744
50 gr..................................... 844

V IN EG A R .

81 for barrel.
W ET  M U STARD.

Bulk, per gal  ...... -...........  
30
Beer mug, 2 doz in case...  1  75 
TEAST—Compressed. 
Fermentum  per doz. cakes..
per lb-.................
“ 
Fleischman, per doz cakes...
“ 
per lb..................

1 7

.!«£

■2M

544@6
© 544 
.. ..  544
......4V4

P A P E R .

Straw 
...................
Rockfalls................
Rag sugar...............
Hardware...............
Bakers.................
Dry  Goods..............
Jute  Manilla...........
Red  Express  No. 1. 
No. 2

“ 

.15

48 Cotton___
Cotton, No. 1.
Sea  Island, assorted.
No. 5 Hemp..............
No. 6  “ .....................
W OODEKW ARE
Tubs, No. 1...........
“  No. 2...........
“  No. 3...........
“  No. 1,  three-hoop  ...  1 

Pails, No. 1, two-hoop,
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes  ...
Bowls, 11 inch....................
13  “  ....................
“ 
15  “ 
...................... 1
“ 
....................   2
17  “ 
“ 
assorted, 17s and  19s  2 
“ 
“  15s, 17s and 19s  2
“ 
shipping  bushel..  1
“ 
“ 
full  hoop  “ 
..  1
bushel.................  1
“ 
“  willow cl’ths.No.l  5 
“ 
“ 
No.2 6
“  No.3 7
“  No.l  3 
“ 
“ 
No.2 4
“ 
“ 
“ 
No.3 5

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

splint 

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“ 
‘ 
“ 

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Good  Goods  Make 

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Business.

Mar

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?

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of  coffee can be made that will  give universal satisfaction.  Cup  qualities  always  uniform  which  is one  reason why it 
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Importers,  Roasters  and  Jobbers  of  Fine  Coffees,

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

BUSINESS  LAW.

Summarized  D ecisions  from  Courts  of 

Last  Resort.

liable for such negligence to  the  person 
to whom a message is addressed,  as  well 
as to the sender.

ELE V A T O R   —   ACCIDEN T  —   OW NER’S  L IA ­

B IL IT Y .

According to the decision of the  Mary­
land Court  of  Appeals,  in  the  case  of 
People’s Bank vs. State of Maryland, the 
owner if a building who has the  care  of 
an elevator in use for the purposes of the 
tenants is liable to  the  tenants  for  any 
defect in it or its appointments  or  man­
agement  which could  be  prevented  by 
reasonable care or vigilance.

BLA N K —NOTE—IN D O RSER- -JU R ISD IC T IO N .
The Supreme Court of Georgia held, in 
the recent case of Gem Manufacturing Co. 
vs.  Jones et al.,  that a  guarantor  of  the 
payment of a  promissory  note,  payable 
at a chartered bank,  was not an  indorser 
within the meauing of  the  provision  of 
the constitution of the state which  auth­
orizes suit against indorsers to be brought 
in  the  county  of  the  residence  of  the 
maker.

TRATOR.

PR IV IL E G E D  

COMMUNICATION  —   A R B I­
In  the case of Jones vs.  Forehand  the 
Supreme  Court  of  Georgia  held 
that 
where the business of agent or arbitrator 
was  to  apprise  property  and  ascertain 
the state  of  accounts  between  laudlord 
and  tennant,  a  communication  by  the 
lauolord to such  agent  or  arbitrator  at 
the time of requesting him to render  his 
services to  the effect that the tenant  had 
already  stolen two  bales  of  cotton,  and 
he the landlord  wished to get him off  the 
premises before he stole any more,  it not 
appearing that the accounts between  the 
two parties  embraced  the  two  bales  of 
cotton  or  any  part  of  their  value, 
or  any  question  concerning  them,  was 
irrelevent to the  business  in  hand,  and 
was 
therefore  not  a  privileged  com­
munication.

TE L E G R A PH   COMPANY’ S  L IA B IL IT Y .
The  following  rulings  regarding  the 
liability of telegraph companies for  neg­
ligence  in  failiug  to  deliver  telegrams 
were  made  by  the  Appellate  Court  of 
Indiaua in  the  case  of  Western  Union 
Telegraph Co.  vs. Newhouse, viz.:  That 
telegraph companies,  while  not  strictly 
common carriers,  and  therefore  not sub­
ject to the same severe rules of  responsi­
bility, yet are to be held to a high degree 
of diligence,  skill and care,  aud  are  re­
sponsible for any negligence  or  unfaith­
fulness in the transmission and  delivery 
of messages; that  ordinarily the  specifi­
cation in the address of a message of some 
place for delivery  is by  way of assistance 
in  making a personal  delivery,  and  the 
company is  not necessarily  absolved  by 
such designation of  place  from  making 
further  effort  to  find 
the  person  ad­
dressed,  aud  it may be negligence to  fail 
to do so; that injury  to  the  feelings  oc­
casioned  by failure to deliver a message, 
unconnected with pecuniary loss or bodi­
ly injury, should  be  regarded  as  actual 
damage if the direct and  proximate  con­
sequence of  the  negligence  complained 
of,  and  that  telegraph  companies  are

IN D ORSER.

NOTE  —   ACCOMMODATION 
In the case of Breckenbridge vs. Lewis, 
lately decided by the  Supreme  Court  of 
Maine, it appeared that the plaintiff  was 
an accommodation indorser,  who  had  to 
pay at maturity a note made  payable  by 
the defendant to one Morse.  The defend­
ant  set  up  in  defense  that  she  never 
signed the note,  and  that  her  signature 
was  a  forgery,  or that  if  she wrote the 
same the text  was  fraudulently  written 
without her  authority  and  without  her 
knowledge and consent.  On the  trial  it 
was shown that the defendant had  given 
the payee her signature on  blank  pieces 
of paper,  with authority as her  agent  to j 
write  over  that  signature  an  order  or 
orders  on  certain  savings  banks.  The 
court decided that,  although the note was 
fraudulent in its inception, yet inasmuch 
as the plaintiff indorsed it as  an  accom­
modation in dorser before  maturity  with 
no knowledge of its fraudulent inception 
he was  entitled  to  recover.  The  court 
said:  “One who  intrusts  his  signature 
to another for commercial use,  that is, to 
have  some  business  obligation  written 
over it, becomes  holden  upon  a  negoti­
able  promissory  note  fraudulently  so 
written by the person so  intrusted  with 
it,  and negotiated to an innocent  holder. 
An accommodation indorser of such note, 
without notice of its infirmity,  who takes 
it up at maturity in discharge of his  own I 
debt to the holder,  or in consideration of 
his own note given therefor, may recover 
the contents thereof from  the  maker.”

Fill Your Orders Carefully.

If  there is one  thing  above  all  others 
that will  cause a dealer  to  lose  his  cus­
tomers,  it  is  his  carelessness  in  filling 
orders,  and  in  the  delivery  of  goods. 
This applies  not  only to  merchants, but 
to all classes of  business  men,  who  sup­
ply the wants of consumers.  A customer 
may  give  an  order  for a half  dozen  or 
more of  articles, in  the  filling  of  which 
one  small  item may  be  overlooked. 
In 
the  majority  of  cases  this  slight  over­
sight will cause  more trouble  than if  all 
the other  articles  had  been  omitted  and 
the  one  small  item  sent  forward.  The 
checking system is almost  a  certain  pre­
ventive of  these  costly  mistakes.  That 
system should  be strictly  adhered  to  by 
all  sellers,  who  should  make it an  iron­
clad  rule  that  no  goods  be  sent  out  of 
the  house without  having  been  checked 
off  after the  order  is  filled.  Some mer­
chants depend entirely too much on their 
memory, but the  safest plan,  after all,  is 
to  put  orders on the  book  or  tab,  upon 
which  to note  the  articles purchased by 
a customer.  Details of  this  sort are  too 
important  to  be  overlooked,  and  care­
lessness is a dangerous habit to form.

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

PRODUCE  MARKET.

Apples—Finn at $3 per bbl.
Beans — Without  material  change,  either  in 
price or  demand.  Jobbers  pay  about  $1.20  for 
country stock  and  hold  city picked  pea or me­
dium at $1.60 per bu.
Butter—Jobbers pay 17@18c  for good to choice 
dairy  and  hold  same  at  19@20c. 
Factory 
creamery  is  in fair demand at 25c.
Cabbages—Old stock is about played out.  New 
stock  is  beginning  to  arrive, selling at  $1  per 
crate of 125 lbs.

evaporated at 6@656c.
@12!4c.

Cranberries—About out of market.
Dried Apples—Sundried  is held at 454@5c  and 
Eggs—Jobbers  pay  ll@1156c  and  hold  at  12 
Honey—14c per 11».
Lettuce—Grand  Rapids  Forcing  is  in fair de­
mand at 12c per lb.
Maple  Sugar—Dealers  pay  7@Sc  per  lb. and 
hold at 8®9c.
Onions—Green are  in  fair  demand at 20c  per 
dozen bunches.  Dry stock  is  in  small  demand 
and supply, commanding 60@80e per bu.

Pieplant—4@5c per lb.
Pineapples—$1 75 per doz.
Potatoes—No change in the market, producers 
having come  to  the  conclusion that  no  higher 
prices may be looked  for this season.

Radishes—35c per doz. bunches.
Sweet Potatoes—Merchantable  stock  is  about 

exhausted. 

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PROVISION 8.

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co.

FORK  IN  BARRELS.

sausaoe—Fresh and Smoked.

quotes as follows:
Mess,  new......................................................  10 50
Short c u t.......................................................  11 E0
Extra clear pig, short cut..............................13 75
Extra clear,  heavy.......................................
Clear, fat back..............................................  13 00
Boston clear, short cut..................................  13 50
Clear back, short cut.....................................  13 50
Standard clear, short cut. best...................  
13 75
Pork Sausage.....................................................754
Ham Sausage...................................................  9
Tongue Sausage.............................................. 9
Frankfort Sausage  ........................................  754
Blood Sausage.................................................   5
Bologna, straight............................................   5
Bologna,  thick................................................  5
Head Cheese.....................................................5
Kettle 
Corn-
Rendered.  Granger.  Family,  pound.
Tierces........791 
554
5*4
501b. Tins...8 
534
20 lb. Palls..  854 
6
..  854 
10 lb.  “ 
51b. 
..  896 
656
“ 
6J4
31b. 
“ 
..  894 
Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs....................
6 50 
Extra Mess, Chicago packing......................
6 50 
Boneless, rump butts....................................
9 00
s m o k e d   m e a t s—Canvassed or Plain.
Hams, average 20 lbs....................................
9M■  994 
16 lbs....................................
12 to 14 lbs............................
.10 
.  694 
picnic................................................
best boneless.....................................
854 
Shoulders.....................................................
.  6
Breakfast Bacon, boneless..........................
•  894 
.  856
Dried beef, ham prices................................
Long Clears, heavy......................................
•  654 694 694
Briskets,  medium.......................................
light.............................................

554 
5* 
6 
654 
696 
654 

7 
754 
754 
794 
776 
8 

B E E F   IN   B A R R E L S.

“ 
'* 
“ 
“ 

LARD.

“ 
“ 

„ 

FRESH  MEATS. 

“ 

Swift & Company quote as follows:
Beef, carcass.......................................
“ 
hindquarters............................
fore 
“ 
...........................
loins,  No.  3...............................
“ 
ribs...........................................
“ 
*• 
rounds......................................
“ 
tongues.....................................
Bologna...............................................
Pork loins...........................................
................................
Sausage, blood or head.......................
liver......................................
Frankfort  ............................ .
M utton...............................................
Veal.....................................................

“  shoulders 

“ 
“ 

5  &654 
654®  754 
394® 454 
® 9
8  @ 854 
5  @  6 

@
® 45« 
@  8 
@  6 
@ 454 
@ 454 
@ 7
.  9  ®956 
5  ®6

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

STICK  CANDY.
Full  Weight. 

Bbls.  Palls.

7
7
7
854
8
8

Standard,  per  lb ...............................  6
“  H.H.... ............................... 6
Twist  ................................ 6
“ 
Boston Cream  .. ...........20 lb. cases
Cut  Loaf........... .................................... 7
Extra H.  H........ ..........................cases  7

M IX ED   CANDY.
Full Weight.

 

“ 

 

 

“ 

Bbls.

“  8

fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. 

“ 
fancy—In bulk.
Full Weight. 

Palls.
Standard........... .......................... 6
7
Leader................ ..........................6
7
Royal.................
.......................... 654
756
...........................7
8
Nobby................
English  Rock... ...........................7
8
Conserves.........
8
8
Broken Taffy__ ..............baskets
9
Peanut Squares.. .............. 
10
French Creams..
13
Valley  Creams..............................
Midget. 30 lb. baskets.....................................   8
8
Modern, 50 lb. 
Pails.
Lozenges, plain.............................................  10
printed..........................................  11
Chocolate Drops.............................................  1154
Chocolate Monumentals...............................  13
Gum Drops......................................................   554
Moss Drops.....................................................  8
Sour Drops......................................................   854
Imperials...................... 
10
Per Box.
Lemon Drops................................................... 55
Sour Drops.......................................................55
Peppermint Drops............................................60
Chocolate Drops...............................................65
H. M. Chocolate  Drops....................................90
Gum Drops................................................ 40@50
Licorice Drops..............................................1 00
A. B. Licorice Drops....................................... 80
Lozenges, plain................................................ 60
printed............................................65
Imperials..........................................................60
Mottoes.............................................................70
Cream Bar........................................................ 55
Molasses Bar................................................... 55
Hand Made  Creams...... ........................... 85@95
Plain Creams............................................. 80@90
Decorated Creams........................................1 00
String  Rock.....................................................65
Burnt Almonds............................................1 00
Wintergreen  Berries.......................................60
No. 1, wrapped, 2 lb.  boxes.........................   34
No. 1,
51
No. 2, 
.......................
.  28 
...................... .
No. 3, 
.  42 
Stand up, 5 lb. boxes..................................
.  90
Floridas,  fancy-lE0-176-200...................
@4 CO 
@3 50 
“  choice. 126..................................
@3 75 
russets -tPO-176-216..................
“ 
“ 
123 ..............................
“ 
3 25 
California«,  Riverside...........................
@
Navals  ..............................
@3 50 
Messinas, choice 200.............................
“ 
160..............................
@3 50
Messina, choice, 360.............................
@3 CO 
@3 75 
fancy,  360............................
choice  300.............................
®3 50 
fancy 390..............................
@4 00
O T H E R   FO R E IG N   F R U IT S .
@14 
@15 
@15 
@18 
@ 9 
@ 8
Persian. 50-lb.  box......................  454® 5
Almonds, Tarragona.............................
©16 
Ivaca.......................................
©15 
California.......................
@16 
Brazils, new...........................................
@  756 
Filberts..................................................
©11 
Walnuts, Grenoble................................
@13 
“  Marbot....................................
©
Chill.......................................
“ 
@10 
Table Nuts,  fancy................................
@1254 
choice..............................
@1154 @14 
Pecans, Texas, H.  P.,  ..........................11
Cocoannts, full sacks............................
@4 00
Fancy, H.  P.,Suns................................   ® 556
“  Roasted....................   ©754
Fancy, H.  P., Flags...............................  © 556
“  Roasted...................   @ 756
Choice, H. P.,  Extras............................  © 456
“  Roasted...............  @656

Figs, fancy layers, 69).............................12
“  109)...........................14
“  149)...........................
“  209).........................
Dates, Fard, 10-lb.  box..........................
..........................
NUTS.

“ 
“ 
“  50-lb.  “ 

“ 
“  extra 
“ 
“ 
“ 

CARAMELS.

PEANUTS.

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

ORANGES.

LEM ONS.

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

2 
3 

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

A Full Line always Carried by

Omes, Leins .Bananas, Nuts, Figs, Oates,
THE  PUTNAM  GANDY  BO,
P i l R K I N S   <&  H E S S
Hides, Furs, W ool & Tallow,

DEALERS IN

NOS.  182 and  x24  LOUIS STREET. GRAND  RAPIDS. MICHIGAN.

WE CARRY A  STOCK OF  CAKE TALLOW FOR MILT. USB.

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

0 JOBBERS  OF

State Agents for

C 1158 ft 160 FnltonrSt.  G ra n d sK a p ld s.  r

J. L.  Strelitsky,

Including the following celebrated brands man­
ufactured  by the  well-known  bouse of  Glaser, 
Frame & Co.:
Vindex, long  Havana filler.......................   $35
Three Medals, long Havana filler........... 
35
Elk’s Choice, Havana filler and binder...  55
55
La Fior de Alfonso,.................................... 
La Doncella de Morera,........................... 
65
La Ideal, 25 In a box................................  
55
Madellena....................................................  
60
Headquarters  for  Castellanos & Lopez's  line  of 
Key West goods.
All favorite  brands of Cheroots  kept in stock.
10 80. Ionia  St., Grand  Rapids.

T H E   MTCHIG^lIST  T R A D E SM A N

19

FIRE  INSURANCE.

Its  H istory  and  the  Law s,  Rules  and 

Custom s W hich Govern It.

SIXTH  PAPER.

W ritten (o r T h e  T radesman.

The next condition  in  the  policy  pro­
vides that, if the subject  matter  insured 
be  a  manufacturing  establishment,  all 
over  or  extra  running,  or  running  at 
night,  or if it shall cease to  be  operated, 
will  void  the  policy,  unless  a  special 
agreement from the company, permitting 
the same,  be endorsed on the policy.

This condition  is  so  self-apparent  on 
its face,  that I pass at once  to  the  next:
“ Or if the  property  be  sold  or  trans­
ferred, or any change  take  place  in  title 
or possession, except in case of succession 
the  death  of  assured, 
by  reason  of 
whether  by  legal  process  or judicia l  de­
cree  or  voluntary  transfer  or  convey­
ance,” this policy shall be void.

We have already seen that it is  requis­
ite that the assured have an interest in the 
subject insured,  not only  at  the  time  of 
the  insurance,  but  at  the  time  of  the 
loss; and for a long time it has  been  set­
tled  by  judicial  decisions,  based  upon 
common  law  principles,  that  a  policy 
would not be  obligatory  after  the  party 
insured  ceases  to  be  the  owner  of  the 
property named in the policy.  The  con­
tract  is  to  indemnify  the  assured,  and 
if  he has  sustained  no  loss  or  damage, 
the contract is not broken.  The  expres­
sion embodied in this condition is a  very 
broad one, providing not only  for  a  sale 
or transfer,  but  for  any  change  which 
may  take place in title or possession,  and 
this whether voluntary or involuntary.

The  term  alienation,  which  is  some­
times used,  has a  technical,  legal  mean­
ing,  and any transfer of real estate  short 
of the conveyance  of  the  title  is  not  an 
alienation.  The  alienation  of  one  of 
several  estates,  separately  insured  by 
the same policy,  in which it  is  provided 
that where any property insured shall be 
alienated,  the policy  shall  become  void, 
only  voids it as to the interest  alienated. 
Thus, where a  hotel  and  shop  were  in­
sured in the same policy, but were separ­
ately valued,  it was held that the aliena- | 
tion of one  would  not  effect  the  insur­
ance on the other.

It  has  long  since  been  settled 

that 
where  the  property  insured  is  held  by 
two  persons,  jointly  or  as 
tenants  in 
common,  a conveyance  from  one  to  the 
other would not  prevent  a  recovery  for 
the share not conveyed.

In Hoffman vs. iEtna Fire  Ins.  Co.,  32 
N. Y., 405, it was held that the  effect  of 
this proviso against sales  is  not  to  pro­
hibit  sales  by  the  owners  as  between 
themselves,  but only sales of proprietary 
interests by the parties  insured  to  third 
persons.

It has been settled by  a  large  number 
of judicial decisions  that  an  agreement 
to convey the premises  insured  at  a  fu­
ture  time,  on  payment  of  purchase 
money,  is  not  such  an  alienation, sale, 
transfer or change in title or  possession, 
as to defeat  a  policy,  where  a  loss  oc­
curs after the agreement  but  before  the 
conveyance and  the  assured  remains  in 
possession of the property.

Where  the  insured  mortgaged 

the 
premises,  and assigned the policy  to  the 
mortgagee with the consent of  the insur­
er,  and  afterwards  conveyed  the  prem­
ises away, it was held that the policy  re­
mained valid  as  to  the  mortgagee,  and 
for  the  amount  of 
the  debt,  on  the 
ground that the insured  could  do  noth­

ing to effect  the  rights  of  the  assignee 
without his consent.

In a case in Maine,  the plaintiff had his 
building  and  merchandise  therein 
in­
sured and  afterward  sold  the  merchan­
dise and leased  the  building  by  parole. 
Six months  afterwards,  and  before  the 
lire,  he took  them  back  again. 
It  was 
held  that  this  was  not  an  alienation 
within the meaning of the condition pro­
viding that “alienation by  sale  or  other­
wise should  avoid the  policy,”  and  that 
the policy would re-attach  to  any  goods 
belonging to the assured which might  be 
in the store during the life of  the policy, 
not exceeding  the  amount  insured. 
In 
giving judgment in  the  above  case,  the 
court said:  “As  to  the  goods,  we  are 
clear  that  the  policy  was  intended  to 
cover,  and did cover,  whatever goods the 
plaintiff might have  in  his store  at  auy 
time during the continuance  of  the risk, 
not beyond the amount actually  insused. 
A construction  limiting the policy  to  the 
goods actually in  the  store  at  the  time 
the insurance was effected  would  defeat 
the very object of the assured,  and  so  it 
must  have  been  understood  by  the  in­
surer.  The  plaintiff’s  business  was 
trade,  the  vending  of  goods  from  his 
store.  According  to  the  construction 
put upon the policy by the company,  the 
plaintiff has.no security except upon  the 
goods actually  in  the  store  when  the 
policy was issued,  and,  when those  were 
disposed of,  their liability was at an end. 
We cannot  listen for a moment to such  a 
suggestion.  A  policy  of  insurance, be­
ing a contract of indemnity, must receive 
such  a  construction  of  the  words  era- 
I ployed  in it as to make the  protection  it 
affords co-extensive,  if possible,  with the 
I risk  of  the  assured.”  The  court  evi­
dently considered the  risk  a  continuing 
one,  to the amount  specified,  upon  such 
goods as the assured  might  have  in  the 
store within  the  term  limited  in 
the 
policy,  and not confined to such  as  were 
those at the  time  of  assuming  the  risk. 
This is the general doctorine held by the 
courts  and  acted  upon  by  insurers  in 
like cases.

I will give one more case  before  pass­
ing on to my next topic:  A  policy  was 
issued on a stock  of  goods,  which,  after 
the insurance  was  effected,  was  sold  on 
execution and bought in by the  plaintiff, 
to whom  the  policy  was  assigned  with 
the  consent  of  the  company,  without 
special disclosure  of  plaintiff’s  interest 
in the insured property. 
It was held, by 
the  Supreme Court of  New  York,  first, 
that the sale of goods did  not  avoid  but 
merely suspended the  policy,  which  was 
still a  valid  and  subsisting  contract  in 
the hands  of  the  original  assured,  and 
would  re-attach  to  the  same  kind  of 
goods afterwards purchased  and  put  in 
the same place,  and was,  therefore,  valid 
in the hands of an assignee  with  consent 
of the company; and,  second,  that  appli­
cation to the insurer  for  consent  to  the 
assignment of the policy was  notice  that 
the applicant had acquired, or was about 
to acquire,  some interest  in  the  subject 
of insurance.

“Or  if  the  proper  be  removed  to  an­
other  location  than  that  herein  describ­
ed,” etc.

The reasonableness of  the  above  con­
dition is plainly obvious  that,  surely, no 
policy  holder  ought  ever  to  jeopardize 
his  interest  by  committing  a  blunder 
here.
“Or if this policy shall  be  assigned  be­
fore  a  loss,  without  the  consent  of  the 
company endorsed hereon,” etc.

M i c h i g a n  (T e n t r a l

“  The Niagara Falls Route.”

D EPA RT.  ARRIV E
D e tro it E x p re ss.......................................  7:00 a m   10:00 p m
4:30  p m
M ixed 
........................................................7 :0 5 a m  
D ay  E x p re ss...........................................  1:20 p m   10:00 a m
"A tlan tic & Pacific E x p re ss............... 10:30 p m  
6.00 a m
New Y ork E xp ress.................................5:40 p m   12  40 p m

"D aily.
All o th e r d a ily  o xcept Sunday.
S leeping  ca rs  ru n   on  A tla n tic   a n d   Pacific  E xpress 
tra in s  to  an d  fro m  D etro it.
E le g a n t  p a rlo r  c a rs  leave G ran d   R apids on D e tro it 
E xpress a t  7 a. in.,  re tu rn in g   lea v e  D e tro it  4  45 p .m . 
a r riv e  in  G rand  R apids 10 p.  m.

F red M. Brig g s, G en'l A g en t. 85 M onroe St.
A. Alm quist, T ick e t A gent, U nion  D epot.
G eo. W . Munson, U nion T ick e t Office, 67 M onroe St. 
O. W .R uoglbs  G .P .  Sl  T.  A gent., C hicago.
Detroit
w m m m

TIME  TABLE

NOW  IN  EFFECT.

EASTWARD.

Trains Leave
G’d  Rapids,  Lv
Ionia...........Ar
St.  Johns  ...Ar
Owossj........Ar
E. Saginaw.  Ar
Bay City......Ar
Flint  .......... Ar
Pt.  Huron...Ar
Pontiac....... Ar
Detroit.........Ar

tNo.  14 tNo.  16 tNo.  18 *No.  82
10 55pm 
6 50am
12 37am 
7 45am
1 55am 
8 28am
3 15am 
9 03am
8.45am 
10 45am
7-xOain 
11 30am
5  40am 
10 05am
7 30am 
11 55am
5 37am 
10 53am
7  00am
11 50am
WESTWARD.

I  20am
II 25am 
1217pm
1 20pm 
3 15pm 
3 45pm
3 40pm 
6 00pm 
305pm
4 05pm

3 25pm
4 27pm
5 20pm
6 05pm 
8  0pm 
845pm
7 C5pm
8 50pm
8 25pm
9 25pm

Trains Leave
G’d Rapids,  Lv. 
G’d Haven,  Ar. 
Milw'keeStr  “ . 
Chicago Str.  “  .

*No. 81 tNo. 11 tNo. 13
5  10pm
7 05am I 1 UOpm 
6 16pm
S 35am I 2  10pm

♦Daily.  tDally except Sunday.

Trains arive from the east, 6:40 a. m., 12:50 a. m., 
5:00 p. m. and 10:00 p. m.
Trains  arrive  from  the west,  10:10  a. m., 3:15 
p.m. and 9:50 p. m.
Eastward—No. 14  has  Wagner  Parlcr  Buffet 
car.  No. 18 Chair  Car.  No. 82 Wagner  Sleeper.
Westward—No.  81  Wagner  Sleeper.  No.  11 
Chair Car.  No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffetcar.
J ohn W. Loud, Traffic Manager.
B e n   F l e t c h e r , Trav. Pass. Agent.
J a s.  C a m p b e l l , City Ticket Agent.

CHICAGO

23 Monroe Street.
JAN’Y 3.  1892.
AND  WEST  MICHIGAN  B’f . 
GOING  TO  CHICAGO.

RETURNING  FROM  CHICAGO.

Lv GR’D RAPIDS.........9:00am 12:05pm *ll:?5pm
Ar.'CHICAGO............... 3:55pm 
Lv. CHICAGO............... 9:00am  4:45pm *11:15pm
Ar.  GR’D RAPIDS....... 3:55pm 10:10pm  *6:10am
TO  AND  PROM   BENTON  HARBO R,  ST.  JO S E P H   AND 
Lv  Grand Rapids.  ...  9:00am  12:05pm *11:35pm
Ar." Grand  Rapids......*6:10am  3:55pm  10:10pm

IN D IA N A PO LIS.

For Indianapolis 12:05 p m only.

TO  AND PROM   M USKEGON.

Lv  G. R.......10:0Cam  12 06pm  5:3l)pm  8:30pm
Ar’  G. R....... 10:55am  3 55pm  5:25pm 
..........
TO  AND  PROM   M A N ISTEE,  TR A V ER SE  CITY  AND  E L K  
Lv. Grand  Rapids.....................,7:25am  ^ : 1»pm
Ar. Grand  Rapids.....................11:45am  9:40pm

R A PID S.

THROUGH  CAR  SERVICE.

Between  Grand  Rapids  and  Chicago—Wagner 
Sleepers—Leave Grand Rapids *11:35 p m. ; leave 
Chicago  11:15  pm.  Parlor  Buffet  Cars—Leave 
Grand Ranlds 12:05 p m;  leave Chicago 4 ;45 p m.
Free Chair Cars—Leave  Grand  Rapids 9:00 a m; 
leave Chicago 9:00 am.
Between  Grand  Rapids  and  Manistee—Free 
ChairCar—Leaves Grand Rapids5:l< pm; leaves 
Manistee 6:50 a m.
D E T R O IT ,

JAN’Y  3,  1892
LANSING & NORTHERN  B.  K. 
GOING TO  DETROIT.

RETURNING  FROM  DETROIT.

Lv. GR’D  RAPIDS......7:15am *1:00pm  5:40pm
Ar. DDTROIT..............12:00 m  *5:10pm 10:40pm
Lv  DETROIT..............7:00am *1:15pm  5:40pm
Ar. GR’D  RAPIDS......11:50am *5:15pm  10:15pm
To and from Lansing  and Howell—Same as to 
and from Detroit.
Lv. Grand  Rapids................7:05am  4:15pm
Ar. Grand  Rapids.....................11:50am  10:40pm

TO  AND  FROM   SA GINAW ,  ALMA  AND  ST.  LO U IS.

TO  LOW ELL  VIA  LO W ELL  A  HASTIN G S  R .  R .

THROUGH  CAR SERVICE 

Lv. Grand Rapids...........7:15am  1:00pm 5:40pm
Ar. from Lowell..............11:50am 5:15pm 
........
Between  Grand  Rapids  and  Detroit—Parlor 
cars on all trains.  Seats 25 cents.
Between  Grand  Rapids  and  Saginaw—Parlor 
car  leaves  Grand  Rapids  7:05  am ;  arrives in 
Grand Rapids 7:40 pm.  Seats 25cents.

»Every dav.  Other trains week days only.

GEO. DeHAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t.
STUDY  LAW
AT  HOME.
T ak e a  co u rse in  th e  

S p ra g u e   C o rre s p o n ­
d e n c e   s c h o o l o f L.aw 
[In co rp o rated ].  Send  te n  
ce n ts [stam p s] fo r p a rtic u  
la rs  to
J.  COTNER, Jr.,  Sec’y, 
No.  375 W h itn e y  B lock, 
DETROIT.-  MICH.

5:25pm »7:05am

Grand  Rapida  Ss Indiana.
S chedale  In effect  J a n u a ry   10,1892.

N o rth .
7:05 a  m
11:30 a  m
1:15 p m
10:30 p  m
T ra in   a r riv in g  a t  9 :20  d a ily ;  a ll  o th e r  tra in s   d aily  

S outh. 
F o r S aginaw   a n d   C ad illa c..........  5:15 a m  
F o r T ra v erse C ity  &  M ackinaw   9 :20  a  m  
F o r S aginaw  &  T ra v erse  C ity ..  2:00  p m  
F o r  P eto sk ey  &  M ac k in a w ........  8:10 p  m  
F ro m  K alam azoo a n d  C hicago.  8:35 p m 
ex c ep t Sunday.

TRAINS  GOING  SOUTH.

A rriv e fro m   L eave g o in g  

N o rth . 

* K alam azoo a n d   C h ic a g o ... 

S outh.
7:00  a m
10:30  a  m
2:00  p m
6:00  p m
11 :0 5 p m
T ra in s le a v in g  a t  6.00 p. m . a n d  11:05 p. in. ru n  d aily ; 

F o r  C in c in n a ti..............................  0 :2 0 a m  
F o r F o rt W a y n e a n d  th e   E a s t..  11:60 a  m  
F o r  C in c in n ati..............................  5:30 p m  
F o r  C h ic ag o ............................ .....1 0 :4 0 p m  
F rom  S ag in aw ................................. 10:40 p  m
a ll o th e r tra in s  d a ily  ex c ep t Sunday.

Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana, 
r  M uskegon—L eave. 
10:10 a  m
7:00  a  m  
4:40  p m
11:25  a m  
9:05 p  m
5:40  p  m  

F rom  M uskegon—A rrive.

SLEEPING  &  PARLOR  CAR  SERVICE. 

NORTH

1 1 :3 0   a  m  train.—P arlor chair car  G’d 
Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw.
10:30 p m train.—S leeping  c a r  G rand 
R apids  to   P eto sk ey  a n d  M ackinaw . 
SOUTH—7:00 am train.—P a rlo r c h a ir c a r G rand 
R apids to  C incinnati.
10:30 am  train.—W a g n e r  P a rlo r  C ar 
G ran d  R apids  to   C hicago.
6 : 0 0   p  m   train.—W a g n e r S leeping  C ar 
G rand  R apids to  C in c in n ati.
11 ;05 p m train.—W a g n e r S leeping C ar 
G ran d  R ap id s to  C hicago.

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

L v G ran d   R apids 
A rr C hicago 

10:30 a m  
3:55 p m  

2:00 p m  
9:00 p m  

11.05pm
6:50 a  m

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

3:10p m  
L v  C hicago 
A rr G ran d  R apids 
8  35 p  m  
3:10  p   m   th ro u g h   W a g n e r  P a rlo r  C ar. 
tr a in  d aily , th ro u g h  W a g n er S leeping C ar.

7 :0 5 a m  
2:00 p m  

10:10pm
5:15  a  m
10:10  p  m 

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

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

O. L. LOCKWOOD,

Railway.

Toledo,  Ann  Arbor  &  North  Michigan 
In  connection  with  the  Detroit,  Lansing  & 
Northern or Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwauk  e 
offers  a  route  making  the  best  time  betwe  n 
Grand Rapids and Toledo.
Lv. Grand Rapids a t......7:15 a. m. and 1:00 p. m.
Ar. Toledo a t ............   12:55 p. m. and 10:20 p. m.
Lv.Grand Rapids at......6:50 a. m. and 3:25 p. m.
Ar. Toledo at..............12:55 p.  m. and 10:20 p. m.

VIA D., 6. H.  & H.

VIA D„ L. A N.

Return connections equally as good.

W.  H.  Bennett, General Pass. Agent, 
Toledo, Ohio.

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T H E   J V H C H IG A J N T   T K A D E S M A N

It  was  very  early  held  that  policies 
against loss  by  fire  were  not  in  their 
nature  assignable,  and  though  the  mer­
cantile  world,  especially 
in  England, 
has not been  entirely  satisfied  with  de 
cisions against  their  transferability,  the 
question  must  be  regarded  as  entirely 
settled,  and  the  decisions  seem  to  rest 
upon sound principles.  A fire policy,  in 
this respect, differs from a marine insur­
ance,  which contract may be  transferred 
by an  assignment of  the  policy,  accom­
panied with  conveyance  of  the  interest 
insured,  though  without  the  assent  of 
the underwriter. 
In marine policies, the 
contract  attaches  more  directly  to  the 
property  insured,  rather  than 
the 
owner  of  it,  while  in  fire  policies  the 
contract  is  personal  and  does  not  run 
with the property insured.

to 

Some time ago,  it was suggested in the 
American  Leading Cases, that  it  is  diffi­
cult to see why the personal  nature  of  a 
contract against  fire,  and  its  incapacity 
of being attached  to,  and  passing  with, 
the property,  should  render  the  consent 
of the insurer to a valid assignment  of  a 
fire policy,  .vhile, as to a  marine  policy, 
no such assent is necessary. 
In  answer 
to this suggestion,  a very able  writer  on 
commercial 
to  whose  valuable 
work I am  largely indebted  for  material 
in  preparing this series  of  papers,  says: 
“One  reason  why  a  fire  policy  should 
not be assignable without  such  consent, 
or  except  under  other  specified  condi­
tions.  is the reliance which  is  commonly 
placed upon  the character of the assured. 
The moral hazard  depends  greatly  upon 
the character of the person to  whom  the 
policy is issued.  Property on land may 
ordinarily be destroyed without personal!

law, 

physical  risk  to  the  incendiary,  while 
property on the sea enjoys  a  certain  de­
gree  of  protection  against  intentional 
burning,  by the  personal  danger  which 
one burning property  so  situated  would 
ordinarily incur.”

The condition that the interest  of  the 
assured in the policy  should  not  be  as­
signable,  without  consent  in  writing, 
and that in case of  any  transfer  or  ter­
mination of the interest  of  the  assured, 
either by sale or otherwise, without  such 
consent,  the  policy  shall  be  void,  was 
construed by  the Supreme  Court  of  the 
United States,  in  Carpenter  vs.  Wash­
ington Ins. Co.,  16 Pet., 495, as referring 
to the interest  in  the  property  insured, 
and not in  the  mere  contract  of  insur­
ance. 
In more recent decisions,  a differ­
ent construction  was  adopted,  it  being 
held  that  the  effect  of  the  clause  was 
strictly confined to  the  inhibition  of  an 
assignment of the policy,  and had  no  re­
lation to the rule of the  subject  insured.
This clause in the old  policies  usually 
provided 
that  the  policy  would  be 
void if assigned,  without consent,  before 
or after a  loss;  but  the  courts  decided 
that a  policy  prohibiting  a  transfer  of 
the interest of  the  assured  after  a  loss 
was illegal  and  void;  consequently,  this 
part of the clause does not appear in  the 
modern policy.

Athough  the  modern policy stipulates 
that “ the agent of  this company  has  no 
authority to waive,  modify  or  strike  out 
any of  the printed  conditions,” etc., yet 
evidence  showing  that  the  agent  has 
been in the habit  of  giving  the  consent 
required under this condition, in writing, 
making  regular  entries  of  his  acts  in 
the books of the company,  without  objec­

in 

tion  from  the company,  would  be  suffi­
cient  to  warrant  a  jury 
finding 
authority.

The only  safe  way,  however,  for  an 
assignee of an insurance policy is  to  see 
that the transfer  to  him  is  duly  made, 
and is  immediately  assented  to,  in  the 
manner required in the policy.

E.  A.  Owen.

Be  Something’  First  Rate.

A  modern philosopher has been saying 
that every man  who  can  be  a  first  rate 
something—as every man can  be  who  is 
a man  at all—has no  right  to  be  a  fifth 
rate something, for a fifth rate something 
is no better than a first  rate  nothing.  A 
young  man  who  wants  to  do  anything 
can soon find out  what  he  can  do  best. 
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anyone else. 
It is in  business  or  occu­
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EMPTY  CARBON  i  GASOLINE  BARRELS.
SAGINAW MANUFACTURING CO.,

SAGINAW,  MICH.,

Manufacturers of the Following List of Washboards.

THE BEST  IN THE WORLD
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SAGINAW  MICHÌ11

Bed  Star 
Sbamroek 
Ivy  Leaf

Wilson
Saginaw
Rival
Wilson
Saginav
Rival

DOUBLE

SURFACE
Solid  Zinc.

Dotlble  Zinc 

Surface.

Single Zinc 
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The  above  are  all  superior 
Washboards, 
in  the  class  to 
which  they  belong.  Send  for 
cuts and price-list before order­
ing.
T.  S.  F R E E M A N   A g t , G ran d   R a p id s,  M ich.

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W ash  G o o d s!

BATES,  TOILE  DU  NORD,  A.  F.  C.  WARWICK,  AMOSKEAG,
GINGHAMS,  SIMPSON,  HAMILTON,  MERRIMACK,  HARMONY 
PACIFIC,  GARNER  AMERICAN  LIGHT  AND  BLUE  PRINTS 
IN  FANCY  AND  STAPLE  STYLES.

Cottons, Ticks and Demins

Peerless  Warps.

P.  S T E K E T E E   &  S O N S .

S p rin g  &  Com pan y,

IMPORTERS  AND  WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

R ib b o n s, 

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

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

assorted stock at lowest  market  prices.

S p rin g  &  Com p an y.

VOIGT, HERPOLSHEIMER &  CO.,
Dry  Goods, Carpels and Gloaks

W H O L E S A L E

We  Make a Specialty of  Blankets, Quilts and  Live 

Geese  Feathers.

M a c k in a w   S h irts  an d   L u m b e r m e n ’s  S o c k s. 

OVERALLS  OF  OUR  OWN  MANUFACTURE.

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G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  M IC H .

New Process Gasoline Stoves, “The Latest”

The  Original  Evaporating  l/apor  Stove,

N e w   Process.

It  lights  with  gas,  is easy to  operate,  having  no  compli­
cated generator to  get  out of  order,  and  confuse  the operator. 
It  is  economical,  and  by  far  the  best  gasoline  stove  to  be  had.

No  8  Cabinet

List and  Discount quoted on application. 

Crating Net, 30 cents.

It is so  simple  any  lady can  operate it.  Only one  valve 

to turn, which  starts the gasoline.

No,  3  New  Process 

List and  Discount quoted on application. 

Crating net, 30 cents.

W e a r e  s t a t e   agents.  Only 1  agency in  a place given.

