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VOL.  9.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MAY  25,  1892.

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NO.  453

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I think I hear him  now.  He  has  fallen 
out of the window,”  said Mrs.  Darcy,  as 
a faint  wail  floated  up  from  the  back 
yard.

TRAVERSE  CITY  TANNERY, 

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SELLING  OUR

The  season  of  mysterious  disappear 
ances  and  abductions  would  seem 
to 
have come in  real  earnest.  From  indi­
cations daily  manifesting  themselves  it 
looks as if it had  come  to  stay.  Engle­
wood,  111.,  had  a  sensation  all  its  own 
Saturday  night.

J.  Bingham Darcy is a gentleman hold­
ing a responsible commercial position  in 
Chicago, and enjoys an enviable social rat­
ing among his neighbors in Englewood. He 
is a gentleman of the most  commendable 
domestic  virtues, 
is  enamored  of  his 
wife,  and passionately  devoted  to  their 
one promising infant.

When Mr.  Darcy  sought  his  home  on 
Saturday afternoon he was  accompanied 
by a  patent  folding  crib—one  of  those 
intricate  contrivances  with 
the  slata 
made in two pieces and hung upon hinges.
When he opened the crib to explain  it 
to the delighted Mrs.  Darcy and  put  the 
mattress in,  Mr.  Darcy omitted to fix  se­
curely the catches that held the slats.

Mr.  and  Mrs. Darcy retired to rest early 
on Saturday night,  and about 11  o’clock, 
while  they  were  asleep,  the  baby  got 
awake  and  began 
to  kick  vigorously. 
The result was that the slats  slowly  de­
scended and deposited the  mattress  and 
baby on the floor.  The baby,  being  par­
ticularly wide-awake,  crawled  out  into 
thé room and went through the door just 
as Mr. Darcy’s aunt, Miss Lizzie Bingham, 
who had tarried in  the kitchen to put her 
hair  in  papers,  was  coming  upstairs. 
The iady picked the baby  up and finding 
that  its  father  and  mother  were  both 
asleep,  she carried it to her room  on  the 
third story, determined to take care of  it 
during the rest of the night.

About an hour after, Mrs. Darcy awoke 
and thought she  would take a  glance  at 
the crib to see how the baby was  getting 
on.  No sooner had she done so than  she 
jumped  from  the  bed  in  alarm.  The 
baby was not there.  The bottom seemed 
to have fallen  out of the whole  contriv­
ance.  Her  first  thought  was  that  the 
baby was lying under the mattress smoth­
ered to death.  She pulled  the  mattress 
aside,  hut there was no sign of the  baby.
Then,  with wild alarm,  she  shook  Mr. 
Darcy and  told  him  to  get  up.  Darcy 
growled out,  in a sleepy tone:

"The sirup bottle is in the  cupboard— 

go and get it yourself.”

“James!” shrieked  Mrs.  Darcy,  “you 
don’t  understand.  The  baby 
is  gone! 
He  is  gone! — stolen —  kidnapped  — 
murdered,  may  be!  Oh,  what  shall  I 
do?”

“Now,  be  calm,  Julia,”  said  Darcy, 
getting up;  “don’t  get  hysterical.  The 
child,  most likely,  is under the bed.”

“No,  he isn’t; he’s not there!” exclaim­
ed Mrs.  Darcy,  on her  hands and  knees.
“Possibly,” said Mr.  Darcy,  beginning 
to feel uneasy,  “he  has  crept  into  the 
cupboard.  Let us look.”

“This  is  horrible!”  ejaculated  Mrs. 

Darcy,  clasping her hands.

“Do  you  think,”  asked  Mr.  Darcy, 
into  a 

“that  he  could  have  crawled 
drawer and pulled it to after him?” 

“Certainly not!  You know he couldn’t.

“No,  it’s onlv Mrs.  Bradley’s cat howl­
ing,”  replied  Darcy,  as  he  closed  the 
sash.  “Have you looked in  the bath tub 
in the next room?  Perhaps he has  gone 
to take a bath!”

“Drowned!  I know it!  I’m sure  of it!’ 
into  the 

screamed  Mrs.  Darcy,  rushing 
bath-room.

“He is not here,” said Darcy.  “Could 
he have gone downstairs  and fallen  into 
the bucket in the pantry?”

“We must search the whole  house  for 

him,” said Mrs. Darcy.

So  they  began the hunt.  They  looked 
everywhere—in the clothes-basket, in the 
kitchen cupboard,  and even  the  cellar— 
but without avail.

“He  couldn’t  have  gone  upstairs,” 
reasoned  Mr. Darcy,  “because he couldn’t 
climb the steps.”

“No!  He must have been  stolen!  He 
has  been  stolen  by  burglars!  I  shall 
never see him again—never!”

“Don’t give way, Julia!  Be  calm!  1 

will go at once for the police.”

Mr.  Darcy  dressed  himself  hurriedly 
and dashed down  stairs and  out into  the 
street.  He met an officer  almost  at  the 
door,  and in frantic accents laid the  case 
before him.  The officer sent in an alarm, 
and soon a wagon laden  with  policemen 
from the Englewood station  was  clatter­
ing down the street.

The officers entered the house and pro­
ceeded to examine the fastenings.  Every­
thing was  right,  and  one  of  the  police­
men said:

“It is my opinion the burglar is in  the 

house yet.”

“We’ll go for him!”  said  another.  So 
they drew their revolvers and  proceeded 
to  search  the  building.  Presently  Mr. 
Darcy  heard  the  report  of  a  pistol  in 
the kitchen.  He rushed down stairs.

"I think I’ve killed  him,”  said  officer 

Tom  Murphy.

“Bring a light quick!”
“And  killed the  baby,  too!”  shrieked 

Mr.  Darcy.

said the officer.

“By cricky,  I forgot about  the  baby,” 

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Then the light came,  and  they  found 
that  Policeman  Murphy  had  shot  the 
desk  sergeant’s dog, which had  followed 
him into  the  house.  Then  officer  Jack 
Rayn’s revolver went of  accidently  and 
the bullet hit  the  kitchen  clock,  which 
at once struck 9S1,  and the confusion and 
racket so unstrung  Mrs.  Darcy’s  nerves 
that she went into hysterics and  emitted 
successive yells  of  a  terrific  character. 
This brought  Miss  Bingham  down  from 
the third  story ii\  great alarm. 

“What  on  earth  is  the  matter?”’  she 

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called.

“Matter?”  said  Darcy.  “Don’t  you 
know that burglars have broken  into  the 
house and stolen the baby?  Why,  we’ve 
been  having  the  most  awful  time  you 
ever heard of for the last two hours.”

“Why,  I’ve got the baby  upstairs  with 
me,” said  Miss Bingham.  “I’ve had  him 
all night.”

“You  have?” 

exclaimed 

the  party 

in  a breath.

“Certainly.”
“Do you  mean  to tell me,” asked Darcy 
with  supernatural  calini.ess,  “that that 
baby  was quietly asleep in  your room  all 
this time?”

“Yes.”
Darey  simply looked  at  her.  He  felt 
that  language  was  unequal  to  the  ex­
pression  of  his  feelings.  Mrs.  Darcy 
flew  upstairs  two steps at  a  time.  The j 
policemen 
laughed  and  disappeared,  I 
Murphy  pulling the  deceased  dog  after I 
him  by the  tail.  Darcy  went to  bed with  ' 
anger raging in  his heart.

lie violated the Sabbath  by  putting  a 
sheet-iron  bottom,  fastened  with  rivets,  I 
upon the folding crib.

The  Story  of a  Factory,  with  a  Moral.  '
F ro m  th e  M inneapolis F u rn itu re  News.

in  the j 
facturing  company  seems  to  have  at-  j 
It seems  that  very  little,  if  any,  of  the j 

The burning of the factory of the Man-1 
itowoc  Manufacturing  Co.,  which  oc­
curred late last month,  has  disclosed one j 
of  the methods pursued to sustain  manu- 
facturing  institutions  established chiefly j 
“for  the  good of  the  town.”  The  fire | 
wiped  out  what  little  was  left  of  the • 
manufacturing  company,  and 
financial ruin, which it seems would have  | 
come in  any event,  was involved also the 
T.  C.  Shove  Banking  Company.  The j 
creditors of  this  latter  institution  may | 
get 63 cents  on the  dollar,  and  they  may j 
not get  more  than 29 cents.  The  manu­
tempted  to  do business  without capital.  ! 
save such  as  was furnished by the bank.  1 
stock of  the bank  was sold  for cash,  and ; 
the  stock  always  reached  the  bank  as 
security for  notes  given  in exchange for 
it.  These  notes  thus  secured  became 
bank  assets and  are  now wholly  worth­
less.  The history of the Manitowoc Man­
ufacturing Co., when the facts are known 
will  be a curious  and  interesting  story. 
It had a constant  struggle for  existence, 
due  to  insufficient  capital,  which  evil 
was  further  aggravated  by the  grossest 
mismanagement. 
It  was  the Mississippi 
land  scheme on  a small  scale,  an institu­
tion  built on nothing  doing a large  and 
profitable business. 
It  had  no  financial 
backing but  that  furnished  by the  bank 
whose collapse it aided in bringing about. 
That it survived  a single  year  un ier  its 
management  up  to  within  the  last  few
months  is a marvel  to all  who  know the 
facts.  With  all  the  disadvantages  its 
product had a reputation  throughout the 
Uniied States for the highest  excellence, 
and  it  is  probable  that,  wrecked  com­
pletely  as  it  is,  involved  heavily  as  it 
always was, a mere bubble ever trembling 
on the  edge of  a collapse,  it will  pay 25 
per  cent,  of  its  indebtedness,  and  has 
already  paid  its  laborers  back  wages of 
one month and a half due them  when  the 
factory  was burned.  There is something 
pathetic  in  the  efforts  of  the  bank  to 
keep  this  factory  afloat.  Every  nerve 
was  strained  and  every resource  called 
upon  to  meet  demands  for  settlement.

To refuse payment  was  death to the fac­
tory  and  death  to  the  bank.  What the 
president  of  the  bank,  who  carried  the 
whole load  of  anxiety as well  as  the  fi­
nancial  burden,  endured  during the  last 
few months can only be imagined.
The  manufacturing  company  made  a | 
specialty in the  furniture manufacturing I 
line,  and  did  not encounter  the  compe­
tition which would  have  fallen to its lot  | 
had  the  line  been  a general  one.  But 
even  with  the  connections it enjoyed  it 
failed.  We have  recited  this  story thus 
fully to point a moral.  Factories are be­
ing  started  all  over  the  country  upon 
capital,  generally  inadequate,  furnished 
to boom  real  estate.  The  factories  live 
for  a time,  may  possibly  put  upon  the 
market  fairly good  furniture,  but under 
the circumstance of limited capital  goods 
are sold for  what they  will  bring for the 
prime object of  realizing  funds.  Prices 
are  demoralized.  The  competition 
is 
generally  disastrous  to  competing  con­
cerns  because  it  is  an  entirely  unfair 
competition.  The manufacturers of fur­
niture  who  are  doing  business  upon  a 
business  basis  do not  object to competi­
tion  when  it  is  fair.  But  factories  are 
being  started  all  over  the  country,  not 
because  they  are  needed,  but  because 
their establishment  “may help the town” 
—for a time.  Some of these will succeed 
because capital  and  business  ability  will 
come to the  rescue.  But  more than  the 
usual  percentage wilt  fail.

Keeping  Books in Hieroglyphics.
In  a  suit  for  wages  recently tried  in a 
New  York  town,  the  judge  asked  the 
plaintiff,  a  farm  laborer,  if  he had  any 
book of account  in  which a record of  the 
wages  due  had  been  kept.  Many  of 
those  present  knew  that  the 
laborer 
could  neither  read  or  write,  and  they 
expected  that he  would  have  to  answer 
in  the negative.  But to the surprise and 
interest  of  everybody,  he  produced  a 
tattered,  dog-eared  almanac and present­
ed it to the  judge.  A glance at the book 
showed  that  opposite  each  day  of  the 
month,  on  the  edge of  the  page,  was  a 
hieroglyphic  of  some  kind. 
Some  of 
these signs were evidently rude  attempts 
at  pictures,  but  the  meaning  of  many 
could  not be discovered  until  the owner 
of  the book  explained them. 
It  seemed 
that  in  order to compensate  for  his  in­
ability to  read  or write,  he  had  adopted 
a system of  characters of  his own  inven- 
| tiou  to  describe  various  things.  When 
! he did a full  day’s work  he  made a cross 
after the  date;  when  it  was  only  half  a 
j  day  he  made a straight  line;  if  a  fence 
j  was  repaired  by him  he  drew  a  picture 
] of a fence opposite the date;  if  ue mend- 
| ed  a  mowing  machine,  a crude  illustra- 
I tion  of  a  mowing  machine  appeared on 
i the almanac page,  and so it went on.  He 
| had a sign  for  everything.  But  his  in- 
| genious record did  not win  him  the suit, 
i  for the  jury decided  that  such a method 
; of  bookkeeping  must  of  necessity  be 
| faulty,  and  brought  in a verdict  against 
! him.
|  P o w er  of th e  D ollar G re a te r th a n  E ver.
Are we correct in  estimating  that  the 
worker who now gets a dollar a  day  can 
j buy more useful things with  it  than  he 
could some years ago with a dollar and a 
I quarter? 
If  we  are,  the  man  who  is 
getting $1,000 a year has in effect had his 
salary raised to $1,250. 
It  makes  a  big 
• difference whether we pay,  as  now,  $6  a 
barrel  for flour or $8,  whether  our  coat 
costs us $10 or $13.  So the laboring man 
! to-day  (with his  wages somewhat raised) 
because  of  the  growing  cheapness  of
I things,  is  in  a  much  more  comfortable 
1  position  than  in  other  years,  thanks  to 
the  sewing  machine  and  other  modern 
improvements.  This confirms  what  we 
have often claimed,  that every  useful in- 
! vention  works  wonders for the poor  and 
| ought to  enrich  the  inventor.  We  are 
j each year getting  into  more  economical 
I ways of producing and distributing  use- 
i ful  things;  transportation,  too,  is  con- 
j stantly  getting  cheaper,  all  of  which 
work  for  the  welfare  of  the  working 
I classes. 

Geo. R.  Scott.

By Sam ple?

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184,  186 &  188  JEFFERSON  AVE.,

SMITH  &   SANFORD,

Grand  Rapids, Mich.

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S o  d o e s e v e r y  o th e r  m e m b e r o f  th e  fa m ily .

A  25 c e n t  p a c k a g e  m a k e s  5 g a llo n s o f th is  delicious 
d rin k .  D o n 't  b e  d e c e iv e d  if  a  d e a le r, fo r th e  s a k e  
o f   la rg e r  p ro fit,  te lls   y o u   so m e   o th e r   k in d   is 
“ ju s t a s  g o o d  ” —’tis false.  N o  im ita tio n  is  a s  go o d  
a s  th e  g e n u in e  H u m s ’.

Don’t  Buy 

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m o ils ,

Base Boll  Goods,

& F islii  Tackle

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

Also Houses at Boston and M ontreal.

EATON,  LYON  &  00.,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

Western  dealers  are  requested  to  ad­

dress the Chicago  department.

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Cream  L a id   Bill  Heads.

7~E have an  odd  lot Cream  Laid  Bill  Heads which  we 
will  close out while present  supply lasts  at the same 

THE  WORLD’S  MEASURE  OF  SUC­

Written for Tan T r a d e sm a n.

CESS.

Statisticians  tell  us  that  ninety-five 
per cent,  of  all business  adventures  are 
failures.  What  a  startling  statement' 
Did you ever stop to think of it?  Out of 
every one hundred  who go forth to battle 
in the business  world,  only  five  survive 
to sing the peans  of  victory!  What  be­
comes of  the other ninety-five?  Nobody 
knows; nobody cares.  One success  com­
mands  more  attention 
twenty 
failures,  and we are so  dazzled  with  the 
eclat which surrounds the successful few 
that we cannot see the true  condition  of 
the many  who  fail  to  win  the  world’s 
plaudits.

than 

Human  existence 

is,  indeed,  a  sad 
failure,  when  tested  by  the  world’s 
plumb 
line.  Nineteen  out  of  every 
twenty fail to  come  up  to  the  world’s 
standard and  are  thrown  aside  as  fail­
ures.  Only every  twentieth  child  born 
in the  world  will  ever  reach  the  high 
goal of business success.  Twenty bright 
eyed,  ambitious  little fellows  stand  in  a 
row at the black-board  and vie with each 
other in  a  struggle  to  find  the  sum  of 
several numbers in simple  addition;  but 
in the years  to  come  one  only  of  their 
number will find the sum of worldly sue 
cess.  Which one will  it  be?

Twenty young men graduate  from  our 
high school  with  high  honors  and  fond 
hopes for  the  future,  and  pass  on,  at 
once,  into  the  world’s  real,  practical 
matter of business college;  but  nineteen 
of them will never graduate again.  Only 
one chance to draw  and  nineteen  blanks 
in every twenty numbers!  Surely this is 
a very  discouraging  picture  of  life. 
Is 
it a true picture?  Is  the  world’s  stand 
ard of a successful life  a  true  one,  and 
does  ninety-five  out  of  100  men  who 
enter the business world  make  a  failure 
of life?  If so,  then human  existence  it­
self is a most miserable failure.

In  the  writer’s  opinion  the  world’! 
standard of success is a false one. 
It  is 
based exclusively  on  the  acquisition  of 
wealth,  which is made the infallible  test 
of business acumen  and mental capacity 
To fail,  financially,  is  to  fail  in every 
thing.  A  failure  to  make  money  is  i 
mark of inferiority,  and  denotes  an  in 
herent  weakness  somewhere.  The  de 
fenders of this worldly  standard  of  sue 
cess shower  praises  upon  the  one  soli 
tary  head  and deal  out  censure  and  re 
proof to the other  nineteen  who  fail  to 
get  their  claws  into  the  earth.  They 
seem  to  think  that  all  men  might  be 
come rich and  be  somebody,  if  they 
desired.  When  they  lecture  to  young 
men,  they  hold  up the  image  of  Baron 
de Moneybags and  say  “Look  there!  He 
was once a  poor  boy  like  you  fellows 
See what industry and  close  application 
to business will do!  Emulate  his  noble 
life and you may become great, like him 
and an appreciating world will fall down
and  worship  you.”  They  change  the
parable  of  the  New  Testament  in  this 
modern  gospel,  by  placing  one  within 
the fold and representing the ninety  and 
nine as having gone estray.  They  would 
feign  make  us  believe  that  nineteen 
twentieths are guilty of  flagrant  sins  of 
omission  and  commission  and  that  the 
reason they do not  get  rich  in  business 
is because  they  are  incompetent,  indo­
lent,  improvident,  intemperate  or  wil­
fully  negligent;  and,  therefore, 
they 
make a miserable failure of  life  and  de­
serve to be sat down upon by  those  who

improved their  opportunities  and  accu­
mulated  their  pile,  and  now  await  the 
final  judgment  encomium,  “Welldone, 
good and faithful  servant,  enter  thou,” 
etc.

This teaching is false  and  misleading. 
Five per cent,  of all who engage in  busi­
ness of one kind  or  another  succeed  in 
acquiring  wealth;  but  whether 
they 
make a success  of  life  or  not  depends 
altogether  upon  other  matters.  The 
acquisition of wealth is no bar to  a  suc­
cessful life,  but it is no  evidence,  of  it­
self,  that  a  man’s  life  has  not  been  a 
miserable failure.  On  the  other  hand, 
the ninety-five per  cent,  have  failed  to 
get rich,  but  this 
is  no  evidence  that 
they have not made life  a  most  glorious 
and complete success.  As  a  matter  of 
fact,  a  certain  portion  of  this 
larger 
number do make a  grand  success  of  life 
just what proportion,  our  wise  statis­
It  is,  also,  true 
ticians  do  not  know. 
that another  portion,  and  probably  the 
larger portion,  make a  miserable  failure 
of 
is  a  prolific 
cause of financial  failure and  one  which 
might be,  to a great extent,  avoided; yet, 
incompetency, spurred on by honest effort 
and proper motive,  by  one  who  is  irre­
sponsible therefor,  is no  bar  to  a  truly 
successful 
indo­
lence  and  intemperance,  either  one  or 
all three combined,  is  a  bar  to  financial 
success and also to a successful  life.

Improvidence, 

Incompetency 

life. 

life. 

It would be impossible for  every  busi­
ness man  to become  wealthy  and,  there­
fore,  it is  irrational  and unjust to expect 
men to attain to  what  is  practically  un­
attainable,  and  then  censure  them  for
failing to reach it.  But  every  business 
man who  is  industrious,  temperate,  and 
honest can make a success of life,  and  if 
he be thoroughly competent  and  skillful 
he will secure all  of  this  world’s  goods 
that  is  necessary  to  develop  his  man­
hood  and  amply  provide  for  those  de­
pendent upon him.

The young man  who  masters  a  trade, 
acquires  a  profession,  or  becomes  pro­
ficient in  some  mercantile  pursuit,  and 
goes out into the  world  and  consecrates 
his time and talents  to  the  advancement 
of  human  progress,  gaining  thereby, 
through  steadfast  determination  and 
patient 
industry,  a  comfortable  home 
with  all  of  its  attendant  blessings,  for 
himself and family, makes  a  success  of 
life,  though  he  fails  to  become  rich, 
financially.

In a former article the  writer  describ­
ed the home of  a  temperate,  industrious 
American artisan.  This  home,  with  its 
manifold comforts  and  its  beneficial  in­
fluences,  is the  fruit  of  patient,  honest 
toil; yet these modern  worshipers  at  the 
alter of mammon would  place the owner 
of this home among  the  ninety-five  who 
make a failure  of  life,  because  he  has 
not become rich or  is  not  the  owner  of 
the  factory  in  which  he  works.  Who 
has made a success  of  life—this  Knight 
of  Skilled  Labor,  or  his 
employer 
who  has  succeeded  in  accumulating 
half million dollars? 
E.  A.  Owen.

His  Own  Business.

A Chicago grand  jury  has decided that 
a  person’s  health  and  the  management 
of it are his own  affair.  And  that if  he 
choses to employ any doctor  or none it is 
nobody’s  affair.  Mrs.  R.  C.  Stebbins,  a 
faith  curist,  has  been  presented  to  the 
j ury  as  occasioning  the  death  of  Mrs. 
Jennie  L.  Nichols,  who  trusted  to  the 
faith  treatment.  No bill  was found and 
the faith curist was discharged.

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PRINTING  DEPARTMENT

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY,

Grand  Rapids,  MicL.

MICHIGAN  BARK  & LUMBER  CO.,

Successors to

We are now ready to make contracts for the season of  1891.  Correspondence solicited.

18  and  19  WidUiicomb  Building.

P E C K ’S  C A S H   R E G I S T E R .

WE  SELL  MOKE

Registers
TO

Business Men
Than  all  the  O ther  Register  Companies 

Combined.

W hy is the Peck Autographic Cash Register the Best for M erchants ? 
SBecause  it records items instead of G eneral  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 
out slips” to be lost and break the record. 
Because  a merchant can file away his entire day’s business on one sheet and refer in an instant 
to the record of any previous day. 
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 

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LOBDELL  &  GEIGER,  Gen’l  A gents,

39  Pearl  St.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

“Not Row  Cheap,  hut  Row  Good

“Blue Label” Ketchup

SOLD  ONLY  IN  BOTTLES,

Will  be  found to maintain  the  high  character of  our  other  food
products.

We  use  only  well-ripened,  high-colored  Tomatoes,  seasoned

with pure spices, thus retaining the natural flavor and color.

PREPARED  AND  GUARANTEED  BY

CURTICE  BROTHERS  CO,

Rochester,  N.  Y ,  U. S. A. 

B A L L - B A R N H A R T - P U T M A N   C O .,

Distributing  Agents.

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,

¡BOSTON  PETTY  LEDGEE.

Size 8Hx31£,  bound  in cloth  and  leather  back 
and corners.  Nickel bill  file, Indexed, ruled  on 
both  sides, 60  lines, being  equal to a bill  twice
as long.
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Including the following celebrated brands man­
ufactured  by the  well known  house of  Glaser,
Frame & Co.: 
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$35
Three  Medals, long Havana filler........... 
35
55
E lk’s Choice, Havana filler and binder... 
La F lor de Alfonso,................................  
55
La Doncella de M orera,......................... 
65
La Ideal, 25 in a box................................  
55
M adellena......... 
60
Headquarters  for  Castellanos & Lopez’s  line  of 
Key West goods.
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STAB,  a  High  M ountain  Maracaibo. 
GLOBE,  an  Old  Golden  Rio.
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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

AMONG  THE  TRADE.

ABOUND THE  STATE.

Clarendon—Robt.  Moore succeeds Geo. 

A.  Cook in general trade.

Cloverdale—Geo.  Hosier  has  removed 

his grocery stock to Milo.

Flint—A.  S.  Little has sold  his  bazaar 

stock to Chas.  M.  Campbell.

Benton Harbor—M. S. Peck & Co.  have 

opened  a boot and shoe store  here.

Manistee—Emmett & Zoebel  have  sold 

their bazaar stock to Simeon  Kolk.

Kalamazoo—Hall  Bros,  have  opened a 

drug store on South Burdick street.

Bay  City—E.  A.  Spear  has  sold  his 

grocery stock to G.  G.  Powers & Co.

Ludington—Samuel  Fisher  has  sold 

his meat market to J.  H.  McClutchie.

Bay City—E.  T.  Holcomb  has  retired 
from  the hardware firm of Holcomb Bros.
Menominee—Fred  Heinritz,  dealer  in 
cigars,  is succeeded by  Heinritz & Kurtz.
Three Rivers—McJ ury  &  Co.  succeed 
McJ ury & Bowen in the grocery business.
Charlevoix—F.  E.  Wood  &  Co.,  con­
fectioners,  are  succeeded  by  Jas.  B. 
Parson.

Saginaw—F.  L. Carter  &  Co.  are  suc­
ceeded by De Groot Bros,  in  the  grocery 
business.

Constantine—E.  Stroub  &  Son  are 
succeeded by Byrd &  Ruple  in  the  coal 
and ice business.

Detroit—Wilson  & Simpson  have  sold 
their grocery and  hardware  business  to 
r.  T.  Lawrence.

Bay  City—Schweikle  Bros.  &  Co. 
succeed  Schweikle  Bros,  in  the  manu­
facture of cigars.

Roscommon—Rebecca  Lewinson  (Mrs. 
Max) is succeeded by Lewinson & Monta­
gue in general trade.

Howard City—O. J.  Knapp has sold his 
grocery stock  to  Gates  Bros.,  who  will 
continue the business.

St.  Ignace—Mrs. R.  E.  Metevier is suc­
in  the 

ceeded  by  Abraham  Gaudreau 
boot and shoe business.

Jackson—C.  F.  Binder  &  Co.,  meat 
dealers,  have  disolved,  Chas  F.  Binder 
continuing the business.

Sunfield—Geo.  Steele,  formerly  engag­
ed in the harness  business  at  this  place, 
has removed to Charlotte.

West  Bay  City—Walsh  &  Co.  are 
succeeded  by  Walsh  &  Tanner  in  the 
wholesale grocery  business.

Ishpeming—June Trevithick  (Mrs.  J.) 
is succeeded by Wm.  Heikka in  the  con­
fectionery and  fruit  business.

Jackson—D.  M.  Conklin  &  Son,  bot­
tlers and cigar manufacturers,  have  sold 
their bottling business to  Stephen  Kink.  |
Manistee—Emmett & Zobel, dealers  in I 
notions,  have sold out  their  business  to 
Simeon Colk,  a brother-in-law  of  Zobel.
firm  Heltey  & 
Sprague,  lumber  dealers,  has  disolved, 
Chas.  Sprague  continuing  the  business.
Stanwood—C.  H.  Smith  has  sold  his 
store building  and drug  stock to Emmett 
Wiseman,  of  Big  Rapids,  who  will  con­
tinue the business.

South  Lyon—The 

Cedar Springs—Charles  McCarthy  and 
Dennis  Lewis  have  bought  the  McCon­
nell  meat  market  and  refitted  and  re­
furnished the same.

Leonidas—A  correspondent  suggests 
that  a  men’s  furnishing  goods  store 
would pay at this  place.  He  says  that 
they need one badly.

Allendale—I.  J.  Quick  has  sold  his 
to 
general  stock  and  store  building 
Frank Brotherton and Lloyd  Molyneant, 
who will continue the business.

Central  Lake—C.  E.  Ramsey  is  erect­
ing a store building here, 22 x 60  feet  in 
dimensions,  and will occupy same  with a 
general stock as soon as it  is  completed.
Elk Rapids—Horatio B.  Lewis  has  re­
tired  from the firm  of  Lewis,  Butler  & 
Co.,  dealers 
in  groceries,  provisions, 
hardware,  agricultural  implements,  etc. 
The  business  will  be  continued  by 
Joseph Butler and Thos.  Marriott  under 
the style of Butler & Co.

M A N U F A C T U B IN G   M A T T E B S .

Watervliet  —  The  fine  water  power 
privilege here has been purchased  by  S. I 
Dudley  &  Co.,  of  Holyoke,  Mass.,  who 
will  put in a plant for making paper and 
give employment to 140 hands.

Ionia—B.  B.  Hall  and  A.  J.  Webber 
have commenced operations on cutting  a 
thousand  acre tract of cedar into shingles. 
The style of  the  firm  is  the  Webber & 
Hall  Cedar  Co.,  and  the  partners  are 
those two and H.  B.  Webber.

Tawas City—On  account  of  excessive 
taxation the H.  M.  Loud  &  Son’s  Lum­
ber Co., of Au Sable,  is  said  to  be con­
sidering a proposition  to remove  to  Ta­
was  City.  The  company’s  taxes at  Au 
Sable  for  ten  years  aggregate  $100,000.
Saginaw — Jas.  T.  Hurst  and  W.  R. 
Burt,  of  this  city,  have  organized  the 
Wyandotte & Detroit  River  Railway Co., 
with  a  capital of  $250,000.  They  have 
made  large  investments  in  property  on 
the  river  front  between Wyandotte  and 
Detroit,  which  will  be utilized for manu­
facturing and other purposes.

Tawas  City—The  Emery  sawmill  be­
gan  operations  last  week  with  a  full 
stock  of  logs  for  the  season.  N.  O. 
Emery  is  the  superintendent.  A  new 
refuse  burner  has  been  built  and  is 
doing duty. 
It is constructed  wholly  of 
iron — two  thicknesses— with  a  water 
chamber for generating steam to  operate 
the salt block.

Sault Ste.  Marie—Frank  Perry,  of  this 
place,  Louis  A.  Hall,  of  Bay  Mills,  and 
J.  L.  Norton,  of  Lockport,  111.,  compos­
ing the  Perry  Lumber Co.,  have  bought 
192 square  miles of  the Canadian  Indian 
reservation  tributary to the  Goulais  and 
Batchawanna  rivers,  about  forty  miles 
above  this  place.  The  bonus  paid  for 
the right to cut timber was $50,000,  after 
which  come  the  timber  royalties.  The 
deal will reach  into the millions and will 
result  in  pine,  spruce  and  cedar  opera­
tions of  immense  proportions.  Mr.  Per­
ry has  long  been  a  heavy operator,  and 
Mr.  Hall  is  of  the  well-known  firm  of 
Hall  &  Buell,  who  have  handled  from 
50,000,000 feet upwards  in Upper  Michi­
gan  for  years.  He is also  a  member of 
the  Hall  & Munson  Lumber Co.,  of  Bay 
Mills. 

______

Country  Callers.

Calls  have  been 

a t  T h e 
j  T r a d e s m a n  office  during  the  past  week 
from  the follow ing gentlem en  intrade.

received 

J.  Cohen,  White Cloud.
John  Gunstra,  Lamont.
F.  L.  Tolies,  Big Prairie.
T.  H.  Atkins,  West Carlisle.
Thurston & Co., Central  Lake.

! Beware  of Ointments  for  Catarrh  that 

Contain  Mercury,

j  Toledo,  O., contains  no  mercury, and  is  taken 

| as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell 
, and completely derange  the whole  system when 
! entering it through the mucous surfaces.  Such 
articles  should  never  be  used  except  on  pre 
j scriptions  from  reputable  physicians,  as  the 
j damage they will do  Is  ten  fold to the good you 
can  possbly derive  from  them  Hall's  Catarrh 
I Cure,  manufactured  by  F.  J.  Cheney  &  Co., 
! internally, acting  directly  upon  the  blood  and 
i mucous surfaces of the system.  In buying Hall's 
j Catarrh Cure be sure you get the  genuine.  It  is 
I taken  internally, and  made in  Toledo, Ohio, by 
I F. J. Cheney & Co.  Testimonials free.
■ 

j y  Sold by Druggists, price 75c per bottle.

“THE  KENT.”

Union  Depot.

Name  of  the  New  Hotel  Opposite  the 

have  decided 

Capt.  Heman  N.  Moore  and  Lewis  T. 
McCrath,  who are erecting  a  new  hotel 
directly opposite the  ladies’  entrance  to 
the  union  depot, 
to 
christen it  “The Kent”  and  have  leased 
the hotel for a term of years  to  Beach  & 
Booth,  who have established an  enviable 
reputation as caterers  as  proprietors  of 
the New York Coffee Rooms.  The hotel 
will contain  sixty  rooms,  all  of  which 
will  be  steam  heated  and  completely 
equipped  with  electric  bells,  electric 
lights and all other modern conveniences. 
The  hotel  will  be  conducted  on  the 
European  plan,  with a first-class restaur­
ant in  connection,  and  will  cater  to  the 
traveling  men 
best  trade—merchants, 
and the  traveling  public  generally. 
It 
will  be  ready  for  occupancy  early  in 
July.

Purely Personal.

J.  P.  Yisner has  taken  the  agency  in 
this territory of the  fish  house  of  Stan­
wood  &  Co.,  of  Gloucester,  Mass.—a 
most  desirable  arrangement  for  both 
parties.

Frank  E.  Leonard  has  returned  from 
Europe,  where  he  spent  a  couple  of 
months  in  search  of  both  staples  and 
novelties for the  fail  and  winter  trade. 
He is looking hale and hearty.

Geo.  L.  Thurston,  junior  member  of 
the  firm  of  Thurston  &  Co.,  general 
dealers at  Central  Lake,  was  in  town  a 
couple  of  days  last  week. 
It  was  his 
first visit  to  the  Grand  Rapids  market 
and  was  hugely enjoyed.

Potatoes  Higher  and  Advancing.
Owing  to  the  destruction  of  a  large 
portion  of  the  Southern  potato  crop  by 
wet weather and  floods,  the  potato  mar­
ket has  advanced  several  cents  a bushel
during the  past week  and  every  indica­
tion  points  to  a  strong  and  advancing 
market  from  this  time  on.  Handlers 
here are paying 25 and 28c along the line 
of the railroad  and  buyers  on  the  water 
—such  as  Lake  Michigan  and  Grand 
Traverse Bay  points—are  offering 24-2Cc 
per bushel.  Some dealers  are  confident 
the market  will go to 50c  before  the  end 
of  June,  but there is no certainty on this 
point.  That the  market will  be  strong 
however,  is  very generally  admitted  by 
all  engaged in the business.
Bank  Notes.

It  is reported that  the  banking  house 
of D.  A.  Blodgett & Co.,  at Cadillac,  will 
be merged  into a  National  Bank  in  the 
near  future,  at  which  time  the  leading 
business  men of  Cadillac  will  be  given 
au opportunity  to  become  stockholders 
in the institution. 
It is  stated  that  Mr. 
Diggins is desirous  of  retiring  from  the 
active management  of  the  bank,  to  en­
gage more actively in  the  prosecution  of 
his lumber business.

An  Apt  Answer.

“Are hides  looking  up  yet?”  asked  a 
reporter of  Elmer Thompson,  the  other 
day.

“Yes,”  was  the  reply,  “they  are  flat 
look­

on  their  backs  and  can’t  help 
ing up.”

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugar is without change.  Corn  syrup 
is strong,  owing  to  the  recent  advances 
in  corn.  California  dried  fruits  are 
strong and higher.  Rolled oats, Canary 
seed and jelly are a little higher.

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

Aspegrim & Anderson  have  opened  a 
grocery store at the corner of  Third  and 
Stocking streets.  Musselman  &  Widdi- 
comb furnished the stock.

A.  Dunnebacke  has  sold  his  grocery 
and dry goods stock at  75 Gold  street  to 
J.  E.  Plischke,  who  will  continue  the 
business at the same location.

H.  Leonard  &  Sons  has  issued  their 
annual catalogue for 1892  and  it  is  now 
being mailed to the trade. 
It comprises 
256 pages  and  cover,  being  the  largest 
and most complete catalogue ever  issued 
by the house.

The Antrim Iron  Co.  has  engaged  M. 
M.  Duncan  as successor to  Edward  Fitz­
gerald,  who recently  resigned  the  man­
agement  of  the  company’s  business  at 
Mancelona.  Mr.  Duncan  was  manager 
of the Roane  Iron  Co.,  of  Chattanooga, 
eleven years and brings to  his  new  con­
nection a most excellent record.

Henry J.  Vinkemulder  has  purchased 
the  two-store  frame  building,  now  oc­
cupied by  the  grocery  stock  of  Vinke­
mulder &  Bro.,  at  the  corner  of  South 
Division  street  and  Third  avenue,  for 
$12,000.  The property has a frontage  of 
49}4  feet  on  South  Division  street  and 
176  feet  on  Third  avenue.  The  pur­
chaser  proposes  to  enlarge 
the  store 
building  and  put 
in  new  hardwood 
floors.

Gripsack Brigade.

John  Payne  is  spending  a  couple  of 
weeks  with  friends  at  Allegan.  His 
route is being covered  in  the  meantime 
by Frank  Kruse.

David R.  McGann, traveling represent­
ative for  Kortlander  &  Murphy,  reports 
the sale of three liquor outfits during the 
past  week—John  B.  Kelley,  Traverse 
City;  Chas.  R.  Smith,  Cadillac;  John 
McIntyre,  Benton Harbor.

Wat.  Kelsey,  the  handsome end of  the 
Toledo  Spice  Co.,  is  in  town  for  a  few 
days,  interviewing the jobbing trade.  D. 
K.  Applegate will represent the house in 
this territory in  the capacity of traveling 
representative for the next three months.
A  Chicago grocery  salesman  was  call­
ing  on  a  grocer  in  a  certain  Northern 
Michigan town,  one day last week, show­
ing his tea samples.  He had booked orders 
for  Japan  and  Hyson  goods,  when  he 
enquired,  “How  is  your  stock  of  gun­
powder?”  “We have plenty of caps and 
shot and  I  think  it  is  too  early  in  the 
season  for  gunpowder.”

The Correct Quotations.

incorrectly. 

T h e  T radesm an  announced  a decline 
per gallon  in illuminating  oil  last 
in 
They  should 

of 
week,  but  the  quotations  persisted 
appearing 
have been as follows:
E ocene........... ........................................ 9
Water white, old test...........................  8X
“  headlight,  150  deg......... 7%
“ 

“ 
“ 
Above quotations are for oil in barrels. 
The  price for  oil  from tank  wagons was 
also declined at the same time.

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Another  Change  in  Her Route.

The City  of  Grand  Rapids  has  been 
compelled  to  abandon  Manistique  and 
South  Manistique  as 
the  Northern 
termini of her route,  having changed her 
course  to  Escanaba  and  Gladstone 
in­
stead.  The boat leaves Traverse City  at 
o’clock  Monday,  Wednesday  . and 
7 
Friday 
evenings,  returning  alternate 
evenings.

than 

line 
to  be  obliged 

I  have  been  a  friend  of  the  D.,  L.
& N.  and C.  &  W.  M.  Railway  systems 
and have taken  pains to give them every 
pound  of  freight  and  mileage  I could, 
which  you  will  find  by  looking  it  up; 
but,  in common  with all commercial men,
I have become thoroughly disgusted with 
the  picayunish  rules  adopted  by  your 
General  Baggageman,  Mr.  LaBar.  He 
seems to look  upon the  traveling man  as 
a  thief  and  all  of  the  employes  in  his 
department  as  the  same  or  worse. 
I 
have heard a  large  number  of  traveling 
men who  carry  trunks  say  that,  as  long 
as these arbitrary methods  are  kept  up, 
they will divert  every  pound  of  freight 
from  your  line  they  can;  and  I  assure 
you that from this date on not a pound of 
my freight will be  drawn  by  your  com­
pany which I  can  possibly  divert  over 
some  other  line,  as  long  as  Mr.  LaBar 
continues  this  foolish  system  of  his. 
Please do not  think  that  I am trying to 
through  over 
evade  excess  or  get 
your 
of  baggage 
one  pound 
more 
am 
entitled 
to, 
but 
through 
so  much  red  tape—and  to  be 
looked 
upon  as a common  thief, I  kick.  Please 
make  enquiries of  the  baggagemen any­
where on your line and you will find that 
never in a single  instance have I tried to 
evade  any  rule  laid  down  to  your  em­
ployes,  but  have  cheerfully  accepted 
them,  as I know well  that their  positions 
is to them  their bread and butter;  and so 
far as  my  firm is concerned,  we  are able 
to  pay  all  charges  which  are  imposed 
upon  us,  but  refuse  to  submit  to  such 
foolish  rules as  laid  down  by your  Mr. 
I have  no  recourse but  to  fall 
La Bar. 
back  on  my right  to ship  my freight  by 
any  line  which I  see  fit. 
I  travel  on 
every  mile of  your  system  in Michigan, 
except  south of  St.  Joseph.  Of  course, 
I fully understand that the small  amount 
of business I do will not cut any figure (the 
trains  will  probably  start  and  stop  on 
schedule  time,  as  before),  but  the  co­
operation  with  the  many  who  have 
spoken to me may be felt a little.  While 
1 deprecate such methods,  I feel justified 
in this instance.  Yours truly,

to  go 

I 

Geo.  F.  Ow en.

In the meantime other  travelers  petiti­
oned  the freight department  to  the same 
effect,  and  Mr.  Owen  recently  received 
the following reply to his criticisms:

Referring to your favor of May 1 in re­
gard  to  excess  baggage  rules,  Mr.  De- 
Haven,  our  General  Passenger  Agent, 
advises me that the features of  our rules 
to  which  you  objected  have  been  re­
moved and that he has made even a more 
liberal arrangement  in  regard  to  excess 
baggage.  He  has  also  countermanded 
the  instructions  issued  by  the  General 
Baggage Agent  in  reference to the  labor 
of  which  you complained.  He  has  also 
extended the  limit of  time that  baggage 
is  allowed to  remain  free at stations  to 
seventy-two  hours,  instead  of  twenty- 
four, and thinks that everything now will 
be  satisfactory to the  traveling  men. 
I 
trust that  this is so.
Will  you  kindly notify  your traveling 
acquaintances?

Yours truly,

F.  Y.  Da v is,  G.  F.  A.

The  Druar  Market.

Tartaric  acid  has  declined.  Cream 
tarter is lower.  Gum  camphor  is  weak 
but  unchanged.  Citric  acid  has  de­
clined.  Prima  Calcutta  assafoetida  has 
again  advanced.  London  gum 
is  at 
almost any  price down  to 20 cents, but  it 
is not fit for  druggists’  use.  Oil  berga- 
mont is lower.  Oil  cassia  has  declined. 
English  vermillion 
lower.  Alcohol 
has advanced 2 cents per  gallon.

Later—Linseed  oil  has  sustained  an­
other advance,  this time of 2c per gallon.

is 

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN
Revoked  the  Obnoxious  Orders.
The General  Baggage  Agent of  the C. 
& W.  M.  and D.,  L.  &  N.  Railways  is­
sued new orders in regard  to  the  hand­
ling of excess baggage a few months ago, 
whereupon Geo.  F.  Owen  wrote  General
Freight Agent Davis as  follows:

VOIGT, HERPOLSHEIMER  &  CO.,
Dry Good?, Carpets and Gloaks

W H O L E S A L E

5

W e  Make a Specialty of  Blankets, Quilts and  Live 

G eese  Feathers.

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

OVERALLS  OF  OUR  OWN  MANUFACTURE.

?oiii, Senolsleiir & Go,48> 

r S

 st-

H * $ * R O B W S O N  AND C o m p a n y

M anufacturers  and  W holesale  Dealers  in

BOOTS, 
S f i O B S  

find  RUBBERS.

New Factory,  330 and  332  La Fayette Avenue,

Office and Salesroom,  99, 101, 103, 105 Jefferson Ave.,

D E T R O IT ,  M ICH.

Spring &  Company,

IMPORTERS  AND  WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

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

W e  invite  the  attention  of  the  trade  to  our  complete  and  well 

assorted  stock  at  lowest  market  prices.

Spring &  Company,

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The  Bankrupt  Stock  Nuisance.

F ro m  th e  B oot a n d  Shoe R eco rd er.

of 

the 

that 
is 

to  protect 

“Erastus  Crowell  was 

A decision  that  will  be  pleasing  to 
retailers  generally  was  given  by  the 
Massachusetts Supreme Court last  week. 
The decision relates to  the  law,  recently 
enacted,  imposing  restrictions  on 
itin­
erant  vendors.  Under  this  head  it 
is 
aimed to  include  dealers  who  make  a 
business of opening for a  few  days  or  a 
few weeks with a  loudly  advertised  sale 
of bankrupt stocks or goods damaged  by 
fire.  It  is  needless  to  add  that  these 
sales are usually frauds,  so  far  as  their 
representations go,  and  that the  remark­
ably  low  prices they advertise are in fact 
remarkably high for  the  quality  of  the 
goods offered.  The facts in the case de­
cided upon are as follows:
indicted, 
charged with being an  itinerant  vendor, 
and at the trial  in  the  superior  court  it 
appeared that the defendant  was  in  the 
employ of E.  F.  Miller,  who at  that  time 
carried on  business,  having  a  manufac­
turing  establishment 
in  Boston,  with 
various permanent places of  business  at 
Worcester  and  Springfield.  Miller  was 
engaged in the manufacture  and  sale  of 
tailor-made  clothing,  and  by  reason  of 
misfits and other  causes  always  had  on 
his  hands 
large  quanties  of  clothing 
which had been returned.  This  he  dis­
posed of  as  ready-made  clothing.  The 
defendant,  not  a  resident  of  Dennis, 
went on behalf of Miller  to  Dennis  and 
opened a store which  he  furnished  with 
a stock of clothing of  the above  descrip­
tion.  with the intention  of  remaining  in 
the  store  until  the  goods  were  sold. 
Upon these  facts  the  jury  returned  a 
verdict of guilty,  and the defendant took 
an appeal  to  the  Supreme  Court.  This 
tribunal overruled the exceptions, on the 
object 
ground 
the 
the 
statuti 
public 
itinerant  vendors 
from  imposition  by 
who  are  not  hawkers  or  pedlers  be­
leasing  or  occupying 
cause  hiring, 
a  building  for 
but 
their  business, 
who are to sell temporarilly or transiently 
in one locality.  The court held that the 
statute  is  not  designed  to  prevent  fair 
and free  competition,  but  only  to  pro­
tect the public against  fraud. 
It  comes 
within the police power,  and  stands  on 
the same ground  as  the  acts  relating  to 
hawkers and  pedlers,  auctioneers,  pawn­
brokers  and  others.  The 
that 
Miller had a permanent place of business 
elsewhere,  and that the  defendant  acted 
as  Miller’s  agent,  does  not  help  the 
defendant.”
This decision is  to  be  commended  as 
good common sense,  something  which  is 
too often  ignored by judges  in  their  un­
questioning adherence to legal precedent 
and traditional phraseology.  The itiner­
ant vendor who acts  as  an  agent  for  a 
strong central  concern  is  all  the  more 
dangerous to the established  trade  in  a 
community,  and all  the  more  fraudulent 
in  his  representations  that  the  stock 
he offers  is the salvage from a  failure  or 
a fire.  There  is  a  wide  difference  be­
tween  legitimate  competition  and  this 
species  of  business  piracy.  Retail 
dealers do not seek for  a  monopoly,  and 
ask for no restrictions on any competition 
that desires  to  come  in  on  equal  terms. 
The regular dealer  is  obliged  to  main­
tain his reputation  by giving  good  value 
for the prices he receives,  and  by  living 
up  to  all  his  public  promises.  The 
itinerant vendor,  on the contrary,  has no 
reputation at stake,  and he can make the 
most evtravagant promises  with  impun- j 
ity.  The average buyer is not an expert, 
and is easily deceived  by the appearance 
of  the cheap  trash.  He  has  learned  to 
rely,  to a reasonable  degree,  at  least,  on 
the  statements  of  the  regular  dealers, 
and  very  naturally  accepts  the  fraudu­
lent claims of the transients as being ap­
proximately true.  Before the buyer  has 
a chance to test the  quality  of  his  pur­
chases,  the great  aggregation  has  disap­
peared.  At first  the  buyer,  on  compar­
ing the prices,  makes  up  his  mind  that 
the regular  dealers  are  attempting  to 
rob  him  by  their  extortionate  figures,
-  but,  when he  discovers  the  swindle,  he 
jumps at the conclusion that the  regular 
dealers belong  to  the  same  class,  inas­
much as they are In the same business of 
selling goods. 

fact 

•

Use Tradesman Coupon Books.

MILE-END
Best  Six  Cord

— FOR

fKachine  or  Hand  Use.

FOR  SALE  BY  ALL

Dealers  io  Dry  Hoods & Notions.
Schilling Corset  Co.'$

THE

MODEL
(Trade Mark.)
FORM.

Greatest  Seller  on Earth!

Dr.

FRENCH

SHAPE
“.A.”

Send for Illustrated  Catalogue.  See  price list 

In this journal.
SCHILLING  CORSET  CO.,

Detroit. Mich, and Chicago, 111.

BUY  THE  PENINSULAR
Pants,  Slirts,  ait Overalls

Once and You are our Customer 

for life.

STANTON, MOREY & C0„ Mtrs.

DETROIT,  MICH.

Geo. F. Owen, Salesman  for Western  Michigan, 

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

TH K  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN
Dry Goods Price Current.

U S E

UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.

Adriatic.................7
A rgyle...................  6
Atlanta AA............ 6
Atlantic A..............  63k
H ................6*
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D..............  6
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“  LL..............  5

Arrow Brand  5*4 
World Wide.. 6)4
“  LL................. 434
Pull Yard Wide...... 6)4
Georgia  A..............  6)4
Honest Width......... 6)4
H artfordA.........  5
Indian Head...........  7
King A  A................. 6)4
King EC.................5
Lawrence  L L ........  5)4
Madras cheese cloth 634
Newmarket  G.... 534
5

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Amory....................   6)4
Archery  Bunting...  40 
Beaver Dam  A A..  5)4 
Blackstone O, 32—   5
Black Crow............ 6
Black  Rock  ...........6
Boot, AL................  7
Capital  A............... 5)4
Cavanat V..............5)4
Chapman cheese cl.  33k
Clifton C R ............ 5)4
Comet 
Dwight Star
Clifton CCC-

B  
N 
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DD....  5)4
X ........634
Noibe R ..................5
_ Our Level  Best...... 6)4
634|Oxford  R............... 6
634 Pequot....................  7
..........6)4 Solar.........................6)4
|Topof the Heap__7
BLEACHED  COTTONS.
Geo. Washington...  8
A B C .  ...................8)4
Glen Mills..............  7
Amazon.................. 8
Gold Medal.............. 7)4
Amsburg.................7
Green  Ticket......... 8)4
Art  Cambric...........10
Great Palls.............   6)4
Blackstone A A. —   7)4
Hope......................... 7)4
Beats All.................4)4
Just  Out........  434@  5
Boston....................12
King PhlUlp...........7*
Cabot...................... 7
Cabot,  %...................634
OP......7)4
Lonsdale Cambric.. 10
Charter  Oak...........5)4
Lonsdale...........  @  8)4
Conway W ..............7)4
Middlesex........   @5
Cleveland...............7
No Name.................  7)4
Dwight Anchor...... 8)4
Oak View............... 6
shorts.  8
Our Own................   5)4
Edwards................. 6
Pride of the West.. .12
Empire....................7
Rosalind...................7)4
Farwell...................7)4
Sunlight..................  4)4
Fruit of the Loom.  8)4
Utica  Mills.............. 8)4
Fltchville  .............7
“  Nonpareil  ..10
First Prize..............7
Fruit of the Loom %.  7)4
Vlnyard..................  8)4
White Horse...........  6
Falrmount..............434
“  Rock.............. 8)4
Full Value..............634
Cabot........................ 7  I Dwight Anchor...... 8)4
Far well.....................8  I
...  5)4 Middlesex No.  1... .10
TremontN........
“  2... .11
Hamilton N......
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“  3... .12
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“  8... .19
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No. 25 ...  9
BLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.

UNBLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.

HALF  BLEACHED  COTTONS.

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Hamilton 

...  7)4 Middlesex A A...... .11
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CARPET  WARP.
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19)4 White Star..............18
“  colored..20
Nameless................ 20
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......... 30
......... 32)4
.......  .35

American  fancy... 
American Indigo... 
American shirtings 
Argentine  Grays.. 
Anchor Shirtings.. 
Arnold 
...
Arnold  Merino. . .

..............8
................9
..............10)4
G G  Cashmere.......20
Nameless  ...............16
............... 18
COBS
Corallne............. .19 50
Schilling’s ......... 9 00
Davis  Waists  ....  9 00 
Grand  Rapids...... 4 50
Armory...................  634
Androscoggin.........734
Biddeford...............  6
Brunswick................6)4
f r i:
len turkey  reds..  5)4
robes...........5)4
pink a purple 6)4
buffs...........  6
pink  checks.  5)4
staples........  5)4
shirtings...  4 

Wonderful.............84 50
Brighton..................4 75
Bortree’s .................9 00
Abdominal.............15 00
Naumkeagsatteen..  7
Rock port...................6)4
Conestoga.................634
Walworth..............  634
ITS.Berwick fancies__5)4
Clyde Robes...........
Charter Oak fancies 4)4 
DelMarine cashm’s.  6 
mourn’g  6 
Eddystone fancy...  5)4 
chocolat  5)4 
rober  ...  5)4 
sateens..  5)4 
Hamilton fancy.  ...  5)4 
staple....  5)4 
Manchester fancy..  5)4 
new era.  5)4 
Merrimack D fancy.  5)4 
Merrim’ck shirtings. 4)4 
Repp furn .  8)4
Pacific fancy..........5)4
robes............6)4
Portsmouth robes...  5)4 
Simpson mourning..  5)4
greys........  6)4
solid black.  5)4 
Washington indigo.  534 
“  Turkey robes..  7H
“  India robes___ 7)4
“  plain Tky X 34 8)4 
“ 
“  X...10
“  Ottoman  Tur­
key red................   6
Martha Washington
Turkeyred 34........ 7)4
Martha Washington
Turkey red..........   9)4
River point robes....  5
Windsor fancy..........6)4
Indigo  blue..........10)4
Harmony.................  4)4
AC A......................12)4
Pemberton AAA.... 16
York.......................10)4
Swift River............7H
Pearl River............12
Warren...................18

long cloth B. 10)4 
“ 
“ 
“  C.  8)4
“ 
century cloth 7
“  gold seal......10)4
“  green seal TR 10)4 
“  yellow seal.. 10)4
serge.............11)4
“ 
“  Turkey red.. 10)4 
Ballou solid black..  5 
“ 
“  colors.  5)4
Bengal blue,  green, 
red and  orange...  5)4
Berlin solids...........5)4
“  oil blue........  6)4
“  “  green —   6)4
“  Foulards ....  5)4
“ 
red 34...........  7
“  “  X.........  »H
“ 
“  4 4......... 10
« 
« 3-4XXXX 12
Cocheco fancy........  6
“  madders...  6
«  XXtwills..  6)4
solids.........5)4
“ 
Amoskeag A C A.... 12)4
Hamilton N ............   7)4
D............ 8)4
Awning.. 11
Farmer....................8
First Prize..............11)4
Lenox M ills...........IS
Atlanta,  D..............  6X|Stark  A 
............  8
Boot........................6M No  Name................... 7)4
Clifton, K................6)4|Topof  Heap............9
Simpson................. 20
.................18
.................16
Coechco.................10)4

Imperial..................10)4
Black................9® 9)4
“  BO...........  @10
A A A ..................  12

gold  ticket

COTTON  DRILL.

TICKINGS.

BATINBS.

'  » 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 

Amoskeag.............. 12)4
9os...... 13)4
brown .13
Andover................. 11)4
Beaver Creek AA.. .10 
BB...  9
“ 
cc....
«« 
Boston Mfg Co.  br..  7 
blue  8)4 
“ 
“  d a  twist 10)4 
Columbian XXX  br.10 
“ 
XXX  bl.19

“ 

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

Persian dress 8)4 
Canton ..  8)4
AFC........10)4
Teazle.. .10)4 
Angola.. 10)4 
Persian..  8H 
Arlington staple....  6)4 
Arasapha  fancy—   434 
Bates Warwick dres 8)4 
staples.  6)4
Centennial.............  10)4
Criterion..............  10),
Cumberland  Btaple.  5)4
Cumberland........... 5
Essex........................4)4
Elfin.......................   7)4
Everett classics......8)4
Exposition............... 7)4
Glenarte.................  6)4
Glenarven................ 634
Glenwood.................7)4
Hampton...................6)4
Johnson Chalon cl 
)4
indigo blue 9)4
zephyrs__16

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DEMINS.

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Columbian  brown.. 12
Everett, bine...........12
brown....... 12
Haymaker blue........ 734
brown...  734
Jaffrey.....................11)4
Lancaster  ...............12)4
Lawrence, 9 oz........ 13)4
No. 220___13
No. 250---- 11)4
No. 280.... 10)4

“ 
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GINGHAMS.
Lancaster,  staple...  7
“ 
fancies__7
“  Normandie  8

Lancashire.............   6%
Manchester.............  534
Monogram..............  6)4
Normandie............... 7)4
Persian..................... 8)4
Renfrew Dress........7)4
Rosemont................. 6)4
Slatersville............ 6
Somerset.................7
Tacoma  ................... 7)4
Toil  duNord......... 10)4
Wabash...................  7)4
seersucker..  7)4
Warwick................  8)4
Whittenden............   634
heather dr.  8 
indigo bine 9 
Wamsutta staples...  634
Westbrook..............8
..............10
Wlndermeer........... 5
York..........................634

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GRAIN  BAGS.

Amoskeag..............16341Valley City................15
Stark......................  19  Georgia...................15
American...............15341 Pacific.......................13

THEE ADS.

Clark’s Mile End.... 45  I Barbour's................ 88
Coats’, J. & P .........45  Marshall’s................ 88
Holyoke................. 22)41

KNITTING  COTTON.

No.

BED  FLANNEL.

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

DOMET  FLANNEL.

MIXED  FLANNEL.

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

White.  Colored.
42
43
44
45

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

T W........................22)4
F T ..........................32)4
JR F , XXX............35
Buckeye.................32)4

White.  Colored.
38 No.  14... ...37
“  16... ....38
39
18... ....39
40
“  20... ....40
41
CAMBRICS.
..  4
Slater............
White Star............   4
Kid Glove  .............   4
Newmarket............   4
Fireman.................32)4
Creedmore............. 27)4
Talbot XXX...........80
Nameiess............... 27)4
Red A Blue,  plaid..40
Union R..................22)4
Windsor..................18)4
6 oz Western........... 20
Union  B ................. 22)4
Nameless...... 8  @ 9)41 
...... 8)4@10  I 

Grey SR W.............17)4
Western W  .............18)4
D R P ...................... 18)4
Flushing XXX........23)4
Manitoba.................23)4
@10)4
12)4
Brown. Black. Slate. Brown. Black.
13
15
17
20
.10)4
10 oz ...12)4
“
Raven, lOoz.............13)4
 
13)4
Stark 
Boston, 10 oz............12)4

CANVASS  AND  PADDING.
13
9)4
15
10)4
17
11)4
20
12)4
8 oz— ....  9)4 West  Point, 8 oz
, 8 oz... ....10)4
Greenwood,7)4 0*..  9)4 
Greenwood, 8 oz — 11)4 
Boston, 8 oz............10)4
White, dos..............25  {Per bale,40 dos.... 17 50
Colored, dos...........20 
Slater, Iron Cross...  8 
Red Cross....  9
Best.............10)4
Best AA......12)4
L ............................. 7)4
G..............................8)4
Corticelll, doz.........75  [Corticelll  knitting,

Pawtucket...............10)4
Dundle....................  9
Bedford...................10)4
Valley  City.............10)4
KK........................10)4

“ 
Slate.
9) 4
10) 4
11) 4
12) 4

934 13
10)4 15
11)4 17
12)4 20
DUCKS.

SEWING  SILK.

WADDINGS.

SILESIAS.

“ 

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twist, doz. .37)4  per %oz  ball........30
50 yd, doz. .37)41
BOOKS  AND EYES—P E E  GROSS.

8 

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“
PINS.

8-18, S C ........46 

..12 
..12  J  “  10 

No  1 Bl’k A White..10  INo  4 Bl’k A White..15 
2 
..20
“  
“  3 
..25
No 2-20, M C......... 50  INo 4—15  F  8)4........ 40
‘ 
No  2 White A Bl’k.. 12  INo  8 White A Bl’k..20 
4 
“ 
.28
.26
•*  6 
.88
No 2.

COTTON  TAPE.
“  10 
..15 
.18 
“  12 

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NEEDLES—FEB  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 2615—4....1  95  6—4 ..2  95 

TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.
“ 

.. .3 10|
COTTON TWINES.

“ ....2 10 

Cotton Sail Twine. .28
Crown....................12
Domestic...............18)4
Anchor.................. 16
Bristol................... 13
Cherry  Valley........15
I X L.......................18)4
Alabama.................63k
Alamance................. 6)4
Augusta...................7)4
Ar  sapha................  6
Georgia...................  6)4
G ranite..................53k
Haw  River............  6
Haw  J ....................5

Nashua...................18
Rising Star 4-ply — 17 
8 ply.... 17
North  Star..............20
Wool Standard 4 ply 17)4 
Powhattan............ 18

Mount  Pleasant....  6)4
Oneida  ..................   5
Prymont  ................  63k
Randelman.............6
Riverside  ..............  6)4
Sibley  A .................  634
Toledo....................

PLAID  OBNABURGS

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN
Hardware Price Current.

HAMMERS.

BUSINESS  LAW.

Summarized  Decisions  from  Courts  of 

Last Resort.

E X E M P T IO N — F U R N IT U R E — B O A R D E R S .
The Supreme Court of  Texas  held,  in 
the case of Mueller  vs.  Richardson,  that 
under  an  excemption  from  sale  under 
under  execution  of  “all  household  and 
kitchen 
taking 
boarders incidentally  for  the  purpose  of 
support  was  entitled  to  hold  exempt 
from  sale  the  furniture  in  the  rooms 
occupied  by  the  boarders.

furniture,”  a  widow 

IN S O L V E N C Y — U N P A ID   STO C K   S U B S C R IP ­

T IO N S .

The Supreme Court of Minnesota held, 
in the case  of  Marson  vs.  Deither,  that 
where a corporation has made an  assign­
ment for the  benefit  of  creditors  under 
the  insolvent  law,  the  court  in  which 
the insolvency proceedings  are  pending 
may make  an  order  requiring  payment 
of unpaid stock  subscriptions,  the  same 
as the directors might  have  done  before 
the insolvency proceedings,  and  that  in 
an action for an  unpaid  stock  subscrip­
tion  it  is  not  necessary  to  allege  the 
issue and tender of a certificate  of  stock 
unless it is  expressly  stipulated  in  the 
contract that the stock is to  be  paid  for 
upon issuance of the certificate  therefor.

G U A R A N T Y — N O T IC E — A C C E P T A N C E .
In the case of Wilkins vs. Carter et al., 
recently decided  by  the  Texas  Commis­
sion  of Appeals, it appeared that the  ap­
pellant wrote the following letter  to  the 
appellees:  “Carter  Brothers  &  Co.—B. 
E.  Wilkins & Brother may be a few  days 
late in paying you  their  dues. 
If  you 
will bear with them I  will  see  that  you 
are paid; cotton  is six weeks  late,  hence 
the scarcity of money;  they  are  in  good 
shape otherwise.  W.  D.  Wilkins.”  The 
appellant contended that if the guaranty 
was accepted he was entitled to notice in 
order to  make  him 
liable.  The  court 
held that the  appellant  was  entitled  to 
notice, saying:  “Carter  Brothers  &  Co. 
were not bound by  the proposition  until 
they  had  agreed  to  accept  its  terms. 
From the time  they  received  the  letter 
until  after  the  goods  of  Wilkins  & 
Brother  were  attached,  they  did  not 
notify appellant  that  they  agreed  and 
would  extend  the  time.  But  they  say 
that they  did  accept  by  forebearing  to 
sue.  How  was  Wilkins  to  know  but 
that the consideration for  the  extension 
moved from some other source,  or  was  a 
mere favor to the debtor?”

S A L E — G U A R A N T Y — W A R E H O U S E   R E ­

C E IP T S .

Where,  by a  written contract  a  party 
agreed to sell to another binder  twine  at 
Peoria,  111.,  Omaha,  Neb.,  and  various 
other  points  at  certain  prices  therein 
named,  free of  charge  for  freight,  stor­
age, etc.,  until the warehouse receipts of 
the same should be turned  over,  payable 
by notes on receipt of  invoice,  one-third 
on September  10,  one-third  on  October 
10,  and one-third  on  November  10,  fol 
lowing,  the vendor guaranteeing that the 
twine sold was in good  condition  and  a 
merchantable 
the  Supreme 
Court of Illinois  held,  Luthy  et  al.  vs. 
Waterbury et al.,  that the  guaranty  had 
reference to the condition and  quality  of 
the twine at  the  time  the  contract  was 
made,  and  not  to  the  time  when  the 
warehouse  receipts  were  turned  over, 
although possession of  the  goods  would 
not  pass  until  the  warehouse  receipts 
were delivered.

article, 

A New Sugar Process.

A French  chemist  has  invented a new 
process  for  manufacturing  sugar,  which 
recent  repi rts  from  Clenfuegos, Cuba, 
say  has been tested  with remarkable suc­
cess.  The  secret of  the  method  is  mix­
ing  molasses  with  cane  juice.  The  re­
ports say that the new i rocess yields 11% 
per cent, of first jet sugar, polarizing 98.3 
degrees on an average.  Furthermore the 
managers of the American Sugar Refining 
Company  declare  that  the  sugar  thus 
produced  is  the  handsomest  raw  sugar 
ever  imported  into  the  United  States, 
and  they  readily  pay for  all  cargoes  of 
this  brand of  sugar  1-10 of  a cent  more 
than the running prices.

AXIS.

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

AUGUR8 AND BITS. 

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

dls.

“ 
* 
‘ 

BARROWS. 

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

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

bolts. 

(US.

BUCKETS.

BUTTS, CAST. 

Well,  plain..................................................I 3 50
Well, swivel......................................................  4 00
dls.
Cast Loose Pin, figured.................................70*
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint.............. 60*10
Wrought Loose Pin....................................... 60*10
Wrought Table.............................................60*10
Wrought Inside Blind.................................. 60*10
Wrought Brass............................................. 
75
Blind,  Clark’s...............................................70&16
Blind,  Parker’s.............................................70*10
70
Blind, Shepard's.......................................... 

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

60

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

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

CAPS.

CARTRIDGES.

chisels. 

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

50
25

Socket Firmer...............................................70*10
Socket Framing.............................................70*10
Socket Corner................................................ 70*10
Socket Slicks................................................ 70*10
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............................ 
40

dls.

dls.

cokbs. 

CHALK.
COPPER.

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

40
Curry,  Lawrence’s. 
25
Hotchkiss..............
White Crayons, per  gross..............12Q12H dls. 10
28
Planished, 14 oz cut to size........per pound 
14x52,14x56,14x60 .......................  
26
Cold Rolled, 14x56 ana 14x60............... 
 
23
Cold Rolled, 14x48........................................  
23
25
Bottoms........................................................ 
DRILLS. 
Morse’s Bit  Stocks............. 
50
Taper and straight Shank............................ 
50
Morse’s Taper Shank.................................... 
50

dls.

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BLOCKS.

CRADLES.
CROW BARS.

DRIPPING PANS.

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

•« 
tt 
“ 
“ 
Com. 4 piece, 6 in............................dos. net 
Corrugated........................................................dls 40
“ 
Adjustable.......................................................dls. 40*10
“ 

0?
  6H

ELBOWS.

75

 

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

Clark’s, small, 118; large, «26.......................  
Ives’, 1,118; 2,124; 8, «30............................ 

piles—New List. 

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

dls.

dls.

30
25

GALVANIZED IRON.

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

12 

15 

13 
Discount, 60

14 
gauges. 

dls.

Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s.......................   .... 50

28
17

dls.

HINGES.

HANGERS. 

HOLLOW WARE.

-  HOUSE FURNISHING  GOODS.

Maydole  & Co.’s.................................... dls. 
25
Kip’S.......................................................dls. 
25
Yerkes A Plumb’s..................................dls. 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 ..............................dls.60&10
State...........................................per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook and  Strap, to 12 In. 4H  14  and
3H10
H........... ............ net
%........... ............ net
8H
X........................ net
7H
%........... ............ net
7H
50
...........dls.
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track__50*10
Champion,  antl-frlction.............................   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 33)4*10
dls.
Bright...................................................... 70*10410
Screw  Eyes.............................................70*10*10
Hook’s ................................................ 
.70*10*10
Gate Hooks and Eyes...................... 
70*10*10
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s .................... 
70
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings.................... 
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings................. 
55
55
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.............. 
Door,  porcelain, trimmings......................... 
55
70
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain................... 
Russell & Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list  .........  
55
55
Mallory, Wheeler  *   Co.’s............................ 
Branford’s ................................................... 
55
Norwalk’s ................................................... 
55
Adze Bye.........................................«16.00, dls. 60
Hunt Bye.  ......................................«15.00, dls. 60
Hunt’s ...................................... »18.50, dls. 20*10.
dls.
Sperry *  Co.’s, Post,  handled
dls.
Coffee, Parkers  Ca’s ...................................
“  P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables....
“  Landers,  Ferry & d e  .k’s.................
“  Enterprise 

knobs—New List. 

LOCKS—DOOB. 

wire goods. 

MATTOCKS.

levels. 

dls.
dls.

R a u l s .

MILLS.

dls.

 

 

 

 

NAILS

Advance over base: 

....................
dls.
MOLASSES GATES.
Stebbln’s Pattern..................... 
60*10
Stebbln’s Genuine........................................ 60*10
Enterprise, self-measuring..........................  
25
Steel nails, base..............................................185
Wire nails, base.............................................. 1  90
Steel.  Wire.
60...................................................... Base 
Base
10
50...................................................... Base 
40.....................................................  05
25 
30.....................................................  10
35 
20.......... 
15
45 
16..................................................... 
15
45 
12....................................................  
15
50 
10......................................................  20
60 
8........................................................  25
75 
7 * 6 .................................................   40
90 1 20 
4............................. 
60
3.............................................................1 00
1  60 
2.............................................................1 50
1  60 
Fine 3....................................................1 50
65 
Case  10.............................................  60
75 
8.............................................  75
g 
...................... <  9q
90 
75 
Finish io.‘.V.".-.V.V.V..V....V r.".” .!  85
93 
8............................................1  00
6.................................................1 15
1  10 
70 
Clinch; 10..........................................  85
80 
8.......................................... 1  00
90 
6...............................................1 15
1  75 
Barrell %...............................................1 75
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy................................   ©40
Sdota Bench................................................  ©60
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.........................  ©40
Bench, first quality......................................   ©60
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood...........  *10
Fry,  Acme.............................................dls.60—10
Common,  polished................................ dls. 
70
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.

rivets. 

PLANES.

Broken packs He per pound extra.

FANS.

dls.

7

ROPES.

 

 

BqUARES. 

SHEET IRON.

Sisal, H Inch and larger.............................  
9H
Manilla.........................................................  13
dls.
Steel and Iron..............................................  
Try and Bevels...................................  
 
Mitre............................................................ 

75
60
20
Com.  Smooth.  Com.
«2 95
3 15
3 f 5
3 15
3 25
8 35
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  Inches 

Nos. 10 to  14...................................... «4 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 acet. 19, ’86...................................... dls. 
Silver Lake, White A..............................list 
Drab A..................................  “ 
“ 
“  White  B................................  “ 
“ 
Drab B...................................  11 
“  White C..................................“ 

SAND PAPER.
SASH CORD.

50
50
56
50
55
35

 

 

Discount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

dls.

s a w s . 

t r a p s . 

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

Solid Eyes........................................... per ton 125
“ 
20
70
Silver Steel  Dla. X Cuts, per foot,__ 
“  Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot.... 
50 
“  Special Steel Dla. X Cuts, per foot....  30 
“  Champion  and  Electric  Tooth  X
Cuts,  per  foot.............................................  30
Steel, Game................................................... 60*10
Oneiaa Community, Newhouse’s ...............  
35
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s __ 
70
Mouse,  choker................................... 18c per doz
Mouse, delusion.............................. »1.50 per doz.
dls.
Bright Market...;  .......................................  65
Annealed Market..........................................70—10
Coppered Market  ........................................  60
Tinned Market.............................................  62H
Coppered  Spring  Steel................................  
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized...............................  3 10
painted.............................  
2 65

w ir e . 

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WRENCHES. 

An  Sable................................................. dls.  40
Putnam.......................................... 
dls.  05
dla. 10*10
N orthwestern................................  
dl8.
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.................... 
30
Coe’s  Genuine............................................. 
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,..................... 75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable............................... 75*10
Birdcages...... ............................................ 
50
Pumps, Cistern........................................ 
"5
Screws, New 11st..........................................70*10
Casters, Bed a  d Plate...........................50*10*10
Dampers, American...................................  
40
Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods........ 67*10

MISCELLANEOUS. 

dig.

HORSE NAILS.

METALS.
PIG TIN.

64£
7

26c
28c

ZINC.

SOLDER.

Pig  Large....................................................  
Pig Bars.......................................................  
Duty:  Sheet, 2Hc per pound.
660 pound  casks...........................................  
Per pound.................................................... 
H@H.................................................................. 16
Extra W iping......  ........................................   15
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder In the market Indicated by private brands 
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONT
Cookson........................................per  pound
Hallett’s......................................  
TIN—MELTN GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal.............  
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
14x20 IX, 

13
«750
..........................................   7 50
..........................................   9 25
..........................................   9 25

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TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE.
10x14 IC,  Charcoal......................... 
“ 
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
“ 
14x20 IX, 
“ 

Bach additional X on this grade, «1.75.
 

«6  75
..........................................   6 75
..................................... .*.  8 25
................   .......................   9 25
ROOFING PLATES

Bach additional X on this grade 11.50.

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" Worcester...................................  6 50
“ 
..........................   8 50
“ 
.........................  18 50
“ Allaway  Grade....................  6 00
7 50
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12 50
“ 
15 50
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.

14x20 IC, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
14x20 IC, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
20x28 IX, 
14x28 IX............................................................ «14 0»
14x31  IX......................................................... 15
l £ “ l x ! N°‘I BO"0” ’ \Per pound  ... 
10

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SIZES  AND  PRICES.

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45  “ .......... .........   35 00
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’l'H H!  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

A sub-committee of the Senate Finance 
Committee has for some  time  been  mak­
ing inquiries as to  the effect of  the tariff 
laws  upon  the  trade  relations  between 
this  country  and  Canada.  This  sub­
committee  has  reached  the  conclusion 
that so far as the Dominion of  Canada  is 
concerned,  there is no doubt  that  its  in­
habitants pay the entire burden of duties 
imposed on their exports into the United 
States  by  our  laws. 
It  says  that  the 
places visited on  the United  States  side 
of the boundary line  were  increasing  in 
population while the sub-committee  was 
informed that  on  the  other  side  of  the 
line  the  population  was  diminishing. 
There was also found  an  average  differ­
ence in the rate of wages of  25  per  cent, 
in favor of the United States.

Under such circumstances it is not  ex­
traordinary  that the Canadians should be 
willing to submit to  annexation,  or,  for 
that matter,  to  even  greater  evils  from 
their  standpoint,  rather  than  to  permit 
their trade to decay and their population 
to emigrate.  It is also not extraordinary 
under the circumstances that they should 
feel somewhat  incensed  against  us  and 
seek  to  retaliate  upon  us  for  having 
passed  the  McKinley  law  by  harassing 
our fishermen and discriminating against 
our trade on the Canadian  canals.  With 
respect to  the  fisheries  difficulty, 
it  is 
probable that  we  will  have  to  put  up 
with  it,  as our Canadian  friends are com­
pelled to accept  our  tariff;  but  the  dis­
crimination  on  Canadian  canals  can  be 
overcome by  the  construction  of  canals 
on the  American side of  the great  lades.

PROPOSED BIMETALLIC  CONFER­

ENCE.

the 

consequent  depression 

the money troubles,  referred  to  the  fact  hog and cattle raising  will  receive  more 
of the constantly  growing  disproportion  attention than  ever  before.  There  has
been much  less depression  in  those  dis­
of the world’s gold supply and the  needs 
tricts not devoted  exclusively  to  cotton, 
of commerce,  and  announced  his  belief 
and the South generally  realizes  the  im­
that  unless  some  additional  basis  of 
portance of diversifying its  productions. 
value were adopted  to  supplement  gold 
The remedy  for the  low  price  of  cotton 
there  would  be  a  constantly  recurring 
and 
of 
financial squeeze,  due to the balancing of 
southern  agriculture  is  at  work.  And 
trade accounts.  This  statement  of  Mr. 
the cotton crop of 1892  will  be  produced 
Goschen  was understood  at  the  time  as 
more cheaply than  for many  years  past.
pointing strongly to a belief on  his  part 
that some arrangement would have  to  be 
The  unfavorable  weather  which  has 
made by which silver would  be  accepted 
retarded planting this  spring  will  have 
by  the  commercial  world  as  basis  of 
one  particularly  unfortunate  effect. 
It 
value side by side with gold.
will bring out the great army of croakers 
and calamity  howlers  who  will  predict 
all kinds of  evils  and  misfortunes  as  a 
result of these conditions.  But after  all 
isn’t  it  just  as  well  to  wait  until  the 
misfortunes have actually  arrived before 
commencing to  mourn  over  them?  We 
thus abbreviate  the  period  of  mourning 
and we have the benefit of a  chance  that 
the  reality  may  not  be  as  bad  as the 
fail 
prophesy!  Wait  until  the  crops 
before  tuning  up  your  voice  to 
the 
whining key.

The serious state of affairs  existing  in 
the great  Indian  Empire,  the  brightest 
jewel in England’s  imperial  crown,  has 
also had much to do with th<*  acceptance 
of the invitation to attend the  bimetallic 
conference.  The steady  depreciation  of 
India’s silver  money  has  worked  great 
mischief to the commerce of that country 
and  has  greatly  unsettled  its  finances, 
besides  subjecting  to  much  inconveni­
ence and  loss  the  great  manufacturing 
centers of England,  which  trade  largely 
with the East.

In spite,  therefore,  of assertions to the 
contrary  by  a  section  of  the  English 
press,  the  acceptance  of  the  invitation 
of the United States by the  British  Gov­
ernment  was  undoubtedly  based  on 
something more than  mere  international 
courtesy,  hence there  need  be  no  ques­
tion  but  that,  should  a  practicable 
method of monetizing silver be  hit  upon 
as a  result  of  the  deliberations  of  the 
conference. Great Britain  will  be  found 
willing to seriously  consider  the  advis­
ability of  agreeing  to  the  arrangement.

8

M ichigan T radesman

Official O rg an  o f M ichigan B usiness Men’s  A sso c ia tio n .

A  WEEKLY  JOURNAL  DEVOTED  TO  THE

Retail  Trade  of the Woliierine State.

lOO  Louis  St., Grand Rapids,

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please  say that  yon  saw  their  advertisement In 
T h e   M ic h ig a n  T r a d e s m a n .

E.  A.  STOWE, Editor.

WEDNESDAY,  MAY  25,  1892.

CANADA AND  THE  UNITED  STATES.
During the  past  few  years  there  has 
been  considerable  agitation  within  the 
borders  of  our  northern  neighbor,  the 
Dominion of  Canada,  both  on  the  sub­
ject of annexation  to  the  United  States 
and also in  favor  of  establishing  recip­
rocal  trade  relations  between  the  two 
countries.  To  the  ordinary  observer 
such  agitation  might  argue  the  exis­
tence  of  the  most  cordial  relations  be­
tween the people  of  the  two  countries, 
while as  a  matter  of  fact,  this 
is  not 
the  case  by  any  means,  it  being  well 
known  that  there  is  little  in  common 
between  the  two  nations,  except  that 
their  relative  geographical  positions 
have  brought  about  certain  common 
interests of  a  purely  commercial  char­
acter.

The passage of  the McKinley  bill  was 
the signal for  the  commencement  of  all 
the agitation  which  has  troubled Canada 
for some years past.  The Dominion  had 
previously looked  to  the  United  States 
as the principal  market  for  its  agricul­
tural  products.  The  taxes  imposed  by 
the McKinley law have greatly cut  down 
the profits of  the  Canadian  farmers  and 
in  some cases have entirely shut them out 
from  what  had  been  previously  their 
best market.

As the Canadians could find no way  of 
compelling the  repeal  of  the  McKinley 
law,  they  have  been  casting  about  for 
means of  neutralizing 
its  effects.  An­
nexation,  by  making  their  country  part 
of  the United  States,  prfesented  in  the 
eyes of some  the  surest  way  of  getting 
rid of the burdens of  the  existing  tariff, 
while others less radical  have  sought  to 
escape the evils  wrought  by  the  obnox 
ions  law  through  a  reciprocity  treaty 
which  should  provide  for  the  free  ad­
mission of such Canadian products as are 
now shut out by our tariff.

It will,  therefore,  be seen  that  the  re­
ciprocity  and  annexation  agitations  in 
Canada are not influenced by  any  yearn­
ing after the privileges of American citi­
zenship or dislike  of  British  allegiance, 
but purely and simply by the  selfish  de­
sire to overcome the  obstacles  placed  in 
the way of  Canadian trade by an adverse 
tariff imposed  upon  foreign  imports  by 
the laws of the United States.

The Journal of United  Labor  and  the 
Knights of Labor Journal both denounce 
the  boycott  on  Fleischmann’s  yeast  as 
“ without reason, justification or excuse” 
and  decline  to  be  a  party  to  such  in­
justice.  Both journals assert  that  they 
have documentary  evidence  proving  be­
yond question that the claim made  in  is­
suing the boycott was a lying one.

T h e  T radesm an  begins this  week  the 
publication of a series of articles  on  the 
relations of Landlord  and  Tenant.  The 
articles  will  appear consecutively for the 
next six or eight issues of the  paper  and 
will prove to be worthy  of  preservation 
alongside the series of insurance  articles 
which terminated  with last week’s issue.

David  Ward’s  Pine.

David  Ward, 

the  multo-millionaire, 
writes the Mancelona Ilerald as  follows:
In your  last issue 1 notice you quote  a 
dispatch  from  Bay  city  to  the  Detroit 
Tribune to  the  effect  that  David  Ward 
has contracted  with  the  Michigan  Cen­
tral  Railroad  to transport all of  his  pine 
timber  in  Kalkaska,  Otsego,  Crawford 
and Antrim counties to  Bay  City  to  be 
manufactured.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  I 
have made no contract of any  kind  with 
the M. C.  Railroad.  My  son,  Henry  C. 
Ward,  contracted  last  winter  with  said 
company to transport one  season’s  lum­
bering of pine saw  logs  from  near  Gay­
lord  to  Bay  City,  which  is  now  being 
done.  The Bay City  correspondent  has 
seemingly  seized  hold  of  this  fact  to 
boom up Bay  City by his bombastic tele­
graph canard.
The business  men  of  Western  Mich­
igan have long anticipated the  manufac­
ture of Mr.  Ward’s pine  near the  places 
where it stands and the  above  emphatic 
denial of  a  contrary  statement  by  Mr. 
Ward gives ground for believing that the 
anticipation will eventually  be  realized.

The Hardware Market.

The wire nail market is still in  an  un­
settled  condition  and,  notwithstanding 
the recent changes in the card rate, nails 
are being sold as low as they  were  prior 
to  the  advance.  The manufacturers  of 
barbed wire have caught  up  with  their 
orders and  are  filling  same  with  more 
promptness.  There is no change in price. 
The  rope  market  is  stationary.  Wool 
twine has declined  }fc per  pound.  The 
glass  manufacturers  have  come  to  no 
positive decision as to their future  course 
and it is believed  that  all  the  factories 
will close down Jane 1.

The announcement made last  week  by 
the British Chancellor of  the  Exchequer 
that  England  would  accept  the  invita­
tion of the United States to  take  part  in 
an international conference  upon  the  sli­
er question, has created no small stir in 
financial circles all over the world.  The 
importance of this acceptance of  the  in­
vitation has been fully appreciated,  as  is 
shown by the general interest manifested 
in the  matter  since  the  matter  became 
known,  and its influence upon the action 
of  other  powers  towards  the  proposed 
conference has  been  manifested  by  the 
fact that the  State  Department  has  re 
ceived  since 
of 
England’s  action  notice  that  Italy  and 
Austria will also  be  represented  at  the 
conference.  The lead of these nations is 
likely to be followed  shortly  by  all  the 
other important commercial  countries of 
Europe.

announcement 

the 

Although the acceptance of  the invita 
tion  of  the  United  States  by  Great 
Britain does  not  necessarily  imply  the 
promise of that Government to accept any 
of  the  findings  of  the  proposed 
inter 
national conference,  there is no denying, 
nevertheless,  that  the  action  of  Mr, 
Goschen has been  largely  influenced  by 
a growing sentiment in England in  favor 
of bimetallism.  This  has  since  been 
made very manifest by a statement made 
in the British Parliament that the action 
of Mr. Goschen  has  been  in  full  accord 
with the request of all  the  Chambers  of 
Commerce in  England  that  the  Govern­
ment accept the invitation of  the United 
States.

It will be remembered that at  the time 
of the great  financial  panic  two  years 
ago,  when  the  great  banking  firm  of 
Baring Brothers  failed,  Mr.  Goschen,  in 
a speech  delivered  upon  the  causes  of

The strike fever appears to have about 
subsided,  so far as Grand  Rapids  is  con­
cerned,  both  the  striking  painters  and 
plumbers having voluntarily surrendered 
and gone back to  work,  fully  convinced 
that their position was  utterly  indefensi­
ble and that a continuation of the strikes 
would  simply result in  the filling of their 
places by  other  and  better  men.  The 
main point at  issue  was  the  refusal  of 
the strikers to work  with  any  but  union 
men.  The inhumanity of such a demand 
is  clearly  apparent  to  anyone  of  ordi­
nary decency. 
If such  a  demand  were 
carried  to  a 
legitimate  conclusion,  a 
member of the  Methodists church  might 
refuse to work on the same  job with any 
but Methodists and  a  Free Mason  might 
decline to  labor  on  a  building  or  in  a 
factory where men who did not belong to 
the  order  were  employed. 
Such  de­
mands strike at the very  root  of  human 
liberty and stamp the men  making  them 
as  tyrants  of  the  meanest  sort.  The 
Methodist church,  the Masonic fraternity 
and the trades unions are  useful  organi­
zations,  so long as they  do  not  overstep 
the bounds of  justice and  decency,  but 
when an organization  arrogates  to  itself 
the tyranny of a Russian sovereign, it de­
servedly  meets  with  condemnation  and 
disaster.

Bradstreet’s  has  practically  taken  s 
census  of  the  existing  business  condi 
tions throughout the  cotton  country,  as 
bearing  on  planters,  storekeepers  and 
manufacturers.  From the mass  of  data 
received  from  nearly  twenty-four  hun 
dred correspondents in ten states  it  con 
eludes that the acreage of cotton for 1892 
will  be  decreased  one-fifth.  Three 
fourths  of  these  correspondents  report 
that a larger acreage will  be  devoted  to 
corn,  oats,  rice,  tobacco,  etc.,  and  that

THE  IXfTCTTIGEAJSr  TRADESMAN.

9

F a c t s   Talli  Louder  Than  Words 1

8,487,275  SOLD IN 1886.

3,509,575  SOLD  IN  1887.

5,092,350  SOLD  IN  1888.  ¡
5,690,025 SOLD IN1889.
6,595,850  SOLO  1
1890.
in  1801.
K3,983,207  Sold 

This  is  not  an  ordinary  monument,  but a TABLE of  EXACT  FIGURES, 

showiug the monumental success of our celebrated

LANDLORD  AND  TENANT.

W ritte n  for  T an  Tradesman.

P A P E B   I .

In this series  of  papers,  I  shall  hew 
just as close to the line of mercantile  in­
test as is possible and endeavor  to  avoid 
all matter not specially applicable to the 
mercantile  and  business 
fraternity. 
When I use the term  “land,”  the  reader 
will  please  remember  that  it  refers  to 
the store,  mill,  shop  or  other  building 
and  the  land  it  stands  upon,  just  as 
pointedly as it does to  a  200  acre  farm 
and the buildings thereon.
D E F IN IT IO N S .

A lessor is one who  transfers  the  pos­
session of land in consideration of  some­
thing valuable which is called rent.  The 
lessee is one who receives possession  and 
pays the rent.  These  parties  are  called 
landlord  and  tenant.  The  term  estate 
refers to  the  right  or  interest  which  a 
tenant has in  lands which he  holds,  and 
the  term  tenure  has  reference  to  the 
mode or manner by  which  he  holds  this 
estate.  Tenancy denotes the estate  held 
by a tenant;  but  it  is  also  used  to  de­
scribe  the  relation  of 
landlord  and 
tenant.  Reversion is  an  estate  remain­
ing in the  lessor,  to  take  effect  in  pos­
session upon the determination of  a par­
ticular estate granted,  and  is  not  consti­
tuted by the mere reservation of  a  right 
of  re-entry  for1  breach  of  conditions. 
Whether a tenancy  (or  relation  of  land- 
land  and  tenant)  exists 
is  usually  a 
question of fact; but whether ascertained 
facts prove a tenancy is a question of law.

T H E   L E A S E .

prohibited 

The contract  whereby  one  party  (the 
tenant)  takes the possession of  the  land, 
and the other party  (the  landlord)  gives 
possession of the land and reserves  (that 
is,  agrees to  take)  a  rent, 
is  called  a 
lease.  A tenancy is never created by act 
of law,  but always by contract  or  lease. 
To create a lease there must be a  certain 
fixed term,  whether it be for  a  day  or  a 
year,  or  any  number  of  years.  Leases 
for ninety-years,  or  for  999  years,  are 
not  uncommon;  and,  indeed,  perpetual 
by 
leases,  where  not 
sometimes, 
statutory  enactments,  are 
created,  in  which  a  certain  term 
is 
fixed,  but the term  is,  by  express  stipu­
lation in the lease,  renewable  from  time 
to time and forever.  No certain form  of 
words is necessary ta create  a  lease; but 
those 
in  common  use  are  “demise,” 
“lease,"  and  “let;”  any  other  words, 
substantially equivalent thereto,  will  be 
sufficient. 
It is not essential that a lease 
be dated,  and a  mistake  in  date  cannot 
vitiate it.  A  lease  dated  and  executed 
on  Sunday is void,  though  our  Supreme 
Court has held that such a  lease  will  be 
considered as taking effect at the date  of 
a later acknowledgment.  The omission 
or insertion of the middle name of either 
party is immaterial  and a  slight  mistake 
in  the name of  a  party  will  not  invali­
date; but the lessee must  be  named  and 
a blank cannot  be  left  for  insertion  of 
Jiis name after delivery.  A  lease  nam­
ing one lessor in its body,  and  signed  by 
another,  is  not  the  lease  of  either.  A 
lease may be  made  as  an  indenture  ex­
ecuted in two  parts,  both  of  which  are 
considered  as  originals,  though  the  one 
given  to the  tenant  controls  in  case  of 
difference.  It may  be simply in the form 
of  a  receipt,  expressing  the  form  and 
nature of the tenancy,  or  of  a  declara­
tion  of  having  let  the  premises;  but it 
must describe the premises  with  reason­
able certainty 6r it  will  be void. 
It  will

be sufficient,  however,  if  it  affords  the 
means of identification; and  such  means 
will  control,  notwithstanding  a  mis­
description or variance in quantity.  All 
parts  of  the  lease  must  be  taken  to­
gether in determining  what  is  demised. 
A  written  declaration 
indorsed  on  a 
lease after its  execution,  that  a  greater 
interest was intended to be demised,  will 
not  increase  the 
interest  actually  de­
mised.

In general,  a grant or demise  of  prop­
erty carries  with  it  all  necessary  inci­
dents  and  appurtenances  without  ex­
press words including  easements,  or  all 
of  the  rights  and  privileges  actually 
appurtenant  to  the  premises  demised, 
which naturally  and  necessarily  belong 
therety.  A lease includes all of these cus­
tomary rights  by  implication  and  evi­
dence may be given to show  what  rights 
were previously enjoyed,  or  what  privi­
leges are incidental  or  necessary  to  the 
use of the demised premises.

In a New Jersey case it  was  held  that 
a lease of a store and rear  cellar  did  not 
include the  right  to  have  a  platform I 
remain over  the  front  cellar  steps  for 
access to  a  show  window.  A  personal 
privilege of a lessor does not  pass  to his 
lessee.  The use  of  the  word  appurten­
ances in a lease passes only  such  things 
as belongs to the realty,  and does not  in­
clude personal  property.

An exception in  a  lease,  as of  part  of 
the  demised  premises,  must  be  con­
strued  most  favorably  for  the 
lessee; 
while a reservation  is  properly  of  some 
right or privilege pertaining  to  it  or  is­
suing out of  it,  but  not  part  of  it.  A 
reservation of aright of  way  is  personal 
to the grantor  and  is  not  assignable  to 
third persons. 
It  has  been  held  that  a 
reservation  of  a  right  to  buiid  on  the 
land of  a third  party,  so  as  to  use  the 
wall and stop  up  windows  of  the  build­
ing  leased,  will  not  entitle  the  lessor 
to an injunction  to  prevent  the  tenant 
from  building  on  such  land,  under  a 
lease thereof procured by him.

A condition annexed  to,  or  embodied 
in,  a lease is a qualification  whereby  the 
tenancy may be created,  enlarged  or  de­
feated upon an uncertain event.  A  con­
dition differs from a covenant  in  that  it 
is binding upon both  parties. □ An agree­
ment  by  the  lessor  to  make  improve­
ments before the term  begins is  a  condi­
tion precedent to  its  beginning,  but  the 
lessee cannot claim it as such if he  takes 
possession  without  performance.  The 
placing  of  a  tenant  in  possession  is  a 
condition precedent  to  his  liability  for 
rent.  No  particular  form  of  words  is 
necessary to  create  a  condition  preced­
ent; but a mutual intent to create it must 
appear.  Whether a condition  is  preced­
ent  or  subsequent,  must  depend  upon 
the intention of the parties, u  If  the  in­
tention  was that  the  tenancy  should  be 
postponed  until  the ¿contingent  event 
should happen,  then  it is a condition pre­
cedent; but if the  intention  was  that,  if 
the  estate  should  be  divested  by  the 
happening of  the contingent  event,  then 
it  is  a  condition  subsequent,  and  the 
woi'ds in  a  lease  which  create  it  are 
“while,” “as  long,”  “until,”  and  “dur­
ing.” 
If a condition''subsequent  is  im­
possible or unlawful,  it is void;  so,  also 
if  it  is  against  public  policy, 
if  the 
condition  is not  to  do  a  particular  act 
without consent of  the lessor,  if  lease  is 
once granted,  the condition  is  gong  for­
ever.  Equity  will  never  lend  its  aid  to 
divest an estate for breach of a condition

BEN-HUR 
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DETROIT  and  OPICAGO

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T . 

' W I I T T E m T I T I Z ,   Resident  Agent, 

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH

THE]  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,
TALKS  WITH  A  LAWYER.
T H E   G R O W T H   O F   A M E R IC A N   L A W . 

For  Bakings  of  fill Kinds  Use
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subsequent,  but  will  relieve  against  a 
forfeiture if the tenant has acted  in  good 
faith.

Rent must  be  reserved  to  the  lessor, 
and not to a third party,  andit  should be 
fixed with reasonable  certainty. 
It  may 
be  in the  form  of  a  royalty,  or  of  a 
certain share in  the  profits  or  produce; 
or,  it  may  be  left  to  be  fixed  in  the j 
future by appraisers,  in  which case  they | 
must all concur to make it biuding.  The 
tenant may expressly  waive in  the  lease j 
the  benefit  of  exemption  laws  for  all j 
debts contracted  for rent,  according  to  a j 
ruling of the Supreme  Court  of  Kansas. 
A stipulation  for “net rent”  requires  the j 
tenant to pay  all  rates  chargeable  upon I 
the premises.

The object  of  the  construction  of  an 
instrument is  to ascertain  the  intention 
of the parties,  and to  this  end  all  parts 
of the lease must  be  construed together, 
as also separate instruments  which  were 
contemporaneous.  So  desirous  are  the 
courts to  get  at  the  true  intent  of  the I 
parties  that  the  Supreme  Courts  of 
North Carolina and  Maryland  have  held ! 
that,  when the intent  is  manifest,  words j 
may be  construed  to  have  a  contrary i 
meaning.  A lease  may  be 
interpreted ] 
by local customs,  known  to  the  parties j 
and with reference to  which it was made, 
and an  existing  statute  providing  rem­
edies enters into and  forms  part  of  the 
contract  of  rental;  but  a  lease  is  not 
affected  by a subsequent statute.

In general  parol  evidence  is  not  ad­
missible  to vary or contradict  the  terms 
of a written lease. 
It  may  be  admitted 
to  prove  customs  presumably  contem­
plated by the parties, or to locate or apply 
the  description  of  the  premises  leased 
and to show  what  is  included 
in  them. 
It may be admitted  to  vary  the  date  of 
the lease,  or  fix  the  time  of  the  com­
mencement of the term;  or  to  show  the 
duration of a term not specified. 
It may 
be admitted to  show  that  the  lease  was 
intended as a mortgage,  or that the  lease 
was executed for  an  illegal  purpose,  or 
that the  requirements  of  the  law  were 
not observed.

s  given, 

When  a  lease  is  destroyed  and  oral 
testimony of  its  contents 
its 
terms are a question of fact for ihe  jury, 
subject to the instructions  of  the  court 
as to their legal effect.  A  lease  is  not 
admissible  in  evidence  without  proper 
proof of  the  genuineness  of  the  signa­
tures.

To  create  a  lease  required  to  be 

in 
writing,  it  must be signed  by  the  lessor 
and the signature of  the  lessee  alone  is 
insufficient;  but  a  lease  signed  and de­
livered by the  lessor  is  valid,  although 
not signed  by the  lessee.  Usage permits 
a  lease  to  be  executed  by  exchanging 
duplicates,  each of which  is  signed  only 
by  the  other  party.  Execution  by  an 
agent  should  be  in  the  name  of  the 
principal,  and  a  party  signing  a  lease 
cannot  prove  ignorance  of  its  contents. 
All leases for a term exceeding  one  year 
must  be  in  writing  as  required by  the 
Statute of Frauds  which  prevails in most 
of thestates,  including our own.

E.  A.  Owes.

Why  Is  It?

Why is it the  brightest  eyes  are  the ones  socn 
Why is it the lightest  heart must  ache and  ache 
While the eyes that are hardest and colde. t shed 
And  the heart  that is smallest  and meanest has 

dim with  tears?
for years.
never a bitter tear,
never an ache to fear?-

Use Tradesman Coupon  Booh*.

W ritte n  fo r T h e Tradesman.

Prior to 1558, the date of the  accession 
of  Queen  Elizabeth,  England  had  not 
claimed the coast  of  the  new  continent 
south of the 44th degree of north latitude, 
i.  e.  south of a line passing in  the  neigh­
borhood of the southern boundry  line  of 
New  Hampshire.  During the  reign  of 
Queen Elizabeth there  arose  an  impulse 
to colonization,  influenced by a desire  to 
limit  the  power  of  Spain  in  the  new 
world,  and  to  extend  the  territory  of 
England  and  the  protestant  religion. 
This  colonization  impulse  had  its  first 
fruit in the colonies of Virginia and New 
England,  the colony  at Jamestown  being 
the  first important English Colony.  For 
|  the purpose of a brief study of  the  early 
I colonies,  they may be divided  into  three 
classes,  the northern,  middle,  and  south­
ern; the  northern  colony  including  the 
| Plymouth,  Massachusetts,  Connecticut,
| Rhode Island and New  Hampshire  colo- 
| nies;  the  middle  including  New  York,
| New Jersey,  Pennsylvania and Delaware 
| colonies; the southern including Virginia,
' Maryland,  the  Carolinas  and  Georgia, 
j  A  few words  regarding  the  founding  of 
I each.  The first permanent New England 
| settlement  was  at  Plymouth, 
in  1620.
| The pilgrims  composing  this  colony  at 
first had no  grant  of  land.  They  were 
I intruders,  settling on the territory of the 
j Plymouth company,  to  whom  the -King 
i had given a charter,  covering  the  conti- 
I nent from ocean  to ocean,  lying  between 
j the 40th and 48th degrees  of  latitude,  a 
strip of land  including all  the  continent 
embraced between parallel  east and west 
| lines running through  Philadelphia  and 
the northernmost point of Maine. 
In the 
charter this is called New England.  The 
Plymouth company  to  whom  this  grant 
had  been made tried  to  found  a  colony 
on  the  coast  of  Maine,  but  failed. 
It 
then ceased to attempt to found colonies, 
and contented  itself in granting  lands to 
others  who  did  found  them. 
It finally 
disposed of the whole New England coast, 
and finally in  1635 surrendered its charter 
to  the  king.  The  Pilgrims,  as  stated, 
settled  upon  the  Plymouth  company’s 
grant  as intruders,  but in  1621,  the year 
after, they  landed,  and  in  1629,  they  re­
ceived charters  from  the  Plymouth com­
pany  from  which,  however,  the  crown 
withheld  an  approval  which  was  neces­
sary  to its  legality.  The  Pilgrims,  how­
ever,  continued  an  association,  making 
its own  laws,  even  although  its  govern­
ment  was 
irregular  aud  unauthorized. 
There  were  forty-one adult  males in tht. 
company  of  the  Pilgrims,  and  before 
landing  they signed  the  following  com­
pact:

“In  the name of God, amen:  We, whose 
names  are  underwritten,  the  loyal  sub­
jects of our dread sovereign  King James, 
by the  grace  of  God,  of  Great  Britain, 
France  and  Ireland,  King,  defender  of 
the  faith,  etc.,  having  undertaken,  for 
the  glory  of  God,  and  advancement  of 
the  Christian  faith,  and  honor  of  our 
j  king and  country,  a  voyage to  plant the 
' first colony in the  northern  parts of  Vir- 
! ginia.  do,  by  these  presents,  solemnly 
I and  mutually,  in  the  presence  of  God,
| and  one  of  another,  covenant  and  com- 
| bine ourselves  together into a civil  body 
politic, for our better ordering and preser- 
| vation  and  furtherance of the ends afore- 
j said;  and  by  virtue  hereof,  to  enact, 
constitute and frame  such just and equal 
I laws, ordinances,  acts,  constitutions  and 
j offices,  from  time  to  time,  as  shall  be 
| thought  most  meet  and  convenient for 
the  general  good  of  the  colony,  unto 
I which  we promise all  due submission  and

If

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which is affixed  to  every  cake 
of our Yeast, and which serves

TO  DISTINGUISH 

Oar floods from worthless Imitations.

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.

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AMBOY

CHEESE.

For  25  years the  leading  brand.  Not  the  cheapest,  but 
the  best  and  most  profitable  to  handle.  “Good  as  Amboy" 
has  been  for  years the argument  used  by  our competitors  to 
sell  inferior grades.  You  cannot afford to experiment.  Stick 
to  the  “Amboy,”  you  KNOW  they  are  O  K.

You  can  SELL  ten  while  TRYING  to  sell  five  of  any 

ot  er  brand.

GROCER  CO.

T H E   M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N ,

1 1

In witness whereof, we have 
obedience. 
hereunder subscribed our names, at Cape | 
Cod,  the  11th  day  of  November,  in  the 
year of  the reign of  our Sovereign  Lord, 
King James of  England,  France and  Ire­
land,  the eighteenth,  and of Scotland the 
fifty-fourth,  Anno Domini,  1620.”
The  government  which  the  Puritans 
founded was  democratic.  All  the mem­
bers of the  church  met  in  a  general  as­
sembly,  and  made  the  laws,  until  1639, 
when a  representative  body was  elected 
to take  the place of  this popular legisla­
ture.  Their  governor was  elected  from 
their own number. 
In 1629, King Charles 
I.  confirmed  a  grant  made  by  the  Ply­
mouth  company  to  “The  governor  and 
company  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  in 
New  England,”  and  gave  them  powers 
of government.

The  charter  gave  power  to  elect  an­
nually a  governor,  deputy  governor,  and 
eighteen  assistants,  Four  “ great  and 
general  courts” were  to  be  held  every 
year,  to consist of  the  governor  or depu­
ty,  the assistants and the freemen.  These 
courts  were  authorized  to  appoint  such 
officers as they should  think  proper,  and 
also to  make such laws  and ordinances as 
to them should seem meet;  provided they 
were not contrary  to the laws of England.
Its form  of  government  was the  same 
as  that  of  the  Pilgrims  at  Plymouth— 
first  popular  and  finally  representative. 
This  charter  was  declared  forfeited  to 
the  king  in  1684,  and  in  1691,  a  second 
charter was  granted,  which continued in 
force  down  to  the  Revolution.  This 
second  charter  merged  Plymouth,  New 
Hampshire,  Maine  and  Nova  Scotia  in 
Massachusetts.  Maine continued  a  part 
of  Massachusetts,  until it became  a state 
in 1820, and Massachusetts and Plymouth 
were never  separated.

Discontented  Massachusetts  cclonists 
planted  three  towns  on the  Connecticut 
river,  between  1634  and  1636,  and,  in 
1639,  these  towns  united  and  adopted a 
constitution  called  “ The  fundamental 
orders  of  Connecticut.”  These  three, 
with  a  settlement  at  New  Haven,  and 
others on Long Island Sound soon united 
in  one  colony under  the  name  of  New 
Haven.  They  had  no  charter  and  no 
title to their  land;  but,  in  1662,  Charles 
II.  granted  them  a  charter,  which  re­
mained in force,  save  during  five  years, 
for 156  years.

The  people of  this  colony,  by the  ex­
press  words  of  their  charter,  were  en­
titled  to  the  privileges  of  natural-born 
subjects, and invested with all the powers 
of government,  the  only limitation  being 
that their laws should not be  contrary to 
those  of  England. 
So  well  were  the 
people satisfied  with it,  that Connecticut 
did not adopt a constitution  until 1818.

Another  offshoot  from  Massachusetts 
was Rhode  Island,  and,  as  in  the  last 
cases,  the Rhode Island colonists had,  at 
first,  no grants either of  land  or  power.
The Rhode Island colonists  were  Bap­
tists,  under the lead of  Roger  Williams. 
They were driven out  of  the  Massachu­
setts colony in 1635, one division of them 
the  other 
founding  Providence,  and 
Rhode 
Island  Plantation. 
In  1663, 
Charles  II.  united them under  the  name 
of  “Rhode Island and Providence Planta­
tions,”  and gave it powers of government 
similar to those of the Connecticut colon­
ies.  The Rhode Island charter continued 
in force,  with but a  brief  interim,  until 
1842.  The  colony  of  New  Hampshire, 
which  became  a  royal  colony  in  1692, 
was founded by  Capt.  John  Mason  and

Sir Ferdinando Gorges, by a grant of  the 
old  Plymouth  colony  in  1622.  Their 
territory being between the Merrimac and 
Kennebec rivers,  Massachusetts claimed 
this territory,  and for the most part,  the 
New Hampshire settlements were subject 
to her government until 1692.

W m.  C.  Spr a g u e.

pany  that bears his name.”

The Founder of the  Adams Express Co.
E ro m  th e  New Y ork P ress.
A  gentleman  was  reading  about  the 
troubles of the  President  of  the  Adams 
Express Co.
“I  wonder,”  he  said,  “what  the  old 
man  would say if he was  here.”
“What old  man?”
“Old man Adams,  founder of the  com­
“You knew him?”
“Slightly.  He was a fine old man, and 
was another example of what  an  Ameri­
can  boy can do or what  can  be  done  in 
this country.  He began  life as  a  stable 
boy,  and his first  promotion  was  to  as­
sistant  bartender  in  Boston.  Think  of 
the chances he had of going to the devil, 
it is  a wonder he  didn’t.  There  was  a 
good souled  old  lady  who  lived  in  the 
house  where  Adams  worked.  She  had 
two  babies — girls — and  when  Adams 
wasn’t mixing drinks for the  Bostonians 
he  was  playing  with  those  children. 
That showed what sort of a boy he  was. 
If  he  had  lived  in  this  age  he  wv uld 
probably have spent his spare time on the 
race course  or  in  the  gambliug  house. 
The good woman  used  to  tell  him  that 
she was sorry  for him.  He had  been  an 
orphan since he was six.  Then he would 
cry  and the woman  would pity him.  She 
got him  a place in a retail grocery  store. 
He stuck to that until he  began  to  pros­
per.  After he had grown to  be  rich  he 
heard that his benefactress was  old  and 
poor.  He  found  her after a  long  search 
and pensioned her.  Her  two  daughters 
had grown to  womanhood and were  liv­
ing with her.  One of  them  never  mar­
ried.  Old man  Adams  made  an  allow­
ance for her.  She is still living  and  the

allowance is still continued  by  old  man 
Adams’s son.  The  elder Adams  always 
said he owed  all  he  bad  to  the  woman 
who 
took  him  from  behind  the  bar. 
There is gratitude for  you,  young  man. 
It is a rare plant,  I  grant  you,  but  like 
Dickens’s ivy plant, it is rare, indeed.”

Don’t  Do  Everythingr.

F ro m  News fo r B oyers.

When an engineer on an  express  train 
spends his time feeding the fires,
When  the captain  of  Cunarder  spends 
his time dusting the cabin,
When  the brigadier general spends  his 
time doing picket service,
When the captain  of  the  police  force 
spends his time cleaning up the cells, 
When  the chief of the  fire  department 
spends his time holding a line.
Then  the  manager  of  a  retail  store 
may find  it profitable  to  spend  his  time 
keeping S3 boys at  work,  watching  their 
lime at  noon,  sneaking  round  in  tennis 
shoes,  selling  a  paper  of  pins,  adding 
columns  of 
figures,  writing  clerical 
letters,  overseeing  the  bundle  depart­
ment,  chasing after the  shipper,  making 
change,  and  attempting  to  do  his  own 
advertising.
It has been  said  that  more  than  two- 
thirds of the half  way  failures  in  busi­
ness are due  to  the  fact  that  the  chief 
fritters away valuable time  in  watching 
over  trival  things  when  his  attention 
ought to be devoted to weightier matters. 
A man has  but a  certain  amount  of  en­
ergy and available  working  time,  and  it 
does not need deep reasoning to  see  that 
if he  devotes  a  large  portion  of 
it  to 
minor affairs he will not  be  able  to  give 
the  attention  which  he  ought  to  the 
work that he is best fitted for.

E N G R A V I N G

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Cuts  of  Business  Blocks,  Hotels,  Factories, 
Machinery,  etc.,  made  to  order  from  photo­
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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.

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Trite Maxims which Brought Success in 

F ro m  Treasure T rove.

WHO  URGES  YOU  TO  KEEP S

When he  had gaiued  sufficient  courage 
he sought out  again  the  merchant  who 
had rebuffed  him.  “I have come to make 
you a present of a box of fine pickles.”
“Why do you  make  me  a  present  of 
them?”
“Because you gave me  advice  that  is 
worth a great deal.”
The morning  of  one  Fourth  of  July 
came,  and he pondered whether to  go  to 
his store or not.  All at once he thought: 
"People  going  on  picnics  will  want 
pickles.” 
It was the magic  words on the 
little card  that  ran  through  his  mind. 
He found,  as  he  had  thought,  a  large 
number of buyers waiting for him.
The  little  card  was  consulted  in  all 
sorts of weather. 
If a man made a prop­
osition to him of any kind and  he was  in 
doubt he would go and look at the words, 
though be knew them by  heart  already. 
One day a cheese merchant came  to  per­
suade him to buy his stock.
“People,” said  he,  “ who  buy  pickles 
always buy cheese.  You  will  do  a  big 
trade.”
It  was  a  temptation.  He  went  and 
looked at the words and studied them in­
tently,  trying to  think  out  their  appli­
cation  to  the  case  in  hand.  “Men  do 
what they  can,”  he reflected.  “I would 
like to sell cheese;  but 1  know I  can  sell 
pickles.”  Then  he  returned.  Now  he 
was  resolute  and 
firm,  although  by 
nature,  easily  bent  aud  swayed  by  the 
words of others.
“Business is business,” he said.  “I am 
in the pickle business. 
If 1 cannot make 
money in this 1  shall  quit  and  go  into 
something else; but I will  not  have  two 
kinds on  my hands.”
It was a turning point.  After  this  he 
could refuse all  influence to go into some­
thing that seemed  at the time more lucra­
tive.  He was  not  only  industrious;  he 
had  a  fixed  principle  of  action.  Of 
course he was successful.  All men  who 
put industry and  mind  to their work  are 
bound to  be  successful.  When  the  ten 
years were up,  of course he had the $10,- 
000  and more, too.

There is a man who  lives  in  the  city 
of New York  who has accumulated quite 
a  fortune  by  simply  advising  people 
what to do.  There always will be a large 
number  of  persons  who  are  unable  to 
rely  on  their  own  judgment.  Others 
come to a conclusion with ease  and  cer­
tainty, 
A young man had accumulated  SI,000, 
and was debating whether he should buy 
a small candy store  with  it  or  whether 
he should lend  it  on  a  mortgage.  The 
latter he knew was the secure way.  The 
other promised great profits. 
In this per­
plexity he  saw an advertisement:  “Ad­
vice given to those going into  business.”  i 
After stating his  case,  the  counsellor ! 
said:  “My fee will be §5 in advance.”
When this was paid he asked:
“Do you  understand  the  candy  busi­
ness?”
“No; 1 did not think it  was  necessary.
I expect to supervise it rneiely.”
“Then  you will lose all your money  in j 
three months.”
“You 
i  had  better  lend  the 
think 
money on a mortgage?”
“1 do not say that.  What is your busi­
ness?  that  is,  what  do  you  perfectly 
understand?”
“1  know the  pickle  business  through 
and through.  1 can make pickels  of  all 
kinds,  but 1 do not like it.”
“Never mind  what you  like.  Go  and 
get a small place and  make  pickles.  Go 
from hotel to hotel, restaurant to restaur­
ant,  and sell them. 
In  ten  years  come 
back and see me.  You will have $10,000 
at least.”
As the young man  was going  away  he 
was called back.
“Here is a card.  1 want you to put  it 
where you can see it a  hundred  times  a 
day.”  These were the words on the card: 
“Business is business.  Men don’t  do 
what they like; they do what they  can.”
The card  had  a  fascination  for  him.
He read it  with care as he  walked  along 
the street.  As he studied it a new  light 
seemed to enter his mind.
He found a  dingy  basement,  and  be­
gan  to  arrange  for  his  operations.  Of 
course,  vinegar must be got,  several  bar­
rels of it.  Some was offered him  at  ten 
cents a gallon,  some more was  shown  at 
five cents.  “Which  shall  1  take?”  He 
thought  of the words  on  his  card.  He 
seemed to see people testing his  pickles, 
and,  not  liking  them,  depart  without 
buying.  “They will know good vinegar,” 
thought he; and so he bought the  honest 
stuff.
In a few days several tubs  of  material 
were ready  and he knew  he must market 
them.  Now he greatly  dreaded  to  face 
strange people and push his  goods  upon 
their  notice.  He  never  had  courage 
when a boy,  and now as a young man  he 
felt more timid.  But he thought  of  the 
words of the card and  entered  a  restau­
rant.  The evident manager was a bloom­
ing young woman; aud the pickle  dealer 
was  more  afraid  of  women  than  men.
But “business is  business”  repeated  it­
self over and over and over in his  mind.
The answer to his statement  was  that 
his pickles would be tried, and.if foundall 
In many  places  where  water-power  is 
right,  would  be purchased.
going to  waste more and more  will  there 
“Glad 1 got that good vinegar,” thought 
be efforts to utilize it by electrical  trans­
the  young  man;  and  he  began  to  feel 
mission.  Undoubtedly in many instances 
there was a certain  power in  the  maxim 
this  will  be  found  practicable.  But 
his adviser had given.  He  began to  feel 
steam engine builders need not be in any­
a courage he had never expected in meet­
wise discouraged. 
It  is  not  within  the 
ing people and trying to sell his goods to 
bounds of probability that the amount of 
them.
power thus transmitted will ever be more 
Calling at a store to get,  if possible, an 
than  a  very  modest  fraction  indeed  of| 
order  for  pickles 
in  bottles,  he  was 
that furnished directly by steam  engines 
quickly  and  rudely  met  with:  “ Don’t 
—not enough  to  be  found 
want to  see  any  such  stuff.”  Noticing
busi
the  utter  dismay  on  the  young  man’s __ ■
face,  the merchant said,  short aud  sharp:  engine 
, 
is  much 
ately large  powers  there 
“Don’t you know  enough  of  business to 
aving in  water-power as compared  with  US  to  CIO  $>1,000  W orth  OI  WOl'K  Oil 
put up your goods attractively?”
™ ” n-  ,W>J A100 worth at 25  per cent.
----- — — 
steam-power than  there  is  generally  be-1  v&i / ia  w n H-V.  a t  2 5   ne*r  ppnt 
As he retreated,  ruffled  and  disheart­
lieved  to  be.  but when it  comes  to  fur-1 *  LUUjVOItn  a t  ZO  p c i  c e n t
ened,  the maxim  repeated itself over aud 
uishiug sma  I  power 
in  a  good  many 
over,  with  this additional sentence:  “It 
places  witliin  a  small  radius,  the  cost, 
is business to put up goods attractively,”
counting attendance,  should  be less  with 
He sought  out  a  lithographer  and  had 
electrical  transmission  from  a  central 
some hondsomely  colored labels  printed.
station  than  by  direct  power,  whether 
“They  will  buy  the  bottles,”  said  a 
the  power is  had  from  falliug  water  or 
friend,  “just for the picture you have on 
from steam.
them.”

A company with  a  capital  of  $75,000 
has been formed  in  New  York  for  the 
purpose of drying  and  otherwise  utiliz­
ing  the  banana  and  plantain  for  food. 
The  company  will  operate  works  at 
Colon on the  Isthmus  of  Panama.  Ex­
periments show that the  banana  may  be 
successfully  dried  and  prepared 
for 
market either as  dried fruit,  as  flour  or 
meal, orcann;d in pulp. 
It  is  expected 
that  the  product  will,  in  one  or  other 
form,  come  into  immediate  and  general 
use in the United States and Europe.
An  Antidote  for  Carbolic  Acid.

An  Italian  tailor  of  New  York  swal­
lowed,  by  mistake,  30  grammes  of  car­
bolic acid.  He did not die  as  everybody 
thought  he  would,  and  as  he  certainly 
would if Dr. Morett had not pumped  into 
his stomach  a  strong  solution  of  sul­
phate  of  soda,  which  forms,  with  car­
bolic acid,  a harmless  compound. 
In an 
hour the patient, who had  been  in a most 
critical  condition,  began  to  rally,  and 
was soon  recovered, 
it is about the first 
case on record of  one’s  recovery  from  a 
dose of carbolic acid.

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Commercial  Printing.
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ashamed of it if we were.  When  we find a “cheapest
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FOB  SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

THE  INSTINCT  OP  SUCCESS.

Every successful action in life requires 
a certain fixed  set of  motives.  They are 
five in number:  1.  A distinct object.  2. 
Confidence in one’s  ability to accomplish 
the desired result.  3.  A sincerity of pur­
pose.  4.  A  clear  understanding of  the 
relative value of  things,  aside from their 
intrinsic  value. 
intimate  ac­
quaintance with the average  conclusions 
of the average man—otherwise known as 
“human nature.’’

5.  An 

From these outlined motives spring the 
subdivisions,  or  details  of  character, 
which  we  term  prudence,  perseverance, 
honesty,  fidelity,  integrity,  observation, 
experience,  executive  ability,  compre­
hension,  foresight  and  the  like,  all  of 
which are  simply the results of  the gen­
eral  principles  outlined  above.  These 
results or definitions of character are not 
in themselves matters of moment,  except 
from their connection with the governing 
motives which produced them.

We are,  it  is  true,  daily  reminded  by 
“men  of  wisdom”  that  these  terms  of 
character  are  the  rungs  of  the  ladder 
which leads directly to real success.  The 
young  man  who starts  out  in  life  with 
the  determination to forge  great  success 
from his possibilities, and depends solely 
upon the application of  prudence,  perse­
verance,  honesty and  the  like  for  sup­
port,  will no doubt  meet with  the appro­
bation of  his  fond  parents and  anxious 
friends,  but  his  chances  of  eventually 
securing  high  success  in  any particular 
line  are  by  no  means  assured.  These 
worthy  and  highly  commendable  ele­
ments of  character  and  conduct  are  of 
great value  as  details,  but  the  men who 
to-day command our  respectful  business 
admiration  did  not  build  their  present 
standing upon these  conditional  factors.
To  practically test  the  matter,  place 
yourself,  if possible, for a moment in  the 
position  of  one  of  these  self-made  and 
highly  successful  business  men.  Sup­
pose  then  that  you  require  a  faithful 
clerk,  and that “John Smith” applies for 
the  coveted  position. 
If “John  Smith” 
can prove that he is prudent, persevering 
and  honest,  and  the  like,  and is able  to 
attend to the details of the labor required, 
he  will  no  doubt  secure  the  position. 
Now,  on  the  other  hand,  suppose  that 
you  require  a working  partner  in  your 
large  and  successful  schemes,  will  a 
man of  the caliber of  “John  Smith,” the 
faithful  and  honest clerk,  be your selec­
tion?  According to  a somewhat popular 
idea  he  naturally  would  be,  but a little 
observation will  show the  contrary  to be 
the  actual  result in  large  business  life. 
The  very  burden of  details which  make 
“John  Smith”  invaluable  as  a  trusted 
clerk  render  him  unfit  for  the  higher 
position.  Seemingly this  proposition  is 
in  conflict  with  the  fascinating — how 
fascinating—story  of  the  boy who,  hav­
ing faithfully run  errands in a bank  and 
refused  the  temptation  to  .steal,  was 
gradually promoted to the  presidency  of 
the same great institution.

Some  presidents  of  banks  and  rail­
roads,  some  owners of  national  mercan­
tile concerns,  some great  manufacturers, 
were undoubtedly, in  their boyhood, poor 
and obscure,  and  presumably faithful  to 
the  little  tedious  duties  which  formed 
their daily tasks;  but it was  not the fact 
that  they  faithfully  performed 
these 
duties which primarily led to their present 
high  success.  The  real  cause  of  their 
conspicuous  success  lies in the fact that, 
understanding the  motives  which  under­

lie all  successes,  they  were  thereby able 
and  willing to leave  the  tedious  though 
necessary  details  of  affairs  to  faithful 
subordinates. 
In  fact, one of  the  chief 
factors  is  their  discretion  in  selecting 
men of  a  subordinate  character who  are 
faithful  to  details,  thus preventing com­
petition  from  within.  Details  are  the 
spokes of  the wheels—the support of the 
whole—but  motive 
is  the  tire  which 
binds  them  in  a single  group  and  turns 
them to  success.  The  highly successful 
men of to-day, with rare exceptions, com­
menced  life on  an  entirely different line 
than that in which they are now engaged. 
They  mastered  the  motives of  success, 
and then simply harnessed the opportun­
ity to the  motive  and  rapidly  won  the 
race.

The fact  that a loved  President of-  the 
United  States  rose  to the  highest  office 
in  American  politics  from  the  humble 
station  in  life  found  on a “tow path” is 
no  real  encouragement  for  those  who 
now walk  that  path;  it is simply the  ex­
ample of  the result  which any man  may 
achieve,  in  some  line,  who  realizes  the 
difference between the motives of success 
and the  details of  that  success.  Such a 
man,  if health permits,  can no  more help 
being highly successful in what he under­
takes  than can  water  resist the  force of 
gravitation, which is one of the “motives” 
of nature.  Such a man can change from 
one business to another at will, and while 
in  partial  personal  ignorance of  the de­
tails of  the particular  business  engaged 
in,  will  make  a  decided  success  of  the 
venture.

The instinct of  success is very keen in 
men of  this  class,  and  an  opportunity, 
or  danger,  is  seen  and  appreciated  and 
its relative value determined  long before 
its  passing effects  are  even  apparent  to 
the  average  man.  We  daily  meet  men 
who have  been successful  in  small mat­
ters at a loss  to  know how to take a step 
further,  and their unconscious ignorance 
of the governing motives of  high success 
leads them to the conclusion that  “luck” 
is a prime  element of  further  progress, 
and,  acting on this erroneous belief, they 
take a few  steps  “in  the  dark,”  and  in­
variably  lose  what  little  success  they 
have already achieved.

Other  men  reach  a  certain  point  of 
small  success,  and  finding that  they can 
go no  further  in  that  line,  come  to  the 
conclusion that the opportunity lies in an­
other direction,  and leaving their present 
surety  step  out  into a different  field  of 
labor, and by prudence, perseverance and 
honesty again reach a small success, only 
to find  themselves  once more  blocked in 
their further  efforts to a higher  plane of 
success—they have  simply reached  their 
limit.

The  man  who  understands  and  can 
apply the motives of success will succeed 
in  any  line,  or,  failing  to  secure  suffi­
cient success in that  line,  will be able to 
turn  his  faculties to greater  use in some 
other  line  where  the  possibilities  are 
wider—plenty of room at the top.

In  short,  the  man  who  views 

the 
detailed  results  of  success  is  the  man 
who will  succeed to a limited point—the 
point which  determines  the value of  his 
efforts,  while the  man who  secures  high 
and  growiug  success  is  the  man  who 
knows  how to apply the  general motives 
of success,  and  is  thereby able  to  leave 
the  working  out  of  the  details  to “the 
other man.”
If  you  do  not  wish,  therefore,  to  be 
“ the  other  man,”  study  the  motives 
rather than  the  results of  business  suc­
cess. 

D. T.  Mallett.

612

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

Advertisements  will  be  inserted  under  this 
head for two cents a word the first insertion and 
one  cent a word  for each subsequent  insertion. 
No advertisements  taken for  less  than 25 cents. 
Advance payment.__________________
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  FINE  OPPORTUNITY—WE  OFFER  FOR 
sale  o >r  stock of  hardware, located in one 
of the best towns in  Michigan, surrounded by a 
fine farming  country.  Good  trade  established. 
Clean  stock.  Store  in  fine  location  and weli 
arranged  Hardware  part will  inventory about 
*8,' 00.  Would exchange part for good city prop­
erty.  Satisfactory reasons  for selling.  Address 
Wood & Atwood, Flint, Mich.__________514
F o r  sa le—a  d r u g  st o r e,  n ic e  f ix
tures,  fresh  and  well  selected  stock,  in­
creasing  trade,  nice  residence  portion  of  the 
city.  Inventory,  $2,500.  Address  No.  498,  care 
4 8
Michigan Tradesman. 
I lOR  SALE  OR  EXCHANGE  FOR  OTHER 
stock—Clean stock of drugs.  Reason for sell­
ing  am  not  a  pharmacist.  Address  Geo.  C. 
Rounds, Vlckeryville. Mich. 
F or  sa le  c h ea p—a t  Lisb o 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. 
FOR  SALE—GROCERY  STOCK  AND  F ix ­
tures in corner  store in desirable portion  of 
city, having lucrative trade.  Best of reasons for 
selling.  Address No. 504, care Michigan Trades­
man. 
F OR  SALK—A FINE STOCK OF GROCERIES 
and  crockery  in  good  shape  and  doing  a 
good business.  Can give  good  reasons for sell­
ing.  Box 87, Allegan, Mich. 
For  s a l e- ouk  e n t ir e  stock  o f  g en
eral  merchandise  at  Chippewa  Lake,  con 
sisting of hats, caps, boots and  shoes, men's fur 
nishing goods, hardware, crockery and groceries. 
Having finished our lumber  operations, we offer 
the  above  stock for sale  cheap  for  cash  or  on 
time with good  security.  Will sell  this stock  as 
a whole or  any branch of  it.  Enquire of  Chip­
pewa  Lumber  Co., Chippewa  Lake, Mich., or of 
H.'P. Wyman. Sec’y, Grand  Rapids. Mich.  449
Fo r  sa le—n e w ,  clea n  stock  o f  dry
goods.  Established trade;  good town.  Lock 
box 963. Rockford. Mich. 
For  sa le  or  ex ch a n g e —fo r  city
property, a general  stock of  merchandise at 
a  bargain.  Situated  fifteen  miles  from  Grand 
Rapids.  Address No. 510, care Michigan Trades­
man. 

________________________510

463

504

483

489

497 

EW  STYLE  COMBINATION  SHOW  CASE 
and counter top, 75 eents per foot.  Geo. A. 
Rowe, 47 Eleventh  St.________________ 516
S~TOCK  OF  GOODS  WANTED —WILL  Ex­
change a first-class  farm within  six miles of 
Grand Rapids, for a stock of merchandise.  Dif­
ference in cash.  Not  particular about  location. 
Address Box 275, Grand Rapids'Mich. 
O  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.
OR  SALE-BEST  RESIDENCE  LOT  IN 
Grand Rapids, 70x175 feet, beautifully shad­
ed with  native  oaks, situated in goo I  residence 
locality,  only 200  feet  from  e ectric  street  car 
line.  Will sell  for S2 500 cash, or part cash, pay­
ments to suit.  E. A. Stowe, 100 Louis St. 
354
FOR  SALE—11-ROOM  HOUSE  IN  GOOD  Lo­
cation, within ten  minutes  walk of  Monroe 
St.  Price, 83,200.  W. A. Stowe, 100 Louis St.  470
F o r sa l e—320  acres o f land  in h a y es 
county. Neb.  Will  sell  cheap  or  trade  for 
a stock of merchandise.  A. W. Prindle, Owosso, 
Mich._____________________________ 480
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ANTED —TRAVELING  SALESMEN  TO 
sell  baking  powder  to  the  retail  -rocery 
trade.  Men  acquainted with  different sections 
of country.  A good  side  line;  also good  oppor 
tunity  for  clerks or any live  men who  want  to 
get  on  the  road;  experience  not  absolutely 
necessary;  we mean business.  To the right man, 
a liberal  contract will  be  made  and  steady em­
ployment given:  we pay not less than »75 month 
salary and expenses, or 20 per  cent  commission. 
Address,  with  stamp  U  S. Chemical  Wonts, 842 
Van Buren st., Chicago, 111. 
OR  SALE—THREE  NEARLY  NEW  LAMB 
knitting  machines.  Also one  round  Tuttle 
5' 5 
UU1)  tv A N TE U— CORKE-.PONDENCE 
solicited  with  parties  having  any  No  1 
stovewood.  Cash and highest market price paid. 
M.  E.  Lapham,  431  East  Bridge  street,  Grand
Rapids, Mich. 
■ix t a NTED—A  DRUGGIST  TO  GO  TO  DEL 
VV  ton. Barry county  Mich., and  start a drug 
store.  Living  rooms above.  Immediate posses­
sion  given.  Address  Henry  Arbour, otanwood, 
Mi- h ._______________  
J*®__
F >R  SALE—GOOU  DIVIDEND - PAYING 
stocks in  banking, manufacturing  and mer 
cantile  companies.  E. A. Stowe,  100  Louis  St., 
Grand Rapids 
.
FOR  SALK  CHEAP—TIN  PEuDLEUS'  BOX 
with springs.  Will fit any wagon.  Painted 
red  On the road only two weeks.  Address W. 
W.  Brower, Fife Lake, Mich.________ 
F IR  SALE—DESIRABLE  RESIDENCE  LOT 
on North  Union  street.  Size 50x142  feet to 
alley.  400 fe e t  from  electric  cars.  Easy terms. 
W. A. Stowe. 1< 0 Louis street.__________*13
F OR SALE—ONE  LARGE  DETROIT  SAFE, 
with  burglar proof  < best  and time  lock, in 
good  condition.  For particulars and  price, ad­
dress Patrick & Niergarth, Reed City,.Mich.  515

knitter.  Frank McDerbv, Nashville.  M  ch 

_________________   503

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370 

506

511

 

TO EXCHANGE.

EXCHANGE—PORTABLE  STEAM  SAW 

O 
mill  in a good  hardwood  country, for  mer­
chandise  or  improved  real  estate.  Address P. 
Medalie, Mancelona. Mich.____________ 508

MISCELLANEOUS.

1 5 8   &  1 6 «   8 u lto n n S t.’ G r a n d   ti.» p lu s

13

LUMBER

RED  OAK,  W1IITE  OAK, 

BLACK  ASH,

ROCK  ELM,  GREY  ELM, 

BASSWOOD.

A.  E.  W O R D E N ,

19  W onderly  Building:,

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

JOBBERS  OF

State Agents for

Wm. brUmmeier & Sons

M a n u fa c tu re rs  a n d   J o b b e rs  o f

Pieced &  Stamped Tinware,
260  S. IONIA  ST.,  -  Grand  Rapids.

T e l e p h o n e  640.

Froro Boston  and  New York  on 
Shoe Dre-sing when you ean  bny 
it  of  HIRTH  &  KRAUSE  at

GILT  EDGE, 
GLYCEIIOLE, 
RAVEN  GLOSS, 
ALMA,  [ Large size].

A  Rug  with  each  gross,  $23.SO.  Shoe 
Stool  with  two gross.  An  assorted  gross 
of the above dressing, $22.80.

HIRTH  &  K R A U SE,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

State  Board  of Pharm acy.

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Drugs  Medicines.
Three  T e a rs—O ttxnar Eberbach, A nn  A rb o r 
Treasurer—Geo. G un d ru m , Io n ia .
Meetings  fo r  1892 — S ta r  Isla n d  
V ice-P residents—8.  E.  P& rkill,  O w osso;  L.  P au ley , St.

O ne  T e a r—Ja c o b   Jeeson,  M uskegon.
Two  Y e ars—J a m e s V e rn o r, D e tro it.
F o u r T e a rs—G eorge G u ndrum , Io n ia.
F ir e  Y e ars—C. A, B ugbee,  C heboygan.
P re sid e n t—Ja c o b   Je sso n , M uskegon.
S e c re ta ry —Ja s .  V e rn o r, D e tro it.

M i c h i g a n   S t a t e   P h a r m a c e u t i c a l   A s s ’n .  

M arq u ette,  A ug. 31;  L an sin g ,  N ovem ber 1.

P re sid e n t—H. G. C olem an. K alam azoo. 

(D etro it),  J u ly   6; 

Ig n a c e ;  A. 8. P a rk e r, D e tro it.
S e cretary —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 ra n d  R apids; 
F ra n k   In g lis  a n d   G.  W .  S trin g e r,  D e tro it;  C.  E. 
W ebb. Jac k so n .
N ext p lac e  o f  m e e tin g —G ran d   R ap id s, A ug. 2,3 a n d  4. 
L ocal S e cretary —Jo h n   D. M uir. 
______
Grand  Rapids  Pharm aceutical  Society. 
P re sid e n t. W . R. Je w e tt,  S e c re ta ry ,  F ra n k  H. E sc o tt, 
R eg u lar M eetings—F ir s t W ednesday e v e n in g  o f M arch 

Ju n e , S ep tem b er a n d  D ecem ber.
Grand Rapids  Drug Clerks’ Association, 
re s id e n t, F. D. K ipp;  S e c re ta ry , W . C. S m ith.

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

Muskegon  D rug Clerks'  Association. 

The  Evolution  of Pharmacy.*

It 

is  common  speech  to  say 

In olden times,  when the first  dawn  of 
the 
science  began  to  break  through 
gloom  of 
ignorance  and  superstition, 
pharmacy  and  medicine  were,  like  all 
other sciences,  in the hands of  the fetich 
man,  who was not  only  pharmacist,  but 
theologian,  physician  and  law  maker. 
In the progress  of  time,  the  theologian 
was first to  evolve.  Soon  arrogating  to 
himself the province  of  law  maker and 
executive,  he  began  to  look  down  upon 
his brother,  the alchemist,  and,  with  the 
fear born  of  superstition,  regarded  his 
dried  toads,  remarkable  green  and  red 
liquids and  curiously  shaped  retorts  as 
inventions of the devil.  1 have no doubt 
that  many  an  alchemist  went  to  the 
stake  firmly  convinced  that  he  was  a 
tremendous  factor  in  the  economy  of 
nature.  No  doubt,  he  often  mixed  his 
powdered rattlesnake bone  with  the dis­
tillation  of  a  viper  and  moss  from  a 
dead man’s skull,  aud  then  stood  rever­
ently to one side with  the  air  of  an  old 
man afraid of  his mortar,  to  watch  the 
result.  Contrast his  bated  breath  with 
the serene confidence with which  one  of 
your first course students  will  grind  up 
a mixture of  chlorate  of  potassium  and 
sulphur  and  realize  what  vast  strides 
your profession has made.
that 
pharmacy is the hand maid  of  medicine. 
1  do  not  like  the  term,  it  smacks  too 
much  of  the  position  of  the  modern 
second girl.  There  can  be  no  preced­
ence in science.  Among the  great  dem­
ocratic family  of  workers  there  can  be 
but  one service,  and  that  is  to  truth. 
When  we meet,  it is on a  common  plane; 
one cannot be higher than  another; there 
are  no  high  priests  or  kings 
in  our 
fold.  Therefore,  I  do  greet  you 
to­
day as you enter your  profession, not  as 
“hand  maidens”  but  as  brothers,  enti­
tled  to  all the rights and  privileges  and 
courtesies  commonly  accorded  to 
the 
scientific worker.
1 am  proud  of  my  profession,  and  I 
think  Justly  so.  You  have  as  much 
reason  to be proud of yours,  for  it  num­
bers  some  of  the  best  minds  and 
its 
achievements are second  to  none.  Tell 
me,  is there a single man  in  our  country 
who has done more for suffering  human­
ity than Edward  R.  Squibb?  Has  there 
been any greater  addition  to  our  arma­
mentarium than the coal-tar  derivatives, 
given ns by Hoffman?  And he never took 
out  a  patent  on  remedial  substances. 
Hand maid,  forsooth!  The  stone  which 
the builders rejected has become the  cap 
of the arch!
It would  be better for ail of us if there 
were  a  more  intimate  relation  between 
our professions.  Every  medical  society 
should  have  a  pharmaceutical  section, 
and  pharmacists  and  physicians  should 
often meet to discuss papers and matters 
of common interest.  This would lead  to 
a better mutual  understanding in  the  in­
terests  of  both  professions. 
It  would, 
too,  relieve  us  from  much  of  the  mis­
conceived criticism  floating  through  the 
periodical  medical  press,  and  the  so- 
called methods of emancipating the med-
»Address by Harold  N. Moyer,  M.  D.,  before 
the Graduating Class of the Chicago  College  of 
Pharmacy.

THE  MICHTOAIN'  TRADESMAN,

in 

in  your  profession 

Doubtless to many of you your  profes­
It looks as  though 
sion seems crowded. 
a new drug store was  a  superfluity  out­
side  of  Oklahoma. 
In  seeking  oppor­
tunities for the practice  of  your  calling 
the avenues may seem to be  filled,  even 
crowded.  But let me tell  you  that  this 
is true of almost all professions, trades or 
occupations.  Last winter there appeared 
upon the bill of fare of one of our  cheap 
restaurants  the 
following:  “Eggs  10 
cents,  good  eggs  25  cents.”  Have  no 
fear but that the demand for  good  phar­
macists will always  exceed  the  supply. 
With your opportunities and training you 
can  look  the  future  serenely 
the 
is  a  natural  selection  at 
face.  There 
that  will 
work 
rapidly  bring 
it  to  a  higher  plane. 
soda 
The  patent  medicine, 
water  and  fancy  goods  departments, 
that  now  cling 
incubus, 
will  soon 
the 
fall  away.  Already 
signs are to  be found ail about us.  The 
great  multiplication  of  shops  will 
in­
evitably  tend  to  the  specialization  of 
certain  lines  in  certain  stores.  Gradu­
ally,  as these  lines  become  more  pro­
fitable,  the others will be more and  more 
neglected,  until there will  be  a  true  di­
vision,  such  as  is  found 
in  Germany, 
where you  go  to  the  “drogenladen” for 
your fancy articles and  sundries  and  to 
the  “apotheke” for your medicines.
It may be that  this  change  will  come 
with  the  millennium  but  in  my  judg­
ment it is much nearer.  We may not  be 
here to see it,  but  it  will  be  a  glorious 
consummation,  one  in  which  the  cigar, 
soda water  and  stamp  departments,  to­
gether with  the  Lydia  Pinkhams,  speci­
fic No.  3 and S.  S.  S.

like  an 

cigar, 

“Shall fold their tents like the Arab,
And silently steal away.”

Ontonagon—J.  M.  Wadsworth  &  Go. 
have bought the  grocery  and  dry  goods 
stock of Jas.  Corgan  &  Sons,  who  were 
formerly  engaged  in  general  trade  and 
in the wholesale fish business.

/fa/Vi/FACTURED

mum a mum
/iARTFORD, CONN. 

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A. E. BROOKS  & CO.

H.  F   HASTINGS,  W holesale  Agent, 

Grand Kapids, Mich.

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last 

ical profession from the thraldom  of  the 
pharmacist.  Emancipation  fiddlesticks! 
It would be the same freedom that a man 
acquires when he loses  one  of  his  legs, 
and succeeds  to  the  broader  liberty  of 
walking with a crutch or cork  leg.
It has  been  charged  that  pharmacists 
are  guilty  of  counter  prescribing  and 
In  my  experience  these 
substitution. 
evils  have  been  greatly  exaggerated, 
though  they  do  exist. 
In  every  culti­
vated  field  there  are  a  few  noxious 
weeds,  and there  is  no reason  why  the 
pharmaceutical profession should  be  de­
prived  of  its  due  proportion  of  tares. 
But 1 contend that your profession  is  no 
more  guilty  in  this  respect  than  ours. 
There  are  just  as  many  quack  phar­
macists  as  there  are  quack  doctors. 
I 
once knew a druggist who prescribed for 
a fractured clavicle a liniment warranted 
to  cure  rheumatism.  To  my  mind  he 
did not  make  himself  more  ridiculous 
than an old physician in  my native town, 
who always insisted upon  preparing  his 
own  pills.  It  was  his  custom  to  dry 
them on a  barrel  in  the  back  yard.  A 
predatory rooster  in  charge  of  a  small 
number of hens was  usually  around  on 
these occasions,  who  would  walk  up  to 
the barrel,  take a side long glance at  the 
pills, and down  one  would  go,  then  an­
other.  Occasionally, one larger  than  its 
fellows—they  ranged 
in  size  from  a 
small  marble  to  a  pea—could  be  seen 
traveling down his gullet,  making a  sort 
of wave in the feathers.  Aud  then,  how 
he  would  strut  and  crow,  and  lord  it 
over the  other  chickens. 
I  have  often 
wondered  what was in those pills.
Seriously,  the  world  does  not  move 
backward like a crab,  but  the  march  of 
two 
industrial  progress  for  the 
centuries  has  been  in  the  direction  of 
segregation and specialization of employ­
ments.  The  physician  of 
the  future 
will not be his own  pharmacist any  more 
than he will be  his  own  architect,  law­
yer,  tailor or shoemaker.
The  pharmacist,  also,  has  his  com­
plaint against the physician.  The medi­
cal  journals  teem  with  advertisements 
setting forth the value of Pigem’s pepsin, 
and requesting the profession  to  always 
specify  “Pigem’s”  on  the  prescription 
and to take no other under  the  specious 
pretext that it is just as good.  The next 
prescription  is  from  another  physician 
who has happened to see  a  different  ad­
vertisement,  and his  calls  for  Fairboy’s, 
a third will call  for  Janesen’s,  while  a 
fourth  will wants  only Dare Park’s,  and 
so on to the end  of a  long  list.  The  re­
sult  is  that  if  the  druggist  wishes  to 
avoid  “substitution,”  his  shelves  must 
fairly  gron  with  an  embarrassment  of 
pepsins.  To  my  mind  the  physician 
who is guided by advertisements such  as 
these is not intellectually above  the  rus­
tic,  who,  seeing  the  sign  “Take  Hood’s 
Sarsaparilla for the blood”  for  the  tenth 
time,  thinks  his  blood  is  disordered  or 
Hood would not  know  it,  and  when  he 
has seen the  magic  words  fifteen  times 
he  buys a bottle.
Another serious loss to the  pharmacist 
is  the  exploiter  of  new  formulae  by 
means  of  samples.  He  approaches  the 
physician,  asks  him  to  test  his  wares, 
and,  if be finds them useful,  to prescribe 
them.  Perhaps it is an emulsion of  cod- 
liver  oil  and  white  of  egg.  The  next 
half  dozen  prescriptions  call  for  the 
article.  The  dispenser, noting  that  the 
demand 
first 
modest order  of  a  single  package  to  a 
half  dozen. 
the  demand 
ceases,  another  agent  has  been  around 
who has an emulsion containing  not only 
oil and the  white  of  egg,  but  also  the 
yelk,  with,  perhaps,  a little  of  the  pow­
dered shell added!  Is it strange that the 
pharmacist is driven  to  soda.water  and 
cigars to eke out  an  otherwise  unprofit­
able existence?  The wonder  is  that  he 
is not driven to drink.

increases  his 

Suddenly, 

is  brisk, 

Individually  we  can  do  little, collec­
tively we can do much,  and it  is  for  the 
correction of  these  evils  that  we  must 
have a closser  union  of  the  two  profes­
sions.  Let us frankly acknowledge  that 
there are needed changes  on  both  sides; 
let us discuss them in a  candid  manner, 
and  we  shall  soon  reach  a  solution  of 
these difficulties,  and the  present  rather 
strained modus  vivendi  will  give  place 
to cordial and hearty good-will.

TETE  MICEÎIGLAJST  TRADESMAN.

Wholesale Price  Current•

A d v a n c e d —L in s e e d  o il,  g u m   a s s o f o e tid a .
D e c lin e d —C itr ic  a c id ,  c r e a m  t a r t a r  p u r e ,  o il  b e r g a m o t, o il c a s s ia ,  E n g lis h   v e r m illio n .

“ 

Morphia,  S. P. &W...1 
~   S. N.  Y.  Q. A

80®2 06
C. Co.......................1 70@1  95
Moschus Canton........ @ 40
Myristica, No. 1.........
65® 70
Nux Vomica, (po 20).. @ 10
Os.  Sepia....................
18® 20
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
®2 00
Plcls Liq, N>C„ *  gal
doz  ......................... @2 00
Plcls Liq., quarts...... @1  00
plntB......... @ 85
PI1 Hydrarg, (po. 80).. @ 50
Piper Nigra, (po. 22).. @ 1
Piper Alba,  (po g5)__ @ 3
Plx  Burguh................ @ 7
Plnmhl i c e t .............. 14® 15
Pul vis Ipecac et opll. .1 10@1  20
Pyre thrum,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., doz......
®1 25
Pyrethrum,  pv........... 30® 35
Quasslae.................... m 10
Quinla, S. P. & W...... 29® 34
S.  German__19  ® 30
12® 14
Rubia  Tlnctorum......
@ 38
Saccharum Lactis pv.
Salacln.......................1  60@1  65
50
Sanguis  Draconls...... 40® 50
Sano,  W...................... 12®
14
12
10®
“  G....................... @ 15

“ 

Seldlltz  Mixture........  @  24
Slnapis................'.......  @  18
“  opt...................  ®  30
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
Voes.......................  @  35
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  @  35 
Soda Boras, (po. 'll).  .  10®  11 
Soda  et Potass Tart...  27®  30
Soda Carb.................  1*®  2
Soda,  Bi-Carb............   @  5
Soda, Ash.................... 3*@  4
Soda, Sulphas............   @  2
Spts. Bther C o...........  50®  55
“  Myrcia  Dom......  ®2 25
“  Myrcia Imp........  ®3 00
••  Vlnl  Rect.  bbl.
....7 ........................ 2 21@2 31
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Sbychnla Crystal......   @1  30
Sulphur, Subl............ 3  @4
Tamarinds...................   8® 10
Terebenth Venice......  38®  30
Theobromae..............38  @  43
Vanilla...  ............... 9 00@16 00
Zlnci  Sulph..................  7®  8

“  Roll..............2X@ 3*

OILS.

Whale, winter  .........  70 
Lard,  extra...............   55 
Lard, No.  1...............   45 
Linseed, pure raw —   43 

Bbl.  Gal
7<
6)
5»-
46

“ 

paints. 

1 5
Lindseed,  boiled  __  46 
49
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
60
strained...............   50 
Spirits Turpentine__  36*  40
bbl.  lb.
Red Venetian.............IX  2@3
Ochre, yellow  Mars__IX  2@4
“ 
Ber........IX  2@3
Putty,  commercial__2\  2*®3
“  strictly  pure......2*  2X®3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican ..........................  
13@16
Vermilion,  English__ 
65@70
Green,  Peninsular......  
70@75
Lead,  red........  .........   7  @7*
“  w hite................7  @7*
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gliders’........  @90
White, Paris  American 
1  0 
Whiting,  Paris  Bng.
cliff.......................... 
1 40
Pioneer Prepared Palntl  20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
Paints..................... 1 00@1  20
No. lTurp  Coach.... 1  10@1  20
Bxtra Turp................ 160@1  70
Coach  Body...............2 75@3 00
No. 1 Turp  Furn........1  00® 1  10
EutraTurk Damar__1  55@1  60
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
70®75
Turp......................... 

VARNISHES.

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CHEMICALS  AND

PATENT MEDICINES
Paints, Oils  ifr Varnishes.

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Sole Agents  for the  Celebrated

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We are Sole Proprietors of

Weatherly’s  Michigan  Catarrh  Remedy.

We Have in Stock and Offer a F u ll Line of

WHISKIES,  BRANDIES,

GINS,  WINES,  RUMS.

We sell Liquors for medicinal purposes only.
We give our personal attention to mail orders and guarantee satisfaction.
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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

a c i d  trat.

Acetlcum...................
Benzolcum  German..
Boradc 
....................
Carbollcum................
Cltrlcum...................
Hydrocntor...............
Nltrocum 
.................
Oxalicum...................
Phosphorium dll........
Salley Ileum  .............1
Sulphurtcum..............
Tanni cum..................1
Tartar! cum.................
AMMONIA.

8®  10 
60®  65 
30
22©  30 
52®  55 
3 ©  
5
10®  12 
10®  13 
30
30®1  70 
IX®  5 
40@1 60 
32®  31

34 

Aqua, 16  deg..............  3*®  5
20  deg..............  5H@  7
Carbonas  ...........  
12®  14
Chloridum.................  13®  14

 

ANILINE.

Black..........................2 00@2 25
Brown.........................  80@1  00
Red.............................   45®  50
Yellow  
.................. 2 50@3 00
BACOAS.

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

BALSAMUM.

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

CORTEX.

Abies,  Canadian.................  18
Cassiae  ...............................  JJ
Cinchona Plava  .................   18
Euonymus  atropurp...........  30
Myrtca  Cerffera, po............   30
Prunus Vlrglnl....................  1*
Quill ala,  grd.......................   12
Sassafras  ............................  }*
Ulmus Po (Ground  12)........  10

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

BXTBACTUM.
Glycyrrhiza  Glabra...
po..........
Haematox, 15 lb. box..
Is..............
Vis............
............
FERRUM.
Carbonate Preclp........
Citrate and Quinta....
Citrate  Soluble........
Ferrocyanldum Sol....
Solut  Chloride...........
Sulphate,  com’l .........
pure............

“ 

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

®  15 
®3 50 
@  80 
®  50 
®  15
m@  2
®  7

Arnica....................... 
Anthemls..................   ®
Matricaria 

......   25®  30

rj6®

FLORA.

FOL.IA.

Barosma 
Cassia  Acutifol,  Tin

........  ........  16®  60
niyelly....................  35®  28
••  Alx.  35®  50

Salvia  officinalis,  *s
Ura Urri......................  8®  10

and  * s ....................  12@

«  1 

b u m m i.

“ 
“ 

>> 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Acacia, 1st  picked....  ®  75
...  @  50
ad 
3d 
....  ®  40
®  35
sifted sorts... 
po.................  60®  80
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 601...  50®  60 
“  Cape, (po.  20)...  ®  12
Socotri, (po.  60).  ®  50
Catechu, Is, Ois, 14 54». 
_  ,
18)  ................... ®  *
Ammonlae.................  55®  60
Assafcetida, (po. 35)..  40®  45
Benzoinum.................  50®  55
Camphor»..................   50®  5d
Buphorblum  p o ........  35®  10
Galban 
...................  @3 50
Gamboge,  po...... —   70®  TO
Guaiacum, (po  30)  ..  @  35
Kino,  (po.  30)............   @  35
M astic.......................   @  8o
Myrrh, (po. 45)...........  @  40
Opll,  foo  2 70)................1  65@1 7»
Shellac  ......................  35®  35
bleached........  30®  35
Tragacanth................  30®  75

*• 
herb a—In ounce packages.

Absinthium.........................  25
Bupatorium.........................  30
Lobelia................................   ®
Majorum...... ......................   *8
Mentha  Piperita.................  33
“  Y lr.........................  25
Rue....................................... 
|0
Tan ace turn, Y......................  32
Thymus,  V..........................   25
Calcined, Pat  ............   55®  60
Carbonate,  P a t.........   30®  22
Carbonate, K .4  M —   30®  25 
Carbonate, JennlngS..  35®  36 

MAGNESIA.

OLEUM.

Cubebae......................  ® 5 50
Bxechthltos..............  2 50®2 75
Brlgeron.........................2 25®2 50
Gaultheria......................2 00®2 10
Geranium,  ounce......  ®  75
Gosslpll, Sem. gal......  50®  75
Hedeoma  ...................1 60@1  70
Juniper!......................  50@2 00
Lavendula.................  90®2 00
Llmonis.......................... 2 75@3 25
Mentha Piper...................2 75®3 50
Mentha Yerid................. 2 20®2 30
Morrhuae, gal..................1 00®1 10
Myrcia, ounce............   @  50
OUve..........................  80@2  75
Plcls Liquida, (gal..35)  10®  12
Ricini.........................  96®1  10
Rosmarini............  
75@1  00
Rosae, ounce..............  @6 50
Sucdnl.......................  40®  45
Sabina.......................  90@1  00
San tal  ....................... 3 50@7 00
Sassafras....................  50®  55
Slnapis, ess, ounce__  ®  65
Tiglfl..........................  @  90
Thyme.......................  40®  50
opt  ...............   ®  60
Theobromas...............   15®  20

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POTASSIUM.

RADIX.

BICarb.......................  15®  18
Bichromate...............   13®  14
Bromide....................  24®  26
Carb............................  12®  15
Chlorate  (po  18)........  16®  18
Cyanide......................  50®  55
Iodide..............................2 80@2 90
Potassa, Bltart,  pure..  24®  38
Potassa, Bitart, com...  @  15
Potass Nltras, opt......  8®  10
Potass Nltras..............  7®  9
Prusslate....................  28®  30
Sulphate  po...............   15®  18
Aconltum..................   20®  25
Althae.........................  25®  30
Anchusa....................  12®  15
Arum,  po....................  ®  25
Calamus......................  20®  40
Gentians, (po. 15)......   10®  12
16®  18
Glycbrrhiza, (pv. 15).
Hydrastis  Canaden,
®  35 
(po.  10)...................
15®  20
Hellebore,  Ala,  po...
Inula,  po....................  15®  20
Ipecac, po........................2 30@2 40
Iris  plox (po. 35®38)..  35®  40
Jalapa,  pr...................  38®  40
Maranta,  14»..............  @  35
Podophyllum, po........  15®  18
Rhel............................  75@1 00
“  cut......................  @1  75
“  pv. ......................   75®1 35
Spigelia.....................   35®  38
Sanguinarla, (po  25)..  @ 20
Serpentarla.................  35®  40
Senega.......................  45®  50
Slmllax, Officinalis,  H  @ 40
M  @ 20
Sclllae, (po. 35)...........  10®  12
Syuiplocarpus,  FobO-
...  @ 35
Yaleriana, Bng. (po.30)  @  25
German...  15®  30
inglber a ..................   12®  15
18®  22
Zingiber  j .............. 
SEMEN.
@ 15
Anlsum,  (po. 20)..
.  33® 35
Aplum  (graveleons)
4® 6
Bird, Is....................
8® 12
Carni, (po. 18).........
.1  00@1 25
Cardamon...............
.  10® 12
Corlandrum............
.  3*@4
Cannabis Satlva......
.  75@1 00
Cydonlum...............
.  10® 12
Cnenopodlum  ........
.2 25®2 35
Dipterlx Odorate—
@ 15
Foenlculum............
6® 8
Foenugreek,  po......
4  @ 1*
L in i........................
.  4  @ 4*
Lini, grd,  (bbl. 3*)
.  35® 40
Lobelia....................
.  4  @ 4*
Pbar laris Canarian..
6® 7
Rapa.......................
.  8® 9
Slnapis,  Albu.........
.  11® 12
Nigra........
8PIR IT U 8,
Frumenti, W., D.  Co..2  00®2 50
D.F. R ....... 1 75@2 00
1  10@1 50
 
Junlperis  Co. O. T — 1  75@1 75
Saacharum  N.  B.........1 7S@2 00
Spt.  Vini  Galli............1 75@6 50
Vini Oporto................ 1  25@2 00
Vini  Alba................... 1 25@2 00

dus,  po............  

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“ 

SPONGES.
........ 

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

.2  25@2 50
2 00
1  10
85
65
75
140

TINCTURES.

 

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*  

Aconltum Napellls R.........   60
F ..........  50
Aloes.....................................   60
and myrrh...................  60
A rnica..................................  50
Asafoetida............................  0
Atrope Belladonna................  60
Benzoin.................................  60
“  Co............................  50
Sangulnaria..........................   50
Barosma...............................  50
Cantharides..........................   75
Capsicum..............................  50
Ca damon..............................  75
Co..........................   75
Castor.................................1 00
Catechu.................................  50
Cinchona..............................  50
Co..........................   60
Columba...............................  50
 
Conlum.........................  
Cubeba..................................   50
Digitalis...............................  50
Ergot.....................................   50
Gentian................................   50
Co..............................  60
Gualca..................................  50
ammon......................  60
Zingiber...............................  50
Hyoscyamus.........................  50
Iodine....................................  75
“  Colorless....................   75
Ferrl  Chloridum...................  35
K ino.....................................   50
Lobelia..................................  50
Myrrh....................................  50
Nux  Vomica.........................  50
Opll......................................   85
“  Camphorated.................   50
“  Deoaor........................2 00
Aurantl Cortex......................  50
Quassia................................   50
Rhatany...............................  50
Rhel.......................................  50
Cassia  Acutifol....................   50
Co................  50
Serpentarla..........................   50
Stramonium..........................   60
Tolutan.................................  60
Valerian...............................  50
VeratrumVerlde...................  50

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MISCELLANEOUS.

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• 
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ASther, Spts  Nit, 3 F ..  26®  28 
“  4 F ..  30®  33
Alumen......................2)4® 3

“  
ground,  (po.

7).............................  3®  4
Annatto......................  55®  60
Antlmonl, po..............  4®  5
et Potass T.  55®  60
Antlpyrln...................  @1  40
Antifebrin..................  @  25
Argentl  Nltras, ounce  @  60
Arsenicum................. 
5®  7
Balm Gilead  Bud__ 
55®  60
Bismuth  S.  N............ 2 10@2 20
Calcium Chlor, Is, (Kb
11;  )4b>  12)..............  @  9
Cantharides  Russian,
po............................  @1  20
Capsid  Fructus,af...  @  22
po 
  @  25
B po.  @  20
CaryophylluB, (po.  14)  10®  12
Carmine,  No. 40.........   @3 75
Cera  Alba, S. 4  F ......   50®  55
Cera Flava.................  38®  40
Coccus.......................  @  40
Cassia Fructus...........  ®  22
Centraria....................  @  10
Cetaceum...................  ®  40
Chloroform...............   60®  63
squlbbs..  @1  25
Chloral Hyd Crst........1  20@1  40
Chondrus...................  20®  25
Clnchonldine, P.  *  W  15®  20
German 3  ®  12 
Corks,  list,  dls.  per
60
cent  ...................... 
Creasotum................  @  50
Creta, (bbl. 75)...........  @  2
“  prep....................  5®  5
“  preclp............... 
9®  11
"  Rubra.................  @  8
Crocus.......................   33®  35
~ 
24
Cudbear
6 
Cupri Sulph...............   5 @
12 
Dextrine...............   10®
70
Bther Sulph...........  68®
Emery,  all  numbers..  A
po  .................   @
65
Ergota, (po.)  65.....  60® 
Flake  White.........   12® 
15
Galla.....................   @ 
23
Gambler......   ............ 7  @8
Gelatin,  Cooper.........   ®  70
“ 
Glassware  flint,  75 and 2*. 
by box 70
Glue,  Brown.........  9® 
15
25
“  White...........  13® 
20
Glycerine..............15*® 
Grana Paradlsl...........  @  22
56 
Humulus...............   25®
85 
Hydraag  Chlor  Mite..
“  Cor  ...
@  75 
Ox Rubrum 
@  90
Ammoniati.  @1  t0
Unguentum.  45®  55
Hydrargyrum.......   @ 
65
Ichthyobolla, Am.. 
.1  25@1  50
Indigo........................   75@1 00
Iodine,  Resubl...........3 7S@3 85
Iodoform.......................   @4 70
50
Lupulin.................  45® 
Lycopodium.........  50® 
55
80
M ads...................   75® 
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
ararglod............  ® 
27
Liquor Potass Arslnltis  10®  12
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
Mannla,  8. F ...............  90@33

IK).....................   2®

French......  40®

“ 

Absinthium.................... 3 50®4 00
Amygdalae, Dulc.......   45®  75
Amyaalae, Amarae— 8 00®8 35
A nisl............................... 1  65®1 75
Aurantl  Cortex..........3 00®3 25
Bergamli  ...................3 50®3 75
Cajiputi  ..................   60®  65
Caryophylll................  70®  75
Cedar 
....................   35®  65
Chenopodli...............   ®1  60
Clnnamonll.....................1  15®1 30
Cltroneila  .................   @  45
Conlum  Mac..............  35®  65
Copaiba  .................... 1  10®1  20

SYRUPS.

A ccada...............................  50
Zingiber  .............................   50
Ipecac..................................   60
Ferri  Iod.............................   50
Aurantl  Cortes..............—   50
Rhel  Arom...............  
  50
Slmllax  OfficlnaUs..............  60
Co........  50
Senega................................   50
Sdllae..................................  50
“  Co.............................   50
Tolutan...............................  50
Prunus  vlrg.........................  50

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1 6

THE  MTCTTEGAJST  TRADESMAN

Grocery  Price  Current•

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

and  buy  in  full  packages.

CLOTHES FINS.

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

COCOA  SHELLS.

351b  bags......................  @3
Less quantity...............   @3M
Pound  packages.......... 6$£@7

COFFEE.
GREEN.Rio.

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

Santos.

Fair.....................................16
Good................................... 17
Prime................................. 18
Peaberry  ............................20
Mexican and Guatamela.
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 34c. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink­
age.
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

PACKAGE.

Apricots.
Live oak......................
Santa Cruz.................
Lusk’s .........................
Overland..................
Blackberries.
B. &  W.......................
Cherries.
Red.............................
Pitted Hamburgh......
W hite.........................
Erie  .........................
Damsons, Egg Plums and 
E rie............................
California...................
Gooseberries.
Common....................

Gages.

Peaches.

Pie............................
Maxwell....................
Shepard’s ..................
California..................
.................
Monitoi 
Oxford  ......................
Pears.

“ 

Domestic....................
Riverside....................
Pineapples.
......
Common.... ......  
Johnson's  sliced.......
grated  ......
Quinces.
Common....................
Raspberries.
Red  ...............   .........
Black  Hamburg.........
Erie, black
Strawberries.
Lawrence..................
Hamburgh.................
Erie............................
Terrapin.......................
Whortleberries.
Common...................
F. &  W.........   ...-  ....
Blueberries...............
Corned  beef,  Libby’s. 
Roast beef,  Armour’s ...
Potted  ham, 34 lb..........
“  34 lb...........
tongue, V4 lb 
. . .
Vi lb...
chicken, 34 lb___

MEATS.

“ 

“ 

“ 

.

2 25 
2  00 
2 50 
1  90
90
1 20 
1  75 1 20 
1 20 
Green
@1  25 
1  70

1  10 
1  50
1  40
2 25 
1  35 
1  25
1  252 10
1  30
2 50 
2 75

1  30 
1  50 
1  40

1  20 
1  25 
1  20
1  80 
1  75 
1  50 
.1  00 
.1  10 95 
95

COUPON  PASS  BOOKS.

(Can  be  made to represent any 
denomination  from $10 down. | 
20 books........................ S 1  00

6 25 
10 00 
17 50

250  “ 
500  “ 
1000  “ 

......................
............ ..........
.......................
CONDENSED MILK.
4 doz. in case.

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

CRACKERS.

Butter.

Seymour XXX................. ...6
Seymour XXX, cartoon. ...  634
Family  XXX.................. • -  8'.;
Family XXX,  cartoon... ...  634
...  6
Salted XXX..................
Salted XXX,  cartoon  ... ...  634
Kenosha 
..  734
Boston............................. ...  8
Butter  biscuit.............
634

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

Soda.

Oyster.

Soda, XXX....................
.  6
Soda, City.....................
...  734
Soda,  Duchess  .............. ...  834
Crystal Wafer................. ...10
Reception  Flakes.........
...10
S. Oyster  XXX..............
...  6
City Oyster. XXX...........
...  6
Farina  Oyster..............
...  6
CREAM TARTAR.
Strictly  pure.................
Telfer’s  Absolute.........
Grocers’........................

30
35
10@15

DRIED  FRUITS.

Domestic.
APPLES.

“ 

quartered  “
APRICOTS.

Sundried, sliced in  bbls
5
5
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes @7
California in  bags....... 934@10
Evaporated 1 n boxes.  .. 10@11
BLACKBERRIES.
In  boxes......  
...... .
434
NECTARINES.
70 lb. bags.....................
734
25 lb. boxes.................... @934
Peeled, in  boxes  .........
12
Cal. evap.  “
9@!0
“ 
in bags  ......
8® 834
PEARS.
California in bags
PITTED CHERRIES.
B arrels.........................
50 lb. boxes 
.................
25  “ 
...................

@7
10
11
12

PEACHES.

“ 

“ 

Aina esKAsa.

Aurora....................  65 
Diamond.................  50 
Frazer’s ..................   81 
Mica.......................  75 
Paragon 
...............   55 
B A K IN S   PO W D ER.

doz  gross
6 00
550
9 CO
800
600

Arctic.

Cook’s  Favorite.

(161 pieces colored glass)
(131 pieces of crystal glass)
(100 hdl cups and saucers)

Acme.
34 lb. cans,  3 doz............... 
45
2 “  ................   85
34 lb.  “ 
lb.  “  1  “  .................1 00
1 
Bulk...................................   10
v   lb cans............................  60
34 lb  “ 
..........................   1  20
.........................2 00
1  B>  “ 
5  lb  “ 
..........................   9 60
100 H lb cans....................  12 00
100 
lb cans....................  12 00
100 V lb cans....................  12 00
2 doz 1 ib cans....................  9 60
(tankard pitcher with each-can)
per doz
90
Dime cans
4-oz 
1 90
“
6-oz 
“ . .2 47
8-oz 
“ . .3 75
.4 75
16-oz 
“
11 40
234-ib  “
“
41b 
21 60
5-lb
10-lb 
“

ptmCEfe
I2-OZ 
I CREAMI
gAKlNg
powder
■*uaoraa*¡M
Red Star, V lb cans...........
...........
..........   1
Teller’s,  % lb. cans, doz.

“ .  133
18 25
4180

Dr. Price’s.

34»  “ 
it)   “ 
Vi lb.  “
1 lb.  “ 
Victor.
“ 
.................  1
2 doz................ 2
BATH B RICK .

“  ..  1

6 oz cans,  4 doz  ...............
9  “ 
16 

“ 
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2 dozen in case.

“ 

,T 
“ 

bluing. 

English...............................  90
Bristol..................................  SO
Domestic.............................   70
Gross
Arctic, 4 oz  ovals..  .........   4 00
“ __  8 oz 
............ 7 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 
“ 
.......................2 75
Parlor Gem........................ 3 00
Common Whisk.................  1  00
Fancy 
.................1  20
Warehouse........................ 3 50
BBCBHKS.
Stove, No.  1.......................  125
10.....................  1 50
15....................   1 75
Rice Root Scrub, 2  row---  
85
Rice Root  Scrub, 3 row —   1  25 
Palmetto, goose.................   1  50

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CANDLES

Hotel, 40 lb. boxes..............10
Star,  40 
..............  9
Paraffine............................11
Wlcklng...........................   24

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CANNED  GOODS.

F18H.
Clams.

“ 

“ 

“ 

Little Neck,  1 lb...........
...1  1*-
“  2  lb........... ....1  90
Clam Chowder.
Standard, 3 lb............... ....2 00
'Cove Oysters.
Standard,  1 lb..............
...  S5
21b.............. ...1   05
Lobsters.

“  2  lb......................
“ 

Star,  1  lb...................... ....2 40
.3 30
Picnic, l i b .................... ....2 00
21b.................... ....2 90
Mackerel.
Standard, 1 lb............... ....1  30
2  lb.............. ....2 25
Mustard,  21b..............
....2 25
Tomato Sauce,  21b...... ----2 25
Soused, 2 lb ..............
2 25
Salmon.
Colombia River, flat — ...1  85
tails__ ... .1  75
“ 
Alaska, 1  lb.................. __ 1  45
21b.................... ...2  10
Sardines.
American  34s............... -43*@ 5
34s.............. -634@ 7
Imported  34s ................. .. 10@12
34s................. .  15@16
Mustard  34 s.................. ..  7@8
Boneless.......................
20
Brook, 8 lb.................... ....2 50

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Trout.

“ 
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FRUITS.
Apples.

3 lb. standard............
York State, gallons....
Hamburgh,  “  __

86
2 40
2 50

VEG ETA BLES.

Beans.

“ 

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Peas

“ 
“ 
“ 

Corn.

Hamburgh  stringless........1  25
French style........ 2 25
Limas  ................. 1  40
Lima, green......................... 1 30
soaked......................  80
Lewis Boston Baked........... l 35
Bay State  Baked..................1  35
World’s  Fair........................1  35
Hamburgh..........................
Livingston  E den................1  15
Purity 
.............................
Honey  Dew......................... 1  50
Morning Glory..................   1  10
Hamburgh marrofat............1 35
early June...........
Champion Eng...l  50
Hamburgh  petit  pols..........1 75
fancy  sifted.......1  90
Soaked.............  
65
 
Harris  standard.................   75
Van Camp’s Marrofat 
.1  10
Early Jane........ 180
Archer’s  Early Blossom__1  35
French..................................... 1 80
Mushrooms.
French.............................. 1&218
Pumpkin.
Erie.....................................   95
Squash.
Hubbard...................................1 20
Succotash.
Hamburg  ............... 
1  40
Soaked................................   80
Honey  Dew........................... ^.1 60
Excelsior 
Eclipse......................................1 GO
Hamburg................................. 1 30
Gallon.................................2 50

Tomatoes.
......................... 1  00

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

CHEESE.

Amboy...... ................
Herkimer..................
Riverside...................
Gold  Medal  ..............
Skim..........................
Brick..........................
Edam  .....................
Limburger  ...............
Pineapple...................
Roquefort...................
Sap Sago....................
Schweitzer, Imported.
domestic  ....

“ 

@1134 @12 
@UVi @10 
8  @10 12
@1  00 @10 @85 
@35 
@22 @30 
@15

CATSUP.

Bine Label Brand.

Half  pint, 25 bottles..........2 75
Pint 
.............4 60

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EXTRACT.

Valley City 
.  .
Felix................
Hummel’s, foil. 
tin 
.

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B ulk.......................
Red 
..................... .

Cotton.  40 f t.........per doz.  1  25
1  40 
1  60 
1  75 
1  90 
90 
1  00

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

Jnte

COUPON  BOOKS.

PRUNELLES.

30 lb.  boxes............ ......
RASPBERRIES.
In  barrels.....................
501b. boxes....................
......................
25 lb.  “ 
Foreign.
CURRANTS.

75 
1  15 
1  50

11
15
16
17

Patras. In barrels........ @ 334
In  34 bbls  ...... @ 3%
In less quantity @  4

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PEEL.

. 
Citron, Leghorn. 251b. boxes  20
Lemon 
10
Orange 
11

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25  “
“ 
“ 
25 “
RAISINS.
Domestic.
“

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“  

London layers  2 crown ...1  40
...1   65
5 
fancy  ..
.1  85
Loose Muscatels, boxes. ....1  25
701b  bags  @534
Ondura. 29 lb. boxes..  734@ 734
..11 @12
Sultana, 20 
Valencia, 30 
..  634® 6)4

Foreign.

“  
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PRUNES.

Bosnia........................
@
California, 90x100 25 lb  bxs.  8
80x90 
..834
«.
7* x80 
.9
“
60x70 
-.934
“
Turkey 
.................... @534
Silver............................ ....1134

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ENVELOPES. 
XX r a g .  w h ite .

XX  wood, white.

No. 1, 634................................ ..  11  75
No. 2, 634................................ ..  1  60
No. 1,6.......................... ..  1  65
No. 2, 6.......................... ..  1  50
No. 1, 634................................ ..  1  35
No. 2,634................................ ..  1  25
Manilla, white.
634  ............................................. ..  1  00
05
6 ....................................................
Mill  No. 4......................
.  1  00

Coin.

 
 
 
 
 

“Tradesman.’
per hundred......... 
2 00
2 50
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8 OP
“ 
“ 
4 00
“ 
“ 
“ 
5 00
“ 
“Superior.”
per hundred...............   2  50
“ 
3 00
“ 
“ 
3 50
“ 
“ 
“ 
4 00
5  00
“ 
“ “ 
.....................   6 00

 
 
 

 

 

‘Universal.”

$ 1, per hundred..............   $3 00
• 2,
................. 3 50
I 3,
................. 4 00
• 5,110,
..................5 00
...............6 00
120,
..................7 00
Above prices on coupon books 
are  subject  to  the  following 
quantity discounts:
200 or over.............  5 per cent.
600  “ 
1000  •• 

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

“

“

FARINACEOUS  GOODS. 

Farina.
Hominy.

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

334

Barrels................................. 300
Grits.................................. 3 50
Lima  Beans.
Dried............................ 

4
Maccaronl and Vermicelli.

Domestic, 12 lb. box__  
65
Imported.................... 1034@1134
Pearl Barley.
Kegs................  
  @234
 

 

Peas.

Sago.

Wheat.

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

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

6

FISH—-Salt.

Bloaters.

“ 
“ 

Cod.

Halibut.
Herring.

Yarmouth..........................   1  10
Pollock.......................  
4
Whole, Grand  Bank...  6  @63«
Boneless,  bricks........734@8
Boneless,  strips..  ........ 734@8
Smoked...................... 
12
Scaled.................. 
 
Holland,  bbls............  
kegs..............  
Round shore, Vi bbl... 
“ 
34  bbl.. 
Mackerel.

18@20
11  00
85
2 00
1  10
No. 1,34 bbls. 90 lbs...........11  00
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs................  1  25
Family, 34 bbls., 100 lbs___5 50
75
Russian,  kegs....................   45
No. 1,34 bbls., lOOlbs........... 6 50
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs.................   90
No. 1, 34 bbls., lOOlbs.......... 8 00
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs................ 1  10
Family, 54 bbls., 100 lbs__  3 50
kits  10  lbs.............   50

Sardines.
Trout.

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

Whitefish.

“ 

“ 

FLAVORING EXTRACTS. 

HERBS.

INDIGO.

Jennings’ D C.
Lemon. VaniUa
1  25
2 oz folding box...  75 
1  50
... 1  00 
3 oz 
“ 
2  00
...1  50 
4 oz 
“ 
6 oz 
.. .2  00 
3  00
“ 
Soz 
...3  00 
4  GO
“ 
GUN  POWDER.

JE L L Y .
 
LICORICE.

Kegs................................... 5 50
Half  kegs............................3 00
Sage.....................................16
Hops  ..........................  .  ...25
Madras,  5 lb. boxes........ 
55
50
S. F., 2, 3 and 5 lb. boxes.. 
55
17  lb. pails  ...................... 
30  “ 
85
Pure.....................................   30
Calabria...............................  25
Sicily....................................  12
L Y E .
Condensed, 2 doz...............1  25
4 doz............... 2 25
MATCHES.
No. 9  sulphur.....................1  25
Anchor parlor.....................1 70
.......................1  10
No. 2 home 
Export  parlor.....................4 00

“ 

“ 

 

MINCE  MEAT
---------------------

^ T l l  I---I | T$

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

MEASURES.

Tin, per dozen.

1  gallon  ..........................  $1  75
Half  gallon.....................   1  40
Q uart............................... 
70
P int.................................. 
45
Half  pint  ......  
 
40
Wooden, for vinegar, per doz.
1 gallon............................  7 no
Half gallon......................  4 75
Q uart...............................  3 75
Pint..................................   2 25

 

MOLASSES.
Blackstrap.
Cuba Baking.
Porto Rico.

Sugar house......................  1334
Ordinary..........................  
16
Prim e...............................  
16
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  50
Half barrels 100.................... @3 38

ROLLED  OATS

Barrels  180.................  @4  50
Half  bbls 90..............  @3 38

PICKLES.
Medium.

Barrels, 1,200 count........... $3 60
Half  barrels, 600 count__2 25

Small.

4 00
Barrels, 2.400 count. 
Half bbls, 1,200 count 
2 50
Clay, No.  216.........................1 76
“  T. D. full count...........  75
Cob, No. 3............................ 125

PIPES.

POTASH.

48 cans In case.

Babbitt’s ........................  
4 00
Penna Salt  Co.’s  ............   3 25

Williams,  per doz............   1  75
5  00

ROOT BEER
3 doz.case... 

“ 

RICE.

Domestic.

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

Broken..............  

 

 

314

Imported.

“  No. 2...........................534

Japan, No. 1.......................... 6
Java....................................  5
Patna..................................   5

SPICES.

Whole Sifted.

“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

Allspice............................... 10
Cassia, China In mats........  8
Batavia In bund__ 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.
AUsplce............................. .1
Cassia,  Batavia...................20
“ 
and  Saigon.25
“  Saigon.....................35
Cloves,  Amboyna................30
Zanzibar................20
Ginger, African...................15
Cochin......... • __   18
Jam aica..................2T
Mace  Batavia....... .............. 81
Mustard,  Eng. and Trieste..2L
“  Trieste.....................27
Nutmegs, No. 2 ...................65
Pepper,Singapore, black  .. .20
“ 
“  white......30
“  Cayenne.................. 25
Sage......................................20
“Absolute” in Packages.

K 
“ 

“ 

345 

34s
Allspice......................  84  155
Cinnamon..................   84  1  55
Cloves.........................  84  155
Ginger, Jam ...............   84  1 55
“  Af...................  84  1  55
Mustard......................  84  1  55
Pepper......................  84  155
Sage........ 

84

 

 

SAL  SODA.

Kegs.................................  
134
Granulated,  boxes..............  134

SEEDS.

Anise  .......................   @12)4
Canary, Smyrna.  ...... 
Caraway.................... 
Cardamon, Malabar 
Hemp.  Russian.  ....... 
Mixed  Bird 
Mustard,  white  ........ 
Poppy......................... 
Rape.......................... 
Cuttle  bone  .............. 

4
8
90
434
.........   434@ 534
6
9
6
30

20-lb boxes..........................   634
40-lb 

“ 

STARCH.
Corn.
.........................6
Gloss.
 
....................... 6

 

1-lb packages......................... 534
3-lb 
634
6-lb 
40 and 50 lb. boxes...............  434
Barrels.................................. 434

“ 
“ 

SNUFF.

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

SODA.

Boxes....................................53«
Kegs, EngllBh.......................

SALT.
 
 

100 3-lb. sacks......................Cl 25
60 5-lb.  “ 
2 00
28 10-lb. sacks....................  1 85
2014-lb.  “ 
2 25
24 3-lb  cases.......................  1 60
56 lb. dairy in  linen  bags..  50
281b.  “ 
18

drill  “ 

.. 

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

.. 

“ 

“ 

56 lb. dairy 1h linen sacks..  75

56 lb. dairy in  linen  sacks.  75

Solar Rock.

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

Common Fine.

Saginaw..........................  
Manistee.......................... 

80
86

Warsaw.

Ashton.

Higgins.

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

8ALERATU8.

Packed 60 lbs. In box.

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

SOAP.
LAUNDRY.

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.

Old Country,  80  1-lb...... ...3 20
Good Cheer, 601 lb......... ...3 90
White Borax, 100  54-lb... ...3 60
Proctor & Gamble.
Concord  ......................... ..  2 80
Ivory,10  oz....................
..  6 75
6  oz......................
..  4 00
Lenox 
.......................... .  3 65
Mottled  German............ ..  3  15
Town Talk  .................... ..  3 UO

“ 

SCOURING  AND POLISHING.
“ 

Sapolio, kitchen, 3  doz. 
hand, 3 doz......

..  2 50
..  2 50

8UGAR.

Cut  Loaf.................... @  5%
Cubes......................... @ 454
Powdered..................
@ 45»
Granulated.. 
......4.56®  454
Confectioners’ A...... 4.44® 4(4
Soft A......................... @4.31
White Extra C........... @ 4(4
Extra  C....................
@ 4
C...  ........................... @3«
Yellow.....................
@ 354
Less than  bbls.  (4c advance

SYRUPS.

Corn.

Pure Cane.

Barrels............................ ..  22
Half bbls......................... ...24
F air................................ ...  19
Good............................... ...  25
Choice............................
...  30
SWEET GOODS.
Ginger Snaps..............
Sugar Creams............
Frosted  Creams.........
Graham Crackers......
Oatmeal Crackers__

8
8
9
8(4
8(4

TEAS.

j a p a h —Regular.

F air............................  @17
Good..........................   @20
Choice...................... ...24  @26
Choicest.......................32  @34
O ust............................ 10  @12

SUN CUBED.

F air............................  @17
Good..........................   @20
Choice.......................... 24  @26

Warpath..............................14
Banner................................15
King Bee..............................20
Klin 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

WASHBOARDS.

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

BASKET  FIRED.

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

GUNPOWDER.

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

oolong. 

IMPERIAL.

YOUNG HYSON.

Common to fair...........18  @26
Superior to  fine.......... 30  @40

ENGLISH  BREAKFAST.

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

GRAINS and FEEDSTUFF? 

WHEAT.

MEAL.

86 
No. 1 White (58 lb. test) 
No. 1 Red (60 lb. test) 
86
Bolted...............................  1  20
Granulated.......................  1  40
FLOUR.
Straight, in  sacks........... .  4 50
“ barrels........   4 60
“ 
Patent “  sacks...................   5 50
“ “  barrels...................  5 60
“ sacks..........  2 20
Graham 
Rye 
“ “ 

 

 

MILL8TUFF8.

Less

$16 00
16 00
17 00
20 50
20 50

Car lots  quantity

CORN.

Bran..............$15  00 
Screenings__  15 00 
Middlings.....  16 00 
Mixed Feed...  20 50 
Coarse meal 
20 50 
Car  lots.............................. 53
Less than  car  lots............. 55
Car  lo ts .............................35
Less than car lots...............37
No. 1 Timothy, car lots__14 F0
No. 1 
15 00

HAY.
ton lots 

OATS.

“ 

HIDES.

HIDES,  PELTS  and  FUR,»
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol 

lows,  prices nominal:
Green — .....................2(4@3(4
Part Cured...............   @  3J£
“  4
Dry.......................... ..  5 @ 5
K ip s , green  ............
..  2(4@ 3(4
“  cured.............
@ 4
Calfskins,  green — ..  4 @  5(4
cured — ..  5 @ 7
Deacon skins........... ..10 @30
2 50
Shearlings.........  ... .10 @25
Lambs 
WOOL.
.20 @25
Washed..................
Unwashed.............. .10 @20

No. 2 hides (4 off.
PELTS

.................. . 2 ) @  50

“ 

MISCELLANEOUS.

Tallow.......................  3(4© 4
Grease  butter  ...........  1  @2
Switches....................  1(4@ 2
Ginseng.....................2 00@2 50

POULTRY.

Local dealers pay  as  follows 

for dressed  fowls:
Fow l.........  .............. 12  @13
Turkeys....................... 14 @15
Ducks  ....................... 13  @14
Spring chickens, per doz $4 to $6 
per lb.16  @22
Fowls...........................10  @11
Turkeys....................... 12  @13

Live Poultry.
“ 

“ 

TOBACCOS.

Fine Cut.

“ 

“ 

Palls unless otherwise noted
Hiawatha  ................. 
60
34
Sweet  Cuba...............  
McGinty.................... 
24
(4 bbls.........  
22
Valley  City................ 
32
27
Dandy Jim .................  
20
Torpedo..................... 
in drums—  
19
Yum  Yum  ...............  
26
Sorg's Brands.
Spearhead................. 
Joker......................... 
Nobby Twist................. 
Oh  My..........................  
Scotten’s Brands.

33
22
39
29

Plug.

Middleton's Brands.

22
Kylo............................ 
38
Hiawatha...................  
34
Valley City................ 
Finzer’s Brands.
Old  Honesty..............  
40
Jolly Tar....................  
32
Here  It Is................... 
28
Old Style....................  
31
Jas. G. Butler &  Co.’s  Brands.
Something Good.................... 38
Toss Up.................................. 26
Out of Sight........................... 25
Private Brands.
Sweet  Maple.............. 
L. & W.......................  
Boss....................................  12(4
Colonel’s Choice................ 13

Smoking.

30
26

OILS.

The  Standard Oil  Co.  quotes 
as  follows,  in barrels,  f. o.  b. 
Grand Rapids:
Eocene.............. 
9
......  
Water White, old test.  @ 8(4 
W.  W.  Headlight, 150° 
7(4
Water  White  ...........  @7
Naptha.......................  @7
Stove Gasoline...........  @
Cylinder................... 27  @36
E ngine.....................13  @21
Black. 25 to 30 deg 

..  @ 7(4

Single

Double.

Wilson................................ 82 00
Saginaw..............................   1 75
Rival...................................  1 40
Daisy..................................  1
Langtry..............................   1 10
Defiance..............................   1 75
Wilson...............................   2 50
Saginaw.............................   2
Rival...................................  1 80
Defiance................................2 00
Crescent.  ............................2 69
Red Star...............................2
Shamrock.............................2 50
Ivy Leaf.............................   2 25
40 g r.....................................  7
50 gr.....................................8

VINEGAR.

SI for barrel.
WET  MUSTARD.

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

1 7
PAPER & WOODEN WARE 

PAPER.

Straw 
.................................IK
Rockfalls........................ — 2
Rag sugar..............................2
Hardware...............................2(4
Bakers.................................. 2(4
Dry  Goods.................... 5(4@6
Jute  Manilla...............   @5(4
Red  Express  No.  1..........  5(4
No.  2 ............4(4

“ 

TWINES.

48 Cotton..  ........
Cotton, No. 1......
Sea  Island, assorted
No. 5 Hemp............
No. 6  “ ....................

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

WOODENWARE.
Tubs, No. 1........................   7 00
“  No. 2.................. 
  6  00
“  No. 3........................   5 00
1  35
Palls, No. 1, two-hoop. 
“  No. 1,  three-hoop  ...  1  60 
40
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes—  
Bowls, 11 inch....................  SO
13  “ 
....................  
90
15  “ 
....................  1  60
17  “  ....................   2 35
assorted, 17s and  19s  2 50 
“  15s, 17s and 19s  2 75
Baskets, market.................  35
shipping  bushel..  1  2o 
full  hoop  “ 
..  1  30
bushel.................  1  50
willow cl’ths, No.l  5 75
“  No.2 6 25
“  No.3 7 25
“  No.l  3 50
“  No.2 4 25
“  No.3 5 nr

splint 

“ 
“ 
* 
“ 

FISH  and  OYSTERS.

....... 

F.  J.  Dettenthaler  quotes as 

FRESH  FISH
 

follows.
Whitefisb 
7  @ S3
T ro u t........................... 7 @ 8 ,
Halibut.......................  @15  ]
Ciscoes or Herring__  5  @6  i
Bluefish....................... 11 @12
Fresh lobster, per lb  ... 
21
Soft crabs, per doz........ 
1  25
Shrimp, per  gal............ 
1  25
Cod.............................10  @12  i
No. 1 Pickerel............  @ 8 j
Pike...........................   @ 73
Smoked White  .........  @ 7_3

oysters—Cans. 

F&lrhaven  Couuts —   @40
F. J. D. Selects.........   @35
Oysters, per  100  ........1  25@1  50
Clams. 
.........   75@100

SHELL  GOODS.

“ 

W e  Affirm   T hat 
Good  Goods  M ake 

Business. HILLSIDE  JAVA! And  Poor Goods 

Business.

Mar

Grocery men: 

Are  you  satisfied  with  your  sales  of  High Grade  C o f f e e s  ?
Are  you  sure  that  you  are  selling  the  Best  to  be  obtained!

HILLSIDE  JA V A   is a scientific  combination of  Private Plantation Coffees, selected  by an expert and  from  which a cup 
of  coffee can  be made that will give universal satisfaction.  Cup  qualities  alw ays  uniform  which is one  reason why it 
is a trade holder wherever introduced.  HILLSIDE  JA V A   has many friends in  Michigan! 
DO  VO U  SELL  IT ?

$100  will  lie paid  for  a  fornmla Hat  will  produce  a  Cap ol  Coffee  better than  Hillside!

Roasted  ili tie Latest  Impyed  Cylinders  aid  Packed  wlile  lot  iato  50-11).  Caas  only.

TSÆ

1 4 0   Summit  St., Toledo, O., also  Detroit  &  New  York.

Importers,  Roasters  and  Jobbers  of  Fine  Coffees,

W e are represented in Michigan as follows:  Eastern  Michigan, P.  V.  H e c h l e r ;  Southern Michigan, M. H.  G a s s e r ;

estern  Michigan, Thos.  F e r g u s o n   [“ Old  Fergy”].

18

THE  M IC Œ U O A J S r   TRADESMAN

THE  FIGHT  AGAINST  COMPETITION.
While  the  authorities of  New  Jersey 
and of  Pennsylvania  are  vigorously  ex­
erting  themselves  to  break  up the  coal 
combination,  the  original  indictment  of 
the  officers of  the  Whisky  Trust,  under 
the Sherman Anti-Trust act,  recently ob­
tained  in  Boston  by  the  United  States 
government,  has  been  quashed  by  the 
court  on  technical  grounds,  leaving  the 
vital point  at  issue  yet  to  be  decided. 
This point, as I remarked four weeks ago, 
is  whether  the  Whisky Trust  men  can 
properly be punished  for offering special 
inducements  to  customers  to  trade  ex­
clusively  with  them. 
If  they  can,  a 
great many other  people are in the  same 
box,  and  equally  liable  to  the penalties 
of  the  act.  Unless,  too,  it  is  allowable 
in  some  form or other  for  men  in  busi­
ness  to  combine  to  protect  and  benefit 
themselves,  the whole law relating to the 
formation of partnerships and of  corpor­
ations will have to be abrogated.

Moreover, as  I also pointed out, if com­
binations of  the  producers of  commodi­
ties in the management of  their business 
are to be prohibited, those of the laborers 
employed  in  production  will  have to be 
prohibited also.  The  ground of  the  op­
position  to  the  so-called trusts  is  that 
they tend to raise  the  prices of  commod­
ities  to  consumers,  and  yet  unions  of 
laborers to secure higher wages, or short­
er  hours,  or in  any other  manner to ob­
tain greater compensation for their labor, 
evidently no less  tend to raise  the prices 
of  whatever  their  labor  produces.  So 
far as  that  element  is  concerned,  there­
fore,  trades  unions are  open to the same 
objections  as  trusts.  The  only distinc­
tion  is  that  trusts  primarily benefit the 
rich and  injure the  poor,  whereas trades 
unions  apparently  benefit  the  poor  and 
injure  only  the  rich.  Hence,  human 
sympathy,  which naturally'sides with the 
poor against the rich, is opposed  to trusts 
and in  favor of  labor unions.  The  cruth 
is that  neither do trusts  benefit the  rich 
and injure the  podr,  nor do unions  bene­
fit  the  poor and  injure  the  rich  to any­
thing  like  the  extent  commonly  sup­
posed.  Both  aim  at suppressing compe­
tition  by  combining competitors  against 
it,  and  both  secure  only a partial  suc­
cess.

Competition  in  trade and  for  employ­
ment  is  only  one of  many forms of  the 
struggle  for  existence  which  has  pre­
vailed  on  this planet  since its  creation, 
and  to  which  we are  indebted  for  our 
progress  from the savage state to an ever 
improving  civilization.  Among  plants 
and animals  and the  lowest  type of  hu­
man  beings  the  struggle is for  bare  ex­
istence,  and  defeat  results  in  the  death 
of  the  defeated.  Later  the  contest  be­
comes one  for  something  more than  ex­
istence, and men strive for dominion  over 
one  another and  tribes  and  nations  for 
the conquest of  other tribes and nations. 
Later  still  comes  the  pursuit of  wealth 
and of the luxuries that wealth procures. 
In  every  trade,  profession,  and  occupa­
tion  the  stronger  and more  skillful get 
employment at the expense of the weaker 
and less skillful,  and thus life  becomes a 
battle in  which  the  victors  are few  and 
the vanquished are many.

That this state of  things is unpleasant 
and  even  painful  has  been  recognized 
ever  since it  began  to  exist, and  reme­
dies of  many kinds have been  sought for 
it.  The  one  most  obvious  is to destroy 
competition  by  destroying  the  competi­
tor,  as animals and savages did long ago.

Even to-day the  Jew-baiters in  Germany 
endeavor  to rid  themselves of  the  com­
petition  of  the  Jews in  banking, manu­
factures and journalism,  by exiling them 
from  the  country.  A  day  or  two ago  I 
noticed  that the  British  shippers of  pe­
troleum  in  cans were protesting  against 
the  carrying of  the oil in bulk in vessels 
through  the Suez  Canal  to  the  markets 
which  they are  now supplying. 
In  this 
country we have  laws  against the  immi­
gration  of  the  Chinese  and of  laborers 
under  contract,  to  say  nothing  of  our 
protective  tariff,  which  is  designed  to 
shield American labor  from the competi­
tion of that of Europe.

The combinations called trusts and the 
unions  of  workingmen  have  thus  far 
proved  the most  effectual of  all devices 
for substituting peace  for  the  perpetual 
and  painful  conflict  which  1 have  de­
scribed,  but  that  they are  far from  per­
fectly  serving rtheir  purpose  all  must 
agree.  How  the  so-called  trusts  have 
provoked hostility and  attack,  both from 
the  press  and  from  legislatures, I need 
not  mention.  How  trades  unions,  in 
spite of  the  good  they do  by opposing a 
united front to the exactions of employers, 
instead of  a  scattered  and  unorganized 
and therefore  helpless crowd,  are felt by 
many workmen to be tyrannical is equal­
ly  true.  Besides,  neither  combinations 
nor  trades  unions  annihilate that  state 
of  warfare,  which  is found  to be so  dis­
agreeable,  but  only shift  its  ground and 
change the mode of its manifestation.

Suppose,  for example,  that all the coal 
producers  and coal  carriers of  the  coun­
try,  both  anthracite  and  bituminous, 
could  be  combined  into  one  great  con­
cern,  they  could  not  in  the  first  place 
prevent  some  kinds of  anthracite  from 
competing with  less desirable  kinds, nor 
bituminous  coal  and coke  from  compet­
ing with all.  The  managers would have 
to  be  perpetually on the  alert in adjust­
ing  prices  so  as  to  put the  products of 
their various  mines  on an  equal footing, 
and they would  have to be likewise vigi­
lant in preventing new mines from being 
opened  and 
interfering  in  the  market 
with theirs.  The officers of the Standard 
Oil  Trust  have,  apparently,  for a series 
of  years,  been  able  to  maintain  their 
monopoly of  the  market  for  refined  pe­
troleum,  but  they  have  had  the  best 
talent  of  the  country  in  their  service, 
and they have  used it unremittingly and 
unsparingly.  The  strait  in  which  the 
American  Sugar  Refineries  Company 
found itself  from  the competition of  the 
Philadelphia companies has been relieved 
by the  expensive  expedient  of  purchas­
ing  these  refineries,  but 
it  now  finds 
itself  threatened  with  European  compe­
tition which it will not be easy to defeat. 
The  Whisky Trust  is  likewise  not  only 
struggling with the government, but with 
the  problem  of  contriving  satisfactory 
terms to offer to the distillers of the finer 
brands of  whisky who  think they do not 
need  the  help of  the Trust  but can  rely 
upon  the  reputation of  their  whisky for 
a steady market.

The application of  this  law to labor is 
not so visible nor so easily demonstrated, 
but  it  is,  nevertheless,  sure.  The  ut­
most that  labor  unions  can  do is to fix a 
lowest  allowable  rate  of  wages.  They 
cannot prevent an employer from paying 
higher wages,  nor  from  giving the  pref­
erence to good  workmen  over poor  ones, 
any more  than  they can  compel  him  to 
go on with his business when it ceases to 
be profitable.  Sooner or later by a silent

PRODUCE  MARKET,

15@16C.

still In the market, commanding S3 per bbl.

Apples—Russets  are  about  the  only  variety 
Asparagus—40c per dozen bunches.
Beans—The  supply of  dry  stock is nearly  ex­
hausted.  Handlers  pay about  Cl.20 for  country 
Btock and hold city  picked at $t.S0@$1.60 per bu.
Bermuda Onions—$1.88 a crate of  about 50 lbs.
Butter—The market  is  well  supplied, dealers 
paying  13@14c for  choice  dairy and holding  at 
Cabbages—New  stock is in fair  demand  at  S3 
Cranberries — Repacked  Jerseys  are  in  good 
Cucumbers—80c per  doz.
Dried Apples—Sundried  is held at 4@4%c  and 
evaporated at 5H@6c.
Eggs—The  market  is  steady but not  nearly so 
firm  as a week  ago.  Jobbers  pay about  12c and 
hold at 13@14c.

@$3.50per crate of 125 lbs.
demand at 12.25 per bushel box.

Honey—14c per lb.
Lettuce—Grand  Rapids  Forcing  is  in fair de­
mand at 10c per lb.
Onions—Green are  in  fair  demand at 12c  per 
dozen bunches.
Parsnips—In full supply at 30c per bu.
Peas—Green. $1.75 per bu.  box.
Pieplant—l@l He per lb.
Pineapples—$1.40@$1.75 per doz.
Potatoes—Old  stock in full  supply  at 25c  per 
bushel.  New stock is in limited  supply and  de­
mand at $1.50 per bushel.

Radishes—25c per doz. bunches.
Strawberries—Tennessee  berries  are  arriving 
freely, being held at  0@12c per qt.
Wax Beans—$2 for %, bu. crates.
PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing and Provision Co.

LARD.

PORK  IN  BARRELS.

10 75
11  75 
13 50
12  50
13 50 
13 25 
13 50

quotes as follows:
Mess,  new................................................
Short c u t.................................................
Extra clear pig, short cut.......................
Extra clear, heavy..................................
Clear, fat  back........................................
Boston clear, short cut..........................
Clear back, short cut............ .................
Standard clear, short cut. best..............
s a u s a g e —Fresh and Smoked.
Pork Sausage............ ..............................
Ham Sausage..........................................
Tongue Sausage................................
Frankfort Sausage  ...............................
Blood Sausage........................................
Bologna, straight...................................
Bologna,  thick..............  ......................
Headcheese...........................................

...  9 
...  7H 
...  5 
...  6 
...  5 
...  5
Kettle
Com-
Rendered. Granger. Family. pound
Tierces ....
.7*
5*
.8
50 lb. Tins.
5*
201b. Palls. 8M
5*
. 8H
10 lb.  “ 
6H
5 lb. 
. 8*
“ 
6*
3 lb. 
“ 
. 8*
6*
Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs....................
6 50 
Extra Mess, Chicago packing......................
6 50 
Boneless, rump butts....................................
8 75
s m o k e d   Me a t s—Canvassed or Plain.
Hams, average 20 lbs....................................
10*
16 lbs...................................
10*
12 to 14 lbs............................
.10*
picnic................................................
best boneless.....................................
8H
Shoulders.....................................................
Breakfast Bacon, boneless..........................
!  9 
Dried beef, ham prices................................
.  8H 
Long Clears, heavy......................................
■  6M 
Briskets,  medium........................................
6H 
light.............................................
.  6H

5*
6
6M
6H
6%
6*

BEEP  IN  BARRELS.

7
7J4
7H
7*
7*
8

M 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

„ 

FRESH  MEATS. 

“ 

Swift & Company quote as follows:
Beef, carcass.....................................
hindquarters............................
“ 
...........................
“ 
fore 
" 
loins,  No.  8..............................
ribs..........................................
“ 
•• 
rounds..................................... .
Bologna...............................................
Pork loins...........................................
.......  .......................
Sausage, blood or head.......................
liver  ....................................
Frankfort  ............................
M utton...............................................
Veal......................................................

“  shoulders 

“ 
“ 

4*®  6J4 
6H@  7H 
3k@  4 
@10 
8H@ 9 
5H@  6 

@ 4V»i@  5* 

@ 4H 
@ 4H 
@ 7 
.  8  @9

Bbls.
...6
..6
,.-.6H..7

baskets 
“  8

Standard....................
Leader.......................
Royal..........................
Nobby.........................
English  Rock............
Conserves....  ...........
Broken Taffy..............
Peanut Squares..........
French Creams......... .
Valley  Creams...........
Midget, 30 lb. baskets. 
Modern, £0 lb. 

Pails.
7

88
88

8
9
1013

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

STICK  CANDT.
Full  Weight.

Standard,  per lb...............................  6 
“  H.H.......................................6 
Twist  .................................. 6 
“ 
Boston Cream  ..............20 lb. cases 
7 
Cut  Loaf................................. 
Extra H.  H............................... cases 7 
M IX E D   C A N D T .
Full Weight.

 

Bbls.  Pails.
7
7
7
8H
8
8

 

“ 

“  • 

fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. 

“
FANCY—In bulk. 
Full Weight.
Palls. 
.  10 
Lozenges, plain..........................
printed.......................
.  11
Chocolate Drops..........................
•  11H 
Chocolate Monumentals............
■  13
Gum Drops.............'....................
•  5H 
Moss Drops..................................
..  8
Sour Drops..................................
-  8H 
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.............................................. l  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................................ ....... l  00
String  Rock.....................................................65
Burnt Almonds.............................................1 00
Wintergreen  Berries....................................... 60
No. 1, wrapped, 2 lb. boxes..........................  34
51
No. 1, 
No. 2, 
88
No. 3, 
42
Stand up, 5 lb. boxes....................................  90
Californios, 126 and 300  ...................... 
3 50
4 25
Messinas, choice  200.............................   @4 50
160.............................   @4 00
Messina, choice, 360.............................   @3 50
fancy, 360............................  @4 00
choice 300............................  @3 50
fancy 390............................  @4 00
OTHER  FOREIGN  FRUITS.
@13 
@14 
@15 
@18 
@  i-H 
@ 6H 

150,  176 and  200.................   * 
“ 

CARAMELS.
 
“ 
“ 
 
“ 
 

ORANGES.

LEMONS.

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

3 
2 
3 

“ 

“ 

 
 

 

 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“  50-lb.  “ 

Figs, fancy layers, 61b............
“  101b..........
“ 
“  141b.........
“  extra 
“  20».........
“ 
Dates, Fard, 10-lb.  box.........
.........
“ 
“ 
Persian. 50-lb.  box__
NUTS.
Almonds, Tarragona............
Ivaca......................
California............
Brazils, new...........................
Filberts..................................
Walnuts, Grenoble.  .............
“  Marbot...................
Chili......................
“ 
Table Nuts,  fancy...............
choice..............
Pecans, Texas, H.  P .,..........
Cocoanuts, full sacks...........
PEANUTS.
Fancy, H.  P.,Suns...............
“  Roasted  ...
Fancy, H.  P., Flags..............
“  Roasted...
Choice, H. P.,  Extras...........
**  Roasted.
California Walnuts...............

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 

@ 8 

4H@ 5
@17 
@15H @17 
@hh@13H
$  
@10 
@12H 
@11H 
11  @14 
@4  50
@  5* 
@  7H
@  5* 
@ 7H 
@  4H 
@ 6H 
12H

U t*1  of*  J n n r i
It is the Caper in this Era to make preparation for such 
events  considerably in advance.  We  are “in the swim” 
and shall  be prepared to furnish  everything in the way 
of

FIREWORKS.

When  you  get  ready to order, let  us  furnish  you with 
quotations.

P U T N A M   C A N D Y   CO.
3? E  Pi !EC I   3ST  S   &  H E S S
Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,

DEALERS IN

. 

NOS.  182 end  184 LOUIS STREET. GRAND  RAPIDS. MICHIGAN.

WE CARET A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOB MTLL USB.

T H E   M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N ,

process  of  weeding,  the  various  grades 
Of  men  find  their proper  level,  and  the 
least  skilled obtain no more  wages  than 
the  price of  their  product in the  market 
justifies.  When  this  price  falls  below 
the  point  at  which  these  least skillful 
workmen  are  desirable,  they have  to be 
laid  off.  At a lower  point  those  of  the 
next grade  follow  them,  and so  o r  until 
the process  ends in leaving  only at work 
the  workmen  whose  producing  power 
equals  the  wages  paid  them.  As this 
limit  is  perpetually  shifting  with  the 
vicissitudes of trade, a certain number of 
workmen  are  always,  in  spite  of  their 
unions, out  of  work and  seeking  for it, 
or  else sinking  down  into  the  mass  of 
unskilled  laborers  which  no  union  has 
been able to benefit.

For all  this,  both  combinations of cap­
ital  and  unions  of  workingmen  are  as 
distinct  an  advance  over  the  guerrilla 
warfare  of  competition  as  it  prevailed 
before they established themselves as the 
consolidation of  modern civilized society 
into a  few  great  nations  is  an  advance 
beyond  the  multitude of  petty tribes  of 
savages which  it  has  supplanted.  Only 
we must  not be too  sanguine and expect 
that  by any  ingenious  invention we  can 
extirpate an essential  element of  human 
nature.  So  long  as  the world is  consti­
tuted as it is,  and men are what they are, 
they  will  strive to get  the  better of  one 
another,  and  the  most  we  can  do  is  to 
secure the  greatest possible  benefit from 
that strife with the least injury.

Ma tth ew  Marshal,!,.

W H Y   M ERCHANTS  FAIL.

Statisticians claim that 00 per per cent, 
of j  ail  who  enter  mercantile  pursuits 
make  a  failure.  This  is  an  appalling 
statement,  and,  if true,  some  good  cause 
for it must be patent.  The  changes  in 
business concerns throughout the United 
States and Canada are computed at  2,000 
per day.  Not  necessarily  are  all  these 
failures,  for included in the  changes  are 
dissolutions, retirements, deaths, changes 
of ownership  and  fires.  There  are  at 
the present  time  nearly  1,217,000  busi­
ness  names  in  the  two  countries,  and 
that about  one-half  of  these  should  be 
involved in changes during the course of 
300 working days is  remarkable.
,  Personal  environments  seldom  alter 
the  individual  financial  condition  of  a 
merchant, except so far as rises in values 
are  concerned,  hence,  as  thorough  a 
knowledge of the character,  capacity and 
capital of a debtor  as  can  be  had  is  as 
inseparable to the dispenser of  credit  as 
a compass is to a mariner.  Business op­
erations  are  becoming  more  and  more 
their  character,  conse­
ephemeral 
quently  more  faith 
in  the 
transaction  thereof,  and  faith  without 
knowledge is simple superstition—a rud­
derless  vessel,  indeed,  to  widen  com­
merce upon.

is  needed 

in 

The greater number of  failures  is  not 
among men of limited means,  but  among 
men of  limited  knowledge.  Abundance 
of capital at the start is  not  essential  to 
a  successful  business  man.  A  good 
character,  an 
industrious  disposition, 
economical  habits  and  a  knowledge  of 
the  business  undertaken  are  qualifica­
tions that  capital  cannot  make  amends 
for.  Take,  for  example,  a  mechanic, 
making good  wages.  He  has  been  able 
to save  a  few  hundred  dollars.  He  is 
allured  into  the  belief  that  keeping  a 
shop 
is 
necessary is to tie up a few parcels to  do

is  an  easy  life  and  all  that 

business.  Ten chances  to  one  he  pays 
too  much  for  the  old  stock  to  begin 
with.  He knows nothing of values.  He is 
easily overstocked by energetic salesmen. 
His  paltry savings are  soon  represented 
by figures  on  the  wrong  side  of  the 
ledger.  He has  to  depend  upon  imme­
diate  sales  to  liquidate  current  obliga­
tions.  A  few  dull  days  overtake  him, 
and his paper  is  protested  or  his  bills 
become overdue.  This compromises  his 
credit.  Then where is he?

An assignment follows,  stock is  seized 
by creditors and  he  is  out  of  business, 
penniless and with  a  dearly  bought  ex­
perience.  These  scenes  are  repeated
day after  day  in  almost  every  instance 
where  a  man  goes  into  a  business  he 
knows  nothing  about.  An  examination 
of the books of the  assignor  reveals  the 
fact that he owes twenty to  thirty  differ­
Is there not  something 
ent wholesalers. 
strange about this? 
Is the man entirely 
to blame  for  his  failure?  His  lack  of 
business  knowledge 
to 
scatter his indebtedness,  and  it  is  very 
easy  to  understand  that 
is 
much  more  easily  obtained  from  a  few 
than  many.

induced  him 

indulgence 

Aversion  to taking stock is  a  danger­
ous habit to fall into.  No  merchant  is 
safe who neglects to  take  stock  at  least 
once a year.  Future operations can only 
be  satisfactorily  gauged  by  the  condi­
tion of  the  present.  A  merchant  who 
does  not  take  stock  regularly  is  doing 
business on guess work. 
In  case  of  fire 
how can he swear positively  to  what  he 
has lost,  and what proof have  the  insur­
ance companies that  they  owe  what  the 
man  claims?

The 

largest  and  most  conservative 
houses of the country  are  now  insisting 
upon their debtors taking  stock  at  least 
once a year and also upon  their  carrying 
ample  insurance.  They  further  insist 
upon  a  copy  of  their  debtors’  balance 
sheet being placed in  their  hands  every 
time one is drawn off.  There is nothing 
unreasonable in that. 
Surely a creditor 
is justified in satisfying himself as to the 
advisability of entertaining a debtor’s ac­
count.  When  a  new  account  is  to  be 
opened,  a statement  of  the  prospective 
debtor’s  financial  condition  and 
infor­
mation relative  to  the  man,  personally, 
should be reviewed.  How  is  a  whole­
sale house  to  discriminate  between  the 
good and the bad  without data? 
It is im­
possible. 
Investigation respecting a  de­
sirable credit risk  promotes,  encourages 
and  strengthens  commerce,  and 
if 
anything,  more  of  a  benefit,  if  confi­
dence is deserved,  to  the  inquired  about
than to the  inquirer,  and  when  the  risk 
is undesirable the fact that  it  is  known 
is a boon to  the  whole  community. • The 
percentage of failures would be  lessened 
materially  if  the  dispensers  of  credit 
were less  indulgent  and  knew  more  of 
their debtors.  Trade would  be  steadier 
and the transaction  of  business  void  of 
many of  its irksome responsibilities.

is, 

Geo.  H enderson.

W ou ld n ’t   D ie an  Old M aid.

One  evening  young  Adams  was 

H.  Clay  Adams,  who  has  lately  em­
barked in the business of cigar salesman, 
tells of a young lady at Kalamazoo whom 
he  met  on his  last  trip and  fell  in love 
with.
left 
in  the  parlor  with  her  young 
alone 
brother.
“Do  you  think  Nellie  would  marry 
me?”  he asked.
“ 1  guess  so,”  replied  the  boy. 
“ I 
heard  her teii ma  she would  marry any­
thing rather than be an old maid.”

G rand  R apida  St Indian a.
S chedule  in  effect  M ay  15,1892.

N orth. 
7:06  a m  
11:30  a  m 
4:15  p  m 
10:30  p m  :
T ra in   a rriv in g  a t  9 :20  d a lly ;  a ll  o th e r  tra in s   d aily   j 

S outh.
I  F o r S aginaw   a n d   C ad illa c..........  5
F o r T ra v e rse  C ity  & M ackinaw  
9 
j  F o r S aginaw  &  T ra v erse  C ity ..  2
F o r  P eto sk ey  & M ac k in a w ........  8
F ro m  K alam azoo a n d  C hicago 
e x c ep t Sunday.

15 a  m  
20 a  m 
00 p m 
10 p m  
35 p  l

TRAINS  GOING  SOUTH.

A rriv e fro m   L eave g o in g  

N o rth . 

S outh.
7:00  a m
11:45  a m
2:00  p m
6:00  p m
11:05 p  m
T ra in s le a v in g  a t  6:00 p.  m . a n d  11:05 p.  in.  ru n  d aily ; 

F o r  C in c in n a ti................................  6:20 a m  
F o r K alam azo o  a n d   C h ic a g o ... 
F o r F o rt W ay n e a n d  th e   F a s t.. 11:50 a  m  
F o r  C in c in n ati...................  5:30 p m  
F o r  C h ic ag o .........................10:40 p m  
F ro m  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.

F o r M uskegon—L eave. 

Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana.
7:00  a m  
11:25  a m  
5:40  p  m  

F ro m  M uskegon—A rrive.
10:10 a m

4:40  p m
9:05 p m

8LEEPIN Ö   &  PARLOR  OAR  SERVICE.

R apids to  Petoskey a n d  M ackinaw .

1 1 : 3 0   a  m  t r a i n . —P a rlo r c h a ir  c a r   G’d 
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 r lo r  c h a ir c a r G rand 
R apids to  C in c in n ati.
11:45 a m  train.—W a g n e r  P a rlo r  C ar 
G ran d  R ap id s  to   C hicago.
6:00  pm train.—W a g n er S leeping  C ar 
G ran d   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 apids to  C hicago.__________________

C h icago v ia  G.  R.  & I.  R.  R.

11:45 a m  
6 :26 p m  

L v G ran d   R apids 
A rr C hicago 

11:05 p m
7  55 a  m
11:45 a  ra 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 ag n er  S leeping C ar. 
11:15 p  m
11:15  p  m 

3:10 p m  
Lv  C hicago 
A rr G ra n d  R apids 
8 3 5 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 e r S leeping C ar.

5:15  a m

2:00 p  m  
9:00 p m  

T h ro u g h  tic k e ts  a n d  full 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 et  A gent, 67 
M onroe s tre e t. G ran d  R apids, Mich.

G eneral  P assen g e r and T ick et A gent.

O. L. LOCKWOOD.

R ailw ay.

T oledo,  A nn  A rbor  St  N orth  M ichigan 
In  connection  with  the  Detroit,  Lansing  & 
Northern or Detroit, Grand Haven & Mllwauk  e 
offers  a  route  making  the  best  time  bétwe  n 
Grand Kapids and Toledo.
Lv. Grand Rapids at...... 7:15 a. m. and J :00 p. m.
Ar. Toledo a t ............   12:55 p. m. and 10:20 p. m.
Lv. Grand Rapids a t......6:50 a. m. and 3:25 p. m.
Ar. Toledo a t..............12:55 p. m. and 10:20 p. m.

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

v ia  s . ,  L.  A N.

Return connections equally as good.

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

GHÄ8.A.  BOYE,

MANUFACTURER OF

Horse and Wagon  Covers

JOBBERS OF

HammoGks and Cotton  DUcks

SEND FOR PRICE LIST.

11  Pearl  81,  Brand  Rapids,  flirti.

1 9
M i c h i g a n  (T e r t f a t ,
D ay  Express...........................................  1 :20p m   10:00a m
"A tlan tic Jk Pacific Express............... 10:30 p m  

4  30  p m
6:00 a m
New Y ork E xpress................................. 5:40 p m  12.40 p m

DEPART.  ARRIVE
D e tro it E x p re ss.......................................  7:00 a  m   10:00 p m
Mixed 

“ The Niagara Falls Route.’*

........................................................7:05 a  m  

•D aily.
AU o th e r d a ily  ex c ep t Sunday.
S leeping  c a rs  ru n   o n   A tla n tic   a n d   P acific  E xp ress 
tra in s  to  an d  fro m  D e tro it.
E le g a n t  p a r lo r  c a rs  lea v e G ran d   R ap id s on D e tro it 
E xpress a t  7 a. m ..  re tu r n in g   lea v e  D e tro it  4:45 p .m . 
a r riv e  in  G ran d  R apids 10 p.  m.

F red M. Brig g s, G en'l A g en t. 85 M onroe St.
A.  A l m q u is t , T ick et A gent, U nion  D epot.
O. W . Rugolks  G. P .  &  T. A gent.,C hicago.

Ge o. W . Munson, U nion T ick e t Office, 67 M onroe St. 
TIME  TABLE

Detroit
GRAM) HAVEN
Milwaukee

NOW  IN  EFFECT.

RAILWAY

EASTWARD.

Trains Leave »No.  14|+No.  16jtNo.  18|*No.  82
Lv.  Chicago__
Lv. Milwaukee. 
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

830pm 
7 30pm
6 5oam
7 45am
8 30am
9 05am
10 45am
11 30am
10 05am
11 55am
10 53am
11 50am
WESTWARD.

10 20am
11 25am
12 17pm 
1 20pm 
3 05pm 
3 45pm 
3 45pm 
6 00pm
3 05pm
4 05pm

10 55pm 
12 37am 
1 55am 
3 15am
6 45am
7 22am 
5 40am 
7 30am 
5 37am 
1 00am

3 25pm
4 27pm
5 20pm 
Ò C5pin 
8  0pm 
8 45pm
7 (5pm
8 00pm
8 25pm
9 25pm

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

»No. 81 tNo. 11 l+No. 13 »No.  15
4 05pm
10 45pm
I ’ 20pm
7 05am
II 20pm 
8 35am
6 30am

6 50am 10 50am
1  00pm  5  10pm
2  10pm  6 15pm
.......   6 30am
6 00am| 6 00am

»Dally.  tDaily 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,  6:45  a  m,  10:10 
a. m.. 3:15 p.m. and 10:30 p. m.
Eastward—No. 14  has  Wagner  Parler  Buffet 
car.  No. 18 Chair  Car.  No. 82 Wagner  Sleeper.
Westward —No.  81  Wagner  Sleeper.  No.  11 
Chair Car.  No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffetear.
J ohn W. Loud, Traffic M anager.
B e n  F l e t c h e r , Trav.  Pass. Agent.
J a s .  C a m p b e l l , City Ticket Agent.
23 Monroe Street.
MAY15-.-^
AND WEST-MICHIGAN  R’¥.
GOING  TO  CHICAGO.

CHICAGO 

TO AND PROM MUSKEGON.

RETURNING  FROM  CHICAGO.

Lv.GR’D RAPIDS........9:00am 12:05pm *11 :S5pm
Ar. CHICAGO............. 5:16pm  5:25pm  *7:05am
Lv. CHICAGO...........8:25am  4:15pm  *11:15pm
Ar.  GR’D RAPIDS......3:15pm  10:10pm  *6:10am
TO  AND  PROM  BENTON  HARBOR, ST.  JOSEPH  AND 
Lv. Grand Rapids.  ..  9:00am  12:05pm *11:35pm
Ar. Grand Rapids......*6:10am  3:15pm  10:10pm
Lv.  G. R.......10:0f am  12 05pm  5:30pm  8:30pm
Ar.  G. R....... 10:55am  3  15pm  5:25pm 
..........
TO  AND  FROM  MANISTEE, TRAVERSE  CITY  AND  ELK 
Lv. Grand  Rapids..................... 7:25am  5:17pm
Ar. Grand  Rapids.....................11:45am  9:40pm
Between  Grand  Rapids  and  Chicago—Wagner 
Sleepers—Leave Grand Rapids *11:35 p m.; leave 
Chicago  11:15  pm.  Parlor  Buffet  Cars—Leave 
Grand Rapids 12:05 pm ;  leave Chicago 4 ;45 p m. 
Free Chair Cars—Leave  Grand  Rapids 9:00 a m; 
leave Chicago S :25 a m.
Between  Grand  Rapids  and  Manistee—Free 
Chair Car—Leaves Grand Rapids 5:17 pm; leaves 
Manistee 6:55 a m.
DETRO IT, 
J g I g J
LANSING &  NORTHERN R. R.
GOING  TO  DETROIT.

THROUGH  CAR  SERVICE.

INDIANAPOLIS.

RAPIDS.

RETURNING  FROM  DETROIT.

Lv. GR’D  RAPIDS..........6:25am *1:00pm  5:40pm
Ar. DETROIT................10:50am*5:16pm 10:40pm
Lv. DETROIT:............   7:05am *1:15pm  5:40pm
Ar. GR’D  RAPIDS......12:00 m  *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 PROM  SAGINAW,  ALMA  AND ST.  LOUIS.

TO  LOWELL VIA LOWELL  &  HASTINGS B.  R.

THROUGH  CAR  SERVICE.

Lv. Grand Rapids...........  6:25am  1:00pm 5:40pm
A r .f r o m  Lowell..............12:00m  5:15pm 
........
Between  Grand  Rapids  and  Detroit—Parlor 
cars on all trains.  Seats 25 cents 
Between  Grand  Rapids  and  Saginaw—Parlor 
ear  leaves  Grand  Rapids  7:05  a m ;  arrives in 
Grand Rapids 7:40 p m.  Seats 25 cents.

»Every day.  Other trains  week days only.

GEO. DeHAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t.
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‘20

THE  MICHIGAN  TRAJDESMAJST

W EATHER  ON  AN   ELECTRIC  BA SIS.
If  we  only  knew  the  real  cause  of 
weather and the philosophy and mechan­
ism of rainfall  we  would  l>e  enabled  to 
foreknow and provide for  its  most  nota­
ble changes and their potential influences 
on human  affairs.

Weather is one of the  most  important 
of  terrestrial  conditions  to  the  inhabi­
tants of  our planet.  The  entire  supply 
of  subsistence  for  all  living  creatures, 
with perhaps the  exception  of  some  of 
those which live in  the  sea,  comes  origi­
nally out of the  soil  through  the  influ­
ence of weather conditions.  These  may 
be  favorable  or  the  contrary,  and  on 
their outcome  depends  the  wellfare  of 
people  and  nations.  Droughts,  floods, 
excessive  and  untimely  visitations  of 
heat or cold,  make up  the  damaging  or 
destructive  influences  which  so  often 
and  so  seriously  affect  human  destiny. 
If  it  were  only  possible  to  foreknow 
these  floods  and  draughts  and  freezes 
some enormous benefits  to  human  econ­
omy  would  be secured.

regular 

fixed  and 

And  why  should  we  not  foreknow 
them?  All  the  phenomena  of  weather 
depend  on 
laws. 
There is neither chance  nor  uncertainty 
in  their  operation,  and  yet  not  the 
smallest progress  has  been  made  in  un­
raveling their mysteries.  We  can  pre­
dict with  certainty  the  movements  and 
positions of  the heavenly  bodies  in  the 
skies  for  years  and  centuries 
in  ad­
vance,  but  we  are  not  able  to  declare 
with any  sort of accuracy  what  will  be 
the state of the weather  even  for  a  few 
days in the future.

and 

We are told in  general  terms  that  all 
weather is caused by the  sun’s  heat,  but 
when  we  know that  the  total  supply  of 
this heat received  by our  planet  is  con­
stantly the same,  one  day  with  another, 
and that the changes  in  the  amount  of 
this heat in  either  polar  hemisphere  is 
gradual 
from  day  to 
day,  it 
is  difficult  to  see  why  there 
should  be  any  sudden  variations  and 
radical  changes 
the  weather  con­
ditions.  Why  should 
there  be  rain, 
wind,  clear,  calm  weather  and  storms 
occurring  and  following  each  other  in 
a  manner  which  seems  chaotic,  when 
the supply of heat  and  the  constitution 
of  the  atmosphere  are  so  constant  and

regular 

in 

regular?  Moreover,  if  the  shifting  of 
the sun’s direct rays  from  the  northern 
to  the  southern  hemisphere  and  back 
again every  six  months  is  held  to  ac­
count for  the  changes  from  summer  to 
winter  and  from  winter  to  summer, 
why  should  not  the  weather  of  the 
same  season  every  year  be  precisely 
alike;  that  is,  why  should  not  every 
March  be  like  every  preceding  March, 
and each July  be  a  duplicate  of  every 
other July,  and  every  December  be  an 
exact  counterpart  of  every  other  De­
cember.

But evidently there Is  a  powerful  fac­
tor which is  not  yet  understood.  Many 
philosophers have endeavored to discover 
a correspondence  in  weather  irregular­
ities with the changes in the sun’s  spots, 
but while  the  theory  is  interesting,  no 
logical  connection  has  been  discovered. 
The possibility of an electrical cause has 
been often suggested,  but it has met with 
little favor from  those  who  are  wedded 
to ancient theories.  We are discovering 
so many  and  so  varied  potentialities  in 
electricity  that  we  are  not  disposed  to 
limit its  influence  among  the  powers  of 
nature.

It is easy to trace  in  the  solar  system 
with  its  numerous  celestial  bodies  re­
volving  around  their  several  axes  and 
around the sun as a common  center,  the 
same sort of mechanism as is seen in  any 
electric moter  in  common  use. 
It  is  a 
system  of  revolving  magnets  revolving 
also around a central armature.  Such a 
theory  would  constitute  the  sun  a  vast 
incandescent  electric  light  accounting, 
through the successive aphelia  and  peri­
helia of the planets,  for many  variations 
in  electric  intensity,  and  furnishing  a 
mechanism for our oceanic tides quite  as 
competent as that of gravitation.  When­
ever  the  electrical  mechanism  of  the 
solar 
shall 
it 
have  been  properly 
will 
found 
a vast dynamo capable  of  producing  all 
the phenomena of  heating,  lighting  and 
motion  with a vast  reserve  of  forces  to 
account for the weather.

probability  be 

and  planetary 

investigated, 

systems 

all 

in 

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C O M B I N A T I O N

W I T H

L O C K .

Price,

$20.
the  Best.

The  “Cashier”  is o f no  Use.

St.  Louis,  Mo.,  March  15,  1892.

There  is  not  the  slightest  comparison  between  the  American 
Cashier  and  the  National  Cash  Register.  Yours  is  a  register  in 
every  sense  of  the  word,  while  the  American  Cashier  is  a  slight 
improvement  over  an  ordinary  memorandum  book.

A.  H .  S ippy,  Prescription  Druggist,

Vandeventer  and  Finney  Aves.

The “ Cashier”  is  no  Protection.

S t .  Louis,  Mo.,  April  4,  1892.

I have this day ordered  a National  Cash  Register,  at  the  same 
time disposing of  the  one  I had in  my place  of  business,  called  the 
Cashier  for the following reasons:  The  Cashier  is  really  no  pro­
tection  against  mistakes,  and  it  requires  too  long  to  figure  it  up, 
consequently taking  too  much of  the  valuable  time  of  any  person 
doing any amount of  business. 

M.  E.  Friedewald,

W ould not keep  the  “ Cashier.”

M anchester,  I a.,  April  14,  1892.

Druggist.

After  having  used  the  American  Cashier  Register  for  18 
months,  I  find  it  does  not  prove  successful  enough  to  keep  it 
longer.  The  National  Cash  Register  I  considered  so  much  better, 
even  considering  the  price  and  all,  that  I  finally  made  the  change, 
and  am  well  pleased  with  the  way  the  National  works. 
I  think  it 
fully  pays  for  the  difference  in cost. 

Henry Goodhile,

General  Store.

H e  R eturned the  Peck.

Holland,  Mich.,  April  5,  1892.

I  have  returned  this  day  a  Peck  Cash  Register  and  bought  a 
No.  33  National  Cash  Register  in  place  of  same,  which  I  think  is 
much  easier  to  operate  and  better in construction  than  Peck’ s. 
1 
am  well  pleased  with  it. 

J ohn  P essink,

Baker  and  Confectioner.

Countermanded  T h eir  O rder fo r  the  Peck.

Cadillac,  Mich.,  April  8,  1892.

W e  have  this  day  countermanded  our  order  for  a  Peck  Cash 
Register,  and  have  ordered  one  of  the  National  Registers,  No.  33* 
same  being  less  than  one-half  the  cost  of  the  Peck  Register.

W ilcox  B ros.,  Grocers.

D iscarded the  Peck.

That  I  have  seen  fit  to  discard  my  Peck  Cash  Register for one 
of  your  No.  3  National  Cash  Registers,  shows  for  itself  what  I 
think  of  the  value  and  usefulness of  the  two machines.  O f  course, 
Peck's  Cash  Register  is  not  to  be  compared  with  your  National 
Cash  Register  for  simplicity  and  usefulness,  to  say  nothing  of  the 
labor  saved  in  adding  up  itemized  figures for  the  entire  day’s  busi­
ness,  which  has  to  be  done  by  users  of  the  Peck  machine.

Gustav Geiss,  Evansville,  Ind.

We  Make  34  Different  Styles  of  Registers.

PRICES :  $15,  $20,  $25,  $30,  $50,  $65,  $75,  $100,  $125,  $150,  $175,  $200, $225 and  $250.

O u t  (AixjidtJLM awadajifità

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H. LEO N A RD  & SONS,

GRAND  RARI DS,  MICH.

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bushing.  This  device  compensates  for  the 
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Every family  should  have one.  It saves  time,  labor, 

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Price, per doz., $6 no.

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Stretcher  and  Tack  Holder  combined.  No  more 
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After stretching the  carpet, drop  the tack in the  slot, 
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draw back the stretcher and drive the tack home.

Net per dozen, $2.
CAB PET  TACKS.

PRICES.
12 inch cut, O.  K.,  see cut, 
14  »* 
16  “ 

“ 
“  

“ 
“ 

“ 

N et each.

83  75
3  88
4  00

8 oz. and 10 oz. packed ys gross in a case.

Honest count, assorted sizes, 7i boxes in case, 

1  00

fastened to frame  i.y a welt which presses the wire  clotn in the grooves.

All  the frames  are  grooved  on  four  sides  and  the  wire  cloth  is  securely 
The  wings  are  held in place by smooth  iron  rods to which  they are  securely 
fastened and which  pass  through the springs  and  give the wings a play of  three 
inches, the  limit  of  extension on  each  side;  springs  work  in a sleeve  which  is 
smoothly grooved and which tends to their free and easy working.

Net per doz. 
No.  10. 20  in. high, 23% to 29 In. $2  40
2  70
*•  20. 23% “ 
3  00
“  30. 23% “ 
3  15
“ 
“  40. 29
3  30
“ 
“  50. 29

Extends from
23% to 39 in.
to 35 in.
29
23% to 29 in.
to 35 in.
29

8 oz. Steel  Tacks, 
10 

“  

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TACK  CLAW.

Per doz.
S  (9
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Per gross. 
$  96 
1  00

G R A SS  CATCHERS.
Made to fit 12,  14,  16 inch Machines. 

Net per dozen,  any size,  §9  00

Black Wood Handle Tack Claw 
Extra Forged  Steel 

“ 

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65

Little Giant Tack P u l l e r .............................  

1  40

SCREEN  DOORS.

8  **  3
S

panels, 

Per doz
S 40
8 40
8 40
8 40
8 40
8 40
These d >ors are marie by  the iuiprotred

2  ft.  6 in. x 6 ft  (> in..
2  •'  8  “ x 6 
2  *‘  10  *• x 6  “  10 “ 
2  “  8
3  “  10  “ x7
3  “
method  as describe*!  abt ve.

x 7  “
x  7  “

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