Michigan Tradesman.

Published Weekly.

VOL.  9.

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY,  PUBLISHERS.

G R AND  R A PID S,  JU N E   22,  1892.

$1  Per  Year.
NO.  457

TELFER  SPICE  COMPANY,

MANUFACTURERS  OF

Spices  a n d   B ak in g   P o w d e r,  a n d   Jo b b e rs  of

T eas, Coffees a n d  G ro cers' S u n d ries.

C3-.  S .  B R O W N ,

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Foreign  end  DomesiiG  FriJits  and  Vegetables.
Oranges,  Bananas  and  Early  Vegetables  a  Specialty,

1 and 3 Pearl  Street, 

GRAND  RAPIDS

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24-26 No  Division St.

Wash  Goods !

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

Cottons, Tieks and Demins

P e e r l e s s  

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

TfiE JIEW YORK  BI8GU1T  GO.,

S.  A.  SE A R S,  Manager.

C r a c k e r  M a n u f a c t u r e r s ,

87, 8 9  a n d   41 K e n t St., 

G ran d   R apids.
MUSKEGON  BRANCH  UNITED  STATES  BAKING  CO.,

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

Successors  to

HARRY FOX,  Manager.

Crackers, Biscuits*®Sweet Goods.

SPEC IA L  A TTENTION  P A ID   TO  M A IL  ORDERS.

MUSKEGON,  MICH.

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O P  TW O  O F  T H E

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GRAND  RAPIDS  BOOK  BINDING  CO.,

29-31  C an al  St., 

IRE  CRACKERS

i r T w o r k s
LAGS

G ra n d   R ap id s,  M ich.
Toy  Pistols,  Paper  Caps,  Etc.

CLIMAX  CHOCOLATE  DROPS,

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46  O ttaw a  S treet,  GRAND  R A PID S,  M ICH.

NO  BRAND  OF  TEN  CENT

C O M P A R E S

WITH  THE G fjbF
The  Green  Seal Cigar

G.  F.  FAUDE,  Sole  Manufacturer,  IONIA,  MICH.

Is th e  M ost D esirable for M erchants to H andle because

It is Staple and w ill fit any Purchaser.

Send Y our W ho lesaler an  O rder.

Retails for 10 cents, 3 for 25 cents.

B IC Y C L E S!

We Control  Territory  on the  Finest and  Largest  Line of Cheap, Medium  and 

High Grade  Machines in the State

WE  WANT 

AGENTS IN EVERY 

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STANDARD  OIL  CO.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN.

DEALERS  IN

Illum inating and Lubricating

NAPTHA  AND  GASOLINES.

Office,  Hawkins Block. 

Works, Butterworth Ave.

BULK.  WORK}  AT

GRAND RAPIDS, 
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r,  MI(
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Surface.

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CLIPPER 
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PHCENIX 
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Grand Rapids, Mich.

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C o m m e r c ia l  P r in t in g .

T A yT E are not the cheapest printers in the State—would be 
"   ’  
ashamed of it if we were.  When  we find a “cheapest 
printer11 who  does  workmanlike work, we  will  lock  up  our 
plant and sublet our printing to him.  As it is, system enables 
us  to  handle  work on close  margins.  There is more  in it for 
us to do  $1,0U0  worth of  work on  10  per  cent, margin  than 
$100 worth at 25 per cent.
Besides, we  carry our  own  paper  stock,  envelopes, card­
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VOL.  9. 
i.  J.  SHBLLBAN, Scientific Optician, 65  Monroe Street.

_____________ G R A ND   R A P ID S,  W ED N ESD A Y ,  J U N E 2 2 ,  1892.

ON  THE  TOANO  GRADE.

Dark and dumb and cold as death itself 
lay the dry mesa. 
It  was  late  at  night. 
The  coyotes  had  ceased  to  howl.  The 
owls  no longer  gave  forth  their  dismal 
hoots.  No  breath  stirred  the  leaves  of 
the dry  greasewood and  sage.  The cold 
stars shone out as they only shine through 
the  rare,  clear  air  of  the  desert.  The 
slim horn of a cold moon, dropping down 
over  the  far  away  buttes,  glinted  the 
wheel-worn edges of  two steel  rails that 
ran  away  into  the  blankness  on  either 
side of the spot.  Near the railroad track 
stood  a  ghostly  telegraph  pole,  and  its 
wires also ran away  into  the  blankness. 
If  there  were  any  sounds  at  all in  the 
air,  they  came  from  these  wires.  But 
they  must  have been  mere  whisperings, 
for the man  who  lay  awake under them 
heard them not.

The  man  was  frightfully,  strainedly 
awake.  But by  his  side,  and  under  the 
same blanket,  lay another  man who  was 
sound  asleep.

It is  best  for a  supersensitive  man  to 
sleep,  and  sleep  soundly,  if  he  must 
needs  lie  out  on  the  desert  under  the 
stars. 
It  is  an  awful  thing  for  such a 
one to be cursed by sleeplessness at such 
a time and in such a place.

The horrible stillness, the dumbness of 
nature  weighed  upon  the wakeful  man, 
who lay there upon his back, looking  up 
at the myriad  eyes  that  peeped  through 
the dark roof of  the world.  He  felt  the 
oppressiveness of  it  all  as  keenly as  he 
felt the numbing of the chill night air.

He  turned  on  the  unyielding  bed  of 
sand  and  heard  the  crackle  of  a  sage 
twig  under  his  body.  A  pistol  shot 
wquld  have  sounded  no  louder  to  his 
overwrought  ear.  Why  did  not  the 
sound awaken the sleeper at his side?  If 
only he would awake or  even turn.  But 
poor, tired man, he had tramped many  a 
long-mile over the burning plain, through 
alkali  dust  and  by  sage  and  cactus 
wastes.  Let him  sleep.

The  sleepless  one  raised  his  hand  to 
his face, on which  the  skin  was  tightly 
drawn.  How  hot  the unwinking eye  of 
heaven had blazed upon him through the 
day! 
It seemed to have seared his cheek 
and forehead.

“God!  If I had  but one glass of  rum— 

one glass!”  he groaned,  half  aloud.

And  then  he  went  over  his  life,  and 
made himself  to see  clearly  why  he had 
become  so  dependent  upon  a fiery  fluid 
for his peace of miud. 
It  was the thirst 
—the cursed  thirst—that had built itself 
up within him  out of  the very  elements 
with which he had thought to appease it. 
And the consequences of that thirst!  His 
mind  ran  back  to  his  home.  How  she 
must  hate  him—that patient  wife,  who 
had  borne  with  him so  long!  Did she? 
Was  it  hate  that  blazed  from  her  eyes 
when  they  had  had  that  final  quarrel, 
and he had left  her, never to return?  He 
coaid not bring  himself  to think  that  it 
was.  He  was  so  frightfully  alone—so 
much  in  need  of  being  in  someone’s 
kindly thoughts that—

The  man  at  his  side  did  tarn at last. 
Bnt he settled down  at  once  to peaceful

NO.  457

slumber.  He  had not awakened. 
If  he 
only would awake,  his  cheery Irish ban­
ter would  make  the  night  less  hideous 
for a  time, perhaps;  but  let  him  sleep. 
He should  not  trespass  on  his  good na­
ture  by  arousing  him.  Although  only 
the acquaintance of  a day,  he had,  in his 
genial Celtic way, been  more  than kind. 
He had given a most unworthy and unde­
serving  man  food  from  his  slim store, 
and  now  he  was  sharing  with  him  his 
poor,  thin blanket.  An unworthy m a n - 
yes,  most  unworthy.  Had  he  not  left 
his wife to shift for herself?  Had he not 
wholly  deserted  her?  Yes,  but  she  no 
longer  loved him.  He  had  been  such  a 
drag upon her—such a burden.  She was 
better off  without him—far  better.  The 
immoving  tide  of  this  heavy 
thought 
bore down upon  him  more  than  all  the 
oppressiveness  of  the  night  silence  on 
the desert, more than  the fearful  thirst. 
It was better that  she  should  live  with­
out him—far better.  He  was unworthy. 
How cut off  he  seemed  from  the  whole 
world!  The little  warmth  he  felt  from 
the man’s  body, lying by  his own,  made 
its impress on  his  mind. 
In  spite of all 
his desire for independence when he had 
started off on that wild journey with only 
a few  coins in his pocket,  his  hot  asser­
tion  that  he  could  go  his way without 
reference to others  seemed  now  to have 
been a part of his weakness of  character. 
Even the strongest must lean upon some­
one.  None  could  go  their  way  wholly 
alone.  How independent was  the whole 
race of man?

And she had leaned on  him.  Perhaps 
she did still in a way.  For might she not 
be looking for him to come  back?  It  was 
not likely that she even dreamed  that he 
was a thousand miles away.  What  were 
a thousand miles,  after  all?  He had not 
been  long  in  passing  them  over. 
It 
would not take long to retrace them.

With  these  thoughts  tingling  in  his 
brain he could  no  longer  lie  there.  He 
must be up in motion.

So he arose  and  lamely  made his  way 
to the railroad  track, leaving  his  friend 
of a day to sleep it out alone.  He stepped 
between the rails  and  halted  there, fac­
ing the telegraph pole.  To the right was 
the way of the free man,  without wife or

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home.  To the  left  the  way  led back to 
her.

“ I have almost killed  her by  my reck­
lessness,”  he  thought;  ‘‘why  should  I 
go back to complete the  job? ”

»

He glanced over his right  shoulder. 
“But that  may mean  the  same  thing. 
She  is  alone  and  helpless.  Still,  to  go 
back  means—God!”  he  sobbed,  “ why 
can’t I be a man?” 

His eyes sought the stars.
“Yes,  I can be.”
He took off  his bat and raised high his 
head.  Then he spoke,  while yet looking 
up,  and  the  still  night  air  heard  his 
words:

“I swear that hereafter I will  hold my 
desire for drink in check, and that  I will 
strive  to  make  myself  worthy  of  the 
good  woman  who  bears  my  name.  So 
help  me  God.  Amen.”

Then  down  the  back  track  he  strode 
fiercely, clinching his hands as he swung 
them at his  sides.

Two hours  later  he  stepped  upon the 
platform of the station at Toano.  There 
he  stopped  to  rest. 
It  was  still  dark, 
and no one was about to look at him sus­
piciously  as  upon a  tramp,  and  to  tell 
him to  be off.

From a small  building  across  the way 
lights were  shining.  Through  the  open 
doorway  he  saw  men  sitting  about  a 
stove.  He  heard  their  loud  jokes  and 
hearty laughs.  How warm and comfort­
able they seemed.  And  he was  bitterly 
cold.  He went nearer to  the  place.  As 
he approached it,  a man  came  and  stood 
in  the  doorway.  Strange  to  say, 
this 
man  greeted  him with a cordial,  “Hello, 
pardner! ”

He  made  some  sort  of  a  reply,  in  a 
shaky voice, for  his  teeth  were  chatter­
ing.

“Trampin’ to Frisco? ”  - 
“Yes.”
“ Wall,  its good walkin’,  ain’t it? ”
“Oh,  yes.”  Why  should  his  teeth 

chatter so?

“Say,  now,  pardner,  I  kin  tell  you 
suthin’ that beats walkin’ all  to  pieces.” 

“What is it? ”
“ Why,  about  half  a mile  up  the rail­
road  there’s  a heavy  grade  on  a  curve. 
When the emigrant  train  goes  up  there 
she  don’t  go  fast—not  much  faster’n  a 
horse  and  wagon.  You  kin  jump  on 
without  any  trouble  or  without  any  of 
the  train  bands  noticin’  you,  as  they 
would at a station, and you  kin go into a 
keer and sleep  all the rest  of  the  night. 
When you wake up in the mornin’, you’ll 
be  at  Mesilla,  seventy-five  miles  from 
here.  That’s  two  big days’  journey for 
a man  travelin’ afoot”
It was worth trying.
“When will the train be along?”
“In about an hour.”
“Thank you.”
“Say,”  and  the  voice  grew  kindly, 
“ain’t you pretty blame  cold?  Come  in­
side awhile and warm up.”

He followed  the  man  into  the  house. 
There  was  a  bar  there  and  some  men 
were before it drinking.  His new friend 
led him up to the  bar.

This  would  not  do.  There  was  his 
resolve to consider.  Well,  he was on his 
way back home—that  much  was settled. 
And as for drinking, there  would be just 
this one glass, to warm him up.  He was 
really very  cold  and  numb, and  needed 
it.  As it was to be just one and the last, 
it  was  well  that  it  should  be  a  large, 
warming  draught  So  he  poured  the 
glass nearly  full.  He  felt  the  fire of  it

as it went down.  Yes, it  did  warm  one 
—that  was  certain.  He  had  eaten  so 
little that the  hot  liquid  swiftly  set  up 
I its reign in  his tired  brain,  and  when his 
i new comrade  urged another and still an­
other upon him he could not refuse.
□ “Now I  reckon  you  better  git  up  the 
track if you’re goin’ to git that free Pull­
man pass  o’  your’n  from  Toano  to  Me­
silla, with nochange o’ keers,” remarked 
his entertainer, glancing at the clock.

He  started up.  “ Good bye,” he  said ; 

“God  bleth  you.”

His tongue was thick,  though  his  gait 
was fairly steady.  He  could  walk  very 
fast now,  and soon he was  up  the  grade 
and at the curve.  How strong his nerves 
were.  No  longer  did  the  night  weigh 
upon him.  What a different man he was 
from  the creature who had  limped  along 
the  ties  a  few  hours  ago!  How  much 
firmer of purpose!

The  light  from  an  oncoming  locomo­
tive  shot  up  the  track.  The iron giant 
coughed,  wheezed  and  panted. 
It  was 
truly  a  hard  puli  up  the  Toano  grade. 
He stood by the side of  the track  as  the 
dazzling headlight glared upon him for a 
moment.  How firm  he  was, but  how he 
would have  trembled  had he  gone  there 
unbraced  for  the  ordeal.  He  did  not 
tremble now. 
It was  a long train.  The 
cars,  with their dull lights, passed slowly 
at first,  but they  gathered  speed  as they 
went along.  He would  not  wait for  the 
last,  for that  was the  caboose, and  in  it 
was the conductor.  What speed the train 
had gathered !  Still it was not going very 
fast, he thought.  Now was the time.  It 
would be  two  days’  foot  journey  nearer 
to her.  He would soon be at home.

He grasped a hand rail,  lifted  one foot 
up,  missed the step and  was thrown with 
relentless force under  the wheels.  There 
was  a  wild  cry,  a crunching  sound  and 
the  train  had  passed,  leaving  the  light 
dust  it  had  stirred  up  to  settle  down 
again upon the sagebrush  leaves.

“Say, Bill,  I heard  someone  yell.”
It  was  a  trainman  who  spoke  and  it 
was the head breakman  who  heard  him.
“So did I—it  was [under the car.  An­

other tramp gone to Kingdom Come.”

“We  ought  to  stop—hadn’t  wez—and 

see about  it? ”

“Stop on the Toano grade?  How  wild 
you  talk.  You  must  have  been  drink­
ing.” 

F r a n k   B a il e y  Mil l a r d .

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The smaller  retail  dry  goods  dealers 
are calling attention  to  the  burden  im­
posed on them by the length of the present 
pieces  of  dress  goods  patterns.  They 
claim, and with  good  reason,  that  with 
the present length of  pieces,  their avail­
able capital is tied up in a comparatively 
small assortment  of  patterns,  which  is 
even  more  detrimental  to  sales  in  the 
country, where every  woman  knows  the 
exact wardrobe  of  every  other  woman, 
than in the city, when similarity of  pat­
terns  is  lost  in  numbers.  The jobbers 
charge  quite  a  little  extra  for  cutting 
pieces,  weich acts as a check upon a wide 
selection by the small  dealer.
Sooner or  later, the demands of the re­
tailers will  be met by the manufacturers, 
as  competition  forces  them  to  concede 
one point after another in  buyers’ favor. 
On the other hand,  anything  that  tends 
to  the  advantage  and  ultimate  greater 
prosperity of  the retailers,  must  in  the 
end prove beneficial to the manufacturer, 
although at first sight, a change to shorter 
pieces would seem to  entail  nothing but 
increased annoyance and expense.

A  man  should  never  be  ashamed  to 
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8

The Alert and  Active.

F ro m  th e  N a tio n a l G ro cer.

The  man  who  sits  down  quietly  and 
expects  that  fortune  will  smile  on  him 
without any effort of his own,  is  just the 
very man  to  grumble  and  growl  at  the 
conditions of society and mankind.  For­
tune never  smiles on  him,  fortune never 
comes  to  him,  but  he sees  it  coming to 
others  and  wonders  why  it  is  that  he 
was born under an unlucky planet.
There  is  another man  who  is  always 
up and doing.  He„is  full of  activity, of 
energy and of  thought.  He is always  in 
action.  He may not  succeed  at  first;  he 
may  have  a  bard  road  to  pull,  but  he 
pulls it and ultimately gets there.  When 
the  world is black  and  his  fortune is  at 
its lowest  ebb,  then is the  time when  he 
spits  upon  his  hands,  brushes  up  his 
thoughts and  makes up his mind  that he 
will  have  success or die  in the  attempt 
to  attain  it.  “All  things  come  to  him 
who  waits”  is  the  old  maxim,  but  we 
would add,  providing  that in his waiting 
he  does  not  neglect working.  Truth  is 
harder  to  arrive  at  than falsehood,  and 
no  fortune  was ever  made  without  the 
man  seeking it.  Some  men do not  have 
to  seek  so  long  as  others. 
It  is  not 
necessary for  them to  search so hard  for 
it. 
It comes  to  them  as if  by  luck,  but 
still they have done their  share to attain 
it;  they  have  had  a  capacity  to  direct 
their energies in fields  and  pastures that 
have  given  results  much  more  quickly 
than they would have done had they been 
directed otherwise.  At times we do know 
that  the  world  looks  black,  blank  and 
cold, that hope deferred does really make 
the heart sick,  but to the man who never 
says die must ultimately come the reward 
of  his  earnest  and  active  work.  The 
darkest  hour  is  just  before  dawn,  and 
when  the  worst  almost  arrives  then  to 
the man of  action  new  energy is created 
and success  comes to him sometimes in a 
way that he little thought or dreamed of.
“Eternal  vigilance is the  price of  lib­
erty.”  Not  only  liberty  politically, but 
liberty commercially  and  socially.  The 
man of  business  does not  have commer­
cial  liberty  until  he  has  reached  that

point of  success  which  makes  him  per­
fectly independent  aud  have  the  fullest 
liberty both  in  mind  and in action.  The 
merchant  loaded  with  debt, 
tottering 
under  a  load  he  can  barely  carry,  is 
practically  a  slave.  Life  to  him  is 
scarcely worth the living, but if he braces 
up,  makes  a  determination  that he  will 
command  success,  the  chances  are  that 
he will  succeed.  Some  men  are  much 
like cats;  no matter how they are thrown 
down  they always  alight  on  their  feet. 
They belong to the irrepressibles;  failure 
with  them  only renews  their  exertions. 
They  are  truly  and  surely  the  “never 
say  die”  brigade.  Men  of  this  caliber 
succeed in the long run.  No matter what 
their  ups and  downs  may be they  never 
lose  hope;  they  never lose  faith in their 
ability to cope with  anything and  every­
thing  that  may come  along.  Their  ac­
tivity  creates  opportunities  and  these 
opportunities result sometimes in stamp­
ing them as successful men.
To the mournful and  doleful  merchant 
who 
is  everlastingly  under  a  black 
cloud  we would  say  it  is  the “alert and 
active”  who  win.  Mourning never  does 
and  good. 
It  never  created a  brilliant 
thought  since the world  commenced. 
It 
is useless,  and  one of  the  poorest  senti­
mentalisms  that  humanity  is  afflicted 
with.  The world  is,  to  a  very great ex­
tent,  what  we  make it.  Some  men  can 
carry  trouble  and  worry  much  easier 
than  others.  To  one  man  it is inspira­
tion,  to  another  it is destruction. 
It de­
pends entirely on yourself which of these 
two you are willing to choose.

Canvassing  For  Orders.

F ro m  th e  M erch an ts’ R eview .
Regarding the expediency of retail gro­
cers drumming up  trade  by  a  personal 
canvass for orders there is no doubt a de­
cided  difference  of  opinion  among  the 
parties  chiefly  concerned—the  retailers 
themselves—but it is an undisputed  fact 
that canvassing has saved more than one 
dealer from  failure, and  it is  because  it 
offers  hopes  of  success 
to  struggling 
dealers that we have advised  the  adopt­
ion of the plan by those who have  never

some of  the  salesmen. 
In  the  distance 
they  caught a glimpse of  the proprietor, 
who spied  them at about  the  same time, 
but  who, thinking  himself  unseen  and 
not  caring to meet  his  visitors,  spoke  a 
hasty word  to  a  clerk  and  then  disap­
peared  slyly into a huge fireproof  vault.
The  two  drummers  saw  the  act,  and 
upon walking back toward the office were 
not surprised to hear  the clerk tell  them 
Mr. S.  was in New York.
“Oh,  he  is,  is  he?”  said  one  of  the 
commercial travelers.
“Yes,” replied the clerk unblushingly. 
“ He left  last  night.  He will  buy goods 
I saw his  mem­
from both  your houses. 
orandum before he left.”
“Come, let’s  be going, Jim,”  remarked 
the other  traveler.  “There’s no need of 
staying  here  any longer  if  he’s in  New 
York.”
The two  men  whispered  for a moment 
together  and  then,  instead  of  walking 
out  by  the  direct  aisle,  turned  to  one 
side, and going to the huge fireproof vault, 
Jim  slammed  the  door  to  with  a  loud 
1 clang and  dropped  the fastening  bar  in 
its  place.  Then  the  two  proceeded on 
their  way slowly,  while  the  imprisoned 
and thoroughly terrified merchant kicked 
at the boiler plate door and  howled to be 
let  out,  his voice  sounding  faintly from 
within.
The men did not remain to witness the 
merchant’s humiliation when he emerged 
from his  cell.  That same  afternoon the 
salesmen  were  sent for by the  man,  but 
they calmly informed the messenger that 
it  was impossible  for the  chief  to  have 
returned  from  New  York  so  soon  and 
that  they did  not  propose  to  enter  his 
store merely to be hoaxed.
When  this  was  reported  back  to  the 
merchant  he became  really alarmed,  for 
the  men  represented  two  of  the  most 
prominent  houses  in  New  York,  with 
whom it was  important for  him to  stand 
well.  He,  therefore,  made a call in per­
son and to propitiate the drummerf,  who 
assumed  an  air of  anger, before  he  had 
completed  his  explanations,  he  pur­
chased  two of  the largest  bills of  goods 
of his entire business career.

the 

tested it.  We have,  in  a  former  issue, 
given an instance of the successful appli­
cation of the system of drumming for or­
ders by at least one beginner in the  gro­
cery business, and we will now mention a 
case  where  all  other  means  had  been 
tried but proved  fruitless.  Some  years 
ago a retail grocer in  a city not  a  thous­
and  miles  from  the  metropolis  found, 
after several  years  of  hard  “sledding,” 
that  he was making very little  headway, 
and,  as the public was  dilatory  in  com­
ing to him,  he determined to go direct  to 
the public, and at the  residence  of  con­
sumers seek the  orders  for  the  lack  of 
which his business was  pining.  He  im­
mediately  acted  upon 
resolution, 
with the result that his trade rapidly  in­
creased, and to-day is one of  the  largest 
in the city in which his  store  is located. 
He does not send out employes,  but  goes 
the rounds himself, every other day,  tak­
ing orders,  aud on the  intervening  days 
taking goods.  There are constantly  em­
ployed in the store three  clerks  who  do 
nothing else but pack the goods taken on 
the canvassing  trips  of  the  proprietor, 
which now cover a very  extensive  terri­
tory,  including suburban  towns  and  dis­
tricts. 
In a conversation  with  a  repre­
sentative of this journal this  dealer  said 
he was pleased to see it  recommend  the 
canvassing system to retail  grocers,  and 
he gladly furnished  us with the facts re­
lated above.  He stated  that  the system 
required a certain amount  of energy and 
determination in those who gave it a trial, 
but it certainly offered  a  good  prospect 
of success to retailers suffering from  ex­
cessive competition and  a lack of  neces­
sary capital.
A  Discourteous  Merchant  B rou gh t  to 

Terms.

F ro m  th e  New T o rk  H e rald .

A Baltimore merchant  not  long  since 
was corrected for discourteous treatment 
to two  commercial travelers in a manner 
that he will not  soon forget.
On  entering  his  store  the  two  men, 
who hailed  from  New York,  paused  for 
a  moment  to  exchange  greetings  with

SWARTOUT  &   DOWNS,

41  S outh  D ivision  St., 

jÈmm —   G ra n d   R apids,  Mich.

We have  opened  a  new  and  complete  line  of  1Notions  and  Ladies9  and  Gen­
tlem ens  Furnishing  Goods  at  the  above  number.  The  inspection  of  the 
trade  is  solicited•

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F r a n k f o r t  R a te s   B a c k   to   th e   F o rm e r 

The  Grocery  Market.

4

AMONG THE TRADE.

ABOUND THE  STATE.

Gscoda—Ernst Bros, succeed C. F. May­

nard in the bazaar business.

Detroit—L. D.  Finn  succeeds  Finn  & 

Todd in the undertaking  business.

Hastings—Cora  Powers  has  sold  her 
hardware stock  to  Ira Van Yalkenburg.
Riverdale—Willis J.  Mills’ drug  stock 
has been seized  under chattel  mortgage.
Petoskey—R.  F.  Logan,  meat  dealer, 
has sold his business to A.  E.  Bachelder.
Topinabee—Jerry  McCarthy  has  sold 
his general stock to Mrs.  K. L. McCarthy.
Blissfield—B.  M.  Austin  has sold  bis 
hardware  business  to  Warren  &  Glea­
son.

Marquette — Edward  L.  Kellan  suc­
ceeds  Kellan  Bros,  in the  grocery  busi­
ness.

Grand Haven—G.  Gringhnis  succeeds 
Gringhuis & Boss  in  the  clothing  busi­
ness.

Saginaw—Miss  H.  H.  Doyle  has  re­
to  Franken- 

moved  her  grocery  stock 
muth.

Spring Lake—De Witt  &  Rideout  are 
succeeded by  G.  A.  Price  in  the  drug 
business.

Quincy—C. G.  Powers,  dealer in cloth­
ing,  hats and  caps,  will  move  his  stock 
to  Adrian.

Reed City—The  hardware stock of  M.
N. Witherell has been closed under chat­
tel mortgage.

Chesaning—B.  E.  Pratt  will  continue 
the  boot  and  shoe  business  formerly 
conducted by Pratt & Wiley.

Coral—W. A.  Woodard,  who  recently 
embarked in  the grocery  business  here, 
has removed his stock to  Ionia.

Kalamazoo—Geo.  J.  Gildea,  grocery, 
commission and  produce  merchant,  has 
sold his grocery stock to  M.  W.  Morton.
Scottville—The Hartzell  Medicine  Co. 
has added a second  story  to  its building 
and will  occupy  the  same  with  a print­
ing office.

Bay  Port—J.  C.  Liken  &  Co.  have 
merged their general stock  into  a  stock 
company under the style of the Bay Port 
Store Co.

Downington—Haynes & Paige, dealers 
in  agricultural 
implements,  have  dis­
solved,  Geo.  E.  Paige  continuing  the 
business.

Lansing—The grocery firm of  Baker & 
Taylor  has  dissolved  partnership.  The 
business will  be  continued  by Augustus
O.  Taylor.

Detroit—Abram C. Schloss, of  the firm 
of  Schloss  Bros.  &  Co.,  died  at  Detroit 
last  Friday,  after  a  year’s  illness.  De­
ceased  was  born  in  Detroit  in  1855 and 
went  on  the  road  for  the  firm when  17 
years of age.  Two  years  ago he  retired 
from the road  and was admitted  to part­
nership  in  the  house.  He  was  married 
four years ago to a Cincinnati  lady,  who 
survives  him.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Nashville—Houghton Bros, have closed 
their cigar factory and  retired from bus­
iness.

Beaverton—Seely & Hood have erected 
a stave mill here and also put in a circu­
lar  saw rig with which to cut lumber for 
Brown &  Ryan.

St.  Clair—The  Diamond  Crystal  Salt 
Co.,  whose factory was destroyed by  fire 
several months ago,  has  nearly  complet­
ed its new building and expects to resume 
the manufacture of dairy  and  table  salt 
by July 1.

Good  Harbor—The  Lime  Lake  Lum­
ber Co.  has closed its doors and  removed 
the stock still on  hand  to  Empire.  The 
corporation  expects  to  complete cutting 
its hardwood logs  by  July  15,  when  the 
mill will be removed to another  location.
Hastings — The  Hastings  Furniture 
Manufacturing  Co.  has  elected  Ed.  De 
Groot  Manager  of  the  business  and  R. 
C. Jaquith Superintendent of the factory. 
As  soon  as  needed 
repairs  have  been 
made to the  factory,  the  wheels will  be 
set in motion again.

Cheboygan—D. Quay & Son are adding 
machinery  to  their  shingle  mill  here. 
The same firm contemplates  the removal 
of  its  sawmill  from  the  township  of 
Munro and locating it  on the lake shore. 
The firm  has also  taken  the  contract  to 
cut 2,000,000 shingles from timber cut on 
Bois Blanc  island last  winter.

Manistee—The  Canfield  &  Wheeler 
test  well  is  now  down  over  1,000 feet, 
and,  as rock has been reached, no further 
difficulty  is  expected.  They  are  going 
to demonstrate to a certainty  whether  or 
not there is oil underlying us in sufficient 
quantities for fuel,  when the refuse from 
the sawmills will not be available.

Detroit — The  Michigan  Automatic 
Music  Co.  has  been  organized  with  a 
capital stock  of  $150,000, of  which $20,- 
000  has  been  paid 
in.  The  following 
are shareholders:  Martin V. Brady, Prov­
idence,  R.  I.,  1,000 shares;  Michael Bren­
nan,  Detroit,  400;  Caspar  Lingemann, 
Detroit,  1,000;  H.  W.  Burgett,  Boston, 
Mass.,  1,000;  E.  P.  Carpenter,  Brattle- 
boro, Vt., 1,000.

Escanaba—This  city  is  growing away 
from  its  original  character  as  a  lumber 
port,  although  there  is  a  large  lumber 
interest  here still.  As  an  ore shipping 
point it  has long  been  famous.  Now it 
is to  take a  step  in  advance  as  an  iron 
manufacturing center.  The  Delta  Steel 
& Iron  Co., with  a capital of  $2,000,000, 
is  to  erect  works  here  which  will  give 
employment to 1,000 to 1,500 hands.

Manistee—The hemlock  bark  trade  is 
considerably off  this  year, and  the price 
is not nearly as good as it was last season, 
as  it  is  claimed  that  the  tanneries  all 
have a large surplus of  the raw  material 
on band, and  will  not  need  to  purchase 
any  for  six  months  to  come. 
In  the
meantime,  the weather has  been  against 
the  peeling  and  curing  of  the crop,  so 
that the supply  is  not  likely  to be over 
half the usual  amount in this region.

East Tawas—The  sawmill of  the  East 
Tawas  Improvement  &  Lumber Co.  was 
completely destroyed  by fire on the 14th. 
The mill  was owned  years  ago by Locke 
&  Stevens,  and  was  sold  to  Sibley  & 
Bearinger,  who operated it several  years 
and  sold  it  a  little  over  a  year  ago  to 
Eastman,  Chamberlain & French. 
It had 
a  daily  capacity  of  100,000  and  was 
stocked by  Sibley &  Bearinger.  A  raft 
owned by the last  named  firm is now  on 
its way across the lake and  then the mill 
would have  been  started  again, running 
night  and  day. 
It  is  thought  the  mill 
will  be  rebuilt,  perhaps  on  a  smaller 
scale,  as  the  site  is a  desirable  one  and 
its owners have a large tract of hardwood 
land  on  the  Alger  road.  The  mill  was 
valued  at  about  $25,000,  and  was  in­
sured for $18,500. 
It  had  been  idle two 
weeks  and  the  origin  of  the  fire  is  not 
knowir.

That is single-entry bookkeeping which 
never enters  into the borrower’s  head to 
return  it.

T ariff.

F r a n k f o r t ,  June 15—Will you please 
publish in your valuable  paper,  for  the 
benefit  of  Frankfort’s  oppressed  mer­
chants and the Grand Rapids jobbers, the 
fact that since the Toledo, Ann Arbor  & 
Northern  Michigan  Railway  has  taken 
possession of the Frankfort &  Southeast­
ern  Railway,  through  rates  of  freight 
from Grand Rapids  and  points  beyond, 
via  Chicago &  West  Michigan  Railway- 
and Frankfort  &  Southeastern Railway, 
which were reasonable  heretofore,  have 
been cancelled and excessive  local  rates 
substituted at an advance of  100  to  140 
per  cent;  therefore  we  are  thoroughly 
disgruntled and kick,  to  which  the  T., 
A. A. & N.  M.  people  here  say,  “Ship 
from Grand Rapids via G.  R. & I to Cadil­
lac, care T., A. A. & N.  M., and  we  will 
restore former rates.”  Well,  we will try 
them on this tack and see.  Trusting  all 
Grand Rapids jobbers will  make  a  note 
of this, I am 

Yours respectfully,

F r e d   K e r n .

With a view to ascertaining  the  exact 
facts on the matter,  a  reporter  of  T h e 
T r a d e s m a n  called at the General Freight 
Office of the C.  & W. M.  Railway,  where 
Mr.  M.  W.  Rose,  Assistant  General 
Freight Agent,  furnished  the  following 
information:

“When the F.  & S.E.Railway was pur­
chased by the T.,  A.  A. &N. M. Railway, 
we were requested by the  latter  road  to 
cancel the tariff then in effect with Frank­
fort.  This  we did  in  our  circular  No. 
170,  under date of May 28. 
In the mean­
time,  we began  negotiating with  the T., 
A. A.  &  N.  M.  people  for a renewal  of 
the  former  rate.  We  were  successful 
and on June 18 sent out circular No.  174, 
restoring our  former  rates to Frankfort, 
as follows:

“
“
“
“
“

“  20  “ 
“  14  “  • 
“  10  “  
9  “ 
“ 
“ 
8  “ 

1st class, 25 cents per 100 lbs.
2nd 
3rd 
4th 
5th 
6th 
This tariff,  which is certainly very sat­
isfactory to our Frankfort patrons, is the 
same  as the  rates  in  effect  for  several 
months  prior  to  the  absorption  of  the 
F.  &  S.  E.  Railway.  Pending  the  re­
adjustment of  the  matter—from  May 28 
to June 13—we were compelled to charge 
local rates  to  Thompsonville,  while  the 
T.,  A. A.  & N.  M.  people  charged  local 
rates  from  there  to  Frankfort,  which
naturally caused a great deal of  dissatis­
faction, and  which  we  were  unable  to 
remedy until the  new arrangement  went 
into  effect.  Our  rates to Frankfort  are 
the  same  as  they  are by the  G.  R.  & I. 
via Cadillac.”

Wants  Alum  Money.

“Your husband is a man of  wealth,  is 
he?” inquired the judge.
“He’s worth  about  $75,000,”  said  the 
applacant for divorce.  “He owns a bak­
ing powder factory.”
“You  want  a separate maintenance, I 
presume?”
“A what?”
“A  separate  maintenance—allowance 
—alimony.”
“That’s it  
I  want  my  share  of  his 
alum money.”

Last summer a shrewd Troy  merchant 
attended the races.  Afterwards a friend 
asked him  what  luck  he  had.  “Excel­
lent,”  was  the  reply; “I  came  out  $50 
ahead.”  “Why,  how was  th at?”  asked 
his  friend. 
“Well,”  he  explained,  “I 
took $150 to the track  to bet with.  Hav­
ing staked $100 on the first race and  lost 
i t  I put the other $50 in  my  pocket  and 
went home.”  Whifch  suggests  that  the 
surest possible way  to  beat  the races is 
not to  bet  the  races.  This  is  a  “tip” 
that may be relied  on  under  all circum­
stances.

Sugar—The  market is  without special 
feature,  although  granulated  and  con­
fectioners  is a sixpence  lower.  Willett 
<& Gray,  who are  the leading  authorities 
on the sugar  market  in  this  country as­
sert that the McKinley law,  while  giving 
the people of this country cheaper sugar, 
has diverted the  large  profits incident to 
the business  from  European  speculators 
to the American Sugaf* Refining Co.

Bananas — Good  shipping  fruit  was 
scarce during latter part of last week, on 
account of cars coming  in with over-ripe 
stock,  which  was  too  soft  to  reship. 
Nearly  all  handlers  were  in  same  pre­
dicament, and,  as a consequence,  a great 
many outside  dealers were  disappointed 
about getting  fruit for Saturday’s  trade.
Peanuts — Shade  lower,  but  not  any 
weaker.  An  advance was  expected,  but 
the light demand served  to  avert  such a 
turn of the market.

Oranges—Selling  fairly  well,  but  the 
demand  has  fallen off  somewhat  owing 
to the  arrival of  small  fruits and  berries 
and to the  rather high  price  which  pre­
vails.

Lemons—The expected  advance put in 
an appearance the forepart of  last week, 
with  a  vigor  somewhat  surprising  to 
those who have been  waiting and expect­
ing to buy  at  just a shade  higher  prices 
when it commenced to get warmer.  They 
jumped  a  dollar  a box  the  first  crack, 
and  another  dollar when  the first  three 
hot  days  had  come  and  gone. 
If  the 
warm  weather  continues, the  price will 
be maintained  and,  possibly,  still  higher 
prices realized.

Currants—Primejstock  is  firmly  held, 

but the demand is  light.
-  Rice—The  new  crop  of  domestic  will 
be several  weeks  later  than  usual  this 
year.  Foreign  grades  are  in  good  de­
mand at former prices.

Coffee—The  market  on  Rio  grades  is 

practically fiat.

Canned  Goods—Corn, 

tomatoes  and 
peas continue firm and the former is very 
scarce.  Peaches are  more  active.  Lob­
sters and salmon are quiet  and  firm.

Teas—Dealers look for a shrinkage  of 
values on Japans as the season advances.
in  Oolong 
There  is  an  easier  feeling 
grades. 
teas  are  without
change.

Formosa 

The Watermelon  Crop.

Nearly every state in  the  Union  is in­
terested in  knowing something about the 
melons,  says the Fruit Crowe", of Macon, 
Ga.  Every  commission  house  expects 
the markets to be  glutted  like they were 
last season.  But they won’t be.  And do 
you  know  why?  The  melons  are  not 
planted,  and the  dry  weather is playing 
havoc  with  a  good  many  that  were 
planted.  A  good  many  growers  havn’t 
got  a  half  stand.  The  indications  now 
are that the crop will be 40 per cent,  less 
than last year, and  if  it should  rain just 
as every grower wanted it,  the  crop will 
be 40 per cent.  off.

Use Tradesman Coupon Boohs.

HOW’S  THIS?

We offer one  hundred  dollars  reward tor any 
case of  catarrh  that  cannot  be  cured by Hall’s 
Catarrh Cure.
F.  J.  CHENEY  &  CO.,  Props., Toledo, O.
We the undersigned, have known F. J . Cheney 
for the  last 15 years, and  believe him  perfectly 
honorable  In  all  business transactions and  fin­
ancially  able to carry  out  any  obligation  made 
by their firm.

W e s t  &  T rttax,
W a r d in g ,  K i n n a n   &   M a r v in , 
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.

Hall’s Catarrh  Cure is taken  internally, acting 
directly upon the  blood and  mucous surfaces of 
the  system  Price  75c  per  bottle.  Sold  by all 
druggists.  Testimonials free.

‘-St

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

5

VW A Family Affair  T h e   S t e a m s h i p s

Health for the Baby,
{Pleasure for the Parents, 
, New Life for the Old Folks. 

H H C  A MIH ”
UULMIIIU

Hires! “ EMPRESS  OF  INDIA”
Root Reer
THE GREAT

P L A C E D   U S   IN  P O S S E S S I O N  

O F  T H E

H AVE

C hoicest

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

The name of the Valley City Table Co. 
has  been  changed  to  Valley  City  Desk 
Co.

A.  W.  Seymour  is succeeded  by  Sey­
mour & Babcock  in  the  manufacture  of 
boxes.

H.  F.  Mull  &  Sou  have  sold  their 
grocery  stock at 425  East  Bridge  street 
to O.  A.  Perry,  formerly  a  member  of 
the  firm  of  White  &  Perry, jobbers of 
wrapping paper and woodenware.

Fred A. Gill has sold his interest in the 
firm of Holmes & Gill,  proprietors of the 
West Side Paper  House,  at  20  Scribner 
street, to Clark  Mills and W. C.  McDon­
ald.  The  new  firm  will  be  known  as 
Mills,  McDonald & Holmes.

Morris Levy, who has represented Jacob 
Brown & Co., of Detroit, on the road  for 
twelve  years,  will  open  his  wholesale 
notion and furnishing  goods  stock  at  8 
South Ionia street about July 1.  He has 
just returned from New York,  where  he 
purchased his stock of  summer  and  au­
tumn goods.

One of  E. J.  Herrick’s  show  windows 
has attracted  considerable  attention  the 
past  week  by  reason  of  a  window  dis­
play,  made in  imitation of  the  scales  of 
justice.  The execution and effect of  the 
display are excellent and reflect credit on 
the designer,  Edward  Leibenderfer,  who 
recently removed  to this  city  from  Day- 
ton,  Ohio.

The Patterson Furnace  Co.,  which  has 
recently removed its  plant  and  business 
from Lansing to this city,  has  located on 
Madison avenue, just south of Hall street, 
where two  sizes  of wood  furnaces and 
four  sizes  of  coal furnaces  will  be 
manufactured. 
J.  Q.  Patterson  will 
manage the  business  and J.  Wilber  Pat­
terson will  officiate  as  book-keeper  and 
superintendent of  shop.

W.  T. Lamoreaux has merged his wool, 
grain,  seed and bean  business at 128,  130 
and 132 West Bridge street  into  a  stock 
company under the style of W. T.  Lamo­
reaux Co.  The capital stock of  the  cor­
poration  is $50,000,  of  which  $30,100  is 
paid in.  W. T.  Lamoreaux is President, 
Treasurer and  General  Manager  of  the 
corporation,  A.  P.  Collar  is  Vice-Presi­
dent  and  L.  Giles,  Secretary.  The 
change in name and form will  not  carry 
with it any essential change in the policy 
of the house, except that the added  capi­
tal  will enable  the  company  to  conduct 
a larger business than before.

G rip s a c k   B rig a d e .

Thos.  Ferguson,  Western  Michigan 
representative for  the  J.  M.  Bour  Co., 
was in Toledo a couple of days last week, 
on a visit to his house.

Chas Kernan,  Manager of the Converse 
Manufacturing Co.’s  store,  at  Newaygo, 
has gone on the road  for a month for the 
furniture factory owned by the same cor­
poration.

Wm.  L.  Curtis,  who  traveled  a  short 
time for the former firm of Curtiss & Co., 
is now on  the road for  Hollis & Duncan, 
paper dealers of  Chicago.  His  territory 
includes all available towns  in Northern 
Michigan,  North  of the  D.,  G.  H.  & M 
Railway.

Geo.  Raynor,  with Eaton, Lyon &  Co., 
has returned from New York  and  other 
Eastern  points,  after  enjoying  a  two 
weeks’ vacation with  his  wife.  He  re­

ports a most enjoyable time  and  recom­
mends the same experiment to all of  his 
road brothers as an  incentive  to  future 
increased usefulness.

Albert  C. Antrim,  traveling  represent­
ative  for  the  Alabastine  Co.,  has 
re­
turned  from a  five  months’ trip  through 
Montana,Idaho, Washington, Oregon,Cal­
ifornia, Arizona,  New Mexico, Nebraska, 
Colorado, Texas and Indian Territory and 
is looking remarkably well,  considering 
the length and  extent of  his  jaunt.  He 
expects soon to start out for a tour of the 
Southern  States.  Such  a  trip  is  not 
dreaded by Mr. Antrim,  as  he  claims  to 
have a recipe for  withstanding  the heat, 
rendering a visit  to  the  Southern States 
in  summer  about  as  comfortable  as  a 
trip through the Northern portion of  the 
country.

At the meeting of  the  Kansas  Travel­
ing  Men’s  Association,  held  at  Emporia 
May 23, Joseph  Waters  of  Topeka,  who 
delivered  the  annual  address,  bitterly 
denounced  Congressman  Otis,  who  re­
cently spoke of  traveling  men  as “com­
mercial  tramps.”  His  speech  was  en­
thusiastically  applauded,  and  his  refer­
ence to Otis will be printed as a campaign 
document  if  the  People’s  party  should 
renominate him.  He said:  “A  milkman 
by  the  name  of  Otis  misrepresents  my 
district in the  National  House.  He is  a 
slanderer  on  the  capital,  on  its  institu­
tions of  learning,  its churches,  its  news­
papers,  its  people,  its  intelligence,  and 
its good sense.  Cows, cream,calamity and 
currency he spells  with a “ k”.  He  is  a 
stigma  on  the  alphabet  and  a  reproach 
to words of one syllable.  He was fifteen 
years on a milk  run,  and  he  gathered in 
all that time no more knowledge than his 
milk did  cream.  Although  the  proprie­
tor  of a  dairy  of  four  cows,  one  stub­
tailed  heifer,  a tin  pail  and a  soap  box, 
he was  always considered the  hired man 
of  the outfit and never once the  proprie­
tor.  A man of  curds and  whey, he com­
menced bis career in Congress  with  bills 
for the expenditure of  billions  of  public 
money  and  which  would  make  a  paper 
dollar cheaper than one of  his milk tick­
ets limited to a call for one pint of bonny 
clabber.  His  mental  vision  is  so  abso­
lutely  horizontal  that  he  has  to  get  on 
the fence to see the sun rise.  He has the 
narrow  tread  of  a  wheelbarrow.  God 
Almighty  could  not  set  his  eyes  any 
closer together without placing the bridge 
of his nose on his under lip.  From milk 
to millions;  from butter to billions;  from 
milking  heifers  to  stripping  the  treas­
ury dry.  He came to the  front when the 
Alliance  people  in  their  blind  staggers 
betook themselves to a revolution in poli­
tics.  When  the  volcanoes  of  calamity 
commenced to  smoke and throw up lava, 
among the debris,  scoria  and  slag  vom­
ited  up,  this  man  landed  in  Congress; 
and as he came  down  with a thud  in  his 
seat,  “Hist,  Brindle,” came involuntarily 
from his lips.  The  disgrace of  bis pres­
ence there as  our  Representative is eter­
nal. 
If  the earth were one rounded ball 
of soap,  the deluge of  Noah’s flood  upon 
it could  not wash  it out.  We  have  had 
men  in  this  district  to  represent  us  in 
Congress who had a fair average  amount 
of  cineritious  ganglia  and  the  descent 
from  brain  to  funeral  trappings,  crape 
adornments,  and  calamity  emblems  of 
mourning which now accentuate the void 
of  our  empty  chairs  in  Congress  is  as 
steep,  as  precipitous  as  the  road  that 
drops from high Olympus down sheer in­
to sheol.”

TEMPERANCE  DRINK
\   ("is  a  fam ily affair—a  requisite 
of  th e  hom e.  A  25  cent 
p ack ag e m akes 5  g a llo n s ol 
a   delicious,  strengthening, 
effervescent beverage.
l D o n ’t   b e  d e c e iv e d   i f  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.  No im ita tio n  Isas good 
a s  th e  g e n u in e  H i k e s ’.

Don’t  Buy

YOUR  SPRING  LINES  OF

P icking s

in e w   C r o p

JAPANS

It  w ill  l»e  a  p rivilege  to   supply 

you  w ith   sam ples.

WESTERN  DEPARTMENT:

& M il Tackle

Chase  &   Sanborn,

BOSTON.

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

30  &  32  S.  Water  Street,

EATON,  LYON  &  CO.,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

GHÄ8. 1 GOYE,

MANUFACTURER OF

C h i c a g o .

T  

1 8 9 2

Horse and Wagon Covers

JOBBERS OF

Hammocks  and Cotton  Ducks

SEND FO R  P R IC E   LIST.

11  Pearl  SI.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

MICHIGAN

Fire k Mann Insurance Go.
Fair  Contracts,

O rganized  1881.

Eptable  Rates,

Prompt  Settlements.

The  Directors  of  the  “ Michigan”  are 

representative business men of 

our own State.
D.  WHITNEY,  JR.,  Pres.

EUGENE  HARBECK,  Sec’y.

m
The most delicate  Japan teas are  harvested in 
May, known as “first  picking,” which are a lux­
ury.  We will  continue the old  price  as  an  in­
ducement  to  further  introduce  the  perfection 
of our new

Bee Hive Teas

The  situation will  save  you 10 cents a pound. 

Read the message:

N e w   Y o r k , June 6,1892.

J. P  Visner, Grand Rapids:
Have closed  out all old  crop Bee Hive Japans. 
Will  fill  orders  you  take  with  our  new  teas, 
which will arrive in about three weeks.

For Information in  regard to  above, call on or 

E.  J.  GILLIES  &  CO.

address

WESTERN  MICHIGAN  REPRESENTATIVE,

J.  P.  VISNER,

167 No. Ionia Street,
GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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H E   GO T  T H E B E   F IR S T .

H o w  a  C re d ito r S u c c e e d e d   in   E ffecting: 

a   P r io r  A tta c h m e n t.

them  on 

to  carry 

F ro m  th e  B o sto n  H e rald .
Four  creditors  started from  Boston in 
the same train for the purpose of  attach­
ing the  property of  a debtor in Farming- 
ton, Me.  He owed  each one  separately, 
and  they  were  suspicious of  the  object 
of the others, but did  not breathe a word 
about  it.  So  they  rode,  acquaintances 
all, talking upon  everything  except that 
which  they had  most  at  heart.  When 
they arrived at the station at Farmington, 
which was three  miles from the  debtor’s 
place  of  business,  they  found  no  con­
veyance 
to  their 
destination  but  a  solitary  cab,  toward 
which  they  all  rushed.  Three  got  in 
and  refused  admittance  to  the  fourth, 
and the cab  started.  The  fourth, not to 
be  left,  ran  after the  cab,  and  induced 
the driver to let him  ride on the outside. 
He at once decided upon a plan of action 
which  he  believed  promised  not  only 
success,  but revenge as well.
He  asked  the  driver if  he would  not 
sell  his  horse.  The driver  said  he  did 
not want to sell—that  the  horse was not 
worth  more  than  $50,  but he would  not 
sell  him  for  that.  He  then  asked  the 
driver if he would  not take $100 for him. 
The driver said he would.  The  “fourth” 
man  quickly paid  over the  money,  took 
the  reins  and  backed  the  cab  up  to  a 
bank,  slipped  it  from  the  harness,  and 
tipped  it  up so that  the  door could  not 
be readily opened.
He then  jumped upon the horse’s back 
and  started  off  “lickety  switch,” while 
the  “insiders”  were  gazing  helplessly 
out of  the  cab  window.  He  rode  to  a 
lawyer’s, got a writ made out and served, 
and his debt secured,  and got back to the 
hotel  just as his  late companions,  whom 
he  had  discomfited, came np puffing  and 
blowing.
The  cabman  then  bought  back  his 
horse  for $50,  which  amount the  beaten 
creditors  offered to pay if  the successful 
one would  agree  not to tell  the  story in 
Boston. 
It is not  certain that their offer 
was accepted.

S h o r t W e s te rn  C re d its .

F rom  th e  D ry G oods E con o m ist.
A  merchant  who has  just taken a tour 
through the West suggests that the retail 
merchants of the Atlantic seaboard might 
well  learn a lesson  from  their  Western 
contemporaries in  the  matter of  credits. 
The  leading  merchants  in Western  cen­
ters, particularly in  Chicago, are prompt 
to  abruptness in dealing with  bills. 
In 
that part of  the  country they are  not so 
tied  up  by traditions  of  courtesy  as  in 
the  older  stores  at  the  East  with  their 
long-time, and  often  hereditary  families 
of customers,  and  hence are able to keep 
their accounts on  what is pretty nearly a 
cash basis. 
In the East a retail merchant 
often  fears to offend  his  debtor,  but the 
brisk Western house  is  apt  to  give such 
an one very short  shrift.
The  practice is to serve  notice  at  the 
beginning of  each month  that the bill  is 
If this hint is not enough, the floor­
due. 
walkers,  after  five  days, enter  in  their 
books  a  significant  mark  against  the 
offender’s  name. 
If  the customer  buys 
anything further  she  is  escorted  to  the 
office  and  there  has  the  situation  very 
courteously,  but  very frankly, explained 
to her. 
If she still objects to this prompt 
system,  her  name  is  posted  where  the 
help  leave their  apparel, that  they may 
understand that she is no longer a charge 
customer.
This  system  is  carried  out  fearlessly 
in some of the largest houses in Chicago, 
and in other Western cities,  and is found 
to work  admirably.  Very few  bills  are 
allowed  to  run,  and  customers  get  the 
benefit  of  the  rule in closer  prices  than 
would  be  possible  under  any  system of 
long  and  sometimes  doubtful  credits. 
There  are  advantages,  surely, in  a  new 
order of things which enables a merchant 
to  avoid  the  meshes of  social  red  tape 
and  the fetters of tradition.

A  S u r e   S ig n .

you?

First Man—You are  a  politician, ain’t 
Second Man—Yes.  How did you know? 
First Man—By your breath.

THh!  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN
Dry Goods Price Current.
BUY  THE  PENINSULAR

UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.

Once and You aie our Customer 

for life.

STANTON, MOREY & C0„ Mtrs.

D ET R O IT, M ICH.

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

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

M I m  Corset  Co.’s

THE

MODEL
(Trade Mark.)
FORM.

Greatest  Seller  on  Earth!

Dr.

FRENCH

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FOB  SALE  BY  ALL

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Adriatic  ...................7
Argyle  ....................  6
Atlanta AA............. 6
Atlantic A ...............  634
H .................6#
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D ...............  6
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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%
Chapman cheese cl.  334
Clifton  C R ............... 5)4
Comet.......................6)4
Dwight Star.............  654
Clifton CCC............  6)4

Arrow Brand  5>4 
“  W orldwide..  6)4
“  LL................... 434
Full Yard Wide.......634
Georgia  A...............   6)4
Honest Width..........  6)4
Hartford A ..............5
Indian Head............  7
King A  A................... 6)4
King E C ...................  5
Lawrence  L L ........   5)4
Madras cheese cloth 634
Newmarket  G.........534
B  ........5
N .........  634
DD  ...  5)4
X ........ 634
Noibe R ....................  5
Our Level  Best.......6)4
Oxford  R .................  6
Pequot......................  7
Solar.........................   634
Top of the  Heap__ 7
Geo. W ashington...  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 Falls...............  6)4
Blackstone A A.......  7)4
Hope......................... 7)4
Beats A ll..................  4)4
Just  Out.......  434@ 5
Boston......................12
King  Phillip............734
Cabot........................ 7
OP.......7)4
Cabot,  %.................. 634
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 W est.. .12
Empire.....................   7
Rosalind...................7)4
Farwell.................... 7)4
Sunlight...................   4)4
Fruit of the  Loom.  8)4
Utica  Mills..............8)4
Fitchvllle  .............. 7
“  Nonpareil  ..10
First Prize...............7
Vlnyard....................  8)4
Fruit of the Loom X.  7)4
White Horse............  6
Falrm ount...... .........4)4
“  Rock..........   .  8)4
Full Value...............634
Cabot........................7  I Dwight Anchor.........8)4
Farw ell.................... 8  I
Trem ontN...............  5)4 Middlesex No.  1.
2.
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CORSET  JEANS.

Peerless, white. — 17)4 ¡Integrity colored.
Integrity.................. 18)41 
Hamilton..................8
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G G  Cashmere........ 20
N am eless................16
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Hamilton N — ....  7)4 Middlesex A A....... .11
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W onderful..............84 50
Corallne.......................89 50
Brighton....................4 75
Schilling’s .....................9 00
Bortree’s .................. 9 00
Davis  W aists.......  9 00
Abdominal.............15  00
Grand  Rapids.........4  50
N aumkeag satteen..  7
Armory.................... 634
Rockport.................... 6)4
Androscoggin..........7)4
Conestoga.................. 634
Blddefora...............   6
Brunswick...............6)4
iW alworth..................634
Allen turkey  reds..  5)41 Berwick fancies—   5)4
robes............  5)4 Clyde  Robes............
pink * purple 6)4 Charter Oak fancies  4)4
Duffs............  6  DelMarine cashm’s.  6
pink  checks.  5)41 
mourn’g  6
stap les........   5)4 i Eddy stone  fancy...  5)4
shirtings ...  4 
chocolat  5)4 
rober  ...  5)4 
sateens..  5)4 
Hamilton fancy.....  5)4 
stap le....  5)4 
Manchester  fancy..  5)4 
new era.  5)4 
Merrimack D fancy.  5)4 
Merrlm’ck shirtings.  4)4 
Repp furn .  8)4
Pacific  fancy...........5)4
robes.............  6)4
Portsmouth robes...  5)4 
Simpson mourning..  5)4
greys.........i k
solid black.  5)4 
Washington Indigo.  534 
“  Turkey robes..  7)4
“  India robes___ 7)4
“  plain T k y  X 34  8)4 
“ 
“  X...10
“  Ottoman  Tur­
key red ..................  6
Martha Washington
Tnrkeyred 34.........7)4
Martha Washington
Turkey red...........   9)4
Rlverpolntrobes....  5
Windsor fancy........   6)4
Indigo  bine...........10)4
Harmony.....................4)4
AC  A ........................12)4
Pemberton AAA__ 16
York..........................10)4
Swift River.............   7)4
Pearl  River............. 12
W arren..................... 13

American  fancy....  5)4 
American Indigo—   5)4 
American shirtings.  4 
Argentine  Grays...  6 
Anchor Shirtings...  4 
....  6)4
Arnold 
Arnold  Merino.......6
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 bine,  green 
red and  orange...  5)4
Berlin solids............  5)4
oil bine........6)4
“ 
“  green  —   61 
Foulards ....  51
red <4.............7
“ 
“  “  X.........   »!
“ 
“  4 4...........10
» 
»  34XXXX 12
Cocheco fancy........   6
“  madders...  6
“  XXtw ills..  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............18
Atlanta,  D ...............  634|Stark  A
Boot..........................   634 No  Name....
Clifton, K .................  634lTopof  Heap
Simpson................... 20
.................. 18
...................16

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

Coecheo...................10)4,

gold  ticket

COTTON  DRILL.

TICKINGS.

SATINES.

“  
“ 

" 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 

Amoskeag............... 12)4
9 oz.......13)4
brown .18
Andover.................. 11)4
Beaver Creek  AA... 10 
B B ...  9
“ 
CC....
“ 
Boston Mfg Co.  b r..  7 
“ 
blue  8)4
“  d a  twist  10)4 
Columbian XXX  br.10 
XXX  bl.19
“ 

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“ 

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

“ 
“ 
“ 

GINGHAMS.

“ 

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

Persian dress  8)4 
Canton ..  8)4
AFC.........10)4
Teazle.. .10)4 
Angola. .10)4 
Persian..  8)4 
Arlington staple—   6)4
Arasapha  fancy__ 434
Bates Warwick dres  8)4 
staples.  6)4
Centennial..............  10)4
C riterion.................10H
Cumberland staple.  5)4
Cumberland.............5
Essex.......................... 4)4
Elfin..........................  7)4
Everett classics.......8)4
Exposition.................7)4
Glenarie...................  6)4
Glenarven..................634
Glen wood...................7)4
Hampton.....................6)4
Johnson Ghalon cl 
)4 
Indigo bine  9)4 
zephyrs__16

“ 
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Lancaster,  staple...  7
fancies__ 7
“ 
“  Normandie  8

Lancashire..............   6)4
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
Toll  duN ord..........10)4
W abash......................7)4
seersucker..  734
Warwick.................  8)4
Whlttenden............. 634
heather dr.  8 
Indigo blue 9 
Wamsutta staples...  634
Westbrook............... 8
...............10
Wlndermeer............ 5
York............................634

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“ 

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GRAIN  BAGS.

Amoskeag.............   .16)4|Valley City.............. 15
Stark........................  19  Georgia.....................15
American.................15341 Pacific  .......................13

THREADS.

Clark’s Mile End.... 45  I Barbour's..................88
Coats’, J. & P ..........45  Marshall’s ................. 88
Holyoke................. ..22)4!

No.

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

KNITTING  COTTON.

White.  Colored. 

No.  14..........37 
16..........38 
“ 
“  
18..........89 
“ 
20..........40 

White.  Colored.
42
43
44
45

38
39
40
41
CAMBRICS.

..18
..19

Slater.........; .............  4)4
White Star..............  43*
Kid Glove  .................4)4
Newmarket..............  4>4

Edwards.................  43«
Lockwood..................4)4
Wood’s ....................  4)4
B runsw ick................4)4

BED  FLANNEL.

Firem an...................32)4
Creedmore...............27)4
Talbot XXX............30
Nameless.................27)4

T W .......................... 22)4
F T ............................82)4
J R F , XXX.............35
Buckeye.................. 32)4

MIXED  FLANNEL.

DO MET  FLANNEL.

Red & Bine,  plaid..40
Union R ....................22)4
W indsor....................18)4
6 oz W estern.... — 20 
Union  B ................... 22)4
Nameless.......8  @  9V4| 
.......8)4@10  I 

“ 

Grey S R  W ..............17)4
Western W ........... 18)4
D R P ............. ..........18)4
Flushing XXX.........23)4
Manitoba..................23)4
@10)4 
12)4
Black. 

“
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CANVASS  AND  PADDING.
Slate. Brown. Black. Slate. Broi
13
9)4
9)4
15
10)4
10)4
17
11)4
11)4
20
12)4
12)4
Severen, 8oz...........   9)4
May land, 8oz.......... 10)4
Greenwood, 7)4 oz..  9)4 
Greenwood, 8 oz— 11)4 
Boston, 8 oz............. 10)4

13 
15 
17 20
West  Point, 8 oz— 10)4 
10 oz  ...12)4
“ 
Raven, lOoz..............13)4
Stark 
..............13)4
Boston, 10 oz.............12)4

9)4 13
10)4 15
11)4 17
12)4 20
DUCKS,

“ 

WADDINGS.

White, dos............... 25  IPer bale, 40 d o t... .67 50
Colored,  doz............20 
Slater, Iron Cross...  8

j81LEBIA8.

“ Red Cross....  9
“  
“ 

Best...............10)4
Best AA 
12)4
L ................................ 7)4
G ................................ 8)4
CortlceUl, doz..........75  Corttcelll  knitting,

SEWING  SILK.

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

-.12  “ 8 
.1 2   I  “  10 

tw ist,doz..37)4  per )4oz  ball........ 30
50 yd, doz..37 )4l
HOOKS AND  EYES— PER GROSS.
“ 
“ 

No  1 Bl’k & White..l0  INo  4 Bl’k A Whlte..l5 
“ 2 
..20
“ 
-.25
3 
No 2-20, M C ..........50  INo 4—15  F   3)4......... 40
‘  3—18, S C ........... 45 
No  2 White £  Bl’k.,12  INo  8 White & Bl’k.,20 
.23
« 
..26
“ 
.38
NO 2.

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

PINS.

“ 
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4 
6 

|

NEEDLES—PER   M.

A. Jam es.................. 1  401 Steamboat.................  40
Crowely’s..................1  35 Gold  Eyed................1  60
Marshall’s ...............1 00|
5—4__2 25  6—4. ..8 25|5—4....1  95  6—4. ..2 96

TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.
“ 

...3  10|
COTTON TWINES.

“ ....2  10 

Cotton Sail Twine. .28
C row n......................12
D om estic................ 18)4
A nchor....................16
B ristol.....................13
Cherry  Valley.........15
I X L .........................18)4
Alabama...................  63k
Alamance.................  6)4
A ugusta.....................7)4
Ar> sapha.................   6
Georgia.......................6)4
G ran ite....................  5 34
Haw  R iver..............5
Haw  J ...................... 6

N ashua............... — 18
Rising Star 4-ply— 17 
3-ply....17
North  Star................20
Wool Standard 4 ply 17)4 
P ow hattan.............. 18

Mount  Pleasant..
Oneida...................
P rym ont..............
Randelman..........
Riverside.............
Sibley  A ...............
Toledo...................

.  6)4
.  5
-  534
.  6
.  5)4
..  6)4

PLAID  OBNAB1JBG8

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,
Hardware Price Current.

HAMMERS.

7

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

60
Snell's................................................................. 
Cook’s ................................................................  
40
Jennings’, genuine..........................................  
25
Jennings’,  Im itation...................................... 50410

AUGURS AND BITS. 

ASKS.

‘ 
‘ 

First Quality, S. B. Bronze............................ 6 7 50
D.  B. Bronze..................................  12 00
S. B. S. Steel..............................   8  50
D. B. Steel..................................  13 50
Railroad...........................................................1 14 00
Garden......................................................  net  30 00

BARROWS. 

BOLTS. 

dis.
Stove...................................................................50410
Carriage new list............................................. 75410
Plow................................... 
40410
Sleigh shoe........................................................ 
70

dlS.

BUCKETS.

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

BUTTS, CAST. 

dlS.
Cast Loose Pin. figured....................................704
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint................60410
Wrought Loose Pin...........................................60410
Wrought  Table................................................. 60410
Wrought Inside Blind......................................60410
Wrought Brass................................................. 
75
Blind,  Clark’s ...................................................70410
Blind,  Parker’s .....................  
70410
Blind, Shepard’s .............................................. 
70
BLOCKS.

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

60

Grain...................................................................... dis. 50402

CRADLES.

CROW BARS.

Cast Steel................................................. per*) 
Ely’s 1-10.......................................  
perm  65
Hick’s  C. P ........................................................... 
“ 60
“ 35
G. D .......................................................................  
M usket..................................................................  11 60

5

 

CARTRIDGES.

chisels. 

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

50
25

Socket F irm er..................................................  70410
Socket Framing................................................70410
Socket Comer...................................................70410
Socket Slicks................................................... 70410
Butchers’ Tanged Firm er............................... 
40

Curry,  Lawrence’s ..........................................  
40
H otchkiss.........................................................  
25
White CrayonB, per  gross............... 12©12i4 dis. 10

combs. 

CHALK.
COFFER.

dis.

dis.

“ 

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

drills. 

 

dis.
 

28
26
23
23
25
50
50
50

DRIPPING PANS.

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

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
Com. 4  piece, 6 in ...............................do*, net 
Corrugated.............................................................dis 40
“ 
Adjustable.............................................................dis. 40410
“ 

elbows.

07
6K

75

 

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

dlS.

Clark’s, small, 118; large, 126.........................  
Ives’, 1,118;  2,124; *3, fee............................... 

files—New List. 

dis.
Dlsston’s ............................................................60410
60410
New  American......................... 
Nicholson’s .......................................................60410
Heller’s ..............................................................  
so
Heller’s Horse Rasps....................................... 
50

 

SO
25

GALVANIZED IRON.

12 

13 

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

14 
GAUGES. 

Discount, 60

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

15 

28
17

50

d is .

dlS.

dlS.

“ 
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“ 
“ 
“ 

HINGES.

l e v e l s . 

HANGERS. 

dis.
dis.

WIRE GOODS. 

MATTOCKS.

LOCKS—DOOR. 

HOLLOW WARE.

k n o b s—New List. 

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

25
Maydole  4  Co.’s .........................................dis. 
Kip’s ............................................................. dis. 
25
Yerkes 4  Plumb’s ................................................ dis. 40410
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel........................... 30c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel. H and__ 30c 40410
Gate, Clark’s, 1 ,2 ,3 ................................. dls.60410
State............................................... per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12 In. 4V4  14  and
3V4
longer............................................................. 
Screw Hook and  Bye, %..........................net 
10
854
%.................. ........net 
“ 
754
X ..........................net 
“ 
“ 
X ..........................net 
754
Strap and T ................................................ dis. 
50
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track__ 50410
Champion,  anti friction................................  60410
Kidder, wood tra c k ........................................  
40
Pots......................................................................60410
Kettles.................................................................60410
Spiders  .............................................................. 60410
Gray enameled.................................................40410
Stamped  TlnW are..................................new list 70
Japanned Tin W are........................................  
25
Granite Iron W are....................... new list 33)4410
Bright........................................................... 70410410
Screw  Eyes................................................. 70410410
Hook’s ..........................................................70410416
Gate Hooks and Eyes........................ 
70410410
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s ...................... 
70
Door, mineral, jap. trim m ings...................... 
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings................... 
55
55
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings...............  
Door,  porcelain, trimmings........................... 
55
70
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain....................  
Russell 4  Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list  ..........  
55
55
Mallory, Wheeler  4   Co.’s ..............................  
Branford’s ........................................................ 
55
Norwalk’s ........................................................ 
55
Adze Bye..............................................816.00, dis. 60
Hunt Bye............................................. 115.00, dis. 60
Hunt’s ..........................................118.50, dis. 20410.
50
Sperry 4  Co.’s, Post,  handled........................ 
40
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ....................................... 
“  P. S. 4  W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleable*__  
40
"  Landers,  Ferry 4  Clp rk’s ................... 
40
30
......................................... 
“  Enterprise 
Stebbin’s Pattern............................................ 60410
Stebbin’s Genuine...........................................66410
Enterprise, self-measuring............................. 
25
Steel nails, base...................................................1  80
Wire nails, base...................................................1  85
Steel.  Wire.
60...............................................  
Base
  Base 
10
Base 
50........  
40..........................................................  
25
05 
25
10 
30..........................................................  
35
15 
20.......................................................... 
16..........................................................  
45
15 
12................................................  
45
  15 
10 ...........................................................  20 
50
8 .............................................................  25 
60
7 4 6 .......................................................  40 
75
4................................ 
90
60 
1 20
3...............................................................1 00 
1 60
2...............................................................1 50 
160
Fine 3.....................................................150 
65
Case  10..................................................  60 
8 .................................................  75 
75
6......... 
90
90 
Finish 10...............................................   85 
75
8.................................................1  00 
90
6................................................1  15 
1 10
70
Clinch; 10...............................................  85 
8............................................... 1  00 
80
6................................................1  15 
90
Barren %............................................... 175 
175
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fan cy ...................................   ©40
Sclota Bench....................................................   ©60
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fancy...........................   ©40
Bench, first quality..........................................  ©60
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood............  410
Fry,  Acme.................................................dls.60—10
Common,  polished................................... dis. 
70
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 

Advance over base: 

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

MAULS. 
mills. 

MOLASSES GATES. 

FLANKS. 

RIVETS. 

dlS.
dis.

N A II.S

FANS.

dlB.

dlS.

dig.

Bioken packs He per pound extra.

 

 

 

 

ROPES.

9yt

SHEET IRON.

SQUARES. 

Com.  Smooth.

Sisal, V4 Inch and la rg e r................................ 
M anilla..............................................................  13
dis.
Steel and Iron................................................... 
Try and Bevels...............................................  
M itre.................................................................. 

75
60
ao
Com. 
62 95 
3 05 
3 05 
3  15 
3 25 
„
3 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 acct. 19, ’86..........................................dis.
Silver Lake, White A .................................liBt 
Drab A ....................................  « 
White  B .................................   “ 
Drab B.....................................  “ 
White C....................................« 

50
50
55
50
55
35

SAND PAPER.

SASH CORD.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Discount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

dis.

diS.

Hand 

saws. 

WIRE. 

TRAPS. 

__________ 

Solid Eyes.................................................per ton 625
_
“ 
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........................................................60410
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ........  
35
Oneida Community, Hawley a Norton’s . .  . 
70
Mouse,  choker.......................................18c per do*
Mouse, delusion.................................t i .50 per doz.
dis.
Bright Market................................................... 
65
Annealed Market............................................ ’70—10
Coppered M arket.............................................   60
Tinned M arket................................................    62>S
Coppered  Spring  Steel..........................                 50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized............................  300
painted..................................  a  55
Au  Sable......................................................dis.  40
Putnam ...................................................... 
Northwestern...................................  
dis. 10410
Baxter’s  Adjustable, nickeled...................... 
30
Coe’s  G enuine................................................. 
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,............ 
75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable.................................. 75410
Bird Cages.........................  
50
Pumps, Cistern....................... 
*5
Screws, New L ist..............................................70410
Casters, Bed a  d Plate.............................50410410
Dampers, American......................................... 
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods.......65410

MISCELLANEOUS. 

HORSE NAILS.

wrenches. 

dis.

dig

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METALS.

PIG TIN.

BOLDER

Pig  Large.........................................................  
Pig Bars........................................... *.............. 
Duty:  Sheet, 2%c per pound.
080 pound  casks............................................... 
Per  pound......................................................... 

ZINC.

age
28c

6X
7

........................................................................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.
ANTIMONY
Cookson............................................per  pound
Hallett’s .......................................... 
TIN—MSLYM GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal............................................g 7  so
14x20 IC, 
7  50
10x14 IX, 
9  2«
9 25
14x20 IX, 

Bach additional X on this grade, 11.75.

13

 
 
 

 
 
 

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TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE.
“ 
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“ 

 
 
 

 

10xl4IC,  Charcoal..........................................I  6  75
6  75
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
8  25
14x20 IX, 
9  26

Bach additional X on this grade 11.50.

 
 

 

ROOFING PLATES

“ 
“ 
“ 
,  “ 
“ 

**  Worcester..................................   6 50
14x20 IC, 
“ 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
“ 
“  Allaway  Grade..................  
14x20 IC, 
14x20 IX,  *• 
“ 
20x28 IC, 
20x28 IX, 
“ 
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.
14x28  IX ..................................................................114 09
14x31  IX ...............................................................15
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, I
10
uxfintx  “ 

.............................  8  50
...........................   13  50
6 00
...................  750
...................   12  50
...................  15 50

ip er pound.  .. 

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•• 

dis. 06

T H E   F A V O R IT E   C H U R N .

The  Only Perfect  Barrel Chum  Made.

POINTS  OF  EXCELLENCE.

It is made of thoroughly seasoned material, 
it is finished smooth inside as well  as outside.
The iron ring head is strong and not liable to beak.
The bails are fastened to the iron ring,  where they need to be fastened.
It is simple in construction and convenient to operate.
No other churn is so nearly perfect  as  THE  FAVORITE.
Don’t buy a counterfeit. 

Write for Discount.

A  Long  Road.

F ro m  T h e E n g in ee r.

Of the many causes for failure in busi­
ness  none is more  common  than the  im­
patience  of  individuals.  The  average 
man,  coming to years of  discretion, after 
working  for a salary,  feels  able  to man­
age  for  himself,  and  embarks  in a ven­
ture of one kind or another with more or 
less  capital.  He is sanguine of  success, 
or  he  certainly would  not  risk  his time 
and money,  but it is seldom  that he real­
izes the  length of  the  journey before he 
can feel certain that he has an established 
connection.  Some  men  acknowledge  to 
themselves that  there  are such  things as 
bad debts, dull  seasons, and losses of [all 
sorts to be  faced, but  even these  men do 
not realize the time  that must  elapse be­
fore  a business  advertises  itself,  as  one 
may  say,  or  brings  in  money solely  by 
reason of its being well conducted.
Through  not  considering  how long  it 
takes to  make  a  business,  many get  dis­
couraged  and  sell  out  at a loss, or  fail 
wholly,  when, if  they had  been  satisfied 
with the day of  small things,  they might 
have lived to see them grow larger.  The 
hare  and  the  tortoise  of  Esop’s  fable 
exist  to-day  in  trade, and  the  business 
hare is  just as confident of  his ability to 
make  a trade  in  a  day  as  his  congener 
was  of  outstripping  the  hard-shell  con­
servative who went slower,  but got there 
first in the  sequel;  for it is not  so  much 
brilliancy  that is wanted as sturdy stick­
ing to trade  through  thick and  thin. 
It 
matters  not  what  calling, or  what  line 
men  take up in any one of  them,  certain 
qualities  must  be  manifested,  and  ordi­
nary business faculty will  succeed  with 
perseverance,  where  the  erratic, can’t- 
wait-man misses every time.
The  most  trying man  to  encounter in 
business is the  one who  never does what 
he  agrees  to,  and,  failing to keep  to  his 
promise, comes  forward  with an explan­
ation,  in  other  words  an  excuse.  The 
complications which  may arise  from  his 
default he never regards in the least,  the 
“explanation”  is the  main  thing;  and if 
this  is  plausible  he-  may  execute  the 
order when  he  pleases.  But  this  man, 
who  is  always  losing  his  work  by  de­
fault,  is the promptest of  creditors when 
he  has a bill  due.  Mark  the  swiftness 
with  which  he  presents it and  the perti­
nacity  with  which  he  insists  upon  im­
mediate discharge of  it.  “Stand and de­
liver” is his motto, but he never considers 
his  own  delinquencies.  We feel  that it 
would  be  only  just to procrastinators to 
make  them  wear  out a pair  of  shoes  in 
running  after $3, make  excuses  for  not 
paying  them,  and to make  them  feel un­
happy and  discouraged  generally.  Per­
haps,  after  such  an  experience,  they 
would mend  their ways.

Celluloid  was  discovered  in  1869  by 
Hyatt. 
It is prepared by directing a  jet 
of a mixture  of  5  parts  sulphuric  acid 
and 2 parts nitric acid upon  a roll of  un­
sized paper which  is  slowly unrolled by 
machinery to receive it. 
It then becomes 
pyroxyline,  a variety  of  nitro-cellulose. 
After washing,  the compound  is  ground 
with camphor until  thoroughly incorpor­
ated,  and then  dried  under  a  hydraulic 
press  between  bibulous  paper,  again 
ground and compressed  in  a  special ap­
paratus and heated to a certain  tempera­
ture,  when it becomes a translucent, hard 
and  elastic  substance,  capable  of  high 
polish.  When heated to  250  degrees  F. 
it  becomes  soft  and  malleable,  can  be 
drawn into very thin leaves, which being 
mixed  with  various  colored  substances, 
is made into a variety of  articles. 
It  is 
soluble in methyl alcohol,  amyl  acetate, 
a mixture  of  ether  and  alcohol,  either 
ethylic or niethylic,  in a solution of  zinc 
chloride,  in  twice  its  weight of  hydro­
chloric acid,  etc.

From  the  annual  report  of  the  Bell 
Telephone Company,  it appears  that the 
number  of  instruments  in  use  at  the 
close  of  the  year  1891  was  512,407—a 
large  increase  over  the  previous  year. 
The total earnings for  the year were 84,- 
375,290.  The  expenses were  81,505,872, 
leaving the  net  earnings  at  82,869,418. 
The extension of  the long-distance  tele­
phone system is rapidly progressing.

Use Tradesman  or  Superior  Coupons.

Referring to this constant flow of  Can­
adian emigrants  to  the  States,  a leading 
Canadian  journal says:  “Will  not some 
one  suggest  some  way in which  this de­
bilitating  drainage of  the  life  blood  of 
the Dominion can  be  checked?  So  long 
as  it  continues  the  development  of  an 
independent  and  consolidated  Canada is 
a  dream,  and  the  future of  Canada  re­
mains  shrouded  in  the  mists  of  uncer­
tainty and dread.”

It  would  thus  seem  that  force of  cir­
cumstances without  any  encouragement 
on the  part of  the  people of  the United 
States is driving the people of  Canada to 
seek  annexation,  but unless  the  British 
Government  voluntarily consents to such 
union  and  encourages it,  the  final  con­
summation,  if  indeed  it  occurs at  all,  is 
yet  many years  off, as  this  country cer­
tainly is  in no  condition  and  has no  de­
sire to  risk a war  with Great  Britain  for 
the possession of Canada.

B RA ZIL 

IN   A   TU RM OIL.

There has not  been a time  in  the  past 
two years when civil war has not  been in 
progress  in  some  portion  or  another  of 
Latin-America,  but  at  the  present  mo­
ment even that record has been surpassed 
by  the  fact  that  there  are  in progress 
two  full-fledged  revolutions.  .One  of 
these fratricidal  wars  is  being  waged in 
Venezuela  and  is  fast  nearing  a  crisis 
that must  determine  which  off  the  con­
tending parties will come of victor.  The 
other is in the southern portion of Brazil, 
in the province, or rather State, of Matto 
Grosso,  where  an  independent  govern­
ment has been declared.

It is to be  feared  that, encouraged  by 
the success of the rebels in Matto Grosso, 
the discontented  elements  in  other  por­
tions of  Brazil may attempt a similar re­
volt,  with  the  result  of  finally  dismem­
bering the most  extensive  and  populous 
State  in  South  America,  which,  under 
the  mild  rule  of  Dom  Pedro,  was  the 
most prosperous  and well-ordered of  all 
the Latin-American  countries.

T H E   A B U N D A N C E  O F   M ONEY.
The recent  exports of  gold  from  this 
country  to  Europe  have  not  failed  to 
create in some quarters  fears of  a finan­
cial  stringency 
later  in  the  summer, 
when money will  be  needed to move  the 
crops. 
It is true that the movement was 
not  heavy,  but  it  served to arouse  fears 
that it was  but the  beginning of  a more 
liberal movement later on.

Although  the  engagements of  bullion 
for  export  have not  entirely  ceased, re­
liable information  from  New York  indi­
cates that no serious fears are entertained 
there that  there will  be  this season  any 
considerable  drain  of  gold  from  this 
country to  Europe, because  all  the prin­
cipal  European  banks are  well  supplied 
and  money  generally  is  a  drug  on  the 
market across the Atlantic.

This  plentiful  supply  of  money 

in 
Europe is doubtless  due to the  conserva­
tism which has prevailed since the finan­
cial  panic of  year  before  last, in  which 
the Barings  failed.  That event forced a 
sort  of  general  liquidation,  which  pro­
cess not  being conducive to the  develop 
ment  of  new  enterprises,  money  has 
gradually  accumulated  at  the  financial 
centers.

foots up  in  round  numbers $63,648,000,-
000.

Sixty-three  thousand  millions  of  dol­
lars is the sum of all the taxable property 
in  the  union,  and  if  equally  divided 
among  the  sixty-three  millions  of  the 
Union’s  population  it  would  allow  one 
thousand  dollars  to  every  man,  woman 
and child.  But when we know that many 
hundreds of  individuals own property to 
the amount of  milnons  each,  and many 
thousands  own 
it  to  the  amount  of 
hundreds  of  thousands  each,  we  are 
brought to realize  how  many  there must 
be who do not own the regulation $1,000.
It is the dream of the socialists that all 
wealth shall  be  divided  equally or held 
in common for  the  equal  use of  all,  but 
it  is not  in  human  nature  to  maintain 
such a state of  equality. 
If  there is one 
truth  which  has  been  thoroughly estab­
lished by experience, it is that people are 
not  equal  in  anything  but  in  abstract 
rights. 
If  all  the  wealth  were  equally 
divided, not  a  month, not a week would 
elapse  before  there  would  be  rich  and 
poor people side by side just as there are 
now.  Some  have  the  gift  of  gathering 
and keeping;  others are equally gifted in 
scattering and spending.  Men may have 
a theoretical  right  to  be equal,  but  this 
right is never  realized  to any considera­
ble degree.

But some may  be  rich  in this world’s 
goods and others may have their treasure 
stored  in heaven.  Some  who have little 
may be contented and happy,  while some 
who  have  much  are  ever  hoping  and 
striving  for  what  they  have  not.  Per­
haps  each  gets  his  deserts,  although 
neither he nor  others  may  think so. 
It 
is only in the final account that it may be 
estimated bow rich a man is and of  what 
his  riches  consist.  Doubtless  there  is 
some wealth that  cannot  be measured in 
dollars.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

the Dominion to the States having recent-  wealth, so  that the  country is both  torn 
ly become so large that  public men there I with  political 
turmoil  and  financially 
have been compelled to seriously consider I ruined. 
It  is, therefore,  not  surprising
that a very unsettled state of  affairs pre­
this new phase of the problem.
vails,  and  that the  Government is not in 
a position to  handle with  firmness  even 
an insignificant rebellion.

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W EDNESDAY,  JU N E   *8,  1898.

T H E   FU T U R E   O F   C A N A D A . 

Despite  the  renewed  vigor  that has
been  infused into  the Canadian  Govern­
ment since the discovery of irregularities 
on the part of  some of  the leading oppo­
nents  of  the  ministry,  the  annexation 
agitation  has  not  altogether  died  out. 
The desire  for political  union with  this 
country  may be said  to  be as  strong  as 
ever among the  Canadians, but of  late it 
has commanded less of  public  attention, 
for  the reason  that it has  received little 
encouragement  from  the  United  States, 
while there is also  the ever  present  fear 
of  the interpretation the British Govern­
ment may see fit to  place upon the efforts 
of the friends of the movement.

Under  ordinary  circumstances  a  re­
volt in so  distant  portion  of  the Brazil­
ian Republic ought not to  prove a matter 
of very  serious  importance,  particularly 
as  the  country  is  cut off  from  the  sea­
board,  and  has  but  a  comparatively 
small  population.  Nevertheless,  it  ap­
pears,  according  to  recent  dispatches, 
that the  troops  that  the  Brazilian  Gov­
ernment has sent against  the  insurgents 
have  met  with a  disastrous  defeat,  and

The causes  which inaugurated  the an­
nexation  desire  some  years  ago  are,  if 
It  is  true  that,  notwithstanding  this 
anything,  stronger than ever.  The tariff 
reported  plethora of  money,  there was a 
laws of the United States bear even more 
serious bank failure in  London this week 
heavily upon  Canadian  trade  now  than 
the  effects  of  which  are  likely  to  be 
they  ever  did,  and  it  is  no secret  that 
serious  enough  within  certain  limits. 
neither  commerce  nor  agriculture  are
The failure of  the Oriental  Bank was in
flourishing in the dominion.  U n d ersu ch----------- -------■ ------------  
circumstances  it  is  not  surprising  that | have been  practically  driven  out of  the  no  sense  due to any abnormal  condition 
there should exist  serious discontent and I country.  The isolation of Matto Grosso,  of things prevailing in the general finan- 
a  steadily  growing  demand  that  there  while making it of small consequence,  at  cial  situation,  but was  the  direct  result 
should  be either commercial  or  political  the same time  makes it  difficult  for  the  of  the  recent  heavy  shrinkage  in  the 
union with this country. 
Government to reach the seat of  trouble,  value of  silver  with  the  consequent  de-

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I preciation in all Eastern exchange.

For some  time  past  negotiations  have  Another  consideration  which  makes 
been in progress between representatives  the rebellion of much  more  consequence 
The silver question is, in fact, the only 
of  this  country and  Canada  looking  to  than it should be under ordinary circum-  disquieting feature of  the  financial  posi- 
the establishing of  reciprocal  trade rela-  stances is the widespread  dissatisfaction  tion,  owing  to  the  steady  shrinkage
wh*ch prevails all over Brazil and  which  which has taken  place in consequence of 
tions, and  the  hope that  some  arrange­
renders many of  the  provinces  more  in-  the  decline  of  the  white  metal  in  the 
ment  would  be  arrived at has  kept  the 
clined to make common cause with Matto  purchasing power of countries possessing 
desire for annexation  in the background. 
I Grosso than  to  aid  the  Central  Govern-  a  silver  standard.  This  state of  things 
Since the resignation of  Mr.  Blaine from 
ment to  quell  the disturbance.  The ru-  warrants the  belief  that  something  will 
the office of  Secretary of  State these  ne­
inous administration of  affairs since  the | soon  have to be  done  either to accord  a 
gotiations have suddenly terminated,  and 
inauguration of the Republic has plunged | more  extensive  recognition  to  silver, or
unless  they are  soon  re-opened  the  an­
to  put  the  silver  countries  on  a  gold 
the  country  into  bankruptcy,  causing 
nexation agitation will doubtless be given 
basis.
widespread discontent  with  the existing 
new life.
The  prospect of  cheap  money  during 
state  of  things.  There  lingers, more­
the coming crop season  will assist greatly 
over, some  attachment to  the old  regime 
in  encouraging  industrial  and  business
among  the  people,  which  keeps  many
aloof from ail participation  in  public af-  development, as  the  fear  of  a  possible 
fairs> 
monetary  stringency  being  removed
The  most  enlightened  and  influential | there will  be  no occasion  for  ultra con- 

There  is  no  doubt  a  strong  national 
sentiment prevalent  among a large num­
ber of  people in Canada  which  may pre­
vent the political anion with this country 
desired by the  remainder for many years 
to  come,  particularly  as  this  country 
shows  no  peculiar  desire  to  encourage 
the  movement.  No  matter  how strong, 
however, the  national  sentiment may be 
The returns  of  the  total  aggregate of 
in  Canada,  no  one  can  be  blind  to  the 
all taxable property in  the United States 
fact that the Canadians are being rapidly
annexed  in  detail  to  this  country,  the I completely  unsuccessful  in  attempting I in 1890 has been made  up  by the Census 
number of  emigrants  from  all  parts  of I to  establish  a  well-ordered  common-1 Bureau.  This grand  showing of  wealth

men in Brazil have gradually  withdrawn 
from all connection with the Government, 
and have either  gone into  voluntary  ex­
ile or  retired to  private  life.  The  men 
who  have  assumed  control  have  been

T H E   P E O P L E ’S   W E A L T H .

servatism.

If there  is  one  feature, more than  an­
other,  in which Grand Rapids people can 
take a  commendable  degree  of -pride, it 
is  the  admirable  service  now  rendered 
the  public  by  the  Consolidated  Street 
Railway  Co.  Nothing could impress the 
tranger  and  casual  visitor  more  favor­
ably  than  the  regularity  and  rapidity 
with  which the  cars  now  run  on all  the 
lines in the city  and nothing tends  to the 
greater convenience of  the  general  pub­
lic.  While  the  municipality  was  very 
liberal in according the  company the use 
of the streets, the  latter is  certainly act­
ing with great fairness and generosity in 
according  excellent  facilities  and  a lib­
eral system of transfers.

The Kansas Undertakers’ Association’s 
articles of  agreement  bind the  members 
not  to  purchase  from  any wholesale es­
tablishment  which  sells  to  undertakers 
not  in  the  Association.  J.  M.  Knight 
attempted  to start an undertaking estab­
lishment  in  Topeka,  but  no  company 
would  sell  him  a  hearse.  He  brought 
suit against the Association for damages, 
and  was  awarded  $5,000.  The  United 
States  District  Attorney announces  that 
he  will  institute  proceedings to dissolve 
the Association.

T h e   D ry   G o o d s  M a r k e t.

Comforts—Prices  are  about  15  per 
cent,  lower than a year ago.  The Palmer 
Mills have  gotten  out  an  entirely  new 
line.

Yarns—Prices are  5% @ 6%  per cent, 

lower than last  season.

T H E   M ICHIG^JST  T R A D E S M A N ,

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THE  GROWTH  OF  CITIES.

The most striking and peculiar  fact in 
connection  with  the  movemeut of popu­
lation  and  the  development  of  civiliza­
tion to-day  is  the  extraordinary  growth 
of cities.

Such  urban  growth  is  always  attend­
ant upon a high  state of  material  devel­
opment  and  social  luxury. 
In  reading 
the history of  the nations which  have in 
successive ages dominated the world  and 
made up the chief passages of its annals, 
we find that the names of the great cities 
and the acts of  their  people so  monopo­
lize  attention  as  to  make  it  easy to  be­
lieve  that  those  cities  constituted 
the 
whole  of  the  nations  they  represented. 
Babylon,  Nineveh,  Jerusalem,  Athens, 
Rome, Constantinople, Venice, arejiames 
which stand  not  only  for  races,  peoples 
and nations,  but for  periods and  eras  in 
the  world’s  history;  yet  they  are  only 
the names of cities.

To-day  it  is  difficult  to  realize  that 
there was in the history of  the ages they 
represent  anything  outside  those  cities 
worth  attention.  We  are  almost  ready 
to believe in the glare of  those potential 
names that there  were  no  people in  the 
world  fit to  have  their  names  recorded 
who were not inhabitants of those mighty 
centers  of  population.  To-day,  also, 
London and Paris  seem to  stand  for the 
nations they  represent,  and  everywhere 
cities  are  looming  into  sudden  promi­
nence because  of  their  rapid  growth  in 
population.  Only a few decades  ago the 
United States was not remarkable  for its 
cities.  Now  they  are  becoming  notable 
features in the development of  the coun­
try.

When  we  come to consider the growth 
of  the  total  population  of  our  country 
as compared  with  that  of  the cities,  we 
find  that  the  cities  are gaining  inhabit­
ants  at  a  vastly  greater  rate.  For  in­
stance, New York City has  grown  in the 
last census  decade  at  the  rate of 27 per 
cent.,  while  the State of  New  York has 
gained population at the rate of 18.  For 
Chicago  it  is  118  to  24  for 
Illinois. 
Brooklyn  has  grown  faster  than  New 
York  City,  the  percentage  being  42 
to 
the State’s 18.  Baltimore  has  gained  31 
per  cent,  to  Maryland’s  11.  Cleveland 
has grown 63 to. 15 for Ohio, and  Buffalo 
65  to 18 for New  York State.  Minneap­
olis  has  gained  in  population  251  per 
cent,  to  67  for  Minnesota,  and  Omaha 
360 to Nebraska’s  67, while  Kansas  City 
gained 138 to Missouri’s 24.  The growth 
of  Southern  cities  has  not  been  so  dis­
tinctive.  New Orleans  did  not  keep  up 
with the  State, only  gaining 12 per cent, 
to  19  for  Louisiana.  San  Francisco  is 
also  another 
remarkable  comparative 
laggard,  for  although  the  city gained 28 
per cent, the State got  40.  Philadelphia 
barely kept up with Pennsylvania,  show­
ing 24  to  23.

Where  a  city  gains  people  so  much 
faster than does the  State,  it  shows that 
all  is  not  due  to  immigration,  but that 
the country people are leaving the farms 
and  flocking  to  the  cities,  which  is  al­
ways a bad  sign.  But  so  far  the  great­
est Increase of  urban population  is from 
the immigration of foreigners ;  the great 
majority of  these  people  stop in the cit­
ies,  so  that  in  some of  them  they make 
up the bulk of the population.

The crowding of  the people into  great 
cities  is  not  good  for  the  morals  of  a 
country.  A  great  center  of  population 
Is not  alone  a  seat of  wealth,  learning, 
refinement, of  Industry and  all  intellec­

tual  and  material  development. 
It  is  a 
great  festering  place  of  vice,  often  of 
j  disease and always of crime.  Here alone 
the depths of misery  aud  of poverty can 
i be sounded,  and so widespread and deep- 
rooted  are  moral  depravity  and  social 
degradation that  there is no wonder that 
some  of  the  foremost  philosophers  aud 
philanthropists  have  deplored  cities  as 
the plague spots of  civilization.  A New 
York clergyman, seeking  novel and  sen­
sational  sermons, recently  made a round 
of some of  the  gilded  abodes  of  vice  in 
the  American  metropolis,  and  detailed 
from  the  pulpit  and  through  the  press 
his  adventures  with  the  inhabitants  of 
such  resorts,  but  his  ill-considered  de­
scent into the infernal realms  of  human 
depravity  exposes  only  a  very  little  of 
the vast moral filth and corruption which 
are  to  be  found 
in  the  underworld  of 
every  great  city.  The  religionists  and 
self-styled  statesmen  who  are  unable to 
propose remedies for these terrible moral 
evils,  do  ill to uncover  them.  They are 
inseparable  from  the  gathering  of  vast 
masses  of  population  into  cities,  and 
their  extirpation  and  purification  are 
among  the  highest  problems  to  which 
statesmanship  and  real  virtue  and true 
piety could address themselves.

*

A  Successful  Feminine  Drummer.
Omaha  commercial  circles  enjoy  the 
distinction  of  having  among  their  num­
ber a feminine  drummer, one  of  the fair 
sex  who  is  a  member  of  the  guild,  not 
by courtesy,  not  by  the license of  news­
paper imagination,  but by  the right of  a 
service wrieh  is  identical  with  that im­
posed upon men.  She is not a peddler of 
novelties,  and doesn’t deal  with  her own 
sex.  She carries a staple line, deals with 
business  men  and  competes  with  male 
drummers.
The  lady  in  question  is  Miss  Marie 
Stocum,  who represents the Consolidated 
It 
Coffee  Co.,  of  Omaha,  on  the  road. 
may be well  to  anticipate doubters right 
here  by  stating  that  Miss  Stocum  has 
been  a  traveling  saleswoman  for  about 
four years and has been with her present 
house well onto two  years.  That  is the 
best possible evidence  that  her endeavor 
is  not  recent  and  is  not  an  experiment, 
but is backed by  energy and ability,  and 
has won her a success which entitles  her 
to recognition as a full-fledged veteran in 
the noble army of  drummers. 
Miss Stocum is  a  native of  Wisconsin, 
but removed with her family to Michigan 
at an early age,  and  her  parents now  re­
side at  Hartford.  She began her career 
on  the  road  in  1888,  traveling  out  of 
Chicago  for  Chapman  &  Smith  Co.  and 
selling extracts and baking powder.  She 
worked  the  Omaha  trade  for  that  firm. 
In September,  1890,  she joined the forces 
of  the  Consolidated  Coffee  Co.,  of  this 
city,  and has met with  excellent success. 
She has traveled all over the west,  but at 
present  her  territory  is  Western  Iowa, 
which enables  her  to  return  to  Omaha 
every Saturday.
Miss Stocum is only twenty-three years 
old and a  very  attractive  looking young 
lady.  Even a short  acquaintance shows 
that  her  physical  charms  are  supple­
mented with equally  attractive graces of 
In short,  Miss  Stocum  is an ex­
mind. 
ceptionally bright and charming girl.
While there are hardships  on the road, 
as all know who  have  tried that kind of 
work,  Miss  Stocum  confesses to a liking 
for  it.  She  is  independent,  the  trade 
treats  her  kindly,  aud  in  the  traveling 
man she has found  the  most chivalric of 
friends.  The Iowa State Traveling Men’s 
Association,  however,  refused  Miss Sto­
cum  a  membership  in that organization 
because  the  constitution  had  the  word 
“man,”  and not “woman.”

The  boy who  had  been  caught by his 
mother  in  the  act  of  stealing  sugar, 
pleaded  his case  thus:  “You  ought not 
to  whip  me  because  you  know  I  have 
been vaccinated from a hooking cow, and 
I’ve got it in my blood.”

S N I D E   SOAJF*

MAT  LOOK  ALL  RIGHT  ON  YOUR  SHELVES  BUT  YOG 
CANNOT  AFFORD  TO  SELL  POOR  SOAP.

BUFFALO 

SOAP

HAS  FOR  YEARS  HEADED  THE  LIST  AS  THE

BEST  LAUNDRY  SOAP  ON  EART)L

WE  ARE  SOLE  AGENTS,

I  M.  Clam Grocery Co.

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FOR C I U B K  U B  SMI INC

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—.— And His two courtiers are —»—

LION £5
KING!
0  D.  JAI/A  <>o  STANDARD  MARACAIBO.
HI$ T\0YALHIGHNESS  MFR.flffANTS  Should  place  all
three  in  their  stores, since  Lion is 
the leading  package  coffee  in  the 
market, while O. D. Java and Stan- 
"dard  Maracaibo  are  chief  of  the 
bulk  coffee  trade.  Lion  Coffee  is 
f  f 
j» a m m  composed of  Mocha, Java and Rio,
Li W |pl  w w i i n t w i t l i   a picture in each package, and 
valuable  premiums  are  given  to  customers  who  return  the 
trade marks cut from the wrappers.

Why not write your Jobber for Quotations or address

WOOLSON  SPICE  CO.,
Hieb  Grade  Coffees,

K O A S T E R S   O F

TOLEDO,  - 

-  OHIO.

L  WINTERNHX

RESIDENT  AGENT,

1 0 6   K e n t   S t . ,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MIOH.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,

10
BUSINESS  ENTERPRISE  VS.  HUST­

LING.

W ritten fo r The T t u n s i t « .

It is  common to  find nowadays in trade | 
journals  brisk,  stirring  articles  contain-; 
ing advice  as to the best methods of  car- | 
Tying  on  mercantile  business. 
In  most | 
of them emphasis is laid on what  men of j 
this  age  are  accustomed  to  call  push. I 
The ideal business man is represented to | 
be  not  only  affable  in  manner,  neat  in 
his habits,  thorough and prompt concern­
ing  all  small  details,  but,  above  every 
other  qualification,  he  must  have  the 
merit of  being a hustler.  There  always 
seems to  be a shade of  uncertainty as  to 
what  the  writer  means  by  hustler;  but 
the  idea  is  suggested  that  he  must  be 
wide-awake,  use  sensational  methods  of 
advertising,  know what is going on  else­
where  than  in  his  own  store,  and  that 
he  must  ever  and  always  push  sales 
away ahead of every competitor.  Sneer­
ing remarks are  thrown  out  in this  con-1 
nection  referring  to dealers who  are not 
moving  at  a  2.40  gait,  and  who  do  not 
keep the atmosphere  around  them at all 
times in a constant state of  perspiration.
This kind of  mental stimulant is quite 
refreshing  to  the  average  young  clerk, 
who, on a small  salary, is faithfully cul­
tivating a mustache and also hopes of fu­
ture  commercial  prosperity,  when  he, 
too,  will have a business of  his  own  and 
be able  to hustle to  some  purpose.  His 
Imagination  soars  to  a height  where  he 
can see the future unrolling itself in ever 
new and  enticing  forms, until  the  pres­
ent  dull  routine  of  buying  and  selling 
seems tame  and  unworthy  his  ambition. 
Thereupon  he  writes  his  name  on  the 
Scroll  of  Fame  as a  hustler  who  scorns 
plodding in any [well-beaten  commercial 
road.

This advice is, no doubt, well intended, 
and,  possibly,  may,  here and  there, spur 
some  laggard  in  the  proper  direction. 
But evidently this is not the age to which 
it  is  applicable. 
It  should  have  been 
given  to  our  great  grandfathers  a  hun­
dred years ago,  long before the world had 
waked  up  and  stretched  itself  for  the 
race that will only be finished when time 
shall cease to be  an  element  of  measure 
or  strength or  growth  to  mankind.  At 
that time the gospel of  push would  have 
been like good seed sown in good ground. 
To-day it is not needed,  for  the commer­
cial  pace  already  set  is  at  present  so 
fast that even the  lively  advice  referred 
to can scarcely  overtake it.

The need of our times is a break rather 
than a spur.  The tendency of this age is 
to  overproduction  and  overtrading,  and 
the  element  of  actual  equivalent  is  not 
always  considered.  The  inventions  of 
this  century  have 
increased  artificial 
wants faster than the ability of  the pub­
lic to procure them.  The  safe and care­
ful  dealer  is  becoming  oftener  the  ex­
ception  than  the  rule.  The  country  is 
filling up  with new  stores in every small 
hamlet,  which  divide  a  trade  already 
demoralized  for  both  buyer  and  seller. 
Thus trade has  been  drawn  from  larger 
towns, and this compels  new schemes  to 
secure large sales to make such increased 
ventures profitable.  With  smaller  mar­
gins  more  goods  have  to  be  forced  on 
consumers,  and new commercial products 
are every day  added to  the  dealer’s list, 
one favorite crowding out  another in be­
wildering succession,  until  dealers  have 
become almost free distributors of manu 
factured specialties.

I speak for a class of dealers who have

heretofore not been considered in the on­
ward  rush  for  sudden  wealth,  but  who 
are the salt of  each  community  wherein 
they do business,  and  whose standing on 
the ledger of wholesale trade is far ahead 
of  the  hustlers, as  they  average.  They 
have  behind  them  accumulated  results 
of years of  careful  business  experience, 
and,  also,  some feeling  of  responsibility 
to the public whose  interests  have  been 
served  equally  with  their  own.  They 
recognize the  fact  that  mutual  prosper­
ity is  based  on  the  uniform  working  of 
the natural  law  of  supply  and  demand. 
Feasts and  famines in trade products are 
no  more  desirable  than  the  same  ex- 
reemes  in  the  lives  and  homes  of  cus­
tomers.  They  honor  the  true axiom  of 
trade that no bargain is worthy the name 
unless  both  parties  thereto  are gainers. 
They therefore give thought  to the work 
of preparing  for a supply of  all  reason­
able as well as seasonable demands;  tak­
ing  care  that  quality  shall  be  a potent 
factor in  every  calculation,  with  prices 
fixed according to the golden  rule person­
ally applied to each  transaction.  At the 
same time they respect commercial ethics 
by keeping their Jines of  traffic as much 
as  possible  from  encroaching  on  other 
dealers,  in  the  spirit  of  the  maxim  to 
“live  and  let  live.”  This  one  point  is 
apt  to  be  forgotten  in  the  rivalries  of 
commerce,  like  manners  in  a  boarding 
house rush;  but  the practice of  courtesy 
need  never  detract  from  one’s  business 
enterprise,  and  is  what  constitutes  the 
difference  between  a  merchant  and  a 
fakir.

Most of  the business conducted in this 
country is done  by  houses  whose  meth­
ods are  based  on  the theory  that  quiet, 
persistent  effort  to  give  customers  the 
value of their money is the  golden chain 
that  binds  them  in  a  common interest, 
andjiot any  startling departure from the 
ordinary modes  to  attract  public  atten­
tion.  Some  advertise  largely in papers, 
especially  those  who  sell  by  retail;  but 
most have  a custom obtained by personal 
canvass,  and  maintained by fair and hon­
orable dealing.

The hustler of to-day is often a farmer 
who  has  found  his  calling  distasteful, 
and  with  speculative  instincts  has  es­
tablished  himself  in  business  with  no 
knowledge of  trade  further  than  to  un­
dercut  in  price  and  startle  by  loud  ad­
vertising.  He  succeeds  in demoralizing 
prices,  and  doing,  for  a  time, an  appar­
ently large  business.  Having a few  fa­
vorite  customers to whom he sells at job­
bing rates in  consideration of  their  per­
sonal  influence,  he  is  able  to  spy  out 
all  the  weak  points  of  his  competitors 
and  often  to  coax  away  customers. 
In 
many staples and partial  luxuries he has 
a  habit  of  dealing  only  at  occasional 
intervals, and  then  at  cost  prices,  just 
enough to call such trade  away  from bis 
competitor,  who  believes  the  public 
should be served all  the  time  with  such 
goods at fair prices,  if served at all.  He 
| catches  onto  all  the  gambling  schemes 
adopted  by certain  manufacturers to  in­
troduce  their  specialties  and  the  homes 
ot  his  customers  are in  time  filled with 
useless  bric-a-brac,  and  cans  of  baking 
powder bought at prices that would make 
j  a  Chatham  street  Hebrew  blush  to  the 
point of  his  aquiline nose.  Every other I 
device is made use of as fast as offered to 
force on  a  credulous  public  goods  that 
would  not  sell  on  their  own  merits. 
Schemes  of  all  kinds  to  boom  business 
I by  pyrotechnic  display  are  pushed  in

8m   th a t  th is  L abel  ap p ears 
on  ev ery   package,  as  It  is  a  
g u ara n te e   o f th e   g en u in e  a r ­
ticle.

FERMENTUM
COMPRESSED YEAST

THE  ONLY  RELIABLE

Sold  ii  this  market  tor  the  past  Fifteen  Yean.

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

L.  WINTERNITZ,

State  Agent,  Grand  R ais,  Hied.

Telephone 566.

106  Kent St.

See  th a t  th is  L abel  ap p ears 
on  every  package,  as  i t   is  a 
g u ara n te e   of 
th e   gen u in e 
article.

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

W .   T.  L A M O R E A U X   CO„

128.  130 and 132  W.  Bridge St., GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

For  Bakings  of  Hit  Kinds  Use

T7

e i s G l r n i a n n  
l   B o . ’s
Unriiraled Gompraed Yeast.

SUPPLIED

FISH DAILY

To Grocers Everywhere.

Special attention ii invited to our

YELLOW  LABEL
which is affixed  to  every  cake 
of our Yeast, and which serves 
Our Goods From worthless  Imitations.

TO  D IST IN G U ISH  

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

I I
“ JSot How  Cheap,  but  How  Good*99

rapid  succession.  The  result  is  he  has 
made  a noise  in  his  little  world,  sold  a 
great many  goods  at  a  very  little profit 
to  himself  or  '.he  public,  and  is  then 
anxious to  sell  out,  and  go where there 
is a larger sphere for the  exercise of  his 
peculiar talents.  The  village could well 
spare him were  it not  that  another  neo­
phyte  with  a swelled  head  would  take 
his  place,  and  pursue  a  similar  system 
with new  variations.

And  this  is  what  some  thoughtless 
people call enterprise!  What  the world 
wants to-day is less of  this class of  hust­
lers.  The centrifugal  force  that  moves 
the business world is at present sufficient 
to keep it spinning along  in its own  reg­
ular orbit.  We do not want more speed. 
Neither do we want a more  eccentric  or­
bit.  Let us rather attach the centripetal 
force of  wise experience, that it  may re­
volve in harmony with other commercial, 
social and moral planetary  systems,  and 
thus go ahead safely while no less surely, 
in the  boundless  future  of  our  national 
greatness. 

S. P.  W h it m a b s h .

The Sampler and  the Loafer.

A  grocer  of  twenty  years’ experience 
has made  the statement  that  his  annual 
losses,  through the giving away of candy 
and  nuts  to  children,  and  the sampling 
of dried fruits, crackers, cheese, etc.,  by 
customers,  run up into  hundreds of  dol­
lars.  The  general  merchant  constantly 
suffers through “sampling,” for  his  cus­
tomers want a piece  off  of  every bolt  of 
calico and dress goods in  stock.
A  dry  goods  merchant, of  New  York 
City,  wondered  whether one person  in  a 
thousand  who  asks  for  a  sample  of  a 
piece  of  dry  goods  ever  stops  to  think 
what it costs the merchants of this coun­
try a year to satisfactorily respond to the 
simple  request,  and  so  great  was  his 
wonder that he started out to investigate. 
He  had  a  talk  with  the  managers of  a 
dozen  or  more  big houses  not long  ago, 
and  among  other  things  discussed  was 
that of giving away samples and sending 
out samples of  dry  goods, etc., by sales­
men.  Finally he went to figuring on the 
matter.  The result was most  appalling. 
He  found  that,  placed  at a conservative 
figure,  there  are  more  than ’$3,000,000 
worth of  goods  given  away, and  conse­
quently destroyed,  in samples every year 
in the United  States.
Worse than  the “sample”  fiend  is  the 
loafer.  The loafer sticks his dirty hands 
in your cracker barrel, opens your cheese 
box  and  lets  the  flies  in,  notches  your 
bologna sausage,  spits on your floor, and, 
worse  than  all,  spends  hour  after hour 
telling  you  how  to  run  your business. 
The sample fiend is  bad enough,  but  the 
loafer is worse.

A Hint to Dealers.

A  valuable  assistant  to  a  dealer  is  a 
well-compiled  scrap-book  made  up  of 
items  gathered  from  the  trade  journals 
and  miscellaneous  reading  which  relate 
to  the business  in  which  he  is  engaged. 
Practical information  may  thus  be gath­
ered which,  if not needed at the moment, 
may on future  occasions  prove valuable. 
There are a thousand and one topics treat­
ed of in the trade journals during a year’s 
issue  which  would  comprise  a  compen­
dium  of  knowledge  almost  inestimable 
to the progressive  dealer, and  outside of 
this  branch  of  journalism  there  is  the 
world to select from.  Dealers who have 
as  yet  plodded  along  without  this  aid 
will find the suggestion of  interest.

A Maple Sugar Miser.

From the Boston Traveler.

A man living  at Burke,  Vt.,  has  saved 
all the maple  sugar  he  has made  in  the 
pash fifty  years,  having  now  on  hand  a 
considerable  quantity  of  the  boiling  of 
1842  and  his  entire  crop  of  every  year 
since, 
the  whole  aggregating  10,000 
pounds. 
It  is  all  stirred sugar and  has 
kept perfectly.  Nobody  knows  why  he 
hoards  the  sugar,  and  he  offers  no  ex­
planation.

Use Tradesman Coupon Books.

LANDLORD  AND  TENANT.

PAPER  V.

W ritte n  f o r  T hk  T r a d e s m a n .

A  mortgagor  in  possession  before de­
fault  is' not  an  implied  tenant of  the 
mortgagee;  but a promise  by  him to pay 
rent  to the  mortgagee after  default  cre­
ates  a  tenancy.  A  lease  by a purchaser 
to  a seller,  with  the  privilege of  repur­
chasing,  is  a  mortgage;  but a deed  with ! 
a lease back  may be an  absolute convey­
ance,  with  security to the  seller  for  the 
purchase  money, or  for  a  maintenance 
during life.  A mortgage  may be created 
in the  form of  a lease to the  mortgagee, 
or of  an assignment of  a  lease as securi­
ty;  but  an  absolute  lease  will  not  be 
deemed  a  mortgage  merely  because  the 
rent is applied  upon a debt,  nor  because 
there  is a privilege of  purchase,  if  there 
is no debt.

When a lease  is  given  to  a mortgagee 
as  additional  security, he  takes  posses­
sion  as  lessee  and  not  mortgagee,  and | 
may hold as such  after  foreclosure  until 
the  time  for  redemption  expires;  but if 
he  has  an  option to hold  over at  a  fair 
rental  value,  such  value,  after  foreclo­
sure,  must  be  applied  to  the  mortgage 
debt.  Our  courts  have  held  that,  after 
the  debt  is  paid, the  mortgagee  cannot 
retain possession under the lease without 
payment of  rent;  and  in  another  case it 
was held  that  retention of  such  a  lease 
during  the  term  does  not  suspend  the 
right  to  foreclose  the  mortgage  at  ma­
turity.

The mortgagor  cannot  make a lease to 
a third  person, subsequent  to  the  mort­
gage, which will bind the mortgagee after 
he obtains the right of entry;  but a lease 
made by the  mortgagor  before the  mort­
gage  is  not  affected  by its  foreclosure, 
but the mortgage,1 when the right of  pos­
session  accrues under  it,  operates  as  an 
assignment  of  the  reversion  (grantor’s 
remaining 
the 
mortgagee  to  rents accruing after  notice 
I of  the assignment. 
In  a  recent case  in 
this State, our  Supreme  Court held  that 
if  the  mortgagee  make a parol  lease  for 
life  to  the  mortgagor’s  grantee,  it  will 
be  enforced  after  foreclosure  of 
the 
mortgage.

interest)  and  entitles 

BIGHTS  OF  AGENTS.

An  agent  has  no  authority to make  a 
lease under  seal,  unless  his  authority is 
in writing  and under  seal;  and the Stat­
ute of Frauds requires  that his authority 
must  be in writing to make a valid  lease 
for a term exceeding one year;  but verbal 
authority  is  sufficient  to  make  a  valid 
lease  for  one  year or less.  An  express 
authority  must  be  given  to an  agent  to 
make or  confirm a lease  and authority is 
not  inferable  from  previous  acts of  the 
agent. 
In Clark vs. Field,  42 Mich., 342, 
it was  held  that  license  from an  agent 
is  not admissible  unless  his  authority is 
shown.

A  lessee  occupying  under  the  lease 
with consent of the principal  is estopped 
to  deny  the  agent’s  authority, nor  can 
the principal  suing upon  the lease  deny 
that it was authorized.  A general  agent 
may  take a lease  for his  principal’s ben­
efit,  but  cannot  make  a  lease  without 
special authority, nor exceed  the term of 
a lease  beyond  his authority.  An  agent 
authorized  to  collect  rents cannot  lease i 
or consent  to  an  assignment of  a  lease. 
A lease under seal, executed  by an agent 
of  the  lessor in his  own  name,  conveys 
no  estate, and  the  principal  cannot sue 
thereon,  but  the  agent  may  sue  there- 
is  had
| on  as 

if  occupation 

lessor 

“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-colcred  Tomatoes,  seasoned 

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

P R E P A R E D   AND  G UARANTEED  BY

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

B A L L -B A R N  H A R T -P U T  M AN  CO.,

Distributing  Agents.

Cracker  Cliests. 

Class  Covers  for  Biscuits.

HPHESE

chests  will 

soon
pay for themselves  in  the 
breakage they avoid.  Price $4.

UR new glass covers  are by far the 
handsomest  ever  offered 
to  the 
trade.  They  are  made  to  fit  any 
of our  boxes  and can  be  changed  from 
one box  to  another in a moment  They 
will  save  enough  good"  from  flies, dirt  and  prying  fingers in  a short  time to pay 
for themselves.  Try them and be convinced.  Price,  50 cents each.

o

N E W   N O V E L T IE S

We call the attention of the trade to the following new novelties:

CINNAMON  BAR. 

ORANGE  BAR.

CREAM  CRISP. 

MOSS  HONEY  JUMBLES.
NEWTON,  a rich  finger with  fig  filling.  This  is  hound  to  be  one  of 

the best selling cakes we ever made.

THE  NEW   YORK  BISCUIT  CO.,

S. A. Sears. Mgr. 
GRAN D  RAPIDS.
The BAR  LOOK  TYPEWRITER

T h e  M odern  W ritin g   M achine!

V isible  W ritin g .
P e rm a n e n t  A lig n m en t. 
A u to m atic R ibbon-F eed R everse 

H igh  Speed.

P o w erfu l M anifolder,
L ig h t-R u n n in g ,  D u rab le.

The No  2  Machine  takes  paper  9 
inches wide, and writes  line 8 Inches 
long.  P rice, $100 com plete.

The  No. 3  Machine  takes  paper  14 
inches  wide,  and  writes  a  line  13J4 
inches long.  P rice, $110 com plete

TRADESMAN  COMPANY,  State  Agents, 

SEND  FOR  CATALOGUE.

G ran d   R ap id s,  M ich

Esr»biiHh«><i  tana.

0.  M.  REYNOLDS  k  SOU,

WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

Geo.  H.  Reader & C o ,
BOOTS  & SHOES
j  Felt Boots and Alaska  Socks.

JO B B E R S  OP

State A (tenta for

1 «

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

under  it.  The  principal  may sue  upon  they might have  produced if  leased,  and 
an  unsealed  lease  so  executed,  if  his j is accountable for  losses  for  omitting  to i 
name  appears  therein,  and  any lease  so j lease, or  to  obtain a fair  rental  for  the 
executed will be regarded as the  lease of  premises.
the  principal,  if  the  intent  to  make  it 
such clearly appears.

A statutory receiver  has  no  power  to 
lea.se,  if  not  expressly  given,  and  the 
legislature  alone can  ratify a void  lease 
made  by him.

HUSBAND  AND  WIFE.

In Massachusetts it has  been held that 
an  agent  doing  business in the name of 
another  is  responsible  for  rent.  An 
In this State,  where husband  and wife
agent  controlling  the  rental  of  lands is
responsible to his  principal  for due  dili- | join  in  making a lease,  it has  been  held 
that the husband cannot assign the lease; 
gence;  but  is  Dot  personally liable for a 
and  that,  where  the wife  rents  land  in 
nuisance  caused  by the  tenant.  He  is 
her  own  name  and  cultivates  it  by her 
entitled to reimbursement  for money ad­
own  separate  means,  she  is  entitled  to 
vanced and has a lien on  the rent first to
the  proceeds. 
become  due,  after  notice of  his  claim to 
woman  can  make  a  valid  lease  of  her 
the  tenant.  An  agent  may act  for both 
own  separate  property and  control it as
lessor  and  lessee  and  claim  compensa­
tion from  each,  when  his  sole service  is I completely as if she were single.  A hus-
band cannot lease the homestead without 
to bring them together;  but our Supreme 
the wife’s consent;  nor  can  be  bind  her 
Court has  held  that  an agent  cannot ob­
separate estate  as  an  agent  by  an  un­
tain  any profit  for  himself  by taking  a 
necessary renting,  nor  change the condi­
lease in his own name and  sub-letting to 
tions  of  a  valid  lease  by  her.  He  ac­
others.
quires  no  interest in the products of  his 
wife’s  separate  estate  by  contributing 
labor thereto;  and a debt  due  from  him 
cannot be setoff against rent of his wife’s 
land.

INFANTS.

Building and Sheathing Papers, 
Plain  and  Corrugated  Carpet 
Linings,  Asphalt  and  Coal  Tar 
Prepared  Roofing,  Best  Grades
In  this  State  a  married j Asphalt lltll and  Fire-proof  Roof 
Paints,  Coal  Tar  and  Coal  Tar 
Pitch,  Elastic  Roofing  Cement, 
Resin and Mineral Wool, Asbes­
tos Fire-proof Sheathing, Etc.

A power of  attorney  must  be  express 
and  cannot  exist  by  implication,  and 
must  be  strictly  pursued  in  form  and 
substance to make a lease  under it valid. 
If the  lease  exceed  the  power,  it is void 
in  law, but  good in equity  except  as  to I 
the excess.  When  usual  covenants  are 
required  by the  power, it  is  a  question I 
of  fact  what  are  such  covenants in  the 
neighborhood,  or  in  other  leases  of  the 
same  kind.  A  power to an  executor  to 
lease  includes a power  to  collect  rents 
and distribute  them to the  persons bene­
ficially interested.

Trustees  having  the  legal  title  may 
lease  lands  consistently with  the  trust; 
and  several  trustees  having a  joint  au­
thority must act  together, and a lease by 
part of them is void.  Leases by trustees 
must be for a reasonable period and upon 
reasonable  terms,  or  they  will  not  be 
upheld  in  equity.  A beneficiary cannot 
make  a  valid  lease  without  the  concur­
rence  of  the  trustee;  and  the  trustee 
who rents may collect or sue  for rents in 
his  own  name.  A  lease is  not  merged 
when the  title to the  property is held by 
the lessee in trust  for the lessor.

In Felt, Composition and Gravel

Cor.-LOUIS  and  CAMPAU  Sts..

-  Mich.
STANWOOi) & CO., Gloucester, Cape Add,  Mass.

Leases  by or to an infant  are  not void, 
but  are voidable by him  when he arrives 
at  majority.  An  adult  lessee  of  an  in­
fant  lessor  cannot  avoid  the  lease,  nor 
can the infant himself during his minori-  Grand  Rapids, 
ty,  and  to  avoid it after  majority,  there 
should  be  an  express  disaffirmance,  or 
some  positive  act which  is  inconsisteqt 
with its continuance.  An infant cannot 
make a valid  lease  by  an  agent;  and  a 
license  by  an  infant  to  commit  waste 
upon  his  lands  has  been  held  by  our 
Supreme Court  to  be  void.  During the 
minority,  or  upon.disaffirmance  at  ma­
jority,  he  may  plead  his  infancy  as  a 
defense  to an  action  for  rent,  unless  it 
can  be  shown to be included within  the 
term “necessaries.”

RECEIVE

M actol,  Codfish,  Herrinj
Salt W ater Fish

AND  ALL  KINDS  OF

DIRECT  FROM  THE  FISHEkMBN

Represented  in  Michigan  by  J. P. Visner, 167 
North  Ionia st.. Grand  Rapids, Mich., who will  ! 
be pleased to quote bottom  prices that first-class 
The  next  Step in  stock can be offered at by any producer or eurer.

This  will  conclude  my  review  of 

“Parties  to a Lease.” 
order  will  be  a  consideration  of  the 
“Rights  of  the  Parties,”  which  will  be 
taken up in the next article.

lftR A  160  F nlton  *L  G rand  R apids

SCHLOSS,  ADLER  k  CO..
Paits, Shirts, Overalls

MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS OF

N

REMOVED  TO

2 3 -2 8   L a rn e d  St., E ast

DETROIT,  MICH.

Dealers wishing  to  look  over our  line are  in­
vited  to  address  our Western  Michigan  repre­
sentative.  Ed.  Pike, 372  Fourth  avenue. Grand 
Rapids.

1
From Boston  and  New York  on 
Shoe Dressing when you can buy 
it  of  H1RTH  &  KRAUSE  at

1

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

A  Rug  with  each  gross,  $2*2.80.  Shce 
Stool with two gross.  An assorted  gross 
of the above dressing, $22.80.

HIRTH  &  KRAUSE,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

, 

E .  A .  O w e n .

A  Few Remarks  on  Credit.

An executor  who is empowered  by the 
will  may make  a  lease  pursuant  to  the 
power, even  before  the will  is  proven; 
but an administrator cannot grant a lease 
before the issuance of letters.  Statutory 
conditions  of  the  power  to  lease  by an 
executor or administrator must be strict­
ly complied with to make the lease valid.
In  this country,  guardians of the prop­
erty of an infant may grant leases during 
the  whole of  the  infant’s  minority,  sub­
ject  to  be  defeated  by another  guardian
appointed  pursuant  to  statute;  but  not j do not continue to accept  his orders.
by the  election of  the  infant  at  the  age 
of  fourteen,  as  under  the  old  common 
Huantiau cannot make a 
law.  A uaturai 
receive  rents  so  as  to 
valid  lease,  nor 
bind  his  minor 
child;  and our  Supreme 
that  the  death  of  the 
Court  has  held 
s a guardian's  lease  and 
ward  determine 
thereafter  mav  be  re­
that  rent  paid 
covered.

Always bear in mind that in trusting a 
man  you  aie  doing  him  a  favor,  and  at 
the  time  a  bill  is due  you  have  just  as 
good a right to request him to settle as he 
has to request you to get  the job done on 
time  in  the  first  place.  Always  set  a I 
time when a  bill  shall  be  paid. 
Indefi­
nite credit is the worst of  all evils.  The 
more prompt a man  can  be made to pay 
the  better  customer  he  becomes. 
If  a j 
. mau  proves  to  be  poor  pay,  unreliable,
Never  credit  on  the  strength  of  per­
sonal  acquaintance  alone.  A  man  may | 
have the hearty  grip,  winning smile  and
tender  conscience  of  a  Young  Men’s 
Christian Association secretary,  and  yet 
never  dream  that  your  pay-roll  comes 
around  on  Saturday.  He  may  have  an 
eye  of  tender  blue  and  wear  the  finest 
clothes;  you may see the corner of a half 
u&ed  check  book  sticking out  of  his  in­
side  pocket—yet  he  may  never  pay  his 
bills.  When asked for credit,  always in­
vestigate  the  man’s  previous  standing 
and  get  your information  from  the  peo­
ple  who  trusted  him  before.  Always 
bear iu mind: 
“The best criterion as to 
bow a man will  pay  his  bills  is the way 
he has paid them.”
Study this  subject and you will realize 
before you are too old  to  profit  by it  the 
value  of  cash  in  band—the  ghost-like, 
unreal,  visionary value of book accounts.
The  severest  test  possible for a man’s 
character  is  to  do good  and  have  some 
one else get the credit for it.

A guardian  cannot  bind  bis  ward  for 
improvements  upon  leased  lands, nor by 
a lease extending  beyond the ward’s ma­
jority;  but  the  ward  may  ratify such  a 
lease,  and  after  be  becomes of  age may 
collect the rents in his own  name, or sue 
for  a  breach  of  covenant  made  by  his 
guardian  for bis  benefit.  A guardian in 
his  settlement  may  charge  reasonable 
rent for a building  used for  the business 
of  the  ward;  and  if  he  occupies  the 
ward’s  lands,  be is responsible  for  what

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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

Geo.  W.  Gat, Vice-President.

CAPITAL,

W*. H. Anderson,  Cashier.
-  -  $300,000.

Transacts a general  banking  business.

Slake  a  specialty  o f collections.  A ccounts 

o f c o u n try  m erch an ts solicited.

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

T h e  P u b l i c  !

By  splendid  and  expensive  advertising  the  m anufacturers  create  a 
demand,  and  only  ask the  trade  to keep  the  goods in  stock  so  as  to  supply 
the  orders  sent to  them.  W ithout  effort on  the  grocer’s  part the  goods 
sell  themselves,  bring  purchasers to the  store,  and  help  sell  less  known 
goods.

Anv Jobber will be Glad to Fill Your Orders.

Calls  have  been 

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

E. T.  Webb, Jackson.
Adams & Lich,  Lawton.
Frank Narregang,  Byron  Center.
W. J. McQuarrie,  Luther.
Geo.  H.  Rainouard, Bridgeton.
Bates & Trautman, Moline.
B.  I. Whelpley,  Mulliken.
G. W.  Williams,  Kalamazoo.
John Gunstra, Lamont.
J. Cohen, White Cloud.
M. Y. Wilson,  Sand  Lake.
Lever & Lever, Newaygo.
Henry Pelgrim, New  Holland.

Use Tradesman Coupon Boohs.

M IC H IG A N   M IN IN G   SCHOOL.

A S ta te   School o f  M ining  E n g in e e rin g , g iv in g   p ra c ­
tic a l  in s tru c tio n  in  m in in g   a n d  a llied   su b jects.  H as 
su m m e r scho o ls in  su rv e y in g , Shop p ra c tic e  an d   Field 
G eology.  L a b o ra to rie s,  sh o p s  and  s ta m p   m ill  w ell 
eq u ip p ed .  T u itio n   free.  F o r ca ta lo g u e s a p p ly  to  th e  
D ire cto r, H o u g h to n , M ichigan.

Do  You  Desire  to  Sell

By Sample?

Send for otlr Spring catalogue

SMITH  &  SANFORD,

Grand  Rapids, Mich.

13

DISSOLUTION  OF

Notice is hereby given that the limited 
partnership  heretofore existing  between 
W. T.  Lamoreaux and Demetrius Turner 
under  the  style of  W.  T.  Lamoreaux  & 
Co.  has  been  this  day  dissolved  by the 
retirement of  Demetrius  Turner  by mu­
tual consent.  All  accounts due  the for­
mer  firm are  due  and  payable  to W. T. 
Lamoreaux  and all  debts of  the former 
firm  will  be  liquidated  by  W. T.  Lam­
oreaux.

Dated  this  first  day of  June,  1893,  at 

Grand Rapids, Mich.

W. T.  L a m o k ea d x.
D e m e t r iu s T u r n e r .

ANNOUNCEMENT.

G r a n d   R a p id s ,  June  16,  1893. 

We  have  this  day  sold  to  W.  T. 
Lamoreaux  Co.  our  ' entire  business, 
including  stock,  accounts,  and  all  evi­
dences  of  debt.  The  business  will  be 
conducted  by the  same  management  as 
in  the  past,  and  practically  no  change 
made except that of name.

We ask for the new Company the same 
kind favors you  have bestowed  upon us. 

Respectfully  yours,
W. T. LAMOREAUX i GO.

W. T.  LAMOREAUX  CO.

W. T.  Lamoreaux, Pres,  and Treas. 
A. P.  Collar, Yice-President.
L. Giles, Secretary.

THE  MICHIGAN  TKADESMAX
Many  are  Called,  But  Few  are 

Country Callers.

Purely Personal.

Herbert  T.  Chase  and  family  have 
taken possession of  their  new  home  at 
4 Windsor Terrace.

C. S. Adams,  of  the  firm  of Adams  & 
Lich,  hardware  dealers at  Lawton,  was 
in town over Sunday.

Peter  Dykema,  prescription  clerk  for 
Thum Bros. & Schmidt, has taken a simi­
lar position with D. C.  Scribner.

Edward  Formsma,  who  has  charge  of 
the print  department  of  P.  Steketee  & 
Sons,  is taking a fortnight’s  vacation  in 
the  country.

J. Q. Patterson, Manager of the Patter­
son Furnace Co., has  removed his family 
from Lansing to this city,  locating at 563 
South Lafayette street.

Harry Hall, of the Hazeltine & Perkins 
Drug Co., took a  vacation  last  week and 
improved  the  opportunity  to  visit  most 
of  the manufacturing  establishments  of 
the city.

H. H.  and J.  J.  Herrick, composing the 
firm of Herrick Bros., grocers at Lansing, 
were in town  over Sunday,  the  guests of 
their uncle,  E.  J.  Herrick,  the  Monroe 
street  grocer.

Isaac  Bearinger,  the  East  Saginaw 
lumberman,  takes  to  water  as naturally 
as a duck.  Last season he had construct­
ed,  at Cleveland,  a fine  large  steel steam 
yacht called the Straightaway.  He made 
a  number  of  cruises  with  her  up  the 
lakes with parties of friends.  Her inter­
ior arrangements did  not  suit  him,  how­
ever,  and after receiving a new  boiler at 
Saginaw,  she  was  taken  to  Wheeler’s 
shipyard,  at  West  Bay  City,  and  will 
come out about July 1,  greatly  improved 
and  much  more  convenient.  Mr.  Bear­
inger  is  a  most  hospitable  entertainer, 
and will make  it pleasant  for  those fav­
ored with invitations to cruise  with him.
G. W. Williams, grocer and meat dealer 
at Kalamazoo,  was in  town  one day  last 
week.  Mr.  Williams  has  lately  pur­
chased a two-story frame store  building, 
one block south of  his  present  location, 
which  he  will  probably  occupy  on  the 
expiration  of  his  present  lease.  Mr. 
Williams is happy in the possession  of  a 
daughter,  twelve  years  old,  who  has  a 
decidedly  business  turn  of  mind,  being 
able  to  review  his  books  and  accounts 
about as rapidly as he can  himself.  She 
exercises a vigilant  oversight over  every 
detail of  his  business  and  is  frequently 
able to prompt him on matters  which es­
cape  his notice.  Mr.  Williams  is  to  be 
congratulated on having such a daughter, 
as  she  will  prove  to  be  an  invaluable 
assistant as she grows  older.

Chosen.

F ro m  th e  C lay W o rk er.
The financial agent  of  a  great  insur­
ance company,  in  a  city  of  a  hundred 
and  twenty-five  thousand  inhabitants, 
recently  died. 
The  manager  of  that 
company went to that city  to  appoint  a 
successor.  Out  of  twenty  or  thirty ap­
plicants for the  position  not  more  than 
two could be regarded  as  eligible.  The 
capable man in any walk of  life  is  rare. 
The capable  boy  is  rare. 
It  is  a  very 
difficult matter to get  a  good  office  boy 
or  a  steady,  capable  fellow  to  run  an 
elevator  in  an  office  building.  Really 
good  laborers  are  scarce.  We  some­
times think  about  overcrowded  profes­
sions, or an over-supply of help  in many 
directions.  The supply of  really  capa­
ble help of any kind is  limited.  A  first- 
class superintendant of a  works  of  any 
kink is  very  difficult  to  get  hold  of. 
They are rarely out  of  a  job.  A  man 
who is out of a job is open  to  suspicion. 
The best  and  most  capable  help  come 
out of the workshop—the  steady,  quiet, 
capable fellows.  There are not many of 
them  in  any  establishment.  Generally 
one of good judgment can pick  a  leader 
from a gang  of  men.  He  will  need  a 
little coaching,  some help  and  some  pa­
tience.  But he  is  nearly  always to  be 
found.  When such an one is  discovered 
the great work has  been  done.  A  man 
has been lifted up from a lower plane  to 
a higher one;  his  horizon  has  been  en­
larged; the world has  grown  bigger  for 
him.  Nevertheless,  the  really  capable 
man is rare, and in this  prosperous  per­
iod he is seldom if ever out  of a  job.

Good  Suggestions.

Secretary Parsous proposes to  embody 
a number of pertinent suggestions  in his 
annual  report  to  the  members  of  the 
Michigan State Pharmaceutical  Associa­
tion, at the convention held here  in  Au­
gust,  among which will be a recommend­
ation that the fiscal year of the Association 
be the  same  as  the  calendar  year  and 
that instead  of  issuing  receipts  to  the 
members for dues paid,  a handsome  cer- 
I tificate—similar to  the  certificate  issued 
by the State  Board  of  Pharmacy  —  be 
sent out instead, each certificate  to  bear 
the year of  issue  in  large  figures.  Mr. 
Parsons  argues  that  the  possession  of 
such a certificate would  be  a  matter  of 
pride with nearly every druggist and  act 
as  an  incentive  to  have  him  renew  it 
promptly from  year  to  year.  Mr.  Par­
sons will also  suggest  that  the  pharma­
cist who joins the  Association  the 
last 
half of the year  be  credited  with  mem­
bership  until 
the 
following  calender year.

the  expiration  of 

All of the above  recommendations  ap­
pear to T h e   T r a d e s m a n  to be  excellent 
suggestions and it is to be hoped that the 
convention will find  time  to  give  them 
careful  consideration.

AMBOY  CHEESE.

Handle  it  this  season  and  s e e   i f   y o u   don9t  sell  more  cheese  than  you  e v e r  
did  before.  You  will  have  no  cheese  drying  up  on  your  hands  and  losing 
you  money,  but instead  will  have  more  good  hard  dollars  to jingle  in  your
pocket  than  ever  before•

OLNEY & JUDSON  GROCER CO.

1 4
Drugs &k Medicines.

S tate  B oard  o f P h arm a c y .

O ne  T e a r—Ja c o b   Jesso n ,  M uskegon.
Tw o  T e a rs—J a m e s  V e rn o r, D e tro it.
T h re e  T e a rs—O ttm a r E b erb ac h , A nn  A rb o r 
F o n r T e a rs —G eorge G u n d ru m . Io n ia.
F iv e T e a rs—C. A, B ugbee.  C heboygan.
P re sid e n t—Ja c o b   Je sso n , M uskegon.
S ec re ta ry —Ja s .  V e rn o r, D e tro it.
T re a s u re r—G eo. G u ndrum , Io n ia.
M arq u ette,  A ug. SI;  L an sin g ,  N ovem ber 1.

M eetings  fo r  1892 — S ta r  Isla n d  

(D etro it),  J u ly   6; 

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 . 

P re sid e n t—H . G. C olem an, K alam azoo. 
V ice-P residents—8.  E.  P a rk ill,  O w osso;  L. P a u le y , St.
Ign& ce;  A. S. P a rk e r, D e tro it.
S e cretary —Mr. P arso 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 o m 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   Q.  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 ee tin g —G ran d   R ap id s, A ug. 2,3 an d  1. 
Looal S e cretary —Jo h n   D. M uir._______________________
G rand  R apids  P h a rm a c e u tica l  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 sco tt, 
R eg u la r 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 an d  D ecem ber._____________________
G rand R ap id s D ru g  Clerks* A ssociation, 
re sid e n t, F. D. K ipp;  S e c re ta ry , W . C. Sm ith.

M uskegon  D ru g   Clerks*  A ssociation. 

P re sid e n t  N. M iller;  S e c re ta ry , A. T. W heeler.
Outline Programme  for the State Phar­

macy Convention.

A meeting of  the  Executive  Board  of 
the Michigan State Pharmaceutical Asso­
ciation  was  held  at  the  Morton  House 
last  Wednesday  for  the  purpose  of  ar­
ranging  a  programme  for  the  tenth  an­
nual convention of the Association, which 
will be held in  this city on  Aug. 2, 3 and 
4.  The meeting  was  attended by  Presi­
dent H.  G. Coleman, of  Kalamazoo;  Sec­
retary C. W.  Parsons, of  Detroit;  Execu­
tive Committeeman E. T. Webb, Jackson; 
Frank J.  Wurzburg and John D.  Muir, of 
this  city,  the  former  in  his  capacity  as 
member of  the  Executive Board and the 
latter  as  Local  Secretary. 
It  was  de­
cided  to  hold  four  business  sessions  in 
the assembly room of Elk’s hall, on North 
Ionia  street, and  to  arrange  the  trade 
display  in  the  armory  hail  on the floor 
directly  overhead.  The  programme,  so 
far  as  arranged,  will  be  carried  out as 
follows:

T U E S D A Y   A F T E R N O O N .

id en t.
Mayor of  Grand Rapids.
Detroit.

1-  C onvention called   to  o rd e r  by  P re s­
2.  Address  by  Hon.  W.  J.  Stuart, 
3.  Response  by  James  Vernor,  of 
4.  President’s  address.
5.  Report of Executive Committee and 
receiving  applications  for  membership.
6.  Report of  Board of  Pharmacy.
7.  Reading of papers.
8.  Adjournment  to  Reed’s  Lake  for 
boat ride and banquet, tendered the mem­
bers of  the Association by  the Hazeltine 
& Perkins Drug  Co.

W ED N ESD A Y   M ORNING.

1.  Report of  Secretary.
2.  Report  of  Committee  on  Legisla­
3.  Report  of  Committee  on  Member­
4.  Report of  Committee  on  Adultera­
5.  Report of  Committee  on Pharmacy 
6.  Report  of  Committee  on  Trade 
7.  Papers and discussions.

tion.
ship.
tions.
and Queries.
Interests.

W ED N ESD A Y   AFTERN O O N .

Address.

1.  Treasurer’s report
2.  Report of Committee on President’s 
3.  Election of officers.
4.  Reports of delegates to other meet­
ings.
to  Union  Depot, 
5.  Adjournment 
where special  train  will  be taken  to Ot­
tawa Beach  to participate  in  a  banquet 
at  Hotel  Ottawa,  tendered  the  members 
of the Association  by  the  Grand  Rapids 
Pharmaceutical Asssociation.
TH URSDAY  MORNING.

tions.

mitties.

1.  Announcement  of  standing  com- 
2.  Report  of  Committee on  Exhibits.
3.  Report  of  Committee  on  Resolu­
4.  Unfinished business.
5.  Adjournment
President  Coleman  presented  a  com­
munication  from  Chicago,  inviting  the 
Association  to  hold  the 1893 convention 
in the Michigan building  on the  World’s 
Fair  grounds,  meeting at  the same  time

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,

that the International Pharmacy Congress 
and the American  Pharmaceutical  Asso­
ciation will be in session.  The Alabama 
Pharmaceutical Association  has  already 
voted to meet in Chicago at  such a  time, 
and  it  is  expected  that  State  organiza­
tions will take similar action.

How  a  Constable  Was  Bluffed  by a 

Drummer.

F e n to n  8. F ox In New T o rk   R ecorder.

In  July,  1882,  before  I  abandoned 
newspaper  work  to  join the  Knights of 
the Grip, I was at Albert Lea,  Minn., do­
ing some special work for an Iowa paper. 
At the hotel  at which I stopped  I fell in 
with a party of traveling men who  could 
not get home for Sunday.
How  to  put  in  the  day  was the ques­
tion.  We had  rounded  up the town un­
til we were  tired  and  wanted  a change. 
Someone proposed that  we  hire a camp­
ing outfit and go  to Minnesota Lake  and 
put in the day.
The place was a winner,  and five of  us 
—a  young  fellow from  Boston,  a millin­
ery  man  from Des  Moines,  Iowa,  a  St. 
Paul grocery fiend,  a hardware  man  and 
myself—made  up  the  party.  Late Sat­
urday afternoon,  stowed  away  in  a  big 
wagon,  with a tent, bedding,  pots,  frying 
pans, guns and fishing  tackle,  we  rolled 
out of town.
On  the banks  of  the  lake  we  hoisted 
our  tent  and  commenced  housekeeping. 
Most  of  the  night  was  spent  in  telling 
stories of great hfmts and  big fish caught, 
but  early  in  the  morning  we  were  up, 
ready  for the  fray.
It was an  ideal  day  for  fishing,  being 
cloudy.  Three  of  the  party  decided  to 
fish,  but the Boston man  (whose name I 
cannot  remember)  proposed  to  me  that 
we take the  guns and go  down  the lake. 
That struck me all  right,  for,  to  tell  the 
truth,  I never  have  had  much  taste  for 
fishing since I caught  and  carried  home 
in triumph a  fifteen  pound  dog  fish and 
was laughed out of  town by the boys.
Away we went, pecking away at every­
thing  we  saw,  but  killing  nothing.  Fi­
nally, my companion sighted a lone duck 
and by some accident  shot it.  Dropping 
the  gun,  he  plunged  into  the  lake  and 
hauled  out  the  fowl.  He  shouted  and 
capered about like a wild  man.
“Come on,” said he,  “let  us  run  back 
to  camp  and  surprise  the  gang.  Holy 
Peter!  Think  of  stewed duck  and baked 
fish for  dinner!”
Just then a native came along on horse­
back.
“Look!”  cried  the  “bean-eater,”  “I 
have killed a duck.  Whoop! ”
“Well,  boys,”  said  the  horseman,  “I 
am  sorry,  but  I  am  constable  of  this 
township,  and  as  it  is  now against the 
law to shoot ducks,  I guess you will have 
to go with  me.”
The  duck  dropped  with a d.  s.  t.,  and 
I  nearly  fell  dead.  Fifty  dollars  and 
costs arose before  me  like a ghost.  How 
I  longed  to  be  home!  Wa  looked  at 
each other  and  then  at  the  constable. 
Then I  said:

“Where will  we have to go?”
“ Well,”  said the officer,  “there’s a jus­
tice of the peace about a mile from  here; 
you can  go  before  him  and  give  bonds 
for your appearance to-morrow.”

“What will it  cost us?” I asked.
“I  calculate  about  fifty  and  eosts, or 
somewhere near that,” was the  consoling 
answer.
“Look  here,”  said  the  Boston  man, 
“you  are  a  little  fast.  Where  do  you 
live?”

“Just around the  bend in the  road.”
“ Do you own a farm there?”
“Yes.  I  calculate  I’m  worth $8,000 or
$10,000.”
“That’s  all  I  wanted  to  know;  go 
ahead  with  your  arresting  business and 
see what  follows.”
The constable was  no  more  surprised 
than I,  but we were given no time to con­
sider before  the  man from  the Hub con­
tinued:
“My  friend,  it  so  happens  that  I am
Lawyer L----- , of Boston,  Mass., partner
of Ben Butler,  and I am  about  as  famil­
iar with the game law as  you  oranyone- 
else.  Will  you  tell  us  how your  laws 
of  Minnesota  can  protect a  dock?  The 
duck,  sir,  like  the  goose,  is  a migratory 
bird;  it flies South in the Fall and  North 
in  Spring.  Neither  Minnesota  nor  any

other  State  can  prescribe  laws  for Jts 
protection.  Federal 
laws  and  officers 
alone  can  deal  with  such  matters. 
If 
the duck,  like the  prairie chicken,  was a 
resident  of  your  State, you  would  have 
jurisdiction;  but  it  is  not.  Now  go 
ahead with  your arresting  business,  and 
I’ll institute suit against you  for  $10,000 
damages,  and  you  will  be  very  apt  to 
learn more about  law  than  you  want  to 
know.”
What a bluff it was !  But it went.  Mr. 
Constable  was  frightened  sure,  for  he 
apologized and rode away.
We  threw  the  duck  into  the  nearest 
fence  corner,  made  a  run  for  the  tent, 
palled stakes and got back to Albert Lea 
as soon as the team could  haul us.
The  Boston  man  was a  hero,  but  we 
did not tell the story of  our adventure in 
Minnesota,  yon  can bet.

The Drug- Market.

OpiHm — Reports  from  the  growing 
crops are  favorable for a large  yield and 
an  easier  feeling  exists,  although  the 
price is unchanged.

Morphia—Steady at unchanged  prices.
Quinine—Firmer.  On  account  of  an 
active  demand,  an  advance  of  %c  per 
ounce 
in  foreign  is  noted.  Domestic 
brands are unchanged.

Canary Seed—On  account  of  large ar­

rivals,  is easier.

Cocoaine—On account of  the low price 
of cocoa leaves,  this article has declined.
Cacoa  Butter— Has  advanced  abroad 

and is tending higher here.

Balsam  Copaiba—On  account of  large 

stocks,  has declined.

Soap Bark—Has declined.
Gum  Kino—Is  in  good  demand and  is 

higher.

Oil Bergamot—Has declined.
Serpentaria Root—Lower.
Oil Pennyroyal—Scarce and  stocks are

concentrated  in  few  hands.  The  price 
has advanced.

Castor Oil—The  low price  existing for 
the past  few months has  been below the 
cost  of  manufacture.  A  reaction  has 
taken  place  and the  price  has advanced 
>£c,  with an upward tendency.

Alcohol—Has declined 2c per gallon.
Linseed Oil—In  good  demand  and  is 

firm in price.

George Gillet,  a commercial traveler at 
Kansas City,  recently  became  suddenly 
deaf, dumb and  blind.  Surgeons  exam­
ined him  carefully  and  decided  that  a 
clot of  blood  had  formed  on  the brain 
The clot was located,  the  man  prepared 
for an operation and  a  trephination pre­
formed.  As  soon  as  a  small  button of 
the skull was removed Mr. Gillet’s senses 
returned to him  one  by one, leaving him 
as well as  ever.

J  L.  Strelitsky,

Including the following celebrated brands man­
ufactured  by the  well-known  house of  Glaser,
Frame & Co.:
V lndex, long  Havana filler..........................  $35
T h ree  M edals, long Havana filler............ 
35
E lk ’s Choice, Havana filler and binder... 
55
55
1.a F lo r d e A lfonso,....................................... 
L s D oncella de M o re ra ,..............................  
65
55
1.a  Id e a l,  25 in a box....................................... 
M a d e lle n a ........................................................ 
60
Headquarters  for  Castellanos & Lopez’s  line  of 
Key West goods.
All favorite  brands of  Cheroots  kept In stock.

10  So.  Ionia  St..  Grand  Rapids.

AGNES BOOTH CIGARS

Setter than the  Best  Imported  and  cost only  one-half as  milch.

SALES  LAST  YEAR,  7,295,275!

I.  M.  CLARK  GROCERY  CO.,  State  Agents, 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

THE  MICHIGAN  TH^lDESMAIST

1 5

Wholesale Price  Current.

Advanced—Gum kino, gum kino po., oil pennyroyal, castor oil.
Declined—Balsam copaiba, soap bark, oil bergamot, eocaine, serpentaria.

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S. N.  Y.  Q. A

Morphia,  S. P. A W .. .1  7001  95 
C. C o .........................1  60@1  85
Moschus  Canton..........  ®   40
Myrlstlca, No. 1...........   65®  70
Nux Vomica,  (po 30)..  @ 1 0
Os.  Sepia.......................   18®  20
Pepsin Saac, H. A P. D.
C o.............................   @2 00
Plcls  Llq, N.tC., M gal
doz  ...........................  @2 00
Plcls Llq., q u a rts .......  @1  00
p in ts..........  @  85
Pfl Hydrarg,  (po. 80)..  @ 5 0
Piper  Nigra,  (po. 22)..  @ 1
Piper Alba,  (po g5)___   @  3
Plx  Burgun..................   @  7
Plumhl A cet................   14®  15
Pulvis Ipecac et opll. .1  10@1  30 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
75
A P. D.  Co., do*.......  @1  25
Pyrethrum,  pv.............  30®  35
Quasslae.......................  
8®  10
Quinta, S. P. A W ........   29®  34
S.  German___ 19  @  30
Rubia  Tlnctorum........   13®  14
SaccharumLactispv. 
29®  30
Salacln.........................1  60@1  65
50
Sanguis  Draconis........   40®  50
Sapo,  W .........................  13®  14
“  M..........................   10®  12
“  G ..........................   @  15

“ 

Seldlitz  M ixture.........  @  34
Slnapis..........................  @  18
r   opt....................   ®  30
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
V oes.........................   @  35
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  @  35 
Soda Boras, (po. 11).  .  10®  11 
Soda  et Potass T art...  27®  30
Soda Carb...................  1M@  2
Soda,  Bl-Carb..............  @  5
Soda,  A sh....................  3M@  4
Soda, Sulphas.............   @  2
Spts.  Ether C o ............  50®  55
“  Myrcla  Dom.......  @2 25
“  Myrcla Im p........   @3 00
....7 ..........................2 25@2 35
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia  Crystal.......  @1  30
Sulphur, Subl............. 2&@  4
Roll.............2M @ 3M
Tam arinds..................  
8®  10
Terebenth Venice.......  28®  30
Theobrom ae.............. 38  @  43
Vanilla....................... 9 00@16 00
Zlncl  Sulph................. 
7®  8

Vlnl  Rect.  bbl.

“ 

OILS.

Whale, w inter............  70 
Lard,  extra.................  55 
Lard, No.  1.................  46 
Linseed, pure raw —   43 

Bbl.  Gal
70
60
50
46

“ 

paints. 

Lindseed,  boiled  ....  46 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
50 
strained.................... 
Spirits Turpentine__   35 

49
60
40
bbl.  lb.
Red  Venetian................1M  2@3
Ochre, yellow  Mare___1M  2@4
“ 
Ber........ 1J£  3@3
Putty,  commercial__ 2M  2M®3
“  strictly  pure....... 2M  2m@3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican ................... 
13®16
 
Vermilion,  English__________  65@70
Green,  Peninsular....................... 70075
Lead,  red .......................  7  @7H
“  w h ite ...................7  @7M
(Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gliders’........  
@90
1  0
White, Paris  American 
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
c liff............................. 
1  40
Pioneer Prepared Palntl  20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
P ain ts.....................71 00@1  20

 

V A R N ISH ES.

No. lT u rp   Coach....1  10@1  20
Extra Turp..................166®1  70
Coach  Body................ 2 75@3 00
Mo. 1 Turp F u rn ........1  00@1  10
Eutra Turk Damar__1  55®1  60
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
Turp........................... 
70075

Importers  and  Jobbers  of

CHEMICALS  AND

PATENT MEDICINES
Paints, Oils  i t  Varnishes.

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SWISS  1/ILLR  PREPARED  PRINTS.

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WHISKIES,  BRANDIES,

GINS,  WINES,  RUMS.

We sell Liquors for medicinal purposes only.
We give our personal attention to mail orders and guarantee satisfaction.
All orders shipped and invoiced the same day we receive them.  Send a trial order*

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

TINCTURES.

 

 

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“ 

“ 

Aconitum  Napellis R ..........   60
F ...........  50
Aloes.........................................  60
and m yrrh....................   60
A rn ica.....................................   50
Asafoetlda..............................  
0
Atrope Belladonna.................   60
Benzoin....................................  60
Co...............................  50
Sanguinaria.............................  50
Barosm a..................................  50
Cantharldes....................... 
Capsicum ................................   50
damon..............................   75
Co............................   75
“ 
Castor.....................................1 00
Catechu..................................  50
C inchona................................   50
Co.............................  60
Colum ba..................................  50
Conlum ...........................  
 
Cubeba.......  ..........................  50
D igitalis..................................  50
Ergot.........................................  50
G entian....................................  50
Co................................   60
G ualca.....................................   50
ammon........................  60
Z ingiber..................................  50
Hyoscyamus...........................   50
Iodine.......................................   75
Colorless......................   75
Ferrl  Chlorldum....................   35
K in o ............* .........................  50
Lobelia.....................................   50
M yrrh.......................................  50
Nux  Vomica...........................  50
O pll..........................................   85
“  Camphorated...................  50
Deodor...........................2 00
Aurantl Cortex........................  50
;uassla....................................  50
•natany.........................   ...  50
Rhel........................................   50
Cassia  Acutifol....................   50
Co.................   50
Serpentaria.............................  50
Stramonium.............................  60
T olutan....................................  60
V alerian................................   50
Veratrum Verlde....................   50

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MISCELLANEOUS.

• 
“ 

T‘ 
ground, 

Æther, Spts  Nit, 3 F ..  26®  2 
“  4 F ..  30®  3
A lum en........................2M@ 3

“ 

" 

squlbbs.

(po.
7)................................

Corks,  list,  dis.  per
cent  ...................
Creasotum .................
Creta,  (bbl. 75)............
“ 
prep....................
“  preclp...............
“  Rubra.................

3® 4
55® 60
4® 5
560 60
0 1   40
A n tip y rin . . . , ................
Antifebrin...................
@ 25
Argenti  Nltras, ounce
A 62
5® 7
Balm Gilead  Bud.
55® 60
10@2  20
Calcium Chlor, Is, (Ms
11; Ms,  12)............
9
0
Cantharldes  Russian,
po...................
0 1   00
A 22
Capslcl  F ru ctu s,af...
@ 25
« 
ft*
@ 20
10® 12
Caryophyllus, (po.  14) 
Cannine,  No. 40..........
0 3  75
50® 55
Cera  Flava........
38® 40
Coccus ...............
@ 40
Cassia Fructus..
® 22
Centrarla............
@ 10
Cetaceum..........
40
a
n o
Chloroform.................  60®
63
@1  25
Chloral Hydföst.......1 2
20@1  40 
Chondrns..........
30®  25
15® 20
3  @ 12
60
50
o
@ 2
5® 5
9® 11
@ 8
33® 35
@ 24
5  @ 6
10® 12
Ether Sulph.............
68® 70
Emery,  all  numbers 
@
@ 6
Ergotajfpo.)  65 ..........   60®  65
F lu e   W hite...............   12®  15
G alla............................   @  83
Gambler.......................   7  @ 8
Gelatin,  Cooper..........   @  70
“ 
F rench............  44®  60
Glassware  flint,  75 and 10. 
by box 70
Glue,  Brown...............  
9®  15
«  W hite.................  13®  25
G lycerine.....................15M®  20
Grana Paradisl............  @  22
Humulus......................  25®  55
Hydraag Chlor  Mite..  @  85
“  C o r....  @  75
Ox Rubrum  @  90
Ammonlatl..  @100 
Unguentum.  45®  55
Hydrargyrum..............  @  65
Ichthyobolla, Am..  ..1  25@1  50
Indigo...........................  75@1 00
Iodine,  Resubl............3 75®3 85
Iodoform......................  ®4 70
Lupulin........................  45®  50
Lycopodium...............  50®  55
M acls...........................  75®  80
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy­
drarg Iod..................   @  27
Liquor Potass Arslnltls  10®  12
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
2®  3
1H)............................. 
Mannla,  S. F .............. 
30®33

Cudbear.

“ 
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“ 

po

A CIDUM .

A ceticum ....................
Benz oleum  German..
Boracic 
......................
Car boll c u m .................
C itr ic u m ........................
H ydrochlor.................
N ltro c u m  
......................
O xalicum .....................
Phosphor!urn  d ll........
Salicyllcum .................1
Sulphuricum.......... ...
Tannicum ....................1
T a rta ric u m ......................

m   10
60®  65 
30
33®  30 
50®  53 
3®  5
10®  13 
10®  13 
30
30® 1  70 
1M@  5 
40®1  60 
30®  33

AMMONIA.

“ 

A qilana, 16  deg...............   3M@  5
30  deg................. 5H®  7
Carbonas  ......................   13®  14
C hlorldum .....................  13® 14

Black............................2 00@2 35
Brown...........................  80@1 00
R ed................................  45®  50
Y ellow .........................2  50®3 00

BACCAK.

Cubeae (po  75)......... 
75®  80
Ju n lp eru s....................  
8®  10
Xantnoxylum .............   25®  30

b a l s a m u m .
 

 

Copaiba............ 
40®  45
P eru..............................  @1  30
Terabln, Canada  .......  35®  40
T olutan........................  35®  50

OORTKX.

 

 

Abies,  Canadian...................  18
Casslae  ................ 
}|
Cinchona Flava  ...................  18
Euonymus  atropurp............  30
Myrlca  Cerlfera, po..............  20
Primus Virgin!.................   «
Quill ala, grd....................   W
Sassafras  ..............................
Ulmus Po (Ground  13)........   10

EXTRACTUM.
lycyrrhlza  Glabra...
“ 
po.......
aematox, 15 lb. box..
“ 
Is..........
“  *8.........
“  M«...........
FEBRUM.
arbonate Preclp.........
i trate and Q uinta....
ltrate  S o lu b le........
errocyanldum Sol —
o lu t  C h lo rid e ..............
u lp h ate ,  com ’l ............
pure..............

34®  25 
33®  35 
11®   12 
13®  14 
14®  15 
16®  17

@  15 
@3 50 
@  80 
®  50 
®  15 

1M@  2®  7

A rnica...........................   26® 28
A nthem ls......................   3f@ 35
........  25®  30
Matricaria 

FLORA.

PODIA.

Barosma 
Cassia  Acutifol,  Tin-

......................   18® 60
nlvelly ........................  25® 28
35®  50

»  A lx. 

Salvia  officinalis,  Ms
U raU rsl..........................  

and  V(s........................  12®

8® 10

«  1 

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SUMKI.
Acacia,  1st  picked.

®  75 
®  50 
2d 
®  40 
3d 
®   35
sifted sorts 
_
p o ....................   60® 80
Aloe,  Barb, (po.60)...  50®  60
®  12 
“  Cape,  (po.  20)...
®  50
Socotrl,  (po.  60).
Catechu, Is, (Vis, 14 Ms,
®  1
Ammo n lae...................  55®  60
Assafostlda, (po. 35).. 
30® 35
Bensolnum...................  50®  55
Cam phors....................   50®  53
Euphorblum  po  .........  35®  10
Galbanum....................   @3  50
Gamboge,  po.................   70®
Gualacum,  (po  30) —  
@ 25
Kino,  (po.  35).............   @  30
M astic..........................  @  80
Myrrh, (po. 45)............  @  40
Opll,  (vO  2  60)............1  65@1  70
Shellac  ..........................  25® 35
bleached........   30®  35
T ragacanth...................  30® 75

“ 
hbbba—In ounce packages.

A bsinthium ...........................   25
Eupatorlum ...........................   20
Lobelia....................................  25
M aiorum ................................  28
Mentha  Piperita...................  23
“  V lr...........................   25
Rue..............- .........................  80
Tanacetum, V ........................  23
Thymus,  V .............................  25

MAOKKBIA.

Calcined, P at...............  55®  60
Carbonate,  P at............  20®  23
Carbonate, K. &  M —   30®  25
Carbonate, JennlngS..  35®  36

Cubebae........................  @ 5  50
Exechthitos...............   3 50@3 75
E rlgeron.......................3 35®3 50
G aultheria....................3 00®2 10
Geranium,  ounce.......  ®  75
Go8sipli,  Sem. gal.......  50®  75
Hedeoana  .....................3 00@3  10
Juniperl........................  50®2 00
L avendula..................   90@2 00
Llm onls.........................3 75®3 35
Mentha Piper................3 75@3 50
Mentha  Yerld.............. 2 20®3 30
Morrhuae, gal............... 1  00®1 10
Myrcla, ounce..............  @  50
O live.............................  80@2  75
Plcls Liquida, (gal. 35)  10®  12
R iclnl.........................  
86®  92
Rosmarlnl.............  
75@1  00
Rosae, ounce...............  @6 50
Succinl.........................   40®  45
Sabina.........................   90@1  00
Santal  ..........................3 50®7 00
Sassafras......................  50®  55
Slnapis, ess, ounce__   @  65
Tlglii.............................  @  90
T hym e.........................   40®  50
opt  .................  ®  60
Theobromas................  15®  30

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POTASSIUM.

BICarb.........................   15®  18
Bichrom ate.................  13®  14
Bromide...................... 
24®  26
Carb..............................   13®  15
Chlorate  (po  18).........  16®  18
Cyanide........................  50®  55
Iodide...........................2 8G@2 90
Potassa, Bitart,  pure..  24®  28 
Potassa, Bitart, com ...  ®  15
Petass  Mitras, opt....... 
8®  10
Potass N ltras............... 
7®  9
Prusslate......................  88®  30
Sulphate  po.................  15®  18

RADIX.

 

(po. 40).......... 

A conitum ....................   30®  35
Althae...........................  22®  25
A nchusa......................  12®  15
Arum,  po......................  ®  85
Calamus........................  20®  40
Gentiana,  (po. 15).......  10®  12
Glychrrhlza, (pv. 15)..  16®  18 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
  @  35
Hellebore,  Ala,  po—   15®  30
Inula,  po......................  15®  30
Ipecac,  po....................2 20®2 30
In s plox (po. 35®38)..  35®  40
Jalapa,  p r....................   38®  40
Maranta,  Me...............  @  35
Podophyllum, po........   15®  18
R hel..............................   75@1  00
cu t........................  @1  75
,V.........................   75@1  35
Sanguinarla,  (po  25)..  ®  30
Serpentaria..................   82®  35
Senega.........................   45®  50
Slmllax, Officinalis,  H  @ 4 0  
M  @ 2 0
Sclllae, (po. 85)............  10®  12
Symplocarpus,  Fcsti-
...  @ 3 5
Valeriana, Eng.  (po.30)  @  35
German...  15®  30
inglber a ....................  12®  15
Zingiber  j ..........
18®  32

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

“ 

ipo

®  15
Anlsnm,  (po.  20).. 
. 
Apium  (graveieons)..  33®  35
A plum  (graveleons).
Bud, Is .......................  
4®  6
Carui, (po. 18).............. 
8®  12
Cardamon................... 1  00® 1  25
Corlandrum...................  10®  12
Cannabis Sativa..........  3M@4
donlum ......................  75® 1  00
Cj i
Chienopodlum  ............  10®  12
D lpterix O dorate.........2  25®2  35
@  15 
Foenlcnlnm. 
6®  8 
Foenugreek,  po.
4  ®4M
L in i...................
___ m  
Lini, grd,  (bbl. 3M) • 
4  ® « 4
Lobelia.........................   35®  40
Pharlarls Canarian—   33£@  4)4
6®  7
R ap a............................. 
Albu...........  
8®
N igra............  11®  12

Ila.

... 

■ 

“ 
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S FIR IT U S.
Frumentl, W., D.  Co. .2 00®2 50
D. F. R .......1  75®3 00
1  10®1 50
 
Juniperls  Co. O. T — 1  75@1 75
Saacharum  N.  E ..........1 75@2 00
Spt.  Vlnl  Galll............. 1 75@6 50
Vinl Oporto.................. 1 25@2 00
Vlnl  Alba......................1 25@2 00

SPONOBS.

Florida  sheeps’  wool
carriage..................... 2 25@2 50
Nassau  sheeps’  wool
*2  00 
carriage  ...................
Velvet  extra  Bheeps’
1  10
wool  carriage..........
Extra  yellow  sheeps’
85
carriage....................
Grass sheeps' wool car­
65
riage  .........................
75
Hard for  slate  use—
Yellow Reef, for  slate 
1  40
u s e .............................

o ln u x .

A bsinthium ...................... 3 50®4 00
Amygdalae, Dulc------   45®  75
Amydalae, Amarae— 8 00@8 25
A ntal...................................1  65@1 75
Aurantl  Cortex...........3 00@3  25
Bergamli  .....................3 00@3  25
C ajlputl...................... 
60®  65
Caryophylll.................  70®  75
C ed ar...........................   35®  65
Chenopodll.................  @1  60
C lnnam onll.......................1  15®1 30
C ltronella....................   ®  45
Conlum  M ac...............   85®  65
Copaiba  .......................1  10@i  30

A ccacla.................................  50
Zingiber  ................................  50
Ipecac......................................  60
Ferrl  Iod................................  50
Aurantl  Cortes......................  56
Rhel  Aram.............................  50
Slmllax  Officinalis...............   60
Co.........  50
Senega...................................   50
Sclllae.....................................   SO
“  Co................................   50
T olutan........................... . • • •  50
Promts  virg...........................  60

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16

THE  MICHIG^IST  TRADESMAN,

Grocery  Price  Current•

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

and  buy  In  full  packages.

AXLE GBEA8E.
d o z
Aurora......................  55
Diamond...................  50
Frazer’s ....................   80
M i c a .........................   75
Paragon 
.................  55
B A K IN G   PO W D ER .

gross 
6  00
5 50 
9 00 
8 00
6  00

 
 
 

Acme.
k  lb. cans,  3 doz................ 
45
Vi lb.  “ 
2 “  .................. 
85
1  “  ...................  1  60
lib . 
“ 
10
Bulk....................................... 
Arctic.
k  ft> cans..............................  
60
1  20
 
k  ft  “ 
 
2 00
1  B>  “ 
5  ft 
“ 
 
9  60
Cook’s  Favorite.
100 Ji lb cans......................  12  00
100 k  lb cans......................  12  00
100 k  lb cans  ....................  12 00
2 doz 1 lb cans......................  9 60
(tankard pitcher with each can)
per doz 
Dime cans..  90
4-oz

1101 pieces colored glass)
(131 pieces of crystal glass)
(100 hdl cups and saucers)

I)r. Price's.

D*PRICE1s
CREAM

Red Star, k  ®>  cans...........  

Teifer’s, 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

40
%  lb “   
 
80
1  50
 
1B> 
“ 
 
45
k  lb. cans, doz. 
Vi lb. “ 
“ .. 
85
1 lb. “ 
“ ..  1  50
Victor.

•’ 

6 oz cans, 4 d o z ..................  
9 
16 

SO
“ 
1  20
2 doz..................   2 00
BATH  BRICK.

 

“ 

BLUING.

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

2 dozen in case.
E nglish...........................
Domestic.........................
Arctic, 4 oz  ovals..........
........ .
pints,  round —  .

...  90
80
...  TO
Gross
..  4  00
..  7  00
“  ROZ 
..10 50
“ 
“  No. 2. sifting box ..  2 TO
..  4  00
“  No. 3, 
..  8 00
“  No. 5, 
. .  4  50
“ 

*T
“
BROOMS.
..  2 00
No. 2 Hurl........................
. .  2 25
........................
No. 1  “ 
. .  2  50
No. 2 Carpet....................
.  2 TO
No. 1 
“ 
....................
.  3 00
Parlor Gem......................
..  1  00
Common W hisk...........
..  1  20
Fancy 
..............
.  3 50
Warehouse......................
..  1  25
Stove, No.  1....................
..  1  50
“  10....................
..IT O
“  15....................
.. 
85
Rice Root Scrub. 2  row.
Rice Root  Scrub, 3 row . ..  1  25
..  1  50
Palmetto,  goose.............

“ 
BRUSHES.

“ 
“ 

CANDLES
“ 

Hotel, 40 lb. boxes..........
Star,  40 
..........
Paraffine.........................
Wicklng  .......................

..  10
.  9
..  11
.  24

CANNED  GOODS.

PISH.
Clams.

“ 

“ 

“ 

...1  15
Little Neck,  lib   ..........
“  2  lb ............ ...1   90
Clam Chowder.
Standard. 3 lb .................
.. .2 00
Cove Oysters.
gf*
Standard,  1 lb ...............
21b...............
...1  65
Lobsters.

Star,  1  lb ........................
“  2  lb ........................
Picnic, 1 lb ......................
“ 
21b......................

...2 40
.  .3 30
...2 00
...2  90
Mackerel.
Standard, 1 lb ................. ....1   30
2  lb ............... ....2  25
Mustard,  21b...............
....2   25
...2  25
Tomato Sauce,  2 lb .......
Soused, 2 lb ....................
2 25
Columbia River, flat — ...1  85
tails__ ....1  TO
Alaska, 1  lb .................... ....1   45
21b...................... ....ft  10
Sardines.
American  k e ................. 4k®   5
6Vi® 7
Vis...............
. 10@12
Imported  k * ...................
Vis................... 15@16
Mustard  k s .................... ..  7©8
Boneless.........................
20
Brook.3  lb ...................... ....2  60

Salmon.
“ 

“ 
“ 

Trout.

“ 
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COUPON PASS BOOKS.

[Can  be  made to represent any  C
denomination  from 810  down. |  £
2 00  r
3 00  1
6  25
10 00
17  50

20 books......................... *  1  00
50  “ 
100  “ 
250  “ 
500  “ 
1000  “ 

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

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

CRACKERS.

Butter.

Seymour XXX................... ...  6
Seymour XXX, cartoon.. ...  6k
Family  XXX.................... ..  6i-
Family XXX,  cartoon... ...  6k
Salted' XXX...................... ...  6
Salted XXX,  cartoon  ... ...  6k
Kenosha 
........................ ...  7k
Boston................................ ...  8
Butter  biscuit — .......... ...  6k

Soda.

Oyster.

Soda, XXX........................
.  6
Soda, City......................... ...  7V6
Soda,  Duchess................. ...  8k
Crystal W afer.................. ...10
Reception  Flakes............ ...10
S. Oyster  XXX................. ...  6
City Oyster. XXX.............. ...  6
Farina  Oyster................. ...  6
CREAM TARTAR.
Strictly  pure....................
30
Teifer’s  Absolute............
35
Grocers’............................. .10@15

D R IE D   FRUITS.

D om estic.
APPLES.

1 

“ 

“ 

quartered  “
APRICOTS.

Sundried. sliced in  bbls
5
5
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes @7
California in  bags........ 9k@10
Evaporated in boxes.  .. 12@12H
BLACKBERRIES.
)  In  boxes..........................
4k
) 
NECTARINES.
3  TO lb. bags.......................
7k
)  251b. boxes...................... @9k
) 
12
............ 9@10
in b a g s ....... 8®  8k
PEARS.
@7

Peeled, in  boxes............
Cal. evap.  “ 
“ 

s 
5  California In bags  ....
s 
PITTED CHERRIES.
e  Barrels.............................
&  50 lb. boxes....................
{  25  “ 
.....................
r  
30 lb.  boxes....................
RASPBERRIES.

PRUNE LLES.

10
11
12

11

PEACHES.

21k
22
23

In  barrels........................
501b. boxes......................
251b.  “ 
........................
F oreign.
1 
CURRANTS.
|0 
>0  Patras, In barrels........
® 3k
In  H-bbls........
in less quantity @  4

“ 
“ 

“ 

PEEL.

“ 
" 

Citron, Leghorn. 25 lb. boxes  20
“ 
25  “
Lemon 
10
25  “
“ 
B  Orange 
11
RAISINS.
10 
Domestic.
50 
ft  London layers,  2  crown ...1  40
s  “
30 
....1  65
fancy... ....1   85
® 
0  Loose Mnscatels. boxes.....1  25
TO lb  bags  ®5k
Ondura. 29 lb. boxes..  7k ®   7k
“ 
Sultana, 20 
..11 @12
Valencia, 30  “ 
..5 ®  5k

Foreign.

“ 
“ 

PRUNES.

Bosnia...........................
©
California, 90x100 25 lb.  bxs.  8
“
..8k
“
.9
“
--9k
S ilver.............................. . . . . i i k

80x90 
7fx80 
60x70 

“ 
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ENVELOPES.
XX rag, white.

W 
X  No. 1, 6Vi......................... ..  81  TO
£   No. 2, 6Vi......................... ..  1  60
*   No. 1,6............................ ..  1  65
"   No. 2. 6............................. ..  1  5ft
50  No. 1, 6 Vi......................... ...  1  35
JO  No. 2 ,6 k ......................... ..  1  25
Manilla, white.
5   6k  ................................... ..  1  00
X  6........................................
95
30 
Mill  No. 4........................
.  100

XX  wood, white.

Coin.

FARINACEOUS  GOODS. 

Sago.

F I8H --S alt.

Bloaters.

h ......................

Cod.

@5

8mall.

Barrels, 2.400  count. 
Half bbls, 1,200 count 
Clay, No.  216............................... 1 75
Cob, No.  3.................................... 1 25

“  T. D. full count............  75

PIPES.

2  50

4 00

POTASH.

48 cans in case.

Babbitt’s ............................   4  00
PennaSalt  Co.’s ...............   3  25

BOOT BEEB
Williams,  per doz..............  1  75
3  doz. case.......... 5  00

“ 

BICK.

Domestic.

“
“

12

Boneless!  strips.......... .  5k® 6k Carolina head...............
Halibut.
Smoked........................
Herring.
Scaled...........................
Holland,  bbls..............
. 
kegs..............
Round shore,  H bbl...
“ 
k   bbl..
Mackerel.

18@20
11  00 Jajpeji No. 1.................. .........6
85
No. 2................... ........ 5k
2 00 Java..
....  5
....  5
1  10 Patna.

No. 1............... .........5
No. 2............... .  ©  4
. .. .   3k

Brosen............................

Imported.

“ 
“ 

Sardines.
Trout.

kits, 10  lbs............ 
75
Russian,  kegs......................  
45
No. 1,  k  bbls., lOOlbs............ 6 50
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs...................  90
No. 1, Vi bbls., lOOlbs............8 00
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs...................1  10
Family, Vi bbls., 100 lb s__ 3 00
kits  10  lbs..............  40

Whitefish.

FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

Jennings’ D C.
Lemon. Vanilla
1  25
2 oz folding b o x ...  TO 
150
...1 0 0  
3 oz 
“ 
2  00
...1  50 
4 oz 
“ 
6oz 
...2  00 
3  00
“ 
“  
Soz 
...3  00 
4  00
GUN  POWDER.

HERBS.

K egs................. ..................... 5 50
Half  kegs.............................. 3 00
Sage.......................................15
Hops........................................25
Madras,  5 lb. b o x e s ......... 
S. F., 2,3 and 5 lb. boxes.. 

INDIGO.

55
50

“ 

JELLY.
55
17  b. palls.......................... 
30  “ 
........................ 
85
LICOBICE.
Pure.........................................  30
Calabria..................................  25
Sicily.......................................  12
LYE.
Condensed,  2 doz................ 1  25
4 doz.................2 25
HATCHES.
No. 9  sulphur....................... 1  25
Anchor parlor.......................1  70
No. 2 home............................ 1  10
Export  parlor.......................4 00

“ 

BONCE  HEAT

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

MEASURES.

Tin, per dozen.

1  gallon  ............................   81  TO
Half  gallon....'.................  1  40
Q u art.................................. 
TO
P in t.....................................  
45
Half  p i n t .......................... 
40
Wooden, for vinegar, per doz.
1 gallon..............................   7  00
Half gallon........................  4  TO
Q u art..................................  3  TO
P in t.....................................   2 25

HOLASSES.
Blackstrap.
Cuba Baking.
Porto Rico.

Sugar house........................  13Vi
O rdinary............................. 
16
P rim e.................................. 
16
F ancy.................................. 
20

New Orleans.

 

 

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

OATHBAL.

14
17
22
35

Barrels  200...................  @4  TO
Half barrels 100.......................@2 50

ROLLED OATS.

Barrels  180...................  @4  TO
Half  bbls 90...............   @2  50

PICKLES.
Medium.

Barrels, 1,200 count............ 68 SO
Half  barrels, 600 cou n t....  2 25

SPICES.

Whole Sifted.

Allspice...................................10
Cassia, China in m ats.........  8
Batavia in bund___15
Saigon in rolls.........35
Cloves,  Amboyna..................22
Zanzibar.......  ......... 13
Mace  Batavia........................ 80
Nutmegs, fancy.....................80
No.  1........................ TO
No.  2........................ 65
Pepper, Singapore, black___15
w hite...  .25
.19

“ 
shot.

“ 

Pure Ground in Bulk.

“ 

A llspice...................................1
Cassia,  Batavia.....................20
and  Saigon.25
“ 
Saigon..................... 35
“ 
Cloves,  Amboyna..................30
“ 
Zanzibar.................. 20
Ginger, A frican.....................15
“  Cochin....................  18
Jam aica.................. 2P
“ 
Mace  Batavia........................ 8C
Mustard,  Eng. and Trieste..2b
Trieste......................27
Nutmegs, No. 2 .....................65
Pepper, Singapore, black__ 20
“ 
w hite.......30
“  Cayenne...................25
Sage......................................... 20
“Absolute” In Packages.

“ 

k s  

vis
AUspice............  ...........  84  1  55
Cinnamon............... 
84  1  55
Cloves.............................  84  1  55
Ginger, Jam ..................   84  1  55
“  A f......................   84  1  55
M ustard..........................  84  1  55
Pepper...........................   84 155
Sage.................................   84

SAL  SODA.

Kftgs.
Granulated,  boxes...............   I k

SEEDS.

A n ise...........................  @l2k
Canary, Smyrna.  ....... 
4
8
Caraw ay...................... 
Cardamon, M alabar... 
90
4 Vi
Hemp,  Russian..........  
Mixed  Bird  ...............   4Vi® 5Vi
6
Mustard,  w h ite ......... 
Poppy........................*  
9
R ape............................. 
6
Cuttle  bone................. 
30

“ 

STARCH.
Corn.
20-lb  boxes...........................   6k
...........................  6
40-lb 
Gloss.
1-lb packages.........................   5Vi
8-lb 
....  ..................   5V4
6-lb 
40 and 50 lb. boxes...................4k
Barrels......................................4k

.......................6

“ 
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SNUFF.

Scotch, In  bladders..............37
Maccabov, In ja rs.................35
French Rappee, In Ja rs.......43

B oxes....................................... 5Vt
Kegs, English..........................4k

SODA.

■ALT.

100 3-lb. sacks............................(2 25
60 5-lb. 
“ 
2810-lb. sacks......................  1  85
2014-lb.  “ 
24 3-lb  cases.............................   1 50
56 lb. dairy inTinen  bags.. 
281b.  « 
.. 

drill  “ 

50
18

 
 

 
 

2 00
2 25

Warsaw.

Ashton.

Higgins.

56 lb. dairy In drill  bags... 
281b.  “ 
“  ~ r   .. 

35
18

56 lb. dairy is  linen sacks..  TO 

56 lb. dairy In linen  sacks.  TO 

Solar Rock.

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

Saginaw ............................. 
M anistee.............. 
 

Common Fine.
 

25

80
85

Apricots.

• 

Cherries.

2 25
Live oak.............. 
Santa  Cruz..................  
2 00
Lusk’s ........................... 
2  50
1  90
Overland....................  
Blackberries.
B. &  W.........................  
90
1  20
R ed................................ 
Pitted H am burgh....... 
1  75
1  20
W hite........................... 
E rie ..............................  
1  20
Damsons, Egg Plums and Green 
E rie ..............................   @1  25
1  TO
California....................  
Gooseberries.
Common...................... 
1  10

Gages.

Peaches.

P ie ................................  
M axw ell...................... 
Shepard’s ....................  
California....................  
Monitor 
....................  
Oxford  ........................ 

Pears.

1  10
1  50
1  40
2 25
1  35
1  25

“ 

1
2
2
l

1  25
2 10

l  30
1  50
1  40
]

Domestic...................... 
Riverside...................... 
Pineapples.
Common....................... 
Johnson’s  sliced........  
grated........ 
Quinces.
Common...................... 
Raspberries.
Red  ..............................  
Black  Hamburg..........  
Erie,  b la c k ................  
Strawberries.
Law rence....................  
H am burgh..................
Erie...............................
T errapin.........................  
Whortleberries.
Common...................... 
F. &  W.........................  
Blueberries................. 
Corned  beef,  Libby’s...........1  80
Roast beef.  Armour’s ...........1  75
Potted  ham, k  lb ................ 1  50
“  k  ib .................. io o
tongue, Vi lb ..............1  10
k l b ........... 
95
chicken, k  lb ........... 
95

HEATS.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

1
1
1

“ 

j

CLOTHES PINS.

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

COCOA  SHELLS.

35 lb  bags........................  @3
Less  quantity.................  @3J
Pound  packages............6k@7

CO FFEE,
GREEK.
Rio.

F air......................................... 16
Good........................................17
Prim e......................................18
Golden....................................20
P eaberry................................20

Santos.

F air......................................... 16
Good....................................... 17
Prim e................... 
18
Peaberry  ............................... 20

 

Mexican apd Guatamela.

Maracaibo.

F a ir......................................... 20
Good........................................21
Fancy......................................23
Prim e......................................19
M illed....................................20
Java.
Interior............... 
25
Private Growth.....................27
M andehling..........................28
Im itation............................... 23
Arabian..................... 
26
BOASTED.

Mocha.

 

M cL aughlin’s  XXXX.

Lion, 60 or 100 lb.  case.

120 1 lb.

Valley City. 
Felix...........

Bulk. 
Red  .

CLOTHES  LIKES.
40 f t ..........per di
50 f t ..........  
“
«
60 f t ..........  
TO f t..........  
“
80 f t ..........  
“
60 f t ..........  
“
7 2 f f ........  
“

COUPON  BOOKS.

ËÜIlël

“Tradesman.’

“Superior.”

VEGETABLES.

Beans.

“ 

“ 
“ 

Hamburgh  stringless...........1  25
French style......... 2 25
Limas..................... 1 40
Lima, green.................................l 30
soaked........................  80
Lewis Boston  Baked............ 1 35
Bay State  Baked........................ 1 35
World’s  F air...............................1 35
Ham burgh.............................
Livingston  E d e n .......................1 15
P u rity .....................................
Honey  Dew.................................1 50
Morning Glory.........................   1 10

Com.

Peas

“ 
“ 
“ 

Hamburgh m arrofat.............1  35
early Ju n e ...........
Champion Eng... 1  50
Hamburgh  petit  pots...........1  75
fancy  sifted........1  90
Soaked....................................  65
Harris  standard...................  75
Van Camp’s Marrofat 
.1  10
Early Ju n e ......... 1  80
Archer’s  Early Blossom__ 1  35
F ren c h .........................................1 80
F rench.................................16®18
E rie.........................................  95
H ubbard......................................1 20
Hamburg  ...............................1  40
Soaked....................................  80
Honey  Dew................................. 1 60
Excelsior ............................... l  00
Eclipse......................................... 1 00
H am burg.....................................1 30
G allon.........................................2 50

Mushrooms.
Pumpkin.
Squash.
Succotash.

Tomatoes.

CHOCOLATE— BAKER’S.

German Sweet....................... 
Premium................................. 
Pure......................................... 
Breakfast  Cocoa................... 

22
35
38
40

CHEESE.

Amboy.........................   & SU
Horton  .  ......................  @ 8k
R iverside....................   @ 8k
Gold  Medal  ...............   @ 7k
Skim .......... ..................5  @  6
Brick................................ 
10
Edam  ..........................   @1  00
Limburger  .....................  @10
Pineapple........................  @25
Roquefort........................   @35
Sap Sago..........................  @22
Schweitzer, imported.  @ao
domestic  ....  @15

“ 

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

86
2 40
2 50

CATSUP.

Blue Label Brand.
 

Half  pint, 25 bottles.............2 75
Pint 
Quart'l doz bottles...............8 50

“ 

“Universal.”
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

I  1, per hundred...............   63 00
• 2, 
................. 3  50
• 3, 
................. 4  00
»5, 
..............5  00
•10, 
...............6  00
•20, 
................. 7  00
Above prices on coupon books 
are  subject  to  the  following 
quantity discounts:
800 or over................5  per  cent.
600  " 
..........10 
4 50
1000  “ 
...........20 

“
“

Farina.
100 lb. kegs............  
Hominy.

3k

Barrels.................................... 800
G rits..................................... 3 50

Lima  Beans.

Dried............................... 

4
M&ccaronl and Vermicelli. 

Domestic, 121b. b o x .... 
Imported...............10V4@11V4
Pearl Barley.
Kegs..................................   ©2k

55

8ALERÀTUS.

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. Wrlsley’s Brands.

Old Country,  80  1-lb....... ...3 20
Good Cheer, 601 lb .......... ...3  90
White Borax, 100  34-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 T alk.......................
.  3 00

SCOURING AND POLISHING.
“ 

Sapolio, kitchen, 3  doz. ..  2 50
hand, 3 doz....... ..  2 50

SUGAR.

Cut  Loaf......................
@  5*
C ubes...........................
@ 5
Powdered...................
@  5*
Granulated.. 
.......
Confectioners’ A .......
@  4*
Soft A ...........................
@  4%
White Extra C............
@  4*
Extra  C........................ @ 4*
Y ellow .........................
@  3*
Less than  bbls.  14c advance

SYBUPS.

Corn.

Barrels...............................
.  22
Half bbls...........................
..24
F a ir...................................
..  19
G ood..................................
..  25
Choice................................ ...  30

Pure Cane.

SWEET eOODS.
Ginger Snaps...............
Sugar  Creams.............
Frosted  Creams..........
Graham  Crackers.......
Oatmeal Crackers.......

8
8
9
8*
8*

TEAS.

j a f a n —Regular.

F a ir...............................  @17
Good.............................  @20
Choice............................ 24  @26
Choicest.........................32  @34
D u st...............................10  @12

SUN CURED.

F a ir...............................  @17
Good.............................  @20
Choice............................ 24  @26

W arpath....................... 
  14
B anner...................................15
King Bee.................................20
Kiln Dried..............................17
Nigger Head..........................23
Honey  Dew............................24
Gold  Block............................28
Peerless.................................. 24
Rob  Roy.................................24
Uncle  Sam............................. 28
Tom and Jerry.......................25
Brier Pipe.........................   . .30
Yum  Y um ............................. 32
Red Clover............................. 32
Navy........................................32
Handmade..............................40
F ro g ....................................... 33

WASHBOARDS.

Choicest........................ 32  @34
D ust............................... 10  @12

BASKET  FIRED.

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

GUNPOWDER.

Common to fair........... 25  @35
Bxtra fine to finest___50  @65
Choicest fancy.............75  @85
@26
Common to fair........... 23  @30
Common to fair........... 23  @26
Superiortofine.............30  @35

IMPERIAL.

o o l o n g . 

YOUNG HYSON.

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

ENGLISH BREAKPAST.

F a ir................................18  @22
Choice............................ 24  @28
B est................................40  @50

TOBACCOS.

Fine Cut.

“ 

“ 

Palls unless otherwise noted
H iaw atha.................... 
60
Sweet  Cuba................. 
34
McGinty...................... 
24
22
36 bbls..........  
Valley  City.................  
32
Dandy Jim ................... 
27
Torpedo....................... 
20
19
in  drum s—  
Yum  Yum  ................. 
26
Sorg's Brands.
Spearhead................... 
Jo k e r...........................  
Nobby Twist..................  
Oh  My............................. 
Scotten's Brands.

35
22
39
29

Plug.

Middleton's Brands.

Kylo..............................  
22
Hiawatha..................... 
38
34
Valley C ity ................. 
Finzer’s Brands.
40
Old  Honesty................ 
Jolly T ar......................  
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............... 
30
26
L. & W .......................... 
Boss....................................... 12*
Colonel’s Choice..................13

Smoking.

Single

Double.

W ilson................................... $2 00
Saginaw.................................   1 75
Rival............. .......................   1:40
Daisy......................................   1 00
L angtry................................  1; 10
Defiance.................................   1 75
W ilson...................................  2 50
Saginaw.................................  2 25
R ival......................................  1 80
Defiance...................................2 00
Crescent...................................2 60
Red Star...................................2 75
Sham rock............................... 2 50
Ivy Leaf.................................  2 25
40 g r........................................  7
50 gr........................................ 8

VINEGAR.

SI for barrel.
WET  MUSTARD.

Bulk, per g a l ....................  
30
Beer mug, 2 doz in case...  1  75
yeast—Compressed. 
Fermentum  per doz. cakes..
per lb-.................
“ 
Flelschman, per doz cakes...
“ 
perlb....................

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

17

GRAIN S an d  FEEDSTUFFS

WHEAT.

“ 

MEAL.

FLOUR.

80
No. 1 White (58 lb. test) 
No. 1 Red  (60 lb. test)
80
Bolted.........................
....  130
Granulated.................. ....  1  50
Straight, In  sacks__ ....  4 50
“  barrels...
“ 
....  4 60
“  sacks__ ....  550
Patent 
“  barrels...
“ 
....  5 60
Graham  “  sacks__ ...  2  10
“ 
...
Rye 
....  2 40
MILL8TUFF8.

Less
Car lots quantity
$15 00
15 00
17 00
21  00
21  00

B ran...............$15 00
Screenings__   15  00
Middlings.......16 00
Mixed Feed...  21  00
Coarse meal  ..  21  00
...  55
Car  lots........................
Less than  car  lots__ .........57
Car  lots......................
........ 39
Less than car lots — ........ 41
No. 1 Timothy, car lots__ 13  50
No. 1 
... 15 00

HAY.
ton lots

CORN.

OATS.

“ 

OILS.

The  Standard  Oil  Co.  quotes
as  follows.  In barrels,  f. o.  b.
Grand Rapids:
Eocene.........................
9
Water White, old test
© 836
W.  W.  Headlight, 150
736
Water  White  ............
@  7
Naptha.......................
@  7
Stove Gasoline..........
@  734
C ylinder...................... 27  @36
E n g in e ....................... 13  @21
Black, 25 to 30 deg...
@  7*

FR ESH   MEATS.

“

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
*• 

Swift & Company quote as fol-
6/4

Beef, carcass.............
7  @  8
hindquarters..
fore 
336©  4
loins,  No.  3..
936010
ribs.................
836©  936
rounds............
536®  6
Bologna......................
@  43«
Pork lo in s.................
@  834
shoulders  __
@ 636
Sausage, blood or head  @  4*
liv e r.............   @ 4 *
Frankfort  ..
©  7
.8  ©  9
Mutton  ......................
.6  @  6%
V eal............................

“ 
“ 

“ 

PAPER.

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

Straw 
R ockfalls.................................2
Rag sugar.................................2  !
H ardw are................................ 2*
Bakers......................................21^
Dry  Goods....................   5*@6
Jute  Manilla.................  @5*
Red  Express  No. 1..............  5*
No. 2 .............. 4*

“ 

TWINES.

“ 

48 Cotton..  ...........................  to
Cotton, No. 1..........................17
“  2..........................16
Sea  Island, assorted..........  30
No. 5 H em p............................15
No. 6  “ ....................................15

WOODENWARB.

30

Pails, No. 1, two hoop.. 
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes__  
Bowls, 11 inch........................ 

Tubs, No. 1............................  7 00
“  No. 2............................  6 00
“  No. 3............................  5 00
1  45
“  No. 1,  three-hoop__   1  70
40
.....................  1 00
....................   1 60
.....................  2 40

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ willow cl’ths, No.l  5 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

13  “ 
15  “ 
17  “ 
19  “ 
21  “ 
35
shipping  bushel..  1  25 
..  1  40
full  hoop  “ 
75
“  No.2 6 25
“  No.3 7  25
“  No.l  3
“  No.2 4  25
“  No.3 5  Of

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

splint 

“ 
“ 
‘ 
“ 

 
 

INDURATED WARE.

Pails.......................................  4 05
Tubs, 34 doz...............................  4 55

3 00
3 50

HIDES.

H ID E S ,  PE LT S  and FU it*
Perkins  &  Hess  pay as  fol

lows,  prices nominal
G reen.........................
Í34®334
Part  Cured.................
© 334
Full 
.................
@ 4
Dry..............................
5 ©  5
Kips, green  ............... V«yj@  336
“  cured.................
©  4
Calfskins,  green.......
4 ©  536
cured.......
5 ©  7
Deacon skins............. 10 ©30

“ 

“ 

No. 2 hides 36 off.
PELTS.

...................... 20 @  50

Shearlings.................. 10 @25
Lambs 
W ashed...................... 20 @28
U nw ashed................. 10 @20

WOOL.

MISCELLANEOUS.

T allow .......................
Grease  butter  ..........
Switches....................
Ginseng...................... 2 00@2  75

336© 4
1 @  2
134®  2

POULTRY

Local dealers pay  as  follows:

DRESSED.

Fow l........................... 10 @12  .
Tnrkeys...................... 11 @13
Ducks  ....................... 11 ©13
Chickens,.................. 14 @16
8 ©  9
Fowls..........................
9 @10
Turkeys......................
Spring  Duck.............. 10 @14

LIVE,

F ISH   and  OYSTERS.

F.  J.  Dettenthaler  quotes as

follows:
FRESH  FISH
7 ©  8
Whltefish 
................
7 ©  8
Trout  .........................
@15
Halibut.......................
Ciscoes or H erring... 5 ©  6
Blueflsh...................... 11 @12
21
Fresh lobster, per lb
90
Soft crabs, per doz...
1  25
Shrimp,  per  gal.........
Cod........ ..................... 10 @12
©  8
No. 1 Pickerel............
P ike.............................
@ 7
Smoked  W hite..........
©  7

o y s t e r s—Cans.

Falrhaven  Counts...
F. J. D. Selects........
SHELL  GOODS.
Ovsters, per  100....... .1  25® 1  50
Clams. 
“ 
......... .1  0O@1  25

@40
@35

HILLSIDE  JAVA!

FOR  YOUR  38  OR  HOo  GRADE.

$I0f  vili  te n il for a  formila Dial  vili  pdoca  a Civ o!  Cole  telila leao  Hillside !

ROYAL  DUCHESS  JAVA  i  MOCHA

For  your 35c grade. 

SAN  MARIO  BLEND

For your  30c  grade.

A T ru e C om bination of C entral A m erican an d  E ast In d ia  J a v a  an d  A rab ian  M ocha.  M akes a b e tte r d rin k   th an  ^ s tr a ig h t  ^ a ra c a lb o ^ ^ V e r^ f rag ra.it  and  ric h .  Strong  lint

| ^ “Our Coffees are all selected with great care, especially for Fine Drinking Qualities.

Boasted  in tie Latest  Improved  Cylinders  ani  Packed  w ifi  dot  into  50-in.  Cans  only.
O
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W e  Affirm   T h a t  Good 
Gootls  M ake  Business.

T O L E D O ,  O ., 

Importers,  Roasters  and  Jobbers  of  Fine  Coffees,

A nd  P o o r  Goods  M ar 

Unsi ness.

a ls o  D e t r o i t  

N e w   Y o r k .

W e are represented in Michigan as follows:  Eastern  Michigan, P.  V. IIechleu; Southern  Michigan, J.  B.  Friend;

Northern and Western  Michigan, Thos.  F e r g u s o n

18

TH K  MXCHXGAISr  TRADESMAN,

FKODUCK  M ARKET,

CANDIES, FR U IT S  an d   NUTS.

CONDITIONS  FAVORING  A  RISE. 
The solidity of financial affairs in Wall 
street has been abundantly demonstrated 
during the past fortnight by the  way  in 
which the Stock Exchange  withstood the 
depressing  influences  of  the  Oil  Creek 
disaster, of the failure in London of  the 
New Oriental Bank, of  the  unfavorable 
weather at the West, and of  the  Minne­
apolis  Convention.  Any  one  of  these 
factors, singly,  would have been  enough 
to bring to  light  weakness,  if  any  had 
existed.  Numbers  of  my  readers  can 
probably remember how the  loss  of  the 
steamer Arctic, the Chicago conflagration, 
the assassination of  Garfield,  and  other 
calamities  of  that  nature  produced  de­
cided little panics  when  they  occurred, 
not to mention the more recent results of 
the collapse of Baring & Co.  in  London. 
Political distractions, too, are notoriously 
hostle to the maintenance of  prices,  and 
the Presidential year is always  expected 
to be  a  bad  one  for  trade.  Just  now, 
however, neither flood nor fire  nor  great 
bankruptcies, nor the excitement of nom­
inating  a  Presidential  candidate  have 
made more  than a  transient  impression 
upon the market, and even  the  addition 
to them  of  renewed  shipments  of  gold 
has failed to create alarm.

This  extraordinary  firmness  is  un­
doubtedly due to the  abundance of money 
seeking borrowers,  and this agan  to  the 
scarcity of  borrowers  actually  needing 
money either to carry on  existing  enter­
prises or to start  new  ones.  The  finan­
cial winter which was usheifed in by  the 
Baring  collapse,  eighteen  mouths  ago, 
has not yet fairly thawed  out,  and  cap­
italists and speculators, both here and in 
Europe,  are going about with their  coats 
buttoned over  their  pocketbooks,  wait­
ing for the spring  to  begin  before  they 
open them.  1 have not kept a record  of 
the new undertakings  for  which  money 
has been borrowed in New  York City,but 
the amount in London  for  the  year,  so 
far, is one-seventh less  than  during the 
same period in 1891, one-third  less  than 
in 1890, and not one-half of what  it  was 
in 1889.  As  here,  so  in  London,  loud 
complaints are made by  the  speculative 
stock brokers of a decline in  their  busi­
ness,  the  bankers’  clearings  on  Stock 
Exchange pay days having shrunk three- 
fourths of their volume in  1890  and  the 
years  immediately  preceding  it.  The 
brokers who deal  principally  in  invest­
ment  securities  have  not  suffered  so 
much,  but they cannot have escaped  the 
consequences of  the  diminished  supply 
of  new  bonds  and  stocks,  which  has 
driven the price of 2%  per  cent,  consols 
nearly up to par,  and  first-class  314  Per 
cent, municipal corporation bauds to 110 
Even  the  French  3  per  cents.,  which 
stood  for years about 80, are now selling 
at about par, a fact to which  the  friends 
of the republic exultantly point  as proof 
of its popularity, but which  really  indi­
cates only the scarcity  of  good  new  in 
vestments in  France,  as well  as in  Great 
Britain and in this country.

Why  this  abundance  of  money  and 
scarcity of investments has failed to ere 
ate  an  upward  speculative  movement 
here I explain  by  referring  to  the  dis­
credit  into  which  have  fallen  the  im­
mense amount of  railroad  stocks  which 
for many years furnished the  staple  for 
speculative operations.  The really good 
stocks of this class have been bought  by 
investors and withdrawn almost  entirely 
from  the  field  of  everyday  dealings, 
while the poor ones show so  little  prob­

in 

ability of improvement that they are  not 
tempting.  The favorable  conditions  of 
the market, which  ought  to  send  them 
up, barely result in keeping  them  from 
going down.  What with excessive  capi­
tals,  excessive  debts,  diminished  earn­
ings, and the hostility of legislatures, rail­
roads west of the  Mississippi  and  south 
of the Ohio have all they can do to avoid 
bankruptcy.  They  are  not  all  by  any 
means in so bad a condition as the  Rich­
mond Terminal, the Union  Pacific,  and 
other  unfortunates,  but  they  are  alto­
gether  too  uncomfortably  near 
it  to 
tempt men into investing their hard cash 
in them.  The industrials  have  not this 
objection to overcome, but they are  still 
too new  and  untried,  and  the  circum 
stances of their launching upon the  mar­
ket are too suspicious in the eyes  of  the 
public to make  them  favorites.  Yet,  1 
can  remember  the time  when  the  best 
railroads  were 
the  same  category. 
Long after the New York and New Haven 
Railroad had recovered from  the  Schuy­
ler frauds and was paying regular 10 per 
cent,  annual dividends,  its  stock  was  a 
peculative  fancy  ranging  between  120 
and  140,  while now,  upon  a  capital  five 
times as large,  it sells at 250 in little lots 
of 10,  15 and 20  shares,  and 
then  only 
once a week or so.  New  York  Central, 
before  the  old  Commodore  Vanderbilt 
doubled its capital and took in the  Hud­
son  River  road,  sold  regularly  in 
the 
neighborhood of  80,  notwithstanding  it 
paid steady C per cent, annual dividends.
It now pays barely 5 per  cent,  and  yet 
sells at 113.  Lake Shore is  another  ex­
ample.  A few years ago  it  was  one  of 
the liveliest  gambling  counters  on  the 
Exchange at about 60.  Now, at 130  and 
upward,  it is bought and sold only  as  a 
sober investment.  Even Western  Union 
Telegraph stock,  which,  in  my  experi­
ence has been up and  down  like  a  sky 
rocket,  hundreds  of  times, has  settled 
nearly if not quite into an  inactive  con­
dition,  and,  for the last  twelve  months, 
has  done nothing  but go  up  upon  pur­
chases by people who buy it for the  sake 
of dividends.  Whenever, therefore,  the 
industrials,which are now dividing 8 per 
cent,  and  upward in their selling  prices 
shall have succeeded in getting the  con 
fidence of  the public they  \yill  probably 
exhibit a like improvement.

Asparagus—20c per doz. bunches.
Beans—Dry stock is in small supply and active 
demand.  Dealers  pay  $1.30@1.35  for  unpicked 
and hold city handpicked at $1.65@1,76 per bu.' 
Beets—New, 35c per doz. bunches.
Bermuda  Onions—$1 .75  per  crate  of  about 50 
lbs.
Butter—The  market  is  featureless,  the  glut 
being complete in nearly all localities.  Dealers 
pay ll@12c  and hold at I2@13c.  Nearly all  pur­
chases  not  sold  promptly are  being  placed  in 
cold storage.
Cabbages—$2 and  $3.50  per  crate, according to 
size
Cucumbers—40c per  doz.
Dried Apples—Sundried  is held at 4@4%c  and 
evaporated at 5)4@6c.
E ggs—The  market  Is  strong  and  higher. 
Dealers pay about 13@l3)4c and hold at 14)4@15c. 
Honey—14c per lb.  Very scarce.
Lettuce—Grand  Bapids  Forcing  is  in fair de­
Onions—Green are  in  fair  demand at 10c  per 
Peas—Green, $1 per bu.
Pieplant—lc per lb.
Pineapples—*1.25 @$1.75 per doz.
Potatoes—The ¡anticipated  boom  in  the  price 
of  old  stock  failed  to  materialize, the  market 
being  now decidedly Hat, good  stock selling  a t 
25c per bu.  New potatoes are held a t  S0&90C p e r  
bushel.

mand at 10c per lb.
dozen bunches.

Radishes—10c per doz. bunches.
Raspberries—Black are in plentiful supply and 
active demand at 15c per quart.
Strawberries—Home  grown  are  now  at  their 
best, commanding 6@10c per quart, according to 
quality and the condition of the market. 

Tomatoes—$1.75  per  crate.
Watermelons—25@35c  apiece.  The melons  bo 
far received  are  small  in  size  and  inferior  in 
juality, owing to the  drought  prevailing  in the 
region where they are raised.
Wax Beans—$1.50  per  bu.

PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co. 

FORK  IN  BARKERS.

quotes as follows:
Mess,  new.........................................................   11  50
Short c u t...........................................................  12 00
Extra clear pig, short  cu t.................................13 50
Extra clear,  heavy..........................................
Clear, fat  back.................................................  13 00
Boston clear, short cu t...................................   13 50
Clear back, short cu t.......................................  13 50
Standard clear, short cut, best................... 
13 50
Pork Sausage..........................................................7)4
Ham Sausage........................................................  9
Tongue Sausage...................................................9
Frankfort  SauBage  ..............................................7)4
Blood Sausage......................................................  5
Bologna, straight.................................................5
Bologna,  thick.......................................  .......... 5
Headcheese......................................................... 5

sausage—Fresh and Smoked.

LAIS.

7*
8
8)4
8)4

B I R   IN   B A R R ELS.

Com­
pound.
554
554
574
6%
6)4
654

Kettle
Rendered. Granger.  Family.
554
6
6)4
6)4
654
6*

Tierces __
50 lb. Tins.
.8
201b. Pails. 8)4
10  lb.  “ 
. 8)4
. m
“ 
5 lb. 
8 lb. 
“ 
. 8 34
Extra Mess, warranted 200  lbs........................  6 50
Extra Mess, Chicago packing......................... 6  50
Boneless, rump butts........................................   9 00
Hams, average 20 lbs...........................................10)4
16 lbs.......................................... 11
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Shoulders.............................................................   7 \
Breakfast Bacon, boneless................................  9)4
Dried beef, ham p rices..................................... 9
Long Clears, heavy................................................6)4
Briskets,  medium..............................................   634
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One great bugbear of the market,  free 
silver coinage,  which,  entirely  without 
reason,  in  my  opinion,  has  deterred  i 
great  many  people  from  investing  u 
stocks,  seems now in a fair way to be re 
moved.  The  renomination  by  the  Re 
publican party of  President Harrison,  a 
declared enemy  of  free  silver,  upon  a 
platform  which  demands 
the  mainte­
nance of the parity  of silver  with  gold, 
“so that the purchasing and  debt-paying 
power of the dollar,  whether  of  silver, 
gold,  or  paper,  shall  at  all  times  be 
equal,” commits the party,  logically, not­
withstanding 
the  explanations  of  the 
silver men,  against  the  unlimited  coin­
age of the metal; and it  is  unlikely  that 
the Democrats will  declare distinctly  in 
favor of it, because if they do  they  will 
imperil their success in the Eastern  and 
Middle States.  The most that they  will 
do,  I fancy,  will  be to adopt a resolution 
similar to that of the Republicans,  only  a 
little  more on the side of silver.  That no 
silver  bill  will  become  a law during the 
life  of  the  present  Congress  is  nearly 
certain,  and  the  recent  speech  on  the 
subject by Senator Sherman  shows  that 
a  change  has  come  over  his  opinions

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Palls.

Bbls. 

MIXED  CANDY.
Full Weight.

STICK  CANDY.
Full  Weight. 
................................   6
Standard,  per  lb
................................   6
H .H ....
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Twist  .
Boston  Cream  .. ............20 lb. cases
............................. 7
Cut  Loaf............
Extra  H.  H ......... ........................cases 7

7
7
7
8)4
8
8
Palls.7
Standard.......................................... 6
Leader.............................................. 6
Royal................................................6)4
7148 
Nobby...............................................7
8 
English  Rock.................................7
8 
Conserves....................................... 7
Broken Taffy......................baskets
8 
9
Peanut Squares................... 
“  8
French Creams................................
10
13
Valley  Creams................................
Midget. 30 lb. baskets.........................................  8
...........................................8
Modern, 30 lb. 

Bbls.

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fancy—In bulk.
Full Weight. 

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fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. 

Lozenges,  plain.................................................   10
printed..............................................  11
Chocolate Drops.................................................11)4
Chocolate Monumentals..................................  13
Gum Drops..........................................................  5)4
Moss Drops..........................................................  8
I Soar Drops..........................................................  8)4
Imperials.............................................................1°
Per Box
Lemon Drops........................................................ 66
Sour D rops............................................................65
Peppermint Drops................................................60
Chocolate Drops................................................... 65
H. M. Chocolate  Drops....................................... 90
Gnm Drops.............................................. . ...40@50
Licorice Drops..  ..............................................1  00
A. B. Licorice  Drops...........................................80
Lozenges, plain.....................................................60
printed................................................65
Imperials............................................................... 60
Mottoes...................................................................70
Cream Bar............................................................. 65
Molasses  Bar........................................................ 65
Hand Made  Creams......................................85@95
Plain Creams..................................................80@90
Decorated Creams...........................................1  00
String  Rock.......................................................... 65
Burnt Almonds.................................................1  00
Wintergreen  Berries...........................................60

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LEMONS.

ORANGES.

CARAMELS.
 
 
 

@3 50
4  00
4  50

OTHER  FOREIGN  FRUITS.

No. 1, wrapped, 2 lb.  boxes............................  34
61
No. 1, 
No. 2, 
28
No. 3, 
42
Stand up, 5 lb. boxes.......................................  90
Cal if orn i as, 9 6 ..................................  ... 
126,  ......................................  
 
150  
Messinas, choice  200.............................. 
160...................................
Messina, choice, 360................................ 
fancy, 360................................ 
choice 300................................ 
fancy 390................................  

@5  50
@6  00
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Bananas,  Firsts.....................................   1  75© 2 25
Seconds.................................1  00© 1  50
Figs, fancy  layers, 6ft.............................  @13
“  10ft...  ........................  @14
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“  14ft...............................  @15
“   201b..............................   @18
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Dates, Fard, 10-lb.  box.............................  @ 8)4
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Persian. 50-lb.  box........................4)4@  5
Almonds, Tarragona................................  @17
Ivaca.........................................  @15)4
California................................   @17
Brazils, new...............................................   @  8
Filberts.
Walnuts, Grenoble.................
“  Marbot......................
Chill..........................
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Table Nats,  fancy.................
choice................
Pecans, Texas, H.  P.,  ..........
Cocoanuts, full sacks............
PEANUTS.
Fancy, H.  P.,S uns.................
“  Roasted...
Fancy, H.  P., Flags...............
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Choice, H. P.,  E xtras............
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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

which needs only time to spread to other 
political leaders,  and, finally,  to  the peo­
ple  at  large. 
John  Stuart  Mill  said, 
years  ago, 
in  his  essay  upon  August 
Comte, that “a belief  which  has  gained 
the cultivated minds of any  society,  un­
less put down by force,  is certain, sooner 
or later,  to  reach  the  multitude.”  Mr. 
Sherman is now not only opposed to free 
silver,  but he  is  opposed  to  the  act  of 
July,  1890,  which  bears  his  name,  and 
under which the nation is  buying  silver 
to  the  amount  of  nearly  $50,000,000  a 
year and issuing  currncy against it.  He 
sees,  as every sensible man must see, the 
tendency of the act is to put gold coin  to 
a premium and thus drive  it  out  of  use 
as money.  This  is  a  result  which  the 
most fanatical silver man is not prepared 
to accept,  and  whenever  its  imminence 
becomes apparent, as it will do very soon, 
I look for a  repeal  of  the  act  of  July, 
1890, in accordance with  Mr.  Sherman’s 
recommendation.

It 

its 

and 

silver 

to 
that 

ratio,  prior 

is  true  that  the 

By the way, I observe, in the  Republi­
can  platform,  the  assertion  that  “the 
American people from tradition  and  in­
terest  favor  bimetallism.’’  Whatever 
may be  the  present  inclination  of  our 
people,  tradition shows that in past times 
they have been practically always mono­
metallists.  Down  to  1834  the  country 
had nothing but the silver  standard,  and 
since 1834 it has had exclusively the gold 
standard. 
law, 
until  1873,  provided for the free  coinage 
of gold and silver alike at  a  fixed  ratio, 
but 
that 
1834,  so
gold  was 
overvalued 
driven  out  of  use 
re­
duction in 1834 drove out silver.  Plenty 
of  men  can  remember  both  the  time 
when  none  but  silver  coins,  American 
and foreign, were in circulation, and  the 
subsequent time when silver dollars were 
curiosities,  worth from five to  ten  cents 
more than their par value. 
Indeed, very 
shortly after the  passage  of  the  act  of 
1834, even American silver quarters  and 
halves disappeared from circulation,  and 
the only small change to be had was  the 
little worn and depreciated Mexican  and 
South  American  pieces,  more  like  old 
buttons  than  coins.  Finally,  in  1853, 
Congress,  to  remedy  the  evil,  reduced 
the amount of  silver  in  quarter  dollars 
and half  dollars  to  so  much  less  than 
their nominal  value that it no longer paid 
to melt them down,  and ever  since  then 
a dollar’s worth of small change has con­
tained 7 per cent, less silver  than  a  sil­
ver dollar.  As to the future,  it is pretty 
safe to say that this country will not  at­
tempt  the  restoration  of  bimetallism, 
even on the statute books, by itself alone, 
and that international bimetallism is  an 
illusion of which  the  fixed  hostility  of 
Great Britain  will  forever  prevent  the 
realization.

We have, thus, favorable  to a  rise  in 
the stock market,  the positive conditions 
of  easy  money  and  a  dearth  of  new 
schemes for the employment of it,  while 
the negative forces of  apprehensions  of 
disaster  from  free  silver  or  from  any 
other source are too feeble  to  be  worth 
considering. 
It is quite likely that with­
in the next twelve months  we  shall  ex­
port a considerable amount of gold,  par­
ticularly 
if  Austria  carries  out  her 
scheme  for  the  adoption  of  the  gold 
standard, but with  our enormous volume 
of currency  the  loss  of  it  will  not  be 
felt..  Even a bad grain harvest,  in  view 
of last year’s abundance, would  be  only 
slightly depressing,  and we have  enough

cotton left over from last  year  to  make 
up  for  any  possible  deficiency  in  the 
crop of  that  staple.  Vigorous  and  de­
termined leadership  alone  is  needed  to 
renew the  buoyancy  that  prevailed  be­
fore 1890. 

Matthew  Marshall.

Why the  Drummer Swore Off.

F rom  th e  D e tro it F ree  Frees.

“No,” said  the  old  drummer  fiercely, 
“I  play  no  games of  chance  any  more, 
not even the simplest  kind,  for  money.”
“Won’t you pitch  pennies? ” persisted 
his companion.
“That  least  of  all,”  he  said,  visibly 
affected.
“Why not?”  asked the other.
“Do  you  see  this  dollar?”  he  said,
taking  a  cart-wheel  from  his  pocket. 
“ Well,  thereby  hangs  a  tale.  Listen! 
Ten  years  ago I  was, and  had  been  for 
five  years,  traveling  for a  big  diamond­
importing  house  in  New  York,  and  I 
carried with me a large number of gems, 
often having as  much  as  $50,000  worth. 
One day four of  us,  all in the  same line, 
met in Denver,  and that evening we were 
drinking  and  matching  dollars  in  my 
room. 
It  was  a  hobby  of  mine,  as  it 
was of one of  the other men,  Frank H—, 
who was as inveterate a  matcher  as ever 
the  late  John  T.  Raymond  was.  Well, 
we  drank  and  matched,  and  kept  at  it 
until  we  began  to  toss  up  at  $5  a toss, 
and  the  other two soon  backed  out  and 
watched us. 
I guess we were both pretty 
drunk,  for,  before  I  knew  it,  we  had 
made  a  pot  of  a  hundred  dollars  and 
were tossing best  two  in three for  it.  1 
lost,  and lost again,  and then,  having no 
more money, I put up a diamond  against 
his  pile. 
I lost  that, too,  and  then  put 
up two against his  money and  what  had 
been my  diamond,  and  that  time I won. 
I think we were both half crazy now,  for 
Frank pulled out one of  the pocketbooks 
from  the  inside  of  bis  vest  and  laid  it 
open on the  table and  asked me  angrily 
if  I  dared  to  match  it.  Of  course,  I 
dared,  and dared  more. 
I  put down be­
side  it  all  mine,  valued  at  wholesale 
rates  at  $50,000,  and  he  emptied  bis 
other  vest  pocket  to  an  equal amount. 
Our two friends tried  to stop us,  but  we 
were wild  and  would  listen  to  nothing. 
Frank  threw  first  and  I  called  ‘tails.’ 
It  came  ‘heads.’ 
It  made  me  shiver. 
Then  I  threw 
‘heads’  and  he  called 
‘tails’,  and  we  were even.  I don’t know 
bow he felt  as he  picked  up  the  dollar, 
and looked at  those  glittering  gems,  for 
I don’t know  anything  clearly,  though  I 
had  a  vague  idea  that  somebody  would 
be  ruined  forever  on  the  next  throw. 
Frank tossed the dollar to the ceiling and 
I called ‘heads.’ 
It struck the  floor and 
rolled  over  towards  the  register.  AH 
four of  us made a rush for it,  and  Frank 
fell headlong.  The  dollar  had  dropped 
through the grating and was lying on the 
closed  shutters  of  the  register  just  be­
low.

“ ‘Get a match,’  I almost shrieked.
“I  stepped  back  and  my  foot  struck 
Frank.  He did not  move. 
I bent  down 
I tried to 
and shook him.  He was still. 
cry out,  but  could  not.  The  other  two 
men caught hold of  him then and turned 
him  over.  His  face  was  blue  and  the 
blood was gushing from  his  mouth.  He 
had died in  an instant.  The  three were 
sober  men  in  a  second,  and  at  once 
alarmed 
the  landlord  and  sent  for  a 
physician, but he might as well  not have 
come.  He  told  me  death  had  been  in­
stantaneous. 
I  put  my  diamonds back 
into my pockets and took care of Frank’s; 
and the  balance of  the  stakes I divided, 
taking  what  I  put  up  and  setting  his 
aside, and  the  next  morning  we  started 
for home with poor  Frank’s  body.”
“How about the dollar in the  register? 
Who won? ”
“ Oh,”  said  the  old  drummer  with  a 
start,  “I almost forgot that part of  it. 
I 
never  thought  of  that  dollar  until  just 
before  we left, and going  back I fished it 
out and put it  in my  pocket,  and this  is 
it. 
“No  wonder  you  don’t  gamble  any 
more,”  exclaimed  the  listener  with  a 
“Let’s  go  and  take  a 
sigh  of  relief. 
drink as a forgetter.”
“And I don’t drink  any  more,  either,” 
said the old drummer quietly.

It  was  ‘heads.’ ”

Grand Rapids  St Indiana.
Schedule  In effec t  Ju n e   12,1892*

TRA INS  GOING  N O RTH .

A rriv e fro m   L eave g oing 
N orth.
7:20  a  m
2:00  p m
4:15  p m
10:30  p m
T ra in  a rriv in g  fro m  so u th  a t 8:50 am  d aily ; a ll o th e r 

S outh. 
F o r T ra v e rse  C ity  & M ackinaw  
6:50 a m  
F ro m  K alam azoo a n d  C h ic ag o .  9:20 a  m 
F o r T ra v erse C ity  & M ackinaw   1:60 p m  
F o r T ra v e rse   C ity  &  S ag in a w .. 
F o r  P eto sk ey  A  M ac k in a w ........  8:10 p m  
tra in s   d aily   ex c ep t  Sunday.

TRAINS  GOING  SOUTH.

N o rth . 

A rriv e fro m   L eave g o in g  
S outh.
7:00  a m
10:05  a  m
2:00  p m
8:00  p m
11:20  p  m
T ra in s le a v in g  a t  8:00 p. m . a n d  11:20 p. m . ru n  d a ily ; 

F o r  C in c in n a ti................................  8:20 a m  
F o r K alam azoo an d   C h ic a g o ... 
F o r F o rt W ay n e an d  th e   E a s t..  11:60 a  m  
F o r  C in c in n a ti................................  6:20 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 aily  ex c ep t Sunday.

F o r M uskegon—L eave. 

M uskegon, G rand R apids & In d ian a.
10:00 a m
8:65  a m  
4:40  p  m
5:30  p  m
9:05 p  m

F ro m  M uskegon—A rrive.

SLEEPING  A   PARLOR  OAR  SERVICE. 

N O R T H

7 : 2 0   a  m   t r a i n . —P a rlo r c h a ir c a r G rand 
R apids to  T ra v e rse  C ity   a n d   G ran d   R apids 
to  P eto sk ey  an d  M ackinaw .
2 . 0 0   p   m  
t r a i n   h a s  p a r lo r  c a r  G rand 
R apids t o  P e to s k e y  a n d  M a c k in a w .
1 0 : 3 0   p   m   t r a i n . —S leeping  c a r   G rand 
R apids  to   P e to sk e y  a n d  M ackinaw . 
S O U T H — 7 : OO a m  t r a  i n . —P a rlo r c h a ir c a r G rand 
R apids to  C in cin n ati.
10:05  a m   tra in .—W a g n e r  P a rlo r  C ar 
G ran d  R apids  to   C hicago.
6:00  p  m   tra in .—W a g n er  S leeping  C ar 
G ran d   R apids to  Cincinnati.*
1 1 ; 2 0   p  m  t r a i n . —W a g n er S leeping C ar 
G ran d  R ap id s to  C hicago.
Chicago via G. R. & I. R. R.

10:05 a m  
3:35 p m  

Lv G ran d   R apids 
A rr C hicago 

11:20 p m
8:50 a m
11:45 a  m  tr a in  th ro u g h  W a g n e r P a rlo r C ar.
11:20 p m tr a in  d a ily , th ro u g h  W a g n er  S leeping C ar. 
10:10 p m
8:50  a m
10:10 p  m 

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

2:00 p m  
9:00 p m  

7:05 am  
1:60 pm  

T h ro u g h  tic k e ts  an d  fu ll in fo rm a tio n   ca n   b e h ad  by 
c a llin g  upon A. A lm quist,  tic k e t  a g e n t  a t   U nion S ta ­
tio n ,  o r  G eo rg e  W .  M unson,  U nion  T ick e t  A g en t, 87 
M onroe s tre e t. G ran d  R ap id s, Mich.0. L. LOCKWOOD,
G eneral P assen g e r a n d  T ick e t A gent.

Railway.

Toledo,  Ann  Arbor Si North  Michigan 
In  connection  with  the  Detroit,  Lansing  & 
Northern or Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwauk  e 
offers  a  route  making  the  best  time  betwe  n 
Grand Rapids and Toledo.
Lv. Grand Rapids a t.......7:15 a. m. and 1:00 p. m.
Ar. Toledo a t .............   12:55 p. m. and 10:20 p. m.
Lv. Grand Rapids 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 ., 8 .  B.  A M.

Return connections equally as good.

L.  A N.

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

v ia  

CHICAGO 

JUNE1W

AND  W EST  M ICHIG A N   K’Y.

GOING  TO  CHICAGO.

Lv.GR’D RAPIDS.........9:00am  12:05pm *ll:, 5pm
Ar. CHICAGO...............3:35pm  5:25pm  *7:05am

RETURNING  FROM  CHICAGO.

Lv. CHICAGO................9:00am  4:45pm *11:15pm
Ar.  GR’D RAPIDS.......3:55pm  10:10pm  *6:10am

IN D IA N A PO LIS.

GRANT) RAPIDS  AND  CHICAGO.
Via St. Joe and Steamer.
t   6:30pm
Lv Grand Rapids..  ..............12:05pm 
Ar  Chicago  ...........................  8:30pm 
2:00am
9:30am
Lv Chicago  ........................... 
Ar Grand Rapids................... 
5:20pm
TO  AND  FROTH  B EN TO N   H A R B O R ,  ST  JO S E P H   AND 
Lv. Grand Rapids.......  9:00am  12:05pm  *11:35pm
Ar. Grand  Rapids.......*6:10am  3:55pm  10:10pm
Lv.  G. R ........10:OCam  12 05pm  5:30pm  6:30pm
Ar.  G. R ........ 10:50am  3  15pm  5:20pm 
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TO  AND  PROM   M A N ISTEE,  TR A V ER SE  O IT T   AND  ELK  
Lv. Grand  Rapids........................7:30am  5:25pm
Ar. Grand  Rapids........................11:45am  9:40pm
Between  Grand  Rapids  and  Chicago—Wagner 
Sleepers—Leave Grand Rapids *11:35 pm .; leave 
Chicago  11:15  p m.  Parlor  Buffet  Cars—Leave 
Grand Rapids 12:05 p m ;  leave Chicago 4 ;45 p m. 

THROUGH  CAR  SERVICE.

TO  AND PROM   M USKEGON.

RAPIDS.

tExcept  Saturday.

DETROIT, 

-JtJN E 1 2 - 1898
LANSING  &  N O RTH ER N   R .  R.
GOING  TO  DETROIT.

Lv. GR’D  RAPIDS.......7:30am  *1:00pm  5:40pm
Ar. DETROIT...............11:50am *5:10pm  10:40pm

RETURNING  FROM  DETROIT.

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

TO  AND  PROM  SAGINAW,  ALMA  AND ST.  LOUIS.
Lv. Grand  Rapids.......................7:20am  4:15pm
Ar. Grand  Rapids.......................11:50am  10:40pm

TO LOWELL VIA LOWELL A  HASTINGS R .  R .

THROUGH  CAR  SERVICE 

Lv. Grand Rapids............7:30am  1:00pm  5:40pm
Ar. from Lowell............... 12:00 m  5:15pm 
.........
Between  Grand  Rapids  and  Detroit—Parlor 
cars on all trains.  Seats 25 cents.
Between  Grand  Rapids  and  Saginaw—Parlor 
car  leaves  Grand  Rapids  7:20  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.

19
Michigan C entral

“ The Niagara Falls Route.”

D EPA RT.  A RRIV E
D e tro it E x p re ss.......................................7:00 a  m   10 .00 p m
M ix e d ....................................................... 7 :0 6 a m  
4:30  p m
D ay  E x p re ss...........................................  1  20 p m  10:00 a  m
•A tla n tic  A  Pacific E x p re ss..............10:30 p m  
8:00 a m
New Y ork E xp ress................................. 5:40 p m   12:40 p m

•D ally.
All o th e r d a lly  ex c e p t S unday.
S leeping  c a rs  ru n   o n   A tla n tic   an d   Pacific  E x p 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 rand  R apids 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.  ra. 
a r riv e  in  G rand  R apids 10 p.  m.

F red m . Brig g s, G en'l A g e n t, 85 M onroe St.
A. Almqujst, T ick e t A gent, U nion  D epot.
Ge o . W . Munson, U nion T ick e t Office, 87 M onroe St.
O. W .R uggles  G. P .  A   T. A ge n t.,C h ica g o .

E H   TIME  TABLE

NOW IN EFFECT.

EASTWARD.

1 

1

Trains Leave
Lv.  Chicago__ 8 30pm 
Lv.  Milwaukee. 
7 30pm
G’d  Rapids,  Lv
6 50am
Io n ia ............Ar
7 45am
St.  Johns  ...A r
8 30am
Owossa........ Ar
9 05am
E.  Saginaw..Ar
10 45am
Bay City.......Ar
11 30am
F li n t............Ar
10 05am
11 55am
Pt.  H uron...A r
P ontiac........Ar
10 53am
11 50am
Detroit..........Ar
WESTWARD.

*No.  14 tNo.  16|tNo.  18|*No.  82
____  1  .......... 1 .  ____
10 20am  3 25pm
11 25am  4 27pm
12 17pm  5 20pm 
1 20pm  3 65pm 
3 05pm  8 (0pm 
3 45pm  8 45pm 
3 45pm  705pm 
6 00pm  8 00pm
3 05pm  8 25pm
4 05pm j  9 25pm

10 55pm 
12 37am 
1 53am 
3 15am
6 45am
7 22am 
5 40am 
7 30am 
5 37am 
7 00am

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

•No. 81 tNo. 11 tNo. 13 *No.  15
1  5p
4 05pm
7 05am
10 20pm
8 35am
11 20pm 
6 30am

m
1  00pm
2  10pm
6 00am
tDaily except Sunday.

1  50am
5  10pm
6 15pm 
6 30am 
6 00am

•Daily. 

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., 8:15 p.m. and 10:30 p. m.
Eastward—No. 14  has  Wagner  Parlcr  Buffet 
car.  No. 18 Chair  Car.  No. 82 Wagner  Sleeper.
Westward — No.  81  Wagner  Sleeper.  No.  11 
Chair Car.  No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffetcar.
J o h n  W. L o u d , Traffic Manager.
B e n  F l e t c h e r ,  Trav. Pass. Agent. 
J a s .  C a m p b e l l , City Ticket Agent. 

___________________________ 23 Monroe Street.

SHORT  LINE  TO  CHICAGO.
G oodrich  Line.

Via the Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwau­

kee Railway and the

The Magnificent New, Fast Steamships,

“Atlanta”  ail  “ City  of  Racine”

Built  expressly for this  route.  Each steamship 
1,200  tons  burthen,  with  sleeping  accommoda­
tions for 300 passengers.
These steamships have Immense reserve power 
which enables them to make their regular sched­
ules in the most unfavorable weather.

SCHEDULE:

LEAVE  GRAND RAPIDS dally, except Sunday, 
at  5:10  pm ,  via  D,  G H &  M  Ry, arrive  in 
Grand Haven 6:15  p m
LEAVE  GRAND  HAVEN  8:30 p m daily except 
Saturday, via  Goodrich  Line, arrive  in  Chi­
cago at 6:00 a m

N o t e —Saturday trips resumed on May 14. 

RETURNING—Leave Chicago dally except Sun­
day a t 7:30pm ,  via  Goodrich  Line  and  ar­
rive in Grand Rapids at 6:45 a m daily.

N o t e—Sunday trips resumed May 15.

GRAND  RAPIDS 
CHICAGO, QNLY 

Q
C _ J •

included

And  for the  round  trip, $6.50  Stateroom  Berth 
Through  tickets  can be  had at the  city  office 
and depot of the D, G H & M  Ry, Grand  Rapids; 
also at all  stations  on  the  D, G H & M Ry, D, L 
& N R R ,  G R & I R R  and T, S & M Ry.
JOHN  SINGLETON,
______________   Gen’l Pass. Agent, Chicago.
STUDY  LAW

AT  HOME.
T ake a  co u rse In th e  

S p r a g u e   C o r r e s p o n ­
dence School of Law 
[In co rp o rated ].  Send  ten  
ce n ts [stam p s] fo r p a rtlc u  
la rs  to
J.  COTNER,  Jr.,  Sec’y, 

Ho.  375 W hitney B lock. 
D E T R O IT .  M IC H .

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

586

520

___________ 

town near Grand  Rapids surrounded by ex­
cellent  fanning  country.  A  bargain  for  some 
one.  M. S. McNitt, Byron Center, Mich. 

F o r   s a l e —c l e a n   g e n e r a l   s t o c k   in
CLOTHING  BUSINESS  FOR  SALE  IN  THE 

hustling town of  Beldlng.  A splendid busi­
ness.  For  information,  address  Lock  Box  50, 
Beldlng, Mich. 
■ _________ _____  
.  NICK  FIX
JglOR  SALE—A  DRUG  STORE,
tures,  fresh  and  well  selected  stock,  in­
creasing  trade,  nice  residence  portion  of  the 
city.  Inventory,  $3,500.  Address  No.  498,  care 
Michigan Tradesman._________________ 498

F o r  s a l e —g r o c e r y   st o c k   a n d   f i x -

_____________504
________OUR  ENTIRE  STOCK  OF  GEN

tures in corner  store in desirable  portion  of 
city, having lucrative trade.  Best of reasons for 
selling.  Address No. 504, care Michigan Trades­
man. 
J IO R   SALE-
_  eral  merchandise  at  Chippewa  Lake,  con
sisting of hats, caps, boots ana  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- 
jewa  Lumber  Co., Chippewa  Lake, Mich., or of 
' 3. p. Wyman, Sec’y. Grand  Rapids. Mich.  449
CU TS A L E —NEW,  CLEAN  STOCK  OF  DRY 
goods.  Established trade;  good town.  Lock 

box 963, Rockford, Mich._______________483

SITUATIONS  W A NTED .

T X T ANTED — SITUATION  AS  TRAVELING 
T V   salesman.  Would  prefer  drugs  or  drug- 
ists’  sundries.  Five  years’ experience  in  the 
rug  business.  Address  534,  care  Michigan 
’raaesman. 

________________ 534

TO  EXCHANGE.

______________ STOCK  OF  GOODS  IN
" y y  ANT ED—SMALL
exchange for a first-class 160 acres of land, 
..nencumbered, in Brown county. South Dakota. 
Will pay some cash difference.  C. A. French, 65 
and 66 wonderly building,  Grand Rapids, Mich.

538

MISCELLANEOUS.

537

FOR  SALE—ONE  11x 1»  ENGINE  AND  TU- 
bular boiler with  all  fittings.  One lumber 
rig,  capacity  15m;  shafting,  pullies,  etc.  Also 
wagon  and  b acksmith  shop,  size  20x50,  two 
stories  and  21x40  one  story;  situated  in  good 
town  with  lots  of  business.  J. V. Crandall  & 
Son, Sand Lake or Luther, Mich. 
CJALESMAN  WANTED —  A  THOROUGHLY 
O   experienced window glass salesman, with an 
established trade in Michigan and Indiana.  One 
having a  knowledge of  the  paint  business  pre 
ferred.  Address  The  Van  Cleve  Glass  Co., 
Cleveland. Ohio. 
________-11 ROOM  HOUSE  IN  GOOD  LO-
JjlO R   SALE
cation, within ten  minutes  walk of  Monroe 
St.  Price, $3,300.  W. A. Stowe, 100 Louis St.  470
■  ___  
I   OFFER  FOR  SALE  OUR
JjlO R   SALE—WE
_   grocery  stock  at  Traverse  City,  invoicing 
84,000 to 85,000;  or, If  purchaser  prefers, we will 
sell  our  general  stock at Leroy, Invoicing  #8,000 
to  $10,000,  and  onr  store  building  at  82,500, or 
either  alone.  Both  stocks  are  clean  and  well 
selected, with  established  trade,  and  the  pur­
chaser  secures  a  bargain  in  either  case.  Ad 
dress  M.  V.  Gundrum  &  Co.,  Traverse  City, 
Mich. 

____ 

535

531

* 

■  OOD  W AN T E D -  

DO  YOU USE  COUPON  BOOKS ?  IF  SO, DO 

you buy of the largest manufacturers in the 
United States?  If  you do, you  are  customers of 
the Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids.
■   RH__  ____   RESIDENCE  LOT  IN
JEIOR  SALE —BEST
Grand Rapids, 70x175 feet, beautifully shad 
ed with  native  oaks, situated in good residence 
locality,  only 200  feet  from  electric  street  car 
line.  Will sell  for 62,500 cash, or part cash, pay­
ments to suit.  E. A. Stowe, 100 Louis St. 
354 
- CORRESPONDENCE
.  . 
solicited  with  parties  having  any  No.  1 
sollci
stovewood.  Cash ana highest market price paid. 
M.  E.  Lapham,  431  East  Bridge  street,  Grand 
Rapids, Mich._____________ ___________ 503
F o r  s a l e  — g o o d  d iv id e n d  - p a y in g
stocks in  banking, manufacturing  and mer 
can tile  companies.  E. A. Stowe,  100  Louis  St., 
Grand Rapids. 
RESIDENCE  LOT 
J IO R   SALE—DESIRABLE
on North  Union  street.  Size 50x142  feet to 
alley.  400 feet  from  electric  cars.  Easy terms. 
W. A. Stowe, ICO Louis street._________   513

370

RED  OAK,  WHITE  OAK, 

BLACK  ASH,

ROCK  ELM,  GREY  ELM,

BASSWOOD.

A.  E.  W O R D E N ,

19  W onderly  B uilding,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH,

The Hardware Market.

Wages—As  the 

time  approaches  for 
the settlement of this important question 
for another  year,  the  difficulty  to adjust 
wages  so  as  to  be  satisfactory  to  both 
employer and employe  seems  more  than 
probable.

Pig  Iron—No  improvement  to  note. 
Stocks  and  the demand remain about the 
same.

Bar  Iron—The  extreme  prices  which 
have  been  made  by  some  makers  have 
been  withdrawn.  Warm  weather  and 
the  adjustment  of  wages will  result,  no 
doubt, in  the  temporary  shutting down 
of  many mills.

Poultry  Netting—Still  scarce. 

Job­
bers  are  getting  60 to  65  cents  per  100 
feet when taken in  full rolls.

Wire Screen—Screen wire for windows 
and doors is  now  in  great  demand,  and 
stocks  on  hand  seem  to  be exhausted. 
All the jobbing  centers report  no stocks 
on hand.  Prices have  advanced from 10 
to 20  cents  for 100  square feet.

Screen  Doors  and  Windows—Demand 
very  large  and  stocks  very light.  No 
jobber seems to be  able to  get  the goods 
of the  manufacturers.

Sheet Iron—Prices  seem to be growing 
firmer as the time  approaches  for  wage 
adjustments.

Wire Nails—No special change to note. 

Prices about the same.

Wrought Iron Pipe—Trices  are a little 
irregular.  No  immediate prospect of an 
advance.

Barbed  Wire—Market  quiet.  Orders 
are  being  filled  more  promptly,  but  no 
change in price.

Wool Twine—The demand being about 

over,  prices are being shaded.

Window  Glass—As  the  time  draws 
near for the general shutting down of  ail 
factories,  orders  seem  to  be  coming  in 
more freely,  but there is  no indication of 
any change in price.

Oil Stoves—The warm weather has de­
pleted all stocks.  There is no change in 
the price.  Jobbers  are  quoting  30  per 
cent, discount from list.

A  Novel  Divorce  Case.

F ro m  th e  New  Y o rk  H e ra ld .
For two years  after  their  marriage  a 
New Hampshire couple lived in  content­
ment and happiness.  Then the wife  be­
came a convert to  the doctrine  of  Chris­
tian Science, studied,  took the degree  of 
of doctor, and began practice.  Her  hus­
band,  not objecting to her  belief,  urged 
her to abandon its practice.  He implored, 
ed, reasoned,  remonstrated.  She would 
not yield.  He became  “moody,  morose, 
and  reticent.”  He  neglected  his  drug 
business.  He was troubled  with  insom­
nia and  loss  of  appetite,  and  “became 
generally despondent and unhappy from 
brooding over his  changed  domestic  re­
lations.”  Finally he  applied  for  a  di­
vorce, and brought twenty witnesses,  in­
cluding four physicians,  who testified  to 
the change in his mental and  bodily con­
dition  and  the  injury  to  his  business 
after his wife became a Christian Science 
practitioner.  The  physicians  gave  the 
opinion  that if the cause was continued it 
would  seriously endanger his reason and 
his health.  The law of New  Hampshire 
allows divorce on the ground of “extreme 
cruelty.”  The Supreme Court held this 
to be a case  of  extreme  cruelty  on  the 
part of the wife against the husband,  and 
accordingly granted the divorce.
Traveling  Men’s Tarns.

F rom  th e  New Y ork M orning Jo u rn a l.
Thomas  Worrall,  who  travels  for  a 
Broadway clothier,  says that the meanest 
man he ever met lives In a town  in Mich­
igan. 
“During the  Winter,  when  it  is 
twenty  degrees  delow  zero,”  said  Mr. 
Worrall,  “this  man  soaks  his  head  in 
water and  then sits out in the back  yard 
until  his hair  freezes.  Then  he  breaks 
it off and cheats the barber out of a  hair 
cut.”

“The last time  I  went  hunting,”  re­
marked Ed. Monroe, the umbrella travel­
er,  “I shot seventeen ducks in one  day. 
“Were  they  wild?”  inquired  a  listener 
“No,  but  the  farmer  who  owned  them 
was,” said Ed.

One of the most bashful of commercial 
travelers  is Charlie Ames, who  is  on the 
road for a haberdashery firm.  At  Kala 
mazoo he called on a young lady and  re­
marked,  as they sat in the parlor:  I hold 
you in the very highest respect.”  “That’s 
the only way you do hold me,”  said  the 
girl.

Hints  to  Clerks.

If  everybody  paid  cash, 

To Trust or Not to Trust.
“ In God we  trust,
Everybody else  pays cash.”

Be punctual.  An employer always ap 
predates the clerk who can  be  depended 
on  under all circumstances.  The  habit 
of being promptly  on  time  when  work 
commences  cannot  be  too  highly  esti 
mated.
Work full time.  Clerks should not  be 
watched or driven,  yet  there  are  many 
who are but time-servers,  and who  work 
only in the presence of an  employer. 
It 
is your duty either to give your full time 
and best efforts in  the  interests  of your 
employer or leave his service.
Do your best.  Make it a point to serve 
your  employer  honestly,  and  although 
you may not earn  the  wages  paid  to 
brother clerk or  worker  because  of  his 
superior ability  or  experience,  do  your 
best in the work  laid  out  for  you;  you 
are 
fitting  yourself  for  greater 
undertakings in the  future.

The above sign is displayed in a modest 
little baker shop  on Tenth Avenue,  New 
York  City. 
It  is  an  old  sign,  but  that 
little baker has  prospered just the same 
and,  we are reasonably sure, it is because 
the good  woman  who  presides  over  the 
destinies  of  that  little  shop  long  since 
put all her trust in God,  leaving none for 
those who come in  to buy  her  bread,  pie 
and  cake. 
seems  to  be  the  rule  with  our  baker 
woman,  there  would  not  be  so  many 
failures,  nor  so  much  destitution  and 
misery. 
It is  a  good  habit  to  get  into, 
that of  paying  cash. 
It  is  a  wonderful 
restrainer and manager,  this cash system.
A man then  buys what  he  needs  and  no 
more,  and,  therefore,  is  likely  to  live 
within his income. 
It  is  so  easy to  buy 
things and say  “charge it,”  but  how dif­
A well known fruit firm says:  “There 
ficult  it  is  sometime  to  pay  for  that 
has  been |a  tendency  of  some  of  these 
which has been charged.
reporters’  to  get  up 
‘feather-brained 
The simplest and best way, and the only 
sensational stories regarding  the  ripen 
way that  will  in the  long  run  be found 
ing of bananas and the dangerous ‘taran
mutually  satisfactory, is  to  call  for  the I £ ¡ “, 7   n « T ^ te T  tend“ tTexcite  timid 
cash,  and first obtain it every time before  par^haseTS,  «specially  the  women  and
the goods are  delivered.  There  is noth­
children who form a very  large  class  of
ing  so  conducive  to  extravagance  and 
trade in  bananas in this country,  until  it 
waste  as  this  credit  business.  He  who 
will make them regard a bunch of banan­
buys on credit is thus  encouraged to live 
as as they would a wild animal and  won­
beyond  bis  means,  and  so  reach  inevit­
der why the dealer hasn’t placed them in 
able debt, if not a great deal  worse.  But 
and iron cage instead of ranking them  as 
he who buys for cash, not only learns the 
they should be, the most delicious of  all 
value  of  money  and  the  lesson  of  hus­
tropical fruits.”
banding his resources  by  saving, but  be 
gets  very  much  more  and  of  a  better 
quality  than  the  man  who  promises  to 
pay.

giving you the best end of the bargain.

Beware of the man  who  claims  to  be 

Tarantula in  Bananas.

thus 

A New Contributor.

T h e   T r a d e s m a n   welcomes  a  new 
writer this  week  in  the  person of  S.  P. 
Whitmarsh, dealer in drugs and groceries 
at  Palmyra,  who  has  consented  to  be­
come  a  regular  contributor 
to  T h e 
T r a d e s m a n ’s  columns.  As  the  reader 
will note, Mr.  Whitmarsh wields a trench­
ant  pen, although  his  observations  are 
tempered  by  charity  and  breadth  of 
judgment. 
In  a  personal  letter  to  the 
editor, outlining the  scope  his  contribu­
tions will take,  Mr.  Whitmarsh writes:

I shall  try  to  avoid  in  discussions  of 
trade topics any  harshness  of  judgment 
or  prejudicial  statements  that  may  dis­
please  the  patrons of  T h e  T r a d e s m a n . 
While I want to “Shoot  folly as it flies,” 
I  hope  none  of  my  well  meant  arrows 
may wound or  offend an  innocent  party.

Use Tradesman Coupon Books.

Crockery  & G lassw are

FRUIT  JARS.

P in ts..................................................................6 7 75
Quarts...................  ..........................................  8 25
Half Gallons....................................................   10  75
aps...................................................................   3  50
Rubbers............................................................. 
45

LAMP  BURNERS.

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

6 doz. In box.

LAMP CHIMNEYS.—Per bOX.
 

 

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First quality.
“ 
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XXX Flint.
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No. 0 Sun....................................... 
1  75
No. 1  “  ...............................................................1  88
No. 2  “  ...............................................................2 70
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top............................................2 25
No. 1 
2  40
No. 2 
3  40
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top..........................................2 60
..........................................2 80
No. 1  “ 
No. 2 
3 86
“ 
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled...........................3 70
No. 2  “ 
,e 
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz......................... 1  %
..........................150
No. 2  “ 
No. 1 crimp, per doz........................................... 1  35
No. 2 
“ 
........................................... 160

......................4 70
......................4

La Basue.

Pearl top.

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LAMP WICKS.

 

 

 
 

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STONEWARE—AKRON.

No. 0, per  gross..................................................   23
No. 1, 
28
No. 2, 
38
No. 3, 
Mammoth, per doz..............................................  90
Butter  Crocks,  1 and 6 gal  ...........................  06*4
Jugs, H gal., per doz.......................................  75
.......................................  90
.......................................1  80
Milk Pans, % gal., per doz.  (glazed 75c)....  60 
“ 
78

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‘  2 
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FOB  SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

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 pavment._______________________

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

524

Rapids

dries, in  town of  1 600.  Town  growing.  Good 

I IOR  SALE—STOCK  OF  DRUGS,  PATENT 

medicines, paints,  cigars, tobacco  and  sun 
trade.  Best location in town.  Good clean stock 
Good reasons  for  wanting to sell.  For  partlcu 
lars address, G A R ,  Box 139, Corunna, Mich. 523
IN  GOOD 
Rare 
Ffnch, Grand 

Fo r   s a l e  —half  in t e r e s t  
Fo r  s a l e —a  f i n e   st o c k  o f g r o c e r ie

paying drug  store  in  Grand  Rapids 
opportunity for young man.  lb 

and  crockery in first-class  shape.  Doing 

business  from  615 000  to  618,0 0  per  year  in  as 
fine a farming  country as there is in  the state of 
Michigan.  Can  give  good  reasons  for  selling. 
Address Lock  Box 14  Elsie, Mich. 

'  shoes  In a desirable  lumbering  town.  For 
particulars enquire of Host & Mertes, Newberry, 

IilOR  SALE—STOCK  OF  DRY  GOODS  AND 
P OR  SALE  OR  EXCHANGE—FOR  STOCK 

of  merchandise,  160  acres  fine  land, one- 
half mile from railroad, in sight of  county seat, 
a flourishing town on division of  the C., B. & Q. 
Railroad,  Akron,  Colorado  Address  Box  616, 
Howell, Mich. 
FOR SALE—STOCK OF DRUGS, GROCERIES 
and wall  paper in town of  1000 inhabitants. 
Building for  sale or rent.  Reasons  for  selling, 
poor  health.  Address  No.  518,  zare  Michigan 
Tradesman. 

Mich. 

536

518

533

517

FOR  SALE —CLEAN  STOCK  OF  STAPLE 

dress No. 525, care Michigan Tradesman. 525
dry  goods, clothing, furnishing  goods,  mil­
linery goods and  boots and shoes  in  one of  the 
best villages in Michigan.  Stock  will inventory 
83,000 to 83,500,  Liberal discount  for  cash.  For 
particulars,  address  No.  530,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 

580

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S p rin g  <£  C om pany,

IMPORTERS  A S D   WHOLESALE  D E A L E R S   IN

D ress  Goods,  S h aw ls,  C loaks, 
N otions, 
R ibbons,  H osiery, 
Gloves,  U n d e rw e a r,  W o o le n s, 
F lan n els,  B lan k ets,  G ingham s, 
P rin ts an d   D om estic C ottons

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

assorted  stock at lowest  market  prices.

Spring  Company.

MICHIGAN  BARK  & LUMBER  CO.,

Successors  to

N.  B.  C M  &  Co.

VIET,  ____ ______
Dry  Goods, Carpets and Gloaks

W H O L E S A L E

We  Make a Specialty of  Blankets, Quilts and  Live 

Geese  Feathers.

M a ck in a w   S h irts  an d   L u m b e rm e n ’s  Socks. 

OVERALLS  OF  OUR  OWN  MANUFACTURE.

Voigt, HemiMeier & Co.,48- S°r*a®! % $ £ st-
RINDGE,  KALMBACH  &  CO.,

12,  14,  16  PEARL.  ST.

G rand  R a p id s,  M ich.

'Y 7t7'E   would call  the  atten- 
tion of  the trade  to our 
v v  
lines  of  walking  shoes.  We 
can show  you  all  the novelties 
at popular prices.

We  also  carry  good  lines  of 

Tennis Goods at low prices.

We  want to sell  you  your  rubbers  for  fall.  Terms  and  discounts  as  good  as 

offered  by any agents for the Boston Rubber Shoe Co.

LEMONS!

boxes  before  it gets  warm•

It  w ill  be  a  good  idea  to  order  25 
There9s  money in such  a purchase• 
Get  our prices•

We are now ready to make contracts for the season of  1892.  Correspondence solicited.

I t   and  19  W iddicom b  Building:.

PUTNAM  CANDY  CO.

If so, and  you are endeavoring to get along w ithout  using one of  our improved  Coupon  Book systems, 
you are making a m ost serious mistake.  W e were the originators of  the coupon  book plan  and are the 
largest  m anufacturers of these  books in the country.  Drop in and  look  over our  factory when  in  the 
city or send for samples and price list by mail.

TRADESMAN  COMPANY,

G P L A J S n D   R - A J P I D S ,   L A I O I L .

H .   L e o n a r d   &   S o n s ’

Complete Lines of  Crockery,  Glassware aad  Kouse Furnishing Goods, Store Lamps and

Parlor Lamps in Every Variety.

Catalogue  No.  108. 

G R A N D   R A P I D S ,   MICH 

Free  to  Merchants.

How Does the

“ New  Process"  Operate?

Olir  Elevated  Oven  alone  is  worth  the  price  of  the  Stone.

The fluid drips, drop  by drop 
( never  runs),  upon  a  brass 
evaporator, mixes with and car­
burets  a  current  of  air,  de­
scends  the  supply pipe  to  the 
burner,  where 
it  LIGHTS 
LIKE GAS.  HOW  SIMPLE. 
And  yet  that’s all  there  is  of 
it.  All  parts are  made  inter­
changeable,  are  readily  de­
tached  and can  be replaced.

Bv  actual  test  during  the 
past*  TWO  YEARS, 
it  has 
been  proven  that  the  “ NEW 
PROCESS” consumes  less gas­
oline  for  the  amount  of  heat 
given  than  any other  style  or 
kind of vapor stove. 
It is now 
made  WITHOUT  a  “sub-fire,” 
which  device  has  proven  un­
certain 
unsatisfactory, 
causing much  trouble  and  giv­
ing off a disagreeable odor.

and 

The  “ NEW  PROCESS”

Cabinet  Range.

We  make  the  only elevated 
“ CABINET ”  stove combined 
with  the “New  Process”  prin­
ciple,  and  which  possesses sev­
eral  DECIDED  POINTS  OF 
ADVANTAGE.

The  oven  being  raised  to  a 
convenient  height  require  no 
stooping  in  its manipulation— 
it  is out of  the  way—a  perma­
nent fixture,  NEED  NOT  BE 
MOVED  OR  SHIFTED  and 
has  the  door  in  front.  This 
oven  is of  a peculiar  construc­
tion,  designed  to  retain  the 
heat and  preveut  wasteful  and 
unpleasant  radiation  into  the 
room—a result  attained  so  ef­
fectually that the hand  may be 
held  against  the  top  of  the 
oven  at  the  time  of  baking. 
The  oven  burner  is  swiveled 
and  can  be  moved  from  under 
the oven, and  used  for  heating 
a  wash-boiler  and  all  cooking 
purposes.  The flame is always 
in sight when  heating the oven, 
and  can  be regulated  easily  by 
the  operator  while  standing. 
The “Cabinet” is without doubt 
a  great  improvement  over the 
“Step”  style  of  stove,  and  is 
certain  to meet  with  the  popu­
lar favor its unquestioned  merit 
will justify.

A n   E s s a y   on  V a p o r   S to v es.

8 CONOMY  in  the  kitchen  should  begin  at the point  where waste  is greatest.  That  point is  the  cook’s fire.  Science  asserts and ex­

perience  has proved, that by  far the  greater part of  the heat  produced  by the modern cook  stove  is  totally lost;  or, in  other words, 
if  in  one  year ten tons  of  coal  are  burned  fcr  cooking, not  more  than  one ton  is  actually  utilized—the  rest  being  wasted.  This 
waste of fuel  in  a coal stove can  be  traced  to  many  causes.  Some  of  them are  unavoidable—such as the  long time of  waiting until  there  is 
heat  enough  for  cooking, but during  which time  combustion  goes on;  the  impossibility of  quickly stopping  that  combustion  when  the 
cooking is  finished,  as  well as the  great and  constant  loss of  heat  up the chimney,  and  into  the  room, from  not  being  able to use  it all  as 
fast as  it is  made.  Then  there  is  the waste  of  fuel  from  avoidable  causes—forgetfulness,  ignorance  and the  many other qualities  which 
mark the wasteful cook  who  uses two tons of coal  where one  would easily  answer.

To  command  heat,  to produce it in  a moment,  to  regulate  its  quantity at  will,  to  concentrate it upon  one  point  (reducing  radiation  to  the  smallest 
amount),  and finally to banish it instantly, is to lower the expense of the kitchen fire to one-third its present cost,  and to increase the comfort of the kitchen 
Its  work is two-fold.  First, it stops 
itself  three-fold.  This is the  problem to be solved,  and the certain,  scientific  and  only solution is the vapor  stove. 
almost every source of  waste;  and secondly,  it applies with great care the heat actually used.  Moreover, besides  the convenience,  low cost and comfort,  we 
shall find that it does better cooking,  because it is less uncertain.  The claims of the  vapor stove are many,  but they may be classified under five heads.”

Those heads  are then  given:  Convenience, economy, comfort, efficiency and safety;  and  among  the various  things  they say under  these heads—space 

will  not permit them all to be quoted—the following are of special interest:

Convenience—With a vapor  stove  the long  preparation for cooking  and the  after  effects of  the fire  are wholly avoided.  The  whole stove  absolutely 
under  your orders at all  times,  and  not a moment’s  delay at either  end.  Economy—The  expense in  using a vapor  stove is much  less  than  that of  a  coal 
stove.  They are  made in various  sizes, having  usually  one,  two, three, or four  burners,  any one of  which  may be used  alone,  or  altogether, as desired. 
Each bnrner costs  less than one cent per hour.  The total cost, then, of  a large-sized vapor stove  with all the burners at highest heat is less than four cents 
an  hour.  Comfort—It is a delight, as  every woman  knows, to  go into a perfectly cool, clean  kitchen  and  begin  work  with a stove that in a few  moments 
has  reached the boiling and  roasting  point,  and during all the time of  its use,  radiates almost no heat,  and does not,  on the  average,  raise the  kitchen ther­
mometer  five  degrees in  a day.  Efficiency—Every  kind of  cooking  possible—baking,  boiling,  broiling,  roasting,  toasting,  frying,  stewing—can be done 
with a vapor stove,  and usually much  better than  with any other.  The full flame is clear,  pure  and very hot.  Yet one  burner, or all, can be turned down 
to any desired heat,  and kept at  just that point for hours,  without change and  witnout  attention.  Safety—A vapor stove is so simple  and so easy to handle 
that  even a child  can  safely use it. 
It  lights  like gas.  Makes no smoke or smell.  A  safe 
stove.  An economical stove. 

It pleases the user,  satisfies the dealer and stays sold.  Ours is THE stove that has revolutionized the vapor stove business.

It  needs  little  care,  less  knowledge and no skill  whatever. 

