Michigan Tradesman.

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY,  PUBLISHERS.
G R A ND   R A PID S,  OCTOBER  5,  1892.

$1  Per  Year.
NO.  4T2

Published Weekly.

YOL.  10.
MUSKEGON  BRANCH  UNITED  STATES  BAKING  CO.,

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

Successors  to

HARRY  FOX,  Manager.

Crackers, Biscuits  Sweet Goods.
BEANS 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.

SPECIAL  ATTENTION  PA ID  TO  H A IL  ORDERS.

MTJSKEOON,’ MICH.

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

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

Julius Berkey, Pres. 

S. S. Gay, Vice-Pres.  Wm. McBaln, Sec’y. 

J. D. M. Shirts, Treas.

Grand  Rapids  Brush  Co.,
BRUSHES

M anufacturers of

O ur goods are sold by all Michigan  Jobbing Houses.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

The Green Seal Cigar

Is the Most Desirable for M erchants to Handle because

It is Staple and w ill fit any Purchaser.

Send T our W holesaler an Order.

Retails for 10 cents, 3 Tor 25 cents.

Don’t  Forget  w hen  ordering

CANDY

To call on or address

DATES, ETC.

NUTS,  FIGS,

A. E. BROOKS  &  CO.,  Mfrs, 46 Ottawa  St., Grand  Rapids.

Special pains  taken w ith fru it orders.

WRITE FOB PRICES ON

CHEESE

H. E. M OSELEY  & CO.

45  South  Division St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MICH.

Wisconsin,  Ohio and Michigan make, 

AMERICAN

IMPORTED

Limburger,  Swiss,  Fromage de Brie, 
D’lsigny, Camembert, Neufchatel and 
Caprera.  Also our  XXXX Orchard.

VINEGAR

NO  BRAND  OF  TEN  CENT

C O M P A R E S

WITH  THE

G

f ü L sF

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

Our  Fall  Lines  of

Oil  Glottis,  Carpets  and  Curtains

N o w   ready#  Write for  prices•

SMITH  &  SANFORD,  68  Monroe St.

Including the following celebrated brands, man­
ufactured  by  the  well-known  house of  Glaser, 
Frame & Co.:
Vindex, long  Havana filler................................  $35
Three  vtudal», long Havana Slier  ........... 
35
50
E lk’s Choice, Havana Slier and binder... 
Lit Flor de Alfonso,............................... 
55
65
La DnuiwIU de More r a ,......................... 
55
Lm  Ideal,  35 In a box  ............................... 
Mattel leua  .......... 
60
F lor de  Romeo....................................... 
35

 

10  8o. Ionia  St,  Grand  Rapids.

C.  N.  RAPP  Si  CO..
PRODUGE.
WHOLESALE 

9 North  Ionia St., Grand Rapids.

FRUITS 

B P  

Mail  Orders  Receive  Prompt  Attention.

Gr.  S.  BROWN,

------------ JO B B E R   O F -------------

Foreign  and  Domestic  Fruits  and  Vegetables.
Oranges,  Bananas  and  Early  Vegetables  a  Specialty.

Send for quotations. 

24-26 No. Division St.

TELFER  SPICE  COMPANY,

MANUFACTURERS  OF

S p ices  an d   B a k in g   P o w d e r ,  a n d   J o b b ers  o f 

T ea s, C offees  an d   G ro cers’  S u n d ries.

I  and 3 Pearl  Street, 

GRAND  RAPIDS

M O SELEY   BROS.,

-   VlrN O L E S A L E  -

FRUITS,  SEEDS,  BEANS  AND  PRODUCE,

26, 28, 30 & 32 OTTAWA  ST ,

G r a n d   !Ra/oicLs,  iLAiolr.

F.  J.  D E T T E N T H A L E R H e y m a n   &  C o m p a n y ,
Slow  Cases

Manufacturers  of

JOBBER  OF

N o w  P r i n t s

Received in all the Best  Well Known Brands.

A l s o  Fine 

Dine of Robes

OUTINGS,  WIDE  BLUES,  FANCY  SHIRTINGS,  DRESS 
GINGHAMS,  SATINES.

Dress  Goods

IN  CHEVRONS,  WHIPCORDS,  BEDFORD  COEDS, 
STORM  SERGE  EFFECTS.

Yams, Blankets, Comforts, Underwear.  Overshirts, 

Correspondence  receives  our Personal A ttention.

Pants and Overalls.
JP.  S T B Â f î T B B   &  SON.

First-Glass  Work  Only.

6 8   an d   6 6  C an al  St., 

-

Of Every  Description.

WRITE FOR  PRICES. 
G R A N D   R A P I D S .

Who  urges  you  to  keep

Sapolio?

'The Public 1

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

Any Jobber will be Glad to  Fill Your Orders.

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

Wholesale  Grocers

GRAND  RAPIDS.

SALT  FISH

OYSTERS
POULTRY 1  GAME
STANDARD  OIL CO,

CONSIGNMENTS  OF  ALL  KINDS  OF  POULTRY  AND  GAME  SOLICITED

Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention. 

See quotations in another column

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN.

d e a l e r s   i n

Uluminating and Lubricating

NAPTHA  AND  GASOLINES.

Office, Hawkins Block. 

Works, Butterworth Ave.

BULK  WORKS  AT

GRAND BAPIDS, 
BIG BAPIDS, 
ALLEGAN, 

MUSKEGON, 
GRAND HAVEN, 
HOWARD CITY, 

MANISTEE, 
PETOSKKY,

CADILLAC,
LUDINGTON.

HIGHEST  PRICE  PAID  FOR

EMPTY  GARBON I GASOLIN17  BARRELS. 
RINDGE,  KALMBACH  &  CO.,

12,  14,  &  16  PEARL  ST.

Fall  Season  1892.

GIVE  VS  A  CALL  AND  SEE  OUR COMPLETE  STOCK.

/N  

T 1   A  n m r c n T T  
I: A C  JL U JX  X 
T m ^ T ^ T T J P   C* 
U  U D D l i i  
we know will be satisfactory.

r U U L /O .  ties, we make them.

If you want  the  best  wearing  quali-

We carry a fu ll line and can show you
V J v U D D .   all the novelties of  the season at prices

WARM  GOODS. We never had so nice a line of shoes, slippers 

and buskins, also felt boots and socks.

p i  
v T O V l l l D .   Shoe Co.'s.  Satisfaction guaranteed.

We  sell  the  best,  the  Boston  Rubber

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G R A ND   R A PID S,  W ED N ESD A Y ,  OCTOBER  5,  1892

NO.  472

s a f e .
T. Stewart White, Pres’t. 

W.  Fred MoBain. see'y.

Daisy  Brand.

Solid  Brand  Cans.

OYSTERS!
Selects..........................................................t   28
Standards......................................................  
20
E.  F ................................................................  22
Selects..........................................................$  26
Standards......................................................  
18
Favorites.....................................................  
  16
Mrs.  W ithey’s Home-Made Mince Meat.
Large  bbls...................................................... 6
401b  pails................................................ 
654
10 lb  “ 
........................................................7
M bbls............................................................... 654
20 lb pails......... .............................................  654
2 lb cans, usual  weight, per doz................tl  50
4 lb  •• 
................3 50
Choice Dairy B u tter..................................   18
Pure Sweet Cider  in bbls............................   16
“  Vinegar.........................  10
Choice Lemons. 300 and 360 .......................7 00
New Pickles in bbls, 1200............................5 25
half  bbls, 300.........................3 00
The  above  prices  are m ade  low to bid  for 

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trade.  Let your orders come.

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EDW IN   FALLAS,

Prop’r of Valley City Cold Storace

215-217  Livingston St., Grand  Rapids. 

ESTABLISHED  1841.

THE MERCANTILE AGENCY

R. G. D u n   &  Co.

Reference Books Issued  quarterly.  Collections 

attended to throughout United States 

and Canada

OUR  NEW  LINE  OF

Tablets,
Fall  Specialties 
School Supplies 
Etc.,

ABE NOW BEING  SHOWN ON THE  BOAD BY

OF  OUB FIRM.

MR.  J. L.  KYMER,
MR.  GEO.  H.  RAYNOR,
MR.  WALTER B. DUDLEY, 
MR.  CHAS.  E.  WATSON, 
MR.  PETER  LUBACH.
EATON,  LYON  &  CO.

G01IGBG1AL o

n

 GO.

65  MONROE  ST.

Formed by the consolidation of the 

COOPER  COMMERCIAL  AGENCY,

AND THE

UNION  CREDIT  CO.,

And  embodying  all  the  good  features  of  both 
agencies.
Commercial  reports  and  current  collections 
receive  prompt  and  careful  attention.  Your 
patronage respectfully solicited.

Telephones 166 and 1030.

L.  J,  STEVENSON, 

C.  A.  CUMING8,

C.  E.  BLOCK.

S.  A.  MORMAN,

WHOLESALE

head  and  Ohio

Petoskey,  M arble­

Hii :m:e ,
CEMENTS,

A kron, Buffalo and Louisville

Stucco and  Hair,  Sewer Pipe,

FIRE  BRICK  AND  OLAY.

W rite for Prices.

10 LYON  ST., 

-  GRAND  RAPIDS.

DO  NOT FAIL  TO  VISIT

BELKNAP, BAKER  k C0.’S
Exclusive  Carriage  Repository

AND INSPECT THEIB  LINE OF

Carriages,

Surreys, 

Phaetons,

^  Buggies*

5  &  7  N.  IONIA  ST.,

G r a n d   R a p id s,  M ic h.
The Bradstreet Mercantile Apcy.

The B radstreet  Company, Props.

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

CHARLES  F.  CLARK,  Pres.

Offices in the principal cities of the United 
States,  Canada,  the  European  continent, 
Australia, and in London, England.

Grand  Rapids  Office,  Room 4,  Widdicomb  Rldg.

HENRY  ROYCE, Snpt.

F R A N K   H.  W H IT E ,

Manufacturer’s Agent and Jobber of

Brooms,  Washboards,  Wooden
Indurated  Pails  &  Tubs,

AND

Wooden  Bowls,  Clothespins  and  Rolling 

Pins,  Step  Ladders,  W ashing  Ma­

chines, M arket, Bushel and De­

livery Bas Vets,  B uilding 

Paper, W rapping

Paper, Sacks, Twine and  Stationery.

Manufacturers  in  lines allied to above, wish­
ing to be represented in this  market are request­
ed to communicate with me.

125  COURT  ST.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MIOH.

i.  J.  SHILLMiN,  Scientific  Optician,  (5  Monroe Street.

Eyes  tested  for  spectacles  free of  cost  with 
latest Improved methods.  Glasses in every style 
at  moderate  prices.  Artificial  human  eyes  of 
every color.  Sign of big spectacles.

JOHNSON’S  FORTUNE.

“I’ve  done  my  best,  mother,”  Farmer 
Hobbs  said,  coming  in  hot  and  tired 
from the hay-field.  “That  there dratted 
machine won’t work,  and ef  I am to save 
my  hay, I’ll  have  to  take  that  intrust 
money and buy a new machine.”

“I think you’d better not, father,” Mrs. 
Hobbs answered, in mild alarm.  “I don’t 
know  where  you’re  goin’ 
to  get  any 
more,  and  Johnson  is  powerful  dost 
about gettin’  the money on  time. 
I’d be 
afeard to let it run over a minute.”

“Well,  but,  Lucindy, the  hay’s  wuth 
more’n the intrust,  and  you know they’s 
no  takin’ the  stock  through  the  winter 
without it.  The cattle  might kinder rub 
along,  but 
the  horses  is  jist  plum 
obleeged to  have  their  timothy,  and my 
timothy is as fine a piece  as you ever sot 
eyes on.”

“Suppose you  try again,”  Mrs.  Hobbs 
suggested,  helping  her  hasband  to  a 
luscious quarter of  raspberry  pie.  “I’ll 
go out  with  you and  help  onchoke  her, 
and  we’ll use  plenty  of  He,  and mebbe 
you can rub through  jest this  oncet.”

“Well,  I’ll  try,  Lucindy;  I  hain’t  no 
hopes, but I would  like  to  save that  in­
trust money.”

Mrs.  Hobbs stayed in  the field  till five 
o’clock, and  the  hay  was  cut with  few 
delays.  The girls  brought  out  the sup­
per,  which was eaten with much relish in 
the hayfield.  The  horses being watered 
and fed,  the  work  went  on  by  the big 
harvest moon,  and at ten  o’clock the hay 
from the “ big medder” was in the stacks.
A few days  after,  Jim  Johnson  came 
out  to  see  if  the  interest  money  was 
ready.  He  tied  his  horse  under  a tree 
and  started  through  the meadow to  see 
Mr.  Hobbs,  who was fencing his ricks  at 
the other side.

“Moses  and  the  bullrushes!  What’s 
that?”  he  asked,  gazing  at  giinty  blue 
reflections 
floating  on  pools  of  water 
standing  everywhere,  for  it  had  rained 
heavily the  night  before.  “Oil,  and  no 
mistake!”  he went  on,  after  dipping  his 
finger into a  puddle  and  testing it  care­
fully with his nose.

It  was  only  the  day  before  that  the 
papers had contained an account of some 
new  oil-fields  found  not  above  twenty 
miles away;  an  old  partner  of  Jim  had 
been the first  to  invest, and  was, conse­
quently, fabulously rich.

Johnson carefully rubbed his finger on 
his pocket handkerchief, stowed  the  lat­
ter in a deep pocket and  hastened across 
the field, his face pale  and  his eyes glit­
tering  very  unpleasantly.  He  tried  to 
greet  the  farmer  with  his  accustomed 
familiarity, but his words came by  jerks 
and in  gusts, and  his  throat became  so 
dry that he could scarcely articulate.

“ What’s the matter?  Hain’t you well?” 
Mr. Hobbs  asked,  suspending  his  work 
to gaze  curiously  at  his  visitor.  “You 
look taller-colored as  the  dead,  an’  your 
eyes is like burnt boles in a  blanket.”

“No,  thank you,  not  at  all,” Johnson 
replied at random.  “I’m  quite well, ex­
cept  husky  sore  throat—are  you  well? 
And the  family?”

“Pretty fair—we’ve  got a good deal  of

health mixed up  amongst us—you  know 
they’s twelve all told.”

“Yes, a large, interesting family—want 

to sell the  farm?”

He  tried  to  make  the  question  less 
eager,  but he  could not quiet  the tremor 
in his voice, and  he was in mortal dread 
lest Mr.  Hobbs should  have  some reason 
to  cross  the field  and  see  the oil,  when 
his “cake would be dough,” as he mental­
ly expressed it.

“No,”  Mr.  Hobbs  replied, shortly, and 

went on with his work.

“I’ll  give  you  a good  price  for  it—I 
want it  for a  combination  shoe  factory. 
Set a figger.”

“Well,  twelve  thousand—a  thousand 
apiece.”  said  Mr.  Hobbs, 
jokingly;  the 
farm was not worth more than a third  of 
that sum.

“I’ll  take  it,”  with a gasp.  “Here’s 
fifty to bind the  bargain,  and  I’ll fill out 
a check for the balance right here.”

He  did  so, and  handed  the  paper  to 
Mr.  Hobbs,  who  kept  his  countenance 
and  received  it  with  perfect  gravity. 
Privately he was convinced that Johnson 
was crazy.

“Come to the house  and  sign  the con­

tract for the deed.”

“All right.”
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hobbs  accompanied 
Johnson to town, and were thunderstruck 
when they learned that the sale was real, 
and that they  had  twelve thousand  dol­
lars in the bank.

“Sense 

that  Johnson  hain’t  crazy,” 
Hobbs began as  soon as  he was  clear of 
the  town, “why,  they’s  somethin’  in  the 
It  may  be  a shoe  factory,  but I 
wind. 
don’t  believe  it. 
I  wonder  ef  they’ve 
found gold?”

“It don’t make no  sort o’  defference  to 
us, father,” Mrs.  Hobbs  answered.  She 
was afraid that her husband  would  take 
alarm and want to“rue back,”  as she ex­
pressed  it.  “No, it  don’t  make a grain 
o’ defference to us,  an’  we’ve got enough 
for  the  place  ef  they  find  dimints. 
I 
never did  like  it,  an’ I  don’t  keer  how 
soon we git  away.  Let’s  buy  back  our 
six acres on the edge of  Cloverdale.  We 
can  git  it  for  three  thousand,  an’  then 
you’ll have  nine thousand  to  put out  at 
intrust.”

“Yes,  mother.”
“And we kin git  little  Jim  his cornet 

and send him off to be learnt to play.” 

“ You kin do jist as you please, mother. 
I’m rich  enough  now,  I reckin,  to do  as 
I like,  and 1 hope I won’t  never  want  to 
do nothin’  very bad.”

“That’s  somethin’ you  never  did  do, 
father,” dutifully replied his wife,  “and 
I  don’t  believe  bein’  rich  is  a-goin’  to 
change you much. 
If  it would I’d  want 
somethin’  to  come  along  and  take  the 
money  away  from  us,  because  it  can’t 
never pay to give up doin’ good.”

As soon as the  transfer  was made and 
the deed recorded,  Johnson  sent  the fol­
lowing telegram to his whilom partner: 

“Come on—bring all your  loose cash— 

oil in  abundance.”

The  cash  was  sent  to  buy  adjoining 
farms on  option  of  thirty  days;  the oil

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

The Standard Cash Register

(Patented in United States and Canada.)

Is  a  practical  Machine,  A ppreciated  by 

Practical Business  Men.

man  would  come  later  on and bring an 
expert.

The  farms  were  bargained  for  at  ri­
diculously low figures,  and then Johnson 
invited his friends out  to  see his  ‘‘find.”
“I tell you,  boys,”  said he,  as  he rode 
up  and  tied  his  horse  to  the  meadow 
fence,  “the whole  earth  is  jist a soakin’ 
with it,  and  it’s  jist  burstin’  out of  the 
ground.  You see,  this country has never 
had any oil taken out of  it,” he went on, 
glibly,  “and as  it  is constantly  generat­
ing,  it has  become  so choke full  that the 
ground  can’t  hold  it  and it’s  compelled 
to  come  out.  You’d  be  astonished  to 
see how it is actually boiling up.”

“It  must  be  wasting  if  it  is  in  that 

condition,”  some one remarked.

“What’s a  waste  of  a  few  millions o’ 
barrels?”  scornfully  retorted  Johnson. 
“There’s  enough  left  for  me  and  my 
family and all my poor  relations.”

By this time  others,  having  heard  the 
news,  had  arrived at the farm,  and quite 
a crowd  had gathered  when  the  partner 
with  the  expert  drove  up,  followed  by 
Mr.  Hobbs.

“Just  wait  until  you  examine  these 
blue  patches,” Johnson  said  to  the  two 
men  after  they  had  alighted from  their 
buggy.  “ Now,  tell  me if you ever saw a 
surer indication of oil?”

The  expert  gave  a  glance  over 

the 
field, took  a  quick  survey  of  the  con­
formation of  the country,  and opened his 
lips  to  speak;  but,  before  he  could ar­
ticulate  a  word,  Mr.  Hobbs  broke  into 
the conversation with a remark  that sent 
the  cold chills down Johnson’s spine.

“And is it them  blue  patches  that in­
dicate  iie?”  be  asked,  with  a  glance, 
half pitying, half contemptuous.  "That’s 
a  fact,  for  I  used  mor’n  two  gallon  on 
my  ole  mowin’ machine,  a-tryin’  to  git 
through the season  without buyin’ a new 
one.”

“Let this be a lesson to  you,  sir,” said 

Johnson’s  partner.

“All the  lesson  1 git out of  it,”  again 
put in Mr.  Hobbs,  “is that  when you are 
a-cuttin’  hay use plenty of ile.”

“It’s a—swindle!”  Johnson  broke  out, 
livid  with  rage.  “And  I’ll  laud  you in 
the pen before this is  over.”

“Don’t  talk  to  me  about  swindling,” 
Mr.  Hobbs began,  advancing  upon John­
son,  who retreated  to his buggy.  “Who 
was it swindled the Widow Kobinson out 
of  her property and drove her to commit 
suicide?  Who  was it  that swindled the 
people  out  of  their  taxes  and  barely 
missed 
the  pen?  Who  was  it  that 
swindled—”

Johnson gave his horse a lash with the 

whip and drove rapidly  away.

“I didn’t  know  nothin’  about  this ile 
business  until  this mornin’,” Mr.  Hobbs 
explained  to  the  people  present. 
“1 
knowed  they  was  somethin’  up,  but  1 
had  no  idy  what it  was,  for I supposed 
every blamed fool in  the  country would 
know  machine-ile  on  a  medder  after 
a rain.”

The  Only  King' on  American Soil.

V a n n a n t in   th e  Offlce.

It is very frequently our boast that  we 
live in a republic and that ours is a  Gov­
ernment of the people,  by the people and 
for the people.  We look  upon  the  mon- 
archial systems of the Old World as some­
thing that we have most happily escaped, 
and  we pride ourselves upon  being better 
olf  than  other  nations.  Our  liberty  is 
our boast,  and the right of every  man  to 
“life,  liberty  and  the  pursuit  of  happi­
ness” is  something  that  is  taught  each 
child at school,  and  yet  we  are  perpet­
ually doing something  quite  opposed  to

If we are a workingman,  we forth­
this. 
with join a union and in so doing agree to 
submit ourselves to  the  dictation  of  the 
“prudential committee,” or the  orders of 
the walking delegate, or  to the whims of 
the grand  master,  or  the  high  muck-a- 
muck, or whatever other  name  our  king 
and ruler receives.  Then,  when a strike 
is ordered,  which  is  the  special  reason 
for which the king was chosen, we act not 
as free-born  American citizens, but as the 
slaves and  vassals of a petty lord,  and  at 
once proceed to do things under his orders 
which  we would never think  of  doing  if 
left to ourselves.
We glory in  our  king  and  gladly  de­
mean ourselves at his  behest.  We  burn 
buildings,  we destroy property,  we  even 
take life,  because  the king orders it,  and 
when we are called  up and taken to  task 
for  our  evil  deed«  we  say  in  defense, 
“The  king  commanded.”  We  not  only 
refuse to work for  our  employers  when 
the king bids  us stop, but at his command 
we also refuse to let others work.  Even 
though we are getting good wages,  better 
wages  than  many  of  our  fellow  men 
equally competent  and  of  the  same  ex­
perience,  and  putting  forth  the  same 
amount of exertion as  ourselves,  we  not 
only leave the job,  but we  refuse  to  let 
some  poor,  half-starving  man,  quite  as 
worthy as we are,  take our  place  at  the 
price  which  we  decline.  At  the  com­
mand of  our  king  we  play  dog  in  the 
manger.  We will  neither  do  the  thing 
ourselves nor allow others to do it.
Could there be  greater  inconsistency? 
Could citizens of a republic  make  bigger 
fools of themselves if they tried?  It may 
be urged that it is not  citizens  of  a  Re­
public or native born  Americans that are 
making all this labor trouble,  but  rather 
that it is the foreign element  among  us. 
Even so, yet  without  the  assent  or  ac­
quiescence of voting Americans the tbiug 
could  not  continue.  Without  the  ap­
proval of a considerable number in every 
cummunity the abuses of strikes and  the 
absurdities and inconsistences of  unions 
If an individual work­
would disappear. 
man  becomes  dissatisfied  with  his  job, 
throws  up  his  position  and 
takes  the 
grouud that he will allow no one  else  to 
do the work,  if  he  commits  an  assault 
upon any one who attempts to work in his 
stead,  and,  further,  if he proceeds to  de­
stroy property,  he is seized by the officers 
of the law and made to  feel  that  he  has 
committed a crime, and is properly  pun­
ished for the same.  But  our  little king, 
our grand master,  our walking  delegate, 
our high muck-a-muck,  call him what we 
may, who directs the actions of 100 or 1,000 
of us, who lives upon the funds which we 
contribute,  who stops at hotels where his 
daily expenses  are  twice  what  be  ever 
earned as a  mechanic  or  laboring  man, 
issues orders.  At  his  behest  our  union 
goes on  strike,  “scab”  labor  that  offers 
to take our places is waylaid,  and  either 
under  orders  or  by  tacit  approval  we 
commit violence,  and in some  directions, 
by our actions or by our neglect, property 
is  destroyed,  commerce  is  interrupted. 
Yet our little king goes free,  and we pose 
as martyrs and heroes, not  as law  break­
ers as we are.
Why is his kingship  tolorated  in  free 
America?  Why does the walking delegate, 
after he has  done  all  these  evil  things, 
go  free,  and why  do  we  who  obey  his 
orders  very  generally  escape  responsi­
bility for our crimes?  As it is, however, 
we  are  far  oftener  arraigned  than our 
king.  Why is a man less responsible be­
fore the law for directing a small army of 
men that  are  working  mischief  than  a 
single man in carrying on the mischief on 
his own account?  The king is dead, long 
live the  king!  A  king  we  must  have, 
and the king we now have is King Walk­
ing Delegate.

A  Florida  Sugar Plantation.

A dispatch from Cincinnati says that  a 
party of capitalists from that city,  Phila­
delphia and New York  has  secured  pos­
session of a tract of  land  along  the  St. 
Johns  and  Indian  rivers,  eighty-three 
miles long and  from  three  to  six  miles 
wide.  The land “is to be  drained  at  an 
expense  of  $4,000,000,”  and  devoted  to 
the  cultivation  of  sugar,  “enough  of 
which can be grown on the  strip  to  sup­
ply all of  the  United  States.”  This is 
“important if true.”

it'is  a  handsomely  furnished  Combination 
Desk,  Money  Drawer  and  Cashier,  with  Com­
bination Lock and R  gistering Attachment, 

it records both cash and credit sales.
It records disbursements.
It itemizes money paid in on account.
It enables vou to trace transactions in dispute. 
It will  keep  different  lines of  goods separate. 
It shows the transactions of each clerk, 
it makes a careless man careful.
It  keeps  an  honest  man  honest  and  a  thief 
It will  save  in  convenience, time and  money, 
Each  machine, boxed  separately and warrant­

will not stay where it is.
enough to pay for itse.f many times over.
ed for two years.

For full particulars address
THE  STANDARD  AGENCY,

Sole Agents for Michigan, AUGUSTA,  WIS.

Heavenrigh  Bros.,

MANUFACTURERS  OF

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8

PORT  OP  GRAND  RAPIDS.

W ater  Communication  for  the  Valley 

City.

FIRST  PAPER.

W ritten  fo r The Tradesman.

Don’t laugh,  incredulous reader,  at the 
import  of  the  above  headlines. 
It  is 
true that  several  years have  been  spent 
in  idle  dreaming  and vague  speculation 
since  the  first  move  made  by  Congress 
toward making  Grand  River a waterway 
between the Valley  City and  Grand  Ha­
ven, but  the  time is surely coming when 
Grand  Rapids  will  be  a  lake  port. 
This is no  visionary  scheme, but a  prac­
ticable improvement  that  is  entirely at­
tainable.  Because one  man  may not  be 
able to  move a 600-pound  rock is no  evi­
dence that the rock  is  immovable.  The 
removal of  the  rock  would,  indeed, be  a 
visionary  scheme so  far  as the  applica­
tion  of  a  one-man power  is  concerned, 
but, when  seized  bv a half  dozen  deter­
mined men, every difficulty  vanishes and 
the  work  is  easily  accomplished. 
It  is 
the  same  in this  matter of  bringing our 
lake vessels into Grand Rapids;  it can  be 
done,  aud,  when  compared  with 
like 
achievements  elsewhere,  it  can  be  done 
inexpensively.

The trade  of  numerous  ports  is  con­
ducted with eight and  ten feet of  water, 
and  side-wheel  vessels  are  abundantly 
able  to  carry  heavy cargoes on  a  six or 
seven,  or  even  a  five foot  draft.  The 
Erie Canal  has  seven  feet,  and  the Can­
adian  canals  were  built  for  four  and 
four  and a half  feet,  and  later deepened 
to nine  feet;  and  no  one  questions the 
compensating  value of  these  waterways 
in  the  movement of  heavy  freights, the 
marketing  of  products  or  the  reduction 
of  the  cost  of  transportation,  although 
they cost  millions of  dollars.  The Ohio 
River  improvement  is  based  on  a  navi­
gable  draft  of  seven  feet, at  a  cost  of 
nearly $70,000,000, and the Great Kanawha 
improvement is based on securing a draft 
of  six  or  seven  feet  for  a  distance  of 
ninety-six  miles,  at an estimated  cost of 
$3,000,000.  Five feet  is  wanted  for  one 
hundred  miles  of  the  Elk  River;  four 
feet  in  the  Fox  and  Wisconsin  Rivers, 
while  the  Cumberland  and  others  are 
striving  with an expenditure of  millions 
to get three feet.

The  American  people  are  intensely 
alive  to  the  great  importance of  water 
communication,  and  rivers  and  streams 
are being  improved  all  over  the Union, 
on a navigable  basis  ranging from three 
to  ten  feet,  and  at a cost  involving mil­
lions of  dollars.

Now,  what  is the  condition  of  things 
here?  The Supreme Court of the United 
States has adjudicated on this question of 
the navigation of  Grand  River,  and  held 
that  it  was  a  navigable  water  of  the 
United  States,  from  its  mouth to Grand 
Rapids,  a  distance  of  forty  miles,  and 
capable of  bearing  for  that  distance a 
steamer of  123  tons  burden,  laden  with 
merchandise and passengers, and forming 
by its junction with the lake a continued 
highway  for  commerce  both with  other 
states  and  with  foreign  countries.  At 
low water mark there is a depth of water 
of from twenty-four feet at the harbor to 
four  feet  at  this end,  with, of  course,  a 
few intervening sand bars.  At the head 
of  this navigation  is  located the metrop­
olis  and  great  distributing trade  center 
of  West Michigan  and the second city in 
importance  in  the  State;  a  city  with 
80,000 population and a probability, based 
upon the past three decades of its growth, I

of having 125,000  before the close of  the 
present decade;  a  city  that  is  pre-emi­
nently  a  manufacturing  center,  having 
950 manufacturing  establishments of  all 
descriptions,  and  producing goods to the 
value of $28,842,468 annually;  a city uni­
versally ackuowleded to be the furniture 
center of  the  world;  a city with  $4,000,- 
000 invested  in  jobbing houses,  many of 
which  are  importers;  a  city  which,  in 
1889,  furnished  the  railroads  and  one 
small  river steamer  a  combined tonnage 
of 1,120,823 tons!  At the rate of increase 
in the  tonnage  since  1889, it  is  safe  to 
predict that  the average  annual  tonnage 
for the next  ten  years will  be 2,300,000. 
Will anyone assert  that, were it possible 
to move  this vast  tonnage  by water, the 
rates would not  be lessened?  And,  if  it 
were  but  1  per  cent, on  100  pounds, it 
would represent a saving of freight alone 
of $460,000  per annum.  And  this  is  not 
all.  Grand  Rapids  is rapidly  becoming 
a great fruit emporium,  and growers and 
dealers  are  waking  up to the  fact  that 
water transportation is absolutely  neces­
sary in shipping this ever-increasing ton­
nage of  Grand  River Valley fruits to the 
markets on the  west  side of  Lake Michi­
gan,  in  order  to  successfully  compete 
with the growers on the lake shore.

Are the manufacturers  and  jobbers of 
Grand  Rapids  to  continue  to  compete 
with  the  lake  towns?  Will  the Valley 
City maintain her proud position of being 
the  great  distributing  center  of  West 
Michigan? 
Is  Grand  Rapids to keep  on 
using 28,000,000 feet of hardwood lumber 
annually, in  her  manufactories, shipped 
from  northern  points? 
Is  the  jobbing 
trade  of  Grand  Rapids, which  amounts 
to  about $20,000,000 annually, to  go  on 
increasing its  volume in the  future as in 
the past, and will  our  jobbers be able to 
compete  with  Chicago  and  Detroit  for 
the northern trade which is springing up 
and  constantly  increasing  around  the 
shores of  our  northern waters?  An  af­
firmative answer  to  these queries means 
the  arrival of  lake vessels  alongside  of 
the docks  in  the  Port of  Grand  Rapids. 
Is this practicably attainable? 
It is, and 
the next article on this subject will dem­
onstrate it. 

E.  A.  OWEN.

The Disgrace of Pinkertonism.

From Iron  Trad© R eview .
There has been much said and  written 
in the last four weeks about the  disgrace 
of  Pinkertonism.  Reference  has  been 
had in this verdict to the character of the 
Pinkerton system  and  of  the  Pinkerton 
guards.  But there  is  another  disgrace 
that ought to be emphasized in  this  con­
nection—the  disgrace  of  a  condition  of 
things that requires  the  importation  of 
dare-devil  men  to  secure  rights  which 
local authorities do not guarantee. 
It  is 
disgraceful that men  cannot  be  secured 
in the possession of their  own  property, 
disgraceful that men cannot  go to  work 
except at the risk of their lives in an  es­
tablishment  from  which  others  have 
voluntarily withdrawn. 
It would be well 
for  those  who join  in  the  general  cry 
against Pinkertonism  to  have  a  serious 
thought or two about  the  disgraces  that 
are the occasion of Pinkertonism.
Pure  Nickel for Coins.

It is said that  the  Austrian Empire  is 
likely to adopt pure  nickel  as  the mate­
rial for its smaller coins.  The alloy com­
monly in use contains but 25 per cent, of 
nickel and 75 per  cent,  of  copper. 
It  is 
easier worked than  pure  nickel, but  the 
latter, despite its hardness, can easily  be 
coined,  and  possesses  many  advantages 
over the alloy.  It is extraordinarily dura­
ble, loses almost nothing by wear and tear, 
keeps clean in  circulation,  and does  not 
rust to any appreciable extent.

Use Tradesman Cov/pon Boohs.

Merchants of M id p :

WILL  YOU  PLEASE  GIVE  US 
TEMPORARY  CUSTODY  OF 
YOUR  AURICULAR  APPEN­
DAGE?

Powder has taken a drop.

WE  ARE  NOW  QUOTING

Du  P o n t  R ifle

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No brand of  powder  to-day that  stands equal  to

DU PONT  RIFLE.

It always burns strong and moist.  Used by the Amer­
ican  Rifle Team  in all  their  successful  contests  for 
the championship of the world.

Always  specify  Du  Pont  whenever  you  order 
powder,  and if  your  dealer  will  not  get it for  you, 
send to us direct.

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MANUFACTURERS  OF  CIRCULAR

Equalled by few  and  excelled  by none.  All  our  saws  are  made of  the  best  steel by the  most 
skillful  workmen, and  all  saws  warranted.  Burnt  saws  made  good as  new for  one-fourth  the 
list price of new saws.  All kinds of

SAW  REPAIRING

Done as cheap as can be done  consistent  with good  work.  Lumber  saws  fitted  up ready for use 
without extra charge.  No charge for boxing or drayage.  Write for prices and discounts.
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M U S K E G O N . 

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

AMONG THE TRADE.
ABOUND THE STATE.

Detroit—A  receiver  has  been  applied 

for the Detroit Chicory Co.

Alamo—Pickard  &  Co.  are  succeeded 

by W.  R. Maltby in general trade.

Pontiac—Chas.  Thorpe,  butcher,  has 

sold his  business to Asa P.  Seeley.

Denmark—A.  Wakeman  succeeds  R 

O.  Hall & Co..  Ltd., in general  trade.

Duudee—Henry  Cockrill  has  sold  hi 

restaurant business to  Rudolph  Howe.

Marshall—Geo.  W.  Rogers  has  pur 
chased the grocery  stock  of  A.  B.  King 
West Bay City—A.  E.  Morris  succeed; 
J.  H.  Ferguson in  the grocery  business 
Detroit—John  M.  Emerson,  lumber 
dealer, is  succeeded  by  Emerson  Mnfg 
Co.

Saginaw — M.  D.  Morrish  has  pur 
chased  the drug stock of  Geo.  J.  Weisin 
ger.

West  Branch—Daniel  Jacobs has pur 
chased the general  stock of Chas.  Woods 
& Co.

Langdon  Hubbard, of the banking firm 
of F.  W.  Hubbard &  Co., at Bad  Axe,  is 
dead.

Detroit—A  A.  Durfee succeeds FI inn & 
Durfee in the  ice cream and  oyster busi 
ness.

Ludington—W. C. Cartier is succeeded 
by Cargill & Chase  in  the  grocery  busi­
ness.

Red Jacket—C. J. Sorsen  is  succeeded 
by Sorsen & Sodergren  in  the drug busi­
ness.

Concord—Chas.  M.  Gillespie  has  pur­
chased  the  grocery  stock  of  Baker  & 
Young.

Hudson—Pierce & Briggs  will succeed 
Richards & Halran in  the  boot  and shoe 
business.

Greenville—Miller  &  Miller  succeed 
Foster & Miller in  the  feed and produce 
business.

Petoskey—B.  F.  Donoven 

is succeed­
ed  by J.  W.  Lott  &  Son  in  the grocery 
business.

Saginaw—Rosa  (Mrs.  L.) Art  is  suc­
ceeded by Cook &  Montross  in the cloth­
ing business.

Hancock— Ferdinand  Fisher,  manu­
facturer of  potash,  has sold his business 
to Fred  Voss.

Republic—L. Calus  has  purchased the 
general  stock  and  meat  business of  M. 
Gleason & Son.

Kalamazoo—L.  C.  Watkins  has  pur­
chased the cigar and  news business of O.
G.  Hungerford.

Battle Creek—Torongo &  Lyman,  tail­
ors,  have dissolved and are succeeded  by 
Torongo &  Jensen.

Grand Ledge—A.  L. Worden continues 
the drug business formerly carried on  by 
Worden,  Covey & Co.

Lawton—McNeil  &  Barnes,  grocery 
and  crockery  dealers,  have  dissolved, 
Barnes & Son succeeding.

Manistee — N.  W.  Nelson,  assignee, 
sold the J. C.  Peterson stock of groceries 
to P. C. Reynolds at  90 cents  on the dol­
lar.

Union  City—Ed  Rupright  has  pur­
chased Mrs.  Sara  Carpenter’s  interest in 
the dry goods  stock of  Hitchcock & Car­
penter.

Menominee — The  wholesale  grocery 
firm of  Somerville,  Penberthy  & Co.  has 
dissolved,  the  business  being  continued 
by Penberthy & Cook.

Jossman  &  Bird,  proprietors  of  the 
Clarkston  Exchange  Bank,  have  dis­
solved partnership.  Hereafter  the busi

ness  will  be  continued  by  E. Jossman, 
under the old  style.

Detroit—S. Simon & Co.  have  brought 
suit for 810,000 against  Schloss, Adler & 
Co.  When  the  two  firms went into  the 
Bagley building, the  latter drew the cor­
ner  store,  with  the  understanding  that 
the heating  apparatus  was  to  be placed 
in their basement.  The apparatus  takes 
up  half  the  space,  and  S. Simon  & Co. 
charged the other  firm  rent.  The object 
of the suit is to make  them pay it.

MANUFACTURING MATTERS. 

Saginaw—C. F. Hiibig  is succeeded  by 
August Larsch in  the  brewing business.
Iietroitr—The Steel  Clad  Bath  Co.  has 
been  incorporated under the style of  the 
Steel Bath Mfg.  Co.

Jackson—The Weeks Drug andChemi 
cal Co.  has  increased  its  capital  stock 
from 815,000 to 825,000.

Cadillac—Peck & Cutler  have been in 
duced  to  remove  their  handle  factory 
from Shelby to this  place by the offer  of 
a building site and a bonus.

Alpena—The new stave  mill of  W.  A 
Cockley  & Co.  will  start  up  early next 
month.  The  firm  sent  a  crew  up  the 
river last week to cut timber.

Alpena—J.  A.  Widner  is  buying con 
siderable  quantities  of  cedar,  and  it  is 
coming down the river and by rail.  There 
have been shipped  out  by  water 315,000 
cedar posts and 483,000 railway ties.

Negaunee—The  Johnson  Lumber  Co 
has  purchased  from  the  Lake Superior 
Iron  Co.  a  bunch  of  pine  estimated  to 
cut  about  1,000,000  feet,  north  of  this 
place,  and will  put  camps  in and begin 
cutting at once.

Saginaw—Smith  &  Adams,  who  have 
been lumbering in  Montmorency  county 
ix years for Burrows <& Rust, are moving 
their camp equipage to Ontonagon,  where 
they  have  taken  a  large  job,  and  will 
bank  15,000,000  feet  the  coming winter.
Sault  Ste.  Marie—R.  Thew,  of  Cleve­
land,  is considering the matter of  build­
ing a shingle mill here,  and if  a site can 
be secured and exemption  from  taxation 
guaranteed, he  will  go  ahead  with  the 
work.  He has a large  body of timber on 
Two Heart  River.

Cheboygan—The Webber-Hall  Lumber 
Co.’s new  shingle  mill  on Bois Blanc Is­
land is in operation. 
It is  expected that 
the  mill  will  run  winter  and  summer, 
and  it  has  a  capacity  of  45,000  daily. 
The company  will  also cut a large quan­
tity of cedar posts during the  winter.

Manistee—The Canfield &  Wheeler oil 
well  is  down  1,875  feet  and is working 
lowly  in  a  shaley  rock, in  which  they 
have to be very  careful  not  to jam  their 
tools.  They expect to get salt at a  little 
below 1,900 feet,  and then  at about 1,950 
feet to  strike  hard  rock  below the salt. 
They  will  put  down  pipe  to  this rock, 
and then see if they cannot find oil below 
the  salt.

Kalamazoo — The  Allegan  Paper  Co. 
has  been  organized with a capital  stock 
of  825,000, all  paid  in,  to embark in the 
manufacture of  straw wrapping paper at 
Allegan,  having  acquired  the paper mill 
j and  water power of J.  B.  Streator & Son. 
The principal stockholders are J. Weaver 
&  Co.,  and  Fred  Walker  of  Kalamazoo 
| and  E.  A. Jacks,  manager  of  the  Niles 
Paper Mills.

Manistee—That  the  spar timber is not 
j all exhausted at this  point yet  was dem­
onstrated last week,  when  the  Manistee 
&  Grand  Rapids  Railroad  brought  in 
about 20 white  pine  spars,  which  would

run on an average about 90 feet in length, 
and varying in size at the  top from 12  to 
20  inches  in  diameter,  and  which  are 
worth,  at  the  lowest  calculation,  8100 
each,  in  the  water  here.  These  spars 
were  for  the  use  of  a  shipyard  firm  in 
Milwaukee.

Greenville — F.  E.  Rauney,  formerly 
connected  with  the  BeldingManufactur­
ing Co.,  has  been  induced  to locate here 
and take the management of  a refrigera­
tor factory,  to  be  conducted  by  a  stock 
company organized for that purpose.  The 
business men here agree  to  turn over  to 
the  company  the  potato  starch  factory, 
which is estimated worth  8*1,000,  pay the 
mortgage indebtedness  of  84,000 and al­
so take 810,000  stock  in  the corporation.
Manistee—The boats are hurrying now 
to  get  salt  forward,  and 
the  question 
from this time on  will be about carrying 
salt  on  deck,  as  Lake  Michigan  gets 
rather turbulent about this time and they 
are apt to  lose  a good  part  of  the deck 
load,  which the  vessel has  to stand,  and 
which  causes  considerable  inroads  in 
their freight.  Borne of the mills are try­
ing  to  solve  the  problem  by  engaging 
barges  that  can  carry  salt  in  the hold, 
and giving  them a deck  load of  lumber. 
That works very  well  in  most cases,  the 
only trouble being that  there are  hardly 
enough  available  boats  of  that  class  to 
carry all that is wanted.

Purely Personal.

Herbert T.  Chase  and  family  have re­
turned from Cape Cod and Mr. Chase has 
resumed his  pilgrimages  in  the  interest 
of Chase  &  Sanborn.

S.  E.  Gauthier, the  Cherry  street  gro­
cer,  has gone to Detroit and will spend  a 
month  in that  city and  vicinity.  He  is 
accompanied by his wife.

C.  H.  Libby,  formerly  with  Cornelius 
Fox, the So. Division street grocer, is now 
managing  the store and  lumber business 
of L. T.  Kinney,  at  Lyman,  three  miles 
west of  Woodville.

Having never been  able to make a sat- 
sfactory  disposal  of  his  car  spring, 
patented a few years ago,  L.  E.  Hawkins 
has  lately  invented  an  improvement  on 
the device,  by means of  which  he confi­
dently  expects  to  be  able  to  realize  a 
handsome addition to his present income.
D. C.  Leach,  who has  spent much time 
and  money  in  developing  a  cranberry 
marsh  at Walton,  is  apparently destined 
to  make a success of  the  business,  as he 
has  gathered a crop of  over 400  bushels, 
most of  which  are  as  large  in size  and 
fine in quality as the half  bushel  on  ex­
hibition at the T radesm an office.

Geo.  L.  Thurston,  junior  member  of 
the firm of Thurston  & Co., general deal­
ers  at  Central  Lake,  was  in  town  sev­
eral  days  last  week.  Mr.  Thurston  is 
quite well  known to the  readers of  T h e 
Tradesm an  through  his  contributions 
to these columns, and it is a matter of re­
gret to  both  editor  and  readers  that  he 
does not find  time  to devote  more atten­
tion  to work of  this character.

A.  Burton,  formerly  engaged  in  the 
shingle mill business near  White  Cloud, 
but for the past few months  engaged  in 
the same  business  at  Hesperia,  was  in 
town one day last week.  Mr. Burton has 
formed a copartnership with  G.  D.  Gow- 
ell,  under  the  style of Gowell & Burton, 
and the new firm has  leased  the  Cooper 
shingle  mill,  five  miles  south  of  West 
Troy, and will operate  same.  The  mill 
has a daily capacity  of  40,000  shingles, 
the  product of which is contracted to H.’ 
J.  Dudley, of Fremont, until Jan. 1.

FOR 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.

590

589

F or  sa le  or  w il l  ex c h a n g e  fo r
grocery stock—New  house, barn  and  store 
building  in  Kalamazoo;  lot 4x8;  buildings are 
worth  price  asked  for  entire  place.  Address 
ARC, Kalamazoo, Mich. 
IPOR  RENT—A  NEW  STORE  IN  ONE  OF 
the  best  locations in the  city  fitted  up  for 
dry goods or boots aud shoes.  Address 590, care 
Michigan Tradesman. 
T   WANT TO  QUIT  WORK, BUT CAN’T DO  IT 
because I have a first-class stock of drugs on 
my hands.  If  there is a man in  Michigan  who 
wants to buy I can give him a bargain  Address 
“Quinine,”  care  Michigan  Tradesman,  Grand 
Rapids. 
IHOR  SALE—CLEAN  NEW STOCK  OF  DRY 
•  goods,  notions, clothing,  furnishing  goods, 
shoes,  groceries,  cigars,  tobaccos  and  confee 
tionery,  located  in  one  of  the  best  business 
towns In Michigan.  Doing over$2,500 per month 
spot  cash  business.  Not  a  dollar  of  credit. 
Stock  will  invoice  about  $6,000.  Address  No. 
594, care Michigan Tradesman. 
GOOD  CHANCE  FUR  AN  A  NO.  1  ORO- 
cery  business.  Reason  of  selling,  poor 

_________________ 591

594

v 

583

576

580

health.  W. L. Mead, Ionia, Mich. 
F or  sa le—a t  o n e h a lf 
it s  v a lu e
the valuable woodenware  factory plant for­
merly owned  by  the  Shepherd  Clothespin  Fac­
tory  Co, located  at  Shepherd,  Isabella  county,
Mich., where all kinds of timber in any quantity 
fan be bought  at  lowest  known  prices.  Build­
ings and  machinery  new and  well  adapted for 
any woodeu  ware  factory work.  O. H. Stanton,
Jackson, Mich.
ha v e  PAID-UP  STOCK  IN  A  MANUFAC- 
turing establishment in a live  town in Michi­
gan which I would exchange for a hearse, worth 
not less than five hundred dollars.  Address No. 
583. care Michigan Tradesman. 
F or  sa le—a  stock  o f  g e n e r a l  m e r- 
chandise  in  Leltoy,  Michigan.  Stock  will 
.  ”, — ».-j».«,/, 
i o u u o u  t u   a n u c -
invoice $10,000,  but  we  will  reduce  to  any  de-
sired amount.  We  court a  thorough  Invebtiga- 
tion.  as  we  offer  an  established  trade  and  a 
profitable  investment.  Will  rent  or  sell  the 
building,  M.' V. Gundrum & Co._______ 53a
F or  s a l e- stock  o f  d rug s  a n d  f ix -
tures,  about  $1,200,  in  good  location  with 
low  rent.  Established  trade.  Part  cash  and 
easy terms on balance to right party.  Fine open­
ing  for  a  physician.  Satisfactory  reasons  for 
selling.  Fred Brundage, Muskegon, Mich,  595 
XCELLENT OPPOnTUNITY  FOR  A  BUS- 
iness man with $5,000 to $10,000 ready money 
to  embark in the  wholesale  business  in  Grand 
Rapids  and  take  the  management  of  same. 
House well established.  Investigation solicited 
from  persons  who  mean  business.  No others 
need apply.  No. 556, care Michigan Tradesman.
plO R SALE—A FINE AND WELL-ASSORTED 
stock of  dry  goods, boots,  shoes, hats, "caps 
and gents’ furnishing goods,in live railroad and 
manufacturing  town of  from  500  to 600 inhabi­
tants.  Only business of the kind in the locality 
Other and more  important business requires the 
attention of the proprietor.  We court a thorough 
investigation  and  will  guarantee  a  profitable 
investment.  Address  No.  571,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman,_____  
XpOR  SALE  OR  EXUHANE—CLEAN  STOCK 
J-  of  dry goods  and  gents’ furnishing  goods. 
Good point for  trade.  Reason for  selling, other 
business  requires  our  attention.  Address  No 
568. care Michigan Tradesman. 

556

568

57j

SITUATIONS  WANTED.

TITANTED—A  POSITION  OF  TRUST  AS 
T y  manager or clerk  in  dry  goods, general or 
wall paper store  by man of  17 years’ experience. 
Give full particulars  L. A  Ely, Muir. Mich.592
\X T ANTED—A  FIRST-CLASS  WALL  PAPER 
hanger  is  looking  for  position  in  large 
town where  steady hanging  by roll  can be had 
Connection  with  large  retail  house  preferred 
EPJ1  '«formation  desired.  “E,”  care  of  L. A.' 
Ely, Muir, Michigan. 
W  ANTED—POSITION  BY  YOUNG  LADY 
! ..„a„l.-„00k;)tee£er  ?r  assistant  book keeper 
and cashier.  Can furnish good references.  Ad- 
586
dress No. 586, care Michigan Tradesman. 

593

MISCELLANEOUS.

TkO   YOU  USE COUPON  BOOKS?  IF  SO  DO 
United 
ir e ,arSest:manufacturers in the
the iTvlfiatesf 
you do' you  are customers of
the Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids

g a s s r 1*

RESIDENCE  LOT  IN 
9,'i?nd Rapids, 70xt75 feet, beautifully shad
focalitv  nonlve2mafeetSiViated In 8001 residence 
from  electric  street  car 
i?ee  w tn"S ,*? 
Hue.  Will sell  for $2 500 cash, or part cash  nav- 
ments to suit.  E. A. Stowe, ICO Louis St  W  
T WO  RESIDENCE  LOTS  IN  VILLAGE  OF 
.^elding  to  exchange  for  grocery  stock 
worth 
to  $1,500.  Will  pay  difference  in
C£h.  Address  No. 470, care  Slikigan  Trade“
VV ®  HAVE  A  SPECIALTY  FOR  DRUM 
VV  mers  side  line,  and  will  make  liberal 
arrangements with  those  calling upon  the dry
Address1^  
boot  and  Bhoe  trade!
4 <iqress J*. P. Co., 96 State street. Chicago. 
584
W ^ p S p C O M P lT E N f   REGULAR  PHY 
VV  smian  to  locate  at  Wacousta.  Only  one 
physician  in  place,  which  is  center of  good 
farming  community.  Address  No  588  care 
Michigan Tradesman. 

___________ _____________ 570

588

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GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

_ _ _ _ _

Peter Mull bas  opened a  meat  market 
at  the  corner  of  Clancy  and  Fairbanks 
streets.

O. 

H.  Hawley  &  Son have  engaged in 

the  grocery  business  at  Shelby.  The 
Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co.  furnished  the 
stock.

L. W.  Loveland  has  arranged  to open 
a grocery  store  at  Belding.  The  Olney 
&  Judson  Grocer  Co.  has  the  order  for 
the stock.

F.  A. Green has purchased the grocery 
stock of N. S. Hubbard, at 75 Pearl street, 
and will continue the business under the 
style of  Green the Grocer.

H.  W.  Hawkins, dealer  in  dry  goods 
and  boots  and  shoes  at  Reed  City,  has 
added  a  line  of  groceries.  The  Ball- 
Barnhart-Putman  Co. 
the 
stock.

furnished 

The  Kent  County  Savings  Bank,  of 
this city,  is now pleasantly settled in the 
entire ground  door  of  its  own  building, 
with new  furniture  and  new equipment 
throughout.

Two ear loads  of  crockery  from  Eng­
land, eight  casks  of  china  from France 
and  eleven cases  of  glass  baskets from 
Austria  cleared  the  custom  house here 
last Frida}' for H.  Leonard & Sons.

W. D.  Ballou and  Daniel W.  Elferdink 
have formed  a  copartnership  under  the 
style of  Ballou & Elferdink and the new 
firm has hurcbased the stock  and fixtures 
of  the  Wolverine  Drug  Co.,  at  343 East 
Bridge street.

Gripsack Brigade.

E.  H.  Poole  sold  a carload of oil before 
breakfast at Whitehall one day last week.
W.  F.  Blake  has  returned  from  the 
Queen’s  dominion,  where he  visited  the 
people whom he dealt with in  the capac­
ity of U.  S. Consul a few  years ago.

The board of directors of the Michigan 
Knights of  the  Grip met at  Lansing one 
day  last  week  and  decided  to hold  the 
next annual meeting  at  Detroit  on Dec. 
27.

territory 

David Hoogerheid has taken a position 
as traveling  salesman  for  P. Steketee & 
Sons.  His 
the 
available towns on the Southern  division 
of the G.  R.  & I., the Kalamazoo division 
of the Lake Shore and the Stanton branch 
of the D.,  L.  & N.  Railway.

includes  all 

A.  B.  Gibson,  for  the  past 

fifteen 
months  with  White  &  White,  has 
engaged  to  travel  for  Billings,  Clapp 
& Co., of Boston,  covering  the  principal 
towns  of  Michigan,  Ohio  and  Indiana. 
M.  B. Millspaugh,  who has  covered  this 
territory several  years for this house, has 
engaged to represent the Duroy Wine Co., 
of Sandusky, in the same territory.

“When  I  started  on  the  road  1 imag­
ined  that  the  life  of  the  drummer  was 
one 
long-drawn  sigh  of  transcendent 
bliss,” said a man of that calling to a re­
porter the  other  day.  “I imagined  that 
the country merchants  would  all  be glad 
to  see  me,  would  laugh  heartily  at  my 
jokes,  and 
take  my  advice  regarding 
what they  should  buy.  But  the  poetic 
dream soon vanished. 
I reached my first 
town in a pouring rain,  and  had to carry 
my  heavy  sample  cases  a  quarter  of  a 
mile  to  the  hotel,  where  the  landlord 
gouged me by day  and the  bedbugs took 
up  the  good  work  at  night.  The  first 
merchant I  visited  kept  me  waiting  for 
an hour,  while he sold a plug of  tobacco

and a pint of whisky to a mossback, then 
sneaked out  the  back  door  and went  to 
dinner.  The  next  one  expressed  an 
earnest  desire  to  see  every  drummer 
hanged,  and  the  third  one  pawed  my 
samples  over  for  an  hour,  informed  me 
that  all  my  best  stories  were  told  by 
Shemand  Japheth  in  the  ark,  and  that 
Ham grew black in the face trying to  re­
strain his desire to pitch them overboard. 
I got sour bread and  fried catfish for din­
ner and slept  that  night  on a  corn-husk 
mattress,  from  which  the  cobs  had  not 
been  extracted.  As  I  sat  in my carpet­
less  room  on  a  chair,  with  a game  leg, 
and  by 
the  light  of  a  smoky  candle 
watched the  bedbugs  playing Bopeep,  I 
wanted  to  chuck  my  samples  into  the 
river,  return  to  the  city  and  drive  a 
sprinkling cart.”

The N ew  Shoe H ouse.

The Herold-Bertsch  Shoe Co.  has filed 
articles  of  association  and  begun  busi­
ness in its corporate capacity.  The com­
pany  has  an  authorized  capital of $70,- 
000, of  which  $00,000  is  subscribed and 
paid  in,  being  divided  equally  between 
Christian  Bertsch,  Russell  W.  Bertsch, 
A.  C.  Wetzel,  Geo.  L.  Medes,  Alonzo 
Herold  and  Fred  E.  Walther,  who will 
serve as directors  of  the corporation for 
the  ensuing  year.  The  officers  of  the 
corporation are as follows:

President—Christian Bertsch.
Vice-President—A.  Herold.
Secretary—Geo.  L.  Medes.
Treasurer—A.  C.  Wetzel.
As previously  stated in  these columns, 
the company  has  leased  the ground floor 
and basement of the Morman & Wilmarth 
building,  at 5 and 7 Pearl street,  where a 
full jobbing line of boots,  shoes and rub­
bers has been  put in  and  a  general job­
bing business in those  lines  will be con­
ducted.

The  G rocery  M arket.

Sugar—The  raw  market  is  dull  and 
lower.  There is no change in hard goods 
at the refineries,  but the jobbers have re­
duced the margin of  profit demanded for 
immediate delivery.

Fruits—Citron is lower  and  unsettled, 
mainly due to the  amount  of  poor stock 
on the market.  Currants  are in  fair de­
mand and steady  in price.  Dates are  in 
moderate  request  and  steady.  New 
prunes will  probably be  very firm.  Val­
encia  raisins  are  in  fair  demand.  Old 
Sultanas have about all been disposed of. 
California  in  boxes  and  bags  are with* 
out particular change.

Fish—Cod  is  in  better  request  and 
firmer.  The  cooler  weather  has stimu­
lated the demand for box herring.  Mack­
erel is steady and  firm.

Canned Goods—Corn and tomatoes con­
tinue active and  firm.  Other  vegetables 
are in limited request and steady.  Peach­
es  are  a  trifle  weaker.  Alaska  salmon 
rule high,  on account of the stocks being 
under strong control.  Lobsters are quiet.
Lemons—Trifle  lower,  on  account  of 

cool weather.

Bananas—Very plenty,  on  account  of 
large  receipts.  The  low  prices  have 
checked  shipments  and  higher  prices 
will probably rule inside of  ten days.

Nuts—All foreign  varieties  are steady 

and without  change

Muskegon—Franklin  MacVeigh & Co., 
of  Chicago, have  taken possession of the 
E. E. Philabaum grocery stock.
Use The Tradesman  Co.’s Coupon Books.

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

5

BUCKWHEAT  FLOUR.

We  make an  absolutely pure and  unadulterated article, and it 
has the

EENUjNE  OLD-FASHIONED  FLAVOR.

Our  customers of  previous  years  know  whereof  we speak 
and  from  others  we  solicit  a  trial  order.  Present price  $5 
per  bbl.  in  paper ^  and  1-16  sacks.

Correspondence Solicited. 

HOLLAND,  MICH.

GoUpon Books Buy  of  the  Largest  Manufacturers  in  the 

The Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids

Country  and  Save  Money.

HESTER  MACHINERY  CO.,

AGENTS  FOB

Plain  SIiile;Valve  Engine» w ith T hrottling 
Automatic Balanced Single Valve  Engines. 

Governors.

Horizontal, T ubular and Locomotive

BOILERS.

U pright  Engines  and  Boilers  for  Light 

Power.

Prices on application.

45 S. Division St., 

Grand Rapids.

ASPHALT

FIRE-PROOF  ROOFING

,

This  Roofing  is  guaranteed  to  stand  in  all 
places where Tin and Iron has failed;  is super­
ior to Shingles and much cheaper.

The best Roofing for covering over Shingles 
on old roofs of houses, bams, sheds, etc.;  will 
not rot  or  pull  loose, and  when  painted  with 
our 
FIRE-PROOF  ROOF  PAINT,
Will last lodger  than  shingles.  Write the un­
dersigned  for  prices  and  circulars, relative to 
Roofing  and  for  samples  of  Building  Papers, 
3tc.
fl.  M.  REYNOLDS & SON,

Bon  H u r !

IO c  o r  3  for  25c.

Made  on Honor  !

Sold on  Merit !

ORDER  FROM  YOUR  DEALER.

GEO.  HOEBS  &  CO.,

MamlfactUrers,

DETROIT. 

CHICAGO.

P ra c tic a l  R oofers,

Qor.  Louli and  Campan  Sts.,  Grand Rapid*,  Mioh

Flags,
Banners
and
Stream ers.

Of all kinds and made to order.

We Make’a Specialty of Campaign Banners 

and Streamers.

P ortraits of  Candidates  on  Cloth or Paper.

CHAS.  A.  COYE,

11  PEA RL ST.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

6

While  the  men  were  at  work, 

The Record of  a Walking Delegate.
Tilly  Haynes, a  Boston  hotel  keeper, 
recently leased the  Grand Central  Hotel, 
on Broadway,  New  York City,  and start­
ed out to expend  $150,000 in  the work of 
renovation, of which  fully  three-fourths 
was  to  go  for  labor.  He  made  terms 
with his men  which were  mutually satis­
factory.  Work  had  hardly  been  begun, 
however,  when  the walking delegate ap­
peared and demanded that the men should 
work only eight  hours  a  day  instead  of 
nine.  Mr.  Haynes  acceded.  A  week 
later the walking  delegate  came  around 
again and said that  some  of  the carpen­
ters  were  working  for  $3.25  a day,  and 
that they must  be  paid  $3.50.  This  de­
mand,  also,  was  yielded to.  A few days 
later  the  delegate  informed  Mr.  Haynes 
that he  had  two  stairbuilders from Bos­
ton,  and that,  although  these  men  were 
union men,  they  could  not  work  unless 
they  had  their  union  tickets  changed 
and paid the fee for working in this city. 
This trouble was settled  by the return of 
the offenders to Boston.
the 
walking  delegates  entered  th’  building 
and  walked  about  through  it  at  their 
pleasure,  taking  down  the  workmen’s 
names and asking if they belonged to the 
union.  One  of  the  carpenters  replied: 
“None of  your business.”  The next day 
the  delegate  met  the  men  when  they 
came to work and  told them a strike had 
been  ordered.  Some  of  the  men  shed 
tears and said their  families were suffer­
ing, but all obeyed.  Mr. Haynes next re­
ceived  a  visit  from  the  grand  council, 
who  informed  him  that  their  delegates 
must  be  respected.  After  consultation 
the council agreed that the man who had 
insulted their delegate and the rest of the 
men might go back to work,  but  the man 
must by  Saturday become a full  member 
of  the  union.  Notwithstanding 
this, 
when  the  men  came  to  work  the  next 
morning,  the  delegate  declared  that  no 
one should go to work  until the man  who 
had  insulted  him was  discharged.  The 
difficulty was finally compromised by the 
man  being given  his  wages, in order  that 
he  might  immediately  go  aud  pay  his 
dues and become a member of  the union. 
It  was  three  days,  however,  before  he 
could get  himself  into regular standing, 
and  during  this  time  none  of  the men 
were permitted to work.
This was by  no  means the  end of  Mr. 
Haynes’ troubles  with  the walking dele­
gate.  He  had  made  a  contract  with  a 
Boston firm to  put  in some  new marble, 
and.  on  learning  this, the  delegate  for 
the third time made  the  men  quit work, 
though,  upon  Mr.  Haynes’assurance that 
no marble from  Boston  was actually  be­
ing laid at that time, they were permitted 
to  resume  work.  Then  Mr.  Haynes 
learned  that  the  delegates  were  going 
about among the  men collecting  $1  from 
each  for  allowing them to work.  When 
the marble from Boston arrived, the dele­
gates refused to allow  it to be unloaded, 
and  when  Mr.  Haynes  sought  the  pro­
tection of the police,  the delegates called 
out  all 
the  carpenters  and  painters. 
Then  the  representative  of  the  steam 
fitters  told  Mr.  Haynes  that  he  would 
have to send his engineer back to Boston, 
and on his refusal the  union  fitters were 
made to stop work.
By  this time  Mr.  Haynes  decided that 
he had suffered enough from the tyranny 
of the walking  delegate,  and  he decided 
to  employ  no  more  men  who  were the 
slaves of such an infamous system of  es­
pionage.  He secured a full force of non­
union  men,  whom  he  finds  better work­
men than the union men.

Best Six Gord

— FOR

Machine  or  Hand  Use.

FOR  SALE  BY  ALL

Dealers  ia  Dry  Goods & Notions
G .  R.  MAYHEW,

Grand Rapids, Mich.,

JOBBER OF

Wales Goodyear Rubbers,

Woonsocket Rubbers,

Felt Boots and Alaska Socks.

^Î2LES600DVtf^

S c iii Corset  Co’s

f t
THE

MODEL
(Trade Mark.)
FORM.

Greatest  Seller  do  Earth!

This is a good time  to remark  that the 
bleached  sponges  of  commerce  are  not 
hospital sponges cleaned,  as so many un­
thinking  people  suppose.  The  sponges 
used  in  hospitals  are  now  generally 
burned.  The white  sponges  are simply 
bleached.  Only  the  finest  and  best are 
selected  for  bleaching,  and  these  are 
placed in a bath of  diluted  hydrochloric 
acid with a  little  hyposulphite  of  soda. 
Left  in  this  mixture  a  few  hours,  the 
sponge becomes as  white as snow, though 
the  process  is  not  generally  carried so 
far,  a light shade of yellow or straw color 
selling more readily than the white.

Use Tradesman Coupon Books.

FRENCH

SHAPE
.A.”

Send for Ulnstrated  Catalogue.  See  priee Hat 

ln tins journal.
SCHILLING  CORSET  CO.,

Detroit. Mich, and Chicago, 111.

T H E   M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N
Dry Goods Price Current.

U SE

UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Adriatic
“  Arrow Brand  5H 
Argyle  ...................  6
“  World Wide.  6
Atlanta AA.............6
**  LL............ .  4)4
Atlantic A..............  6M
Full Yard Wide...... 6)4
“  H..............  6V4
Georgia  A..............6>4
P .............  SH
“ 
Honest Width......... 6*4
“  D............  6
Hartford A ............   5
“  LL................ 5
Indian Head...........7
Amory....................   6)4
King A A................6)4
Archery  Bunting...  4 
King EC.................5
Beaver Dana  A A ..  554 
Lawrence  L L ........4%
Blackstone O, 32__  5
Madras cheese cloth 65g
Black Crow............ 6  I Newmarket  G..........83g
Black  Rock  ...........  6 
B ....... 5
N ....... 6*4
Boot, AL................  7 
Capital  A................554 
DD....  554
Cavanat Y..............5)4 
X ........654
Chapman cheese cl.  354 Nolbe R..................  5
Clifton  C R ............   554 Our Level  Best...... 6)4
Comet.....................   654 Oxford  R...... ........6
Dwight Star............  634 Pequot.................... 7
Clifton CCC...........  6541 Solar.......................  6
¡Top of the  Heap__7
A B C ......................854
Geo. Washington...  8
Amazon...................8
Glen Mills.............   7
Arnsburg.................7
Gold Medal............ 7)4
Art  Cambric........... 10
Green  Ticket......... 854
Blackstone A A.......7
Great Falls.............   654
Beats All.................454
Hope....................... 754
Boston.................... 12
Just  Out....   454® 5
Cabot.......................7
King  Phillip...........754
Cabot,  %..................654
OP.....  7)4
Charter  Oak........... 5)4
Lonsdale Cambric.. 10
Conway W...............  754
Lonsdale...........  @  854
Cleveland............... 7
Middlesex........   @5
Dwight Anchor.......854
No Name................   7)4
shorts.  8
Oak View............... 6
Edwards.................. 6
Our Own................   5)4
Empire.....................7
Pride of the West... 12
Farwell...................7)4 Rosalind...................7)4
Fruit of the  Loom.  854ÌSuniight.................   4)4
Fltchvllle  ............. 7
Utica  Mills............ 8)4
First Prize................7
“  Nonpareil ..10
Fruit of the L o o m 7)4
Vlnyard..................  8)4
Falrmount................454
White Horse...........6
Full Value................634
“  R ock.......  .8)4
Cabot...................... 7  ¡Dwight Anchor........ 8)4
Farwell...................8 

HALF  BLEACHED  COTTONS.

BLEACHED  COTTONS.

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CANTON  FLANNEL.

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COBSET  JEANS.

DRESS  GOODS.
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454
American  fancy —   554 
American Indigo  ...  6 
American shirtings.  4)4 
Argentine  Grays...  6 
Anchor Shirtings...  5 
Arnold 
“  —   6)4
Arnold  Merino.  ...  6

Peerless, white.......1754¡Integrity  colored...20
colored.... 19)4 White Star..............18
Integrity.................18)4| 
“  colored..20
Hamilton 
............... 8  ¡Nameless................ 20
................. 25
................. 9 
.................27)4
.............. 10)4 
G G  Cashmere........20 
..............30
 
Nameless................16  [ 
32)4
18  I 
.................35
CORSETS.
(Jorallne..................... (9 50
Schilling’s .................  9 00
Davis  Waists  ....  9 00 
Grand  Rapids......4 50
Armory..................   654
Androscoggin.........734
Blddeford..............   6
Brunswick..............6)4
PRINTS.
Allen turkey  reds 
6 
robes.............6
Eink a purple 6
u ffs...........  6
pink  checks.  6
staples  .........6
shirtings ... 

Wonderful............84 50
Brighton......................4 75
Bortree’s .................... 9 00
Abdominal...........15 00
Naumkeag satteen..  7
Rock port.................. 6)4
Conestoga.................654
Walworth  .............  654
| Berwick fancies
5)4
Clyde Robes__
Charter Oak fancies 4)4 
DelMarine cashm's.  6 
mourn’g  6 
Eddy stone  fancy...  6 
chocolat  6 
rober  ...  6 
sateens.  6 
Hamilton fancy.
6 
staple.
6
Manchester fancy..  6 
new era.  6 
Merrimack D fancy.  6
long cloth B.iOK Menhm’ckshirtings. 4)4
C.  8)4 
Reppfnrn.  8)4
century cloth  7
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Pacific fancy..........6
“  gold seal......10)4
robes............6)4
“  green seal TR 10)4 
Portsmouth robes...  6 
“  yellow seal.. 10)4
Simpson mournlng..  6
“ 
serge.............llu
greys........6
“  Turkey red.. 10)4 
solid black.  6 
Ballon solid black..  5 
Washington Indigo.  6 
“  colors.  5)4
“ 
“  Torkeyrobes..  7)4
Bengal bine,  green, 
“  India robes__ 7)4
red and  orange...  5)4
“  plaln Tky X 54  8)4 
Berlin solids.......... 5)4
“ 
“  X...10
"  oil bine........6)4
“  Ottoman  Tur­
“  “  green ....  6)4
key red................ e
“  Foulards ....  5)4
Martha Washington
red 54..........  7
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Turkey red 54........ 7)4
“  “  X  -t .......  9)4
Martha Washington
“  4 4-,.......10
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Turkey red..........   9)4
“ 
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Rlverpolntrobes....  5)4
Cocheco fancy........6
Windsor fancy........6)4
“  madders...  6 
XXtwills..  6)4
Indigo blue......... 10)4
solids........5)4 ! Harmony.................   45g
AC A...................... 12)4
Pemberton AAA__16
York.......................ion
Swift River............ 7U
Pearl  River........... 12
Warren...................13

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..............  6* ¡Stark  A 
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Boot........................ 654 No  Name____
Clifton, K...............   6)4¡Topof Heap..

gold  ticket 

COTTON  DRILL.

TICKINGS.

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

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!Columbian  brown.. 12
Everett, bine...........12)4
brown....... 12)4
Haymaker bine........ 754
brown...  754
Jeffrey.....................11)4
Lancaster................12)4
Lawrence, 9 os........ 18)4
No. 220....13
No. 250.. ..11)4
No. 280.... 10)4

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BINGHAMS.
Amoskeag.............. 7<4 |Lancaster,  staple...  7
“  Persian dress 854 
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fancies....  7
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Canton..  8)4 
“  Normandie  8
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AFC........10)4 Lancashire..............6)4
Teazle... 10)4 Manchester.............   554
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Angola..10)4 Monogram..............  6)4
“ 
Persian..  8)4 
Normandie............. 7)4
Persian................... 8)4
Arlington staple....  654
Arasapha  fancy__  454
Renfrew Dress........7)4
Bates Warwick dres 8)4 
Rosemont................6)4
staples.  6)4
Slatersvllle.............6
Centennial............   10)4
Somerset................. 7
Criterion..............10)4
Tacoma  ................. 7)4
Cumberland Btaple.  5)4
Toll  duNord......... 10)4
Cumberland...........5
Wabash...................7)4
Essex........................454
seersucker..  7)4
Elfin.......................   7)4
Warwick................  8)4
Everett classics......8)4
Whittenden............ 654
Exposition............... 754
heather dr.  8 
Glenarie.................  654
Indigo bine 9 
Glenarven................ 654
Wamsutta staples...  654
Glenwood.................754
Westbrook..............  8
Hampton.................. 6)4
10
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Johnson Chalon cl 
Windermeer........... 5
Indigo bine 9)4 
York  ...................... 654
zephyrs....16

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Amoskeag............... 1654 ¡Valley City
Stark......................  19)4 Georgia...
American...............16  Pacific.......

...16 
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...13
Clark’s Mile End... .45  ¡Barbour's................88
Coats’, J. A P .........45  Marshall’s...............88
Holyoke..................22)41

THREADS.

No.

KNITTING  COTTON.

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

White.  Colored.
38 No.  14... ....37
39
...38
40
...39
41
...40
CAMBRICS.

“  16...
“  18...
“  20...

White.  Colored.
42
43
44
45

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

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

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

RED  FLANNEL.

Fireman..................32)4
Creedmore.............. 27)4
Talbot XXX............30
Nameless................ 27)4

T W....................... S )4
FT  ........................ 32)4
J R F , XXX........... 85
Buckeye.................32)4

MIXED  FLANNEL.

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DOMET  FLANNEL.

CANVASS  AND  PADDING.

Red A Bine,  plaid..40
Union R..................22)4
Windsor..................18)4
6 oz Western........... 20
Union  B ................. 22)4
Nameless...... 8  @ 9)4| 
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9) 4 
10)411)4
10) 4 
11) 4 
11)4 IS
12) 4 
12)4 20
TITTPEB
Severen, 8 oz.......... 9)4
May land, 8 oz......... 10)4
Greenwood, 7)4 os..  9)4
Greenwood, 8 os__11)4
Boston, 8 os............ 10)4

Grey 8R  W.............17)4
Western W ............. 18)4
D R P .............  
18)4
Flushing XXX........ 23)4
Manitoba.................28)4
©10*
12)4
Black.
10)4
11*12
20
West Point, 8 os
10)4
10 o s ____
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Raven, lOoz.............13)4
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Stark 
Boston, 10 os............12)4

Brown.
10)4
1*34
12
20

9)4 
10)4 
UK 
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SILE9IAS.

White, dos..............25  ¡Per bale, 40 dos__ 37 50
Colored, dos...........20 
Slater, Iron Cross...  8 
“  Best..............10)4
“  Bait AA....... 12)4
L .............................7)4
G............................. 8)4
Corticelll, dos........75  [Corriceli!  knitting,

Red Cross....  9 Pawtucket...............10)4
Dandle....................  g
Bedford...................10)4
Valley  City.............10)4
K K ......................... 10)4

SEWING  SILK.

twist, doz. .37*  per Hoz  ball........ 30
50 yd, doz..37)41
HOOKS AND ETES—PEB GROSS.
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No  1 Bl’k A White..10  No 4 Bl’k A White  15
“  * 
..12 
“  8 
"20
“  8 
..12  I  “  10 
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No 2—20, M C........ 50  ¡No 4—15  F  3 * .........40
‘  3-18, S C ..........45  I
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No  2 White A Bl’k..l2  ¡No  8 White A Bl’k. 20 
“  4 
23
6 
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No 8........................28  |No8.......................... 86

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

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NEEDLES—PER  K.

A. James................1 40| Steamboat.
Suffit::::::.:.::! 8T * 

TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.

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COTTON TWINES.

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Cotton Sail Twine. .28
Crown.................... 12
Domestic............... 18)4
Anchor...................16
Bristol.........   ........is
Cherry  Valley........15
I X L ......... ........... 18*
Alabama................. eg
Alamance............... 6)4
Augusta................. 7u
At sapha................  6
Georgia................... 634
Granite...................  55g
Haw  River.............5
Haw  J ....................   5

Nashua................... is
Rising Star 4-ply.... 17 
3-ply....17
North Star.............. 20
Wool Standard 4 ply 17* 
Powhattan.............ìè

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Mount  Pleasant__ 6)4
Oneida.................   5
Prymont..............  53g
Randelman.............6
Riverside........... 
55g

PLAID  08NABUBGB

SIGNS  AS  ADVERTISEMENTS.

Before  printers’ 

Shops and store signs have two intents 
—to  keep  old  customers  and  win  new 
ones. 
In  both  these  objects  they  con­
form to one of the basic principles of  ad­
vertising.
Signs are very ancient;  so ancient that 
the  beginning  of  authentic  history  re­
cords their  existence  without  disclosing 
their  origin.  Nor  is  this  strange,  for 
buying and  selling  are  almost  as old as 
the human  race,  and one of  the earliest 
classifications  of  society  is  that  which 
divides  mankind  into vendors  and  pur­
chasers.
ink  had  made  a 
knowledge of letters well nigh universal, 
the  ability  to  read  alphabetical  charac­
ters was a rare and technical art.  Hence, 
till  times quite  recent, merchants’ signs 
consisted in  natural  objects or  in  artifi­
cial productions of the carver, the moider 
or the painter.  The change to verbal de­
lineation  has  been  in  the  direction  of 
utility,  but  art has  lost  much with  the 
disappearance of the figured and  colored 
emblems of  trade.  As  for the signmak- 
ers’ old-time ingenuity, it has been rather 
converted,  or rather diverted,  to the new 
methods  than  discontinued,  and  in  its 
survival,  under  changed  conditions,  is 
the promise that the sign painter and the 
artist have not  parted  company  forever. 
Indeed,  the  last  ten  years  have  been 
graced  by  many  visible  proofs of  a re­
vival of artistic feeling in the  manner of 
commercial signs,  and  in  this  rebirth of 
art in the unity it is not  difficult to trace 
the  reflex  action  upon  sign-boards  of 
high-class  illustrations  now  so common 
in newspaper advertisements.  Thus and 
again one is tempted  to  exclaim,  that as 
in  the  Augustan  age  all  roads  led  to 
Rome, so in these later  days many pleas­
ant  and  profitable  paths  along  which 
men  pursue  their  way  converge  upon 
this  modern  practice  of  scientific,  be­
cause calculated,  advertising.
A satisfactory proof  of the usefulness, 
and,  therefore,  value  of  signs, 
is  the 
tender care  with  which the law protects 
them.  Law  is  a  growth, not  a fabrica­
tion;  and when one sees  the law stretch­
ing  its  long  and  strong  arm  over  any­
thing, one knows that the thing so guard­
ed  has  already  made  its  place  in  the 
social  economy.  Tou  must  not  appro­
priate  or 
imitate  your  competitor’s 
signs.  To do so is legally stigmatized as 
unfair trading, for his signs are a part of 
the “good will” of  the business, and the 
public is not to be  compelled to go about 
with  microscope  or  telescope  to  distin­
guish  his  place  of  business  from  your 
own.
If  you  are  in  trade  you  must  have 
signs  upon  your  commercial  premises. 
To  say  that  those  signs  should  be  the 
best that human ingenuity can devise for 
the  purpose  of  your business  is  but  to 
state  a  truism.  Here  are  a  few funda­
mental rules  that will  be  found  to hold 
good  however  various  their  application 
to particular cases:
1.  The heart or core of every business 
sign should  consist  of  an  inscription of 
words,  no  matter  how  elaborate  the 
back-ground or  other accessories.
2.  The  verbal  inscription  should  be 
as verbal  and  graphic  as  circumstances 
will admit,  and the baldness of statement 
of a visiting card should be  avoided.
3.  Display  lettering  should  be  used 
for more  important  words or phrases.
4.  Ornamentation  should be used and 
applied  so  as  not  to  interfere  with the 
rapid  and sure  reading of  the words  on 
the signs.
5.  The sign,  as an entity, should have 
a  distinctive  character—a  personalty  of 
its own  as  exclusive  as  that of  its pro­
prietor—and  this  distinctive  character 
should not be eccentric, but one  possess­
ing the qualities  of  true  impressiveness 
and responsible  permanence.
6.  The  essentials  of  the  sign should 
be determined with  regard  to continuity 
of use,  so that they may  survive changes 
of proprietorship or of  firm  name in  the 
business methods, or change of  location.
7.  The sign,  as an entire thing, should 
be designed  with  due  respect  to its visi­
ble  surroundings,  whether  present  or 
probable in the not too far distant future; 
and this consideration should include the 
capability of  the  sign to be making bus­
iness for its owner  during  the  days  and

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

7

The  sign  should  be  capable  of 

hours  of  temporary  cessation from busi­
ness.
8. 
economical  repair  or  renewal,  without 
material change in its character. 
If  the 
goods  made or  sold  on the  sign-marked 
premises will permit  it, a neatly painted 
illustration of those lines should have an 
important place  on  the  sign  of  that es­
tablishment.
The  foregoing  rules  will  not  be  re­
garded as too recondite or  fanciful when 
the pressure of -^competion  and  its relief 
by  judicious  advertising  be  taken  into 
account, or when it  is  remembered  that 
the difference between unskilled or head­
less advertising and no advertising at all 
makes but little substantial  difference in 
the  result.
It may not be  amiss  to note that when 
the owner  of a sign is^simply a tenant of 
the  premises  upon  which  the  sign  ap­
pears, the rights and benefits of signs be­
long  wholly  to  himself, and  cannot  be 
appropriated or retained  by the landlord 
or  a  new  tenant  upon  vacation  of  the 
premises.

Wrought Loose Pin.......................................60&10
Wrought Table............................................. 60*10
Wrought Inside Blind.................................. 60*10
Wrought Brass............................................. 
75
Blind,  Clark's...............................................70*10
Blind,  Parker’s.............................................70*10
Blind, Shepard’s 
70

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Ordinary Tackle, list April  1892.  ...

50

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

CRADLES.

CBOW BABS.

Cast Steel.................................. ..............per lb 
Ely’s 1-10.................................................per m 
“ 
Hick’s  C. F .............................................. 
G. D ..........................................................  “ 
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M usket..................................................... 

5
65 j
60
85
60

OABTB1DSBS.

Rim  F ire........................................................... 
Central  Fire...................... .........................dls. 

CH18BL8. 

dls.
Socket F irm er................................................... 70*10
Socket Framing................................................70*10
Socket Corner................................................... 70*10
Socket Slicks................................................... 70*10
Butchers’ Tanged Firm er............................... 
40

50
25

Curry,  Lawrence’s ..........................................  
40
H otchkiss.........................................................  
25
White Crayons, per  gross............... 12Q12ft dls. 10

dls.

combs. 

CHALK.
COPPER.

HAMMERS.

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HINGES.

hanoebs. 

May dole  *  Co.’S........................................dll. 
25
Kip’s ............................................................ dls. 
25
Terkes A Plumb’s .....................................dls. 40*10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.......................... 80c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel. Hand__ 80c 40*10
Gate, Clark’s, 1 ,2 ,3 .................................dls.60*10
State............................................... per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12 In. 414  14  and
3ft
longer............................................................. 
10
Screw Hook and  Bye, f t ..........................net 
“  %...........................net 
8ft
“ 
“  %...........................net 
7*
“ 
“   %...........................net 
" 
7ft
Strap and T ................................................dls. 
50
dls.
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track__ 50*10
Champion,  antl-frlctlon................................  60*10
Kidder, wood tra c k ......................................... 
40
Pots..................................................................... 60*10
Kettles.................................................................60*10
S piders.............................................................. 60*10
Gray enameled..................................................40*10
Stamped  Tin W are..............................   . new list 70
Japanned Tin W are........................................  
25
Granite Iron W are....................... new list 33ft *10
Bright........................................................... 70*10410
Screw  Byes................................................. 70*10*10
Hook’s ..........................................................70*10*10
Gate HookB and Byes........................ 
70*10*10
dls.7o
Stanley Rnle and Level  Co.’s ........................
Sisal, ft inch and la rg e r................................  
9ft
Manilla..............................................................   13
dls.
Steel and  Iron................................................... 
 
Try and Bevels....................................... 
M itre.................................................................. 

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

levels. 
ROPES.

HOLLOW WARE.

wire goods. 

squares. 

75
60
20
Com.  Smooth.  Com.

SHEET IRON.

dls.

8  15
825
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  inches 

Nos. 10 to  14.......................................... 34 05 
Nos. 15 to 17 ........................................   4  05 
Noe.  18to21.......................................  4 06 
Nos. 22to24........................................   405 
NOS. 25 to 26........................................   425 
No. 27 ....................................................  4  45 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19, ’86..........................................dls. 
Sliver Lake, White A .................................list 
Drab A .......... .........................  “ 
White  B.................................   “ 
Drab B .....................................  “ 
White C....................................“ 

SAND PAPER.
SASH CORD.

50
50
55
50
55
35

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32 95
3 05
3 05

3 35

SASH WEIGHTS.

dls.

saws. 

H and............................................ 

“ 
Silver Steel  Dla. X Cuts, per foot,.... 
"  Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot.... 
“  Special Steel Dla. X Cuts, per foo t.... 
“  Champion  and  Blectrlc  Tooth  X
Cuts,  per  foot................................................. 

Solid Byes.................................................per ton 325
20
70
50
30 
30
dls.
traps. 
Steel, Game............................ 
60*10
35
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ................. 
Oneida Community, Hawley a Norton’s .... 
70
Mouse,  choker....................................... 18c per doz
Mouse, delusion.................................. 31.50 per doz.
dls.
Bright M arket...................................................  65
Annealed M arket.........................................,...70—10
Coppered M arket.............................................   60
Tinned Market.................................................  62ft
50

» red  Spring  Steel.................................... 

d  Fence, galvanized..................................  3 00
painted.......................................  2 55
“ 

wire. 

horse nails.
 

dls. 

WRENCHES. 

Au  S a b le ................... 
40*10
Putnam..............................................  
dls.  06
dls. 10*10
Northwestern...................................  
dl8.
so
Baxter’s  Adjustable, nickeled...................... 
so
Coe’s  G enuine................................................. 
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought.............  
75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable..................................75*10
dls.
Bird Cages...................................................... 
50
Pumps, Cistern............................................ 
7f*10
Screws, New 1 1st............................................  70*10
Casters, Bed a  d Plate............................. 50*10*10
Dampers, American......................................... 
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods........ 65*10

miscellaneous. 

METALS.

PIG TIN.

6ft
7

ZINC.

260
28c

SOLDER

Pig  Large.........................................................  
Pig Bars............................................................. 
Duty:  Sheet, 2ftc per pound.
600 pound  casks...............................................  
Per  pound.........................................................  
ftO f t.........................................................................16
Rxtra W iping......................................................  15
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder In the market Indicated by nrivate brands 
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONT
Cookson............................................per  pound
Hallett’s .......................................... 
TIN—MELTN GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal............. ..............................3 7 50
7  50
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
9 25
14x20 IX, 
9  25

Bach additional X on this grade, 31.75.

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10x14 IC,  Charcoal.......................................... 3 6  75
6 75
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
8  25
14x20 EX, 
9  25

 
Bach additional X on this grade 31.50.

 
 
 
ROOFING PLATES

"  Worcester...............................  6 50
14x20 IC, 
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14x20 IX, 
.............................   8 50
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20x28 IC, 
...........................   18  50
“  Allaway  Grade.................. 
14x20 IC, 
6  00
7  50
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14x20 IX, 
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12  50
20x28 IC, 
“ 
15 50
20x28 IX, 
BOILER su e tin plate.
14x28  IX ..............................................................314 03
14x31  IX ...............................................................15
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boiler*, I 
10
14x60IX,  “ 
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Hardening  Copper.

A Canadian blacksmith is said to  have 
discovered  the  “lost  art’1  of  hardening 
and tempering copper,  and  it  “certainly 
looks as though he was on the right track, 
if dependence  can  be  placed  in  the  re­
ports of the  tests  made  with  the  metal 
treated.”  These  tests  prove  it  to  be 
harder and of a higher resistence to  pro­
jectiles than  the  very  best  of  steel. 
It 
has been tested successfully  at  the  gov­
ernment ranges,  “bullets  fired  at  forty 
yards being flattened and split  against  a 
copper plate one and three-quarters of an 
inch in thickness.”  The  matter, says an 
English  exchange,  “will  be  at  once 
brought to the attention of the Admiralty, 
and it is claimed that if the process stands 
all tests at the English  dock-yards,  as  is 
expected,  it  will  work  a  revolution  in 
armor-plating.”

Jerusalem on a Boom.

According to a letter  written by a mis­
sionary in  Palestine  to  a friend  in  this 
country, Jerusalem has  been  enjoying  a 
boom  since  the  completion of  the  rail­
road  that  connects  it with  Jaffa.  Over 
three hundred  houses,  hotels, stores and 
residences have  been  erected.  The city 
swarms  with  real  estate  agents,  and  a 
bustle pervades the sacred old place  that 
is  novel  enough.  The  Holy  Land  will 
soon  be  gridironed  with  railroads,  of 
which Jerusalem will be the center.  The 
road from Jaffa to  Jerusalem,  which was 
opened  for  traffic  Sept.  21,  crosses  the 
valley  of  Hinnom,  and  passes  within  a 
few hundred yards of the Pool of Bethes- 
da.  Work on the  road  to  Joppa  is pro­
gressing well and Baron Rothschild, who 
intends establishing a colony of  Jews on 
the  line  of  this  road,  is  building  300 
houses for their use.

E N G R A V I N G

It pays to Illustrate your  business.  Portraits, 
Cuts  of  Business  Blocks,  Hotels,  Factories, 
Machinery,  etc.,  made  to  order  from  photo­
graphs.

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY, 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Hardware Price Current.

T h ese  p ric e s  a re   fo r cash  buyers,  w ho 
p ay   p ro m p tly   an d   b u y   in   fu ll  pack ag es.

AUGURS AND BITS. 

dlB.

•* 
• 
‘ 

AXKS.

Snell’s ................................................................  
60
40
Cook’s ................................................................ 
Jennings’, genuine..........................................  
25
Jennings’, Im itation....................................... 50*10
First Quality, S. B. Bronze.............................I  7 50
D.  B. Bronze.............................  12 00
S.  B. S. Steel.......................... 
8 50
D. B. Steel........................................13 50

 
dlS.
Railroad...........................................................1 14 00
Garden......................................................net  30 00
dls.
Stove....................................................................50*10
Carriage new list.............................................. 75*10
Plow.................................................................... 40*10
Sleigh shoe  ...................................................... 
70

BABBOWB. 

bolts. 

BUOKBTB.

Well,  plain........................................................ • 8 50
Well, BWlvel....................................................  4 00
dls.
Cast Loose Pin, flgured....................................70*
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint................60*10

butts, oast. 

“ 

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

 
DBILLS. 

 

23
dls.

50

28
26
23
25
50
50

DRIPPING FANS.

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

07

6 ft

ELBOWS.

Com. 4  piece, 6 In ...............................do*, net 
75
40
Corrugated............................................... dls 
Adjustable................................................ dls. 40*10

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

Clark’s, small, 318; large, 326..................... 
Ives’, 1,318;  2, » 4 ;  8,330.......................... 

dll.
30
25
dls.
Dlsaton’s ............................................................60*10
New  American............................................ 60*10
N icholson's................................................. 60*10
Heller’i ................ 
50
Heller’s Horse Rasps..................................  

files—New List. 

50

 

 

GALVANIZED IKON.

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

12 

13 

15 

Discount, 60

14 
oauses. 

28
16  17
dls.

55

dig.

dls.

NA ILS

dlS.
dls.

60
55
55
55
56

HATTOCKB.

LOCKS—DOOB. 

70
dls.
56
55

HAULS. 
mills. 

MOLASSSS SATES. 

knobs—New List. 

Advance over base: 

Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s ........................ 
Door, mineral, jap. trim m ings...................... 
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings................... 
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings...............  
Door,  porcetaln, trimmings........................... 
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain...............  
Russell *  Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new l i s t ........... 
Mallory, Wheeler  *   Co.’s .........................  
Branford’s ................................................... 
Norwalk’s .........................................................  
56
Adze Bye.............................................316.00, dls.  60
Hunt Bye.............................................315.00, dls.  60
Hunt’s .......................................... 318.50, dls. 20*10.
Sperry A Co.’s, Post,  handled........................ 
50
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ....................................... 
40
“  P. S. *  W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables.... 
40
“  Landers,  Ferry A Cls l'k’s ................... 
40
“  Enterprise 
......................................... 
30
Stebbln’s Pattern..............................................60*10
Stebbln’s Genuine............................................ 60*10
Enterprise, self-measuring............................. 
25
Steel nails, base........................................................ 1 85
Wire nails, base........................................................ 1 90
Steel.  Wire.
Base
60...........................................................Base 
10
50...........................................................Base 
25
05 
40 .......................................................... 
30..........................................................  
25
10 
20..........................................................  
35
15 
18..........................................................  
45
15 
45
12.......................................................... 
15 
50
10 ...........................................................  20 
60
8..............................................................  25 
75
7 *  6 ......................................................   40 
90
4................................ 
60 
1  20
8 
............................................1 00 
1  60
2............................................................1  50 
F lneS .................................................... 150 
160
Case  10........................................... 
65
  60 
75
8..................................................  75 
« 
90
6..................................................  90 
“ 
75
Finish 10...............................................  85 
90
«  8................................................1  00 
6.............................................. 1  15 
« 
1  10
Clinch; 10..............................................   85 
70
80
“ 
8 ..........................................1 00 
90
6.............................................1  15 
“ 
Barren X ...............................................175 
175
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fan cy ....................................  040
Sdota Bench....................................................   060
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fancy...........................   040
Bench, first quality..........................................  030
Stanley Bnle and  Level Co.’s, wood............  *10
Fry,  Acme.................................................dls.60—10
Common,  polished................................... dls. 
70
Iron and  Tinned.............................................  
40
Copper Rivets and Burs..................................60—10
"A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s  pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9 20 

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

FLANKS. 

rivets. 

FANS.

dlS.

dls.

Broken packs ftc per pound extra.

 

 

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8

Michigan Tradesman

Official Organ o f M ichigan Bugine«« Men's  A ssociation

▲  W EEK LY   JO U RN A L  DEVOTED  TO  THK

Retail  Trade  of the Voliierlne State.

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please  say that  you  saw  their  advertisement in 
T ^ e  M ic h ig a n  T r a d e s m a n .

E.  A.  STOWE, Editor.

WEDNESDAY,  OCTOBER  5,  1892.

KNIGHT-ERR ANTS  OP  TO-DAY.
A journalist  connected  with  a  promi­
nent  American  newspaper  (the  New 
York Herald),  after  having  had  himself 
inoculated  with  cholera  michrophytes, 
has gone  to  Hamburg  to  test  the  value 
of  the  supposed  antidote  to  the  pesti­
lence  raging  there. 
In  order  to  push 
his experiment  to  the  utmost  proof,  he 
must  live  with  and  nurse  the  cholera 
patients and  drink the  poisonous waters 
of  the  Elbe.  Opinion  is  divided  as  to 
whether  his  conduct  is  most  foolhardy 
or  most  heroic. 
In  either  case  he  is  a 
latter-day kuight-errant.

Probably 

that  period 

society  was 

the  most  romantic  era  of 
human 
in 
mediaeval  Europe  known  as  the Age  of 
Chivalry.  Europe  was  at  that  time im­
mersed  in  ignorance  and  superstition. 
There  was  not  a  government  by  the 
people  or  any  free  institutions  on  the 
earth.  Gunpowder  and  printing  had 
not  been  invented.  The  one  dragged 
down  the  giant  from  his  physical  supe­
riority  over  the  dwarf;  the  other  put 
letters in the reach of  all  and  destroyed 
the  prerogatives  of  the  few  who could 
read  over the  masses  of  the unlettered. 
But  these  great  and  potential  agencies 
of human liberty, these mighty promoters 
of human rights,  were unknown.

knights  to  mount  their  steeds,  place 
their lances  in  rest  and  ride  forth over 
the  country.
Doubtless 

the  knight-errants  of  old 
did  some  useful  service,  but  they  are 
only  of  interest  as  the  heroes  of  the 
gorgeous  stories  of  medieval  Europe. 
Cervantes,  in  his  immortal  “Don  Quix­
ote,” has made knight-errantry sufficient­
ly  ridiculous,  and  his  delightful  satire, 
written  in  the  decline  of  the  romantic 
age, is  credited  with  having  struck the 
ancient profession of  chivalry  its death­
blow.

But knight-errantry is not dead.  Any 
romantic  profession  which  can  survive 
the  stern  and  savage  sarcasm  of  the 
everyday  commonplace  of  modern  life 
is  immortal.  The  knight-errant  of  to 
day,  like  his  prototype  of  the  Middle 
Ages, is,  in the  estimation  of  sober rea 
son, always  engaged in a wild  and fruit 
less  quest  He  braves  every  peril,  he 
dares every  danger.  He  has  little hope 
of  material  gain,  expecting  no  reward 
save  fame,  and  is  actuated  only  by 
sense  of  duty,  or  often  by  a  mere 
desire  for  romantic  adventure.  Such 
knight-errants 
are  the  newspaper  re 
porters  who explore  the  Arctic  regions 
or  the  heart  of  tropical  continents,  or 
who traverse alone desert wastes to bring 
to the press the earliest news of events in 
the  wilds  of  Asia,  or  who  deliberately 
plunge  into  the  infection  of  a  cholera 
stricken  city in  order  to test the efficacy 
of a new specific for the terrible  disease 
Knight-errants,  too,  are  the missions 
ries  who  penetrate the fastnesses of  the 
most distant countries to preach religion, 
or devote  themselves  to  voluntary  ban­
ishment  in  the  lepers’  island or  in  the 
camps  and  hospitals  of  plague-stricken 
patients,  to nurse the  wretched  victims. 
These are the knight-errants of the nine­
teenth century, and  never  did knight  of 
old  display  more  daring  courage,  more 
devoted  constancy,  more  desperate  en­
terprise  and  more  heroic  firmness  than 
characterize  these, their  aftertypes. 
In 
this boasted century there are  still drag­
ons and  giants of  ignorance  and  super­
stition  which  bar  the  way  to  human 
progress.  The  knight-errant  is  needed 
to vanquish  them.  He  is  a “crank,” of 
course,  but sometimes cranks are  needed 
for  a  great  work.  A  crank  may  be  a 
genius,  he  may  prove  a  hero,  he  may 
turn  out a martyr.  The  names  of  such 
go high on  the  rolls of  fame,  and  not  a 
few of  these glorious names are those  of 
journalists.

Nevertheless,  there  were not wanting 
brave, generous and  self-sacrificing  men 
who  were  desirous  of  righting  human 
wrongs  and  of  relieving  human  suffer­
ings.  Out of  such  laudable  aspirations 
and noble dispositions  arose the  knight- 
errantry  which  has  furnished  so  many 
glowing passages for the  storybooks and 
poetry  of  the  Middle  Ages. 
It  was  a 
time when the  most  potential  right was 
that of might  and  the law  most in force 
was that  of  the strongest.  Every  great 
lord  was  a  robber  who  preyed  on  his 
weaker  neighbors,  whom  he  plundered 
of their pretty wives and daughters as well 
as of their material  wealth.  Every castle 
was a  fortress  and  a prison.  This  was 
the  solid  foundation  for  the  old-time 
stories  of  captive  maidens  held  in  en­
chanted  castles  and  guarded  by  drag- 
ons, griffins and other  mythic  monsters.
It was  to  kill  these  dragons  and  to  re­
lease the  fair captives  that  induced  the

THE  STOPPAGE  OP  GOLD  EXPORTS.
It  is  now  announced  from  the  great 
financial centers that  exports  of  gold  to 
Europe have about ceased for the present. 
The crops of  the  country  are beginning 
to move  and  the  shipments  are  increas- 
ing,  while  imports,  which  were  very 
large for  several  months,  are  falling off 
considerably,  owing  to  the  cholera  in 
Europe.

About the only  danger of  fu rth er gold 
exports to be  apprehended  is  the  possi­
bility  of a demand  from  Austria,  where 
there is much need of gold,  owing  to the 
resumption in  that country of  gold pay­
ments and the  rehabilitation of  the cur­
rency.  Should  the  Austrian  Bank offer 
to  pay 
it  doubtless 
would  get the gold,  but  otherwise  there 
is a reasonable  certainty  that  there will 
be no further gold exports  this season.

large  premiums, 

But  while 

the  outflow  of  gold  from 
this country  to  Europe  has  stopped  for

the present,  it is likely  to be resumed at 
a  more  favorable  opportunity,  particu­
larly as it seems to  be  the  policy of  the 
principal European countries  to  steadily 
increase their gold holdings.  Should the 
British Government eventually  decide to 
accede  to  the  wishes  of  India  and  es­
tablish a gold standard  for  that Empire 
the demand for gold would be redoubled, 
and the attacks  upon the holdings of the 
United  States  would,  undoubtedly,  be 
frequent and protracted.

The question  of  suicides  has  up  to 

late  date  been  one  which  has  occupied 
the consideration  of  life insurance com 
| panies.  The courts,  however,  have held 
so persistently in favor of  paying  losses 
of whatever character  that  litigation  on 
account of  self-murder  has  almost  alto­
gether  ceased, and  the  companies  have 
dropped the  suicide  clause  out of  their 
policies generally.  The tables of the ex­
perience  of  the twenty-seven  American 
companies,  collected 
for  some  years, 
show that 1.34  per  cent,  of  losses  were 
suicides. 
In  the  lately  published expe­
rience of the Washington Life Insurance 
Company 2%  per  cent,  of  all its  losses 
were said to be due to this cause.  These 
tables  also  show  that  suicide  is  more 
frequent with  the  young  than  with  the 
old.  There is reason to believe that  the 
increased  mortality  from suicides is due 
to the liberality of  the companies and to 
the decisions of the courts.

It is surprising how  many  things turn 
out to be infallible  preventives  for chol­
era. 
In  Hamburg it is  said  that  hardly 
one  of  the Jirewery  employes  has been 
attacked  by  the  cholera.  And  the  peo 
pie of  Herefordshire,  England,  say  that 
there has never  been a death  from chol 
era in  that county because they all drink 
hard cider.

The Excitable Man.

Behind  the  counter,  in  the  business 
office,  in an argument,  or  on  the  battle 
field,  the  excitable  man  is  a  veritable 
nuisance.  He is the fellow who goes  off 
half-cocked,  and  when  he  opens  his 
mouth always puts his  foot  in  it.  Wise 
people are very  careful  that  they  don’t 
get associated with him  in  any  kind  of 
business. 
If he is  a  foreman  anywhere 
he harasses everyone under him and does 
little  good  for  them  above  him.  He 
doesn’t know  how  to  handle  horses  or 
men, for he makes them both  balky  and 
doesn’t get out  of  them  half  that  is  in 
them.  The excitable man is a failure, for 
lie jumps at conclusions and becomes en­
thusiastic over trifles.  Those  are  to  be 
pitied who serve under him, and  the  ex­
citable who serves is  also  a  nuisance  to 
the boss.  The excitable  man  is  always 
using his gab,  such as it  is.  He  forgets 
what  is  often written,  that the man who 
speaks too little is very  rare.  The  wise 
man’s words are as goads,  few  and well- 
ordered.  Every  reader  can  bear  testi­
mony  to  what  we  say.  He  can  count 
several in his own circle  who  are  faulty 
in  this  matter,  perhaps  himself.  The 
cure for this weakness is honest thought. 
“Think  twice  before  you  speak  once” 
has  been  commended  and  disobeyed  in 
all the generations.  All stuttering comes 
from wanting to say too much and saying 
it too  quickly.  The  gun  that  goes  off 
half-cocked we throw  away. 
It  is  dan­
gerous.  The same disposition should  be 
made of the excitable man.  Send him to 
the rear.  Many a  merchant  has  lost  a 
good customer and  much  money  by  the

excitable wagging of his tongue.  Speak­
ing unadvisedly with  the  lips is  a  com­
mon error and as destructive to our peace 
and  prosperity  as  it  is  common.  The 
cool calm fellow dosen’t tell half he thinks 
of persons and  things. 
It  would  never 
do; the fat  would  be all the time  in  the 
fire.  You have made hasty and  ugly  re­
marks about somebody.  You have  done 
more  than  that.  You  have  made  them 
your enemy forever. 
If you are a  tailor, 
you’ll make no  more  jackets  for  them. 
Your tongue closed that  account.  Swell 
your income by good words,  for it is  not 
a bad way.  Magnify  the  good  and  let 
the evil pass. 

Geo.  R. Scott.

The  Hardware  Market.

General Trade—September  closes with 
a  generally  satisfactory  condition  of 
things in the hardware  market  and with 
a large volume  of  business.  Seasonable 
goods  being,  as  usual  at  this  time,  in 
great  demand,  dealers  have  found  it 
quite  difficult  to  keep  full  stocks. 
In 
potato  scoops,  potato  forks,  and  many 
other  lines,  the  demand  has  been  very 
large. 
In the matter of  prices,  the mar­
ket continues in the same  general  condi­
tion as for  several  weeks,  with  but  few 
changes to note.

Cut  Nails—There  is  a  fair  but  not 
heavy volume of business,  and prices are 
well  maintained.  Less  than  four  mills 
are to-day making cut nails.  The  result 
's,  competition  is  curtailed  and  prices 
are  firmer, 81.80  being  the  ruling  price 
in  this  market  for  ordinary  specifica­
tions.

tendency.  Nearly  all 

Wire Nails—The market for wire nails 
continues  somewhat  irregular,  with  a 
downward 
the 
large  mills  are again  in  operation,  and 
the strife for business may  lead to lower 
prices.  $1.80 to $1.90 rates are the pres­
ent quotations.

Barbed  Wire—The  demand  for  wire 
seems to be on the increase, but the price 
goes the  other  way.  $2.40  to  $2.50  for 
painted and 45c  advance  for  galvanized 
caD  be obtained by  prompt  cash buyers.
Bar Iron—Mo change in  the  iron  mar­
ket,  but  dealers  are  now  able  to  get In 
full  assortments,  as  most  factories  are 
now in full blast.

Sheet  Iron—Although  nearly  all  the 
mills have  started  up,  it is  still difficult 
to secure  prompt  shipments, as  most  of 
them  were  so  filled  up  with  orders. 
Great difficulty is experienced in  keeping 
in hand all gauges,  the result of which is 
much  firmer  prices  with  the  manufac­
turer.  Jobbers  quote  No.  27  at  $3.25
with a reduction of 10c lesson each gauge 
heavier.

Rope  The  rope  market  is  not  firm. 
Present prices  of  13c for  manila  and 9c 
for sisal can  be  shaded  for desirable or­
ders.

Glass—Every indication points to high­
er prices for  window  glass,  but,  as  yet, 
no advance has been announced.  80 and 
10  per  cent,  discount  for  single  and 
double  by  the  box  is  the  present  dis­
count.

Ammunition—The  recent  decline  on 
powder  seems  to  be  quite  general,  all 
makers having reduced their price.  The 
indications are that  powder  will be low- 
before  it is higher,  as  there  seems  to 
be a small-sized  fight  on, and,  unless  it
n nhi a eA ° T ’„ lower  figures  must  rule. 
On loaded shells the  price  is fully main- 
Umed,  as the mam trouble is to get them. 
The demand is greater than  ever and  all
l i i ' o S i *   ““ "s
•u S E /S S .’" 

**

T H E   M I C H I G ^ J S r   T R  A D E S M A N .

9
RICHARD  G.  ELLIOTT.

HENRY  S.  ROBINSON. 

CHAS.  E.  SMITH. 

H*S* Robinson AND Company*
Boots, Shoes % Rubbers,

M anufacturers and Wholesale S ealers in

99,101,1Q3,105 Jefferson Ave.,

DETROIT,  MICH.

State Agents for the Oandee Rubber Co.

From the Keystone.

A  W o rd   in  D efence  o f th e   C rank. 
The  name suggests long  hair,  sunken 
eyes,  a beard ten  days  old, a soiled linen 
duster,  trousers two inches  short  of  the 
fashion, a battered high hat or else a dis­
reputable slouch,  an  appetite  for pickles 
and indigestible sundries, late hours over 
a candle,  and  abnormal  conditions  gen­
erally. 
It may suggest a different type to 
each reader,  but in every case it presents 
to the mind an individual differing  from 
ordinary  humanity in  essential  features 
to such a degree  as  to  entirely  remove 
him  from  the  pale  of  our  sympathies. 
He focuses upon himself the  inborn  hu­
man  antipathy  to  the  uncanny;  he  is 
“ with us.  but not of us.”
We want to say a word in defense of this 
much despised and  abused  type  of  hu­
manity.  We do  not  have  in  mind  the 
crank who is only narrowly removed from 
actual insanity,and who needs no defense; 
for the mantle of charity should gracious­
ly  shield  such  from  unthinking  scorn. 
But we aver that  the  man  who  rides  a 
ligitimate hobby,  and who is more or less 
a crank in proportion to  the  persistence 
and vigor of his riding,  is in  the  van  of 
the progress of the world.  He is the ex­
plorer of the wilderness of ignorance, the 
crusader against  the  foes  of  light,  the 
reviled apostle  of  new  dispensations  in 
literature,  art,  science  and  all  the  vast 
field of human activity.
Did you ever stop  to  think—you  who 
have exercised a cheap wit  in  the  abuse 
of cranks—that  almost  every  great  in­
vention, valuable new theory,philanthrop­
ic  movement,  and  other  form  of  vital 
action for good,  has proceeded  from  one 
who in his day was regarded as a  crank? 
Call the list of  all  the  great  reformers; 
summon  the shades of all  those  who  by 
force of  their  intellects  in  the  various 
fields of mechanical  invention  have  ad­
vanced the progress of humanity by many 
centuries;  gather together the  dreamers 
and theorists whose genius  has  foreseen 
and solved  the  problems  in  social  and 
political economy; and each and  all  will 
be found to have  been regarded as • ’mad” 
if they  lived  in  an  earlier  day,  and  a 
“crank” if they survived to this  year  of 
grace.  When Cyrus  W.  Field  proposed 
to lay a cable across the  Atlantic;  when 
St.  Paul, at Athens, declared  the coming 
of “the  unknown  God;”  when  a  brave 
English surgeon  introduced  vaccination 
into the scieuce of medicine; when a  far- 
seeing American proposed to build  up  a 
watchmaking  industry  in 
the  United 
States;  when  any  original  thought  has 
been advanced at any time in the world’s 
history, Complacent Ignorance  has  held 
its  fat  sides  and  shouted  in  laughing 
scorn,  “Crank! Crank!”
The outcome of crankiness justifies  its 
existence. 
Indeed,  success  in  any  di­
rection is the result of a mild form of in­
sanity, 
says  a  distinguished  author. 
Crankiness is only complete  devotion  to 
one idea,  and success in  any  field  hangs 
upon singleness of  purpose.  The  crank 
errs, in the public estimation, in subordi­
nating or  entirely  ignoring  every  other 
duty to  the  one  nearest  his  heart;  but 
while he thus  makes  himself  obnoxious 
to  the  general  public  (which  demands 
entertainment  from  various  phrases  of 
human character instead of studying only 
one aspect),  the result of this  singleness 
of purpose on the part of the crank is  to 
add to the weal  of  mankind.  He  sacri­
fices the good opinion of  his  fellows  for 
the larger appreciation of posterity,  He 
is a  martyr  to  his  convictions. 
In  ad­
vance of his time,  beyond  the  sympathy 
of contemporaries,  he hears the jeers and 
laughter  in  hope  of  the  final  crown. 
Think  better,  then,  of  this  pioneer of 
the higher civilzation—the much  abused 
crank.

H ow  to  L e a rn  th e  B usiness.

A gentleman who  had  induced a large 
publishing house to take  his son,  as boy, 
into its employ at a moderate rate of pay, 
not long since,  was especially anxious in 
his request that the young man should be 
made to work and learn  the business.
This introduction  was  needless,  as  al­
though moderate fashion  had  done away 
with much of  the  janitor  and  porterage 
work  of  old  times, yet  the  young  man 
found the selection  of  stock  for  orders, 
packing  the  same,  entering,  charging

ditto,  and  occasional  errands  kept  him 
actively employed for about  ten hours  a 
day,  with an hour  out for dinner.
At  the  end  of  three  weeks’  time  he 
failed to put  in  an  appearance,  but  the 
father  walked  in  one  morning  with the 
information that  John  would not return 
to the position.

that  is  impossible,”  said 

“Why not?” asked the  publisher.
“Well, John has  to have  his breakfast 
at half-past seven  every  morning  to  get 
here,  and then he is not used to  carrying 
bundles, and  sometimes  he  has been sent 
with  books  right  up to the  houses  of 
people we know socially.  My  son hasn’t 
been brought up that  way, and I guess  1 
won’t have him learn this  business.”
He  did  not;  and  what’s  more,  has 
never learned any other business.
Now 
let  us  look  at  another  actual 
picture, that of the son of a wealthy mill 
owner  desiring  to  become a manager  of 
the mills.
the 
“But 
father,  unless  you  practically  learn  the 
business.”
“That is what I would like to do,” said 
the son.
“But  to  become  a  superintendent  or 
manager,  we prefer a man  who has risen 
from the ranks and  understands  the me­
chanical department and the ways of em­
ployes.
“Let me begin in  ‘the ranks’ then,” re­
plied  the young man.
To this the father assented, stipulating 
that no favor  should  be  shown  the son, 
but he should actually begin and work at 
regular labor in  the  mechanical  depart­
ment.
Not only was this  done,  but the young 
man  went and  boarded  in  the  manufac­
turing town at a  workingman’s boarding 
house and went in and out of the factory 
at bell call. 
In three  years he was fore­
man  of  one  of  the  departments,  and  a 
former  classmate  and  a  well-known so­
ciety  man, calling  there  upon  him,  was 
surprised at meeting a stalwart fellow in 
blue  overalls,  with  his  hauds  so soiled 
with machinery oil as to prevent the con­
ventional hand shake.
But this young  man  persevered,  made 
and paid  his  own  way  himself,  and his 
father concluded it  would  not injure his 
future prospects.  Judging from  the fact 
that he is  now manager of mills  (not his 
father’s), at a  salary  of  $10,000  a year, 
and with ability to command  even  better 
compensation  and  partnership,  is  evi­
dence  that "learning  a  business,” even 
by a  man  with a  good  education  and  a 
rich  father,  pay a  good  return  both  in 
money and manly independence.

F rom  O ut o f Tow n.

Calls  have  been 

received  at  T h e 
T radesman office during the  past  week 
from  the  following  gentlemen  in  trade. 

Thurston & Co., Central Lake.
I.  J.  Quick,  Allendale.
N.  F.  Miller,  Lisbon.
H.  Sissons,  Central Lake.
L.  Henderson,  Holland.
A.  D.  Martin, Biteley.
D.  Wellbrook,  Rockford.
Gowell & BuUon,  West Troy.
Samuel Morris,  Cross Village.
J.  F.  Cadwell,  Battle Creek.
H.  E.  Hogan,  South  Boardman.
J. A.  Wagner,  Eastmanville.
A. Cohen, White  Cloud.
E. J. Gordon, South Boardman.

A m erican s in E u ro p e.

The  exodus  of  Americans  to  Europe 
for  the  present year  beats  all  previous 
records.  The  European  edition  of  the 
New York Herald  figures the number  of 
Americans  in  Europe  during  August 
amounted to 150,000, and that during the 
four  months  from  April  1  they  spent 
about  $70,000,000. 
It  is  said  that  the 
fashionable  tailors,  milliners  and  cos­
tumers in  our  great  cities  are  seriously 
alarmed  at  the  prospects  for  their  fall 
trade,  as  all  these  people  come  home 
with heavy stocks of clothing on hand.

P A M P H L E T S

OUTS for BOOM  EDITIONS
For the b6Bt work, at  reasonable  prices, address 

THE  TRADESM AN COMPANY.

At the suggestion of several merchants 
I  announce  that  the  dates  on  which  I 
shall be at Sweet’s  Hotel, Grand Rapids, 
will always appear in this advertisement.
1  shall  be at Sweet’s  Hotel on  Thurs­
day  and  Friday,  October  13  and  14, to 
close out Ulsters  and  Overcoats  at  close 
prices, and shall  have my regular line of 
suitings.  Any  of  the  trade  desiring  to 
see me  before  above  dates, kindly  drop 
me a line at my permanent address

Box 346, M arshall  Mich.

And I will  soon  be  with  you,  and  if  1 
haven’t  got  what  you  want, thank  you 
for sending for me.

The  many  mail  orders  sent  in  to  the 
house  from  all  parts of  the  country for 
Prince Albert  Goats  and Vests  bespeaks 
their excellence.

WILLIAM  CONNOR, 

R epresentative of  Michael Kolb & Sou, 
Wholesale jClothiers, Rochester, N  Y.

COFFEES

-  OF  EVERY  KIND.-

OTTIrB  XjIEAAIDIEIRS  A R E

Lion Coffee,
Standard Maracaibo

0. D. Java m 

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M e r c h a n t s  .* ” 5 ^ “

GRADES.  O.  D.  JAVA  AND  STANDARD  MARACAIBO 
ARE  BULK  COFFEES.  W HILE  LION  IS  SOLTI  ONLY  IN 
ONE-POUND  PACKAGES.  THEIR  EXTENSIVE  USE  IS 
THEIR  BEST  RECOMMENDATION.

W RITE  YOUR JO BBER  FOR PRICES  OR  ADDRESS

W00LS0N  SPICE  CO.,

Roasters of

High  Grade  Coffees,

TOLEDO,  O.

T.  S.  FEEEMAN,

D istributing  Agent,

101  Ottawa St.  Tel. 414-1R.
Grand  Rapids,  Mich*

T H E   M I C H I G A N   T E ^ JD E S lV L A IS r

IO
Drug® & Medicines,

State  Board  of Pharm acy.

One  T ear—Jacob  Jesson,  M uskegon.
Two  Years—Jam es Vernor, D etroit.
Three  Years—O ttm ar Eberbach, Ann  Arbor 
Four Years—G eorge Gundrum, Ionia.
F ive Years—C. A, B ugbee.  Cheboygan.
President—Jacob  Jesson, M uskegon.
Secretary—Jas.  Vernor, D etroit.
T reasurer—Geo. Gundrum, Ionia.
Novem ber L

M eetings  fo r  1892 — Marquette,  Aug.  SI;  L ansing, 

Michigan State  Pharm aceutical  Ass*n. 
President—Stanley E. P ark ill, Owosso. 
Vice-Presidents—I.  H.  L.  Dodd,  Buchanan;  F.  W.  K.
P erry, D etroit;  W. H. H icks. Morley.
Treasurer—Wm. H  Dupont,  Detroit.
Secretary—C. W. P arsons, Detroit.
E xecutive  C om m ittee—H.  G.  Colem an,  Kalamazoo; 
Jacob Jesson, Muskegon:  F.  J.  W urzburg  and  John 
E. P eck. Grand Rapids;  Arthur B assett,  Detroit. 
L ocal Secretary—Jam es Vernor.
N ext  place  o f  m eeting—Som e  resort  on  St.  Clair 
River;  tim e to be designated by E xecutive C om m ittee.
Grand  Rapids  Pharm aceutical Society. 
President. W. R. Jew ett,  Secretary,  Frank H. E scott, 
Regular M eetings—F irst W ednesday evenin g o f March 

June, Septem ber and Decem ber,
Grand Rapids D rug Clerks* Association. 
P resident, F. D. Kipp;  Secretary, W. C. Sm ith.

Muskegon  D rag Clerks*  Association. 

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

HOW  TO FIX  RETAIL PRICES. 

W ritten fo r  Th e Tradesman.

In all well-conducted  wholesale enter­
prises,  whether  pertaining  to the manu­
facture,  sale  or  transportation  of  pro­
ducts,  it  is  always  found  necessary  to 
have some well-defined  system  of  deter­
mining the market value of goods and the 
rates governing distribution of the same. 
In this way prices are  arranged,  so  that, 
while they allow  fair  profits  to the  pro­
ducer and  common carrier,  they  also se­
cure an active and  continued  demand on 
the part of the consumer.

It would seem as  though a similar sys­
tem ought  to  prevail  in  the  adjustment 
of prices in  retail  lines  of  trade,  for the 
mutual  benefit  of  buyer  and  seller;  but 
it is evident  to  the  casual  observer  that 
this is  not the  case  in  general;  and,  for 
want of such  system,  there  is  a  lack  of 
equity  in  the  distribution of  goods  of 
prime necessity.  Of  course, no horizon­
tal scheme of uniform  per cent,  of  profit 
can  be  applied  to  all  classes  of  goods 
(such  as  the  Patrons  of  Industry  have 
favored),  for  that  would  be  worse  than 
the  haphazard way now  in  vogue, added 
to the  vicious  and  demoralizing  cutting 
practices  of  the  present  day.  Among 
the  majority  of  dealers  there  is  little 
thought given to the subject of how fair­
ly to exchange  the  products  of  civiliza­
tion that vary so  widely  in  their nature 
and  importance,  so  that  there  shall  be 
the nearest approach  to  equity  between 
the  seller  and  the  purchaser.  Custom 
and  precedent  have  so  far  ruled,  but 
with  a  wide  range  caused  by  personal 
whims and ignorance of  relative  values, 
for,  between those  who  aspire to lead in 
trade,  and  are  a  law  unto  themselves, 
and  those who, for lack  of  a better rule, 
follow  the  judgment  of  others,  prices 
have been,  and  will  continue  to  be,  un­
equal  and unjust to a large proportion of 
buyers.

I  have  noticed  that,  in  the  Eastern 
States,  and  also in many  places  west  of 
Michigan, 
the  retail  prices  of  many 
staple  goods  are  much  higher  than  in 
this State, in one  case  fully 50 per cent 
They  could  not  have  been  based  on 
wholesale cost, since that  need  not vary 
more than  would  cover  the  expense  of 
transportation.  The  only  way  to  ac­
count  for  the  difference  is  the  varying 
methods used to adjust values  according 
to the  custom  of  each  locality. 
I have 
also noticed a like  discrepancy  in  prices 
between  towns  in  this  State  that  were 
but a few miles apart;  and,  though com­
petition was  sharp in  general, it did  not

seem to affect all  lines  of  goods equally.
It is, no donbt, true  that  no  two men, 
starting in business at the same time and 
place,  and carrying  the  same  classes  of 
goods will  uniformly agree  in a scale  of 
prices unless they have come to a mutual 
understanding 
to  do  so.  What  they 
ought to do is to have  some system upon 
which to  determine  the  relative  selling 
values  of  their  stock. 
If  it  does  not 
work  satisfactorily  at  first  it  may  be 
modified  to  suit  the  varying  conditions 
of  trade.  Only  one  exception  need  be 
made, and that is concerning  goods that, 
to  prevent  them  from  becoming  dead 
stock,  must  be  sold  without  regard  to 
cost.

Those who are bred to  commercial  life 
will,  in  arranging  prices,  consider  cer­
tain  conditions  which  necessarily affect 
values  beyond  the  actual  first cost. 
In 
determining what per cent, of  profit is to 
be properly added to the cost of different 
articles, it is necessary to  make a  classi­
fication of them  according  to some scale 
that  shall,  on  an  average,  produce  a 
reasonable  profit  to  the  dealer,  and, at 
the same  time,  be  just to  the consumer. 
Staple goods,  which are in  the  most fre­
quent  demand,  may  well  be  considered 
as a base line upon which  to construct  a 
scaie  of  prices.  These  require  a  less 
margin of profit  to  produce  a given sum 
in  comparison  with  all  other  classes; 
and, on the principle of  “quick sales and 
small profits,”  become  a  financial equal­
izer  in  business.  Often,  however,  the 
line is drawn so fine in  the heat of  com­
petition that the profit  falls entirely into 
the pocket of  the purchaser.  Here com­
mences  the  demoralizing  of  prices,  so 
often complained of  by the dealers,  who 
constitute  the  conservative  commercial 
element.

The  evil  does  not  stop  here,  but  ex­
tends into other kinds of goods which are 
in  less demand,  each dealer taking differ­
ent  articles  and  making  them  leaders, 
carrying little if any profit. 
I once knew 
a case of  a druggist  in  a  thriving  town 
who  made a leader of  morphine and had 
the  cheek to  advertise it  so  as  to draw 
trade  from  surrounding  towns.  The 
majority of consumers,  seeing the oppor­
tunity,  take  advantage  of  this  foolish 
rivalry,  and,  reasoning  from  false  anal­
ogy,  indulge  a  feeling  that  the  former 
prices were  exorbitant, and  the  latter a 
result of reluctant and forced concession. 
This  engenders  an  animosity  against 
merchants  as  a  class,  built  up  by jeal­
ousy  and  a  sense  of  supposed  wrongs, 
that,  fostered by  wild-eyed  cranks for  a 
purpose,  blossom  into  partisan  theories 
wholly  at  variance  with  facts  and  the 
spirit of our institutions.

When  once  the  dealer  has  put a fair 
price  on  staples,  based  on 
the  theory 
that  he  who  buys  oftenest  and  in  the 
largest quantities deserves  the  most lib­
eral  concessions,  he  may  very  properly 
fix  a  scale  of  values  on  the  remainder 
that  shall  secure  a  larger  per  cent,  of 
profit.  Articles of  luxury seldom called 
for,  perishable goods,  and those that  are 
salable only at certain seasons,  as well as 
goods which  are  subject to  the caprices 
of  fashion—all  must  be  sold  on  wider 
margins of  profit to make  business self- 
sustaining. 
If  each  one  carefully  clas­
sifies  his  stock,  according  to  what  it 
costs to sell  it,  the  interests of  the pub­
lic will be  carefully  considered  and  the 
prices fixed will  represent  actual  value. 
Less than  this  no  consumer  has a right 
to demand—more than this is injustice to

the purchaser.  A mutual understanding 
of the  equities of  trade would  reconcile 
the  consumer  with  the  distributor  on 
many points heretofore misunderstood.

Much thought and  discussion has been 
expended by the wisest members of trade 
organizations  to  devise  a  plan  which 
shall  prevent  excessive  competition  in 
prices,  which  has  stood  so  long  in  the 
way  of  commercial  prosperity.  Some 
scheme  of  relief  would  long  ago  have 
been adopted were  it not  that  the craze 
of  rival  dealers  to  outbid  one  another 
has become a panic and  the voice of  the 
conservative  element  was  ineffectual  to 
stay  the demoralizing influence.

We  can  scarcely  hope  that prices will 
soon  be  put  back  to a  just basis unless 
some new  conditions arise  to strengthen 
values of  all commodities.  Distributors 
have long been  doing  business on a fall 
ing  market,  and  against  an  increasing 
number  of  competitors.  The  limit  of 
lowest  prices  having been once  reached 
and the masses of our population again on 
the way to increased prosperity (as is now 
quite plainly  indicated),  it  is reasonable 
to hope for a favorable change in the not 
distant  future.  Then  will  come  the 
most favorable time  for retail dealers  to 
join in  some  equitable  system of  fixing 
prices which  shall  end  all  demoralizing 
cutting  practices  and,  also,  the  haphaz 
ard way of  doing  business  so  prevalent 
at least for the past decade.

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

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ST O R E

For  use  on  Letter  Heads,  Bill  Heads, 

Cards,  Etc.?

T he  D rug  M ark et.

Gum  Camphor—In  good  demand  and 
price  is  advancing  rapidly. 
It  is  esti­
mated that the total shortage in stocks of 
crude  over  the  same  period  of  1891  is 
13,660 piculs, of  which 2,400 were lost at 
sea.

Strychnine—Advanced.
Buchu  Leaves—In  small  supply  and 

higher.

Oil Cubebs—Declined.
Linseed Oil—Declined  3c per gallon.
Powdered Sugar of Milk—Lower.
Lycopodium—Again  advanced  and  is 

tending  higher.

Carbolic  Acid—Lower.  The  cholera 
excitement  is  nearly  over  and  the  de­
mand is  decreasing.

Bromide of  Potash—Has  advanced  on 

account of a large demand for export.
vanced.

Sennega Root—Very scarce and has ad­
Oil Anise—Higher.
Gum Opium—Dull and lower.
Morphia—Unchanged.
The  combination  has  again  advanced 
the  price  of  cream  tartar  and  tartaric 
acid.

We can  make you one similar  to  sample 

for $6.

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Engravers  and  Printers,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN.

MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS OF

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that science has been able to care In all Its stages 
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building  up the  constitution  and  assisting  na­
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PECK BROS.. -SftS? RArffia**

MICHIGAN  MINING  SCHOOL.

A State  School o f  M ining E ngin eering, g iv in g   prac­
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sum m er schools In su rveyin g. Shop practice and  Field 
G eology.  Laboratories,  shops  and  stam p  m in  w en 
equipped.  T uition  free.  For catalogu es apply to th e 
D irector, H oughton, M ichigan.

REMOVED  TO

2 3 - 2 6   L a rn ed   St., E a st 

DETROIT,  MICH.

Dealers wishing  to  look  over our line are  In­
vited  to  address  our Western  Michigan  repre­
sentative  Ed.  Pike, 272  Fourth  avenue, Grand 
Rapids.

“ The  K e n t . '9
■ BIS  new  and  handsomely  famished  hotel 
located directly across  the  street  from  the 
Union  Depot, is  now open  to the  public.  It  is 
conducted  entirely  on  the  European  plan 
Rooms with steam  heat and  electric bells  range 
from 50 cents  to *1 per  day.  First-class  restau­
rant and dining room In connection.  Free trans­
fer of baggage from Union Depot.
The patronage of  traveling  men  and  country 
merchants  is  earnestly solicited, as  we  are con­
fident our hotel  and  its  service  will  commend 
themselves to all seeking clean, quiet, and home­
like accommodations.

BEACH  i   BOOTH,  Props.

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

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Wholesale Thrice  Current•

Advanced—Cream tartar, strychnia, buchu leaves, linseed oil, lycopodium, gam camphor, bromide 
Declined—Oil cnbebs, po. sugar milk, carbolic acid, chloride lime, gum opium.

_ potash, senega root, oil anise, tartaric acid.

“ 

R 

S. N.  Y.  Q. A

Morphia,  8. P. A W .. .1  60@1  85 
C. Co.......................1  5n@i  75
Moschus Canton........  @ 40
Myrlstica, No. 1.........   65®  70
Nuz Vomica, (po 20)..  @  10
Os.  Sepia....................  20®  22
Pepsin Saac, H. A P. D.
Co...  ......................  @2 00
Picis  Llq, N.*C., )4 gal
doz  .........................  @2 00
Picis Liq., quarts......   @1  00
pints.........   @  85
Pil Hydrarg,  (po. 80)..  @ 50
Piper  Nigra, (po. 22)..  @ 1
Piper Alba, (po g5)....  @  3
Piz  Burgun...............   @  7
Plumbi A cet..............  14®  15
Pulvis Ipecac et opii  . 1  10@1  20 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
A P. D.  Co., doz......   @1 25
Pyrethrum,  pv...........  30®  35
Quassia«....................  
3®  10
Qulnia, S .P .A W __   27®  32
S.  German...  20  @  30
Rubia  TInctorom......   12®  14
23® 25
Saccharum Lactls pv. 
Salacln.......................l  60@1  60
Sanguis  Draconls......   40®  50
Sapo,  W......................  12®  14
11  M.......................  10®  12
“  G.......................  @  15

“ 

@  20 
@  18 
®  30

Seldlltz  Mixture. 
Slnapis
opt..................
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
Voes.............................   @ 35
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  @  35 
Soda Boras, (po. 11).  .  10®  11 
Soda  et Potass Tart...  27®  30
Soda Carb.................  1)4®  2
Soda,  Bi-Carb............   ®  5
Soda, Ash....................3)4®  4
Soda, Sulphas............   ®  2
Spts. Bther C o...........  50®  55
“  Myrcia  Dom.......  @2 25
“  Myrcia Imp........   @3 00
**  Vlni  Reel.  bbl.
--- 7..........................2 25@2 35
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia Crystal........1 35®1 40
Sulphur, Subl..............2)4® 3)4
„   *   Roll................2)4® 3
Terebenth Venice.. . . ....  28® 90
Theobromae......... ...40  <a 45
Vanilla.................. .  9 00@16 00
Zlncl  Sulph........... ...  7® 8

OILS.

Whale, winter........ ..  70
Lard,  extra............ ..  6«
Lard, No.  1............ ..  42
Linseed, pure raw.. ..  44

Bbl.  Gal
70
68
48
47

Llndseed,  boiled__   47
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained................ 
so
Spirits Turpentine__  34

“ 

paints. 

bbl.  lb.
Red Venetian.............. 144  2@3
Ochre, yellow  Mars__144  2@4
Ber........144  2®3
“ 
Putty,  commercial_2U  2)4@3
“  strictly  pure.....2)4  2M®3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican .................  ....... 
13@16
Vermilion,  English....  65®70
Green,  Peninsular......   70@75
Lead,  red...................... 7  @7)4
“  w hite..................7  @7)4
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  GildersV......   @90
1  0
White, Paris  American 
Whiting,  Paris  Bng.
cliff.......................... 
1  40
Pioneer Prepared Palntl  20@1B4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared
Paints.....................1 00@1  20

VARNISHBS.

No. 1 Turp  Coach__1  10@I  20
Extra Turp................160@1  70
Coach  Body...............2 75@3 00
No. 1 Turp Fura.......1  00@1  10
-  -  -- 
Butra Turlt Damar. 
1  56@1  60 
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
Turp.........................
70@75

Importers  and  Jobbers  of

CHEMICALS  AND

PATENT MEDICINES
Paints, Oils ts* Varnishes.

DEALERS  IN

Sole Agexts for the Celebratea

SWISS  1NLLÄ  PREPÄRED  PÄINT8.

M l  Line  of  V o   Druggists'  Sundries.

We are Sole Proprietors of

Weatherly’s  Michigan  Catarrh  Remedy.

We Have in Stofk and Offer a  f u l l  Line o f

WHISKIES,  BRA.NDIES,

G I N S ,  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-

HAZELTISE  & F E B  D EI  CO,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

icm ns.

8<g

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

Acetlcum.....................  
Benz oleum  German..  65®  75
Bor&cic 
Carbolicum................  25®  40
Citricum.....................  50® 52
Hydrochlor..................   3®
Nitrocum 
...................  10® 12
Oxalicum...................  10®  12
Phosphorium dii........ 
20
Sallcylicum................ 1  30® 1 70
Sulphuricum................ 
Tannicum....................1  40@1 60
Tartarlcum................  33®  35

ili®

AXXONIA.

a 

Aqua, 16  deg..............  3% @
20  deg................5)4®
Carbonas  ...................  12®  14
Chloridum.................  12®  14

ANILINE.

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

BACCAR.

Cubeae (po  60)........  50®  60
Junlperus...................  8®  10
Xantnoxylum............   25®  30

BALSAXUX.

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

 

COBTBZ.

Abies,  Canadian.................  18
Cassine  ...............................  11
Cinchona F lav a.................   18
Buonymus  atropurp...........  30
Hyrlca  Cerifera, po.............  20
Primus Virgin!....................   12
Qulllala,  grd.......................   10
Sassafras  ............................  12
Ulmus Po (Ground  15)........  15

BZTRACTUX. 
Glycyrrhlza  Glabra...
po.........
“ 
Haematoz, 15 lb. boz..
“ 
Is.............
“  Ks............
"  Ms............

PBRRUX.

24®
33®
11®
13®
14®
16®

Carbonate Preclp........  ®  15
Citrate and Quinta —   ®3 50
Citrate  Soluble...........  ®  80
Ferrocyanidum Sol —   ®  50
Solut  Chloride...........  ®  15
Sulphate,  com’l .........   1)4®  2
pure............   @  1

Arnica.......................   15®
Anthémis...................  3r®
Matricaria

40®  45

Barosma 
....................
Cassia  Acutlfol,  Tin

22® 1 30
nivelly......................  25®  28
Alz.  35®  50
and  )4s......................  12®  15
8®  10

Salvia  officinalis,  Qs
U raU rsi........................ 

« 

“ 

SUXKI.

“ 
“ 

.... 
....  @ 4 0

Acacia,  1st  picked—   ®  75
2d 
®  50
3d 
sifted sorts...  ®  25
p o ...................  60®  80
50®  60
@  12

Aloe,  Barb,  (po. 60). 
“  Cape,  (po.  20).. 
Socotrl.  (po.  60)  @ 5 0
Catechu, Is, (Hb, 14 Qs,
16)........................... 
@  1
Ammonlae 
...............   55®  60
Assafcetida,  (po. 35).. 
3"®  35
Bensoinum.................  Ml®  55
Camphor»....................   54®  57
Buphorblum  po  ........   35® 
lo
Galbanum....................   ®3 50
Gamboge,  po...............  70®  7b
@  25
Gualacum,  (po  30) 
Kino,  (po  40)  ............  @  35
M astic.............. 
 
  @  80
Myrrh,  (po. 45)  ..........  @  40
Opii,  (po  2  60).............1  7P@1 80
Shellac  .......................   25®  35
30®  35
T ragacanth.................  30®  75

“ 
hbbba— In ounce packages.
Absinthium .......................  25
Bupatorium .......................  20
Lobelia...............................   25
M ajorum............................  28
Mentha  Piperita..............   23
“  V ir.......................  25
Rue......................................  30
Tanacetum, V ....................  22
Thymus,  V ........................   25

bleached....... 

. 

XASNRSIA.

Calcined, P at...............  55®  60
Carbonate,  P at............  20®  22
Carbonate, K. A  M__   20®  25
Carbonate, Jenning5..  35®  36

OLBUX.

Cubebae.....................  @400
Ezechthitos..............  2 50®2 75
Erigeron.........................2 25@2 50
Gaultherla......................2 00@2 10
Geranium,  ounce......  @  75
Gosslpil,  Sem. gal......  50®  75
Hedeoma  ...................2 70@3 00
Juniperi.......................   50@2 00
Lavendula...................  90@2 00
Llmonls......................2 50@3 f0
Mentha Piper.............. 2 75@3 50
Mentha Verld.............2 20@2 30
Morrhuae, gal...................... 1 00@1
Myrcia, ounce............   @  50
Olive............................  75@2 75
Picis Liquida, (gal..35)  10®  1
Ricini............ 7........  1  04@1
Rosmarin).................  
75@1 00
Rosae, ounce...................6 50@8 50
Succinl.......................   40®  45
Sabina.........................   90@1 00
Santal  ....................... 3 50®7 00
Sassafras.  .................   50®  55
Slnapis, ess, ounce__  @  65
Tigin..........................   @  go
Thyme.......................   40®  50
o p t.................  @  60
Theobromas...............   15®  20

“ 

POT ASSIUX.

Bi Carb.......................  15®  18
Bichromate...............   13®  14
Bromide..................  
26®  28
Carb............................  12®  15
Chlorate  (po  22)........  20®  $2
Cyanide......................  50®  55
Iodide..............................2 90@3 00
Potassa, Bitart,  pure..  27®  30
Potassa, Bitart,com...  @  15
Potass  Nltras, opt......   8®  10
Potass Nltras..............  7® 
I
Prussia)»....................  28®  30
Sulphate  po................  15®  18

RADIX.

Aconitum...................  20®  25
Althae.........................  22®  25
Anchusa....................   12®  15
Arum,  po....................  @  25
Calamus......................  20®  40
Gentiana  (po. 12)......   8®  10
Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15)..  16®  18 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 35)...................  @  30
ellebore,  Ala,  po  ...  15®  20
Inula,  po....................  15®  20
Ipecac,  po.................. 2 30@2 40
Iris  ploz (po. 35®38) .  35®  40
Jalapa,  pr..................   50®
Maranta,  Qs..............  @  35
Podophyllum, po........  15®  18
Rhei............................  75@1  00
cut......................  @1
pv.......................   75®1  35
Splgella......................  35®  38
Sangulnarla, (po  26)..  @ 20
Serpentaria.................  30®  32
3enega.......................  65®  70
Slmllaz, Officinalis,  H  @ 40 
M  @ 25
Scillae, (po. 85)...........  10®  12
Symploc&rpus,  Fcetl-
...  @ 35
Valeriana, Bng. (po.30)  @  25
German...  15®  20
ingiber a ...................  12®  15
Zingiber  j ...............  
18®  22
SBKBX.
..  @ 15
Anlsum,  (po. 20).. 
'  plum  (graveleons)..  18®  20
4®  6
rd, Is...................... 
Carol, (po. 18).............  8®  12
Cardamon........................1  00@1 25
Corlandrum................  10®  12
Cqnnabls Satlva.........   3)4@4
Tydonlum...................  75®1  00
menopodium  ...........  10®  12
Dlpterlz Odorate........ 2 50®2 75
Foenlculum...............   ®  15
Foenugreek,  po.........   6®'  8
L in l............................4  Q 4)4
Llnl, grd,  (bbl. 8)4)...  4  @4)4
...................  35®  40
Lobelia 
Pharlarts Canarian__5)4®  6
Rapa 
6®  7
.......................  
Slnapis,  Albu.............  8®  9
Nigra...........  11®  12

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

“ 

SPIRITUS.
i  I»., 11.  V
D. F. R.

Framenil, W., D.  Co..2 00@2 50 
1  75@2 00 
1  10@1  50
Juniperls  Co. O. T __ 1  75®1  75
1  75@3 50
Saacharom  N.  B........ 1 75®2 00
Spt.  Vinl  Galll........... 1 75@6 50
Vinl Oporto.....................1  25@2 00
Vinl  Alba....................... 1  25@2 00

SFOMSBS.

Florida  sheeps’  wool
carriage....................... 2 25@2 50
Nassau  sheeps’  wool
carriage  .................
Velvet  eztra  sheeps’
wool  carriage.........
Bztra  yellow  sheeps’
carriage...................
Grass sheeps’ wool car­
riage  .......................
Hard for  slate  use__
Yellow Reef, for  slate 
u se..........................

2 00 
1  10

1  40

TINCTURES.

 

 

 

“ 

“ 

Aconitum  Napellls R.........   60
,  “ 
F .........  50
Aloes....................................  60
and myrrh.................  60
“ 
A rnica.................................  50
Asafcetida............................  0
Atrope Belladonna..............  60
Benzoin........................  
60
_  “  .  Co..........................   50
Sangulnarla.........................  50
Barosma..............................  50
Cantharides.........................  75
Capsicum............................   50
Ca damon............................   75
„   “ 
Co.........................  75
Castor..................................1 00
Catechu...............................  50
Cinchona............................  50
Co.........................  60
Columba..............................  50
Conium................ 
so
Cubeba.................................  50
Digitalis.............................   50
Ergot....................................  50
Gentian...............................  50
Co............................  60
_ 
Gualca.................................  so
ammon....................   60
Zingiber.............................   50
Hyoscyamus.......................   50
Iodine..................................   75
“  Colorless...................  75
Ferrl  Chloridum.................  35
K ino....................................  so
Lobelia................................   50
Myrrh..................................   50
Nuz  Vomica.......................   50
OpU.....................................  go
‘  Camphorated................  so
Deoaor.........................2 00
Aurantl Cortez....................   50
Quassia...............................  50
Rhatany.............................   50
Rhei.....................................   50
Cassia  Acutlfol................     50
Co..............  50
Serpentaria.........................  50
Stramonium.........................  60
Tolutan...............................  60
Valerian.............................   50
Veratrum Veride.................  50

“ 

“ 

‘ 

MISCELLANEOUS.

26® 28
30® 32
2Q® 3

ground,  (po.

“ 

“ 

« 

et Potass T.
Antlfebrln..................
Argenti  Nltras, ounce
Balm Gilead  Bud.
Calcium Chlor, Is, ()4s
12;  Qs.  14)..............
Cantharides  Russian,
po........................
Capslci  Fructus, af...
"  Sfe*
Caryophyllus, (po.  14)

3® 4
55® 60
4® 5
55® 60
@1 40
@ 25
@ 58
5® 7
38® 40
23@2 £5
@ 11
@1  00
@ 20
@ 20
20
J
10® 12
@3 75
50® 55
380 40
Coccus.............
@  40 @  22 
Cassia Fructus.
Centrarla.........
O   10 
Cetaceum.
@ 40
Chloroform...............   80®  63
Squibb*.  @125
Chloral Hyd Crst........1  20@1  40
Chondros..................   20®  25
Clnchonldlne, P.  A  W  15®  20
German 3  @  12 
Corks,  list,  dis.  per
60
cent  ...................... 
Creasotum................  @  35
Creta, (bbl. 75)...........  @  2
prep...................  5®  5
9®  11
precip.............. 
Rubra................  @  g
35 
@  24 
~  6 
12 70
po...................  @  6
i.)  75.........   70®  75
' 
Flake 
ite..............  12®  15
Galla
@  23
Gambler......................7  @8
Gelatin,  Cooper...........  @  70
“ 
French............  40®  60
Glassware  flint,  75 and 10. 
by boz 70
Glue,  Brown...............  
9®  15
“  White.................  13®  25
Glycerlna....................15)4®  80
Grana Paradis!............  @  22
Humulns.....................   25®  55
Hydraag Chlor  Mite..
@  85 
“  C or....
@  80 
Oz Rubrum
@  90 
Ammontati..
®1  00 
45®  55
Unguentum.
Hydrargyrum............   @  64
Icnthyobolla, Am..  . .1  25@l  50
Indigo.........................  75@1 00
Iodine,  Resubl...........3 80@3 90
Iodoform....................  ®4 70
Lupnlln......................  60®  65
Lycopodium..............  70®  75
M ads.........................  75®  80
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
drarglod.................  @  27
Liquor Potass Arslnltts  10®  12
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
1)4)..........................   2®  8
Mannla,  8 .F ............   60®  65

Crocus.......................   33®
Cudbear.
Cuprl Sulph...............   5 @
Dextrine....................  10®
Bther Sulph................  68®
Emery,  all  numbers
@

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

A bsinthium ..................3 50@4 00
Amygdalae, D ulc........   45®  75
Amyaalae, Amarae___8 00@8 25
A n lsl..............................1  80@1 o5
Aurantl  Cortez........... 2 75®3 00
Bergamll  .....................3  25®3  50
CaJIputl...................... 
60®  65
Caryophylli.................  65®  75
C ed ar...........................   35®  65
C henopodll.................  @1  60
Clnnam onli...................1  10@1 15
C ltronella....................   @  45
Conium  Mac...............   35®  66
Oopalba  .................. 
90®1  00

STRUTS.

Accacia...............................  50
Zingiber  .............................   50
Ipecac..................................   60
Ferrl  Iod.............................   50
Aurantl  Cortes....................  50
Rhei  Aram..........................   50
Slmllaz  Officinalis..............  60
Co........  50
Senega................................   50
Sdllae..................................  50
“  Co.............................   50
Tolutan...............................  50
Pranas  vlrg.........................  50

“ 

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

Grocery  Price  Current•

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

and  buy  In  full  packages.

AXLE GREASE.doz  gross
600
9 CO
5 50
9 00
8 00
600

Aurora....................  55 
Castor Oil...............   75 
Diamond.................  50 
Frazer’s...................  80 
Mica.......................   75 
Paragon 
...............   55 
BAKING  POWDER.

Acme.

Arctic.

54 lb. cans, 3 doz...............   45
56 lb. 
85 
lib. 
1  60 
Bulk.
10
14 lb cans. 
60 
54 
“
1  20 
1  lb  “
2 00 
5  lb  “
9 60
per doz
Dime cans .  90
“
4-oz 
.1  33
“
6-oz 
1  90
.2 47
“
8-oz 
“
12 oz 
.3 75
“
16-oz 
.4 75
254-lb  “
11  40
“
41b 
18 25
5-lb 
”
21  60
10-lb 
“
41  80

ptmcEig
I CREAM
Ba k in g
Bowden
■SuanrnHgB
40
Bed Star, >4 fl> cans........... 
80
...........  
...........  1 50
Teller’s,  >4 lb. cans, doz. 
45
85
“  .. 
“  ..  1  50

A ft  “ 
1 lb  “ 
54 lb.  “ 
lib .  “ 
BATH BRICK.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

2 dozen in case.

bruins. 
“ 

English...............................  90
Bristol.................................   80
Domestic.............................   70
Gross
Arctic, 4 oz  ovals................4 00
“  8oz 
.............   7 00
“  pints,  round  .........10 50
“  No. 2, sifting box... 2  75
“  No. 3, 
... 4  00
“  No. 5, 
...  8 00
1 oz ball  ..................  4 50
No. 2 Hurl............................2  00
No. 1  “ 
No. 2 Carpet........................ 2  50
No. 1 
“ 
Parlor Gem.......................... 3 00
Common Whisk.... .............  1 00
Fancy 
...............1  20
Warehouse.......................... 3 50
Stove, No.  1.................  125

“ 
BBOOHS.
 

“  10....................  1  50
“  15....................  1  75
Klee Root Scrub, 2  row—   85
Rice Root  Scrub, 3 row__1  25
Palmetto, goose..................  1 50

BRUSHES.

“ 
“ 

“ 

 

 

CANDLES
“ 

Hotel, 40 lb. boxes...............  10
Star,  40 
 
Paraffine............................. 11
Wicklng..............................   24

 

CANNED  GOODS. 

" 

“ 

PISH.
Clams.
Little Neck,  l i b ___
“  2  lb ....
Clam Chowder.
Standard, 81b...............
Cove Oysters.
Standard,  1 lb..............
21b..............
Lobsters.
Star,  1  lb......................
“  2  lb......................
Picnic, 1 lb......... ..........
“ 
21b....................
Mackerel.
Standard, 1 lb...............
2  lb..............
Mustard,  2 lb  ............
Tomato Sauce,  21b...  .
Soused, 2 lb.............
Salmon.
Columbia River, flat__
“ 
tails....
Alaska, 1  lb..................
21b....................
Sardines.
American  54s  ..............
......
Imported  Ms..............
Mustard  Mb..................
Boneless......................
Brook, 3 lb....................

“ 
“ 
*• 

Trout.

S |

“ 

.1 15 
.1 90
.2 00
.  90 
.1  70
. 2 40 
.3 30 
.2  00 
.2 90
.1 05 
.1  90 
.2 25 
2 25 
2 25
.1  85 
.1  75 
.1  40 
.1  90
45%@ 5 
654® 7 
11 ©12 
15@16 
7@8 
20
.2 50

-  

Apricots.

Apples.
3 lb. standard..........
York State, gallons  ... 
Hamburgh, 
Live oak..........................  
Santa  Cruz...................... 
Lusk’s ............................ 
Overland........................ 
Blackberries.
B .A W ....................... 

Cherries.

d .......................................  
Pitted Hamburgh...... 
White.......................... 
E rie...............................  
Damsons, Egg Plums and Green

1  75

Gages.

E rie............................
California.  ...............
Gooseberries.
Common....................

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

“ 

Domestic....................
Riverside....................
Pineapples.
Common.....................
Johnson’s  sliced........
grated.......
Quinces.
Common....................
Raspberries.
Red  ............................
Black  Hamburg.........
Erie,  black 
.  .
Strawberries.
Lawrence..................
Hamburgh  ............
Erie............................
Terrapin......................
Whortleberries.

@1  25 
1  70
1  20

1  30
2 001  85
2  10 
1  85

1 20 
2 10

1  30
2 50 
2 75

1  30 
1  50 
1  25
1 25 
1  25 
1  30 
1  25

COFFEE.
GREEN.
RiO.

Santos.

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

Maracaibo.

Mocha.

Java.

ROASTED.

To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add Me. per lb. for roast 
lng and 15 per  cent,  for shrink 
age.

PACKAGE.

A rbuckle’s A riosa........  21.30
M cLaughlin’s  XXXX  21.30
Bunola  ............................  20 80
Lion, 60 or 100 lb.  case__  2  .30

MEATS.

Common........
1  10 
F. &  W...............
1  15 
Blueberries...............
1  10
Corned  beef,  Libby’s..........1  90
Roast beef,  Armour’s  ........ 1  75
Potted  ham, m b .....................1 30
“  54 lb.....................80
tongue. 14 lb..................1 35
¥  l b .........  
85
chicken, £  lb ......... 
95

„ 

VEGETABLES.

Beans.

Corn.

“ 
“ 
2 25
2 75

Hamburgh  stringless..........1  25
French style.......2 25
Limas  ................ 1  40
Lima, green.  ...................... 1  25
soaked........................... ] 80
Lewis Boston Baked____. . . .1 35
Bay State  Baked..........   \  35
World’s  Fair  Baked........... 1  35
Picnic Baked  ...............  
1 00
Hamburgh....................
Livingston  Eden........... 
'1  w
Purity  ................................
Honey  Dew........................j   50
Morning Glory 
................’
Soaked........................ 
Hamburgh marrofat............l 35
early June..........
Champion Eng... 1 50
Hamburgh  petit  pole..........1 75
9
fancy  sifted.......1  go
Soaked.......................... 
05
Harris  standard..............75
Van Camp’s Marrofat 
.1  10
,  “ 
Early June........ 1  80
Archer’s  Early Blossom__ 1  35
French..................................... 1 go

“ 
“ 
“ 

Peas

Mushrooms.
Pumpkin.
Squash.
Succotash.

French..........................15$20
Brie......................................  go
_  
Hubbard...................................j 20
Hamburg................................. 1 40
Soaked...............................   go
Honey  Dew...................’  "  1  60
Brie  ....................................1  35
Tomatoes.
Hancock...............................  
j 05
Excelsior 
1  111
...........  
Jo
Eclipse................... 
Hamburg................................. 1 »
Gallon........................ 
..2  60

 

 

CHOCOLATS— BAXSB’B.
German Sweet................  
Premium...................  
Pure................................ ; 
Breakfast Cocoa.............. 

22
35
gg
40

CHEESE.

Amboy...........................  @11
g îi
Acme.............................  
Riverside......................  ®io
Gold  Medal  ................ 
@11
B riS : : : : : : .: ; : : : ; .: ; ; ..6
........................  @i  00
Leiden  .  .................... 
Llmburger  ................... 
jj
Pineapple......................  @25
Roquefort...................... 
S S
Sap Sago..................... 
Schweitzer, imported.  @24
domestic  __   @14

  @22

“ 

23

CATSUP.

Blue Label Brand.
......  

Half  pint, 25 bottles...........2 75
Pint 
4 go
Quart 1 doz bottles 
......... 8  50
5 gross boxes.........................

CLOTHES PIWS.

“ 

COCOA  SHELLS.
351b  bags......................  @3
Less quantity  .............. 
f e u
Pound  packages..........6£@7

3 00
g 75
2 00
2 00
2 00
j §0

se
1 20
1 80
j 20

EXTRACT.
Valley City % gross 
75
j  jj
Felix 
Hummel’s, foil, gross........1  50
11 
o en
« 
2 60

tin 

.... 

... 

« 

Bulk.
Red
j jg
Cotton,

Jute

CLOTHES  UNES.

“ 

s o ft..........  
60 ft.........
70 ft.........
80 f t ..........
60 f t ..........
72 f f ........

......... per do«.  1  25
140
1  60 
1  75 
1  90 
90 
1  00

CONDENSED MILK.
4 doz. In case.

_ 
.................................   7 40
Crown...................................  25
Genuine Swiss......................... 8 00
American Swiss........................7 00

CRACKERS.
Butter.

Soda.

Seymour XXX...................  g
Seymour XXX, cartoon........ 654
Family  XXX......................  ¡j™
Family XXX,  cartoon..........654
Salted XXX......... ...............  g
Salted XXX,  cartoon  ......   654
Kenosha 
.......................
Boston............................gn
Butter  biscuit.................'"  5«
Soda, XXX.........................  e
Soda, City.........................'.  7^4
Soda,  Duchess........ 
au
Crystal Wafer................... ’’10
Long  Island Wafers 
........n
S. Oyster  XXX.................  
e
City Oyster. XXX...................e
Farina  Oyster....................  g
Strictly  pure...................... 
30
Telfer’s  Absolute..............  
35
Grocers’............................ 20@25

CREAM TARTAR.

Oyster.

DRIED  FRUITS. 

Domestic.
APPLES.

“ 

APRICOTS.

quartered  “ 

Sundried, sliced in  bbls. 
6
544
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes  @S&
California In  bags.........
Evaporated in boxes.  .. 
BLACKBERRIES.
In  boxes........................ 
701b. bags.......................
25 lb. boxes.....................
Peeled, In  boxes........... 
Cal. evap.  “ 
........... 
In bags........ 
PEARS.

NECTARINES.

1654
444

PEACHES.

19
14
13

California in bags___

“ 

Pepper, Singapore, black__20
“   white........ 30
“ 
“ 
Cayenne..........25
Sage.................................... 20
“Absolute” in Packages.

. 

Ms 

14b
Allspice...........  ........   84  156
Cinnamon...................  84  1 55
Cloves.........................  84  1  55
Ginger, Jam ................  84  1 55
“  Af...................  84  1  55
Mustard......................  84  1  55
Pepper.......................   84  155
Sage............................   84

SAL  SODA.

SEEDS.

Kegs..................................     114
Granulated,  boxes..............  l£
A n is e ......................  @1214
Canary, Smyrna......... 
Caraway....................  
Cardamon, Malabar... 
Hemp,  Russian.........  
Mixed  Bird...............  
Mustard,  white.........  
Poppy......................... 
Rape..........................  
Cattle  bone................ 

6
8
90
414
414
6
9
6
so

STARCH.
Corn.

 

 

“ 

“ 
“ 

20-lb  boxes.........................  6
40-lb 
sx

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

1-lb packages.......................   554
3-lb 
6-lb 
40 and 50 lb. boxes..............  414
Barrels................................   514
Scotch, In  bladders.............37
Maccabov, in jars................35
French Rappee, In Jars......43

SNUPP.

SODA.

Boxes................................... ..
Kegs, English.....................” 4^
100 3-lb. sacks.....................32 25
2 on
60 5-lb.  “ 
2810-lb. sacks..............i"   1  «5
2014-lb.  “ 
2 25
24 3-lb  cases...........................  j 50
56 lb. dairy In linen  bags.. 
32
281b.  “ 
.. 
isi

■ALT,
 
 

drill  “ 

 
 

31
18
75

75

27

80
85

Warsaw.

“ 

“ 

561b. dairy in drill  bags.. 
281b.  “ 
.. 
56 lb. dairy In linen sacks.. 
56 lb. dairy in linen  sacks 

Higgins.

Ashton.

Solar Rock.

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

Common Fine.

Saginaw..........................  
Manistee.......................... 
Packed 60 lbs. in box.

SALERATUS.

^»arch’s .........................   33 30
DeLand’s .........................  3  15
Dwight’s......... 
.................3 so
Taylor’s..............................   3 00

SOAP.
LAUNDRY.

Proctor & Gamble.

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.
75

Old Country,  80  1-lb...........3 20
Good Cheer, 601 lb............ 3 go
White Borax, 100 
lb.......3 60
Concord............................. 80
Ivory, 10  oz......................6 75
_ “ 
6  oz....................... 4 00
Lenox...........................  3 65
Mottled German............... 3 15
Town Talk...... ...................3  qo

00
25

SCOURING AND POLISHING. 
“ 

Sapollo, kitchen, 3  doz...  2 50 
band, 3 doz......... 2 50

SUGAR.

“ 

Cut  Loaf....................  @  R«£
Cubes.........................  @  5%
Powdered XXXX......   6V4@ 6M
Standard..  @ 5% 
Granulated, medium..  5?£@5.44
_ 
fine......... 5%@5 44
Confectioners’ A......   554445.31
Soft A................................... 
(314.04
White Extra C...........  @4 81
®xtra  c ........................  @49g

Yellow.................... 
g
Less than  bbls. 14c advance

«

INDIGO.

LICORICE.

Sage.....................................15
Hops.................................... 15
Madras, 5 lb. boxes.........  
55
50
S. F., 2,3 and 5 lb. boxes.. 
17  lb. palls. 
85 
30  “ 
1  20
Pure....................... ; ...........  80
Calabria...............................  25
Sldly....................................  12
LTE.
Condensed, 2 doz.....................1 25
4 doz.................. 2 25
MATCHES.

No. 9  sulphur...........................1 25
Anchor parlor..........................1 70
No. 2 home............................... 1 10
Export  parlor.......................... 4 00

“ 

MINCE  MEAT

PITTED CHERRIES.
Barrels..........................
50 lb. boxes................... 
25 “ 
................... 

“ 

PBUNELLEB.

301b.  boxes................... 

RASPBERRIES.

In barrels...................... 
501b. boxes.................... 
...................... 
251b.  “ 
Foreign.
CURRANTS.

20
22

10M

2154
22
23

Patras, In barrels........  @ 4

In  54-bbls........  @ 454
In less quantity  @  454

“ 
“ 

PEEL.

« 
“ 

Citron, Leghorn, 25 lb. boxes  20 
Lemon 
jq
Orange 
jj

25  “ 
“ 
25 “ 
“ 
RAISINS.
Domestic.
London layers,  2 crown__l  65
8  “ 
....l  85
fancy......... 2 00
Loose Muscatels, boxes...... 1  69
Ondura, 29 lb. boxes.. 
“ 
Sultana, 20 
Valencia, 30  “ 

Foreign.

“ 
“ 

@

@ 944
@ 8M

8 or 6 doz. In case  per doz..  95

MEASURES.

Tin, per dozen.

1  gallon............................31  75
Half  gallon.....................   1  40
Q uart............................... 
70
Pint.................................. 
45
Half  p in t........................ 
40
Wooden, for vinegar, per doz.
1 gallon............................  7 00
Half gallon......................  4 75
Q uart...........  .................   3 75
Pint..................................  2 25

Sugar house....................   14
Ordinary..........................  

MOLASSES.
Blackstrap.
Cuba Baking.
Porto Rico.

Prim e............................... 
Fancy...............................  

New Orleans.

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

ig

20
30

is
20
25
30
40

OATMEAL.

Barrels 200.................  @560
Half barrels 100................@2  95

ROLLED OATS.

Barrels 180....................   @5 go
Half  bbls 90.................  @2 95

PICKLES.
Medium.

Small.

Barrels, 1,200 count........... 16 00
Half  barrels, 600 count___3 50
Barrels, 2,400 count. 
7 00
Half bbls, 1,200 count 
4 00
Clay, No.  216......................... 1 
"  T. D. full count...........  75
Cob, No. 3............................1 ¿6

PIPES.

POTASH.

48 cans In case.

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

ROOT BEER
Williams,  per doz.............   l  75
8 doz. case........  6  00

“ 

RICE.

Domestic.

Carolina bead...................... 6
“  No. 1.......................5

Broken.

No. 2.................   @414
.............................   31%

Imported.

Japan, No. 1......................... e
_ 
No. 2..........................554
Java...................................  5
Patna................. .............”   5

SPICES.

Whole Sifted.

PRUNES.

Bosnia.........................  @
California,  100-120..............
90x100 25 lb. bxs.
80x90 
70x80 
60x70 

Turkey.........................  @
Silver...............................

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“
“
“

ENVELOPES.
XX rag, white.

No. 1, 654..........................  u   75
N0. 2. 6M  .........................  1  60
No. 1,6.............................   166
No. 2, 6.............................   1  50
go. 1, 6Vi  .........................  1  85

XX  wood, white, 

Manilla, white.

...................................   100
95
.  1  oo

8 .......................................... 
Coin.
Mill  No. 4 ......... 

FARINACEOUS GOODS. 

344

Farina.
Hominy. 

1001b. kegs................... 
gfeTels............................... ...
Grits   
............................3 50
Lima  Beans.
Dried.......................... 

4
Maccaronl and Vermicelli. 

Domestic, 12 lb. box.... 
55
Imported................... i054@ll  A
Pearl Barley.
Kegs......................  
  @254
Peas.

Green,  bu...........................j  75
Split  per  l b .......................   2J4
_ 
German.................. 
 
East India...................  ”
Wheat.
Cracked....................

Sago.

4

5

 

FISH—Salt.
Bloaters.

Cod.

........! 

Halibut.
Herring.

Yarmouth..........................
Pollock.......................
Whole, Grand  Bank...  @5
Boneless,  bricks  ........654@8
Boneless, strips...........G5t @8
Smoked...................... 
12
Gibbed, 56 bbl...................  3 25
Holland,  bbl....................  9 oq
kegs 
“ 
65
Round Shore, A  bbl.......  s
“  M  “  ........  1  65
_  “ 
Scaled............................... 
jg
Mackerel.
No. 1,40 lbs....................... 4 25
No. 1, kits. 10 lbs.........   ..!  1  25
No. 2,40 lbs.......................3 50
No. 2,  10 lbs.......................  1  05
Family, 54 bbls., 100 lbs....  5 00
kits. 10 lbs...........   65
Russian,  kegs....................  
45
No. 1,  A bbls., lOOlbs...........6 50
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs.................   go
No. 1, A bbls., lOOlbs. .......7  50
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs.................   95
Family, *4 bbls., 100 lbs  ...  3 00 
kits  10  lbs.............  40

Sardines.
Trout.

Whiteflsh.

“ 

“ 

PLAVORING EXTRACTS.

Jennings’ D C.
Lemon. Vanilla
1  25
2 oz folding box...  75 
150
...100 
3 oz 
“ 
2  00
...1  50 
4 oz 
“ 
6oz 
...2 00 
3  00
“ 
“ 
5 oz 
.. .3 00 
4  00
Gunpowder.
Austin’s Rifle, kegs...........  4  50
“  A kegs........2 50
Crack Shot, kegs ..4 50 
A kegs 2 50 
Club Sporting  “  6 00 
*4  “  8 25

“ 
“ 

“  

Corn.

*’  Batavia in bund.

Allspice................................
Cassia, China In mats........  8
SYRUPS.
15
35
Barrels......................
.22
Half bbls..........
13
Pure Cane.
80
F air.......................
80
Good.......................
75
Choice......................
65
15
SWEET GOODS.
25 Ginger Snaps..............
Sugar Creams.........
19
Frosted Creams........
Graham Crackers__
Oatmeal Crackers__
VINEGAR.

No.  1. 
No. 2.

“ 

“ 
shot.......................
Pure Ground In Bulk.
Allspice...............................
1
Cassia,  Batavia......................
20
“ 
and  Saigon.25
“  Saigon.................... 35
Cloves, Amboyna................ 30
“  Zanzibar................. 20
Ginger, African................... 15
“  Cochin...................  is
Jamaica................. 2P
“ 
Mace  Batavia......................80
Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. .25
“  Trieste.................... 27
Nutmegs, No. 2 ...................65

«Jj1............................. 7  @8
50 gr........................... 8  @9

81 for barrel.
WET  MUSTARD.

Balk, per gal  ................... 
30
Beer mug,2 doz in case...  1  75
Magic, per box................... 1  00
Warner’s  “ 
.. 1 00
Yeast Foam, per box.......... 1  00

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

...29

8
8
9
8*
854

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

18
It Pays  Dealers to sell  FOSFON  because  there  are but  two sizes, Five Ounces 
See Grocery Price Current.

at 10 cents,  Sixteen at 25 cents and it pleases better than Baking Powders 

T he BREAD 
R aiser

FISH  and  OYSTERS.

F.  J.  Dettenthaler  quotes as 

follows:
FRESH  FISH
Whltefish 
.................  8  @9
T ro u t........................... 8  @9
Halibut.......................  @15
Ciscoes or Herring__  5  @6
Blueflsh......................H   @12
Fresh lobster, per lb  ... 
20
Soft crabs, per doz........ 
1 00
Shrimp, per gal............  
1  25
Cod 
..  ................. .10  @12
No. 1 Pickerel............   @8
Pike............................  @ 7
Smoked White 
........  @ 7

oysters—Cans. 

OIL».

Falrhaven  Counts...  @35
F. J. D.  Selects.........   @30
Selects...................... 
@25
Anchor....................... 
Co 22
Standards  .................  @19
SHELL  OOODS.
Oysters, per  100........1  2.j@1  5«
“  _____ .. .  75@1  CO
Clams. 
The  Standard Oil  Co.  quotes 
as  follows,  in barrels,  f. o.  b. 
Grand Rapids:
Eocene......................... 
84
Water White, old test.  @ 8
W.  W.  Headlight, 150° 
7
Water  White  ...........  @  63£
Naptha.......................   @ 7
Stove Gasoline...........  @ 64
Cylinder..................27  @36
E ngine............  
13  @21
Black. 25 to 30 deg  ...  @ 74

FRESH  HEATS.

“ 

Swift & Company quote as fol­

lows:
Beef,carcass...........   4  @5
hindquarters...  5 @6
...  3 @ 34
fore 
loins,  No.  3...  9 @ 94
“ 
ribs...............  7  @ 8
“ 
rounds............5  @  54
" 
2 30
Bologna......................  @ 44
Pork loins...................  @11
“ 
........  @ 64
Sausage, blood or head  @  44
liv e r............   @ 44
Frankfort__  @7
Mutton  ....................... 7  @ 8
Veal...... ...................... 6  @ 7

shoulders 

“ 
“ 

TEAS.

japan—Regular.

£ a l r -.............................  @17
Choice......................... ..24 @26
Choicest.........................32 @34
D u st...............................10 @12

SUN CURED.

g»D.-.............................  @17
G ood.............................  @ao
Choice.............................24 @26
Choicest.........................32 @34
D ust................................10 @12

BASEST  FIRED.

P a ir................................ is @20
Choice...........................  @25
Choicest........................  @35
Extra choice, wire leaf  @40

GUNPOWDER.

Common to  fair............25 @35
Extra fine to finest.  ..50  @65
Choicest fancy..............75 @85
@26
Common to  fair............ 23 @30
Common to  fair............ 23 @26
Superior to fine..............30 @35

oolong. 

IMPERIAL.

TOUNS HYSON.

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

KNOLISH BREAKFAST.

P a ir.................................18 @22
C hoice.......................... 24 @28
B est.................................40 @50

TOBACCOS.

Pine Cut.

“ 

“ 

Plug.

Palls unless otherwise noted
Hiawatha................... 
62
Sweet  Cuba................ 
36
McGinty....................  
24
22
4  bbls.......... 
Valley  City................  
32
27
Dandy Jim .................  
Torpedo..................... 
20
in  drums.... 
19
Yum  Yum  ................ 
26
Sorg’s Brands.
Spearhead............... 
Joker...................... 
Nobby Twist................. 
Oh  My..........................  
Scotten’s Brands.
Kvlo........................  
Hiawatha.................... 
Valley City................ 
Finzer’s Brands.
Old  Honesty............  
Jolly Tar....................  

38
26
39
29
25
40
34
40
32

Middleton’s Brands.

Here It Is................... 
28
Old Style....................  
31
Jas. G. Butler  &  Co.’s  Brands.
Something Good.................... 38
Out of Sight........................... 25
HIDES  PELTS  and  FURS
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol 
lows,  prices nominal:
HIDES.
Green.. 
...................24334
Part Cured................  @
Poll  “ 
@ 44
Dry.............................   5 @ 5
Kips, green  ............... 2 4® 34
"  cured.................  @ 44
Calfskins,  green........  4  @5
cured........  @ 7
Deacon skins............. 10  @30

“ 

 

 

No. 2 hides 4  off.
PELTS

......................25  @  90

Shearlings..................10  @25
Lambs 
WOOL.
Washed.. 
................20  @23
Unwashed................ 10  @20
Tallow.......................  34@ 34
Grease butter  ...........  1  @ 2
Switches....................14@ 2
Ginseng..................... 2 00@2 75

MISCELLANEOUS.

GRAINS and FEEDSTUFF8

MEAL.

67 
No. 1 White (58 lb. test) 
No. 1 Red (60 lb. test) 
67
Bolted...............................  1  40
Granulated.......................   1  70
FLOUR.
Straight, In  sacks  ...........   4 20
“ 
** barrels.........   4 40
Patent 
“ sacks...........  5 20
“ barrels.........  5 40
“ 
Graham 
“ sacks..........   2 00
Rye 
“ “ 

 

 

MILLBTUFFS.

Less
Car lots  quantity
$15 00
15  50
16  50
19  50
20  00

Bran...............$14 00 
Screenings —   15 00 
Middlings......   16 00 
Mixed Peed...  19 00 
Coarse meal  ..  19 50 
Car  lots............................... 48
Less than  car  lots............. 52
Car  lots  ..............................38
Less than car lots................40

CORN.

OATS.

New oats, lc less.

HAY.
No. 1 Timothy, car lots.... 10 00 
No. 1 
ton lo ts ...... 11  50

“ 

SUPPLANTS BAKING POWDER

F o sfo n  C h em ical Co., D etroit, M ich igan . 

SOLD  BY  ALL  RELIABLE  GROCERS.

THE P & B BRAND

OYSTERS

Will  again this  year,  as in the  past,  be the very  best  procurable  and  packed daily 
from the sweetest  and  best  stock.  Regular  season opens  Sept.  15.  Start in with 
us and do the Oyster business of your town.

THE  PUTNAM   CANDY  CO.

See  that  this  Label  appears 
on  every  package, as  it  Is  a 
guarantee of the genuine ar­
ticle.

.CHICAGO

. V .

.CHICAGO 

. V .

FERMENTUM
COMPRESSED YEAST

THE  ONLY  RELIABLE

Sold  io  this  market  for  the  past  Fifteen  Years.

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

JOHN  SMYTH.  Agent  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Telephone 566. 

106  Kent St.

See  th at  this  Label  appears 
on  every  package, as  it  Is  a 
guarantee  of 
the  genuine 
article.

P E R K I N S   &  H E S S
Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,

DEALERS IN

NOS.  122  and  124  LOUIS  STREET. GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICHIGAN.

WB CABBY A  STOCK OF  CAKE TALLOW  FOB MILL  USB.

POULTRY.

Local dealers pay as follows: 

DRESSED.

LIVE.

Fowl............................. 8  @9
Turkeys......................  @12
Ducks  .......................  @1?
Chickens.....................  7  @8
Fowls............................ 7  @ 8
Turkeys....................... 11  @12
Spring Duck............... 10  @11

GOLD  MEDAL,  PABIS, 1878.
W. Baker & Co.’s
Breakfast 
Cacaa
Unlike the 
Dutch Process

an d it is Soluble.

Is  A bsolutely  P u n  

No  alkalies  m
other  chemicalt 
o r dyes are usee 
in   its  m anufac­
ture.

f r e e  

s e n t 

A  d e s c r i p t i o n   o f  t h e   c h o c o la te  
l a n t ,  a n d   o f t h e   v a r io u s   c o c o a   a n c  
h o c o la te   p r e p a r a t i o n s   m a n u f a c -  
u r e d   b y   W a lte r   B a k e r   &  C o .,  w ll 
¡e 
to   a n y   d e a l e r   o r 
p p llc a tlo n .  _________
V.  BAKER  &  CO.,  Dorchester,  Mass
FOURTH NATIONAL BANK

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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

Geo.  W.  Gay, Vice-President.

Wm. H. Anderson, Cashier.
CAPITAL,  -  -  -  $300,000.

Transacts a general  banking  business.

H ake  a specialty of collections.  Accounts 

of country m erchants solicited.

THE  BOSTON

JEKOFFEE

IMPORTERS,

Are now  receiving  by  every 

Overland,

incoming  steamer  and 
Hew Crop  Teas
of  their  own 
importations, 
which  means  that  in  pur­
chasing  from  them  you  get 
Teas of special  character and 
at only one  reasonable profit 
above actual  cost of importa­
tion.

You are surely  paying two 
or  more  profits in  buying of 
the  average  wholesaler.

Chase  &  Sanborn,

I M P O R T E R S ,

B O S T O N . 

C H IC A G O .

■ ItL K   M 1 C M 1 Ö A _ N   T H A D E S M A J N .

1 4

A  CHAPTER  ON  AXES.

From  Hardware.

He picked up a bill that  was  lying  on
the desk near him,  saying:
“I  always  liked  to  sell  axes.  There 
isn’t so large a per cent, of profit in them 
as in a great  many  other  items  that  do 
not require one-half the thought  in  buy­
ing,  or a fraction  of the worry in selling, 
yet I’d  rather  sell  a  box  of  axes,  and 
make  a  dollar, 
thau  sell  those  other 
goods and make twice as much.”
He was a wholesale hardware dealer of 
more than twenty-five  years’  experience 
in the business,  and had been on the road, 
book-keeper,  buyer aud general manager. 
I was always glad to have  him  grow  re­
miniscent and talk  about  the  men  con­
nected with the  trade whom he had  met, 
and  the  changes  in  the  goods  he  had 
handled.
“Yes,  I  liked  the  axe  makers;  they 
were all pleasant men to do business with, 
and if one had his own label on his axes, 
as we always had,  he grew to have a very 
warm  feeling  for  the  customers  who 
stood by him season after season.”
“Are  there  many  changes 
that 
in 
trade?”  I asked.
“No, not in the goods; less than  in  al­
most  any  other  article  in  the  stock. 
Back in 1866 we sold axes for  $16.50  per 
dozen and had a profit of  about  $2.50,  I 
think.  The trade called  then  for  much 
heavier  axes  than  to-day. 
I  think  the 
popular assortment was 4 to 5ths, now in 
this  same  section  it  is  3  to  4ths.  We 
bought our axes from William Mann, Jr., 
&  Co.,  of  Lewistown,  Penn.  The  old 
•William Mann’  axe had an excellent rep­
utation with woodchoppers; so  had  Lip- 
pincott’s and Hunt’s.  We always carried 
a small stock of Mann’s own  brand,  but 
made our special push on our own label.” 
“Did they cost alike?”
“Oh, yes; they were the same axe,  but 
for the label.  There were several  Manns 
in the axe trade,  and one of our  competi­
tors  handled  the  axes  of  one  of  these 
other  Manns.  Another  house  handled 
Lippincott’s, and the fourth  jobber  sold 
a New York axe; Ten Eyck’s, I think.” 
“What was your own brand?”
“The  ‘Star’  axe.  We  pushed  it  be­
cause there was always  strong  competi­
tion in axes,  and  if  you  sold  the  same 
brand as others sold,  the profits were cut 
down pretty fine.  But when I  went  out 
on  the road I carried  samples of the  two 
axes, and our price was always a dollar a 
dozen more for our  ‘Star’  axe,  than  for 
Mann’s label.  We  made  no  claim  that 
the ‘Star’  was  a  better  axe,  but  as  we 
asked more for it the average dealer took 
it for granted that it was a finer tool, and 
we sold ten  dozen  of  the  ‘Star’  to  one 
dozen of Mann’s.  Of course,  the trade in 
axes in Ohio, Indiana, and  Michigan,  at 
that time was greater  than  it  is  to-day. 
We began soon after this to  have  strong 
competition from Cleveland, in the  Pow­
ell Tool Co.’s axes.  They  were  always 
good goods  and  hard  to  displace,  after 
they  were  once 
Then 
Lippincott created quite a stir in the mar­
ket by his patent axe,  the Red Jacket.  1 
haven’t  seen  any  of  these  in  eighteen 
years, and guess the  younger  generation 
knows nothing about them.  The bit was 
perfectly  round  at  both  corners,  quite 
well cut away; the poll was square,  as  1 
remember it, but not thick, as the ‘Dayton 
pattern  is. 
Lippincott  advertised  it
largely.  One could hardly  pick  up  the 
smallest village paper  and  not  find  the 
‘Red Jacket’ axe  advertised  in  it.  The 
trade did not welcome it, the main reason 
for this being that  every  jobbing  house 
was  pushing  its  own  brand  of  axe, 
and did not care to push a patented shape, 
as this was,  and  lose  the  work  it  had 
done on  the  old  style  axe. 
I  had  fre­
quent calls for it,  but  my  house  would 
not  handle  it.  This  is  a  very short­
sighted policy usually,  this  refusing  to 
handle new goods that you fear may  cut 
into  the  trade  of  goods  you  already 
handle.  A  wise  merchant  knows  that 
you can damn  a  thing  by  faint  praise, 
when you  have  it  in  stock,  while your 
talk against it,  when you  have  none  for 
sale,  is  discounted  by  your  hearer  and 
taken for what it is worth.  He may  not 
get the goods from you,  but  he  will  get 
them somewhere.

introduced. 

“Axes dropped in price to $10 a  dozen 
in ’71 and ’72,  and the best assortment to

“Along  about  ’77  our  old 

sell  was 3)4 to4)^th.  About this time  1 
made the acquaintance of Mr  Blakewell, 
one of the most genial  men in  the trade. 
The patent  axe,  and  other  things,  had 
been too much for the Lippincott concern, 
and it reorganized as Hubbard, Blakewell 
& Co.  Mr.  B.  came  around  to  see  the 
trade.  We were so wedded to Mann that 
I  never bought  axes  of  Mr.  B.  but  we 
had some trade in other goods,  aud I was 
always  glad 
to  welcome  him  to  that 
chair you are now sitting in.
“We now began  to  hear  a  good  deal 
about inside and outside steel.  Our men 
used to carry the piece  of  steel  used  in 
inlaid steel axes to  show how much more 
steel  went into the old-fashioned axe, but 
it was always  rather  hard  sledding  for 
us.  The  overlaid  steel  axe  talked for 
itself, and kept on talking until  all-steel 
axes  made  their  way  here.  An  axe 
maker came around about that time from 
Maine; a tall,  lean,  honest-looking  man 
whose word you would take without hesi 
tation—Mr.Hubbard.of Hubbard & Blake. 
You felt sure the moment you  looked  at 
him;  that  he  wouldn’t  make  a  poor 
article if he could.  He talked  axes  and 
scythes,  and  for  many  years  he  made 
every scythe for  us  that  we  sold;  they 
were good scythes too,  and made us  cus 
tomers.
friend, 
Britain,  from whom we had  been buying 
locks and  novelties for  ten  years,  began 
to sing the praises of the Hunt axe,  made 
by  the  Douglass  Axe Co., of  Boston, 
always had thè feeling that Britain would 
put  me  on  the  ground  floor,  and at bis 
suggestion 1  went  down to  Boston to see 
the  manager,  Dana.  Poor  Dana!  He 
came to a bad  end,  from mining specula 
tions,  and ruined the concern, but he was 
a man of  ability and  fine  address.  Had 
his mining ventures turned out different 
ly he would  be  petted  by the  men  who 
have  been so busy abusing  him  since he 
disappeared.  1  liked him  so  well that 
bought his goods for several years.  The 
concern  kept us  in  hot  water though  in 
their  delivery  of  goods. 
Those  we 
ordered  for  August came  in  December, 
and no matter what we said we could not 
get things  improved.  Poor  Britain and 
Bond  conld  only  look  sad  and  make 
promises  for  the  future,  as  we  hauled 
them  over  the  coals  and  demanded  ai 
explanation and improvement.
“In  our  territory  a  Mishawaka, Ind. 
axe gave us no end of trouble and worry. 
The axe showed a great  deal  more  steel 
than did  ordinary goods,  was very plain 
ly  finished,  and  no  label  on  it. 
It was 
common-looking,  but  when  we  sold  our 
axe at $10 the Mishawaka axe sold at $14 
to  $16,  and  you  could  talk  to a retailer 
until  doomsday,  but  you  could  not  con 
vince him  that  any other would  take its 
place.  Axes  keep  dropping  down 
in 
price until we  bought them at $5.25,  and 
these were made of all steel.

“Two years ago consolidations were so 
popular  that  the  various  axe  factories 
came  under  the  spell.  The  American 
Axe & Tool Co.  was  formed  and took  in 
all  the  leading  makers.  They  accom­
plished one really good  thing—the doing 
away with  the warrant  on  axes.  When 
I think of  all  the  annoyance I  have  had 
over warranting axes in the past twenty- 
five  years, I  wonder  that  I  am  alive. 
There never was anything so outrageous­
ly  abused  in  our  business.  That  the 
manufacturers should have permitted the 
fraud  to  continue  so  many  years  was 
evidence  of  their  jealousy  and  fear  of 
each  other.  One  wondered  that  they 
never took the first  step in educating the 
retail  trade, so  it  might discriminate be­
tween  a  break  and  a  flaw,  and  one  in 
solid steel;  or to judge if the edge turned 
from  being soft or from  bad grinding.

“I can  remember,  in  my  spring  trips, 
how the  chills ran  down  my back as the 
retailer remarked:  ‘I’ve got some axes to 
return.’  Then from out of the dirt under 
the counter, after long search, came from 
one to six  rusty axes. 
If  you  looked at 
one  with the  least  hesitancy the  dealer 
began to prepare for battle.  You found, 
if  you did  look,  that  five out of  the six 
were ground too thin and  had  been  bro­
ken in solid steel,  but everything was ex­
changed  that  was  brought  back.  Not 
only this but you were expected to credit 
these  axes as so much  cash  on  account, 
and if  you  insisted on the  contrary  you

were  liable  to  lose  your  customer,  for 
other houses did what  you were refusing 
to  do.  You  were  immediately  twitted 
upon  ‘going  back on your warrant,’ as if 
nothing under  heaven  could  be  meaner 
than  that,  and  you  usually gave  in,  and 
then went and  kicked yourself for doing 
it.  Some  of  the  small  factories,  built 
since the  old  concerns  consolidated,  are 
starting  out  by warranting  their  goods, 
but the jobber or retailer who encourages 
a return  to  that  idiocy  is  not  fit  to  do 
business.
“To offset  their wisdom  regarding  the 
warrant  the  old  companies  made  the 
mistake of booming up prices.  Axes are 
now  back  to  $5.50  again,  but  there  are 
several  concerns  in  the field  who would 
not  be  there  but for  the high  prices of 
1890.  Of  these,  the  new  axe  made  in 
Louisville  has come to stay;  it will grow 
with consumers and be an  important fac­
tor  in  the  near  future.  Two  factories 
are in the  natural gas fields and  making 
handsome goods.  We  met their  axes al­
together  too  frequently last  season,  and 
retailers spoke well of them.
“But the axe trade is not of one-quarter 
the importance with us it was once.  We 
used to sell  1,000  dozen a year,  mostly of 
the  ‘Western’  pattern,  but  also  a  good 
many  heavy  poll  ‘Dayton’  pattern,  and 
about 50 dozen  double  bitted.  Now the 
trade calls  almost  altogether for 3 to 4th 
Michigan pattern, and for only a very few 
double  bitted  axes.  Prices  in  twenty- 
five years have dropped from $14 to $5.50 
at the factory,  and from $1.75 to 75 cent 
at retail. 

Wm.  H.  Ma h e r

WOOD  WANTED!

We  will  pay  cash  for  dry Beech  and  Maple 
Wood,  delivered  on  cars  within  150  miles  of 
Grand Rapids.  Correspondence solicited.
S.  P.  BENNETT  FUEL  &  ICE CO., 

Grand  Rapids.

PROVISIONS

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co 

quotes as follows:

PORK  IN  BARRELS.

Mess,  new...........................................  
 
 
Short c u t..............................................  
 
Extra clear pig, short cut.............1.11111 
.5 50
Extra clear, heavy.........................
Clear, fat  back...............................................«5 qq
Boston clear, short cut....................II.II1I  J5 00
Clear back, snort cut............................... 
Standard clear, short cut. best......... ‘  15
sausage—Fresh and Smoked.

Pork Sausage............................................. 
Ham Sausage................................. .".."."1.*.'!!'  S>
Tongue Sausage............................9
Frankfort Sausage  ......................... 
714
Blood Sausage...................................................5”
Bologna, straight........................... ................ 5
Bologna,  thick............................. ..................5
Headcheese.................................I.'IIIIIIIII  5
com
Kettle 
Rendered.  Granger.  Family,  pound.
6»6*
6%
7
7*

Tierces........8*
501b. T ins.. .sji 
201b. Palls..  9 
..  9* 
10 lb.  “ 
lb. 
..  9X 
“ 
lb. 
“ 
..  9ft

6*6*
6%7
7*
7*

8?*8*
8!i Sh 9

LARD.

6

714

 

BEEF  IN  BARBELS.

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smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.

Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs..........................   6 50
Extra Mess, Chicago packing..............!!  ""  6 50
Boneless, rump butts.......................................9 00
Hams, average 20 lbs...................... 
n u
i6 lbs.......................... m u m  f i s
11?
12 to 14 lbs.......................  
Picnic.....................................................gjx
best boneless.......................  
1.,
Shoulders.........................................M I.” ’  8
Breakfast Bacon, boneless...... '.. I’.".’M  ” I ...t o
Dried beef, ham prices...................................g
Long Clears, heavy.........................M il"’
Briskets,  medium..................

light...............................m i im i m i

CANDIES. FRUITS and NUT8. 
The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:

Bbls.  Palls.
6H6*
6*

STICK  CANDY.
Cases

.  _ 

Standard,  per lb.
■’  H. H......
Twist  .. 
Boston  Cream  ...
Cut  Loaf............
Extra H.  H.........

...........  8«
g*
MIXED  CANDY.
Q. 
Bbls.
Standard................................. 
Leader..................................... 
.6*
Royalyal 
1) by
English  Rock..................... '..’.'"."7
Conserves....................... 
7
Broken Taffy....................‘baskets
Peanut Squares................. 
«  g
French Creams..........................
Valley  Creams................
Midget, 30 lb. baskets..............‘a
Modern,301b. 

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g
g

9
10
13
.......................... IIIIIIII  8

Palls.77

7%8 8 8 8 

f a n c y —In bulk

 

 

 

 

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f a n c y —In 5 lb. boxes. 

,  . 
printed..................................... 

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Palls.
Lozenges, plain.............................................  10
u
Chocolate Drops.............................................  u jj
Chocolate Monumentals............................. .  13
Gum Drops.....................................................  5^
Moss Drops.....................................................  g
Sour Drops.....................................................  gu
Imperials.................... 
10
Per Box
Lemon Drops................................  
55
Sour Drops..............................................M ill®
Peppermint Drops..........................  
      .60
Chocolate Drops....................................„ Ill ¡65
H. M. Chocolate Drops.......................  
'  90
Gum Drops..........................................  .I.40@50
Licorice Drops..  ..........................................   00
A. B. Licorice  Drops....................................... gg
Lozenges, plain........................................ Ill Ileo
printed.................. ...............* ’05
Imperials..................................................... ‘‘ go
Mottoes.............................................. . **  * 
7p
Cream Bar........................................” ..".*'” 55
Molasses Bar................................. ..M IM IIIss
Hand Made  Creams..................... MI."  85@95
Plain Creams.........................................II.80@90
1  00
Decorated Creams.......................... 
String  Rock...............................I...II.  65
BurntAlmonds.................................  
j'oo
 
WIntergreen  Berries.............................„ I I ..60
CARAMELS.
No. 1, wrapped, 21b.  boxes...................... 
34
 
No. 1, 
51
No. 2, 
 
23
No.8. 
........ Ill  ....III  42
Stand up, 5 lb. boxes............................... 1.1  go
Small..................................
Medium.................................... ...I.'I.Il  50@1  75
Lar£e .................................................... .. C0@2 25
ORANGES.
Californias, 96.......................

BANANAS.

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2 
3 

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Messinas, choice  200............

126............................1' 
150  ..............................
“ 
160......................'

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Messina, choice, 360...........
fancy, 360.....................
choice 300..............
fancy380  Maioris............ .
OTHER  FOREIGN  FRUITS.

“ 
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‘T 
“  extra 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Figs, fancy layers, 6®.................
“  10®..............
“ 
“  20®..............

14®........

“ 
“ 
“  50-lb.  “ 

Dates, Fard, 10-lb.  box__

.........
Persian, 50-lb.  box......
HUTS.
Almonds, Tarragona............

“ 
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Ivaca..........................
California.................

Brazils, new.......................
Filberts......................
Walnuts, Grenoble..............

“  Marbot.....................

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@6  50 
@7 00 
@7 00 
8 00

@17
@18
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@ 6* 
@ 4*
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@18* 
@  9* 
@11* 
@15

Chill.

“ 

jj 50
Table Nuts,  fancy......................  "Ill" 
a i 3K
14 25
a i 2v!
choice......................I... I" 
Pecans, Texas, H.  P „ .......................  12* a H
Cocoanuts, full sacks.................;  ... 
@4 25
Fancy, H. P., Suns.................................  ®  5H
jg jq
Fancy, H.  P., Flags............................... 
§  6%
“  Roasted...................  
_ 
a   714
Choice, H. P.,  Extras................"H   @ 4%
“  Roasted...............  @ g*
California Walnuts.
12*

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

PEANUTS.

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C ro ck ery   & G la ssw a r e

FRUIT  JARS.
* „ —
........................................   9 6 75
00 
9 00 
2 75 
40

LAMP  BURNERS.

Pints......................... 
Quarts 
Half GiGallons........
laps......................
Rubbers...............
No. 0 Sun. 
No. 1  “  . 
No. 2  “  . 
Tubular..

LAMP CHIMNEYS.—Per bOX.

6 dos. In box.

*• 

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“ 

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..........

Pearl top.

La Bastfe. 

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

First quality.
“ 
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XXX Flint. 

No. 0 Sun................................
1  75 
................
N o.l  “  ............................... 
1  882 70
no. 2  «•  ................................ ..................
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top....................  
9
26
No. 1  “ 
........................  ............... o
2 40
No. 2  “ 
3 40
No. 0 Sun, crimp top.................................... 
2 60
2 80 
No."2  “ 
3 88
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled......................3 70
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
.................... i  ?£
...................... ..  88
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz.  ..................... ,2 5
No. 1 crimp, per doz.................I........................ }  52
..............................................  60
LAMP WICKS.
No. 0,  per  gross....................... 
.n
........... 
No. 1, 
........................  ™
no. 2, 
...................m i ; . '......................  s
............................' 
No. 3, 
Mammoth, per doz.........111.1111111’................  »
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Butter  Crocks, 1 and 6 gal....... 
muz
J u p , *  gal., per doz...................... .111111111  75
.............................m m .   90
MM* Pans, *  gal., per" doz IIIIIIIH" ."III IIII*  «5
Biased.......... II  75
•;••  ••...............   78
glazed...............   90

st o n e w a r e—a k r o n . ......................

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THE!  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

THE  LONDON  MONEY  MARKET.
The money lenders of  Lombard street, 
who have been suffering  from dull times 
ever  since  the  Baring  collapse,  nearly 
two years ago, seem at present to be  in a 
worse  plight  than  ever.  The  Bank  of 
England rate of discount remains nomin­
ally at 2 per cent, per  annum,  but in the 
open market good short bills are taken at 
1 per  cent,  and a trifle  less,  while  loans 
on call can be had  at so  small a fraction 
of 1 per cent,  that the interest overnight 
on  £10,000, or  $50,000, amounts  to  only 
about 60  cents.  For  permanent  invest­
ment the borrowing demand is also light. 
Lenders  are  glad to  get  3 per  cent,  per 
annum on good security, and  are buying 
consols,  first-class  railroad  debentures, 
and municipal loans at prices which yield 
a shade under that  rate.
□ Our  sympathy  with  this  distress  of 
British  capitalists  is,  of  course,  very 
much  mitigated  by  the  consideration 
that it happens  opportunely  to  counter­
act some of  the  evil results  of  our  own 
hazardous 
financial  policy.  The  bad 
harvests  in  Europe  last  year helped  us 
out  amazingly  in  meeting  the  demands 
of  our  foreign  creditors.  This  year, 
when  we  have  no  such  intervention  of 
Providence in our behalf,  we,  with equal 
good fortune,  have not  the same need  of 
it. 
In spite  of  the  desire  of  European 
financial  institutions  to strengthen their 
gold reserves, and  of  the  special  effort 
making  by  Austria-Hungary  to  acquire 
the means of  resuming  specie  payments 
on  a  gold  basis,  the  shipments  of  the 
metal from this country  have  ceased  for 
the present, not to be resumed, probably, 
for some months  to  come.  This is part­
ly owing to the  check  given  to importa­
tions  by 
the  quarantine  precautions 
against the cholera,  but more to the diffi­
culty of employing money abroad profita­
bly,  Indicated by the  low  rates of  inter­
est  there.

The  shrinkage  in  the volume of  trade 
in Great  Britain,  which  began  with  the 
Argentine collapse, has  been assisted by 
the financial troubles of Brazil,  following 
closely upon  those of  Argentien, by the 
bad  harvests  of  last  year,  and,  finally, 
though not to  the  extent  often asserted, 
by the operation of  the  McKinley  tariff. 
The bankruptcy of the large area of South 
America covered  by  Argentine anh Bra­
zil has naturally  diminished  the  ability 
of a numerous population to buy and pay 
for British goods.  The partial failure of 
the  crops at home  has  had  the same ef­
fect upon home consumption. 
In special 
branches  of  manufacture,  such  as  tin 
plate and other articles  of  metal, the ex­
ports  of  Great  Britain  to  this  country 
were  for a time  unfavorably affected by 
our new tariff,  though  they  are  now  re­
suming  their  former  proportions.  The 
general  result  of  all  these  causes  has 
been to reduce the total amount of British 
exports  of  home  manufactures,  during 
the  first  eight  months  of  this  year, to 
about  £150,000,000, against  £165,000,000 
during the corresponding period of  1891. 
On the  other  hand, the  British  imports 
of food for these last  eight  months have 
been  £7,000,000 greater  than  they were 
for the  first  eight  months  of  1891,  and 
those of cotton and  other  raw  materials 
about £4,000,000  less,  showing a net  in­
crease in imports of £3,000,000 and more. 
Accompanying this  shrinkage  in the im­
ports of  raw  materials  and  the  exports 
of manufactured goods an  unwillingness 
has been shown  to embark in new enter­
prises, which  has reduced the amount of

fresh capital invested  in them since Jan. 
1,  1891,  to  £170,000,000,  against  £330,- 
000,000  for  the  two  years  previous  to 
that  date.  On  the  London  Stock  Ex­
change the  dullness  of  speculation  has 
resulted in a reduction of bank clearings 
on  stock  pay  days  from  an  average  of 
£60,000,000 in  1890 to  one of  about £40,- 
000,000 since Jan.  1,  last.

The  depression  in  the  British  ship­
building 
industry  also  reflects  in  a 
marked  manner  the  depression  in  the 
general trade of  the  country.  The year 
1891 was one of great activity in the ship­
yards of  the United  Kingdom,  the total 
new  production  having  been  1,273,784 
tons against  1,271,110  tons  in  1890,  and 
1,300,933  tons  in  1889, and  the  amount 
under  construction  at  the  close  of  the 
year  having  been  793,913  tons  against 
734,010 tons at the  close  of  1890.  This 
continued large addition of new shipping 
in the face  of  a decreasing  demand  for 
it did not  fail to attract,  at the time,  the 
attention of  thoughtful observers and  to 
lead them to predict  just  what  has hap­
pened.  At  the  annual meeting  of 
the 
Associated  British  Chambers  of  Com­
merce,  its President declared that “ship­
building  was  little  more  than a remem­
brance.”  The effect in preventing its re­
vival which the cholera panic is likely to 
have,  1 need not point out.

What makes this decline in the foreign 
demand for its manufactures and of  em­
ployment for its shipping  the  more seri­
ous  to  Great  Britain, is  its  dependence 
upon the profits of the manufactures and 
of  its carrying  trade  for  the  means  of 
feeding  its  people. 
Its  net  imports  of 
articles of  food and  drink in  1891 came 
to  over  £150,000,000,  and  for  the  first 
eight months of this year their value has 
been  nearly 
£100,000,000.  Notwith­
standing a high cultivation, which makes 
the average yield of wheat  twenty-seven 
bushels to the acre,  whereas, on  our new 
and fertile land,  the average is but about 
eleven  bushels, 
the  total  harvest  of 
wheat  In  Great  Britain  and  Ireland for 
the present comparatively favorable year 
is estimated  at  only  62,154,000  bushels, 
while the requirements  for  seed and for 
consumption as food  are  put at  250,052, 
000 bushels,  leaving a deficiency  of  187,- 
898,000  bushels  to  be  supplied  by  im­
portation. 
In addition,  the country con­
sumes  annually,  beyond  its  own  pro­
duction,  about 40,000,000 bushels of  bar­
ley,  45,000,000  bushels  of  oats, and  8,- 
000,000  bushels  of  beans. 
It  also  im­
ports  some  60,000,000  bushels  of  our 
Indian  corn,  which  takes  the  place  of 
other breadstuffs,  and an  immense quan­
tity of beef, pork and  other animal food, 
the value of  which,  with that of  butter, 
cheese, eggs and similar articles, is near­
ly  £60,000,000  annually.  Nearly  a cen­
tury ago the famous Thomas  Malthus, in 
his essay on the rate of increase of popu­
lation,  predicted  this  deficiency  in  the 
British  food  supply,  and  was  violently 
denounced for doing it.  The  fulfillment 
of  his prediction has  indeed  been aided 
by causes of  which  he  took no account, 
yet his principle has proved to be sound.
I would not be understood as asserting 
that the people of Great  Britain have no 
other means of  paying  for  the  food and 
drink they  import  than  their  manufac­
tures  and  their  shipping.  On  the  con­
trary,  they  have  an  enormous  income, 
derived from their  investments  all  over 
the world, and especially in this country. 
That many hundreds of  millions of  dol­
lars’ worth of  our  railroad securities be-

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

“  The Niagara Falls Route.’*

D EPA RT.  ARRIV E
D etroit E xpress....................................... 7:00 a  m  10:00 p m
4:30  p m
Mixed  ............. ........................................ .7 :0 6 a m  
Day  E xpress...........................................1:80 p m   10:00 a m
•A tlantic A Pacific E xpress............... 1:00 p m 
6:00 a m
New Tork E xpress................................5:40 p m  10:45 p m
•D aily.
All ou ter d aily ex cep t Sunday.
S leeping  cars  run  on  A tlantic  and  Pacific  Express 
trains to  and from  Detroit.
E legant  parlor  cars  leave Grand  Rapids on Detroit 
Express a t 7 a. m ..  returning  leave  D etroit  4:45 p. m. 
arrive in  Grand  Rapids 10 p. m.

F r e d  M. Briggs, Gen'l A gent. 85 Monroe 8t.
A.  Alvquist, T icket A gent, Union  Depot.
Gko. W.  Munson, Union T icket Office. 67 Monroe St.
O. W .R ugglrs  G. P.  A   T. A gent.,C hicago.

Detroit TIME  TABLE

NOW  IN  EFFECT.

EASTWARD.

Trains Leave »No.  14 tNo.  16 tNo.  18 •No.  82
Lv.  Chicago__
Lv. Milwaukee. 
G’d  Rapids,  Lv
Ionia...........Ar
St.  Johns  ...Ar
Owosso......  Ar
E. Saginaw..Ar
Bay City......Ar
F lin t--------Ar
Pt.  Huron...Ar
Pontiac........Ar
Detroit......... Ar

7 30pm 
830pm
6 50am
7 45am
8 30am
9 05am
10 45am
11 30am 
10 05am
12 05pm
10 53am
11 50am
WESTWARD.

10 20am
11 25am
12 17pm 
1 20pm
3 45pm
4 35pm
3 45pm 
6 00pm 
305pm
4 05pm

12 05am
1 lsam
2 14am
3 05am
6 4<iam
7 15am 
5 40am 
7 30am
4 57am 
600am

3 25pm
4 27pm
5 20pm 
ö 05pm 
8  0pm 
8 45pm 
715pm 
8 50pm
8 25pm
9 25pm

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

»No. 81 tNo. 11 tNo. 13 »No.  15
10 45pm
4 05pm 
7 05am
1» 20pm 
8 35am
11 20pm 
6 30am

6  50am
1  00pm
2  10pm

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

»Dally.  tDally except Sunday.

Traius arive from the east, 6:40 a. m., 12:50 a. m., 
5:00 p. m. and 10:00 p. m.
Trains  arrive from  the west,  6:45  a  m,  10:10 
a. m., 3:15 p.m. and 11:55 p. m.
Eastward—No. 14  has  Wagner  Parlcr  Buffet 
car.  No. 18 Chair  Car.  No. 82 Wagner  Sleeper.
Westward—No.  81  Wagner  Sleeper.  No.  11 
Chair Car.  No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffetcar.
J ohn W. Loud, Traffic Manager.
B en F letcher, Trav. Pass. Agent.
J as. Cam pbell, City Ticket Agent.

23 Monroe Street.

BIRTH, KRAUSE k CO.,

JOBBERS  OF

C h i l d r e n ’s  

S h o e s
Leather and Shoe Store Supplies.

12-14  LYON  ST. 

GRAND  RAPIDS

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

JOBBERS  OF

Stated Agents for

158 &OÌ60  Fountain iSt.¿Grand  Rapids.

15

G rand  Rapid*  & In d ian a.
Schedule  in effect  Septem ber 25,1892.

TRAINS  GOING  N O RTH .

Arrive from   Leave g oin g 
North.
7:20 a m
1:10 p m
4:15 p m
10:10  p m
Train arrivin g  from   south a t  6:15 a  m  and  9:00 a m 

South. 
For Cadillac  and S aginaw ..........  6:15 a m  
For Traverse City A  Mackinaw 
9:00 a m  
For Cadillac and S aginaw ..........  160 p in 
For  P etoskey A  M ackinaw ........  8:10 p m 
From Chicago and  K alam azoo.  8:35 p  m 
daily.  O thers trains d aily excep t Sunday.

TRA INS  GOING  SO U TH .

North. 

Arrive from   Leave g oin g 
South.
7:00  a m
10:05  a m
2:00  p m
6:00  p m
11:20  p m

11:60 a  m 

For  C incinnati................................  6:30 a m 
For K alam azoo and  C h icago... 
For F ort W ayne and th e  F a s t.. 
For  C incinnati................................  5:15 p m  
For K alam azoo  &  C hicago........11  00 p m 
From Saginaw ..................................  11:60 a m
From Saginaw ..................................  11.00 p m
oth er  trains  d ally excep t Sunday.

Train  lea v in g   south  a t  ll:2 0 p .  m. runs  d aily;  all 

SLEEPING  A  PARLOR  CAR  SERVICE. 

NORTH

1:10 p  m  train  has  parlor  car  Grand 
Rapids to P etoskey and M ickinaw.
10:10 p  m   train .—Sleeping  car  Grand 
Rapids  to  P etoskey and Mackinaw.
SOUTH—7:00 am  train .—P arlor chair car Grand 
Rapids to C incinnati.
10:05 a m   train .—W agner  P arlor  Car 
Grand Rapids  to   Chicago.
6 : 0 0   p  m   t r a i n . —W agner S leeping  Car 
Grand  Rapids to C incinnati.
11;20 p m train .—W agner Sleeping Car 
Grand Rapids to Chicago.

C hicago v ia G. R. & I. R. R.

10:06 a m 
3:36 p m 

Lv Grand  Rapids 
Arr Chicago 

11  20 p  m
6:50 a m
10:05 a  m train through W agner P arlor Car.
11:80 p m train  d aily, through  W agner  Sleeping Car. 
10:10 p m
6:50  a m
10:10p  m 

3:10 p m  
Lv  Chicago 
Arr Grand R&pids 
8:35 p m 
3:10  p m   through  W agner  Parlor  Car. 
train  daily, through W ogner S leeping Car.

2 :00 p m 
9:00 p m  

7:C5am 
1:50 pm 

For M uskegon—Leave. 

Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana.
6:55  a m  
11:85  a m  
5:30  p m

10:00 a m  
4:40  p m 
9:06 p m

From Muskegon—Arrive.

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

General  Passenger and T icket Agent.

O. L. LOCKWOOD,

C H IC A G O  

SEPT- n‘ 1892-
AND  W K Sr  M ICHIGAN  K’Y.
GOING  TO  CHICAGO.

Lv.GR’D RAPIDS........ 8:50am  1:25pm »11:35pm
Ar. CHICAGO.............. 3:35pm  6:45pm  *7:05am

RETURNING  FROM  CHICAGO.

Lv. CHICAGO...............9:00»m  5:25pm »11:15pm
At.  GR’D RAPIDS.......3:55pm  10:4>pm  »7:05am
Lv Chicago.............................   9:3< lam  9:30am
TO  AND  PROM  BENTON  HARBOR,  ST  JOSEPH  AND 
INDIANAPOLIS.
Lv. G  R...........8:50amol:25pm 
..........*11:35pm
At.  G R...........*6:10am 3'55pm 
........   10:45pm
Lv. G. R ...........  8:50am  1:25pm  5:40pm  3:55pm
Ar.  G.  R ...... ...............10:45am  3:55pm  5:20pm
Lv.  G  R.....................................  7:30am  5:35pm
Ar.  Manistee  ............................It:20pm  10:24pm
Ar.  Traverse  City.....................12:35pm  10:59pm
Ar.  Charlevoix....................................... 2:55pm  ..
Ar. Petoskey  .............................   3:30pm  ...........
Ar.  from  Petoskey,  etc.,  10:00  p  m. ;  from 
Traverse City 11:50 a m, 10:00 p m.

TRAVERSE CITY,  MANISTEE  & PETOSKEY.

TO AND PROM MU8KB80N.

THROUGH  CAR  SERVICE.

pm, leave Chicago 5:25 p m.
pm;  leave  Chicago *11:15  pm.

Wagner  Parlor Cars  Leave Grand  Rapids 1:25 
Wagner Sleepers—Leave  Grand  Rapids *11:35 
Free Chair Car for Manistee 5:35 p m.
»Every day. 

tExcept Saturday.  Other trains 

week days only.

D E T R O I T , 

-SEPT »■1882
LANSING7 &  NORTHERN  R.  R.

GOING  TO  DETROIT.

Lv. G  R__7:00am  *1:25pm  5:40pm  »11:30pm
Ar. DET— 11:50am  *5:25pm  10:35pm  »7:30am 

RETURNING  FROM  DETROIT.

Lv. DETR—   7:50am »1:35pm 5:15pm  *11:00pm 
Ar. G.R......... 12:55pm  »5:25pm  10:20pm  *7:08am

TO AND FROM  SAGINAW, ALMA AND ST.  LOUIS. 

Lv. GR 7:20am 4:15pm  Ar. GR. 11:50am 10:40pm

TO LOWELL VIA LOWELL  A HASTINGS R.  R.

Lv. Grand Rapids...........7:00am  1:25pm 5:40pm
Ar. from Lowell..............12:55pm 5:25pm  ..........

THROUGH  CAR  SERVICE.

Parlor  Cars on all  day trains  between  Grand 
Rapids and  Detroit.  Wagner Sleepers on  night 
trains.  Parlor cars to Saginaw on morning train. 

»Every d a,.  Other trains  week days only.

GEO. DeHAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t.

R ailw ay.

Toledo,  A nn  A rb o r  &  N o rth   M ichigan 
In  connection  with  the  Detroit,  Lansing  & 
Northern or Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwauk  e 
. 
offers  a  route  making  the  best  time  betwe 
Grand Rapids and Toledo.
Lv. Grand Rapids at......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 at..............12:55 p. m. and 10:20 p. m.

VIA  D .,  8.  H.  A  M.

VIA D ., L. A N.

Return connections equally as good.

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

1 6

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

long to British  capitalists  is a matter  of 
notoriety,  and it  is  well understood,  be­
sides,  that  they  are  interested  in  num­
bers  of  our  mines,  manufactories,  gas 
and  water works,  land  companies,  brew 
eries  and other  enterprises,  which  yield 
them a large revenue.  How much of our 
banking  and  insurance  capital  is  fur 
nished  by them  it is  impossible  to  say 
but the amount  cannot  fail  to be impor 
tant.  What  they  have  done  here  they 
have done  on almost  as  large  a scale on 
the  continent  of  Europe,  in  Asia, 
in 
Africa,  and,  to  their  sorrow,  in  South 
America.  The  result  is  that  for  many 
years 
the  imports  into 
Great Britain have  exceeded  its  export 
by  £100,000,000,  or  §500,000,000  a  year 
According to the  views  of  a  certain  ec 
centric  school  of  economists,  the  coun 
try has become impoverished by  just the 
amount  of  this  apparently  unfavorable 
“balance of trade,”  whereas  it is merely 
the expenditure at home of  the profits of 
business  enterprises  carried  on abroad, 
and  is  as  legitimately  earned  as if  the 
capital  yielding  it  had  been 
invested
within  the  four  seas  surrounding  the 
island.

in  succession 

Mill, large as the  income  is which  the
Uritish people derive  from  their foreign 
enterprises,  their  carrying  trade,  and 
from  their loans to foreign  borrowers,  it 
is not so  large  bnt  that  a  small  reduc­
tion of  it  makes a  great  many of  them 
feel  uncomfortable.  That is  what is the 
matter  with  them  now.  The  millions 
they have sunk  in  South  America  have 
been  unproductive for the last two years, 
and  are  likely  to  remain  so  for  many 
years to come.  They have  likewise  lost 
a great deal by the reduction of dividends 
on our  Western  railroad  stocks,  and by 
the failure of  many of  oar  land and in­
dustrial  speculations  into  which 
they 
have been inveigled.  On top  of  all  this 
their income  from  their  investments  in 
the British East Indies has suffered from 
the fall in silver,  which has  reduced  the 
value  of  the  rupee  from  two  shillings 
sterling to about  sixteen  pence.  This it 
is  which  gives  to  the  cause of  bimetal- 
xsm  so  much  support in  Great  Britain, 
just as the competition of our breadstuffs 
and provisions and that of  German man­
ufactures is  reviving  there a  clamor for 
protection  under  the  new  title of  “fair 
trade.” 
It is  not  likely  that  either bi- 
metalism  or  protection  will  be  adopted 
by the nation  during  our  time,  bnt  the 
coming  into  existence  of  a  respectable 
support for  them  proves  how  much  the 
views of  the best  people  are  influenced 
by their personal  interests.  Just as our 
farmers and planters want a cheap silver 
dollar  to  make  higher  prices  for  their 
products,  and as  our manufactures  want 
protection against  foreign  rivals, so  the 
East India investor and salaried employe 
wants  his  rupees  made  more  valuable, 
and  the  British  landowner  and  manu­
facturer wants to  shut  out  foreign com­
petition.

The causes of the prevalent depression 
in  the London  market being such as they 
are,  it  is  impossible  to  predict  when  it 
will  come  to  an end.  So  far  as  I  can 
judge,  the state of things in Great Britain 
is very similar to that which  we have ex­
perienced here after the great  crashes of 
1837,  18o7 and  1873.  People  must  have 
time to recover  from  their losses and  to 
pick up  courage  for a fresh start.  This 
will come in  the course of  time,  but un­
til  it  does  come,  the  present  stagnation 
will continue. 
It is fortunate for us that

it exists just  at this  juncture,  when  our 
currency is at so dangerous a point of ex­
pansion,  and we ought to be  very thank­
ful for it. 

Ma tth ew   Marsitat.t-

T he P ecan  N ut.

Pecan nuts,  until about ten years  ago, 
were  hardly  known  except  among  the 
Indians,  who gathered them for their own 
use.  They  were  called  “Indian  nuts,” 
by which  name  they  are  still known  in 
Europe.  Outside  of  Texas  and  Indian 
territory these  nuts  are  found  only  in 
Louisana,  some parts of  Alabama  and  a 
few in Mexico.  Since the Indians disap 
peared from  Texas,  where  the  largest, 
finest  and  sweetest  of  these  nuts  are 
grown,  the pecan has become more wide­
It is entirely 
ly known  and appreciated. 
a native  of  this  country,  and  is  found 
neither in Asia,  Africa  nor  Europe. 
In 
fact,  attempts  to  transport  it  to  other 
continents have failed.  Eminent  physi­
cians  have  pronounced 
it  superior  to 
foreign nuts  in  nutritive  qualities,  and 
unlike many  varieties in not being  a hin­
drance but an aid to digestion.

PRODUCE  MARKET,

“ *¡.50 J^bbl“0* 

ppin8  cotmman<l  •* per  bbl.  Snow 
etles 8re  in  K00d d«nand
Beans—Dry stock is in small supply and active 
S e^ers  pay  «l.SOai.eo  for  unpicked

r 

Honey—14c per lb.  Very scarce.

B eeM c% ^rabn.PiCfeed "* 
Butter — Without  change. Dealers 

*** »u.
nav  in»
P  y  18e
for choice dairy and hold at 20c 
8iz?^bageS—350 an(* 450  P®1 dozen, according to
COmmands 20^ 25c
p e r d o ^ u n c h « £ ° me 
,i^ ianbf ri?®~CaPe c °ds are  coming in  freelv 
dealers.holding a t88per  bbl.  They are laree te 
size and fine in quality. 
g  n
^ s s s i X S f f s t A ^
tcM  *•
«wfSldM 20c“ p .,13 S .er- 
>*r >80
Grapes—The  crop  is so large  that prices  are
m  buyer s  favor.  Concords  go  begging  at  2c 
per  lb., while  Niagaras  and  Delawffes  are  in 
moderate  request at 3c per lb. " clawares  are  In 
m e g ? & ^ K l af '  
per crate;  nut
bushein8~ Yel!OW Danvers command 90c@8t per
/th e  c r ^ ’ToiSiw!ek PractiIeaJ1-v marks the end 
about out of market, but Smocks are in plentiful 
npp y  at  81.50  per  bu.  and  Golden  Drops  at 
about the same price 
" rops  at
Peppers—Green, 50c per bu.
Pototoes—The  market  is a little  weaker  and
^ S S A S S S lS ^   Dealers pajAOc
Tulnces—$2 per bu.
sto c ^ m g a t^ g g ^ rV n . StiU  lt>Wer’ Choice
Order  Masons  Fruit  Jars.

ine croP  tor this  year.  Late  Crawford« 

SIX   CAR  LOADS 

R eceived Monday, Oct.  3

X 

A ll orders filled same  day they are 

received.  No charge for 

case or cartage.

Pints,..........................
Q uarts.................""II."
Half gallon......... . . .".......
Rubbers......... ........III.Ill
Extra Caps and Rubbers  .

■ per gross  86 75 
7 00 
9 00
40
2 75

“ 
“ 
“ 

H. LEONARD & SONS,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

MICHIGAN

Fire & Marine Insnrance Co.

Organized  1881.

DETROIT,  MICHIGAN.

BUY  TEE  PENINSULAR
Pits,  Sliirts,  aid  (ta ils

Once and You aie our Customer 

for life.

STANTON, MOREY & C0„ Mfrs.

O KT KOI T,  MICH.

Gzo. F. Ovm, Salesman for Western  Michigan 

Residence, 50 N.  Union St, Grand Rapids.

And  will  be  Higher

#   will pay you  to order freely 
Sts our standard  brands at  once.
m

J.  P .  V IS N E R ,

o f

è

167  NORTH  IONIA  ST,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  HIGH. 

AGENT  FOR  E.  J.  GULLIES  &  CO., 

NEW  YORK.

TRADE  WINNERS

All  Goods  Manufactured  by  Us, 

Quality the Best!  Purity Guaranteed1

P U T N A M   C A N D Y   CO.

es

SOCIETIES
CLUBS
CONVENTIONS
DELEGATES
COMMITTEES

For

£argest Assortment of Ribbons 

and Trimmings in the  State.

PEflGHES! 

THE  TRADESMAN  CO.
PEACHES! 

PEflGHES!

Can Ship Them  1000 Miles
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B.  GOOSSEN

POTATOES.

a large trade.  C aV take^re of  a^UhaTcan  be'shfn1*1^ ” f°r w*ny years and hav< 
vice-sixteen years experieuce-firSt-c,a38 Sa,e:meiPPed  ^   W° *ive  the best ser 

Ship your stock to us and get full Chicago market value 
Reference—Bank of Commerce, Chicago!

W M .  H.  THOMPSON  &  CO., 

Commission  Merchants,

_______________________ 

166 So. Water St., Chicago.

B A N A N A S!

If  y o u   w a n t  la r g e   b u n c h e s  o f  th e  besi 

q u a lity ,  sen d   y o u r   o rd er  to
T H E   P U T N A M   C A N D Y   CO.

MICHIGAN  BARK  & LUMBER  CO.,

HERCULES POWDER*

Successor«  to

N.  6.  CM  & Co.

ltt  an<l  10  Widdlcomb  Building.

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

VOIGT, HERPQLSHBIMER  &  CO.,
Dry  goods, Carpets and Cloaks

WHOLESALE

W©  M ake a Specialty of  Blankets, Quilts and  Live 

Geese  Feathers.

M a c k i n a w   S h i r t s   a n d   L u m b e r m e n ’s  S o c k s .  

OVERALLS  OF  OUK  OWN  MANUFACTURE.

Voigt, HoroolBiiir k Co.,48- 

n Z Z lst-

BALL

W h o l e s a l e  
Grocers•

BARNHART

PUTMAN CO

Spring  Company,

IMPORTERS  AND  WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

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

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

assorted stock  at lowest  market  prices.

Spring &  Company.

Btamp before »blast.  I Fragments after a blast.

STR0N6EST and  SAFEST EXPLOSIVI
POW DER, FUSE, CAPS,
E l e c t r i c  M i n i n g  G o o d *

K n o w n   t o   t l a . o   A r t « .

ABB ALL TOOLS FOB STUMP BLASTING,

FOB  8ALB  BT  THE

HERCULES  POWDER  CCSMPAHY,
J .  W . W I L L A R D ,  M a n a g e r .

40 Prospect Street,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

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THE GRaAT STUMP AKD BOCK
A N N IH IL A T O R .

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Agents  for

W estern  Michigan.

WRITE  FOR  PRICES

Grader  Chests. 

Glass  Covers  for  Biscuits.

'T 'H E SE   chests  will 
soon 
A  pay for themselves  in  the 
breakage they avoid.  Price $4.

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 'UR new glass covers  are by far the 

N E W   N O V E L T I E 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  bound  to  be  one  of 

the best selling cakes we ever made.

THE  NEW  YORK  BISCUIT  CO.,
GRAND  RAPIDS.

S. A. Sears, Mgr. 

You  can  take  your  choice

Best Flat Opening Blank Books

OF  TWO  OF  THE

In the Market.  Cost no more than the Old Style Books.  Write for prices.

GRAND  RAPIDS  BOOK  BINDING  CO.,

2 9 -8 1   C an al  St., 

G rand  R a p id s,  M ich .

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H .   L e o n a r d   &   S o n s ’

Complete Lines of  Crockery, Glassware and House Furnishing 

Goods,  Store Lamps and Parlor Lamps in Every Variety.

Catalogue No.  108. 

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

Free to Merchants.

NY  MERCHANT who does not keep  a  beauti_ 
ful  variety  of  Lamp  Goods th is season  is clearly

N O T  I N

Our  prices  and  styles  as  shown  by  our  lithographic  cuts  in  actual  colors 
are  below  and  beyond  anything ever  produced  in  this  line.

Judging by  all  previous  prices  made  and  by  the  immense  sales on  lamp 
goods  last season,  the  prices  at  which  we are  placing our  beautiful  line on 
the m arket  will  result  in  a  positive shortage of  stock  at  the  factories,  there­
fore  we earnestly  suggest

Early  orders  for  your  stock:
Ask  for  our  com plete  line  of  lithographs,  and  we  will  show  you  the
finest assortment  ever  shown  by any  LAMP  HOUSE  in the  United States.

UR  “ UO WELL 99  Assortment
Choice  Embossed  Vase  Lam ps  is  a lot of  six  new  styles  w ith  a 
new  feature  in  lam ps,  show ing  the  rose  top  shade  w ith  vase to 
m atch,  both  richly  decorated  w ith  Pansies.  Early  A utum n  and  Fox  Glove 
and  Fern  decorations.  We  sell  them   com plete  with  the  heavy  brass  Solar 
B urner,  A djustable T ripod, no chim neys.  Our prices on  these will  surprise 
you  and  yield  handsom e  profits.  Price  by  the  package.

# 1.40  Each.

8 4  c   E a c h .

UR  “ / D E A L ”   ASSORTMENT
sewing  lam ps  consist of  six  lam ps,  graceful  shape and  beauti­
ful decorations.  A lthough  our  prices  are  extrem ely  low,  quali­
ty  and  w orkm anship  are  equal  to our  high  grade  assortm ents.  Price of  the 
“ Ideal”   assortm ent  w ith  burner,  shade  ring and  decorated  dome  shade  to 
m atch  the vase,  by  the  package,

H E  “ C H A L L E N G E   D U P L E X ”
A ssortm ent  consists of  a  m agnificent  reading or study  lamp  w ith 
the  pow erful  American  Duplex  B urner  giviug  a double  wick  sur­
face of  three  inches,  in  a  large,  new  style  and  desirable  shape  w ith  very 
showy decorations.  No.  29,  show ing  the  ‘•Cosmos”  decoration  in  a delicate 
blue  bisque  finish.  No.  30,  the  beautiful  "Shepherd  Scene”  in  pink  and 
gray tints.  No.  31,  the  “ La  France  Rose”   in  ivory  and  celaden  tints.  All 
w ith  the effective  Bisque  Finish  and  detachable  oil  pots.  We have  spared 
no expense to m ake  these the  best  low  priced  Duplex  Lamps on  the m arket. 
We quote by the  package,

84 cEach.  \

# 1 .6 7   Each.

UR  “ ADA”  ASSORTMENT
reading  lamps  is  a  “never  shown  before”  assortment  of  six 
lamps  with  Renaissance  dome  shades to match  the vase.  Su­
perbly decorated on an entirely  new shape.  There are no better  lamps for 
the money than this

Grand  Assortment

and  very  few  in  the country  as  good.  The  price  we  m ake  upon  it  for early 
orders,  w ith  heavy  No.  3 wide  wick,  solar  burner,  tripods and  dome shade 
is only

$1.20 Bach.

O L D E N   W E D D I N G   A s s o r t m ’t
of  beautiful  parlor  lam ps,  suitable  for  the  finest draw ing  room  or 
parlor  in  the  land,  consisting of  six  rare  and  tasteful  decorations 
on  three  graceful,  stylish  shapes,  gold  m ountings  fitted  with  the  best  and 
sim plest  Royal  Center  D raft  Burner of 75  caudle  power.

Decoration  subjects  and  color  are  “ T ru an t,”  in  monochrome;  “Country 
Roadside,”   in  Limoge;  “ O riental Cactus.”  in pink and  ivory;  “ M idsummer” 
in  iridescent  color;  “ Roman  W arri  r>”  in  light  pink;  “ H eliotrope,”  in 
white  bisque,  gold  finish.

We call  special  attention  to the SUPERIOR  QUALITY  and  w orkm an­
ship of  these  lamps.  You  can  order  w ith  the  full  assurance  th at  you  will 
obtain  the  Best  Lam p  on  the  m arket  at  very  reasonable  price.  We offer 
them   by  the  package.

$2.67 Each.

