Michigan Tradesman

Published  Weekly. 

V O L.  10.

We  now  have  a  full  line  of  Wales 
Goodyear  Rubbers,  Boots  and  Shoes, 
Alaska?,  Green  Bays,  Esquitneaux  and 
Portage Socks,  Knit and  Felt Boots.
Dealers are cordially invited to send in 
mail  orders,  to  which  we  piomise  our 
prompt and careful attention.

HEROLD-BERTSCH  SHOE  CO.

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY,  PUBLISHERS. 
G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  D E C E M B E R   28,  1892.

$1  Per  Year. 
NO .  4 8 4

T E L FE R   SPICE  COMPANY,

MANUFACTURERS  OF

S p ic e s  a n 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 a n d   G ro cers’  S u n d ries, 

l  and 3 Pearl  Street, 

GRAND  RAPIDS

MUSKEGON  BRANCH  UNITED  STATES  BAKING  CO.,

Successors  to

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

HARRY FOX,  Manager.

MUSKEGON,  MICH.

SPECIAL  ATTENTION  PA ID   TO  MAIL  ORDERS.

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.

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

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

M O S E L E Y   BRO S.,

-   W H O L E S A L E   -

FRUITS.  SEEDS.  BEANS  AND  PRODUGE.

26,28,30,32  Ottawa St.,  Grand  Rapids.

NUTS,  FIGS,

Don’t  Forgot  when  ordering

CANDY  '
THE  GREEN  SEAL  GIGflR

Special pains taken w ith frn it orders.

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

To call on or address

DATES, ETC.

Is the Most Desirable for Merchants to H andle because

IT   IS  STAPLE  AND  WILL  FIT  ANY  PURCHASER.

gend Tour W holesaler an Order.

Retails for 10 cents, 3 for 25 cents.

Black  B ass  Cigars
Gr.  F.  F A U D E ,   I O N I A ,  M IC H

NEVER  GO  BEGGING.  Made only  by

THE  NE  PLUS  ULTRA  OF  A  NICKEL  SMOKE!

DODGE
Wood  Split  Pulley.

OUR  HOLIDAY  CATALOGUE  NOW  READY.

Send  for  it!

THE  LIGHTEST!

THE  STRONGEST!

THE  BEST!
HESTER  MACHINERY  CO.,

45  So.  Div isio n  St.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

TRUNKS

MANUFACTURERS
113-115-117  Twelfth  St.,  DETROIT,  MICH.
PIONEER  HOUSE.

BEST  MADE,  BEST  SELLING  GOODS. 

LOWEST  PRICES.

LARGEST  ASSORTMENT.

Carpet  S w e e p e r s .

SMITH  i  SANFORD,  68  Monroe  St.,  Grand  Rapids.
O.  N.  RAPP  S i  CO.,
PRODUGE.
WHOLESALE 

FRUITS  AND 

9 North  Ionia St., Grand Rapids.

Mail  Orders  Receive  Prompt  Attention.

MARTIN  MAIER  &  CO.,
BAGS

V O O RH EES

Pants and  Overall  Go,,

L a n s in g ,  M ich.

Having: removed  the  machinery,  business  and good  will of  the  Ionia  Pants  and 
Overall  Co.  to Lansing,  where we one of  the finest  factories in the country,  giving 
us  four  times  the  capacity of  our former  factory at Ionia,  we are in  a position  to 
get out our  goods on time  and fill all  orders promptly.  A continuance of  the pat­
ronage of the trade is solicited.

JOBBER  Oh

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

Salt Bish

E.  D.  VOORHEES,  Manager.

Mail Orders Receive Prompt  Attention. 

See quotations in another column

CONSIGNMENTS OF  ALL  KINDS OF  POULTRY  AND  GAME  SOLICITED

STANDARD  OIL  CO.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN.

Who  urges  you  to  keep

Sapolio?

DEALERS  IK

Illuminating and Lubricating

r

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.

Office,  tlawkins Block. 

Works, Butter worth Avo

NAPTHA  AND  GASOLINES.

EMPTY  GflRBON  S  GESOLI»17  BARRELS,

HIGHEST  PRICE  PAID  FOR

MUSKEGON. 
GRAND  H AVEN,
HOWARD  CITY, 

BULK  WORKS  AT

»B A N D   R A PIDS. 
BIG  RA PIDS,

M ANISTEE,

PETOSKEY,

CADILLAC,
LITDINGTON.

It Pays  Dealers to sell  FOSFON  because  there  are but  two sizes. Five Ounces 

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

See Grocerv Price Current.BREAD

SUPPUHTS BAKING POWDER
Fosfori C h em ical Co., D etroit, M ich igan .

SOLD  BY ALL  RELIABLE  GROCERS.

Anv Jobber will be Glad to Fill Your Orders.

&

I,
Wholesale  ßroeers

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

Grand  Rapids.

BALL

Wholesale 
Grocers•

BARNHART

PUTMAN  CO.

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G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  W E D N E S D A Y ,  D E C E M B E R   28,  1892. 

NO .  4 8 4

P R O M P T . 

C O N S E R V A T IV E . 

S A F E .
T. Stew art White, Pres’t. 

W, F red McBain, Sec’y._________________

Our Fancy Goods Trade

H as  been  larger  than  ever  before in 

the history of  oar house.

Come in and see our samples of

Sll)ilni8,

Comi)  and Brush  Sets, 
Dolls,  Books,  Etc.
CO.
EATON,  LYON 

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

Manufacturer’s Agent and Jobber of

Brooms,  Washboards,  Wooden
Indurated  Pails  i Tubs,

AND

Wooden  Bowls,  Clothespins  and  Rolling 

P in .,  Step  Ladders,  W ashing  Ma­

chines, M arket, Bushel and De­

livery Baa' ets,  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.
BDY  THE  PENINSULAR
Pants,  Shirts,  and  Overalls

Once and Yon aie our Customer 

for life.

STANTON, MOREY & CO„ Mtrs.

DETROIT,  MICH.

Geo. F. Owen, Salesman for Western  Michigan, 

Residence. 69 N.  Union St., Grand  Rapids.

“ Zb©  K ent.”
H AVING  conducted  the  above  named  hotel 
two  months  on  the  European  plan,  and 
come to the conclusion  that we can  better serve 
our  patrons by conducting same on  the  Ameri 
can  plan. we take  pleasure in announcing  that 
our  rates will  hereafter be  $2  per day.  As  the 
hotel  is  new  and  handsomely  furnished, with 
Bteam  heat and  electric  bells, we are  confident 
we are  In a position to give the  traveling public 
satisfactory  service.
Remember the location, opposite Union Depot. 
Free baggage transfer from union  depot.

BEACH  1  BOOTH,  Props.

The Bradstreet Mercantile Apcy.
Executive Offices, 279,281,283  Broadway, N.Y

The B r a d  street  Company, Props.

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  Bldg.

HENRY  ROYCE,  Supt.

FARLOW BROV^BLANK BOOKS!
LT hË  PH I LA. PAT. FIAT OPENING BACK1 
I   StNP ro"PRICES GRAND  RAPIDS.MICH.

COMMERCIAL  CREDIT  CO.

Union Credit Co.

Successor  to  Cooper  Commercial  Agency  and 
Commercial  reports  and  current  collections 
receive  prompt  and  careful  attention.  Yonr 
patronage respectfully solicited.
Telephones 166 and 1030. 
Office, 65 Monroe St. 
L.  J.  STEVENSON, 
C.  A.  CUMINGS,
__________

C.  E.  BLOCK. 

Daisy  Brand.

Solid  Brand Cans.

f  25 
20 
18
.  1  10
*  23 
14
. 
16 
.  1  00
5*
6
.  6 y,
. 61i 
*1  50 
.  3 50

O Y S T B R S .
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Standards...............................................
Standards in bulk...................................
Selects....................................................
Favorites......   ........................................
Standards................................................
Standards  in b u lk ................................
Mince  Meat— Best in  Use.
Large  bbls............................................ .
Mi bbls................................................... .
401b  pails...............................................
20 lb pails................................................
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10 lb  “ 
2 lb cans, usual  weight, per  doz.........
51b  “ 
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Choice Dairy Butter...................................   19
Fresh E ggs......... ......................................  21
Pure Sweet Cider in bbls............................   15
“  Vinegar.........................  10
Choice Messina  Lemons.......................4 00@4 50
Fancy Florida Oranges.  ......................3  G0@3 50
Choice Lemons. 300 and 360 ....................... 5 50
New Pickles in bbls, 1200 ..........................  6 50
half bbls, 800........................ 3 75
Peach preserves, 20 lb. pails................... 
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Prop  Talley City  Cold  Storage,

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215-217  Livingston St., Brand  Rapids.
PER  BOOK 
4 0 ^ —
100  LEAVES
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(fortracing delayed Freiqht Shipments) 
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paj  Manifold
J  TELEGRAMS
‘We st er n  U^ioN”oR“Po‘STAC L in e s

or  will  Send  'Samples. 

Sent Prepaid  for  above  Price, 
BARLOW BROS..GRAND RAPIDS.MICH.
i. J. SHKLLMAS, Scientific Optician, (5 Monroe Street.

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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.
e s t a b l i s h e d   1841.

THE MERCANTILE  AGENCY

R. G. D u n   &  Co.

Reference Books issued  quarterly.  Collections 

attended to throughout United States 

and Canada

MISDIRECTED.

A Ruined Life the Result.

W r itte n  f o r  T h e   T r a d e s m a n .

“Be what nature intended you for, and 
you  will  succeed;  be anything  else,  and 
you  will  be  ten  thousand  times worse 
than nothing.”

The above words of Sydney Smith were 
brought  quite  forcibly  to  my mind  not 
long ago.  1  was in one  of  the  hustling 
Western cities of  our republic, and,  hav­
ing  accomplished  the object of  my visit, 
1 found myself with an evening of leisure 
at  my disposal.  Being a stranger  in the 
city,  1 resolved to remain  at my hotel and 
give  the  rein  to  my  favorite  old  pass­
time, that of  taking  notes  in the  obser­
vation  of  human  life  and  its  infinite
variety of  phases.  Did  you  ever  sit  in 
the window of  a hotel office  in a strange 
city  and  think of  the dear  little  tots at 
home,  while  you  watched  the  counter 
currents  in  the  restless  stream  of  hu­
manity as it went  jostling,  swirling  and 
rushing by?  Wonderful panorama!  One 
brief  glimpse  of  each  face,  then  gone 
forever!  But,  brief  as  it  is,  each  face 
tells  its  story,  and  leaves an impress  on 
the mind of  the thinker. 
In these facial 
expressions one  may read  cool  defiance, 
self-sufficiency,  despair,  determination, 
parity,  timidity,  nervous imbecility,  va­
cancy,  self-condemnation,  dissipation, 
pain,  hunger,  want, etc.,  or  the opposite 
of  these  characteristics,  and  one  won­
ders if  he  has  caught  a  glimpse  of  the 
future  faces of  the  little  tots  at  home, 
after  they shall  have  gone oat  from the 
home nest  to  battle with the stern  reali­
ties of  life.  One  has, no  doubt, caught 
such  a  glimpse,  but  which?  Ah,  thank 
God  that  is  for  time  alone  to  reveal. 
And so we dismiss  the  subject from  the 
mind and wander over to the cigar stand, 
where we deliberately and  ruthlessly de­
stroy  all  the good  impressions  made by 
our  sentimental  reverie,  by  telling  the 
clerk  a  wicked  story  which  he  has  al­
ready  heard  nine  hundred  and  ninety- 
nine times.

In my case, on the occasion mentioned, 
after  the clerk  had  humbly  begged  my 
pardon,  with  tears  in  his  eyes,  for  not 
being able to smile at  my simple  story,  1 
lighted a cigar  and  proceeded to take  an 
inventory of  the  occupants of  the  office. 
The  irrepressible  drummer  came  and 
went  with the  arrival  and  departure of 
every  ’bus,  and  the  incomers,  after  in­
scribing  their  autographs,  immediately 
went  out  into  the  city  to  shake  bands 
with 
their  old  customers,  or  disap­
peared  up  the  elevator  with a bell-boy 
and pitcher of  ice water,  after  holding a 
short consultation  with the  clerk.  The 
drummer  is  never  idle.  He  is  never 
caught  sitting in  a dumb  doze  in  a hotel 
office.  He  comes  and  goes at all  times 
of  the  day  and  night  and  never  com­
plains.  He  reads the  morning  paper in 
the dining  room while the  cook is trying 
to  build a  fire  with  which  to  cook  his 
breakfast, and  he  picks his  teeth in the 
smoking  car  while  en route  to  the next 
town.  But  why it is that  he  disappears 
up  the  elevator with  the  always accom­
panying  pitcher of  ice  water so early in

the  evening,  or  remains  out  for  four 
hours  after  his customers  have all  gone 
to  bed, is  a question  irrelevant  to  this 
subject. 
It  may be that  his  early  retir­
ing  is  the  result of  a desire  to  take ad­
vantage of  opportunity  and  steal  away 
to his own room and  read a few chapters 
in  the little  testament which  his  mother 
or his wife pat into his grip the last time 
he was  home;  but  his  late  hours,  prob­
ably,  will never be accounted for.

Every hotel lobby has its regular quota 
of loungers  who also come and go.  The 
lounger,  however,  takes a seat  and  fixes 
his  gaze on  some  imaginary object  and 
looks  awfully  and  mournfully  wise— 
unless  some  fellow  lounger  asks  him  to 
take a drink or works  him  up  into a po­
litical squabble,  and then what he knows 
would  not  be  enough  to  strain  the  in­
telligence of a lamp-post.

My  attention  was  called  to a middle- 
aged  man who  sat apart  from the others 
and who  appeared  to  be a stranger.  He 
was  neatiy  but  plainly  attired,  and  his 
general appearance indicated that he was 
no chronic hotel lounger, whether he was 
a  stranger in the  city or not. 
I have al­
ways given  myself  credit for  possessing 
a  kind  of  “sizing  up  faculty” that  en­
ables  me, nine  times out of  ten,  to place 
a  stranger  where  he  belongs,  but  here 
was a case  which  completely baffled  me. 
The  more I studied  the  man,  the  more 
I was  at a loss  to  decipher him.  Not a 
move was  made that  escaped the  sharp, 
quick, nervous glance of his eye,  and not 
a word  was  spoken  but  that  his  move­
ments  indicated  that  he  heard  it;  and 
yet  he  seemed to be  perfectly  oblivions 
to his  surroundings  and  not in the  least 
concerned with anything that transpired. 
There  was  a  sorrowful,  careworn  ex­
pression on his  face,  and  even the quick 
glance of  his eye  had a peculiar tinge of 
sadness in  it.  My curiosity was aroused 
and it had  to be  satisfied. 
I  crossed the 
room  and,  seating  myself  beside  him, 
made  some  casual  remark  about  the 
weather.  Before  this  mysterious  per­
sonage  completed  his  version  of  the 
weather,  the  sad  expression had  disap­
peared from  his  thin  and  prematurely- 
furrowed  face,  the nervous,  hungry look 
in  his  eyes  had  changed  into  a sparkle 
of  good  humor,  and  I  had  discovered a 
most  agreeable  companion  in  disguise. 
We  conversed  on  the  social,  political, 
moral and religious topics of the day and 
I  found  my comrade  more  than a match 
for  me.  He was  open,  frank and  confi­
dential;  yet I failed to ascertain his busi­
ness, while he had drawn me out without 
the least apparent effort on his part.  At 
last,  I gave  up,  beaten  at my own  game, 
and put the question direct:

“ What business  or  profession  do  you 

represent?”

1  shall  never  forget the expression of 
pain that crossed  his  face as he assumed 
the  old 
look  and  nervously  glanced 
around  him as though  afraid  that others 
might hear his answer to my question.

“Oh—at  present—I  am  writing  some 

for the  Bungtown Bugle.”

After replying  to  my question,  he  re­
lapsed into silence  and  gazed  ont of  the

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,

window with the old  hungry look.  1 was 
more nonplused than  ever. 
It could  not 
be possible that my logical  reasoner and 
versatile  conversationalist of  a  moment 
before was devoting his time, energy and 
talents in  scribbling cheap dribble for  a 
-little  back-alley  unknown  sheet;  and  I 
began to suspect  that  he  must  be  some 
sort of a private detective of high degree. 
So,  to  put my suspicions to  a still further 
test, I ventured the  remark:

“As your city  has  taken on  a wonder­
ful  growth  during  the  past  few  years, 
and  as  its  real  estate  has  rapidly  ad­
vanced in value, I suppose you have been 
reaping a share of  the harvest?”

“No,” said my  friend  in a bitter tone, 
“I did  some  sowing,  but  I  was not per­
mitted to participate in the  reaping. 
In 
fact,”  the  tone  became  more  bitter  and 
the scowl  deepened  on  his  forehead,  “I 
even lost the seed I had sown.”

Divining  my  look  of 

surprise,  he 
hitched  his  chair  around  so  as  to  face 
me,  and  then  in  a  low  tone,  with one 
hand resting  on  my  knee  and  with  his 
clear  dark  eyes  looking  steadily  into 
mine,  he  repeated  the  quotation  which 
stands at the head of this paper, and  then 
made the following statement:

“I am a living  example  of  the  truth­
fulness  of  that  quotation.  Never were 
truer words uttered by mortal man.  You 
say  that  you  live  in  Oberlin,  that  you 
were bom  and reared there,  and that all 
the  associations  of  youth  are  centered 
there;  and yet,  although I  never saw the 
place,  I doubt very  much  if  the mention 
of that name stirs  you  with  emotions as 
intensely as it does  me.  From  the  time 
when  my  youthful  soul  first  began 
to 
swell with  aspirations  to  be  and to  do, 
my mind  was fixed  on  the study  of  the 
law. 
I was left  without a mother  when 
but  six  months  old,  and  was  carried 
away by  an  uncle  and  adopted  into  his 
new home  in the  forest.  The  tall  pine 
trees  disappeared  as  I  grew  up  into a 
stripling,  with  an  intense  aversion  for 
farm life and a passionate love for books. 
My  uncle was of  the old  school,  bitterly 
opposed to “book  lamin’, ” and  was de­
termined to bend  everything  to  his  will 
and the  advancement of  his personal in­
terests,  regardless  of  consequences. 
I 
inherited a nervous temperament and was 
very impulsive  and  extremely  sensitive 
and  emotional. 
I  led  all  my classes  in 
the  little  country  school  and  generally 
carried  a  book 
under  my 
“ smock”  while engaged  in my  labors  on 
the farm. 
I bad a  cousin about my  own 
age whose father resolved  to send  him  to 
Oberlin College for a literary course pre­
paratory  to 
law 
course;  and I,  being filled to overflowing 
with the  same  desire,  begged  my  uncle 
to permit me to  accompany him.  But  it 
was no  use;  scheme after scheme was de­
vised and threats  and promises  were  in­
dulged in to beat  back  and  kill  the  de­
mands and promptings of  my  innermost 
being, until, at last,  my high-strung,  sen­
sitive nature succumbed to the strain put 
upon  it,  and 1 became  reconciled  to the 
inevitable.  The  effect  of  this  cruel, 
crushing blow  to  my  soul’s  aspirations, 
on  the  very  threshold  of  my  manhood, 
has followed me all through  life. 
It has 
put a blight upon all  my best endeavors.
It broke my heart just at a  time when  it 
was reaching out for  life,  and  it left  me 
a wreck on the great ocean of life, chart- 
less  and 
rudderless.  My  proud,  sen­
sitive  young  nature  was  broken,  sub­
dued, cowed;  and,  when I went  out into

taking  a  university 

secreted 

the world  to  take  my  chances  with  the 
mighty  struggling  multitude,  armless, 
aimless  and  purposeless,  with  a  forced 
training  in  that  only  which  I  detested 
and loathed, ft  was  to drift with the cur­
rent 
I have  tried  many kinds  of  busi­
ness in  many  different places.  My des­
tiny is to  drift,  drift,  ever  drift,  and  a 
divinity seems to frown  on  my  best  en­
deavors. 
I  think it is the  ghost of  shat­
tered  hopes, and  that  it  will  keep  me 
drifting  until  I  drift  into  the  haven  of 
rest.”

Without  another  word  he  arose,  bade 
me an  adieu  and  hastily  went  out into 
the  night.

Was it a  peculiar  case  of insanity,  or 
was  it  a  case  of  broken-heartedness 
caused  by  a  collision  between  two  na­
tures—the  one coarse, brutal and power­
ful, the  other  sensitive,  refined  and  of 
delicate  fiber? 
I  had  heard  of  cases 
where the spirit and will of  high-keyed, 
delicate organisms had  been broken  and 
crushed in youth so completely that they 
were never, in after life,  able  to reassert 
themselves;  and I came to the conclusion 
that this was a similar case. 
It is not an 
easy  matter,  as  a general  thing, to  dis­
cover  for  what  Young  America  is  es­
pecially  adapted.  He  is ready for  any­
thing that  may  turn up  and feels about 
as much  at  home in one  place  as in  an­
other, vrovirtinu  it  pays.  There  are ex­
ceptions,  however,  to  this  general  rule. 
Sometimes  nature  presents  even a Yan­
kee  organism  with  a singleness  of pur­
pose,  and  crowns  it  with  the  requisite 
talents, and endows it with the necessary 
attributes  for 
the  accomplishment  of 
that one  purpose;  and, should  some  cir­
cumstance 
intervene  to  thwart  nature 
in her design,  the condition of  that  per­
son  becomes, 
thousand 
times worse than nothing.”

indeed,  “ten 

In conclusion,  permit  me  to allude to 
the fact that the festal season is at hand. 
The Christmas bells are  once  more peal­
ing  out  “Peace  on  earth,  good  will  to 
men.”  The frosty air is rife with friend­
ly greetings,  and dear  ones,  long absent, 
clasp  the  hands  of  dear  ones  at  home. 
Christmas bells!  What a magic sound in 
those  words!  What  an  inspiration  to 
memory!  How they recall the dead  and 
silent Past,  and  what a flood  of recollec­
tions  goes  rushing  through  the  mind— 
the  old  “ Yuletid9”  backlog,  the  plum 
pudding,  the  dear  old  stocking  stuffing 
tricks  of  that  jolly,  shaggy  old  god  of 
childhood,  banta  Claus;  the  sports  and 
games,  the anticipations and  aspirations 
of vigorous  youth,  the ever changing re­
unions  of  middle  life  with  their  new 
faces and vacant  chairs.  At the  family 
reunion,  while  good  cheer  prompts  the 
heart  to  good  intentions  and  good  re­
solves,  what  more  opportune  time  to 
carefully consider the  talents,  tastes and 
inclinations of  the  younger members  of 
the family,  with the view of ascertaining 
what part in  the great drama of  life na­
ture  has  assigned  them.  An  effort  of 
this kind,  inspired  with  a sincere  desire 
to help those  for whose  well-being  par­
ents and guardians  are  largely responsi­
ble,  would  avoid  many  a shipwreck  on 
the  shores  of  time  and  secure  to  the 
world the  benefits  and  blessings  nature 
had intended. 

Ob ser v er.

The  Commercial  Credit  Co.  employs 
only competent  and  experienced  collec­
tors and can always  be found at 65 Mon­
roe SL,  when  you  want a  report  or  set­
tlement. 

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WOMEN IN BUSINESS LIFE.

The mark of distinction made between 
man’s  and  woman’s work is rapidly dis­
appearing.  The  main factor  that is  re­
sponsible  for  the  present  condition  is 
that woman has  risen  to a realization of 
the fact  that  no  man  has a right  to pro­
scribe what her work shall be,  aud is dis­
regarding  man-made  restrictions,  and 
both asserting and  proving  her  right  to 
choose  and  do  the  kind  of  work  for 
which she feels best adapted,  aud in  the 
proportion that  she  shows her  ability in 
her chosen work, will the way be further 
opened,  both  for  herself  and  her strug 
gling  sisters.

There  is  a  beautiful  and  touching 
story written by Olive  Schreiner  depict' 
ing a woman lying bound  upon the sand 
with a man standing beside her,  he being 
powerless  to  help  her rise  without  her 
also* making  an  effort  to  do  so.  The 
same thought may  be  applied  to the  re 
lation of man and  woman  to-day.  Until 
the woman shows  the desire  and  ability 
to  help  herself,  man  will  not  extend  a 
helping hand.

When a woman  enters a forbidden and 
untried field, she should  aim  not only to 
equal but  excel  the work of  man in  the 
same field, thus  proving  her  ability and 
right to the vocation  chosen.  There  are 
various kinds  of  work to  which  woman 
seems  peculiarly  adapted;  in  medicine 
her sympathy and nursing  ability  would 
be especially valuable,  as would  her  in­
tuition  in  law,  her  spirituality  in  the 
ministry, her taste and  skill as  an artist, 
decorator and designer.

In 

Bear  in  mind  that  by  being  an  un­
skilled  worker you not only  injure  your 
<>wn prospects,  but  the cause  in general 
of all women.

investigating  the  condition  and 
wages of  factory  women  in the  East,  it 
was  found  that  while  women  received 
lower wages than  men,  their  work  was 
not  the  same,  but  that  which  required 
less ability, strength or skill.

If you  desire men to make  no  distinc­
tion  between  you  and  themselves  in 
business, you  must  expect  to  stand  on 
the  same  footing  as  they,  not  ask  for 
mercy,  but  simply  justice;  ask  to  be 
only  considered  as  a  human, not  as  a 
woman.  Expect  no  favors,  no  exemp­
tions on account  of  your  sex.  Be  inde­
pendent,  self-reliant  and  business-like; 
feel that as far as manly qualities go you 
are as much a man  as they,  and as far as 
womanly qualities go they ought to be as 
much a woman as yourself.

So ph ia N. Red d in J en k in s.

Timely Hints for Travelers.

From the Sample  Case.

A successful traveling man  must have 
perseverance,  patience  and,  above  all 
things, tact.  Without  them he might as 
well give up first as last.
Traveling  men  must  conform  to  the 
highest rules of  integrity,  gentility  and 
fair dealing if they wish to be successful. 
The fast type of traveling men is passing 
rapidly away and  a few  more  years  will 
make him invisible on  the road or in the 
house.
The representative  traveling salesman 
of to-day reflects all  the higher  qualities 
of the true  gentleman.  He  is quiet and 
modest  in  his  manner  and  dress,  and 
does not depend  upon  the  auxiliaries of 
whisky,  wine,  beer  and  tobacco  to  dis­
pose of  his  goods;  but, rather,  upon  his 
personality and those rare business qual­
ifications which  are  essential  to  success 
in his profession.

Eaton Rapids—Gillette  &  Miller have 
removed  their hardware stock  from Bat­
tle Creek to this place.

A SPH A LT

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, barns, sheds, etc.;  will 
not rot  or pull  loose, and  when  painted  with 

ourFIRE-PROOF ROOF PAINT,
il. M. REYNOLDS & SON,

Will last longer than  shingles.  Write the un­
dersigned  for  prices  and  circulars, relative  to 
Roofing  and  for  samples  of  Building  Papers,
etc.

Practical  Roofers,

Ok. Lóala and Campan Sts.,  Grand Sapida, Mioh.

Send in your orders for
M A S K S

to the

New  Yori  Baby  Carriap  Co.,

47, 49,  51,  53  Canal 8t.

Best Assortment and  Lowest Prices,

TÏPE  FOR  SALE.

„ 

One  hundred  pounds  of  this non­
pareil.  Extra  caps, leaders, figures and frac­
tions  included.  Will  sell  the  entire  lot  for 
{Ü0.

Fifty pounds  of  this  brevier, containing 
double allowance of caps but no small caps. 
Will sell  font  and one  pair  cases  for  ten 
dollars.

Eight hundred pounds of the brevier type 
now used  on  the “Tradesman.”  It  is  of 
Barnhart  Bros.  & Spindler  make  and  has 
been  in  partial  use  for  only  four  years. 
Will  sell  entire font  for 18c  per  pound, or 
50 pound fonts  or  upwards at 20 cents  per 
pound.  Gases, a dollar per pair.
W . also  have a choice assortment of second 
advertising  type, proof  sheets

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or which will be forwarded on application.
THE  TRADESMAN  OO,

GRAND  RAPIDS. MICH,

T H K   M i o m a - A j s r   t r a d e s m a n

Then After Effect on Trade.

Written for Th* Tradesman.

V J. ^ing the month of January. 

In using  the term  “holiday  goods,”  I 
t  mean all goods  and wares  placed on  the 
'■ ^market especially for  the  holiday trade. 
This class of merchandise appears in the 
store windows and  show cases  and upon 
the  counters  of  our  merchants  in  the 
month of  December  and disappears dur- 
It appears to 
the  greatest  advantage  and  makes  the 
y ^ y m o s t  tempting  display  about  one week 
before Christmas.  At  this  time, an  ob- 
I 
Servant stranger from some other planet, 
^ ~  
who had  never heard of  Christmas  time 
* u
and the hallowed  associations connected 
a  with it,  would  conclude,  after  a ramble 
Y  about our streets, that the inhabitants of 
,. £  earth  were  the  most  extravagant  and 
if 
b  —V~*«ur strange visitor were to take a look at 
our homes and acquaint himself with  the 
conditions of  our  human  life,  and learn 
the fact that the most of  us  were uuable 
  comply  with  those  conditions,  his 
wonderment would  be  increased,  and  to

f  most  foolish  of  all  created  beings, 

* 
t o

r

i his former verdict of “extravagance”  and 

■»- „“ foolishness”  he  would  be  inclined  to 
add  “ idiocy.”  During  this  week  pre- 
A»*  ceding  Christmas,  utility  and  necessity 
are put out of  sight,  and  costly  trinkets 
J 
and useless trumpery are  spread  out be- 
fore  us  at  every  turn. 
If  we were  all 
utilitarians, or if a love for the beautiful, 
| 
t 
ox  a philanthropic  desire  to  assist  the 
<  merchants  in  unloading  were  the  only 
_ i_   incentive  to  purchase  these  gewgaws, 
they  would never be manufactured.  But 
there is  an  incentive  to  purchase  these 
things ingrafted  in  the  heart  of  every 
denizen of every Christian land, that can­
not be  resisted.  So strong is this incen­
tive  that  the  regular  legitimate  retail 
i
A- ^*rade of the country is nearly  suspended 
for a few  days,  and  an  additional  tem- 
„  porary force is  made  necessary in many 
of our city  stores,  in  order  to meet this 
demand for holiday goods.

i  

V" *  

Step  into  one of  our  city  bazaars on 
Christmas  eve  and  look  around  you. 
You will see  a crowd of  customers com­
posed of every shade and degree of social 
standing from  the  hod  carrier  who has 
selected  a  jumping  jack,  a  tin  whistle 
<  A  jt and  a  rubber  ball,  all  the  way  to  the 
wife of  the  banker  who  has  purchased 
! —  Dresden  china  and  silver  and  gold ga­

j 
{ 

, 

lore.

I 

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v_ 

„  great  movement 

Why this unusual rush of trade?  Why
this  feverish  impatience?  What  mys­
terious influence is at the bottom of  this 
impelling  men  and 
women to disgorge their scanty  earnings 
_  r —  for these trifling trinkets when  they lack 
the common necessities of life?  Why do 
*"  ~t'r  'th ey   linger  in  their  eagerness  to  pur­
chase these  things  until  the hour is un­
usually  late?  Why?  Ah,  to-morrow  is 
a  Christmas!  They  were  once  innocent 
little heathen,  firm  believers  in the big- 
,  hearted, generous  old  god, Santa  Claus, 
and now they have dear  little heathen of 
•* their own.  And  then, somehow,  the  vi­
brations of the church bells on the frosty 
air at this time  of  the  year  revivify  our 
better  natures  by  reminding  us of  the 
birth  of  Him  who  said  “It  is  more 

t  blessed to give than to  receive.”

[ 

But what kind and how  much of these 
^ holiday  goods  shall  I  purchase  for  my 
trade? are questions which annually con- 
front the  retailer.  This  difficult task  is 
not confined  to  the  bazaar  and  novelty 
dealers—it enters  into  the  management 
of every  retail  business  to a greater  or

lesser  extent.  Every  retailer  of  mer­
chandise is expected to add something to 
his stock  to  meet  this  holiday  demand; 
and the larger portion of this something, 
if not sold at  this time,  will  have  to  be 
carried over  to  the  next  holiday season 
when,  perchance, it may be worked off at 
some  price.  This holiday  contingent is 
a  very unsatisfactory element  in a retail 
business. 
In selecting  holiday gifts, the 
public  demands  something  novel  and 
unique, and  the  retailer  is  thus  placed 
at a  great  disadvantage.  He  may  have 
a few  novelties  which  “go  off  like  hot 
cakes,” as the saying is,  but he  dare not 
duplicate them next year,  for  the public 
will expect something new;  and so,  from 
year to year,  he is compelled  to  run this 
department of his business experimental­
ly, buying at a venture and  relying upon 
a capricious public, a fickle  climate  and 
a mysterious Providence for success.

The margin of  profit on holiday  goods 
is a good one,  and it should  be;  but it  is 
doubtful if  any  retailer, outside  of  the 
regular  bazaar  and  novelty  store,  ever 
realized  margin  enough  on 
the  actual 
sales of  purely holiday goods  to balance 
the loss on the unsold portion.

determination 
to  replenish  his  empty 
pocketbook  by practicing rigid economy, 
the  merchant gathers  up the remains of 
his holiday  stock  and  puts  them  away 
out of sight.

The  spirit  of  emulation  has much to 
do in magnifying  the  difficulties  in  the 
management of these holiday goods.  An 
attractive  window  display of  Christmas 
notions is a good advertisement,  not only 
for the goods  displayed, but also for the 
general  business.  This holiday window 
decorating  has  become  an  art, and  the 
window displays  made  by our city  mer­
chants  have  reached  such  a  degree  of 
artistic merit that the public has come to 
look  upon  them  with  wonder  and  de­
light.  Hundreds of  people come to town 
during  the  week  preceding  Christmas 
more  to  witness  the  window  displays 
of holiday goods  than for any other pur­
pose.  This  appreciation  of  a  critical 
public  engenders  a  spirit  of  rivalry 
among the  merchants,  and  so each tries 
to out-do the  other, not  only  in  artistic 
design,  but in extent and variety as well; 
and this  tends to additional expense and 
an overstocking of holiday goods.

During several years’ experience in the 
boot and shoe business,  the writer never 
succeeded in  making any  money on holi­
day goods, although  confined  almost ex­
clusively to as  useful  an  article,  appar­
ently,  as a pair of slippers.  But holiday 
slippers,  like  holiday  everything  else, 
are made  to  be  sold to  a  retailer, then 
purchased  at  a  fancy  price  by a gener­
ous somebody  and  presented  to  another 
somebody as  a Christmas  gift.  But  the 
trouble was  that the generous somebody 
very seldom knew just what size the oth­
er  somebody  wore,  and  so, 
sometime 
along  in  January,  those elegant,  high- 
priced slippers were  quite  apt  to be  re­
turned for a different  size,  and,  if the re­
quired size  was  not  in  stock,  then  that 
fancy price  would  have to be  returned, 
as they  were sold  subject  to  that priv­
ilege—indeed,  they  could  not  be  sold 
otherwise.  Whoever saw a genuine hol­
iday slipper that would  fit  the foot of  a 
civilized human  being,  anyway? 
If  the 
donator would bring  the  donatee to  the 
store  to  try  them  on,  he  would see  a* 
once  that  no  one  on  earth  could wear 
them,  and,  consequently,  the  merchant 
would  be  spared  the  little  unpleasant­
ness of buying them a second time—at an 
advance of  100 per cent.  Any man who 
wishes to  purchase a pair of  slippers to 
wear,  and who  has had some  experience 
in a shoe store,  will  never  buy  the holi­
day variety.  He knows that they are in­
tended  only  for  Christmas  gifts  and 
everybody ought to know  that Christmas 
gifts should  never  be vulgarized  by be­
ing turned to any practical use.

As a country grocer,  the  same difficul­
ty  was  experienced.  The  unsold  por­
tion,  one year with  another, exceeded in 
value the profits realized  on  the  portion 
sold. 
In the  confectionery line the spe­
cial  Christmas  goods  were  positively 
worthless if not sold during the holidays. 
If the  so-called Christmas  “candy”  toys 
were  made  of  candy  instead  of  some 
vile,  worthless  composition,  the  unsold 
portion might be disposed of.

There seems to be a disposition  on the 
part of  everybody  to take  advantage  of 
everybody  at  Christmas 
time,  when 
everybody is generous and tender and off 
his  guard.  No  wonder  that,  after  the 
New  Year is  christened  and  everybody 
gets down to stern business  again with a

Two evils result from this condition of 
things, one  of which  affects  the  dealer 
and the other  affects the general public. 
The former, prompted by a desire to out­
shine his  competitors, quite  often  over­
loads himself with this stuff, thereby en­
tailing a considerable  loss  which  reacts 
injuriously upon his regular business, by 
converting more or  less  of  his  working 
capital  into  dead  stock.  The  general 
public, on  the other  hand,  falls into the 
temptation,  which is so  profusely and so i 
alluringly spread out before it,  to squan­
der  more  money  than  is  necessary  for 
such useless things, and much more than 
they  can  really  afford. 
It  is  all  very 
well  for 
the  wealthy  to  spend  their 
money lavishly  for these  things.  These 
novelties,  many  of  which  are  gems  of 
art,  represent  a  vast  industry  which 
furnishes  the  means  of  livelihood  to 
thousands  of  human  toilers,  and,  if  the 
fruits of  their labor  did not  find a mar­
ket, they would be driven into other fields 
which  are  already  overcrowded.  When 
the wealthy spend  their  money freely in 
this  way,  they  not  only  gladden  the 
hearts  of  all  who  are  remembered  by 
them,  but  they  are  helping  to  turn the 
great drivewheel of  industry  which  has 
made  this  nation  foremost  among  the 
nations  of  the  earth.  Oh, no,  no  evil 
ever resulted from the over-generosity of 
the wealthy;  but the masses are strongly 
tempted, and  they do yield to this temp­
tation,  and  they do  injure  themselves, 
and sometimes they injure their  creditor 
neighbors,  by  squandering  their  scanty 
means in  buying trash  that does not add 
one jot or tittle to their  worldly comfort 
or well-being.  This is the second evil.
I 
Is there  a  remedy  for  these  evils? 
don’t know. 
It  is  the  writer’s  special 
fort to find fault with everything on gen­
eral principles aud cry  “wolf,” and some­
body else must find out whether there  is 
a wolf prowling around,  and,  if so,  how 
to dispose of him. 

E.  A. Owen.

The  Jolly  Limburger.

From the Erie, Pa., Globe.
Matthew Byerly, of Le Boef  township, 
a German, forty-five years or over, has the 
only  limburger  cheese  factory  in  this 
part of the State.  He makes  every  year 
25,000 pounds of cheese and finds a  mar­
ket for it all in  Erie.  He  ships  weekly 
five or  six hundred  pounds to the city  in 
one to three pound packages,  wrapped in 
tin foil,  which sell  at  13 cents  a  pound 
and  the  people  of  this  German  town 
smack their lips over  the strong smelling 
stuff.

8

Unlike me Dutch Process 

—  OR —

No  Alkalies
Other  Chemicals
. Baker &Co.’s
Breakfast  Cocoa,

a re  used  in   the 
p re p a ra tio n  o f

w hich  is  absolutely p u re  

a n d  soluble.

A d escrip tio n   of  th e   chocolate 
p la n t,  an d   of  th e  v ario u s  cocoa 
an d  chocolate p re p a ra tio n s m an­
u factu red  by W alter B ak er & Co. 
will be s e n tfre e  to an y  d e a le r on 
ap p licatio n .

W. BAKER & CO., Dorchester, Mass.

U S B

Best  Six  Bord

— FOR —

jVlaGhine  or  Hand  Use.

FOR  SALE  BY  ALL

Dealers  in  Dry  Hoods & Notions
ATLAS

SOAP

Is Manufactured 

only  by

HENRY  PASSOLT, 

Saginaw,  Mich.

For general laundry and  family 

washing  purposes.

Only brand of first-class laundry 

soap manufactured in the 

Saginaw  Yalley.

Haying  new  and  largely  in­
creased  facilities  for  manu­
facturing  we  are well  prepar­
ed  to fill orders promptly and 
at most reasonable prices.

AMONG  THE  TRADE.

AROUND THE STATE.

Marion—Jas.  Hixon succeeds Desmond 

Bros, in general trade.

Durand—A.  H. Taggert succeeds C. W. 

Allison in general trade.

Detroit—Robinson Bros, succeed Oliver 

S. Bell in the drug business.

Clifford—Mrs.  J.  Kenneda  succeeds 

Wm.  Ahrens in general trade.

Copemish—Gibb & Co. succeed  Gibb & 

Clark in the  drug business.

Plymouth—Lynden & Holmes  succeed 

F.  B.  Park in the hardware business.

Saginaw—L. J.  Booth  succeeds  G.  H 

Middlesworth  in the grocery business.

St. Louis—Supphin & Rose succeed A 

L.  Buchanan  in  the grocery business.

Croswell—W.  Tyler has purchased the 
harness business  of  Graham  & Straffon.
Lapeer—Edward  Miller  is  succeeded 
by John P.  Roberts in the meat business 
McCord—D.  W.  Calkins  has  removed 
his general stock from Alto to this place.
Ontonagon — Jas. J. Vincent  succeeds 
Van Schaick & Vincent in general trade.
Otsego — Marcus  McGregor  has  pur­
chased the general stock of N.  W.  Mills.
Lansing—J. C.  Giltner&Son have pur­
chased  the  grocery  stock  of  F.  C.  Bris- 
bin.

Marquette—L.  W.  Toles  succeeds  the 
L.  W. Toles  Drug  Co. in  the  drug  busi­
ness.

Pontiac—J.  S.  Stockwell  succeeds  J. 
S. Stockwell & Co.  in the dry goods busi­
ness.

Alpena—F.  B.  Franks  has  sold  his 
boot and shoe stock to Mark C.  Bostwick 
& Co.

Tecumseh—W.  B.  Darling  has  pur­
chased the  confectionery  stock of  H.  L. 
Jones.

Fenton—W.  M.  Blackmer is  succeeded 
by McLeod & Halladay in the wall paper 
business.

Hubbardston—Homer  Sturges  &  Son 
the  meat  market  of 

have  purchased 
Worthy Bros.

Ludington — Mrs.  H.  Gustafson  suc­
ceeds  Miss  Jennie  A.  Grove  in  the  mil­
linery  business.

Central  Lake—Geo.  B.  Sanderson  has 
opened  a  dry  goods  and  boot and shoe 
store at this place.

Nessen  City—F.  C.  Wilson  has  re­
moved  his  dry  goods  stock  from Cope­
mish to this place.

Elkton — Hirzel  &  Wittwer  succeed 
Vogel & Weber in general  trade  and  the 
furniture business.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.
Charlevoix—Aleck  Ross  and  W.  H. 
Cooper have purchased the grocery stock 
of O. E.  Wilbur  and  will  continue  the 
business at the same location.

Lake George—The Church sawmill has 
shut down  owing  to the  assignment  of 
Nathan Church.  All the  lumbering  op­
erations  of  the  firm  in  that  section, 
which  were  extensive,  have  been  sus­
pended.

Detroit—James  F.  Clough  has  retired 
from  the  firm of  the  Clough  &  Warren 
Organ Co.  Geo.  P.  and James A. Warren 
continue  the  business  under  the  same 
style.

Blissfield—The  Blissfield  Grocery  & 
Provision  Co.  has purchased the grocery 
stock of Warren &  Glazier,  also  the gro­
cery stock and meat business of Frank D. 
Lamb.

Mancelona—W. M. Simons’  shoe  stock 
was completely destroved  by fire  on  the 
evening  of  December  25.  The  loss  is 
estimated at  $3,000, one-half  covered  by 
insurance.

Ypsilanti—The hardware stock of Rob­
bins & Edwards,  one  of  the  oldest  busi­
ness houses in  the  city,  has  been sold to 
Frank  L  Carpenter,  of  Baltimore,  Md., 
who will take charge at once.

Sunfield—E.  M.  Snyder  has  removed 
his  drug stock  from  Dimondale and sold 
a half interest in  the  stock  to  Dr. Chas. 
N. Snyder,  formerly  of  Shaytown.  The 
new firm will  be  known  as C.  N. Snyder 
& Co.

Allegan—R.  Richards,  senior  member 
of  the firm of  R.  Richards & Co.,  dealers 
in general merchandise on the 3 per cent, 
profit plan,  has  gone to Earlton,  Kansas. 
The  business will  be  continued  by  the 
junior  partner,  O.  R. Johnson,  who has 
come on  from Kansas for that purpose.

Detroit—Seligman  Schloss  has  been 
appointed receiver of the firm of Schloss, 
Adler  &  Co.  The  firm  is  perfectly 
solvent, having $165,000 in assets to meet 
$100,000  in  liabilities,  but the  partner­
ship expired a  month ago  and  the part­
ners could not agree on  a division of the 
property.

Allegan—S.  S.  Dryden  &  Sons  have 
sold  their  hardware  stock  to  W.  Abell 
and  Geo. J.  Phillips,  both of  Linesville, 
Pa.,  who will continue the business, tak­
ing possession Jan. 1.  The Drydens have 
been  leaders in their  line for many years 
and their  retirement  from  trade will  be 
sincerely regretted.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Leroy—J. C. Corbin is about to remove 
his sawmill from this place to some point 
where timber is more plentiful.

Saginaw—The  J.  M.  Thompson  Co., 
incorporated,  succeeds J.  M.  Thompson 
& Co.  in the manufacture of  lumber.

Saginaw—John  C.  Brown,  for  many 
years one of  the  most extensive  lumber 
jobbers in  Michigan,  and  who met  with 
financial  reverses last spring, has  trans­
ferred his base of  operations to Arizona, 
where he is  interested in a  body of  tim­
ber,  and a crew of  30 men  leave here to 
morrow for Arizona to work for him.

Manistee—The  sawmill  of  the  R.  G. 
Peters Salt & Lumber Co.  is the only one 
in  operation here,  but  it is  not  thought 
that they will run very much  longer,  al 
though  they  have  a  stream of  exhaust 
steam  coming  out  at  the  foot  of  their 
log slide, that  keeps  things  thawed out 
pretty well.

Manistee—Considering the cost of elec 
trie  lighting  for  sawmills,  and the  great 
difference 
in  the  safety  of  that  mode 
of lighting over the old style of oil lamps 
it is a wonder that there are not more  of 
them  in  use  than there  are at  present. 
The Canfield & Wheeler  Company put in 
a  small  plant  this  season,  capable  of 
swinging  about  60  lights,  the  cost  of 
which was about $500,  but they say  they 
would  not  be  without  it  for  twice  its 
cost.

Detroit—The  Diamond  Match  Com­
pany  has  purchased  the  plant  of  the 
only competing  match  factory it had  in 
Michigan.  The  Detroit  Match  Co., 
whose  works  are  located  on  Twenty- 
fourth  street  near  the  railway,  and 
which  have  been 
in  operation  about 
fifteen months,  were sold to the Diamond 
Company  for  $75,000,  a  Chicago  agent 
named Purcell  negotiating  the  transac­
tion.  The  company  was  stocked  for 
$30,000, of  which  $21,000 had been paid 
in.  About nine  years  ago the  Diamond 
Match  Company purchased the factories 
of  D.  M.  Richardson  and  Schmitt  & 
Schmittdiel, 
located  here,  and  subse­
quently a small factory at  Grand Haven, 
since which time they  have  had no com­
petitors  in  the  State  until  the  Detroit 
company  entered  the  field a little  more 
than  a  year  ago.  The  Detroit’s  goods 
were  chiefly  the  acme  parlor  match, 
which  were mostly sold in St.  Louis,  Mo.
It  was  running  two  “gangs”  of  work­
men.  One  of  the  sellers  says  he  pre­
sumes the works will  be closed  down by 
the purchasers  within a short time.

Ironwood—The  firm of  Selk  &  Dear, 

plumbers,  has  dissolved,  Fred 
continuing the business.

Clare—J.  J.  Wilcox  has  purchased  a 
tract of  hardwood  timber near  here and 
will erect a sawmill to  manufacture it.

Flint—Goodes  &  Hall  will  succeed J. 
K. Van  Tine  Jan.  1  in  the  agricultural 
implement business.

Bay City—H.  E.  Meeker & Co.  are suc­
ceeded  by  H.  E.  Meeker  in  the whole­
sale and retail grocery business.

Detroit—Wm.  Mueller  succeeds  Don 
A.  Lochbiler  in  the  hat  and  men's  fur­
nishing goods business.

Charlevoix—Geo.  Bates  has  sold  his 
stock  in  the  Charlevoix Lumber Co.  and 
retires  from the management of  the bus­
iness.

Bay  City — The  E.  S.  Fitch  Co.  has 
C.  Selk  chan$ed its  nam<! to  the  Michigan Phos­
phate Co.  and  removed  its  fertilizer fac­
tory to  Saginaw.

Ludington—J. S. Stearns, of this place, 
and Fred Herrick and J.  H. Cush way,  of 
Custer,  have  purchased  of  the  United 
States  the  timber on  the  Lac  du Flam­
beau reservation in  Oneida  county,  Wis. 
The  reservation  embraces  62,000 acres, 
including the lakes on  it. 
It  is estimat­
ed that the pine  on  the  area amounts  to 
200,000,000  feet.  The purchasers pay  a 
certain  price  per  thousand,  and  have 
twenty years in which to cut off the  tim­
ber.  Camps  have been  established  and 
active work in logging is being prosecut­
ed.  During the  winter  a  band  sawmill 
and  shingle  mill  will  be  built  ou  the 
Milwaukee,  Lake Shore & Western  Rail- 
est lumber dealers and forwarders in the 1 way*
thirty  miles  from  Rhinelander.
valley,  having  located  here in  1869,  has I The mills  will  be ready to start up  next 
bought and shipped  about 50,000,000 feet: spring.  The  logs will  be  dumped  into 
the lakes,  which  are  connected by  float­
the past season.
able streams,  and  towed to the  mills  by 
a tug to be  built for  the  purpose.  The
manufactured a little  over 5,000,000 feet | timber  is  said  to  be  a  good  quality of 
leased their meat market to  Louie Heaf- ! the last  season,  all  of  which  has  been  | white Pine-  Mr- Stearns  will be general
i 7 J z : h:f : r ot  one  year  withthei8oi<!’ aud near,y  every  ***<*  the sea -.
privilege of three. 

Cadillac—Newark & Drury  have  pur­
chased  the hardware stock of J.  W.  Cum­
mer and will  consolidate  the stock  with 
their own.

Clare—Ballentine & Clark are eugaged 
extensively  in  buying  cedar  poles  and 
have  9,000  on  the  skids.  They  will 
handle 25,000 during the  season.

Edmore—Purple & McDonald,  agricul­
tural  and  hardware  dealers,  have  dis­
solved,  Purple  & Cronkhite  continuing 
the business.

Saginaw—C.  L.  Grant  & Co.’s sawmill

Saginaw—L.  P.  Mason, one of  the old 

son’s output was shipped  by rail. 

Eastlake — Rothschild  &  Co. 

operations. 

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There  are too many dead-beat beggars j 
going about skimming the milk from hu­
man kindness  and  leaving  humanity  to 
sour on the world.

Calls for public meetings are not much 
heeded;  but  when  Gabriel  issues  his 
trump  call  for  the  resurrection,  thous­
ands of  people  who  have  not been seen 
for years will suddenly  turn  up.

Advertisements  will  be  inserted  under  this 
head for two cents a word the first insertion and 
one  cent a word  for each subsequent  insertion. 
No advertisements  taken for  less  than 25 cents. 
Advance payment. 

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It U SI N E S S   C H A N C E S .

F or  sa le—i  o f f e r   my  stock  o f  g ro- 
ceries, drugs,  hardware,  etc., together with 
my beautiful  store building—the  finest finished 
in Northern  Michigan—ana  in a good  location 
at  a  remarkably  low  figure,  or  will  trade  for 
desirable  farm  or  city  propertj.  Address  A 
Mulholland. Jr., Ashton, Mich. 

F o r sa l e—i h a v e fo r sa l e tw o w e l l-

established clothing and men’s  furnishing 
goods  buisnesses—one  in  Northern  Michigan 
the owner of which can influence a large steady  C 
trade and is a gentleman of the  highest  reputa­
tion ; a rare chance for some  one  of  enterprise.
The other is  in  Southern  Michigan  thirty-five  w 
years established, the  owner  retiring  from  the 
business.  In both case-the gentiemen own  the 
lots, ana rents will be cheap  and  every encour- 
agement given.  Address in first  instance,  Wil- 
liam Connor, box 346, Marshall,  Mich, 

623

619

f 

OO.VT  HESITATE I  STEF  RIGHT  INTO  A 

good business 1  $ 12.000  stock of  drygoods, 
shoes  and  groceries, located  in  a  live  railroad 
town  in  the  best  county  in  Eastern  Kansas; 
monthly sales over {4/ (jO;  good profits;  if  taken 
at once  can step  right into a good business;  no 
trade;  must have  cash  or  cash  and  bankable 
paper.  Address  Farmers’ and  Merchants’  Bank, 
Scribner, Neb. 
OR  SALE-OR  EXCHANGE  FOR  LARGE 
stock  of  merchandise.  Will  pay cash  dif­
ference.  Six  hundred  acres  hardwood  timber 
land  in  Emmet  county.  Good  soil.  One half 
mile from  railway station, by road or waterway.
For  particulars  address  E. F. B., Grand  Blanc, 
Mich. 

637

633

618

a  good  street and  doing  a  nice  business. 
Good chance for a man with small capital.  Ad­
dress “Buchu,” care  the  Michigan  Tradesman, 
Grand Rapids. 

F or  s a l e- drug  st o r e- lo c a ted  on
F or  sa le—a  c lea n  stock  o f  d rug s
■ ANTEu—TO  EXCHANGE  $1,(JU> CAPITAL 

aud  groceries,  invoicing  about  $3,006,  in 
good town  of  1,000  inhabitants.  Good  reasons 
for  selling.  Address  No.  620,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 

stock in company  paying 10 per cent, divi­
dend and acre  property and  lots in Grand  Rap­
ids  for a well  assorted  hardware  stock  inven 
torying  $3,000  or  less.  Pennock  &  Goold,  719 
Wealthy avenue, Grand Rapids. 

■ OR  SALE—A  GOOD  CLEAN  STOCK  OF 

hardware in a booming  city of  5,000, in  the 
center of the finest farming country in the State. 
Stock will  invoice about  $9,000.  Can  reduce on 
short notice.  Reason for selling, other business. 
Address No. 60), care Michigan Tradesman.  604

620

621

SITUATIONS  WANTED.

POSITION WANTED—FOR A YOUNG  LADY 

who is experienced in commercial and bank 
book-keeping, accustomed  to  cash  and  general 
office work, an exce lent stenographer and Rem­
ington  operator, five years’ experience with late 
employer.  Valuable,  competent  help, a lady of 
refinement  and  ability.  Owing  to  change  in 
business,  parties  are  assisting to secure a posi­
tion  Address  Late  Employer,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman 
W ANTED -  POSITION  AS  SUpERINTEN- 
dent  of  large  first-class  canning  factory, 
or in canned  goods  department of  large whole­
sale grocery house.  Well  up on  packing in tin. 
First-class references.  Correspondence solicited. 
Address  Lock  Box 23, Farnham, Erie Co , N  Y 

638

________________  

630

M ISC EL L A N KOUS.

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ANTED-
PARTNER  WITH  SMALL CAP 
Ital  to  engage  in  established  and  good 
paying manufacturing  business.  R. N. Thomp­
son; So. Boardman. Mich. 
B  HAVE  $2,000  WORTH  OF  VACANT 
w *
lots  located at  Detroit, Muskegon  and  St. 
Johns, and  $500  worth of  good  paying  factory 
stobk, which  we  would  trade  for  a drug  stock 
located  In  Michigan.  A  stock  combining  wall 
paper, paints  and oils preferred  Address, stat- 
ing  particulars, Lock
Box  145, St. Johns,  Mich.

634

635

636

LeBaron, 65 Monroe St. 

For  sale—two-story  frame  store 
building and dwelling In thriving Northern 
Michigan  town.  Property  well  rented.  Will 
sell cheap or exchange  for city  property.  A. M. 
F OR  SALE—CLEAN  STOCK  OF  GENERAL 

merchandise, located  at  Sumner,  six  miles 
south  of  Riverdale  Building  is  22x88  with 
storehouse  20x90,  all  in  good  shape  Trade 
amounts to $15,«» per year.  Excellent opportu 
nlty.  Address  No.  632, care  Michigan  Trades­
m a n - ________________  
OR SALE—TWENTY-FOUR DRAWER LETS 
ter  file,  nearly  new  and  used  but a  short 
time.  Have no use for it, as we took it on a debt 
631 
W. T. Lamoreaux, 128 West Bridge street. 
AN1ED — TO  BUY  STOCK  GROCERIES 
or  general  merchandise.  Box  1,015,  Des 

632

Moines, Iowa. 

626

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

Geo. B. Wilson has purchased the hard­

ware stock of Bentley & Cornell.

Anderson & Johnson succeed Mrs. Han- 

nah Anderson in the grocery business.

E. A. Henry has opened a grocery store
Co.

at  Alto,  the  I.  M.  Clark  Grocery 
furnishing the stock.

Barry & Co.  have  resumed  the grocery 
business at Rodney.  The stock was pur­
chased at this market.

A.  L.  Jennison,  grocer  at  144  West 
Fulton  street,  has  closed  his  doors and 
will retire from  the business.

D.  W.  Calkins  has  opened  a  grocery 
store  at  McCord.  The  stock  was  fur­
nished by the I.  M. Clark Grocery Co.

J. M. Frost has arranged to open a drug 
store  at  Mattawan.  The  Hazeltiae  & 
Perkins  Drug  Co.  has  the  order  for the 
stock and fixtures.

Edwin J.  Gillies & Co.  have  foreclosed 
their  mortgage  on  the  grocery stock  of 
John  Burrows,  but  it  is  doubtful if  the 
goods  amount  to  the  face of  the  mort 
gage.  As Burrows is not  supposed to be 
possessed  of  a  superabundance  of  any­
thing  but  political  ambition and  trades 
union  doctrine, the  unsecured  creditors 
will probably get  no  nearer a realization 
of  their claims  than the  old  man  got to 
the Legislature.

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The offer made by  Peter Schuit  to ex 
hibit at  the next  meeting  of  the  Grand 
Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association a cur 
rant cleaning machine which can be con 
structed  at  nominal  cost  will  probably 
attract  every  member  of  the  organiza 
tion;  and  those  grocers  who  have  not 
yet put in their applications for member 
ship would do  well to  do so, in order  to 
take advantage of the  opportunity above 
presented.

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Purely' Personal.

James B.  Mclnnes was  called to South 
Bend, Saturday, by the death of a relative 
of his wife.

Harm  Timmer, grocer  at  233  Seventh 
street,  has the  sympathy  of  the trade in 
the death of  his wife.

O. P. DeWitt, the St. Johns grocer,  was 
in town  one  day  last week  to attend the 
annual meeting of  the Lemon & Wheeler 
Company.

Geo.  L.  Thurston, of the firm of Thurs 
ton & Co., general dealers at Centra! Lake 
was in town a couple of  days  last  week 
invoking the assistance of an occulist.

C.  E.  Ramsey,  formerly engaged in the 
stationery  business  on  South  Division 
street, Grand  Rapids,  but  now  engaged 
in  general  trade  at  Central  Lake,  will 
have the  sympathy  of  a large  circle  of 
friends  in the  death of  his wife and the 
serious illness of his daughter.
The  Grocery  Market.

Sugar—The  market  is  steady.  The 
adoption  of  the  equality  plan  by  the 
wholesale  grocers  of  the  State,  which 
goes into effect next  Monday,  will  neces 
sitate  a re-arrangement  of  the  schedule 
of prices to conform to the prices now in 
effect in other states.

Oysters—The cold weather and limited 
demand  have  made  stock  scarce  and 
prices have gradually advanced from day 
to  day  until  they  now  stand  10@12% 
cents a gallon above former prices.

Oatmeal—The  market is a little lower.
Pickles—Strong and advancing.  High 

er prices are looked for.

The Industrial Theory of  the Socialists.
In view of  its most distinctive feature, 
the present  age  has been  defined as  the 
capitalistic  era  of  history. 
In  former 
ages the peasant  and  the  artisan  owned 
the means of production,  and,  after  sup­
plying themselves and their feudal chief, 
sent the surplus to market.  Each owned 
the rude implements he used in his work. 
The  collapse  of feudalism  toward  the 
close of the Middle Ages led to the break­
ing up of small  holdings,  the  conversion 
of large tracts into extensive sheep  runs, 
and  to  other  changes of  a  similar  ten­
dency,  and  the  consequence  was  that 
multitudes  were  driven  into  vagabond­
age or forced to seek  a livelihood  in  the 
towns.  Various  causes,  at  the  same 
time, as,  for  example,  the  discovery  of 
America  and  of  the  sea  route  to  the 
Indies,  built  up  a  class  of  capitalists. 
The development  of  new  markets creat­
ed a growing demand for the products of 
industry.  That demand  was met by me­
chanical  inventions  of  increased  com­
plexity,  and finally the adoption of steam 
as a motive power and the  establishment 
of the factory system effected a complete 
industrial revolution.

The capitalist  now owns the means  of 
production.  The proletarian  has  noth­
ing to sell but labor,  and  his  wages  are 
determined by the fluctuation  of  the  la­
bor market—usually  they  are  not much 
in excess of the actual necessities of him­
self and  family.  The profits  of the bus­
iness are  retained by  the capitalist  who 
employs  him.  A  minute  division  and 
sub-division  of  labor has  rendered  him 
still more  hopelessly  dependent.  He  is 
no longer a shoemaker,  for  instance,  but 
is confined to  the  manufacture  of a part 
of a  shoe—perhaps  he  stitches  the  up­
pers or  hammers  the soles. 
If  he loses 
his  place he  must  find  another  in  that 
branch  of  shoemaking  which  he  has 
learned.  Moreover, handicraft is a word 
that is  fast  losing  its  etymological  sig 
nificance.  Things are  made by  machin­
ery,  and improved machines are constant­
ly  throwing  men  out  of  employment 
either  because  they  are  operated  with 
less labor, or  because  they  lead to over­
production.

the  means 

Meanwhile important  changes are tak 
ing place in the capitalist class.  Just as 
the  ownership  of 
of 
production  passed  from  the  artisan to 
the capitalist,  the  control of  production 
passes  from  the  small  capitalist  to the 
millionaire or  multi-millionaire, then  to 
a company,  and  at last  to a combination 
of companies.  The tendency of  concen­
tration is due to  what we  may  call  nat 
ural causes.  The demands of  trade call 
for more expensive means of production 
The large  establishment  undersells  the 
small one.  Rival  companies combine to 
avoid  a  mutually  ruinous  competition 
The  movement is  towards consolidation 
and monopoly.  And it is not merely the 
artisan or the day laborer who  has cause 
for  complaint.  The  proprietor  of 
small establishment is often forced either 
to sell out or to encounter  a crushing op 
position.  But  since these  changes have 
been  brought about  by  natural  causes, 
and since they  seem to  be  inevitably in 
cident to  the  world’s progress,  the ques 
tion is  how this  modern form of despot 
ism can  be  overthrown.  One  thing,  at 
least, may  be  regarded  as  certain,  and 
that is that the  majority  will not always 
endure the present  state of affairs.  The 
masses have been  accustomed  to organi- 
i zation in their  workshops, in armies and

5
W.  L.  Hammond,  who  has  held  the 
position of Cashier of  the  First National 
Bank  of  Traverse  City  for  nearly  five 
years,  has  resigned  to  accept  a  similar 
position  with  the  Commercial  and  Sav­
ings Bank of Ludington.

1893.

Happy  New  Year.

With  compliments of  the  sea­
son  we suggest  that you  com­
mence  the  New  Year  right 
with  a  good  supply  of  our 
famous  brand  of  Bee  Hive 
Chop Japan Teas.

Edwin J. Gillies X Go,,

NEW   YORK.

J.  P .  V IS N E R ,  A gt.,

167  No. Ionia St., Grand Rapids,

in political  parties.  On the other hand, 
they  have  been  taught  to  read,  and  to 
think  at least to some purpose.  And the 
disparity of condition between the prole­
tariat and the wealthy class is less easily 
tolerated when there is not a proportion­
ate difference in point  of intelligence.  It 
is true that the hardships suffered by the 
laboring poor are sometimes exaggerated. 
It is,  also,  true  that  this  class  enjoys 
more  comfort  now  than  ever  before  in 
the history of the world.  But it remains 
a fact that  the  poor  man  lives a life  of 
anxiety,  because he  depends  upon a pre­
carious  employment.  But, as  we  have 
said,  the restlessness  which  disturbs so­
ciety is  not  confined  to  people  who  are 
employed  by  the  day  or  by the  month. 
There is a  general  feeling  that  there  is 
something radically  wrong  in our whole 
industrial system.

A  certain  school  of  sociologists  hold 
that society is a vital  organism,  passing, 
like a tree, through  successive  stages  of 
growth under a fixed law of development. 
The  concentration  of  industry  and  of 
capital is simply the  inevitable result  of 
an  organic  process.  Discovery,  inven­
tion,  competition and  combination  have 
taken  place  in  an unavoidable order  of 
succession,  and  all the lines of  progress 
have converged  towards monopoly.  We 
have had first a number of  small monop­
olies,  and then a smaller number of large 
monopolies.  The tendency is toward the 
inclusion of  all  industry  under  one  or­
ganization,  but  the time  is  nearly  ripe 
for placing that organization under  pop­
ular control.  The  people  are  conscious 
of their  power, and  they may  be forced 
to exert it to achieve an industrial eman­
cipation, as in times past  they exerted it 
to  achieve  a  civil  emancipation.  We 
state  this  theory  without  indorsing  it. 
It is  interesting  to  us  as a  speculation 
which has  come to be  gravely  discussed 
by  sociologists  and  advanced  political 
thinkers.  Unquestionably it is a part of 
the  general  scheme  of  socialism,  but  it 
does  not  necessarily  involve  the whole 
socialistic  programme. 
In  any  case,  it 
must be  admitted  that  its  adoption will 
long  remain  impracticable. 
It  is  most 
objectionable,  as  it  seems  to  us,  as  a 
menace  to freedom of  individual  devel­
opment. 

F r a n k Sto w ell.

Investigate Before Investing.

Prom the  American  Dairyman.
How strange it is that a  community  of 
staid business  men  and  farmers will al­
low a slick tongued  rascal  to  talk  them 
into  putting  thousands  of  dollars  into 
creameries  when a boy  fifteen  years  old 
should  know  that  one-third  the money 
would  purchase  all  the machinery  and 
buildings the cows  in that neighborhood 
would require.  Jay  Gould said  “Capital 
is  timid,”  but  when  we  see  the  fool 
schemes whieh  moneyed men are all  the 
time entering into with  the  recklessness 
of a  “road  agent,”  we  are  inclined  to 
think there is neither  timidity  nor reas­
onable carefulness  about  capital.  How 
easy  it would  be for any one of  a dozen 
men interested in starting  such an enter­
prise to write to half a dozen creameries, 
inclosing  stamps 'for  reply,  asking  for 
information  as 
to  probable  cost  of 
creamery  building  and  fixtures  for  the
number  of  cows  which  could probably 
be depended on the first  two years, for it 
must  be  remembered  that  no creamery 
pays a  dividend—and  few  of them  pay 
actual expenses—the first  two years.

•  Bank  Notes.

L. E. Parsons,  for many years  teller in 
the  Farmers’  National  Bank  of  Union 
City,  goes to South Haven  to  assume the 
cashiership  of  the  new  Citizens’  State 
Bank which is to open January 1.

Teacher—What is 
the best Cigar  sold  in 
this country to-day?

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The Little Interrogation Point. 

Somebody has noticed the resemblance 
between  the interrogation  point and the 
corkscrew, and wonders  whether this in­
quisitive  little  point  was  not so formed 
because  it  was  intended  to  draw  out 
knowledge.  The  small  boy,  who  is  i 
veritable Gatling  gun  of  interrogatorie, 
has been written  up many  times,  but he 
never will be  suppressed,  and  it  is well 
that he cannot be,  for questions  indicate 
the  thirst  for  knowledge,  and  the  boy 
who never asks questions is not likely  to 
develop character.
The writer  recently  noted  the follow 
ing conversation between a little boy and 
a maiden aunt,  while  en route  to Buffalo 
a few days  ago:
“ What is that,  auntie?” the  little  boy 
commenced, pointing to a stack of hay in 
a passing  field.
the 
careworn lady.

lady.

and air.”

the night?”

broke  out:
Is they?”

“Oh, that’s  hay,  dear,”  answers 
“What is hay,  auntie?”
“Why,  hay is hay, dear.”
“But what is it made of?”
“ Why, hay  is  made  of  dirt and water 
“Who makes  it?”
“ God makes it,  dear.”
“Does he make it in the daytime  or  in 
“In both,  dear.”
“And Sunday?”
“ Yes, all the time.”
“Ain’t  it wicked to  make hay on Sun­
day,  auntie?”
“Oh,  I  don’t  know. 
I’d  keep  still, 
Willie,  that’s  a  dear.  Auntie  is tired.” 
After  remaining quiet a moment little 
Willie broke out.
“ Where do  stars come  from,  auntie?” 
“I don’t know;  nobody  knows.”
“Did the moon lay ‘em?”
“Yes, I guess  so,” replied  the wicked 
“Can the moon lay eggs,  too?”
“I suppose so.  Don’t bother me.” 
Another  short  silence,  when  Willie 
“ Bennie  says  oxins  is  a  owl,  auntie. 
“Oh, perhaps so.”
“I  think  a  whale  could  lay  eggs— 
don’t you,  auntie?”
“Oh,  yes—I guess so,” said the shame­
less woman.
“Did  you  ever  see  a  whale  on  his 
nest?”
“Oh, I guess so.”
“ Where?”
“I mean no.  Willie, you must be quiet; 
“ What makes you crazy,  auntie?”
“Oh,  dear!  you  ask  so  many  ques­
“Did  you  ever  see  a  little  fly  eat 
“Yes, dear.”
“Where?”
“ Willie,  sit  down  on  the  seat and  be 
still,  or I will  shake you.  Now, not  an­
other word.”
And the lady pointed her  finger sharp­
ly at the little boy,  as if she was going to 
If  she had been  a 
stick it through him. 
wicked  woman  she  would  have sworn. 
There  are  eight million  little  boys like 
Willie in the United States and from this 
number must come a generation of  Pres­
idents. judges and men to guide  the ship 
of state.
Later in the  evening  the  lad  was put 
to sleep by his father and about 1 o’clock 
a.  m.  the  following dialogue ensued: 

I’m getting crazy.”

tions.”
sugar?”

sarcasm.  “What do you want?”

“ Papa!”
“Well!”
“ You ‘wake, papa?”
“Yes.”
“So’s me.”
“Yes,  I hear  that  you  are,”  with cold 
“Oh,  nuffin’.”
“ Well,  lie  still and go to sleep,  then.”
“I isn’t s’eepy,  papa.”
“ Well,  I am,  yonng man.”
“Is  you?  1  isn’t—not  a  bit.  Say, 
“ Well?”
“ If you was wich,  what would you buy 
“ 1 don’t know—goto sleep.”
“Wouldn’t you  buy me nuffin’?”
“I think so;  now  you—”
“ What papa?”
“Well,  a  steam  engine,  maybe;  now 
“ With a bell  that  would  wing,  papa?”

you go right to sleep.”

papa,  papa!”

me?”

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U N BLEA C H ED   COTTONS.

papa?”
eyes, now,  and—”
papa?”

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.
“Yes,  yes;  now you—”
Dry Goods Price Current.
“And  would  the  wheels  go  wound 
“Oh,  yes”  (yawning). 
“Shut  your 
“And  would  it  go  choo,  choo,  choo, 
“Yes, yes;  now go to sleep.”
“ 1 say, papa.”
No  answer.
“Papa!”
“Well,  what  now?”
“Is you ‘Paid of the dark?”
“No”  (drowsily).
“I isn’t either.  Papa!”
“Well?”
“If I was wich  I’d buy  you  sumfin’ 
“Would you?”
“Yes;  I’d  buy  you  some  ice  cweam. 
and  some  chocolum  drops, and  a  toof 
brush,  and knickerbockers  wiv bwaid on 
like mine,  and—”
“That will do.  You  must go to sleep 
now.”
Silence for half a second,  and then: 
“ Papa!  Tap a!”
“ Well, what  now?’
“I want a  jink.”
“ No, you don’t.”
“I do,  papa.”
Experience  has taught  that there  will 
be no peace until  you have  brought  the 
‘jink,” and you scurry out into the bath 
room  in  the dark  for  it, knocking your 
shins against everything  in the  room  as 
you go.
“Now, I  don’t  want  to  hear  another 
word  from  you  to-night,”  as he gulped 
down  a  mouthful  of  water  he  didn’t 
want.
“Then  I’ll be a good boy,  won’t I?” he 
says.
“ Yes;  you’ll be the best boy on earth.” 
“Papa!”
“Well,  well!  What  now?”
“Is I your little boy?”
“Yes, yes;  of course.”
“Some  mans  haven’t  got  any  little 
Yes.”

Adriatic.................  7
Arrow Brand 5V 
Argyle  ....................  6
Worldwide.  6
Atlanta AA............ 6
“  LL............... 4»
Atlantic  A.............  6*
Full Yard Wide...... 6ft
“  H ................... 6*
Georgia  A..............6fc
P ............  5»
“ 
Honest Width......... 6%
Hartford A .............  5
“  D.................   6
“  LL................ S
Indian Head...........  7
Amory.....................  62£
King A  A................6H
Archery  Bunting...  4 
King EC.  ..............  5
Beaver Dam  A A ..  5^
Lawrence  L L ..__ 4%
Blackstone 0 ,32___ 5
Madras cheese cloth 65K
Black Crow.............6
Newmarket  G........5¥
Black  Rock  .............6
B  ...... 5
Boot, AL.................   7
N ........  614
Capital  A ................   514
DD....  SV
Cavanat V................5»
X ...... 654
Chapman cheese cl.  314
Nolbe R..................  5
Clifton C R .............. 51<
Our Level  Best...... 6»
Comet....................... 6» [Oxford  R ...............   6
Dwight Star............  63£ IPequot....................   7
Clifton CCC...........6» Solar.........................  6
(Top of the  Heap__7
A B C ........................854
Geo. Washington...  8
Amazon...................8
Glen Mills.............   7
Amsburg.................7
Gold Medal............ 714
Art  Cambric...........10
Green  Ticket........... 814
BlackBtone A A......7
Great Falls.............   614
Beats All.................414
Hope......................... 754
Boston.....................12
Just  Out........  454® 5
Cabot.......................  754
King  Phillip...........754
Cabot,  X..................694
OP......714
Charter  Oak........... 514
Lonsdale Cambric.. 10
Conway W...............7Ji
Lonsdale...........  @  854
Cleveland............... 7
Middlesex........   @ 5
Dwight Anchor....... 854
No Name................. 714
shorts.  8
Oak View................   6
Edwards.................. 6
Our Own..................  514
Empire.....................7
Pride of the West.. .12
Farwell....................714
Rosalind..................714
Fruit of the  Loom.  814
Sunlight...................  414
Fitchvllle  .............7
Utica  Mills..............814
First Prize............... 7
“  Nonpareil ..10
Fruit of the LoomX.  714
Vlnvard..................  814
Falrmount...............   454
White Horse...........  6
Full Value............... 654
Rock............ 814
Cabot......................   7  I Dwight Anchor...... 854
Farwell...................8 

boys;  but you have,  haven’t you?”

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BLEA C H ED   COTTONS.

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514
....... 6
......614
...... 7
...... 75*
...... 714
......754
......»54
.... 8*
..  94
...10 
....1014 
...11 
....21 
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C A R PET  W A R P.

Qualifications of a  Good  Salesman.
J. G.  Powers,  for  many  years  one  of 
Wanamaker’s  lieutenants,  in  an  after 
dinner speech said:
“To be a good salesman is the same, so 
far as it goes,  as to be a  good  merchant, 
and the great majority of both merchants 
and salesmen mistake what is to be either. 
For  instance,  isn’t  this  the  prevailing 
notion of a good salesman:  To be bright 
and clean looking,  to have a good  face,  a 
pleasant manner,  to be modest but  confi­
dent, ready and self-possessed,  cheerful, 
cheery,  polite, to take pleasure in  giving 
pleasure, to adapt oneself to his customer; 
to carry the whole of  one’s  stock  in  his 
head,  to  catch  the  customer’s  want  or 
notion or whim in a minute,  and go  to  a 
dozen sorts of  goods  and  surround  that 
want or notion  or  whim  with  so  many 
satisfactions as to narrow it into a choice 
between  them; not to be afraid  of  work; 
to welcome service, to make a business of 
being  ready  with  many  expedients  for 
every emergency; to  seem to have no end 
of  strength  and  time  and  patience;  to 
spend them all  without stint in the effort 
to please; to come from the last  transac­
tion with buoyancy and with anticipation 
of equal success in the  next  one;  to  de­
vote  oneself  to  a  dozen,  twenty,  forty 
customers,  one  after  another,  never 
weary, with  forty  different  manners  of 
forty different customers,  all  marked  by 
adaptation to the one in hand; taking suc­
cess and failure with  the  same  complai- 
sance;helping other salesmen; taking help 
from them;  being  devoted  to  business, 
the business of selling and helping others 
sell and being helped to sell,  as if selling 
were what the world turns on?  I believe 
that  both merchant and salesman, to  ex­
cel in  their  respective  capacities,  must 
add 
to  these  blandishments  the  hard, 
cold,  stern  virtue  of  sincerity.  Of two 
equal salesmen side by  side, the one who 
sincerely makes bis customer’s money go 
as far in satisfaction  and gratification as 
the store affords him opportunity  to  do, 
will distance the other just  as  surely  as 
of two equal stores side  by side,  the  one 
that counts not the cost of faithful,  ade­
quate  service  will  distance  the  other. 
Store and salesman must work  together. 
A faithful salesman is out of  place  in  a 
faithless store; and  a  faithful  store  de­
pends  on the faithfulness of its sellers.”

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Peerless, white.......18141Integrity  colored...20
colored  ...2114 White Star..............18
Integrity................ 18141 
“  colored..20
Hamilton 
..............8
Nameless................ 20
“ 
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.........25
“ 
 
........2714
G  Cashmere....... 20
.........30
Nameless  ...............16
■........3214
............... 18
..........35
cone
NTS.Wonderful............64 50
Corallne................19 50
Schilling’s ............  9 00
Brighton......................4 75
Davis  Waists  ....  9 00 
Bortree’s .....................9 00
Grand  Rapids...... 4 50
Abdominal...........15 00
Armory...................  654
Naumkeagsatteen..  714
Androscoggin......... 754
Rockport...................614
Biddefortrrrr.........<$
Conestoga.................714
Brunswick..............614
¡Walworth............... 654
PH D
IT S.Berwick fancies....  514
Allen turkey  reds..  6 
robes...........6
Clyde Robes...........
Charter Oak fancies 414 
u ffs...........  6
DelMarlne cashm’s.  6 
pink  checks.  6
mourn’g  6 
staples........6
Eddy stone  fancy...  6 
shirtings...  414
chocolat  6 
American fancy__  554
rober  ...  6 
American Indigo__  654
sateens..  6 
American shirtings.  5 
Hamilton fancy.  ...  6 
Argentine  Grays...  6 
staple....  6 
Anchor Shirtings...  5
Manchester fancy..  6 
Arnold 
614
new era.  6 
Arnold  Merino......6
Merrimack D fancy.  6 
long cloth B.1014 
“ 
Merrlm’ck shirtings. 414 
“ 
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“  C.  814
“  Repp f urn .  814
century cloth 7
“ 
Paelfio fancy..........6
“  gold seal......1054
“ 
robes..............614
“  green seal TR1014 
Portsmouth robes...  6 
“  yellow seal.. 1014
Simpson mourning.. 6
“  serge.............1114
greys........6
“  Turkey red.. 1014 
solid black.  6 
Ballon solid black..  5 
Washington Indigo.  6 
“  colors.  554
“ 
“  Turkey robes ..  714
Bengal blue,  green, 
“  India robes___ 714
rea and orange...  514
“  plain T*ky X «   814 
Berlin solids  ........... 514
“  X...10
“ 
“  oil blue.......... 614
“  Ottoman  Tur­
key red................   6
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“ freen-—  614 
“  Foulards ....  514
Martha Washington
Turkey red 54........754
“  red 94  ._____ 7
Martha Washington
“  “  X  ............914
4 4..........10
“  “ 
Turkey red..........   914
“  “  3-4XXXX 12
Rlverpolntrobes....  514
Cocheco fancy........  6
Windsor fancy..........614
“  madders...  6
XXtwills..  614
Indigo blue..........1014
solids........5541 Harmony..................  434

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A C A....................13
Hamilton N ............714
Pemberton AAA__ 15
York.......................1014
D............ 814
Awning.. 11
Swift River............714
Farmer....................8
Pearl River........... 1214
First Prise..............1014
Warren...................isjj
Lenox M ills...........18
Conostoga............. 16
Atlanta,  D..............  654|Stark  A 
........... 8
Boot........................   654 No  Name................. 754
Clifton, K................7  ¡Top of Heap.............  9

COTTON  D R ILL.

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9 o*...... 1314
brown .13
Andover................. 1114
Beaver Creek AA... 10 
B B ...9
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bine  8»  
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Columbian XXX br.10 
XXX  bl.1V

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Everett, blue...........1214
brown....... 1214
Haymaker blue......   7%.
brown...  7%
Jeffrey.....................1114
Lancaster................1214
Lawrence, 9os......................1314 .
No. 220.. ..13 
No. 250....UK 
No. 280 

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“  Persian dress ¿14 
Canton ..  854
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“ 
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Angola.. 1014 
“ 
Persian..  814 
“ 
Arlington staple....  654
Arasapha  fancy__454
Bates Warwick dres 814 
staples.  614
Centennial............   1014
Criterion.................1014
Cumberland staple.  514
Cumberland.............. 5
Essex........................ 414
Elfin.........................  754
Everett classics......814
Exposition................754
Glenarle..................  654
Glenarven.................654
Glenwood................. 754
Hampton................... 654
Johnson Chalon cl 
54 
indigo blue 914 
zephyrs__16

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Lancaster,  staple...  7
fancies__ 7
“ 
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Lancashire..............6
Manchester............   554
Monogram............ .  614  i,
Normandie.............  714
Persian...................   854
Renfrew Dress.......754
Rosemont............... 61, r
Slatersvllle............ 6
Somerset.................7
Tacoma  ................. 714
Toll  duNord......... 1014
Wabash..................   714
seersucker..  714
Warwick...............   814
Whlttenden............   654
heather dr.  8 
Indigo blue 9 
Wamsutta staples...  654 
Westbrook.............. 8 
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Wlndermeer...........   6
York  ......................654

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Amoskeag...............16541Valley City.............. 1554
Stark......................2014 Georgia....................1554
American................16  IPacific..................... 13
Clark’s Mile End.. ..45 Barbour's.
Coats’, J. & P......
..45 Marshall’s.
Holyoke...............
..2214

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»  10........ 35
»  12........ 36

White. Colored
42
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44
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39
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Slater................... ..  5 Edwards.  .
White Star...........
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Kid Glove  ..........
.  5 Wood’s __
Newmarket.........
.  5 Brunswick
Fireman..................3214 T W.............
Creedmore.............2714 FT  ..............
Talbot XXX...........30  JR F , XXX.
Nameless...............2714 Buckeye....
Red A Blue,  plaid..40
Union R..................2214
Windsor.................. 1814
6 oz Western........... 20
Union  B................. 2214
Nameless...... 8  @ 9141 
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Grey SR W.............1714
Western W  .............1814
D R P ...................... 1814
Flushing XXX........ 2314
Manitoba................ 2314
9  @1014 
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Brown. Black.
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1014 1114
1014
1114
«14 12
1214
1214 20
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Severen, 8 oz...........  914
Maylana, 8 oz..........1014
Greenwood, 714 oz..  914
Greenwood, 8 os__ 1114
Boston, 8 oz.............1014

Weist  Point, 8 01__ 1014
10 oz  ...1814
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Stark 
.............1314
Boston, 10 os............1214
White, doz.............25  ¡Per bale, 40 doz___83 50
Colored, doz..........20  ¡Colored  “ 
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Slater, Iron Cross...  8 Pawtucket...............1014
Dnndle....................  9
Bedford...................1054
Valley  City.............1054
K K ..........................1014

Red Cross....  9
“  Best.............1014
Best AA...... 1214
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G............................. 814
Cortlcelll, doz......... 85  [Corticelli  knitting,

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A.James..................1 401 Steamboat..............  40
Crowely’s................1 35 Gold Eyed.............. 1  50
Marshall’s...............1 001
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Cotton Sail Twine. .28
Crown................... 12
Domestic...............1814
Anchor..................16
Bristol.........   ........13
Cherry  Valley........15
I XL........... ........... 1814
Alabama.................. 69K
Alamance................ 614
Augusta..................   714
Ar  sapha................  6
Geoma.................... 6)4
G ranite................... r>9g
Haw  River.............. 5
Haw  J ..................... 6

Nashua.............  ...18
Rising Star 4-ply__ 17
8-ply....17
North Star.............. 20
Wool Standard 4 ply 1714 
Powhattan.............18

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Oneida.................... 5
Prymont................  59h
Ran del man.............  6
Riverside...............   etc
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'PHE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,

7

TOLD  BY  A  TRAVELER.

An  Old  Hand Tells  Some  Interesting 

Reminiscences.

the  goods 

Among the old-fashioned notions enter­
tained  by  the  house  1  traveled  for  so 
many years was the idea that bills should 
be paid as contracted and as due.  Some­
times this  absurd  conceit occasioned  me 
no little discomfort.  Perhaps my people 
could  in some  cases  have  smoothed  the 
matter over and not  lost  anything by  it. 
As  it  was, I had  to do the smooting—and 
nature didn’t make me  very oily.
I had a customer in Lubricopolis whom 
I  never  knew  to pay  a  bill  when  due, 
though he  always  paid, 
lie was a  free 
buyer and a free talker—too  free for the 
comfort of his listener,  if matters weren’t 
pleasant  with  him.  Our  terms  were 
thirty days.  One  morning I dropped in­
to his  store before he arrived.  He came 
in with open  letters  in  his  haud, and  to 
my cordial  greeting  gave  but a  grunted 
“Good  morning.”  Presently  he  burst 
out with:
“I suppose I’ve got  to  go  to the  bank 
this  morning  and  pay  a  draft  of  your 
house,  blank  it;  I  don’t  more  than  get 
the goods in the house  before they  draw 
on me.”
My folks kept  me  supplied with a col­
lection  sheet,  a relic  of  the  time  when 
they sold goods by means of wagon drum­
mers. 
I never collected anything  unless 
the customer  offered  me  the  money,  be­
cause 1 thought dunning bad a bad effect 
on trade.  Well,  1  pulled  out  my  sheet 
and found that Mr.  Man’s  bill  was sixty 
days old  and so advised him,  incidentally 
remarking  that  our  terms  were 
thirty 
days  “you  know.”  His  only  reply  was:
“ 1 can buy all the goods 1 want at  four 
months,  and I’ll  be  blanked if 1  buy  any 
more 
from  a  blank  house  that  draws 
on  me  before  I  get 
in,
blankety,  blank,  blank-----”  and  a  blue
streak followed him  as  he stalked  down 
the  store.
Next time round,  Mr.  Man  was  in bet­
ter mood,  but adhered to his four months’ 
ultimatum.  1  couldn’t  meet  him  and 
went  my  way,  until  a  more  convenient 
season.  Next  trip  1  landed  him  for 
a  good  order  and  kept 
for 
about a year.  Then the arrival of a draft 
in an  inopportune  moment  again  upset 
these  agreeable  conditions,  and  there 
were no orders for three or  four months. 
So  it  went  on,  with  competitors,  of 
course, doing their  best  to  permanently 
supplant ns.  Mr.  Man  took  from  sixty 
to  ninety  days.  That  was  wrong,  but 
the folks  would  send  one  or  two state­
ments,  say at thirty  and  sixty days,  and 
then  draw. 
If  they had  taken pains  to 
write  him  a  frank  and  friendly  letter 
now  and  then  1  believe  it  would  have 
saved him.
Finally,  our  folks  thought  there  was 
no  use  waiting  so long to  get  ready  to 
draw,  so they  drew  at  the  end of  thirty 
days. 
I  was  in  Mr.  Man’s  store  when 
the  notice  of  draft came  in.  That set­
tled it.  he  never  bought  another  cent’s 
worth  of  the  house  after that.  My  in­
genious  supposition  that  it “must have 
been a  mistake,”  etc.,  availed  not.  He 
expressed friendship for me, but blanked 
the  house.  When  1  changed  houses  I 
secured his business.
1  had  for a  side  customer  in  a  small 
New  York  town  a  nice  old  gentleman 
to 
whose  purchases  of  me  amounted 
about  $15  a  trip.  He  always  said  the 
goods  were  put  in  the  windows,  lost 
their freshness,  and he had  to give  them 
away.  One season  he owed us  three  or 
four  bills,  some  $67  all  told,  and  the 
house drew on  him.  He  paid  the draft, 
and when 1 came round again he told me 
of it in the jolliest way,  and said:
“Now,  1  wish  you  would  tell  your 
folks that I sometimes declare to my cus­
tomers that 1 am going to  draw  on them 
if they don’t pay me,  and  they tell me to 
draw  and  be  deuced, or  something  like 
that.”
For several years 1 sold  moderate bills 
regularly  to  Mr. Jones  in  Smithtown. 
There  was  much  uncertainty  as  to  his 
resources and some doubt  as to his char­
acter,  so that  many  travelers  dared  not 
sell him.  He was the  only party I could 
get hold of  in  his  town,  and 1 felt loath 
to  drop  him. 
I  could  frequently  sell 
him in  the evening,  and  so  lost  no  day­

it  up 

time.  But  he  had  one  bad  habit.  He 
would  take  sixty days  on  his  bill?  and 
then deduct 5 per cent.  Our folks wrote 
him that they would  not allow that,  and 
he  promptly  suggested  their  notifying 
me  not  to  call  on  him.  Of  course,  1 
called  and  sold  him  just  the  same,  but 
after that had been going on for a year or 
two I got  from  our  bookkeeper  a  state­
ment  of  his  improper  discounts,  which 
was really 1  per  cent,  on  his  purchases 
for that time. 
In the  next  trade I over­
charged him enough  to  cover  the  whole 
amount and a balance  beside  to  provide 
for future settlements.  Poor fellow!  He 
thought he was doing a sharp thing in cool­
ly mulcting us of those petty  sums.  He 
knew  we  wanted  to  sell  him,  and  by 
threatening  us  with  the  withdrawal  of 
his trade  he compelled us to yield to  his 
unjust  exactions.  He  never  knew  that 
he himself footed  the  bill.
At  one  time  we  heard a  rumor  about 
him which,  if  true,  would  render him  a 
very  shaky  risk.  Galling  soon  after,  I 
stood  leaning  on  his  stand-up desk  and 
chatting  with  him,  and 
in  off-hand 
fashion said:
“Say,  our folks heard that you were in 
bad luck, that a judgment  for $5,000 was 
entered against you. 
He denied the story emphatically,  pro­
testing 
that  there  was  no  judgment 
I reached  out  lazily  over 
against  him. 
his  desk,  picked  up  a  scrap  of  paper, 
and addressing it  to  our firm, wrote  out 
briefly Mr. Jones’ statement. 
I shoved It 
over to him and  said it  might be well  to 
sign that.  He  glanced over it,  hesitated 
a minute,  then dashed down his name.  I 
treated the matter  with  no  formality or 
seriousness,  but took care to forward the 
scrap of paper to be filed in our office. 
I 
afterwards  learned  that  ‘the  judgment 
did exist,  but  was  lifted  soon after  the 
signing  of 
the  statement  by  aid  of  a 
friend.  Eventually, Mr. Jones  went the 
way of 95 per cent, of those who  attempt 
to buy and sell  and get gain.

Is that so?”

A Nebraska traveling  man is responsi­
ble for  the  following  effusion: 
“Back­
ward,  turn  backward,  O  time,  in  thy 
flight,  feed  me  on  gruel  again, just  for 
to-night;  I am so  wearied  of  restaurant 
steaks,  petrified  doughnuts  and  vulcan­
ized steaks,  oysters that sleep in a watery 
bath,  butter as strong as Goliath of Gath; 
weary  of  paying  for  what  1  can’t  eat, 
chewing up  rubber  and  calling it  meat. 
Backward, turn  backward,  for  weary  I 
am!  Give  me  a  whack  at  my  grand­
mother’s jam;  let me drink milk that has 
never  been  skimmed,  let  me  eat butter 
whose  hair  has  been  trimmed;  let  me 
but once have an  old-fashioned pie,  then 
I’ll be willing to  curl up and die;  I have 
been eating iron filings  for years—is it  a 
wonder I’m melting in tears?”

When You Get Tired

Buying rubbish, send for  our catalogue of  win­
dow  Screens,  Screen  Doors,  Btc.  Goods  well 
made from best materials.

Prices seldom higher.

A.  J .  PH ILLIPS *   CO.,

Fenton,  Mich.
Hardware Price Current.

AUGURS AND BITS. 

These  prices are  for cash  buyers,  who 
pay promptly  and  buy in  full  packages.
dlS.
60
Snell’s ................................................................. 
Cook’s ................................................................  
40
J  ennlngs’, genuine..........................................  
25
Jennings’,  Im itation....................................... 50*10
First Quality, S. B. Bronze............................. $700

AXBS.

" 
‘ 
*  • 

D.  B. Bronze..................................   12 00
S. B. 8. Steel...................................  8 00
D. B. steel....................................... 13 50

barrows. 

dis.

R ailro ad .........................................................$14 00
Garden......................................................  net  30 00
Stove.  .................................................................50*10
Carriage new list.............................................. 75*10
Plow.................................................................... 40*10
Sleigh shoe........................................................ 
70

bolts. 

dis.

BUCKETS.

Well,  plain...................:...................................$ 8 50
Well, swivel....................................................  4 00
dlS.
Cast Loose Pin, figured....................................70*
Wrought Narrow, bright Bast joint................6 0 * .0

BUTTS, OAST. 

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

....................................... 
BLOCKS.

Ordinary Tackle, list April  1892 ...............  

50

Grain...................................................... dis. 50*02

CRA D LES.

CROW  BA B S.

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

C A R TRID G ES.

Rim  Fire.......... ...........................................  
50
Central  Fire...........................................dis. 
25
dis.
Socket Firmer.............................................70*10
Socket Framing............................................ 70*16
Socket Comer............................................... 70*10
Socket Slicks............................................... 70*10
40
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............................ 

c h i s e l s . 

dis.

c o m b s . 

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

CH A LK .

C O PPE R .

“ 

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

D R IL L S . 

 

dis.

28
26
23
23
25
50
50
50

D R IF P IN e   PA N S.

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

 

07
  6H

ELBO W S.

E X PA N SIV E   B IT S . 

Com. 4  piece, 6 in .......................... .dos. net 
75
40
Corrugated...........................................dis 
Adjustable............................................dis. 40*10
Clark’s, small, $18;  large, $26...................... 
30
Ives’, 1, $18:  2, $24;  3,$»)............................  
25
Di88ton’s ...................................................... 60*10
New American  ............................................60*10
Nicholson’s ..................................................60*10
Heller’s  ........................................................ 
50
Heller’s Horse R asps..................................  
50

f i l e s —New List. 

dis.

d i s .

OALVANIZED IB O N .

28
17

dis.
dis.

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

15 

13 
Discount, 60

12 

14 
S A U S E S . 

d ie .

l o c k s — d o o b . 

k n o b s —New List. 

50
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s...................... 
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings.................... 
55
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings.................  
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.............. 
55
Door,  porcelain, trimmings......................... 
55
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain................. 
70
Russell *  Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new l i s t .........  
55
55
Mallory, Wheeler  *   Co.’s............................ 
55
Branford’s ................................................... 
55
Norwalk’s ..................................................... 
Adze Eye..........................................$16.00, dis. 60
Hunt Bye..........................................$15.00, dis. 60
Hunt’s...................................... $18.50, dis. 20*10.
d is.
50
Sperry A Co.’s, Post, handled...................... 
d is.
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ...................................  
40
“  P. S. *  W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleable«.... 
40
“  Landers,  Ferry *  Cls rk’s.................  
40
30
.....................................  
“  Enterprise 
Stebbin’s Pattem..........................................60*10
Stebbln’s Genuine........................................ 66*10
Enterprise, self-measuring..........................  
25

MAULS. 
m il l s. 

M OLASSES OA TES. 

MATTOCKS.

dis.

NAILS

Advance over base: 

Steel nails, base..............................................1  85
Wire nails, base.....................................1  80@l  90
Steel.  Wire.
60...................................................... Base 
Base
10
50...................................................... Base 
25
40 .....................................................  06 
25
30...................................................... 
10 
35
20......................................................  15 
45
16......................................................  15 
12......................................................  15 
45
10 ......................................................  20 
50
8.........................................................  25 
60
75
7 * 6 ..................................................  40 
90
4.........................................................  60 
8 
1 20
...................................... 1  00 
1 60
2........................................................ 1  50 
160
FlneS................................................ 150 
65
Case  10..............................................  60 
8..............................................   75 
“ 
75
6 ............................................  90 
90
“ 
Finish 10............................................  85 
75
90
“  8............................................1 00 
» 
6........................................... 1  15 
1 10
70
Clinch;10 ..........................................  85 
“  8........................................... 1 00 
80
115 
90
“ 
Barrell V -K ..................................... 175 
175
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy................................   ©40
Sdota Bench.............................................-  ©60
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.........................  ©40
Bench, first quality......................................   ©60
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood...........  *10
Fry,  Acme............................................ dis.60—10
70
Common,  polished................................ dis. 
Iron and  Tinned.........................................  
40
Copper Rivets and Burs............................... 50—10
“A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
"B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9 20 

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

 
PLANES. 

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

Broken packs He per pound extra.

r i v e t s . 

PANS.

diS.

d i e .

HAM M EBS.

dis.

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

hinobs.

HOLLOW   W A B E.

hangers. 

H OUSE  F U R N ISH IN G   GOODS.

May dole  *  Co.’s ..................................... dis. 
25
25
Kip’s ........................................................dis. 
Yerkes * Plumb’s............................................ dis. 40*10
80c list 60
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.................... 
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel, Hand__30c 40*10
Gate, Clark’s, 1,2 ,3 ............................... dls.60*10
State...........................................per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12 in. 4H  14 and
longer........................................................  3H
Screw Hook and  Eye, H.........................net 
10
%.......................n et  8H
“ 
X..........................net  7H
“ 
“ 
%..........................net  7H
Strap and T ............................................ dis. 
50
Bam Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track__50*10
Champion,  anti-friction.............................   60*10
Kidder, wood track.....................................  
40
Pots............................................................... 60*10
Kettles.........................................................  60*10
Spiders  .........................................................60*10
Gray enameled..............................................40*10
Stamped  Tin Ware...............................new list 70
Japanned Tin Ware..................................... 
25
Granite Iron W are..................... new llst33H*10
dis.
Bright...................................................... 70*10*10
Screw  Eyes.............................................70*10*10
70*10*10
Hook’s .............................  
Gate Hooks and Byes...................... 
70*10*10
<Ub.7q
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s......................
Sisal, H Inch and larger.............................  
9
Manilla.........................................................  13
d lS .
Steel and Iron..............................................  
Try and Bevels............................................. 
M itre............................................................ 

75
60
20
Com.  Smooth.  Com.
.............$i 05 
91 95
............   4 05 
3 05
3 C5
...........  4 05 
3 15
............   4 05 
............   4 25 
8 25
............   4 45 
8 35
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  inches 

Nos. lOtO  14, 
NOS. 15 tO 17 
Nos.  18 to 21 
Nos. 22 to 24 
Nos. 25 to 26 
No. 27.........
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19, ’86
dis.
Silver Lake, White A..............................list 
Drab A..................................  “ 
“ 
“  White  B................................  * 
“ 
Drab B...................................  “ 
“  White C..................................“ 

w i r e  goods. 

50
50
56
50
55
35

SAND  P A P E R .

levels. 

SH E E T  IRO N .

SASH CORD.

SQUARES. 

RO PES.

 

Discount, 10.

SASH  W EIG H TS.

d i s .

s a w s . 

t r a p s . 

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

Solid Eyes............................................ per ton $25
* 
20
Silver Steel  Dia. X Cuts, per foot,....  70
“  Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot....  50
“  Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot__ 
30
“  Champion  and  Electric  Tooth  X 
Cuts,  per  foot............................................. 
30
Steel, Game................................................... 60*10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ................ 
35
Oneida  Community, Hawley a Norton’s __ 
70
Mouse, choker.................................18c per doz
Mouse, delusion.............................. $1.50 per dos.
dis.
Bright Market..............................................   65
Annealed Market......................................... 70—10
Coppered Market.........................................   60
Tinned Market.............................................  62H
Coppered Spring  Steel................................  
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized...............................  2 85
painted....................................  2 40

w i r e . 

dis.

“ 

HORSE  N A ILS.

d lS .

W R EN C H ES. 

Au  Sable  ..........................................dis.  40*10
Putnam.......................................... 
dis.  05
Northwestern................................  
dis. 10*10
d iS .
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.................... 
30
Coe’s  Genuine............................................. 
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,........... 
75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable............................... 75*10
Bird Cages................................................... 
50
Pumps, Cistern........................................   75*10
Screws, New List..........................................70*10
Casters, Bed a  d Plate...........................50*10*10
Dampers, American..................................... 
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods........65*10

M ISCELLANEOUS. 

METALS, 
P IG  T IN .
Pig  Large................................
Pig Bars...................................
Duty :  Sheet, 2Hc per pound.
6X7
660 pound  casks.......................
Per pound...............................
SO L D E S.
H©H..................................................................16
Extra Wiping.................................................   15
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder in the market indicated by private brands 
vary according to composition.
Cookson............ ...........................per  pound
Hallett’s......................................  
“ 
T IN — M BLTN G RADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal...................................
14x20 IÇ, 
....................................
....................................
10x14 IX, 
14x20 IX, 
....................................
Bach additional X on this grade, $1.75.

13
$ 7
.  7  0 
.  9 25
9 25

“ 
“ 
“ 
TIN—ALLAWAT GBADB.
“ 
“ 
“ 

10x14 IC,  Charcoal.........................  ..........
.......................................
14x2010, 
10x14 IX, 
.......................................
......................................
14x20 IX, 

Each additional X on this grade $1.50.

ANTIM ONY

260
280

ZINC.

ROOFING PLATES

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“  Worcester.........................
14x20 IC, 
" 
..........................
14x20 IX, 
...............
“ 
20x28 IC, 
“  Allaway  Grade...............
14x2010, 
................
“ 
14x20 IX, 
“ 
.................
20x28 IC, 
“ 
.................
20x28 IX, 
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.
14x28 IX......................................................
14x31  EX......................................................
14x56 LX, for No. 8 Boilers, I _ _
14x60IX,  “  “  9 
f par pouna....

" 
“ 
" 

» 

$ 6 75 
6 75 
.  8 25 
.  9 25

6 50 
8 50
IS 60 
6  00
7 50 
12 50 
15 50
114 00 
.15 
10

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please  say that  you  saw  their  advertisement In 
T h e Michigan T rad esm a n.

E.  A.  STOWE, Editor.

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

THE  TRUE  AMERICAN  KING.

Republican  as is our  form  of  govern­
ment, democratic as  are our national  in­
stitutions, and  notwithstanding  the  fact 
that titles of royalty and nobility are for­
bidden by the constitution, the American 
people seem  to have  a  profound  regard 
for the titles  which  accompany  the pos­
session  in  Europe  of  social  rank  and 
precedence.  The  American  people  be­
ing  by  the  force  of  their  own  laws 
the 
country,  are 
unwilling,  when  they  assume  foreign 
titles, to  take  any  lesser  rank  than  be­
longs  to  sovereigns,  consequently  our 
titles  run 
into  the  realms  of  royalty. 
Our  people,  when  they  attain  pre-emi­
nence  in  any  condition  of  life,  become 
kings.

sovereigns  of 

the 

Of this  sort of  royalty  we  have many 
examples.  A  man  who  attains  great 
riches in any  branch of  trade becomes  a 
king.  As a consequence,  we  have  kings 
of the stock  market,  railway kings,  min­
ing  kings, eminent  pork  packers,  who
become  kings  of  hogs,  boss  herders  of
live  stock  on  the  plains  of  Texas  and 
Colorado,  who are  cattle  kings.  One  of 
these  money  monarchs  died  a few days 
ago.  He was both a railway king and  an 
emperor  of  the  stock market.  He  was 
sometimes  termed  “Wizard,”  because 
perhaps the wonderful  success which he 
had  in overcoming  all  opposition to his 
speculations  seemed  to  savor of  magic, 
his methods  being  considered  often tor­
tuous  and  sinister  to  those  who  so  se­
verely suffered  by them.  He was one of 
those  kings  who rule  by inspiring fear, 
rather than love,  and the  wreck and  ruin 
which  fell  upon  so  many  who  opposed 
his schemes,  testified  to  the  strength  of 
his  resources  and  the  greatness  of  his 
power.

But  kings die like the rest of mankind, 
and  when  they  have  passed  away  men 
may impartially take  their  measure and 
reckon up their  claims to be installed  in 
the niches of fame and to have their names 
inscribed on the records of  human grati­
tude  or  the  contrary.  The  man,  be  he 
prince  or  peasant,  king  or  commoner, 
who lives or rules solely for his  own ad­
vantage,  without  regard  for others,  can 
have but little  claim  upon  the gratitude

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

or love of posterity, and the most obviou s 
questions when he  dies are:  “What good 
has  he  done to  his  kind?  Have  people 
been made any  happier or any better be­
cause of his having lived?” It is an inex­
orable law that men  are  judged by  their 
deeds,  and no man who has not done any 
good  to  his  fellows  is  entitled  to  their 
favorable  consideration.  He  may  have 
possessed ail  the  power  that  riches  can 
give,  his entire  life may  have been  a ca­
reer of unbroken triumphs in the course in 
which he marched—it is necessary that he 
should  have  been  a  benefactor  to merit 
remembrance.  The destruction which he 
has wrought  may  secure  execration  and 
cause  men  to  rejoice  in  his  death. 
It 
can  gain no other honor.

How often Is  it that  men  of  moderate 
fortune,  with  hearts  bearing  malice  to 
none, but with charity for all, go through 
life dispensing in  their  little circles  the 
good disposition  and doing,  as  far  as  it 
may  lie  in  their  power,  good  works 
where  they  are  needed.  They  gain  no 
great  notoriety  and  no  loud  applause, 
but when they die they are truly mourned, 
because the poor  have  lost a helper,  the 
community  has  lost  a  useful  and  good 
citizen,  and  their  family  and  friends 
have  lost  a  worthy and admirable mem­
ber of the  sacred  circle  of  love  and  re­
gard.  Is this not better than to be a dread­
ed and unloved king of finance?

When  millions  were  mourning  the 
death of  General Grant, they felt  that as 
a  soldier  and  statesman  he  had  many 
claims  on  them,  but  the  whole  world 
recognized 
that  the  crowning  act  of  a 
great  career  was his  splendid  magnan­
imity at Appomattox. 
It was this grand 
act  of  noble  generosity which, above all 
his  battles  and  above  all  his  civilian 
services to the  country,  put  him  in  the 
first  rank  of  public  admiration.  To do 
good  is  the  highest  kingship.  Henry 
Clay,  one of  the  grandest of  Americans, 
declared  he  had  rather  be  right  than 
President.  One  of  the  noblest  of poets 
wrote:

“ "Tis only noble to be good.

Kind hearts are more than coronets ”

Nothing  can  be  more  true.  The  man 
who  is  truly  loved 
in  life,  and  truly 
mourned  in  death  for  his good  acts,  is 
the true American king.

THE  TORREY  BANKRUPTCY  BILL.
One  of  the  measures  which  was in­
troduced  at  last  year’s  session of  Con­
gress and  failed  to pass  was the Torrey 
bankruptcy  bill.  This  measure was al­
so introduced in the  Fifty-first  Congress 
and passed the House of Representatives, 
but  reached  the  Senate  so  late  in  the 
second or  short  session  that the session 
came  to  an  end  before  an  opportunity 
was found for considering the bill.

The measure  was  introduced  early  in 
the first session of  the present Congress, 
but owing  to  the  pressure  of  other im­
portant  bills,  it has  not  yet  been acted 
upon.  There new  seems to be a disposi­
tion in the  House  of  Representatives to 
fix a date for its consideration, and efforts 
are being made to  secure  the fixing of  a 
day by the committee on rules.

Owing  to  the  fact  that  all  business 
nowadays is interstate in character, there 
being no distributing centers whose mer­
chants do not  sell goods  in a half dozen 
or more States,  it  is  held  that  the regu­
lation of  bankruptcy proceedings by  the 
Federal Government  is strictly constitu­
tional under the general  provision  which 
gives to Congress the regulation of inter­
state commerce.

The main aim of the Torrey measure is 
to  protect  merchants  from 
fraudulent 
debtors,  and  thus  surround  the  credit 
system, so essential  to  modern  methods 
of doing business,  with  additional  safe­
guards  by  narrowing the  opportunities 
for  fraudulent  failures. 
It  is believed 
that  only  a  federal  statute  can  effect 
this,  as  the  radical  differences  in  the 
laws now existing in  different  states are 
taken  advantage of  by the  dishonest  to 
evade the payment of their just debts.

The  Torrey  bill  has received  the en­
dorsement of  nearly  all  the  prominent 
boards of trade and commercial exchang­
es of the country,  hence it is before Con­
gress  with  about as strong  an  indorse­
ment  from  the  country  as a bill  could 
possibly  have. 
It  is,  therefore,  to  be 
hoped that the House of  Representatives 
will fix  a  date  for  the  consideration  of 
the measure,  and that, too,  at a time suf­
ficiently  early  in  the  session  to permit 
of the Senate acting before adjournment. 
The  measure  has  been  before  Congress 
for over three years, and it is as well that 
it should be  now  definitely  disposed  of.
Without being accused of  dabbling  in 
politics,  T h e  T radesm an  can  refer to 
the  Senatorial  situation  and  advise  its 
readers  to  insist  on  the selection  of  a 
business  man—one who  stands  close  to 
the  people  and 
is  in  thorough  accord 
with the  business interests of  the State. 
Great wealth and the ability to make lib­
eral  contributions  to  campaign  funds 
should no longer be  considered  the  sole 
passport to the United States Senate;  the 
aristocracy of wealth  should give way to 
the  aristocracy  of  brains; 
familiarity 
with the various business interests of the 
State should be considered of more value 
than  the  ability  to  give  grand dinners 
and  dispense  hospitality  with  a lavish 
hand.  T h e  T radesm an,  having  always 
maintained a neutral position  in politics, 
does  not  now  propose  to  suggest  any 
name  in  connection  with  the  Senator- 
ship;  but  it  hopes  to  see  the  business 
men  of  the  commonwealth  show  their 
hand in the coming contest  and insist on 
the selection of a man  who  would reflect 
credit on  the position  and  at  the  same 
time be  ambitious  to serve  the  best  in­
terests of  his constituents  and  be broad 
euough to judge of  their needs.

A  veteran  dairyman  writes  Hoard's 
Dairyman  as  follows  in  regard  to  an 
individual who  is  quite  promiscuous in 
Michigan at the present time:
The  Dairyman  says  the  “creamery 
shark” —meaning thereby  the  man  who 
puts  up a five  thousand  dollar creamery 
in a twelve  hundred dollar community— 
always  operates  in  a community  where 
the  people  do  not  understand  anything 
about  a  creamery.  There  is  a heap  of 
truth  in  this, and  the  question  still re­
mains,  how  are  we  going to  circumvent 
the aforesaid  shark? 
If  the  community 
is  rich  enough 
to  contribute  all  that 
money  for  a  purpose  about  which  not 
one  of  its  members  is  posted,  then  it 
looks  as  though  the  lesson  they  get  is 
pretty  well  deserved.  The  agricultural 
press generally is helping along the good 
work  by exposing the iniquitous methods 
of  the  sharks,  and  the  Experiment Sta­
tions  would  do  the  people  valiant  ser­
vice by telling  the  dry,  undisputed facts 
in a  “Bulletin,”  giving  the names of  the 
houses  which are  so  unmercifully plun­
dering the people.

It Was Skim.

Wife—I  don’t  think  much  of  this 

cheese, do you?

Husband—Not now,  but I expect to all 

the rest of the night.

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Favors a  February  Meeting.

T r a v er se  Cit y , Dec.  24—In  a  recent 
issue  of  T h e  T radesm an,  I  noted  an 
item  suggesting  a February  meeting  of 
the  Michigan  Business  Men’s  Associa­
tion. 
I believe the item  contained,  also, 
an invitation to those  who were in  favor 
of a meeting at  that time to  respond.  1 
am in favor of such a gathering and deem 
it  an  opportune  time  for  the  business 
men to confer together.  Such a meeting 
would tend  to  revive  the  local  interest 
where the organizations  are lagging and 
make clear the  positions  each  organiza­
tion  holds.  The  months  of  inactivity 
have by no means  blotted  out  the mem­
ories of good work  done in  the  years  of 
our activity,  but, on  the  contrary,  have 
settled in the  minds of  many  the better 
things  to  do  and  the  things not  to  be 
done to  make  our  organizations  strong 
and permanent in character.
I believe  our  local  association  would 
be  well  represented  at  a  meeting  in 
Grand Rapids  and when the roll call  for 
reports from  Traverse  City  on the work 
done here,  the  response  would  be inter­
esting.
Hoping you may  have  other favorable 
words, I am

Truly  yours,

Frank Hamilton.

An  Unwelcome  Creamery.

Onondaga,  Dec. 24—It is not unlikely 
that litigation  will  ensue  a9  the  result 
of the creamery enterprise at this  place. 
Soon after the contract  for  the  erection 
and equipment of the creamery had been 
executed with Davis  &  Rankin,  Homer 
people offered us a $4,500  Davis  &  Ran­
kin creamery at 15 or 20 cents on the dol­
lar and  equally  discouraging  communi­
cations were  received  from  other  towns 
in  the  State.  The  stockholders  there­
upon called  a  meeting  and  resolved  to 
countermand the order,  which  was  done 
by telegram and letter.  Davis & Rankin 
thereupon shipped the  roofing and  later 
on the iron  columns.  Their  representa­
tive then came on and  offered  to  cancel 
the  contract for $850,  alleging  that  sum 
to  be  less 
than  one-half  their  profit 
on  the  deal.  This  offer  was  rejected, 
and the creamery building  is  now  near­
ing  completion.  The  stockholders  do 
uo not propose to accept the property and 
have retained ex-Governor Blair, of Jack- 
son,  to defend  any action which  may  be 
brought by Davis  &  Rankin  in  the  en­
forcement of their contract.

Gadd in g  & W ilcox.

Key  West  Equator:  A drummer now 
visiting  Key  West,  when  on  his  way 
north  last  spring,  bought  a  scalper’s 
ticket  belonging  to  some  doctor.  As a
matter of course he  was  so  registered by 
the  purser.  The  first  night  out he was 
awakened by the steward calling “doctor.” 
At  first he could not remember why  they 
should  call  him  that name,  but  remem­
bering the ticket he  answered.  He  was 
told that the captain  wished  to  see  him 
immediately.  Posting to the captain,  he 
was informed  that  there  was  a lady  on 
board who was quite sick,  and,  as he was 
the only  doctor,  would  he  call  on her? 
He  made a virtue  of  necessity, and  did 
so.  Looking  as  wise  as  an  owl,  and 
fumbling  at  his  watch,  he pretended  to 
count  her  pulse  beats.  Not  knowing 
whether she was sick or not,  he seriously 
stated that her case was simply a nervous 
affection and recommended three  bottles 
of champagne  a day,  which  was  taken. 
The lady recovered.

A change  will occur  in  the  city  sales 
department  of  the  Ball-Barnhart-Put- 
man Co. next week.  Arthur  Fowle  will 
retire as  a  salesman  and enter the book­
keeping  and  receiving  departments. 
Sam Evans will  take  new  territory  out­
side 
the  city.  Martin  Vanderveen, 
formerly  engaged  in  the  retail  grocery 
business  on  Madison  avenue,  will  look 
after the wants of the city trade.

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ABE  BUSINESS PROFITS TOO LARGE?
There  are  four  essentials  to  any suc­
cessful  business—capital, labor, skill ami 
opportunity.  The  first  three  of  these 
must  be  paid,  and  our quest oil  relates 
to the  proportion of  compensation  to  be 
awarded.

We must  start  by considering  the  cir­
cumstances of  the  case, 
if  we take  an 
ordinary  country  village,  we  will  find 
several  boys with  the  capacity to labor, 
but without  capital  and  skill  to conduct 
a large business;  from  necessity they  be­
come  laborers.  Then  we  find  two  or 
three,  perhaps, with  business ability, but 
no  capital,  and  if  they  cannot  borrow 
capital—and  most of  them cauuot at first 
—they  become laborers,  also.  Occasion­
ally  one is fouud  like W.  11.  Vanderbilt, 
having  both  capital  and  skill,  and  he 
steps  to  the  front  and  does  business 
enough,  or more than euough. for several 
villages, 
liis  wealth  increases  rapidly 
and  his  power  to  accumulate gaius  all 
the time.

Now  the  laborer  looks  at Vanderbilt 
as a capitalist chiefly,  and.  knowing that 
labor is  just  as  essential  to  business  as 
capital, naturally asks  why it should not 
be as well rewarded.  The answer always 
must be that it should,  but  this  does not 
answer the main  question as to the prop­
er  proportion  of  profits  to  be  divided. 
Three  things  being  essential, and  each 
able to command  pay,  the portion of  pay 
must be governed by circumstances. 
In 
the  case of  our  village  boys, only  one 
can  start in  business, and  nine  start as 
laborers,  so that  there  are in  the  begin­
ning nine competitors  for the rewards of 
labor  aud  but  one  for  the  rewards  of 
both  capital  and  skill  in  management. 
On the law of  competition,  which cannot 
be evaded in the  long run,  this  seems to 
put labor  at a great  disadvantage,  but is 
is a disadvantage imposed  by nature, aud 
so  need  not  be  discussed.  The  actual 
fact is,  that  there are three things equal­
ly essential  and  to  be  paid  for the con­
duct of  business. 
If  we  bad  $30  to di­
vide  as  the  result of  an  enterprise,  and 
should say that, as all three of the things 
were  essential, each of  them  must  have 
a  third  of  the  emolument,  we  would 
shoot  wide of  the  mark. 
In  that  case, 
one  individual would  get  $20  and  nine
would  get  only  one  dollar  aud  eleven 
cents  apiece.  That  would  be  absurd. 
But  the  poor  man,  looking to the  owner 
of  a hundred  millions,  imagines that the 
division  has  been  something  very  much 
like it.

The  poor  man,  however,  is  mistaken. 
There is no  business of  recognized legit­
imacy that pays labor only a third.  There 
is no  business  that  gives to capital  and 
skill  combined  even  ten  dollars  out  of 
thirty.  Labor gets more than two-thirds 
of the income of  most undertakings, and 
of many gets  the whole,  while the entire 
capital  not  only obtains  nothing,  but  is 
itself  lost  in  the venture,  and its owner 
relegated to the ranks of labor.  No man, 
employing  ten  hands  at  wages of  $3  a 
day  each,  expects  to  make $5 a day;  but 
that sum  would  only give him $3 for  his 
time—the  same  as his  men  get—and $2 
for  his  skill  and  the  use of  his capital. 
This  is  a  case  where  the  employer  is 
possessed  of  ability  to  manage  the  ten 
men as laborers only, and for such a man 
#5 per day for the  necessary study,  anxi­
ety and responsibility, cannot be deemed 
out of proportion.

When the man of fifty  looks at his  boy 
associates and their  careers, probable he

will  find  that only one in ten has reached 
a  handsome  competence  by  his own  ex­
ertions,  and  that  one  because  he  was 
energetic,  faithful, competent, and thor­
ough  systematically from  the  start. 
If 
for a  time  he  served  under  another,  he 
was careful  to do a little  more than  was 
expected  of  him  aud  did  it well.  This 
created confidence aud desire on  the part 
of  his employer to see  him  prosper,  aud 
a disposition to assist him.  Jn the course 
of  time his  employer  leuds him  capital, 
or  makes him a partner in the  business, 
aud  then  his  fortune  is assured.  Why 
did  not  the other  ten  boys do the  same? 
Onviously  because  there  was  but  one 
chance iu  teu of  that  kiud,  and  the oue 
got  it,  so the  others  bad  to be content to 
serve in  less profitable callings.

The regiment  has  but oue colonel,  the 
company  but  one  captain,  the State  but 
one  Governor;  and  any  great  business 
has  limitations to the  number of  bosses 
it can  find use for.  There  must be oper­
atives  as  well  as  mauagers;  aud,  gen­
erally, capacity finds its way  to the front, 
aud incapacity goes to the rear, as a mat­
ter of  course,  or  according to  the law of 
gravitation.

When one finds an opening,  and leaves 
the  operative  class  for  the  managing 
class,  the  value  of  his  service  shows 
itself iu some  way that commands recog­
nition.  Thus, in  the  early days of  agri­
culture,  farmers  send  their  produce  to 
market  by a man  who  makes a business 
of  marketing for others, 
lie can  handle 
the product of  ten  farms,  say,  aud  hence 
twenty  farmers  give a living to two mid­
dle-men.  After  a  time a man  turns  up 
that is smart  enough  to  sell  the product 
of twenty farms  and obtain  better prices 
for  the  producers,  by taking  off  a  little 
from the  commissions,  and  soon  he gets 
all  the  business,  and  his  two rivals  are 
obliged  to retire  from  the  field.  When 
they are  out,  the  profits  which  were  di­
vided between  two are taken by one,  less 
the  small  discount  that  he  made to the 
farmers  to  secure  their  custom.  Now, 
doing the work of  two,  he saves the time 
and the expenses on the road of  one, and 
so,  while  they  just  made  a  living,  he 
rapidly  accumulates,  and  makes  money 
faster  than  the  farmer  who  raises  the 
produce which  he  only sells. 
In  a  few
years he is the  richest  man  in  town,  and 
the  farmers,  looking  only  at  the  result, 
are  dissatisfied,  and  though he  has  done 
the  selling  for  them  for less  than  they 
could  possibly have  done  it  themselves, 
and also for  less than any other man had 
ever  done  it  for  that  community,  they 
complain  of  him  as  an  extortioner, or 
robber of  the poor  men  who  have  done 
all  the  hard work.  To state  it  mildly, 
he is a non-producer  who  has  eaten  up 
the farmers of the town.

And what has happened to the farmers 
has happened to  all others.  The compe­
tent manufacturer  has  come  in,  and  by 
doing  a  much  larger  business  has  re­
tired several incompetents  to  the ranks; 
the  competent trader has  done the same, 
the banker  has done  it,  the  expressman 
has done  it,  and  all  others  have  where! 
there was a chance.  From what has been 
said, it is apparent  that  the  cost of  liv­
ing to the middle-men  is  not  the  prime 
factor  in  measuring  the  pay  for  their 
services. 
In  the  first  class  named,  the 
farmers  were  satisfied  with  paying  the 
larger commissions, so  long  as  the  men 
earned  only  a  living,  they 
taking  the 
| living as the  proper  measure,  and  then 
! they wanted to apply  the  same  measure

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to the better  man,  and  leave  out  of  the 
account  his  better  service  and  manage­
ment,  and 
lower  commissions.  They 
were  more  content  with  two  dawdlers 
and inefficients,  than  with  one brisk,  en­
ergetic, and go-ahead  fellow,  who served 
them in  better fashion.

It is found,  after a term of  years,  that 
the one efficient man  has  saved  a hand­
some property, and has  money to lend to 
others  to  increase  business,  and 
that 
somehow his portion of  taxes and  public 
burdens  is  very  large, and  a  material 
help to town expenses, while it is certain 
that  the  two  men  be  displaced do  not 
lend money or  pay  any  taxes  of  conse­
quence, and  probably  never  would  had 
they retained the business which  he took 
from them.  The  inefficients  would have 
allowed matters  to run  along in  a  care­
less fashion,  and  they  would  have  con­
sumed  their  commissions  in  living  ex 
penses,  so that nothing  would  have been 
added to  the general stock;  but the  new 
and  vigorous  man  having  come  in,  the 
community,  instead of  having  two  poor 
persons who  can pay  no  taxes  for high­
ways  and  schools,  has a  capitalist  who 
does  pay,  and  who  also  has  money  to 
lend  to  men  who  need.  The  common 
people  in  these days  decry  the  richest 
man in town,  and think him a detriment, 
a sort  of incubus  or  dead weight which 
the people are compelled to  carry,  whose 
money  has  been  made  out  of  them  by 
craft,  and  they  imagine  that  bad  the 
laws of right and justice prevailed, their 
burden  would  not  have  existed.  They 
do not for a moment  dream that his cap 
ital  would  never  have  existed  had  the 
old dawdlers kept on  to the end.

Nevertheless,  they  do  believe  in  ca­
pacity,  and they  vote  for  the  competent 
man  for Governor,  and  town  clerk,  and 
assessor,  and  when  they  want  a  farm­
hand  or  market-man  they  employ 
the 
best  for  the  money,  and  only  grumble 
after  the  service  has  been  performed. 
They  know  that  the  best  help  is  the 
cheapest  all  the  time,  save  at  the  mo­
ment when  they look  at the aggregate re­
ward  in  the  lump.  They  know  that a 
good  haud  is more  profitable  than  two 
half hands,  because the board of one  can 
be saved.  Now,  the men  who  manufac­
ture or engage  in trade  are the  servants 
of the people as  certainly  as the Govern­
or  of  the  State  or 
the  county  clerk. 
They  combine  materials  and  exchange 
goods  for  others  simply  because  the 
others find it for their  advantage to have 
them do it. 
I do not buy  at the store be­
cause the merchant compels  me,  but  be­
cause it is not  profitable  for  me to  keep 
store myself.  By  getting  the  manufac­
turer to take  my  wool  and  turn  it  into 
cloth,  1  get  more  cloth.  1  create  the 
manufacturer by asking him  to  help  me 
to get the most cloth. 
In early times the 
shoemaker  went  from  house  to  house 
with  his  lasts, 
leather  and  patterns, 
tied  up  in  a  sack  and  slung  over  his 
shoulder, and  made  and  mended  in  the 
family  kitchens.  That  kind  of  shoe­
maker  long  ago  disappeared,  and is  no 
longer  here  to  be  laughed at.  He was 
succeeded  by  one  who  stayed  at  home 
and  worked  in  his  own  kitchen.  The 
other  went  out  of  business  because  he 
came  in.  He  drove  the  other  out, and 
out  to  stay;  he  will  never  return;  be 
demonstrated to people  that the  old cob­
bler was not  the  best  resource  for foot­
gear, and  the  moment  this  was  made 
plain 
the  old  system  went  under;  he 
saved time in packing and  unpacking,  in

traveling to and fro, and  in  waiting,  and \ 
iu  many  ways made  it  more  convenitnt 
all round,  so  that it  is  cheaper  for cus-! 
tomers  and  better  for  the  workman to j 
have the new system.

Later on  the  kitchen  workman  had  to 
abdicate  in  favor of  a man  with a shop, 
a grindstone,  shelves,  better  light  and 
hea', and  numerous appliances  impossi­
ble  to  a  farmer’s  kitchen.  When  this 
man held the fort for a while the regular 
I manufacturer,  with a large  building  for 
j cutting,  sorting,  storing  and  caring  for 
goods,  put  in  an  appearance,  and  the 
man  with the small shop and comfortable 
loafing quarters stepped  out iu  the same 
way  and  for  the  same  reason  that  his 
predecessors had.  The new-comer could 
do  better  service  for  less  money;  the 
manufacturer  came  because  the  world 
knew  what  it  wanted  aud  sought  him. 
The  world  wanted  someone  capable  of 
stopping  the  en  immis wastefulness  of 
the  old  system.  The  newest  man  has 
made  the  old cobbler  and  his  ways ap­
pear ridiculous,  and  the operative  of to­
than  the  well-to-do 
day 
farmer of 1786. 
If the old way is better, 
there is nothing in  the way of  returning 
to it, only the one fact that people cannot 
afford  to.  Let him  who thinks  the  old 
plan the better start out  with  his bundle 
of lasts and kit and  try  to earn a  living 
in  the good old way.

lives  better 

Attempts at co-operation  thus far have 
generally  shown  a  strong  if  not  fatal 
tendency to  failure  because of  the diffi­
culty of  commanding the  requisite  skill 
and  faithfulness  in  management.  Co- 
operators are not willing to pay the price 
for service which their  business needs in 
order to succeed.  They always stand on 
the  theory  that  the  men  who  conduct 
great enterprises get too much  for doing 
the business and the operatives too little, 
in course  of  time,  and usually  not  very 
long time,  their scheme goes down.  This 
is  because  in  the  nature  of  things  no 
hired person on  a salary of  fixed amount 
will all the time  keep his wits alive  and 
study  into  the small  hours of  the night 
devising ways and means to make money 
for other people.  They  propose in  their 
constitution  to  take  from  capital  and 
skill a portion of  the profit that has usu­
ally been accorded to them  and give it to 
labor;  but  after  thousands  of  experi­
ments during forty or more years of good 
j business in  this  country, there is hardly 
I a single  case of such undoubted  success 
I as to warrant  the  assertion that demon­
stration of  feasibity  has  been  attained. 
The combined skill of all the co-operators 
in half a century  has  produced  no  eon- 
I cern of magnitude.  The almost uniform 
failures  seem  to  prove  that great man­
agement  must have  great  compensation, 
and in endeavoring to  get the skill with­
out the pay the  co-operators’ dream  has 
come to naught.

Now, this is equivalent to  saying  that 
the world finds its business can  be  done 
at less  cost  than  by  co-operation.  The 
latter fails  because it  is  undersold  and 
unable  to  compete  with  such  skill  as 
gets the better  pay.

Had Commodore Vanderbilt  been  con­
tent  with  the  salary  of  a  steamboat 
captain,  he  would  never  have developed 
into a great  business  man  and  railroad 
manager.  The prospect of  great  emolu­
ment brought into exercise great powers, 
so that he cheapened transportation in an 
astonishing degree and yet  made  money 
to an  astonishing  amount.  The  people 
who saved $4 or $5  in  a  round  trip  be-

W ho  Can Sell yon an  A  No.  1  A rticle of

Pure  Buckwheat  Flour

A t  a  Moderate  Price.  A  Postal  card w ill  bring 

quotations and  sample.

A.  S C H E N C K   &  S O N ,

E L S IE ,  M ICH.

T i e   Wayne 

Self -Measuring 

Oil  Tank.

Measuring |One  Qt, and H alf Gallon at a  Single 

Stroke.

M anufactured by the

WAYNE  OIL  TANK  CO.,

FORT  WAYNE,  INI).

Cellar Tank and Pump.

ill

First Floor Tank and Pump.

Wb  Lead,  Let  Others  Follow,

P i t t s f i e l d , Mass., Oct. 5, 1892. 

Wayne Oil Tank Co.. Fart  Wayne, !*• d.
G rots—The  tank we  bought  from  yon has  now  been in our 
u«e two months.  We are  mo-e th»n  pleased with it.  It works 
easily, accurately  and  rapidly  Would  not do without  it  for 
twice  its  cost.  We  take  pleasure in  recommending  it  as  the 
cleanest and best  machine for  handling oil we ever saw  You 
may refer  as  many as you  like to us. we  have  only words  of 
praise for it. 
Wayne Oil Tank Co.. Fart  Wayne,  Ind 
G k n t   k m e -c — 1 think  your tanks are bound to tie a seller, for 
in the thirteen  year-1 have been selling  oil  1 never  have seen 
their equal.  Yours truly, 

G. T. & W. C.  M a n d i g o .
B ritton,  Mich., .Tune 15, ’92. 

W. C. B a b< o. k.

PRICK  L1‘T.

First floor Tanks and  Pumps. 
1  k,hl 
SI 3 on
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1ft ( 0
3 bbl.............................   18 00
ft bbl 
....................  27 00

Cellar Tanks and Pumps.

1 bbl  ...........................   $14 00
2 hbl  ...........................   17 00
3 bbl.............................   21  <0
2ft t ft
4 hhl 
5 bbl.............................   30 00
Pump without tank__ 
9 00

Compare our prices.  O rder now anil save agents’ 

commission.

The  Rocker Washer

(Liberal  luduce-

ments to the trade.)

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H a s  p ro v ed  
w a s h e r   e v e r   p la ced   u p on   th e  m a rk et. 
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in g   o f  2 0 0   p i e c e s   in  one  hour,  a s  c le a n  
a s  ca n   be  w a sh e d   on   a  w a sh b o a r d   W r ite  
fgr  p rices  a n d   fu ll  d escrip tio n

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GENTLEMEN’S

Gloues,  Mitts  and  JM lers
Dolls,  and  Christmas  Novelties  for  Holiday  Trade.

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Overcoats and Winter Suitings.  All mail 
orders receive prompt  attention.

Our  Michigan  representative  William 
Connor will  call  upon  you,  if  you  write 
to his  address, Box  346,  Marshall,  Mich.

WHOLESALE  CLOTHIERS,
New York.
Rochester, 

G0fE C T I0|tERY.

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THERE’S  MONEY  IN  IT  PROVIDING  YOU  BUY’  THE  BEST  AND  AT  THE 
LOWEST  FIGURE.  OUR  TRADE  IS  BOOMING,  WHICH  IS  PROOF  THAT 
THE  TRADE  THROUGHOUT  MICHIGAN  AND  ADJOINING  STATES  KNOW 
FRO i*l  WHOM  TO  BUY’.  WE  MANUFACTURE  A  COMPLETE  LINE j OF 
FIRST-CLASS  GOODS  AND  EXECUTE  ORDERS  PROMPTLY.

w   PUTNAM  CANDY  GO.

GRAND  RAPIDS  BRUSH  CO.,

M anufacturers  of

SCE1Ä  ADLER  &  CO.

MANUFACTURERS AND JOI5BERS OF

BRUSHES.

Grand  Rapids,  Mioh.

O ur goods are sold by a ll Michigan Jobbing 

Houses.

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REMOVED  TO

2 3 -2 B   E 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, 872  Fourth  avenue, Grand 
Rapids.

JrdLl »Ui A J S  

time 

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in  getting  where 

Society  has  no claim  on  him iu this  re- j 

does  not  meet the  point.  That  is  only 
saying he should  have done less,  aud not j 
that  he  should  have  done  it  cheaper,  j 

tween  Boston  and  New  York,  and  the 
people who got  their  barrel  of  Hour  25 
cents  less because  he  ran  a  railway  to 
Chicago,  enjoyed  the  sensation  at  the 
time,  but  when  they  saw  his  fortune, 
could  not refrain from tears  to think  of 
the  merciless  robbery  they  suffered  at 
his  hands. 
It  is  the  old  story  of  the 
farmer» and the market-men  told  at  the 
beginning of this paper.  The thing hap­
pened and succeeded,  not  because  Van­
derbilt was  a  robber,  but  by  virtue  of 
his giving  better  terms  to  people  who 
had  to travel and had to eat bread.

gard,  and  would  have made  nothing had 
it  tried  to  enforce  any.  Had  society 
asked  him  to sell  less,  all  the  goods  not 
sold  by  him  must  have  been  sold  by | 
others,  and  at  as  high or  higher  rates. 
So society  would  not  have  been  relieved i 
of  its burden of  parting with so much of | 
its  product  as  was  represented  iu  the 
commissions or  profits taken  by Stewart.
But  there  is  another  view  of  it  that 
brings us to the same conclusion.  Stewart 
His  inducements  were  such  that  he 
was  in  busiuess  for  about  forty  years, 
got the business.  Suppose he  anti  some 
and  for  many years sold  twenty  millions 
others  of  the  same  kind  of  enterprise 
of goods per  year.  Had  he sold  but fif­
had not come upon  the stage, what would 
teen  millions per year at a profit of 5 per 
have been the result?  Evidently the  old 
cent.,  and  invested  the  profit  with  his 
ways of  business vt ould have  continued. 
usual sagacity, he would  have been worth 
We should still  be  going  to  Buffalo  on 
more  than  thirty  millions at the  end  of 
canal boats and creeping along the streets 
his forty years.  That he  left  but thirty 
of ourcities in dilapidated omnibuses.still 
millions  proves that  his  profit was  not
doing  our  journeying  in  stage  coaches
over  dusty roads and  tedious  hills  at  a | over  5  per  cent,  on  the  average.  The
margin  for  labor to gain  from  is,  there­
great sacrifice  of  time,  money,  comfort 
fore,  in the  neighborhood of  5  per cent..
and  strength. 
The  enterprise  of  the 
because  Stewart  has  proved  that  the 
moneymakers has profited everybody else 
ordinary man cannot part with more than 
by exciting production and accumulation. 
that and  continue in  busiuess. 
in other 
The money-makers  have  taken  pay  not 
words,  busiuess  stops  when  the  margin 
out of labor,  but out of the increased pro­
goes down  much below that rate.
duction and savings  which  their  efforts 
Individuals  have  some­
have  secured. 
times  suffered. 
The  omnibuses  were 
killed when  the horse-cars came,  and  A. 
T.  Stewart did  the business of a huudred 
small  shopmen; but the  people  at  large 
save 
they 
were  compelled  to  go 
iu  one  case, 
and got  what they wauted at less  cost  iu 
the  other.  The  street  railroad  makes 
ten times the money that the  stages  did, 
aud  the  people  save  money  and  time. 
The people can do  better  by  buying  of 
Stewart aud  therefore  they  buy.  They 
enriched him to the  tune  of  thirty  mil­
lions, clean cash.  This is  a  great  fact; 
but it does not  show  great  robbery, 
it 
may  show the very opposite.  The  very 
class  of people who find fault with Stew­
art for crushing out so many  small  deal­
ers  are  the  same  parties  that  say  the 
great curse of society  is  the  number  of 
middle-men it has to  carry. 
If  there  is 
anything in this,  then  Stewart  certainly- 
operated in the right direction forgetting 
rid of a portion of the incumbrance; and he 
got  rid  of  it  in  the  right  way,  for  he 
allured customers to his  shop  by  giving 
better bargains.  Something  was  saved 
to  buyers  when  they  patronized  him. 
Each buyer carried  away  a  little  bonus 
when  he left Stewart’s store.  Something 
better  than a chromo  was  obtained. 
It 
was a cent a yard on cashmeres, perhaps, 
an eight of a cent on calico,  a shaving on 
tapes, aud a trifle on  a  paper  of  pins— 
justeuough to get so much  of  the  trade 
of the small fellows that they must retire.
Of  course,  it  follows  that,  if  he  still 
made  too  much  profit, then he ought  to 
have  sold  cheaper  yet,  so  as  to  have 
driven  out  another lot of  traders.  But 
when we  say  “ought” in such a case,  we 
must have some rule of a practical nature 
by which to determine  the matter.  This 
we  do  not  have.  We  know  that  this 
merchant  sold  goods  at  so  little  profit 
that he ruined hundreds  of  competitors, 
and compelled  their retirement  from the 
field.  Shall  we  say that  they  ought  to 
have sold  any  lower?  How can  we  ask 
him to sell at a profit  on which  I he aver­
age  trader  breaks  aud  starves?  Shall 
we say that he did so much business that 
he  was  able to  do it for  less?  But that

There  are  some  lines  of  business  in 
which  the  profit  is  at  times  more  thau 
5  per  cent.,  but  in  the  long  run  the 
average  cannot  amount  to  more  than 
that.  Competition  increases  from  year 
to  year,  aud  profits tend  downward  all 
the  time;  conseqently  it  takes  more 
talent aud  energy to make  fortunes than 
it  did a  few years  ago. 
It is uot so easy 
for a laborer  to  become a boss  as  it for­
merly was;  and  as the chances  for rising 
to  bosshood  grow 
less,  the  hatred  of 
bosses  increases.  This  is a symptom of 
discontent, and  an  evidence of  the  un­
reasonableness  of  the  philosophy  which 
is at the  bottom of  the scheme for relief. 
Capital  must  be  paid,  skill  must  be 
if  they  are  each  paid  but 
paid,  and 
the  accruing  profits, 
2  per  cent,  of 
1  per  cent,  only 
labor 
to  get its  share,  and  this to the  laborer 
whose wages  are $1  a day  would  amount 
to  but  S3 a year.  Tnat  is  something,  to 
be  sure,  but,  as a means of elevating the 
laboriug classes,  is of no account.

“As good a piece  of  advice  as  1  could 
give a  young man starting in  busiuess,” 
said  an  old  and  successful  merchant, 
“ would be  to  get his  customers’  names 
right.  Of  course,  everybody  means  to 
do this,  but I  don’t  think  everybody  at­
taches  to  it  its  full  importance.  The 
fact is that almost every man is proud of 
his name, whatever it may be, and he dis­
likes to see  it  misspelled  or  incorrectly 
written.  There  are  plenty  of  names 
which sound alike,  but which vary in the 
spelling,  perhaps by only a single  letter; 
and,  too, iu taking a mau’s name it is not 
so difficult as one might imagine  to make 
a mistake  in  the  initials,  for  there  are 
letters  which  sound  very  much  alike. 
When  you  get  a new customer  get  his 
name right to start  with.  No  man  likes 
to receive a package  or a bill  or  a  com­
munication of  any  sort  with  his  name 
misspelled;  however  modest  and  good 
natured he  may be,  he is  pretty  sure  to 
be annoyed by it.”

No  Man  Likes  to   See  His  Name  Mis­

Use Tradesman or Superior Coupons.

remains  for 

J.  B.  Mann.

spelled.

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A i  YV i S  .

10.  O ne  sew in g   m ach in e  k e p t  fo r  use 

by  in d iv id u al  o r  fam ily.

ft-  Twenty-five  dollars  for  personal 

labor.

The  articles which  1  have  mentioned 
are  exempt  from  levy and  sale for  any 
j  and  all  debts,  except  debts  contracted 
for personal  labor.  These ai tides,  in  the 
aggregate,  at a fa«r valuation,  amount  to 
upwards of S3 800.

The  la wyer,  ttie* mechanic,  the preach­
er,  the  doctor,  the  fanner  or  any  other 
person  cau go into  your  store and  pur­
chase  the  groceries  to  save  his  family 
from  starvation,  a  coffin  for  his  loved 
oue, clothing and  boots and shoes to pro­
tect himself  and  family  from  the storm, 
and  be the  owner of  uearly $4.000 worth 
of  property,  and  you  are  powerless  to 
touch a single article of such property.

1  won Id  not  destroy or take  away  all 
exemption  laws,  but  1  would  so  frame 
them that a debt contracted for the actual 
necessaries  of 
life  would  be  collected 
without  first  setting  apart  as  exempt 
sufficient  property  to  enable a family  to 
live  iu  luxury  and  not  pay  an  honest 
debt,  contracted,  perchance, 
for  the 
clothes  that  they  wear or the  food  they 
eat. 
I would make a law that would  say 
to  the  lawyer,  “You  cannot go into  the 
tailor  shop,  order a $50  suit  of  clothes, 
put them  on.  promise to pay  for  them  iu 
ten  days  and  walk  out, go into  the  dry 
goods store on the next corner, order and 
take  home a $75 silk  dress for  your wife 
with a promise to pay for it in two weeks, 
and  when  called  upon  to  pay,  to be able 
to  snap  yoqr  fingers  in  your  creditor’s 
face  and  say,  ‘If  you get it before  I  do, 
let me know.’ ”

S t u d l e y   &   B a r c l a y ,

4   M on roe  S t ,

G R A N D   R A P ID S .  M ICH.

O ar  H ott«:  II New Styles.”
W  E  CARRY a  full  line  of  all  patterns  of 
Ladies'  and  Gents'  Bicycles,  and  can 
supply at once upon receipt of order.

We are  agents  for the Victor, Columbia, Clip­
per, Western Wheel Works, and other lines, and 
live agents are wanted in every town.

A full line of  sundries.  Our price list will be 
out early  in  January, 189S.  Wait  for  us;  or, if 
you cannot, then write and get our prices before 
you  order.  Our  prices  will  be  as  low  as  the 
lowest.

We Lead in  Rediiced  Prices.

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R I N D G E ,  K A L M B A C H   &  CO.,

19, 14.  16 Pearl  St.,

Manufacturers

and

Jobbers of

Spring lines  nn« read 

for inspection

Would  be  pleased  to 

show them.

Agents  for  the  Boston 

Rubber Shoe Co.

THIS 

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Needed

O ur

Changes  in 
Laws.

E x e m p tio n  j 
I  desire  to present  the  subject of  ex­
emption  laws and  to consider  the proper
steps to be  taken  to  the  end  that  such 
laws may be amended so that no injustice 
may be  done to the  debtor  and  creditor. 
The  amendment  which  1  shall  propose 
to the  exemption  laws of  the  State  will 
be in the  interest of  justice  and  equity, 
will  be  designed to  keep  pace  with  the 
progress  and  advancement of  the  great 
State  of  Michigan,  in  development,  in 
prosperity and in wealth.

1  hold  that a law  which  does not keep 
pace with  the progress and advancement 
of a state  is  not only an unjust  law.  but 
in time  becomes  positively  mischievous. 
As  a  changed  condition of  things takes 
place  in  the  mercantile  world,  so  the 
laws  pertaiuiug to such  business  should 
keep pace with such change.

The  exemption  law upon  our  statute 
books  to-day is practically  the  law as  it 
was  passed  more than  forty  years ago; 
and  who  can  say  that a law  which  was 
applicable  to  the  wants  of  our  people 
forty years ago is to-day in  keeping  with 
the  progress  and  development  of  our 
State?  The  law that  was  necessary for 
the pioneer who was building hint  a home 
in the forests of ourState—when markets 
were  miles  away;  when  friends  and 
neighbors  were  miles  apart;  wlieu  rail­
roads  had  not  penetrated  these forests; 
when  the  currency of  the  country  was 
scarce and  nearly every  transaction was 
barter—would not  be a law  that  to-day 
would  be  either  necessary or beneficial.
It is not the honest, toiling masses who 
refuse  or  neglect  to  pay  their  honest 
debts,  but  the  dead-beat,  who  will  not 
earn  his  bread  by the sweat of  his face. 
“They  toil  not,  neither  do  they  spin.” 
For such,  no law can  be too strict nor too 
rigid  in  its  requirements.  Nor would 1 
advocate  the  passage  of  a  law  which 
would  be  a  burden or  hardship  upon  the
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laboring  classes  of  th is  State.  R ather 
would I say that if favors are to be shown, 
let  it  be  to  the  honest, toiling  masses  ,
whose  brawn  and  brain  have  made the 
wilderness  blossom  like a rose. 
1  would 
make a law  which  would  be  applicable 
to  every  class  and  individual.  Class 
legislation  has  been  the  bane  of  our 
country—it  has  made  paupers and  mil­
lionaires—but  a  law  which  places  the 
debtor and  creditor  on  an  equal footing 
cannot fail  to be both equitable and just.

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I shall not  undertake to present a per­
fect draft of a law upon this subject,  but 
will only point out the  detects and  prac- j 
j tical  workings of  the  law  as  it  now ex­
I  would  frame a law that,  after  a j 
ists. 
| final  judgment  had  been  obtained,  the
judgm ent debtor could  be cited  to appear
, 
before the court  and  show cause why. if
any,  his property  should not  be  applied
in  payment  of  such  judgment,  and  in
I such inquiry the  debtor be  compelled  to 
i disclose  fully  and  fairly  his  circutn- 
I stauces,  the  cost of  living,  the expenses 
actually  necessary  for the  maintenance 
of  his  family,  and  the  amount  he  was 
earning from  his  profession, occupation 
| or employment from all  sources,  and the 
amouut any members of  his family  were
able to contribute towards the support of 
The present  law  exempts  a homestead  the  family,  and  then I  would  authorize 
the court, after considering all such facts,
1.  Spinning wheels, weaving looms and  to  make  an  order  that  such  judgment 
debtor pay into court, to be applied upon
the  judgment,  such  amount,  weekly or 
monthly,  as  in the  discretion  and judg­
ment of  the court could be done without 
distressing the family.

2.  Seat,  pew or slip in house of  public 

tombs  and  rights  of 

3.  Cemeteries, 

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all stoves kept in a dwelling house. 

worth $1,500;  also, 

worship,  etc.

burial.

4.  All wearing apparel of every person 

or family.

5.  Library  and  school  books of  every 

individual, $150.

I do not  know  what  plea or  objection 
an honest man could make to such a law.
I would  not  have  it  apply  to  any one 
class of individuals,  but to every one,  no 
I matter what his occupation might be.

6.  To each householder, ten sheep with 

I can sit  in my  store  with  more  than
their  fleeces;  two  cows;  five  swine;  pro-  $3,000  worth  of  property  which  I  can 
vision and fuel for family six months. 
have the use and  enjoyment of,  my part-
7.  To  each  householder,  household  ner with the same amount, and  together 
goods, furniture and  utensils not exceed- j  we can do business on  a joint  capital  of 
ing in  value $250. 
upwards  of  $6,000,  from  which  we can
8.  Tools,  implements,  stock,  and  so j  derive a  comfortable  income, and  go in -1
forth,  to  enable  any person  to  carry on j to  our  neighbor’s  store,  buy  furniture, 
his  own  occupation, etc.,  not  exceeding  tine clothing,  etc.,  and  not  one  farthing j 
in value $250. 

can be collected by  law;  but if  we  were
9.  Sufficient  quantity  of  hay,  grain,  compelled  to appear  before  a  court and
feed, etc.,  to  keep the animals exempted  disclose  the  amount  and source  of our 
for six months. 
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YOST’S  STATION,  TOLEDO,  OHIO.

FLORIDA  ORANGES

We have  made  arrangements  to  receive  regular 
shipments direct from  the groves  and shall  be in 
a  position  to  make close prices.  We  have  the 
exclusive agency of the favorite “Sampson”  brand 
and will  handle  the  “Bell”  brand  largely,  which 
will  be  packed  in  extra  large  boxes  and  every 
orange will be wrapped in  printed tissue.

PUTNAM CANDY  CO.

GoUpon  Books Buy  of  the  Largest  Manufacturers  in  the 

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apply a portion,  at least,  of  such income 
to  the satisfaction  of  any  judgment  we 
might owe.  Would there be hardship  in 
such a law?  Would  there  be any  injus­
tice in such a law?  I answer, no.

Under the law  as  it now stands,  I can 
have around  me  nearly  $4,000 worth  of 
property, have  an  income  of  $100  per 
month and,  if  1 am  careful  not  to allow 
more than $25 to  be owing  me at a time, 
I can defy my creditors, and not one cent 
can they  collect.  But,  under a law sim­
ilar to what  I  have outlined,  an  honest 
creditor could collect  an honest debt and 
the  whole  matter  be  within  the  discre­
tion and control of  the court, so  that  no 
oppression could be practiced.

Another  subject of  equal  importance, 
and  closely  connected  with  exemption 
laws,  is  the  rights  and  liabilities  of  a 
married woman.

While I would not make the wife liable 
for  her  husband’s debt, neither would  1 
make the  husband  liable  for  his wife’s 
debt, except  for supplies for the family, 
and in such cases I would make the prop­
erty  of  both husband  and  wife  charge­
able for  family expenses,  and  authorize 
them  to  be  sued  jointly  or  separately. 
As the law  stands in  Michigan,  a family 
may have  around  them  $10,000 in prop­
erty, the wife be the nominal owner,  and 
her husband buy her a $1,000 cloak,  give 
his note for thirty or  sixty days  and she 
sign  it  as  his  surety,  and  the  Supreme 
Court of the State  of  Michigan says  she 
will not  be  liable;  that  under  the  stat­
utes of  this State a married  woman can­
not be surety for her husband.

This law is a relic of barbarism,  and is 
no more founded  in justice  than the old 
law of wager  of  battle,  which  was  once 
in actual  practice,  when  disputes  were 
settled by the parties  to  the controversy 
going  out  and  fighting  a  battle  to  de­
term ine  w hich  one  was  rig h t  upon  the 
suppositional  idea that  the one who  was 
in the right would prevail.

I  hold  that  such  laws  are  stumbling 
blocks  in  the  way  of  progress  and ad­
vancement.  The  laws of  our  State  and 
country should be in the van of progress, 
development  and  education. 
It  is time 
the business men of  this  country turned 
their attention to these stumbling blocks, 
that an  effort was made to  weed out  the 
old musty laws that  have  come down to 
us burdened with the relics of barbarism, 
and that  such laws  be  enacted  that  the 
rapid  race of  advancement  in  the  com­
mercial and  business  world  will  not  be 
constantly  obstructed  and  held back  in 
such development.  1 am  glad  the  busi­
ness men  of  Michigan  are  beginning  to 
take  hold  of  this  matter.  Wise  and 
equitable  laws  must  be  the  business 
man’s protector.  A law  which enforces 
the sacredness of a contract must and al­
ways  will  be  a  just  and equitable law. 
And  1  trust  that  class  legislation  will 
find no place in the next Legislature, but 
that every  member of both branches will 
be made to see some of  the glaring irreg­
ularities of our laws,  to  the end that ab­
solute  laws  may  be  repealed  and  more 
equitable measures enacted in their stead.

W a lt er  S.  P ow ers.

F rom  O ut o f Town.

Galls  have  been 

received  at  T he 
T r a d e sm a n office during the  past  week 
from  the  following  gentlemen  in  trade:

D. W. Galkins,  McCord.
O.  P.  DeWitt,  St. Johns.
Audrey Walker,  Bailey.
Thurston & Go., Central Lake.

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E. A.  Witbee,  traveling  representative 
for  the  Toledo  Spice  Co.,  was  in  town 
several days last week.

Ed.  F.  Bush,  traveling  representative 
for the American Eagle Tobacco Co., was 
in town one day last week.

James street appears to be an excellent 
thoroughfare for traveling  men to reside 
on,  judging  by  recent  results,  Harry 
Gregory  having  lately  been  placed  in 
possession of  a  9)4 pound  girl  and Geo. 
C.  Bonnell assuming the guardianship of 
a 9 pound boy.

Some  of  the  Lemon & Wheeler  Com­
pany’s travelers are widely scattered this 
week:  Hub Baker has gone to Lockport, 
N.  Y.,  to  visit  his  mother  and  sisters; 
Will  Jones  is  visiting  his  mother  in 
Ontario;  Manley  Jones  is  at  Vernon, 
where  his  mother resides.

The wife of  Thos.  Ferguson,  who  had 
been  a  patient  sufferer  from  bronchial 
troubles  for fifteen  months,  died  at  the 
family residence  on  West  Bridge  street 
Dec.  17,  aged  49  years.  The  funeral 
was held on the afternoon of Dec.  19, the 
body  being  deposited  in  the  vault  in 
Valley City cemetery, pending  the selec­
tion of  a permanent  resting place in  the 
same necropolis.  The deceased leaves  a 
daughter, Anna  L.  Ferguson,  who  will 
be a comfort to  her father  in his declin­
ing years.  The veteran  traveler  has the 
sympathy of  hosts of  friends  in  his be­
reavement.  He  requests  T h e  T ra des­
m a n   to return his hearfelt thanks for the 
beautiful  floral piece  sent by the Grand 
Rapids traveling men.

John H.  Millar was  born in Charleston 
township,  Kalamazoo  county,  May  27, 
1857,  and  two  years  later  accompanied 
his  parents to Detroit.  From  the age of
5  to  16  he  attended  school,  when  he 
entered  the candy  factory  of  Ames,  Nay
6  Co.,  where  he  rem ained one  year.  The 
next two years he sailed the Great Lakes 
summers,  occupying 
the  positions  of 
lookout  and  watchman,  and  working 
winters  in  the  candy  factory of  Thorp, 
Hawley & Co.  He then  returned to Kal­
amazoo  county and  spent three  years on 
the  farm.  Tiring  of  rural  pursuits,  he 
came  to  Grand  Rapids  in  1879, entering 
the employment of  the then  firm of  Put­
nam  &  Brooks  within  an  hour  after 
reaching the  city.  He  worked a year in 
their  factory,  sailing  on  the  lakes  the 
following  summer and  returning  to  his 
former position in the fail.  A year later 
he took to the city  wagon,  selling oysters 
winters and doing general delivering sum­
mers. 
In  1885 he  became  city salesman 
for  the  house,  which  position  he  still 
holds, varying the monotony of city work 
with  alternate  weekly 
trips  outside. 
Being  one of  the  oldest  men  with  the 
houses,  he  is  looked upon  as  a  general 
utility man  and  usually takes  the  place 
of any of the men called away from their 
regular  trips  by  illness  or  otherwise. 
Mr.  Millar was married April 25,1886, to 
Miss  Mattie Turner, sample  room  clerk 
for  Putnam  &  Brooks,  a  fine  lad  of  5 
years  being  one  of  the  results  of  the 
union.  Mr.  Millar  resides  in  his  own 
home at 509  North  College  avenue,  sur­
rounded  by  all  the  comforts  he  craves 
and  heartily appreciated  by all  who are 
so fortunate as to possess  his friendship.

It is easier to make a tree grow straight 
than  it is  to  straighten  a  crooked  one. 
It is easier to  avoid bad consequences by 
means of  a good  education  than it is  to 
overcome bad habits.

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THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY,

ENGRAVERS  AND  PRINTERS.

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THE  MICHIGAN  TïLâJDKSM^JN.

D rugs &  M edicines*

State  Board  of Pharm acy.
One  Tear—James Vernor, Detroit.
Two  Tears—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann  Arbor 
Three  Years—George Qtmdrum, Ionia. 
Four Tears—C. A. Bngbee.  Cheboygan. 
Expiring Jan  1—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon. 
President—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. 
Secretary—Jag.  Vernor, Detroit. 
Treasurer—Geo. Gnndram, Ionia.
Next meeting—Saginaw. Jan. II.

M ichigan State  Pharm aceutical  Ass’n.

President—Stanley E. Parkin, Oworso. 
Vice-Presidents—I.  H.  L.  Dodd.  Buchanan;  F.  W.  S  
Perry, Detroit;  W. H. Hicks. Morley.
Treasurer—Wm. H. Dupont,  Detroit.
Secretary—C. W. Parsons, Detroit.
Executive  Committee—H.  G.  Coleman,  Kalamazoo; 
Jacob Jesson, Muskegon:  F.  J.  Wurzburg and  John 
E. Peck, Grand Rapids;  Arthur Bassett,  Detroit. 
Local Secretary—James Vernor.
Next  place  of  meeting—Some  resort  on  St.  Clair 
River;  time to be designated by Executive Committee.
Grand  Rapids Pharm aceutical SocietyL 
President, W. R. Jewett,  Secretary,  Prank H. Eseott, 
Regular Meetings—First Wednesday evening of March 

June, September and December,

C hronicle  o f D ru g   S to re  E rro rs.
German  newspapers  record two  pecu­
liar mistakes in the dispensing of  drugs, 
one resulting fatally,  the  other  causing 
most terrible agony and  the  loss  of  one 
limb  to  an  innocent  little  child. 
Inci­
dentally,  medical men have  been  taught 
the lesson that lysol—a 50 per cent,  solu­
tion of cresol or soft soap—is not as harm­
less in its concenterated state as  claimed 
by the manufacturers  of  this  and  other 
similar preparations of cresol.

It will be remembered that in Germany 
there is besides the regular  apothecaries 
second class, termed “druggists,’’who may 
sell certain  drugs, chemicals,  and house­
hold  remedies,  but  are prohibited  from 
compounding.  Now,  a physician in Bre- 
mau had told a mother to procure for her 
child,  whose leg was scalded,  some  iodo­
form gauze at a druggist’s, and to take  a 
prescription calling for “Sol.  Lysol.  7.5 
(750.0)”  to  the  “apotheke.”  However, 
the woman exhibited the prescription  to 
the  drug-shop  apprentice,  who,  in  his 
ignorance,  persuaded her that  he  had  a 
right  to  sell  the  article,  and  thereupon 
gave her 750 grams of pure lysol,  he  not 
perceiving that a 1-per-cent, solution was 
in  reality  prescribed. 
The  common 
people,  by the  by,  prefer  trading  with 
the druggist,  because the  latter  likes  to 
undersell his more hightoned competitor, 
the “Herr Apotheker.”  When the mother 
applied  the  liquid  furnished  her,  the 
child,  who was setting up in  bed, instan 
taneously fell back  unconscious  and  ex 
pired in a very  short  time.  At  the  in 
quest the blood was found  to  be  nearly 
clear,  violet  in  color,  and  very  thin. 
Cresol was  detected  both  in  the  blood 
and nrine.  The absorption of cresol and 
Its  action  on 
the  blood  was  held  to 
have been the cause of  death.  Besides, 
the denuded surface was  found  actively 
cauterized by the contentrated lysol.

The second case exhibits  a  most  won­
derful  concatenation  of  circumstances, 
combining as it does  in  an  unusual  de­
gree chance,  carelessness,  and  stupidity. 
In this instance solution of  canstic  soda 
was  by  mistake  dispensed  in  place  of 
silicate  of sodaium or waterglass.  With 
this the  leg  of  a  two-year-old babe  was 
dressed  for  an  entire  night,  in  conse­
quence of which this  member  had  to  be 
amputated.

A Berlin physician prescribes  “Liquor 
Natrii  Silicic!;”  the  prescription  clerk 
orders by this Latin  name  500  grams  at 
the drug house by telephone;  it  is  seven 
o’clock in the evening  and  the employes 
at the latter place just ready to  close;  in 
the  meantime  the  messenger  from  the 
apothecary’s appears with  his  container 
and the order is filled in great  haste; the 
proprietor  happens  to  be  out  of  town, 
and  the  “defectarions”  whose  duty  it I

was to examine the goods went out  on  a 
picnic the next morning; the vial in ques­
tion had been placed on the  prescription 
and the prescription clerk in charge  was 
informed that the contents were  solution 
of sodium silicate;  the  bottle  is  labeled 
as  per  prescription  and  sent  out;  the 
physician personally applies the dressing; 
the  caustic  liquid  attacks  the  hands  of 
the physician,  but,  not minding,  he  goes 
home and  to bed; the pain in hands  con- 
tinning  to  increase  during  the  night, 
this  disciple  of  JSsculapius  “ thinks” 
something may be wrong with that dress­
ing  and—tucks  his  feather-tick  closer 
about  his  learned head;  after  breakfast 
he pays a visit to the poor  little  sufferer 
whom he finds at death’s door from  pain; 
to save the child’s life the  leg  now  had 
to be amputated.

A short term in  jail  has  been  decreed 
for the principals in both  cases. 
In  the 
Berlin  instance  the  proprietor  of  the 
pharmacy voluntarily gave  the  prescrib­
ing physician 3,000 marcs  to  be  handed 
to the  father  of  the  injured  child,  but 
the worthy  doctor  pocketed  the  money 
and fled the country.

H oliday  T rad e  th e   D ealer’s  Boon

Written for The Tradesman.

To those who are chained to the wheels 
of business  from year to year,  the monot 
ony of routine must seem like the mangle 
of Dickens’s  celebrated character, Manta- 
lini,  “a demnition  grind.”  The dull  de­
tails  of  buying  and  selling,  the  sharp 
watch  kept  to  deteet  imposition, 
the 
duns,  worries  and  Unavoidable  disap­
pointments make mercantile life at times 
almost unendurable; and one wishes often 
for a change,  without regard  to  whether 
it would  be for the better  or  the  worse.
The fact is  that  mankind  cannot  live 
anywhere, or in any occupation,  without 
the spice of sentiment.  Even the Chinese, 
who  are  a  race  of  plodders, 
toiling 
through  the  wearisome  days  like  mere 
machines,  and  with  not  a  particle  of 
humor in their composition will once in a 
while drop the implements of  labor  and 
give themselves  up to  enjoyment,  as  in 
the celebration of  a new year,  in  which, 
forgetting the pursuit of money,  the bow 
is unbent for  a  short  season,  and  thej 
rush to the extreme of  profuse  expendi­
ture,  noisy  rejoicings  and  lavish  hospi- 
tality, and mirth  and  festivity  rule  the 
hour.

To us, also,  who boast a  higher  civili 
zation,  the holiday time comes to freshen 
the weariness  of  bargain-making  solely 
for profit’s sake  and  give  us  an  oppor­
tunity to sandwich in a stratum of  senti­
ment  flavored  with  the  spice  of  good 
will and  kindly  greeting  to  everybody. 
The habit of associating with the  ameni­
ties of social life an event in history that 
makes all civilized nations akin,  appears 
to render  the  activities  of business  un­
usually  significant.  Accordingly,  the 
stores are decked in gay attire to welcome 
the inspection  of  purchasers,  appealing 
to their taste by suggestive novelties,  or 
offering  bargains  in  goods  which  the 
frugally inclined may consider more  ac­
ceptable in the eyes of those  who  expect 
to be remembered  in  the  universal  dis­
tribution of  gifts.

Though the  profits  on  some  lines  of 
holiday goods  may  be  large,  there  is  a 
generous rivalry in overstocking  for  the 
benefit of  buyers  who  delight  in a  pro­
fusion from which  to  choose  their  lists 
of  presents.  And  so  the  dealer  finds 
that the  snm total of his  holiday  profits

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snrplus  must  be  closed  out  at  a  later 
period at much  smaller  figures,  his  con­
tribution to the general fund of happiness 
may be reasonably calculated.

The coming of Christmas time  gives  a 
delicious  flavor  to  the  closing  days  of 
the  year.  As  December  grows  apace, 
the social atmosphere changes to a  more 
genial temperature,  as when the traveler, 
nearing  the  tropics,  on  his  way  from 
northern rigors,  feels,  with a sense of un­
speakable  delight,  the  balmy  southern 
air fan  his  cheek.  To  the  overworked 
and  harrassed  merchant, 
the  gayeties 
that  crown 
its  closing  days  help  to 
sweeten the bitterness  left  over  in  the 
year’s experience.  The  past  may  have 
been a  year  of  hard  luck  in  business, 
with many  attendant  losses  and  disap­
pointments; but in the glow  cast  by  the 
approaching holiday,  with all  its  sacred 
and tender  memories,  these  recede  and 
are,  for the time,  forgotton.  The  heart 
is callous,  indeed,  that cannot respond to 
the  gentle  influence  which 
the season 
exerts on old and young.  We strengthen 
the ties  of  kiudred  and  bind  up  many 
broken friendships; in short, the business 
world needs the elevating and  emotional 
effects of the holiday season for  the  bet­
ter ordering and conduct  of  next  year’s 
business.  The new  acquaintances made 
among  those  who  thronged  to  inspect 
Christmas  goods will add to the  hope  of 
increased  trade. 
The  active  charities 
Provoked,  in a competitive spirit,  among 
all  who,  in this season,  remember  in  the 
only practical way the destitute members 
of community will brighten for the givers 
the  severe  months  winter  still  has  in 
store for  the  dwellers  in  our  northern 
climate.  He is happiest  who  can  carry 
the most of Christmas with him into  and 
through the year so  soon  to  open  up  a 
renewal of the same  old  business  cares 
and responsibilities.  S. P . W h it m a b s h

In some parts of England the refuse or 
rubbish  from  a  mine 
is  called  “the 
trade.”  This  above  is  only  a  partial 
review of  the  word  in  its various  uses. 
Is  it  strange,  then,  that,  when  such  a 
simple  word as “trade” has such diverse 
meanings,  foreigners—yes,  our  own peo­
ple—find so much  trouble in writing ant 
speaking our language correctly?

A. L. L

Jo h n ’s C om position.

From Comfort.

If you do I’ll hit you. 

“Say,  father, I’ve got to  speak  an  or­
iginal composition and 1  have made  this 
one.  Will you hear it?”
“ Yes, John, go ahead.”
“Well,  the  subject  is  ‘Two  Shoes.’ 
Last night,  when  1  took  off  my  shoes, 
both of them grumbled at the wav I threw 
them into a corner. 
In one voice they ex­
claimed, 
‘After  we  have  carried  you 
around all day you ought to let us  down 
easy.  We are tired  all  out.  You  don’t 
care a rush for us.’  I  smiled  and  stood 
them up side by side near the  open  win­
dow so they might breathe freely while I 
slept.  About midnight I was  awakened 
by hearing two voices in  my  room,  and 
discovered that they came from my shoes. 
The right said to the  left,  ‘Don’t  bother 
me. 
I’m stronger 
than  you and bigger.  You never will be 
as important as I, so  don’t  crowd  or  be 
ambitious,  but go to sleep,’  The left shoe 
replied, ‘You’re my big brother, ain’t you? 
I felt cold and was snuggling up  to  you 
a  little.  You ought to be  kind,  since  I, 
though smaller than you, have to bear the 
same burden  all  day,  the  same  weight 
that you do. 
I  am  prettier  than  you— 
my toe is not worn  out  and  my  heel  is 
square.  Come, be good,  won’t you?’  For 
a moment the right made no reply;  final­
ly it spoke up and said, ‘All right, beauty, 
we’ll  trudge  through  life  together  and 
take things as they  come.  You  do  the 
pretty and I’ll fight the battles and do all 
the kicking.’ I  laughed  so  loud  at  this 
dialogue  that  the  shoes  gave  a  quiet 
squeak and I  heard no more  from  them. 
In the morning,  when 1 put the shoes on,
I found the strings all tangled up,  and  I 
concluded that  this  was  the  wav  they 
paid me up for laughing at  them  in  the 
night.

“Will  that do,  father?”
“Yes, John,  the idea is a  good one; we 
should  always be kind to weak ones; the 
left shoe is as important as  the  right  in 
this world of struggles.”

Trade—Its Various  Meaning's.

Written  for Thk Tradesman.

speaking 

I wonder if  many of  us  stop  to  think 
of  the  different  shades  of  meaning  in 
the  word  “Trade,” as  it  is used  to-day. 
We  say,  speaking of  a mechanic,  “What 
Is  his  trade?”  That  is,  “What  branch 
of  work  does  he  perform?”  Each  of 
these branches pertains to different work; 
so  we  have  masons,  boiler-makers,  car­
penters, carvers, and others too numerous 
to  mention.  The  interchange of  differ­
ent  commodities  is  also  called 
trade. 
One  merchant, 
to  another, 
wishing  to know  whether or not  he  has 
sold to advantage,  during a certain  time, 
the  goods  he  handles,  says,  “ How  is 
‘trade’?”  Speaking  in  a  general  way, 
all buying  and  selling is induejd under 
the  general  term  “trade” ;  yet  there are 
branches  or  divisions  of  trade.  To  il­
lustrate:  A  few  days  ago,  an item  in  a 
paper, spoke  of  a  gentleman  who,  hav­
ing purchased a  stock of  groceries  with 
the  intention of  engaging  in  that  busi­
ness,  said  that he had  had  large  exper­
ience  in  the  “trade,” and  hence  would 
be apt to  sncceed.

The  following  are a few definitions of 
the word not in common  use:  “a track,” 
“trail,” “a way,” also “passage,”  “trav­
el or resort”  Again,  we have “course,” 
“custom or  practice.”

Shakespeare  uses  “ trade,”  meaning 

“passage,”  in the  following quotation:

I’ll be buried In the king’s highway, 

gf“0® way of  eommon trade where subjects’ feet 
May hourly trample  on their sovereign's head.”

T he  D rug  M ark et.

Opium is weak  and lower under favor­
able reports of  the  growing  crop  from 
Smyrna.

Morphia is unchanged.
Quinine Is  steady.  Foreign  is  a trifle 

weak.

We failed to note an advance  in  glass­
ware last week.  There  is a combination 
of  manufacturers  and  prices  are  very 
firm.

Linseed  oil has  been  advanced  again 
by the pool and higher  prices are looked 
for soon.

Gum  assafoetida  is  scarce  and  higher 
for  prime  goods.  Trash  loaded  with 
stones and dirt can  be sold  at any price
Gnm  camphor  is  very firm and an ad­
vance is  looked  for daily,  crude  having 
advanced again.

Carbolic acid has advanced,  on account 
of  a combination of  coal  tar  producers. 
Very high  prices  are  looked  for  in  the 
spring.

C Z 2 T S S 2 T G   R O O T .

We pay th e highest prtoe fo r It.  Addrem

PECK BROS., "SîffiSr
Empress  Josepiiiae Face Bleach

Is the only reliable cure for 

freckles and pimples.

HAZELTINE  A  PERKINS  DRUG  CO., 

Gr a n d R a p id s, Mica.,

Jobbers for Western Michigan.

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T'ETE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

15

W holesale  P r ic e   C u rren t•

Advanced—Prescription ware, flasks, carbolic acid, linseed oil. 
Declined—Opium.

AC1DUX.

Aceticum................... 
g@
Benz oleum  German..  65®
Boracic 
....................
Carbollcum.............. 
25®
Cltrlcum...................  50®
Hydrochlor................  3®
Kltrocum 
.................   10®
Oxalieum...................  10®
Phosphorium dll........
Salley licum...............1  30® 1
Snlphnrlcnm.............. 
ix@
Tannicam..................1  40@1
Tartari cum................  30®

a 

Aqua, 16  deg..............  8M@
20  deg................5H@
Carbonas  ...................  12®
Chloridum.................   12®

AN [ LINK.

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

BACCAB.

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

BAL8AM UM .

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

CO BTBX.

Abies,  Canadian...-.............  18
Casslae  ...............................  11
Cinchona F lav a.................   18
Bnonymns  atropnrp...........  30
Myrica  Cerlfera, po.............  20
Primus Vlrginl....................  12
QulUala,  grd.......................   10
Sassafras  ............................  12
TTlmus Po (Ground  15)........  15

BXTRACTUM .

“ 
“ 

Glycyrrhlza  Glabra...  24®  25
po...  33® 
35
Haematox, 151b. box..  11®  12
Is..............  13®  14
.  14®  15
Ms.
.  16®  17
M».........
F E R R U M .

Carbonate Precip........
®  15 
®3 50
Citrate and Quinta__
®  so
Citrate  Soluble...........
Ferrocy anldum Sol.... 
®  50 
®  15
Solnl  Chloride.
Sulphate,  com’l ..............9®
®
pure.

Arnica.......................   18®  20
Anthemls...................  a ®   35
Matricaria 
40®  50

 

 
FO L IA .

Barosma 
Cassia  Acutlfol,  Tin

...................  40®1 00
nlvelly....................   25®  28
“  Alx.  35®  50
Salvia  officinalis,  Ms
and  Ms....................   15®  25
UraUrsl......................  8®  10

“ 

o u m m l
“ 
“ 

Acacia, 1st picked.... 

®  75
....  @  50
2d 
“ 
«  3d 
....  @  40
sifted sorts... 
" 
®  25
“ 
p o ...................  60®  80
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)...  50®  60 
“  Cape, (po.  20)...  ®   12
Soootrl, (po.  60).  ®  50

16)............................... 

Catechu, Is, (His, 14
®
Ammonlae...................  560
Assafcetlda, (po. 35)..  3n®
Bensolnum.................   50®
Camphors...................  55®
Euphorbium  p o ........  35®
Gamilbanum
Gamboge,  po..............  70®  7b
Gualacum, (po  30) ....  ®  25
Kino,  (po  50)............   @  45
M astic.......................   @  80
Myrrh, (po. 45)...........  ®  40
Opll.  (po  2 80)...........2 00®2 10
Shellac  ......................  25®  35
bleached......   30®  35
Tragacanth................  30®  75

“ 
hsrba—In ounce packages.

Absinthium.........................  25
Bupatorlum.........................  20
Lobelia.................................  25
Majorum.............................   28
Mentha  Piperita.................   23
“  V lr.........................  25
Rne.......................................  30
Tanacetum, V ......................  22
Thymus,  V ..........................  25

M A 8N EBIA .

Calcined, Pat..............  55®  60
Carbonate,  Pat...........  20®  22
Carbonate, K. 4   M__  20®  25
Carbonate, Jennings..  35®  36

OLEUM .

Absinthium................ 3 50®4 00
Amygdalae, Dulc____  45®  75
Amyaalae, Amarae__8 00®8  25
A nlsl........................... 1  80®1 o5
Aurantl  Cortex.......... 2 75®3 00
Bergamll  ...................3 25@3 50
Cajiputl....................  60®  65
CaryophylH................  70®  75
C edar.........................  35®  65
Chenopodll................  ®1  60
Clnnamonil.................1 00®1 10
Cltronella..................   ®  45
Conium  Mac..............  35®  65
Copaiba  ....................   80®i  00

Cubebae......................   @ 4
Bxechthitos..............  2 50®2
Brlgeron.................... 2 25@i
Gaultherla................. 2 00@2
Geranium,  ounce......   ®
Gosslpll, Sem. gal......   60®
Hedeoma  ...................2 25®2
Juni perl......................  50@2
Lavendula.................  90®2
Llmonls......................2 50@3
Mentha Piper.............. 2 75@3
Mentha Verld.............2 20®2
Morrhuae, gal.............l  00@1
Myrcla, ounce............  
a
Olive..........................   75@2
Plcls Liquida, (gal. .35)  10®
Rlcinl.......................   1  i4@i
Rosmarinl............  
75®i
Bosae, ounce.............. 6 50@8
Succlnl.......................   40®
Sabina.......................   go@i  1
Santal  ....................... 3 5o@7 1
Sassafras.  .................   50®  {
Slnapis, ess, ounce....  ®  1
Tlgln..........................  ®  1
Thyme.......................   40®  {
opt  ................  @  1
Theobromas...............   15®  1
B1 Carb.......................   15®  1
bichromate................ 
j
Bromide.................... 
33®  l
Carb............................  12®  ]
Chlorate  (po  20@22)..  20®  22
Cyanide......................  50®  55
Iodide......................... 2 90@3 00
Pota8sa, Bltart,  pure..  27® 
Potassa, Bltart, com...  ®  15
Potass  Nltras, opt......  
8®  10
Potass Nltras.............. 
7® 
9
Prussiate....................  28®  30
Sulphate  po........  ...;  15®  18

POTA SSIU M .

“ 

mnrw

Aconitum...................  20®  25
Althae.........................  22®  25
Anchusa....................   12®  15
Arum,  po....................  @  25
Calamus......................  20®  40
Gentiana  (po. 12)......  
8®  10
Glychrrhlza, (pv. 15)..  16®  18
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 35)...................  @  30
Hellebore,  Ala,  po....  15®  20
Inula,  po....................  15®  20
Ipecac,  po........................2 30®2 40
Iris plox (po. 85®38)..  35®  40
Jalapa,  pr...................  50®  65
Maranta,  Mb..............  @  35
Podophyllum, po........  15®  18
Rhel............................  75@1  00
cut......................  @1  75
PV.......................   75®1  35
Splgelia......................  35®  38
Sangulnarla, (po  25)..  @ 2 0
Serpentarla.................  30®  32
Senega.......................   65®   70
Similax, Officinalis,  H @ 40
M  @  25
Scillae, (po. 85)...........  10®  12
Syuiplocarpus,  Fcetl-
dus,  po....................  @  35
Valeriana, Eng. (po.SO)  @  25 
German...  15®  20
Ingiber a ...................  13®  15
Zingiber  j ...............  
is®  22

“ 

“ 

SEM BN.
..  ®  15
Anlsum,  (po.  20).. 
‘  plum  (graveleons)..  12®  15
Ird, Is....................... 
4®  6
Carol, (po. 18).............  8®  12
Cardamon....................1 00®1  25
Corlandrum................  10®  12
Cannabis Satlva.........   3 m®4
Cvdon him...................  75®1  00
Chenopodlum  ...........  10®  12
Dlpterlx Odorate.........3 00®3 25
Foenlcnlnm...............   ®  15
Foenugreek,  po.........   6®  8
L ln l............................4  ® 4M
Uni, grd,  (bbl. 8M)...  4  ® 4M
Lobelia.......................   85®  40
Pharlarle Canarian__6  ® 6M
Rapa..........................   6®  7
Slnapis  Albn...................... 11 ®13
Nigra...........  11®  12

Frumenti, W., D.  Co..2 00®2 50
D. F. B ...... 1  75®2 00
................. 1  25®1  50
Junlperls  Co. O. T ....1  65®2 00
“ 
...........1  75@3 50
Saacharum  N.  B........1 75®2 00
"pt.  Vini  Galli...........1  75®6 50
lnl Oporto................1 2S®2 00
Vini  Alba...................1 25@2 00

,r 

Florida  sheeps’  wool
carriage.................. 2 2S®2 50
Nassau  sheeps*  wool
carriage  .................
2 00 
Velvet  extra  sheeps’
wool  carriage.........
1  10
Extra  yellow  sheeps’
carriage...................
Grass sheeps’ wool car­
riage  .......................
Hard for  slate use__
Yellow Reef, for  slate 
u se..........................

1 40

SY R U FS.

A ccada...............................  50
Zingiber  .............................   50
Ipecac..................................  go
Ferri  Iod.............................   50
Aurantl  Cortes....................   50
Rhel  Arom..........................   50
Similax  Officinalis..............  60
„  “ 
Co........  50
Senega................................   50
Sclllae..................................   50
_   “  Co.............................   50
Tolutan...............................  so
PrtUMM  vlrg...........................  so

“ 

TIN C TU R ES.

 

‘ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

Aconltum Napellls R.........   60
.  “ 
F ..........  50
Aloes....................................  0q
and myrrh.................  60
“ 
Arnica.................................  50
Asafoetida...................... . . "   0
Atrope Belladonna..............  60
Benzoin...............................   go
Co.........................  50
Sangulnarla.........................  50
Barosma..............................  50
Cantharldes............................ 75
Capsicum............................  50
Ca damon.......................... ’.  75
Co........................   75
_ 
Castor..........................  
1  on
Catechu.................... 
50
Cinchona.................... .. . " .   go
Co........................  60
Columba.............................  50
Conium.......................  
.. 50
Cubeba.........................50
Digitalis..........................."   50
g r*°‘...................................   50
Gentian.............................  
50
Co.................. 
_ 
60
ammon.................]]]  60
Zingiber.............................   50
Hyoscyamus.....................  
50
Iodine..................................   75
“  Colorless................ ’.  75
Ferri Chloridum............  
35
K ino................................. ;;  go
Lobelia......................... 
50
Myrrh..................................... 50
Nux  Vomica...................... 
50
OgU 
ss
“  Camphorated................  so
Deodor......................... 2 00
Aurantl Cortex................... 
50
Quassia............................ 
50
Rhatany.............................   50
Rhel.....................................   50
Cassia  Acutlfol...................  50
_  “ 
Co..............  50
Serpentarla.........................  50
Stromonlum........................’  go
Tolutan...............................  go
Valerian....................   , . . . ’  50
VeratrumVerlde.................  50

“ 

“ 

 

 

M ISCELLANEOUS.

“ 

“ 

.Ether, Spts  Nit, 3 F ..  28®  30 
.. 
“  4 F ..  32®  84
Alumen....................... 2M© 3

“  prep................... 
precip.............. 
Rubra............ 

* 
ground,  (po.
3®  4
D .............................  
Annatto......................  55®  60
Antimoni, po.............. 
4®  5
et Potass T.  56®  60
Antipyrtn...................  ©1 40
Antifebrln..................  ®  25
Argenti  Nltras, onnee  @  60
Arsenicum................. 
5®  7
Balm Gilead  Bud....  38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N............ 2 20@2 25
Calcium Chlor, Is, (Ms
12;  Mb,  14)..............  @  n
Cantharldes  Russian,
@1 00 
P O .....................................
Capsid  Fructus, af...
@  26 
@  28
o . . . .
« 
,  __  ■ P I   @20
Ipo.
CaryophyUns, (po.  14)  10®  12
Carmine,  No. 40.........   @3 75
Cera  Alba, S. 4  F ......   50®  55
Cera Flava.................  38®  40
Coccns.......................  @  40
Cassia Frnctus...........  @  22
Centrarla....................  @  10
Cetacenm...................  @  40
Chloroform................  60®  63
„   «quibbs ..  @1  25
Chloral Hyd t ì s t ........1  35@1  80
Chondrus...................  au@  26
Clnchonldlne, P.  4 W  15®  20
_ 
German 3  _
Corks,  Ust,  dls.  per
cent  ...................
Creasotum..............  @
Creta, (bbl. 75)...........  @
5®
g®
@
Croons....................   33®
Cudbear...................  " fi
Cuprl Sulph...............   5 ®
Dextrine.................   10®
Ether Sulph................  70®
Emery,
©
@  6 
.  w-  O  75.........   70®  75
Flake  White..............  12®  15
Galla..........................  @  23
Gambler......................7  @ 8
Gelatin,  Cooper.........   @  70
French...........  40®  60
Glassware  flint, by box 70 4 10. 
Less than box 66X
Glue,  Brown.............. 
9®  15
is®  25
“  White................ 
Glycerlna...................15M®  20
Grana Paradlsl...........  ®  22
Humulus....................   25®  55
Hydraag Chlor  Mite..  ©  86 
“  C or....  @  80
Ox Rubrum  @  90 
Ammonlati..  @100 
Unguentum.  45®  55
Hydrargyrum............   @  64
IchthyoDolla, Am..  ..1 25®1 50
Indigo. 
...........  75@1 00
Iodine,  Resubl..........3 80@3 90
Iodoform....................  ®4 70
Lupulin.....................1 2@1  25
Lycopodium..............  60®  65
“ »els.........................  75®  80
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
drarg Iod.................  @  27
Liquor Potass Arslnltls  10®  12 
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
1H)............ .g . .......   2®  5
Manilla,  8. F ..............  60@Q68

"II numbers..
po

“ 
“ 
“ 

.  M 

“ 

“ 

R 

8. N.  Y.  Q. 4

Morphia,  S. P. 4  W...1  7C@1  95 
C. Co.......................1  6°@1  85
Moschus Canton........  @ 40
MyTistica, No. 1.........   65®  70
Nux Vomica, (po 20)..  @  10
Os.  Sepia....................  20®  22
Pepsin Saac, H. 4  P. D.
CO............................  @2 00
Plcls Uq, N.»C., M gal
doz  .........................  @2 00
Plcls Liq., quarts......  @1  00
pints.........   @  85
Pll Hydrarg,  (po. 80)..  @ 50
Piper  Nigra,  (po. 22)..  @ 1
Piper Alba, (po g5)....  @  3
Plx  Burgun................  @  7
Plumb! A cet..............  14®  15
Pulvis Ipecac et opll.. 1  10@1  20 
Pyrethrum.  boxes  H
4  P. D.  Co., doz......   @1 25
Pyrethrum,  pv...........  30®  35
Quasslae....................  8®  10
Quinta, 8 .P .4 W ......  27®  32
«  L  
German...  20  @  30
Rubla  Tinctorum......   12®  14
Saccharum Lactis pv.  23®  25
Salacln.......................1  75@1  80
Sanguis  Draconls......  40®  50
Sapo,  W...................... 
ia@  14
‘  M.......................  10®  12
“  G.......................  ®  15

Seldlltz  Mixture........  @  20
Slnapis...........................  ® is
“  opt  . . . ...............   @ 30
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
Voes..........................   @ 35
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  @  35 
Soda Boras, (po. 11).  .  10®  11
Soda  et Potass Tart...  27®  30
Soda Carb.................  m@   2
Soda, Bi-Carb..............  @  5
Soda, Ash......................3M@  4
Soda, Sulphas..............  @  2
Spts. Ether C o............   50® 55
“  Myrcla  Dom......   @2 25
“  Myrcla Imp........  @3 00
1  Vini  Rect.  bbl.
■ ■ ■ ■1.........................2 55@2 65
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia  Crystal.......1 40®1  45
Sulphur, Subl................ 2U@ 3M
„   *  RoU.............  2M@ 3
Tamarinds................... 
8® 10
Terebenth Venice......  28®  30
Theobromae.............. 40  @  45
Vanilla..................... 9 00@16 00
Zlncl  Sulph.................. 
7®  8

OILS.

, 

Whale, winter............   70 
Lard,  extra.................  76 
Lard, No.  1.................  42 
Linseed, pure raw__  49 

Bbl.  Gal
70
80
48
52

“ 

paints. 

Llndseed,  boiled__   52 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
50 
strained...............  
Spirits Turpentine__  36 

55
60
40
bbl.  lb.
Red  Venetian..............im  2@3
Ochre, yellow  Mars__lx   2@4
“ 
Her........IX  2@3
Putty,  commercial 
¿M  2M®3
“  strictly  pure......2M  9%ìihjì
Vermilion Prime Amer-
„ Ic a n ..........................  
13@16
Vermilion,  English.... 
65®70 
Green,  Peninsular......   70®75
Lead,  red....................7
®7M 
“  w hite................7
®7M 
Whiting, white Span... 
@70 
Whiting,  Gilders’. 
...
®9G 
White, Paris  American 
1  0
Whiting,  Paris  Bng.
cliff......................... 
_
1  40
Pioneer Prepared Paintl  20®1M 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
Paints..................... 1  00@1 20
VARNISHES.

No. 1 Turp  Coach__ 1  10@1  20
Extra Turp................ 160@1  70
g?«Ch  Body  ............... 2 75@3 00
No. 1 Turp Furn........1  00@1  10
Eutra Turk Damar.... 1  56@1  60 
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
70®75
Turp......................... 

Importers  and  Jobbers  of

CHEMICALS  AND

PATENT MEDICINES
Paints, Oils % Varnishes.

DEALERS  IN

Solo Agemta fo r th e   C elebratali

8WIS8  VILLA  PREPARED  PAINTS.

M   Line of  Staile  Druggists'  S i t e

We are Sole Proprietors of

Weatherly's  Michigan  Catarrh  Remedy.

W e H ave in Stock and Offer m F u ll Line of

W H IS K IE S ,  B R A N D IE S ,

G IN S,  W IN ES, 

.

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*

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

16

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

GROCERY  PRICE  CURRENT.

l ° j ,r^SS  and  are  an  ac®urate  index  of  the  local  market. 

„   -  T ? e prices quf ted m   thl8  ll8t  a*e afor th ®  trade  only>  in Buch  quantities as  are  usually purchased  by  retail  dealers.  They are prepared ju st before 
I t is  impossible  to give  quotations  suitable  for  all conditions of  purchase,  and those 
tlinai" 
SS  rePre8®n  m S   average  prices  for average  conditions  of  purchase.  Cash  buyers or those  of  strong credit  usually  buy closer than 
*r re a te s t po ssîb fe ^use^ ^ d  ealers^ U^8cri^er8  are  earnestly requested  to  point  out  any  errors  or omissions,  as  it  is  our  aim to  make  this  feature  of  the

1 

AXLE GREASE
doz
......   55
......  75
......   50
......   81
......   75
......  55

Aurora...........
Castor Oil......
Diamond........
Frazer’s.........
Mica..............
Paragon 
..  ..

gross
6 0C
9 CO
5 50
9 00
8 00
6 00

BAKING  POWDER. 

Acme.

“ 

Vi lb. cans, 3 doz...............
Vi lb.  “  2 “  ...................
i  “  ..................:
lib . 
................... ....
Arctic.
J4 lb cans............................  60
Vi »  
........................   1 20
................................2  00
:f t 
lb 
........................   9 60
Fosfon.
5 oz. cans, 4 doz. in case...
...
16  “ 
per doz

Dr. Price’s.

“  2  “ 

“ 
“  
“ 

“ 

P?PR£CE’S
CREAM
b a k in g
*owden

D im e cans 
4-oz 
6 oz 
8-oz 
12 oz 
16-oz 
2K-lb
4- 
5- 
10-lb

lb
lb 

 

“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

Red Star, % S> cans...........
..........
...........  1  50
Teller’s,  V4 lb. cans, doz. 
45
“  .
“  ..  1  50
BATH  BRICK.
2 dozen in case.

Vi ft 
“ 
1 1b  “ 
Vi lb.  “ 
1 lb.  “ 

8oz 

English...............................  90
Bristol..................................  SO
Domestic.............................
Arctic, 4 oz  ovals....................4 00

BLUING.  Gross
 

“ 
“  pints,  round...........10 50
“  No. 2, sifting box...
“  No. 3, 
...  4 00
“  No. 5, 
...  8 00
“  1 oz ball  ..................  4 50

“ 
“ 
BROOMS.
............................2 oo

No. 2 Hurl..........................   1
No. 1  “ 
No. 2 Carpet............................. 2 25
No. 1 
“ 
Parlor Gem.............................  2 75
Common Whisk............ 
Fancy 
Warehouse...............................3 25
Stove, No.  l ......................   125
“  10.......................  1 50
“  15.......................   1 75
Rice Root Scrub, 2  row__ 
85
Rice Root  Scrub, 3 row__  1  25
Palmetto, goose..................  l 50

“ 
BRUSHES.

............ 1  15

 
90

“ 
‘ 

 

BUCKWHEAT.

O J P

ÊfBuckWheatji

CANDLES.

100 lb. cases, 2 & 5 lb. pkgs 84 50 
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes............   io
Star,  40 
..............  9
Paraffine  ................. ........  jj
Wicklng 
.........................’  24

“ 

CANNED  GOODS. 

Fish.
Clams.

“ 

“ 

Little Neck,  1 lb.................i  15
“  2 lb.................1  90
Clam Chowder.
Standard, 3 lb......................2 00
Cove Oysters.
Standard,  1 lb........... 
on
f i b - ............ . 1 1 0
Lobsters.

aib^... 

Star,  1  lb.................................2 40
_ “  2  lb.................................3 an
Picnic, 1 lb............................... 2 00

..............."2  90
1  ob

Mackerel.
Standard, 1 lb...............  
2  lb........................"1 90
Mustard,  21b...........................2 25
Tomato Sauce,  2 lb...... .  2 25
Soused, 2 1b.................... 
'.2 25
_   . 
Columbia River, flat........... 1 86
. .   “ 
tails...........1 75
1  40
Alaska, 1  lb.................... 
-  

21b ..............................1 90

Salmon.
“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

.. 

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

Sardines.
American  V£s................. 4V{@ 5
, 
A*............... 6Vi@7
Import*-  Ms.................ll@12
Vis  .................15@16
„  
M nrird  3£s  ....................  7@S
Boneless 
20
Brook, 3  1b 
....... 2 50

Trout.
Fruits.
Apples.
3 lb. standard  __
York State  gallons 
Hamburgh
Apricots.
2 00
Live oak...................... 
2 00
Santa Cruz................. 
Lusk’s ........................  
2 00
1 90
Overland................... 
Blackberries.
B .A W ......................  
95
Cherries.
d  ..........................  
1 20
1  75
Pitted Hamburgh  . . .  
W hite...... .................  
1 so
Brie  .......................... 
1  20
Damsons, Egg Plums and Green 
E rie............................
California............
Gooseberries.
Common.................... 

Gages.

1  $0

Peaches.
 

 

g?e - - 
Maxwell......................... 
Shepard’s .......................  
California.......................  
Monitor 
.................... 
Oxford........................
Pears.

Domestic......................... 
Riverside......................... 

130

2 00
1 85
2 10
1 as

1 20
2 10

1 jo

“ 

1  30
2 50
2
j  jq

Pineapples.
Common..................... 
Johnson’s  sliced........ 
grated........ 
Quinces.
7 00
Common.................... 
Raspberries.
Red  ...........................
Black  Hamburg.........
Erie,  black
Strawberries.
Lawrence..................  
Hamburgh............  
Erie............................  
Terrapin............ . 
Whortleberries.
Common........... 
p. &  w................;;; 
Blueberries....................  
Corned  beef,  Libby’s..........1  90
Roast beef,  Armour’s... 
. 17!
Potted  ham, V4 lb................\  30
“  Vi lb.................  go
tongue, Vi lb.........  ..135
Vi lb.........   85
chicken, >4 lb.........  
95

1  25
1  3n
1  2f
1  m
}

1 «

Meats.

2 50

‘ 

" 
Vegetables.

“ 

g 

Peas.

Corn.

, 
“ 
“ 

Beans.

_  
Hamburgh  stringless..........1  25
French style.......2 25
Limas................. 1  40
Lima, green...............  1  25
soaked.......................  80
Lewis Boston Baked......... j  35
Bay State  Baked..............  1  35
World’s  Fair  Baked...........1  35
Picnic Baked......................  1  00
Hamburgh............... ......
Livingston  Eden......  
.  ' 1  on
Purity...............................
Honey  Dew......................... 1  SO
Morning Glory................ ’'
Soaked........................... ”  j  15
Hamburgh  marrofat...........1 35
early J u n e ......
Champion Eng. .1  50
petit  pois..........1  75
fancy  sifted. ...1   90
Soaked.................................  55
Harris standard............Y.V.  75
VanCamp’s  marrofat......  .1  10
early June...... 1  30
Archer’s  Early Blossom..  1  35
French............ 
j  go
French.............................. 15320
M e .................. 
go
Hubbard..............................j  20
Hamburg  ............................ 1 40
Soaked.................................  80
Honey  Dew....................".” 1 60
Erfe ..................................... 1 35
Tomatoes.
Haneock..............................1 05
Excelsior .  ............... 
1  10
EcUP*e......................... .'.'.'."1  10
Hamburg 
........................... 1 80
Gallon.................................2 60

 
Mushrooms.
Pumpkin.
 
Squash.
Succotash.

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CHOCOLATE.

Baker’s.

German Sweet.................. 
Premium..........................  
j Breakfast Cocoa...........  . 

23
37
42

CHEESE.
Amboy.....................
Acme.......................... 12V4@12Vi
Riverside...................12V4@125i
Gold  Medal  .................  
312
Skim..........................9  311
Brick............................. 
11
Edam  ...........................  
1 
Leiden 
23
Limbnrger  ...................  @10
Pineapple......................  @25
Roquefort......................  @35
Sap S ago.................... 
  @22
Schweitzer, imported.  @24
domestic  __ 
©14

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

“ 

CATSUP.
Half  pint, 25 bottles 
Pint 
Quart 1 doz bottles 

Blue Label Brand.
...... 

*• 

CLOTHES  PINS.

2 75

4 so
.......3  50

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

COCOA  SHELLS.

351b  bags........................   @3
Less quantity 
Pound  packages.

6*@7

COFFEE.
Green.
Rio.

F a ir .....................................is
Good.................................... 19
Prime.........................  " ” 20
Golden........................ ......2 2
Peaberry  ......................  ...24

Santos.

£air- - - ...............................18
.20
Prime........................ 
Peaberry  .............................21
Mexican and Guatemala.
Fair......................................20
Good.................................... 21
Fancy..............................23
Prime................... 
19
M illed.....................i.;;;;;;« ,
Java.
Interior............................... 05
Private Growth................... 27
Mandeb lin g .................... ' [28
Imitation.............................23
Arabian........................ .....26

Maracaibo.

Mocha.

Roasted.

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

Package.

M cLaughlin’s  XXXX..  23.30
Bnnola  ............................  22.80
Lion, 60 or 100lb.  ease....  23.30 

Extract.

Valley City Vi gross..........  
75
......... 1  15
Felix 
Hnmmel’s, foil, gross........1  50
“ 
........2 50

« 

“ 

On 
CHICORV.

Balk.
Red..

CLOTHES  LINE8.

Cotton,  40 ft......... per do*. 1  2t
1 41
160
1
1  90
90
1  00

" 
‘ 
‘ 
_  * 
Jute 
* 
CONDENSED  MILK.

50 f t........... 
« f t ........... 
70 ft..........  
» f t ..........  
6« ft..........  
7 2 ft......... 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

4 doz. In case.

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

COUPON  BOOKS.

“Tradesman.’

1, per hundred...............   2 00
2.  “ 
*• 
................8 00
................ 8 00
6. 
.10. 
«20,  » 
.......:.:::5oo

“ 
‘ 
“  “ 
» 

 

 

 

“Superior.”

$  l, per hundred...............   2 50
3 00
$  2, *3, 
3 50
$ 5, 
4 00
810, 
5 00
$30,
6 00

l l E I g P l ' .

00

“Universal.”
“ 
“ 
11 
“ 
“ 

8  1, per hundred..............  83 00
................3  50
8 2, 
8 8, 
............... 4  00
................5  00
8 5, 
810, 
............   .  6 00
830, 
................7  00
Above prices on coupon books 
are  subject  to  the  following 
quantity discounts:
300 or ovor.............. 5  per cen
500  “ 
1000  “ 
COUPON  PASS  BOOKS. 
ICan  be  made to represent any 
denomination  from 810 down.
20 books.......................   $ 1  00
2 00
 
50  “ 
..........................  3 00
100  “ 
 
250  “ 
6 25
500  “ 
 
10 00
1000  “ 
.........................   17 50

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

10 **
“

 
 

 

 

CREDIT  CHECKS.

500, any one denom’n .......S3 00
1000,  “ 
...... 5 00
2000,  “ 
........8 00
Steel  punch  .....................

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

CRACKERS.

Batter.

Seymour XXX......................6
Seymour XXX, cartoon......6V4
Family  XXX.....................   6
Family XXX,  cartoon........  6V4
Salted XXX.........................6
Salted XXX,  cartoon  ........6V4
Kenosha 
.........................  7^
Boston.................................   8
Butter  biscuit......................6V4
Soda, XXX.........................  6
Soda, City...........................   7*4
Soda,  Duchess  .................... 8V4
Crystal Wafer......................10
Long  Island Wafers  ..........11
S. Oyster  XXX....................  6
City Oyster. XXX.................6
Farina  Oyster....................  6

Ovster.

Soda.

CREAM  TARTAR.
Strictly  pure...................... 
30
Telfer’s Absolute..............  
35
Grocers’............................ 20@a

DRIED  FRUITS. 

Domestic.

“ 

Apples.
quartered 
Apricots.

Blackberries.
Nectarines.

Sundrled. sliced In bbls. 
6
sv
“ 
Evaporated. 50 lb. boxes  @9
California in  bags........ 
Evaporated in boxes.  .. 
In  boxes.......................  
70 lb. bags....................... 
25 lb. boxes..................... 
Peeled, in  boxes........... 
Cal. evap.  “ 
 
“ 
In bags........ 
California In bags......
Pitted Cherries.
Barrels..........................
50 lb. boxes...................
25  “ 
...................
Prunelles.

16V4
17
<jy}
15
15J4
13
12V4
12

 
Pears.

Peaches.

“ 

“ 

301b.  boxes..................
Raspberries.
In barrels............... .....
501b. boxes....................
251b.  “ 
.....................
Raisins.

Loose  Muscatels in Boxes.

2 crown.............................   j  go
3 
............................  1 65
2  crown  ............................  5U
3 
.................................6V|

“ 
Loose Muscatels in Bags.
“ 

Foreign.
Currants. 

\
4U
454

“ 
“ 

Peel.

Patras,  in barrels.......  
In  Vi-bbls......... 
In less quantity__ 

44£
Citron, Leghorn, 251b. boxes  20 
Lemon 
10
2 50
Orange 
11
Ondura, 29 lb. boxes..  @ 8
4 ÛÜ
“ 
Sultana, 30 
@10
Valencia, 80  « 
..  @ 7

“ 
“ 
Raisins.

25  “ 
25  “ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Prunes.
California,  100-120............. 10V£
90x10025 lb.  bxs. 11V4
..12V4
80x90 
“ 
13V
7ux80 
“ 
60x70 
.14
“ 
Turkey......................... 
7V4
Silver..................................
Sultana.................................9Vi

ENVELOPES.
XX rag, white.

XX  wood, white.

No. 1, 6Vi  ........................   Si  75
No. 2, 6 Vi..........................  1 60
No. 1, 6.............................  1 65
No. 2, 6.............................  1 50
No. 1, 6 Vi  ..........................   I S
No. 2, 6Vi  ........................   1 25
Manilla, white.
6 Vi................................
1  00 
95
Mill No. 4. Coin.
1  00
FARINACEOUS  GOODS. 

Farina.
Hominy.

100 lb. kegs................... 
3%
Barrels............................... 3 00
Grits.................................. 3 50
Lima  Beans.
Dried............................ 
4%

Maccaronl and Vermicelli.

Domestic, 12 lb. box__  
55
Imported.  ................. 10V4@i  V4
Barrels 200.......................  5 25
Half barrels 100.................  2 76

Oatmeal.

Pearl Barley.

Kegs..................................

Peas.

Rolled  Oats.

Green,  bu........................   1  75
Split  per lb ................. ' 
2V4
Barrels  180.........................  5 25
Half  bbls 90......................  2 75
German.............................   4u
East India..........................  5
Cracked..............................

Wheat.

Sago.

FISH—Sait.
Bloaters.

Cod.

Yarmouth...............................   1 40
Pollock..........................
Whole, Grand  Bank......  
Boneless,  bricks............  
Boneless, strips.............. 
Smoked...................... 
Holland,  bbl......................  9 50
Norwegian  .......................  12 00
Round Shore, Vi  bbl........  2 60
54  “  ........  1  30
Q 

Halibut.
Herring.

kegs  ...  ...........

5v
7
¿5£
10

“ 

Mackerel.

“ 

Sardines.
Trout.

No. 1, 90 lbs............................. 8 25
No. 1, 40 lbs............................  4 po
No. 1,  10 lbs  .......................  1 15
Family, 90 lbs...........................5 25
10  lb s..................  65
Russian,  kegs....................  
45
No. 1, Vi bbls., lOOlbs........... 6 00
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs.................   80
No. 1,  Vi bbls., lOOlbs........... 7 50
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs.................   90
Family, Vi bbls., 100 lbs  ...  3  10 
kits  10  lbs.............  45
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS. 

Whitefish.

“ 

Souders’.

Oval Bottle, with corkscrew. 
Best In the world for the money.

Regular
Grade
Lemon.

doz
2 oz  ...  S  75 
4 OZ  -----1  50

Regular
Vanilla.

doz
I 2 oz  ....81  2J 
! 4 oz  ....  2 40
XX Grade 
Lemen.
2 oz.......81  50
4 oz......   3 GO
XX Grade 
Vanilla.
| 2 oz.......81  75
U o z......  3 50

Jennings’ D  C.

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

Lemon. Vanilla 
1  25
...  75 
...1 00
1  50
2 00
...1  50
...2 00
3 00
...3 00
4 GO
GUNPOWDER.

“
“
“
“

Austin’s Rifle, kegs............. 3 50
“  V4 keg«...2 00
Crack Shot, kegs . .3 50
Vi kegs 2 00
“ 
Club Sporting  “  4 50
“ 
Vi  “  2 50

“ 
“ 
“ 
‘ 

HERBS.

Sage................................15
Hops...... ..............................15
Madras,  5 lb. boxes.........  
S. F„ 2, 3 and 5 lb. boxes.. 

INDIGO.

17  lb. palls.......................  
30  “ 

JELLY .
90
...................   1 60

55
50

“ 
LICORICE.
 

 

Pure..................  
30
Calabria...............................   25
Sicily....................................  12

LYE.
Condensed, 2 doz.............1 25
4 doz.............2 25

“ 

MATCHES.

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

MINCE  MEAT.

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

MEASURES.
Tin, per dozen.

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

40

MOLASSES.
Blackstrap.
Cuba Baking.
Porto Rico.

Sugar house......................  14
Ordinary.............................. 
Prime..................................  
F an cy ................................ 

New Orleans.

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

16
20
30

is
20
25
30
40

PICKLES.
Medium.

Small.

Barrels, 1,200 count... 
@7 00
Half bbls, 600  count..  ©4 00

Barrels, 2.400  count. 
Half bbls, 1,200 count 

8 CO
4 50

PIPES.

Clay, No.  216.........................1 75
T. D. full count...........  75
Cob, No. 8..............................1 25

POTASH.

48 cans In case.

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

RICE.
Domestic.

Carolina head.........................6
“  No. 1........................ 5
“  No. 2.......................  4 Vi
Broken...................................3

Imported.

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

No. 2................. 

6

5

V

r  to  a

V

T E T E   I V T I C T I T O A N   T R A D E S M A N .

1 7

SPICKS.

Whole Sifted.

“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
r> 
“ 

“ 
Pure Ground In Bulk.

Allspice...............................8
Cassia, China in mats........  7
Batavia in bund__15
Saigon in rolls........35
Cloves,  Amboyna................SB
Zanzibar...... ...........10
Mace  Batavia....................80
Nutmegs, fancy.................75
“  No.  1...................... 70
“  No. 2...................... 60
Pepper, Singapore, black....  9 
“  white...  .20
shot........................15
Allspice..............................12
Cassia,  Batavia................. 18
and  Saigon.22
Saigon...................30
Cloves,  Amboyna................22
Zanzibar................ 18
Ginger, African..................14
Cochin................... 17
Jam aica................18
Mace  Batavia.....................70
Mustard, Eng. and Trieste.. 16
Trieste................... 18
Nutmegs, No. 2 ..................60
Pepper, Singapore, black__ 18
“  white.......24
“ 
“ 
Cayenne................ 18
Sage.................................... 14
“Absolute'’ In Packages.
. 

*s
Allspice......................  84  155
Cinnamon...................  84  1  55
Cloves.........................  84  1  55
Ginger, Jam................  84  1 55
“  A f..................   84  1  55
Mustard......................  84  155
Pepper.......................   84  156
Sage............................   84

* 8 

“ 

8AL  SODA.

Kegs..................................     1*4
Granulated,  boxes................1&

SAU15RKRACT.

SEEDS.

Gold Medal............... 7 25@7 50
Anise.........................   @12*4
Canary, Smyrna.........  
Caraway.................... 
Cardamon, Malabar... 
Hemp,  Russian.........  
Mixed  Bird  .............. 
Mustard,  white.........  
Poppy......................... 
Rape..........................  
Cuttle  bone...............  
STARCH.

6
8
90
4*4
4*4
6
9
6
30

Corn

 

“ 

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

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

1-lb packages.......................  5*4
3-lb 
6*4
6-lb 
40 and 50 lb. boxes..............  4*4
Barrels................................   5*4

“ 
“ 

SNUFF.

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

SODA,

Boxes................................... 5*«
Kegs, English....................... 44
100 3-lb. sacks......................... (2 25
2 00
60 5-lb.  “ 
2810-lb. sacks...................  1  85
2 25
2014-lb.  “ 
24 3-lb  cases...........................  1 50
32
56 lb. dairy In linen  bags.. 
281b.  “ 
18

SALT.
 
 

drill  “ 

 
 

Warsaw.

56 lb. dairy In drill  bags...  31
281b.  “ 
18
56 lb. dairy In linen sacks..  75 

Ashton.

.. 

“ 

“ 

56 )h. dairy in linen  sacks. 

75 

Higgins.

Solar Rock.

56 It,,  sacks.......................   27

Common Fine.

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

90
95

SALERATUS.

Packed 60 lbs. in box.

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

 

SOAP.
Laundry.

“ 

Allen B. Wrlsley’s Brands.

Proctor & Gamble.

Old Country,  80  1-lb.......... 3 20
Good Cheer, 6011b............. 390
White Borax, 100  M lb........3 60
Concord.............................2 80
Ivory, 10  oz.......................6 75
6  oz.........................4 00
Lenox 
............................  3 65
Mottled  German............... 3 15
Town Talk.........................3 00
Jas. S. Kirk & Co.’s Brands. 
American  Family, wrp d. .83 30 
plain...  3 24
5c  size..  4 25
N. K. Fairbanks & Co.’s Brands.
Santa Claus.......................  4 00
Brown, 60 bars...................2 10
80  b a rs................. 3 25
“ 
Lautz Bros. & Co.’s Brands.
Acme.................................3 65
Cotton Oil..........................5 75
Daisy 
..............................3 10
Marseilles.........   ..............4 00
Master......................  ...... 4 00

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

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

“ 

SUGAR.

“ 

Cut  Loaf....................  @  55£
Cubes................ 
5*4@ 5*4
Powdered XXXX......  @  5554
Standard..  @  5*4 
Granulated, medium..  5  @  5*4
Confectioners’ A......   4%@  5
Soft A......................... @ 4M
White Extra C........... @4.56
Extra  C...................... @ 4*4
c ................................. @ 4*i
Golden......................
@ 4
Yellow  .....................
® 3M
Less than  bbls.  34c advance

SYRUPS.

Corn.

Barrels......... .  ...........
..  22
Half bbls......................... ...24
Fair................................ ...  19
Good............................... ...  25
Choice  ............................ ...  30

Pure Cane.

SWEET  GOODS

Ginger Snaps..............
Sugar Creams............
Frosted Creams.........
Graham Crackers......
Oatmeal Crackers......
VINEGAR.

8
8
9
8*4
8*4

40 gr............................. 7 @8
50 gr............................8 @9

SI for barrel.

WET  MUSTARD
Bulk, per g a l.................
Beer mug, 2 doz in case..

30
1  75

YEAST.

Magic,.............................
.1   00
..1  OO
Warner’s .......................
Yeast Foam  ...................
..1  00
75
Diamond.........................
Royal............................. . .  90

TEAS.

japan—Regular.

Pair............................ @17
Good............... ..........   @20
Choice.......................... 24  @26
Choicest.......................32  @34
Dust  ..........................10  @12

SU N  C U RED .
F air............................ 
‘@17
Good..........................   @20
Choice.......................... 24  @26
Choicest....................... 32  @34
Dust............................. 10  @12

BA SK ET  F IR E D .

G U N PO W D ER.

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

IM PE R IA L .

YOUNG  HYSON.

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

EN O LISH   B R EA K FA ST.

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

TOBACCOS.

Fine Cut.

“ 

Palls unless otherwise noted
62
Hiawatha................... 
Sweet Cuba...............  
36
McGlnty....................  
27
*4 bbls.........  
25
Dandy Jim .................  
29
24
Torpedo..................... 
23
in  drums.... 
Yum  Yum  ...............  
28
1892............................  
23
“  drums................. 
22

“ 

Plug.

Sorg’s Brands.
Spearhead................. 
Joker......................... 
3 30
Nobby Twist................. 
Scotten’s Brands.

Kylo............................ 
Hiawatha................... 
Valley City................ 
Flnzer’s Brands.
Old  Honesty..............  
Jolly Tar....................  

Smoking.

Catlin’s  Brands.

41
29
40

24
38
34
40
32

Kiln  dried.......................  16
Golden  Shower...................19
Huntress  ........................... 26
Meerschaum....................... 29
American Eagle Co.’s Brands.
Myrtle  Navy....................... 40
Stork  ..................................30
German............................... 15
F rog....................................33
Banner Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
Banner.................................16
Banner Cavendish.............. 38
Gold Cut  ............... 
28
Warpath..............................16
Honey  Dew......................... 25
Gold  Block............... 
30

 
Scotten’s Brands.

 

Brands.

LeidersdorCs Brands.

F. F. Adams Tobacco Co.’s 
Peerless............................... 26
Old  Tom..............................18
Standard..............................20
Globe Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
Handmade...........................41
Rob  Roy..............................26
Uncle  Sam......... .......... 2S@32
Red Clover...........................32
Tom and Jerry.....................25
Traveler  Cavendish........... 38
Buck Horn.............. 
3o
Plow  Boy......................30@32
Corn  Cake  ......................... 16

Spaulding & Merrick.

 

OILS.

The  Standard Oil  Co. 
quotes 
as  follows,  in barrels. 
f. o.  b.
Grand Rapids:
8
Eocene.........................
Water White, old test. 
@ TK 
W,  W.  Headlight, 150°
6% 
Water  White  ..........
@ 6*4 @ 7 
Naptha.......................
Stove Gasoline...........
@
cylinder................... 27
@36 
E ngine..................... 13
@21
_____________ a 8*4
Black. 15 cold  test__
HIDES  PELTS  and  FURS
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol 

lows:
Green........................... 2*4 @3*4
Part Cured...............   @4
Full 
@4*4
Dry................................5 @ 5
Kips, green  ............... 2*4@ 3*4
“  cured.................  © 4*4
Calfskins,  green.........  4 © 5
cured........  @ 7
Deacon skins............... 10 @30

H ID E S .

“ 

“ 

 

 

No. 2 hides *4 off.
P E L T S .

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

Shearlings....................10 @25
Lambs 
W OOL.
Washed................. 
Unwashed  .. 
 

20  @21
10 

M ISCELLANEOUS.

“ 

 
FU R S .

Tallow.......................  3*4@ 4
Grease  butter  .............1  @2
Switches....................  1*4@ 2
Ginseng  ...... 
2 00©2 75
Outside prices for No. 1 only.
Badger.......................   50@1 00
B ear.......................15 C0@25 00
Beaver........................3 0u@7 00
Cat, wild....................  40©  50
Cat, house.................  1()@  25
Fisher......................... 4 00@6 00
Fox,  red  ................... 1  00@1 60
Fox, cross...................3 0C@5 00
Fox,  grey..................   50©  80
Lynx.... ..................... 2 00@3 00
Martin, d a rk .............1 0G@3 00
pale & yellow.  50@1  00
Mink, dark.................  40@1  40
Muskrat......................  03®  12
Oppossum..................   15@  30
Otter, dark  ................5 00@6 00
Raccoon....................  25@  90
Skunk  .......................1  00@1  25
W olf...........................1  00©3 00
Beaver  castors, lb__2 00@5 00
Thin and  green............  
10
Long gray, dry.............. 
20
25
Gray, dry 
................... 
Red and Blue, dry........ 
35
GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS 
63 
No. 1 White (58 lb. test) 
No. 1 Red (60 lb. test) 
63
Bolted...............................
1  40 
Granulated.......................
1  60
Straight, In  sacks  ...........
“  barrels...........
“ 
Patent  “  sacks.............
“  barrels...........
“ 
Graham “  sacks.............
“ 
...........
Rye 
Buckwheat, Rising  Sun...
Walsh-DeRoo 
& Co’s  Pure..................

deerskins—per pound.

W H EA T.

FL O U R .

“ 

M IL L ST U FFS.

Less
Car lots quantity
$14 00
14 50
15 50
20 00
20 00

Bran..............$13 50
Screenings__  14 00
Middlings......  15 CO
Mixed Feed...  19 00
Coarse meal  ..  19 50
Car  lots....................... ......46
Less than  car  lots...... ...... 52
Car  lots  ...................... ...... 37
Less than car lots........ ...... 41
No. 1 Timothy, car lots 
No. 1 

H A T .
ton lots

...12 00
...12 50

COBN.

OATS.

“ 

FR ESH   MEATS.

Swift & Company quote as fol­
lows:
Beef, carcass..............  4*4@ 5*4
“  hindquarters...  5  @  5*? 
fore  “ 
“ 
... 3*4® 4
loins,  No.  3... 8  @8*4
“ 
“ 
ribs......7  @ 7*4
“ 
rounds....4*4® 5

Bologna......................  @5
Pork loins.................  @ 10)4
......   © 8
Sausage, blood or head  @ 6
liv e r............  @6
Frankfort__  @8
Mutton  .......................7  @8
Veal............................ 7  @ 7*4

shoulders 

“ 
“ 

“ 

FISH  and  OYSTERS

 

F.  J.  Dettenthaler  quotes as 

20
l  00

F R E S H   F IS H .

follows :
Whltefisb  .................   @ 9
T ro u t............. 
8  @9
Halibut.......................  @15
Ciscoes or Herring__  @6
Bluefish....................... U  @12
Fresh lobster, per lb __ 
Shrimp, per gal............  
Cod. 
......................... 10  @12
No. 1 Pickerel............   @8
Pike............................  @ 7
Smoked  White...........  @8
Stockfish......................  
11
Finnan  Haddies........... 
10
S el................................. 
8
oysters—Cans.
Fair haven  Counts...  @37
F. J. D.  Selects..........  @30
Selects.......................   @23
Anchor.......................   @19
Standards  .................   @17
Favorites................... 
15
SH E L L   GOODS.
Oysters, per  lo o ........1  2s@l  50
Clams. 
75@1  00
 
Counts, per gal.............. 
2 20
Extra  Selects...............  
1  75
Selects..........................  
1  50
Standards.....................  
1  ¡0

 
B U L K .

“ 

P A P E R .

t 25
Clams...............................  
Scallops  ..  ..................  
1 75
Schrimps....................... 
1  00
PA PER & WOODEN WARE
Straw 
.................................lx
Rockfalls.............................. 1%
Rag sugar.............................2
Hardware............................. 2*4
Bakers.................................. 2*4
Dry  GoodB.................. 5  @6
Jnte Manilla...............   @5*4
Red  Express  No. 1.............5*4
4*4

No. 2...... 

“ 

T W IN E S.

“ 

W OODENW ARE.

48 Cotton............................to
Cotton, No. 1........................17
“  2........................16
Sea  Island, assorted......... 30
No. 5 Hemp......................... 15
No. 6  “ ................................. 15
Tubs,No. 1.........................  700
“  No. 2......................... 6 00
“  No. 3......................... 5 00
1  35
“  No. 1,  three-hoop_  1 to
40
so
.....................   1 00
...................... 1  60
...................... 2 25

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

“  13  “ 
“  15  “ 
“  17  “ 
“ 
19  “ 
“ 
21  “ 

 
 

 

Baskets, market.................
shipping  bushel.. 
full  hoop  “

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

“  No.2
“  No.3
“  No.l
“  No.2
“ 
.No.3
IN D U RA TED   W A R E.
Palls..................................
Tubs, *4 doz.......................

“ 
“ 
‘ 
“ 

splint 

4 05 
4 55

POULTRY.

Local dealers pay as  follows:

D R E SSE D .

Fowl..........................8  @9
.  8 @  9
Turkeys................
@12
Ducks  .................
@12
L IV E ,
7 © 8
Chickens,............
Fowls....................
7 @ 8
_
Turkeys................   .....  
11 @12
Spring Duck............. io  @11
10 @11

2 75
3 OO

PROVISIONS.

FO R K   IN   B A R R ELS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing and Provision Co. 

quotes as follows:
Mess..............................................................  15 50
Short c u t.....................................................   17 00
Extra clear pig, short cut............................18  00
Extra clear,  heavy......................................   is  00
Clear, fat back.............................................  is 00
Boston clear, short cut........  ......................  18 00
Clear back, short cut...................................   18 00
Standard clear, short cut. best................. 
18 50

sausage—Fresh and Smoked.

@20

Pork Sausage.....................................................8*4
Ham Sausage...................................................  9
Tongue Sausage..............................................   9
Fraukfort Sausage  ..........................................8
Blood Sausage.................................................   5
Bologna, straight............................................   5
Bologna,  thick..................................................5
Headcheese...................................................... 5
Kettle  Rendered........................................... 11
Granger......................................................... 10*4
Family.................. 
8
Compound......................................................  7*4
50 lb. Tins, *£c advance.
20 lb. pails, *4c 
“  %c 
10 lb. 
51b. 
“  Me 
3 lb. 
"  1  c 

LA R D .

“
“
“
“

 

B E E F   IN   B A R R ELS.

Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs......................  7 00
Extra Mess, Chicago packing.......................  7 00
Boneless, rump butts.....................................10 00

smoked meats—Canvassed or Plain.

“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Hams, average 20 lbs....................................... 11*4
16 lbs.....................................1154
12 
picnic...................................................  9*4

to 14 lbs..............12
best boneless..................................   11
Shoulders........................................................
Breakfast Bacon, boneless.............................12
Dried beef, ham prices.....................................8*4
Long Clears, heavy.........................................
Briskets,  medium...........................................   854
light................................................  854

„ 

CANDIES. FRUITS »ad  NUTS.
The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:

STIC K   CANDY.
Standard,  per  lb....................... 
“  H.H.............................. 
“  Twist  .......................... 
Boston Cream ...............   8*4
Cut  Loaf......................... 
Extra H.  H......................  8*4
M IX ED   CANDY.

Cases  Bbls.  Palls.
6*4 7*4
6*4 7*4
6*4 7*4
8*4

Bbls.
Palls.
7
..6
-.6
7
..6*4
7*4
. .7
Nobby...............................
8
. .7
English  Rock..................
8
. ,7
Conserves........................
8
its
Broken Taffy....................
8
Peanut Squares.................
9
8
French Creams.............................  
10
13
Valley  Creams.............................  
Midget, 30 lb. baskets......... .............................8
Modern, 30 lb. 
 
8

 

“ 
fancy—In bulk

•* 

fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. 

Palls.
Lozenges, plain.............................................  10
printed.........................................   11
Chocolate Drops............................................ 11*4
Chocolate Monumentals...............................  13
Gum Drops....................................................   5*4
Moss Drops....................................................   8
Sour Drops....................................................   8*4
Imperials.......................................................   10
Per Box
Lemon Drops..............  
55
Sour Drops...................................................... 55
Peppermint Drops........................................... 60
Chocolate Drops.............................................. 65
H. M. Chocolate Drops....................................90
Gum Drops................................................40@50
Licorice Drops............................................. 1 00
A. B. Licorice  Drops.......................................80
Lozenges, plain......................... 
60
printed........................................... 65
Imperials......................................................... 60
Mottoes............................................................ 70
Cream Bar........................................................55
Molasses Bar................................................... 56
Hand Made  Creams.................................. 85@95

“ 

 

 

 

Plain Creams.............................................80@90
Decorated Creams....................................   1  no
String  Rock.....................................................65
Burnt Almonds.........................................i *00
Wlntergreen  Berries........................... 
60
No. 1, wrapped, 2 lb. boxes..........................  34
6i
NO-1, 
No. 2, 
28
No.3. 
«
Stand up, 5 lb. boxes...................................   go
Small......................................................
Medium...........................................
Large.....................................
_  
ORANGES.
Floridas, fancy 

CARAMELS.
 
“ 
“ 
 
“ 
 
BANANAS.

3 
2 
3 

“ 
“ 
“ 

 
 

 

 

...................................3 00@3 25
Sampsons.
SamDsons.............................. 3 25@3 50
@4 25 
@4 50 
©

LEM ONS.

^ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

NU TS.

“ 
“ 
“ 

Dates, Fard, 10-lb.  box...........

“ 
“  extra 
“ 
“ 
** 

“ 
“ 
“  50-lb.  “ 

Messina, choice, 360......................
fancy, 360...........................
choice 300........................
fancy 300  ..........................
O T H E R   F O R E IG N   F R U IT S .
Figs, fancy layers, 6®.........................
“ 
10®...................
14®......................
“ 
“  20®.....................
.......................
Persian. 50-lb.  box..................
Almonds, Tarragona..........................
Ivaca.................................
California..........................
Brazils, new........................................
Filberts..............................................
Walnuts, Grenoble.........   .................
“  Mar bo t .................................
Calif....................................
“ 
Table Nuts,  fancy.............................
choice............................
Pecans, Texas, H.  P.,  .........  
........
Cocoanuts, full sacks........................
Fancy, H.  P., Suns.............................
“  Roasted.................
Fancy, H.  P., Flags...........................
“  Roasted.......... .....
Choice, H. P.,  Extras.........................
“  Roasted............
California Walnuts...........................

“ 
“ 
“ 

P E A N U T S.

“ 
“ 

“ 

@ 8

@12*4
@12*4
@15
@16
@5
@ 5
@19 
@17*4 
@18*4 
@1 -*4 
@11*4 @14 
@@13 
@13*4 
@12*4 @14 
@5 00
@ 5*4 
@  7*4 
@ 5*4 
@ 7*4 
@ 4*4 
@ 6*4 
13*4

CROCKERY  AND  GLASSWARE.

F R U IT   JA R S .

6 doz. In box.

Pints............................................................$ 6 75
Quarts..........................................................   7 00
Half Gallons................................................  9 00
Caps.............................................................   2 75
Rubbers.......................................................  
40
No. 0 Sun.........................................................  45
No. 1  “  .........................................................  so
No.2  “  .............................................. ..........  75
Tubular...........................................................  75

LA M P  B U R N E R S.

lamp chimneys.—Per box.

 
 

 
 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

Pearl top.

La Bastie.

First quality.
“ 
“ 
XXX Flint.
“ 
“ 

No. 0 Sun.......................................................   1  75
No. 1  “  .........................................................1  88
No.2  “  .................. ......................................2 70
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top....................................... 2 25
No. 1  “ 
No. 2  “ 
No. 0 Sun, crimp top....................................... 2 60
No. 1  “ 
No. 2  “ 
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled....................3 70
....................4 70
No.2  “ 
,r 
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
.................... 4 88
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz.......................l  25
........................150
No.2  “ 
No. 1 crimp, per doz....................................... 1  35
No.2 
“ 
........................................1  60
No. 0, per  gross..............................................  23
................................................  28
No. 1, 
No  2, 
................................................  38
No.3, 
................................................  75
Mammoth, per doz.........................................  75
Butter Crocks, 1 and 6 gal..........................   06*4
Jugs, *4 gal., per doz...................................   75
....................................  90
....................................1 80
Milk Pans, *4 gal., per doz..........................   65
glazed.............   75
“ 
“ 
.............  78
glazed...............  90
“ 

r  1  “ 
‘  2  “ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
*4 “ 
l “ 
1 “ 

STONEW ARE— A K RO N .

LA M P W ICK S.

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

2 
3 

2 
3 

40
40

80
86

18

T H E   M ICHIGAN  TRADE SMAN.

alleys  of  a  city,  and  is  ever  ready  to 
emerge to commit  some  act  of  inexcus­
able and wanton atrocity.  These are the 
public  enemies  with  which  society  has 
now to deal,  and it should show them  no 
mercy,  but hunt  them  down  as  it  does 
other worthless and venomous beasts.
Grocer.

WHITE  KID  SLIPPERS.

tion.

Better Cheese  for  Country  Consump­

From the Da*ry World.

indignation, 

Who among our  readers  are  fortunate 
enough to find good cheese  at the stores? 
We do not mean in the stores of the large 
cities,  but  in the towns  and  in cities  of 
ordinary  size.  We  confess,  not  only 
with a great deal of regret but  with con­
siderable 
that  we  have 
tried it a great many times,  but  we have 
invariably  failed  to  secure  the  desired 
article.  We are not  by any means either 
too critical or too exacting in  our tastes, 
but we hunt in  vain  for  something  even 
in  the ordinary run of cheese.  We sample 
the article  at  the  time of  purchase, en­
deavor  to  persuade  ourselves  that  we 
shall like  it when  used  as a relish  with 
other food,  and  accordingly  carry  home 
a «mall  parcel of  it.  But  it  is the  old 
story over again—the  cheese  is at times 
ust passable but never good or palatable.
We  have  given  the  product  of  some 
factories reputed  to turn  out a good  ar­
ticle a trial,  but it is  no  use,  We  have 
finally given up the  task  of  looking  for 
prime goods at  country  stores, and  now 
whenever  we  want  something good  we 
buy right from the stores in Chicago.
Why is it that  country  merchants will 
persist  in  keeping  the  article  on  their 
counters  is  only  to  be  accounted  for 
on  the  hypothesis  that 
there  is  more 
money in it or good  cheese is not offered 
by the local manufacturer.  In any event, 
the practice is  not  calculated  to  benefit 
either the maker or  seller.  Just consid­
er how the demand  might be increased if 
a  cheese  of  appetizing  quality  were 
only  offered  the public.  Under  the ex­
isting  system  few  venture  into regular 
purchases.  Give  them  something  good 
and  they  will  come  often  and raise no 
particular  objections  if  the  price  is  a 
trifle higher than  the  market  quotation. 
But  the  goods  now  offered  are dear at 
any price.  There is no doubt good cheese 
can be made,  but  we  recognize  the  up­
hill  business  in  trying  to  convince the 
general  run of  manufacturers as well  as 
storekeepers of  increased  home demand 
and  profit  in  an  improved  quality  of 
cheese,  but  we  shall  never  despair  of 
seeing,  in 
time,  the  situation  wholly 
changed.  There  may  be  the  excuse  of 
inability to keep a good article in a prime 
condition pending sales,  but once a repu­
tation  is  established  for  keeping  such 
goods and there ought  Hot  to  be a week 
before more  than one  whole  cheese  has 
been cleared from the counter.
MICHIGAN

Fire & Marifle iQsnrance Go.

Organised  1881.

DETROIT,  MICHIGAN

$1 10  P E R   PAIR.

Send T our Orders  to

BIRTH,  KRAUSE  &  CO„

18-14  LYON  ST. 

GRAND  RAPIDS.
Geo. H. Reeder & Co.,

0 JOBBERS  OP

Boots  and  Shoes,

Felt Boots and Alaska  Socks.

State Agents for

158 &  160 Fulton St., Grand  Rapids.

FOURTH NATIONAL BAM

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

D. A. B lodgett, President

Geo.  W. Gat, Vice-President.

CAPITAL, 

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

Transacts a general banking  business.

Make a-specialty of-¡collections.  Accounts 

of country m erchants solicited.

G.  R.  MayheWj

Grand Rapids, Mich.,

JOBBER OF

Trusts and Combinations.

Ex-Senator  Edmunds  admits 
result  of  the  Sugar  Trust 

From the  American Grocer.
Ex-Senator  Edmunds who,  during  his 
official capacity as Senator, reported from 
the Senate Judiciary  Committee  what is 
known as the  Sherman  Anti-Trust Law, 
has  recently  expressed the opinion that 
the provisions of  that  bill  are  constitu­
tional,  and if enforced, would put an end 
to all trusts and combinations.  We con­
cede the point  made  by  ex-Senator Ed­
munds,  but laws,  even  if  new,  are some­
times  unjust  and  inequitable.  We  be­
lieve  the  Sherman  Anti-Trust  Law  a 
menace to  the prosperity and  advauce of 
the commercial interests of America.
Present economical conditions are very 
different from  those of  thirty years ago, 
owing  to  the  revolution  wrought  by 
steam, electricity, the  division of  labor, 
steel rails and  other modern  inventions. 
Most of existing law  was  framed to meet 
former  conditious  and  therefore  is not 
calculated  to  secure  to  the  people  the 
full  benefits of  the newer economy.  Re­
cent laws  fail to  take  into  account  the 
economic value of modern invention.
Ex-Senator Edmunds fails  to note that 
open  competition  is unfair competition, 
that it  means  bankrupt  manufacturers, 
poorly paid  workmen  and  a check upon 
the expansion of new industries.
Trusts and combinations tend  to regu­
late  competition  and  place  it on a fair 
and  equitable  basis,  so  that  industries 
aie  made  profitable, 
if  wages  are  no 
higher,  they  become  stable, and employ­
ment  is given  to  workmen for a  longer 
average  time  than  under free or unfair 
competition.
that 
the 
and 
the Staudard Oil Trust  has  been to give 
the  people  cheaper  sugar  and  oil;  he 
might have gone  farther  and  said given 
them  better sugar  and  better refined oil. 
Trusts make  stable  markets  and  afford 
distributers an opportunity for getting  a 
profit,  whereas,  under the  old regime of 
independent organizations, there  was  an 
Irregular  product,  sold  at  all  sorts  of 
prices,  with the result that  scarcely  one 
out  of  a  hundred  who  handled  these 
products made any  money.
What the country needs is a revision of 
such  old  laws on  the  statute  books  as 
stand  in the  way  of  progress,  and  new 
laws to regulate  trusts  and combines in­
stead of  wiping  them  out of  existence, 
as  Senator  Sherman and  ex-Senator Ed­
munds 
think  desirable.  Great  legal 
minds  may  know  existing 
law  and 
whether  new  acts  are  constitutional  or 
not, but sometimes they  are lacking  in a 
practical  knowledge  of  trade  and  com­
merce,  such  as  would  give  them  a very 
different idea of the measures which they 
advocate.  We  believe 
that  any  law 
framed  to  prevent  the  combination  of 
capital is not for the good of  the masses. 
The  evils  which  are  launched  against 
trusts  and  combinations  are 
largely 
imaginary,  and  the  war  which  is  con­
stantly waged against them is kept up by 
enemies and those who seek to make cap­
ital by posing as reformers.
We regard it better for the interests of 
the United States at large that great cor­
porations,  such as  the  Philadelphia and 
Reading,  that are engaged in  mining and 
distributing  coal,  should  be allowed  to 
regulate  their  affairs  so  as to receive  a 
fair return  for their services.  The prop­
osition made by Mr. McLeod, of the Read­
ing Co.,  to undertake  the distribution  of 
coal  direct  to  the  consumer,  means  a 
saving  of 25  to  50  cents  per  ton.  The 
distribution of iron by consolidated capi­
tal is one of the greatest  economic bless­
ings that this country ever received.  By 
it crude iron and  steel are manufactured 
into structural iron  and  steel  at a profit 
to makers of  $1 per  ton,  whereas if  the 
work were  dependent  upon small  shops 
it  could  not  be  done  for  $10  per  ton, 
which  would  practically be  prohibitory 
over a large  portion of the country.
At  one time  there  was  a  tremendous 
hue and cry against the  meat packers  in 
Chicago.  Laws  were  passed  by several 
of the states forbidding the  sale of  their 
product within the  borders of  the state. 
This proves that legislation is sometimes 
wrong,  for these  laws  were  quickly  re­
pealed.  The  people  are  now  satisfied 
that  they  are  getting  better  beef,  with 
quality  more  uniform, so  that  they  are 
willing  to  give  Messrs.  Armour,  Swift

and others one-tenth of 1 cent per pound, 
or 75 cents  to  $1  per  bullock  profit  for 
slaughtering  and  distributing  the  pro­
ducts.  The  individual  butcher  could 
not afford to  supply  the  market  at any­
thing like the  profit  sought by the pack­
ers in Chicago.
Why  Senator  Sherman  or  ex-Senator 
Edmunds  should  strive  to  deprive  the 
people of  one  of  the  greatest  blessings 
they have is  a mystery  we are unable  to 
solve.  The people are frequently wrong 
in their first view of  new  questions.  All 
reforms come slowly and  foment opposi­
tion.  We realize  that abuses may  grow 
up  under  trusts  and combinations,  but 
they  should  be  reached  by  law  in  the 
same  way  as  the  state  supervises  the 
operations  of  the  banks  and  insurance 
companies.

Hard on the  Dago.

Grand  Rapid s,  Dec.  19—As a member 
of  the Grand  Rapids  Retail  Grocers’ As­
sociation, 1  feel  like enquiring what steps 
the  organization  proposes 
to  take  to 
abate the dago  gang which  hang  around 
our markets and  commission houses dur­
ing  the  summer  and  autumn  months. 
This  market  gang is not  the only one of 
the  kind,  for  other  cities  are  infested 
with  the same  sorts of  organized  bands 
of criminals.  But  there  is a remarkable 
fact  about  these  gangs  which  should 
have  attention.  The men  who  compose 
them,  depraved  as  they are, do not  con­
form  to the ordinary type of professional 
criminals,  who  commonly  confine  them­
selves  to  particular  sorts  of  crimes. 
There,  for instance, are the burglars,  the 
highwaymen,  and  the  confidence  opera­
tors.  Each  one of  these classes  forms a 
sort  of  brotherhood  or  corporation  for 
the  prosecution  of  its  special  crimes, 
and for disposal of  the booty.  They are 
not  ordinarily disorderly  when  they  ap­
pear in  public  places  and  they  do  not 
often  resort  to violence,  save in the way 
of  their  business.  The  various  classes 
of  robbers  are  always  armed when  on 
business,  and  they are  ready to kill if  it 
be  necessary to carry out  their  designs, 
or  to  escape  capture,  but  they  do  not 
murder  for  the  fun  of  it. 
In this  they 
differ vastly from the market gangs.
These  ruffian  gangs  are  the  counter­
part  in  great  cities  of  the  desperadoes 
who flock on the frontiers of our  Western 
territories and  infest  the  mining  camps 
of  the  Rocky  Mountains.  They  do  not 
devote  themselves 
to  any  classes  of 
crime,  but hesitate at none, as  opportu­
nity offers.  They  are fond  of  riding  on 
horseback  into  the  streets  and  public 
bouses  of  the  new  settlements,  and  of 
making times  lively  by  shooting at peo­
ple  and  things  indiscriminately.  They 
delight in  showing  their  utter  contempt 
for  all law and  authority, and their chief 
ambition is  to be  considered  “bad men” 
and  desperadoes.  These  fellows  com­
monly  have  very  brief  careers,  for  the 
people soon tire of them,  and  then  there 
is a general  lynching bee,  in  which  the 
“bad  men”  make  their  last  appearance, 
each  at the  end  of a rope,  with  a squad 
of enraged citizens hauling on  the other.
from 
Howlersville”  and  the  “ bad  men  from 
Bitter Creek”  are  in the Western  mining 
camps,  the  dago gangs  are  in  the cities. 
They are  criminals  by  choice;  they  are 
as ready to murder a man  for  the  fun of 
it as  for the sake of his money;  they pre­
fer  to  outrage  women  even 
if  com­
plaisance were assured, and  they delight 
in  creating  disorder  and  in  committing 
violence wherever an  opportunity offers. 
Always  hostile  to  the  law  and its min­
isters,  they have become  emboldened  by 
long immunity from  punishment,  so that 
they fleece the farmer and consumer with 
equa (complacency, and with entire disre­
gard of the consequences.
in  organized  bands  and 
acting together  for  a  common  defense; 
intimate  with  criminals  of  the  lowest 
class and  of both sexes,  these  dagos  are 
able  to  secure  harborage  when  that  Is 
needed,  and testimony of any description 
that may be required to  secure  their  es­
cape from punishment. Taken altogether, 
the dago is the very  worst type of  crimi­
nal  which  modern  conditions  have  de­
veloped.  He is a savage in the midst  of 
civilization; he is the  human  wild  beast 
who find* his lair In the side streets  and

the  “howling  wolves 

Consorting 

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Grand Rapids, Mich.

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Woonsocket Rubbers, 

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POTATOES.

We have made the handling of  Potatoes a “specialty” for many years and have 
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Ship your stock to us and get full Chicago market value 
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Oommission  Merchants,

166 So. W ater St., Chicago.

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YANKEE  INGENUITY.

All  S ty les  o f  F oreign  C heese  N ow  

S uccessfully Im itated  in th e  

From the New  York Sun.

U nited  S ta te s.
folk  who  pride 

Simple 

themselves 
upon  their  gastronomic  taste  are  some­
times heard  to speak scornfully of Amer­
ican  cheeses,  but  perhaps in  nine cases 
out of ten they eat  and  praise  as  an  ex­
cellent example of the  foreign  product a 
cheese  that  never  crossed  the  ocean. 
Camembert  and  Brie  are  the  only  soft 
cheeses that are imported in considerable 
quantity,  and  even  they  are  manufac­
tured  in  the  United  States.  One  may 
buy at this season a so-called Camembert 
cheese  with  an  elaborate  foreign  label, 
but, as a matter of fact,  little,  if any,  of 
the imported article is sold here between 
May  and  October.  Camembert  usually 
reaches  the  New  York  market  ten  or 
twelve days  from the  factory  and  some 
of it spoils on the way  if the weather  be 
hot for the season. 
It comes over in  the 
swiftest ships from Havre,  and  what  is 
brought in one ship  is  pretty  well  con­
sumed before  another arrives. 
It is con­
fessed  that  the  native  Camembert  and 
Brie are not so good as the foreign article, 
but the cheesemakers of New  York  and 
New Jersey have come at  length  to  pro­
duce admirable Roquefort and  good  imi­
tations,  if they may  be so called, of many 
other  famous foreign cheeses.
The  French  cheesemakers,  with  the 
conservatism  characteristic  of the  rural 
Europeans,  have neglected to adapt their 
products to  the  American  market.  The 
Brie  cheese  from  abroad,  for  example, 
comes in a large disc that puts it  beyond 
any  but those  who  consume  it  in  large 
quantities,  whereas  the  native  Brie  is 
made  in  small  cakes  that  may  be  pur­
chased for family use.  The sale of Gorgon­
zola  cheese,  which  is  still  imported,  is 
much smaller than it would otherwise be 
if made in smaller parcels.  Only two  or 
three English cheeses are  now  imported 
in 
large  quantities,  and  the  so-called 
English dairy cheese is a  native  product. 
Meanwhile enormous quantities of Amer­
ican  cheeses  are exported to Great  Bri­
tain.  Some  English cheesemakers have 
taken  to putting up their products in jars 
instead of bladders,  in  this  way  making 
them  more easily preserved.
The German and Swiss cheeses are im­
itated here,  though less successfully than 
some others.  As to  the  Italian  cheeses, 
they are made  without  pretense  of  con­
cealment wherever there is a considerable 
v  Italian  quarter,  though  the  imitations 
are not liked by the  Italians themselves, 
A  and cheap Italian cheeses are imported in 
large quantities.  Parmesan is a  favorite 
.w ith the Italians, since it is cheap and  in 
»  various ways useful.  Limburger is  imi-
to local tradition,  the  earliest  maker  of 
foreign cream cheeses  in this region was 
a Frenchman,  whose first customers were 
a few fashionable  restaurants.  He  pro- 
>  duced in small quantities almost  perfect 
imitations  of  French  cheeses  and  deliv-
manufacture  of  these  cheeses 
is  now 
so extended that  many  grocers  make  no 
effort  to  keep  a stock of foreign cheeses,
I  and probably  the  larger  portion  of  the 
™  cheese  consumed,  even  in  the  French 
table d'hote that  established  the fashion 
g  of cheese eating among all sorts  of  New 
Yorkers,  is  of  native  manufacture.  As 
yet,  however,  the  conservatism  of  the 
commercial world makes  it necessary  to 
stick to old names and foreign labels.

i^ered them to his customers himself.  The 

I tated here,  as is Neufchatel.  According 

P erso n al In te re s t in B usiness.

D. T. M&llett in Business.

I month  and  year after  year.  The  same 

Business  life, especially with  the  re­
tail  storekeeper,  is too  often  a  monoto­
nous round of  daily routine  month  after
hour each morning finds him entering his 
store  to  attend  to  the  same  circle  of 
duties which  have occupied his time and 
attention  for  many  years.  The  weary 
waiting  for customers,  the exhibition  of 
goods to the  possible  buyer, the  tedious 
recital of  their merits,  the final  tying of 
the  parcel,  and  the  familiar  phrases of 
t common-place conversation, are the same, 
yesterday,  to-day  and  to-morrow.  The 
goods  on  the  shelves  seem  never  to 
change. 
If  a  package  is  sold  another 
takes -its  place,  and  the  surroundings

“Sold  the 

J3?"Sold by Druggists, 75c.

F J CHENEY  &  CO, Toledo, O.

D eafness C annot b e C ured

By local  applications  as  they cannot reach  the 
diseased  portion of  the  ear.  There is only  one 
way  to cure  deafness, and  that Is  by  constitu­
tional  remedies.  Deafdess  is  caused  by an  in­
flamed  conditiod  of  the  mucous  lining of  the 
Eustachian tube.  When  this  tube  is  inflamed 
you  have a rumbling  sound  or  imperfect  hear­
ing,  and  when  it is entirely closed, deafness  is 
the  result, and  unless  the inflammation  can  be 
taken  out  and  this tube  restored to Its  normal 
condition,  hearing  will  be  destioyed  forever; 
nine  cases  out  of  ten  are  caused*  by  catarrh, 
which  is  nothing  but an inflamed  condition of 
the mucous surfaces.
We will give one  hundred dollars for any case 
of  deafness (caused  by catarrh)  that  cannot be 
cured  by Hall’s  Catarrh  Cure.  Send  for circu­
lars;  free.

inquire  for  some  article  that  the  mer­
chant did  not  happen  to  have in  stock. 
For instance:  “Have you any dried beef, 
Mr.  Cashdrawer?” 
“No,  we  have  no 
dried beef to-day,  but we have some nice 
codfish.  John, show  this  lady  the  cod­
fish.”  “ Do  you  keep  any such  thing  as 
wicks  for  those big,  round  lamp-burn­
ers?”  “We  generally do,  but happen to 
be out just now.  We have some fine cot­
ton clotheslines, though.  John show the 
gentleman  the  clotheslines.”  “My gals 
want me to bring home  some confection­
er’s  sugar.  Have  you  got  any  of  it, 
Cashdrawer?” 
last  ounce 
about an hour ago, Henry.  We’ve got an 
excellent quality  of  toilet  soap,  though. 
John,  show Mr.  Adams  the soap.”  “Do 
you  keep  ready-made  flannel  shirts?” 
“Have  had  them  all  winter,  and  sold 
three to a lady yesterday,  which  cleaned 
the stock out.  But we  have a large sup­
ply of overalls.  John,  show the lady the 
overalls.”

TH E   MT CITI O AIST  T!R ATTE SM AIST.
take  on a sameness which  only  serves to 
complete  the  atmosphere  of  monotony 
which  surrounds  the  dealer  and  colors 
his thoughts.  Little wonder,  then,  if  he 
soon  becomes an automatic, machine-like 
i dealer  and  settles  down  into  'a  rut  of 
action difficult of escape.  There  may be 
times when  he partially realizes his posi­
tion,  but  instead of  causing  him to stem 
the  tide of  habit,  it  only serves  to  em­
bitter  his thoughts  and  sink deeper  the 
narrow wheel  into  the rut he continually 
travels.  That such a business life is not 
to be commended  as an  element of  com­
mercial  success  is  self-evident, and that 
it is a waste of  life and  its opportunities 
is  equally apparent.  That  such  a  man 
may strain a living  out of  his trade  and 
even  accumulate  sufficient  wealth  to 
cause a quarrel among his heirs is not an 
impossibility.  We  all  know  of  cases 
where  men  of  narrow  lives  have  died 
leaving estates of great value, but it only 
serves  as a striking  contrast to the  pov­
erty of their lives.
It  does  not  always  pay,  in  a  mere 
money  sense,  to  be  enterprising.  Some 
of  the  brightest  merchants in  America 
have often been sorely pressed for money 
to  carry out  their* enterprises,  but their 
lives  have  made an impress on  business 
methods for which the world is indebted. 
Success cannot be satisfactorily measured 
alone  by the  dollars  it  controls, nor  can 
a business man  be  said to have a proper 
conception of  life who  finds his  sole sat­
isfaction  in the contemplation of his sav­
ings.  The  dealer  who  operates a small 
store  has in  his field  just the same set of 
opportunities  as  has  the  merchant who 
manages  the  largest  enterprises,  and  he 
may,  if  he will  exert  himself,  rise above 
the  round  of  daily duties,  and  turn the 
current  of  his  affairs  into  the  broad 
highway of  modern  progress.  The  old 
style counters  and  shelving  may  be  as 
strong  as  finer ones,  and  hold  as  many 
goods, yet if  he  will  put  in modern  fix­
tures  it  will  freshen  his  surroundings 
and  very likely improve  his  trade.  At­
tractive showcases  cost  more than  time­
worn  styles,  and  require  more attention 
to keep  them  clean  and  bright;  but the 
dealer who  has a few handsome  cases  in 
his  store  feels a  pride  in  their  appear­
ance, and that sort of pride is  what keeps 
men  alive and  makes  life worth  living. 
When he has the  new counters and cases 
he  will  notice  that  the  windows  need 
some attention, and  he will  begin to find 
a pleasure  in  arranging  them for  better 
effect.  Tne former routine of duties will 
lose  their barnacle  of  monotony,  and as­
sume  an  individual  importance and  in­
terest which  before had seemed  impossi­
ble.  The  man  has  found  a  source  of 
satisfaction  which  will  develop  as  his 
business views widen.  All  his associates 
notice the change in his  actions;  the irk­
some regard which he formerly possessed 
for  his vocation  has vanished, and  in its 
place there is a mild  excitement of  spec­
ulation in his  eye,  and a briskness in his 
thoughts  which  are  traceable  to  his 
brighter  surroundings.  He  studies  the 
methods of  progressive merchants, reads 
about  them,  visits their  stores,  asks the 
traveling  salesmen  for  new  ideas,  and 
is on the constant outlook for better ways 
of carrying  on  his  business.  No detail 
is too  insignificant  for  his  careful  con­
sideration.  He  wants  his  books  of  ac­
counts  kept in the  most  approved  man­
ner.  He is particular as to the form and 
appearance of  his  bill-heads, and is edu­
cating  himself  in  a  thousand  business 
matters  which  he  had  before  ignored. 
Before long,  so earnest are his efforts,  he 
becomes a pattern for other business men, 
and serves as an example of what a small 
storekeeper  may achieve if  he will  only 
make the necessary exertion to get out of 
the  old  ruts,  which  have  made  his  ex­
istence monotonous.

Arrive. 
Depart
10 00p m ...........Detroit  Express........... 6 55pm
4 30 p m...................Mixed 
................  7 00am
10 00 a m ..............Day Express 
.  ..  1 29 p m
6 00 a m......»Atlantic and  Pacific.......10 45 p m
1  00 p m  ......New York Express.........  5 40 p m
Sleeping cars run on Atlantic  and  Pacific ex­
press trains to and from Detroit.
Parlor  cars  leave  for  Detroit at  6:55 am ;  re­
turning, leave Detroit 4:40 p m, arriving at Grand 
Rapids i0:00 p m.
Direct  communicatloH  made  at  Detroit  with 
all through  trains east  over  the  Michigan Cen 
tral Railroad (Canada Southern Division.)
Tickets on sale at Union  Ticket Office, 67 Mon­
roe street and Union  Depot.
FRED  M.  BRIGGS,  General Agent,
O.  W.  RUGGLES,  G.  P. & T.  Agt.,  Chicago.

Fourteen  warm  rooms,  ail  newly  furnished 
Good table.  Rates,  $1.50 per: day.  The  patron 
age of traveling men especially solicited.
M ic h ig a n  C iN T g a L

DEfROlt TIME  TABLE

Trains Leave
Lv. Chicago__
Lv. Milwaukee.
G’d  Rapids,  Lv
Ionia...........Ar
St.  Johns  ...Ar
Owossd........Ar
E. Saginaw.. Ar
Bay City......Ar
F lin t...........Ar
Pt.  Huron...Ar
Pontiac....... Ar
Detroit......... Ar H

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10 50am
10 45pm
7 05am
5 10pm
8 25am
6 15pm

11 00pm
12 42am 
2 00am 
3 10am
6 40am 
7 15am 
5 40am
7 30am 
5 37am 
700am

3 25pm
4 27pm
5 20pm 
3 05pm 
8 10pm 
837pm 
705pm 
8 50pm
8 25pm
9 25pm

Central la k e , Mich., E. W alter, Prop. 

»Daily.  All others daily, except Sunday.

WALTER  HOUSE

(Taking effect  Sunday, Nov. 20  1892.) 

“ The Niagara Falls Route.”

tNo.  14 tNo.  16 tNo.  18 ♦No.  82

NOW IN  EFFECT.

95  Monroe  Street.

6  50am
1 00pm
2  10pm

Trains Leave 

W ESTW A RD .

EA STW A RD .

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Lv. Detroit........
G’d Rapids,  L v. 
G’d Haven,  A r. 
Mllw’keeStr  “  . 
Chicago Str.  “  .

19

G ran d   R apids  & In d ian a.
Schedule  In effect  November 80,1898.

T RA INS  GOING  N O RTH .

„  __  

Arrive from  Leave going
North.
7:80 am
1:10 p m
4;15pm
10:10  p m
Train arriving from  south at  6:45 a m  and  9:00 a m 

South. 
_  
For Cadillac  and Saginaw.........  6:45 a m  
For Traverse City & Mackinaw  9:00 a m  
For Cadillac and Saginaw.........  8:80 p m  
For  Petoskey A Mackinaw.......  8:10 p m 
From Chicago and  Kalamazoo.  8:35 p m  
daily.  Others trains daily except Sunday.

TRA INS  GOING  SOO TH .

. 

North. 

_  
For  Cincinnati.............................   6:30 am  
For Kalamazoo and  Chicago... 
For Fort Wayne and the  East..  11:50 a m 
For Kalamazoo  A Chicago.......11:00 p m 
For  Cincinnati..............................  6:15 p m  
From Saginaw...............................It :50 am
From Saginaw...............................  11:00 p m
Trains leaving south at 6:00 p m and  11:80 p.  m. runs 
dally;  all  other trains  daily except Sunday.

Arrive from  Leave going
South.
7:00 am
10:05  am
8:00 p m
6:00  pm
11:80 p m

SLEEPING  A  PARLOR  CAR  SERVICE. 

NORTH

1:10 p  m   train   has  parlor  car  Grand 
Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw.
10:10 p  m   train .—Sleeping  car  Grand 
Rapids  to  Petoskey and Mackinaw.
SOUTH—7: OO am  tra in .—Parlor chair car Grand 
Rapids to Cincinnati.
10:05  a  m  train .—Wagner  Parlor  Car 
Grand Rapids  to  Chicago.
6:00  p m  train .—WagL_.
Grand Rapids to Cincinnati.
1 1 ; SO  p m  t r a in .—Wagner Sleeping Car 
Grand Rapids to Chicago.

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

10:05 am  
3:55 p m  

Lv Grand  Rapids 
Arr Chicago 

11:80 p m
6:50 am
10:05 a m train through Wagner Parlor Car.
11:20 p m train dally, through  Wagner  Sleeping Car. 
11:45 p m
6:45  am
11:45 p  m 

3:10 pm  
Lv  Chicago 
Arr Grand Rapids 
8.35 pm  
3:10  p  m  through  Wagner  Parlor  Car. 
train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car.

8:00 pm  
9:00 p m 

7:05 am 
8:80 pm 

For Muskegon—Leave. 

Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana.
10:00 am
6:56 am  
11:85 am  
4:40 pm
5.-30  p m 
9:06 p m

From Muskegon—Arrive

Sunday train  leaves  for  Muskegon  at  9:05 a  m, ar­
riving at 10:80  a m.  Returning,  train  leaves  Muske 
gon at  4:30 p m, arriving at Grand  Rapids at 6:45 p m.
Through tickets and foil information  oan  be had by 
calling upon A. Almqulst,  ticket  agent  at  Union Sta­
tion,  or  George  W.  Munson.  Union  Ticket  Agent, 67 
Monroe street. Grand Rapids, Mich.

General Passenger and Ticket Agent.

O. L. LOCKWOOD,

CHICAGO

NOV.  20,  1892.
AND  WEST  MICHIGAN  R’F.

GOING TO  CHICAGO.

Lv.GR’D RAPIDS........8:50am  1:25pm *11:36pm
Ar. CHICAGO.............3:55pm  6:45pm  *7:05am

RETURNING  FROM  CHICAGO.

TO AND FROM   M USKEGON.

Lv. CHICAGO.............9:00am  5:25pm  *11:15pm
Ar.  GR’D RAPIDS...... 3:55pm  10:45pm  »7:05am
TO  AND  FROM   BENTON  H A R B O R ,  AND  ST  JO S E P H
Lv. G  R .......... 8:50am 1:25pm 
..........*11:35pm
Ar.  G R  .........*6:10am 3 55pm 
........   10:45pm
Lv. G. R ...........8:50am  1:25pm  5:35pm  8:45pm
Ar.  G.  R..................... 10:45am  3:55pm  5:25pm
Lv.  G  R..................... 
7:30am  5:35pm
Ar.  Manistee 
..........................12:15pm  10:29pm
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.

TR A V ER SE  CITY  M A N ISTEE  A  PE TO SK EY .

 

 

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.  Other trains week days only.
DETROIT,

NOV.  20,  1892
LANSING &  NORTHERN  R.  R.

GOING TO DETROIT.

Lv. G  R  .....................   7:10am *1:25pm  5:40pm
Ar. DET..............  ...... 11:30am  *5:25pm  10:35pm

RETURNING  FROM  DETROIT.

Lv. DETR....................  7:50am *1:35pm  6:10pm
Ar. G  R.......................12:55pm *5:25pm 10:30pm
Lv. GR 7:20am 4:15pm  Ar. G R.ll:50am 11:00pm

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

TO  LOW ELL  VIA  LOW ELL A  HA STIN G S R .  R.

Lv. Grand Rapids...........  7:10am  1:25pm 5:40pm
Ar. from Lowell..............12:55pm 5:25pm  ..........

THROUGH  CAR  SERVICE.

Parlor  Cars on all trains  between  Grand Rap 
Ids and Detroit.  Parlor cars to Saginaw on morn­
ing train.

•Every day.  Other trains  week days only.

GEO. DeHAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t.

A n  A ccom m odating  S to re k eep er.
From the Utica Observer.
Some  of  the  storm-bound  passengers 
at one of the depots  near  here were tell­
ing stories the other day,  and a traveling 
man  was  relating  his  experience  in  a 
country store  in a small  town  in  Jeffer­
son county.  He said he  was there  near­
ly the entire forenoon,  and had  occasion 
to notice  the  peculiarities  of  the  store­
keeper,  who  carried a general stock, but 
a pretty small one.  Every  little while a 
customer would come  into the  store and

•Daily.  tDaily except Sunday.

Trains arive from the east,6:40 a. m., 12:50 a. m., 
5:00 p. m. and 10:00 p. m.
Trains  arrive  from  the west,  10:10a. m., 3:15 
p.m. and 9:45  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.
Ben F letcher, Trav. Pass. Agent. 
J ab. Campbell, City Ticket Agent.

23 Monroe Street.

Toledo,  A nn  A rb o r  &  N o rth   M ichigan 

R ailw ay.

In  connection  with  the  Detroit,  Lansing  A 
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 at......6:50 a. m. and 3:25 p. m.
Ar. Toledo at..............12:55 p. m. and 10:20 p. m.

VIA  D .,  G.  H .  ft M.

Return connections equally as good.

V IA  D .,  L .  ft N .

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

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G ran d   H :*pids  R e ta il  G rocers*  ASSI.C ¡Ht. io n . 
President, A.  J. Elliott;  Secretary, E. A. Stowe. 

Official  Organ—Mic h ig a n  T r a d e sm a n.
Next Meeting—January 16.

Jackson  Grocers’  Union 

President,  D. S. Fleming;  Sec’y, N. H. Branch. 

Next Meeting—December 29.

G ran d   R anida  R etail  G rocers’ A sso cia­

tion.

At the regular  meeting of  the  Grand  Rapids 
Retail  Grocers' Association,  held  at  Protective 
Brotherhood  Hall on December  19, two  applica­
tions were  received  and  the  applicants elected 
to  membership—Daane  &  Witters,  163  Monroe 
street and Stickney & Jones, CG6 Wealthy avenue.
J. A. Smits  presented  a  paper  embodying  the 
suggestions  of  Wm.  E.  Kelsey  the  Ionia  mer­
chant.  recommending  an  amendment  to  the 
present  exemption  laws, providing  that  delin 
auent debtors be allowed only $1 per day exempt 
from  execution, instead of  a  lump  sum of  $25, 
as is now the case.

The  Secretary  introduced  a  communication 
from R. C. Eaton, of  Bravo, stating  that  he  pro­
posed to  introduce a bill  in  the coming Legisla­
ture  abolishing  the  entire  list  of  exemptions. 
The matter was  made the special  order of  busi­
ness  at  the  next  meeting,  at  which  time  Mr. 
Smits  will  present  another  communication  on 
the  subject,  setting  forth  the  inequalities  and 
incongruities of the present law.

C.  G.  A.  Voigt  was  then  introduced  as  the 
honorary guest of  the evening and presented an 
address to the  members  on the  subject of  flour. 
He stated that the miller as a flour maker is very 
much  misunderstood;  that  the  prevailing  idea 
that  a  miller  must be first of  alt a money maker 
is based on wrong conclusions.  The miller must 
be a philanthropist,  inasmuch  as  he  must  give 
good  flour, good  weight  and  sell  cheap.  The 
retail  trade is not  getting  the  profit on flour  to 
which  it  is  legitimately entitled,  borne  grades 
are sold  at a profit of  only 2 cents a sack, which 
is  altogether  too  small  compensation  for  the 
investment and  labor  involved.  No city makes 
flour which  stands higher in the murkets of  the 
world  than Grand  Rapids.  Let a Michigan mil­
ler go East or South and the  first question asked 
him is, “Will  your  flour  grade with  that of  the 
Grand  Rapids millers?”  consumers  may claim 
that  they get  flour of  the  miller  cheaper  than 
they  can of  the  dealer, but  it is  not  so.  The 
miller, as  a rule, gets a very  much  better  profit 
than the retailer

W. K. Munson, Secretary of the Grand Rapids 
Bruit  Growers’ Association, then addressed  the 
members in the  interest of  a public market and 
a uniform package for peaches and grapes  The 
fruit  grower  now has to  rise at 3 o'clock  in  the 
morning, rush to market  to  secure a stand, then 
walk up and down  the streets a couple of hours, 
look at the  fruit offered  for sale  and  speculate 
as to what price to ask, before the regular buyers 
put  in  an  appearance,  a  little  after  daylight. 
There  should be some regular  market, either by 
private or public euterarise, as luu growers stand 
ready to pay  annually $25 apiece  tor  the  use of 
eight feet of  curb.  There  should  also be a uni­
form package and a uniform system of  packing. 
It is an unfortunate fact that there are dishonest 
fruitgrowers who stuff their iruit, but the reput­
able grower  looks upon  the  retail  grocer as his 
friend  and treats  him  accordingly.  Tho-e who 
pack their fruit honestly secure the best return«, 
but  many times  the buyer  does not use  proper 
discrimination between good and  poor fr  it.

Mr. Van Anroy  asked if  a ba  ge  could  not be 
adopted for use by the  members of  the Grocers’ 
Association and  an  arrangement made with  the 
fruit  growers by wh.ch  they would  sell only to 
those  having badges, this  course being taken to 
shut out the huckster and consumer 

Mr. Munson stated that it was possible  that an 
arrangement of  that kind  could be made and he 
would, at the proper  time, lay the  matter  before I 
his Association  for  action.  He invited  the As­
sociation to be  represented at a joint meeting of 
the  Grand  Rapids  and the Grand  River Valley 
Associations and  the Secretary was appointed to 
act in that capacity.

Peter  Scbuit  described  the  business  of  the 
retail grocer in  Holland  and  predicted that  the 
time would  not be far  distant when the  grocery 
trade would  be  conducted in the same  manner 
In  this  country,  i. e., the  dealer  in  vegetables 
will  be  a  trader  by  himself  iustead  of  those 
goods  being  sold  by  the  regular  grocer.  Mr. 
Sehuit  referred  to  the  wide  difference  in  the 
price of  cleaned  and  uncleaned  currants  and 
offered  to  bring to the  next  meeting a machine 
he  had  constructed  at  nominal  expense,  by 
means of which he could clean currants for less 
than H cent per pound.

The  offer of  Mr. Sehuit was  unanimously ac­
cepted, and  the exhibition of  his  machine will 
be  made a special  feature at the  next  meeting.

On motion it was resolved to give no Christmas 

presents to customers this  year.

On motion of  Mr. Smits,  Mr. S. M. Lemon  was 
Invited  to  address  the next  meeting of  the As­
sociation on a subject of his own choosing.
The  question  box was  then  opened  and  the 
following  questions  were  introduced  and  dis­
cussed :
How  many grocers  in  the city  know  how  to 
run a good grocery?
What  would be the  result to our  Association 
if we would all  change to the cash system, and 
not take orders?
To what extent can a Michigan Business Man's 
Association  meeting  help  the  interests  of  our 
local Grocers’ Association?
Is it a universal  custom  to give a Christmas 
present to each customer?
each time he pays his account—say weekly?

Do grocers, as a rule, give a treat to a customer 

Can  bakers  be made  to stop  selling to private 
families or to  sell  bread at one-half cent less to 
dealers  than at the present price?

Is it profitable for dealers to take orders?
Are  all  dealers  to close  at 7 p. m., or  only six 
months, and the  balance at 8 p.  m. in  fruit  sea­
son?

What makes  cleaned  currants  worth  from  3 

to 4 cents per pound more than uncleaned?

What benefit does a grocer derive from cutting 

prices?

As the  date of  the next regular meeting  falls 
on  a  legal  holiday, it was  decided  to  adjourn 
until January 16.

Meeting' o f Ja c k so n   G rocers’ U nion.
At a  meeting of  the  Jackson  Grocers’ Union, 
held on  December 15, all  the  officers were  pres­
ent except the  President  Two  applications for 
membership were received and accepted.
The  business  report of  the Superintendent of 
the  Bureau of Collections and  Information  was 
received, accepted and placed on file.

The  special  Committee  appointed to consider 
the various abuses set forth in a recent report of 
the  Committee on Tiade  Interests agreed  with 
ail the recommendations of the Committee, with 
the exception of  that  relative to crackers.  The 
Committee  recommended  that  all  members  of 
the Union use crackers made  by a company out­
side of  the  combine, as the  only means to bring 
about  the  dedred  results.  The  report was  laid 
on the table for two weeks.

The  i ommittee  appointed  to  circulate  the 
agreement  relative to a uniform  price on granu­
lated  sugar  reported over  sixty signatures  and 
asked for further time, which was granted.

A communication was  received  from the  edi­
tor  of  T h e  Michigan  T rad esm a n,  requesting 
that reports of all n.eetings be forwarded to him 
for publication  in  T he  T rad esm a n.  The com­
munication was placed on file and  the Secretary 
instructed to c  mply with the request.

A  special  i ommittee, consisting of  C. G  Hill, 
W. II. Porter  and  N. H.  Branch, were appointed 
to consider the  advisability of adopting a  mem­
bership  card,  the  same as is  now used  by  the 
Grand  Rapids  Retail  Grocers’ Association, and 
report at the next meeting.

The meeting then adjourned.

_______ 

N. H. Branch, Sec’y.

¡’ K I H U C t   M A R K E T

Apples—Baldwins and  Spitzenbergs command 
$-’.75 per  bbl., while  Spys are  held at $3.  Local 
dealers are  handling  more  New York  and  New 
England api les than  Michigan  fruit.
@$1.75 per bu

Beans—Choice country picked  command $1.60 

Butter—Scarce  and  next  to  impossible to  se­
cure adequate supplies for home demand.  Deal­
ers  pay 20@22  for choice  dairy and  hold  at 2c 
above  paying prices.  Creamery has sustained a 
very  marked  advance,  readily  command.ng 31 
@3 3c

Cabbages—Dealers  pay  $5  per  100,  holding 

at $6.  Very  scarce.

Celery—Choice home grown commands 20@25c 
per dozen  bunches
Cider—13c per  gal.
Cranberrles-The  market  is  without material 
change, crates  now being  held as follows: Cape 
Cods and Jerseys, $3;  Waltons, $3.50.

Eggs —Dealers  hold  limed  and  cold  storage 
goods  at  22c, while  fresh  would  readily  com 
mand 24@25c.

Grapes—Malagas command $<j.50@$7.50 ner keg.
Honey—Dealers pay I4@i5c and hold at 15316c.
Onions—Firmer and in better demand.  Hand­

lers pay 75c and sold at 90c per bu.

Potatoes—Market  is still weak and unsstisfac- 
ory,  handlers  paying  55c  here  and  50c  at  the 
principal outside buying points.
Squash—Hubbard, 2c per lb.
Sweet Potatoes—All varieties are scarce. 

Jer 
Beys  readily  command  $4.50  per  bbl.,  Balt! 
mores bring $4 and Virginias.$3.50.

Turnips—30c per bn

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

Do  Yoil  RUn a Store?

If so,  the Coupon  Books of  our manufacture  are exactly what 
you  need.  By  their  use  you  have  NO  CHARGING,  NO 
DISPUTES  AND  NO  BOOK-KEEPING.  You  can  count
up your  daily sales the  same  as if  you had  taken in  all  cash, 
which  you  cannot do with  any other  system.  Our books are 
better than  those of  any other  manufacturer on the  market,  as 
they are  made  entirely in  our  own  establishment,  having  the 
advantage of special machinery and experienced oversight from 
start to finish.  Send for free sample  and circular.

TRADESMAN  COMPANY,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

¿/ou don't need a Jim m y nor 

a Dark-Lantern
to  open the  eyes  of the  public.

But  'when  snow  comes  you  must 
have

Snow Shovels

AV •»*'5

We  have  them  with  hong  and  D 
handles  in  wood•
In steel  we have long handle  only.

FoSffR&TEVENS
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W H O L E S A L E

Dry  Goods,  Carpets and  Cloaks

We  Make a Specialty of  Blankets, Quilts and  Live 

Geese  Feathers.

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

OVERALLS  OF  OUK  OWN  MANUFACTURE.

Voigt,  Hfimolsmuer & Co.,48> 

t S
B A R C U S   BRO S.,

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MANUFACTURERS  OF  CIRCULAR

• !

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Equalled by few  and  excelled  by none.  All  our  saws  are  made of  the  best  steel by the  mose 
skillful  workmen  and  all  saw«  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.  Writ .». or prices and discounts.
M IC H IG A N

M U S K E G O N ,

Spring <£ 

'T ’HKSE  chests  will 

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

^"N U R  new glass covers  are by far the 
V  J   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  good1'  from  flies,  dirt  and  prying  fingers in a short  time to pay 
for themselves.  Try them and be  convinced.  Price,  50 cents each.

N E W   N O V E L T IE S .

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

CINNAMON  BAR. 

ORANGE  BAR.

CREAM  CRISP. 

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

the best selling cakes we ever made.

T H E   N EW   YORK  BISCUIT  CO.,

IS. A. Sears, Mgr. 

Company, 

j  CjlOGOLftTE  COOLER  CO

GRAND  RAPIDS.

Manufacturers  of

IMPORTERS  AND  WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

R ib b o n s, 

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

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

assorted stock at lowest  market  prices.

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

Manufacturers  of

Slow  Cases

Of  Every Description.

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

!  Combination  Store  Tables  and  Shelving.

The most complete knock down  tables and shelving ever offered to the trade.  The 
salient  features are  uniformity of  construction,  combining  strength and neatness, 
economy of  room, convenience in shipping and  setting up. 
It will  be to your best 
interest to correspond  with  us.  Prices  reasonable.  When in the  city call  at  the 
office and see sample.

Office 315 Michigan Trust Building.  Factory 42 Mill  St.

You  can  take  your  choice

!  BEST  FLAT  OPENING  BLANK  BOOKS

OF  TWO  OF  THE

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

GRAND  RAPIDS  BOOK  BINDING  CO.,

89 Pearl  8t„ H o fa ia i  Blk. 

G rand  R a p id s,  M ich .

Assorted  Packages  of Holiday  Goods.

Send for our Holiday Catalogue  No.  109, for illustrations and prices of

D re ssin g   C ases,  Iro n   ^   W o o d   T o y s,  A lb u m s, 

W o r k   B oxes,  C h ild re n ’s  F u rn itu re .

Notice carefully the assorted  packages of  the most staple lines of  Holiday  Goods,  not possible to  be properly shown  by  cata 
logue.  These assortments are similar to those  we have sold for so  many years  in  the past, and  contain only the best selections 
from  every line of  Christmas Goods,  everything being new goods especially purchased for this  season’s  business.

If  possible,  call  and  see our  display—our unequalled  display of  Dinner  Sets,  Lamps,  Banquet  Lamps,  Library Lamps, 

Parlor Lamps,  China  Cups  and  Saucers,  China  Novelties,  Austrian  Glassware,  Fruit Plates,  New  American  Glass,  Etc.

ASSORTED

T I N   T O Y

Assorted Package

DECORATED  GUPS  and  SAUCERS.

One doz decrd  teas,  flowers and mottos... 

ç 

“ 

35
80
35

“  “ 
“  

“ 
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One doz  Trumpets...................................... 
...................................... 
tops............................................... 
rattles...........................................  
“ 
locomotives.................................. 
“  “ 
“  “  asst wagons..................................  
“  “  144  trains................ 
 
“  “  kitchen  sets.................................. 

“  doz musical  toys................................ 
“ 
“ 
“  doz asst carts  ....................................  

Qtr  “  asst animals..................................   2  00 
One mechanical express wagon................   1  75 
twelfth doz tin  train.........................   2  25 
“  mechanical engine..........  4  75 
**  cable  cars........................  2  00 

40
85
45
75
80
50
15
85
18
40
17
75
Half  “  stables........................................... 2  oo  1  00
Sixtl1  “ 
4  00 
66
One twelfth doz  kitchens...........................  4  25 
35
“ 
18
...........................   2  15 
“ 
“  half 
21
...........................  
42 
“  clowns...................  
“  twelfth 
16
1  85 
 
“  circus  riders...................  1  85 
15
“ 
“ 
•*  asst  toys.......................... 
“  half 
75 
38
“ 
“  mechanical clowns.........   1  50 
“ 
75
“  doz drum banks.................................  
35
12  69
1  26
11  43

10 per cent,  discount........................... 
Package and cartage free. 

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bands and gilt.

moustach coffees asst..

Half  “
Qtr 
“ 
Sixth doz 
Half  “ 
Qtr 
•*

Package

Assorteli  Package  Dolls.

“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 

One doz white china babes.........  
Hlf 
•• 
One  “   dressed  dolls................................
“  asst..........................  2
Hlf  “ 
“  “  washable  dolls,  21 in  long....... .  2
% 
“ 
27 in  “ ......... 6
One-twelfth doz dressed fancy  jtd dolls..  4

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

“ 

“ 

**

kid body bisque dolls....  4 
china limb dolls..............   1

Quarter
One-twelfth
Half
One-third

Package

75
1 00
1 50
2 00
75 1 38
00 2 00
00 1 50
00 1 50
00 1 00
00
75
75 1 69
15 07
25
15 32

30
65
33
88
00 1 00
00 1 00
00 2 00
25
35
00
50
50
71
00 1 00
80
90
25 1 42
n 02
20
it 22

10c.

ASSORTED
F a n c y

G oods.

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50 
85 

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.... 

“ 
“   “ 
“  “ 
“ 
“  gilt  “ 
“ 
“  “ 

“ Child’s dtc’d  teas......................... 

Half doz.  Holland ptd teas  %  bl  % bn___$  80  $  40
One 
go 
45
Half  “  open dec cups and saucers.........   1  40 
70
.......   2  00  1  00
2  25  1  13
 
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3  25  1  62
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4  25  1  06
Qr. 
 
One  “  A B C  child’s plts-pictures 
50
Half doz asst 3 color plate sets..................  l  60 
80
62
“  luster  plate sets..........................  2  50 
Qr. 
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.........................   4  25  1  06
“  bread and milk..................  4  50  1  14
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7  25  1  81
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25
Half 
“ C C picture mugs.........................  
“ 
“ decrd mugs...................................  
42
“  partn  shaving mugs....................  2  00  1  00
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“  fancy  decrd mugs..........................2  25  l  13
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“  moustach decrd coffees................  2  25  1  12
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.............  3  00  1  50
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Qtr. 
.............  4  00  1  00
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.............  6  00  1  50
One doz.  fruit  plates,  asst........................  
1  50
1  00
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“  asst glass baskets.........................  3  25 
% 
75
** 
Sixth  *• 
71
........................  4  25 
Half 
“  decrd  vases.......................  
“ 
85 
43
“  ........................  2  25 
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Sixth  “ 
37
Three doz asst china  toys and  whistles.. . 
40  1  20
toothpick  holders....................  
One 
80
“  Smoking Set........................................ 
83
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40
 
60
Qr. 
Sixth  “ 
67
One toy decrd tea set..................................  
55
One doz dressed china  babies.................... 
45
90
limb dolls........................ 
Half doz bisque dressed  dolls....................  2  25  1  13
2  50  1  25
4  50  2  25
2  15
38  14
3  81
34  33 
50
34  83

10 per  cent,  discount........................... 

One doz perfume.........................................  

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Package  and  cartage

doz toy decrd  tea sets 

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Assortment No  25 

GAMES  TO  RETAIL  FOR  25c.

One dozen in a Package.

Game of Tommy Towns  visit to the Country. 

Fortune Telling.
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“  When My Ship Comes In.
Army Tents and Solniers.
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Cuckoo.
Base Ball.
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King and  Queens.
Steeple Chase.
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Luck.
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Jack Straws.
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Tiddledy Winks.
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Fish Pond.

Net per package of  1 doz...........2  00

Assortment No.  10 

GAMES  TO  RETAIL  FOR

One Dozen  in a Package.

Game of Matrimony.

Authors.
Peter Coddle’s trip to New York. 
Tiddledy  Winks.
Familiar Quotations.
Hippity  Hop.
Cricket on the Hearth.
Round the World  Joe.
Kan Yu Du It.
Old Maid.

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“  We Found McGinty.

Dissected Picture Puzzle.
Net per package of  1 dozen....... 75c.

H. LEONARD & SONS,

134  to  140  F u lto n   St.,  G ra n d   R a p id s.

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