A Michigan Tradesman.

Published Weekly. 

VOL.  10.

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY,  PUBLISHERS. 
GRAND  R A PID S,  FE B R U A R Y   1,  1893.

$1  Per  Tear. 
NO.  489

m ÄYR? S ®

C O M P A R E S

No  Hr a nei  of 'Ten  Cent

CtìbmìF
M O S E L E Y   BRO S.,

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

-   W H O L E S A L E   -

FRUITS.  SEEDS.  BEANS  END  PRODUCE.

2 6 , 2 8 , 3 0 , 3 2   Ottawa St„  Grand  Rapids.

WITH  THE

V0WRR8M

Almost impossible to get hold 
of  any stock, but our patrons 
can  rest  assured  that  if  any 
one can fill ordSrs  w e   can•

TELFER  SPICE  COMPANY,

MANUFACTURERS  OF

S p ice s  an d   B a k in g   P o w d e r ,  a n d   J o b b ers  of 

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

I and 3 Pearl  Street, 

TRUNKS

GRAND  RAPIDS
MARTIN  MAIER  &  CO.,

M ANUFACTURERS

BEST  MADE,  BEST  SELLING  GOODS. 

TIONEER  HOUSE.

113-115-117  Twelfth  St.,  DETROIT,  M ICH .BAGS

LARGEST  ASSORTMENT.

LOWEST  PRICES.

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

POTATOES.

We have made the handling of  Potatoes a  “specialty” for many years and have 
a large trade.  Can  take care of  all that can  be shipped  us.  We give  the best ser­
vice—sixteen years experience—first-class salesmen.

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

W M .  H.  THOMPSON  &  CO., 

Commission  Merchants,

166 So. W ater St., Chicago.

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

DEALERS IN

H

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S

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NOS.  122  and  184  LOUIS STREET-. GRAND  RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. 

w f  r» H R 7   A  STOCK  OF  CARR TALLOW  FOR  MILL  CTSR

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'  ESTABLISHED 1872.

S S

OUR  H O LID A Y  CATALOGUE  NOW   READ Y.

Send  for  it!

Carpet  S w e e p e r s.

SMITH  &  8ÄNP0RD,  68  Monroe  8t„  Grand  Rapids.

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 §t„  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

MUSKEGON  BRANCH  UNITED  STATES  BAKING  CO.,

Successor«  to

M p s k b g o k   C r a c k e r   C o .,

BARRY FOX, Manager.

GRHGKER8,  BI8GUIT8  #   SWEET  GOODS

SPECIAL  ATTENTION  PA ID   TO  MAIL  ORDERS.

MUSKEGON,  MICH.

Drops?

Who  Sells

Cough

S ta r

Every  Druggist, 
Every Grocer, 
Every Confectioner 
who want«  to  handle  the  best  goods for the 
least money. 
M anufactured by

A.  E.  BROOKS  &  CO..

46  Ottawa St., Grand  Rapids, Mich.

R ed

STANDARD  OIL  CO,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN.

DEALERS  IN

U lu m in a tin g   a n d   L u b ric a tin g

Office, Hawkins Block. 

Works, Butterworth Ave.

GRAND RAPIDS, 
BIG RAPIDS, 
ALLEGAN,

CA D ILLA C,
LU DING TON .

EMPTY  CARBON  i   GASOLIN17  BARRELS,

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

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

NAPTHA  AND  GASOLINES.

M A N IST EE,

PET O SK EY ,

BULK  WORKS  AT

M USKEGON, 
GRAND  H A V E N , 
HOW ARD  CITY ,

HIGHEST  PRICE  PAID  FOR

T he BREAD
VOORHEES

RAISER

SOLD  BY  ALL^ELIABLE  CROCERS.

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

Pants and  Overall  Co.,

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 have  one of  the  finest  factories in the  country, 
giving ns  four  times  the capacity of  our former  factory at Ionia,  we are in a posi­
tion  to  get out our  goods on time  and  fill  all  orders  promptly.  A continuance of 
the patronage of the trade is solicited.

E.  D.  VOORHEES,  Manager.

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

12,14,16 P earl St.,

Manufacturers

Jobbers of&

and

Spring lines  now ready 

for inspection

W ould  be  pleased  to 

show them .

Agents  for the  Boston 

R ubber Shoe Co.

Who  urges  you  to  keep

Sapolio?

The  Public !

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

Anv Jobber will  be  Glad  to  Fill  Your  Orders.

JO B B E R   OF

Mail Orders Receive Prompt  Attention. 

Salt Bish

F.  J.  D E T T E N T H A L E R
OYSTERS
POULTRY i  GAME
I,
Wholesale  Grocers

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

CONSIGNMENTS  OP  ALL  KINDS OP  POULTRY  AND  GAME  SOLICITED

See quotations in another column

Grand  Rapids.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

TO L . X.______________G RAND  R A PID S,  W EDNESDAY,  FE B R U A R Y   1,  1893. 
Geo. H.  Reeder & Co.,

NO.  489

□ JOBBERS  OF

Boots  and  Shoes,

Felt Boots and Alaska  Socks.

State Agents for

158 &  160 Faltón St., Grand  Rapids.
COMMERCIAL  CREDIT  CO.

Union Credit Co.

Successor  to  Cooper  Commercial  Agency  and 
Commercial  reports  and  current  collections 
receive  prompt  and  careful  attention.  Your 
patronage respectfully solicited.
Telephones 166 and 1030. 
Office, 65 Monroe St. 
L.  J.  STEVENSON, 
C.  A.  CUMINGS,
The  “Little Soldier"  School Shoe.

C.  E.  BLOCK.

This is what we warrant:

1.  Top Genuine Kangaroo.
2.  Vamp Best Veal Calf.
3.  Sole Best Union Leather.
4  Grain Tap, Grain Counter and  Grain Inner 
Sole. 

(Sizes 9 to 13ft)

$1  Per Pair Net.

HIRTH,  KRAUSE  &  CO ,

GRAND  RAPIDS  AGENTS.

H o w   t o   K e e p   a   S t o r e .
By  Samuel  H.  Terry.  A  booh  of  400  pages 
written from the experience and  observation  of 
an old merchant.  It treats of Selection  of Bust 
ness.  Location.  Buying,  Selling, Credit, Adver­
tising, Account Keeping, Partnerships,  etc.  Of 
great Interest to every one in trade.  $1.50.
THE  TRADESMAN  CO.,  Ag’ts.

Fire & Marne Ine Go.

MICHIGAN

Grand Rapids, Mich.

Organized  1881.

DETROIT,  MICHIGAN.

Wm.  Brnmmeler &  Sons,

Manufacturers and Jobbers of

Phone 640

260 8.  Ionia St.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

NET PRICE  LIST OP  SAP PAILS  PER 100.
* 
“ 
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IC  
10  quart..................................... 814 
15 
12 
 
15 
...  ..............................  19 
1 gal. I C Syrup Cans, per 100...  10 25

 

IX
817
18
22  50

These  goods are  full size  and are  guaranteed 
not to leak.  The pails are made almost straight, 
flaring enough to pack  conveniently.

In  lots  of  500  we  will  allow  5  per  cent, off 

above prices.  Terms, 30 days net.

Send for  price  list of general  line of  tinware.

—   P E R   BOOK 

ENTS 
—   100  LEAVES

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40c

(Fortracing delayed Freiqht Shipments)
" ' " L O W S PatManifold
TELEGRAMS
Western  Unidn"or“Po s t a i  L in e s
Sent Prepaid  for  above  Price, 
BARLOW BROS,,GRAND RAPIDS.MICH.
A. J. SHULLMAK, Scientific Optician, 65 Monroe Street.

or  w ill  Send  Sam pies. 

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.
ESTABLISHED  1841.

THE MERCANTILE  AGENCY

R .G . D u n   &  Co.

Reference Books issued  quarterly.  Collections 

attended to throughout United States 

and Canada

The Bradstreet Mercantile Àpncy.

The Bradstreet Company, Props.

Execntive  Offices, 279,281,283  Broadway, NT

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.

BARLOW B R O V,l«BLANK BOOKS
T m™  PHILA.PAT.FIAT OPENING BACK 
à  Uw f0,lP*'«sGRAND  RAPIDS,MtCH.

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P R O M P T « 

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

8 A P B .
T. Stewart White, Pres’t. 

W. Fred McBain, Sec’y.

THE  OFFICE  END  OF  MR.  BOGGS.
When the firm of Little & Boggs was or­
ganized it seemed as though the business 
fates were  more  than  ordinarily  propi­
tious, 
for  while Little  contributed  but 
one-third of the capital,  he brought with 
him a host of customers who had learned 
to love him  while he acted as floorwalker 
for Thread  & Needle; and Boggs,  though 
entirely innocent of dry goods knowledge, 
had the ready cash to  place  the  firm  at 
once upon a  firm  financial  footing.  So 
the great gilt  sign  went  up,  the  doors 
were  opened,  and  the  new  enterprise 
was fairly afloat upon the  troublous  sea 
of commerce.

“Little,” said Boggs  at  the close up of 
the first day,  “I want you  to  make  ex­
cuses  for me to the people who  come  in 
to see me.  You know I agreed to run the 
office  end,  and  here  I’ve  wasted  the 
whole day shaking hands,  and the  books 
are not yet opened.”
“Why,  Boggs,” 

replied  Little,  “I 
thought you did  wonders  to-day.  From 
the  way  you  answered  old  Mrs.  Judge 
Wickey’s questions one would  think  you 
were brought up  to  the  business.  Her 
account,  alone,  you know,  is  worth  get­
ting.”

“Little,” sternly demanded Boggs, “did 

you ever open  a set of books?”

“Why,  no.”
“I thought not.”
So next day Mr. Boggs was  invisible  to 
all  callers.  Once  Little  went  to  him 
when the store was overflowing with cus­
tomers and begged him  to come out front, 
but Boggs shook  his head  violently with­
out taking  his hands off the ruler and red 
ink pen.  Then he  thought  better  of  it, 
and,  raising his kindly little  round  face 
to Little,  he whispered:

“Wait  till  1 get these  books  opened, 

old boy,  then  I’ll be  with you.”

At first,  as the  days  sped  by,  Little 
used to ask Boggs every night  questions 
which,  in his benighted way,  he thought 
Boggs’  unremitting labors  could answer.
“Do the books show  that  we’ve  made 
any money this week,” and  Little  would 
cast a furtive glance at the figures on his 
cuff which told to a cent the total income 
and outgo.

“Why,  Little,  you can’t  tell  that from 
the books,” Boggs would reply in  an  in­
jured tone.  Then  his  eye  would  light 
upon a new book; the cloud  would  pass, 
and with a beaming face he would  turn, 
saying:

“See that?”
“What—that book?”
“Yes!”  And Boggs would clap it trium­
phantly upon the  desk.  “That’s  a  new 
time book.”

The  busines  had  been  entered  upon 
only after a thorough knowledge  of  the 
ground upon the part of Little,  and  the 
partners had  an  unfailing  respect  for 
each other; so, though every day  brought 
forth new evidence of the tremendous gulf 
between their respective  conceptions  of 
the  “office end,”  there was no bickering. 
But Little was  sorely  tempted,  and  for 
that matter,  so was Boggs.

“How  much money have we in bank?” 

was Little’s final question.

“Why,  we can’t tell  that  until  some­
time next month,”  in a  surprised-at-the- 
inquiry voice;  then,  “Little, just look  at 
this; see,  a roll book!’i 

To have a statement  which,  from  his 
narrow idea of  bookkeeping  seemed  the 
“Alpha and Omaha” of the whole process, 
brushed aside as unworthy  serious  con- 
deration,  to  use Little’s homely phrase­

ology,  “made him hot.”

“ What the dev— that is,  Boggs,  do  we 
need a roll book for our little business?” 
“Oh,  1 suppose  we  could  do  without 
books  altogether,”  and  Boggs  silently 
closed  his latest treasure and gazed with 
filling eyes at the  forty  or  more  books 
which surrounded him on all sides.

“I beg your pardon,” broke  in  Little, 
“but you know,  Boggs, I am so  ignorant 
in the matter.  Why,  at  Thread  &  Nee­
dle’s,  all the time old Thread was making 
the 8100,000 he retired with,  we only had 
two books.”

“I don’t blame  you, Little,” exclaimed 
Boggs,  “but  if  you  could  understand 
how the office  end  is  improved  by  that 
roll book,  you  would feel as  glad  to  see 
it as a dozen customers.”

In his heart Little doubted  it.  But he 

said nothing.

So the days flew  by and the first month 

of the partnership  was come and gone.

Little  had  gotten quite  inured  to  the 
spectacle of Boggs and  his  books,  and  if 
during  the  busiest  hours  of  the day  or 
the silent watches of the night he longed 
for a partner who would be out front,  he 
could not but admire the  unflagging zeal 
with which the office end  was conducted. 
Long before  anyone else appeared on the 
scene in  the morning  Boggs  would open 
the  safe,  get  out  his  array of  ledgers, 
cash  books,  petty  cash  books,  stock 
books,  bill  books,  advertising  records, 
time books,  roll  books,  check  books and 
books  of  every possible  size  and  kind, 
unstopper  his  red  ink,  seize  his ruling 
pen  and get to  work.  At  noon  he  took 
but  a bare  ten  minutes  for  luuch.  At 
night Little  always left him  to  lock up. 
Therefore,  in time Little began  to think 
of Boggs as the hard-working  member of 
the firm,  and though his individual mem­
orandum  book,  kept  in  all  its  pristine 
simplicity,  assured him  by  his old stand­
ards that he  was  worth to the  firm more 
than their three clerks put together,  still 
he felt a sense of shortcoming as he com­
pared himself to  Boggs.

After  an  easy  chat  with  Mrs.  Judge 
Wickey,  during  which  he  had  sold  her 
her  new  black  dress,  or  a  merry  hour 
with the 3rd Presbyterian Sunday School 
Teachers’  Committee,  during  which  he 
had donated  a new hall carpet and taken 
an  order  for  furnishing  the  parsonage 
complete,  Little  would 
look  back  at 
Boggs and feel that, after all, his own con­
tribution  to the firm’s welfare was child’s 
Play.

Just when Little discovered that some­
thing was wrong with Boggs he could not 
tell.  Almost  before  he  realized  it  he 
knew,  for,  salesman  that  he  was, Little 
could  interpret  impalpable  signs,  that 
Boggs was  avoiding  him; 
that  the  old 
frank,  proud,  kindly  glance  had  given

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN«

4

way  to a  bunted  look,  a  look  of  min­
gled terror and  despair.

As  each  day  brought  this  conviction 
home  stronger,  for  assumed  gaiety  on 
the part  of  Boggs only  heightened  Lit­
tle’s acute sense of uneasiness,  he strove 
in  vain to reassure himself.

‘•He  don’t gamble,—’tain’t  women— 

nor drink----- ”

But something was  wrong.  Little felt 
himself  watching  Boggs. 
In  his  effort 
to hide his  distrust  he  knew  he  overdid 
things.  Presently  he  was  aware  that 
Boggs knew  that  he  was  watching  him. 
Strive as he  would  he could  not  refrain 
from  peering  back  into  the  office  end 
each morning,  half as  though  he expect­
ed to find  Boggs  missing.  One  morning 
Little  received  the looked-for  shock— 
Boggs  was  missing.  At 
it 
seemed  from the  front  of  the  store,  but 
as  he  hastily  entered  the  enclosure  he 
found Boggs leaning  forward  on  a desk, 
his  head  between  his  hands.  At  the 
sound of  footsteps he raised  his haggard 
eyes  and  then  turned  a  terror-stricken 
glance at a paper tab beside him.

least  so 

“What’s the matter?” demanded Little.
“Nothing.” murmured  Boggs.
“You don't  look  well,”  continued  Lit­
tle.  “You’d  better  lay off  for a day  or 
two and  rest  up.”

“Oh!  No!  I  can't,”  hoarsely  whis­

pered  the junior partner.

Then  Little  was  sure  of  it.  He  re­
membered  all  the cases of mercantile de­
falcations and  breaches of trust of which I 
he  had  read.  He  recalled  the  famous 
case years ago  which  took place in  their 
own town.  With  a stern eye he  watched 
the clock.  At  precisely  five  minutes  to 
10 he put on  his  hat  and  started  up the I 
street  to  the  bank.  Somehow  he  felt I 
that  Boggs  knew  where  he  was  going. 
If  he 
found  their  balance  gone!  He 
thought  of  the  heavy  bills  coming  due 
the  first  of  the  month  and  gave  a  low 
whistle.  Then in a  flash  all  the  events 
of  the  brief  career  of  Little  &  Boggs 
flashed  before him.  He thought how but 
for Boggs he  would  still  be  clerking for 
Thread  & Needle,  instead  of  posing  as 
one of the  leadiug  business  men of Gar- 
deuville.  He  remembered  the  implicit 
confidence  with  which  Boggs  had 
left 
everything  to  him,  simply  requesting I 
that their  business card be set in smaller 
type and  their first circular be printed  in 
black ink instead  of red.  Then  as he  ap­
proached the bank  he rehearsed  his care­
less remark to  the cashier:

“By  the  way,  Jenks,  what  was  our  I 

cash balance this morning?”

And  he  fortified  himself  as  best  he 
could  for  any  raply  that  Jenks  might 
deal  him.

He 

reached 

the  bank.  Glancing 
through the  window  he  saw  the  top  of 
Jenks’  head  and  a  big  green  eye-shade.  I 
“Looks just like  Boggs,”  Hashed  across 
bis  mind.  Boggs’  kiudly  face  beamed 
upon  him  as he turned  to  enter the door. J 
A  great  wave of  emotion  overcame him. 
He  stopped,  turned  completely  around  | 
and gasped:

“ No,  I’ll  bed-------- 1  if  I’ll  spot him.” i
Two minutes  later he  was back  in  the  | 
store  raising  particular  Cain  with  the 
three clerks.

That  night  when  Little  finally  got 
through his  duties as  doorkeeper  at the 
regular  monthly  meeting  of  the  local 
council  of  a  mutual  insurance  associa­
tion, he separated himself from  his com­
panions and turned into a deserted street 
of the town to have  “a good think.”  All

“What  money?”
“Why,  the money in  the bank;  that is, 

the money  that was in the  bank.”

“Why,  ain’t it there  now?”  exclaimed 

Boggs,  with a shriek of horror.

“ What,  Boggs?  1  thought  you  said 
—I thought—something  was  wrong with 
it.”

“No,”  murmured  Boggs,  “the  cash ac­
count is all straight.  There’s my figures, 
$3,861.04,  and  there’s  the  figures  from 
the  bank;  the  pass  book  has  just  been 
balanced—$3,861.04. 
It  isn’t  the  cash; 
it's the T r ia l  Ba l a n c e!”

For a moment the revulsion of his feel­
ings  precluded  Little’s  articulate  ut­
terance.  Then,  with  a 
he 
pounced upon  poor  Boggs,  grabbed  him 
around the  waist  and  set  him  np on  the 
desk.  Then  he 
laughed  till  the  tears 
ran down  his cheeks,  and Boggs,  looking 
at him,  cheered up visibly.

shout, 

day long he  had been too  busy  to  formu­
late any plan of action.  He  had  worked 
on through the day looking  for the crash 
at any  moment;  yet to  a  casual observer 
he had presented  his  usual bearing.

As  he  walked, 

the  knotty  problem 
gradually engrossed  his whole attention, 
so it was  with  something  of  a  surprise 
that he  found  himself  looking  into  the 
window  of  their store.  But all the pre­
occupancy  vanished  in  a flash  when  he 
distinctly  saw,  by a dim  light,  the form 
of a man  moving about the office.

“Bnrglars!  By  George!”  And  Little 
made a bound  for the  front door.  With 
a quick  movement  he  swung  the  heavy 
lock. 
lying 
against  the  base  of  the  show  window, 
he  strode  down  the  aisle,  feeling  his 
pulse bound with  excitement at the com­
ing conflict.

Picking  up  a  hammer 

At the noise of  the  door  opening,  the 
figure  in  the office  had  straightened  it­
self up and stood peering at the intruder. 
So  when  Little  reached  the  middle  of 
the store he made out the form.

“Boggs!”
“Little!”  replied a dreary voice.
Little  entered  the  office,  hammer  in 
hand,  like  an  executioner,  and  Boggs 
cowered before  him.  But neither broke 
the  silence  for  a  moment;  then  Boggs, 
dropping his  head  upon  his chest,  said:
I’m  going  to  make  a  clean 
breast of it.  Little,  I’ve  deceived you.”
Little  shook  his  head  to  express  his 

“Little, 

continued faith.

“Yes,  Little,  the  exposure  has  got  to 
come. 
I’ve worked  all night every night 
for  a  fortnight.  My  God,  how  I’ve 
worked! And  l can’t  hide the truth  from 
you  any  longer.  Oh!”  he  continued,  in 
a  faltering  voice,  “when  1  told  you  1 
would run the office end,  l never thought 
that  it  would  come  to  this.  To  think 
that I—” and he  broke out sobbing.

Little  put  his  hand  upon  Boggs’ 
shoulder.  His voice choked  as  he stam­
mered:

“Look  here,  Boggs,  you  shan’t  talk 
that way. 
I’ll stick by  you  to the  end. 
What  was  I  but  a  poor  10-hours-a-day 
clerk,  with  only a  few  hundreds  saved, 
when you  came to  me and  lifted me out 
of the rut and  put me on my feet. 
I can 
go back to  Thread &  Needle’s  if  every­
thing’s smashed,  and 1  can  work out the 
bills  after  a  time.  Besides,  Boggs, 
it 
was two-thirds your  money  and  I  know 
you  didu’t  mean  any  harm  when  you 
borrowed  it;  you just—”

But Boggs stopped him and, like a man 

in  a  daze,  asked:

St.  J ohns,  Mich.,  Dec.  8,  ’92.

A .  Schenck A Son:

Gentlemen — Replying  to  yours 
of  the 7th inst.,  would  say you  are 
welcome  to  use  the  letter  as  you 
wish,  as  [  can  only affirm,  what  I 
said  as  to  the  superior  quality  of 
your flour, which  I   believe the  best 
and most  uniform of  any made  in 
the county. 

Yours truly,

D.  S.  F ren c h.

Send  for  Samples  and  Prices,

A.  SCH EN CK  &  SON,

ELSIE,  MICH.

1893
INVEVITGATION  W ILL  CONVINCE  YOU.

THE  FALCONS.
RELIABLE.
FAULTLESS—STRICTLY 

1893
DO  NOT  FAIL  TO  SEE THEM*

a g S k

’I j i l i i i i S !
Mannesmann  Spiral  Drawn  Tube and  Drop  Forgings used  Throughout. 

Pneum atic  Tires!  Russet  Rims!  Ball Bearings  all  round!

Send for Catalogue.

THE  DETROIT  CYCLE  CO, Detroit, Mich, Agfa for the State of Michigan.

THE  YOST  M A N U FA C T U R IN G   CO.,  Toledo,  0.

The Wayne 
Self -Measuring 

Wayne Oil Tank Co..

Oil  Tank.

Measuring  One  Qt. and  H alf Gallon at a Single 

First Floor Tank and Pump.

M anufactured by the

Stroke.

F O R T   W A Y N E ,   IND.

Cellar Tank and Pump.

We  Lead,  Let  Others  Follow.

P it t s f ie l d , Mass., Oct. 5, 1892.

Wayne Oil  Tank Co..  Fort Wayne, Ind.
Gents—The  tank we  bought  from  you has  now  been in our 
use two  months.  We are  more than  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. 

G. T. & W. C. M a n d ig o.
Bkitton, Mich., June 15, ’92.

Wayne Oil Tank Co.. Fort Wayne,  Ind.
G e n t l e m e n  — I think  your tanks are bound to be a seller, for 
in the thirteen  years I have been selling  oil  I never  have seen 
their equal.  Yours truly, 

W. C. B abcock.

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PRICE  LI&T.

First floor Tanks and  Pumps. 
1 bbl...............................$13 00
2 bbl.............................   15 fO
3 bbl.............................   18 00
4 bbl  ............................  22 00
5 bbl.............................   27 00

Cellar Tanks and Pumps.

1 bbl  ............................  $14 00
2 bbl.............................  17 00
3 bbl.............................   21  GO
4 bbl  ...........................   25 00
5 bbl.............................   30 00
9 00
Pump without tank__ 

Compare our prices.  O rder now and save agents’ 

commission.

THE  MICHIG^JSr  TRADESMAN

3

“Oh,  you don’t know—,”  finally began 

Boggs.

“Yes  I  do!”  interrupted  Little,  and 
with  one  fell  sweep  he  hurled  all  the 
books within  convenient  reach  onto the 
floor.  Then, seizing  Boggs,  he  marched 
him out of  the  store  into  the  street and 
up to the new  open-all-night  restaurant
“Not a word,  Boggs,  till  I’ve  had  my 
say. 
I’m senior  partner  and  I’m  going 
to lay down some  rules;  and  the  first  is 
that  six hours a day is all  you  can  mon­
key with  books.”

“But,  Little,  surely you want the office 

end—”

“And the second rule is  the same,  and 

so is the third and the  rest of—”

“ But,  Little,  the T r ia l  Ba la n c e!”
“Get Jenks  up  from  the  bank for  an 
hour;  he’ll draw it  off  while  you wait.”
A new  light  dawned  in  Boggs’  eyes. 
As he reached  for a succulent  sandwich, 
he said:

“Little,  you’ve  almost  made  me  for­
give  the  Business  College  that  taught 
me  bookkeeping.” — Benjamin  Hiram 
Jefferson,  in  Dry  Goods  Bulletin.

W h a t  a  P rom inent  C lergym an   T hinks 

o f B u sin ess.

irony, 

involves  an 

“Formerly,” says  a  modern  motto  on 
one of our trade journals, “War was busi­
ness;  now business  is war.”  The motto 
of this trade journal,  unless it  be intend­
ed  in 
absolutely 
vicious  principle.  Business  is  not war. 
It was  the one fatal  and pervasive vice of 
Jay Gould’s  career  that he  treated it  as 
war,  and  was  himself  a predatory  war­
rior.  Mr.  Gould  began  with  deeds  of 
open  violence,  leading  his  retainers  in 
person.  As  he  acquired  wealth  he 
changed  his tactics,  but  not  his  princi­
ples.  He used the law and the courts  as 
the implements of  his campaign;  bought 
judges;  corrupted 
legislatures;  did  so, 
openly  and  avowedly;  and  avoided  ar­
rest,  when  arrest  was  threatened,  by 
fleeing  from  one  State  to  another  with 
his booty.  Still later  his  tactics  under­
went  another  change.  He  continued to 
prey upon others,  but  to do it within the 
limits of  the  law;  or  if,  as  in  his tele­
graphic  war,  others  were  employed  to 
serve  his ends by lawless means,  he was 
concealed  from  view,  suspected  but not 
disclosed.  His  speculations  were  con­
ducted on  the  assumption  that  all over 
the United States were small speculators, 
ignorant of the market,  and ready  to  afj 
ford a new  demonstration  of  the  aphor­
ism,  “The fool and  his  money  are  soon 
parted;”  and  he  was ready  to  assist in 
the  demonstration.  Such  a  life  is  not 
made any  better because it succeeds;  nor 
justified,  though it  may be palliated,  be­
cause the campaign is  sometimes against 
other predatory  warriors engaged in  the 
strife,  with  no  higher  principles  but 
with less military  skill;  nor  is its essen­
tial  viciousness  counterbalanced  by  the 
fact  that  the  warrior  is  au  affectionate 
husband  and father,  and sometimes per­
forms  acts  of  fitful  generosity.  The 
histrionic morality  which eulogizes Rob­
in Hood,  because  he  gives  to  the  poor 
trifling  benefactions  taken  from 
the 
spoliation  of  the  rich,  has  no  place  in 
the serious estimates of  men and  affairs.
Business is not war;  to set one’s  lance 
in a brigand’s campaign, whether against 
honest  merchants  or  against  other  bri­
gands,  is  not  deserving  of  our admira­
tion;  that  the  war 
is  conducted  with 
tireless industry,  with  unscrupulous and 
unpitying audacity,  does  not  lessen just

condemnation of the career.  Business is ; 
benefaction. 
It  is  a  common  industry 
for a common good.  For this the farmer 
draws  the  grain  from  the soil,  and  the 
miner the  ores from  the  mountain  fast­
nesses;  for this the manufacturer creates 
out of  the  raw  material  implements  of 
use and instruments of comfort;  for this, 
railroads  and  steamships  carry  them 
from  markets  overstocked to  communi­
ties  in need;  for this,  merchants distrib­
ute them  to every  part  of  the  body  po­
litic; for this bankers and brokers furnish 
the  circulating  medium  needed  for  ex­
change;  for this, even speculation has its 
legitimate place,  that of  a governor in  a 
great  machine,  regulating  all  and  pre­
venting  alternate  over-pressure  and  ex­
haustion.  He only deserves our  admira­
tion  who shares  in  this  common  benefi­
cent  work  with  benevolent  motives; 
he who  breaks  in  upon  it  to  take  that 
for which he gives  no  equivalent,  to  get 
something for nothing, to acquire wealth, 
not by helping to produce  it, but by trans­
ferring it from his neighbor’s pocket to his 
own,  violates  the  fundamental  principle 
of  business  morality—whether  he oper­
ates a lottery in Louisiana,a gaming-table 
in Monato,stock-gambling in New York,or 
produce-gambling  in  Chicago;  whether 
he wrecks a ship  upon the coast or a rail­
road upon  land.

We deny to such a man  the  honorable 
designation  of  great  financier.  A great 
financier  is  a  man  who  perceives  the 
uses  and function of money  in  a commu­
nity,  and  so  uses  his  wisdom  that  its 
function  is  better 
fulfilled.  Neckar 
was a great financier;  so  was  Hamilton; 
so was Chase;  so are some living bankers 
easy to name.  But  he  who  has  used  his 
sagacity to  transfer  money  from  anoth­
er’s pocket to his own  is not to be called 
a financier;  least of  all a  great  financier 
because he  has  transferred  a great  deal 
of it.

The  vice  of  Jay  Gould’s  career  is  a 
common  American  vice. 
It  lies in  the 
mere  desire  to get  something  for  noth­
ing. 
It converts  legitimate  and  health­
ful  business  competition  into  secret  or 
open war;  it turns  honorable  rivalry in­
to treachery, jealousy  and hate;  it burns 
in the veins of  him who is seized  with it 
like a  maddening  fever;  it  is  no  better 
for success and  no  worse  for  failure;  it 
is  as  culpable 
the  “lambs”  who 
thought  to shear the  “wolves” as  in  the 
wolves  who  have  sheared  the 
lambs; 
measured by the light of  eternity  it is  a 
folly;  measured by  the law of God—that 
is, the law of  love—it is a crime.

in 

It is not for us to  judge  Jay  Gould;  it 
is not for any  man  to  judge  his  fellow- 
man.  Who  can  tell  what  was  his  in­
heritance,  what his  early  training,  what 
prenatal  and  wholly  subtle 
influence 
gave his life its  bent,  what  temptations 
surrounded  and  ensnared  him?  And 
who without  knowing  these  things  can 
judge justly?  But we  can  judge the ca­
reer.  We  are not  to  be stopped from so 
doing  by  the  counterfeit  charity  which 
prohibits from saying anything  but good 
of the dead.  That career—if all  the ele­
ments could be taken  account of,  if  that 
life could be truly measured—lived with­
out the sweet joys  of  conscious service, 
lived in an atmosphere of  perpetual  sus­
picion,  lived inflamed by a fire of passion 
for  success  that  burned  out  the  frail 
body  at  fifty-seven,  would  seem  to  all 
who truly  saw  it  to exemplify  the  hol­
lowness  and falsity  of  the shameful  but 
popular  American  motto,  “Nothing suc­
ceeds like success.”  L yman Abbott.

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

Manufacturer’s Agent and Jobber of

Brooms,  Wastiboards,  Wooden
Indurated  Pails  &  Tubs,

A N »

Wooden  Bowls,  Clothespins  and  (Rolling 

Pins,  Step  Ladders,  W ashing  Ma­

chines, M arket, Bushel and De­

livery Bas  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.

A i A S K S

to the

New  Yort  Baby  Carriage  Co.,

STRAW  BOARD.

WE ARE THE LEADERS  IN  THIS  PRO ­
DUCT  AND  CARRY  A  VERY  LARGE 
STOCK.  DON’T  FAIL  TO  W RITE  US 
FOR PRICES.

BUILDING  PAPERS.

WE  CARRY  A  LARGE  LINE  OF  THE 
STANDARD  BRANDS  AND  CAN  SUP­
PLY  THE  TRADE  AT  VERY  LOW 
PRICES.

CORRUGATED  AND  PLAIN  OF  FIRST- 
CLASS  WOOL  STOCK.  WE  ARE  PR E ­
PARED  TO  QUOTE  LOW  PRICES  FOR 
CARPET  LINING  IN  ANY  QUANTITY.

H.M. REYNOLDS & SON

GARPET  LININGS.

CMaid Bay 
Stall

Bor Sale1

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Eleven  years  old,  sixteen 
hands  high,  weighs  1,350 
pounds;  also one

47, 49,  51, 53  Canal St.

Best Assortment and  Lowest Prices,

Bolts 
Wanted l

I  want  500  to  1,000  cords  of  Poplar 

Excelsior Bolts,  18 and 36 inches long.

I  also  want  Basswood  Bolts,  same 
lengths  as  above.  For  particulars  ad­
dress

J  W .  F O X ,

Grand  Rapids, Mich.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

D. A. Blodgett, President.

Geo.  W.  Gat, Vice-President.

Wm. H. Anderson,  Cashier. 
Jso. A. Seymour, Ass’t Cashier.

C apital,  $ 3 0 0 ,0 0 0 .

DIRECTORS.
D. A. Blodgett.  Geo. W. Gay. 
S. M. Lemon. 
A. J. Bowne.  G. K. Johnson. 
C. Bertsch. 
Wm. H. Anderson.  Wm. Sears.  A. D. Rathbone

Ten years  old,  weighs about 
1,500  pounds.
Either  are good  drivers  sin­
gle,  and  have  been  driven 
some double;  good  style and 
good travelers;  good disposi- 
tion  and excellent stock get­
ters.  Address

LOCK  BOX  97,  CHARLOTTE,  MICH.

HEROLD-BERTSCH  SHOE  CO,

WHOLESALE

BOOTS  AND  SHOES.

Wales  Goodyear  Rubbers,  Boots,  Shoes, 
Alaskas,  Green  Bays,  Esquimaux  and 
Portage Socks,  Knit and Felt Boots.
Dealers are cordially invited to  send in 
mail  orders.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.
WALTER  HOUSE

Central*Lake, Mich.. E. W alter, Prop. 

Fourteen  warm  rooms,  all  newly  furnished 
Good table.  Rates,  *1.50 per  day.  The  patron 
age of traveling men especially solicited.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,

ber’s 

Kalamazoo—P.  W.  Kane  has  sold  his 
drug stock to A. B. Truesdale.  Mr. Kane 
j has engaged to travel  in Northern  Michi­
gan for the Upjohn Pill and Granule Co., 
of this city.

Flushing—The  general stock of  Sweet 
& Clark,  who made an  assignment a  few 
weeks ago,  has  been  sold  to A.  N.  Niles 
at public auction.  The amount  realized 
j was $8,950.

j will continue  the  business  at  the same j Williams  having  purchased  A.  J.  Web- 
| location. 
interest,  and  assuming  personal
Holland—Peter Prins  and  Peter  Her-  superintendence of the  work.  The pur- 
j  tog  have  formed  a  partnership.  Prins  chase includes the logs,  and the  mill will 
goes into the  ice  business  with  Hertog | be operated by the new firm.
| and  Hertog goes into the grocery business  Manistee—The  East  Shore  Furniture
I with Prins.
Co.  plant  will  be  sold  Saturday,  Febru­
ary 4,  or so much of it as will satisfy the 
is  on  foot  to 
mortgage.  A  movement 
form  a  stock  company  as  soon  as 
it  is 
sold  to  resume  the  manufacturing  of 
furniture. 
It  is  hoped  the  movement 
will be carried  into  effect.  There  is no 
good  reason  why  the  East  Shore  plant 
should  not be doing  as  profitable a busi­
ness as  the  Manistee  Manufacturing Co.
St.  Helen—Henry Stephens & Co.  man­
ufactured during the  season of  1892 57,-
400.000  feet  of  lumber  and  14,100,000 
lath,  and they  now  have  piled  in  their 
yards  48,200,000 feet of lumber  and  10,-
400.000  lath.  They  have  6,500,000  feet 
of logs in mill  booms, and  it is their  in­
tention to manufacture 60,000,000  feet of 
lumber this year,  which does  not look as 
if they were going  out of  business right 
away.  They  are  running  one  of  their 
mills  at  Waters  this  winter,  at  which 
place  their  pine 
lands  join  and  are 
mixed  with David Ward’s famous-tract of 
cork  and bull sap  white pine.

Benton  Harbor—James G.  Wright,  late 
of  Springfield,  Ohio,  has  purchased  an 
interest in  the  hardware  stock of  F.  M. 
Witbeck.  The new  firm  will  be known 
as  Witbeck & Wright.

Vermontville—Joseph B.  Stone has re­
tired from the drug and crockery  firm of 
Stone &  Hull.  The business  will  be con­
tinued  by the  remaining  partner  under 
the style of Frank  B.  Hull.

Manistee—Geo.  Nungesser  has retired 
from  the furniture and  undertaking firm 
of Wm.  Nungesser & Son.  The business 
will  be continued  by  the  senior  partner 
under the style of Wm.  Nungesser.

4

AMONO  THE  TRADE.

ABOUND THB  STATE.

Osseo—Burnett &  Co.  succeed  Harring 

& Burnett in general trade.

Silverwood—J.  R.  Chapin  succeeds  M. 

R.  King in the hardware business.

Ludington—Hepburn  &  Shaw  succeed 

Chas.  Kerr in the grocery  business.

Battle Creek—W. T.  Roxbough &  Bro. 
will remove their drug stock to  Jackson.
Greenville—The  Ranney  Refrigerator 
Co.  has increased its capital stock to $50,- 
000.

Benton  Harbor—C. J.  Brown  succeeds 
Brown  &  Winslow in  the  grocery  busi­
ness.

Marquette — G.  Hallstrom  &  Co.  are 
closing out their  dry  goods  and  notion 
stock.

Detroit — Geo.  D.  Woodman,  of  the 
hardware firm or G.  D.  Woodman  &  Co., 
is dead.

Cadillac—J.  H.  Rice  succeeds  J.  H. 
Rice & Co.  in  the  candy  manufacturing 
business.

Gobleville—Darling &  Post  are  suc­
ceeded by Frank  Post  in  the  hardware 
business.

Muskegon — John  Kiooster  succeeds 
Waalkema  &  Kiooster  in  the  hardware 
business.

Coldwater—Daniel  C.  Card  succeeds 
Geo.  T.  Culver  in  the  drug and grocery 
business.

Eaton  Rapids—B.  W.  Garrison  suc­
ceeds B.  W.  Garrison <fc Co.  in the bazaar 
business.

Marquette—Hager  Bros.  Co.,  Limited, 
succeed Chas.  A.  Hagar in the  furniture 
business.

Otsego—G.  W.  Shepard  has  sold  his 
grocery stock  to Mitchell  & Gordon,  late 
of Manitoba.

Owosso— M.  C.  Dawes  succeeds  the 
wholesale tobacco and cigar firm of M.  C. 
Dawes & Son.

Saginaw—Marskey  Bros.  &  Co.  suc­
ceed Miller & Marskey  in  the  wholesale 
notion  business.

Centerville—Aulsbro  &  Baldwin  suc­
ceed Geo.  Franklin  in  the  hardware  and 
grocery business.

Bay City—D.  C.  Rogers &  Co.  are  suc­
ceeded by Jennie  (Mrs.  D.  C.)  Rogers  iu 
the jewelry business.

Saginaw—W.  J.  Riley  has  opened  a 
grocery  store  at the corner  of  Coagress 
and Benjamin streets.

Grass  Lake—O.  D.  Summerville  has 
purchased the restaurant and  confection­
ery business of Chas.  Schmidt,

St.  Joseph—H.  W.  Jennings & Co.  suc­
ceed  Jennings & Danforth  in  the furni­
ture and  undertaking  business.

Hart—Hart & Son  have  purchased  J. 
Doucett’s meat market  and will  continue 
the business at the same location.

Cassopolis—Osmer  &  Co.  will  move 
their  men's  furnishing  goods  and  mer­
chant tailoring stock  to  Marquette.

Saginaw—The  firm name of  Gately  & 
Burr  Co.,  dealers 
in  house  furnishing 
goods,  has been changed to the  Gately  & 
Donovan Co.

Vermontville—D.  F.  Barber  has  re­
tired  from  the  hardware  firm  of  H.  G. 
Barber  &  Co.  The  new  firm  will  be 
known as H.  G.  Barber & Son.

Eaton  Rapids—The  hardware  firm  of 
Munger  &  Pettit  has  been  changed  to 
Pettit & Minnie,  H.  C.  Minnie buying  J. 
W.  Munger’s interest in  the business.

Eaton Rapids—R. H.  Reynolds has sold 
his  grocery  store  to  Zimmerman  & 
Thompson from Des  Moines,  Iowa,  who j

feiting  had  been  done,  when  govern­
ment officials themselves  have  not  been 
able to detect them.

Use Tradesman or Superior Coupons.

PRODUCE  MARKET.

Apples — About  the  same  as  a  week  ago, 
Baldwins and  Spys are in  fair  supply and good 
demand,  commanding $3  per  bbl. for  No. 1  eat 
ing  and  $2  for  No. 2 or cooking grades.

Beans—Handlers  pay $1.40311.50  for  country 
picked  and  about  $1.20  for  unpicked, holding 
city picked mediums at $1.60&$1.75.
Butter—Scarce  and  almost  impossible  to  se 
cure in any quantity.  Jobbers pay 24c for choice 
dairy and find ready takers at 26c.

Cabbage—80@90c per doz., and scarce at that.
Celery—18@20e per doz. bunches.
Cider—I2%@13c per gal.
Cranberries—The  market  is  without  change, 
crates  now  being  held  as follows:  Cape  Cods 
and Jerseys, $2.75;  Waltons, $3.25.

Eggs—Handlers pay 30c for fresh and  hold  at 
32c.  A few warm days would probably send the 
price down  very considerably.

Grapes—Malagas have advanced 50c a keg, be­

ing now held at $8.

Green Stuff—Grand  Rapids  forcing  lettuce  is 
in adequate supply at 18c per lb.  Pieplant comes 
into market  this  week at 5c per  lb. and radishes 
at 40c per doz.

Honey—Plenty  in  quantity  and  excellent  in 

quality at 12@13e per lb.

Onions—Higher  Dealers  pay  $1  and  hold 

at $1.25 per bu.

Parsnips—10c per bu.
Potatoes—The market is  strong  and  tending 
higher.  Dealers now pay 65c and will  probably 
be compelled to still further advance the paying 
price in the near future.  The  demand  is  con­
stantly  increasing  from  the  Eastern  markets, 
which  are so nearly bare of  stock that  they are 
clamoring for  potatoes  faster  than the  demand 
can be supplied  Local  handlers  have no diffi­
culty in securing cars, but  smaller buyers at the 
outside  towns  complain  bitterly of  the  lack of 
transportation facilities.

Squash—So scarce  that  it is  practically out of 

market.

Sweet Potatoes—Scarce and nearly out of mar­
ket.  Illinois  readily command  $4.50(35  per bbl.
Turnips— 35c per bu

FOR  SA LE,  W A N TED ,  ETC.

Advertisements  will  be  inserted  under  this 
head for two cents a word the first Insertion aud 
one  cent a word  for each subsequent  insertion. 
No advertisements  taken for  less  than 25 cents. 
Advancepavmen t.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

SALE-GOOD,  CLEAN, SALABLE stock 
of  drugs,  groceries  and  hardware, or  will 
exchange for desirable  chattel property  or  real 
estate.  Arthur  Mulholland,  Jr.,  Ashton, Mich.
_____________  
______________ __  645__
TjlOK  SALE—STOCK  OF  GROCERIES  AND 
A   fixtures In a live town in Northern Indiana. 
W ill invoice about $1,800.  Address Lock Box 61. 
La Grange, Ind._________ 

649

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 excellent stenographer and Rem­
ington  operator, five years’ experience with late 
employers.  Valuable,  competent help, a lady of 
refinement  aud  ability.  Owing  to  change  In 
business,  parties  are  assisting  to  secure a posi­
tion  Address  Late  Employers, care  Michigan 
Tradesman_________  

638

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\ \ T ANTED—BOOT  AND  SHOE  STOCK  1N- 
V v  voicing $3, (XX) or less in exchange for  resi­
dence  property  in  Jackson.  Chas. F. Sanborn, 
207 Orange St., Jackson. Mich. 
r p o   EXCHANGE—SEVERAL  FINE  FARMS 
A  and  Lansing city property for merchandise. 
*or  particulars address  George M. Dayton, Lan-
sing, Mich. 
ANTED—TO  PURCHASE  STOCK  GRO- 
ceries.  Address  Box  1015,  Des  Moines,
^OR  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. 
LeBaron, 65 Monroe St. 

Iowa.__________________ 

____________________(¡48

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 $15,000 per year.  Excellent opportu 
nity.  Address  No.  632, care  Michigan  Trades­
man._________________________  

I lOR SALE—TWENTY FOUR DRAWER LET;

ter  file,  nearly  new  and  used  but a  short 
time.  Have no use for it, as we took it on a debt. 
W. T. Lamoreanx, 128 West Bridge street. 
631 
ANTED  —  REGISTERED  PHARMACIST
____ Dr. L. E, Benson,  Woodland, Mich.  650
OR  SALE—SYLVAN  LAKE  HOTEL,  ROME 
City, Ind.  Or will  sell  farniture  and  rent 
building,  or  would  exchange  for  other  good 
property.  Address Lock Box 61, La Grange, Ind.

636

632

648.

Pent water—E.  A.  Wright  has  sold  his 
drug stock  to J.  L.  Congdon  & Co.,  who 
will  continue  the  busiuess  at  the  same 
location.  Mr.  Wright  will hereafter de­
vote  his  entire  attention  to  the  livery 
business.

Cadillac—A new  hardware  firm  con­
sisting  of  Nels  Nordstrom  and  Andrew 
Lofgren, to be known as Nordstrom & Lof- 
greu will shortly occupy the former Kield- 
seu  store,  near  the  corner  of  Mason  & 
Mitchell  streets.

Romeo—Ira F.  Pratt,  who  has  con­
ducted the grocery  busiuess here tor  up­
wards of twenty years,  died  last Wednes­
day,  at the age of 48 years.  He  carried 
$7,000 life insurance and  leaves a  widow 
and four children.

Leroy—Carl  Maurer  has  retired  from 
the firm of M.  V.  Guudrum  &  Co.,  gen­
eral dealers,  with,whom  he has  been con­
nected  ten years,  five years as  a partner, 
and has gone to Cadillac to take a position 
in the drug  store of H.  L.  Van Vranken. 
The business  will  be  continued  by  Mr. 
Gundrum under his own  name.

M A N U F A C T U R IN G   M ATTERS.

Detroit—The Detroit  Umbrella Co. has 
increased  its  capital  stock  from $15,000 
to  $25,000.

Nashville—B.  F.  Beynolds & Son  suc­
ceed B.  F.  Reynolds in  the  wagon  manu­
facturing  business.

Rondo—Osgood  &  Galbraith  are  cut­
ting 3,000,000 feet of maple and  hemlock 
logs near here which are being  sawed  at 
Osgoods’  mill at  this place.  The  output 
of the mill is 35,000 feet a day.

Traverse  City—John  DeZote  has  pur­
chased  an  interest  in  the  sawmill  and 
manufacturing  establishment  of  Fulg- 
hum & Roberts.  The  new  firm  will  be 
known as the Fulghum & Roberts  Manu­
facturing Co.

Oscoda—Alger,  Smith  &  Co.,  of  De­
troit,  have  purchased  the  lands  of  the
defunct  Potts  Lumber  Co. 
in  Presque 
Isle  county,  the  consideration  being 
$28,350.  The Potts affair is  panuing out 
very  poorly for the creditors.

Ionia—The 

lumber  and  wood 
business of Webber Bros,  has been trans­
ferred  to  Webber  &  Williams,  Gregg

local 

Detroit—A new shoe  manufactory  will 
be established  in  Detroit in  the building 
formerly occupied  by  Pingree  & Smith, 
at the northeast  corner  of  Jefferson av­
enue  and  Cass  street. 
It  is  the  C.  E. 
Smith Shoe Co.,  which  was  recently  in­
corporated  with $S0,000  paid-up  capital 
and C.  E.  Smith as President and  Mana­
ger.  The  following  are  the stockhold­
ers:  W.  D.  Brackett, of Boston,  $30,000; 
E.  S.  Woodberry,  of  Boston,  $10,000; 
George G. Snow, of Brockton,Mass., $25,- 
000;  C.  E.  Smith,  recently  a  member of 
the firm of  H.  S.  Robinson  &  Co.,  $12,- 
000,  and  U.  J.  Paxton,  same,  $3,000.

Manistee—The Manistee & Grand  Rap­
ids  Railroad  Company  held  its  annual 
meetiug here last  week,  and  elected  the 
old board of  directors.  During  the  past 
year  they  have  expended  quite  a  large 
amount on  construction,  but  have  pur­
sued  a  very  conservative  course,  and 
have  done  nothing  but  haul  logs  for  a 
few of  the mill owners here.  The  com­
ing season  they are  going  to branch  out 
into a wider  field of usefulness,  aud  will 
lay track from  Filertown  round into  the 
city,  and  build  a  passenger  and  freight 
depot at the terminus on  the river  bank, 
and run regular  passenger trains  to con­
nect with the  Chicago  &  West Michigan 
Railway.  They will build a few miles of 
connection  with 
the  Grand  Rapids  & 
Indiana  Railroad,  and may run trains  in 
connection  with  that road  also.

B ank  N otes.

John  Free, of Paw  Paw,  has purchased 
a lot at Gobleville and  will erect a  build­
ing for a bauk.  He has  let  the  contract 
for the  mason  work  and  will  have  the 
bank  in operation  by April  1.

The  Evart  State  Savings  Bank  has 
been organized  with a capital of  $15,000, 
to succeed  to the business of  Wolf Bros’. 
Lumbermen’s  Bank.  V.  R.  Davy 
is 
President of  the Bauk  and  Wm.  Rogers 
is Cashier.

C lever C ounterfeiting:.

It is said  that the United  States  treas­
ury has redeemed more $500  legal  tender 
notes than it ever  issued.  This does not 
look  as  though  many  such  notos  had 
been stowed away in the toes of old stock­
ings  against  a  rainy  day,  and  it  does 
look as though  some  very  nice  counter­

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The Hester Machinery Co.  has sold the 
Michigan Paper  Co.,  at  Plainwell,  a 166 
horse power engine.

J.  T.  Kinney  has  opened  a  grocery 
store at Grove.  The  Ball-Barnhart-Put- 
man Co. furnished the stock.

J.  Holst has opened a  grocery  store  at 
178 Baxter  street,  city.  The  Ball-Barn- 
hart-Putman Co.  furnished  the  stock.

Geo.  C.  Fitch  has  been  admitted  to 
partnership  in  the  Valley  City  Spring 
Bed Co.  The  style  of  the firm  remains 
unchanged.

Tucker  & Parker,  who  recently  suc­
ceeded the former firm  of Tucker,  Coade 
& Parker,  are closing out their stock and 
will retire  from the  produce commission 
business.

Fred B.  Foote  and  Wm.  Foote  have 
formed a copartnership  under  the  style 
of Foote Bros, and  will embark in the hat 
and men’s furnishing  goods  business  at 
92 Monroe street.

Wm.  H.  Richardson,  formerly 

en­
gaged in  the shingle  business  at  Evart, 
has  formed  a  copartnership  with  Chas. 
Paul, 
formerly  foreman  for  Baxter’s 
Laundry,  and the gentlemen  will engage 
in the laundrying  business at 240  Sibley 
street under the style of the Model Steam 
Laundry.  The  firm  has  erected  and 
equipped  a  building  especially  for  its 
use.

G ripsack  B rigad e.

Dr.  Josiah  B.  Evans  was  severely 
chilled on the occassion of  a recent  cold 
drive in  the country, so  that  for  a  time 
serious results were feared.

Ed.  Pike,  formerly  on  the  road  for 
Schioss,  Adler &  Co.,  has  taken the  po­
sition of Michigan  representative for the 
Queen City Varnish Co.,  of Cincinnati.

The Lemon & Wheeler  Company is the 
first  house  at  this  market  to  introduce 
private desks for its traveling force, each 
salesman  now  carrying the  key of  a roll 
top desk.

Valda  Johnston,  who  has  been  seri­
ously  ill  at  his  home  at  Bangor  for  a 
fortnight,  will  probably  be  able  to re­
sume his duties again  next  month.  His 
trouble was inflammation of  the bowels.
Cadillac  News:  Commercial  travelers 
are  having  some  eventful  experiences 
with the snow  bound  trains this winter. 
John McBurney,  of this city,  relates that 
he  was  recently  an  unwilling  occupant 
of the same railway  car from  six o’clock 
in  the  evening  until two  o’clock  the fol­
lowing  day,  at  a point  where  no  eating 
refreshments  could  be  obtained  to  ap­
pease the  appetites  of  the  hungry  pas­
sengers.

The annual  meeting of  Post E,  Michi­
gan  Knights  of the Grip,  was held at the 
New  Livingston  Saturday 
evening 
Warren Y.  Barclay was  unanimously re­
elected  Chairman  for the  ensuing  year; 
“Hub”  Baker  was  selected  to  serve  as 
Vice-Chairman;  W. F.  Blake  was elected 
Secretary and J.  Henry  Dawley  was  re­
elected  Treasurer.  A  cordial  vote  of 
thanks was tendered the retiring officers. 
A motion was adopted,  approving the ac­
tion of a committee inviting the State or­
ganization to  hold  the  next annual con­
vention in  this  city.  The  Board of Di­
rectors  of  the  State organization  were 
petitioned  to  designate  Warren Y.  Bar­
clay as authorized to receive applications 
for  membership  and  dues  and  assess­
ments.

At  the  earnest  solicitation  of  T h e 
T radesm an,  Senator  Doran  has  agreed 
to  introduce the bill  fathered by  him  at 
the last session of  the  Legislature,  pro­
hibiting  sleeping 
car  companies  from 
shutting  down  the  upper  berth  unless 
same is actually sold.  Such  a  law  was 
passed  by  the  Minnesota  Legislature, 
two years ago,  and  the Supreme Court of 
that State has  pronounced the  act  to  be 
constitutional.  There is  no  reason why 
Michigan  should  be  behind  her  sister 
states in this respect,  as  the  enactment 
of such a  law  involves  no  hardship  to 
the sleeping car companies and adds  ma­
terially to the  comfort  of  the  traveling 
public. T he  T radesm an hopes to see the 
various traveling  men’s organizations  of 
the State  give  this  measure  the  hearty 
support it deserves.

T he  G rocery  M arket.

Coffee—Mild grades  are  strongly  held 
and Brazilian  grades  have  advanced,  in 
consequence of  which  manufacturers  of 
package goods  have  advanced their  quo­
tations  %c.

Rice—In  good  demand  and  strong. 
There is a growing feeling on the part of 
large handlers that prices are  on  the eve 
of a rise.

Spices — African  ginger 

is  higher. 
Cochin ginger is a fraction  higher.  The 
entire line of spices is  strong  and  higher 
prices are looked for.

Canned Goods—Vegetables continue in 
good demand  and values of all kinds  are 
firm,  more  particularly on  corn  and  to­
matoes.  Some  fruits  are  stronger  and 
higher prices  may rule.  Alaska salmon 
is weaker.  Domestic sardines are strong,
Soap—Kirk  & Co.  have advanced  their 
White Russ|an 15c a box and other brands 
30 <a 40c.  Proctor & Gamble have adva'nc 
ed Concord 40c a box, Lenox 35c and Town 
Talk 25c.  Fairbanks,  Gowans &  Stover 
and  other  manufacturers  have  also 
marked their  prices  up  on  most grades
Next Member of the Board of Pharmacy 
The contest for the appointment to the 
State Board of Pharmacy has assumed an 
interesting phase. 
It was generally con 
ceded that the appointment would  go  to 
Stanley E.  Parkill,  of Owosso,  as  he  was 
about  the  only  candidate  who  wanted 
the  office  bad  enough  to  work  for  it. 
Since  the  first  of  the  year,  however,  a 
strong sentiment has sprung up favoring 
the  re-appointment  of  Jacob 
Jesson. 
Those  who favor the continuation of Mr. 
Jesson on  the  Board  claim  that  he has 
not  sided  with  the ultra-scientific  atti­
tude  assumed  by  Messrs.  Eberbach  and 
Gundrum,  but  has  taken  into  consid­
eration  character  and  experience, 
as 
well  as  technical  knowledge  which  is 
not  needed  by  the  average  druggist. 
Mr.  Parkill,  on  the  other  hand,  natu­
rally  sides  with  the  gentlemen  above 
referred to,  delighting  in  confusing  ap­
plicants by means  of  “catch  questions” 
and other impractical schemes.  So far as 
T he T radesm an can judge, Mr. Jesson is 
doing no work in his own behalf—consid­
ering himself out of the  race  by  reason 
of his political  affiliations  not  being  in 
accord with that of the party  in  power— 
but  his  friends  are  making  a  vigorous 
campaign  for him.

P u rely   P erson al.

E. C.  Wright,  formerly engaged  in the 
tea business  at  Kalamazoo,  was in  town 
Monday.

John  Cazier,  who  will shortly  open a 
general  store  at  Conklin,  paid  a  day’s 
visit to this market last  week.

B.  E.  Sweetland,  senior  member  of 
the  firm  of  Sweetland  &  Pinney,  fruit 
dealers at  Kalamazoo,  was  in town  one 
day last week.

M.  J.  Thomas,  hardware  and  lumber 
dealer  at  Corunna,  Ind.,  was  in  town 
one day last week, on his way to Cadillac 
to secure a stock of lumber.

From   O ut  o f T ow n.

Calls  have  been  received  at  The 
T radesm an office during the  past  week 
from the following gentlemen in trade:

L.  M.  Wolf,  Hudsonville.
Chas.  H.  Rose,  Fremont.
W. H. Watts,  Bowne.
M.  J.  Thomas,  Corunna,  Ind.
C.  F.  Walker, Glen Arbor.
H. C.  Peckham,  Freeport.
Langeland Mfg.  Co., Muskegon. 
Sweetland & Pinney,  Kalamazoo.
John Cazier, Conklin.
Tucker, Hoops &  Co.,  Luther. 

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pound.

gallon.

Wood  alcohol  has  advanced  10c  per 

T he  D rug  M arket.
Gum opium is dull and easy.
Quinine is unchanged.
Castor  fibre has  advanced  to  $20  per 

DIAMOND TER?

STORES!
Do  Yotl  Sell

DRUGGITS and  GENERAL 

INDUCEMENT  TO  THE  K ET AIE 

We want one live dealer in every 
city and  town to handle  and  push 
the  saleDf Diamond  Tea, the great 
remedy  for  Constipation,  Sick 
Headache and Liver and Kidneys 
and we offer  the following  induce­
ment:
To  every  dealer  who  will  send 
us  an  order  for  3  doz.  25c  size 
packages of  Diamond  Tea at $1.90 
per  doz.,  which  amounts  to  only 
$5.70,  we  will  send free of  charge 
an  additional  1  doz.  packages,  be­
sides sufficient sample  packages to 
sample  your  whole 
town.  By 
stamping your name on each pack­
age you will thus receive full  ben­
efit of the advertising.
It will  pay hustlers  to  take  ad­
vantage of  this  offer,  before  their 
competitors get ahead ef them.

American  saffron 
firms in New  York, 
asks $1 per pound.

is  all  held  by  two 
The  largest holder

African ginger  is  steadily  advancing. 
Celery seed  has advanced.
Lupulin has  advanced.
White shellac is  higher.

The Grocer  Too Smart.

on,

Pastor—“How  are  you  coming 
Uncle Mose?”
Uncle Mose—“Werry  poorly,  Parson, 
werry poorly.”
Parson — “There 
are  better  times 
in  the  Lord 
ahead.  Those  who  trust 
will never  be forsaken.”
Uncle  Mose—“De Lawd  is  all  right, 
but de grocery man don’t trust me wuff  a 
cent.”

The D ry G oods M arket.

There is no change in  prices.  All  cot­
ton  goods  remain  very  firm.  Several 
new brands  of  wash  goods  and  sateens 
are shown  to  the  trade  in  new  designs 
and coloring.  Fancy skirtings in  stripe 
and plaid have been in good  request.

The  man  who  has 
never ready to make  a 
tunity offers.

no  aim  in  life is 
hit  when  oppor-

Than any O ther Cigars in 

Michigan

Celebrated  Brands.

Sold  on  Merit  !

Diamond  Tea is sold  by all whole­

D IAM O ND   TEA  CO.,

sale druggists.

DETROIT. MICH.

Made  on  Honor  !

Direct Iijorters ail DistriMors of Coffees

E D W IN   J.  G IL L IE S  &  CO.,

NEW  YORK  CITY,

Roasters  and  Packers  of 

STANDARD  BRANDS  OF  THE  WORLD.

Prices consistent with reliable quality from  first hands.

J.  P.  V1SNER,  Agent,  167 North Ionia St., 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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H a ts P h y sic a lly  N e ce ssa r y .

There 

Perhaps  no  article  of  clothing  has 
been  more criticised in respect to its util­
ity than  that  which  lexicographers  de­
scribe  as  a  “covering  for  the  head.” 
Some,  instructed  by the examples of sav­
ages  and  of  others  widely  different  in 
various  ways,  among  them 
leaders  of 
fashion, whose  crowns  of  gossamer may 
practically  be  disregarded,  would  have 
it that the hatless  condition  is  that most 
characteristic of mankind.  Against their 
opinion  we  find  arrayed  the  combined 
force of civilized usage  in every climate.
From pole  to  pole,  says a medical au­
thority,  we  find that man,  if  he dresses 
at all,  dresses his head.  Even if spotless 
and  guiltless  of  such  minor  trifles  as 
waistcoat and collar,  he covers  the  head 
with  some  form  of  clothing.  Nay,  the 
very savage,  though  he may  know noth­
ing of  silk or felt,  will often so  decorate 
his vertex  with  feathers or so weave  his 
own  natural  wool  that  not even the con­
ventional  European  cylinder  could  pro­
tect  it  more  effectually.  Surely  there 
must be reason in all this.
is  clearly  a  conscious  need 
which exists  not merely in  the imagina­
It  is  thus  practically  admitted 
tion. 
that though the head,  like any other part 
of the body,  may,  after  having  suffered 
the  attrition of  atmospheric  variations, 
become inured to their action,  it still los­
es somewhat in the  process. 
In the first 
place it  is  evident  that  in  this  conflict 
only the fittest can  hope to  survive.  Civ­
ilized man  will not  endanger his chances 
of  survival  by  risking  the  experiment. 
Further,  he  finds  that  the  inferior  ani­
mals 
thus  exposed  uudergo  external 
changes which do not often, if ever,  tend 
in  the  direction  of  refinement,  and  in­
stinctively  he  shuns the possible  return 
of  coarseness  and  barbarism.  He  also 
recognizes  the  fact  that,  given  a whole­
some custom  in head  clothing,  the  sub­
sequent effect  will  be as  healthy as  it  is 
becoming.
Foremost  among  the  sanitary  princi­
ples  which ought to control  usage in this 
matter  are  two—the  avoidance  of  any 
but  the slightest pressure and  admission 
through the  texture worn, or  by special 
aperatures,  of sufficient air for free ven­
tilation  of  the  head. 
If  these  elemen­
tary considerations  be duly regarded and 
efficient protection  be  provided  against 
ceanges of weather we shall find man the 
better,  not  the  worse,  for  wearing  his 
“covering for the  head.”

T ard y  P ayin g  R ich  F o lk s.

From  th e Boston  Herald.

If there is any  class  of  people  in  the 
community  who,  more 
than  another, 
should be scrupulous  in  paying debts,  it 
is rich people.  The sacrifice incurred on 
their parts in so doing is nothing.  They 
simply discharge  a  duty,  and  in  the  act 
are making  for themselves  habits  which 
will  be  of benefit in  their  business rela­
tions  in  life.  But  by  thoughtless  inat­
tention,  or  a singular  reluctance  to  pay 
out money,  which  even  those  who  have 
much of it  exhibit,  they  do  great  injus­
tice to others,  and get into very bad  ways 
on their  own  account.  When  a  bill  is 
due to a mechanic or tradesman,  it ought 
to  be  paid,  and  the  man  who  has  the 
money to  discharge  such  a debt  should 
take  pleasure  in  paying  it.  He  does 
justice  to  those  whom  he  owes  and  to 
himself by the acts.  By  withholding it he 
frequently  inflicts,  not  only  injustice, 
but  causes  sensible  embarrassment, 
if 
not  distress,  to  worthy  people.  The 
whole  matter  may  seem  of  slight  im­
portance on a cursory  view,  but there  is 
often an injury caused in  this way  which 
is important  in  pecuniary  and  other  ef­
fects.  The  creditor is at an obvious dis­
advantage in  urging payment, for he is in 
constant fear that  by so doing he  may of­
fend,  and  thus 
lose  a  customer.  He 
ought  not  to  be  compelled  to  do  this. 
Every man  who owes  money should  take 
pleasure  in  clearing  himself  of  the  ob­
ligation thus  incurred.  Next to the sat­
isfaction of  receiving payment of  a debt 
should  be  that  of  making  payment  for 
the same,  aud  we  are  not  sure  but  the 
two should be on a par here.

The young  man who makes nothing  of 
his  opportunities  makes a mistake,  and 
that is making too  much.

UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.

Adriatic.................. 7
A rgyle......... ........   6
Atlanta AA............ 6
Atlantic A..............  6(g
H................6y,
P ............   534
0 .............  6
LL..............  5

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Arrow Brand  5*4 
Worldwide.  6
“  LL.“ . ......... 434
Pull Yard Wide...... 634
Georgia  A..............  634
Honest Width......... 614
Hartford A ............ 5
Indian Head

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BLEACHED  COTTONS.

Amory.....................  63£ King A  A................  634
Archery  Bunting...  4  King EC.................  5
Beaver Dam  A A ..  5(4| Lawrence  L L ......  4%
Blackstone O, 32__  5  Madras cheese cloth 6(4
Black Crow............ 6  Newmarket  G.........   5M
Black  Rock  ...........6 
B  .......  5
N .......6*4
Boot, AL................  7 
Capital  A ...............554 
DD....  5*4
Cavanat V..............534 
X ....... 6(4
Chapman cheese cl.  33k Nolbe R..................  5
Clifton  C R ............ 534 Our Level  Best.....634
Comet..................... 6Vs Oxford  R .................   6
Dwight Star............  63K Pequot....................   7
Clifton CCC...........  634 Solar....................... 6
¡Top of the  Heap__7
Geo. Washington...  8
Glen Mills.............   7
Gold Medal..............7Vi
Green  Ticket......... 854
Great Falls.............   634
Hope......................... 7J4
Just  Out......  434® 5
King  Phillip.............734
OP......7 Vi
Lonsdale Cambric.. 10
Lonsdale...........  @ 834
Middlesex........   @5
No Name................   7V4
Oak View......  ...... 6
Our Own.................  5V4
Pride of the West.. .12
Rosalind...................7(4
Sunlight.................   434
Utica  Mills............   8(4
Nonpareil  ..10
Vinyard..................  8V4
White Horse...........6
“  Rock.............. 8(4
HALF  BLEACHED  COTTONS.
...............  7  I Dwight Anchor......  834

ABC
Amazon...................8
Amsburg.................7
Art  Cambric...........10
Blackstone A A......   7
Beats All.................  434
Boston.................... 12
Cabot.......................  734
Cabot,  % ................  634
Charter  Oak........... 5Vi
Conway W.............. 7(4
Cleveland
Dwight Anchor.......  834
shorts  8
“ 
Edwards..................6
Empire....................   7
Farwell....................7V4
Fruit of the  Loom.  8V4
Fltchville  .............7
First Prize...... .......7
Fruit of the Loom %.  7Vi
Fairmount.....  ........ *54
Full Value...............634
Cabot..
Farwell.........

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CANTON  FLANNEL.

Unbleached. 

Bleached. 
Housewife  A...........534 ! Housewife  Q___

| 

654

R.
S
T.
Ü.
V..W
X.
Y. 
Z  .

....834 
...  9)4 
...10 
...1034 
...1134 
...1234 
...1334

B
C.
D. 
E 
F. 
G
H.
I.
J. K
L. 
M  .
N . 
O. 
P . 

.8*4
....  8Vi 
9*
■ 
...1 0  
...1034 
.
...11 
.
....21 
.
....1434
CARPET  WARP.

CORSETS.

“ 

Peerless, white.......18341 Integrity  colored...20
colored— 2034 White Star..............18
Integrity................. 18341 
“  *“  colored..20
Hamilton 
Nameless................20
................. 25
.................27 Vi
.................30
.................3234
.................85

..............8
................. 9
.............. 1034
GG  Cashmere........20
Nameless...............16
............... 18

DRESS  GOODS

‘ 
• 
* 
‘ 

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

PRINTS.

“ 
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“ 

C0R8ET  JEANS.

Corallne...............19  50
Wonderful.............$4 50
Schilling’s ..  ........  9 00
Brighton..................4 75
Davis  Waists_    9  00
Bortree’s ...............  9 00
Grand  Rapids. . .   4 50
Abdominal...........15  00
Armory..................   634INaumkeagsatteen..  734
Androscoggin......... 7 *4 Rock port.................... 634
Biddeford..............   6  Conestoga.................734
Brunswick..............  6341 Walworth................ 634
Allen turkey  reds..  6  Berwick fancies__  534
robes...........6  Clyde Robes.............
pink a purple 6  Charter Oak fancies 434
buffs 
.........  6  DelMarlne cashm’s.  6
pink  checks.  6 
mourn’g  6
staples........6  Eddystone  fancy...  6
chocolat  6
shirtings...  434 
American  fancy—   534 
rober  ...  6
American indigo...  634 
sateens..  6
American shirtings.  5  Hamilton fancy.  ...  6
Argentine  Grays...  6 
staple__  6
Anchor Shirtings...  5  Manchester fancy..  6 
....634 
Arnold 
new era.  6
Arnold  Merino. . . .   6  Merrimack D fancy.  6 
long cloth B.10V4 Merrlm’ckshirtings. 4V4 
“ 
“  Reppfurn.  834
“ 
“  C.  834 
“ 
century cloth 7  Pacific fancy..........6
“  gold seal......1034 
“ 
robes............  634
“  green seal TR1034 Portsmouth robes...  6 
“ 
yellow seal.. 1034 Simpson mourning.. 6
“ 
serge...........1134 
greys  .  ... 6
“  Turkey red.. 1034 
solid black. 6
Ballou solid black..  5  Washington Indigo.  6 
“  colors.  534  “  Turkey robes..  734
“ 
“  India robes__734
Bengal blue,  green, 
red and  orange...  534  “  plain Tky X v   834
Berlin solids...........  534 
“  “ 
“  X...10
oil blue.......   634 
“  Ottoman  Tur-
“ 
.........  6
“ 
“  green —   634  key red 
“  Foulards ....  534 Martha Washington
red 34.......... 7 
“ 
Turkey red 34....... 734
“  %  .........   934 Martha  Washington
“ 
“ 
“  4 4.......... 10 
Turkey red............  934
“ 
“ 3-4XXXX12  Rlverpolntrobes....  534
“  madders...  6  “ 
“  XXtwills..  634 
“ 

Cocheco fancy........  6  Windsor fancy.....  634
Indigo  Dine........1034

solids.........  534¡Harmony................  434

gold  ticket

“ 
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Amoskeag A C A.... 13
AC A.................... 13
Hamilton  N...........734
Pemberton AAA__16
York.......................1034
D........... 834
Awning..11
Swift River............  734
Farmer....................8
Pearl  River............1234
First Prize..............IO34
Warren...................1334
Lenox M ills...........18
Conostoga............. 16
Atlanta,  D..............  6*41 Stark  A 
........... 8
Boot........................ 634 N0  Name...................734
Clifton, K............... 7  ¡Top of Heap.............  9

COTTON  DRILL.

TICKINGS.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN
Dry Goods Price Current.

“ 
“ 

Amoskeag..............1234
9oz........1334
brown .13
Andover.................1134
Beaver Creek A A.. .10 
i‘ 
BB...  9 
“ 
CC....
Boston Mfg Co.  b r..  7 
“ 
blue  834
“  d a  twist  1034 
Columbian XXX br.10 
XXX  bl.19  I
“ 

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Amoskeag................ 754
“  Persian dress  834 
Canton ..  834
“ 
“ 
AFC........IO34
“ 
Teazle.. .1034 
“ 
Angola.. 1034 
Persian..  834
“ 
Arlington staple__654
Arasapha  fancy__4(4
Bates Warwick dres 834 
staples.  634
Centennial............   t034
Criterion................1034
Cumberland staple.  534
Cumberland........... 5
Essex........................434
Elfin.......................  734
Everett classics......834
Exposition............... 754
Glenarie.................  6*4
Glenarven................ 654
Glen wood.................734
Hampton...................634
Johnson Chalon cl 
34 
indigo blue 934
zephyrs__16

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Columbian brown.. 12
Everett, blue...........1234
brown....... 1234
Haymaker blue......   7(4
brown...  7 \
Jaffrey.....................1154
Lancaster  ...............1234
Lawrence, 9oz........ 1334
No.220.,.,13
NO.250....1134
No. 280.... 1034

“ 
“ 
“ 
GINGHAMS.
Lancaster,  staple...  7
fancies__7
“ 
“  Normandie  8
Lancashire.............   6
Manchester............   5(4
Monogram..............  654
Normandie............... 734
Persian..................... 834
Renfrew Dress..........734
Rosemont................. 634
Slatersville.............. 6
Somerset...................7
Tacoma  ...................734
Toll  duNord..........1034
Wabash.................... 734
seersucker..  734
Warwick...............   834
Whittenden............   6(4
heather dr.  8 
Indigo blue 9 
Wamsutta staples...  6(4
Westbrook................8
..............10
Wlndermeer........... 6
York  ........................6(4

GRAIN  BAGS.

Amoskeag............   . 16*4 ¡Valley City..............1534
Stark......................2034 Georgia  ...................15(4
American...............16  ¡Pacific....................13

THREADS.

Clark’s Mile End....45  ¡Barbour's............... 88
Coats’, J. & P .........45  Marshall’s ...............88
Holyoke..................22341
White.  Colored. 

KNITTING  COTTON.

No.

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

White. Colored
42
43
44
45

14..........37 
16..........38 
18..........39 
20..........40 

No.

38
39
40
41
CAMBRICS.

Slater......................   5
White Star............   5
Kid Glove  .............   5
Newmarket............   6

Edwards................  5
Lockwood................ 5
Wood’s ..................   5
Brunswick...........   5

RED  FLANNEL.

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DOMET  FLANNEL.

MIXED  FLANNEL.

TW .........................2234
F T ..........................3234
JR F , XXX............ 35
Buckeye................. 3234

Fireman................. 3234
Creedmore..............2734
Talbot XXX........... 30
Nameless............... 2734
Red & Blue,  plaid..40
Union R.................2234
Windsor.................1834
6 oz Western..........20
Union  B ................2234
Nameless...... 8  @  9341 
| 
......   834@10 

CANVASS  AND  PADDING.
934
1034
1134
1234

Grey S R W.............1734
Western W  .............1834
DR P ......................1834
Flushing XXX........ 2334
Manitoba................ 2334
9 @1034
1234
Brown. Black.
1034
UH
12
20
West  Point, 8 oz 
•1034
10 oz
“ 
.1234
Raven, lOoz.............1334
Stark 
.............1334
Boston, 10 oz........... 1234

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Slate. Brown. Black. Slate
9k 1034
934
1034 1134
1034
1134 12
1134
1234 20
1234
Severen, 8 oz..........   934
Mayland, 8oz......... 1034
Greenwood, 734 os..  934 
Greenwood, 8 os— 1134 
Boston, 8 os............ 1034
White, dos............. 25  ¡Per bale, 40 dos...  SS 50
Colored,  dos...........20  ¡Colored  “ 
.......... 7 50
Slater, Iron Cross...  8 
Pawtucket...............IO54
Red Cross....  9
Dundle...................   9
Bedford...................IO34
Best.............1034
Valley  City-........... 1034
Best AA......1234
L............................. 734
K K ..........................1034
G............................. 834
Cortlcelll, doz.........85  ¡Cortlcelll  knitting,

1034
1134
12
20

SEWING  SILK.

WADDINGS.

SILESIAS.

2 
3 

per 34oz  ball........ 30

..12 
“ 8 
..12  I  “  10 

twist,doz..40 
50yd,doz..40  I
HOOKS AND EYES—PER GROSS.
“ 
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No  1 Bl’k & Whlte..l0  |No  4 Bl’k & White..15
“ 
..20
“ 
..25
No 2-20, M C.........50 
|No 4—15 F  834...........40
‘  3—18, S C .......... 45 
|
COTTON  TAPE.
No  2 White & Bl’k..l2  ¡No  8 White & Bl’k..20 
..15 
“  10 
“ 
.28
“ 
..18  I  “  12 
..26
BAFSTT  PINS.
No 2.........................28  IN08..

.86

PINS.

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4 
6 

NEEDLES—PER  M.

A. James.................1  40! Steamboat...............   40
Crowely’s................ 1  35 Gold  Eyed.............. 1 50
Marshall’s...............1 00|
5—4....2 25  6—4...3 25[5—4 

1  95  6—4...2 95

TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.
“ 

...3 lOj
COTTON TWINES.

‘‘ ....2 10 

Cotton Sail Twine..28
Crown....................12
Domestic............... 1834
Anchor.................. 16
Bristol................... 13
Cherry  Valley........16
I X L.......................1834
Alabama.................6 *4
Alamance...............   634
Augusta..................734
Ar  sapha................  6
Georgia................... 654
G ranite...................  5(4
Haw  River.............5
Haw  J .................... 6

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

T‘ 

Mount  Pleasant__ 634
Oneida....................5
Prym ont...............   5(4
Randelman............ 6
Riverside...............   554
Sibley  A ............... 6(4
Toledo  ..................

PLAID  OSNABURGB

U S B

Best  Six  Gord

— FOR —

IHaGhioe  or  Hand  Use.

FOR  SALE  BY  ALL

Dealers  in  Dry  Goods & Notions.

KALAMAZOO PANT OVERALL CO.

221  E. MainoSt., Kalamazoo, Mich.

Chicago salesroom with Silverman & Opper, 

Corner  Monroe st. and  Fifth ave.

Our specialties:  Pants from $7.50 to $36  per doz. 
warranted  not  to  rip.  Shirts  from  $2 50 to  $15 
per doz.  Spring line  now ready.  Samples  sent 
on approval.

BDY  THE  PENINSULAR

Once and You aie our Customer 

for life.

STANTON, MOREY & C0„ Mtrs.

DETROIT,  MICH.

Geo. F. Ow e n , Salesman for Western  Michigan, 

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

SNEDICOR  &  HÄTHÄWÄY,

Manufacturers and Wholesale 

Dealers in

124-126 Jefferson Ave.,

D E T R O IT ,  M ICH.

Men’s  and  Women’s  Fine  Shoes  a 

Specialty.

PTT TH  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

7

 

50

diS.

dls.

50
25

RINSES.

CHISELS. 

CRADLES.

h a m m e r s .

HANSERS. 

CROW  BABS.

65 
60 
35
60

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

HOLLOW WARE.

HOUSE  BURNISHING  GOODS.

CAPS.
.........................per m

...............................   “ 
CARTRIDGES.

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

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

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

Cast Steel............................................ per lb  5
Ely’s MO ... 
Hick’s C. F
G. D ...........
Musket......

Wrought Loose Pin.......................................60410 
Wrought Table............................................ 60*10  Maydole  & Co.’s......................................dls.
25
Wrought Inside Blind.................................. 60410
25
Kip’S.......................................................dls. 
75
Wrought Brass............................................. 
Yerkes 4 Plumb’s.................................. dis. 40410
Blind,  Clark’s...... .*.....................................70410
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.....................  30c list 60
Blind,  Parker’s.............................. 
70410
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel, Hand__30c 40*10
Blind, Shepard’s 
70
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 3 ..............................dls.60&10
State...........................................per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12 in. 4%  14 and
3K
%........... ............ net
10
%............__ 
.. .net
8*
X........................ net
7*
%........... ............ net
7%
50
_____ dls.
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track__50410
Champion,  anti friction..............................   60410
Kidder, wood track.....................................  
40
Pots..............................................................   60410
Kettles..........................................................  60410
Spiders  .........................................................60410
Gray enameled..............................................40410
Stamped  Tin Ware...............................new list 70
Japanned Tin Ware..................................... 
25
Granite Iron W are..................... new list 33X410
Bright...................................................... 70*10410
Screw  Eyes.............................................70410410
70*10*10
Hook’s .............................  
Gate Hooks and Eyes...................... 
70410410
<Hb.7o
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s......... ............
9
Sisal, K Inch and larger.............................  
Manilla.........................................................  13
dls.
Steel and Iron.............................................
ft
Try and Bevels...................................   ....
2G
M itre...........................................................
Com.  Smooth.
Com. 
*2 95 
Nos. 10 to  14.....................................*4 05
3 05 
Nos. 15 to 17.....................................4 05
3 05 
Nos.  18 to 21...................................   4 06
3  15 
Nos. 22 to 24 .....................................  4 05
3 25 
Nos. 25 to 26 .....................................  4 25
3 35
No. 27...............................................   4 45
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  Inches 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19,’86  .....................................dls.
Silver Lake, White A..............................list
Drab A.................................  “
White  B.............................   1
D rab   B ............................................  “
White C........................... 
 

Socket Firmer.............................................70*10
Socket Framing............................................70410
Socket Comer...............................................70*10
Socket Slicks...............................................70410
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............................ 
40
40 
Curry,  Lawrence’s. 
25
Hotchkiss..............
White Crayons, per  gross..............12©12K dls. 10

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

Com. 4  piece, 6 In............................do*, net 
Corrugated....................................................... dls 40
Adjustable....................................................... dls. 40410
Clark’s, small, $i8;  large, 826 ...................... 
30
Ives’, 1, $18:  2, $24; 3,$30............................  
25
Disston’s ...................................................... 60410
New American  ............................................60410
Nicholson’s ..................................................60410
Heller’s  ........................................................ 
50
Heller’s Horse Rasps  ..................................  
50

Small sizes, ser pound................................  
07
Large sizes, per pound.......................  ......   6H

SAND PAPER.
SASH CORD.

28
26
23
23
25
50
50
50

CHALK.
COPPER.

piles—New List. 

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

levels. 
bopes.

DRIPPINO PAHS.

SASH WEIGHTS.

Discount, 10.

 
DRILLS. 

SHEET IRON.

wire goods. 

elbows.

SQUARES.

c o m bs. 

“ 
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“  
“ 

dls.

dls.

dls.

dls.

dls.

75

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GALVANIZED IRON.

28
16 17

dls.
dls.

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

15 

12 

13 
Discount, 60

14 
sauses. 

dls.

locks—door. 

knobs—New List. 

Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s...................... 
50
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings.................... 
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings.................  %
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.............. 
55
Door,  porcelsln, trimmings........................  
55
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain................... 
70
Russell 4  Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new l i s t ................... 55
55
Mallory, Wheeler  4   Co.’s............................ 
55
Branford’s ................................................... 
  55
Norwalk’s .................................................... 
*16.00, dls. 60
Adze Bye............. 
Hunt Bye.......................................... $15.00, dls. 60
Hunt’s.......................... ............*18.50, dls. 20410.
dls.
Sperry 4  Co.’s, Post,  handled...................... 
50
dls.
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ...................................  
40
40
“  P. S. 4  W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleable«.... 
“  Landers,  Ferry 4  Cl» rk’s.................  
40
“  Enterprise 
.....................................  
30
Stebbln’s Pattern..........................................60410
Stebbln’s Genuine........................................ 66410
Enterprise, self-measuring..........................  
25

MOLASSES OATES. 

MAULS. 
mills. 

MATTOCKS.

dls.

 

NAILS

dls.

s a w s. 

t r a p s . 

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

Solid Eyes............................................ per ton 125
“ 
20
Silver Steel  DIa. X Cuts, per foot,__ 
70
“  Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot__ 
50
“  Special Steel Dla. X Cuts, per foot__ 
30
“ 
champion  and  Electric  Tooth  X
Cuts,  per  root.............................................  30
Steel, Game................................................... 60410
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ...............  
35
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s __ 
70
Mouse,  choker....................................18c per doz
Mouse, delusion...............................11.50 per doz.
dls.
Bright Market..............................................   65
Annealed Market..........................................70—10
Coppered Market.........................................   60
Tinned Market.................. a ......................   62&
Coppered Spring  Steel................................  
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized...............................  2 85
painted....................................  2 40

w i s e . 

dls.

“ 

WRENCHES. 

Au  Sable........................................... dls.  40410
dls. 05
Putnam.......................................... 
N orth western................................  
dl s. 10* 10
dls.
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.................... 
30
Coe’s  Genuine............................................. 
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,..................... 75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable............................... 75410
dls.
Bird Cages........................................... 
  50
Pumps, Cistern........................................  
75410
Screws, New List.......................................... 70410
Casters, Bed a  d Plate...........................50410410
Dampers, American..................................... 
40
Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods........65410

MISCELLANEOUS. 

 

HORSE NAILS.

is,  if you are like the writer, who usually 
shuns “butcher-shops”  as  she would  the 
plague.  But  here in Germany  the  sau­
sage-shops  and  butcher-shops,  for  they 
are one and the same,  are so different.
To begin with, they usually have pretty 
girls  behind  the  counters.  They  are 
in  calico,  with  short 
dressed  neatly 
sleeves so they can do their work  better; 
pretty  white  aprons  on,  which  they  al­
ways  manage  to  keep  clean,  and  their 
flaxen  hair is  coil, d  neatly  about  their 
heads.  They cut  the  meats,  weigh  the 
sausage on the  shining brass  scales  and 
are  nearly  always  smiling  and  good 
natured.  A  German  sausage  shop  is  a 
clean place,  an attractive  place,  a poetic­
al place—these  are  not exceptional ones, 
but  the general  common  run as seen  in 
small  towns and  large  cities.  Some  in 
the  large  cities  are yet  more  elaborate; 
as,  for  instance,  there  is  one  on  Prager 
strasse  in  Dresden  that  has a fountain 
playing in the  center of  it,  and at  night 
it is all  lighted up  with  lilies of  electric 
light,  and  decorated  with  rare  palms. 
And  the  proprietors of  these  shops  do 
not  call  themselves  “butchers”  either. 
They  are  “meat-cutters,”  or they  keep a 
“sausage  fabrik;”  much  better  terms 
than  ours,  that  should  be  used  for  the 
slaughterer and not the dealer.
W h a t  W om an  Can D o

She can  come  to a conclusion  without 
the slightest  trouble of  reasoning  on  it, 
and no sane  man can do that.
Six of them  can  talk  at  once  and  get 
along first rate,  and no  two men  can do 
that.
She can  safely  stick  fifty  pins in  her 
dress while he is'  getting  one  under  his 
thumb nail.
She is  as cool as a cucumber  in half  a 
dozen tight  dresses  and  skirts,  while  a 
man  will sweat  and  fume and  growl  in 
one loose shirt.
She can talk as  sweet  as  peaches and 
cream  to  the  woman  she  hates,  while 
two men  would  be  punching  each  oth­
er’s heads before they had exchanged ten 
words.

She  can  throw  a  stone  with  a  curve 
that  would  be a  fortune  to  a  baseball 
pitcher.
She can  say  “no”  in such  a low  voice 
that it means  “yes.”
She can  sharpen  a lead pencil—if  you 
give  her  plenty  of  time  and  plenty  of 
pencils.
She  can  dance all  night  in  a pair of 
shoes two sizes too smali  for her,  and en­
joy every minute of the time.
She  can  appreciate  a kiss  from  her 
husband 70 years after the marriage cere­
mony is performed.
She can go  to  church  and  afterwards 
tell you what  every  woman  in  the con­
gregation  had  on,  and  in some  rare  in­
stances can give  you  some  faint idea of 
what the text was.
She  can  walk  half  the  night  with a 
colicky  baby  in her  arms  without once 
expressing  the  desire of  murdering the 
infant.

THE  GERMAN  MEAT  M ARKET.

to  th e  D etrim en t o f th e L atter.

C om parison w ith  th e A m erican   M ark et 
Isabel  H.  Floyd,  wife  of  Col.  Robert 
M.  Floyd—who has  something more than 
a  passing  acquaintance  with  Michigan 
merchants—writes  from  Dresden  as  fol­
lows, relative to the German  meat dealer: 
In America we  have  sad-lookiug  sau­
sages;  limp  and  heavy,  they hang  up in 
our  butcher  shop  windows  as if  apolo­
gizing for  being  there.  They feel  their 
inferiority,  and  seem to  know  that  it  is 
only  homesick  sons  of  the  Fatherland 
that want  them.  But here  in  Germany 
they are a royal  family of  worth and dis­
tinction,  quite  able  to  hold  their  own 
with  any  other  food  in  the  land.  They 
are  a  large  family.  Here  are  some  of 
their  names,  each  having  a  character 
quite distinct  from  his  brother:  Leber- 
wurst,  blutwurst,  knackwurstchen,  ap- 
petitswurstchen,  cervelatwurst,  truftle- 
wurst,  zwieblewurst,  jungerwurst,  rnett- 
wurst,  bruhwurstcheu,  schinkenwurst, 
Salami, 
knoblauchwurst, 
bratwurst, 
schlaekwurst,  presskopf, 
ileischkase, 
Wienerwurst,  sardellenwurst,  frankfurt- 
erwurst.  The  shops  wherein  these  are 
for  sale  are  quite  worthy  of  the  gems 
they  enclose.  We  did  not  know  what 
they  were when we first saw them.  Often 
the  windows are  half  filled  with  flowers 
and the  sausages of  all kinds  and  colors 
are  arranged  with  such  unbutcherlike 
artistic skill  that we have  often been de­
ceived  at  first  glance  as  to  what  they 
really were.  The shops  are always situ­
ated  on the  main streets of  the towns  or 
cities,  and  are fitted  up in a style that  is 
amazing to an  American.  All  the  trim­
mings  are  usually  of  snowy  white 
marble, 
the  wainscoting,  the  shelves, 
blocks,  counters  and  tables. 
Shining 
brass scales, polished  like gold, stand  by, 
while  around  the  window  frames  vines 
are growing, and pots of flowers in bloom 
are here  and  there.  But  the  crowning 
point of  attraction  is the  sausages them­
selves,  of  which we  have  often  counted 
sixteen  or  eighteen  different  varieties. 
Perhaps will  be hungup  festoons of deep 
bright red rings, three or four rows deep, 
high  up in the window.  Below that, like 
waxen  candles  hanging  down,  a row  of 
white  sausages.  To  the  right  and  left 
of  those,  bronze-like  browns,  or  shining 
black;  while on the marble window seats 
below,  delicate  china  standards  will  be 
piled  up with  other  sorts.  Then  there 
will  be transparent jelly-molds of  white, 
yellow  or red  filled with  the  same  mar­
velous  combinations  in  different  ways. 
If  the  shop is large  enough  to admit  of 
having  two  windows,  one  will  usually 
be  filled with  the  finished  articles,  and 
the  other with the  materials for  making 
the same.  One  day our  boy came to  me 
and  said:  “Mother,  come  out  with  me 
and  I’ll  show  you  a  sight.  There’s  a 
steer in a shop window on Prager strasse 
Honest  Injun,  I’m  not  fooling.”  We 
went out with our  observing son,  and  he 
led  the  way  to  Prager  strasse,  which 
corresponds  to  State  street  in  Chicago 
There, on this fashionable street, between 
an  art furniture  store  and a book  store 
was a  “sausage  shop,”  and  in one of  it! 
windows,  sure  enough,  was  the  steer, 
and  hung up from  his  nose to the  tip of 
his long tail!  The lad  grinned and  said; 
“I  didn’t  say  he was  alive, did  I?  But 
don’t  you  think it  is enough  for  him  to 
be in there as he is?”  We thought it was, 
and admired him duly.  About him  were 
porkers and  lambs,  disposed in  the  same 
workmanlike manner,  while on the clean 
marble  slabs  below,  were  cuts  of  beef, 
etc.,  all  arranged  with  satisfying  neat­
ness.
Compare  this with  our butcher  shops 
in  America,  where the  hacked  and dirty 
wooden  chopping tables  stand  like  hid­
eous  guillotine  blocks,  uninviting  and 
gruesome;  spotted, greasy counters, dirty 
sawdust  floors,  and  the  only attempt  at 
order the  rows of  coarse  iron  hooks, on 
which  are 
impaled  pieces  of  beef  or 
hams.  Your  “butcher,”  and  he  usually 
looks  like  one, comes  forward  for  your 
order with sleeves rolled up, dirty,  blood- 
dripped  apron  that  is  foul with  stains, 
and  asks  you  what you’ll  have?  You 
feel like telling him  “nothing”—but you 
must 
live,  so  you  give  your  order  as 
quickly as possible,  and  get  out.  That

When  You  Get  Tired

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

Prices seldom higher.

A.  J .  PH ILLIPS &  CO.,

Fenton,  Mich.
Hardware Price Current.

dig.

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AXES.

AUGUR8 AMD BITS. 

These  prices are  for cash  buyers,  who 
pay prom ptly  and  buy in  full  packages.
Snell’s........................................................... 
60
Cook’s ........................................................... 
40
Jennings’, genuine....................................... 
25
Jennings’,  Imitation....................................50410
First Quality, S. B. Bronze......................... $ 700
D.  B. Bronze............................   12 00
S. B. 8. Steel..............................   8 60
D. B. Steel.................................  13 50
Railroad......................................................S 14 00
Garden  ................................................  net  30 00
dls.
bolts. 
Stove..................................... 
50410
....................................... 75410
Carriage new list 
Plow.............................................................. 40410
70
Sleigh shoe................................................... 
Well, plain..................................... 
*350
Well, swivel......................................................  4 00
dls.
Cast Loose Pin, figured................................ 704
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint.............. 664.0

butts, oast. 

BABBOWS. 

buckets.

dlS.

 

 

 

ZINC.

26c
28c

PIG TIN.

SOLDER.

METALS,

Advance over base: 

Pig  Large....................................................  
Pig Bars.......................................................  
Duty:  Sheet, 2tf0 per pouDd.
660 pound  casks...........................................  
Per pound....................................................  

1  80@1  90
Steel.  Wire.
Base
10
25
25
35
45
45
50
60
75
90
1 20
1 60
1 60
65
76
90
75
90
1 10
70
80
90
175

6£
7
..................................................................16
Extra W iping.................................................  15
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder in the market Indicated by private brands 
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY
Cookson........................................per  pound
Hallett’s................................... 
13
10x14 IC, Charcoal...........  ...........................*7
14x2010, 
10x14 IX, 
14x20 EX, 

Steel nails, base................................................... 1 85
Wire nails, base.......................... 
60......................................................Base 
50......................................................Base 
40......................................................  05 
10 
30...................................................... 
15 
20.......... 
16.....................................................  
15 
12.....................................................  
15 
10 ......................................................  20 
8 .......................................................   25 
7 4 6 ..................................................   $0 
4 .......................................................   60 
8.........................................................1 00 
2.........................................................1  50 
FlneS................................................1  50 
Case  10..............................................  60 
« 
8 .............................................  75 
•« 
6 .............................................  90 
Finish 10...........................................  85 
“ 
8............................................ 1  00 
6............................................ 1  15 
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Clinch! 19..........................................   85 
•• 
8............................................ 1  00 
“  6............................................1  15 
10x14 IC,  Charcoal.........................  ...........*6  75
Barrell %...........................................175 
........................................   6 75
14x20 IC, 
10x14 EX, 
........................................   8 25
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy................................   ©40 J 14^30 ix,
9 25
Sclota Bench.. 1......7.,«..........................  ©60
QMnfo  Ranfth 
b >aI.
Thfif) 1 
Bach additional X on this grade *1.50.
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.........................  ©40
Bench, first quality......................................   ©60
**  Worcester...........................  8 50
14x20 IC, 
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’a, wood...........  410
14x20 IX, 
“ 
..........................   8 50
.........................  18 50
“ 
20x28 IC, 
Fry,  Acme............................................ dls.60—10
14x20 IC, “  Allaway  Grade......................  6 00
70
Common,  polished................................ dls. 
7 50
“ 
14x20 EX, 
“ 
20228 IC, 
12 60
Iron and  Tinned.........................................  
40
20x28 IX, 
“ 
15 50
Copper Rivets and Burs.............................   50—10
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.
14x28 IX....................................................... *14  00
14x31  EX.......................................................15
"A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9 20 
i£eÔ IX, ' ”  

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TIN—ALLA WAT GRADE.
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Each additional X on this gTade, *1.75.

TIN—MELTN GRADE.

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

\ P « pound. . .  

ROOFING PLATES

Broken packs ho per pound extra.

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7  0
9 25
9 25

planes. 

RIVETS. 

FANS.

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dls.

dlS.

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E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

WEDNESD AY, FEBRUARY  1,  1893.

THE  W ORLD’S  STRUGGLE  TO  GET 

GOLD.

The large amount of discussion  that is 
being  given to  the subject of  silver and 
its place  is  the  financial  affairs  of  the 
world naturally  attracts much  attention 
to it.

There is no reason  that  silver  should 
fall  into  disfavor  on  its  own  account, 
since it is used  just as much  in the  arts 
and  has 
lost  nothing  of  the  general 
esteem  it ever has  had;  but it is the de­
crease in  the supply of  gold  in  compar­
ison  with that of  silver that  has  tended 
to  discredit  silver  as a money  medium. 
The  production  of  gold  has  fallen  off 
vastly in recent years.  The great inflow 
of the yellow  metal  from the  American 
and Australian  mines  no  longer  exists, 
and  while  those  sources  are  still  the 
most  important,  they  make  but  a  poor 
show compared  with  their  production of 
some  years  ago.  For  many  years,  and 
up  to  1877,  the  mines  of  the  United 
States  were  accustomed  to  furnish  an­
nually about  $50,000,000  worth of  gold. 
Since then  the  yearly  product  has  rap­
idly  declined  until it is a little over $30,- 
000,000,  culminating  in  the best years to 
$33,000,000;  while  Australia,  which  was 
for  a  long  time  a  larger  factor  in  the 
gold 
supply  than  was  even  our  own 
countiy,  has  fallen away from its former 
wealth  and  now  gives  something 
less 
than $30,000,000.

In  the meantime, and  for  more  than  a 
century,  England  has  been pursuing the 
policy  of  offering  inducements  for  the 
shipping  of  gold  thither,  by  paying  a 
premium  in  silver.  London  has 
long 
been  a  cheap  silver  market  when  gold 
was  paid  for  it,  and  in  this  way  the 
British mint,  acting under the advice  of 
Sir Isaac Newton,  who,  although  he  was 
one of  the most  eminent  of  the astron­
omers,  proved himself  extremely  wise in 
terrestrial  finances  and  was for  a  long 
period  master of  the British  mint,  early 
adopted  the policy of degrading silver in 
order to monopolize gold. 
In  pursuance 
of  this  policy,  silver  was  exported  in 
great  quantities to British  India,  where 
it was in high  esteem,  the  English ship­
pers always exacting gold  in  payment of 
balances,  and thus  silver  was  unloaded

on the Asiatics  until they  are  suffering 
with  a  plethora  of  the  white  metal, 
while they have  been  deprived  of  their 
gold in proportion. 
India is  thus  forced 
to suffer enormous losses as  the result of 
this  exchange,  since  a rupee’s  worth  in 
silver in India is far from being a rupee’s 
worth 
in  London.  But  since 
India  is  rapidly  coming  to  the  point 
when its people  no  longer  have  gold  to 
pay  with,  they  are  being  forced to  pay 
out  their  silver  at  a  heavy  discount. 
The  situation  is  not  only  serious  for 
India,  but  also  for  England,  which  will 
end by  being  deluged  with  silver  from 
her Asiatic dependencies.

in  gold 

Just so long as  silver  can  be  dumped 
upon the United  States,  England will  be 
able  to  handle  the  return  of  the  tide 
from  Asia  and  will  continue  to  draw 
gold 
from  America  for  it.  The  only 
safety  for  us  against  this  silver  over­
flow  will be  the repeal  of  the  Sherman 
law.  The decrease in  the supply of gold 
will necessarily  create  an  active compe­
tition  by  the  chief  commercial  nations 
for it.  The strongest financially  will get 
the best of it,  and  auy weak  and unwise 
policy by  any of  them  will  prove  most 
damaging to that  power.  The  fight  for 
gold is  already  very  sharply  contested, 
and the  European nations seem to be en­
tirely successful  in  getting it away from 
the  United  States,  mainly  through  our 
policy of  buying  and storing  silver  and 
paying  gold  for  it.  This  is being done 
under  the  Sherman  law,  in  face  of  the 
fact  that  while  our  theoretical  ratio  of 
the relative values  of  gold and  silver  is 
as  one  to sixteen,  it  is commercially  in 
the  London  market  as  one  to  twenty. 
This  is  because  England  is  anxious  to 
exchange her silver for gold  and is  offer­
ing inducements to buyers.  Our country 
is the world’s chief buyer of silver.  But 
can  it  afford  to  carry  on  the  policy of 
paying gold for silver  indefinitely?  Cer­
tainly the end  must come  when we  will 
have no longer any gold to buy  with.

SILVER  QUESTION  IN  CONGRESS.
As  the  term of  the  present  Congress 
approaches  rapidly towards  its  close  it 
becomes  daily  more  apparent that  there 
exists  a  marked  disinclination  to  deal 
energetically  with  the silver questiou.  It 
is  true that  bills  have  been  introduced 
repealing  the  Sherman  silver  purchase 
act,  but  as  yet no  disposition  has  been 
manifested  to  in  any way consider these 
bills,  although  the time has  now arrived 
when  some speedy action  must  be taken 
if  anything  at  all is to  be  accomplished 
by the present Congress.

is  serious  danger  of 

It is  now  known to everybody that  the 
business 
interests  of  the  country  are 
earnestly desirous  that the Sherman  law 
of  1890 should  be  repealed, because  its 
workings have clearly demonstrated that 
there 
financial 
troubles if  the present  regulations relat­
ing to the purchase of silver be permitted 
to remain in force.  During the past two 
years  the  net  decrease in  the  supply of 
gold  held  by the  treasury has  been $75,- 
000,000,  while  the  circulation  of  actual 
silver has  been in  no wise  increased,  the 
bullion  purchased having been stored up 
in  the  treasury  vaults,  the  certificates 
issued  in  payment for it  having been in 
| many  cases  used  to  draw  out  gold, of 
course  at  a  great  profit  to the  manipu­
lators.

It  has,  therefore,  become  very  evident 
that the present poliey of purchasing sil- 
I ver  only serves to drain  our  treasury of

gold, without in any way securing a wider 
circulation for silver and, while enabling 
our  silver  mines  to  find a ready market 
for their  product,  we are  preparing  the 
way for the utter debasement of our cur­
rency.

There is a vast difference between coin­
ing  silver  dollars and  putting them  di­
rectly in circulation  as  legal  tender and 
purchasing silver bullion  payable in cer­
tificates  redeemable at the  option of  the 
holder in  gold.  The  one  method results 
in placing large quantities of white metal 
in actual circulation and popularizing its 
use,  while  the  other  method  merely  fa­
cilitates  speculators in  their  operations 
to secure  our gold  cheaply and  export it 
to Europe,  as  they have  been  doing  for 
many months past.

The advocates of  the  freer  use of  sil­
ver  as  money  can  have  no  sympathy, 
therefore,  with  the  Sherman  law,  which 
merely  furuishes a freer  market  for  sil­
ver  bullion  at  the  expense of  the  gold 
supply. 
It  does  not in  any  way  hasten 
an  international  agreement for  the  gen­
eral  recognition  of  silver,  because 
it 
furnishes a dumping ground  for the  sur­
plus  silver of  the  world,  thus  relieving 
the  necessities of  other  countries at the 
expense of  the  financial  security of  our 
own.

It  is,  therefore,  greatly  to  be  hoped 
that Congress will awake to a realization 
of  the  dangers of  the  existing  financial 
situation  and repeal  the Sherman  act  at 
the  present  session,  while  it is yet  time 
to  do  so  before the  mischief which  has 
been generated  becomes irremediable.
FOR  A  FOOD  COMMISIONER.

A nn  A rbor,  Jan.  28—The  Michigan 
Manufactuiers  of  Fruit  Goods,  allied 
with  the horticulturalists,  are  seeking to 
create the office of Food Commissioner in 
Michigan, similar  to  the Ohio plan.  To 
this end,  I,  as President of  the organiza­
tion  above  named,  have  arranged  with 
the members  of the  Legislature  to  hold 
a  mass  meeting  of  both  houses  in  the 
hall of  the  House  in  Lansing the even­
ing of February 2, to be addressed by Dr. 
McNeal,  State  Food  Commissioner  of 
Ohio;  also by Dr.  Yaughn of the Medical 
Department  of  the  University;  also  by 
Prof.  Hedgie,  of  the  Agricultural  Col­
lege;  and,  by  the aid  of  the  Food Com­
missioner of Ohio,  perfect  our bill creat­
ing  this  office,  and  generate  sufficient 
momentum to effect  its  prompt  passage. 
We would like to  see  your interests rep­
resented,  and  secure  vour  co-operation.
I  will be at  the  Hotel  Downey  with  the 
Food  Commissioner  of  Ohio  during  the 
afternoon of Feb.  2,  and  will  be giad  to 
see  a delegation of  your  organization at 
the hotel  before the meeting in  the even­
ing at the State  Honse.

Yours Truly,

A ugustus T u c k er.

The  position of  T h e  T radesm an  on 
this  subject  is too  well  known  to  need 
repetition. 
It  was  probably  the  first 
publication in  the  State to advocate  the 
enactment of  a law creating the office  of 
Food  Commissioner  and  has  continued 
the  agitation  without  interruption  for 
nearly ten  years. 
In  the meantime  the 
agitation  has been taken  up by the Mich­
igan Business  Men’s  Association,  Michi­
gan  Dairymen’s  Association,  Michigan 
State Grange,  Michigan  Patrons  of  In­
dustry  and  Michigan  Manufacturers  of 
Fruit  Goods,  all of which have discussed 
the  subject  in  annual  conventions  and 
declared in  favor of  the  measure.  Two 
years ago the Michigan Dairymen’s Asso­
ciation appointed a special  committee to 
push  the  matter  through  and  secured 
pledges from a sufficient  number of  leg­
islators to  secure the passage of  the act 
its  efforts
in  both  houses,  but  ceased 

when  assured by the then Governor that 
he  would*positively  veto  any  measure 
creating any additional office.

It  is,  perhaps,  unfortunate  that  the 
President  of  the  Food  Manufacturers’ 
Association  should  have  arranged 
a 
meeting,  as  set forth in  his  communica­
tion,  without  consultation  with the oth­
er  organizations  wliich  has  done  ten 
times as much as his  organization  to cre­
ate public sentiment  in  favor of  such  a 
measure, and  notified  the  sister organi­
zations  only  three  days  in  advance  of 
the  meeting.  Such  action  would  ordi­
narily be taken as an affront and alienate 
the support of  the organizations affront­
ed.  T h e  T ra desm a n,  however,  is  in­
clined  to view  the  action of  the gentle­
man as an error of judgment,  rather than 
an intentional affront,  and therefore calls 
upon all friends  of  the proposed legisla­
tion to cast  aside  personal  feelings and 
assist  in  making  the  demonstration  a 
success. 
If  it  is  not  possible  to attend 
the meeting,  the  next best  thing to do is 
to show interest in the matter by commu­
nicating  with  the  proper  Senator  and 
Representative.

“ CHARGE  IT.”

To an honest  man,  the  predicament of 
owing money which he  has no  means  of 
paying is a misfortune  serious enough to 
murder  sleep.  Often  this  mental  pun­
ishment is  sharpened  by  the knowledge 
that  he  has  brought  the  difficulty  and 
trouble on  himself  by  his  own  foolish­
ness and lack of thought.

It is the easiest  thing  in  the world  to 
borrow money,  or to get into the habit of 
running bills at stores and shops—of liv­
ing on the  credit  system—but  not  until 
he is seriously  involved  does  the work­
ingman or person of  small  means realize 
that he  has  put  a  millstone  around  his 
neck.

It is  said  th a t a nation  w ithout a debt 
is  not  in  a healthy  condition,  b u t  this, 
at least,  is not the right sort of  stimulus 
for a  small  family,  or  calculated to  in­
crease their truthfulness, their independ­
ence,  or th e ir fair reputation.

The merchant  who  engages  in  an ab­
solutely  cash  business  does  not  often 
fail;  neither does the  family. 
‘’Charge 
it”  is a  phrase  that  makes  drunkards, 
liars,  thieves and deadbeats—that brings 
shame  on  innocent  heads  and  suffering 
on innocent victims.

1 

cannot undertake to explain why, but 

the  woman  who  has  credit  at  a  large 
store,  who  is  politely  flattered  by  the 
clerks into  buying this  or  that  article, 
and who,  when the purchase  is  conclud­
ed,  has only to say superbly,  “Charge it,” 
or  who,  perhaps,  does  not  need  to  say 
even that,  so well  known  is  she,  so  de­
sirable her patronage,  feels distinctly su­
perior to the  woman  who  humbly  pays 
cash.

Is  it  not  a  foregone  conclusion  that 
when  one  buys  on  credit  one  buys 
double,  and  that  everything  becomes  a 
temptation?  The  woman  who  runs  a 
bill  often  deludes  herself  with  the 
specious argument that  when she buys a 
big bargain that she  does  not  want,  be­
cause it is  a  big bargain,  she  is  saving 
money in the long run.  White elephants 
at 15 cents a dozen  would not be cheap if 
one didn’t  need them.  A debt to be met 
at the end  of  the month is  more  expen­
sive than a  bolt  of  China  silk  off a bar­
gain counter that will come  into use next 
summer.

Many  a  prominent  business  man  can

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trace his sensational  failure  to  his fool* 
ish wife’s extravagant  habit of  running 
bills,  and  her  obstinate  determination 
not to see that the day of  payment could 
not be indefinitely staved  off.

But for every  big  sensational failure, 
how many little families are there whose 
forlorn histories are too  humble to reach 
the public,  but who are caught in  the in­
extricable evils  of  petty  debts  acquired 
through the medium  of  the  passbook at 
the  grocery  store,  with the  butcher and 
at the fruit shop.

Who  does  not  know  of  that 

little 
family who,  starting  out  in  life  fairly, 
with  good  health,  a  fair 
income  and 
pleasant .prospects, are halted on the way 
by debts of  a nature  to disgrace  them— 
debts 
incurred  through  foolish  pride, 
culpable vanity, crazy generosity  and  ig­
norance and thoughtlessness?  A  young 
father  who  cannot  afford  to  give  his 
wife a Sunday dress, or new curtains  for 
her parlor,  is all wrong  when he  invites 
a crowd of  fair weather friends home  to 
a  supper  of  oysters  which  he  has  had 
“charged.”

“I can make it up  somehow out of  the 
housekeeping  money,”  is  the  way  the 
giddy  wife  comforts  herself  when  she 
buys  on  credit a bracelet  or a tea  gown 
too  fine  for  the  size  of  her  house,  too 
showy  for  her  station  in  life,  too  ex­
pensive for her husband’s income.

There  are  women  whose  pride  is  so 
great that  they find it more  honorable to 
owe  a  nurse  girl  two  or  three months’ 
wages,  and  pay her in dribs  and  drabs, 
than  to  carry  and  care  for  their  own 
babies.

What  do  we  think of  the  silly young 
man  who is in bad  debt to us for  money 
lent,  yet  invites  us  out  to a champagne 
supper?  The  friendliest  conclusion  is 
that when he ordered the supper off some 
other victim, he  said,  “Charge it.”

To the  little  family trying  to  get  on 
in  the  world—to  put  by money  for  the 
children’s  schooling,  for  the  cozy  home 
they hope  to  own  some  day—the  pass­
book is an  evil  institution.  At  the  end 
of  the  month it will  be  largely a record 
of  extravagances,  and  anything  is  ex­
travagant that we have  not the money to 
pay for.  There will be expensive grocery 
lunches  of  cheese  and  sardines,  to save 
cooking,  there  will  be a gallon  or so  of 
wine, or a dozen bottles of needless beer, 
hastily sent for to entertain people whose 
private comments  and  criticisms  on  the 
hospitality  they  were  greedy  to  accept 
were not always generous or sympathetic.
The wanton  buyer is one  who  always 
charges  things.  She 
looks  around  a 
store to see what she can  buy next.  What 
she can  pay  for  now is not  the  thing at 
all.  Watch  her  in the  grocery,  sending 
a vague eye over the shelves.  “Oh, yes,” 
she  says  to  the  clerk,  “and  send  some 
olives, please,  and some  potted quail and 
jam.”  She would order more only she is 
in a hurry.  The  clerks  know  her  well. 
She is slow  pay,  but  by dint of  dunning 
they  manage  to  collect  during the  year 
enough to give  hopes of  getting it all  in 
the end.

Tradesmen  soon  know the  house  that 
is  run  on  the  passbook system—a poor, 
expensive  system  at  best,  even  for  the 
head  who can meet all the bills, but total 
ruin some day for the foolish family who 
find it cheaper to owe than  to pay,  easier 
to borrow than to earn.

Meanwhile  the  family  that “charges” 
all of  its  legitimate expenditures  is  not 
It  is
saving  money  for  the  pay  day. 

very  human  to  forget  that,  after  the 
bread  and  ham  is eaten,  it still  must  be 
paid  for,  and  so  the  actual  ca3h  goes. 
Harry finds he has  bank  bills in  his wal­
let,  so why not go to the theater or to the 
lake.  A  supper  here,  a  lunch  there,  a 
bunch  of  flowers  there,  a luxurious  car­
riage;  on another  occasion a princely tip 
to a waiter,  or a costly gift to some  child 
whose  father,  Harry thinks,  he ought  to 
work;  a night of  treating with  the  boys 
—and  lo!  in  a month  the  money  is  all 
gone,  and  still  the  house  rent  is  to  be 
paid,  the butcher and  baker and washer­
woman are to be paid,  the  coal  man  has 
sent  twice  for his  money,  and  over and 
above  all,  hovering  like  a  greasy,  evil 
genius,  is  that  temptation  to  extrava­
gance  and  thriftlessness — the  grocery 
passbook.

It may be all right for  rich  people  to 
run  bills at stores,  but no poor person  or 
young man working on a small salary can 
afford to buy  anything for which he  can­
not afford to pay cash.

How does he know that he  can  pay  at 
the end of the month?  Suppose he is ill; 
suppose he shall have lost  his  situation. 
He cag be sued; he  will  be  if  he  don’t 
pay; and,  at all events, in shame, remorse 
and sorrow  the risk he incurs  is  equally 
great  with that of the  man  who  allows 
him to “charge it.”

When a hundred-dollar-a-month young 
man finds himself witm^ilf  a  dozen  un­
paid  bills  renewed  6 n  his  hands  it  is 
time to call  a halt. 
It  is  just as  surely 
certain that the disease of  “charging  it” 
has hold of him  as  the  palsied  hand  of 
the drunkard gives him warning that  he 
must  stop  his 
liquor.  Sometimes  the 
man has sense  enough  to  abstain  from 
liquor;  but  the  man  who  is  living  on 
credit plunges in deeper and deeper until 
his nane becomes  the  synonym  of  bad 
debt and he is on the way to development 
into a first-class dead-beat.

A  thoughtful  Canal  street  merchant 
said to me the other day:  “I don’t like to 
see my clerks in the hands of  collectors. 
It  is a poor beginning for  a  young  man 
who takes advantage of his  own  reputa­
tion  to saddle himself with debts he  may 
not find it easy to pay.”

It is certain that a great and  rich  man 
like Peter Cooper,  who began to make his 
way in the world when  he  married,  did 
not keep a slate in  any saloon,  nor run  a 
grocery book  with any dealer.  He  paid 
as he went.  It is best; it is,  from a worldly 
point of view,  the shrewdest thing to do, 
and in the end  it enables  one  to  travel 
farther.

The  strongest  argument  against  the 
credit system lies in the fact that  merch­
ants  generally  solicit  your  trade  on  an 
open  account.  They  will  usually  get 
their money  some  day,  and  they  know 
the woman who  runs  a  bill  buys  more 
than  the  woman  who  pays  cash.  The 
housewife is always amazed at  the  foot­
ing up of her monthly accounts.

A sort of sturdy health and wholesome 
prosperity seems to reign  in  that  home 
where no debts are,  and  wise  indeed  is 
that sweet young chatelaine  who  insists 
that into her pretty home there shall come 
no luxury or embellishment that has  not 
been paid for—“cash down.”

Ca t h a r in e Cole.

The  genius  for  making  money  is  as 
distinct as  the  genius  for  poetry,  music 
or  painting.  But  the  money-making 
genius need not have  long hair.  He can 
make money with a bald head.

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Drug's #  Medicines.

State  Board  of Pharm acy. 

One  T ear—Jam es  Vernor, D etroit.
Two  T ears—O ttm ar Eberbach, Ann  Arbor 
Three  Years—G eorge Gundrum, Ionia.
Four  T ears—C. A. B ugbee,  Cheboygan. 
Expiring: Jan  1—Jacob  Jesson, M uskegon. 
President—O ttm ar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. 
S ecretary—Jas.  Vernor, D etroit.
T reasurer—Geo. Gundrum, Ionia.
N ext m eeting—Saginaw , J a n . II. 

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Michigan State  Pharm aceutical  Am ’u. 
President—Stanley E. P ark ill, Owosso. 
Vice-Presidents—I.  H.  L.  Dodd,  B uchanan;  F.  W.  R.
Perry, D etroit;  W . H. H icks, Morley.
Treasurer—Wm. H  Dupont,  D etroit.
Secretary—C. W . P arsons, Detroit.
E xecutive  Com m ittee—H.  G.  Colem an,  K alam azoo; 
Jacob Jesso n , M uskegon:  F.  J.  W urzburg  and  John 
E. Peck. Grand Rapids;  Arthur B assett,  Detroit. 
Local Secretary—Jam es Vernor.
N ext  place  o f  m eetin g—Som e  resort  on  St.  Clair 
R iver;  tim e to  be d esig n ate d  by E xecutive C om m ittee.
Grand  Rapids  Pharm aceutical Society. 
P resident. W. R. Jew ett,  Secretary,  Frank H. E scott, 
Regular M eetings—F irst W ednesday evenin g o f March 

June, Septem ber and Decem ber.

T hree  E q u iv alen ts,  o r  An  E ssa y   a t  a  

M ustang.

W ritten fo r T his  Tradesman.

There are three  things pertaining  sev­
erally to the  animal,  vegetable  and min­
eral kingdoms that may  fairly  be consid­
ered equivalents,  namely,  a  mustang,  a 
confederate note and a Waterbury  watch. 
(By  the  latter,  I  mean  a  90-day  move­
ment,  wearing a sllverine overcoat,  with 
an  attachment  compelling  the owner  to 
work  his  passage,  the  whole  being  the 
first love of lads under fifteen).  Between 
themselves  they  are  mathematic  equa­
tions,  and all boot  money  paid in the ex­
change  of  these  species  of  property 
might as  well  be in  the  “dark  bosom of 
the ocean buried.”

The origin of the mustang is concealed 
in  obscurity,  where  also  repose 
the 
victims  of  his  extempore  malice,  after 
the  coroner  has  sufficiently  toyed  with 
the remains.  His  history  is  written  by 
himself  in  hoof  tracks  all  over  a  ten- 
acre lot,  and is legible without glasses of 
any description, even  to those  who can­
not read  plain English. 
It tells of along 
series  of  toils,  sufferings  and  persecu­
tions;  of efforts  made  by  man  to  bring 
him  from  a  state  of  nature  to  oue  of 
grace and submission; of famous victories 
on many a battle  field,  where  his assail­
ants were not only  worsted,  but actually 
bit  the dust.  So far,  he  has  never  met 
his Waterloo.  His star is  still  in the as­
cendant,  and there are yet many glorious 
triumphs  in  store  for  him.  Once  in  a 
while,  for  prudential  reasons,  he  has 
seemed  to  surrender  to  his  foes;  but it 
was only  ‘‘stooping to conquer,”  and the 
last state of his adversary  was worse than 
the first.

law 

(Physical 

Nothing but the strong arm of  the law 
is able to  cope  with  the  opposition  tac­
tics  of  a  mustang. 
is 
here meant,  since  moral  law,  based  on 
the theory of  rewards and  punishments, 
has never  had any  controlling  effect  on 
his uncultivated nature). 
In  harnessing 
a  mustang,  whether  for  educational  or 
for  business  purposes,  it  is  necessary 
first to call out a posse eomitatus. 
(This 
can be done without a  warrant, provided 
the court is  not in session.)  Each mem­
ber  of  the  posse  should  be  in  as  good 
physical condition as  would be  required 
for admission  to the army; and he should 
be duly  informed  of  the  dangerous  na­
ture  of  the  enterprise,  so that  he  may 
have time to make his  will and  take  out 
an  accident  or 
insurance  policy. 
The harness,  though  small 
in  propor­
tions,  should be elephantine  in  strength 
and provided  with all the  safety  checks j 
and counter checks  known  to the patent 
office.  The  vehicle  to  be  used  should 
consist  of  one  strong  axletree  and two 
wheels  securely  attached  to  two  tough |

life 

poles twenty-seven feet in length, and so 
balanced  that  the  mustang  shall  be  a 
fixed factor on the long arm of  the lever, 
the  driver  the  object  to  be  raised,  and 
the solid bosom of  mother earth  the ful­
crum.  Thus,  the  propelling force being 
placed  at the  remote  end of  the  shafts 
where the speed of  heels in motion  will, 
be in inverse ratio to  the diurnal  revolu­
tion  of the  earth,  the  safety  of  the  in­
telligent director or  professor who holds 
the reigns may be virtually  increased,  to 
the great  relief  of  his  anxious  family. 
When these  forces  have  been  placed  in 
proper 
juxtaposition  and  a  boy  sent 
ahead  to  warn  the  innocent  populace, 
everyone on duty but  the  driver  should 
let  go,  shut  his  eyes  and  leave  subse­
quent  events  to  the  disposal  of  a  wise 
overruling  Providence.

Perhaps,  in  one  case  out  of  ten,  all 
parties engaged emerge from  the conflict 
sound and safe.  This ought to teach the 
lesson  that  it  is best to let well enough 
alone.  But it never does,  for  exemption 
from  punishment seals  their fate.  They 
become,  afterwards, dealers in mustangs, 
deluge the eastern half of  this continent 
with the offscourings  of  equine heathen­
dom  and 
indirectly  breed  profanity 
among the  masses  faster  than  religious 
influences can counteract it.  Thus,  also, 
are encouraged the vice of  horse  trading 
and  a  general  looseness of  morals  that 
blossoms  into  crime.  Many  a  man  has 
gone down  the  broad  road  to  ruin after 
accepting $5 as  boot money  in a mustang 
trade,  when,  had  someone shot  both ani­
mals on  the  spot,  a  large  train of  evils 
might have been avoided.

My  information  concerning  the  mus­
tang,  I  will  freely  admit,  has  not  been 
acquired  in the  school of  experience. 
I 
speak of the beast from knowledge gained 
by distant observation,  as  one  should  in 
describing a dog fight.  My purpose is to 
still view the question  from  my  present 
safe  standpoint.  Thus,  I  avoid  haste, 
danger and  violent  excitement,  and  can 
calmly  determine  the  relative  value  of 
different mustangs,  as  well  as  the  vari­
ous  articles  of  personal  property  ten­
dered  as  adjusting  equivalents,  should 
my  opinion  be 
solicited  by  anyone 
“stumped”  to  trade.

In this  connection,  sitting  as a  board 
of equalization,  I  venture  boldly  to  as­
sert,for  the  benefit of  mustang  owners, 
the  following  opinion  as a fundamental 
axiom:  That $5 is too large a  sum  to  be 
given as boot money in  any  exchange of 
animals of  this  class. 
I do  not  assume 
to assess the absolute value of  either an­
imal  about  which  their  owners  may  be 
exchanging exaggerations—my  object  is 
merely to  determine differences in  value 
between animals,  and not  to  establish  a 
price list for general  use among  dealers.
Speaking thus from  the  standpoint  of 
enlightened  conviction,  I  declare  that, 
were I to become at one  time  the  owner 
of $5 in  lawful  money  and  a dead  mus­
tang, I  would  not  exchange  either  cur­
rency  or  carcass  for  a  first-class 
live 
specimen  of  the  genus  mentioned,  no 
patter  how  honorable  his  pedigree  nor 
how distinguished might be his virtues.  I 
would much  rather consign my  deceased 
equine  friend  to  the  silent  tomb,  and 
spend the currency  in  purchasing an en­
during monument to his  memory.

To decide whether  confederate  money 
and  Waterbury  watches  are  equivalent 
in market value to  mustangs,  it  only  re­
mains to enquire if  my premises  are  ad­
mitted.  That  granted,  and  mustangs

acknowledged  to  possess  qualities  that 
defy  the  efforts  of  a  chamber  of  com­
merce to fix a definite  value  thereon,  we 
come  to  the  inevitable  conclusion  that 
my first equals my second  and third;  my 
second  is  no  better  than  my  third  and 
first,  and my  third  is  practically  of  no 
more  value  than  my  first  and  second. 
Q.  E.  D. 

S.  P.  W h itm ak sh.

A good  way  to avoid weeping over lost 

opportunities is not to lose them.

C a ta rrh  C annot Be C ured 

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the blood  and mucous  surfaces.  Hall’s Catarrh 
Cure is not a quack medicine.  It was prescribed 
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years, and  is a regular  prescription.  It  is  com­
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Carbonate Precip........
Citrate and Qulnla—
Citrate  Soluble...........
Ferrocy anldum Sol —
Solut  Chloride...........
Sulphate,  com’l .........
pure.............

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

®  15 
®3 50 ®  80 
®  50 
<a  15 
.9®
2 
7

FLORA.

 
FOLIA.

Arnica.......................  18®  20
Anthemls...................  3i @  35
Matricaria 
40®  50

 

Barosma 
Cassia  ACutKol,  Tin-

..................   40® 1 00
nlvelly....................  25®  28
“  Alx.  35®  50
and  Vis....................  13®  25
8®  10

Balvla  officinalis,  Vis
TJraTJrsl...................... 

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OUMMI.
Acacia,  1st picked....  ®  75
2d 
 
  ®  50
3d 
....  ®  40
sifted sorts...  @  25
po.................  80®  80
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)...  50®  60 
“  Cape, (po.  20)...  @ 12
Socotrl, (po.  60).  @ 50
Catechu, Is, (Vis, 14 Vis,
16).......................... 
®  1
Ammonlae......... .......  55®  60
Assafcetida, (po. 35)..  3u@  35
Benzolnum.................  50®  55
Camphors..................   55®  58
Euphorblum  po  ........  35®  lo
Gal ban urn...................  @2 50
Gamboge,  po..............  70®  7b
Gualacum, (po 30)  ...  @
Kino,  (po  50)............   @
M astic.............  
®
Myrrh, (po. 45)...........  @
Opll.  (po  2 80)...........2 00@2
Shellac 
30®
“ 
33®
..............  4u@l
Tragacanth 
hebba—In ounce packages.

 
bleached...... 

 

 

55®  60
20®
35®

Absinthium.....................
Eupatorlum.........................
Lobelia  ...............................
.......................
M ajo r u r n ........... 
Mentha  Piperita...............
••  V lr..................... .
Rue 
................................
Tanacetum, Y......................
Thymus,  V  ........................
MAONE SIA.
Cal clued, Pat  .........
Carbonate,  P a t......
Carbonate, K. A  M.. 
Carbonate, Jennings
OLEUM.
Absinthium................ 3 50@4
Amygdalae, Dulc........  45®
Amydalae, Amarae— 8 00@8
Anlsl  ......................... 1  75®1
Aurantl  Cortex...........2 40@2
Bergamll  ...................3  25®3
Cajiputi....................  
60®
Caryophylll................  75®
Cedar.........................  35®
Chenopodll................  ®l
Clnnamonll.................1 G0®1
Cltronella..................   ®
Conlnm  Mac..............  35®
Copaiba  ....................   90@1

Cubebae......................  @ 400
Exechthltos..............  2 50®2 75
Erlgeron...................2 25®2 50
Gaultherla................2  00@2 10
Geranium,  ounce......   @  75
Go8sipll, Sem. gal......  60®  75
Hedeoma  .................. 2 10@2 20
Junlperl......................  50®2 00
Lavendula................   90®2 00
Llmonls.................... 2 50@3 00
Mentha Piper.............2 75@3 50
Mentha Verld...........2 20®2 30
Morrhuae, gal........... 1  00®1  10
Myrda, ounce............   @  50
Olive............... '.........   85@£ 75
Plds Liquida, (gal. 35)  10®  12
Ricini........................   1 18@1  24
Rosmarini............  
75@l  00
Rosae, ounce.............6 50®8 50
Succlnl.......................   40®  45
Sabina.......................   90@1  00
Santal  .......................3 50®7 00
Sassafras.  .................   50®  55
Slnapls, ess, ounce__  @  65
Tlglli..........................  @  90
Thyme.......................  40®  50
opt  ...............   @  60
Theobromas...............   15®  20

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POTASSIUM.

B1 Carb.......................   15®  18
Bichromate................ 
is®  14
Bromide....................  35®  39
Carb............................  12®  15
Chlorate  (po  21@23)..  20®  22
Cyanide......................  50®  55
Iodide........................ 2 90@3 00
Potassa, Bitart,  pure..  27®  30 
Potassa, Bitart, com...  ®  15
Potass Nltras, opt......   8®  10
Potass Nltras..............  7®  9
Prusslate....................  28®  30
Sulphate  po...............   15®  18

RADIX.

Aconitum...................  20®  25
Althae.........................  22®  25
Anchusa....................   12®  15
Arum,  po....................  ®  25
CalamuB......................  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
IrlB plox (po. 35®38)..  35®  40
Jalapa,  pr..................   50®  55
Maranta,  Vis..............  ®  35
Podophyllum, po........  15®  18
Rhel............................  75@1  00
cut......................  @1  75
pv.......................   75®1  35
Spigelia......................  35®  38
Sanguinarla, (po  25)..  @ 20
Serpentarla.................  30®  32
Senega.......................  65®  70
Simllax, Officinalis,  H  @ 40 
M  @  25
Scillae, (po. 35)...........  10®  12
Symplocarpus,  Foetl-
dus,  po............ .  ...  @  35
Valeriana, Eng.  (po.30)  @  25
German...  15®  20
lnglbera................. 
15®  16
Zingiber  ) ...............  
18®  22
SEMEN.

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Anlsnm,  (po. 2 0 ) ....  @ 15
Aplum  (graveleons)..  12®  15
Bird, Is...................... 
4®  6
Carol, (po. 18)............   8®  12
Cardamon................... 1 00@1  25
Corlandram...............   10®  12
Cannabis Satlva.........   3Vt@4
Cvdonlnm...................  75®l  00
Cnenopodlum  ...........  10®  121
Dipteri! Odorate........ 3 00®3 25
Foenlculum...............   ®  15
Foenngreek,  po.........   6®  8
U n i......................4  @ 4)i
Uni, grd,  (bbl.8Vi)...  4  @  4Vi
Lobelia  ......................  35®  40
Pharlarls Canarian__  6  @ 6Vi
Rapa......................... 
6®  7
Slnapls  Albu............ 11  @13
Nigra..........   11®  12

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SPIRITUS.
Frumenti, W., D.  Co..2 00®2 50
D. F. R .......1  75@2 00
 
Junlperl8  Co. O. T__ 1  65@2 00
........1  75@3 50
Saacharum  N.  E ........ 1  ?5@2 00
Spt.  Vini  Galli.......... 1  75®6  50
Vini Oporto................1 25@2 00
Vini  Alba...................1  25@2 00

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

2 25@2 50
2 00
1 10
85
65
75
1  40

STRUTS.

Accacia...............................  50
Zingiber  .............................  50
Ipecac..................................   60
Ferri  Iod.............................   50
Aurantl  Cortes............... 
  50
Rhel  Aram..........................   50
Simllax  Officinalis..............  60
Co........  50
Senega................................   50
Sdllae..................................  50
“  Co.............................   60
Tolutan...............................  50
Pranas  vlrg........................  50

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TINCTURES.

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Aconltum  Napellls R.........   60
F .............   50
Aloes...................................   60
and myrrh.................  60
Arnica................................   50
Asafcetlda............................  o
A trope Belladonna..............  60
Benzoin...............................  60
“  Co..........................   50
Sangulnarla.........................  50
Barosma.............................   50
Cantharides.........................  75
Capsicum............................  50
Ca damon............................  75
Co.........................  75
Castor..................................1 00
Catechu...............................   50
Cinchona............................  50
Co.........................  60
Columba .  ..........................   50
Conlum...............................  50
Cubeba................................   50
Digitalis  . 
.........................  50
Ergot...................................   50
Gentian...............................  50
“  Co.  .........................  60
Gualca................................   50
ammon....................   60
Zingiber....................
50
Hyoscyamus..............
50
Iodine".......................
75
“  Colorless.........
75
Ferri  Chlorldum........
35
K ino..........................
50
Lobelia.......................
50
Myrrh.........................
50
Nux  Vomica..............
50
O pll............................
85
“  Camphorated......
50
“  Deodor...............
......2 00
Aurantl Cortex...........
50
Quassia.....................
50
Rhatany....................
50
Rhel............................
50
Cassia  Acutlfol.........
50
50
Co....
Serpentarla...............
50
Stramonium...............
60
Tolutan....................
60
Valerian....................
50
V eratrum Verlde........
50

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28® 30
32® 34

MISCELLANEOUS.
Æther, Spts  Nit, 3 F.. 
r‘ 
“  4 F ..
Alnmen...................... 2M@ 3
ground,  (po. 
3® 4
7 ).............................
Annatto...................... 55® 60
Antimoni, po..............
4® 5
èt Potass T. 56® 60
Antlpyrln................... @1  40
Antlfebrln..................  @  25
Argentl  Nltras, ounce  @  60
Arsenicum................. 
5®  7
Balm Gilead  Bud__ 
38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N............. 2 20@2 25
Calcium Chlor, Is, (Vis
12;  Vi«,  14)..............  @  11
Cantharides  Russian,
po............................  @1  00
Capsid  Fructus,af...  @  26
po....  @  28
@  20
B po. 
Caryophyllus, (po.  15)  12®  14
Carmine,  No. 40.........   @3 75
Cera  Alba, S. & F ......   50®  55
Cera Flava.................  38®  40
Coccus.......................  @  40
Cassia Fructus...........  @  25
Contraria....................  @  10
Cetaceum...................  @  40
Chloroform................  60®  68
squibbs..  @125
Chloral Hyd erst......... 1 35@1  60
Chondros...................  2U©  25
Clncbonldlne, P.  A  W  15®  20 
German 3  @  12 
Corks,  list,  dis.  per
60
cent  ...................... 
CreaëOtum.................  @  35
Creta, (bbl. 75)...........  @  2
prep..................   5®  5
precip......... 
11
Rubra.*-..............  @  8
Crocus.......................  75®  85
Cudbear......................  @  24
Cuprl Sulph...............   5 ®   6
Dextrine  ..................   10®  12
Ether Sulph...............   70®  75
Emery,  all  numbers..  @
p o .................  @  6
fpo.)  75.........   70®  75
Flake  white..............  12®  15
Galla  .......... 
  @  23
Gambler......................7  @ 8
Gelatin,  Cooper.........   @  70
French  .........  40®  60
flint, by box 70 & 10. 
Less than box 667$
txiue,  mown............  .  9®  15
White...............   13®  25
Glycerlna 
................15V4®  20
Grana Paradlsl...........  @  22
Humulus....................  25®  55
Hydraag Chlor  Mite..  @  85
“  Cor  ...  @ 80
Ox Rubrum  @  90
Ammoniati..  @1  uO
Unguentum.  45®  55
@ 64
Hydrargyrum. 
.1 25®1 50
Tcnthyobolla, .
Indigo........................   75®1 00
Iodine,  Resubl............3 8Q@3 90
Iodoform....................  @4 70
Lupulin.......................1 75® 1  85
Lycopodium..............  60®  65
M ade.........................  75®  80
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
drarglod.................  @  27
Liquor Potass Arslnltls  10®  12
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
lVi)..........................   2®  5
Mannla,  S .F ..............  60® 168

Am.. 

“ 
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9® 

 

1 25®1  50

“ 

s  

S. N.  Y.  Q. &

Morphia,  S. P. & W .. .1  7C@1  95 
C. Co...................... 1  60@1  85
Moschus Canton........  @ 40
Myrlstlca, No. 1..........  65®  70
Nnx Vomica, (po 20)..  @ 10
Os.  Sepia.....................  20®  22
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
CO............................  @2 00
Plcis  Llq, N.»C., Vi gal
doz  .........................  @2 00
Plcis Llq., quarts......   @1  00
pints.........   @  85
Pil Hydrarg,  (po. 80)..  @ 50
Piper  Nigra, (po. 22)..  @ 1
Piper Alba, (po g5)__   @  3
Plx  Burgun................   @  7
Plumb! A cet...............  14®  15
Pulvls Ipecac et opll..1  10@l  20 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
A P. D.  Co., doz......   @1  25
Pyrethrum,  pv............  30®  Sfö
Quasslae.....................  8®  10
Quinta, S. P. & W.......   27®  32
S.  German___20  ®  30
Rubla  Tinctoram.......   12®  14
23®  25
Saccharum Lactls pv. 
Salacln.......................1  75@1  80
Sanguis  Draconls.......   40®  50
Sapo,  W.......................  12®  14
M........................   10®  12
“  G........................   @  15

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Seldlltz  Mixture.......
@ 20
Slnapls.......................
@ 18
,r  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.................
1V4® 2
Soda,  Bi-Carb............ @ 5
Soda, Ash.................. 3H@ 4
Soda, Snlphas............
@ 2
Spts. Ether C o........... 50® 55
“  Myrda  Dorn......  @2 25
“  Myrda Imp........  @3 00
*'  Vini  Rect.  bbl.
...7........................ 2 65@2 75
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia Crystal......1 40@1  45
Sulphur, Subl............ 2Vi@ 3Vi
Tamarinds............ ...  8® 10
Terebenth Venice.. ...  28® 30
Theobromae......... ...45  @ 48
Vanilla.................. . .9 00@16 00
Zlncl  Sulph........... ...  7® 8

“  Roll..............2M® 3

OILS.

Whale, winter...........
Lard,  extra...............
Lard, No.  1...............
Linseed, pure raw__

Bbl.  Gal 
70
70 
80
76 
42 
48
49 
52

“ 

b b l. 

p a in t s . 

11
65
Llndseed,  boiled  __   52 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained...............   50 
60
Spirits Turpentine....  37Vi  42
lb .
Red Venetian............. l £   2®3
Ochre, yellow  Mars__1£  2®4
“ 
Ber........IK  2@3
Putty,  commercial__2Vi  2Vi®3
“  strictly  pure...... 2V4  2K®3
Vermilion Prime Amer-
13@16
Ican..........................  
Vermilion,  English__ 
65@70
Green,  Peninsular......  
70®75
Lead,  red....................  6k®7
“  w hite............... 6?i@7
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gilders*........  @90
White, Paris  American 
1  0
Whiting.  Paris  Eng. 
cliff.......................... 
1  40
Pioneer Prepared Palntl  20@lg4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
Paints..................... 1 00@1  20

VARNISHES.

No. 1 Turp  Coach__ 1  10@1  20
Extra Turp................ 160@1  70
Coach  Body...............2 75@3 00
No. 1 Turp Fura........1  00@1  10
Eutra Turk Damar__1  55@1  60
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
70@75
Turp......................... 

Importers  and  Jobbers  of

PATENT MEDICINES
Paints, Oils  Varnishes.

CHEMICALS  AND

DEALERS  IN

Sole Agents for the  Celebrated

SWISS  VILLA  PREPARED  PAINTS.

We are Sole P roprietors of

Weatherly's  Michigan  Catarrh  Remedy.

W e Have in  Stock and Offer a  F u ll Line of

WHISKIES,  BRANDIES,

GINS,  WINES,  H Ü M S t

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

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

G RO CERY   PR IC E   CU RREN T.

The prices quoted in  this list are for the  trade only, in such quantities as are usually purchased by retail  dealers.  They are prepared just before 
going to  press  and are an  accurate  index of  the local  market. 
It is  impossible  to give  quotations  suitable for all conditions of  purchase,  and those 
below are given  as  representing  average  prices  for average  conditions of  purchase.  Cash  buyers or those of  strong credit  usually  buy closer than 
those who  have poor  credit.  Subscribers  are  earnestly requested  to  point  out  any  errors or omissions, as it is our  aim to  make  this feature of  the 
greatest possible  use to dealers.

Sap Sago....................  @22
Schweitzer, Imported.  @24
domestic  __  @14

" 

CATSUP.

Blue Label Brand.

Half  pint, 25 bottles........... 2 75
Pint 
........... 4 50
Quart 1 doz bottles............8 50

“ 

CLOTHES  PINS.

5 gross boxes  ................40@45

COCOA  SHELLS.

351b  bags......................  @3
Less quantity  ..............  @314
Pound  packages........... 61i@7

COFFEE.
Green.
Rio.

Fair.....................................19
Good...................................20
Prime................................. 22
Golden................................22
Peaberry  ........................... 24

1 20
2 10

Santos.

Fair.................................... 20
Good...................................21
Prime................................. 22
Peaberry  ..............: ............23
Mexican and Gaataraala.
Fair.................................... 20
Good...................................21
Fancy................. „...............23

1 10
l 30
1 30

Maracaibo.

Java.

Prime................................. 19
Milled................................20
Interior..............................25
Private Growth..................27
Mandehllng...................... 28
Imitation...........................23
Arabian..............................26

Mocha.

Roasted.

To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add 54c. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink­
age.

Package.

McLaughlin's  XXXX ..  14 30
Bunola  ............................23.80
Lion, 60 or 100 lb.  case__24.30

Extract.

Valley City 54 gross..........  
75
..........l  15
Felix 
Hummel’s, foil, gross........  1  50
“ 
........2 50

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tin 
CHICORV.

Bulk.
Red..

CLOTHES  LINES.

Cotton,  40ft...
50ft...
60 ft...
70 ft...
80 ft...
60 ft...
72 i f ..

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Jute 
“ 
CONDENSED  MILK.

...per doz.  1  25
140
160
1  TO
1  90
90
1  00

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4  doz. In case.

Eagle.................................   7  40
Crown.................................. 6 TO
Genuine Swiss...................  7 70
American Swiss...................6 70

COUPON  BOOKS.

“Tradesman.’

 

 

 

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“ “ 
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“ 

, per hundred............... 2 00
, 
2 50
.................. 8 00
, 
, 
.................. 8 00
, 
4 00
, 
5 00
, per hundred............... 2 50
3 00
3 50
4 00
5 00

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AXLE GREASE.
doz
Aurora........... ........  55
Castor Oil...... ........  75
Diamond........ ........  50
Frazer's......... ........  81
Mica.............. ........  75
..  .. ........  55
Paragon 

gross
6 00
9 (0
5 50
9 00
8 00
600

’• 

acme.

“  2  “ 

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Dr. Price’s.

BAKING  POWDER, 
% lb. cane, 3 doz...............  
----  
i t  lb .
l   *•  ....................
l i b .  
Bulk............................ ...
Arctic.
V 1b cans.........................
K lb  “ 
.........................
................................
“  
lb 
................
»  “ 
Fosfou.
5 oz. cans, 4 doz. in case.
16  “ 

45
. 8 5
.  1 60 
10
60 
1 20 
2 00 
9 60
.  80 
.2 00
per doz
90 
.1  33 
pi? PRICES 
1  90 
.2 47 
I CREAM
.3 75 
.4 75 
Ba k in g
11  40 
18  25 
Bow den
lb  
21  60  
41  80
40
Red Star, 5* lb cans........... 
........... 
80
..........   1 50
Teller’s,  M lb. cans, doz. 
45
“  ..  85
“  ..  1  50

Dime cans
4- oz 
6-OZ8-oz 
12 OZ 
16-oz 
254-lb 
4  lb
5- 
10-lb

H lb  “ 
1 *>  “ 
H lb.  “ 
1 lb.  “ 
BATH  BRICK.
2 
dozen In case.

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8 oz 

BLUING. 

English...............................  90
Bristol..................................  80
Domestic.............................   TO
Gross
Arctic, 4 oz  ovals..............  4 00
“ 
7 00
“  pints,  round...........10 50
“  No. 2. sifting box...  2 75
“  No. 3, 
.  .  4 00
“ 
“  No. 5, 
...  8 00
“  1 dzball  ..................4 50
BROOMS,
No. 2 Hurl..........................  1  75
No. 1  “ 
............................2 00
No. 2 Carpet.......................  2 25
2  50
No. 1 
“ 
Parlor Gem.......................... 2 75
Common Whisk................. 
90
Fancy 
.................1  15
Warehouse.......................... 3 25
Stove, No.  1.......................  125
10....................   1 50
15....................   1 75
Rice Root Scrub, 2  row—   85
Rice Root  Scrub, 3 row—   1  25
Palmetto,  goose.................  1  50
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes.............  10
Star,  40 
9
Paraffine  ..........................   11
WIcking 
............................ 24

CANDLES.

BRUSHES.

Lobsters.

Fish.
Clams.

...3 50
..2 9 0

CANNED  GOODS.

“  2  lb......................
“ 
21b....................

“  2 lb........... ...1   90
Clam Chowder.
Standard, 3 lb............... ....2 25
Cove Oysters.

Little Neck,  l i b. ...1  20
Standard,  1 lb.............. ...1  oa
21b.............. ... 1  75
Star,  1  lb........................ .2 51
Picnic, lib .......................2 03
Standard, 1 lb.. ...1   25
2  lb.. ...2   10
Mustard,  21b .. ....2 25
Tomato Sauce,  21b. ....2 25
Soused, 2 lb.................... .2 25
Columbia River, flat.......1  90
Alaska,Red . ... ....1  45
pink... ...1  25
American  Qs.. •454® 5

Sardines.
/4s................ 6is® 7
Imported  Ms.....................10® 11
5ts.................... 15@16
Mustard Ms......................7@8
Boneless.......................... 
21
Brook, 3 lb........................2 50

tails__ ....1 TO

Salmon.
“ 

Mackerel.

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

Trout.
Fruits.
Apples.
3 
lb. standard.......
York State, gallons... 
Hamburgh,  *-
Apricots.
Live oak...................
Santa e ras...............
Lusk’s.......................
Overland...................

l 00 
3 60 
8 00
1  75 
1  75 
1  75 
1  75

Cherries.

Blackberries.
95
B. &  W....................... 
Red............................  1  10®1 20
Pitted Hamburgh  . . . .  
1  75
W hite.............................  
1 50
E rie................................  
1 20
Damsons, Egg Plums and Green 

Gages.

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

Gooseberries.

Peaches.

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

Pears.

1 10
1 70
1 20

1 25
1 85
2 00
2 10
1 85

“ 

1 50

Domestic......................... 
Riverside......................... 
Pineapples.
Common....................  1  00@1  30
Johnson’s  sliced.......  
2 50
grated.......  
2 75
Quinces.
Common......................... 
Raspberries.
Red.................................. 
Black  Hamburg.........  
Erie, black 
................... 
Strawberries.
l  25
Lawrence................... 
Hamburgh................. 
l  25
1  25
Erie............................ 
1  10
Terrapin.......................  
Whortleberries.
Blueberries...............  
l  10
Corned  beef,  Libby’s..........2 00
Roast beef,  Armour’s ..........2 00
Potted  ham, 54 lb................1  30
“  M lb.................  80
tongue. 541b..............135
chicken, 5i lb.......... 
95

Meats.

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 

54 lb.................. 85

Vegetables.

Beans.

“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Peas.

Com.

Hamburgh  strlngless..........1  25
French style.......2 25
Limas................. 1  40
Lima, green......................... l 40
soaked.......................  75
Lewis Boston Baked........... 1 35
Bay State  Baked..................1 Si
World’s Fair  Baked........... 1  35
Picnic Baked........................1 00
Hamburgh...........................1  40
Livingston  Eden................1 20
Purity..................................
Honey  Dew......................... 1  50
Morning Glory...................
Soaked...............................  l  15
Hamburgh marrofat........... 1  35
earlyJJune..........
Champion Eng.. 1  50
petit  pole............1  75
fancy  sifted___ 1  90
Soaked.................................  75
Harris standard...................  75
VanCamp’s  marrofat..........1  10
early June......130
Archer’s  Early Blossom__1  35
French..................................... 2 15
French..............................15@22
Erie.....................................   85
Hubbard...................................1 25
Hamburg  ............................ 1 40
Soaked.................................  85
Honey  Dew.............................. 1 60
E rie.......................................... 1 35
Hancock...................................1 20
Excelsior ............................ 1 2)
Eclipse......................................l 20
Hamburg................................. 1 40
Gallon.................................3 00

Mushrooms.
Pumpkin.
Squash.
Succotash.

Tomatoes.

“ 

CHOCOLATE. 

Baker’s.

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

23
37
43

CHEESE.

Amboy.......................   @ 12M
Acme.......................... 12J4@f254
Riverside................... 1254@12M
Gold  Medal  ..............  @1254
Skim..........................   9  ®ll
11
Brick................................. 
E dam ........................  
1 00
Leiden............................ 
23
Llmburger.................  @10
Pineapple...................  @25
Roquefort...................  @86

 

10 
“

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

Above prices on coupon bookB 
are  subject  to  the  following 
quantity discounts:
200 or over............   5 per  cent.
500  “ 
1000  “ 
COUPON  PASS BOOKS. 
ICan  be  made to represent any 
denomination  from 810  down. |
20 books.........................8 1  00
2 00
50 
3 00
100 
6 25
250 
500 
10 00
1000 
17 50

“   
“   
“   
“   
"   

 
 
 
 
 

CREDIT  CHECKS.

“ 
“ 

500, any one denom’n ...... $3 00
1000,  “ 
;....  5 00
2000,  “ 
........8 00
Steel  punch.................. 
75
CRACKERS.

“ 
“ 

 

Butter.

Seymour XXX..................... 6
Seymour XXX, cartoon......654
Family  XXX......................  6
Family XXX,  cartoon........  654
Salted XXX.........................6
Salted XXX,  cartoon........654
Kenosha 
.  ......................  754
Boston..................................8
Butter  biscuit......................654
Soda, XXX.................... .  .  6
Soda, City.....................
....  754
Soda,  Duchess.............. ....  854
Crystal Wafer............... ....10
Long  Island Wafers  ... ....ll
S. Oyster XXX.............. ....  6
City Oyster. XXX........... ....  6
Farina  Oyster.............. ....  6

Oyster.

Soda.

CREAM  TARTAR.

Strictly  pure......................  30
Telfers Absolute..............   35
Grocers’............ ...............20@25

DRIED  FRUITS. 

Domestic.

Apples.

“ 

“ 

Apricots.

quartered  “ 

Blackberries.
Nectarines.

Sundrled, sliced in  bbls. 
7
7
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes  @10 
California in  bags........ 
1654
Evaporated In boxes.  .. 
17
In  boxes..................... 8  @9
15
701b. bags....................... 
25 lb. boxes..................... 
1554
Peeled, In  boxes........... 
16
Cal. evap.  “ 
........... 
1254
“ 
in bags........ 
12
California In bags......
Pitted Cherries.
Barrels..........................
50 lb. boxes...................
25  “ 
...................
Prunelles.

Peaches.

Pears.

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

24
Loose Muscatels in Boxes.

2 crown.............................   1  50
3 
.............................   1 65
2  crown...............................  554
3 
654

“ 
Loose Muscatels in Bags.
“ 

“ 

 

Foreign.
Currants.

“ 
" 

“ 
“ 

Peel.

25  “ 
25 “ 

“ 
“ 
Raisins.

Patras,  In barrels............  

454
In  54-bbls..............  454
In less quantity....  4M
Citron, Leghorn, 25 lb. boxes  20 
Lemon 
10
Orange 
11
Ondnra, 29 lb. boxes..  @ 8
@10
“ 
Sultana, 20 
Valencia, 30  “ 
@7
Prunes.
California,  100-120___
90x100 25 lb.
“
80x90 
70x80 
“
60x70 
“

“ 
“ 
“ 

........1054
. bxs.1154 
-1254 1354 
.14 
754
954

Turkey. 
Silver ... 
Sultana .

ENVELOPES.
XX rag, white.

HERBS.

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

INDIGO.

55
50

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

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

“ 
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.

Manilla, white.

654  ....................................  1 00
6........................................  
95
Mill No. 4.........................  1  00
FARINACEOUS GOODS. 

Coin.

“

Farina.
Hominy.

100 lb. kegs................... 
3M
Barrels.................................300
G rits....................................3 50
Dried............................ 
4li

Lima  Beans.

Maccaronl and Vermicelli. 

Domestic, 121b. box.... 
55
Imported.....................1054®, -54

Oatmeal.

Barrels 200.......................  4 85
Half barrels 100 ................  2 55

Pearl Barley.

Kegs..................................  254

Peas.

Rolled  Oats.

Green,  bu........................   1  85
Split  per l b .................. 
254
Barrels 180 .......................  5  25
Half  bbls 90....................  2 75
German............................   4%
East India..........................   5
Cracked..............................  

Wheat.

Sago.

5

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

MEASURES.
Tin, per dozen.
1  gallon  ....................... 
81  TO
Half  gallon......................  1  40
Q uart...............................  
TO
P int....................... 
45
 
Half  p in t...... ................. 
40
Wooden, for vinegar, per doz.
1 gallon...................  ......   7 00
Half gallon......................  4 TO
Q uart...........  ..................  3  TO
Pint..................................   2 25

MOLASSES.
Blackstrap.
Cuba Baking.
Porto Rico.

Sugar house......................  14
Ordinary..........................  
Prim e...............................  
Fancy...............................  

New Orleans.

F air..................................  
Good................................. 
Extra good........................ 
Choice.............................. 
Fancy................................ 

One-half barrels, 3c extra.

16
20
30

18
20
25
30
40

PICKLES.
Medium.

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

Small.
Barrels, 2,400 count.
Half bbls, 1,200 count
PIPES.

8 00
4 50

Clay, No.  216.................
....1  75
“  T. D. full count__
....  TO
Cob, No. 3...........................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............... ....  454
Broken........................... ....  3

Imported.

......6
Japan, No. 1............  ...
...... 5
No. 2...................
Java............................... ...  5
Patna.............................. ...  5

FISH—Salt.

Bloaters.

Cod.

354
554
7
6%

Halibut.
Herring.

Yarmouth..............................  1 40
Pollock..........................  
Whole, Grand  Bank......  
Boneless,  bricks............  
Boneless, strips.............. 
Smoked......................10  @11
Holland,  b b l..................  9 50
Norwegian.ff........12 00
Round Shore, 54  bbl........  2 60
54  “  ......  1  30
Scaled............................... 
16
No. 1, 90 lbs..............................8 TO
No. 1, 40 lbs..............................4 00
No. 1,  10 lbs..............................1 15
Family, 90 lbs.........................  5 25

“ 
Mackerel.

10  lb s..................  65
Russian, kegs....................   50
No. 1, 54 bbls., lOOlbs........... 6 00
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs.................   80

Sardines.
Trout.

“ 

“ 

Whltefish.

No. 1, 54 bbls., lOOlbs............7 50
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs.................   90
Family, 54 bbls., 100 lbs__3 10
kits  10  lbs.............  45

“ 

FLAVORING  EXTRACTS. 

Bonders’.

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

Regular
Grade
Lemon.

doz
2oz 
TO
4  oz..  1  SO

Regular 
Vanilla.

doz
I 2 oz___ 81 2t)
I 4 oz.........2 40
XX Grade 
Lemon.
I 2 oz........81 50
4  oz...  3 00
XX Grade 
Vanilla.
I 2 oz........81 75
_14 oz...........3 50

Jennings' D  C.
Lemon. Vanilla 
2 oz folding box...  TO 
1 TO
3 oz
...100 
150 
...1  50 
2 00 
4 oz 
3 00 
...2 00 
6 oz
.. .3a00 
4 00
5 oz

GUNPOWDER.

Austin’s Rifle, kegs............3 50
“  54 kegs........2 00
“ 
Crack Shot, kegs ..3 50 
“ 
54 kegs 2 00
“ 
“  Club Sporting  “  4 50
* 
54  “  2 50

“ 

'Universal.

8 1, per hundred..............  83 00
3 50
$   2, 
4 00 
8  3, 8 5, 
500 
810, 
6  00 
820,
700

No. 1,654..........................  81  TO
No. 2, 654..........................   1  60
No. 1, 6.............................   1 65
No. 2, 6.............................   1  50
No. 1,654  .........................  1 35
No. 2, 654............ .............  1  25

XX  wood, white.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

18

“ 

shoulders 

........  @1014

Bologna......................  @ 6
Pork loins.................   @11
Sausage, blood or head  @ 7
liv er............   @7
Frankfort__  @914
Mutton  ....................... 8  @9
Veal...............................7 @8
FISH  and  OYSTERS.

“ 
“ 

F.  J.  Dettenthaler  quotes as 

follows :
FRESH  FISH.
Whltefisb 
.................  @9
T ro u t............................8 @9
Halibut.......................  @15
Ciscoes or Herring__  @6
Blueflsn....................... 11 @12
Fresh lobster, per lb __ 
Shrimp, per gal............  
Cod...............................10 @12
No. 1 Pickerel............   @8
Pike............................  @7
Smoked White...........  @8
Stockfish......................  
ll
Finnan  Haddies........... 
10
S ei................................. 
8
oysters—Cans.
Falrhaven  Counts__  @40
F. J. D.  Selects.........   @33
Selects.......................  @30
Anchor.......................  @26
Standards  .................   @26
Favorites................... 
21

20
1  00

SHELL  GOODS.

“ 

BULK.

Oysters, per  100  ........1  50@1  75
.........l oo@l  25
Clams, 
Counts, per gal.............. 
2 40
2 25
Extra  Selects...............  
Selects..........................  
2 CO
Standards.................... 
2 00
Clams............................ 
1  75
Scallops  ....................... 
2 CO
Schrimps....................... 
1  00
PA PER A WOODEN WARE 

PAPER.

Straw 
.................................15£
Rockfalls............................. 1 %
Rag sugar.............................2
Hardware..............................234
Bakers............  
254
Dry  Goods.................. 5  @6
Jute  Manilla................  @534
Red  Express  No.  1.............534
No.  2.............454

“ 

 

TWINES.

“ 

48 Cotton............................20
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

WOODSNWAKB.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

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

135
“  No. 1, three-hoop__  1  60
40
80
13 “ 
........................1  00
15 “ 
.......................  1 60
17 “  ......................   2 25
19  “ 
21  “ 
Baskets, market.................   35
shipping  bushel..  1  25 
..  1  35
full  hoop  “ 
75
“  No.2 6 25
“  No.3  7  25
“  No.l  3 50
“  No.2 4 25
“ 
.No.3 5 0C

“ 
“ 
“ willow cl’ths, No. 1  5 
“ 
“ splint 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
‘ 
“ 

 
 

 

INDURATED WARE.
Pails..................................
Tubs, 14 d o z ...............................

POULTRY.

Local dealers pay as  follows:
Fowl....................... ...1 1 @1254
Turkeys.................. ..15 ©10
Ducks  .  ................. ..14 @15
Chicken.................. ..14 @15
Chickens,............... ...11 @13
Fowls...................... ..  9 @10
Turkeys................. ..12 @13
Spring Duck........... ..11 @13

LIVE.

SPICES.

Whole Sifted.

Allspice.................................8
Cassia, China In mats........  7
“  Batavia In band__ 15
Saigon In rolls........35
“ 
Cloves,  Amboyna................22
“ 
Zanzibar...... ...........10
Mace  Batavia......................80
Nntmegs, fancy...................75
“  No.  1......................70
“  No. 2...................... 60
Pepper, Singapore, black....  9 
“ 
. 
“  white...  .20
'  shot........................15
“ 
Pure Ground in Bulk.

“ 

“ 

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.... 16
“  white...... 24
" 
“  Cayenne................. 18
Sage.....................................14
“Absolute” In Packages.

Ms

54s
Allspice...........  ........   84 1 55
Cinnamon........... ......  84 1 55
Cloves................. ......   84 1 55
Ginger, Jam...............   84 1 55
“  Af........... ......  84 1 55
Mustard.............. ......  84 1 55
Pepper ................ ......   84 1 55
Sage.............  .....  ....  84

SAL,  SODA.

S A U E R K R A U T .

Kegs...................................  154
Granulated,  boxes..............  14t
Gold Medal...............   @8 25
SEEDS.
Anise.........................
Canary, Smyrna.........
Caraway....................
Cardamon, Malabar...
Hemp,  Russian.........
Mixed  Bird  ..............
Mustard,  white.........
Poppy.........................
Rape..........................
Cuttle  bone...............
STARCH.

@12J<
6
8
SO
4*
4M
69
6
SO

Corn.
20-lb boxes..........................   6
5*
............
40-lb 
Gloss.
1-lb packages.......................   554
3-lb 
 
554
6-lb 
....................... 6
40 and 50 lb. boxes..............
Barrels.................................  514

“ 
“ 

“ 

 

SNUFF.

Scotch, In' bladders.............37
Maccaboy, In jars................35
french Rappee, In Jars.......43

SODA,

Boxes....................................5b
Kegs, English........................4h

SALT.
 
 

 

1003-lb. sacks......................... 12 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.. 
18
281b.  “ 
56 lb. dairy In drill  bags...  31
281b.  “ 
18
56 lb. dairy In linen sacks..  75 

drill  “ 

Warsaw.

Ashton.

.. 

“ 

“ 

Higgins.

56 Jb. dairy In linen  sacks.  75 
Solar Rock.
56 It.,  sacks............... 
27
Common Fine.

 

Saginaw  . 
Manistee

SALERATUS.

Packed 60 lbs. in box.

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

SOAP.
I.aundry.

“ 

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.

Proctor & Gamble.

Old Country,  80  1-lb...........3 40
Good Cheer, 601 lb...................3 90
White Borax, 100  X-lb........3 60
Concord................................... 3 20
Ivory, 10  oz...........  ........... 6 75
6  oz............................... 4 00
Lenox...............................  4 00
Mottled  German......................3 15
Town Talk............................... 3 25

Jas. S. Kirk & Co.’s Brands. 
American  Family, wrp d. .84 05 
plain...  3 98
N. K. Fairbanks & Co.'s Brands.
Santa Claus............................  4 00
Brown, 60 bars...... .............2 25
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.

To ascertain the cost of sugar 
laid  down  at  any town  in  the 
Lower  Peninsula,  add  freight 
rate from  New York to the  fol 
lowing quotations, which repre 
sent the refiners’ prices:
Cut  Loaf............................ $5 31
Powdered................................ 4 91
Granulated..............................4 69
Fine Granulated......................4 69
Extra Fine Granulated__4 81
Cubes.................................. 4  94
XXXX  Powdered..................  5 31
Confec. Standard  A ........... 4 69
No. 1  Columbia A .................... 4 56
No. 5 Empire  A ................450
No.  6................................... 4 44
No.  7....................................4 37
No.  8.................................4 25
No.  9....................................4 18
No.  10................................4  12
No.  11.................................. 4 00
No.  12...............................  3 87
No.  13................. .............. 3 31

SYRUPS.

Corn.

Barrels.................................23
Half bbls..............................26
F air.....................................   19
Good....................................  25
Choice..................................  30

Pure Cane.

SWEET  GOODS
Ginger Snaps...................  
Sugar Creams.................. 
Frosted Creams'......... 
Graham Crackers......  
Oatmeal Crackers......  
VINEGAR.

8
8

9
854
854

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

SI for barrel.

WET  MUSTARD.
Bulk, per g a l................... 
30
Beer mug, 2 doz in case...  1  75 

YEAST.

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

TEAJ9.

Japan—Regular.

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

SUN CUR3D.

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

BASKET FIBED.

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

GUNPOWDER.

Common to  fair...........25  @35
Extra fine to finest.... 50  @65
Choicest fancy............ 75  @85
@26
Common to fair.......... 23  @30
Common to  fair...........23  @26
Superior to fine............30  @35
Common to fair...........18  @26
Superior to  fine...........30  @40

OOLONG. 
IMPERIAL.

YOUNG HYSON.

ENGLISH BREAKFAST.

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

TOBACCOS.

Fine Cut.

“ 

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

“ 

Ping.

Sorg’s Brands.
Spearhead.................  
Joker.........................  
Nobby Twist................. 
Scotten’s Brands.
Kylo............................ 
Hiawatha...................  
Valley City................ 
Finzer’s Brands.
Old  Honesty..............  
Jolly Tar....................  

Smoking.

Catlln’s  Brands.

41
26
40
26
38
34
40
32

Kiln  dried...........................16
Golden  Shower................... 19
Huntress  ........................... 26
Meerschaum....................... 29
American Eagle Co.’s Brands.
Myrtle Navy........................40
Stork..............................30@32
German............................... 15
F rog....................................33

Scotten’s Brands.

Banner Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
Banner.................................16
Banner Cavendish.............. 38
Gold Cut  ............................ 28
Warpath.............................. 16
Honey  Dew......................... 25
Gold  Block................  
30
F. F. Adams Tobacco Co.’s 
Brands.
Peerless................. 
26
Old  Tom..............................18
Standard..............................22
Globe Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
Handmade...........................41
Rob  Roy..............................26
Uncle Sam.....................28@32
Red Clover...........................32

Leidersdorf’s Brands.

Spaulding & Merrick.

Traveler  Cavendish. ......... 38
Buck Horn............... ......... 30
Plow  Boy................. ...30@32
Corn  Cake............... ......   16

OILS.

The  Standard Oil Co.  quotes
as  follows.  In barrels,  f. 0.  b.
Grand Rapids :
Eocene......................
8
Water White, old test
@  754
W.  W.  Headlight, 15G° 
tiU
Water  White  .........
@  654
Naptha......................
@ 7
Stove Gasoline.........
@ 6M
Cylinder.................. 27  @36
E ngine.................... 13  @21
Black. 15 cold  test...
@ 854
HIDES  FELTS  and  FURS
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol-
lows:
HIDES.
Green....................... ...254@354
Part Cured...............
@  4
Full 
...............
<a 454
Dry............................ 5  @  5
Kips, green  .............. 2 y,® 354
@ 454
Calfskins,  green...... 4  @ 5
@ 7
Deacon skins............ 10  @30

“  cured...............
cured......
No. 2 hides 54 off.
PELTS.

Shearlings................. 10  @  25
Lambs 
.................... 25  @1  25
Washed.................... 20  @28
Unwashed............... 10  @20

WOOL.

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MISCELLANEOUS.

PURS.

Tallow...................... 4  @5)4
Grease  butter  .........
1  @ 2
Switches..................
154@ 2
Ginseng.................... 2 00@2 75
Outside prices for No. 1 only.
Badger......................
50@1  00
Bear.......................15 00@25 00
Beaver...................... 3 00@7 00
Cat, wild..................
4»@  50
10@  25
Cat, house...............
Fisher....................... 4 00@6 00
Fox,  red.................. 1  00@1  60
Fox, cross................. 3 00@5 00
50@  80
Fox,  grey.................
Lynx......................... 2 00@3 00
Martin, dark............ 1  00@3 00
pale & yellow 50@1 00
40@1 40
Mink, dark...............
03®  12
Muskrat....................
15®  30
Oppossum.................
Otter, d a rk .............. 5 00@3 00
25®  90
Raccoon...................
Skunk  ..................... 1  00@1 25
W olf......................... 1  00@3 00
Beaver  castors, lb... 2 00®5 00
10
Thin and  greeu........
20
Long gray, dry.........
25
Gray, dry 
..............
35
Red and Blue, dry...

deerskins—per pound.

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GRAINS and FEKDSTUFF8

WHEAT.

MEAL.

No. 1 White (58 lb. test) 
65
65
No. 1 Red (60 lb. test)
Bolted....................... ......   1  40
.  1  60
Granulated................
Straight, In  sacks — ......   3 90
“  barrels.. ......  4  10
“ 
“  sacks— ....  4 90
Patent 
“  barrels... ......   5  10
“ 
...  170
Graham  “  sacks...
....  290
Rye 
...
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Buckwheat, Rising  Sun— 4 75

FLOUR.

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Walsh-DeRoo

& Co’s  Pure...........
MILLSTUFF8.

Less
Car lots quantity
816 00
14 50
16 50
20 00
20 (K>

Bran..............815 00
Screenings —   14 00
Middlings......16 00
Mixed Feed...  19 50
Coarse meal  ..  19 50
........47
Car  lots....................
........52
Less than  car  lots...
........39
Car  lots....................
Less than car lots.... ......... 42
HAT.
No. 1 Timothy, car lots__12 00
No.l 
ton lots  ......12 50

CORN.

OATS.

“ 

FRESH MEATS.

Beef, carcass............

6  @ 8
“  hindquarters.. 7  @  9
fore 
“ 
.  5  @ 6
loins, No.  3.. .10  @12
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ribs...............
9  @10
•* 
rounds........... .  6  @ 654

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PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing and Provision Co. 

sausage—Fresh and Smoked.

quotes as follows:
PORK  IN  BARRELS.
Mess,............  
...........................................   20 00
Short c u t.....................................................   22 59
Extra clear pig, short cut............................
Extra clear, heavy........................ /............
Clear, fat  back.............................................  24 00
Boston clear, short cut................................  24 00
Clear back, short cut.....................................  24 00
Standard clear, short cut, best................. 
25 00
Pork Sausage................................................... 11
Ham Sausage...................................................  9
Tongue Sausage..............................................   9
Frankfort Sausage  ..........................................9
Blood Sausage...................................................7
Bologna, straight............................................   6
Bologna,  thick.............. 
6
Headcheese......................................................7
Kettle  Rendered.............................................13
Granger......................................................... 1254
Family........................................................... 1054
Compound...................................................... 10
50 lb. Tins,  34c advance.
20 lb.  pails, 34c 
34c 
10 lb.  “ 
5lb.  “  %c 
31b.  “ 
1  c

LABD.

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BEEF  IN  BARBELS.

Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs......................  8 50
Extra Mess, Chicago packing.......................8 50
Boneless, rump butts...................................   13 00

smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.

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Hams, average 20 lbs......................................1534
16 lbs...................................... 15H
12 to 14 lbs.............................. 15V4
picnic.................................................. 1234
best boneless......................................   1354
Shoulders....................................................... 115»
Breakfast Bacon, boneless.............................14
Dried beef, ham prices.................................. 11
Long Clears, heavy.........................................
Briskets,  medium..........................................
light................................................

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

STICK  CANDT.

Cases 

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Standard,  per  lb ...........
H .H ..................
Twist  .............
Boston Cream  .........  ..
854
Cut  Loaf.........................
Extra H.  H .................... ..  854
MIXED CANDT.

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Bbls. Palls.
754
654
654
754
654
754
854

Bbls.

Pails.

 

654

Standard.......................................... 6
Leader.............................................. 6
Royal....................................  
Nobby...............................................7
English  Rock................................. 7
Conserves........................................7
Broken Taffy......................baskets
Peanut Squares................... 
“  8
French Creams................................
Valley  Creams................................
Midget, 30 lb. baskets...........................
Modern, 20 lb. 
.............................

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fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. 

Palls.
Lozenges, plain............................................   10
printed.........................................   11
Chocolate Drops.............................................. 1154
Chocolate Monumentals...............................  13
Gum Drops....................................................   554
Moss Drops....................................................   8
Sour Drops....................................................   854
Imperials.....................  
10
Per Box
Lemon Drops...................................................55
Sour Drops..............................  
55
Peppermint Drops............................................60
Chocolate Drops...............................................65
H. M. Chocolate Drops....................................90
Gum Drops..........................................  ...40@50
Licorice Drops.............................................. 1 00
A. B. Licorice Drops.......................................80
Lozenges, plain................................................60
printed........................................... 65
Imperials..........................................................60
Mottoes............................................................ 70
Cream Bar........................................................55
Molasses Bar................................................... 55
Hand Made  Creams..................................85®95

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2 
3 

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LEMONS.

ORANGES.

BANANAS.

CARAMELS.

Plain Creams......................................
Decorated Creams...............................
String  Rock........................................
Burnt Almonds...................................
Wintergreen  Berries..........................
No. 1, wrapped, 2 lb.  boxes...............
................
No. 1, 
No. 2, 
................
No. 3, 
................
Stand up, 5 lb. boxes..........................
Small...................................................
Medium....................................... ......
Large.................................................
................................
Floridas, fancy 
Messinas, 200s.....................................
300s.....................................
Messina, choice, 360...........................
fancy, 360............................
choice 300............................
fancy 360  ............................
OTHER  FOREIGN  FRUITS.
Figs, fancy layers, 61b.........................
“  10».......................
extra  “  14».......................
“  20».......................
.......................
Persian. 50-lb.  box..................
Almonds, Tarragona..........................
Ivaca..................................
California..........................
Brazils, new........................................
Filberts..............................................
Walnuts, Grenoble.............................
“  Marbot.................................
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............................

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

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PEANUTS.

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RUTS.

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...1  00 

.80@90 
...1   00
...... 65
...... 60

i5@3  25 
@3 00 
@
@3  25 
@3 75 @3 25 
4 00

@
@1254 
@15 
@16 
@ 754 @ 6 <a> 45»

@19
@18
31854
@1954
@1154
@14
@
@13 
@1354 
@1254 
@14 
@4  75

@  554 
@  754 
@  554 
@ 754 
@ 454 @ 6* 
1254

CROCKERY  AND  GLASSWARE. 

FRUIT JARS.

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  “  .........................................................   50
No.2  “  .........................................................   75
Tubular...........................................................  75

LAMP BURNERS.

LAMP CHIMNEYS.—Per bOX.

 
 

 
 

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Pearl top.

La Bastle.

First quality.
“ 
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XXX Flint.
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No. 0 San........................................................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
No.2  “ 
.........
,r 
4 70 
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
.........
4 88
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz...................... 1  25
No.2  “ 
....................... 150
No. 1 crimp, per doz....................................... 1  35
No.3  “ 
........................................1  60
No. 0, per gross..............................................   23
No. 1, 
28
No  2, 
38
No.3, 
75
Mammoth, per doz.........................................   75
Butter Crocks, 1 and 6 gal..........................   0654
Jugs, 54 gal., per doz...................................   75
 
90
....................... ............180
Milk Pans, 54 gal., per doz..........................   86
glazed...............   76
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STONEWARE—AKRON.

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3 00

2 40
3 40

2 80
3 80

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ANTI-POVERTY  DOCTRINES.

By  a  curious  chain of  association  of 
ideas,  the  spectacle of  the  scramble  for 
wealth  now going on  in Wall  street  has | 
led  me to consider the  significance,  from 
a  financial  point  of  view,  of  a  matter 
which,  at first  view,  would  seem to have 
little bearing upon financial affairs.  The 
restoration to his  priestly  powers of  the 
Bev.  Dr.  McGlynn,  after a suspension  of 
more than  five years,  by the direct  inter­
vention of  the  Pope in opposition  to the 
Archbishop of  this  diocese,  is an  official 
sanction  by  the  great  Roman  Catholic 
Church  of  doctrines  which  seriously 
threaten  the tenure of  private  property, 
and it furnishes food for considerable re­
flection to those who have great riches or 
who hope to acquire them.

The  proposition  for  the  advocacy  of 
which  Dr.  McGlynn  was  punished,  was 
one  which  he  borrowed  from  Henry 
George,  relating  to  the  ownership  of 
land.  Mr.  George  asserts,  and  Dr.  Mc­
Glynn  adopts  the  assertion,  that  the 
earth,  and  all  that  is  in  it  by  nature, 
belongs  in  common to the  entire human 
family,  and  that  each  member  of  that 
family is entitled to a share in  it.  Hence, 
the  appropriation  of  any  part  of  the 
earth’s  surface, or of  its  mineral riches, 
by one  individual to the  exclusion of  all 
others,  without  their  consent,  is  a viola­
tion of  their rights,  and  they may justly 
claim from  him a compensation equal  to 
the rental value of the portion of land he 
has  appropriated,  to  be  paid  into  the 
common  treasury for the  common  bene­
fit.  Mr.  George  contends  that  if  this 
were  done,  not  only would  no  taxes  be 
needed  for  government  purposes,  but 
that the  revenue  thus  produced,  besides 
being  sufficient  to  pay  all  public  ex­
penses,  would  leave a surplus  to  be  ex­
pended for the relief of  the poor and the 
sick,  and  for  the  general  promotion  of 
the happiness of mankind.  Dr. McGlynn 
and  his followers  improve upon  this  by 
declaring that Mr. George’s scheme would 
abolish  poverty altogether,  the one great 
cause  of  it  being,  in  their  opinion, the 
monopoly  of 
land  by  private  owners 
under existing laws.  Both Dr.  McGlynn 
and  Mr.  George  unite in  declaring  that 
every human  being who  comes  into  the 
world  has a right  to  food,  clothing  and 
shelter,  and that if  he does  not get them 
it is  because others of  his fellow  beings 
unjustly withhold  them from  him,  or  at 
least withhold  from  him  the  means  of 
procuring  them. 
In  a  word,  in  their 
view,  poverty  is  not  a  misfortune,  but 
the  result  of  a  crime,  and  when  that 
crime is suppressed  poverty will  be sup­
pressed  with it.

Neither  Mr.  George  nor  Dr.  McGlynn 
have  ever taken  the  pains to cipher  out 
in dollars  and  cents  exactly how  much 
the rental  value of  the land  in  any  par­
ticular  locality amounts  to.  They  con­
tent themselves with asserting in general 
terms  that it  is  enough  to  meet all  the 
expenses of  government and  leave a sur­
plus.  As  a matter of  fact, the  revenue 
now collected in  New York City by taxes 
upon  real  estate far exceeds  in  amount 
the rental  value of  the mere  land  within 
the  city limits,  apart  from the  improve­
ments  upon  it,  which,  it is not  disputed, 
are the  rightful  property of  the owners. 
If  from  the  full value of  the real  estate 
were to be deducted the cost of the build­
ings  alone,  a ground  rent  upon  the  re­
mainder at the  usual  rate of  5  per cent, 
per annum would  barely equal  the 2 per 
cent, now  imposed  upon  the  land  and

buildings  together. 
If,  further,  we  de­
duct  the  money which  has  been  spent 
land  in  paying  for  grading, 
upon  the 
sewering,  paving, 
laying  out  public 
parks and the like, with interest on these 
expenditures  during  the  time  the  land 
lay  idle,  waiting  for  occupancy,  an  an­
nual charge of  5 per cent,  upon  the resi­
due would  not  yield so much  revenue as 
is produced by our present system of tax­
ation.  More than  this,  our  present  sys­
tem  already goes  as  far  as  Mr.  George 
and  Dr.  McGlynn  demand  it should,  and 
even further. 
It  not  only taxes  the im­
provements,  as  well  as^ the  land  upon 
which they are  made,  but  it  taxes  both 
land  and  improvements to  any  amount 
that the people, through  their represent­
atives,  may see fit to impose.  The right, 
too,  which  the  community  already  as­
serts to appropriate for the common good 
the  possessions  of 
is  far 
broader than  that which  Mr. George and 
Dr.  McGlynn  advocate. 
It  extends  to 
the products of  individual  industry,  and 
it  embraces  as  much  of  them,  be  the 
amount  more or  less,  as  may  be  deemed 
necessary f<Jr the public welfare.

individuals 

So  far,  therefore,  as  their  practical 
working  is  considered,  the  anti-poverty 
doctrines  preached  by Dr.  McGlynn  are 
unimportant.  What makes  them  mis­
chievous,  and what  probably drew down 
upon them the disapproval of Archbishoh 
Corrigan, was the assumption upon which 
they rest,  that  every human  being  has a 
right to a comfortable living,  and  that if 
he cannot  obtain it by his  own exertions 
he may use  for the  purpose the property 
of  his  fellow  men.  For,  if  the  rental 
value of the land may justly  oe collected 
by taxation  and  distributed  among  the 
poor,  so  may  other  species  of  property, 
and if every human  being who comes in­
to the world  has a right  to  share  in  the 
riches of  the  land,  he  has also a right to 
share  in  all  other  riches.  The  distinc­
tion  between  the  land  as  the  work of 
God,  and  other  wealth  as  the  work  of 
men,  is  purely  arbitrary,  since  men  are 
but God’s instruments, and for what they 
do He furnishes the skill and the strength.
The  Christian  Church  was  originally 
founded  upon  this  idea,  that  the  poor 
have a right to share  in  the  possessions 
of the rich.  The Virgin Mary  propheti­
cally declared of the Saviour.  “He hath 
put  down  the  mighty  from  their  seats 
and exal ted them of low degree.  He hath 
filled the hungry  with  good  things,  and 
the rich He hath sent empty away.”  All 
the teachings of the Gospels are in praise 
of poverty  and the poor and  against  the 
accumulation  of  wealth.  The  early 
Christians had ail things in common,  and 
paid special  attention  to  supplying  the 
wants  of  their  poor  brethren. 
But 
while  Roman  Catholic  Christians  have 
faithfully preserved the traditions of  the 
early Church,  most of the Protestant sects 
have departed from them so  widely  that 
piety and  wealth are no longer  regarded 
by them as incompatible; but, on the con­
trary,  riches  are deemed  to be  the legiti­
mate reward,  as they were by the ancient 
Hebrews,  of  upright  conduct.  Thus, 
the Protestant  Church  has  become  the 
church  of  the  rich,  while  the  Roman 
Catholic Church is especially that of  the 
poor. 
Its strength  lies  in the  multitude 
of its adherents and not in  their  social 
position  and business prominence.  That 
a  Roman  Catholic  priest, 
like  Dr. 
McGlynn, should take up  with  enthusi­
asm  Mr.  George’s  scheme  for  relieving 
the poor at the expense of the  rich  was,

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not induce  sales.  We  keep  our  factory  humming  and  we  want  to 
replenish your stock  with  purest and best  goods on the market.  Write 
us.  Call  on  us  when  in  the  city or entrust  your  order to  the  wholesale 
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confirms the high reputation the senior member of  our firm has earned for 
himself, that for elegance, style, fit, make-up and lowness in price he stands 
unequalled—a 
thorough,  practical  clothing  manufacturer,  established 
thirty-six years in the  city of  Rochester, N.  Y.

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Box 346,  Marshall, Mich., will  gladly call  upon  you  if  you will honor him 
with a line to show  you our  samples,  and  buy or not  buy, we  will  thank 
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are marvelous.

Those  merchants  contemplating  putting in  ready-made  clothing  this 
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therefore,  natural,  and  that  he  should 
find numerous followers among  the  lay­
men of  his  church  was  also  natural. 
The bare fact  that  when  Henry  George 
ran for Mayor in  1887 he received  67,000 
votes,  demonstrates 
the  hold  that  his 
scheme has upon the popular  sympathy, 
and the audiences who continue to  go  to 
hear Dr.  McGlynn  week  after  week 
is 
corroborative evidence  of it.

Considering the views which  Cardinal 
Gibbons promulgated in his pastoral  let­
ter of two years ago,  upon  the  duties  of 
the rich to the poor,  and considering also 
the similar views expressed by Pope  Leo 
XUI,  in his encyclical of about the same 
date,  it is easy  to  comprehend  why,  as 
soon as  information  of  the  strength  of 
McGlynn’s  cause  among  the  American 
Roman  Catholics  reached  Rome,  steps 
should  have  been  taken  leading  to  the 
result  we 
see.  The  Roman  Catholic 
Church had  to clear itself  of  the  suspi­
cion of being an ally of the  rich  against 
the poor, and it has  now once more  pro­
claimed the original  Christian  doctrine, 
that the wealth of the  world  belongs  to 
the whole world,  and  that 
indi­
vidual gets more of it  than  bis  fellows, 
he must hold it as  trustee for  them  and 
not for his own private benefit.

if  any 

The importance,  therefore,  to  the rich 
men of this country of the reversal of Dr. 
McGlynn’s  sentence 
is  that  by  it  the 
Church of Rome places  itself  more  than 
ever on the side of those who are seeking 
to take from the  rich  their  acquisitions 
and distribute them among the  poor. 
It 
strengthens the  sentiment  which  shows 
itself in  strikes,  in  anti-trust  laws,  and 
in our tax laws; and it  encourages  those 
who entertain it to make further  aggres­
sions. 
It warns  the  rich  to  beware  of 
conduct which shall give excuse  for rob­
bing them of their possessions, and to the 
prudent among'^them it suggests the  ad­
vice so to use their  riches  as  to  disarm 
enmity and win affection  in its place.

Ma tth ew   Ma r sh a ll.

J a c k so n  G rocers T ack le  th e  E xem ption 

Evil.

J ackson,  Jan.  27—Your letter of  Jan. 
24 received  and  read  at  the  meeting  of 
the Jackson Grocers’  Union last evening.
I enclose copy of  the report of the  Com­
mittee  on  Trade  Interests,  which  was 
presented  at  the  meeting.  The  report 
was  received  with  much  favor  by  the 
Union, and  a  special  committee  of  five 
members  was  appointed  in  compliance 
with  the  recommendation  of  the  Com­
mittee.  The  Committee  borrowed  not 
only the  artillery  but  also  the ammuni­
tion of  Messrs.  Powers  and  Owen  and 
made good use of it.  The articles said so 
much,  and  said it so well,  that  it  would 
have been a waste  of  time to  have tried 
to  treat  the  subject  in  other  language, 
even  if  we  were  competent.  We  sin­
cerely hope that the laws  may be revised 
in  the  interest  of  honesty  and  justice, 
and it seems to  us  as  if  the  better  way 
to go at it,  to  make  it  successful,  would 
be to have a number of petitions printed, 
embodying  the  desired  legislation,  and 
have  them  sent  to  all  the  principal 
towns  in the State  for  signatures.  Per­
haps some of  the members of  the Grand 
Rapids  Retail  Grocers’ Association  may 
have  a  better  method  to  suggest.  We 
should adopt some  plan,  and that  speed­
ily,  in order  that  someone  not  so  much 
interested as we are  may not forestall  us 
and get the  laws more  detrimental  than 
they are at  present.  We  hope  you  will 
keep us posted,  and  if  there  is  to  be  a 
meeting held for the benefit of the retail­
er, we want  to  be  in  it.

Chairman Committee on Trade Interests.
The report to which Mr.  Porter  refers 

W.  H.  P o r t e r ,

is as follows:

Your  Committee  on  Trade  Interests i

would respectfully call your  attention  to 
a subject of great importance to every re­
tail merchant and  especially  to  the gro­
cer.  That subject is the exemption laws 
of the State of Michigan.
Our age is a progressive one.  We can­
not wait for  events to shape  themselves 
If  we  keep  up  with  the I 
to our  needs. 
times,  we must make events and fit them 
to our  necessities.  The  days  and  ways 
of our forefathers are  too  slow  for  this | 
age,  and  the  laws  which  were  framed 
when the greater part of our  State was a 
wilderness are not  suitable  for  this day 
and  age.  The  exemption  laws of  this 
State were  framed  nearly a half  century 
ago,  when every merchant  knew his cus­
tomers and also knew whether they were
entitled to credit or not.  There was  not 
the  opportunity at that  time  for  people 
to be dishonest that there is in our thick­
ly settled,  hustling,  bustling  State of to­
day.
Now, one thing  comes  forcibly  to  the 
front—dishonesty has grown  faster  than 
any  other  branch  of  industry. 
It  may 
seem as if  we  overdraw  in  our estimate 
when  we  say  that  not even  one-half  of 
the people are  honest from principle—or 
policy either—but  taking  the  people  of 
our own city,  where  we  know them best, 
and comparing the number of delinquent 
debtors with the  voting  population,  and 
you will  find that the estimate is  not far 
out of proportion.  The  laws  which  ex­
empt from $3,500 to $5,000 that cannot be 
touched for debt are  not  fair  or  just  in 
the present age of dishonesty and  decep­
tion.  The  exemption 
laws  may  have 
been  fair when  land could  be  purchased 
from $2 to $10 per acre,  and  other things 
proportionately,  but  at  this  time,  when 
land is worth  from  $50  to  thousands  of 
dollars per acre,  and the general increase 
in  values of everything,  the  laws.appear
ridiculous.
In the  further  consideration  of  this 
subject,  we beg leave to  read  from  T h e 
Mich ig a n T radesm an of  Dec.  28  and 
Jan  18 two articles  by Walter S.  Powers 
and  E.  A.  Owen,  in  which this subject  is 
ably and  concisely  treated.  These  arti­
cles  express  our  ideas  much  more  ex­
plicitly than we could have written them, 
and we  believe  that  this  Union  should 
take hold of this subject and  join  hands 
with  the  retail 
trade  throughout  the 
State in  having  laws passed  which  will 
oblige  people  to  be  honest,  especially 
when they are  more  able  to  pay  their 
debts than the grocer is to lose it.
Your  Committee  would  reccommend 
that a committee of five  members be  ap­
pointed to  investigate  this  subject  and 
that this matter  remain  in  their  hands 
until  it is determined whether  laws  can 
or  will be passed by the present Legisla­
ture which will  be suitable for  the  pres­
ent age of progress.

W h y  th e   O ther  F e llo w   C au gh t  th e 

T rade.

From the Metal Worker.

Here is a feature of the retail tin, stove 
and plumbing trade that is open  to study 
and criticism:
Bill Whitney  and  me  went  to  school 
together,  but when I was 12 years  old  I 
had to hustle for my living, took  care  of 
the horse,  swept the shop and was as use­
ful as the boss of  the  tin  shop  where  I 
worked.  Bill always  was a good  feller, 
never got  stuck,  and  not  only  finished 
our school  but went through college, then 
came home and went in  with his old man; 
bat though we always spoke,  we  did  not 
hobnob much as we did when kids.
I stuck to biz, because 1 had to.  Didn’t 
have time for reading  which put  me  to 
sleep after a day’s hard work out of doors. 
So what Bill called rhetoric was scarce in 
me; but I saved my  money,  and now the 
boss’  business 
is  my  business,  and  I 
know how to do good work and  won’t  do 
any other  kind,  or won’t  sell  any  other 
kind of goods,  for it don’t pay.
Well,  I was dirty and not polished, and 
as the town boomed another feller started 
and he talked sweet,  wore  a  biled  shirt 
but  didn’t  know  the  trade.  He  never 
learned  it  and  did  some  horrible  bum 
work, but the way he talked  of  products 
of combustion,  transverse  sections,  con­
flicting energy and things  was equal  to  a 
college  professor,  and  the  people  just 
dumped the dollars in  his  till,  for  they 
thought because I could not talk sanitary

and sich that I wasn’t even sane.  Well, 
Bill Jones got married and built a  house 
and gave me a show,  but  when he asked 
me about scientifics  I  wasn’t  in  it,  but 
the other fellow talked it  as  glib as  ice; 
and Bill,  wanting  a  good  cage  for  his 
bird,  thought the other fellow knew it all 
and he done the work.
Well,  I done it over and Bill blames me 
for knowing my business and  not  know­
ing how  to talk  to  the  boys  I  grew  up 
with intelligently so as to get their confi­
dence,  and says I ought to be poorer than 
what  I am  for  not  giving  my  brains  a 
show,  and he is  brushing  them  up  and 
I dress more to suit  my  wife,  and  hang 
me  if the talk and clothes ain’t  bringing 
me  trade.

It has  taken Southern California twen­
ty years  to  develop its  orange  orchards 
to a point where the  output is 4,000 car­
loads per year.  There  are imported  in­
to the United States  annually 10,000 car­
loads of lemous. 
If Southern  California 
should go into the lemon  business as vig­
orously  as it did with orange  planting,  it 
will require twenty  years of  time to  get 
to a point where one-quarter of the home 
market can  be supplied  with  lemons,  to 
say nothing of the constantly  increasing 
demand and increasing population to use 
lemons.  The  child  that  is  born  to-day 
will hardly  live long enough to see Amer­
ican  people fully  supplied  with  Ameri­
can  lemons.

Use Tradesman Coupons.

“ T h e   K e n

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AMERICAN  PLAN
BATES,  $2 PEE DAT
STEAM  HEAT  AND  ELECTRIC  BELLS
FREE  BAGGAGE  TRANSFER  FROM  UNION
DEPOT.

BEACH  i   BOOTH,  Props.

Michigan C entral

“ The Niagara Falls Route.”

(Taking effect  Sunday, Nov. 20, 1892.) 

. 

»Daily.  All others daily, except Sunday.

Arrive. 
Depart
10 00p m ...........Detroit  Express........... 6 55pm
4 30pm .................. Mixed  .................  7 00am
10 00 a m ..............Day Express 
.  129pm
6 00 a m  __»Atlantic ana  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 10:00 p m.
Direct  communicatiON  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.
D e t r o i t ,  g r a n o   h a v e n   &  Mi l ­
Depot corner Leonard  St. and Plainfield Ave.

w a u k e e   Railway.

Trains Leave
G’d  Rapids,  Lv
Ionia...........Ar
St.  Johns  ...Ar
O w o s s d ........Ar
E. Saginaw..Ar
Bay City......Ar
F lin t...........Ar
Pt.  Huron...Ar
Pontiac....... Ar
Detroit......... Ar

EASTWARD.

tNo.  14 tNo.  16]tNo.  18|*No.  82
It 00pm 
6 50am
12 42am
7 45am
2 OOam
8 30am 
3 10am
905am
6 49am
10 50am
7 15am 
11 30am 
5 40am 
10 05am
7 30am 
12 05pm
5 37am 
10 53am
7 00am
11 50am
WESTWARD.

10 20am  3 25pm
11 25am  4 27pm
12 17pm  5 20pm 
1 20pm  o 05pin
3 45pm  8 00pm
4 35pm  8 37pm
3 45pm  7 05pm
5 50pm  8 50pm 
305pm  8 25pm
4 05pm 1  9 25pm

Trains Leave

»No. 81 tNo. 11 tNo. 13
6  50am 10 50am
10 45pm
5  10pm
7 05am
1  O0pm
6 15pm
8 25am
2  10pm

»Dally.  tDaily except Sunday.

G’d Rapids,  L v...........
G’d Haven,  A r.........
Mllw’kfifi Str  “ ...........
Chicago Str.  “  ...........
Trains arrive from the east, 6:40 a.m., 12:50 a.m., 
5:00 p. m. and 10:00 p. m.
Trains  arri  e from  the west,  10:10  a.m., 3:15 
p.m. and 9:45v p. m.
Eastward—No. 14  has  Wagner  Parltr  Buffet 
car.  No. 18 Chair  Car.  No. 82 Wagner  Sleeper.
Westward—No.  81  Wagner  Sleeper.  No.  11 
Chair Car.  No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffet car.
J a s. Ca m pb e ll, City Ticket Agent.

23 Monroe Street.

G rand  R ap id s  St Indian a.
Schedule  in effect  November  20,1892.

TRAINS  GOING  NORTH.

Arrive from  Leave going 
North.
7:20 am
1:10 p m
4;15 p m
10:10  p m
Train arriving  from  south at  6:45 a m  and  9:00 a m 

South. 
For Cadillac  and S ag in aw .........  6:45 a m 
For Traverse City & Mackinaw  9:00 am  
For Cadillac and Saginaw.........  2:20 p in 
For  Petoskey & Mackinaw.......   8:10 p m 
From Chicago and  Kalamazoo.  8:85 p m 
daily.  Others trains daily except Sunday.

TRAINS  GOING  SOUTH.

North.
For  Cincinnati............................
6:30 am
For Kalamazoo and  Chicago..
11:50 a m
For Fort Wayne and the  East.
For  Cincinnati.............................   6:15 pm
6:15 p m
11:00 p m
For Kalamazoo  &  Chlcag
From Saginaw...................
11:50 a m
From Saginaw...............................  1100 p i
11:00 pm
Trains leaving south at 6:00 p m and  11:20 p.  m. runs 
daily;  all  other  trains  dally except Sunday._________

Arrive from  Leave going
South.
7:00  am
10:05  am
2:00  p m
6:00  p m
11:20  pm

SLEEPING  A  PARLOR  CAR  SERVICE.

NORTH

1 : 1 0   p   m   t r a in   h a s  parlor  car  Grand 
Rapids to P eto sk ey  and M ackinaw .
1 0 : 1 0   p   m   t r a i n . —Sleeping  car  Grand 
Rapids  to   P etoskey and Mackinaw.
SOUTH—7:00 am  train .—P arlor chair car Grand 
Rapids to Cincinnati.
1 0 : 0 5   a m   t r a i n . —W agner  Parlor  Car 
Grand Rapids  to   Chicago.
6 : 0 0   p  m   train .—W agner S leeping  Car 
Grahd  Rapids to  C incinnati.
1 1 ; 2 0   p  m  t r a i n . —W agner S leeping Car 
Grand Rapids to Chicago.

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

10:05 a m 
3:55 p m  

Lv Grand  Rapids 
Arr Chicago 

11:20 p m
6:50 am
10:06 a m train through Wagner Parlor Car.
11:20 p m train daily, through Wagner  Sleeping Car. 
11:45 pm
6:45  am
11:45 p  m 

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

2:00 p m 
9:00 pm  

7:05 am 
2:20 pm 

For Muskegon—Leave. 

Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana.
19:00 am
6:56 am  
11:26 a m  
4:40 pm
6:30 pm  
9:06 pm

From Muskegon—Arrive

* 

Sunday train  leaves  for  Muskegon  at  9:05 a  m, ar­
riving at 10:20  a  m.  Returning,  train  leaves  Muske 
gon at  4:30 p m, arriving at Grand  Rapids at 5:45 p m.
Through tickets and full information  oan  be had by 
calling upon A. Almquist,  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-ao- 1898-

AND  W E S T   MICHIGAN  R’V. 

GOING  TO  CHICAGO.

Lv.GR’D RAPIDS.......8:50am  1:25pm »11:35pm
Ar. CHICAGO............. 3:55pm  6:45pm  »7:05am

RETURNING  FROM  CHICAGO.

TO AND FROM  MUSKEGON.

Lv. CHICAGO............. 9:00*»m  5:25pm  »11:15pm
Ar.  GR’D RAPIDS......3:55pm  10:45pm  »7:05am
TO  AND  FROM  BENTON  HARBOR,  AND  ST  JOSEPH
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  in.;  from 
Traverse City 11:50 a m, 10:00 p m.

TRAVERSE  CITY  MANISTEE  &  PETOSKEY.

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, 

-NOVa)’.1898
LANSING  &  N O RTH ERN   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  11:50am 11:00pm 

TO  AND  FROM  SAGINAW,  ALMA  AND  ST.  LOUIS.

TO LOWELL VIA LOWELL A  HASTINGS  R.  K.

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 da/.  Other trains week days only.

GEO. DeHAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t.

T oledo,  A nn  A rbor  St  N orth  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 a t......7:15 a. m. and 1:00 p. m.
Ar. Toledo a t ............   12:55 p. m. and 10:20 p. m.
Lv. Grand Rapids at......6:50 a. m. and 3:25 p. m.
Ar. Toledo a t..............12:55 p. m. and 10:20 p. m.

VIA D., L. A N.

VIA D., G. H. A M.

Return connections equally as good.

W. ¿H.  B enn ett,'.General Pass. Agent, 
Toledo, Ohio.

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN
wheel in  such a way  as to fall  outwardly 
and  increase the  leverage on one  side of 
the wheel,  while  they fold in and  dimin­
ish the  leverage'on the  opposite  side  of 
the wheel.  This machine,  it  is  needless 
to say,  has  never  moved on  its  own  ac­
count,  although  it  has  become  classic. 
In  this  device,  the  superior  number  of 
weights on  the  side  where the  leverage 
is  least,  exactly balances  the weights  at 
the  end of  the  extended  arms.  This  is 
true of  all the  modifications of  this type 
of machine.
A favorite device of  the perpetual mo­
tion inventor is that of  weights arranged 
around  the  periphery of  tbe  wheel  and 
counterbalanced  on  springs,  on  which 
gravity has  no effect.  Such weights  be­
ing balanced  are supposed  to be capable 
of  being moved  upwardly  in  opposition 
to  gravity  without  the  expenditure  of 
much power.  After having  been elevat­
ed,  the  weight,  while  maintaining 
its 
position relative  to  the wheel,  descends, 
causing the rotation of the wheel.  After 
it has  done its work  the weight  must be 
restored  to  its  original  position  before 
the  operation  can  be repeated,  and  here 
comes  the  rub.  Many  very 
ingenious 
plans have been tried  to accomplish this, 
but  the result  has always  been a perfect 
balance.
In  another  device the  attempt is made 
to utilize  the Archimedean  screw to  ele­
vate  water to  be used  for driving itself. 
The  inventors in  this  case  fail  to  notice 
that although the  water is running down 
an  incline  in  the  screw,  this  incline is 
always being  elevated,  so that  the water 
must  be  actually carried  up an inclined 
plane by a force  as  great as it would ex­
ert  if  allowed  to  descend  through  the 
same  distance. 
In  all  these  cases  fric­
tion  is  left out  of  the  question.  Capil­
larity  has  been  tried  as a means of  ele­
vating a liquid  to  be  used  as  a  motive 
agent,  but  in  this  case as in  all  others, 
the  defeating  element 
is  present—the 
surface  tension  of  the 
liquid  prevents 
detaching the  liquid from the upper  end 
of the capillary conductor.
It seems strange  that in these days the 
proposition  should  be  made  to  run  an 
electric motor  with a current  from  a dy­
namo,  and  to  operate  the  dynamo from 
the power  derived  from  the  electric mo­
tor;  yet,  absurd as  ibis  proposition  is,  it 
has  often  been  broached in  good  faith. 
A  mere  superficial  examination of  this 
subject shows that the losses incurred  in 
transforming  the  current  into  motive 
power,  and  vice  versa,  are such as to de­
feat any attempts of this kind.

“Bubble, Bubble, 
Toil  and 
. ”

Sung  the Witch’s  Kettle,  but no trouble  boils  out of  our  Tea  Kettles.  Comfort, 
peace and happiness you  read  in the steam pouring out of the favorites.

Tea  Kettles In  C O P P E R  

In  B R A S S  
In  N IC K E L  
In  T IN

1 0

G rind  Kapids  Retail  Grocers’  Association. 
President, A.  J. Elliott;  Secretary, E. A. Stowe. 

Official  Organ—Michigan  Tradesman.

Jackson  Grocers’  Union 

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

The Jackson  Grocers’  Union.

At the regular meeting of the Jackson Grocers' 
Union, held Jan. 12, the Secretary being  absent, 
E.  W.  Swick  was  elected  secretary pro.  tern. 
The minutes of the last meeting  were  read  and 
approved.  One new grocer was elected to  mem­
bership.

The business report of  the  Superintendent  of 
the Bureau of Collection  and  Information  was 
read, accepted and ordered placed on file.
A communication was read from  Burnham  & 
Williams, of Nashville, Tenn., in  regard  to  our 
stand towards the cracker trust.  The  Secretary 
was instructed  to  answer  the  communication.
T h e   f o llo w in g   c o m m itte e s   w e r e   a p p o in te d  to  
v is it  th e  d iffe r e n t b u s in e s s  h o u s e s   o f  th e  c ity ,  in  
a c c o r d a n c e  w ith   r e s o lu tio n s   p a sse d   a t  th e   la s t 
meeting.
Ward.

Millers—E. W.  Swick,  J.  F.  Helmer,  R.  G. I 
Jobbers—B. S. Mosher, E. K. Buskirk, P. Casey.
Bakers—C. J. Hill, L. Pelton, P. W. Haefner.
New  Members—F.  Cummings,  W.  H.  Porter, 
J. H.  Jones.
The question for debate at the next meeting is, 
“Is it a good  business  principle  to  quote prices 
in newspaper advertising?  Does  general  news-1 
paper advertising pay?”  E. D. Hamilton, affirma­
tive, E. K. Buskirk, negative.

E. W.  Sw ick, Sec’y  pro tern.

IS  PER PETU A L  MOTION  POSSIBLE? 
From the Scientific American

The  reply  to  this  question  depends 
entirely upon  the  limitations  put  upon 
If  we 
the  term  “perpetual  motion.” 
understand  these  words  to  mean  a  ma­
chine  that  would  start 
itself,  furnish 
power  for  doing  work,  and  continue to 
operate so long as required, or until  worn 
out,  without  the  assistance  of  any  ex­
ternal  agency, we may  say with  the  ut­
most  confidence,  perpetual  motion is im­
possible. 
If,  on  the  other  hand,  we 
define  perpetual  motion  as  a  machine 
dependent for its  action  upon the  varia­
bility  of  one  or  more of  the  forces  of 
nature,  we  may  say perpetual  motion  is 
possible.  The  thermal  motor,  in  which 
expansion  and  contraction  are produced 
by natural changes of  temperature,  is an 
example of a motor of this kind. 
In this 
machine the changes in volnme in  a body 
are  made to store  energy  to  be  used  in 
continuous  regular  work.  A  perpetual 
clock  has  been  made on  this  principle. 
Sun  motors of  various  forms  have been 
devised,  which  might  be used  in connec­
tion  with  storage  mechanism  for  fur­
nishing power  continuously.  A sun  mo­
tor of  sufficient size with a suitable  stor­
age system  could furnish power the year 
round in  almost  any  part of  the  world; 
success being a question of  hours of sun­
shine and capacities of motor and storage 
system.  Of  course,  what  is  said  with 
regard  to  the  sun  motor  applies  with 
equal  force  to  water wheels,  windmills, 
tide  and  wave  motors.  Without  doubt, 
all of these prime movers will come more 
and  more into  use as time  advances and 
storage systems are perfected.  Still they 
do  not  satisfy the  seeker  for  the  ideal 
perpetual  motion.  This  should  fill  the 
conditions  first  mentioned;  but,  as  we 
have  already  said,  this is an  impossibil­
ity.
The first and strongest reason  for mak­
ing  this  positive assertion  in  regard  to 
the ideal  perpetual  motion  is  found  in 
the fact that never in the history of  man 
has  be  been  able to make a single  atom 
of matter, or create  the smallest fraction 
of  a  unit  of  energy.  All  the  works of 
man, of  whatever  name  or  nature,  have 
been constructed of  materials  already in 
existence,  and all  the work  done by man 
and  his enginery has  been  accomplished 
by using  current natural  forces,  such  as 
the  gravitation  of  water,  the  power  of 
the wind, and the beat energy of the sun, 
or  the  stored  energy of  coal  and  other 
fuels or of  chemicals.  Having  the  com­
mand  of  some  of  nature’s  forces, 
in­
ventors  have 
to  circumvent 
nature’s  laws,  so as  to make  water “run 
up hill,” to cause masses of matter to act 
alternately  in  accordance  with  and  in 
opposition to  the laws of  gravitation;  in 
short,  to deprive  matter of  gravity while 
ascending.  Among perpetual motion de­
vices of  this class  proposed and  tried,  is 
the  one  having  weights  arranged  on  a

sought 

The  permanent magnet appears to have 
suggested  itself  to  many  as  a  possible 
solution  of  the  problem,  and  experi­
menters  have searched the world  over to 
find an  insulator of  magnetism to act  as 
a cut-off for releasing  the armature after 
it has  been  drawn  toward  the  magnet; 
but  no  such  material  has  been  'found. 
Nature,  in  this  case as  in all  others,  re­
fuses  to  yield  energy  without  its  full 
equivalent of  energy in some  other form 
and the  law of  the conservation of  ener­
gy is found to hold good.

We  have  mentioned  but a few of  the 
multitude  of  devices  constructed  with 
the hope,  not  to  say expectation,  of pro­
ducing  a  self-moving machine  by  utiliz­
ing  nature’s  constant  and  unvarying 
forces.  Although the efforts of inventors 
in  this  direction  have  been  barren  of 
results  of  the  kind  aimed  at,  yet  their 
labor has  not  been  fruitless;  many ex­
perimenters  who  consider  actual  trial 
better  than  any amount of  study or cal­
culation  have  learned  that “knowledge 
comes of experience,” and  by discovering 
the fallacy of the ideal  perpetual motion, 
they  have  been 
led  to  consider  more 
practical  subjects,  making  inventions 
which have proved beneficial to the world 
and profitable  to  themselves. 
If the in­
ventor of  machines  intended  to  be  self- 
moving  will  not  accede  to  Newton’s 
statement  that  “action  and re-action  are 
equal and opposite” (third law of motion) 
and  that  there is a perfect and  wonder­
ful  balance  in tbe  forces of  nature,  let 
him  thoroughly  acquaint  himself  with 
the principles of physics,  and he will ere 
long  be  able  to say  with  certainty  just 
how  the  balance will  occur in  any  and 
every perpetual  motion  machine  of  the 
ideal kind,  and admit that he has not the 
power of creating energy.

T E A   PO T S.

Earthen,  Granite,  Tin,  Plain  Enamel,  Decorated  Enamel,  Plain Nickel,  Decorated 
Nickel,  individual Tea Pots,  Enameled Soup  Ladles.
As  our friend  Wanamaker  would  say,  passing  along  the  aisles of  our House 
Furnishing Department,  “your eyes are dazzled by the lambient light reflected from 
tbe polished sides of glistening tea kettles, scintillating like diamonds  in the splen­
dor of  their luster.”  Our magnificent  line of  Tea Pots,  rivalling the  grandeur of 
Solomon.  Our  Enameled  Ladles,  like  rays  of  glorious  moonlight. 
In  waves of 
beautiful  silver lie our  Pickle Forks, Sugar  Spoons and  Carving  Knives.  Words 
fail,  comprehension  is exhausted,  imagination  reaches  its  limit  when  we  try  to 
describe even a tenth part of the immensity of our display.

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B A R C U S   BRO S.,

MANUFACTURERS  OF  CIRCULAR

DODGE

Independence  food  Split  Pulley.

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

Saw  Repairing

Done as cheap as can be done  consistent  with good work.  Lumber  saws  fitted  up ready for use 
without extra charge.  No charge for boxing or dray age.  Writ;. or prices and discounts.
M IC H IG A N

M U S K E G O N ,

'S p r in g *   & Company,

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 ottons.

We 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

Sbov  Cases

Of  Every Description.

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

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W H O L E S A L E

Dry  Goods, Carpets and Gioaks

We  Make a Specialty of  Blankets, Quilts and  Lave 

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  OUR  OWN  MANUFACTURE.

Voigt, HerpolsliBimBr & Co..48, l& n f  n lizist-

THE  LIGHTEST!

THE  STRONGEST!

THE  BEST!
HESTER  MACHINERY  CO.,

45  So.  D iv isio n  St..  GRAND  RAPIDS.

Glass  Covers  for  Biscuits.

nPH ESE  'Chests  will 
soon 
A  pay for themselves  in  the 
I breakage they avoid.  Price $4.

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

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

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

CINNAMON  BAR. 

CREAM  CRISP. 

NEWTON,  a rich  finger with  fig  filling, 

the best selling cakes we ever made.

ORANGE  BAR.

MOSS  HONEY  JUMBLES.
This  is  bound  to  be  one  of

THE  NEW  YORK  BISCUIT  CO.,

S. A. Sears, Mgr. 

GRAND  RAPIDS.

GflOGOyTE  COOLER  GO,

XI an nfacturers  o f

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 12 Mill St.

Handsome  New Styles for the season of  1893  fully  illustrated in our No.  110 Spring Catalogue.

DJBALBRS,  If  there is no  agency in  your  town  for this  celebrated  line of  Refrigerators,  write us  for  our  No.  110 
catalogue and discounts  and we will  give you the  e x c l u s i v e   a g e n c y   for the two best lines of Refrigerators made, the

Antique  Ash

Real Bronze Trimmings 

Rich  Carvings 

Leonard  Locks 

Metalic Ice Rack 
Charcoal  Filled 
Zinc Inside 

Wool Felt  Lined 

Removable Flues 

Self-retaining Casters 
Solid  Iron  Shelves 
Improved Trap

Antique  Ash 

Plain  Finish 

Tripple Walled 

Charcoal Filled 

Leonard  Locks 

Removable Flues 
Improved  Trap 

Zinc Lined 

Solid Iron  Shelves 

Self-retaining Casters

Now  is your time to get the  agency for Refrigerators  and  all other  summer  goods.  Don’t  place  your orders  for  Gaso­
line  Stoves,  Children s Carriages,  Ice  Cream  Freezers,  Hammocks, Velocipedes,  Tricycles,  Express  Wagons,  Lawn  Mowers 
or any other summer goods  until  you  have seen our No.  110  Catalogue,  which will be mailed to you by dropping us a postal.

STYLE  OF  NO.  61  GROCERS’  REFRIGERATOR.

WHY

Tie Leonard Refrigerator

Is Easier  Kepi  Clean than  any  other  make,

A ll Refrigerators having the improved  inter­
nal circulation  of dry cold air for ventilation 
must  have flues  through  which  the warmest 
air in  the  provision chamber  ascends  to  the 
ice  box. 
This  air  contains  particles  of 
various kinds of foods below which  lodge on 
the  inside of  the  flues  and  there  decay  and 
render  the  refrigerator  unfit  for  a  second 
seasons use.  This difficulty is avoided in  the 
Leonard  Cleanable  by  making  one  wall of 
each  flue  removable,  so  that  every  part  can 
be cleaned.

H.  LEONARD &

Write for our new prices  and  discounts.

STYLE OF  NO.  75  OPEN.

134  to  240  25.  Pulton  St*,  Grand.

Hapids•

STYLE  OF CLEANING  NO.i-75.

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