Michigan Tradesman.

Published Weekly.

VOL.  10.

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY,  PUBLISHERS.
GRAND  RAPIDS,  A PR IL  12,  1893.

$1  Per  Year.
NO.  499

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  W EDNESDAY,  A PB IL   12,  1893.
THE  CONVICT  WHO  ESCAPED.
Harvey & Heystek,
The line which divides  Texas  from  a 
presumably yet more furnace-like  region 
was on this day less evident  than  usual. 
The air seemed visibly shriveling  in  the 
excess of heat,  and  the  sun  hung above 
the  parched  earth 
like  a  perpetual 
menace.  Granite  mountain  glistened in 
the glare,  with its thousand ruddy points 
parkling like fireflies.  Around the base 
of the mountain the long  canyas-covered 
sheds  gave  the  appearance  of  a  huge 
yellow snake coiled up  and  at  rest. 
In 
the sheds,  where they  were  hewing  and 
fashioning  the  stones that were to grace 
the  walls  of  the  State  House,  the heat 
was  even  more  fearful.  Tanned  and 
leathery as were the skins of  the State’s 
prisoners  working  there,  they  yet gave 
vent  to  an occasional  sigh;  breath came 
with  difficulty,  and  exhaustion  was 
everywhere  evident.  But,  since  they 
knew that this day must come to  an  end 
at last, and since escape was, even  in at­
tempt,  sheer  folly, 
the  convicts  con 
tinued to ply their hammers  and  chisels 
without ceasing.  For  they  knew  them­
selves to be mere incidents in the  build­
ing  of  the  great capitol that was to out­
live them and the memory of them.

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quick  crackling  of  several Winchesters, 
the granite-cutters merely  listened a mo­
ment,  sighed, and  bent down again to the 
veined blocks of stone  before  them. 
In 
the  guardhouse,  the  guards  who  were 
not on outpost duty smiled at each other. 
One  of  them  said  shortly,  “It’s  always 
on  these  very  hot days,”  and the others 
nodded.

Out on the western ridge  of  the  great 
red  mountain, John  Temple,  the  guard 
whose  Winchester  had  spoken,  was 
standing over the body of  a  convict  who 
lay prostrate, a gray spot on the dull bed 
of  rock  over  which  a  little  stream  of 
blood was trickling.  Another  guard ap­
proached presently,  and  they carried the 
would-be fugitive down  into a  sort of ra­
vine,  where  the  sun could not penetrate 
and where there was  both  coolness  and 
shade.  Then  they  sent  for  the  doctor, 
who came riding up  after a little  while, 
and  pronounced  the  man  wounded  to 
death.  “He may live an  hour,”  he  said.
The wounded man  opened  two  weary 
right  hand  fumbled  down 
eyes;  his 
against  the  rough sail-cloth upon which 
he lay,  striving to grasp  it,  to  clench  it 
so that he could steady himself.  “Bring 
the sergeant,” he  gasped;  then  his  head 
dropped, and he seemed to sink into rest­
fulness.  When he opened his eyes again,
, the sergeant was standing waiting at  his 
side. 
It  was  very  still  there,  in  that 
shadowy place;  Death was already  writ­
ing his signs upon the  tace  of  the  pros­
trate convict,  and  the  awe  of  him  was 
upon the faces of all.

“Maybe,” began the convict, looking at 
the sergeant, “you remember what I’m in 
for,  and maybe you don’t.  Anyway  I’ve 
got to tell you,  so’s  I  can make clear the 
whole of it. 
It’s  weak  in  me, I reckon, 
and there ain’t no real call for me  to tell 
it,  but  I’m  a  coward. 
I don’t want to 
leave this  world  under  the  cloud  I’ve 
lived in.

“I reckon all you know  me  by  now  is 
my number;  but before I was sent up my 
name was Wainwiight.  I used to live up 
in Lampasas;  kept a  general store there, 
and  was  getting  on  fairly  well  for  a 
young fellow.  They were a pretty rough 
lot,  the people who traded at my  place— 
cowboys  and  poor  white  farmers,  and 
niggers.  But  I  managed to keep out of 
trouble and was laying a little something 
by  every  year. 
I was saving up  until I 
had  enough  so’s  I  could ask Mary Hor­
ton,  the postmaster’s daughter, to  marry 
me,  which I hoped was going to  be soon. 
This  was  fifteen years ago, fifteen years 
ago.  Mary’d  told  me  she  was  willing, 
and we were as good as engaged, only I’d 
never  thought  it  quite  fair  to have her 
bind herself until 1 was sure I could pro­
vide for her.

“And  then Mary  set eves  on a  young 
cowboy of  the name of  Farnly one  day, 
and  she never was the same to me after­
wards.  1 thought  I’d  eat my  heart out 
to see how she was all glowing with love 
for him; for he was a reckless sort,  and I 
didn’t think  he’d make  her a good man. 
You see, I loved  Mary; if  she was going 
to be happier with Farnly, 1 wasn’t going 
to  stand  in the way. 
It  would  hurt,  I

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STATE  AGENTS 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

FOURTH IU IIIU L B U I

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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

Geo.  W.  Gat. Vice-President.

W i. H. An d e r so n,  Cashier. 
J ho  A. Seymour, Ass’t Cashier.

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C. Bertsch. 
A. J. Bowne.  G. K. Johnson. 
Wm. H. Anderson.  Wm. Sears.  A. D.Rathbone

There  were  many  among  these  con­
victs, indeed,  to whom  this work of  cut 
ting granite at  Granite  Mountain was in 
the  nature  of  an  immense relief from a 
far greater evil—the swamps. 
In all the 
history of  convict labor  there is nothing 
more horrible than that chapter in which 
the  names  of  those  American  convicts 
who have  died  in  the  swamps  are  re­
corded.  These places  have all the lone­
liness  of  the  Siberian  steppes, and are 
plague  spots  besides.  Consequently, 
when a number  of  convicts  were  trans­
ferred  from  the  swamps 
to  Granite 
Mountain,  there  to  be  taught  granite­
cutting,  these  men  came  gradually  to 
consider 
themselves  as  having  been 
lifted from a hell to a heaven, and  to be­
have gratefully  as  a  recompense.  The 
guards who paced up and down at  every 
point of the visible and  invisible horizon 
were  rarely  obliged  to bring their Win­
chesters  into  actual use;  attempts at es­
cape were few  and  far  between—firstly, 
because the lot of  these convicts was in­
dubitably  the happiest in the gift of  the 
State of Texas, and secondly, because the 
formation  of  the  country  near  Granite 
Mountain was  especially  unfavorable to 
success in eluding the  rifles  of  the  out­
posts. 
It  was  almost  possible  to stand 
at any point on  the  mountain  itself  and 
see  every  outlet  of  the  camp  at  once. 
When it did happen that the sound of the 
chisels  striking  the  granite  was  inter­
rupted by the sharper “whang”  of  Win­
chesters,  the question usually uppermost 
n  the mind  was  not  “Did  he  escape?” 
but  “Did  they  kill  him,  or  only  wing 
him?”  Any  attempts  at  escape  were 
mostly the result of a sort of frenzy  that 
convicts are victims  to; 
it  is  a  state  of 
mind  much  akin  to  the  temporary  in­
sanity that  juries  find  so  convenient  a 
label for suicides.

When,  therefore,  the  hot  stillness  of 
that place was  broken on this day by the

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knew  that;  but  if  she  wanted  it  that 
way—

in  my  store, 

“Well, one  day,  another  cowboy from 
the  same  ranch that  Farnly was punch­
ing  for  rode  into  town,  and  started to 
drinking.  He went over to the postoffice 
and called  Mary  Horton out  to the door. 
Farnly  was 
just  op­
posite the postoffice,  at the  time,  and we 
‘So you’re 
could see everything plainly. 
the  girl,’  began  the  cowboy, 
leaning 
heavily  against the  frame  of  the  door. 
Then he  tried to  kiss her;  she dung out 
her  hand at  his  face,  and  he,  laughing 
drunkeDly,  was  beginning  to  press  for­
ward,  when  there  was  a  shot  and  the 
man  fell.  He died in  five minutes.

“That  shot  was  fired  from  my store. 
The jury and the evidence  declared that 
it  was I  who  fired  the  shot  that  killed 
that  man.  And  that’s  why  I’m  here. 
But  I’m  going 
too  fast.  Before  the 
smoke  cleared away and out of the room 
that  Farnly  and  I  were  standing  in.  1 
looked at the pistol,  it was still smoking, 
and then  at Farnly. 
‘It’s  me she loves,’ 
I said.  The same thing  was  in  both our 
minds.  He  shook  his  head. 
‘Look  at 
this,’  and he handed me a note. 
It  was 
in Mary’s hand; what  else it said  1 don’t 
know,  but  at the  last  she  declared  she 
loved him,  and  that  she  would  break  off 
with me.  For  a moment  or two  I  felt 
like killing Farnly,  1  reckon; then I  took 
the hot  pistol and  held  it so  until  they 
came  and  found  me.  All  the evidence 
went to show that it was  1,  driven on by 
jealousy,  who  fired the  shot that  killed 
the cowboy.  But  it was  not  I. 
It was 
If  she  had  not  loved  him,  if 
Farnly. 
she had not determined upon sharing his 
life,  what would it  all have  mattered to 
me?  They  might  have found  the smok­
ing  pistol  in  his  hand  for  all  I  cared. 
But  I  loved  her—do  you  understand 
that?—I  loved  her.  She  loved  him; if 
she  knew  that  he  was  a  murderer,  it 
would  almost kill  her.  As  for me,  she 
no  longer cared  for  me;  my  fate would 
only grieve  her for a  space; I was noth­
ing in her life now.  Aud  so—1 took the 
blame.”

The feverish utterance  ceased sudden­
ly,  and  the  dying  man  closed  his eyes 
slowly. 
In the distance  you could  hear 
the  whistles  of  the  foremen,  the  dull 
echoes of blasting, and the tinkle of chis­
els.  The  doctor  looked away  from the 
pallet for an  instant; his eyes  wandered 
up towards where  the sun  was  now  vis­
ible over the edge of the ravine; when he 
withdrew them they were slightly moist; 
the sun bad probably  been too strong.

“That,”  went on  the convict, opening 
his eyes  again,  and  staring at  the guard 
with  a  horrible  smile  on  his gray  lips, 
“ was  fifteen  years  ago.  Well,  since 
then—I  have  been  here,  and  in 
the 
swamps. 
It is bard,  isn’t it, to be a pris­
oner—hopelessly—for so long—when you 
are innocent?  But rather than spoil  her 
happiness,  I  would  have  died. 
She 
must believe  in  her  husband—always— 
to  the  end.  And  so—I  could  never 
speak.  Only  now,  only  now,  when  it 
can  do  no  harm—and  because  it  feels 
easier to pass out without the  stain than 
with it. 
It is only that you may remem­
ber  that  convict  69  was  innocent. 
I 
won’t say  anything  about  what  I’ve en­
dured. 
I hope 
he made her happy.  And now you must 
promise—you must promise me—a dying 
man, that you  will say nothing of  what I 
have told you;  that you  will regard it  as 
sacred,  aud  that there will  be no  raking

I'd  do it  again,  gladly. 

among  the  ashes  of  fifteen  years ago. 
Promise me that gentlemen,  promise me, 
or — I—cannot—die—in—peace.”  His 
dim  eyes  wandered  from  face  to  face, 
imploringly,  and yet  with  something of 
command in them.

The sergeant looked at the doctor,  and 
both their  eyes shone.  “It’s against the 
law,” said the  sergeant,  putting  out his 
hand and laying it on  the doctor’s shoul­
der,  “ but  for a man  like that,  I’d—doc­
tor, if 1 omit this from the records— ”

“I’ll  do  the  same,”  said 

the  doctor 
swiftly.  Then he  spurted  at the guard, 
“And if you say a word — ”

“I’ll  be  damned first,”  was  the fierce 
reply.  Then  there  was  a silence,  until 
the dying man spoke  again,  very  slowly 
and  with an effort.

“I suppose you  wonder why I—tried to 
escape.  Well,  it was a madness,  I think. 
I can’t explain  it myself.  But I was out 
there with the blasting outfit to-day, when 
suddenly I  looked up and  saw the figure 
of  a woman  against the  skyline, on  the 
slope of the Granite mountain.  She had 
on  a big sunbonnet,  and  to  me,  in  my 
sudden  madness,  she  was  the image of 
Mary Horton as I used to watch her com­
ing from the  district  schoolhouse  in the 
long ago. 
I reckon  it  was  really one of 
the  guards’  wives,  but I  didn’t think of 
that then.  1 saw that figure,  and—all of 
a sudden—everything  gave  way  in me— 
all  but the  longing for her.  1 forgot the 
years—the place, everything.  There was 
Mary—out  there  on  the  mountain; if  I 
could reach her and tell her  how misera­
ble 1  was; if  I could but  kiss  her once, 
but  ouce  speak  to  her—.  Aud  then,  I 
started forward  madly,  running  at  full 
speed,  in  a kind of  frenzy—and—now—I 
—am—here.”  He  noticed  the  anguish 
on the guard’s  face,  and  went on,  look­
ing up smilingly at him:

“Oh,  you  did  your  duty,  you know. 
How were you  to know the  madness that 
was in  me?  For,  it  must have  been  a— 
madness.  Yes, surely it must have been. 
And  so,  you  have  all  promised  me that 
you—will  say  nothing—?  Ah, 
thank 
you,  thank  you. 
It  makes  it  so  much 
easier  for  me, if  I can  think  that  she 
will never know. 
It — might — worry — 
her—

His breath went  from  him in  a gentle 
sigh,  and  the  eyes  closed.  The  doctor 
stepped forward  and  put  his head down 
towards the  man’s heart. 
It bad ceased 
to beat.  “Dead!”  he said briefly.

A tear glistened on the guard’s leathery 
cheek.  “ He was white,”  he said thickly, 
“clear through.”  Then  he  put his hand 
up  to his  cheek and  swore.  “When an 
army soldier  dies,”  he went  on,  looking 
at the sergeant—

“Yes,”  said the  sergeant,  “go  on: he 

deserves it.”

* 

* 

*

Over in the guard-station they listened 
to  the  shots  and  looked  up.  “What’s 
that?”  asked a lately-arrived guard.  “ A 
convict has escaped!”  was  the  answer.
J oseph  P .  P ollard.

An  A ppeal  fo r  H elp.

The  Ladies’  Aid Society  of  Burdick- 
ville,  Leelanaw  county,  are  endeavoring 
to raise funds for the erection of a church 
edifice  in their  village,  and,  not  being 
able to raise the necessary amount them- 
selves,  they  appeal  for assistance  to the 
readers  of  T h e  T radesm an.  The  ob­
ject is a  worthy one,  and  the  ladies  de­
serve,  and,  no  doubt,  will  receive,  a 
hearty  and  generous  response.  Contri­
butions may be sent to the Secretary,  La- 
ieds’ Aid Society, Burdickville,  Mich.

POTATOES.

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Ship your stock to us and get full Chicago market value.
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Commission  Merchants,

166 So. W ater St., Chicago

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M A \U F A  CTURERS  OF

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

8

Make  Your Office  More  Homelike.

is  necessary 

From Metal.
Did it ever  strike  you,  Mr.  Business 
Man, that  you  spend  one-third  of  your 
life in your office?  Did you  ever  think 
that,  if  you  attended  with  reasonable 
closeness to your business concerns, about 
one-half of the whole of the  time  which 
you will be  awake  from 
the  time  that 
you  are  twenty-one  years old until  you 
“turn up your toes to  the  daisies,”  will 
be spent  in  that  place  which  you  call 
your business office?  Well,  if you never 
thought of it, sit down  and  go  over  the 
figures some night  when  you  are  going 
home.  Take out your Sundays and  holi­
days.  Take out your vacations.  Figure 
up the number of years you have been at 
it.  Make calculations as to  the  number 
of times you have worked overtime.  Put 
it all together and see how many of  your 
waking hours you have spent in the office 
and  how  many  outside. 
Spend  five 
minutes in thinking what the moral of all 
this is. 
If you cannot think, look around 
your office and see what it looks like.  You 
have got a good  looking desk.  You have 
got a good waste paper basket of an ordi­
nary pattern.  Your chair is  a  tolerably 
easy one,  but it is safe to bet  “pennies to 
sheckels”  that you cannot rest your head 
on the back of it  if  you  try.  What  do 
the walls of your  den  look  like?  Does 
the place with  its  bare  floor,  its  dusty 
ceiling and general discomfort,  compare 
with your own sitting-room or  parlor  at 
home?  How would your wife like  to  be 
compelled to spend half her life  in  such 
a place?
If you are one of the gilt-edged fellows 
who have  caught  on  to  this  idea,  and 
have got an office that looks as it should, 
turn to the next page.  This article  does 
not mean you. 
If,  for example, you  are 
a plumber and have the ordinary  plumb­
er’s office,  with  windows  that  have  not 
been  washed since Columbus came  over, 
with a floor so rough that a street sweep­
er’s  broom 
to  rake  off 
the  coarser  dirt,  there  is  a  chance for 
you to  make  your  place  a  little  more 
civilized.  The trash that is  hanging  on 
your walls can be got rid  of.  Tarnished 
and useless samples can  be  thrown  into 
the scrap heap.  Broken traps,  pieces  of 
defective lead pipe and  other  curiosities 
—which are only  curious  now,  because 
you have kept them—can  be  pulled  out 
from under your desk and  out  from  the 
shelves and  put into the melting pot. 
If 
you are a hardware man in a small town, 
you  know very well that you  have  piles 
of papers  hanging on  hooks  and  nails, 
filthy with the dust of ages—papers  that 
have not been looked at for the last forty 
years,  and you won’t look at for the  next 
forty.  Take out  everything  that  is  of 
value and destroy  the  rest.  Even  your 
good looking desk of comparilively recent 
make has holes and corners that have not 
been explored since  the  -desk  was  pur­
chased.  Then there are  odd  pieces  of 
hardware  in  broken  paper  boxes  that 
ought to be sent out and put in  stock;  a 
box of small chain brought  in for a foot­
stool ought not to be in the office, but  in 
its proper place. 
If  you  must  have  a 
footstool take an  empty  box  and  make 
one, if you cannot  afford  to  buy  some­
thing as  decent  as  you  would  have  in 
your own house.
Then there is the  man with the  W ater 
street office:  The cobwebs in  the  upper 
part are almost as much of a curiosity  as 
those in old Tom’s chophouse.  They are 
not,  perhaps,  as large nor  as  aggressive, 
but they are just as ¿infinitely  objection­
able.  The walls were  once  white,  they 
are  now  a  dark  and  sickening  gray. 
What is the matter with  cleaning  them, 
pulling down  the  cobwebs,  getting  the 
dust out of the pigeon holes,  where it has 
accnmulated  so  that  the  papers  cannot 
be pushed all the way in?  Buy a bellows, 
if the pigeon holes cannot be got  at  anv 
other way.  But before  you  begin,  sub­
sidize an ash cart to  stand  at  the  door. 
The chances  are  that  you  will  have  it 
full before  the  office  is  habitable.  Ex­
pense?  Well,  supposing  it  does  cost 
something?  Poor?  Well,  if  you  can­
not afford a painter, buy a  can  of  ready 
mixed  paint  and  an  8-cent  brush,  and 
spend some Saturday  afternoon  in  your 
old clothes going over  it  yourself.  Pat 
up some pictures. 
If  you  cannot  afford 
frames  quite  as  expensive  as  those  in 
your own sitting room, get some that  are

cheaper.  Good pictures, in  the  present 
day, can be had almost anywhere  and  at 
▼ery low prices.
Perhaps you  are  in  another  line  of 
business,  and have just moved into anew 
store; it is safe to gamble on the fact that 
within six  months  the  new  office  will 
have the  same  dingy,  heaven-forsaken, 
perdition-mortgaged  appearance 
that 
the old one had. 
It is so easy to come in 
iu the morning,  shake  a  dust  brush  at 
the place where your  elbow  has  to  rest 
upon the desk,  and go on all day  long  in 
the old routine.  What wonder  that  the 
man in the office, called the “ bookkeeper,” 
becomes,  after ten years in such  a  place 
and in such work, a mere two-legged mul­
tiplication table?  Do reform.  Get up  a 
little  revival,  a  revival 
in  cleanliness; 
which,  in the  list  of  virtues,  was  put 
next to godliness,  where it belongs.  Try 
and be as civilized in  your  business  as 
you  are  in  yonr  home. 
It  won’t  cost 
very  much.  You  will  work  easier. 
Those who are around you will miss some 
of  the  almost  inevitable  friction.  Al­
though one  cannot  always  get  all  the 
the comforts of a  home  into  a  business 
office,  it  is  possible  to  reduce  mental 
wear and  tear,  and  not  feel  quite  so 
much like  going  into  a  strange  place 
when you get inside of your own  house.

How  Success  May  Be Won.

“ Keep down expenses!” is  the  cry  of 
men  in  business;  “make  your  expense 
column light, so  if  the  week’s  trade  is 
small, you will not be apt to lose much.” 
“ Keep your expenses up to the require­
ments of a  growing  business,  and  you 
will have few poor  weeks  in  which  to 
lose,” is the advice of  business  men  re­
tired on a comfortable fortune.
Cheap  rents,  cheap  help  and  cheap 
advertisements mean cheap business.
Have  your  store  on  a  thoroughfare 
where people  must  see  your  stock  in 
trade.  Then when people read your  lib­
eral advertising they  know  immediately 
where you “are at.”
Make the front of  the  store  attractive 
—a trademark,  as  it  were—to  give  an 
idea of the personality  inside.  Goldleaf 
signs glitter, but do not attract the  trade 
that “golden  bargains”  cheerfully  dis­
played by neat, sensible  salespeople,  do 
for proprietors  who  believe  in  paying 
sufficient to secure help that  are  worthy 
and  strive  for  the  confidence  of  your 
customers.  Have  salespeople,  in  fact, 
all  help,  sufficiently  acquainted  with 
business to  advise  patrons  in  selecting 
needed articles for their  special  work.
See to it that everyone is treated alike; 
allow no jealousy  between  help.  When 
a poor man enters your  store,  treat  him 
with as much deference as  you  would  a 
rich man.  They usually have large fam­
ilies and more “talk;” it is his trade  you 
want,  also his good will.
In  advertising,  do  not  spend  your 
money on fair programmes  and the  like; 
they are worse  than  useless.  Advertise 
freely in the  newspapers,  changing  the 
wording frequently, and address frequent 
letters to the heads of  families,  inviting 
them to call and examine your stock.
The chief advertisement of  a  store  is 
the show window.  Never allow  that  to 
look neglected.  Have the prices marked 
on goods,  care  being  taken  that  prices 
are not all “too dear,”  or all “too cheap.”
lighted, 
never allow it to be 
too  dismal.  When 
you have tried in vain to  sell  an  article 
at clearance price,  give it to a  poor  cus­
tomer  (in worldly  effects);  he  and  his 
family of thirteen are  yours  ever  after.
Now,  in writing of store,  help,  adver­
tising,  light,  etc.,  have  you  noticed  any 
omission?  Why! of course.  1 never men­
tioned  yourself.  But  then  the  last  in 
the writing should be first in  success.
Now then!  Look  yourself  over  care­
fully.  Are you  sociable?  You  should 
be.  Are you quick-tempered?  Avoid it. 
Are you setting  your  “profit-makers”  a 
good example by being personally  atten­
tive to business?  Do  so,  and  put  your 
profits away in barrels.

Have  the  store  brilliantly 

Physician  Wanted.

B a l d w i n ,  April 5—There is a splendid 
opening here  for a  first-class  physician. 
Please mention the  matter in  next issue 
of T h e T ra desm an.

T hos.  H e f f e r n a n .

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Wm  P IN T  I   OVERALL CO.

221  K. MainoSt., Kalamazoo, Mich.

Chicago salesroom with Silverman & Opper, 

Corner Monroe st. and  Fifth ave.

Our specialties:  Pants from $7.50 to $30  per doz. 
warranted  not  to  rip.  Shirts  from  12.80 to #15 
per doz.  Spring line  now ready.  Samples  sent 
on approval.

MICHIGAN

Fire & Marine Insurance Go.

Organized  1881. 

DETROIT,  MICHIGAN.

BDY  TEE  PENINSULAR
Pants,  M i,  asti  Overalls

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.

Î M T 0  

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Our  machine  has a reversible  rotary  motion 
of both upper and lower washboards, giving the 
true  hand-rubbing  principle.  Clothes  nevei 
bunch while washing, common fault with others 
necessitating rearranging;  not a pleasant task.
Wm. Brummeler & Sons,

Manufacturers and Jobbers of

Phone 640

260 8.  Ionia  8t.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

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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  5C0  we  will^allow  5  per  cent, off 

above prices.  Terms, 30 days net.

Send for  price  list of general  line of  tinware.

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G o in g   to  th e  
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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

AMONG THE TRADE.

ABOUND THE  STATE.

Sparta—0.  W.  Soper  has  opened  a 

meat market here.

White—Chilcote  &  Knapp  succeed  S. 

Rasley in genera! trade.

Farwell—L.  W.  Soule  succeeds  John 

W. Collins in general trade.

Yale—Archie  Wilson  succeeds  Frank 

Landro in  the furniture business.

Chesaning—Stuart & Co.  succeed  J.  J. 

Campbell in the sawmill  business.

Chase—J. E. Wells & Son have assigned 

their general stock to  A.  U. Smith.

Gaylord—Wm.  G.  Wolverton  succeeds 

Sanford W.  Buck in general  trade.

Belding—The  Eagle  Clothing  Co.  is 

succeeded  by Chas.  F.  Wood & Co.

Saginaw—C.  L. Reinke is succeeded by 

John Gehrls in the grocery  business.

Shelby—John  Little  succeeds  J.  L. 

Franks & Co. in the grocery business.

Detroit—Bernard Wolf is succeeded by 
Geo. Muhl & Son in the grocery  business.
East Jordan—F.  H.  Bennett  has  sold 
his meat market to Beckman & Beckham.
Battle Creek—E.  L.  Jackson  succeeds 
Leroy A.  Woods in the grocery  business.
Iron  Mountain—Peterson  &  Orr  suc­
ceed  A.  Cruse &  Co.  iu  the  meat busi­
ness.

Hillsdale—Croose  &  Schak 

succeed 
Wm.  H.  Croose &  Co.  in  the  meat  busi­
ness.

Saginaw—B.  F. Seeley is succeeded  by 
Seeley,  Griggs & Parsons in the  clothing 
business.

Menominee—Mrs.  N. T.  Hanraban suc­
ceeds  Mrs.  O.  Smith  in  the  millinery 
business.

Menominee—Alexander  Le  Clerc  has 
removed  his boot and shoe stock to  Mar­
inette,  Wis.

Gaylord—Robert  H.  Russell  succeeds 
Russell & Phillips in the drug and  furni­
ture business.

Dowagiac—N.  Creagou  has  sold  his 
grocery stock to J.  F. Cal well  & Co.,  late 
of Battle Creek.

Houghton—Casper Brand is  succeeded 
by H.  G.  Major  in the  grocery and con­
fectionery business.

Bay City—Carroll,  Hurley  &  Co.  suc­
ceed Logan & Carroll in the produce  and 
commission  business.

Ann Arbor—Abel Bach &  Co.,  general 
dealers,  have  dissolved,  Bach  &  Roath 
continuing the business.

Owosso—C.  L.  Beagle  &  Co.  have 
opened a store in  the  building  formerly 
occupied by  the  Queen  Cart  Co.  They 
carry a line of buggies and harnesses  for 
both  wholesale and retail trade.

Wayland—The E.  H.  Morse drug stock 
was  sold at chattel  mortgage sale April 
6,  the  owner  of  the  mortgage.  Dr.  A. 
Hanlon, bidding it  in  at $600.  The pur­
chaser will continue  the business.
MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Ewen—Cameron Bros., lumber dealers, 

will  remove to Grand Rapids,  Minn.

Bay City—The  Crump  Manufacturing 
Co.  has contracted  to  furnish  packing 
boxes for the Woolson Spice Co.  for four 
years. 
It will call  for $100,000 worth of 
box material.

Saginaw—The Saginaw  Lumber & Salt 
Co.  will  bring  over  from  Georgian  Bay 
15,000,000 feet of their own  logs, and has 
purchased 40,000,000 feet of  the Merrill- 
Ring Co., of  which 10,000,000 will  be cut 
and rafted over here  this season.

Saginaw—The  Arthur  Hill  Co.  will 
probably begin lumbering  in  the  Geor­
gian  bay  region  this  year,  having  pur­
chased  last fall 250,000,000 feet of timber 
there.  This  is  exclusive  of 500,000,000 
in the Ottawa district,  in which  Mr.  Hill 
is interested.

Adrian—A.  E.  Palmer has merged his 
furniture  factory into  a stock  company 
under the style of  the Palmer  Furniture 
Co.  The corporatiou has a  capital stock 
of $35,000,  of  which  $24,000  is paid  in. 
A.  E.  Palmer  will  be  President of  the 
company,  and J.  H.  Purdy will  serve as 
Secretary.

Kalamazoo—The  Fuller  Bros.  Manu­
facturing  Co.  writes  T h e  T radesm an 
that  the  statement  that 
the  American 
Washboard Co.  is  likely to  secure abso­
lute control of  the market is premature, 
as that  corporation has  only  purchased 
three factories up  to this time,  and  there 
are fully a dozen factories still  operating 
independently.

Ypsilanti—In  applying  for  divorce, 
Mrs. Charles W. Glover affirms  that  her 
husband is the owner of $40,000 worth of 
stock in the  Ypsilanti  Dress Stay Manu­
facturing  Co.,  which  yields  him  a 
monthly dividend of $600. 
If  such  is  a 
fact,  the  stock  pays  an annual dividend 
of 18 per cent.,  which is not to be  sniffed 
at  iu  these  days  of  small  profits  and 
diminutive  dividends.

in 

Beaverton — Harris,  Patterson  &  Co. 
succeed Tonkin,  Harris & Co., in general 
trade and the lumber business.

Gaylord—Russell & Phillips,  dealers iu 
furniture and  drugs,  have  dissolved,  R. 
H.  Russell continuing the business.

Cedar  Springs—E.  A.  Cbilson  has 
bought  Mr.  Thomas’  interest 
the 
grocery stock  and added boots and shoes.
Traverse  City—R.  W.  Kane,  who re­
cently  came  here  from  Kalamazoo,  has 
opened a drug store in  the Furtsch  build­
ing on the South Side.

Alpena—It is  now given  out cold that 
if the people  along the right of  way be­
tween  Alpena  and Lake  May,  Presque 
Isle  county,  are  willing,  the  work  of 
extending  the Bay  City &  Alpena  Rail­
road north  from  Alpena  will  begin  in 
three  weeks,  and  it will  be  ironed and 
ready  for business  by  October.  There 
is  a vast  quantity  of  timber  that 
this 
road will reach if extended,  a portion of 
which would  be quite  likely  to come to 
Alpena  mills.  The  distance  from  Al­
pena to Lake May is forty-five miles.  A 
company of Alpena business men  are en­
Traverse  City—G.  A.  Johnson,  of 
deavoring  to  secure  the  right of  way. 
Boyne City,  is having  the  Stover  build-
log, on the South Side,  fitted up and  will j Should they fail,  it is  likely that Alger,
Smith & Co.  will build a logging railroad 
put in a line of drugs and medicines.
from  Lake May  to Hammond’s  Bay  on 
Lake Huron,  where the timber cut on the 
line of the  road  would  be made  up into 
rafts and towed  down  the lake,  the long 
timber going  to Lake Erie  and  the short 
logs to the Saginaw River.

Caledonia—Dr. W.  O.  Barber,  who  has 
conducted the drug business here for the 
past three years,  has  sold  bis  stock  to 
Frank  Hecox,  who  will  continue  the 
business.

Ithaca—Frank  W.  Warner,  who  has 
been  connected  with  the  Saginaw Dry 
E.  Kuyers,  traveling representative for 
Goods  and  Carpet  Co.  since  that house
was established,  has  opened a dry goods  P.  Steketee & Sons,  is  rejoicing over the 
store at this place. 

I advent of a 10 pound boy.

G ripsack  B rigade.

R. R.  Moore,  traveling  representative 
for the  Diamond  Crystal Salt Co., of  St. 
Clair,  is in town  for a few days.

Geo.  W.  J3towi*ts and  wife propose to 
celebrate the  tenth anniversary  of their 
wedding  April  22  at  their  home  at 155 
Thomas street.

C.  L.  Lawton,  traveling  representative 
for  the  New York Biscuit Co., is spend­
ing  the week in Chicago.  He  is  accom­
panied by his wife.

B.  F.  Pashby,  formerly on the road  for 
the Thomson & Chute Soap  Co.,  but now 
representing the  J.  P.  Dieter Company, 
of Chicago, is in  town  for a  week or ten 
days.

J. N.  Bradford  was  elected  Secretary 
of  the  Regimental  Association  of  the 
Twenty-sixth  Michigan  Infantry,  which 
held its annual meeting at Woodland last 
week.  The next reunion will  be held in 
this city April 6,  1894.

F.  M. Scott has resigned his position as  j 
traveling representative for the Lemon «Sc 
Wheeler Company  to  take a hand in the , 
management of the Lansing Woodenware 
Co., in  which  he  is interested as a part­
ner.  His successor is  D.  H.  Disher,  who 
has traveled several years for the  Dayton j 
Spice Mills Co.

A recent decisiou of the New York Su­
preme Court is of  interest to commercial 
travelers. 
It  has  decided that railroads 
are not responsible for loss or damage  to 
samples.  The  basis  of 
judicial 
this 
utterance  is  that  a  railroad 
ticket  is 
simply  a personal  license for  transporta­
tion  of  self  and personal effects,  under 
which samples cannot fairly  be  classed. 
Even  when extra fare is  paid  the  trans­
portation of sample trunks and packages 
is  in  the  nature  of a concession on the 
part of the railroad.

The  social  feature  of  the  monthly 
meeting  of  Post  E,  held  at  Elks’  hall 
Saturday  evening,  was  fairly  well  at­
tended and  was  thoroughly  enjoyed  by 
all  present.  Progressive  pedro  was 
played from 8:30 to  11 o’clock,  when the 
curtains  at the  eud  of  the  hall  were 
drawn  back,  disclosing  two  well-laden 
tables, to which the party did ample jus­
tice.  At  the conclusion  of  the  repast, 
Geo. F. Owen  assumed  the role of toast­
master and called  for voluntary remarks 
from  several of  those  present.  No one 
was in  speaking  trim,  but  all  who were 
called upon managed to  say a few words 
except  Manley  Jones,  whose  silence 
alarmed his  friends  beyond measure,  as 
they had  reason to believe  that  nothing 
short of  paralysis  of  the  tongue  could 
keep him quiet under any circumstances. 
At  the  conclusion  of  the  literary exer­
cises,  prizes were awarded the best play­
ers  in  the  pedro  games and  a  standing 
vote of thanks was accorded the commit­
tee  on  arrangements  who  had planned 
and managed so pleasant an evening.

The  D rug  M arket.

Cubeb berries are in better supply and 

lower in price.

Balsam Peru is scarce and higher. 
Buchu  leaves have  again declined  and 
| are  tending dowu ward,  as  there is now 
! ample stock.

Gum opium  has  declined,  but  is now 

I steady.

Oil anise,  oil orange, oil  cinnamon,  oil 
' copaiba, oil  cubebs,  cotton  seed  oil, oil 
i lemon and Malaga olive oil have declined, 
African ging3r  is in better supply and 

I is lower.
1  Alcohol has declined 4 cents.

FOB  SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

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

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

F or  s a l e—tw o-story  fr a m e  sto re
building and dwelling at Levering,a thriving 
Northern Michigan town.  Property well rented. 
Will  sell  cheap or  exchange  for  city  property. 
A. M. LeBaron, 65 Monroe St., Grand Rapids. 702
F OR  SALE—CLEAN  GROCERY  STOCK  ON 
one of the best business streets of the  city. 
Stock and fixtures will be sold at inventory  val­
ue.  with  profitable  cash  trade  and  good  will 
thrown in.  For full information’apply to  E. A. 
Stowe, 100 Louis S t, Grand Rapids._____ 700
F or  ex c h a n g e- i  w ish  to  ex c h a n g e
hotel and  furniture for  stock  of  merchan­
dise.  Hotel doing the bestbusiuess'in Northern 
Michigan.  Electric lights,  steam heat; in  fact, 
all modern  improvements.  Or  will  sell  furni­
ture  and  lease  the  property.  Address,  Hotel 
McKinnon. Cadillac, Mich.____________ G98
F or  sa l e—sm all  d rug  stock,  c lea n 
and  well  selected, excellently  located  for 
business on main thoroughfare in'this city.  Ad- 
697
dress No  697, care Michigan Tradesman. 
F or  sa le  or  e x c h a n g e  f o r   good
real estate—$2,500 stock of dry goods, ladies’ 
and  gent’s  furnishing  goods.  Address quick, 
C. Chrystle, 518 Allegan st  , Lansing, Mich.  696
F or  s a l e - stock  o f  g r o c e r ies  fo r
cash;  also store  building and  lot, including 
two dwelling  houses, on time.  Address No. 691, 
care Michigan  Tradesman. 
F OR  SALE—CLEAN  GROCERY  STOCK  and 
fixtures.  Will sell together or separately, ns 
desired.  Cheap for  cash  Chas. E  Williams. 60 
Carrier street. Grand Rapids. 
F or  sa le —g e n e r a l  stock  o f  m er
chandise,  doing  a  nice  business  Reason 
for selling  health  failed.  Address  New  Home 
Machine  office,  541 N. Division  street.  Grand
Rapids. Mich. 
F or  sa le  or  t r a d e  fo r clea n  stock
groceries—Handle factory.  Plenty of cheap 
timber.  Good shipping facilities.  Good chance 
right  parties.  Address  No.  683,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman.________________________ 683
m o   EXCHANGE—FOR  STOCK  OF CLOTH 
-1  ing or boots and shoes, two good hard  timber 
farms of eighty  acres  each.  Thirty-five  and 
seventy acres  improved.  Title  clear.  Address 
Thos. Skelton. Big Rapids._______________ 680
E le g a n t  o f f e r —it ’s  no  tr o u b le  to
find drug  stocks for sale  hut you  generally 
“find a nigger in the  fence.”  I have an elegant 
drug business for sale; stock about $4,000 ¡bright, 
clean  and  oldest  established  trade.  Prominent 
location:  brick building;  stone walk: rent mod­
erate;  city  30,000;  reasons  for  selling  made 
known.  Suit  yourself  about  terms.  Address 
quick.  John  K.  Meyers,  Muskegon,  Mich.  670
F or sa le c h e a p- o n e sto re b u ild in g
2Cx34 with  residence  in  connection.  Best 
location in town for a saloon and billiard hall or 
general  store.  Those  meaniug  business  must 
inquire  at once.  Good  reason for  selling.  Ad­
dress No. 701. care Michigan Tradesman 

693

688

691

701

SITUATIONS  WANTED.

W ANTED—POSITION  IN  HARDWARE 
store by young man of  nineteen  who  has 
had one year’s experience  Wages  reasonable. 
Bertrand  Collins,  care  Wm.  Morrison,  Grand 
Rapids,  Mich. 
\HTANTED—POSITION  AS  BOOK KEEPER 
V V  by  steady young  man, with  family.  Un­
exceptional  references  furnished  and  satisfac­
tion guaranteed.  Address C. E. Weaver, Adrian, 
Mich. 

690

705

MISCELLANEOUS.

687

F or  r e n t—sto re  w h e r e  t h e r e   is  a
good  opening  for  a  druggist.  Rent  low. 
Enquire at Michigan Tradesman office. 
686
S OME  VALUABLE  FARMS AND FINE LAN- 
sing  city property to exchange for merchan­
dise.  Address 222 Washington ave., N., Lansing, 
Mich._________________________ 
F o r  sa l e- sm all stock BAZAR GOODS;
excellent location; cheap rent; goods fresh 
and cheap.  E. F. Caldwell & Son, Lake  Odessa. 
________________________________   698
S POT  CASH  FOR  WOOD—SEND FULL  PAR 
ticulars as to price and  kind  of  wood.  Ad­
dress M  E. Laphsm, 481 East Bridge  St.,  Grand 
Rapids, Mich_______________________ 704
F O R  S A L E -A   FIRST-CLASS  SODAWA- 
ter  fountain and complete charging apara 
tus,  of  Tuft’s  make.  For  particulars  address 
F. D. Hopkins  Alba, Mich.____________703
F or sa le- c le a n stock o f dry goods,
boots and  shoes  and  groceries,  located  in 
best town  in  Michigan.  Rent  low.  Stock  wil 
nvoice about $2,500; will take part cash, balance) 
well secured.  W, E  Thorp, Hart, Mich. 
706
■ ANTED—SECOND HAND  CASH  REGIS 
ter suitable for use in general store.  Send 
full particulars as to make, style  and time  used. 
E. A. Stowe, 100 Louis St., Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 
_______________________________   708
■ ANTED—POSITION  AS CLERK  IN  GEN- 
eral  store.  Two  years’  experience,  and 
best of references  as  to  character  and  ability. 
Address No. 707,  care Michigan Tradesman.  707
■ ANTED—AN  EXPERIENCED  BUTTER- 
maker.  Apply to  C.  M.  Northrop,  Lake- 
view, Mich. 

709

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

Hallock & Toan  have  opened  a  boot 
and shoe store at  Howard City.  Rindge, 
Kalmbach  & Co. furnished  the stock.

John Junkman has opened  a  hardware 
store  at  the  corner  of  East  and  Logan 
streets.  Foster, Stevens &Co. furnished 
the stock.

M.  E.  Lapham  has  leased  the  store 
building at  481 East  Bridge  street  and 
removed  his  feed  and  fuel  business to 
that  location.

J. N.  Loucks has reopened his  grocery 
store  at  Ottawa  Beach  for the season. 
The  Lemon  &  Wheeler  Company  fur­
nished the stock.

A. C.  Eldredge,  who  recently  sold his 
grocery  stock at  Hesperia to  C.  M.  Per­
kins,  has formed  a  copartnership  with 
Robert  Wilson  under  the firm  name of 
A.  C.  Eldredge &  Co.,  and  embarked in 
the  hardware  business  at  Hesperia. 
Foster, Stevens & Co. furnished the stock.

Grand  Traverse  region  and  that  they 
could retire from  business with  comfort­
able  competencies,  if  they  felt  so  dis­
posed.

Wm.  G.  Cameron,  Secretary  of  the 
Cameron  Lumber  Co.,  died  at  his home 
at Torch Lake on March 24 of pneumonia, 
and  was  buried  at  Elk  Rapids  the  fol­
lowing Sabbath.  The deceased  was born 
in Toronto in  1850,  going to Torch  Lake 
in 1865,  where he  labored assiduously in 
i converting a piece of the wilderness into 
I a farm. 
In  1888 he  became a member of 
the firm  of  Cameron  Bros.,  lumbermen 
and general  dealers,  assuming  the posi­
tion of  yard manager.  On  the organiza­
tion of the Cameron Lumber Co.,  in 1892, 
he was  elected to  the office of Secretary, 
continuing  in  charge  ot  the  yard  and 
shipping  business  of  the  corporation. 
The  deceased  was  a man of  energy and 
agressiveness,  and  won  for  himself  a 
name  and  fame  which  will  always  be 
treasured by the people of Antrim county, 
who had come to regard him as one of its 
foremost  citizens and business men.

C. H.  Libby,  formerly  associated  with 
Cornélius Fox in  the grocery  business at 
95 South Division street,  but for the past 
year  associated  with  Lyman  T.  Kinney 
in the lumber business at  Woodville,  re­
turned  to  this  city  last  week  and pur­
chased the  grocery  stock  owned  by Mr. 
Fox.  He subsequently sold  a half inter­
est to  Jos.  Triel,  and  the  two  will con­
tinue business  under the style of  Libby 
& Triel.

P u re ly   P erso n al.

Paul Steketee has  decided to  erect an­

other cottage at Macatawa Park.

Y.  Berg, of H. Leonard & Sons, has re­
turned  from  Holland.  While  there  he 
purchased several consignments of crock­
ery direct from Holland factories.

Edward Telfer, of W.  J.  Gould  & Co., 
Detroit,  was in town  Monday on his was 
to Chase,  whither he is  attracted by the 
assignment of J. E.  Wells & Son.

Peter  Steketee,  formerly  engaged  in 
the grocery  business  on  West  Leonard 
street,  has  arranged  to  build a summer 
cottage  at  Harrington’s  Landing  this 
summer.

M. S. Goodman,  Secretary  aud  Treas­
urer  of  the  Hazeltine  *   Perkins Drug 
Co.,  has gone to Florida to  spend a week 
or ten days  with his wife,  who has spent 
the winter in that State.

James Stewart, of  the  James  Stewart 
Mercantile Co.,  Limited, of Saginaw,  has 
been seriously ill for several  weeks  with 
erysipelas.  He  was  somewhat  better 
when 
last  heard  from.  T h e  T r a d e s­
man  hopes  he  may  soon be restored to 
complete health.

C.  A.  Crawford,  who  has  been  asso­
ciated  with  Hannah,  Lay & Co.,  at Trav­
erse City,  for  twenty-eight years,  of late 
years  as Cashier of  their  bank,  will  re­
tire from that position June 1  to  embark 
in  the real  estate  and  money 
loaning 
business on his own account.

Two  worthy  representatives  of 

the 
lumbering  and  mercantile  fraternity  of 
Northern Michigan graced  T h e  T rades­
man  office  one  day  last  week—G.  V. 
Nash,  of Norwood,  and  Arch.  Cameron, 
of Torch  Lake.  Both  gentlemen  blazed 
their way  through  primeval  forests  to 
their present locations and have been im­
portant factors in  the growth  and devel­
opment  of  Charlevoix and Antrim coun­
It is a matter of  no small satisfac­
ties. 
tion 
that  they  have  both  shared in the 
the
prosperity  which  has  smiled  on 

N ational  C onvention  o f R etail G rocers.
An attempt is  being made  to  organize 
a National  Association of Retail Grocers, 
to meet in  Chicago  during  the  World’s 
Fair,  “for considering the  abuses  which 
exist  in  trade  and  deriving  means  to 
remedy  them.”  The object  is one which 
should engage the attention  of  every re­
tail grocer,  and  receive  hearty  support. 
It is to be hoped that the  Retail Grocers’ 
Associations of this State will take prompt 
action  in the matter,  to the end that they 
may be properly represented.

As a preliminary to  the  proposed  Na­
tional  convention,  a  mass  meeting  of 
Western dealers will be held in Washing­
ton  Hall,  Chicago,  on  the  evening  of 
April 19,  for  the  purpose  of  arranging 
for the convention and discussing, among 
other  things,  the  formation  of  a  Na­
tional body.  Mr. J. W. Callahan,  of New 
York,  has  promised  to  be  present  and 
give his views  upon  the  matter. 
It  is 
said of Mr. Callahan that no man  in  the 
United States is better qualified  to speak 
intelligently and  authoritatively  on  the 
subject and the needs of  the retail  trade 
than he.

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New  Lumber  Company  at  Ellsworth 
The  Ellsworth  Lumber  Co.  has  been 
organized at  Ellsworth  with  an  author­
ized capital stock of $50,000,  all of which 
is subscribed, and  60 per cent,  of  which 
is paid  in.  The  stock  is  held  by  three 
persons,  as  follows:
G. V.  Nash................................................$40,000
5,000 
E  R.  Harris 
.  '5,000
A. B. Meech 
board
of directors,  and the  officers  are  as  fol­
lows:
Nash.

......
..............
These  gentlemen  comprise the 

President and General  Manager—G. V. 
Vice-President—A.  B.  Meech.
Secretary and Treasurer—E. R. Harris.
The company  has built and equipped a 
hardwood  sawmill  at  Ellsworth,  with a 
daily capacity of 25,000 feet of hardwood, 
and will  put  in a  general  store  in  con­
nection with the  mill, Mr.  Meech giving 
his entire  attention to  the  lumber busi­
ness,  and  Mr.  Harris  assuming  entire 
charge  of  the  mercantile  department. 
Mr.  Nash  will  continue to reside at Nor­
wood,  where he  conducts a  sawmill and 
general store,  but will give the  new cor­
poration  the benefit of  his wide and suc­
cessful  experience  as  a  lumberman and 
merchant.

THIS  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

BURNED  OUT.

B ut w ill be  m ining again  by MAY  1st.

EVERYTHING  NEW.

Lasts and  Patterns  the  Latest.

SNEDICOR  &  HATHAWAY,

DETROIT,  MICH,

Dealers wishing to see the line address 
F. A. Cadwell, 682  Jefferson  ave., Grand 
Rapids, Mich.

Your  Bank Account Solicited.

Kent  County Savings Mi,

GRAND  RAPIDS  .MICH.

Jho.

A.  C o v o d e   Pres.

Hbnrt  Idem a, Vice-Pres.

J.  A.  S.  V e r d ie u ,  Cashier.

K. Van Hof, Ass’tC’s’r. 

Transacts a General Banking  Business. 

Interest  Allowed  on  Time  and  Savings 

Deposits.

DIRECTORS:

Jno. A. Covode, D. A  Blodgett,  E. Crofton Fox. 
T. J. O’Brien,  A. J.  Bowne,  Henry Idema, 
Jno.W.Blodgett,J. A. McKee 
J. A. S. Verdier.

Deposits  Exceed  One  Million  Dollars,

La  Grippe

may attack but cannot overcome those protected 

by freonont use of

CUSHMAN’S

Me n t h o l  In h a l e r .

It destroys the microbes lodged on the mucous 
membranes and  arrests progress of  the disease. 
Unequalled  for  COLDS,  SORE  THBOAT,  CA­
TARRH,  HEADACHE  and  NEURALGIA.
The  first  inhalations  stop  sneezing, snuffing, 
coughing  and  headache.  Continued use  com­
pletes the  cure.  Sold  by all  druggists 50 cents. 
Registered mall 60 cents from
H.  D.  CUSHMAN, Patentee and Mfr., 

ThreesRlvers.BMich..|U.  8. A.

Unlike «» Dutch Process 

Ho  Alkalies
Other  Chemicals

—  OR —

a r e   u se d   i n   th e  
p r e p a r a tio n  o f

M ir i  ftL's
Breakfast  Cocoa,

w h ic h   is   a b so lu te ly  p u r e  

a n d   so lu b le •

A  d e s c r ip tio n   o f  t h e   c h o c o la te  
p l a n t ,  a n d   o f  t h e   v a r io u s   c o c o a  
a n d  c h o c o la te  p r e p a r a t io n s  m a n ­
u f a c t u r e d   b y  W a lte r  B a k e r  & Co. 
w ill  b e  s e n t f r e e  t o a n y  d e a l e r o n  
a p p lic a tio n .

W. BAKER & GO., Dorchester, Mass.

5

INDUCEMENT

TO  THE

B e t a i l  

I D ^ t j o -o -x s x s
AND

GrEliTEieJSLX,  S T O R E S .

Do  Yoil  Sell

DIAMOND  TEH?

We want one live dealer in every 
city and  town to handle  and  push 
the sale of 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.
DIAMOND  TEA  CO.,

DETROIT,  MICH.

Diamond  Tea is sold  by all whole­

sale druggists.

THE  PROOF  of 

the PUDDING

Is  Asking for More.

B e n  -  H u r .

(10 cents or 3  for  25  cents.)

Record  Breakers*

(The  Great  5  cent  Cigar.)

MADE  ON  HONOR. 

SOLD  ON  MERIT.

MANUFACTURERS,

D E T R O I T ,   M I C H

Important to Commercial  Trav­

elers and Merchants.

The American Casualty Insurance and  Securi­
ty  Co.,  of  Baltimore  City, Maryland,  sells  the 
most liberal accident policy issued in the United 
States, furnishing more absolute protection than 
any  other.  Its  policy  is a short, plain  business 
contract, free from »11 objectionable clauses and 
conditions.  In  1892 it paid losses to policy hold­
ers and  their  beneficiaries  amounting to $1,103,- 
964, and had $2,607,675 in assets Jan. 1,1893.  The 
premium to  merchants  not  handling  goods and 
commercial  travelers  is  $4  for  each  $l,i>00  in 
surance  with $5 per week  indemnity during dis 
ability, not  exceeding 52 weeks, and  pays  one- 
half instead of one-third for loss of  one hand or 
one  foot,  as  paid  by  most  other  companies 
Telephone  No.  1,003,  for  best  policy  Issued, or 
address  W.  R.  FREEMAN,  Agent, 373  Crescen 
avenue,[Grand Rapids,[Mich.

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

H a rd   on  th e   Schem e  C ream eries.
John Gould,  the  noted  authority  and 
in  dairying  matters,  writes 

expert 
Hoard's Dairyman as  follows:

All through the State this winter 1 find 
the agents of  creamery  “fixture”  houses 
as busy at work as  “nailers” and trying to 
nail  any  chance  where by any sort  of 
scheme they can establish  $5,000  cream­
ery plants.  This business is being  over­
done.  and each one  of  these  concerns— 
and  its  almost  absolute  failure  in  the 
past, either as a wreck, or a surrender of 
stock—sets the  dairy  business  back  for 
years.  There is neither sense nor reason, 
only swindle, in this  forcing  of  the  ex­
tension of  the dairy business where there 
is no chance for the big concern,  and  the 
dairy must,  if at all.  be developed  by the 
inexpensive,  almost crude manufacturing 
concern,  started by a few  farmers  as  a 
neighborhood  concern.  Let  this  little 
affair, cheaply  managed,  grow  into  the 
great factory by  the  natural  process  of 
increase,  as farmers are drawn  to  it  by 
seeing the advantages of  adding  dairies 
to their farms and  joining in  this home- 
managed, co-operative effort.
We do  not  fully  indorse  the  charge 
made by some papers, that the failure  of 
so many  creameries, 
in  Southern  and 
Central Ohio, is because the farmers lack 
business  ability  and  lack  of  harmony 
among themselves. 
In one sense,  lack of 
business ability has led them to get load­
ed with a  $5,000 creamery,  when a $1,500 
one would have been fully  equal  to  the 
supply of dairy  products; but  the  truth 
is,  no set of men on the green  earth  can 
to-day change in the twinkling of an  eye 
from grain and meat producers into first- 
class  dairymen,  and,  in  addition,  take 
upon themselves successful co-operation, 
when the whole business is new,  and not 
understood.  That  they  will  succeed, 
when they are told by the agents of these 
“fixture” houses that a man can get  rich 
from the dividends of his $100 share  and 
the product of six summer milch cows, is 
not in  the nature of things; and  when  he 
does not, as he cannot,  it is  only  natural 
that he will say hard things.
I was in a creamery the other day,  one 
of these $6,000 affairs,  with a huge, mam­
than  1,200 
moth  separator,  and  less 
pounds of  milk  a  day,  gathered  from 
little dairies  for  miles  about,  and  the 
cost of paying for help,  and dividends on 
the stock which must  be  paid,  and  all 
combined,  so  that  the  cost  of  every 
pound of butter must have been  close  to 
12 cents for making,  and while there was 
pluck left  in some of the stockholders,  it 
was found in small degree in others,  and 
the voice of the street was,  “dairying  is 
a fraud.”

*  *  *

What shall such a creamery do?  Why. 
don’t throw away the plant!  Re-capital- 
ize at $1,500, turn off  two  of  the  three 
managers and  assistants;  sell 
the  $800 
engine,  and get a small  and cheaper one, 
and commence over,  and small, and grow; 
take the  leading  dairy  paper;  start  a 
campaign of education,  in advance of the 
creamery shark.

*  *  *

The building  of  these  creameries  all 
over the country is only indicative of the 
general  feeling  that  the  farm  wants  a 
better revenue than it now has,  and  the 
dairy is  the  fulfillment  of  that  want, 
something to give the farmer a better in­
come than he now has;  not  by  abandon­
ing his present systems,  but  bringing  in 
the dairy along with the rest,  and  make 
the revenue of the farm more nearly con­
tinuous.  The creamery  “ fixture”  man 
has  taken advantage of this  desire;  and 
by building up  a  large  sized  air-castle 
and  filling 
it  with  “ wind,”  has  not 
only induced this  farmer  to  go  into  a 
scheme that he was not  fitted  for,  with­
out previous understanding of what  was 
actually to be required of him; and  then 
to see thousands of  dollars  vanish,  and 
that at a time when the supposed patrons 
are standing aloof “ to see how it’s  going 
to come out”—there is good  reason  why 
seven out of each ten of those  new  con­
cerns go up the  first  year.  Dairy  edu­
cation must go ahead of  dairy  establish­
ment,  if there is to bo- suceess  from  the 
start, and lasting.  What says the editor?

The  milliners are  ready  to  spring the 

spring bonnets on the community.

Dry Goods Price Current.

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Adriatic.................  7
Argyle  ...................  6
Atlanta A A............ 6
Atlantic A ..............  6X
H..............  6 Vi
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P ............   5 H
D..............  6
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“  LL..............  5
Amory....................   6V£
Archery  Bunting...  4 
Beaver Dam  A A ..  55» 
Blackstone O, 32—   5
Black Crow............ 6
Black Rock  ...........  6Vi
Boot, AL................  7
Capital  A ................. 554
Cavanat V ..............5V4
Chapman cheese cl.  3Vi
Clifton  C R ............ 5*
Comet..................... 6Vy
Dwight Star............  6VC
Clifton CCC...........  6V4

U N BLEA CH ED   COTTONS.Arrow Brand 5>4 
“  World Wide.  6
“  LL...............   4V4
Full Yard Wide......  6Vi
Georgia  A..............  654
Honest Width......... 654
Hartford A ............ 5
Indian Head...........  7
King A  A................6V4
King EC-  ..............  5
Lawrence  L L ........  5
Madras cheese cloth 6Vi
Newmarket  G........5Vi
B  .......5
N ........ 614
DD  ...  554
X ........65£
Nolbe R..................  5
Our Level  Best......6V4
Oxford  R ...............   6
Pequot....................  7
Solar.......................  6
Top of the  Heap__7
Geo. Washington...  8
A B C ......................8V4
Glen Mills.............   7
Amazon...................8
Gold Medal............   7Vi
Amsburg.................7
Art  Cambric...........10
Green  Ticket......... 8V4
Great Falls.............   654
Blackstone A A...... 7Vi
Hope....................... 754
Beats All................   4Vi
Just  Out........  4Vi@ 5
Boston....................12
King  Phillip...........7Vi
Cabot......................   754
OP.......7 Vi
Cabot,  %.................6&
Lonsdale Cambric.. 10
Charter  Oak...........  5V4
Lonsdale...........  @  854
Conway W..............  754
Middlesex........   @5
Cleveland..............   7
Dwight Anchor......8Vi
No Name................   7Vi
shorts.  8
Oak View...............   6
Edwards.................   6
Our Own................   5Vi
Pride of the West.. .12
Empire....................7
Rosalind.................7 Vi
Farwell...................7 Vi
Fruit of the  Loom.  9
Sunlight.................   4Vi
Utica  Mills............ 8V4
Fitchville  ............. 7 
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“  Nonpareil. .10
First Prize..............7
Vlnyard..................  8V4
Fruit of the Loom X.  7V4
White Horse...........  6
Fairmount..............454
“  Rock............ 8 Vi
Full Value..............6V4
Cabot......................   7J4|Dwight Anchor...... 8V4
Farwell...................  8 

HALF  BLEACHED  COTTONS.

BLEACHED  COTTONS.

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CANTON  FLANNEL.

Bleached. 
Housewife  Q—  R.....

654

1........... 854
“ 
J .........8 Vi
“ 
K .... 
954
“ 
L..........10
“ 
“  M  .........  1054
N ..........11
“ 
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O..........21
“ 
P ..........14Vi

CARPET  WARP.

 

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PRINTS.

CORSET  JEANS.

“ 
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“  Duffs 
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9 
.................1054 
G G  Cashmere........20 
NamelesB................ 16 

Peerless, white.......18  ¡Integrity  colored...20
colored__20  White Star.............. 18
Integrity.................18541 
“  colored..20
Hamilton  ...............  8  [Nameless..................20
.................27V
 
32V

DRESS  SOODS.
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CORSETS.
Wonderful.............$4 50
Coraline..................... 19 50
Brighton.................. 4 75
Schilling’s ...................9 00
Bortree’s ...............  9 00
Davis  Waists  —   9 00 
Abdominal...........15  00
Grand  Rapids......  4 50
Armory..................   6Vi|Naumkeagsatteen..  7Vi
Androscoggin......... 754 Rockport.................6Vi
Blddeford...............  6  Conestoga.................7Vi
Brunswick..............8Vi|Walworth ..................6Vi
Allen turkey  reds..  6Vi|Berwlck fancies—   5Vi
robes...........  6Vi Clyde  Robes...........
pink a purple 6Vi Charter Oak fancies 4Vi
.........  654 DelMarlne cashm’s.  6
mourn’g  6
pink  checks.  654 
staples........  654 Eddystone fancy...  6Vi
chocolat 6V4
shirtings ...  5 
American  fancy—   5Vi 
rober—  654
sateens.. 6Vi
American indigo...  6V4 
American shirtings.  5  ! Hamilton fancy.  ...  6 Vi 
Argentine  Grays...  6 
staple....  6
Anchor Shirtings...  5  ¡Manchester fancy..  6
new era.  6 
....  654
Arnold 
Merrimack D fancy.  6 
Arnold  Merino 
...  6 
Merrlm’ck shirtings.  454 
long cloth B . 1054 
“ 
Repp furn .  8Vi
“ 
“  C.  854
“ 
century cloth  7
Pacific fancy..........6
robes............654
“  gold seal......1054
Portsmouth robes...  6 Vi 
“  green seal TR1054 
Simpson mourning..  654
“  yellow seal.. 1054
greys........6Vi
“  serge.............1154
“  Turkey red.. 1054 
solid black.  654 
Washington Indigo.  6V4 
“  Turkey robes..  754
•• 
“  India robes__ 754
“  plain T’ky X Vi  854 
“ 
“  X...10
“  Ottoman  Tur­
key red................   6 Vi
Martha Washington
Turkeyred Vi...... 7V4
Martha Washington 
T urkeyred........  914
Rlverpolnt robes....  5 Vi
Windsor fancy........  654
XXtwills..  6541  Indigo  blue.........1054
solids........5541 Harmony.................   5
AC A.................... 13
Amoskeag A C A— 13
Pemberton AAA — 16
Hamilton N ............754
York....................... 1054
D............ 854
Swift River............   754
Awning.. 11
Pearl River.............12V4
Farmer....................8
Warren....................1354
First Prise..............10V6
Conostoga..............16
Lenox M ills...........18
! Atlanta,  D..............65K|8tark  A 
............  8
I Boot........................6V4 No  Name.............   •  754
I Clifton, K................7  [Top of  Heap............  9

Ballou solid black..
colors.
Bengal blue,  green, 
red and  orange...  6
Berlin solids...........554
oil blue.......   654
...  654
“  green 
« 
“  Foulards  ...  5V4 
“ 
red Vi  ... 
7
‘- X   .........954
“ 
“  4 4........10
“ 
“ 
“  3-4XXXX 12
Cocheco fancy..........6
“  madders...  6

gold  ticket

COTTON  DRILL.

TICKXKOS.

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Lancaster,  staple.

Amoskeag.................754
“  Persian dress 854 
Canton ..  854
“ 
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AFC........1054
“ 
Teazle... 1054 
“ 
Angola.. 1054 
Persian..  854 
“ 
Arlington staple—   654 
Arasapha  fancy—   454 
Bates Warwick dres 854 
staples.  654
Centennial............   1054
Criterion..............  1054
Cumberland staple.  554
Cumberland........... 5
Essex........................454
Elfin.......................  754
Everett classics......854
Exposition............... 754
Glenarie.................  654
Glenarven................ 654
Glenwood..............   754
Hampton.................. 654
Johnson Chalon cl 
54 
indigo blue 954 
zephyrs. ...16

GINGHAMS.
fancies. ..  7
“ 
“  Normandie  8
..  6
Lancashire.........
Manchester........ • •  5*
Monogram........... ..  654
..  754
Normandie.........
Persian...............
..  854
Renfrew Dress...
..  754
Rosemont............ ..  654
Slatersville......... ..  6
Somerset.............. ..  7
Tacoma  .............. ..  754
Toll  du Nord — ..1054
..  754
Wabash..............
seersucker..  754
Warwick...............   854
Whittenden............   654
heather dr.  8 
Indigo blue 9 
Wamsutta staples...  654
Westbrook..............8
........................ 10
Windermeer...........   5
York.......................654

Amoskeag............

GRAIN  BASS.
.16541Valley City...... ......1554
.......15}4
18341 Georgia  .........
.1534¡Pacific  ...........
TH R EA D S.
.45  ¡Barbour's........ .......88
Clark's Mile End..
......88
.45  ¡Marshall’s .......
Coats’, J. & P ......... ...
Holyoxe..................2254
.22541
White. Colored
White.  Colored.
42
38 No.  14... ....37
43
38
“  16...
39
44
*•  18... ....39
40
“  20... ....40
45
41
CAMBRICS.
Edwards...............   5
Lockwood.................5
Wood’s ..................   5
Brunswick...........   5

Slater......................  6
White Star............   5
Kid Glove...............  454
Newmarket............ 5

KNITTINe  COTTON.

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

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

No.

Fireman.
Creed more..............2754
Talbot XXX........... 30
Nameless..............2754

RED  FLANNEL.
...3254 T W ........................ 2254
FT — ....... 
3254
J R F , XXX........... 35
Buckeye................ 3254

MIXED  FLANNEL.

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1054
1154
12
20

DOMET  FLANNEL.

CANVASS  AND  PADDING.
954
1054
1154
1254

Red & Blue,  plaid..40  ¡Grey S R W............1754
Union R.................2254 Western W ..............1854
Windsor................. 1854 D B P .......................1854
6 oz Western.......... 20  Flushing XXX.........2354
Union  B ................ 2254|Manitoha................. 2354
Nameless...... 8  @ 9541 
“ 
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1254
......  
“ 
......   854@10  I 
25
Brown. Black.
Slate. Brown. Black. Slate
30
1054
954 1054
954
1154
1054 1154
1054
35
12
1154 12
1154
1254 20
20
1254
DUCKS.
Severen, 8 oz..........   954 West'Point, 8 oz__ 1054
10 oz  -.-1254
May land, 8 oz......... 1054 
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Greenwood, 754 oz--  954 Raven, lOoz.............1354
Greenwood, 8 oz— 1154 Stark 
 
1314
Boston, 8 oz............ 1054 Boston, 10 oz............1254
WADDINGS.
White, dos..............25  I Per bale, 40 dos__ S3 50
Colored, doz...........20  IColored  “ 
..........7 50
Pawtucket...............1054
Slater, Iron Cross 
Dundle...................   9
“  Red Cross.
Bedford...................1054
“  Best.........
Valley  City.............1054
“ 
K K ......................... 1054

SILESIAS.
8 
9
1054
Best AA...... 1254
L............................. 754
G..............................854
Cortlcelll, doz.........85  [Cortlcelll  knitting,

SEWING  BILK.

..12 
..12 

8 
“
j “  10 
FINS.

per 5401  ball....... 30

twist,doz..4P 
50yd,doz..40  I
HOOKS AND EYES—PER GROSS.
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No  1 Bl’k & White..l0  INo  4 Bl’k & White..15 
“  2 
..20
“  8 
..25
No 2-20, M C......... 50  INo 4-15 F  854.......... 40
>•  S-18.SC...........45  !
No  2 White A Bl’k..l2  INo  8 White A Bl’k.,20 
.  28
“  4 
“  6 
..26
No2........................ 28  pro3 .........................36

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

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NEEDLES—FER  M.

A.James.................1  401 Steamboat....  ........  40
Crowely’s................1  35 Gold Eyed....................1 50
Marshall's.............. 1 00|
5—4. ...2 25  6—4... 3 2515—4.... 1 95  6—4. ..2 95

TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.
“ _S 10)

“ ....2  10 

COTTON TWINES,

Cotton Sail Twine. .28
Crown....................12
Domestic................1854
Anchor.................. 16
Bristol................... 13
Cherry  Valley........15
I X L........................1854
Alabama................... 6Vi 
Alamance...............   654
Augusta...................754
Ar  sapha................  6
Georgia.....................654
G ranite..................  5V£
Haw  River............ 5
Haw  J ....................5

Nashua................... 18
Rising Star 4-ply__ 17
3-ply....17
North Star.............. 20
Wool Standard 4 plyl754 
Powhattan  ............. 18

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Mount Pleasant
654
Oneida....................  S
Prymont  ................  534
Randelman............   6
Riverside...............   554
Sibley  A .................  654
Toledo  ..................

PLAID  OSNABUBGS

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Amoskeag.............. 1254
9os......1354
brown .13
Andover................. 11V4
Beaver Creek AA... 10 
BB . . .  9
“ 
CC....
“ 
Boston Mfg Co.  br..  7 
“ 
blue  854
“  d * twist 105i 
Columbian XXX br.10 
XXX  bl.19
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Columbian  brown.. 12
Everett, blue...........1254
brown....... 12V4
Haymaker blue........7Vi
brown...  754
Jeffrey.....................UVs
Lancaster  .............. 1254
Lawrence, 9 os........ 1354

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No. 220....13
No. 280....1054

No. 250-1154

Atlas  S oap

Is Manufactured 

only  by

HENRY  PASSÖLT, 

Saginaw,  Mich.

For general laundry and  family 

washing  purposes.

Only brand of first-class laundry 

soap manufactured in the 

Saginaw  Talley.

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

“ T h e   K e n c . ”

Directly Opposite Union Depot.

AME BICAN  FLAN
RATES, $2 PER DAT
STEAM  HEAT  AND  ELECTRIC  BELLS
FREE  BAGGAGE  TRANSFER  FROM  UNION
DEPOT.

BEÄGH  i  BOOTH,  Props.

We are state agents for the

Retail price, $20 each.
Agents wanted in every town in the state.

EATON,  LYON  &  CO.

Booksellers  and  Stationers,

20  &  22  MONROE  ST., 
GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

B x c e ls io r  
B o lts  
W a n ted  !
1  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 Bapids, Mich.

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HINGES.

h a m m e r s.

CRADLES.

CROW BARS.

hangers. 

CARTRIDGES.

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

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

Ordinary Tackle, list April  1892...............  
50
Grain......................................................dls. 50*02

Cast Steel............................................perfi>  5
Ely’s 1-10............................................ per m  65
Hick’s C. P
35
G. D ....................................................  
Musket................................................ 
60

Wrought Loose Pin.......................................60*10 
Wrought Table.............................................60*10  Maydole  A Co.’s..............................«... .dls. 
25
Wrought Inside Blind..................................60*10  1 —
Kip’s .......................................................dls. 
25
75
Wrought Brass............................................. 
Yerkes *  Plumb’s.................................. dls. 40*10
Blind,  Clark’s..............................................70*16
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel........................ 30c list 60
Blind,  Parker’s............................................ 70*10
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel. Hand__30c 40*10
Blind, Shepard’s 
70
Gate, Clark’s, 1,2 ,3 .............................. dis.60410
State...........................................per do*, net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12 In. 4H  14  and
3*
10
* ........... ............ net
%........... ............ net
8V4
........... ............ net
7V4
\
* ........... ............ net
7V4
50
...........dls.
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track__50*10
Champion,  anti friction.............................   60*10
Kidder, wood track.....................................  
40
Pots............................................................... 60*10
Kettles.........................................,.............. 60*10
Spiders  .........................................................60*10
Gray enameled..............................................40*10
Stamped  Tin Ware...............................new list 79
Japanned Tin Ware..................................... 
25
Granite Iron W are.....................new l!st33M*10
Bright...................................................... 70*10*10
Screw  Eyes.............................................70*10*10
Hook’s .....................................................70*10*10
Gate Hooks and Eyes...................... 
70*10*10
<HB.7q
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s .....................
Sisal, V4 inch and larger.............................  
9
Manilla  .........................................................   13
dlS.
Steel and 
75
Iron............................................ 
6(
Try and Bevels...................................... 
 
Mitre............................................................ 
2f-
Com.  Smooth.  Com.

Socket Firmer.............................................70*10
Socket Framing............................................70*16
Socket Corner...............................................70*10
Socket Slicks...............................................70*10
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............................ 
40
40 
Curry,  Lawrence’s. 
25
Hotchkiss..............
White Crayons, per  gross..............12©12H dls. 10
Planished, 14 oz cut to size........per pound 
28
14x52, 14x56, 14x60 ....................... 
26
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60...................  
23
23
Cold Rolled, 14x48....................................  
25
Bottoms.................................................... 
dls.
50
Morse’s  Bit  Stocks.................................. 
Taper and straight Shank........................ 
50
Morse’B Taper Shank...............................  
50

BOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

CHALK.
coffer.

LEVELS. 
HOPES.

SHEET IRON.

HOLLOW WARE.

WIRE GOODS. 

SQUARES. 

DRILLS. 

c h is e l s . 

c o m b s. 

56
25

dls.

dlB.

d ls .

d ls .

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risk his own ruin if he can only down bis 
opponent. 
In many cases,  such  as  that 
at Poughkeepsie,  it is an abuse of power, 
the  strong  against  the  weak,  ignoring 
fair business  principles  and  seeking by 
foul competition to  acquire a  monopoly. 
This man Van  Wagener  is willing to rob 
the State if  he  can  only  be sure  he has 
the chance.  He testified that  he did not 
know that he  was  the only bidder, or  he 
would  have  charged  more—as  much 
more as he  could get. 
If Armour  & Go. 
endorse the action of their agent and pur­
sue a like policy in pushing their business, 
then Armour & Co.  ought to be amenable 
to  the 
law—possibly  indicted  for  con­
spiracy.  Such  a  man  as  Van  Wagener 
would  rob the  public,  as  well  as  the 
State,  had  he the opportunity.

A rran g em en t o f  G oods  in  a H ard w are 

S tore.

In a hardware store,  as elsewhere,  the 
whole duty of  the proprietor and  clerks 
is not comprised in honest  dealing, cour­
teous attention in explaining and describ­
ing the uses of  the various  articles  and 
prompt delivery of  goods. 
It  is further 
required  that  there  should  be  ample 
space  between  stoves,  display  stands, 
etc.,  to permit of  their  being  inspected 
and examined  without  undue crowding. 
Notwithstanding the fact that this should 
force  itself upon  the  mind  of  merchant 
and clerk,  we  know of  stores where  the 
goods  are  so  crowded 
that  it requires 
some little  ingenuity  to make one’s way 
into the interior.  The  contrast between 
that style and as it should be is striking. 
Surplus stock  should  not be  allowed to 
accumulate  in the  front part  of a store, 
but should  be so arranged as  to afford a 
clear view from  front to back,  or  end to 
end of  the store.  This  invites new cus­
tom and  will  afford a more  general  view 
of the stock. 
It  should  be  remembered 
that the front of the store and  along and 
around the counters should be kept clear 
for customers’  use, and in no case should 
shovels,  spades,  rakes,  etc.,  which may 
have been brought out for inspection,  be 
left standing against  counters or  stoves. 
After the sale is made they should be re­
turned at once,  for  not only are they un­
sightly,  being  out of place,  but  they are 
liable to be knocked down and may cause 
trouble.  The comfort and safety of pat­
rons, as  well  as  courtesy,  should  be at 
all  times uppermost  in the  thoughts of 
merchant  and  salesmen.  A  hardware 
store  cannot  be  made  too  attractive, 
either  as  regards  arrangement  and dis­
play of  goods,  or  neatness and  cleanli­
ness.  These features  should go hand  in 
hand.

it 

for 

The Value of Character in Business. 
There is no absolute protection against 
the  swindlers  who prey  upon  the  com­
munity.  They would  steal  if there  was 
no  law against  it,  but  to  keep  out  of 
prison  they  will  gather  in  their  gains 
without violating  any legal  requirement 
or  subjecting  themselves  to  auy  legal 
penalty.  The best  safeguard  is  to give 
more  attention 
to  character.  A  good 
name always has a mercantile value,  but 
in the rush and jostling of men eager  for 
gain it  is not as  highly  estimated  as  it 
ought to be, nor taken into  sufficient ac­
count  in  the  granting  of  credits.  A 
merchant in this city received  a consign­
ment of wheat from a person in the coun­
try with  whom  he had  no  previous  ac­
quaintance.  He  made a liberal advance 
upon it,  and when  he had sold  it he paid 
the consignor the balance. 
It turned out 
that  the latter  had no valid  title to  the 
wheat,  and when  the case  was submitted 
to us  we  decided that  the  consignee,  in 
spite of the fact that he had  received the 
consignment  and  settled 
in 
good faith,  must pay its value over again 
to the real  owuer.  The case was carried 
to the Court  of  Appeals  and  our  judg 
ment  was  sustained.  When  the  mer­
chant  demanded of  us  what  security  a 
commission  dealer had in his business  if 
he could  be compelled to pay  twice  for a 
lot of  produce  sent to  him for  sale,  we 
answered that  he must see to  it that the 
consignor  was a  man of  good  character 
who had  not  appropriated  another  per­
son’s goods.  As the  sender of  the grain 
did not ask  for  credit,  the merchant sup­
posed that it was  unnecessary to inquire 
concerning the  man’s  character,  but  he 
gained  some  knowledge  by 
that  very 
costly experience.
If all  debts for  which securities  were 
not  pledged at  the  time  they  were  con­
tracted  were  debts  of  honor,  and  there 
was no  legal  process  for enforcing their 
payments, there would  be far less money 
lost through broken credits  than there is 
at present,  aud a  premium would be put 
on integrity.  A man  without means,  but 
with  a good  character,  would  find  that 
the  latter was worth more  to him than a 
large bank  account  would be to  deserve 
it,  and the  man  who  would not  pay  his 
debts when  he had the  means would  be 
ruled  off  the  course,  while  he who  was 
willing but  unable to  pay could  not  be 
hindered  by a  single  hard-hearted cred­
itor from  engaging in  a  business  to re­
trieve  his  fortune. 
Instead  of  a  bank­
ruptcy  law we  would repeal  the enforc­
ing act, and let all debtors pay when they 
could  or  when  they  would.  He  who 
would  but  could  not  and  he who could 
but would  not may seem  to stand on the 
same level without  the compelling state­
ment,  but  the  difference  between  them 
would  be as wide as that between honesty 
in  misfortune  and  knavish  abundance. 
Weighed 
in the  same  scales  the  latter 
would surely kick the beam.

U nfair  C om petition.

DRIPPING FANS.

07

ELBOWS.

Small sizes, ser pound............................  
Large sizes, per pound.......................  ......   614
75
Com. 4  piece, 6 in ............................do*, net 
Corrugated............................................. dls 
40
Adjustable............................  
dls.  40*10
dls.
30
Clark’s, small, 8x8;  large, 826.................. 
25
Ives’, 1, $18:  2, $24;  3,$30........................ 
dls.
Disston’s ..................................................60*10
New American  ........................................... 60*10
Nicholson's.............................................60*10
Heller’s ....................................................  
50
Heller’s Horse R asps.............................  
60

files—New List. 

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

 

GALVANIZED IRON.

28
16  17
dls.
50
dls.
55
55
55
55
70
dls.
55
55
56

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

15 

13 
Discount, 60

12 

14 
gauges. 

55

LOCKS—DOOR 

knobs—New List. 

Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s................. 
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings............... 
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmmgs............  
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings......... 
Door,  porcelain, trimmings.................... 
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain.............. 
Russell & Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list  .........  
Mallory, Wheeler  *   Co.’s ....................... 
Branford’s .............................................. 
Norwalk’s ...............................................  
Adze Eye............. 
$16.00, dls. 60
Hunt Bye.......................................... $15.00, dls. 60
Hunt’s ...................................... $18.50, dls. 20*10.
dls.
Sperry *  Co.’s, Post,  handled................  
50
dls.
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s .............................. 
40
"  P. 8. *  W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables.... 
40
40
“  Landers,  Ferry & Cls ik’s ............ 
“  Enterprise 
30
.....................................  
dls.
Stebbin’s Pattern............... 
60*10
Stebbln’s Genuine...................................66*10
25
Enterprise, self-measuring..................... 

MOLASSBS GATES. 

MAULS. 
mills. 

MATTOCKS.

 

 

NAILS

3 f 5

$2 95
3 06
3 15
3 25
8 35
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  Inches 

Nos. 10 to  14......................................$4  05 
Nos. 15 to 17 .....................................  4  05 
Nos.  18 to 21...................................   4  05 
Nos. 22 to 24 .....................................  4  05 
Nos. 25 to 26.....................................   4  25 
No. 27 ................................................  4  45 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19, ’86  .....................................dls. 
Silver Lake, White A..............................list 
Drab A.................................  “ 
White  B...............................  1 
Drab B.................................   “ 
White C.................................“ 

SAND PAPBB.
SASH CORD.

60
50
55
50
55
35

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Discount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

dls.

dls.

saws. 

wire. 

traps. 

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

Silver Steel  Dla. X Cuts, per foot,______  70

Solid Eyes............................................ per ton $25
“ 
20
“  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.................................................   60*10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ...............  
35
Oneida Community, Hawley a Norton’s _______ 70
Mouse,  choker................................... 18cperdoi
Mouse, delusion............................... 11.50 per dos.
dls.
Bright Market..............................................   65
Annealed Market..........................................70—10
Coppered Market........................................   60
Tinned Market............................................   62ft
«
50
Au  Sable............................................dls.  40*10
Putnam.......................................... 
dls.  05
dls. 10*10
Northwestern...................  ........... 
dlB.
Baxter's  Adjustable, nickeled.................... 
30
Coe’s  Genuine............................................. 
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,..................... 75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable............................... 75*10
dls.
Bird Cages................................................. 
50
Pumps, Cistern........................................  
7f*10
Screws, New List..........................................70*10
Casters, Bed a  d Plate...........................50*10*10
Dampers, American.....................................  
40
Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods........65*10

red  Spring  Steel................................  
d  Fence, galvanised...............................  2 85
“ 
painted....................................  2 40

MISCELLANEOUS. 

HORSE NAILS.

WRENCHES. 

METALS.
PIG TIN.

6M
7

ZINC.

SOLDER

26c
  28c

Pig  Large....................................................  
Pig Bars.................................................... 
Duty:  Sheet, 2J4c per pound.
600 pound  casks........................................... 
Per pound...........................................  —  
KOK-i-...................................................   J«
Extra Wiping......................................... 
  15
Hie  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
«older In the market Indicated by private brand* 
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY
Cookson........................................per  ponnd
Hallett’s......................................  
TIN—MXLYN GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal.......................................$ 7
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
14x20 IX, 

Each additional X on this grade, 11.75.

7  0
9 26
9 25

“ 
“ 
“ 

13

“ 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 

TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE.

“ 
“

ROOFING PLATES

10x14 IC,  Charcoal...................................... $ 6  75
6 75
-----  
14x20 IC,
8 25 
10x14 IX, 
9 25
14x20 IX, 

....................................
Each additional X on this grade 11.50.
“  Worcester......................
“ 
......................

. . .  
14x20 IC, 
....  8 50
14x20 LX, 
...  18 50
20x28 IC,
14x20 IC,
6  00
. . .  
14x20 rx,
....  7 50
12 50
20x28 IC,
15  50
20x28 IX,
14x28  IX....................................................... »14 00
14x81  IX................................  ................ 
1 4 x 6 0 § : N"‘I Bon6” ’ } per pound.... 

“ 
“ 
BOILER SIZE TIM PLATE.

Allaway  Grade.
 
 

.15
10

•“ 
» 

“ 
» 

“ 

 
 

6 50

HATCH CHICKENS  BY STEAM 
\nt£_the improved Excelsior Incubator.
Simple,  Perfect,  Self »Regu­
lating.  Thousands in roc- 
cessruloperation.  Guarani 
teed to natch a larger per­
centage of  fertile  eggs at 
less  cost  than  any  other 
Hatcher.  Lowest  priced 
first-class  Hatcher  made. 
CCA. H. STAHL, Quincy,III.

Prices seldom higher.

A.  J .  PH ILLIPS *   CO.,

When You Get Tired

Fenton,  Mich.
Hardware Price Current.

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

From the American Grocer.
While conceding the  economical bene 
fits  to  be  derived  from  combinations 
trusts, or  great  aggregations of  capital 
we have  also  recognized  the  liability to 
the abuse 'of  power,  inherent 
in  such 
organizations.  Hence,  we  favor  legal 
supervision of  aggregated  capital  much 
of  the  same character as  now exercised 
over banks and insurance companies and 
by  the  general  government  over inter­
state transportation
We  have  no defense  to offer for  such 
an  open and  flagrant  violation  of  busi 
ness ethics and  morality as  was brought 
to light  through the investigation of  the 
management of  the  Hudson  River State 
Hospital  at  Poughkeepsie.  Said  P.  A 
Van Wagener,  local  agent for Armour & 
Co.’s  dressed  beef,  when  confronted 
with the fact that  he sold beef at whole­
sale in smaller  quantities in Poughkeep­
sie for from  1 to  IK  cents  less  than  to 
the State: 
‘T  am  here  to make  money. 
It cost me  $7,000 to  do  up  one  compet­
itor,  and I  have lost  as  much  as $450  a 
month on  the meat. 
I  have sold  to the 
asylum,  but I  have made  up in the long 
run. 
If  I knew that I was the only bid­
der, the meat  would have  cost the State 
a  lot  more  money.”  This  is  the  lan­
guage of  a pirate;  of the  cutter;  of one
who is  w illing  to  ru in   com petitors  and  Wrought Narrow, bright Sast Joint..............604*0

These  prices are  for cash  buyers,  who 
pay promptly  and  buy in  full  packages.
60
Snell’s........................................................... 
Cook’s ...........................................................  
40
Jennings’, genuine....................................... 
25
Jennings’,  imitation....................................50*10
First Quality, S. B. Bronze..........................$ 7 00
D.  B. Bronze..........................  12 00
S. B. 8. Steel..................  .......  8 00
D. B. Steel.............................. 13 50
Railroad  .................................................... $14 00
Garden  ...............................................   net  30 00
Stove.............................................................. 50*10
Carriage new list.......................................... 75*10
Plow.............................................................. 40*10
Sleigh shoe  .................................................  
70
Well, plain  ................................................. $ 3 50
Well, swivel......................................................  4 00
dls.
Cast Loose Pin, flgnred.................................70*

AUGURS AND BITS. 

BARROWS. 

BUTTS, CAST.

BUCKRTS.

bolts. 

AXES.

dls.

dls.

dls.

Advance over base: 

Steel nails, base.........................................      1  85
Wire nails, base.....................................1  80@l  90
Steel.  Wire.
Base 
60................................................... Base
.Base
50.
10 25 
06
40.
25 
30.20....
10
35 
15
45 
15
16....
12...
45 50 
15
10....
.  20 
8.....
60 
.  25 
75 
.  40 
7*6.
90 
.  60 
4......
8......
1  20 
.1  00 
2.
1  60 
.1  50
1  60 
F in es................................................... 1  50
65 
Case  10.................................................   60
75 
8.................................................   75
“ 
90 
“ 
6.................................................   90
75 
Finish 10...............................................  85
90 
“  8................................................ 1 00
“  6................................................ 1 15
1  10 
70 
Clinch; 10..............................................  85
80 
“ 
8............................................. 1 00
90 
6.................   ..........................115
“ 
1  75 
Barren % ............................................. 1  75
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy...................................   040
Sdota Bench.................................................  
060
Sandusky Tool  Co.’*, fancy...........................   040
Bench, first quality..........................................   080
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood............  *10
Fry,  Acme.................................................dls.60-—10
70
Common,  polished................................... dls. 
dls.
Iron and  Tinned.............................................  
40
Copper Rivets and Burs..................................50—10
“A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s pat planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9  20 

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

rivets. 

PLANES.

FANS.

dls.

Broken packs ho per pound extra

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E.  A.  STOWE, Editor.

WEDNESDAY,  A PRIL  12,  1893.

UNIONISM  JUDICIALLY  REBUKED.
The decision of  Judge  Billings, order­
ing an  injunction  against  the  Amalga­
mated  Workingmen’s  Council  of  New 
Orleans,  and  the  still  more recent deci­
sion  of  Judge  Ricks, restraining  Chief 
Arthur,  of the  Brotherhood  of  Locomo­
tive Engineers,  from ordering  a  general 
strike,  puts  an  entirely new  face upon 
the 
is  a  decided 
rebuke  to  the  arrogant  assumptions  of 
labor organizations.  It seems all  but cer­
tain  that unionism  has  received  a  blow 
from which it can hardly hope to recover. 
This will not be a misfortune, but the re­
verse, if workingmen  learn  from  it  the 
lessen it is calculated to teach.  Whether 
they will or not remains to be seen.

labor  problem,  and 

is  unionism. 

The  worst  enemy  of  workingmen  to­
day 
It  has  arrayed  em­
ploye against employer,  and  made  their 
interests appear to be  diverse.  As  soon 
as one man enters the employment of an­
other he begins to regard his employer as 
an enemy,  against whom he must scheme 
and  plot.  He is convinced  that the one 
object of his employer is to  work him  as 
many hours as possible, and at the lowest 
possible  remuneration.  Should  he  be 
come dissatisfied,  he  believes  he has the 
right—unionism  has  taught  him  so—to 
desert  his  employment  at  a  moment’s 
warning,  and  to  resort  to any means to 
prevent the filling  of  the  place  he  has 
vacated.  Unionism  undertakes  to  die 
tate  what  wages  shall be paid,  and how 
many hours’  labor shall  be performed by 
each  individual;  how  many  apprentices 
shall  be  employed  in  each  of  the  me 
chanieal  trades  to  a  given  number  of 
men;  and  that no one shall  be  employed 
who is not a member of the union.  These 
are some of the arrogant  and  preposter­
ous claims of  unionism,  the illegality,  to 
say nothing of the absurdity, of which is 
apparent upon even  a  cursory  examina­
tion.  The  courts  have  declared strikes 
and  boycotts to be  illegal,  affirming that 
due  notice  must  be  given,  by  the  em­
ploye,  of his intention to leave his place, 
otherwise his act is construed by the law 
to be “ interference with commerce,” and 
is regarded and punished as a conspiracy. 
Boycotting is regarded and treated  simi­
larly.  The  wage  question  cannot  be 
settled  by  the  unions;  indeed, from  the

nature of the circumstances  which  must 
govern  and  control  wages,  it will  never 
be  settled.  Certainly  the  question  is 
brought  no  nearer  a  solution by the in­
jection of unionism into it.  The declara­
tion of  unionism,  that  none  but  union 
men may be employed,  is  in direct oppo­
sition to one  of  the  plainest  statements 
of  the  national  constitution.  All  men 
have  the  right  to live, because they are 
men,  and not because of any ulterior cir­
cumstance.  The right is inherent in  the 
manhood  of  the  individual,  and  not in 
the class or organization of which he may 
be  a  member.  Any 
interference  with 
this right is  a  crime  against  humanity, 
for which there can be neither  palliation 
nor excuse.

for 

the  strained 

Workingmen  are  not  altogether  to 
blame 
relationship 
which  they  bear  to  their  employers. 
They  have been  deceived and  misled by 
their leaders into  accepting the fallacies 
and follies which  these  demagogues call 
principles; their passions and prejudices, 
and not their reason, have been appealed 
to,  until they have come to regard  every 
employer of  labor as  the natural  enemy 
of the workingman,  and  war to the knife 
as their only resource.

This is a false and ruinous condition of 
things,  especially  for the  wage-earners. 
But there can be no change until they kick 
out those blatant  jawsmithsand self-con­
stituted  leaders,  who  are  the  only ones 
who  have  ever  profited  by  the  “labor 
movement.”  They must learn that their 
interests  and the  interests  of  their em­
ployers are  identical,  and  that the pros­
perity of  the one  means  the  prosperity 
of the other;  that their  employer is their 
friend, and not their enemy.  They must 
learn, also,  that  they  cannot  serve  two 
masters—that,  as  they  love  the  union 
more, they will serve their employer less, 
and that the  business out of  which they 
get  their living and  the support of  their 
families  should  have  the  first  place  in 
their  minds  and  receive  their  heartiest 
service.  Then the wage question will be 
settled,  so  far  as it  is possible  to settle 
it,  for  every  workingman  may  make 
himself so useful to his employer that he 
will  be willing  to pay  him every cent he 
is worth,  and a little  over.  But first the 
“leaders”  must  go,  and  when  they  go 
unionism  will  go  with  them,  and  a 
brighter  and  better  day  dawn  for both 
employe  and employer.

NO  CAUSE  FOR  ALARM.

The  Toronto  Merchant  is  very  much 
exercised over  the  Patrons  of  Industry. 
It is afraid that there may be  some  mer­
chants  foolish  enough  to  be frightened 
by the threats of  the Patrons into acced­
ing to their demands;  and that there will 
be  merchants  who  will  be led away by 
their  wild  and  wooly schemes,  who will 
adopt  their  ridiculous  theories,  an!  at 
tempt  to  do  business on a 12% per cent 
basis.  Let our contemporary possess his 
soul in patience.  This State had an  epi­
demic  of  patronism  several  years  ago, 
and  about 200 retail  merchants were in­
duced to put  P.  of 1.  theories  into  prac­
tice in their  stores,  and  endeavor  to  do 
business on a profit of 10 per cent.  Those 
of the number who depended to any  con­
siderable  extent  upon  the P.’s of I. for 
their  trade  went to the  wall,  of  course, 
for  retail  business  cannot  be  done  on 
such  a  basis.  Moreover,  the  Patrons, 
while holding  the  merchants  strictly  to 
the agreement, refused  to be bound by  it 
themselves.  If they wanted staples, they

went  to  the  “Patron  store,”  while  the 
best  of  their  custom went to stores not 
bound by the agreement.  Some of  those 
who signed  the  agreement  managed  to 
pull through,  because  a good percentage 
of their trade was with people outside of 
the Patrons.  Those who refused to have 
anything  to  do  with the Patrons, were, 
of  course, the  best  off.  Four years ago 
there were probably  40,000  active  mem­
bers  of  the  organization  in  this State; 
now every lodge has lapsed  and the only 
vestige left to remind one of the wave  of 
rural discontent created by  the  wily  or­
ganizers  of  the  order  is  the periodical 
meeting of a half dozen cranks who style 
themselves  “grand  officers.”  They  are 
grand in only one respect—in  their  soli­
tude.

THE  STAFF  OF  LIFE.

Indian corn, or maize,commonly known 
as  “corn”  in the United States,  is a most 
important article of  food on this  side of 
the Atlantic,  but in  the  greater  part of 
Europe it is a small factor in the subsist­
ence of human beings.

According to official reports, this coun­
try furnishes  about three-fourths of  the 
production of the world,  which averaged 
about 2,300,000,000 bushels for the decade 
ended in 1890, and the  tendency is to in­
crease in the proportion that the acreage 
is extended  faster  in  the  United States 
than  in  other  countries.  Only  one 
bushel  in  twenty-five  is  exported,  and 
the higher  the  domestic price  the less is 
exported,  as the amount  shipped per an­
num has been  100,000,000  bushels when 
prices were lowest,  and less that 2,000,000 
when prices were highest. 
In this coun­
try the consumption  for food  amounts  to 
nearly 200,000,000  bushels.  Corn is also 
used  for food in Mexico and  in Southern 
Europe,  but  in other parts of Europe  al 
most  exclusively for  feed of  horses  and 
other animals.

It is strange that the  Europeans are so 
backward in  learning the use  of this ex 
cellent grain,  but  they  do not take to  it 
even under  the pressure  of  famine. 
In 
Northern  Europe  oatmeal 
furnishes 
standard food,  while in  Central  Europe 
It is  pre­
rye is the  chosen  breadstuff. 
ferred by the masses to  wheat even. 
In 
some countries of  Asia and Africa millet 
is  the  principal  bread  plant,  while  ir 
China rice is the staple food.  Of course 
wheat is used  in most  countries,  having 
been grown from the earliest times.

Corn  is  a  native  of America, having 

comes 

Illinois 

been  found  by  the  first  Europeans 
Mexico,  Peru,  Virginia  and  other  parts 
of the mainland.  Corn is grown in every 
part of the country, from  Canada  to the 
Gulf of  Mexico,  but the Western Central 
States are the chief producers.  Of these 
Iowa 
first,  with  168,000,000 
bushels;  Nebraska second,  with 135,000 
000; 
third,  with  127,000,000 
Missouri  fourth,  with  126,000,000;  Kan 
sas 
the 
Southern  States,  Texas  shows  up  with
65.000. 
States,  except  Florida,  producing  from
10.000. 000 
to  50,000,000  bushels  each. 
The prices  of  corn  fluctuated  from  68. 
cents  a  bushel  in  1883,  to 41.8 cents in 
1890.  These  are  the  extremes  in  thir­
teen years  past.

fifth,  with  120,000,000.  Of 

Wheat belongs to a colder climate than 
corn,  the  extreme  Northwestern  States 
being the largest  producers.  An  exten­
sive section of Canada is well adapted  to 
wheat,  and 
that  fact  furnishes  an  im­
portant p reason  why  the  acquisition of

Canada by the United States will be most 
desirable.  The  time  will  come, it is al­
ready foreshadowed,  when America  will 
be  depended  on  to  furnish bread to the 
rest  of  the  world.  The  wheat  crop of 
the  United  States  for  1892  was  about
516.000.  000 bushels.  In 1891 It was about
612.000.  000, the largest ever made.  Kan­
sas  leads  as  a  wheat-producing  State, 
with  about  71,000,000  bushels;  while 
Minnesota is second,  with 41,000,000.  Of 
the  Southern  States,  Kentucky  alone 
furnishes  more  than  10,000,000.  Texas 
produces 5,000,000.  All the other South­
ern States less.  The wheat crop of Cali­
fornia in 1892 was 39,000,000.

The highest price for wheat  in  fifteen 
years was in  1878,  when  it brought $1.34 
per  bushel. 
In  1890  it  got  down to 83 
cents, and for  a  number  of  years  past 
had  not  reached  $1,  until  1892, when it 
got to $1.03.  The  steady  cheapening  of 
breadstutfs, save  when artificially stimu­
lated by a failure of  foreign crops,  while 
not  an  encouraging sign for the farmer, 
is,  at least,  a benefit  to  the  balance  of 
mankind.  Like the low price of  cotton, 
it is a good thing  for the masses.  What 
is necessary for the producers  is  to  de­
crease the cost of  production, and  so  in­
crease their  profits,  without  levying  in­
creased exactions on  consumers.

THE  ADVANCE  IN  SUGAR.

The most interesting phase of the pres­
ent  commercial  situation  is  the  great 
strength of  the  sugar  market.  During 
the past two weeks  there have  been fre­
quent advances,  and unless  the  signs of 
the times are very  misleading,  there will 
be further  advances  during  the coming 
fortnight.  The  advance  has  not  been 
confined to the United States, but has ex­
tended  all over  the  sugar world,  begin­
ning with London and the continent.  In 
Havana and the island of Cuba generally 
there has been a sharp advance in  prices, 
accompanied by considerable speculative 
buying,  if reports are to be credited.

Europe  and 

The  causes of this general advance are 
the  comparative  light  supplies of  sugar 
the  prospect  that  the 
Cuban crop will  fail  considerably  short 
of last season.  The  main  sugar supply 
of  the  United  States  is  derived  from 
Cuba,  hence the  American sugar market 
is  more promptly  affected by  influences 
operating in  Havana  than  by any other 
cause. 
It is said that the  Cuban yield is 
falling considerably short,  and extensive 
fires in the cane fields have further dimin­
ished the promise of the crop.  An early 
commencement  of  the  rainy  season  is 
also expected,  in  which event the deficit 
will be  increased.

With  the  prospect  of  a  short  sugar 
crop,  there  is reason  to  expect that the 
United  States  will  have  to  draw upon 
European supplies of  beet sugar early in 
the season.  This  prospect  has  already 
assisted in  the  advance  in  London,  and 
should  the Cuban  shortage  turn  out as 
serious  as  some  fear,  still  further  ad­
vances may be expected to  follow.

With  Mr.  Stowell’s  article  in 

this 
week’s  issue,  the  controversy  between 
that gentleman and Mr.  Owen is brought 
to  a close.  T h e  T radesm an  departed 
from its  usual custom  in  permitting the 
discussion 
in  the  first  place,  and  its 
readers are assured  that hereafter  noth­
ing of the kind will be allowed.  Discus­
sions on merchandising and kindred sub­
jects  are invited,  and  articles  on  trade 
and  trade  relations  will  always  find  a 
place in our  columns,  but there  must be

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away, as I am not a fellow that speaks of 
those things.

I remain, respectfully,

A l f r e d   Al l e n .

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no  descending  to  personalities.  A dis­
cussion which  cannot be conducted with 
calmness  and  moderation  will  do  more 
harm than good.  Due  consideration for 
and toleration of  the  opinions of  others 
are essential to fair,  honest discussion.

A  writer  in  an  English  paper  com­
plains because the  freight  charges  on a 
ton of cheese from a point 120 miles from 
London to the metropolis, are 30s. ($7.50), 
while it only costs 17s.  ($4.25) to  convey 
the same quantity from  Chicago to  Lon­
don, a distance of 4,000 miles.  An  Eng­
lishman must be hard  to  please, 
if  he 
lets a little thing like that put  him  out.

The H a rd w a re  M arket.

The first week of April opens  up  with 
business good in all lines  and  a  general 
disposition to get higher prices, although 
early  in the season considerable  trouble 
is  experienced 
in  getting  seasonable 
goods,  but  manufacturers  all  say  they 
are  straining  every  nerve  to  keep  up 
with their  orders.

Barbed  and  Plain  Wire—The market 
is very active,  the demand  is  large  and 
prices are firm.  The  recent  advance  of 
$2 a ton is being held  firmly  by  jobbers 
and  manufacturers  and  any  decline in 
price need not  be  looked  for.  The  ad 
vance has come to stay.  $2.40 for painted 
aud $2.80 for galvanized are  the  present 
prices.

Wire Nails—Firm at  the quotations of 
last week,  with every  prospect of  firmer 
prices for the future.  There is no doubt 
but  what  the  manufacturer  has  been 
losing  money at  the  low  prices  which 
have prevailed the  last six months, and 
while there is no  combination, there is i 
feeling  that  the  continued 
low  price 
meant  ruin,  and  better  prices  must be 
had; $1.60  rates at the  mill,  and $1.80@ 
1.85 rates in  Grand Rapids are  the pres 
ent prices.

Glass—No change to note.
Rope—Very  firm with  advancing ten 
dencies.  The  present  prices  are 9c  for 
sisal and 13c for manilla.

Wool  Twine—Many  inquiries  as well 
as  purchases  are  now  being  made  of 
wool twine. 
It is higher  than last year. 
Jobbers  are  quoting  6%@7c  lb  by  the 
bale,  with Kc extra for broken packages.
Augur Bits—Everything  in the line of 
augurs—augur  bits  and  car  bits—have 
had a very  material  advance.  Common 
augur bits are  now quoted  at  60 and  10 
discount from list.

Doors and Sash—Owing to scarcity and 
higher  prices  ruling  for  lumber,  doors 
and sash have advanced.  They  are now 
being quoted as  follows:  Doors,  45  and 
5 discount;' sash, 60  discount.  Manufac­
turers  advise us they must go higher,  as 
material has advanced to stay.

T estim onial  to   th e   P o w er o f th e  P re ss.
Montague,  April 1.—I notice  in  T h e 
T radesm an of  March  22  the  following 
announcement  under  the  head  of  Mon­
tague:  “E.  L.  Dodge  has  sold  his  stock 
of hardware to A.  A.  Allen,” and  I  have 
been cudgelling my brains ever  since  as 
to where the joke comes  in.  Ever  since 
the  notice  appeared, the  power  of  the 
press has been getting in its work on the 
unsuspecting  hardware  dealers  of  the 
country,  who  continue  to  flood my mail 
with  circulars,  price  lists  aud  discount 
sheets,  after  the  perusing  of  which  I 
sadly  contemplate  “ what  might  have 
been”  if  1  only  had  thought  of  it, or 
known at an  earlier  stage  of  the  game 
the enormous difference between a  hard­
ware man’s and druggist’s profits.  Hop­
ing you will  kindly  undeceive  aforesaid 
u.  h.  d.’s  and  tell them tlyit it was  only 
a drug stock I purchased, and not a hard-

The  G rocery  M arket.

Sugar—The  market  continues  strong 
and  excited,  having  advanced  another 
sixpence  during  the  past  week,  with 
every  prospect  of  going still higher be­
fore the end of another week.

Molasses—Now is a good time to lay in 
summer supplies of  New  Orleans goods, 
before the  warm  weather  renders  ship­
ping precarious.

Salt—The  Michigan  Salt  Co. has  re 
duced  the  price  of  common  fine  to  55 
cents, in consequence of  which the local 
market has dropped from 90 to 85c.

Coffee—The market on Brazilian grades 
continues  to  decline,  in  consequence  of 
which  the  manufacturers  of  package 
goods have reduced their  quotations J^c 
Provisions—Pork is  50c  lower  than  a 

week ago and hams have declined 
Kettle rendered lard  is l}^c lower.

F rom  O ut o f Tow n.

Calls  have  been 

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

J.  E.  Thurkow, Morley.
J. C. Neuman & Co.,  Dorr.
Phin Smith,  Hastings.
Ezra Brown, Ballard.
Dr.  J. W. Kirtland, Lakeview.
J.  R.  Harrison, Sparta.
Ellsworth Lumber Co., Ellsworth. 
Cameron Lumber Co., Torch Lake.
G. V. Nash,  Norwood.
W.  E.  Thorp, Hart.

T he D ry G oods M arket.

Dress ginghams are off  and are quoted 
from 6K@7Mc for regular  8Kc  quality. 
Prints are J^c cheaper.  Cottons  remain 
firm. 
___________

PBODCCE  M ARKET,

Apples—Baldwins and Spies are  each  25  cents 
higher, the former being  now  held  at  13 75  and 
the latter at *3 50.  Russets still  command  *2.75.
Beans—Handlers pay *1.75  for country-picked 
and hold at $2.  City hand-picked are quoted  at 
10@25c above these figures.

Butter—The scarcity continues.  Jobbers  find 

no difficulty in getting 28c for choice dairy.

Cabbage—Fine stock commands *1  per doz. but 

fair stock is in the market at 50 to 75c per doz. 

Cider—13@15C per gallon.
Cranberries—I ractically out of the market. 
Eggs—Dealers pay 1354 and hold at 15c.  Pick 
lers and cold storage men  are  offering  as  high 
as 13?*c  aud  competition  among  the  latter  for 
cold weather eggs may send the price up H&Hc 
higher-
dark buckwheat brings 13c.

Honey—White  clover  commands  16c  per  lb 

Lettuce—Hot bed stock  commands  15c.  Hot 

house stock is firmly held at 18c per  lb.

Maple Sugar—Handlers pay 8  and  9c,  holding 

at 10 and 11c per lb.
has dropped to *1.30 per bu.

Onions—Lower and weaker.  The selling price 

Parsnips—40c per bn.
Pieplant—6c per lb.
Potatoes—The market Is stronger and about 5c 
htgher,  with  some  prospects  of  still  higher 
quotations.

Radishes—35c per doz. bunches.
Spinach—75c per bu.
Strawberries—*3.50 per case of  24  pints.  The 
arrivals  so  far  come  from  Florida  and  Texas 
and are decidedly inferior In flavor. 

Tomatoes—*! per 6 basket crate.
Turnips—So cheap and plenty as to  be  practi 

cally unquotable.

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3 bbl...................................   2100
4 bbl...................................   25 00
5 bbl...................................  30 00
Pump without tank —   ... 
9 00

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Drugs $£ Medicines»

State Board  of Pharm acy.

One  Tear—James Vernor, Detroit.  •
Two  Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann  Arbor  J 
Three  Tears—George Gundrum, Ionia.
Four Years—C. A. Buirbee. Cheboygan.
Five Years—S. E. Parkill, Owosso.
President—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor.
Secretary—Jas.  Vernor, Detroit..
Treasurer—Geo. Gundrum, I o n i a . _______________
M ic h ig a n   S ta te   P h a r m a c e u tic a l  A s s ’n . 

President—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso. 
Vice-Presidents—I.  H.  L.  Dodd.  Buchanan;  F.  W.  R.
Perry, Detroit;  W. H. Hicks, Morley.
Treasurer—Win. H  Dupont,  Detroit.
Secretary—C. W. Parsons, Detroit.
Executive  Committee—H.  G.  Coleman,  Kalamazoo; 
Jacob Jesson, Muskegon:  F.  J.  Wurzburg  and  John 
E. Peek, Grand Rapids;  Arthur Bassett,  Detroit. 
Local Secretary—James Vernor.
Next  place  of  meeting—Some  resort  on  St.  Clair 
River;  time to be designated by Executive Committee.
G ra n d   R a p id s   P h a r m a c e u tic a l  S o c ie t y . 
President, John D. Muir;  Sec’y, Frank H. Escott.

HOW  TO  SUCCEED.

A  L ad y   G ives  H er  V iew s  on  “ W ay s 

W hich W in.”

From the Cincinnati Tribune:

service.  Others,  with 

The day is  past when  the dealer  who 
does not come up to the latest methods in 
success. 
business  can  achieve  much 
Competition  overwhelms  the  inert  and 
sleepy dealer.  Eager to be  in the swim, 
to buy and  to sell,  to  attract custom and 
retain 
it.  the  retail  dealer  avoids  the 
shelving  of  stock,  and  makes  “Quick 
sales if small  profits” his motto.
So  important a  part  do  his  salesmen 
and saleswomen  play  in  this  endeavor, 
that the skill  in choosing  and the  allot­
ment  of  duties  and  management  of 
them  is  an  art.  To  attract  to himself 
and to hold such a  class  of  employes  as 
shall push  his business  with  individual 
energy  and  promptness,  is  laying  the 
foundation of success upon the bed rock. 
Some men have a sixth sense in  regard to 
this choosing  of  aid and  in appreciating 
first-class 
all 
good  intentions, utterly  fail  to  interest 
and secure the good will of a force.  The 
wise employer must pay  for fidelity,  not 
despise it.  Happy is he who can  adjust 
his  business  interests  and  his  sense  of 
justice  in so nice  a  balance  that  he  al 
lows fair hours,  fair  wages,  aud  who re­
members at  all times  that  bis employes 
are human,  like  unto  himself.  A great 
mercantile  house  has  gained  its unpar­
alleled success  mainly by the sagacity of 
one  of  the  partners.  You  can  see him 
here,  there,  in  the  various floors,  speak­
ing  socially,  pleasantly,  encouragingly, 
to the clerks, winning from them not only 
obedience, but cheerful interest and pride 
in  their  duties.  This  gentleman,  with 
great foresight and  prudence,  has  lately 
admitted into his firm,  incorporated as  a 
stock company,  the heads of  various de­
partments,  faithful  employes  whom  he 
could reward in  no other way.  And the 
profits of  this firm count  up  to the  hun­
dred thousands.
The customer  associates  for  the  time 
being the value of the goods bought  with 
the alacrity and courtesy of the one serv­
ing him.  He has no use for the lofty or­
nament whose visiou is away and  beyond 
the humblest customer.  Remember  that 
the customer likes to be served with  that 
deference which tickles vanity.
Don’t underrate the value of new ideas 
and new  goods.  The  charm or  novelty 
never  dies.  To  make  the public  notice 
your  goods  >s  a  great  thing.  Fertile 
brains  have  been  racked  for  devices 
with which  to  attract  attention,  and the 
outcome,  at  times,  has  been fearful and 
wonderful to behold.  Good taste is para­
mount  here,  as  elsewere.  Your devices 
and displays must suit  your class of cus­
tomers.  Pearls should not  be placed be­
fore  swine,  nor  shouldowienerwurst  be 
paraded under  the noses of the frequent­
ers of  the  St.  Nicholas  Cafe. 
In  other 
words, reflect  upon the  people,  the sov­
ereign people,  whose money  you desire.
What a field for  ingenuity  and origin­
ality  lies  in  the  window  display!  An 
original idea,  born  in a  moment of posi­
tive  inspiration,  may  win  hundreds  of 
dollars over the counter ere  the sun goes 
down.  Look at the crowds that are ever 
there.  They  come,  they  pass,  they  are 
replaced  over 
and  over.  Encourage 
harmless  competition  among your force 
in  window  dressing.  You  may  find  a 
genius.  The  public  will  judge for you.

“Rut what  can I do with  shovels?” asks 
the  hardware  dealer.  Do  something 
with  shovels  that  was  never  done with 
shovels before.  You  will  sell  shovels. 
“And  shoes?”  cries  another.  “It  is so 
hard to make a telling display in shoes.” 
Yet I dream of a winding stair filling the 
window,  a stair casein miniature.  Upon 
the carpeted steps were shoes  in pairs.
Is trade dull?  Get out a  special lot of 
left-overs and advertise it catchily.  The 
five-cent table and store idea started that 
way and made Edward Butler a rich man. 
If  your brain  isn’t constructed  so as to 
evolve  sudden and  original ideas,  court 
the society  and solicit  the  aid  of  some 
one  who  has  brilliant  moments.  Get 
some one whose flow of words is free and 
spontaneous 
to  write  you  something 
fresh  and  nervy  about  your  stock,  and 
keep  pushing  advertisements  into  the 
local  newspapers.  You’ll 
sell  your 
goods.  You’ll have a  tireless messenger 
running to and fro in the land.
Large  firms  now  make  a  specialty of 
art in advertising,  and a  fine magazine is 
published  in New York in  that interest.
One’s  mouth  waters  at  the  reading, 
and contentment resteth not within nutil 
you have sent for some of the goodies.  A 
clever picture will  tell  volumes,  a single 
apt quotation empty shelves,  an ingenious 
trademark  win  a  run  upon  a  line  of 
goods.  Who  has  not  admired  Millet’s 
“Bubbles,” but  who can,  for a  moment, 
forget the famous soap it advertised?  A 
famous  soap  house  has  but  recently 
closed a widely-advertised  verse contest, 
receiving over 20,000  replies in praise of 
their  best  brand. 
In  itself  the  contest 
was a great advertisement.
Premiums with sales have often helped 
dull  business.  Chromos  have  been fol­
lowed by more tangible presents.  China, 
glass,  lamps,  photographs; all have  been 
used to coax the reluctant dollar into the 
retailer’s hands.  The card, the calendar, 
the  blotter,  all  have  their  uses,  but do 
not advertise as widely as the newspaper.
I have heard of  an enterprising grocer 
who potted, with his wife’s and children’s 
assistance,  hundreds of  slips of  gerani­
ums.  When  the  dreaded  dull  season 
came  he  advertised  that,  on  a  certain 
day,  he  would  present  a  geranium  to 
every  customer  purchasing  a  certain 
amount of goods.  The little plants were 
tastefully  arranged  among  the  bottles 
and cans.  The result was a decided suc­
cess,  opening  the  way  for  future  suc­
cesses.  Soap, coffee,  tea,  chocolate and 
dainties of  various sorts  are  advertised 
by  receptions when the  clerks serve out 
delicious  samples  of  the  articles.  At 
some stores trade is  attracted  by the ex­
hibition  of some  magnificent work of art 
or the alluring  music  of  a  first-class or­
chestra.  Anything,  anything  new  and 
novel to win  the  crowd to  enter, to  see, 
to purchase.
To  buy closely, to  tell of  your wares, 
to show  alluringly, to  sell  quickly,  are 
vital  points along  the  highway  to  suc- 
cuss.  The key to public favor,  however, 
is  in  the  persistent  keeping  of  wares 
before 
feel 
that  you  are  a  persistent  caterer  to 
wants,  that whether  you have shovels or 
shoes, drugs  or  dishes,  you are  keeping 
at  it  everlastingly,  and  mean  success. 
Again I say  unto you—advertise!  adver­
tise!  advertise!—aud  in  the  paper that 
reaches the buying class.

the  public.  Make 

it 

Eliza b et h Cherry  Ha ir e.

Use Tradesman or Superior Coupons.

E.  H.  W HITE, 

Manufacturers’ agent and jobber of

PAPER  AND  WOODENWARE,

125 Court St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

a good heart

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Jobbers for Western Michigan.

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A new  remedy which  has created a sensation  among physicians  by its wonderful 
effects in  speedily  curing  every form of  piles. 
It is the  only remedy  known  (ex­
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Briefly stated,  it has  the  following  advantages  over a surgical operation  or  any 
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It  is  absolutely painless;  it contains no mineral  poisons nor in­
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carried in the  pocket and  used  while  traveling or anywhere  without  the  slightest 
inconvenience or interference with  business;  and,  last, but  not  least,  it  is  cheap, 
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The following  letters  speak for  themselves  and  need no comment  except to say 
we have hundreds of  similar ones and  could fill this paper with them if  necessary:
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I waited 15 days or more to be sure I was  cured  be­
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much surprised at the rapid and thorough effect of the remedy.  Truly yours, J. W. 
Rollins,  Marmaduke Military Academy,  Sweet Springs, Mo.
I  only used  one  package 
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and I had them so bad I could  hardly walk; and I would  have them now if  my wife 
had not insisted on my trying it, and I  kept it some time before she could get me to 
use it,  but I now thank  God such a remedy was  made, and  you can  use this  letter 
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Cure entirely cured me of  piles  from  which 1  had  suffered  for years,  and  I have 
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entirely removed  every trace of  itching piles. 
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you that the  reputation of  this  remedy was  built up on its  merits as a permanent 
cure and not by newspaper puffery.

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Wholesale Price Current•

Advanced—Balsam Peru.  Declined—Cubeb berries,  gum  opium,  oil  annise,  oil  orange,  oil
cinnamon,  copaiba,  oil  cubebs,  cotton  seed  oil,  oil  lemon,  Malaga  olive  oil,  African  ginger, 
alcohol.

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S.  N. Y. Q.  &

Morphia,  ® P. & W.  2 20@2 45 
C.  Co....................  2 10@2 35
Moschus Canton........  ©  40
Myristlca, No  1 ........  65©  70
NnxVomica, (po20)..  ©  10
Os.  Sepia....................  20©  22
Pepsin Saac, H. A P. D.
Co............................  ©2 00
Picis  Llq, N.*C., y, gal
doz  .........................  ©2 00
Picis Llq., quarts......   ©1  00
pints.........   ©  85
Pll Hydrarg,  (po. 80)..  ©  50
Piper  Nigra, (po. 22)..  @ 1
Piper Alba, (po g5) —   ©  3
Pix  Burgun...............   @  7
Plumbi A cet..............  14©  15
Pulvis Ipecac et opii. .1  io®l  20 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
AP. D.  Co., doz......  ©125
Pyrethrum,  pv...........  15©  25
Quasslae....................  8©  10
Quinia, S. P. & W......  29©  34
S.  German__  21©  30
Rubia  Tinctorum......   12®  14
Saccharum Lactls pv.  23©  25
Salacln...................... 1  76@1  80
Sanguis  Draconis......  40®  50
Sapo,  W......................  12©  14
“  M.......................  10©  12
“  G.......................  ©  15

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Seldlltz  Mixture........  ©  20
Slnapls.......................   @  18
“  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.................  1)4©  2
Soda,  Bi-Carb............   ©  5
Soda, Ash.................... 3)4©  4
Soda, Sulphas............   @  2
Spts. Ether C o...........  50©  55
“  Myrcla  Dom......   ©2 25
“  Myrcla Imp........  @3 00
....7 .......................2 25@2 35
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia Crystal......1  40@1  45
Sulphur, Subl............ 2)4© 3)4
“  Roll..............  2M@ 3
Tamarinds.................  8©  10
Terebenth Venice......  28©  30
Theobromae..............45  @  48
Vanilla.....................9 00©16 00
Zlncl  Sulph...............   7®  8

Vinl  Rect.  bbl.

OILS.

Whale, winter...........  70 
Lard,  extra.............. 1  10 
Lard, No.  1...............   65 
Linseed, pure raw__  51 

Bbl.  Gal
70
1  15
70
54

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paints. 

Llndseed,  boiled__   54 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained...............   80 
Spirits Turpentine—   38 

11
57
85
43
bbl.  lb.
Red Venetian..............IX  2@8
Ochre, yellow Mars__ IX  2@4
“ 
Ber........IX  2@3
Putty,  commercial__2M  2)4@3
“  strictly  pure......2)4  2X@3
VermHion Prime Amer­
ican ...................  
13@16
 
Vermilion,  English.... 
65@70
Green, Peninsular........  
70@75
Lead,  red....................6X@7
“  w hite............... 6X@7
Whiting, white Span... 
Whiting,  Gliders’........ 
White,  Paris American 
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
1 40
Pioneer Prepared Palntl  20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
Paints.....................1 00@1  20
VARNISHES.
No. 1 Turp  Coach.... 1  10©1  20
Extra Turn................166©1  70
Coach Body...............2 75@3 00
No. 1 Turn Furn.......1  00©1  10
Eutra Turk Damar__1  55@1  60
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 

cliff..............................  

©70
©90
1  0

Turp............................ 

70®75

Importers  and  Jobbers  of

CHEMICALS  AND

PATENT  MEDICINES

DEALERS  IN

Paints, Oils  % Varnishes.

Sole Agents for the  Celebrateci

SWISS  VILLÄ  PREPJRED  PRINTS.

M   Line of  Staile  Drnggists’  Sundries.

We are Sole Proprietors of

Weatherly's  Michigan  Catarrh  Remedy.

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

WHISKIES,  BRANDIES,

GINS,  WINES,  RUMS,

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Acetlcum.................
Benzolcnm  German.
Boraclc 
80
....................  
Carbolicum  .  ...........  27©  36
Cltricum...................  50©  52
Hydrochlor...............   3©  5
NItrocum 
.................   10©  12
Oxalicum...................  10©  12
Phosphorium dil........ 
20
Salleylicum.....................1  3o@l 70
Sulpnuricum..............  IX©  5
Tannlcum....................... 1 40@1 60
Tartaricum................  30©  33

AMMONIA.

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Aqua, 16  deg..............  3M@  8
20  deg..............  5V4@  7
Carbonas  ...................  18©  14
Chlorldum.................  18©  14

ANILINE.

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

BACCAE.

Cubeae (po  40)........  40©  45
Juniperus..................  
JJJ
Xanthoxylum.............  25©  30
BALSAMUM.
 

Copaiba......................  45©  50
P eru................ 
  @1  60
Terabln, Canada......  60®  65
Tolutan......................  35©  50

CORTEX.

Abies,  Canadian.................   18
Cassiae  ...............................  JJ
Cinchona P la v a.................   18
Euonymus  atropurp...........  30
Myrica  Cerifera, po.............  20
Pranas Vlrgini....................  12
Quill ala,  grd.......................   10
Sassafras  ............................  }•
Ulmus Po (Ground  15)........  15

XXTBACTUM.

Glycyrrhiza  Glabra...  24©  25
po...........  33©  35
Haematox, 15 lb. box..  11©  12
is..............  13©  14
14s............   14©  15
16©  17

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FEBBU
Carbonate Precip..
Citrate and Qulnla 
Citrate  Soluble —
Ferrocy anidum Sol 
Solut  Chloride....
Sulphate,  com’l...
pure...

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©  15 
@3 50 
®  80 
©  50 
©  15 
9©  2
©  7

FLORA.

 

Arnica.......................  18®  20
Anthemis...................  3f@  35
Matricaria 
40©  50
50
nlvelly....................  25©  28
Alx.  35©  50

Barosma 
Cassia  Acutifol,  Tin-

 
FOLIA.
............  

2C@

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Salvia  officinalis,  Ms 
................... 
TJraXJrsi 
n m .

and  )4s....................   15©
8©

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Acacia, 1st  picked....  ©
....  ©
....  ©
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2d 
8d 
sifted sorts... 
po.................  60©  80
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)...  50©  60 
©  li 
“  Cape, (po.  20)...
©  50
Socotri, (po.  60).
Catechu, Is, 04s, 14 Me
©  1 
16)............................
60 
Ammoniae.................  55©
35 
30©
AssafoBtIda, (po. 35).. 
55 
Bensolnum.................  50©
58
Camphor»...................  55©
Kupnorbium  po  ........  35©  lo
Gafbanum..................   @2  50
Gamboge,  po..............  70©
Gualacum, (po  30) —   ©  25
Kino,  (po  1  10).........   @1  15
M astic............... 
  @  80
Myrrh, (po. 45)...........  @  40
Opii  ¿po  4  10)...........3 ?5@3 gf
Shellac  ......................  10©  38
bleached......   33©  35
Tragacanth................  40@1 00

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Absinthium.........................  25
Eupatorium.........................  20
Lobelia................................   25
Majorum.............................   «>
Mentha  Piperita.................  23
“  V ir.........................  25
flue.......................................  *
Tanacetum, V......................  «
Thymus,  V..........................   25

MAGNESIA.
Calcined, Pat..............
Carbonate,  Pat.......
Carbonate, K. A  M —
Carbonate, Jenning5..

20©  25 
35©  36

Cubebae......................  @360
Exechthltos..............  2 50@2 75
Brigeron..................... 2 25@2 50
Gaultheria.................. 2 00@2 10
Geranium,  ounce......   ©  75
GosslpU, Sam. gal......   70©  75
Hedeoma  ...................2 10®2 20
Junlperi......................  50©2 00
Lavendula.................  90@2 00
Limonls.......................2 40©2 60
Mentha Piper...............2 75@3 50
Mentha Verid............. 2 20@2 30
Morrhuae, gal..............1 00@1 10
Myrcla, ounce............   ©  50
Olive..........................  90@2 75
Picis Liquida, (gal. .35)  10©  12
Ricini.......................  1  22@1  28
Rosmarini............  
75@1  00
Rosae, ounce............   6 50©8 50
Succlni.......................   40©  45
Sabina.................  ...  90@1  00
San tal  ....................... 3 60@7 00
Sassafras.  .................   50©  55
Slnapls, ess, ounce —  
©  65
Tiglii..........................  ©  90
Thyme.......................  40©  50
opt  ...............   @  60
Theobromas...............   15©  20

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POTASSIUM.

Bi Garb.......................   15©  18
blohromate...............   13©  14
Bromide....................  36©  40
Carb.........................  .  12©  15
Chlorate  (po  23@25)..  24©  26
Cyanide......................  50©  55
Iodide.........................2 9G@3 00
Potassa, Bitart,  pure..  27©  30 
Potassa, Bitart, com...  ©  15
Potass Ultras, opt......  
8©  10
Potass Nitras.............. 
7©  9
Prussiate....................  28©  30
Sulphate  po...............   15©  18

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(po. 35)............... 

Aconitum...................  20©  25
Althae.........................  22©  25
Anchusa....................  12©  15
Arum,  po....................  ©  25
Calamus......................  20©  40
Gentiana  (po. 12)......   8©  10
Glychrrhlza, (pv. 15).. 
16© 18
HydrastlB  Canaden,
30
© 
Hellebore,  Ala,  po__  15©  20
Inula,  po....................  15©  20
Ipecac,  po.................. 2 30@2 40
Iris  plox (po. 35@38). 
35©  40
Jalapa,  pr..................   40©  45
Maranta,  Me..............  @  35
Podophyllum, po.......   15©  18
Rhel............................  75@1  00
cut......................  ©1  75
pv.......................  75@1  35
sptgelia.....................   35©  38
Sangulnarla, (po  25)..  @ 20
Serpen taria.................  30®  32
Senega.......................  65©  70
Slmilax, Officinalis,  H  ©  40
M  ©  25
Scillae, (po. 35)...........  10©  12
Symplocarpus,  Foetl-
  ©  35
Valeriana, Bng. (po.30)  @  25
German...  15©  20
ingiber a ............. 
20
Zinglher  ] .............. 
20©  22
SBMBN.
©If©
Anlsum,  (po.  20). 
Aplum  (graveleons). 
“ire"
4©8©
Bird, Is 
Carul, (po. 18)
Cardamon...................1  00©1  25
Corlandrum...............   10©  12
Cannabis Sativa.........   3)4 ©4
Cydonlum..................   75©1  00
Cnenopodium  ...........  10©  12
Dipterlx Odorate....... 2 25@2 50
Foenlculum...............  ©  15
Foenugreek,  po...  . 
6©  8
L in l....................... 
4  © 4)4
Lini, grd,  (bbl. 3)4)...  4  © 4)4
Lobelia.......................  35©  40
Pharlaris Canarian__6  @ 6)4
R apa.......................... 
6©  7
Slnapls  Albu............11  ©13
Nigra...........  11©  12

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

18® 

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8FHUTU8.
Frumenti, W., D.  Co..2 00©2 50
D. F. R .......1  75©2 00
1  25©1  50
Juniperis  Co. O. T — 1  65@2 00
.......... 1  75©3 50
Saacharum  N.  B........1  75@2 00
Spt.  Vlnl  Galli...........1  75@6 50
Vinl Oporto................1  25©2 00
Vlnl  Alba...................1  25©2 00

 
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spoxess.

Florida  sheeps’  wool
carriage............ — 2 50@2 75
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..........................

Absinthium.................... 3 50@4 00
Amygdalae, Dulc. . . . .   45®  75
Amyaalae, Amarae__ 8 00@8 25
Anisl................................1  70@1 8»
Aeranti  Cortex..........2 30®2 40
Bergamil  ...................3 25®3 50
Cailputl.................... 
60©  65
Caryophyill...............   85©  90
Cedar  .........................  35©  65
Chenopodll...............   ©1  60
Clnnamonll...............   90© 1 00
Cltronella...................  ©  45
Conlum  Mao  ............   35©  65
Copaiba......................  80©  90

sy r u ps.

A ccada...............................  50
Zingiber  .............................   50
Ipecac..................................   60
Ferri Iod.............................   50
Auranti  Cortes..............—   50
Rhel  Arom..........................   50
Simllax  Officinalis..............  60
Co........  50
Senega................................   50
Scillae..................................  50
*•  Co.............................   50
Tolutan...............................  50
Prunes  tirg...........................  50

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TINCTURES.

Aconitum Napellls R.........   60
F .........   50
Aloes.....................................   60
and myrrh...................  60
Arnica..................................   50
Asafcetida..............................   0
Atrope Belladonna................  60
Benzoin.................................  60
Co............................  50
Sangulnarla..........................   50
Barosma......... .....................   50
Cantharides..........................   75
Capsicum ..............................  50
Ca damon..............................  75
Co..........................   75
Castor.................................1 00
Catechu.................................  50
Cinchona.............................   50
Co....................: ..  60
Columba...............................   50
Conlum.................................  50
Cubeba..................................   50
Digitalis...............................  50
Ergot.....................................   50
Gentian.................................  50
Co..............................  60
Gualca..................................  50
ammon......................  60
Zingiber...............................  50
Hyoscyamus.........................  50
Iodine....................................  75
Colorless....................   75
Ferrl Chlorldum...................  35
K ino.....................................   50
Lobelia..................................  50
Myrrh....................................  50
Nux  Vomica.........................  50
Opii.......................................  85
“  Camphorated.................   50
Aurantl Cortex......................  50
;ua8sla................................   50
h atan y ...............................  50
Rhel.......................................  50
Cassia  Acutifol....................   50
Co................  50
Serpentaria..........................   50
Stromonium..........................   60
Tolutan.................................  60
Valerian....................  
  50
Veratrum Veride...................  50

Deoaor........................2 00

 

 

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28©  30 
32©  34

MISCELLANEOUS.
Æther, Spts  Nit, 3 F.
•<  4F.
< 
f< 
Alumen....................... 2M@ 3
ground,  (po.
“ 
3©  4
) .............................  
Annatto......................  55©  60
Antlmonl, po.............. 
4©  5
et Potass T.  55©  60
Antipyrin..................   @1  40
Antliebrin..................  ©  25
Argenti  Nitras, ounce  ©  60
Arsenicum.................  5©  7
Balm Gilead  Bud  ...  38©  40
Bismuth  S.  N............ 2 20@2 25
Calcium Chlor, Is, (V4s
©  11
12;  M«.  14)..............
Cantharides  Russian,
po............................
@1  00 
©  26 
Capslcl  Fructus, af...
: Wav
« 
©  28 ©  20 
14©  15 
Caryophyllus,  (po.  18)
©3 75
Carmine,  No. 40.........
Cera  Alba, 8. A F ......  50©  55
Cera Flava.................  38©  40
Coccus  ............ 
©  40
Cassia Fructus...........  ©  25
Centrarla....................  ©  10
Cetaceum..................   ©  40
Chloroform...............   60©  63
iqulbba ..  ©1  25
.1  35@1  80
Chloral Hyd <
Crst
25 
Chondrus...................  20©
20 
Cinchonidine, P.  A  W  15© 
12
German 3  © 
Corks,  list,  dis.  per
60 
cent  .....................
35
©
Creasotum................ 
Creta, (bbl. 75)...........  ©
5 
“  prep..................  
5©
11
precip. 
lubra...............   ©  8
Ru‘
Crocus.......................1 00@!  10
Cudbear......................  ©  24
Cuprl Sulph...............   5©   6
Dextrine....................  10©  12
Ether Sulph...............   70©  75
Emery,  all  numbers..  ©
po...................  ©  6
" 
i.)  75 .........   70©  75
Flake  White..............  12©  15
Galla..........................  ©  23
Gambler......................7  © 8
Gelatin.  Cooper.........   ©  70
French...........  40©  60
Glassware  flint, by box 70 A 10, 
Less.than box 66%
Glue,  Brown..............  9©  15
“  White................  13©  25
Glycerins...................14)4©  20
Grana Paradisi...........  ©  22
Humulus....................  25©  55
Hydraag Chlor  Mite..  ©  85 
©  80
“  
“  C or.... 
Ox Rubrum  ©  90
“ 
“  Ammonisti. 
©100
“ 
Unguentum.  45©  55
Hydrargyrum............   ©  64
Icnthyobolla, Am..  ,.125@150
Indigo........................   75@1 00
Iodine,  Resubl...........3 80@3 90
Iodoform....................  ©4 70
Lupulin......................  ©2 25
Lycopodium..............  60©  65

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T E T E   M IC H IG A N   T R A D E S M A N .

GROCERY  PRICE  CURRENT.

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 
eoin2 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  ot  the 
greatest possible  use to dealers.

GUNPOWDER.

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

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HERBS.

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

INDIGO.

55
50

JELLY .
17  lb. pails.................  ’0@  75
30  “ 
..............  t  C0@t  05

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LICORICE.

Pure.....................................   30
Calabria...............................  25
Sldly....................................  12

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

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MATCHES.

No. 9  sulphur...........................1 65
Anchor parlor......................1 7
No. 2 home 
........................1  10
Export  parlor......   ............. 4 00

MINCE  MEAT.

3 I I Ì 2 2

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4  I  k

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$  1, per hundred..............  83 00
3 50
8  2, 
4 00
8 3, 
5 00
8 5, 
810, 
6 00 
820.
7 00
Above prices on coupon books 
are  subject  to  the  following 
quantity discounts:
200 or over.............. 5  per  cent.
500  “ 
1000  “ 
COUPON  PASS BOOKS. 
[Can  be  made to represent any 
denomination  from 810  down. | 
20 books....................... 8100
50
2 00 
3 00 
100
6 25 
250
10 00 
500
17 50
1000

 
.......... 20 

10 
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CREDIT  CHECKS. 

500, any one denom’n . 
1000,  “  “ 
2000,  “  “ 
Steel  punch.................
C R A C K E R S .  

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Butter.

Seymour XXX..............
Seymour XXX, cartoon
Family  XXX...............
Family XXX,  cartoon.
Salted XXX.................
Salted XXX,  cartoon  .
Kenosha 
..................
Boston..........................
Butter' biscuit---------

Soda.

Soda, XXX..................
Soda, City....................
Soda,  Duchess 
.........
Crystal Wafer............
Long  Island Wafers 
21

Oyster.

XX  wood, white.

.................  1 65
1.1.6  
1.2.6 
.................  150
i.i,654..........................  1 35
». 2, 654 
.................   1 25
i ....................................   1  00
;.....................................  
95
Mill  No. 4.........................  100
FABINACEOU8  GOODS. 

Manilla, white.

Coin.

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Farina.
Hominy.

83 00 
5 00 
8 00

Lima  Beans.

Maccaronl and Vermicelli.

100 lb. kegs................... 
354
Barrels................................. 800
Grits.................................. 8 50
Dried............................ 
«X
56
Domestic, 12 lb. box...
Imported.................... 10*@-  *
.  .  4 75
....  2 50

Oatmeal.
Barrels 200.................
75 Half barrels 100........
Pearl Barley. 
..  2*
Kegs...........................
Green,  bu.................. ....  1  85
2*
Split  per l b ..............
Rolled  Oats
@4 75
Barrels  181»...............
......... @ 2 50
......   4*
6* East India.................. ......   5

..  6 
..  CV4
.  6 '
..  6V4
..  6
. .  6* Half  bbls 90 
•  7V4
..  8 German......................

Sago.

Peas.

......  1  40
... 
3*
5*
.. .7 @9
7

Cod.

Wheat.
Cracked....................
.  6
FISH -Salt
..  744
..  8* 
Bloaters.
. .10
Yarmouth.................
..11
..  6
Pollock....................
..  6 Whole, Grand  Bank.
..  6
Boneless,  bricks..  ..
Boneless, strips........
Halibut
90
31 Smoked....................
Herring.
15@25
*6
** 
4*
*« 

tf 
«» 

Holland, white hoops keg 

75
bbl  12 0(
9 5(
“ 
Norwegian  .............. ......  12 Of
Round, *  bbl 100 lbs ......   3 C<
1  45

. .... 

“ 

*   “  40  “ 
@10* Scaled.....................
Mackerel. 

AXLE GREASE.
doz
Aurora....................  55
Castor Oil................  75
Diamond.................  50
Frazer’s...................  80
Mica  ......................  75
...............   55
Paragon 

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

Acme.
45
2  “  ................  85
i  “ .................i  eo
1°
Arctic.
60 1 20 
2  00 
9 60

BAKING  POWDER. 
u lb. cans. 3 doz...............  
2  lb.  “ 
i lb. 
•• 
Bulk.............................   ••• 
M lb cans..........................
.....................
V4 
“ 
.......................
lb  ** 
lb  “ 
.......................
Fosfon.
5 oz. cans, 4 doz. in case 
16 “ 
Red Star, 14 lb  cans
“  %»  “ 
.......
.......
1»  “ 
“ 
Teller’s,  K lb. cans, doz 
“
% lb.  “ 
“ 
.. 
j ib.  "
Our Leader, \  lb cans.  .
Vi lb  cans___
“ 
1 lb cans 
...
“ 
Dr. Price’s.

“  2  “

1  50
per doz

jp p R i c r s
I CREAM
I a k in ç

Dime cans. 
4-oz 
6-oz 
i-oz 
12 OZ
16-oz 
-'54-lb 
t-lb 
>lb 
10-lb

“ 

'•
“

8oz 

BLUING.

BATH  BRICK. 
2 dozen in case.
English.........................
Domestic.......................

1 0* bail  ..............
Mexican Liquid. 4 oz 
S oz......
44 
BROOMS.
JO. 2 Hurl.......................
No. 1  “ 
.......................
No. 2 Carpet..................
No. 1 
“ 
....................
Parlor Gem.....................
Common Whisk.......
“ 
Fancy 
Warehouse...... .............
BRUSHES.
Stove, No.  1....................

90 
..  90
..  70
Gross
4 00
Arctic, 4 oz  ovals...........
7 00
“ 
...........
10 50
“  pints,  round  ......
“  No. 2, sifting box .  2 75
4 00
“  No. 3, 
.  8 00
“  No. 5, 
.  4 50
“ 
. .  3 00
.  6 80
“ 
.  1  75
.  2 00
.  2 25
2 50
2 75
90
............ ..  1  15
.  3 25
.  1  25
“  10.................... ..  1  50
“ 15.................... ..  1  75
Rice Root Scrub, 2  row  ...  85
Rice Root  Scrub, S row .  1  25
..  1  50
Palmetto,  goose.............
Oval—250 in crate.
60
ÎÏO.  1.............................
..........................
So.  2 
...  80
No.  3.............................
No.  5.............................. ...1  00
CANDLES.
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes  ......
Star.  40 
.........
Paraffine  .....................
Wieking 
.....................

BUTTER  PLATES.

.  10
..  9
..  11
. .  24

“ 
“ 

'■ 

CANNED  GOODS. 

« 

Fish.
Clams.
2 lb..................... i 90

Little Neck,  lib ...  ..........l  20

“ 
Clam Chowder.
Cove Oysters.

Standard, 3 lb.................... 2 25
Standard,  1 ib......... .......  1  00
2 1 b ................   1  85
Lobsters.

Star,  1  lb.................................2 50
“  2  lb.................................3 50
Picnic, lib ............................... 2 00
“ 
21b............................... 2 90

“ 

“ 

Salmon.
“ 

Mackerel.
Standard, 1 lb...................... 1 25
2  lb...... ............. 2 10
Mustard,  2 lb — ......  
..  .2 25
Tomato Sauce,  2 lb............2 25
Soused, 2 lb.............. 
.2 25
ColomblafRlver. flat.........1  90
tails..........  1 75
Alaska, Red........................1 45
pink........................1 25
Sardines.
American  54s.................  @5
/4b.................654® 7
Imported  54s.....................10@11
54b.....................15@16
Mustard 
......................  @8
Boneless.......................... 
21
Trout.
Brook, 3 lb......................... 2 50

“ 
“ 

“ 

Fruits.
Apples.

1 06 
3 00

3 lb. standard............
York State, gallons —  
Hamburgh, 
—
Apricots.
Live oak.....................
Santa  Crus...............
Lusk’s.........................
Overland..................
Blackberries.
B. *   W.......................
Cherries.
Red............................
1  75 1 69 
Pitted Hamburgh  ...  .
W hite.........................
Brie............................
1  20
Damsons, Bgg Plums and Green 
1  10
Erie............................ 
California................... 
1  70
Gooseberries
1  25
Common....................
Peaches.

1  10@1  20 

Gages.

Gold  Medal  ..............  @12541
Skim..........................  9  @11
Brick.............................  
11
Edam  ........................ 
1  00
Leiden....................... 
23
Limbnrger  ...............   @10
Pineapple...................  @25
Roquefort.........  @35
Sap Sago....................  @22
Sen weitser, imported.  @24
domestic  —   @14

CATSUP.

Blue Label Brand.

Half  pint, 25 bottles  ......  2 75
Pint 
.........   4 60
Quart 1 doz bottles  ........... 3 50

“ 

CLOTHES  PINS.

gross boxes  ...............   @50

COCOA  SHELLS.

351b  bags....... ..............  @3
Less quantity  ..............  @354
Pound  packages.........  65£@7

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

1  25
1  65
2 20
1  65

“ 

1  20
2 10

1  30
1  50
1  30

Domestic.................... 
Riverside.................... 
Pineapples.
Common....................  1 00@1  30
Johnson’s  sliced......  
2 50
grated.......  
2 75
Quinces.
ommon.................... 
1  10
Raspberries.
Red............................. 
Black  Hamburg........ 
Erie, b la c k ............  
Strawberries.
Lawrence..................
Hamburgh.................
Erie.........................  .
Terrapin.......................
Whortleberries,
Blueberries...............  
1  00
Corned  beef,  Libby’s..........2 10
Roast beef,  Armour’s ........2 
in
Potted  ham, 54 lb.................1 30
“  14 lb.................  80
tongue, 54 lb........  .. 1  35
>4 lb..........   85
chicken, 14 lb........... 
95

Heats.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 

COFFEE.
Green.
Rio.

Fair......................................20
Good....................................2154
Prime...................................2354
Golden.................................23
Peaberry  ............................25

Santos.

Fair..................................... 21
Good....................................22
Prime.................................. 23
Peaberry  ............................ 24
Mexican and Guataraala.

Maracaibo.

Fair..................................... 21
Good.................................... 22
Fancy.................................. 24
Prime.................................. 23
M illed........................ 
Interior ..  ...........................26
Private Growth................... 27
Mandehling........................28
Imitation............................ 25
Arabian............................... 28

Mocha.

Java.

Roasted.

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

Package.

23.30

75
.  1  15
..  1  5C
..  2 50

...  5

CLOTHES  LINES.

Cotton,  40 ft......... perdos.  1  25
1  40
1  60
1  75
1  90
90
“  100

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
Jute 
“ 
CONDENSED  MILK.

50 ft..........  
60ft........... 
70ft........... 
80ft........... 
60 ft..........  
72ft-............  

" 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Peas.

Corn.

Beans.

Extract.

Vegetables.

French style.

Hamburgh  stringless.......... l 25

soaked...........
Lewis Boston Baked.

McLaughUn’s  XXXX.
Bunola............................
Lion, 60 or 100 lb.  case... 
2 25 Valley City *  gross......
....
1  40 Felix 
Hummel’s, foil, gross...
tin 
** 
...
1  35
1  35 
CHICORY. 
1  35 
Bulk..............................
1  00
VaiI
Hamburgh...........................1 40
Livingston  Eden................ 1 20
Purity..................................
Honey  Dew......................... 1 50
Morning Glory...................
Soaked...............................  75
Hamburgh  marrofat...........1  35
early June.........
Champion Eng. .1  50
petit  pole.......... 1  75
fancy  sifted— 1  90
Soaked................................   75
Harris standard...................  75
VanCamp's  marrofat..........1  10
early -Tune........1  30
Archer’s  Early Blossom___1  35
French.......... ......................2 15
French..............................17@22
Erie.....................................   95
Hubbard...................................1 25
Hamburg...................................1 40
Soaked.................................  85
Honey  Dew.............................. 1 50
Erie...........................................1 35
Hancock.............................
Excelsior .............................1 25
Eclipse...................................   1 s5
Hamburg...................................l 40
Gallon ...  ...........................3 25

Mushrooms.
Pumpkin.
Squash.
Succotash.

1
“Tradesman.’

f l r a l i

4 doz. In case.

Tomatoes.

 
 

“ 

 
 

Eagle.................................   7 40
Crown..................................6  25
Genuine Swiss.................... 7  70
American Swiss...................6  70

COUPON  BOOKS.

 

 

8 1, per  hundred...............   2 00
2  50
“ 
“ 
8 2, 
...... .............8 00
8 8 , “ “ 
8 5, 
“ 
“ 
8 OP
" 
810, 
“ 
4 00
5   OP
“  
“  
820, 
“Superior.”
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

8  1, per hundred...............   2 SO
3 00
8 2, 
3 50
8 3, 
4 00
8 5, 
810, 
5 00
820, 
....................  6 00

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ “ 
Brnffigggggi

 
 
 

 
 

 

 

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

23
37
43

CHEESE.

CHOCOLATE.

Baker’s.

Amboy....
Acme.......
Riverside

'Universal.'

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

MEASURES.
Tin, per dozen.

1  gallon  .......................... II  75
Half  gallon.........  .........   1  40
Q uait............................... 
70
P int..................................  
45
Half  p in t......   ..............  
40
Wooden, for vinegar, per doz.
1 gallon............................  7 00
Half gallon......................  4  75
Q uart...........  ..................  3 75
pint..................................   2 25

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.. 
Half bbls, 600  count.

Small.

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

@6 50 
@3 75

8  00 
4  50

No. 1,  100 lbs............ .  ...  12 CO
No. 1, 40 lbs.............. ........5 05
No. 1, 10 lbs.......................  1
Family, 90 lbs........ ............  8

“ 

10 lbs .................
Russian, kegs....................

Sardines.
Trout.

No. 1, 54 bbls., lOOlbs........... 6
No. 1 M bbl, 40  lb s............3
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs.................
No. 1, 8 lb  kits....................  70

Whiteflsh.

No. 1  No. 2

Family 
54 bbls, 100 lbs  .88 75 88 25 85 00 
54  “  40  “ ..  3 75  3 55  2 25
10 lb.  kits.........   1  05 
65
55
........  85 
8 lb.  “ 
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS. 

98 
81 

Bonders’.

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

Clay, No.  216...........................1 75
“  T. D. full count...........  75
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......................  4*
3

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

 

 

Imported.

« 

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

Regular
Grade
Lemon.

doz
2oz  ...  8  75 
4 oz  ....  1  50

Regular
Vanilla.

doz
2 oz  ... .81  2/ 
4 oz......2 40
XX Grade 
Lemon.
2 oz...... 81  50
4 oz......   3 00
XX Grade 
Vanilla.
2 oz......81  75
4 oz.......3 50

Jennings’ D  C.
Lemon. Vanilla
75 
1  20
..1 00 
1  50
..1  50 
2  00
3 00
..2  00 
4  HO
..3 00

2 oz folding box
3 oz 
4 oz 
6 oz 
8 08 

“
“
“
“

Strictly  pure.
Talfor’u  A hen

DRIED  FRUITS 

“ 

Domestic.
3  les.
quartered  “ 

Apricots.

in  bbls.
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes 
California In  bags.......
Evaporated In boxes.  .. 
Blackberries.
In  boxes....................
Nectarines.
701b. bags....................... 
251b. boxes..................... 
Peeled, In  boxes..........  
Cal. evap.  “ 
........... 
“ 
In bags........ 
California In bags......
Pitted Cherries.
Barrels..........................
50 lb. boxes..................
...................
25  “ 
Prunelles.

Poaches.

Pears.

“ 

“ 

16*
17
8  @9
15
15J4
1C
14
13

Raspberries

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

21
2!
*
Loose  Muscatels in Boxes.
2 crown..............................  1
3 
“ 
.............................   1
Loose Muscatels in Bags.
2  crown.............................. !
“ 
3 

............................... 654

Foreign.
Currants.

Patras,  in barrels............
In  54-bbls..............
in less quantity —

“ 
“ 

Peel.

“
“

@
@1
@

Citron, Leghorn, 25 lb. boxes 
“ 
25  “ 
Lemon 
Orange 
“ 
25  “ 
Raisins.
Ondura, 29 lb. boxes 
“ 
Sultana, 20 
Valencia, 30  “ 
Prunes.
California,  100-120..............IO54
90x100 25 lb. bxs. 1154
80x90
70x80
60x70
Turkey..............
Silver................
Sultana............

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

.14

ENVELOPES.
XX rag, white.

No. 1,654.......................  «
No. 2, 654.,....................   1

’I’HUi  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

18

shoulders 

Bologna......................  @ 6
Pork loins.................   @10V4
........  @9
Sausage, blood or head  @  7
liv e r............  @7
Frankfort  —   @9
Mutton  .......................7V4@ SV4
Veal...............................7 @ 8
FISH  and  OYSTERS.

“ 
“ 

F.  J.  Dettenthaler  quotes as 

follows:
FRESH  FISH.
Whltefisb 
.................
T ro u t...........................8
Halibut.......................
Ciscoes or Herring —
Bluefish......................
Fresh lobster, per lb ..
Cod..............................10
No. 1 Pickerel............
Pike............................
Smoked W hite.........
Finnan  Haddies...........
Red  Snappers..............
Columbia River  Salmon
Mackerel......................
oysters—Cans. 
Fsirhavdh  Counts —
F .J. D.  Selects.........
Selects .......................
Anchor.......................
Standards  ..............  .

@  9 
@ 9 
@15 @ 6 
@10 
20 
@12 
@  9 
@ 8 
@10 
10

15
@40
@31
@28
@■3
@20

SHELL  GOODS.

“ 

BULK.

Oysters, per  100........1  5C@1  75
Clams, 
......... 1 00@i 25
2 20
Counts, per gal.............. 
Extra  Selects...............  
1  75
1  20
Standards  ..................  
Scallops......................... 
2 CO
Shrimps  ....................... 
1  25
PA PER »W OODENW ARE 

PAPER.

Straw 
................................ l&
Rockford............................. 2
Rag sugar  ............................ 2)6
Hardware.............................296
Bakers..................................
Dry  Goods..................   5  @6
Jute  Manilla...............   ©6M
Red  Express  No. 1.............   5Vi
No. 2............. 4 V4

“ 

TWINES.
48 Cotton.................
Cotton, No. 1 —  —
Sea  Island, assorted.
No. 5 Hemp..............
No. 6  “ ......................
Tubs, No. 1........................   7 00
“  No. 2.........................  6  00
“  No. 3...........................5  00

WOODBNWARE.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.. 
1  35 
“  No. 1,  three-hoop  ...  1  60 
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes —   40
Bowls, 11 Inch...................   SO
......................  1  00
13  “ 
15  “ 
......................   1  00
......................   2 25
17  “ 
“ 
2 75
19 
81  “ 
3 00
Baskets, market.................   35
“ 
shipping  bushel..  1 25
“ 
..  1 35
full  noop  “ 
“  willow cl’ths, No.l  5 75
“ 
“  No.2 6 25
No.3 7 25
“ 
“ 
No.l 3 50
No.2 4 25
“ 
« 
.No.3 
5 nr

sulint 

“ 
“ 
1 
“ 

 
 

 

 

Pails.
Tubs,

INDURATED w a re.
.......................  ......   3 25
M doz.......................

POULTRY.

Local dealers pay as  follows :
@11@18
@18
@15
@13
@12@15
@14

Fowl —  
, Turkeys 
Ducks  . 
Chicken.
Chickens.....................12
Fowls..........................10
Turkeys...................... 13
Duck...........................12

LIVE.

SPICKS.

Whole Sifted.

“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

Allspice................................10
Cassia, China In mats........  7
Batavia In bund — 15
Saigon In rolls........ 32
Cloves,  Amboyna................22
Zanzibar..................12
Mace  Batavia......................80
Nutmegs, fancy...................75
“  No.  1.......................70
“  No. 2.......................60
Pepper, Singapore, black — 10 
“ 
white...  .20
shot.........................16
“ 
Pure Ground In Bulk.

Allspice............................... 15
Cassia,  Batavia................... 18
and  Saigon.25
11 
Saigon....................35
“ 
Cloves,  Amboyna................22
•*  Zanzibar................. 18
Ginger, African...................16
K  Cochin....................20
Jam aica................. 22
" 
Mace  Batavia...................... 7i
Mustard,  Bng. and Trieste.  22
“  Trieste..................  25
Nutmegs, No. 2 ................75
Pepper, Singapore, black — 16
r‘ 
“  white.......24
“  Cayenne..................20
Sage......................................20
•‘Absolute” In Packages.

“ 

Ms  Ms
Allspice......................  84  155
Cinnamon...................  84  1  55
Cloves.........................  84  1  55
Ginger,  Jam aica......   84  1 55
“  African  .........   84  1  55
Mustard......................  84  1  55
Pepper.......................   84  156
Sage?...........................  84

SAL  SODA.

Kegs...................................  1V4
Granulated, boxes..............Ik

SAUERKRAUT.

Gold  Medal...............   @8 25
<ai2j46
10
90
4M
5V4

SEEDS.
A nise.......................
Canary, Smyrna.  —
Caraway...................
Cardamon, Malabar..
Hemp,  Russian........
Mixed  Bird  ............
Mustard,  white.......
Poppy .......................
Rape.........................
Cuttle  bone..............
STARCH.

1096

30

Corn.

 

5?£

“   

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

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

1-lb packages.......................  5M
3-lb 
5*
6-lb 
40 and 50 lb. boxes..............  4Q
Barrels................................   5V4

“ 
“ 

SNUFF.

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

SODA,

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

SALT.
 
 

100 3-lb. sacks......................... 12 25
60 5-lb.  “ 
2810-lb. sacks.......................   1 85
2014-lb.  “ 
24 3-lb  cases...................
56 lb. dairy In linen  bags.. 
281b.  “ 
drill  “  16

2 00
2 25
32

 
 

Warsaw.

56 lb. dairy in drill  bags...
28 lb.  “ 
“  • -
56 lb. dairy In linen sacks..  75

“ 

Ashton.
Higgins.

56 Jb. dairy In linen  sacks.  75 

Solar Rock.

56 lt>.  sacks........................  27

Common Fine.

Saginaw  . 
Manistee

SALERATUS.

Packed 60 lbs. in box.

Church’s .........................   13 30
DeLand’s ...............................  3 15
Dwight’s .................................. 3 30
Taylor’s ..................................  3 00

SOAP.
Laundry.

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.

Proctor & Gamble.

Old Country,  80  1-lb...........3 51
Good Cheer, 60 l i b ...................3 90
White Borax, 100  %lb ........ 3 95
Concord.............................3 45
Ivory, 10  oz.........................6 75
6  oz...........................4 00
Lenox.  .  .........................  3  90
Mottled  German.................3 60
Town Talk.......................... 3 25
jas. S. Kirk & Co.’s  Brands. 

“ 

“ 

“ 

American  Family, wrp d. .84 00 
plain...  2 94
N. K. Fairbanks & Co.’s Brands.
Santa Claus.......................  4  75
Brown, 60 bars.................... 2 85
80  b a rs...................3 50

“ 
Lautz Bros. & Co.’s Brands.

Acme.................................  4 00
Cotton Oil............................ 6 00
Marseilles..........................   3  95
Mafter  .................................4 35

“ 

Scouring.
Sapolio, kitchen, 3  doz 
hand, 3 doz.... 
‘SUGAR.

2 50 
2 50
The  following  prices  repre­
sent the actual selling prices in 
Grand Rapids, based on the act­
ual cost in New  York,  with  36 
cents per 100 pounds added  for 
freight.  The  same  quotations 
will not apply to any town where 
the freight rate from New York 
is  not  36  cents,  but  the  local 
quotations will, perhaps, afford 
a better criterion of the  market 
than to quote New York  prices 
exclusively.
Cut  Loaf............................ 85  98
Powdered  .......................... 5 61
Granulated.......................  5 30
Extra Fine Granulated —   5 42
Cubes  ...............................  5  61
XXXX  Powdered................5  98
Confec. Standard  A .........5  23
No. 1  Columbia A..............  '1 7
No. 5 Empire  A ................. 5  11
No.  6 ........................ 
5 05
No.  7....................................4  98
No.  8..................................  4  92
No.  9....................................4  88
No.  10................................   4  80
No.  11.................................. 4 80
No.  12...............................  4 73
No.  13................................   4  42
No 14.............................  
36

 

SYRUPS.

Corn.

Pure Cane.

SWEET GOODS

Barrels................................ 24
Half bbls............................. 26
F air.....................................  19
Good...................................   25
Choice  ................................   30
Ginger Snaps..................
Sugar Creams................
Frosted Creams.........
Graham Crackers........
Oatmeal Crackers —
VINEGAR
40 gr............................ .  7 @8
50 gr.......................... .  8 @9

8
8
9
8*
8V4

SI for barrel.
WET  MUSTARD
Bulk, per gal  ............
Beer mug, 2 doz in case..
YEAST.
Magic,.......................
Warner’s  ......
Yeast Foam  ............
Diamond..................
Royal.......................
TEAS.

ja pa n—Regular.

30
1  75
..1  00
..1 00
..1  00
.  .  90

BASKET  FIRED.

@17
F air..................................
@20
Good................................
Choice............................- 24 @26
Choicest.......................... 32 @34
D ust................................. 10 @12
SUN CURED.
@17
F air..................................
@20
Good................................
Choice.............................. 24 @26
Choicest.......................... .32 @34
Dust.................................. 10 @12
@20
F air..................................
@25
Choice..............................
@35
Choicest..........................
Extra choice, wire leaf @40
GUNPOWDER.
Common to  fall.......... .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
F air.............................18  @22
Choice..........................24  @28
Best.............................40  @50

ENGLISH BREAKFAST.

TOUNG HYSON.

IMPERIAL.

OOLONG.

TOBACCOS.

Fine Cut.

Palls unless otherwise noted
Hiawatha.................
Sweet Cuba............
McGinty...................
“  % bbls........
Dandy Jim ................
Torpedo...................
in  drums...
Yum Yum  ..............
1892............................
“  drums— .........

“ 

Plug.

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

Smoking.

Gatlin’s  Brands.

38
29
39
26
38
34
40
32

Kiln  dried...........................17
Golden Shower.................19
Huntress  ................ 
26
Meerschaum........................29
American Eagle Co.’s Brands.
Myrtle Navy........................40
Stork  ........ 
30@32
German............................... 1“
 
F rog.......................... 
33

 

Brands.

Scotten’s Brands.

Banner Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
Banner.................................16
Banner Cavendish.............. 38
Gold Cut  ............................ 28
Warpath..............................15
Honey  Dew......................... 30
Gold  Block......................... 26
F. F. Adams Tobacco Co.’s 
Peerless............................... 26
Old  Tom..............................18
Standard..................... 
-•  22
Globe Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
Handmade...........................41
Rob  Roy.................... .........26
Uncle  Sam..........  ........ 28@32
Red Clover...........................32
Tom and Jerry.....................25
Traveler  Cavendish........... 38
Back Horn.......................... 30
Plow  Bov...................... 30@32
Corn  Cake  ....  ................  16

Leidersdorf’s Brands.

Spaulding & Merrick.

OILS.

The  Standard Oil  Co.  quotes 
as  follows,  In barrels,  f. o.  b. 
Grand Rapids:
854
Eocene......................... 
Water White, old test.  @ 754
W.  W.  Headlight, 150° 
7
Water  White  ...........  @  6?4
Naptha.......................  @7
Stove Gasoline...........  @ 6-Si
Cylinder...................... 27 @36
Engine  ..................... .13  @21
Black. 15 cold  test—  
HIDES  PELTS  and  FURS
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol­

lows:
Green............................2)4@3V4
Part Cured...............   @4
Fall 
@ \V*
Dry.................................5 © 5
1, green  ................. 2M@ 3V*
cured.................  @5
Calfskins,  green.........  4 @ 5
cured...........7 @  8
Deacon skins............... W @39

HIDES.

“ 

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No. 2 hides M off.
PE L T S.

Shearlings..................10
Lambs 
..................... 25
WOOL.
Washed.. 
................20  @23
Unwashed........  — 10  @20

©  25 
@1  50

MISCELLANEOUS.

FURS.

Tallow........................  4  @5
Grease  butter  .............1  @ 2
Switches.....................  1M@2
Ginseng  .................... 2 00@2 75
Outside prices for No. 1 only.
Badger.........................  50@1 00
B ear.......................15 00@25 00
Beaver............................3 00@7 OO
Cat, wild......................  40@ 50
Cat, house...................  10@ 25
Fisher............................. 4 00@6 00
Fox,  red  ...................1  00@1  60
Fox, cross....................... 3 00@5 00
Fox,  grey....................   50@l 00
Lynk  ...  ...................2 00@3 00
Martin, dark...................1 00@3 00
pale & yellow.  50@1 00
Mink, dark...................  40@2 00
Muskrat............................  03® 17
Oppossum........................._  15@ *>0
Otter, dark  ................5 00@3 00
Raccoon......................  25@  =0
Skunk  .......................1  00@1  j®
W olf............................... 1  00@3 00
Beaver  castors,,1b— 2 00@5 00 
Thin and green............  
10
Long gray, dry.............. 
20
Gray, dry 
................... 
~
Red and Blue, dry........ 
>»
GRAINS and FKEDSTUFF8 

d ee r sk in s—per pound.

“ 

WHEAT.

MEAL.

65
No. 1 White (58 lb. test) 
65
No. 2 Red (60 lb. test) 
Bolted...............................  J 40
1  65
Granulated...............
FLOUR.
Straight, In  sacks.............  3 60
“ barrels...........  3 85
“ 
Patent 
“  sacks............  4 60
“ 
“ barrels...........  4 80
Graham  “  sacks...........   1  70
RyeBuckwheat,......................  3 00
Less ■
Car lots  quantity

MILLSTUFFS.

Bran...............$16 00 
Screenings....  14 00
Middlings......  17 00 
Mixed Feed...  18 50 
Coarse meal  ..  18 00 

$17 00
18 00
19 50
19 00

CORN.
p « F   ]n tu  
...................................44
Less than  car  iota.............50
OATS.
Car  lots  ..............................37V4
Less than car lots............... 40
HAY.
No. 1 Timothy, car lots 
ton lots  ..
No. 1 
FRESH HEATS.
“ hindquarters...  7  @9
•• 
•• 
“ 
11 

Beef, carcass..............6V4@ 8
fore 
...5K @ 6
loins,  No.  3..  @10
ribs................  8  @9
rounds..............6V4@  7

.13  fO 
.14  50

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PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co. 

@ 8M

quotes as follows:

PORK  IN  BARRELS.

Mess........................................................
Short c u t...............................................
Extra clear pig, short cut......................
Extra clear,  heavy................................
Clear, fat  back......................................
Boston clear, short cut..........................
Clear back, short cut.............................
Standard clear, short cut. best..............
sausage—Fresh and Smoked.

7 56 
:0  00

1  00 
il 50 
¡1  50 
¡2  00

“

LARD.

Pork Sausage....................................................^M
Ham Sausage...................................................  "
Tongue Sausage..............................................
Frankfort Sausage 
......................................
Blood Sausage.................................................   i
Bologna, straight............................................   ®
Bologna,  thick................................................  “
Headcheese.....................................................  7
Kettle  Rendered................  
|]M
Family............................................................   S3
Compound.........................................................   ‘ *
50 lb. Tins, %c advance.
20 lb. pails, V»e 
10 lb.  “  Me 
51b.  “  Xc
31b.  " 
l c
Extra Mess, warranted 2001  lbs.....................   9 00
Extra Mess, Chicago packing.......................  * ®
Boneless, rump butts.....................................14 w
Hams, average 20 lbs...................................... 1|M
12 to 14 lbs...............................14
il
picnic
best boneless......................................   J3V410V4
Shoulders.
Breakfast Bacon, boneless.............................]®
Dried beef, ham prices............   ...................10»
Long Clears, heavy.........................................
Briskets,  medium.  ........................................

SMOKED  MEATS—Canvassed or Plain.

beef  in  barrels.

light...........  .................................  11

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“ 

STICK  CANDY.
Cases

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

8)4
...
8)4
MIXED  CANDY.

Royal —  , ......
Nobby............
English  Rock. 
Conserves....
Peanut Squares. 
French Creams. 
Valley  Creams. 
Midget, 30 lb. bs 
Modern, 30 lb.

id NUTS.
as follows

Bbls. Pails.
7)4
6)4
7)4
6)4
7)4
6)4
8)4

Bbls.
..6
..6
..6)4
7
7
7
ts
8

Pails.
7
7
7)4
8
8
8
8
9
10
13
..  8
..................   8

fancy—In bulk

“ 

fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. 

Palls.
Lozenges, plain............................................  ??
printed.........................................   “
Chocolate Drops............................................   ii ’*
Chocolate Monumentals...............................
Gum Drops.....................................................  Xy*
Moss Drops....................................................
Sour Drops....................................................   tQ
Imperials....................  ................................
Per BoxU
Lemon Drops......................................................
Sour Drops......................................................XX
Peppermint Drops..........................................XX
Chocolate Drops.............................................XX
H. M. Chocolate  Drops......................... .  ™
Gum Drops...................................................
Licorice Drops.............................................. 1  Si
A. B. Licorice Drops..................................... 5
Lozenges, plain.............................................-
printed.............................................
Imperials................................   ..................... 2X
Mottoes.............................................................
Cream Bar....................................................... ...
Molasses Bar.............................................. 
nr
8B®W>
Hand Made  Creams 

“ 

Plain Creams.............................................80@90
Decorated Creams....................................... 1 00
String  Rock.................................................. --65
Burnt Almonds............................................1 00
Wintergreen  Berries.......................................60
CARAMELS.
No. 1, wrapped, 2 lb.  boxes.........................  34
 
No. 1, 
51
No.2, 
 
28
No. 3, 
.........................
Stand up, 5 lb. boxes...................................
Small...........  ......................................   1  50@1  75
Medium..................................................... 2 0C@2 50
Large....................................................
Floridas, fancy 
..................................  2 50@3 50
Messinas, 200s........................................  @3 25

“ 
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BANANAS.

ORANGES.

“ 
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2 
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3008..........................................

“ 

LEMONS.

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

50 lb.  “ 

OTHER  FOREIGN  FRUITS.

Figs, fancy layers, 61b...............
iotb...............

Messina, choice, 360.............................  @3  25
fancy, 360.............................  @» 00
choice 300..............................  3 50@3 75
4  00
fancy 300  .............................  
.........   @12Vi
(&12V4
“ 
............... 
“  14®............... .........   @15 '
“  extra
44
44 
“  30®............... .........  @15
Dates. Fard , 10-lb.  box............... .........  @ 7V4
44 
«
............... .........  @ 6
Persian, 50-lb.  box.....................   4V%@ 5V4
“ 
NUTS.
@19 
Almonds, Tarragona............
@18 
Ivaca.....................
California.  .........
@18M 
Brazils, new..........................
@10 
Filberts.................................
@ 1 1 M  @14 
Walnuts. Grenoble............
“  Marbot...................
@@13 
“ 
Calif......................
@13)4 
Table Nuts,  fancy...............
choice..............
©12 @14 
Pecans, Texas, H.  P.,  .........
@4  00
Cocoanuts, full sacks...........
PEANUTS.
@ 7K 
Fancy, H.  P., Suns...............
”  Roasted
@  9 V4
Fancy, H.  ?.. Flags.................. ............  @  7*
..    -----—- 
....  @ 9V4
Roasted.
Choice, H. P., Extras...........
@6vi 
...  @8
“  Roasted.

.12

“ 

“ 

“ 

CROCKERY  AND  GLASSWARE. 

FRUIT  JARS.

 

Per box.

LAMP  BURNERS.

6 doz. In box.

First quality.
“ 
“ 
XXX Flint.
“ 
“ 

Pints............................................................*
Quarts.................  ......................................
Half Gallons................................................
Caps.............................................................
Rubbers.......................................................
No. 0 Sun.......................................................
No. 1  “  .......................... .............................
No.2  “  ........................................................
Tubular.............................
LAMP  CHIMNEYS.
..  1 
No. 0 Sun.............................
...1
No. 1  “  .............................
No.2  “  .........................................................3
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top.......................................2
“ 
No. 1  “ 
*
No.2  “ 
“  ■•••  ................................3
No. 0 Sun, crimp top.......................................~
No. 1  “ 
S
No.2  “ 
...................................... d
. 
„
No  1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled....................3
“ 
....................4
No.2  “ 
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
....................4
No  1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz.......................1
No.2  “ 
....................... }
No. 1 crimp, per doz........................................J
No.2 
“ 
........................................1
No. 0, per  gross..............................................
................................................
No. 1, 
No  2, 
................................................
 
No. 3, 
M amm oth, per doz.........................................
STONEWARE—AKRON.
.........................  96
Butter Crocks,  1 to 6 gal 
“  V4 gal. per doz.....................   60
i‘ 
Jugs, Vi gal., per doz..................................   70
“  1 to 4 gal., per gal................................   ”7
Milk Pans, v4 gal., per doz.......................  w
“ 
.........................  72

Pearl top. 

LAMP WICKS.

Lft Basile.

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Butter Crocks, 1  and 2 gal
Milk Pans, V4 gal..............
............

1  “ 

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14

CANNED  MEATS.

Wonderful  Growth  In  the  Consump­

tion of Canned  Food.

From the New York  San.

One of the leading wholesale grocers in 
this city says that the demand for canned 1 
goods has  doubled  within  the  last  two 
years.  Almost everything  that is edible 
is  done  up  in  cans—meats,  fruit,  vege­
tables, soups and puddings,  and  in some 
instances the supply  hardly  keeps  pace 
with the  demand.  This  is  particularly 
the case  with canned meats,  which  are a 
comparatively  new  product.  The  can­
ning  of  fruits  on  a large scale has been 
an extensive  industry  for  some  years, 
but  meat  in  bulk has been canned only 
for a short  time.  One  New  York  firm 
three  years  ago  turned  out 200 cans of 
meat a day; the same firm is now deliver­
ing 8,000 cans a day,  and  has  great diffi­
culty in filling  its  orders.  The  demand 
for  canned  meats  is  almost  boundless, 
for they  are  much  cheaper  than  fresh 
meats,  and  better  than  the  fresh meat 
sold  in  many  places.  Tons  of  canned 
beef,  fresh and corned, are sent annually 
to the West Indies, to the West and South 
of this country,  and to Europe, Asia  and 
Africa.  Wherever man lives,  the  empty 
beef can is a familiar part of the scenery. 
Dealers say that the ignorance of  butch­
ers  has  almost  as  much  to do with  the 
sale of canned meat as a local scarcity of 
good animals.  They mention  Cuba  and 
some of our Southern States to  illustrate 
this  point. 
In  Cuba  the  animals  are 
good,  though  scarce,  but  the  butchers 
have  no  idea  of cutting a carcass prop­
erly.  They carve it into chunks, regard­
less of the tenderloin,  sirloin  or  roasts, 
and  sell  every  part  at  the same price. 
The consequence  is  that  good  meat  is 
spoiled,  and customers prefer the canned 
meat, which is always properly butchered.
With so much canned  meat  in use  all 
over the  world, it is  well to  know  that 
the people who are most  interested in its 
wholesomeness  and  keeping  qualities 
have great  confidence  in it.  These peo­
ple are the explorers, particularly Arctic 
explorers, who  are cut off  from  outside 
supplies for months,  whose  lives depend 
upon the soundness of the food they carry 
with  them.  They  naturally  exercise 
more  care  in  the  selection  of  canned 
goods than any other  people.  When the 
Greely  expedition  was  fitting  out, 
in 
1881, a New York firm supplied it with a 
large  quantity  of  pemmican.  Fart  of 
this was eaten in the Arctic regions,  but 
when  the  party  returned  there  was  a 
good supply  left, and what  was brought 
back  was  returned  to  the  dealer.  Ten 
years  later,  when the  Peary  expedition 
was fitting out,  sample cases of this pem­
mican were opened and were found to be 
in as good condition as when fresh made, 
and  the meat  that  had  seen  Arctic ser 
vice  with Greely went  northward  again 
with Lieut. Peary, and what was left the 
second time was in good condition at the 
end of the voyage.
is  now  rarely  used,  ex 
cept by  Arctic  explorers, because  other 
kinds of  preserved meat are  more palat 
able and  will keep  equally well.  Pem 
mican is  made of  beef dried  in  the sun 
pounded into a stiff  paste with plenty of 
fat,  and some  raisins,  prunes, and other 
dried fruits.  The  paste is then done  up 
in bags,  boxes,  or tin  cans.  Pemmican 
and  jerked  beef  were  once  the  great 
staples  for  long  voyages and  exploring 
parties,  but with canned meat the diet is 
now  much  more  varied.  No pemmican 
is  kept  on  sale in  this city,  but several 
of the  large grocers will  take orders for 
it in  quantities.  Jerked  beef  also  has 
nearly disappeared  from  American mar­
kets. 
It is  considered  cheap  and nasty. 
It is merely beef  sliced and dried  in the 
sun,  and it  will keep for  years,  but it is 
very unpalatable. 
It is  still sold  inthe 
West  Indies  and  some  European  coun" 
tries,  but  it is not  thought  good enough 
for  American  sailors  or  explorers. 
Smoked  beef  and  canned  meats  have 
driven it out of America.
The best  canned soups  are  warranted

Pemmican 

for  five years,  but  they  are  generauy 
good for from  ten to  fifteen years, 
-phe 
soup-canning  factories  in  this  city  are 
kept as  clean as  New England  kitchens 
The best  meat is selected,  and  ooi}e(| ,n 
large  copper  tanks.  The  result  ¡s yje 
“stock,” which is the  basis of all soups. | 
The  addition  of  tomatoes  turns  (^is 
stock into tomato soup; of choppec| greeu 
turtle, into green  turtle soup,  ana so on. 
There  is  a  vegetable  department, 
in 
which the vegetables are washed,  pared 
and cut by machinery  into o^d  little fig­
ures,  such  as  stars  and  Crescents  and 
crosses.  These  are  added  {0 the  stock 
just before  it is  taken  from  the tanks. 
After  the  filled  cans  are  weighed  (and 
the weight is an  important  matter in de­
termining the density  and  keeping qual­
ity)  they  are  labeled,  Varnished,  and 
boxed,  and the  soup is ready to be eaten 
in Alaska,  at the  Cape of  Good Hope, or 
on the South Sea Islands.

With canned fruits,  the  juice  that  ac­
companies  the  fruit  is  always  syrup 
made of sugar and water,  with  as  much 
taste  of  the  fruit as it acquires by con­
tact with  it.  The  raw  fruit  is  poured 
into the boiling syrup,  and  the  whole is 
canned while still hot.  Milk is preserved 
for an indefinite time by  boiling  with  a 
sugar.  Beef, 
secret  preparation  of 
either fresh or corned, is merely steamed, 
boned and  pressed  into  cans.  A 
two- 
pound  can  of  this  meat, retailed for 25 
cents, is said to contain as much nourish­
ment  as 50 cents’  worth  of  fresh  meat 
from the butcher.  The meat extracts are 
made from the juice extracted  from  raw 
meat under heavy  pressure.  This  juice 
is boiled down in some  cases  to  a  thin 
liquid,  and  in  others  to  a  stiff paste. 
Every  manufacturer  has  his own secret 
way of preparing it, but the  base  of  all 
meat extracts is the juice from raw meat. 
Dealers say that the manufacturers  give 
a correct  statement  of  the  number  of 
pounds of  meat required  to  produce  an 
ounce  of  the  extract,  but  it  does  not 
follow that the little jar contains as much 
nourishment  as  that  many  pounds  of 
beef.
All vegetables except one are prepared 
in  the  simplest  way,  by  boiling  thor­
oughly  and  canning  while  hot.  The 
single  exception  is  asparagus, which is 
cooked in  a  mixture  resembling  drawn 
butter.

“I can stock  your  house  so  that  you 
need not make another purchase of  food 
for five years.”  a dealer  said  to  the 
porter,  “and  you  shall  have every day 
for  dinner  soup,  fish,  an entree, roast, 
fruits, pudding, cheese  and coffee.  And 
you can vary the list almost  as  much 
you  could  in  the  markets.  Of  course 
people  in  civilized  countries do not live 
entirely upon  canned  food,  but  it  is  a 
valuable adjunct and a  great  benefit  to 
the housekeeper.  Canned goods are kept 
in nearly every house,  ready for the  pre­
paration  of  an  unexpected  meal.  A 
whole Christmas dinner may be prepared 
in  twenty minutes out of the cans.”
The canners of food are not  backward 
in their ideas  of the importance of  their 
industry.  They  say  that  their  goods 
have an effect even upon  the  geography 
and history of the world.  England  par­
ticularly,  they think,  should  be grateful 
to them, on  account of the increased hold 
they  have  given  her  upon  Gibraltar. 
The capture of Gibraltar from the British 
is a  question  of  starving  out  the  gar­
rison, and with canned food the rock can 
be and is  provisioned  for  an 
indefinite 
number of years. 
In this era  of  canned 
food,  they think,  there can  be  no  more 
starving out of garrisons.

The provisioning  of  sailing  ships  for 
long voyages is an  every-day  matter  in 
New  York,  and  dealers  say  that such 
vessels carry double the quantity of food 
that they formerly carried.  This  is  be­
cause  there  is  no  danger  of  loss, but 
rather a chance for profit  in it.  What is 
not used in one voyage  is  good  for  an­
other,  and  often  some  of the provisions 
can be sold at a profit at  distant ports.

A  public office is  a  public  trust;  but 
the average  office-seeker  regards it as  a 
public crib

Use  Tradesman  Coupon  Books.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,

MICHAEL KOLB  i  SON,

loiesoie doing Manuiociurers,

ROCHESTER, N.  Y. 
The oldest firm  in the  city  of  Rochester.

E sta blish ed 30  Yea r s.

Mail  orders  promptly attended to,  or 
write our  Michigan  representative,  Wil­
liam  Connor,  Box  346,  Marshall,  Mich., 
who  will  show  you  our  line,  and  if  we 
don’t happen to have what you  want  we 
will thank  you  for  the  opportunity  you 
gave us in sending for him.

We always guarantee excellent fits and 

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ritory at liberal  discounts.  Write  us  for a free  ticket  on a Majestic  bi­
cycle which  we will  give to the holder of  the  101st ticket out of  the box 
at a drawing to be held May 30th,  1893.

PERKINS  &  RICHMOND, 101  Ottawa St.,  Grand Rapids, Mich.

THE  MICHIGrAJST  TRADESMAN.
Wayne county savings Bank, Detroit, Mien.

Grand  Rapids  Retail Grocers’  Association. 
President, A.  J. Elliott;  Secretary, E. A. Stowe. 

Official  Organ—M i c h i g a n   T r a d e s m a n .

Jackson  Grocers’  Union.

President,  D. S. Fleming; Sec’y, O. C. Leach.

Grand  Haven^ Retail  Grocers’  Association. 
President, John Boer; Secretary, Peter VerDuin.

Grand Rapids  Retail  Grocers’  Associa­

tion.

At the  regular meeting  of  the  Grand  Rapids 
Retail Grocers’ Association,  held  at  Protective 
Brotherhood Hall on  Monday  evening,  April  3, 
four applications for membership were received 
and accepted as  follows:  J.  D.  Van  Wyck,  387 
Jefferson Ave. ;  Wm. Zylstra,  568 Adams street ; 
Jacob Plischke, 75 Gold street: C.  F.  Heyer,  626 
Broadway.
E. J. Herrick,  chairman of  the  Committee  on 
Municipal Affairs, reported  that  a  circular  had 
been  issued  to  the  various  ward  committees, 
setting forth  the  changes  in  the  license  ordi­
nance desired  by  the  Association.  The  report 
was accepted and adopted.

B. Van Anroy, of the special Committee on Oil, 
reported progress, and the  Committee was given 
further time to complete its report.

J. H. Goss, of the special  Committee on Flour, 
reported the result of an interview with the Val­
ley City Milling Co., and D. Arnott, of  the  same 
Committee, reported  the  result  of an interview 
with the  two  Voigt  mills.  The  attitude  of the 
mills was fra from  satisfactory and the Commit 
tee was therefore requested to continue its work 
and bring  in  a  subsequent  report  at  a  future 
meeting.

J. C.  Bonnell,  manager  of  the  Standard  Oil 
Co.,  then  addressed  the  Association  at  some 
length on  the  subject  of  “Oil,”  describing  the 
origin and growth of the business from  the  dis 
covery of petroleum in 1859 to  the  present  time 
He vigorously defended the policy of the Stand 
ard Oil  Co.,  as  set  forth  by  the solicitor of the 
company,  closing  hiB  talk  with  the  following 
reference to local conditions :
In reply to the committee of the Retail Grocers 
Association  who  called  on  me  in  reference  to 
our withdrawing sales  of  oil  to  peddlers,  if  I 
remember correctly, we had a similar case in the 
Southern part of the State,  and,  upon  investiga 
tion  we found we could not withhold such sales, 
as the law forbids it.  The  few  peddlers  in  thé 
city who purchase of us are, in nearly every case, 
dependent upon what little oil  they  sell  for  the 
support of themselves and families, and it would 
seem to me these sales are so small and so distrib­
uted that it effects each one of you so  little  that 
if  you  give  it  the  thought  it  deserves,  I  am 
sure you will conclude there is not enough in  it 
to go any  further  with  the  investigation.  The 
price  we  make  to  peddlers  and  grocers  is  the 
same.  We own no wagons, nor employ any  per 
son or persons to  peddle illuminating oil to con 
sumers in this city.
We have, in  our  business  in  Grand  Rapids, 
system of  investigating complaints, not confined 
to the city but  extending  over  my  whole  terri­
tory.  I wish  to  have  it  distinctly  understood 
ana  particularly  request,  whenever  complaints 
come to you of our oil, if you will give the name 
and address of the  person  making  it,  to any  of 
our drivers—who will report to my office—I  will 
send a suitable person,  employed  for  this  pur­
pose, and  ascertain  the  cause,  no  matter  if  in 
this city or  in  any  town  in  my  territory,  and 
report to you the  result.
Mr. Le Baron addressed  the  Association  from 
the  standpoint  of  the  agent, setting forth some 
of the objections raised by non -members to affil­
iating with the Association.

On motion of  Mr.  Herrick,  Mr.  Bonnell  was 
given a rising vote of thanks  for  preparing  and 
delivering so able an address.

The  question  of  weights  and  measures  and 
their  inspection  by  an  authorized  officer  was 
then  discussed  at  some  length,  when  it  was 
decided to make the matter  the  special  subject 
for discussion  at  the  next  meeting,  E.  White 
being requested to prepare a paper on the subject.
There being no  further  business,  the meeting 

adjourned.

Meeting  of the  Jackson Grocers’ 

Union.

Thursday, April 6th,  was the regular night  of 
meeting of the  Jackson  Grocers’  Union.  At a 
previous meeting it was decided to hold a social 
in connection with the  next  business  meeting. 
When the ladies and Invited guests  had  assem­
bled, last evening, the good cheer  and  friendly 
feeling of those present made  it  Inadvisable  to 
try to hold a business sesstou; therefore, instead 
of the President calling to  order,  he  called  all 
present to the tables,  which  were  spread  with 
eatables and drinkables.  After all had satisfied 
their  appetiteB,  President  Fleming  stated  that 
we were to be disappointed,  as  a  message  had 
been received late in the afternoon from  Mr.  E. 
A. Stowe, of the Grand  Rapids  Retail  Grocers' 
Association, that he could  not  be  present.  As 
Mr. Stowe had been asked to deliver an  address 
on the benefits, financial and  otherwise, of  gro-

cerB' unions, and there being no one else  to  fill 
the place, the President called upon  the  guests 
present from the wholesle trade, and  also  some 
of the members of  the  Union,  to  fill  the  time 
that had been allotted to Mr. Stowe.  Brief  ad­
dresses were made by T. E. Howard, of  Howard 
& Solon, Mr.  Baker, of the Jackson Grocery Co.; 
M. F. Cottrell, of the United  States  Baking Co., 
and Mr. F.  Averill, of Averill Bros.; also  by  the 
President and Vice-President, and Messrs Jones, 
Helmer, Parker and  others  of  the  Union.  Ev­
eryone present seemed to enjoy themselves  and 
favored the idea of repeating the social  feature 
of the Union.  Owing to the  rain  storm,  which 
began business  at  about  the  lime  the  grocers 
ere closing their stores for the  evening,  quite 
number of those expected were not able  to  be 
present.  It was regretted  very  much  that  Mr. 
Stowe could  not  be  present,  but  we  have  his 
promise that he will try again,  and  we  hope  to 
have  a  still  better  time  than  the  one  of  last 
evening.
One feature of last evening seemed  to  be  en­
joyed very much and that  was  the  opportunity 
of the ladies to get acquainted with one another 
and we believe it would be better for  the  trade 
generally,  if  we  were  better  acquainted  with 
each other and stood by  to help  rather  than  to 
injure our brother grocer.

April 7,1893.

W. H.  P o r t  e r ,  Sec’y pro tem.

T H E   D RUM M ER’S  STORY.

A  Business-Like Highwayman He  Met 

in New Mexico.

The drummer  had heard  several  very 
interesting stories,  and  finally  some one 
suggested that he tell one  himself.
I’Ll do it,”  he  said,  “and  one of  my 
own experience  some  years ago in  New 
Mexico,  and  I  want  to  say  here that  1 
have  an  affidavit  that  goes  with  thi 
story  if  anybody  disbelieves  it.  Wi 
were going  along in  the  stage  one  day 
when all at once out  popped two masked 
men from  the  chaparral,  and 
in a min 
ute  or two  we  tumbled  out of the stage 
and stood  along in a row with our hands 
up.  There’s  no need to go  into particu 
lars,  as  these  fellows  went  into  our 
pockets;  suffice it that in a  few  minutes 
a transfer of  property  had  taken place 
we were hustled  back into  the stage and 
the diiver ordered to get along fast.  W< 
were  all  congratulating  ourselves  that 
we  had  got  off  with  onr  lives,  and  in 
some  instances  that  a  few  dollars  had 
been  overlooked  by  the  highwaymen 
when dashing after us  came the robbers, 
and  we  were  stopped  again,  and  this 
time  we  were  badly  frightened.  As 
soon as the stage stopped one of the  men 
rode  up,  and,  pointing  his  gun at me 
asked me  to  step  outside a minute.  To 
say  that  I  was  scared  doesn’t  half ex 
press  it. 
I  wouldn’t  have  insured  my 
life for $50,000  for a cent  less than $49 
999.75  premium,  but 1  stepped  out. 
was one in the party to whom a few  dol 
lars had  been  left. 
In  fact,  there  was 
$250 there in  my sock,  and  about  $25 
asmall  pocket in  the lining  of my coat 
The robber was polite.
“ ‘I  am sorry  to trouble  you,’ he said 
but 1 believe I got  this  paper from  you 
and he handed me a note  for $200 at four 
months,  which one of  my customers had 
given me in part payment.
“ ‘Yes,’ I said,  ‘you did. 
Is there any 
thing the matter with  it?”
“ ‘No,’ he replied,  T think we  can col 
lect it, but  you will  observe  that it  has 
four  months  to  run.  The  interest  for 
that time at 10  per cent., our  usual rate 
out  here,  is  $6.66  2-3,  and  if  you  can 
kindly fish out of your clothes, say $6.6 
1 don’t care  about  the  change,  you will 
do me a favor. 
I am sure,  in  the hurry 
a few  minutes  ago,  we  left  you  some 
thing,  or,  perhaps,  you  can  borrow 
from some of your friends who  were  not 
thoroughly  searched.  Be  in  a  hurry 
please.’
I  went 
through the crowd myself,  and  gathered 
together  small  change  enough  to make 
$6.70,  which I handed over,  and  the rob­
ber thanked  me  and  rode  off,  and  that 
evening  when  we  reached  our  destina­
tion  I  blew  in  that  $25  in  my  inside 
pocket on the  crowd.”
“Let me see the affidavit  you said goes 
with 
that  story,”  remarked  the  hotel 
clerk,  as  the  drummer  finished,  and  he 
brought forth a paper that  was so soiled 
and  worn  it could  scarcely  hold  up  its 
own weight.

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PECK BROS. Wholesale  D rasrlat» 

GRAND  RAPIDS

E s t a b lis h e d   1 8 6 8 .

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W H O LESA LE  D E A L E R S  IN

Building  Papers,  Carpet  Lin­
ings,  Asphalt  Ready  Roofing, 
Tarred  Roofing,  Felt, Coal  Tar, 
Roofing and  Paving Pitch,  Resin 
Asphalt  Root  Paints,  Mineral 
Wool  for  deadening  purposes, 
Asbestos  products,  car,  bridge 
md roof paints.  Elastic  roofing 
Cement, Etc.

In Felt, Composition ani Gravel,

Warehouse and Office 

Cor.  LOUIS and  CAMPAU  Sts..

Mich
Grand  Rapids, 
M i c h i g a n  C e n t r a l
(Taking effect  Sunday, Nov. 20,  1892.) 

“  The Niagara Falls Route.”

♦Daily.  All others daily, except Sunday.

Arrive. 
Depart
10 00 p m ...........Detroit  Express........... 6  55pm
4 30pm .................. Mixed  .................   700am
10 00 a m ..............Day Express 
.  ...  1  20 p m
»Atlantic ana  Pacific......10 45 p m
6 IK) a 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 pm, 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.

In  connection  with  the  Detroit,  Lansing  & 
Northern or Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee 
R’ys  offers  a  route  making  the  best  time  be­
tween Grand Rapids and Toledo.
VIA D., L. a  n .  b ’y .

Time Table in effect January 29, 1893.

Lv. Grand Rapids at...... 7:10 a. m. and 1:25 p. m.
Ar. Toledo a t............   1:10 p. m. and 10:30 p. m
Lv. Grand Rapids at...... 6:50 a. m. and 3:25 p. m
Ar. Toledo a t..............  1:10 p. m. and 10:30 p. m.

VIA D., G. H.  A M.  R’Y.

Return connections equally as good.

D E T R O IT ,

W.  H.  B e n n e t t ,  General Pass. Agent, 
Toledo. Ohio.
JAN.  22,  1893
LANSING &  NORTHERN  R.  R,
GOING TO  DETROIT.

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

RETURNING  FROM  DETROIT.

Lv. DETR....................  7:45am *1:30pm  6:05pm
Ar. G  R............... .......12:55pm *5:25pm 10:30pm

TO AND FROM SAGINAW, ALMA AND ST. LOUIS.

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

TO LOWELL VIA LOWELL  A HASTINGS R. R.

Lv. Grand Rapids...........  7:10am  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 mom 
ing train.

•Every da/.  Other trains  week days only.

GEO. DeHAVEN, Gen.  Pass’r Ag’t.

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Grand Rapids  St Indiana.
Schedule in effect  J a n u a r y   29, 1893.

TRA INS  GOING  NORTH.

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

South. 
For Traverse City  and Saginaw  6:45 am  
For Traverse City A Mackinaw 
9:00 a m  
For Cadillac and Saginaw.........  2:20 p m  4:15 p m
For Petoskey A Mackinaw.......   8:10 p m 
From Chicago and  Kalamazoo.  8:35 p m 
daily.  Others trains daily except Sunday.

TRA INS  GOING  SO U TH .

North.
6:30 a m
For  Cincinnati.............................
For Kalamazoo and  Chicago...
For Fort Wayne and the  E ast.. 11.50 a m
5:16 p m
For  Cincinnati.............................
For Kalamazoo  A  Chicago....... 10:40 p m
From Saginaw............................... 11:50 a m
From Saginaw............................... 10:40 p m
daily ;  all other  trains  daily except Sunday.

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

Trains leaving south at 6:00 p m and  11^20 p m. runs

SLEEPING  A  PARLOR  CAR  SERVICE. 

NORTH

7:20am  train  has  Parlor  Car  to  Travers 
City.
1 :1 0   p   m   t r a in   has  parlor  car  Grand 
Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw.
10:10 p  m  train ,—Sleeping  ca  Grand 
Rapids  to  Petoskey and Mackinaw.
SOUTH—7:00 am train .—Parlor chair car Grand 
Rapids to Cincinnati.
10:05  a m   train .—Wagner  Parlor  Car 
Grand Rapids  to  Chicago.
6:00  p m  train .—Wagner Sleeping  Car 
Grand  Rapids to Cincinnati.
11;20 p m train .—Wagner Sleeping Car 
Grand Rapids to Chicago.

C h ic ag o  v ia  G.  R.  St I.  R.  R.

10:05 am  
3:55 p m  

Lv Grand  Rapids 
Arr Chicago 

11:20 pm
6:50  am
10:05 a  m train through Wagner Parlor Car.
11:20 p m train daily, through Wagner  Sleeping Car. 
11:16  pm
6:45  a m
11:45 p  m 

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

2:00 p m 
9:00 p m  

7:05 am 
2:20 pm 

For Muskegon —Reave. 

Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana.
10:00 
6:55  am  
11:25 am  
4:40 
5:30 p m 
0:05 

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  can  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.

C. L. LOCKWOOD,

C H IC A G O

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

am
p m
pm

GOING  TO  CHICAGO.

RETURNING  FROM  CHICAGO.

Lv.GR’D RAPIDS........8:50am  1:25pm  *11:35pm
Ar. CHICAGO..............3:55pm  6:45pm  *7:05am
Lv. CHICAGO.............9:00»in  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  It  .........*6:10am 3-55pm 
........   10:45pm
Lv. G. R...........  8:50am  1:25pm  5:35pm  8:45pm
Ar.  G.  R..................... 10:45am  3:55pm  5:25pm
Lv  G  R....................................... 7:30am  5:35pm
Ar.'  Manistee  ............................ 12:15pm  10:29pm
Ar.  Traverse  City..................... 12:35pm 10:59pm
Ar.  Charlevoix  .........................  2:55pm 
...
Ar. Petoskey  .............................   3:30pm  ...........
Ar.  from  Petoskey.  etc.,  10:00  p  m.;  from 
Traverse City 11:50 a m, 10:00 p m.

TRAVERSE CITY  MANISTEE A  PETOSKEY.

TO AND FROM MUSKEGON.

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,

W AUK EE  Railway.

GRAND  HAVEN  &  MIL-

Depot corner Leonard  St. and Plainfield Ava.

EASTWARD.

T ra in s-L e a v e  

G’d   R ap id s,  Lv
I o n i a ..............A r
St.  J o h n s   ...A r
Ow o ssd..........Ar
E.  S a g in a w .. Ar
B ay C ity ........A r
F lin t  ..............A r
P t.  H u r o n ...A r
P o n tia c ..........A r
D etro it............A r

tN o .  14 tNO.  16,tNO.  18 *NO.  52
1101 pm 
6 50am
12 4i am
7 45am
2 0tam
8 30am 
3 10am
905am
6 4' am
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
11 25am 
1217pm
1 20pm
3 45pm
4 35pm
3 45pm
5 50pm 
305pm
4 05pm

3 25pm
4 27pm
5 20pm 
S 05pm 
8 00pm 
8 37pm
7 05pm
8 50pm
8 25pm
9 25pm

T ra in s  L e av e 

L v. D e tro it........
G’d  R ap id s,  Lv 
G’d  H av en ,  A r 
M ilw ’k e e S tr  “ 
C h icag o  S tr.  “

»D aily. 

..............
tD a ily  e x c e p t S u n d ay  

I •N o . 81 tN o .  11 tN o . 13
10 cOam 
10 45pm
6  10pm 
7 05am
6  16pm
8 25am

6  50am
1  00pm
2  10pm

T ra in s  a rriv e  fro m  th e  ea st, 6:40 a.m ., 12:50 a.m ., 
5:00 p .m . a n d  10:00 p .m .
T ra in s   a rriv e   fro m   th e  w est,  10:10  a .m ., 3:15
p.m. and 9:45  p. m.
Eastward—No. 14  has  Wagner  Parlcr  Buffet 
car.  No. 18 Chair  Car.  No. 82 Wagner  Sleeper.
Westward —No.  81  Wagner  Sleeper.  No.  11 
Chair Car.  No. 16 Wagner Parlor Buffet car.
J as. C a m p b e l l , City Ticket Agent.

23 Monroe Street

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

the stuff,  steam  users  buying it  in large 
quantities. 
It  is  put  up  in  neat pack­
ages of  three  pounds  each,  and  sold  at 
25  cents  a  package.  As  common  salt 
wholesales at 90 cents  a barrel, the prof­
its of the business must have  been enor­
mous.  The home of  this alleged “ fake” 
is classic  Boston,  with  “branch offices” 
in many  parts  of  the  country.  Profes­
sional agents fairly fell over each other in 
their  eagerness to secure  the “exclusive 
right of  sale,”  and  in  one  instance,  at 
least, the exclusive right is alleged to have 
been given to four different agents in one 
locality.  The desire to  get rich,  with as 
littie  labor  as  possible,  is  probably at 
the bottom of  this; but the gullibility of 
the public  is a  great  encouragement  to 
enterprises of this nature.

Tlie Lansing 

M e m  Co.

will  open  up  about  April  1, 
in  the  City of  Lansing,  Mich., 
anti  would  like  to  correspond 
with all manufacturers of goods 
in that line.  Address

F.  P.  MERRELL,

Ithaca,  Mich.

I REEDER  BROS.  SHOE  CO.,

SOBB1R8  OF

Boots  and  Shoes,

!  Felt Boots and Alaska  Socks.

State Agents for

Mr.  Stowell  to  Mr.  Owen.

in 

the 
indulged  in 

1 must apologize to the readers of T iie 
“personalities” 
for 
T radesm an 
which  have  been 
the 
controversy between  Mr. Owen  and my­
self. 
In  that  gentleman’s  reply  to  my 
first  criticism,  he  indulged  in  consider­
able  sarcasm  at  my  expense,  which  I, 
very naturally,  resented;  but  that  is no 
excuse  for  my  writing  as  1  did  subse­
quently.  This is in  no sense  an  apology 
to Mr. Owen.

Mr.  Owen found  fault with  my  draw­
ing conclusions from the  language of the 
writers  from  whom  I  quoted. 
It  need 
hardly  be  said  that  he  is  begging  the 
question; for,  if  we may  not  draw con­
clusions from a writer’s words,  there can 
be no  such thing  as  intelligent  discus­
sion, and the  rules of  inductive and de­
ductive 
logic  are  meaningless.  When 
Mr.  Owen  stated  that  he  had  written 
“ under  the  inspiration  of  a  prophetic 
spirit,”  we were  justified in  concluding, 
if his words had any meaning at all, that 
he was inspired; and when he stated that 
his ideas were  “home-made”  and  “home­
grown,’’ we  are  justified  in  concluding, 
if his words had any meaning at all,  that 
his ideas  were  his  own—the  product of 
his own  brain.  No one supposed, or had 
any  right  to  suppose, 
that  when  he 
claimed to be  “ writing  under the inspir­
ation of  a prophetic  spirit,”  that it was 
Rev.  Thos.  Dixon,  of  New  York—and 
not  Owen—who  was  inspired; or 
that 
those “home-made”  and  “home-grown” 
ideas  were,  not  Owen's,  but  Rev.  Thos. 
Dixon’s.  The readers of  T he  T r a d e s­
man  are  sufficiently  intelligent  to draw 
their own conclusions.

1 do  not  “charge”  Mr.  Dixon  “with 
contending  for  communism.” 
It  is  un­
necessary.  He is an avowed  communist 
of  the  Bellamy  stamp, and  the  whole 
article from which Owen quoted is simply 
an adaptation  of  Bellamy's  language in 
“Looking  Backward.”  As  to  whether 
Mr.  Dixon is, or is not, a reliable author­
ity on questions of political economy can 
only be decided by  the  developments  of 
the future.  He  is,  at  least,  an  honest 
man.  whose  ability,  earnestness  and 
moral  worth  are  acknowledged even by 
his  enemies.  1  have  read,  with  much 
pleasure and profit, several  articles from 
his pen of the same general character  as 
the one quoted from,  and,  while I cannot 
accept ail his  conclusions, 1  am  free  to 
say that there is  much  sound  reasoning 
and  much  food  for thought in them all. 
No man is wise enough to say  what  will 
be  the  governmental  system  of 
the 
future,  but that a change will come even­
tually, everyone who  reads  must  admit; 
yet,  whether the change,  when  it  comes, 
will be retrogressive or progressive,  it  is 
impossible  to  say.  We  can  only  hope 
that it will be the latter. 
It  is  only  by 
being true to the present, and taking  ad­
vantage of the opportunities for political 
reform  which  come  within  our  reach, 
that we can insure a happy  and prosper­
ous future to our country.  1 have  noth­
ing further to say to Owen.

F ra nk Stow ell.

Koal-Spar.

The New  York  World  has been  “ex­
posing”  koal-spar.  a  compound  by  the 
use of which,  it is  claimed,  a ton of coal 
can  be made to last  as long as  a ton and 
a half of  coal not  treated  with it.  The 
principal  ingredient of  koal-spar is said 
to be common  salt.  Thousands  of  peo­
ple all over  the country  have  purchased

158 A  160 Fulton St., Grand  Rapids.

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; an old merchant.  It treats of Selection  of Bnsl 
ness.  Location.  Baying,  Selling, Credit, Adver- 
I Using, Account Keeping, Partnerships,  etc.  Of 
I great interest to every one in trade.  $1.50. 
THE  TRADESMAN  CO., Ag’ts.

Grand Rapids, Mich.

MUSKEGON  BRANCH  UNITED  STATES  BAKING  CO.,

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

Successors  to

GRMERS,  BISCUITS  ®   SWEET  GOODS.

H A R R Y   FOX,  M anager.

MUSKEGON,  M ICH.

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¡ARCTIC  MANUFACTURING  CO.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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Cracker  Chests. 

Class  Covers  for  Biscuits.

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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 e ts,  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.

S p r in g  & 

Co.

B A R C U S   BR O S.,

MANUFACTURERS  OF  CIRCULAR

Squalled 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

S a w   R e p a ir in g

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

M U S K E G O N , 

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'T ’HESE  chests  will 

soon 
pay for themselves  in  the 
Price $4.

breakage they avoid.

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

O ’UR new glass covers  are by far the 

N E W   N O V E L T IE 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.

We  Have 

50,  65  and  75c  Overalls  to  be
had in  Grand Rapids.

THE  W.  BINGHAM  CO.,  Cleveland,  0.,

Pants,  Jackets,  Hunting  Coats,  Rubber  Coats,  and  Caps  at 
prices ranging from  75c to  $4.50  per doz.
Ladies’  and  Men’s  Straw  Hats—our  line is complete  from  a 
5c to  a  50c straw hat.
Outing shirts for men  and boys from $2.25  to $24 per doz.

PR8T  BUCKS  IN  HOSE  AND  SOGKS.

P. STEKETKE1 80N8
MCI, 11M B k CO.
Dry  goods, Carpets and Cloaks

W H O L E S A L E

We  Make a Specialty of  Blankets, Quilts and  Live 

Geese  Feathers.

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

OVERALLS  OF  OUR  OWN  MANUFAETURE.

m HmmsMiit 4 ft.48' 

sse s‘-

Have  had  such  flattering  succes in handling our Bicycles  that  they have  bought 
our entire  output for 1893.  They have  taken up all  negotiations  pending for the 
purchase of cycles, and we respectfully solicit for them the good will of our friends.

THE  YOST  MFG.  CO.,

TOLEDO.  OHIO.

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

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

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

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E v e r y   D e p a r tm e n t  is  fu ll  to  th e  b rim   a n d   r u n n in g   o v e r  w ith   o u r  N e w   S p rin g   S e le o - 
S e e  o u r  N e w   P a tte r n s in  G la ssw a r e —th e y  c a n n o t b e see n  e ls e w h e r e —a n d  p rices  a re  

tio n s. 
Cut!  Cut!  C U T.

The  ff Rosemary 99  Assortment» 

N E W   G L A S S W A R E

This is the lowest priced pattern of Glassware on the market 

to-day.  Send for Price List.  The assortment contains:

1 Dozen  4 pee.  Sets. 

1-2 44
2 44
1-3 4<
1-2 44
3 44
1-2 «4

Pitchers.
Tumblers.
Celeries.
Berry Dishes, 8 in.
Berry Nappies,  4 in.
Covered  Honey  Dishes.
Comports, 4 in,
8 in. Oblong Dishes. 
Molasses Cans. 
Pickles.

“ 

1-4 Dozen Salvers, heavy, 9 in.
1-4
10 in.
1-2
1-2
1-4
1-4
1-6

“ 
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“  Oils.
“  Bread Plates.
“  7 Covered Comports.
**  8 
“  7 
8 
7 Open Bowl,  H.  ftd.
8 

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“ 
“  Bowl, H.  ftd.
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S e llin g   A g e n c y   for  th e

G ra n d   R a p id s   V a p o r  S to v e .

Its many New  Features TT g^e^gi'g2kT*
make this t h e ............. This  Year.

Is there  an agency for this  Stove  in  your town? 

If not, write us for 
catalogue and discounts,  and  you  will  see  that  we  offer  you  the  Best, 
Simplest, and  most Powerful  Stove ever offered for  double  the  price  we 
are introducing it at this  season.

All  sizes and styles are made but we  cannot give the exclusive sale on 
an order for  “ Juniors”  only.  Russia  Iron  Ovens  now  on  hand,  cut 
expressly for this Stove.  We have  placed  thousands of these  Stoves  and 
Ovens in  the largest cities in  the state,  and  our  advice  is  TO  ORDER 
THEM  EARLY.

Every mail proves  our statements by such  letters as this, just received 
from one of the best hardware dealers in Michigan:  “If you can keep me 
supplied, I  can sell one hundred  Grand Rapids Vapor Stoves. ”

H . L E O N A R D  & S O N S ,

2S4  to 240 Bast  Fulton  St*,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich•

