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NO.  507

YOL. X.
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THE  TYPE-WRITTEN  LETTER.
When a man  has battled  with poverty 
all  his life,  fearing  it  as  he  fought  it, 
feeling for  the  skinny throat to throttle 
it,  and  yet  dreading  all  the  while  the 
coming of  the time  when jt  would  gain 
the  mastery  and  throttle  him—when 
such  a  man  is  told  that  he  is  rich,  it 
might be  imagined he would receive the 
announcement  with  hilarity.  When 
Richard  Denham  realized  that  he  was 
wealthy  he  became  more  sobered  than 
usual,  and  drew a  long  breath as  if  he 
had been  running a race and had won  it. 
The man  who brought him  the news had 
no  idea  he  had  told  Denham  anything 
novel.  He  merely  happened  to  say: 
“You  are a rich  man,  Mr.  Denham,  and 
will never miss it.”

Denham  had never  before  been called 
a rich  man,  and  up  to  that  moment he 
had not  thought  of  himself as wealthy. 
He  wrote out  the  check  asked of  him, 
and his  visitor departed  gratefully,  leav­
ing the merchant with something to pon­
der over.  He  was as  surprised with the 
suddenness  of  the  thing  as if  someone 
had  left him  a  legacy.  Yet  the money 
was all of  his own  accumulating,  hut his 
struggle  had  been  so  long,  and  he had 
been  so helpless about it,  that from mere 
habit  he  exerted  all  his  energies  long 
after the  enemy  was  overcome—just  as 
the  troops  at  New  Orleans  fought  a 
fierce  battle  not  knowing 
the  war 
was over.  He  had sprung  from  snch a 
hopelessly  poor  family.  Poverty  had 
been  their  inheritance  from  generation 
to  generation. 
invariable 
legacy that father  had left  to son in the 
Denham  family.  All had  accepted their 
lot with  uncomplaining resignation,  un­
til Richard  resolved  he  would  at least 
have a  fight  for  it.  And  now the fight 
had been won.  Denham  sat in  his office 
staring at  the dingy wall  paper so long, 
that Rogers,  the chief clerk, put his head 
in and said in a deferential voice:

It  was  the 

“Anything  more  to-night,  Mr.  Den­

ham?”

Denham  started as  if  that question in 
that tone  bad not  been asked him every 
night for  years.

“What’s that,  what’s  that,”  he cried.
Rogers  was  astonished  but  too  well 

trained to show it.

“Anything  more  to-night,  Mr.  Den­

ham?”

“Ah,  quite  so.  No,  Rogers,  thank 

you,  nothing more.

“Good night,  Mr.  Denham.”
“Eh?  Oh,  yes.  Good  night,  Rogers, 

good night.”

When Mr.  Denham  left  his  office and 
into  the  street  everything 
went  out 
had  an  unusual  appearance  to  him. 
He  walked  long,  unheeding  the  direc­
tion.  He  looked  at  the  fine  residences 
and  realized  that be  might  have a fine 
residence if he wanted it.  He saw hand­
some  carriages;  he too  might set  up an 
equipage. 
these 
thoughts  produced was  brief.  Of  what 
use would a fine house or an elegant car­
riage be to him?  He  knew no one  to in­
vite to  the house or  to ride  with  him  in 
the carriage.  He  began  to  realize how

satisfaction 

The 

utterly alone in  the  world he  was.  He 
had no  friends,  no  acquaintances  even. 
The  running  dog  with  its  nose  to  the 
ground,  sees nothing  of the surrounding 
scenery.  He  knew  men  in  a  business 
way,  of  course,  and  doubtless  each  of 
them had  a home  in  the  suburbs some­
where,  but  he could not  take a business 
man  by  the  shoulders  and  say to  him, 
“Invite  me  to  your  house:  I  am lone­
some; I want to know people.”

If  he got  such an invitatien,  he would 
not  know what  to do  with himself.  He 
was familiar with the counting room and 
its  language,  but the  drawing room was 
an unexplored  country to him,  where an 
unknown  tongue  was  spoken.  On  the 
road to wealth he had  missed something, 
and it was now too late to go back  for it. 
Only the  day before,  he had  heard  one 
of the clerks,  who  did not  know he  was 
within earshot,  allude to him  as the “old 
man.”  He felt  as young as  ever he did, 
but the  phrase  so  lightly  spoken made 
him  catch  bis breath.

As he  was now  walking  through  the 
park,  and  away  from  the  busy  streets, 
he  took  off  his  hat  and ran  his  fingers 
through his  grizzled hair,  looking at  his 
hand when he had done so as  if the gray, 
like wet paint,  had come off.  He thought 
of a girl he knew once, who perhaps would 
have married him  if he had asked her, as 
he was tempted  to do.  But that had al­
ways  been a  mistake  of  the  Denhams. 
They had all married  young except him­
self,  and so sunk deeper into the mire of 
poverty,  pressed down  by a  rapidly in­
creasing pro'ifeny.  The girl had married 
a baker,  he  remembered.  Yes,  that was 
a long time ago.  The  clerk  was not far 
wrong  when  he called  him an  old man. 
Suddenly,  another  girl  arose before his 
mental vision—a  modern  girl—very dif­
ferent  indeed to  the one  who  had mar­
ried the baker.  She was the only woman 
in  the  world  with  whom  he  was  on 
speaking terms,  and  he knew her merely 
because  her  light  and  nimble  fingers 
played  the business  sonata  of  one note 
on his  office  typewriter.  Miss Gale was 
pretty,  of  course—all  typewriter  girls 
are—and it  was  generally understood  in 
the  office that  she  belonged  to  a  good 
family who had come down  in the world. 
Her somewhat independent  air deepened 
this  conviction and  kept the  clerks at a 
distance.  She  was  a  sensible  girl  who 
realized that  the  typewriter  paid  better 
than  the  piano,  and accordingly  turned 
the expertness of her white fingers to the 
former 
instrument.  Richard  Denham
sat  down  upon  a  park  bench.  “Why 
not?” he  asked  himself.  There  was  no 
reason against  it except  that  he had not 
the  courage.  Nevertheless,  he  formed 
a desperate resolution.

Next day  business  went  on  as  usual. 
Letters  were answered  and  the  time ar­
rived  when  Miss  Gale came in  to  see if 
he had any  further  commands  that day. 
Denham  hesitated.  He 
felt  vaguely
that a business office  was  not the proper 
place  for a  proposal;  yet  he  knew  he 
would  be  at  a  disadvantage  anywhere 
else. 
In the first place  he  had no plaus­
ible excuse  for  calling  upon  the  young

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woman at home, and, in the second place, 
he knew if he once got there he would be 
stricken dumb. 
It  must either be  at his 
office or  nowhere.

“Sit  down  a  moment,  Miss Gale,” he 
said at  last;  “1  wanted  to  consult you 
about a matter—a business matter.

Miss Gale seated herself, and automatic­
ally  placed on her  knee the  shorthand 
writing-pad  ready to  take down  his  in­
structions.  She  looked  up  at  him  ex­
pectantly.  Denham,  in  an  embarrassed 
manner,  ran  his fingers through  his hair.
“I am thinking,”  he began, “of taking 
a partner.  The business is  very prosper­
ous now. 
In  fact,  it  has  been  for some 
time.”

“Yes?”  said  Miss Gale, interrogatively. 
“Yes. 
I  think 1  should  have  a part­
It is about that  1  wanted to  speak 

ner. 
to you.”

“Don’t you think  it would be better  to 
consult  with  Mr.  Rogers?  He  knows 
more  about  business  than  I.  But  per­
haps  it  is Mr.  Rogers  who  is  to be the 
partner?”

“No. 

it  is  not  Rogers.  Rogers  is  a 

good  man.  But—it is not Rogers.”

“Then  1 think  in an  important  matter 
like  this  Mr.  Rogers,  or  someone who 
knows the  business  as thoroughly  as he 
does,  would  be able to  give  advice that 
would be of some  value.”

“I don’t want  advice  exactly.  I have 
made  up my  mind  to  have a  partner,  if 
the partner is willing.”

Denham  mopped  his  brow. 

It  was 
going  to  be  even  more  difficult  than  he 
had anticipated.

“Is  it,  then,  a  question of  the capital 
the partner  is  to  bring  in?” asked  Miss 
Gale, anxious to help him.

“No, no. 

I don’t  wish  any capital. 

I 
have enough  for both.  And the business 
is  very  prosperous,  Miss Gale—and—and 
has  been.”

The young woman  raised her eyebrows 

in surprise.

“You surely  don’t intend  to  share the 
profits with a partner who brings no cap­
ital  into the business?”

“Yes—yes,  l do.  You  see,  as I  said,  I 

have no need for more capital.”

“Oh,  if  that is  the  case,  I  think you 
should  consult  Mr.  Rogers  before  you 
commit yourself.”

“But Rogers  wouldn’t understand.” 
“I’m  afraid I don’t  understand either. 
It  seems  to  me  a  foolish  thing  to do— 
that is,  if  you  want my  advice.”

“Oh,  yes,  1  want  it.  But  it  isn’t as 
I  should have had 
long  ago.  That  is  where  I 
I’ve  made  up  my 

foolish as you think. 
a  partner 
made  the  mistake. 
mind on that.”

“Then 1 don’t see  that I can  be of  any 
use—if your mind  is  already  made up.” 
I’m  a little afraid 

“Ob,  yes,  you  can. 

that my offer may not  be  accepted.”

“It is  sure to  be,  if  the  man  has any 
sense.  No  fear  of  such an  offer  being 
refused.  Offers like that  are  not  to  be 
had every day. 

It will be accepted.”

“Do you  really think so.  Miss Gale?  1 
am  glad  that 
is  your  opinion.  Now, 
what  I  wanted to  consult  you  about,  is 
the  form  of  the  offer. 
I  would  like to 
put  it—well—delicately,  you  know,  so 
that it  would not  be  refused  or give of­
fense.”

“I see.  You want me to write a letter 

to him?”

“Exactly, exactly,” cried Denham  with 
some  relief.  He  had  not  thought  of 
sending  a  letter  before.  Now  he won­
It |
dered why he  had not  thought of it. 

was so  evidently the  best way  out of  a 
situation that was  extremely disconcert­
ing.

“Have you spoken to him about it?” 
“To him?  What  him?”
“To  your  future  partner,  about  the 

proposal?”

“No,  no.  Oh,  no.  That  is—1  have 

spoken to nobody but yon.”

“And  you are determined  not to speak 

to Mr.  Rogers before you  write?” 

“Certainly  not. 

It’s  none of  Rogers’ 

business.”

“Oh,  very well,” said  Miss Gale short­

ly,  bending over her writing-pad.

It was evident that her opinion of Den­
lowering. 

ham’s  wisdom  was  steadily 
Suddenly she looked up.

“How  much  shall  I  say  the  annual 
profits are?  Or do  you  want  that  men­
tioned?”

“I—I  don’t  think  I  would  mention 
that.  You  see,  I  don’t  wish  this  ar­
rangement to be  carried out on  a mone­
tary  basis—not  altogether.”

“On what basis then?”
“Well—I  can  hardly  say.  On  a per­
sonal  basis,  perhaps. 
I  rather hope that 
the  person—that  my  partner—would, 
you  know,  like to be associated with me.” 
“On a friendly basis you  mean?”  asked 

Miss Gale,  mercilessly.

“Certainly.  Friendly,  of  course—and 

perhaps more than that ”

Miss Gale  looked  up at him with a cer­

tain  hopelessness of expression.

“Why not  write  a  note  inviting  your 
future partner  to call  upon you here,  or 
anywhere else that would  be convenient, 
and then discuss the matter?”
Denham  looked  frightened.
“I  thought of that,  but  it wouldn’t do. 
No, 
1  would  much 
rather  settle  everything  by correspond­
ence.”

it  wouldn’t  do. 

“I am afraid  I shall not be able to com­
pose  a letter  that will  suit you.  There 
seems  to  be so  many difficulties. 
It  is 
very unusual.”

“That is true, and  that is  why I  knew 
no  one  but  you  could  help  me,  Miss 
Gale. 
If  it  pleases  you,  it will  please 
me.”

Miss  Gale shook  her head,  but,  after a 
few moments,  she  said,  “How  will  this 
do?”

“Dear Sir”—
“Wait a moment,”  cried  Mr.  Denham; 
“that  seems  rather  a  formal  opening, 
doesn’t it?  How  would it  read  if  you 
put it ‘Dear  friend?” ’

“If you  wish  it so.”  She  crossed out 
the  “sir”  and  substituted  the word sug­
gested.  Then  she read the letter:

“Dear  Friend—I have  for  some  time 
past been  desirous of  taking  a  partner, 
and  would be glad  if  you  would consider 
the question  and consent  to  join  me in 
this  business.  The business  is,  and  has 
been  for  several  years very prosperous, 
and,  as  1 shall  require no  capital  from 
you,  I think you  will find my offer a very 
advantageous one. 

I  will—”

“I—I don’t  think I would put  it quite 
that way,”  said Denham, with some hesi­
tation.  “It  reads  as  if  I  were  offering 
everything,  and  that  my partner—well, 
you  see what I mean.”

“It’s the  truth,” said  Miss  Gale,  defi­

antly.

“Better  put it on  the friendly  basis as 

you  suggested a moment ago.”

“1  didn’t  suggest  anything,  Mr.  Den­
ham.  Perhaps it would  be better if  you 
would  dictate  the letter  exactly as  you 
want it. 
I  knew  1  could  not  write one 
that would please you.”

“It does  please  me,  but  I’m thinking

of  my  future  partner.  You  aie  doing 
first-rate—better  than  I could  do.  But 
just put it on  a friendly basis.”

A moment later she read:
“  *  *  * 

join  me in  this  business.
I make  you  this  offer  entirely  from  a 
friendly,  and not from a financial, stand­
point,  hoping  that  you 
like  me  well 
enough to be associated with me.”
“Anything else,  Mr.  Denham?”
I  think  that  covers the  whole 
“No. 
ground. 
It will look  rather short,  type­
written,  won’t  it?  Perhaps  you  might 
add something  to  show that  I  shall  be 
exceedingly  disappointed  if  my  offer is 
not accepted.”

“No fear,”  said  Miss  Gale.  “I’ll  add 
‘Yours  truly,’  or  ‘Yours 

that  though. 
very truly?’ ”

“You might end it ‘Your Friend.’ ”
The  rapid click of the typewriter  was 
heard  for  a  few  moments  in  the  next 
room and  then  Miss  Gale came  out with 
the completed letter in  her hand.

“Shall  I  have  the  boy  copy it?”  she 

asked.

“O,  bless you,  no,” answered Mr.  Den­

ham,  with evident trepidation.

The young woman said to herself,  “He 
doesn’t want Mr.  Rogers to know,  and no 
wonder,  It’s a most  unbusinesslike  pro­
posal.”

Then she said aloud,  “Shall you  want 

me again to-day?”

“No,  Miss Gale;  and  thank  you  very 

much.”

Next morning Miss Gale came into Mr. 
Denham’s office with a smile on  her face.
“You  made a funny mistake last night, 
Mr.  Denham,” she said,  as  she  took  of 
her wraps.

“Did 1?” be  asked  in  alarm.
“Yes.  You  sent that letter to  my  ad­
dress.  I got it this morning.  I opened  it, 
for I  thought it was for me, and that per­
haps you  did not  need  me  to-day.  But 
I saw at once that you put it in the  wrong 
envelope.  Did you  want me today?”

It was on his tongue  to  say,  “1  want 
you  every day,”  but he merely  held  out 
his hand for the letter,  and  looked  at  it 
as  if he could  not account for its  having 
gone astray.

The next day Miss Gale came late,  and 
she looked  frightened. 
It  was  evident 
that Denham was losing  his  mind.  She 
put the letter down before him  and  said: 
“You  addressed that to me the  second 

time Mr.  Denham.”

There was a  look  of  haggard  anxiety 
about  Mr.  Denham that gave color to her 
suspicions.  He felt that it  was  now  or 
never.

“Then why don’t you  answer  it,  Miss 

Gale?” he said gruffly.

She backed away from him.
“Answer it?”  she repeated faintly. 
“Certainly. 

If I got  a  letter  twice I 

would answer  it.”

“What do you  mean?” she cried,  wi th 

her hand on the doorknob.

“Exactly what the letter says.  I  want 
you  for  my  partner,  I  want  to  marry
you,  and—financial considerations----- ”

sigh. 

“Oh!” cried Miss Gale, in a long-drawn, 
quivering 
She  was  doubtless 
shocked at the word  he  had  used,  and 
fled  to  her  type-writing  room,  closing 
the door behind  her.

Richard  Denham paced  up  and  down 
the floor for a few moments, then  rapped 
lightly at her door,  but there was no res­
ponse.  He pnt on  his hat and  went  out 
into the street.  After a  long  and  aim­
less  walk,  he found himself again at his

place of  business.  When  he  went  in, 
Rogers said to him:

“Miss Gale has  left sir.”
“Has she?”
“Yes,  and she has given  notice.  Says 

she  is not coming back,  sir.

“Very well.”
He  went 

into  his  room  and  found 
a letter marked  “personal”  on his  desk. 
He tore it open,  and read in neatly  type­
written characters:

“I have  resigned  my  place  as  type­
writer  girl,  having been offered a better 
situation.  1 am offered a partnersnip  in 
the house of  Richard  Denham. 
I  have 
decided  to  accept  the  position,  not  so 
much on account its financial attractions, 
as because  1 shall be glad,  on a  friendly 
basis,  to be assciated with the gentleman 
I have named.  Why  did you  put me  to 
all that worry  writing that idiotic letter, 
when  a  few  words  would  have  saved 
ever  so  much  bother?  You  evidently 
need  a  partner.  My  mother  will  be 
pleased to meet you  any  time  you  call. 
You have the address.—Your friend, 
Ma r g a r et  Ga l e.
“ Rogers!” shouted  Denham,  joyfully.
“Yes,  sir,”  answered 

the  estimable 

man,  putting his head  into the room.

“Advertise  for  another 

type-writer 

girl,  Rogers.”

“Yes,  sir,”  said Rogers.

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THE  HERO  OF  CORDAGE.

A special feature of  the  flurry  in  in­
dustrials which occurred  in  Wall Street 
early in May  was  cordage.  A  number 
of prominent  manufacturers  of  cordage 
some time since united in  the  formation 
of a company which has since been  pop­
ularly  known  as  the  “cordage trust.”
Its stock was sold in the general market.
A  number  of  very  wealthy  men  were 
concerned in  the prosperity of the organ­
ization,  and in  various  particulars  the 
prospects of the corporation  were bright 
and  its  resources apparently ample,  but 
in a few short  hours  it  was  hammered 
down,  and the next  day  receivers  were 
appointed,  and then  the public began  to 
contemplate  the  wreck. 
In  this  bit of 
history,  as  in  many  others,  there  is 
one particular man brought to the  front. 
The  reason  for the failure  of  cordage 
can  be traced  to one  individual,  and  in 
this case it seems that it was because the 
position and strength of  that  individual 
was in  part,  at least, overlooked by those 
who formed the trust and  who were con­
cerned  in  operating  it.  The  man  re­
ferred to was John Good,  who,  in  addi­
tion  to  having  been  the  thorn  in  the 
side of the trust ever since  it was organ­
ized,  has a history  reading almost like a 
romance,  and  who is,  in  fact,  the  father 
of practically all  the  machinery  that  is 
used  in  the  manufacture  of  rope  and 
twine.
John Good was born in Ireland in 1844, 
and came to  this  country  at the  age  of 
seven years,  serving as apprentice  in  an 
old fashoned  ropemaking  establishment 
in Brooklyn.  Afterwards  he  became  a 
machinist and fitted himself for  the  im­
portant inventions which it was later his 
fortune to develop.  The  most primitive 
method of cordage manufacture had pre­
vailed up to the time that Mr.  Good com­
menced his improvements.  Up to within 
a quarter of a century the  various  oper­
ations,  such as combing  and  straighten­
ing the hemp  fibers,  breaking,  spreading 
and  spinning  them  into  cordage,  were 
all  laboriously  accomplished  by  hand.
So long, indeed, did ropemaking  remain 
one of the manual arts  that the  name of 
the place wherein it was  carried  on  has 
become ingrained in popular  speech and 
the  rope  factory,  though 
in  no  way 
meriting the appellation,  is  still  called 
the  “rope walk.”  This antiquated  con­
trivance was the chief tool which so long 
interfered with the progress of ropemak­
ing.  The twist  was  put  into  the  rope 
while the chief operator or  layer  held it 
in his hands,  and  in  turn  he  wound  it 
round his body as it  was  twisted.  Two 
unalterable conditions were thereby  im­
posed  on  the  industry.  The  manufac­
ture could  be  carried  on  only  by  long 
walks and in great space,  and the length 
of the rope was limited by the  length of 
the walk.

Mr.  Good’s  opportunity came with the 
proposition  to  grapple  for  the  broken 
ends  of  the  Atlantic  submarine  cable 
early in  the sixties.  A rope  fully 2,000 
fathoms  (12,000  feet)  long was  required 
for the  grappling,  but no  rope over  200 
fathoms long  had ever  been made in one 
piece,  and the task of making one of this 
unheard of  length  could  not  be under­
taken  seriously by  any ropemaker  then 
in the business.  At that juncture young 
Good came forward with  a proposition to 
build  machinery  from his  own  designs 
and make  the  rope  in one piece  as long 
as  was  wanted.  The  offer  was  a  bold 
one,  but the  persons he had to deal with 
were practical and  progressive men,  and 
they saw at once that he was also a prac­
tical and progressive man.  Consequently 
the  offer  was  accepted,  the  machinery 
built,  the  rope  made,  the  break  in the 
cable found and repaired, and telegraphic 
communication  between  the Old  World 
and the New—which, after the sending of 
one brief  message had  been  interrupted 
for years—was re-established on a secure 
and permanent basis.
At the same  time  Mr.  Good  effected a 
revolution in  ropemaking,  though nearly 
twenty  years elapsed  before  his  inven­
tions forced  their  way into  general use 
The  essential  principle  of  his  “lay 
ing”  machine  was a  spindle,  which had 
a  rapid  lateral  revolution  to  give  the 
twist to  the  rope,  and a  slow horizontal 
revolution to  wind up the rope as it was 
twisted.  The rope  could  be  spooled or j

second  spreaders, 

coiled in lengths to suit customers as fast 
as it  was  twisted.  He  turned  his atten­
tion,  during the progress of the civil war, 
to  the invention  of  machines  for comb­
ing and  lapping  hemp,  preparing fibers, 
drawing  them into  “slivers,”  and  spin­
ning  fine cord.  His  first  patent in  the 
United  States,  bearing  date  October, 
1869,  was a  “breaker,” devised to  break 
the vegetable fibers used in  ropemaking. 
After the  fiber has  passed  through  the 
first breaker  it  is carried  into  a second, 
thence  consecutively  through  the  first 
and 
the  drawing 
frames,  the  spinning-jenny,  the forming 
frame,  the  laying  machine,  and  finally, 
in  its complete  development as cordage, 
fed  into the  coiling  machine,  whence it 
issues  coiled  and  ready  for  shipment. 
The machines  performing  these  various 
operations,  sufficiently indicated by their 
names,  were  all  invented and  perfected 
by Mr.  Good.
Until a few  years ago  Mr.  Good  was  a 
manufacturer  of  machinery  only—ma­
chinery of his own invention—which lias 
relegated the  old fashioned rope walk  to 
the  innocuous  disuetude  of  the  stage­
coach and the spinning-wheel, and  which 
is  to-day  sent  out  from  his  mammoth 
machine  shops 
in  Brooklyn  to  every 
quarter of the globe. 
In  1885 he  erected 
the  large  plant  at  Ravenswood,  Long 
Island,  which  has  since  served  as  the 
model  for similar  establishments started 
by him in  England,  Germany,  Italy and 
France,  and  entered  the field of cordage 
manufacturing.  His business,  from  the 
outset,  assumed  immense  proportions.
It is said that he  is able to-day to supply 
two-thirds of the entire demand for cord­
age;  and  other  cordage  establishments 
are dependent  upon  him  to  such  an ex­
tent that it has been estimated that there 
are  not  ten  tons  of  the  entire  annual 
product of  rope in  this  country  that do 
not  at some  stage  pass  through  one  or 
more of  the  machines  invented  and  let 
out on royalty by Mr. Good.
The  manufacture  of  and  demand  for 
binder  twine  was  established  by  Mr. 
Good. 
Its  importance  to-day  may  be 
gauged by the fact that $12,000,000 worth 
of it was  made and  sold  in  the  United 
States last  year.  Yet nobody  can  build 
a machine for  making it  without paying 
a  royalty  to  Mr.  Good.  When  McCor­
mick  first brought  out  his  reaping ma­
chine,  in the sixties,  it was made to bind 
the sheaves  with fine  wire.  The device 
was  neat as well as economical of labor, 
but  it  produced  unexpected  and  disas­
trous 
fires  de­
stroyed  flour  mill  after  flour mill. 
In­
vestigation  eventually  discovered  the 
fact that  the fires  were caused  by frag­
ments  of  the wire getting into the  mill­
stones with the  wheat.  Then  an ingen­
ious  Yankee  stepped 
into  the  breach 
with  a magnet  for taking the fragments 
of wire  from the  wheat,  restored  tran­
quility  among  the  millers,  and  made a 
large fortune for himself.
But  meanwhile  a  strange  and  uni 
formly  fatal  disease  had  broken  out 
among the cattle and  horses,  and spread 
all  over  the  country.  After  a  while 
post-mortem examinations on  an extend­
ed  scale  disclosed  the secret of  the dis 
ease. 
It  was  the  minute  fragments of 
wire  swallowed  by the  animals in their 
fodder.  Then  wire  as  a  binding  mate­
rial for the reaper  had to  go.  Mr.  Good 
supplanted  it with  binder  twine,  which 
is  merely  a loosely  spun  yarn  made of 
sisal hemp,  the fiber of the century plant 
(agave  Am ericana),  grown  principally 
in Mexico and  Central America.  He de 
vised and  patented a  spindle  expressly 
for making it,  and  he recently simplified 
and improved this so that it is among the 
possibilities  of  the  near  future  that 
every farmer  may make  his own  binder 
twine. 

results.  Mysterious 

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A  Strange  Coincidence.

“And now,”  said the coming graduate 
as he drew for $50, “the old  man’s  been 
cuttin’  up his shines lately;  I  must  put 
a check on him.” 
j  “Marla,”  said  the  old  man,  as  he 
looked dreamingly  out on the landscape 
“shut that  door;  there’s  a  draft  comin

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AMONO THE TRADE.

AROUND  THE  STATE.

Pinckney—C.  L. Bowman  succeeds W. 

D.  Thomson & Co.  in  general  trade.

Albion—A.  P.  Gardner  has  sold  his 
hardware stock to  Baughman & Powers.
Kalamazoo—John  Phillips  succeeds 
Phillips & Keef  in the grocery business.
Kalamazoo—P.  Reynolds  &  Son  suc­
ceed  Patrick  Reynolds  in  the  grocery 
bnsiness.

Manistique—Reinwand  &  Co.  are suc­
ceeded by Julius  Peterson  in the tailor­
ing business.

Portland—The  Portland  Milling  Co. 
succeed  Newman  & Rice  in  the (louring 
mill business.

Ovid—Jillson  & Hazle  succeed Swart- 
out &  Hazle in  the  dry  goods  and  gro­
cery  business.

Benton  Harbor—J.  H.  Levinson  suc­
ceeds  D.  C.  Levinson  in  the  dry goods 
and clothing bnsiness.

Locke—Blakeslee &  Pettingill,  wagon 
makers and blacksmiths,  have dissolved, 
Pettingill &  Price succeeding.

West Bay City—Jacob  Mazirnff,  dealer 
in clothiug  and  furnishing  goods,  has 
retired  from  business,  the  stock  being 
taken  by the piincipal creditor.

Detroit — Fish  &  Fisk,  commission 
dealers,  have  dissolved,  and  are  suc­
ceeded  by Fish  &  Lee,  who  have  also 
purchased  the produce commission  busi­
ness of W.  O.  Lee & Co.

West Bay City —Capt. James Davidson, 
the  builder  of  wooden  ships,  has  pur­
chased the  Bay City  dry dock,  and  will 
run  it in connection  with his yard.  The 
consideration  was  $25,000,  and  $10,000 
will be expended  in  improvements.

Eaton  Rapids—C.  T.  Uartson  has  in­
vented  a wheeled  pedestal  to be  used  as 
a  rest  for  caskets  at  funerals.  He has 
applied for a patent on  the  device  and, 
in  the  event  of  his  application  being 
granted,  will arrange to  put  the  article 
on the market.

Benton  Harbor—Kidd,  Dater  &  Co. 
are  erecting  a  new  wholesale  grocery 
store comprising three  stories  and  base­
ment,  located  near  the  C.  & W.  M.  de­
pot.  One story  is  already  up,  and  the 
firm expects to be able to occupy the new 
premises  by September.

Manistee — Notwithstanding  the 

low 
price of  salt,  there seems  to be no let up 
in  its manufacture or shipment  and even 
an  increase of  capacity  in  some cases is 
being  made.  Filer &  Sons  are  putting 
on  an addition,  36x80 feet in dimensions, 
to give them more  storage room.

Saginaw—The  Saginaw  * Lumber  & 
Salt  Co.  has  received  two  rafts  from 
Georgian  Bay.  The  weather  has  been 
bad  for  lake  rafting  owing  to  heavy 
southwest  winds and  cool  weather,  but 
the  business  is  now  fairly  inaugurated 
and it  will  be pushed vigorously.

Grand  Ledge—Dudley  &  Titus  have 
filed  a chattle mortgage on  their clothing 
stock to W.  H.  Hall  as trustee for $6,500, 
to  secure  indebtedness  to the Loan De­
posit Bank  and  the  State Savings Bank 
of this city,  and the First National  Bank 
of Charlotte.  Total  liabilities,  $11,400; 
assets,  about $11,000.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Tawas City—Gale & ltamage have per­
fected  arrangements for  the  erection of 
a planing mill  and factory  here.

Coleman—Colonel  A.  T.  Bliss of  Sagi- 
gaw,  has  purchased  of  Charles  Hubei, 
T.  B.  Simons and  others,  a large tract of

timber land in  Gladwin county, the con­
sideration being $22,500.

Harrison—C.  L.  Dolph  and  C.  W. 
Sweet  are  having  nearly  1,000,000  feet 
of  hardwood  and  hemlock  logs cut near 
this place.  They  will  be  manufactured 
into lumber at  Merchant’s mill here.

Menominee—The  Pangborn  Manufac­
turing Co.  has  been  incorporated  with a 
paid  up capital of $50,000,  for  the manu­
facture  of  the  Pangborn  steel  logging 
sleigh  in  this city.  A  new  factory has 
been  erected  and  operations  will  soon 
begin.

Saginaw—Wall  &  Webber’s  sawmill 
has shut  down  temporarily,  having  run 
out  of 
logs.  This  mill  has been oper­
ated nearly all  winter and Mr.  Wall says 
that the  firm  has  no difficulty in  selling 
all the  stock  the mill  can  cut  and  that 
prices hold  up stiff.  All of  the product 
of this mill goes out by rail.

Bay  City—The  people  of  West  Bay 
City are  making  an effort  to secure  the 
location  there  of  the  Partition  Box  & 
Packing  Co.’s  plant,  now  in  this  city. 
The concern wants more room. 
It  man­
ufactures egg  crates,  bottle  cases, etc., 
and  has  a lot  of  expensive  machinery. 
It is  proposed  to  operate  a veneer  mill 
in  connection,  and  as soon  as the site is 
selected  an  expensive  plant  will  be 
erected.

Muskegon—The  Monroe  Manufactur­
ing Co.  is  accomplishing  wonders  in the 
close using of timber stuff  that ten  years 
ago  and  less  a  lumberman  would  not 
have  taken  the  trouble  to  burn.  The 
material comes in bolts from the farmers’ 
camps  and  the  company  also  has  men 
and teams out.  The  story is told of  one 
farmer who paid  his taxes  this year with 
the  sale of  the  “stuff,” as  he  called it, 
that he was burning last  year.

Manistee—Shingles are somewhat dull. 
Eastern  buyers  are  coming  in  and ab­
sorbing the  greater  part of  our product 
and  are shipping them out by  rail  as fast 
as  made.  Cedar  shingles  go somewhat 
slowly,  and  the  mill  men  are holding 
back their cut.  One  man secured a bar­
gain of  a million  of  that class of  stock 
on dock  here last  week.  The manufac­
turer was resolved to give no more snaps 
of  that kind,  and made  a  contract with 
an  Eastern  man  to take out  4,000,000 by 
rail,  which  will  relieve  him of  anxiety 
for some  time. 
In  shingles,  as  in  lum­
ber, the trade is being  diverted consider­
ably. 

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Death  of  John  G.  Gray.

John  G.  Gray, 

the  South  Division 
street  grocer,  died  at  the  family  resi­
dence, 296 Sheldon street,  Sunday after­
noon,  as  the result  of  a  nervous  shock 
sustained  in a  runaway  accident  eight 
days previous  to his  death.  The  horse 
became unmanageable and kicked  him in 
the 
leg  below  the  knee,  producing  a 
compound  fracture  and  slivering  the 
bones  badly.  An  attempt  was made to 
set  the  broken  bones,  but  they  were 
found to be so  badly slivered  that ampu­
tation  was considered necessary.  Before 
the  surgeons could  do  so,  however,  the 
patient was  dead.

Deceased  was born at  Tyrone,  Schuy­
ler county,  New  York,  July  10,  1862.  He 
lived  there  with  his  parents  until  14 
years of  age,  receiving his  education  in 
the  common  schools of  that  place. 
In 
1876  he  removed  to  Ionia,  where  he 
clerked in  a store two years,  when  he  re­
moved  to Sheridan  and engaged  in  busi­
ness  with bis  father,  M.  Gray.  Here  he 
remained  four  years,  when  he  went to

Saginaw and took the management of the 
general  store  of  the  Saginaw  Salt  and 
Lumber Co.,  on Crow  Island.  This posi­
tion he filled  with  credit  to himself  for 
eighteen  months,  when  he  returned  to 
Sheridan,  resuming  his  former connec­
tion  with  his  father.  A  year  later he 
came to this city and purchased the  gro­
cery  store  of  Chas.  S.  Brooks, «at  133 
South  Division  street.  He  remained  at 
this location  until  July,  1890,  when  he 
removed  to  113  South  Division  street, 
where he was engaged  in  business at the 
time of his death.  During  his  business 
career  he  established  a  reputation for 
prompt  payment  and  sterling  business 
principles which gave him the respect of 
his  creditors  and  the  confidence of  his 
customers.

The deceased  was a  member of  the 1. 
O.  O.  F.  and the Retail  Grocers’  Associa­
tion.  He  was  married  in  1880  to Miss 
Della E.  Wilson, of Stanton,  who,  with a 
lad  of  11  years,  survive  him.  The  fu­
neral  will be held at the family residence 
at  2  p.  m.  Wednesday,  the  interment 
being in the Valley City Cemetery.  The 
deceased leaves $3,000 life insurance.

WHERE  JAPAN TEAS  GROW.

Interesting1  Letter  From  the  Veteran 

Detroit  W holesale  Grocer.

Kioto,  Japan,  May 8,  1893. 

the 

Messrs. W. J. Gould & Co., Detroit, Mich.:
G e n t l e m e n—1  am  glad  to be able to 
report fine,  hot, growing weather for the 
past ten days.  The tea is  being  rapidly 
gathered and  put  on  the  market.  The 
reason 1 did  not write on  last  mail  was 
that being in the interior I could  not get 
out in time and  I did not  wish  to  leave 
the tea districts until I  had given a thor­
ough inspection all  through  the  planta­
tions  where our tea is  raised.  Owing to 
the  fine  weather,  I can promise you the 
choicest lot of teas we  have ever bad.
I  leave  here  to-morrow  morning  to 
make a trip through  the 
last  and  best 
districts.  1 have two head men with me 
—Japanese  who  control  all 
tea 
through  seven  districts. 
It  is  rather 
hard  work to travel on foot and  by  rick­
sha, owing  to its being so hot;  but  I  am 
well and fat and  hearty  and  am  bound 
to see it all.  Owing  to  my  having  the 
head  men  with me,  I am  paid great def­
erence and really enjoy being out in  the 
country.  They a'l think our firm  is  the 
largest 
in  the  world,  as they all know 
the W.  J.  G.  brand and understand  they 
are picking the tea for me; consequently, 
1 a am big gun and it is a source of enjoy­
ment to  me to go through the  plantation 
and see the hundreds picking  tea  there, 
to follow  the  first  curing  and  see  the 
coolies carrying it to  station,  then  the 
firing,  packing and shipping  to you.  It is 
work,  however,  and  keeps me  busy;  in 
fact,  so busy I have hardly time to write.
You  can  assure  all  our  friends  who 
have  so  kindly  sent  their orders that  I 
will look after them to  the  best  of  my 
ability and I  thank them for  their  confi­
dence.
You  will receive a few teas by express 
but I think the great bulk of our steamer 
teas will go forward by the Gaelic on the 
19th inst. 
I did not hurry on teas,  as  I 
was satisfied that if we got  fine  weather 
about this time the teas wouid  be  fuller 
and  finer  in  flavor than  teas  picked  the 
last of Apail  and the first  three  days  of 
this  month;  and,  when you compare  the 
teas,  you will  see  I  was  right  in  my 
judgment. 
I  will forward all shipments 
as fast as possible and  when you  receive 
them  I  am  sure the teas will please  our 
customers,  as all  grades  will  be  better 
than  last year.

Yours Truly,

W.  J.  G o u l d .

English  View  of  the  Sugar  Situation.
From the London Market Review.
Now that  the great  rise  in  sugar has 
been  followed  by a considerable fall, and 
then  by a  renewed  and  sharp  rise,  the 
time  is  opportune  for  considering  the

general position of  the market.  The re­
cent sudden and extreme relapse in prices 
is no doubt  mainly due  to the late semi­
crisis in the  money market,  and,  indeed, 
the  close  connection  between  that  and 
sugar may  be  seen  by  the  fact that the 
removal of pressure in  the former was at 
once  followed  by  a  rise  in  the  latter. 
The statistical position of  sugar itself is 
indeed  very  strong,  and  will most prob­
ably  remain  so up to the time of the new 
beet crop,  while  it is  the universal feel­
ing  in  the  market  that  prices are likely 
to remain  high for  some time.  The  ad­
vance has  undoubtedly much  more  real 
foundation  than 
it  was  at  one  time 
thought to  possess.  The  beetroot crop, 
now almost  finished,  is  likely  to show a 
deficiency of  100,000  tons. 
In  addition 
to this,  it has recently become clear that 
there will  be  a great  falling  off  in the 
important sugar crop of  the large island 
of Cuba,  perhaps to the extent of 150,000 
or  200,000  tons.  The  general  public 
stocks in the world,  mainly reflecting the 
shortage  in  the  beet  crop,  though they 
include  also some  portion  of  the Cuban 
deficit, are considerably less than those of 
last year. 
It is clear, therefore,  that the 
stocks,  which  have  been  at  a  low ebb 
for  several  years at  the opening of  the 
beet  season,  will,  at  the  beginning of 
October,  1893,  have  reached  an  almost 
vanishing point,  if  supplies and deliver­
ies are on  the same scale as last year.  In 
that case,  and especially if  the beet crop 
of  1893-94  proved  a  late one,  we  might 
for a few weeks have an actual and great 
scarcity of  sugar.  These circumstances 
no doubt became  obvious  to the  shrewd 
speculators  connected  with  sugar more 
speedily than  to  the  geueral  trade,  and 
they are  such as  to  justify  a  portion of 
the rise that took  place,  though  that may 
have  been  carried  too  far  at  the close. 
The drought  upon  the  continent,  which 
was,  of  course,  entirely  unexpected,  at 
the  beginning of  the  late  rising move­
ment in  sugar,  greatly  aggravated  it  by 
threatening  to  compromise  the  coming 
beet crops  for 1893-94.  The weather has 
now,  however,  changed.

FOR  SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

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one  cent a word  for each subsequent  Insertion. 
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BUSINESS  CHANCES.

731

F or  sa le—one  o f  t h e  f in e s t  and

best selected drug stocks in northern Mich 
igan, excellently  located  for  business;  In  live 
town; brick building; steam heat and all modern 
improvements.  Kent  moderate;  terms  reason­
able  Address J. W. Balcom, Tawas  City,  Mich­
igan________________________________ 73p
F or  r e n t—t h e  n ew ly  f it t e d   sto re

at 88 Canal street.  Suitable for a hardware, 
stationery or clothing store.  First-class location 
in center of business part near court house, next 
door  to  best  paying  drug  store  in  the  city. 
Twenty-four feet  front  and  100 feet deep, high 
ceiling,  etc.  For  terms  apply to  239  Jefferson 
avenue, Grand Rapids. 
OR  SALE—HERE IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY 
—One of the best  paying  mercantile  busi­
nesses  in  Michigan  for  amount  of  capital  re 
quired.  Store  buildings  with  stock.  Ask  the 
Grand Rapids traveling men about my business, 
then write me for particulars.  Reason  for  sell­
ing, an invalid wife makes  a  change necessary. 
Address II. W. King, East Jordan, Mich. 
729 
OR SALE  OR  RENT—STORE  BUILDING 
at  Sparta.  Tip-top  place  for  hardware. 
Address No. 720, care Michigan Tradesman.  720
building and dwelling at Levering,a thriving 
Northern Michigan town.  Property well rented. 
Will  sell  cheap  or  exchange  tor  city  property. 
A. M. LeBaron, 05 Monroe St., Grand Rapids. 702 
OR  SALE-STOCK  OF  GROCERIES  FOR 
cash;  also store  building and  lot, including 
two dwelling  houses, on time.  Address No. 091, 
care Michigan  Tradesman. 

F or  s a l e—tw o-story  f r a m e  sto re

E l e g a n t o f f e r —it ’s  no  tr o u b le  to

find drug  stocks for sale, but 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
_____ _______W is e  KLLANKOU8.____________
SE.vi’  FKEK—My  44-page  catalogue  of  Win- 
dow Dressing Supplies will  tell  you how to 
trim  your  show  windows.  Harry  Harman, 
728
Room 1204, Woman’s Temple, Chicago. 
■ RANTED—I  WANT  A  BOOT  AND  SHOE 

stock in exchange for a sawmil, camp out­
fit, 400 acres of land and 1,500,000 hardwood  and 
James  McDonald,  Benton 
hemlock  timber. 
Harbor, Mich. 
SPOT  CASH  FOR  WOOD—SEND FULL  PAR- 
ticulars as to price and  kind  of  wood.  Ad- 
dressM. E. Lapham, 481 East Bridge  St.,  Grand 
Rapids, Mich. 

704

725

091

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

The Haynes  Paper  Co.  succeeds Mills 
& McDonald in  the wholesale paper busi­
ness on Scribner street.

Hawkins &  Company have  taken  pos­
session of  the  grocery stock  of Ed.  Wal- 
bridge,  at  the  corner  of  East  and Sher­
man  streets,  in  consequence  of  which 
Mr. Walbridge  is  no  longer  engaged in 
the grocery business.

for 

When  Jerome  B.  Moore  removed his 
shoe stock  from  Shelby  to  Muskegon,  a 
couple of  years  ago,  he  came to  Grand 
Rapids and obtained about $500 worth of 
shoes  from  Geo.  H.  Reeder  &  Co.,  by 
claiming  that  he  was  worth  $75,000. 
Two  months  after the goods  were pur­
chased,  he  turned  the  stock  over to  his 
wife  on a  chattel  mortgage  and  bill of 
sale 
alleged  borrowed  money. 
Reeder & Co.  thereupon replevined such 
portions  of  their  goods  as  they  could 
identify.  Mr.  Moore  then  brought suit 
in  the  Muskegon  Circuit  Court,  which 
resulted  in  a  verdict  for  the defendant, 
and  the Supreme Court last week handed 
down an  opinion  atiirming  this verdict, 
throwing  about  $300  costs  on  Moore. 
Hon.  Peter  Doran  was  the  attorney for 
Reeder & Co.

Last  season  W.  J.  Gould  &  Co., of 
•  Detroit,  sold John Giles & Co., of Lowell, 
a quantity  of tea  dust  to the amount of 
$75.  The terms  upon which the sale  was 
made were that the goods,  which were of 
the ’92 crop,  should be equal to ’91  stock. 
Giles &  Co.  refused  to  pay  for  the tea, 
claiming that  it did  not meet  the terms 
of  the contract,  and  reshipped  it to De­
troit.  Suit was  brought by Gould & Co. 
injustice  Brown’s  court to  recover the 
amount  of  the  bill.  Verdict  was  ren­
dered  for  the  plaintiff.  Justice Brown, 
who  is an old  “tea  man”  himself,  de­
cided that the  dust  sold was worth from 
1  to 2  cents a  pound  more  than the ’91 
tea with which it was compared. 
It is  a 
matter  for rejoicing  that  Grand Rapids 
has at least one justice who is able to de­
cide a case upon  his own practical knowl­
edge of  the  subject,  and  who  does not 
allow  himself to  be misled  by  the ver­
bose pleas of the attorneys, or the purely 
legal aspect of  the case.

Some weeks ago  T h e   T r a d e s m a n  an­
imadverted  somewhat severely  upon  the 
failure of  Wells  & Son,  general dealers 
at  Chase,  but  later  developments  have 
proved that the half  was not told at that 
time.  The household effects  were seized 
on  a writ of  replevin,  and on taking pos­
session the officers found the house newly 
furnished from  cellar to garret.  Every­
thing was of the  latest  and most  expen­
sive  pattern.  Clothing  also  had  been 
purchased in extravagant profusion. 
In 
one  closet seven  suits  of  clothes  were 
found,  all of  one size,  and nearly all un­
worn.  A  drawer in a  dresser contained 
twelve  pairs of shoes,  which showed but 
few marks  of  wear.  These  and  other 
circumstances go  to  prove  that the fail­
ure  was  premeditated  and  intentional. 
What the creditors will get out of it can­
not yet be  determined.  The  stock  was 
sold last  week  to the  Wells-Stone  Mer­
cantile  Co.  at  67  per  cent,  of  its  ap­
praised value.

Gripsack  Brigade.

Frank  E.  Chase  has  been  living  high 
for a couple of weeks back.  Two weeks 
ago he  was the  guest of  his uncle, Caleb 
Chase,  senior  member  of  the  firm  of

T H E   M I C H I G A N
Chase & Sanborn, at the Hotel Metropole, 
Chicago.  Last week he was the guest of 
A.  C.  McGraw &  Co.,  at the Hotel Cadil­
lac,  at Detroit.  This week he is display­
ing his samples at Sweet’s Hotel.

C.  F.  Marple,  formerly on  the road  for 
the Marple-French-McGrathCo., but now 
representing the  W.-K.-B.  branch of the 
U.  S.  Baking  Co.,  Toledo,  was  in town 
one day last week.

The first-class  traveling  man  is much 
more than  a  commercial  salesman.  He 
is a railroad time table,  a  hotel guide,  a 
market  reporter,  a dramatic  critic,  a so­
cial companion,  a  defender of  virtue,  a 
comfort to  the  needy,  and an all around 
good fellow.  No other man fills so many 
positions in  the  great  battle  for  bread 
nor fills  any of them so well.

William  Connor,  Western  traveling 
representative  for Michael  Kolb & Son, 
of  Rochester,  writes  T h e   T r a d e s m a n  
as follows:  “1 have  just returned  from 
the  Northwest  and  am  pleased  to  say 
that I heard  but  little  complaint relative 
to trade,  except that the season was late, 
and with  every  respect to  a few persons 
saying  that  money  is  tight. 
I found it 
just as easy and the  merchants as cheer­
ful  as at  any time  during the  fourteen 
years that 1  have been  on  the road,  and 
my trade so  far this  season  is  ahead of 
any previous  year.”

Purely  Personal.

Ed.  Frick, Jas.  N.  Bradford  and J.  A. 
Morrison  put  in  the last  three  days of 
last week at the World’s Fair.

Cornelius Salie succeeds C. W.  Trebing 
as local  manager  for  the National Distil­
ling  Co.,  manufacturers  of  Red  Star 
yeast.  Mr.  Salie  has  been  connected 
with this agency for several years,  and is 
to be congratulated on  his promotion.

Clarence  H.  Gould  was 

in  town  a 
couple of  days last week for the purpose 
of  attending  to  the 
litigation  W.  J. 
Gould &  Co.  is  having  with  John Giles 
&  Co.,  of  Lowell.  He  was  naturally 
very much  elated  over  the  outcome  of 
the trial.

Albert Retan,  formerly engaged  in the 
mercantile  business  at  Ovid  and  St. 
Johns,  but  now  a leading  business man 
at Little Rock,  Ark.,  is in  town for a few 
days.  Little  Rock real  estate  has  suf­
fered  from  the same  reaction  which has 
been felt  in most Western towns for  the 
past  few  months,  but  Mr.  Retan  is ap­
parently  as happy  as  if  he were  a  mil­
lionaire-

From Out of Town.

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

L.  A.  Scoville.  Clarksville.
Martin Alflen,  New Salem.
W.  J.  Barnum,  Yelzy.
Geo.  H.  Rainouard, Bridgeton.
J.  F.  Kinney,  Grove.
F.  A.  Jentson,  Manton.
A.  Purchase,  South Blendon.
C.  F.  Sears,  Rockford.
J.  H.  Lowell, Wacousta.
Geo.  W.  McKee,  Alto.
W.  R.  Lawton,  Berlin.
A.  Denton,  Howard City.
E.  E.  Hewitt, Rockford.

The  Drug  Market.

Opium is dull and lower.
Morphia is as yet unchanged.
Quinine is  weak and  lower for German. 
Cubeb berries are in  better supply and 

have declined.

scarce and higher.

German  chamomile  flowers  are  very 

Saffron  has  declined  and  Is  tending 

lower.

DIRTY  DAGOES.

They  Object  to  the  License  Tax  and | 

Prepare  to  Fight.

At its  regular  meeting,  held  on May 
22,  the  Common  Council  passed its  an­
nual resolution  imposing certain license 
fees  upon  peddlers  and  others.  Fruit 
peddlers  were taxed  $51  and  vegetable 
peddlers  $21.  At the  first  glance  these 
figures appear  somewhat  out of  propor­
tion,  but,  as  as matter of  fact,  the fruit 
peddlers’  fee  should  be  high  enough to 
wipe  the  business  off  the  face  of  the 
earth.  They  buy  fruit that no reputable 
dealer  would  even  look  at;  half  rotten 
stuff which  is only fit  for  the  dumping 
ground,  and cart  it  about  the  city and 
sell it to people who would  not purchase 
if  they knew  its real  condition.  A ma­
jority of the fruit  peddlers are ignorant, 
debased  foreigners,  without  conscience 
in  the matter, and with but one  idea—to 
make  as  much  money  as  possible,  no 
matter  how.  The  Council  should  not 
only impose a heavy tax  upon them,  but 
should put  au end  to the  whole misera­
ble business. 
In  s<# far as  the high tax 
will  ameliorate  the  evil  and  abate the 
nuisance,  it  will  be a  boon  to  the city. 
That  these  delectable  gentry  should 
squirm is what might be expected.  To a 
man  who  will  sell  rotten  fruit  for the 
purpose  of  making a 
little  money,  $51 
must  appear  an  enormous  sum.  Too 
debased  and  vicious to care what may be 
the  effects of  their nefarious  traffic,  the 
only  way  to deal  with  them is to squeeze 
the  profits out  of their  business,  and,  if 
possible,  force  them 
into  some  other 
calling which,  at least,  will  not  endan­
ger the  public  health. 
It was not  to be 
expected  that  they  would  pay  the fee 
promptly and  without  protest;  but they 
have gone  further than  that,  and refuse 
to pay  at all. 
¡Such,  at  least,  was  the 
report current last week.

A  representative of  T h e   T r a d e s m a n  
called at  the  City  Clerk’s  office,  to en­
quire concerning the matter.  Mr.  Wurz- 
bnrg,  the  Assistant  City Clerk,  replying 
to the question as to whether the vegeta­
ble and  fruit  peddlers  were  taking out 
licenses in  accordance  with the Common 
Council’s resolution,  said:

“Yes; at  least  the  vegetable  vendors 

are.”

“What about the fruit peddlers?” 
“Well,  they  come  to  see  us,  but they 
are  not  taking  out  licenses.  You  see, 
they  don’t like  the  idea  of  paying  $51 
when the  vegetable men  have but $21 to 
pay;  so they come here and  kick.”

“What are  they going  to do about it?” 
“They say they will take out  hawkers’ 
licenses.  They are peddlers the same as 
the vegetable  men,  and  they  have been 
legally  advised that  a hawker’s  license 
will cover their business and make it un­
necessary  for  them to  take  out licenses 
as fruit peddlers.”

“What will  your office do about it?” 
“Nothing.  We  don’t  know  who  are 
peddlers and  who are  not,  and  we don’t 
care.”
“Well,  how is  the law  to be enforced? 
Who is  responsible for its enforcement?” 
“The  police  department.  A  number 
of  men are  detailed by  the Superinten­
dent,  and they are on  the watch for ped­
dlers  and  all  others  who  ought to take 
out  licenses.  A  policeman  sees a  man 
peddling,  and he  goes to him and asks to 
see his license. 
If he  has no  license,  he 
is reported.  The  fruit peddlers say they 
will not take out fruit  licenses,  and thus 
force  the  city  to  prosecute  them,  and

5

so have the validity of  the Council’s res­
olution determined.”

The  City  Attorney’s  office  was  next 
visited,  and the matter placed before the 
Assistant  Attorney.  He  was  asked  for 
his  opinion  as  to the  contention of  the 
fruit peddlers.

“The  city  charter  gives  the  Council 
authority to license and regulate and say 
what fee  shall  be  paid by those engaged 
in the business of hawking and peddling 
vegetables,  fruits,  etc.  The Council has 
exercised 
its  authority  and  said  that 
fruit peddlers  shall  pay  a  license fee of 
$51  and  vegetable  peddlers a fee of  $21. 
It is not  a question of  equity,  it  is  sim­
ply  a  question  of  the  legality  of  the 
Council’s action in passing the resolution 
imposing  the  various 
If 
the fruit men refuse to take out licenses, 
the city  will  be compelled  to prosecute 
them,  and  the  matter  will  then  be de­
cided by the courts.”

license  fees. 

Superintendent  of  Police  Carr,  when 
asked  what  his  department  was  doing 
about the matter,  replied;

“We  have  hardly  had  time  to  get to 
work yet,  but  I have  detailed three men 
to 
look  after  the  licenses,  and  delin­
quents will  be reported as fast as found. 
Come again  when we have had more time 
to investigate and  I will be in  a position 
to give you  more  information  about the 
matter.”

Superintendent  Carr  will,  without 
doubt,  do his whole duty in the premises, 
and if  he receives  the support he ought 
to receive from the  city officials  and the 
courts,  not only  will the  law be enforced, 
but  many  of  this  disreputable  class  of 
“traders”  driven  out  of  the  business. 
T h e   T r a d e s m a n   may  be depended upon 
to watch this  matter closely,  and  will do 
everything  in  its  power to  assist in  the 
enforcement of  the  law,  to  the end that 
the rascally fruit  hawkers may  be  prop­
erly punished.

Bay City—C.  A.  Leavens  has  retired 
from the book  and  stationary  business.

“The  Proof of the  Pudding  is  Ask­

ing  for  More.”

SMOKERS  OSCE 

SM OKERS  A L ­

W A YS  OF  TH E  C ELEBRATED

B e n  -   H u r ,

The great  10c Cigar,  and

J R e c o r d  

b r e a k e r ,

The  Great  5c  Cigar.

Made on  Honor. 

Sold on Merit

First-Class Dealers  Everywhere.

GEO.  MBS  &  CO.

MANUFACTURERS,

D E T R O I T .

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THE  TRAVELING  SALESMAN.
The  traveling  salesman,  “knight  of 
the road”  or the “drummer,” as he  is ir­
reverently called  by  persons  not  fully 
appreciating  this  indispensable adjunct 
of the world’s commerce, is usually found 
to be of pleasing address,  neat in appear­
ance,  full of general information,  politi­
cal,  social  and  otherwise.  He  ariseth 
with the song of  the  morning  lark,  re­
gardless  of  having  retired  after  the 
evening lark.  He seizeth  his  grip  and 
hustleth 
interest  of  his house, 
withal taking  care  of  the  wants  and 
wishes of his customer.  His suggestions 
are generally to the  point,  aptly  given, 
and in  the  right  place.  His  tongue  is 
tipped  with  the 
latest  prices and best 
discounts,  and he can  at  once  refer  you 
to the  manufacturers of that  article  for 
which  you  have  been  looking in  vain 
over catalogues for hours to find.

in  the 

He can  post you  on  the  latest  goods, 
and their merits,  aud, as an  arbitrator on 
a question  of  right  or  wrong  with  the 
“house,” he is the dealer’s best friend, 

now  HE  SHOULD  HE  TliEATED.

A candid  minded  dealer  will  not  re­
fuse  to  give  a  reputable salesman the 
same  courtesy  and  attention  that  he 
would wish to be  given  his  own  clerks 
by  their  customers.  An  honest  dealer 
will  not  employ  a  dishonest clerk,  nor 
will a jobbing or wholesale house employ 
salesmen 
to  make  misrepresentations 
and false statements.  Errors may occur, 
in  fact they are common; yet  a  cheerful 
observer  will notice that errors made in 
shipping goods, ordered through a sales­
man,  are  rectified  much  quicker  aud 
more thoroughly than  when  the  order is 
mailed.  Why?  In  the  first 
instance, 
the dealer is not known  in  the  transac­
tion,  except  as  told  the  firm  by  their 
salesman. 
In the second case,  the  order 
is on  file  with  the  house,  stating  pre­
cisely what to ship,  and  if  in  an  after 
consideration the  dealer  should  change 
his  mind  on  some  particular 
item  or 
should  have  made  a  mistake  in  size, 
quality,  or  kind,  and not discover it in 
time  to  countermand,  there is no  happy 
medium  upon  whom to rest the blame.

is 

Does it pay  to greet  a  salesman  in  a 
sour, cross and crabbed manner, or  with 
a  “ we-want-none-of-your-goods”  air 
that 
intended  to  wilt  the  man  at 
once?  We answer  by  asking.  How  do 
you  treat  an  overbearing  customer? 
Duty compels you  to  wait  on  him,  but 
you  have  no  choice  goods to show,  no 
special  bargains to bring out.  You wait 
on him  in  a mechanical sort of way,  dis­
playing only  what is  called  for  with  a 
suppressed  feeling of disgust for  the  ar­
rogance shown,  hard to conceal.

It must be  remembered  the  salesman 
is human,  with  sensibilities  equally  as 
delicate  as  the  dealer’s,  and when mis­
used,  if he calls again,  it is from the fact 
that he is paid a certain sum  by the  firm 
for  doing  so,  and  he does not come with 
the jolly,  free,  openheartedness  charac­
teristic of the man  that has  been  shown 
the  courtesy  due  a  gentleman.  How­
ever.  too  much  effusiveness  can  be as 
easily displayed as an  undue  amount  of 
coldness,  and  should  be avoided on the 
part of both buyer  and  seller.  A  free 
and easy  exchange  of  terms  and  opin­
ions in  a  brief  business-like  manner  is 
sufficient.

TIME  TO  GIVE  SALESMEN  ATTENTION.
This should  be the first leisure moment 
the dealer has to spare.  It is poor policy 
to  keep him  waiting,  on  one  pretext or

THE  MICH! GAN  TRADESMAN
Dry Goods Price Current.

DEMINS.

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Adriatic.................  7
A rgyle..................   6
Atlanta AA............ 6
Atlantic A..............  6%
H................634
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P ............   514
D..............  6
“ 
“  LL..............5
Amory.....................614
Archery  Bunting...  4 
Beaver Dam  A A ..  5)4
Blackstone Ot Si__  5
Black Crow............ 6
Black  Rock  .............614
Boot, AL................  7
Capital  A................514
Cavanat V..............514
Chapman cheese cl.  314
Clifton  C R............ 514
Comet..................... 6%
Dwight Star............  614
Clifton CCC...........  614

UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.Arrow Brand  5 
“  World Wide.  6
“  LL...............   414
Pull Yard Wide...... 614
Oeorgia  A..............  614
Honest Width......... 614
Hartford A ............   5
Indian Head...........  7
King A  A................. 614
KlngRC.................  5
Lawrence  L L........  5
Madras cheese cloth 644
Newmarket  G........544
B  ....... 5
N........   614
DD....  614
X ........644
Nolbe R..................  5
Our Level  Best......614
Oxford  R...............   6
Pequot....................  7
Solar.......................6
Top of the  Heap__7
Geo. Washington...  8
Glen Mills.............   7
Gold Medal............ 714
Green  Ticket......... 814
Great Falls.............   614
Hope....................... 7*4
Just  Out........  434® 5
King  Phillip...........7*
OP.......714
Lonsdale Cambric.. 10
Lonsdale...........  @  844
Middlesex........   @5
No Name................   714
Oak View......  ......   6
Our Own................   514
Prideof the West.. .18
Rosalind...................714
Sunlight..................  414
Utica  Mills............   814
“  Nonpareil  ..10
Vlnyard..................  814
White Horse...........  6
814
814

A B C ......................834
Amazon.................. 8
Amsburg.................7
Art  Cambric..........10
Blackstone A A......  744
Beats All.................414
Boston................... 12
Cabot......................   734
Cabot,  X.................644
Charter  Oak...........  514
Conway W..............734
Cleveland.............. 634
Dwight Anchor...... 814
shorts.  8
Edwards.................   6
Empire...................   7
Farwel!...................714
Fruit of the  Loom.  84f
Fitchville  ............. 7
First Prize..............7
Fruit of the Loom 
7%
Falrmount..............  434
Full Value..............  644 
Cabot......................   7341 Dwight Anchor
Farwell...................8  |

“  Rock.
HALF  BLEACHED  COTTONS.

BLEACHED  COTTONS.

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CANTON  FLANNEL.

Bleached.
Housewife  A .... ....534 Housewife G ....
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Unbleached.
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.6)4
R  ... ....7
.. ....7X
s 
T .... ....834
U...
...  9)4
V
.10
W
.1044
X.
.1114
Y. 
.1*34
Z  .
1334

B__ ...  5)4
C-... . . . 6
D__ • ■  634
E  ... ....7
F.
G
....714
H.
....744
....834 
I. 
J 
...  814 934 
K
L. 
...10  
M  .
.1034 
N . 
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...11 
.
O. 
...21
P ...........1414

CORSET  JEANS.

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CABPBT  WARP.

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Peerless, white.......18  I Integrity  colored... 20
colored— 20  White Star..............18
“  colored..20
Integrity................. 18141 
Nameless............... 20
Hamilton...................  8
.................9
.................25
 
.................2714
.................30
GG  Cashmere........20
Nameless..............16
.................3234.
... 
..........35
............... 18

DRESS  OOODB.
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1014

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CORE
Corallne..................*9 50
Schilling’s ............... 9 00
Davis  Waists----   9 00
Grand  Rapids.........4 50
Armory..................   644
Androscoggin.........7J4
Blddeford.............   6
Brunswick..............814
len turkey  reds..  6
robes...........  6
plnk a purple 6
buffs...........  6
pink  checks.  6
Staples........6
shirtings ... 
American  fancy... 
American indigo  .. 
American shirtings 
Argentine  Grays.. 
Anchor Shirtings.. 
Arnold 
Arnold  Merino.  ..

long cloth B. 1014 
“ 
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c .  814
“ 
century cloth 7
“  goldseai......1014
11  green seal TR 1014 
“  yellow seal.. 1014
“ 
serge.............1114
“  Turkey red.. 1014 
“ 

Ballou solld black..
colora.
Bengal blue,  green, 
red and orange...  6

solids........ •  534
oil blue__
634
“  green 
.■  634
Foulards
534
7
red 34 —
“  %........ -•  934
.10
“ 
“  3-4XXXX 12
Cocheco fancy........  6
“  madders...  6
“  XXtwills..  614
“ 
solids........ 5)4

44

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Wonderful.............$4 50
Brighton..................4 75
Bortree's...............  9 00
Abdominal...........15  00
Naumkeag satteen..  714
Rockport...................614
Conestoga.................734
Walworth................ 644
ITS.Berwick fancies—   534
Clyde Robes...........
Charter Oak fancies 434 
DelMarlne cashm’s.  6 
mourn’g  6 
Eddy stone fancy...  6 
chocolat  6 
rober —   6 
sateens..  6 
Hamilton fancy. —   6
staple__6
Manchester fancy..  6 
new era.  6 
Merrimack D fancy.  6 
Merrim’ck shirtings.  444 
Repp furn .  814
Pacific fancy..........6
robes..............614
Portsmouth robes...  634 
Simpson mourning..  6
greys........6
solid black.  6 
Washington indigo.  634 
“  Turkey robes..  714
“  India robes___ 714
“  plain T*ky X 44  814 
“ 
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“  Ottoman  Tur­
key red................   6H
Martha Washington
Turkey red 44........714
Martha Washington
Turkey red..........   914
Rtverpolntrobes ...  534
Windsor fancy........  614
indigo blue..........1014

gold  ticket

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TICKINSS.

Amoskeag A C A.... 1214 ,
Hamilton N ............ 714  1

Harmony................  5
AC A....................13
Pemberton AAA__16
York........................1014
Swift River............   714
Pearl  River.............12
Warren....................1834
o g a ............16
C 
COTTON  DRILL.
8
.......  644 No Name.................. 714
......  7 ¡Top of Heap..............  9

D............ 814
Awning.. 11
Farmer...................8
First  Prize............. 1014’
Lenox M ills...........18
Atlanta,  D.............   6441 Stark  A
Boot...... 
Clifton, r. 

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Amoskeag............... 1214
9 o i...... 1314
brown .13
Andover..................1114
Beaver Creek A A... 10 
BB...  9
CC....
Boston MfgCo.  br..  7 

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blue  814 
“  d a  twist 1014 
Columbian XXX  br.10 
XXX  hi.19

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Columbian  brown.. 12
Everett, blue.......... 1*34
brown.......1214
Haymaker blue......744
brown...  744
Jeffrey............. ......1114
Lancaster................1214
Lawrence, 9 oz........1814
“  N o. 220.... 13
«  No. 250....1114
“  No. 280....1014

“ 

Lancaster,  staple...  634 

Amoskeag.................614
Persian dress 8 
Canton ..  8
AFC........1014
Teazle.. .1014 
Angola..1014 
Persian..  8
Arlington staple__634
Aras&pha  fancy__  444
Bates Warwick dres  714 
staples.  634
Centennial............   1034
Criterion......... ...... 1034
Cumberland staple.  534
Cumberland........... 5
Essex........................434
Elfin.......................   734
Everett classics......834
Exposition............... 714
Glenarie.................  634
Glenarven................ 644
Glenwood.................734
Hampton...................634
Johnson Chalon cl 
34 
Indigo blue 934 
zephyrs.... 16

SINOUAMS.
fancies —   7 
11 
“  Normandie  8
Lancashire.............   6
Manchester............   544
Monogram................634
Normandie...............734
Persian...... .............. 8
Renfrew Dress....... 734
Rosemont................. 634
Slatersville.............. 6
Somerset.................  7
Tacoma  ...................734
Toll  duNord......... 1034
WabaBh..................   734
seersucker..  734
Warwick...............   7
Whlttenden............   8
heather dr.  734 
indigo blue 9 
Wamsutta staples...  644
Westbrook..............8
..............10
Wlndermeer........... 6
York  ........................644

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DRAIN  BASS.

Amoskeag............   .1634|Valley City............. 15
Stark......................  1944 Georgia  .................19
American...............153g|PacIflc.....................

THREADS.

Clark’s Mile End....45  IBarbour's..............81
Coats’, J. & P ........ 45  Marshall’s ................ 81
Holyoke.................22341
KNITTINS  COTTON.
White.  Colored.
...37
38 No.  14...
39
...38
“  16...
*•  18... ...39
40
“  20... ....40
41

White. Colored
42
43
44
45

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

No.

Slater......................   444
White Star............   444
Kid Glove  .............   4*
Newmarket......... 
444

Edwards................  444
Lockwood................ 444
Wood’s ..................   444
Brunswick...........   444

RED  FLANNEL.

MIXED  FLANNEL.

Fireman.................3234
Creedmore............. 2734
Talbot XXX...........30
NamelesB............... 2734
Red A Blue,  plaid..40
Union R ..................2234
Windsor.................. 1834
6 oz Western...........20
Union  B ................. 2234
Nameless...... 8  @ 934! 
.......  834@10  I 

DOMET  FLANNEL.

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Brown. Black. Slate
9)4 1034
10)4 1134
11K 12
1234 20
DUCKS.

CANVASS  AND  PADDINS.
934
1034
1134
1234

“ 
Slate.
934
1034 
1134 
1*34
Severen. 8 oz..........   934
May land, 8 oz «........ 1034
Greenwood, 734 oz..  934 
Greenwood, 8 oz— 1134 
Boston, 8 oz............ 1034

WADDINGS.

TW  — ..............»34
F T ............ ............. 8234
JR F , XXX............35
Buckeye.................3234
Grey SR W.............1734
Western W  .............1834
D R P ............ ......... 1834
Flushing XXX........2334
Manitoba................ 2334
01034
1234
Brown. Black.
1034
1134
12
20

1034
1134
12
20

West'Point, 8 oz— 1034 
“ 
10 oz  ...1234
Raven, lOoz.............1334
Stark 
.............1334
Boston, 10 oz........... 1234

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SILX81AB.

White, dot..............25  I Per bale, 40 do*__33 50
Colored, doz...........20  IColored  “ 
.........7 50
Slater, Iron Cross...  8 
Pawtucket...............1034
“  Red Cross....  9
Dandle...................   9
Bedford...................1034
“  Best............ 1034
Valley  City.............I034
“  Best AA..... 1234
L............................. 734
K K ........................   1034
G............................. 834
Cortlcelll, doz........ 85  [Cortlcelll  knitting,

SXWINS  BILK.

2 
8 

..12  “ 8 
-12  I  “  10 

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

twist,doz..4C 
50yd,doz..40  I
HOOKS AND NYlS—PKB OBOBS.
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Mo  1 Bl’k & Whlte..lO  (Mo  4 Bl’k & White..15 
“ 
..20
“ 
..25
No 2—20, M C......... 50  INo 4—15  F  334........ 40
•  8-18.SC ..........45 
No  2 White & Bl’k..12  INo  8 White A Bl’k..20 
“ 
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No 2.

COTTON  TAPS.
-16  “ 10 
-18  “  12 
SAFETY  PINS.
— .28  IN0 8 ...
NMMDLNS—PKB  M.

PINS.
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A. James.................1 401 Steamboat...............  
to
Crowely’s...............1 35 Gold  Eyed................1 go
Marshall’s ..............1 00| American..................1 00
5—4....2 25  6—4.-3 2515—4....1  95  6—4...2 96

TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.
“ 

...3 10|
COTTON TWINES.

“ ....2 10 

Cotton Sail Twine.. 28
Crown................... 12
Domestic................1834
Anchor..................16
Bristol...................13
Cherry  Valley.......15
IX L ...  ..................1834
Alabama...................6J4
Alamance................. I ll
Augusta.................. 734
Ar  sapha................  6
Georgia.....................634
G ranite..................  534
Haw  River............   6
Haw  J ....................  6

Nashua................... 18
Rising Star 4-ply__ 17
8-ply....17
North 8 tar..............20
Wool Standard 4 plyl7)4 
Powhattan.............18

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Mount  Pleasant....  634
Oneida....................  5
Prymont...............   534
Randelman............   6
Riverside...............   534
Sibley  A.................6)4
Toledo...................

PLAID  OSNABURSB

We are state agents for the

People’s
Typewriter.

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

EATON,  LYON  &  00.

Booksellers  and  Stationers,

2 0   A   22  MONBOB  8 T., 
GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICH.

Chas. B. Kelsey, Pres. 

E. B. Seymour, Sec’y. 

J. W. Hannen, Supt.

‘Chicago’’ Linen Hinge and

Mullins Patent Flat Opening Books. 
Telephone 1243.  89 Pearl street,  Old  Houseman 

SPECIAL  BOOK  BINDING. 

Block,  Grand  Rapids, Mich.

Í 6 The  K e n t.*9

Direetly Opposite Union  I >  pot.

AMERICAN  PLAN
BATES, 92 PER DAT
8TEAM  HEAT  AND  ELECTRIC  BELLS
FREE  BAGGAGE  TRANSFER  FROM  UNION
DEPOT.

BEACH  i  BOOTH,  Props.

äylä8  S oap

Is Manufactured 

only  by

HENRY  PASS0LT, 

Saginaw,  Mich.

For general laundry and  family 
Only brand of first-class lanndry 

washing  purposes.

soap mannfactnred in the 

Saginaw  Yalley.

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

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

another,  when  you  can  as  easily  give 
him  your time  at once  as  later. 
If you 
are  not  busy  it  cannot  affect  you,  and 
may  be the  means of  helping  him  make 
an early train  and save stopping over for 
hours.  This  may  appear  too  accommo­
dating,  yet  the  average  salesman  would 
do far more to get some little  item to in­
clude  in  your  order,  in  accommodation 
to you,  when in the city.

If  you are  not in  need of  goods it can 
be  politely,  yet  firmly,  stated,  and  in 
such  a manner as will prevent  “hanging 
on.”  There is a  way of  saying  “no”  by 
the dealer and a  persuasive  “yes” by the 
salesman  which  oftentimes  leads  to  a 
sale, and  which  has  established  the idea, 
in  the  minds  of  some  agents,  that  in 
order  to  be  a  good  traveling  man  you 
must  “stick”  to  your  man  and  not let 
him  bluff  you.  This practice,  in  vogue 
years ago,  at  times  would  win,  but very 
rarely  now.  “No”  should  mean  “no,” 
but  it should  not be  spoken  so  quickly 
unless  the dealer  is  certain  that  he has 
no use for the goods offered.

A  REFUSAL  TO  LOOK  AT  SAMPLES.
If time can  possibly  be found to do so, 
a  refusal  to look at samples is  a mistake, 
often  followed  by a serious regret,  espe­
cially  when  it is found that your compet­
itor  has  secured  the  sale  of  a  bright, 
new  and  novel  article—a  ready  seller. 
Your customers  want it, and you  had the 
first  offer  of  securing 
its  sale.  Yet, 
through  carelessness,  a  lack of  common 
courtesy,  or  call  it  what  you  will,  you 
are now compelled  to search  the market, 
giving  time  and  money  to  secure that 
which was  carried  to  your  door. 
It is 
not always  convenient  to  examine  sam­
ples,  we admit, yet if the dealer has a ilis 
position  so to  do  the  times are  rare  in 
deed  when  he  cannot  contribute  a  few 
moments from  his  regular routine to the 
profitable  work  of  examining  a  line  of 
samples that have, at times,  been carried 
hundreds of miles for him to see.

These  samples  represent  the  stock in 
trade  of  thousands  of  dollars  involved 
the welfare of  hundreds of  families,  the 
best thoughts of the most skilled artisans 
in  the  land; they  are the  hope of the job­
ber,  the pride  of  the salesman,  and  life 
home  and  comfort  to 
the  consumer. 
Manufacturers  are  striving,  with  their 
best energies  exerted,  to  excel  and fur­
nish their  jobbers  with goods of  a qual­
ity superior to that  yet attained  by  their 
competitors.  This  necessitates  contin­
ual,  deep,  earnest  thought,  all of  which 
is lightly carried, yet carefully cherished, 
in  the little  “grip”  of  the  “drummer.” 
Need  we  ask,  will  it  pay  to look at sam­
ples?  There  is a  lesson  in  each  one of 
them,  a  story  of  numerous  disappoint­
ments  crowned by  success  in  every  ar­
ticle; a  new  knowledge  gained  of  prog­
ress,  art and  mechanism; a  firmer belief 
in the  possibilities  of  the  future  and a 
better  understanding of  what  the  world 
is doing in your special  line of trade.

THE  DEALER’S  CREDIT.

The important  factor,  especially  in re­
mote and rural  districts,  is,  to  a  consid­
erable extent, dependent upon statements 
furnished  by salesmen.  While  the sev­
eral commercial  reports are  largely  used 
to determine this  matter,  yet  it  is  true 
that when  possible to  gain  facts through 
their own  representative a jobbing house 
places greater reliance  upon  his estimate 
as to the financial  standing  of  the mer­
chant  than  they do in  the continued re­
ports of all  the agencies.  Great trouble, 
distress and  worry  can be  readily  forced

upon a dealer by thoughtless or unscrup­
ulous remarks from  the salesman,  and it 
is  a matter  of  vast import,  especially to 
the poor, but honest dealer, that his good 
name be handled  carefully.  Of  course, 
there  are  dealers  whose  manner  and 
method  of doing business  is  best known 
to salesmen in  general,  and  we  will  re­
mark they are not slow at “catching on.” 
However,  the fact that  a dealer does not 
buy from  a salesman  is  no excuse what­
ever for the  latter showing  malignancy. 
This  dealer  may have  some  particular 
salesman,  with  whom  it  is  to his advan­
tage to deal.  He should  treat  the matter 
as one of the “thistles”  in  his  business, 
and  try  to  secure  customers  equally as 

¡olid”  for himself.

WHEN  TO  BUY.

This question  is  a  matter hard to de­
termine.  When  in  need of goods,  neces­
sity compels buying at once, but if prices 
are not known  to  be  right,  the quantity 
bought  may  be  regulated  to  present 
needs.  We  have  known  dealers to buy 
goods  in  July,  for  September  delivery, 
and  have  awakened  to  the  fact  that  a 
good  profit had  been  lost  by  buying too 
soon,  and  again  we  have  kuown  times 
when July prices could not be duplicated 
in September.  While  considerable reli­
ance may  be placed upon  the representa­
tion of an  honorable  salesman,  as to the 
probable  advance  or  decline  in  prices, 
yet,  generally speaking,  the  best results 
coine  from  the  merchant’s  own careful 
consideration  and  conclusions.  Before 
it is necessary for him  to buy in quantity 
it is advisable to ask  different houses for 
discounts,  or  best  net  prices,  upon  the 
receipt of which he  will know how to in­
telligently  handle  the  quotations given 
him  by the salesman.  However,  better 
prices from  the house  than the salesman 
can  quote  are  a  rarity.  He  not  only 
knows  the  lowest margin  his house will 
accept,  but is  thoroughly posted  on  the 
prices of  all  his competitors.  As a rule 
it is safe to place your  order in  his care 
and it should  be attended to at a time in 
advance of actual need  as will  admit  of 
some  little  delay,  without  creating  the 
annoyances  and  vexations 
incident  to 
hurried orders when  the trade  is on.
L.  S.  Bonbrake

The  purchasing  power  of  a  dollar is 
not  measured  by  the  cents  it  contains 
but rather by the sense of its possessor.

When You Get Tired

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

Prices seldom higher.

A.  J .  PH ILLIPS  *  CO.,

Fenton,  Mich.

Hardware Price Current.

A X ES.

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AUGURS AMD  B IT S . 

These  prices  are  for cash  buyer»,  who 
pay  prom ptly  and  buy  in  full  packages,
dlS.
Snell’s ........................................................... 
60
Cook’s ...........................................................
Jennings’, genuine......................................
Jennings’,  imitation...................................50*10
First Quality, S. B. Bronze..........................*700
D.  B. Bronze  .....  ...............   iz 00
S. B. S. Steel...........................  8 00
D. B. Steel.............................. 13 r
d lS .
Railroad..................................................... * 14 I
Garden.................................................   net  80 l
dis.
Stove.  .......................................................... 80*10
Carriage new list.  .......................................76*10
Plow.............................................................40*10
Sleigh shoe...................................................
Well,  p lain .................................................*3
Well, swivel.................................................  4 00
dis.
Cast Loose Pin, figured..................  
......... 704
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint.............664.0

B U T T S,  CAST. 

BARROW S. 

BU C K ETS.

BOLTS. 

Wrought Loose Pin.......................................60*10
Wrought Table.............................................60*10
Wrought Inside Blind.................................. 60*10
Wrought BraBS............................................. 
76
Blind,  Clark’s...............................................70*10
Blind,  Parker’s.............................................70*10
Blind, Shepard's 
70
Ordinary Tackle, list April  1892................tO&lO

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

Grain......................................................die. 50*02

CRAP LBS.

CROW  BA RS.

CA PS.

Cast Steel.............................................per lb  5
Ely’sM 0 
Hick’s  C. F ...............................
G. 11.................................................... 
Musket................................................ 
Rim  Fire...................................................... 
Central  Fire........................................... dis. 

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36
60
60
26

CHISELS. 

dlS.

Socket Firmer...............................................70*10
Socket Framing............................................ 70*10
Socket Corner................................................ 70*10
Socket Slicks................................................ 70*10
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............................ 
40
40
........................... 
Curry,  Lawrence’s. 
..........................  
25
Hotchkiss..............
White Crayons, per  gross..............12Q12ft dis. 10

combs. 

dis.

CHALK.
COFFER.

11 

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

drills. 

28
26
23
23
26
dis.
60
60
50

DRIPPING PAMS.

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

07
6K

ELBOWS.

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

Com. 4  piece, 6 In............................do*, net 
75
Corrugated.............................................. dis 
40
Adjustable..............................................dis. 40*10
dlS.
Clark’s, small, $18;  large, $26..................  
30
Ives’, 1, *18:  2, *24; 3,*30........................  
25
dis.
Disston’s .................................................. 60*10
New American........................................60*10
Nicholson’s ............. 
Heller’s ..................................................... 
50
Heller’s Horse Rasps  ..................................  

. ............................ 60*10
50

files—New List. 

GALVANIZED IRON.

28
17

dis.
dis.

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

12 

15 

13 
Discount, 60

14 
GAUGES. 

dlS.

LOCKS—DOOR. 

knobs—New List. 

Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s...................... 
50
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings.................... 
56
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings................. 
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.............. 
55
55
Door,  porcelain, trimmings......................... 
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain..................  
70
Russell & Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new l is t.........  
66
55
Mallory, Wheeler  *  Co.’s ............................ 
55
Branford’s ................................................... 
Norwalk’s ....................................................  
55
Adse Bye...........................................*18.00, dis. 60
Hunt Bye...........................................(15.00, dis. 6C
Hunt’s ...................................... 118.50, dis. 20*10.
dis.
50
Sperry & Co.’s, Post, handled...................... 
dis.
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ...................................  
40
46
'*  P. 8. A W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables.... 
1  Landers,  Ferry 4  Cla rk’s................. 
40
30
'  Enterprise 
.....................................  
MOLASSRS GATES. 
dlS.
Stebbln’s Pattern.......................... 
60*10
Stebbln’s Genuine........................................ 66*10
Enterprise, self-measuring..........................  
25

mauls. 
mills. 

MATTOCKS.

 

NAILS

Advance over base,  on  botn  Steel  and Wire.
-  1  50
Steel nails, Dase........................................ 
Wire nails, base..........................  
...... 1  75@1  80
Base
go............ ..............................  ...... Base 
60......................................................  
10
25
40........................................
26 
30...........................................
35 
20.........   ...............................
45 
16..........................................
45 
12......   ..................................
50 
10..........................................
60 
8..........................................
75 
7 * 6 .....................................
90
4.........................................
1  20 
8...........................................
1  60 
2...........................................
1  60 
Fine 3..................................
65 
Case 10...............................
75 
8.................................
90 
6................................
75 
Finish 10.............................
90 
8.............................
1  10 70 
6 .............................................
Clinch; 1G............................
80 
8............................
90 
6 .......................  ................
1  75 
Barrell * ..............................
dlS.
FLANKS.
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy.................. 
  ©40
Selota  Bench......................................  ©60
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.........................  ©40
Bench, first quality.........................•............  ©40
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s  wood. . . .   50*10
Fry,  Acme....................................... dls.60—10
70
Common, polished.............................. dis. 
dis.
Iron and Tinned.......................................  
<0
Copper Rivets and Bnrs.....................  50—10
“A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 2< to 27  10 20 
"B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 26 to 27...  9 20 

patent planished iron.

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rivets. 

PANS.

Broken packs Ho per pound extra.

 

HAM M ERS.

25
Maydole  * Co.’s..................................... dis. 
25
Kip’s ........................................................dis. 
Yerkes A Plumb’s.................................. dis. 40*10
Mason's Solid Cast Steel........................ 80c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel  Hand__30c 40*10
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 3 ...............................dls.60410
State...........................................per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12 In. 
longer.......................................................   S>4
Screw Hook and  Eye, 
10
“ 
“  %......................... net  8H
“  M......................... net  7>4
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%......................... net  7*

14  and
......................... net 

H IN G ES.

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dis.

dis.

HA N G ERS. 

HOLLOW   W A R E.

wire goods. 

levels. 
RO PES.

Strap and T ...................................................... dis. 50
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track__50*10
Champion,  antl-frlction.............................   60*10
Kidder, wood track.....................................  
40
Pots............................................................... 60*10
Kettles...........................................................60*10
Spiders  .........................................................60*10
Gray enameled...................................  
40*10
H OUSE  FU R N ISH IN G   GOODS.
Stamped  Tin Ware............................  .new list 79
Japanned Tin Ware..................................... 
25
Granite Iron W are..................... new list 33)4*10
BUght...................................................  70*10*10
Screw  Eyes.............................................70*10*10
Hook’s .....................................................70*10*10
Gate Hooks and Byes...................... 
70*10*10
dls.7o
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s .....................
Sisal, % Inch and larger............................. 
9
Manilla.........................................................  13
d lS .76
Steel and  Iron..
Try and Bevels............................................
«ac
M itre............................................................
Com.  Smooth.
Com. 
(2 96 
Nos. 10 to 14.....................................*4 05
3 05 
Nos. 15 to 17.....................................  4 05
3 05 
Nos.  18 to 21...................................   4 05
3 15 
Nos. 22 to 24 .....................................  4 05
8 25 
Nos. 25 to 28 .....................................  4  25
3 35
No. 27 ...............................................   4 45
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  Inches 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19, ’96  .....................................dis.
Silver Lake, White A..............................list
“ 
Drab A..................................  “
“  White  B..............................   ‘
“ 
DrabB.................................   “
“  White C..................................“

SAND PAPER.
SASH CORD.

SHEET IRON.

SQ U A RES. 

Discount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

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dis.

SAWS. 

traps. 

Cuts,  per  foot.

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

Silver Steel  Dla. X Cuts, per foot...... 
Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot.... 
Special Steel Dla. X Cuts, per foot__ 
Champion  and  Electric  Tooth  X

Solid Eyes......................................... .. per ton *25
20
7u
50
30
foot.............................................  30
Steel, Game................................................... 60*10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ...............  
35
Oneida  Community, Hawley a Norton’s __ 
70
Mouse,  choker....................................18c per dos
Mouse, delusion............................... (1.50 per dos.
dis.
Bright Market..............................................   65
Annealed Market..........................................70—10
Coppered Market.........................................   60
Tinned Market............................................   G2J4
Coppered  Spring  Steel................................ 
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanised...............................  2 80
painted....................................  2 40

wire. 

dis.

“ 

horse nails.

WRENCHES. 

Au  Sable......................................................... dis. <0*10
Putnam.......................................... 
dla.  05
Northwestern................................  
dla. 10*10
dlS.
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.................... 
30
Coe’s  Genuine............................................  
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,..................... 76
Coe’s  Patent, malleable......   ...................... 76*10
dig.
Bird Cages..................................................  
50
Pumps, Cistern........................................  
76*10
Screws, New List..........................................70*10
Casters, Bed a  d Plate...........................60*10*10
Dampers, American.....................................  
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods......  66*10

MISCELLAHKOUS. 

M ETALS,

PIG TIN.

7

ZINC.

SOLDER.

26C
28c

The  prices  of 

Pig  Large........................................... 
Pig Bars.............................................  
Duty:  Sheet, 2#c per pound.
680 pound  casks..................................  
6£
Per pound................................................... 
MOW 
.............................................................. }6
Extra Wiping.......................................  15
the many  other  qualities  of
solder m the market Indicated by private brandr 
vary according to composition.
Cookson............   .........................per  ponnd
Hallett’s......................................  
13
TIN—NELYN GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal......................................   (7
14X20IC, 
10x14 IX, 
14x20 EX, 

.........................................   7  0
.........................................   9 25
.........................................   9 25

Each additional X on this grade, *1.75.

ANTIMONY

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10x14 IC, Charcoal...................................   *6  75
6  75
14x20 IC, 
10X14IX, 
8 25
14x20 IX, 
9 26

Bach additional X on this grade 91.50.

 

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I  Worcester................  
* 
‘ 
*  Allaway Grade................ 
* 
« 
II 
BOILER BIER TIN PLATE.

6 5b
14x20 IC, 
............................  8 50
14x20 IX, 
...........................  18 50
20x28 IC, 
6 00
14x20 IC, 
7 50
14x20 IX, 
12 50
20x28 IC, 
15 50
20x28 IX,
14x28 TX.........................................................«4 00
14X31  IX.....................................................   15 00
14x5« IX, for No. 8 BaUers, ( 
8 BaUers, (. 
10 00
14X60IX,  “ 

nonna 
p0und 
JP«1 !»«»“ 0

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W E D N E S D A Y ,  JU N E   7,  1 8 9 3 .

THE  CHICAGO  FAIR.

The  great  Columbian  Exposition  has 
been open  now  for a month,  and  it must 
be admitted  that  a very  general feeling 
of  disappointment is becoming apparent 
concerning  the  results  that  have so far 
been  achieved. 
In  the  first  place,  the 
work  of  getting  the  exhibits  in  some­
thing like  a proper  shape has proceeded 
slowly  and  unsatisfactorily,  and  there 
has  been  a  very  noticeable lack of  en­
thusiasm,  both on the part of  the exhib­
itors and the  management,  which  is not 
calculated to remove the unfavorable im­
pression produced  by the condition of the 
enterprise on the day of opening.

The  attendance has  not  been satisfac­
tory  to  date,  in spite of  the efforts  made 
in certain  quarters to  create a  contrary 
impression.  This small  attendance does 
not,  however,  indicate a lack of interest 
on  the part of  the  people  in  the enter­
prise,  but it  does show  the  ill  effects of 
the  tardiness  in  getting  the  Fair  into 
perfect  shape.  The  impression  having 
gone  abroad  that  every  thing  would 
not be  in  perfect  order  until  well on in 
June,  large numbers of people have post­
poned an intended visit  to Chicago  until 
later in  the season.

The most  serious  consequence  of  the 
tardiness in preparation  and  the compar­
atively  small  attendance  has  been  the 
bad  impression  created abroad. 
It  was 
generally  hoped  that the  attractions  at 
Chicago this summer  would draw a  very 
considerable travel to this  country  from 
Europe and other parts of  the world. 
It 
is  by no means  certain that  the influx of 
strangers will not  yet take  place,  but at 
the same time  the fact  must  not be lost 
sight of that the reports which have gone 
abroad from Chicago  have not  produced 
a  satisfactory 
impression,  and  unless 
this  feeling is  counteracted  by  prompt 
reports  that the exhibits are all  in place, 
and the  work of  preparation entirely fin­
ished,  it is  possible  that the  effect upon 
the  influx  of  foreign  visitors  may, 
in­
deed,  be unfavorable.

As to the merits of the display there is 
but one verdict as to its  vastness and the 
elaborate  character of  the buildings and 
the grounds,  but,  necessarily,  the confu­

sion that  has prevailed  in getting things 
ready  has  greatly  detracted  from  the 
merits of the  Fair,  and until  everything 
is in  place it will be  impossible  to make 
a  just  comparison  with  other  interna­
tional exhibitions.
SPECIAL  SESSION  OF  CONGRESS.
There have been  such constant  rumors 
as to  the exact  date  to  be  fixed  for the 
special  session  of  Congress  that  every­
body believes is  to be  called,  that noth­
ing  but  an  official  announcement on the 
subject  will  decide  the  matter.  The 
first  report  fixed  Oct.  1  as  the  proba­
ble date,  but  later  Sept.  1 has  been ac­
cepted  as  the  more  reasonable  time. 
Quite recently,  however,  an  even  earlier 
time has been  talked  of,  and  all during 
last week  reports were in  circulation to 
the  effect that  the  President  would call 
Congress together about Aug.  1.

Although  no  denials  have  emanated 
from  Washington  that  a special session 
for Aug.  1  was  contemplated,  neverthe­
less,  it is very evident that  no official ut­
terances on  the  subject have been forth­
coming. 
It  is very clear,  however, that 
the real cause for  these constant  rumors 
is  the growing belief  in  the pressing ne­
cessity for an extra session, and the more 
this  necessity  becomes  apparent 
the 
earlier  does  public  anxiety  fix the date 
for calling Congress together.

When  the  matter  of  an  extra session 
it  was  generally 
was  first  spoken  of 
thought that  tariff revision  would  be the 
main  matter  proposed  for  the considera­
tion  of  our  legislators,  but  gradually 
monetary  questions  assumed  equal  im­
portance  in  public  estimation  with  the 
tariff,  and more  latterly  they gained the 
ascendancy over all other  considerations 
because of  the  disturbance  to  financial 
affairs  which  has  existed  as  a  result of 
the silver legislation  now on  the statute 
books.

At  the  present  momeut,  therefore, 
there  exists  quite a  general  belief  that 
while  tariff measures  will  doubtless  be 
included in the call for a special  session, 
financial  questions  will be  given  prece­
dence. 
It is also believed that President 
Cleveland will  strongly  urge  the repeal 
of the Sherman  silver law.

STRONG  POSITION  OF  SUGAR.
The announcement  of the existence of 
cholera  in  Europe, 
together  with  the 
probability  that further reports of cases 
of the disease  will  be  received  as  the 
warm season advances,  has added a  new 
element  of  strength  to  the market for 
cane sugar.  It is clear that the existence 
of cholera in  Europe  would  shut  off  the 
demand  for beet sugar,  owing to the dis­
inclination  to  use  sugar  coming  from 
cholera-infected  ports  and  to the  possi­
ble difficulties that would  be  put  in  the 
way  of  the  prompt  delivery  of  such 
sugar by quarantine restrictions.

It is now known that the Cuban crop is 
even smaller  than  had  been  expected, 
and that,  as a consequence,  the  United 
States  will  be  deprived  of  the  usual 
amount  of  supplies  from  that source. 
Should the beet  sugar stock  be  rendered 
unavailable,  owing  to  the  cholera,  it 
will readily  be seen that there would  be 
serious reason  to  apprehend  a  scarcity 
of sugar  towards  the  end  of  the sum­
mer.

Even  irrespective of the cholera scare, 
the  statistical  position  of  sugar  is  a 
strong one.  The visible stocks are  very 
much smaller than  they  have  been  at 
this time  in  several  years  past.  The

Cuban  crop  being  very  short,  and the 
growing beet crop  very  backward,  with 
a possibility of turning out badly,  owing 
to the poor start  made,  the  outlook  for 
supplies  is  none of the brightest in any 
event.

There is,  therefore,  a  good prospect 
that prices will rule very firm  for a  con­
siderable time,  irrespective of  the  chol- 
ery  scare;  but should  there  be  an  out­
break  of  the  dread  disease in  Europe, 
prices in  America would be considerably 
advanced even above the figures that the 
statistical  position would appear to  war­
rant. 

_________________

In the removal of J.  L.  McCauley from 
the position of Secretary of the Michigan 
Knights of the Grip  and  the  election  of 
L.  M. Mills  to take  his  place,  the  Board 
of  Directors  have  probably  saved  the 
organization  from  disruption  and  disas- 
aster,  which  would surely have  followed 
had the lax administration of the deposed 
officer been permitted to continue.  Mut- 
terings of dissatisfaction have been heard 
from  all  sides,  owing  to  the  peculiar 
manner  in  which  the  former  Secretary 
conducted his  affairs—or  failed  to  con­
duct  them—and  further  delay  would, 
in all probability, have proven fatal.  The 
selection of Mr.  Mills—who was the  first 
Secretary  and  the  second  President  of 
the organization and one of  its  founders 
—will do much to restore the  confidence 
which the Association enjoyed under the 
administration  of  Messrs.  Mills  and 
Bush and retrieve the good  name  which 
other officers have labored  hard  to  make 
for the  organization. 
T h e   T r a d e s m a n  
congratulates the Association on  the  ex­
change of incompetency  for  competency 
and shall  look  for  good  results,  both  in 
increase in  membership and the renewed 
fidelity of  those  who  had  grown  luke­
warm through disgust at  the  vacillating 
policy  of the former Secretary.

A  Washington,  D.  C.,  jury  has  just 
awarded  damages against the  Baltimore 
& Potomac  Railroad Co.  on  a very novel 
plea. 
If the decision stands,  it will give 
a world of trouble to the railroads.  The 
plaintiff alleges that his health was dam­
aged  by the  noise made  by thé  defend­
ant’s trains,  which passed his house,  and 
that he had not had a good  night’s  sleep 
for  months.  He also said  that the nox­
ious smells  caused by the company were 
intolerable to him.  The defendant’s  at­
torney  thought that a  young man ought 
to  get used  to these  things in  time,  but 
plaintiff’s lawyer said  that his client cer­
tainly  had  a  right  to  his  comforts  at 
home,  even if  he were young.  The jury 
thought so, too, and gave a verdict of  $500 
for  the  plaintiff. 
If  one  can  recover 
damages  from a  railroad  for  making  a 
noise,  there are thousands  of people who 
have a good  case against them.
GOTHAM  GOSSIP.

News  from  the  Metropolis—Index  of 

the Markets.

Special Correspondence.

N e w   Y o r k ,  June  3—Philadelphia, 
being a  suburb of  this city,  I  regard it 
quite within the scope of this correspond­
ence  to offer a  word  of  sympathy  to L. 
W.  Buckley over  the disastrous termina­
tion of  his candy  exposition  at Philadel­
phia  Horticultural  Hall.  Mr.  Buckley 
had  worked  hard and  spent  much time 
in getting up  the exposition.  It was the 
first of  the kind  ever held in  this coun­
try,  and had been successfully conducted. 
The loss  to  exhibitors  is about  $25,000, 
and  the  building  was  worth  $80,000. 
Some of our food  expositions could have 
been better spared.
Some of  our leading retailers,  in  addi­
tion  to the  beautiful  decorations  in the

shape  of  hand-painted  cannisters  and 
elegant scales,  which  are  marvels of the 
maker’s  art,  are  adding  departments 
where  the teas  and  coffees can  be sam­
pled  by intending  purchasers. 
It  is al­
likely  that  such  things  have 
together 
been current in  Grand Rapids  and other 
places  for  some  time; 
it is  only  men­
tioned  here to  show  that  the  march of 
improvement always strikes New York— 
be it sooner or later.

One thing  which  is bothering  some of 
our  retailers  is  the  increasing  trade of 
It is  a fact that one of 
the great bazars. 
the greatest of  these purchases far more 
groceries  than  any  retail  grocery 
in 
town,  and a universal  wail is going up— 
no,  not  universal,  but,  nevertheless, 
a wail.  One of the bazars,  it is reported, 
has placed  an  order  with  one salesman 
for  5,000  cases  of  California  canned 
fruits of  this season’s  packing,  and this 
is a sample of  the  way  they  make  pur­
chases.

for 

the 

road, 

return, 

leading  one 

is 
is  the 

probably  most 

The  Saturday  half  holiday 

is  being 
ushered  in,  and  it  is  one  of  the  most 
benificent  institutions  ever  granted  to 
hard  working  humanity. 
It  is  but  a 
question of a  few years when  it will  be 
observed the  year round,  as  it is now in 
London.
We expect to  feel  as  proud  over  our 
cable  road  on Broadway as a boy  with a 
new knife.  One effect the road will have 
will  doubtless  be  to  place  tenants 
in 
stores along that thoroughfare that  have 
been too long empty.  The tide of travel 
has  been  so  diverted  from  Broadway 
to Sixth avenue  of  late  years  that  the 
former street has lost a great deal  of  its 
prestige.  The store of Hilton,  Hughes  & 
Co.,  originally  A.  T.  Stewart’s,  has 
doubtless  lost a good deal of custom  for 
this  reason,  but  with  the advent of the 
cable 
of
this  will 
store
is  the  best  arranged  in  the  country, 
the  service  better, 
and 
in  none 
and better  value  given  for  the  money 
spent.  This 
that 
will benefit,  but  there  are  many  others 
that  will  come  in  for a share of the in­
creased travel on Broadway.
Conservative  estimates  of  the  profits 
of the American  Sugar  Refineries  Com­
pany at present place  the  sum  at  from 
$80,000  to  $100,000  per day.  This will 
keep the wolf from the door,  and  yet  no 
consumer can complain  of  the  price  of 
sugar.  What  article  of  such  common 
use  and  necessity is so cheap?  Even if 
it goes  up  to  the  highest  anticipated 
point  it  will  bring  no  hardship.  The 
market for raw sugar  is firm,  with  sup­
plies  here  of  104,112  bags,  and  3,964 
hogsheads,  against 540,800  bags  and  2, 
779  hogsheads  last year.  Granulated is 
in strong demand,  which is  daily  grow­
ing larger.
Coffee  continues  firm and No.  7 Rio is 
quoted  at  17Kc.  Milds,  as well as Bra­
zils,  are very well held, Maracaibo fetch­
ing Yl%  @  21c,  according to quality  and 
condition.  Mocha is firmly held at 21  @ 
22c.
Lemons, oranges and bananas  are sell­
ing slowly  although the  demand for the 
latter is fair  and growing  better.  Pine­
apples  are  selling  well  at  unchanged 
prices, $5@16 per hundred.
There is  some  dried  fruit  being sent 
from here  West,  300 boxes of  California 
raisins  being sold  for  Chicago.  Prices 
are 
low—as  low,  in  fact,  as  they  are 
likely to be.
Canned goods are in no  great demand, 
unless it be for tomatoes, whiefi  are sell- 
at $1.25@1.30  for  3-lbs,  and  90c@$l for 
No.  2.  Corn is held  at $1@1.25 for New 
York  and $1.15@1.35 for Maine.
In the  butter  market  a  better feeling 
prevails,  but  we  cannot  count on  over 
19c for very best State or Elgin.  Cheese 
is selling  slowly and for  large size  full 
cream,  not  more  than 
can  be ob­
tained.  Smaller  sizes  may  bring  J^c 
more.
New potatoes are driving out imported 
articles,  although  3,000  bags came from 
Antwerp  Thursday.  New  are  held  at 
$2.50@3.25 per  bbi,  and old  domestic at 
$1.62K@2.  New Bermuda,  $4@4.50.
On the whole,  the  grocery  trade seems 
to be  improving  slightly,  and  while  it 
might  be better,  we  are  thankful  it  is 
no worse. 
It promises to be  a good year 
from now on. 

Jay.

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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 
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FALSE  PRIDE  AND  ITS  RESULTS.
Uriah  Heep  was a  creature  that went 
through  life  absolutely  lacking  in  the 
essential of self-respect.

He  rubbed  his  moist — unpleasantly 
moist—hands  oue  over  the  other,  swal­
lowing  insults pretty  much  as  a chame­
leon on  a  fence would swallow flies,  and 
admitted  on  all occasions his humble be­
lief  that everybody was superior to  him­
self.

Not any  man can  expect to  stand well 
with  his  community  for  long  unless  he 
also stands well  with  himself. 
In  some 
unguarded  moment  he  will  betray  his 
true  valuation,  just  as  a  robe  blowing 
aside  discloses  the  possession 
it  was 
meant to  conceal  or  imply.  Once  upon 
a time there  was  a  bishop  who  had six 
suspicious and objectionable curates and 
who  did  not  know  how  to  get  rid  of 
them.  He  sent each  one an  anonymous 
letter,  saying:  “All is discovered.  Flee.” 
And  they  all fled!

It was  the  old,  old  truth,  when  con­
science calls  the  roll  there  is something 
in us stronger than the lie,  stronger than 
flattery, 
stronger  than  self-deception, 
that makes  us an>vver to our right names 
and take our true plaees.

he drags  his  proud  name in  the dust  if 
he  signs  it to  a  “lowly”  occupation;  he 
finds debt  more  honorable  in  his  social 
circle than a shabby coat  and a patch on 
the seat of his trousers.

Not long  ago a  sweet,  foolish  young 
mother  boasted  to me  that  her  little  4- 
year-old baby  had  criticised herself  and 
its father and  pronounced them  “tacky” 
because they had carried home the market 
basket.

“Oh,  she is a proud  little  thing,  1 can 
tell you,” exclaimed the mother, smiling. 
But  it does  not  occur  to  me  that any 
mother ought  to  be  glad  over  that sort 
of  pride—seeding  in  the  heart  of  her 
child a pride that discountenances honest 
labor, that  makes  poverty a sorer  hurt, 
and loses a man that simple, sweet, direct 
faith in what is true and real that is bet­
ter  than  titles,  epaulettes,  and  sashes. 
Do not in the end all of us have to  learn 
that two-thirds of  the  world  must carry 
market baskets,  and that the  brutal,  cal­
culating,  practical  majority,  unspoiled 
by snobbisness,  long  ago decided  that it 
is only  tacky  when the  contents of  the 
basket  are  owed for  and  its  mission  is 
greed?

Some  man  once  said  serenely  that he 
never  really  minded  being 
left  alone, 
because  then  he was  certain  at least  he 
would  be in  the society of  a  gentleman.
Some  men  drop  the  habit,  even  the 
outer crust  of  the  gentleman,  the  mo­
ment the  door closes between  them  and 
the outer world.  The  pretended philan­
thropist lets the true miser  in him  gloat, 
the  sniveling  praise  monger 
lets  her 
true,  jealous  venom  escape,  and  un­
masked,  alone sits in a  shameful silence 
with  that grim  unavoidable  shadow  on 
the  hearth.  What  an 
intolerable  pas 
sion  of  disrespect  that  creature  must 
have  for  himself  who  knows  that  the 
true man  in  him is  puny  and  less than 
all that  pomp  of  feathers  and  fuss and 
protestation that the world applauds. 
It 
is like  the  soldier  boasting of  prowess 
he never  had.  He takes  the  honor,  ac 
knowledges  the  applause,  but,  oh,  how 
sick  in his soul is he  that it  is not truly 
his own glory.  Nothing would be so fine 
and  beautiful  and  soothing  to  him  as 
the right to take a pride in his  own  rec 
ord,  and to feel even  when  alone that he 
must be the brave gentleman,  because he 
was a brave gentleman.

Perhaps pride  is as  wholesome and in 
vigorating a sentiment as  weak mortality 
can  cultivate. 
It  is  good  to  teach the 
malleable  nature  of  a  child  how  to  be 
proud.  He  must  be  proud  of  his  un 
blemished name,  proud of his right to be 
a gentleman,  proud of  his  manly  oppor 
tunity,  always  daily  offered,  to  be loyal 
and protecting  to women,  proud of  blue 
blood 
in  his  veins,  and  I  take  it that 
after  all  blue  blood  only  means  true 
blood.

When we see a fine,  wholesome,  sturdy 
young fellow  stepping  down  the street 
we must stand off  and  admire.  He  is 
proud young  fellow  and  he takes  pride 
all  unconsciously in  his good  digestion 
in his  long,  strong  arms,  his  clear  con 
science, in his  steady nerve;  such  pride 
that keeps him strong  in the courage not 
to abuse his  physical  casket, not to tar 
nish his  untarnished name,  not to lower 
his high ideal of true manhood.

But  what  a shock  is in  store  for this 
young fellow  at his  first  jostle  with the 
world.  He grows  ashamed of his muscle 
if  he must  heave  a box  with it; he feels

Truly, it would seem that the finer way 
would be to regard any honorable service 
as natural  as nature,  as liable  as breath­
ing.  1 might  be  ashamed,  being a true 
lady,  to sit in  the  dirt,  but  what  sort of 
false exultation  is that  which makes me 
too  fine to cleanse  and beautify a temple 
for the goddess?

The wife of a S60 a month clerk  is too 
proud to carry her  own  baby.  She  was 
not to proud  to bear  it!  But  then,  we 
must  remember even  an  apostle  grew 
ashamed of his sweet, humilated  Master, 
and denied him.

A woman  will  boast  that  she  is too 
proud to carry a bundle.  Two  proud of 
what?  Has  she forgotten  that  original 
good pride  was being proud of  physical 
strength, to carry loads, to vanquish men, 
to use a tree as  a  staff;  proud  of  doing 
more  work  better than  other  men,  of 
having the most valor,  the  most  truth, 
the most courage,  the  most  endurance? 
How are we dwindled when we are come 
to being proud of being proud!

With some persons, if we should inves­
tigate,  we should find  that  the  so-called 
pride is only pretense.  There are young 
girls—the  result  of  silly  mothers  and 
bad associates—who  are  too  proud  to 
wear the same  dresses two  seasons; and 
there are  others  with a false  pride,  the 
evil pride  of the  snob,  who  think  it a 
true aristocracy to laugh  at the girl,  be­
little the heart other, question the  merit 
of her, deny  the  rights  of  her,  all  be­
cause of the clothes of her!

It is a bad sign  when a silk  dress can 
mend a mind diseased.  When the priest 
gets up to tell his message  as he has got 
it from God, he 
is  not  disturbing  him­
self to remember,  I must surpass  myself 
to-night; I  must  do  the  best I  can,  so 
that my  name  will  be 
in  the  public 
mouth.  He does not think of that at all. 
Audience to him  is  of  the  least  value. 
The coat is not of the  paramount impor­
tance.  There is  an integrity  of  riches, 
and an integrity of  character.  The rich 
woman serenely  wears  a  calico  gown, 
and the priest,  whose pure life  is indis­
putable,  unconsciously  stops in  a door­
way to comfort a drab.

The other  day  a  lady,  merciful  to a 
merciful  beast,  asked  a  gentleman  to 
give it a bucket of water.  He  declined. 
He was too proud to  stand in  the  public

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It is the  only remedy  known  (ex­
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SOCIETIES,
CLUBS,
CONVENTIONS,
DELEGATES.
COMMITTEES.

The Largest Assortment of Ribbons 
and Trimmings in the State.

T H E   T R A D E S M A N   C O .

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thoroughfare and hold  a  bucket of water 
to the nose of a horse.  There must have 
been in  him some  hostler  trait  that  he 
did not want the  world  to  know. 
It is 
being  patrician  to  do plebeian  services 
simply if they come one’s way  as  duties 
or opportunités.  From  the  first  fairy 
tale until now the real princess has been 
discovered,  not by  the  coronet  on  her 
head, but  the brave,  loyal  blood  in  her 
veins,  and the beautiful  act.  and the be­
coming word.

Nothing has so kept down the world  as 
false pride.  We are  afflicted with  dead 
loads of  people  who,  to  pass  the time, 
take  boarders  for company  and  “drum” j 
for the sake of health.  There are young ! 
men not too proud to beg a cigarette,  but ! 
too proud to work for  a dollar a day,  not ] 
too  proud to  borrow,  but  too  proud to ! 
earn.

The child on  our knee is proud of  her ! 
silk dress and seeks not silken mannered i 
children,  but those who  are silken robed ! 
like  herself.  The  wife  of  our  bosom : 
boasts  over  her  carriage  company,  and | 
peeps  through the  blinds to note if  the j 
neighbors have seen.

A child stooped and tied another child's 
shoe.  “How  could  you  do  that?”  said 
the mother.  “You should  have been  too 
proud.”  Oh,  foolish  mother,  th e   only 
lowly  stooping  is  when  the  mind  gets 
down to evil  thoughts,  when the eyes  of 
the soul  looks down  not  up.  when  the 
act is to somebody’s shame or somebody’s 
hurt.
Carry  your  bundle,  oh  proud  one, 
stoop  to  your  head-turn ins task,  walk 
the  public  highway  with  your  shabby 
friend,  be humane to the dumb, gentle to 
the  timid,  welcome  alwajs  to  the real. 
That way honor lies.  Only  the self-con­
scious and  the insecure are  afraid  to be 
individual.  Wherever you sit make that 
the throne.  Whatever  your act  make it 
the royal act.  Teach the lesson:

“Who sweeps a room as to thy law 
Makes  that and the action fine."

Ca t h e r i n e   Co l e .

Too  Much  Money.

England  has  more  money  than  she 
knows  how to use  at home,  so  she is all 
the time  sending it off  by millions upon 
millions to  all  parts  of  the  globe when 
interest can  be earned. 
In  1888  to 1890 
she  couldn’t 
lavish  enough  upon  the 
handful of  people  in  the Argentine Re­
public.  England in  those years ran  wild 
over  the  big  returns  which  were  sure 
from  her 
investments  there.  But  it 
turned  out  to be  a  hole  and  not a bank 
—a hole  without  a  bottom.  And  so it 
has been in  Australia; there,  too,  big re­
turns  were  in  sight,  and  British  gold 
couldn’t  be  sent  off  fast  enough  to  get 
into the  swim. 
Instead of the ship com­
ing  home  with  a  rich  cargo  she  has 
foundered,  and there is general  distress.
At  home  among  ourselves  we  have 
been  suffering,  are  now  suffering,  from 
the disease of thinking that an  excess of 
money is  present or  ultimate prosperity. 
Such  is  a  great  mistake,  for  we forget 
that too  much  of  a good  thing  becomes 
very  bad and  breeds corruption  and de­
cay.  Money 
is  rightfully  called  the 
medium  of  exchange  for the  settlement 
of balances between the grower of wheat 
and the  maker of  ploughs.  This  is the 
way 
it  works.  By  bankers  and  other 
money owners,  when  times  are dull and 
the  call for  cash is  slow and  interest is 
hard  to  earn,  money  is  offered  in  a 
tempting  way  to  Tom,  Dick and Harry. 
T.,  D.  and  H.  are tempted; they  take and i

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shall  we 

expand.  Everything  to  them 
is  opti­
mistic.  Soon cutting of prices and cruel 
competition  appear,  and  the  disastrous 
end by and by.  Now, when the accounts 
are  ballooned  and  everyone  has  the 
swollen  head,  the  money  owners  want 
their  cash. 
It  does  not  come  easy.
Things have  got into  the Argentine and 
It  was  ever  so  and 
Australian  holes. 
some  one  says  it  ever  will  be  so. 
In 
these  matters  we  have  our  sunrise, our 
noonday  and  the  dark  night.  To-mor­
row comes and  the  game goes on.  And 
what 
say  further?  This: 
Touch only the  substantials.  Avoid the 
fancies.  Get  in with  men  of  character 
and properties of merit.  When  a cyclone 
comes  it doesn’t  topple down your stone 
house. 
It may hurt the orchard,  but the 
family  is  safe.  Too  much  money  is  a 
dangerous thing  for a trading  people or 
for  family  use.  Poor  human  nature  is 
so easily coaxed  into  dangers.  And yet 
it remains  true that  the  miscarried ven­
tures of  the  daring,  hither  and yonder, 
ten  years  ago  and  in  the  ten  years  to 
come,  work  good  in  the  main.  The 
Great  Eastern,  where  is she?  A failure 
from  the  start,  but  a valuable  lesson  is 
she  for all  that.  Horace  Greeley put  a 
good  many  thousand  dollars 
into  old 
Erie,  a  cent  of  which  was  never gotten 
back.  But for all  that the  buttermakers 
of  the country and the applegrowers and 
the  city  consumers  have  been  brought 
closer  together  in  comfort  and  profit. 
And so it goes in every generation.

G e o .  R.  S c o tt.

Selecting  an  Employer.

From the Chicago Apparel Gazette.

The  amount of  wages  to be  received 
should not be  the  only consideration in­
volved  when  a  clerk  accepts a  position 
with a retailer.  He always  has  his best 
interests  to look  after and  a reputation 
to build  and  protect.  When  a progres­
sive merchant  wishes to  employ a man, 
he does not seek simply to get the cheap­
est clerk on the market,  but one who will 
serve his interests to the best of his abil­
ity,  sell his  goods,  and so please his cus­
tomers with  his  courtesy  and close  and 
considerate attention to their wants as to 
induce them to  come  again.  Somewhat 
similar  motives  should  actuate  a sales­
man in  his choice  of  an  employer.  He 
should always seek  to only be connected 
with  houses  known  for  honesty  and 
square  dealing,  and  which  cater to the 
most enlightened demands of  the public, 
carry  fresh  and  complete  stocks,  and 
which do not  misrepresent  goods.  This 
is a duty he owes both to himself and the 
public. 
If  he  be  a  conscientious  man 
and one  imbued with  the  highest  busi­
ness principles,  and has the right idea of 
true policy,  it will  be his  desire only to 
handle goods that be  can truthfully  and 
honestly  recommend to  his  patrons,  or, 
if  compelled  to  handle  inferior  goods, 
not to be required to claim for them  mer­
its  they do  not possess. 
If  surrounded 
by  such  conditions,  he  knows  that  he 
stands  a good chance of  holding his cus­
tomers,  pleasing his  employers,  and that 
the value of  his labor will  be constantly 
increasing.  Such a clerk,  if  he combine 
with his other attainments a  sincere, not 
artificial  courtesy of  demeanor  and has 
evidently  no  other  aim  in 
life  but  to 
please  his  customers,  naturally  forms 
many  friends  among  them. 
If  he goes 
from one store to another, they will follow 
him  with  their  patronage,  because  they 
know his principles,  and reason that the 
store Is a reliable one or he would not be­
come connected with it.  Then,  too,  they 
desire  to still  experience the  kindly at­
tention they have  always received at his 
hands,  and,  perhaps,  have 
learned  to 
rely on his judgment to aid them in mak­
ing purchases.  Of  course,  such  a  man 
will soon create an active demand for his 
I services and he and his will prosper.

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11

UNPROFITABLE  SHOPPERS.

Women Who Order Goods  with No  In­

tention of Taking' Them.

From the New York Sun.

“Will you pay  for the goods,  madam?”
The clerk who asked this question was 
looking with a  rather wicked  smile into 
the  face  of  the  customer.  The  latter 
was  a  woman  of  less  than  30,  well 
dressed and rather  pretty,  only  her face 
was rather  weak. 
It  would  have  been 
evident  to her  before  the question  was 
asked,  if  she  had  observed  the  clerk’s 
manner at all closely, that the  clerk was 
not treating her with the respect usually 
accorded to so generous a customer.  She 
bad produced  the  goods  called for  in a 
very perfunctory manner,  had in no way 
attempted  to  urge  her  to buy,  and had 
answered  her  questions  shortly  and in­
differently.
She  had,  in  fact,  spent  most  of  her 
time  in  exchanging  significant  glances 
with a  clerk  across  the  aisle,  and  had 
deigned  to 
look  at  the  customer  very 
rarely,  and then always with that wicked 
smile  which  indicated  a  consciousness 
that  something  was 
likely  to  happen 
which would  surprise the  customer and 
afford great pleasure to her,  the clerk.
The woman had,  indeed,  been  a gener­
ous  purchaser.  Of  the  dozen  bolts  of 
silk piled  upon  the counter  she  had or­
dered  ample  dress  lengths  from  nine. 
Several  times,  in  answer  to her sugges­
tion that the clerk had  better cut off  the 
quantities ordered for fear she might con­
fuse them,  the clerk  had replied quietly 
that she had taken  complete memoranda 
of  the  orders,  and  would  see  that they 
were  properly  filled.  When  the  clerk 
asked the  simple and usual  question  re­
corded  above  the  customer  had  been 
bending over  the goods, examining some 
of them.  Something  in the  tone of  the 
clerk must have struck her as significant, 
for  she  looked  up  rather  startled  and 
stared at  the clerk,  whose  face immedi­
ately became as  innocent  and demure as 
a country lass’s.
“No,”  said  the  customer,  apparently 
reassured,  “I  wish them sentC.  O.  D.”
immediately  ap­
The  clerk’s  smile 
peared  again,  only to  be  suppressed in­
stantly.
“What name did you  say?”  she asked.
“Mrs.  Henry  Niles.  Here is  my card 
with address  on it.  The goods  must be 
delivered  to-night  without  fail,  for  I 
have a dressmaker  coming  in  the morn­
ing,  and as she’s  expensive 1 don’t want 
her sitting around doing nothing because 
your goods are delayed.”

The woman started away.
“Just one  moment,  please,”  the clerk 
called to her,  at the same time  producing 
a little memorandum  book.
The woman stepped back, and said tes­
tily:
“Well,  what is it?”
“ We can’t  send you these  goods C.  O. 
D.,  Mrs.  N iles.”
“Why  not?”  demanded  the  woman, 
indignant  and 
reddening  and  looking 
frightened at the same time.
“Your  name  appears  on  our  black 
list,”  replied  the clerk,  with vicious em­
phasis.
“How  dare you?  What  do you  mean 
by insulting me?”  demanded the woman, 
desperately.
“I  am simply  following instructions,” 
said the clerk calmly.  “Mr. Jones!”
Mr.  Jones,  the  floor  walker,  hearing 
his name  called,  sauntered  slowly up to 
where Mrs.  Niles stood flushed and trem­
bling.
“If  you  have any  complaint to make, 
Mrs.  Niles,” said  the  clerk sardonically, 
“this is the  floor walker.”
“What is it,  madam?”  said  Mr.  Jones 
in  a business-like tone.
“This—this  person  has  insulted me,” 
said Mrs.  Niles.  “She has said she won’t 
send my  goods to  me  unless  I  pay for 
them  now;  that—that  my  name  is  on 
some list.”
“What is  the  name?”  asked  the  floor 
walker in the same  unemotional  voice.
“Mrs.  Henry  Niles,”  said  the  clerk 
calmly,  adding  triumphantly  in  a  sub­
dued  tone,  “ 1  spotted  her  from  the 
start.”
Mr.  Jones  consulted his  memorandum 
book.
“The  clerk is  right,”  he said  to Mrs. 
Niles,  “your  name is on  our  black  list.

You  have twice ordered large quantities 
of  goods to  be sent  to your  house  C.  O. 
D.,  and  then  you  have  refused  to take 
them.  By  doing  that  you  abused  the 
privilege  we  extend  to  our  customers 
of allowing them to  wait until  the goods 
are  delivered  before  paying  for  them, 
and subjected  us to great annoyance, and 
some loss.  On that account we  can’t al­
low  you  to  enjoy  the  privilege  again. 
We are  perfectly  willing  to  wait  upon 
you and  to take  your order  at any time, 
but  we cannot fill it  without  being paid 
in advance.”
The woman  turned pale and scarlet by 
turns while  this was  being  said,  and at 
its  conclusion  turned  upon  Mr.  Jones 
with blazing wrath.
“I  will  never  come  into  this  store 
again,  and  I’ll see  that my  friends hear 
of this gross  outrage. 
I might  have ex­
pected  this in  such a  cheap  John  place 
where they  employ only  the commonest 
labor. 
I  guess  I’ll be  able  to have my 
orders filled elsewhere.”
Mr.  Jones  bowed  coldly  but  respect­
fully and  walked  down  the  aisle,  while 
Mrs.  Niles turned  and  went  out of  the 
nearest door.
“ ‘Good riddance to bad rubbish,’say I,” 
said the clerk.  “Didn’t I take  her down 
fine, Mamie?”  The last was addressed to 
the clerk across  the aisle.
“Yes,”  said the  latter,  “but I thought 
you was a goner,  sure.  She  looked as if 
she could eat you up.”

The  reporter,  who  had  witnessed the 
scene,  asked  the  floor  walker  what  its 
significance was.

“In common with  a good  many  other 
large  dry  goods  houses,”  he  replied, 
“this one has  found  it necessary to  pro­
tect itself against  shoppers who have  no 
consciences.  This  woman 
is  one  of 
them.  Twice she came here and ordered 
large  quantities  of  goods.  Some  were 
dress  goods, 
some  were  upholstery 
goods,  and  others  were made up  materi­
als.  The  first two had  to be  cut in  the 
lengths  she  ordered.  She  did  not  pay 
for these goods,  and they were marked  to 
be  sent  to  the  address  she  gave,  the 
money to  be  collected  there.  Our  col­
lection on delivery or  C.  O.  D.  system is 
a  very  complicated  affair.  The  goods 
have  to be  checked by  half  a dozen dif­
ferent persons and  entered in  a  number 
of books,  and the  driver  to  whom  they 
are finally  delivered  is held  responsible 
for them.  Every  time  an  article  is  re­
turned  it  has  to  go  through  the  same 
routine as before,  only beginning  at the 
other end. 
It makes a great deal of work 
and costs a large  amount of  money,  but 
it is a necessity in the  present  condition 
of  shopping.  There is  no objection to a 
person’s returning  goods if  they are not 
as ordered,  or even if they have been  or­
dered  under  a  misapprehension. 
in 
fact, dry  goods houses  are  very lenient 
in regard to the return of goods,  and will 
often  take  them  back  without  a  word 
when no reason is given for their return. 
But there  are some  shoppers  who order 
goods to be  sent in  this  way  when  they 
know at the time that  they will not keep 
them.  They don’t care about the trouble 
and expense the firm is put  to so long as 
they  can  indulge  their  whims  and  ca­
prices.  Of such persons this firm keeps a 
list,  and  once a  name is put there,  it is 
never removed,  except for  good  and  suf­
ficient cause.
“This  woman’s  name  is  on  our  list, 
and this is how it got  there.  On each of 
the occasions 1 mentioned  her purchases 
comprised  at least  a  dozen  different ar­
ticles,  and the bill  was over  $100.  The 
driver  delivered  the  goods  each  time, 
and  was kept  waiting  outside  the door 
for fifteen  minutes  while  she  examined 
them.  Then  she  said  she  didn’t  want 
them;  that  she  had  changed  her  mind. 
The  packages  were  all  undone,  and  it 
took  the driver  another  fifteen  minutes 
to  get them in  such  shape  as to  be  able 
to  put  them  back 
in  his  wagon  with 
safety.  Even then  the things  had  been 
badly crumpled,  and  had to  be  reduced 
in  price in order  to sell them,  while the 
dress goods  and  other  textile  materials 
which had  been cut to suit her had to be 
marked down  and sold  as remnants,  be­
cause  nobody  else  wanted  just  those 
lengths.  The driver was greatly delayed 
in  making his  rounds  by  her.  and  this 
caused  other  customers  to  complain.

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Then all  these goods  had to  be checked 
back and re-entered  in the various books, 
and  had to be marked back in  the stocks 
of  the  departments  whence  they  came. 
The result was  more delays  and  annoy­
ance.  We  stood  it  once  without saying 
anything,  but  after  the  second  occur­
rence  her  name  went  on  the  list,  and 
that settles any  more  freaks of  that sort, 
so far as she is concerned.”
“Why  did  she  do  it?”  asked  the  re­
porter.
“The  reasons  which 
inspire  cranks 
like her are  too  numerous to  mention,” 
replied the  floor walker,  “and  some  are 
so queer you would  hardly  believe them. 
The  foundation  of  all of  them  is pure 
vanity.  Several  of  these  women  had 
been 
and  were 
all 
right  until 
into  the  habit 
of  shopping with  their  friends who had 
more money to  spend  than  they.  Then 
some  crazy  desire  to  show  that  they 
could order just as much as their rich ac­
quaintance,  caused  them  to  buy regard­
less of their purses.  One of these women 
ordered over  $400 worth of  goods in one 
visit to this  store,  and I was  told she or­
dered equally  large  quantities  at  other 
stores.  She was  perfectly  crazy  in  her 
desire  to  show  off  before  her  friends. 
As she didn’t have the money to  pay  for 
the goods she had  ordered,  of  course she 
had to  return  them.  The other  woman 
wasn’t quite so bad,  so far as value went, 
but  she  ordered  something  in  about 
every department of our store.
“Some women  seem to  have  a  mania 
for having delivery wagons  stop in front 
of their houses.  They  don’t order large 
quantities,  but  they  order  something 
about every  day,  and  return  the  larger 
part.  The drivers say these women often 
sit in the windows waiting  for the deliv 
ery wagons to  come,  and  when  they ar­
rive,  look  at  their  neighbors  across the 
street  to see  if  they  are  observing  the 
fact. 
I don’t see but such women are as 
crazy  as  any  confined in  asylums,  and 
the sooner  they are  put there the better 
it would please us.
“The  very  worst  nuisances, however 
are the women who insist  upon  looking

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loose 

in  the  condition 

at the goods,  ostensibly  for  the  purpose 
of seeing if they are just as ordered,  and 
who delay our delivery  wagons and paw 
over the goods  until  they  are  unfit  for 
anvthiug  but 
the  bargain  counters. 
These  women  have  a  mania  for  pretty 
things and can’t control  their desires.  If 
they  had the  courage  they  would  steal 
them , but as they  havu’t,  nor  the money 
with which to buy them,  they order them 
sent C.  O. D.  That gives  them a chance 
to examine them  while at  the store,  and 
again  at their homes.
“Equally annoying  and  even  meaner 
are the  women  who order  things so that 
they may get  them home  and  get ideas 
from them  for making some that are sim­
ilar.  These  women  order  principally 
fancy articles,  some of which  are so del­
icate that they are  practically ruined by 
If they 
being handled by these  women. 
were paid  for in  advance,  we  would not 
take  them  back 
in 
which they are returned,  but  as it is, of 
course we have to.
“One of the most  curious  freaks  that 
the C. O.  D.  business  has  developed  is 
the  gambling  woman.  She  is  the  one 
who  orders things  she  would 
like,  but 
can’t pay  for,  on  the  gamblers’  theory 
that by the time the goods  are  delivered 
she  may  have  the  money  to  pay  for 
them.  Her husband may  prove  unusu­
ally generous,  or her  parents,  or  grand­
parents,  uncles,  sisters, cousins, or aunts 
may  send  her  a  check.  Some  of  the 
women  included 
in this  class  have no 
husbands and are not  beyond  suspicion. 
Some are  the  wives  of  gamblers,  and 
think  that  their  husbands  may  have 
struck a lucky turn.
innocent,  but  not  least 
annoying,  are the women  who  order for 
lady 
their,  friends.  The  other  day  a 
came in and ordered  a nice set of dishes 
te be sent to a Mrs.  Mason on  Lexington 
avenue.  The  goods were  to go C.  O.  D. 
The dishes cost $75,  and  were very  deli­
cate.  They  were  sent  to  the  address, 
and a servant met the driver  at the door. 
‘I don’t know anything  about them,’  she 
said,  ‘but I’ll  take them to  Mrs.  Mason.’ 
large  hamper,
The  dishes  were 

“The  most 

packed 
straw.  The  driver 
helped  her  take  the  hamper 
in,  and 
waited about  twenty  minutes.  Then a 
woman came  out  and  said  there  must 
have  been  a  mistake,  as  she  hadn’t 
ordered them. 
‘I’ve asked everybody in 
the house,’  she  said,  ‘but nobody  seems 
to know  anything  about  them.’  When 
the dishes got back  here 
it  was  found 
that two plates  had  been  broken.  The 
set was  imported  from France,  and was 
the last we had,  so we couldn’t duplicate 
the plates,  and  the set was marked down 
to$60.
“Several days later a lady came in  and 
introduced herself as Mrs.  Mason.
“ ‘How did it happen that those dishes 
were sent to me?’  she asked.
“I called the clerk who had  taken  the 
order.  She  looked  at  her  book,  and 
there,  sure  enough,  were the  name and 
address. 
‘But I didn’t order them,’  said 
Mrs.  Mason. 
‘No,  you are not the lady,’ 
said  the  clerk;  ‘the  lady who  gave  me 
the order was  smaller  and  thinner  and 
had blond hair.  She limped a  little and 
wore glasses.’ 
‘Oh,  that was Mrs.  John­
son,’ said Mrs.  Mason.  T see  now  how 
it was.  She was visiting  me  the  other 
day, and I told her I thought of getting a 
set of  pretty  dishes,  but was  too busy 
preparing to go away for the  summer to 
look for any.  She  said she  expected to 
go shopping soon,  and I asked  her to let 
me know If she saw any  set she thought 
I’d  like. 
I suppose  she  thought  these 
would  suit  me,  and  knowing I  was  so 
busy sent them for me to  look at.  They 
didn’t meet  my fancy  at all,  although 
they were pretty in a way.’
“I  asked  her  where  Mrs.  Johnson 
lived,  and she gave me her  address very 
innocently.  Then I  said  to  her,  ‘Your 
friend probably thought  she was  doing 
something clever,  but  she  won’t  do  it 
again in  this store if I  can  prevent  it. 
She put our employees to a lot of trouble, 
and  caused two  pieces  of the set  to be 
broken,  so that  we  had  to  knock $15 off 
the  price.  The next time  she  wants to 
do anything of the sort she’ll  pay  in ad 
vanee.’  Mrs.  Mason  was  quite indignant 
‘The  idea,’  she said,  ‘to  blame  the dear

in  a 

woman  for  trying  to  be  obliging. 
I 
supposed,  if you want trade,  you have to 
take some risk.’  Mrs.  Johnson’s  name 
is on our  black list  just the  same,  and 
every other woman  who  abuses our sys­
tem in the same way  will meet the same
“If all the stores keep such a list some 
of the offenders may find it impossible to 
buy  anywhere  without  prepaying,”  we 
uggested.
“I  don’t know  that all do,”  said the 
floor walker,  “but I think  it is  true  of 
most of the large ones.  What  you  sug­
gest is undoubtedly the  case  with  some 
of the women,  as  far  as  the  stores  are 
concerned  that  have  adopted  our  sys­
tem.”

It  Bore  His  Beal  Name.

A young  grocery  clerk,  notorious  for 
his conceit, was boasting in the  presence 
of several gentlemen  about the conquests 
he  had  gained  over  the  female  heart. 
“Look,”  said  he,  “here’s  a  handsome 
present  I  had from  my  last inamorata,” 
at the same time handing round a beauti­
ful  cigar  case.  All  admired the article, 
which  had an  indorsement of its quality 
stamped upon  it.
‘Very nice gift,”  remarked one of  the 
“I  perceive  your  lady-love 
company. 
even had your name put on the case.” 
“Well,  that’s  queer,”  answered  the 
boaster,  “I never noticed it.”
“Look again,”  rejoined the candid one; 
the case is distinctly marked ‘real calf!”’

Indians  Bald  a  Store.

It is reported that a  band  of  Indians 
from  the  Territory  raided a large store 
situated  at  Stoneburg,  Tex.,  near  Red 
River  a  few  nights ago,  and loading its 
entire contents on a train of  pack-mules 
made off across the river  into  the Terri­
tory.  As  soon  as  the  news  reached 
Gainesville,  an armed  party  was  raised 
and started  in  persuit.  Nothing has so 
far been heard of  their  success. 
It is a 
little curious that a day before  the  raid 
the store and its contents  had  been  at­
tached by creditors and closed  up.

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SELL  WHAT  WILL  PLEASE  YOUR  TRADE  BEST.

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Each double sheet  of  Tangle­
foot  is  separately  sealed  with 
our Wax Border, which, while it
permits  the  easy  and  ready 
separation  of  the  sheets, abso­
lutely prevents  the  sticky  com­
position from running  out  over 
the  edges.  This  Border  pre­
serves each sheet independently 
and indefinitely  until  used  and 
prevents all loss and  annoyance 
to the dealer.

Each  box  of  Tanglefoot  will 
contain  25  double  sheets  of 
Tanglefoot  and  two  Tanglefoot 
Holders—15 loose double sheets 
and two  packages  each  consist­
ing of a  Holder  containing  five 
double sheets.

Push  the  new  package with 
your family trade,  they will  all 
bny it if it is  brought  to  their 
notice. 
It  will  increase  your 
sales of  Tanglefoot  by  encour­
aging a more liberal  use  among 
your  trade.  Your  customers 
will  appreciate  the  new  pack­
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The  Grocery  Market.

Sugar—The  active  condition  of  the 
market has resulted in an  advance  of  a 
sixpence on all  grades  down  to  No.  6. 
The  market  is  still  strong  and  active 
and further advances are hoped for.

Oatmeal—Lower and weak  at  the  de­

cline.

Bananas—The  market is firm  at pres­
ent quotations,  the  fruit  moving  lively 
on account of the warm weather.

Oranges—The California crop is nearly 
exhausted,  and,  naturally,  prices  are 
crawling up. 
It will not pay to  buy any 
to hold,  as they  shrink  fast.  Messinas 
have rotted so  badly that  they are  prac­
tically out  of  market.

advent 

Lemons—The 

of  warmer
weather  will have a  tendency to  stiffen 
the  market,  and  higher prices may rea­
sonably be looked for.

Financial  Notes.

Two  thousand  dollars  of  the  stock of 
the Kent County Savings Bank was  sold 
last week for twice its face value,  A.  G. 
Hodenpyl taking  one-half  of  the  stock 
and Henry Idema  and  John  A.  Covode 
dividing the remainder.

A block of  stock in the  Grand  Rapids 
School Furniture Co.  was sold last  week 
for 112.  Probably no  further  sales  of 
this stock will  be made under  115,  as  it 
is generally considered to  be  one  of  the 
best paying stocks in  the market.

An  Important  Measure.

One of the most  important enactments 
of the recent Legislature relating to busi­
ness men is the statute making  telegraph 
companies responsible for flagrant errors 
in the transmission of messages, and pro­
viding  that  damages  may  be recovered

THE  MICHIG^JSr  TRADESMAN,

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for 
the  non-delivery  of  dispatches 
through  negligence.  The  full  text  of 
the law is as follows:

Section  1.  The people of  the  State of 
Michigan  enact  that  sections  14 and  15 
of act No. 59 of  the laws  of  1851,  being 
sections 3,706 and 3,707  of  Howell’s an­
notated statutes of  1883,  be  amended so 
as to read as  follows:

Sec.  14.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  any 
corporation owning or operating any tel­
egraph  line  doing  business within  this 
State  to receive dispatches  from and for 
other  telegraph 
lines  and  associations, 
and,  from and for any individual,  and on 
payment of  their usual charges for indi­
viduals  for  transmitting  dispatches,  as 
established  by the rules and regulations 
of such telegraph  line,  to  transmit  the 
same with  impartiality  and  good  faith. 
And that such corporation shall be liable 
for any mistakes,  errors or delays in  the 
transmission or delivery,  or  for the non­
delivery of  any  repeated or non-repeated 
message in damages to the amount which 
such person  or  persons  may sustain by 
reason of  mistakes,  errors,  or  delays in 
the transmission  or  delivery;  or for the 
non-delivery of any  such dispatch due to 
negligence of  such owner or association, 
to be recovered  with costs of suit,  by the 
person or persons  sustaining  such dam­
age.

Sec.  15.  I t  shall  likew ise  be the duty 
of every  corporation to  transm it  all  such 
dispatches  in  the order  in  w hich  they are 
received,  and  in  case  such ow ner or  asso­
ciation shall refuse or neglect to so  trans­
m it such dispatches,  such ow ner or asso­
ciation  shall  be  liable  for  all  dam ages 
sustained  by the  person or persons whose 
dispatch  is  postponed  out of  its  order as 
herein  prescribed,  to  be  recovered  as 
provided  in  the  foregoing  section.

Trusts  are frequently  given  a  black 
eye by courts and lawmakers; but a trust, 
under 
such  circumstances,  seems  to 
wink the other eye,  and  go  on  with  its 
regular business.

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State  Board  of Pharm acy. 

One  Year—James Vernor, Detroit.
Two Yean—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor 
Three  Years—George Gundrom, Ionia.
Four Years—C. A. Bugbee. Cheboygan.
Five Years—S. E. Parkill, Owosso.
President—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. 
Secretary—Jas.  Vernor, Detroit.,
Treasurer—Geo. Gnndrnm, Ionia.__________

M ichigan  State  Pharm aceutical  Ass’n. 

President—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso.
Vice-Presidents—I.  H. L.  Dodd,  Buchanan;  F.  W.  R.
Perry, Detroit;  W. H. Hicks. Morley.
Treasurer—Wm. H. Dupont, Detroit.
Secretary—C. W. Parsons, Detroit.
Executive  Committee— H.  G.  Coleman,  Kalamazoo; 
Jacob Jesson, Muskegon:  F.  J.  Wurzburg and  John 
E. Peck, Grand Rapids;  Arthur Bassett, Detroit. 
Local Secretary—James Vernor.
Next  place  of  meeting—Some  resort  on  St.  Clair 
River;  time to be designated by Executive Committee.
Grand  Rapids  Pharm aceutical Society. 
President, John D. Muir;  Sec*y, Frank H. Escott.

PHARMACY  LEGISLATION.

legislation; 

Legislation  relating to  the business of 
pharmacy and medicine has been increas­
ing at  so rapid a rate recently that many 
objections  are  raised,  and  the  wisdom 
and  necessity  of  the  acts  are  strongly 
criticised.
Nearly all the States in the Union have 
general  pharmacy  laws,  placing  certain 
restrictions  upon  the  retail  drug  trade; 
specifying how certain drugs may be dis­
pensed,  and  who  shall  dispense them. 
All  these  laws  provide  for  a pharmacy 
board  and  the  necessary machinery  for 
their  effective  execution,  the  cost  of 
maintaining which is,  in  all cases, borne 
by the pharmacists of  the State.  Opin­
ions are widely divided regarding the ef­
fect  of  the  legislation  upon  the  drug 
business  and its value  to the  public  in 
whose  interest it  is ostensibly  enacted. 
The  great  majority  are,  however, 
in 
favor of legislation—at least to the extent 
that, while the public is protected against 
ignorant,  and  therefore  dangerous,  per­
sons  engaged in  the  business,  the pro­
fession  may also  be  protected  from the 
disrepute  into  which it  may  be  brought 
by  incompetent  or  unscrupulous  mem­
bers.
It  is  contended  by  the  opponents  of' 
legislation that it  is expensive  and posi­
tively  injurious  to  business,  and  of  no 
practical  value to the public as a preven­
tive against  incompetency,  since the rec­
ords  show that  in nearly every instance 
of  a serious  error the  mistake was com­
mitted  by those classed  “competent” by 
the law; that  it hurts trade by encourag­
ing injudicious competition,  and the cut- 
rate difficulty is pointed to as in  part the 
product  of 
that  certain 
classes,  such  as  physicians,  wholesalers 
and  country  merchants,  are  improperly 
exempted  from  the  application  of  the 
law,  thus  neutralizing  the possible good 
effects  accruing.  Many  would  have no 
law at all,  while others desire a modifica­
tion  of  the  present  statutes.  When  all 
these  objections  are  considered, 
the 
value of  intelligently prepared and care­
fully executed laws  regulating  the prac­
tice of  pharmacy is  too obvious to admit 
of question. 
It is  quite true,  that while 
the entire cost of  administering  the law 
now falls  upon  the  druggist,  a  portion, 
or  all  the  expense,  might  properly  be 
assumed  by  the  State.  That  the 
law 
does not act  effectively in preventing er­
rors  in  dispensing  is  erroneous. 
It  is 
from  the  very  fact  that  the 
laws  are 
strict that mistakes which occur are only 
those made by the  competent  class,  and, 
therefore,  few  in  number. 
It  is  also 
contended  that  it  is  an unnecessary  re­
quirement that  assistants  in  drug stores 
be registered; that, inasmuch as the  pro­
prietor  is  held  responsible  by the  law, 
it 
is  unnecessary that  his  clerk  be re­
quired  to  pass  an  examination  by  the 
board  before  he can  seek  or  obtain em­
ployment.  From  whatever  standpoint 
this  feature of  the  law  is viewed,  how­
ever,  it  appears  just  and advantageous 
to  all  concerned.  While  in  most  in­
stances  the  proprietor,  knowing himself 
responsible  for  the  action  of  his  em­
ployes,  will  subject  them  to as  rigid an 
examination  as  the  State  board  makes, 
there is  a very large  percentage of those 
engaged in  the  business  who  would be 
willing to take the risk  in order the save 
expense.  Labor  of  the  kind  approved 
by the board is,  as a matter of  necessity, 
high  priced.  But  without  such  a uni­
form standard  there  would  be  open the

T H E   M IC H IG -A J S T   T E A D E S M A N .

way for the most harmful of  all competi­
tion—cheap and,  consequently,  ignorant 
and  incompetent  assistants.  To  argue 
that,  as the  majority of  druggists can be 
relied upon to  conduct their  business  in 
accordance with the best interests of  the 
public,  legislation is unnecessary for the 
few,  is  weak  logic,  and contrary  to the 
first  principles  of  rules  for  governing 
society,  which  to  be  of  value  must  be 
strong  in  all  places.  To  attribute  the 
present cutting  evil to pharmacy  laws is 
too absurd a proposition for serious reply.
The  exemptions  made  do  not  affect 
the  retail  druggist 
in  practice.  As 
a  matter  of  unvarying  universality,  it 
may be  claimed  that  there  shall  be no 
exceptions whatever,  and that physicians 
and country  merchants must  be stopped 
from selling drugs.  But here the public 
steps in—and it is a matter of regret that 
many druggists  appear to  forget the ex­
istence  of  a  public  when  urging  their 
conclusions—and  demands  that  drugs 
must  be  dispensed,  and  if  the  profes­
sional  druggist  will  not  bring  his  ser­
vices to all the people those so discrimin­
ated  against shall be  served by some one 
else. 
In no  instance is  the druggist  ac­
tually discriminated  against,  either in a 
financial  or  moral  sense,  as  the  law  is 
particular  to  see  that  these  conditional 
dispensers handle nothing which requires 
a technical knowledge of pharmacy.
Here  and  there  undesirable  features 
have been  embodied  in  pharmacy laws, 
but  on  the  whole  the  legislation  now 
in  force is  to be commended  for its wis­
dom.  The  laws  have  been  helpful  to 
druggists,  particularly 
in  raising  the 
standard of  the profession  in  public es­
teem.  and protecting  it against the oper­
ations of the common business speculator.

EXPENSIVE  SMARTNESS.

The  Brewer  Found  a  Farmer  Who 

Understood Human Nature.

“It once cost me just $1,000, besides the 
price  of  three  bottles  of  champagne,  to 
learn that  a  farmer  was smarter  than 1 
was,” said the old fellow with a well-fed 
air,  as he lighted a fresh cigar.
The speaker had  been a  brewer in his 
earlier days,  but  he had  retired after he 
bad  put by  a  comfortable  sum,  and  at 
the age of 72 he was still enjoying life.
“One  season,”  he  continued,  “hops 
were  scarce  and  all  the  brewers  were 
keeping  a  sharp  lookout  for  any  good 
ones  which  were  put  on  the  market. 
Our  agents  telegraphed  us  that  a man 
living  about  100 miles from our place of 
business  had  100 bales of  just the kind 
that 1 wanted,  and 1 started immediately 
to buy them.
“Now,  if 1 do  say  it myself,  I do not 
take a back  seat  from  anyone  when  it 
comes  to  judging  the  quality of  hops. 
Well,  1  arrived  at  the  place  where the 
owner of these hops lived and 1 inspected 
what  he  had  for  sale.  They were  the 
best hops  that  I  had  seen  that  season. 
The  price which  he  asked for  them,  60 
cents  a pound,  was  reasonable for hops 
of  that  quality;  in  fact  it  was  a  little 
less than  the  market  price.  Not  to let 
the old  fellow see that 1 was too anxious 
to get them, 1 began  to  try and beat  him 
down  a little on the price.
“The thought  struck  me that perhaps 
1 might  beat him  down more if  1 could 
induce him  to go to  town and  get him a 
little ‘mellow’ over a bottle of champagne. 
The  town  was  not far  away,  and I sug- 
I gested  that  he go  back  with  me,  as my 
time was limited,  and if we struck a bar­
gain  on  the way  I  would  pay him  the 
cash for the hops before leaving him.
“He consented  and  to  town  we went. 
We  stopped  at  the  hotel. 
I  ordered  a 
bottle  of  champagne  and  some  good 
cigars.  We drank  the wine and smoked 
the cigars. 
I  kept his glass  full  and he 
did not seem at  all  bashful  about taking 
all  that  1  gave  to  him.  He  began  to 
warm up  and  1  thought I  was going  to 
save the  price  of  three or four  cases of 
wine at least. 
I  sugested that  he ought 
to let  me have  those  hops  for  about 55 
cents a  pound.  1  declare  he  raised the 
price instead of  lowering  it,  and said he 
thought they were worth 61 cents.
“I  laughed,  but it  was  no  go,  and he 
insisted on 61 cents as the price.
“I  ordered  another  bottle  of  wine. 
Again he drank  all I  gave to  him,  and I

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poured  nearly  all  of  it  in  his  glass.  I 
When this  bottle was  finished  the price I 
of hops  had gone up to 62 cents a pound,  j 
Things  were  getting  interesting.  The 
wine had  flushed the face of  the old fel­
low,  but he would not come down a quar­
ter of a cent.
“In desperation  1 tried  another bottle 
of wine and more cigars.  The sparkling 
fluid  went  down  his  throat  like  water 
down a rat  hole.  He  became  more and 
more  talkative,  and  I  gained  courage 
once more.
“ ‘Well,’ I said,  ‘we’d  better  close the 
bargain on  your first offer of 60 cents.’
“ ‘Well,  1 think  them  hops are  worth j 
’bout 65 cents,’ he replied.
“1 argued  and  threatened not  to take 
them at  all,  but  it was no use.  He  was 
sharp  enough  to  detect  the  fact that  1 
wanted  those  hops  and  wanted  them 
badly.  He would  not budge  a bit and I 
had  to pay  65 cents  for them.  That ad­
ditional 5  cents on  a pound  made a dif­
ference  of  $10  on every  bale and $1,000 
on  the  hundred  bales,  besides my  wine 
and cigar bill of nearly $20.”
He Figured Discounts  Differently Than 

Other People.

We have a pretty  good story to  tell at 
the expense of  people who use discounts 
and also  at  the  expense  of  people who 
buy goods  at a discount from list.  At a 
certain  time  certain  goods were  sold at 
25 per  cent,  discount,  and  an  ironclad 
agreement was entered into by the manu­
facturers and principal jobbers to the ef­
fect  that  no  goods  should  be  sold  at 
better rates  than  25  per  cent,  discount. 
In a certain town in the territory covered 
by  this  agreement  there  was  a  young, 
ambitious  and  enterprising dealer,  who, 
prior to  this  cast-iron  rule,  had done an 
excellent  business  in  the  goods  named. 
The publication of  these rates,  however, 
was  likely to  have the  effect of  cutting 
off  his  trade,  and he  was  under  the ne­
cessity,  therefore, of  devising some plan 
by which  it  could  be  continued.  There 
was  also  the  necessity  of  his  keeping 
within the  contract, or  else his supplies 
would  be  cut  off  by the manufacturer. 
This  is what he did.  He  issued a circu­
lar to the small trade he had been  in the 
habit  of  supplying  to  the  effect  that 
whenever  $100  was  remitted  with  an 
order he would send goods to the amount 
of  $133.33.  The  effect  was  magical. 
His orders came in  in even hundreds and 
multiples  thereof,  and wagon-load  after 
wagon-load,  and finally carload after car­
load of goods  were unloaded at his ware­
house only to  be  reshipped  to points all 
over the country,  and some of  them  into 
territory  that  geographically  speaking 
did not belong to him,
Such a trade as this  could  not  fail  to 
attract attention.  Finally it came to the 
notice of the manufacturers  and jobbers 
who  had  entered  into  this  agreement. 
A committee  was appointed to wait upon 
the  dealer.  He  received  them  with 
every  possible  courtesy  and 
inquired 
their  errand.  “You  are  violating  the 
agreement  on 
these  goods,  and  such 
practices must be  stopped.”  “Indeed,” 
said the yonug dealer,  “ 1  am  not  aware 
that  1  have  violated  any  agreement.” 
“Well, you have; there is the agreement. 
You are selling under the  price that has 
been fixed,  and  this  must  be  stopped.” 
“I am not aware that I have been selling 
under  the  price  that  has  been  fixed,’’ 
was the reply.  “Well,” said the spokes­
man  of  the  committee,  “the  price  is 
25 per cent,  off list,  and you  are  selling 
33% per cent,  off list.”  “I am  not,”  re­
plied the young dealer,  much  to the con­
fusion of the committee  and  greatly  to 
his own delight.  “I think,”  he  contin­
ued,  “that if you make  a  simple  calcu­
lation,  and  one  that  will  not  occupy 
many minutes of your time,  you will find 
that 33%  on  list  is  not  very  different 
from 25 per cent, off list. 
I  am  not sel- 
ing goods at 33% per  cent,  off  list,  but 
am charging net for goods,  with 33%  ad­
ded to the list.  Do I make myself under­
stood?”  The committee  reluctantly ad­
mitted  that  he  did,  and  declared  the 
joke was on them.  They did not further 
attempt to molest his trade,  and  it  only 
ceased  when  the  buyers  had  it  forced 
upon  them  that  they  made  no  more

money on goods bought in this way than 
upon goods received in the  regular  way 
at  25 per cent,  off list.

Brief Business  Maxims.

D. T. M&Hett in Business.

It  is  a  wise  man who  asks  his  wife’s 
advice,  but  it  is  a  wiser  man  who  fol­
lows it.
Faith  is as necessary in  business as in 
religion; confidence is  the  foundation of 
credit.
It is not always the customer who buys 
most who best profits the dealer.
It  is  a rare  man,  indeed,  who  is  ad­
mired  by his  associates; respect is often 
a matter of distance.
There  is  no  trade  so  difficult  and  so 
arduous as our own.
It 
is  better  to  work  to-day  than  to 
worry about  to-morrow.
All  things  may  be  remedied  but  dis­
content.
The  dime  of  to-morrow  looks  larger 
than the dollar of to-day.
No  great  success  was  ever  achieved 
without the foice of enthusiasm.
The worst deceived man is the one who 
cheats himself.
There would be little business if  noth­
ing was destroyed.

Will Make Bier Profits.

Now  that  it  has  a  monopoly  of  the 
liquor  business  within  its  borders,  the 
State of  South  Carolina intends to  work 
it for all it is worth,  and will not be con­
tent with  any  small  margins of  profit. 
The  Governor  says  that  the  cheapest 
whisky that  will  be  offered for  sale will 
be sold  at $3 a  gallon,  and  proportional 
prices for  less quantities,  and  that none 
but pure  liquors  will  be  sold.  And he 
says that the  State will  make  a profit of 
$1 per  gallon on  the  liquor sold.  Fifty 
per  cent,  is a  right  good  profit,  and the 
Governor  thinks that  the State  is going 
to clear $500,000 the first year. 
It ought 
to do better than that at such a rate.

Use  Tradesman  Coupon  Books.

G r a n d   R a p i d s ,  M i c h .,

Is the only reliable cure for 

freckles and pimples.

Jobbers for Western Michigan.

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quickly yield to  its  use. 
Keep it at hand.  Large 
bottles 25c. All druggists

you may need it

P it ICE  TO  T H E   T R A D E :

$2 a dozen;  5 per cent, with  3  doz.  order. 10 per 

cent, with 6 doz.

On receipt of dealer’s  printed  address we will 
forward, free of eharee,  a tablet  of  0x12 white 
wrapping paper, cut  from  40-pound  book, bear 
ing dealer’s card  neatly printed thereon.
Order PKCKHAM’S CROUP  REMEDY  of 
your jobber, and send your  label  to  Peckham  
Remedy  Co.. Freeport, Micb.
ASTHMA1,  CATARRH.

Hay  Fever,  Headache,  N euralgia,

Menthol  I

sneezing, 

Will  Cilre You SSS&
snuffing, 
stops 
coughing  slid  headache. 
This  relief  is  wortn 
the 
price of Inhaler.  Continued 
use will  complete the  cure. 
Droironlv  and  cures  Sea 
r l  C Ublllo  Sickness.  The 
cool, exhilarating sensation  following its  use is 
a luxury to traveler® by r*il or boat.
The  Beit  Remedy  S S .K
i
dainty pocket  piece.  It  cannot  get  out of  or­
der;  does  not  require  renewing;  there  is no 
liquid to drop or spill;  lasts a year, and costs 50c 
at druggists.  Registered mail 60c, from

- i T

H.  D.  CUSHMAN, M anufacturer,

»  • 

Three  Rivers,  Mich.

{^"Guaranteed  satisfactory.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

Advanced—German Chamomile.

Wholesale Price  Current•
Opium. 
American  Saffron.

Declined—Cubit berries. 

German Quinine.

Opium Po. 

ACIDÜM .

Acetienm...................
Benz oleum  German..
Boraclc 
....................
Carbolieum..............
Citricum...................
Hydrochlor................
Nltrocum 
.................
Oxallcum...................
Phosphorium dll........
Salley lieum ............... 1
Sul phuricum. . . . ---- -
Tannlcum...................1
Tartarlcum................
AMMONIA.

m   io
65®  75 
30
37®  36 
50®  53 
3®  5
10®  12 
10®  13 30
30® 1 70 
IX©  5 
40@1  60 
30®  33

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Aquina, 16  deg..............  314®  3
20  deg..............  5 Vi®  7
Carbouas  ....................   12® 14
Chlorldum...................  13® 14

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

BACCAB.

Cubeae (po  40)........  3)@  40
Junlperaa...................  8®  10
Xantnoxylum............   35®  30

BAL8AMUM.

Copaiba......................  45®  50
Peru............................  @1  05
Terabln, Canada  —   50®  60
Tolutan......................  35®  50

COBTBX.

Abies,  Canadian....  .........   18
Casaiae  ...............................  11
Cinchona Flava  .................   18
Rnonymus  atropurp...........  30
Myrica  Cerifera, po.............  20
PrnnuB Yirglnl....................  12
Quill ala,  grd.......................   10
Sassafras  ............................  12
UlmuB Po (Ground  15)........  15

KXTBACTUM.

Glycyrrhlza  Glabra...  24®  25
po...........  33®  35
Haematoz, 15 lb. boz..  11®  12
Is.... ........  13®  14
Vis.............   14®  15
J4B.............   16®  17
FEBBU

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Carbonate Preclp........  @  15
Citrate and Qulnla....  ®3 50
Citrate  Soluble...........  ©  80
Ferrocyanidum Sol —   @  50
Solut  Chloride...........  ©  15
Sulphate,  com’l ...............9®  2
pure............   ©  7

Arnica.......................  18®  20
AnthemlB...................  30®  35
Matricaria 
50®  65

 

FLO RA .

 
FOJ.1A.

Barosma 
Cassia  Acutifol,  Tin-

...................  18©  80
nlvelly........  .........   25®  28
“  Alx.  35©  50
and  V4b....................  15®  25
...................  8®  10

Salvia  officlnallB,  >48
TJraUrsl 

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Acacia, 1st picked  ... 

®  75
2d 
....  @  45
3d 
....  @  30
sifted sort»...  @  25
po..................  80©  80
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)...  50®  60 
11  Cape, (po.  20)...  ®  12
Socotri. (po.  60).  ©  60
Catechu, 1b, (Via, 14 Ms,
16)............................  ©  1
Ammoniac.................  55®  60
Assafcetlda, (po. 35)..  3o@  35
Bensolnum.................  50®  55
Camphor»..................   55®  58
Eupnorbinm po  ........  35®  lo
Galbanum................... 
<®2 50
Gamboge,  po..............  70®  7b
Gualacum, (po  35)....  @  30
Kino,  (po  1  10).........   @1  15
Mastic vT. 
...............   ©  80
Myrrh, (po. 45)...........  @  40
Opll  (po  4  25)...........3 0003  10
Shellac  ......................  35®  42
bleached......   33®  35
Tragacanth................  40® 1 00

“ 
hbbba—In ounce packages.

Absinthium................. ......   25
Eupatori urn................. ......   20
Lobelia.........................
Majorant...................... ......  28
Mentha  Piperita......... ......  21
....  2f
“  V lr.................
Rne............................... ......  3f
Tanacetnm, V ..............
Thymus, V................... ......  2£
Calcined, P at..............  55®  60
Carbonate,  Pat...........  20®  22
Carbonate, K. &  M  ...  20®  25 
Carbonate, Jennlng5..  35®  36

MAGNESIA.

OLEUM.

Cubebae......................  @380
Exechtbltos..............  2  50®2 75
Erlgeron.....................2 25®3 50
Gaultherla..................2 00®3 10
Geranium,  ounce......   ®  75
Gosslpil,  Sem. gal......  70®  75
Hedeoma  ...................2  10@2 30
Juniperl......................  50@2 00
Lavendula.................  90®2 00
Llmonls.......................3 40@2 60
Mentha Piper...............2 75@3 50
Mentha Verld............. 2 2002 30
Morrhuae, gal..............1  00®1 10
Myrcla, ounce............   @  50
Olive..........................  90@2 75
Picls Liquida, (gal. .35)  10®  12
Rlclnl.......................  1  22@1 28
Rosmarlnl............  
75@1  00
Rosae, ounce............   6  50®8 50
Succlnl.......................   40®  45
Sabina.................... 
900100
Santal  ....................... 3  50@7 00
Sassafras....................   50®  55
Slnapls, ess, ounce__  @  65
Tlglfi..........................   ®  90
Thyme.......................  40®  50
opt  ................  @  60
Theobromas...............   15®  20

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POTASSIUM.

BICarb.......................  15®  18
Bichromate...............   13®  14
Bromide....................  36®  40
Carb.........................  .  12®  15
Chlorate  (po  23@25)..  24®  26
Cyanide......................  50®  55
Iodide..........................2  9G@3 00
Potassa, Bltart,  pure..  27®  30 
Potassa, Bitart,com...  ®  15
Potass Nltras, opt......   8®  10
Potass Nltras.............. 
7®  9
Prusslate....................  28®  30
Sulphate  po................  15®  18

BASIX.

11 

Aconitum...................  20®  25
Althae.........................  22®  25
Anchusa....................   12®  15
Arum,  po....................  ©  25
Calamus......................  20®  40
Gentiana  (po. 12)......   8®  10
Glychrrhlza, (pv. 15)..  16®  18 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 35)...................  @  30
Hellebore,  Ala,  po__  15®  20
Inula,  po....................  15®  20
Ipecac,  po...................2 20@2 30
Iris  ploz (po. 35®38)..  35®  40
Jalapa,  pr...................  40®  45
Maranta,  Qs..............  @  35
Podophyllum, po........  15®  18
Rhei............................  7501 00
“  Cut......................  @1  75
“  pv.  ....................   75®1  35
SpigellA......................  35®  38
Sanguinaria, (po  25)..  ®  20
Serpentaria.................  30®  32
Senega.......................  65®  70
Símil ax, Officinalis,  H  @ 40 
M  @  25
Scillae, (po. 85)...........  10®  12
Symplocarpus,  Foeti-
duB,  po....................  @  35
Valeriana, Eng.  (po.30)  ®  25
German...  15®  20
ingiber a ................. 
18®  20
Zingiber  j ...............  
18®  20
saura. 
Anlsum,  (po. 20).. 
Aplum  (graveleons).
Aplum  (
Bird, Is.
Carni, (po. 18).

©  15 
15©  18
4®
6
12
10®
1  0001 25
10® 12
3)404
7501 00
10® 12
Cheno 
2 2502 50
Dlpter:
® 15
Foenlcnlnm
Foenugreek,  po.........   6®  8
L in l............................4  ® 4)4
Linl, grd,  (bbl. 3)4)...  4  @ 4)4
Lobelia.......................  36®  40
Pharlaris Canarian__4)4® 
5
Rapa...........................   6®  7
Slnapls  Albn............11  ©13
,r  Nigra...........  11®  12

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“  D. F. R ........ 17502 00
1  2501  50
“ 
Jnnlperls  Co. O. T — 1  65@2 00
1  7503 50
Saacharum  N.  E ........ 1  75@2 00
Spt.  Vlnl  Galll................1  75@6 50
Vlni Oporto.................... 1  2502 00
Vlnl  Alba........................1  25@2 00

 

Florida  sheeps’  wool
carriage.................. 2 50©2 75
Nassau  sheeps’  wool
2 00
carriage  ................. 
Velvet  extra  sheeps’
wool  carriage.........  
1  10
Extra  yellow  sheeps’
carriage................... 
85
Grass sheeps’ wool car­
riage  ....................... 
85
75
Hard for  slate  use.... 
Yellow Reef, for  slate 
use..........................  
1  40

5004 00

70®1 80
2503 50

Absinthium................ 3 
Amygdalae, Dulc......  45®  75
Amydalae, Amarae— 8 0008 25
A nin i........................... 1 
Auranti  Cortex.......... 2 3002 40
Bergamll  ...................3 
CajlputI....................  60®  65
Caryophylll...............   85®  90
Cedar.........................  35®  65
Chenopodll...............   @1  60
Clnnamonll...............   9001 00
Cltronella...................  @  45
Conlum  Mac..............  35®  65
Copaiba  ....................  80®  90

8 T B  U PS.

A ccada...............................  50
Zingiber  .............................   50
Ipecac..................................   60
Ferri Iod.......................  ...  50
Auranti  Cortes....................   50
Rhel Arom..........................   50
Slmllax  Officinalis..............  60
Co........  50
Senega.................................  50
Sdllae..................................   50
••  Co.............................   50
Tolutan...............................   50
Pranas  rlrg.........................  50

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TINCTUBES.

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Aconltum Napellls R .........   60
F .........   50
Aloes.....................................   60
and  myrrh...................  60
Arnica..................................   50
Asafoetlda..............................   o
A trope Belladonna................  60
Benzoin.................................  60
“  Co............................  50
Sangulnarla..........................   50
Barosma...............................  50
Cantharides..........................   75
Capsicum..............................  50
Ca damon..............................  75
Co.........................  75
Castor................................. 1 00
Catechu.................................  50
Cinchona.............................   50
Co.........................  60
Columba...............................  50
Conlum.........................  
 
Cubeba..................................   50
Digitalis.............................   50
Ergot.....................................   50
Gentian.................................  50
Co..............................  60
Gualca..................................  50
ammon.....................  60
Zingiber...............................  50
Hyoscyamus.........................  50
Ioalne....................................  75
Colorless....................   75
Ferrl  Chlorldum...................  35
K ino.....................................   50
Lobelia..................................   50
Myrrh....................................  50
Nux  Vomica.........................  50
Opll.......................................  85
“  Camphorated.................  50
“  Deodor........................2 00
Anrantl Cortex......................  50
Quassia................................   50
Rhatany...............................  50
Rhel.......................................  50
Cassia  Acutifol....................   50
Co................  50
Serpentarla..........................   50
Stramonium..........................   60
Tolutan.................................  60
Valerian.......................... 
VeratrumVeride...................  50

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Æther, Spts  Nit, 3 F..  28®  30 
“  4 F ..  32®  34
Alumen......................2Q® 3

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Annatto......................  56®  60
Antlmonl,po..............  4®  5
et Potass T.  55®  60
Antlpyrln...................  ©1  40
Antifebrin..................  ®  25
Argentl  Nltras, ounce  @  60
Arsenicum................. 
5®  7
Balm Gilead  Bud....  38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N............ 2 20®2 25
Calcium Chlor, Is, ()4s
12;  Ms,  14)..............  @  11
Cantharides  Russian,
po............................  @1  00
Capslcl  Fructus,af...  ©  26
PO----   ®  28
© 20
B po. 
Caryophyllns, (po.  18)  14®  15
Carmine,  No. 40.........  
03 75
Cera  Alba, S .A F ......   50®  55
Cera Flava.................  38®  40
Coccus  .....................   ®  40
Cassia Fructus...........  ®  25
Contraria....................  ©  10
Cetaoeum...................  ®  40
Chloroform...............   60®  63
squlbbs..  ©1  25
Chloral Hyd Crst........1 3501  80
Chondras...................  20®  25
Clnchonldlne, P.  A  W  15®  20 
German 8  ©  12 
Corks,  list,  dis.  per
Creasotnm.................  ©  35
Crete, (bbl. 75)...........  ©  2
“  prep...................  5®  5
9®  11
“  preclp..............  
“  Rubra................  ©  8
Crocus......................  70®  75
Cudbear......................  ©  24
Cuprl Sulph...............   5 ©
Dextrine....................  10®  12
Ether Sulph................  70®  75
Emery,  all  numbers..  A
po...................  ©
Ergota, ipo.)  75 .........   70®  75
Flake  White..............  12®  15
Galla..........................  ®  23
Gambler......................7  @ 8
Gelatin,  Cooper.........   @  70
French...........  40®  60
Glassware  flint, by box 70 & 10. 
Less than box  66X
Glue,  Brown..............  9®  15
»  White................  13®  25
Glycerins...................14)4®  20
Grana Paradlsl...........  @  22
Humulus....................  25®  55
Hydraag Chlor  Mite..  @  85 
“ Cor....  ©  80
Ox Rubram  @  90
Ammonia»..  @1 00
Unguentum.  45®  55
Hydrargyrum............   ®  64
Icnthyobolla, Am..  ..1  2501  50
Indigo.........................  7501 00
Iodine,  Resubl...........3 8003 90
Iodoform.....  @4 70
Lupulln......   @2 25
Lycopodium..............  60®  65
Macis.........................  70®  75
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
drarglod.................  ®  27
Liquor Potass Arslnltls  10®  12 
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
Manilla,  8. F ..............  60®  63

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C.  Co....................  2 1002 35
Moschus Canton........  @  40
Myrlstlca, No  1 ........  66®  70
Nux Vomica, (po 20)..  @ 10
Os.  Sepia....................  20®  22
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
Co............................  @2 00
Plcis Llq, N.*C., V4 gal
®2 00 
doz  .........................
©1  00 
Plcis Llq., quarts......
pints..........
®  85 
PII Hydrarg,  (po. 80).. 
@  50 
Piper  Nigra, (po.22)..
®  1 
@  3 
Piper Alba, (po g5)__
Pix  Burgun...............
@  7
14®  15 
Plumbi A cet..............
Pulvis Ipecac et opll.. 1 
1001  20
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
@1  25 
& P. D.  Co., doz......
15®  25 
Pyrethrum,  pv...........
Quasslae....................
8®   10 
29®  34 
Qulnla, 8. P. & W......
20©  30 
S.  German__
12®  14 
Rubia Tlnctorum......
20®  2 2 
Saccharum Lactls pv.
50
7501  80 
Salado.......................1
40®  50 
Sanguis  Draconls......
12®  14 
Sapo,  W......................
M.......................
10®   12 
®  15
G.......................

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Seldllts  Mixture........  ®  20
Slnapls........................  ©  18
opt...................  ®  30
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
Voes.......................   ®  35
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  0   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®  56
“  Myrcla  Dom......  ®2 25
“  Myrcla Imp........  @3 00
•’  Vlnl  Rect.  bbl.
....7 ........................2 1902  29
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia  Crystal......1  4C®1  45
Sulphur, Subl............ 2Vt@ 3
“  Roll..............  2  @ 2)4
Tamarinds.................  8®  10
Terebenth Venice......   28®  30
Theobromae.............45  ®  48
Vanilla...  ............... 9 00@16  00
Zlncl  Sulph...............   7®  8

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Bbl.  Gal
Whale, winter...........  70 
70
Lard,  extra............... 1  10  1  15
Lard, No.  1...............   65 
70
Linseed, pure raw....  51 
54

 

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Llndseed,  boiled  __   54 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained...............   80 
SplritsTurpentlne__  35 

15
57
85
40
bbl.  lb.
Red Venetian.............IX  203
Ochre, yellow  Mars__lx   2@4
“ 
Ber........IX  2@3
Putty,  commercial__2X  2)403
“  strictly  pure......2)4  2X03
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican ................. 
  13016
Vermilion,  English__ 
66070
70075
Green,  Peninsular...... 
Lead,  red....................  6X®7
“  w hite............... 6X@7
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gliders’........ 
®9G
White, Paris  American 
1  0 
Whiting.  Paris  Eng.
1 40
Pioneer Prepared Palntl  20®1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
Paints.....................1 00@1  20
No. 1 Turp  Coach.... 1  10®1  20
Extra Turp................ 16001  70
Coach  Body...............2 7503 00
No. 1 Turp Furn....... 1  0001  10
Butra Turk Damar__1  55® 1  60
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 

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Importers  and  Jobbers  of

CHEMICALS  AND

PATENT MEDICINES
Paints, Oils % Varnishes.

DEALERS  IN

Sole Agents for the Celebrated

Sw iss  m m   prepared  pa in ts.

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We are Sole P roprietors of

Weatherly's  Michigan  Catarrh  Remedy.

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

W H I S K I E S ,  B R J L N D I E S ,

G I N S ,  W I N E S ,  R U M S ,

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

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T H E   M IC H IG -A J S T   T R A D E S M A N

G ROCERY  PR IC E  CU RREN T.

below arePgivGn  as  representing  average  prices  for average  conditions of  purchase.  Cash  buyers or those of  strong credit  usually  buy c ^ e r  than 
those who  have poor  credit.  Subscribers  are  earnestly requested to  point  out  any  errors or omissions, as it is our  aim to make  this feature of  the 
greatest possible  use to dealers.

Barrels 200 .......................  4 50
Half barrels 100 ...............   2  40

17  lb. palls 
30  “ 

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

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

BAKING  POWDER, 

Acme.
u  lb. cans, 3 doz...............
*4 lb.  “ 
2  “  ................
1  “  .................
lib .  “ 
Bulk...................................
Arctic.
M lb cans 6 doz  case........
.........
*4 lb  “  4 doz  “ 
1  ft  “  2 doz  “ 
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5  lb  “  1 doz  “ 
.........
Fosfon.
5 oz. cans, 4 doz. in case..
Bed Star, *4 lb  cans.........
.....
........
Teller’s,  \  lb. cans, doz. 
“  .
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Our Leader, M lb cans—
54 lb  cans.....
l” lb cans. . . .
T»r. Price’s.

*4 ft  “ 
1 ft  “ 
54 lb.  “ 
1 lb.  “ 

85 
1  60 
10
55 
1  10 
2  00 
9 CO
.  80 
.2  00 40 
75 
1  40 
45 
85 
1  50 
45
1  50
per doz
Dime cans.. 95
..1 40
“ 
4-OZ
6-oz
.  2 CO
u 
3-oz
. .2 60
“ 
12 oz
. .3 90
“  
. .5 00
16-oz
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2*4-lb
“  18 25
l-lb
i-lb
22 75
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BATH  BRICK.
2 dozen In case.

 

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“ 

BLUING. 

8 00

English...............................  90
Bristol..................................  80
Domestic.............................   TO
Gross
A rctic, 4 oz  ovals................   3  09
“  8 oz 
7 00
“  pints,  round............  9 00
“  No. 2, sifting box.
4 00 
“  No. 3, 
**  No. 5,
1 oz ball  .................  4 50
3 60
8 oz.........   6 80

Mexican Liquid, 4  oz
“ 
BROOMS,
1
No. 2 Burl.................
.................
No. 1  “ 
!  00
No. 2 Carpet..............
2 50 
No. 1 
“ 
..............
2 75
Parlor Gem...............
90
Common Whisk................. 
Fancy 
...............   I V
Warehouse.........................3 2
Stove, No.  l .......................
“  10........................
“  15.....................
Klee Boot Scrub, 2  row.. •
Bice Boot  Scrub, 3 row...
Palmetto, goose...............
BUTTER  PLATES 
Oval—250 in crate.
No.  1.................................
No.  2 
.............................
No.  3  ...............................
No.  5................................
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes............   10
Star,  40 
..............  9
Paraffine  ..........................   11
Wlcking  ..........................   24

“ 
BRUSHES.

1  25 
1  50 
1  75 
85 
1  25 
1  50

CANDLES.

.  60 
.  70 
.  80 
.1  00

“ 
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“ 

CANNED  GOODS.

Flab.
Clams.

“ 

“ 

*■ 

Little Neck,  1 lb....................   1 20
“  2  lb...................... 1 90
Clam Chowder.
Standard, 3 lb..................... 2 25
Cove Oysters.
Standard,  1 lb.........
1  00 
2 lb..........
1  85
Lobsters.
.2 50 
Star.  1  lb.................
.8 50
“  2  lb...................
Picnic, 1 lb............................... 2 00
“ 
21b............................... 2 90
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
Columbia River, flat........... 1  90
tails................1 75
Alaska, Red..............................1 45
pink..............................1 25
Kinney’s,  flats......................... 1 95
Sardines.
American  %£s.................  © 5
Ks................ 6*4® 7
Imported  &s.....................10®11
*4s.....................15@16
Mustard  Ms......................  @8
21
Boneless.......................... 
Brook, 8 lb...............................2 50

Salmon.
“ 

Trout.

“ 
“ 

“ 

Fraita.
Apples.

65
3 00

Cherries.

Apricots.

3 lb. standard........... 
York State, gallons —  
Hamburgh,
Live oak..........................  
1 75 I
Santa Cruz...................... 
1 75
Lusk’s .............................  
1 75
Overland........................ 
1 75
Blackberries.
B. &  W....................... 
95
Red............................  l  10®1 20
Pitted Hamburgh  . . . .  
1  75
W hite.............................  
1 50
1 20
Erie................................  
Damsons, Egg Plums and Green 
Erie................................. 
California.......................  
Gooseberries.
Common.................... 
Pie............................  
Maxwell....................
Shepard’s ................... 
California..................  
Monitor 
................. 
Oxford........................
Pears.

125
1  25
1  65
2 20
1  65

Peaches.

Gages.

1 10
1 70

1  20
2 10

Domestic.................... 
Riverside.................... 
Pineapples.
.............1  00@1 30
Common....  
Johnson's  sliced.......  
2 50
grated.......  
2
Booth’s sliced............  @2 50
grated...........  @2  I
1  10

Quinces.
Common....................  
Raspberries.
Red............................. 
1  30
1  50
Black  Hamburg......... 
1  30
Erie,  black 
Strawberries.
Lawrence..................  
12!
Hamburgh................. 
12!
1  2!
Erie............................ 
1  10
Terrapin....................... 
Whortleberries.
Blueberries...............  
1  00
Corned  beef,  Libby’s..........2 10
Roast beef,  Armour’s ... — 2 10
Potted  ham. *4 lb...... .......   1  30
“  *4 lb.................  80
“ 
¡4 lb_____   85
95
Vegetables.

tongue. *4 lb................. 1 35
chicken, *» lb.......... 

Meats.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Beans.

“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

Peas.

Corn.

Hamburgh  stringless..........1

French style......2  25
Limas.................1  35
Lima, green..............................1 40
soaked......................  75
Lewis Boston Baked........... 1 35
Bay State  Baked..................1 35
World’s  Fair  Baked........... 1  85
Picnic Baked........................1  00
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  pols............1
fancy  sifted___ 1  90
Soaked.................................  75
Harris standard..............
VanCamp’s  marrofat..........1  10
early -June.......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...... .....................
Eclipse.................................
Hamburg.............................
Gallon..................................... 3 75

Mushrooms.
Pumpkin.
Squash.
Succotash.

Tomatoes.

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CHOCOLATE.

Baker’s.

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

Amboy__
Acme.......
Lenawee.. 
Riverside

@11*4@11*4
@11*4@11*4

11

Gold  Medal...............   @11
Skim..........................  7  @9
Brick................................  
Edam  ........................ 
1  00
Leiden 
.................... 
23
Limburger  ...............   @10
Pineapple...................  @25
Roquefort...................  @35
Sap Sago....................  @22
Schweitzer, imported.  @24
domestic  __   @14

CATSUP.

 

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Blue Label Brand.
 
Triumph Brand.

Half  pint, 25 bottles  .........  2 75
4 60
Pint 
Quart 1 doz bottles 
3 50
Half pint, per  doz...................1 35
Pint, 25 bottles.........................4 50
Quart, per  d o z ....................... 3 75
gross boxes................. 40© 45
351b  bags..................... 
Less quantity  ..............  @3*4
Pound  packages...........6£@7

CLOTHES  PINS.
COCOA  SHELLS.

  @3

COFFEE.
Green.
Rio.

Santos.

Mexican and Guatamala.

Fair......................................17
Good.................................... 18
Prime.................................. 20
Golden.................................20
Peaberry............................. 22
Fair......................................18
Good....................................20
Prime.................................. 21
Peaberry  ............................ 22
Fair......................................21
Good..................................  .22
Fancy...................................24
Prime.................................. 23
M illed.................................24
Interior............................... 25
Private Growth...................27
Mandehling........................28
Imitation............................ 25
Arabian............................... 28

Maracaibo.

Mocha.

Java.

Roasted.

To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add *4c. per lb. for roast 
lng and 15 per cent,  for shrink­
age.
M cLaughlin’s  XXXX..  23 30
Bunola  ...........................
Lion, 60 or 100 lb.  case —  

Package.

Extract.

Valley City *4 gross...........  75
Felix 
......... 1  15
Hummel’s, foil, gross........1  50
“ 
........2 50

“ 

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tin 
CHICORY.

Bulk.
Red

Jute

CLOTHES  LINES.

40 ft. 
50 f t. 
60 ft. 
70 ft.
soft.
80 ft. 
72 ft"

. per dos.  1 25
1 40
1 60
1 75
1 90
9C 
1 00

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CONDENSED  MILK..

4 doz. In case.

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

COUPON  BOOKS.

“ 
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“ 
“ 
“ 

$  1, per hundred..............  83 00
*2, 
............... 3 50
*3, 
............... 4 00
$5, 
...............   5 00
$10, 
....  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..............................81 00
...........................  2 00
50  “ 
100  “ 
 
3 00
250  “ 
 
6  25
500  “ 
 
10 00
17 50
 
1000  “ 

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

10
“

 
 
 
 

 

 

CREDIT  CHECKS.

500, any one denom’n ...... 83 00
1000,  “ 
.......5 00
2000,  “ 
.......8 00
Steel  punch.......................  75

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CRACKERS.

“ 
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Butter.

Seymour XXX................—   6
Seymour XXX, cartoon......6*4
Family  XXX......................  6
Family XXX,  cartoon........  6*4
Salted XXX.........................6
Salted XXX,  cartoon  ..........6*4
Kenosha 
..........................  7*4
Boston..................................  8
........  ...  6*4
Butter  biscuit 

Soda.

Soda, XXX.........................  6
Soda, City............................  7*4
Soda,  Duchess....................  8*4
Crystal Wafer.....................10
Long  Island Wafers  .........11
S. Oyster  XXX....................  6
City Oyster. XXX.................  6
Farina  Oyster........  ..........6

Oyster.

CREAM  TARTAR.
Strictly  pure.....................  
30
Telfer’s Absolute..............  3'
15©2T
Grocers’

DRIED  FRUITS. 

Domestic.

Apples.

“ 

“ 

Peaches.

quartered  “ 

Sundried, sliced In  bbls. 
7
7
Evaporated, 50 lb.'boxes  @11 
Apricots.
California in  bags —  
16*411
Evaporated In boxes.
Blackberries.
8  @9
In  boxes....................
Nectarines.
15
70 lb. bags....................... 
251b. boxes..................... 
15*4
Peeled, in  boxes.........
Cal. evap.  “ 
..........
“ 
In bags........
California In bags......
Pitted CherrteB.
Barrels.........................
50 lb. boxes.................
.................
25  “ 
Prunelles.
301b.  boxes..................
Raspberries.
In  barrels......................
50 lb. boxes....................
251b.  “ 
.....................
Raisins.

22
23
24
Loose Muscatels In Boxes.

Pears.

2 crown.............................   160
3 
.............................   1 80
“ 
Loose Muscatels in Bags.
2  crown......................  —   5*4
3 
“  ..................................6*4

“ 

XX  wood, white.

No. 1,6.............................   1 65
No. 2,6.............................  
ISO
No. 1,6*4..........................   1 35
No. 2, 6*4..........................  1 25
6*4 .......................   1 00
95
Mill No. 4.........................  1 00
FARINACEOUS GOOD8. 

Manilla, white.
.............................. 

Coin.

. 

Farina.
Hominy.

1001b. kegs................... 
3M
Barrels.................................300
Grits.........................................3 50
Dried............................  
4*4
Domestic, 12 lb. box.... 
56
Imported.....................10*4©-  *4

Maccaroni and Vermicelli. 

Lima  Beans.

Oatmeal.

Pearl Barley.
Kegs...........................  

••  2X

Peas.

Rolled  Oats.

Green,  bu.............................  2 00
Split  per l b ...............   2*4@3
Barrels 180.................  @4  50
Half  bbls 90..............  @2  40
German.............................   4*4
East India..........................   5
Cracked..............................

Wheat.

Sago.

FISH—Salt.

Bloaters.

Cod.

Yarmouth...............................   1 40
Pollock..........................  
3*4
Whole, Grand  Bank__  
5*4
Boneless,  bricks.............. 7@9
Boneless, strips...............  7@9

Smoked...................... 10*4@11

Halibut.

Herring.

Holland, white hoops keg
bbl  10 00
“ 

7 50
Norwegian............................  12 00
Round, *4 bbl 100 lbs........  2 85
*4  “  40  “  .........  1 45
Scaled............................... 
19

“ 

Mackerel.

No. 1,  100 lbs...........................12 CO
No. 1, 40 lbs.......................   5 05
No. 1,  10 lbs.......................  1  35
Family, 90 lbs....................   8 25
10 lb s.................   95
Russian,  kegs....................   65

“ 

Sardines.
Trout.

No. 1, *4 bbls., lOOlbs............6 75
No. 1 *4 bbl, 40  lbs..............3 00
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs.................   85
No. 1,8 lb  kits....................  70

Whlteflsh.

No. 1

Family 
......88 00 8 4 25
*4 bbls, 100lbs..
*4  “  40  “  .. ----   3 45  1 95
10 lb.  kits.........
..  .. 
5É
8 lb.  “ 
......  79  49
.........
FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

95 

Souders’.

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

GUNPOWDER.
Rifle—Dupont’s.

Choke Bore—Dupont’s.

Kegs......................................... 3 50
Half  kegs.................................2 00
Quarter  kegs  .....................1  15
lb  cans.............................   30
i lb cans............................  18
Kegs..........................................4 50
Half  kegs.................................2 50
Quarter kegs.............................1 40
' lb cans.............................   34
Kegs 
...........................  H  00
.......................   5 75
Half  kegs 
Quarter kegs............................ 3 00
60

Eagle Duck—Dupont’s.

lb  cans.............

HERBS.

Sage..
Hops.

Madras,  51b. boxes.........
S. F., 2, 3 and 5 lb. boxes..

JELLY.

“
LICORICE.

65@
90®

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 70
No. 2 home  ...................—  1  10
Expert  parlor...........................4 00

MINCE  MEAT.

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

MEASURES.
Tin, per dozen.

1  gallon  ..  ......................81  75
Half  gallon.....................   1  40
70
Q uart............................... 
P int..................................  
45
Half  p in t......   ..............  
40
Wooden, for vinegar, per doz.
1 gallon............................  7 00
Half gallon......................  4 75
Q nart...............................  3 75
Pint..................................   2 25

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

 

MOLASSES.
Blackstrap.
Cuba Baking.
 
Porto Rico.

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

New Orleans.

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

16

20
30

18
22
27
32
40

PICKLES.
Medium.

“Tradesman.’

8  1, per hundred...............   2 00
2 50
8  2, 
.............
“  
“  
“ 
IS,  " 
------
3 00
.........
“ 
8 5,  “ 
3 00
“ 
........
*10,  “ 
4  00
5 01
820, 
............
“  
“  
“Superior.”
8  1. per hundred.........
8  2,  “

Foreign.
Currants.

“ 

“ 
“ 

Peel.
“ 
25 
25  “ 
“ 
Raisins.

Patras,  lu barrels............  
4
In *4-bbls..................   4*4
in less quantity —  
4*4
Citron, Leghorn, 25 lb. boxes  20 
“  “  Y
Lemon 
Orange 
i
Ondura, 29 lb. boxes..  @ 8
“ 
Sultana, 20 
..  8*4© 9
Valencia, 30  “ 
@7
Prunes.
California,  100-120...............10*4
90x10025 lb.  bxs. 11*4
..12*4
80x90 
“ 
70x80 
13*4
“ 
60x70 
.14
“ 
8
Turkey......................... 
Silver ...  ....................  14@15
Sultana.................................9*4
French,  60-70...................... 13
70-80..........*.......... 12
80-90............ .........11
90-10.....................10
ENVELOPES.
XX rag. white.

Nt-. 1,6*4.........................  Si  75
No. 2, 6*4..........................  160

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Regular
Grade
Lemon.

doz
2 oz  __8  7!
4 oz......... 1 50

Regular
Vanilla.

doz
2 oz  — 81 2o
4 oz.........2 40
XX Grade 
Lemon.
2 oz....... 81 50
4 oz.......  3 00
XX Grade 
Vanilla.
2 oz........81 7!
4 oz.......  3 50

Jennings’ D  C.
Lemon. Vanilla
120
2 oz folding box...  75 
4 oz 
...1  40 
2 00
6 oz 
.. .2 00 
3 00
3 oz taper............1  35 
2 00
2 50
4 oz taper............1 50 

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Barrels, 1,200 count...  @5 75
Half bbls, GOO  count..  @3 38

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

6  75
3  88

Small.

PIPES.

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

 

1 75

POTASH.

48 cans In case.

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

RICE.
Domestic.
Carolina head................... ...5
No. 1..................... 4*4
No. 2...................  4
Broken...............................   3

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Imported.
Japan, No. 1..........................5*4
No. 2..................... 5*4
Java....................................  5
Patna..................................   8

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

Thompson & Chute Brands.

Silver................................ 3  80
Mono................................ 3  35
Savon Improved  ..............2  50
Sunflower.........................3  05
Golden  ............................. 3  25
Economical  ............ .........2  25
Scouring.
Sapolio, kitchen, 3  doz...  2 50
hand, 3 doz..........2  50

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SUGAR.

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 townwhere 
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..........................$5  23
Powdered.......................   5  23
Granulated...................... 5  61
Extra Fine Granulated—   5  73
Cubes................................5  98
XXXX  Powdered...........   6  42
Confec. Standard  A....5 54
No. 1  Columbia A............   5 48
No. 5 Empire  A ............... 5 26
No.  6................................... 523
No.  7.................................. 5  05
No.  8..................................4 98
No.  9..................................4  92
No.  10................................4 86
No.  11................................ 4 80
No.  12...............................  4 13
No.  13.................................4  42
No 14................................   4 30

SYRUPS.

Corn.

Smoking.

Catlin’s  Brands.

Kiln  dried.......................  17
Golden  Shower................... 19
Huntress  ................. 
26
Meerschaum...................   ..29
American Eagle Co.’s Brands.
Myrtle Navy....................... 40
Stork  ............................30@32
German...............................15
Frog....................................33
Java, He foil.......................32
Banner Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
Banner.................................16
Banner Cavendish..............38
Gold Cut  ............................ 28

Scotten’s Brands.

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

Brands.

Leidersdorf’s Brands.

Rob  Roy..............................26
Uncle  Sam.....................2S@32
Red Clover...........................32

Spaulding & Merrick.

Tom and Jerry.....................25
Traveler  Cavendish........... 38
Buck Horn...........................30
Plow  Boy......................3Q@32
Corn  Cake...........................16

OILS.

Pure Cane.

Barrels................................2t
Half bblB.............................23
F air.....................................   19
Good...................................   2$
Choice  ................................   30
Ginger Snaps........
Sugar Creams......
Frosted Creams... 
Graham Crackers. 
Oatmeal Crackers.

SWEET  GOODS.

8 8 

9
8* 
8*

The  Standard Oil  Co.  quotes 
follows,  in barrels,  f. o.  b. 
Grand Rapids:
8J£
Eocene......................... 
Water White, old test.  @ 754
7
.  W.  Headlight, 150° 
Water  White  Mich.. 
@ OJi
Naptha..........................   @ 654
Stove Gasoline...........  @ 75s
C ylinder................... 27  @36
Engine  .....................13  @21
Black, 15 cold  test —  

@ 856

“ 

shoulders........... © 934

@  7
Sausage, blood or head 
@  7
liv e r............
Frankfort  — @  9
Mutton  .......................8 0   9
Veal............................. 7 @  8

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FISH  and  OYSTERS.

F.  J.  Dettenthaler  quotes as

follows :
F11ESH  PISH.
Whiteflsh 
................. @  9
T ro u t.........................8 @ 9
Halibut....................... @15
Ciscoes or Herring— @  5
Bluefish...................... @10
Fresh lobster, per lb — 20
10
Cod.............................
@ 9
No. 1 Pickerel............
Pike............................ @ 8
Smoked  W hite......... @10
12
Red  Snappers..............
20
Columbia River  Salmon
25
Mackerel......................
oysters—Cans.
F&irhttven  counts — @40
F. J. D.  Selects......... @33
Selects....................... @28

SHELL GOODS.

Oysters, per  100  ........1  50@1  75
.........1 00@1  ^5
Clams, 

“ 

B U LK .
Counts, per gal..  ..
2  ¿01  75
Extra  Selects........
Scallops.................
2  (0 
1  25
Shrimps  ...............
PA PER & WOODENWARE 
Straw 
................................. 134
Rockford.............................2
Rag sugar  ............................254
Hardware..............................234
Bakers.................................234
Dry  Goods.................. 5  @6
Jute Manilla.
@654
Red  Express  No. 1. 
554
No. 2
454

P A P E R .

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15  “ 
...................... 1  60
17  “ 
....................   2 25
 
2 75
19  “ 
21  “ 
...................3 00
Baskets, market.................   35
shipping  bushel..  1  25 
..  1  35
full  noop  “ 
25
“  No.2 7 60
“  No.3 8 TO
“  No.l  3 50
“  No.2 4 25
“ 
.No.3 5 00
Pails..................................  3  15
Tubs,  No.  1............................ 13 50
Tubs, No. 2............................. 12 00
Tubs, No. 3............................. 10 50

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IN D U R A TED   W ARE.

“ 

48 Cotton.
...17
Cotton, No. 1.................
“  2................. ....15
Sea  Island, assorted — ...  30
...15
No. 5 Hemp..................
No. 6
W OODENW ARE.
Tubs, NO. 1....................
“  No. 2....................
“  No. 3....................
Palls, No. 1, two-hoop..
“  No. 1,  three-hoop 
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes.
Bowls, 11 inch...............
..............

..  7 00 
..  6  00 
..  5 00 
1  35 
..  1  60 
40 
SO

Local dealers pay as  follows:

POULTRY.
D R ESSED .
Fowl.........................,.12  @14
Turkeys 
...................16  @18
Ducks  ........................16  ©IS
Chicken......................13  @15
Live broilers 13ilbs. to 2 lbs.
Live broilers less than  1-154 
Chickens,.................... It  @12
Fowls..........................11
@12
.10
@14
Turkeys
@13
*  90 i.Duck..........................11

each, per  doz......... 5 50@6 00
lbs.  each, per doz..  3 50@ 450

13  “ 

L IV E ,

“ 

Plain Creams.............................................80@90
Decorated Creams........................................1  00
String Rock.....................................................65
Burnt Almonds............................................1 00
Wlntergreen  Berries.......................................69
CARAM ELS.
No. 1, wrapped, 2 lb.  boxes.........................  34
 
No. 1, 
51
No.2, 
 
38
.........................
No. 3, 
Stand up, 5 lb. boxes...................................
Small....................................................... 1  50@1 75
Medium..................................................2 00@2 50
Large  .....................................................
California Riverside Seedlings............. 3 25@3 E0

BANANA8.

O RA NGES.

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“ 
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3 
2 
3 

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LEMONS.

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

•  N U TS.

o t h e r   f o r e i g n   f r u i t s .

“ 
“ 
“  50-lb.  “ 

Messina, choice, 360.
fancy,  360.
choice  300.
fancy 300  .

Figs, fancy  layers, 61b................
“  10»...............
“  20»...............
Dates, Fard, 10-lb.  box...............
...............

@4 00 
@5 00
4  00
5  50
.........  @1254
.........   @1254
.........   @14
.........  @15
.........  @754
.........  @ 654
Persian. 50-lb.  box........... .........  454©  554

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
Almonds, Tarragona.............................  @19
Ivaca.....................................  @18
California.............................  @1854
Brazils, new...........................................  @ 9
Filberts............   ..................................   @1154
Walnuts, Grenoble................................   @1354

Mar hot..................................   @
Calif.......................................11  @13
Table Nuts,  fancy................................   @1354
choice.............................   @12
Pecans, Texas, H.  P.,  ..........................12  @14
Cocoanuts, full sacks...........................   @4 25
Fancy. H.  P., Suns................................  @  8  _
“ Roasted....................  @854
Fancy, H.  P., Flags...............................  @ 8
“ Roasted....................   @ 954
Choice, H. P.,  Extras............................  @654
“  Roasted.................  @8

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“ 
CROCKERY  AND  GLASSWARE. 

“ 
“ 
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P E A N U T S.

“ 77

“ 
“ 

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PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co. 

quotes as follows:

PO R K   IN   B A R R ELS.

 

 

Mess........................................  
£1  56
Short c u t.....................................................   91  50
Extra clear pig, short cut............................. 23 oo
Extra clear, heavy.......................................  _
Clear, fat back................................................  so
Boston clear, short cut................................  rj j*J
Clear back, snort cut..................................... 92 50
Standard clear, short cut. best................. 
uu

s a u s a g e —Fresh and Smoked.

LARD.

Pork Sausage...................................................
Ham Sausage...................................................  ;
Tongue Sausage..............................................   *
Frankfort Sausage  ........................................  “5%
Blood Sausage.................................................   7
Bologna, straight............................................  ®
Bologna,  thick............... ................................  “
Head Cheese.....................................................7
Kettle  Rendered............................................
Granger........................................................ “
Family...................................................  ...... g*
Compound......................................................
50 lb. Tins, 54C advance.
201b. pails, 54c 
10 lb. 
“  3£c 
51b. 
“  34c 
31b.  **  1  c 
Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs..................... 8 50
Extra Mess, Chicago packing.......................  8 50
Boneless, rump butts...................................   15 ou

BEEP  IN  BARRELS.

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“
“

s m o k e d   m e a t s —Canvassed or Plain.

Hams, average 20 lbs.......................... 

J4J4
12 to 14 lbs.............................. 1434
................................................>134

picnic.
best boneless......................................

Shoulders...................................... 
Breakfast Bacon, boneless..............................]354
Dried beef, ham prices................................... i“»
Long Clears, heavy.........................................
Briskets,  medium..........................................

light...........................................   -  u

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

ST IC K   CA N D T.
Cases

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

.. 
854
..  854
MIXED CANDY.

Bbls. Pails.
754
654
754
654
754
654
854

r I

V   ^
'  I '  1

r r

\>h

H4 ft  #>

* 

i  *

1  i

\
‘4
<k 

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4

c l .

► 

t  * 

L w

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Root  Beer  Extract.
“ 

Williams’, 1 doz.................  1  75
3 doz..............5 00
Hires’, 1  doz......................  1  75
“  3 doz........................  S 00

SPICKS.

Whole Sifted.

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
'• 
“  
“ 
Pure Ground in Bulk.

Allspice...............................10
Cassia, China in mats........  7
Batavia in bund.... 15
Saigon in rolls........ 32
Cloves, Amboyna..............22
Zanzibar..................12
Mace  Batavia..................... SO
Nutmegs, fancy.................. 75
No. 1.................. 70
No.  2.................. 60
Pepper, Singapore, black.... 10
..  white___ 20
shot.......................16
Allspice.............................. 15
Cassia,  Batavia.................. 18
“ 
and  Saigon.25
“  Saigon...................35
Cloves,  Amboyna................22
Zanzibar...............18
Ginger, African...................16
"  Cochin..................20
Jam aica................ 22
“ 
Mace  Batavia......................7o
Mustard,  Eng. and Trieste..22
“  Trieste...................25
Nutmegs, No. 2 .................. 75
Pepper, Singapore, black — 16
white...... 24
™  
“  Cayenne.................20
Sage.................................... 20
•‘Absolute” In Packages.

“ 

SAT,  SODA.

1®
90
4 54
554
10
6
80

Allspice.......................*84 liS
Cinnamon....................  84 1  55
Cloves..........................  84 155
Ginger,  Jamaica.........  84 1 55
“  African............  84 1  55
Mustard.......................  84 1  55
Pepper........................  84 155
Sage.............................  84
Kegs..........................?.......  Itt
Granulated, boxes..............   154
SEEDS.
Anise............................   @12)4
Canary, Smyrna.........
Caraway....................  
Cardamon, Malabar... 
Hemp,  Russian.........  
Mixed  Bird 
..........  
Mustard,  white.........  
Poppy.........................
Rape.......................... 
Cuttle  bone...............  
STARCH.
Corn.
20-lb  boxes..................
40-lb 
..................
Gloss.
1-lb packages...............
3-lb 
...............
6-lb 
................
40 and 50 lb. boxes......
Barrels.........................
Scotch, In  bladders............87
Maccaboy, In jars............... 35
French Rappee, In Jars......43
Boxes................................... 5**
Kegs, English.......................4M
SALT.
100 3-lb. sacks....................*2 25
....................  2 00
60 5-lb.  “ 
1  85
2810-lb. sacks...................
2 25 
2014-lb.  “ 
....................
1  50
24 3-lb  cases......................
32
56 lb. dairy In linen  bags.
18
28 lb.  “ 
drill  “  16

....  6
....  534
....  554
....  5V4
....  6
....  4)4 
....  554

SNUFF.

SODA,

“ 
“ 

“ 

Warsaw.

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

Ashton.

“ 

Higgins.

56 )h. dairy in linen  sacks. 

Solar Rock.

56 1l.  sacks.......................   27

Common Fine.

Zi
18
75

75

Saginaw  . 
Manistee

8ALERATU8.

Packed 60 lbs. in box.

Church’s ...........................   5J4
DeLand’s ............................  gj*
Dwight’s ............................... 5H
Taylor’s ...........-•••.............  “

SOAP.
Laundry.

** 

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.

Old Country,  80  1-lb...........3 44
Good Cheer, 601 lb.............. 3 90
White Borax, 100  34 lb........ 3 95
Proctor & Gamble.
Concord...............................3 45
Ivory, 10  oz....................
64 00 
6  oz......................
3 90 
Lenox.............................
3 60 
Mottled  German............
3 25
Town Talk......................
Dingman Brands.
Single box............ -..........   3 95
5 box lotB, delivered........... 3 85
10 box lots, delivered......... 3  7a
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  90
Cotton Oil............................ 6 90
Marseilles..........................   3  95
Matter  .................................4 35

HIDES.

HIDES  PELTS  and  FUR 
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol­

lows:
Green............................254@354
@ 4 
Part Cured.
@ 45« @ 5
Full 
Dry............................... 5
Kips, green  ..................3
Calfskins,  green........  4
cured..........7
Deacon skins.............. 10

“  cured.................

o 8

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

@ 6 
@30

** 

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No. 2 hides 54 off.
PELTS.

Shearlings...................10
Lambs 
...................... 15

WOOL.

Washed........................19 @19
Unwashed.................... 8 @16

MISCELLANEOUS.

Tallow.......................... 3 @45«
Grease  butter  .............1  @9
Switches....................  154@ 9
Ginseng......................2 00@2 75

GRAINS and FEEDSTUFF«

No. 1 White (58 lb. test) 
No. 2 Red (60 lb. test)

MEAL.

Bolted...............................  1  40
Granulated.    ...................  1  65

40 gr. 
50 gr

VINEGAR.

81 for barrel.

©8@9

WET  MUSTARD.
Bulk, per g a l................... 
30
Beer mug, 2 doz In case...  1  75 
Magic,..................................1  00
Warner’s  ............................ J
Yeast Foam  ........................1  00
Diamond.............................   76
Royal.......................... —  ■  90

YEAST.

TEAS.

j a p a n —Regular.

SUN CURED.

BASKET  PIRBD.

F air...............................   @17
Good..........................   @20
Choice.........................24  @26
Choicest......................32  @34
D ust...........................10  @12
F air............................  @17
Good..........................   @20
Choice.........................24  @26
Choicest..................... 32  @34
Dust........... 
.............10  @12
F air........................... 18  @20
Choice.........................  @25
Choicest....................   @35
Extra choice, wire leaf  @40
C om m on  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  @ ^
Best..........................40  @50

ENGLISH BREAKPAST.

TOUNG HYSON.

GUNPOWDER.

IMPERIAL.

OOLONG. 

TOBACCOS.

Ftne Cut.

Palls unless otherwise noted
Bazoo.........................  @30
Can Can......................  @27
Nellie  Bly..................27  @24
Uncle ben..................21  @22
Hiawatha  .................  
60
34
Sweet  Cuba................ 
27
McGinty....................  
54 bbls.........  
25
Dandy Jim ................. 
29
Torpedo..................... 
f*
23
in  drums  ... 
Yum Yum  ................ 
28
1895

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drums

Plug.

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

Finzer’s Brands.

41

PLOUB.

Straight, in sacks.............   3 60
" barrels............  3 85
Patent  “  sacks..............  4 60
barrels...........  4 80
sacks...........  1  70
Graham
1  90
Rye

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MILLSTUFFS. Less

Bran...............815 00
Screenings —   14 00
Middlings......17 00
Mixed Feed...  19 50 
Coarse meal  ..  19 00

Car lots  quantity
815 00 
14 00 
17 00 
19 50 
19 00

Car  lots...............................50
Less than  car  lots..............52

Car  lots  .............................38
Less than car lots...............40

BAT.
No. 1 Timothy, car lots.... 13  «0 
N o.l 
ton lots  ......14  00

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FRESH  MEATS.

“ 

Beef, carcass..............  654@ 8
“  hindquarters...  S54@  9
fore 
“ 
554@ 6
loins,  No.  3... 10  @11
“ 
ribs....................  8  @ 9
“ 
rounds...............  7  @ 754
'• 
Bologna......................  @6
Pork loins.................  @1134

Palls.

754

“  _ 

“ 
fan cy—In b u lk

Bbls.
Standard........................................®
Leader........................................... 6
Royal.............................................654
Nobby............................................7
English  Rock...............................«
Conserves.........................  
g
  --••7 
Broken Taffy....................baskets
»
Peanut Squares.................  
8 
French Creams.............................  
J”
Valley  Creams.............................  
‘g
Midget, 30 lb. baskets.....................................  g
Modern, 30 lb. 
.......................................  8
Pails.
Lozenges, plain.............................................  J®
Printed.........................................   “
Chocolate Drops............................................
Chocolate Monumentals...............................  18
Gam Drops.....................................................  g
Moss Drops 
Sour Drops 
Imperials..
Per Box
Lemon Drops................................................... «
Sour Drops...................................................... ”
Peppermint Drops............................................gr
Chocolate Drops...............................................¡3
H. M. Chocolate  Drops............................. •• "gg
Licorice Drops.............................................. 1  gg
A. B. Licorice Drops.......................................gg
Lozenges, plain................................................ gr
printed............................................go
Imperials..........................................................Sg
Cream Bar...............................................  
“2
Molasses Bar............................................. „¿¿¿jS
Hand Made  Creams.................................. B5@»o

f a n c y—In 5 lb. boxes. 

“ 

F R U IT   JA R S .

Pints................................   .........................*
âuarts. 
alff Gallons................................................
Caps..............................................................
Rubbers.......................................................
No. 0 Sun..........................................................   45
No. 1  “  ................................................  ......
NO.2  “  ...........................................................  75
Tubular.............................--•••--■.................

LA M P  B U R N E R S.

LA M P  CHIM N EY S.  P e r  bO X .

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“ 

“ 
“ 

Pearl top. 

La Bastle. 

.  ,  . ,  -
“ 

“  ......................................
. 

6 doz. In box.
1  80 
No. 0 Sun.........
.1  90 
No. 1  “  .........
.2 90
No.2  “  .........
First quality.
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top.......................................f  95
“ 
No  1 
No! 2 
“ 
XXX Flint. 
Q  „
No. 0 Sun, crimp top.......................................*60
“ 
“ 
No. 1 
No.2  “ 
“
.3 70 
No  1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled.
4 70 
“ 
No.2  “ 
.4  88
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
„
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz.........................1 -5
No! 1 crimp, per doz...................................... 1  ®
“ 
No.2 
........................................1  60
............................  23
No. 0, per  gross. 
..................................   28
No. 1, 
No  2, 
................................................
No.3, 
................................................   75
Mammoth, per doz.........................................  7S
STONEWARE—A K R O N .
Butter Crocks,  1 to 6 gal..............................  06
54 gal. per  doz......................  60
Jugs, 54 gal., per doz...................................  ™
1 to 4 gal., per gal.................................  w
Milk Pans, 54 gal-, per do*....................  •••  “g
.........................  72

1  “ 
STONEW ARE— BLACK  GLAZED.

2  “ 
“ 

LA M P W ICK S.

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Butter Crocks, 1  and 2 gal..........................  07
Milk Pans, 54 gal.........................................   65

2 40
8 40

1 ou

18

THE  MICHIGAN  THADESMJLISÎ

TIGHT  MONEY.

In the slang  of  Wall Street,  the finan­
cial condition of the country is described 
by saying that  “money  is tight.”  There 
is plenty  of  it to  be had,  indeed, on call 
and  on  readily  marketable  collaterals, 
but when it  is wanted  for any  length ef 
time  and  upon  securities  that  cannot 
easily be sold,  the  case is quite different. 
Borrowers  are  no  longer  welcomed  by 
lenders  as they were  a little  while ago. 
When they apply for fresh loans,  or even 
for an  extension  of  those  they  already 
have,  they meet with cool receptions and 
frequently with  a decided repulse.  The 
consequence  is,  as we  see,  that  many of 
them,  not  being  able  to  continue  the 
game  they  were  playing,  have  to throw 
up  the  cards  and  acknowledge  them­
selves to be insolvent.

When,  as people say,  “money is tight,” 
it is not the  money,  but the owners of it 
who  are thus  described.  Lenders  have 
for the moment  lost faith  in  the  ability 
of  their  would-be  debtors  to  pay their 
debts,  and  look  with  distrust  and  sus­
picion  upon  applications  which  pre­
viously they would have favorably enter­
tained.  The  change in  their feelings is 
part aud  parcel of  the  collapse  in  the 
stock  market  which  has  brought  ruin 
upon so  many  adventurous  speculators. 
Just  as  the  public  has  passed  from  a 
state of  mind  in  which  it was  ready to 
pay  without hesitation the highest prices 
for  fancy  stocks,  regardless of  their in­
trinsic value,  to one in which  it will not 
buy them  at  any  price  whatever,  so  it 
has  passed  from  a  readiness  to  lend to 
anybody and  everybody, on  any  kind  of 
security  offered,  to  one  in  which it will 
scarcely lend  at all.

individual 

Since the beginning of February,  when 
speculation  in  stocks  was  at  its height 
and confidence  in everything  and every­
body was  unbounded,  the banks  of  New 
York City  have lost in  deposits $58,750,- 
900,  but in  coin  and  paper  money  only 
$8,901,800.  During  the  same 
interval 
they  have reduced  their loans to borrow­
ers $49,008,600,  or  $40,106,800 more than 
they have  lost in cash.  This  curtailing 
of loans by New York  banks, large  as  it 
is,  is  but  a  part  of  a  larger  total  to 
which  borrowers  all  over  the  country 
have had  to  submit.  Both financial  in­
stitutions  and 
in 
other  places as  well  as  in  New  York, 
have restricted  their  loans,  and the con­
sequence has become  visible in the many 
failures which  have been  reported,  both 
of  corporations  and of  private  persons. 
These  failures are  attributed  to  “tight 
money,”  but  the  real  cause  is  a  with­
drawal  of  credit.  The  concerns  which 
have become  bankrupt  were  large  bor­
rowers, and  had  invested  their borrow­
ings  in assets  which  were  either value­
less,  or  at  least  unmarketable.  They 
were in  the same  situation  as  were the 
stock  speculators  who  came  to  grief at 
the beginning of  this  month.  They had 
bought what they could  not pay for,  and 
suffered accordingly.

lenders, 

If  Congress  were  in  session  the pre­
vailing  difficulty  of  borrowing  money 
would almost certainly  lead to the intro­
duction of  measures  for  relieving it  by 
increasing  the  supply  of  currency,  and 
there  would  be  plenty  of  eloquent 
speeches made in their behalf.  But that 
the financial  stringency is not due to any 
lack of  circulating medium is proved  by 
the fact that during the last four months 
$15,000,000 of  additional  Treasury notes 
have been issued for purchases of silver,

under the  Sherman  act,  and  have gone 
into  active  circulation,  while  the  gold 
that  has  been  exported  to  Europe  has 
been  drawn  mainly  from  the  vaults of 
the  Treasury,  and  not  from  people’s 
pockets  nor  from  the  banks.  On  the 
other hand,  that the  stringency proceeds 
from  the  timidity  of  money  lenders  is 
demonstrated  by  the  reduction  of  the 
volume of  bank  loans,  as  well  as  those 
of individuals.

Although  the  facts  and  figures show­
largely  the  business  of  the 
ing  how 
country  is carried  on  not  by the  use of 
actual  coin  and  notes,  but  by the  ex­
change of  credits,  have  been  repeatedly 
published,  the  lesson  they teach has not 
yet been fully learned  by people even in 
the  great  financial  centers.  New  York 
City  banks  reported  on  Saturday  that 
they owed  their depositors  $436,724,700, 
while  the  actual  money  they  possessed 
was only $134,621,100.  At the same time 
they  reported  that  their  outstanding 
loans were $415,901,600.  Hence,  if  they 
were called  upon to  pay  all their  depos­
its at once they would  be able to do it in 
money only to the extent of $134,621,100, 
and for  the remainder  they would  have 
to  call  in  their  loans.  Practically,  the 
liquidation  would  be  completed  by the 
offsetting of  deposits  against loans,  and 
then the  banks would  still  be  found to 
possess all the money they bold now,  ex­
cept the  small  amount paid  out  for bal 
ances.

These  figures,  however,  are  far  from 
fully exhibiting  the total of the business 
transacted by the  interchange of  credits 
through the agency of  banks.  The pay 
ments made by  bank checks in New York 
City  alone  amount,  on  an  average,  to 
$120,000,000 a day,  and in the rest  of the 
country to  $80,000,000  a  day,  making a 
daily  total of  $200,000,000.  Add to this 
the credits given to one  another by  mer 
chants  and  others,  and  of  which  only 
the  balances are  paid even by checks, it 
will be seen  that the  quantity of  money 
which,  to  use the  favorite  expression of 
advocates of monetary inflation,  is  “nec­
essary  for  the  wants of  trade,”  is  com 
paratively  trifling. 
In  fact,  it  may be 
said,  without  exaggeration,  that not cur 
rency but credit is the  life blood of com 
merce.  The  misfortune is  that the  use 
of  it  easily degenerates into abuse,  and 
there  is  in  this  country  too  much and 
not too little.

Indeed,  paroxysms  of  tight  money 
such  as  that  which  is  now  producing 
disaster to  so  many  from  whom  credit 
has suddenly been  withdrawn,  are  nec 
essary  to  restrain within bounds the ex 
pansion  of  enterprise  which  the  usual 
facility of obtaining credit tends to slim 
ulate unduly.  There  is a height beyond 
which  a  building,  even when it is con 
structed of the most solid materials,  can 
not  be  carried  without danger of crum 
bling under its own  weight,  and the fab 
ric  of  credit  likewise  has limits which 
it  is  not  prudent  to  pass. 
If human 
wisdom and prudence were perfect,  bus 
iness would always be  kept  within  the 
safety 
it  was done with 
ready money or  upon  credit.  But  sue 
cess  produces  overconfidence;  a  specu 
lation which  ends  fortunately  encour­
ages the undertaking of  another;  profits 
on paper  are  made  the  basis  for  new 
schemes to win more profits,  and  so the 
bubble is blown bigger  and  bigger  until 
it  bursts.  Since  a  catastrophe  that 
less  mischief 
sure to come at last  does 
when it comes early than when  its  com

line,  whether 

ing is deferred until the  area of  its  dev­
astation  has  been  more  enlarged,  so, 
if the  individuals  and  the  institutions 
which are now failing  for  millions  had 
been  forced  to  fail  by  their creditors 
months or years ago,  their  debts  would 
have been less and the resulting  loss  to 
heir  creditors  less  also.  Had  the  Ar­
gentine speculations  of  the Barings  suf­
fered a reverse at the outset,  when  only 
few millions of British capital  were  in­
volved,  the enormous  sums subsequently 
sunk 
in  them  would  have been saved; 
and the same thing  may  be  said  of  the 
investments of British depositors in Aus­
tralian banks.

One of  the  great  merits  of  currency 
based  upon  metal  and 
limited  to  an 
amount which is at all times readily con­
vertible into metal  on  demand, 
is  the 
check  which  it  puts upon an  undue ex­
pansion of credit. 
It  does  not,  indeed, 
entirely  prevent  such an expansion,  but 
does not permit it to  go  so  far  as  an 
unlimited and  inconvertible  paper  cur­
rency  does,  and 
it  brings  on  a crisis 
sooner.  With  a  currency  continually 
expanding  in  volume  and  depreciating 
in value,  prices continually advance,  and 
thus lenders are  encouraged  to  extend 
their loans  and  speculators  to  enlarge 
their operations, whereas the increase  of 
the  precious  metals in the  world  being 
limited to  the  slow  additions,  resulting 
from  human  labor,  a  currency  based 
upon them  is  comparatively  fixed,  and 
when prices rise above their proper  level 
it provokes  a  disposition  to  sell,  which 
brings them down  again.

the 

A fallacious  idea  has  obtained  alto 
gether  too  much  favor  in this country 
that a currency should be  “elastic,” that 
is,  that  it  should  increase  in  volume 
when there is a special demand for it, as, 
for  example,  when 
crops  are 
harvested  and  sent  to  market.  Those 
who  hold  this  opinion  forget that cur­
rency is the common measure of  values, 
and  that  a  measure  which expands  on 
special  occasions  is  as little useful as a 
yardstick  would  be that should be longer 
or shorter according  to the weather,  or a 
pound  that  weighed  sixteen  ounces  at 
one  time and  fifteen,  seventeen,  or some 
other number of ounces at another.  The 
evil of a rigid,  inelastic currency  is  said 
to be that under it when  a great  number 
of sellers  of agricultural products are in 
the  market  at  once  their  competition 
puts prices  down,  whereas  if  the  cur 
rency were  “elastic,” enough of it would 
be created  to  meet  the  exigency,  and 
prices  would  be kept up. 
It is not con 
sidered  that  whenever  what  serves  as 
money is once  brought into  existence  it 
stays in  existence,  and  that a volume  of 
it sufficient  to  keep  prices  high  when 
sellers  are  numerous  will put them still 
higher when  the number of sellers is  re 
duced.  The 
thus  established 
would  be  maintained  till  the next bar 
vest came  round,  and  then  a  fresh ad 
dition of currency would be necessary to 
prevent them from  falling.  As  for  the 
tightness  of  money  annually produced 
here at  the  East  by  the  withdrawal  of 
currency to  move the crops  at the  West 
and  the  Southwest,  that is an inconven 
ience against which  any  prudent  busi 
ness man can  always protect  himself  by 
timely  precautions,  and there is no need 
of debasing the currency for the sake  of 
saving him the trouble.

level 

Ma tt h ew   Ma r sh a ll.

Use Tradesman or Superior Coupons.

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This  Roofing is  guaranteed  to  stand  in  all 
places where Tin and Iron has failed;  is super­
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The best Roofing for covering over Shingles 
on old roofs of houses, barns, sheds, etc.;  will 
not rot  or  pull  loose, and  when  painted  with 
our
FIRE PROOF  ROOF  PAINT,
Will last longer than  shingles.  Write the un­
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Roofing  and  for  samples  of  Building  Papers, 
etc.
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JO B B E R S   OF

Boots  and  Shoes,

Felt Boots and Alaska Socks.

State Agents for

188 ft  160 Fulton St.. Grand  Rapids.

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Kent Gonntf Savings BanK,

GRAND  RAPIDS  ,MICH.

J ho.  A.  C o v o d b ,  Pres.

H ehky  I dema, Vice-Pres.

J.  A.  S.  V e r d i e r ,  Cashier.

K. V a n  Ilor, Ass’t C’s’r. 

Transacts a General Banking  Business. 

Interest.  Allowed  on  Tim e  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  m illion  Dollars.

MICHIGAN

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Organised  1881.

DETROIT,  MICHIGAN

GINSENG  ROOT.

We pay the highest price for it  Address

PECK BROS., W holesale  D ruggist* 

GRAND  RAPIDS.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

REPRESENTATIVE  RETAILERS.

Fred  O.  Beard,  the  Retired  Morley 

Grocer.

Probably no  more striking example of 
success,  won by dint of  pluck and perse­
verance in  the grocery  business,  can be 
found  in  Michigan  than  that presented 
by  Fred  C.  Beard,  the  retired  grocer of 
Morley.

Mr.  Beard  first  saw  the  light of  day 
Aug.  21,  1851,  in  the  town of  Flushing, 
Cornwall county,  in old England.  At the 
tender age of  12 years he was seized with 
a desire to go out into the world and pre­
pare  himself  for  the  business of 
life. 
This desire  was  so  strong  in  the boy’s 
mind  that  the  combined  exertions  of 
both parents and  friends did not  prevail 
against it, and the future grocer of Morley 
was  bound out  to a shoemaker  for a pe­
riod of  seven  years.  He  soon 
learned 
that he had  mistaken  his calling; but he 
could not get out of it without deserting, 
and  desertion  meant  imprisonment. 
It 
was imprisonment to remain,  but he pre­
ferred  the  honorable  kind,  and  so  he 
served  out  his  full  time.  During  the 
first  year  of  his  apprenticeship  he  re­
ceived  12 cents  per  week; 25  cents per 
week  during  the  next  two  and  a half 
years; 75 cents per  week for the two and 
a half  years  following,  and 81  per week 
for  the 
last  year.  He  was  kept shod 
during  the  term,  but  he  had  to  board 
himself or  live  at home.  After  regain­
ing  his  liberty—or  acquiring  his  trade, 
rather—he  worked  for  his  old  master 
about three months at the princely salary 
of $2.50 per week,  without board.

Some time previous  to this,  Rev.  J.  M. 
Johns,  with whom Fred was  acquainted, 
had come to America and located at Mor­
ley; and it was through this  gentleman’s 
correspondence that the 19-year-old shoe 
maker was  induced  to  leave  his  native 
land.  When  he  arrived  at  Morley  his 
clerical  friend  advised  him  to  teach 
school.  He secured  a  certificate  and  a 
school  some  distance  from  Morley  was 
engaged  for  him.  Mr.  Beard will give 
you his  experience  as  a school  teacher 
in his own  words:

1  fell  into  a  troubled  sleep,  and  was 
dreaming  of  the  far  away  home  I  had 
left,  when something tugging at  my feet 
awakened me.  Rising up  I  saw several 
animals about me  as  large  as  medium­
sized dogs. 
I  seized  my carpet bag and 
suddenly took my departure.  After wan­
dering the balance of the  night in  a con­
dition of frenzy bordering  on  insanity, I 
found myself,  at  the  dawn  of  day,  in 
front of the old Dutchman’s house.  This 
was all  the experience as a school teacher 
I wanted,  and I returned  to  Morley and 
went to work in  J.  Cummer &  Son’s saw 
mill  at 89 per week.”

In  the fall Mr.  Beard  left  the  mill and 
secured a clerkship in  the  general  store 
Wm.  Judd,  at  Altona.  He  was  in­
stalled at once as a member of Mr. Judd’s 
family,  and,  during his three years’ serv­
ice,  he became  thoroughly Americanized. 
His next  engagement was  with  the  gro­
cery  firm of Peters & Anderson,  of  Mor­
ley.  Three  years  of  faithful  service 
were  given  this  firm,  after which  Mr. 
Beard opened a grocery store of his own.
In a little over  six  years  from  the time 
the boy of 19 landed in a strange country 
he had succeeded  in  accumulating  #600 
by  steady  industry  and  frugal  habits, 
Beard  knew the value  of  every dol 
lar  of  this  small  capital,  and he deter 
mined that it should  help in  the accumu 
lation of more.  He invested it in  a stock 
of groceries.  Some of his friends said it 
was  a  mistake;  that  he  would  lose his 
dollars,  which  had  cost  him  so  many 
hard days’  work;  that he was  young and 
inexperienced,  and  that  nineteen out  of 
every twenty men who  put  their money 
into the  grocery business  never succeed 
in pulling it out  again.  But  Mr.  Beard 
was made of  the same  kind of  stuff that 
uccessf ul business men are made of.  He 
put  8900  into  the  grocery  business  in 
1879,  and in eleven short years he pulled 
out of that same business  825,000 in cold 
cash,  which 
in 
Grand Rapids real estate.

is  now  well 

invested 

key to his character,  it  is only necessary 
state  that  from  the  time  he entered 
that sawmill as  a boy,  up to the present 
time,  a portion of his earnings has passed 
over the  broad Atlantic,  as  regularly as 
the  months have  rolled  by,  to the  dear 
old mother  to whom  he is  devotedly at­
tached.  When  asked  how  he  acquired 
his  education,  having been  bound out to 
trade at  the age of  12,  Mr.  Beard said: 
‘By  gettidg  out of  bed  at  4 o’clock in 
the  morning  and  remaining out of  bed 
until after midnight.”

They  Had  Wooden  Money.

Few people know  that  wooden  money 
was ever in  use,  but it was, and was cur­
rent  in  England  as  late  as  1694.  Ex­
chequer  tallies  was  the  name  given to 
notched  sticks,  which  were  used  for 
keeping  the counts  of  the  English  ex­
chequer.  They  were  square  rods  of 
hazel  or  willow, inscribed  on  one  side 
with  notches  indicating  the  sum  for 
which the tally  was an acknowledgment, 
and on two other sides with the same sum 
in Roman  characters.  When  the trans­
action was completed the tally recording 
it was  split lengthwise, so that each sec­
tion contained a  half  of  each  notch and 
one of the written sides.  One half,  called 
the tally or  check,  was given to the per­
son  for  whose  service  it  was  intended 
the other  half, called  the  counter  tally, 
was retained  in  the  exchequer  until  its 
corresponding tally should  be brought in 
by the  person  who had  last given  value 
for  it. 
It  thus  became a  current token 
representing  cash.  After  the establish 
ment  of  the  Bank  of  England,  govern 
ment  payments  were  made  through  its 
agency.  The  use  of  tallies  in  the  ex' 
chequer  was  abolished  by  statute  23 
George III.  The old tallies were,  by the 
acts  4 and  5,  William  IV, ordered to  be 
destroyed,  and it was burning  them that 
caused  the  conflagration  by  which  the 
old  houses  of  parliament  were  domol 
ished.
/WifiHiGAN C en tr a l

The Niagara Falls Route.

(Taking effect Sunday, May 28,1893.) 

„  

Depart

Arrive. 
10 20 p m ...........Detroit  Express........... 6 55p
10 00 a m ..............Day Express..........  .l i ®P
6 00 a m ......»Atlantic ana  Pacific.......10 45 p
1 00 p m ........New York Express.........  5 40 p
♦Daily.  All others daily, except Sunday.
Sleeping cars run on Atlantic  and  Pacific  ex 
press trains to and from Detroit.
Parlor  cars  leave  for  Detroit at  6:5aam;  re 
turning,  leave  Detroit  5 pm, arriving  at Grand 
Rapids 10:20 pm. 
...
Direct  communication  made  at  Detroit  with 
all through  trains east  over the  Michigan Cen 
tral Railroad (Canada Southern Division.)
A. A l m q u i s t , Ticket Agent,

.  _   ._.. 

Union Passenger Station.

19

Grand Rapids St Indiana.
8ehedule  In  effect  May  28,1893.

TRAINS  GOING  N ORTH.

Arrive from  Leave going 

South. 
For Traverse City  and Saginaw  8:45 a m  
For Traverse City A Mackinaw  9.00 a m 
For Cadillac and Saginaw .........  2:20 p m  
F o r  P eto sk ey  A  M ac k in a w ........  8:10 p m  
From Chicago and  Kalamazoo.  8:36 p m 
daily.  Others trains daily except Sunday.

TRAINS  GOING  SOUTH.

Train arriving  from   south a t  8:45 a m   and  9:00 am  

North.
7:20 a m
1 -.10 p m
4:15 P m
10:30  p  m

North.
0:30 a m
for  Cincinnati.............................
for Kalamazoo and  C hicago...
11:60 a  m
for F ort W ayne and the  E ast.. 
6:15 p m
For  Cincinnati.............................
for Kalamazoo A  Chicago....... 10:40 p m
from  Saginaw............................... 11:50 a m
10:40 p m
from  Saginaw...............................
m and  11:20 p m. runs
Trains leaving south a t 8:00 p

South.
7:00  a m
10:05  a m
2:00  p m
8:00  p m
11.20  p m

sleeping  a  parlor  car  service. 

NORTH 7:20 am  train  h a s   Parlor  Car  to  Travers« 
C ity .
1:1 0   p  m   tra in   has  parlor  car  Grand 
Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw.
1 0 :3 0   p m   tr a in .—Sleeping  car  Grand 
Rapids  to  Petoskey and Mackinaw.
SO U TH —7 :0 0  a m  tr a in .—Parlor chair oar Grand 
Rapids to Cincinnati.
10:0 5   a m   tr a in .—Wagner  Parlor  Car 
Grand Rapids to  Chicago.
6 :0 0   p m   tra in .—Wagner Sleeping Car 
Grand Rapids to Cincinnati. 
l l ; 2 0 p m  tr a in .—Wagner Sleeping Car 
Grand Rapids to Chicago.

Chicago via G. R. de I. R. R.

10:05 a m 
4:10pm  

Lv Grand  Rapids 
A rrChicago 

2:00 p m  11  20 p m
0:10pm  
0:50am
10:05 a m tra in  through W agner P arlor Car.
11:20 p m tra in  dally, through W agner  Sleeping Car. 
v  Chicago 
Arr Grand Rapids 
3:10  p  m  through  W agner  P arlor  Car. 
tra in  daily, through W agner Sleeping Car.

3:10 p m   10:10 p m
8:25 p m   6:15  a m

7:05 am  
2:20 pm 

10:10 p  m 

For Muskegon—Leave. 

Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana.
10:00am
6:55 am 
11:25 a m  
1:10 p m
5:30 p m 
0:05 p m

From Muskegon—Arrive

Sunday train   leaves  for  Muskegon  a t  0:05 a   m, a r ­
riving a t 10:20  a   m.  Returning,  tra in   leaves  Muske 
gon a t 1:30 p m, arriving a t Grand  Rapids a t  6:15 p m.
Tnrough tickets and full  information  can  be 
had by calling upon A. Almquist, ticket agent at 
Union  Station,  Telephone  606,  Grand  Rapids,
Mich. 

__

General Passenger and Ticket Agent.

O. L. LOCKWOOD,

CHICAGO

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

GOING  TO  CHICAGO.

RETURNING  FROM  CHICAGO.

Lv.GR’D RAPIDS....... 8:50am  1:25pm *11:35pm
Ar.CHICAGO..............3:55pm  6:45pm  *7:06am
Lv. CHICAGO............. 9:00am  5:25pm *11:15pm
Ar.  GR’D RAPIDS......3:55pm  10:45pm  *7:05am
TO  AND  FROM  BENTON  HABBOR,  AND  ST  JOSEPH
Lv. G  R _____   8:50am  1:25pm 
........ *11:35pm
Ar.  G R.......... *6:10am 3 55pm 
.........  10:45pm
Lv. G. R ...........8:50am  1:25pm  5:35pm  8:45pm
Ar.  G.  R.................... 10:45am  3:55pm  5:25pm
Lv  G  R.......................................7:30am  5:35pm
Ar.’  Manistee  ............................ 12:15pm  10:29pm
Ar.  Traverse  City.....................12:35pm  10:59pm
Ar.  Charlevoix....................................... 2:55pm  ...
Ar. Petoskey  .............................   3:30pm
from
Ar.  from  Petoskey,  etc.,  10:00  p  m. 
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 5:25pm.
pm;  leave  Chicago *11:15  pm.

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

Other trains week days only.

De t r o i t ,  g r a n d   h a v e n   &  Mi l ­

w a u k e e   R ailw ay.

Depot corner Leonard  St. and Plainfield Av 3.

EASTWARD.

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Trains Leave  itNo.  14 tNo.  16 tNo.  18 •No.  82
1100  ID
G’d  Rapids,  Lv
12 42  m 
Ionia...........Ar
2 00am 
St.  Johns  ...Ar
3 15am
Owoss j ........Ar
6 40am
E. Saginaw..Ar
7 15am 
Bay City......Ar
5 40am 
F lin t...........Ar
7 30am 
Pt.  Huron...Ar
5 37am 
Pontiac....... Ar
7 00am
Detroit.........Ar

b 325pm
4 27pm
5 20pm 
3 05pm 
8 00pm 
8 37pm
7 05pm
8 50pm
8 25pm
9 25pm

6 45am
7 40am
8 25am
9 00am
10 50am
11 32am
10 05am 
1205pm
U
10 53am
J
11 50ami
M
W ESTW A RD .

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

•No. 81 tNo. 11 tNo. 13. tNo. 15
10 20pm
7 Ottam
11 20pm 
8 25am
6 30am

1 00pm
2  10pm

4 45pm 
6 00pm 
6 20am 
1  6 00am

•Daily.  tDaily except Sunday 

Trains arrive from the east, 6:35 a.m., 12:60 p.m., 
4:45 p. m. and 10:00 a. m.
Trains  arrive from  the  west, 6:40 a. m.,  10:10 
a. m , 3:16 p.m. and 9:45 p.m.
Eastward-No. 14  has  Wagner  Parlor  Buffet 
car  No. 18 Parlor Car.  No. Si Wagner  Sleeper.
Westward—No.  81  Wagner  Sleeper.  No.  11 
Parlor Car.  No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffet car.
J a b. C a m p b e l l , City Ticket Agent.

23 Monroe Street-

“I was  young,  and  everything seemed 
wild and strange to me.  The school was 
supposed to be located  somewhere in the 
wilds of  Michigan,  about  twenty  miles 
from Morley. 
I  shall  never  forget  the 
morning I  started  out  in  search of  that 
school. 
I  was armed with my certificate 
a stout heart,  a big  ambition,  and an old 
English carpet  bag  wherein  was stowed 
ail  my  worldly  possessions.  All  day 
long I tramped  through the woods,  pass 
ing occasional  patches  where the forest 
had been  mutilated  bv man,  and  just as 
the shades of  evening  began to  gather 
I came to a  clearing,  Thinking  I  must 
be  near  my  destination,  I  called  at 
Imagine  my 
shanty  to  make 
surprise  when  my  ears  were  greeted 
with the  following response: 
‘Oh, mine 
cracious!  It vos  shust feefteen miles mit 
dot school  house.’  I  wilted.  The good 
old Dutchman  saw the  pitiable  plight 
was in,  and he  tried to  console  me.  He 
insisted  on  my  staying  all  night  with 
him,  but  between  sharing  that  Dutch 
man’s  hospitality  and  bearding 
the 
American 
in  his  native  jungles 
there  could  be  but  one  choice,  and 
resolved  to  return  to  Morley  or  die 
the  blackness 
in 
of 
along, 
falling  over  obstructions  and  dodging 
ferocious wild  beasts,  until,  utterly ex­
hausted,  I sank down upon  the  ground.

the  attempt. 
the  night 

1  scrambled 

inquiry. 

lion 

In 

When  asked  to  explain  the secret of 
his remarkable  success, Mr.  Beard  said 
When  I  started  my  business  I  was 
strongly  impressed that if it  was to be 
success,  Fred  Beard  would have to work 
and  economize. 
I  always  had  a mania 
for hard  work,  and  I  attribute  my sue 
cess to that as much as to  any other  one 
thing. 
I never  put off  until  to-morrow 
what I  could  do to-day,  and  1  never de 
pended  upon  another  to do  what it was 
possible  for me  to  do  myself. 
I  never 
made an  engagement  or incurred  an ob­
ligation that  I could not,  or I might say 
did  not,  meet  or  fulfill—that  is,  so far 
as  human  control of  ordinary events  is 
concerned.  Of  course,  there  are times 
when  sickness,  death,  or  extraordinary 
circumstances  will  thwart  the  best laid 
plans.  1 will  say,  however,  that during 
the entire eleven years I was in business,
I never  allowed a  bill to  pass  maturity 
unpaid. 
I wish to  say,  also,  that I  at­
tribute my  success,  in no  small measure, 
to T h e  Mic h ig a n  T radesm an,  Grocers’ 
Criterion,  and  other trade  journals, as a 
medium  through which I was enabled  to 
keep  thoroughly  posted  in  prices.  By 
this  means  1 was enabled  to  anticipate 
prices  and  buy  right; and  I  wish  you 
would  emphasize  the  fact  that I credit 
these  trade  journals  quite  largely  as 
being contributory to my success in busi­
ness.”

Upon  retiring  from  business,  Mr. 
Beard  came to  Grand  Rapids,  where he 
has since  invested  in real  estate.  As a

^ nORTH  MICHIGAN 

RAILWAY.

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. K’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 at..............  1:10 p. m. and 10:30 p. m.

VIA D „  G.  H.  A  M.  K'Y.

Return connections equally as good.

D ETR O IT,

W.  H.  B e n n e t t, General Pass. Agent, 
Toledo. Ohio.
JAN.  22,  1893
LAN8ING  &  NORTHERN  R.  R.
GOING  TO DETROIT.

tv  G  R .......................7:t0am *l: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:Kpm 10:30pm

TO AND FROM  SAGINAW,  ALMA AND  ST.  LOUIS.

Lv. GR 7:20am 4:15pm  Ar. G R.ll:50am 10:40pm
L v . Grand Rapids...........7:10am  1:25pm 5:40pm
Ar. from Lowell..............12:55pm  5:25pm..........

TO  LOWELL VIA LOWELL A  HASTINGS B.  B.

THROUGH  CAR SERVICE.

Parlor  Cars on all trains between  Grand Rap 
ids and Detroit.  Parlor cars to Saginaw on morn
ln*Everv"day.  Other trains  week days only.

GEO. DeHAVBN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t.

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THE  MICHIGAN  TKADE8MAN.

was not received in time for the meeting, 
showed total receipts in the general fund 
of $1,169.74,  and disbursements  of  $381, 
leaving  a  balance  on  hand  of  $788.74. 
The death fund  shows  total  receipts of 
$2,967,  and  disbursements  of  $2,500, 
leaving a balance on hand of  $467.

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20

MICHIGAN  KNIGHTS  OF  THE  GRIP.

o f f i c e r s :

President—N.  B. Jones, Lansing. 
Secretary—L. M. Mills, Grand Rapids. 
Treasurer—Geo. A. Reynolds, Saginaw.
REMOVED  FOR  CAUSE.

S ecreta ry   M cC auley  D e p o sed  

from  

Office b y  th e  B oard o f D irectors.

such 

condition 

to  obtain  a  correct 

of 
further  duty 

The quarterly meeting of the  Board of 
Directors of the Michigan  Knights of the 
Grip  was  held  at  the  Morton  House  last 
Saturday,  all the members  being  present 
except Geo.  E.  Bardeen,  of  Kalamazoo. 
President .Jones and Secretary  McCauley 
were also present  as  ex  officio  members 
of the Board.
Secretary  McCauley  presented  his  us­
ual  report,  which  was referred to the ¡Au­
diting Committe.  Messrs.  Northrup  and 
Walden,  who composed  that  Committee, 
reported that  the previous  report  of  the 
Secretary  was  a  mass  of  confusion  and 
contradiction,  from  which it  was  impos­
sible 
idea  of 
the  association. 
thr 
Both  gentlemen  asked  to  be  relieved 
from 
in 
con­
nection,  but  the  Board  prevailed  upon 
Mr.  Waldron to remain,  substituting Mr. 
De Forrest  in  the place of Mr.  Northrup, 
whose  duties  at  the  State  Prison  pre­
clude his  giving  the  matter  further  at­
tention.
Mr.  Gonzalez  called  attention  to  the 
unsatisfactory condition  of  the  reports 
of the  Secretary  generally,  stating  that 
for eighteen  months the Board  had  been 
utterly  unable  to  obtain  any  accurate 
information as to the status of the organ­
ization.  He  charged him  with  incom­
petency,  falsehood aud deceit, and called 
upan  him to resign.
The Secretary declined to comply  with 
this request.
Mr.  Northrup thereupon offered  a  res­
olution that it was the seuse of the Board 
that the Secretary  resign.  The  resolu­
tion was unanimously  adopted,  but  the 
Secretary still declined to step down  and 
out.
Mr.  Northrup then offered a resolution 
that the office  of  Secretary  be  declared 
vacant. 
This  resolution  was  unani­
mously adopted,  and  Mr.  Waldron  was 
elected Secretary pro tern.
On motion  of Mr. Gonzalez, L.  M. Mills 
was  unanimously  elected  Secretary  to 
fill  the  vacancy  for the unexpired term, 
and  was authorized to employ an  expert 
bookkeeper,  if  necessary,  to  straighten 
out the books.
A  ballot was then  taken  on  the  next 
place of meeting,  resulting in  four  votes 
for Saginaw and two for  Grand  Rapids. 
On  motion of Mr. Gonzalez,  the selection 
of Saginaw was made  unanimous.
President Jones and Mr.  Bardeen  were 
authorized to secure headquarters for the 
Michigan  Knights  of  the  Grip  at  the 
World’s  Fair  on  the  occasion  of  the 
gathering in July.
A complaint was received from  a mem­
ber relative to alleged  brutal  treatment 
received at the hands  of  the  proprieter 
of  the  Hastings  House,  at  Hastings.
this 
complaint  with  a recital of  his own ex­
perience  at 
other 
members  present  asserted  that  there 
was  just  cause  for  complaint  over  the 
irascible  temperament  of  the  landlord. 
The matter  was  referred  to  the  Hotel 
Committee  and  President  Jones,  with 
power to act.
A resolution  was adopted  recommend­
ing the expulsion  of  any  member  who 
travels around with a  woman  who is not 
his  wife 
special 
hotel  privileges therefor.
President Jones was  instructed to pre­
pare a circular letter to the  members  of 
the Association,  signed  by all  the  mem­
bers  of  the  Board,  setting  forth  the 
change  in  the position of Secretary and 
assuring the members that the Secretary’s 
duties  would  be  properly  discharged 
from  now on.
The  report  of  the  Treasurer,  which

President  Jones  supplemented 

that  hotei,  and 

and  obtains 

the 

Card  from Secretary Mills.

To the Members of Mich. K. of G.:

in 

the 

once  more, 

assistance  and 

Grand  Rapids,  June  5—The  unex­
pected  honor  conferred  upon  me  by 
your Board of Directors by  the  appoint­
ment to the office of Secretary is  another 
proof of the confidence reposed in me  by 
my  brother  commercial  travelers,  and 
though my present duties lead me a very 
busy life,  1 cannot ignore the call to this 
important office,  so long  as  the  success 
and growth of  our  organization  lies  so 
near my heart; and 1  take up the arduous 
duties 
the  hope 
that  with 
for­
bearance of each  officer  and  member,  1 
may soon bring order  out  of  confusion, 
and place the Association on  a  substan­
tial foundation.  1 can  be  greatly  aided 
in this by the active  personal  efforts  of 
each member,  and 1  will  be  pleased  to 
receive any  suggestions  or  information 
pertaining to  the welfare  of  the organi- 
tion.  You  will  be  kept  advised  of all 
matters of  interest  through the columns 
of the trade press.
In  view of reported losses of  currency 
sent former  Secretary  by  mail,  I  earn­
estly request  all members to  remit dues 
or  membership fees by  express  or post- 
office order,  draft or registered  letter.
L.  M.  Mills, Sec’y.

Very sincerely yours,

The  Wool  Market.

The past week has  been  a  very  quiet 
feeling  of  depression  is 
one,  and  the 
increasing.  Prices  are 1  @ 4  cents  be­
low the quotations of a year ago, and the 
tendency is  still downward.  Sales have 
been much smaller than  for the previous 
week, except on foreign,  and, as a whole, 
the  market  has  been  decidedly  unsatis­
factory.  There  is  a  decided  feeling  of 
demoralization,  and  the market is almost 
entirely at  the  mercy  of  the  manufac­
turers.

PRODUCE  MARKET.

Apples—So nearly out of market  as  to  be un­

quotable.

Asparagus—25035c per doz.
Beans—Handlers pay 81.75  for country-picked 
and hold at 82.  City hand-picked are quoted  at 
101025c above these figures.

Butter—Dealers now  pay  12‘4@14c  for choice 
dairy, holding  at  14016c.  Creamery  is  in  fair 
demand at 19c.

Cabbage—Cairo  stock  commands 82 per  crate, 

while Louisiana is in fair demand at 84.25.

Carrots—25c per doz.
Cucumbers—60c per doz.
Eggs—About  steady,  dealers paying 12‘ic and 

holding at 14c.

Green Beans—81.50 per bu.  Wax $1.50 per  bn.
Green Onions—10c per doz. bnnches.
Green Peas—$1.40 per bu.
Honey—White  clover  commands  15c  per  lb. 

dark buckwheat brings 12% C .

Lettuce—C@8c  per  lb.,  according  to  quality.
New Potatoes—Louisiana stock  is  coming  in 
freely, being  held at  $3.75  per  3  bu.  bbl.  The 
market will  probably  be  downward  from  this 
time on.
Onions—Mississippi  stock commands $1.50 per 
bu., while Bermuda stock  is  in  limited demand 
at $2.25.

Pieplant—lc per lb.
Pineapples—$1.5002  per  doz.,  according  to 

size and quality.

per 24 qt. case.

Plums—Tennessee  Wild  Goose  command  82 

Potatoes—The  anticipated  slump  in  the mar­
ket  has  occurred,  in  consequence of  which 
dealers have reduced their  paying prices to 70© 
75c,  and  their  selling  price  to  80c.  No one is 
taking stock  except  for  immediate  necessities, 
as it is only a question  of  a  few days when old 
stock will be unmarketable.

Radishes—15c per doz. bunches.
Spinach—Summer. 30c per bu.
Squash—4c per lb.
Strawberries—The market is not well supplied, 
and  the  price  is  high,  the  source  of  supply 
having shifted from  Southern  Illinois to South 
ern  Indiana  and  Ohio  The  present  price  is 
84.50 per crate of 32 qts., but the price  will prob 
ably drop 50c or 75c before the end of  the week.
Tomatoes—83 per 6 basket crate.
Turnips—Mississippi  stock,  25c  per  dozen 

bunches.

18  and  19
Widdicomb  Building.

We are  now  ready  to  make 
contracts for the season of 1893.

Correspondence
Solicited.

Silently in  rhythmic circles.
Free from thought,  without  a care,
Swing our socks,  our shirts and napkins, 
Snowy white in  the balmy air.
Now no fear of broken clothes line, 
Heedless they of mud or fire.
For in the bright and hot sunshine,
They are hung upon a Hill’s Clothes Dryer.

We do not pretend that the above  jargon is particularly good  poetry,  but  we  do 
pretend aud  are very willing to  testify  to  it  that the Hill’s Champion Dryers em­
brace in  them everything desirable in a dryer.  No yard  too  small for a Champion, 
and in the event of not having any yard at all, you can put them on your back porch.

Self Fastening,  Durable  and  Economical.

And it is  with a little hesitancy we again  refer to  these  almost  indispensable arti­
cles,  but—Actuated  by  Philanthropic  rather  than  mercenary  motives—we  again 
call your attention to them and their desirability.

Don’t  Pack  Your  Clothes  in  Trunks,

They will get creased and wrinkled,  like as not full of dust and dirt, and again like 
as not full of moths,  and in the fall  when you  look for  your nice winter  cloak,  ten 
to one it will look more like distress than  anything else.  We  have  them  in three 
sizes,  so we can suit you,  no matter how large or small your wardrobe is.

mfR&TEVEN$

F.  J.  DB TTBNTHA.LER,

WHOLESALE  OYSTERS,  FI8H  and  GAME,

LIVE  AND  DRESSED  POULTRY.

Consignments solicited.  Chicago and Detroit market prices guaranteed.

117  Monroe  St., Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Gracier  M s . 

Class  Covers  for  Biscuits.

Spring &  Company,

IM P O R T E R S  A N D   W H O L E S A L E   D E A L E R S   IN

R ib b o n s , 

D re ss   G o o d s,  S h a w ls ,  C lo a k s, 
N o tio n s , 
H o s ie ry , 
G lo v e s,  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 e stic   C o tto n s.

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

assorted  stock at lowest  market  prices.

Spring &  Company.
B A N A N A S : -

L a rg e  B u n c h e s,

Y e llo w   P lu m p   F ruit,
P
u t n a m   C a n d y   C o
P E R K I N S   8c  H E S S
Hides, Furs, W ool & Tallow,

D E A L E R S  IN

NOS.  1 * 8   and  18 4   LO UIS  ST R E E T . G R A N D   R A P ID S .  M IC H IG A N .

WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE.

I ll & uu„
Dry  Goods, Carpets and Cloaks

W H O L E S A L E

W e  Make a Specialty of  Blankets, Quilts and  Live 

G-eese  Feathers.

’T ’HESE  chests  will 

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

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

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

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

CINNAMON  BAR. 

ORANGE  BAR.

CREAM  CRISP. 

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

the best selling cakes we ever made.

THE  NEW  YORK  BISCUIT  CO.,

S. A. Sears, Mgr. 

GRAND  RAPIDS.

THE  W.  BINGHAM  00.,  Cleveland,  0.,

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

OVERALLS  OF  OUR  OWN  MANUFACTURE.

in mum i cl 48’ c°-js fsss.“•

S E E   Q U O T A T IO N S .

M u s k e g o n   B r a n c h

U n i t e d   S t a t e s   B a k i n g   C o .,

M u s k e g o n ,  M ich .

p ig in a to r s  o f  th e   C eleb ra ted   C ak e,  “ M U S K E G O N   B R A N C H .

Write for samples of New and Original Crackers and  Cakes, before 
purchasing for your Spring trade.

ail orders a specialty. 

H A R R Y   F O X ,  ¡M an ag er.

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.

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

Just  Deceived  from  Alfred 

Meakiu,  Tunstall, 

England,

Over 100  Crates  of the  fol­
lowing  assortments  of  this 
Celebrated  White  Granite:

ORIGINAL  CRATE.

Alfred  Mealies’  White  Granite.

No.  13120.  Daisy  Shape.

4 doz.  Plates, 5 in

6 in ..
7 in ..
8 in ..
7 in.  deep

Fruits

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3  only, Dishes,  8 in
9 in 
10 in
11  in
12 in
14  in
Bakers,  6 in 
7 in
8 in
9 in
Scollops, 5 in 
6 in
7 in
8 in
9 in
Covd Dish, 7 
8
9 in
Sauce  Boats.
P ick les........
Sauce Tureen 
Tea Pots, 24. 
Sugars, 2 4 ... 
Sugars, 30... 
Creamers, 24 
4
Bowls, 24s  .. 
6
Bowls, 30s  .. 
12
Bowls,  36s  .. 
6
Covd  Butters
4
12 sets Teas,  hid...
12  “  Teas,  unhid 
2 
“  Coffees, hid.
Coffees,  unhid  . 
4 prs.  Ewers and Basin
1 only Soap...................
6 only Covd Cham bers. 
1  only  B rush  Yase 
6 only m ugs  . . .
6 only Jugs, 6s.

12s...
“  24s...
“  30s...
“  36s...

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Crate and  cartage

O R IG IN A L   C R A T E .

AIM  Mealies’  White  Granite.
No. 15119.  Henshall Shape.

2 doz.  Ewers and Basins, 9s.
2  “  covered  Chambers, 9s 
1  “  open Chambers,  9s.
IK doz.  No.  36 ju g s..,
IK doz.  No.  30 ju g s..
1 doz.  No. 24 jugs------
1 doz.  No.  12 jugs.......
K doz.  No.  6 jugs___
18 sets bdl St.  Denis teas.
18  “  hdl Daisy teas  ..
18  “  unhid teas........
K doz. covered soaps..
K  “  brush  vases..., 
l 
“  No.  36  Mugs...
“  No.  30 Bowls ..
1 
“  No.  36 Bowls  ..
1 
1 
“  No. 24 Bowls ..
Crate and  cartage.

O R IG IN A L   CRATE.

Alirei  Mealies’  White  Granite.
No.  161219.  Henshall Shape.
9 doz.  Plates, 5 in........

6 in.

9s

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Fruit Saucers,  4  in.
Bowls  24s...............
30s................
36s................
15 set hdld teas, Daisy....  
15  “ 
St.  Denis
30 set unbdla teas,  “
6 Scollops,  square.  5 in 
6 in
12 
12 
8 in
12 
6 
9 in
3 Jugs  12s . ..
6 Jugs  30s...
6 Jugs  36s...
6 Ewers and Basins 9s.
6 covered Chambers 9s.
6 uncovered Chambers 9s. 
Crate and  cartage

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O R IG IN A L   CRATE.

Alfred  Mealies’  White  Granite.
No.  1563.  Henshall Shape.

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10 doz. Plates, flat,  5 in..
“  6 in ..
5 
“  7 in..
30 
5 
“  8 in..
3 
deep, 7  in
12  “  Fruit saucers, 4 in 
24 sets hdld Minton teas.
S t  Denis teas
24 
18 sets unhdl St.  Denis teas 
Crate and  cartage........

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67  60

O R IG IN A L   CRATE.

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8 in

Alfred  Mealies’  White  Granite.
No.  141910.  Henshall Shape.
6 doz.  Plates,  6 in 
20  “  
2  “ 
6 Bakers, 7 in 
6 
8 in
6 Bowls,24s..
30s..
12  “ 
12  “ 
36s..
12 open Chambers,  9s....
6 covered Chambers, 9 s..
12 Scollops,  6 in................
12 
7 in .............
12 
8 in................
6 doz.  Fruit  saucers, 4 in 
4 doz.  Butters,  indiv  —
15 set hdl St.  Denis  teas.
15 set hdl Daisy teas . . . .
21  set unhdld St. Denis teas 
24 Oyster  Bowls, 30s 
6 prs Ewers and  Basins, 9s
6 Dishes, B  in ..............
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6 
10 in.............
6 
11  in.............
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Crate and  cartage

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O R IG IN A L   CRATE.

Alfred  Mealins'  White  Granite.
No.  15168.  Henshall Shape.

5 doz.  Plates, 5 in..
6  in..
2  “ 
7  in ..
12  “ 
8  in ..
soup, 7 in 
Fruit Saucers,  4 
indiv.  Butters..

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5 in.
6 in.
7 in.
8 in.
9 in.

2 Dishes, 8 in ...
9 in ...
3 
10  in..
6 
6 
11  in..
12  in..
3 
3 
14  in..
12 Scollops,  3 in.
6 
12 
12 
12 
6 
2 covered  Dishes,  7  in.
2 covered Dishes,  8  in .
2 Sauce Boats —
3  Pickles............
2 Casseroles,  7 in 
2 Casseroles,  8 in 
2 covered  Butters,
2 Teapots 24s.
4 Sugars  24s
3 Jugs  6s ___
6 Jugs  12s..
3 Jugs  24s.
6 Jugs  30s..
6 Jugs  36s.
6 Bowls 24s.
18 Bowls 30s 
12 Bowls 36s.
6 Ewers and Basins 9s.
6 covered chambers 9 s..
12 uncovered  chambers 9s..
10K set hdld St. Denis teas.
10K  set hdld Minton  teas..
21 set unbdld  St.  Denis  teas

Crate and cartage

60  30

HOW  18  YOUR  STOCK  OF  BIRD  CÄ6E8 ?

69  87

66  26

We have specially arranged these assorted packages of cages to give our customers a good variety and  small quantities of  the  best sellers.  Try a package  and we 

HAVE  YOU  SEEN  OUR  NEW  ASSORTMENTS?
1 packages of cag<

know they will please you.

A . — A S S O R T M E N T .

This assortment coutains 12 Cages,  as follows:  2 Round Painted Cages;  3 Square 

Brass Cages,  and 7 of the latest pattern Square Painted Cages.
1 each No.  195 Square,  at................  SO  5111 each No.  171 Square,  at................  SO  45
53
1 each No.  5000  Brass, a t...............  
39
1 each No. 061 Square,  at................ 
1 each No.  5004  Brass,  at................ 
58
1 each No. 066 Square,  at................ 
37
1 each No. 5008 Brass,  at................ 
--------
Net total.....................................  6  52
1 each No.  1  Round,  at...................  

78  1 each No.  167 Square, at................. 
52  1 each No.  190 Square, at................. 
60  1 each No. 163 Square, 
at. 
52 ] 1 each  No.  2  Round,  at...................  
96 
811 

This assortment contains 12 cages of  the latest  pattern of  Square Painted Cages

as follows:
1 each No.  02 Square,  at.......... ___$0  36
1 each No.  170 Square,  a t....... ----- 
1 each No.  78 Square,  at..........
1  each No.  168 Square, a t........ ----- 
1 each No.  193 Square,  at........ ___ 
1 each No.  068 Square,  at........ ___ 
1 each No.  185 Square,  at........ ----  

1 each No.  172 Square, at....... . . . .   $0  40
75
75
61
63
-6  85

39 1 each  No.  104 bquare,  a t....... ___ 
69 1 each No.  105 Square,  at........ ___ 
58 1 each No.  194 Square,  at........
56 1 each No.  134 Square,  a t....... . . . .  
61
Net total.............................. ___ 
40

