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and only a chance  anywhere,  and I took 
that.  One  window  of my  room opened 
out on a back roof, and  from that it was 
only  a  short  distance  to  the  ground. 
Once out of the  house I  had one chance 
in a million  of  escape. 
In  a  minute  1 
was  out  of  the  window,  over  the  shed 
and  on  the  ground. 
I  had  on only my 
pajamas,  and  the  sharp  stones  cut  my 
feet cruelly,  but I  did  not  think of that. 
It was life,  and  life  is very sweet to us, 
even though some fair Isabella may  have 
slipped a drop of bitter into it.

Over the rocks and stones 1 flew,  going 
I knew not where,  thinking  of  nothing 
but  escape.

What brought  me to  my  senses some­
what was my rushing into the water, and 
at  first  I  thought of  swimming out and 
trying to reach  the  mainland,  but I was 
only a poor swimmer and 1 knew I should 
be  drowned  or  caught  and  knocked  on 
the head in the water  by the burglars as 
a hunter  might  knock  a muskrat in the 
head,  and  the  horror  of  it  drove  me 
back.  Then 1 thought  of my  own boat, 
but before  I started  that way,  I remem­
bered that my friends  had moved it over 
to  the  mainland  to  return  at  daylight 
with  the  sailboat,  leaving  me  only  my 
rockets  to  signal  the  shore  in  case  of 
need,  and  what were signals now?  Only 
a means  whereby  the  murderers  might 
discover me.

One thinks rapidly at such moments,  I 
fancy,  and  all this  took place  in much 
less time than  it  requires to tell  it;  but 
there was time  enough  for the  burglars 
to learn I was not in the room,  and with 
their quick eyes see the window through 
which  I  had  escaped,  and 1 heard some 
of them coming  along  the  course I had 
taken,  and  one  going down towards my 
boat landing to cut me off there.
Then  aimlessly  again  and 

utterly 
dazed, I began to  circle thè little island, 
running  on  the beach.  They could not 
see me and my  bare  feet  made no noise 
in  the  sand  and I rushed madly ahead, 
when all at once I  went down  with a ter­
rible crash over something on  the beach. 
They were near  enough  to hear my  fall 
and one of them shouted:

“Here he is.  Bill; we’ve got him; d-----
him for giving us so  much trouble,  we’ll 
fix  him now.”
I thought about as the burglar did, but 
as  I  tried  to  get  up I found I was in a 
boat drawn half  way  up on the sand.

I almost shouted with joy  when I made 
this  discovery. 
It  was  their  boat  and 
once  in  it  and on the water I was safe! 
By this time I could  hear their footsteps 
along the shore, which  was  quite  rocky 
and rough  here,  except  the  little bit of 
beach where the boat lay,  and they could 
not make such headway  as 1 did as they 
did not know the way through  the rocks.
But they were coming fast enough and 
cursing  at  every  step,  and  with  the 
energy  of  despair,  1  caught the boat in 
my arms and with  a  wild  strain  I  tried 
to  shove  it  into  the water.  Again  and 
again  I  tugged;  the blood almost burst­
ing through my ears by the exertion and 
the skin tearing from my hands and bare 
I arms.

So near I thought to safety and still the 
danger increasing  every second,  then as 
I heard an oath,  more  wicked  than  the 
others,  as one of the burglars  fell over a 
stone,  I  felt the boat  move,  and a  little 
wave rolled in and  lifted it, so that  with 
one more push it slid off into deep water.
I jumped in, caught  the  oars and as the 
burglars dashed down  through the dark­
ness to where they  heard  the  noise,  the 
boat  shot  out  into  the water and I was 
safe.
They  might  have  shot  me  from  the 
shore,  but they  had  either left  their re­
volvers  in  the  house  or  had none,  the 
revolver  being  too  noisy  a  weapon  for 
burglars as a rule.
□ Whatever the cause they  did  not  fire, 
and  1  did  not  wait  for it,  at least that 
close.  A hundred feet  out,  I  began  to 
be myself once more  and I stopped  row­
ing.
“Why don’t you come  on?”  I shouted 

back,  half hysterically.

“Hold on,” they  yelled,  and  I  could 
hear  them  running  up  and  down  the 
shore iu the darkness.

“Oh,  you’re  all  right,”  I  laughed 
shrilly.  “I’ll  come  back  and  take  you 
off  in  the  course  of a few hours,”  and 
then,  fearful  that  they  might get  their 
guns,  1 rowed away as  fast as I could for 
the mainland.

I  think  I  made  that  three  miles  in 
half the record,  and  when  I  found  the 
first policeman,  he  was  for running me 
in as a lunatic or a  sleep  walker,  but he 
knew me, and as soon as 1 told my story, 
a force of ten men  boarded a tug aud we 
returned to the island.  By this time the 
first gray streaks of  dawn  were showing 
in the summer sky,  and as  we cautiously 
ran  up to my wharf,  it was  almost light 
enough to see the house.

We saw no burglars,  however,  nor any 
signs of them,  though 1 knew I had them 
penned up on the island  and escape was 
impossible.  We  waited  until  daylight, 
and  then,  deployed  as skirmishers,  the 
policemen  began 
to  move  across  the 
island,  expecting  any moment  to flush a 
burglar or get a shot from ambush.

As we came up to the house one of the 
burglars  appeared  in  the  doorway  and 
was  covered  on  the  instant  by  a  dozen 
guns.
“Come in,  gentlemen,  come right in,” 
he  said  cheerily.  “We  were expecting 
you  and  we’ve  got  a  nice  breakfast 
ready.”
The  man’s  coolness  almost  gave  me 
the  hysterics,  for  I  knew by the sound 
of his voice  that  he  was  the fellow who 
wanted to  “fix”  me.

But  he  was  uttering  the  truth—they 
did  have  a nice  breakfast for us (out of 
my larder), and uot that  only,  but  they 
had found that Henry was not dead,  and 
they had washed him and done what they 
could in caring for him,  and had done it 
so well that he  is alive  to-day with only 
an  ugly scar on  his neck as  a memento.
There  were  four  in  the  lot  and  we 
soon had them  handcuffed,  and then we 
sat  down  to  breakfast  and  enjoyed  it, 
though I must  confess  that by this time 
the  condition  I  was  in  physically  was 
I not pleasant.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  W EDNESDAY,  SEPTEMBER  6,  1893. 

NO.  520

WHY HE  LEFT  THE  ISLAND. 

People said I was very  foolish when I 
bought a ten-acre island three miles from 
the shore and built my summer house on 
it, but I laughed and said quiet was what 
I sought,  and there  I  would have it,  far 
from 
ignoble 
strife.  Being  a  bachelor,  with  few 
wants,  I  took  with  me  only  my  man 
Henry, who was an excellent housekeeper 
and cook.

the  madding  crowd’s 

I  don’t  think  I  ever  enjoyed  myself 
more than the first four weeks I spent on 
the island. 
In the morning I took to the 
water, or took a  walk for  an hour or so; 
then  I  wrote  for  three  hours,  and  the 
afternoons  1  read  and  loafed,  and  at 
night I slept.  Some  days  1  would  row 
over  to  the  mainland,  and  every  day 
Henry  went over after  the  mail,  unless 
it was stormy.  Sometimes 1 had a friend 
or two to  drive with  me,  but no  woman 
was allowed to come ashore there.

1  was  rigid  in  my  determination  on 
this point,  for had not one Isabella Vent- 
nor told me two  weeks  before  1 bought 
the  island  that  she  did not think 1 was 
the  kind  of  man  any  woman  ought  to 
marry?

She  had,  and  for that I had forsworn 

all  women.

As 1 say, I  was  supremely  happy  all 
by myself, excepting, of course,  the hurt 
Isabella had done me,  and  I  think  that 
was  healing slowly,  when one night the 
entire scheme was overthrown.

That night  was a  dark one,  but  quite 
still,  and  I  went  to  bed  feeling  fairly 
comfortable,  as  a  couple  of  my  friends 
had  been  with  me  until  7  o’clock  and 
were to return early in the morning with 
a sailboat for a fishing  trip  out  to deep 
water.  About  I  o’clock,  or  perhaps 
later, I was  awakened  by hearing a dis­
turbance  of  some  sort down stairs,  and 
before I had my eyes fully opened Henry 
rushed into the room,  slammed the door 
and  locked it.

“What’s the matter?”  I exclaimed. 
“For  God’s  sake,  major,”  he  gasped, 
“get up and help  me.  There’s burglars 
in the house and I’m done for.”

Then Henry went down on the floor in 
a heap, and I lit a lamp,  as there came a 
terrific hammering on the door.

The  light  showed  me  Henry  covered 
lying 

with  blood,  his  throat  slashed, 
there dead or dying,  as I supposed.

What  to  do  I  did  not  know,  for  the 
only  arms in the  house  were across the 
hall  and  the  burglars  had  me  shut  off 
from  that  direction  and  were 
rapidly 
demolishing my door.

They swore and  pounded,  entirely  re­
gardless  of  the ordinary rules  of  burg­
lary,  for  they  knew  that  so  far  away 
from  the shore they were perfectly  safe.
“Go  down  stairs  and get that axe,”  1 
heard one of  them  say,  “and we’ll have
this  d-----door  out  of  the  way  in  a
minute.  We’ve done up one of ’em,  and 
now  we’ve  got  to  do  up  the  other;  so 
there  won’t  be  any  teliin’  tales  out  of 
school.”
steps down the hall and stairs.

Then  he  laughed,  and  I  heard  foot­

I knew there was no help for me there,

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

“You’re a queer  gang,” said  the lieu­
tenant of police to the  leader,  who  had 
invited us to  breakfast.  “What did you 
do this for?”

“The breakfast, you mean?”
“And  all  the  rest  of it,”  said the of­

ficer.

“Well,  cap’n,”  he  replied,  “It’s  like 
this:  We  wuz  here  ferde swag, kill er 
no,  and  we  thought  we  had  killed  the 
fust one,  and, of  course,  the  other  one 
had to go,  to stop  talk.  Then  when  he 
got away and had us penned up like rats 
we came to the  conclusion  that  we had 
better  git  out  the  best  way  we  could. 
The one we thought  was dead only need­
ed  repairs,  so  we repaired him,  and we 
knowed you’d be here bimeby to look fer 
us,  and probably  cornin’  ont  so early in 
the morning you  might be  hungry.  So, 
beggin’ the gent’s pardon fer trespassin’, 
we  turned  in  and  fixed  you  up  a  nice 
breakfast.  Now,  wasn’t  that about the 
white thing  to do?”

1 had  had enough to put most men  in a 
bad  humor,  but  this  candid  statement 
struck  my  funny-bone  somehow,  and  1 
laughed  until  the  tears  ran  down  my 
cheeks, and even  the  policemen  smiled.
Of  course,  the  burglars had done the 
best  thing  possible  for themselves,  and 
the very unique plan  they  had  adopted 
of necessity was in their favor,  and they 
only got ten years apiece,  Henry testify­
ing so earnestly  to  their  politeness and 
care that that  part  of  it  was  not  taken 
into the count at all.

But I can assure  you that  I did not go 
back  to  the  island  again. 
I  gave  it  to 
Henry,  as  it  stood,  and  he  lives  there 
with  his  wife,  respected and admired,  1 
do believe, by every burglar in the guild, 
for he holds them  in the  highest esteem.
Oh,  yes,  I  almost forgot.  When  this 
story  came  out  in  the  papers,  and  my 
part of it was set forth,  as only reporters 
know how to do such things,  Isabella,  of 
course,  heard  of  it,  and  one  moonlight 
night she said to me:

“ Major,  I  thought  once  you were not 
the kind of a man for a woman to marry, 
but I’ve changed  my mind.”

I  feel  under  obligations  to those  burg­

lars  m yself. 

W. J.  Lam pto n.

TO  UNLOCK  THE  MONEY.

Comptroller of the Currency Eckels has 
been  trying  to  figure  out  how  much 
money has  been  drawn from  circulation 
since  the  financial  trouble  commenced. 1 
It is, of course, easy enough to learn the 
condition of the national banks,  for they 
are under the control of the Government; 
but to find out  what has  been done in the 
savings  and  private  banks  was  more 
difficult.

The  Comptroller’s  report  shows  that 
from May 4 to July 12 deposits decreased 
in  the  national  banks  to  the  extent  of 
$193,000,000,  and  from  May to the mid­
dle of August the  net withdrawal of de­
posits from the national banks  is placed, 
on good authority, at  $275,000,000. 
It is 
believed  that uearly  as  much  more  has 
been  taken  out  of  savings  and  private 
of 
banks,  making 
aggregate 
is 
more 
in 
the 
simply 
locked  up—taken  out  of  the  channels 
of business.  A great deal of gold,  about 
$30,000,000,  has  come  into this country 
from abroad since the panic commenced, 
but  it  has  not  increased  the amount  of 
money  in  sight.  That, 
too,  has  been 
gobbled up and hidden away.

than  $500,000,000. 
it 

country, 

It 
is 

Let  us  consider  what  an  enormous

but 

an 

investment  and 

shrinkage  there  is  in  business  when 
$500,000,000  of  actual  money  has  been 
withdrawn  from 
lies 
hidden  away. 
Its  owners  are  volun­
tarily  giving  up  interest  and  possible 
profits  and  are  hoarding  it like misers. 
One-half  a  billion  dollars  in  cash  rep­
resents  five  times  that  amount  of  busi­
ness  in  a  month.  That  much  money 
locked  up for thirty days means a shrink­
age for the month  of  $2,500,000,000. 
It 
is impossible to calculate  the  far-reach­
ing effect of such a condition. 
It  means 
a stoppage of wages, a  decline  in prices, 
products  not  marketed,  loss of business 
by transportation companies and  a  gen­
eral stagnation to the  amount of the im­
mense sum computed above.

It is  not infinite. 

To  get the  vast  industries  and  com­
merce so interrupted to running  again is 
the grand  problem of  our statesmanship 
and philanthropy.  How to  revive trade 
and  start up  the wheels  of  industry  is 
the  most  momentous  question  that  ap­
peals  to  the  wisdom  of  our  day.  But 
one thing  is  necessary.  That  is  to  re­
store  confidence,  so that  the  boards  of 
money  will  be  unlocked.  The  longer 
the question is  considered  the  more ob­
vious becomes the wisdom of the demand 
that  the  silver  purchase  law  shall  be 
annulled.  This  will  assure  the  world, 
American  citizens  and  foreign  peoples, 
that the United  States is able and deter­
mined  to  maintain  all its  money at  its 
face value.  The United States  is pledged 
to  maintain  the  parity between  silver 
and gold. 
It is  able to do  this with the 
silver and  gold  it now  possesses,  but it 
is not able to guarantee in gold  an  indefi­
nite  and  constantly  increasing  amount 
of  silver.  The  capacity of  the United 
States,  financially,  is  very great,  but it 
is limited. 
Its power 
has  bounds  beyond  which  it cannot op­
erate. 
It  can make  a certain amount of 
depreciated silver dollars as  good as gold 
by backing  up each  with  a gold  dollar, 
but  it  cannot  back  up  ail  the silver in 
the world.  Under  this law  the Govern­
ment  is able  to guarantee  that  up  to  a 
certain  limit  its  light weight silver dol­
lars and its paper promises are and shall 
be as good as gold,  but it  cannot guaran­
tee unlimited issues of  silver and  paper.
These  are  facts  which  all  financial 
| authorities  in  every  part  of  the world 
know.  They  see  no  limit  established,
I no line drawn for declaring the extent of 
the  guarantee.  What  they  do  see is  a 
law  which is operating to bind the United 
States  to  absorb  and  maintain  against 
all the forces of  depreciation  an unceas­
ing,  indefinite and infinite flood of silver.
What is  necessary is to  cut off  all in­
definiteness  and  uncertainty and  estab­
lish  certainty  in  its  finances.  This  is 
necessary to  re-establish  confidence and 
unlock the money. 
It is all in the coun­
try.  None has been lost. 
It is sufficient 
for  the  needs  of  business.  The  only 
way to  get  at it  is to  change  the indefi­
niteness and uncertainty about  silver  to 
certainty, definiteness and precision.

A customer bought half a dozen cigars 
and,  adding ten cents  to their cost,  said: 
“Take one yourself, Sam.”  “No,  thank 
| you,”  said the  dealer.  “I’m  not  smok- 
| ing.”  "That’s  a poor advertisement for 
I your stock  when you  won’t use  it  your­
self.”  “Can’t  help  that. 
In  this busi- 
I ness  it’s pretty easy for a man to smoke 
| too  much,  and that’s what I’ve been do- 
| ing.  My  stomach  has  been  out of gear 
I for  three  weeks,  and  I  attribute  it  to 
| that.  The trouble I’ve had  all  my  life, 
I or as long as  I’ve  been  in the trade,  has 
j been  to  get tobacco that is light enough 
I for my own use.”

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There  are a number of new brands of Condensed Milk being 

put on the market that are  experiments.  The
Gail  Borden  Eagle  Brand
Condensed  Milk long ago  ceased  to  be  an  experiment. 
It has 
been  on  the  market for  more than  30  YEARS.

You cannot afford to take  into stock  goods that  lie on your 
shelves until  spoiled  and  that are  never safe in  recommending. 
We  are  aiding the sale of the  “EAGLE” Brand  by advertising 
it to consumers in  your section.  That will  help you.

Also,  prop/ietors  of  CROWN,  DAISY  &  CHAMPION 

BRANDS  of  Condensed  Milk.

Chocolate  Cooler  Co.,

MANUFACTURERS  OF

AND  MANUFACTURERS  AGENT  FOR

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This combination renders the  f urniture of  a  store 
portable—not fixtures,  to be  retained by  the landlord 
and  utilized  by the next  tenant.  This  arrangement 
enables  the  merchant  to  move  his  store  furniture 
more quickly and easily than he  can  move his stock, 
thus enabling him to resume  business  in a new loca­
tion  without loss of  valuable time.  Samples of each 
line  on  exhibition  at  office,  315  MICHIGAN 
TRUST  CO.  BUILDING.  If you cannot visit office, 
, send for catalogue.

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8

W ritten  for The tbadkshav.

New Thoughts on An Old Subject. 
Don’t be a  clam.  Of all pitiful sights 
this vale of tears affords, the most pitiful 
is  a  man,  endowed  with  backbone  and 
brains, playing the part of a clam.  How 
can a man be  a  clam?  Easy  enough,  if 
he doesn’t try to  be a man.  A clam has 
no  bones;  so  that  his  muscle,  If he has 
any, is of no use to him.  He can’t climb, 
but must stay always  on the same level. 
Because he has no  bones,  his powers of 
locomotion are  exceedingly limited, con­
sequently  he  gets  only  what  drifts  his 
way;  he  can’t  “ hustle for business’’  for 
himself.  Many  so-called  business  men 
are clams in this  respect.  They  started 
years  ago,  and  there  they  are  yet,  just 
where they started.  They have made no 
progress  whatever,  and  what  business 
they  have  is  what  “blows  in.”  They 
couldn’t originate  an idea to  save them, 
but are doing business, as they phrase it, 
on methods which  were antedated years 
ago.  They loaf  about the  store,  day in 
and  day  out,  year  after  year,  taking 
what .comes  their  way,  not even aware 
that there is a  better  way  than  the one 
they  are  pursuing.  A  clam  is  at  the 
mercy of winds and waves,  tossed hither 
and thither,  without  the  slighest power 
of resistance.  So with  the  class of men 
we are speaking  of.  They  never dream 
of  standing  up  and  fighting  for  their 
place in  life,  but the first wave of adver­
sity which strikes them  lands them high 
and dry upon the shore.  The only reason 
the wave struck  them  was because they 
were in its way,  and  it couldn’t get past 
without  striking  them. 
They  hadn’t 
ambition  enough  to  get  out of its way. 
Do  they  ever  get  back into deep water 
again?  Sometimes.  Just  like  a  clam. 
Prosperity comes in waves just as adver­
sity does, and the first wave of prosperity 
which  rolls  far  enough  up the beach to 
reach  them  bears  them  back  again,  if 
not to the old place, at  least  to  the  old 
way of  living,  if  living it  can be called.
Did you ever see  a clam  in the water? 
The  “ground swell”  imparts just enough 
motion  to  make  it  pleasant.  Like the 
ceaseless swaying  of a  pendulum,  back­
ward and forward,  all day long,  “rocked 
in the cradle of the deep.” 
It’s all right 
ence out of which men are developed.  And 
for the  clam,  of  course,  for it is only a 
clam;  but it is hardly the kind of experi- 
yet  there  are  men,  in  business,  too,  or 
think they are,  who  are living just that 
kind of life.  The  ground  swell  of  life, 
the  “ceaseless  rise  and  fall  of  human 
events,” moves  them  backward and for­
ward, now here now  there,  without  the 
least exertion on their part.  They know 
nothing of the rnsh and  roar of the rest­
less, hurrying,  hard-working world about 
them;  if an echo from the heaving, noisy 
sea of life  ever  reaches  them,  it is only 
an echo, wordless, meaningless,  and they 
go on their  sleepy,  trackless way  undis­
turbed.

If  a clam  lived  for a thousand  years, 
it would  never be  anything but  a clam; 
so  there  are  men  who,  no  matter  how 
long  they  live,  never  learn  anything. 
Though the  plaything  of  the  elements, 
they remain  stationary;  though  always 
moving,  they never  progress.  The end 
of life leaves them  just where its begin­
ning  found  them.  Only, 
they  began 
life  with  the shape  and  many  of  the 
characteristics of manhood; its «end finds 
them still  with the shape of  a man,  but 
with the characteristics of—a clam.

Don’t be  a clam.  Be a  man as nature

intended  you  should.  Use  your  back­
bone.  Stand  upright on  your feet,  and 
though  you  must  stand  on  the ground, 
remember  that  the  bones  which  are  a 
part of  your  “anatomy”  are  levers  by 
which  you  may raise  yourself  if  you 
will,  and  by which  you  may resist  both 
the winds and the waves.  Don’t stay  on 
the  ground  all  the  time.  Climb.  You 
have  no  ladder,  you  say?  Make  one, 
then.  The world is full of  the material 
out of which ladders are made.  Men are 
making them every day and  using them, 
too, and  you  may  do  the  same.  When 
adversity comes your way, as it is almost 
certain to  do, get  out of  its way if  you 
can; if  you can’t, grapple with it, and if 
it  throws  you,  don’t  lie  on  your  back 
and wait for some one to come  along and 
pick  you  up.  Get  up  yourself,  and 
then,  when  prosperity  comes,  you  will 
be ready to meet  it more  than  half way. 
The struggle  may be long  and hard and 
wearying,  and  you will  undoubtedly re­
ceive many hard  knocks,  but a man does 
not mind  such  things.  They would  be 
the death of  a clam,  but  they tend  only 
and always to  the development  and per­
fection of manhood.

It  is  one  of  the  anomolies  of  nature
that  though  the  “lower  orders”  of ani­
mals  can  never  be  anything  but  what 
nature  made  them,  that  is  to  say,  the 
clam is  always, and  never  can  be  any­
thing  but,  a  clam,  a  man  may acquire 
many of the characteristics of any of the 
species  beneath  him.  What  they  are 
physically he  may become  mentally and 
morally.  AH  that  is  necessary  is  that 
he neglect to  use the  powers  and poten­
tialities  which  are  his  proper  endow­
ments as a man, and  he will be—a clam, 
if he is not something  worse.  But don’t 
be  a  clam.  You  don’t  have  to.  Be  a 
man.  You may if you will.

Da n ie l  A bb o tt.

Good Advice to Depositors.

The Toledo Commercial  gives the  fol­
lowing sensible  advice to depositors who 
are inclined to become timid:
If you have money on  hand,  first  pay 
your debts;  then  if you have  something 
left  lend it to  some one who can  secure 
you  against  loss—your  neighbor,  your 
employer or a bank. 
In  this way it will 
earn you interest  and put  the wheels of 
business  in  motion.  The  person  who 
draws his money out of a bank in Toledo 
and hides it away ought to be driven out 
of the city to find a home in some locality 
where  the  seal  of  the  city  is: 
“Every 
one  for  himself  and  the  devil  take  the 
hindmost.”  Many a  man  is  out of a job 
to-day  because  be  and his  wife hurried 
to the bank a few weeks  ago to draw out 
the  few  dollars  they  had  there.  The 
next week his employer was made to pay 
up a loan and forced to shut up his shop, 
and  the  first  man  to be discharged was 
this panic-struck depositor.  We are knit 
and bound  together so  closely that even 
an  ignorant  woman  may  in  saving  her 
few dollars bring  hardship on  hundreds 
and herself lose many  times the amount 
of  her  deposit.  To you  who have given 
your confidence to your banks in spite of 
the whisperings of  fear  the public owes 
respect  and  gratitude.  But  for  you 
not a wheel would  be turning  in Toledo 
to-day, not a bell would call men to work. 
And  those  who  owe  you  the  most  are 
they  who  were  so cowardly as to think 
only of themselves,  and  who  have  suf­
fered but little simply and  only  because 
you  refused  to  follow their  selfish  and 
suicidal guidance.

A  Peculiar Position.

“We  won’t  give  credit even to an old 
customer  in  a  town  where  a  bank  has 
failed. 
If country  merchants can’t hold 
up the hands  of their  local financiers in 
this  crisis,  they  can’t have  favors from 
us.”  This  is  the  attitude  taken  by  a 
prominent New York wholesale house.

APPLE  PRESSES

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CLOTHING 

We  have decided not  to  carry  over  any of  our 
fall stock. 
It will pay you  well  to see our line of 
ready-made  clothing  of  every  description;  none 
HERCHANTS!
better,  few  as  cheap;  and  these  reduced  prices 
place  us  lowest of  all,  as every vesture  must  be  closed  out.  Write  our 
Michigan representative,

WILLIAM  CONNOR,

Box 346,  Marshall, Mich., and he will  soon be with you.

M I C H A E L   K O L B   &  S O N ,

W H O L E S A L E   C L O T H I E R S ,

ROCHESTER,  N.  Y.

N o t ic e—William  Connor  will  be  at  Sweet’s 
Hotel, Grand Rapids, Mich., on Wednesday, Thurs­
day and Friday,  Sept.  20,  21  and  22, West Michi­
gan Fair week.

CUSTOMERS’
EXPENSES
ALLOWED.

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

AMONG  THE  TRADE.

ABOUND THE  8TATE.

Negaunee—Anthony  Brand,  of Perry 

& Brand,  general dealers,  is dead.

Detroit—Bruno  Kobylinski  has  sold 

his grocery stock to L. Jaenichen.

Detroit—Wm.  B.  Somerville  succeeds 

Geo.  H.  Seely in the cigar business.

Mecosta—Watkins &  Dickout  succeed 

Watkins & Cbudley in general trade.

Ogden—The  general  stock  of  Fred 
Wilcox has been  closed  on chattel  mort­
gage.

Manistee Crossing—Frank  Eagles suc­
ceeds Frank Eagles  & Co.  in the grocery 
business.

Durand—F.  A.  Sensabaugli  is  suc­
ceeded  by J.  W.  Barnard  in the grocery 
business.

Marlette—Shields  &  Dawson,  general 
dealers,  have  dissolved,  T.  U.  Dawson 
continuing the business.
Allen—Benje & Wagner succeed  F.  A. 
trade.  The 

Koethlisberger  in  general 
latter continues the banking business.

Otsego—E.  J.  Rose  has  retired  from 
the  management  of  Mathew  Barton’s 
grocery and  will  be succeeded  by Arthur 
Barton.

Thompsonville—The  report  that Mrs. 
E. C.  Keyes has sold her grocery stock to 
A.  Ward  and  E.  Wareham is denied  by 
the  former.

Manistee—L.  N.  Roussin  has leased M. 
Ciechanowsky’s meat market at 275 River 
street for a term  of years and will resume 
the meat business.
Saranac—” . M.  Van  Drezer and T.  S. 
Barber have formed a  copartnership and  j 
will opeu a wholesale  fruit  and produce  | 
house at Owosso.

Detroit—Chas.  E.  Fox  has  sold  his  ' 
stock in the Mabley & Company corpora- j 
tion  and  will  engage  in  the  merchaut j 
tailoring business on his own account.
Lamont—Elihu  Walling  has  bought j 
the grocery stock of  Marshall  Moore and i 
the drug stock of  M.  L.  Squires,  and  re­
engaged  in  business in the Hedges  build­
ing.
Rothbury—L.  W.  Davis  has leased  his 
store building to  Charles  Robinson,  and 
will retire  from  business  Oct.  1.  Poor 
health is given as the cause of his retire­
ment.

Harietta—The hardware store of  S.  J. 
Doty  was  broken  into  on  the  night of 
August  27.  The  burglars escaped,  get­
ting nothing for  their  trouble  except  a 
few knives and razors.

Plainwell—Geo.  T.  Autrirn  has  sold 
the  Graham  factory  plant  to  Rober t 
Richard & Co.,  who will probably  utilize 
it in the manufacture of bowls and other 
articles of wooden ware.

Marlette— W.  H.  Ellis  made  a  ship­
ment  of  31,000  pounds  of  cheese  last 
week. 
It was consigned to London, Eng­
land,  and was the product of several  fac­
tories  in  this  vicinity  whose cheese Mr. 
Ellis handles.

Allegan — Peter  Caulkett,  who  has 
caused the meat  dealers of Allegan  con­
siderable  concern  by  running  a  meat 
wagon  without taking out the prescribed 
license,  has leased a store and concluded 
to  conduct  business  legitimately  here­
after.
Traverse  City—The  City  of  Grand 
Rapids  has  abandoned 
the  excursion 
business and  resumed  her  former route 
between  Traverse  City  and  Escanaba. 
She leaves  Traverse  City every Monday, 
Wednesday and Friday morning's, making 
a day  ran,  returning  from  Escanaba on 
alternate days.

lumber  output  in  Michigan  this  year. 
Under  ordinary conditions  there  would 
have been  a decrease in  the product, ow­
ing to the exhaustion of timber  supplies, 
but the stringency has  accentuated  this 
and shut down  many mills,  while others 
have  been  reducing  operations  to  the 
lowest possible limit.  The limit of  pro­
duction was reached  in  1889, since when 
there  has  been  a  steady  decrease,  and 
when the figures of  this  year’s cut,  both 
in lumber and shingles,  are  compiled,  it 
is safe  to  predict  a  marked  contrast to 
those of previous years.  If the output of 
this State this  year exceeds 3,000,000,000 
in  lumber and  1,700,000,000  in  shingles 
the writer will  be  greatly surprised, and 
the figures may not be so large.

Saginaw  —  Lumbermen 

in  Eastern 
Michigan  are  standing  up  before  the 
financial  gale  nobly.  Thus  far  none 
have  laid  down, although  it  has  made 
some of  them  sweat  to  keep  their  pay 
rolls up and mills in operation,  with  the 
banks  not  disposed  to  discount  paper. 
The  banks  are helping the firms on their 
pay  rolls,  but  gilt-edged paper  cannot 
coax  a  dollar  out  of  a  bank.  One  na­
tional banker,  who is also a  lumberman, 
stated that he  would not lend a dollar on 
a Government bond,  but he  would help a 
mill man to meet his pay  roll.  While the 
general  situation  is  improved,  in 
that 
there is a  good prospect that money  will 
soon be reasonably  plenty  and discounts 
will go on,  there  is uot  much  change in 
the situation  in  lumber.  There  were  a 
number of Eastern buyers here last week, 
and the lumber  seems to  be  wanted and 
will go as  soon  as  the money can  be had 
to  move it.  Some mill  firms  have  been 
forced to  shut  down on  account of  lack 
of piling room and scarcity of currency to 
meet  pay rolls,  although  on  this  River 
these are  the  exception,  as  the greater 
number of  the  firms handle a portion of 
their stock  in the car trade and  are  thus 
enabled to  make room  for accumulating 
stocks.

Consistency 

Of  C ourse T his  D o es N ot D escrib e Y ou.
From  the Dry Goods Reporter.
is  not  such  a  common 
jewel after all.  At  least,  it is not  to be 
found  in  the  possession  of  every mer­
chant.  Take the retailer within reach of 
a large city, for instance.  Unless he is a 
little  out  of  the  usual  run of  retailers 
you can find him, especially during times 
of  financial  stringency,  prating  volubly 
about  the  desirability  of  patronizing 
home  industries and  he  not  only talks, 
but  frequently  writes  window  cards in 
the same vein.  Once in a while he works 
a  few choice  phrases into his newspaper 
advertisement.
Does  he  practice  what  he  preaches? 
Watch  him.  Some 
fine  morning  he 
leaves instructions with his clerks regard­
ing  the  management  of  his  store  and 
starts  for  the city.  When he gets there 
he  attends  to  what  business  he  has on 
hand and  then goes  “shopping”  for his 
family.  Even if  he  is a  dry goods  man 
he  is  generajly  loaded  down,  when  he 
starts  for  home,  with  groceries,  fruits 
and  “ bargains” 
line.  After 
several  hours’ hard  work  he  has proba­
bly saved 15 cents on the prices he would 
have paid at  the stores  in his own town. 
Not only that,  but he has probably met a 
number  of  his 
townsmen,  who  have 
shrewdly reached  their  own conclusions 
regarding his sincerity in  advocating the 
patronizing of home industries.
Of  course,  be tries to sneak home from 
the depot without anyone seeing him; be 
may even send his goods to his house  by 
a messenger  boy,  but  his sin  finds  him 
out just the same.
Some  day he  will saunter  into  one of 
the  city  dry goods  stores  to  see  what 
they are  selling  and  study metropolitan 
methods.  While there he will see one of 
the grocers of  his own  town,  his  former

in  every 

butcher,  and  perhaps  bis  next  door 
neighbor,  the  druggist,  calmly  buying 
dry goods at city prices.  When  they see 
him  they greet him  cordially,  but  there 
is a  sly twinkle in  their  eyes  that pre­
vents him  asking  why they do not “ pat­
ronize  home  institutions.” 
If  that dry 
goods merchant is notan absolute fool he 
sees  a  great  light  then  and there.  He 
goes home and proceeds to do less preach­
ing but considerably more practicing.

The value of  the honey  and  wax  pro­
duced  in  the  United  States  during  the 
past year has  been estimated at $20,000,- 
000.

PRODUCE  M ARKET.

Apples—Duchess command  $2.75  per bbl. and 
Pippins 82.50.  The crop Is  short,  but  nowhere 
near so short as the winter crop will be.

Beans — Dry  stock  is  beginning  to arrive. 
Handlers  pay  $1  for  country cleaned and 81.10 
for country picked.

Butter — Unchanged.  Dealeis  pay  20c  for 
choice diary and hold at 22c.  Factory creamery 
is In moderate demand at 25@26c.

Cabbage—Home grown, 83 per 100.
Carrots—25c per bushel.
Celery—Home  grown  commands  14  @  16  per 

doz.

at  14c.

Corn—Green, 6c per doz.
Cucumbers—50c per bu.
Eggs—Unchanged.  Dealers  pay  13c,  holding 

Green Onions—10c  per doz. bunches.
Honey— White  clover  commands 12%c per  lb, 

dark buckwheat brings 10c.

Melons—Watermelons  command  12 @ 15c  for 
Indiana and 3%5c for home grown.  Osage bring 
75c per doz., and Musk 4 '©50c per doz.

Peaches—Early Crawfords, Barnards and Hon­
est Johns are in market this  week, commanding 
81@1.5t> per bu  Barnards  are  small  in size this 
season, owing  to  the  drought.  Price  are  likely 
to rule low.

Pears—Bartletts  and  Flemish  Beauties  com­
mand  $1.5 >@1.75  per bu.  Clapp’s  Favorites  go 
at $1 25@1.50.

Plumbs—Lombards  and  Blue  Damsons  com­
mand  82  per  bu.  Green Gages are  in moderate 
demand and supply at 81.75 per bu.

Potatoes—Dealers pay 45@50c  per bu.,  holding 

at 55@£60c.

Squash—2c per lb.
Tomatoes—50c per bu.
Turnips—Home grown, 30c per bu.

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779

Ma n a g e r   or  c l e r k sh ip  w a n t e d —b y

a competent, sober  and  industrious phar­
macist, ten years' experience.  Address  No. 781, 
care Michigan Tradesman. 
m o   EXCHANGE—A  STOCK  OF  MERCHAN- 
JL  dise for unencumbered farm  or  city  prop­
erty.  Address  222  Washington  Ave.  N.,  Lan­
sing,  Michigan. 
TXT'ANTED—A  NO.  1  RETAIL  SHOE  SALES- 
tt  man, one who  can  furnish  No.  1  refer­
ences, and a good  stock  keeper.  Address J.  F. 
Mnfliey, Kalamazoo.  Mich. 

young  man  preferred.  Enquire  of  J. 

Hanselman,  Manistee, Mich._____________ 780

WANTED—A REGISTERED DRUG CLERK, 
FOR  SALE—General stock  of  dry goods, gro­

ceries  and  boots  and  shoes.  Inventory, 
$2,00-4.  New stave  mill  to  be erected  and  only 
store in town.  Cause for selling, to settle up an 
estate.  Inquire of Thomas Bromley, Jr., admin­
istrator, Alvin Shaver  estate,  St.  Johns,  Michi­
gan__________________________________ 776

232 Congress st., Ypsilanti, Mich 

■   PAYING  MILLINERY  BUSINESS  FOR 

sale at Ypsilanti, Mich.  C. A  Hendrick, 
OR  SALE—THE  THEODORE  KEMINK 
dru  stock and  fixtures  on  West Leonard 
street.  Paying Investment.  W. H. Van Leeuwen, 
Room 33,  Porter Block, Grand  Rapids. 

for sale or will  exchange  for  stock of gro­
ceries.  Located on South Division street, Grand 
RapidB.  Address No  775, care Michigan Trades­
man. 

For  sa l e—sm a ll  i  l e a n  d r u g  stock
FOR  SALE—Drug stock  in  business  town of 

1,200 inhabitants in Eastern Michigan, trib­
utary  to  large  farming  trade;  lake  and  rail 
freights;  only  two  drug  stores  in  town;  rent. 
$200 per year;  stock  will  inventory 82,500;  sales 
$20 a day.  Reason  for  selling, owner wishes to 
retire  from  business.  Address  No.  752,  care
Michigan Tradesman.___________________ 752
TXTANTED—A  practical  druggist, with  some 
V t 
capital, to take charge of a first-class drug 
store.  Address  C.  L.  Brundage,  opera  house 
block, Muskegon, Mich. 

756

775

774

771

Business  house  and  stock  of  gro 
cerles for sale on  Union  street.  Will sell 
at a bargain.  Address  box  634,  Traverse  City, 

Mich. 

747

Otsego—Three weeks ago  Mr. Gordon, 
of the grocery firm of Mitchell & Gordon, 
traded his half interest  for  the  half  in­
terest of  Charles Vaughn  in  the  livery 
business  of  Vaughn  &  Wiley.  Now 
Vaughn  claims  that  Gordon  misrepre­
sented the grocery business and has com­
menced  attachment  proceedings against 
him.  The  suit  will  be  heard  Sept.  5. 
In the meantime the village  marshal has 
possession  of  the livery  business.

M A N U FA CTU RIN G   M ATTERS.

Boon—Frank C.  Sampson’s  new  shin­
gle mill,  to replace the one burned a few 
months  ago,  is  now  ready for  business. 
The new  mill  has  a  capacity  of  40,000 
shingles per day.

Menominee—The  new  system  of pay­
ing oil sawmill  hands  meets with favor, 
as a rule.  The 60-day drafts are eagerly 
sought for by brokers who cash them  for 
a reasonable  discount,  while  the  time 
checks are utilized  by  men  of  families 
in exchange for articles of household  use 
in lieu of cash.  The paper  is as good as 
gold at maturity.

Manistee—The  Buckley  &  Douglas 
Lumber Co.,  which  shut  down  its saw­
mill  at night  about  a  month  ago,  has 
started  up  on  the  night  run  again and 
will  run the  double shift  the balance of 
the  season. 
If  necessary  part  of  the 
lumber  will  be taken  down  on the river 
front and piled there.  The cheap insur­
ance  would about offset the extra  cost of 
handling.

last  week 

It  belongs 

Oscoda—A  long  timber  raft of 2,500,-
for 
000  feet  left  Oscoda 
Touawanda. 
the  H. 
M.  Loud  &  Sons  Lumber  Company, 
and  is  the  teuth  and  last  raft  sent 
this  company 
down 
the 
this  season. 
rafts  there 
has been taken away  20,000,000 feet,  go­
ing to Tonawanda,  Port Huron and San­
dusky.  The  lowest  priced 
timber  in 
these  rafts  has  brought  $14  and  $15  in 
the log delivered at its destination.

lakes  by 
In  the  ten 

to 

Bay City—The  general  outlook of  im­
provements imparts a feeling of hopeful­
ness among  lumbermen,  and  the  action 
of the House  of  Representatives in  pass­
ing the Wilson  bill is warmly commended 
as tending  to aid  in  restoring  business 
confidence, a  commodity  that  has  been 
decidedly  scarce  the  last  two  months. 
The mills  are  nearly  all  in motion  and 
manufacturers are put to their  wits’ end 
in affording  piling  room  for  the lumber 
and meeting pay rolls.  There  is  a  gen­
eral  impression  that  within  thirty days 
there  will be  a radical  change,  and  that 
lumber will  move more freely.

the 

Muskegon—For the time being  Muske­
gon  is  apparantly  out  of 
lumber 
business,  for  there  is  no  demand  for 
lumber.  All of the  manufacturers here 
would  be  pleased  to  dispose  of  their 
stocks,  but they cannot do so for  money, 
and pape^does not  amount  to anything 
in these days.  The  Thayer Lumber Co. 
has  in  both  its  yards  about  15,000,000 
feet  of  stock,  pine  and  hemlock,  and 
| both the mills are idle with no prospects 
at present for resuming  work.  Hackley
1  & Hume are sawing and the mih of John 
Torrent 
is  cutting,  with  lumber  piles 
spreading  in  ail  directions.  There  are 
but  five  smokestacks  around  the 
lake 
giving evidence  of  work.  The booming 
company has had  trouble  again  with its 
main  rafting channel and  has  been  idle 
for several days.

Saginaw—The stringency  of the  times 
will  effect  a  notable  reduction  in  the

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GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

J. G. Jackson has  purchased  the  gro­
cery stock of D. Re ben tisch at 265 Straight 
street and will  continue  the business at 
the same location.

Dr.  M.  Crane, general  dealer  at  Bon­
anza,  has sold a half interest iu the stock 
to Martin Cox and the business will here­
after  be  conducted  under  the  style  of 
Crane & Cox.  The new  firm proposes to 
add a line of drugs and  the  Hazeltine & 
Perkins Drug Co.  has the  order  for  the 
stock.

There is  unquestionably a  better feel­
ing in  the air  respecting  financial  mat­
ters.  Merchants speak  more confidently 
of the outlook  and trade  is beginning to 
pick up.  The  bauks also  show  indica­
tions of a  rapid return to  normal condi­
tions,  and  all  indications  promise that 
the  improvement  will  be steady and un­
interrupted  until  affairs have  fully  re­
sumed their normal condition.

The Grand Rapids Herald publishes an 
alleged  interview  with  “Wm.  Olney.” 
Unless  the  reporter  saw  double,  Mr. 
Judson  must  have  exchanged surnames 
with  Mr.  Olney or  Mr.  Olney must have 
swapped given names  with  Mr.  Judson. 
As Mr.  Olney is in  Connecticut  and Mr. 
Judson declines to be  interviewed in  the 
matter,  the  reader is  compelled  to draw 
his own conclusions.

suspended 
Business  was  partially 
Monday,  in  consequence  of 
the  recur­
rence of  Labor Day.  Wholesale dealers 
were loath to close their doors,  but as no 
freight was received  or  delivered by the 
railways, 
the  idleness  was  enforced. 
There  was no  concert  of  action  among 
retail dealers,  some closing  at noon,  but 
most  of  them  keeping  open  as  usual. 
The  parade  of  the  various  unions dis­
closed a great falling  off  in numbers,  as 
compared with  previous  years,  showing 
either  that  the  unions  are  losing  their 
members or that  the members  are losing 
interest in the celebration of so senseless 
a holiday.

The  Grocery  Market.

Rice—The  price  has  advanced  %c on 
account of the  destruction of a consider­
able  percentage  of the new  crop  by the 
storm in the Southern States.

Oranges—Scarce  and  prices about the 

same.

Lemons  in  better  supply,  but  good 
stock is  bard to  get.  Most  of  the  new 
crop is hard and small in size.

Bananas  —  Plenty  and  prices  very 

reasonable.

Peanuts—Lower, 

iu  consequence  of 

light demand and nearness of new crop.
Confectionery—Prices  steady  and  de­

mand fair for this  season of the year.

Purely Personal.

H.  P.  French,  the  Mulliken druggist, 

/

was in town Sunday.

Alfred  J.  Brown  has  been  commis­
sioned by Chairman  Weston to select and 
forward daily  choice  specimens of Kent 
county  fruit for the horticultural display 
at the World’s  Fair.

Charles Gregory,  formerly  engaged in 
business  at  Fennville,  has  taken  the 
management  of  K.  Hagadorn’s  store at 
Fife  Lake,  Mr.  Ilagadorn  devoting  his 
entire  attention  to  the  managemeut  of 
his lumber  business.

The consumption  of  oleomargarine in 
the United  States last  year is estimated 
at 58,000,000 pounds.

Rapids.

impressions  of 

As  is  well-known,  Grand  Rapids 

A New Yorker’s  Impressions  of Grand j 
Frank N.  Barrett, editor of the Ameri­
can Grocer,  thus records  in  his  journal 
his 
the  Valley  City, 
gleaned during a  half  day’s visit to this 
market:
Grand  Rapids  is  a  young  American 
city,  and one  with  many  attractive fea­
tures.  There is an air of solidity and yet 
of grace and beauty  about  this city,  not 
common to cities  in  general. 
It  boasts 
of  100  utiles  of improved streets,  those 
devoted 
to  business  being  wide  and 
splendidly paved, some with brick, others 
with  asphalt.  Thera  are  fifty  miles  of 
electric  street  railway,  and we are pre­
pared  to  believe  the claim that it is the 
most  perfect  of  any  electric  system  in 
operation in  this country.  The cars run 
at a  speed of  from  seven  to  ten  miles 
per hour,  and make no whirring or whiz­
zing  sound,  such  as  make  life  on  the 
streets  of  Boston  and  other  cities  hid­
eous,  and which  tries  the  nerves of  the 
strongest.  The  streets  and  avenues  of 
Grand  Rapids  are  notably  clean  and 
smooth. 
In  the  residence  sections  the 
avenues  are  lined  with  artistic  homes, 
some  of  great  beauty,  surrounded  by 
well-kept  lawns,  and  shaded  by  fine 
trees.
is 
noted for the  manufacture  of high-class 
furniture,  refrigerators, carpet-sweepers 
and,  by  no  means 
least—fly-paper. 
Time only permitted of  a visit  to one of 
these  great  establishments—the  Grand 
Rapids  School  Furniture  Co.—of  which 
Gaius W.  Perkins is President and Chas. 
J.  Reed is Secretary.  This business was 
started  seven  years  ago,  and  to-day  its 
output is larger than  that of any similar 
factory  in  the United States. 
It manu­
factures all sorts of church, theater, bauk 
and school furniture.  The  huge factory 
is  built  of  light,  yellow  brick  of  local 
make,  which gives the buildings a bright 
and  attractive  appearance.  This  great 
factory is  equipped  with  automatic fire 
sprinklers  besides  which  other  precau­
tions are taken against fire.  Dull as  are 
the times, orders  enough  are in hand to 
keep  the  works  in  operation  for  sixty 
days. 
Its operations,  however, are hind­
ered  by  stoppages  of  other  factories, 
which are relied upon to furnish veneers, 
tapestries,  etc.  Where  contracts  are 
made  to  deliver  furniture  at a specified 
date,  with a heavy penalty for every day 
of delay,  this becomes  a  serious matter. 
This  factory  has  fitted  several  of  the 
finest  churches, 
theaters  and  opera 
houses in New York and other prominent 
It has in  band  orders for Abbey 
cities. 
&  Grau’s  new  theater  and  other  large 
buildings. 
It has been a very  profitable 
enterprise from the start.
One characteristic  of  Grand  Rapids is 
that its industries and other business en­
terprises  are  largely  owned  and  con­
trolled  by  young  men,  many  of  whom 
have made a  fortune between  30 and 40. 
Young  men  have  enterprise,  courage, 
dash, style, push,  and we see what it can 
accomplish  when  we  note  that  Grand 
Rapids  has  500  factories,  400  smaller 
concerns, 
turning  out  $32,000,000  of 
products. 
It is the greatest  producer  of 
gypsum;  first as to  carpet  sweepers. 
It 
has  sixty-two  furniture  factories,  em­
ploying 9,000 hands,  and producing $12,- 
000,000  of  furniture  annually. 
In five 
years its bank clearings doubled.  Taken 
all together, it is  one of  the most attrac­
tive cities in the United States.
With so  much enterprise and thrift, it 
is no wonder  that there are no evidences 
of  squalor;  that  the  death  rate  is rela­
tively low, and that  everywhere the city 
presents an inviting appearance.
We made time to visit  the leading gro­
cery store of  the city, on  Monroe street, 
owned by K.  J. Herrick,  a subscriber and 
warm  friend  of  the  American  Grocer 
and  of  T h e  Mic h ig a n  T r a d e sm a n. 
And  that  is  a  hint  that  every  grocer 
should  take,  along  with  the  American 
Grocer,  his local trade paper.  He needs 
both,  and  the  more  both  are  read  the 
better equipped will  the man  be for bus­
iness. 
It pays  to keep  posted.  We re­
serve for  another  issue a  description of 
this store,  in many respects a model.
It  was also  our  pleasure  to  visit the 
large and elegant office of Ball-Barnhart- 
Futman  Co., grocery  jobbers,  and  to  go

through  their  extensive  warehouse,  su­
perbly adapted for the rapid handling of 
heavy  goods.  The  office  of  this  firm 
would make a New York jobber envious. 
There  is  an  abundance  of  room, hand­
some  fittings, freedom  from  disturbing  ! 
noises,  thus  reducing the  wear and tear 
of nerve inseparable from life in Gotham.
E. A. Stowe  owns the  controlling  in­
terest in a very complete  printing,  book­
binding and engraving  establishment,  of 
which he is the  founder.  He is a bunch 
of concentrated energy,  and,  as  was said 
of  the  late  Jackson  S.  Schultz, of  this 
city,  a “steam engine in breeches.”  This 
plant  enjoys  a  large  patronage,  and is 
one of  the  very  many  profitable indus­
tries  of  the city,  in  many of  which Mr. 
Stowe  is  interested.  Being  a  man  of 
strong  character,  great  energy,  marked 
enthusiasm and superb executive ability, 
he is  sought  for as  stockholder  and di­
rector in  various  industrial  enterprises. 
It  is  such  men  that  have  combined  to 
make Grand Rapids a large and  prosper­
ous  city  of 90,000,  and  the  center of  a 
population of 500,000 within three hours’ 
travel.

Price  Cutting  a  Boomerang.

From  the Retail Grocers* Journal.
The minute  a  merchant  begins to cut 
prices  he  demoralizes  the  trade  of  his 
competitors  and  at  the  same  time lays 
the foundation  for his  own ruin.  Some 
storekeepers  imagine  that  the  public 
will consider them  as enterprising busi­
ness men,  because their prices are below 
cost. 
In  that they are  wrong,  however, 
as the public has before this been taught 
that the  laborer  who  works  for nothing 
and the merchant  who sells  his goods at 
cost both require  watching,  as  they will 
get even  at the  first  opportunity  that  is 
offered.

Good  Report  from  Bay  City.

B a y Cit y,  Aug.  28—We  held  a  very 
enthusiastic meeting last Thursday even­
ing  at  Ellsworth  &  Son’s  commission 
house.  We  appointed  a  committee  to 
get  up by-laws  and  a  constitution,  and 
also one to  procure a hall.  We have en­
gaged a  hall and will  hold a meeting on 
Thursday  evening  of  this  week.  By 
that time  we  hope  to  have  the by-laws 
ready to  submit  to  the  Association  and 
then  we will  tackle  the  peddlers.  We 
would  consider  it a  favor if  you would 
forward us a copy of  your ordinance for 
peddlers. 

Sam.  W.  W a t e r s,  Sec’y.

From Out of Town.

Calls  have  been 

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

L.  T.  Kinney, Woodville.
Shook & Son, Coral.
Friedrich Bros.,  Traverse City. 
Vaughan & Thomason,  Albion.
Jos.  Raymond, Berlin.
E. C. Sunderlin,  North Muskegon.
E. E.  Hewitt, Rockford.

Making Rapid Progress.

From the Minneapolis Northwest Trade.
The  coupon  book  system  is  making 
rapid progress among  the retail grocers. 
They  find  it  easier  to  introduce,  more 
practical and more helpful than they had 
supposed it was.

Opium 

The Drug  Market.
is  excited  and  advancing. 

Higher prices are looked for.

Morphia is unchanged.
Linseed oil is lower and dull.
Some idea of  the value of  walnut may 
be obtained from the  fact that  a  man  in 
Monona  county,  Iowa,  was  recently of­
fered  $25,000  for  a  number  of  walnut 
trees 
that  he  planted  around  his 
yard about  thirty years  ago for the sim­
ple,  homely purpose of making the space 
in  front  of  his  residence  shady and at­
tractive.  There  is  no  way  in  which  a 
man could more easily and inexpensively 
provide  a  competence  for  his  children 
than  buying  a  few  acres  of  land  and 
planting  them in  this way. 
It  is an in­
vestment that  needs  no  thought or care 
after  the  first  planting;  nature will do 
the rest.

Buildings,  Portraits,  Cards,  Letter 

and  Note  Headings,  Patented 

Articles, Maps and Plans.
TRADESMAN  COflPANY,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

M I C H I G A N

Fire & Marine Insurance Co.

Organised  1881.

DETROIT,  MICHIGAN

BUY  THE  PENINSULAR
Pants,  Sliirts,  aai  Overalls

Once and You aie our Customer 

for life.

S t a n t o n   <6  M o r e y ,

DETROIT,  MICH.

Gko. F. Owbn, Salesman  for Western  Michigan, 

Residence  59 N.  Union St., Grand  Rapids.

Tour  Bank Account Solicited.

Kent  County Savings Bank,

GRAND  R AFIDS  .MICH.

J no.  A.  Covode,  Pres.

Henry  Idejia, Vice-Pres.

J.  A.  S.  Vekdier,  Cashier.

K. Van Hof, Ass’tC’s’r. 

Transacts a General R anking  Business. 

Interest  A llow ed  on  Time  and  Savings 

Deposits.

DIRECTORS:

Jno. A. Covode, D. A  Blodgett,  E. Crofton Fox, 
T. J. O’Brien.  A. J. Bowne,  Henry Idema,
J no. W. Blodgett, J. A. McKee 
J. A. S. Verdier.
D eposits  Exceed  One  M illion  D ollars.

A  Solace  Sweet 

and  best 
by far,

in  these  quiet  times

S m o k e

a

B e n -H u r

C igar.

6E0.
MOEBS
& C 0 .

Make  them,

All  leading  dealers  sell  them.

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H o w   H e  M issed   It.

It  was  repeated  all 

What  an  interesting  and  instructive 
topic is the review of the things we have 
missed and how we missed them.  He  is 
a wise  man and  likely  to  be  successful 
who for  every slip  he  makes or blunder 
finds and applies a remedy.  So used, the 
past is full of  assistance  when one rises 
and  says  to  himself, “That’s  not to be 
repeated.”  No doubt we are safe in say­
ing  that  the  most  of  our  misdirections 
come  from  the  want  of  thought—the 
sober  second  thought  hasn’t  been used. 
It  is  well  when  one  has  been  well 
trained  in  the  nursery and  school 
to 
think  well.  A  young  fellow  once  lost 
the best  girl up in  the country where we 
were  schooled  because of  a  remark  he 
once made  which wouldn’t  bear repeat­
ing. 
the  same. 
Moral:  Never say anything to friend  or 
foe  that  won’t  bear  frequent  telling. 
One’s  thoughtless  gab  is  pretty sure to 
upset his apple cart and scatter the fruit. 
Be  very careful  what  you  say and more 
careful  what  you  do.  And  be  clear; 
don’t  be  saying  or  doing 
things  that 
need  apology  or  explanation.  Webster 
missed 
the  presidency  of  the  United 
States by his timidity in the presence  of 
the slave  power.  Lincoln  goes high up 
in human history because  of  the  finish­
ing blow he  dealt it.  Get for  your boys 
the life  of  Lincoln  with  the  hope  that 
they  may  imbibe  his  spirit  and  man­
hood.  We  have  told  you  before  of 
how a young  man  of  our  acquaintance 
lost a  splendid situation  because  of  his 
bad spelling.  This smart man isn’t like­
ly to make many misses.  We  read  this 
of him the other day. 
Isn’t  it good?  A 
Brooklyn manufacturer paid  a bill with­
out a murmur the  other  day,  simply  on 
account of the way  it was  worded.  His 
engineer found that  the hot water pump 
would not work and sent for a machinist. 
The latter bothered  with  it  half  a  day 
and said it must come apart.  This meant 
the stoppage  of  the  factory for  a  long 
time. 
It was  suggested that a neighbor­
ing engineer be sent for, as he was a sort 
of genius in the matter of machinery.  He 
came,  and  after  studying  the  pump  a 
while he took  a  hammer and gave three 
sharp  raps  over  the  valve.  “I  reckon 
she’ll go  now,” he quietly said and,  put­
ting on  steam,  she  did  go.  “ The  next 
day,”  said the manufacturer,  “I received 
a bill from  him  for  $25.50.  The  price 
amazed me,  but  when  I  examined  the 
items I drew a check  at  once.  The  bill 
read  this way:  For  fixing  pump,  fifty 
cents;  knowing  how,  $25.  Had  he 
charged me $25.50 for  fixing  the pump I 
should  have  considered  it  exorbitant 
But  fifty cents was  reasonable—quite so 
—and  I  recognized  the value of  knowl­
edge;  so I paid and said nothing.”  Great 
head.  Let’s have  more  of  them and so 
stop  missing  good  things  through  the 
years. 
In  a hole  because  you  won’t be 
advised and won’t learn how to do things.

on too small a capital.
judgment in making his fall  selections.
conducting your  business.

Geo.  R.  Scott.
Thing’s a Merchant  Should Avoid.
Purchasing  too  large a stock of goods 
A  buyer  who  will  not  exercise  good 
Reckless  and  extravagant methods  in 
Ignoring the interests of your patrons.
Lack  of  business  activity and a want 
Placing  your  novelties  in  a  badly 
Hiring  unambitious  and 
inefficient 
Using old price  tickets on  new  goods.
Displaying  high-priced  goods  to  low- 

of “tact, push and principle.”
lighted room.
help.

priced customers.

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U N B LE A C H E D   COTTONS.

Adriatic
“  Arrow Brand  5 
A rgyle....................   è
“  World Wide.  6 
Atlanta A A ................6
”  LL.. . . ... .. ..   4k
Atlantic A ...............   6*
Pull Yard Wide.......6)4
H...............6*
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Georgia  A ............... 6k
Honest Width.........  6
“ 
D .........  ...  6
Hartford A  ..............5
“  LL...............  5
Indian Head............  sk
Amory...................... 634
King A  A ................. 6k
Archery  Bunting...  4 
KlngBC...................  5
Beaver Dam  A A ..  5k
Lawrence  L L........   4%
Blacks tone O, 32__   5
Madras che6se cloth 6%
Black Crow..............6
Newmarket  G........ 5V
Black  Rock  ............6
B ........ 5
Boot, AL.................  7
N ........ 614
Capital  A .................534
D D ....  6k 
Cavanat Y ............... 534 
^
X .......634
Chapman cheese cl.  334 Nolbe R........ .7 ..... 5
Clifton  C R ..............  534  0urLevei  B est...!. 6
Comet..........................63»  Oxford  R ..........  
6
Dwight Star.............  6*   Pequot............ 
7
Clifton CCC............634 Solar...........................!  6
[Top of the  Heap. ! ! !  7 
Geo. Washington...  8
Glen Mills...............  7
Gold Medal................734
Green  Ticket.......... 834
Great Palls...............  63i
Hope.........................   7u
Just  Out.......  434@ 5
King  Phillip............7v
.  
OP.....  734
Lonsdale Cambric.. 10
Lonsdale............  @  8V
Middlesex.........   @ 5
No Name..................  734
Oak View.................  6
Our Own..................   534
Pride of the West... 12
Rosalind...................  734
Sunlight....................  434
Utica  Mills..............834
“  Nonpareil  ..10
Vlnyard....................   834
White Horse............   6
“  Rock..............»

A B C ....................................834
Amazon................... 8
Amsburg.................... 634
Art  Cambric........... 10
Blackstone A A.......734
Beats A ll..................  434
Boston....................   12
Cabot........................   734
Cabot,  %..................   6-4
Charter  Oak__   ...  534
Conway W...............   714
PlOYPÎOmi 
<8 *-•
Cleveland..............   63»
Dwight Anchor__   8 34
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shorts  8
Edwards...................   6
rarwei......................7
_  
1..................... 734
Fruit of the  Loom.  834
Fltchvllle  .............  7
First Prize................7
Fruit of the Loom %.  734
Palrmount............... 434
Pull Value............... 6314
Cabot........................   734|D wight Anchor
Parwell.................... 8 

H A L F   B L E A C H E D   COTTONS.

b l e a c h e d   c o t t o n s .

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CANTON  F L A N N E L .

Bleached. 
Housewife  Q .„. 
R .......

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Unbleached.
Housewife  A ...
....5 k
B ...
“ 
••••534
C...
“ 
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D ...
“ 
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....7
E ...
“ 
F ...
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....7 k
....7 k
G  ..
“ 
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“ 
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I .... ....8k
“ 
J — ...  8*
“ 
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K ...
9k
L.  ..
“ 
...10
“  M  ... —1034
...11 
....21 
— .1434
C A R P E T   W ARF. 
18
Peerless, white..
colored 
...2 0
Integrity...................1834
Hamilton..................  8
...................9
 
GG  Cashmere........ 20
Nameless  ................16
.................18

D R E S S   HOODS.
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1034

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.1134 
.1234 
• 1334

Integrity  colored...20
White Star............... 18
colored. .20
Nameless................. 20
..................25
•••  ............2734
..................30
.............. 3234

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C O R SET  JE A N S .

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long cloth B. 1034 
“ 
“  C  834
“ 
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century cloth  7
“ 
gold seal.......1034
“  green seal TR1034 
“  yellow seal.. 1034
“ 
serge..............1134
“  Turkey red..1034 

COBS
Corallne...................89 50
Schilling’s ................ 9 00
Davis  Waists.......  9 00
Grand  Rapids..........4 50
Armory....................634
Androscoggin.......... 7 k
Blddeford...............   6
Brunswick...............634
Allen turkey  reds..  6
robes............6
pink*purple  6
bu ffs............  6
pink  checks.  6
staples........ 6
shirtings...  6
American  fancy__ 534
American Indigo...  6 
American shirtings.  434 
Argentine  Grays...  6 
Anchor Shirtings...  4
Arnold 
__ 6
Arnold  Merino.......6

B T S .
Wonderful...........$4  50
Brighton....................4 75
Bortree’s ................  9 00
Abdominal............15  00
Naumkeagsatteen..  734
Rockport.................... 634
Conestoga.................. 734
Walworth..................634
Berwick fancies
534
Clyde  R obes....__
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 
Merrlm’ck shirtings.  134 
Repp furn .  834
Pacific  fancy...........6
robes.............  634
Portsmouth robes...  634 
Simpson mourning..  6
greys.........6
solid black.  6 
Ballou solid black..
Washington Indigo.  634 
colors.
“  Turkey robes..  734
Bengal blue,  green, 
“  India robes__ 734
red and  orange...  6
“  plain Tky X 34  834 
Berlin solids............  534
“ 
“  X—10
“  oil blue.........6
“  Ottoman  Tur­
“  “  green  —   6
key red..................  634
"  Foulards__ 534
Martha Washington
“ 
7
red 34 —  
Turkeyred 34.........734
“  “  X ............  934
Martha Washington
“  4 4— ....10
“ 
Turkeyred...........   934
“ 34XXXX 12
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Rlverpoint robes....  534 
Cocheeo fancy.........6
Windsor fancy........   634
madders...  6
__ ... 
Indigo  blue..........1034
XXtwills..  6 
solids........   5k : Harmony.................  5
T IC K IN G S .
Amoskeag A C A  
1234
AC A ......................13
Hamilton N  ............734
Pemberton AAA.... 16
York................. 
1034
D ............. 834
Awning.. 11
Swift River................734
Farmer......................8
Pearl  River..............12
First  Prize............... 1034
Warren...................... 1334
Lenox M Uls............18
C 
o g a ...............16
...............8
Atlanta,  D ...............634[Stark  A 
Boot— ~ .................634 No  Name.............. 
Clifton, K.................  7  ITopof  Heap............  9

gold  ticket

o o t t o n   d r i l l .

.  734

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T H E   M IC H IG A N   T R A D E S M A N
Dry Goods Price Carrent.

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Amoskeag.................1234
9 oz.......1834
brown .13
Andover....................1134
Beaver Creek  A A ... 10 
B B...  9
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Boston Mfg Co.  br..  7 
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blue  834 
“  d a  twist  1034 
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Columbian  brown.. 12
Everett, blue...........1234
brown....... 1234
Haymaker blue.......73k
brown...  744
Jeffrey......................1134
Lancaster  ................1234
Lawrence, 9 oz........ 1334
No. 220....13
NO.250....1134
No. 280.... 1034

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GINGH AM S

Lancaster,  staple...  634

Columbian XXX br.10 
XXX  bl.19
Amoskeag................634
“  Persian dress  8 
Canton ..  8
“ 
APC........ IO34
“ 
Teazle... 1034 
“ 
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Angola.. 1034 
“ 
Persian..  8
Arlington staple__ 634
Arasapha  fancy__ 444
Bates Warwick dres  734
Centennial..............  1034
Criterion..................1034
Cumberland staple.  534
Cumberland...............5
Essex.......................... 434
Elfin..........................  734
Everett classics___834
Exposition.................734
Glenarie..................   ¿34
Glenarven..................634
Glenwood...................734
Hampton.................... 634
Johnson Chalon cl 
34 
Indigo blue  934 
zephyrs__ 16

fancies__ 7
“ 
“  Normandie  8
Lancashire...............  6
Manchester..............  544
Monogram............... 634
Normandie.............. 734
Persian.....................8
Renfrew Dress.........734
RoBemont.................634
staples.  634 Slatersvllle..............6
Somerset.................. 7
Tacoma  ...................734
Toil  duNord.......... 1034
Wabash....................  734
seersucker..  734
Warwick.................  7
Whlttenden.............   8
heather dr.  734 
Indigo blue  9 
Wamsutta staples...  634
Westbrook............... 8
10
Windermeer............ 5
York..........................634

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Amoskeag................ 1534[Oeorgla
.............
Stark........................  19 
American.................1514I..............

T H R E A D S.

Clark’s Mile End....45  I
Coats’, J. & P..........45
Holyoke...................22341

Barbour's................ 86
Marshall’s ............... 81

K N IT T IN S   COTTON.

White.  Colored.

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

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

38 No.  14... ....87
39
“ 
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...38
40
*•  18...
...39
41
“  20... ....40
C A M BRIC S.

Slater........................   4b*
White Star..............  434
Kid Glove................  4M
Newmarket..............  434

Edwards.................  434
Lockwood..................434
Wood’s ................ 
  434
Brunswick..............  434

R E D   F L A N N E L .

Fireman.................. 3234
Creedmore.............. 2734
Talbot XXX............30
Nameless.................2734]

T W ..........................2234
F T ............................8234
J R F , XXX.............35
Buckeye.................. 3234

M IX E D   F L A N N E L .

DOMET  F L A N N E L .

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Red & Blue,  plaid..40
Union R ....................2234
Windsor....................1834
6 oz Western............ 20
Union  B ...................2234
Nameless.......8  @ 9341 
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Slate. Brown. Black. Slate
9k
9k 1«34
10k
1034 1134
1134 12
H34
12k 20
12k
Severen, 8 oz............  934
May land, 8 oz...........IO34
Greenwood, 734 o s..  934
Greenwood, 8 oz__ 1134
Boston, 8 oz..............1034

9k
10k
1134
12k

Grey SR  W.............. 1734
Western W .............. 1834
D RP................... 1834
Flushing XXX.........2334
Manitoba..................2334
9  @1034 
1234
Brown. Black.
10k
1134
12
20

10k
H34
12
20

West  Point, 8 oz.... 1034 
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10 oz  ...1834
Rayen, lOoz..............1334
Stark 
.............. 1834
Boston, 10 oz.............1234

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White, doz.............. 25  I Per bale, 40 doz.... 83 50
Colored,  doz...........20  IColored  “ 
............7 50
Slater, Iron Cross...  8 
Pawtucket................1034
Red Cross....  9
Dandle.....................   g
Best.
Bedford.................... 1034
Best  AA.
Valley  City..............1034
K K ............................1034

8 IL E B IA 8 .

1034 
.1234 
734 
834

[Corticelli  knitting, 
per 34o z  ball........ 30

SEW IN G   SIL K .

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twist, doz.. 40 
50 yd, doz..40
HOOKS AN D   E Y E S — P E R  G RO SS.
No  1 Bl’k A White..10 
“  2 
..12 
“ 
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..12
•• 
No 2—20, M C ..........50  INo 4—15  J   334
•'  8—18, S C ............45  I
OOTTON  T A P E .
No  2 White A Bl’k.,12 
'  10 
“  4 
..15
..18
“  6 
12 
SA FM TY  P IN S . 
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— .28 

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No  4 Bl’k & Whlte..l5
..20
..as
.40

INo  8 White A Bl’k..20 
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N E E D L E S — P E R   M .

A. James...................1  401 Steamboat............. 
40
Crowely’s.................1  85 Gold  Byed.............!  i  fin
Marshall’s................ 1 00|Amerlcan..................1  00
|5—4....1  65  6—4. ..2 80

4 .... 1  75  6—4... 

T A B L E   O IL  CLOTH.

c o t t o n  t w i n e s .

Cotton Sail Twine. .28
Crown.......................12
Domestic..................1834
Anchor.....................16
Bristol...................... 18
Cherry  VaUey.........15
I X L .........................1834
.  ,  _ 
Alabama...................634  ~
Alamance.................. 634
Augusta.................... 734
Ar  sapha................... 6
Georgia.......................6k
Granite......................534
Haw  River...........  5
Haw  J ......................   5

Nashua....................18
Rising Star 4-ply.. ..17 
8-ply.... 17
North Star...............20
Wool Standard 4 ply 1734 
Powhattan............. is

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Mount  Pleasant__ 634
Oneida......................  5
Prymont.................  5*
Kan del man..............6
Riverside.................  su
Sibley  A .................. 634
Toledo......................

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

7

The  Panic  of 1837.

The great financial  panic  of  1837 was, 
perhaps,  the  most  momentous  financial 
crisis in the history of  the country,  save 
that now in  operation,  and  in  much the 
same manner it was the  combined  result 
of excessive  speculation  and  over-trad­
ing,  and  of  gross  political  mismanage­
ment and  vicious legislation.

It was  speculation  in  land. 

It will  be interesting  to  take a glance 
backward to the events of  fifty-six years 
ago.  A writer of that period has spoken 
graphically  of  the  speculation  of  that 
day. 
Ileal 
estate was  held  to  be  the  basis  of  all 
wealth,  and people  became afflicted with 
a craze to own  land.  The poorer classes 
were all struggling to get possession of a 
little of “God’s footstool.”  The rich got 
all they could of it.  The speculation  be­
gan with town lots  and  ended with rash 
operations in  wild lands.  The ruggedest 
mountains  and 
the  most  impenetrable 
swamps were  marked  off  on  paper into 
cities and  farms,  and  were  sought and 
bought with avidity.

The speculative craze pervaded the en­
tire Union,  and  was,  in America,  a  repe­
tition of  the John Law Mississippi Land 
Company  craze which  had  prevailed  in 
France in  1720.  A writer says of the in­
flation of 1837:

The American  temper  rushed  now to 
speculation rather  than  to  toil  or  ven­
It did not seem necessary to create 
ture. 
wealth  by labor;  the  treasures lay ready 
for  whomsoever  should  first  reach  the 
doors  of  the  treasure-houses.  To make 
easy the routes  to the El Dorado of prai­
ries and river bottoms was  the  quickest 
way to wealth.

Canals  were  projected;  railroad mile­
age rose from  23 in 1830 to 1,273 in  1836. 
“So  the  American  people  gave  them­
selves  with  one  consent  to an amazing 
land  speculation.”  Money  poured  into 
our enterprises from  abroad.  There was 
a  land  craze.  Sales  of  public 
lands 
sprang from  $2,300,000  in  1830  to $24,- 
877,179 in 1836.  Banks  sprang  up  like 
mushrooms to  furnish “money”  to  feed 
the  craze.  The  Federal  deposits  were 
used  to  float more  paper with  which to 
buy  land.  Cities  were  planted  every­
where and their lots sold  to speculators. 
Martin Chuzzlewit’s  investment in  Eden 
was only typical  of  the  most  of  these. 
The bank notes were secured by the land 
which they had been issued to buy.  The 
Federal treasury  was  flooded with them. 
The  climax  came with  Jackson’s  order 
that land should  be  paid  for in specie. 
Then came the crash. 
It was settlement 
day.  Everybody  wanted  money,  not 
paper  rags.  The  glittering  fabric  of 
bubble credit  collapsed  and  came  tum­
bling down about  the  ears  of  a  dazed 
and panic-stricken people.  The  thrifty, 
the  prudent,  the 
then,  as 
now, were involved  in  the wreck brought 
about by the  “boomers.”

industrious 

The crash  was  complicated and aggra­
vated by the  legislation  which  had gone 
before.  There was a surplus of revenue 
arising  from  the  sales  of  Government 
land and excess of  taxation. 
Instead of 
using it to reduce the  tax  burdens upon 
the people,  the  money,  to the amount of 
$37,000,000,  in  1836 had been divided out 
among the States;  while  President Jack- 
son had previously withdrawn the public 
money from the  National  Bank and dis­
tributed  it  among  state  and  private 
banks.  This diffusion  of  money among 
the people only excited,  as it always will, 
to speculation.  When  the crash came,  a 
struggle ensued for hard money, of which I 
gold was chiefly  in demand,  as there was j

no silver,  save Spanish  coins,  in circula­
tion.  The country did  not recover from 
the effects of the panic of  1837 for many 
years, and the recovery was very gradual. 
Confidence is a plant of slow growth, and 
a like result  may  be  predicated  of  the 
present financial stress.

F r a n k   S tow ell.

Development  of  the  American  Beet 

Sugar  Industry.

The development of  the beet sugar in­
dustry of  California is  one  of  the  most 
interesting and  important of the agricul­
tural  advances made in  this country dur­
ing the past few years.  The advance es­
timates of  the  Federal  inspectors,  made 
for the purpose of  furnishing a basis for 
appropriations  for  the  bounty  for  the 
coming season  by  Congress,  places  the 
probable  production  of  beet  sugar  in 
California at 42,000,000 pounds.

Of course,  the actual production  never 
comes  up  to  the  advance  estimates,  but 
in the case  of  California,  the  disparity 
has never been great.  Even  should  the 
difference be  as  great  as  25  per  cent., 
which is  not  likely,  the  indicated  crop 
would still  be  32.000,000  pounds.  The 
actual crop for  the year ending June 30, 
1893, on which bounty was paid, was 21,- 
800,000 pounds.  The crop of the preced­
ing  year  had  been  8,624,000  pounds. 
Within a year,  therefore,  California  in­
creased  its production of beet sugar three 
times over.  Of  course,  it would  not  be 
reasonable  to  look for the same ratio  of 
increase during the  coming year,  but,  in 
the light of past experience,  the promise 
of 42,000,000 pounds is not unreasonable.
The largest  of the beet sugar factories 
in California is that of Chino,  to  supply 
which 6,000 acres of beets  are under cul­
tivation.  The capacity of  the factory is 
about 220,000 pounds of  sugar  per  day. 
The saccharine percentage  of  the  beets 
in California is said to be very high, and, 
in fact,  the industry,  although still in its 
infancy,  has already secured  a firm foot­
hold,  and  before  many years the produc­
tion of beet sugar  in  that  State will  be 
very large and  sufficient  to  play an im­
portant part in the  domestic  sugar mar­
ket.

Failures  are  now  comparatively few, 
and  those  which  occurred  during  the 
past few weeks are  not  all to be classed 
under the head of  bankrupt concerns,  as 
many of the firms had  larger assets  than 
liabilities,  but  were  compelled  to  sus­
pend temporarily.  We  hear  very  little 
about the closing  of  mills and factories, 
but  the  announcements  of  operations 
being resumed are  numerous.  The Con­
gressional  situation  is  also brighter,  the 
exports of cereals and the imports of gold 
continue on a  large scale,  and altogether 
there is abundant  evidence  of  a  favor­
able change in the tide of events.

Hardware Price Current.

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A X K S.

A U G U RS A N D  B IT S . 

These  prices are  for cash,  buyer»,  who 
pay promptly  and  buy in  full  packages.
Snell’s ................................................................  
¿¡0
Cook’s ................................................................  
40
Jennings’, genuine..........................................  
25
Jennings’,  imitation....................................... 50*10
First Quality, S. B. Bronze.............................$ 7 00
D.  B. Bronze.............................  ia 00
8. B. S. Steel..............................  8 00
D. B. Steel..................................13 50
d lS .
Railroad...........................................................t 14 00
Garden......................................................  net  30 00
Stove....................................................................50*10
Carriage new list.............................................. 75*10
Plow....................................................................40*10
Sleigh shoe........................................................ 
70
Well,  plain  .......................................................1350
Well, swivel......................................................  400
d ls .
Cast Loose Pin, figured....................................70*
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint................60*.0

B U T T S ,  OAST. 

B A R R O W S. 

B U C K E T S .

b o l t s . 

d ls .

dls.

COMBS.

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

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B LO C K S.

C H ISE LS.

C R A D L E S.

CROW  B A R S .

Ordinary Tackle, list April  1892................. 60*10
Grain............................................... .......... dls. 50*02
Cast Steel........................................ .......per lb 
C AP S.
Ely’s 1-10........................................ .......perm 
Hick’s  C. F ...........................
....... 
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G. D ..........................................
.......  “ 
Musket.......................................
.......  “ 
C A R T R ID G E S.

5
65
60
35
60
Rim  Fire........................................ ................. 
50
Central  Fire................................... .......... dls. 
25
Socket Firmer................................ ...............   70*10
Socket Framing.............................
.................70*10
Socket Corner................................
.................70*10
Socket Slicks................................. .................70*10
Butchers’ Tauged  Firmer............ .................  
40
Curry,  Lawrence’s ........................ ................. 
40
Hotchkiss....................................... ................. 
25
White Crayons, per  gross............ ..12©12K dls. 10
Planished, 14 oz cut to size........ per pound 
14x52, 14x56, 14x60 ....... ................. 
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60__ ................. 
Cold Rolled, 14x48......................... ................. 
Bottoms.......................................... ................. 
Morse’s  Bit  Stocks........................ ...............  
Taper and straight Shank............ ................. 
Morse’s Taper Shank.................... ................. 
Small sizes, ser pound................. ................. 
Large sizes, per pound................. .......  ....... 
Com. 4 piece, 6 in .........................
. .do*, net 
75
Corrugated.........................  ........ .......... dls 
40
Adjustable.....................................
........ dls.  40*10
E X P A N S IV E   B IT S .
Clark’s, small, 8l8;  large, 826__ ................. 
30
Ives’, 1, $18:  2, 824;  3,830  ............ .................  
25
Disston’s ........................................ .................60*10
New American  ............................. .................60*10
Nicholson’s ................................... .................fìO&lfì
Heller’s ............................................ ................. 
50
Heller’s Horse Rasps  .................. .................  
60
Nos.  16  to  20;  22  and  24;  25  and  26;  27 
16 
List 

p i l e s —New List.

28
26
23
23
25
50
50
50

.  LLV A N IZED   IRO N.

D R IP P IN G   P A N S.

ELBOWS.

07
6*

CO PP ER .

D R IL L S .

C H A LK .

dls.

dls.

dis.

28
17

dls.

12 

13 

15 

“ 

Discount, 60

14 
eAuexs. 

dls.

dls.

NAILS

M ATTfimfl

LOCKS—DOOR. 

MAULS. 
kills. 

MOLASSES OATES. 

knobs—New List. 

Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s ........................ 
50
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings...................... 
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings................... 
55
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings...............  
55
Door,  porcelain, trimmings........................... 
55
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain....................  
70
55
Russell *  Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list  ..........  
Mallory, Wheeler  *   Co.’s ..............................  
55
Branford’s ........................................................ 
55
Norwalk’s .........................................................  
55
Adze Bye..................................'..........818.00, dls. 60
Hunt Bye............................................. 815.00, dls. 00
Hunt’s ..........................................818.50, dls. 20*10.
dlS.
Sperry A Co.’s, Post,  handled........................ 
50
dls.
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ....................................... 
40
40
“  P. 8. *  W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleable*.... 
“  Landers,  Ferry *  Cla rk’s ................... 
40
“  Enterprise 
......................................... 
30
Stebbln’s Pattern..............................................60*10
Stebbln’s Genuine............................................ 66*10
Enterprise, self-measuring............................. 
25
Advance over  base,  on  both  Steel  and Wire.
Steel nails, Dase.................................................. 1  50
Wire nails, base........................................ 1  75@l  80
60.......................................... ..............Base 
Base
50.......... :............................................... 
10
25
40...........................................................  
30...........................................................  
25
20..........  
35
45
16...........................................................  
12....... 
45
50
10...................................  
60
8............................................................. 
7 * 6 ...................................................... 
75
4............................................................. 
90
3............................................................. 
120
2............................................................  
160
FlneS............................................................ 
Case  10................................................. 
65
75
8.................................................  
6.................................................  
90
75
Finish 10............................................... 
3................................................ 
90
6...............................................  
110
Clinch; 10.............................................. 
70
80
8.............................................. 
6.................  
90
Barren %.......... .............:.................... 
175
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy...................................   ©40
Sciota Bench.................................................  
©50
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....................................dls. 
Iron and  Tinned.............................................. 
40
Copper Rivets and Burs................................  50—10

 
PLANS 8. 

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rivets. 

PANS.

dls.

dls.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

“A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
"B” Wood’s  pat. planished, Nos. 26 to 27...  9 20

Broken packs Mo per pounff extra

dls.
dls.

HAMMERS.

“ 

dls.

. _  

HtNOES.

HANSSRS. 

wire eooDs. 

HOLLOW WARE.

HOUSE  PURNISHINe  GOODS.

Maydole  *  Co.’s........................................ dls. 
25
25
Kip’s ............................................................dls. 
Yerkes *  Plumb’s ..................................... dls. 40*10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel...........................30c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel  Hand__ 30c 40*10
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2 ,3 ................................. dls.60*10
State............................................... per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12 In. 4ft  14 and
gu
longer............................................................. 
Screw Hook and  Bye, K ..........................net 
10
%........................... net  8ft
X ..........................net  7J4
X ........................... net  7Jt
_. 
Strap and T ................................................ dls. 
50
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track__ 50*10
Champion,  antl-frlctlon................................  60*10
Kidder, wood track......................................... 
40
Pots.....................................................................60*10
Kettles.................................................................60*10
Spiders  .............................................................. 60*10
Gray enameled..................................................40*10
Stamped  Tin Ware.................................new list 70
Japanned Tin Ware.................................... 
25
Granite Iron W are.......................new listSSX&lO
dls.
B light......................................................  70*10410
Screw  Eyes................................................. 70*10*10
................................................... 70*10*10
Hook’s .. 
Gate Hooks and Byes........................ 
70*10*10
<Hs.7n
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s .......................
Sisal, % inch and larger................................ 
9
Manilla................................. ~ .................... . 
13
’  dlS.
Steel and  Iron..................................................  
Try and Bevels..............................  
 
Mitre....................................................... ;;;;;; 
„  
Com.  Smooth.
Nos. 10 to  14........................................ 84  05
Nos. 15 to 17........................................ 4 05
Nos.  18 to 21.......................................  4 05
Nos. 22 to 24........................................   4 05
Nos. 25 to 26........................................ 485
No. 27............................................... ..!  4 45 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
_ 
List acct. 19, ’88  ........................................ dls. 
Silver Lake, White A ...............................   u«t 
Drab A ....................................  “ 
White  B ..................................  1 
Drab B.....................................  •• 
White C.............................. 

75
«1
So
Com. 
82 95 
3 05 
3 05 
8 15 
3 25 
___
3  35
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  Inches 

SAND PAPER.
BASH CORD.

50
50
55
50
55
“  85

levels. 
ROPES.

SHEET IRON.

SQUARES. 

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Discount, 10.

BASH WEIGHTS.

dls.

'  dls.

saws. 

wire. 

traps. 

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

“ 
“  Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot.... 
“  Special Steel Dla. X Cuts, per foot.... 
“  Champion  and  Blectric  Tooth  X
Cuts,  per  foot................................................. 

Solid Byes.................................................per ton 825
20
8ilver Steel  Dla. X Cuts, per foot,_______  70
50 
30 
30
Steel, Game........................................................60*10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ....... 35
Oneida Community, Hawley a Norton’s .  . 
70
Mouse,  choker................................18cperdos
Mouse, delusion................................. 81.50 per dos
dls.
Bright Market...................................................  g5
Annealed Market..................................... . 
'70—10
Coppered Market.................................................60
Tinned Market.................................................  6214
50
d  Fence, galvanised.............................  2 80
painted..................................  240
“ 
Au  Sable............................................. dls.  40*10
dls. 06
PntaMa.............................................. 
Northwestern...................................  
dls. 10*10
dls.
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled...................... 
30
Coe’s  Genuine................................................. 
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,.......... 
75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable.................................. 75*10
dls.
Bird Cages........................................................ 
50
Pumps, Cistern............................................ 
75*10
Screws, New L 1st.............................................. 70*10
Casters, Bed a  d Plate............................. 50*10*10
Dampers, American......................................... 
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all Bteel goods........ 65*10

S red  Spring  Steel.............................. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

HORSE NAILS.

wrenches. 

METALS,
PIG TIN.

26c
28c

ZINC.

SOLDER.

Pig  Large.........................................................  
Pig Bars............................................................. 
Duty:  Sheet, 2J4c per pound.
600 pound  casks...............................................  
6X
Per pound.........................................................  
7
HOK..........................................................................
Bxtra W iping......................................................  15
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder fn the market Indicated by private brand* 
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY
1 60
Cookson...........................................per pound
Hallett's.......................................... 
is
TIN—MSLYN GRADE.
10xl4IC, Charcoal............ ...............................8 7
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
14x20 IX, 

............................................  7  0
............................................  925
............................................  925

Bach additional X on this grade, 81.75.

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TIN—ALLA WAY GRADE.
“ 
« 
“ 

HOOPING PLATES

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

Bach additional X on this grade 81.50.

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“ 
" 
“  Allaway Grade..................  
“ 
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“ 
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.

14x20 IC, “  Worcester...................................   6 50
...............................   8  50
14x20 IX, 
..............................  18  50
20x28 IC, 
14x20IC, 
6  00
7  50
14x20 EX, 
20x28  IC, 
12  50
20x28 IX, 
15  50
14x28 EX.............................................................814  00
14x31  IX....................................................   ....  15 00
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, I 
^
r per pound....  10 00
14x60 IX  “ 

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W EDNESDAY,  SE PT E U BE R   6,  1893,

A  BAD  TIME  FOR  IMMIGRATION
Some weeks ago it  was announced that 
considerable  numbers  of  Italians,  who 
were thrown out  of  employment by  the 
closing  of  the  mines  in  Colorado  and 
other parts of the West,  had  at  once de­
parted for the  East  and  were intending 
to sail  for  their  native  country. 
It  is 
now  stated 
that  many foreigners  who 
had but  recently arrived  in this country 
seeking  work,  and  finding  the present 
condition of  commercial  and  industrial 
depression, were anxious to return home, 
but lacked  the means.  Numbers of these 
persons  have  recently  applied  to  the 
Commissioner of  Immigration  at  Phila­
delphia, expressing their auxiety to leave 
the country, and  begging to  be sent back 
to Europe at the  expense of  the Govern­
ment,  for fear that they  will  not be able 
to find  employment  and  may  become  a 
public charge.

Of course,  there  is  no  money for the 
deportation  of  these  people,  and  they 
must stay here and take the chances.  At 
the same time,  when an army of our own 
people are out of work,  foreign  laborers, 
probably but little  better  than paupers, 
are coming in  by  the  thousand  only  to 
complicate the  situation.  This  country 
is no longer the promised  land  it has  so 
long been  to  the  excessive  populations 
of  European  countries,  but  still 
they 
come.  Our own  population  is  suffering 
for lack of employment on account of the 
stoppage of all industries,  but, neverthe­
less,  European  pauperdnm is  pouring its 
teeming swarms upon  us.  When the im­
migration  was  confined  to  people  from 
the British Isles,  from  Germany,  France 
and Scandinavia, those persons were wel­
comed.  They  readily  assimilated  with 
American institutions and adopted Amer­
ican  ways,  and  became  most  important 
components  of  American  citizenship. 
But immigration did  not stop with races 
that have long held  to principles  of  lib­
erty  and  constitutional  government. 
It 
has extended  to  many others,  until  all 
the ancient  despotisms  are  pouring  out 
their people  upon  us,  and,  in late  years, 
most of  the social  disorders and  anarch­
ical disturbances have been attributed to 
these foreigners.

While there should be no desire to dis­
criminate against  nationalities or  races, 
it is necessary to discriminate against in­

dividuals and to  exclude  the  unworthy. 
It would even be wise to  discourage and 
.even to stop the influx  of  pauper  labor 
in a time like  this. 
In  this  connection 
the Washington Post makes the following 
pertinent suggestion:

The  President  has  power  to suspend 
immigration  entirely in  the  event  of  a 
widespread approach of cholera.  Should 
he not have authority to  order  the same 
suspension  under  circumstances 
like 
these? 
If it is not  the  visitation  of  an 
epidemic that threatens the country,  it is 
a visitation  fraught  with  almost  equal 
horrors.  Might not the  Executive prop­
erly  enough  issue  a  proclamation  of 
warning and counsel  to  the grand  army 
of  intending  immigrants,  setting  forth 
that, in the present situation of the coun­
try, all persons not  having ample means 
or definite assurance of employment here 
will consult  their  own  interests  by re­
maining where they are  until prosperity 
be  re-established  and  our  overstocked 
labor market be relieved.
Such a precaution  would  seem  to  be 
wise, and should commend  itself  to  the 
attention of Congress.
PRIVATE AND CORPORATION DEBTS.
The indebtedness of  a people,  as of an 
individual,  is the chief  factor to  be con­
sidered in making up an opinion of their 
solvency. 
If  this  indebtedness  be  not 
great in comparison with the  energy, in­
dustry,  honesty  and  material  resources 
of the people  they  will  have  credit  in 
proportion.  But if  their burden of  debt 
be unduly great they must suffer the con­
sequences in many  ways.

The indebtedness of the American peo­
ple  becomes  an  interesting  problem  in 
any discussion  of  their  finances.  That 
must  be  known  before  any  intelligent 
system of financial relief  can  be formu­
lated. 
Immediately after  the  repeal  of 
the Shermau  silver  law  steps  must  be 
taken to frame a system  of  finance  and 
furnish a money supply. 
In  seeking  to 
make a statement of  the indebtedness of 
the people the  private  and  corporation 
debts must be considered as well as State 
and national  debts.  The  most interest­
ing problem is to reckon  up  the private 
debts.  There  are  two principal sources 
of  information.  These  are  the  United 
States census reports on real estate mort­
gage indebtedness and the railway corpo­
ration obligations.

The mortgage  burdens  which  encum­
ber real estate are enormous.  These are 
the loads  which  the  farmers  carry. 
In 
the  great  cities  improved  property will 
usually afford a  reasonable  income,  but 
the  farmers,  whose  profits  are  never 
large, cannot afford  to  carry heavy bur­
dens. 
It is shown in  the  census reports 
that in  the twenty-one States  for  which 
the mortgage indebtedness  has been tab­
ulated, the aggregate amount in force  at 
the close of 1889 was $4,547,000,000, with 
the great States of Obio, Texas  and Cali­
fornia and  whole groups of  lesser  states 
yet to be heard  from.  The grand  aggre­
gate will, it is estimated,  be no  less than 
$6,300,000,000.  The  aggregate  in  1880 
was  only  about  $2,500,000,000.  Last 
year,  after turuiug the  scale  at  $8,000,- 
000,000,  the  mortgage  indebtedness con­
tinued its  upward  flight,  not being con­
tented  with an increase of  220 per cent., 
or  nearly four times the  increase in  the 
true value of real estate.

A s  for  the  funded  debts,  those  of the 
railroads  increased  from   $2,392,000,000 
in  1880 to $5,463,000,000 in 1892,  accord­
ing to Poor’s Manual,  an increase of 129 
per  cent.,  while  the  current  debt  has 
nearly  doubled  in  the last seven years. 
The  funded  debts  of  other  companies

were  very  small  in  1880,  but  many  of 
them have since assumed magnitude,  es­
pecially during the  last  few  years;  as, 
for instance, tbose of the telephone, tele­
graph  and  street  railway  companies. 
During the same time the loans and over­
drafts  of national banks  increased from 
$994,000,000 to $2,171,000,000, while those 
of  other  banks,  exclusive  of  private 
banks  and  of  real estate mortgages,  in­
creased  from $378,000,000 to $1,189,000,- 
000.
Bnt  the  funded  debt  of  the  railway 
corporations is only about one-half their 
real indebtedness. 
In 1891 the unfunded 
debt  of  railways  in  the  United  States 
was more than $345,000,000,  with a large 
annual  increase,  shown  by the fact that 
in the past year and the seven months of 
the present,  some of  the most extensive 
lines  in  the  country have been put into 
the courts by creditors.

Here  is  a  vast  sum  of  indebtedness 
due  by  the  American people.  Distrib­
uted  even  among  the  67,000,000  of  the 
population  it  is  heavy enough to bank­
rupt them all if it were  not  for  the ex­
traordinary resources  of this the richest 
country in the world.  But this is not all. 
There are the State and national, country 
and  municipal  debts.  They will  count 
up a vast sum,  but they will  not be con­
sidered here. 
It is this mountain of debt 
that will have to be considered in making 
up a final account for  the preparation of 
a money system for the country.

NEED  OF  LABOR  INFORMATION.
What would be of extreme value to all 
the commercial  and  industrial interests 
of the country is a  complete and regular 
monthly  report  of  the  condition  of  the 
labor situation and the  labor  market  of 
the United States.
The  Genera]  Government  has  estab­
lished a bureau  to  make weekly reports 
of the weather,  acreage  and all other in­
formation necessary to  determining  the 
condition  and  yield of  the most impor­
tant  agricultural  crops  in  the  country, 
while  commercial  exchanges  and 
the 
press  spend  a  great  deal  of  money  in 
securing  daily  and  even  hourly  reports 
of the markets for  all sorts of mercantile 
articles.  But there is  no regular,  relia­
ble  and  complete  Information  given  to 
the public concerning labor.

Labor is precisely as important a factor 
in the making up of reports  of  the  pro­
duction,  prospects  and condition  of the 
industries  of  the  countries  as  are  the 
material  articles  produced,  but  nobody 
knows anything  reliable about the labor 
element,  while  the  greatest  pains  are 
taken to know  about  the products them­
selves.  The  consequence  of  this  igno­
rance is that it is impossible to make any 
intelligent  calculation  on  the future  of 
any important  product  because  we  are 
totally at sea about the  labor  concerned 
in making it and  the  laborers  who  are 
expected  to  consume  it.  Suppose,  for 
example,  that the bread  crops in  Europe 
have  largely  failed,  and  America  must 
be called on to furnish a great portion of 
the  supply.  The  dealers,  armed  with 
detailed  information  of  the  amount  of 
the shortage in  Europe  and of the stock 
in this country from  which  supplies are 
to be drawn,  immediately  begin  to figure 
on  the  prospects  and  to  discount  the 
supposed situation  long in  advance. 
It 
is found,  however,  after the  flurry shall 
have passed away,  that  the calculations 
made in advance were not fully realized, 
and  that  in  many  cases results did not 
conform to expectations.

Miscalculations  in  such  cases  have 
cansed many disappointments and losses. 
Now  the  reason  for  all this was plain. 
The  l^hor  element  of  neither  the  pro­
ducing  nor  the  consuming  countries 
was taken into  consideration.  The cost 
of production is a most  important factor 
in  figuring  the profits,  while the power 
of consumers  to  buy  is  another.  Sup­
pose, for instance,  American breadstuffs 
were made with higher-priced labor than 
usual,  and  suppose,  farther,  that  the 
masses  of  the  people  in Europe,  on ac­
count of  severe  and  long-continued  in­
dustrial  depression,  had  been  able  to 
earn but little and were  poorly provided 
with the means of buying  foreign bread- 
stuffs.  As a consequence,  the consump­
tion  would  not  be  as great as had been 
calculated on, the prices  would be lower 
than  the  actual  supply  would  seem  to 
justify, and the American producers and 
shippers would  not  make  anything like 
the money that the situation,  as they saw 
it, had induced them to expect.

All  this  brings  us  to  the point that, 
in  order to have a just knowledge of the 
prospective  business  to be based on the 
production and marketing of any agricul­
tural  or  other  industrial article in this 
country,  we  must  have just as detailed 
and accurate information about the labor 
as about the weather and crops.  To this 
end 
it  is  necessary  to  have  a  labor 
bureau.  The  Government  takes  pains 
already to gather  certain  statistics as to 
wages, hoars of labor  and other  matters 
pertaining to  employment  in the  differ­
ent  trades;  bat  this  does not reach  the 
case.  Something regular  and  complete, 
like the reports on the weather and crops, 
is needed.

the  manufacturer, 

Let us suppose that a regular  monthly 
report could be obtained concerning each 
leading industry—of  how  many  people 
are  employed;  how  many  belonging  to 
that  branch  of  industry  are  idle;  how 
many,  if the mills  were worked  to their 
full capacity, could be employed;  prices; 
hours,  and the like.  That would  be  in­
formation worth  having.  Getting these 
reports  regularly,  we  would  be  able  to 
know  the  industrial  conditions all over 
the country;  we  could  see  where opera­
tions  were  flourishing  and  where  they 
were languishing;  which industries were 
prosperous  and  which  were  not,  and 
have a good idea of the  unemployed peo­
ple throughout the country.  Such infor­
mation  would  be  of  enormous value to 
the  merchant, 
the 
workingman,  and  also  to the statesman 
and philanthropist.  The French Govern­
ment has already  established  in Paris a 
national labor exchange,  while the Brit­
ish Government  issues  the  Labour  Oar 
zette. 
It is not known that the exchange 
in  one  country  and  the  Gazette  in  the 
other  have  reached  the  perfection  of 
development,  but  they  are evidences of 
an  appreciation  by  two  of the greatest 
industrial nations  in the world of one of 
the most pressing of modern social needs, 
and of an effort to supply  the demand.
A great  majority  of the people of the 
United  States  do  and  always will com­
pose  the  working  classes. 
It  follows, 
then, that their interests  should be care­
fully considered, conserved,  fostered and 
advanced  in  every  proper  way.  Their 
care  should  absorb  a  large  share  of 
American  statesm anship,  and the policy 
of the  country always must  be, as far as 
is consistent with honesty  and justice to 
all, to provide  for the  prosperity of the 
working  and  producing  classes.  A 
proper  conservation  of  their  interests 
will mean prosperity  and  beneficence to 
all classes.

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in England, the Produce Markets’ Review 
says:  “Individualism surely comes well 
out of this ordeal,  and  self-interest and 
the  division  of  labor  are  triumphant. 
Everyone could  doubtless make his  own 
boots or  weave his own  shirts,  but  soci­
ety ages ago  learned  the  lesson  that  it 
is best to have the shoemaker at  his last 
and the weaver at  his loom.  The latter- 
day return to the  ages of  barbarism,  im­
plied in  the co-operative idea of abolish­
ing the  middleman,  is  surely not  a suc­
cess on its own  showing.  Society  could 
be regenerated a good deal  more cheaply 
by contract.”
The 1471 distributive societies with cap­
ital of $70,000,000,  sell $160,000,000,  thus 
turning it over two and  one-third  times 
in the year.  Here  better  results are ob­
tained,  particularly in  the exclusive gro­
cery  trade,  where  the  capital  is  rolled 
over five to  seven times  per year,  and in 
exceptional instances  oftener.
It is  apparent  that  the  members and 
patrons of English  co-operatives pay  lib­
erally for  their  service which would  be

more  satisfactorily  rendered,  were  the 
trade wholly in  the hands of  private in­
dividuals, or great department stores.

Don’t Kiss  Cats and Dogs.

It is said that an Italian savant, having 
noticed with some disgust  the habit that 
many  ladies  have  of  kissing  their  pet 
cats and dogs,  has made a  careful exam­
ination  of  the  saliva  of  these  animals, 
which may be interesting to those indulg­
ing  in  such  osculations.  The saliva of 
the cat is  especially  rich  in  all sorts of 
minute bacilli and  contains  a new form 
seldom absent,  and  so  fatal that rabbits 
and guinea pigs  inoculated  with  it  died 
in twenty-four  hours.  The  dog’s saliva 
contains  an  even  greater  number  of 
bacteria,  some of  them of a particularly 
disagreeable  character,  plus  occasional 
flukes and the  eggs  of intestinal worms. 
Nor  is  the  horse free from these death­
dealing organisms.  For among the diverse 
“bacilli,  streptococci and sprillia,” in its 
saliva  were  three  forms  of  a  noxious 
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COMMERCIAL  INDEPENDENCE.
Sometimes  our people get on a patriotic 
high horse and demand that this country 
shall at once assert  its commercial inde­
pendence  of  England. 
It  is  certainly 
possible for a great and rich country like 
ours to do,  but it will cost something.

to  English  and  other 

There  are  two  principal  items  of  ex­
pense that will  have  to be encountered, 
and  they  will  be  no  trifles. 
First,  the 
people  of  the  United  States  must  pro­
vide their  own ships to  carry the ocean 
freights  between  their  own and foreign 
ports,  which  are now  carried in  foreign 
bottoms,  chiefly  English. 
There  are 
some  40,000,000  tons  of  these  freights, 
which  will  require  several 
thousand 
steamers,  besides  sailing  craft.  These 
ships  would  cost  a  mint  of  money,  but 
they would earn the vast  sums now paid 
annually 
for­
eign ships;  but they  could  not  compete 
in  prices  with  the  foreigners,  and  so 
such a piece of independence would cost 
our people a good  round penny’s worth.
While providing the ships,  it would be 
necessary to  lay a couple of dozen ocean 
telegraph  cables.  Recently  France  be­
came aroused over  the ocean cable busi­
ness,  and  on  inquiry  found  that  of  the 
twenty-eight ocean cable  telegraph com­
panies,  nineteen are  English. 
It has re­
cently come out  that  all  the  dispatches 
from  Siam  during 
the  recent  trouble 
were known at the Foreign Office in Lon­
don before they  were  received in Paris. 
France has no telegraph connection with 
her  colonies,  except over English  lines, 
and  pays  860,000  a  year  subsidy  to  an 
English company  controlling the line to 
Tunis.  It is stated that of the nine cable 
companies  not  owned  in  England,  two 
are  French,  one  Danish,  three  North 
American  and 
three  South  American. 
Three-quarters  of  the  125,000  miles  of 
submarine  telegraph  lines  in  the world 
are in English  hands.

Certainly let  us  be  independent by all 
It  is  only a question of money. 

means. 
Who will put up the money?

The surrender of  Chief Arthur,  of  the 
Brotherhood  of  Locomotive  Engineers, 
and the  payment  of  82,500  and costs to 
the receiver  of the Toledo,  Ann Arbor & 
Northern  Railway  for  declaring  a  boy­
cott on the road,  sounds the death  knell

to  the  favorite  weapon  of  unionism. 
This is an admission  that the  weapon is 
an  illegal one  and that any  one who  in­
dulges  in  its use is a  common  criminal, 
unworthy of confidence or respect.
Co-operation  in  the  United  Kingdom.
From the Am erican  Grocer.
There are 1,471  distributive  co-opera­
tive  societies  in  the  United  Kingdom, 
composed of  1,143,962  members,  for the 
purpose  of  meeting 
their  household 
wants.  While the main part of the busi­
ness carried on by the societies is distrib­
utive  (through retail  stores managed by 
committees  elected  by  the  members), 
many  of  these  stores  have  productive 
deparments  attached to  them  (e.  g.,  for 
baking, shoemaking,  tailoring,  farming, 
etc.). 
In  addition  there  are  170  “Pro­
ductive Societies,” with 24,056 members.
These  are  managed  by  committees 
elected  by  the  shareholders,  who  are 
sometimes workers  in the employ of the 
societies,  sometimes outside  individuals, 
sometimes  delegates  from  distributive 
societies which have  invested  capital in 
the societies.
The sales of the two classes of societies 
named,  in 1892,  were  about 8160,000,000, 
returning a gross profit of about $30,000,- 
000,  and a  net  profit of  820,000,000,  the 
exact  figures  showing  13.6 per cent, on 
the sales, or 31.5 per cent, upon the share 
capital,  loan  and  reserve  of about $70,- 
000,000.  The productive societies return 
a profit of 9.9 per  cent, on sales, and 4.8 
per cent, net, and  11.1 on capital includ­
ing loans and reserve.
It  cost  the  distributive  societies  6.1 
per cent,  to transact  business, or nearly 
one-half  of  the  percentage  on  sales, 
which  is  about  the  cost  in  the  States, 
that is one-half of the gross profits are re­
quired  for the  cost of  the service.  The 
average gross profit  here is  about 16 per 
cent., and net 8 per cent.,  which is near­
ly 2 per cent,  higher  than  in  the United 
Kingdom.  This  is  due  to grinding the 
help,  both as  regards  homes and wages. 
This is confirmed by the resolution passed 
at the  recent  Congress  of  the  Co-oper­
ative Societies,  viz.:
“That,  in the opinion of this Congress, 
the long hours of  labor and the small re­
muneration  paid to  employes  in a large 
number of co-operative stores are discred­
itable to  the  movement  and opposed  to 
the principles  and aims of  co-operation; 
and that the Central Board are requested 
to take immediate  action  with a view of 
bringing the subject  prominently before 
the different sections of  the Union.”
The societies  return a  gross  profit on 
sales  of  19J£  per  cent.,  which  is  very 
liberal and large enough to make the big 
distributive stores here green  with euvy, 
for it  nearly doubles  the  gross  profit of 
the large  department  stores.  Referring 
to the  huge  profits of  the  co-operatives

By discarding the  pass  book  and  other  antiquated  charging 
systems and adopting the cash and coupon  book system, which 
las stood the test of  a dozen years  and  is  now  in  successful 
operation  by thousands  of  progressive  dealers in  all  parts  of 
the country.

We  are  the  originators  and  sole  manufacturers  of  three 
kinds of coupon books,  samples  of  which will  be cheerfully 
sent to any dealer on  application.

TRADESMAN  COMPANY,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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Drugs  Medicines•

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State  Board  o f Pharmacy.
One  Tear—Jam et  Vernor, Detroit.
Two  Tears—O ttm ar Eberbach, Ann  Arbor 
Three  Tears—Qeorgre Oundrum. Ionia.
Fonr Tears—C. A.  Bogbee. Cheboygan.
Five Tears—8. K. Parkill, Owosso.
President—Ottnaar Kberbach. Ann Arbor.
Secretary—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso.
T reasurer—Geo. Gundnsm, Ionia.

Next  Meeting—M arquette,  Aug. 89,9 a. m.
M ic h ig a n   S t a te   P h a r m a c e u t i c a l   A sh’d . 
President—A. B. Stevens. Ann Arbor.
Vlee-President—A. F. Parker, Detroit.
Treasurer—W. Dupont,  Detroit.
Secretary—8. A. Thompson, Detroit.
Grand  R a p i d s   Pharm aceutical Society. 
President, John D. Muir;  Sec'y, Frank H. Escott.

The  Treatment of  Consumption.
Consumption,after having been deemed 
for centuries  an  incurable  disease,  has 
again been taken  up  by the  physicians, 
who are  making a courageous and praise­
worthy effort to meet  and  master its de­
structive powers.

Probably,  the general adoption  of  the 
germ theory of disease has given  a  great 
impetus to the new attempts at cure,  but 
the revival of interest  in  consumption is 
not  confined  to  the  germ-killers.  The 
onslaught  on  the  tuberculous  monster 
has aroused practitioners of other schools 
of  treatment.  The  dreaded  disease  is 
being attacked all along the lines  and in 
front, tiank  and  rear.  There  is  reason 
to believe  that  its  assailants,  somehow 
and somewhere,  will  penetrate  the mys­
tery of consumption’s fatal power and be 
able to disarm it of  many of  its  terrors.
Man appears to have  many minute mi­
croscopic  foes.  Bacilli,  microphytes, 
microbes,  or  what  not, 
they  pervade 
space.  We  eat  them  with  our  food, 
drink them with our necessary beverages 
and take them in with the air we breathe. 
Man cannot  live  with  a  microscope al­
ways at his eye.  plugs  in  his  nose  and 
germicidal  drugs  mixed  with  his  food 
and drink.  On the contrary,  while exer­
cising a  reasonable  precaution,  he must 
meet  his microscopic  foes wherever they 
may be. 
If  he be in  vigorous health,  in 
all probability he may brave  them  with 
It  is  upon  the 
comparative  impunity. 
weak and  the  debilitated 
that  disease 
may make an easy  and  dangerous  lodg­
ment, 
In connection  with the new theo­
ries of cure for  lung diseases  is a propo­
sition to develop the breathing apparatus 
and render it  more  robust,  on somewhat 
the same principle which  is  used by  the 
athlete  in training and strengthening his 
muscles.  With  the 
lungs  in  vigorous 
condition,  the danger from  infusorial  in­
fection will be lessened.

The breathing apparatus  is  contained 
under  the  bony  shield  of  the  ribs,  but I 
this inclosure is  not rigid or unalterable I 
in sire. 
It  is  capable  of  being  largely I 
compressed at the lower part, or as large­
ly expanded. 
It  is  proposed to exercise 
and expand the lungs and  increase their 
breathing power and  robustness,  so th a t! 
they may  better  withstand  the  assaults 
of foes.  Even  after the lungs have been j 
attacked,  if the ravages of the disease be
not too extensive. the proposed breathing
treatment 
is expected  to  be beneficial.
We possess,  tiae  doctors  sav.  one-fourth
more brenthing  space  in  oar lungs than
is  actually n<*edod to  carry on  the proc-
esses of  life. This facilitates  our adap-
cation to conditions of varied atmospheric
pressure,  and meets  such  exigencies  as
impairment of  a  portion  of  the  lungs, 
bat. under  ordinary conditions,  near the 
sea level,  this lavish  supply of lang sur­
face becomes  a  source  of  great danger, 
because it is possible  to  get along with­
out using the whole  power of  the longs.

The  least  readily  inflated  part  of  the 
lungs,  the upper or apex, has no exercise, 
and, consequently, becomes weaker.  The 
savage  has  a  larger  lung  surface than 
civilized man,  and  is comparatively  free 
from  pulmonary affections;  but  as  soon 
as he is confined  to  reservations his idle 
life renders him  liable to this disease.

A high and  rarefied atmosphere is rec­
ommended  for  some  patients  whose 
lungs have  suffered  by being  too  little 
used  in a dense atmosphere near the sea. 
By placing  them  on  a  mountain eleva­
tion,  where the air  is  thinner,  these pa­
tients find it necessary to use  the  whole 
power  and  exert  every  portion  of  the 
lungs in order to get a good,  full breath, 
or a sufficient quantity of  air, just as the 
denser atmosphere of  a  low elevation is 
necessary for those whose lung power has 
been  permanently  disabled.  Men  who 
work in  chambers  of  condensed  air,  in 
the construction of bridge piers and foun­
dations  for  submarine  buildings,  are 
variously  affected  according  to  their 
physical conditions, some  favorably and 
others injuriously.  Some are stimulated 
and invigorated by the increased amount 
of oxygen supplied to  them.  Others are 
overpowered by it and  suffer  apoplectic 
symptoms.  So,  also,  persons  visiting 
high altitudes in  the mountains are vari­
ously  affected,  some being unable  to find 
oxygen enough in thin air,  and  their ex­
ertions to get their lungs  full of  air un­
der a reduced  atmospheric pressure pro­
ducing  dangerous  hemorrhages,  while 
others are benefited by having every part 
of  their  breathing  apparatus  brought 
into play.

Now. in order to meet  the demands of 
various patients,  it  is  proposed to estab­
lish,  by means of  chambers in  which the 
air can be condensed or rarefied  at  will, 
all the varying  conditions of atmosphere 
that are to be  found  in  low and in high 
altitudes,  and others  that  are not attain­
able in nature.  With facilities for bring­
ing the air to any desired density or rari­
ty.  to any temperature  required,  to  any 
state of  moisture  or  dryness demanded, 
each patient  can  be  treated with  accu­
racy and a careful regard  to the necessi­
ties of his condition. 
If it be found ben­
eficial to  diffuse  any medicinal  agent in 
the atmospheric  chambers,  that  can  be 
done.  Here is an  expedient  which  is  at 
once  truly  scientific  and  thoronghly  in 
accord with nature.  Nature’s own cura­
tive processes are provided and improved 
upon,  and conditions which exist only in 
widely separated  localities  are  brought 
in  immediate  conjunction  without  the 
fatigue and hardship  that  would  be im­
posed  upon  patients  sent from  mountain 
to seashore, or  the  reverse,  in the effort 
to  try  a  dangerous  experiment.  The 
crude  suggestions  which  are  here  pre­
sented  are the mere  hints  of  what  may 
prove  to  be  a  grand  discovery in  the 
march  of curative science.  Almost  any 
achievement in  science is  to be expected 
in this wonderful age.

C offee  F e e d s  tb e   Brain.

An eminent medical authority,  in a re­
cent  number of  the Boston  Medical and 
Surgical Journal,  maintains  that  coffee 
is a real  brain food, and has the power of 
absolutely  increasing  a  man's  capacity 
for brain  work.  Says he:  Opium stimu­
lates the imagination:  alcohol lifts a man 
op for the moment,  to  throw  him  into 
confusion and irregularity of  action, but 
caffeine increases his power of reasoning, 
and  absolutely  adds  to  his  brain-work 
capacity for the time.

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regular customer.

Are sold with our personal  guarantee.

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Morphia, S.  P. & W.  2 20@2 45 
C.  Co......................  2  10@2 35
Moschus Canton........   ®  40
Myristlca,  No  1 .........  65®  70
Nux Vomica, (po 20)..  @  10
Os.  Sepia......................  20®  22
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
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Plcls Llq, N.»C., )4 gai
doz  ...........................  @2  00
Plcls Llq., quarts.......  @1  00
P‘n ts..........   @  85
Pil Hydrarg,  (po. 80)..  @ 5 0
Piper  Nigra,  (po. 22)..  @ 1
Piper Alba,  (po g5)....  @  3
Pix  Burmin.................  @ 
7
Plumb! A cet...............  14®  15
Pulvis Ipecac et opii.. 1  10@1  20 
Pyre thrum,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., doz.......  @1  25
Pyrethrum,  pv............  20®  30
Quasslae...................... 
8®  10
Quin la, 8. P. & W.......  29®  34
S.  German....  20®  30
Rubla  Tinctorum.......  12®  14
SaccharumLactlBpv. 
20®  22
Salacin......................... 1  75®l  80
Sanguis  Draconls.......  40®  50
S«po,  W........................  12®  14
M.........................   10®  12
“  G.........................   ®  15

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Slnapls..........................  ©  
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Snuif,  Maccaboy,  De
V oes.........................   @  35
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  @  35
Soda Boras, (po. l l ) .  .  10®  11 
Soda  et Potass Tart...  27®  30
Soda Carb................... 
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Soda,  Bl-Carb..............  @  5
Soda,  Ash......................3)4®  4
Soda, Sulphas.............  
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Spts. Ether C o............  50®  55
“  Myrcia  Dom.......   @2 25
“  Myrcia Imp.........  @3 00
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Strychnia  Crystal........ 1  40@1 45
Sulphur, Subl.............   2V@  3
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Vanilla....................
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Zincl  Sulph............ ... 
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Whale, winter........ ..  70
70
Lard,  extra.............. ..110  1 15
Lard, No.  1............. ..  65
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Unseed, pure raw.. ..  42
45

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Unseed,  boiled..........  45 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
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strained................. 
SplrltaTurpentlne....  31 

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85
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Red  Venetian............... lj^  2@8
Ochre, yellow  Mars__ m   2@4
Ber.........i v   2@3
Putty,  commercial....2M  2)4@3
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Vermilion, English.... 
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Green,  Peninsular....... 
70075
Lead,  red......................  ev @7
“  w hite................. 6V®7
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gilders\.  ...  @90
White, Paris  American 
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Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
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Pioneer Prepared Palntl  20®1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
Paints.......................1 00®1  20

 

VARNISHES.

No. 1 Turp  Coach__ 1  10®1  20
Extra Turp..................160@1  70
Coach  Body.................2 75@3 00
No. 1 Turp Fura........ 1  00@1  10
Eutra Turk Damar.... 1  55@1  60 
'apa
Tu
70®75

Dryer,  No.  1 
JP...........................  

Importers  and  Jobbers  of

CHEMICALS  AND

PATENT MEDICINES
Paints, Oils  Varnishes.

DEALERS  IN

Sole A gents  for th e Celebrated

8WI88  1/ILLÄ  PREPARED  PÄINT8.
Line of  Staple  Dmgfiists'  S i t e

We are Sole Proprietors o f

WeaHierlu's  Michigan  Qatarrh  Remedu-

WHISKIES,  BRANDIES,

W e H ave w  Stock and Offer a  F u ll U n e  o f

GINS,  WINES,  RUMS.

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

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

ACIDUM .
Acetleum.......................  
8® 10
8®
Benzolcum  German
65®
Boraclc 
...................
__
Carbol! cum ............... 
25®
52®
Cltricum.......................  
Hydroehlor.................... 
3®  5
io@ 13
Nitrocum 
..................... 
Oxalicum.......................  jo® 12
Pbosphorium  dii........  
20
Salley licum .................1  30@1  70
Sulphurlcum.................  
l%<& 5
Tannieum.................... 1  40@1  60
Tartaricum................. 
30®  33

n 

Aqua, 16  deg...............   3>4@
20  deg...............   5)4®
Carbonas  ......................  
la®
Chloridum.....................  12®

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

B A C C AK .

Cubeae (po  40)...........  
3'®
Junlperus....................  
8®
Xantnoxylum................  25®

BA L8A M U M .
Copaiba..........................  42®
Peru..............................  
®l  80
45®  50
Terabin, Canada  .... 
Tolutan........................  35®   50

Abies,  Canadian...................  18
Casslae  ..................................  11
Cinchona Flava  ...................  18
Enonymus  atropurp............  30
Myrlca  Cerifera, po..............  20
Prunus Virgini......................  12
Qulllala,  grd.........................   10
Sassafras  ..............................   12
UlmuB Po (Ground  15)........   15

I s .....................
)48.............
FERRIT

X X T B A C T U X .
24® 25
Glycyrrhiza  Glabra..
33® 35
P O ................
Haematox, 15 lb. box.. 11® 12
“ 
13® 14
14® 15
" 
“  Ms.............. 16® 17
® 15
Carbonate Preelp........
Citrate and Quinta__
@3  50
Citrate  Soluble............ @ 80
@ 50
Ferrocyanldum Sol__
Solut  Chloride............ @ 15
.9® 2
Sulphate,  com’l ..........
pure.............. @ 7

“ 

FLORA.

Arnica.........................
Anthémis....................
Matricaria 
.......

18® 20
a ® 35
50® 65

FO J*lA .

Barosma 
....................
Cassia  Acutlfoi,  Tin-
nivelly......................
Salvia  officinalis,  ¡¿s
Ura Ursl 
..................... 

18® 50
25® 28
Alx.  35®  50
and  )4s......................  15®  25
8®  10

“ 

“ 

OUMMI.

“ 
“ 

Acacia, 1st  picked.... 

2d 
“ 
“  3d 
“ 
sifted sorts... 
“  p o..........  60® 

®  60
....  @  40
....  @  30
@  20
80
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)...  50®  60 
"  Cape, (po.  20)...  ®   12
Socotrl, (po.  60).  ®  so

Catechu, Is, (Ms, 14 Ks,
16)..............................
®
Ammoniac...................  55®
Assaf cstlda, (po. 35).. 
30®  35
Bentolnum...................  50®  55
Camphor»....................   55®  58
Ruphorblum  p o .......1  35®  lo
Galbanum.....................  ®2 50
Gamboge,  po...............   70®  7b
Guaiacum,  (po  35) ....  ®   3o
Kino,  (po  1  10)..........   @1  15
M astic.........................  
®  80
Myrrh, (po. 45)............  @  40
Opii  (po  3  85)............2 65©2 75
Shellac  ........................  35®  42
33®  35
Tragacanth.................  40® 1 00

“ 
hsbba—In ounce packages.

bleached....... 

Absinthium...........................   %
Eupatorium...........................   20
Lobelia...............................  
  25
Majorum................................   28
Mentha  Piperita...................  23
“  Y ir...........................   25
Rue..........................................   80
Tanacetum, Y ........................  22
Thymus,  V .............................  25

M A G N ESIA ,

Calcined, Pat...............  55®
Carbonate,  Pat............  20®
Carbonate, K. &  M ....  20® 
Carbonate, Jennings..  35®

60

Cubebae........................  @ 300
Exechthitos...............  2 50@2 75
Erlgeron......................2 00@2 10
Gaultherla........................2 00@2 10
Geranium,  ounce.......  @  75
Gossipil,  sem. gal.......  70®  75
Hedeoma  .....................2  io@2 20
Juniper!.........................   50@2 00
Lavendula....................   90@2 00
Limonis.............................2 40®2 60
Mentha Piper................2 75@3 50
Mentha Verid..............2 20®2 30
Morrhuae, gal.............. 1  00@1  10
Myrcia, ounce..............  @  50
Olive..............................   85@2 75
Plcls Liquida, (gal..35)  10®  12
R icini.........................   1  22@1  28
Rosmarini.............  
75@l  00
Rosae,  ounce.....................6 50@8 50
Succini.........................   4o@  45
Sabina...........................   90@1 00
San tal  ..........................3 go®7 00
Sassafras......................  50®
Slnapls, ess, ounce__   @
Tlgl
Thyme
Theobromas.................  15®

« ................................  

opt

ffh

PO TASSIU M .
BICarb....................... 
  15®
bichromate.................  13®
Bromide.....................  
38®
Carb............................       i2@
Chlorate  (po  23®25)..  24®
Cyanide........................  50®  „
Iodide..........................2  90@3 00
PotasBa, B1 tart,  pure..  27®  30 
Potassa, Bitart, com...  @
Potass  Nltras, opt....... 
8®
Potass Nitras...............  
7®
Prusslate......................  28®
Sulphate  po.................   15®

R A D IX .

Aconitum....................   20®  25
Althae...........................  22®  25
Anchusa......................  12®  ■
  @
Arum,  po................  
Calamus........................  20®
Gentiana  (po. 12)....... 
8®
Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15)..  16®  18 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
„  (PO. 35).....................  @
Hellebore,  Ala,  po__   15®
Inula,  po...................... 
is®  20
Ipecac,  po....................2 20@2 30
Iris plox (po. 35@38)..  35®  40
Jalapa,  pr....................   40®  45
Maranta,  14s ...............   @  35
Podophyllum, po........   15®  18
Rhei..............................   75@l 00
cut........................  @1
PV.........................   75®1  35
Splgella........................  35®  38
Sanguinarla,  (po  25)..  @
Serpentaria...................  30®
Senega.........................   55®
Slmllax, Officinalis,  H  ®
M  @
Scillae, (po. 85)............  10®
Symplocarpus,  Fcati-
dus,  po......................  @  35
Valeriana, Eng.  (do.30)  ©   25
lnglbera................... 
Zingiber  j ................. 

German...  15®
18®
is®

“ 

“ 

If®
4®

(PO.  20).

plum  (graveleons).. 

Anlsum 
A
bird.Is.
Carul, (po. 18)................  10® 12
Cardamon....................1 00®1  25
Corlandrum...................  10® 12
Cannabis Satlva..........  4®  
5
Cydonium......................  75®1 00
Chenopodium  ..............  10® 12
Dlpterlx Odorate.........2 25®2 £0
Foentculum................  
®  15
Foenugreek,  po..........  
6®  8
LInl................................ 4  ©4)4
Uni, grd,  (bbl. 8)4)...  4  @4)4
Lobelia...........................   85® 40
Pharlarls Canarian__  
4® 
5
Rapa................................ 
6®  7
Slnapls  Albu............. 11  ©18
Nigra............  11®  12

,r 

]‘ 
1 
“ 

SFiRiTUs.
Frumentl, W., D.  Co. .2 00@2 50
D. F. R ....... 1  75@2 00
 
1  25®1  50
Junlperis  Co. O. T ....1  65®2 00
“ 
..............1  75@3 50
Saacharum  N.  B .........1  75®2 00
Spt.  Vlnl  Galli............ 1  75@6 50
Vlni Oporto...................... 1  25@2 00
VinI  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  .........................  
65
75
Hard for  slate  use__  
Yellow Reef, for  slate 
u se ............................  
l  40

Absinthium...................... 3 50@4 00
Amygdalae, Dulc____   45®  75
Amyaalae, Amarae... .8 00@8 25
A nisi...................................1  ?0@1 80
Aurantl  Cortex...........2 30®2  40
Bergamli  .....................3 25®3  50
Cajiputi...................... 
60®  65
Caryophylli.................   75®  80
Cedar...........................   35®  65
Chenopodll.................   ®1  60
Clnnamoall.................  90® 1  CO
Cltronella....................   @  45
Conlum  Mac.:............  35®   65
Copaiba  ......................   so®  90

SYRUPS.

Accacia..................................  50
Zingiber  ................................  50
Ipecac.....................................   60
Ferri  Iod.........................   ...  50
Aurantl  Cortes......................  50
Rhei  Arom.............................  50
Simllax  Officinalis...............   60
Co.........  50
Senega...................................   50
Scillae.....................................  50
“  Co................................  50
Tolutan..................................  50
Pranas  virg...........................  50

“ 

“ 

T IN C T U R E S.

“ 

“ 

“ 

Aconitum  Napellis R..........   60
..  “ 
F ..........   50
Aloes.......................................  go
“ 
and myrrh................  60
Arnica................................"
Asafoetlda....................................q
Atrope Belladonna...............  60
Benzoin..................................  60
“  Co.............................  50
Sanguinarla...........................  50
Barosma................................  50
Cantharides............... . 
75
Capsicum...................... 
50
Ca damon............... 
75
c o .............................75
Castor............................. 
i  no
Catechu.............................50
Cinchona.................... 50
Co.........................   60
Columba...........................  
50
Conlum.........................  
'  go
Cubeba.........................  
"  m
D igitalis...................... 
50
Gentian........................ 
50
c o ...........................;;;  eo
Gualca....................................  50
anmon........................eo
Zingiber................................  50
Hyoscyamus....................." "   50
iodine......................... ;;;;;; 
^
Colorless...................  75
Ferri  Chloridum..........  
35
K ino................................. 
  S
Lobelia.................................."  50
Myrrh.........................................50
Nux  Vomica................... 
50
0|> il........................................  85
“  Deoaor...........................2 00
Aurantl Cortex......................   50
Quassia..................................  50
Rhatany  .........................  
'  50
Rhei.......................................;  so
Cassia  Acutlfoi.....................1  50
a '‘ 
Co...............   50
Stramonium................[.  60
Tolutan................................. ’  60
Valerian...................... 
50
Veratrum Veride..................’  50

“ 
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“ 

. 

M ISC ELLA N EO U S.

“ 

“ 
" 

‘ 
“ 

squlbbs.. 

"  
ground, 

jEther, Spts  Nit, 8 F ..  28®  30 
32® 34
Alumen........................254®   3

“  4 F .. 
(po.
7)................................ 
3®  4
Annatto........................  55®   60
4®   5
Antimon!, po............... 
.  “ 
et Potass T.  55®   60
Antlpjrln.........   @1 
40
Antlfebrln....................  @  25
Argentl  Nltras, ounce  ©  65
Arsenicum................... 
5®  7
Balm Gilead  Bud__  
88®  40
Bismuth  S.  N ..............2 2002 25
Calcium Chlor, Is, (ús
12;  >48,  14)...............  @  11
Cantharides  Russian,
PO....................  @1 
00
Cap8lcl  Fractus, a f...  @  26
p o....  @  28
Bpo.  .  @  20
Caryophyllus,  (po.  15)  10®  12
Carmine,  No. 40.  @3 
75
Cera  Alba, 8. A F .......  50®  55
Cera Flava...................  88©
Coccus 
........................  @
Cassia Fractus............  ©
Centrarla......................  @
Cetaceum....................   ©
Chloroform.................   60®
©125
Chloral Hyd erst.........1  S5®1  60
Chondras....................   20®  26
Clnchonldine, P.  *   W 
is®  20 
German  3  ©   12 
Corks,  Ust,  dls.  per
60
cent  ........................ 
Creasotum..................  
©  35
Creta, (bbl. 75)............  @  2
“  prep....................  
5®  5
preelp...............  
s®  11
Rubra.................  @  g
Crocus........................ 
40®  50
Cudbear........................  @  24
Cuprl Sulph.................  5 ®   6
Dextrine......................  10®  12
Ether Sulph.................  70®  75
Emery,  all  numbers..  @
“ 
po....................   @  6
,rgi tade?:)  75.......... 7°® 
75
lake  White...............   12®  15
Galla.............................  @  23
Gambler........................  7  ®  8
Gelatin,  Cooper..........   ©   70
60
Glassware  flint, by box 70 A 10. 
Less than box  66#
Glue,  Brown...............  
9®  15
“  White.................  13®  25
Glycerine.....................14)4©  20
Grana Paradlsl............  @  22
Humulus......................  25®  56
Hydraag  Chlor  Mite..  @  85
“  C or....  @  80
Ox Rubrum  ®  90
Ammonlati..  ®1 00 
Unguentum.  45®  55
Hydrargyrum..............  @  64
Icnthyobolla,  Am..  ..1 2S®1  50
Indigo...........................  75@1 00
Iodine,  Resubl............3 80®3 90
Iodoform......................  @4 70
Lupulin........................  ®2 25
Lycopodium...............   66®   70
M acis...........................  70®  75
Uquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
drarg Iod..................   @  27
Uquor Potass Arslnltls  10®  12
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
Mannla,  S. F .............  

1 » ...............................2)4® 4

“ French........   40® 

60©  68

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

G RO CERY   PR IC E   CU RREN T.

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

@22

@24
@14

Sap Sago......................
Schweitzer, Imported.
domestic  __
CATSUP.

Blue Label Brand.

“ 

Triumph' Brand.

Half  pint, 25 bottles..........  2 75
Pint 
............  4 80
Quart 1 doz bottles 
. . .   8 50 
Half pint, per  doz...............1  35
Pint, 25 bottles......................4 50
Quart, per  doz  ....................3 75
gross boxes..................40@45
35 lb  bags............... ........  @3
Less quantity.................  @354
Pound  packages..........  654@7

CLOTHES  PINS.
COCOA  SHELLS.

COFFEE.
Green.
Rio.

Santos.

Fair.........................................17
Good.......................................18
Prime.....................................20
Golden................................... 20
Peaberry...............................22
Fair........................................ 18
Good.......................................20
Prime.....................................21
Peaberry  ...............................22
Mexican and Guaiamala.
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.

Package. 

To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add V4c. per lb. for roast 
lng and 15 per  cent,  for shrink 
age.
M cLaughlin's  XXXX 
22  45
Bunola  ..............................   21  95
Lion, 60 or 100 lb.  case —   22 45 
Valley City 54 gross............ 
75
Felix 
1  15
... 
Hammel’B, foil,  gross......... 1  50
.......  2 50
“ 

Extract.

“ 

tin 
CHICORY.

“ 

Bulk...................................  
. 5
Red...................................... 
. 7
CLOTHES  LINES.
Cotton,  40 ft..........perdos.  1  25
“ 
1  40
160
“ 
" 
175
1  90
" 
“ 
90
“ 
1  00

50 f t ..........  
60 f t.......... 
70 f t......... 
80ft..........  
60 ft......... 
72 ft-....... 
4 doz. In case.

CONDENSED  MILK.

J u te

N. Y .C ond’n s’d  Milk Co’s b ra n d s
Gail Borden Eagle................7  40
Crown..............................6 25
D a is y ...................................................5
Champion........................ 4 50
Magnolia  ........................ 4 25
Dime....................................... 3 35

COUPON  BOOKS.

“Tradesman.’

 

8  1, per hundred.................  2 00
2 50
 
» 
12, 
“ 
. .. ............ 8 00
t 3,  “ 
“ 
8 00
“ 
8 5, 
 
“ 
810, 
“ 
 
4  0u
“ 
(20, 
“ 
5 00
“ 
 
“Superior.”
8  1, per hundred.................  2  50
3 00
 
8 2,  “  “ 
...................8 50
“ 
$8,  “ 
“ 
(5 , 
“ 
4 00
 
$10, 
“ 
5 00
“ 
 
820, 
“ “ 
.....................  6 00

 
 

 

Universal.’

AXLE GREASE.
Aurora......................  55 
60 
Castor Oil................ 
Diamond...................  50 
Frazer’s ................... 
75 
Mica  ........................  65 
Paragon 
.................  55 

doz  gross
6 00
7  00
5 50
8 00
7 50
600

Acme.

Fosfon.

'*  2  “ 

Arctic.
“ 4 doz  “ 
“ 2 doz  “ 
“ 1 doz  “ 

BAKING  POWDER. 
54 lb. cans, 3 doz................. 
45
85
541b.  “ 
2  “  .................  
1 lb.  «  1  “  ....................  1 00
10
Bulk....................................... 
J4 lb cans 6 doz  case.......... 
55
............   1  10
54 to 
1  to 
...............200
5  to 
.............9 00
5 oz. cans, 4 doz. In case...  80 
.. .2 00
“ 
16  “ 
Red Star, & to cans............ 
40
75
“ 
............ 
“ 
.............  1  40
45
Teller’s,  V lb. cans, doz. 
85
“ 
“  .. 
“  ..  1  50
“ 
Our Leader, V lb cans....... 
45
“ 
75
54 lb cans......... 
1 lb cans.......... 1  50
“ 
Dr. Price’s.
per doz 
Dime cans..  95
..1  40 
4-oz
6-oz
.  2 00 
..2 60 
8-oz
..3 90 
12 oz
..5 00 
16-oz
12 00 
254-lb
18 25 
lb
4- 
22 75 
5- 
lb 
41  80
10-lb

pzpRicrs
ICREAMI
b a k in g
powder
■£ju nur !««»*■

54®  “ 
1 to  “ 
¡4 lb.  “ 
1 lb.  “ 

BATH  BRICK.
2 dozen In case.

“ 

“ 
“ 

8 oz 

BLUING. 

English..................................  90
Bristol.....................................   80
Domestic................................  70
Gross
Arctic, 4 oz  ovals...............3 60
“ 
...............   6 75
“  pints,  round  ..........  9 00
“  No. 2, sifting box...  2 75 
“  No. 3, 
...  4 00
“  No. 5, 
...  8 00
“  1 oz ball  ...................  4  50
Mexican Liquid, 4  oz........   3 60
“ 
8 oz.......... 6 80
“ 
BROOMS,
,40.2 Hurl.............................  1  75
.............................2 00
No. 1  “ 
No. 2 Carpet.........................  2 25
NO. 1 
“ 
......................... 2 50
Parlor Gem...........................2 75
Common Whisk................... 
90
Fancy 
...................1  15
Warehouse...........................3 25
Stove, No.  1.........................   125
“  10.........................   1  50
“  15.........................   1  75
Rice Root Scrub, 2  row.... 
85
Rice Root  Scrub, 3 row—   1  25
Palmetto, goose..................   1  60

“ 
BRUSHES.

“ 
“ 

BUTTER  PLATES. 

Oval—250 in crate.

No.  1.......................................  60
No.  2 .....................................   70
No.  3.......................................  80
No.  5......................................1  00
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes..............10
Star,  40 
...............   9
Paraffine  ......................... 
10
.............................24
Wicking 
CANNED  GOODS. 

CANDLES.

“ 

Fish.
Clams.

“ 

» 

“ 

21b......................

Little Neck,  1 lb............ ...1   20
“  2  lb............
...1  90
Clam Chowder.
Standard. 8 lb................. __ 2 25
Cove Oysters.
....1  00
Standard,  1 lb................
2 1 b ............
.. .1   85
Lobsters.
Star,  1  lb........................ ....2  50
“  2  lb........................ ....3  50
Picnic, 1 lb...................... ....2  00
...2 90
“ 
Mackerel.
Standard, 1 lb................. ....1   25
2  lb ............... ....2  10
Mustard,  21b...............
....2   25
Tomato Sanee,  21b....... ....2  25
Soused, 2 lb .................... . 
.2 25
Columbia River, flat — ...1  80
tails__ ....1  65
Alaska, Red.................... ....1   45
pink.................... ...1   25
Kinney’s,  flats............... ....1  95
Sardines.
American  54s................. @ 5
/4s................. .654® 7
..10@11
Imported  54s ...................
.. 15@16
54*...................
Mustard 
.................... ..  @7
21
Boneless........................
Trout.
... ....2  50
Brook, 8 lb .............  

Salmon.
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

Fruits.
Apples.

Gages.

85 
8 00

3 lb. standard.............
York State, gallons.... 
Hamburgh,  *•
Apricots.
Live oak.......................
Santa eras..................
Lusk’s ...........................
Overland....................
Blackberries.
95
B. &  W.........................
Cherries.
Red..............................   1  10@1 20
Pitted Hamburgh....... 
1  75
W hite........................... 
1  50
Erie  ............................. 
1  20
Damsons, Bgg Plums and Green 
Erie..............................  
1  10
California....................  
1  70
Gooseberries.
1  25 
Common......................
Peaches.
1  25
P ie...............................
M axwell......................
1  65
Shepard’s ....................
California....................
2  20 
1  65
...................
Monitor 
Oxford..........................
Pears.
Domestic......................
1  20 
Riverside......................
2 10
Pineapples.
Common....................... 1  00@1  30
Johnson’s  sliced......... 
2 50
2 75
grated......... 
Booth’s sliced.............  @2 55
grated............  @2 75
1  10
130
1  50
1  30

Common...................... 
Raspberries.
Red................................ 
Black  Hamburg..........  
Erie,  black 
Strawberries.
Lawrence....................
Hamburgh...................
Erie...............................
Terrapin.........................
Whortleberries.
Blueberries................. 
1 00
Corned  beef  Libby’s ...........1  75
Roast beef  Armour’s ...........1  70
Potted  ham, 54 lb................ 1  40
“  >4 lb...................  85
tongue, Vi lb.............1  35
85
J4lb_____  
chicken, >4 lb........... 
95

Quinces.

“ 
Vegetables.

Meats.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

Beans.

“ 

“ 
“ 

Hamburgh  strlngless............ 1 25
French style....... 2  25
Limas...................1  35
Lima, green.............................1 40
soaked.......................   75
Lewis Boston Baked............ 1  85
Bay State  Baked........................ 1 35
World’s  Fair  Baked............ 1  35
Picnic Baked...............................1 00
Hamburgh.............................. 1 40
Livingston  Eden...................1 20
Parity......................
Honey  Dew............................ 1 40
Morning Glory.......
Soaked................................ 
75
Peas.
Hamburgh  marrofat..................1 35

Corn.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

early June....
Champion Eng..  1 50
petit  pols.............1 75
fancy  sifted____1 90

“ 

early -J

Mushrooms.
Pumpkin.
Squash.
Succotash.

Soaked.................... .......
Harris standard.............
VanCamp’s  marrofat........... 1 10
Archer’s  Early Blossom__ 1  35
French.........................................2 15
French................................17@22
Brie.................................. -...  %
Hubbard............  
1  25
Hamburg......................................1 40
Soaked....................................  85
Honey  Dew.................................1 50
Erie.............................................. 1 35
Hancock................................
Excelsior.............................
Eclipse....................................
Hamburg...............................
Gallon....................................8

Tomatoes.

 

Baker’s.

CHEESE.

CHOCOLATE.
German Sweet...................
Premium.............................
43
Breakfast  Cocoa...............  
Amboy..........................  @1154
Acme.............................  @1154
Lenawee......................  @11
Riverside....................  
1154
Gold  Medal.................   @11
6@ 7
Skim............................. 
11
Brick............................. 
Edam............................ 
1  00
Leiden.........................  
23
Limburger...................  @10
Pineapple.....................  @25
Roquefort...................   @35

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

1, per hundred...............  #3 00
2, 
.................8  50
3, 
.................4  00
.................5  00
5, 
10, 
........... ..........6  00
M. 
............... 7  00
Above prices on coupon books
are  subject  to  the  following 
quantity discounts:
200 or over.................5 per  cent.
500  “ 

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

1000 

“ 

10 

“

“

 

COUPON  PASS  BOOKS. 
Can  be  made to represent any 
lenomlnatlon  from 110  down. | 
20books...  ....................81  00
50
2 00 
3 00 
100
6 25 
250
500
10  00 
17 50
1000

CREDIT  CHECKS.

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

“ 
“ 

CRACKEBS.

Batter.

Seymour XXX..........................6
Seymour XXX, cartoon.......654
Family  XXX........................  6
Family XXX,  cartoon........   654
Salted XXX............................. 6
Salted XXX,  cartoon  ...........654
Kenosha 
.............................  754
Boston.....................................  8
Butter  biscuit......................  654

Soda.

Soda,  XXX...........................   6
8oda, City..............................   754
Soda,  Duchess........................854
Crystal Wafer........................10
Long  Island Wafers 
.........11
S. Oyster  XXX......................  6
City Oyster. XXX..................   6
Farina  Oyster.........  .............6

Oyster.

CREAM  TARTAR.
Strictly  pure........................ 
30
Telfers  Absolute...............  
31
Grocers’............................... 15@25
D R IED  FRUITS. 

Dom estic.

Apples.

“ 

Peaches.

quartered  “ 
_  Apricots.

Sundrled, sliced In  bbls.
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes 
California In  bags.........
Evaporated In boxes.  .. 
Blackberries.
In  boxes........................
Nectarines.
70 lb. bags.........................
251b. boxes.......................9
Peeled, In  boxes..........
Cal. evap.  “ 
 
“ 
Pears.
California In bags  . 
Pitted Cherries.
Barrels.............................
50 lb. boxes....................
.....................
25  “ 
Pranelles.
301b.  boxes........... .........
Raspberries.
In barrels........................
SO lb. boxes......................
........................
25 lb.  “ 
Raisins.

in bags.......1054
8

“ 

“ 

11

Loose  Muscatels in Boxes.

2 crown................................ 1  40
3 
...............................................  1  60
“  
Loose Muscatels in Bags.
2  crown..................................6
“ 
8 

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

Foreign.
Currants.

“
“

@ g

Peel.

Patras,  In barrels.............  
|  “ 
In  54-bbls...............  
In less quantity.... 
“ 

354
4
454
Citron, Leghorn, 25 lb. boxes  20 
Lemon 
Orange 
Ondnra, 29 lb. boxes..  @ 6^£
“ 
Sultana, 20 
Valencia, 80  “
California,  100-120 ...............  9

“ 
25  “ 
25  “ 
“ 
Raisins.

Prunes.
90x100 25 lb. bxs.  954
80x90 
70x80 
60x70 

“
“
“
Turkey...........................
Silver.............................
Sultana..................................
French,  60-70........................
70-80........................
80-90..............  .......
90-101......................
ENVELOPES.
XX rag, white.

No. 1,654.............................  81  75
No. 2, 654.............................  1  60

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

XX  wood, white.

No *1,6................................  165
No. 2, 6..........   ...................  1 50
No. 1, 654............................   1 35
...................  1 25
No. 2, 654 
654  ..................................... 
1 00
.......................................  
95
Mill  No. 4...........................  1 00
FARINACEOUS  GOODS. 

Manilla, white.

Coin.

Farina.
Hominy.

100 lb. kegs..................... 
354
Barrels.................................... 800
Grits............................................ 3 50
Dried............................... 

Lima  Beans.

454

Maccaronl and Vermicelli.

Domestic, 12 lb. box__  
56
Imported.......................1054@.  54

Oatmeal.

GUNPOWDER.
Rifle—Dupont’s.

Choke Bore—Dupont’s.

Kegs.........................................3 50
Half  kegs............................... 2 00
Quarter  kegs......................... 1 15
1  lb  cans................................   30
54  lb  cans...............................  18
Kegs.........................................4 50
Half  kegs................................2 50
Quarter kegs...........................1 40
1 lb can s.....  ........................  34
Kegs 
................................11  00
Half  kegs  ...........................  5  75
Quarter kegs.......................... 3 00
1 lb cans.
Sage..
Hops.

Eagle Duck—Dupont’s.

HERBS.

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

Barrels 200 .........................   4 60
Half barrels 100......................  2 40

17  lb. palls. 
30  “ 

@  50 
@3-75

Pearl Barley.

Kegs......................... —   .. 

254

Peas.

Rolled  Oats.

Green,  bu...............................   2 00
Split  per l b .................?54@3
Barrels  180...................  @4  60
Half  bbls 90...............  @2  40
German................................  454
East India.............................  5
Cracked................................  

Wheat.

Sago.

5

FISH—Salt.

Bloaters.

Cod.

Yarmouth.............................
Pollock............................. 
Whole, Grand  Bank....... 
Boneless,  bricks................6@8
Boneless, strips................. 6@8

354
554

Halibut.

Herring.
“ 
“ 

Smoked........................ 1054@11

“ 

“ 

£5

Holland, white hoops keg 
bbl
Norwegian  ........................
Round, 54 bbl 100 lbs.........  2 85
.........  1  45
Scaled.................................. 
17

54  “  40  “ 
Mackerel.

No. 1,  100 lbs........................8 50
No. 1,40 lbs........................... 8 70
No. 1,  10 lbs......................... 1  05
Family, 90 lbs......................   6  00
70
65

10  lb s ................... 
Russian,  kegs......................  

Sardines.

“ 

Trout.

No. 1, 54 bbls., 1001 bs.............6 00
No. 154 bbl, 40  lbs................2 70
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs...................  80
No. 1, 8 lb  kits......................  68

Whlteflsh.

No.  1

Family 
54 bbls, 100 lbs............87 CO 82 75
54  “  40  “  ............3 10  140
10 lb.  kits....................  
8 lb.  “ 
....................  
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS. 

90
75

Bonders’.

Oval Bottle, with corkscrew. 
Bestin the world for the money.

Regular
Grade
Lemon.

doz
2oz  __ 8  75
4 oz.......1  50
Regular
Vanilla.

doz
2 o z ...... 81  2j
4 oz.......2 40
XX Grade 
Lemon.
2 oz........81 50
4oz.......   3 00
XX Grade 
Vanilla.
2oz........81 75
4 oz......... 3 50

Jennings.
Lemon. VanUla 
2 oz regular panel.  75 
120
4 oz 
...1  50 
2 00
6 oz 
.. .2 00 
8 00
No. 3 taper............1  36 
2 00
No. 4 taper............1  50 
2  50

“ 
“ 

“
LICORICE.

Pure.........................................  80
Calabria..................................  25
Sicily................. 
12

 

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

“ 

MATCHES.

No. 9  sulphur..............................1 65
Anchor parlor.............................1 70
No. 2 home...................................1 10
Export  parlor............................. 4 00

MINCE  MEAT.

¡gis

3 doz. case.............................2 75
6 doz. case...........................  5 50
12 doz. case........................... 11 00

MEASURES.
Tin, per dozen.

1  gallon  ........................  ..  81  75
Half  gallon.......................   1 40
Q uait.................................. 
70
Pint.....................................  
45
Half  pint  .......................... 
40
Wooden, for vinegar, per doz.
1 gallon..............................   7 00
Half gallon........................  4 73
Quart..................................  3 75
Pint.....................................   2 25

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

MOLASSES.
Blackstrap.
Cuba Baking.
Porto Rico.

New Orleans.
 

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

 

16

20
30
18
22
27
32
40

PICKLES.
Medium.

Barrels, 1,200  connt... 
Half bbls, 600  count.. 

Small.

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

@5 00
@3 00

6 no
3 50

PIPES.

Clay, No.  216.............................  1 75
Cob, No.  8..................................  1 25

“  T. D. full c o u n t..........  75

POTASH.

48 cans In case.

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

4  00

RICE.
Domestic.
Carolina head..........................6
No. 1.......................554
No. 2......................  5
Broken.................................   4

“ 
“ 

Imported.
Japan, No. 1............................554
No. 2.......................5
Java.......................................   6
Patna.....................................  554

“ 

Root B eer  Extract.
Williams’, 1  doz...............  
1 75
3 doz..................5 00
“ 
Hires’, 1  doz.............................   1 75
“  3 doz...............................  5 00

8PICE8.

Whole Sifted.

“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

Pure Ground in Bulk.

Allspice................................. 10
Cassia, China in mats........   7
Batavia in band__ 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....io 
w hite...  .20
shot........   .............. 16
Allspice.................................. 15
Cassia,  Batavia.....................¡8
and  Saigon.25
“ 
“ 
Saigon......................35
Cloves,  Amboyna................. 22
**  Zanzibar................,!i8
Ginger, African.....................is
r‘  Cochin......................20
“ 
.22
Mace  Batavia........................71
Mustard,  Eng. and Trieste. . 22
“  Trieste......................25
Nutmegs, No. 2 .....................75
Pepper, Singapore, black.... 16
”  white.......24
“  Cayenne...................20
Sage........................................20
Hs

Jamaica............. 

“ 

Sage.
Kegs.

SA L   SO D A.

SE E D S.
Canary, Smyrna.__
Caraway...................
Cardamon, Malabar.
Hemp,  Russian.......
Mixed  Bird 
..........
Mustard,  white.......
Poppy.................... .
Rape.........................
Cuttle  bone.............
STARCH.

Corn.

1H
Hi
@12#
10
904*4
5*4

1096

30

 

 
 

“ 

“ 
" 

Gloss.

SNUFF.

20-lb  boxes  .........................   5v
40-lb 
1-lb packages  .........................  51$
3-lb 
6 lb 
40 and 50 lb. boxes................   3j£
Barrels.....................................  33$
Scotch, In  bladders..............37
Maccaboy, in Jars................. 35
French Rappee, In Jars.......43
B oxes....................................... 5V,
Kegs, English..........................4%
1003-lb. sacks....................... |2  25
2  00
60 5-lb.  “ 
2810-lb. sacks.....................   1 85
20 14-lb.  “ 
2  25
243-lb  cases..................... 1 50
56 lb. dairy in linen bags..  32
28 lb.  “ 
drill  “  16  18

SODA,

SALT.

 
 

 

Warsaw.

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

Ashton.

“ 

“ 

56 lb. dairy In linen  sacks. 

Higgins.

Soiar Rock.

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

Common Fine.

S a g in aw   . 
M an istee

S A L K K A T U S . 

P a c k e d  60 lb s. In  bo x .

Church’s .......................
De Land’s ......................
Dwight's........................
Taylor’! .......................
SOAP.
Laundry.

Thompson & Chute Brands.

Silver................................... 3  65
M ono....................................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

“ 

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.............................. 86
Powdered.............................  g
Granulated......................’’  5
Extra Fine Granulated__ 5
Cubes................................... 6
XXXX  Powdered...............  6
Confec. Standard  A ..........5 61
No. 1  Columbia A ..............  5 5
No. 5 Empire  A .................5 4
No.  6 ................................... 5
No.  7.....................................   5 30
No.  8 ................................. 
5 23
No.  9..............  .................... 5
DO.  IU...
.  5  11 
Ms
No.  11...
5 ns
84 1  55 No.  12...
4 98 
84 1  55 No.  13...
4  ftl
84 1  55 No 1 4...
4  n
84
84
84
84
84

SYRUPS.

.2 1
23

Com.

Pure Cane.

1  55 
1  55
1  55 
1  55 Barrels.. 
Half bbls
Fair.......
Good.... 
Choice  ..

10
..  25 an

@8

@9

SW E E T   GOODS

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

VINEGAR.
40 gr...............................
50 gr.............................
SI for barrel.

5H

WET  MUSTARD,
Bulk, per gal  ....................
30 
Beer mug, 2 doz in case... 
175
YEAST.
Magic,......................................1 00
Warner’s 
............................. 1  00
Yeast Foam  ..........................1  00
Diamond................................  75
Royal.....................................   90

su
5*

TEAS.

Japan—Regular.

SU N  C U RE D .

32
18
75 

B A S K E T   F IR E D .

Fair...............................  @17
Good.............................  @20
Choice.............................24  @26
Choicest.........................32  @34
D ust...............................10  @12
Fair...............................  @17
Good.............................  @20
Choice.............................24  @26
Choicest......................... 32  @34
Dust................................10  @12
Fair................................ 18  @20
Choice...........................  @25
Choicest......................  @35
Extra choice, wire leaf  @40
Common to  fail............ 25  @35
Extra fine to finest___ 50 @65
Choicest fancy............75
@85
@26
@30
Common to fair...........23
Common to  fair...........23
@26
Superior to fine............ 30
@35
Common to  fa ir............18
@26
Superior to  fine...........30
@40
EN G LISH   B REA K FA ST.
...  5*4 Fair................. ............18 @22
....  5* Choice.............. ......... 24 @2«
....  54 Best................. ..........40 @50
....  5

YOUNG HYSON.

GUNPO W DER.

IM P E R IA L .

OOLONG.

75 

27

TOBACCOS.
Fine Cot.

“ 

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.

Dingman Brands.

Proctor & Gamble.

Old Country,  80  1-lb............3 2 1
Good Cheer, 601 lb.....................3 90
White Borax, 100  5£-lb..............3 65
Concord.....................................  3 45
Ivory, 10  oz................................ 6 75
6  oz.................................. 4 00
Lenox..................................  3  65
Mottled  German........................3 15
Town Talk..................................3 25
Single box............................. 3  95
5 box lots, delivered.......... 3 85
10 box lots, delivered.........3 75
Jas. S. Kirk A Co.’s  Brands. 
American  Family, wrpd..84  00 
plain...  3 94
N. K. Fairbanks & Co.’s Brands.
Santa Claus............................4  00
Brown, 60 bars...................... 2  40
80  b a rs.....................3 25

“ 
Lautz Bros. A Co.’s Brands.

“ 

“ 

A cm e...................................... 4  Oo
Cotton Oil.........................    6  00
Marseilles...............................3  95
Mafter 
.................................. 4 35

Pails unless otherwise noted
Bazoo...........................  @30
Can Can........................  @27
Nellie  Bly...................27  @24
Uncle ben...................21  @22
60
Hiawatha....................  
Sweet  Cuba................. 
34
McGinty...................... 
27
V4 bbls..........  
25
Dandy Jim................... 
29
24
Torpedo....................... 
23
in  drums.... 
Yum  Yum  ................. 
28
1892 ............................... 
23
“  drums................... 
22

“ 

“ 

P l u g .

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

41
29
41
26
38
34

40
32

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

1 3

Sm oking,

Catlln’s  Brands.

Kiln  dried............................. 17
Golden  Shower.....................19
Huntress 
..............................26
Meerschaum........................ Jgs»
American Eagle Co.’s Brands.
Myrtle Navy..  .....................40
Stork  ...............................30@32
German.................................. 15
Frog....................................... 38
Java, V£sfoil...................     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.................................is
Standard........................... 
22
Globe Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
Handmade..............................41

Brands.

Leidersdorf’a Brands.

Rob  Roy.................................26
Uncle Sam....................i.28@32
Red Clover............................. as

Spaulding A Merrick.

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

O ILS.

The  Standard  Oil  Co.  quotes 
as  follows,  in barrels,  f. o.  ' 
Grand Rapids:
Eocene  .........................  
8*4
XXX  W.  W.  Mich.
Headlight.................
Naptha.........................   @ 6*4
Stove Gasoline............  @ 7
Cylinder..................... 27  @36
E ngine....................   13  @21
Black, 15 cold  test  ...  @  8M

H ID E S.

H ID E S   P E L T S  and  FURS
Perkins  A  Hess  pay  as  fol 

lows:
Green..............................   2@2;@  3 
Part  Cured
Full 
@ 3*4 
Dry..................................4
@  6 
Kips, green  .................  2
@ 3 
@ 4 
Calfskins,  green........   4
@  5 
cured...........4
@ 5*( 
Deacon skins................10
@25

“  cured...................

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

“ 

•• 

No. 2 hides M off.

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

W ashed........................12  @18
Unwashed......................8  @14

M ISC ELLA N EO U S.

Tallow.......................3  @4
Grease butter  ........... 1  @2
Switches.................   1*4© 2
Ginseng........................1  ?5@2 oo

G R A IN S and FE E D ST U F F’S

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

55 
55

M E A L.

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

F L O U R .

S tra ig h t, In   s a c k s  ..............   3  30
b a rre ls ..............  3  55
P a te n t
s a c k s ................   4  30
barrels...........  4 %
Graham
sacks............  1  70
1 70
“ 
Rye

 

 

MIU.BTUFF8.

Bran................ 814 00
Screenings__ 13 00
Middlings.......15 00
Mixed Feed...  18 no 
Coarse meal  ..  17 50

Less
Car lots  quantity
815 00 
13 00 
16 00 
18 50 
18 00

CORN.

Car  lots.................................. 42
Less than  car lots................45

OATS.

Car  lots..................................30
Less than car lots................. 33

HAY.
No. 1 Timothy, car lots__ 11  no
No. 1 
ton lots  -----13 00

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FRESH  MEATS.

“ 

Beef, carcass...............4*4@ 6*4
hindquarters...  6  @ 8 
fore 
...  3*4@ 5
loins,  No.  3...  8  @10
ribs...................  7  @ 8*4
ro u n d s ................  6  @ 7
Bologna.......................   @ 6
Pork loin s..................   @10

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“ 

shoulders..........  @  7*4

Sausage, blood or head  @  7
liv e r ..............  @ 7
Frankfort__   @ 8
Mutton  ........................5  @ 6
Lamb............................. 6  @7
Veal...............................e*4@ 7*4

FISH  and  OYSTERS.

F.  J.  Dettenthaler  quotes as 

follows:

12*4

F R E S H   F IS H .
Whlteflsb 
..................   @;o
T rout...........................  @10
Brook  T rout..............  2->@35
Black Bass................... 
Halibut.........................   @15
Ciscoes or Herring__   @ 5
Blueflsh........................  @12*4
Fresh lobster, per lb .. 
20
Cod................................ 
10
No. 1 Pickerel.............   @10
Pike..............................   @ 8
Smoked  W hite..........  @ 8
Red  Snappers...............  
13
Columbia River  Salmon 
20
Mackerel........................  20@25
oysters—Cans.
Falrhaven  Counts__   @40
F. J. D.  Selects..........   @35
Selects...................... 
@28
F- J. D...........................  @28
Anchors........................  @25
Standards....................   @22

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S H E L L   GOODS.

Scallops. 
2 CO 
Shrimps
1  50
Oysters, per  100  .........1  50@1  75
Clams. 
.......... 1 25@l  50
PA PER  A WOODENWARE
Straw 
iv
.......................... 
Rockford.......................  
2
Rag sugar  ...............................2*4
Hardware. 
............................ 2%
Bakers......................................2%
Dry  Goods.................... 5  @8
Jute Manilla.................  @6*4
Red  Express  No.  1..............5*4
No.  2..............4*4

P A P E R .

“ 

T W IN ES.

“ 

48 Cotton.................................20
Cotton, No. 1..........................17
“  2.......................1.13
Sea  Island, assorted..........   30
No. 6  “ . . . . . ................
WOODENWARE.
Tubs, No. 1.......................
..  7 00
“  No. 2..................
.  6 00
“  No. 3.......................
.  5 00
Pails, No. 1, two-hoop..
1  35
“  N o.l,  three-hoop  .. .  1  60
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes...
40
Bowls, il inch....................
SO
...............  .. .  1  00

13  “ 

“ 

Baskets, market................... 

1  60 
2 25
2 75
3 00
35
shipping  bushel..  1  25 
..  1  35
full  noop  “ 
No.2 6 25
No.3 7 25
No.2 4 00
No.3 4 75

“ 
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“ willow cl’ths, No.l  5 25
“ 
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“ 
“ 
“  No.l  3 25
“ 
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“ 
“ 
‘ 
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splint 

IN D U RA T ED   W A R E .

Pails.....................................  3  15
Tubs,  No.  1.......................... 13 50
Tubs, No. 2............................12 00
Tubs, No. 3............................10 50

POULTRY.

Local dealers pay as  follows:

L IV E ,

Fow l__
Turkeys. 
Ducks  ..
Live broilers l&lbs. to 2 lbs.
Live broilers less than  1-1 *4 
Spring Chickens.........   9 @10
Fowls............................  7 @ 8
Spring turkeys..............10 @12*4
Spring Ducks..............   9 @10

each, per  doz..........
lbs.  each  per doz...

PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co, 

quotes as follows:

P O R K   IN   B A R R E L S .
M ess,.............. 
..............................................  15 00
Short c u t....................................................... 
16  50
Extra clear pig, short cut..............................   17  50
Extra clear,  heavy.......................................
Clear, fat back................................... . . . . . . . .  17 50
Boston clear, short cut...................................  17 00
Clear back, snort cut................................... ..  17 50
Standard clear, short cut, best..................  
17 50

sausage—Fresh and Smoked.

..........................................  8*4

Pork Sausage........................................................
Ham Sausage..................................................." *. 9
Tongue Sausage.................................................. 9
Frankfort  Sausage 
Blood Sausage......................................................’ 7
Bologna, straight........................................! ” .!  6
Bologna,  thick...............   ..................................  6
Headcheese.................................................... ..." 7
Kettle  Rendered................................................10*4
Granger..................................................................gv
Fam ily......................................................... 
‘  7v
Compound.................................................’........   714
50 lb. Tins, 
20 lb. palls, *4c 
10 lb.  “  Sic 
5 lb.  “  %c 
l c  
3 lb.  " 

advance.

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L A R D .

B E E F   IN   B A R R E L S .

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Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs........................v 50
Extra Mess, Chicago packing........................  7 50
Boneless, rump butts........................................ 12 50

smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.
 

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

n v
16 lbs..........................................l l >4
12 to 14 lbs............  ................... ;iv
picnic........................................................  9}4
best boneless..........................................  13
Shoulders...........................................................   8Ji
Breakfast Bacon  boneless.................................]4
Dried beef, ham prices.......................................10*4
Long Clears, heavy.............................................
Briskets,  medium...............................................

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ligh t....................................................11

1, 

CANDIES, FRUITS and  NUTS. 

The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows: 

 

C A R A M E LS.

..................."Too
65
i ‘oo

Plain Creams..................
Decorated Creams.......... 
String  Rock............................................. 
Burnt Almonds.........................  
 
Wlntergreen  Berries................ ....6 0
_  
No. 1, wrapped, 2 lb.  boxes........................ 
N o . 1, 
No. 2, 
N0. 3, 
Stand up, 51b. boxes.........................
„  
If“®1.1.............................................................  50@1  75
Largeum..v;.;-.v.v.v.v.v.':::.v.::::::::: :2 oe®2 50
_  
California Riverside Seedlings..........
’ Michaels............................................ 4 t0@5 00

34
5 1
...................  «

B A N A N A S.

O RA N G E S.

“ 
“ 
«*

3 
2 
3 

“ 
“ 
“ 

... 

LEM O N S.

“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

* 
“  extra 

O T H ER  F O R E IG N   F R U IT S .

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

101b  ..  . ................... 

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

4 00
4 50
4  50
5  00
Figs, fancy layers, 6» .............................  @12*4
“ 
@12*4
“  14».............................  @{4 *
’  20» 
@7*4
50-lb.  “ 
.......... 4*4@  5*4
@17
  @16
Ivaca........................................ 
California................................  @13
@314
§ , , 2
@13*4

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

Almonds, Tarragona.........................  

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

Persian.50-lb.  box.
N U T S.

......................... @ 6*4

“ 
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,  

,

 

“ 

“ 

Calif..............................................  @13
Table  Nnts,  fancy...................................   @13
choice.............................. I’  @12
Pecans, Texas, H.  P.................................   @13
Cocoanuts, full sacks...........................@4 00
Fancy, H.  P.,Snns...................................   @ g
Roasted......................  @  7*4
Fancy, H.  P., Flags..................................  @
Roasted.....................  @
Choice, H. P„ Extras.
Roasted.

P E A N U T S.

@  5
@ 6*4

CROCKERY  AND  GLASSWARE. 

S T IC K   C A N D Y .
Cases

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

8*4
..  8*4
M IX ED C A N D Y .

Bbls.
Standard........................ ........................6
Leader............................. ................ 6
Royal.............................. .................6*4
Nobby.............................
’
English  Rock...............
Conserves......................
.7
Broken Taffy.................
..baskets
Peanut Squares.............
French Creams.............
Valley  Creams..............
Midget, 30 lb. baskets..
Modem, SO lb. 

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F A N C Y — In bulk

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

Palls.
7
7
7*4
8
8
8
8
9
10
13
..  8
..  8

 

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fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. 

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

“ 

 

50
00

F R U IT   JA R S .

Pints....................................................................  5 
...........................................................  6 00
Half Gallons.....................................................  
3 
Caps................................................................. '  2 75
Rubbers......................................... 
45
L A M P   B U R N E R S .
No. 0 Sun....................................................  
45
N0.1  ;;  .............................................................:  so
No. 2 
75
Tubular................................................................  75

 
L A M P   chimneys.  Per box.

 

 

 

 

 

No. 0 Sun...............................................................    75
N o.l 
‘  ...............................................................1  88
No. 2 
70
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top...........................................    jo
N o.l  “ 
.........................................2 25

“ 

 

 

 

6 doz. In box.

First quality.
“ 
XXX Flint.
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“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
" 

LA M P  W IC K S.

Pearl top.

La Bastle.

“  ...........................................2  80

No. 0 Sun, crimp top............................................... 2 60
No. 1  “ 
No. 2  “ 
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled......................s 70
“ 
No.2  “ 
......................470
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
......................4  gg
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz......................... 1  25
No. 2  “ 
..........................150
No. 1 crimp, per doz.................................................1 35
No.2   “ 
160
No. 0,  per gross — ............................................  23
No. 1, 
28
No  2, 
38
No. 3, 
re
Mammoth, per doz.............................................  75
STO N EW ARE— AKRO N .
Butter Crocks,  1 to 6 gal................................  06
*4 gal. per doz........................  60
Jugs, *4 gal., per doz.......................................  70
1 to 4 gal., per gal...................................   07
Milk Pans, *4 gal., per doz.............................  60
...........................   72
Butter Crocks, 1  and 2 gal.............................  07
Milk Pans, *4 gal..............................................  65
............................................  78

1  “ 
STO N EW ARE— B L A C K  G L A Z E D .

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14

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

THE  CHINESE  QUESTION.

W ritten fo r T h e  T r a d e s m a n .

A declaration  lately made  by the Chi­
nese government that reprisals will sure- 
ly be made in  case  the  stringent  provi­
sions of the Geary Exclusion Act are  not 
modified or  repealed  in  the  interest  of 
citizens of that country, is  not  likely to 
prove a  mere  rumor,  nor,  should  it  be 
confirmed as a fact,  is  it  any more than 
might  have  been  expected.  To  every 
thoughtful  reader  of  history  it  shows 
that the American  people  are beginning 
to reap the harvest  of  a  folly sown by a 
former  generation  and  most  diligently 
cultivated  by  their  descendants  to  the 
present.

Many now  living  can  recollect  when 
the empire of China was  to all  the  rest 
of the world a  sealed book.  One  of  the 
leading nations,  in  accordance  with  its 
foreign policy, desired to read that book. 
This nation was  controlled by a spirit of 
enterprise that could  not be satisfied un­
til the leaves were  opened  and a knowl­
edge of its contents obtained.  When di­
plomacy was  insufficient the dogs of war 
were let  loose.  The  book  was  by  de­
grees  opened  and  curiosity,  never  ap­
peased by present gratification, continued 
to explore  its  pages  until  much of  its 
treasures were known.  The  result only 
whetted the  ardor  of  the  intruding na­
tion,  and desire  soon became determina­
tion to write therein some  portion of  its 
own history.  England,  in  a  greed  for 
gain,  thus  opened  the  closed portals of 
China,  and  upon  its  weakness  she  im­
posed  conditions that became  a  scandal 
to the whole  Christian  world. 
In  time 
our own government, jealous of the com­
mercial  advances  made  by  the  mother 
country, 
took  a  hand  and  sent  both 
diplomats  and  persuaders  in  oak  and 
iron  to  urge  that  the  policy of  silence 
and seclusion  so long  maintained by the 
Celestial Kingdom should  be  exchanged 
for the social and international amenities 
of the rest of the world, whereby, as they 
claimed,  all parties concerned  would  be 
the gainers.  Both moralists and church­
men justified  the  harsh  attempts made 
by the pioneer  nations associated in this 
movement as necessary in  the interest of 
the world’s civilization.  As so little was 
at first known of the condition of interior 
China,  so  much  the more was imagined. 
Religious  zeal  longed  to  advance  and 
conquer as  fast  as  material  force  pre­
pared the way.  Commerce  joined hands 
to take advantage of every opening made 
to find a market for  our  commodities, or 
to secure valuable  products  to  increase 
our  imports  and  make  double  profits. 
All this was done in violation  of  a  nat­
ural right that,  when applied  to  individ­
uals,  all men concede  to  be inalienable. 
In so doing we, as a  nation, forgot, for a 
time, 
the  noble  declaration  our  fore­
fathers  made  concerning  the  right  of 
every man  to “life,  liberty and  the  pur­
suit of happiness”  in  his  own  way, so 
long  as  he  did  not  interfere with the 
same right possessed by others.  In join­
ing with other strong  powers to coerce a 
weaker  one  into  commercial  relations, 
they  sowed  seeds  that, 
like  dragons’ 
teeth,  were destined  to  spring  forth  as 
armed  men to retaliate  for the injustice 
of the  past.

Meantime,  for  a  generation  or  more, 
onr people,  having  been  inoculated  with 
the gospel of gush,  had imagined  that we 
were  a  nation  chosen  from the founda­
tion of the world to  receive  and  absorb 
every human accretion from without and

metamorphose  them  into American citi­
zens.  Every Fourth  of  July speech  in­
tensified this egotistic theory until it was 
unsafe, or at  least  unwise, to dispute it. 
So when,  by degrees,  we secured treaties 
with China,  gaining  thereby  a  foothold 
in the seaports of  that  immense empire, 
and thus opened the “Pandora box” that 
has since flooded  us  with  consequences 
of  momentous  importance, there was no 
prophet brave  enough  to  publicly fore­
tell  the result.  What  little  wisdom  or 
foresight  might  have  been  brought  to 
bear  on  the  ruling  policy would have 
availed  naught  against  the  credulity 
that, in spite of  all the rules of arithme­
tic,  maintains that the resources  of  this 
country  are  sufficient  to  maintain,  in 
peace  and  comfort,  a  population  of  at 
least 200,000,000,  and believes they could 
not come too soon.

Our  nation,  being  of  all  others  the 
most  liberal  in 
the  theory of  personal 
freedom,  attracted  a  large  part of  the 
outflow that followed the anger of  inves­
tigation.  The  Golden  States of  the Pa­
cific Coast, offering peculiar temptations, 
were the first to receive the resulting im­
migration.  The living  contents  of  that 
“Pandora  box”  swarmed  over  its  hills 
and valleys  like  Malay  pirates  on  the 
deck of  a merchant  ship.  Like  an  ant 
hill disturbed was  the  exodus  from the 
over-crowded seaports of China,  and  dis­
persion everywhere was a natural  conse­
quence.  For  many  years  we  gave  no 
thought to this  inflow, except to wonder 
at  their  strange  dress  and  habits  and 
speculate on  the  traits  of  industry and 
economy  they developed.  They seemed 
to the casual observer  but  a  quiet  and 
harmless  race.  But 
in­
creased rapidly, and soon on every stage­
coach or  freight wagon  appeared the in­
evitable  Chinaman  under  an  umbrella 
hat,  and beside  him  the  implements  of 
mining.  His  almond  eyes  were  set 
eagerly ahead,  looking  for  a place to lo­
cate, and he chattered  to  his  mates  as 
hopefully  as  did  the  Argonauts  who 
sought  the  Golden  Fleece.  On  every 
road leading mountainward the rank and 
file,  bearing outfits  attached  to  bamboo 
poles and  balanced  deftly on  shoulders 
used to hard toil,  plodded  along through 
the dust of  this land  of  promise  in the 
hope of gaining a share of  the wealth so 
free to all.

immigration 

The  words  of  those  who  saw  in  this 
inundation  a  menace  to  the  integrity 
of  our  institutions  were  all  unheeded. 
“Other foreigners were allowed to  come 
here;  why  not  the  Chinamen?”  Thus 
cried philanthropy  that was unpractical, 
and thus replied the  more practical ones 
who saw in this influx only personal gain. 
But  the  conservative  element  reasoned 
that the cases  were not  parallel,  in that 
others had come with different spirit and 
intentions. 
In  time  they  assumed citi­
zenship  and  helped bear the burdens of 
government and bore arms in its detense. 
Not  so  with  the  Chinese.  They  were 
clannish  and  exclusive, 
impressed  in 
molds that bad not been changed  in  thou­
sands of years.  They were, for the most 
part,  under  the  tyrannical  control  of 
head  men,  whose  purposes  were  served 
in secret contrary to the laws of the land. 
They  could  not  melt  into  the  type  of 
American nationality  as  did  the people 
of most other  lands.  Nature made them 
sui  generis,  and  they  remain  so  to  the 
present.  Only a few have,  by marriage, 
set a precedent to the  theory, that  “God 
made of one blood all  nations that dwell j

Q u i c k   S e ^ e r s *

WHA.T?

THE  NEW  FA LL  LINE

M anufactured  by

SNEDIC0R  &  HATHAWAY,

DETROIT,  MICH,

All the Novelties in Lasts  and  Patterns.

State  Agents  Woonsocket  and  Lyco­

ming  Rubber  Co.

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Dealers wishing to see the line address 
F.  A.  Cadwell,  41  Lawn  Court,  Grand 
Rapids, Mich.

F .  H.  W HITE, 

Manufacturers’ agent and jobber of

PAPER  AND  WOODENWARE,

125 Court St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

HEADACHE 
T 3  TT» (~> T T  > Q* 
L   ü i U l V   O  
P O W D E R S
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Headache,

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U l v U U r   is  the  Chil iren’s M edicine for 
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Sa f e ,  Certain ! 

WHOOPING  GOUGH

“My customers are well  pleased with  that  in­
valuable  medicine—Peckham’s  Croup Remedy. 
I recommend it  above  all  others for children.” 
H. Z.  C a r p e n t e r ,  Druggist, Parksville, Mo.

“Peckham’s Croup  Remedy gives the best sat­
isfaction.  Whenever  a  person buys  a  bottle  I 
will  guarantee  that  customer will  come  again 
for more, and recommend  it  to  others.”  C. H. 
P h il l ip s, Druggist, Girard, Kansas.

O u r  S p e c ia lt y   I

CHILDREN’S  SHOES
H1RTH,  M M   i  C0„

And Shoe Store snpplles.

12  &  14  Lyon  Street,

GRAND  R A PID S, MICH.

The first  inhalations  stop  sneezing,  snuffing 
coughing  and  headache.  This  relief  is  worth 
the  priee  of  an  Inhaler.  Continued  use  will 
complete the core.

Prevents and cures

Sea  Sickness
sensation 

On cars or boat.

The  cool  exhllerating 

follow­
ing its use is a luxury to  travelers.  Convenient 
to carry in the pocket;  no liquid to drop or spill; 
lasts a year, and costs  50c  at  druggists.  Regis­
tered mail 60c, from

H.  D.  CUSHMAN, M anufacturer.

Three  R ivers. M ich.

¡^"Guaranteed  satisfactory.

« n i a » .
Boots ! Sloes,

W holesale

5  and  7  Pearl  8t^ 

GRAND RAPIDS. 

MICH

A gents  for  W ales-Geodyear  R ubber  Co. 
Orders  by mail  given  prompt attention

S.  A.  MORMJLN,

Wholesale  Petoskey, Marblehead 

and  Ohio

L IM E ,

Akron, Buffalo and Louisville

C E M E N T S ,

Stucco and Hair, Sewer Pipe,
Fire Brick and Clay.
W RITE  F.OR  PRICES.

10  LYON  ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

FOURTH NATIONAL BANK

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

D. A. Blodgett, President.

Geo.  W.  Gat. Vice-President.

Wm. H. Anderson, Cashier. 
J no  A. Seymour, Ass’t Cashier

C a p ita l,  $ 3 0 0 , 0 0 0 .

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

John Wlddicomb. 

N. A. Fletcher.

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

on  the  earth;”  but  time  has  not  yet 
rendered  judgment  as  to  the  value  of 
that precedent.

The experience of forty  years  is  now 
ripening  to  a  crisis  that  must  be  met 
But the unwisdom of the past should not 
be duplicated  by proceeding to an oppo­
site extreme in  a  policy  that may justly 
be  called  by  the same name.  Once the 
empire of China  was  weak as compared 
with  any  other  civilized nation, though 
having the power of numbers in the ratio 
of  five  to  one.  To-day,  having come in 
contact  with  and  adopted the improve­
ments  and inventions of later years,  it is 
able to  maintain  its sovereignty againsl 
any  one  or  more  of  those  nations  that 
once  bullied  it into submission to serve 
their  own  selfish  purposes.  We  have 
many hostages there to secure good faith 
and  fair  treatment  of  Chinese  subjects 
temporarily  among us. 
It will not do to 
invite a conflict of  material forces by in­
sisting on carrying out  the unjust  terms 
of a law that  was  passed to appease the 
angry passions of men who have nothing 
to  lose  if  we  get  into  trouble  on  their 
account.

While  conceding  the  Chinese  to  be 
undesirable  as a  part of our population 
because  they  cannot  be assimilated, we 
have no right  to violate  either the letter 
or the spirit of treaties in order to relieve 
ourselves of a self-imposed burden.  We 
invited them against the protests of their 
recognized government,  and such  invita­
tion gave them rights if  it  did not make 
them equals or  citizens. 
It is  wise now 
to  modify  national  policy  with  China, 
as  well  as  with  other  countries 
that 
have  given  us  so undesirable an influx 
to a population  that increases  with fear­
ful  rapidity.  The measures  to be used 
should be wisely  preventive,  not cruelly 
exclusive like those  of Russia that thrill 
the  sympathies  of  all  civilized  races. 
We are like  a spendthrift  who has come 
to his senses before  his patrimony  is  all 
spent—the  past  cannot  be  recalled  but 
the future may be used more wisely,  and 
in this lies our strongest hope.

All governmental  policies have a  com­
mercial bearing  and  nearly  or remotely 
affect  the  prosperity  of  a  people.  We 
have  been,  heretofore,  so  surcharged 
with sentiment that we  have overlooked 
the true interest  of a land  we all profess 
to  love. 
If  for  the  next fifty years we 
should not gain 1  per cent, in population 
there might be a  better chance for gain­
ing  a  larger  per cent,  per capita in the 
sum of  individual  happiness.  Until we 
get to be more homogeneous  we shall,  as 
a nation,  gain  only weakness from num­
bers.  We  have  made  some  mistakes 
with  the  Chinese  that  can  be partially 
remedied.  But  if  we do  not reverse or 
modify our policy in  reference  to immi­
gration generally in the  future,  we shall 
be likely to meet the fate of the snowball 
that, gaining too  much  weight by accre­
tion,  finally breaks  to pieces for  lack of 
cohesive qualities.

S.  P.  Whitmabsh.

Another  Version  of 

the  Mansfield 

Cheese Poisonings.

Co lu m bu s,  Ohio,  Aug.  24—The article 
from R.  Harvey Reed,  Health  Officer of 
the  Mabee  poisonous 
Mansfield,  on 
cheese case,  which  was  investigated by 
Ur.  McNeal,  State  Dairy and  Food Com­
missioner,  and  myself,  is  very mislead­
ing to the general  public and a curiosity 
to  practical  cheesemakers,  making  the 
whole thing look like a farce.
It is very evident that Dr.  Reed under­
takes to  write about  a subject of  which 
he has  no  practical  knowledge—that of

Unlike the Dutch  Process 

_ A  man never looks so  helpless and in 
significant  as  when  standing  around 
dry goods  store  waiting  for  his  wife  to 
get through trading.

No Alkalies

cheesemaking.  He asserts several times j of the coupon system have changed their
in his  article  that cheesemakers allow 
minds and become strong converts to the 
fact, require—their  curds  to develop 
new method.  Some  dealers  are attract 
acid,  with  a view to  making their cheese 
ing  attention by according their custom 
porous  and  light.  This  will  be an en­
ers a 5 per cent,  discount for all coupon 
tirely new idea to  cheesemakers  who are 
books  paid  for  in advance.  The intro 
burning  their  fingers  with  hot  irons, 
duction of the system  has  placed the re 
finding  the acid  which  is  generally con­
tailer in an excellent  financial condition 
sidered necessary to  make  a cheese firm 
and  the  jobbers  are  correspondingly 
or solid,  anything but porous.
happy  over  the  retailers  getting  thei 
The lesson Dr.  Reed has  learned,  that 
business on a cash basis.
cheesemakers  should  be  compelled  by 
law not to  ferment their  curd,  therefore 
comes to naught.  The  lesson  that they 
should  not  receive  bad  milk  has  been 
taught as long as cheese has  been manu­
factured. 
I  am  sorry to  say,  however, 
that  much  carelessness  exists  among 
cheesemakers in this respect.
Mrs.  Mabee does not  allow her curd to 
ferment,  but,  on  the  other  hand,  fol­
lows in the  footsteps of  our dear grand­
mothers by making a sweet  curd cheese, 
with  a view to quick curing for home use. 
Dr.  McNeal and  myself investigated the 
case  as carefully as  possible  and  found 
everything  in  first-class  order  at  the 
Mabee  dairy.  We  investigated  every 
dairy separately,  and  could  find nothing 
wrong, except  in  two  instances:  First 
we  found  that  one  patron  might  have 
put in  milk  to soon  from  a  fresh  cow 
having  had  one  fresh  about  that  time 
second,  we found one cow which was sub 
ject  to  fits  of  a  very  severe  character 
frothing  at  the  mouth,  falling  down, 
stiffening of  muscles,  etc.  This  cow’s 
milk was used.  We  have never claimed 
these facts to be the cause of the trouble 
but spoke of them  as possibilities.  The 
general  appearance of  the  cheese,  how 
ever,  would  indicate  that  the milk  was 
in a state of decomposition, or fermenta­
tion,  which  amounts to  the  same thing, 
The  cheese  is  in  process of  analysis 
by several  chemists.  One  completed by 
Prof.  Kauffman,  at  the  instance  of  Dr 
McNeal,  was  furnished  by Dr.  McNeal 
to Dr.  Reed,  Health Officer of  Mansfield, 
at his request.
Dr.  McNeal  will  investigate  all  the 
cheese poisoning cases which come under 
his notice in  the State,  and  make a com­
plete report  when his  investigations are 
ended. 

A d escrip tio n   of  th e   chocolate 
p lan t,  an d   of  th e  v ario u s  cocor­
an d  chocolate prep? ratio n s m an 
u factu red   by W alter B ak er & Cc 
will be s e n t free to  an y  d e a le r or 
ap p licatio n .
W. BAKER & GO.. Dorchester. Mass.

jff. Baker k Co.’s
Breakfast  Cocoa,

Other  Chemicals

a re  u sed  in   the 
p re p a ra tio n  o f

w hich  is  absolu tely p u re  

a n d  soluble.

W. E. Hubd,

---- O R  —

State Dairy and Food Inspector.
Made the Banks Come Down.

--------

—

9 

The  recent  financial  flurry  has  re­
vived the  story  of  how  Henry  Disston, 
the founder of the  great sawmaking firm 
of  that  name, once  got  ahead  of  the 
Philadelphia  banks.  During  the  panic 
of  1873 every bank in  the city closed its 
doors.  They  did  not  fail,  but  closed 
their doors to prevent a run, and, as their 
officers  said,  to  prevent  a spread of  the 
panic. 
It was  a  heroic  measure,  but it 
proved  successful.  There  wasn’t  any 
money to  speak  of  in  circulation  and 
checks were  of  little  use,  since  no one 
knew  when  they  would  be  paid.  Mr. 
Disston had  3,000 men  on  his payroll  at 
that  time,  and,  though  he  had  untold 
thousands in the banks, he hadn’t enough 
cash on hand with which to pay them off, 
so for a time he was in a quandary.  The 
men must be paid, but  the way of it was 
question.  Friday  afternoon  he came 
down town and  hunted up  the president 
of the  bank where  his  deposit  was  the 
largest.  “Mr.  President,”  he  said,  “I 
have  three thousand  men  to  pay off  to­
morrow afternoon.  Unless I can get the 
full  amount  of  my  payroll  on  my own 
check in the  morning,  I’ll  give each one 
of them a check  for his wages  and send 
him  down here to collect it.  There will 
be quite  an  army of  them  all  together, 
and I don’t  think  they would  like  it  if 
the doors were closed.”  You  won’t have 
to  guess  what  the  president  did.  Mr. 
Disston  sent  his  check  for  the  entire 
amount and  it was  paid.  Shortly  after 
the  banks  opened  up,  but  for  a  long 
time  no one  knew  why it  was  that the 
sawmakers  were  the  only  workmen  in 
town who had ready money.

Pleased With the Coupon System. 
From the Minneapolis Commercial Bulletin.
Reports from grocers  in all  sections of 
the  city  indicate  that the movement to­
ward  doing  business  on  a  cash-coupon 
basis is progressing  most  satisfactorily. 
Many  dealers  who  were opposed to the 
movement and did not  even  think  well

Grand  Rapids St Indiana.
Sohedole  In  effect Aug. 17,1893.

TRAINS  GOING  NORTH.

Arrive from   Leavegoing 
North. 
1 ;go a  m
4:15 p
10-50  pm

South. 
For M’klnaw.Trav. City and Sag. 6:50 a  m 
For Cadillac and Saginaw............................  
For Petoskey & M ackinaw. .. .. .   8:10pm  
From Kalamazoo. 
From Chicago and K alam azoo..  St 40 p m 
dally.  Others trains dally except Sunday.
does not run to Traverse City on Sundays.

Trains arriving  from  south a t  8:60 a m  and  9:10 i 
Train  leaving  north  a t  7:20 a. m. daily.  This  train 

...................... 9:10 a m

TRAINS  GOING  SOUTH.

. 

. 

_  

Arrive from  Leavegoing
South.
7:00 a  m
10:06  am
2-00 p m
6:00 p m
11:20 p m

_  
North. 
For  C incinnati.............................   8:30 a m 
For Kalamazoo and  C hicago... 
For F o rt W ayne and th e E ast..  11:50am 
For  Cincinnati.............................   6.-15p m  
For Kalamazoo  & Chicago.......10:40 p m 
From Saginaw...............................  11:50 a m
From Saginaw...............................  10:40 p m
dally;  all  other train s  daily except Sunday.
Chicago via G. R. & I. R. R.

Trains leaving south a t 8:00 p m and  11:20 p.  m. runs 

Lv Grand  Rapids 
A rr Chicago 

10:05 a m  
4:10pm  

2:00 p m  
9:10pm  

11 -20 p m  
0:50am

10:05 a m  train  through W agner  P arlor Car.
11:20 p m  tra in   dally. W agner Sleeping Car.

Lv  Chicago 
A rr Grand Rapids 
4:20  p  m  solid  train   with  through  W agner  Parlor 
Car.  10:00 p m  train   dally,  through  Coach  and W ag­
ner  Sleeping Car.

4:20 p m  
9:40 p m 

10:00 p m
6:50  a m

for Muskegon—Leave. 

Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana, 
10:15 a m
8:65 a m  
11:26  a m  
4:40 p m
5:40 p m 
9:10 p m

From Muskegon—Arrive

Sunday train   leaves  for  Muskegon  a t  7:45 a  m, a r ­
riving a t  9:15  a m .  Returning,  tra in   leaves  Muske 
gon a t  4:30 p m, arriving a t Grand  Rapids a t 5:50 p m.

General Passenger and Ticket Agent.

O. L. LOCKWOOD,

In  connection  with  the  Detroit,  Lansing  A 
Northern or Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee 
R’ys  offers  a  route  making  the  best  time  be­
tween Grand Rapids and Toledo.
VIA  D .,  It.  A  N  R ’Y.

Time Table In effect May 14,  1893.

Lv. Grand Rapids at.......7:10 a. m. and 1:25 p. m.
Ar. Toledo a t .............   1:15 p. m. and 10:45 p. m.
Lv. Grand Rapids at.......6:50 a. m. and 3:25 p. m.
Ar. Toledo at...............  1:15 p.  m. and 10:45 p. m.

v i a   d .,  e .   R .  A  m .  r ' t .

Return connections equally as good.

W.  H.  B e n n k t t ,  General Pass. Agent, 
Toledo, Ohio.

15

CHICAGO

AUG.  17,  1893
AND  WEST  MICHIGAN  R’T. 

GOING  TO  CHICAGO.

Lv.G’d  Rapids.  7:25am 8:50am  1:25pm  *ll:?0pm 
Ar. Chicago— 12:20pm 3:55pm  6:50pm  *6:30am 

RETURNING  PROM  CHICAGO.

TO  AND FROM   M USKEGON.

AV’£!ii<i?g0. A- -8:25am  9:00»m  5:45pm *11:35pm 
Ar. G’d Rapids. 1:20pm 3:55pm  10:55pm  *6:10am
V IA   ST.  JO SE PH   AND  STEAM ER.
"v■ 
Kapids........................1:25pm  t6:30pm
i^r’ £kicago.................................. 8:30pm 
2:00am
Lv. Chicago 9:30am.  . Ar. Grand Rapids 5:25 pm
Lv. Grand Rapids........ 8:50am  1:25pm  5:45pm
Grand Rapids.........10:45am  3:55pm  5:25pm
TR A V ER SE  CITY  CHARLEV O IX   AND  PBTO SK EY .
..........   II :15pm
4-50am
.... 
....
........... 
7:20am
........... 
7:50am
. ......  8:01 am
Trains  stop  at  Traverse  City for dinner  and 
Arrive from Bay View, etc., 6:00 a. m.. 11:40 a 

Vv-^   K........5:45pm 
7:30am 
Ar. Manistee. 10:44pm  12:10pm 
Ar.Trav.C’y . 11 • 10pm  12:40pm 
Ar. Charlevoix........  
3:15pm 
Ar.  Petoskey 
3:45pm 
^ iew .......... 
3:55pm 

9:40pm
Sunday train  leaves  Grand  Rapids 9:30 a. m 

supper.
m., 10:00 p. m.
Lv. Grand Rapids...  8:50am  5:45pm 
Lv. Ottawa Beach...  7:00am  3:50pm 
leaves Ottawa Beaeh 6:30 p. m.
_  
To Chicago, 1v. G. R 
ToPetoskey.Iv.G.R..  7:30am 
2.°ir 
T° 6 - K-:lv; Petoskey 

7:25am  1:25pm  *11:30pm
..........   11:15pm
-jv. Chicago.  8:25am  *5:45pm  *11:35pm
..........   1:30pm  t8:20pm
tExcept Saturday.  Other trains 

free Chair Cars for Manistee 5:45 p m.
»Every day. 

P A R L O R   AND  SL E E PIN G   CABS.

OTTAW A  BEACH.

week days only.

DETROIT.

JULY 30, 1893
LANSING  &  NORTHERN  R.  R.

GOING  TO  DETROIT.

Lv. Grand Rapids........   7:00am *1:45pm  5:40pm
Ar. Detroit.................... 11:40am  *5:50pm  10:25pm

RETURNING  FROM  DETROIT.

Lv.  Detroit.....  .......... 7:45am *1:45pm  6:00pm
Ar. Grand Rapids........12:45pm *5:40pm  10:45pm

TO  AND  FROM   SAGINAW ,  ALMA  AND  ST.  LO U IS.

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

TO  LOW ELL  VIA  LO W ELL  A  H A STINGS  R .  R .

Lv. Grand Rapids............  7:00am  1:45pm 5:40pm
Ar.from Lowell...............12:45pm 5:40pm  .......

THROUGH  CAR  SERVICE.

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

•Every day.  Other trains  week days only.

GEO. DeHAVEN, Gen.  Pass’r Ag’t.

Michigan P entral

“ The Niagara Falls Route.,,

(Taking effect  Sunday, May 28, 1893.) 

»Daily.  All others daily, except Sunday.

Arrive. 
Depart
10 20n m ............Detroit  Express............ 6 55pm
6 00 a m  — »Atlantic and  Pacific.......10  45 p m
1  00 p m  .......New York Express..........  5 40 p m
Sleeping cars  run on Atlantic  and  Pacific  ex­
press trains to and from Detroit.
Parlor  cars  leave  for  Detroit at  6:55 am ;  re­
turning,  leave  Detroit  5 pm, arriving  at Grand 
Rapids 10:20 p m.
Direct  communication  made  at  Detroit  with 
all through  trains east  over  the  Michigan Cen 
tral Railroad  (Canada Southern Division.)
A. Almquist, Ticket Agent,

U nion Passenger Station.

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

w a u k e e   R a ilw a y .

Depot corner Leonard  St. and Plainfield Av3.

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

EASTW ARD.

tNo.  14 tNo.  16
6 45am
10 20am 
7 40am
1125am 
12 17pm 
8 25am
9 00am
120pm
10 50am
3 45pm
11 32am 
4 35pm 
10 05am 
3 45pm I
1205pm
5 50pm
10 53am
3 05pm !
11 50am
4 05pm j
W ESTW A RD .

3 25pm
4 27pm
5 20pm 
605pm 
8 00pm 
837pm 
705pm 
8 50pm
8 25pm
9 25pm

7 40pm
8 45am
9 42am 
10 25am

1  00pm
2  10pm

4 55pm 
6 00pm 
6 20am 
6 00am

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

tNo. 81 tNo. 11 tNo. 13. tNo. 15
7 25am
10 20pm
8 30am
11 2Cpm 
6 30am
4 00pm
tDaily except Sunday
Sunday  only train  leaves  Grand  Rapids  at 8 
m.  for Spring Lake and Grand Haven;  and at 
p. m. to connect with  Sunday night steamer at 
rand Haven for Chicago.
Trains arrive from the east, 7:20 a.m., 12:60 p.m., 
45 p. m. and 10:00 p. m.
Trains  arrive  from  the  west, 6:40 a. m.,  10:10 
m , 3:15 p.m. and 9:35 p. m.
Eastward—No. 14  has  Wagner  Parlcr  Buffet 
Westward—No.  1  Wagner  Sleeper.  No.  11 

car.  No. 18 Parlor Car.
Parlor Car.  No. 15 Wagner Parlor Baffet car.
Jab. C a m p b e l l , City Ticket Agent.

23 Monroe Street-

16

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

D EA TH   FU N D — R E C E IP T S .

Weekly  Report  of  Secretary  Mills.
Gr a n d  Ka pid s,  Sept. 4—The regular 
quarterly meeting of the Board of  Direc­
tors of the Michigan Knights  of the Grip 
was held at the Hudson House,  Lansing, 
Saturday, Sept. 2.
Treasurer Reynolds presented his quar­
terly report,  at follows:
Balance on hand  June 3........................  I  487 00
Received ass'mts from 1120 members.. 
2,240 00
Total...................................................  2,72700
Death benefit Edward Menzer.............  $  500 00
Death benefit W. J. Russell.................  
500 00
500 00
Death benefit E. A. Shekell................... 
Total.................................................... 
1,50000
Total receipts..........................................   22,727 00
Total disbursements................................   1,500 00
Balance on  hand.................................  1,327 00
Balance on hand June 3..........................  $  783 74
Fee from 110 new  members................... 
110 00
Fee from 8 reinstated members............ 
8 0)
Fee from 8 honorary members.................... 

G EN ER A L FU N D — R E C E IPT S.

RECAPITULATION.

D ISB U R SEM EN TS.

Total................................................... 

D ISB U R SEM EN TS.
Richmond A Backus................................  $ 
Detroit Free Press Co................... 
..... 
J. L.  McCauley........................................  
N  B.  Jones...............................................  
Geo. G.  De  Forest.................................... 
J. A. Gonzalez..............................  .......  
E.  P.  Waldron.......................................... 
A.  C.  Northrop........................................  
C. E.  Cot*................................................. 
Total....................................................  

£09 74
55
71 75
9 57
6 90
11 85
923
1350
635
9 30
130 50
Total receipts  ..........................................  $  909 74
Total disbursements....................................  

R EC A PIT U L A T IO N .

139 50

8 00

 

Total................................................  
The report was  accepted and adopted.
The above report shows that the largest 
number  of  members  have  paid  assess­
ments 3 and 4 of  any  ever  issued,  that 
we now have the largest  active member­
ship and the largest balances in the bank 
of  any  time  since  the  Association was 
organized;  and all of  this at the close of 
a  year  with the largest death record for 
all  fraternal  societies  for  many  years. 
We  cannot  help  feeling  that  this  is  a 
most  remarkable  record  and  that  the 
members are to be congratulated on such 
a showing.
The  Secretary  was  instructed to pro­
cure  1,000  metal  grip  tags and forward 
one to each member not supplied.
The  sum  of  $50 was appropriated for 
mailing notices of  and invitations to the 
annual  convention  in  Saginaw  Dec.  26 
and 27.
The  Chairman of the Hotel  Committee 
reported  that  he  had  carefully  investi­
gated tbe complaint of a member against 
the proprietor of tbe Hastings House, and 
bad  found the actions  of  the proprietor 
perfectly  justifiable  under  the  circum­
stances,  and recommended that he be ex­
onerated from all blame in the matter.
Chairman  Douglass  was authorized to 
procure a suitable contract card between 
the  proprietors  of  hotels and the chair­
man of the Hotel Committee and arrange 
to  have  the same signed by the proprie­
tor of every hotel  on our list,  and have a 
copy of same posted conspicuously in the 
hotel office. 

L.  M.  Mil ls,  Sec’y

In  addition  to  the  above  official  an­
nouncement, T h e T radesm an is  inform­
ed that the expert who has been examin­
ing  the books of the former Secretary re­
ports an apparent shortage  of over $600. 
As this may be due to  the confused  con­
dition  of  the  books,  a  resolution  was 
adopted requesting the former  Secretary 
to  meet  Secretary  Mills  and the expert 
within 30 days, with  a  view to  explain­
ing the apparent  deficiency. 
In case  he 
fails to avail himself of this opportunity, 
his  bondsmen  will  be notified that they 
will  be  expected  to  make  good  the 
shortage.

The Secretary was instructed to notify 
the official organ that it must cease solicit­
ing  advertisements  from  hotels  in  tbe 
name  of  and  by  the  authority  of  the 
Knights of the Grip.

It was decided  to  hold a  special meet­
ing of the Board at Lansing the first Sat­
urday in December.

All  the  members  of  the  Board  were 
present at the  meeting,  except Mr. Bar­

deen,  who  was  necessarily  detained  at 
home.  Treasurer  Reynolds  and  F.  M. 
Douglass,  chairman  of  the  Hotel  Com­
mittee, were present.

Gripsack Brigade.

D.  E.  McVeaa,  who has covered South­
ern Michigan and  Northern  Indiana for 
the past five  years for  Hawkins & Com­
pany, has  transferred  his allegiance  to 
the  Musselman  Grocer  Co., taking  the 
same territory as before.

Owing to the fact of  Wm.  R.  Roome & 
Co.,  of New York,  having withdrawn all 
their Michigan salesmen, O. M. Benedict, 
of Ionia, has secured  a  similar  position 
with H. C.  Fisher,  tea  importer of  Chi­
cago,  and will continue to  call  npon the 
Michigan trade.

E. E.  Hewitt,  the Rockford merchant, 
claims  that  the  letter  describing  the 
Blake  fishing  excursion,  published  in 
T h e  T ra desm a n  two  weeks  ago,  was 
unauthorized  by  him.  The  statements 
contained in the letter  remain uncontra­
dicted  and  the  joke  still  remains  on 
Blake.

Frank  E.  Chase  has  returned  from 
Charlevoix,  which port he cleared a week 
ago on the yacht  Marion  with  his  full 
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complement  of  samples.  The  Boston 
Boot and  Shoe Recorder  of Aug.  18 con­
tains  a  full  account  of  his  experience 
with  clam  fishing  and  clam  bakes  on 
Cape Cod.

Hnb Baker has gone to Chicago,  where 
he will put in a  week at the  Great Fair. 
He will  put in a  week at  Niagara Falls 
and a week in the interior of  New York, 
wnen  he will  go  to  Howard  City  and 
spend a week fishing.  He claims this is 
the first vacation  he has  taken in eleven 
years  and  he  proposes  to  make  up  for 
lost time.

Wm. Connor,  traveling  representative 
for  Michael  Kolb  & Son,  of  Rochester, 
paid his usual monthly visit to the Grand 
Rapids  market  last  week.  He  notes  a 
considerable improvement in business all 
along the line, many of his  customers in 
Wisconsin and Minnesota who  cancelled 
their June order having renewed their en­
tire order.  Mr. Connor  was in excellent 
spirits bat somewhat weary from  the ef­
fects of  a presentation  speech delivered 
at a  wooden wedding a few evenings be­
fore.

Cornelius  Crawford  and  F.  R.  Miles 
recently visited the World’s Fair, in com­
pany  with  their  wives,  and  Mr.  Miles 
volunteered to  pilot  the  party  through 
the Midway. 
Instead of  going down the 
Plaisance,  the guide took the party out a 
turnstile,  where  they  discovered  they 
were outside the  grounds. 
It cost Miles 
$2 to rectify his mistake,  but it has prob­
ably cost him  several  times  $2  to  keep 
his  friends  quiet  since the joke has be­
come public property.

Mrs.  Adele  M.  Graef,  who  comes  to 
Grand Rapids  regularly in  the  interest 
of  a New York  manufacturing  house in 
the pharmaceutical  line,  recently called 
at the office  of  the  New  York  Sun and 
asked to  see the reporter  who had writ­
ten her up as a  successful saleswoman  a 
year before.  What  she  had to say is  of 
interest  because  it  shows  the  alacrity 
with  which some women take advantage 
of  every  opportunity  to  go  into  new 
branches of work,  and also tbe readiness 
of  business  men  to  employ  women  in 
competition with  men.  “Since  that ar­
ticle  appeared  in  the  Sun,”  said  Mrs. 
Graef,  “1  have  traveled  all  over  this 
country,  and  everywhere  I  have found

commercial 
travelers.  They  form  a 
great  society and they have  divided and 
subdivided the  land  among  them,  inces­
santly traveling,  they  have directly and 
indirectly regulated  lines  and  facilities 
of travel.  Every  railroad  line  has  felt 
their influence, and  they have raised the 
hotel  standard  of  the  country.  Tbe 
commercial  traveler,  being  an American 
citizen and usually a voter, is necessarily 
a politician,  and  if  he does  not  control 
elections (and  he has been  known to do 
that),  he becomes a good judge as to how 
the election  is  going.  He  moves about 
among  the people  and becomes a  “peo­
ple’s man;”  he  is an authority  on popu­
lar  events  and  questions;  he  connects 
distant  communities,  fosters 
the  ex­
change  of  ideas,  carries  the  news  and 
fosters the brotherhood of man.

the  influence  of 

evidence that  the story of  my work  had 
been  read. 
I  couldn’t  tell  yon  how 
many  women  have  applied  to  my  own 
firm.  They all  said they  never thought 
of that way of earning  money until they 
read the  article  in the  Sun.  The  firms 
themselves took up the idea.  One that I 
know  right here  in  New  York  engaged 
five  women on  trial, and  some of  them 
are still  at work.  Another  firm  in this 
city sent  out a  woman  who  has  proved 
very successful.  On the  road I met two 
women  traveling  for  St.  Louis  firms. 
Both  secured  their  places  as  a  di­
rect  result  of 
that 
you  must
article.  These  women, 
remember,  are  all  traveling  for 
tbe 
same  line  of  goods  that  I  carry,  drug­
gists’  specialties.  There  are  others in 
other  lines.  There  is  no  reason  why 
women should not find  commercial trav­
eling  a source of  good  income,  but  very 
few of  them  understand  that  it  is  ex­
tremely  hard  work,  and  that  a  woman 
who  would  succeed  at  it  must  have  a 
good  constitution, a  stout  heart, and  a 
clear  head.  Given  those  requirements, 
there  is  no  reason  why  women  should 
not compete with men in this profession, 
as they have in others, and come off with 
a  good  share  of  the  profits  and  the 
honors.”

The commercial traveler of the United 
States illustrates the  growth  and exten­
sion and  improvement  and  elevation  of 
the world and humanity.  Genealogically 
he is descended from  the  bagman of  the 
last  century,  who  figures  in  so  many 
good  stories;  he  who  first  traveled  on 
horseback  selling  goods  by  sample,  as 
distinguished from the  peddler who sold 
the  articles  themselves.  The  bagman, 
deriving his  title  from  the  saddlebags, 
represented  the  extension of  commerce 
and  the  growth  of  manufactures.  He 
effected  the  direct  connection  between 
the wholesaler and the retailer,  between 
the port  and  the  interior,  between the 
centers of  commerce  and  manufactures 
and  the  widespread  country.  He  was 
the ambassador, the missionary, of trade. 
With the coming of  railroads and steam­
boats the horseback traveler and his sad­
dlebags  gradually  disappeared,  and  so 
the name bagman  gradually went out  of 
use.  The original  labors of this dissem­
inator of trade were  greatly increased in 
this country,  and from  the  fact that his 
business was  to  vigorously  solicit busi­
ness  with  an  energy  like  that  of  the 
“alarming  drum” came  the  appellation 
“drummer” still in  use;  but with  the in­
creasing magnitude and,  as  may be said, 
the increasing dignity of  his  operations 
came a yet more  comprehensive designa­
tion,  and the bagman  of  old  became the 
commercial traveler  of  to-day,  as  much 
greater than his  commercial  ancestor as 
a  locomotive 
than  a 
the  colossal  sample 
horse,  and  as 
trunk  of 
century
is  to  the saddlebags  of  the  eighteenth. 
The commercial  traveler,  mastering  by 
thousands,  is now a great factor and fea­
ture  in American  business  and  social 
life.  The  value  and  necessity  of  the 
commercial traveler  have  been  so  fully 
demonstrated that there is no longer any 
talk of dispensing  with  him.  As every 
religion mnst have its preachers, so com­
trade,  business  mast  have  its 
merce, 
speaking  ministers 
its 
“stumpers,” solicitors and  orators.  The 
spirit  of  organization  which  distin­
guishes  the  century  has  reached 
the

the  nineteenth 

and  agents, 

in  power 

is 

Over 1200 Large Quarto Pages,  Durably 
Bound in Cloth.  Twenty-five  copies  for 
$16.25.  3° days net, 3 per cent.  10 days.

NATIONAL  BOOK  &  PICTURE  CO.,

CHICAGO.

JA V A  OIL

RAW  AND  BOILED.

A  substitute  for  linseed,  and  sold  for 
much less money.

Piirely  Vegetable,

adapted to all work  where  a  more  eco­
nomical oil than  Linseed is desired.

Free  From Sediment

has better  body,  drie3  nearly  as  quick 
and with better gloss  than  Linseed  Oil. 
Especially  adapted to  priming and min­
eral painting.

This  Oil  is  a  Winner I

Try a sample can of  five  or  ten gallons. 
Write for prices.

H.M. REYNOLDS &  SON
GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH,

Spring &  Company,

O U S T E R S .

IM P O R T E R S  A S T )  H H O LES A L E   D E A L E R S   I S

R ib b o n s , 

D r e s s   G o o d s ,  S h a w ls ,  C lo a k s , 
N o t io n s , 
H o s ie r y , 
G lo v e s ,  U n d e r w e a r ,  W o o l e n s , 
F la n n e ls ,  B la n k e t s ,  G in g h a m s , 
P r in t s   a n d   D o m e s tic   C o tto n s.

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

assorted stock  at lowest  market  prices.

MILTON  KERNS’

Spring &  Company,
E l Puritano  Cigar.
10 Gent Cigar on Eartl

I  T H E   F I N E S T   |

WHEX  YOU  ARE  READY  TO  BEGIN  HANDLING  THEM  REMEMBER

THAT  OUR

P.  &  B.  B R A N D  

R A N K S   A l.

T u b   B U T N A .M  C A .N JD Y  C O . 
P E R K I N S   <&  H E S S
Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,

DEALERS IN

NOS.  122  and  124  LOUIS STREET, GRAND  RA PID S.  MICHIGAN.

WE  CARRY  A  STOCK  OP  CAKE TALLOW  TOR  MILL  r«R

Craclar  diesis. 

Glass  Covers  for  Biscuits.

TRADE  SUPPLIED  BY
BATEMAN  &  FOX,
B.  J.  REYNOLDS,
R  OPPENHEIMER,
D e t r o it   T obacco  Co.,

Grand  Rapids

East Saginaw,

Bay City

Detroit.  Mich.

voiGT, n o m a  &  co.,
Dry  Goods,  Carpets and  Gloaks

W H O L E S A L E

We  Make a Specialty of  Blankets, Quilts and  Live 

Geese  Feathers.

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

OVERALLS  OF  OUR  OWN  MANUFACTURE.

Voigt, HerpoMeier k Go., 4 8 ,  6 0 ,  8 2   O t t a w a   St., 

G r a n d   R a p id s .

SEE  QUOTATIONS.

MUSKEGON  BAKERY

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

CRACKERS,  BISCUITS,  CAKES.

O rig in ato rs  of  the  C elebrated  Cake,  “ MUSKEGON  BRANCH.”

H A R R Y   F O X ,  M a n a g e r ,

MUSKEGON,  MICH.

T HESE  chests  will 

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

to  the 
handsomest  ever  offered 
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.

OUR new glass covers  are by far the 

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

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

CINNAMON  BAR. 

ORANGE  BAR.

CREAM  CRISP. 

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

the best selling cakes we ever made.

THE  NEW  YORK  BISCUIT  CO.,

S. A. Sears, Mgr. 

GRAND  RAPIDS.

A  LADY’S

GENUINE  :  VICI  :  SHOE,
Plain toe in opera and  opera  toe and O. S. heel. 
D and E and E B widths, at $1.50.  Patent leather 
tip,  $1.55.  Try them,  they are  beauties.  Stock 
soft and fine, flexible and elegant  fitters.  Send 
for sample dozen.

REEDEK  BROS. SHOE  CO ,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

06869910

PANT ¿OVERALL CO.

221  E. Main  St., Kalamazoo, Mich.

Our entire  line  of  Cotton  Worsted  Pants  on 
hand to be sold at  cost  for  cash.  If  interested 
write for samples.
Milwaukee Office:  Room  502  Matthew  Build 
ing.
Our fall line of Pants from $9 to $42 per  dozen 
are  now  ready  An  immense  line  of  Kersey 
Pants, every pair warranted not  to  rip.  Bound 
swatches of  entire line sent  on  approval to the 
trade.

^ L A R K   ^ ^ I G A R   ^ Q M jPANY

Corner  Ottawa  and  Lyon  Streets,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN.

STATE  AGENTS  FOR  THE  CELEBRATED

GRAND  RAPIDS. 

MICH.

MANUFACTUR­

O ur  Good»  are  »old  bv  all  Michigan  Jobbing  House*.

BRDSH  GOHP'Y.
ERS  OF B R U S H E S GRAND  RAPIDS, 
S en d  Us  Y our  Order
m a s o n !
FfiDIT  JABS

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B— 4  th e   p rices  adv an ce,  w hich  th e y   are 
sure  to  do  a  little   la te r in  th e  season.  We 
w ill  hold  th e   fo llo w in g   q u o ta tio n s  open 
u n til  th e   n e x t  issu e o f T h e  T r a d e s m a n
One pint Mason cans,  packed,  6 doz.  in a case....................................................   «6  qq
One quart Mason cans,  packed.  8 doz. in a case..................................................   6  50
One-half gal.  Mason cans, packed, 6 doz. in a case.............................................  g  50
One pint Mason cans,  packed,  X doz.  in  a case.    ...............................................  7  75
g  25
One quart Mason cans, packed,  1  doz.  in a case................................................. 
O ne-half  gal.  Mason  cans,  packed,  1 doz.  in  a  c a se ............. ............................. 
10  25

D on’t  delay  but  send  your order  at  once  to

H,  Leonard  &  S on s AGNES  BOOTH  CIGARS,

WE  CARRY  ALL  SIZES  AND  SHAPES. 

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

This world-famous brand is for sale  on  the  World’s  Fair  Grounds  In  the  onlv buildimra  ant 
•   001

apart for smokers.  No advance over regular retail prices. 

3 

The Following

Is the best line of Coffees in the State.  All roasted by 0H A 8E 
&  SANBORN.

IF  YOU  WANT  THE  BEST

THESE  ARE  THE  COFFEES  FOR  YOU  TO  BUY.

J e w e ll's  A r a b ia n   M och a,
J e w e ll's  O ld  G o v e rn m e n t  J a v a , 
J e w e ll’s  O ld  G o v e rn m e n t  J a v a   a n d  

M o ch a ,

W e lls '  P e r fe ctio n   J a v a ,
W e lls ’  J a v a   a n d   M o ch a ,
W e a v e r ’s  B len d ,
S a n to r a ,
Id eal  G olden  R io ,
C om p ou n d   C ru sh ed   J a v a .

V

Above are all in 50-ponnd cans.
Ideal Java and Mocha in one and two pound cans.

QUALITY  WINS!

And you  can depend on  the best qual 

ity when you  buy this Brand.

