TOL.  11.

ORAND  RAPIDS,  FE B R U A R Y   14,  1894.

W H O LE SA LE   D EA LER S 
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VOL. X I.

GRAND  R A PID S,  W ED N ESDA Y ,  FE B R U A R Y   14,  1894.

NO. 543

IN  A  POTATO  CAR.

Train  Robber.

How  a  Michigan Dealer  Entertained  a 
Christmas eve away from home and the 
loved ones is a dreary period of the year. 
At least so thought Charles  McKeena, as 
he traversed the top  of  his  nine  cars  of 
potatoes en route  for  the  Southern  mar­
ket.  He was one of  the  young  dealers, 
and, as  his  operations were  not  exten­
sive, it was imperative  for  him  to  per­
sonally “fire” his own cars. 
If  none  of 
the  potatoes  were 
frozen  before  he 
reached New Orleans, a  handsome profit 
would await  him  there,  for  there was  a 
big margin just at this time.
It was lonesome work  at  the  best, not 
without an element of  danger, and work 
which required constant attention  in  or­
der to keep the fires from going out.  The 
young man was  just  beginning  in  busi­
ness and upon the fine  condition  of  the 
potatoes when they reached New Orleans 
was  staked  his  all.  Seated  before  the 
fire  in  one  of  the  cars,  he  rested  his 
head  on  his  hands  and meditated about 
his wife  and  the  two  little  ones,  who, 
were he at  home  at that moment,  would 
be clambering upon his  knees before the 
lighted tree in the  cosy parlor.  But the 
profits of the trip would represent sever­
al hundreds of dollars,  and  it was better 
for  him, he  thought,  to  be  away  from 
home with the prospect  of  being  able to 
provide a few luxuries for his little fam­
ily than  to  remain with  them  and  par­
take of their pleasure  in  the  festivities. 
The fire  glowed  brightly and  his  heart 
was  filled with  hope,  energy and  ambi­
tion  as  he  gazed  into  its  ruddy depths. 
Behind him his shadow was  cast in grim 
outlines  upon  a  gloomy  background, 
while the solitude of the moment seemed 
enhanced  by the  rythmic  sound  of  the 
wheels upon the  rails  and  the  creaking 
of the  car, which  denoted  a  bitter  cold 
atmosphere outside.  Suddenly the train 
slowed  up  on  a  switch,  where  it  re­
mained about half an hour, and then the 
express  bound  for  Chicago  rushed  by. 
For a moment he wished  himself  aboard 
the other train,  picturing  to  himself the 
rapturous meeting on the  morrow,  when 
he would hold his wife  in  his  arms  and 
feel the little ones trying to climb up his 
legs, and  then  the  long  freight  started 
with a  jerk, every timber  creaking  dis­
mally.  Soon it was speeding along at  a 
normal  rate,  and  the  steady  rythmic 
sound was resumed upon  the rails and— 
then he fell asleep.
How long he rested in his  chair he did 
not  know,  when  he  came  to  himself 
with  a  start, being  almost  thrown  from 
his  chair  by  a  jolt  as  the  train again 
stopped on  a  switch.  Drawing  out  his 
watch he consulted it, and  then  gave an 
exclamation  of  alarm.  He  had  over­
slept  himself;  the  fires  were  probably 
out by this  time;  the  frost  had  entered 
the potatoes, and he was  ruined.  “Con­
found it,” he  said,  “and  I was  just  con­
gratulating myself on the  success  of  my 
journey.”  Hastily  making  his  way  to 
the next car, to  his  surprise  the  fire  in 
the stove was  burning  brightly, and  the 
interior, if anything, was too warm.
“By  Jove,”  he  remarked,  “this  is 
funny.”
Then  be  consulted  his  watch;  it was 
running,  and, being a reliable timepiece, 
he knew there could be no mistake about 
the time.  Then how was it  the  fire was 
burning?  But it was  no  time  to  think, 
and he hurried to the next car.  There it 
was  even warmer  than  in  the  first  car. 
He stared at the stove in amazement.
“That’s  funny,  too,” he  commented, 
pulling at his mustache.
In the third car the  air was  like  that 
of the hot room  in  a  Turkish  bath, and 
he opened the door.
“It’s  getting  mighty odd,” he  solilo­

quized, wiping the perspiration from his 
brow.
The next four cars were in a like condi­
tion, and he was immensely relieved and 
more puzzled than ever.  Who in the world 
could have fired his stoves for  him?  No 
employe of the road, he was sure. He en­
tered the last car,  and was  surprised  to 
see a tramp seated near the stove,  toast­
ing his toes to his heart’s content. 

“Hello,” said McKeena.
The tramp started to his  feet.  He did 
not seem alarmed,  but  his  attitude  was 
that  of  one  who instinctively puts him­
self on the defensive.  McKeena himself 
might have felt more  concerned  had  he 
known that the hand  which the intruder 
had in his pocket held  a revolver, which 
was  pointed  direct  at  the  other.  But 
McKeena, not appreciating this fact, was 
unconcerned, though rather curious.
“Hello,” responded the  tramp  to  Mc- 
Keena’s exclamation.
For a  moment  they  stood  there,  and 
then McKeena,  waving his hand, said: 
“Don’t mind me.”
“All right,” remarked the  tramp,  and 
with that he seated himself  again before 
the stove.  McKeena also drew up a chair. 
Then he took a cigar case from his pocket. 

and I’ll call it square, pard.”

to“l am.”
then said:
stoves?”

“Smoke?” he asked.
“Thanks.”
After a few whiffs the tramp remarked: 
"Be you the feller that runs the  pota- 
es?”
McKeena himself lighted  a  weed  and 
“I  presume  it  was  you who fired the 
“It were.”
“Much obliged.”
“Don’t mention  it.  You  lemme  ride 
“Very well.  How far are you going?” 
“New Orleans.”
“You are a great  traveler?”
“I’m on the road some,” responded the 
other  briefly.  Apparently  he  did  not 
care about discussing his  private  affairs 
at length.  However, he added:  “I prefer 
potato cars in winter, ’cause they’s warm. 
It beats riding on the trucks when there’s 
snow on the  ground.”
Then  they  both  smoked  in  silence. 
McKeena examined his  companion casu­
ally.  He  was  a  tall  man  of  athletic 
figure, and it was  evident  that  he  pos­
sessed enormous strength.  His face was 
covered with a bushy growth of whiskers, 
and  he  had  eyes  as  bright  as  two 
coals.  He puffed at his  cigar  with  evi­
dent enjoyment.

“Nice weed,” he remarked.
“Yes; a Henry  Clay.”
“You don’t happen to have any licker?” 
McKeena  produced  a  large  flask  of 
brandy and handed it to him.  He gulped 
down half the contents and gave  a  sigh 
of evident pleasure. 
In a  few  moments 
he grew more mellow, and his eyes had a 
light that was less fierce in  its  intensity. 

“How’s potatoes?” he said.
“Good.”
“Any family?”
“Yes; wife and two.”
“Miss ’em?”
“Yes.”
“ ’Specially on Christmas eve?”
“Yes.”
“I reckon they’d feel mighty bad if any­
thing happened to  you?”
“They would,  indeed.”
“Boys or girls?”
“One of each.”
“How old?”
“Five and seven.”
The  tramp  took  another  drink,  and 
something like moisture appeared  in  his 
eyes.

“I had a wife once,” he remarked. 
“Indeed!” said the  other,  with a show 
“She was sent to j— I mean, she  died. 

of interest.  “Where is she now?”
She had consumption.”

McKeena attempted to give evidence of 
sympathy,  and 
intruder 
tipped back his head and  held  the  flask 
to his lips.  Then his eyes gleamed more 
than ever.

the  ragged 

“Had a kid, too,” he remarked. 
“What’s become of  him?”
“He’s in  the  reform— that  is  to  say, 
stranger,  he  is  now  a  prosperous  mer­
chant in  New York.  He  lives  on  Fifth 
avenue,  he  does,  and  has  an  English 
coachman.”
“You don’t  tell  me?” commented Mc­
Keena, endeavoring to look as though he 
believed the other’s narration.

broken by the tramp.

“ ’Pon honor.”
Again  there  was  silence,  which  was 
“Any vittels?”
“Yes.”
McKeena  produced  his  lunch  basket 
and his visitor ate ravenously, as though 
he had not touched food for  twenty-four 
hours.
“You  turn  in,  pard,” remarked  the 
tramp.  “I’ll keep up the fires.”
The  other  hesitated,  but  finally  laid 
down  and  took  a  nap.  All the way to 
New Orleans this program was followed. 
Early one morning,  as the train stopped, 
the tramp said:
“Good-bye.”
“Are you going?”
“I think I’ll light out  before we git to 
town.”
“Well, good-bye.”  Then,  with a  sud­
den  burst  of  generosity,  remembering 
the service in keeping the  potatoes from 
freezing that night:

“Have—have another drink?”
The tramp accepted the invitation and 
seemed to hesitate.  Then he  turned  to 
the other and  handed  him  an  envelope. 
Before  McKeena  could  answer  he  was 
gone.  The former mechanically handled 
the envelope and then he  opened  it. 
In 
it was a crisp $20 bill  and  the  following 
message:
“You Did me a good Turn.  Bi a Christ­
mas  present  fur  de  Kids.  1 wuz Hard 
pressed Wen  i  cum  to  de  train  an  yu 
Took a  stranger  in  an  Nourished  Him. 
Giv my Regards  to  de  little wife;  Like­
wise de Kids an Bi a Drum fer de Boy.  at 
first i thought i’d Bore  you, But i’m glad 
i diddent Now.  i Had de gun on you wen 
yu com in,  but yu wer Kerteous an i did­
dent  Shoot, 
i  wuz  tbinkin’  to  Lay  yu 
out an i Ain’t sory i diddent.  with Kind 
reggards,  From  yur  ole  Pal,  believe me, 
verry Faithfuly yourn. Bill McGinniss’y.” 
Bill McGinnissy was  the  name  of  the 
train robber whose  misdeeds  had  made 
him  the  terror  of  the  South.  He  was 
wanted  for  about  fifty  crimes.  The 
young  merchant  shuddered  and  then 
gazed  doubtfully  at  the  new  crisp $20 
bill. 

F ra nk  Sto w ell.

Make Your  Store Attractive.

F ro m  th e  D ry  G oods  E conom ist.
Do all in your power to make the store, 
both inside  and  out,  inviting,  enticing 
and altogether  up-to-date.
People of to-day want  modern  homes, 
with  all  modern  conveniences.  Will 
they go  to  dismal,  dingy,  be-hind-the- 
times  stores  for  their  fixings  and  fur­
nishings?
Use every  good  novelty  or  new  idea 
you can get  hold  of,  especially  in  dis­
playing  goods,  but  do  not  lose  heart 
because  you  cannot  always  hit  upon a 
novel  idea  in display or advertising.
Despise not good,  tried  methods,  sim­
ply because they have been tried  before. 
Good  business  methods,  well  directed, 
will  surely  bring  success,  and  half­
hearted, spasmodic  outbursts  cannot be 
depended on for steady business.

“Do you take  this  man  for  better  or 
for worse?” asked the minister.  “I can’t 
tell  until  I  have  had  him  for  a  little 
while,”  returned the bride.

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RAISING  THE  RATES.

agents, many of  whom have  in  the  past 
taken risks which no reputable company 
ought  to  take.  This  is  an  important 
point to be considered, at  least,  from the 
standpoint  of  policyholders,  as  it  will 
tend to decrease the  risk  of  loss  to  the 
companies,  and  so  ensure  greater prob­
ability  of  a  prompt  payment  of  legit­
imate losses.

The public will welcome any reform in 
methods  on  the  part  of  the  insurance 
companies,  which will restore confidence 
in their  stability, even  though  such  re­
form may mean  increased  cost  of  insur­
ance.  But  if  the  recent  flurry  means 
merely  an  attempt  on  the  part  of  the 
companies  to recoup themselves for past 
losses, it may prove  to be  a  boomerang. 
Below is given the  result of  some of  the 
interviews referred  to  in  the  beginning 
of this article:

of the Insurance Companies.

Geo.  W.  Gay  (Berkey &  Gay  Furni­
ture Co.):  We  are  not  affected  by  the 
raise.  We  are  what  is  called  a  “pro­
tected”  risk,  all  our  buildings  being 
equipped  with  automatic  sprinklers 
throughout.  This makes a  great  differ­
ence in our favor in  the  price  of  insur­
ance,  though  from  the  nature  of  our 
business we expect rates  to be somewhat 
high.  As to the increased  rates, 1 think 
you will find on investigation  that  they 
were  absolutely  necessary  if  the  com­
panies  are  to  continue  to  do  business. 
While it is true that  the year just closed 
was  an extremely bad one. as a reference 
to  reports  will  show,  yet  it  is  equally 
true that insurance  companies generally 
have for some years  been doing business 
at a loss.  Competition has  forced  rates 
down almost to the vanishing point, with 
the result that many of them  have  been 
compelled to close their  books.  So  you 
see,  if  policy  holders  are  to  stand  a 
reasonable show of  getting  their  insur­
ance in case of fire,  insurance companies 
must make more money,  and  to  do  this 
they must raise rates.  If  they have done 
so it was from absolute necessity, though 
they may, perhaps,  have gone to  an  ex­
treme.

Official  Reasons  for the Recent Action 
T h e  T radesm an  has  been  interview­
ing  prominent  business  men  on  the 
recent raise  in  insurance  rates,  referred 
to  in  last  week’s  issue  of  this  journal. 
The  general  concensus  of  opinion  ap­
pears  to  be  that  a  reasonable  raise was 
unavoidable, as the  ruinous  competition 
of  the  last  few  years,  “bad”  business 
and  an  unusual  number  of  large  con­
flagrations  during  1893, had  reduced  in­
surance companies to  the  alternative  of 
either raising rates or going  out of  busi­
ness.  Many  companies,  in  fact,  were 
forced to suspend, while  nearly all  were 
compelled  to  draw  on  their  surplus. 
While the reasonableness of  a  moderate 
raise was generally conceded, the opinion 
was  frequently  and  very  emphatically 
expressed  that  much of  the  loss was  di­
rectly due to mismanagement on the part 
of  the  companies  themselves. 
In  their 
eagerness  to  get  business,  agents  were 
allowed, and, in some instances, even in­
structed,  to  cut  rates  away  below  the 
point at which  it  was  possible  to  write 
profitable  insurance.  Buildings  which 
are veritable tire traps were written at  a 
rate considerably  less  than  the  rate  on 
other  risks  which  were  comparatively 
safe, thus  obliterating,  almost  entirely, 
the classification of  risks  which  is  sup­
posed to govern agents in fixing the rate. 
What happened as a result  of  this  folly 
might have  been  foretold by  the  veriest 
tyro  in  insurance.  Two  years  of  such 
business, together with one exceptionally 
bad year  in  point  of  losses,  has  driven 
many  companies  to  the  wall, aud  com­
pelled the remainder  to raise  rates from 
10 to 00 per cent.  Now  insurers  in  this 
city  are  told  that  rates  were  too  low 
here, much lower than in  any  other  city 
in the country on the same class of risks, 
and  that  it  was  only  a  matter  of  time 
when rates  would have  been  raised any­
way.  That  rates  have  been  too  low  is 
the  fault  of  the  companies  themselves; 
the agents who made  the rates  were  be­
ing continually urged to “get  business;” 
rates appeared to be a secondary  consid­
eration, the aggregate  amount  of  insur­
ance  written  by  the  agent  being  the 
criterion of  his  success. 
Insurers, very 
naturally,  were glad to get the low ratio, 
but are not at  all  responsible  for  them. 
That  insurance  men  have,  at  last, come 
to 
the  ruinous 
methods of  the past must be replaced by 
something  which,  in  some  degree,  re­
sembles ordinary  business  principles,  is 
a matter upon which they  are to  be con­
Wilder D. Stevens (Foster,  Stevens  & 
gratulated.  That  they  have  begun  by 
Co.):  The rate on our property has been 
“reforming”  rates  is but  natural,  but  it
advanced fully  50  per  cent,  within  the
is hoped they  will  bear  in mind  that re 
form is needed fully  as  much  in several I past few months, and, in addition, we are 
other directions.  While they are reform-  compelled, in order to get what we think 
ing  the  rates,  perhaps,  in  addition  to  is  adequate  insurance,  to  insure  under 
raising  them,  something  like  equality 
the  “co-insurance”  clause.  This means 
may  be  attempted.  The  differences  in  that we must insure to  80  per  cent,  of 
the risk will always,  and  very  properly,  the full valuation  of  our  property.  Of 
make  a  difference  in  the  rate,  but,  the  course, I  am  aware  that  an  increase  in 
risk considered, equality is easily attain-  rates had become necessary, and  I  have 
able.  There  has,  apparently,  been  no | no  very  great  objection  to  it  for  that 
attempt  at  equalization in  the  scramble I reason.  An  insurance  policy  is  worth- 
after  business  during  the  past  two  or j lfess unless the company carrying  it  has 
three  years, the  agent’s  desire  to  write  money on hand to honor it in case of fire
Insurance  business  has  been  done  at  a 
the  insurance  obscuring  his  sense  of 
loss for some time, and  one  of  the  rea 
justice  to  the  insured.  Doubtless  the 
sons for this is that rates have  been  too 
good  work  of  reform  will  include  this 
low.  This is especially true of  our own 
abuse as it  is so  closely  connected  with 
city. 
I think you will find,  if  you  will 
the “extremely low  rates,” the  point  of 
look  into  the  matter,  that,  all  things 
departure  already  noted.  A  check  of 
considered,  rates  are  lower  in  Grand
some sort will, no doubt, be  placed upon

Morris  Hey man  (Hey man  Company): 
Our rates have been raised  50 per  cent., 
notwithstanding that we consider we are 
well protected from fire.  There is a fire 
wall on either side  of  us,  and  we  have 
fire alarm  boxes  on  almost  every  floor. 
The entire building is steam  heated  and 
we are only  a  short  distance  from  the 
hose house on Crescent  avenue;  so  that 
the risk on our property is reduced  to  a 
minimum. 
It will do  no good to kick,  I 
suppose, so, as we must have  the  insur­
ance, we must “grin and bear it.”

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Rapids than in any city  in  the  country.
I don’t object to reasonable  rates  and  I 
believe  that  insurance  men,  as  every 
other class of business men, have a right 
to make a fair profit on their business.

Amos S. Musselman  (Musselman  Gro­
cer Co.):  When it was first intimated to 
us  that  rates  were  to  be  raised  I  pre­
pared  to  make  a  tremendous  kick,  but 
when I saw that they  had only raised us 
8 per cent.,  1 concluded  that  it  was  not 
worth  making  a  fuss  about.  1  under­
stand,  though,  that  the  raise  in  many 
cases is fully  50  per  cent. 
I  don’t  see 
what should make so  great  a  difference 
It  seems almos t 
in rates as 32 per cent. 
like discrimination. 
I think,  in  justice 
to the insured, Mr.  West  should  give  a 
full  and  candid  explanation  of  his  ac­
tion.

Wallace  Giddings (Ball-Barnhart-Put- 
man Co.):  We were raised from 65 to 85 
cents about two years ago and we kicked 
so vigorously that they put the rate back 
to  75  cents.  Then  they  turned  round 
and compelled us to insure under the co- 
insurance clause which compels us to in­
sure for 80 per cent,  of  our  full  valua­
tion.  The present raise has not touched 
us, so we have nothing to kick about.

H.  B.  Fairchild  (Ilazeltine  &  Perkins 
Drug  Co.):  We  are  classed  as  extra- 
hazardous, so that our rates are high any­
way.  We carry  more  than  the  amount 
required by the co-insurance  clause,  yet 
from  the  nature  of  our  business,  our 
rates are very  high.

E.  A.  Moseley  (Moseley  Bros.):  We 
were raised from  65  to  75  cents,  which 
we do not think unreasonable.  1 under­
stand the ratio of increase imposed upon 
others  is  much  greater;  why,  I  do  not 
know—on  account  of  the  extra  risk,  I 
suppose.

Henry  Spring  (Spring  &  Company): 
We  have  not  had  our  rates  raised  for 
some time, so  we  have  nothing  to  com­
plain of.  But I don’t see why the insur­
ance  companies  are  raising  rates  in 
Grand Rapids.  There have  been  fewer 
losses in this city than  in any other city 
in the country,  and  it  looks  very  much 
like punishing the innocent for the guilty 
—making this city pay the losses incurred 
in other parts of the country.

The above opinions are from  men who 
are interested in  good, sound  insurance, 
and who know,  moreover,  when they get 
it.  They are interested just  to  the  ex­
tent of the insurance  they carry.  Their 
opinions are based upon their knowledge 
of the facts  in  the  case, and  are  given 
without prejudice. 
It  is  considered but 
fair to the insurance  companies  to  give 
their side of the  question,  and,  with this 
end  in view, Mr. D. B. West, of  the  In­
spection Bureau, was  called  upon.  Mr. 
West is in every way competent  to  state 
the case for the companies, is fully post­
ed on all that pertains  to  insurance, and 
possesses the full confidence of  the man­
agers of the companies he represents.

D.  B. West  (Deputy  Inspector  Michi­
gan  Rating  Bureau):  The  recent  ad­
vance  in  fire  insurance  rates  in Grand 
Rapids, either as to its  general  applica­
tion or as to its percentage,  is not excep­
tional.  There  has  been  a  similar  ad­
vance  in  nearly every important city in 
the  country,  and  especially  in  those 
where the rates  had  been  forced  down 
below the  minimum  average.  The  fire 
insurance  companies  transacting  busi­
ness  in  full  compliance  with  the  law 
have found it necessary to do two things, 
if they would longer  continue  in  exist­

ence—reduce expenses and advance rates 
of premium.  A  reduction  in  expenses 
was commenced a long time ago  and  the 
work is still going on, but  that  in  itself 
is not sufficient to meet the necessities of 
the  case.  The  loss  ratio  continues  to 
grow rapidly, each  year  outstripping its 
predecessor; 1893  going  $24,000,000  be­
yond 1892, and the  last  named  millions 
beyond the average  of  preceding  years. 
To enumerate all of the companies which 
have been swept out  of  existence  by the 
fire fiend would occupy too  much  space. 
They constitute the  great  silent  major­
ity.  Of those still  on  earth  and  doing 
business,  but  very  few  can  show  any 
profit  whatever,  excepting  only 
that 
which may have been made from the for­
tunate investment  of  funds,  and, in this 
respect, the  tremendous  depreciation  in 
values during the year  just  closed  has, 
in  a  large  number  of  instances,  more 
than equalled the financial gains from in­
vestments made in prior years.

The year 1893 was  one  of  fearful dis­
aster to fire insurance  companies  gener­
ally. 
It is too early yet  to  compile  the 
financial exhibits of all the companies as 
they  stood  on  December  31.  Many  of 
them have not  yet  been  published,  but, 
from such as have  appeared, the  magni­
tude of  their  losses  is  plainly evident. 
There are quite  a  number  of  instances 
where these exceed the  entire  premium 
receipts, and  many others where  the  ra­
tio runs  from  70  to  80, 85  and  90  per 
cent.  Without  giving  names  and  de­
tails, I will quote the total  figures  com­
piled from the recently published official 
statements of a  few leading  companies: 
One prominent stock  company shows an 
income of $2,175,000 and expenditures of 
$2,614,000.  Another an income of  $937,- 
000 and expenditures of $1,451,000.  The 
loss ratio of one of these companies is 90 
per cent, and of the other over 100 per cent, 
of their respective premiums. One leading 
mutual  company shows  expenditures of 
$140,000 in excess of income, and  a  loss 
ratio  of  85  per  cent.  Ten  first-class 
stock  companies  show  expenditures  of 
$1,736,000 in  excess  of  income, and  an 
average loss  ratio  of  80  per  cent.;  and 
the average loss ratio of all which I have 
been able to examine thus far  is  over 73 
per cent.  To secure  permanently sound 
indemnity,  this loss ratio should  not  ex­
ceed 50 to 55 per cent., and  any one  can 
understand that  to  go  far  beyond  this 
limit means ultimate ruin  if  continued.
What are  the  causes?  Great  concen­
tration of values, giving  immense  areas 
to be insured as a  unit,  adverse  legisla­
tion, defective building laws, or  non-en­
forcement of  present  laws, or  both;  in­
crease in the use of earth oils  and  gaso­
line for fuel, and of  electricity for  light 
and power, with  defective wiring, or in­
sulation, or both.  “Heat and electricity 
are different states or conditions of one and 
the same thing, and each  can  be  readily 
converted into the other. 
If the passage 
of electricity be retarded in  any part  of 
its circuit, the current  of  electricity de­
velops heat.  Bad  joints  and  imperfect 
connections will get red  hot.”  All  these 
constitute  a  part  only  of  the  leading 
causes. 
If good, sound, legal fire under­
writing is to be  continued, a  reasonable 
advance in rates all around  is  essential, 
and risks  of  large  area,  and  especially 
those  consisting  wholly  or  mainly  of 
merchandise  or property liable, in event 
of  fire,  to  severe  loss  or  damage, and 
risks which in all  time  past  have  been 
unprofitable to  the  underwriter, should,

in equity,  be  advanced  to  a greater ex­
tent than others.  The records of a large 
number of companies  conclusively show 
that many classes of risks would not pay 
any profit to the  underwriter  at  an  ad­
vance of  100  per  cent.,  unless very de­
cided  improvements  are  to  be  made 
therein.  Grand  Rapids  is  a good town 
and stands well in the eyes of the people 
generally, but, from an  insurance  point 
of  view,  its  record  is  only moderately 
fair.  For the past five or six years about 
56  per  cent, of  its  fire  premiums  have 
been paid back in settlement  of  its  fire 
losses, but just prior to that time its loss 
ratio was very much greater.  The record 
for the last two years is as follows:  Fire 
loss May 1, 1891,  to  May  1,  1892,  $151,- 
155;  insurance, $133,521;  fire loss May  1, 
1892, to May 1,  1893, $163,501; insurance, 
$135,696. 
[See  Chief  Lemoin’s  official 
report.]  This makes an annual fire  loss 
of about $1.75 per capita.  It may be soon 
again  far ahead  of  the  insurance  com­
panies in this respect.  We all hope oth­
erwise;  but, whether  ahead  or  behind, 
there is no good and valid  reason why it 
should be exempt  from  the  advance  in 
rates  now  made  absolutely necessary to 
the  continued  existence  of  sound  and 
lawful insurance.  Of  course,  there  are 
always  towns,  cities  and  states  which 
for one year, or possibly for  a  series  of 
years,  will be a source of profit to  insur­
ance  companies, and  so, also, there  are 
corporations,  firms  and  individuals who 
for a long term of years have paid  out  a 
good deal of money for fire premiums and 
have received little or none  back  in  set­
tlement of fire losses.  The  balance  has 
often  been  on  the  right  side  for both 
Grand Rapids and the State of Michigan, 
and, while these facts should receive full 
and due consideration,  it is  the  average, 
or final result of all,  which must  at  last 
determine  the  proper  basis  for  rates. 
Next  year,  next week,  to-morrow, may 
turn the  channel  of  fortune  again, as  it 
has often been turned before, and the en­
tire premiums of the city or State may be 
found inadequate to pay its losses.

No fault can be found with Mr. West’s 
statement of the case.  There  can  be no 
controversy on the points he makes.  He 
gives, indeed, much interesting informa­
tion which is here published for the first 
time.  He  certainly has  established  the 
fact that a raise  in  rates was  unavoida­
ble.  So  far, so  good;  but  he  has  not 
shown that higher rates  mean  equitable 
rates—the  thing  that  is  most  strongly 
contended  for.  As  to  the  mismanage­
ment which has in the past characterized 
insurance  business,  Mr.  West  possibly 
feels that the least said the better it will 
be for the companies.  On this point, too, 
there will be  no  controversy.  Mr.  West 
says that the work of  reducing  expenses 
was begun long ago and is still going on. 
Good  again.  Retrenchment,  readjust­
ment  of  rates,  greater  care  in writing 
risks, improved business methods—sure­
ly the insuring public  has  reason  to  ex­
pect  that  something  like  stability may 
soon be a  feature  of  the  business, that 
soon  underwriters will  have  some  idea 
as  to  the value  of  the  insurance  they 
give, and that before long  the  insurance 
business will be  conducted  on  ordinary 
business principles. 
It  is  to  be  hoped 
these expectations may be realized.

W.  Fred.  McBain  (Secretary  Grand 
Rapids Fire  Insurance Co.):  I don’t want 
to get into a controversy about insurance 
matters.  There are so many points to be 

Continued on page 6.

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A SO C X D   THE  STATE.

Nashville—C. E.  Roseoe has  opened  a 

grocery store and meat market.

Adrian—C. Hayes, of the boot and shoe 

firm of C. Hayes & Son, is dead.

Manistee—J.  Lucas has sold  his furni­

ture business to Switzer & Merkel.

Azalia—W. C.  Reeves  is  succeeded  by 

W. C. Reeves & Co.  in general trade.

Perrin ton—Wm.  Peterson  has sold his 

milling business to Chas. G. Watson.

Lyons—W.  A.  Webber  succeeds  S.  W. 

Webber, Jr., in the grocery  business.

Petoskey—Cook & Harper  succeed Al­

bert H. Cook in the hardware business.

Three  Rivers—L.  Polasky  has  pur­
chased the notion business of  S. Seegall.
Kalamazoo—Sands  &  Hanes  succeed 
Herbert Sands in the  tailoring  business.
Battle Creek—A. A.  Haughey has pur­
chased the meat business  of  Marvin  M. 
Lee.

Vassar—Chas.  Barker  succeeds  Buck 
& Barker in the grocery and notion busi­
ness.

Hastings—Dunlap & Co.  have removed 
their general stock from  Camden to  this 
place.

Marquette—E. C.  Bracher  has  retired 
from the dry goods firm of  C.  llallstrom 
& Co.

Hudson—Pixley  &  Sweezy,  grocers, 
have dissolved,  Maynard  &  Sweezy  suc­
ceeding.

Tecumseh—Jas.  M.  Jones 

succeeds 
Jones & Rogers in the merchant tailoring 
business.

Reading—The clothing  stock  of  Geo. 
E. Crane is now being  closed  out  under 
mortgage.

Somerset—Bureroff  &  Kelly,  grocers, 
have dissolved,  W.  M.  Kelly  continuing 
the business.

Blissfield—F. D.  Lamb has sold  a  half 
interest in his grocery and meat business 
to Fred Balner.

Midland—A.  M.  (Mrs  J. S.) Allen  has 
removed her boot  and  shoe  stock  from 
Vassar to this place.

Brown  City—The  Brown  City cream­
ery, which was built at a cost  of  $5,400, 
was sold a few days ago for $1,560.

Marquette—E.  C.  Bracher  has  retired 
from  the  firm  of  G.  llallstrom  &  Co., 
dealers in dry goods and boots and shoes.
Shelby—A. G.  Avery has sold his  gen­
eral stock to Newton Phillips and  Frank 
Myers, who will take  possession April  1.
Gooding—J.  R.  Harrison  &  Co.  have 
bought and moved  into  their  store  the 
stock  of  goods  formerly  owned  by  E. 
Erickson.

Detroit—The  P.  Huyser  Co.,  baking 
powder manufacturers,  has given a chat­
tel mortgage for $3,618.90 to  John  M.  L. 
Campbell as trustee.

Tekonsha—W.  L.  Main  has  sold  his 
stock of clothing and furnishing goods to 
George T.  Pratt,  of  Tekonsha,  who  will 
move the stock to Sherwood.

Traverse City—M.  D.  Richardson has 
sold his interest in the Union street meat 
market to  D. J.  Mook and has purchased 
the  grocery stock of Geo.  E.  Dye.

Plainwell—Frank  P.  Heath  has  pur­
chased the interest of J.  L. Woods in  the 
dry goods firm of Bishop & Co.  The firm 
name remains the same as before.

Traverse City—Paine’s furniture store, 
which  was  closed  some  time  ago on a 
mortgage,  was  opened  again  last  week 
under the style of Paine’s Cash Furniture 
House,  with A. W.  Paine in charge.

Boyne City—The Boyne City &  South-

TH E  M ICHIGAN  TRADESM AN.

I eastern  Railway  meets  all  north  and 
south  bound  trains  at  Boyne  Falls, so 
j that travelers destined for Boyne City do 
: not have to wait at the  junction point.
Applegate—John  B. Graham,  general 
| merchant at this place, made  an  assign- 
j ment Feb. 5  to  Ulysses  S. Galbraith, of 
| Am ad ore.  The 
liabilities  are  about 
$3,000 and assets about the same.  Burn­
ham, Stoepel  &  Co., of  Detroit, are  the 
heaviest creditors.

Trenton—All arrangements  have been 
made for the erection of  a plant here for 
the manufacture of bi-carbonate of  soda 
and work will begin as soon as  the  frost 
is out of the ground under  the  personal 
supervision  of  Albert  Stearns,  superin­
tendent for Church & Co., the  owners of 
the proposed works.  The work  of  bor­
ing for a bed of salt has been  carried on 
for  several  months,  and, at  a  depth  of 
1,185 feet, a salt  bed thirty-five feet thick 
was struck.  The  plant will  be  experi­
mental, and, if it is successful, the works 
will be  doubled  next  year.  About  100 
men will be employed several  months in 
putting  the  different  arrangements  in 
place for the opening of  the works  next 
fall.  The works, after  completion, will 
employ about  fifty men and girls  to  op­
erate them. 
It is also probable  that  the 
shipping department of  the  firm will be 
transferred  from  Brooklyn  to  Trenton 
should the experiment be a success.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Sidnaw—Wm.  Kroll has purchased the 
old circular sawmill at Kenton  and  will 
put in a double band  mill  in  the  spring.
Ludingtou—The  Ludington  Wooden- 
ware Co.  has  1,000,000  feet  of  logs  on 
hand,  which will keep the  plant running 
during the year.

Manistee—Seymour  Bros,  and  Chas. 
Haase, of  Lansing,  have  leased  the  old 
kuitting factory  here  and  will  put  in a 
broom and mop  factory.
Ludington—The  Ludington  Shingle 
Co.  is  in  doubt  about  running  its  mill 
this season.  The  company  has  a  stock 
of logs on  hand  but  as  yet  no demand 
has shown up, and the prospect  for  run­
ning is consequently  poor.

Sidnaw—G.  A.  Bergland  has  kept one 
side of his sawmill  running  this  winter 
and expects to start  the other  side about 
March  15.  He reports sales light for the 
winter,  but  feels  confident  that  spring 
trade will be satisfactory.  He has  been 
receiving one  train  of  logs a  day  from 
his camps near  Kitchi all winter and has 
bought a great many logs to be delivered 
on the lake.

Saginaw—The statistics of  the lumber 
product of the  Saginaw River  mills  for 
1893 furnish  some  interesting  informa­
tion  as  to  the  contrast  in  conditions. 
The cut of 1892 was 708,465,027 feet, and 
at the close of that  season  there was re­
ported 235.205,838 feet of lumber in man­
ufacturers’  hands,  of  which  110,893,421 
feet was reported as having been sold for 
future  delivery.  The  product  of  the 
mills in 1893 was 585,839,426 feet,  and at 
the close of the season there was in man­
ufacturers’  hands  311,000,000  feet  in 
round numbers, of which only 25,886,430 
feet was reported as  sold  for  future de­
livery.  The  figures  showing  stock  on 
hand as sold are not  strictly accurate, as 
some of  the  mills  saw by the thousand, 
and hence the  mill  owner  is  unable  to 
state as to the lumber on his docks being 
sold,  but  as  the  same  conditions  pre­
vailed one year with another the contrast 
i is the same. 
It is very likely that at the

tion.

close of 1892 there was considerably more 
lumber  sold  than was  reported, as  the 
market conditions at  that  time were ex­
ceptionally active, and when the  sawing 
season of 1893 opened the  stocks  of  dry 
lumber  on  hand  were  practically  ex­
hausted, and there may have  been  more 
sold at  the  close  of  1893  than was  re­
ported, but, owing to the exceptional de­
pression  in  trade,  there  was very little 
lumber sold for future  delivery as  com­
pared with  previous  years.  Then,  too, 
during the winter  of  1892-3, there were 
contracts entered into for large blocks of 
lumber to be cut,  while if any have been 
entered into the present winter the  facts 
have thus far escaped  publicity.
Grand Rapids Retail  Grocers’ Associa­
A t  the regular  meeting  of  the  Grand 
Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association,  held 
on the evening of February 5,  E.  White 
presided, and the application  of  Homer 
Klap, grocer at 300  West  Fulton  street, 
was accepted.  When the minutes of the 
previous  meeting  were  read,  Norman 
Odell moved  that  they  be  amended  so 
that  full  proceedings  of  the  meetings 
may be published  hereafter,  which  was 
adopted.
A.  J.  Elliott,  chairman of  the  Com­
mittee  on  Arrangements  for  the  pro­
posed pure  food  exposition,  stated that 
it had investigated  the  matter  of  halls 
suitable  for  exposition  purposes as fol­
lows:  Lockerby  Hall,  $35  per  day 
heated  and 
the  Cody  store 
on  Fulton  street,  $35  per  week,
heated;  Imperial  skating rink,  on North 
Division street,  $100  per  week,  heated 
and lighted.  The matter  was  discussed 
at  some  length,  during  which  time  a 
large number of letters  from  exhibitors 
were read, when Henry  J.  Yinkemulder 
moved that the matter be held  open  un­
til Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock, at which 
time a special meeting of the Association 
be held at the Morton  House.  The  mo- | 
tion  was  adopted  and  Messrs.  Lehman 
and White were added to the Committee.
On motion of J.  Geo.  Lehman, it  was 
decided to serve a light lunch at the next 
meeting of the Association,  and  Messrs. 
Lehman, Yinkemulder and  Witters were 
appointed  a  committee  to  prepare  the 
lunch.
On motion of Mr.  Van Anroy, the  job­
bers were invited to address the meeting.
On motion of E. J. Herrick,  the  Secre­
tary was instructed to issue postal  cards 
to  the  members  notifying  them  of  all 
regular meetings hereafter.
Messrs. Schuit, Yinkemulder  and Jen­
kins,  who were appointed a special  com­
mittee at a previous meeting to ascertain 
why crackers are so high, asked for  fur­
ther time  for  investigation  and  report, 
and were given until the next meeting.
At  the  special  meeting,  held  at  the 
Morton House Friday afternoon, so many 
discouraging features arose in connection 
with the food exposition  that it was  de­
cided to abandon  the  project  altogethe» 
until a little later in the  season,  and the 
Secretary was  instructed  to  correspond 
with those manufacturers  who could not 
be here March  19,  with a view  to  ascer­
taining whether they could  not be  pres 
ent if the exposition was postponed until 
the week beginning April 2.

lighted; 

The  Wool  Market.

Slightly increased activity  was  notice­
able  during  the  past  week,  although 
prices remain at  a  standstill.  Holdings 
are firm at  the  figures  quoted.  Should 
the wool schedule of the Wilson bill pass 
the  Senate,  it  may result  in  still  lower 
prices, although  no  one  can  safely pre­
dict  the  result.  The  market  has been 
going  from  bad  to  worse  for  many 
months, until  dealers  have  become  in­
different and express themselves as being 
little concerned about the question.  The 
local market is at a  standstill, if  not  re­
trograding—at least in the  matter  of  re­
ceipts.  Prices  being  at  zero  now, they 
can go no lower.

To Meet  Any Requirement.

Lady—I wish a piece of toilet soap.
Boy—Scented?
Lady—Well, I don’t know.  The last I 
got here was so scented  that  the  whole 
room  smelled  as  if  1  was  continually 
washing myself.
Boy—Well,  ma’am,  here’s  some  un­
scented that will smell  as  if  you  never 
washed yourself.

doz.

PRODUCE MARKET.

Apples—So scarce as to be  practically unquot­
able.  Handlers  pay  $1.50  per  bu.  for all offer­
ings of Spys and Baldwins, bolding at $1.75.

Beans—Pea and medium are active and strong, 
with  increasing  demand.  Handlers  pay  $1.25 
for  country  cleaned  and  $1.40 
for  country 
picked, holding  city  cleaned  at  $1.55 In carlots 
and $1.65 in  less quantity.

Butter—Dealers  pay 16@18c for  choice  dairy, 
holding at 18@20c.  Creamery  is  dull and slow 
sale at 24c.

Cabbage—75c@$l per doz.
Cranberries—Jerseys  are slow   sale, com m and­

in g  $2  per  bu.  and $5.75 per bbl.

C elery—Home  grow n  com m ands  15@18c  per 

Eggs—Dealers  pay  13@14c  for  strictly  fresh, 
holding at 13H@l4j4c, although some sales have 
been made  at  15c.  The  supply  is  now  inade­
quate to the  demand,  owing  to  the  advent  of 
cold weather.

Grapes—Malaga  are  in  moderate  demand  at 
$4.50 per keg of 55  lbs.  net.  California  Tokays 
are  in  fair  demand at $3 per crate of 4 5-lb. bas­
kets.

Honey—White clover commands 14@15c per lb., 
dark  buckwheat  brings  12c.  Both  grades  are 
very scarce and hard to get.

Lettuce—Grand Rapids  forcing, 12c per lb.
Maple Sugar—10 per lb.
Nuts—Walnuts  and  butternuts,  75c  per  bu. 

Hickory nuts, $1.10 per bu.

Onions—Handlers  pay  45c,  holding  at  55c 

per bu.  Spanish are about out of market.

Potatoes—Red  Rose  are 

in  active  request, 
owing to brisk demand for this variety from the 
South, principally from  Texas.  White varieties 
are weak, buyers paying 40@45c  and  holding at 
50c.

Owing to the  general  desire  of  merchants  to 
buy late this spring, we  will  continue to manu­
facture all staple lines up till  May 1. thus insur­
ing  you  a  eomplete  line  to  select  from.

Our  Goods 

Are

Perfect  Fitters,

THOROUGHLY  MADE,  LOW  IN  PRICE.

CO.,

H.  H.  COOPER  &
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Manufacturers  of

UTICA,  N  Y.

Write J.  H.  WEBSTER,  State  Agent, 

OWOSSO,  MICH.

Paper  Packed 

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Manufacturers  and  Jobbers  of

PIECED  END  STAMPED  TINWARE.
GRAND  RAPIDS, MICH
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GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

S. H. Warner will shortly open  a drug 
store at Marlette.  The Hazeltine & Per­
kins Drug Co. has the order for the stock.
Brady & Sons have  embarked  in  gen­
eral trade at Robinson.  The I.  M.  Clark 
Grocery Co.  furnished the  groceries and 
P. Steketee & Sons the dry good£

At the annual  meeting  of  the  Wilcox 
Heat-Light  Co.,  the  following  officers 
were elected for the ensuing year:  Presi­
dent, J. C.  More;  Vice-President,  L.  T. 
Wilinarth;  Secretary,  Chas.  P.  Foote; 
Treasurer, Chas.  H. Berkey.

Stimulated  by the  recent  advance  in 
rates, which  they unite  in  pronouncing 
outrageous  In  their  discrimination,  a 
number  of wholesale  merchants  held  a 
meeting  last  week 
the  purpose 
of  considering  the  idea  of  forming  a 
mutual fire insurance  company on  a  co­
partnership  basis, similar  to  the  large 
mutual syndicates which carry no incon­
siderable  portion  of  the wholesale  dry 
goods insurance in New York City.

for 

C.  K.  Hoyt, general dealer  at  Hudson- 
ville, caused the arrest last week of Mar­
tin  VanderLeas,  an  itinerant  peddler 
from  Grand  Rapids,  on  the  charge  of 
peddling goods without first taking out a 
State  license.  The  peddler  was  taken 
before  Justice Waite,  by whom  he  was 
found guilty and sentenced to  pay a fine 
of $25 and costs,  whereupon he appealed 
the case to  the Circuit Court.  The  ped­
dler claims that,  if he is defeated in that 
court, he will appeal  the  matter  to  the 
Supreme  Court,  with  a  view  to  ascer­
taining whether the  law imposing a pen­
alty  for  peddling  without  a  license  is 
constitutional.  Mr.  Hoyt  proposes  to 
take an active interest in the prosecution 
of the  case,  with  a view to detei mining, 
once for all,  whether  country merchants 
have  any rights which  city peddlers  are 
bound to respect.

The Grand Rapids Loan,  Building and 
Homestead Association has,  practically, 
closed its books.  Except a few outstand­
ing mortgages it has no  further business 
to  transact  except  to  pay  off  exist­
ing  shareholders. 
It  was  organized  in 
June, 1886,  with a capital stock of  $125,- 
000 divided into 1,000 shares of $125 each. 
The  first  Board  of  Directors  was  com­
posed  of  the  late  Jacob  Barth,  Joseph 
Houseman, E. C.  Leavenworth, S. J.  Os­
good, J.  M. Sterling,  A. E.  Yerex and E. 
Hoyt, Jr.  The officers were Joseph House­
man, President; S. J. Osgood. Vice-Presi­
dent;  Edwin  Hoyt,  Jr.,  Treasurer,  and 
A.  E.  Yerex,  Secretary.  The  Associa­
tion  was  organized  before  the  present 
law was enacted and did its  business  on 
the  single  series  plan.  By  this  means 
the annoying complications  which  seem 
to  be  unavoidable  where  a  number  of 
series are run  was  avoided, and the cler­
ical work  greatly  simplified.  The  ex­
penses in any one year oever went above 
$250,  a  record  seldom  equalled  in  the 
history of building  and loan associations 
in this country. 
It has never had a law­
suit, nor has it  ever  foreclosed  a  mort­
gage, and the only trouble which occurred 
in its remarkable  and  honorable  career 
was occasioned by the defalcation of  the 
first secretary, whose stealings aggregated 
over  $7,000.  As  about  $5,500  of  that 
amount was subsequently  recovered, the 
loss,  after  all,  was  not  very  serious. 
Many men have built and paid for homes 
through  the  work  of  the  Association

T H E  M ICHIGAN  TRADESM AN.

5

which, otherwise, they  would have been 
unable to do, and many a man has money 
in the bank who would have  been  with­
out  a  dollar  but  for his membership in 
the  Association.  There  is  sufficient 
money on hand to pay every shareholder 
in full,  about $19,000  being  required  to 
close  out,  and.  when  this  is  done,  the 
Association  will  pass  out  of  existence. 
Much  of  its  successful  and  honorable 
record is due to the  vigilance  and  care­
ful concern of President Houseman,  who 
has done his utmost in the interest of the 
members. 
In  this  he  has  been  ably 
seconded by the  Board of  Directors  and 
other  officers,  especially  by  Secretary 
Houseman,  who has held  that  office  for 
the last two years.

G ripsack B rigade.

J.  EL  Webster,  Michigan  representa­
tive  for  H.  H.  Cooper  &  Co.,  clothing 
manufacturers  of  Utica,  N.  Y., was  in 
town a couple of days last week.

A. Lincoln Palmer,  formerly Michigan 
and Illinois representative for Seabury & 
Johnson, has engaged to travel for Parke, 
Davis & Co.,  covering the drug  trade  of 
Illinois.

Geo.  A.  Reynolds,  Treasurer  of  the 
Michigan Knights of the Grip,  is putting 
in a few weeks at Mt. Clemens,  in  hopes 
of obtaining relief  from  the  attacks  of 
Old Rheum.

M.  L. Campbell,  formerly  engaged  in 
the drug business at  Leslie,  but  for  the 
past two  years on  the road  for  Lambert 
& Lowman, of  Detroit, aud  Humistou  & 
Keeling, of  Chicago, has taken a position 
with the Uazletine  &  Perkins  Drug Co., 
covering  the  trade  of  the  entire  State 
and Northern  Michigan  with  a  line  of 
sundries and specialties.

The regular meeting of Post  E,  which 
was held at Elk’s Hall Saturday evening, 
was fully as enjoyable as previous events 
of  the same kind  under  the  same  aus­
pices.  Dancing began at  8  o’clock, con­
tinuing with occasional interruptions for 
lunch  and  speechmaking  until  nearly 
midnight,  when  the  company dispersed. 
Rev. John Snyder, the  eminent divine of 
St.  Louis, addressed  the  party  at  some 
length on subjects  akin to traveling and 
traveling  men,  and  was  greeted  with 
hearty applause.

Chas. G.  McIntyre, traveling represent­
ative  for  the  J.  H.  Rice  &  Friedmann 
Co., of  Milwaukee, died of pneumonia at 
the family residence,  at  Traverse  City, 
last Friday night  and  was  buried  from 
the  residence  of  his  wife’s  parents,  in 
this  city,  Tuesday  afternoon.  The de­
ceased came home with a bad cold on the 
Saturday  night  previous  to  death  and 
took  to  his  bed  on  Sunday  evening, 
gradually  growing  worse  until  death 
came to his release, five days later.  Mr. 
McIntyre was the oldest child of  the late 
John H. Melntye,  who  was  one  of  the 
pioneer traveling men out of this market. 
Mr.  McIntyre  formerly  clerked  for 
Houseman,  Donnally  &  Jones,  subse­
quently traveling for a  Cleveland  house 
and  afterwards  for  Swartout & Downs, 
of this city,  with whom he was identified 
until a few months ago,  when  he signed 
with the Milwaukee house above referred 
to.  The deceased  was  a  young  man  of 
promise  and  would,  undoubtedly,  have 
made his mark in his chosen  profession. 
He leaves a wife and two little daughters 
to mourn his loss.

“It amuses me to  hear  traveling sales­
men  talk of  the  dog’s  life  they  lead,” 
said a leading wholesale dealer the other

day.  “Now, I  have  been  on  the  road 
myself, and so I  know  something  about 
the matter personally; then I employ five 
travelers, and  so  you  see  I  am  exper­
ienced.  Why, 
if  I  keep  one  of  the 
traveling men home a  week he  will  beg 
to be out on  the  road  again.  There  is 
one man who has traveled  for us  twenty 
years. 
I told him on the  first of the year 
to take a vacatiou at home  for  a  month. 
Well,  I have already had two leters from 
him begging to be sent out  on  the  road 
again, and saying that such a  long  dose 
of home was  killing  him.  You  see the 
men  on the road  get  accustomed to  the 
constant change and variety and  absence 
of  restraint,  and,  say  what  they  may, 
they like it.  This talk  of  a  dog’s life is 
only for effect.  Why, for  a year  after 1 
stopped  traveling,  I  had  every now and 
then the strongest kind of a desire to start 
out on the road again.”

“No one appreciates  more  thoroughly 
than  a  traveling  man how  much  igno­
rance prevails as to the difference between 
a certified check, a  cashier’s  check  and 
exchange on another city,  nor do people 
generally  have  any  conception  of  the 
fool’s  paradise  in  which  many  people 
live during a panic,”  remarked a travel­
ing man to an interviewer. 
“The other 
day,” he continned,  “a customer of many 
years’ standing  paid me a bill  consider­
ably in excess of $1,000.  Of this amount 
about  $200  was  in  currency  and  about 
an equal amount was in  New  York  ex­
change, purchased in April of  last year. 
Two  hundred  dollars  more  was  in  the 
form of a cashier’s check, dated  June  3, 
and the remainder was in  another  cash­
ier’s check, dated July 7.  Thus the cus­
tomer had been lending the greater part of 
$1,000 to different banks in his own  city 
and New York for  periods varying from 
one to three or four months, yet  he  was 
entirely unconscious of the fact  that  he 
had  lost at least enough money in  inter­
est to buy himself a suit of clothes or his 
wife  a  pew  in a fashionable church.  1 
tried to explain to him that if  the  bank 
which  had  given  him 
the  cashier’s 
checks had failed during the  long  inter­
val  between  the  drawing of the checks 
and their presentation,  the cashier’s sig­
nature on the documents  would cease to 
have  any  value,  and they would have to 
take their chances among the other claims 
of  the depositors.  Very much the same 
was obviously true concerning New York 
exchange, except  that a double risk was 
taken  by  hoarding  it  so long.  After 1 
got through my little talk on finance and 
the difference between  open checks, cer­
tified  checks  and  cashier’s  checks,  my 
customer  asked  me  if  I  was  satisfied 
with the paper he  had  handed  over. 
I 
assured  him  that  I  was,  and  that  no 
doubt  my  employers  would  be  equally 
satisfied,  whereupon he  asked  me  what 
cause I had to complain. 
It was obvious 
that I had none, and I came  to  the  con­
clusion,  to which I believe a  good  many 
other traveling men have  already  come, 
that too great freedom in the  giving  out 
of advice is not always appreciated at its 
full worth by those  to  whom  it  is  ten­
dered.”

Business  Change  at South Haven.
South Ha v e n ,  Feb.  10—In your  issue 
of Jan. 31 you stated  that  Geo. B. Pom­
eroy bad merged his business into a stock 
company. 
I  wish  to  inform  you  that 
Geo. B. Pomeroy has sold his  interest in 
the  agricultural  implement  business to 
the Pomeroy Implement Co.  H. E. Pom­
eroy is Vice-President and Business Man­
ager, and A. B. Chase,  formerly ot  Ban­

gor,  is  Secretary and Treasurer,  Geo.  B. 
Pomeroy retiring from  the business.

A.  B. Chase,  Sec’y and Treas.

From Out of Town.

Calls  have  been 

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

Peter Maas,  New Groningen.
H.  E.  Hogan, South  Boardman.
Frank Hamilton, Traverse City.
Alex.  Denton.  Howard  City.
C.  Pfeifle,  Diamond  Lake.
A.  Norris & Son, Casnovia.
C.  K.  Hoyt & Co.,  Hudsonville.
C.  F.  Sears, Rockford.

After  Jobbers  Who  Sell  Consumers.
At  the  last  meeting  of  the  Grocers’ 
Union of Petoskey,  the following resolu­
tion  was unanimously adopted:
Resolved,  That  the  members  of  this 
Union  pledge  themselves  not  to  buy 
from any wholesale house which is known 
to sell goods direct  to  boarding  houses, 
hotels or individuals  not in trade, there­
by  depriving  merchants  of  legitimate 
trade.

H.  D.  Pool, of  Augusta,  contemplates 
starting a private  bank  at  Galesburg to 
succeed that of Olmstead & Storms.

A.  Norris, senior member  of  the  firm 
of A. Norris & Son, general dealers at Cas­
novia,  was in town one day last week.
A  slick-tongued  agent  is  travelling 
through the country offering  to  sell  five 
pounds of  the very best  Ceylon  tea  for 
$2.50 and present each purchaser with an 
order on his firm for  a  complete  set  of 
fine  chinaware,  56  pieces  in  all,  abso­
lutely  free.  Those  who  buy  get  tea 
worth 15 cents a  pound  and  when  they 
present their order for the china no such 
firm can  be found.

FOR SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

of shoes, groceries, or  good  farm.  Can  reduce 

559

Ad*irpss

I N ESS  CHA SC ES.

Advertisements  will  be  inserted  under  this 
head  for two cents a word the first Insertion and 
one  cent a word  for each  subsequent  Insertion. 
No advertisements  taken for  less  than 25 cents. 
Advance navment.
F or  ex c h a n g e—im pr o v ed fa r m s for
merchandise.  Address No. 559, care  Mich­
igan Tradesman. 
TETANTED—SITUATION  AS  GROCERY 
**  Clerk.  Have had seven vears' experience. 
Good  references.  Address  C.  J.  Clark,  1003
1560 ■
T 710 It!  EXC H ANG E—FAR M  ANT)  CITY  PR<i p -
X '  ertv for stock s o f m ere handise•■  Correspo;□d
N.
ence
strict! v  confidential . 
555
w *shi »¿ton ave.,  Lansing. Mich.
Jf o i l :  sal E—DRUGGIST S  FIX'CURES SUi 'U
as bottiies, draw ers,  prescript ion  case, etc.,
X
Vf*-v
cheap .  Address,
Drawer ■ 5,  Bang:or,
Mich.
8
n HO KEN'r —A 
22x80 ROOM IN  B hlC K
1»lock ;
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fine 
location for  cloth in g  sto re;
good  (J omi trv  trade.  Rent reasonable.  Addrt*ss,
H. D. H arvey.  B anco-.  Mich.
55¡7
i HAVE  14,0*0 WORTH  OF DRY GOODS AND 
notions which  1 wish to exchange for stock 
stock  or  trade  part  of  it,  if  necessa-v.  O.  F. 
r?58 
Conklin, 26 Madison ave.. Grand  Rapids. 
CLEAN  STOCK  OF  HARDWARE  DOING 
a  naying  cash  business  for  sale, 
lnven 
tories *3.i00. will sell  for$2.«'0 ¡spotcash  balance 
on  time.  Don't  write  unless  yon  have  the 
money and mean business.  Address Casu Hard­
ware. care of Michigan Tradesman. 
TATA NT ED—STOCK  OF  GROCERIES  OR 
* v 
boots and shoes  in  exchange  for  Grand 
Rapids  real  esiate.  State  size  of  stock  and 
where located.  Address  No. 554 care Michigan 
Tradesman. 
554
SNAsH  FOR  MOCK  OF  MERCHANDISE.
J  Must  be  cheap.  Address  No.  849.  care 
Michigan Tradesman. 
849
IjlOR  TRADE—FARM  OF 1(0 ACRES.  HEAVY 
- 
loam soil, new buildings insured for $2,200, 
to exchange for  half  long  time  and  balance  a 
stock of goods  or Grand  Rapids real estate.  Ad­
dress •  Farmer,” care Michigan Tradesman.  551 
m o   RENT-AKIEK  FEBRUARY 
I,  1894, 
JL  storeroom  21x100  feet;  brick:  best  store 
and location in  town:  good  opening  for  drugs 
and wall  paper,  hardware  or  dry  goods.  Ad­
844
dress R. S. Tracy,  Sturgis.  Mich. 
CLEAN  STOCK  OF  GROCERIES FOR

Sale:  good  trade,  cheap  for  spot  cash; 
the only delivery wagon in  town.  Stock  about 
Investigate.  Address  box  15,  Centre- 
$2.500. 
ville.  Mich. 

820

553

Substantial  aid will  be  given  the  right  party 

Saw Mill, with good power, to locate here. 

Address S. S. Burnett, Lake  Ann. Mich.  819

■RANTED—WOODEN WARE  FACTORY  OR 
■RANTED—POSITION  AS  WINDOW  TRIM 

mer, book-keeper or  salesman,  by young 
References  if  desired.  Address  No.  829,  care 
Michigan Tradesman. 

SITUATIONS  WANTED.

man of five years’  experience  in  general  store. 

829

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No.

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

634

DEHINS.

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Amoskeag..............12
9oz...... 14
brown .14
Andover.................1134
Beaver Creek AA... 10 
BB...  9
CC....
Boston Mfg Co.  br..  7 

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blue  834 
“  d * twist  1034 
Columbian XXX br.10 
XXX  bl.19

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Columbian  brown.. 12
Everett, blue...........1234
brown....... 1234
1 Haymaker blue......   734
brown...  734
Jeffrey.....................1134
Lancaster................1234
Lawrence, 9 oz........ 1334
No. 220..-.13 
No. 250....1134 
No. 280.... 1034

BINGHAMS.
“ 

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Amoskeag................ 634
“  Persian dress 63«
Canton ..  7
“ 
AFC........634
“ 
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Teazle...1034 
“ 
Angola.. 1034 
Persian..  7 
“ 
Arlington staple—   634
Arasapha  fancy__434
Bates Warwick dres  734 
staples.  6
Centennial............   1034
Criterion...............1034
Cumberland staple.  534
Cumberland........... 5
Essex......................434
Elfin.......................   734
Everett classics......834
Exposition............... 734
Glenarle.................  634
Glenarven................ 634
Glenwood.................734
Hampton.................5
Johnson Chalon cl 
34 
Indigo blue 934 
zephyrs__16

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Lancaster,  staple...  534

fancies__7
Normandie
Lancashire.............   6
Manchester............   534
Monogram..............634
Normandie.............  7
Persian...................   7
Renfrew Dress........734
Rosemont............... 634
Slatersvllle............ 6
Somerset.................  7
Tacoma  ................. 734
Toll  duNord.........   834
Wabash..................   734
seersucker..  734
Warwick...............   6
Whlttenden............   8
heather dr.  734 
Indigo blue 9 
Wamsutta staples...  634
Westbrook..............8
..................10
Wlndermeer...........   5
York  ......................634

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GRAIN  BAGS.

Amoskeag...............14  ¡Georgia...  ..............14
Stark......................19 
American...............14 

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THREADS.

Clark’s Mile End__45  ¡Barbour's................. 95
Coats’, J. & P .........45  Marshall’s ................90
Holyoke................. 22341
White.  Colored. 

KNITTING  COTTON.

No.  14......... 37 
“  16......... 38 
••  18......... 39 
“  20......... 40 

White.  Colored
42
43
44
45

38
39
40
41
CAMBRICS.

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

Edwards................  4
Lockwood................ 4
Wood’s..................   4
Brunswick...........   4

RED  FLANNEL.

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

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

MIXED  FLANNEL.

1034
1134
12
20

DOMET  FLANNEL.

“ 
Slate.
934 
1034 
1134 
1234

Red & Blue,  plaid..40
Union R..................2234
Windsor..................1834
6 oz Western...........20
Union  B .................2234
Nameless...... 8  @  934} 
......   834@10  I 

Grey SR W.............1734
Western W  .............1834
D R P ............ ......... 1834
Flushing XXX........2334
Manitoba................ 2334
9 ®1034
1234
Brown. Black.
1034
1134
12
20
.1034
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10 oz ...1234
Raven, lOoz.............1334
.............1334
Stark 
Boston, 10 oz............1234

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CANVASS  AND  PADDING
Brown. Black. Slate
934 1034
934
1034 1134
1034
1134 12
1134
1234 20
1234
DUCKS.
8 oz.... ....  934 West  Point, 8 01
,  8 oz... ....1034 _  

Greenwood, 734 oz..  934 
Greenwood, 8 oz— 1134 
Boston, 8 oz............ 1034
White, doz..............25  ¡Per bale, 40 doz 
Colored,  doz.......... 20  ¡Colored  “ 
Slater, Iron Cross...  8 
“  Red Cross....  9
“  Best............. 1034
“ 
Best AA...... 1234
L............................. 734
G............................. 834
Cortlcelll, doz.........85  [Cortlcelll  knitting,

88 50
..........7 50
Pawtucket...............1034
Dundle...................   9
Bedford...................1034
Valley  City.............I034
K K ......................... 1034

SEWING  SILK.

WADDINGS.

SILESIAS.

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twist,doz..40 
50yd,doz..40  I
HOOKS AND EYES— PER GROSS.

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

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2 
3 

..12 
-.12 

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| “  10 

No  1 Bl’k A White..10  INo  4 Bl’k A White..15
..20
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No 2-20, M C......... 50  ¡NO 4—15  J   334........40
•  3—18, S C ...........45  I
No  2 White A Bl’k..12  ¡No  8 White A Bl’k..20 
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PINS.

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6 

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COTTON  TAPE.
..16 
“  10 
..18  I “  12 
SAFETY  PINS.
....28  IN0 8 ..
NEEDLES—PER  M.

No 2.

.86

A. James.................1  40| Steamboat...............   40
Crowely’s...............1 85 Gold  Eyed...............1 50
Marshall's.............. 1 00| American.................1  00
5—4....  1  75  6—4... 
15—4....1  65  6—4...2 80

TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.

COTTONTWINES.

Cotton Sail Twine. .28
Crown....................12
Domestic............... 1834
Anchor.................. 16
Bristol................... 18
Cherry  Valley........15
I X L.......................1834
Alabama...................634
Alamance................634
Augusta..................734
Ar> sapha................ 6
Georgia................... 634
G ranite..................   5M
Haw  River.............  5
Haw  J ....................   6

Nashua..................14
Rising Star 4-ply__17
8-ply....17
North Star............. 20
Wool Standard 4 ply 1734 
Powhattan  .............16

Mount  Pleasant__ 634
Oneida....................  5
Prymont................  5M
Randelman............   6
Riverside...............   534
Sibley  A...........  ...  634
Toledo 
Otis checks............ 734

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Catarrh, 
Hay Fever, 
m  ^  Headache,
Neuralgia,  Colds,  Sore  Thrcai.

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

Prevents and cures

On cars or boat.

Sea  Sickness
The  cool  exhllerating  sensation 

follow­
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to carry In the pocket;  no liquid to drop or spill; 
lasts a year, and costs  50c  at  druggists.  Regis­
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H. D. CUSHMAN, Manufacturer.

Three  Rivers, Mich.

^ “Guaranteed  satisfactory.

In  large  or 
small quan­
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in  every re­
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Tradesman  Company«

GRAND   R APID S.

EATON, LYON A CO.,

NEW  STYLES  OF

20  &  22  Monroe  St.}

GRAND  RAPIDS.

BOOTS, 
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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.
M  County Savings Ml,

Tour  Bank Account Solicited.

GRAND  RAPIDS. ,MICH.

J n o .  A.  CovoDE,|Pres.

H e n r y   I d e x a , Vice-Pres.

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

K. Van Hop, Ass’tC’s’r. 

Transacts a General Banking Business. 

Interest  Allowed  on  Time  and  Sayings 

Deposits.

DIRECTORS:

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

Continued from page 3.

covered that such an  argument would be 
interminable,  and  would,  in  the  end, 
leave both parties  just where they start­
ed.  Our company lost  heavily last year, 
in common with all other companies, and 
this^fact alone is sufficient to account for 
the recent raise in rates,  but it is not the 
only  reason.  Rates  in  this  city  have 
been low—too low for safe business—and 
a  readjustment was  an  absolute  neces­
sity.  We  regret  the  necessity  just  as 
much as anybody, buf there was but the 
one thing for us to  do.  1  don’t want to 
say any more to-day,  but  I will give you 
as full an explanation  as  is  possible  in 
the circumstances for  a  future issue. 
I 
think 1 can convince  the  friends of  our 
company that our  action in raising rates 
was, as I have already said, the result of 
necessity.

“ T o-m orrow ”  N ever  Com es.

Longfellow  has  said  that  “Our  un­
finished tasks wait like mendicants at our 
gate.”  The  shiftless  man  expects  to 
accomplish to-morrow the work of yester­
day, and wastes  to-day  in  vague  plans 
for  the  future.  The  satisfaction  of 
being abreast of his  work he  has  never 
felt.  His office  table  is  always  buried 
under an avalanch  of unanswered letters, 
unchecked accounts, and  unsorted  docu­
ments of every kind.  A place for every­
thing and nothing in its  place is his idea 
of order.  Correspondents have to  write 
twice or more before he replies, and then 
he never answers  their  communications 
fully.  And as to paying accounts on the 
date due, that is an act he is never guilty 
of.  He intends  to be  honest but  he  de­
lays the doing of it  until it  is  too  late. 
The man  who  through  mere  habit  has 
fallen into shiftless methods and dilatory 
ways seem to himself to be overwhelmed 
with  business.  He  has,  he  complains, 
“no time to do anything.”  He  is always 
a few minutes too late to catch the train, 
or just misses an important apfointment.
His position is  like  that  of  a  person 
who would  attempt  to  climb  a  ladder 
with both  hands  full  of  packages.  A 
step forward means the  loss  of balance, 
and  the  shiftless  man  spends  all  his 
energy in recovering his own possessions.
What he did yesterday  slips  from  his 
grasp as he reflects on to-morrow,  because 
bis plans do not  provide  for  the  neces­
sities of to-day.  He resolves at night  to 
accomplish 
to­
morrow,  but when  the  sun  rises he dis­
covers that it is simply another "to-day,” 
and delays the purpose for  a  more  leis­
urely occasion.
The prospector digs  among  the  rocks 
and  washes the  sand  in  search of  gold, 
and when the day is over and  nothing of 
value has rewarded bis efforts, buoys his 
courage  with  dreams  of  the  glittering 
nuggets which the  shovel  of  to-morrow 
will bring to  the  surface.  The  miner’s 
to-morrow may  serve  some  useful  pur­
pose and cheer bis  heart,  but  the  busi­
ness man who puts off  the  present  duty 
will never find a to-morrow to  which  he 
can entrust the demands of to-day.

the  unfinished 

task 

E n co u rag in g   B usiness.

Hungry Higgins—Can’t you give a poor 
man a nickel?
Mr. Steinmug—And  vat  you  do  mit 
him—sphend him for bier?
Hungry Higgins—Sure.  Right here in 
your own  house.
Steinmug—All right.  Here  you vas, I 
alvays likes to help a poor man ven he is 
villing to trade mit me.

The  man  who' hates  light  is  always 

afraid of  his own shadow.

Dry Goods Price Current.

UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.

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BLEACHED  COTTONS.

“  Arrow Brand 434 
Adriatic
“  World Wide.  6
Argyle....................  5%
Atlanta AA.............6
11  L L ............. 434
Pull Yard Wide...... 6*
Atlantic  A..............  6%
Georgia  A..............  Gbi
H..............  6*
“ 
P ............   5
“ 
Honest Width........  6
Hartford A  ............ 5
D..............  6
“ 
Indian Head...........  334
“  LL..............  434
Amory.....................  6ii
King A  A................634
Archery  Banting...  4 
King E C .................  5
Beaver Dam  A A..  4 \ 
Lawrence  L L........  4%
Blackstone O, 32__  5
¡Madras cheese cloth 634
Black Crow............ 6  Newmarket  G..........534
Black  Rock  ...........534 
B........   5
N........ 614
Boot, AL................  7 
Capital  A................SM 
DD....  554
Cavan at V..............534 
X ....... 634
Chapman cheese cl.  334 Nolbe R.................. 5
Clifton  C R ............   5>4 Our Level  Best...... 6
Comet..................... 6  ¡Oxford  R .................   6
Dwight Star............  63£ Pequot....................   7
Clifton CCC...........534 Solar.........................   6
¡Top of the  Heap__7
Geo. Washington...  8
A B C ......................814'
Amazon...................8
Glen Mills.............   7
Amsburg.................6
Gold  Medal............   734
Art  Cambric.......... 10
Green  Ticket......... 834
Blackstone A A......  734 1
Great Falls.............   6I4
Beats All................   4
Hope....................... 754
Boston................... 12
Just  Out........  434® 5
Cabot......................   634
King  Phillip...........734
Cabot,  %.................  634
OP......734
Charter  Oak...........  534 ■
Lonsdale Cambric.. 10 
& 834
Conway W ..............  734 ¡Lonsdale.
Cleveland.............  6
¡Middlesex......  ® 5
Dwight Anchor__  8
No Name................   734
shorts  8
¡Oak View...............   6
Edwards................. 6
Our Own................   534
Pride of the West.. .12
Empire
Farwell....................  734 Rosalind................. 734
Fruit of the  Loom.  8  ¡Sunlight..................  434
Fltchville  ............  7
Utica  Mills.............. 834
“  Nonpareil  ..10
First Prize..............  6
Vlnyard..................  834
Fruit of the Loom X.  734
White Horse.............6
Falrmount................434
.834
Full Value................634
Cabot........  6341 Dwight Anchor...
Farwell.....................7HI

HALE  BLEACHED  COTTONS.

“  Rock —  

“ 

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......73»
......734
......734
....834 
....  83%
9*
...10 
...1034 
...11 
....21 
....1434
CARPET  WARP.

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Peerless, white___ 17  ¡Integrity  colored... 18
colored__19  White Star...............17
Integrity................. 18341 
“  colored.. 19
Nameless................20
Hamilton.  ..............8
.................9
...........25
 
...........2734
G G  Cashmere........20
...........30
Nameless  .............. 16
...........3234
...............18
......... 35

DBESS  GOODS.

1034

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PRINTS.

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COSSET  JEANS.

Coraline................. 89 50|Wonderful..........  84 50
Schilling’s .............   9 00] Brighton......................4 75
Davis  Waists  ....  9 00 Bortree’s ...................  9 00
Grand  Rapids......  4 50|A bdomlnal.................15 00
Armory..................   634{Naumkeagsatteen..  734
Androscoggin......... 734 Rockport...................634
Biddefora.............  6  Conestoga.................734
Brunswick..............  6341 Walworth................ 634
Berwick fancies 
Allen turkey  reds..  534
534
robes...........534
Clyde Robes....
pink a purple 534
Charter Oak fancies 434 
DelMarlne cashm’s.  534 
buffs...........  534
pink  checks.  534
mourn’g  534 
staples........  5
Eddy stone  fancy...  534 
shirtings...  334 
chocolat  534
rober__534
American  fancy—   5H 
American indigo  ..  53a 
sateens..  534
American shirtings.  334 
Hamilton fancy___  534
Argentine  Grays...  6 
staple__534
Anchor Shirtings...  4 
Manchester fancy..  534 
new era. 534 
Arnold 
....  6
Arnold  Merino 
...  6 
Merrimack D fancy.  5)4 
“ 
long cloth B.  934 
Merrlm’ck shirtings.  4 
“ 
“  C.  734
Repp furn .  834
“  oentury cloth 7
Pacific fancy  .......... 534
“  gold seal......1034
“  green seal TR1034 
Portsmouth robes...  634 
Simpson monrnlng..  534
“  yellow seal.. 1034
“  serge. . . . -----1134
greys........  53i
“  Turk«./ red  . 1034 
solid black.  534 
Washington Indigo.  634 
“ 
“  Turkey robes..  731
“  India robes__734
“  plain T’ky X 34 834 
“ 
“  X...10
“  Ottoman  Tur­
key red................   634
Martha Washington
Turkeyred 34____734
Martha Washington
Turkey red..........   934
Rlverpolnt robes....  534
Windsor fancy........  634
indigo blue......... 1034
Harmony......
434
AC A................
1234
.16
Pemberton AAA
York..................
.1034
Swift River............   734
Pearl  River............12
Warren................... 1234
Conostoga .............. 16

Ballon solid black..
“  color*.
Bengal blue,  green, 
red and  orange...  6
Berlin solids...........  534
oil blue-----   8
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“ green —   6
“  Foulards  ...  534
“  red 34 
7
“  %--------   934
“ 
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Cocheco fancy........5
“  madders...  5 
“  XXtwills..  5
“ 
solids........5

Amoskeag A C A
Hamilton N  ...........7
D............ 8
Awning..11
Farmer....................8
First Prize.............IO34
Lenox M ills..........18
Atlanta,  D..............  634|Stark  A
Boot........................   634 No  Name—
Clifton, K............... 7 
¡Top of Heap

robes............  6

gold  ticket

COTTON  DBILL.

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THE  M ICHIGAN  TRADESM AN.

REPRESENTATIVE RETAILERS.

for Spring1 & Company.

W. C. Brig-htrall,  Department Manager 
Wm.  C.  Brightrall,  of  the  dry  goods 
firm  of  Spring  &  Company,  is  another 
living proof of  what  can  be  done  by  a 
young  man  possessed  of  pluck,  deter­
mination,  honesty and  a settled purpose 
in life.  He was born in Waterloo county, 
Ontario,  in  1855,  his  parents  claiming 
the same  part of the Dominion  as  their 
birthplace.  They  were  of  German  de­
scent.  Twenty-four years ago the family 
crossed the border  and settled on  a farm 
in Barry county,  Mich.  Farming,  how­
ever,  was not congenial to the  ambitious 
lad of 15,  who had already determined on 
a mercantile career, and, although turned 
for a short time from his  chosen  calling 
by the persuasions of  friends  and  read-

ing in turn a little of both medicine  and 
law, he was  to  be  found  early  in  181 
behind the counter in the dry goods store 
of Bigelow & Ives, in Middleville.  About 
a year after he entered their employ, the 
firm moved to Kalamazoo, taking William 
C. with them.  The following seven years 
of his life were passed in the Celery City 
with the same firm, and,  although  these 
years  may  be  called  commonplace  and 
humdrum,  they  proved  to  be  the  sure 
stepping stones to solid  preferment  and 
possible fortune.  He  did faithfully and 
well the work of  his  position,  not  as  a 
mere machine, but  intelligently,  giving 
close  attention  to  the  minutia  of  the 
business,  and  winning  the  respect  and 
confidence of  both his employers and the 
public.  In 1880 Mr.  Brightrall embarked 
in  business  for  himself  at  Middleville, 
but, the venture not  proving  profitable, 
it  was  closed  out,  and  1881  found  him 
behind  the  counter  in  Spring  &  Com­
pany’s dry goods establishment in Grand 
Rapids.  He  was  given  charge  of  the 
hosiery,  underwear,  glove  and  ribbon 
departments,  which  position he retained 
nine years, when he was  taken  into  the 
firm as a partner.  No better evidence of 
his efficiency and faithfulness  is  needed 
than his long  term  of  service  with  and 
final preferment by such a firm as Spring 
& Company.  Mr.  Brightall is possessed 
of  considerable  literary  ability,  which 
finds expression in  numerous poems and 
short prose articles which appear in vari­
ous publications.  Though  not  German 
born,  he  is a proficient German scholar, 
having  made  a  close  study  of  the  lan­
guage  and  history  of  the  land  of  his 
ancestors.  Much  of  his  leisure time is 
devoted  to  teaching  German.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Hesperus  Club,  whose 
members are all  supposed  to  be  “liter­
ary*”  Membership in the Masonic order

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and  Knights  of  Pythias  conclude  his 
society  affiliations.  He  was  married in 
1878 to Miss Metta E.  Perkins,  of  Kala­
mazoo.  For  several  years  Mr.  Bright- 
rall  had  exclusive  charge  of  the  ad­
vertising department of  Spring  &  Com­
pany,  winning  warm  ecomiums  for  the 
shrewdness  he  exhibited in making con­
tracts and the effective  manner in which 
he attracted patronage  by his announce­
ments.

SETH  SANDERS’  RELIGION.

Seth Sanders kept a grocery store 
At Squashburg, State of  Maine, 

Wherein the thousand things were sold 

That country stores contain— 
Molasses, codfish, cotton cloth. 

Grindstones, lung balsam, shoes,
Ink, paper, mopsticks, sewing silk, 
Mixed paints in reds and blues, 

Hoe-handles  bonnets, pocket-knives, 

Salt mackerel, hats and caps, 

Umbrellas, hair-dye, woolen pads. 
Wheel grease  and ladies' wraps.

An absent-minded chap was he,
And some times goods got low,
Or ran completely out of stock,

Ere he the fact did know.

Folks would ask for this or that,

And Seth would say  (or squeak): 

“Jest abaeut all aeut;
Have some in next week.”
So oft he had to use this phrase 

It got to  be a joke,

And everybody used  to laugh 
Whene’er the words he spoke;

Hut Methodist camp-meeting came,

And to it  people flocked 

In numbers such that half the roads 

With teams were fairly blocked.
The joke was quite forgot, and all 

The townsfolk stayed away 

To sing and shout and cry “Amen 1” 

And one warm, sleepy day,

While Seth dozed idly in his store,

A solemn man passed through 
The village and stepped stiffly in 

And slowly said:  “Have you 

Religion got?”  Seth, half awake, 
Replied, with same old squeak:

“Jest abaeut all aent;

Have some in next week.”

Jackson  Jottings.

C. E.  Haughawout,  formerly of  Lan­
sing,  has purchased the stock  of  grocer­
ies from  E.  K.  Buskirk, corner  of  Main 
and  Jackson  streets,  and will  continue 
the business at the same location.
Arthur  Ranney,  formerly  of  Rives 
Junction, has bought the place lately oc­
cupied  by  D.  B.  Aiken, corner of First 
street  and  Greenwood  avenue, and will 
try his luck among the  Jackson  grocers.
L. J. Morgan has built a new store and 
market building on  East  Gansen  street 
and will open with  a  new stock  of  gro­
ceries and a meat  market within  a  few 
days.

The more you drink to  other  people’s 
health the more you  drink to  the ruin of 
your own.
Have good aims, but see that your gun 
is loaded  with  the  cartridge  of  energy 
and education.
A  drunkard’s  throat  has  no  bottom 
to it.

Hardware Price Current.

AUGURS AND BITS. 

These  prices  are  for cash,  buyers,  who 
pay  prom ptly  and  buy in  fu ll  packages.
Snell’s...........................................................  
60
Cook’s ........................................................... 
40
J ennlngs’, genuine....................................... 
25
Jennings’,  Imitation....................................50*10
First Quality, S. B. Bronze...........................1700
D.  B. Bronze..........................   ia 00
8. B. 8. Steel...............................   8 00
D. B. Steel....................................  13 50

AXES.

,T 
‘ 
• 

dlB.

barrows. 

dis.

dis.

bolts. 

Railroad......................................................8 14 00
Garden.................................................   net  30 00
Stove.............................................................. 50*10
Carriage new list...........................................75*10
Plow...............................................................40*10
Sleigh shoe...................................................  
70
Well, plain  ..................................................I 3 50
Well,8wlvel..................................................  4 00
dlS.
Cast Loose Pin, figured................................. 70*
Wrought Narrow, bright 6ast Joint.............60*,0

BUTTS, CAST. 

BUCKBTS.

Wrought Loose Pin........................................ 60*10 I
Wrought Table.............................................. 60*10 I
Wrought Inside Blind....................................60*10 j
Wrought Brass............................................. 
75
Blind,  Clark’s..............................................70*19
Blind, Parker’s.................. 
70*10 j
....................................... 
Blind, Shepard’s 
70 I
BLOCKS.

Ordinary Tackle, list April  1898..............  60*10 :
Grain.....................................................dls. 50*02 j
Cast Steel............................................per  lb  5
Ely’s 1-10......... 
Hick’s C. F ......................................... 
G. D .................................................... 
Musket............................................... 

CROW BARS.

CRADLES.

per m 

65
80
35
60

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

 

 

CARTRIDGES.

CHISELS. 

50
25
dls.

Socket Firmer .  ............................................75*10
Socket Framing.............................................75*10
Socket Corner............................................... 75 *10
Socket Slicks................................................ 75*10
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............................ 
40

c o m b s. 

dls.

Curry,  Lawrence’s ......................................  
40
Hotchkiss....................................................  
25
White Crayons, per  gross..............13©12J4 dls. 10

CHALK.

c o f f e r .

“ 

dls.

DRILLS. 

DRIPPING PANS.

28
26
23
23
25
50
50
50

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................. .............. 
07
Large sizes, per  pound................. ..............  6)4
Com. 4  piece, 6 in .......................... .doz. net 
75
Corrugated................................... ........dis 
40
Adjustable..................................... ......dis. 40*10
Clark’s, small, 818;  large, 826...... .............. 
30
Ives’, 1, 818:  2, 824;  3,830  ............ .............. 
25
p i l e s —New List.
Disston’s ......................................
..............60*10
New American  ............................ ..............60*10
Nicholson’s .................................. ..............60*10
Heller’s .........................................
Heller’s Horse Rasps  .................. .............. 
60
28
Nos.  16  to  20;  22  and  24;  25  and  26;  27 

GALVANIZED IRON.

EXPANSIVE  BITS.

ELBOWS.

dis.

dis.

13
Discount, 60

12 

14
GAUGES.

15

50

dls.

l o c k s—DOOR.

Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s.........
knobs—New List.
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings........
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings__
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings..
Door,  porcelain, trimmings............
Drawer and  Shutter, porcelain......
Russell *  Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list
Mallory, Wheeler  *   Co.’s...............
Branford’s 
Norwalk’s
55
Adze Bye......................................... 816.00, dls. 60
Hunt Bye.........................................815.00, die. 60
Hunt’s.......................  
...........813.50, dls. 20*10.
dis.
Speiry * Co.’s, Post,  handled.
50
dis.
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s .

MATTOCKS.

MAULS.

MILLS.

dls.

P. S. *  W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables.
Landers,  Ferry * Cle rk’s............
Enterprise 
.................................

dis.

MOLASSES GATES.

. Base 

NAILS

Stebbln’s Pattern..........................................60*10
Stebbln’s Genuine.........................................60*10
Enterprise, self-measuring..........................  
25
Advance over  base,  on  both  Steel  and Wire.
Steel nails, base............................................. 1  50
Wire nails, base..............................................1  50
Base 
50 
10 25 
40 
30 
25 
20 
35 
45 j 45 
16 
12
10...........................................
50 
60 
8.............................................
7 * 6 ......................................
75 
90 
4.............................................
8.............................................
1  20 
2.............................................
1  60 
Fine 8....................................
1  60 
65 
Case  10..................................
8..................................
75 
6..................................
90 
Finish 10...............................
75 
8................................
90 
6................................
1  10 
Clinch; 10............................  .
70 
8.............................
80 
6................  ............
90 
Barren X.............................
1  75 
FLAXES.
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy.................................  ©40
Sclota Bench.............................................  ©50
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.........................  ©40
Bench, first quality.......................................  ©40
Stanley Rule and Level Oo.’s  wood........... 50*10
Fry,  Acme.............................................dls.60—10
70
Common,  polished................................ dls. 
dls.
Iron and  Tinned.......................................... 
40
Copper Rivets and Burs.............................   50—10
“A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 23 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9 20 

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

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rivets. 

Broken packs tfo per pound extra.

dls.

HAMMERS.

 

 

 

dls.

HINGES.

HANGERS. 

HOLLOW WARE.

longer.............................. 

HOUSE  FURNISHING GOODS.

........................................dls. 

M ay dole  * Co.’s.................................... dls. 
25
Kip’s  .................................................  
25
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’6,1, 2, 3 ..............................dis.60*10
State..................   ......................per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12 In. 4)4  14  and
3*4
Screw Hook and  Eye, %.......................... net 
10
“  %............................net  8)4
M.......................... net  7)4
X......... ............... net  7VS
Strap and T 
50
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood trsck__50*10
Champion,  anti friction.............................   60*10
Kidder, wood track.....................................  
4c
Pot»,-.............................................................. 60*16
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 llst33M&10
WIRE GOODS. 
Blight.................................................   70*10*10
Screw  Byes............................. 
70*10*10
Hook’s .....................................................70*10*10
Gate Hooks and Byes...................... 
70*10*10
<M«.70
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s  ..  __
Sisal, )4 inch and larger..................
Manilla..............  .............................
Steel and  Iron..............................................  
Try and Bevels..........................  
 
M itre........................................................;;;; 
„  
Nos. 10 to  14.................................... 84 05 
Nos. 15 to 17.................................. 
4 05 
Nos.  18 to 21...................................   405 
Nos. 22 to 24.......................................4 05 
Nos. 25 to 26.....................................................4 25 325
No.27.............................................................   445 835
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19, ’86  ..................................... dls. 
Silver Lake, White A..............................list 
Drab A.................................  « 
White  B........................ 
Drab B..................................  “ 
White C...........................  

75
«r,
^
Com.  Smooth.  Com.
82 95
3 05
3 05
3  15

All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  Inches 

SAND PAPER.
SASH CORD.

50
50
55
* 50
55
“  35

LEVELS.
HOPES.

SQUARES. 

SH E E T   IRO N .

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dlF

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Discount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

dls.

saws. 

traps. 

_  
Hand........................................  

“ 
Sliver Steel  Dla. X Cuts, per foot,__ 
“  Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot__ 
“  Special Steel Dla. X Cuts, per foot__ 
“  Champion  and  Electric  Tooth  X
Cuts,  per  foot............................................. 
dls.

Solid Eyes............................................. per ton 825
20
70
50
30
30
Steel, Game................................................... 60*10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s .............. 
35
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s 
70
Mouse,  choker....................................18c per doz
Mouse, delusion............................... 81.50 per doz
dls.
Bright Market..............................................   65
Annealed Market...................................... . ..70  10
Coppered Market.........................................."  60
Tinned Market..........................................       62)4
Coppered Spring  Steel........................            5C
Barbed  Fence, galvanized...............................  2 60
painted....................................  2 20

wire. 

“ 

HORSE NAILS.

WRENCHES. 

An  Sable............................................dls.  40*10
Pntaam..........................................  
dls.  05
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
dig.
Bird Cages  .................................................  
50
Pumps, Cistern........................................  
75*10
Screws, New List.......................................... 70*10
Casters, Bed a  d Plate...........................50*10*10
Dampers, American.....................................  
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods........65*10

MISCELLANEOUS. 

METALS.
PIG TIN.

6X
7

26c
28c

ZINC.

SOLDER.

Pig  Large..................................................... 
Pig Bars........................................................ 
Duty:  Sheet, 2)4c per pouDd.
680 pound  casks...........................................  
Per pound................................................... 
)4©)4...................................................................16
Extra W iping......  ........................................   u
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder In the market Indicated by private brands 
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY
Oookson............ ...........................per pound
Hallett’s....................................... 
13
TIN—MBLTK GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal............ ........................... 8 7 50
 
14X20IC, 
7  50
10x14 IX, 
........................................   9 25
9 2f
 
14x20 IX, 

Each additional X on this grade, 81.75.

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TIN—ALLA WAT GRADE.
“ 
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“ 

Bach additional X on this grade 81.50.

10x14 IC, Charcoal.......................................  6  75
14x20 IC, 
........................................   6 75
10x14 IX, 
........................................   8  25
...  .....................................   9 25
14x20 IX, 
ROOFING PLATES
Worcester..............................   6 50
8  50 
18 GO
6  00
.................  7 50
.................   12 50

14x20 IC, 
14x20IX, 
20x28 IC, 
14x20 IC. 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
20x28 IX,
14x28 IX............................................................. 814 00
14x31  IX...............................-.  ....................   15 00
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, I
14x60 IX  “ 
10 00

‘ Allaway  Grade.................... 
“ 
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BOILER SIZE TIM PLATE.

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{Per pound 

“  9 

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WEDNESDAY,  FEBRUARY  14,  1894.

THE  NICARAGUA  CANAL.

The American people  are  dreamers of 
magnificent dreams.  As  an  evidence  of 
it, note the fact that for more than  forty 
years they have  been  talking  of  a  ship 
canal  through  the  American 
isthmus. 
They are still talking.

In the  meantime  European  enterprise 
and capital have completed  the  Suez Ca­
nal,  which  gives  an  uninterrupted voy­
age  through  the  Red  and  Mediter­
ranean  Seas  between  the Atlantic  and 
Pacific Oceans, and have spent some hun­
dreds of millions of dollars in an attempt 
to  pierce  the American  isthmus.  They 
have,  by  means  of  a  ship  canal,  con­
verted  the  inland  city  of  Manchester, 
England,  into a seaport;  they have cut  a 
ship canal through  the  Greek  Peninsula 
of Corinth, and  they have  in  course  of 
progress and consideration .-.everal  other 
projected  ship  canals  of 
importance 
which,  when  completed,  will  give  great 
advantages  to  the  commercial  and  de­
fensive  facilities  of  the  countries  in 
which they are situated.

When  the  term  “American  people”  is 
used  ordinarily,  it  is  exclusively  con­
fined  to  the  inhabitants  of  the  United 
States.  Adopting  this  restriction,  the 
ship canals that connect the great Amer­
ican lakes with  the  St.  Lawrence  River 
and the Atlantic Ocean  are  on  Canadian 
soil and cannot be  used  by the  shipping 
of the great  Republic  save  through  suf­
ferance  and  complaisance. 
So  that, 
while  the  people  of  the  United  States 
have exhibited great progress in drawing 
up imaginary schemes of commercial  de­
velopment on paper,  they are  behind  all 
the rest of the world in reducing them to 
practice.

In the  meantime  the  concessions  and 
franchises granted to  an American  com­
pany for  the  construction  of  an  inter- 
oceanic  ship  canal  through  Nicaragua 
are about to  expire  by limitation.  This 
great enterprise,  so supremely important 
to the commerce  and  to  the  public  de­
fense of  the United  States,  is  in  danger 
of  falling  into  foreign  bands.  The  ac­
tivity  of  England  in  strengthening  her 
position and in  increasing  her  power  in 
the  Western  Hemisphere  would  alarm 
any other nation  but  ours  and  stimulate

T H E   M ICHIGAN  TRADESM AN

those as much interested as is the United 
States to energetic and  prompt  action to 
provide  for  the  demands  of  commerce 
and of public  protection  and  insure  su­
premacy in  the  affairs  of  this  western 
world.
A writer (Courtenay De  Kalb)  in  the 
Forum  treats  the  situation with  much 
seriousness,  and  holds  that  there  is  a 
most dangerous and patent fallacy in the 
statement  so  often  made, that  it  really 
does not  matter who owns  a  ship  canal 
through  the American  isthmus,  because 
this country would always  have  the  use 
of it,  and that, further, there is no possi­
bility  of  another  war  between  England 
and the United States.

It  is  certainly  possible  that,  if  the 
canal  be built  by  foreigners,  its  status 
will be determined by special treaty with 
Nicaragua,  and  since  that  country was 
willing to concede the  right of  differen­
tial  tolls  favoring  American  shipping, 
the presumption  is warrantable  that ex­
clusive privileges would be accorded any 
nation  which  should  at  last  fulfill  the 
dream of wealth and  glory by improving 
the  natural  advantages  of  Nicaragua’s 
topography  and  geographical  position. 
Thus all our  commerce  between the At­
lantic coast and  foreign countries in the 
Pacific would be placed under a perpetual 
disadvantage  as  compared with  the na­
tion owning the canal.  We must bear in 
mind, moreover, that if the ownership of 
this waterway  goes  abroad,  whether the 
military possibilities of  the situation are 
realized  or  not,  our  whole  commerce, 
coastwise and  foreign, which  would use 
the canal,  would for all  time  be subject 
to a tax  fur  the  benefit  of  the  foreign 
capital invested therein,  causing  a  fur­
ther drain of gold from our vaults, which 
at the  lowest  calculation  would,  within 
a single generation, aggregate a sum suf­
ficient to have constructed the canal.

As to  any assumption that the United 
States is to  be exempt from future wars, 
nothing could be more foolish.  England 
is surrounding this country with her ter­
ritory and a chain  of  powerful fortifica­
tions,  and will seize every opportunity to 
aggress upon a country that  has  no for­
eign  policy  and  is  committed  to  the 
course  of  submitting  all  disputes with 
foreign  powers  to  foreign  arbitration. 
One day there will be  a  rude awakening 
from such dreams of universal peace and 
the confraternity of nations.
.  It becomes the  United  States  to  look 
sharply after  its  own  defense  and  the 
great commercial interests of  its people. 
No other course is wise or prudent.  The 
way to keep out  of  trouble is  to be pre­
pared for it.  The way to maintain amity 
is to assure other powers  that  it  would 
be dangerous to disturb  the  peace.  Eu­
rope has for a long time prevented dread­
ful and  destructive  conflicts  by making 
war too terrible to be lightly engaged in. 
This is  the only way  of  establishing an 
assurance of international friendship and 
universal brotherhood.

On the morning of  January 25  a  most 
auspicious  event  occurred.  The  gates 
of the new waterways  were  opened  and 
a  portion  of  Niagara’s  mighty  torrent 
admitted to the penstock of  the pit, and, 
falling  a  distance  of  155  feet,  put  in 
motion  three  of 
turbine 
wheels ever built.  Think of it!  Niagara 
in  harness!  No  longer  a  mere  awe­
inspiring wonder, whose terrific granduer 
I has  compelled  to  reverent  silence,  but, 
I subdued  by  the  all  but  omnipotent

largest 

the 

genius  of  man,  it  will  henceforth  con­
tribute  to  the  material  comfort  of  its 
erstwhile  worshippers.  The  practical 
utilitarianism of the age was never better 
nor  more  clearly  illustrated.  However 
much of  a shock this may  be to  the sen­
timentalists, most people will agree  that 
Niagara,  chained 
the  chariot  of 
progress, or driving with  resistless,  tire­
less  energy the  wheels of  industry,  is  a 
greater wonder  and  more  worthy of  the 
world’s  admiration,  than,  free  and  un­
trammeled,  to  be  a  mere  spectacle  for 
man,  its  tremendous  power  wasted  on 
space. 

_______________

to 

Considerable space is  devoted  in  this 
issue to a discussion  of the  recent  raise 
in insurance rates.  The interviews  had 
with representative business men clearly 
show  that  a  raise was  regarded  as  un­
avoidable, because  of  bad  management 
on the part of the companies,  while  Mr. 
West’s  statements  as  clearly  prove the 
bad management.  A  very  general  dis­
position was  manifested on  the  part  of 
those  interviewed  to  submit,  through 
necessity,  perhaps,  to  the  raise.  The 
point that  is  not  understood,  however, 
and the one on which Mr. West’s  silence 
may  be  significant,  is  the  flagrant  dis­
crimination  which  is  apparent  in  the 
work  of  the inspector.  Why a building 
that  is  a  veritable  firetrap  should  be 
rated the same as one  which  is  confess­
edly a good risk in its class (and both are 
in the same class) is beyond the  compre­
hension of the  average  mind.  Yet  such 
is the fact, as has been  demonstrated  to 
the  inspector,  without  any  resultant 
action in  the  matter.  This  discrimina­
tion is to be found not only  in  one  case 
but in many;  but whether it is the result 
of careless or  superficial  inspection,  or 
whatever may be the cause, it  is  a  con­
dition which  will  not  be  submitted  to 
quietly by those interested.

T h e  locomotive  industry  in  England 
appears to be in a bad way.  There were 
928 hands dropped from  the pay rolls in 
1893 in the various  shops,  making 2,661 
discharged  since  1891.  The  St.  James 
Gazette wails  over  the  situation  as  fol­
lows:  “It is probable that another thou­
sand will  be  dismissed next month, and 
the prospects for 1894 are said to be poor. 
The worst of it is that a good deal of  the 
falling off  is  in foreign orders.  A large 
part of the world used to get its  locomo­
tives from Great  Britain.  Now,  unhap­
pily, it makes them at home or gets them 
in America.”_____________

The Grocery Market.

Sugar—The market was strong and ex­
cited all last week  and  Monday brought 
the expected advance of J^c all along the 
line.

Lemons—Market much easier  and am­
ple stocks are held by all the commission 
and  wholesale  fruit  dealers.  Prices  to 
the  trade  rule  83.75@4,  according  to 
grade.

Oranges—A much firmer  feeling is ap­
parent  and  there will  not  be  an  over­
stock of Florida fruit again  this  season. 
Arrivals will  be  growing  less  and  less 
for the  next  six  weeks,  by which  time 
the crop will be well  cleaned  up.  Cali­
fornia growers are beginning to draw at­
tention to the  fact  that  the  product  of 
their groves is ready to be put before the 
people, but, as Florida fruit is  so  much 
superior to  first  cutting  of  Californias, 
there is not much prospect that they will 
gain much of  a  foothold  until  Florida» 
are cleaned up.

Bananas—Demand in  local  market  is 
limited, as  few dealers  care  to  assume 
the great risk of  loss when  the weather 
is so cold.  A car of  fine  fruit  came  in 
Saturday and another dealer expects one 
about Wednesday.

Foreign  Nuts—No  change  from  last 
week,  except  in  a  few  minor  details. 
Small sales are the rule, as there is noth­
ing to indicate an advance.

Poultry—The  market  ruled  firm  all 
last week, owing to  limited  supply, and 
the close of the week  found  stocks well 
cleaned up.  Prices remained stationary, 
which, in  a  measure,  accounts  for  the 
good trade  of  the week.  Higher  prices 
are not  improbable  during  the  current 
week.

Grains  and  Foodstuffs.

Wheat—Game down with  a  dull  thud 
last week, no less than 4c being knocked 
off the price.  The trouble with the mar­
ket is that just at present  sellers  are in 
a large majority,  and  stocks  have  been 
piling  up  at  an  unprecedented  rate. 
None  is wanted  for  export,  and,  alto­
gether, 
the  outlook  is  bad.  Another 
drop would occasion no surprise;  on the 
contrary, it is expected by those who are 
in a position to know.

Flour — Dull,  notwithstanding 

that 
many mills  are  only  running  about  20 
per cent, of  their  capacity.  During the 
last weeks of the old  year  freight  rates 
were 20c a barrel lower than they are to­
day, which lowered prices and stimulated 
buying.  Bayers expect the same  prices 
with increased freight rates.  They can’t 
get them, and  so  are  curtailing  orders. 
If the mills had, earlier in the  year, cur­
tailed grinding  it would  have  been  all 
right.  The  trouble  is,  in  other words, 
overproduction.

Bran—Is active.  The  price  has gone 
up $1, owing  to  scarcity.  There  is  al­
ways a good  demand  for  bran, all  that 
the  mills  have  to  offer  being  readily 
taken.  Owing  to  limited  grinding  the 
supply is far short of  the  demand, with 
a consequent rise in price.

James Stewart, Limited, on Top.
Sa g in a w ,  E.  S.,  Feb  6—The  James 
Stewart Company held its  annual  meet­
ing yesterday and its  stockholders  were 
gratified at the showing,  which  was  far 
better than was expected.  The company 
having expired by limitation, it  was  re­
organized  under  the  same  name  for  a 
period  of  six  years.  Hon.  A.  T.  Bliss 
was elected President;  Max  Heavenrich 
Treasurer,  and  Duncan  Stewart  Secre­
tary.  The  capital,  875,000,  together 
with  the  surplus  fund  of  820,000,  re­
mains unchanged.  The Board of Direct­
ors  voted  James  Stewart  a  very  hand­
some amount as a mark of  their appreci­
ation of his skillful management  of  the 
business.

The  Drug Market.

Opium is excited and  higher  in  price 

from the causes given last week.

Morphia  will  undoubtedly  be  ad­

vanced.

Quinine is firm at the  recent  advance. 
Stocks in the  hands  of  outside  holders 
are growing smaller  daily and  manufac­
turers will  not  concede  any from  their 
list prices.

Cinchonidia has advanced.
Turpentine is higher.
David Holmes, manager of the mercan­
tile department of the  Elk  Rapids  Iron 
Co., at Elk Rapids, was in town a couple 
of days  last week  on  business  and was 
warmly greeted by his circle  of  friends, 
who do not see him as  often  as  they did 
i when he was located at Woodville.

FLINT  TRAVELERS.

Complete  List  of the  Traveling Sales­

men  Residing  There.

The  Tradesman  herewith presents a 
complete  list  of  the  traveling  salesmen 
residing at Flint,  with the names  of  the 
houses represented by  each:

MEMBERS  OP  COUNCIL  NO.  29.

•

land.
Co., Detroit.
Flint. 
Detroit.
Flint.
Cincinnati.
Rochester, N. Y.
Rochester, N.  Y.
Cleveland.
Rochester, N. Y.
Flint.
Detroit.
York.
Flint.
Detroit.
Co.,  Toledo.
Co., Detroit.
Co., Grand Rapids.
Chicago.
Vassar.
land.
ington, Ky."
land.
Detroit.
Flint.

Fred. Anderson, Flint Cigar Co., Flint. 
Frank  P.  Burtch,  Barnes,  Hengerer  & 
Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
H.  A.  Bartlett,  LaCrosse  Knitting 
Works, LaCrosse,  Wis.
W. E. Braman, Flint Cigar  Co.,  Flint.
R. E.  Beggs,  Foote,  Reed & Co.,  Cleve­
E.  F.  Bush,  American  Eagle  Tobacco 
Geo.  L.  Crawford,  Flint  Cigar  Co., 
E.  R.  Day,  Day  Manufacturing  Co., 
A.  E.  Dube,  Chris.  Rippe  Cigar  Co.,
T. S. Edington, F. C.  Fullidge  &  Co., 
Fred. A. Eldridge, A. J. Johnson & Co., 
I.  M. Eldridge, A.  J.  Johnson  &  Co., 
E.  M.  Eldridge,  Childs,  Groff  &  Co., 
J.  H.  Eldridge,  Curtis  &  Wheeler, 
J.  A.  Frise,  J.  A.  Frise  Music  Co., 
A.  H. Ford, Detroit Fruit  Tablet  Co., 
E.  H. Hall,  Home Insurance Co.,  New 
Chas  Hewes,  H.  W.  Watson  &  Co., 
Edwin Hudson, Daniel Scotten  &  Co., 
S.  B. Hayward, L. S.  Baumgardner  & 
S.  L.  Harrington,  H.  D.  Edwards  & 
C.  W. Hurd,  Hazeltiue,  Perkins  Drug 
G. W.  Haskins, The Barrett Mfg.  Co., 
Frank B. Larabee,  Vassar  Pants  Co., 
C. J. Lewis, Childs, Groff & Co., Cleve­
E.  H.  Lee, Lovell  &  Buffington,  Cov­
Wm.  McLaren, Standard Oil Co., Cleve­
L.  E.  McGlinchey,  Detroit  Soap  Co., 
Albert  Myers,  H.  W.  Watson  &  Co., 
A. J. Nichols,  Day  Mfg.  Co.,  Detroit.
C.  T.  Perry,  Bassett  Hide  & Leather 
S.  G.  Pierce,  Gray,  Toyn ton  &  Fox, 
C.  H.  Phillips,  Tuckman  Neckwear 
H.  M. Sperry,  Flint Cigar Co., Flint.
F.  R. Streat, Clasen, Streat & Co., Flint.
D.  C.  Slaught,  Depew  Branch  U.  S. 
D.  T.  Stone,  Stone,  Atwood  &  Co., 
C.  S.  Schofield,  Barnes,  Hengerer  & 
F. C. Twitehell, F. C. Twitchell & Co., 
Wm.  Tracy,  Thorp,  Hawley  &  Co., 
Jacob  Veit,  Bassett  Hide  &  Leather 
W. C.  Wells, W. J. Gould  &  Co.,  De­
G.  T. Warren,  G.  T.  Warren  &  Co., 
H.  W.  Watson, H.  W.  Watson  &  Co., 

Baking Co., Detroit.
Flint.
Co., Buffalo, N.  Y.
Flint.
Detroit.
Co., Flint.
troit.
Flint.
Flint.

Co., Flint.
Detroit.
Co., Utica, N.  Y.

NON-MEMBERS OF  COUNCIL  NO.  29.
R.  C.  Abbey,  Flint  Pantaloon  Co., 
J.  N.  Blake,  Stone,  Atwood  &  Co., 
J. A. Barlow,  J.  A.  Frise  Music  Co., 
Geo.  W.  Bristol,  Western  Wheel 
John  Bump,  Georgia  Marble  Co., 
S.  W.  Boone,  Oren  Stone  Mfg.  Co., 

Flint.
Flint.
Flint.
Scraper Co., Aurora,  111.
Georgia.
Flint.

Flint.

Detroit.

Flint.
troit.

Scraper Co., Aurora.

Flint.
Flint.
Flint.
Flint.
Detroit.

Flint.
Flint.
Flint.
Chicago.
Flint.

TH E  M ICHIGAN  TRADESM AN.
H.  A.  Brownell,  Western  Wheel 
L. Church,  W. A. Paterson,  Flint.
M. P. Cook, Cook’s Car Journal Cooler, 
E. J. Calkins,  F.  W.  Peel  &  Co., De­
E. F. Calkins, E. F. Calkins, Flint.
J. J. Carscadden,  Flint  Pantaloon Co., 
A.  W. Cook, F lin t Pantaloon Co., F lint.
D. Dort, Flint Road Cart Co., Flint.
E. J. Doane, F. A. Perrin,  Cahoes.
J. C.  Dullam, Dullam Bros., Flint.
W.  C.  Durant,  Flint  Road  Cart  Co., 
Wm.  Dinner,  H.  W.  Watson  &  Co., 
Rodney  Eaton,  Flint  Pantaloon  Co., 
Tracy Foote,  Western  Publishing  Co., 
C. H. Gardner, J.  A.  Frise  Music  Co., 
Chas.  Hinkle, Flint Mattress Co., Flint.
A.  R.  Horton, American Insurance Co., 
W.  H.  Hurley,  Lee & Cady, Detroit.
Fred Harris,  Thresd  Mills  Flour  Co., 
John  Henry,  Flint  Pantaloon  Co., 
Joseph  Hynan,  Flint  Pantaloon  Co., 
Floyd Ingham,  H.  W.  Watson  &  Co., 
F.  A.  Jones,  H.  A.  Newland  &  Co., 
H. E. Kline, Samuel Moffett,  Flint.
J.  H.  Lord, J. A.  Frise, Flint.
Frank Lewis, F. R.  Lewis, Flint.
G. H. McLaughlin, J. W. Fales  &  Co., 
W. C. Monroe,  Wm.  H.  Edgar  &  Son, 
D. E. Meade, G.  W. Cady & Co., Cleve­
W.  R.  Morse,  Wm.  Rosor  &  Co.,  Cin­
C. E. Mott, H.  P.  Baldwin  &  Co., De­
C. D. Haines, Redpath Lyceum Bureau, 
<
Geo.  A.  Nichols,  Williams,  Davis, 
Geo.  Mignette,  Flint  Pantaloon  Co., 
Geo. O’Rourke, Freeman, Delamater & 
Wm. J.  Pegg,  The  Pellett  Table  Co., 
J. F.  Partridge, Partridge Bros., Flint.
Henry Pier,  Favorite Stove Co., Piqua, 
M. Quisk, Barney Marble Works, Flint.
C.  H.  Rood,  Michigan Whip  Co., Hast­
Geo.  Rowland, Sage & Co., Boston.
F. Roe, Stone, Atwood & Co., Flint.
W.  F.  Richards,  Flint  Pantaloon  Co., 
W. F.  Stewart,  Stewart’s Body Works, 
J.  W.  Straughn,  Childs,  Lee  &  Co., 
Oscar  Van  Kleek,  Barney  Marble 
C.  H.  Watkins,  U.  S.  Benevolent  So­
T.  P.  Webster,  Webster  Vehicle  Co., 
J.  L. Willett,  Geo.  T.  Warren  &  Co., 
Ed.  O.  Wood,  Special  Treasury  In­
H. Woodward, J.  F.  Seiberling  &  Co., 

Detroit.
Detroit.
land.
cinnati.
troit.
Boston. 
Brooks & Co., Detroit.
Flint.
Co., Detroit.
Flint.

Flint.
Flint.
Toledo.
Works, Flint.
ciety, Saginaw.
Flint.
Flint.
spector.
Akron, Ohio.

DRUG  STOCKS  BOUGHT  AND  SOLD. 

Correspondence  Solicited. 

H. E.  GRAND-GIRARD. 

N.  Y.

ings.

Hides,  Pelts  and Furs.

Hides—The prospect is that prices will 
go away below present figures.  Western 
tanners  have withdrawn  from  the  mar­
ket and Eastern men cannot use  hides at 
present figures.

Pelts—Unchanged.
Furs—Remain  stationary.  A  change 
may come after the March sale, but  if  it 
does come  it  is  as  likely as  not  to  be  a 
decline.

Tallow—A decline of nearly lc  struck 
the market last week.  The foreign mar­
ket is not what it used to be, Australasia 
furnishing more than  formerly.  A  fur­
ther decline is not anticipated.

9

Dwiiell,  W ilt  k  Go’s

F I N E

C O F F E E S .
Koyal Java,
Royal Java and Mocha, 
Aden  Mocha,
Mocha and Java Blend, 
White  House  Mocha  and 
Golden Santos,
Ex,  Golden  Rio,
No.  37  Blend.

Java,

We  have  trebled  our  coffee  business  since we  have  been 

handling these brands, and any dealer can do the same.

OLNEY  1 JUDSON  GROGER GO.
Agents  Western  Michigan,  Grand  Rapids.
A R S O I A J T B   T E A .

T h e   A c k n o w le d g e d   L ea d er.

SOLD  ONLY  BY

n r T T T   '  T T I T T D  
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1  
GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

C T D T P X T '
o r   I O J lL< 

U U . ,

A G A I N   R E D U C E D .

P.  &  B.  O Y S T E R S .

The  Lenten  season  will  soon  be  here
aud  this  class  of  goods  will  be  just 
what  is  wanted.

THE  :  PUTNAM  :  GANDY  :  GO.

G ra n d -G ira rd   &   Co. 

M a n u f a c t u r i n g   -:-  P h a r m a c i s t s ,

DRUG  BROKERS  AND  MANUFACTURERS’  AGENTS.

DRUG  CLERK’S  EMPLOYMENT  BUREAU.

BELDEN  REAGAN,  M.  D.

PORTER  BLOCK,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

Promptness  Assured.

Michael  Kolb  &  Son,

Wholesale-'-ßlothißrs

R O C H E S T E R ,  N  Y.,

Full line of spring goods now ready;  also a  few lines  of  ulsters  and  overcoats, 
which we are closing out at a considerable  reduction.  MAIL  ORDERS  PROMPT­
LY  ATTENDED  TO  and  samples sent on  approval, or  our  Michigan representa­
tive will be pleased to wait on you if you will address him as follows:

WM.  CONNOR,

MARSHALL,  MICH.

WILLIAM  CONNOR will be at Sweet’s Hotel, Grand Rapids, on  THURSDAY  AND  FRIDAY 

NEXT,  FEB.  15th  and  16th.  Customers’ expenses allowed.

the  Purple.

Pushing is the word. 

the  United  States.  Judge  Hosmer  has 
issued  a  temporary  injunction  in  the 
matter  which  restrains  the  National, 
Warren  and  Michigan  companies  from 
interfering further with the Merz  people 
until the case is heard on its merits.
Persistent  Personal  Pushing’  Plucks 
It is the passport 
to prosperity.  Pushing with  power  and 
persistence  with  might  and  main,  and 
pushing to the  end, is the one thing that 
must be done to-day  to  win  the  elusive 
dollar or  the  garland  of  eminence  and 
renown.  Everybody  is  doing  it;  all 
around are men with their legs stretched 
and backs bent, pushing in their endeavor 
to  reach  their  coveted  goal,  and  each 
man is doing it for himself,  careless and 
thoughtless of his  fellows;  with no time 
to consider their  progress  and  comfort; 
little mindful if  they  are crowded  aside 
or fall by the way in his struggle  to gain 
the summit of his ambition  first. 
It is a 
throng we are with;  all  on an  up grade. 
There is no  easy  declivity  here  to  suc­
cess;  no smooth and level plane on which 
the battle of life  is  fought;  all  up  hill, 
and a  hill that never  ends, but often too 
early  hides  the  setting  sun  of  an  un­
finished and unsuccessful  life.  Tet  we 
must push on else  die  early,  fail  before 
the daytime of  life  is old.  Each  ascent 
we can make at a time,  “and  when that 
level is  reached,  pass and  continue  be­
yond.”
The above is a good text for  enterpris­
ing salesmen. 
It  will be  well to ponder 
over it, put it  in  your  pipes  and smoke 
plants  himself 
it. 
firmly 
determination 
and 
is  man  enough  physically  and 
mentally  to  stick  to  it,  all  things  are 
possible.  Consider  its  meaning.  Per­
sistence?  This  is  the  first  essential. 
Persistence not for a day; not for a month, 
but to the end.  Few  men  possess it, all 
men  think  they  do. 
It  is  the  quality 
chiefly lacking  in the large  majority  of 
failures  in  professional  callings.  The 
pushing must be  personal.  Nobody will 
do it for you;  nobody  can, you  must  do 
it  alone  and  you  must  let  the  world 
know you  are doing  it  alone.  Make  it 
acquainted  with 
the  indi­
viduality;  herald the fact,  I  will.  Com­
binations  and  associations  may  be  an 
assistance, hot they  are  assistants  only 
in proportion  as  your  individuality  is 
seen and known above that of the  organ­
ization.  Tou  must  “go 
it  alone.” 
Ascertain your capabilities and then with 
unflagging  endeavor  keep  in  line  with 
them;  yielding  not, 
is 
oblivion.

To  him  who 

for  yielding 

behind 

this 

the  ego, 

io
Drag's |S£ Medicines*

State  Board  of Pharm acy.

On©  Tear—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor.
Two  Tears—George Gundnim. Ionia.
Three  Tears—C. A. Bugbee. Cheboygan.
Four Tears—8. E. Parkill, Owosso.
Five Tears—F. W. R. Perry, Detroit.
President—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor.
Secretary—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso.
Treasure r—Geo. Gnndrnm. Ionia.
Next Meeting—Grand Rapids. March 6  and 7. 
S u b seq u en t  Meetings—Star  Island,  June  86  and  26; 

Houghton, Sept. 1; Lansing, Nov. 6 and 7.

Michigan  State  Pharm aceutical  Ass’n. 
President—A. B. 8tevens, Ann Arbor. 
Vice-President—A. F. Parker, Detroit.
Treasurer—W. Dupont,  Detroit.
Secretary—S. A. Thompson, Detroit.
Grand  Rapids  Pharm aceutical  Society. 
President, Walter K. Schmidt;  Sec’y, Ben. Schrooder.

The  Capsule Trust Meets  an  Obstacle.
D e t r o i t ,  Feb.  8 .— A   squabble between 
the  Merz  Capsule  Co.,  of  this  city,  on 
one side, and the  National  Capsule  Co., 
of  Indianapolis, and the Warren and the 
Michigan Capsule Companies, of Detroit, 
on the other, has revealed  the  fact  that 
within the last three  months, these  four 
companies combined to form a trust  that 
was intended to control the manufacture, 
sale and price of gelatin capsules in  this 
country. 
In fact  the  trust  was formed, 
and all the parties agreed to advance the 
price from 84  and  85  per  gross, the  old 
price, to a uniform price of 88 per gross. 
But after being  in  the deal  a  month  or 
more,  the  Merz  company  became  con­
science stricken  and  being  advised  that 
the formation of  the combination  was in 
restraint  of  trade  and  against  public 
policy, it sought to  crawl  out of  a  num­
ber  of  agreements  it  had  entered  into. 
The trust would not  be  balked in  its at­
tempt  to  control  the  market,  however, 
and having the Merz  people  on  the  hip, 
so to speak,  sought to force  them to  live 
up to the agreement. 
It  was  this  latter 
action that brought all the parties  to the 
trust into court yesterday.
The  story  the  Merz  people  tell  is  as 
follows:  On  November  29,  last,  Robert 
H.  McCutcheon,  a  stockholder  of  the 
National Capsule Co.;  J.  Ernest  Warren 
and James Wilkie, constituting the War­
ren Co., and  John  A.  Grogan  and  Wm. 
EL  Warren,  constituting  the  Michigan 
Co., entered  into  a  contract  to  form  a 
new corporation combining  all  four  old 
companies,  and  intended,  as  set  forth 
above, to control the market, the  supply 
to the trade and the  regulation  of  price 
in  the  United  States,  being  practically 
under the  control  of  the  parties  to  the 
agreement.  The  new  company  was  to 
be  capitalized  at  870,000  of  which  the 
Merz Co., was to  take  two-sevenths  and 
the  remainder  was to  be divided  among 
the  other  three  companies.  Appraisers 
were  to  be  appointed  to  ascertain  the 
value  of  the  respective  properties,  and 
these latter were  to  be  conveyed  to  the 
trust.  Subsequently  McCutcheon  went 
to  New  Jersey,  where  the  laws  were 
more lenient toward trusts than  they are 
in Michigan, and he organized the United 
States  Capsule  Co.,  with  Lincoln  B. 
Palmer,  a resident of that State, so as  to 
technically  comply  with  the  law.  One 
hundred and fifty shares of  stock  in  the 
new corporation were issued  to the Merz 
Company  as  a  stockholder  and  it  con­
veyed its  property  as  per  agreement  to 
the  trust,  with  the  promise  that  bonds 
and a mortgage for  the  appraised  value 
of its plant could subsequently be turned 
over to it.  These  latter  it  claims  never 
to have received.  But, anyway, the  bill 
sets forth that the Merz people afterward 
found that  their  company  was  not  pos­
sessed  of  the  right  under  its  charter  of 
being  a stockholder  in  another  corpora­
tion, and  after  mature  consideration  of 
the  matter,  its  officers  became  satisfied 
that the combine was illegal and that the 
company could not enter into  the  agree­
ment by reason of  the legal limitation of 
its powers, and it so notified the  trust
The  other  parties, however, took  pos­
session  of  the  Merz  plant  at  noon  on 
January 22,  under the conveyance which 
had been duly recorded, and, so the com­
plainant says, spirited away a portion of 
its machinery  from  the  manufactory  at 
the corner of  Cadillac Square  and Bates 
street.  This  led  to  the  commencement 
of  the  suit  which  has  exposed  the  at­
tempt to double the  price of  capsules  in*

TH E  M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,
country,  in  just  such  a  pushing,  im­
petuous,  heedless  crowd,  and  he  is  a 
strong man who does not fall by the way, 
who stakes his claim,  and lives  the  life 
of his ambition, of his desires.

This is a sermon to  the  salesmen  who 
sit around  and  wonder  how  it  is  that 
their fellows succeed  and  they  do  not, 
who doubt whether or not it pays to push 
one’s  self,  to  advertise,  to  try  to  get 
business, and having gotten it  to  hustle 
to keep it.  To-day a salesman may have 
all else, and if he does not have the push, 
he won’t go.  This may be wrong,  but it 
is so,  and  as  long  as  the  locomotive 
measures its mile a  minute,  as  long  as 
the telegraph ticks time and  tide to  tat­
ters,  as  long  as  electricity  annihilates 
darkness and  distance,  it  will  not  be 
different.  The mile-post  of  your  three­
score years  and  ten  will  be  planted  at 
your head and be grown  green  with  ivy 
before the sun rises  on  such  a  day. 
It 
behooves you then to accept the  inevita­
ble,  to  awaken  while  it  is  yet  time, 
“buckle down to business”  and  push  to 
success.  Let your motto  be  I  will, and 
let the  world  know  you  will,  and  the 
world  will do  you  honor  and  fill  your 
pockets.

Sing the Song of Good Times.

Written for The Tradesman.

From all sections of the country  come 
cheering reports of a revival in business. 
Week  before  last  there  were  sixty-two 
resumptions of the larger  industrial  es­
tablishments, while the number reported 
as closing was only seventeen.  The  em­
ployes  of  the  factories  which  have  re­
sumed  number  many  thousands,  and 
their return to work after months of  en­
forced  idleness  means  much 
to  all 
branches of  trade in the localities inter­
ested.  Slowly but surely the dark cloud 
which  has  hung  like  a  pall  over  the 
country  is  lifting,  and,  before  many 
months, business will  have  returned  to 
its old-time activity.  “Good times”  are 
coming  and  are  “due  to  arrive”  some­
time  during  the  present  year.  This  is 
the gospel to preach from now on.  Never 
mind the lessons  which  Providence  in­
tended should be learned from the panic. 
Time enough for preaching when we are 
all  again  basking  in  the  sunshine  of 
prosperity  and  the  dollars  are  again 
jingling in our pockets.  When the hand 
is smarting from the effects of  the  burn 
is no time for a  dissertation on “Caloric, 
its  Uses  and  Abuses;” neither  is it  the 
time to lecture the  child for its  careless­
ness.  Sweet oil and a bandage are much 
more to the point, and the cheery “Never 
mind, it will soon be well” will do  more 
good than all the lectures ever  given  to 
careless  childhood.  Whatever  you  do, 
don’t croak.  Don’t look beyond the ris­
ing  sun  to  the  night  which  will  again 
darken  the  land  twelve  hours  hence. 
Don’t predict another  panic and say that 
“History repeats itself,”  and, therefore, 
it won’t be long before “hard times” will 
pay  us  another  visit.  Get  out  some 
morning in time to see  the  first  rays  of 
light  of  the  coming  day  as  they  force 
their way through the enshrouding dark­
ness.  Between  you  and  the  horizon 
houses,  hills  and  trees  stand  out  dis­
tinctly and clearly.  Why?  Because they 
are between you and  the  light  and  you 
are looking toward the light.  Now  turn 
and look in the opposite direction.  Noth­
ing  but  darkness  there,  startling  and 
awful in its weird suggestiveness.  Only 
dyspeptics  and  people  who  are  out  of

joint  with  themselves  and  everything 
else would care to look in that direction, 
and  even  they  had  much  better  “turn 
toward  the  East.”  Don’t  look  at  the 
darkness  of  the  passing  night  of  hard 
times; turn your eyes toward  the  rising 
sun of prosperity and look hopefully for 
the time when  it  shall  be  “broad  day” 
once more.  “The good  times  are  com­
ing, they are almost here,” is the song to 
sing  now  and  until  the  good  times  ar­
rive. 

D a n i e l   A b b o t t .

Validity  of Trade Marks.

The law of the land respecting the use 
of trade marks  was summarized and an­
nounced by  the  Supreme  Court  of  the 
United States on  Monday,  December  4, 
by  Justice  Jackson.  The  opinion  was 
read  in  the  case  of  the  appeal  of  the 
Columbia  Mill Company,  of  Minnesota, 
against  W. W. Alcorn &  Co.,  from  the 
Circuit Court for the  Eastern District  of 
Pennsylvania.  The  mill  company  had 
brought  suit  to  restrain  Alcorn  &  Co. 
from using the word “Columbia”  upon a 
brand of flour sold  by the  defendant, but 
the court  refused  to  entertain  the  pro­
ceedings and  dismissed  the  bill.  From 
that judgement  the  Columbia  Company 
appealed to the Supreme Court.  Justice 
Jackson said  that  by  a  long  line  of 
decisions in the Supreme Court  the  law 
of trade marks was well  settled.  Those 
decisions, he said, established the follow­
ing propositions:
1.  That to  acquire  the  right  to  the 
exclusive use of a  name,  device or  sym­
bol as a trade mark it must  appear  that 
it was adopted for the purpose  of identi­
fying  the  origin  or  ownership  of  the 
article to which  it  is  attached,  or  that 
such trade mark must point distinctively, 
either by itself or by  association, to  the 
origin, manufacture or ownership  of the 
article on which  it is stamped. 
It  must 
be  designed as  its  primary  object  aud 
purpose  to  indicate  the  owner  or  pro­
ducer  of  the  commodity,  and 
to  dis­
like  articles  manu­
tinguish  it  from 
factured by others.
2.  That if the device, mark or symbol 
was adopted and placed upon  the  article 
for the purpose of  identifying  its  class, 
grade, style or quality, or for any purpose 
other than a reference to or indication of 
its ownership, it cannot  be  sustained as 
a valid trade mark.
3.  That the exclusive right to the  use 
of the mark or device claimed as a  trade 
mark is founded upon  priority of  appro­
priation.
4.  Such trade mark  cannot  consist of 
words  in  common  use  as  designating 
locality, section or region of  country.
In  view  of  these  propositions,  the 
justice  stated,  the  court  was  of  the 
opinion  that  there  was  no  valid  trade 
mark  in the word  “Columbia,”  and the 
judgement of the court  below was there­
fore affirmed.

Too Much for Him.

From the Boston Post.
“There’s no use denying the fact,” said 
a portly drummer, as he leaned  back  in 
his car seat as  if  exhausted;  “ we  men 
are bound to have the fate of the  Indian 
and be swept off the face off the universe 
unless  this woman  business  is  stopped. 
I went down to the hotel office this morn­
ing  and  found  a  young  woman  clerk 
there,  as  pleasant  as  you  please.  1 
wanted to  send  a  telegram  and, by the 
piper that played  before  Moses, the op­
erator was a pretty girl, with the smell of 
violets about her, aud I  clean  got  mixed 
up, and I know the old man will be won­
dering where I was all night to send such 
a telegram  in  the  morning. 
I  made  a 
bolt  for  the  station,  and, whether  you 
believe me or not, the  station  agent was 
a plump and  pretty girl,  wearing  a  cap 
with  gold  lace  and  shield, and  on  the 
shield was ‘Station  Agent.’  1 went clear 
off my usual track to get  a word  out  of 
her,  but she meant business, and I might 
have been a tin man for all she cared. 
I 
got into the car  here, and  I’m  thanking 
God the conductor isn’t a fetching  thing 
in a uniform, and the  brakeman  doesn’t 
wear an Eton suit and put on  a  gingham 
apron when  he wants  to  open  the win­
dows or poke  up  the  fire  or whistle  to 
the engineer.”

A few months  ago  a  new  realm  was 
opened to  occupancy. 
In  it  were  new 
homes for  some, new chances  to  earn a 
living  were  offered.  Along  its  border 
from all  parts  of  the  world,  a  mighty 
throng crowded,  surging,  wedging  and 
pushing;  every one trying to  get nearest 
the line,  nearest  to  the  starting  point, 
undergoing  hunger,  thirst,  privations 
and discomfort,  each waiting to  try  his 
strength.  “Go,” was  shouted  along the 
line.  The crowd  plunged  forward  pell 
mell, stretching every  muscle,  tramping 
one another down to  die.  Who  thought 
of his neighbor?  No  one.  Who  rushed 
on to success?  Who staked their claims? 
The pushing ones, the ones who had well 
considered their ability for  the struggle, 
and  were  not  deceived.  This  is  life; 
this is humanity in the rough.  The road 
each must travel to  success  is just such 
an unknown way,  through  an  unknown

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Wholesale P rice  Current•

Advanced—Opium.

Turpentine.

Declined—

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S.  N. Y. Q.  A

Morphia, S.  P.7A W.  2 25®2 50 
C.  Co....................  2  15@2 40
Moschus Canton........  @ 40
Myrlstica, No  1 ........  65®  70
Nnx Vomica, (po 20)..  @ 10
Os.  Sepia....................   15®  18
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
Co............................  @2 00
Picls Llq, N.-C., M gal
doz  .........................  @2 00
Picls Llq., quarts......  @1  00
pints.........   @  85
Pil Hydrarg,  (po. 80)..  @ 50
Piper Nigra, (po. 22)..  @ 1
Piper Alba, (po g5)__   @  3
Pix  Burgun...............   @ 
7
Plumbl A cet..............  14®  15
Pulvis Ipecac et opll. .1  10@1  20 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
A P. D.  Co., doz......  @1  25
Pyrethrum,  pv...........  20®  30
Quasslae....................  8®  10
Qulnla, S. P.  A W......34)t@39M
S.  German__  27®  37
Rubla  Tlnctorum......  12®  14
Saccharum Lactls pv. 
20®  22
Salacln........................2 00@2 10
Sanguis  Draconls......  40®  50
Sapo,  W......................  12©  14
“  M.......................  10®  12
“  G.......................  @  15

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Seldlltz  Mixture.......
@  20 
Sinapis......................
@  18
“  opt...............
@  30 
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
Voes................  
@  35
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  @  35 
Soda Boras, (po. 11).  .  10®  11 
Soda  et Potass Tart...  27®  30
Soda Carb.................  1)4®  2
Soda,  Bl-Carb............   @  5
Soda, Ash..................   3)4®  4
Soda, Sulphas............   @  2
Spts. Ether C o...........  50®  55'
“  Myrcia Dom.........  @2 25
“  Myrcia Imp..........   @3 00
•*  VInl  Rect.  bbl.
....7 ..........................2 25@2 35
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Stiychnla  Crystal....... 1  40@1 45
Sulphur, Subl............ 2)4® 3
™  Roll..............  2  @ 2)4
ota*
Terebenth Venice..
...  28® a o
Theobromae......... . . . 4 5   @ 48
Vanilla..................
.9 00@16 00
Zlncl  Sulph........... ... 
8

7 ©

OILS.

Bbl.  Gal
Whale, winter........ ..  70
70
Lard,  extra............ .. 
85
s o
Lard, No.  1............ ..  42
45
Linseed, pure raw.. ..  50
53

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paints. 

Linseed,  boiled.........  53 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained...............   65 
SplritsTurpentlne....  38 

11
56
70
40
bbl.  lb.
Red Venetian............. 1*   2@8
Ochre, yellow  Mars__IK  2@4
_** 
Ber....... IK  2@S
Putty,  commercial.... 2K  2)4®3
“  strictly  pure...... 2)4  2K®3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican ......................... 
13@16
Vermilion,  English__ 
65®70
Green,  Peninsular...... 
70®75
Lead,  red.....................  6  ©6)4
“  w hite................. 6  @6)4
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gliders’........  @90
White, Paris  American 
1  0
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
cliff.......................... 
1  40
Pioneer Prepared Palntl  20@l  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
Paints..................... 1  00® 1  20

V A R N ISH ES.

No. 1 Turp  Coach__ 1  10@1  20
Extra Turp.................160@1  70
Coach  Body............... 2 75@3 00
No. 1 Turp Furn........1 00@1  10
Eutra Turk Damar__ 1 55@1  60
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
Turp......................... 
70®76

Importers  and  Jobbers  of

CHEMICALS  AND

PATENT MEDICINES
Paints, Oils  Varnishes.

DEALERS  IN

Sole Agents for the Celebrated

8WIS8  VILLI  PREPARED  PÄINT8.

Fi  lie of Staple Druggists'  S ito

We are Sole P roprietors of

Weatherly's  Michigan  Catarrh  Remedy.

We Have in Stock and Offer a F u ll U n e  of

WHISKIES,  BRANDIES,

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.

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ACIDUM.
Acetlcnm.................
8®  10
Benzolcnm  German .  65®  75
20
Boraclc 
...................
20®  30
Carbollcum..............
52®  55
Cltrlcnm.................
Hvdrochlor..............
3®  5
.  10®  12
Nltrocum 
...............
Oxallcum................. .  10®  12
20
Phosphorium  dll......
Salicÿllcum.............. .1  30@1  70
Sulphuricum............ . 
IK®  5
Tannlcum................. .1  40@1  60
30®  33
Tartaricum................
AMMONIA.
Aqua, 16  deg............
.  3M@  5
.  5)4®  7
20  deg............
Carbonaa  ................. .  12®  14
.  12®  14
Chlorldum...............
ANILINE.
Black......................... .2 00@2 25
80@1  00
Brown.......................
Red............................ .  45®  50
.2 50@3 00
Yellow......................
BACCAS.
Cubeae (po  36)........
Juniperus.................
Xantnoxylum...........
BALBAXT7X.

25®  30
8®  10
.  25®  30

Copaiba......................  45®  60
Peru............................  ©1  90
Terabln, Canada  ....  60®  65
Tolutan......................  35®  50

Abies,  Canadian.................   18
Casslae  ...............................  11
Cinchona F lav a.................   18
Buonymus  atropurp...........  30
Myrica  Cerlfera, po.............  20
Prunus Vlrglnl....................  12
Qnlllala,  grd.......................   10
Sassafras  ............................  12
tllmus Po (Ground  15)........  15

EXTRA CTUM.
Glycyrrhiza  Glabra...
po...........
“ 
Haematol, 15 lb. box..
“ 
' Is....................
V4s............
“ 
“  Ms..................
FEBRU
Carbonate Precip........
Citrate and Qulnla —
Citrate  Soluble...........
Ferrocy anldum Sol —
Solnt  Chloride...........
Sulphate,  com’l ..........
pure............

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FLORA.

Arnica.......................
Anthemls...................
Matricaria 
......

rO M A .

Barosma 
...................
Cassia  Acutlfol,  Tin 

nivelly...............

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

®  15 
@3 50 
®  80 
®  50 
®  15
.9®
®

18®
30®
50®

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Salvia  officinalis,  Üb
Ura Uni 
................... 
ÔUMMI.
Acacia, 1st  picked..
2d 
“ ..
3d 
“ ..
sifted sorts,
po.

and  Mb...................   15®
8®
® 
® 
© 
® 
60®
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)...  50® 
® 
©

Cape, (po.  20)...
Socotrl. (po.  60).
Catechu, Is, 04b, 14 las,
16)............................  ©  1
Ammoniac.................  55®  60
Assafoetlda, (po. 85)..  40®  45
Bensolnum.................  50©  55
Camphors..................   50®  55
Buphorblum  po  ........  35©  10
Galbanum...................  @2 50
Gamboge,  po..............  70®  7b
Gualacum, (po  35)....  ®  30
Kino,  (po  1  10).........   ®1  15
M astic.......................   ©  80
Myrrh, (po. 45) 
........  @ 40
Opll  (po  4 20®4 30) . .3 40@3 50
Shellac  ......................  45®  42
bleached......   33®  35
Tragacanth...............   40® 1 00

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hbbba—In ounce packages.

Absinthium.........................  25
Bupatorlum.........................  20
Lobelia.................................  25
Majorum.............................   28
Mentha  Piperita.................  23
“  V lr.........................  25
Rue.......................................  30
Tanacetnm, V......................  22
Thymus,  V..........................   25
60
Calcined, Pat..............  55®
Carbonate,  Pat...........  20©
Carbonate, K. A  M —   20® 
Carbonate, Jennings..  35® 

MAGNESIA.

Cnbebae......................  @300
Kxechthitos..............  2 50@2 75
Brlgeron......................... 2 00@2 10
Gaultherla......................2 00@2 10
Geranium,  ounce......   @  75
Gosslpll,  Sem. gal......   70®  75
Hedeoma  ...................l  25@1  40
Jumperl......................  50@2 00
Lavendula.................  90@2 00
Llmonls...........................2 40@2 60
Mentha Piper...................2 85@3 60
Mentha Verid................. 2 20@2 30
Morrhuae, gal.............1  00@1  10
Myrcia, ounce............   @  50
Olive............................  90@3 00
Picls Liquida, (gal. .35)  10®  12
Ricini.......................  1  22@1  28
Rosmarini............  
75@1  00
Rosae, ounce...................6 50@8 50
Succlnl.........................  40® 45
Sabina.........................  90@1 00
San tal  ........................3 50@7 00
Sassafras....................  50®  56
Sinapis, ess, ounce__  @  65
Tigli!..........................   @  90
Thyme.......................   40©  50
o p t.................  @  60
IheobromaB...............   15®  20

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poTAssnrx.

B iC arb ....................  15®  18
Bichromate................  13®  14
Bromide.................... 
40®  43
Carb............................  12®  15
Chlorate  (po  23@25)..  24®  26
Cyanide......................  50®  55
Iodide..............................2 90@3 00
Potassa, Bitart,  pure..  27®  30 
Potassa, Bitart, com...  @  15
Potass Nltras, opt......  8®  10’
Potass Nltras..............  7©  9
Prusslate....................  28®  30
Sulphate  po................  15®  18

BADIX.

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Aconltum...................  20®  25
Althae.........................  22®  25
Anchusa....................   12®  15
Arum,  po....................  @  25
Calamus......................  20®  40
Gentlana  (po. 12)......   8®  10
Glychrrhlza, (pv. 15)..  16®  18 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
®  30
(po. 35)................... 
Hellebore,  Ala,  po__  15®  20
Inula,  po....................  15®  20
Ipecac, po........................1  60@l 75
Iris plox (po. 354138)..  35®  40
Jalapa,  pr..................   40®  45
Maranta,  Ms.......  ......  @  35
Podophyllum, po........  15®  18
Rhei............................  75@1  00
“  cut....................   @1  75
“  pv.......................   75®1  35
Splgelia......................  35®  38
Sanguinarla, (po  25)..  @ 20
Serpentarla.................  30®  32
Senega.......................  55®  60
Slmilax, Officinalis,  H @ 40
M 
®  25
Scillae, (po. 85)...........  10®  12
Symplocarpus,  Fceti-
duB,  po....................  @  35
Valeriana, Eng. (po.30)  @  25
German...  15®  20
lnglber a .................... 
18® 20
Zingiber  j ................... 
18® 20

SBMBB.
©  15
.. 
Anlsum,  (po.  20).. 
Aplum  (graveleons)..  15®  18
Bird, Is...................... 
4®  6
Carni, (po. 18)..............   10© 12
Cardamon........................l  00@1 25
Corlandrum— ...........  10© 12
Cannabis Satlva.........   4® 
5
Cvdonlum...................  75©1  00
Chenopodlum  .............  10® 12
Dlpterlx Odorate........ 2 25@2 50
Foenlculum...............   ®  15
Foenngreek,  po.........   6®  8
U n i.................  
......  4  Q 4M
Uni, grd.  (bbl. 8H)...  3)4®  4
Lobelia.........................  35® 40
PharlarlsCanarian....  3  @4
Rapa.........................   6©  7
Sinapis  Albu............ 7  © 8
r  Nigra...........  11®  12
SPIBITUS.
Frumenti, 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
“ 
Saacharum  N.  E ........1  75@2 00
Spt.  Vini  Galli............1 75©6 50
Vini Oporto.................1 25@2 00
Vini  Alba....................1 25@2 00

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SFOMSBS.

Florida  sheeps’  wool
carriage....................2 50@2 75
Nassau  sheeps’  wool
carriage  ................. 
2 00
Velvet  extra  sheeps’
wool  oarrlage.........  
1  10
Extra  yellow  sheeps’
carriage................... 
85
Grass sheeps’ wool car­
riage .......................  
65
Hard for  slate  use__ 
75
Yellow Reef, for  slate 
u se.......................... 
1  40

17503 50

OLEUM.

Absinthium.................... 3 50@4 00
Amygdalae, Dulc........  45®  75
Amyaalae, Amarae... .8 00@8 25
Anlsl................................1  70@1 80
Auranti  Cortex..........2 30@2 40
Bergamll  ...................3 25®3 50
Cajlputl.................... 
60®  65
Caryophylll................  75®  80
Cedar.........................  35®  65
Chenopodll................  ©1  60
Clnnamonll............... 1  10@115
Cltronella...................  ©  45
Conlum  Mao..............  35®  66
Copaiba  ....................  80®  90

SYRUPS.

A ccada...............................  50
Zingiber  .............................   50
Ipecac..................................   60
Ferri Iod.............................   50
Auranti  Cortes....................   50
Rhei  Arom..........................   50
Slmilax  Officinalis..............  60
CO........  50
Senega................................   50
Sdllae..................................  50
«  Co.............................   50
Toiatan...............................   50
Prunus  vlrg.........................  50

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Aconltum Napellls R.........   60
Rfl
Aloes....................................  60
and myrrh.................  60
A rnica.................................  50
Asafcetida............................ 
0
A trope Belladonna..............  60
Benzoin...............................   60
“  Co...........................  50
Sanguinaria.........................  50
Barosma..............................  50
Cantharldes.........................  75
Capsicum............................  50
Ca damon............................  75
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Co......................   75
Castor..................................1 00
Catechu...............................   50
Cinchona............................  50
Co......................   60
Columba.............................   50
Conlum...............................   50
Cubeba.................................  50
Digitalis..............................  50
Ergot....................................  50
Gentian...............................  50
“  Co............................  60
Gualca.................................  50
“ 
ammon..................   60
Zingiber..............................  so
Hyoscyamus.......................   50
Iodine..................................   75
Colorless................   75
Ferrl  Chlorldum...............  35
K ino....................................  50
Lobelia................................   50
Myrrh..................................   50
Nux  Vomica.......................   50
O pll.....................................  86
“  Camphorated................  50
“  Deodor.........................2 00
Auranti Cortex....................   50
Quassia...............................   50
Rhatany.............................   50
Rhei.....................................  50
Cassia  Acntlfol...................  50
“  Co.................  50
Serpentarla.........................  50
Stramonium.........................  60
Tolutan...............................  60
Valerian.............................   50
VeratrumVeride.................  50

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M ISCELLANEOUS.

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s q u l b b s . .  

jEther, Spts  Nit, 8 F..  28®  30 
“  4 F ..  32®  34
Alumen....................... 2Q® 3

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ground,  (po.

“  prop.

“ et Potass T.  55®  60

7).............................   3®  4
Annatto......................  55©  60
Antlmonl, po.............. 
4®  5
Antlpyrln..................   @1  40
Antlrebrln..................  @  25
Argentl  Nltras, ounce  @  51
Arsenicum................. 
5®  7
Balm Gilead  Bud__ 
38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N............ 2 20@2 25
Caldum Chlor, Is, (Ms
12;  M*.  H )..............  @  11
Cantharldes  Russian,
po............................
@ 1  00  
Capslel  Fructus, af...
©  26 
©  28 
©  20
po.
.  10©  12
Caryophyllus, (po.  15)
Carmine,  No. 40.........   ©3 75
Cera  Alba, S. A F ......  50®  65
Cera Flava.................  88®  40
Coccus  ......................  ®  40
Cassia Fructus...........  @  25
Centrarla....................  ®  10
Cetaceum...................  @  40
Chloroform................  60©  68
© 1   25
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Chloral Hyd Crst........1 50®1  80
m m -- 
‘ “ 25
Chondros...................  20®
Clnchonldlne, P.  A  W  15® 
20 
German 8)4® 
“ 
12
Corks,  list,  dis.  per
cent  ......................
Creasotum___
Creta, (bbl. 75).

©
©5©
9©
nbra......
@
Crocus ..............
5 0 ®
Cudbear...........
Cuprl Sulph...............   5 ©
Dextrine....................   10®
Ether Sulph................  70®
Emery,  all  numbers..  ©
po...................  ©  6
Brgota,  (po.)  75 .........   70®  75
Flake  White..............  12®  15
Galla..........................   ©  28
Gambier......................  7  ® 8
Gelatin,_Cooper..........  ©  70
French...........  40®  60
Glassware  flint, by box 80.
Less than box 75.
Glue,  Brown..............  9®  15
“  White................  18®  25
Glycerins...................  14©  20
Grana Paradisi...........  ©  22
Humulus....................  25®  55
Hydraag Chlor  Mite..  @  85 
“  C or....  @  80
Ox Rubrum  @  90 
Ammonlad..  @1  00
Unguentum.  45®  56
Hydrargyrum.............  @  64
Ichthyobolla, Am..  ..1  25@1 50
Indigo.........................  75@1 00
Iodine,  Resubl...........3 80@3 90
Iodoform....................   @4 70
Lupulin......................  @2 25
Lycopodium..............  70®  "'S
M ad s.........................  70®  75
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
ararg Iod.................  ®  27
Liquor Potass Arslnltls  10©  12 
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
Mannla,  8 .F ............   60®  68

IK)............................ 2)4© 4

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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.

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FLAVORING  EXTRACTS. 
Oval Bottle, with corkscrew. 
Best in the world for the money.

Souders’.

Regular
Grade
Lemon.

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

Regular
Vanilla.

doz
j  2 oz.....81  20
4  oz.2 40
XX Grade 
Lemon.
I 2 oz..... 81  50
4 oz.....   3 00
XX Grade 
Vanilla.
2 oz........81 75
4  oz..... 3 50

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Jennings.
Lemon. Vanilla 
120
2 oz regular panel.  75 
2 00
4 OZ 
...1  50 
3 00
6 oz 
...2 00 
No. 3 taper............ 1  35 
2 00
No. 4  taper............ 150 
2 50
GUNPOWDER.
Rifle—Dupont’s.

Choke Bore—Dupont's.

Kegs..................................... 3 25
Half  kegs............................. 1 90
Quarter  kegs....................... 1 10
1 lb  cans.............................   30
% lb  cans............................   18
Kegs......................................4 25
Half  kegs.............................2 40
Quarter kegs......................   1 35
1 lb cans..............................  34
Kegs  ..................................11  00
Half  kegs 
.......................   5  75
Quarter kegs........................ 3 00
1  lb cans.....................  
60
Sage.....................................15
Hops.................................... 15

Eagle Duck—Dupont’s.

HERBS.

 

INDIGO.

Madras,  5 lb. boxes........ 
55
S. F., 2, 3 and 5 lb. boxes.. 
50
JELLY .
17  lb. palls.................  @  40
30  “ 
................  @  70
Pure.....................................   30
Calabria...............................   25
Sicily....................................  12

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LICORICE.

LYE.
Condensed, 2  doz...............1  25
4 doz............... 2  25
No. 9  sulphur.....................1  65
Anchor parlor.....................1  70
No. 2 home..........................1  10
Export parlor.....................4 00

MATCHES.

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MINCE  MEAT.

Foreign.
Currants.

Patras,  In barrels............  
2
in  %-bbls..............  2%
In less quantity__ 
2%
cleaned,  bulk........  5
cleaned,  package.. 
5%

Peel.

Citron, Leghorn, 25 lb. boxes  12 
Lemon 
8
Orange 
10

25  “ 
25  “ 

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Raisins.

Ondnra, 29 lb. boxes..  @7%
“ 
Sultana, 20 
Valencia, 30  “

@8

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Prunes.
California,  100-120 ..............  6%
90x100 25 lb. bxs.  644
80x90 
..8
8%
70x80 
60x70 
.  9

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Turkey.........................
Silver..........................  
Sultana.................   ...........
French,  60-70.....................
70-80......................
80-90.........   ..........
90-10  ....................
ENVELOPES.
XX rag, white.

No. 1, 8%..........................  81  75
No. 2. 6%  ........................   1  60
No. 1,6.............................   165
No. 2,6.............................   150

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10

XX  wood, white.

No. 1, 6%..........................  1  35
No. 2,6% 
.......................   1  25

Manilla, white.

 

6%  ...................................   1 00
6.............  
95
Mill No. 4.........................  100
FARINACEOUS GOODS. 

Coin.

Farina.
Hominy.

Oatmeal.

Lima  Beans.

100 ib. kegs........................ 
Barrels  ..............................275
Grits.................................. 8  00
Dried............................  3@3£
Maccaronl and Vermicelli. 
Domestic, 121b. box.... 
55
Imported....................10%@ * 1
Barrels 200.......................  4 25
Half barrels 100...............   a 25
Kegs..................................   2%
Green,  bu........................  1 25
Spilt  per l b .................  
Barrels  180.................  @4 25
Half  bbls 90..............  @2 25
German.............................   4%
Bast India..........................   5
Cracked..............................  3%

Pearl Barley.

Rolled  Oats.

Wheat.

Sago.

Peas.

3

Yarmouth..........................

FISH—Salt.

Bloaters.

Cod.

Pollock..........................
Whole, Grand  Bank......  5@5%
Boneless,  bricks............ 6@S
Boneless, strips............   6@S
Smoked......................... 11@12%

Halibut.
Herring.
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Sap Sago....................  @21
Schweitzer, Imported.  @24 
domestic  __  @14

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COUPON  BOOKS.

AXLE GREASE.

doz  gross
Aurora......................  55  600
Castor Oil.................  60  7 00
Diamond...................  50  5 50
Frazer’s ...................  
75  9 00
Mica  ........................  65  7  50
Paragon 
.................   55  600

BAKING  POWDER. 

 

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Arctic.
“ 
4 doz  “ 
2 doz  “ 
lb  “ 
“  1 doz  “ 
Fosfon.

Acme.
45
% lb. cans, 3 doz...............  
14 lb.  “ 
2  “  ................  75
1  »  ..................  1 80
lib .  “ 
Bulk....................................  10
)4 lb cans 6 doz  case.........  
55
 
% *> 
1  10
2 00
 
1 
5  1b 
.............9 00
5 os. cans, 4 doz. In case...  80 
.  .2 00
“ 
16  “ 
40
Red Star, 14 lb cans........... 
“ 
14 lb  “ 
75
........... 
“ 
1 ft  “ 
...........   1  40
45
Teller’s,  14 lb. cans, doz. 
85
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141b.  “ 
“ 
“  ..  1  50
1 lb.  “ 
45
“ 
14 lb  cans........  75
...  .  1  50
1 lb cans 
“ 
Dr. Price’s.
per doz 
Dime cans..  95
..1 40
“ 
4-oz
.  2 CO
“ 
6-oz
“ 
..2 60
S-oz
“ 
.3  90
12 oz
“ 
..5 00
16-oz
2%-lb “  12 00
“  18 25
t-lb
“  22 75
vlb
“  41  80
10-lb

p g m c & s
CREAM
Baking
bowoen
zoic car m c>ns

Our Leader, % lb cans...... 

BATH BRICK.
2  dozen In case.

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 os ball  ................. 4 50
Mexican Liquid, 4 oz........  3 60
“ 
8 oz.........   6 80

8 oz 

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BROOMS,

Wo. 2 Hurl.........................   1  75
No. 1  “ 
........  ................  2 00
No. 2 Carpet.......................  2 25
No. 1 
“ 
.......................   2 50
Parlor Gem.........................2 75
Common Whisk................. 
80
Fancy 
.................   100
Warehouse........................ 3 00

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BRUSHES.

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Stove, No.  1.......................  1  25
“  10.......................   1  50
“  15.......................   1  75
HIce Root Scrub, 2  row—   85 
Rice Root  Scrub, 3 row —   1  25
Palmetto,  goose.................  1  50

CANDLES.

Hotel, 40 lb. boxes............   10
Star,  40 
..............  9
Paraffine  ...............  
...... 10
Wicklng  ..........................   24

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CANNED  GOODS. 

Fish.
Clams.

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21b 
Lobsters.

Little Neck,  lib ......
.  .1   20
“ 
“  2  lb.........
.1  90
Clam Chowder.
Standard. 8 lb..............
...2 25
Cove Oysters.
Standard,  1 lb............
....  75
.... 1  45
.........
Star,  1  lb....................
...2 45
“  2  lb....................
...8  50
Picnic, l i b .................... . . . 2 00
21b..................
“ 
...2  90
Mackerel.
Standard, 1 lb.............. .. .1   10
2  lb.............. . . . 2 10
Mustard,  2 lb.........
....2 25
Tomato Sauce,  2 lb.... ....2 25
Soused, 2  lb.........
.2 25
Salmon.
Columbia River, flat_ ...1  80
tails... ....1  65
“ 
Alaska, Red............. ...1  26
pink............
...1  10
Kinney’s,  flats.........
...1  95
Sardines.
American  %«  .......... • 4%@ 5
%s  ......... 6%@ 7
Imported  % s........... ..  ©to
S4*  ........... .. 1S@16
Mustard £ s  ............ ..  7@8
Bonele«* 
..
21
Brook. 3  l b ................. ...2  60

Trout.

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Fruits.
Apples.

Gages.

1  10
3 25

Peaches.

Cherries.

3 
lb. standard......... 
York State, gallons__ 
Hamburgh. 
-  —
Apricots.
1  40
Live oak...................... 
Santa Crus................. 
1  40
Lusk's......................... 
1  50
1  10
Overland................... 
Blackberries.
F. A  W....................... 
90
Red............................1  10@1 26
1  75
Pitted Hamburgh...... 
W hite......................... 
1  50
Brie............................ 
1  30
Damsons, Egg Plums and Green 
1  20
E rie............................ 
California................... 
1  40
Gooseberries.
Common.................... 
1  25
Pie............................  
90
Maxwell.................... 
1  25
Shepard’s ..................
California..................   160@1  75
...............
Monitor 
Oxford.......................
Pears.
Domestic.................... 
1  25
Riverside....................  
1  75
Pineapples.
Common.....................1  O0@i  30
Johnson’s  sliced........ 
2 50
2 75
grated........ 
Booth’s sliced............  @2 51
grated..........  @2 75
Quinces.
Common.................... 
1  10
Raspberries.
Red............................. 
1  10
Black  Hamburg.........  
1 50
1  20
Erie,  black 
.......  
Strawberries.
1  25
Lawrence................... 
Hamburgh................. 
1  25
Erie............................  
1  20
Terrapin....................... 
1  05
Whortleberries.
Blueberries...............  
85
Corned  beef  Libby’s...........1 95
Roast beef  Armour’s...........1 80
Potted  ham, % lb................. 1 40
“  541b.................  85
tongue, H lb..............135
>4 lb...........  85
chicken, £  lb..........   95

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Meats.

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Beans.

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Peas.

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Corn.

Hamburgh  string!ess..........1  25
French style.......2 25
Limas................. 1  35
Lima, green......................... 1 25
soaked.......................   65
Lewis Boston Baked............1 35
Bay State  Baked...................1 85
World’s  Fair  Baked............ 1 35
PlcnicBaked.........................1 00
Hamburgh...........................1  40
Livingston  E den................1 20
Purity..................................
Honey  Dew.......................... 1 40
Morning Glory...................
Soaked...............................  75
Hamburgh  marrofat  .......... 1 35
early June..........
Champion Eng.. 1  50
petit  pole.............1 75
fancy  sifted____1 90
Soaked.................................  75
Harris standard...................  75
VanCamp’s  marrofat...........1 10
early June........1 30
Archer’s  Early Blossom___1 25
F rench................................2 15
Mushrooms.
French..............................19@21
Pumpkin.
Brie........................ 
85
Squash.
Hubbard...............................1 15
Succotash.
Hamburg...............................1 40
Soaked................... 
86
Honey  Dew.......................... l 50
E rie...................................... 1 35
Tomatoes.
Hancock...............................1 15
.........................
Excelsior 
Eclipse.................................
Hamburg.............................
Gallon . 

CHEESE.

CHOCOLATE.
23
German Sweet............ 
. 
Premium..........................  
3?
Breakfast  Cocoa.............. 
43
Amboy.......................   ©1314
Acme..........................   12%@18
Lenawee....................   @12%
Riverside................... 
1314
Gold Medal................  @11%
Skim....................... -.. 
6@10
Brick..........................  
li
E dam ........................  
1  00
28
Leiden.......................  
Llmburger.................   @10
Pineapple...................  @25
Roquefort...................  @86

 
Baker’s.

3 50

 

 

 

CATSUP.

Blue Label Brand.

•* 

Half  pint. 25 bottles.......... 2 75
Pint 
......   ..  4 50
Quart 1 doz bottles 
..  3 50
Half pint, per  doz..............1  35
Pint, 25 bottles....................4 50
Quart, per  doz  .................. 3 75

Triumph Brand.

CLOTHES  PINS.

5 gross boxes................ 44@45

COCOA  SHELLS.

35 lb  bags......................  @3
Less quantity —   ........  @3%
Pound  packages..........6M@7

COFFEE.
Green.
Rio.

Santos.

Fair.....................................18
Good...................................t9
Prime................................. 21
Golden................................21
Peaberry............................23
Fair.................................... 19
Good...................................20
Prime................................. 22
Peaberry  ............................ 23
Mexican and Gnatamala.
Fair.................................... 21
Good...................................22
Fancy................................. 24
Prime............... • ................ 23
M illed................................24
Interior.............................. 25
Private Growth..................27
Mandehllng.......................28
Imitation........................... 25
Arabian.............................. 28

Maracaibo.

Mocha.

Java.

Roasted.

To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add %c. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink­
age.
M cLaughlin’s  X X IX ..  23 95
Bnnola  ........  
23  95
Lion, 60 or 100 lb.  case—   23 95 

Package. 
 

Extract.

Valley City % gross..........  
75
1  15
Felix 
Hummel’s, foil, gross........1 50
“ 
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CHICORY.

Balk.
Red

CLOTHES  LINES.

Cotton,  40 f t......... per dos.  1  25
140
160
1  75
1  90
85
1  00

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CONDENSED  MILK.

50ft........... 
60 f t........... 
70ft........... 
80 f t........... 
60 ft........... 
72 f f .........  

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4  doz. in case.

N. Y.Cond’ns’d Milk Co’s brands
Gail Borden Eagle............   7 40
Crown.................................. 6 25
Daisy....................................5 75
Champion..........................   4  50
Magnolia 
...........................4  25
Dime.............  
3 35

Peerless Evaporated Cream.

“Tradesman, 
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8 5
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810 
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820 
"Superior.”
8  1 books, per hundred 
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8 3
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8 5
810 
“ 
820 
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..  2 50 
.  8  00 
.  8  00 
..  4 00 
..  5 00
..  2 50 
..  8  00 
..  3 50 
. .  4 00 
..  5 00 
6  00

Universal.”

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

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CREDIT  CHECKS.

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

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CRACKERS.
__ Butter.

Seymour XXX..................... 5%
Seymour XXX, cartoon......6
Family  XXX......................  5%
Family XXX,  cartoon........  6
Salted XXX...........................5%
Salted XXX,  cartoon  ........6
Kenosha 
.........................  7%
Boston................................. 7
Butter  blscnlt....................  6
Soda, XXX......................  .  5%
Soda, City............................  7%
Soda,  Duchess......................8%
Crystal Wafer......................10%
Long  Island Wafers  ......... 11
S. Oyster XXX....................  5%
City Oyster. XXX...................5%
Farina  Oyster........  ......... 6

Oyster.

Soda.

CREAM  TARTAR.

Strictly  pure......................  80
Telfer’s  Absolute..............  30
Grocers’............................ 15@25

DRIED  FRUITS. 

Domestic.

Apples.

“ 

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Apricots.

quartered  “ 

Sundried. sliced In bbls. 
7
7%
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes  11
California In  bags........ 
14
Evaporated In boxes.  .. 
14%
Blackberries.
In  boxes...................... 
8
Nectarines.
701b. bags.......................10
25 lb. boxes....... ............. 10%
Peeled, In  boxes..........
 
Cal. evap.  “ 
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Pears.
California In b u s 
Pitted Cherries
Barrels..........................
50 lb. boxes.........   ......
25 “ 

In bags....... 10
10

Peaches.

10%

...................10
Prnnelles.
30 lb.  boxes.................   15
Raspberries.
In  barrels......................
501b. boxes....................
......................
251b.  “ 
Raisins.

Loose Muscatels In Boxes.
2 crown..............................  1  29
“ 
3 
......... ...................1 60
Loose Muscatels In Bags.
2  crown...............................  4
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Holland, white hoops keg 

70 
bbl  9 50

Norwegian  ......................
Round, % bbl 100 lbs.......   2 40
“  %  “  40  “  ......   1  25
Scaled............................... 
20

Mackerel.

No. 1,  100 lbs........................... 11 00
No. 1, 40 lbs............................  4 70
No. 1,  10 lbs............................  1 80
No. 2,100 lbs............................ 7 75
No. 2,40 lbs..............................3 50
92
No. 2,10 lbs  ...................... 
Family, 90 lbs....................   6 00
10  lb s.................  
70

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Mince meat, 3 doz. In case.  2 75 
Pie  preparation  3 doz.  In 
case...................................300

MEASURES.
Tin, per dozen.

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

 

 

Sardines.

Trout.

Russian,  kegs.................... 

55

No. 1, % bbls.,  1001 bs...........6 25
No. 1 % bbl, 40  lbs..................2 80
No. 1, kits. 10 lbs.................   80
No. 1, 8 lb  kits....................  65
Family 
% bbls, 100 lbs.......... 87 50 83 50
£   “  40  “  ..........  3 50  1 65
101b.  kits..................   90  50
81b. 
..................   75  45

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MOLASSES.
Blackstrap.
Cuba Baking.
Porto Rico.

Sugar house...................... 
Ordinary......................... 
Prime  ................................ 
Fancy...............................  
F air..................................  
Good................................. 
Extra good........................ 
Choice.............................. 
Fancy 
One-half barrels, 3c extra.

New Orleans.

14
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Medium.
Barrel*, 1,800 count... 
50
Half bbls, BOO  count..  @2 75
Barrels, 2,400 count. 
Half bbls, 1,200 count 

Small.

3 25

5 50

PIPES.

Clay, No.  216.............................1 70
“  T. D. full count...........  TO
Cob, No.  3................................. 1 20

POTASH.

48 can* In case.

Babbitt’s ..............................   3 75
Penna Salt  Co.’s...................  3 00

BICE.
Domestic.
Carolina head....................... 6
No. 1..................... 5)4
No. 2....................   5
Broken...............................   4

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Imported.
Japan, No. 1......................... 5)4
No. 2..................... 5
6
Java............................. 
Patna.............................—   5)4

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SPICES.

Whole Sifted.

Allspice...............................  9
Cassia, China In mats........  8
“  Batavia In bund__ 15
"  Saigon In rolls........32
Cloves,  Amboyna...............22
“  Zanzibar................. 11)4
Mace  Batavia......................80
Nutmegs, fancy................... 75
“  No.  1.......................TO
“  No. 2.......................60
Pepper, Singapore, black__ 10
“ 
“  white...  .20
shot.........................16
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Pure Ground In Bulk.
Allspice................................15
Cassia,  Batavia................... 18
and  Saigon.25
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Saigon....................35
Cloves,  Amboyna................22
“  Zanzibar................. 18
Ginger, African................... 16
K  Cochin..................  20
Jam aica.................22
“ 
Mace  Batavia...................... 65
Mustard,  Bng. and Trieste..22
“  Trieste....................25
Nutmegs, No. 2 ...................75
Pepper, Singapore, black__ 16
“  white......24
“  Cayenne................. 20
Sage......................................20
"Absolute” In Packages.

“ 

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

SAL  SODA.

Kegs................................. .  1)4
Granulated,  boxes..............  lfc

SEEDS.

A nise...... ..................  @15
Canary, Smyrna......... 
4
Caraway....................  
8
Cardamon, Malabar... 
90
Hemp,  Russian.........
5@6
Mixed  Bird 
............. 
Mustard,  white.........  
10
Poppy......................... 
9
Cuttle  bone...............
30
STARCH.

“ 

Corn.
20-lb  boxes......................... 5*
.......................
40-lb 
■  5)4
Gloss.
1-lb packages......................
.  5
3-lb 
......................
.  5
...................... .  5H
6-lb 
40 and 50 lb. boxes............ .  3*4
Barrels............................... .  3)4

“ 
“ 

SNUFF.

Scotch, In  bladders........... .37
Maccaboy, In jars.............. .35
French Rappee, In Jars__
.43

SODA.

Boxes................................ ..5)*
Kegs, English....................

SALT.
100 3-lb. sacks.................... 112  15
60 5-lb.  “ 
.................... 2 00
28 10-lb. sacks................... 1  85
2014-lb.  “ 
.................... 1  80
24 3-lb  cases...................... 1  50
56 lb. dairy In linen  bags.. 
32
28 lb.  “ 
drill  “  16
18

Warsaw.

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

Ashton.

“ 

“ 

Higgins.

56 lb. dairy In linen  sacks.

Soiar Rock.

56 Id.  sacks.......................

Common Fine.

Saginaw..........................
Manistee..........................
SALERATUS. 

32
18
75

75

25

75
75

Packed 60 lbs. in box.
Church’s ...........................
5)4
DeLand’s .......................... -  5>*
Dwight’s ............................ -  5)4
Taylor’s ............................. .  5

SOAP.
Laundry.

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.

Old Country,  80  1-lb...........3 20
Good Cheer, 60 1 lb.............. 3 90
White Borax, 100  Hi lb........ 3 65

Proctor & Gamble.

“ 

Concord...............................3 45
Ivory, 10  oz............ .......... 6 75
6  oz...........................4 00
Lenox 
............................   3 65
Mottled  German................. 3  15
Town Talk...........................3 25

Dingman Brands.

“ 

“ 

Single box...........................3 95
5 box lots, delivered........... 3 85
10 box lots, delivered..........3 75

Jas. S. Kirk & Co.’s Brands. 
American  Family, wrp’d..84 00 
plain...  3 94
N. K.  Falrbank & Co.’s Brands.
Santa Claus....................... 4 00
Brjwn, 60 bars.................... 2 40
80  b a rs...................3 25
“ 
Lautz Bros. & Co.’s Brands.
Acme...................................3 75
Cotton Oil.......................... 6 00
Marseilles............................ 4 00
Mafter  .................................400

Thompson & Chute Brands.

....—
SILVER
SOAP

Silver.................................. 3  c5
Mono.................................. 3 35
Savon Improved................. 2 50
Sunflower.......................... 3 05
Golden  ............................... 3 25
Economical  ......................  2 25

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

“ 

Scouring.

SUGAR.

The  following  prices  repre­
sent the actual selling prices in 
Grand Rapids, based on the act­
ual cost in New  York,  with  30 
cents per 100 pounds added  for 
freight.  The  same  quotations 
will not apply to any townwhere 
the freight rate from New York 
is  not  30  cents,  but  the  local 
quotations will, perhaps, afford 
a better criterion of the market 
than to quote New York  prices 
exclusively.
Cut  Loaf.................................J5 67
Powdered................................ 5 11
Granulated  .  ....................   4  74
Extra Fine Granulated...  4 86
Cubes..................................5  11
XXXX  Powdered..................   5 48
Confec. Standard  A........... 4 61
No. 1  Columbia A............   4 55
No. 5 Empire  A.................  4 42
No.  6....................................4 36
No.  7.................................... 4 30
No.  8....................................4  17
No.  9....................................4  11
No.  10................................   4 05
No.  11.................................. 3 99
No.  12...............................  3 92
No.  13................................   3 86
No 14................................   3 74

SYRUPS.

Corn.

Barrels................................. 17
Half bbls.............................. 19
F air.....................................   19
Good....................................  25
Choice..................................  30

Pure Cane.

TABLE  SAUCES.

“ 

Lea A Perrin’s, large........4  75
small........  2 75
Halford, large......................... 3 75
small.........................2 25
Salad Dressing, la rg e......4  55
*' 
sm all...... 2  65

“ 
“ 

TEAS.

J a p a n —Regular.

SUN CURED.

BASKET  FIRED.

F air............................  @17
Good..........................   @20
Choice..........................24  @26
Choicest.......................32  @34
D ust............................10  @12
F a ir...........................  @17
Good..........................   @20
Choice..........................24  @26
Choicest...................... 32  @34
Dust.............................10  @12
F air.............................18  @20
Choice.........................  @25
Choicest......................  @35
Extra choice, wire leaf  @40
Common to  fall.......... 25  @35
Extra fine to finest— 50  @65
Choicest fancy............75  @85
@26
Common to fair.......... 23  @30
Common to  fair.......... 23  @26
Superiortoflne............30  @35
Common to fair.......... 18  @26
Superiortoflne.......... 30  @40
F air.............................18  @22
Choice..........................24  @28
Best............................ 40  @50

ENGLISH BREAKFAST.

TOUNO HYSON.

GUNPOWDER.

IMPERIAL.

o o l o n o . 

TOBACCOS.

Fine Cut.

P. Lorillard & Co.’s Brands.
Sweet Russet............. 30  @32
31
Tiger........................... 
D. Scotten & Co’s Brands.
60
Hiawatha................... 
Cuba........................... 
34
Rocket.......................  
SO
Spaulding & Merrick’s  Brands.
Sterling...................... 
30
Private Brands.
Bazoo.........................  @30
Can Can......................  @27
Nellie  Bly..................24  @25
Uncle Ben..................24  @25
McGinty.........................  
25
Dandy Jim ...................... 
Torpedo.......................... 
Yum  Yum  ..: ................ 
1892 .................................. 
“  drums.....  ..............  

In  drums.... 

54 bbls.......... 

23

“ 

“ 

27
29
24
28
23
22

Plug.

Sorg’s Brands.

Spearhead......................  
Joker.............................. 
Nobby Twist....................  
Scotten’s Brands.
Kvlo................................. 
Hiawatha........................ 
Valley City..................... 
Finzer’s Brands.
Old  Honesty...................  
Jolly Tar......................... 
Lorlllard’s Brands.
Climax (8 oz., 41c)_____ 
Green Turtle................... 
27
Three Black Crows... 
J. G. Butler’s Brands.
Something Good........ 
38
Out of  Sight................... 
Wilson <s McCaulay’s Brands.
Gold  Rope.................  
43
Happy Thought.........  
37
Messmate................... 
32
NoTax.......................  
31
27
Let  Go.......................  

39
27
40
26
38
34
40
32
39
30

26

Smoking.

Catlln’s  Brands.

Kiln  dried........................17@18
Golden  Shower................... 19
Huntress  ........................... 26
Meerschaum  ................... 29@30
American Eagle Co.’s Brands.
Myrtle Navy........................40
Stork  ............................ 30@32
German............................... 15
Frog....................................33
Java, %a foil.......................32
Banner Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
Banner.................................16
Banner Cavendish.............. 38
...........................28
Gold Cut 

Scotten’s Brands.

Warpath.............................. 15
Honey  Dew......................... 26
Gold  Block......................... 30
F. F. Adams Tobacco Co,’s 
Peerless............................... 26
Old  Tom..............................18
Standard..............................22
Globe Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
Handmade...........................41

Brands.

Leidersdorf’s Brands.

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

Spaulding & Merrick.

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

VINEGAR.

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

81 for barrel.

YEAST.

WET  MUSTARD,
Bulk, per gal  ................... 
30
Beer mug, 2 doz in case...  1  75 
Magic,...................................... 1 00
Warner’s  ............................ 1 00
Yeast Foam  ........................1  00
Diamond.............................   75
Royal..................................   90
HIDES  PELTS  and  FURS 
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol­
lows:
Green............................  2@2*4
Part Cured....................   @3
Full 
.................  @ 3)4
Dry.............................   4  @ 5
Kips,green  ...............   2  @3
“  cured....................   @4
Calfskins,  green........  4  @5
cured........5)»@ 7
Deacon skins............ .10 ’©25

HIDES.

“ 

No. 2 hides X off.
PXLT8.

WOOL.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Shearlings................. .  5 @  20
.................... .25 @  60
Lambs 
Washed.................... .12 @16
Unwashed................ .  8 @12
Tallow...................... .  4 ©   4)4
Grease  butter  ......... .  1 © 2
Switches.................. .  1)4© 2
Ginseng.................... .2 00@2 50
Badger.......................  80@1  00
B ear.......................15 00@25 00
Beaver............................ 3 00@7 00
Cat, wild....................  50@  75
Cat. house.................  10®  25
Fisher..............................3 00@6 00
Fox,  red......................... 1 00@l 40

FURS.

“ 

Fox, cross.................. 3 00@5 00
Fox,  g r e y . ......   50© 
TO
Lynx.......................... 1  00@2 50
Martin, dark............. 1 00@3 00
pale & yellow.  75@l 00
1 00
Mink, dark...........   25® 
Muskrat................  3@ 
13
Oppossum.............  5@ 
15
Otter, dark............... 5 00@10 00
Raccoon..............   30® 
75
Skunk  ...................... 1  00@1  25
W olf.......................... 1  00@2 00
Beaver  castors, lb__  @5 00
Above  prices  are  for  No.  1 
furs only.  Other grades at cor­
responding prices.
Thin and  green............  
Long gray, dry.............. 
Gray, dry 
................... 
Red and Blue, dry.......  
WOODENWARE.

deerskins—per pound.

10
10
15
25

Palls, No. 1, two-hoop.. 
Bowls, 11 Inch....................■

Tubs, No. 1.........................600
“  No. 2.........................5 50
“  No. 3.........................  4 50
1  30
“  No. 1,  three-hoop__  1  50
“ 
13  “  .....................  go
“ 
15  “ 
...................... 1  25
17  “  ....................   1  80
“ 
 
“ 
19  “ 
2 40
21  “ 
...................
shipping  bushel.. 1  15
full hoop 
.. 1  26
5 25
“  No.2 
“  No.3 7 25
“ 
No.l 3 75
“  No.2 
“  No.3 

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

Baskets, market............   35

splint 

“ 
“ 
‘ 
** 

6 25

4 25
4 75

250  10G0

INDURATED WARE.

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

Butter Plates—Oval.

Washboards—single.

No.  1...........................  
60  2 10
No  2............................  TO  2 45
No. 3...........................  
90  2 80
No. 5.........................  1  00  3 50
Universal.......................... 2 25
No. Queen.........................2 50
Peerless Protector..............2 40
Saginaw Globe...................  1  75
Water Witch......................2 25
Wilson............................... 2 50
Good Luck......................... 2 75
Peerless..............................  2 85
GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS

Doable.

MEAL.

FLOUR  IN  SACKS.

50 
No. 1 White (58 lb. test) 
No. 2 Red (60 lb. test) 
50
Bolted...............................  1  40
Granulated.......................  1  65
♦Patents............................  2 15
♦Standards.......................   1  65
♦Straight..........................   1  55
Bakers’.............................   1  35
♦Graham...........................  1  60
Rye...................................  1  60
♦Subject  to usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour in bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.

MILLSTUFFS.

Less
Car lots  quantity
816 00
Bran............. 815  00 
Screenings_  12 50 
13 00
Middlings..  15 00 
16 00
16 50
Mixed Feed...  16 00 
16 50
Coarse meal 
.. 15 50 
CORN.
Car  lots............................... 38 *4
Less than  car  lots.............42
Car  lots...............................32 H
Less than car lots................35

OATS.

“ 

No. 1 Timothy, car lots__11  <*0
No.l 
ton lots........12 50

12*4

FISH  AND  OYSTER8.
F.  J.  Dettenthaler  quotes as 

follows:
FRESH  FISH.
Whlteflsh 
.................  @9
T ro u t.........................  @9
Black Bass................. 
Halibut.......................   @15
Ciscoes or Herring—   @5
Blneflsh......................  @15
Fresh lobster, per lb .. 
20
Cod.............................  
10
No. 1 Pickerel............   @10
Pike............................  @8
Smoked White...........  @10
Red  Snappers............  
12
Columbia  River  Sal­
mon ......................... 
ViYt
Mackerel....................   2Q@25
oysters—Cans. 
Falrhaven  Connts —   @35
F. J. D.  Selects.........   @30
Selects.......................   @23
F. J. D .................  @23
Anchors.................  ..  @20
Standards...................  @18
Favorite......................  @16
oysters—Bulk.
1 75
Extra Selects..per gal. 
Selects.......................  
1  40
1  00
Standards................... 
Counts.......................  
220
1  50
Scallops............. 
125
Shrimps  ....................  
Clams......................... 
125
SHELL  GOODS.
Oysters, per  100......... 1  25@1  50
76@1  00
Clams, 

11 

 

 

 

 

PROVISIONS.

SAUSAGE.

PORK  IN  BARRELS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co. 

quotes as follows:
Mess............   ...................................  13 75
Short cut.......................................... 
14 25
Extra clear pig, short cut.......................  16 00
Extra clear, heavy......................................
Clear, fat back...........................................   14  75
Boston clear, short cut................................  15 00
Clear back, short cut...................................   15 00
16 00
Standard clear, short cut. best................. 
Pork, links.....................................  
ie
Bologna............................................." 
514
Liver.........   ........................... ...” 
g
Tongue...................................................su
Head cheese.......................................... 
g
Summer....................................... 
10
Frankfurts.................................. 
 
7^4
Kettle  Rendered..................................
»X
Granger....................................... 
Family........................................... <*g
Compound............................................. 
gj?
Cottollne..................................................7 2
50 lb. Tins, J4c advance.
20 lb. pails, He 
“  Me 
101b. 
51b. 
“  %c
3 lb. 
'•  1  c

........

LARD.

“
**

 

BEBF  IN  BARRELS.

“ 
“ 
" 

Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs......................7 50
Extra Mess, Chicago packing......................  7 00
Boneless, ramp butts...................................   10 00
Hams, average 20 lbs.......................... 
9)4
“ 
16 lbs................................   9v@io
“  12 to 14 lbs....................................  10

smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.
 

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

9
Shoulders........................................................   8
Breakfast Bacon  boneless.......................... .  ioyj
Dried beef, ham prices..................................  10
Long Clears, heavy.......................... ....
Briskets,  medium..................................!..!.!  8

light.............. ............................8)4

■> 

DRY  SALT  MEATS.

TRIPE.

PICKEED  FIGS’  FEET.

Butts................................................................  9
D. S. Bellies...................................................  jgu
Fat Backs..................................................... ” ig
Barrels................................................  
8 00
Kegs...........................................................! 1  90
Kits, honeycomb.............................................. 
75
Kits, premium................................................... g5
Barrels.......................................................... 22 00
Half barrels.................................................. n   00
Per pound...................................................... ’  n
Dairy, sold packed........................................   14
Dairy, rolls....................................................   14)4
Creamery, solid packed................................  ish
Creamery, rolls.............................................  19

BEEF  TONGUES.

BUTTE BINE.

FRESH  BEEF.

Carcass...................................................  5  @ 1
Fore quarters........................................4)4© 5
Hind quarters.......................................... 6
© 6)4 
Loins No. 3...............................................8
@10 @  9 @ 6 
Ribs.
Rounds...................................................5
Chucks.......................................
@ 4)4 
Plates .................................
© 4*
FRESH  PORK.
Dressed.................................................   6)£@6*4
Loins...................................................... 
744
Shoulders............................................. 
6*4
Leaf Lard..............................................  
10*4
MUTTON.
Carcass.................................................   6
© 6K 
Lambs..................................
© 6
TEAL.
Carcass...............................

CROCKERY  AND  GLASSWARE.

LAMP BURNERS.

No. 0 Sun.........................................................  45
NO. 1  “  ................................................  ......   50
No.2  “  .........................................................   75
Tubular...........................................................  75

LAMP CHIMNEYS.  Per bOX.

6 doz. In box.

 

First quality.
“ 
“ 
XXX Flint.
“ 
“ 

No. 0 Sun.........................................................  1 75
No. 1  “  ..........................................................1 88
No.2  “  ......................................................... 2 70
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top.........................................2  10
“ 
N o.l  “ 
No.2  “ 
“ .......................................  8  25
No. 0 Sun, crimp top.........................................2  60
No. 1  “ 
No.2  “ 
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled....................3 70
“ 
No.2  “ 
...................4 70
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
....................4  88
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz.......................1  25
No.2  “ 
....................... 150
No. 1 crimp, per do*....................................... 1  35
........................................160
No. 8  “ 

La Bastle.

Pearl top.

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

 
 

LAMP WICKS.

No. 0, per  gross..............................................   23
No. 1, 
...............   .............................   28
No  2, 
................................................  38
................................................  75
No. 3, 
Mammoth, per doz.........................................   75
STONEWARE—AKRON.

“ 
“ 
“ 

Butter Crocks,  1 to 6 gal.............................   06
“ 
“  % gal. per doz......................  60
Jugs, H gal., per doz...................................   TO
"  1 to 4 gal., per gal................................   07
Milk Pans, *4 gal., per dos..........................  60
11 
.........................  72

1  “ 
STONEWARE—BLACK GLAZED.

Butter Crocks, 1  and 2 gal.........................  07
Milk Pans, X gal..........................................  65
........................................   78

1  “ 

•• 

“ 

“ 

“ 

2 

2 
3 

25

80
80

1 4

MEN  OF  MARS.

TH E  M ICHIGAN  TRADESM AN.

Post’s 
Eureka 
Sap Spouts.

Morris  A.  Hey man,  President  of the 

Heyman Company.

Morris A. Heyman was born in Chicago, 
111.,  July  27,  1858.  His  father,  Adolph 
Heyman,  is  an  Alsatian,  a  native  of 
Alsace, one  of  the  two Rhine  provinces 
wrested from France  by Germany  in the 
Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71.  He was 
engaged  in  the  dry  goods  business  in 
Chicago at the  time  of  the  birth  of  his 
son  Morris,  and,  on  coming  to  Grand 
Rapids  in  1860, followed  the  same  line 
here.  The family moved to Quincy, 111., 
in 1868, remaining  six  years, when  they 
returned  to  Grand  Rapids.  Soon  after 
their return to  this  city Morris  engaged 
as  clerk  with  J.  Barth,  fancy  goods 
dealer at  14  Monroe  street.  This situa­
tion he retained three years.  His father 
had sold his dry  goods  stock  at  auction 
and come out as a full-fledged auctioneer 
and  second-hand  furniture  dealer,  and 
his son, Morris, now a young  man of  19, 
entered his employ and began his  career 
in  the  house  furnishing  business,  of 
which he has made a signal success.  He 
owes  to  the  training  received  at  this 
time much  of  the  success  he  has  since 
achieved. 
In 1885 a stock of new  furni­
ture  displaced  the  second-hand  goods, 
and in 1887  the  firm  of  Heyman & Com- j 
pany,  composed  of  Adolph  Heyman, 
Morris A.  Heyman  and Geo. F. Sinclair, 
was formed, and  the  business  moved  to 
63  and  65  Canal  street.  This  was  the 
style  of  the  firm  until  January,  1893, 
when  the  business  was  merged  into  a 
joint stock company,  known as  the Hey­
man  Company, with  Morris  A.  Heyman 
as President  and  General  Manager, and 
Adolph Heyman as Secretary  and Treas­
urer. 
In April of last  year the business 
was  moved  into  the  magnificent  new 
Peninsular  block  erected  by Col. Briggs 
on Canal street.  The building is of brown 
stone, five stories high, with IK acres, or 
about 5,400  square  feet,  of  floor  space. 
It was built under contract  for  the Hey­
man  Company,  and  makes  the  hand­
somest, best appointed and largest house 
furnishing  establishment  in  the  State. 
The  building  has  an  isolated  electric 
light plant, run by an engine of  40 horse 
power,  and  also  immense  boilers  for 
heating  the  building,  which  is  done  by 
steam.  Years ago,  when Morris first en­
tered  his  father's  employ,  and  second­
hand  furniture  composed  the  stock,  it 
would  invoice,  perhaps,  82.000;  to-day 
$60,000 is a low estimate of its  value.

Mr. Heyman  is  not  to  be  blamed  for 
having been born in Chicago;  it  was  not 
his  fault  and has  in  no  way  mulitated 
against  his  success,  which,  considering 
his  years,  has  been  most  pronounced. 
Possessed to  an  unusual  degree  of  that 
most uncommon  quality  called  common 
sense, together  with  pluck,  energy  and 
business  sagacity,  he  has  succeeded  in 
placing  the  business  of  the  Heyman 
Company  in  the  forefront  of  the  com­
mercial enterprises of  the  city.  This  is 
an  achievment  of  which  a  much  older 
man might well be  proud.

Rise  and  Fall  of  the  Roller  Skating 

Craze.

W ritte n  f o r  T hk Tradesman.

If one wants evidence of the capricious 
mutability  of  the American  mind in  re­
spect to amusements,  one has  but  to  re­
call the roller  skate  craze, which  struck 
this  country  like  a  tornado  about  ten 
years  ago.  Everybody  went  wild  over 
roller  skating.  Childhood  and  old  age,

there 

In  all  history 

men and women, all ranks and conditions 
alike were affected by the mania.  Wives 
neglected their  husbands, mothers  their 
children,  while  husbands  and  fathers 
forgot the ties of  love and  duty, and  all 
plunged  madly  into  the  dizzy  whirl. 
Bitterness  and  strife  were  engendered, 
homes  were  broken  up,  and  many  a 
young and promising life  utterly  ruined 
in the pursuit of this seemingly harmless 
amusement. 
is 
nothing comparable to it unless  it be the 
outrageous  and  shamefully 
indecent 
bacchanalian  revels  of 
the  ancient 
Romans.  Widespread  as  was  the  craze 
and universal  the  infection, three  short 
seasons  measured  the  span of  its exist­
ence.  Springing up in a night, as it were, 
a few  months  saw  the  roller  skate  the 
chief,  indeed,  almost  the  only,  amuse­
ment  of  the  people  from Maine  to Cali­
fornia and from the frozen regions of the 
north to the Gulf.  For eighteen  months 
it  held  disastrous  sway,  and  then,  as 
suddenly as it arose, it disappeared. 
In­
nocent looking as  is  the  roller  skate, it 
succeeded in accomplishing more evil  in 
a given time than anything else  ever  in­
vented  as  an  amusement.  Press  and 
pulpit united in its denunciation  and ex­
posure, and were successful in driving it 
out  of  existence.  Millions  of  dollars 
were  invested  in  the  manufacture  of 
roller  skates;  immense  factories  were 
erected,  and  costly  special  machinery 
made, in  expectation of  a  continual  de­
mand  for  the  skates,  which  proved  a 
total loss to  the  investors.  Ten  million 
dollars is a low estimate to put upon  the 
loss  sustained  through  the  collapse  of 
this “mushroom industry.”  During  the 
present winter there  has  been  a  revival 
in  a  small  way  of  the  roller  skating 
craze, but the opinion of  those in a posi­
tion to know is that it will never amount 
to  anything.  The  evil  in  the  first  in­
stance  was  its  own  antidote,  and  roller 
skating can  never again  be brought  into 
popular  favor.  The  people  have  too 
vivid a recollection  of  the  past  to  take 
kindly  to  it,  and  the  only  people  who 
will patronize it will be those who either 
have  forgotten  the  past  or  else  are in­
different to public  opinion.  The  reason 
fer the revival is not far to seek.  Times 
are  hard  and  people  have  not  much 
money  to  spend  for  amusements.  The 
theaters are out of the question, except on 
very rare occasions.  Anything that offers 
a cheap substitute  for  these  and, at  the 
same  time,  gives the  people  the amuse­
ment  they  are  seeking,  is  sure  to  find 
some  devotees.  But  roller  skating  is 
I dead,  and  cannot  be  resurrected.  The 
present interest manifested in it  is noth­
ing but a  spasm which will soon pass off.

Daniel  Abbott.
What Are We Afraid of, Anyway?
Despondency is apt to follow a  season 
[ of  business  depression.  The  clouds  of 
financial  disturbance  obstruct  the  day­
light  of  certain progress.  Commenting 
on  this  a  manufacturing  journal  says 
that  we  forget  that  the  pendulum  of 
time swings to the right as well as to the 
left.  The  daily  wants  of  67,000,000  of 
people make an immense  business, even 
when their luxuries are  not  considered. 
A great nation, such as the United States, 
cannot stand still.  The year 1893 was a 
disappointment  to  many  business  men, 
but  what  is  the  record  of  ten  years? 
What a decade of progress this Republic 
shows  between  1880  and  1890!  What  a 
foundation for hope and faith  in  Its  fu­
ture!

He is the wisest who is content to make 
the  rational 

money  slowly  and  take 
I pleasures of life as he goes along.

OVER  20,000,000  SOLD.

T h e s e  S p o u ts  w ill n o t T e a k

Highest  Aw ard  of  Merit  from  the 
W orld’s  Industrial  Exposition.

Spout  No.  1,  actual  size,  with  Heavy  Wire  Hanger,  that  does  not 

break like hangers cast on the spout.

P a t e n t  I m pr o v e d— Sugar makers acknowledge  a very large increase 
in the flow of Sap by the use of the Self-Sealing Air Trap in the Improved
Eurekas, as claimed for them.

GET  YOUR  ORDERS  IN  AT  ONCE  so  as  not  to  get  left.

Write for prices.

ÄTLAS  S oap

MANUFACTURED  ONLY  BY

HENRY  PH8S0LT.
SAGINAW,  MICH.

■o-

This  brand  has  now  been  on  the 
market three  years,  and  has  come  to be 
regarded  as  a  leader  wherever  intro­
duced.  See quotations in Price Current.

Our “Oak”  Grain.

GUARANTEED  SOLID  THROUGHOUT.

Heel or Spring, E and EE, 6 to 8, a t..............  65c
Heel or Spring, E and EE, 8V4 to  12, at......... 75c
HIRTH, KRAUSE & CO.,

SEND  FOR  A  SAMPLE  DOZEN.

12 A  14 Lyon  St..

OBAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

TH E  M ICHIGAN  TRADESM AN

1 5

T he  M ost P ra ctica l T hing in th e  W orld.
The remark that this is a practical age 
is  by no  means  a  new  one.  We  have 
come to take pride  in  the  thought  that 
nowadays we tolerate  no  nonsense;  that 
the methods  of  Dickens’ Circumlocution 
Office have no place  in  our  system;  that 
the  direct  route,  the  short  cut,  is  our 
only line of travel;  that whatever cannot 
immediately demonstrate its value by the 
production of visible results need hardly 
claim  any of  our  valuable  time  in  its 
consideration.
Time,  nowadays, is  money, in  a  sense 
and to a  degree which  never  before  ob­
tained.  We hail an  hour’s  reduction  of 
time between New York  and  Liverpool, 
or between Chicago  and  San  Francisco, 
or a device which enables the  New York 
mail  to  be  delivered  twenty  minutes 
earlier in Philadelphia, as a positive and 
material addition to our  resources.
The world has grown tired of men who 
could dive into the unfathomable or soar 
into  the  infinite,  but who  never  could 
pay cash.  But  the  world  is  not  more 
sordid or more greedy than it used to be. 
It  talks  theology less, but,  on  the  other 
hand,  it maintains  a vastly higher  stan­
dard of daily life. 
It has  learned to tol­
erate a difference  of  opinion  concerning 
foreordination or the eternal suffering of 
the unregenerate; while it has been shut­
ting, one after another,  upon the  drunk­
ard  and  the  libertine,  the  doors which 
lead to all manner of commercial and so­
cial and political success.
But like all words which  have a really 
deep and genuine meaning of great value 
to mankind, this word practical has been 
vastly abused. 
It  is  the commonest de­
fense of  ignorant  conservatism  in  every 
department of  human  activity.  A great 
crowd of practical  people  assembled  to 
laugh at the expected failure of Fulton’s 
steamboat,  and  a  practical  old  stage 
driver  will  still  assure  you  that  the 
country  was  ruined  by  the  advent  of 
railroads.
The progress in  the  mechanical world 
has been so rapid during the last quarter 
of a century as to make the practical man 
somewhat  timorous  about  prophesying 
the  failure  of  new  inventions,  but  he 
holds his own in other departments.
We  are  prone  to  take  too  narrow  a 
view.  We  are  so  busily  engaged with 
details that we do not  readily grasp gen­
eral truths.  We are so  concerned about 
the means that we are  liable  to  confuse 
them with the ends which they are to ac­
complish.  Few  persons,  for  instance, 
have any great desire for  money, merely 
as  money.  The  traditional  miser,  al­
though he occasionally is found, is a very 
rare being, indeed.  But men  desire  the 
comfort or  the  power which wealth will 
give, and so labor as if it were the wealth 
itself, and not  comfort  or  power, which 
they desire.
It is the fatal result of this narrowness 
of  view  that  we  demand  a  connection 
too  direct  and 
immediate  between 
means  and  ends.  We  require 
that 
every  proposed  expenditure  of  money 
or 
time  or  energy  shall  have  an 
obvious  effect,  which  can  be  directly 
traced to it.  A ladder  is  of  no  use  in 
laying bricks, but  it  may be  absolutely 
necessary to enable  the  mason  to  get  at 
his  work.  The  President  of  Columbia 
College has  been  heard  to  say that  he 
counted it no small part  of  his qualifica­
tion to have taken an active  part  in  mu­
nicipal politics as a candidate  for  office. 
The business of presiding  over  an  insti­
tution  of  learning would  seem as far  as 
possible removed  from  that  of  making 
stump speeches, but  the  ability to  cope 
with all sorts and conditions  of  men, to 
read their minds, to mould their thoughts 
and  purposes, and  finally,  to  influence 
their actions, is  as valuable  to  the  col­
lege president as  to  the  practical  poli­
tician, and,  in whatever school  it  be  ac­
quired,  it is as essential to  the  salesman 
of dry goods, or to any other man, as is a 
technical  knowledge  of  his  particular 
business.
And if the  college  man  may find  the 
peculiar gifts  of  the  politician valuable 
to him, perhaps it may be  true  that  the 
politician  or  the  business  man  would 
gain in force of character, and would not 
only find a different kind of  success pos­
sible,  but would  actually b9  more  suc­
cessful in his own original  sphere, if  he

could  borrow  some  of  the  modes  of 
thought, some of  the  interests  and  en­
joyments of  the collegian.
It is related of Abraham Lincoln  that, 
after he had served his district a term in 
Congress, he went to uis home convinced 
that  he  did  not  sufficiently understand 
the real nature of proof. 
In order to ac­
quire the knowledge, which  he  thought 
his  profession  required,  he  closed  his 
law  office  and  devoted  himself  to  the 
study of geometry, and it was only when 
he had arrived at a pretty adequate com­
prehension  of  Euclid  that  he  thought 
himself ready again to assume the duties 
of  a  lawyer.  Would  not  the  habit  of 
consecutive thought, the  practice of bas­
ing every conclusion upon  just  and ade­
quate reasoning  from  known  facts, the 
ability to detect  error,  be  just  as valu­
able  in  the  grocery business  or  in the 
conduct  of  a  manufactory?  I  believe 
that an appreciative knowledge of Shake­
speare would be a real assistance  to  me 
if I were  engaged  in  selling  dry goods, 
for I would understand better the  differ­
ent kinds of people and be better  able to 
follow the working of their minds, but of 
vastly  more  importance  would  be  the 
fact that familiarity  with  noble  thought 
and adequate  and  beautiful  expression 
would influence  my own  character  and 
mould my own thought, and, other things 
being  equal,  I  would,  therefore,  sell 
more of my wares.
The  difficulty  about  making  evident 
the truth of this proposition  lies  in  the 
fact  that  no  two  cases  are  alike.  Of 
course, the man who is interested  in his 
business and is willing to work will  sur­
pass his competitor who knows  by heart 
Homer’s  entire  catalogue  of  ships, but 
who is constitutionally opposed to physi­
cal exertion.  Would not  the  first  man 
have  failed,  too,  if  he  had  been  lazy? 
The  laziness  caused  failure,  not  the 
knowledge of Greek.
If the  practical  be  that which  minis­
ters  to  success, not  necessarily obvious 
and immediate, but on  the whole, and in 
the long run, then that is most  practical 
which promotes it in  no  narrow or  par­
tial form, but  fully and  broadly, and, if 
this be true, the  most  practical  posses­
sion of a practical man in a practical age 
is a richly stored, well-trained mind. 
It 
will  not  only enable  him  to  meet  and 
overcome the difficulties which  beset the 
transaction of  his  daily business, but  it 
will minister to his pleasure and  add  to 
his source of happiness in a degree which 
will make life a different thing  and him­
self a different and a far nobler man.

Wm. W.  B i b d s a l l .

bank with one of the vile things burning. 
Well, the other morning a  young  fellow 
came in with a check he wanted certified. 
He was a nice, country looking sort of  a 
boy, and must have been new at his busi­
ness, as he wandered all around the bank 
before he struck  my  window.  As  soon 
as he came up to  me I caught  the  smell 
of a cigarette. 
‘Somebody  is smoking  a 
cigarette,’  I  thought  to  myself,  ‘and it 
must be that boy, though I don’t see  one 
in his mouth,’  so  I  looked  at  him  and 
said:  ‘Have you a cigarette?’
“ ‘What, sir?’ said the boy,  as cool and 
fresh as a May morning.
“ ‘Have you a  cigarette?’
“And before I could say  another word 
that  kid  made  a  grab  in  his  pocket, 
hauled out a box of cigarettes and  stuck 
them in  at my window,  with the remark, 
‘Why, yes, cert’nly—help yourself!’ 

“Fresh?  Well, I guess so!”

G rand  R apide  & Indian a 
S chedule  In  effec t Dec. 24,1893.

T RA INS  GOING  N O RTH .

A r rlre  fro m   L e a re  g oing 
N o rth .
7:40 a m
4:50 p m
10:25  p m

S outh. 
F o r M’kinaw.Trav. C ity  a n d  Sag. 7 :2 0 a m  
F o r C ad illac an d  S a g in a w ..........  2:15 p m  
F o r  P eto sk ey  A  M ackinaw  . . . . . .   8:10 p m  
F rom  K ala m azo o ................................9:10 a  m
F ro m  C hicago a n d  K a la m a z o o ..  9  50 p m 
d aily .  O th ers tr a in s  d a ily  e x c ep t Sunday.

T RA INS  GOING  SO U TH .

Trains arriving  fro m  s o u th  a t   7:20 a m   an d   9:10 a  m 

A rriv e fro m   L eave g oing 

N o rth . 
F o r  C in c in n a ti...................................................  
F o r K a la m azo o  an d   C h ic ag o ........................ 
F o r F o rt W a y n e a n d  th e   E a s t..  11:40 a  m 
F o r  C in c in n a ti................................  6:15p m  
F o r K alam azo o   A   C h ic ag o ........10:55 p m  
F ro m  S ag in aw ..................................  11:40 a  m
F ro m  S a g in a w ....................................10:55p m
d a ily ;  a ll  o th e r  tra in s   d a ily  ex c e p t Sunday.
C h icago v ia  G.  R.  & I.  R. R.

T ra in s le a v in g  s o u th   a t   6:04  p m  an d   11:20 p.  m . ru n  

8 o u th .
6:50  a m
10:40  a  m
2:00  p m
6:00  p m
11:20  p  m

2-00 p m  
9:00 p m  

10:40 a m  
4:00 p m  

11:20 p m
Lv G ran d   R apids 
7:05 a m
A rr C hicago 
10:40  a   m   tr a in   solid  w ith   W a g n e r  B uffet  P a rlo r 
C ar.
11:20  p m   tr a in   d a ily ,  th ro u g h   co a ch   a n d   W a g n er 
S leep in g  C ar.
11:40 p m
Lv  C hicago 
A rr G ran d  R apids 
7:20  a m
4:15  p  m  so lid  w ith   W a g n e r  B uffet  P a rlo r  C ar  an d  
D in in g  C ar.  11:40 p m   tr a in  d a ily , th ro u g h  C oach a n d  
W a g n e r S leep in g   C ar.

4:15 p m  
9:60 p  m  

6:60 a m  
2:15 p m  

F o r M uskegon—L eave. 

Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana.
9:40 a  m
7:35  a  m  
6:40  p  m  
5:20 p  m

F ro m  M uskegon—A rriv e

S un d ay  tr a in   lea v es  fo r  M uskegon  a t   7 :45 a   m , a r ­
riv in g  a t   9:15  a   m .  R e tu rn in g ,  tr a in   leaves  M uske 
g o n  a t   4:30 p m , a r riv in g  a t  G ran d   R ap id s a t   5:50 p m .

O. L. LOCKWOOD,

G en eral P a sse n g e r a n d  T ick e t A gent.

Michigan C entral

“  The Niagara Falls Route.’*

(Taking effect  Sunday, Nov. 19,1893.) 

»Daily.  All others daily, except Sunday.

Arrive. 
Depart
10 20 o m...........Detroit  Express........... 7 00am
5  30am  ... .*Atlantic and  Pacific---It  SO p m
1 30 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  7:00am;  re­
turning, leave Detroit 4:55 p m, arriving at Grand 
Rapids 10:20 p m.
Direct  communication  made  at  Detroit  with 
all through  trains east  over  the  Michigan Cen 
trai Railroad (Canada Southern Division.)
A. A l m q u is t , Ticket Agent,

Union Passenger Station.

T he  P a y in g   T eller’s   S tory.

F ro m  th e  New Y o rk  T rib u n e.
“In  our  bank,  you  know,”  said  the 
paying  teller,  ”we  never  allow  any 
cigarette smoking, and  part of my  busi­
ness is to see that  nobody comes into the
r p H B Y   A B B   S A Y

CHICAGO

AND  WEST  MICHIGAN  R’Y.
GOING  TO  CHICAGO.

Lv. G’d Rapids............7:30am  1:25pm *11 :S0pm
Ar. Chicago........  —   1:45pm 6:50pm  »6:30am

RETURNING  PROM  CHICAGO.

TO  AND FROM  MUSKEGON.

Lv.  Chicago............... 7:45am  4:55pm  *11:30pm
Ar. G’d Rapids............ 2 30pm  10:20pm  *6:10am
Lv. Grand Rapids........  7:30am  1:25pm  5:45pm
Ar. Grand Rapids........0:55am  2:30pm  10:20pm
TRAVERSE CITT,  CHARLEVOIX  AND  PETOSKEY.
 
Lv. Grand  Rapids .. 
3:15pm
7:30am 
Ar.  Manistee...........  12:10pm 
8:15pm
 
.........   8'45pm
Ar. Traverse City__  12:40pm 
Ar. Charlevoix.......  
3:15pm 
 
11:10pm
Ar.  Petoskey 
..  3:45pm 
.........   11:40pm
Arrive  from  Petoskey,  etc.,  1:00  p.  m.  and 
10:00p. m.
Local train to White Cloud  leaves Grand Rap­
ids 5:45 p. m., connects  for  Big Rapids *»nd Fre­
mont.  Returning,  arrives  Grand  Rapids  11:20 
a. m.
PARLOR  AMD  SLEEPING  CARS.
To Chicago, lv. G. R..  7:30am  1:25pm  *11:30pm
To Petoskey ,lv.G. R ..  7:30am  3:15pm 
...........
To G. R..lv. Chicago.  7:45am  4:55pm *11:30pm
...........
ToG. R..lv.Petoskey  5:00am  1:30pm 

♦Every day.  Other trains week days only.

 
 
 

DETROIT, 

NOV-19’1893

LANSING &  NORTHERN  R.  R.
GOING  TO  DETROIT.

TO  AND  FROM SAGINAW,  ALMA  AND  ST.  LOUIS.

RETURNING  FROM  DETROIT.

Lv. Grand Rapids........  7:00am  *1:20pm  5:40pm
Ar. Detroit.................. 11:40am  *5:25pm  10:25pm
Lv.  Detroit..................   7:45am *1:45pm  6:00pm
Ar. Grand Rapids.......12:45pm *5:40pm  10:45pm
Lv. GR 7:40am 4:50pm  Ar. G R  11:40am 10:55pm 
Lv. Grand Rapids...........7:00am  1:20pm 5:40pm
Ar. from Lowell..............12:45pm  5:40pm  ..........
Parlor  Cars on all trains  between  Grand Rap 
ids and Detroit.  Parlor car to Saginaw on morn­
ing train.

THROUGH  CAR  SERVICE.

TO  LOWELL VIA  LOWELL  A  HASTINGS  R.  R.

♦Every da.,-.  Other trains  week days only.
GEO. DeIIAVEN, Gen.  Pass’r Ag’t.
D etr o it,  g r a n d  h aven  &  Mi l ­
Depot corner Leonard  St. and Plainfield Av?.

w a u k e e Railway.

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

EASTWARD.

tNo.  14 tNo.  16|tNo.  l8|*No.  82
6 45am
10 45pm 
12 27am
7 40am8 25am 
1 45am
2 40am6 40am 
900am
10 50am
11 32am 
7 15am 
10 05am
5 4  am 
730am 
12 05pm
5 37am
10 53am
7 00am
11 50am
WESTWARD.

10 20am  3 25pm
11 25am  4 27pm 
1217pm  5 20pm
1 20pm  605piu
3 45pm  8 00pm
4 35pm  8 37pm
3 45pm  7 C5pm
5 50pm  8 50pm 
305pm  8 25pm
4 05pm I  9 25pm

Trains Leave

♦No. 81 tNo. 11 |tNo. 13.
G’d Rapids............ Lv 7 00am 1  ()0pm|  4 55pm
G’d  Haven............ Ar 8 20am 2  10pm!  6 00pm
tDaily except  Sunday. 
Trains  arrive  from  the  east,  6:35  a.m.,  12:50 
Trains  arrive from  the  west, 10:10 a. m., 3:15 
Eastward—No. 14  has  Wagner  Parle r  Buffet 
Westward— No. 11 Parlor Car.  No. 15 Wagner 

p.m.. 4:45 p. m. and 10:00 p. m.
p. m. and 9:15 a. m.
car.  No. 18 Parlor Car.
Parlor Buffet car.

J a s . C a m p b e l l , City T'cket Agent.

»Daily.

23 Monroe Street.

“ I t ’s  a s   g o o d   a s   S a p o l i o ”  w h e n   t h e y   t r y  
to  sell  y o u  
t h e i r   e x p e r i m e n t s .   Y o u r  
o w n   g o o d   s e n s e   w ill  tell  y o u   t h a t   t h e y  
a r e   o n l y   t r y i n g   to  get  y o u   to  a id  
t h e i r  
n e w   article.

W h o   u r g e s   y o u   to  k e e p   S a p o l i o ?  

Is 
it  n o t   th e   p u b l i c ?   T h e   m a n u f a c t u r e r s  
b y   c o n s t a n t   a n d  
j u d i c i o u s   a d v e r t i s i n g  
b r i n g   c u s t o m e r s   to  y o u r   s to r e s   w h o s e  
v e r y   p r e s e n c e   c r e a t e s   a  d e m a n d  
for 
o t h e r   articles.

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TH E  MTCHIGAJSr  TRADESM AN

GOTHAM GOSSIP.

N ew s  from   th e   M etrop olis— In d ex  o f 

th e   M ark ets.

Special Correspondence.
New  Yoke.,  Feb.  8—The week in trade 
circles in this city has  been  rather  dull 
and the volume  of  trade  is  of  only the 
usual routine amount.  Few out-of-town 
dealers are here and their  purchases are 
very limited, notwithstanding the fact of 
special  inducements  being  offered  in­
tending  purchasers. 
It  goes  without 
saying that there is  an  utter  absence of 
speculation.  The  week  has  witnessed 
the lowest price  on  record  for wheat, a 
big fall in pork has taken place recently, 
silver is down, and, just at this moment, 
the outlook is  not  altogether  bright, al­
though our dealers are  generally feeling 
pretty well satisfied and  consoling them­
selves that matters might be a  good deal 
worse.  It is  unmistakably a  good  time 
to buy, so far  as  prices  are  concerned, 
and the retailer who has  the  ready cash 
is nailing bargains  every day which will 
return him a good profit as  soon  as  the 
tide now beginning to turn  gets fairly to 
moving.  Retailers  are  doing  a  good 
business, and,  of  course, nearly all  for 
spot cash.  People are  educating  them­
selves this year  into  paying  as  they go 
and the result will be beneficial after the 
present stringency is over.
There is a firmer feeling for  both  raw 
and refined sugars, although the latter is 
not meeting with large sale.  Prices have 
slightly hardened  during  the week,  and 
are likely to be no lower  for  awhile, al­
though some claim that  speculation is at 
the bottom of the recent rise.
The coffee market is, at best, an  indif­
ferent  one  at  present  and  buyers  are 
“conspicuous by their  absence.”  Hold­
ers profess a  degree  of  confidence  that 
retailers’ stocks will need  great  replen­
ishing in the spring.  Spot coffee is worth 
Yi%c for No. 7 Rio.  The  stock  in  this 
country amounts to 259,313 bags;  atioat, 
238,000 bags;  total, 447,319, or about 53,- 
000 bags  more  than  last  year.  Middle 
grades of coffee  are  in  about  the  same 
channel as for weeks past and quotations 
are neither  higher  nor  lowor, although 
some little irregularity exists.
The New York tea market is one of the 
stillest  things  imaginable.  From  one 
year’s end to another  the  trade is  seem­
ingly asleep.  The  past  week  has been 
no  acception  to  this  rule  although  in 
some grades  of  black  there  have  been 
fair  sales  made  at  prices  showing  no 
falling off.
Molasses is slightly firmer and  is  well 
held.  Buyers must  do  a  good  deal  of 
shopping  around 
to  duplicate  prices 
which prevailed not  long  ago.  Syrups, 
too, are partaking of  more strength  and 
the market is  being  cleared  of  inferior 
grades, so that the field is clear for some­
thing better.
For rice a  better  demand  has  sprung 
up and holders express a good  degree  of 
confidence.  While  the  outlook  south is 
rather dull at the  moment,  it  has  been 
very  encouraging,  and,  with  a  general 
revival, there  will be  some  large  tran­
sactions. 
It seems  almost  impossible to 
educate consumers up to using rice more 
freely, but such times as we  are  having 
serves to help the  consumption along  to 
quite a degree.
Spices remain very quiet and no change 
has been made  within  the entire  range. 
The demand is very light,  and both buy­
ers and sellers  seem to  be  in  a  waiting 
mood.  Foreign green fruits  are in  good 
supply and, in the case of lemons, prices 
have taken  a  turn  downward.  Oranges 
and bananas are at nominal prices.
Dried fruit,  both foreign and domestic, 
is selling at low and unsatisfactory prices, 
and  during  the  week  the  demand  has 
shown no quickening.  California raisins 
remain at the low  figures  prevailing  so 
long, and this is also true of the  foreign 
supply.  Prunes  are  offered  at  excep­
tional figures without finding  buyers for 
more than the average amounts:  Apples, 
peaches,  cherries  and  all  the  smaller 
fruits are quiet and awaiting  purchasers 
at low figures.
Domestic green fruits of  all  sorts  are 
in good demand and every  day  sees  the 
stocks  growing  smaller.  Apples  are 
hardly to be found and  bring almost any 
price.  Florida oranges are  selling  well

and the market seems to absorb  most  of 
the arrivals.
Canned  goods  during  the  week  have 
been very quiet,  and, in the case of corn, 
a  great  drop  has  occurred.  Maryland 
brands having been  sold as low as 47J^c, 
and a good quality of New York  State is 
said  to  have  changed  hands  at  75c. 
Prices  In  everything  are  being  quietly 
cut, yet there seems to be plenty of stock 
to fill up all broken ranks.
For  dairy  products  there  is  a  rather 
better feeling for butter, first-class stock 
being fairly well held at  prices  slightly 
advanced over those of last week.  There 
is not a great deal of  this sort to be had, 
however.  Cheese shows a slight improve­
ment,  and trade is more satisfactory than 
it has been.  Exports are not large.
Southern vegetables  and foreign pota­
toes are coming in  freely,  and new pota­
toes from Bermuda are  quoted  at  about 
$5.50 per bbl.  Domestic are worth $2@ 
2.75 per bbl. 

J ay.

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T he  H ard w are  M arket.

General  Trade—There  seems  to  be 
quite a little revival and  merchants  are 
buying more  freely,  but  not  enough  to 
hurt  anybody.  We  think, however, the 
worst is over and that prices  in most in­
stances have reached bottom.

Wire Nails—It is evident that the nail- 
makers  have  gotten  tired  of  the  low 
prices which prevailed during  December 
and January and are  determined  to  get 
better figures.  All the mills  have with­
drawn quotations and will not  sell with-
out an advance of  10@15c  over  the  late 
market.  As nearly all dealers have cov­
ered  their  present  wants,  it  will  give 
them an opportunity to make the advance 
instead of giving it away.

Barbed Wire—In sympathy with other 
lines  that  have  advanced,  it  has  gone 
up with them.  Manufacturers have with­
drawn late prices and are asking $2 a ton 
more than in January.  Jobbers, as  yet, 
have not changed their prices.

Shot—Still  on  the  decline,  now that 
nobody wants it. 
It is said the combina­
tion is not  held.  Pig  lead  is  also very 
cheap.

Window Glass—Never  so  cheap  as it 
Indications are not  favorable 

is to-day. 
for higher prices for the present.

Doors  and  Sash—Quite  demoralized. 
Manufacturers,  to  secure  orders,  are 
making better discounts.

P o ssib le  C hange  in W e ster n  T erm inus.
A change  in  the western  terminus  of 
the Toledo, Ann Arbor & Northern Mich­
igan Railway from Frankfort  to Arcadia 
is among the possibilities of  the  future. 
The former owners  of  the  Frankfort  & 
South Eastern,  which was purchased and 
is  being  operated  by the Toledo & Ann 
Arbor,  have  applied  to  the  courts  for 
possession, as there  have  been  no  pay­
ments made of late.  Should this petition 
be decided in favor of the  complainants, 
it is understood that  the  receiver  of  the 
Toledo  &  Ann  Arbor will  immediately 
begin the construction of a line from Co- 
pemish  to  Arcadia,  thus  transferring 
their 
from 
Frankfort to its little  rival  ten miles  up 
the  lake  shore. 
It  is  understood  that 
Henry Starkie,  the  Arcadia  lumberman, 
is  behind  the  scheme  to  the  extent of 
guaranteeing  the  right  of way between 
Copemish  and  Arcadia,  a  distance  of 
about  fifteen  miles.  T he  Tradesman 
gives this information  on  the  authority 
of a gentleman who is closely allied with 
Receiver Burt and who  is, in  all  proba­
bility, speaking by the card.

across-the-lake-business 

A flyer in Maricaibo  coffee  again  this 
week  among  Tolman’s  leaders.  Phone 
J. P. Visner at Bridge Street House.

Before  You  Buy

SEE  THE  SPRING  LINE  OF  FINE 
GOODS  MANUFACTURED  BY

SUM l l i f ,

DETROIT,  MICH.

A  FEW  OF  OUR  NEW  SPECIAL­
TIES  IN  OXFORDS  ARE:

The  Juliet  Bootee,  Three  Large 

Button  Newport,  Southern 

Tie  and  Prince  Alberts.

Dealers wishing to see the line address 
F.  A.  CADWELL,  67  Terrace  Ave., 
Grand Rapids, Mich.

A   LADY’S

GENUINE  :  VIGI  :  SHOE,
Plain toe in opera and  opera  toe and C. S. heel. 
D and E and E E 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.

REEDER  BROS. SHOE CO ,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

SEND  US  YOUR

B E A N S ,
WillAlways &ive Full MartetValne

WE  WANT  THEM  ALL,
NO  MATTER  HOW  MANY.

CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS.

The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:

STICK  CANDT.
Cases

Standard,  per  lb............
“  H.H...................
Twist  ..............
“ 
Boston Cream.......... ......  SH
Cut  Loaf.........................
Extra H.  H......................  8V4

Bbls.
6

6

Palls.
7
77
8*

 

 

 

11 

 

 

“  7*

f a n c y — In 5 lb. boxes. 

“ 
f a n c y — In bulk

MIXED  CANDT. Bbla.
Palls.
6*
Standard...................................... 5*
6*
Leader..........................................5*
7*
Royal............................................6*
Nobby.......................................... 7
8
English  Rock..............................7
8
Conserves ......................................7
8
Broken Taffy....................baskets
8
Peanut Squares................. 
8H9
French Creams.............................
13
Valley  Creams.............................
Midget, 30 lb. baskets.....................................   8*
8
Modern, 30 lb. 
Palls.
Lozenges, plain..............................................     8*
printed...........................................   9*
Chocolate Drops.............................................  12
Chocolate Monumentals...............................  12*
Gum Drops.....................................................  8
Moss Drops.....................................................
Sour Drops......................................................   8H
Imperials....................  
10
Per Box
Lemon Drops................................................... SO
Sour Drops.......................................................SO
Peppermint Drops............................................60
Chocolate Drops...............................................75
H. M. Chocolate Drops...................................to
Gum Drops.......................................................40
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
Plain Creams....................................................80
Decorated Creams............................................90
String  Rock.....................................................60
Burnt Almonds............................................ 1 00
Wlntergreen  Berries....................................... 60
No. 1, wrapped, 2 lb.  boxes.........................  34
51
No. 1, 
28
No. 2, 
1  75
Russets,  96........................................
Russets,  126....................... — ......
2  00 
2 50 
Russets,  150.......................................
Brights,  126.......................................
2 00 
2 25 
Brights,  138.......................................
2 75
Brights,  176-200-216..........................
1  50
Sm all......... ....................................
2 50
Large................................................
Extra choice 300...............................
Extra choice 360...............................
Extra fancy 300.................................
Extra fancy 360................................
OTHER  FOREIGN  FRUITS.
Figs, fancy  layers, 6ft......................
“ 
“  10ft......................
“  141b......................
“  extra 
Dates, Fard, 10-lb.  box....................
“ 
.................... .
“ 
Persian. 50-lb.  box.................
Almonds, Tarragona.
Ivaca........
California.
Brazils, new..............
Filberts....................
Walnuts, Grenoble.  .
French.......
Calif...... .
Table  Nuts,  fancy... 
choice..
Pecans. Texas, H.  P.,  ..............—
Chestnuts........................................
Hickory Nuts per bu.......................
Cocoanuts, full sacks......................
Fancy, H.  P.,Suns..........................
“  Roasted..............
Fancy, H.  P., Flags.........................
“  Roasted.............
Choice, H. P„  Extras......................
“  Roasted...........

4 00 
4 00
@13 
@13 
@15 
@ 7 
@ a* @ 5
@16
@15
@
@ 10*
@11@13
@ 10
@12
@12
@11
@ 7*
1  25
4  25

CARAMELS.
 
“ 
 
“ 
ORANGKS.

@5
@ 6V4
@5
@ 6*
@4
@ 5*

“  60-lb.  “ 

BANANAS.

“ 
“ 
“ 

P E A N U T S.

“ 
“ 
“ 

LEMONS.

N U TS.

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

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2 

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OILS.

B A R R ELS.

The  Standard Oil  Co.  qnotes  as  follows:

 

Eocene.......................... 
8*
YYY  W.  W. Mich.  Headlight.............. 
7
Naptha...................................................  @ 6*
Stove Gasoline.......................................  @7*
Cylinder................................................27  @36
E ngine..............  .................................13  @21
Black, 15 cold  test................................   @ 8*
FROM   TA N K   W AGON.
Eocene 
7
..........................................  
XXX  W. W.  Mich.  Headlight.............. 
5

L IV E .

POFLTRT. 
Local dealers pay as follows:
Turkeys....................................
Chickens...................................
Fowls.........................................
Ducks........................................
Geese........................................
Turkeys.....................................
Chickens....................................
Fowl..........................................
Ducks........................................
Geese.......................................
U N D RA W N .
Turkeys....................................
Chickens..................................
Fowls.......................................
Docks....................... ...............
Geese.......................................

DRA W N .

.  8  @ 8* 
.  7   @   8 
.  6  @ 6* 
.  8  @   9 
.  8  @ 9
.10  @11 
.10  @11 
9  @10 
.10  @11 
.10  @12
.  9  @ 9* 
.  7*@ 8 
.  6 * @   7  
.  8  @ 9 
.  8  @ 9

Lemon  & Wheeler Company,

Agents,  Grand  Rapids.

Reme Hand Potato Planter|iW  Yo:— faicCo”
Crackers  and  Fine  Sweet  Goods.

SIMPLE,  DURABLE,  PRIMAL j 

"  —   g E A R S  

Works perfectly in Clay, Gravel or  Sandy Soil, ] 

Sod or  New Ground.  Plants  at  any and 

C 5 l §

uniform depth in moist soil.

Makes  Holes,  Drops  and 
Covers  at  One  Operation.

A  DEMONSTRATED  SUCCESS.

As necessary to Farmers as a Corn  Plan  er.

W E constantly have the  interests of the 

trade  in view  by  introducing  new 
novelties and  using the best  of  material 
in the manufacture of a  superior line of 
goods.

The  Contiuued  Patronage  of  the  Oldest  Established  Grocery 

Houses  in  the  State  is  our  BEST  TESTIMONIAL.

S U R E   TO   S E L L

PLACE  ORDERS  EARLY  WITH—

OUR  GOODS  ARE  ALWAYS  IN  DEMAND,  AND  NO  WELL  APPOINTED 

GROCERY  STOCK  IS  COMPLETE  WITHOUT  A  FULL  LINE.

SEND  IN  A  TRIAL  ORDER  AND  BE  CONVINCED.

FLETCHER  HARDWARE  CO,  s   FOSTER,  STEVENS  &  CO.,

We  also  take  Orders  for  the  Celebrated  KENNEDY  BISCUIT, 

made  at  our  Chicago  Factory.

DETROIT,  MICH., 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.,

PRICE  ®24  PER  DOZEN.

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WA.NTTHE B E S T

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S O L D   O N L Y   B Y

S.  .A.  SBARS,  Manager,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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T H E   O N L Y   R E L IA B L E

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FERMENTUM
COMPRESSED YEAST
The FßrmentUm Company

SOLD  BY  ALL  FIRST-CLASS  GROCERS.

MANUFACTURED  BY

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MAIN  OFFICE:

CHICAGO,  270  KINZIE  STREET.

MICHIGAN  AGENCY:

GRAND  RAPIDS,  106  KENT  STREET.

Address  all  communications  to  THE  FERMENTUM  CO.

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makes, and are always sure to give  your customer the best of 
satisfaction.

CHALLENGE  LINE.

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IF  YOU  NEl/ER Have sold Refrigerators why don’t 

you?  They pay a good profit when 

you  can  buy  them  direct  from  the  manufacturers.

We  Manufacture

All our Refrigerators, so in  buying  from  us  you  buy  direct  and 
pay no jobbers profit, but get the  benefit  of  the  lowest manufac­
turers  prices.

W R I T E   U S For  Catalogue  and 

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Manufacturers  of  THE  LEONARD  CLEANABLE  REFRIGERATORS

H I G H E S T   A W A R D

MEDAL  and  THREE  DIPLOMAS  have  been  given  to  the  New York  Condensed 
Milk  Company  for  the  excellence  and  superiority of  its  celebrated

Gail  Borden  Eagle  Brand  Condensed  Milk, 

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been  possible  only  by rigid  adherence  to  thoroughly conscientious 
principles  of  doing  business,  constant  attention  to  details,  strict 
training of its dairymen and employees,  careful study of  the people’s 
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