VOL.  11

GRA.ND  RAPIDS,  MARCH  21,  1894.

HO.  548

W H O LESA LE  D EA LER S 
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AND  M AN U FACTUR ER S  OF

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AN  UNNEIGHBORLY NEIGHBOR.
“Swing low,  sweet chari-o-ot!” shrilled 
old Dinah from  the  kitchen,  in  a  high 
and  penetrating  falsetto,  whose  many 
quavers were jerked out  in  a  way  that 
sounded as if the  singer  were  undergo­
ing some mysterious torture.

Mrs.  Stocker,  tending  flowers  in  the 
back garden of her  country  home,  stop­
ped to listen.

“Gwine for to carry me ho-o-me!” con­
tinued Dinah,  in a deep,  rumbling  tone, 
suggestive of an asthmatic bass  and  ac­
companied  by  an  energetic  rattling of 
dishes.

As the negress paused for  breath Mrs. 
Stocker heard a heavy  pounding  at  the 
frontdoor,  and,  still  smiling  at  Dinah’s 
duet-like  efforts,  hnrried 
the 
house.

On the porch she found a testy and ec­
centric old man,  who  gazed with marked 
displeasure at her  lovely face,  and,  un­
appeased  by her friendly  smile,  roared 
out:  “What in thunder’s going on in this 
honse—a prayer-meeting  or  a  cat-fight? 
I’ve been hammering on this door for ten 
minutes, seems to me!”

round 

“I’m sorry if we’ve kept you waiting,” 

she answered,  gently.

The various hard  knots into which his 
face seemed to be tied  slightly  relaxed, 
but he vouchsafed only a skeptical grunt 
in reply.

“I’ve come to see  your husband,”  said 

he abruptly,  “ is he at  home?”

“No, he  is not.”
“When’ll he be back?”
“Not until to-morrow.”
“I s’pose you don’t  know how to write 
a receipt?”  he  queried,  with  his  chin 
cocked scornfully in the air.

“I think I could,”  said she smiling.
“Well,  I’ve been owing  your  husband 
some money for three years,  and couldn’t 
even  pay 
the  interest,  ’cause  people 
didn’t pay me; but I’ve had  a  stroke  o’ 
luck and here’s the money.  Gimme a re­
ceipt and we’ll be qnits,”  he said,  as  he 
flung a bag of currency on the table.

“Oh, dear me!”  she exclaimed;  “could 
you  not  give  me a check  for  it?  I’m 
afraid  to  have  so  much  money in the 
house.”

He looked upon this  feminine timidity 
with the contempt of a bitter  old  bache­
lor,  and promptly snapped:  “No, I can’t. 
It’s all the money I’ve got.  People seen 
me getting it at  the  bank,  and  if  you 
don’t  take  it  likely  some  one else will. 
I’m  scared  myself!”  with  a  sardonic 
grin.

She reflected  that  this  crusty  person 
might never make another effort  to  pay, 
and that no one need know  she  had  the 
money; so she asked him into the  house, 
where she counted the currency and gave 
him a receipt.

When he was gone she hid  the  money 
among some scrapbags in a  dark  eoruer 
of her bedroom closet.

As the day  wore on she  grew  anxious 
and nervous.  There occurred to her the 
fear that  some  passerby  who  had  seen 
the old man get the money  at  the  bank 
had  noticed  his  horse  standing  at her

gate and would suspect that she  had  the 
money.

It seemed to  her  that  the  very  birds 
had too knowing an air as  they tip-tilted 
on a  branch  outside  her  bedroom  win­
dow and cocked  their beads on  one  side 
to look in.

If any one broke into her lonely house, 
which was a half-mile from  her  nearest 
neighbors, 
the  Gordons,  she  and  her 
feeble old Dinah would have no defence.
It was with a  feeling of relief that she 
saw  John  Gordon,  her  husband’s best 
friend,  walking toward the  house.  He 
was  a dark,  slender man,  with a nervous 
manner and a rather joyless smile.

“How are you, Mrs.  Stocker?  Feeling 
rather  lonesome,  eh?”  he  called  out. 
“We saw your husbond  driving  by  this 
morning with  his  best  clothes  on,  and 
knew  that  meant  he’d  be  gone  some 
time.  Wife isn’t  very  well, and  wants 
to know if you won’t go  over  and  stay 
with her while I’m away.”

“Thank you, I wish I  could,  but  Mr. 
Stocker can’t possibly be  back  until  to­
morrow,  and Kandall has paid me a large 
sum of money which I dare not leave.”

“Has he,  at  last? 

I  saw  his  horse 
standing  here,  but  had  no  idea you’d 
ever  see  that  money  again.”  After 
a  moment’s  thought  he  added:  “But 
why  not leave it?  Does  any  one  know 
you have it?”

“No one but the man  who  paid  it  to 
me that I know of—but  he  looks  like  a 
brigand.”

“Nonsense,  my  dear  woman!  You’re 
letting your fears  run  away  with  you. 
Brigands don’t  usually  pay  debts,  and 
there’s  nothing  to  be  afraid  of.  Just 
leave the money here and go  over to our 
house and spend the  night.  Darkies are 
a scary lot,  and you haven’t  even a  sen­
sible dog to keep you  company.”

She longed to yield;  but  she  thought 
of all  that  this  money would  mean  to 
her overworked husband,  and, hardening 
her heart against Mr.  Gordon’s  repeated 
urging*,  persisted  in  staying  at  her 
post.

to  be 

Saying that he was  late for an engage­
ment, her  neighbor  bade  her  a  hasty 
farewell.

As the early darkness of the December 
night began to  close  In  Nature  herself 
seemed  to  Mrs.  Stocker,  in  her  over­
wrought  condition, 
conspiring 
with evil beings to heighten  her helpless 
terror.
At last Dinah  ponderously waddled in 
and broke the gloom  by  cheerfully  an­
nouncing the evening  meal.  While this 
was in progress a wagon  drove  up,  and 
Mrs.  Stocker heard the welcome  voice of 
Ranney,  a  sturdy,  jolly  Irish  peddler, 
with whom  she  had  had  dealings  for 
several years.  He was one of  those  ro­
tund and jovial  personalities  that  look 
like embodied jokes and  the  very  sight 
of whom makes every  one feel  cheerful.
“Now, Toots,”  he  was  saying,  “don’t 
ye be  for ating me  up  the  minit  I  git 
down. 
It’s so long since I’ve  had a bite 
that I’d  be  mighty  poor  picking.  Be 
aisy,  now,  and the lady’ll give ye a bone,

maybe,  with  some  marrow  in  it. 
hollow clare through.”

I m 

Mrs. Stocker opened the  doer  in  time 
to hear these last words,  and  called  out: 
“We shall be glad  to  fill  you  up,  Mr. 
Ranney,  and Toots,  too.  Gome  in,  both 
of you.”

In walked  master and  beast,  the  man 
with something of  a  roll  on  bis  bandy 
legs,  the white dog—whose  legs  seemed 
respectfully modelled on the  same  plan 
—with the air  of  conscious  power  and 
dignity  belonging  to  a  pure-blooded 
bulldog.

As the  peddler  took  his  seat  at  the 
table Toots sat  down  beside  him,  and, 
without  taking  the  slightest  notice  of 
any one  else,  looked  quietly  into  his 
master’s  face.

“I’ve  been  driving  about  without  a 
bite since airly  morning,” said  Ranney, 
“and thought I’d  stop  here  for  supper 
and drop the things that ye  ordered  last 
trip, Mrs.  Stocker. 
I  knew  Toots  was 
hungry,  too;  but,  ye  see,  he  don’t  beg, 
like common dogs.  He’s  too  much  of a 
gintleman for that.  He knows  his  mas­
ter’ll feed him when he can,  and  he  has 
no  patience wid whining,  let  alone  do­
ing it himsilf.”

“Toots is the best dog  I  know,”  Mrs, 
Stocker answered  enthusiastically.  She 
took up a bone and  held  it  out, saying: 
“Toots, nice dog, will you come  and  get 
this?”

Toots eyed her gravely, with an expres­
sion which said  that  he  knew  she  ap­
preciated his  worth,  but  thought  her 
tone was unduly familiar.

Then he looked inquiringly at his mas­
ter, to see if he approved of  accepting  a 
bone from a strange hand.

Ranney nodded  and  said:  “Yes,  old 

boy;  go and get it.”

Toots  walked  calmly  round 

to  see 
Mrs.  Stocker  without  any  undignified 
haste,  and  with  one  polite  wag  of  his 
tail took the bone,  which  he  crushed  in 
his powerful jaws as  if  it were  an  egg­
shell.

Dinah eyed  him  at  a  respectful  dis­
tance,  and was visibly  relieved when the 
meal was over and she  could  go  to  the 
kitchen.
“Mr.  Ranney,”  said  Mrs.  Stocker, 
hastily,  “my  husband 
is  away, and  I 
feel very timid.  Can’t you stay with  us 
all night?”

“Indade,  mum,  now I’m rale sorry,  for 
I’d dearly love to be any  comfort  to  ye; 
but 1 got word  that  me  friend,  Charlie 
Craig,  was down  with fever and  begging 
every minute for  me  to  come  to  him. 
They say he may not live the  night  out, 
and I’ve been driving like mad all day to 
git to him  in  time. 
If  ’twas  anything 
else I’d stay.  But you’ve no  call  to  be 
anyways afeerd,  me  dear  lady.  There’s 
no robbers about here,  and  no  one  has 
iver molested ye,  I know.”

She thought to herself:  “Dare I  trust 
him?  Perhaps he  could  send  me  some 
one from the village,” and she  told  him 
of the money.

“Oh, now,” said he,  “I’ll  fix  it.  Jest 
as well not talk about  it in  the  village.

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T H F U   M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N .

I’ll leave  ye  Toots,  and  he wont  tell, 
anyhow. 
I don’t  think  any  one  could 
know ye have that in  the  house;  but,  if 
they did,  they’d have a hard time getting 
it with Toots here. 
It ’ud be a new sort 
o’ man that ’ud git the better o’ him.”

“Oh, thank  you,  Mr.  Rauney.  But 

would Toots mind  me?”

“Sartainly  he  will,  if I tell  him.  lie’s 
a knowing fellah.  And there’s nothing 
be can’t do for ye,  from  minding a baby 
to chewing up  tramps.”

During this  talk,  Toots  listened  with 
an air of interest.  Ranuey turued to him 
and gravely spoke in the tone of respect­
ful politeness  that he would  have  used 
toward an intelligent  man.

“Now,  me boy, ye  see  it’s  this  way. 
This lady needs ye more’n I  do  to-night, 
and so ye’ll plaze me best if ye bide  here 
with her.  Don’t let any  one  harm  her, 
and stay here till  1 come for ye.”

Toots  w alked  over and  licked  his  m as­

ter’s  hand.

“Good boy!  Ye’re  the  best  friend I 
have,”  said Ranuey,  patting him,  where­
at Toots cocked  up his ears  and  wagged 
his tail.

“ Now,  lie down and  show  the lady ye 

Toots obeyed,  and quietly  watched  his 

mean to stay.”

master go.

it, 

tone  into 

After carefully locking every door and 
window,  Mrs.  Stocker sat down to write 
a letter. 
She  found it  hard  to infuse a 
and 
properly  cheerful 
caught  herself 
to 
every sound.  The dog settled down to a 
comfortable nap,  and  seemed not  in  the 
least  disturbed  by 
the  shrieks  of the 
wind or  the  rattling  of 
the  windows. 
She began to fear that if  any  one  broke 
in, Toots would not even  hear it.

fearfully 

listening 

The  ticking of the  clock  was  almost 
unbearable,  while its deliberation seemed 
purposely to lengthen the minutes as they 
passed.  The  wind 
in  fury. 
She peered  into the darkness,  but  could 
see nothing  beyond  the  swaying  trees. 
Toots looked at her  inquiringly,  but  as 
nothing alarming was to be heard, settled 
down once more to sleep.

increased 

Mrs.  Stocker  took  up  a  book,  but 
found  it  impossible  to  keep  her  mind 
upon it.  Frightful and  menacing  faces 
rose before her, and all the tales  of  vio­
lence that she had ever heard came  back 
to  her.  She  walked  the  door,  forcing 
herself to think of faraway scenes in her 
happy  girlhood,  only 
to  be  brought 
back to the present by some  fresh  rattle 
of a door  or window that  sounded  as  if 
some one were trying to  get in.

At last fatigue made her drowsy.  She 
carried  the lamp  into  her  bedroom  and 
left  it  burning,  so  that  any  one  who 
passed  might  think  the  family  were 
awake,  and  then  lay  down  without  un­
dressing.  As she dozed off,  she was now 
and  then  awakened  by  the  scraping  of 
the  shrubbery  upon  her  window,  and 
though she did not believe  in  signs  and 
portents,  it sounded  to  her like  the  tap­
ping  of  the willow wand  that  foretells 
approaching death.

At last  she  looked  at  the  clock,  and 
saw that in all these sleepings  and  wak­
ings,  which had seemed to  occupy a life­
time,  a half-hour had gone by.  She  lay 
down  again  and at last  fell  into a  deep 
sleep.

She was awakened by a gust that shook 
the  bouse.  As 
lulled,  she 
thought she  heard  a  noise  at  the  front 
door.  She rushed into the parlor.  There 
sat Toots,  with his eyes fixed intently on

the  wind 

the door,  but not moving a muscle.  The 
noise ceased,  and she went back to bed— 
but could not  sleep.

Again she  heard  a  metallic  sound  in 
the lock.  She got up and called:  “Who’s 
there?”  but got no answer.  The dog sat 
upright and looked at the door,  but  kept 
perfect  silence.  Mrs.  Stocker  listened. 
All  was quiet  for  several  minutes,  but 
again came that metallic click.

“ Who is there?  What  do  you  want,” 

she cried.

continued.

him!  Bark!”

No  answer;  but  this  time  the  sound 

“At  him,  Toots!”  she  screamed;  “at 

Why was the dog  so  still? 

In  an  in­
stant  the  reason  flashed  before  her. 
Toots must have  recognized  the  step  of 
his master,  who  had  come  back  to  rob 
her,  knowing  that  her  only  protection 
was his dog!

She  saw  the door  yielding,  and  fled 
toward the rear  of  the  bouse.  On,  on, 
she ran toward the  Gordons,  stumbling, 
falling,  getting  up  and  running  again, 
unconscious  of 
fatigue.  Her  breath 
came  in  gasps,  and  she  could  scarcely 
utter  a  hoarse  cry  of “ Help!  help!”  as 
she threw herself against the door  of the 
Gordon bouse.

Mrs.  Gordon,  who  was  lying  awake 
listening for her  husband,  who  had gone 
to  prayer-meeting  and  had  not  yet  re­
turned,  heard  the  cry.  She  roused  the 
household,  and soon they  were  hurrying 
toward the Stocker house.

As  they  neared  it  their  nerves  were 
tense.  There  was  a  pale  moon  strug­
gling through  the  clouds,  and  even  the 
most familiar objects looked strauge and 
spectral.

The front door was  wide  open.  They 
walked cautiously toward it,  and  looked 
in.

On the floor lay the figure  of a masked 
man,  while over  him stood  the  bull-dog, 
bleeding from several cuts  and  his  jaws 
horribly  red.  The  man’s  throat  was  a 
gaping wound,  and  his  right  hand  still 
clutched a knife.  A  few  feet  away  lay 
a  revolver,  evidently  fallen  from  his 
grasp.

Mrs. Stocker  leaned  pityingly  toward 
him.  “ Perhaps he has only fainted.  Do 
see  if  we  can  help  him!  Come  away. 
Toots—good dog,  brave dog!”

Toots  looked  at  the  motionless  form 
beneath  him,  and  then  limped  toward 
j her.

Mrs.  Gordon  bent  over  the  prostrate 
man, and pulled off his mask.  An  awful 
cry sounded through the house.

The man  was John Gordon—dead.

A.  S. Wing.

If I W ere a   D elivery  C lerk,

I  would  see  that  all  goods  put into 
my hands were checked  with  the  origi­
nal order; that they  were neatly put up, 
properly  addressed  and  packed. 
1 
would arrange  my  route  systematically 
and make deliveries at  stated  hours.  1 
would waste no  time  in  gossiping  with 
those  to  whom  1  delivered  goods,  but 
utilize  the  opportunity 
to  catch addi­
tional orders. 
I  would  have the  wagon 
in use free from mud,  the harness bright 
and clean, the horse  well  groomed,  and 
myself noted for  neat  personal  appear­
ance  and  courteous  manner. 
1  would 
work  on  the  supposition  that  1  repre­
sented the store and  was regarded an  in­
dex of its service. 
1 would keep posted 
as to new and seasonable goods, all  nov­
elties,  bargains,  etc.,  and  be  ready  to 
answer questions  regarding  the  quality 
and price of  all  goods. 
I  would be ob­
liging  and  helpful  to  patrons,  and win 
their good  will through efficiency  of  ser­
vice.

SEASONED.

Mrs.  Bk a i>y.—Oi  don’t  know  p h at’s  th ’ m atther  wid  it. 

T h ’  mon  as  sold  it 

tould  me it  was  made ov seasoned  lum ber.

Bkady  (in  disgust).—Seasoned,  is  it?  W ell,  the  lum ber  m ust  bov  been  sea­

soned  in  th ’ Fall,  thin,  fer th ’  leaves  are all  droppin’  ahf.

OWillll,  Willi  &  GO’S

E I N E

C O F F E E S .

Royal Java,
Royal  Java and  Mocha, 
Aden  Mocha 
Mocha and Java Blend 
White  House  Mocha  and 

Java,

Golden  Santos,
Ex.  Golden  Rio,
No.  37, Blend.

We  have  trebled  our  coffee  business  since vve  have  been 

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

OLNEY i JUDSON GROßER BO

Agents  Western  Michigan,  Grand  Rapids.
Grand.-Gira.rd.  &   Co. 

BELDEN  REAGAN,  M.  D.

H.  K.  GRAND GIRARD 

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*

DRUG  STOCKS  BOUGHT  AND  SOLD. 
Correspondence  Solicited. 

PORTER  BLOCK,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

O R A N G E S .

Promptness  Assured.

FLORIDAS,
CALIFORNIAS
CATANIAS.

and

T u b J ’L T A A M   C A N U Y  CO.

Sound  fruit  at  bottom   prices.

ABBOTT  VS.  OW EN.

F inal  W o rd s  O ver 

th e   C o n tro v ersy  

C oncerning  B read .

Written for Tine Teadhsman.

In closing his alleged reply  to  my last 
article  on  the  “ bread  question,”  Mr. 
Owen claims the  right  to  have  the  last 
word.  Just before making this claim he 
tells his readers that a certain  statement 
of  mine—relative  to  bread  in  Canada 
being delivered  direct  to  consumers—is 
“absolutely false.”  Now,  I  think  that 
when a man gives  me  the  lie,  I  am  en­
titled to the  privilege  of  thrashing  him 
or of proving the truth of  my statement. 
As  Mr. Owen  is  at  present  in  Canada, 
and so beyond my reach,  I  must  content 
myself  with  the  exercise  of  the  latter 
end of the privilege.  1 am,  as Mr.  Owen 
is,  a Canadian,  that is  to  say, Canada  is 
the land of my  nativity;  but  1  am  now 
an  American  citizen,  my  home  is  here 
and all my interests are here.  Mr. Owen 
is not only  a Canadian  by  birth,  but  he 
is still one in  heart;  all  his  sympathies 
are Canadian,  and  he  is  as  much  enam­
ored of Canadian institutions as  the ver­
iest  Canadian  of  them  all.  Mr.  Owen 
knew  that  I  was  a  Canadian when  he 
penned  bis  last  article,  and  he  knew, 
also,  that my home was for  years  in  the 
city  of  Toronto.  His  reference  to  my 
“ living for a  little  while  in  some  Can­
adian  city” may  be  intended  as  a  sar­
casm;  1 cannot say,  but 1  suggest  it as a 
possible excuse  for  Mr.  Owen’s  leaving 
his  readers to an inference when he knew 
the contrary. 
It may surprise Mr. Owen 
to learn  that  I  spent  some  time  in  the 
baking business  in  Canada,  and  so  may 
be permitted  to  know  something  about 
the  business  over  there,  and  when  I 
stated that bread  in  Canada  was  deliv­
ered direct to the consumers 1 stated  the 
fact,  notwithstanding  Mr.  Owen’s  en­
ergetic denial. 
If he has discovered one 
or two instances  where  bread is  sold  by 
grocers,  1 suppose  he  is  entitled  to  the 
full  benefit  of  the  discovery. 
I  stated 
what was the rule,  he  has  found  an  ex­
ception. 
It  may  not  show  much  argu­
mentative  ability  to  base  an  argument 
on an exception,  but that is,  apparently, 
enough for one side of the discussion. 
I 
will not go to the  length  that  Mr. Owen 
did and say that  any  of  his  statements 
are  absolutely  false—they  are  neither 
absolutely  false  nor  absolutely 
true. 
For  instance,  wheat  has been  bought  in 
Grand Rapids for 50 cents a  bushel;  but 
not enough comes to this market to  keep 
the mills grinding  six  hours  out  of  the 
twenty-four—they run twenty-four hours 
a day.  Wheat is  now 52 cents here,  but 
the wheat  used by  the  mills  costs  from 
3 to 5 cents more than the Grand  Rapids 
price.  Mr.  Owen  stated  a  half  truth 
when he said  that  flour  was  made  from 
50  cent  wheat.  But,  “ I  repeat,”  that 
the bakers of Grand  Rapids  do  not,  as  a 
rule,  use “home-made”  flour.  As to  the 
price of bread,  I  bave not abandoned my 
first statement, that the price of  bread is 
7 and not 8 cents.  Mr.  Owen  found  an­
other  exception,  that  is  all. 
In  some 
parts of the  city it  is  sold  for  6  cents— 
good,  fresh  bread,  at  that.  What  Mr. 
Owen  does  not  know  concerning  the 
things  he writes about is a matter of sur­
prise even to  those who  know him  best. 
His  last  article  contains  even  more 
Owenisms  than  usual.  Having  sent  in 
his  "last  word”  the  controversy  now 
ends,  so far as I am concerned.

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

From the Chicago Dry Goods Reporter.
A Chicago  dry goods  man who,  before 
coming to Chicago ran  a dry goods  store 
in  a  town  of  about  2,000  inhabitants, 
tells  some  ways  in  which  he  managed 
to attract trade to his store.
“From the first,”  said he, “I firmly be­
lieved  that  enterprise and push were as 
necessary in order to obtain  the  best  re­
sults in a small town like  that  in which 
1 was located as in a large city.  I adopt­
ed  the methods 1 thought would be  suc­
cessful and proved them  to  be  such  to 
the astoundment  of the other local  mer­
chants.
“ We had no daily papers, but I always 
had at least half a page and sometimes a 
page  ‘ad’  in  the  local  weeklies.  They 
were  not  ordinary  stale  country  ‘ads’ 
either,  but well written,  attractively dis­
played and  full  of  price  items.  Every 
week I had one or more special sales and 
took pains to have  the  people  informed 
of them.
“My windows were by far  the  best  of 
the town and  I trained one of  my  clerks 
to take care of  them.  There  was  noth­
ing very elaborate about the window dis­
plays,  but  they  were  always  neat  and 
attractive,  and  were  changed  at  least 
once  a week and  sometimes  oftener.  1 
took  pains to have everything displayed, 
price-marked.  Every once  in  a  while  I 
would have a special sale  of  goods  par­
ticularly attractive to the country  trade, 
and then I would advertise that  to every 
person trading at  my store  on  that  day 
who came from outside the  town  within 
a radius of ninety miles,  I would  refund 
his or her railroad fare one way  and pay 
for three meals and lodging over night.
“I made  special  rates  at  one  of  the 
hotels and  found  the  scheme  a  paying 
one. 
If  it  happened  in  the  summer  1 
would treat  the  ladies  to  ice  cream  in 
the  afternoon,  having  had  the  yard  in 
the rear of the  store  fixed  up  so  as  to 
make  a  very fair  summer  garden. 
In 
order to secure the refunding of half  the 
railroad  fare  the  customer  simply  had 
to present their round  trip  ticket  to  be 
stamped.
“My methods caught the people  and  1 
can safely say  that  in  the  four  or  five 
years I  did  business  in  that  town  my 
profits  equalled  those  of  all  the  four 
other principal merchants put together.

On B ecord  a s  Predicting' H igher P rices
Siegel, Cooper & Co.,  the great depart­
ment store people of Chicago, go on  rec­
ord in  prophesying  higher  prices  soon. 
They 
their  advertisements 
introduced 
recently as follows:

During the past  six  months  prices  of 
different commodities  have  tumbled  as 
they never  tumbled before.  Now  mark 
you this prediction:  You  have  seen  the 
end of the going down hill process;  from 
now on prices will  advance,  and  within 
two months  prices  will  be  much  higher 
than  they  are  now.  Why?  Simply  be­
cause goods—both imported  and  domes­
tic—are scarce.  There are not enough to 
go around,  and after all,  prices  are  sim­
ply a matter of demand and supply.  The  | 
demand will shortly  exceed  the  supply. 
Ergo, higher prices.

The D esirability of Sm all C heese.
From the Farm and Home.
The market  is  bare  of  fresh  cheese. 
City consumers are calling for it and  are 
willing  to  pay  a  good  price.  There 
ought to be as much money in  making  a 
fancy  article  of  fresh  green  cheese  in 
winter,  put up in small sizes  for  family 
use, as there is in making butter for  25 to 
35 cents per pound.  It is taking the cheese 
industry a long time to find out  that  the 
great  demand 
is  for  smaller  cheese. 
There is no reason  why a factory making 
a specialty of cheese weighing from 2  to 
5 pounds cannot make a  very  handsome 
profit.  The trouble is  that  the  smaller 
sizes now  on  the  market  all  command 
fancy prices,  and their  sale  is  limited. 
Cheese of standard quality can  be  made 
into  small  sizes  on  a  large  scale  very 
cheaply  with  special  appliances,  and 
there is money in it for the  factory  that 
first catches on to this  system.

Use Tradesman Coupon Books.

T H E   M I G H I G A J N   T R A D E S M A N ,
B o o t C a lk s —

H ow   H e  C a u g h t  T he  T rad e.

8
Before  You  Buy

SEE  THE  SPRING  LINE  OF  FINE 
GOODS  MANUFACTURED  BY

SNll l HATHAWAY.

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.

Agents,  Grand  Bapids.

Lemon  & Wheeler Company,
BUYS'  BENCH  BARREL  TRUCK.

Patent Applied  For.

The  Sim pliest,  Most  Substantial 
and  Host  Satisfactory  Barrel 

Truck  ever invented.

F o r P rices, T erm s a n d   Illu stra ­

ted  C ircular,  call  or 

A d d ress,

A .  BUYS  EAST FULTON S  . 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

- 

Ball  per thousand 
$1  25
Heel  “ 
1  50
HIRTH, KRAUSE & CO.,

“ 
Order  Now.

- 

- 

12  &  14  Lyon  St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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  complete  line  to  select  from.

Our  Goods 

Are

Perfect  Fitters,

THOROUGHLY  MADE,¡LOW  IN  PRICE.

H.  H.  COOPER  &  CO.,
Men's, Boys'  and  Children’s doming.

Manufacturers  of

UTICA,  N.  Y.

Write J.  H.  WEBSTER,  State  Agent, 

OWOSSO,  MICH.

Manufacturers  and  .Jobbers  of

PIECED  m   STAMPED  TINWARE,
GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH
Telephone 640. 

26«  SOUTH  IONIA  ¡>T., 

A  LADY’S

GENUINE  :  VIOI  :  SHOE,
Plain toe in opera and  opera  toe and O. 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.

REED ER  BROS. SHOE GO ,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

AROUND  THE  STATE.

MOVEMENTS  OF  MERCHANTS.

Hessel—Finlan  Bros,  succeed  Cruger 

Jfc  Finlan  in general trade.

Menominee—J.  Paula  succeeds  Jos. 

Hnilicka in the  grocery  business.

Mendon—L. Cassell  has  embarked  in 

the grocery  business at this place.

Moreuci—Frelan  Smith  is  succeeded 

by Smith & Cook in the meat business.

Kalamazoo—E.  H.  Mead  succeeds  E.
H.  Mead & Co.  in the harness business.
Plainwell—C.  E.  Spencer  has  sold  his 
baking business to Richtmeyer & Weeks.
Muskegon—The  Strauss  &  Jandorf 
its  stock  of 

Shoe  Co.  is  closing  out 
goods.

South  Arm—Bisnett  &  Williams suc­
the  grocery 

ceed  Bisnett  &  Lewis  in 
business.

Sault  Ste.  Marie—V.  R.  Conway  is 
succeeded  by Conway &  Co.  in  the  drug 
business.

Fenton—D.  Horton  succeeds  Frank 
Thompson  in the agricultural implement 
business.

Midland—Anderson  &  Orth  succeed 
Anderson Bros,  in the  drug  and  shingle 
business.

Riverdale—The general stock of Henry 
Langley has  been closed out  under  chat­
tel mortgage.

Ann  Arbor—Overbeck  &  Staebler, 
grocers, have  dissolved,  Staebler  &  Co. 
succeeding.

Shelby—Ed.  Highby  has  purchased 
the confectionery and  cigar  business  of 
W. J.  Elliott.

Ishpeming—I. Sirnson has removed  his 
to 

boot  and  shoe  and  clothing  stock 
Shawno,  Wis.

Kalamazoo—E.  De Watters has opened 
a grocery  store at the corner of Vine and 
Locust streets.

Milan—W.  M.  Cappel  has  purchased 
the  baking  and  restaurant  business  of 
Clarence F.  Needham.

Grand  Ledge—Albert  Sebring.  suc­
ceeds W.  R.  Billings in  the  agricultural 
implement business.

Litchfield—W.  A.  Fowler is  succeeded 
by F.  H.  Van Dorsten  in  the  dry  goods 
and grocery business.

Traverse  City—Kubeck  &  Church, 
clothiers,  have dissolved,  Frank  Kubeck 
continuing the  business.

Bay  City—The  Miller  Hardware  Co. 
succeeds W. H. Miller & Co. in the whole­
sale and retail  hardware business.

Plainwell—Mary Hamblin has sold her 
bazaar stock,  which is chattel mortgaged 
to the extent of  8145.75, to R.  D.  Russel.
Hartford—Mrs.  M.  J.  Olds  has  pur­
chased the grocery stock  of G.  L.  Daven­
port and will continue the business at this 
place.
Holland—D.  Aldershof,  formerly  en­
gaged in the grocery business at Zeeland, 
has embarked in the fish business at  this 
place.

Nashville—A. J.  Reynolds  and  P.  H. 
Brumm have purchased the stock of gro­
ceries  of Geo.  W.  Francis  &  Son  and 
will continue the business.

Homer—L.  A.  Anderson has purchased 
an interest in the grocery stock of  J.  H. 
Harrow.  The new  firm  will  be  known 
as Harrow.  Anderson & Co.

Big Rapids—James Smith  has  sold  his 
interest  in  the grocery stock of Smith  & 
Graham to his partner, who will continue 
the business in  his own  name.

Kalamazoo—D.  C.  Higley  and  E.  J. 
Clark  will  join  hands  and  consolidate 
their dry goods stocks April 1.  The new 
firm  will be known  as Higley & Clark.

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Big Rapids—C.  B.  Fuqua  has  sold  his 
drug stock to Geo. W.  Milner,  who  has 
consolidated it with his own.  Mr. Fuqua 
will clerk for the purchaser,  for  a  time, 
at least.

Charlevoix—Z. V.  Payne,  formerly  of 
the firm of Harrington & Payne Bros.,  at 
St.  Louis,  has opened a shoe store at this 
place.  Frank E.  Chase  secured  the  or­
der for the stock.

Belding—E.  R.  Spencer,  J,  M.  Earle, 
H.  J.  Leonard  and W.  F.  Bricber  have 
subscribed $12,500 toward  the  organiza­
tion of a 850,000  stock  company  to  en­
gage in  the  manufacture  of  boots  and 
shoes.

Lyons—S.  W.  Webber  Jr.  and  W.  A. 
Webber will consolidate  their  stocks  of 
merchandise in the  near  future  in  the 
building lately purchased  by  S.  W,  Jr. 
from Hr.  Kelley,  thus making one  of the 
most complete general  stores  in  Lyons.
Ionia—J. J.  Voungs has  purchased the 
interest of J.  H. Canfield in  the  grocery 
firm of  Canfield  &  Hanigan.  The  new 
firm will  be known as Youngs & Hanigan. 
Both are energetic  young  men  and  will 
probably realize the success  they  covet.
Ionia—The clothing  firm of Webber  & 
Buck has been  dissolved  and  the  busi­
ness will be continued  at  the  old  stand 
by Mr.  J.  T.  Webber,  who will also  con­
tinue the  custom  tailoring  department. 
Mr.  Buck  will  open  at  407  West  Main 
street March 24,  with a  line  of  clothing 
and  men’s  furnishings,  and  will  also 
make a specialty  of  merchant  tailoring.
Saranac—S.  A.  Watt  has  closed  his 
store at Clarksville, moving the  stock  to 
this  place,  where  he  will  conduct  two 
stores  hereafter,  carrying  lines  of  dry 
goods,  notions,  crockery and groceries at 
the old store and lines of clothing,  men’s 
furnishing  goods,  hats  and  caps,  boots 
and shoes at the new store on the  corner 
of Main and Bridge streets.

Edmore—  Maley  &  Snyder  have  had 
plans  prepared  for  a  two-story  brick 
store building, 27x100 feet in dimensions, 
which  they  will  immediately  erect  on 
the  present  location  of  their  general 
store.  The  building  will  have  a  steel 
roof and  steel  ceiling  and  be  made  as 
modern  as  the  limitations  of  the  place 
admit.  The  firm  expect  to  be  able  to 
occupy the new  premises  by  the  middle 
of June,  when they will  put in  a  line  of 
dry goods.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Gaylord—George  Fiege,  of  Saginaw, 
has sold his hoop  and stave aDd  sawmill 
here,  to  Thomas  Trodle  and  others  of 
Saginaw.

Clarence—The  Clarence  Lumber  Co. 
has  taken  a  contract  to  cut  6,000,000 
hemlock  shingles  and  is  putting  them 
out at the rate of 40,000 a day.

Bay City—F.  T.  Wilson  has  retired 
from the Wilson  Hoop Co. 
It  is  doubt­
ful  if  the  mill  is  operated  this  season 
unless  the  market  prospects  for  hoops 
decidedly improve.

Marquette—Signs of spring begin to be 
seen  around the sawmills, where mechan­
ics are busy  putting everything in  shape 
for the  season’s  cut.  The  Head  River 
Mill Co.  expects to start soon after  April
1.  and  the Burtis mill  will  probably start 
a few days later.

Manistee— The Canfield  Salt  A  Lum­
ber  Co.  has  about  4,000,000  feet  at  the 
head of  the lake,  that were put in during 
the  winter  by  the  Manistee  &  Grand 
Rapids railroad,  and  these will be  towed 
down  to the storage booms at  their  saw­

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Detroit—Articles of association  of  the
J.  M.  Flinn  Ice  Cream  Co.  have  been 
filed  The  company 
to  work 
both ends of the string,  to make  and  sell 
the seductive iced cream in  summer and 
to can and sell  the  succulent  oyster  in 
winter time.  The  capital  stock  of  the 
concern is $6,000.

South  Haven—H.  W.  Williams  of  the 
Williams’ Transportation Co.,  has closed 
a deal  for  the A.  M.  Prouty  warehouses 
for  a  consideration  of  $17,000.  This 
gives the company control  of  all  of  the 
river frontage from  the  bridge  south  to 
the T. & S.  H. depot,  and a monopoly  of 
the best dock property in town.

Detroit—The annual  report  of  Alger, 
Smith &  Co.  shows  the  following  to  be 
the present condition of  its  business  af­
fairs:  Capital stock,  fully  paid  in, $1,- 
500,000;  value of real  estate, $1,607,265.- 
56;  value  of  personal  property,  $620,- 
887.26;  amount  of  credits,  $854,948.03; 
amount of  debts, $950,326.55.
□ Manistee—There is talk of a large tan­
nery  being  established  here,  and  cer­
tainly no better place could  be  found  in 
the west for  such  a  venture.  We  have 
worlds of  hemlock in this region,  and no 
trouble would  be had  in  getting  all  the 
bark  needed,  at a saving of about $1.50 a 
thousand  in  freight  over  Chicago  and 
Milwaukee points.

Detroit—Articles  of association of  the 
Christiansen Harness Manufacturing  Co. 
have been  filed.  The  capital  stock  is 
$16,000,  divided into 1,600 shares,  which 
are held as  follows:  Max  G.  Christian­
sen,  Detroit, 530; Hans  A.  Christiansen, 
Detroit,  10; Albert H. Christiansen, New 
York,  530; Emil H. Christiansen, Chicago, 
530.  Half of the stock  has been  paid  in.
Manistee—The sudden opening of nav­
igation has been a  surprise  to  everyone, 
and  the prophets are trying to figure  out 
what bearing it will have on  the  lumber 
trade  in  general.  Nothing  like  it  has 
been known for  a  long  time.  Our  lake 
is  as clear of ice as in summer, and there 
is nothing to  hinder  anyone  from  ship­
ping lumber should he  feel  so  inclined. 
There is  very  little  inducement,  as  far 
as prices are  concerned,  to  begin  opera­
tions early.  So far there has  been  very 
little lumber  sold,  and  what  little  has 
been  disposed  of  the  owners  say  they 
are  in  no  hurry  to  receive,  and  that  it 
will  be in plenty  of  time  if  it  does  not 
come  until 
fine 
weather  stimulates  building  and  other 
outdoor  work,  and  that  will  reduce 
stocks  accordingly.

late  in  May.  This 

Dusenbury,  Nelson  A  Co.,  bankers, 
at  Mt.  Pleasant,  have  incorporated  as 
the Isabella County Exchange &  Savings 
Bank.

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ner.

A little courtesy  costs  nothing,  but  it 

always returns a  handsome profit.

As a rule we commence being harmful 

when  we cease to  be  useful.

Tolman’s are  fishers.  See  J.  P.  Vis- 

FKODUCK «ARKXT,

Apples—The market is  about bare, and almost 
anything In the shape of an apple  brings  easily 
from  $6@7.

Beans—Dull.  Handlers  pay  $1.40 for  country 

picked, holding  at$1.50.

Butter—Good better is always in  demand, but 
at  present the supply  is somewhat off.  With the 
advent of spring and grass  the  price may  be ex­
pected  to  go  somewhat  below  present  figures 
which  are  for  choice  dairy,  18@20c,  and for 
creamery, 23@24c.

Cabbage—Firm at $1 per doz.  for home grown, 

and $3.75 per crate for Floridas.

Cranberries—Jerseys are  strong  at  $2 25@2.50 

per bu.

Celery—Very scarce and  demand  good.  Price 

firm at 25c per doz.

Cucumbers-Are hardly  in the market yet, but 

what few there are are held at $1.50 per doz.

Eggs—The demand for eggs is  usually  good at 
this  season  of  the  year,  but the supply is still 
somewhat in the lead.  Dealers pay 12c, holding 
at 13c.

Field Seeds—Medium or mammoth clover $5.75 
@6; Timothy,  $2; Red  top,  G5c;  Orchard  grass 
$1.75; Alsyke. $7.

Grapes—Very few in market.  Malagas are the 
only kind quoted and they bring $5.50  per  55  lb 
keg  net.

Honey—White clover sells easily  at  12%c<3>15. 

Buckwheat, 10.

Lettuce—Grand  ltapids  forcing  in  good  de­

mand at li c per pound.

Maple  Sugar—Good  domestic  brings  9@10c 

per lb.
Onions—Are  in  good  supply  and  prices^un- 
changed,  50c  per  bu.  and  held  at  60c,  with 
Cubans at $1 per bu  are the figures.

Potatoes—Reports  from  a few  outside  points 
indicate  slightly  enhanced  prices,  although 
Grand Rapids buyers are still paying 40@45c and 
holding  at 50c.  The  probability  is  that  prices 
may take a tumble in the near  future.

Radishes—Cincinnatis  are  in  good  demand 

and supply at 35c per doz. bunches.

Spinach—75c per bu. crate.
Tomatoes—The  supply  of  Southern  stock  is 
light, but fully  equal  to  the  demand.  70C per 
basket or $4 per 6-basket crate are the  figures.

S E E D S !

Everything  in  seeds  is kept  by  us—  

Clover,  Timothy,

Hungarian,  Millet,

Red  Top,  Blue  Grass, 
Seed  Corn,  Rye, 
Barley,  Peas, 
Beans,  Etc.

If  you  have  Beans  to  sell,  send  us 
samples,  stating  quantity,  and  we 
will  try  to  trade  with  you.  W e  are 
headquarters  for  egg  cases  and  egg 
case  tillers.
W.  T.  H M 0REHUX  CO.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

¡PLANTS, 
TOOLS* 
jE T C

F o r  1894
NEW  CROP  SEEDS. 
Every article of value known.  You will 
make  money  and  customers  if  you  buy  our 

seeds,  rend for wholesale price list.

CLOVER  and GRASS SEEDS, ONION SETS and SEED POTA 

TOES.  All the Standard Varieties in Vegetable Seeds.

ALFRED J.  BROWN  CO.  Seedsmen,

24 a n d  26 N orth DIVISION  ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

Isaac Chinnery  has  opened  a  grocery 
store  at  Scottville.  The  Musselman 
Grocer Co.  furnished the stock.

Wm.  & T.  Baker  have  re-engaged  in 
the  grocery  business  at  Grand  Haven. 
The Olney  &  Jnelson  Grocer  Co.  fur­
nished the stock.

A number  of  outside  towns  are  re­
ported to be bidding for the location of a 
manufacturing  establishment  soon to be 
organized  here.  Any  institution which 
slips through the fingers of Grand Rapids 
should  be pretty thoroughly investigated 
before it is adopted  by any  rival  of  the 
Valley City.

Freeman Park  and  John  L.  Glenan 
have formed a  copartnership  under  the 
style of Park  &  Glenan  and  opened  a 
grocery  store  at  Kalkaska.  The  stock 
was furnished by  the  Olney  &  Judson 
Grocer Co.  Mr.  Park  has  clerked  for 
Hobbs & Palmer for the  past three years 
and Mr.  Glenan  has  occupied  a  similar 
position with B. W.  Hodgeman & Co.

Henry L.  Houseman,  Secretary  of  the 
Grand Rapids Loan,  Building and  Home­
stead  Association,  is  prepared  to  hand 
out checks to the face value  of  all  stock 
in  the  organization  not  previously  re­
tired.  This  is 
the  first  building  and 
loan association to  mature  in  this  city, 
but the  first  series  of  the  Valley  City 
Building  &  Loan  Association  will  ma­
ture in December.

Last July Geo.  M.  D.  Clement  uttered 
a  mortgage  for  $1.700  on  his  general 
stock  at  Wexford,  making  Samuel  M. 
Lemon trustee for the Lemon & Wheeler 
Company,  Reeder  Bros.  Shoe  Co.  and 
Burnham,  Stoepel & Co.  The mortgagor 
had reduced  the  mortgage  to  $911,  but 
recently  permitted  foreclosure  to  take 
place.  At the sale of the stock  John M. 
Flanagan purchased the  boots and shoes 
and Geo.  Cook  bid  in 
the  dry  goods, 
groceries  and fixtures.  Both purchasers 
subsequently re-sold  the  goods  to  Mrs. 
Clement,  who will continue the  business 
at the same location.  Enough  was  real­
ized to pay the  first  mortgage  creditors 
in full.

M. J.  Wood, of Athens,  Mich.,  Wright 
Brothers  hired  man,  was  in  town  one 
day last week  with a silver grey fox skin, 
which he  purchased  at  Big  Rapids  for 
$50.  These skins are not  quoted  in  the 
market  reports,  on  account  of  their 
scarcity.  Not more  than  half  a  dozen 
have ever been  known  to  have  come  to 
this market.  The  one  in  Mr.  Wood’s 
possession  was  taken  near  Reed  City. 
So far as can  be learned  the  silver  grey 
fox is not  a distinct species, but is gener­
ally considered to be a  freak  of  nature. 
He is found along  with the white fox,  in 
the colder northern  latitude of  Hudson’s 
Bay,  and even much farther north.  The 
white fox is much  more  numerous  than 
the silver grey,  the  value  of  which  has 
been  discounted  by  the  facility  with 
which the former and other species can be 
dyed.  While their  scarcity puts  a  very 
fancy price upon  them,  it  at  the  same 
time detracts from  their  value,  as  they 
cannot be put to any practical  use.  The 
attempt has been made  several  times  to 
propagate  them  in  captivity,  but it  has 
failed in every instance.

T he  T radesm an  suggests 

that  the 
Retail  Grocer?’  Association,  in  recom­
mending a new schedule of peddling fees

I 

T T Î.E   M T C E Î I G A N   T R A D E S M A N .

to the Common Council,  adopt  the  plan j 
heretofore  advocated  by  this  journal— 
that, instead of there being  many fees of . 
varying amounts,  there  be  but  two, one | 
for baskets and  another  for wagons,  the 
fee for the former to be $25  and  $50  for 
the latter. 
It is also  recommended  that 
the distinction between  fruit  and  vege­
tables be  abolished,  which would  vastly 
decrease the work of  the  police  depart­
ment and materially  simplify the task of 
enforcing the  ordinance. 
If  the  Retail 
Grocers’  Association  will  go  about  this 
matter without delay,  it can  be  in  shape 
to submit to the incomiug Council  at  its 
first meeting and the schedule  passed by 
the  middle  of  May.  The  police  are 
ready to do their whole  duty  in  enforc­
ing the ordinance and should  receive the 
cordial  support  and  co-operation  of 
every dealer in  the  city.  The  Associa­
tion should  see  that,  if  amendments  to 
the ordinance are needed,  they  be  care­
fully prepared  and  promptly  submitted 
to the Council.

Another  attempt,  on  the  part  of  a 
dealer,  to swindle  wholesalers  has  been 
headed  off.  This  time 
it  occurred  at 
Bay City.  Anton Prylinski was engaged 
in the shoe business  there  and  early  in 
1893 concluded that  his  stock  was  not 
large enough to answer his  purposes,  so 
he  commenced  buying 
large  bills  of 
goods on time of any one  who would  sell 
him. 
If  any from  whom  he  desired  to 
purchase hinted  that they ought to know 
anything about his responsibility,  he had 
a story fixed  up for them.  He  stated  to 
sellers  that  he  had  a  stock  of  $4,000, 
owned  two stores  and  the  house  where 
he lived,  owed nothing,  or next  to  noth­
ing,  owed no relatives  and  that  he  had 
always  discounted  his  bills.  On  the 
strength of these statements he succeeded 
in purchasing  a  large  amount of  goods 
and  among  his  heaviest  creditors were 
the Reeder Bros.  Shoe  Co.  and  Herold- 
Bertsch  Shoe  Co.,  of  Grand  Rapids. 
Prylinski had  promised  these  creditors 
to  take  advantage  of 
the  discounts 
offered,  but,  as nothing was  being  paid, 
the assistance  of  Hon.  Peter Doran  was 
invoked  by  these  companies  in  July  to 
look over the case.  He soon  found  that 
the statements made  by  Prylinski  were 
wholly  false  and  had  evidently  been 
made by Prylinski  for  the  purpose  of 
getting a  stock of  goods on  hand to  turn 
over to his wife, for he then claimed that 
he owed his wife nearly $3,000. 
It  was, 
also,  discovered that  he  owned  no  real 
estate whatever,  was owing  other  credi­
tors largely  for  merchandise  and  never 
was known  to discount a bill.  On  learn­
ing these  facts  Senator  Doran  at  once 
commenced proceedings  in  replevin  for 
Reeder Bros. Shoe  Co.  and  the  Herold- 
Bertsch Shoe Co.  and  succeeded  in  get­
ting on his writ nearly all  of  the  goods 
sold  by  these  two  houses.  The  cases 
came on for trial before the Circuit Court 
for Bay County and a jury  on  March 13, 
and  on the following  evening  the  jury 
rendered a verdict in favor of the Reeder 
Bros. Shoe Co.  The Herold-Bertsch Shoe 
Co.’s case was  put  over  until  the  next 
term, as nearly the whole  panel  of jury­
men had  become  conversant  with 
the 
case.

Good  W o rd s  U nsolicited.

Frank  Toonder,  grocer,  Kalamazoo:  “Like 
Thk  Tradesman  very  much.  It  pays  well to 
take  It and read  it.”

II.  B.  Burdick,  commission  merchant, Sagi­
naw:  “I  recognize T ub  Michigan  T radesman 
as something I cannot get along  without”

A  S tro n g   In stitu tio n .

Grand Rapids is the  second city in the 
State  in  point  of  population,  but  it is 
ahead of any other city  in  the  State  in 
several respects, notably in the matter of 
trust companies.  The  Michigan  Trust 
Company was the first  fiduciary  institu­
tion  organized  in  Michigan  under  the 
present law,  but  the  example  thus  set 
was quickly followed by Detroit  capital­
ists  in 
the  organization  of  the  Union 
Trust Company.  Determined to be ahead 
of her big sister on the  Straits,  however, 
Grand  Rapids  has  now  organized 
a 
second  institution  of  the  kind,  to  be 
known  as  the  Peninsular  Trust  Com­
pany,  which will have a capital of $150,- 
000 and conduct its business on  substan­
tially the same lines as  are  followed  by 
similar  institutions  in 
this  and other 
states.  The  list  of  stockholders  com­
prises  many of the  wealthiest  and  most 
substantial  business men of the  city,  in­
cluding  bank  presidents  and  directors, 
capitalists, 
furniture  manufacturers, 
wholesale  merchants, etc.  The  annual 
meeting of the organization was held last 
Monday evening,  at which  time  twenty- 
one directors  were  elected,  as  follows: 
David M.  Amberg,  Julius  Berkey,  John 
Caulfield, C.  Carroll  Follmer,  Elijah H. 
Foote,  Charles  W.  Garfield, 
Joseph 
Houseman, Charles B. Judd, Fred C.  Mil­
ler,  Amos  S.  Musselman,  Thomas  M. 
Peck,  Enos Putman, Charles D.  Stebbins, 
Sidney  F.  Stevens,  Ernest  A.  Stowe, 
Charles  K.  Sligh,  W.  H. VanLeeuwen, 
Carl G.  A.  Voigt,  George G.  Whitworth, 
Charles  W.  Watkins,  William  Widdi- 
eomb.
tors the following officers were elected:

At a subsequent meeting of  the  direc­
President—Enos Putman.
Vice-Presidents—Charles  W.  Watkins, 
Sidney F. Stevens and  Charles  W.  Gar­
field.

Secretary—C.  W.  Sheppard.
Treasurer—Geo. G.  Whitworth,
T h e  T radesm an  bespeaks 

for  the 
new institution the same measure of suc­
cess which  has marked the career of  the 
Michigan Trust Company,  and trusts  the 
officers may  so conduct  its affairs  that it 
will  present  to  the  business  public  as 
strong a showing as is now  made  by the 
pioneer institution.

T he  G rocery  M ark et.

Sugar—It is  the  unexpected  which  is 
always happening,  and the sugar market 
is no enception  to the general rule.  Un­
til the latter part of  last  week  every in­
dication  pointed 
to  an  advance,  but 
lower  prices  on  raw  sugars—and  the 
fine Italian hand of the Trust in working 
the country to  its  own  advantage—cul­
minated Monday in  a  decline  of  %c  on 
all  refined  grades. 
It  is  evidently  the 
intention  of  the  Trust  to  weaken  the 
market until the country  is entirely  bare 
of sugar—while it will have accumulated 
large stocks—and then  boost the price  up 
several points.

Coffee—The market  on  Rio  grades  is 
uncertain, due to the lack of information 
from  the interior of Brazil as  to the sup­
ply in those provinces.
Pork—As  predicted 

the 
market  on  barreled  goods  came  down 
with a  rush,  an  all-round  drop  of  75c 
being noted  in quotations.  The  rush  of 
hogs  “to the front” is simply tremendous, 
and this,  with the hard times,  is  knock­
ing  the  bottom  clean  out  of  prices. 
Smoked goods are also down.

last  week, 

Beef—Barreled  has  drooped  slightly, 
in  sympathy with pork,  and may  be  ex­
pected to decline still  further.

5
Oranges—Florida fruit is still  advanc­
ing in price and  it  is  becoming  difficult 
to find growers  who  have  any  to  offer. 
Those who have a few  cars  left  set  the 
figure high  and  put  in  any  and  every­
thing they have—mostly  large  sizes  and 
these  getting  spongy.  The  Putnam 
Candy Co.  report having taken in a car of 
Catanias which they believe will sell well 
at slightly higher  prices  than  Floridas. 
It is the first  Mediterranean  fruit  to  be 
offered in our market this season.

Bananas—Are not plenty at  present  in 
our  market,  as  outside  dealers  do  not 
order fast  enough  to  warrant  the  fruit 
and  commission  houses  in  getting  car 
loads  every  week.  Commencing  with 
April, however, demand will grow rapidly 
and soon thereafter business will be in full 
blast.

Lemons—The market  is  much  firmer, 
although there is  plenty  of  stock  being 
offered  at  the  Eastern  auctions.  The 
fine  weather  is  conducive  to  safety  in 
shipping and demand  is much  better.

T he D rug M arket.

Opium  has declined.
Morphi is steady and  unchanged. 
Quinine is firm.
Nitrate silver has declined.
Cod  liver oil  has advanced and  is tend­

ing  still higher.

FOR  SALE,  W ANTED.  ETC.

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

BUSINESS  CHANCES.  ~

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586

582 

TTiOR  SALE—SIX  FOOT  OAK  SHOW  CASE 
A   and iron standard,  uted  but  a  short  time 
and  practically  as  good  as  new.  Tradesman 
Company,  10» Louis rt.. Grand Rapids. 

■ ANTED—TO  BUY  FOR  SPOT  CASH,  OR 

unincumbered  real  estate,  all  kinds of 
merchandise.  Address the Manistee Meicantile 
Co., Manistee, Mich. 
UR BUSINESS IS TO BRING  BUYER  AND 
seller together.  Your  business  is to write 
us if you want to buy, sell or exchange.  Mutual 
Business Exchange, Bay City.  Mich. 
LERK WANTED—ONE  WHO  CAN  SPEAK 
German and has  had  some  experience  in 
handling  dry  goods.  Permanent  position  for 
the  right  man.  Address  S  Maudlin  &  Co., 
Bridgman, Mich. 
F or sa le—a n ic e b u sin ess—ic e crea m

confectionery and fruit  store—the finest in 
the city and best location.  Tools  for manufac­
turing candy and cream in connection.  Will in 
voice about 
300.  Terms  cash.  Address No. 
584, care Michigan Tradesman. 
584
OR SALE  CHEAP—ONE  RAPID  SERVICE 
store railway cash system of  three  tracks. 
Address  A.  V.  Young  &  Bro.,  Woodville, 
Mich._____________________________   580
■ ANTED—PURCHASER  FOR  A  TWO- 

story frame store building at  Mill  Creek, 
cheap or exchange for farm or  timber  lands  in 
Oceana or  Macon counties.  M. A. Mosher, Mill 
Creek, Mich. 
ANTED—BANK  STOCK  IN  ANY GRAND 
Rapids  bank.  Must  be  cheap.  E.  A. 

585

583

Stowe, 100 Louis St. 

OR EXCHANGE—IMPROVED FARMS FOR 
merchandise.  Address No. 559, care  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- 
12,500. 
ville,  Mich. 

820

igan Tradesman. 

568

559

"

SITUATIONS  WANTED. 

579

WANTED—SITUATION AS  MANAGER  OR 

clerk in general  store.  Have had twelve 
accountant.  Can furnish  references  from  job­
bers and retail  dealers.  Address  W.  F.  Wille- 
min, Caledonia, Mich. 
TT|7'ANTED—A  POSITION  AS  FOREMAN 
in a general  store.  Seventeen  years ex­
i t  
perience.  Best of references.  Address Room 10 
Twamley block, Grand Rapids, Mich. 
ANTED—FOREMAN  FOR  FURNITURE 
suits,  beds, 
tables, and desks.  Must be competent to handle 
eighty men to advantage and  have some knowl­
edge of designing  and  drafting.  Apply  imme 
dlately to E. A. Stowe, 100 Louis St. 

factory  making  chamber 

■ ANTED—POSITION  BY  EXPERT  Ac­

countant.  Books opened or closed.  Bal­
ances rendered.  Partnerships adjusted and any 
other work of similar cha-acter  promptly  done. 
Address No. 578, care The Tradesman. 
VS7ANTED— THOROUGHLY  COMPETENT 
j  Vi 
and  experienced  young  man would  like 
position as book-keeper, cashier  or  other  office 
|  work  with  jobbing  or  manufacturing house. 
Address “H” care The Tradesman. 

578 

567

577

574

years’ experience in general trade.  Competent 

a lively suburb  of  Grand  Rapids.  Will  sell 

6

H ow   L ibel S u its a re  U sually Instituted*
it is a well-known  fact  that  most  of 
the  libel  suits  brought  against  news­
papers are actuated by  shyster  lawyers, 
who manage to seduce their  clients  into 
shouldering  the 
responsibility—osten­
sibly in order that  some  fancied  wrong 
may  be  avenged,  but  really 
to  enable 
the impecunious attorneys  to  "raise the 
wind.”  Such  a  case  was  graphically 
set forth in a recent sketch  in the Grand 
Rapids Democrat,  entitled "Vampires of 
Law,”  in the course  of  which  a  young 
law student details an  interesting  expe­
rience,  as follows:
The  second  day  of  my  employment, 
while 1  was arranging my papers  in  the 
desk  lo which 1 was  allotted.  Josh  came 
over where 1  was and  said  that  be  and 
Mr.  Padlock  would  like  to  speak  pri­
vately  with me  for  a  few  minutes.  1 
followed  him at  once, and  the  next  in­
stant was ushered  into  the  awful  pres­
ence of my employer.
“Young gentleman,” said Mr. Padlock, 
in  a  tone  of  absolute  composure  and 
which seemed to me  like  running water 
in a mountain rill,  "we  have  an  errand 
of much importance  to  entrust  to  you, 
and would like to have  you  understand, 
in the first place,  that  occurrences  like 
these,  inside law offices, are  to be sealed 
inside these walls.”  1 was  commencing 
to feel that my  employers  already were 
placing confidence and reliance in  me, so 
acquiesced  in  everything,  very  grate­
fully acknowledging any  advice on  that 
subject.
“Now,”  said  Mr.  Padlock,  after  the 
preliminaries were over,  "we  see by this 
morning’s paper,  the  Morning  Messen­
ger, 
that  Obadiah  Oskosb,  of  Green 
street,  had a very  sad  accident  at  his 
‘His  home,  with 
house  last  evening. 
contents,  burned to the  ground; 
the  in­
surance on the same was very small.’ 
It 
also goes on to state that Mr. Oskosh left 
a lantern in a very  unsafe  position  last 
evening,  and that on  this account,  in ail 
insurance  would  be 
probability,  his 
lost.  This the paper had no right to say, 
Mr. Scott. 
It 
is  cutrageous  that  such 
slanderous 
reports  should  go  out  in 
relation  to  an  innocent  man,  and  we 
wish you  to go as fast as you can  to  Mr. 
Oskosh and tell him  we would like to see 
him on very important business.  Say to 
him that if his insurance is  in  any  way 
impaired  we have a way of obtaining the 
amount fourfold;  tell  him  to  make  no 
delay,  but come at once.”
I felt the importance of my errand, and 
bursting with a  feeling  that  I  was  al­
ready making a favorable impression  on 
the 
my employers and at  once  gaining 
confidence of the men to whom  I  should 
owe  my  future  success,  I  hurried 
to 
Green street. 
I  saw  Mr. Oskosh  super­
intending the  removing  of  bricks  from 
the  smoldering walls.  1  hastily  deliv­
ered  my  message,  expecting  that  he 
would see the awful necessity of  return­
ing with me to  the  office  of  Tarnish  & 
Padlock at once.
"What  do  you  mean?”  was  the  as­
tounding interrogatory 1  received,  after 
telling him  my  mission. 
I  repeated  it 
in  detail,  telling  him  of  the 
lantern 
which the paper had so slanderously and 
so maliciously said  "he left in  an  unsafe 
position.”
"But 1 did leave it in an  unsafe  posi­
tion,  young man, and  I am  the loser;  no 
mistake about it at all;  it was  not sland­
erous or malicious;  it was the truth.”
I was  beginning  to  think  that  Mr. 
Padlock had  made  a  mistake,  and  my 
enthusiasm  was somewhat  abating in  re­
lation  to the libel  spoken  of  so  malic­
iously in the Morning  Messenger,  when 
Mr.  Oshkosh turning, said,  "1  will  call 
on Tarnish & Padlock  this afternoon.”
That day Mr. Oskosh came to our office 
and  was closeted  with  Mr.  Padlock  for 
some time.  When he came  out  he  said 
to me:  "Young man,  these  newspapers 
are the one great drawback to  this coun­
try, and a gentleman’s honor must not be 
assailed by them in this way.”
The  evening  paper  contained  an  ac­
count of a libel suit  that day commenced 
in the Circuit Court for  that  county  for 
310,000  damages, 
the  plaintiff  being 
Obadiah  Oskosb and  the  defendant  the 
Morning Messenger.

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Adriatic.................  7
Argyle....................  55£
Atlanta A A.............6
Atlantic  A..............  6x
H..............  654
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D.............   6
“ 
“  LL.................. 4*
Amory....................   6X
Archery  Bunting...  4 
Beaver Dam  A A..  4*4
Blackstone O, 32__  5
Black Crow............ 6
Black  Rock  ...........  5X
Boot, AL................  7
Capital  A................  5*
Cavanat V..............  5*4
Chapman cheese cl.  3%
Clifton  C R ............ 514
Comet.....................   6*4
Dwight Star............6X
Clifton C C C...........5*4

UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.Arrow Brand  4% 
**  World Wide.  6
“  LL................  4*4
Pull Yard Wide...... 654
Georgia  A..............  6*4
Honest Width........  6
Hartford A ............   5
Indian Head...........  S54
King A  A................6*
King EC.................  5
Lawrence  L t ........  4*4
Madras cheese cloth 6X
Newmarket  G........5X
B.........  5
N........   654
DD....  5*4
X ........6*4
Noibe R ..................  5
Our Level  Best......6
Oxford  R ...............   6
Pequot....................  7
Solar.......................  6
Top of the  Heap....  7
i
A B C ......................8*4 
Geo. Washington...  8
Amazon.................. 8
Glen Mills.............   7
Amsburg.................6
Gold Medal............  754
Art  Cambric..........10
Green  Ticket..........854
Blackstone A A......  7*4
Great Falls.............   654
Beats All................   4
Hope........................7X
Boston................... 12
Just  Out........  4*40 5
King  Phillip...........  7*4
Cabot......................   6*4 :
Cabot,  %.................  6%
OP...... 754
Charter  Oak...........554 
:
Lonsdale Cambric.. 10 
O 8
Conway W..............  7*4(Lonsdale.
Cleveland.............  6
Middlesex.......  0  5
Dwight Anchor__   8
¡No Name................754
shorts  8
Oak View...............   6
Edwards................. 6
Our Own................   554
Empire
Pride of the West.. .12
Farwell................... 754 Rosalind...................754
Fruit of the  Loom.  8  ¡Sunlight..................  454
Fltchvllle  ............  7
Utica  Mills............ 854
First Prize............ 6
“  Nonpareil  ..10
! Fruit of the Loom %.  754
Vlnyard..................  854
i Falrmount............ 454
White Horse...........6
I Full Value............ 6*4
“  Rock............ 854
I Cabot.....................  6*41 Dwight Anchor
Farwell.................7*41

H A LE  BLEA C H ED   COTTONS.

BLEA CH ED   COTTONS.

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Unbleached. 

Housewife  A...........554

CANTON  F L A N N E L .

Bleached. 
Housewife  Q .... 
“ 
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......75,
---- 754
...7*4 
....854 
...  854 
85a 
...10 
...1054 
...11 
...21 
...1454
C A R PE T   W A R F.

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Peerless, white.......17  ¡Integrity  colored... 18
colored — 19  White Star..............17
Integrity................. 18541 
“  colored  .19
..............8 Nameless................ 20
Hamilton 
......... 25
 
..........2754
......... 30
........3854
......... 35

G G  Cashmere........20
Nameless  ...............16
................18

D R E SS  OOODS.

1054

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CORSETS.

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CO RSET  JE A N S .

Coralino................. 89 50|Wonderful............ 84 SO
Schilling’s .............  9 00 Brighton..................4 75
Davis  Waists----   9  00 Bortree’s ..............  9 00
Grand  Rapids.......  4 50¡ Abdominal...........15  00
Armory..................   6*4
Naumkeagsatteen..  754
Androscoggin.........7*4
Rockport...................654
Blddeford...............  6
Conestoga.................754
Brunswick..............654
Walworth  ...............6*4
PR C
ITS.Berwick fancies—   554
Allen turkey  reds..  554
robes...........554
Clyde Robes...........
pink a purple 554
Charter Oak fancies 4 
buffs...........  554
DelMarlne cashm's.  554 
pink  checks.  554
mourn’g  554 
staples........  5
Eddystone fancy...  5V4 
shirtings...  3X 
chocolat  554
rober__554
American  fancy—   5H 
American Indigo...  454
sateens..  554
American shirtings.  3*4  Hamilton fancy.
554
,  
Argentine  Grays 
staple__ 554
Anchor Shirtings 
Manchester fancy..  554 
“  —   6
Arnold 
new era. 554 
Arnold  Merino...... 6
Merrimack D fancy.  5)4 
Merrim’ck shirtings.  4 
long cloth B.  9
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Repp fura .  854
“ 
century cloth  7
Pacific fancy..........554
“  gold seal......1054
“  green seal TR1054 
Portsmouth robes...  654 
Simpson mourning..  5*4
“  yellow seal.. 1054
“ 
serge........  ..1154
greys........  5*4
“  Turk«,/ red.. 1054 
solid black.  5*4 
Washington Indigo.  654 
“ 
“  Turkey robes..  7H
“  India robes__754
“  plain T’ky X *4 854 
“ 
"  X...10
“  Ottoman  Tur­
key red.................   654
Martha Washington
Turkeyred X ...... 754
Martha Washington
Turkey red..........   954
Rlverpolntrobes  ...  554
Windsor fancy........  654
Indigo  blue......... 1054
Harmony.................   454
AC A.................... 11)4
Pemberton AAA__16
York....................... 1054
Swift River............ 754
Pearl River............12
Warren................... 1254
Conostoga..............16
.............   8
.  754
¡Top of Heap........... 9

Amoskeag A C A.... 1154
Hamilton N  ...........  7
D............8
Awning.. 11
Farmer................... 8
First  Prize.............IO54
Lenox M ills..........18
COTTON  D R IL L .
Atlanta,  D..............6X ¡Stark  A 
Boot....................... 6*4; No  Name.............. 
Clifton, K ...............7 

red and  orange  ..  6
“  oil blue........  6
“  “  green  ...  6
“  Foulards  ...  554 
red X  ... 
“ 
7
“  *•  X.........   »
“ 4 4 ..........10
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Cocheco fancy........5
“  madders...  5
"  XXtwills..  5
“  solids..........5

Ballou wild black..
colors
Bengal bine,  green, 
Berlin solids...........  554

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

gold  ticket

TIC K IN G S.

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Dry Goods Price Cnrrent.

D E V IN S .

13

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Amoskeag..............12
9 oz...... 14
brown .14
Andover.................1154
Beavercreek  AA...10 
BB...  9
“ 
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Boston Mfg Co.  br..  7 
“ 
blue  854
“  d a  twist 1054 
Columbian XXX  br.10 
“ 
XXX  bl.19
Amoskeag..............   6
“  Persian dress  65«
Canton ..  7
“ 
AFC.........854
“ 
Teazle... 1054 
“ 
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Angola.. 1054 
“ 
Persian
Arlington staple--- 6)4
Arasapha  fancy__4*4
Bates Warwick dres 754 
staples.  6
Centennial............   1054
Criterion...............1054
Cumberland staple.  554
Cumberland........... 5
Essex......................454
Elfin.......................   7)4
Everett classics......8)4
Exposition..............754
Glenarie.................  6*4
Glenarven.............. 6X
Glenwood............... 754
Hampton.................5
Johnson Chalon cl 
54 
Indigo bine 954 
zephyrs__16*
GRAIN
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Amoskeag...............13 
Stark...................... 18
American...............13 
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Columbian  brown.. 12
Everett, blue...........1254
brown....... 1254
Haymaker blue........ 7*4
brown...  7X
Jeffrey.....................1154
Lancaster  .............. 12)4
Lawrence, 9 oz........ 1854
No. 220 
No. 250.... 1154
No. 280.... 1054

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Lancaster,  staple...  5 
fancies ....  7 
“ 
“  Normandie  7
Lancashire.............   6
Manchester............   5 \
Monogram..............  854
Normandie............  7
Persian................... 7
Renfrew Dress........754
Rosemont............... 654
Slatersvllle............ 6
Somerset.................7
Tacoma  ................. 754
Toll  duNord.........   854
Wabash..................   754
seersucker..  754
Warwick...............   6
Whlttenden............   8
heather dr.  754 
indigo blue  9 
Wamsutta staples...  6X
Westbrook..............  8
..............10
Wlndermeer...........   5
York  ......................6X
BAGS.
Georgia.................. 1354

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No.

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

Clark’s Mile End....45  ¡Barbour's............... 95
Coats’, J. & P .........45  Marshall’s ................90
Holyoke................. 22541
White.  Colored. 

K N IT T IN G   COTTON.

No.  14.........37 
“ 
16.........38 
"  
18........ 39 
“  20....„.40 

White.  Colored
42
38
43
39
40
44
46
41
CAMBRICS.
.  4 Edwards...............   4
Lockwood.................4
Wood’s ..................   4
Brunswick...........   4

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D O V ET  FLA N N EL.

M IX ED   FL A N N E L .

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954 
1054 
1154 
1254

Slater......
White Star............   4
Kid Glove  .............   4
Newmarket............   4
Fireman.................3254
ÍT W........................ 2254
F T ............. 
8254
Creedmore............. 2754
JR F , XXX............35
Talbot XXX...........30
Buckeye.................3254
Nameless............... 2754
Red & Blue,  plaid..40  IGrey S R W............ 1754
Union R .................2254 Western W  ..............1854
Windsor.................1854p R P ....................... 1854
6 oz Western..........20  FlushlngXXX.........2354
Union  B................ 2254¡Masltoba..................2354
9 @1054
Nameless...... 8  @ 954{ 
......   854@10  1
1254
CANVASS  A N D   PA D D IN G .
Brown. Black.
954
1054
1054
1154
12
1154
20
1254
8 oz — ....  954 West Point, 8 oz .  .1054
“ 
10 oz  ...1254
Raven, lOoz............1354
Stark 
............ 1854
Boston, 10 oz.......... 1254

Greenwood, 754 oz..  954 
Greenwood, 8 oz — 1154 
Boston, 8 oz............ 1054
White, doz............ 25  ¡Per bale,40 dot  ...<8 50
Colored, do*...........20  ¡Colored  “ 
..........7 50
Slater, Iron Cross...  8 
Pawtucket...
■ 1054
Bundle........
Red Cross.,..  9
“ 
Bedford...................1054
“  Best.............1054
Valley  City.............1054
“ 
Best  A A......1254
L............................. 754
K K ......................... 1054
G............................. 854
Cortlcelll, doz.........85  [Cortlcelll  knitting,

Brown. Black. Slate
9X 1054
1054 1154
1154 12
1954 20
DUCKb.

1054
1154
12
20

SEW IN G   S IL K .

W AD D IN G S.

S IL E SIA S.

per 540*  ball........30

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“ 8 
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twist,doz..40 
50yd,dot..40 
HOOKS AND  E Y E S—P E R  GROSS.
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“ 
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“ 
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No 2—20, M  C......... 50  INo 4—15  J 854........ 40
*'  8—18, S C .......... 45 
COTTON  T A PE .
No  2 White A Bl’k..l2 
|No  8 White A Bl’k..20 
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-18  I  “  12 
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SA FETY   FIN S .
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N E E D L E S— F E B   M.

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A. James.................1 401 Steamboat...............   «0
Crowely’s............... 1 85 Gold  Eyed.............. 1  so
Marshall’! .............. 1 00|American................ 1  00
15—4.... 1  66  6—4...2 30
5—4 - -  1  75  6—4... 

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

Nashua................... 14
Rising Star 4-ply.... 17
3-ply__17
North Star.............. 20
Wool Standard 4 plyl754 
Powhattan.............16

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Mount  Pleasant....  654
Oneida....................  5
Prymont  ...............   5X
Randelman............   6
Riverside...............   554
Sibley  A...........  ...  6X
Toledo....................
Otis checks.............7 X

P L A ID   OSHABUBGS

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Catarrh, 
Hay Fever, 
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Headache,
Neuralgia,  Colds,  Sore  Throat.

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

S e a   Sickness
sensation 

On cars or boat.

The  cool  exhllerating 

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

H.  D.  CUSHMAN,  M anufacturer.

Three  Rivera.  Mich.
SWGnaranteed  satisfactory._____________

In  large  or 
small quan­
tities. Guar­
anteed right 
In  every re­
spect.
Tradesman  Company,

GRAND   RAPID S.

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GRAND  RAPIDS  ,MICH.

J no.  A.  Covode  Pres.

H en r y  I d em a,  Vice-Pres.

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

K. Van Hof, Ass’tC’s’r.
T r a n s a c t s  a  G e n e r a l  R a n k i n g   B u s in e s s . 
Interest  Allowed  on  Time  and  Savings 

Deposits.

DIRECTORS:

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

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MANUFACTURED  ONLY  BY

HENRY  PH 8S 0LT.

SAGINAW,  MICH.

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.

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

S ecuring1 th e   C onfidence  of C u stom ers.
When a hardware  dealer  has  reached 
that point  in  business where  his  custo­
mers, or  a  majority of  them,  rely upon 
his statements  with  implicit  confidence 
he can rest assured that he  has  attained 
the greatest factor in business success.

There  are  merchants  who  advertise 
with the simple purpose of  bringing  the 
public to their  stores,  their  main  object 
being to get them inside the  store  with- 
out'a proper regard for the  possible  fu­
ture transactions with these chance  cus­
tomers.

Advertising which only serves to bring 
the customers to the store  is  a  waste  of 
money  unless you are able to  hold  their 
trade and bind their  patronage with  the 
cord  of  confidence.  To  deserve  public
confidence let people know that  you  are
a man of your word and  make your word 
as good as your bond  in even the smallest 
transaction no  matter  if  it  be  to  your 
own inconvenience or loss.

State  plainly  what  goods  you  can 
guarantee and  those  which  you  cannot, 
and never under any circumstances guar­
antee any article of the quality of  which 
you may have  the  least  doubt. 
If  you 
persist  in 
this  straightforward  course 
your customers will soon  come to regard 
your  statements  with  confidence  and 
recommend your store as a reliable  place 
to purchase  hardware.  Another  im por­
tant point is to  have  strictly  one  price, 
the  same  to  everybody  for  the  same 
quantity.  Nothing provokes a  customer 
more than  to  discover  that  some  other 
customer,  on an equal  footing,  has  pur­
chased goods for ju»t a trifle less than  he 
paid, and a prejudice is at once produced 
which is  exceedingly detrimental  to  the 
business. 
If I was anxious to get  rid  of 
my customers and do  the  job  quickly  1 
would  practice this method in preference 
to exorbitant prices.

It is not so much the price  you charge 
a  customer,  within  a  certain  limit,  as 
the uniformity of your  prices,  which  se­
cures  public  confidence.  Still  another 
point  in securing  the  customer’s  confi­
dence is to  mark  your  goods  with 
the 
selling price in plain  figures so that they 
can be seen and  understood  by  the  cus­
tomer.

If the selling price is marked  in cipher 
the customer  naturally  feels 
that  your 
price is  open to suspicion  and  that  you 
sell for whatever you can get,  especially 
should  the customer be  a  new  one  and 
not acquainted with your methods.

Carry a full variety of sizes and grades 
in each line of your business so that your 
customers  will  have confidence  in  your 
judgment and not obliged  to  leave  your 
store from  lack  of  assortment.  Better 
fewer  lines  and  these  complete  than  a 
little of everything and  nothing  in  par­
ticular.

Cleanliness in the  store  and  the  per­
sonal  appearance  of  the  attendants  is 
necessary  to  secure  public  confidence, 
because a disordered store is evidence  of 
a lack of system on the part  of  the  pro­
prietor,  and it is  these  seemingly  little 
things which turn the tide of trade.  The 
old-time  hardware  store  with 
its  con­
glomeration of  dirt,  disorder  and  mer­
chandise passed  its period of  usefulness 
and profit long,  long ago,  and  stands  no 
chance in competition with modern store 
keeping.

Finally,  as  the  Methodist  ministers 
say,  if you so conduct  your  affairs  as  to 
merit public  confidence  and  meet  with 
let  the  world
some degree of  success, 

know  it,  for nothing  succeeds  like  suc­
cess  acknowledged,  b ut  let  your  m easure 
of success  be evidenced  not  in  extrava­
gance but  rath er  in  an  increased  sensi­
tiveness tow ards m eriting your custom ers’ 
confidence. 

W.  S. Gro ve.

S u re  to   B lam e  th e   Traveling»  M an.
“ A  traveling man  must  put  up  with 
all sorts  of  crankiness  on  the  part  of 
merchants,to whom he would sell goods,” 
said one of the fraternity at  the  Morton 
House a few evenings  ago.  “If trade  is 
dull, or collections slow,  or  crops  poor, 
or tax“s high,  we are held  in  some  way 
to blame for it,  and are punished  accord­
ingly. 
It  requires  quick  wit  to  be 
always able to say just  the  right  words 
at the right time.  There  is  a  good  old 
German  keeping store in  a town  not  far 
from Saginaw,  to whom I sell  goods. 
It 
doesn’t matter what  bad luck befalls that 
man,  he tries to get  even by  not  buying 
goods of me. 
I  had successfully combat­
ted his various theories that  1  had  any­
thing  whatever  to  do  with  backward 
springs,  poor crops, drouths, early frosts, 
hard  winters,  high  taxes  or  changes  of 
the administration,  but  last  week  when 
I called on him  for the first time  in  sev­
eral  months he  had a kick a-coming  that 
was  so  new  aud  original 
that  I  just 
couldn’t say a word  on  my  own  behalf. 
As I entered  his store  I  saw  there  was 
trouble on  his mind.

“ How are you today?”  I  asked,  reach­
ing for his hand,  which he seemed  to ex­
tend rather unwillingly.

“Pooty bad,”  answered he.
“ What’s wrong now?”  I continued.
‘“ Veil,  1  tell you  vat it is,” ’  said  he, 
‘I  don’d  got  no  goot  lucks  since  you 
come  py my  store.  Trade va.s poor  und 
people don’t pay me,  und  the  crops  vas 
bad, und all dot. 
I don’d say you  vas  to 
blame,  but it  vasn’t  dot  vay  von  dime 
pefore you don’d  come.  Now  my  vife, 
shust ven we  vas  pooty  hard  oop,  she 
haf two dwin papies ven  we  don’d  care 
for  ueider.  She don’d  nefer  haf  dwins 
pefore dis time,  und  I guess you  needn’t 
come  py  my  store  some  more.’  And  I 
picked up my sample case  and  left.”

The book  of the  fair,  which  cost  the 
Bancroft Company such a  heavy  outlay, 
is an  assured success,  subscriptions  hav­
ing  already  exceeded  100,000,  and  still 
keep coming in  as  fast  as  ever.  What 
has given this work such  great  popular­
ity  has been  not  only  the  plan  but  the 
execution.  Nothing  could  have  better 
fitted popular requirements than  a  work 
which covered the whole ground,  histori­
cal  and descriptive,  and executed  in  the 
highest style of  art.

Would you  like  to be rich  if  you  had 
to be  as mean as some men that are rich*

Hardware Price Current.

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These  prices are  for cash,  buyers,  who 
pay promptly  and  buy in  full  packages.
A U G U R8  AND  B IT S . 
d lB .
dneira.............................................
60
............. 
Cook’s  ...... .....................................
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40
Jennings’, genuine.........................
25
........... 
Jennings’,  imitation......................
...........50410
First Quality, S. B. Bronze............
.............3  7 00
D.  B. Bronze  .  ___
...........  is   00
S.B.S. Steel............
...........  800
D. B. Steel...............
...........  13 50
Railroad 
................................................. I 14 00
...  ............ .........................   net  30 00
Garden 
BOLTS. 
dlB.
Stove.....................................  
50410
Carriage new list 
....................................... 75410
Plow.............................................................. 40410
gioigh shoe  .................................................. 
70
Well.  Oiitu  ................................................. • 8 50
Well, -wirel.................................................   4 00
d lS .
Cast Loose Pm. figured.................................704
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast Joint.............. 604.0

BU TTS,  CAST. 

BARRO W S.

B U C K E T S.

die.

 

i
70 !

Wrought Loose Pin....................................... 60410
Wrought Table............................................. 60410
Wrought Inside Blind.................................. 60410
Wrought Brass............................................. 
75
Blind,  Clark’s.......................................... 70410 
Blind,  Parker’s.........................................70410
Blind, Shepard’s 

....................................... 
BLOCKS.
Ordinary Tackle, list April 
CRADLES.
CROW RAR6.

Grain...................................................... dls. 50402

1893..............60410

Cast Steel............................................per 1b  5
Ely’s 1-10............................................ per m  66 I
60
Hick’s  C.  P  .......................................  
G. D ....................................................  
35
Musket................................................ 
60

CAPS.

“ 
•• 
•• 

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

CARTRIDGES.

CHISKLS. 

Socket Firmer.............................................  75410
Socket Framing.............................................75410
Socket Corner................................................ 75410
Socket Slicks................................................ 75410
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............................ 
40

combs. 

CHALK.
COPTER.

Curry,  Lawrence’s ...................................   . 
Hotchkiss................................................  
White Crayons, per  gross..............12©12ft dls. 10

40

14x52,14x56,14x60 .............. 

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

drills. 

 

 

dls.

50

28
26
23
23
25
50
50

DRIPPING PANS.

Small sizes, ser pound................................  
07
Large sizes, per  pound................................   6)4

so
dlS.

25

dls.
26

ELBOWS.

75

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

Com. 4  piece, 6 in .................  ........do*, net 
Corrugated........................................................dls 40
Adlnstable........................................................dls. 40410
Clark's, small, 3l8;  large, 326 ...................... 
Ives’, 1, 318:  2, 324 ;  3,330  ............................  
dls.
Disston'B..................................................60410
New American 
...............................60410
Nicholson’s .................................................60410
Heller’s
Heller's Horse Rasps

piles—New List. 

30
25

diS.

HAMMERS.

die.

“ 
“ 
“ 

HINGES.

HANGERS. 

HOLLOW WARE.

HOUSE  FUBNISHINS  GOODS.

Maydole  4 Co.’*.....................................dls. 
a-s
25
Kip’s .......................................................dis. 
Yerkes 4 Plumb’s.................................. dls. 40410
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel........................ 80c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel  Hand__80c 40410
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2 ,3 .............................. dls.604lu
State........................................... per dos. net, 2 50
Screw Hock  and  Strap, to 12 In. 4ft  14  aud
3ft
longer........................................................ 
Screw Hook and  Eye, ft........................net 
10
“  %................... — net  8ft
“ 
ft......................... net  7ft
“ 
“ 
* ......................... net  7ft
“ 
“ 
Strap and T ......  ................................... dls. 
56
Bam Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track__50410
Champion,  anti friction.............................   60410
Kidder, wood track.....................................  
to
Pots........................................................  
60410
Kettles.........................................................   60410
Spiders  ......................................................... 60&1C
Gray enameled..............................................40410
Stamped  Tin Ware...............................new list 70
Japanned Tin Ware..................................... 
26
Granite Iron W are.....................new list 33ft410
dls.
Blight...................................................  70410410
Screw  Eyes............................................. 70410410
Hook’s .....................................................70410410
Gate Hooks and Eyes...................... 
70410410
dls.7n
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s......................
Sisal, ft Inch aud larger.............................  
Manilla............... 
Steel and  Iron..............................................  
Try and Bevels............................................. 
Mitre............................................................  

75
¿0
so
Com.  Smooth.
Com. 
Nos. 10 to  14......................................34 05
32 95 
Nos. 15 to 17.......................................4 06
3  05 
Nos.  18 to 21...................................   4 05
3  05 
Nos. 22 to 24.......................................4  05
8  15 
Nos. 25 to 26.......................................4  25
3  25 
No. 27........................................... 4 4 6 ______
8 35
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  Inches 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19, ’86  .....................................dls. 
Silver Lake, White A..............................list 
“ 
Drab A..................................  “ 
“  White  B................................  * 
“ 
DrabB..................................   “ 
“  White C..................................•* 

SAND PAPER.
SASH CORD.

levels. 
ROPES.

WIRE GOODS. 

SHEET IRON.

7ft
n
dls.

50
50
55
50
55
85

SqUARES. 

 

Discount, 10.

SASH WRIGHTS.

GALVANIZED IRON.

28
16  17
dls.
50
dls.

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

15 

13 
Discount, 60

12 

14 
gauges. 

56

55
55
55
56

LOCKS—DOOR. 

70
dll.
55
55
55

knobs—New List. 

Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s.................  
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings....................  
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings.................  
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.............. 
Door,  porcelain, trimmings......................... 
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain.............. 
Russell 4  Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list  .........  
Mallory, Wheeler 4  Co.’s .......................  
Branford’s ..............................................  
Norwalk’s ................................................ 
Adse Bye..........................................316.00, dls. 60
Hunt Bye.......................................... 315.00, dls. 60
Hunt’s ....................... 
...........318.50, dls. 20410.
dls.
Sperry 4  Co.’s, Post,  handled................. 
50
dls.
40
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ............................... 
"  P. S. 4  W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleable«.... 
“  Landers,  Ferry 4  Cle rk’s............  
40
“  Enterprise 
.....................................  
dlB.
Stobhln’s Pattern.....................................60410
Stebbln’s Genuine................................... 60410
Enterprise, selfmeasuring...................... 
25

MOLASSES SATES. 

mauls. 
mills. 

MATTOCKS.

40
80

NAILS

 

 

Finish 108.

Advance over  base,  on  both  Steel  and Wire.
Steel nails,  base.............................................. 1 50
Wire nails,  base.............................................. 1 50
60.................................................... Base 
Base
50......................................................  
10
40......................................................  
25
30...................................................... 
25
35
20...................................... 
16......................................................  
45
12......................................................  
46
60
10...................................................... 
60
8........................................................ 
7 4 6 .................................................  
76
4.......................................................  
90
8........................................................ 
1  20
1  60
2....................................................... 
FlneS..
1  60 
65 
Case  10 
78 
8
90 
6 
76 
90 
6...........................................  
10 
Clinch; 10..........................................
70 
80 
8..........................................
90 
6..........................................
1  75 
Barren f t..............................................
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy.................................  040
Sclota Bench.............................................  ©50
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.........................   ©40
Bench, first quality.......................................  § N
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s  wood..........50410
Fry,  Acme.............................................di«.60—10
Common, polished................................ dia. 
70
dls.
Iron and  Tinned.......................................... 
40
Copper Rivets and Burs...... ......................50—10

rivets. 

PL A N E S.

FA N S.

dia.

" 
“ 

“ 

1

PA T E N T  P L A N IS H E D  IR O N .

“A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s pat. planished, No*. 25 to 27...  9 20 

Broken packs Me per pound extrs.

diS.

SAWS. 

TRAPS. 

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

Solid Eyes............................................ per ton 325
go
Silver Steel  Dla. X Cuts, per foot,__ 
70
Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot__ 
50
Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot....  30
“  Champion  and  Electric  Tooth  X 
Cuts,  per  foot.
30
Steel, Game................................................... 60410
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ...............  
85
Oneida Community, Hawley a Norton’s __ 
70
Mouse,  choker.................................... 18c per dos
Mouse, delusion............................... 31.50 per dos
dig.
Bright Market..............................................   65
Annealed Market..........................................70—10
Coppered Market.........................................   60
Tinned Market.............................................  62ft
Coppered  Spring  Steel................................  
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized...............................  2 60
painted...................................   2 20

WIRE. 

dlS.

HORSE NAILS.

WRENCHES. 

An  Sable......................................................... dls. 40410
Putnam..........................................  
dts. 05
dls. 10410
Northwestern................................  
dlB.
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.................... 
30
Coe's  Genuine............................................. 
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,..................... 75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable............................... 75410
dis.
Bird Cages................................................... 
50
Pumps, Cistern........................................  
75410
Screws, New List.......................................... 70410
Casters, Bed  a  d Plate...........................50410410
Dampers, American.....................................  
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods....... 65410

MISCELLANEOUS. 

METALS,
PIG TIN.

6ft
7

E1NC.

26c
28c

SOLDNB.

Pig  Large....................................................  
Pig Bars........................................................ 
Duty:  Sheet, 2ftc per ponnd.
680 pound  casks........................................  
Per  pound.................................................... 
ftO ft...................................................................16
Extra W iping.................................................   15
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder fn the market Indicated by private brands 
▼ary according to composition.
ANTIMONY
Cookson............   .........................per  ponnd
Hallett’s ....................................... 
TIN—MBLYN GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal.........................................3750
7  60
“ 
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
9 25
“ 
14x20 IX, 
“ 
9 25
TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE.
10x14 IC,  Charcoal...... #..................  
“ 
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
“ 
14x20 IX, 
“ 

Each additional X on this grade, 31.75.

75
6  75
8  25
9  25

Bach additional X on this grade 31.50.

 
 
 
ROOFING PLATES

13

“ 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 

" 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

14x20 IC, “  Worcester.....................................  6 Bo
“ 
..........................   8  50
14x2011, 
“ 
20x28 IC, 
.........................  18 60
“  AUaway  Grade................  6 00
14x2010, 
 
“ 
“ 
760
14x20 IX, 
“ 
“ 
20x28 IC, 
..................   12 50
20x28 IX, 
“ 
“ 
..................  15 50
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.
14X28IX......................................................  314  00
14X81  IX............................................................   15 00
m e o if: fSr 

9 B0l.1.®r*’ [per pound....  10 00

 

 

TECK  M IC H IG A JSr  T R A D E S M A N
W h er ea s—It 

impossible 

is 

8

A  W I H L T   JOURNAL  DKTOTBD  TO  T H I

Best  Interests  of  Business  Men.

Published at

100  Louis  St., Grand Rapids,

—  BY   T H E   —

TRADESMAN  COMPANY.
One  Dollar  a  Tear,  Payable  In  Advance.

A D V ER TISIN G   R A TES  ON  A PPLIC A TIO N .

Communi cations  invited  from practical  busi­

ness men.
Correspondents must give their full  name and 
address,  not  necessarily for  publication, but as 
a guarantee of good faith.
Subscribers may have  the  mailing  address  of | 

their papers  changed as often as desired.
Sample copies sent free to any address.
Entered at Grand  Rapids post office as second- 

class matter.

f ^ “When  writing to  any of  our  advertisers, 
please  say that you  saw  their  advertisement in 
Tax M i c h i g a n  T r a d e s m a n .

E.  A.  STOWE. Editor.

WEDNESDAY,  MARCH  21,  1894.

BUSINESS  VS.  POLITICS.

That 

the  business  interests  of  the 
country have  suffered through the inter­
minable  tariff  tinkering  indulged  in  by 
both parties in Congress is  too  generally 
recognized to require  even  the  smallest 
modicum of proof.  The legislation of the 
last  House  will,  in  all  probability,  be 
undone by  the present  one,  while  if  the 
next House should happen to  be  Repub­
lican,  it  will  overturn  whatever  tariff 
legislation may be enacted by the present 
House.  This  may  be  all  right  from  a 
party standpoint,  but it is  bad  for  busi­
ness and detrimental to the best interests 
of the  country. 
It  makes  business  the 
football of the two factions, to be kicked 
back and forth according to  which  party 
may  hold the reins of power,  with  no re­
gard for the actual  needs of the country. 
The tariff should  be taken out of politics 
entirely,  either  by  the  enactment  of  a 
tariff  law  to  remain  in  force  a  given 
number of years,  or  by the  appointment 
of a tariff commission  which should  have | 
entire  charge  of  the  schedule,  making 
such changes as might be deemed  neces­
sary  without 
to  CoDgress. 
There is no reason  why a question so im­
portant,  and  one  which  affects  all  the 
people,  should  be  made  the  sport  and 
plaything  of  politicians,  or  be  used  by 
them merely as  party  capital.  Political 
parties,  as  a  rule,  care  little  for  the 
country,  and  know  very  little  about  its 
business  requirements,  and  the  repre 
sentatives of the  party  in  Congress  are 
not  always  sufficiently  well  posted 
to 
know what  the  country,  not  their  own 
little districts,  requires, and even if they 
did  know, they are not supposed  to  vote 
according  to  knowledge—their  political 
life depends upon  their answering  to the 
crack  of  the  party  whip.  Boards  of 
trade and business organizations all over 
the country are passing  resolutions  cal­
ling upon Congress to take the  tariff  out 
of politics  and give  the  business  of  the 
country a chance  to  settle  down.  At  a 
recent meeting of the Board of  Trade  of 
Mankato,  Minn.,  the  following  resolu­
tion was passed:
throughout  the ! 
country  is  stagnant,  and  thousands  of j 
industrial  enterprises  are  in  an  uncer­
tain or critical condition; and

Whereas—Business 

reference 

questions 

questions, 

thoroughly 

is  constantly  changing, 

for  a 
large  body  of  men,  like  the  Congress 
of  the  United  States,  whose  member­
to  be­
ship 
come 
conversant  with 
economic 
of 
revenue  from  custom  duties,  questions 
of protection to manufactures  and  other 
products  of  the  industrial  interests  of 
our  extensive  country, especially  when 
these are  made  party  questions;  there­
fore
the  opinion  of 
the  Board  of  Trade  of  Mankato,  the 
tariff  should  be  taken  out  of  politics; 
and, that,  to  this  end,  Congress  should 
speedily provide for  a  permanent,  com­
petent, expert, non-partisan  Tariff  Com­
mission, with power to make  and change 
tariff  schedules,  and  rates  of  custom 
duties,  from  time  to  time,  as  the  ex­
igencies  of  the Government and the best 
interests of all our people require.

Resolved—That  In 

The party in  Congress  that  will  take 
this  advanced  step  will  go  down  into 
history as real benefactors  of  the  coun­
try, caring more for  the  interests  of  the 
people than for party.

That aggregation of  solons  known  as 
the Central Labor Union  has  concluded 
that the city of Grand Rapids  must  own 
and  operate  its  own  electric  lighting 
plant and the fiat has gone forth that the 
faithful must support  only  such  candi­
dates for the Council  as are  known to be 
favorable  to  that  scheme.  That  it  is 
opposed and declared to be impracticable 
by many of the leading  business  men of 
the city cuts no figure with the wiseacres 
of the C.  L.  U.  They know more about 
business than business men,  though they 
don’t appear to have put their knowledge 
to  much  practical  use.  The  “ leaders” 
having spoken,  there is  nothing  more to 
be said. 
Independent  investigation  by 
any  individual  member  of  the  various 
organizations is a crime  which  will  not 
be  tolerated  for  a  moment;  what right 
has any member to question  the  wisdom, 
or  judgment,  or  honesty,  or  purity of 
motive of  the  “ leaders?”  Now  let  the 
members  “obey and be silent;”  let  them 
walk up to the polls,  not like sheep to the 
slaughter, of course,  or any  other  simile 
that illustrates blind, unthinking, slavish 
obedience,  and vote according to the will 
of the “ leaders.”  That neither the Edi­
son or  Brush  people  have  ever  made a 
decent dividend, even  by the  exercise of 
the closest economy, is a matter unworthy 
of consideration,  especially  when  there 
is a possibility  of  creating  a  few  more 
fat offices which  may  possibly  be  filled 
by some of the “leaders,”  and  the  busi­
ness  come  under 
the 
“ union.” 
Any  aldermanic  candidate 
who permits the C. L.  U.,  or  any  other 
organization,  to dictate what  his  course 
shall  be,  if elected, on any  public  ques­
tion  would  sell  his  vote  to  the  highest 
bidder and  is  unworthy  of  public  confi­
dence. 
in 
mind.

Let  candidates  bear  this 

the  control  of 

In the  opinion  of  T h e  T ra desm a n, 
Judge Padgham,  of  the  Ottawa  Circuit 
Court,  was clearly in error when  he  dis­
missed 
the  case  against  the  peddler, 
Van der Leest, on the  ground 
that  the 
complaint  was defective.  The ground of 
the  objection—that  the  complaint  did 
not negative the exceptions to the statute 
—raises a point  already passed  upon  by 
the Michigan Supreme  Court,  of  which 
fact  Judge  Padgham  is,  undoubtedly, 
aware; and,  in the light of  this  fact,  his 
action is subject  to  criticism.  The  Su­
preme Court is the court of last resort  in 
such cases,  but if  its  decisions  are  not 
binding; if they establish  no  precedents

worth following;  and  if  circuit  judges 
are not bound by these decisions,  the Su­
preme Court  might as well  be abolished. 
Most people,  however,  will be inclined to 
regard  Judge Padgham’s  action  in  this 
case  as unwarranted, extra-judicial  and 
savoring strongly of  either  carelessness 
or egotism.

The  E stab lish m en t  o f  C anneries 

in 

C o untry  T ow ns.

T h e  T radesm an has heretofore agita­
ted the question of a canning factory  for 
this city,  and,  while the views  expressed 
in the interviews published  were  in  the 
abstract  generally  favorable  to  such  a 
project,  it must  be  admitted  that  little 
hope was  held out that such au  industry 
would be successful in  this  city.  Now, 
however,  that some of the towns tributary 
to Grand Rapids,  notably  Coloma,  Hart 
and Traverse City,  are  agitating  for  the 
establishment of canneries,  the matter is 
again taken  up,  and the hope entertained 
that the projects will  be pushed  through 
to completion.

There is  no  reason  why  many  towns 
should not have the  benefit  of  such  in­
dustries.  There  is  plenty  of  fruit and 
vegetables in  Michigan,  not only  to  sup­
ply the  regular  table  and  shipping  de­
mand, but also to supply  the demand for 
canned goods.  The  grocery  jobbers  of 
the State can be depended on to give  the 
product of Michigan canneries the prefer­
ence. 
In a matter of  this kind the opin­
ion of one having a  practical  knowledge 
of the business  is  desirable,  and  to  se­
cure such an opinion Chas.  W.  Shedd,  a 
processor of long and  varied  experience 
in  Massachusetts,  New  Brunswick, 
Nova Scotia,  and this State,  has been  in­
terviewed.  He 
the  inventor  and 
patentee of  ‘The  Challenge Can  Filling 
Machine,”  and other canning machinery. 
He  is fully competent to discuss the sub­
ject in  a  thoroughly  practical  manner, 
and  what he has to say is  worthy  of  at­
tention:

is 

“One great drawback to  the success of 
such an undertaking in a city like Grand 
Rapids is the fact that such a  city  is  al­
ways a  good  market  for  ‘garden  truck’ 
or just such  goods  as  are  wanted  in  a 
canning  factory.  The  price  at  which 
fruit and vegetables are sold on the  mar­
ket makes it impossible to buy  them  for 
canning purposes with any hope of profit. 
A small country town  is  generally  con­
sidered preferable as a site for a canning 
factory.  Another cause of failure  is  in­
experience  on  the  part  of  the  canner. 
Some one with no knowledge of the busi­
ness,  with insufficient capital to properly 
equip a factory,  and  not  enough  ability 
to turn a grindstone, embarks in the busi­
ness,  runs it for a short  time,  and  then 
fails,  and his case is thenceforth cited as 
proof that there is no money in  the  can­
ning business. 
It is out of  the  question 
for the business  manager  of  a  canning 
factory to do his own  canning.  He  will 
have his hands fnll making a market  for 
his product,  and  a  man  of  experience 
with a practical knowledge of processing, 
as it is called, must be put  in  charge  of 
the canning.  Profitable canning also de­
pends upon the ability of the  factory  to 
secure its  supplies in  its own vicinity  at 
prices which will  enable  it  to  compete 
with other  factories  putting  up  similar 
goods.  This is why a large  city  is  con­
sidered a bad site for a canning  factory. 
Let me  give you a few figures  at  which, 
in  my judgment,  the staple  supplies  for 
a  canning  factory  must  be  bought  in

order to be canned at a profit. 
I will also 
give you the number of  cans  which  are 
ordinarily canned from  a  bushel  of  the 
different  varieties:

CANS

 

“ 
“ 

P E R   BU .
per bu..  20
“  ...................  22
“  ..................   30

V A RIETY . 
FR IC K . 
Apples.................... 
40c 
Peaches..............  25@75c  “ 
Berries...............   50@*1  “ 
Beans..................... 
20c 
Peas........................ 
30c 
Tomatoes........... 
20c  “ 
Corn.....................  $7  50 
Pumpkins...........  3 50  “ 
Squash..................  8  00 

 
“ “  
“ “ 
 
16
per to n .  30
..................  20
“ 
“If  supplies can  be purchased at these 
right, 
figures,  other  conditions  being 
money can  be made in the canning  busi­
ness.  Then,  again,  all  the  machinery 
used in a canning factory is of  a  special 
character,  and  utterly  useless  for  any 
other business.  Like all special machin­
ery it is very expensive. 
In the canning 
of peas,  for instance, there are the viner, 
huller,  separator,  blancher  and  retort. 
None of these  machines,  except  the  re­
tort, can  be used  in  canning  any  other 
product, while tomato  machinery  can be 
used  for  several  varieties.  Sometimes 
an  outfit  can  be  bought  second-hand, 
which  materially  reduces  the  cost. 
It 
must be remembered that a canning  fac­
tory is only in operation about six  weeks 
on each variety each year,  and  the  more 
varieties  that  are  put  up,  the  more 
machinery will  be  required,  and  conse­
quently the more money will  be  tied-up. 
A factory with a capacity of  10,000  cans 
a day will cost from  §2,000  to  $6,000  to 
equip according to the number  of  varie­
ties it  is  proposed  to  can.  The  labor 
bill of a factory of that capacity  will  be 
from $250 and $350 per week.”
The  W h e a t M ark et.

There was a slight improvement in  the 
movement of wheat from first hands dur­
ing February.  The growing crop is  in a 
promising  condition  and  farmer’s  ex­
penses  have  forced a  little  more  wheat 
on the  market  in  some  sections.  How­
ever,  holders  are  not  disposed  to  part 
in  excess  of  present 
with their  grain 
necessities.  The  principal 
receiving 
points report  a decrease  in stocks  equal 
to 7,087,300 bu for  February,  an  excess 
of about 2,000,000 bu over February, 1893. 
Should the growing crop  receive  no  set 
back,  wheat may  be  expected  to  move 
with considerable more  activity 
in  the 
near future,  though  prices  are  not  ex­
pected to change much in any event.

F rom  O ut o f Tow n.
received 

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T radesm an office  during  the  past  week 
from  the  follow ing  gentlem en  in  trade:

J.  H.  Lowell & Co.,  Wacousta.
Walbrink & Son,  Allendale.
S.  C.  Peterson.  Alaska.
M. V.  Wilson,  Sand  Lake.
Maley & Snyder,  Edmore.
C.  K.  Hoyt & Co.,  Hudsonville.
Adam Newell,  Burnip’s Corners.
J.  H.  Eppink,  Lucas.
J.  S.  Toland,  Ross.
Kellogg & VanDusen,  Leroy.
Pomeroy Implement Co., South Haven.
Jas. L.  Felton,  Burnip’s Corners.
J.  M.  Flanagan,  Mancelona.

H ides,  P elts  a n d   F u rs.

Hides—Countrys  are  undecided  but 
quiet.  Stocks are fair and dealers are will 
ing to sell—when they can get customers. 
Figures remain unchanged,  although the 
pressure for lower prices is constant and 
dispiriting.

Pelts—Flat and unchanged.
Furs—U nchanged.
Tallow—Stationary,  except  for  odd 
lots,  which  may  shade  quotations  a 
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OFFICIAL  CORRUPTION.

The corruption  and  jobbery  in  muni­
cipal  politics in  this  country  are  noto-  I 
rious.  The large cities,  with  their enor- I 
mous  property  values,  which  are  all 
taxed,  furnish  revenues in  large amounts 
which  are to be  haudled  by  the  public  I 
officials.

T H E   M IC H IG A N   T O A D E SM A N
fat pickings.  But selling out the  offices 
is not the right remedy. 
It will be found 
in  an election law that will  tatte  all  the 
power out of the hands of  the  men  who 
handle the barrooms,  the  hoodlums  and 
the trades unions.  Whenever  the  grog- 
geries and trades unions are deprived  of 
their political influence, it  will  be  possi­
ble to have honest government  in  cities.

the ioud talker, the noisy boaster is never j 
a dangerous person. 
!  that  bites.

is 

9

From the  point of view of the civilized 
It is the silent dog j and  modernized  representative of the an-
cient Arcady,  it  could  be  said, 
in  the 
) most  emphatic terms,  that  the  result  of 
| education and civilization  has  not  been 
to fill the world with peace,  contentment 
j  aud  happiness. 
If this be the  case,  then 
| what are education  and civilization  good 
j for?
In order  to find a comprehensive  reply 
j  to this question it would first be necessary 
¡toinquire  a  little  into  the  constitution 
| of human nature.  The mostdistinguish- 
I ing result of civilization  is  the  develop- 
I ment of the selfish principle.

These  great  revenues  are  a  perpetual 
temptation  to  those,  who  handle them. 
It is so easy to  rob  cities,  counties  and 
states.  All that is necessary is for a par­
ticular clique  or  combination  of  politi­
cians to hold uninterrupted control of the 
government for a  few  successive  terms, 
and  then  the  job  is  done.  The  crime 
will  finally  be discovered,  but  it  is  sel­
dom  that any of the culprits are  brought 
to justice,  but if they are,  they are  soon 
pardoned out of  prison  with  all  social 
rights  restored.  The man who only robs 
a  public  treasury  is  easily  forgiven. 
The fact is,  when  people pay taxes,  they 
consider  the amount as so  much  money 
gone  from  them  forever.  They  do  not 
expect  any  return  or  benefit  from  it. 
They expect to  be  consumed  in  corrup­
tion and jobbery,  and this  is  the  reason 
why,  when the financial crimes of officials 
are  exposed they attract so little popular 
attention.  Nobody  cares.

It  is  an  exception  when 

But the plunder of public  trust  funds 
is the very smallest part of official crook­
edness. 
the 
public treasurer  is  not  honest.  He  is 
commonly so,  at the beginning,  and  will 
remain so provided he does not enjoy'too 
many successive  terms  of  office. 
It  is 
opportunity  that  sometimes  makes  a 
thief.  But the largest source of  corrup­
tion is in the jobbery of  the  administra­
tors of government.  They create  offices 
at will and they make all  the  contracts. 
Most of  the  public  money  goes  out  in 
contracts,  and therein  is the greatest  op­
portunity  for  jobbery.  Poor  men  are 
eager to accept positions without pay  so 
that they may handle these contracts.

The greater  and  richer  the  city,  the 
greater the amount of official corruption, 
and no city  has  suffered  more  from  it 
than has the  American  metropolis.  An 
editorial in Harpers’  Weekly, commenting 
on the fact  that the  municipal  adminis­
tration of New York is a mine of corrup- 
tiou,  proposes that the city shall sell  out 
the offices  to  the  highest  bidders,  who 
will then be able to  plunder aud prey  on 
the  taxpayers  at 
their  will,  but  the 
money  which  the  purchasers  of  offices 
shall pay for they places shall  be put out 
of their reach.

Says the  Weekly: 

‘‘Let the city put up 
its offices,  the entire  management  of  its 
affairs,  to  the  highest bidder, which may | 
be one  man  or  a  syndicate.  This  plan 
would  have  two  advantages. 
It  would! 
give  a  considerable  revenue,  and  the 
citizens would  know who governed them, 
and who  was responsible.  By the  pres­
ent method of  elections  the  money  paid 
for the offices  does  not  go  to  the  city, 
and  the  city  does  not  know,  officially, 
who  its  rulers  are. 
‘Governing’  is  a 
valuable  commodity,  and  if  anybody 
makes anything out  of  it.  it  should  be 
those who have the  right of  it, and have 
it for sale.  The plan of putting it up  at 
public auction is  above-board  and  busi­
ness  like. 
It  is  not  exactly  public- 
spirited,  but  it  suits  this  commercial 
age.”

There are said  to  be  single  offices  in 
New York City  worth a million dollars  a 
term.  Even  in  cities  of  medium  size,
] ike Detroit and Grand Rapids,  there  are

SAFETY  IN  TALK.

Talk is a safety valve through which a 
great deal of  popular  excitement  is  got 
rid of. 
It operates in  the  same  way  as 
the  escape  of  surplus  steam  from  the 
boiler through a vent which opens  of  it­
self whenever the  pressure  threatens  to 
be dangerous.

The  difference  between  public  meet­
ings where many  talk  and  those  where 
only one person  harangues  or  only  one 
side of a question is presented, is the dif­
ference between a parliament and a mob. 
In a parliament all sides of a public  ques­
tion  are  freely  debated.  Thus,  having 
expressed their  opinions,  all  parties  are 
relieved  and  satisfied.  But  where  one 
person who  possesses  power  of  leader­
ship addresses an assemblage and  his ob­
ject is to excite his  listeners  to  espouse 
some particular cause, or to arouse  some 
special passion  into  violent  demonstra­
tion,  he is preparing a  mob  for  an  out­
rage on the law.

that 

immediate 

A  multiplicity of talk  by  the  individ­
uals of a crowd renders an  excellent ser­
vice  by  letting  off  steam,  which  other­
wise.  if pent up,  may burst into  danger­
ous violence.  This fact has been  recog­
nized  by  political  philosophers,  who 
maintain 
the  free  expression  of 
opinion is of  enormous  use  in  keeping 
down discontent under  popular  govern­
ment. 
It is undoubtedly  true  that  it  is 
an immense relief to a man  with  a  griev­
ance to express his  feelings  about  it  in 
words,  even 
if  he  knows  his  words 
will 
effect. 
no 
have 
Self-love  is  apt  to  prevent  most  men 
from  thinking  that  anything  they  say 
with passion or earnestness  will  not  im­
press  others.  When  they  have  spoken 
their  piece  they  feel 
they  have 
struck their blow.  Let others do as well.
The  parliamentary  habit  so  peculiar 
to  the  Anglo-Germanic  races  has  long 
preserved them  from  sudden  and  fero­
cious  revolutions.  By 
instinct,  when 
they come together in a crowd, the assem­
blage is called to order, a presiding chair­
man  is  chosen  and  then the debate  pro­
ceeds in routine.  Every person has a right 
to speak in  turn,  hence the  word “parlia­
ment,” or  talking  assembly.  The  word 
“congress” simply  means  a  coming  to­
gether. 
It may even mean a  mob,  but a 
parliamentary body is a meeting in which 
all who desire express their opinion  upon 
the matter under  consideration,  and  the 
ordinary result is that all parties go home 
to think the matter over,  and so  no more 
violence is done.

that 

But when a mob is to  be  organized  to 
carry out some violent  purpose, there  is 
no interchange of  opinion;  there  is  no 
debate,  no deliberation.  All the  talking 
is done in one line.  Only  one  side  of  a 
question is presented.  The  object  is  to 
arouse as  much prejudice,  hate,  hostility 
and malice as possible against  parties or 
accomplish 
their  destruction  without 
giving them any opportunity of explana­
tion or resistance.

Thus it will  be seen that the talking as­
semblage is  the foundation  of  all  social 
order  and  all  civil  liberty.  There  is 
much  public  safety  in  talk.  Moreover

THE  MARCH  THROUGH THE  AGES.
This 

the  age  of  education  pre- 
I eminently,  of  free  schools,  of  cheap 
books and of a  newspaper  press  posses­
sing enormous facilities for the gathering 
and  diffusing  of  information  on  every 
possible subject.
Education is put in the reach  of  every 
intelligent  human  creature in  this couu- 
I try.  and those who  neglect  or  refuse  to 
profit by the opportunity to learn  to read,
| aud to use the vast facilities offered, have 
| only themselves to  blame.
But,  after all,  what is the use of these 
| extraordinary educational facilities?  Do 
they make people better?  Do they make 
people happier?  These are questions of 
great  moment.  How  shall 
they  be 
answered?

The goodness of  a people  is  to  be  de- 
j termined by their  freedom  from  violent 
crimes and social disorders.  People who 
| are law-abiding,  doing  no harm to  their 
j  neighbors,  are  commonly  considered  to 
be good.  As  to  “ happiness,” that  is  so 
I indefinite  a  term  that  it  is  difficult  of 
I definition. 
“contentment”
I would  be more  appropriate  in  this  con- 
j  nection.  The  people  whose  wants  are 
I few,  whose  mode  of  living  is  simple, 
whose habits  are  frugal,  and  whose  in­
dustrious labors are sufficient to  provide 
for their necessities, should be considered 
contented and measurably  happy.

Perhaps 

Then,  in  order  to  find  a  peaceable, 
simple-hearted and coutented people, one 
must go rather to savage life than  to  the 
highest  civilization. 
The  ancient  Ar­
cadians, the  primitive  people who  lived 
in a semi-fabulous age in  a  sort  of  rural 
paradise,  where  the  climate  was  warm 
and genial,  and  a  rich  aud  fruitful  soil 
gave  of  its  kindly  produce  a  sufficient 
sustenance to the amiable and simple in­
habitants,  who had no other care than to 
enjoy,  without  war or contention  of  any 
sort,  the  sweet  pleasures  of  love  and 
companionship in the family circle, make 
up  the  ideal  of  a  population  entirely 
peaceful and happy.
Among  such a people  there  would  be 
no  schools,  no  newspapers,  no  books. 
The old  men  of  the  tribe  would,  from 
time to  time,  discourse  to  the  younger 
generation of  the traditions of  the  past, 
and upon the  duties  of  the  present,  and 
| of  the hopes  of  the  future.  Thus  were 
pictured the happy peoples of  antiquity. 
To-day they would  be  characterized  by 
I the missionaries  who  should  go  among 
them from civilized nations as steeped in 
ignorance  and  devoid  of  all  ambition 
and desire of improvement,  and  as being 
wholly  ignorant of the value and  uses  of 
the  precious  metals.  This  simple  and 
happy  people  would  be  classed  as  sav­
ages, and declared to be intensely in need 
of education and civilization.

Since the civilizing of  savage  races  is 
largely a process of violent  treatment,  if 
not  of  destruction,  it  should  be  hoped 
that, after all the civilizing agencies had 
been duly applied,  the  product would  be 
a peaceful  and happy race.  Experience 
teaches  the  contrary.  The  wants  and 
demands of these people would be vastly 
enlarged.  Gratifications  of  which  they 
had never before dreamed  would  become 
necessary,  ambitions  which 
they  had 
never  before  felt  would  inspire  them, 
and they would  be  one more race  or  na­
tion  plunged into the hurly-burly of con­
tention and  strife  for  a  division  of  the 
plunder of the world.

to  be 
natural 

easily 
products  of 

So long as  human  beings  are  not  too 
supported 
I numerous 
j  on 
the 
the 
from  asso- 
I soil, 
and  are  shut  out 
they 
j ciation  with  the  outside  world, 
j  will  herd 
the  gregari­
ous  instinct  will  keep them so,  with  no 
| other leadership than the  advice  and  in- 
I fluence of the elders.  There will scarce- 
I ly  be any claim that  one  is  better  than 
I another. 
In such a condition equality of 
] all the membership will obtain.

together,  and 

But in  a  thickly  populated  country,
| when the manners of living become com- 
i Plex and luxurious,  and  the  struggle for 
I a livelihood commences, conditions come 
into operation in  which the  love  of self,
| every individual  for his own interest, be­
comes the natural law.  Out of this  con- 
| tention come all  the  enormous  achieve- 
| ments of  modern  life. 
then, 
j appear that the  object of all  civilization 
is to give each individual the  opportuni 
| ty  to do the best of which he is  capable,
| to reach the  highest point  to  which  his 
talents  and  exertions  will  carry  him, 
each working in his or  her  own  special 
sphere.

It  would, 

If  it  were not  for  the  extraordinary 
spirit of  competition,  of  contention,  to 
which modern  education  and  the  condi­
tions of civilization impel,  there  would 
be  no ambitions,  no  achievements.  AH 
our science,  art,  commerce,  wealth  and 
the vast development of human faculties, 
and the earth’s treasures,  are due to  this 
competition.  Every individual who rises 
drags up to a  higher standard of  intelli­
gence and aspiration  the generation  and 
the age  in  which  he  lives.  There  is  a 
j  general advance of the procession of pro­
gress,  although  many  individuals  will 
be crushed,  slaughtered,  sacrificed in the 
i movement.  There wiil  be  an  immense 
immolation,  but  there  wiil  be  an 
im­
mense advance of the race.

But it is not to fill the world with peace 
I and happiness,  at least not  immediately; 
but if it be possible  for  finite  vision  to 
peer into the fathomless depths  of  infin­
ity,  it is to secure the  restoration  of  the 
j  state from  which  the  human  race  has 
j fallen.  The traditions  which  are  older 
than all  records  tell  of  a  Golden  Age 
! which  has been  lost,  and  which  is to  be 
' restored.  The  ancient  prophets  echo 
tradition  and give  great promises  of  the 
future.  Christ  declared  himself 
the 
agent of  this  restoration.  The  age  of 
universal peace  and  happiness  has  not 
yet  come,  but  the  vast  procession  is 
marching on to it.  The line of march  is 
strewn with the wrecks of ruin  and  fail­
ure;  the sacrifice has been enormous  and 
bloody beyond expression,  and the  prog­
ress  through  so  many  ages  has  been 
painfully slow; but the  movement is for­
ward,  and  its  Impulsion  seems  to  be 
growing ever more tremendous and terri­
ble. 
If it tend not to final, perfect bene­
fit,  to what does it lead?

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T H E   M I C H I G A N   T R A D TCRM A T sl

-MICHIGAN  FU LL  CREAM  CHEESE.
All over this State and the larger  por­
tions of Ohio and  Indiana,  or,  in  other 
words,  over  as  much  territory  as 
the 
quantity made is permitted  to  be  intro­
duced,  the above title labeled on a cheese 
will entitle it to first rank  for home con­
sumption trade and will  guarantee for  it 
the highest market price. 
In considera­
tion of this fact,  and that the  same  sub­
ject  bas  been  before  this  Association 
several times in years past,  it seems  al­
most out of place and  entirely  unneces­
sary for me to say anything new regarding 
it.  It seems, however,  that certain persons 
who make,  or  are  especially  interested 
n some kinds of cheese other  than  that 
known and described by  the  heading  of 
this paper, condemn what is  termed  the 
Michigan  style  of cheese and seem very 
anxious  that  all  cheesemakers  should 
turn  in and make  their  pet  kind.  Just 
why  a man who makes and prefers  Lim- 
burger,  Switzer,  York  State,  export or 
any of the other special and distinguished 
kinds and varieties of cheese which  fill a 
special place in  the  trade,  should  want 
all  others  to  make just what he makes, 
or prefers by taste,  is  beyond  my  com­
prehension. 
It  is  like  a  dry  goods 
dealer urging all other  dealers  to  aban­
don  their lines of  storekeeping  and  sell 
dry goods,  notwithstanding  the fact that 
such  a course would be-the ruin of all.

the 

Over forty years ago my  father,  Sam-1 
uel Horton,  came to Michigan  and began 
the manufacture of  cheese  in  Lenawee 
county from  a dairy of  twenty-five cows, j 
He  made  the  first  cheese  for  market 
purposes in  any  considerable  quantities 
in  that part of the State,  or in any other 
part of the State,  so  far  as  known.  At 
that 
time  a  cheese  known  as  “Ham­
burg,”  made  in  New  York  State  and 
chiefly  bulked in the Buffalo  market  for 
distribution,  supplied  the  entire  trade 
of Michigan.  This  brand of cheese was 
a great favorite with dealers and consum­
ers,  and  under  the  supposition  that 
Michigan  pastures and  other  conditions 
natural 
to  our  State  at that time were 
unalterably  against  the  production  of 
good  butter  and  cheese, 
it  was  w ith! 
much difficulty that dealers could at first 
be induced  to even  try  the  goods  made 
by this pioneer in  Michigan  cheesemak 
ing.  Long-standing customs  sometimes 
loathe  to  give  way  to  new ideas,  but 
when 
ice  is  fairly  broken and the 
change  made,  it  quite  frequently  be­
comes complete,  and it  bas proven  so  in 
this  case. 
the | 
limited supply  and  demand  for  cheese, | 
Herkimer and other counties  of  Central j 
New  York  were making  practically  all j 
the cheese consumed in the  country  and ! 
our  people  in  Michigan  were 
imbued  ! 
with the belief  that  cheese  must  come 
from  York  State  to  be fit for food.  So 
strong  and  prevalent  became  this  idea 
with  our people, that,  as an  example  of j 
our appreciative  remembrances  of 
the j 
things that were and of the days gone by, 
even  to-day with the Hamburg  kind and j 
style of cheese practically excluded from 
manufacture,  the 
term  “York  State,” 
when  used in connection  with  the  sub- I 
ject  of  cheese,  tickles  very  pleasantly 
the palates of  very  many  of  our  oldest 
inhabitants. 
I  suppose,  owing  to  the 
same  characteristics  in  our  nature,  w e! 
look back,  in our imagination,  to the  de-j 
licious apple dumplings,  the  moist  and! 
sweet  loaves  of  Indian  bread  and  the | 
boiled dinners that  mother  used  to  pre­
pare for us in our  younger  days.  But, !

time,  with 

At  that 

| really,  do any of my  readers  think  that 
j if  the  Hamburg  cheese  of  old,  or  the 
| chimney-cooked  foods of fifty years  ago, 
j  were  placed  before  you  now your fond 
j  recollections would  be fully realized? 
1 
| think there would  be  many  disappoint- 
| ments.  Change  has  marked all of  our 
! ways and cultivated our tastes  to  relish
| and  enjoy  many  new  things.  There 
have  been  great  changes  all  along the 
line  in  the  preparation  of  foods,  new 
; methods of cooking,  seasoning and  serv­
ing.  New relishes  and  condiments  are 
continually  appearing  and  we  learn to 
enjoy  them.  The  manufacturers  and 
dealers 
in  all  kinds  of  food  products 
would stand in  their own light  and  be a 
hindrance  to  their  own  welfare  and 
success if they did not  encourage,  rather 
than hinder,  the cultivation of these new 
In  the  manufac­
tastes and demands. 
ture  of  food  products, 
the  same  as in 
| other lines of goods intended to  be  sold 
j to  the  people, 
it  frequently  is a good 
thing  to  produce  a  specialty, or some­
thing  as  near  it  as  possible,  as a good 
trade is more likely to be worked  up  on 
j  your  goods  which are  not subject to so 
strong  competition  and  consequent  de­
pression of prices.

During the past thirty years  there has 
in  the entire 
been  a  great  revolution 
dairy  business  of  our country. 
It has 
| rapidly increased in quantity;  new  lines 
of apparatus are employed in the process 
of manufacture; new markets  have been 
developed and new demands have  arisen 
on the part of consumers to satisfy  vary­
ing tastes.  During  this  period  cheese 
has come into more general use as  an ar­
ticle of food, and, since this  rapid  devel­
opment and  increase of our  dairy  inter­
ests,  we have sought markets  abroad,  so 
that  vast  quantities  of  our cheese now 
find  sale  in  Europe.  We  have,  also, 
found new markets in the  South  and  in 
the  West  and  demands  for  all kinds, 
styles and tastes of cheese  here at home. 
We must have export cheese  which  will 
stand the trip  across the Atlantic and re­
main in stock for a long time  and fill the 
demands of all speculative  holdings.  We 
must  have a.  cheese  for  the  Southern 
trade which  will  bear  shipment for long 
distances and bear  up under  the severely | 
hot climate.  We  must have  cheese for 
the  winter trade which  will hold  up well 
under all kinds  of discouraging  and  ad­
verse  conditions  and  keep  in  saleable j 
condition.  And,  for  our  own  home 
trade—well,  if we are good  business men ] 
and 
to  the  interests  of our j 
trade and to ourselves,  we  will  give  the 
people anything they want,  provided the | 
pay is all  right.  Here  in  our  country 
we  have  all  sorts of cheese in  size,  tex­
ture, shape and taste and a  trade limited
or  general  for  each  and all.  The first 
cheese made in Michigan  was  especially 
patterned after the then New  York State 
style,  the  manufactuier  thereof  having 
learned the  process  after  several  years 
of  experience 
in  a  Herkimer  county 
dairy.  This  cheese  soon  found  favor 
with  the local  trade and its  manufacture 
rapidly 
increased  and  the  factory, or 
bulking system,  was adopted  soon  after 
it gained a foothold in New  York  State. 
The first years of cheesemaking  in  Mich­
igan and all those  which  have  followed 
have  been devoted  principally  to a home 
trade,  and 
the  occasional  soft  cheese 
which  have found  their way  to  the  gro­
cers’s block when at their best  have  re­
ceived the dealer’s  commendation,  as  it 
suited  much  of  his  trade and he could

look  well 

dispose of from two to five of them while 
he would otherwise sell  only  one  of the 
firmer  and longer-keeping kind.  These 
soft  and  mild  cheese at first  were a sort 
of accident, but the  manufacturer, after 
j  hearing  of  the  favorable comments and 
I changing  tendencies  of  the  trade,  and 
| with the true business spirit  to  cater  to 
j the wants of those to whom be looks  for 
i sales,  commenced  to  manufacture  the 
j soft  grade of cheese,  and  at  the  same 
time tried  to produce them  firm  enough 
to  handle  and  keep  for  a  reasonable 
length of time.  Following the desire to 
please  the  trade  came 
increased  con­
sumption,  quick  sales  and  prompt  re­
turns,  so  that  Michigan  cheese,  with 
characteristics  you  all  know,  has been 
stablished. 
I say “established,” for the 
reason 
that  our  cheese has practically 
driven all other makes,  styles and  kinds 
out of the State, and in  adjoining  states 
where  it has  been  offered  has  quickly 
found permanent sale.  Look  over  the 
markets  of  Michigan 
to-day;  visit De­
troit, Jackson,  Battle Creek,  Kalamazoo, 
Lansing,  Grand  Rapids,  Saginaw  and 
Bay City; go into the jobbing and  whole­
sale houses at those places and  in nearly 
every case you will  find Michigan cheese 
at the front and sold to  the  exclusion of 
] all  other  makes.  The  special  brands 
I which,  through years of sales,  have per- 
| manently  established 
themselves  are 
| many.  Do  you  doubt  the  sagacity of 
| these business men who thus  give  pref- 
I erence  to  Michigan  cheese?  Do  they 
keep 
them  to  the  exclusion  of  other 
makes  at  the  expense  of trade?  The 
facts  are, 
they  could sell no other and 
| give their customers so  general  satisfac­
tion.  Every inducement  is offered them 
by manufacturers  and  dealers  in  other 
states  to  purchase  their  brands.  Prices 
of  cheese  in  all  surrounding  markets, 
East,  West and South,  are  always  lower 
than  those  of  Michigan  manufacturers.
| It  is  almost  a weekly  occurrence  with 
manufacturers of  Michigan  cheese  who 
maintain trade with the  various  whole­
sale  houses  of  the  State  that they  are 
reminded that they  are asking  too much 
for Michigan cheese,  stating  that  Little 
Falls, N.  Y.,  Chicago and other  markets 
quote cheese  at  less  money.  The pre­
vailing difference in the price is  from  % 
to 2 cents per pound in  favor  of  Michi­
gan  cheese,  which  sells readily on our 
home markets.  The  makers of the best 
brands of Michigan cheese have  the con­
suming trade back of them,  and,  as long 
as such is a fact, there will  be no trouble 
about the  dealers,  for  they  buy  what 
their  customers  want and  enquire  for, 
no matter what the cost may be.  Michi­
gan  cheese  commands  a  higher  price 
over  its  market  territory than does any 
other  kind,  except  it  be  some  of  the 
fancy and rare styles.  The  market for 
best  Michigan  full  cream  cheese  can 
safely be carried 1 cent per  pound above 
Chicago and  best New York markets, and 
for the past few years it has been  estab­
lished on that basis.  All of my October 
and November cheese  were  sold  in  job 
lots  at  12%  cents  and  it is well worth 
that price now at the factories.  During 
a good share of the time 1 have been sell­
ing these two months’  make, the  market 
in Chicago and'New York  ruled  at  10% 
to 11 cents.  They are ruling now at  11% 
cents in  New York and about 12 cents in 
Chicago.  For the whole season,  I think 
it is safe to say that our Michigan  cheese 
sells  to  the  trade  at  fully  1 cent  perl 
the  best i
pound  above  that  asked  for 

1 brands  of  other  makes.  As compared 
1 with export cheese,  we have  the  advan- 
i tage of holding the home trade.  I would 
! much  rather  have a  trade in  the  cities 
I near by and within  easy  access  by  rail 
I than to have my customers in  London or 
Liverpool,  or  be  compelled to hold my 
stock and wait for  some  buyer  to come 
around,  with the chances of  his not com­
ing  when  you  want him; for, if he is a 
sharp buyer,  he calculates to  buy  so  as 
to get most of the advances for  his  own 
benefit. 
I would rather  be  independent 
than  dependent,  and  to  those who are 
urging our Michigan factorymen  to drop 
the present style  of  making  cheese  and 
adopt the New York  or the export style, 
it  would  almost  seem  that  they  do not 
fully understand the situation. 
I do not 
wish  to  infer  that they have any  selfish 
motives in  view,  but, really, to make the 
change would throw  away years of labor 
which have been  devoted  to  producing 
what  the  people  nearest  their  doors 
wanted  and  preferred  and  had  confi­
dence in and on which  we  have a steady 
and  permanent  trade.  The  Michigan 
style  of cheese,  also,  has the  advantage 
of  yielding  more  cheese  to  every 100 
pounds of milk.  The  difference  in the 
yield  of  cheese  between the New York 
State and export and  the Michigan  style, 
when each is properly made,  is generally 
enough to  equal  a difference in  the sell­
ing  price of fully  %  cent  per  pound, 
which, during a dull  season,  would make 
quife a handsome  margin toward  paying 
running  expenses. 
Is  it  not the most 
successful  business  man  who keeps  bis 
ear to the sayings of  the  larger  portion 
of the trade; and then if he  can  succeed 
in producing an article  in line with their 
expressed  preferences,  is  it  not  a fact 
that  his  labor,  so far as seeking a mar­
ket,  is well established,  and  the most he 
has then to do is to keep  his goods up to 
the  standard?  Michigan  dealers  can 
easily get these other kinds of  cheese  if 
they  desire  without 
the 
methods  of 
the  old-established  manu­
facturers  to  give  them  atrial.  New 
York, Wisconsin  and Ohio  cheese are all 
being urged upon them continually and,a 
1  have before stated, at far cheaper rates. 
Michigan  factorymen,  as a  rule,  do  not 
make cheese to keep and, hold  but to sell 
and be consumed.  This saves shrinkage 
and insures quicker returns  to the farm­
ers who furnish the milk,  which  now-a- 
days is a very  important  matter.  While 
in Detroit last week  I  was shown ten ex­
port cheese which  were stored in the cel­
lar  of a  well-known  wholesale  grocery 
firm there. 
I had  heard  something  of 
those  cheese  before  and  was anxious to 
see them. 
1  thought as I saw them that 
more than likely some farmer  patron  of 
the factory where  they  were  made  was 
running a store bill on  credit  where  he 
should have had  the money  out of  those 
cheese  months  before  to  pay his bills. 
Keep!  1  should  say  they would keep ! 
If  that  particular  quality 
is  what  is 
wanted,  I might ask why not store grind­
stones  in  the  place  of  cheese,  as there 
would be no speculation as to the keeping 
ten 
qualities  of  grindstones. 
These 
cheese  were  a  disappointment  to 
the 
merchant,  for  he  said,  as  he  drew the 
tryer from  one  of  them,  the  man  said 
they would get mellow with age,  but they 
do  not seem to. 
I would like to see the 
account  balanced between a  quantity  of 
milk sufficient  to make  these cheese and 
a like quantity made  into  the  Michigan 
style,  following out  the difference in  the

changing 

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yield of cheese  for  the  milk,  readiness 
for the market,  what each  would  natur­
ally sell for at maturity, the debt caucel- 
iDg  power  and  benefit  of the quick  re­
turns of the  farmer  who  produced  the 
milk with interest on money  invested in 
each while waiting for market,  etc.,  and 
see how the balance would  show.  Then 
let  the  patrons  of a cheese factory vote 
on the question of which kind  of  cheese 
they prefer to make. 
1 read somewhere 
not long ago that Michigan  got a “ black 
eye”  at  the Chicago Exposition,  and  the 
man who wrote the  article  said  he  was 
glad of it.  1 cannot  see why a Michigan 
man  should  be  glad  when a  Michigan 
product fails in a  competition  so  broad 
and  great  as  the  Chicago  Exposition. 
That  man  must  be  living  very near to 
Canada or some other  country  not  ours. 
1  was quite well satisfied with  the result 
at Chicago, and,  considering the circum­
stances,  we  did  well.  Michigan cheese 
is not known outside  of  a  certain  com­
paratively small territory and never finds 
its way into any of the  great cheese cen­
ters.  Fortunately,  it does  not  need  to, 
for so far the supply is not equal  to  the 
demand with  near-by  consumers.  The 
competitive list at Chicago did  not give a 
distinct class for  us. 
It was like show­
ing  Jerseys  with  Holstein cattle,  with 
the deciding  points  of  merit  made  out 
favorable to the Holstein breed. 
1 sent 
one cheese from  each of my  six factories 
and the score stood an average  of 93  out 
of a possible 100  points,  which  was more 
than I expected.  We exhibited our regu­
lar  market  cheese  as  they averaged on 
our shelves and  they were ready to go to 
the  trade  when  they  went  to Chicago. 
They were not judged for nearly a month 
after their receipt and  the  weather  was 
very  warm. 
1 was satisfied with the re­
sult,  and it cannot  fairly  be  said that 
Michigan got a "black eye.”  The home 
market will in the future be the main de­
pendence of the cheese  interests  of  the 
United  States,  for  it is but natural for 
England  to  favor  its own countries for 
their  supply  under  equal  conditions. 
Those  who  have  watched  for the past 
few years the tendencies  in favor  of  the 
above  statements  will,  I think,  agree 
with  me. 
It  is  in  harmony  with the 
opinions of those who watch  closely  the 
signs of the times.  Note  the following 
statements by Geo.  G.  McAdam,  uttered 
at a recent banquet  of  the  Watertown, 
N.  Y.,  Dairy  Board of Trade;

Another year I shall change  my  mode 
of  operation,  viz; 
instead  of  confining 
my operations to  the  export  business,  I 
shall seek the business  of  local  houses; 
instead  of  being  in 
the  market  three 
months,  I shall be on deck  until  all  the 
fall cheese is disposed  of.  The  demand 
for home trade cheese is rapidly growing 
and not  only  the  buyers  must  prepare 
for  this  change,  but  factorymen.  This 
somewhat  disagreeable  state  of  affairs 
should  not  and  cannot  be  consistently 
charged 
to  the  salesmen,  makers  or 
buyers. 
It is a  combination  of  causes. 
This perplexing  situation  has  long  an­
noyed  salesmen.  Not  being  prophets 
and unable to  see  into  the  future,  they 
have done as well as the  best  of  human 
judgment  would  permit. 
It  is  now an 
easy matter to  criticise  them.  One  not 
at all  familiar with  the  business  could 
now do this and not exhibit a  very  large 
amount of knowledge.

The main  question  of  the  hour with 
our  dairymen  is,  How can we  increase 
home  consumption?  I  would  answer, 
first, by  making  what  the  people want 
and  will  consume  the  most  of.  We 
(and here I  mean  the  dairymen  of  the 
United  States)  should  make  ail  kinds

that will  find ready  sale,  and  a  special 
kind to meet the demands  of all parts of 
our country. 
If this  is  skillfully  done 
the  cheese  trade  of  the  United  States 
can  be more that doubled. 
In the  furth­
erance of this  object  the  skimmed  and 
tilled  cheese  would  be  discouraged,  if 
not discontinued;  for while one of those 
cheese is  being  sold  from  a  grocer’s 
block,  two rich  full  creams  would  gen­
erally  be  disposed  of. 
If  I  were  to 
frame a cheese  branding  law  I  would 
have but  two  brands—full  creams  and 
skims.  The  operation  of  such  a  law 
would  result  in  having  none  but  full 
creams and the poorest  grade  of  skims; 
for,  if to skim even  in  a  small  degree 
would consign  the  cheese  to  the  skim 
class, the maker, if he  skimmed  at  all, 
would go to the bottom and take  all  the 
cream.  The  cheese would  be  so  poor 
and sell  so  low that  their  manufacture 
would be very  limited.  Then,  also,  the 
consumption of cheese would  be  greatly 
increased.
Now,  as  to  Michigan  cheese  again,  1 
firmly believe they are all right  and that 
what is  needed  in  Michigan 
to-day  is 
expert instruction in  the  art  of  making 
them  correctly,  so  as  to  preserve  their 
essential  distinctive  features,  i.  e.,  full 
creams  should  be  moist,  porous  and 
mild  and  weigh  about  forty  pounds. 
At the same  time  these  experts  should 
be able to so instruct  that  all  disagree­
able 
eliminated. 
Farmers need  educating in  the  care  of 
milk,  and  cheesemakers  should  accept 
nothing  but  good  milk.  Leaky,  sour 
and  dry cheese should  be no  more.  The 
art  of  ripening  milk,  use  of  rennet, 
proper cooking and salting  should all  be 
better understood,  and  equal  to  all,  the 
science of proper caring in the  dry room 
should 
in 
short,  preserve the standard of Michigan 
cheese on the basis of those  makers who 
have established our present  good  repu­
tation and prevented so' many  from  go­
ing out to the trade which  would  do  us 
much harm. 
I would regard  as a calam­
ity at  the  present  time  any  movement 
which contemplated  the  changing  over 
of our established style of  cheesemaking 
It  is  especially 
to some other  system. 
encouraging  to  the  dairymen  of 
the 
State 
that  our  Agricultural 
College is  now  moving  forward  in  the 
line  of  dairy  experimental  work. 
It 
should  have started  along  this  line  sev­
eral years ago,  and  in  not  doing  so.  the 
College has lost much of its once  popular 
standing among  like  institutions  in our 
country.  The 
farmers  of  Michigan 
earnestly hope that the  lost  ground  will 
be regained and that  the work  now well 
under way may furnish  material  aid  in 
the  development  of  this  new  and  fast 
growing industry in our State.

features  would  be 

receive  closer 

attention; 

to  know 

Geo.  B.  H orton.

Fruit Ridge, Mich.

To S u p p re ss O pium .

Victoria,  Australia,  has passed  a  very 
severe law to suppress the  opium  traffic 
in that country.  The cultivation of pop­
pies is absolutely prohibited,  and  opium 
may only be imported  for  medical  pur­
poses,  and that on the payment  of  enor­
mous duties.  The measure receives  the 
support of the best elements  in  the  col­
ony,  and is said to be immensely popular 
with all classes  of  the  whites,  for  the 
reason that it  is  supposed  to  make  the 
Chinamen more uncomfortable. 
It  will 
also be a good thing  for  the  smugglers, 
as similar laws are in this country.

The  hens  are now  filling 

tracts for  spring delivery.

their  con-

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to the  T r a d e s m a n   C o m p a n y ,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich., and  you 
will receive by return mail samples and price list of its several 
styles  of  coupon  books,  which  a r e   the  most  comprehensive, 
concise and  convenient  system  ever  devised  for  the  handling- 
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are made indiscriminately.

These  books  are  now  in  use  by  over  25,000  retail 
merchants in  all parts of  the  country  and  in  every  case  they 
are giving unqualified satisfaction, as they enable the dealer to 
avo id all  the 1 osses ami  annoyances incident  to  the  pass  book 
and other antiquated charging systems.

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If you  wish  to 
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The  wholesale  clothing  manufacturers  have  made 
up  light stocks this season,  but  we  made  up  about our 
usual  Spring  line,  in  the  Newest  Styles and  Patterns, 
Long  and  Medium  Frock  Skirts  regular, cutaway and 
Double-breasted  Sack suits.  Elegant  Spring  Overcoats, 
cut  long. 
See  our  splendid  line  of  imported  Clay 
Worsteds  Frock and  Sack Coats, Vests and  in Suits, from 
$7.00  up.  Our Staple line, so  well  adapted  for  Farmers’ 
trade, is fully up to the standard  No  better goods made 
and  prices in  reach  of all. 
j
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W holesale 
Clothing 

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B a d g e s

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T H E   MTOTTTO A TST  T R A D E S M A N

the 

and 

The  wildest  dream  of 

E le ctrical  W o n d ers  a n d   A nticipations.
It is not  an  extravagant  statement  to 
say that never before  in  the  history  of 
the world has there been  a scientific  dis­
covery about  which centered  such  mag­
nificent dreams as are being built  up  on 
certain  recently  discovered  electrical 
principles.  Among  these  the  foremost 
place mast be  given  to  the  astounding 1 
discoveries of the young Servian  genius, 
Nikola Tesla,  which are so novel  and  so 
extraordinary that the most  imaginative 
of inventors are unable  to  foresee  what 
form their development  will  take.  Just| 
as  experimenters  were  beginning 
to 
thiuk that they knew  all  that  could  be 
learned  about  electricity, 
that | 
further  improvement must  be in the line 
of more perfect  mechanical  application,  ! 
Mr. Tesla  shows  us  the  electric  fluid j 
under conditions in  which it differs  from 
ordinary  electricity  as  much  as  light | 
differs  from  heat.  A  current  of  2,000 I 
volts will  kill a  man  in the twinkling  of 
an eye,  but this modern wizard  lets  cur­
rents pour through his  bands with a  po­
tential of 200,000 volts,  vibrating  a  mil­
lion times a  second  and  showeriug  from j 
him in  dazzling  streams  of  light.  For j 
some time  after  the  experiment  ceases j 
his body and clothing  emit  streams  and ! 
halos of  splintered light.
inventor j 
could not have foreseen  that  while  cur­
rents of  low  frequency are deadly,  these 
are harmless.  Mr.  Tesla  says  that  he 
will soon be able  to  wrap  himself  in  a 
complete sheet of electric  tire  that  will 
keep a  man  warm  at  the  North  Pole 
without  harming  him.  Neither  Merlin 
nor Michael  Scott nor any of the  wizards j 
of old ever wrought a more potent  mira-  ! 
cle, even in  fancy.  The meaning of this 
is too  far  beyond  us  to  be  realized  at 
present.  We can  no more grasp  its  sig­
nificance than  Franklin could discern the 
electric motor  in  his  captured  thunder­
bolt. 
Equally  astounding,  and  with 
more visible  usefulness,  is  Mr.  Tesla’s 
discovery that currents of such enormous 
potential and frequency  can be transmit­
ted  without the  use  of  wires.  A  room 
can  be filled  with electricity from copper 
plates in ceiling and floor,  so  that  elec­
tric lamps will  tftrn  without  any  con­
necting  wires  as  soon  as 
they  are 
brought  in. 
In  the  same  way  intelli­
gence  and  power  may  be  transmitted 
withont a circuit,  doing  away  with  the 
necessity for trolleys,  storage  batteries, 
and  subways.  When 
it  is  considered  j 
that such startling  changes  as these are 
already theoretically possible,  it  will  be 
seen that in the  inventions  upon  which 
we  so  complacently  congratulate  our­
selves  we have  only  paddled  along  the 
shore of the great sea yet to be explored.
These sudden enlargements of the ideas  | 
of  scientific  men in regard to  the  nature  I 
and the possibilities  f electricity has led j 
the New York  Mail and Express to bring 
together hi a symposium  the opinions  of 
well-known electricians as to  the  future 
development* of electrical  science.  Mr. 
Edison think*  we shall  yet be able to  get 
electricity direct from coal—a  discovery 
compared  with  which  the  philosopher’s 
stone is a bauble.
Then our steamships  will need only  “a 
sting little bin  for  250  tons  of  coal 
in­
stead of one for 2.800  tons.”  Successful  j
aerial  flight,  electric  cookery,  a  trans-1 
atlantic  telephone,  a  real telescope  with 
which one can  see around  the  world  by 
the medium of a wire,  the  formation  of 
wholesome food products  under  the  po­
tency of  electrical  affinities—these  are 
some of the things which imaginative  in­
ventors  foresee.  Most startling  of  all, 
though it was suggested nearly ten years 
ago by an  undergraduate  in  a  Western 
college,  is  Mr.  Edison’s  idea  that  un­
spoken thought may be recorded  by elec­
trical apparatus applied to  the  cranium, 
and  either  reproduced  at  pleasure  or 
transmitted to another person.

While ten men watch for  chances, one 
man  makes  chances;  while  ten  men 
wait for something to  turn  up,  one  man 
turns  something  up;  so,  while  ten  fail, 
one  succeeds,  and  is  called  a  man  of 
luck—the favorite of  fortune.  There  is 
no  luck  like  pluck,  and  fortune  most 
favors those who are most  indifferent  to I 
fortune.

Some  of  the  brightest  men  alive  do 

some of the most stupid things.

Ye B u tch e r.

Ye butcher kills ye cow, ye calf.
He e’en would slaughter with delight.

Ye  pig. ye sheep, ye  ram;

Sweet Mary's little lamb.

When ye go to his butcher’s  shop 

He sharpeneth up ye knife.
He looks as if he has design'd 

To take away your life.

He throws ye meat upon ye scale.

He stands and grunts and groans.
He swears he chargeth for ye meat 

And nothing for ye bones.

He wanders round  to get ane wife.

His heart is  in a  stew.

As ’mong ye sex not one of them 

Will  dare to buckle to.

At times he goes to see ane play .

And it is his  delight,

To see ye actors  draw ye sword 

And prance and dance and fight.

In  restaurants he's never seen 

To sit and ring ye bell,

And where he eats or how he  eats.

No mortal man  can tell.

For his  misdeeds  we well may  mourn 

And shed ye tears  profuse,

Waes me :  rejoice, that  none of us 

Are stahding in his shoes.

Do  N ot T alk in a G loom y  Vein.

From the Chicago Dry Goods Bulletin.
If you feel blue  regarding the business 
situation, don’t  talk  in  a  gloomy  vein, j 
particularly tocustomers.  it may lose you 
trade.
Just think for a moment how it is with I 
yourself.  You  go  to 
the  market  on 
which you  buy your goods, enter a house 
where you are in  the  habit  of  purebas-1 
ing,  intending to  place  say  a  thousand j 
dollars’  worth  of  orders.  You  meet  a 
member of the firm,  or the  manager,  and j 
ask him bow  trade  is.  *T  tell  you  it’s 
simply awful!”  he replies.  “To tell  you 
the  truth,  we’ve  been  here  for  fifteen j 
years and never  seen  it  so  bad.  Mer- j 
chants  seem  to  be  remarkably  careful | 
about placing orders,  and when  they do j 
they  call  for  ridiculously  small 
lots. J 
Really I don’t know  what  we’re  coming! 
to.”
How  would such  a reception make you I 
feel,  anyway?  Ten chances  to  one  you I 
would soliloquize something in the follow­
ing vein:  “ Well,  if everyone is  so  ever­
lastingly  conservative  about  buying,  I j 
guess  I had  better watch  out and not get j 
stuck by ordering too many goods.  Any­
way,  I can safely hold  back  awhile,  be- 
cause the stocks in the hands of  jobbers 
seem to be of pretty fair size,  and at  the 
rate they’re selling now I guess there will 
be a sufficiently large assortment  for me J 
to choose from later on.”
You go back  home  feeling  bluer  than i 
ever,  but don’t talk blue. 
It is  likely  to 
effect your  customers in  something  like 
the  same manner that it affected you.  A 
customer  who  enters  your  store  and 
hears  such a tale of  woe from  your  lips 
will  in all  probability  think  it  wise  to 
economize,  notwithstanding  that  they j 
may be making as  much  money as  they | 
If  things  are j 
did last year at this time. 
so  bad,  with no  immediate  prospects  of j 
getting better,  they  will think  that  they ! 
had  better begin at  once  to  prepare  for I 
the  speedy  advent  of  that  traditional  j 
rainy day.  They  may  buy  goods,  but i 
they  are liable  to be of  a  cheaper  qual­
ity  than they  would have purchased oth­
erwise.
Then there is another thing to  be  con- ! 
sidered.  The blueness  of  your  conver- j 
sation is bound to depress  the  spirits  of j 
your clerks. 
If  they  hear  you  talking j 
to  customers in a discouraging way  they 
will do the same.  Then,  if  they  think 
that everything  is  going  to  the  eternal 
bow-bows,  they  are  liable  to  become 
drowsy and lose interest  in  their  work. 
Now is the time you  want them  to  make 
their greatest efforts, now is the time for 
you to exercise yourself,  your wits,  your 
ingenuity,  to  keep  the  spirits  of  your 
customers up to the selling point.  Don’t j 
falsify,  but  if  you  can’t 
talk  about 
trade  in  an  encouraging  way  talk  as l 
little  as  possible.  See  things  bright 
ahead,  anyway.

A preacher with dyspepsia has to keep j 
very  close  to  the  Lord  to  preach th e | 
i
gospel right. 

NO.  3.

The above cuts show  a few of the many purposes this device  will serve.
Cut No. 1 meagerly shows its adaptation as a Screw Driver—anyone readily understands that it 
will drive a screw In. as several other devices on the spiral plan  drive a  screw  the same way, but 
there is  no other one that will  do this:  Take  a screw out with exactly the same  push  movement 
as it was put in  and just  as quickly; this is done by simply grasping the brass shell  with  the  left 
hand,  and  having  hold  of  the  wood  handle  with  the right; simply give the right hand a  twist 
toward you; this reverses it to take out a screw; in like manner give  it a turn  from  you,  and it is 
ready to drive the  screw.

In either case, when it is closed as shown in Cut No. 3. if desired, it will act  as a ratchet, turn 
ing the screw half round each ratchet movement made by the operator, and still  another valuable 
position is obtained by simply turning it as before stated,  but instead  of clear from one side to the 
other, stop at half way; at this point it will be  as rigid as if it was one solid piece of iron.

Cut No  s.  Here  we show the spiral clear extended, another use made of it other than driving 
screws,  here  we  show  its  usefulness  in a carriage,  wagon or  machine shop where many  small 
burrs are to be taken off and put on; the screw driver bit is  removed  and a socket  wrench  put in 
with which burrs can be run on or off, twenty  times quicker than by tne old way.

Cut No. 3.  This shows not only its usefulness in the  carriage,  wagon  or  machine shop,  but 
carpenter, plumber or undertaker’s establishment as well, in fact it is ludlspensable to any worker 
In wood or iron where screws  or burrs are used, or boring, drilling  etc., is done, and  in finishing 
up work with hard wood  where a small hole must be bored or  drilled to receive the nail or screw, 
it is a wonderful convenience.  Thus it will be seen it well merits the name It bears,  The Univer­
sal Screw Driver and Brace.  The chuck and shell are highly polished brass while  the  handle  is 
finished in natural wood: it is substantial, durable and the most powerful tool of its kind  made.

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Purely Personal.

G.  K.  Slawson,  the Greenville druggist, 
was  in  town  over  Sunday.  Qe  drove 
down with his trotter.

J.  M. Flanagan,  the Mancelona general 
dealer,  was  in  town  over  Sunday  and 
called on the jobbing trade Monday.
Sidney  F.  Stevens  and  wife 

leave 
Wednesday for Cincinnati,  whence  they 
go to New Orleans  via  steamboat  down 
the Ohio and  Mississippi  Rivers.  They 
expect to be gone about two weeks.

Geo.  G.  Whitworth,  Treasurer  of  the 
Peninsular Trust  Company,  is  spending 
a couple of weeks in the  Eastern  States, 
acquainting  himself  with 
the  modus 
operandi of such institutions.

A  Newaygo  correspondent  writes: 
“Tour reference  to  Frank  Jewell’s  fox 
hunting proclivities,  in a recent  issue  of 
T h e T ra desm a n,  reminds  us of Frank’s 
experience  with  a  Newaygo  county 
reynard  a  few weeks  ago.  Mr.  Jewell 
came here and  invoked the  assistance  of 
Steve  Thompson,  our  jolly  grocer,  as­
serting that he was decorating a room  in 
his  new  home  with  trophies  of  his 
skill  as a hunter  and  that  the only thing 
complete  his  happiness 
to 
lacking 
fox  skin 
was  a 
Steve 
for  a  rug. 
to  assist  his  friend 
finally  concluded 
and  arranged 
fox
if Frank would  intercept  him,  which  he 
agreed to do.  Steve was  as  good  as  his 
word,  but Frank  was so overcome  at  the 
sight of the fox that his gun  kicked  him 
off the stump on which  he was  standing, 
but he  quickly  regained  his  composure 
and  fired a second  volley  after  his  fox- 
ship.  Neither  shot 
took  effect,  and 
Frank is strongly of the opinion  that the 
fox  is  running yet.”

to  start  up 

the 

G rip sack  B rigade.

Byron S. Davenport  has  changed  his 
residence from Coit  avenue  to  the Wel­
lington fiats.

P.  H.  Carroll  has  been  elected  Vice- 
President for Michigan for the  Commer­
cial Travelers’  Mutual Accident Associa­
tion of  Utica,  N. Y.

James G. Cloyes,  for  many  years  city 
salesman for the I. M. Clark Grocery Co., 
has taken  a  similar position  with  Ball- 
Barnhart-Putman Co., dividing the trade 
with Arthur  Fowle.

The Oceana Herald refers  to  Geo.  F. 
Owen as the “ best story teller  in  Michi­
gan.”  The  appellation 
is  deserved. 
Mr.  Owen can  tell  the  same  story  more 
times  and  with  greater  variation  than 
any other man in the State.

Harry L.  Hamilton, traveling represen­
tative  for  the  Michigan  Clothing  Co., 
of Ionia,  who had the  misfortune  to  get 
kicked on the knee by his trotter,  Harry 
H.,  has resumed  his  visits  to  the  trade 
after  two  weeks’  confinement,  accom­
panied by a pair  of crutches.

Jas.  N.  Bradford  says  he  considers 
himself an adept when it  comes  to  tell­
ing fish stories,  but that the crowd which 
gathers in  the back end of Steve Thomp­
son’s  store,  at  Newaygo,  knocks  him 
out;  in  fact,  he doffs his hat to the whole 
crowd, Thompson not excepted.

Eben N.  Thorne,  Western  Michigan 
representative for Marshall Field  & Co., 
was called home last week  by the serious 
illness of his  child,  a  lad  of  eight  or 
nine  years.  The  little  fellow  was  not 
expected to live  Sunday,  but  his  condi­
tion Monday was much improved.

Shakespeare spoke  of  the  seven  ages 
of man.  This proves his discrimination. 
Woman has one and  generally  sticks  to 
it.

T H E   M IC H IG ^ L lS r  T R A D E S M A N .

13

The following is a fac simile reproduction of an advertisement  now  appearing 

weekly in the Elk Rapids Progress:

OHN MORRISON

Sells the

At the

LOWEST  PRICES,  FOR  GASH 

Of any retail dealer in Michigan.  He buys exclusively of

!

BALL,  BARNHART, 
PUTMAN  CO.,

The best  Wholesalers in Michigan.  That’s Why  !

For over a quarter of a century the name of our house has been a synonym  for 
good goods and right prices.  To be able to say that you  buy  goods  of  Ball-Barn- 
hart-Putman Co.  is positive assurance to your trade that your stock is first-class in 
every  respect. 
Is  it any  wonder,  then,  that  our customers should seek to avail 
themselves of the advertising advantage which such a connection affords?

Y O U  W A N T  T H B  B B & T

O R D E R

The  Price  of Bread.
From the  Minneapolis Northwest Trade.
In all the large cities,  there has been a 
great deal of discussion on  the  price  of 
bread as regulated by the  price  of  flour, 
and a singular  sort  of  emphasis  laid  on 
the assertion that because flour is cheap, 
bread also ought to be cheap.  This  the­
ory ignores the very important  factor  of 
labor as an element of  cost. 
It  is  labor 
and not raw  material which  must  regu­
late the  cost  of  bread,  or  other  bakers’ 
products.  We  reproduce  here, from  a 
letter written  for  publication,  the  opin­
ion of a Baltimore baker,  though it  is  to 
be noted that he  evidently is  not  troub­
led  with ordinance or statute limiting the 
weight  of  a  loaf.  The  writer  is  John 
Cruett, of 118. South  Eden  street,  Balti­
more,  who says:  “No,  bread has not de­
creased  in price and I am glad to explain 
the position of the bakers, because I know 
there has been some complaint that it has. 
I  always  keep  my  bread  at  a  uniform 
price,  but I make  up  for it in  the weight 
of the loaf.  For instance, if flour is dear 
I take off an ounce or  two  of  each  loaf; 
if it  goes down as much as 50 cents or $1 
1 add an ounce or so.  This  is  a  sort  of 
unwritten law among bakers.  Flour gets 
cheap and  one  baker  will  increase  the 
weight of  his  loaf.  All  the  rest  of  us 
hear about it,  of course,  and we  do  like­
wise.  Since flour has been going down in 
price 1 have from time to time  increased 
the  loaf  of  bread  I  make  from  two  to 
three ounces.  The loaf  which I used  to 
make  weighing  14  ounces  now  weighs 
over 16.  We propose to increase the size 
of the loaf, instead of lowering the price, 
for two reasons.  One  is  that  if  we  sell 
bread  to  the  grocers  and  small  dealers 
for 3 cents instead of 4 cents, just as soon 
as flour goes up  and  we  would  be  com­
pelled to raise the price again, everybody 
would  kick with all  their  might, and we 
would have a hard time doing it,  whereas 
a  loaf  of  lighter  weight  would  not  be 
much noticed.  Secondly,  if  we  lowered 
the price to dealers to 3 cents, it is  more 
then probable that  they  would  still  sell 
the  loaf for 5  cents,  thus  giving  the  ad­
vantage to the dealer instead of  the  con­
sumer,  who ought to have it. 
In  fact, I 
know  a  large  grocer  who  buys  some 
bread from a small dealer for 3 cents as a 
matter  of  friendship,  and  he  sells  that 
bread along with mine for the same price, 
though  it  weighs  less. 
’People  do  not 
notice the difference,’he said.  There are 
other things also to be taken into consid­
eration.  For instance, 1 run a good many 
wagons and the  price  of  horse  feed  has 
increased,  which  1  must  count.  Then 
labor is the same,  but  lard  is  higher,  so 
that I make no more on  a  leaf  of  bread 
now than  I did  when  Hour was higher  in 
price.  A  few  of  the  smaller  bakers,  I 
believe, are selling bread  for  3 cents,  but 
with the larger dealers  the  price  is  uni­
form  and  the  weight increased.”

A  R ound D ozen  R easo n s  W hy.

F ro m  t h e  N ew  Y o rk  T im e s .

There is  value  as  well  as  entertain­
ment in a curious canvass made  in  Wall 
street  last  week  by  a  member  of  the 
Stock Exchange.  He called  upon  a  long 
list  of acquaintances,  including the fore­
most bankers of the city,  and  asked  each 
what he thought the most significant and 
most influential  factor  in 
the  financial 
situation.  Here are the answers  as 
the 
millionaire interviewer  has  boiled  them 
down into a round dozen “living reasons” 
—such is his own  phase:

over ghosts.
money, and honest money.

1.  Public  confidence restored.
2.  No more scares, no  more  worrying 
3.  Cheap  interest  rates,  plenty  of 
4.  National  credit secure.
5.  Prices away under  values.
6.  Everybody economizing.
7.  Railroad expenses cut down.
8.  Merchants  without  goods,  mills 
keeping behind  ordinary  consumption— 
any improvement sure  to  start  a  manu­
facturing  boom and a  mercantile  boom.
9.  Failure  over  liquidation  finished.
10.  All weak spots out of the way.
11.  Bankers finally satisfied  with  con­
ditions.
12.  Wall street one great bargain coun­
ter.
I  Use Tradesman Coupon Books.

S O L D   O N L Y   B Y

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D r u g s   M e d i c i n e s *

State  Board  of Pharm acy.

O n e   Year—O t t m a r  E b e r b a c h , A n n   A r b o r.
T w o   Y e a r e - O e o r g e  Q u n d r u m . Io n ia .
T h r e e   T e a r s —C. A-  B u g b e e .  Cheboygan.
F o u r   Y e a rs —8.  E . P a r k f ll, O w o sso .
Five Year«—F . W . R . P e r r y ,  D e tr o it.
P r e s id e n t—O ttm a r  E b e r b a c h ,  A n n   A rb o r.
S e c r e t a r y —S ta n le y  E . P a r k i l l ,  O w o sso .
T r e a s u r e r  —G e o . O o n ^ m .  Io n ia .
N e x t M e e tin g —G r a n d  R a p id s . M a rc h  6  a n d  7. 
S u b s e q u e n t  M e e tin g s —S t a r   I s la n d ,  J u n e   25  a n d   26 

H o u g h to n , S e p t.  I ; Lansing, N o v . 6 a n d  7.
Michigan  State  Pharm aceutical  A n ’d , 
P r e s id e n t—A . B . S te v e n s . A n n  A rb o r.
V ic e -P re s id e n t—A.  F .  P a r k e r ,   D e tr o it.
T r e a s u r e r —W .  D u p o n t,  D e tr o it.
S e c r e ta r y —S.  A . T h o m p s o n , D e tr o it.
Grand  Rapids Pharm aceutical Society. 
P r e s id e n t, W a lte r  K . S c h m id t;  8ec*y, B e n . S c h r o n d e r.

When a Note 1b Due.

to 

the 

first 

decided  adversely 

The  plaintiff  testified  that 

Many  business  men  suppose 

that  a 
note drawn for,  say,  ninety days,  is  due 
and payable when the  ninety  days  have 
expired, and if payment is proifered,  that 
the payee is bound to accept  the  money. 
That  this  opinion is erroneous is proved 
by  the decision of Chief Justice  Hooker, 
of the  Supreme  Court  of  Michigan,  in 
the case of Michael  Mclnerney vs.  David 
Lindsay  and  Albert  McKenna.  This 
was an action  brought  by  Mclnerney  in 
the St. Clair Circuit Court to  recover  the 
value  of  a  note  made  by  the  two  de­
fendants.  At 
trial  Judge 
Mitchell 
the 
plaintiff,  who appealed  to  the  Supreme 
Court claiming  error.  The  appeal  was 
decided  October.  1893, 
the  Superior 
Court sending it back  for  re-trial.  The 
following  is  Justice  Hooker’s  opinion:
On April 29,  1886. defendant McKenna 
borrowed 8150  from  plaintiff,  giving  a 
promisory  note  payable  one  year  after 
date,  signed  by  David  Lindsay and  him­
self,  Lindsay’s  name  being  above  his. 
Lindsay was an  accommodation  maker, 
of which  fact  plaintiff  had  knowledge. 
An action  being brought  upon  the  note, 
defendant Lindsay defended,  and  a  ver­
dict was rendered  in  his favor  by  direc­
tion of the court.  The only question that 
need  be considered is  whether this direc­
tion was right.
the  note 
was  not  paid,  stating  the  transaction 
claimed to have been a payment  substan­
tially,  as  follows:
“ McKenna came to my house April  29, 
1887,  and just laid the  money  upon  the 
table, and said he  wanted  another  year. 
I told him I  would let it  go.  He  picked 
the money up and put  it  in  his  pocket. 
I don’t know how much  money  he  had. 
I  did not count it. 
I  did  not  have  my 
hands on it.  Then  I gave him  the  note, 
and he endorsed the  interest.  Then  he 
paid me $12.”
If  this  is  a  truthful  version  of  the 
transaction,  it did not amonnt to  a  pay­
ment, or  a  tender  under  circumstances 
which required the  plaintiff  to  take  it. 
McKenna evidently did not  want  him  to 
take it,  and did not say be  did. 
It  was 
far short of such an offer of  payment  as 
would  have  operated 
to  discharge  a 
mortgage collateral to the note.  The note 
was  not  due, and  the plaintiff was under 
no obligations to take it,  if tendered. 
It 
follows that this  question  should  have 
gone  to the jury.L
The same is true of the other  question 
in  the case, if the claim that  the  surety 
was discharged by the extension is relied 
upon.  Under the testimony of  plaintiff, 
nothing was  said  about  a  consideration 
for the extension.  He agreed  to  an  ex­
tension  when  asked  to  do  so,  and  the 
money  on 
the  table  was  taken  and 
pocketed by defendant McKenna.  After­
wards he paid the interest  to  that  time, 
and the note was handed to  him  for  its 
indorsement.  The defendant’s testimony 
is not in accord with this,  but the  plain­
tiff was  entitled  to  have  a  jury  deter­
mine which was true.
The judgment must be reversed,  and  a 
new  trial  ordered.  The  other  Justices 
concurred.
italicised  words 
will  show  that,  in  the  opinion  of  the 
Court,  the note  was not due, although the

A  reference  to  the 

T H E   MTCHIGAlSr  T R A D E SM A N ,

time for which it was drawn had expired. 
The  only  conclusion  is  that  the  note 
actnally run for twelve months,  pins  the 
three days of  grace.  A note,  therefore, 
is not due and the  payee  need  not  take 
the money until the three days  of  grace 
have expired. 
Interest,  of  course,  runs 
with the note.

As the  State  Legislature,  at  its  last 
session made Saturday a legal  half  holi­
day,  the banks cannot protest a note  un­
til Monday when the three days of  grace 
expire on  Saturday. 
It  seems  to  be  a 
fair inference,  therefore,  that,  in  such 
case the holders of notes  can  collect  in­
terest on five  days  of  grace,  instead  of 
three,  if  they  so  elect,  although 
this 
point will not be settled  until  it has been 
passed upon judicially.

The  Credit  Clerk.

F r o m   t h e   M e rc h a n t« ’  R e v ie w .

In every jobbing house there is  an em­
ploye whose duty is to pass  upon  appli­
cations for credit.  He is  usually  called 
the credit man, and his position is one of 
great importance,  for  he  is  expected  to 
act as a check upon the too zealous sales­
man,  who  cannet  discriminate  between 
the retailers  who  are  financially  strong 
and those who are weak. 
If  there  were 
no such position jobbing sales  would  no 
doubt be much  larger than  they  are,  but 
the firms wouldn’t  last  so  long  as  they 
do.  for not only is there  a  constant  ten­
dency  among some salesmen to  over-sell 
their trade,  but there is also a  greater or 
less  tendency  among  retailers  to  over­
buy.  And  what makes the duties of  the 
credit man the more  onerous is  the  fact 
that  the  weakest  retailers  are  usually 
very reckless in the  purchase  of  goods. 
It  is  a  common  occurrence,  therefore, 
when orders are submitted  to  the  credit 
man  for  examination,  for  the  latter  to 
hold back part of the goods  on  the  list, 
and only send  a portion that he  believes 
to  be'indispensable to the  customer.  Of 
course,  in some cases he shuts  down  en­
tirely on the order, but  in  the  majority 
he follows the  above  mentioned  course. 
He  withholds part of  the  order,  not  be­
cause of doubts as to the customer’s hon­
esty,  but because of a belief that the lat­
ter will  not  be able  to  meet  the  obliga­
tion when it becomes due,  and  knowing, 
as  he  does  from  long  experience,  the 
tendency of many merchants to over-buy, 
he steps in  between them  and the  conse­
quences of their rashness. 
In doing this 
he acts in their  interest  as  much  as  in 
the interest of his employer.  The credit 
man  is not generally popular among  the 
financially weak  patrons  of  the  house, 
and  this  is  natural.  Yet  considering 
that  many  tradesmen  are  still  in  the 
business  and  prospering  today  who,  if 
the credit  man  had  not  put  a  stopper 
upon their recklessness in  buying, would 
have gone under  long  ago,  he  onght  to 
be regarded rather as their  preserver, or 
at least their friend,  than an enemy  who 
has sought to injure  them.  Would  that 
that same care and  vigilance in  granting 
credit were the rule in  retail  stores. 
If 
all retailers could  learn  the  lesson  that 
the credit  man  in the  jobbing  trade  is 
taught at  the  start,  namely that  a  sale 
is not consummated  until  the  money  is 
received,  the number of disasters  among 
the former would  be fewer.

STANDARD.

AT WHOLESALE BY 

Hazeltine  &  Perkins  Drug  Co. 
Ball-Barnhart-Putman  Co.
Olney  &  Judson  Grocer  Co.
B. J.  Reynolds.

FINEST QUALITY. 
POPULAR  PRICES.

Buildings,  Portraits,  Cards  and  Stationery 

Headings, Maps, Plans  and  Patented 
Articles.
TRADESMAN  CO., 

Grand Rapids. Mich.

FIRE-PROOF  ROOFING

This Roofing is guaranteed  to stand in  all 
places where Tin and Iron has failed;  is super­
ior to Shingles and much cheaper.
The best Roofing for covering over Shingles 
on old roofs of bouses, barns, sheds, etc.;  will 
not rot or pull loose, and  when painted with 
our
FIRE-PROOF  ROOF  PAINT,
Will last longer than shingles.  Write the un­
dersigned for prices and circulars, relative to 
Rooting and for samples of Building Papers, 
etc.
A. M.  REMOLDS & SON,

Practical  Roofers,

(hi, Louis and Tampan Sts .  Grand Rapids,  Mich.

ARE  THE  TIMES  HARD?

THEN  MAKE  THEM  EASY 
BY  ADOPTING  THE  COU­
PON  BOOK  SYSTEM  FUR 
NISHED  BY  THE

TRADESMAN  COMPANY.

The  Criminal  Foot.

Superintendent  Byrnes,  of  the  New 
York  police force,  says that a distinctive 
feature of  a  criminal,  especially  of  a 
thief,  is his foot,  and that he  can  recog­
nize it as far  as  he can  see  it.  He  says 
that no  matter what  sort  of  a  boot  or 
shoe a thief may put on,  it will  take  on 
a rounded look and turn  up  at  the  toe. 
Generally the  arch  of  the  foot  is  low, 
but  whether it be or not,  the  turning up 
of the toes  is  always  there,  and  comes 
from  the thief’s characteristic method of 
walking.  The superintendent  said  that 
he had  spent many  hours  studying  the 
feet of criminals,  and that in  nine  cases 
out of ten he  can  tell  a  thief  from  an 
honest  man  by  the 
looks  of  his  foot 
alone.  People  whose  toes 
incline  to 
turn  up should take pains to  remedy the 
defect  before  going  to  New  York,  or 
they may get into Byrnes’  hands.

BALD
HEADS

DANDRUFF CURED.

NO  MUSTACHE.
NO  PAY.

NO  CURE. 
NO  RAY. 
I will take Contracts to grow hair on the head 
or face with  those  who can  call  at  my office or 
at the office of my agents, provided  the head is 
not  glossy, or the pores of the scalp not closed. 
Where  the  head  is  shiny or  the  pores  closed, 
there is no core.  Call and  be examined  free ol 
charge.  If yon cannot  call, write to me.  State 
tho exact  condition of the scalp and your occu­
pation. 

PROF. G.  BIRKHOLZ,

Room Kttl Maionio Temple, Chicago-  •

Mic h ig a n  C Te n t r a i

“ The Niagara Falls Route.’*

(Taking effect  Sunday,  Feb.ll, 1894.) 

»Daily.  All others daily, except Sunday. 

Arrive. 
Depart
10 20d m ..........Detroit  Express............7 00am
5 30 a m ......»Atlantic and  Pacific.......11  20 p m
1  30 p m ........New York Express.........  5 20 p m
Sleeping cars  run on Atlantic  and  Pacific  ex­
press trains to and from Detroit.
Parlor  cars  leave  for  Detroit at  7:00 a m;  re­
turning, leave Detroit 4:55 p m, arriving at Grand 
Rapids 10:20 pm.
Direct  communicatloa  made  at  Detroit  with 
all through  trains east  over  the  Michigan Cen 
tral Railroad (Canada Southern Division.)
A .  A l x u u i s t , Ticket Agent,

Union Passenger Station.

CHICAGO

FEB.  11,  1894
AND  WEST  MICHIGAN  R'Y.
GOING  TO CHICAGO.

 

7:30am  

TO AMD  FROM   M USKEGON.

TR A V E R SE   C ITY ,  CH A R LEV O IX   AMD  PE T O SK E Y .

RETURNING  FROM  CHICAGO.

Lv. G’d Rapids.............  7:25am  1:25pm  *11:30pm
At. Chicago.................   1:25pm  6:50pm  *6:30am
Lv.  Chicago................. 7:35am  4:55pm *11:30pm
Ar. G’d Rapids............ 2:30pm  10:20pm  *6:10am
Lv. Grand Rapids........  7:25am  1:25pm  5:45pm
Ar. Grand Rapids........10:55am  2:30pm  10:20pm
3:15pm
Lv. Grand  Rapids .. 
Ar.  Manistee...........  12:20pm 
..........  8:15pm
Ar. Traverse City....  12:40pm 
...........  8:45pm
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 and Fre­
mont.  Returning,  arrives  Grand  Rapids  11:20 
a. m.
P A R L O R   A N D   S L E E P IN G   CARS.
To Chicago, lv. G. R ..  7:25am  1:25pm *11:30pm
To Petoskey, lv.G. R ..  7:30am  3:15pm 
...........
To G. R.. lv. Chicago.  7:35am  4:55pm *11:30pm
To G. R..lv. Petoskey  5:00am  1:30pm 
...........
»Every day.  Other trains week dayB only.
DETROIT, 
-FEB.U' 1884
_________ LANSING &  NORTHERN  R.  R.

 
 

GOING TO  DETROIT.

TO AMD  FROM   SA G IN A W ,  ALMA  AND  ST.  LO U IS.

RETURNING  FROM  DETROIT.

Lv. Grand Rapids........  7:00am  *1:20pm  5:25pm
Ar. Detroit..  ..............11:40am  *5:30pm  10:10pm
Lv.  Detroit...................  7:40am  *1:10pm  6:00pm
Ar. Grand Rapids....... 12:40pm  *5:15pm  10:45pm
Lv. G R 7:40am  5:00pm  Ar. G R. 11:40am 10:55pm
Lv. Grand Rapids...........  7:00am  1:20pm  5:25pm
Ar. from Lowell..............12:40pm 5:15pm  ..........
Parlor  Cars on all trains  between  Grand Rap 
ids and Detroit.  Parlor car to Saginaw on morn­
ing train.

THROUGH  CAR  SERVICE.

TO  LOW RLL  VIA   LO W ELL  A  H A STIN G S  R .  R.

*Every day.  Other trains  week days only.
GEO. DbHAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t

WAUKEE  Railway.
EA STW A RD .

325pm
4 27pm
5 20pm 
i 05pm 
8 00pm 
837pm
7 05pm 
850pm
8 25pm
9 25pm

1020am 
11 25am 
1217pm 
1 20pm
3 45pm
4 35pm
3 45pm
5 50pm 
305pm
4 05pm

Tral ns Leave
G'd  Rapids,  Lv
Ionia...........Ar
St.  Johns  ...Ar
Owosso........Ar
E. Saginaw..Ar
Bay City......Ar
F lin t...........Ar
Pt.  Huron...Ar
Pontiac....... Ar
Detroit......... Ar

■ ETROIT,  GRAND  HAVEN  St  M IL­
tNo.  14 tNo.  16 tNo.  18 »No. 82
6 45am
10 45pm 
7 40am
12 27am
8 25am
1 45am
9 00am
2 40am
10 50am
6 40am 
11 32am 
7 15am 
10 05am 
5 4ram
1206pm
7 30am 
10 53am
5 37am 
11 50am
7 00am
W ESTW A RD .
»No. 81 tNo. 11 tNo. 13.
4 55pm 
6 00pm

Lv
Ar 7 00am
8 20am
tDally except Sunday. 
Trains  arrive  from  the  east,  6:35  a.m.,  12:60 
Trains  arrive  from  the  west, 10:10 a. m., 3:16 
Eastward—No. 14  has  Wagner  Parlor  Buffet 
Westward — No. 11 Parlor Car.  No. 16 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.

Trains Leave
G’d Rapids............
G’d  Haven............

1  00pm
2  10pm

»Daily.

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

G rand  R apids  St In d ia n a .

6:60 am

TRAINS  GOINS  NORTH.

Leave going 
North.
For Traverse City,  Mackinaw City  and Sag...  7.44 am
For Traverse City and Mackinaw City  .........   4 :<K. p -a
For  Saginaw.......................................................6:00 pm
Leave going 

Booth.
For  Cincinnati........................................ 
For Kalamazoo and  Chicago........................... 12 :06 p m
For Fort Wayne and  the  Bast...........................3:35 pm
For  Kalamazoo and Chicago............................11:30 p

TRAINS  GOING  SOUTH

C hicago v ia G.  R.  St I.  R.  R.

11:80 pm
7:40 am

12:05 p  m  train  solid  with  Wagner  Buffet  Parlor 
11:30 p m  train  daily,  through  coach  and  Wagner 

Lv Grand Rapids.......................13:06 pm  
Arr  Chicago.............................. 6:30 pm 
Oar.
Sleeping Car.
Lv  Chicago 
Arr Grand Rapids 
4:00  p  m solid with  Wagner Buffet  Parlor  Car  and 
DiningCar.  0:35 p m  train daily, through Coach and 
Wagner Sleeping  Car.
For Muskegon—Leave. 

Muskegon, Grand Rapids St Indiana.
0:40 a m
7:36 a m 
6:40 p m 
6:30p m
O. L. LOCKWOOD,

From Muskegon—Arrive

4:00pm 
0:16pm 

6:60am 
2:16pm 

9:36 pm
7:36am

General Passenger and Ticket Agent.

Wholesale P rice  Current*

Advanced—Cod Liver Oil.  Declined—Gum Opium, Nitrate Silver.

T H E   M IC H IG A N   T R A D E SM A N ,

1 5

ACIDUX.

Aceti cum .....................   S@ 10
Benzolcnm  German..  65®  75
Boraclc 
....................  
30
Carboltcum................  
30® 30
Citrlcum.....................   53® 55
Hydrochlor................  3®  5
...................  10® 12
Nltrocum 
Oxallcum.....................  10® 12
PhoBphorlum dll........ 
30
Salley Ileum.................1  30@1 70
Sulphuricum................  IX© 5
Tannlcuxn....................1  40@1 60
Tartarlcum.........   30® 
33

AMMONIA.

“ 

Aqua, 16  deg.............. 
4®  6
20  deg.............. 
6®  8
Car bona*  ...................  12®  14
Chlorldum.................   12®  14

ANILINE.

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

BACCAE.

Cubeae (pc  36)..  25® 
30
Juniperus..................   8®  10
Xantnoxylum..........   26®  30

BAL8AXUX.

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

CO BTBX .

Abies,  Canadian.................  IS
Casslae  ...............................  11
Cinchona F la v a .................   18
Buonymus  atropurp...........  30
Myrlca  Cerifera, po..........  20
Prunus Virgin!.................   12
Qulllala,  grd.......................   10
Sassafras  ............................  12
Ulmus Po (Ground  15)........  15

BXTRACTUM.
24®  25
Glycyrrhiza  Glabra.. 
po...........  33®  35
Haematox, 15 lb. box..  11®  12
Is..............  13®  14
vis............   14®  15
V4*.............  16®  17
FBRRU

Carbonate Precip........  @  15
Citrate and Quinta —   @3 50
Citrate  Soluble...........  @  80
Ferrocyanldum Sol —   @ 50
Solut  Chloride...........  @  15
Sulphate,  com’l ............... 9®  2
pure............   ©  «

“ 
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“ 

FLORA.

 
FO)<lA.

Arnica.......................   18®  20
Anthemls...................  3d®  35
Matricaria 
50®  65

 

Barosma 
Cassia  Acutifol,  Tin-

...................  18®  50
nlvelly....................   25®  28
Alx.  35®  50
„
and  Vis....................   15©  *
8®  10

Salvia  officinalis,  Ms 
UraUrsi 
................... 

» 

•> 

ouxxi.

“ 
“ 

•• 
*• 
“ 
»• 

Acacia, 1st  picked—   @  60
2d 
....  @ 40
3d 
. . .   @ 30
sifted sorts...  @  20
po...  60®  80
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60).  .  50®  60
“  Cape, (po.  20)...  @  12
Soootrl. (po. 60).  @ 50
Catechu, Is, (Vis, 14 5*b,
16)............................  ©  1
Ammoniac.................  55®  60
Assafetida, (po. 85).. 
40®  45
Bensoinum.................  50®  55
Camphors..................   48®  50
Buphorblum  po  ........  35®  10
Galbannm...................  @2 50
Gamboge,  po..............  70® 
,5
Gualacum, (po  35)  ...  @ 30
Kino,  (po  1  10).........   @1  15
M astic.......................  @ 80
Myrrh, (po. 45)...........  @  40
Opll  (po  4 20@4 30)  .3 20@3 25
Shellac  ......................  35©  42
bleached......  33®  35
Tragacanth..............-,  40®1 00

“ 
HKRBA—In ounce packages.

Absinthium.........................  25
Rupatorlum.........................  20
Lobelia.................................  25
Malorum.............................   88
Mentha  Piperita.................  23
“  V lr.........................  25
Rue.......................................  30
Tanacetum, V .....................   22
Thymus,  V..........................   25

XASNKSIA.

Calcined, Pat..............  55®  60
Carbonate,  Pat...........  20®  22
Carbonate, K. *  M —   20®  25 
Carbonate, Jennings..  35®  36 

OLEUM.

Absinthium............... 3 50@4 00
Amygdalae, Dulc. . . . .   45®  75
Amyaalae, Amarao___8 00@8 25
Anlsl............................l  70@i 80
Aurantl  Cortex...........2 30@2 40
Bergamll  ...................3  2S@3 50
Cajlputl....................  60®  65
Caryophylll...............   75®  80
C edar.........................  35®  65
Chenopodll...............   ®1  60
Clnnamonll.................1  10® l 15
Cltronella...................  @  45
Conlum  Mao..............  35®  66
Copaiba  ....................   80®  90

“ 

PO TASSIUM .

Cubebae......................  @30!)
Rxechthltos..............  2 50@2 75
Brlgeron.....................2 00@2 10
Gaultherla..................2 00®2 10
Geranium,  ounce......   @  75
Gosslpll,  Sem. gal......  70®  75
Hedeoma  ...................1  25®1  40
Jumper!......................  50@2 00
Lavendula.................  90@2 00
Llmonls......................2 40®2 60
Mentha Piper.............. 2 85@3 60
Mentha Verld.............2 20®2 30
Morrhuae, gal.............1  20®1  25
Myrcla, ounce............   @  50
Olive..........................  90®3 00
Picls Liquida, (gal. 35)  10®  12
Ricini.......................  1  22@1  28
Rosmarini............  
75@i  00
Rosae, ounce...............6 50@8 50
Sucdnl.......................  40®  45
Sabina.......................  90@1  00
Santal  ....................... 3 50@7 00
Sassafras....................  50®  55
Slnapls, ess, ounce__  @  65
Tlglll..........................  @  90
Thyme.......................  40©  50
opt  ...............   @  60
1 heobromas......  ......  15®  20
BICarb.......................  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
Sulpbate  po...............   15®  18
Aconitum...................  20®  25
Althae.........................  22®  25
Anchusa......................  12® 15
Arum,  po....................  @  25
Calamus......................  20®  40
Gentiana  (po. 12)......  8®  10
Glychrrhlza, (pv. 15)..  16®  18 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 35)...................  @ 30
Hellebore,  Ala,  po__  15®  20
Inula,  po......................  15® 20
Ipecac, po...................1 60@l  75
Iris plox (po. 35@38)..  35®  40
Jalapa,  pr..................   40®  45
Mar&nta,  V4s.... .........  @  35
Podophyllum, po.......   15®  18
Rhei............................  75@1  00
“  cut......................  @1  75
“  pv.......................   75@1  35
Splgella.......................   35® 38
Sanguinarla, (po  25)..  @ 20
Serpentaria...................  30® 32
Senega.........................  55® 60
Slmllax, Officinalis,  H  @ 40
M  @ 25
Scillae, (po. 35).............  10® 12
Symplocarpus,  Foetl-
  @  35
Valeriana, Eng. (po.30)  @  25
German...  15®  20
Ingiber a ................. 
18®  20
18®  20
Zingiber  j ...............  

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

R A D IX .

“ 

“ 

SB K SH .
..  @ 15
Anlsum,  (po.  20).. 
If®  18
Aplum  (graveleons).. 
4®  6
Bird, Is...................... 
Carni, (po. 18)............   10®  12
Cardamon........................1  00@1 25
Cori andr urn...............   11®  13
Cannabis Sativa.........   4® 
5
Cydonlum...................  75® 1  00
Cbenopodlnm  ...........  10®  12
Dlpterlx Odorate........ 2 25®2 50
Foenlculum...............   @  15
Foenugreek,  po.........   6®  8
L in i........................... 4  ® 4M
Lini, grd.  (bbl.SVi)...  3Vi@  4
Lobelia.......................   35®  40
PharlarlsCanarian—   3  @4
R apa..........................   6®  7
Slnapls  Albu............ 7  @ 8
r  Nigra...........  11®  12
SPIR IT U S .
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
............. 1  75@3 50
Saacharnm  N.  B........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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“ 

“ 

 

 

Florida  sheeps’  wool
carriage.................. 2 50®2 75
Nassau  sheeps’  wool
carriage  ............  
2 00
Velvet  extra  sheeps’
wool  carriage.........  
1  10
Extra  yellow  sheeps’
carriage................... 
85
Grass sheeps’ wool car­
riage  ....................... 
65
75
Hard for  Blate  nse —  
Yellow Reef, for  slate 
n se..........................  
1  40

A ccada...............................  50
Zingiber  .............................   50
Ipecac..................................  60
Ferri I od.............................   50
Aurantl Cortes....................  50
Rhel  Arom..........................   50
Slmllax  Officinalis..............  60
Co........  50
Senega................................  50
Sdllae..................................  50
“  Co.............................   60
Toiatan...............................  50
Prunas  vlrg.........................  50

“ 

“ 

TIN C T U R E *.

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

Aconitum Napellls R .........   60
F .........   50
Aloes.....................................  60
and myrrh...................  60
A rnica..................................  50
Asafcetlda............................  0
A trope Belladonna................  60
Benzoin.................................  60
“  Co............................  50
Sangulnarla..........................   50
Barosma...............................  50
Cantharldes..........................   75
Capsicum.............................   50
Ca damon..............................  75
Co......................   75
Castor.......................................1 00
Catechu.................................  50
Cinchona...................* __   50
Co......................   60
Columba...............................  50
Conlum.................................  50
Cubeba..................................   50
Digitalis...............................  50
Ergot...........  .......................   50
Gentian................................   50
“  Co.............................   60
Gualca..................................  50
ammon..................   60
“ 
Zingiber...............................  50
Hyoscyamus.........................  50
Iodine....................................  75
Colorless.................  75
Ferri  Chlorldum...............   35
K ino.....................................   50
Lobelia..................................  50
Myrrh....................................  50
Nux  Vomica.........................  50
Opll.......................................  85
“  Camphorated.................  50
“  Deoaor..............................2 00
Aurantl Cortex......................  50
Quassia................................   50
Rhatany...............................  50
Rhel.......................................  50
Cassia  Acutifol....................   50
Co................  50
Serpentarla..........................   50
Stromonlum..........................   60
Tolutan.................................  60
Valerian...............................  50
Veratrum Verlde...................  50

“ 

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M ISCBLLANBOU S.

" 

“ 

" 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

5® 

@ 
@ 

* 
“ 

ABther, Spts  Nit, 3 F ..  28®  30 
“  4 F ..  32®  34
Alumen....................... 2)4® 3

“ 
ground,  (po.

7)........................ 

12;  54».  14)........  @ 
po.....................   @1 

4
3® 
Annatto................  55® 
60
5
Antlmoni, po........  4® 
et Potass T.  55®  60
Antlpyrln..................   @1  40
Antlfebrln..................  @  25
Argentl  Nltras, ounce  @  48
Arsenicum...........  
7
Balm Gilead  Bud__ 
38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N............2 20@2 25
Calcium Chlor, Is, (Vis
11
Cantharldes  Russian,
00
Capsid  Fructus, a f... 
@ 26
po....  @ 28
B po.  @  20
10® 12
Caryophyllus, (po.  15) 
Carmine,  No. 40.........   ®3 75
Cera  Alba, S. A F .  50® 
55
Cera Flava...........  38® 
40
Coccus  .....................   @  40
Cassia Fructus..........  @  25
10
Centrarla.............   @ 
Cetaceum.............  @ 
40
Chloroform..........  60® 
68
squlbbs.  @1  25
Chloral Hyd Crst  ..  ..1  50® 1 80
25
Chondro».............  20® 
Cinchonidine, P.  A  W  15® 20
German  3Vi®  12 
Corks,  list,  dlt.  per
cent  .....................  
75
35
Creasotum........ 
2
Creta, (bbl. 75). 
5®  5
“  prep............  
“  predp.........  
9®  11
..  @ 8
"  Rubra........ 
Croons................  
65
50® 
Cudbear.......  @ 24
Cuprl Sulph.........   5 ®  
6
Dextrine..............  10® 
12
75
Ether Sulph.........   70® 
Emery,  all  numbers..  @
po............   ® 
6
Ergota.  (po.)  75...  70® 
75
Flake  White........  12® 
15
Galla....................  @ 
23
Gambler......................  7  @8
Gelatin,  Cooper........  @  70
60
Glassware  flint, by box 80.
Less than box 75.
Glue,  Brown.......   9® 
15
“  White.........  IS® 
25
Glyoerlna............  14® 
20
Grana Paradlsl.........  @  22
Humulus.............   25® 
55
Hydraag Chlor  Mite..  @  85
“  Cor ....  @  80
Ox Rubrum  ®  90
Ammonlatl..  ®1 00
Unguentum.  45®  55
Hydrargyrum......  @ 
64
Ichthyobolla, Am..  ..1 25®1 50
Indigo.........................  75@1 00
Iodine,  Resubl...........3 80®3 90
Iodoform.....  @4 70
Lnpnlln......   @2 25
Lycopodium.......  70® 
’S
75
M ads..................  70® 
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
27
drarg Iod..........  @ 
LlqnorPotassArslnltls  10®  12
Magnesia,  Snlph  (bbl
IX ).................... 2Vi© 
Mannla,  S .F ............ 

French....   40® 

60®  68

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S.  N. Y. Q.  &

Morphia, S. P. A W.  2 35@2 60 
C.  Co....................  2 25@2 50
Moschus Canton........  @ 40
Myrlstlca, No  1 ........  65®  70
Nnx Vomica, (po 20)..  @ 10
Os.  Sepia....................  15®  18
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
Co............................  ®2 00
Plcis Llq, N.-C., Vi gal
doz  .........................  @2 00
Picls Llq., q uarts......  @1  00
pints.........   @  85
Pll Hydrarg,  (po. 80)..  @ 50
Piper Nigra, (po. 22)..  @ 1
Piper Alba, (po g5)__   @  3
Plx  Burgnn...............   @  7
Plumb! Acet..............  14®  15
Pulvis Ipecac et opll. .1  10®1  20 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., doz......  @125
Pyrethrum,  pv...........  20®  30
Quasslae....................  8®  10
Qulnia, 8. P. & W......34M@39Vi
S.  German....  27®  37
Rubla  Tlnctorum......   12®  14
Saccharum Lactls pv. 
12®  14
Salacln...........  ......... 2 00@2 10
Sanguis  Draconls......   40®  50
Sapo,  W......................  12®  14
,T  M.......................  10®  12
G.......................  @  15

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Seldllts  Mixture........  @  20
Slnapls.......................   @  18
“  opt...................  @  30
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
Voes.......................  @  35
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  @  35 
Soda Boras, (po. 11).  .  10®  11 
Soda et Potass Tart...  27®  30
Soda Carb................. 
lVi®  2
Soda,  Bl-Carb............   @  5
Soda, Ash.................... 3Vi@  4
Soda, Sulphas............   @  2
Spts. Ether C o...........  50®  55
“  Myrcla  Dom......  @2 25
“  Myrda Imp........  ®3 00
•'  Vlnl  Rect.  bbl.
....7 ........................2 25@2  35
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia Crystal.....1 40®1  45
Sulphur, Subl............   2)4®  3
“  Roll..............  2  @ 2V4
Tamarinds................. 
8®  10
Terebenth Venice......   28®  30
Theobromae.............45  @  48
Vanilla...  ............... 9 00@16 00
Zincl  Sulph...............   7®  8

OILS.

Whale, winter...........  70 
Lard,  extra...............   80 
Lard, No.  1...............   42 
Linseed, pure raw —   52 

Bbl.  Gal
70
85
45
55

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paints. 

Linseed,  boiled.........  55
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained...............   65 
Spirits Turpentine__  37 

70
40
bbl.  lb.
Red  Venetian..............IX  2@8
Ochre, yellow  Mars__lx   2@4
“ 
Ber........IX  2@3
Putty,  commercial...  2X  2Vi@3
“  strictly  pure......2V4  2X®3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican ..........................  
13@16
Vermilion,  English__ 
6C®70
Green,  Peninsular...... 
70@75
Lead,  red....................  6  ®6Vi
w hite............... 6  @6 Vi
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gliders’........  @90
1  0
White, Paris  American 
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
cliff.......................... 
1  40
Pioneer Prepared Palntl  20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
Paints.  ...................1 00@1  20

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No. 1 Turp  Coach__ 1  10® 1  20
Extra Turp................166@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 
70@75
Turp......................... 

Qrand  Rapids, 1*1 ich.

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G RO CERY   PR IC E   CU RREN T.

b elo w   are  given  as  representing  average  prices  for  average  conditions  of  purchase.  Cash  buyers  or those  of  s tr o n g c r e d R ^ a l^ b u y c lo s e r th a n  
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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AXLE GREASE.
A u ro ra ......................   55
Castor OH.  .  ■ —  • 
60
Diamond  .................   W
Frazer's.................... 
75
Mica  .......................   65
Paragon 
.................  55

doz  gross
6  00 
7 CO
5 SO 
9 00 
7  ro
6  00

BAKING  POWDER. 

Acme.
i* 

Cream  Flake.

u  lb. cans. 3 doz...............   ®
iS
&**  •• 
10
...........Arctic............. 
A lb cans 6 doz  case........
1  10 
A 
“  4 doz  “ 
........
2 00 
1  lb  “  2 doz  “ 
........
9 00
5  lb  “  1 do*  “
45
3 o * ‘'  6 doz  “ 
........
60
........
4  oz  “  4 doz  “ 
80
.........
6  oz  “  4 doz  “ 
........
•* 
8  oz  “  4 doz 
1  10
.......
1  fli  “  2 doz  “ 
2 00 
9 00
........
ldoz  “ 
5  lb  “ 
40
Red Star. 14 ®> cans —
.........
A®»  “ 
1  40 
.......
1 lb  “ 
45 
Teller’s,  A lb. cans, do*
85 
•
“ 
A lb.  “ 
1  50 
lib .  “ 
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•
45 
Our Leader,  A lb cans—
75 
V4lb  cans.......
1  50
1 lb cans  -..
BATH  BRICK. 
2 dozen In case.

DonvsBc.BLUING.  Gross

English 
Bristol.  .. 

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Arctic, 4 oz  ovals............§ 
59
So* 
00
pints,  round.........9 
No. 2. sifting box...  2  75
No.31 
...  4 00
8 00
No. 5, 
1 oz ball  ..................  4 ®
8 ®  
8 oz.........   6  80

Mexican Liquid, 4  oz 

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BROOMS,

1
.40. 2 Hurl.. 
2  00 
NO. 1  “  ■■
2 25 
No. 2 Carpet 
•2 50
No. 1
Parlor Gem.........................2 ®
Common Whisk................. 
JJJ
Warehouse'  .ZZZ.V.Z.tm

BRUSHES.

Stove, No.    ........................  J  ®
1  50 
1  75 
86 
1 H  
1  50

Rice Root Scrub, 2  row • 
Bice Root  Scrub, 3 row 
Palmetto,  goose............
CANDLES. 
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes
Star,  40 
.........
Paraffine  .....................
Wi eking 
......................

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CANNED  GOODS.

Fish.
Clama.
Little Neck.  lib .. 

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■* 

.......... 1  20
“  2  lb.................1  90
Clam Chowder.
Standard. 3 lb.....................2 25
Cove Oysters.
Standard,  1 l b ..................

2  25

2 I'd..........................1 45
booster*.
Star,  1  lb.................................2 45
“  2  lb................................. 3 50
Picnic, 1 lb............................... 2 00
2 lb................................2 80
« 
Mackerel.
Standard, 1 lb...........................1 10
2  lb.........................2 10
Mustard,  2 i b ............ 
Tomato Sauce,  21b................. 2 25
Soused, 2  lb..............................2 25
Columbia River, flat........... 1  80
tails................1 65
............ — 1  25
Alaska, Red 
.  . . 1  10
Kinney’s,  flats  ...................1  95
Sardines.
American  14s ................ 454® 5
A*................654® 7
Imported  54s...................   ®t0
54*.................. 15@16
Mustard 
....................   7®6
Boneless 
........................  
21
Trout.
Brook  8, lb.......................... 2 50
Fruita.
Apples.

Salmon.
“ 
pink  . 

“ 
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“ 
“ 

3 lb. standard  ........... 
York State, gallons —  
—
Hamburgh, 

1  10

3 40

1 75

Gages.

Apricots.
Live oak.....................
Santa  Cruz.................
Lusk's.........................
—
Overland 
Blackberries.
A  W.......................
Cherries.

1  40 
1  40 
1  50 
1  10
90
Red............................  1  10®1 25
Pitted Hamburgh 
. . .  
W hite........................ 
1  50
Brie............................ 
1  30
Damsons, Egg Plums and Green 
1  20
E rie............... ...........
1  40
California...................
Gooseberries.
1  25
Common....................
Peaches.
90
P ie............................
1  25
Maxwell....................
Shepard’s ..................
California.................. 160@1  75
...............
Monitor 
Oxford__
Pears.
1  25
Domestic....................
1  75
Riverside....................
Pineapples.
Common..................... 1  00©1  30
2 50
Johnson’s  sliced......
2 75
grated__
Booth’s sliced............ @2 51
grated........... @2 75
Quinces.
Common....................
1  10
Raspberries.
Red  ............................
1  10 
1  50 
Black  Hamburg.........
1  20
Brie,  black 
.......
Strawberries.
1  26 
Lawrence..................
1  2E 
Hamburgh.................
Erie............................
1  20 1  05
Terrapin.......................
Whortleberries.
85
Blueberries...............
6
Corned  beef  Libby’s......... 1  95
Roast beef  Armour’s......... 1  80
Potted  ham, 54 lb............... 1  40
“  54 lb.................  85
tongue. 54 lb............ 1  35
541b...........  85
chicken, 54 ib...........  95

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Vegetables.

b le a ts .

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Beans.

“ 

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Peas.

Corn.

Hamburgh  strtngless......... 1 25
French style.......2 25
Limas..................1  35
Lima, green........................ 1  25
soaked........................  65
Lewis Boston Baked.......... 1  85
Bay State  Baked................ 1  35
World’s  Fair  Baked.......... 1 35
Picnic Baked.......................1 00
Hamburgh..........................1  40
Livingston  Eden...............1 20
Purity
Honey  Dew........................1 40
Morning Glory
Soaked...............................  75
Hambnrgh  marrofat.......... 1 35
early June
Champion Eng.. 1  50
petit  pols..........1  75
fancy  sifted__ 1  nr
Soaked.................................  65
Harris standard
VanCamp’s  marrofat........ 1  10
earlr  June.....1  30
Archer’s  Early Blossom. . .  1  25
French.........   .................... 2  15
Mushrooms.
French.......................
-19®21
Pumpkin.
Erie............................
85
Squash.
Hubbard............................1  IS
Succotash.
Hamburg............................1  40
Soaked...... ...........  
35
Honey  Dew........................1  50
E rie....................................1  35
Hancock............................1  10
Excelsior  ...— .................
Eclipse.......................... .
Hamburg—...................
Gallon..........................
CHOCOLATE 

Tomatoes.

“ 

8 50

 

CATSUP.

Blue Label Brand.

“ 

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

351b  bags......................  ®3
Less quantity — .........  @314
Pound  packages..........6A®7

COFFEE.
Green.
Rio.

Santos.

Mexican and Gnatamala.

Fair......................................18
Good.................................... 19
Prime.................................. 21
Golden.................................21
Peaberry............................. 23
Fair......................................19
Good....................................20
Prime.................................. 22
Peaberry  ............................ 23
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 Ac. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per cent,  for shrink­
age.
M cLaughlin's  X SXX..  23 95
Bunola  ...........................   23 45
Lion, 60 or 100 lb.  case__  23 95

Package.

Extract.

Valley City A gross...........  75
1  15
Felix 
Hummel’s, foil, gross.......  1 65
“ 
........2 85

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tin 
CHICORY.

Balk.
Red.

CLOTHES  LINES. 

Cotton,  40 ft......... per dos.  1 26
1  40 
1  60 
1  75 
1 90 
86 
1  00

50 ft. 
60 ft.. 
70 ft.. 
80tt. 
SO ft.. 
72 ft  .

CONDENSED  MILK. 

4 doz. In case.

N. Y.Cond’ns’d Milk Co’s brands
Gail Borden Eagle............   7 40
Crown................................   6 25
Daisy..................................
Champion..........................  4 50
Magnolia 
.........................4 25
Dime............... 
335

Baker’s.

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

CHEESE.
Amboy.......................
Acme..........................
Lenawee....................
Riverside  —   .........
Gold  Medal  ..............
Skim.....................
Brick......................
E d a m .....................
Leiden 
....................
Lim burger  ................
Pineapple...................
R oq u efo rt.» ...........
Sap Sago  ..................
Schweitzer, Imported. 
domestic  —

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®12A 
13A 
SUA 
6®  10 
11
1  00 
23 
©15 
©25 
085 
©21 
©24 
©14

Peerless Evaporated Cream. 

CREDIT  CHECKS.

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

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8 00 
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4 00
5 00
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3 00
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4 00
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Foreign.
Currants.

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Patras,  In barrels............   2
In  A-bbls...............  2A
in less quantity.... 
2A
cleaned,  bulk........ 
5
cleaned,  package..  5A

Citron, Leghorn. 25 lb. boxes  12
Lemon
Orange

Peel.
25
1 
35 •'
Raisins. 
Ondnra. 29 lb. boxes 
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Valencia, 80  “

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Prunes.
California,  100-120............
90x100 25 lb. bxs
80x90 
70x80 
60x70

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

Universal.”
1  books, per hundred
2

83 00 
.  3 50 
.  4 00 
.  5 00 
.  6  00 
7 00
Above prices on coupon books 
are  subject  to  the  following 
quantity discounts:
200 books or over..  5  per  cent 
500 
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[Can  be  made to represent any 
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20 books.......................8 1  00
50
2  00 
3 00 
100
6 25 
250
500
10 00 
17 50
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Batter.

Seymour XXX....................... 5 A
Seymour XXX, cartoon........ 6
Family  XXX.....................   5 A
Family XXX,  cartoon........6
Salted XXX...........................5A
Salted XXX,  cartoon  ........  6
Kenosha 
..........................  7A
Boston....................................7
Butter  biscuit....................  6
Soda, XXX.........................  5A
Soda, City..............................7A
Soda,  Duchess......................8A
Crystal Wafer..........  ......... 10A
Long  Island Wafers............11
S. Oyster  XXX....................5A
C3ty Oyster. XXX.................  5A
Farina  Oyster.................... 6

Oyster.

Soda.

CREAM  TARTAR.

Strictly pure......................  30
Teller's Absolute..............   30
Grocers’............................ 15®25

DRIED  FRUTT8. 

Domestic.

Apples.

“ 

Peaches.

Apricots.

14
14A
i

quartered  “ 

Sundried, sliced In  bbls.  7
7Q
Evaporated, SO lb. boxes  10  11
California In  bags........ 
Evaporated In boxes.  .. 
Blackberries.
In  boxes.....................  
Nectarines.
701b. bags...................... 10
25 lb. boxes.................... 10 A
Peeled, In  boxes...........
Cal. evap.  “ 
In bags....... 10
“ 
California In bags...... 10
Pitted Cherries
Barrels..........................
60 lb. boxes..................
.................  10
25 “ 
Prunelles.
801b.  boxes.........   ......15
Raspberries.
In  barrels......................
50 lb. boxes....................
......................
251b.  “ 
Raisins.

 
Pears.

Loose  Muscatels In Boxes.

10A

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2 crown.............................   1  18
8 
“ 
............................. 1  20
4  “ 
1  45
Loose Muscatels In Bags.
2  crown...............................3Ji
8 
.........................4A
F air..................................
Good.................................
Extra good........................
Choice..............................
Fancy................................

New Orleans.

One-half barrels, 8c extras

No. 1,6A.......................... »1  75
No. 2, 6A..........................  1  6°
No. 1,6.............................   165
No. 2, 6.............................  1  50

XX  wood, white.

Coin.

Lima  Beans.

Manilla, white.

Farina.
Hominy.

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

No. 1,6A..........................   135
No. 2,6A..........................  1  96
6A  ....................................  1 00
96
Mill No. 4.........................  100
FARINACEOUS GOODS. 
100 lb. kegs................... 
334
Barrels  ..............................2 75
Grits.................................. 3 00
Dried............................   3©SJ4
Maccaronl and Vermicelli.
Domestic, 12 lb. box__  
55
Imported................... 10 A@> 1
Barrels 200 .......................  4  25
Half barrels 100....................   2 25
Kegs......................  
Peas.
Green,  bu.............................  1 25
Split  per l b .................  
Barrels 180.................  @4 25
Half  bbls 90..............  @2 25
German..............................  4A
Bast India........................   5

Pearl Barley.

Rolled  Oats.

Oatmeal.

Sago.

2A

3

 

Wheat.

Cracked........................
FISH—Salt.
Yarmouth....................

Bloaters.

3*

Cod.

Pollock..........................
Whole, Grand  Bank...... 5@5A
Boneless,  bricks.............. 6@8
Boneless,  strips................6©8
Smoked......................9A@12A
Holland, white hoops keg

Halibut.
Herring.
“ 
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..............

bbl  9 50

“ 

Mackerel.

Sardines.
Trout.

Norwegian 
Round, A bbl 100 lbs........  2 50
“  A  “  40  “  ........  1 30
Scaled  .............................  
20
No. 1,  100 lbs...........................11 00
No. 1,40 lbs......................... 4 70
No. 1,  10 lbs........................   1 30
No. 2, 100 lbs....................... 7 75
No. 2, 40 lbs........................   3 60
No. 2.10 lbs....................... 
92
Family, 90 lbs...................... 6 00
10  lb s..................  70
Russian,  kegs....................   56
No. 1,  A bbls., lOOlbs........... 5 75
No. 1 A bbl. 40  lbs...................2 55
No. 1, kits. 10 lbs.................   73
No  1, 8 lb  kits....................   61
Family 
A bbls, 100 lbs.......... 87 50 83 5o
A  “  40  “  _____  3 50  165
101b.  kits..................   90  50
8 lb. 
.........   75  45
No. 9  sulphur...........................1 65
Anchor parlor.......................... 1 70
No. 2 home...............................1 10
Export  parlor.......................... 4 00

MATCHES.

Wbltefish.

No. 1

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

Souden’.

Regular 
Grade 
Lemon.

doz
2 oz  __8  75
4 oz......   1  50

Regular 
Vanilla.

doz
2 oz...... 81 20
4 oz........2 40
XX Grade 
Lemon.
2 oz.......81  50
4 oz......   3 00
XX Grade 
Vanilla.
2 oz.......81  75
_____   4 oz...... 3 50
Jennings.
Lemon. Vanilla 
oz regular panel.  75 
1  20 
... 1  50
o* 
“ 
2  00 
01 
“ 
...2 00
3 00 
1  35
No. 3 taper 
 
2  00 
2 50
No. 4  taper.......... 1  50
Northrop’s
Lemon.  Vanilla.
2 oz  oval taper  75 
1  10
“  1  20 
3 oz 
1  20
2 oz regular  “
85 
4 oz 
“  1  60 

“ 
“ 
FLY  PAPER.

Thom ’s Tanglefoot.

1 75
2 25

Single  case.......................... 3 60
Five case lots...........................3 50
Ten case  lots...........................3 40
Less than one case, 40c  per box 

GUNPOWDER.
Rifle—Dupont’s.

Choke Bore—Dupont's.

Kegs......................................3 25
Half  kegs............................. 1 90
Quarter  kegs....................... 1 10
1 lb cans.............................   30
A lb  cans............................  18
Kegs..................................... 4 25
Half  kegs.............................2 40
Quarter xegs.......................  1 35
1 lb cans..............................  34
Kegs.................................... 11 00
Half  kegs...........................  5 75
Quarter xegs........................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. pails.................
@  40a '70
30  “ 
“ 
................
LICORICE.
80
Pure............................
Calabria...............................   25
Sicily....................................  12
LYE.
Condensed, 2 doz................1  2S
4 doz................2 25

“ 
[MINCEnMEAT.

S i

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

 

...........................
MOLASSES.
Blackstrap.
Sugar house.............. —.
Cuba Baking.
Ordinary...................
Porto Rloo.
Prim e.......................... .
...—
Fancy............  

Carolina head...................... 6
“  No. 1.......................5)4
“  No. 2.......................  5
Broken.............. ................   4

Imported.

Japan, No. 1.......................... sh
“  No. 2...........................5
Java............................ mm.  6
Patna..................................   5)4

SPICES.

Whole Sifted.

“ 

“ 
“ 
11 

Allspice...............................  9)4
Cassia, China In mats........  8
Batavia In band__ 15
Saigon In rolls........32
Cloves,  Amboyna................22
Zanzibar...... ...........11)4
Mace  Batavia......................80
Nutmegs, fancy...................75
“  No.  1....................... 70
••  No. 2....................... 60
Pepper, Singapore, black — 10 
“ 
“  white...  .20
shot......................... 16
“ 
Pure Ground In Balk.
Allspice................................15
Cassia,  Batavia................... 18
“ 
and  Saigon .25
“  Saigon.................... 35
Cloves,  Amboyna................22
Zanzibar................18
Ginger, African................... 16
Cochin.................  20
Jam aica..................22
Mace  Batavia......................65
Mustard, Eng. and Trieste..22
“  Trieste.....................25
Nutmegs, No. 2 ...................75
Pepper, Singapore, black — 16
“  white......24
“ 
“  Cayenne..................20
Sage......................................20
‘‘Absolute” in Packages.
14s  Hs
Allspice......................  84  155
Cinnamon...................  84  1  55
Cloves.........................  84  155
Ginger,  Jamaica.......   84  1 55
'  “  African...........  84  1  55
Mustard......................  84  1 55
Pepper.......................   84  156
Sage.............................  84

“ 

SAL  SODA.

Kegs...................................   1H
Granulated,  boxes..............  Ill

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

@15 
4 
8 
90
4J£
5@6
10
9
5
80

Small.

PICKLKS. 
Meat tun.
Barrel!, 1,200 coant... 
Half bbls, 600  count..
Barrels, 2,400 coant. 
Half bble, 1,200 count
PIPES.
Clay, Ho.  216............
“  T. D. full count. 
Cob, No. 8....................
POTASH.

48 cans in case.

PennaSalt  Co.’s...
RICE.
Domestic.

@4 50
©2 76
5 50
3 25

...1 70
70
...1 20

4 00
3 00

Corn.

“   

20-lb  boxes..........................  5)1
40-lb 
5)4
Gloss.
1-lb packages.......................  5
8-lb 
....................... 5
6-lb 
6)4
 
40 and 50 lb. boxes..............  3)4
Barrels................................   3)4

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“ 

 

SNUFF.

Scotch, In  bladder?............37
Maccabov, In jars...............35
French Rappee, In Jars......43

SODA,

Boxes....................................5H
Kegs, English........................44

SALT.
 
 

100 3-lb. sacks..................... 82 15
2 00
60 5-lb.  “ 
28 10-lb. sacks...................  1  85
1  80
2014-lb.  “ 
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...  32
281b.  “ 
18
56 lb. dairy In linen sacks..  75 

Ashton.

.. 

“ 

“ 

Higgins.

56 )b. dairy In linen  sacks 
75 
56 Id.  sacks.......................   25

Soiar Rock.
Common Fine.

Saginaw..........................  
Manistee......... ................ 

75
75

SALERATUS.

Packed 60 lbs. In box.

Church’s .............................  5)4
DeLand’s .............................  5>*
Dwight’s ..........  ..................  5)4
Taylor’s............ :................ 5

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

l ' T

SOAP.
Laundry.

Allen B. Wrlsley’s Brands.

Old Country,  80  1-lb........... 3 20
Good Cheer, 601 lb.............. 3 90
White Borax, 100  X-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 A Co.’s  Brands. 
American  Family, wrp’d..84 00 
plain.  .  3 94
N.  K.  Fairbank A Co.’s Brands.
Santa Claus....................... 4 00
Brjwn,60 bars...................2 40
“ 
80  b a rs................... 325
Lautz Bros. A Co.’s Brands.
Acme.................................3 75
Cotton Oil.......................... 6 00
Marseilles.......................... 4 00
M a fte r.................................400
Thompson A Chute Co.’s Brands

Silver.................................   3 65
Mono.................................. 3 30
Savon Improved................. 2 50
Sunflower.......................... 2 80
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 town where 
the freight rate from New York 
Is  not  25 cents,  but  the  local 
quotations will, perhaps, afford 
a better criterion of the  market 
than to quote New York  prices 
exclusively.
Cut  Loaf.  ......................... 85  50
Powdered................................ 4 94
Granulated..............................4 56
Extra Fine Granulated...  4 69
Cubes.......................................4 94
XXXX  Powdered..................   5 31
Confec. Standard  A........... 4 43
No. 1  Columbia A.............  4 37
No. 5 Empire  A...................4 25
No.  6....................................4  19
No.  7....................................4  12
No.  8....................................4 00
No.  9....................................3  94
No.  10................................   3 87
No.  11.................................. 3 81
No.  12...............................  3 75
No.  13................................   3 69
No 14.............................  
3  56

SYRUPS.

Corn.

Barrels................................. 15)4
Half {ibis.............................. 17)4
Fair.....................................   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,  larg e...... 4 55
•* 
small...... 2 65

“ 
“ 

TEAS.

Japan—Regular.

BASKET  P1BED.

F air............................  ©17
Good..........................   @20
Choice.......................... 24  ©26
Choicest.......................32  ©34
D ust.............................10  ©12
SUN CUBED.
F air............................   @17
Good....................... 
@20
Choice.......................... 24  @26
Choicest.......................32  ©34
Dust............................10  @12
F air............................. 18  @20
Choice.........................  @25
Choicest....................  
©35
Extra choice, wire leaf  ©40
GUNPOWDER.
Common to  fall...........25  ©35
Extra fine to finest___50  ©65
Choicest fancy............ 75  ©85
@26
Common to fair...........23  ©30
Common to  fair...........23  ©26
Superior to fine............30  ©35
Common to fair...........18  ©26
Superior to  flue...........30  @40
F air.............................18  @22
Choice..........................24  ©28
Best.............................40  ©50

OODONG. 
IMPERIAL.

RNGDISR BREAKFAST.

YOUNG HYSON.

TOBACCOS.

Flue Cut.

P. Lorillard A Co.’s Brands.
Sweet Russet................30  ©32
31
Tiger........................... 
D. Scotten A Co’s Brands.
00
Hiawatha................... 
Cuba........................... 
32
Rocket.......................  
30
Spaulding A Merrick's  Brands.
Sterling...................... 
30
Private Brands.
Bazoo.........................  ©30
Can Can......................  ©27
Nellie  Bly....................24 ©25
Uncle Ben............   ...24  @25
McGinty.........................  
25
Dandy Jim ......................  
Torpeao.........................  
Yum  Yum  ....................  
1892 .................................. 
“  drums...................... 

in drums.... 

44 bbls.......... 

£1

“ 

“ 

27
29
24
28
23
22

Plug.

39
27
40
26
38
34
40
32
39
30

Sorg's Brands.

Spearhead...................... 
Joker.............................. 
Nobby Twist....................  
Scotten’s Brands.
Kylo................................. 
Hiawatha........................  
Valley City....................  
Flnzer’s Brands.
Old  Honesty...................  
Jolly Tar......................... 
Lorillard’s Brands.
Climax (8 oz., 41c)_____ 
Gr  • n Turtle................... 
27
Three  Black Crows... 
J. G. Butler’s Brands.
Something Good........ 
38
Out of  Sight................... 
Wilson <sz McCaulay’s Brands.
Gold  Rope...................... 
Happy Thought.........  
37
Messmate........................ 
NoTax............................ 
Let  Go............................  

24
43
32
31
27

Smoking.

Catlln’s  Brands.

Klin  dried........................17@18
Golden  Shower................... 19
........................... 26
Huntress 
Meerschaum  ................... 29@30
American Eagle Co.’s Brands.
Myrtle Navy........................40
Stork  ............................ 30@32
German............................... 15
F rog....................................33
Java, )£s foil....................... 32
Banner Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
Banner.................................16
Banner CavendlBh.............. 38
Gold Cut 
...........................28

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.

Leidersdorfs Brands.

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

Spaulding A 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 g a l................... 
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  A  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
oured........4  4»@  6
Deacon skins........... ..10 ©25

HIDRS.

 

 

No. 2 hides H off.
PB L T 8.

WOOL.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Shearlings............... ..  5 ©  20
.................. ..25 ©  60
Lambs 
Washed................... ..12 @16
Unwashed.............. ..  e @12
Tallow.................... ..  4 ©  4)4
1 © 2
Grease  butter  ........
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 oo
Fox,  red......................... 1 00@1 40

PU R S .

“ 

Fox, cross..................3  G0@5  00
Fox,  grey...................  50@  70
Lynx......................... 1  00©2  50
Martin, dark.............1  00@3  00
pale A yellow.  75@1 00
Mink, dark.................  25@1 00
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

Pails, 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  “ 
.....................  90
“ 
.....................1  25
15  “ 
17  “  .....................  1  80
“ 
“ 
19  “  ...................2 40
21  “ 
Baskets, market.................   35
shipping  bushel..  1  15 
..  1  25
full  hoop  “ 
5 25

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

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

“  No.2 
“  No.3 
“  No.l 3 75
“  No.2 
“  No.3 

“ 
“ 
‘ 
“ 

splint 

6 25
7 25
4 25
4 75

IN D U R A TED   W A RE.

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

Butter Plates—Oval.

W ashboards—single.

250  10C0
No.  1.........................  60  2  10
No  2.........................   70  2 45
No. 3......................... 
80  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......................  
Good Luck............................... 2 75
Peerless..................................  2 85
GRAINS and FEEDSTUFF» 

Double.

2  50

 

W H EA T.

N E A L .

52 
52

FL O U R   IN   BACKS.

No. 1 White (58 lb. test) 
No. 2 Red (60 lb. test) 
Bolted....................................  1 40
Granulated.......................  1  65
»Patents....
»Standards 
»Straight 
Bakers*
»Graham 
Rye.
count.
ditional.

»Subject  to  usual  cash 
Flour In bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­

M IL L 8T U F F 8.

Less

Car lots  quantity

816 00
13 00
16 50
16 50

Bran.............. 815  00 
Screenings__  12  50 
Middlings......   15  50 
Mixed Feed...  16 on 
Coarse meal  ..  15 50 
Car  lots.............................. 40
Less than  car  lots............ 43
Car  lots.............................. 34)4
Less than car lots...............37

CORN.

OATS.

16 50

“ 

H A Y .
No. 1 Timothy, car lots — 11  °0 
N o.l 
ton kits........12 50

FISH  AND  OYSTERS.
F.  J.  Dettenthaler  quotes as 

follows:
F R E S H   F IS H .
Whlteflsh 
.................  ©  9
T ro u t.........................  © 9
Black Bass................. 
12)4
Halibut.......................   @15
Ciscoes or Herring—   @5
Bluefish......................  @15
Fresh lobster, per lb .. 
20
Cod.............................  
8
No. 1 Pickerel............   ©  8
Pike.  .........................  @8
Smoked White...........  @8
Red  Snappers............. 
12
Columbia  River  Sal­
mon ..............................   12)4
Mackerel....................   20@25
Falrhaven  Counts —   @35
F. J. D.  Selects.........   @30
Selects.......................   @23
F. J. D.........................  @23
Anchors......................  ©2*1
Standards...................  @18
Favorite.....................   @16
oysters—Bulk.
1 75
Extra Selects..per gal. 
Selects.......................  
l  50
1  0 i
Standards................... 
Counts....................... 
2 20
Scallops............  
1  50
1  25
Shrimps  .................... 
Clams......................... 
125
SH E L L   GOODS.
Oysters, per  100......... 1  25@l  50
75@1  00
Clams, 

oysters—Cans. 

“ 

 

 

 

 

PROVISIONS.

SAUSAGE.

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co 

qnotes as follows:
P O R E   IN  B A R B ELS.
Mess, .  .........  
..........................................  12 00
Short c u t.................................................. 
12 25
Extra clear pig, short cut..........................  *5 * n
Extra clear,  heavy.......................
Clear, fat back...........................................  13 50
Boston clear, short cut.................... 
..  14 00
Clear back, short cut.  ..............................  13 75
Standard clear, short cut, best................. 
1400
Pork, links............................................. 
7)4
Bologna............................. ............  ..  . 
544
Liver..................................................... 
6
sts
Tongue.................................................. 
Blood .....................................................
Head cheese.......................................... 
6
Summer................. ................................ 
10
Frankfurts........._.................................  
7)4
Kettle  Rendered..............................  
8)4
Granger............................................................ 7*
Family............................................................   6*4
Compound............................................. 
  59^
Cottolene__ 
..  ...........................................   714
50 lb. Tins,  >4C advance.
20 lb. pails, He 
10 lb.  “ 
i c  
34c 
51b. 
‘ 
31b. 
1  c

L A R D .

”
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“

 

 

B E E F   IN   B A R R ELS.

“ 
“ 

“ 
‘‘ 
“ 
*' 

Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs..................  
7  50
Extra Mess, Chicago packing................. 
7  50
Boneless, rump butts..................  
............   9 75
smoked  neats—Canvassed or Plain
Hams, average 20 lbs.........................................9)4
16 lbs................................   9*@<'i
12 to 14 lbs............................  10
picnic...................................  
-¡»4
best boneless...............................  ....  9
7)4
.  944
944
7
6J£.

Shoulders.................................. 
Breakfast Bacon  boneless....................... 
Dried beef, ham prices.................. 
Long Clears, heavy........................................
Briskets,  medium.  ................................   .. 
light............................................. 

 
 

„ 

 

D R Y   SALT  MEATS.

T R IP E .

P IC K E E D   P IG S ’  F E E T .

Butts....................... ......................................  9
D. S. Bellies...................................................  1244
Fat Backs......................................................  ip
Barrels..................................................
8  00 1  90
Kegs.....................................................
Kits, honeycomb......  ..................................  
75
Kits, premium..............................................   65
Barrels.......................................................... 22 00
Half barrels.................................................. 11  »10
Per pound........................................... 
11
Dairy, sold packed........................................  13
Dairy, rolls....................................................  1344
Creamery, solid packed................................   17,4
Creamery, rolls.............................................  18

B E E P   TONGUES.

B U T T E R IN E .

 

FR E SH   B E E F .

Carcass...................................   ............   5  @  .
Fore  quarters........................................  444@ 5
[ quart
Hind quarters.............
© 644 
Loins No. 3.
©10 
Ribs.
©  9 @ 6 
Rounds.................................................   5
Chucks.......................................
© 444 © 44%
Plates ........................................
F R E S H   PO R K .
Dressed............   ..................................  6)*@644
Loins.
Shoulders 
Leaf Lard.
Carcass.................................................   5  © 544
Lambs....................................................   @ 6
Carcass..................................................  © 6)4

MUTTON.

VEA L.

CROCKERY  AND  GLASSWARE.

LA M P  B U R N E R S.

No. 0 Sun.........................................................  45
NO. 1  “  .........................................................  50
N0.2  “  .........................................................   75
Tubular...........................................................  75

LA M P  CH IM N EY S.  P e r  bOX.

6 doz. In box.

 
 

 
 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

Pearl top.

La Bastle.

First quality.
“ 
“ 
XXX Flint.
“ 
“ 

No. 0 Sun.......................................................   1  75
No. 1 
No.2 
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top.......................................3 1
No. 1  “ 
No.2  “ 
No. 0 Sun, crimp top........................................... 2 60
No. 1  “ 
No. 2  “ 
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled....................3 70
“ 
No.2  “ 
....................4 70
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
....................4 88
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz.  ....  ............125
.......................1  50
No.2  “ 
No. 1 crimp, per do*....................................... 1  35
.1  60
No.
No. 0 No. 1
No  2, 
38
75
No.3, 
Mammoth, per doz.........................................   75
STONEW ARE— AKRON.
Butter Crocks,  1 to 6 gal.............................  06
44 gal. per doz......................  60
Jugs, )4 gal.. per doz...................................   70
1 to 4 gal., per gal................................   07
Milk Pans, H gal., per doz..........................  80

per  gross
 
 

LAM P  W ICK S.

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

 
 

STONEW ARE— BLACK  GLA ZED .

Butter Crocks, 1  and 2 gal.........................  07
Milk Pans,  44 gal.........................................   65
.  78

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

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2 80
3 80

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M EN  O F  M A S K .

&  Co.

L e ste r J.  B in d ge,  o f  R indge,  K a lm b a ch  

through  chicanery  or 

To the young  man  who  has  just  en­

when the wholesale department  was  re­
moved to the corner of Pearl and Campau 
streets,  and the firm  style  was  changed 
j  to Rindge,  Bertsch & Co.  This  copart- 
I  nership continued  until  January,  1893,
tered business,  embarking  his  all  upon j when Christian Bertsch  retired,  and  the 
the uncertain, dangerous  and  turbulent  firm name became, as at present, Rindge, 
waters  of  business  life,  nothing  can  be  Kalmbach & Co.
more inspiring, or possess  more interest. 
The  firm  of  Whitley,  Rindge  &  Co. 
or be more instructive and helpful,  than  were  the  first  shoe  jobbers  in  Grand 
the life history of  a  man who  has  been I Rapids,  and among  the very  first  to  un­
successful in  business,  who  has  himself  gage in  the jobbing trade  in  any  line  in
the city.  L. H. Randall & Co. were jobbers 
risen from the  ranks, and whose  success 
of groceries at that time,  but no  member 
is buiided upon the solid  rock  of  integ­
of that firm as then constituted is now in 
rity and uprightness.  On the other hand, 
the  business.  The 
late  Charles  N. 
nothing will assert  so  baleful  an  influ­
Shepard  had  quite  a  wholesale  drug 
ence, or be so potent in sapping  the sub­
trade,  but he is  gone, and the  personnel 
structure of  manhood,  than  the  biogra­
of the house is completely changed.  W. 
phy of ohe who has  attained  position  or 
D.  Foster  did  a  wholesale  as well  as a 
wealth 
fraud. 
retail  hardware  business,  but  he,  too,
The  one will  encourage  and  inspire  to 
noble effort and  honorable  exertion,  the 
other debase the mind to the  practice  of 
deceit and  fraud.  While it  is  true  that 
“What man has done man  can  do,” it  is 
equally true  that  to  achieve  success  as 
other men have achieved  it,  it  is  neces­
sary  to  follow  the  same  principles,  to 
live by the same rule.  The principles of 
truth  and  righteousness  are  as  potent 
now as ever in  the  past,  and  success  is 
sure  to him who listens to their dictates.
It is far short of flattery to say that  no 
man better deserves a place in  the  ranks 
of successful  business  men  than  Lester 
J. Rindge,  head  of  the  wholesale  shoe 
house of  Rindge,  Kalmbach & Co.  Born 
52  years  ago  in  Sherburne,  Chenango 
county,  N.  Y.,  and  coming  to  Grand 
Rapids  when  this' whole  section  was  a 
veritable  wilderness,  he  has  literally 
“grown up with  the  country.”  During 
his boyhood educational advantages were 
very limited,  even in  the  older  sections 
of the country,  and on the  frontier  were 
the crudest of the crude.  Not only so, but 
work  was the order of the  day,  for  boys 
as well as for men.  and  at an  early  age, 
Lester  Rindge  left  school  and  entered 
the employ of  Smith  &  Waterman,  gro­
cers  on  Canal  street,  about  opposite 
Huron  street.  A  few  months  later  a 
better position was offered  him  by John 
W. Peirce,  general  dealer, corner  of Erie 
and Canal  streets,  where  the  Fifth Na­
tional Bank  is  now  located, and  he  ac­
cepted,  remaining with Mr.  Peirce  eight 
years.  This was his last situation,  as  at 
the end of that time he entered into part­
nership  with  George Whitley,  under the 
style of Whitley & Rindge,  for the sale of 
boots and shoes.  For fifteen months  the 
firm did business in a small wooden  build­
ing,  20x40  feet  in  dimensions,  located 
where the  Nelson  &  Matter  Furniture 
Co.’s  showrooms  now  are.  They  then 
moved to the Clancy block, 8 Canal  street, 
and the firm name was changed to Whitley, 
Rindge  &  Co., John  Bertsch  and  Isaac 
Cappon  being  admitted  to  partnership. 
A small jobbing trade had been  done  by 
the firm for some time, but now they em­
barked 
in  the  wholesale  business  in 
earnest,  and,  in the spring  of  1866,  Mr. 
Rindge went  on  the  road.  He  was  the 
first  shoe  drummer  from 
the  Grand 
Rapids  market 
In  January,  1867,  the 
business was removed to 16 Canal street, 
where Rindge,  Krekel &  Co.  are  now lo­
cated.  One  year  later  Mr.  Whitley 
retired and the firm became L.  J.  Rindge 
& Co.  In 1870 Messrs. Cappon and Bertsch 
sold  their  interests  in  the  business  to 
Christian Bertsch, Frederick Krekel, God- 
fry and J.  George  Kalmbach,  the  firm 
name  remaining  the  same  until  1878,

“ Not many of the old  timers  are  now 
in  business,”  said  Mr.  Rindge,  “and 
mauy of them have  closed  their  earthly 
books  of  account  altogether. 
I  can 
hardly be called an  old  man  yet,  but  it 
makes  me  feel  somewhat patriarchal  to 
remember that  I  antedate  almost  every 
active business man  in  the  city.  Those 
were the days that tried a  man’s  mettle, 
and  brought  out  the  best  that  was  in 
him.  No loafer or  shirk  could  possibly 
succeed,  for work8, and the  hardest  kind 
of  work,  was  the  common  lot  of  all. 
‘Rough and ready’  was the watchword  to 
which all answered.  We were compelled 
to pull together  in  those  days,  too,  and 
our customers were our personal friends. 
The  country  was  new,  the  roads  were 
ad,  and  the  people  poor,  and  it  was

fasten 

often necessary to trust much to the innate  morning  after  our  arrival,  and  reached
Croton in time to finish our  business  be­
honesty of human nature;  and this much 
fore dinner.  After dinner we started for 
can be  said,  we  were  seldom  deceived. 
Big Rapids.  About  dark  we  reached  a 
Let me give you  an  illustration  of  how 
place then called  Rogers, but now known 
some  men  did  business  in  those  early 
as Mecosta,  and  put  up  for  the  night. 
days:  One evening,  when on one  of  my 
The “hotel”  was a log  building,  and  we 
trips,  I got  stuck  in  the  mud,  and  was 
occupied a room with twenty others,sleep­
compelled to put up for the night  at  the 
ing  in  bunks.  We 
left  Rogers  at  6 
log  house  of  a  settler.  After  supper, 
o’clock  the  next  morning  and  reached 
we sat down  for  a  chat  before  going  to 
Big Rapids at 3 in  the  afternoon,  having 
bed,  and my host asked me if I  knew W. 
made six  miles  in  that  time,  and  for  a 
D.  Foster.  On  my answering  in  the  af­
mile  and  a  half  of  that  distance  the 
firmative,  he said: 
‘1 came to  this coun­
road was good.  The mud  reached to the 
try with  next  to  nothing.  We  had  no 
horses’ collars, -and much of  the time  we 
stove,  and  no  plow,  and  badly  needed 
couldn’t see the  axles.  A tug  came  un­
both,  and  had no  money  to  buy  either. 
hitched on that trip, and 1, as the younger 
Finally, I  made  up  my  mind  to  go  to 
man of the two,  thought  1  ought  to  get 
Grand  Rapids and see  what  I  could  do. 
out  and 
it.  Mr.  Houseman 
1 went to Mr.  Foster  and  told  him  just 
thought that was hardly fair, and we  sat 
how  I  was  situated.  After  looking  at 
there and argued  about  who  should  get 
me a  moment  he  said,  “My friend,  you
out in the mud  and  hitch  that  tug. 
It 
wasn’t  a  very  desirable  job,  and  so  1 
finally  suggested  that  we  draw  cuts. 
Julius prepared the cuts  and we  drew— 
hitched the tug.  On  another occasion, 
was accompanied by Julius  Houseman, 
I).  K.  Hurlburt  and  C.  M.  Goodrich. 
Night overtook  us  between  Croton  and 
Big Rapids,  at a  hotel  called  Mitchell’s.
It was two log houses,  side  by side,  with 
passage way  between,  one  side  occu­
pied by the family and the other by guests. 
The sleeping apartments were above  the 
dining room and were ranged> around  the 
room like stalls iu a  stable.  The  tables 
were  simply  rough  boards  guiltless  of 
tablecloths  or  napkins.  Rude  benches 
were the seats.  Our eveniug repast that 
night was  interrupted  by Charley Good­
rich,  who  suddenly  dropped  his  knife 
and fork, threw  up  both  hands,  opened 
his mouth, which was noted for its capac­
ity,  and  excitedly  exclaimed,  ‘Look! 
look!’  at the  same time  pointing  to  the 
other side of the room.  Looking  in  the 
direction he indicated  we  discovered  the 
:orpse of a man,  from  which  our  wait­
ress  had, in  passing,  carelessly  pulled 
the covering in such a  manner  as  to  ex­
pose the lower  limbs.  Did  it  spoil  our 
appetite?  Not  much.  Any  man  who 
could  eat  the  ‘grub’  of  that  ranch  was 
not likely to have his digestion  impaired 
by such  a  trivial  occurrence  as  discov­
ering a corpse in  the room.  D.  K.  Hurl­
burt and myself  put  up  one  night  at  a 
certain  hostelry  in  Holland.  The  door 
of our room had no lock,  but  there  were 
two beds in  the room and we  put  one  of 
them against the door  in  such  a  manner 
as to  fasten  it securely.  That  night the 
landlord and another  man robbed  every­
body in  the  house  except  us  two.  We 
heard them at  our  door,  but  they  could 
not  get 
They 
skipped to Chicago  that  night  and were 
never  heard  of  again.  You  see,  we 
would sell  on  one  trip  and  collect  the 
next, and  it  was  no  uncommon  occur­
rence for me to be on the road on  a  dark 
night with  several  thousand  dollars  on 
my person. 
I carried a pistol,  but I  was 
afraid it might go off and injure  me,  and 
so I  put it away down  in  the  bottom  of 
the box under the seat. 
I  never  had oc­
casion to use it,  and  I  was  on  the  road 
sixteen  years  when  the  country  was  at 
its wildest.  Speaking  of  being  on  the 
road,  for a good share of the time I  trav­
eled  for the house,  I  had  to  get  out  my 
own orders, packing and  shipping  them 
myself when 1 got  home.  But the  first 
thing 1 did  when 1  got  home  was  to  go 
out into  the  woodshed,  strip  and  turn 
my  pockets  Inside out,  and  get  rid of the

went  on  the  road,  the  roads  were  the 
worst ever known  in  this  section.  Be 
tween here and Newaygo  they were  ex 
ceptionally bad, and no livery man would 
let out a buggy.  I left Grand Rapids one 
morning  in  a  skeleton  wagon  with 
team attached  and  reached  Newaygo  at 
5 o’clock in the evening.  The stage left 
Grand  Rapids about the  same time I did 
and about 11 o’clock at night the passen 
gers walked into the hotel, tired out  and 
covered  with  mud.  The  stage  had 
broken down about twelve miles  out and 
they had come in  on foot. 
I was  accom 
panied on that trip by Julius Houseman 
one of the jolliest and most  entertaining 
traveling  companions  who  ever  lived 
We got an early  start  from  Newaygo  the

“In  the  fall  of  1866,  shortly  after 

in  and  we  escaped. 

has joined  the  great “silent  majority,” j  must have  a  cook  stove  and  you  mus 
and  none of the old  firm are now in busi-1 have a plow—take  them along with you
and pay  me  when  you can.” ’  Did  Mr, 
ness,  whereas  Mr.  Rindge  has  been  for j 
thirty  consecutive  years  actively  en- j 
Foster get his money?  Of course he did 
and that man  would  never  have  looked 
gaged,  as  at  present,  in  the  shoe  busi-1 
an  honest  man in the face again if be had 
ness.  Though  the.style of the  firm  has 
bought hardware of  any one  else.  Thi 
changed several times Mr. Rindge’s name 
is only one of many  proofs  of  bis  kind 
has never been  eliminated  from  it,  and 
ness of heart,  which  made  him  honored 
has always occupied  a  prominent  place 
and loved wherever he was known.
in it.

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bedbugs and  other  acquisitions  which  1 
was  almost  sure  to  pick  up,  especially 
on my Northern trips.  Those log houses 
were  full  of  them.  My  wife  wouldn’t 
let me into the house until  she was  sure 
I was rid of them.

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“Grand Rapids  had  only  one railroad
j   w  when we began jobbing, most of our goods 
coming across the  lake  from  Chicago  to
Grand Haven and up Grand River to this 
place. 
If we were ift  a  hurry for  them 
we had them shipped by rail  to  Kalama-
zoo and teamed the rest of the distance.”
Mr. Rindge enjoys in a high degree the 
esteem  and  confidence  of  the  business 
community.  His word is as good  as  his 
bond.  He is beloved and honored by his 
associates  and  employes,  and  respected
by all who  know him.  A good  judge  of 
men,  he has gathered about him  a work­
ing force which  for  skill  and  efficiency 
can  hardly be surpassed.  Two members 
of  the  force,  Mr.  Logie,  who  is  one  of 
the  firm,  and  Mr.  Formby,  the  book­
keeper,  have been  many  years with  the 
house,  the former twenty-nine years, and
the latter twenty-three years.  Mr. Rindge
is in  no  sense  either  a  club  or  society 
»  man,  but  spends  his  leisure  moments 
with his family in his beautiful  home on 
Barclay street.  He is an excellent credit
man and is seldom  called  upon  to  com- 
promise a  claim  or  close  out  a  debtor.
He was the  first  President  of  the  Mer­
chants  and  Manufacturers’  Exchange 
and has served the Board of Trade in the 
capacities  of  Director  and  Vice-Presi­
dent.  He  is  always a leading  spirit in 
every public movement having for its ob­
ject  the  enlargement  of  trade,  the im­
provement  of  the  city  or  the enhance­
ment  of  the  morals  of  the  people. 
Whether the  work in  hand  is the raising 
of funds  for a hospital or a fair  associa­
tion; whether the  duties to be performed 
are in line with his  avocation or are vol­
untarily assumed^for  “the  good  of  the 
cause,” he never fails to do his full share 
nor  to  do  it  well.  Conservative to a 
marked degree and accustomed  to  care­
fully  consider  every  step  he takes,  he 
still acts with promptness  and  precision 
and his decisions  are  invaribly  in 
line 
with progress and  pro-perity.

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any market.
labor does the body.
can  impart to you.
and but few  voices.
pays  the best interest.
every other enjoyment.
ledge within your reach.
govern  many others.
harmful than an ill-natured one.
fusely than in giving judiciously.
friendship alone subdues time.

They always talk who never think. 
Mark your natural tendencies  and  ap­
Have a smile for all,  a  pleasant  word 
To  succeed  work  hard,  earnestly  and 
A laugh is worth a  hundred  groans  in 
Difficulties  strengthen 
the  mind  as 
Study people for  the  knowledge  they 
There are many  echoes  in  the  world, 
An  investment  in  knowledge  always 
The  luxury  of  doing  good  surpasses 
Strive to obtain every kernel of  know­
If you are governed  by reason you will 
An  indiscreet  person  is  often  more 
Liberality consists less  in  giving  pro- 
Time sooner or  later vanquishes  love, 
Kind words.  Kind looks.  Kind deeds. 
Purposes,  like  eggs,  unless  they  be 
hatched into action,  will run into rotten- 
ness.
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have  no  model  but  themselves  to  copy 
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SU IT  W IT H D R A W N .

In 

S u it A g a in st  This P a p er.

M.  C.  G oossen  D iscontinues  His  Libel 
March 16,  1892,  T h e T radesm an pub­
lished  in  the  advertising  space  of  the 
Fermentum  Yeast Company  an  affidavit 
by F.  W.  Schwartz,  who  was  then  Gen­
eral Manager of the business, purporting 
to give  the  substance  of  a  conversation 
between Messrs. Schwartz  and  Goossen, 
in which  the  latter  is  alleged  to  have 
stated that  he would cease the  agitation 
he was  then  conducting  in  the  interest 
of bulk yeast for  a cash consideration  of 
$200.  Mr.  Goossen  called  at  the  office 
after  the  advertisement  was  published, 
stating that  he  was not disturbed by the 
publication,  as  he  believed 
it  would 
prove a good advertisement for  him;  in­
deed, as an evidence of his good will  to­
ward the paper,  it may  be stated that  he 
went so far as to place an  advertisement 
in the succeeding issue of  T h e  T rades­
man,  setting  forth  the  merits  of  the 
yeast  he  handled. 
the  meantime, 
however,  be  took  occasion  to  deny  the 
truth of Mr. Schwartz’s affidavit, and T he 
T radesm an cheerfully gave place to  his 
denial in its issue of March 23.
Subsequently  Mr.  Goossen  began  suit 
against E.  A.  Stowe  and  the  Tradesman 
Company for alleged libel,  and  recently 
the parties  got together  and  settled  the 
matter out  of  court.  Mr.  Goossen  says 
the suit was begun  not  because  he  had 
any ill  feeling  towards  Mr.  Stowe,  but 
as  a  matter  of  principle.  There  has 
never been any  ill  feeling  between  the 
gentlemen;  the suit  has  been  discontin­
ued,  thus abruptly  terminating  a  litiga­
tion which could  not have  been  produc­
tive of  great  results  to  either  party  to 
the controversy.
Now that Mr. Goossen has discontinued 
his suit,  T h e  T radesm an  feels  free  to 
state that the publication  complained  of 
was made in the utmost  good  faith  and 
in  the belief that it  was  legitimate  sub­
ject matter  to  admit  to  its  advertising 
columns.  That  it  did  Mr.  Goossen  no 
injury is plainly  evidenced  by  the  con­
stant growth of his yeast business, which 
is larger than  ever  before,  and 
the  re­
markable increase in  his  grocery  trade, 
which has outgrown the  single  store  in 
which he  began  several  years  ago  and 
now  requires two  full stores,  with a cor­
responding increase in his force  of coun­
ter and delivery clerks.  As T h e T r a d es­
man  stated  the  week 
the 
alleged  libelous  publication,  Mr.  Goos- 
sen’s character  is so well  established  in 
this community  that  his  friends will re­
fuse to believe that  he was  actuated  by 
any  sinister  motive  in  his  negotiations 
with  rival  yeast  companies,  and  T he 
T radesm an  joins  with  his  friends  in 
congratulating him over the  happy  out­
come of his first law suit.

following 

Too  Much.  D ignity.

It is all very  well for  a  traveling  man 
to be on his dignity, but if he overdoes it 
he is apt  to  encounter  the  fall  before 
which we are told,  pride goeth.  When I 
first went on the road,  I had a mortal ob­
jection to the word  “drummer”  and  re­
sented the term whenever applied to me. 
On my second journey 1  called  upon  an 
old-fashioned merchant whose name  was 
on our books and to whom my  predeces­
sor had always sold large bills. 
I  intro­
duced myself with a good deal of dignity 
and handed him my card.
“Oh, you’r e -----’s new  drummer,”  re­
marked the old gentleman in a somewhat 
I  was  nettled  consid­
patronizing tone. 
erably,  and  correcting him,  said:
“No, I am their traveling  man.  1  am 
not a ‘drummer.’ ”
The merchant was quite as good at  re­
partee as  1 was, and  looking  at  me  half 
in pity and half in contempt be said with 
a  sneer,  which  he  made  no  attempt  to 
disguise.
is  it?  Well,  I  was
looking f o r -----’s drummer,  but 
if you
ain’t he I’ve nothing for you.”
No amount  of persuasion  or  apologiz­
ing  had any effect on the old  gentleman, 
to whom  the  representative  of  a  rival 
house sold  a first-class bill  the  same  af­
ternoon.  The  lesson  was  not  thrown 
away on me,  and now a man can call me 
Hottentot,  provided he  accompanies  the 
salutation with a  good order.

“Oh,  that’s  so, 

OVER  20,000,000  SOLD.

T h e s e  S p o u ts  

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Highest  Award  of  Merit  from  the 
World’s  Industrial  Exposition.

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

break  like  hangers  cast  on  the  spout.

P atent  I mproved— 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.

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against two peddlers,Van der Leest being I 
one  of  them.  These  complaints  were 
alike in form. 
I  questioned  the  suffici­
ency of the complaints  as  to  manner  of 
charging the  offence, and,  at  my motion 
or suggestion, one of the complaints,  the 
weaker  one  as  to  evidence,  was  dis­
missed,  and  I  was  willing  the  other 
should  stand,  especially  since  trial  by 
jury was waived  and  the  expenses  of  a 
justice  trial  would  only  be  nominal, 
since,  if appeal  were taken, I would  have 
more  opportunity  to  look  up  the  case 
from a legal point of view.
After the  case  was  appealed,  upon  a 
more careful examination, 1 became fully 
satisfied that the complaint  and  warrant 
did  not  set  out-  any  crime  under  the 
statute,  and,  being positive of  this  fact,
I did not  cause the  witnesses to be  sub­
poenaed.  Before  the  case  was  called  I 
submitted the papers  to  the  Judge, and 
he fully concurred in  my view,  so,  when 
the motion to dismiss the  case was form­
ally made in  open  court,  I  did  not  op­
pose it, but signified my assent to have it 
dismissed.
I am ready and willing to  have  a  new 
complaint  made  at  any  time,  if  proper 
evidence  can  be  obtained, and  make  a 
test case of  it,  but 1 am anxious to  have 
the  complaint  and  warrant  sufficient 
under the  statute  before  1  proceed  to 
trial. 
the  case  referred  to  I  had 
nothing to  do  with  the  drafting  of  the 
papers, was not consulted and, therefore, 
am not responsible for its defects.

In 

Yours respectfully,

A.  V isscher,

Prosecuting Attorney.

T h e  H ard w a re  M ark et.

General  Trade—It is a  pleasure  to  be 
able to announce that dealers report  that 
with the bright  spring  weather  a  very 
marked increase is noticeable in the  vol­
ume of business  offered.  All  dealers  in 
the outside towns  are  having  increased 
demands upon  them  for  goods,  which, 
owing to the light stocks they have  been 
carrying,  necessitates  their  calling  on 
their jobber,  who,  in turn,  has to call  on 
the  manufacturer.  The  result  is  that 
every one has a busy  air about  him,  and 
it now  begins  to  look,  as  though  the 
“frost”  was  over,  Reports from  other 
states  indicate marked revivals in trade. 
We hope this condition of affairs  will not 
change,  and that  the  balance  of  March 
will show a still  further increase.

Wire Nails—Owing  to  the  very  large 
number  of  orders  which  were  placed 
early in  the year for  March 1st shipment 
there are many instances were  delay  has 
occurred in  filling  orders  promptly.  A
large number of the mills,  however,  say 
that by  April 1 they  will  be  caught  up 
on back orders and ready  for  new  ones. 
What  effect this may  have on the future 
price it is hard to predict,  but it does not 
seem possible for them to reach as low  a 
figure as in December.  Prices are firmly 
held at $1.15  from mills and  $1.40  from 
stock.

CO U NTRY  PED D LER S.

S udd en   Term ination  o f  th e  O tta w a  

C o u n ty P rosecution .

Merchants  of  other  towns  are  com­
plaining of the peddling nuisance as well 
as those  of  this city.  There  is  no  dif­
ference in them,  either, for  that  matter. 
These itinerant traders take a meager as­
sortment of dry goods, notions, groceries, 
etc., and go out among the  farmers,  tak­
ing produce  in  exchange  for  the  goods 
they sell,  thus injuring to a considerable 
extent  the  business of  legitimate  mer­
chants  in  country  towns.  As  a  rule, 
they do not  take  out  licenses  from  the 
State, as they are required to  do  by  the 
statute,  but sell in  defiance  of  the  law, 
and,  when attempts are made  to  enforce 
the  law  and  compel  them  to  take  out 
licences  and  pay  for  them  the  cry  of 
“ persecution”  is raised,  and the  poverty 
of the“defendants”  is pleaded,  and  it  is 
asserted that they are being  deprived  of 
their only means of gaining a  livelihood. 
It is claimed that these people  are “law- 
abiding citizens.”  They are not  citizens 
at all in  the sense in  which citizenship is 
understood by Americans.  Law-abiding 
citizens do  not  openly  violate  and  per­
sistently  defy  the  law;  they  obey  the 
laws  and,  if  they  are  in just,  take  the 
law-abiding  citizens’  method  of  amend­
ing them.  Law  abiding  citizens  cheer­
fully pay taxes for the support of  public 
institutions  and  the  Government  under 
which they live;  but who ever heard of a 
peddler  paying 
taxes,  cheerfully  or 
otherwise,  unless  the  alternative  ap­
peared to him to  be a  greater  evil  than 
the  payment  of  taxes?  What  possible 
interest  have  they in American  institu­
tions?  They  are  mostly 
foreigners, 
speaking  a  foreign  tongue  and  having 
foreign  customs.  Who ever  heard  of  a 
peddler obeying the  laws  regulating  his 
trade?  On the  contrary,  the  people  are 
put to more expense,  and  the  officers  of 
the law are given  more  trouble  and  an­
noyance  by  these  people  than  by  any 
other class in the community.

Grand  Rapids  peddlers  are  extending 
the scope  of  their  operations  into  the 
surrounding  country,  and,  as  might  be 
expected,  some of them are entangled  in 
the meshes of the law. 
In  January last, 
Martin  Waalkes  and  Brink  Van  der 
Leest,  two peddlers residing in  this city, 
were arrested in Ottawa county  for  ped­
dling without a license; they had  a  trial 
before  John  N.  Waite,  Justice  of  the 
Peace, at Hudsonville.  The case against 
Waalkes  was  dismissed  without  any 
trial  for  lack  of  evidence,  but  Van  der 
Leest was tried, convicted and sentenced 
to  pay a fine or go to  jail.  Through  his 
attorney,  Charles  0.  Smedley,  of  this 
city,  the defendant appealed the  case  to 
the  Circuit  Court  at  Grand  Haven, 
where  the  case  was to  be  tried  March 
12.  The proceedings  were  quashed  and 
the prisoner discharged, Judge Padgham 
holding that the complaint  and  warrant 
were  defective for the  reason  that  they 
did not affirm  the fact that the defendant 
was not a manufacturer, farmer.etc.  The 
statute 
(Howell’s  Annotated  Statutes, 
vol. 3, sec.  1263) reads as follows:
this  chapter 
shall  be construed to  prevent  any  man­
ufacturer,  farmer,  mechanic  or  nursery­
man  from selling his work or production, 
by  sample or otherwise,  without license, 
nor  shall  any  wholesale  merchant  be 
prevented by anything  herein  contained 
from selling to  dealers  by sample  with­
out license,  bnt no merchant shall  be  al­
lowed to peddle  or  to  employ  others  to

Nothing  contained 

in 

peddle,  goods not his  own  manufacture, 
without the license in  this  chapter  pro­
vided.
Judge Padgham’s decision in  this  case 
is directly opposed  to  a  decision  of  the 
Supreme Court of  Michigan  in  the  case 
of the  People  vs.  Phippin,  in  this  case, 
which was submitted on appeal from the 
finding  of  the  Kent  Circuit  Court,  the 
objection being identical with that raised 
by Mr. Smedley in the  case  above  cited, 
that the enacting  clause  of  the  statute 
contained  an  exception  which  was  not 
negatived  in  the  complaint  Wm.  W. 
Phippin was  charged with  holding  him­
self out as a medical practitioner without 
possessing  the  necessary  qualifications. 
He was convicted and brought error. 
In 
giving his opinion Justice Long said:
The  other  objection, that it  does  not 
charge “that defendant was  not  practic­
ing with  and  under  the  instruction  of 
any person  legally  qualified  to  practice 
medicine and  surgery,” and  that  it  does 
not allege that he  has  not  obtained  his 
permit to practice from the County Clerk 
by filing with said clerk his sworn  state­
ment, which would entitle him to practice 
medicine and surgery, and authorize him 
so to do, and  that “it  is  not  alleged  on 
whom he practiced,  and  by  what  means 
he  practiced,  medicine,”  are  not  well 
taken.  The rule  of  pleading  a  statute 
which contains exception in the enacting 
clause is  that  the  party pleading  must 
show that his adversary  is not within the 
exception;  but if there he an exception  in 
a subsequent clause or subsequent statute, 
that is  matter  of  defence,  and  is  to  be 
shown by the other  party.  (Com.  vs.  Hart 
11  Cushing  134:  The  reason of the rule 
is  obvious,  and  is  simply this:  Unless 
the exception in the enacting  clause of a 
statute, or in the general clause of a con­
tract, is negatived in  pleading the clause, 
no offense or no cause of action appears in 
the indictment or  declaration when com­
pared with the statute  or  contract.  Da­
cota vs. Scott,  6.,N.  W.  Rep.  435.
The question is,  of  course, as  to  what 
is the enacting clause of a statute, Judge 
Padgham  apparently  holding 
that,  as 
the whole statute is an enactment,  there­
fore, no matter  whether the exception is 
found  in 
the  first  or  any  subsequent 
clause the complaint must negative  such 
exception.  But,  according  to  Cushing, 
the enacting clause of  a  statute  is  sep­
arate  and  distinct  from  every  other 
clause,  and the Supreme  Court  of  Mich­
igan holds in accord with Cushing.  Why, 
if  the  whole  statute  is,  legally,  an  en­
acting clause  or  clauses,  should  Justice 
Long  use  the  words  which  have  been 
italicised,  or  Cushing  say  that “unless 
the exception in the enacting clause of  a 
statute, or in the general clause of a con­
tract, is,  etc.” ?  That there is a  distinc­
tion,  and a  plain  reason  for  it,  is  per­
fectly clear,  and Judge  Padgham should 
take it upon  himself  to  override  a  Su­
preme  Court  decision,  and  re-open  the
question,  is past comprehension. 
It will 
be necessary now to re-submit  the  ques­
tion 
to  the  Supreme  Court,  entailing 
useless expense upon the  taxpayers,  and 
causing useless delay in the execution of 
the law.  Perhaps it  would  be  as  well 
that future  complaints  should  negative 
the exceptions to the law,  at  least  until 
Judge  Fadgham’s  arrogant  assumption 
of superiority to the highest legal  tribu­
nal of the  Commonwealth is set aside.

The  Prosecuting  Attorney  of  Ottawa 
county  writes  T h e   T r a d e s m a n   as  fol­
lows in regard to the matter:

H o lla nd,  March  15—Your  favor  of 
March 14  to  hand,  enquiring  as  to  the 
case of Van der Leest  1 am  very willing 
to give full  information  in  this  matter 
and appreciate the fact  that  you  intend 
to do justice to all parties concerned.
Complaint  was  made  on  January  28 
before  Justice  Waite,  of  Georgetown,

CANULES, FRUITS  and  NUTS. 
The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows :
Bbls.  I

STIC K   CANDY.

Cases 

Standard,  per lb............  
“  H.H................... 
Twist  ..............  
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Boston Cream.........  ....  S44
Cat  Loaf.........................
Extra H.  H......................  6*

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644
744
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M IX ED   CANDY. Bbls
Standard......................................544
Leader......................................... 544
Royal.............................................(¡ft
Nobby.
English  Rock.............................. 7
Conserves.... ............................... 7
Broken Taffy....................baskets
Peanut Squares................. 
French Creams..............................
Valley  Creams......................... 
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Midget, 30 lb. baskets.....................................   844
Modern, SO lb. 

8844
9
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“  754

88

“ 
fancy—In bulk

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fancy—In 51b. boxes. 

Pails.
Lozenges, plain.............................................  844
printed..........................................  944
Chocolate Drops.............................................  12
Chocolate Monumentals...............................  1244
Gum Drops.....................................................  5
Moss Drops.....................................................  744
Sour Drops.....................................................  844
Imperials...................... .................................  10
Per Box
Lemon Drops................................................... 50
Sour Drops.......................................................50
Peppermint Drops..................................... 
60
Chocolate Drops...............................................75
H. M. Chocolate Drops.................................... bO
Gum Drops...................................................... 40
Licorice Drops..............................................1  00
A. B. Licorice  Drops.......................................80
Lozenges, plain................................................ 60
printed............................................65
Imperials..........................................................60
Mottoes.............................................................70
Cream Bar.....................  
56
Molasses Bar................................................... 55
Hand Made  Creams...................................85@95
Plain Creams....................................................80
Decorated Creams............................................90
String  Rock............................  
60
Burnt Almonds............................................1 00
Wintergreen  Berries....................................... 60
No. 1, wrapped, 2 lb. boxes..........................   34
51
 
No. 1, 
28
No. 2, 
 
3 25 
Choice 300...........................................
Extra choice 360................................
3 50
3 50
Extra fancy 300..................................
4 00
Extra fancy 360............................... .
O T H E R   FO R E IO N   F R U IT S .
Figs, fancy layers, 8k>.......................
@1244 @14 
......................  20ft......................
@15 
“  141b.......................
“  extra 
@7 
Dates, Fard, 10-lb.  box......................
“ 
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@ 544 
@  5
Persian, 50-lb.  box.................
“ 
@16
Almonds, Tarragona.........................
@15
Ivaca..................................
California.........................
@@9 
Brazils, new.......................................
Filberts.............................................
@11 @13 
Walnuts, Grenoble............................
French...............................
@10 
Calif...................................
@12 
Table Nuts,  fancy............................
@12 
choice..........................
@11 
Pecans. Texas, H.  P.,  ......... ............
@  744
Chestnuts............................  ...........
1  25
Hickory Nuts per bu.........................
4  00
Cocoanuts, full sacks.......................
Fancy, H.  P., Suns......... ..................
@  5 
“  Roasted...............
@ 644 
Fancy, H.  P., Flags..........................
@ 5 
“  Roasted...............
@ 644 @ 4 
Choice, H. P.,  Extras.......................
“  Roasted.............
@ 544

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The  Standard Oil  Co.  quotes  as  follows:

OILS.
B A R R E L S.

Eocene...................................................
XXX  W.  W. Mich.  Headlight..............
Naptha...................................................
Stove Gasoline.......................................
Cylinder..........................................27
E ngine............... ..................................13
Black, 15 cold  test................................
FROM   TA N K   WAGON.
Eocene 
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XXX  W. W.  Mich.  Headlight..............

Barbed Wire—This is  the  time  when 
everybody  wants  bis  wire  and,  conse­
quently,  the majority have to wait  until 
they get it. 
It Is impossible for the mills 
to fill all of their March orders as prompt­
ly as dealers  would 
like them  to.  The 
price remains firm,  while  a  number  of 
mills have  advanced  their  figures  $2  a 
ton.  We  quote  from  stock  $2.10  for 
painted and $2.50 for galvanized.

Window Glass—The  tide  has  turned 
and much better  figures  are  wanted  by 
the manufacturer.  Glass is certaluly be­
ing  sold at  a  loss,  and  the  result  is  a 
large  number  of  makers  have  dosed 
down; consequently,  the few  who  are  in 
operation decline to sell at the low prices 
ruling in  February.  We quote  glass  by 
the box at 85 per cent,  to  85  and  5,  ac­
cording t* specifications.

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POULTRY, 
Local dealers pay as follows:
Turkeys....................................
Chickens...................................
Fowls.........................................
Ducks......................................
Geese........................................
Turkeys.....................................
Chickens....................................
Fowl..........................................
Ducks........................................
Geese........................................
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Turkeys.....................................
Chickens...................................
Fowls........................................
Ducks........................................
Geese........................................

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644® 7 
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DISSOLUTION  NOTICE.

B e n d o n , Mich., March 9,1894.

The copartnership heretofore existing between 
H. H. and F. O. Pratt of  Bendon,  Mich.,  is  this 
day dissolved by mutual  consent.  F.  O.  Pratt 
will continue the business, pay all  bills and col­
lect all  accounts.
H. H. Pratt, 
F.  O. P ratt.

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