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Established 1876.

BROS.

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THE  OFFICE  KEY.

1 think the time has come when  some­
one should protest against the  departure 
of men in  the  prime  of  manhood.  We 
are promised three score  and  ten  years 
on this earth, and it strikes me as unwise 
to quit it before we  need  to.  There  is 
no necessity of a man  dying  before  that 
time,  as  a  general  rule,  unless  under 
special  circumstances  that  cannot  well 
be avoided,  such  as  a  railway accident, 
or  an epidemic,  although,  as far  as  that 
is  concerned,  both  accidents  and  epi­
demics are entirely our own fault.

America  is  the  country of  the young 
man.  There is  no  doubt  that  he  gets 
a  better  chance there than  in  any other 
country  in  the whole world.  Neverthe­
less,  I think that the young man  idea  is 
carried a trifle too far  in America,  when 
worthy citizens  insist on  dying  younger 
than is at all necessary.

In  England  the  people  have  not  got 
into  the  objectionable  habit  of  dying 
young.  England  is  a  country where  a 
good deal of  business  is  done,  probably 
quite as much as  in  the  United  States. 
Men make money in  England, some  for­
tunes  accumulated recently  being  quite 
large. 
England,  too,  has  the  bulk  of 
the commerce of the whole  world,  so, all 
in all,  it must be admitted that the  Eng­
lishman  understands  trade  and  knows 
how to make money.

What  is  the  reason,  then,  that  the 
American  man  of  business  wears  out 
so  quickly,  while  the  English  man  of 
business continues to live long and pros­
per? 
It cannot be  the  climate,  because 
the  English climate is admitted to be the 
worst  in  the  world;  so  we  must  look 
somewhere else for the cause of  this  un­
fortunate state of things.

say 

Americans 

they  do  business 
quicker  than  the  English  do.  Life  in 
New York and Chicago  and  other  large 
cities is kept up at a  high  pressure,  yet 
it must be admitted that the  interests  of 
the  whole  British Empire—which,  as  I 
have  remarked,  are  reasonably  wide­
spread—are  at  least as  important as the 
affairs of  a  dry goods  establishment  on 
Broadway.  But the man at the  head  of 
the dry goods house seems to  be  utterly 
worn out at 60 or thereabouts,  while Mr. 
Gladstone, who has  been  managing  the 
British Empire on  and  off  for  ever  so 
many years, is hale and hearty at 84.

I have given some little time to the  in­
vestigation of this subject and have come 
to the conclusion that  it  all  lies  in  the 
office  key.  The  British  office  key  is  a 
ponderous affair,  not  quite  as  large  as 
the key of a jail,  but it is  too  big  for  a 
man  to  carry  around 
in  his  pocket. 
Americans laugh at  it when  they see  it, 
and pull out their little slip of  glittering 
steel which represents the American key, 
but they do not  realize  the  significance 
of the ponderous iron key that opens the 
British  office  door. 
In  America  you 
snap to the door and it locks itself.  The 
slim  little piece of steel which forms  the 
key to the Yale lock  fits  easily  into  the 
vest  pocket,  and  you  close  your  door 
It therefore
without even taking it out. 

goes home with you and  its  influence  is 
over  you;  you think about business  and 
worry over it merely because  the  key  is 
in your pocket.  The vest hangs on your 
bedpost  at night  and  you cannot  get  to 
sleep because of  it.  The  demon  of  the 
office key is beside yon all night and yon 
try to think of solutions  to  your various 
office worries,  and so presently  insomnia 
becomes a fixed habit  and you go  to  the 
doctor about it.  He tells  you  to  march 
off  to the seaside or to the  mountains  or 
somewhere else.  But the  office  key  is 
with you wherever you go and  its  spirit 
dominates yonr  life,  and  so  you  break 
down when you are 50 or  60  or  70,  just 
at the time when a  man  ought  to  begin 
to  enjoy  spending  his  money. 
It  is 
no  use  flattering  yourselves  that  you 
do  more  business 
the  average 
Britisher does,  because  you don’t.  You 
do more  fussing and rushing and  worry­
ing.

than 

in 

Now  the British business man’s  office 
key, as I  have  said,  is  too  ancient  and 
clumsy for him to carry about with  him. 
He does not even  lock his door; he leaves 
that for the porter or the clerk to do, and 
as  the porter or the clerk has to open the 
door 
the  British 
business man does  not  bother  with  the 
key.  His  brow  clears  as  soon  as  he 
leaves  the office.  The  business cares of 
the  day  are  left  behind—the  key 
is 
not with him.  He has his  hour  for  de­
parting for his home in the  country, and 
he does not stay later.

the  morning, 

I  was up one afternoon in  the  private 
room of one of the largest  publishers  in 
London.  He  is  a  genial,  hearty  young 
fellow,  very much younger than I am,  as 
he is only 60 by English  count,  and I am 
over 40 by  American measurement.  We 
were discussing a matter  that  was  very 
much more important to him than to me. 
I had  come  there  to  oblige  him.  Sud­
denly there was  a light tap on the  door. 
The door opened, and a clerk’s  head was 
thrust in.  He said:  “Five  o’clock,  Mr. 
Blank.”  “Thank you,”  said Mr.  Blank, 
rising at  once;  his  day was  ended. 
It 
did not matter  who  was  there  or  what 
subject  was  being  discussed,  his  day 
ended when that clerk  put  in  bis  head 
and said,  “5 o’clock.”  As the  clerk was 
helping  him  on  with  his  overcoat,  he 
said to me:  “I’ll call around  to-morrow 
and  see  you  about  this.”  His hansom 
was waiting at the door  to  take  him  to 
the station, and in half an  hour he would 
be far  out  in  the  country.  He  has  a 
large place  and  many  acres,  about  half 
an hour from  London,  and  by  6  o’clock 
be  would  be among his  roses  or  potter­
ing in his  workshop,  where he  indulges 
a 
fad  for  mechanics.  On  Saturday 
he  does  not  come  to  town  at  all.  He 
tells  me  that  anything  pertaining  to 
business does not cross his mind after he 
gets  into  the hansom at  his  office  door. 
Nor  does  he  again  think  of  business 
until he enters his office  next morning.

Of course, this is accounted for by  the 
fact that  he does not take  his  office  key 
with him.

that  he  should 

A few years  ago  1  met  an  American 
over here who was nearly driven mad  by 
this habit of Englishmen not  thinking of 
business  out  of  office  hours.  He  was 
over here on very important affairs; some 
big schemes.  1  forget  for  the  moment 
just what  they were,  but it  was  vitally 
necessary 
interest  a 
prominent English  business  man in  the 
subject.  He  placed  all  the  arguments 
and papers before the business man,  and 
then took a dash over to  Paris.  He  set­
tled his business  in  Paris  on  the  keen 
jump, and got  back  to  London  on  Sat­
urday morning.  During the  forenoon of 
Saturday he did about two  weeks’  busi­
ness, jumping in  and  out  of  a  hansom, 
and polishing up things in  great  shape, 
for he was to sail  on  Monday.  His  last 
call was upon  the  business  man  that  I 
speak of.  The American  had  only  just 
time to snatch a  lunch  standing,  and  it 
was  after  2  o’clock  when  he  reached 
the  office of the man  whose  decision  he 
wanted.

“Gone, sir,” said the clerk.
“Gone where?” asked the American.
“He’s  gone  home,  sir,” answered  the 
clerk.
“What!  At  this  time  of  the  day?” 
asked the  American,  who had  forgotten 
all about the  British  half-holiday.

manner.

“Yes,” said  the  clerk  in  a  surprised 
“ Where does he live?” asked the Amer­

ican.

The clerk  told  him,  but  added:  “He 
won’t see you on business  at  his  home, 
sir.”

“Oh,  I’ll  see  about  that,”  said  the 
American,  and,  jumping  into  his  han­
som, he drove to the station  and  caught 
a train to the  country  place  where  the 
business man lived.  He found the place 
a magnificent establishment,  for the man 
was rich.  The American  met  a  cordial 
welcome, and the Englishman  concealed 
his surprise,  if he felt any,  at  the  unex­
pected visit.

“Oh, no, I haven’t come  to stay,” said 
the  American.  “I merely  want to know 
your decision on this  company  business; 
1 sail  for America on Monday.”

“Nonsense,”  said the  other.  “ You’ve 
never come down here  to  talk  business. 
Gome in and have a  glass  of  something 
to drink.  What will  you take?”

The American took  his  beverage,  and 
was then shown to  a  room  to  dress  for 
dinner.  He had no dress  suit with  him, 
but English hospitality does  not  stop  at 
a little matter like that, and there  was  a 
dress suit laid  out  for  him.  He  met  a 
number  of  nice  people  at  dinner,  and 
afterwards,  in  the  smoking-room,  there 
were many good  stories  told,  but  there 
was  no  chance  to  talk  business.  On 
Sunday 
the  ladies  carried  him  off  to 
church,  and he  had  the  opportunity  of 
hearing a good sermon, which he had not 
done  for  years  before. 
In  the  evening 
when he had to leave,  he  drew  his  host 
aside and said:  “I hate to talk  business 
on Sunday.”

“So  do  I,  my  boy,”  said  the  other; 
“therefore, don’t do it; it’s a bad practice. 
Good-bye.”

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'-I’M h:  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

SBBA.KING  O F   CBBBSB

It may be possible for a grocer  to  handle  poor  goods  in 
some  lines  without  suffering  material  loss  in trade,  but any 
attempt to palm off on a  customer  poor  butter  or  cheese  al­
most invariably results in a permanent loss  of trade. 
It is not 
always  possible  for  the  dealer  to  get  good butter,  but it is 
comparatively easy to  procure uniform cheese of good  quality, 
providing the dealer insists on  handling  the  standard  brand 
which  has been  longest identified with this market.

is a will there is a way,  and  if  the  peo­
ple of this country  are  determined  that 
its  wealth  shall  be  divided  in  small 
amounts among  a  multitude  of  owners 
instead of  being  concentrated  in  great 
masses in the  hands  of  corporations  or 
of individuals, they will find the means of 
accomplishing their purpose.

This antagonism  to  corporations  and 
to millionaire citizens has never  been  so 
vehemently manifested as it was  by Sen­
ator Voorhees of Indiana,  in  the  speech 
when he opened  the debate in  the Senate 
on the Wilson Tariff  bill.  First  he  de­
nounced 
the  manufacturers  who  had 
sought to have the bill modified  in  their 
interest as “arrogant, insolent,  and  dic­
tatorial,  and in some  instances  sinister, 
perfidious,  and dishonest,”  as  “incarna­
tions  of  human  selfishness,”  and  as 
“shams and betrayers of the  people  and 
the truth.”  Then,  in  advocating  the in­
come tax,  he  proceeded  to  pay  his  re­
spects to  owners  of  capital  in  general.
After this exordium  the  Senator went 
on to exult in the  fact  that  the  income 
tax,  if it  should  be  imposed,  would  be 
paid by only 85.000 out of the  65,000,000 
of the population of the  country, and  to 
claim  this  as  its  especial  merit.  He 
cited as  authority  for  his  estimate  the 
statement made by the  Commissioner  of 
Internal  Revenue  for  the  use  of  the 
Ways  and  Means  Committee  of 
the 
House,  and remarked upon it:
Sir,  these  figures  may  well  give  the 
country  pause.  They  recall  the  worst 
days of Rome, and of other governments, 
both ancient and modern,  whose liberties 
were lost by the accumulation and power 
of  wealth in  the hands of  patrician aris­
tocracies.  How small in number  is  the 
income class  in  the  United  States,  yet 
how  potent!  How  few  in  comparison 
with the great body  of  the  people,  but 
little more than one in  a  thousand,  yet 
how  aggressive  and  strong!  How  pre­
tentious,  how presumptuous in  dictation 
to the Government  in  regard  to  all  its 
policies, yet how  unpatriotic in the  hour 
of peril,  how mean in the face of  danger 
to the country!  The income class,  based 
upon the principal ownership of  the  en­
tire wealth of the country, is mainly  the 
illegitimate  offspring  of  Government 
paternalism  and  Government  support, 
yet neither gratitude nor love of country 
has  ever moved it to  respond  in  aid  of 
the Government in an hour of emergency 
and need.  From no other class could the 
payment of the whole pension  roll  be  re­
quired so justly.

Aud  away  the  American  had  to  go. 
On  his  steamer  he  found  a  telegram 
awaiting  him from the Englishman,  tell­
ing  him  that  he  had  carefully  looked 
into  the  affairs  of  the  company,  and 
would join  in  it  with  him.  The  tele­
gram  came from  his office,  and not  from 
the house.

The moral seems to be:  Lead a double 
life.  Let your business cares  be  locked 
in your office.  Go in for domestic pleas­
ures of some  kiud,  and  don’t  allow  the 
evil genius of the office  key to  dominate 
your lives,  and then  you will  “live  long 
und  be  happy,” as old  Rip Van  Winkle 
used to  say. 

Lu k e  S h a r p.

H ostility  to   A ccu m u la ted   W ealth .
The defeat of the Seigniorage  bill  has 
had a good  effect  upon  the  market  for 
the  new  issue  of  Government  bonds, 
which,  after selling at a  tritie  less  than 
cost  and  interest,  have  advanced  to  a 
price  at which  the  original  takers  can 
get out with a small  profit. 
It  has  also 
lead  to  a  considerable  buying  of  first- 
class bonds  and  stocks  for  foreign  ac­
count,  which has stimulated a  like  buy­
ing by investors on this  side  of  the  At­
lantic.  With money offered in increasing 
abundance at 1  per cent,  per  annum  on 
call,  and at 2 and 3 per cent,  per  annum 
on  time,  the  attractions  of  securities 
promising 
and 5  per  cent,  are  very 
great,  while  nothing  but  timidity  pre­
vents an active speculation for a  rise  in 
the  less  valuable  class  of  investments. 
A feeling,  however,  prevails about  most 
of these that too little  is  yet  known  in 
regard to them to justify  their  purchase 
at  present  prices.  The  recently  pub­
lished  report  of  the  General  Electric 
Company  shows  how  even  the  astute 
managers of that concern were  deceived, 
a year ago, in their estimate of its  finan­
cial condition.  They  supposed  that  its 
common stock was  worth  over  par  and 
so informed their friends.  Now it  turns 
out  that  its  capital  was 
impaired  by 
nearly 40 per  cent.,  and  it  is  doubtful 
whether its common stock is  even worth 
its apparent value of CO per  cent, on the 
books.  National  Cordage  is  in  a  like 
situation.  When its  reorganization was 
first  proposed  last  summer,  its  assets 
were  appraised  by  experts  at  some 
$13,750,000  above  its 
liabilities,  but 
when a few months later a sale  of  them 
was made to the  United  States  Cordage 
Company,  their  net  value  was  put  at 
only  $5,000,000.  The  shrinkage  in  re­
ceipts,  and, consequently in net earnings 
of  the  railroads,  not  only  at  the West, 
but right here close to New York, and of 
such lines as the Pennsylvania,  the Erie, 
the Long Island, and the New  York  and 
New Haven,  has been equally  great,  and 
necessarily diminishes the  desire  of  in­
vestors to buy into their ownership.

Quite  as  discouraging,  however, 

to 
purchasers  of  corporation  stocks  and 
bonds should be the hostility  manifested 
to all such forms of investment  by  Con­
gress and  State  Legislatures, as well  as 
by the courts.  Thus, the judge  in  Chi­
cago who decided that  the Whisky Trust 
was an illegal  monopoly,  based  his  de­
cision  upon  the  broad  ground  that  all 
large  accumulations  of  property  and 
power by corporations are  dangerous  to 
the  public welfare  and  should  be  pre­
vented by the  law. 
It  is  true  that  the 
Whisky Trust may,  like the Sugar  Trust 
and  the  Standard  Oil  Trust,  devise  a 
scheme  for  carrying  on  its  operations 
which cannot be upset,  but  where  there

This  brand  has  stood  the test of time and is universally 
conceded  to  lead  all  other  full  cream  brands in  uniformity, 
richness and  general  excellence.
B a l l -Barnhart-Butman Co.

We  have  obtained  a  limited  quantity of the admission 
tickets  left after the close of the World’s Fair and  offer  them 
as souvenirs of the great event as follows:

Original  set of four tickets......................25 cents
Complete set  of ten tickets......................50 cents
The  tickets  were  especially  engraved  for  the  World’s 
Fair by the American  Bank  Note  Company  and  the  plates 
were destroyed  as soon as the editions were printed, so  that on 
duplicates can ever be obtained.  The tickets bear portraits of 
Columbus, Handel,  Franklin,  Washington  and  Lincoln  and 
will  soon  be worth  many times their present cost as souvenirs 
of  the  Fair.  We control  the sale of these tickets in  Western 
Michigan  and  are  prepared  to  offer  the usual  discount  to 
the  trade

Tradesman Company,

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

It is not necessary here to demonstrate 
the emptiness of this frantic  talk,  and  1 
quote it merely  to  show  what  is  going 
on in the minds of men as  high  in  posi­
tion as Senator  Voorhees.  He  has  un­
doubtedly  reason  to  suppose  that  the 
sentiments  he  expressed  will  find  a 
hearty response,  not  only  from  his  im­
mediate constituents,  but in  other  quar­
ters. 
It is time that the rich men of this 
part of the country,  most  of whom  have 
accumulated their  riches  by  their  own 
exertions,  and who,  so  far  from  “ look­
ing  out  upon  the  poor, 
toiling 
world as if from a  fortified  castle,”  are 
themselves the hardest of toilers and  the 
most exposed to the  assaults  of  ill  for­
tune,  knew  how  they  are  regarded  by 
the  multitudes  of whom  Senator  Voor­
hees  is  the  spokesman.  The  proposed 
tax of  2  per  cent,  on  their  incomes  is 
but the entering wedge. 
If it is imposed 
now, the same majority  which imposes  it 
may increase it from year to year until,  as 
Mr. Voorhees suggests,  it  may  be  made 
to yield the whole pension roll  of  $100,- 
000,000,  and,  instead  of  being  collected 
from  85,000  citizens,  it  may  be  levied 
| upon only 8,500 or less.  Thus,  upon  in'

tired, 

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,

comes above $10,000 the rate  of  the  tax | 
might be made 10  per  cent., upon  those 
of  $50,000  and  over  50  per  cent.,  and! 
upon all above $100,000 it might  be 90 or 
even 100 per cent.  Once  admit, too, the 
principle  contended  for,  that  the  pro­
prietors of accumulated  wealth  are pub­
lic enemies,  and the confiscation of  their 
entire possessions becomes as rightiul as 
that of their incomes.

Of  course,  it  is  improbable  at  this 
moment that so wholesale a spoliation of 
the owners of large wealth as that which 
1 have suggested  will ever be  attempted, 
but it is not impossible,  and  timely  pre­
cautions should be taken  against  it. 
If 
the rich men  of  this  country  expect  to 
secure their riches  against  depredations 
like that for which the proposed  income 
tax  will  establish  the  precedent,  they 
will have to enlist on  their  side  the  in­
telligence and the  moral  sense  of  their 
fellow citizens,  for,  when  the sentiments 
expressed  by  Senator  Voorhees  become 
those of  the  majority,  they  will  be  as 
helpless  to  resist  them as  were  the no­
bility of France to resist  the  revolution­
ists of the last century.

The nation at large is no less interested 
in combating  the  error  that  accumula­
tions of wealth are dangerous to  its  wel­
fare.  Senator  Voorhees, 
in  asserting 
that the liberties of Rome, or of any other 
country,  were  lost  by  such  agencies, 
says that which is not true. 
It  was  not 
a rich patrician  aristocracy which  over­
threw the Roman republic,  but  military 
power  wielded  by  successful  generals. 
Greece  fell  a  prey  to  internal  dissen­
sions  which  paralized her  resistance  to 
foreign  aggression.  Twice  within  a 
century  has  a  republic  in  France  suc­
cumbed,  not 
to  an  aristocracy  of  any 
sort,  but to poor  but  unscrupulous  and 
ambitious  adventurers.  On  the  other 
hand, there is  no  case  on  record  of  a 
people  enslaved  by  mere  money  grub­
bers.  The amassing of wealth is  incom­
patible, by its very nature,  with  the  ac­
quisition  of  political  supremacy.  The 
man whose whole  mind  is  given  to  his 
business has no leisure for anything else. 
Nor can he succeed without at  the  same 
time benefiting his  fellow  men.  Of the 
usefulness  of  masses  of  capital  skill­
fully employed,  to  develop  the  natural 
resources of a country, too  many  proofs 
are visible around us to permit  a  doubt. 
Our railroads, our  great  manufactories, 
our  banks  and  other  financial  institu­
tions,  and  the  numerous  corporations 
fostered by  State  laws  for  the  express 
purpose  of  combining  under  a  single 
management 
little  amounts  of  wealth 
which separately  would  be  useless,  all 
attest the beneficent results  of  that  ag­
gregation  of  capital  which  Senator 
Voorhees denounces. 
If all  such aggre­
gations  are  to  be  prevented  either  by 
confiscation  under the guise  of  taxation 
or by statutes  making  them  illegal  the 
material progress of the country  will  be 
brought to a standstill.

Ma t t h e w   Ma r sh a l l.

R everie o f a  L ead P encil.

to-day 

I heard a preacher say,  not  long  ago, 
that  what  the  world  needs 
is 
men  of  power;  men  who have a definite 
purpose in life;  who have the courage  of 
their  convictions;  who  cannot  be  dis­
couraged by obstacles nor intimidated by 
opposition.  The  preacher  was  right. 
The trouble  with most  men  is  they  are 
too much like the old-fashioned blunder­
buss—they  scatter.  There  is  not  the

necessary  concentration  of  energy.  1 
suppose you  know it is possible to take a 
piece  of  ice  and,  by  shaping  it  like a 
convex  lens, get heat  enough by  concen­
trating  the  rays  of  the  sun  to  start  a 
fire. 
It  is  concentration  that  does  it. 
It is just so with a  man.  He  need  notI 
be very much of a man,  and he need  not I 
have a great amount of  energy  or  large j 
business capacity—if he will only concen-1 
trate what he has upon some  one object, 
he is almost certain to succeed.  This re­
minds me of a conversation  I  overheard 
the  other  day. 
Said  one  man  to  the 
other,  “There is no money in the grocery 
business, at least  for  me. 
I  have  been 
in it twelve years and I am not  $100  bet­
ter off now than  when I started. 
I don’t 
understand it.”  He  reminded me of the 
Irishman who said that he  came  to  this 
country fifteen years ago without  a  cent 
to his name and had  held  his  own  ever 
since.  Do  you  know  what  ailed  that 
man ?  1  don’t  mean 
the  Irishman,  1 
mean the grocer whose  twelve  years  of 
business had left him-as  poor as when he 
started.  He  had  worked  hard  in  his 
younger days,  saved a little  money  and 
started a grocery because he  thought  he I 
would  have  an  easier  time  of  it  and 
make money faster.  He had an  idea that 
all he had to do was to  rent  a  building, 
put  in  a  few  staples,  and  customers 
would dock to his counter like dies to  an 
empty sugar  hogshead.  Well,  he  tried 
it and the customers  did not  dock  and— 
he  has  held  his  own  ever  since.  The 
trouble  with  this  man,  who is one of a 
thousand or more,  is that he lacked  con­
centration. 
It  never  occurred  to  him 
that he had  anything to do  but stand be­
hind the counter and wait  on  customers 
and take their money,  and grow  rich  on 
the profits; and,  when the  customers  did 
not come, he walked about the store with 
bis hands in his pockets,  brushing down 
the cobwebs and occasionally dusting  off 
the glass fronts of his cracker boxes.  He 
put no thought  into  his  business.  The 
nearest he came to thinking was to  won 
der why customers  seemed to be  so  shy. 
The  man  who  does  business—grocery j 
business or any  other—must get out  and 
hustle for it; if he gets it in any other way 
he  ought  to  put  himself  on  exhibition 
and tell bow it was done.  He must think 
about his  business—not  merely  wonder 
why  people  do  not  buy  his  goods,  but 
plan and scheme how to draw  customers 
into  his  store;  and,  when  they  are  in, 
plan  to  keep  them  there.  Then  if  he 
doesn’t succeed-but there is no if about it, 
he will succeed.  My advice to that man, 
or any other man in his  condition,  is  to 
sell out and go  at  something  else—saw­
ing wood,  for  instance.  He  will  make 
more money,  his food  will  digest  better 
and,  altogether,  he  will  be a much  hap­
pier and more useful  man. 
if  he  stays 
in the grocery business people  will  soon 
forget that he ever  lived. 
I know I am 
called a hard  pencil,  and  what  I  have 
said  may  seem  somewhat  severe,  but 
when I see a man  wasting  his time in the 
grocery  business  when  he  has  hardly 
ambition or energy enough to  take  him­
self  in  out  of  the  rain,  it  gives  one 
(p) lumbago.  T hatisthew ay  it  strikes 
me;  but then, I am

On l y  a   Le a d  P e n c il.

F ran k   A ck n o w led g m en t.

Uncle George—I trust, Henry, that you 
are out of debt?
Henry—No,  I haven’t got quite  so  far | 
as that,  but I am out of about everything 
else.

8
We have the best line of roasted c o f f e e s  
in  the  West,  carefully  selected 
from the leading roasting  estah- 

m  lishments in the country.

If  you  want  to  wear diamonds handle 
our coffees.  A.11 packed in  5 0  lb. 
tin cans, with latest improved lid 
of our own invention•

J e w e ll’s  A r a b ia n   M och a,
J e w e ll’s  O ld  G o v e rn m e n t J a v a ,
J e w e ll’s O ld  G o v e rn m e n t J a v a   a n d  M och a, 
W e lls ’ P e r fe ctio n  J a v a ,
W e lls ’ J a v a   a n d   M och a,
W e a v e r ’s  B len d ,
Id eal  G old en   R io ,
C ru sh ed  J a v a   an d   M och a.

O ur  N e w   L in e  o f

Un derw ea r 
H o siery  
G lo v es  and 
M itts

Is C o m p lete.

come and  see us.

Will be pleased to send  samples  to  anyone  who  cannot 
P.  5teketee  & Sons,

83  Monroe  St.

To Clothing  Merchants.—-

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.
Write our Michigan agent, WM.  CONNOR,  box 346,  Marshall,  Mich.,  to  call 
upon  you  at  any  time,  or  meet  him  at  Sweet’s Hotel,  Grand Rapids,  Mich., on 
Wednesday,  Thursday and  Friday,  April  25, 26  and 27.  Customer’s expenses al­
lowed.  Mail orders promptly attended to.  E sta b lis h e d   37  y e a rs .

Michael  Kolb  &  Son, J S L

ROCHESTER,  N.  T.

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ABOUND  THE  STATE.

MOVEMENTS  OF  MERCHANTS.

Detroit—August May succeeds  Eisman 

& May in the boot and shoe business.

Plymouth—L. C. Cobb  succeeds  Char­
lotte  E. Passage in  the grocery business.
Morenci—F. R. Dengate succeeds Balch 

Dengate in the bakery  business.

Saginaw—John Gaensbauer,  boot  and 

shoe dealer of this place,  is dead.

Grass  lake—Lord  &  McGee  succeed 

G.  C.  Lord & Co.  in general trade.

Kalkaska—E.  M.  C olson  succeed s W. 

F. Stewart in the drug  business.

Lexington—A. W.  Monroe has sold his 

grocery business to John C.  Monroe.

Clarksville—Ed.  A.  Rising  succeeds 

N.  EL Caverly in the harness business.

Detroit—Wm.  11.  Hart  has  sold  his 

baking business to John E.  Kindree.

Grand  Haven—John  Fisher  succeeds 
Wm.  Van Schelven in the meat  business.
Morrice—T. S.  Martin  succeeds  Allen 

Jk, Clark in the hardware  business.

Reed City—Wm. Curtis, dealer in  soft 

drinks,  is succeeded by B.  T. Curtis.

Hudson—Harry Whitbeck has opened a 

dry goods and grocery  store.

Caledonia—Aaron  Bechtel  has  pur­
chased  the drug  stock of Frank Hecox & 
Co.

New Lathrop—Gillett  &  Zeigler  suc­
ceed D.  W.  Gillett  in  the  grocery  bus­
iness.

Camden—W.  W.  Crofoot 

succeeds 
Campbell & Neufang  in the  grocery  and 
boot and shoe business.

Camden—Rowe  &  McDonald  have 
sold  their  meat  business  to  Hickox  & 
Blaney.

Iron wood—Meyer  Glassner  has 

re­
moved his clothing business to  Biwabik, 
Minn.

Calumet—Muckala  &  Nordstrom  suc- 
„ceed  Johnson,  Nordstrom  &  Co.  in  the 
grocery  business.

Hart—Alverson  &  Thompson,  hard­
ware  dealers,  have  dissolved,  Geo.  Al­
verson succeeding.

Manton—Dennis Bros,  have  sold their 
sawmill to  Truman  Bros.,  of  Reed City, 
who will continue the business.

Blissfield—The  dry  goods  and  boot 
and shoe stock of Warren  & Co.  has been 
closed  under chattel mortgage.

Shelby—Peck  &  Harrison,  handle 
manufacturing,  have  dissolved,  Har­
rison <& Abraham succeeding.

Portland — R.  Rutton  has  sold  his 
general  stock to the  Portland  Grocery  & 
Fruit Co.

Ishpeming—Wm.  Jenkins 

succeeds 
John Mugfur  in  the  confectionery  and 
notion business.

Owosso—Geo.  H.  Graham  has  pur­
chased the  wholesale  and  retail  tobacco 
and cigar business of M.  C.  Dawes.
Hillsdale—Cole  &  Cortright 
their  grocery  business 

have 
merged 
into  a 
corporation under the style of  the  Cole- 
Dibble & Cortright Co.

Muskegon—The 

chattel  mortgage, 
amounting  to  $737.90,  on  the  boot  and 
shoe stock of Soderberg & Donaldson has 
been discharged.

Sitka—H.  F.  Crawford  has  sold  his 
grocery stock  to  B.  R.  Miller,  who  will 
continue the business at  the  same  loca­
tion.

Plainwell—A.  H.  Dodge  is  succeeded 
by Goss & Robinson  in the furniture and 
undertaking business  at  this place.  Mr. 
Dodge  will  remove to  Delton,  the former 
location  of  Goss  &  Robinson,  and  con­
tinue the business of that brm.

TEDE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,

Cheboygan—A.  Eberhart has  removed 
his candy,  fruit,  cigar and tobacco  stock 
to 20  Main street,  where he will continue 
business.

Kalamazoo—Gardner  T.  Eames,  man­
ufacturer of  machinery,  has  merged  his 
business  into  a  corporation  under  the 
style of the G.  T.  Eames  Co.

Pearle—Geo.  H. Smith  has  purchased 
the  Robert  Rouse  grocery  stock  from 
Kidd,  Dater &  Co.,  of  Benton  Harbor, 
and consolidated it with his own.

Cheboygan—I.  S.  Bier  has  leased  the 
De Gowin store and will remove  his  dry 
goods and notion stock from  Cadillac  to 
this  place.

Hastings—S.  E. Phillips has sold a half 
interest  in  his  grocery  stock  to  H.  M. 
Erb.  The  new  firm  will  be  known  as 
Phillips & Erb.

Plainwell— C.  D.  Weeks  has  sold  his 
interest in the bakery  business of  Richt- 
meyer & Weeks to his  partner,  who will 
continue  the  business  at  the  corner  of 
Main and Grant streets.

Lansing—A.  C.  Bauer & Co.  have pur­
chased  the  Homer D.  Luce  drug  stock. 
This  stops  the  cutting  of  prices  on 
patents,  which has demoralized the trade 
of this place for the last few months.

Hudson—C.  C.  Case  has  charge  of 
Brown & Stowell’s  branch  store  at Wal­
dron.  The firm  will carry  lines  of  gro­
ceries and  boots and  shoes  at Waldron, 
the dry goods having been brought  back 
to Hudson.

Lansing—C.  M.  W.  Blakeslee  &  Co. 
have purchased the drug stock  of  H.  J. 
Hudnutt and will continue  the  business 
at the same location.  Messrs.  Blakeslee 
& Co.  also conduct a drug store  at  Sagi­
naw.

Plainwell—J. H.  Clement, with Brown- 
son «& Rankin, Kalamazoo, has exchanged 
his interest  in  the  brick  store  occupied 
by Estes  &  Co.,  grocers,  together  with 
two lots on  Main street,  for S.  B. Smith’s 
interest in  the  dry goods firm of Smith  & 
Co.  The new  firm has  not  yet been de­
cided upon.  Mr. Clement  will  not go on 
the road,  as he expected.

Detroit— The late  jewelry  firm  of  F. 
G.  Smith,  Sons & Co.  has been  reorgan­
ized  under  the  corporate  style of  F.  G. 
Smith  &  Sons,  with  a  capital  stock  of 
$50.000,  fully paid in.  The stock  is held 
as follows:  Frank G.  Smith, 3,500 shares; 
Mira  J.  Smith,'1,000  shares;  Frank  G. 
Smith,  Jr.,  500  shares.  Articles  of  as­
sociation  were filed with the county clerk 
Saturday.

Wayland—C.  C.  Deane  will  shortly 
open  a  clothing  store  here  under  the 
style  of  F.  Deane,  his wife.  Mr.  Deane 
recently failed  in  the  clothing  business 
at  Woodland,  but  T h e  T r a d e sm a n 
believes that the failure was due entirely 
to the  perfidy  of  one  creditor,  coupled 
with the prolonged illness  of Mr.  Deane, 
during which time  the  panic  came upon 
the country.  T he T r a d e sm a n bespeaks 
for him,  in  his  second  attempt,  the suc­
cess to  which  his  energy and  experience 
entitle him.

Ionia—The  Chas.  W.  Stone  dry goods 
stock  was bid in  at chattel  mortgage sale 
by J.  L.  Hudson  at 56 Ji  per  cent,  of  in­
ventory  value,  which  was  $14,590.05. 
The  sale  was  on  the  mortgage  of  B. 
Bischof’s Sons, of  Cincinnati,  subject  to 
prior  mortgages  to  the  Ionia  County 
Savings Bank and Strong,  Lee  &  Co.  for 
$3,000 each.  Bidders were present  from 
Detroit,  Grand  Rapids,  Jackson,  Char- 
| lotte,  Fenton  and  Rockford,  111. 
It  is

understood that  the  purchaser  will  re­
move the stock to  Detroit.

Muskegon—Louis  Christianson, grocer 
at the corner of  Iona and Arthur streets, 
is preparing to  erect a brick  block, cost 
ing  about  $3,500. 
It  will  include  two 
store buildings,  two stories  high,  front­
ing on  Iona street,  which will  be joined 
as  one  building, 
the  deviding  wall 
extending  to  the  second  floor.  The  di­
mensions of  the stores will  be 30x60 feet, 
running back to the alley.  The  ceilings 
of the first  floor  will  be  12  feet,  while 
those of the second  floor  will be  14 feet. 
At the rear of the  present  store  will  be 
erected a store  building 20x20 feet.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Detroit—H.  M.  Kittle  &  Co.  succeed 
Wm.  Brown & Co.  in the manufacture of 
trunks,  etc.

Grand  Haven — The  Globe  Match 
Works,  owned  and  conducted  by  local 
stockholders,  is behind in orders.  Over­
tures for purchase are  being  made  con­
tinually  by  the  Diamond  Match  Com­
pany.

Manistee—The Canfield  Salt  &  Lum­
ber  Co.  is  trying  an  experiment  with 
firing  its  salt  block  with  wood,  which 
may result in a longer run than has here­
tofore been possible. 
It  is  bringing  in 
cull hardwood from its  logging  road  in 
carload lots and  is  making  steam  with 
that,  keeping a strict account of  the  ex­
pense,  and will be able to decide whether 
or not it will  be a paying operation.

Flint—The  veteran  lumber  company 
of Begole,  Fox  &  Co.  has  gone  out  of 
business,  the  partnership  having  been 
dissolved April  7.  The firm began  busi­
ness twenty-seven years ago,  and  retired 
from active business  in  1887,  when  the 
old Begole sawmill was  sold,  after  hav­
ing been in operation  more than  a  score 
of years, converting  200,000,000  feet  of 
logs, valued at  $3,000,000  or  more,  into 
lumber.  For years the firm held a  lead­
ing place in  lumber  manufacturing  cir­
cles in Michigan,  and it goes out  of bus­
iness with  about  $14,000 in  outstanding 
accounts on its books.

Manistee—Shingles  are  beginning  to 
move  a  little  better  and  a  number  of 
sales  have  been  recorded  during 
the 
week.  We  are  also  beginning  to  ship 
shingles quite freely by  rail.  One  man 
takes the entire cut of one  mill  for  rail 
shipment  and  also  buys  quite  freely 
from others of the makers at  this  point. 
At one of  the  mills  recently  they  said 
they had orders  for  forty  carloads  and 
that it was making them  hustle  to  keep 
up  with the demand.  One  would  think 
that  in  these  poor  times  the  railroads 
would make  every  effort  to  keep  their 
patrons supplied  with  cars when  every 
pound  of  freight  counts,  but  shippers 
say that they have great difficulty in get­
ting all the cars they want.

Saginaw—The abominably bad weather 
of the past month has had  a  dampening 
effect  on  trade  and  general  business. 
Sawmills are  starting up  and  lumber  is 
beginning  to  accumulate  on 
the  mill 
docks again,  with  a  comparatively  slow 
outward movement.  Of course, business 
is better than it was during  the  last  six 
months of  1893 and the earlier months of 
the present  year,  but it is by  no manuer 
of means  satisfactory in  volume.  While 
there is a manifest  decline  in  prices  in 
most lines as compared  with a year  ago, 
yet  dealers  who  come  here  insist  that 
stocks are held too  high  and  that  they 
can buy  to better advantage  on the Lake

Huron shore  and  in  the  Lake  Superior 
district. 
It is presumed  that when  they 
get there they indulge in  the  same  song 
and dance.  All things  point  to  an  ex­
ceptionally dull cargo trade  in  this  dis­
trict,  but  as  the  bulk  of  the  stock  is 
handled  in  the  car  trade,  the  effect  of 
slow  sales in the cargo  trade  is  not  the 
matter of  moment it  might  be  in  other 
localities.

T he  W h e a t  M ark et.

As was predicted last week,  prices  re­
ceded during the week to almost  as  low 
a  level  as  they  have  been on this crop. 
The reasons therefor  are  several:  The 
visible  supply  decreased  only  a  very 
small amount, and the  world’s supply of 
flour and  wheat has decreased only about 
4,500,000  since  March 
i,  1894.  The 
weather affecting the  winter  wheat  belt 
was as fine as could be expected.  Owing 
to the foregoing situation  the  longs  lost 
all  faith  in  any  near-by  advance,  and 
there  was  quite  a  free  movement  all 
along the line  from  farmers’  deliveries 
as well as from the railroads,  as  the pre­
vious  week the millers  received  seventy- 
one car loads,  which means  that the way 
cars  are  loaded  with  nearly  50,000 
bushels of wheat.  The past week,  how­
ever,  there  were  only  about  forty  cars 
received,  but  wheat  is  low—lower, 
in 
fact,  than cost of production—and it will 
only  be a short time  before  the  natural 
laws of  supply  and  demand  will  exert 
themselves and lift  wheat  from  the  low 
it  has  been  for  the  last  eight 
level 
months. 
It may take  a  little  while,  as 
the present week  will not show  much of 
a decrease in  the  visible  supply,  prob­
ably between 250,000 to  500,000  bushels. 
There are,  also,  other factors which  will 
count,  so far as  this  immediate  locality 
is  concerned,  and  probably  this  State. 
While it is  claimed  there  was  only  ten 
per  cent, 
less  acreage  seeded  to  fall 
wheat,  1 think  twenty  per  cent,  less  is 
more  correct;  then  the  stand  on  heavy 
soil is very poor, owing to  its being win­
ter killed,  and on  good  sandy  land  the 
stand does not appear nearly as  good  as 
in  1893 at this time.  So much for winter 
wheat.  The spring wheat section—Min­
nesota,  North  and  South  Dakota—will 
be  quite  a  percentage  behind  acreage, 
owing to the low prices ruling,  and,  also, 
to the late blizzard,  which made  seeding 
too late;  so,  taking  all  things  into  ac­
count,  it  looks  as  though  the  farmers 
will get more remunerative prices before 
long.  All that  is  needed is a little more 
backbone,  and  a  determination  not  to 
throw ail  the  wheat  on  the  market  at 
once to depress prices.

C.  G.  A.  V oigt.

An idle tongue is one that  is  busy  all 

the time.

HEADS

NO  C U R E, 
NO  PAY. 

NO  M U S T A C H E .
NO  PAY.

D AN D RUFF  CU RED .

( will take Contracts to grow hair on the head 
or  face with  those  who  can  call  at  my office or 
it  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 cure.  Call  and  be examined  free of 
charge.  If  you cannot  call,  write to me.  State 
iho exact  condition of  the scalp and your occu- 
7itt~n 
’'« a  iUU Masonic Temoie. Ctucaon

PROP.  G.  IIIKKHOI.Z,

GRAND  RA PID S  GOSSIP.

L.  Henderson  has  removed  his  cloth­
ing  and  men’s  furnishing  goods  stock 
from Holland to this city,  locating at 142 
Ellsworth  avenue.

J.  E.  Doty, jeweler  at 59  South  Divi­
sion street, has purchased the drug stock 
of Fred E.  Cross,  at  557 South  Division 
street, and removed it to his  present  lo­
cation.

H. K.  Lanning succeeds  H. Schultz  in 
the  grocery  business  at  9  Grandviile 
avenue.  Mr.  Shultz  has  re-engaged  in 
the  grocery  business  at  113  Stockiug 
street.

Jas. Ilamacher,  grocer  at  Reed  City, 
has removed to  Boon  and  added  a  gen­
eral stock of  goods.  Rindge,  Kalmbach 
& Co.  furnished the boots and  shoes  and 
Wm. Barie & Son the  dry goods.

The Michigan Bark &  Lumber  Co.,  at 
its annual meeting  last week, elected N. 
B. Clark,  W.  D.  Wade  and  Clarence  U. 
Clark directors of the  corporation.  The 
directors  subsequently  elected  the  fol­
lowing officers:  President,  N.  B.  Clark; 
Vice-President,  W.  D.  Wade;  Secretary 
and Treasurer, C.  U.  Clark.

John N. Faulkner and  Fred  B.  Aldrich 
have formed a copartnership,  under  the 
style of Faulkner  &  Aldrich,  as  whole­
sale lumber  dealers,  with  headquarters 
in the Michigan Trust Co.  building.  Mr. 
Faulkner has been in the lumber business 
for  the  past  twelve  years,  being for a 
portion of that time  associated  with  W. 
O.  Hughart,  Jr.  The  firm  will  make a 
specialty of hardwood lumber.

It is  reported  that  Mr.  Wagner,  the 
Detroit baker,  has leased  the premises at 
502 South  Division  street,  formerly  oc­
cupied by Chas.  S.  Jandorf, and  will  put 
in a line of machinery  for  the  manufac­
ture of  bread by steam, retailing a  pound 
loaf for 5 cents.  Mr.  Wagner had a lively 
contest with the bakers’  union of Detroit 
some months ago, resulting  in  a  humili­
ating surrender on the part of the  union.
Big turkeys are no  longer  wanted  by 
merchants.  Few buyers will  take  large 
birds,  excepting  some  hotels  and  res­
taurants  and  they  are  better  pleased 
with two small  birds than one large  one. 
A  few  years  ago  large 
turkeys  were 
sought,  but  they  are  no  longer wanted 
by  anybody.  When  making  plans  for 
this year growers should  remember  this 
and aim for small,  plump  birds  of  good 
color and firm meat.

The  Grand  Rapids  Pharmaceutical 
Society  met in  the  office  of  the  Hazel- 
tine & Perkins  Drug  Co.  on  Wednesday 
evening.  April  11.  The  meeting  was 
called  to  consider  the  "Detroit  Plan.” 
After a lengthy discussion  the  Plan  was 
unanimously adopted  by  the  Society as 
being  the  best  scheme  yet  devised  for 
abating the cutting evil.  Every member 
present  pledged his hearty  support  and 
co-operation to make the  Plan a success. 
The meeting was one of the  largest  and 
most enthusiastic ever held,  and  the  ac­
tion  taken  will  do  much,  not  only  to 
stiffen the backbone of the weaker  mem­
bers,  but  to encourage all  in  the  main­
tenance of full  prices,  leaving  the  work 
of dealing with the cutter  in  the  hands 
of the manufacturers and  jobbers.

stores,” said a  merchant  the  other  day. 
"Men who are strict with other  men  are 
easy enough to find;  but the  strictest  of 
them fall a  prey to  tenderness  and  gal­
lantry where  the women under them  are 
concerned.  The  saleswomen  loaf  and 
gather in groups  to  gossip,  they  neglect 
customers and  are  even  rude  to  them, 
and  do  a  hundred  things  for  which  a 
floor walker would report persons  of  his 
own  sex.  But  when  it  comes  to  dis­
ciplining the girls  and  women,  the  same 
floor  walker  grows  gentle  and  weak, 
even to the  point  of  damaging  the  rep­
utation and  business of  a great  house.”

G ripsack  B rigade.

Wm.  Connor  (Michael  Kolb  &  Son) 
was in town last week,  as  usual,  accom­
panied  by  the  same  bland  smile  which 
he carries  with him on state occasions.

S.  B.  Smith,  formerly  engaged  in  the 
dry goods  business  at  Plainwell  under 
the style of Smith & Co.,  has  engaged to 
travel  for the Lamb Knit  Goods  Co.,  of 
Colon, covering the  trade  of  the  Lower 
Peninsula.

The order of  the  L.  P.  A.  is  growing 
beyond the expectations or  intentions  of 
its  founders.  Downey  (Grand  Haven) 
took  up  the  work  last  week,  without 
leave  or  license,  and  succeeded  in  es­
tablishing  flourishing  lodges  at  several 
lake  shore  towns.  Cass  Bradford,  who 
is about  the last  man  who  would  be  sus­
pected of invoking the assistance of such 
an  order,  has  been  promoted  to  major 
general in  the ranks.

T he  D ry  G oods  M arket.

Challies in cotton,  half-wool  and  all- 
wool,  in  black  and  cream  grounds,  are 
in  good  demand.  Prices  range  from 
4@21c.

Wash goods are selling well.
Cottons are low in price  and  not  sell­
ing as well  as  they  should  at  the  low 
price.

Crinkle  seersuckers,  formerly  sold at 
10c, are now going  freely at 7)^@8c—all 
new patterns.

Good sales on  hosiery  and  underwear 
are reported during the  past two  weeks.
ad­

silesias 

have 

and 

Cambrics 
c.

vanced 

Indigo and gold,  indigo  and  blue,  and 
indigo and  red  prints are  still  being  of­
fered at 4>gC and light prints at 3%c.  At 
these  prices 
there  should  be  a  large 
trade in  the next week or two.
T he  D rug M arket.

Gum opium is dull and  lower.
Morphia is unchanged.
Quinine  is study.
Alcohol declined  to $2.03 net  per  gal­
lon in  barrels,  owing  to  a  lively  scrap 
between  Fuller  &  Fuller  Co.  and  Yor- 
rison,  Plummer & Co.  As this price was 
considerably  below  cost, 
the  cut  did 
not last but a few  days,  when  the differ­
ence  was  adjusted  and 
the  following 
prices agreed upon:
Barrels............................................... 
#2  17
V4  barrels.................... ':................................   2 22
10 gallon lots.........................................................   2 25
5 gallon  lots.........................................................   2 27
All less 5 cents  per gallon  for  cash in 

10 days.
F irst  C ost  a  Trifle  M ore,  B ut  T h en -—
What you  want  is  permanency.  You 
don’t  want  to  be  annoyed  by  a  leaky 
roof.  The Porter block  cost  $5  for  re­
pairs in  16 years.  We  roofed it.  H.  M. 
Reynolds & Son.

‘‘To get a good  floor  walker  who  will 
keep  saleswomen  in order is the hardest 
task of  the  men who  keep  the  big  city

Facts placed prominently to  the  front 
on the last page of cover by The  Putnam 
Candy Co.

T H I S   M T C T Î I G ^ l S r   T I i A X > E 8 M A ] S r .

S a tu rd a y   H alf  H olid ay  for  B an k s.
A  movement  was 

inaugurated  some 
time ago by the bank clerks  of  the  city 
with a view to bringing about the closing 
of the  banks  at 12 o’clock Saturday.  A 
petition,  signed by  nearly  all  the  bank 
clerks in the city,  was  presented  to  the 
boards of directors of the various  banks. 
All the city  banks  but  two—the  Grand 
Rapids National  and  the  Peoples’  Sav­
ings Bank—took favorable action  in  the 
matter.  So  far  as  the  Grand  Rapids 
National  Bank  is  concerned,  it  may  be 
said that no action  has  oeen  taken,  for, 
although  the  Directors at  first  voted  ad­
versely,  at  a  subsequent  meeting  held 
last Monday  morning,  it was  decided  to 
leave the matter to be decided  by  a  full 
meeting  of  the  Board.  At  the  two 
former meetings only  a bare quorum was 
preseut.  The  Peoples’  Savings  Bank 
contends that  to  close  up  on  Saturday 
afternoon  would  not  only  work  to  the 
detriment  of  their business,  but  would 
be a hardship to  a  great  many  of  their 
patrons, as much of their savings deposit 
business  is  done  Saturday  nights  after 
the closing  of  the  shops  and  factories. 
Workingmen  have  no  time  to  deposit 
their savings except on  Saturday,  and  to 
close  the  banks  on 
that  night  would 
either force them  to  stop  putting  their 
money in  the banks, or compel  the banks 
to  keep  open  some  other  night  in  the 
week.  That there is considerable justice 
and  force  in  this  contention  cannot  be 
denied,  and  that  it  proceeds  from  no 
mere  captious  spirit  those  acquainted 
with the officers of  that  institution  will 
readily admit.

There  are  others  besides  workingmen 
to be considered  iu connection  with  this 
question.  There are many business men 
who  have  business  with  the  banks  on 
Saturday  as on  other days  of  the  week, 
and  to  throw  this  business  over 
into 
Monday,  which  has duties and  demands 
upon  one’s  time  sufficient  unto  itself, 
would appear to  be inflicting a  hardship 
upon a  class  of  men who  already  have 
little  enough  of  leisure  at  their  com­
mand.

The  question  may  also  be 

raised 
whether there is  not,  after  all,  a  super­
abundance  of  holidays. 
Is  it  not  pos­
sible to go beyond reason in  this matter? 
If clerks and  others  who  are  asking for 
shorter hours, would make good use of the 
spare time  now  at  their  disposal,  they 
would  not  only  be  vastly  benefitted 
themselves and  better  fitted  for  future 
preferment and  positions  of  usefulness, 
but it is possible that much of  the agita­
tion now going  on  for  shorter  working 
hours would cease; it would  be seen  to be 
unnecessary.  The  outcome  of 
the 
agitation will  be awaited with interest.

Treasurer  Searles,  of  the  American 
Sugar Refining Co.,  has  finally  admitted 
in court that the  Spreckles’ refineries  in 
Philadelphia  and  San  Francisco  were 
purchased for $10,000,000 in March  1892 
and  the  Philadelphia  refinery  of  E.  C. 
Knight &  Co.  for $2,500,000 in December 
1891.  Another witness says  that  Harri­
son & Frazer received $9,000,000 for their 
plant.  These  facts  were  not  disclosed 
before  because  the  monopolists  feared 
aggressive competition.  ■

There  is  no  disguising  the  fact  that 
the  fame  of  Grand  Rapids as a jobbing 
center and her reputation for  fine  goods 
is growing.  The Putnam  Candy  Co.  re­
ceived a round order for a  line  of  their 
specialties  yesterday 
from  Tacoma, 
Washington.

5

FOR  SA L E ,  W A N TED ,  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.

605

604

603

IjlOR 

BU SIN E SS  C H ANCES.
business  openings;  or  you 

Y  OU  CAN  LEARN  Or  ALL  KINDS  OF 
I 
can  find 
a  buyers  for  your  business  by  addressing 
with  stamp.  Mutual  Business  Exchange,  Bay 
City, Mich. 
SALE—A  WELL-STOCKED  DRUG 
store, started only eight  months  and  cost­
ing $3,00n.  Will sell  for  $2,0t:0,  one-half  cash, 
balance long time.  Rent $i6.to per month.  Nice 
corner.  Have other business  that  requires  my 
entire  time.  Address  No.  6)4,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
VSTANTED—A JEWELER TO  LOCATE  IN A 
TV 
town of l,20i>; good business place; splen­
did opening now.  Address  “Jeweler,"  care  of 
Michigan Tradesman. 

Michigan Tradesman. 

furnishing  business.  Including 

A PARTNER  WANTED — EXPERIENCED 

- 
only store in piare; reason for  selling,  death of 

druggist with  *2,0 0  to  engage  in  a  first- 
class paying drug  business.  This  chance  onlv 
holds good for a few days.  For  particulars  ad- 
iress Lock box No. 16', Grand Rapids, Mich.  6C0
in Grand  Rapids  Address  No.  601,  care 

For  s a l e—good  p a y in g   d r u g   st o r e
IJiOR  SALE—STOCK  OF  GENERAL  MBR- 
chandise  invoicing  $1,500.  Rare  chance: 
proprietor.  Address Box  114, Bravo,  Mich.  599
IflOR  SALE  CHEAP—STORE  AND  DWELL- 
ing in first class  location  in  town  of  1,000 
inhabitants.  Address E.  L., box 158, Thompson- 
ville,  Benzie Co., Mich. 
E~  ¡30R SALE—COMPLETE STORE AND HOUSE 
factory, 
paint shop and office, with lucrative contracting 
and building business.  Will sell for  $2,0*0  less 
than inventory value, or sell half  interest to de 
sirable party for  $5,000.  Address  No.  597  care 
Michigan Tradesman. 
SALE-STORE  BCILDING  ANI) 
dwelling  combined  at  Levering.  Mich. 
First-class place for a general dealer.  A.  M.  Le 
Baron  Grand Rapids. Mich. 
596
Fo r good locatio n  to  r e t a il  h a r d
ware, drugs, clothing or dry goods, address 
594
lock box 221. Sturgis,  Mich, 
IlOR SALE—THE  ONLY MEAT MARKET IN 
town of fOO Inhabitants.  Good opening for 
■ ANTED—A LIVE ACTIVE MAN AS PART 

ner in general store.  $30,000  cash  trade 

right  man.  Good reasons for selling.  Address 

No. 587, care Michigan Tradesman. 

OR 

587

598

597

601

Tradesman. 

592

588

OR >ALE—A CLEAN STOCK OF GENERAL 
merchandise with no old  goods.  Will sell 
for cash. 
Stock  invoices  $1,200.  Will sell or 
rent store building.  It will pay  you  to  investi­
gate.  Address Box 107. Kalamo, Mich. 

For  sa l e—a  c l e a n  stock  o f  h a r iT

ware and agricultural implements  in  good 
paying  territory.  Stock  will  invoice $2,500 to 
$3.0*10.  Would sell one-half Interest.  Good rea­
sons for Belling.  Address  No.  589, care Michi­
gan Tradesman. 
\ \ r ANTED  FOR  CASH-STOCK  OF  GEN- 
eral merchandise.  Give  particulars  and 
i i  
price.  W  H. Pardee, Freeport, Mich. 
OR  SALE—CHOICE  MILLINERY  STOCK. 
Reason  ¿or  selling,  ill  health.  Mary  A. 
Rosenberg, Lisbon.  Mich. 
\ ATANTED—TO  BUY  FOR  SPOT  CASH,  OR 
TV  unincumbered  real  estate,  all  kinds of 
j merchandise.  Address the Manistee Meicantile 
j Co., Manistee, Mich. 
CLEAN  STOCK  OF  GROCERIES  FOR 
Sale;  good  trade,  cheap  for  spot  cash; 
the only delivery wagon In  town.  Stock  about 
Investigate.  Address  box  15,  Centre- 
$2,500. 
ville,  Mich. 

■' 

590

820

589

591

581

| 

SITU A TIO N S  W A S T E D .

595

ances rendered.  Partnerships adjusted and any 

TATANTED—SITUATION  BY  REGISTERED 
TV 
pharmacist,  three  years’  practical  expe­
rience.  Temperate,  single,  best  of  references. 
Address box 46, Fennville, Mich. 

countant.  Books opened or closed.  Bal­
other work of similar cha-acter  promptly  done. 
Address No. 578, care The  Tradesman. 

■T ANTED—POSITION  BY  EXPERT  Ac­
■r ANTED— THOROUGHLY  COMPETENT 
TO  PK E   MONEY

and  experienced  young  man would  like 
work  with  jobbing  or  manufacturing house. 
Address “H” care The Tradesman.

position as book-keeper, cashier  or  other  office 

578

per  year.  Address  No.  592,  care  Michigan 

In  the  Clothing  Business 
you  must  have  PERFECT 
FITTERS,  WELL  MADE, 
STYLISH  Goods,  and  at 
prices—well 
they  were  at 
Rock Bottom before  but  we 
have 
just  made  another 
BIG  CUT  to  clean  up our 
Spring Stock. 
If  you  need 
clothing  it  will  pay  you to 
see this line.

H.  H.  COOPER  &  CO.,

M A N U F A C T U R E R S , 

UTICA,  N  Y .

Write 

to  J.  H.  WEBSTER,  Agent, 

OWOSSO,  MICH.

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

THE  PEOPLE’S  READING  MATTER.
Long after the art of printing  was put 
into active operation  it  was  devoted  to 
the multiplication of books  of  the  most 
serious  nature,  principally  on  religious 
subjects.

A  long time elapsed  before  matters  of 
a more  trivial  character  were  dignified 
by being committed  to print.  Works  on 
science,  history and  philosophy were pu 
up  in  solid  volumes,  with  substantial 
bindings,  and  it  would  have  been  con­
sidered  derogatory  to  their  importance 
and dignity if they had  been put forth as 
pamphlets.  Now,  books of all  sorts  are 
running into cheap  forms,  and  the  sub­
stantially  bound  volumes  make  up  less 
than a tithe of the printed matter  issued 
from  the press.  Many  standard  works 
on  every  important  subject  are  issued 
iu  pamphlet  form,  placing  them  in  the 
reach of every class of readers.  But the 
newspapers  lead all  printed  matter  for 
quantity.  Much that is given out by the 
great  daily  press  is  of  value,  although 
there is no  little  that  is  almost  worth­
less,  and  some  that is  positively  injuri­
ous.  But  there  must  be  tares  among 
the wheat.

Carl Snyder,  writing  in  the  American 
Journal of  Politic*  for  April  on  what 
the  American  people  read,  gives  some 
figures of the issues  from  the newspaper 
and periodical  press.  According  to  his 
figures we have  now some  half  a  dozen 
monthly magazines of  a  high  class  and 
three  times  as  many  more  that  offer 
a good grade  of  popular  reading; 
they 
aggregate  a  circulation  of  1,400,000  a 
month.  But those issues do not come  up 
to the newspapers,  which  turn  out  thir­
teen  hundred  million  weeklies 
and 
twenty-four  hundred  million  dailies. 
It  is  estimated  that  the  people  of  the 
their 
United  States  pay  annually  for 
newspapers  8100,000,000. 
They  pay 
83,000,000  for  their  monthly  magazines 
and  $5,000,000  more  for  their  books, 
whether  bound  in  boards  or  in  paper. 
All this shows how enormously the news­
paper issues,  in  extent and  voluminous­
ness,  surpass them  all.

Since the newspaper press becomes the 
leading  provider  of  reading  matter  for 
the American  people,  it  follows  that  a 
tremendous responsibility rests upon it to 
furnish the  people with  wholesome,  in­
structive matter, free  from  any element 
that  can  corrupt  public  taste  and  de­
bauch  the  morals  of  the  people.  The 
press  cannot  be  too  responsive  to  its 
grave duties.

C hopped Off H is H ead

Doctoring among the Indians is not the 
soft thing that it is among the more civi­
lized  whites.  With  us  the  undertaker 
quietly disposes of the doctor’s mistakes, 
and the doctor’s own certificate is all that 
is  required  to  assure  the  world 
that 
everything had been done for  the  unfor­
tunate deceased  that  was  possible;  but 
among the Indians,  and especially among 
the more uncivilized of  them,  it  is  not 
so; and if the doctor fails to  do  what  he 
professes to be able  to,  his  head  is  the 
forfeit.  Only the  other  day  an  Indian 
doctor was called in to prescribe  for  the 
wife of a Digger Indian living  in  Pleas­
ant Valley, Colo.  He said that he could 
cure her, but  the  woman  died,  and  the 
doctor’s head was promptly cut off.  Such 
regulations must have the effect of  mak­
ing  the  Indian  medical  men  extremely 
careful of their practice.

The  man  who  keeps  his  mouth shut 
prevents microbes  from  getting  in  and 
foolishness from coming out.

Too  many  people  never  recognize  a 
good opportunity until they have seen its 
back.

Unbleached

Housewife  A........... 514
B ...........514
C...........6
D ...........614
E ...........7
F ...........71*
G ..........714
H ...........744
1........... 8 >4
J  .........814
K..........9)4
L ...........10
M  ..........1014
N ...........11
O...........21
P ...........1414

.  6)4
R............7
8  ...........744
T ............ 814
U.............9)4
V ............ 10
W...........1044
X...........1114
Y...........1214
Z............ 1314

UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.

Arrow Brand  444 

BLEACHED  COTTONS.

Adriatic..................   7
Argyle......................  5J£
••  World Wide.  6
Atlanta AA..............6
“  LL.................4)4
Atlantic  A __  .........6*
Full Yard Wide.......6*
H...............6H
“ 
Georgia  A............... 614
“ 
P ..............  5
Honest Width.........  6
D ...............  6
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Hartford A ..............  5
“  LL...............  4*
Indian Head............  314
Amory......................... 65i
King A  A .................614
Archery  Bunting...  4
King B C...................5
Beaver Dam  A A ..  4‘4
Lawrence  L L........   4)4
Blackstone O, 32__   5
Madras cheese cloth 6£
Black Crow................6
Newmarket  G........   544
Black  Rock  ............  53k
B  .......5
Boot, AL.................   7
N ........   614
Capital  A .................5)4
DD.  ..  5J4 
Cavanat  V ...............  514
X .......6*
Chapman cheeæ cl.  3îi Noibe R ..................... 5
Clifton  C R ..............  514 Our Level  Best.......6
Comet.......................   6)i| Oxford  R.................  6
Dwight Star.............  6¥|Pequot......................  7
Clifton CCC............5îi Solar............................  6
'Top of the  Heap__   7
Geo. Washington...  8
Glen Mills...............  7
Gold  Medal..............714
Green  Ticket...........814
Great Falls...............  614
Hope..........................714
Just  Out........   444®  5
King  Phillip............744
OP.......714
Lonsdale Cambric.. 10 
Lonsdale... ...  .  ® 8
Middlesex.........  @5
No Name..................  714
Oak View  ..............  6
Our Own..................514
Pride of the West... 12
Rosalind...................714
8  ISuniight...................  414
Utica  Mills............. 814
“  Nonpareil  . .10
Vlnyard....................  814
White Horse............  6
“  Rock.............  814

A B C .........................814
Amazon..................... 8
Amsburg....................6
Art  Cambric.............10
Blackstone A A........714
Beats A ll...................   4
Boston.......................12
Cabot..........................  644
Cabot,  X ....................  644
Charter  Oak.............  514
Conway W.  ............  714
Cleveland..............  6
Dwight Anchor__   8
shorts  8
Edwards.................... 6
Empire......................  7
Farwell.......................714
Fruit of the  Loom
Fltchvllle  .............  7
First Prize................   6
Fruit of the Loom X ■  714
Fairmount...... .........414
Full Value................   614
Cabot........................   6441 Dwight Anchor
Farwell.................... 7h I

HAL?  BLEACHED  COTTONS.

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Bleached. 
Housewife  O .... 

C A R PE T   W A R P.

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PeerlesB, white___ 17  ¡Integrity colored... 18
Integrity..................18141 
...............8
Hamilton 
...................9
 
G G  Cashmere........ 20
Nameless  ................16
.................18

colored  ... 19  White Star................17
“  colored  .19
Nameless................. 20
...................25
...................27)4
.................. 30
...................3214
...................85

DRESS  GOODS.
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PR IN T S .

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CO RSET  JE A N S .

Wonderful..................64 50
Brighton........................4 75
Bortree’s ...................... 9 00
Abdominal.................. 15 00

CORS
Corallne.................. 19 50
Schilling's................9 00
Davis  Waists.......  9 00
Grand  Rapids.........4 50
Armory....................  6)4! Naumkeag satteen..  714
Androscoggin..........7)4 Rockport....................  614
Blddeford................  6  Conestoga...................714
Brunswick..........   -.  6141 Walworth 
............... 644
Allen turkey  reds..  514
Berwick fancies—   514
robes.............   514
Clyde  Robes............
pink * purple  514
Charter Oak fancies  4 
bu ffs............   514
Del Marine cashm’s.  5)4 
pink  checks.  514
monrn’g  514 
staples.........  5
Eddystone fancy...  514 
shirtings ...  344
chocolat  514
American  fancy—   5V4 
rober 
514
American Indigo...  414 
sateens..  514
American shirtings.  344 
Hamilton fancy.
H
Argentine  Grays...  6 
staple
Anchor Shirtings...  4 
Manchester  fancy
“  —   6
Arnold 
new era. 514 
Arnold  Merino.......6
Merrimack D fancy.  5)4 
long cloth  B .  9
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  C.  714
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Repp furn .  814
“ 
century cloth  7
Pacific fancy...........514
robes.............  6
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“  green seal TR1014 
Portsmouth robes...  614 
Simpson mourning..  544
“  yellow seal.. 1014
“ 
serge............. 11)4
greys.........544
“  Turk«,/red.. 10)4 
solid black.  544 
Washington Indigo.  614 
“ 
“  Turkey robes..  7H
“  India robes__ 7)4
"  plain Tky X 44  8)4 
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"  Ottoman  Tur­
key red....................614
Martha Washington
Turkeyred44.......714
Martha Washington
Turkey red...........   9)4
Riverpomt robes  ...  514
Windsor fancy........   614
Indigo  blue.......... 10)4
Harmony...................  414
AC  A ......................11)4
Pemberton AAA__ 16
York..........................1014
Swift River............. 714
Pearl  River.............12
Warren.....................12)4
Conostoga...............16
............ 8

Amoskeag A C A .... 11)4
Hamilton N  ............  7
D ................8
Awning.. 11
Farmer........................8
First  Prise...............10)4
Lenox M ills............ 18
Atlanta,  D ...............   644¡Stark  A 
Boot...........................  644 No  Name.................7)4
9
Clifton, K...................7  ¡Top of Heap 

red and  orange...  6
“  oil bine...... 6
“  “  green ....  6
“  Foulards  ...  514
“  red 44............7
“  X ............9)4
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Cocheco fancy.........5
“  madders...  5 
«  X Xtwills..  5
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Ballon solid black..
colors.
Bengal bine,  green, 
Berlin solids............  5)4

gold  ticket

COTTON  D R IL L .

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Amoskeag................12
9oz.......14
brown .14
Andover...................1314
Beaver Creek  A A... 10 
B B ...  9
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Boston Mfg Co.  br..  7 
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“  d a  twist  1014 

Columbian XXX br.10 
XXX  bl.19
Amoskeag................  5

staples.  6

Persian dress 61*
Canton
AFC........ 614
Teazle.. .1014 
Angola.. 1014 
Persian..  7
Arlington staple__ 6)4
Arasapha  fancy__   444
Bates Warwick dres 714 
Centennial..............  10)4
Criterion...............   10)4
Cumberland staple.  5)4
Cumberland............ 5
Essex..........................414
Elfin..........................  7)4
Everett classics...... 814
Exposition.................7)4
Glenarle..................    6)4
Glenarven__   ...........644
Glenwood.................. 7)4
Hampton.................... 5
Johnson Chalon cl 
14 
Indigo blue 914 
zephyrs....16  I

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Everett, blue............12)4
brown........ 12)4
Haymaker blue.......  74i
brown...  744
Jeffrey.......................11)4
Lancaster  ................12)4
Lawrence, 9 oz.........1314
No. 220 
13
No. 250....1114
No. 280.... 10)4

Lancaster,  staple...  5
fancies__ 7
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Lancashire...............  6
Manchester.............   544
Monogram...............   6)4
Normandie.............  7
Persian.....................  7
Renfrew Dress........ 7)4
Rosemont.................6)4
Slatersvllle............. 6
Somerset.................. 7
Tacoma  ...................7)4
Toll  du Nord.......... 8)4
Wabash....................  7)4
seersucker..  7)4
Warwick.................  6
Whlttenden.............   8
heather dr.  7)4 
Indigo blue 9 
Wamsutta staples...  644
Westbrook...............   8
.................10
Wlndermeer............   5
Y ork.......................   644

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Amoskeag.............   .13  ¡Georgia  ...................13)4
Stark..........................17 
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American............ ...13  j..................................

TH R E A D S.

Clark’s Mile End....45  ¡Barbour's..................95
Coats’, J. & P ..........45  Marshall’s .................90
Holyoke....................22)41

No.

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...34
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10...
12...

K N ITTIN G   COTTON.
White.  Colored.
White.  Colored
42
38 No.  14...
...37
43
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16...
...39
40
44
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“  20... ....40
41
45
Edwards.................  4
Slater........................   4
White Star..............  4
Lockwood.................. 4
Wood’s ...............  ..  4
Kid Glove................  4
Brunswick............   4
Newmarket..............  4

R E D   FL A N N E L .

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12
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M IX ED   FL A N N EL.

Nameless.......8  ©  9141 
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T W ..........................22)4
F T ............................32)4
J R F , XXX.............35
Buckeye.................. 32)4

Fireman...*............. 32)4
Creedmore...............27)4
Talbot XXX............ 30
Nameless................. 2714
Red & Blue,  plaid..40
Union R ...................22)4
Windsor...................18)4
60Z Western........... 20
Union  B .................. 22)4|Mau!toba
DOMKT  FLANNEL.

CANVASS  AND  PA D D IN G .
9)4
10)4
11)4
12)4

Grey S R W..............17)4
Western W  ..............1814
D R  P ........................ 1814
Flushing XXX.........23)4
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Slate. Brown. Black. Slate
Brown. Black.
9* 10)4
10)4
9)4
10)4 11)4
10)4
11)4
11)4 12
12
11)4
12)4 20
20
12)4
DUCKB.
Severen, 8 oz— ....  9)4 West Point, 8 oz ...10)4
Mayland ,   8  oz... ....10)4
10 oz
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Raven, lOoz..............13)4
Greenwood, 714 os..  914 
Greenwood, 8 os— 11)4 
..............13)4
Stark 
Boston, 10 oz.............12)4
Boston, 8 oz..............10)4
WADDINGS.
White, dos...............25  I Per bale, 40 dos
Colored,  dos...........20  ¡Colored  “ 
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Slater, Iron Cross...  8 
Red Cross....  9
Best A A  

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.  7 50
Pawtucket................10)4
Dundle.....................   9
Bedford.................... 10)4
Valley  City..............I014
K K ............................10)4

Best.10)4
1214
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G..................................814
Cortlcelli, dos..........85

tw ist,dos..4P  I 
50yd,dos..40  I
HOOKS AND  EY ES— P E R  GROSS.
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1.  3 
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No 2-20, M C .. .......50 No 4—15  J   8)4........ 40
*'  8—18, S C ... .......45
No  2 White A Bl’k.. 12 No  8 White A Bl’k..20
“  4 
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No 2.................. .......88 No 3...........................88
A. James..................1 401 Steamboat..................  40
Crowely’s.................1  36 Gold  Eyed................1  50
Marshall’s ............... 1 00| American..................1  00
15—4....1  65  6-4. ..2 30
5—4 .... 1  75  6—4... 

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Cortlcelli  knitting, 
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Cotton Sail Twine. .28
Crown......................12
Domestic................ 18)4
Anchor....................16
Bristol.....................13
Cherry  Valley.........15
I X L.........................18)4
Alabama...................6X
Alamance...................6)4
A ugusta.................... 7)4
Ar sapha................. 6
Georgia...................... 6)4
Granite....................  5£
Haw  River..............  s
Haw  J ......................6

Nashua..................... 14
Rising Star 4-ply___17
3-ply— 17
North Star................20
Wool Standard 4 plyl714 
Powhattan.............. 16

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Oneida......................5
Prymont.................  5X
Rande! man..............6
Riverside.................   5M
Sibley  A .....................6M
Toledo......................
Otis checks..............744

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THE  ORIGINAL  MONROE  DOCTRINE
Recently,  in connection  with  disturb­
ances in Central  America,  and  particu­
larly in reference to the  paramount pub­
lic  interest  of  the  United States  in  the 
proposed  Nicaraguan 
inter-oceanic 
canal, many allusions have been made  to 
the Monroe doctrine.

It  will  be  interesting  to  know  just 
why and  when the famous  doctrine  was 
given  out,  and  just  what  words  were 
uttered. 
It is the  only  expression  ever 
made which assumes to outline a  foreign 
policy for this republic,  and  while it has 
not been  faithfully followed by the  Gov­
ernment  on  important  occasions,  it  is 
still embalmed in  the  popular  heart and 
is regarded by the people as  a  principle 
in which is bound  up the  future  destiny 
not only of the United States,  but of this 
Western Hemisphere.
It is true that Washington  in  his fare­
well address, delivered Sept.  17,  1796,  in 
anticipation of  his final  retirement from 
the  Presidency,  warned  the  American 
people to beware of entangling alliances. 
But that offered  no  suggestions  as  to a 
foreign policy for  a  country  which  was 
in its infancy,  and gave but little promise 
of the mighty power which it  was  to at­
tain. 
It remained for another  President 
and statesman twenty-seven years  after­
wards to  foresee  that this  country  must 
necessarily,  sooner or  later,  assert  itself 
as a nation among nations.

the  wars  of 

the  movements 

So it was that President  Monroe,  in  a 
message to Congress,  Dec. 2,  1823,  pre­
sented  his  celebrated  deliverance  that 
virtually  committed 
the  Government, 
without the intervention of  any  legisla­
tion or action by Congress,  to assume the 
arbitrament  of  affairs  in  the  Western 
Hemisphere.
tions of the  United  States  with  foreign 
countries,  said:  “In 
the 
European  powers,  in  matters  relating to 
themselves,  we  have  never  taken  any 
part,  nor does it comport with our policy 
to do so. 
It is only  when rights  are  in­
vaded or seriously menaced  that  we  re­
sent  injuries  or  make  preparations for 
defense.  With 
in 
this hemisphere we are of necessity more 
intimately  concerned,  and  by  causes 
which must be obvious to all enlightened 
and  impartial  observers.  The  political 
system of the  allied  powers 
is  essen­
tially different in this respect  from  that 
of  America.  This  difference proceeds 
from  that which exists in their respective 
governments.  And  to  the defense of our 
own,  which has been achieved by  the loss 
of  so  much  blood  and  treasure,  and 
matured by  the  wisdom of their most  en­
lightened citizens,  and  undfi1  which  we 
have enjoyed  unexampled  felicity,  this 
whole nation  is  devoted.
“ We owe it, therefore,  to candor and to 
the amicable  relations  existing  between 
the United States  and  those  powers  to 
declare that we should  consider  any  at- 
tem to any portion of this  hemisphere as 
dangerous to our peace and safety.  With 
the existing colonies or  dependencies  of 
any European power we  have  not  inter­
fered  and  shall  not intefere.  But with 
the Governments who have declared their 
independence  and  maintained  it,  and 
whose independence  we  have  on  great 
considerations  and  on  just  principles 
acknowledged,  we  could  not  view  any 
interposition  for the  purpose of oppress­
ing  them,  or  controlling  in  any  other 
manner their destiny,  by  any  European 
power,  in  any  other  light  than  as  the 
manifestation of  an  unfriendly  disposi­
tion towards the United  States.

to  Europe^ 
which was adopted at an  early  stage  of 
the  wars  which  have  so  long  agitated 
that quarter  of  the  globe,  nevertheless 
remains the same,  which is  not  to inter­
fere in the  internal  concerns  of  any  of 
its powers; to consider  »he  Government, 
de facto,  as  the  legitimate  Government 
for  us;  to  cultivate  friendly  relations 
with it,  and to preserve those relations by 
a frank,  firm and  manly  policy,  meeting 
in  all  instances the just  claims of every 
power,  and submitting  to  injuries  from 
none.  But in regard to these continents, 
circumstances  are  eminently  and  con­
spicuously  different. 
It  is  impossible 
that  the  allied  powers  should  extend 
their political system  to  any  portion  of 
either continent without endangering our 
peace  and  happiness;  nor  can  anyone 
believe  that  our  southern  brethren,  if 
left  to  themselves,  would  adopt  it  of 
their own accord. 
It is equally  impossi­
ble,  therefore,  that  we  should  behold 
any such interposition in any  form  with 
indifference.”

Here,  in these plain,  manly  words,  ut­
tered by a chief magistrate of the Repub­
lic when  it  was  young  and  feeble,  are 
the true principles  for  a  foreign  policy 
for this country.  There  was  no  talk  of 
surrendering  rights  to  foreign  arbitra­
tion,  no talk  of  submitting  any  purely 
American  question  to  European  dicta­
tion,  but the expression of a disapproval 
that amounted to a prohibition  of  Euro­
pean  interference in  any of the affairs of 
this hemisphere.  When President Monroe 
gave out that  great  deliverance  he  pre­
sided  over  10,000,000  of  inhabitants. 
When the  claims  of the  United States in 
Behring Sea were submitted to European 
arbitration this  country  had  more  than 
60,000,000.  Do  we grow  more  timid  as
we grow more powerful ?

Here  is  the  whole  of the Monroe doc­
trine.  Nobody has been able to add any­
thing to its wisdom  aud  comprehensive­
ness.  Nothing could make it better than 
it is. 
It is the framing of a  policy for an 
entire hemisphere.  It embraces the whole 
of its extent,  and it looks forward far into 
the future.  It’s a grand doctrine.  Whether 
it is to be a national  policy,  as well as  a 
doctrine,  will  depend  on  whether  the 
Government is to be controlled by states­
men or politicians.

H e  K n ew   H is  B u sin ess.

Proprietor  (of  the  shoe  store)—“Be­
fore I take you into my employ  as  clerk 
let me ask you  one  question:  What  do 
you know about the No. 2 size of  ladies’ 
shoes?”
(promptly)—“There  are 
seventeen sizes of  No.  2 shoes.”

Applicant 
Proprietor—“Engaged!”

Hardware Price Carrent.

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AUGURS AND BITS. 

These  prices are  for cash,  buyer»,  who 
pay promptly  and  buy in  full  packages.
80
Snell’s ................................................................. 
Cook’s ................................................................  
40
J ennlngs’, genuine..........................................  
25
Jennings’, Imitation.........................
............50410
.......... # 7 00
First Quality, S. B. Bronze..............
D.  B. Bronze...............
..........   iz 00
S.B .S. Steel...............
.  .......  8 00
D. B. Steel...................
..........  13 50
Railroad  ......................................................... S 14 00
Carden  ....................................................   net  30 00
dig.
Stove........   .......................................................50A10
Carriage new list 
75410
Plow.................................................................... 40410
Sleigh shoe  ...................................................... 
70
Well,  plain  .......................................................1850
Well, swivel...........................................................   4 00
dig.
Cast Loose Pin, figured............................. 
704
Wought Narrow, bright 5ast joint................6041

bolts. 
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BUTTS, CAST. 

BARROWS.

BUCKETS.

dls.

Wrought Loose Pin..............................................60410
Wrought  Table.....................................................60410
Wrought Inside B lind........................................ 60410
Wrought  Brass....................................................  
75
Blind,  Clark’s ...................................................... 70410
Blind,  Parker’s .....................................................70410
Blind, Shepard’s 
70 |

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BLOCKS.

Ordinary Tackle, list April 1892.......................60410

CRADLES.

CROW BARS.

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

Cast Steel................................................... per lb 
Bly’s l-1 0 ................................................... perm  
Hick’s  C.  P 
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CAPS.

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60
85
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CARTRIDGES.

OniSBLS. 

Rim  Fire...........  ................................................. 
Central  F ire...................................................dls. 

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25

Socket Firm er....................................................   75410
Socket Framing................................................... 75416
Socket Corner.......................................................75410
Socket S lic k s....................................................... 75410
Butchers’ Tanged  Firmer................................. 
40

dls.

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COMBS. 

CHALK.
COPPER.

Curry,  Lawrence’s ............................................. 
40
H otchkiss.............................................................  
25
White Crayons, per  gross................12Q12tf dls. 10

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14x52,14x56.14x60 ........................... 
Cold Rolled, 14x56 aud 14x60...........................  
Cold Rolled, 14x48............................................... 
B ottom s................  
Morse’s  Bit  Stocks...........................................  
Taper and straight Shank................................. 
Morse's Taper Shank.......................................... 

 
drills. 

 

dls.

dripping pans.

Small sises, ser p o u n d ...................................... 
Large sises, per  pound...................................... 

28
26
23
23
25
50
50
50

07
6K

ELBOWS.

Com. 4  piece, 8 In................................ dos. net 
75
40
Corrugated.....................................................dls 
Adjustable.................................................... dls.  40410

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

dls.

piles—New List. 

Clark’s, small, ii8 ;  large, 626 .......................... 
30
Ives’, 1, #18:  2, #24;  3,#30  ................................. 
25
Disston’s ................................................................60410
New American  ................................................... 60410
Nicholson’s ..........................................................60410
Heller’s  ................................................................. 
50
Heller’s Horse Rasps  ........................................ 
go

dls.

galvanized iron

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

15 

12 

13 

28
16 17

14 
gauges. 

Discount, 60

dls.
 
dls.

50

Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s .................... 

knobs—New List. 

dls.

MATTOCKS.

LOCKS—DOOR. 

Door, mineral, jap. trim m ings.......................  
56
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings.................... 
55
55
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings................  
55
Door,  porcelain, trimmings............................. 
70
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain...................... 
Russell 4  Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list  ........... 
55
Mallory, Wheeler  4   Co.’s ................................  
55
55
Branford’s ...........................................................  
Norwalk’s ............................................................. 
55
Adse B ye.................................................#16.00,  dls. 60
Hunt B ye.  ..............................................#15.00, dls. 60
Hunt’s ........................... 
.............#18.50, dls. 20410.
Speiry 4  Co.’s, Post,  handled.........................  
50
40
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s .........................................  
40
“  P. S. 4  W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleable*.... 
“  Landers,  Ferry 4  Cls rk’s .................... 
40
*•  Bnterprlse 
............................................ 
a)
Stebbln’s  Pattern.................................................60410
Stebbln’s Genuine............................................... 60410
Bnterprlse, self-measuring............................... 
25

MOLASSES GATES. 

MAULS. 
mills. 

dlS.
dls.

dig.

N A IL S

 

 

 

Advance over  base,  on  both  Steel  and Wire.
Steel nails, Dase...................................................... 1  50
Wire nails, base...................................................... 1  50
60............................................................. Base 
Base
50...............................................................  
10
40...............................................................  
25
25
30...............................................................  
20........... 
35
 
45
16...............................................................  
1 2 .............................  
45
50
10............................................................... 
60
8................................................................. 
7 4 6 .......................................................... 
75
4..................................  
90
8................................................................. 
1  20
1  60
2................................................................. 
160
Fine 8 ....................................................... 
Case  10....................................................  
65
8....................................................  
75
90
6....................................................  
76
Finish 10.................................................. 
8................................................... 
90
6 ..................................................  
1  10
Clinch; 10................................................. 
70
8 ................................................  
80
6 ................................................. 
90
Barrell % ................................................  
175
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fa n c y ......................................  040
8c!ota  Bench....................................................  
«50
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fan cy.................  
040
Bench, first quality.............................................  040
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s  w ood............. 50410
Fry,  A cm e....................................................dls.80—10
70
Common,  polished......................................dls. 
Iron and  Tinned................................................. 
40
Copper Rivets and Burs..................................   50—10

“ 
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“ 
“ 
“ 
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planes. 

rivets. 

PANS.

dls.

dls.

 

 

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

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

Broken packs Mo per pound extra.

HAMMERS.

“ 

“ 

dlS.

“ 
“ 
“ 

HINGES.

HANGERS. 

HOLLOW WARE.

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

25
Maydole  4  Co.’s ............................................dls. 
Kip’s ................................................................. dls. 
25
Yerkes 4  Plumb’s ......................................  dls. 40410
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel............................. 30c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel  Hand__ 80c 40410
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 3 .....................................dls.60410
State.................................................. per do*, net, 2  50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12 In. 4M  14  and
3K
lo n g er................................................................. 
Screw Hook and  Bye, M..............................net 
io
% ..............................net 
3M
7V4
% .............................net 
* ..............................net 
7M
Strap and T ..................................................... dls. 
50
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track__ 50410
Champion,  anti friction..................................  60410
Kidder, wood tra ck ...........................................  
40
Pots.......................................................................... 60410
Kettles...................................................................  60410
Spiders  ...................................................................60410
Gray enam eled..................................................... 40410
Stamped  Tin Ware....................................new list 70
Japanned Tin Ware...........................................  
25
Granite Iron W are.........................new list 38)4*10
dig.
B light...........................................................   70410410
Screw  B yes.....................................................70410410
Hook’s .....................................  
70410410
Gate Hooks and E yes.........................  
70410410
levels. 
<Ha.7o
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s .........................
ROPES.
Sisal,  K Inch and larger.................................. 
M anilla........................................... 
SqUAP.ES. 
Steel aud  Iron...................................................... 
Try and Bevels....................................................  
M itre...................................................................  

75
60
20
Com.  Smooth.  Com.
|2  95
3 05
8 05
3 15
3 25
8  85
All  sheets No.  18  and  lighter,  over 30  inches 

Nos.  10 to  14.............................................#4  05 
Nos. 15 to 1 7 ................... 
4 05 
Nos.  18 to 21.........................................   4  05 
Nos. 22 to 2 4 .............................................. 4 05 
Nos. 25 to 26  ................ 
..  4  25 
No. 27 .......................................................   4  45 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19, ’86  ...........................................dls. 
Silver Lake, White  A ...................................list 
Drab A ......................................  “ 
White  B .............................  
 
Drab B .......................................  “ 
White C .....................................“ 

SAND PAPER.
SASH CORD.

50
50
55
•  50
55
85

754
n
dls.

WIRE GOODS. 

SHEET IRON.

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Discount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

 

 

dls.

saws. 

traps. 

H and............................................... 

“ 
Silver Steel  Dla.  X Cuts, per foot,_______  70
“  Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot__  
“ 
Special Steel Dla. X Cuts, per foot.... 
“  Champion  and  Electric  Tooth  X
Cuts,  per  foot.................  

Solid E yes....................................................per ton >25
20
50
30
30
Steel, Game............................................................60410
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s .................. 
35
Oneida  Community, Hawley & Norton’s 
... 70
Mouse,  choker..........................................18c per do*
Mouse, d elusion.....................................#1.50 per do*
dlS.
Bright Market......................................................  65
Annealed Market.................................................70—10
Coppered Market.............................................. ’  60
Tinned Market....................................................  62)4
Coppered  Spring  Steel...................................... 
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanised....................................  2 60
painted..........................................  2 20

WIRE. 

die.

“ 

HORSE NAILS.

WRENCHES. 

An  Sable...................................................................dls. 40410
dls.  05
Putnam................................................. 
N orthwestern.....................................  
dls. 10410
dls.
Baxter’s  Adjustable, n ickeled.. 
30
Coe’s  G enuine.................................................... 
50
Coe’s Pateut Agricultural, wrought,........................ 75
Coe’s  Patent, m alleable.....................................75410
dig.
Bird Cages 
5,.
Pumps, Cistern............................................... 
75410
Screws, New L ist................................................. 70410
Casters, Bed  a  ,d  Plate............................... 50410410
Dampers,  American.................. 
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel  goods..........65410
METALS.

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

MISCELLANEOUS. 

PIG TIN.

.

 

ZINC.

2Ge
28c

SOLDER.

Pig  Large............................................................. 
Pig Bars.................................................... 
D uty:  Sheet, 2Mc per pound.
•680 pound  casks..........................................  
Per  pound...........................................................  
7
1«
M O * ...................................................................... 
Extra W ip in g........................................................ 
1*
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder In the market indicated by nrivate brand* 
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY
Cookson..............................................per  pound
Hallett’s ............................................. 
13
TIN—MELYN GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal...............................................#  7  50
7  50
14x2010, 
10x14 IX , 
9  26
14x20 IX, 
9  25

Bach additional X on this grade, 11.75.

“ 
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TIN—ALLA WAT GRADE.

“ 
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" 

10x14 IC,  Charcoal............................................. 
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
14x20 IX, 

75
6  75
 
...........................................   .  8  25
 
9  25

Bach additional X on this grade 11.50.

 
 
ROOFING PLATES

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“ 
“ 

“  Worcester...............................  
“ 
“ 
“  Allaway  Grade................  
” 
“ 
“ 
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.

14x20 IC, 
e 5s,
...............................  8  50
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
.........................   .  18  50
6  00
14x2010, 
7  50
14x20 IB, 
12  50
20x28  IC, 
20x28 IX, 
15  50
14x28 EX.................................................................. #14 00
14x31  EX........................... 
16  00
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, i ___ 
ln
1000
<• 
14x60 IX,  11 

J- per pound 

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8

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

khiganÊ adesman

A  WEEKLY  JOURNAL  DEVOTED  TO  THE

Best  Interests  of  Business  Men.

Published at

lOO  Lotti*  St., Grand  Rapids,

— BY  THE —

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¡¡3^”When  writing to  any of  our  advertisers, 
please  say that  you  saw  their  advertisement in 
T he  Michigan T rad esm a n.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

WEDNESDAY,  APRII,  18.  1894.

TO  REVIVE  AM ERICAN  SHIPPING

from 

Realizing the enormous  pecuniary loss 
which  results  to 
the  American  people 
from the driving  of  their merchant ships 
from the  seas,  not  to speak  of  the dis­
grace to the  nation  of  having  to  admit 
that its  vessels  cannot  sail the  ocean  in 
competition with  foreign ships,  patriotic 
people  everywhere  have  urged  upon 
Congress the imperious duty of  applying 
a remedy and  of  rescuing  the  American 
flag 
the  shameful  condition  of 
being banished  from  the ocean.

It is estimated that the freights paid to 
foreigners  for  carrying  our  products 
abroad,  and  for  bringing  our  imports 
from  across  the  seas,  amount  to  $200,- 
000,000 a year.  Americans  are not  able 
to earn one dollar of this money, because 
there are no  American  ships,  and  there 
are no American  ships because  European 
ship-builders,  having  the  advantage  of 
cheaper  labor,  can  produce  vessels  at 
least 25 per cent,  cheaper  than they  can 
be made in this country.

should  be  allowed 

Under  these  circumstances  many  pa­
triotic  persons  who want to see a revival 
of their shipping  have urged that Amer­
ican  citizens 
to 
purchase foreign-built  ships,  have  them 
brought 
in  duty  free  and  registered 
under  the  United  States  flag.  To-day 
this is forbidden,  and,  as  a consequence, 
there are  not  a  few  foreign-built  ships 
owned by  citizens  of  the  United  States, 
hut sailed  under foreign  flags.

those  paid 

lower  than  are 

Such a provision  would  go  part  of the 
way to remedy  the  evil,  but it  is  shown 
that the foreign  wages  of  seamen  are so 
much 
to 
American  sailors  in 
this  couutry  that 
such 
transferred  ships  would  still  be 
operated  at  a  disadvantage.  Moreover, 
many foreign steamer lines are  aided  by 
government money  subsidies,  which can 
hardly be thought of  in  this  country,  as 
public  sentiment  appears  to  be  against 
the subsidy system.

In order to  secure relief  from  the dis­
advantages to  which the  American  mer­
chant  marine  is  subjected  it  has  been 
proposed to make  discrimination  in  the 
duties  on  imported  goods  carried 
in 
American  bottoms.  Richard  P.  Joy,  of 
Detroit,  has proposed  legislation  in that

in 

imported 

line,  to the effect that it shall be enacted 
that  dutiable goods  imported in  Ameri­
can  built,  owned  and  manned  vessels 
shall be  permitted  to  enter  the  United 
States under  10 per  cent,  less  duty  than 
dutiable  goods 
foreign 
vessels for the first  year; and 9 per cent, 
less duty on goods  imported in American 
vessels,  and 1 per  cent,  higher  duty  on 
goods imported in  foreign vessels for the 
second year; and 8  per cent,  less duty on 
goods imported in  American  vessels,  and 
2 per cent,  higher duty on goods imported 
in foreign  vessels for the  third year; and 
so on,  until  the tenth  year,  when goods 
imported in  American  ships  would  pay 
the regular duty  and foreign  vessels im­
porting dutiable  goods would pay  10 per 
cent,  higher duty.

But as only about 50 per cent, of goods 
imported are dutiable,  there  should also 
be  required a tax  upon  free material im­
ported  in  foreign  vessels;  that is,  free 
goods imported in  foreign  ships  should 
be compelled to pay  a dnty of  1  per cent, 
the first year,  2 per cent, the second year, 
and so on until the tenth  year,  when  10 
per cent,  higher  should be  charged;  but 
free goods could always be imported  free 
in American  vessels.

It is possible  that  such  a measure put 
in  operation  would  have  a  profound 
effect in  rebuilding  the  American  ship­
ping  interests,  but 
it  would  raise  up, 
against  our  ships,  a  coalition  of  the 
mercantile  marine  of  all  the  maritime 
nations.  But  something  equivalent  to 
that already exists,  and  nothing is  being 
done to prevent it.

The  statement  that  the  Postmaster- 
General  had  issued au  order prohibiting 
the railway  mail  clerks  from  receiving 
mail matter on the trains except from the 
postoffice is  undoubtedly  a  hoax.  The 
postoffice officials in this  city  have heard 
nothing of it, and  it  never  appeared  in 
the official  daily  bulletin  issued  by  the 
Department.

P ro test  from   tb e   S tan d p oin t  o f 

th e  

C ountry P o stm a ster.

A y r, April 14—1  notice your  criticism 
on the  order  promulgated  by  the  Post­
master-general,  prohibiting railway  mail 
clerks from taking  letters that should be 
delivered  to  the  local postmaster, and I 
wish  to  reply  from  the standpoint of a 
man who has  served  the  people  of  his 
community and  tbe  United  States  Gov­
ernment as postmaster for eight  or  nine 
years.
What  would you do for  the  poor,  for­
getful  (?)  fellows if they  were  to  forget 
the important letter  or  order  until  the 
train came along?  Would the  train,  by 
refusing to wait for them to  write  their 
letter, be held responsible for the delay ? 
They know just as well what  minute the 
mails are to  close  as  they  do  when  the 
train 
is  due.  Besides  all  that,  these 
same forgetful  (?) fellows never in  their 
experience hurry after the  railway  mail 
clerk to get their mail off  the  train,  but 
wait until it  gets  to  the  postoffice  and 
then  are  usually  right  on  hand  to get 
their mail,  and are ready, too, to whine at 
the postmaster if they do not  receive  an 
expected  (?) 
letter.  All  fourth-class 
postmasters get  their meager  compensa­
tion  for  handling  the  mails  from  the 
stamps cancelled,  and not from mail  de­
livered,  and it seems to me that any  and 
every conscientious man would favor the 
right of every man to his legitimate earn­
ings.  The tendency of  the whole people 
is too much toward  ignoring tbe  princi­
ples of law and the rights of  man;  hence 
anarchy and its consequent results.

Gid eo n N oel.

A  Nebraska  man  hugged  his  girl  so 
hard  that  he  broke  one  of  her  ribs. 
When  she got well he forgot to hug  her, 
and that broke her heart.

IN  NEW  QUARTERS.

C  N.  R app  &  Co.  R em ove 

to   th e 

W m .  A ld en   Sm ith  B lock.

Seven years ago C.  N.  Rapp  came  to 
this city and opened a commission  house 
on North Ionia street,  under the  style of 
Geo.  E  Howes &  Co.  A  year  later the 
interest  of  Mr.  Howes  was  purchased 
by C.  B.  Metzger, and the firm  name  be­
came the Grand Rapids Fruit &  Produce 
Co.  This  arrangement  continued  a 
couple of  years,  when  the  partnership 
was dsisolved,  Mr.  Rapp resuming  busi­
ness on  his own account  under  the style 
of C.  N.  Rapp  &  Co.  The  firm  was  lo- 
iated at 9  North  Ionia  street,  where  it 
carried on a large and constantly increas­
ing business, due to the  superior quality 
of  goods  carried  and  the  manner  in 
which the customers  of  the  house were 
treated.  Realizing that the rapid growth 
of  business  would  require  more  com­
modious quarters,  Mr.  Rapp has been  on 
the lookout for  a  couple  of  years  past 
for a suitable location,  and,  as  soon  as 
the Wm.  Aiden  Smith  block  was  pro­
jected,  he entered into  negotiations with 
the  owner  with  a  view  to  securing  a 
long-time lease  of  the  entire  first  floor 
and  basement.  This  he  succeeded  in 
doing,  and the firm is now  in  possession 
of its quarters where  it  claims  to  have 
the most commodious and  best  arranged 
commission  house in  the State  of  Michi­
gan.  The first floor is 50x100  feet in di­
mensions,  with front, side  and  rear  en­
trances  aud  a  freight  elevator  in  the 
rear.  Tbe basement is of the  same pro­
portions,  being high,  dry  and  well  ven­
tilated,  with  a  clean  brick  floor.  Be­
tween 
the  basement  walls  and  area 
walls,  the firm has  fitted  up five  banana 
rooms,  each 
twelve  feet  wide,  which 
have  a  combined  capacity  of  1,300 
bunches of bananas, equivalent  to  three 
car-loads.  With  an  office  and  ware­
house equipped with  every  convenience 
known to the trade;  with a  location cen­
tral to the wholesale and retail  trade  of 
the city and  within  a  few  rods  of  the 
principal freight depots of the city;  with 
desirable  connections with  the  orange 
growers of Florida  and  the  banana  im­
porters of Philadelphia  and  New  York; 
with a working  force  of  ten  loyal  and 
energetic  employes;  with  a  standing 
with the trade won by  years  of  persist­
ent  effort  and  honest  dealing,  Messrs. 
Rapp & Co.  have every reason to  believe 
that they are in a  position to  handle  no 
inconsiderable  portion  of  the  produce 
and commission  trade of this market.

S en tim en t  In  T rade.

From  the N. Y. Shipping List.
President  Martin,  of  the  Southern 
Wholesale  Grocers’  Association, 
re­
marked in his annual address at the New 
Orleans convention  last  week  that  it  is 
a grievous mistake to imagine that  there 
is  no sentiment in  trade,  for  it  is  “evi­
denced in nearly every business  transac­
tion,  and  we  should  feel  ourselves  in 
dangerous  company  when  dealing  with 
men who  had  none,  as  it  is  the  main­
spring  of  honesty  and  the  keystone  of 
honor. 
If there is anyone  in whom  this 
noble  passion  does  not  have  being  it 
surely must be in the heart  of  him  who 
buys goods under the  contract  plan  and 
then deliberately cuts  tbe  price  or  per­
mits his traveling salesmen to do so.”
Mr. Martin is right, as  there is no sen­
timent among professional entters.  They 
are in  business to  make  money  through 
selfish  motives,  and  not  to  elevate  the 
standard of trade; they are non-progress' 
ive;  they strive  to  overthrow  co-opera­
tive  measures  for  lessening  growing 
evils,  and  endeavor  to  place  every  ob­
stacle  in  the  path  of  organized  efforts

between manufacturers and distributers. 
It  is  necessary that  legitimate  methods 
be  adopted  to  restrict  suicidal  compe­
tition without the objectionable  features 
of  combination,  but  so  long  as  the 
guerrilla warfare continues,  the contract 
or  rebate  plan  as  recognized  by «.the 
wholesale grocery  and  drug  trades  will 
experience an uncertain  existence.  The 
trouble is due to a lack of sentiment.
According to  Mr.  Martin’s  statement, 
there  has  been  considerable  complaint 
about the  cutting  of  prices  by  grocery 
jobbers  on  limited  or  contract  goods, 
but when reported  to  the  manufacturer 
with  the  request  that  the  penalty  for 
such vicious  methods  be  enforced,  the 
proof  required  by  him  before  taking 
action must be so  conclusive  that  it  in 
fact vitiates  all  penalties,  as  it  cannot 
be furnished  in  the  manner prescribed. 
He 
cases  where  com­
plaint of this character is made  that  the 
burden of proof be put upon the offender, 
and that  the  manufacturer  require  the 
accused to purge himself  of  the  charge. 
There are  various  loopholes  of  escape, 
and it is not an easy matter to  place  the 
blame because of the  lack  of  sentiment 
and sympathy.

suggests 

in 

A u xiliary.

S en sib le  S u g g estio n s  from   tb e   Ladies* 
D e t r o i t ,  April  10—As  your  excellent 
paper  is  the  best  medium for  reaching 
many readers interested in the  Michigan 
Knights  of  the  Grip,  will  you  kindly 
publish the following in  the  K.  of G.  de­
partment?
As  enquiries  are  being  made  by  the 
wives of members of local  K. of G.  posts 
regarding  the  organization  of  Knight- 
esses formed at the annual convention at 
Saginaw,  we offer the  following  sugges­
tions and general reasons for  such  local 
auxiliaries to a State organization:
1.  To promote  acquaintance  and  se­
cure co-operation.
2. 
In order to choose the most capable 
and  intelligent as delegates to the annual 
meetings.
3..  To interest and secure  a larger  at­
tendance of both  sexes  by  diffusing  in­
formation as to  the  objects  of  said  or­
ganization and the desirability of  repre­
sentation.
4.  While  locals  may  not  be  consid­
ered  necessary  or  expedient  by  some, 
they can be made useful  and  helpful  in 
many ways.
5.  To emphasize the idea that we  ap­
preciate the  high  moral  and  temperate 
the  Michigan 
standard  adopted  by 
Knights of the Grip, as expressed by never 
offering wine  at  their  banquets,  and  to 
aid them in all efforts for worthy charities 
and sanction  the  respect  shown  for  all 
religious sects.
By-laws and  resolutions  will  be  pre­
sented at  the  annual  board  meeting  in 
Grand  Rapids  in  December,  1894,  and 
submitted to the members for  discussion 
and adoption.

Mb s.  N.  B.  J o nes  (Lansing),  Pres.
Mb s.  C.  F.  B a l l a b d   (Detroit),  Sec’y.

P u re ly   P erso n a l.

Cornelius DeJongh, senior  member  of 
the firm  or  C.  &  A.  DeJongh,  general 
dealers at Burnip’s Corners,  was in town 
Monday.

Peter De Pree,  prescription  clerk  for 
Grand-Girard &  Co.,  has taken a  similar 
position  with  J.  E.  Doty,  at  59  South 
Division  street.

N. B. Clark,  President of the Michigan 
Bark  & Lumber  Co., left  Monday  for  a 
fortnight’s  tour  among  the  tanners  of 
Ohio,  Indiana and Kentucky.

Geo.  Keiry,  formerly  connected  with 
the commission business  here,  is  now  a 
petty  officer  on 
the  old  Michigan,  at 
present stationed at Erie, Pa.  Mr. Kerry 
hopes to  have  the  pleasure  of  meeting 
many former friends on  the  occasion  of 
the Michigan's cruise around  the  Lakes 
this summer.

Pluck and  industry  “ will  out.”  See 
cover  page, 

advertisement  on 
signed The Putnam Candy  Co.

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9

The Grocery Market.

Sugar—No  change  from  a  week  ago. 
There  is  almost  an  entire  absence  of 
speculation  and  refiners  appear  to be as 
much at sea over the final outcome of the 
Wilson bill  as  the  smallest  dealer  in the 
country.

Jelley—Advanced 5c per  pail,
Prunes—California  goods  continue  to 

advance.

Pork—Receipts of  hogs at the  packing 
centers were below all  expectations  last 
week  and,  as  a consequence, the  market 
developed  a  strength  that  made 
the 
bears’ heads swim.  The result is a  clear 
rise  of  75c  all  round.  This  almost 
makes the tremendous  slump  of  several 
weeks  ago  a  matter  of  history.  The 
seers all predict a further advance.  The 
export  movement  of  hog  products  con­
tinues  large,  the clearances for the week 
aggregating  21,955,000  lbs.,  as  against 
10,176,000 for  the  corresponding  period 
last  year.  These  figures  are  almost 
phenomenal  and  clearly 
the 
favor  with  which  the  great  American 
hog is received on  the  other  side  of  the 
Atlantic.  The 
total  receipts  for  the 
week,  so  far  as reported,  were  230,000, 
as  compared with  305,000  for  the  pre­
vious week and 180,000 a year ago.  The 
total  since  March  1 
is  1,475,000,  as 
against 850,000  for the  same  period  last 
year.

indicate 

Barreled  Pork—Has  gone  up  75c. 
There  is  a  good  and  growing  jobbing 
demand,  as  the season  has arrived  when 
the  demand  for  pork  products  usually 
enlarges.  A  brisk  trade  is  anticipated 
from now on.

Hams—Have  gone  with  the  current. 
They are usually easy sellers,but j ust now 
the demand  is better than  usual.  Pack­
ers are  all  busy  and are,  consequently, 
h.&PPy* and, of course,  hoping for a  con­
tinuance of their good fortune.

Dry  Salted  Meats—Quiet  but  firmly 

held at a  considerable advance.

Lard—In  fair supply  and  has  sold  to 
the extent of the offerings at an  advance 
of fully 

per lb.

Beef  in  Barrels—There  is  no  change 
worth  noting,  although  if  receipts  of 
cattle do  not soon show a  decrease there 
may be  a change in favor of the bears.

Oranges—The impossibility to get hold 
of any more  Floridas  makes  the  hearts 
of the California Exchange  members  ex­
pand  with  satisfaction,  and 
they  are 
holding  up  their  fruit  very  stiff.  All 
circulars issued by them in  the past  few 
days  state  that  they  will  not  take  an 
order for future shipment,  or  guarantee 
prices quoted to  hold  any  given  length 
of  time.  Mediterranean  fruit  at  the 
New  York and  Boston  sales  is  in  sym­
pathy  with  the  Southern  people,  and 
Messina oranges are bringing  from $2.75 
to $3.50 in open market,  and not  strictly 
sound at that.  Of course,  they are supe­
rior  in  quality,  but  the  price  is  what 
counts  among  the  majority  of Western 
dealers, and any article that  looks  good, 
if quoted low,  will  have  the  preference. 
Thus it is that California oranges are  of­
fered  by  all  wholesalers  at  present. 
They are  not  very  heavy  or  juicy,  but 
they  are  sound  and 
look  well,  and 
Grand  Rapids  quotations  to  the  trade 
will be found as favorable  to  the  buyer 
as those made by any of our sister cities; 
in fact,  Chicago  or  Detroit  cannot  get 
in on  the  trade  natural  or  tributary to 
our city without doing so  at  a  financial 
loss,  which proves  that  our  people  are 
close buyers  and  favorably  inclined  to

the retailers.  As  further  advances  are 
more  than  probable,  purchases  made 
this week  will not be a  bad  investment.
Lemons—There is but little doubt that 
the present is a good  time to  buy,  as  the 
fruit  is  reaching  this  country in  large 
quantities  and  in  good  condition,  and, 
now that warm  weather  can  reasonably 
be expected,  there will  be  more  or  less 
speculative buying by all  fruit  wholesal­
ers and  the  larger  retailers.  Stock  is 
uniformly  good  and  will  grade  better 
than 
last  season,  although  the  feeling 
prevails that the fruit is not particularly 
hardy, and extremely large holdings will 
not be  acquired  by  conservative  firms,  i 
The  hard,  coarser  fruit  will  hold  up 
much  better  than 
the  soft  and  thin- 
skinned.  Prices in our  market  are  low I 
and not much change  will be  made  from 
present quotations until the demand gets I 
more  active.  This  will be determined a 
great deal  by the weather.

Peanuts—Those  in  a  position  to  be 
fully informed state that there is to  be a 
decided advance  very  soon  by  Virginia 
cleaners and  the  “believers”  are  quietly 
laying in good  stocks,  in  anticipation  of 
the said-to-be inevitable.  As peanuts do 
not waste or shrink to  any great  extent, 
or  become  impaired  by  age,  a  person 
runs but little risk in buying freely.

Foreign Nuts—Taken  as  a whole,  are 
rather easy.  Demand  is  only moderate I 
and nothing to stimulate it.

Cocoanuts—Shade higher  and will  ad­
vance,  rather than decline,  from  present 
quotations.

Bananas—That  Grand  Rapids  is  con­
sidered a good  market  appears  from  the 
fact that her  representative fruit  houses 
are favored in a measure accorded to few, 
inasmuch  as  some  of  the  heaviest  im­
porters are willing to  consign their fruit 
here,  when  most  markets  are  compelled 
to  buy  outright.  This  speaks  volumes 
for the honesty  and  business methods of 
our wholesalers, who conduct their  traffic 
on legitimate l\nes,  favorable  alike to all 
parties  interested.  The  fruit  is  one  of 
the articles of commerce  which  does  not 
have any fixed value,  the  price  fluctuat­
ing according to the supply  and demand, 
and to the size  of bunches and quality of 
fruit.  These  points  should  be  con­
sidered  by  the  retailer,  who  may  some­
times feel  that he  is  asked  to  pay  more 
than he  feels  warranted in  doing.  One 
shipment taken with  another  will  show 
a good  average  of  actual  values  based 
upon the supply.  A  word  of  advice  to 
the out-of-town buyers may  be offered  as 
a  matter  of  fairness  to  the  shippers. 
When  perishable  goods are ordered from 
the wholesale  dealer you may be pleased 
to favor,  the  goods, of whatever  kind or 
nature, should be  examined immediately 
on arrival,  and,  if unsatisfactory,  report 
of condition and cause  of displeasure  be 
made  known  to  the  shipper,  who  can 
then  adjust  matters  or  order  the  ship- 
merfl  returned,  as  his  judgment  may 
determine.  To  use  the goods,  and then, 
at the expiration of the  time  allowed,  to 
remit  less  such  amount  as  fancy  may 
prompt,  with  the  explanation  that  “so 
and  so”  was  spoiled  or short, is  wrong 
and decidedly unfair  and  creates  an un­
pleasantness  ofttimes  that  might  have 
been averted  by pursuing  the proper and 
businesslike  course  mentioned.  Our 
market  for  this  week  is  well  supplied 
with  a  fine  grade  of  fruit.  Prices  are 
favorable  to  the  buyer and  the weather 
is  conducive  to  liberal  shipments,  as 
fruit will carry  well.

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Grand-Glrard  <fe  Co. 

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State  Board  of Pharmacy.;

One  Tear—Ottmar Eberbaeh, Ann  Arbor.
Two Tears—George Qundnim, Ionia.
Three  Tears—C. A. Bngbee, Cheboygan.
Four Tears—8. E. Parkin, Owosso.
Five Tears—F. W. R. Perry, Detroit.
President—Ottmar Eberbaeh, Ann Arbor.
Secretary—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso.
Treasurei—Geo. Gnndrum, Ionia.
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President—A. B. Stevens, Ann Arbor.
Vice-President—A. F. Parker, Detroit.
Treasurer—W. Dupont,  Detroit.
Secretay—S. A. Thompson, Detroit.
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S p e c ific a tio n s  fo r a n   A ir  S h ip .

The following  letter was written  to  a 
dealer in this city and gives a  very clear 
idea of what the writer  wanted. 
It  was 
his intention to  construct  a  ship  which 
would  sail  as  well  on  water  as  on 
land and which could  be used to  explore 
the hidden  mysteries  of  the  deep.  For 
some  reason  the  work  of  construction 
has been stopped,  and the  letter  is  made 
public in the hope that some  one  with  a 
genius for intricate mechanism may take 
up the work and carry it through to com­
pletion.
Please find  drafts  and  domentions  of 
13 pieces of cloth to be made of  the very 
strongest 8 oz.  duck of  stronges  cloth of 
the  same  heaft  if  it  can  be  obtained 
please stat  difference  in  price  these  12 
pieces of cloth I want  to  be 2  ft  and  8 
inches across the small end  and  just  10 
ft across wide end  the  sides  16  ft  long 
roped  once  through  the  center  length 
ways with eyes  on  each  side  of  center 
rope 1 ft.  a  part  roped  every  two  feet 
across ways with eye at end of  rope  and 
one in center to receive haliards  making 
eyes every foot a part on sides and a long 
center and one eye in the center  of  each 
end ropes  to  be of sufficient strength  to 
stand as  mutch  or  more  pressure  than 
can vase and of just as  light  acording  to 
strength that can  be had at a  reasonable 
price please state different prices  on  the 
cost of ropes  1  also  want  24  pieces  of 
cloth 1  ft and 4  in.  width  at  small  end 
and five ft wide at large end  sides  to  be 
(8 ft long) eight feet  long  small  clothes 
just  roped  cross  ways  every  two  feet 
eyes at each end of ropes  and  half  way 
between sides making them 1  ft apart  to 
receive haliards all clothes is to be roped 
around  the  out  side,  please  give  me 
prices of these  clothes  as  reasonable  as 
possible,  they are  for  an  air  ship  that 
will sail through the air betwen now and 
the 15th of  June next at the rate of  over 
150 miles per hour  I  have  a  power  350 
horse Gass  power of my  own  invention 
that  will  weigh  less  than  one  ton  the 
Whole intire ship will be made  of  cedar 
and ropes and canvase mostly, the power 
will be of electrisity Wire glass and ends 
of steel  and  a  little  copper  and  brass, 
the entire length of ship will  be  105  feet 
long the length  of hull or boat will  be 80 
ft width  10 ft depth about 30 ft hight  of 
intire ship about 45 ft.  hull to  be  sharp 
at both ends and top and  bottom so as to 
go in the wind or air easy and slip out of 
it easy hull  will have  a  cedar  and  rope 
frame around  with durable canvase after 
you  make  the  whole  of  canvase  for 
wheels  I  will  give  you  domentions  of 
more cloth my power will propel  this by 
the use of these wheels and  I  will  steer 
it by the use of a tail  about  25  ft.  long. 
This ship will carry between 20  and  100 
tons weight the heavier loaded the faster 
she will run  my  power  will  be  strong 
enough  to  tear  canvase  to  pieces  if 
loaded to heavy.  1 will also  want  a  lot 
of rope that the heat or dry will  nor  ex­
pand  or  the  wet  contract  or  in  other 
words I want rope that will  carry or  lift 
1000 lbs.  Weight as light as  possible of 
its  strength  that  the  weather  will  not 
effect to stretch  over  to  frame  work  of 
wheels and hull of ship or  do  you  think 
that cable wire  rope  will  be  lighter  of 
its strength please tell me quality weight 
per foot of rope strength both  rope  that 
the  weather  will  not  effect  cable  and 
common rope of diferent weigh  acording

T

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  M T C I Ï I G - A N  

T R A T T E S M A S T .

the 

to heaft that will carry from  100  lbs  up 
please let me know  as  soon  as  possible 
these prices I will set  you  to  work  and 
want to get to work as quick as  possible 
myself, 
those rops on clothes will  want 
to be soft strong and pliable easy to bend 
for when I draw in my sails  1 will  do  it 
by  halliards passing  straddle  or  around 
them to  pucker  them  up  and  haliards 
will pass through  frame work  of  wheels 
and down sides of masts to  stretch  them 
halliard will fasten in eyes  on  the  ends 
of cross ropes and through  top  of  frame 
boom of sail and pass down side of  mast 
thes  halliards  will  want  to  be  strong 
small in dia.  light of weight according to. 
strength and hard to wear out please tell 
me the  nature  of  different  ropes  wires 
used  for  lifting  and  pulling  purposes 
their heaft per foot ther diamiter through 
and their waring qualities I will  buy the 
ropes of you  by  the  bail  both  weather 
proff  ropes  for  truss work  or  perhaps 
wire rope if you  think  best 
for  myself 
I  would prefer  weather  proff  ropes  for 
trus work  they  are  more  the  natue  of 
the cedar used in  frame work  which  will 
be thoroughly  oiled  in  hot  oil  before 
used. 
I will also buy the  ropes  of  you 
for halliards by  the  bail 
there  will  be 
about  1000  ropes  in 
intire  ship 
I may have you send me a man  that  un­
derstands 
rope  splicing  and  canvase 
making or sewing  you  can  make  those 
clothes and do the  principal  part  of  the 
cloth making in your shop for  the  intire 
ship the frame work I will  make  myself 
can you furnish cloth that will  not  leak 
if a boat was made  of  it  to  put  in  the 
water  please  coat prices of  water  proff 
cloth strength  acording  to  the  different 
ducks and  also  coat prices  on  different 
ducks  and  strength  acording  to  each 
other  in  weight  per  yard  make  your 
Prices  reasonable  for  if  satisfactory  1 
will  buy a tremendious  lot  of  goods  of 
you in the near future  in  less  than  two 
years  1 shall  build  several 
large  boats 
or air ships some as  large  as  five  thou­
sand horse power one thousand feet long 
width in  the  neighborhood  of  12  to  16 
large canvase whells made  on  the  same 
principle  of  these  domentions  but  for 
wheels in the neighbourhood of  100  feet 
across  them  the  ship  will  cary  about 
1500 tons weight I may make one of 10,000 
horse power the large  boats will  run  in 
water or air to the bottom of ocean or  in 
the clouds it will  take  a  load  from  the 
bottom of the ocean and carry it through 
the water and air and  land it  any  where 
desired  on  the  land  these  large  boats 
will  travel  with  almost  cannon  ball 
speed through the air or  water  the  hull 
will be of the  lightes  metal  that  1  can 
obtane air tight when in the  water  with 
plenty of windows and electric  lights to 
see everything visable when near  botom 
for hundreds of  miles  deep  on  the  bot­
tom of the  ground  under  the  water. 
I 
will  find  strange  sea  animals  strange 
mettals and  many valuable  mettals  but 
however I  will travel over  the  U. S.  on 
exhibition  the  first  year  and  you  and 
others will  be working on  my large ones 
for exploring purposes I will travel  over 
every  spot  of  habitable  globe  both  in 
water and on  land  give  me  reasonable 
prices  when I get  started  your  furtune 
will be made  1 will  keep you  to work 
P.  S.—those eyes  ought  to  be  oblong 
shaped for two  ropes will  want  to  pass 
through them one button hole shape, one 
in canvase or canvase sewed button  hole 
shape right sides made rope on large cloth 
would do.

H ard on  th e B utter.

From the Pittsburgh Messenger.

A few  days  ago  a  Pittsburgh citizen 
cut into a pound of butter  which  he had 
purchased at a grocery whose  proprietor 
does not advertise,  and  found  therein  a 
small tin  box, which  contained  a  piece 
of paper bearing  the  following,  written 
in a neat,  feminine  hand:
“I  am  a  girl,  eighteen  years,  good 
looking,  and  an  excellent  housekeeper. 
Should this be found by some  unmarried 
Christian gentleman, will be please write 
to  the following address, etc.”
The finder,  being  a  bachelor,  decided 
to unravel the affair,  and succeeded only 
to destroy the  romance.  The  girl  who 
had written the note had died  many years 
i ago,  leaving  an  aged  husband  and  a 
grown family.

H ow  A b ou t th e Cellar?

From the Grocers’ Advocate.
What is the  condition  of  your  cellar? 
Can  you  get  into  it  without  breaking 
your neck?  How many old  broken  bar­
rels and boxes  are  laying  around  there 
taking up valuable space? 
It is  surpris­
ing how little attention some grocers give 
to this important matter.  There are any 
amount of grocers  who  have their clerks 
chop up all  the boxes  for firewood, or let 
them lay around until  they  are  broken, 
whereas  they could  easily get  from  five 
to six dollars a hundred for them.  With 
a  little  care,  a  grocer  can  make  one 
clerk’s wages out of the sale of his boxes 
and barrels.  Again it  pays  to  give  the 
cellar  a  good  cleaning  regularly,  the 
oftener the better.  At this season of the 
year  the  cellar  contains  many  things 
which must be taken  care  of.  See  that 
the cterks always get  rid  of  the  old  lot 
before  they  bring  up  the  new,  as  the 
average  clerk  has  a  decided  weakness 
for leaving some of the old to lay and rot, 
and sometimes you  find  it  out  too  late, 
especially so with potatoes and vegetables 
and canned goods.  A coat of whitewash 
does not cost much, and an idle clerk can 
apply it in  an  afternoon; 
it  makes  the 
cellar bright and  sweet. 
In  fact,  there 
is no reason  why your  cellar  should  not 
be kept in just as good order as the store. 
See that the clerks always nail the covers 
on all empty  boxes,  and then  send  them 
away once a month,  and if  you  keep  an 
account of the receipts from this  source, 
you  will  be  surprised.  Looking  after 
these  (apparently) 
insignificant 
items 
goes a  great  way  towards  having  your 
books show a gain instead of a loss.
N e w  W h isk y  P r o c e ss  in  D oubt.

Not long ago a  great deal  was  said of 
the new process  of  mak  ng  whisky  in­
vented by  a  Jap,  Takamine.  The  pro­
cess was recently put to a  thorough  test 
by  the  W hisky  Trust in one of its distil­
leries in Peoria,  111.  The test was made 
at a considerable cost,  as  new  buildings 
and  special  machinery had to be erected 
for  it.  For  fifteen  days  the  distillery 
was  run  at  its  full  capacity  of  1,400 
bushels,  and then, although  it  had  been 
given out at the beginning that  the  test 
would  continue  indefinitely,  and  prob­
ably for good,  the distillery was  stopped 
and  operated  on  the  old  process.  The 
parties  interested  are  now  engaged  in 
figuring out the exact results of  the  test 
as to product, cost and value.  Takamine 
claims that  the  test  has  been  triumph­
antly  successful,  and  that  his  highest 
hopes  are  realized,  but he has been say­
ing the same thing for  three  years,  and 
the  other  parties  interested  will  say 
nothing about it.  The exact results will 
probably not  be  known  until  the  next 
meeting of the board  of  directors. 
It is 
said that  “koji,”  as the  new  ferment  is 
called, is rather more expensive than had 
been  anticipated,  and that it is not at  all 
unlikely that the new  process will  prove 
to be more expensive than the old.
M et W ith a  S erio u s F all.

“You are very  late  this  morning,  Mr. 
Baldwin,”  said a dry goods  merchant re­
cently to one of his clerks.  “Do  not  let 
it happen  again.”
“Very  sorry,” said  the  clerk  humbly. 
“I met with a serious fall.”
“ Indeed,” replied the merchant, relent­
ing.  “Are you hurt much?” 
“Principally, sir,  in your  estimation,” 
answered the clerk respectfully.
“Oh, never  mind  that,” said  the  mer­
chant kindly.  “I am very sorry and had 
no  intention  to  be  severe.  We  are  all 
liable  to  accidents.  How  did  yon  get 
the fall?”
“Well,  you  see,  sir,”  said  the  clerk 
confidingly,  “I  was  called  quite  early 
this  morning—earlier, 
than 
usual.”
“Ah!”
“Yes, sir; but somehow or other  I  fell 
asleep again.”
“Go  to  your  desk,  sir,  and  don’t  try 
that on again,”  exclaimed the  merchant, 
with an air of  severity which was  belied 
by the twinkle in his eye, which  denoted 
that he enjoyed the joke.

fact, 

in 

One reputation  for  doing  things  well 
is worth  more than a  thousand promises 
to do well in the future.

Typewriter Supply  Office.

H.  B.  ROSE,  M anager.

STATE AGENCY  FOR  THE

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The Edison Mimeograph—The Simplex 
Duplicator—Typewriter and Mimeograph 
Supplies  of  all  kinds.  Mail  orders  re­
ceive prompt attention.

Y.  M.  C. A.  Building,

Grand  Rapids, Mich.

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ALWAYS

STANDARD

AT WHOLESALE BY

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

FINEST QUALITY. 
POPULAR  PRICES.
SBBUS!

Everything  in seeds is kept by  us— 

Clover, Timothy,

Hungarian,  Millet,

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

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If you’have  Beans  to  sell, send us 
samples,  stating  quantity,  and  we 
will try to trade with  yon.  We are 
headquarters for egg cases  and  egg 
case fillers.
W.  T.  LUMBREAUX

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

J A V A   OIL,

RAW AND BOILED 

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

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

Pdrely  Vegetable,
Free  From  Sediment.

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

Ibis  Oil  is  a Winner I

Try a sample can of five or  ten  gallons. 

Write for prices.

H. M.  REYNOLDS  &  SON.

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

THE  MICHIGAISr  TRADESMAN.

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ACIDUM.

Aceticum....................
Benzolcum  German..
Boraclc 
......................
Carbollcum ...............
Cltrlcnm....................
Hydrochlor.................
Nltrocum 
...............
Oxallcum................
Phosphorlum  dll........
Sallcylicum................ 1
Sulphuricum...............
Tannlcum....................1
Tartaricum.................
AMMONIA.

Cubebae..........................   © 

g©  jo  Exechthltos...............   1 
50@1 60
50@1 60
65©  75  Erlgeron..................... I 
30  Gaultherla..................l 
70@1 80
30©  30  Geranium,  ounce....... 
©   75
55 Gosslpll,  Sem. gal.......  70©  75
52© 
3©  5  Hedeoma  ....................1 
25@1 40
12 Jumper!........................   50@2 00
10© 
12 Lavandula....................  90©2 00
10© 
85@3 60
30© i  70  Mentha Piper..............2 
IV©  5  Mentha Verld............ 2 
20@2 30
40@1  60  Morrhuae, gal.............1 
30@1 40
30© 

2 50

TINCTURES.

Aconltum NapelllsR..........   60
.  “ 
E...........  50
Aloes.......................................  oo
“  and  myrrh...................  60
Arnica....................................  50
Asafretlda...............................  0
Atrope 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..................................  so
Cubeba....................................  50
D igitalis................................   50
Ergot.......................................  50
Gentian..................................  50
Co..............................   60
Gualca....................................  50
ammon......................  60
Zingiber................................  50
Hyoscyamus.........................   50
Iodine.....................................   75
“  Colorless....................   75
Ferri  Chlorldum...................  35
K in o.......................................  50
Lobelia...................................   50
Myrrh.....................................  50
Nux  Vomica........................ 
50
PH........................................   86
“  Camphorated.................  50
“  Deodor...........................2 00
Aurantl Cortex......................  50
7nassla..................................  50
rnatany................................   50
Rhel........................................   50
Cassia  Acutlfol.....................  50
Co...............   50
Serpentarla...........................  50
Stromonlum...........................  60
Tolutan..................................  60
Valerian................................   50
Veratrum Verlde...................  50

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

squlbbs.. 

MISCELLANEOUS.
“ 
ground, 

.¿Ether, Spts  Hit, 3 F ..  28®  30
“  4 F ..  32©  34
Alumen.......................   2M® 3

‘ 
(po.
“ 
3©  4
D................................ 
Annatto........................  55©  60
Antimoni, po............... 
4© 
5
et Potass T.  55©  60
Antipyrln....................   @1  40
Antlrebrln....................  @  25
Argenti  Nitras, ounce  ©  48
Arsenicum..................  
5© 
7
Balm Gilead  Bud__  
38©  40
Bismuth  8.  N ............. 2 20@2 25
Calcium Chlor, Is,  (Ms
12;  Ms,  14)............... 
©  11
Cantharldes  Russian,
p o .......................
©1  00 
Capslcl  Fructus, af...
0   26 
©  28 
t po.
©  20 
Caryophyllus,  (po.  15) 
■
100  12
Carmine,  No. 40.......... 
0 3  75
Cera  Alba, S. & F .......  50©  55
Cera Flava..................   88®  40
Cocoas 
©  40
......................  
Cassia Fructus............ 
©  25
Centrarla......................  ©   10
Cetaceum.....................  ©  40
Chloroform.................  60©  68
©1  25
Chloral Hyd Chat........ 1  5001  80
Chondrus....................   200  25
Clnohonldine, P.  A  W  ISO  20
German  8M0  12 
Corks,  list,  dls.  per
cent  ........................ 
75
Creasotum...............  
©  35
©  2
Greta, (bbl. 75)....... 
prep.............. 
5 0   5
precip............... 
90  11
Rubra.................  ©   8
Crocus............  . 
.. 
60©  65
Cudbear.......................  
©  24
!upri Sulph................   5 ®   6
Dextrine........ .............  10@  12
Ether Sulph.................  70©  75
Emery,  all  numbers..  © 
po
j*».. . . . . .
Ergota, (po.)  75.
Flake  White__
Galla...................
Gambler....  __
Gelatin,  Cooper. 
French.
Glassware  flint, by box 80.
Less than box 75.
Glue,  Brown............... 
90  15
“  White.................  180  26
Glyoerlna....................   140  20
©   22
Grana Paradis!............ 
Humulus......................  25©  56
©  85
Hydraag Chlor  Mite.. 
0   80
“  C or.... 
Ox Rubrnm 
0   90
Ammonlatl.. ©100
Unguentum.  45©  65
Hydrargyrum..............  ©  64
Icnthyobolla, Am..  ..1  2501 50
Indigo...........................  75@100
Iodine,  Resubl............3 80@3 90
Iodoform.........................  
©4 70
Lupulln...........................   ©2 25
Lycopodium...............   70©  ?5
M ad s...........................  70©  75
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
drarglod................... 
©  27
Liquor Potass Arslnltls  10©  12
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
Mannla,  8. F ...............   600  68

70®  75
12©  15
0   23
7  0 8  
0   70 
400  60 

1M)...............................8 * 0  4

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

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Aqua, 16  deg............... 
4© 
6
80  deg...............  
6©  8
Carbonas  ......................   18© 14
Chlorldum.....................  12© 14

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

BACCAE.

Cubeae (po  36)......... 
30
Junlperus.................... 
8©  10
Xantnoxylum..............  25©  30

BALBAMUM.

Copaiba........................  45©  50
Pern..............................   @2 00
Terabln, Canada  .... 
60©  65
Tolutan......................  
35©  50

COETEX.

Abies,  Canadian....  ..........   18
Casslae  ..................................  11
Cinchona F la v a ...................  18
Euonymus  atropurp............  30
Myrlca  Cerlfera, po..............  80
Primus Ylrglnl......................  12
Qulllala,  grd.........................   10
Sassafras  ...............................  12
XJlmas Po (Ground  15)........   15

“ 
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“ 
“ 

EXTEACTUM.
Glycyrrhlza  Glabra...
po............
Haematox, 15 lb. box..
Is...............
V4s..............
54s...............
?HBRU
Carbonate Precip........
Citrate and Qulnla —
Citrate  Soluble—  —
Ferrocy anldum Sol...
Solut  Chloride............
Sulphate,  com’l ..........
pure..............

“ 

24©  25 
33©  35 
11©   12 
13©  14 
14©  15 
16®  17
0   15 
0 3  50 
©  90 
©  50 
©   15 
.9©  2 
©  7

Arnica..................  18© 
Anthemis.............  30© 
Matricaria 

20
35
.......   50©  65

FLORA.

FOI.IA.

Barosma 
Cassia  Acutlfol,  Tln-

....................   18©  50
nlvelly  ....................   25©  28
35©  50
21
8© 10

Salvia  officinalis,  Ms
UraUrsl 

and  Hb...............  15© 
.......................  

“  Alx. 

“ 

GUMMI.

©

Acacia, 1st  picked...

“ 
“ 
11 
“ 

“ ...
“ ...

2d 
3d 
©60©
sifted sorts..
p o .........   ....
50©
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)..
“  Cape, (po.  20)...
©©
Socotrl. (po.  60). 
Catechu, Is, (Mb, 14 Ms,
16)..............................
0
Ammoniac.....................  55©
Assafoetlda, (po. 35).. 
40©
Bensolnum.....................  50©
Cataphora......................   48©
Eupnorblum  po  ..........   35©
Galbanum....................   ©2
Gamboge,  po.................   70©
Gualacum,  (po  35) —   ©  :
Kino,  (po  1  10)..........  
©1
M astic............................. 
©  1
Myrrh, (po. 45)...............  
©
Opll  (po  4 00@4 20) ..2 7a@2 :
Shellac  ..........................  45©
33©  :
“ 
Tragacanth...................  40©1 1
hebba—In ounce packages.

bleached....... 

Absinthium........
Bupatorlum.......
Lobelia.................
Majorum.............
Mentha  Piperita
“  VIr.  ...
Rue......................
Tanacetum, V __
Thymus,  V ...................
MAGNESIA.

Calcined, Pat...............  55©
Carbonate,  Pat............  20©
Carbonate, K. A  M__   20©
Carbonate, Jennings..  35©  ;

OLEUM.

Absinthium..................2 50©3 1
Amygdalae, Dole____  45©
Amyaalae, Amarae__8 00©8 :
A nlsl...............................1  70©1 :
Aurantl  Cortex..........2 30@2 ■
Bergami!  .....................3 00@3 :
Cajiputi...................... 
60©  1
Caryophylll.................  75©  1
Cedar...........................   35©  1
Chenopodi!  ................. 
©1 1
Cinnamoni!...................1  1G©1 :
Cltronella.....................  ©   ■
Conlum  Mac...............   35®  1
Copaiba........................  80©  !

33 Myrcla, ounce................   @ 50
O live...............................  90@3 00
PICls Liquids, (gal..85)  10©  12
R lcinl..........................  1  22@1  28
Rosmarlnl.............. 
75©l  00
Rosae,  ounce.............   6 5008 50
Succinl.........................   40©  45
Sabina.........................   90@1  00
Santal  ......................... 2  50@7 00
Sassafras......................  50©  55
Slnapls, ess, ounce__  
©  65
TIglii............................   @1  00
Thyme.........................   40©  50
©160
Iheobromas.................  15©  20

opt  ................. 

‘ 

POTASSIUM.
BlCarb.......................  
15©  18
bichromate.................  13©  14
Bromide...................... 
40©  43
Carb..............................  
ia@  15
Chlorate  (po  23025)..  24©  26
Cyanide........................  50®  55
Iodide.......................... 2 96©3 00
27©  30 
Potassa, Bitart,  pure. 
Potassa, Bitart, com...  @  15
Potass Nitras, opt....... 
8©  10
Potass Ultras............... 
9
7@ 
Prussiate......................  28©  80
Sulphate  po.................  15©  18

BADIX.

Aconltum....................   20©  25
Althae...........................  22©  25
Anchusa......................  12©  15
Arum,  po......................  ©  25
Calamus........................  20©  40
Gentiana  (po. 12)....... 
8©  10
Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15)..  16©  18 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(PO. 35)....................  
©   30
Hellebore,  Ala,  po  ...  15©  20
Inula,  po......................  15©  20
Ipecac,  po....................l  60©1  75
Iris  plox (po. 35038) ..  350  40
Jalaps,  pr....................   40©  45
Maranta,  Ms............... 
0   35
Podophyllum, po........   15©  18
Rhel..............................   75©1  00
©1  75
“  cut........................ 
“  PV.........................   75@1  35
Splgella........................  35©  38
Sangulnarla,  (po  25)..  © 2 0
Serpentarla...................  45©  50
Senega.........................  55©  60
Simllax, Officinalis,  H  ©   40 
©   25
M 
Sclllae, (po. 85)............  10©  12
Symplocarpus,  Fcetl-
©  35
 
Valeriana, Eng.  (po.30)  ©  25
German...  15©  20
lngiber a................... 
is©  20
Zingiber  j ................. 
18©  20

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

“ 

“ 

©  15
Anlsum,  (po.  20). 
Aplum  (graveleons)..  22©  25
Bird, Is  ...................... 
4©
Carol, (po. 18).............   10©  12
Cardamon.....................1  00© 1  25
Corlandrum.................  11©  13
Cannabis Satlva..........   4©  
5
Cydonium....................   7501 00
Chenopodium  . . . . . . .   10©   12
Dlpterlx Odorste.........2 2502 50
Foenlcuium________  ©  15
Foenugreek,  po.......... 
8
L in!.............................. 4  © 4V
Llnl, grd.  (bbl. 8M)...  3*©   4
Lobelia.........................   35©  40
Pharlarls Canarian__   3  ® 4
Rapa............................. 
6©  7
Slnapls  Albu..............7 
0  8
Nigra............  11©  12

60 

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SPIBITUS.

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“ 

Frumentl, W.. D.  Co..2 0002  50
D. F. R ....... 1  7502 00
1  2501  50
Junlperls  Co. O. T ___1  65®2 00
..............1  7503  50
Saacharum  N.  B ......... 1  7502 00
Spt.  Vlnl  Galll............ 1  7506 50
finl Oporto.......................1  2502 00
Vlnl  Alba..........................1  2502 00

SPONGES.

Florida  sheeps’  wool
carriage......................... 2 5002 75
Nassau  sheeps’  wool
carriage  ................... 
Velvet  extra  sheeps’
wool  carriage.......... 
Extra  yellow  sheeps’
carriage....................  
Grass sheeps’ wool car­
riage  .........................  
Hard for  slate  use__  
Yellow Reef, for  slate 
u se ............................. 

2  00
1  10
85
65
75
1  40

STBUPS.

Accacla ..................................   50
Zingiber  ................................   50
Ipecac.....................................   60
Ferrl Iod.........................   ...  50
Aurantl  Cortes......................   50
Rhel  Arom.............................  50
Simllax  Officinalis...............   60
Co.........  50
Senega....................................  50
Sclllae.....................................   50
“  Co................................  50
Tomtan..................................  50
Frunns  vlrg...........................   50

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pints.......... 

S.  N. Y. Q.  A

Morphia, S.  P. A W.  2 35@2 60 
C.  Co......................  2 2502  50
Moschus Canton........   @  40
70
Myrlstlca, No  1 .  65© 
Nux Vomica,  (po 20).. 
©  10
Os.  Sepia...........   15© 
18
Pepsin Saac, H. A P. D.
_ C o..............................   @2 00
Plcls Liq, N.»C., H gai
doz  ...........................  @2 00
Ficls Liq., quarts.......  @1  00
©  85
Pll Hydrarg,  (po. 80)..  ©  50
Piper  Nigra,  (po. 22)..  @ 
l
Piper Alba,  (po *5)....  @  3
Pllx Burgun.................  ©  7
Plumbl A cet...............   14©  15
Pulvis Ipecac et opll.. 1  10@1  20 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
A P. D.  Co., doz.......  @1  25
Pyrethrum,  pv............  20©  30
Quasslae...................... 
8©  10
Qulnla, S. P. A W.......34*039*
S.  German__   270  37
Rubla  Tlnctorum.......  12©  14
Saccharum Lactls pv. 
12©  14
Salacln.........................2 00@2  10
Sanguis  Draconls.......  40©  50
Sapo,  W........................  12©  14
11  M.........................  10©  12
©  15
“  G.........................  

” 

Seldllts  Mixture........  
©  20
Slnapls.............................   ®  18
,r  opt........................  © 80
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
V oes.........................  
©  35
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  @  35
Soda Boras, (po. 11).  .  10©  11 
Soda  et Potass Tart...  27©  30
Soda Carb...................  1M©  2
Soda,  Bl-Carb.............  
©  5
Soda,  Ash....................  3H@  4
Soda, Sulphas.............   @  2
Spts. Ether C o............  50©  55
“  Myrcla  Dom.......  ©2  25
“  Myrcla Imp........   @3 00
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••••7..........................2  1702 27
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia Crystal.......1 40@1  45
Sulphur, Subl................2M@  3
„  
Roll...............  2  ©  2M
Tamarinds..................  
8©  10
Terebenth Venice.......  28©  30
Theobromae.............. 45  ©   48
Vanilla........................9 00016 00
Zlnd  Sulph................. 
7©  8

vlnl  Rect.  bbl.

__ 
Whale, winter..............  70 
Lard,  extra...................  so 
Lard, No.  1...................  42 
Linseed, pure raw__   51 

Bbl.  Gal
70
85
45
54

bbl. 

p a in t s. 

Linseed,  boiled..........  54 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
65 
strained................. 
SplrltsTurpentlne....  36 

11
57
70
40
lb .
Red  Venetian............... iv   2©3
Ochre, yellow  Mars__ 1M  2@4
Putty,  commercial__ 2M*2*^i
“  strictly  pure.......2*   2V@8
Vermilion Prime Amer-
13016
w,can -.......-.................. 
Vermilion,  English.... 
66@70
Green,  Peninsular....... 
70@75
Lead,  red......................  6  @6*
w hite..................e  ©e«
Whiting, white Span... 
@70
Whiting,  Gllders’ Trr.
@90 
White, Paris  American 
1  0
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
i  4Q
c liff....................... f. 
Pioneer Prepared Palntl 20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
Paints....................... 1 0001  20

VARNISHES.

No. 1 Turp  Coach.... 1  10@l  20
Extra Turp...................166©1  70
C°*ch  Body  ............... 2 7503 00
No. 1 Turp Furn........ 1  00@1  10
EutraTurkDamar...  1  55©i  60 
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
Ton>........................... 
70075

Grand  Rapids, flieh.

F R U I T  J U I C E S

We carry a full  line  of  Hance Bros. & White and McKesson 

& Robbins Fruit Juices, Chocolate and a complete line of

S O D J  FOUNTAIN SUPPLIES 

FRUIT COLOR 

CARAMEL

ACID PHOSPHATES 
WILD CHERRY PHOSPHATE 

Rock Candy Syrup

etc.

(Warranted Pure)

In barrels, half barrel, ten and five  gallon  kegs.

r

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THE  NEW WAY.

Why  buy  Sea 

Perfection Holder—Nickel  Bar.
Island  Twine 

in 
small balls when you can  order  it  on  a 
paper tube holding about 1%  lbs.  Twine? 
The simplicity, economy and convenience 
of  using  Twine  put  up  in  this way re­
quire no  demonstration.

Price  25 cents.

H A m ilN E  

i 

PiRKIfIS  DRUG  GO..

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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TELE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

G RO CERY   PR IC E   CU RREN T.

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

CATSUP.

COUPON  BOOKS.

Apricots.

Gages.

1  40 
Live oak........................
Santa  Crus...................
1  40 
Lusk's...........................
1  50 1  10
Overland....................
Blackberries.
F. *   W.........................
90
Cherries.
Red................................1  1031 25
Pitted Hamburgh....... 
1 75
W hite........................... 
1 50
Brie..............................  
1 30
Damsons, Egg Plums and Green
Brie..............................
1  20 
California....................
1  40
Gooseberries.
Common......................
1  25
Peaches.
P ie...............................
M axwell......................
Shepard’s ....................
California....................  160@1  75
...................
Monitor 
Oxford..........................
Pears.
Domestic...................... 
1  25
Riverside...................... 
1  75
Pineapples.
Common.......................1  00@1  30
Johnson’s  sliced........  
2  50
2 75
grated........  
Booth's sliced.............  @2 51
grated............  @2  75
Quinces.
Common...................... 
1  10
Raspberries,
1  10
Red................................ 
Black  Hamburg.......... 
1  50
1  20
Brie,  b la ck ................. 
Strawberries.
Lawrence....................  
1  25
1  25
Hamburgh................... 
1  20
Erie............................... 
Terrapin.........................  
1  05
Whortleberries.
Blueberries................  
85
Corned  beef  Libby’s ..........1  95
Roast beef  Armour’s ..........180
Potted  ham, Vi lb.................1  40
“  M lb...................  85
tongue, Vi lb................135
“  M  lb............   85
chicken, M lb ........... 
95
Vegetables.

Meats.

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

Beans.

“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

Corn.

Hamburgh  stringless...........1  25
French style.........2 25
Limas.....................1 35
Lima, green...........................1  25
soaked.........................  66
Lewis Boston Baked........... 1  85
Bay State Baked.................. 1  35
World’s  Fair  Baked............1  35
Picnic Baked......................... 1  00
Hamburgh ..............................1  40
Livingston  Bden.......................1 20
Purity.....................................
Honey  Dew...........................1 40
Morning Glory....................
Soaked.................................. 
75
Hamburgh  marrofat............ 1  85
early June...........
Champion Eng  . 1  50
petit  pole.............. 1 75
fancy  sifted____ 1 90
Soaked....................................  65
Harris standard.....................  75
VanCamp’s  marrofat...........1  10
early June....... 1  30
Archer’s  Early Blossom___1  25
French.........................................2 15
French.................................19®21
Brie.........................................  85
Hubbard......................................1 15
Hamburg......................................1 40
Soaked.................  
Honey  Dew.................................j 50
Brie.............................................. 1 35
Hancock......................................1 10
Excelsior  .......... ....................
Eclipse....................................
Hamburg...............................
Gallon ...  ..............................3 50

Mushrooms.
Pumpkin.
Squash.
Succotash.

Tomatoes.

85

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

Baker’s.

23
37
43

.

Bine Label Brand. 

“ 

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

Triumph Brand.

CLOTHES  PINS.

5 gross boxes..................41345

COCOA  SHELLS.
35 lb  bags........................ 
3 3
Less quantity.................  @3V&
Pound  packages...........6M37

COFFEE.
Green.
Rio.

Santos.

Fair........................................!8
Good...................................... 19
Prime.....................................21
Golden...................................21
Peaberry...............................23
Fair........................................19
Good...................................... 20
Prime.................................... 22
Peaberry  ...............................23
Mexican and Guatamala.
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 Vic. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink­
age.
M cLaughlin's  XXXX 
23  95
Bunola  .......  ....................  27  45
Lion, 60 or 100lb.  case....  23 95 

Package.

Extract.

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

“ 

 

1 15

“ 

tin 
CHICORY.

B ulk..................................  
Red................................... 
CLOTHES  LINES.

..5
.  7

Cotton,  40 ft.......... per doz.  1  25
1  40
160
1  75
1  90
85
1  00

“ 
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“ 
“ 
-Jute 
“ 
CONDENSED  MILK. 

50ft...........  
60 ft ...........  
70ft...........  
80ft........... 
60 ft..........  
7 2 f f .........  

“ 
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" 
“ 
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4‘doz. in case.

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

CHEESE.
Amboy.........................
Acme............................
Lenawee......................
Riverside....................
Gold  Medal.................
Skim.............................
Brick.............................
Bdam............................
Leiden.........................
Limburger.................
Pineapple.....................
Roquefort......................
Sap Sago......................
Schweitzer, Imported. 
domestic  ....

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012 Vi 
13V4
0 1 Ui 
6310
15 
1  00 
23 
015 025 
085 021 
024 
014

evaporò

Peerless Evaporated Cream. 

CREDIT CHECKS.

500, any one denom’n .......S3 00
1000,  “ 
“ 
....... 5 00
2000,  “  “ 
.......8 00
Steel  punch.........................  
75

“ 
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AXLE GREASE.
Aurora......................  55 
Castor Oil...............  
60 
Diamond..................   50 
Frazer’s ................... 
'5 
Mica  ........................  65 
Paragon 
.................  55 

doz  gross
600
7 00
5 50
9 00
7  50
600

BAKING  POWDER. 

Acme.

u  lb. cans. 3 doz................. 
45
* lb .  “ 
*  “  .................   ,  ™
lb.  “  1  “  ...................
1 
Bulk......................................  W
Arctic.
u  lb cans 6 doz  case.......... 
55
lb  “  4 doz  “ 
..........   1  10
1 
lb “ 
2 doz  “ 
.......... 2  00
..........   9 00
5  lb  “ 
1 dot  “ 
Cream’Flake.
 
3  oz  “ 
45
6 doz “ 
 
4  oz  “ 
60
4 doz “ 
 
6  oz  “ 
80
4 doz  “ 
8  oz “ 
4 doz  •* 
..........   1 10
1 
fc “ 
2 doz  “ 
.......... 2  00
..........   9 00
5  lb  “ 
1 doz  “ 
Red Star, % lb  cans............ 
40
Vi ft  “ 
...........  
75
1 lb  “ 
............1  40
Teller’s,  U lb. cans, dot. 
45
85
“  . • 
vi lb.  “ 
“  . -  1  50
1 lb.  “ 
Our Leader,  V lb cans....... 
45
Vi lb cans.......... 
75
...  .  1  50
1 lb cans 

“ 
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BATH  BRICK.
2  dozen in case.

 
 

BLUING. 

English......................... 
90
Bristol.............................. 
SO
Domestic................................  70
Gross
Arctic, 4 oz  ovals............... 3 60
............... 6 75
“ 
“  pints,  round............9 00
“  No. 2, sifting box 
2 75 
“  No. 3, 
...  4 00
..  8 00
No. 5, 
“  1 oz ball  ...................  4 50
Mexican Liquid, 4 oz........   3 60
“ 
“  8 oz...........   6 80

Soz 

*” 
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“ 

BROOMS.

■40. 2 Hurl.............................  1  75
No. 1  “ 
.............................2 00
No. 2 Carpet......................... 2 25
......................... 2 50
No. 1 
“ 
Parlor Gem...........................2 75
Common Whisk..................  
80
Fancy 
...................  1 00
Warehouse...........................3  00

1 

BRUSHES.

•< 
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Stove, No.  1..........................  125
10.......................  1 50
15.......................1  75
Rice Root Scrub, 2  row—  
85
Rice Root  Scrub, 3 row —   1  25 
Palmetto, goose............  ...  1  SO

CANDLES.

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

“ 

CANNED  GOODS. 

Flail.
Clams.

“ 

Lobsters.

“ 
Clam Chowder.
Cove Oysters.

Little Neck,  1 lb..................1  20
2 lb............1 90
Standard, 2 lb.......................2 25
Standard,  1 lb......................   75
2 1 b ............1  35
Star,  1  lb..............................2 45
“  2  lb.............................. 3 50
Picnic, 1 lb............................ 2 00
21b.............................2 90
“ 
Mackerel.
Standard, 1 lb....................... 1  10
2  lb......................2 10
Mustard,  21b.......................2  25
Tomato Sauce,  2 lb .............2  25
Soused, 2 lb .......................... 2 25
Columbia River, fiat........... 1  80
tails............1  65
Alaska, Red...........................l 25
pink...........................1  10
Kinney’s,  flats......................1  95

Salmon.
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 

Sardines.
American  Ms..................4Vi@ 5
<is................. 6Vi@ 7
Imported  Ms......................  @S0
15@16
Mustard Ms  ......................   6®7
Boneless............................. 
21
Brook 8. Ib............................ 2 50

Vis 

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Trout.
Fruits.
Apples.

lb. standard  ........ 
3 
York State, gallons__ 
Hamburgh, 
__

-  

1  10
3 50

Foreign.
Currants.

Patras,  In barrels.............  
in  Vi-bbls................  
“ 
In less quantity___ 
• “ 
cleaned,  bulk........  
cleaned,  package.. 

2
2M
2%
5
5Vi 

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

25 “ 
25 “ 

“ 
“ 

Peel.

“ 
“ 
Raisins.

Ondnra, 29 lb. boxes. 
“ 
Sultana, 20 
Valencia, 30  "

3   8 
..7V4  3  8

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Prunes.
California,  100-120 ............... 7
90x100 25 lb. bxs.  7
80x90 
70x80 
60x70 

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

“ 
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.. 7M
854
. 8M

No. 1, 6Vi............................   81  76
No. 2, 6Vi.............................  1  60
No. 1, 6................................  1  65
No. 2, 6................................  150

XX  wood, white.

Coin.

Lima  Beans.

Manilla, white.

Farina.
Hominy.

No. 1, 6Vi.............................  135
No. 2, 6 Vi 
.........................   1  25
6  Vi  ........................  .......  1 08
6............................................ 
95
Mill  No. 4...........................  100
FARINACEOUS  GOODS. 
1001b. kegs..................... 
3M
Barrels....................................275
Grits....................................... 3 00
Dried................................3*43S3£
Maccaronl and Vermicelli. 
Domestic, 121b. box.... 
56
Imported......................10H3-1
Barrels  200.........................   4 25
Half barrels  100 .................  2  25
Kegs.....................................   2M
Green,  bu..........................   1  25
Spilt  per l b ................ 
Rolled  Oats.
Barrels  180....................
Half  bbls 90................
German.............................
Bast India.........................

3
@4  25
@2  25
4 Vi

Pearl Barley.

Oatmeal.

Sago.

Peas.

.  5

Cracked.............................

Wheat.

F18H—Salt.

Bloaters.

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

3*

Cod.

“ 

10@13

4ii@6

70
9  50

“  W  “  40  “ 
Mackerel.

Pollock.............................
Whole, Grand  Bank....
Boneless,  bricks............. 7@9
Boneless,  strips............... e©8
Halibut.
Smoked.........................
Herring.
Holland, white hoops keg
“ 
bbl
“ 
Norwegian 
......................
Round, Vi bbl 100 lbs  __
2 50
.......
1  30
Scaled...............................
20
No. 1,  100 lbs....................
10  75
No. 1, 40 lbs......................
.  4  60
No. 1,  10 lbs......................
.  1  23
No. 2,100  lbs....................
.  7  50
No. 2,40  lbs.........................   3 30
90
No. 2,10 
lbs  ...................... 
Family, 90 lbs......................5  75
10 lb s................... 
65
Russian,  kegs..................... 
55
No. 1, Vi bbls., lOOlbs............5 75
No. 1 M bbl, 40  lbs...............2  55
No. 1, kits. 10 lbs. 
-----  73
No  1,81b  kits.
....  61

Sardines.
Trout

“ 

Whlteflsh.

No. 1

Family 
X bbls, 100 lbs...........87 00  83 00
X  “  40  “  ..........  3 (5  150
85  45
101b.  kits....................  
8 lb.  “ 
..................... 
39
71 
MATCHES.
No. 9  sulphur......................... 1 65
Anchor parlor.........................1 70
No. 2 home.............................. 1 10
Export parlor....................4 00

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

Bonders’.

Regular
Grade
Lemon.

doz
2 OZ  ___8  75
4  oz_  1  50

Regular
Vanilla.

doz
.81  20

2 oz 
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

10

“ 
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Jennings.
Lemon. Vanilla 
120
2 oz regular panel.  75 
2 00
4 os 
...1  50 
3 00
6 os 
.. .2 00 
No. 3 taper— ....1  35 
2 00
No. 4  taper............1  50 
2 50
Northrop’»
Lemon.  Vanilla.
2 oz  oval taper  75 
1 10
1  75
1 20 
“ 
3 oz 
2 oz regular  “ 
85 
1  20
4 oz 
“ 
1 60 
2  25

“ 
“ 
FLY  PA PER . 

T hom ’s  Tanglefoot.

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.

Kegs.........................................3 25
Half  kegs............'.................1  90
Quarter  kegs......................... 1 10
1 lb  cans................................   30
Vi lb  cans...............................  18
Kegs.........................................4 25
Half  kegs................................2 40
Quarter kegs.........................  1 35
1 lb cans................................   34

Choke Bore—Dupont’s.

Eagle Duck—Dupont’s.

Kegs  ..................................... 11  00
Half  kegs  ............................   5 75
Quarter kegs...........................3 00
1  ib cans............................... 
60
Sage........................................16
Hops.......................................15

HERBS.

INDIGO.

Madras,  5 lb. boxes..........  
S. F., 2, 3 and 5 lb. boxes.. 
17  lb. palls................... 
“ 
30  “ 
LICORICE.

55
50 
JELLY.
<a  45
.................   @  75

Pure.........................................  30
Calabria..................................   25
Sicily.......................................   12

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

“ 
MINCEaMEAT.

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

MEASURES.
Tin, per dozen.

1  gallon............................    II  75
Half  gallon........................  1  40
Quart..................................  
70
Pint....................................... 
45
Half  p in t................ 
40
 
Wooden, for vinegar, per doz.
1 gallon...............................  7  00
Half gallon........................  4  75
fe n r t.......... .  ...................   3 75
Pint 
.................................   2 85

 

MOLASSES.
Blackstrap.
Cuba Baking.
Porto Rloo.

Sugar bonse................—. . .  
Ordinary............................. 
Prime..................................  
Fancy.......................—. . . .  

14
16
20
30

V  -v

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

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Butter.

..10 
.20 

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

Oyster.

Soda.

CREAM  TARTAR.
Strictly  pure........................ 
30
Telfers  Absolute...............  
30
Grocers’............................... 15325
DRIED  FRUITS. 

Dom estic.

Apples.

“ 

“ 

Peaches.

14
14Vi
8

............. 10 Vi

quartered  “ 

Sundrled, sliced in  bbls. 
7
7V4
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes 12  12Vi 
Apricots.
California in  bags........  
Evaporated In boxes. 
.. 
Blackberries.
In  boxes.....  ............... 
Nectarines.
70 lb. bags......................... 10
25 lb. boxes —  
Peeled, in  boxes............
Cal. evap.  “ 
“ 
In bags........ 10
California In bags.......10
Pitted  Cherries
Barrels.............................
50 lb. boxes....................
25  “ 
...................  10
Prunelles.
301b.  boxes.......... ......... 15
Raspberries.
In  barrels........................
501b. boxes......................
........................
251b.  “ 
Raisins.

 
Pears.

lOVi

Loose  Muscatels In Boxes.
2 crown................................ 1  ie
“ 
................................1  20
3 
4  “ 
145
Loose Muscatels In Bags.
crown.................................3v
2 
4*
8 
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Fair...................................... 
Good.................................... 
28
27
Extra good.......................... 
Choice................................  
82
Fancy................................... 
40
One-half barrels, 3c extra;

 
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Medium.
Barrels, 1,300 count... 
Half bbls, 600  count.. 
Barrels, 3,400  count. 
Half bbls, 1,300 count 

Small.

©4 SO
©2 76
S 50

3 35

PIPES.

Clay, No.  216............................... 1 70
“  T. D. full count...........  70
Cob, No.  3..............................120

POTASH.

48 cans In case.

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

RICE.
Domestic.
Carolina bead........................ 6
No. 1...................... 5*4
No. 2.....................   5
Broken..................................  4

“ 
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Imported.
Japan, No. 1........................... 5*4
No. 2...................... 5
Java....................................  
6
Patna......................................  5*4

“ 

SPICES.

Whole Sifted.

“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

Allspice.................................9/,
Cassia, China In mats........   8
Batavia In bund__15
Saigon In rolls.......... 33
Cloves,  Amboyna................32
Zanzibar..................lift
Mace  Batavia.......................80
Nutmegs, fancy................... 75
“  No.  1........................ 70
“  No.  2.........................60
Pepper, Singapore, black__10
" 
white...  .30
“ 
shot..........................16
Pure Ground In Bulk.
Allspice................................
Cassia,  Batavia...................
“  and Saigon.
Saigon.
Cloves,  Amboyna...............
Zanzibar.................
Ginger, African....................
Cochin...................
Jamaica.................
Mace  Batavia.......................
Mustard,  Bng. and Trieste.
Trieste....................
Nutmegs, No. 2 ....................
Pepper, Singapore, black__
" 
"  white.......
“  Cayenne..................
Sage........................................
‘‘Absolute” in Packages, 

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

Mb
Allspice........................  84
Cinnamon....................   84
Cloves...........................   84
Ginger,  Jamaica........   84
African............  84
Mustard. .*....................   84
Pepper..........................  84
Sage...............................   84

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35
75
16
34
30
30
MB 
1  56 
1  55 
1  55 
1  55 
1  55 
1  55 
1  56

SAL  SODA.

Kegs......................................   1*4
Granulated,  boxes...............   lit

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

Corn.

@15
4
8
90
4-
5@6
10
9
5
30

 

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30-lb  boxes.............................  5v
40-lb 
5*4
Gloss.
1-lb packages.........................   5
8-lb 
......................... 5
6-lb 
5*4
 
40 and 50 lb. boxes...............   3*4
Barrels....................................3*4

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SNUFF.

Scotch, In  bladders............. 37
Maccaboy, In Jars.................35
French Rappee, In Jars.......48

SODA,

Boxes.......................................5*t
Kegs, English......................... 4ff

SALT.
 
 

100 3-lb. sacks....................... 13 15
2 00
60 5-lb.  “ 
2810-lb. sackB.....................  1  85
1  80
3014-lb.  “ 
34 3-lb  cases.........................  1 50
56 lb. dairy in linen  bags.. 
33
28 lb.  “ 
drill  “  16  18

 
 

Warsaw.

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

Ashton.

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56 lb. dairy in linen  sacks. 

Higgins.

Soiar Rock.

56 lk>.  sacks.......................... 

Common Pine.

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

SALERATUS.

30
16
75

75 

33

85
85

Packed 60 lbs. In box.

Church’s ...............................   5*4
DeLand’s ................................  5U
Dwight’s ...........  ...................   5*4
Taylor’s ...............-..................  5

SOAP.
Laundry.

Allen B. Wrlsley’s Brands.

Old Country,  80  1-lb............ 3 20
Good Cheer, 601 lb.....................3 90
White Borax, 100  3i 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

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Dingman Brands.

“ 

“ 

Single box...........................   3  95
5 box lots, delivered.......... 3 85
10 box lots, delivered........ 3 75
Jas. S. Kirk & Co.’s  Brands. 
American  Family, wrp’d. .84 00 
plain...  3 94
N.  K.  Fairbank & Co.’s Brands.
Santa Claus.........................   4  00
Brjwn, 60 bars...................... 2 40
80  b ars.....................3  25
Acme....................................  8  75
Cotton Oil...............................6  00
Marseilles.............................  4  00
Master 
.............................4 00
Thompson & Chute Co.’s Brands

“ 
Lautz Bros. & Co.’s Brands.

Silver................................... 3  o5
M ono................................... 3  30
Savon Improved.................  2 50
Sunflower...........................2  80
Golden..................................3  25
Economical  ........................  2 25

SUGAR.

“ 
Passolt’s Atlas  Brand.

Scouring.
Sapolio,kitchen, 3  doz...  2 50
hand, 3 doz.......... 2  50
Single  box  ......................... 3  65
5 box  lots.............................  3 60
10 box lots............................   3 50
25 box  lots del.....................  3 40
The  following  prices  repre­
sent the actual selling prices In 
Grand Rapids, based on the act­
ual cost in New  York,  with  38 
cents per 100 pounds added  for 
freight.  The  same  quotations 
will not apply to any townwhere 
the freight rate from New York 
is  not  38 cents,  but  the  local 
quotations will, perhaps, afford 
a better criterion of the  market 
than to quote New York  prices 
exclusively.
Cut  Loaf.............................. *5  44
Powdered.............................  4 82
Granulated 
......................  4  63
Extra Fine Granulated...  4  75
Cubes....................................4 82
XXXX  Powdered...............   5  17
Confec. Standard  A .......... 4 56
No. 1  Columbia A ..............  4 44
No. 5 Empire  A ...................4  32
No.  6..................................... 4  25
No.  7......................................  4  19
No.  8......................................4  13
No.  9......................................4 07
No.  10...................................   3 94
No.  11....................................3 88
No.  12..................................  3 75
No.  13...................................   3 56
No 14................................ 
3 38

SYRUPS.

Corn.

Barrels...................................15*4
Half bbls............................... 17*4
Fair.........................................  19
Good.......................................  25
Choice.....................................  30

Pure Cane.

TABLE  SAUCES.
“ 

Lea & Perrin’s, large___  4 75
small.........  2 75
Halford, large.................... 3 75
small....................   2 25
Salad Dressing,  large  .......  4 55
*' 
sm all.......2 65

“ 
“ 

TEAS.

jafax—Regular.

Fair..............................
@17
Good.............................
@20
@26
Choice........................... 24
@34
Choicest........................ 32
D ust..............................10
@12
SUN CUBED.
Fair...............................
@17
Good .............................
@20
Choice............................24
OK
@34
Choicest........................32
Dust...............................10
@12
BASKET  FIRED.
Fair................................ 18  @20
Choice..........................   @25
Choicest........................  @35
Extra choice, wire leaf  @40
Common to fair............%  @35
Extra fine to finest— 50  @65
Choicest fancy..............75 @85
@26
Common 10 fair............ 23  @30
Common to  fair...........23
@26
@35
Superior to fine............ 30
@26
Common to fair...........18
@40
Superior to  fine...........30
ENSLISH BREAKFAST.
Fair................................18  @22
Choice.............................24  @28
Beat................................40  @50

oolong. 
IMPERIAL.

TOURS HYSON.

GUNPOWDER.

TOBACCOS.

Flue Cut.

 

 

P. Lorillard & Co.’s Brands.
Sweet Russet...............30  @32
30
Tiger.............................  
D. Scotten & Co’s Brands.
Hiawatha....................  
60
Cuba..........................  
32
Rocket.........................  
30
Spaulding & Merrick's  Brands.
Sterling........................ 
30
Private Brands.
Bazoo...........................   @30
Can  Can.........•.............   @27
Nellie  Bly................... 24  @25
Uncle Ben....................24  @25
27
McGlnty......................  
25
*4 bbls........... 
Dandy Jim................... 
29
Torpedo .
in  drums__  
23
Yum  Yum  ...................... 
1892..................................... 
“  drams........................ 

“ 

28
23
22

Plug.

Sorg’s Brands.

Spearhead........................ 
Joker.......... ..................... 
Nobby Twist...................... 
Scotten’s Brands.
Kylo.................................... 
Hiawatha........................... 
Valley C ity......................  
Flnzer’s Brands.
Old  Honesty..................... 
Jolly Tar............................ 
Lorillard’s Brands.
Climax (8 oz., 41c)_____  
Gr' en Turtle....................  
27
Three Black Crows... 
J. G. Butler’s Brands.
Something Good......... 
38
Out of  Sight..................... 
Wilson & McCaulay’s Brands.
Gold  Rope........................ 
Happy Thought.......... 
37
Messmate.......................... 
No Tax............................... 
Let  Go............................... 

39
27
40
26
38
34
40
32
39
30

24
43
32
31
27

Sm oking.

Callin’s  Brands.

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

Kiln  dried..........................17@t8
Golden  Shower.....................19
Huntress 
26
Meerschaum  .....................29@30
American Eagle Co.’s Brands.
Myrtle Navy..........................40
Stork................................ 30@32
German.................................. 15
Frog....................................... 33
Java, *48 foil......................... 32
Banner Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
Banner.................................... 16
Banner Cavendish................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.

Leidersdorf’8 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
Com  Cake............................. 16

VINEGAR.

40 gr.. 
50 gr.

@8
@9

II for barrel. 

WET  UUSTARD. 

HIDES.

YEAST.

Bulk, per gal
30 
Beer mug, 2 doz In case 
1  75
Magic,................................... 1  00
Warner’s  ...............................1  00
Yeast Foam  ......................... 1 00
Diamond................................  75
Royal.....................................   90
HIDES  PELTS  and  FURS 
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol­
lows:
Green 
2@2*4 
Part Cured. 
@  3 
Full  “
@  3*4 
Dry..............
@ 5 
Kips, green 
@ 3 
cared.
@ 4
Calfskins,  green........   4  @ 5
oared........ 4  *»@  6
.10 @25
Deacon skins............
No. 2 hides M off.
PELTS.
Shearlings.................
Lambs 
WOOL.
Washed .. 
.............. -.12 @16
Unwashed..................  8 @12
Tallow...................... ..  4 @  4*4
Grease  butter  ......... . .  1 @  2
Switches.......................  1*4@ 2
Ginseng............................. 2 00@2 50
Badger...........................   80@1 00
B ear.........................15 00@25 00
Beaver...............................3 00@7 00
Cat, wild........................  50@ 75
Cat, house.....................  10@ 25
Fisher................................ 3 00@6 00
Fox,  red............................1 00@l 40

5 a   20
.................... ..25 @  60

MISCELLANEOUS.

FURS.

“ 

Fox, cross.....................3 00@5  00
Fox,  grey......................   50® 70
Lynx..............................1 00@2  50
Martin,  dark................ 1 00@3  00
pale & yellow.  75® 1  00
Mink, dark....................   25@1 00
Muskrat..........................  
3® 15
Oppossum....................... 
5@ 15
Otter, dark.................5 00@10 00
Raccoon........................  30® 75
.........................1  00@1  25
Skunk 
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

13  “ 

“  No. 2.................. ..
“  No. 3......................
Palls, No. 1, two-hoop..
“  No. 1,  three-hoop.
Bowls, 11 Inch................
“ 
...............

Tubs,No. 1...........................  600
5 50 
4  50 
1  30 
1  50
90
1  25 
1  80
2 40
35
shipping  bushel..  1  15 
..  1  25
full  hoop  “ 
willow Cl’ths, No.l  5 25 
“  No.2 6 25
No.3 7 25 
No.l  3 75 
No.2 4 25 
No.3 4 75

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

“ 
splint

INDURATED WAKE.

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

Butter Plates—Oval.

Washboards—single.

250  10.0
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.........................................2 50
Good Luck.................................. 2 75
peerless.....................................   2 85
GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS

Double.

WHEAT.

MEAL.

FLOUR  IN  SACKS.

52 
No. 1 White (58 lb. test) 
No. 2 Red  (60 lb. test) 
52
Bolted....................................  1 40
Granulated...........................   1 65
•Patents................................   2 05
•Standards...........................   1 60
•Straight...............................  1 55
Bakers’..................................  1 35
•Graham...............................  1 50
Rye..........  ..........................  140
•Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour in bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.

MILLSTUFFS.

Less
Car lots  quantity
116 00
13 00
16 50
17 50
16 30

Bran............... 115 00 
Screenings__   12 50 
Middlings.......  15 50 
Mixed Feed...  17  50 
Coarse meal  . 
16 30 
Car  lots........................... ......42
Less than  car  lots............. 46
Car  lots  :..............................35*4
Less than car lots................ 37

CORN.

OATS.

No. 1 Timothy, car lots__ 11  00
ton lots........ 12 50
N o.l 

“ 

12*4

FISH  AND  OYSTERS.
F.  J.  Dettenthaler  quotes as 

follows:
FRESH  FISH.
Whltefisb 
...................  @ 8
T rout...........................  @ 8
Black Bass..................  
Halibut.........................   @15
Ciscoes or Herring__   @ 4
Bluefish........................  @15
Fresh lobster, per lb .. 
20
Cod................................ 
.  8
No. 1 Pickerel..............  @10
Pike..............................   @ 7
Smoked  White............  @ 6
15
Red  Snappers.......... . 
Columbia  River  Sal­
mon ........................... 
12*4
Mackerel......................  18@20
oysters—Cans. 
Falrhaven  Counts—   @40
F. J. D.  Selects..........   @33
Selects.........................   @25
F. J. D...........................   @25
Anchors...................  ..  @22
Standards....................   @20
oysters—Bulk.
175
Extra Selects..per gal. 
1  50
Selects.........................  
1  10
Standards....................  
Counts.........................  
2 20
1  50
Scallops............  ....... 
Shrimps  ...................... 
125
Clams...........................  
125
SHELL  HOODS.
Oysters, per  100..........1  25@1  75
75@1  00
Clams, 

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PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing and Provision Co 

f o r k   in   b a r r e l s .
...............  

quotes as follows:
, ,  
M ess,.............. 
Short c u t....................................................... 
Extra clear pig, short cut.... 
Extra clear,  heavy.
Boston clear, short cut................. 
Clear back, short cut..................
Standard clear, short cut. best__
Pork, links...
Bologna........
Liver............
Tongue .........
Blood............
Head cheese .
Summer.........
Frankfurts...
_  
Kettle  Rendered............

LARD.

, 

,0 Kll
.0
.5 ¿0

14 7n
H   75 
15  00
TM
5*
8*4

Compound......................... '' ’ ...........................  5?
Cottolene__ 
. 
50 lb. Tins,  Me advance.
20 lb. palls, *4c 
101b.  “ 
34c 
51b.  “  Xc 
31b.  “ 
1  c

................. . 
“
“
“

.......

. 

BEEF  IN  BARRELS.

smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain

Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs............... 
a 00
7 75
Extra Mess, Chicago packing 
Boneless, rump butts..................... . . . . . . . i . .. 10 00
Hams, average 20 lbs.............. 
in
16 lbs....................   .................... - -
.10*
12 to 14 lbs...........
10*4
picnic..............................
8M
best boneless............

Shoulders.........................................','//[  _
Breakfast Bacon  boneless............... 
.......  ou
Dried beef, ham prices..................... 
 
10
Long Clears, heavy.......................
Briskets,  medium............ 

......................7

“ 
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“ 
“ 

98

“ 
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u«frt...................... '7:;;;;;:;;;;;;;;

>• 

TRIPE.

DRY  SALT  MEATS.

PICKEED  PIGS’  PEET.

_  
Butts................................ 
q
D. S. Bellies.........................Ill“ ” ..................  ilu
Fat Backs.................   ......................... if*
nn
Barrels.......................................  
Ke*8 ..........................................7::::::::;;: 
90
Kits, honeycomb.........................  
75
Kits,premium...............................  
55
Barrels...................... 
.>> m
Half barrels.................... ....Y.Y..Y................. 77  m
Perpound.................................................................11
BUTTERINB.
Dairy, sold packed.................... 
t®
Dairy, rolls................................... ....................  7314
Creamery, solid packed........ . . 
.................  17 J
Creamery, rolls.........................  

BEEF  TONGUES.

ls

FRESH  BEEF.

Carcass..............
Fore quarters.. 
Hind quarters..
Loins No. 3 .........
Ribs...................
Rounds............
Chucks....................... 
Plates ...............
Dressed............
Loins............................................  ..........
Shoulders  .................................  
Leaf Lard................................ 
MUTTON.
Carcass............
Lambs...............
Carcass............

FRESH  PORK.

VEAL.

s 

7

...... 4*4@ 5
. 

.  8  ©10 
7  01  9
^   -»7»
a .   ala

• • • • 

71*
cV*
....  0  Va*Oh  7
.... 
* 
....  6  @ 7

A  Oh

CROCKERY AN D   GLASSWARE. 

LAMP  BUBNEBS.

go. 0 Sun..............................................................  45
No.2  “  ....................................................  
....  75
Tabular.........................................................

6 doz. In box.

First quality.
“ 
“ 
XXX Flint.
“ 
“ 

LAMP CHIMNEYS.  Per bOX.
No. 0 Sun...................................................
1  75 
N o.l  “ 
...................................................
1  88
No.2  “  ...................................................
2 70
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top..........................................2  1
“  .......................................... [22
N o.l  “ 
No. 2  “ 
“  .................................... 
3
No. 0 Sun, crimp top..........................................2 6
No. 1  “ 
“  .......................................... 2 8
N o. 2  “ 
“  .............................................a s
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled......................3 70
“ 
No. 2  “ 
......................470
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
......................4  8$
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz......................... 1  26
No.2  “ 
......................... 150
No. 1 crimp, per doz...........................................1  35
No. 2  “ 
........................................... 1  60

La Bastle.

Pearl top.

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

LAMP WICKS.

 
 
 

“ 
“ 
“ 

No. 0, per  gross..................................................   2
28
No. 1, 
No  2, 
38
No.3, 
75
Mammoth, per doz.................  .........................   75

 
 
 
STONEWARE—AKRON.
Butter Crocks,  1 to 6 gal................................  06
*4 gal. per doz........................  60
Jugs,  *4 gal., per doz.....................................   >
Milk Pans, *4 gal., per doz.............................  60
...........................   72

“ 
“  1 to 4 gal., per gal............................. 
“ 

1  “ 
STONEWARE—BLACK GLAZED.

Butter Crocks, 1  and 2 gal............................   07
Milk Pans, *4 gal..............................................  66
78

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

1  “ 

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1 4

FIFTY  Y EAR S  AGO.

Interesting  Early  Reminiscences 

by

Ransom  C. Luce.

Sixty-two years does not seem  to  be  a 
very  long  time,  yet  in  that  time  this 
magnificent and progressive city has  been 
built.  The name Grand Rapids was first 
given  to  the  postoffice  here  in  1832. 
Previous to that time it  had been simply 
a trading post for the Indians and a  few 
Frenchmen.  The  country  surrounding 
Grand Rapids  was  an  almost  unbroken 
wilderness,  while  stretching  away  on 
every side for miles and miles  there  was 
nothing but virgin forest,  whose recesses 
were  unexplored  und  unknown,  except 
to the few adventurous  traders  and  In­
dians who roamed at will through  them. 
To one who  has followed  the  history  of 
Grand Rapids for that  period,  and  espe­
cially  to one  who  has  witnessed  these 
developments and been a  participator  in 
the things which  have contributed to  its 
progress, the present  city is, or  appears 
to  be,  the  most  natural  thing  in  the 
world;  but to  one  who  simply reads  of 
what  it  was  sixty-two  years  ago,  who 
does  not  know the  factors  which  have 
contributed  to its growth and  prosperity 
and  who now looks upon  its  magnificent 
buildings,  its well paved  streets,  who  is 
acquainted with the progress it has made 
in all  material  things,  it  appears  to  be 
almost a miracle.  There are still  in  the 
city some of those who  were  here  when 
the village of  Grand  Rapids was  incor­
porated and who have lived continuously 
in the city until this time.  They love to 
recount their early struggles and tell the 
story  of  early  life  in  the  settlement. 
They  have  watched 
its  progress  with 
pride,  and to the “old timer”  there  Is no 
theme  so  fruitful,  and  nothing  which 
they love so  well  to  talk  about, as  the 
city  whose  progress  and  development 
they have done so much to promote.

Among those whose labors contributed 
in no small degree to make the city what 
it is  is Ransom C. Luce.  Mr.  Luce came 
to  Michigan  with  his  parents  in  1832, 
the family making their home at  first  in 
the  neighborhood  of  Benton  Harbor. 
Later  they  moved  to  this  place,  Mr. 
Luce,  senior, going into  the  hotel  busi­
ness in an old building on  the  corner  of 
Waterloo and Monroe streets,  where  the 
Widdicomb building  now  stands.  The 
building  was  old  and  unsuited  to  the 
purpose and Mr.  Luce,  after a short stay 
in  it, opened  the  Eagle  Hotel,  Deacon 
Johnston’s present hostelry.  The license 
issued to Mr.  Luce  was  for  “ keeping  a 
tavern,”  an  expression  now 
seldom 
heard  in  this  country.  Hotel  keepers 
and  saloon  keepers  are  plentiful  but 
tavern keepers have passed out of  exist­
ence.  The following is a verbatim  copy 
of the license issued to Mr.  Luce in  1842:
State of Michigan, 
I 
County of Kent, 
-ss.
Town of Grand Rapids.  )
To all whom these presents shall  come  greet­
ing.
Martin C. Luce, of Grand  Rapids,  is  by  these 
presents licensed  as a  tavern  keeper  to  keep a 
tavern  and  retail  ardent  spirits  at  the  house 
known as the Eagle  Hotel,  corner  of  Waterloo 
street and Louis street  in  the  aforesaid  village 
of Grand Rapids, and not  elsewhere,  from  this 
date until the 2d day of May  anno  domini  1843, 
then this license is to cease
Given under our  hands  at  the  Town  Clerk's 
office of the town of Grand Rapids this 2d day of 
May A. D. 1842.
J. W. Pierce, Town Clerk, 

Per P. R. L. Pierce, deputy.  Chairman Town 

John Almy,

Board.

L uther Beeb e,
Lovel  Moore,

certificate.  License *8, to be paid to treasurer.

Town Board.
Fee $1.25, payable on  delivery  of  this  license 
The  facilities  for  doing  business  in 
those  days  were  of  the  most  meager

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

character;  in fact, as  one  listens  to  the 
story of how business was done  in  those 
days, it sounds  more  like  romance  than 
reality.  What  few  roads  existed  were 
either corduroy or mud.  As an  old  set­
tler puts  it,  “the  road  was  good  when 
you  got  down  to  it,”  which  was  gen­
erally four  feet  from  the  surface. 
In 
the  winter,  of  course,  the  roads  were 
somewhat better than during  the  spring 
and autumn seasons,  but with  the quan­
tity  of  snow  which  usually  fell  in  the 
winter 
traveling  was 
nearly as  bad in  winter as in summer.

in  these  days, 

literally 

starving 

Who has  not  heard  of  the  winter  of 
1842-’43?  Of this period Mr.  Luce  says: 
“It seems to me now to be simply a hideous 
memory, but 1  was ‘in it’, in the strictest 
sense of the word. 
I was the only  mem­
ber of  our  family  who  was  physically 
able to earn a living during  that winter. 
My father, mother  and  brother were  ill 
and coufined to their beds,  and  I  had not 
only to earn a  living but to take  care  of 
the  sick  as  well.  All  about  us  were 
people 
to  death. 
Horses, cattle  and  hogs  were  as  badly 
off, if not worse, than were human beings, 
it  was  almost  an  impossibility  to  get 
anything to eat.  But  this  winter—hard 
as it was and terrible in its  reality—had 
its  bright  side.  As  a  community  we 
were  brought  closer  together,  and  I 
think  that  we 
the 
scriptural  inrerpretation  of  neigborli- 
ness.  When  one  family  received  pro­
visions  they  shared  them  with 
their 
neighbors;  and  we  resembled  more  a 
family  than  a  community.  There  was 
little money to buy with  and  very  little 
to buy.  The roads leading from  the vil­
lage were all but  impassible  and  it  was 
very  rarely  that  anyone  from  outside 
reached 
the  place.  But  we  pulled 
through, however,  and those  of  us  who 
are survivors  of  that  awful winter  are 
not  likely  to  forget 
the  experience. 
Talk about hard  times!  The  people  of 
this day don’t know the meaning  of  the 
word.  Now, when a  hard winter  comes 
a fund is started, an organization effected 
and  those  who  are  unfortunate enough 
to be in want are taken  care  of,  but  we 
had no organization;  there was no  fund, 
and we were all alike in want.

literally  fulfilled 

from 

“It makes me laugh  when  I  think  of 
how  business  was  done  in  those  days. 
Making  all  allowance  possible  for  the 
crude  methods  inseparable 
the 
early settlement of  a  coun ry,  it  is  yet 
true that the business  methods  of  early 
times in Michigan  were, to say  the least, 
somewhat worse than  crude.  As  an  il­
lustration:  The banking  laws  required 
that  each  bank  should  have  so  much 
coin to meet a possible run on  the  bank. 
It  is  laughable  to think  how  this  law 
was evaded in  the  early times.  On  one 
occasion,  when the  bank  commissioners 
were on  their  annual  round  of  inspec­
tion,  they  were  accompanied  by 
the 
Governor of the State.  Every town they 
struck they  “painted red.”  They would 
begin almost as soon as they  entered  the 
place and never  let  up  until  there  was 
nothing  left  in the town  to  drink. 
It 
was always noticed that previous to their 
entry into  a  town  a  little  two-wheeled 
cart, driven by a man entirely unknown, 
entered, carrying a  small  keg. 
It  de­
veloped  later  that 
this  keg  contained 
gold coins  of  sufficient  amount  to  meet 
the requirements of  the  law,  and,  when 
the commisioners  made  their  inspection 
of the bank, of course they found  things 
all  right.  The  commisioners  usually

had two drunks  in  each  town—one  be­
fore and one  after their work  of  inspec­
tion—and while they were  filling up  the 
second time after they had  finished their 
work,  this individual would  drive  up  to 
the  bank,  generally  at  night,  get  bis 
‘bar’l’ and proceed  to  the  next  town  to 
be visited  by the  commissioners!  These 
proceedings lasted until the banks of the 
State had all been inspected. 
It  is  out 
of question to suppose that the Governor 
and  commissioners  did  not  know what 
was going on.  The  above  scheme  was 
concocted to  bide  the  rottenness  of  the 
banks  throughout  the  State. 
I  don’t 
suppose there were two  sound  banks  in 
Michigan outside-of  the  city of  Detroit, 
and later, when the crash came and these 
banks suspended  payment,  the  effect  of 
the system of inspection followed  by the 
commissioners  was  plainly  seen,  al­
though the method  adopted  did  not  de­
velop until years afterward.  The money 
of the State was called wild cat currency, 
aud,  if a man went to bed  at  night  with 
3*1,000 in his possession,  he was very apt 
to wake up in  the  morning  to  find  that 
his $1,000  was  worthless.  Counterfeits 
were numerous,  and it has been  asserted 
by some that there was more  counterfeit 
money in circulation  than  good  money. 
If one did not  happen  to  have ‘Thomp­
son’s Detector’  to refer  to  he  would  be 
likely to be taken  in  almost  every time 
he  made  a  deal.  This ‘Detector’  gave 
detailed descriptions of the notes  in  cir­
culation  in  various  States,  and,  being 
frequently issued,  it was able to keep the 
people fairly well posted on  the  current 
counterfeits. 
It  was  easier  to  keep 
track of the counterfeits  than  it  was  to 
follow the ups aud downs of t,he  regular 
currency.  When  I  look  back 
to  that 
time and compare the condition of things 
then with what they are  to-day, I  am al 
most lead to think it all a  dream.  Now 
no one stops to  question  the  soundness 
of any money he  may  have  in  his  pos 
session. 
It is all alike  good,  whether  it 
be  gold,  silver  or  paper.  A  United 
States Treasury note and a silver  certifi­
cate are worth their face  from  Maine  to 
California and from  the Great  Lakes  to 
the  Gulf.  There  are  a  few  calamity 
howlers among us, of  course,  who  refer 
to  our  ‘depreciated’  currency,  but  the 
only thing  wrong  with  these  people  is 
they don’t want to work  for  their money 
—they want the Government to feed  and 
clothe  them.  No,  we  do  not  have  as 
hard times in  Michigan  as  we  did  fifty 
yeais ago,  and,  in  my humbe  judgment, 
we have  the best and soundest  currency 
system in the world.

“There were few of us  in  these  early 
times  but what  managed  to  save  some 
money.  Our wants were few,  our habits 
simple,  and frugality and  industry  were 
the  chief  characteristics  of  the  early 
settlers. 
I  somehow  managed  to  save 
enough money to  start  a  little  grocery. 
This was in the fall of  1844.  Of  course, 
it did  not  much  resemble  some  of  the 
Monroe street groceries of  to-day,  but  it 
fulfilled its mission  and  had  a  prosper­
ous  career.  My  business was  not  suf­
ficient to prevent  my  engaging  in  other 
lines  of  trade  however. 
I  frequently 
went  up  the  River,  above  the  rapids, 
bought lumber,  rafted  it,  sent  it  down 
the River to Grand  Haven, loaded it onto 
boats and shipped it to Milwaukee.  The 
most of the work of handling the lumber 
I did myself,  and it was  a  profitable  in­
vestment.  The lumber  cost  me  $5  per 
thousand  and I sold  it  in  Milwakee  for

in 

the 

this 

$7 per thousand.  As 1  did  the  most  of 
the work myself, the  difference  between 
the buying and selling price about repre­
sented  my  percentage  of  profit.  This 
finest  ever 
lumber  was  about 
cut 
it  was 
the 
first  cuttings  of 
the  great  Michigan 
pineries  and  we  took  our  pick.  Now 
pine lumber costs all  the  way  from  $12 
to $20 per thousand,  and sometimes even 
more  thau  that. 
In  these  days  wages 
were low, timber was cheap and the price 
of lumber was in proportion.

country. 

“There are not many of us old  fellows 
left.  Our  companions  of  those  early 
days have nearly all gone from  the earth 
and those  of  us  who  are  left  bear  the 
scars of the hard battle of  life  which we 
were compelled to  constantly  light,  but 
we love to recall the  early struggles  and 
the  scenes  of  pioneer  life.  We  have 
reached the time of life  when  the  mind 
naturally  turns  backward.  While  we 
are actively engaged  in  the  business  of 
the present, at  least the most  of  us  who 
still  remain  are,  we  live  mostly  in  the 
past.  We are  somehow  ‘out  of  whack’ 
with things of to-day; but  we don’t want 
to  go back to those old times—we simply 
want to be permitted to talk about them. 
It will  not be long until  the  last  of  the 
old  pioneers  will  have  laid  down  his 
burden of  life, but  while  we  do  remain 
we shall continue to recount the  story of 
the  early days.”

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16

D on’t.

Don't use an inch rale to measure your life;

The horizon, the peaks in the sky.

Are always at hand—let your living  be  planned 

To a scale which such objects supply.

Don’t wear yourself out in an ignoble strife;
There are objects worth while to achieve,

And they lie within reach of the  humblest  and 

teach

A gospel the world will receive.

Don’t gaze at a copper with look  so  intense 

Its impress is stamped on your mind;

‘Twas a miser was led by a penny who said,

Look out for each cent that  you find.

Take  care  of  the  dollars,  you’ll  have enough
To keep you from poverty’s door;

cents

Enjoy what  you’ve got without casting  your lot 

With spendthrifts or niggards galore.

Don’t get in a rut—take a main traveled road 

Worn  smooth by the many who pass;

If you  travel in  “tracks”  you  will  follow  the 

hacks

That ought to be turned out to  grass.
It matters but little  what sort of a load 

You carry or whither it goes;

If you journey aright the burden is light 

And you are ready for friends or for  foes.

W illiam  S.  Lord.

T he S h oe C lerk W ill H aye H is W a y .

From the Chicago Record.

You can’t get the better of a shoe clerk. 
He knows more about shoes than a small 
boy  knows about  the  exact  day  school 
closes.  A  woman  hates  a  shoe  clerk, 
and to all outward  appearance  the  shoe 
clerk  feels  the  same  sort  of sentiment 
toward the woman.
There is one habit that a shoe clerk has 
that is  exasperating beyond  everything. 
He always insists  upon  holding  up  the 
old shoe that be has  just  removed,  and, 
after taking in all its rips  and  rags  and 
patches,  he flings it on the  floor  as  if  it 
were infested  with  small-pox  microbes. 
That one little incident is quite enough to 
make the woman shut her teeth  together 
and mentally declare war.
“What size, madam?” says he.
“Four B,”  she replies.
“Well,  1 think you  need  a  5%  triple 
‘A,’ ” he suggests.
Then  if  the  woman  is  a  real brave, 
courageous bit of femininity, she straight­
ens up and says:  “I will not wear a 5Vi. 
If you can’t give  me  what  I  ask  for  I 
shall go elsewhere.”
It all depends upon the makeup of  the 
shoe clerk whether or not he  gets  angry 
at this point.  Sometimes he  goes  away 
and presently  comes  back  with  a  shoe 
several sizes too small  for  the  woman’s 
foot.  Then he proceeds to try to jam the 
unhappy  foot  into  it,  after  which  he 
smiles  blandly  and  remarks  sweetly: 
“You see,  madam?”
But, anyway, whatever plau he follows 
and  whatever  demands  she  makes,  the 
woman invariably trots off with  her  No. 
4  “B”  foot  incased  in  a  No. 5>£  triple 
“A” shoe. 
If  the  clerk  is  clever  she 
isn’t aware of the  deceit  until  she  gets 
home and  looks  at  the  box.  Then  she 
thinks of how she  said  to  him  sharply: 
“You  needn’t  bring  out  your 5%’s. 
I 
won’t  wear  them!”  And  then  she  sits 
down and has a good  laugh.

CHILDREN  CRY  FOR  IT. 
ADULTS  ADORE  IT. 
DEALERS  HANDLE  IT. 
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SAGINAW  MICH.

Tour  Bank Account Solicited.

Kelt Gouty Safins Bail,

GRAND  RAPIDS. ,MIOH.

J no.  A.  Covode  Pres.

Henry  Idema, Vlce-Pres.

J.  A.  S.  Ve r d ie r,  Cashier.

Transacts a G e n e ra l Banking  Business. 

Interest  Allowed  on  Time  and  Sayings 

K.  V an  H op, A ss’tC ’s’r. 

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.

'T'HE  DIFFERENCE  BETWEEN  THE  - 

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tlie  Tradesman  Company  and  those  from other 
From 
houses in Western  Michigan is in the fact that  they  give  the 
best possible results from the photograph or other copy every 
tim e,  instead  of  once  in  two  or three times.  We can  cou-
vince inquirers of this.
T R A D E S M A N   C O M P A N Y ,

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o w n   g o o d   s e n s e   w ill  teil  y o u   t h a t   t h e y  
a r e   o n l y   t r y i n g   to  get  y o u   to  a id  
t h e i r  
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b r i n g   c u s t o m e r s   to  y o u r   s to re s   w h o s e  
v e r y   p r e s e n c e   c r e a te s   a  d e m a n d  
for 
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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

11:10pm
11:40pm
and

Mic h ig a n  (Ten tra!
(Taking effect Sunday,  Feb.11,1894.) 

“  The Niagara Falls Route/*

Arrive. 
Depart
10 20o m ...........Detroit Express.............7 00am
5 30am   ... .»Atlantic and  Pacific......11  20 p m
1  30 p m  .......New York Express.........5 20 pm
~i*Daily.  All others daily, except Sunday.
Sleeping cars  run on Atlantic  and  Pacific ex­
press trains to and from Detroit.
Parlor  cars  leave  for  Detroit at  7:00 a m ;  re­
turning, leave Detroit 4:55 p m, arriving at Grand 
Rapids 10:20 p m.
Direct  communication  made  at  Detroit  with 
all through  trains erst  over  the  Michigan Cen 
tral Railroad  (Canada Southern Division.)
A. AnaiquisT, Ticket Agent,

Union Passenger Station.

CHICAGO

March  18,  1804

A N D   W E S T   M IC H IG A N   R ’Y .

GOING  TO  CHICAGO.

TO AND FROM MUSKEGON.

TRAVERSE CITT,  CHARLEVOIX  AN1)  PETOSKET

RETURNING  FROM  CHICAGO.

Lv. G'd Rapids...  .......7:25am  1:25pm  *11 :?0pm
At. Chicago......... 
.....  1:25pm  8:50pm  *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........ 9:15am  2:30pm  10:20pm
r :30am 
3:15pm
Lv. Grand  Rapids
12:20pm 
8:15pm
Ar.  Manistee.........
12:40pm~  ..........   8:45pm
Ar. Traverse City..
3:15pm 
Ar. Charlevoix__
3:45pm 
Ar.  Petoskey
Arrive  from  Petoskey,  etc.,  1:00  p.
10:00p. m.
PARLOR  AND  SLEEPING  CARS.
ToChicago.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
ToG. R ..lv. Petoskey  5:00am  1:30pm 
............

•Every day.  Other trains week days only.

 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 

DETROIT,

FEB.  11,  1894
LANSING  A  NORTHERN  R.  R.
GOING  TO  DETROIT.

RETURNING  FROM  DETROIT.

TO AND FROM  SAGINAW, ALMA AND ST. LOUIS.

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. GR 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 
IdB and Detroit.  Parlor car to Saginaw on mom 
ing train.

TO LOWELL VIA LOWELL A  HASTINGS R. R

THROUGH  CAR  SERVICE.

*Every da/.  Other trains  week days only.
GEO. DeHAVEN, Gen.  Pass’r Ag’t
■ ETROIT,  GRAND  HAVEN  A  MIL­

WAUKEE  Railway.
EASTWARD.

Trains Leave 
G’d  Rapids,
Ionia..........
St. Johns  ... 
OWOSSD.......
E. Saginaw. 
Bay City —
F lin t_____
Pt.  Huron..
Pontiac.......
Detroit........

itNo.  14 tNo.  16 +No.  18 *No.  8
10 45pm 
1227am
1 45am
2 40am
6 40am
7 15am 
5 4' am 
7 30am 
537am 
7 00am

Lv  6 45am 
Ar  7 40am 
Ar  8 25am 
Ar  9 00am 
Ar  10 50am 
Ar  11 32am 
Ar  10 05am 
1205pm
10 53am
11 50am
WESTWARD.

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

3 25pm
4 27pm
5 20pm 
605pm 
8 00pm 
8 37pm
7 05pm 
850pm
8 25pm
9 25pm

Trains Leave

•No. 81

tNo. 11

G’d Rapids.............   Lv  7 00am  100pm  4 55pm
G’d  Haven.............   Ar  8 20am  2  10pm!  6 00pm

»Daily.

tDaily except  Sunday. 
Trains  arrive  from  the  east,  6:35 a.m.,  12:50 
Trains  arrive  from  the  west, 10:10  a. m., 3:15 
Eastward—No. 14  has  Wagner  Parltr  Buffet 
Westward— No. 11 Parlor Car.  No. 15 Wagner 

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

Jas. Campbell, City T’cket Agent.

GOTHAM GOSSIP.

News  from  the  Metropolis— Index  of 

the  Markets.

indeed,  providing 

Special Correspondence.
New  Yobk,  April  14—A  large  at­
tendance  at  the  Mercantile  Exchange 
interest­
on  Thursday  listened  to  an 
ing  argument  by  C.  W.  Horr,  of  Ohio, 
against  the  sale  of  oleomargarine,  or, 
more  particularly,  against  its  sale  as 
butter.  He told how disastrous bad been 
the  effect  on  the  dairy  markets  of  the 
sale  of  oleomargarine  and  filled  cheese. 
Were there no simultation of pure butter 
and cheese, there would be no such cause 
for  complaint.  A  sum  of  money  was 
raised to  send  a  committee  to  Washing­
ton to use its influence  in  creating legis­
lative interference in behalf of legitimate 
dairying.  Hon. R. G. Horr, of Michigan, 
told how oleomargarine is  made.
A furious  storm  has  delayed  business 
here  during  most  of  the  week.  Many 
washouts have occurred  and  goods  were 
shipped  subject  to  more  or  less  delay. 
Hence it is that jobbers  and  wholesalers 
report a rather light  week.  Mail  orders 
have  been  of  an  average  sort—in  no 
instance very large.  The  storm  was not 
only  wet—it  was  very  cold,  making 
heavy  overcoats  very  acceptable,  and 
strawberries  appear  very  much  out  of 
place.
A  very decided  change  has  come  over 
the canned goods market during the  past 
few  weeks,  as  outlined  in  this  corres­
pondence last  week.  California  canned 
goods have appreciated  on an average of 
15 per  cent.—possibly  20—and  are  now 
fully out of  the  Slough  of  Despond  and 
about on a level  with  last  year’s  prices. 
That  the  advance  will  continue  no one 
doubts,  and as it is altogether likely that 
fruit in this part of the  country has been 
very  seriously injured  by  the  last  two 
storms,  the outlook for the  Golden  State 
is  very  good, 
the 
packers there can have  all  the  financial 
backing  necessary,  and  this  will  be 
the  easier if the  Eastern  pack  is  to  be 
seriously curtailed.
Coffde cannot be  called as  firm as  last 
week  and  a  decline  of 
has  taken 
place,  17j^c  being  now  given  as  the 
market rate for Rio  No.  7.  Mild  grades 
are moving slowly, or,  at least,  excite no 
comment,  although in some quarters it is 
claimed  their  use  is  becoming  rapidly 
extended,  as  the  coffee  plantations  in 
Mexico  and  Central  America  come  into 
bearing.
Refined sugar is in  everyday  demand. 
There  is  an  entire  absence  of  specula­
tion.  The situation  seems to  be a wait­
ing one, and  no  great  change  is  antici­
pated in  any  direction.  Granulated  re­
mains  at  4j^c,  the  price  made  by  the 
Wholesale Grocers’ Associations.
Holders  of  molasses  profess  to  feel  a 
confidence  in  the  future  of  this  article 
they have not shown  heretofore;  but it is 
rather  difficult  to  see  upon  what  they 
base their hopes.  Supplies  seem ample, 
and the demand, while slightly improved, 
is hardly to be called good.  Syrups, too, 
are  in  about  the  same  condition,  and 
prices,  while  a  trifle  firmer,  are  not 
fractionally higher.
Lemons and oranges are  slow  of  sale, 
the former being particularly dull.  Pine­
apples are selling fairly  well,  but  good 
goods  are  very  scarce.  Bananas  are 
held at last week’s  quotations,  although 
the  tendency  is,  perhaps, 
towards  a 
lower plane,  the ruling  price being $1.25 
@1.50 for firsts.  Domestic green fruit is 
in  limited  request.  A  few  apples  are 
straggling along,  but  they  are  about  at 
the very end.  Florida  oranges  are  firm 
and in light supply’.
Dried fruits are firmer all  around  and 
holders  express  considerable  confidence 
in the future of the market.
Fresh fruits and  vegetables  are  arriv­
ing  in  liberal  quantities  and  fetching 
good  prices.
The butter market is firmer all around. 
Receipts have  fallen off, and a better de­
mand is  setting  in.  The  price  of  best 
Elgin and State and  Pennsylvania imme­
diately felt the effect, and a rise of about 
2c  was  the  result.  Cheese,  old  stock, 
is selling in a very  satisfactory  manner. 
Some newcheese are coming, but quality as 
well as prices therefor are very irregular. 
Arrivals of eggs show  some  falling  off,

and a rise of  J£c has  taken  place,  13)£c 
being  paid  for  nearby 
stock; 
Michigan,  Northern  Ohio  and  Indiana, 
12c.
The  week  closes  with  an  increased 
feeling of  confidence  and  hope  for  the 
future. 

fresh 

Jay.

Monthly Meeting of Post E.

is 

Resolved,  As  an  expression  of 

At  the  regular  monthly  meeting  of 
Post E,  held  at Elk’s  Hall  last  Saturday 
evening,  the  Committee  on  Resolutions 
presented  the  following  report  on  the 
death  of the late Mr. Coppes,  which  was 
unanimously  adopted:
Whebeas, The hand of  death  has  re­
from  our  ranks  our  honored 
moved 
fellow-member,  Mr. R. J.  Coppes; and
Whebeas,  The duty which  attaches to 
occasions like the  present,  of  paying  a 
proper tribute of  respect to the  memory 
of  a  deceased  member, 
rendered 
especially  appropriate  by  the  fact  that 
he possessed all  the  elements  which  go 
to make up a successful salesman;  there­
fore be it
the 
sense of Post  E,  Michigan Knights of the 
Grip,  that  by  the  death  of  Mr. Coppes, 
there  has  passed  away  one  who  acted 
well his part in all  his business relations 
—one who was successful  as a salesman, 
hospitable as a companion  and sincere as 
a friend.
Resolved,  That we tender our sympathy 
to  the  mother  and  relatives  of  our  de­
parted  friend 
loss  they  have 
sustained.
At the  close  of  the  business  meeting, 
dancing was indulged  in  until  the  usual 
time for closing, interspersed with choice 
refreshments.
It was intended that this  party  should 
be the last social gathering of the season, 
but the ladies of the Post  have taken the 
matter in  hand  and  decided  to  give the 
gentlemen a return  party  on  the  second 
Saturday  evening  in  May.  A  meeting 
will be  held  at  the  residence  of  Geo.  F. 
Owen  Friday  afternoon  at  3 o’clock  to 
make the necessary arrangements.

in  the 

PRODUCK  MARKET.

Apples—The  demand  is  one  literally  from 
hand to mouth, as  they  are  bought  principally 
at the street stands at “2 for a nickel.”  The job­
bing price is $7 per  bbl.

Beans—Dull.  Handlers  pay  $1.25,  holding at 

$1.50.

Butter—Supply is only  medium.  Choice dairy 

is firm at  18@20c and creamery at  23@21c.

Cabbages—Southern stock is in  good  demand 
and adequate supply.  The advancing  season  is 
bringing down the price, which is $2 per crate.

Cranberries—This  favorite  berry  has  about 
disappeared.  What few Jerseys  appear  on  the 
market a e readily taken at $2.75 per bu. crate.

Celery—There  is  some  poor  stock  floating 
about, but it is celery and it brings 25c  per  doz.
Cucumbers—The trade is  purely  fancy,  as  is 
the price—$1.75 per doz.  They  may be expected 
to decline as the season advances.

Eggs—Are in only  moderate  supply,  and  the 
good demand has somewhat stiffened  the  price. 
Dealers pay 9@;0c, holding at ll@12c.

Field  Seeds—Medium  and  mammoth clover 
$5.75@6; Alsyke, $7@9;  Alfalfa,  $6.50;  Timothy, 
$2@2.15; Red Top, 60370c; Orchard Grass, $1 803 
1.70.

Honey—Unchanged and scarce.  White clover, 

14c; buckwheat,  12c.

Lettuce—Grand Rapids forcing is in  good  de­
mand,  above  the  average  in quality,  and still 
brings 10c per lb.

Maple Sugar—Good domestic  is  held  at,  and 

easily brings, 10c per lb.

Maple  Syrup—The  warm  weather  in  March 
may be expected to favor the bulls so far as  the 
product of the maple is concerned, though prices 
so far are not unreasonable.  Dealers are paying 
85c per gal. for good syrup and holding at $1.

Onions—The supply is  good.  Dealers are pay­
ing 4"'@45c, holding at 50355.  Cubans  and Ber­
mudas sell readily at $2.75 per bu., the  latter  be­
ing  the  favorite.

Potatoes—Are scarce  and  higher,  dealers  are 
paying 55c and  holding  at  65c.  The  market  is 
excited and feverish and the reaction may set  in 
at any time, or they may go still higher.

Radishes  are  unchanged  at  30335c  per  doz. 

Spinach—Has declined to 85c per bu. crate.
Strawberries—Unchanged at 25330c per quart.
Tomatoes—Southern stock is  taken fairly well 
at  $3.75  per  6-basket  crate,  but  the trade is a 
fancy one.

bunches.

UAMD1KS, FRUITS aud  N UTS. 
The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:

STICK CANDY.
Cases

“  
“  

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

. 

8)4

8)4
M IXED CANDY.

. .  

B b l s . Palls.
7
7
7

6
6
6

8 )4

Standard........................
Leader.............................
Royal..............................
Nobby.............................
English  Rock...............
Conserves......................
Broken Taffy.................
Peanut Squares............. . . .  
French CreamB.............
Valley  Creams..............
Midget. 30  lb. baskets..
Modern, 3 0  lb. 

tib ia .
.5 )4
.5 )4

.7
.7

“

7 )4

Palls.
6 )4
6 )4
7 )4
8
8
8
8
8)4
9
13

 

 

“ 

•* 

“ 
“ 

3 
2 

CARAMELS.

“
fancy—In bulk

fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. 

. . .   8 )4
. . .   8
Palls.
Lozenges,  plain................... 
8)4
printed..............................................  9%
Chocolate Drops.................................................  12
Chocolate Monumentais..................................  12)4
Gum Drops..........................................................  5
Moss Drops..........................................................  714
Sour Drops................................................. ........  814
Imperials.............................................................  10
Per Box
Lemon Drops........................................................50
Sour Drops...........................................................50
Peppermint Drops............................................... 60
Chocolate Drops.................................................. 75
H. M. Chocolate Drops.......................................80
Gum Drops...........................................................40
Licorice Drops.........................................................1 00
A. B. Licorice  Drops..........................................80
Lozenges, plain....................................................60
printed...............................................65
Imperials.............................................................. 60
Mottoes................................................................. 70
Cream Bar............................................................ 55
Molasses Bar....................................................... 55
Hand Made  Creams......................................85@95
Plain Creams....................................................... 80
Decorated Creams...............................................90
String  Rock.........................................................60
Burnt Almonds.......................................................1 00
Wlntergreen  Berries..........................................60
No. 1, wrapped, 2 lb.  boxes...........................   34
No. 1, 
...........................   51
No. 2, 
...........................   28
Navels, 96-1128...................................................  2 50
126..........................................................  3 00
..  ............................. 3 25
150-176-200-2i6s 
Fancy  Seedlings,  126s......................................  2  50
150-176-200-22GS................. 2 75
250s.....................................  2 50
Choice,  360........................................................  3 00
Choice 300...........................................................  3 25
Extra choice 360................................................  3 25
Extra fancy 300.................................................   4 00
Extra fancy 360 .................................................  4 00
Large bunches......................  .........................   2  CO
Small bunches...................................................  1  25
OTHER  FOREIGN  FRUITS.
m w t @14 
Figs, fancy  layers, 89>.........................
“ 
20ft.........................
14ft..........................
“ 
@15 
Dates, Fard, 10-lb.  box........................
@ 7 
50-lb.  “ 
........................
@  514 
Persian, 50-lb.  box...................
@  5
Almonds, Tarragona...........................
@16
Ivaca.....................................
@15
California...........................
@
Brazils, new..........................................
@  «14 
Filberts.................................................
@11 
Walnuts, Grenoble...............................
@13 
French...................................
@10 
Calif......................................
@12 
Table Nuts,  fancy...............................
@12 
choice.............................
@11 
Pecans. Texas, H.  P.,  ........................
@  714
Chestnuts..............................................
Hickory Nuts per bu...........................
1  25 
cocoanuts, full sacks.........................
3 50

“ 
“ 
ORANGES.

extra 
“ 

B ANANAS.

LEMONS.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

NUTS.

“ 
“ 

“ 
•* 

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

PEANUTS.

Fancy, H.  P.,Suns...............................
“  Roasted.................
Fancy, H.  P., Flags.............................
“  Roasted................
Choice, H. P.,  Extras.........................
“  Roasted__ .....

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

@ 514 
@  7 
©  5* 
@  7 
@  4*i 
@   6

G rand  R apid s  St Indian a

TRAINS  SO ING  NORTH.

L@ave going1 
North.
For Traverse City.  Mackinaw City  and Sag ...  7.40am
For  Traverse  City and Mackinaw  City............410pm
For  Saginaw.............................................. .............6:00 pm

TRAINS  GOING  SOUTH

Leave  going 

South.
For  C incinnati.......................................................6:60 a m
For Kalamazoo and  Chicago............................. 12:06 p m
For F o rt W ayne and  th e  E ast............................2:16 p m
For  Kalamazoo  and  Chicago...........................11:20pm

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

Lv Grand Rapids............12:06 p m  2:16 p m  11:20 p m
Arr  Chicago....................6:30 pm   9:00 p m  
7:40 am
12:05 p  m  train  has through Wagner  Buffet  Parlor 
Car.
11:20  pm  train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car. 
9:35p m
Lv  Chicago 
Arr Grand Rapids 
7:25am
4:00  p  m  has  through  Wagner  Buffet  Parlor  Car. 
9:36 p m   train daily, through Wagner  Sleeping  Car.

6:50a m  
2:15 p m 

4:00p m 
9:16 p m 

For Muskegon—Leave. 

M uskegon, Grand  R apids A Indiana.
7:35  a m 
9:40 a m
6:26p m
6:40  p m 
O. L. LOCKWOOD,

From Muskegon—Arrive

General Passenger and Ticket Agent.
T~> E71 f ’1 TV" > Q   HEADACHE
-L  JCj W X V   O   POWDERS
Pal the best profit.  Order from your jobber.

OILS.
BARRELS.

The  Standard  Oil  Co.  quotes  m   follows:

Eocene............................................
8)4
XXX  W.  W. Mich.  Headlight...
7
Naptha............................................
@ 6)4 
Stove Gasoline...............................
@  7*
Cylinder................................................... 27
.27 @36
.13 @21 
E ngine..................................................... 1 8 ____
Black, 15 cold  test....................................  @ g%
@ 8)4
FROM  TANK  WAGON.
E ocene................................................
XXX  W. W.  Mich.  Headlight.........

5

P O U LT R Y .
Local dealers pay as follows:

LIVE.

DRAWN.

Turkeys.......................................................8
.  8 @ 8)4
Chickens.....................................................  7
.  7 @ 8
Fowls........  
..............................................6
.  6 @  6)4
Ducks..........................................................  8
.  8 @  9
Geese...................... "..................................8
.  8 @ 9
Turkeys......................................................11
11 @12
.12 @13
Chickens.........................................
Fow l................................................
11
Ducks......................................................... 10
.10 @11
.10 @12
Geese......................................................... 10
.  9 @  8)4
Turkeys......................................................   9  _
Chickens.....................................................  7H@  «
•  7)4® 8 
Fowls.......................................................... 6V4@ 7
.  6)4® 7
Ducks..........................................................8
.  8 @  9
Geese..........................................................8
.  8 @  9

UNDRAWN.

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FEW
S P E C IA L T IE S
CONTROLLED
B Y
US
FOR
WESTERN
MICHIGAN

W 1THINQTON  &  COOLEY  r\nf.  Co.

AGRICULTURAL  TOOLS,

WICKWIRE  BROS.

WIRE  CLOTH,
The FAVORITE  CHURN,
The ACME  POTATO  PLANTER, 
BABCOCK’S MONITOR CORN PLANTER, 
The TRIUMPH CORN  PLANTER, 
BARTHOLOMEW’S  POTATO  BUG  EX­

TERMINATOR.

A.lso> as Complete a Line  oí  Fishingi 

Tackle as anybody  carries.

! N e w  Y o rk  B iscu it C o .,

MANUFACTURERS  OF

W M .  S M R S   <£  Ç O /S

Grackers  and  Fine  Sweet  Goods,

W E constantly have the  interests of the 

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

The  Continued  Patronage  of  the  Oldest  Established  Grocery 

Houses  in  the  State  is  onr  BEST  TESTIMONIAL.

OUR  GOODS  ARE  ALWAYS  IN  DEMAND,  AND  NO  WELL  APPOINTED 

GROCERY  STOCK  IS  COMPLETE  WITHOUT  A  FULL  LINE.

SEND  IN  A  TRIAL  ORDER  AND  BE  CONVINCED.

■o

We  also  take  Orders  for  the  Celebrated  KENNEDY  BISCUIT, 

made  at  our  Chicago  Factory.

S .  A.  S B A K S ,  Manager,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

A O   2

NO.  3.

02TER&TÉVENS

jdONROç

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R

RINDBE.KRLPBCHiCO.
RIVER  SHOES

12,  14  and  16 PearlSt.

W E KNOW  HOW TO 
MAKE THEM,
If you w a n t the best for  Style, 
F it a n d   W e a r,  buy o u r 
m ake.  You  can  build 
u p  a   good tra d e  on o u r 
lines, a s  they  w ill  give 
satisfaction.

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 s' rew in. as several other devices on the spiral  plan  drive a  sere jv  the same way,  but 
there is  no other one that will  do this:  Take  a screw  out with exactly the same  push  movement 
asitw as p u tin   and just  as quickly; this is done by simply grasping the brass shell  with  the  left 
band,  and  having  hold  of  the  wood  handle  with  the right; simplv give the right hand a  twist 
toward you; this reverses it to take out a serew; 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 
Dther, stop at half way; at this point it will be  as rigid as if it was one solid piece of iron.

Cut No. 2.  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 betaken 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 Indispensable 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.

W e  M an u factu re  an d   H an d le  only  Reliable  Goods.

BOSTON  RUBBER  SHOE  CO

AGENTS  FOB  THE

S .  F.  B O W S E R  &   Co.,

WRITE  FOR  CIRCULAR.

FORT  WAYNE,  IND.

Leonard’s  Summer  Leaders.

Lawn  Mowers.

New'  Process Stoves.

lo r 

W e   h a n d le   o n ly   th e 1 
B est q u a lity , at  a  prieej 
no  h ig h e r   th a n o th e r sj 
c h e a p   ma-j 
ask 
ch in es.
FIRST  CHOICE LAWN MOWERS, 
j
12  in.  Mower............... $  2  75
14 in. 
.............   2  88
................   « 0 0
16 in. 
Every  machine guaranteed.
Refrigerators.

‘‘ 
‘i 

W e  m a n u fa c tu r e  th e

THE  LEONARD 

i 
|
CLEANABLE  REFRIGERATOR. 
O rd er  a  sa m p le   line! 
n o w   a n d   se c u r e  
the! 
A g e n c y   o f th e  b est  r e ­
frig era to rs  m ad e.

W 'rite  for  p r ic e s  and; 

illu stra tio n s.

W e   w a n t  an  a g e n t 
in  e v e r y   to w n   W > ite  
to us for  d isc o u n ts.

T h e S ta n d a rd   L ig h t­

in g s Co ’s

NEW  PIK ES  STOKE
L ea d s  a ll  o th ers.
New  Process  Cook  Book  given  with 
every stove.

Children’s  Carriages.

G reat  v a riety .
A ll th e la test d e sig n s. 
>  ig h   g r a d e   g o o d s 
Q u ick   seller^
G ood   p r o fit 

th e

to  

de» ler

A sk   us for illu str a te d  
c a ta lo g u e   a n d   p rice 
list.

H. 

L,SO N Æ K U  &   S O A S ,  G r a n d   R a p id s ,  M ich .

Dwioell,  mm &  Go’s!

F 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 we  have  been 

Agents  Western  Michigan,  Grand  Rapids.

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

OLNIY 1 JUDSON GROCER GO
Do They Raise Poultry iu
Tour Neel: of le   Woods ?

Buy all the first-class Poultry you can get and ship to me.  1  want  it  and  will 

pay highest market price.

F. J.  DETTENTHALER,  117 and  119  Monroe S t

On  the  Rock.

When you anchor  your commercial 
interests  to  the  manufacturer direct, 
and  cut  off  middle  m e n ’s   profits,  to 
your own  benefit,  you  are building on 
the rock.  We began to

HANUFACTURE  CONFECTIONERY

thirty years ago, with a  single  furnace 
in a back room•  W e  have kept up with 
the  times  and  now  occupy  eighteen 
floors,  each  25x100  feet,  and  have 
$20,000 invested in  first-class  modern 
machinery, specially adapted to  a  s u c ­
c e s s f u l   operation  of the  business•  Do 
you  not  think it  will pay you  to  draw 
your supply from us ?  W e should like to 
have you•  T r y  u s .

Yours for business,

T h e   F U T N A .M  C A N D Y  CO.

