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THE  DEACON’S JOKE.

How a  Country  Merchant  Entertained 

Drummers on Sunday.

I don’t know anybody  who  is  quicker 
than Byron  H.  Iiand  to  see  and  recog­
nize  ability  in  a  man.  Certainly  he 
was one  of  the first to see it in  himself, 
and nobody else has ever  seen  so  much 
of it there as he has.  Byron is,  perhaps, 
the best known salesman in the  “hollow- 
ware”  trade.
“ I do not wish  to  assert,”  said  he  to 
me one  day  with  his  accustomed  mod­
esty,  “ that 1 never fail  to take  an  order, 
but I’ll just bet a plug  hat  that  if  Neal 
Dow and I were tied up in a hag,  I’d sell 
him a hundred gross of pint Hasks before 
. he could get the string loose.”
It  happened,  not  long  ago,  that  old 
Sam Allerton, the  patent  medicine  man 
of  Onaway,  N.  Y.,  had  a  disagreement 
with the firm that had made all  his  bot­
tles for ten  straight  years.  Byron  got 
a  private  tip  on  this  state  of  allairs, 
and  he  took  an  express  train  for Ona­
way.
For years  he  had  been  trying  to  get 
Allerton’s order  away  from  Leblank  & 
Company.  Once  when  Leblank’s  best 
traveling  man  went  up  to  Onaway  to 
take that order, Byron waylaid  him,  and 
beguiled him into a state of  intoxication 
calculated to he  highly offensive  to  Al- 
lertou,  who is  a  deacon  in  the  church. 
But Allerton persuaded the  salesman  to 
sign the pledge,  and then  rewarded  him 
for his expressions  of  penitence  by  re­
newing the contract.
The next  year  Byron  again  met  that 
salesman  on  the  train  to  Onaway  and 
secretly  fed seven grains of hasheesh  to 
him,  whereupon  Leblank’s  man  went 
into  Allerton’s  office  and  had  a  trance 
which lasted fourteen  hours.  But when 
he came out of  it  he  was  so  weak  that 
Allerton did not dare refuse him the con­
tract for  fear  the  disappointment would 
kill  him.  Thus  by  every  legitimate 
business method  Byron  had  striven  for 
that order,  hut tough  luck and  the  per­
versity of Allerton had euchered him.
This time,  however,  he felt sure of  it. 
On  a  Saturday  about  1  o’clock  in  the 
afternoon  Byron  reached  Onaway.  He 
went  immediately  to  Allerton’s  office, 
and there  sat  old  Sam wearing  a  smile 
that was as promising as one of  his  own 
advertising  circulars.  But he  wouldn’t 
talk business.  He couldn’t  he  induced 
to hear a word.
“I’m a  man  of  very  strong  religious 
feeling,” he said.  “Sunday  begins  Sat­
urday noon with  me.  1  never  think  of 
business between 
that  hour  aud  Mon­
day morning.  You’ll  be  in  town  over 
SundSy?”
Byron rather  thought  that  he  would 
under the circumstances.
“Glad 
to  hear  it,”  said  old  Sam. 
“Come up to our  church.  Have  a  seat 
in  my  pew.  My  folks  are  away  and 
there’ll be plenty of room.”
There seemed  to  be  business  in  that 
and  Byron  accepted  the  offer  with 
thanks.  Then he went  out  and  hunted 
up  a  citizen  of  that  place  whom  he 
knew,  accepted  the  man’s  invitation  to 
stay  at  his  house,  and  charged  three 
dollars  hotel money  in  his  expense  ac­
count.
The next morning  Byron  directed  his 
steps toward  the  church,  wearing  upon 
his countenance an expression so  devout 
that  several  sinners  whom  he  met  by 
the wayside were brought to  a  realizing 
sense  of  their  condition.  An  obliging 
usher showed  him where  Mr.  Allerton’s 
pew was.  Byron  congratulated himself 
on  finding  the  pew  empty;  he  would 
have Allerton all to himself.
His plan  of  combining  worship  with 
business was somewhat  interfered with, 
however,  by  the  entrance,  during  the

next five minutes, of  six  other  salesmen 
in  his  own  line  of  trade.  They,  too, 
had  got  the  tip  about  Allerton’s  con­
tract and had descended on  the  old  man 
during  the  previous  afternoon.  They 
had  received  the  same  “stand  off”  that 
old Sam  had  given  Byron  and  the same 
invitation  to  attend  services  at  the 
church.
Presently Allerton appeared.  All  the 
drummers had  been watching  the  door, 
and they  began to smile and  look  pleas­
ant the instant  old  Sam  hove  in  sight. 
Allerton  walked  up  to  the  pew  where 
Byron,  red in the  face,  was  holding  the 
others  packed 
together  like  sardines. 
There was about six  inches  of  room  for 
old Sam  to sit in,  and he measures  about 
six feet on the beam.  He merely glanced 
into 
the  pew,  bowed  politely  and 
marched up to the  front  of  the  church, 
where  he  took  a  seat  right  under  the 
pulpit.
When the usual time for  collection ar­
rived old Sam arose and took  one  of  the 
boxes.  This was a little  more  than  the 
drummers  had  expected. 
They  had 
been  prepared  to  contribute  something 
under  old  Sam’s  eye,  hut  they  hadn’t 
supposed  that  he would  pass  the  box. 
He  smiled  even  more  blandly  as  he 
handed it in,  and Byron,  who  was  near­
est  him, of  course  felt  called  upon  to 
start the ante at one dollar  plunk.  The 
next drummer raised it  the limit,  which 
in  his  case  was  one  dollar.  By  the 
time the box  reached  the  last  drummer 
it was necessary for him  to  put  in  such 
a  sum  that  he  didn’t  see  how  he  was 
ever  going  to  get  it  hack  from 
the 
in  case  he  missed  Allerton’s 
house 
contract.
Byron  didn’t  like  to  see  the  others 
outdo  him 
in  charity,  and  the  other 
gentlemen had  similar  feelings,  so  that 
when  the  box  came  back  through  the 
pew each man added to his  contribution 
such a sum as would  make  his  total  ex­
ceed that of the next man to him.  Then 
the fellow  in  the  hack  of  the  pew  sig­
nified that his charitable sentiments  had 
boiled over.  He  waved  the  long  green 
at Deacon Allerton,  and the good  deacon 
promptly  passed in the box.  Everybody 
put in something as it went  by him,  and 
also when  it  came  out  again.  But  no­
body  had the nerve to call it in  again,  so 
Allerton  passed  on  and  the  drummers 
thought they had done with him.

He  wasn’t  half 

through,  however. 
Old  Sam  walked  down 
the  aisle,  aud 
around into  the  other  one.  He  walked 
into  the  pew  opposite  that  containing 
the glassmen,  and smiled  over  the  rail­
ing  at  them.  As  Allerton  happens  to 
have  a  decided  cast  in  his  eye,  each 
drummer  appropriated  that  smile  to 
himself,  and  regarded  the  contract  as 
good  as  signed.  But  just  to  clinch  it 
and have a  perfectly sure  thing  on  the 
old man, it occurred to each of the drum­
mers that an additional contribution was 
indicated  by  the  symptoms.  Ail  their 
small bills were exhausted  by  this  time 
and  nobody  had 
the  nerve  to  make 
change out of the box.  One of them put 
in  his I.  O.  U.  On  this  occasion,  also, 
the box traveled up  and  down  the  pew 
several  times,  and  when  it  was  finally 
withdrawn pretty nearly every man there 
had made  up  his  mind  that  he  would 
have to borrow some of it back from  old 
Sam in order to get out of  town.
the  drummers  called  at  old 
Sam’s  office  next  morning,  each  one  of 
them believed that the  contract was  his, 
because he had  bought  and  paid  for  it. 
But  old  Sam  met  them with  a  smile 
which  shed  even  more  of  the  light  of 
Christian charity than  the  smile  that  he 
had worn in the church, and said:
“Gentlemen,  the  disposition  of  my 
contract for  bottles  was  determined  by 
It  is  rare  that
the events of yesterday. 

When 

1  allow  business  considerations  to  in­
trude  upon  my  Sunday  thoughts.  But 
when our good pastor spoke so  feelingly 
of kindness and  charity and forgiveness, 
it made me feel  that perhaps  I  had been 
hard upon  that  old  son  of  a  gun,  Le- 
blank.  At  any  rate  I  decided  that  1 
would not hastily break off  my  arrange­
ments with him, and so I  have  renewed 
the contract and  have sent it to him this 
morning.  1  am pleased to have met you 
all,  and will  cheerfully  bear  witness  to 
your devotion to  the  cause  of  religion. 
Come around once  a  year  at  least,  and 
oftener, if you  feel moved to do so.”

The seven salesmen were taken  out  of 
the office in a comatose condition.  They 
hate old Sam  to  a  degree  which  makes 
him a very bad risk for a  life  insurance 
company.

But  Rev. Mr.  Styles,  pastor  of  the 
church—who witnessed the  performance 
in  pew  No.  17—thinks  so  well  of  Mr. 
Allerton  on  account  of  it,  that  he  has 
given the old reprobate  a  testimonial  to 
this effect:
“I have used one  bottle  of  Allertou’s 
Expectorant,  and  have  raised 
the  debt 
of  the  church.”

H o w a r d  F ie l d in g .

The W heat  Market.

This eereal  has remained  in  our  local 
market in statu  quo  at  52c  per  bushel, 
while at  Detroit  and  Toledo,  which  are 
winter wheat centers, the price has receded 
about  l^ c  per  bushel  during  the  past 
week.  The cause  therefor  is  small  ex­
ports.  Rains in  Kansas,  also in  Califor­
nia,  and the fine  growing weather gener­
ally,  also  the  strikes  throughout  the 
country,  have  helped  to  depress 
the 
market. If the Coxeyites and Kelly ites and 
all the other  ites  would  go to  work,  in­
stead of  tramping,  it would help matters 
in  more  ways  than  one.  Not  much 
wheat is  moving  from  first  hands,  and 
only  forty-five cars of  wheat and twenty- 
six  cars of corn were  received  in Grand 
Rapids during  the week.  The  mills are 
using  up  the  stock 
in  store,  however, 
and,  as soon as seeding is over,  we antic­
ipate a  freer  movement  in  wheat.  The 
great  conundrum  is:  Why  is  wheat  at 
this low ebb when  we  raised  only  400,- 
000,000 bushels,  while corn  is firm at an 
advance of lj^c  over the  previous week, 
and we raised about 1,800,000,000 bushels 
of corn,  and  yet,  with  this  difference in 
amount  raised, we  still  have  the  enor­
mous  amount  of  GS,425,000  bushels  of 
wheat  and  only  14,500,000  bushels  of 
corn in sight?  The only solution  is that 
wheat is  more generally raised  through 
out the  world  and  corn  less,  or,  more 
plainly speaking, other  countries do  not 
raise corn as we  do here  in  the  United 
States,  while they raise wheat. 
In years 
gone by,  in the general  market, the price 
of one bnshel of  wheat  was equal to the 
price of  two bushels  of  corn,  while  to­
day corn brings 45c a  bushel  and  wheat 
only 52c,  which  is  rather a large  change 
these  two  cereals.  How  to  change 
in 
this  remains 
for  the  agriculturists  to 
solve. 
It looks at  this  moment  that,  if 
the weather keeps  as  favorable as it has 
been,  notwithstanding  the  shortage  of 
acreage,  and the winter killing of wheat, 
the  United  States  will  raise  as  much 
wheat as last year. 

C.  G.  A.  V o ig t.

TTTTC  MŒCHZGAJSI  T R A D E SM A N .

2

FORTY PER  CENT.

Sealer.

Remarkable  Record  Made  by the City 

The city’s fiscal year  has  closed,  aud 
reports  from  the  various  departments 
will  soon  be  submitted.  Among  other 
reports  there  will,  in  all  probability, 
be one from the  Sealer  of  Weights  aud 
Measures, 
lie  will,  doubtless,  submit, 
among other tilings,  the  interesting  in­
formation that  he has  collected  tiie  ex­
travagant sum of §385 aud  a  few  cents. 
He will also,  no doubt,  inform  the public 
that  his  office has cost the taxpayers ex­
actly $1,023.55.  He will  not  inform  the 
public,  however,  that  there  are  in  the 
city  about 800 places  where  weights aud 
measures are in constant use  and  which 
he  is  supposed  to  visit  in  his  official 
capacity,  and  from  which  he should  col­
lect  something  like  §1,500.  L et  it  be 
remembered  that the  Sealer  has  turned 
over  to  the  City  Treasurer  the  sum of 
§3S5  during  the  twelve  months  ending 
April 2,  and that he could  have collected 
81,500 or more,  and  it  will  be  seen  just 
how  much  work has  been  done  by  that 
official.  Then  if, say, 000 is taken as  the 
number  of  places  where  weights  aud 
measures are  used  (although  there  are 
fully  800),  it will  be seen that,  if he has 
visited them all during the year,  he  has 
collected but about 50  cents  from  each.
Here are  the  figures  showiug  the  re­
ceipts and  disbursements  for  the  fiscal 
year ending April 2,  1804:
RECEIPTS FROM  B B sH .
May  1,1891......................... ....................
June 29,.................................................
July  3...............   ..........................
Aug  3...........................................
Aug.  7......................  ...........................
Sept. 4................................................
Oct .2 
..............................................-
Nov. 6..........................................
Dec.  4................................................
Jan. 2,  1894............................................
Feb.  3..............................................
Mar. ......................................................
April 2...............................................

40 00 
19 48 
24  öü 
23  »I 
44 47 
5 08 
43 80 
3j M

looks very much like  au  imposition  for 
any  man  to  ask the city for §900 a year 
for which he gives next to no return. 
It 
shows,  likewise,  a high degree  of  assur­
ance in the man  who  is  wiiiing  to  take 
the  money  under  such  circumstances; 
hut the present Sealer seems to be  equal 
| to the emergency.  There  is  one  conso* 
lation.  however—he has  served  his  las* 
term in  the  office.  Mayor-elect  Fisher, 
w ith  the  facts  before  him,  will  hardly 
care to reappoint him,  and  a  new  man 
will  probably  take  the  office  in  a few 
weeks.  T h e  T radesm an  has  several 
times within  the  past  eighteen  months 
exposed  the  utter  inefficiency  of 
the 
present Sealer,  aud  because of  these  ex­
posures  by  this  journal,.  Mayor  Stuart 
requested  him  to  resigu.  He  at  first 
promised to do so,  but, after considerable 
delay aud much urging from  the  Mayor, 
finally,  in a somewhat  pointed  letter  to 
His Worship,  refused  to  resign,  saying 
the Mayor might remove him if he would. 
The  Mayor’s  duty  in  the premises was 
plain—he should have removed  Mr.  Bush 
from office.  He did uot do so,  however, 
and  the  Sealer  will  hold  office  uutil 
Mayor-elect  Fisher  appoints his succes­
sor.  He has,  since the  spring  elections, 
circulated a petitiou  which he  presented 
to  Mr.  Fisher,  praying  for 
reappoint­
ment.  In view of his record,  this evinces 
a degree of hardihood  which  even  those 
who  know  him  best  did  not  know  he 
possessed.  Tbe city does  not  want  any 
more of the Bush  brand of  inspection of 
weights aud  measures,  and  will  be  glad 
to dispense with bis services at tbe earli­
est opportunity.  Someone has suggested 
au investigation  into  tbe  affairs  of  the 
office.  That is entirely unnecessary.  No 
one  has  even  hinted  that  the Sealer is 
dishonest—be  Is  woefully  incompetent, 
and does not  possess  sufficient  ambition 
to move him to do tbe work even  as well 
as he knows how.  Whether he possesses 
sufficient 
is  a  question 
which T h e T radesm an  is  not  disposed 
just now to discuss.

intelligence 

Laying  Things  Down.

 

P A Y M E N T S   T O   B O B U .

Total............# 38»  19
May 3,1893...................................................* 5 00
June 2.............................................  
a> 00
July  .............................................................. 85 00
Aug. 3...............................................................   85 Ou
Sept. ............................................................  ? 55
  8a 00
Sept. 13................................................ 
OCt. 4.................................................................  t)5 00
Nov. ............................................... 
85 tO
Dec.  ............................................................   85 00
Jan. 2,  1894  .................................................  85 00
Feb.  7...............................................................   85 00
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There  is  a  science  in  doing  small 
things just right,”  said a busiuess man a 
few days  ago,  “and  1  notice  it  in  my 
office.
I had two office hoys there whose main 
duty it was to  bring  me  notes  or  cards 
Total................. *1,023 55
that were sent in to me, or to fetch things 
It should  be  stated  that  §120  of  this 
that 1 wanted to use.
“One  of  these  boys,  whenever  1 sent 
latter  amount  was  for  horse  feed,  aud 
him for a book or auything heavy,  would 
§3.55 for  sundries.  The  balance,  §900, 
walk rapidly by my  desk and  toss  it in­
was for salary. 
It is not contended  that 
definitely toward  me. 
If it  happened to 
§900 is too much money  for the  work  to 
miss me aud  land  on tbe desk  it was all 
be done,  but it is too much to pay  for the 
right, 
if it  fell  ou the  floor the  boy al­
ways managed to fall over it in his eager­
work as it has been done for the past two 
ness to pick  it up.
years.  Even  if  the  Sealer  has  visited 
Then  if  he  had  a  letter  or  card to 
each user of weights aud  measures  once 
deliver  he  would  come close  up to  the 
each year,  there  has been  no  inspection 
desk  and  stand  there  sc&nniug  it  over 
with  minute care.  This being concluded 
worth the name, for,  if  a  dealer  means 
be would  flaunt  it airily in  my direction 
to be dishonest,  be  has  ample  time  be­
and depart.
tween  the  visits  of the Inspector. 
It is 
“The other boy  always came and  went 
the Inspector’s duty to know  who  among 
so that i could hardly hear him.
“If it was a  book,  inkstand  or box  of 
the users  of  weights  and  measures  are 
letters,  be  would set it  quietly down  at 
honest and who dishonest,  and more time 
one side of the desk.
should  be  given to the latter than to the 
“ Letters and  cards were  always laid— 
former; but the  present  Sealer  has  evi 
not tossed—right  where  my eyes  would 
fall on them directly.
dently  gone  on  the  assumption  either 
“ If there  was  any doubt in  his  mind 
that all are honest or that all are  disbon 
about whether he ought to lay a letter on 
est,  for  he  has treated all  alike.  More 
my  desk  or  deliver  it  to  some  other 
than that,  he has not inspected  many  of
person in  the  office,  he  always  did  his
the  scales*  and  measures in  twenty-four  thinking before  be  came  near  me,  and 
months.  It is little wonder that so many  did  not  stand  annoyingly  at  my  elbow 
_•  studying  the  letter.  He understood  the
people  are clamoring for the abolition of  scieQCe of mtle things.
the office,  when the manner in  which  the 
“ When  New  Year’s  came  he got §10. 
present  incumbent  has  performed  his  The other boy got fired.”
duties 
The  man  who  likes  to  hear  himself
would never have occurred  if  the  work j (alk is the only  one  who  cares  to  hear 
had  been  properly  done.  As  it  is,  it  him.

into  account.

is  taken 

This

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“ S u n l i g h t ”  

FANCY  PATENr  FLOUR
Is  unsurpassed 
for  whiteness,  purity  aud 
Increase your trude  and  place  your 
strength. 
self beyond  the  competition of  your neighbors 
by selling this  unrivaled  brand.  Write  ns  foi 
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Till)  Waish - DeRoo  H o t   Co.,

HOI.I.ANI»,  M ICH.

To Clothing  Merchants..  —

The  wholesale  clothing  manufacturers  have  made 
up  light stocks this season,  hut  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. 
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.

See  our  splendid 

Write our Michigan agent,  WM.  CONNOR,  box 346,  Marshall.  Mich.,  to  call 
upon  jou  at  any  time,  or  meet  him  at  Sweet’s  Hotel.  Oraml  Rapids,  Midi., on 
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such  dates  as  lie  announces  in  this  advertisement. 
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Custom er’s  expenses 

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Man ufacturers

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

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some  lines  without  suffering  material  loss  in  trade,  but any 
attempt to  palm  olf 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.

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESM-aJN.

8

PEDDLERS’  LICENSE  PEES.

How  They  Can  Be  Simplified and More 

Easily Enforced.

Next Monday night  the newly  elected 
Common Council  will hold  its  first  ses­
sion,  the  various  standing  committees 
will be announced by Mayor-elect Fisher, 
and the  business  of  the  city  will  pass 
into the hands of the new administration. 
The consideration of the license question 
and the fixing of the fees  for licenses for 
the ensuing year will, of course, be taken 
up by the new License  Committee.

the  promulgation  of 

A  word  concerning  the  work  of  the 
past year in connection with the enforce­
ment of the peddling  ordinance  may not 
be out of place.  Previous to  the  begin­
ning of the last fiscal year,  the  schedule 
of  fees  for  licenses was thoroughly  re­
vised  and  several 
important  changes 
were recommended  which  materially in­
creased the  amounts to be  paid  as  fees 
by  hucksters  of  fruits  and  vegetables. 
These  recommendations  were  favorably 
received by  the  Committee on  Licenses, 
were incorporated  in the  report  of  that 
Committee,  and adopted  by the Council. 
Following 
the 
schedule  of  fees,  various  city  officials 
were  intervieved  aud  the  work  of  en­
forcing the ordinance  strenuously urged. 
The  response  was  hearty  and  immedi­
ate,  with the  effect that  in  a  short  time 
the Police Court  was crowded  with ped­
dlers  who  had  been  arrested  for  ped­
dling  without 
license.  They  pleaded 
ignorance of  the  law,  claimed  that  the 
fee was exorbitant,  and  said  they  were 
too  poor  to  pay  the  amount;  pleaded 
everything,  in  fact,  that  might  in  the 
least mitigate  their  offense  against  the 
law,  but without avail.  They were com­
pelled to take out  licenses  and  pay  the 
fee.  All  summer  long  this 
fight  was 
kept up,  as  the  peddlers  seemed  deter­
mined to evade  the  law  and destroy  its 
usefulness.  They  were  checkmated  at 
every  move,  however,  and  the  season 
closed with complete  victory  for  legiti­
mate trade.

Let it be said here,  that there is no in­
tention to drive the peddler^out of busU 
ness.  They are  accorded  the  privilege, 
common  to all  citizens  of  this  country, 
of  earning  an  honest  living  for  them­
selves and their  families,  and  the  laws 
of the  land will  protect them in  the en­
joyment of  that  privilege.  At the same 
time they must  remember that that  pro­
tection costs money and  that they should 
pay a just proportion of  that cost.  That 
is our object in  view  in  asking a fee for 
their license.  Then,  again,  the business 
is of such a  nature  that  it imperatively 
demands police supervision  and  inspec­
tion.  This also costs money,  and  is  an­
other reason for the  imposition of  a fee.
The experience of  the past year  clear­
ly demonstrates one  thing,  however,  and 
that is  that  the  present  schedule  is  of 
so complex a nature as to make it next to 
impossible for the police to  properly en­
force the  ordinance.  At  present  fruits 
and  vegetables  are  in  separate  classes 
and  berries  in  a  class  distinct  from 
fruits.  Then 
and 
baskets  are  separated.  This  makes  it 
necessary for the  police  to  know,  first, 
that  a  peddler  has  a 
license;  then, 
whether his license is for selling berries, 
vegetables or  fruits;  and,  last,  whether 
it is for a  stand,  wagon or  basket.  An 
officer cannot  be  expected  to  remember 
the features of ail the peddlers whom  he 
interviews,  nor can he be  expected to re­
member the  particulars of their licenses,

stands,  wagons 

In 

So  that,  in  order  to  know  whether  a 
peddler is selling in  his  proper class,  he 
must examine  the license  every  time he ] 
meets  the  peddler.  This  entails  an | 
enormous  amount  of  work  upon  the 
police force  and  makes  it  easy  for the 
peddler to dodge the law.  Frequently  a I 
man  would  be  caught  selling  berries 
whose license was  for selling fruits;  an­
other,  who  had  taken  out  a  vegetable 
license,  would be seen selling fruits,  and 
the task of keeping  them  in  order  was 
endless.  To  obviate  this  difficulty and 
simplify  and 
lessen  the  work  of  the 
police department  as  much as  possible, 
the  schedule  are 
certain  changes  in 
necessary. 
the 
first  place, 
there 
should  be  fewer  classes  of  licenses. 
Fruit and vegstables should be  combined 
in  one  class,  so  that  when  a  peddler 
takes out a licence  he  can sell  what  he 
pleases,  according  to the  season.  Then 
the distinction between berries and fruits 
should be  done  away  with  and  berries 
classified with  fruits where they properly 
belong.  This change  should be of great 
benefit to the  peddlers,  as it will  enable 
them  to  sell  during  almost  the  entire 
year.  Under this change,  the  first class 
would  be wagon peddlers,  and the second 
class would be basket  peddlers. 
Includ­
ing  in  the  second  class  would  be hand­
carts,  which  in  the  past  have  always 
been regarded  as  wagons. 
It  is  recom­
mended that the fee for  the first class be 
left,  as at  present,  at  $50,  which,  con­
sidering that they  will  have,  if  the pro­
posed changes are adopted,  the privilege 
of selling fruits and  vegtables indiscrim­
inately,  is far  from  being exorbitant.  A 
fee of $30 is recommended  for the second 
class.  This is  an  increase  of  $10,  but 
the basket peddlers  will  have  the same 
privilege as wagon  peddlers,  and,  in ad­
dition,  may sell either from a basket or a 
cart.  No  change  will  be  necessary  in 
the fee for  stand  licenses,  many  of the 
owners of stands having expressed them­
selves as satisfied  with the present fee of 
$50. 
If these changes  are  made,  it  will 
simply  be  necessary  for  the  police  to 
know  that  each  peddler  has  a  license, 
and this  would  be  sufficiently evidenced 
by a  compliance  with  the  provision  of 
the  ordinance,  which 
requires  each 
licensee to put his  name and the number 
of his license on  his  wagon.  The  ordi­
nance  should  be  so  amended  that  the 
last  named  provision  shall  apply  to 
basket and  haud cart peddlers,  as well  as 
to the wagon  men. 
it  will  cost  a  ped­
dler next to  nothing  and  will  be of  im­
mense advantage  to the police 

T h e  T radesm an urges,  as  a  further 
and  necessary  amendment  to  the  ordi­
nance,  that  each  applicant  for a license 
be required  to  give  a  bond,  with  good 
and  sufficient  security,  for  the  proper 
observance of the  ordinance,  and also to 
cover  any  damage  or  loss  which  may 
occur to  purchasers of his goods.  To il­
lustrate  the  meaning  and  necessity  of 
this:  A  peddler  on  tbe  West side pur­
chased a large  lot of  bad eggs.  Taking 
a few good eggs with  him  as samples he 
went from house to  house,  and  was  suc­
cessful in disposing of  a good portion of 
his stock.  Calling finally  upon a certain 
grocer,  he succeeded in  unloading  twen­
ty dozen of his  eggs.  Not  one good egg 
was  found  in 
the  lot,  and  the  dealer 
made complaint  against the  peddler,  for 
selling bad  eggs.  He  was  arrested and 
convicted,  but  the  dealer  was  out 
the 
amount he paid for the eggs,  as were  the 
rest  of the  purchasers. 
If  the  peddler

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had been required  to give a bond for the . 
indemnification  of those who might pur­
chase  bad  eggs  or  decaying  fruit  and 
vegetables, no one would  have lost,  and 
the  peddler  would  have been punished. 
It is possible that this amendment can be 
made by a resolution in the Council,  and, 
if  so,  it  will  make  it  unnecessary  to 
touch  the  ordinance  this  year.  This 
matter  should  be  presented  to  the  in­
coming Committee on  Licenses at its first 
meeting,  so that  the  Council  may  take 
action upon it when it considers the  first 
report from the  Committee.  The matter 
is now,  unofficially,  in  the  hands  of  a 
joint  representative  Committee  of  the 
Retail  Grocers’  Association  and 
the 
Peddlers which will meet  this week,  and 
an amicable  agreement  will,  doubtless, 
be reached along the lines  laid  down  in 
this  article. 
If  the  two  interests  can 
come to terms and agree  upon the neces­
sary  changes  in 
the  schedule,  it  will 
have a considerable and positive  bearing 
upon the enforcement of the ordinance.

FUNNY,  BUT  FORMIDABLE.

There has been  no  fact  in  American 
history  within  a  decade  or  two  which 
has furnished so much  fun for  the  press 
and public as has the Coxey  army.

The witty writers  have  lampooned  it 
with their  pens,  and  the  comic  artists 
have  transfixed 
it  with  their  pointed 
pencils,  and since Falstaff’s  ragged  reg­
iment  was  made  the  butt of  the  great 
master’s  humor,  nothing  in 
the  same 
line has proved so funny.

But there is a serious  side  to  all  this 

fun, and, perhaps, a tragic one.

There is something absurd in  the  idea 
that a straggling gang of  unwashed  and 
unworthy tramps should go  to Washing­
ton to teach  lessons in  statesmanship  to 
tbe great and wise patriots  assembled  in 
the  national  capitol.  There  was  some 
sort  of  sense  in  sending  Falstaff’s  de­
bauched rascals to fight  Harry  Hotspur, 
for even such  scum will  make  food  for 
gunpowder.  Poins,  Bardolph  and  Nym 
might  stop  a  bullet  as  well  as  better 
men,  but there is  something  irresistibly 
ridiculous 
in  sending  such  a  crack- 
brained creature as  Coxey,  and  such  a 
loafing lubber  as  Buckskin  Browne,  to 
instruct Congress  in  legislation.

But funny  as  all  this  is,  there  is  a 

serious side to it.

The country  is  suffering  from  a  ter­
rible commercial and  industrial  depres­
sion.  Many  mills  and  factories  have 
stopped  work,  aud  others  have  beeu 
working  from  hand  to  mouth.  Hun­
dreds of thousands of people  are  out  of 
employment. 
It  is  estimated  that  the 
unemployed  will  amount  to  a  million. 
Certain it is that there  is  great  distress 
among  the  working  people,  and  thou­
sands of them have been  living  on  char­
ity  through  the  entire  winter. 
It  is 
under these circumstances that  the  suf­
fering  people  are  looking  to  Washing­
ton. 
It  is  under  these  circumstances 
that  they  have  commenced  to  flock  to 
Washington,  and for what?

For relief which never  comes,  for  re­
lief which cannot come,  from a  debating 
society of politicians.

Unfortunately,  the  people  have  been 
taught  that  the  Government  is  not  a 
mere agency to do  their  business, but  a 
paternal power to support them aud pro­
vide for their wants. 
It is not  the busi­
ness  of  Congress  to  distribute  money 
among  the  population;  but  its  proper 
function  is  by  legislation  to  enable  the

people  to  help  themselves,  to  start  up 
the  wheels  of  industry,  and,  by  their 
labor, to support  themselves  and  make 
tho  country  prosperous.  But  the  dis­
tressed  people  are  not  asking  legisla­
tive wisdom so much as they are  seeking 
actual bounty from the Government.

And they  who  are  flocking  to  Wash­
ington  are  not  alone  Coxey  and  his 
army.  There  are  half  a  dozen  such 
armies moving from all  quarters  of  the 
country on  the  national  capital.  They 
are ragged,  but rags  are  the  banner  of 
their cause,  and that cause  is relief from 
poverty and  suffering.  Their  rags will 
excite loathing rather than  sympathy  at 
the capitol;  it  is reported that  imprison­
ment  and  other  penal  treatment  await 
their arrival.  This  may  be  so;  but  it 
must not be forgotten that  they  are  cit­
izens  in the act  of  petitioning Congress. 
The  political 
that  shall 
countenance criminal  treatment to these 
people,  who may be  guilty  of  no  other 
crime than begging help from  their  Na­
tional Government,  will  be  heaping  up 
wrath for the day of wrath.

authorities 

in 

the 

across 

Already there is something  formidable 
in the movements of these people.  They 
have captured the trains of  great  trunk­
line railways,  aud  secured  by  violence 
transportation 
country. 
There  is  nothing  comic  in  that.  The 
railways, 
retaliation,  have  side­
tracked these stolen trains  in  the  midst 
of arid deserts,  where the intruders were 
left to  starve.  There  is  no  comic  fea­
ture 
in  that.  The  determination  of
these people,  at  any  risk  and  at  every 
cost,  to force their way  to Washington is 
far from possessing any  ludicrous  char­
It  is, on  the  contrary, most 
acteristic. 
serious. 
It is more  than  this—sinister. 
It is an expression  of  profound  discon­
tent  and  unrest  on  the  part  of  great 
masses  of  the  people.  The  Coxeyites 
are the froth  and  scum  on  its  surface, 
but under  that wretched  drift  that  has 
floated to the surface there  may  be  tbe 
movements of  a  profound  aud  danger­
ous upheaval.

It may be all right to  laugh  at  Coxey 
and his comical  crew,  but  it  is wise  to 
beware of  the  possible  flood  on  whose 
surface they are the  foam.  That  which 
is beneath  may be  vastly  more  formida­
ble than  fuuny. 

F r a n k   S t o w e l l.

A  Novel  Decision.

Four men in  India,  partners  in  busi­
ness,  bought several  bales of India rugs, 
and  also  some  cotton  bales.  That  the 
rats might  not  destroy  the  cotton  they 
purchased a cat.  They  agreed that each 
should own a  particular  leg  of  the cat, 
and each adorned  with  beads and  other 
ornaments  the  leg  thus  apportioned  to 
him.  The cat by accident injured one of 
its  legs.  The  owner  of  that  member 
wound  around  it  a  rag  soaked  in  oil. 
The  cat, going too  near  the  hearth,  set 
this rag on fire, and,  being in great pain, 
rushed  in among the cotton  bales,  where 
she was accustomed  to  hunt  rats.  The 
cotton and  rugs thereby caught  fire, and 
they  were  burned up—a total  loss.  The 
three  other  parties  brought  suit  to  re­
cover  the  value of  the  goods  destroyed 
against the fourth  partner,  who  owned 
this  particular  leg  of  the  cat.  The 
judge  examined  the  case,  and  decided 
thus:  “The leg  that  had  the  oiled  rag 
on it was hurt; the cat could not use that 
leg; in fact,  it held up  that leg,  and  ran 
with the other three legs.  The three un­
hurt  legs,  therefore,  carried  the  fire to 
the cotton,  and are  alone culpable.  The 
injured  leg  is  not  to  be  blamed.  The 
three partners who owned  the three legs 
with which  the cat ran  to the cotton will 
pay the whole  value of  the  bales  to the 
partner  who  was  the  proprietor  of  the 
injured leg.”

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

ABOUND THE  STATE.

MOVEMENTS OF  MERCHANTS.

Locke—Price  Bros,  succeed  L.  G. 

Royce in general trade.

Ewen—W.  J.  Keith  succeeds  Win.  l.e- 

Roy in the meat business.

Milan—J.  Marwilsky  has  removed  his 

general stock to Elmore, Ohio.

Edmore—Thos.  Regis  succeeds  F.  11. 

Geiger in the harness business.

Millington—Hawks  A  Co. succeed  H. 

A.  Beach & Sons in general trade.

Pontiac—S.  A.  Pra t  succeeds  S.  A. 

Pratt & Co.  in  the laundry  business.

Hillsdale—Madden  &  Co.  have  sold 

their meat business to  1).  B.  Kinyon.

Owosso—Shelton  &  Curry,  grocers, 
have dissolved,  C.  11. Curry  succeeding.
Pierson—S.  M.  Geary  lias  removed  his 
general  stock  front  Maple  Hill  to  this 
place.

Edmore—Regis  &  Burgess,  grocers, 
have  dissolved,  John  S.  Burgess  suc­
ceeding.

Nortli  Farmington—Wm.  M.  Boughuer 
succeeds Mark  B.  Armstong in  the  gro­
cery  business.

Fremont—John  J.  Kiooster 

re­
moved  his  hardware stock  from  Muske­
gon to this place.

Muskegon—S.  Cascini  is succeeded  by 
Andrew Beucus, of North  Muskegon,  in 
the fruit business.

Grand  Haven—Knight &  Decker,  hard­
Isaac 

ware  dealers,  have  dissolved, 
Decker succeeding.

Bellevue—T.  P.  Martin  &  Co.  have 
purchased the hardware  stock  of  Evans 
& Hare, dealers in general trade, lumber, 
grain  and wool.

lias 

Kalamazoo—A.  L.  Blumenberg  lias re­
tired  from  tile  Hansehnan  Candy  Co. 
Geo.  llanselman  will  continue  the  busi­
ness under the same style.

Lake  Odessa—Dr.  M.  Crane  has  pur­
chased  the interest of  his partner in  the 
general  stock  of Crane  A  Cox  and  will 
continue 
the  business  under  his  own 
name.

Croswell—Arnot  A  Son,  dealers 

in 
drugs and  groceries,  and  Alfred  Edgar, 
tailor,  have consolidated  their stocks and 
joined  hands under  the  style  of  Edgar. 
Arnot & Son.

Eaton  Rapids—Frank Godding, former­
ly of Onondaga,  has  purchased an  inter­
est in the drug firm of Geo.  D.  Wilcox A 
Co.  The  business  will  be  continued 
under the style of Wilcox A Godding.

Hamilton—J.  Fisher A  Son  have  sold 
their  grocery  stock  to  Klomparens  A 
Brower,  who  have  consolidated  it  with 
their general stock.  Fisher  A  Son  will 
devote  their  entire  attention  to 
their 
drug business.

Detroit—There has always been a good 
deal  of  feeling  between  the  wholesale 
grocers  and  produce  commission  mer­
chants here regarding  encroachments on 
the  territory  of  each  ottier.  Not  long 
ago a movement was  started by  which  it 
was  hoped  that  the  troubles  would  be 
forever ended  by tlie  grocers  refusing to 
handle butter and eggs  and  leaving  the 
produce  field  to  the  commission  men. 
This,  however,  fell  through,  and  the 
Woodbridge street people have been feel­
ing ever since  that  they  were not being 
properly  treated.  Last  Thursday 
the 
grocers ashed the  Produce  Exchange  to 
join in  a movement to charge for  cartage 
in delivering  goods  in the city,  and  for 
packages  when new,  and  also  to pay no 
exchange on drafts.  The  produce people 
brought  the  proposal  up  for  action  at

their  regular  meeting  and  resolved  to 
take  no action on it until the abuses per­
petrated  by 
the  grocers  in  handling 
butter and  eggs  without  charging  com­
missions,  and also in buying fruits  in the 
same  way  for  their  customers,  be  dis­
continued.  The  produce  men feel  very 
indignant  regarding  the  action  of  the 
grocers,  and  will do everything  in  their 
power to make them keep within  proper 
boundaries.

Manistee—A statement  has  been  sent 
to the creditors of  Stone  A  Christensen 
by  the  assiguee,  Fred  Lindholin,  which 
is  a  fair  sample  of  how  the  assignee 
gobbles up pretty much  all the assets  in 
at  least  some  failures.  The  claims  in 
this case aggregated  $3,258.01.  The  as­
sets  realized a  total  of  $1,770.00,  which 
was  considerably  in  excess  of  the  ap­
praised  value,  which  was  $1,263.48. 
The two partners were allowed  their ex­
emption  of  $250  each,  preferred claims 
aggregated $320.40,  while  the  assignee’s 
fees were $195, attorney’s fees were $195, 
recording fees,  $0.05 and the expenses of 
sale $304.65,  leaving an actual  deficit  of 
$99.08 in  the sum necessary  to  discharge 
the preferred claims.  The creditors who 
filed  claims will  probably kindly chip  in 
ami  assist  the  assiguee  to  make  these 
good  while  they  whistle  for  their  own 
claims,  which range  from  $158.85  down. 
The  cost  of  selling  $1,520.04  worth  of 
goods,  according to  the  statement,  was 
$084.65.  The insolvents  probably could 
have done better than  this. 
If  the cred­
itors fail  to  protest  against  the  allow­
ance of  this  amount  they  will  scarcely 
be true to their own  interests.  This can 
yet be done before  the  Circuit  Court  at 
Manistee,  as  the  matter  is  to  be  pre­
sented on  May 21  for  approval  or  rejec­
tion.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Detroit—The  Michigan  Confectionery 
Co.  has increased its  capital  stock  from 
$30,000 to $40,000.

Coleman—Mason A Willis  have put up 
a shingle  mill  near  this place,  which is 
about ready to start.

Cecil Bay—L.  T.  Dickinson  started his 
sawmill here last week.  He lias a shingle 
mill  in  connection,  with  a  capacity  of
125.000 a  day.

Muskegon—Hackley A Hume, who iiave 
been  operating 
in  Clare  county  eight 
years,  finished  hauling the last  of  their 
timber last week.

Sanford—Eugene  Rounds  is  building a 
shingle  mill  here  where  he  has  timber 
for a live  year run.  The mill  will  have
30.000 feet capacity.

Seney—The Manistique Lumbering Co. 
and  Manistique  Railroad  Co.  will  soon 
remove their offices and warehouses from 
Seney to Grand  Marais.

Ludington—The  Ludiugton  Shingle 
Co.  contemplates  starting  its  mill some­
time this month.  The  company at a late 
date had 7,000,000  shingles on dock,  and 
is not in  a hurry  to pile up  more until it 
makes sale of product on hand.

Ludington—The Cartier  Lumber Co.  is 
receiving  logs  over  the  Flint  A  Pere 
Marquette Railway,  the company  having 
5,000,000  feet  to  come  by  that  means. 
The Danaher & Melendy Co.  is  receiving 
logs from  Tallman  Lake  over  the  same 
line,  and  will transport its entire season’s 
stock in that way.  The  Pere  Marquette 
Lumber Co.’s  mill will  also  be  stocked 
by rail  receipts.

Manistee—Unless  hemlock  operators 
peel  more  than  they  calculate  to  at

present,  there  will not  be so many avail­
able hemlock  logs  another  season,  as  it 
has got  to a point now where  it does not 
pay to handle hemlock  unless a profit can 
be made on  the bark as  well  as  on  the 
logs.  Buyers 
think  that  $7.50  is  just 
about the figure  for  bark  while  sellers 
think  that  $8.50  would  be  nearer  the 
mark.
Menominee—A  new system of  lumber 
shipping  will  be 
inaugurated  here  in 
about two  months,  when  it is  expected 
that  the  transfer  boats  of  the  Toledo, 
Ann  Arbor  A  Northern  Michigan  Rail­
way  will  be  running between  here  and 
Frankfort, 
to  connect  with  the  east. 
These  boats  are  capable  of  taking  on 
board  twenty-six  cars each,  and enough 
lumber  has  been  guaranteed  to  keep 
them running  the year round.
Purely Personal.

L.  Pauly,  the  St.  lgnace  druggist,  is 
dangerously ill and late reports  from  his 
bedside are  to  the  effect  that  death  is 
hourly expected.

S.  A.  Sears  is half beside himself  with 
joy over the success of  his new mixture, 
which he has given the  euphonious  cog­
nomen of “ Royal  Toast.”
Arch Cameron, Manager of the Cameron 
Lumber Co., of Torch  Lake  and Central 
Lake,  was 
in  town  several  days  last 
week.  Mr.  Cameron  is a genial  gentle­
man  whose  visits are  greatly enjoyed by 
reason of the fund of  sturdy  good  sense 
and genuine Scotch  wit which he posses­
ses.

J.  E.  Mai I hot,  the  Manistee  grocer, 
receutly forgot  that  he  was  summoned 
to  serve  on  jury  in  justice  court  and 
failed to  put  in  au  appearance  at  the 
time stated  in the notice.  A  plea of  for­
getfulness failed to  work  with the  hard­
hearted  magistrate,  who  fined  him  $5. 
The fine was paid.

Lester  J.  Riudge  (Riudge,  Kalmbach 
A Co.)  now appears before the  people  in 
a new role,  that of milk  dealer.  He has 
purchased a herd of choice Jersey  cattle 
from the Hood farm,  at  Lowell,  Mass., 
and the W.  H.  Haley  farm,  at  Milling­
ton,  Mass.,  and  will  soon  have  a  herd 
of forty milch cows,  most  of  which  are 
pure bred Jerseys.  The cattle  are  kept 
on his 140 acre farm,  one  mile  this  side 
of Grandville, where he  has erected new 
barns and put in all the latest  improved 
appliances 
conducting  scientific 
dairying.  His tenant will  care  for  the 
cattle and milk and  furnish city  patrons 
a choice article of Jersey  milk  in  quart 
and  pint  bottles.  Mr.  Riudge 
takes 
great pride in showing his farm and sur­
roundings to his friends,  and  a  visit  to 
Grandville is incomplete without  an  in­
spection of his premises.

for 

From Out of Town.

Calls  have  been 

received  at  T h e 
T radesm an office during  the  past week 
from  the following  gentlemen  in  trade:

Chas.  L.  Hariison,  Lisbon.
A. S.  Frey,  Lakeview.
J.  M.  Earle,  Belding.
A.  Norris A Son,  Casnovia.
F.  H.  Vinton,  Williamsburg.
W.  H.  Price,  Lyons.
Cameron Lumber Co., Torch  Lake.
Liebler A Son, Caledonia.
Frank Hamilton, Traverse City.
First  Cost a  Trifle  Higher,  But— 
You don’t waut  to  be  constantly  an­
noyed by  a  leaky  roof.  We  guarantee 
every roof for  five  years.  That  doesn’t 
mean merely that  we  keep  the  roof  in 
repair,  but that your roof will be perfect 
at the end of that time.  H.  M.  Reynolds 
A Son.

PRODUCE  M A R K E T .

Apples—Still continue  to  come  in  small  lots 

and are sold by de&less for $7 per bbl.

Beans—Offerings are small, dealers  pay  from 

$1.5081.60 holding hand picked at $1.70@1.80. 

Butter—Supply Is only medium.  Choice dairy
Cabbages—Floridas  bring  $2  per  crate.  The 

supply is only moderate.

Celery—Has  about  disappeared.  Anything 
that  looks  like  celery  will  easily bring 25c per 
doz.
Cucumbers—Are down  50c,  the  selling  price 
being $1 per doz. at present.  Home  grown have 
reached the market, and prices are on the  down  ( 
grade.
Eggs—No effort  is  made  to  get  eggs,  dealers 
claiming  that  there  is  not  enough  in  them at 
present  figures,  h e  is the buying  price and ltc 
the selling.
Field Seeds—Medium  and  mammoth  clover  , 
$5.85@ti,  scarce;  Alsyke,  $7@9;  Alfalfa,  $6.50; 
Timothy, $2.10@2.15; Red Top,  t0@70c;  Orchard 
grass, $i.60®l .70. 

Honey—White clover, 14c; buckwheat, 12c.
Lettuce—Is still in  good  supply.  Dealers  pay 

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8c, holding at 10c per lb.

Maple Sugar—What little reaches  the  market 

Is bought for 9c per lb , and brings 10c.

Maple syrup—Dealers are paying 85c  per  gal.
Onions—Old are about out of  the  market  and 
are up 10c, being now held at 00c per bu  Cubans 
and Bermudas bring $2.50 per  bu.  Green  bring 
ICC per doz.

Radishes—Chicago  stock  is  held  at  25  and 

Ciucinuatis at 30c per doz. bunches.

Spinach—Is in  good  supply  and  held  at  75c 

per bu. crate.

Asparagus—lias 

reached 
brings $1 per doz. bunches.

the  market  and 

supply 

is  good, 

Tomatoes—Supply  is  only  moderate.  They 
are  held  by  the  dealers  at  $3.50 per 6 basket 
crate.

Pie Plant—Is getting to be a drug on  the  mar­
ket.  It lias dropped  fully  one half  during  the 
past  week,  2%c  being  the  best  dealers  could 
get for it.  It is on the down grade.

Pineapples—The 

though 
prices have remained stationary, No. 1  bringing 
$2 per  doz. and other sizes in proportion.

Potatoes—Dealers 

have  advanced  prices 
another 10c holding at 85c.  Not many reach this 
market, though  dealers claim  that  potatoes  are 
plentiful in Northern sections of the State.  But 
growers will not let  them  gc.  saying  they  will 
get $1 for them if  they  hold  theip long enough. 
Perhaps they will—anil then again perhaps  they 
won’t.  Potatoes  are  poor  keepers 
in  warm 
weather, which  seems now to have  fairly set in. 
If they begin to grow in the pits, as they  are  al­
most certain to do,  or if they begin to rot, which 
they may do, then it will be all up with farmers’ 
hopes  of  higher  prices.  New potatoes are now 
in the hands of all the dealers,  and  though  the 
price, $2.25 per bu. is somewhat against  them  at 
present,  yet  they  are  certain  to come down in 
the near future, and old will have an increasing 
quantity and  falling  price  of  new  to  contend 
with.  Still old may go higher than  they  are  at 
present, though it would seem to be the  part  of 
wisdom  for  the  growers  to  take  75c  for their 
stock.  The  report  that  a  carload  was  sold In 
thtris  market 
imagina­
tion of the reporter.  The highest price obtained 
so far was 9, c and that  for  only  one  small  lot. 
There has been no change  in  price  for  several 
days, and some dealers are Inclined to  the  opin­
ion  that  high  water  mark  has  been  reached. 
The drop of 25c in new, noted  above,  Is  signifi­
cant, and a short time will  see  them  nearly  on 
a level with old.

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Chas.  Thom a  has  opened  a  grocery
#  ^ store  at 67 Pearl  street.  He  will  make 
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YV. W. Cushman  has  opened  a grocery 
store  at  Clarksville.  The  llall-Barn- 
hart-i’utman Co.  furnished  the stock.

T.  H.  Lees,  hardware  dealer  at  Har­
rison,  has put in  a  line  of  drugs.  The 
Hazeltine & Perkins  Drug  Co.  furnished 
the  stock.

W.  S.  Keuyon,  the  “ boy”  grocer,  at 
201  West Bridge street,  has  added a line 
boots  and  shoes.  The  Herold-Bertsch 
Shoe Co.  furnished the stock.

Dennis  Bros,  have  purchased the J.  C. 
Hill grocery stock and  will  add  lines  of 
general merchandise.  The  business will 
be  under  the  personal  management  of 
W. A.  Dennis, of Kingsley.

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The Yisner Candy Co.  will open a con­
fectionery  store  at 66  Canal  street  the 
^  ~ latter part of next week.  J.  P. Yisner is 
\   now in Chicago,  selecting  the stock from
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the establisment of  John  A.  Toiman  Co.
-J  W.  H.  P.  Roots lias  purchased  the  in­
terest of  C.  A.  Cuniings in  the  Commer-
*  cial Credit Co.  and  taken  an  active  part 
in  the management of the business.  Mr.
* Roots hails from Saratoga Springs,  N. Y.
Cornelius  Mast  has  opened  a  dry 
goods and  grocery  store  at  Worcester, 
five miles  north  of  Fremont.  P.  Stek- 
etee & Sons furnished the dry  goods and 
the Olney & Judson Grocer Co. furnished 
the groceries.

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Lewis Newberry  and  Fred  I).  Shiell, 
lately  with  the  Morton  Baking  Co.,  of 
Detroit,  have  opened  a  bakery  at  502 
South  Division  street,  corner  of  Fifth 
avenue.  The  style of  the  firm is  New­
berry & Shiell.

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*  G.  T.  Haan  and  Ben.  Schrouder  have 
formed a copartnership  under  the  style
* of  Haan & Schrouder for the  purpose  of 
placing on  the  market  Lemo-Seltzer,  a
)  new headache remedy, and a  number  of
i  other pharmaceutical preparations.
j   Base ball  is  once  more  in  full swing, 
and the base  ball  crank  is again  abroad 
in the  land,  and  about all  that  can  be 
heard in  office,  store  or  hotel  is  “ Great 
4^ _J  hit,”  “ Well  caught,”  “That  was  a hot 
one,” and  “Slide,  Kelly,  slide.”  The air 
is full of “ base hits,”  and  “ home runs,’ 
and  “foul tips.”  The same old chestnuts 
too.  The  clerk  says  his 
mother-in-law is  sick,  and  not  expected 
*■•7  * to live,  and asks  to  be  excused  for the

A  *  are  heard, 
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I 'l  afternoon;  the  “old  man”  is not  feeling 

very well,  and  thinks  he  will  go  home; 
and the clerk  and  the old  mail find thein- 
i  selves side by  side  on  the  grand  stand, 
jf:  ■*  watching  the  game.  Great  sport!  But 
it is not something of a nuisance as  well? 
-»Businessmen  neglect  their  business and
employes their work—all to see a number 
V A  of men  knock a ball  all over  a  field  and 
run themselves  out of breath in  the  en- 
'  deavor to get  back  before the  ball does. 
_  People come from  a distance to  do busi­
ness and go away  without accomplishing 
^ their purpose,  because  those  they  want 
to see  are  at  the  ball  grounds.  There 
ts  A  can  be no objection  to  base ball, but it is 
carried away  beyond  reason,  and is  be- 
m 
coming a  serious  detriment  to business.
™ ;• 
The people  are  surely  going  base  ball 
mad.  Something must  be done, or it will 
a be necessary to suspend  business  during 
the  summer  season  and  let  everybody: 
“play ball.”

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Contrary 

amount of opposition will avail  anything 
against  the 
impregnable  position  now 
taken by the wholesale trade.

Sugar—The  trade  was  treated  to  a 
surprise party Monday  morning  by  way 
of a decline of l-16th  to  3-16ths,  granu­
lated going  off  Jjj c.  The  decline  prob­
ably resulted from  the  depressed  condi­
tion of raws,  which declined  steadily all 
last week.

Hogs—Receipts  of  hogs  were  40,000 
less than for the previous  week,  the  fig­
ures  being  220,000  for  last  week  and
260.000 for the  previous week,  making a 
total since  March  1  of  1,955,000  against
1.205.000 for the same  period  last  year. 
The  week’s  export  clearances  of  hog 
products show a gratifying  increase,  the 
total  being 21,098,000  lbs.  against 9,979,- 
000  for  the  corresponding  week 
last 
year.  The exports of  provisions  for the 
month of March  footed  up the  handsome 
total  of 147,165,000  lbs.,  valued  at  $15,- 
915,000. 
expectations 
prices  of  hog  products  have  remained 
stationary, there being no change of  any 
importance to note.  Stocks  in  packers 
hands remain  large,  and,  though exports 
are  satisfactory,  domestic 
trade  has 
naturally  decreased.  Prices,  however, 
are as  low as  they  will  be,  and  may  be 
expected to go higher.

THR  MIOïTrOAJSf  TRADK8 MAN.
From  present  appearances  it  is  un­
likely that the  bank  clerks  will  secure 
their  coveted  Saturday  half-holiday. 
The refusal of one and  the  evident  dis­
inclination of another bank to  accede  to 
the request  is  the  principal  reason  as­
signed  for the failure  of  the  movement. 
Then  it is understood  that a  number  of 
prominent  business  .men  objected 
in 
somewhat forcible language to  being  in­
convenienced  to such an extent as would 
be  the  case  if  the  hanks  closed  their 
doors Saturday afternoon.  An  amusing 
feature of the  movement  is  the  alleged 
interference of  certain  trades  un ionists. 
They  have taken  it  upon  themselves  to 
say that the bank clerks shall  have  their 
holiday and are attempting to  coerce  the 
directors of the various banks  into  com­
pliance.  What  possible  interest  have 
they in  the matter?  Banks  are  not  the 
kind of institutions in  which  these dem­
agogues  and  jawsmiths  deposit 
their 
earnings,  if  they  ever  earn  anything, 
and,  if the banks  depeuded  on  such  as 
they  for their  business,  they  would  not 
only  close  their  doors  Saturday  after­
noon,  but all  the  rest  of  the  week  and 
for  all 
time.  There  are  many  indus­
trious  and  frugal  workmen  who  have 
business with the banks and  the  closing 
of these institutions  on  Saturday  after­
noon  would  be  a great  inconvenience  to 
them;  but they  are not the  kind  of  men 
who interfere in  what  does  not  concern 
them,  although,  perhaps,  many  of  them 
are  members  of  unions.  They  work 
hard six days  a week,  and  on  Saturday 
evening  deposit 
the 
banks.  But  the agitators,  the  men  who 
seldom work  themselves,  and  do  their 
best to  keep  other  men  from  working, 
who have no savings to deposit,  at  least 
in the  banks,  and  who,  therefor,  have 
not the slightest interest  in  the  matter, 
are the men who presume to say that the 
banks  shall  close  up  every  Saturday 
afternoon,  to the great inconvenience  of 
business and of a large number of  sober, 
honest,  hardworking  laboring  men. 
It 
is very amusing,  and just a  little  aggra­
vating,  and 
is  sufficient  to  stamp  the 
movement with  the disapproval  of  every 
honest man  in  the community.

Leaf Lard—Is up  }4c.
Oranges—Good stock  is  rather  scarce 
and prices are  held  very  firm.  An  ad­
vance of from 25 to 50c  per  box,  accord­
ing to grades,  was  made  last  week  and 
everything at present  points  to  another 
advance.  A  few  Californias  are  being 
put into cold  storage,  but  this  will  not 
be done to  any  extent,  as  any  kind  of 
fruit melts down  very  rapidly  after  be­
ing stored in  a  refrigerator.  The  local 
market is well supplied  with  Seedlings, 
but the  visible supply of Navels is small, 
and Coast prices  are  so  high  that  it  is 
doubtful if many  more  are  ordered  for­
ward.

I4C.
Through  a mistake of the  printer  shoul­
ders  were quoted at  9%c  last  week. 
It 
should  have read 6%c, which are present 
quotations.

Fresh  Meats—Business in  fresh  meats 
has been  fair, all  things  considered, and 
prices  have  not  changed  much  either 
way.

The  Grocery  Market.

Pork—Loins  have 

their  savings 

dropped 

to 

in 

:50, 

time  another 

Monday,  April 

Iowa  and  Minnesota.  At 

five  additional 
States joined  the  twenty-three  in which 
the equality plan of  handling  sugar was 
already observed—Indiana, Illinois,  Wis­
consin, 
the 
innovation  went 
same 
into effect  in  Illinois,  Wisconsin,  Minne­
sota,  Iowa,  Indiana  and  Michigan—an 
agreement 
to  charge  2  cents  per  100 
pounds  for  cartage  on  all  geods  except 
sugar; an agreement to charge for boxing 
in the  case of all  new  packages  and  an 
agreement to make  no  allowance  for ex­
change or express charges on remittances. 
Under the present arrangement the price 
of sugar is  fixed  by a committee of sugar 
refiners,  which price the jobbers agree to 
maintain at all  times and  under  all cir­
cumstances.  This  arrangement  is com­
mendable from  at least one standpoint— 
it  holds  the  price  steady,  enables  the 
small dealer  to  purchase  as  cheaply  as 
the  large  merchant  and  places  the  re­
tail trade in a position to obtain  a reason­
able  profit  on  the  staple  by  means  of 
local combinations  and  agreements.  So 
far as the  cartage  matter  is  concerned, 
The  T r a d e s m a n   is already  on  record, 
and  it  remains  for  the  retail  trade  to 
m eet the condition in man fashion,;as  no

Lemons—Are  still  very 

low.  The 
prices  realized  at  the  auctions  do  not 
warrant the heavy  shipments  that  were 
being offered and the importers  must, of 
necessity,  feel blue over the  net  returns 
made to them.  The  demand  is  improv­
ing with  the  warm  weather  and  better 
figures are sure to be asked  very soon.

Bananas—The  demand  increases with 
the season,  and,  so  far,  all  shipments 
have reached our market in  prime condi­
tion.  The ripes have been  very  scarce, 
which  fact  places  the  wholesaler  in  a 
position to handle the fruit  to  the  very 
best  advantage.  When  the  good  hot 
weather arrives,  conditions will  be differ­
ent and the peddlers  will  thrive.  There 
was a scarcity  of  fruit  ripe  enough  to 
ship during the latter  part  of last week, 
but all  local dealers have good  stocks  at 
present and orders this week will  be  ex­
ecuted promptly as received.

Peanuts—The  Association  has 

its 
lines well in  hand  and  the  advance  in 
price last week is  more than  liable to  be 
followed  with  another  advance  very 
soon.  The stock  has  been  held  at  fig­
ures  which left  very  small  margins  for 
the  cleaners  for  several  months,  but

to 

now that  they  have  banded  themselves 
together  and  exemplified 
the  saying, 
“In union there is strength,”  it is  not to 
be wondered at that  they  feel  like  set­
ting the stakes a  little  further  out  and 
adding  a  little 
the  general  fund. 
Those who have  not  bought can  still  do 
so to  advantage,  as  present  priees will 
not be maintained but a short time.

Cocoanuts—In good  supply at  a  slight 

advance from  last week’s quotations.

Dates—Selling fairly well,  but  at  this 
season  of the year are  not  moving  over 
briskly.  Light  stocks  are  held 
all 
around.  Prices are steady.
excellent and  the fruit cheap.

Figs—Prices  unchanged.  Quality  is 

FOR  SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

611

015

¡.93

012

balance on time.  Address  Bookkeeper,  4 and 6 

Pearl st.. Grand  Rapids, Mich. 

Rapids.  A rare opportunity,  Real Estate taken 

A  RELIABLE  PHYSICIAN  C\N  FIND  A 
-t Jl  goQ‘1 location in Alanson, 511c.li. 
YJLAN1NG  MILL—WE  OFFEK ~FoI F sa L K 
1 
the North Side Planing Mill,  which is first 
class in every  respect,  or  will  receive  proposi­
tions to locate the business in some other  thriv­
ing town.  Correspondence and inspection solic- 
ited.  Sheridan,  Boyce ,v Co., Manistee,  Mich. 613
about  $2/ chi.  Good  business.  $500  cash, 

■RUG  STOPE~  Ft>R  SALE—INVOICING 
flOU  SALE—WELL KSTABUS 11 ED  MILLI 

nery business in the finest location in Grand 
for part payment.  Address ,1. W., cure Michigan 
Tradesman. 
TpOR  SALE—A  CLEAN  STOCK  OF  DRUGS 
A-  with a  small  line  of  groceries,  invoicing 
$3,5 0.  of good c.ean goods,  bales last year, $12,- 
000  Good town of „no inhabitants  Noeompo 
tition, and ir. the finest section  of country  in the 
State.  Address Pierce A Lee,Climax, Mich. «14
Eio r  sa le  «»h ea p—stork  a n d  d w e l l-
ing in first-class location  in  town  of  1,(100 
inhabitants.  Address  E. L., box ifs, Thompson 
ville, Benzie Co., Mich. 
rp iIE   BEST  PLACE  IN  THE  STATE  TO 
J. 
start a dry goods  store is Big  Rapids.  Has 
only two.______________  
6> 8
EIO K   SA LE  A  FIP.ST-CLASS  D R U G   STOCK 
ill  a lively little village.  This is a bonanza 
for a man who speaks German and  has  a  small 
amount of capital.  Address No. 606, care Michi- 
gau Tradesman. 
___________________ K00
ErtOIt  RENT—EXCELLENT  LOCATION  FOR 
grocery  store.  No  other  grocery  within 
four  blocks.  High  and  dry  basement  under 
,1.  W. 
store.  Come  and  see  for  yourself. 
Spooner, 6 Arcade, Grand  Rapids. 
non
IB'Hi  SALE—TilK  THEO.  KEMINK  DRUG 

stock,  corner  West  Leonard  street  and 
’ 
Broadway. 
Purchaser  gets  great  bargain. 
Henry  Idema,  Kent  County  Savings  Bunk, 
Grand Rapids. 
010
W f ANTED—MAN FAMILIAR  WITH  THE
v v 
cheese  trade to embark  In the wholesale 
cheese and dairy supply business at this market. 
Advertiser stands ready to put in $10,GOO  special 
capital.  Address No. 002 care  Michigan Trades 
man. 

a  buyero  for  your  business  by  addressing 

1/ OU  CAN  LEARN  OF  ALL  KINDS  OF 

business  openings;  or  you  can  find 
with  stamp.  Mutual  Business  Exchange,  Bay
City, Mich._______________  
YX7ANTED—A JEWELER  TO  LOCATE  IN A 
town of 1.20j; good business place; spleu 
I f  
did opening now.  Address  “Jeweler,”  care  of 
Michigan Tradesman. 
603

«02

paying  territory.  Stock  will  Invoice $2,500 to 

592

594

■   1 

For  s a le—goi>d  pa y in g   d r u g  st<>re
in Grand  Rapids  Address  No.  601,  care 
Michigan Tradesman. 
«01
IilOR 
¡lOR 
SALE-STORE 
SALE-STORE BUILDING 
AND
dwelling  combined  at 
dwelling  combined  at  Levering.  Mich
First-class place for a general dealer. 
A.  M. Le 
Baron.  Grand Rapids. Mich.
596
IilOR GOOD LOCATION  TO  RETAIL  HARD 
ware, drugs, clothing or dry goods, address
lock box 221, Sturgis,  Mich,_____  
W T ANTED—A LIVE ACTIVE MAN AS PART- 
ner in general store.  $30,00»  cash  trade 
I I  
per  year.  Address  No.  592,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 

IilOR  SALE—A  CLEAN  STOCK  OF  1IAUD- 

ware and agricultural implements  in  good 
$3.000.  Would sell one-half interest.  Good rea­
sons for selling.  Address  No.  589, care Michi­
gan Tradesman. 
ATTANTED—TO BUY  FOR  SPOT  CASH,  OK 
I I   unincumbered  real  estate,  all  kinds of 
merchandise.  Address the Manistee Met can tile 
Co., Manistee, Mich. 

Sale;  good  trade,  cheap  for  spot  cash; 
Investigate.  Address  box  15,  Centre- 

■  CLEAN  STOCK  OF  GROCERIES  FOR 
■ ANTED—SITUATION  BY  REGISTERED 

pharmacist,  three  years’  practical  expe­

Address box 46, Fennville, Mich. 
ATT ANTED—POSITION  BY  EXPERT  AC- 
countant.  Books opened or closed.  Bal­
I I  
ances rendered.  Partnerships adjusted and any 
other work of similar cha-acter  promptly  done. 
Address No. 578, care The Tradesman. 

■ ANTED— THOROUGHLY  COMPETENT 

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

SITUATIONS  W ANTED.

$2,500. 
ville,  Mich. 

*V7

820

578

595

581

589

the only delivery wagon In  town.  Stock  about 

position as book-keeper, cashier  or  other  office 

rience.  Temperate,  single,  best  of  references. 

605

T H h:  M IC H IG A N   T R A D E SM A N .

S to re .

trade 

M en ’s   F u rn ish in g s   In  th e   D ry   G o o d s 
C.tG.  Phillips  in  Dry  Goods Economist.
the  diffi­
Have  you  duly  considered 
culties and  drawbacks  to the  successful 
management of a men’s furnishing depart­
ment in  a dry goods  store?  They  exist 
and  are  of  a  notably  different  nature 
from  those  encountered  in  any  other 
department. 
In many stores  the depart­
ment is  not a  men’s  department  at  all, 
but a  convenience  for  ladies  who  shop 
for  their husbands  or  friends,  and  the 
strictly  men’s 
is  exceedingly 
limited.  This  is  all  perfectly  right  as 
far as it  goes,  but  why  not  go  further 
and get the gentlemen to come your way? 
Possibly  because  many  men  consider a 
dry goods store a woman’s  store,  and dry 
goods merchants have done little to over­
come that idea or  make  a  bid  for  their 
trade.  Dry goods windows are, of course, 
largely devoted to the display of women’s 
wear.  But when  the men’s  department 
gets a  show the  facilities  for displaying 
the goods are not to be had; consequently 
the goods are  put  in  such  a  style  that 
their true  value  and  attractiveness  are 
lost and  "ladies only”  is  rather  empha­
sized than otherwise by the display.
If dry goods stores are  to  compete for 
the  men’s  trade  with 
the  furnishing 
stores they must  fit  up  their show  win­
dows  and  furnishing  department  with 
facilities for the  proper display of men’s 
goods.  Overcome  that  nondescript  ap­
pearance in your displays and give  them 
character.
What  sane  merchant  would  think  of 
showing cloaks  on  the  millinery  stands 
or smoking jackets  on  corset  forms and 
expect them to present a salable  appear­
ance?  Your  men’s  furnishing  depart­
ment  should  occupy  a  prominent  and 
easily-found position if you  want  to  en­
courage male  patronage. 
If it is not im­
mediately in  front  of  the door, hang up 
plain  signs  directing  seekers  the  right 
way.  A window  outfit  suitable  for  the 
display of nearly all  kinds of men’s  fur­
nishing goods will  cost no more than the 
extra  sales  it  will  make  in  one  year 
would pay for.  And  the same outfit can 
be used for many other departments.
But that is  not all.  The  goods  being 
more advantageously  displayed  will sell 
quicker.  You can  turn  over  your lines 
more  frequently.  You  will  have  far 
less  old  stock,  and, 
therefore,  smaller 
loss in cleaning up  odds and ends.  This 
of itself would soon pay  for  the  display 
fixtures.
A good reason  why  men  don’t care to 
patronize dry  goods store  furnishing de­
partments is  because  so  many  of  them 
are little better than achoatic conglomer­
ation  of odds  and  ends,  broken,  ill-as­
sorted lines  of old-style  goods and  little 
that is up to  date  and  attractive.  This 
is  due  to  poor  buying  rather  than  to 
negligence in cleaning  up stock.  Staple 
lines are bought,  partly sold,  and  then, 
instead of being  renewed, others not any 
better are put in their place, making  two 
lines to close out,  instead of keeping one 
up.  How  many 
lots  of  underwear, 
shirts,  collars,  etc.,  are  kicking  about 
your  department,  due to  changing onto 
new  lines  and  not  cleaning  up  to  the 
"bitter  end”  the  old  one?  Look  the 
market over;  secure good  staple lines of 
everyday  goods;  keep  them  filled  up; 
don’t change on  account  of some whim, 
and  you  will  have  less  stock  to  carry, 
fewer broken lines and less old stock.

Corn  Makes Good  Beer.

The representative of the Agricultural 
Department in Europe, John  Mattes,  has 
transmitted  to  the  ¡Secretary  a  prelim­
inary report of experiments  made at  the 
German  Brewing  School,  at  Worms, 
Germany,  in  utilizing  corn  for  brewing 
purposes.  He  says 
the  experiments 
have been  satisfactory, and  the  experts 
and  brewers  consider  the  beer  product 
as of the best quality.  Satisfactory  ex­
periments  have also been  made  in  Den­
mark.  Considerable interest is taken by 
the Department in  the  experiments,  for 
if  successful  this  country  may  export 
large  quantities  of  corn  to  northern 
Europe.  Agent  Mattes  has  gone  to 
Vienna to represent  the  Department  at 
the international  food  exposition  to  be 
opened  this month.

Use Tradesman Coupon Books.

Dry Goods Price Current.

UNBLBACHBD  COTTONS.

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BLEA CH ED   COTTONS.

A d riatic...................  7
Argyle  ....................   5=g
Atlanta AA..............  6
Atlantic  A ...............   6X
H ...............  6V4
P ..............  5
D ...............  6

Arrow Brand  4 | 
“  W orldw ide.  6
•*  LL.................  4H
Full Yard Wide.......OH
Georgia  A...............   614
“ 
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Honest Width.........  6
Hartford A  ..............  5
“ 
Indian Head............  5H
11  L L .. . . . . . . . .   4H
Amory......................  63i
King A  A .................   OH
Archery  B unting...  4
King E C ...................  5
Beaver Dam  A A..  4 Vs
Lawrence  L L ........   4H
Blackstone O, 32__   5
Madras cheese cloth 6)i
Black Crow............. 6
Newmarket  G ........   6M
B  ........ 5
Black  Rock  ............  53f
N .........   614
Boot, AL.................  7
Capital  A  ............... 5)4
D D ....  514
Cavanat  V ...............   5H
X .........6*
Nolbe  R ....................  5
Chapman cheese cl.  33£
Clifton  C R ............. 514
Our Level  Best.......6
Comet.......................   6J4 Oxford  R  ...............   6
Dwight Star.............  63£ Pequot......................  7
Clifton CCC............  5* Solar..........................  6
¡Top of the  Heap__ 7
Geo.  Washington...  8
Glen Mills...............  7
Gold  Medal............... 7H
Green  Ticket............ 814
Great F alls...............  614
Hope............................714
Just  Out.........434®  5
King  Phillip............  734
OP.......7H
Lonsdale Cambric.. 10
Lonsdale............  @ 8
Middlesex.........  @ 5
No Name..................  7H
Oak View.................6
Our Own..................  5H
Pride of the West... 12
Rosalind.....................7H
8  ¡Sunlight...................   454
Utica  Mills..............  RH
“  Nonpareil  ..10
Vinyard....................  8H
White Horse..............6
“  Rock............... 8H

A B C ........................814
Amazon.................... 8
Amsburg.................. 6
Art  Cambric........... 10
Blacks tone  A A.......7H
Beats A ll..................4
Boston..................... 12
Cabot........................   6*
Cabot,  %...................6£
Charter  Oak............  5H
Conway W ...............  714
Cleveland..............   6
Dwight Anchor—   8 
shorts  8
“ 
Edw ards.. 
............6
Empire......................  7
Farwell......................7H
Fruit of the  Loom
Fitchvllle  .............  7
First Prise...............6
Fruit of the Loom V   7H 
Falrmount —  .........4J4
Full V alue...............  6K
Cabot........................   634|DwlghtAnchor.......8
Farw ell.................... 7hI

H A L T   B L S A C B X S   COTTONS.

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CANTON  TLANNBL.

Bleached. 
Housewife  Q .... 
“ 
R ....
“ 
S  ...
T....
» 
“  U....
V .......w....
X . 
Y . 
Z ___

.614 
...7 
...7X 
...8H 
...954 
..10 
.1034 
..U H  
•  1*54 
■ •13H

Unbleached
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Housewife  A............5V4
B ........... 5H
C ..........6
6H
D. 
E 
•7!»
F 
..7H
G 
H 
■ •7X 
I. 
..8H 
J 
•  8H 
K 
95*
.10 
L. 
■10H 
M  . 
.11 
N ..
.21
P......... 14H

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C A R PE T   W A R P.

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Peerless,  white........17  ¡Integrity  colored...18
colored — 19  White Star...............17
Integrity...................18H| 
“  colored  .19
DRESS  GOODS.
Hamilton  ............. 8
Nameless.................20
9
...................25
“ 
“ 
...............27H
10H
...................30
“  
“ 
...................32H
“ 
...................35

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

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COBS
W onderful.................. 84 50
Corallne.  ............... 19  50
Brighton........................4 75
Schilling's................9 00
Davis  W aists.......  9 00
Bortree’s ....................  9 00
Abdominal.................. 15 00
Grand  Rapids  ....  4 50
Armory....................   634
Naumkeagsatteen..  7H
Androscoggin..........754
Rock port.................. 6H
Conestoga.................7H
Blddeford................  6
Walworth  ..............634
Brunswick....... ..  -•  6H
Allen turkey  reds..  5H|Berwick fancies__   5H

CORSET  JE A N S .

PR IN T S .

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“ 

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

rob es..............  554 C lyde  R o b es..............
pink a purple  5H Charter Oak fancies  4
buffs 
..........  5H|DelMarine cashm's.  5H
mourn’g  5H
pink  checks.  5H 
staples  ........   5  Eddy stone  fancy...  5H
chocolat 5H
334 
sh irtings... 
rober  ... 5H
American  fancy  ...  5H 
American Indigo... 
4Hl 
sateens.. 5H
American shirtings.  3341 Hamilton fancy. 
5H 
Argentine  Grays...  6 
staple—   5H
Anchor Shirtings...  4  Manchester  fancy..  5H 
*  —   6 
Arnold 
new era.  554
Arnold  Merino. . . .   6 
Merrimack D fancy.  5JS 
long cloth B.  9 
Merrlm'ckshirtings.  4 
Repp f u n i.  854
"  C.  ■
1 
century cloth  7
Pacific  fancy........ .  554
gold seal.......1054
* 
Portsmouth robes...  6H 
1  green seal TR 1054 
Simpson mourning..  534
‘  yellow  seal..1054
1 
serge..............1154
greys.........534
solid black.  534 
•  Turkey  red.. 1054 
Ion solid Dl&ek..
Washington indigo.  6H 
“ 
colors.
“  Turkey robes  .  7J4
Bengal bine,  g^een, 
“  India robes__ 754
“  plain T k y  X %  854 
Berlin solids............  554
“ 
"  X...10
“  Ottoman  Tur­
key red  ...................6H
Martha Washington
Turkeyred 34.......7H
Martha Washington
Turkey red...........   954
Rlverpolnt robes....  554
Windsor fancy.........8H
Indigo  blue..........10H
Harmony...................  4H
AC  A ......................1154
Pemberton AAA.... 16
York..........................1054
Swift R iver............. 754
Pearl  R iver............. 12
W arren..................... 12 54
....16

red and  orange  ..  6
“ 
“  green
“ 
"  Foulards 
red 34....
“ 
“  X .............»
“ 
“  4 4............10
“ 
“  3-4XXXX 12
“ 
Cocheco fancy........   5
madders...  5 
“ 
»  XXtwills..  5
“ 
solids..........5

Amoskeag AC A ....U H
Hamilton N  ............  7
D ............... 8
Awning.. 11
Farm er........................8
First P rise.............. IO54__________
Lenox M ills...........18  ¡Conostoga
|  Atlanta,  D ...............   654{Stark  A
Boot...........................634 No  Name...................7H
I Clifton, K ................... 7  ¡Top of  Heap 
9

oil blue........66

COTTON  DRILL.

gold  ticket

TICKINGS.

8

554

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DEMINS.

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GINGHAMS.

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Amoskeag. .............. 12
9 o s.......14
brown. 14
Andover...................11H
Beaver Creek  AA... 10 
B B... 9
“ 
CC....
“ 
Boston MfgCo.  br ..  7 
“ 
bine 8H
“  d a  twist  1054 
Columbian XXX  br.10 
XXX  bl.19

“ 

staples.  6

Amoskeag...............   5
“  Persian dress  65« 
Canton  ..  7
“ 
AFC........   8H
“ 
“ 
Teazle... 10H 
“ 
Angola.. 10H 
Persian..  7 
“ 
Arlington staple—   654 
Arasapha  fancy—   434 
Bates Warwick dres  754 
Centennial..............  10H
C riterion.................10H
Cumberland  staple.  5H
Cumberland............ 5
Essex........................454
Elfin.........................   7V4
Everett classics...... 8H
Exposition.................754
Glenarie..................  654
Glenarven................634
Glen wood.................754
nam pton.................. 5
Johnson Chalon cl  H
Indigo blue  9H 
zephyrs.... 16

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Columbian  brown.. 12
Everett, blue........... 12H
brown....... 12H
Haymaker bine.......?3t
brow n...  734
Jaffrey...................... 1154
Lancaster  ...............12 H
Lawrence, 9oz........ 13H
NO.220....13
NO.250....11H
No. 280... .1054

Lancaster,  staple...  5 
“ 
fancies  —   7 
“  Normandie  7
Lancashire..............   6
Manchester..............  534
Monogram...............654
Normandie.............  7
Persian.....................7
Renfrew Dress.........7H
Rosemont...................654
Slatersville............. 6
Somerset.................. 7
Tacoma  ...................7H
Toil  duN ord..........8H
W abash....................7H
seersucker..  754
W arwick.................  6
W hittenden.............   8
heather dr.  7H 
Indigo blue 9 
Wamsutta staples...  634
Westbrook............... 8
............... 10
Windermeer............   5
York  ........................634

GRAIN  BAGS.

Amoskeag................. 13  (Georgia......................1354
Stark..........................17 
..................................
American..................13  | ....................................

THREADS.

........95
.......90

Clark’s Mile End... .45 Barbour's..
.......45 Marshall’s.
Coats’, J. & P.
Holyoke..........
.......2254
K N ITTIN G   COTTON.
White. Colored.
38 No.  14........ 87
No.  6  ..  .  33
39
16........ 38
“ 
« 
8.........34
«•  18........ 39
40
10.........35
“  20........ 40
41
“  12.........36
CAM BRICS.
.......4
Edw ards...
Slater..............
White Star — ....  4 Lockwood.
.......4 Wood’s __
Brunswick
.......4
Newm arket...
...
RED   FLA N N EL.
...
.......3254 T W ............
Firem an........
Creedmore....
.......2754 F T .............
.......30
J  R P, XXX
Talbot XXX...
.......2754 Buckeye...
Nameless........
MIXED  FLANNEL.

White. Colored
42
43
44
46
....  4
.  ...  4
. . .   4
....  4

.......2254
...... 3254
.......35
.......3254

DOMET  FLANNEL.

Grey SR W............1754
Western W  .............. 18H
D R P .......................18H
Flushing XXX........23 H
Manitoba.................2354
9  @10* 
1254
Brown. Black.
10H
UH
12
20

1054
1154
12
20

Red A Blue,  plaid..40
Union R ...................22H
W indsor...................1854
6 oz W estern...........20
Union  B ..................22H
Nameless...... 8  @ 9541 
......   8H@10  I 

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Brown. Black. Slate
9* 1054
1054 1154
1154 12
1254(20

CANVASS  AND  PADDING.
954
1054
1154
1254

“ 
Slate.
954
1054
1154
1254
Severen. 8 oz...........   9H
May land, 8 oz..........10H
Greenwood, 7H o*..  9H 
Greenwood, 8 os — 1154 
Boston, 8 oz..............10H

West  Point, 8 os —  10H 
lo o t  ...12H
“ 
Raven, lOoz..............1354
..............13H
Stark 
Boston, 10 oz.............12H

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WADDINGS.

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2 
8 

SILESIAS.

White, dos...............25  I Per bale, 40 doa__ 83 50
Colored,  dos............20  ¡Colored  “ 
...........7 50
Slater, Iron Cross...  8 Pawtucket............... 10 H
Dundle.....................   9
Bedford.................... 1054
Valley  City..............10H
KK  ............................IOH

Red Cross....  9
Best...............1054
Best  A A .......12H
L ................................7H
G ................................8H
Cortlcelll, dos..........85  [Cortlcelll  knitting,

SEWING  SILK.

per Hos  ball........ 30

..12  “ 8 
.12  I “  10 

twist, dos. .40 
50yd,dos..40  I
HOOKS AND ETBS— PER GROSS.
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No  1 Bl’k & Whlte.,10  (No  4 Bl’k A White..15
“ 
..20
“ 
..26
No 2—20, M  C.......... 50 
|No4—15  P   354.........40
*  3-18, S C ............45  I
COTTON  TAPE.
No  2 White *  Bl’k.,12 
|No  8 White A Bl’k.,30 
..28
..15  “  10 
“ 
4 
..18 
“  6 
|  “  12 
..26
SAFITT  PINS.
....28 
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NEEDLES—PNB  M.

A. Jam es.................. 1  401 Steamboat.................  40
Crowely’s.................1  85 Gold  Eyed................l  50
M arshall's............... 1 00| American..................1  00
5—4 ....  1  75  6—4... 
|5—4....1  65  6—4...2 30

TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.

NO 2.

PINS.

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COTTONTWINES.

Cotton Sail Twine. .28
Crow n......................12
Domestic.................18H
A nchor....................16
B ristol.....................13
Cherry  Valley........ 15
I X L ......................... 18H
Alabama...................634
Alamance.................6H
A ugusta...................754
Ar> sapha................. 6
Georgia.................... 654
G ran ite....................  5)4
Haw  River..............a
Haw  J ......................  5

N ashua..................... 14
Rising Star 4-ply.... 17 
3-ply....17
North Star................20
Wool Standard 4 plyl7H 
P ow hattan.............. 16

Monnt  Pleasant__ 6H
Oneida......................5
Prym ont.................  534
R&ndelman..............  6
Riverside.................  154
Sibley  A ..................   654
Toledo 
Otis checks..............734

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PLAID  OSNABURGS

A  LADY’S

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

R E E D E R   BROS.  SH O E  CO ,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

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Telephone 640. 

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M.  H.  Reynolds, of  the  firm  of  M.  H. 
Reynolds & Son,  returned  recently  from 
an extended trip through California. 
In
conversation  with  T h e   T r a d e s m a n   on 
the state of  trade  on  the  Pacific  coast, 
Mr.  Reynolds said:

are 

increase 

the  principal 

“Heavy  frosts  in  January  materially 
injured the orange crop in Southern Cal­
ifornia  and  at  present  that  country  is 
suffering  from  drought,  as  so  far  this
year there has not been  more  than  half 
the usual  rainfall.  The raising of sugar 
beets promises  to  be  an  important  and 
profitable  industry  in 
the  not  distant 
future.  The  soil  of  the  Santa  Anna 
valley produces more  beets  to  the  acre, 
and larger ones, than  any  other  part  of
the world.  Anahime is the center of the 
beet sugar  industry of  the  valley.  The
sugar making plant in that town is being 
enlarged  and  preparations  are  being 
made  to  largely 
the  output. 
Barley is the  chief  cereal  crop  of  that 
part of  the  State,  with some  wheat and 
corn.  Vegetables  grow  much  larger in 
California than  in  Michigan,  especially 
pumpkins,  which  grow  to an  enormous 
size.  One of the  commonest size  would 
easily fill a bushel basket.  The  yield  is 
so great that one  can  cross a field  with­
out stepping on the ground.  Alfalfa and 
barley straw  (called barley  hay  in  Cali­
fornia) 
fodders. 
General  business  was  somewhat  dull, 
but that is the  condition  in Michigan as 
well  as  in  California  and is  due to the 
same causes.  The dullness was especial­
ly  noticeable  in  agricultural  communi­
ties,  as the dry  weather  did not  warrant 
farmers  in  expecting  even 
the  usual 
crops, and they were not in the mood to do 
much  purchasing.  Tourists  are one  of 
the  most prolific  sources  of  revenue  to 
In every  town  we  visited 
Californians. 
the hotels and  boarding houses  were full 
of sight-seers and  health-seekers.  They 
spend  their  money  freely  and  seem 
bound to  see  everything  worth  seeing. 
The climate is, of  course,  the  chief  at­
traction,  which,  after a  taste  of Eastern 
winter  weather, 
is  simply  delightful. 
We spent some time  in the northern part 
of  the  State,  taking  in  the  mid-winter 
fair at San  Francisco, 
it is a  great fair, 
taken altogether,  and a credit to the State 
and  city.  The  buildiugs  possess  con­
siderable architectural merit, and preseut 
a  fine  appearance.  The  exhibits  are 
good,  especially  in  the  art  and  manu­
factures  buildings. 
It  has  been  a  big 
thing for  California  and  she  will  reap 
benefit from it for years.  We had a good 
time in  Frisco,  visiting the various points 
of interest  in and  around  the city.  We 
visited Golden Gate park, the Cliff House, 
Seal  Rocks,  and  Angel’s Island,  which is 
a  military  post.  By  the  way.  Colonel 
Slafter is in command at  Angel’s  Island. 
He is an old  army  churn,  and we  had  a 
good  time  swapping  stories,  and  re­
counting  our  army  Experiences.  We 
turned  our  backs  on  the  land  of  the 
rising  sun  with  genuine  regret.  We 
formed many pleasant acquaintances from 
whom  we  were  sorry 
to  part.  But  I
don’t want  to  live  in California;  1  want 
to  live  in  Michigan.  California  is  all 
right  in  the  winter,  but  1  will  back
Michigan  summer  weather  against  the 
world.  The  man  who  wants  better 
weather than  we have  in the  summer is 
hard  to  suit.  He  won’t  get  it  in  this 
world. 
I am  glad to  be at home  again, 
and  to  see  the  old  faces,»and  mingle

again in old  associations.  My  wife and 
I  went West  as  heath-seekers,  and  I  am 
glad to say  that both of  us return  much 
improved in health.”

M y  Id e a l  H a rd w a r e   S to re .

O. C  Fonts in the Hardware Dealer.

that 

1  think  I am  safe  In  saying  that  the 
average hardware dealer  of  to-day  is  as 
progressive as any merchant in any other 
line of business.
The old dingy iron store of a few years 
ago,  with  its  small  glasses  and  dark, 
gloomy  interior,  is  being  replaced  by- 
plate  glass  front  and  well-lighted  in­
terior.  With 
the  numerous  excellent 
trade  papers  now  published  and 
the 
many good suggestions contained therein, 
all tending to make business more  pleas­
ant,  attractive and profitable,  he  is  cer­
tainly very short-sighted indeed who will 
not profit thereby. 
If  l  were  to  start 
into  business  again  I  would  profit  by 
past experience as follows:
I  would secure the best  location avail­
able on the busiest  street,  for  the  loca­
tion has a great deal to do  with  the suc­
cess of your venture.
I  would  fit up  my store  with  neat,  at­
tractive fixtures,  tastefully finished, with 
a very  few  growing  plants  and  flowers 
about the windows and a  bird  or two  to 
help out the effect.
MJ- office  would  be  small,  but  neatly 
and  comfortably furnished,  not  a  place 
for loafers,  but a place  for  business;  in 
fact,  a business  air  should  pervade  the 
whole  establishment,  because 
is 
what  we  are  going  to  do,  and  do  it 
strictly  for  cash,  too.  No  use  for  a 
bookkeeper,  for l should  have no time to 
keep  books and  much  less inclination.
The amount of business will not  be  so 
great at first,  but I can lock  the  door  at 
night with the satisfaction of  having  no 
bad debts to worry over.
1  would spend most of my time  in  the 
front part of  the store and learn to know 
my customers and their wants instead  of 
leaving them to be waited on  by a  clerk.
My 'stock would  be kept in good shape, 
the show  windows  always  clean  and  at­
tractive  and  changed  at  least  once  a 
week.  My  show cases  would be  attract­
ively arranged and  always  scrupulously 
clean and  well  polished.
I would keep one or more  lady  clerks, 
who should have  charge  of  the  cutlery 
and  silverware  cases,  because  they  are 
usually  more  careful  and  patient  than 
men,  and  besides,  many  ladies  prefer 
dealing with a  lady clerk.
1  would advertise liberally,  but not ex­
travagantly,  using  newspapers  and  cir­
culars mostly, but my best advertisement 
would  be  my  uniformly 
low  prices, 
which  l could  make  low  on  account  of 
buying and selling strictly for cash.  All 
these things  being according  to  my  no­
tion.  I  would  have one more thing  to do, 
and  that is to “ hustle"  vigorously.
Any  hardware dealer who is a  reason­
ably good hand at this  important part of 
the business and  inclined to economy be­
sides can readily turn my ideal  hardware 
store into a successful  reality.

Keep your eye on  the man  who  never 
It is harder to hunt  for lost opportuni­

whistles.
ties than to  find new ones.

Hardware Price Carrent.

T h ese  p rices  a re   fo r cash  buyers,  w ho 
p ay  p ro m p tly   an d   buy  in  fu ll  p ackages.

AUGURS AMD BITS. 

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BARROWS. 

eo
Snell’s  ............................................................... 
Cook’s  ................. 
40
Jennings’, genuine.......................................... 
25
Jennings’,  Im itation....................................... 50*10
AXES.
First Quality, 8. B. Bronze.............................8 7 00
D.  B.  Bronze 
00
8.  B. 8. Steel.............................   8 00
n.  B. steel.................................  is 50
ills.
Railroad 
..............................................8  14 00
G «den
.........................................not  30 00
dls.
to ve.
50*10
. 
Carriage new list  — ................  
75*10
40*10
Plow.......... .......... 
Sleigh shoe  ........................... 
70
BUCKETS.
Well,  plain  ......................................................8 3 50
Well, swivel...........................................................  4 00
dls.
Cast Loose Pin, figured....................................70*
Wought Narrow, orlgh 1 5ast jo in t................60*10

BUTTS, CAST. 

BOLTS. 

 

 

 

 

Com. 4  piece, 6 In.............................. dos. net 
Corrugated............................................................ dls 40
Adlnstable.............................................................dls. 40*10

75

Wrought Loose Pin...........................................60*10
Wrought  Table................................................. 60*10
Wrought Inside Blind......................................60*10
Wrought  Brass................................................. 
75
Blind,  Clark's........   ....................................... 70*10
Blind,  Parker’s ........ ........................................ 7n*l0
Blind, Shepard’s 
to

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

Ordinary Tackle, list April  1S92..................60*10

CRADLES.

CROW BARS.

G rain...........................................................dls. 50*02

,  

Cast Steel................................................per Jb 
Bly’s l-lo 
...................................... perm 
Hick’s O. F 
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VTusArt 
...................... .................. 
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CAPS.

CARTRIDGES.
. , ..........................................  
HI in  ifire 
Central Fire........................ .......................dls. 

5
65
80
35
go

5»
25

chisels. 

Socket Firm er...................................................75*10
Socket Framing................................................75* 1«
Socket Corner................................................... 75 *10
Socket Slicks................................................... 75*10
Butchers’ Tanged  Firm er..............................  
40

dls.

dls.

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

combs. 

CHALK.
COPPER.

“ 

Planished, 14 os cut to Blze........ per pound 
14x52,14x56, 14x60 .........................  
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60.......................... 
Cold Rolled, 14x48............................................ 
Bottom s...............  
Morse's  Bit  Stocks........................................  
Taper and straight Shank............................... 
Morse’s Taper Shank....................................... 

 
DRILLS. 

 

dls.

28
26
23
23
25

50
50
50

DRIPPING PANS.

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

07
614

ELBOWS.

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

dls.

Clark’s, small, 818;  large, 826........................ 
30
«5
Ives’, 1, SIS:  2. 824 ;  3,830  ............................... 
dls.
Dlsstou’s ....................... 
60*10
New American  ................................................60*10
Nicholson’s ...................................................... 60*10
Heller's  .............................................................  
50
Heller’s Horse Rasps  .....................................  
50

piles—New List. 
 

GALVANIZED IRON.

28
16 17

dls.
dls.

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

12 

15 

13 
Discount, 60

14 
GAUGES. 

50

dil.

dls.

MATTOCKS.

locks—door. 

MAULS. 
mills. 

MOLASSES GATES. 

knobs—New List. 

Stanley Rnle and  Level Co.’s ........................ 
Door, mineral, jap. trim m ings...................... 
55
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings................... 
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings...............  
55
Door,  porcelsin, trimmings........................... 
55
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain....................  
70
Russell *  Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list  ..........  
55
Mallory, Wheeler  *   Co.’s ..............................  
55
56
Branford’s ........................................................ 
Norwalk’s ......................................................... 
55
Adze Bye  ..........................................816  00, dls. 60
Hunt Bye  ............................................815.00, dls. 60
Hunt’s ..........................................818.50, dls. 20*10.
dlS.
Sperry *  Co.’s, Post,  handled........................ 
50
dls.
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ....................................... 
40
’•  P. 8. *  W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleable*__  
40
Landers,  Ferry *  Cl» rk’s ................... 
40
“  Enterprise 
......................................... 
30
Stobbln’s  Pattern..............................................60*10
Stebbln’s Genuine............................................ 60*10
Enterprise, self measuring............................. 
25
Advance over  base,  on  both  Steel  and Wire.
  150
Base
10
25
25
35
45
45
50
60
75
90
1  20
1  60
160
65
75
90
75
90
1  10
70
80
90

Steel nails, Dase........................................................ 1 50
Wire nails, base........................................ 
60..........................................................Base 
50...........................................................  
40...........................................................  
30...........................................................  
20........................................................... 
16........................................ 
 
12...........................................................  
10...................... 
8............................................................. 
7 * 6 ...................................................... 
4...............................  
8............................................................. 
2 ............................................................  
Fine 8 ................................................... 
Case  10................................................. 
8.................................................  
6................................................. 
Finish 10..............................................  
8...............................................  
6...............................................  
Clinch; 10.............................................. 
8.............................................. 
6.............................................. 

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planes. 

Barren %  ..................................................... 
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fan cy ...................................   ©40
Sciota Bench................................................. 
©50
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fancy...........................  ©40
Bench, first quality..........................................  Q40
Stanley Rale and  Level Co.’s  wood............ 50*10
Fry,  Acme.................................................dls.60—10
Common,  polished................................... dls. 
70
Iron and  Tinned.............................................. 
40
Copper Rivets and Burs................................   50—10

rivets. 

PANS.

dls.

dls.

 

 

 

 

 

 

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

“A" Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
"B” Wood’s  pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9  20 

Broken packs ft o per pound extra.

HAMMERS.

Maydole  *  Co.’s........................................ dls.
Kip’s.
dls. 
25 
dls. 40*10 
Terkes *  Plum b's.......  ..................
Mason's Solid Cast Steel...............
30c list 60 
80c 40*10
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel  Hand.
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 8 ............. .......
dls. 6t>*m
State...............................................per do*, net. 2
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12  In. 4^4  14  and
 
3^4
Screw Hook and  Bye,  H ..........  .............. net 
10
%.........................  .net  8 Vi
K ........................... net 
7V4
% 
net 7V4

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

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lils.

dls.

HANGER» 

HOLLOW WARE

levels. 
ROPES.

 
HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

Strap and T ........................................................... dls, 50
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track  .. .50*10
Champion,  anti friction................................  60*10
Kidder, wood tra c k ......................................... 
40
Pots  ....................................................................50*10
Kettles..............................................................   60&IO
Spiders  .............................................................. eo&lf
Gray enameled........................... 
. . .  40*10
Stamped  Tin W are.................................. new list 79
Japanned Tin Ware........................................  
26
Granite Iron W are....................... new list 3334*10
WIRE GOODS. 
Blight........................................................  70*10*10
70*10*10
Screw  Eyes  .............................. 
70*10*10
Hook’s ................................................... 
Gate Hooks and  Byes........................ 
-70*10*10
dls7o
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s ............  .........
7V4
Sisal, V4 inch and la rg e r................................ 
Manilla.............................................................. 
jj
_ 
dlS.
SQUARES. 
Steel and  Iron............................ 
 
Try and Bevels.............................................  
M itre............................................ 
 
SHEET IRON.
_ 
Nos. 10 to  14..........................................84  05 
Nos. 15 to 17 ........................................   4  05 
Nos.  18 to 21.......................................  4  05 
Nos. 32 to 24...........................................4  05 
Nos. 25 to 26........................................ 425 
No. 27 ....................................................  4  45 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19, ’86  ........................................ dls. 
Sliver Lake, White  A .................................list 
Drab A ...................................     «» 
White  B . . . ...........................   • 
Drab B .....................................  “ 
White C .................................... “ 

3 25
S  35
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  Inches 

75
ee
20
Com.  Smooth.  Com.

SAND PAPER.
SASH CORD.

50
50
55
so
55
35

82 95
3 05
3 05
3 15

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Discount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

dls.

dla.

wire. 

saws. 

traps. 

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

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

Solid Byes................................................ per ton 825
20
Silver Steel  Dla. X Cuts, per foot................ 70
50 
30 
30
Steel, Game........................................................60*10
Oneida Community, Newhouso's............ 
35
Oneida  Community, Hawley a Norton’s 
70
Mouse,  choker....................................... 18c per dos
Mouse, delusion.................................. 81.50 per doz
dls.
Bright Market...................................................  65
Annealed Market................................... ......Ki  10
Coppered Market.................................................60
Tinned Market.....................................................62H
Coppered  Spring  Steel.......................... 
 
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized.......................  
.  2 60
painted..................................  2 20
An  Sable  .............................................. dls. 
40*10
dig.  05
Putnam.............................................. 
diB. 10*10
N orth western...................................  
dlS
WRENCHES. 
Baxter’s  Adjustable, nickeled...................... 
so
Coe’s  G enuine........   ............... 
 
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,......................  75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable.................................. 75*10
Bird Cages 
50
Pumps, Cistern........................................   .  ’  75*10
70*10
Screws, New 1 1st.....................  
Casters, Bed  a  d Plate.................. 
50*10*10
Dampers,  American........................................  
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods........ 6-4410

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

MISCELLANEOUS. 

HORSE NAILS.

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METALS.
PIG TIN.

BOLDER.

Pig  Large.........................................................  
Pig Bars............................................................. 
Duty:  Sheet, 2%c per pound.
680 pound  casks............................................ 
Per  pound......................................................... 

ZINC.

26c
28c

644
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Extra W iping...................  
1«
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder In the market Indicated by private brand» 
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY.
Cookson............................................per  pound
Hallett’s .......................................... 
TIN—MEI.YN GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal............................................8 7  50
14x2010, 
7  50
 
 
10x14 IX, 
9  26
14x20 IX, 
...........................................   g 2f

Bach additional X on this grade, 81.75.

13

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75
6  75
8  25
9  25-

10x14 IC,  Charcoal.......................................... 
1 75
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
14x20 IX, 

 
 
 
Bach additional X on this grade 81.50.
ROOFING PLATES
Worcester....................... 

Allaway  Grade.

14x20 IC, 
  6  56
14X20 IX, 
8  50
20x28 IC, 
13  50 
14x20 IC, 
6  00 
14x20 IX, 
7  50 
20x28  IC, 
12  50 
15 50
20x28 IX,
14x28 IX ............................................................814  00
14x81  IX...........................................................   15 00
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Bollert, 1
14x60IX,  “  11  9 
’ j per pound  ...  10 00

BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.

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WEDNESDAY,  MAY  2,  1894.

EXCLUDING  EUROPEAN  PAUPERR.
The movements of  the  Coxeyites  nat­
urally attract attention to  the  fact  that 
whereas,  for  a  number  of  years  past, 
there  has been a  constant  flow of  popu­
lation from  the Hast to  the West,  a  sud­
den change  has  come,  a  revulsion  has 
occurred,  and from ail  parts  of the West 
there is a movement of  population  to the 
Eastward.

It  has been  repeatedly stated  that  the 
men  who are  moving  eastward  are  not 
foreigners,  but  native born  Americans, 
and,  if this be so,  it  illustrates  the  fail­
ure of the native Americans  to  compete 
with  foreigners  in  the  battle  of 
life. 
The reason of this is not  diticult  to  un­
derstand.  A  majority  of  the  people 
born  in this country grew up  in  a  land 
of  plenty,  and,  under  ordinary  condi­
tions,  did  not  realize  the  necessity  of 
specially  hard  work  or  of  any  peculiar 
frugality.  When  times got  a  little hard 
in  the old States of the  East,  they struck 
out  for the-new countries of the West.

the  country. 

Many  of  these  emigrants  exhausted 
their means in  the  long  and  expensive 
travel  to the  West,  and  when  they  got 
into tile  central  region,  there  they came 
into  competition  with  the  frugal  and 
hardworking  Germans,  Danes,  Swedes 
and  Norwegians,  who  have  so  exten­
sively  occupied 
If  they 
went  farther westward until  the  Pacific 
coast  was reached,  there they  found  the 
the Chinese,  with  whom  no  white  man 
cau compete.  Succumbing to  the  over­
powering adversities at a  time  when  the 
entire country  is  suffering  from  indus­
trial  anu commercial  depression,  these 
unfortuuate people, in a  sort  of  stupid 
desperation,  are  struggling  eastward, 
only to find  the places  they  left  behind 
filled  up  with  Hungarians,  Italians,  and 
other European newcomers.  The  situa­
tion  for such people is truly hopeless.

In  this connection,  attention  is  called 
to a bill reported in  Congress  to  secure 
the immigration of better  classes  of for­
eigners,  and  to  exclude  the  criminals, 
the  paupers  and  other  objectionable 
classes  with  which  European  nations 
have  been  inundating  this  country  for 
many years  past.  This  bill  was  intro­
duced at the  urgent  request  of  the  Na­

tional Council  Junior  of  the  Order  of 
United  American  Mechanics. 
It  has 
nothing  to  do  with  the  foreigners  ai 
ready in  this country, but  applies to the 
future immigrations. 
It requires,  in ad­
dition to existing enactments,  that  each 
person intending to remove  from  a  for­
eign  country  to  the  United  States  be 
compelled to secuie from  the  consul  or 
other 
the  United 
States, nearest the immigrant’s last place 
of residence,  a  certificate  showing  that 
the representative has  made  an  investi­
gation  concerning  the  immigrant,  and 
that the immigrant is  not  one  of  those 
excluded  from  this  country  under  its 
present laws,  and does not belong  to any 
objectionable class.

representative  of 

This bill  is  known  as  House  Resolu­
tion 5246, and  has  been  reported  favor­
ably by the House Judiciary  Committee. 
This  report  contains  some  statements 
pregnant with  importance to  every  citi­
zen  of  the  United  States. 
It  declares 
that-,  by the last census,  the  per cent, of 
persons  born  in  foreign  countries  is 
14.77  per  cent.,  yet  this  census  shows 
that 26 per cent,  of  the  white  prisoners 
confined in jails and  simple  prisons  are 
persons  of  foreign  birth.  The  total 
number of  white  convicts  in  our  peni­
tentiaries whose birthplace  is  known  is 
28,440, composed  of  13,715  native  born 
and  14,725  foreign  born,  showing  that 
more than one-half of all  our  white  con­
victs are of foreign  birth.  Our  benevo­
lent institutions  contain 69,926  inmates, 
of which  the  foreign  born  compose  24 
per  cent.  The 
total  number  of  the 
white inmates of our  poorhouses  is  53,- 
696, of which number 27,64S,  or  a  little 
over 51  per cent.,  were  born  in  foreign 
countries.  These  statistics  show that, 
with a  foreign  population  of  14.77  per 
cent.,  more than half of  our white  peni­
tentiary convicts and  more than  half  of 
the white inmates of our  poorhouses are 
foreigners, and  prove that, of  the  immi­
grants coming here during the  past  few 
years,  too many of them are  deficient  in 
morals and  are  incapable  physically  of 
self-support.

In  view of  the  distressing  conditions 
wliich already exist  in  our own  country, 
it  is  certainly  necessary  to  take  some 
action to exclude from  American  shores 
the  criminals  and  paupers  of  the  Old 
World. 

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CAN’T  STOP ’EM.

The industrial armies are  still  march­
ing  on  Washington,  and  the  wise  men 
and  the press that have  heretofore  been 
ridiculing  the  absurdity  of  the  Coxey 
business have at last been aroused  to the 
seriousness of  the situation,  and  are  in­
dignant that State and  Federal  authori­
ties should have permitted these  men  to 
invade  and  inarch  through  States  and 
Territories,  aud a peremptory demand  is 
now  made  that  their  progress  must  be 
stopped.
Who is going to stop them?  Who  has 
any authority  to  prevent  citizens  from 
traveling along the public highways?  If 
the crusade  of  the  Coxeyites  be  ridic­
ulous,  the  frantic  call  upon  the  State 
and Federal  authorities to stop  them  is 
vastly  more  absurd.  The enterprise  in 
which  the  so-called industrials  are  en­
gaged is,  without  doubt,  ill-advised, and 
it can accomplish  no  good;  but,  on  the 
contrary,  it may result in grave evils,  at 
least to the  people concerned  in  it;  but 
they are only exercising a  constitutional 
right to travel  from one State to another, 
If
and  to  visit  the  National  Capital. 

these  bands were  armed,  they would  be 
violating the law;  but they are  not  car­
rying  guns  openly,  and 
there  is  no 
charge that arms and military stores con­
stitute any  part of their baggage.

They may declare their ragged and be­
draggled squads to  be  armies,  and  they 
may bestow on their crack-brained  lead­
ers military titles;  but  the  fact  remains 
that they are  citizens  attending  mainly 
to  their  own  affairs,  and  they  have  a 
right,  unmolested  by  military  or  mag­
istrate, to go  their way in  peace  and  to 
proceed to Washington,  and  to  visit  the 
public buildings under the  ordinary reg­
ulations in such cases.

Of course, whenever there shall be any 
violent  acts,  or  violations  of  law,  by 
these  industrials,  they become  at  once 
amenable  therefor,  and  liable  to  such 
prosecution  and  punishment  as 
the 
statutes  may  provide;  but  the  frantic 
cries  of  “Stop ’em!” which  some  of  the 
papers are indulging in are too  fuuny  to 
be  seriously considered.  Those  people 
have a right to go to Washington,  and in 
all  probability  many  of  them  will  get 
there.  What will come of it all  remains 
to be  seen.  The  consequences  may  be 
very serious.  But,  if  Congress  is  wise, 
it will  not  interfere with  these visiting 
citizens, nor will it suffer them to be mo­
lested in  the exercise  of  their  constitu­
tional  rights;  and  if  the  national  and 
city  authorities  are  also  wise  in  their 
generation,  they  will  be  prepared  for 
every emergency,  no  matter what.  Any 
show  of  cowardice  or  weak  distrust  at 
Washington  will only bring  merited con­
tempt upon those  who  make  the  exhibi­
tion;  but a display of calm  strength  and 
confidence on the part of the  authorities 
will  command  a  proper  respect  from 
all  citizens,  be  their  intentions  good  or 
bad.

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THE POWER OF  THE TORPEDO.
About the only object  lesson  in  mod­
ern  warfare  which  the 
late  Brazilian 
war has furnished the world  is  the  sink­
ing of the  battle-ship  Aquidaban  in  the 
harbor  of  Desterro  by  a  Government 
torpedo  boat.  The  details  of  this  oc­
currence  are still  exceedingly  meager, 
but it appears  that  the  battle-ship  was 
attacked  and  destroyed  early 
the 
morning, during the  prevalence  of  fog, 
two  Whitehead  torpedoes  being used to 
accomplish her destruction.

the  Government  fleet;  but 

One account has it that the Aquidaban 
was only sunk after three hours’  conflict 
with 
the 
former  account  appears  to  be  more 
plausible,  as  there  are  no  details  of 
destruction  wrought  by  the  battle-ship 
in the three hours’ fighting.  As she was 
a  very 
large  and  powerful  vessel, 
equipped with rapid-fire guns  and  high- 
power rifles, it is  scarcely  possible  that 
she  failed  to  do  great  damage  to  the 
Government fleet before she  herself  was 
destroyed,  if  there  was  a  three  hours’ 
fight, as alleged.

While the occurrence demonstrates be­
yond question  the  immense  destruction 
of the torpedo,  it has not afforded a good 
test  of  the  ability or inability of a  war­
ship  to  ward  off the attack of a torpedo 
boat. 
In the first place,  the crew of  the 
Aquidaban were discouraged by the  im­
pending  collapse  of  the  cause 
they 
fought for; in the second,  the  ship  was 
sadly out of repair and  deficient  in  sup­
plies,  and,  lastly,  she  was  attacked  by 
an  entire  fleet,  fresh  from  a  thorough 
I refitting.

the 

revolution, 

A somewhat similar incident happened 
some 
during  the  Chilian 
years  ago, 
battle-ship  Blanco 
EncalacUi being destroyed by  Whitehead 
torpedoes  while  lying  unprepared  in 
port.  Both of  these  occurrences,  how­
ever,  conclusively prove that the  White- 
head torpedo is  a  weapon  of  exceeding 
destructiveness  whenever  it succeeds in 
reaching its mark.
INCREASE  IN  GOLD  PRODUCTION.
As the official  data  covering  the  pro­
duction  of  gold  during  1893  becomes 
gradually available  it  is  seen  that  the 
actual outturn was  even  larger  than  at 
first estimated.  Owing to the increasing 
demand for gold and the shrinkage in the 
value of silver,  it  was  known  that  the 
efforts  were  all  in  the  direction  of in­
creasing the output of gold and diminish­
ing that of silver.

The New York  Chronicle,  a  financial 
authority  of  the first rank, has obtained 
all  the  official  data  for  1893 at present 
available,  and has  grouped  the  returns 
from the various  sources  of  production. 
These  figures  show  that  all  the  great 
gold-producing countries have  increased 
their output,  without a single  exception, 
Africa showing by far  the  largest  ratio 
of increase.  That country has,  in  fact, 
made rapid strides during the  last  three 
years  as  a  gold  producer,  and  is now 
pushing Australia and  the United  States 
closely  for first place.

increase. 

The  gold  production  in Australia also 
shows  a  considerable 
The 
cause  of  this  increase  is  given  by the 
Chronicle,  in a letter from its Melbourne 
correspondent, as follows:  “The  Vietor- 
riau yield is  the  largest  for  five  years 
and the increase is  undoubtedly  due  to 
the greater number of  men  whose  usual 
occupations are,  in  the  depression  now 
existing,  barren of wages,  and  who,  ac­
cordingly,  turn  their  attention  to  the 
gold  fields.  The  availability  of  cheap 
labor has led speculators  to  turn  atten­
tion  to  fields  hitherto  considered  non­
paying,  and in many cases  unexpectedly 
good leads  have  been  discovered.  One 
deserted  field  near  Ballarat,  Victoria, 
called  Steiglitz,  has,  within 
the  last 
couple of months,  started  gold  produc­
tion at the rate of 1,000 ounces  per  fort­
night.”
The 

figures  for  the 
United States show that the  increase  in 
production  in this  country  during  1893 
was  141,983  ounces,  the 
total  output 
being 1,739,081  ounces,  valued  at  $35,- 
950,000.

latest  official 

Taking  the  estimate  made  by  the 
Chronicle,  the total  gold  production  of 
the world in  1893  was  7,374,259  ounces, 
an increase over 1892 of  623,717  ounces, 
valued  at  $12,893,000.  The  latest  re­
ports from Africa,  giving the  output  for 
the first  months  of  1894,  indicate  that 
the totals from that country for  the cur­
rent year will again break ail records.

When Thomas Jefferson went to Wash­
ington  to  be  inaugurated  President  of 
the United States he  carried  in  his grip 
a  fossil  sloth.  That  interesting  relic 
from a past  age  was  only  recently  dis­
covered after  being lost  for years. 
It is 
the  United  States  Senate.  The  people 
will gladly donate  it to  the Smithsonian 
Institute,  if 
they  will  promise  not  to 
let it escape again.

In a  brand  new  spring  suit—our  ad­
vertisement on page 12.  We come to the 
point at once.  The Putnam Gandy Go.

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THE  DRIFT  TOWARD SOCIALISM.
Numerous as are the signs  of  reviving 
activity in business to be  noted here and 
there in  various  parts  of  the  country, 
the aggregate actual improvement is still 
discouragingly small,  and  the  continued 
sluggishness  of industry is evidenced  by 
the continued accumulation at the  finan­
cial centers of  idle  circulating  medium 
which  ought  to  be  finding employment 
elsewhere.  That some of it,  in the shape 
of  gold  coin,  is  going  abroad,  where 
there seems to be a little  better  demand 
for it than there is on this side of the At­
lantic,  Is only natural.  Indeed,  the won­
der is that it does  not  go  faster  and  in 
larger quantities.  Loans  here,  at  even 
the low rates prevailing, are  not  merely 
hard to make,  but,  for  cautious  lenders, 
they  are  impossible,  as  frequently  the 
interest  received  on  them  hardly  payB 
for the risk and trouble of  taking charge 
of the  collaterals.  Fresh  borrowing  by 
the Government  to  meet  deficiencies  in 
its  income  is  talked  of,  and  would be 
welcomed 
the  defective 
authority for it.  The $50,000,000 issue of 
last  February  has  risen  to a handsome 
premium on the taking price,  and  since 
nearly half of the money paid for  it  has 
already  found  its  way  back  into  bank 
vaults, a second issue to the same amount 
would not, probably,  be hard to  market. 
This, however,  does not help trade, and is 
of itself an unfavorable symptom.

in  spite  of 

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The bad times,  like  epidemics  of  dis­
ease and unusual successions of accidents 
on  railroads,  steamers,  and  manufacto­
ries,  are  fruitful  of  schemes  for  their 
remedy  and  their  prevention, 
the 
efficacy  of  which  their  authors  have  a 
confidence usually inversely  proportion­
ate  to  their  merits.  The  advocates  of 
free silver coinage are  the  most  numer­
ous and the  most  conspicuous  of  these 
would-be saviors of society,  but,  as  yet, 
they  have  failed  to  win  over  to  their
views a majority of their fellow citizens. 
The single tax men are equally  sanguine 
that  nothing  more  is  needed  to banish 
poverty from among us, and  to create per­
manent prosperity,  than the  confiscation 
of  the entire rental value of the land for 
the benefit of the  community.  The pro­
tectionists insist that  a  protective  tariff 
is an infallible preventive of  commercial 
revulsions,  while  the  free  traders  de­
nounce the one we have  as the  cause  of 
our  misfortunes,  and  recommend  free 
trade as a cure for them.  The  Populists 
will  have  it  that the trouble is due to a 
want  of  sufficient  paper  money,  and 
would double our present stock  of  it  as 
fast as the printing  press  could  turn  it 
out.  The friends of State  bank  circula­
tion do not go quite as far  as  the  Popu­
lists,  but  they  want  the prohibitory 10 
per cent,  tax on State bank  notes  taken 
off,  so as to allow of  their  unlimited  is­
sue.  Behind all these enthusiasts is the 
array of socialists, communists,  and  an- ] 
archists who ascribe  our  ills  to  our  de­
fective  social  organization,  and  would 
remedy them for the present and prevent 
them for the future  by  substituting  for 
individual  enterprise  either  the  State 
management  of industry or a community 
of property, or the abolition  of  all  gov­
ernment whatever.

In my opinion, most of the writers and 
speakers who declaim against  the  exist­
ing order of society and  urge  the  adop­
tion  of  the improvements upon it which 
they have devised are ill informed  as  to 
the facts of the case,  and accept  for  the 
truth  the  fancies  of  their  own  excited

imaginations.  Throughout all this  past 1 
hard  winter  scarcely  a  solitary  case of 
death  from actual want of food has been 
brought to  light,  the  supposed  army  of { 
the unemployed has  been relieved  at  an j 
insignificant  money  cost,  the  wages  of 
the  still  employed  have  suffered only a 
small  reduction,  and  sufficient  business 
has everywhere  been  done  to  meet  the | 
necessities of  daily  life.  True,  wheat  I 
and cotton are selling at low  prices,  the 
Interest and  dividends upon  investments 
have been reduced or stopped altogether, 
the profits  of  trade  and  manufacturing 
have dropped to a low figure,  the  bands 
of tramps like Coxey’s  army  are  fright­
ening  the  peaceful  inhabitants  of  the 
country  through  which  they  pass;  but 
the great multitude have enough  to  eat, 
drink and wear, and though the  increase 
of our  aggregate national  wealth  is  not 
going on as  fast  as  it  was  year  before 
last,  it has not altogether ceased.  When 
the followers of men  like  Coxey  can  be 
counted only by hundreds, the remaining 
millions  of  our  population  cannot  be 
supposed to be in a state of utter misery. 
Nevertheless,  if even  the  small  amount 
of suffering that has to be  endured  by  a 
few can  be  relieved  and  its  recurrence 
prevented,  we ought to do it,  and  if  by 
any reform in the methods and functions 
of the social organization the lot of  indi­
vidual  members  can  be  improved,  no 
time should be lost in  effecting  it.  The 
world has  been  working at  the  task  for 
thousands of years,  and while it has only 
partially succeeded, it has  done  enough 
to encourage us to further effort.

Of all the schemes  for  promoting  the 
happiness of mankind that of the  social­
ists  has  the  most  support  from  expe­
rience and is making  the  most apparent 
progress toward  general adoption.  The 
socialists  say,  very  plausibly,  that  the 
evolution of society has continually been 
from a condition of  crude  isolated  indi­
vidualism toward a gradually  more  and 
more complicated organic unity, and that j 
the  logical  outcome  of  the  process  is, 
therefore,  the absorption by society,  as a ! 
whole, of all the functions that  minister | 
to the welfare of  the  whole,  instead  of 
leaving  them  to  irresponsible  and  un­
controlled  individual  exercise.  For ex­
ample, our primitive ancestors  each  de­
pended for the protection of himself,  his j 
family,  and  his  property  on  his  own! 
right  arm,  and  if  he  was  not  strong i 
enough to succeed he had to yield  to  his 
enemies. 
In  the  course  of  time  tribes ! 
and nations have been evolved from  this 
primitive barbarism,  and  by  successive 
steps  an  order  of  things  has  arisen in 
which  armies  and  navies  defend 
the 
peaceful citizen against foreign foes, and 
the police and the officers of  justice  pro­
tect him from violence at home.  Men in 
this  part  of  the  world  no  longer need 
weapons to  defend  themselves  in  daily 
life,  nor  to  go  about  encompassed  by | 
guards.  They usually are as safe on the 
street at midnight as  the  barons  of  old 
were in their castles.  Exceptional  out­
rages like  that  attempted  upon  Russell 
Sage,  and the imitations  of  it  here  and 
abroad,  only make more  conspicuous the 
improvement  which  the  world  has,  by 
social organization,  achieved in extirpat­
ing  crimes  against  the  person.  Other 
exemplifications of socialism  in  practice 
are municipal highways, sewerage,  water 
supply, gas supply,  and,  at this  moment, 
a  number  of  our 
leading  citizens  are 
working for the construction by  the city 
itself of a railroad  either  above  ground1

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attributes  those  inequalities 
to  crim­
inal  conduct  which  should  be  sup­
pressed  by the  strong  arm  of  the  law. 
Neither reflects that the  root  of  all  un­
happiness is in the constitution of human 
nature,  and  that  no 
legislation  can 
make the incompetent, the  slothful,  and 
the  unthrifty  as  prosperous  as  their 
skillful,  industrious,  and  careful  com­
petitors.  Still,  both  classes  have  their 
influence in politics,  and,  aided  by  the 
honest enthusiasts,  they  are  exercising 
considerable  power 
the 
functions of government more  and more 
to providing for the  wants and  the  com­
forts of individual citizens.

From  the  Dry  Goods  Economist.
The  wet  and  severe  days  which  de­
crease  the  trade  of  retail  dry  goods 
houses to such  a large extent  should  be 
used in each department  to good  advan­
tage. 
In the linen  and white  goods  de­
partment many  things may  be  attended 
to  instead  of  having  the  salespeople 
standing  around  doing  nothing.  No 
matter  how  particular  a  man  may  be 
about the appearance of his  department, 
he cannot  in  busy times have  his  stock 
look as smart and  bright as  when  busi­
ness is  not  rushing.  Especially  is  this 
the  case  with  houses  that  cater  to  a 
popular  trade,  and  in  which  business 
goes  on  up  to  the  last  minute  before 
closing  and  commences  early  in  the 
morning again.  Here it is almost impos­
sible to keep things straight.

in  extending 

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

The editor of a prosperous trade paper 
of this city is so forgetful  that  when  he 
gets home at night he writes postal cards 
to himself, addressed to his  office,  to  re­
mind him  of  engagements  of  the  next 
day.  These  he  almost  invariably  for­
gets  to  post,  but  his  wife  takes  good 
care to do it for him.  United  with  this 
forgetfulness is a combination  of  execu­
tive and literary  ability which  compara­
tively few editors possess.

L se  Tradesman  Coupon  Books.

Of course, the clerks  will see that  the 
outside appearance  is all right,  but  how 
does it  look  under  the  counters?  How 
does the inside of the boxes of white and 
colored  goods  suit  you?  On a wet  day 
the buyer should, as the  first thing,  put 
his  whole  force  on  to  clean  the  stock 
thoroughly.  Each  clerk should take the 
section of which  he  or  she  has  charge, 
remove all goods  from  the  shelves  and 
dust the fixtures from  top to bottom,  but 
in such a way  that the  dust does  not fly 
all over and settle on  other  goods.  Use 
a loose rag or  cheesecloth  to remove the

dust,  and  go  over  the  shelves  with  a 
feather duster.
Having done  this,  each  piece  of mer­
chandise  should  be  dusted  well  and 
straightened on the  showing ends before 
being put  back in stock.  Every  line  of 
goods should be  kept  separate  as  much 
as possible,  and  arranged  by  sizes  and 
prices.  For  instance,  in  the  linen  de­
partment the  % napkins  should  not  be 
mixed up with  the  % ones;  the  $3  nap­
kins should not be among  the SI.50 ones, 
and so on.

After  cleaning  the  stock  thoroughly 
and all goods  having  been assorted,  tie  
clerks should  go  over  the  boxes.  Thf-, 
doilies,  which should  always  be k ep t:  ) 
boxes,  should be  carefully looked  ove 
This kind of  goods  is  especially easy t 
get mixed up,  and  during a rush there i 
hardly any time to attend  to assorting il 
How often will  it not  happen that wher 
a customer  wants one dozen of a certain 
pattern the clerk finds only eleven iu the 
right box, and has  to  hunt  over  a  num­
ber of other boxes to  find  the mate,  dis­
gusting  in  this  way  the  customer  and 
giving her the idea that very little atten­
tion is paid to the stock,  and that things 
in general are very much neglected?

If you cannot make  money  and  make 
character at the  same time,  stop making 
money. 

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or underground for the rapid transporta­
tion  of  passengers from one end of it to 
another.  The  Government  supervision 
of  banks,  both  State  and  national,  the 
regulation of inter-State  railroad  traffic, 
and  the  national  Postoffice  administra­
tion are also cited as further illustrations 
of  the  same  tendency  toward  putting 
under the control of society the  machin­
ery for supplying its wants  and  provid­
ing for its comfort.

retainers, 

Nevertheless,  whether it  is  because  1 
am an  old  fogy,  and  therefore  predis­
posed against innovations upon practices 
to  which  I  have  been  accustomed, or 
whether 1 am right  in  principle, I think 
it is illogical in the  socialist  to  contend 
that whereas in  some  cases  government 
management has been found to  be  supe­
rior to individual enterprise  it  would be 
so  in  all. 
It  does  not  follow  that be­
cause armies and  navies  and  policemen 
and criminal courts and  prisons  have  in 
civilized  countries  superseded  personal 
measures of defense and the employment 
of  guards  of 
that  because 
cities pave streets, construct  sewers  and 
aqueducts,  and,  in some instances,  oper­
ate gas  works,  therefore political bodies, 
small  or  great,  should  at  present,  at 
least, not only  build  and  run  railroads, 
but mine coal and iron,  refine petroleum, 
spin and weave eotton and wool, or man­
ufacture  railroad  iron.  Socialism,  in­
deed,  so far as it has  been  adopted,  has 
been made  possible  only  by  individual 
effort in breaking the road for  it,  and  it 
reaps  the  harvest  which  individualism 
has sown.  As the individual  came  into 
being  before  society  did,  so  individual 
exertion and enterprise first devised  and 
put  into  practice 
those  contrivances 
which  society  has  since  adopted  and 
monopolized for its benefit.  The  father 
of  the  family  and  the  chieftain  of the 
savage  tribe  founded  government  and 
began the administration of justice.  The 
Postoffice is an outgrowth of  the  exten­
sion of commerce  due  to  private  enter­
prise,  and in our whole system of munic­
ipal  improvements  we  avail  ourselves 
of  inventions  and  processes  already 
tested  and  approved  by  individual  ex­
perience.  To assume,  as  the  socialists 
do, that,  by bringing all branches  of  in­
dustry under government control and for­
bidding  individuals  to  retain  for  their 
own  benefit the pecuniary  profits  of  ex­
ceptional  skill  and  industry,  the  same 
advance in methods  and increase of pro­
duction  would continue to  be made here­
after that have been  made heretofore,  is 
assuming something which from the con­
stitution of the human soul is  extremely 
improbable,  and which experience,  so far 
as it has gone,  shows  to  be  impossible. 
Government  red  tape  has  become  pro­
verbially a  shackle  upon  improvement, 
and  salaried  government  officials  are 
notoriously hostile to changes in the  rou­
tine  to  which  they  have  become  ac­
customed.

While,  too,  some  of  the  advocates  of 
socialism thus illogically  rely  upon  the 
illustrations of  the  benefits supposed to 
be furnished by the instances of  its  suc­
cess in practice which I have mentioned, 
others are actuated not  by  reason  at  all 
but either by a  blind  sentiment  of  com­
passion for human suffering or by a  sort 
of envious rage at the  seeming  prosper­
ity of the successful in  the  struggle  for 
the  means  of material enjoyment.  The 
one class exaggerates in  its  imagination 
the misery caused by the  inequalities  in 
in 
the  other

the  lot  of  men, n and 

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To

H E r N R Y   K O C H ,   your  O l e r l c s » ,   attorneys,  ager.j, 
s a l e s m e n   and  workmen,  and  all  claiming  or 
holding  through  or  under  you,

ÌHI)ercas, it  has  been  represented  to  us  in  our  Circuit  Court  of  the  United  States  for  the  District  ot

Ne.v  Jersey,  in  the  Third  Circuit,  on  the  part  of  the  ENOCH  MORGAN’S  SONS  COMPANY,  Complainant,  that 
it  has  lately  exhibited  its  said  Bill  of  Complaint  in  our  said  Circuit  Court  of  the  United  States  for  the  District 
of  New  Jersey,  against  you,  the  said  HENRY  KOCH,  Defendant, 
to  be  relieved  touching  the  matters  therein 
complained  of,  and  that  the  said

ENOCH  MORGAN'S  SONS  COMPANY,

Complainant,  is  entitled  to  the  exclusive  use  of  the  designation  “ SAPOLIO”  as  a  trade-mark  for  scouring  soap.

ttoni, ikljcrcforc, we  do  strictly  command  and  perpetually  enjoin  you,  the  said  HENRY

KOCH,  your  clerks,  attorneys,  agents,  salesmen  and  workmen,  and  all  claiming  or  holding  through  or  under  you, 
under  the  pains  and  penalties  which  may  fall  upon  you  and  each  of  you  in  case  of  disobedience,  that  you  do 
absolutely  desist  and  refrain  from  in  any  manner  unlawfully  using  the  word  “ SAPOLIO,”  or  any  word  or  w ords 
substantially  similar  thereto  in  sound  or  appearance,  in  connection  with  the  manufacture  or  sale  of  any  scouring 
soap  not  made  or  produced  by  or  for  the  Complainant,  and  from  directly,  or  indirectly,
By  word  of  month  or  otherwise,  selling  or  delivering  as 

“ SAPOLIO,”  or  when  “ SAPOLIO”  is  asked  for,

that  which  is  not  Complainant’s  said  manufacture,  and  from 
false  or  misleading  manner.

in  any  way  using  the  word  “ SAPOLIO”  in  any 

W i t n e s s ,

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The  honorable  Melville  W.  F uller,  Chief  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the 
in  said  District  of  New 
United  Stc  es  of  America,  at  the  City  of  Trenton, 
Jersey, 
thousand 
eight  hundred  and  ninety-two.

the  year  of  our  Lord,  one 

i6th  day  of  December, 

th  i 

in 

[signed]

S.  D.  OL1PHANT,

Clerk

ROWLAND  COX.

Complainant'.  Solicita

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The Position  of  Full  Cream  Cheese  In 

the Market.

To  be  able  to  elucidate  clearly 

the 
position of full cream cheese in the  mar­
ket, it will be necessary for me to show the 
price list of cheese handled  and  shipped 
from  a  central  market 
like  Chicago. 
One  posted  on  the  marketing  of  the 
various grades of eheese can  clearly  see 
that full  cream  cheese  are,  during  the 
winter  time,  only a  secondary  item  in 
r  <st  cheese  dealers’  price  lists.

I remember  hearing  Mr.  Matteson,  of 
New York,  at the  Wisconsin  dairymen’s 
./•nvention  of 1893, at  Waupaca, say,  “ I
jve found, in the experience of  twenty-
jur  years,  in a  private  way,  that  one 
1 ound of poor cheese or  butter  will  set 
right down  in the way  of  three  pounds 
>f  good  goods.” 
It  is  the  poor  goods 
that I wish to show up,  and  which  take 
first  place in the market of Chicago,  and 
which  stand 
in  the  way  of  the  good 
goods made by Wisconsin cheese men.

In  the  summer  time  when  the  heat 
renders  the  making  of  substitutes  ex­
ceedingly  difficult,  and  when  the  han­
dling of inferior  cheese is not profitable, 
owing to  the  shrinkage,  the  market  is 
full of honest (?) full cream  cheese buy­
ers,  who ¡profess  to  be  the only friend 
the full cream cbeesemakers have in  the 
world.

Everyone knows that there is  such  an 
article on  the  market as filled cheese,  and 
that  imitation  cheese  are  a  most  dan­
gerous menace to good goods.  This is the 
most  formidable  rival  the  full  cream 
cheese ha9,  and what renders  It  formid­
able is£the fact that it is made to deceive 
the  consumer.  Filled  cheese  occupies 
the relative position to full cream cheese 
that  butterine  does  to  butter,  and  the 
disastrous  competition  between  butter 
and its rival  is clearly shown  when  but­
ter sells in the market for 22c per pound, 
or less,  as it  does  now.  Filled  cheese 
have  many  friends  among  the  cheese 
dealers. 
In  every  case  the  dealer  ex­
pects to put this article on the  market as 
a  full  cream  (sometime  calling  them 
“winter  made  cheese”)  and thinks,  by 
the quoting of  a  lower  price,  to  divert 
the  attention  of  the  buyer  from 
the 
legitimate article to the  illegitimate,  and 
so sell the spurious cheese at the expense 
of the genuine.  In a Chicago price list the 
filled  cheese  are  sent  out  under  some 
euphonious name,  like  “Our  Pets,”  or 
“Nonpareil.” or  some  other  equally  as 
pretty.  The  branding  of  them  under 
such names is  an  insult  to  full  cream 
cheese,](for  the  man  who  quotes  them 
gives  the  buyer  the  idea  that  they are 
selected under his especial  care  and are, 
therefore, fine enough to buy.  All these 
imitations and  pet names are detrimental 
to  the  sale  of  full  cream  cheese  and 
should  be  branded  as  frauds.  A  man 
who professes to  be a  friend  (from  the 
cheesemaker’s point of view) of  the  full 
cream  cheesemakers,  and  of  the  dairy 
world,  must not in any way be associated 
with,  nor  receive  any  profit  from,  the 
sale of filled cheese.  The  dealer  knows 
in  every  case  what  he  is  buying,  and 
that  he  buys  to  sell  again,  but only in 
one case in twenty does the  grocer in the 
South and West know  what he is buying. 
A man cannot serve  God  and  Mammon; 
he must  love  the  one  and  forsake  the 
In  the  “forsaking”  part  of  it 
other. 
some  cheese  dealers  leave  the  one 
in 
which is the smaller  profit  and  stick  to 
the one that is manufactured  and put on 
the market for about 6c  and sold for 10@

11c  to  the  trade.  These  men will tell 
you that there is not enough cheese to go 
around,  and  that,  were  it  not  for  the 
substitute,  full cream  cheese  would  all 
be sold out now and  would  be  worth 20c 
per pound. 
If that were  possible,  what 
better thing could happen  to the  cheese- 
maker ?  He could build  more  factories, 
and  farmers  could  pay  more  for fancy 
stock, thereby improving  the  quality  of 
the milk and,  consequently,  that  of  the 
cheese. 
I  suppose I am  running  away 
from  my  subject,  but  I  insist  that,  in 
winter, full  cream  cheese  is  occupying 
second place in the market,  and  that,  in 
the summer time, some dealers  only  use 
full creams because  the  weather  is  not 
suited  to  the handling  successfully  of 
the  separator  buttermaker’s  skim  milk 
and Armour’s lard.

To quote from the  National  Stockman 
and  Farmer:  “It  is a fact to be regret­
ted that the adulteration  of  dairy  prod­
ucts has had more  laws  enacted  for  its 
prohibition and regulation  and  less  en­
forcement of the laws than anything else 
in  which farmers  are  interested.  State 
laws have generally been  inadequate  to 
regulate or control the sale  of  imitation 
butter and cheese, and the  national laws 
have  generally  been  made  for.  or con­
strued in the  interest  of,  the  manufac­
turers.  By  the  aid  of  these  national 
dairy  organizations  relief  of a substan­
tial nature  ought  to  be  obtained.  The 
prohibition  of  the manufacture and sale 
of the different articles which  are  being 
palmed off on the  unsuspecting public as 
pure  products  is  out  of  the  question. 
There is nothing left to  do  but  to  regu­
late it.”  If the foregoing be true, the ef­
forts  expended  should  be  concentrated 
in the  one  direction. 
In  fighting  this 
enemy of the dairyman,  Canada  has  set 
an example which  might  be  imitated  to 
advantage by the people of this  country. 
The laws in that country define  the  imi­
tation of food  and food  products  as  di­
rect  counterfeiting,  and  the  man  han­
dling or manufacturing such goods is sub-1 
ject to the same punishment as if making ; 
or handling counterfeit  money.  With  a ; 
term  in  some  penal  institution staring 
them in the face for each  offense,  manu- 
facturers and dealers in  counterfeit but­
ter and cheese would not be so  ready  to 
take 
the  chances  in  engaging  in  the 
traffic.  The  dairymen  of  this  country 
never needed to look after  their interests 
more  than  they  do  now and they never 
were in  better shape to do it.

than  sell 

Full  cream  cheese  might,  by  being 
handled by dealers in a  legitimate  way, 
become  a  powerful  factor  in  the  food 
I  take  it  that  every  maker in 
market. 
the  business  would  rather  have 
the 
price of his cheese lowered by legitimate 
competition,  and  would  prefer  being 
compelled 
to  keep  his  cheese,  if  the 
markets  were  overstocked  with 
full 
them  cheap 
cream  goods, 
because of filled cheese being  thrown  on 
the market and swamping  him.  Such  is 
the situation now, and  the  manufactur­
ing and  handling of filled  cheese  hinder 
winter  dairying, and  summer,  too,  and 
keep  prices  low.  About  60,000  filled 
cheese  were  sold  in  Chicago  alone  last 
winter,  and,  taking  it  for  granted  that 
one  box  of  filled  cheese  occupies  the 
place  of  one  box  of  full cream cheese, 
the cheesemaker is out some 60,000 boxes 
of cheese,  and this is a  conservative esti­
mate.

To  emphasize  Mr.  Matteson’s  quoted 
remark  about  poor  cheese  standing  in

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the way of good cbeese,  I  will  say  this: 
The  American  people  are  not  using 
cheese  as  a  staple  article  of food,  but 
more as  a luxury,  and  when they buy a 
piece of filled cheese they may not  like it 
and  conclude  not  to  buy  cheese again. 
To  prove  that  it  is  a  fraud  and  is  in 
every way detrimental  to  the  successful 
handling of full  cream  cheese,  I can  re­
fer to a few dealers in Chicago  who  will 
tell you that,  while  they  are  forced  to 
handle filled cheese,  they are  compelled 
to do so against their convictions.  With 
but few exceptions  they  are  unanimous 
in  their  denunciation  of 
traffic. 
These  men  would  welcome  and  gladly 
aid any  measure  of  national  import  to 
suppress  the  manufacture  and  sale  of 
any  and  all  imitations  of  an  honest 
dairy product.  We  want  our  goods  to 
appear  before  the  world  in  their  true 
light and not be handicapped by a danger­
ous  imitation.  There  is  a  crying  need 
for something to be done,  and  something 
must  be  done  or  full cream cheese will 
always occupy the  second  place  in  the 
market,  and  will  finally be only a small 
item anyway.  The  filled cheese must be 
put away, even though  they  come  from 
the buttermaker. and.  while not  wishing 
to hurt any  man’s  business  by  prohibi­
tion,if it is not beneficial to a large part of 
the population,  it must go.  The  cream­
ery man howls loud and long  about  but- 
terine,  but  it touches  a very  sore  place 
when you talk filled cheese to him. 
It is 
a  curse  and  an  abomination,  and  1 am 
sorry to  say  that a large  percentage  of 
the  filled  cheese  used  in  Chicago  is of 
Wisconsin make. 

EL.  K.  D o w n in g .

Fond du Lac, Wis.

Percentage  the  Basts  of  Successful 

Business.

A great many merchants seem  to think 
that success in business  depends  almost 
wholly pn the volume of  business  done. 
They look upon a large volume of business 
as the acme of  success,  and  a  very great 
many  of  them  lose  sight of percentages 
altogether—which are really the basis of 
all successful  business.  To  be  success­
ful as a merchant in  building up a  pros­
perous and paying  business a reasonable 
percentage of profit  must  be  made  over 
and above the cost of goods  and  the  ac­
tual  expenses  of  conducting  the  busi­
ness.  This  principle  once  established, 
then, of course,  the  volume  of  business 
has everything to do with the  amount of 
net profit.

Observation,  however,  leads  us to the 
conclusion  that  too  little  attention 
is 
paid  to  this  matter  of  percentages  in 
business  transactions  by  Western  mer­

T H R  

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chants, and that this  fact  is  one  of  the 
most  fruitful  sources-  of  failure  that 
exists in the  mercantile trade.  Of course, 
every man  who  engages  in  any  line  of 
mercantile trade does so with  the  idea of 
making a profit from  the  capital  he  in­
vests,  but statistics show  that  the  num­
ber  of  men  who  fail  in  business very 
largely exceeds the number  of those who 
succeed. 
In fact, it is asserted upon re- 
l!able authority that only 5 per  cent,  of 
those who engage in  mercantile  pursuits 
make a success of  their  business,  while 
the other 95 per  cent,  are  unsuccessful, 
if not absolute  failures.

Why  is  this?  Many  reasons  have 
been assigned,  and  many  circumstances 
and conditions  combine  to  bring  about 
this wide difference between  success and 
failure  in  retailing  merchandise.  Of 
course,  a very large  percentage  of  fail­
ures  is  attributed,  and  rightly,  too, to 
the injudicious  and indiscriminate  grant 
of credits and  lack  of  ability  to  make 
collections.

But  we  believe  that  closely  allied to 
this, and, in fact,  an equal partner  in the 
disaster,  should  justly  be  classed  the 
neglect  of  business  men  to  figure  per­
centage upon  their business transactions. 
How many  merchants  in  this  or  other 
States can  teii,  to  anything  like  a cer­
tainty,  what per cent,  the cost  of  goods, 
what per cent, their clerk hire,  their  in­
surance,  their rent,  their  losses  through 
bad accounts,  is to  the  total • volume  of 
business done?  We will  venture the as­
sertion that not one merchant  in  a  hun­
dred could give such  information,  while 
many of them could not tell  you  the  net 
profit or loss  upon their capital  invested 
in any one  year.

The large majority of  merchants  base 
their  per  centum  of  profits  upon 
the 
actual cost of  their  merchandise,  simply 
guessing at  the  percentage  that  should 
be added  to  cover  the  expense  of  con­
ducting and  maintaining  their  business, 
aud  almost  invariably  this  expense  is 
guessed too low,  and  in a short time they 
find  failure  staring  them  in  the  face, 
all  because  they  have failed to figure a 
proper  percentage  for  the  cost of doing 
business.
Too  much  importance  is  attached  to 
the volume of business,  and  many  a mer­
chant  fails simply  because his desire  to 
attain a large  volume  of  trade  has  led 
him  to  sacrifice  needed  and  legitimate 
profits in hopes of increasing sales.  The 
haphazard  and  guesswork  methods  of 
doing  work  may  occasionally  win, but 
there are  ninety-fi ve failures to one suc­
cess.  The  retail merchant should  by all 
I means put more system into his business, 
i and  reduce  it 
to  a  basis  of  percent- 
[ ages.

Lansing, Mich•

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Having re-organized our business  and  acquired  the  fac­
tory  building  and  machinery  formeily occupied by the H ud­
son  Pants  &  Overall  Co.,  we  are  prepared  to  furnish  the 
trade a  line of goods in  pants, overalls, shirts and jackets which 
will  prove  to  be  trade  winners  wherever  introduced. 
If 
you  are  not  already  handling  our  goods,  and  wish to secure 
the  agency  for  your  town,  communicate  with  us  immedi 
ately.  An  inspection  of our  line solicited.

J.  M.  E arle,  President  and  Gen’l  Manager.
E.  D.  V o o r h e e s,  Superintendent.

Business  ®

is what we  are angling for,

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Your  B usiness.

We  are in a  position  to serve  you  to  the “Queen’s 
taste”  We  set  the  pace  for  competitors  and 
want  you to travel  in  the  first carriage.

Will you do it?

Goods  bought  from  first  ham Is—that  means  us— 

are the most profitable.

W e M a n u fa c tu r e

S u p e r io r  C o n fe c tio n e r y •
You  ought  to  sell  it  because  there  is  pleasure, 
profit  and  satisfaction  in  handling  The  Best.
W rite  or  wire  us  for  prices  or  information  any 
time.  When  in  the  city make yourself  at home 
with  us,  our latch string is always  out.

Yours for business,

T h e  P U T M A N  

CO.

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

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

Gail  Borden  Eagle  Brand  Condensed  Milk, 

Condensed

Borden’s  Extract  of Coffee 

Unsweetened  Condensed  Milk,

exhibited 
in  competition  at  the  W orld's  Columbian  Exposition,
Chicago.  The  unimpeachable  record  of the  New  York  Condensed 
Milk  Company,  covering  a  period  of  more  than  thirty  years,  has 
been  possible  only  by  rigid  adherence  to  thoroughly conscientious 
principles  of  doing  business,  constant  attention  to  details,  strict 
training of its dairymen  and  employees,  careful study of  the people’s 
w ants  and  how to  meet  them.  Do  you consider the great value of 
such application ?  Our goods are sold everywhere.
t& ~  for  Quotations  se e   P rice  Colum ns. 

It has no equal.

PLEASES  EVERYBODY,

PRICES  FOR  1894.

THJ5  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

T A N G L E F O O T
STICKY  FLY  PAP Ü

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40  CENTS  A  BOX.
$3.60  PER  CASE. 
,a n S*exoot m  its preseut shape has been  on  the  market  for  ten  years.  Tanglefoot  always
<C,  *  d e d   a cld  • 
$3.50  PER  CASE,  in  Five-  «^ds,  and  is  accepted  by  both  the best trade and the best consumers as  the highest standard  for

and annoyance usually connected with the sale of imperfect or inferior goods.
1 
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The  Dealer  who  sells  Tanglefoot will  be sure to please his customers,  ami  will  avoid all  Io« 

Case  Lots. 

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Each  Box  Contains

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DOUBLE  SHEETS

AND  ONE  HOLDER.

¡Each  Case  Contains

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$3.40  PER  CASE,  in  Ten» 

Case  Lots. 

Its distinctive features, the Sealing  Border,  Divided  Sheet,  and  the  Holder  are  as  is  well 
These features are  being ex- 

known, the inventions and property of the O. & W.  Thum Company. 
tensively imitated by  unscrupulous parties.  Dealers are respectfully cautioned  against  the  illegal-  SOLD  BY  ALL  JOBBERS
lty of handling infringements, and reminded of the injustice of so doing.
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M a n u fa c tu r e d   by

We  pay  Highest  Market  Prices  in  Spot Cash  and  measure  bark 

when  Loaded.

Correspondence  Solicited.

Monthly  Report  of  Secretary  Mills.
G r a n d   R a p id s ,  April  30—The follow­
ing  members  have been  admitted  since 
my  last report:

111.

3517  H.  P.  Rockwell,  Jackson.
3352  E. S. Potter,  Peoria.
3357  R.  H.  Williams,  Saginaw,  E. S.
3359  Elijah Calkins,  Flint.
3601  Elburn C.  Thrall, Toledo.
3602  Robert Sperco, Chicago.
3607  G.  A.  Schonlan,  West  Pullman,
3613  E.  A.  Reynolds,  Detroit.
3614  J. S.  Dunn,  Lansing
3615  Frank C.  Bury,  Detroit.
3616  Edwin M. Scott,  Middleton,  N.  Y.
3617  Chas. Drueke,  Grand  Rapids.
3619  C.  A.  Bryant, Chicago,  111.
3622  Augustus  Holmes,  Chicago.
3625  G. J.  Phillpot, Detroit.
3627  A.  H. Cad well, Detroit.
3628  Thos.  F.  McNamara,  Detroit.
H 48  H. C. Crosby,  Hartford.
3693  E. D.  Verity, Portland.
3602  J.  C. Cowen,  Morgan Park,  111.
3608  J.  H.  Witherell,  Oakland,  Maine.
3609  M.  S. Brown, Saginaw,  E. S.
3611  Harry  Fox,  Muskegon.
3612  F.  H.  White, Grand Rapids.
3618  M.  Moloney,  Akron, Ohio.
3620  G. S. Ferguson,  Detroit
3621  U. G.  Burch,  Detroit.
3624  F.  U.  Emery,  Graud  Rapids.
3626  Wm. G.  Lindsey,  Detroit.
3637  I.  D.  Durgy,  Saginaw,  E, S.
3630  Sol Friendly,  Elmira, N.  l r.
Under date of April  20  1 mailed  each
member  a  notice  of  death  assess­
ment No. 2,  for $1, payable on  or  before 
June 20,  and I would  especially  request 
each  member to carefully and completely 
fill out the remittance  blank  attached to 
the notices,  as we have several  members

with similar names ami  errors are  liable, 
to occur  if  the  membership  number  i s 
not given.
The New Park  Hotel, Sault Ste.  Marie, 
has been  added to our hotel  list.

L.  M.  M i l l s ,  Sec’y

The New England Grocer says  that  “a 
dealer who discouuts his  bills can  afford 
to undersell his neighbor who does not— 
ami to  do  so  without  cutting  a  single 
price.” 
It  doesn’t  appear  to  be  quite 
clear how  “a  dealer” can  undersell  an­
other  without  cutting  prices,  but,  per­
haps,  the-  Grocer  knows  how it  can  be 
done.
D ecision  on  P rod u cin g  P rescrip tion s.
The  Supreme  Court  of  Missouri  has 
now a  second  time  held  constitutional, 
in the case of the  State  vs.  Davis  (23 S. 
W.  Rep.  759),  a  statute  which  requires 
that a druggist  shall  carefully  preserve 
all prescriptions  compounded  by him or 
those in  his employ,  numbering,  dating, 
and filing  them  in  thi  order  in  which 
they are compounded,  and shall  produce 
the same  in  court  or  before  any grand 
jury  whenever thereto lawfully required, 
and ou failing,  neglecting,  or refusing to 
do so shall  be  deemed  to be  quilty of a 
misdemeanor ami  on conviction  shall  be 
punished by a line.  It furthermore  holds 
that under such a statute a  druggist can­
not be required to produce all of the pre­
scriptions compounded  by  him  or  tiled 
by him  during  any  specified  length  of 
time, however short,  to be inspected  and 
inquired into by the grand jury,  no mat­
ter what  ailments  they  have  been  pre­
scribed for,  or for whom;  this would  be 
an  intrusion  upon  his  affairs and  busi­
ness,  and without warrant of law.

„ C R E S C E N T , ”

“ W H I T E   R O S E , ”

These  brands are Standard and have a National  reputation. 

“ R O Y A L , ”
1/01GY  MILLING  GO.,  Grand  Rapids,  Midi.

Correspondence solicited.

You only Chew the String when  you  read  this  advertisement.  To 
Prove  the  Pudding,  you  must  send  for a sample  order of Tradesman, 
Superior or Universal  Coupon  Books.  I  If you have  never used the  Coupon 
Book  System, and’wish  to investigate  it, sample books  and  price lists will 
be mailed free on~applieat‘:on, 

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■  The  TRADESMAN  COflPANY,  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

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D r u g s   M e d ic in e s *

S tate  B o ard   o f Pharm acy»

One  T ear—O ttm ar Eberb&ch, Ann  Arbor.
Tiro  Tears—George Gundrum, Ionia.
Three  Tears—C. A. Buff bee.  Cheboygan.
F our Tears—S. E. P a r kill, Owosso.
Five T ears—F. W. R. Perry, D etroit.
President—O ttm ar Eberbach, Ann Arbor.
S ecretary—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso.
Treasurer—Geo. Gundrum, Ionia.
Coming  Meetings—Star  Island,  June  88  and  88; 

H oughton, Sept. 1; Lansing, Nov. 6 and 7.

M ichigan  S tate  P h arm a c e u tica l  Ass’n.
President—A. B. Stevens, Ann Arbor. 
Vice-President—A. F. Parker, Detroit.
Treasurer—W. Dupont,  Detroit.
Secretay—S. A. Thompson, D etroit.
G ran d   R ap id s  P h arm aceu tical  Society. 
President,W alter K. Schmidt;  See’y, Ben. Schrouder.

How  To  Avoid  the  Accumulation  of 

Dead  Stock.

“An ounce  of  prevention  is  worth  a 
pound of care”  is  an  axiom  as  true  in 
business as in medicine.  How  much  to 
buy of  this  or  that  is  one  of  the  un­
solved  problems  in  everyday  merchan­
dising.  The  subject  has  racked 
the 
brain of the manufacturer,  the importer, 
the jobber and the retailer.  To  be  able 
to determine  what  the  demand  will  be 
for any article, especially those that  are 
new and novel,  is a  most  difficult  thing 
to  do.  New  remedies, 
toilet  articles, 
and 
fancy  novelties  are  constantly 
brought to our  notice,  and  while  some 
are  almost  stillborn,  yet  many  have  a 
vigorous life,  and to  keep  up  with  the 
procession we must  have  them.  There­
fore, I claim that  it  is  in  keeping with 
good 
in 
stock new things.  Should they prove  to 
be good sellers,  it is a  good  point  made 
to be the first to have them;  but  in  put­
ting in new articles always  observe  this 
rule:  Make your first purchase  a  small 
one.  Better  to  use  the  telegraph  and 
express to replenish your  stock  than  to 
have unsalable stock left on  hand.  Buy 
with special care of  the  elixir  of  seven 
chlorides combined  with  three  iodides, 
which the  agent  represents  as  being  a 
remedy used  by  all  leading  surgeons in 
the East,  and which  Dr.  Blank,  of  your 
city,  thinks he will  use and says  he  will 
send his prescriptions to you for it.

business  principles 

to  put 

Very  many  staple  articles  are  now 
sold on the “Rebate Plan,” the  quantity 
purchased at one  time  determining  the 
price. 
In the purchase  of these we may 
estimate  that  future  sales  may  equal 
past sales, and this may  be  a  safe  rule 
to  follow. 
If  the  rebate  allowed  does 
not  exceed  the  interest  on  the  invest­
ment,  together  with  the  necessary  in­
surance risk,  buy  the  smaller  quantity, 
for the dead stock item must not  be  for­
gotten even  in staples.

At the close of the war a certain  drug­
gist purchased at auction a lot  of  hospi­
tal  stores,  and  among  them  some  300 
pounds  of  opodeldoc  of  a  well-known 
manufacturer’s  make—pretty 
large 
stock for a  retailer.  He  added  to  this 
some good oils  and  alcohol,  put it up in 
panel  bottles as  “Nerve and  Bone  Linl- 
ment,”and the opodeldoc  was  soon  sold 
and more made,  and that store still has a 
good  sale  for  the  liniment  that  origi­
nated in this manner.

Patent medicines sometimes sell  for  a 
time rapidly,  the advertising  is  stopped 
and the sale of them is at  an  end.  Cor­
respond at  once  with  your  wholesaler; 
there may be a demand  for  them  some­
where in his territory,  and  to  accommo­
date you, or for a slight  percentage,  you 
can exchange for  other  goods.  Or  they 
can  be sold bottle by  bottle  when  some 
one  calls  for  “something  good  for  a 
cough,” or “Give  me  a  bottle  of  blood 
purifier.”  Have one place in  your store 
to put all remedies that you wish to close 
out; they will  then  be  brought  to  your 
mind  when  an  opportunity  comes. 
In 
doing this you will come to  some  where 
you will have to draw  the  line.  Do not 
recommend any so-called  medicines that 
you  are  well  aware  are  swindles. 
If 
they are called for  sell  them,  otherwise 
set aside as you would counterfeit money, 
to look  at  occasionally,  simply  as  a  re­
minder to be more careful next time.

I will mention  some  other  ways  that 
have been resorted to,  but  without  rec- 
ommeuding them. 
In the  early  days  of 
sugar-coated pills  a  quantity  of various 
makes of cathartic pills  were stored in  a 
place which proved to be too damp for the 
coating as then made, and the result  was 
several gross of spoiled pills.  These were 
all made into one mass and re-rolled, podo- 
pbyllin added,  so that each pill contained 
% grain,  boxed and sold  for  anti-bilious 
pills.  An  actual joke  on  this combina­
tion was that a physician  (?)  got to using 
these pills,  and when he moved  away he 
wanted  to  get  the  recipe,  so  that  he 
could get them made in his new home.
J no.  W.  Ba ll a r d.

they  can 

In  spite  of  all  caution  the  shrewd­
est buyer will get some goods  that  move 
slowly. 
If  they  are  strictly  holiday 
goods,  as  soon as  the  season’s  sale  has 
fairly  closed  carefully  put  them  away 
where no one  will  see  them  until  next 
year; 
then  be  displayed 
as  new.  The  second  year  should  dis­
pose  of  them. 
If  you  have  any  fears 
that they will not move, make a low price 
on them,  have them plainly  marked and 
placed in your show window  before  the 
holidays.  Many  persons  want  to  par- 
chase something the  price  of which will 
correspond  with  their  means  and  the 
price plainly marked on a  showy article 
will often sell it. 
If the article  is shop­
worn,  always accept  the  first reasonable 
offer, for  this  reason—few  people  will 
make a present of soiled articles.

In many back rooms of drug stores yon 
will  find a  box  full  and  running  over

Don’t» for Proprietors and  Clerks.
Some clerks  are  afraid  they  will  get 
their hands dirty; some  are  afraid  they 
will  get  theirs  clean;  don’t  represent 
either of these types if you wish  to  suc­
ceed.

Don’t measure success in  the  practice 
of  pharmacy  by  the  amount  of  salary 
you draw,  but by the benefit  you  are  to 
your  fellow-man,  and  incidentally  to 
your employer.

Don’t  try  to  keep  up  a  conversation 
with  someone  else  in  the  store  while 
waiting  on  a  customer.  Give  the  cus­
tomer your undivided  attention;  he  will 
appreciate it.

Don’t stare  in  an  abstracted,  absent- 
minded way into space, or  appear  to  be 
deeply interested in something  going  on 
in  the  street,  while  waiting  on  a  cus­
tomer.  Such conduct  will  disgust  him, 
and be will avoid yon.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.
Don’t  try  to  tell  funny  stories,  but 
when  your  customer  whispers  the  old 
time-honored joke about the porous plas­
ter, smile, but not boisterously, as though 
it was a brand new joke,  fresh  from  the 
foundry.  This  will  probably be a great 
sacrifice  for  you,  but  it  will make you 
more popular.

with old wide-mouthed oottles  in  which 
chemicals have been  purchased—an  un­
sightly corner.  Dead  stock?  Need  not 
be.  Bay 100 pounds of chloride  of lime 
for S3,  fill up these now  unsightly relics 
and put on them an attractive  label, and 
the  bottles  will  soon  be  sold,  and, 
what is more, you will find that your cus­
tomers will warn the lime that is  pat up 
in  bottles,  instead  of  the  usual  carton, 
because it is always good.

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was  a trade-mark  at common  law.  The 
law of  England  and  America  has  been 
that descriptive words  wefe public prop­
erty,  and  the  courts  have  hitherto  re­
fused protection  to such names.
A  famous  authority  on  trade-mark 
questions once  declared  that the  deduc­
tion  from  the  English  and  American 
cases was that the courts would  not  per­
mit a man to “commit  a fraud except  by 
the  use  of  a  descriptive  name.”  The 
case of Kerry vs. Toupin  is the first case 
ever finally  decided in  which  the inter­
national convention  has  been  involved, 
and the meaning of the words  “commer­
cial name” or “non-commercial,” as used 
in the treaty, defined.
Judge Aldrich decrees that the defend­
ant has infringed  upon Kerry,  Watson & 
Co.’s rights in their  trade  name,  “Syrup 
of Red Spruce Gum,” and has ordered an 
injunction to issue  perpetually  restrain­
ing  the  defendant  from  dealing  in  an 
artificial  medicinal  preparation  under 
the name of “Syrup of  Red Spuce Gum,” 
or any translation thereof. 
The highest  courts in  Canada  had re­
fused relief to the complainants,  and the 
the  United 
result  of  this  contest  in 
States courts has  been watched by drug­
gists and manufacturers of chemical pre­
parations with much interest.

.

Father  Mollinger’s  Prescriptions.
The quarrel over the  ownership of the 
Father Mollinger  prescriptions,  and the 
copyright involved,  seems finally to have 
been settled.

The bill  was filed  by  Morris  Einstein 
to restrain  A.  F.  Sawbill  from using the 
formula  and  alleged 
trade-mark,  Mr. 
Einstein claiming  that they had been as­
signed to him by  Adolph  Hepp,  who had 
been associated  with  Father  Mollinger. 
Hepp had claimed that  Father Mollinger 
had  given  him  a  half  interest  in  the 
right to use the prescriptions, etc., before 
bis death, and all was to go to him at the 
death of Father Molliuger.

Master T. A. Evans  has decided,  while 
Mollinger had for several  years  sent his 
prescriptions  to  Sawhill,  there  was  no 
evidence that they were  secret formulas, 
but, on the contrary,  were well known to 
Allegheny physicians,  and,  indeed,  had 
been pilfered  from the  regular prescrip­
tion file in  Sawhiil’s  pharmacy,  in Saw- 
hill’s store.
The master  further  ruled  that it  was 
uot  proven  that  Father  Mollinger  bad 
assigned to Hepp the sole right to use his 
formulas.  He also decided that Einstein 
had no right to  the  sole  use  of  Father 
Mollinger’s  name  and  likeness  for  a 
trade-mark,  and  recommended  a  dis­
missal of the bill.
Seely’s Flavoring  Extracts
Every dealer should sell  them.
Extra Fine quality.
Lemon,  Vanilla,  Assorted  Flavors. 
Yearly sales increased by  their  use. 
Send trial order.

2 

oz. N.  S. Lemon 

doz. $1.20; gro. if 12.60 
(plain or in cartoon)

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4 

oz. N. S.  Lemon 

doz. $2; gro. $22.80

6  oz.  N. S. Lemon 

doz. $3; gro. $33.

2 oz. N. S.  Vanilla 

doz. $2; gro. $21.6 \

4 

oz. N. S.  Vanilla 

doz. $3 75; gro. $40.80.
6 oz. N. S.  Vanilla 
doz. *5.40; gro. $57.60.

SEELY  MFQ.  CO.,  Detroit,  Hich.

Don’t get angry with  the  woman  who 
wants you to wrap np almanacs and post­
age stamps;  she doesn’t know any better, 
while an ill-timed remark  on  your  part 
would not make her  have  any  more  re­
spect for the  house.

Don’t get offended at  the sallies of  the 
chronic  funny  man,  who  chafes  you 
about outrageous prices charged  in  drug 
stores  for  a  little  water.  Every  drug 
store has one or more of  these fellows to 
contend with; they don’t mean any harm, 
and probably  know  better  than  anyone 
else how  to  appreciate  good  drug store 
water.

Don’t appear surprised  when  you  run 
across one of your regular  customers  in 
another drug store; every American  citi­
zen  has  the  right  to  trade  where  he 
pleases.  Greet him cordially and he will 
feel more  comfortable;  the  chances  are 
ten to one he is there for  something  you 
did not have when he last called for it.

Don’t  criticise  the  conduct  of  physi­
cians; you probably know more than they, 
but you  will find it hard to  convince  the 
public of that fact.

You  may  be  satisfied  in  your  own 
mind  that  Dr.  So-and-So  is  a  jackass, 
but don’t  tell  anybody,  just  keep  it  to 
yourself as  information;  you  may  want 
to borrow a dollar  from  him  some  day, 
and  if  he  is  what  you  think,  he  will 
probably lend it to you.

Don’t get impatient with  the  children 
who daily ask for picture  cards;  answer 
them pleasantly, as you’ll  never lose any­
thing  by  being  popular  with  the  chil­
dren.

Don’t  snub  the  drummers; they  have 
feelings just the same as  other  animals. 
A smile is cheaper than a frown.  Drum­
mers frequently  buy  toilet  articles,  and 
would lots rather trade  with  Bre’r  Fox 
than Bre’r  Hog.

Don’t ask a man if  he  thinks  you  are 
running a junk shop,  when  he  calls  for 
something you have never kept  in stock, 
but direct him  to  the  nearest  place  he 
can get it,  and,  if it’s not too  far  out  of 
your regular line,  have some for the next 
man who calls for it.

Don’t growl about the grocer  pinching 
your game  by  selling  laudanum,  pare­
goric  and  flavoring  essences.  Why not 
retaliate by selling  starch,  bluing,  bak­
ing powder, etc.?

Don’t  insult 

the  customer  who,  for 
lack of  confidence  or  other  reason,  in­
trudes behind your prescription  counter 
while you are  at  work.  The  following 
lines posted behind the desk  will  gener 
ally have the desired  effect  without  en­
gendering hard feelings:

Ilf  KEM OBIAM .
Here lies what's left of Eli Burke,
The victim of a whim;
He bored the poor prescription clerk;
Worms are now boring him.
Sterlin g  P alm er.

A Trade-mark  Decision.

A decree of  interest  to  druggists  and 
others was  rendered  last  month  in  the 
case  of  Kerry  et  al.  (Kerry,  Watson  & 
Co.)  vs.  Toupin,  in  the  United  States 
Circuit Court for  the  district  of  Massa­
chusetts.  Judge Aldrich  granted  a per­
petual  injunction.  The suit  was  based 
upon common law  trade-mark  doctrineB. 
The  complainants  contend  that 
their 
trade name, “Syrup of Red Spruce Gum,”

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Advanced—Balsam Peru.

Declined—Qum Opium, Linseed Oil.

THEMICHIGAN  t r a d e s m a n .

15

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S.  N. Y. Q.  A

Morphia, S.  P.  & W.  2 25@2  50 
C.  Co......................  2  15®2 40
MoBChns  Canton........   @ 4 0
Myrlstlca, No  1 ..............   65® 70
Nnx Vomica, (po 20)..  ®  10
Os-Sepia....................... 
  is® 18
Pepsin Saac, H. A P. D.
Co — ........................  @2 00
P lds  LIq, N.-C., % gal
doz  ...........................  @2 00
P ld s LIq., q u a rts.......  @1  00
p in ts..........  @  85
Pll Hydrarg,  (po. 80)..  @ 5 0
Piper  Nigra,  (po. 22).  @ 1
Piper Alba,  (po g5)....  @  3
Pllx  Burgun.................  @  7
Plumbl A c et...............   14®  15
Polvls Ipecac e to p li.,1  io@i  20 
Pyrethrnm,  boxes  H
A P. D.  Co., doz.......  @1  25
Pyrethrum,  pv............  20®  30
g@  10
Qua88lae...................... 
Qnlnla, S. P. A  W ...... 34K@39M
S.  German__   27®  37
Rubla  Tinctorum.......  12®  14
12®  14
SaocharumLactlspv. 
S aladn............  ..........2 00@2  10
Sanguis  Draconls.......  40®  50
Sapo,  W ........................  12®  14
io@  12
<3.........................  @  15

'  M.........................  

“ 

Seldlltz  M ixture........   @  20
Slnapls.............................   @ 18
“   opt........................  ® 30
Snuff,  Maccahoy,  De
V oes.........................   @  35
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  @  35 
Soda Boras, (po. 11).  .  10®  11 
Soda  et Potass T art...  27®  30
SodaCarb..................  
im @  2
Soda,  Bl-Carb.............   @  5
Soda,  A sh....................  3M@  4
Soda, Sulphas.............   @  2
Spts. Bther C o ............  50®  55
“  M yrda  Dom.......  @2  25
“  M yrda Im p........   @3 00
*’  Vlnl  Rect.  bbl.
•■••7..........................2  17®2 27
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia  Crystal.......1  40@1  45
Sulphur, Subl............... 2M@  3
m  “  ,  Roll..............  2  @ 2 *
Tam arinds..................  
a®  10
Terebenth Venice.......  28®  30
Theobrom ae..............45  @  48
Vanilla....................... 9 00@16 00
7® 8

. 

Lard,  extra.
Linseed, pure raw

Bbl. Gal
.  70
70
.  SO
85
.  42
45
48
51

“ 

b b l. 

p a in t s. 

Linseed,  boiled..........  51
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained................. 
65
Spirits Turpentine__   34

54
70 
36
lb .
Red  Venetian..........................im  2®s
Ochre,yellow  M ars...  im   2@4
-**„ 
Ber......... 1*   2®3
Putty,  commercial__ 2V  2@ 3
“  strictly  pure.......2V®3
Vermilion Prune Amer­
13016
ican,............................. 
65@70
Vermilion,  English  ... 
70@75
Green,  Peninsular....... 
Lead,  red.................................   6 ®6M
“  w h ite ...................6  @6%
@70
Whiting, white Span... 
Whiting,  Gliders’. ....... 
@%  .
1  0 
White, Paris  American 
Whiting,  Paris  Bng.
c liff........................  
140
Pioneer Prepared Palntl  2001  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
P ain ts....................... 1  oo©l  20

 

VARNISHES.

No. 1 Turp  Coach.... 1  io@l  20
Extra T urp...................160@1  70
Coach  Body.................2 7503 00
No. 1 Turp  F u rn ........ 1  00@1  10
EutraT urk Damar.... 1  5501  60 
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
To t p   .........................  
7 0 0 7 5

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Grand  Rapids, Hich.

Sponges .¿ i

W e   offer  t h e   f o ll o w i n g   v e r y   d e s i r a b l e  

i-ponges  in  case s:

•Slate. 
150-A. 
140-A. 
13 0 -A. 
120-A . 
110—A . 
9 0 -B . 
8 0 -B. 
70-B  
6 0 -B. 
50- B. 
4 0 -B. 
30- B. 
10-B.

100
100
100
100
50
60
50

“ 
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4 * 

44 
44 

A ssorted  Case:

X -l 
X-3. 
X -3 . 
X -4 .

50  Piece; 
40
30 
18 

“
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per ease
................ ..................@ 2  50
..
.* 
44
64 
..................@ 3  50
.............. . ..................@ 5  00
44 
64
44 
44
................ @ 4  50
.............
................ ® *■  07X each
64
................ @
14
30
50
65
90

................ @
................
................ (d
............. ................ @

..
44
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retail  5c each. 
“   .
.

“  
“  15c  “
“  20c  “ 

10c 

P  R IC E   $ 8  5 0  p er  case
Sheep’ Wool  Sponge,  frooi.......   ..................$  1
Grass 
Slate 
Surgeons 
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“  .............................
“   
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strings 

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$14  60

ound

25 to  3 35 per  1
50 to  l 00 44
75 to  1 50 44
00 to  3 50 44
00 to  3 50 each

Chamois Skins

From $  1  00  to $ 

“  

60  to

¡0  00  per kip. 
8  50 l  “  doz.

H m i p   X 

PERKINS  DRUG  GO.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

.1  30®1  70 
-  1*@  5 
.1  40@1  60 
30®  33

3®
...................  10®
io®

A ceticnm ..................... 
8®
Benzolcnm  German..  65®
Boraclc 
......................
Carbollcum ........  
20®
C ltrlcum .............. 
52®
H ydrochlor.................  
Nitrocum 
O xalicum ..................... 
Phosphorlum  dll.
Sallcyllcnm...............
Sulphuricum..............
Tannlcum ...................
Tartaricum .................
AMMONIA.
Aqua, 16  deg.............
20  deg.............
Carbouas  ...................
C hlorldum .................
ANILINE.
Black...........................
Brows.........................
Red...............................
Yellow........................
BACCAK.
Cubeae (po  36)........
Jun íp ero s..................
Xantnoxylum .  . 
...
BALBAMUK.

“ 

4®  6 
6®  8 
12®  14 
■  12®  14

.2 0002 25 
8001  00 
.  45®  50 
2 5003 00

25®  30 
8®  10 
.  25®  30

Copaiba........................  45®  50
Pern..............................   @2  10
Terabln, C an a d a __  
60®  65
T olutan........................  35®

CORTEX.

 

Abies,  Canadian....  ..........   18
Casslae  ..............  
11
Cinchona F la v a ................   .  18
Bnonymus  atropurp............  30
Myrica  Cerlfera, po..............  20
Prunus Vlrglnl......................  12
Qulllala,  grd..........................  10
Sassafras  ...............................  12
Dimas Po (Ground  15)........   15

EXTRACTOR.
24® 25
Glycyrrhiza  G labra... 
33® 35
po ..................
11® 12
Haematox, 15 lb. box..
lB......................
13® 14
H s.............. 14® 15
MB.............. 16® 17
FEBBU

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

@ 15
Carbonate Preelp........
@3  50
Citrate and Q nlnla__
@ 80
Citrate  Soluble............
@ 50
Ferrocyanldum Sol —
Solut  Chloride............ @ 15
.9® 2
Sulphate,  com’l ..........
pure.............
@ 7

” 

FLORA.

FOLIA.

A rn ica.........................
A nthem ls....................
Matricaria 
.......

18® 20
3l@ 35
50® 66

Barosma 
Cassia  Acutlfol,  Tin-
ntvelly......................
Alx. 
Salvia  officinalis,  Ms
UraUrsl 
..................... 

..................... 18® 50
25® 28
35®  50
and  U s......................  15®  25
8®  10

“ 

“ 

erratiti.
« 
« 

®  60
Acacia, 1st  picked.... 
....  @  40
2d 
“ 
“  3d 
®  30
.... 
sifted sorts... 
®  20
“ 
p o ....................  60®  80
“ 
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)...  50®  60 
11  Cape, (pc.  20)...  ®  12

Socotrl,  (po.  60).  @ 5 0
Catechu, 1s, 04s, 14 >41,
16)............................. 
®  1
A m m onlae...................  55®  60
Assafetida,  (po. 35).. 
40®  45
Bensolnnm...................  50®  55
Camphor»....................   46®  50
Euphorblum  po  .........  35® 
lo
Galbanum.....................  @2  50
Gamboge,  po...............   70®  7b
Gualacum, (po  35)....  @  30
Kino,  (po  1  10)..  @115
M astic.........................   ®   80
Myrrh, (po. 45)............  @  40
Opti  (po  3 80@4 00) . .2 4002 55
Shellac  ........................ 
ffi®  42
bleached....... 
33®  35
T ragacanth.................  40@1  00

" 
herba—In ounce packages.
A bslnthlnm .......................   25
Bnpatorltun.......................  20
Lobelia................................  25
M ajorum ............................   28
Mentha  Piperita..............   23
"  V Ir.......................  25
Kne......................................   ..  ao
Tanacetnm, V ....................  22
Thymus,  V .........................  25

maohesia.

Calcined, P at...............  55®  60
Carbonate,  P at............  20®  22
Carbonate, K. &  M__   20®  25
Carbonate, Jennlng5..  35®  36

O Lxm t.

Cubebae....................  ..  @  2 50
Bxechthltos...............  l  50@1 60
B rlgeron....................... 1  50@1 60
G aultherla.................... 1  70®1 80
Geranium,  ounce.......  @ 7 5
Gosslpll,  Sem. gal.......  70®  75
Hedeoma  .....................1  25@1 40
Jum peri........................  50@2 00
L avendula..................   90@2 00
Llm onis.................  ...1   50®!  70
Mentha Piper................2 85@3 60
Mentha  Verld..............2 20@2 30
Morrhuae, gal....................1  30®1 40
M yrda, ounce..............  @  50
O live............................   90@3 00
Plds Liquids,  (gal..35)  10®  12
RlClnl...............................  1  2201 28
Rosmarlnl.............  
75@l  00
Rosae, ounce.............   6  50@8 50
Succlnl.........................   40®  45
S abina.........................   go@i  00
Santa!  ..........................g so@7 00
Sassafras......................  50®  55
Slnapls, ess, ounce__   @  65
Tlglll............................   ® l  00
T hym e.........................   40®  50
opt  .................  @160
1 heobromas......  .......  15®  20
P O T A S S IU M .
15® 
B lC arb........................ 
jg
bichrom ate................. 
14
Bromide...................... 
40®  43
Garb....... 
...................   12®  15
Chlorate  (po  23@25)..  24®  26
Cyanide........................  50®  55
Iodide................................ 2  90@3 00
Potassa, Bltart,  pure..  27®  30 
Potassa, Bltart, com ...  @  15
Potass  Nltras, opt....... 
8®  10
Potass N ltras...............  
9
7® 
Prusslate......................  28®  30
Sulphate  po.................  15®  18

“ 

RADIX.

“ 

A conltum ....................   20®  25
Althae...........................   22®  25
A nchusa......................  12®  15
Arum,  po......................  @  25
Calamus........................  20®  40
Gentlana  (po. 12)....... 
8®  10
Glychrrhlza, (pv. 15)..  16®  18 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
„  (PO. 35)....................  
@  30
Hellebore,  Ala,  po.  ..  15®  20
Inula,  po......................  15®  20
Ipecac,  po..........................l  60®i 75
Iris  plox (po. 35@38)..  35®  40
Jalapa,  p r....................   40®  45
Maranta,  Ms_______   @  35
Podophyllum, po........   15®  18
Rhel..............................   75@1  00
"  out...... I...............  @1  75
PV.........................   75@1  35
Splgella........................  35®  38
Sangulnarla,  (po  25)..  @ 2 0
Serpentarla...................  45®  50
Senega.........................  55®  60
Slmllax, Officinalis,  H @ 4 0
M  @  25
Scillae, (po. 85)............  10®  12
Symplocarpus,  Foetl-
  @  35
Valeriana, Bng.  (po.30)  @  25
German...  15®  20
lnglbera.....................  
is® 20
Zingiber  J .v ............  
18®  20
semen.
..  @  is
Anlsnm,  (po.  20).. 
A plum  (graveleons)..  22®  25
Bird, Is ........................ 
4®  6
Carul, (po. 18)................  10® 12
Cardamon....................l  00@1  25
Corlandrnm...................  11®  13
Cannabis Satlva..........  4®  
5
Cydonlnm....................  75®1* 00
ChenopodlUBa  ..............  10® 12
Dlpterlx Odorate........ 2 2S®2 50
Foenlcnlnm.................  @  15
Foenngreek,  po.......... 
6®  8
L in l..................  
..  4  @ 4£
U ni, grd.  (bbl.8M )...  3M@  4
Lobelia...........................   35® 40
Pharlarls Canarian__   3  @  4
R ap a ...............................  
e®  7
Slnapls  Albn............... 7  @ 8
Nigra............  11®  12

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

“ 

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“ 
“ 

SFIBITUB.
Frnmentl, W., D.  Co..2 00®2 50
D. F. B .......1  75@2 00
1  25©1  50
 
Junlperls  Co. O. T __ 1  65@2 00
“ 
1  75@3 50
Saacharum  N.  B......... 1  75@2 00
Spt.  Vlnl  Galll............ 1  75@6 50
Vlnl Oporto...................... 1  25@2 00
Vlnl  Alba..........................1  25@2 00

 

BPONOBS.

Florida  sheeps’  wool
carriage..........................2 50@2 75
Nassau  sheeps’  wool
carriage  ..................
Velvet  extra  sheeps’
wool  carriage..........
Bxtra  yellow  sheeps’
oarrlage....................
Grass sheeps’ wool car
rla g e .........................
Hard for  slate  use__
Yellow Reef, for  slate 
u s e .............................

2  00 
1  10

1  40

A bsinthium ...................... 2 50@3 00
Amygdalae, Dolo____  45®  75
Amydalae,A m arao....8 00@8 25
A nlal...................................l  70®1 80
Aurantl  Cortex...........2 30®2  40
Bergamll  .....................3  00®3 20
C ajipntl...................... 
60®  65
Carvophylll.................  75®  80
C ed ar...........................   35®  65
Chenopodi!.................  ®1  60
Cinnam om i.......................l  ic@l 15
C ltronella....................   ®  45
Conlnm  Mao...............   36®   66
Copaiba ........................   go®  90

SYRUPS.

A c ca d a ..................................  50
Zingiber  ................................   50
Ipecac.....................................  60
Ferri Io d ................................  50
Aurantl  Cortes......................  56
Rhel  Arom ............................   50
Slmllax  Officinalis...............   60
Co.........  50
Senega....................................  50
Scillae.....................................   50
**  Co................................   50
T o iatan .................................   50
Franujvlrg......................  50

“ 

“ 

TINCTURES.

“ 

“ 

“ 

c o .................75

Aconltum  Napellls R ..........  60
F ..........   50
and  m yrrh...................  60
A rn ica.........................  
50
Asafoetida....................................0
Atrope Belladona a .............. 
60
Benzoin......................................60
Co.............................  50
Sanguinaria...........................  50
Barosm a................................  50
Cantharldes.........................  \  75
Capsicum ............................      50
Ca damon...............................  75
_  “ 
C astor......................................  ¿o
Catechu................. 
50
C inchona..................................50
_ . “  . 
c o ............................  60
Columba............................. 
hi
Conium ..............................  "   50
Cubeba.................................  "  50
D igitalis...................... 
”   50
Ergot........................................  so
G entian..................................  50
Co............................    60
G ualca...................................   50
60
ammon..  ............ 
Z ingiber................................  50
50
Hyoscyamus........................ 
Iodine.....................................   75
Colorless....................    75
Ferrl  Chlorldum.............. 
35
Kino  •.....................................   so
Lobelia...................................   50
M yrrh..................................' 
50
Nux  Vomica........................ 
50
OpH........................................   85
“  Camphorated.................  50
“  Deodor...........................2 00
Aurantl Cortex......................  50
Q uassia..................................  50
Rh a ta n y ...........................  
50
Rhel.........................................  50
Cassia  Acutlfol.....................  50
„  “ 
Co...............   50
Serpentarla...........................   50
Stromonlum...........................   60
T olutan..................................  60
V alerian................................   50
Veratrum Verlde...................  50

“ 
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“ 

“ 

MISCELLANEOUS.

* 
“ 

T‘ 
ground, 

.¿Ether, Spts  Nit, 3 F ..  28®  30 
“  4 F ..  3a@  34
A lnm en..........................2M@  3

. 

“ 

“ 

“ 
cent   

(po.
7)................................ 
3®  4
Annatto........................  55®   60
Antlmoni, po............... 
4®  5
et Potass T.  55®   60
A ntipyrin....................   @1  40
Antlfebrln....................  ©  25
Argentl  Nltras, onnce  @  48
Arsenicum..................  
5®  7
Balm Gilead  B ud.... 
38®  40
Bismuth  8.  N ............. 2 20@2 25
Calcium Chlor, Is, (Vs
12;  54s,  14)...............   @  11
Cantharldes  Russian,
@1  00 
P O ....................................
Capai cl  Fructus, a f.
@  28 
o ..
@  28
I po.
_ 
@ 2 0  
Caryophyllns, (po.  15)  10®  12
Carmine,  No. 40..........   @8 76
Cera  Alba, 8. & F .......  50®  55
Cera  Flava..................   38®  40
Cocans  .......................   @  40
Cassia Fruotns............  @  25
Centrarla......................  @  10
Cetaoenm....................   @  40
Chloroform .................  60®  68
sqalbbs..  @1  25
Chloral H ydCrst.........1  5001  80
C hondras....................   20®  26
Clnohonldlne, P.  A  W  15®  20 
German  3KQ  12 
Corks,  list,  dls.  per
75
................... 
Creasotum ...............  
@  35
Greta,  (bbl. 75)....... 
@  2
5®   5
prep.............  
preelp.......... 
g@  11
R ubra.................  @  §
Croons........................ 
60®  65
Cudbear........................  @ 2 4
Cuprl Snlph.................   5 ®   6
D extrine......................  10®  12
Bther Snlph.................  70®  75
Bmery,  all  numbers..  @
po....................   @ 
6
_ _  
J P 0*)  75..........   70®  75
Flake  W hite...............  12®  15
G alla.............................  @  28
Gambler........................  7  @ 8
Gelatin .Cooper..........  @  60
French............  30®  59
Glassware  flint, by box 80.
Less than box  75.
Glne,  Brown...............  
9®  15
“  W hite.................  13®  25
Glyoerlna....................   14®  20
Grana Paradlsi............  @  22
Hnmnlns......................  25®  56
Hydraag Chlor  Mite..  @  75 
“ Cor  ....  @ 6 5
Ox Rubrnm  @  85 
Ammonlatl..  @  95 
Unguentum.  45®  55
Hydrargyrum.............   @  64
lohthyobolla, A m ..  ..1  2S@1  50
Indigo...........................  75@1 00
Iodine,  Resnbl............3 80@3 90
Iodoform......................  ®4  70
L npnlln........................  @2 25
Lycopodium...............   70®  75
M a d s ...........................  70®  75
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
drarg Iod..................   @  27
Liquor Potass Arslnltls  10®  12 
Magnesia,  Snlph  (bbl
Manilla,  8 .F ...............  60®  68

1H)...............................2*®  4

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THE  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.

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CATSUP.

COUPON  BOOKS.

Foreign.
Currants.

Peel.

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Patras,  In barrels............  2

In  VS-bbls...............  214
2)4
in less quantity —  
cleaned,  bulk........ 
5
cleaned,  package.. 
5VS

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

25 “ 
25 “ 

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Raisins.
Ondnra, 29 lb. boxes 
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Sultana. 30 
Valencia, 30  “

© 8 
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Prunes.
California,  100-120 ..............  7
90x100 25 lb.  bxs. 7
80x90 
70x80 
60x70 

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

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10

No. 1, 614..........................  81  76
No. 2. SVS..........................  1  60
No. 1,6.............................  165
No. 2,6.............................  1  50

XX  wood, white.

Coin.

Lima  Beans.

Farina.
Hominy.

No. 1, 6VS..........................  1  35
No. 2, GH  .................. 
1  25
Manilla, white.
6VS  ...................................   1  06
6........................................ 
95
Mill  No. 4.........................  100
FARINACEOUS  GOODS. 
100 lb. kegs................... 
394
Barrels..................................... 2 75
G rits........................................ 3 00
Dried............................4  @4H
Xaccaroni and Vermicelli.
Domestic, 12 lb. box__  
55
Imported....................10VS©.1
Barrels 200 .......................  4  25
Half barrels 100 ...............   2 25
Kegs..................................  
294
Green,  bn.............................  1 20
Split  per l b .................  
Barrels  180.................  @4  25
Half  bbls 90..............  @2 25
German.............................   494
East India..........................   6

Pearl Barley.

Rolled  Oats.

Oatmeal.

Sago.

Peas.

3

Cracked.............................   3M

Wheat.

FISH—Salt,

Bloaters.

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

Cod.

Pollock..........................
Whole. Grand  Bank......  43i@6
Boneless,  bricks..............7@9
Boneless, strips...............  6®8
Smoked....................... 
Holland, white hoops keg

Halibut.
Herring.
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bbl  9 50

10©13

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Mackerel.

Norwegian  .....................
Round, 94 bbl 100 lbs  ........  2 50
14  “  40  “  ..........  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
No. 2,10 lbs....................... 
90
Family, 90 lbs.................... 5  75
10 lb s.................  
tin
Russian, kegs....................   55
No. 1, 54 bbls., lOOibs...........5  75
No. 1 k  bbl, 40  lbs  .............2 55
No. 1, kits, 16 lbs.................   731
No  1, 8 lb  k its ..................   611

Sardines.
Trout.

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No. 1

Family 
X bbls, 100 lbs..........87 00 83 CO
!4  “  40  “  ..........3 15  1 501
101b.  kits...................  85  45
...................  71  39
8 lb.  “ 
MATCHES.
No. 9  sulphur......................1  65 J
Anchor parlor..................... 1  70
40
No. 2 home.......................... 1  10 j
Export parlor......  .............4  00 I

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

Soudere*.

Regular
Grade
Lemon.

do*
2 oz  __8  75
4 OZ.......  1  50

Regular
Vanilla.

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

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Jen n in g s.
Lemon. Vanilla 
2 oz regular panel . 7 5  
4 os 
2  00
...1  50 
60s 
...2  00 
3 00
No. 3  taper........... 1  35 
No. 4  taper............1  50 
N o rth ro p ’s
2 oz  oval taper  75 
1 20 
“ 
3 oz 
85 
2 oz regular  “
4 oz 
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1 60 

Lemon.  Vanilla.
1  75
1  20
2 25

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T h o m ’s  Tanglefoot.

1 20

2 00
2 50

1 10

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

G UNPOW DER.
Rifle—Dupont’s.

Kegs............................................. 3 25
Half  kegs.................................... 1 90
Quarter  kegs..............................1 10
1 lb  cans................................   30
54 lb  cans...............................  18
Kegs............................................. 4 25
Half  kegs....................................2 40
Quarter kegs.............................   1 35
1 lb c a n s................................   34

Choke Bore—Dupont’s.

Eagle Duck—Dupont’s.

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

H ER B S.

60

IN D IG O .

Madras,  5 lb.  boxes  ......... 
55
50
S. F., 2, 3 and 5 lb. boxes.. 
JE L L Y .
17  1b. palls................. 
©  fO
30  “ 
.................   ©  80

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

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

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

M EASURES.
Tin. per dozen.
 

 

1  gallon  .......... 
81  75
Half  gallon.......................   1  40
70
Q u art........................... 
 
P int..................................  
45
Half  p i n t .......................... 
40
Wooaen, for vinegar, per doz.
1 gallon..............................   7 00
Half gallon........................  4  75
Q u a rt...............................  3 75
Pint 
...  2 25

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MOLASSES.
Blackstrap.
Sugar house........................ 
Cuba Baking.
O rdinary............... 
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Porto Rica.
Prune 
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F ancy......................... 

 

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

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5 00

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8  2 
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8  3 
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810 
820 
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Above prices on coupon books 
are  subject  to  the  following 
quantity discounts:
300 books or over..  5  per  cent 
500 
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1000  “ 
COUPON  PASS  BOOKS.

..10 
.2 0  

1 Can  be  made to represent any 
denomination  from 810  down. |
20 books...........................8  1  00
2 00
50 
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100  “ 
6 25
250 
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10 00
1000  “ 
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Butter.

Seymour XXX..........................5J4
Seymour XXX, cartoon.......6
Family  XXX........................  5*
Family XXX,  cartoon........   6
Salted* XXX............................. 5*
Salted XXX,  cartoon  .........6
Kenosha 
.  .........................   7J4
Boston.....................................7
Butter  biscuit......................6
Soda,  XXX...........................  514
Soda, City..............................  714
Soda,  Duchess........................814
Crystal W afer........................10J4
Long  Island W afers-......... 11
S. Oyster  XX X ....................   514
City Oyster. XXX..................   514
Farina  Oyster......................  6

Oyster.

Soda.

CREAM   TA RTA R.
Strictly  pure........................ 
30
Telfer's  Absolute...............  
30
Grocers’...............................15@25
D R IE D   FRUITS. 

D om estic.

Apples.

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1014

Peaches.

quartered  “ 

Sundried. sliced in  bbls.
714
Evaporated. 50 lb. boxes 12  12 
Apricots.
14
California in  bags........ 
14
Evaporated In boxes. 
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Blackberries.
In  boxes........................  
8
Nectarines.
701b. bags........................ 10
251b. boxes...................... 1014
Peeled, in  boxes............
Cal. evap.  “ 
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in bags........ 10
California in bags.......10
Pitted  Cherries.
Barrels............................
50 lb. box es....................
.................  10
26  “ 
Prunellea.
301b.  boxes..................   15
Raspberries.
j  In  barrels........................
501b. boxes......................
........................
251b.  “ 
Raisins.

 
Pears.

Loose  Muscatels In Boxes.

I 2 crow n................................   1  19
3 
1  20
“ 
4  “ 
1  45
Loose Muscatels In Bags.
2  crow n....................................3V
3 
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New Orleans.
is
F a ir...................................... 
Good.................................... 
88
Extra good.......................... 
27
Choice....................................  
Fancy..... ............................. 
 
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A X LE  G REA SE.
doz 
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Aurora............
60
Castor Oil....... ......  
..  50
Diamond........
Frazer's.......... ....... 
75
Mica  ............. ........   65
.......  55
Paragon 

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gross 
6 00
7 00
5 50
9 00
7 50
6 00

B A K IN G   PO W D E R . 

Acme.

 

u lb. cans, 3 do*...............
K lb-  “ 
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1  “  ...................1
1 lb.  “ 
Bulk.................--•................
Arctic.
u  s> cans 6 doz case..........
...........   1
“  4 doz  “ 
14 ft 
“  2 doz  “ 
1  *> 
............. -
“  l doz  “ 
5  a  
 
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Cream  Flake. 
............
3 m “  6 doz  '• 
4  oz  “  4 doz  “ 
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..........
6  oz  “  4 doz  “ 
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8  oz  “  4 doz  '* 
l b
“  2 doz “ 
..............-
............  5
“  ldoz  “ 
5  lb 
Red Star. % S>  cans............
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Teller’s.  54 lb. cans.  dot.
VS lb.  “ 
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141b cans.
1*lb cans 

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BA TH   B R IC K .
dozen In case.
3 
English.......... ...........
Bristol................................
Domestic.......................

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Arctic, 4 oz  ovals...........
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“  pints,  round  ......
“  No. 2. sifting box 
“  No. 3, 
“  No. 5, 
“  1 os ball  ...............
Mexican Liquid. 4 oz....
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No. 1  “ 
No. 2 Carpet
No. 1 
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Parlor Gem  .......
Common Whisk
Fancy 
Warehouse.

BRUSHES.

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Stove, No.  1.........................   1 *
“  10  ........................  1  50
«  15.........................   1  15
Rice Root Scrub, 2  row—   S>
Rice Root  Scrub, i  row  ...  1  25 
Palmetto,  goose.................. 1  50

CANDLES.

Hotel, 40 lb. boxes............. 10
Star,  40 
...............   9
Paraffine  .................... ........10
Kicking 
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Clam Chowder.
Core Oysters.

F ish.
Claas.
Little Neck.  1 lb .......  .........1  20
2  lb ..................1  90
Standard, 8 lb ........................ 2 25
l i b ..............  ...  75
Standard, 
21b........................1 35
Lobsters.
Star,  1  lb ................................i 45
“  2  lb ................................8 50
Picnic, 11b..............................2 00
2 lb ..............................2 90
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Mackerel.
Standard, 1 lb ...................  . .1  10
2  lb .......................2 10
Mustard,  2 lb .........................2 25
Tomato Sauce.  2 lb .............2 25
Soused. 2 lb ......................  
.2 25
Colombia River, flat............. 1 80
tails.............1 65
Alaska, R ed............................ l 25
pink.............................1 10
Kinney’s,  flam........................1 95

Salmon.
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Sardines.
American  54*................4540  5
¿ s .................6540 7
Imported  54s ......................  &J0
54«  ..................... 15016
Mustard  Ms  ......................  6©7
21
Boneless............................. 
Brook  S. lb ..............................2 50

Trout.
F ru its.
Apples.
3 lb. standard 
York State, gallons 
Hamburgh, 

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1  20
3 65

Apricots.

Gages.

Peaches.

Cherries.

1  40 ]
Live oak....................... 
1  40
Santa  Crus................... 
Lusk’s ............................ 
150
110
Overland....................  
Blackberries.
F. A  W ....................... 
90
Red............................... 1  io@i 25
Pitted H am burgh.......
W hite........................... 
1  50
E rie ..............................  
1  30
Damsons, Egg Plums and Green 
E rie ..............................  
1  20
California....................  
1  40
Gooseberries.
Common...................... 
1  25
P ie ............................... 
1  10
M axw ell...................... 
I  60
Shepard’s ....................  
1  60
California....................   160®1  75
...................
Monitor 
Oxford..........................
Pears.
Domestic...................... 
1  25
Riverside...................... 
1  75
Pineapples.
Common......................1  GQ@1  30
Johnson's  sliced........  
2  50
2 75
grated........  
Booth’s sliced.............  @2  51
grated............  @2  75
Quinces.
Common...................... 
1  10
Raspberries.
Red  ..............................  
1  10
Black  Hamburg.......... 
1  40
1  25
Erie,  b la c k ................. 
Strawberries.
Law rence....................  
1  25
H am burgh..................  
1  25
1  20
Erie............................... 
T errapin.........................  
1  05
Whortleberries.
Blueberries................. 
S5
Corned  beef  Libby’s ...........1  95
Roast beef  Armour’s ...........1  80
Potted  ham, 54 lb .......................1 40
“  14 lb ...................  85
tongue, 54 lb ..............135
14 lb .......... .  85
chicken, 14 lb ..........  
95

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M eats.

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Corn.

Hamburgh  stringless...........1  15
French style...... 2 00
Limas.........
Lima,  green.................
soaked..............
Lewis Boston Baked..
Bay State  Baked........
World's  Fair  Baked..
Picnic Baked...............
H am burgh...................
Livingston  E d e n .......
P u rity ..........................
Honey  Dew...........................1  40
Morning Glory............
Soaked .........................
Hamburgh  marrofat  ....
early June  .  .
Champion Eng
petit  poll.......
fancy  sifted..

Peas.

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Blue Label Brand.
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Triumph Brand.

Half  pint, 25 bottles —
Pint 
Quart 1 doz bottles
Half pint, per  doz.....................1 35
Pint, 25 bottles........................... 4 50
Quart, per  d o z ..........................3 75

2  75 
4  60
3  50

CLOTHES  PIN S.

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

COCOA  SHELLS.

35 lb  bags........................  ©3
Less  quantity.................  ©314
Poena  packages........... CM@7

C O F F E E
G reen.
Rio.

Santos.

Mexican and Guatemala.

F air........................................IS
Good........................................19
Prim e......................................21
Golden....................................21
Pea b erry ................................23
F air......................................... 19
Good........................................an
Prim e......................................22
Pea berry  ............................... 23
F a ir......................................... 21
Good........................................22
Fancy......................................24
Prim e......................................23
M illed.................................... 24
Interior.................................. 25
Private Growth.....................27
M andehllng................. 
  28
Im itation............................... 25
Arabian.................................. 28

Maracaibo.

Mocha.

Java.

Roasted.

To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add 34c. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per  cen t  for shrink­
age.
P ackage.
M cL aughlin's  XXXX 
23 95
Bnnola 
............................   23  45
Lion, 60 or 100 lb.  case—   23 95

E xtract.

Valley City 34 gross...........  
75
1  15
Felix 
Hummel's, foil,  gross..........  1 65
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CHICORY.

Bulk.................................   ...  5
R ed......................................... 7

CLOTHES  LIN ES.

Cotton.  40 f t ........   per do*.  1  25
140
160
1  75
1  90
85
1  00

5 0 ft............ 
SOft............ 
70 f t ............ 
80ft..'.  ... 
60 f t............ 
72 f t '.......... 

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4 doz. in case.

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Soaked...................................   65
Harris standard.............
VanCamp’s  m arrofat...
early June. 
Archer's  Early Blossom
F rench.........................
Mushrooms.
F rench.................................19321
Pumpkin.
Brie..................................  
90
Squash.
H ubbard.................................1
Succotash.
Hamburg................... 
Soaked................  
Honey  Dew................................. 1 50
B rie.............................................. 1 35
H ancock......................................1 10
E xcelsior.............................
Eclipse..............................
Hamburg— .........................
G allon.........................................8 SO

Tomatoes.

1  40
30

 

 

 

Baker's.

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

 

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CH EESE.
Amboy.........................
12
Acme............................ 
Lenawee...................... 
312
12
R iverside..................... 
Gold  Medal  ...............  
31134
6010
Skim ............................. 
Brick............................. 
15
E d a m ........................... 
I  00
23
L eiden.........................  
Llmburger  ..................  ©15
f i t
Pineapple..................... 
Roquefort«— - . .........  ©35
Sap Sago......................  @21
Schweitzer. Imparted.  @24 
domestic  ....  @14

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Gail Borden Eagle..............  7 4
Crown...................................   6  25
Daisy.....................................   5  75
Champion............................   4  50
Magnolia 
...........................  4  25
Dim e....................................... 3  35

Peerless Evaporated Cream. 

C R E D IT   CHECKS.

500, any one  denom'n.......S3 00
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1000,  “ 
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2000,  “  “ 
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Steelipunch.........................  

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Medium.
Barrels, 1,200 count...
Half bbls, 600  count..
Small.
Barrels, 2,400  count.
Half bbls, 1,200 count
P IP E S .

@4  50 
@2 75
5  50
3  25

Clay, No.  216...................
....1  70
“  T. D. full count___
....  70
Cob, No.  S......................... ...1  20

PO TASH .

48 cans In case.

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

R IC E .
Domestic.

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No. 1..................
...5 )4
No. 2................... ...  5
Broken............................... ..  4
Japan, No. 1.....................
....5)4
“  No.2......................
__ 5
Jav a............................
..  6
Patna.....................................  4)4
SPICES.

Imported.

Whole Sifted 

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Allspice............................. ...  9)4
Cassia, China In m ats__ ..  8
“  Batavia In b and___15
“  Saigon In rolls......... 32
Cloves,  Amboyna.................22
“  Zanzibar....................lift
Mace  Batavia....................... 80
Nutmegs, fancy....................75
No.  1........................ 70
No.  2........................ 80
Popper
er, Singapore, black...  to 
w hite...  .20
shot........................... 16
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Pure Ground in Bulk.
A llspice...................................15
Cassia,  Batavia.....................18
and  Saigon.25
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Saigon......................35
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Cloves,  Amboyna..................22
“ 
Zanzibar..................18
Ginger, A frican........ ............ 18
K  Cochin....................  20
Jam aica................. 22
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Mace  Batavia........................ 65
Mustard,  Bng. and Trieste..22
Trieste......................25
Nutmegs, No. 2 .....................75
Pepper, Singapore, black___16
white....... 24
Cayenne..................20
Sage......................................... 20

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A llspice........................  84  1  55
Cinnamon....................   84  1  55
Cloves...........................  84  1  55
Ginger,  Ja m a ic a .......  84  1  55
A frican............  84  1  55
Mustard........................  84  155
Pepper..........................  84  155
Sage...............................   84

&s 

“ 

“ 

“ 

SAL  SODA.

SEEDS.

Kegs..................................... 
I#
Granulated, boxes.................  1M
A nise...........................   @15
4
Canary, Smyrna..........  
Caraw ay...................... 
8
90
Cardamon, Malabar... 
Hemp, Russian............ 
43S£
Mixed  B ird................. 
5@6
Mustard,  w hite..........  
10
Poppy...........................  
9
R ape............................. 
5
Cuttle  bone................. 
80
STARCH.

Corn.
20-lb  boxes...................... ....  5*
401b 
.................... ....  5)4
Gloss.
1-lb packages................... ....  5
.................. __ 5
3-lb 
e-lb 
................... ....  6)4
40 and 50 lb. boxes........ ....  3)4
Barrels  ........................... ....  3)4

“ 
“ 

“ 

SNUFF.

Scotch, In  bladders....... ....37
Maccaboy, in jars................35
French Rappee, in Ja rs......43
B oxes.......................................
Kegs, Bnglish  .......................444

SODA,

SALT.

Diamond Crystal.

 

 

“ 

“ 

“ 

Butter, 56 lb  bags.............  

Cases, 243  lb.  boxes........ $  1  60
Barrels, 320  lbs.................  2 50
“ 
1152541b bags....  4 00
“ 
lb  “ 
....  3  75
€0 5 
“ 
30 10  lb  “ 
....  3 50
61
“  224 lb 
2 25
 
 
“  280 lb  b b ls ............  2  50
100 3-lb. sacks.......................(2  15
2 00
60 5-lb. 
28 10-lb. sacks....................   l  85
20 14-lb.
1  80
24 3-lb  cases........................  l  so
56 lb. dairy in linen  bags.. 
32
“  16  18
28 lb. 
30
56 lb. dairy In drill  bags... 
16
28 lb. 
75
56 lb. dairy In linen sacks.. 
75 
56 lb. dairy In linen  sacks. 
56  In.  sacks.......................... 
22
85
Saginaw ............................. 
M anistee............................ 
85
Packed 60 lbs. in box.

Solar Rock.
Common Fine.

ABhton.
Higgins.

SALERATUS.

drill 
Warsaw.

C hurch's..............................  5 >4
DeLand’s ..............................   5)4
Dwight’s ...........  ..................   5K
Taylor’s ..............,•..................5

“ 

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“ 

SOAP.
L au n d ry .

Allen B. Wrlsley’s Brands.

Proctor & Gamble.

Old Country,  80  1-lb............ 3  20
Good Cheer, 601 lb .....................3 80
White Borax, 100 
lb .........3 65
Concord................................  3  45
Ivory, 10  oz........................... 6  75
6  OZ............................. 4 00
Lenox..................................  3  65
Mottled  German...................3  15
Town T alk.............................3 25

“ 

Dingman Brands.

“ 

“ 

Single box............................. 3  95
5 box lots, delivered.......... 3  85
10 box lots, delivered........   3 75
Jas. S.  Kirk <& Co.’s  Brands. 

“ 
Lautz Bros. & Co.’s Brands.

American  Family, wrp’d. .84  00 
plain...  3 94
N.  K.  Folrbank & Co.’s Brands.
Santa Claus........................... 4  00
Brjw ii, 60 bars...................... 2 40
80  b a r s .....................3 25
A cm e......................................3  75
Cotton Oil...............................6  00
Marseilles.............................  4  00
Master 
..................................4 00
Thompson & Chute Co.’s Brands
/

ISp-SOAR

Silver.......................................3 66
Mono.......................................3 30
Savon Improved....... 
2 50
Sunflower............................... 2 80
Golden............................. ’  3*25
Economical  ...................          2 25

“ 
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

SUGAR.

Below  are  given  New  York 
prices on sugars, to  which  the 
wholesale  dealer  adds  the  lo­
cal freight  from  New  York  to 
your  shipping  point,  giving 
you  credit  on  the  invoice  for 
the  amount  of  freight  buyer 
pays from the market  in which 
he  purchases  to  his  shipping 
point, Including 20  pounds  for 
the weight of the barrel.
Cut  Loaf.................................|4  87
Powdered...............................  4 37
Granulated..............................4 12
Extra Fine Granulated...  4 25
Cubes.....................................  4 87
XXXX  Powdered..................   4 62
Confec. Standard  A........... 4 do
No. 1  Columbia A..............  3 87
No. 5 Empire  A....................... 3 69
No.  6........................................ 3 62
No.  7........................................ 3 56
No.  8........................................ 3 50
No.  9........................................ 3 44
No.  10.....................................  3 44
No.  11..............................
No.  12..............................
No.  13..............................
No 14................................

..  3 31
.  3 25
..  3 06
2 81

SYRUPS.

Corn.

Barrels.............................
...16
Half bbls.........................
...18
F a ir..................................
...  19
Good................................
...  25
Choice........ ...................... ....  30

Pure Cane.

4 55 
2  65

TA B L E   SAUCES,
Lea & Perrin’s, la rg e __ _
“ 
sm all.......
Halford, la rg e ..................
small..................
Salad Dressing,  la rg e __
*' 
sm all__
japan—Regular.

TEAS.

“ 
“ 

SU N  C U RED .

B A S S E T   P IK E D .

F a ir..............................
@17
Good.............................
@20
Choice........................... 24
@26
Choicest........................32
@34
D u st............ 
.............. 10
@ 12
F a ir...............................  @17
Good.............................  @20
Choice............................ 24  @26
Choicest......................... 32  @34
D ust................................10  @12
F a ir................................ 18  @20
Choice..........................   @25
Choicest........................  @35
Extra choice, wire leaf  @40
Common to  fa ll............25  @35
Extra fine to finest___ 50  @65
Choicest fancy..............75  @85
@26
Common to  fair............23  @30
Common to  fair............23  @26
Superior to fine..............30  @35
Common to  fair............18  @26
Superior to  fine............ 30  @40
F a ir................................ 18  @22
Choice.............................24  @28
Best|............................   .40  @50

oolong. 
IM PE R IA L .

EN G LISH   B R E A K FA ST .

YOUNG  HYSON.

« B N P O W R iR .

TOBACCOS.

F lu e  C ut.

P.  Lori Hard & Co.’s Brands.
Sweet Russet..............30  @32
30
Tiger.............................  
D. Scotten & Go’s Brands.
60
H iaw atha....................  
C uba............................. 
32
30
Rocket.........................  
Spaulding <& Merrick’s  Brands.
Sterling........................ 
30
Private Brands.
Bazoo...........................   @30
Can  Can........................  @27
Nellie  Bly...................24  @25
Uncle Ben................... 24  @25
27
M cGlnty...................... 
25
K bbls........... 
Dandy Jim ................... 
29
Torpedo............................  
In  drum s.... 
23
Yum  Yum  ...................... 
 
1892..................................... 
“  drum s........................ 

“ 

“ 

24
28
23
22

P lug.

Sorg’s Brands.

Spearhead........................ 
J o k e r................................. 
Nobby Tw ist...................... 
Scotten’s Brands.
Kvlo.................................... 
Hiawatha.......................... 
Valley C ity ......................  
Flnzer’s Brands.
Old  Honesty..................... 
Jolly Tar............................ 
Lorillard’s Brands.
Climax  (8 oz., 41c)_____  
G r'en Turtle....................  
27
Three  Black Crows... 
J. G. Butler’s Brands.
Something Good......... 
38
Out of  Sight..................... 
Wilson & McC’aulay’s Brands.
Gold  Rope........................ 
Happy Thought.......... 
37
Messmate.......................... 
No T ax............................... 
Let  Go............................... 

39
27
40
26
38
34
40
32
39
30

24
43
32
31
27

Sm oking.

Catlin’s  Brands.

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

Scotten’s Brands.

W arpath.................................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.

Leldersdorf’s Brands.

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

Spaulding & Merrick.

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

V INEGAR.

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

SI for barrel.

YEAST.

W ET  MUSTARD.
Bulk, per g a l ..........   ....... 
30
Beer mug, 2 doz In case...  1  75 
Magic,....................................1  00
Warner’s  .............................. 1  00
Yeast Foam  ......................... 1  00
Diamond................................  75
R oyal.....................................   90
H ID E S   PE L T S  an d   FU RS 
Perkins  <&  Hess  pay  as  fol­
lows:
G reen..............................  2@2)4
Part  Cured...................  @ 3
Full 
...................  @ 3)4
Dry..................................4  @  5
Kips, green  ...................2  @ 3
“  cored...................  @ 4
Calfskins,  green........   4  @ 5
cured.........4  K@  6
Deacon skins............ ..10 @25

HIDES.

“ 

No. 2 hides )4 off.
PXLT8.

WOOL.

M ISCELLANEOUS.

Shearlings................. ..  5 @  20
Lambs 
.................... ..25 @  60
Washed .................... ..12 @17
U nw ashed............... ..  8 @13
T allow ...................... ..  4 @  4)4
Grease  butter  ............  1 @  2
Switches.................. ..  1)4®  2
Ginseng..................... ..2 00@2 50
Badger.........................  80@1  00
B ea r.........................15 00@25 00
Beaver...............................3 00@7 00
Cat, w ild........................  50@ 75
Cat, house...................  10@  25
Fisher................................3 00@6 00
Fox,  red............................1  00@1 40

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
Skunk.............................1  oo@l 25
W olf............................... 1  00@2 00
Beaver  castors, lb ....  @5 00
Above  prices  are  for  No.  1 
furs only.  Other grades at cor­
responding prices.
Thin and  green............ 
Long gray, dry.............. 
Gray, dry 
................... 
Red and Blue, dry.......  
WOODENWARE.

deerskins—per pound.

10
10
15
25

splint 

“ 
“ 
‘ 
“ 

Tubs,No. 1..................   600

INDURATED WARE.

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

“ 
“ 
“ willow cl’ths, No.l 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“  No. 2.............................   5 50
“  No. 3.............................   4 50
1  30
Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.. 
“  No. 1,  three-hoop__  1  50
Bowls, 11 Inch....................
“ 
13  “  ....................  
go
“ 
15  “ 
....................  1  25
17  “  ....................   1  80
“ 
 
“ 
19  “ 
2 40
21  “ 
...................
35
shipping  bushel.. 1  15
..  1  25
full  hoop  “ 
5 25
“  No.2 6 25
“  No.3 7 25
“  No.l 3 75
“  No.2 4 25
»  No.3 4 75
Pails..................................  3 15
Tnbs,  No.  1............................13 50
Tubs, No. 2............................. 12 00
Tubs, No. 3............................. 10 50
10C0
No.  1...........................   60 2 10
No.  2...........................   70 2 45
No. 3...........................   SO 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 FEEDSTUFF»

Butter Plates—Oval.
250 

Washboards—single.

Doable.

WHEAT.

MEAL.

FLOUR  IN  SACKS.

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

MILLSTUFFS. Less

Car lots  quantity

815 50
13 00
17 50
16 30

16 00

CORN.

17 50 
16 30 

Bran............... 814 50 
Screenings__  12 50 
Middlings...... 15 GO 
Mixed Feed... 
Coarse meal  .. 
Car  lots...............................43
Less than  car  lots............ 46
Car  lots...............................3854
Less than cariota............... 41
HAY.
No. 1 Timothy, car lots__ 11  no
No.l 
ton lots........12 50

OATS.

“ 

12)4

F.  J.  Dettenthaler  quotes as

follows:
FRESH  FISH.
Whltefish 
..................
@  8
Trout  ...........................
@  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  W hite............ @  8
Red  Snappers..............
15
Columbia  River  Sal-
m on...........................
12)4
Mackerel......................
Fairhaven  Counts__
F. J. D.  Selects..........
Selects  .........................
F. J. D...........................
Anchors....................
Standards....................
oysters—Bulk.
Extra Selects..per gal.
Selects.........................
Standards....................
C ounts.........................
Scallops.............  
.......
Shrimps  ......................
Clam s...........................
SHELL OOODS.
Oysters, per  100..........1  25@1  75
Clams, 
..........
75@1  00

18@20
@40
@33
@25

oysters—Cans.

2 20
1  50
1  25

11 

17

PROVISIONS.

14 75

is 50
13  ra

PORK  IN  BARRELS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing and Provision Co 

quotes as follows:
Mess, ................................................................ 
Short c u t .................................  
Extra clear pig, short  cu t............151,0
Extra clear,  heavy......................
Clear, fat  back......................... 145»
Boston clear, short c u t................... 
Clear back, short cu t.............................. '  n   75
Standard clear, short cut. best..........15 00
SAUSAGE.
Pork, links..................................
Bologna................................................. 
Liver............ ................................. * ..........
Tongue .............................
Blood..................................;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
Head cheese........................
Summer......................................
Frankfurts............................
*
„  
LARD.
Kettle  Rendered............... 
9
w
G ranger...........................  
Fam ily................................. ...’.„W ."'.V"V..*  6K
Compound.......................................... 
8
Cottolene............................................... 
714
50 lb. Tins, Me advance. 
..................................  79
20 lb.  palls, 54c 
“  x c  
101b. 
51b. 
“  £ c 
3 lb. 
" 
l c  

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8)4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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BEEF  IN  BARRELS.

a CO
7 75

' 

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Extra Mess, warranted 200  lbs....................  
Extra Mess, Chicago packing.......... 
Boneless, rump butts..............................10 00
smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.
Homs, average 20 lbs..........................................  jq
16 lbs....................................JO ii
.......... 8)1
.................  q
jn
..........  jo
.............................  r u
light........................ .................7??

picnic....................................... 
best boneless.............  
shoulders.......................................... 8
Breakfast Bacon  boneless.............  
Dried beef, ham prices.......................  
Long Clears, heavy.......................
Briskets,  medium.............  

„ 
D R Y   SALT  MEATS.
Butts.
D. S. Bellies.....................................  
Fat Backs.........................................jo
PICKBED  PIGS’  FEET.
Barrels.......................................  
«,
K egs.........................................................................90
Kits, honeycomb..............................  
75
Kits, prem ium .................... ......... . . . . . . . . . . .  
85
Barrels........................... 
aa m
Half barrels..............................!!..-!!!:I !!!! iii 06
Per pound.......  .................................................  
u
Dairy, sold packed................................ 
Dairy, rolls............................................ 
Creamery, solid packed.................. 
Creamery, ro lls........................................

BEEF  TONGUES.

BUTTBRINX.

13
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17J

TRIPE.

t»Li

. 

 

 

 

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

FR E SH   B E E F .

FRESH  PORK.

MUTTON.

VEAL.

A 

K  qh  «7
. . .  4  @ 4)4
íüt  7
*  • • •  0  w   • 
. . .   8  @10 
fit  Q
•  * •  •  •  «0  «F
. . . .  
. . . .  

^   7%

7 

4

------ 
. . . .  

8%
o u
»71 

ft  @

fft,  7
• . .  . 
'il*  »
. . . .   6 @ 7

CROCKERY  AND  GLASSWARE.

LAMP  BURNERS.

No. 0 Sun....................................................  

45

T abular............................................................."   yr

LAMP  CHIMNEYS.  Per bOX.

6 doz. In box.

First quality.
“ 
“ 
XXX Flint.
“ 
“ 

No. 0 Sun...............................................................    75
N o.l  “  ...............................................................    88
No.2  “  ...............................................................    70
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top..........................................2  1
“  ..........................................22
No. 1  “ 
No.2  “ 
“  .................................... 
” 3
No. 0 Sun, crimp top.......................................  2 6
No. 1  “ 
“  .......................................... 21
No.2  “ 
“  .......................................... 3)
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.3 
“ 
........................................... 1  60

La Bastie.

Pearl top.

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

LAMP WICKS.

 
 
 

“ 
“ 
“ 

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

 
 
 
STONEWARE—AKRON.
Butter Crocks,  1 to 6 gal................................   06
“ 
54 gal. per  doz........................  60
Jugs, K gal., per doz.......................................
•‘  1 to 4 gal., per gal..................................
Milk Pans, 54 gal., per doz.............................  60
“ 
...........................   72

1  “ 

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“ 

“ 

STONEWARE—BLACK GLAZED.

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

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

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18

THE  MICHIQAJSr  TRADESMAN,

SIXTY  YEARS  AGO.

Haven.

Reminiscenes  of Early Days  at  Grand 
The men wbo have made Grand Rapids 
what it is  are  not altogether men of  the 
present generation.  They  belong  to an­
other  era—to  the  times  long  since past. 
Though many of them  are still active  in 
business  life,  and  wield  an  influence 
commensurate with  their ability and ex­
perience,  yet  their  whitened  locks  tell 
the story of the  winters of adversity and 
hardship through which they have passed. 
They  have  borne 
the  burden  and 
they  have  felled  the 
heat  of  the  day; 
forests, 
the  wilderness  into  a 
garden;  and  prosperity  and  plenty,  be­
cause  of 
their  early  struggles  and 
achievements,  smile on  all the laud.  The 
story of the difficulties they encountered, 
the obstacles they  surmounted, the hard­
ships  they  endured,  reads  more  like 
romance than a sober  statement of  fact, 
and is,  indeed, more interesting than any 
romance.  The Grand  Rapids  of  to-day 
is their pride, and  will  be their enduring 
monument long  after  they  have  passed 
into the Beyond.

turned 

Hon.  Thos.  D.  Gilbert,  a man  honored 
and revered for  his  personal  worth,  and 
one  of  Grand  Rapids’  most  successful 
business  men, 
is  one  of  the  pioneer 
settlers of  Western  Michigan.  He  was 
born in Greenfield,  Mass.,  in 1815.  His 
father was General Thomas Gilbert  He 
received his  educational  training  in the 
common schools of  his  native  town and 
in  the academy at Deerfield,  the scene of 
one  of  the  most  horrible  Indian  mas­
sacres  recorded  in  the  history  of  this 
country. 
In  1835,  after  five  years  in a 
store as clerk,  he came  to Grand  Haven, 
Mich.,  where at that time  there were not 
more than half  a  dozen  settlers.  After 
twenty years of  varying  fortune, during 
which time Mr. Gilbert accumulated con­
siderable property,  he,  with his brother, 
Francis B., came to this city and took up 
his permanent residence here.  Since his 
first arrival in the city he has  been prom­
inently indentified with several important 
business  enterprises, 
notable  among 
which  may  be  mentioned  the  Grand 
Rapids Gas  Light Co.,  the  National City 
Bank,  and  since  its  organization,  the 
Michigan  Trust  Company. 
In  1841  he 
was  elected  Sheriff  of  Ottawa  county. 
He  was  elected a  member  of  the  State 
Legislature  in  1861,  serving  on  several 
important committees.  He  was  elected 
a member of the Board  of Regents of the 
State University in  1863,  serving twelve 
years.  His services as  a  member of the 
Board were  of  great  value  to  the  Uni­
versity  and  to  the  cause  of  education 
throughout 
the  State.  He  also  served 
several years as a  member  of  the Board 
of  Education  of  this  city. 
In  1873  be 
was appointed a member of  the Board of 
Public Works,  and was  for five years its 
President.  Mr  Gilbert  represented  the 
Second  Ward  in the  Common Council for 
two and a  half  years.  As  a  citizen  he 
has been  public  spirited  and  enterpris­
ing,  and,  as a  man,  honorable,  upright 
and generous.

In conversation with T h e T radesm an, 
in referring  to  early  times  in  this  sec­
tion,  Mr.  Gilbert  said:  “The  money 
used in Michigan  when I came here, and 
for  some  years  afterward,  was  largely 
New  England  and  New  York  money. 
There was a little from Ohio, Illinois and 
Indiana,  but  not  much.  There  was 
plenty of it,  but it  was  used  mainly for 
purposes of speculation.  As speculation

was  principally  in  land,  much  of  the 
money  found  its  way  into  the  public 
treasury,  and  so  was  practically  with­
drawn from  circulation.  So  wild  were 
settlers  to  engage  in  speculation  that 
little or no attempt was  made to develop 
the natural  resources of the country.  As 
a consequence,  we were heavy importers, 
buying most of  what we  needed  in  the 
New York markets.  Up to  1840 I do not 
believe  there  was  a  thousand  tons  of 
products  shipped  out  of  this  whole 
Western  country.  As  a  result  money 
went out of the  country  about as fast as 
it came in,  and was  always scarce. 
I re­
member  a gentleman  from New York,  a 
president  of  a  bank,  coming  here  to 
speculate 
land.  He  brought  with 
him  the bills of his  own  bank,  signed by 
the cashier, and when  he bought  a piece 
of land he would sign enough of the bills 
to  pay for the  land.  His  signature was 
all that was  required  to make  the  bills 
good.  All  land  purchases were paid for

in 

7T---T   ■  -as»:  —   ,  -   — 

------ ---------

“It  wiil  puzzle a good many'  people,” 
continued  Mr.  Gilbert,  “ to  understand 
why that  note  is  drawn  for  12% cents. 
The  reason  for it was  this:  As I have al­
ready  told  you,  our  only  silver  coins 
were  from 
the  Spanish  mint.  The 
Spanish  coins  were  the  dollar,  halves, 
quarters, eighths,  and  sixteenths.  This 
note  is  an  eighth  of  a  dollar,  or  12% 
cents, and  was,  undoubtedly,  redeemed 
with Spanish  money.  When  silver was 
discovered  in 
this  country,  and  our 
Government begau  its  coinage,  Spanish 
money  commenced 
to  disappear  and 
finally passed out of  circulation,  t

“We did  business  almost  entirely  on 
the  credit  system  in  early  times. 
If, 
when Saturday night  came,  we had $100 
in cash,  we considered ourselves well off. 
We had some bad debts,  but not  more in 
proportion 
than  we  would  have  to­
day.  Human  nature  has  not  changed 
much  in  fifty  years;  there  were  some 
people then, as there are now,  who could 
pay  but  would  not;  some  who  would 
pay but could not,  and some  who  always 
paid.  We  were  pretty  well  secured, 
however,  as  most  bills  were  paid  in 
shingles and lumber, and as it was shipped 
from  our  port,  we  had  little  difficulty 
in collecting  our  pay.  We  trusted  the 
Indians  as  well  as  the  whites.  They 
were good pay.  Part  of their bills were 
paid in  furs,  and  they  usually  paid up 
when they received their money from the 
Government.  The Indians were general­
ly honest,  but they seemed to take natur­
ally to whisky,  and it ruined them.  They 
would drink  as  long as  they  could  get 
liquor, and there  were some  whites who 
were unprincipled  enough  to  sell  them 
whisky as long as their money  lasted.

“Prices  ranged  considerably  higher 
than they do  now,  although  not  to  the 
extent one  would  imagine.  Prints  sold 
at from 15 to 20 cents a yard. 
I  remem­
ber how excited everybody  was when  we 
announced that  we had  a  lot  of  prints

___________ _

in  circulation  was 

in  paper  money,  until  1836,  when  the 
Government issued what  is known as the 
specie  circular.  This  circular  made  it 
necessary  to  make  land  payments  in 
specie.  Neither  gold nor silver  had yet 
been discovered in this country,  and the 
only  specie 
from 
the Spanish  mint.  You can  readily see 
what effect  that  circular  had  upon  the 
business  of  the  country.  The  people 
depended upon land  sales to keep money 
in circulation,  and the  issuance  of  that 
circular almost  entirely  put  an  end  to 
land speculation.  That  circular pricked 
the speculation bubble  and  it  dissolved 
at once.  The panic of  1837  followed,  as 
a natural sequence,  and  entailed  untold 
hardship upon thousands.  Recovery from 
the effect of  this panic  was  slow,  but  in 
the end it  proved a blessing to the whole 
country.  For  one  thing  it  turned  the 
attention of  the  people  toward  the  de­
velopment  of  the  country’s  natural  re­
sources;  they  began  a  more  extensive 
cultivation of  the  land,  with  the result 
that  in a few  years  we  were  producing 
more  than  was  needed  for  home  con­
sumption, and  we  began  to  export  our 
surplus.  The  result  was  soon  seen  in 
the increased  prosperity  and  multiplied 
comforts of the people.

“I have already  said  something  about 
the money of those days. 
In  addition to 
the issues of State and private banks and 
some specie,  some of our business houses 
issued scrip,  payable  in  currency.  Here 
is a specimen.”  (Mr. Gilbert handed T h e 
T badesm an a note  for 12% cents  as  he 
spoke,  which is reproduced below):

remarked, 

the  crowd 

which we  offered at  12%  cents  a  yard. 
We occasionally sold New Orleans yellow 
sugar at 20 pounds  for $1,  although  the 
general  price  was  somewhat  higher. 
White  sugar,  or  loaf  sugar,  as  it  was 
called,  was  seldom less  than 10  cents  a 
pound;  usually  it  was  about double the 
price of the yellow.  Everything, even to 
pork, had to be shipped  in from outside, 
coming by  way of  the  lakes  in  vessels. 
Let me tell you  a  story  in  this  connec­
tion:  One fall,  when  supplies in Grand 
Rapids  had  run  low  and  winter  was 
close  at hand,  the  boat  containing  the 
winter’s  provisions  was  several  days 
overdue.  Finally  she  reached  Grand 
Haven.  No time was lost in transshipping 
to the Graud  Rapids  boat,  as  there  was 
danger of  the  river  freezing over.  The 
people turned out  en masse to  meet  the 
boat and inspect her cargo.  This proved 
to be fifty barrels of pork,  100  barrels of 
flour and fifty barrels of  whisky.  Some­
one  in 
‘The 
cargo is all  right,  but I  don’t  see  what 
they want with so much flour.’  At least, 
the story  was told  by the  Grand  Haven 
people as a good  joke  on  the  people of 
this  town,  and  1  guess  it  was  true. 
Nearly everyone  drank  whisky in  those 
days and no  one thought it  was  wrong; 
but times have  changed  and  so have the 
manners.  Whether  the  people  worked 
harder then  than now,  an'd  so  were able 
to drink more liquor  without  its having 
the effect so  commonly seen to-day,  1 do 
not  know;  but  for  some  reason  there 
were fewer drunkards in those days than 
there are to-day and  yet  liquor drinking 
was much more general.  Another thing, 
there was not anywhere  near the quanti­
ty of money  in  circulation  that  there is 
now; yet poverty was almost unknown in 
early times.  There was  not the popula­
tion,  for  one thing,  and,  besides,  those 
early settlers  were  all  workers.  Then, 
too, nearly everyone  raised  more or less 
vegetables,  and  so  was  not  altogether 
dependent  upon  the  condition  of  the 
labor  market.  You  report  Mr.  Luce as 
saying that wheat  once  went  as low  as 
25 cents.  That  is  beyond  my  recollec­
tion,  but I  know  it  was  much  cheaper 
than 
it  is  now;  but  prices  fluctuated 
then, as  they  do  now,  and  I  have  for­
gotten the figures.”

---------- m  »  »i

a 

label 

to  designate 

Impotence of the  Union  Label.
The  trouble  which  the  workers 

From  the Boots and  Shoes Weekly.
in 
certain branches of the shoe industry ap­
pear to be having with  reference  to  the 
use  of 
that 
the goods are the  product of union labor 
creates  considerable  amusement  among 
those who are aware of  the  small  influ­
ence that  the  label  has upon  boots  and 
shoes.
A large handler of  footwear gives it as 
his  opinion  that  not 2 per  cent,  of the 
influenced  by  any 
sales  of  goods  are 
label.  One would think,  to hear the talk 
of certain labor union  secretaries,  walk­
ing delegates, etc.,  that  the  label played 
a very important  role with the consumer 
of boots and shoes.
A i observer of  shoe  trade  conditions, 
a gentleman  very  intimate with retailing 
features, states that,  in  his opinion, the 
label movement  is  nothing  more  or less 
than  a  genteel  blackmailing  operation. 
He does not look  upon it  as  being  very 
serious, and does not  think it cuts much 
of a figure  in trade  operations;  but  the 
number of  the  schemes  give  him  some 
concern.  He thinks that  labor organiza­
tions  use  the  label  as  an 
instrument 
whereby they can work certain manufac­
turers  along  a  line, 
the  following  of 
which  would materially aid  the walking 
delegate. 
In a  word,  the  value  of  the 
label depends upon its Influence in coerc­
ing  manufacturers  who  know  not  the 
flimsy  foundation upon which it rests.

TELE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

THE  OPPOSITION  TO  OLEO. 

Written for Tan Tbadksman.

The dairy and  creamery  men through­
out  the  country  still  continue  their 
senseless  opposition 
to  oleomargerine* 
At a meeting of the  local  branch  of the 
National Dairy Union,  held in New York 
recently,  Hon.  C.  W.  Horr,  of  Ohio« 
stated that  the  Union was  organized  to 
tight oleo, and  that  he had  accepted the 
presidency of the  Union  because be  had 
large interests at stake.  Some  time  ago 
he (Mr.  Horr) sold  his  creamery  butter 
for 16 and 17 cents a pound, and  he real­
ized a handsome profit  on  stored  butter, 
but since oleo was  introduced  he  found 
that his goods were  worth  next  to noth­
ing  and  very  hard 
to  sell.  Mr.  llorr 
said that the  right to  manufacture  oleo 
was not disputed,  but the fight  is on the 
ground that the  product  is  disposed  of 
by misrepresenting its true character.

Mr.  Horr’s  frankness  in  stating  the 
object of  the  fight  against  oleo is  com­
mendable,  and will go a long  way toward 
disabusing the  public mind  of  the  pre­
judice which has so  long  existed against 
oleo. 
It has so long been  claimed by the 
opponents  of  oleo  that  the  opposition 
was on  hygienic and moral  grounds,  be­
cause oleo was  injurious to health  and a 
fraud upon  the public,  and its  makers a 
band of pirates or  worse,  that to  be told 
it is merely a matter  of dollars and cents 
is  a  great  relief.  But,  after  making 
such an  admission,  it has  something  of 
the appearance  of  begging the  question 
for Mr.  Horr  to say that  “the fight is on 
the ground that  the product  is  disposed 
of by misrepresenting its true character.” 
M.  Horr  says  nothing  about  the  true 
character  of  oleo,  but  makes  the  bald 
statement that  it is  disposed  of  by mis­
representing  its  true  character.  The 
“character”  of  the  product will  depend 
upon the ingredients which enter into its 
composition.  The  chief  component  of 
oleomargarine is oleo oil,  which was dis­
covered  by  M.  Mouries,  a  celebrated 
French  chemist, 
in  1870.  He  demon­
strated by many careful experiments that 
the formation of butter contained in milk 
was due to the absorption of fat from the 
animal tissues,  and  that oleo oil,  which 
is pressed from  the  sweet fat  of beeves, 
corresponds  exactly  with  the oil  found 
In natural  butter.  Oleo  oil is  sweet  to 
the taste, of a  yellowish  color  and,  be­
cause of the  method employed  to obtain 
it, is  absolutely  pure.  The  other  com­
ponents  of  oleomargarine  are  neutral 
lard, cottonseed oil and  creamery butter. 
It  has  been  demonstrated, 
time  and 
again, thaMhese elements are wholesome 
and  of  great  nutritive  value,  and  the 
only question is  whether  the method  of 
manufacture is such  as to insure  a clean 
and wholesome finished  product.  About 
this there  is  no  question  raised  except 
by interested parties.  The tinest quality 
of imported salt is  used  in  the  process; 
the coloring used is annotto  the same  as 
is employed by  farmers  and  creameries 
for  coloring  genuine  butter.  All  the 
utensils and vats  used  in  the  manufac­
ture are scalded  and cleaned  every  day, 
and the doors of  the  factory  are flushed 
daily with hot  water  and  everything  is 
kept scrupulously clean. 
In this respect 
the butterine factory  would make a good 
model for many  creameries  and  dairies. 
No attempt is  made either by  the manu­
facturers or  handlers of  oiemargarine to 
misrepresent its true character.  No secret 
is  made of  either  the ingredients  or the 
process  of  manufacture. 
Its  name  dis­

tinguishes it  from  genuine  butter,  and 
the law provides against  the  fraudulent 
substitution of  oleo for butter.  Then in 
what way is its true  character  misrepre­
sented?

As to the legislation  against  oleo, it is 
of a piece with the rest of the opposition. 
It Is class  legislation,  pure  and  simple. 
In  the  face  of  scientific  demonstration 
of 
the  wholesomeness  and  nutritive 
value of  oleomargarine  as  an  article of 
diet,  Congress  has  attempted  to  legis­
late it out of existence and has presumed 
to say that the people  shall  use  nothing 
but genuine butter.  But  in  spite of the 
determined opposition of those interested 
in the  dairy  and  creamery  business  of 
the country,  and the  truckling  and dis­
criminating  legislation of  Congress  and 
State legislatures, the consumption of oleo 
has  continued  to  grow  until  last  year 
70,000,000 pounds  were  required to  sup­
ply the demand.  Mr.  Horr says oleo cau 
be made for 13  cents a  pound.  That  is 
one great reason for its growing popular­
ity with the  people,  and  cannot  reason­
ably be urged as an argument  against it. 
Good creamery  butter retails  at 38 cents 
a pound and  dairy at  23  cents a pound. 
Butterine 
retails  for  15 to  17  cents  a 
pound. 
In  times  like  the  present,  in­
deed in  any  times,  such  a  difference  in 
price would work in favor of the cheaper 
as  against  the  dearer  article.  No  one 
blames the  buttermakers  for getting the 
highest price  possible  for their product, 
that is their  privilege;  but  it  is equally 
the privilege of  consumers  to  refuse  to 
pay the high prices demanded  by butter- 
makers  and  to  use  a  good  wholesome 
substitute which is from five to ten cents 
a pound cheaper,  and  it is little  short of 
childish for buttermakers to ask the help 
of Congress to enable  them  to sell  their 
product.  Oleomargerine  can  never  en­
tirely  displace  butter,  it  will  only  be 
used as a substitute  for  butter when the 
price  of  the  latter  puts  it  beyond  the 
reach of the  mass  of  the  people.  This 
much is sure,  however,  oleo  will  drive 
poor butter out of the market and compel 
farmers  and  dairymen to  make a better 
article than  is  much of  the  butter  now 
offered to the public, and if buttermakers 
will turn their attention  to this phase of 
the question, and  likewise to cheapening 
the cost of production  and to  increasing 
the yield from the cows,  and  cease their 
childish and futile opposition  to  oleo, it 
will be much  more  to  their  credit  and 
they  will  be  money  in  pocket  in  the 
long run. 

Daniel  A b b o t t.

When  an honest workingman  rides  he 
must pay  full  fare.  When  a  drove  of 
tramps travel  they  can  steal  a  freight 
train and deadbeat  themselves  across  a 
continent and be applauded  and  feasted 
by trade unionists all  over  the  country.

TO  Hm  MONEY

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 
If  you  need 
Spring Stock. 
clothing 
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.

E stab lish ed   1868.

H. I.  REYNOLDS  i   SON,

Building  Papers,

Carpet  Linings,

Asbestos  Sheathing 

A sphalt  Ready  Roofing,

Asphalt Roof Paints,

Resin,  Coal  Tar, 

Roofing and Paring Pitch,

Tarred Felt,  Mineral  Wool 
Elastic Roofing Cement, 
Car,  Bridge  and Roof Paints, 

and Oils.

Cor.  LOUIS an d   CAMPAU  Sts..

In Felt, Composition aid t e l ,
Mich.
Grand  Rapids, 
H. M. REYNOLDS & SON
Avoid  the
Gilrse  of  Credit 

#

BY  USING

C O U P O N

B O O K S .

THREE  G R A D ES:

Tradesman,
Superior,
Universal.

#  

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Manufactured only by

T R A D E S M A N   C O M P A N Y ,

G rand  R apids,  M ichigan.

See quotations in  Grocery Price Current.
Your  Bank Account Solicited.

Kent  Count? Savings Bant,

GRAND  RAPIDS.. .MICH.

J no.  A.  Covode  Pres.

H e n r y   I d em a , Vlce-Pres.

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

K. Van Hoe, Ass’tC ’s’r. 

T ransacts a  G eneral B an k in g   Business. 

In te re st  A llow ed  on  T im e  and  Savings 

D eposits.

DIRECTORS:

Jno. A. Covode, D. A. Blodgett,  E. Crofton Pox. 
T. J. O'Brien,  A. J. Bowne,  Henry Idema, 
Juo.W. Blodgett,.!. A. McKee 
J. A. 3. Verdler.
D eposits  Exceed  One  M illion  D ollars.

NO  CURE. 
NO  PAY. 

NO  M USTACHE
NO  PAY.

DANDRUFF  CURED.

I  will  t  ike Contracts to grow hair on  the bead 
3 i  face with  those  who  can  call  at  my office oi 
tt  the o Hi eg  o f  my agents, provided  the head  is 
tot  g lo ssy ,  or the  pores o f  the  scalp not closed. 
vVhere  tlie  head  is  shiny  or  the  pores  closed, 
there  is no cure.  Call  and  be  exam ined  fie e  ol 
thsrgr. 
If  you cannot  call,  write  to  me.  State 
tho exact  condition  of  the scalp  and  your occa 
.istlcn 
•loom  M il  M asonic Temple. C hic*<k

PR«IK   G .  HI UK HOI. Z,

19
Michigan(Tektrai

“  The Niagara Falls Route.’*

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

Arrive. 
Depart
10 20 d  in...........Detroit  Express..........7 00am
5 30 a m ---- »Atlantic and  Pacific...... 11  20 p m
1  30p m ........New York Express____ 5 20pm
zn*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 am ;  re­
turning, leave Detroit 4:55 pm, 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.  Ai.MquisT, Ticket Agent,

Union Passenger Station.

CHICAGO 

^2!L^

A N D jW EST  M ICHIGAN  K’Y.
GOING  TO  CHICAGO.

TO AND PROM MUSKEGON.

RETURNING FROM  CHICAGO.

Lv. G’d Rapids............ 7:25am  1:25pm *11:30pm
Ar. Chicago...........—   1:25pm 6:50pm  *6:30am
Lv.  Chicago................. 7:35am  4:55pm  *11:30pm
Ar. G’d Rapids............ 2:30pm  10:20pm  *0:10am
Lv. Grand Rapids........  7:25am  1:25pm  5:45pm
Ar. Grand Rapids........9: :5am  2:30pm  10:20pm
TR A V ER SE  C ITY ,  CHARLEV O IX   AND  PE T O SK E Y .
 
Lv. Grand  Rapids ..  7:30am 
3:15pm
Ar.  Manistee...........  12:20pm 
..........  8:15pm
Ar. Traverse City....  12:40pm 
.........   8:45pm
Ar. Charlevoix.......  
3:15pm 
 
11:10pm
Ar.  Petoskey 
11:40pm
 
3:45pm 
Arrive  from  Petoskey,  etc.,  1:00  p.  m.  and 
10:00p. m.
PA R LO R   AND  S L E E PIN G   CARS.
To Chicago, lv. G. R ..  7:25am  1:25pm *11:30pm
To Petoskey .lv.G.R..  7:30am  3.15pm 
...........
ToG. R..lv.Chicago.  7:35am  4:55pm *11:30pm
To G. R.. lv. Petoskey  5:00am  1:30pm 
...........

»Every day.  Other trains week days only.

 
 

 

DETROIT, 

raB- ■■■

__________ LANSING7&  N O RTH ERN   R.  R .

GOING TO DETROIT.

TO  A N D  PROM   SA G IN A W ,  ALMA  AND  ST.  LO U IS.

RETURNING  FROM  DETROIT.

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

THROUGH  CAR  SERVICE.

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

•Every da/.  Other trains  week days only.

GEO. DbHAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t.

EASTW ARD.

W A U K E E  R ailw ay.__________

325pm
4 27pm
5 20pm 
605pm 
8 00pm 
8 37pm
7 05pm
8 50pm 
8 25pm 
925pm

10 20am
11 25am
12 17pm 
1 20pm
3 45pm
4 35pm
3 45pm
5 50pm 
305pm
4 05pm

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

De t r o i t ,  g r a n d   h a v e n   &  m i l -
itNo.  14 +No.  16 tNo.  18 •No. 82
6 45am
10 45pm 
7 40am
12 27am
8 25am 
1 45am
900am
2 40am
10 50am
6 40am 
11 32am 
7 15am 
10 05am 
5 40am
1205pm
7 30am 
10 53am
537am 
11 50am
7 00am
W ESTW A RD .
*No. 81 tNo. 11 tNo. 13.
7 00am
4 55pm 
8 20am
6 00pm

G'd Rapids............   Lv
G’d  Haven............   Ar
tDaily except Sunday. 
Trains  arrive  from  the  east,  6:35  a.m.,  12:60 
Trains  arrive from  the  west, 10:10 a.m .,3:16 
Eastward—No. 14  has  Wagner  Parlor  Buffet 
Westward— No. 11 Parlor Car.  No. 16 Wagner 

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

Trains Leave

1 00pm
2 10pm

»Dally.

J a s . Campbell, City T'cket Agent-

Grand  Rapids  & Indiana.

TRAINS  GOING  NORTH.

3L.0&Y6 going 
North.
For Traverse City,  Mackinaw City  and Sag...  7:40 a m
For Traverse City and Mackinaw  City.............. 4:10 p m
For  Saginaw......................................................................6:00 p m

TRAINS  GOING  SOUTH.

Leave going 

South.

For  Cincinnati................................................................. 6:60 a m
For Kalamazoo and  Chicago...............................12:05 p m
For F ort Wayne and  th e  B ast......................................2:15 p m
For  Kalamazoo  and  Chicago....................................11:20 p m

Chicago via G. R. A I. R. R.

12:05 p  m  tra in   has through W agner  Buffet  P arlor 
11:20 p m tra in  daily, through W agner Sleeping Car. 

Lv Grand Rapids........... 12:05 p m  2:15 p m   11:20 p m
Arr  Chicago................... 5:30 p m   9:00 p m  
Oar.
9:35 p m
Lv  Chicago 
A rr Grand Rapids 
7:25 a m
9:35 p m   train  daily, through W agner  Sleeping  Car.

4:00  p  m  has  through  W agner  Buffet  P arlor  Car. 

4:00pm  
9:16 p m 

6:50 a m  
2:16 p m 

7:40 a m

For Muskegon—Leave. 

M uskegon, G rand R apids & In d ia n a .
9:40 a m
7:35 a m  
6:40 p m 
5:20p m
O. L. LOCKWOOD,

From Muskegon—Arrive

General Passenger and Ticket Agent.

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Pal the best profit.  Order from your jobber.

A   Com bination.

See our advertisement on page 12.  The 
warp  is  truth—the  body  matter  fact. 
Turn to it. 

The Putnam Candy Co.

Saginaw Valley  and  Southern Michigan.
Elaborate preparations are being made 
by the ladies of  Post E  for  the  “return 
party” given  the  gentlemen of  the Post 
on May 12.  The  ladies  propose  to  pay 
all  the  bills  and  furnish  the  refresh­
ments, turning the balance,  if  any,  into 
the treasury of the Post.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN
I
Spices are meeting with  a  little better j 
demand  than  a  fortnight  ago,  particu­
larly nutmegs,  which have become firmer 
in value as the supplies have  decreased. 
Ginger,  cloves,  pepper,  etc.,  are  doing j 
fairly well.
Syrups and  molasses  are  even  duller 
than last week and in very little demand. 
A buyer can have liis own way.
The market for  lemons  has  improved 
a little  since  last writing, althongh sup­
plies  are'still  ample.  Oranges  and 
pineapples  in  fairly  good  request,  and 
bananas are  quite  firmly  held,  in  some 
instances running up to $1.60  per  bunch 
for  firsts.
Canned goods continue  to  be  the best 
thing on the list,  and are firm for  nearly 
everything.  The  stock  of  California 
fruits  is  light.  Prices  are  higher  for 
peaches,  and the market is strong.  Some 
offers  of  $3.50  for  gallon  apples  are 
said  to have been  refused.  Small fruits 
—cherries  and  berries—are  strongly 
held.
Butter has its  ups  and  downs  nearly 
every day,  with  the  downs  having  the 
last  inning. 
It  requires  strictly  fancy 
stock  to  bring  21  cents;  State  dairy, 
19@20c.  Cheese is firm, with best marks 
held at 12 5-v c.  Eggs are weaker,  and the 
market is badly demoralized.
The  provision  market  is  dull,  and 
prices  are  generally  unchanged.  Mess 
pork,  $14(3)14.50;  short clear, $14@16.
The weather  is  very  warm,  and  from 
all directions come  encouraging  reports 
regarding growing crops.
Coxey and his army take up much  val­
uable space  in  our  newspapers,  and we 
are  all  holding  our  breath  until  after 
May  1.  We hope for the best.
Retailers  are  all  doing  a  good  trade 
and  the big stores are  packed  with buy­
ers.  indicating  that  the  masses  have 
some money left yet. 

Can afford the BEST  salt.
The  Richest

The  Poorest  Man

CANNOT  afford any other.

Han

On  Earth

On  Earth

J ay.

See Quotations in Price Current.

I.  M-  CLARK  GROCERY  CO,

GENERAL  AGENTS, 

OBAND  RAPIDS,  - 

-

M ICH.

V

CANDIES, FRUITS  and  NUTS.
The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:

STICK  CANDT.Cases 

Standard,  per  lb............  
“  H.H................... 
Twist  .............. 
“ 
Boston Cream.........  —  
8 Vi
Cut  Loaf......................... 
Extra H.  H......................  8Vi

6 
6 
6 

Bbls.  Pails.
7
7
7
8 V4

 

 

 

“ 

“  7Vi 

Palls.
6Vi
6Vi
7Vi

fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. 

" 
fancy—In bulk

MIXED  CANDY. Bbls. 
Standard.......................................5Vi 
Leader.......................................... 5 Vi 
........................................... 6 Vi 
.................... ...................... 7
English  Rock.............................. 7
Conserves.................................... 7
Broken Taffy....................baskets 
8
Peanut Squares................. 
8 Vi
French Creams.............................. 
*
Valley  Creams.............................  
13
Midget, 30 lb. baskets....................................... 8Vi
.......................................  8
Modern, 30 lb. 
Palls.
Lozenges, plain.............................................  § Vi
printed..........................................  9Vi
Chocolate Drops.............................................  12
Chocolate Monumentals...............................  12Vi
Gum Drops............................. 
5
Moss Drops.....................................................  7V4
Sour Drops.....................................................  8Vi
Imperials................. 
10
 
Per Box
Lemon Drops........................................  
50
 
Sour Drops...... ................................................50
Peppermint Drops............................................(SO
Chocolate Drops.......................  
75
H. M. Chocolate  Drops....................................60
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................................................... 56
Hand Made  Creams...................................S5@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, 96-112a...................................................   2 50
126..........................................................  3 00
150-17(5- 200-2468 .................................  3 50
Fancy  Seedlings,  126s.......................................  2 50
150-176-200-2268 ................  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
BANANAS.

“ 
“ 
ORANGES.

CARAMELS.

LEMONS.

“ 
“ 

3 
2 

“ 

“ 

 

 

 

“ 

“  50-lb.  “ 

OTHER  FOREIGN  FRUITS.

..........................   @ 5V4

“ 
“  extra 
“ 
“ 

Large bunches...................................................   2 CO
Small bunches....................................................  1 25
Figs, fancy  layers, Sib...........................  @12Vi
“  201b..........................   @14
“  141b...........................  @15
Dates, Fard, 10-lb.  box..........................   @7
Persian, 50-lb.  box......................  @ 5
Almonds, Tarragona.............................   @16
Ivaca....................................   @15
California.............................   @
Brazils, new...........................................   @ 8Vi
Filberts..................................................  @H
Walnuts, Grenoble.................................  @13
@10 
@12 
@12 
@11 @ 7 Vi

NUTS.

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

French.
Calif........................
Table  Nuts,  fancy.................
choice................
Pecans. Texas, H.  P.,  ...........
Chestnuts...............................
Hickory Nuts per bu..............
cocoanuts, full sacks............
PEANUTS.
Fancy, K.  P., Suns.................
“  Roasted —
Fancy, H.  P., Flags................
“  Roasted...
Choice, H. P.,  Extras.............
Roasted..

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

V-

20

GOTHAM  GOSSIP.

N ew s  from   th e  M etrop olis----Ind ex  of

th e  M ark ets.

Special Oorrespon  cnee.

New  Yoke,  April  27—The  Retail 
Grocers’ Association  of  this  city  some 
time ago issued a  call  lor  a  convention 
of New York  State  retailers  to  be  held 
in their hall here  last Wednesday.  The 
invitation included non-association mem­
bers  as  well  as  those  belonging  to  or­
ganizations, and was quite well  attended 
in the evening.  The object was  to  dis­
cuss  the  best  means  of  increasing  the 
number  of  associations  and 
to  make 
more effective existing ones.  The credit 
question was also talked  of,  and  papers 
were read  relating to  the  sale  of  pack­
age goods;  whether  it  was  advisable  to 
have the price  printed on the  packages, 
and  whether  the  retailers  should  give 
prizes;  whether the  grocer  should  help 
the  manufacturer  introduce  his  goods, 
etc. 
J.  H. Callahan, of  Nyaek,  read  a 
most creditable paper on the question  of 
credits, taking the ground  that,  while  it 
was a convenience,  it was too frequently 
abused to be allowed  to increase  beyond 
its present limits, 
in  tact,  the  number 
of cash  grocers  is  so  rapidly  growing 
that  the  speaker  thought 
the  drift  of 
things  lay  in  that  direction  altogether 
now, and  that  iu  the  future  we would 
see  more  and  more  a  contraction  of 
credits.  Taken  altogether,  the  conven­
tion  was  productive  of  good,  and  it  is 
hoped  it  is  but  the  beginning  of  more 
such meetings.
The Thurber  Grocery Co.  is  the  name 
under  which  the  re-organized  firm  of 
Thurber-Why laud Co.  will  sail.  A  Mr. 
Mareellus, of  the Lone  Star  State,  is  to 
be President,  he hav ing put considerable 
“ stuff” into the concern in order to place 
it on a  thoroughly sound  footing, 
it  is 
said  that  F.  B.  Thurber  will  be  Vice- 
President, although this is not  definitely 
settled,  as the detaiis  of the re-organiza- 
tion  have  not  yet  been  made  public. 
Many changes wiil  be made  in  the  sales 
force,  and  some  of  the  boys  who were 
supposed to  be “solid” with  any chauge 
of management  are now out in  the  cold. 
This is the hardest part of a failure—the 
throwing  out  of  work  of  so many  em­
ployes.  However,  as  others  take  their 
places, it is not so bad as if the concern’s 
affairs  were wound  up  altogether. 
It  is 
stated  that 
the  American  Grocer,  so 
well-known  in connection  with  the  late 
corporation,  will  appear  without  the 
price list of the house in the future, but, 
undoubtedly, the paper will publish  one 
of its own which wiil  be just as  reliable. 
In these days  it  is  impossible  to  kill  a 
live  trade  journal.  The  Grocer  has 
been a profitable venture from the  start, 
and 
the  trade  generally  will  wish  it 
prosperity under the new  regime.
the 
John  T.  Burgess,  Secretary  of 
National  Retail  Grocers’  Association,  of 
than 
Chicago,  is  here  looking  better 
ever.
Coffee  is.  seemingly,  continuing 
its 
downward flight, and for Rio No.  7, iflJi'c 
the  nominal  quotation.  No  one 
is 
seems to regret the  decline,  and  holders I 
look for a larger business as  the  decline 
continues.  Mild  coffees,  too,  are  not  so 
firm,  yet  we  can  trace  no  decrease  in 
price.
There are to  be  some very  large  auc­
tion  sales  of  teas  next  week, and  this 
fact is probably  retarding trade in legit­
imate goods,  which are in the most quiet 
corner  imaginable.  Why not?  Nobody 
drinks tea in this  country  to  amount  to 
anything, and whether they are up a few 
cents or down a few, does not  excite  the 
least attention save among a few  parties 
directly interested.

Domestic  rice  is  becoming  decidedly 
scarce, and,  were  it  not  for  the  ample 
supplies of the foreign  article, we would 
see some very striking advances in price.
Sugar excites no more  than  a  passing 
interest.  There  has been  a  decline  on 
some of  the soft  grades,  but  no  special 
improvement  in  demand  was  caused 
thereby.  Refined remains  quiet  and  in 
everyday demand,  with buyers  purchas­
ing  only  as  they  need  stock.  Granu­
lated  is held  at  4k'e.  although  we  ob­
serve that a Chicago bazar is  retailing  it 
at 4c.  Great city, that!

The  D ru g M ark et.

Gum opium is  dull  and  lower.  Specu 
lators iu this article  outside  of the drug 
trade were  induced  to buy large lots,  on 
report of damage to growing crops  an 
prospective 
tariff  of  $1  or  $2  per 
pound.  The  crop  reports,  as  usual  at 
this season of the year,  were  not correct 
and the present prospect  of a large  crop 
and the uncertainty  of  tariff  legislation 
unnerved large  holders,  and,  in  conse 
quence,  forced  sales  have  broken  the 
market. 
It  is believed that  bottom  ha 
been  reached.

Morphine,  is unchanged.
Quinine  is lower from outside holder 

j  while manufactures are firm.

Balsam  Peru  has  again  advanced  on 

account of scarcity.

Linseed oil has declined,  on account of 

I lower prices for seed.

Paris  green  is  moving  freely  for  so 
early in the season.  The price is higher,- 
but there  is  no  prospect  of  any  lower 
prices this season.

London purple and blue  vitrol are also 

in large demand for spraying purposes.

German  Household  Dyes  are  a  new 
article  lately  introduced  in  this  State. 
The line consists  of  30 colors,  each  one 
of which will color  silk,  wool or cotton. 
The price  is  50c  a  dozen;  cabinet  fur­
nished with order for 30 dozen.

G rip sa ck   B rig a d e.

Wm. Connor  (Michael  Kolb  &  Son) 
will  be  at  Sweet’s  Hotel  again  Friday, 
May 4.

The  Grand  Rapids  Traveling  Men’s 
Base Ball Club will  meet  for practice at 
Recreation  Park,  Saturday  afternoon, 
May 5.  All  traveling men,  whether  ball 
players  or not, are invited  to  be present 
on that occasion.

Walter T.  Palmer,  who has clerked for 
E. St. John  (Saginaw, W. S.)  for the past 
fifteen years,  has  taken  the  position of 
traveling salesman for J. W. Fales & Co., 
of  Detroit  His  territory  comprises the

I

F p M g jm m
A S P H A L T

FIRE-PROOF  ROOFING

This Roofing is guaranteed  to  stand  in  all 
places where Tin and Iron has failed;  Is super 
lor to Shingles and much cheaper.
The best Rooting for covering over Shingles 
on  old roofs of houses, barns, sheds, etc.;  will 
not rot  or  pull  loose, and  w hen  painted  With 
our 
t,
FIRE-PROOF  ROOF  PAINT,
t  longer than  shingles.  Write the tin 
Will las 
•d  for  prices  and  circulars, relative t< 
dersignt 
and  for  samples  of  Building  Papers
Roofing 
etc.
ft.  M.  REYNOLDS  &  SON,
Practical  Uool’crs,  «
thr,  Loulf and  Campait  Sts ,  Grand Rapids,  Mich.

@ 5 Vi 
O 7 @ 5 Vi 
@  7 
@

@  6

8 Vi  %
@ 6 Vi @ 7k @36 
@21 
@ 8k

5

OILS.
BARBELS.

The  Standard  Oil  Co.  quotes  as  folio 

Eocene........................................................
XXX W.  W. Mich.  Headlight................
N aptha........................................................
Stove Gasoline...........................................
C ylinder....................................................27
E n g in e ......................................................13
Black, 15 cold  test....................................
E ocene.......................................................
XXX  W. W.  Mich.  Headlight..............

FROM  TANK  WAGON.

PO ULTRY.
Local dealers pay as follows :

LIVE.

 

D R A W N .

Turkeys........................................... 8  @ 8Vi
Chickens.....................................................  7  @ 8
Fowls..............................................  
6  @  6Vi
Ducks.........................................................8  @ 9
G eese..........................................................8  @ 9
Turkeys.........................................................11 @12
Chickens.......................................................12 @13
Fow l.......................................................... 
H
Ducks............................................................10 @H
G eese............................................................10 @12
Turkeys........................................................  9 @ 9Vi
Chickens.....................................................  7Vi@ 8
Fowls.....................................................6Vi® 7
Ducks..........................................................8  @ 9
Geese..........................................................8  ©  9

U N D RA W N .

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SPECIALTIES
CONTROLLED
BY
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FOR
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MICHIGAN

>  %

WITHINGTON  &  COOLEY  flnf.  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 Com plete a  Line  of  Fishing\ 

Tactile as anybody  carries•

I

New York: 

B ,
Grackers  and  Fine  Sweet  Goods.

W y i-  «¡¡B A R S   *   C O.’S

MANUFACTURERS  OF

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  our  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.

We  also  take  Orders  for  the  Celebrated  KENNEDY  BISCUIT, 

made  at  our  Chicago  Factory.

S.  A*  SE A R S,  Manager,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.
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RlfiDGE.KALJVIBRCH & GO.

12,  14 and  16PearlSt.

RIVER  SHOES

WE KNOW  HOW TO 
MAKE THEM,
If you  w a n t the  best for  Style, 
Fit and  W ear,  buy our 
m ake.  You  can  build 
up a  good trade on  our 
lines,  as  they  w ill  give 
satisfaction.

W e   M anufacture  and  Handle  only  Reliable  Goods.

V  l  »

BO STO N  RUBBBR  SHOB  CO

AGENTS  FOR  THE

NO.  1

NO.  2.

NO.  3.

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

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

Cut No. 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 be taken off and put on ; the screw driver bit is  removed  and a socket  wrench  put in 
with which burrs can be run on or off, twenty  times quicker than by the 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 most 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.

S .  F .  B O W SE R  &  Co., MonPs.

WRITE  FOR CIRCULAR.

FORT  W AYNE,  IN D .

New Process Stoves.

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

T h e  S ta n d a r d  L ig h t­

in g s Co ’s

L ea d s  a ll  o th ers.
New  Process  Cook  Book  given  with 
every stove. 
______ _________

Children’s  Carriages.

G reat v a r iety .
A ll th e la te st  d e sig n s.
H ig h   g r a d e   g o o d s.
Q u ick   seller s.
G ood  p rofit 

to 

th e 

d e a le r

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

Lawn  Mowers.

W e   h a n d le   o n ly   th e 
B est q u a lity , a t a  p rice 
n o  h ig h e r   th a n   o th e r s 
a sk  
c h e a p   m a ­
ch in es.

tor 

12  in.  Mower.................$  2  75
14 in. 
2  88
3  00
16  in. 

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

“ 
“ 

Every  machine guaranteed.
Refrigerators.

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

THE  LEONARD

O rd er  a  sa m p le   lin e  
n o w   a n d   se c u r e  
th e 
A g e n c y   o f  th e  b est  r e ­
fr ig e ra to rs  m a d e.

W r ite   for  p rices  a n d  

illu stra tio n s.

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Leonard’s  Summer  Leaders.

H .  IsË O JSA -R D  
Do  Tbey  Baise  Poultry  i
 

Yo b  Noci  of tbe  Woods ?

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

SQ iVS,  G ran d  R a p id s ,  M ich .

pay highest market price.

F. J. DETTENTHALER, 117 and 119 Monroe

DlilBll,  Wmlt  &  CD'S

FINE

COFFEES.
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  business  since  we  have  been

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

OLNIY S JUD80N GROßER GO

Agents  Western  Michigan,  Grand  Rapids.

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  W orld’s 
Fair by the  American  Bank  Note  Company  and  the  plates 
were destroyed as soon  as the editions  were printed,  so  that no 
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

T ra d e s m a n   C o m p a n y ,

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

