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ZEKE  CLEGHORN’S  W IFE.

It was not many years ago—any moun­
taineer in that region can still tell you of 
the occurrence  with minute  detail—that 
George Dickson headed a  raid  upon  the 
illicit  distilleries  of  Habersham  and 
Rabun counties, in the  northeastern part 
of Georgia.

G R A N D   R A P ID S,  W E D N E SD A Y ,  M A Y   23,  1894. 
Three  months  after  this  occurrence 
the season  at  Tallulah  Falls  was  at  its 
height.  The 
little  mountain  village 
swarmed  with  visitors,  and  the  two 
hotels  were  overflowing  with guests.
It  was  after  ten  one  August  night, 
and  at  the  Cliff  House  a  number  of 
couples  were  dancing  in  the  dining­
room,  converted  each  evening  into  a 
ball-room.  On  the  opposite  side of the 
house,  the  parlors  overlooked  the  falls 
and  rapids  of  that  wild  tempestuous 
little  stream  which  the  Indians  called 
“Tallulah,”  the  terrible. 
“Terrible,” 
indeed,  as  it  rushes  on  between  banks 
that  rise  in  sheer  cliffs  of  a  thousand 
feet, dashing madly over precipices, and, 
in impotent  fury, beating  itself into bil­
lows  of  surging  foam  against  those 
everlasting  rocks.

He  was  not  eminently  successful. 
Considering the  fact that  these  "stills” 
abound  so in  that  rocky  country  where 
corn  is  the  only  thing  which  can  be 
persuaded 
the 
most  lucrative  export  into  which  this 
product  may  be  converted,  and  con­
sidering,  moreover,  his  native  ability, 
Mr.  Dickson’s 
lack  of  success  was 
remarkable.  By  his  associates  it  was 
sneeringly hinted that  he  had  been  too 
much  occupied  in  “sparking  a  cracker 
girl”  to  pay  the  attention  to  his  busi­
ness which it demanded.

to  grow,  and  whisky 

that 

that  of  Jabez  Bently  on 

But  he  completedly  demolished  one 
still, 
the 
western  slope  of  Hickory-nut  Moun­
tain,  about  six  miles  from  Tallulah 
Falls.  The worm  was  broken,  the  tubs 
smashed,  and  the  contents  poured  on 
the  ground;  while  the  remains  of  the 
worm,  together  with  Bently,  were  car­
ried 
triumphantly  to  Atlanta.  There 
these remains  were  exhibited  as  spoils 
of  war,  going  to  prove  by  their  pres­
ence  in  the  Custom  House 
the 
Internal  Revenue  Law  was  being  ably 
enforced;  and  Bently,  another  spoil, 
was  lodged  in  Fulton  County  Jail,  to 
serve  ont  a  term  of  three  months  in 
lieu of a hundred dollars fine.

Bently  was no  amiable  prisoner.  He 
was  a  fierce,  savage  mountaineer  of 
forty  or  forty-five,  with  fixed  views  on 
the  subject  of  the  whisky  tax,  and  de­
cidedly  original  but  equally  fixed  opin­
ions  concerning  the  privileges  of  every 
free-born  American.  These  he  venti­
lated, with many oaths, both  at  the time 
of his arrest  and subsequently.

He  also  declared  his  intention  “ter 
let  daylight  inter  that  thar  low-down, 
or’nary cuss whar  busted  tha-ar  copper 
worm,  jess  ez  owdacious  ez  ef  hit  war 
common  wood-truck.”  Dickson  bad 
committed  this  deed  of  vandalism,  and 
it  incensed  Bently  much  more  than  the 
arrest.

thar 

“Tat-ar  whole  blessed  worm,”  he 
growled  with  savage  persistence,  “war 
pyo  copper,  an’  tuck  a  dern-sight  mo’ 
money  out’n  my  breeches  pocket  th’n 
that 
revenuer’  whole  kyarkase 
wuz wurth,  hide  an’ taller fiung in.  An’ 
I  swar,”  he  howled  his  wrath  waxing 
fiercer  as  he  dwelt  upon  his  injuries, 
“I  be  blame  ef  I  do’t  git  even,  ef  hit 
teks  a  yur!  I  be  a-gwine  ter  bust  his 
sap-haid  same  ez  he  busted  that  thar 
still!  I’ll  l’arn  ’im!  A  passel  o’  dern, 
sneakin’, 
them  rev­
enues, nohow!”

thievin’  cowards, 

But  small  attention was  paid to  these 
threats.  They  were  attributed  to  the 
heat of  the  moment,  and  nothing  more 
was thought  of  them.  Afterwards  they 
were  recalled  with  startling  distinct­
ness.

A  crowd  of young  people  were in the 
parlors,  and  George  Dickson  was  of 
that  number.  There  had  been  music, 
both instrumental  and vocal,  and  Dick­
son, seated in  one of  the open  windows, 
was encoring  enthusiastically.

Suddenly,  above 

the  merry  voices 
inside,  above the  stringed band  wailing 
out  a  Strauss  waltz  in  the  temporary 
ball-room,  above  the  roar  of  the  water 
which,  from the  still  night air  without, 
sounded  like  the  rumbling  of  distant 
thunder,  came  distinctly  the  sound 
of  a  pistol  shot.  Those  in  the  room, 
terribly  startled,  saw,  to  their  horror, 
George  Dickson  throw  up  his  hands 
wildly,  and  then  fall  forward  heavily 
upon  the  floor,  lifeless.  The  red  blood 
trickled  from  a  tiny  bullet-hole  in  the 
back  of  his  head,  and  spread  slowly 
upon  the  carpet  like  a  living,  sentient 
thing.

The excitement was  intense.  Only  the 
day before,  Jabez  Bently  had  returned 
to  the  mountains,  and  so  certain  was 
everyone  of  his  guilt,  and  feeling  ran 
so high,  that, could he have  been found, 
he  would  undoubtedly  have  been 
lynched.

But  he  could  not  be  found.  The 
mountains in Rabun  county  are  natural 
fortresses,  and  men  from  the  city,  un­
acquainted  with  their caves, their  cliffs, 
their hollow and coves, stand  no  chance 
against  one  who  has been  born,  reared, 
and  has  passed  his  whole  life  among 
their fastnesses.  His flight was accepted 
as  a  tacit  confession  of  guilt,  and  the 
night was  passed  in  search,  but  to  no 
avail.

In  the  parlors  and  on  the  broad  ve­
randas  of  the  hotel  the subject  was dis­
cussed with  heat,  and  with  much calm­
ness  and  deliberation  by  the  natives 
who congregated  around the saloons and 
stores.

In the door of a small  building,  which 
did double duty as grocery store  in front 
and  post-office  in the  rear,  a  crowd  of 
mountaineers  were  chewing tobacco and 
venting their  opinions  with as much ex­
citement  as  ever  stirred  their  lethargic 
blood.  Abner White, a veteran of eighty, 
the  prophet  and  general  authority  of 
“Ole  Hick’ry-nut,”  was,  as  usual,  the 
spokesman of the occasion.

NO.  557

“Waal,  1  ca-an’t  say  ez  I,  fur  one, 
wuz sot  back  none.”  He  was  address­
ing his respectful  audience  in  his  slow, 
nasal twang.  “I ’lowed  f’um  the  jump 
ez Jabez war  boun’  fur ter  lay  ’m  out, 
ef hit tuck  ten  yur,  let  ’lone  jess  three 
mont’.  The  idee  what  bangs  my  time 
air,  what  in  the  name  o’  Moses  the 
durned  idjit  kem  a-fooliu’  ’roan’  these 
hyar  parts  ag’in  fur,  arter  Jabez  done 
swo’  fur  ter  kill ’im,  ef  he ever  got ary 
sort  o’  purchase on  ’m.  Hit  jess  llus- 
trates  me  ter  see  w’at  owdacions  fools 
some  creeters  kin  mek  o’  tharse’ves. 
Dog my  cats, ef hit  don’t  look  like  the 
man war jess a-honin’ arter being’ killt!’» 
“Thar  bain’t  no  kind  o’reason  fur 
’lowing’ how ez Jabez  kilt ’im  yit,”  an­
swered  a quiet voice out of the  gloom.

the 
“Who’s  that  thar?”  demanded 
old  man.  “Oh,  hit’s  you-uns,  air 
it, 
Zeke?  Wa-al,  who  ye  ’low  mought  ha’ 
did it thin?”

“Don’t  be  up  ter  min’in’  what  Zeke 
Cleghorn  says  ’bout  hit,”  another  man 
rejoined.  “Him an’ Jabez  air  sich  fas’ 
frien’s,  ef he seen  Jabez shoot  down the 
revenuer,  he’d  ’low  the  shootin’  irons 
up an’  went off  by  tharse’ves.”

“Wall,  hain’t  nobody  a-blamin’  Ja­
bez,”  Abner  responded  good  naturedly. 
“Thar hain’t  no  call  fur  ter  git  on  yo’ 
ynr, Zeke.  Ary  man’s  got  a  right  fur 
ter kill  a creeter fur bustin’  up  his still 
au’ si ingin’  ’im in jail ter boot.”

“They  ca-an’t  never  convict  ’im  o’ 
nothin’,” answered the  same quiet voice, 
though with a shade of anxiety in it.

“I dunno.  Ev’aence ’pears plum ag’in 
’im.  An’ they mought find  the  shootin’ 
irons on ’im,”  ventured some one.

“Shucks!”  answered  Abner  White, 
spitting  disdainfully  on 
the  ground. 
“ You-uns  don’t  ’low  thar’s  a  creeter on 
the  mounting  what’s  got  sense  ’nough 
ter holler when  he’s dog-bit,  ’ud  keep  a 
shootin’  iron  on  ’im  this  dost  ter  the 
Talluly  River?  W’y,  man,  whar’s  yo’ 
gumption?  The shootin’ iron  what  kilt 
that thar revenuer,  no  marter  who  belt 
it, air a-sailin’  down ’long  o’  the  river, 
or. else hit’s at the  bottom  o’  the  Gran’ 
Kassum.  Ev’rybody  knows  the  sun 
never  gits  anywhar  nigh  the  bottom 
o’  hit.”

At 

this  point  Ezekiel  Cleghorn 
emerged  from  the  darkness  where  he 
had been  standing,  and  walked  off  up 
the white  sandy  road  where  it  wound 
into  the  deep  slope  of  the  mountain, 
with  a  nervous  air  which  drew  upon 
him the criticism of his companions, and 
attracted their attention from the subject 
of the murder, temporarily at least.” 

“Zek’s ’peared kind o’ quar  ever sence 
he  got  married,”  one  of  the  men  re­
marked. 
“He  hain’t  never  been  the 
same in nothin’,  ’cep’  in  his  likin’  fur 
Jabez Bently.  Them two wus  alias jess 
like  brothers  f’um  the  time  they wuz 
kids.”

“That thar kerns uv a  man  forty  yur 
ole an’ better marryin’  a  slip  uv  a  gal, 
an’ a  valley  ’ornan  at  that,”  rejoined 
Abner White, oracularly.  “I  hain’t  got 
nothin’ agin  Kit.  She’s  a  plum  likely

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“Then why were you crying?”
“I  warn’t 

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well-favored.  But  ye  ca-an’t  go  agin 
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uv sixteen,  whar’s  purtier’n  ary  picter 
ye  ever  seed,  ter  be  a-marryin’  uv  a 
mounting man ez  ole ez  Zeke Cleghorn. 
Hit hain’t nater.”

“They du say,”  ventured  one  of  the 
men in a lowered tone,  “ez her  gran’pap 
war a Jew-peddler,  an’ that  kind  o’  sot 
the  valley  boys  agin  her.  An’  I  hev 
hearn ez thar wuz  a teown chap—”  He 
paused irresolutely.

“Whyn't  ye  go  on?”  demanded  old 

White, sharply.  “Spit it out,  man.”

“VVa-al, 1 kind o’ hated ter tell it,” the 
man  continued  with  an  embarrassed 
laugh,  “’kase  1  ca-an’t  swar  ter  it.  1 
hearn ez this  teown chap,  what must ha’ 
been a or’nary vilyun,  wuz  plum  sweet 
on Kit  an’  her  on  him,  but  he  warn’t 
a-keerin’  fur ter marry her,  an’ went  off 
an’ left her tollerble sudden at  the  een’. 
Not long atterwardt  Zeke  Cleghorn  fell 
heels over head in love ’long  uv  her, an’ 
they  wuz  married  in  less  time  ’n  hit 
teks ter tell it.”

The old man gave a bitter laugh.
“Ef that thar air  the  true  word,”  he 
commented, “1 hain’t s’prisedez Zeke does 
quare.  Zeke hain’t no tame man,  an’ he 
air bodaciously in love long o’ his wife.”
The coroner’s inquest over the body of 
George  Dickson,  held  the  next  day  in 
the hotel^ parlors,  was  crowded  almost 
to  suffocation.  Detectives  and  officers 
had  arrived  by  the  noon  train  and 
served to swell  the  crowd.  Every  door 
and  window  was  blocked  by  stalwart 
mountaineers, and their  intense, earnest 
faces, which in their most jovial  humors 
rarely showed a gleam of  mirth,  lent  an 
added solemnity to the scene.

When the verdict  had  been  rendered, 
and the  crowd  was  slowly  thinning,  a 
tall,  slender  woman,  evidently  belong­
ing to the  mountains,  was  seen  gazing 
intently down at the face of  the  corpse. 
In spite of her rusticity,  she was  a  con­
spicuous  figure.  Her  dress was  coarse 
and  scant;  her  shoes—for,  unlike  the 
other mountain  women,  she  wore  shoes 
—were coarse and ill-fitting, a  dark  cal­
ico sun-bonnet hung  back  off  her  head 
on her shoulders, the  strings held loosely 
with  one  slender  brown  hand  beneath 
her chin.  But  the  bare  head  disclosed 
was  well-shaped  and  covered  with  a 
mass of  curling  blue-black  hair  which 
ended in a thick braid at  her  waist;  the 
face was oriental  in its coloring and con­
tour—the oval  outlines,  the  long  black 
eyes, the  full  red  lips,  the  nose  thiu- 
nostrilled and slightly  aquiline, the rich 
color which came and  went in  her ivory- 
tinted  cheeks.  Her  body  was  slender 
and graceful,  and  she  held  herself with 
an air that marked her as  very  different 
from  the  awkward,  shambling  country 
women with whom she was associated.

So long did she stand gazing  down  on 
the face of the dead that the  attention of 
one of the  detectives  was  attracted  to­
ward  her.  Finaliy  he  saw  two  large 
tears  trickle  down  her  face  and  fall 
softly on the  hand  holding  the  bonnet- 
strings.

“What do you know of that  man?”  he 

demanded abruptly.

The woman was startled from  her rig­
idity, but  in  an  instant  she  turned  on 
him her long narrow eyes, showing little 
more  than  two  lines  of  dark  brilliant 
brown.

a-cryin’,—leas’  ways 

I 
warn’t  a-aimin’  ter.  An’  ef  1  war,  ary 
body kin shed a  few  tears  over  a  daid 
man, I reckon,  an’ him  shot  down  sud­
den in all o’ his sins.”

The detective regarded  her helplessly. 
He was silenced  but not convinced,  and 
turned  his  attention  to  a  mountaineer 
who was approaching  the woman.  This 
man was pointed out  to  him  as  Ezekiel 
Cleghorn,  who,  he  was  told,  was  the 
friend  and  boon  companion  of  Jabez 
Bently, the man he was expected to hunt 
down and arrest.

“Kem away, Kit,” Cleghorn said,  with 
a  certain  gruff  kindness.  “Don’t  stan’ 
thar  a-makin’  a show out’n yo’se’f.  Kem 
an’ hyur ’em tell how they be  a-s’archin’ 
fur Jabez.”

The  woman  shrugged  her  shoulders 
impatiently,  and  leaning  both  hands on 
the  rude  boards 
that  held  the  dead 
body,  gazed  down as  one  looks  for the 
last time on the face dearest on earth.

“Go  ’way,  an’  stop  pesterin’  me,” 
she  said,  with  same  irritability. 
“ 1 
don’t  keer  nothin’  fur  Jabez  Bently, 
nor you-uns nuther.”

Cleghorn stooped  to pick  up  the  sun- 
bonnet  as it  fell  to  the  floor,  and  as he 
rose to an erect position  his eyes showed 
the gleam of a maniac.

“Mine  what  you-uns  sez,”  he hissed, 
grasping his wife’s arm fiercely.  “Thar 
mought be mo’ murder ’n this’n.  1 hain’t 
a-gwine ter swar thar won’t.”

The woman  gave  a  sigh,  more  from 
weariness 
it  seemed  than  from  any 
stronger  emotion,  and  taking  her  bon­
net from  her  husband  without so  much 
as  glancing  in  his  face,  put  it  on  her 
head  and  turned  in  the  direction  of the 
door.

"There  is  something  out  of  the  run 
of things there,”  muttered the detective, 
as  he  watched  the  retreating  couple 
gloomily. 
“That  kind  of  a  woman 
isn’t  going  to  be  mooning  over  a  dead 
revenue  officer  for  nothing.  That  case 
s  worth  looking  into.  There  may  be 
more causes  for murdering  a  man  than 
whisky,  even  in  the  mountains. 
I’ve 
about made up  my  mind,  anyhow,  that 
women  are  at  the  bottom  of  as  much 
devilment  as  whisky.”

The  murder  of  George  Dickson  oc­
curred  in  August,  but  December  came 
and no trace of  Bently  could  be  found. 
He  had  disappeared  as  completely  as 
though the river had  canght  him  in  its 
mad currant  and  dashed  him  to  pieces 
against its rocky bed.

than 

In  an  easterly  direction  from  where 
the  murder  was  committed,  it  is  only 
about  six  miles,  as  the  crow  flies,  to 
the  ¡South  Carolina  line. 
It  was  gen­
erally  believed  that  Bently  had  gone 
that  way,  and,  crossing  the  Chattooga 
river,  had fled  into  the  Carolina moun­
tains,  which tower higher  and  are  even 
more 
the  Georgia 
spurs.  This  was  theory,  and  a  pretty 
good one;  but  in  the  meanwhile  Bently 
continued missing.

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It was  the middle of  December.  The 
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account of  its  severity,  and  search  for 
Bently  had  slackened  considerably. 
In 
Tallulah, occasional strangers, whom the 
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detectives, could-be  seen  appearing and 
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The  Poorest  Man
“Kem  back  hyar!  Don’t  ye  go,” the 
voice from the bed called.  The woman’s 
manner had grown  quiet  and  her  voice 
was scarcely  more than a  thread,  but  it 
was still high-pitched  and  shrill, show­
ing  an 
inward  excitement. 
“Kem nigher,”  she continued,  fixing  on 
the detective her burning  eyes  and  mo­
tioning  feebly.  He  crossed  over  and 
stood  near  the  bed  by  her  husband’s 
side.

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The empty  botels, from  which  the  gay 
holiday  birds  have  flown,  sit  with  a 
solitary  air  about  them;  the  mountain 
sides, dismantled  of  their  soft  summer 
verdure, present,  with their  tall  stately 
pines, and hardy laurel,  their  mountain 
ivy  and  stiff  prickly  holly,  an  uncom­
promising 
severity, 
which is dispiriting  to  one  who  is  un­
used  to  them,  and  has  not  learned  to 
love  them  in  any  garb  from  May  to 
January;  the  river  torrent,  swollen  by 
the 
reverberates 
through  its  rocky  chasms,  which  send 
abroad  the sound,  increased  by myriads 
of echoes, upon the  rarified winter air in 
a hoarse roar that  is deafening, and may 
be heard for miles.

rains  and 

snows, 

The little cabin of  Zeke  Cleghorn was 
on  the  westerly  slope  of  llickory-nut 
mountain,  not  more 
then  a  stone’s 
throw  from  where  Bently’s  still  had 
been raided. 
In this cabin, one  evening 
as  the  shadows  had  begun  to  lengthen 
into the early  winter  night,  the  detect­
ive  who  had  noticed  Kit  Cleghorn’s 
strange behavior at the coroner’s inquest 
the  summer  before  pulled  the 
latch­
string  and  walked  quietly  and  unan­
nounced into the room.  He had that day 
tracked Bently  here,  and  strongly  sus­
pecting Cleghorn  as  well,  he  hoped  to 
shock one of  the two  men into a  confes­
sion, and possibly to  arrest  both.

The large room was unlighted, save by 
the pine knots  that blazed in the cavern­
ous fire-place, throwing  over  the  scene 
weird and dancing shadows  of  the  huge 
rafters and beams.

The detective,  intending to startle  the 
inhabitants of the little  mountain  home, 
was  in  turn  startled.  On  the  bed  lay 
the  woman, her black hair  thrown  over 
the  pillow, her  narrow  black eyes  large 
and sunken,  her face  thin  to  emaciation 
and pale as though the  shadow of  death 
already rested there.  By her  side, hold­
ing one thin  hand, sat  her  husband, his 
haggard face looking, in  its  agony, like 
that of  an old  man.  At the  foot  of  the 
bed sat Jabez Bently.

The two men noticed the  intrusion  by 
simply raising their heads;  then the sick 
woman turned,  and fixed on the  intruder 
her hollow, black eyes.

“What have  you-uns  kem  fur?”  she 
demanded  in  a  weak  tone.  Then  her 
voice rose to  a  shriek,  and with  unnat­
ural strength  she  raised  herself  on  her 
elbow.

“The  shootin’  ironl” she  cried  excit- 
edly, pointed one emaciated finger  to the 
detective’s  right  hand. 
“Zeke!  Zeke 
Look!  He’s foun’ the  shootin’ iron  you 
uns  kilt  George  Dickson  with—what 
ye  aimed  to  fling  in  the  river  back  o: 
the  hotel.  Hit  must  ha’  cotch  in  the 
bushes.”
□ Zeke  Cleghorn  gave  a  glance  of 
amazement at  the rusty pistol, and  then 
looking reproachfully in  the face  of  the 
stupified  man who  held  it, he  took  his 
frantic wife  in his arms and tried gently 
to calm  her.  Bently  crossed  the  room 
and  took  the  detective  forcibly  by  the 
arm.
“Look  here!”  he  said  in  a  low  tone 
“This  hyar  ’oman  air  a-dyin’,  an’ we 
uns hain’t a-gwine  ter  have  no  sich  es 
this hyar a-gwine  on  round  her.  You- 
uns  ’ll  hatter  git  out.  Zeke  hain’ 
a-gwine ter run off  nur  me  nuther.  Ye 
kin git ary one ye want—atterwards,

“I—I beg your pardon,” the man stam 
mered, moving  towards  the  door.  “Of 
course, I didn’t know.”

“I  want  you-uns  ter  know  how  hit 
war,” she  began  with  an  effort.  Her 
strength  was  evidently  deserting  her 
fast.  “Ef  you  don’t,  ye’ll  hang  some­
body  arterwards what warn’t  to  blame. 
Hit  ca-an’t  marter  ter  me  long  how 
much  ye knows.  Zeke kilt  him,  but he 
hed a right ter.  He seed  me  in  George 
Dickson’s  arms  that  thar  day, an’ he’d 
’lowed  thar  was  somethin’  wrong  long 
afo’. 
I  wuz  gwine  ter  marry  George 
Dickson  fo’  1  ever  seed  Zeke,  but  all 
the folks  kep’ a-’lowin’ es  he  never  hed 
no min’ to marry me an’ war  jess  a-fool- 
an’ I  war  pow’ful  pestered  in  my 
min’.  Then he went off an’ leff me  kind 
i’ sudden, an’ I went  plum  wil’.  Zeke 
kem along an’ axed me  ter  marry  him, 
an’ 1 done it, right straight off. 
I hedn’t 
been married long ’fo’ George kem back. 
He’d been ordered off  on that thar  raid, 
an’ never hed time ter  tell  me—’cause  1 
never knowed  nothin’ ’bout  him  a-bein’ 
revenuer.  That thar wuz  the  tale  he 
tole me, but  Zeke ’lowed  be  war  jess  a 
nat’ral vilyun.”

“Revenuers air  sich  or’nary  cusses,” 
Bently  interpolated  apologetically,  as 
though excusing  his  friend’s harshness. 
The sick woman paid no attention to the 
nterruption,  but  went on  in  the  same 
strained key.

1’low 1  went  plum stark crazy then, 
an’ I  hain’t  never  got  my right  senses 
sence. 
I hain’t  got ’em  now,” she  con­
tinued, her  voice  rising  suddenly  to  a 
frenzied shriek.  “I loved him!—O  good 
Gawd!  How  I  loved  him!  Zeke  hed 
reason  to kill him, fur I  wuz  his  wife. 
But I hain’t never been sorry one  bit.  1 
hain’t hed no time ter  study ’bout  bein’ 
sorry;  hit  wuz  all  tuck  up  in  lovin’ 
him.  An’ I hain’t sorry now.  Ef  I  hed 
it ter go over agin, I’d  do jess  the  same 
way over agin.  Gawd hev massy  on  my 
wicked soul!”

Her  excitement  had  exhausted  her 
again, and she sank back  on  the  pillow 
so  white  and  still  that  the  three  men 
feared  that  death  had  already claimed 
her.  But  in  a  few  seconds  she  again 
unclosed her eyes.

“Zeke,” she  said,  in  a whisper.  Her 
husband  bent  over  her. 
“Zeke,  you- 
uns desarved better’n ye  ever  got  at  my 
hands.  Ye’ve  been  good  ter  me,  an 
ye’re  a  good  man.  But you-uns  must’n 
think  too  hard  o’  Kit.  She  couldn 
help it.”

“O  Kit,  my  po’  leetle  gal!”  the  man 
“Hit  don’t  marter.  Nothin’ 

sobbed. 
marters, ef ye’d jess git well.”

There was  no  answer.  The  seconds 
grew into minutes,  and  the  silence  was 
so  intense  that  the  detective’s  watch 
could be heard ticking with startling dis 
tinctness.  Finally  the  husband  raised 
his  head,  and,  laying  down  the  little 
hand gently, stood erect.

“She’s  gone!” he  said  softly. 
breath’s stopped.  Hit’s all  over.”

“Her 

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

timber, running west from  Frederick, on I oranges show more or less  rot  upon  ar- 
the Mackinaw division  of  the  Michigan | rival, but, after being put in order, stand 
Central  to  Alba,  a  distance  of  forty j UP  better  than  any  other  variety  and 
miles.  The roadbed is  finished  and Mr.  will soon be the  kind  generally  carried 
Ward  is  now  laying  the  track,  having  in stock by all dealers.  The  demand is, 
purchased seventy carloads of steel rails, j and will be, light  and  prices  somewhat 
which  are  now  being  delivered  at  easier,  as  strawberries  are  coming  in 
sixty-five  freely  and  supersede  other  fruit  to  a 
Frederick.  The 
pounds to the yard and it is  said that  no  Kreat extent.
line of road in  the  west is  more  solidly 
Foreign  Nuts—Show  no  change  and 
constructed  than  this.  Mr.  Ward  also  Prices  rule  very  easy.  The  buyer  has
the  advantage in  the  present  condition 
purchased  two  45-ton  locomotives,  and 
of the market.
the  work of finishing the  road for  busi­
ness  will  be  pushed  as  rapidly  as  pos­
sible.

rails  are 

S he  D rum m ed  S uccessfully.

H.  W. Allen, a well-known  and  popu­
lar  drummer  for  a  wholesale  grocery 
house  of  Rockford,  111., is  said  to  be 
thinking seriously of swapping jobs with 
his wife and  letting  her  go  out  on  the 
road to attend  to his  business, while  he 
stays at home to  keep  house  and  mind 
the baby.  A few days since he met with 
an  accident  which  threw  his  shoulder 
out of joint.  He  was  very  much  wor­
ried  at  bis  enforced  idleness,  as  there 
were  some  of  his  best  customers  that 
ought to  be  seen; so  his wife  proposed 
that she should take his sample case and 
go out to see them for  him.  He  doubt­
fully consented, and was very much sur­
prised  to  find  when  she  returned  that 
night that  she  had  taken  ten  pages  of 
orders  more  tbau  he  ever  secured  in 
one  day in his whole  career.  He  now 
thinks that his wife is  the  better  drum­
mer of the two.  There is no reason why 
a lady should not make a good drummer, 
as many  of  them make  first-class  retail 
clerks.

C hicago  Jo b b e rs  S ay   N ay.

Chicago,  May  19—My  attention  has 
been called to a report of  the meeting of 
the Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Associ- 
tion held May  7,  and  published  in  the 
May  16th 
issue  of  T h e  Mich ig a n 
T rahesm an.  The  gentlemen  making 
the statements as to the  position  of  the 
Chicago  jobbers as to  the  cartage  item, 
were  misinformed.  All 
jobbing 
grocery  bouses of this city  are members 
of  the  Illinois  Wholesale  Grocers’  As­
sociation governing themselves ' by  rules 
of  practice,  which  like  those  of  Mich­
igan,  distinctly  forbid  any  such  un­
merchantlike practices  as  not  charging 
cartage or  allowing  salesmen  to  rebate 
it when made.

the 

H enry  C.  Ca r v e r,  Sec’y

W e  S tan d   C o rrected .

Athens, May  19—N.  A. Jackson  has 
engaged in the  grocery business  instead 
of the  banking  business,  as  your  paper 
states.
Joiner & Eaton  succeed Winchester  & 
Ellis in the banking business.

THINGS I  Ml.

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1.  Hot Weather.
2.  A Circus.
3.  Fans.

Of  all  the  past  and  by-gone  adver­
tising  fakes,  none  hold  their  own  wl.fl 
the ever present

Picture Card.

Other  “fakes”  come  and  go,  and 
their whiskers sprout, turn gray and  fall 
out,  but  the  picture  card  ever  bobs  up 
serenely,  and  when  it  comes  to  a  card 
and  fan  combined,

WHY!

The children  waul them;
The  old  folks want  them—for  the chil­

dren,

Grandma wants one,
The fat man needs one,
The dude has to have one,

and  Remember

All these people are advertising the man 

who gives away the fan.
BUT  THEY  COST  !
W ELL  1  SHOULD SAY  NOT  !
Just  see  our  late  samples  and  lead the 
procession with  an  advertising  fan 
on Circus Day.

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AROUND  THE  STATE.

M OVEM ENTS  OF  M ERCHANTS.

Negaunee—B.  Levin has opened a new 

grocery store.

harness shop here.

Scotts—John  Nevison  has  opened  a 

Laingsburg—Fred Dodge  has  sold  his 

grocery stock to Whitney & Bailey.
M. Campbell in the bazaar business.

Flint—A. S. Little  «ft  Son  succeed  C. 

Lansing—Peabody &  Peabody succeed 
Harlow & Peabody in general trade.
Chase—Jennie S. Gordon has  removed 
her general stock from Reed  City to  this 
place.

Saginaw—Barrows  &  Gregory succeed 
J. F. Barrows as  dealers  in  pianos  and 
organs.

Sault Ste. Marie—Percy Shepherd  has 
purchased the grocery business of  R.  L. 
Mitchell.

Gobleville—E.  A.  Post  has  sold  his 
furniture  and  undertaking  busiuess  to 
C. D. Myers.

Sparta—Van Wilkenburg  &  Hastings 
have purchased the  lumber  business  of 
S. S.  Hesseltine.

Montague—Geo.  Mindrop  has  opened 
a grocery  stock  in  the  store  room  for­
merly occupied by John Haan.

Petersburg—W.  K.  Gunsolus  has  re­
moved to  this  place  from  Hudson  and 
embarked in the harness  business.

Hudson—John McNulty has purchased 
the grocery stock  of  Wm. Cosgrove  and 
will continue  the  busiuess  at the  same 
location.

Eaton Rapids—M. P. Bromeling is mov­
ing his hardware stock from Onondaga to 
this city,  where he will be  associated  in 
business with Henry C. Minnie.

Detroit—Charles  J.  Apel  &  Co.  have 
filed a §1,500  chattel  mortgage  runuing 
to C. F.  Fuuke &  Co., covering  the  for­
mer’s grocery stock at 362 Gratiot avenue.
Cheboygan—H.  H.  Packard  has  sold 
his  drug  stock  to  A.  E.  Sangster,  of 
Cadillac,  and  D.  J.  Gahan,  of  Mt. 
Clemens,  who will continue  the business 
under the style of Sangster & Gahan.

Hudson—F.  F.  Palmer  &  Son,  who 
have been engaged in the hardware busi­
ness  here  since  1873, have  decided  to 
to close out  their  stock  and  embark  in 
the wholesale fishing tackle business.

Saginaw—Swinton  &  Reynolds  have 
merged  their  stationery  and  book busi­
ness  into  a  stock  company  under  the 
style of the  Swinton,  Reynolds & Cooper 
Co.  The corporation has a  capital stock 
of  §25,000,  and  is  officered  as  follows: 
President, W. T. Cooper;  Vice-President, 
G.  A.  Reynolds;  Secretary  and  Treas­
urer, D. Swinton.

M AN UFA CTU RING  M ATTERS.

trade 

Charlotte—Jerrie Mikeseli, in company 
with  his 
son,  L.  F.  Mikeseli,  have 
formed a  copartnership  under  the  firm 
name of J. Mikeseli &  Co., and  will  put 
in  the  latest  improved  machinery  for 
canning corn, tomatoes and apples.

Manistee—Notwithstanding 

in 
lumber is dull and  all  the  yard  dealers 
say  they  do  not  want  any  more  stock 
at present, it is  evident  that  it  is  time 
to  purchase, and  they  are beginning  to 
send out feelers so  as  to be  prepared  to 
get what they want when the time comes. 
We had half a dozen traveling  men  here 
last week, ail on  the  lookout  for  some­
thing, and that is more  buyers  than  we 
have seen here at once for a  long time.

Alba—For  two  years  David Ward has 
been constructing a  railroad  through his

Mancelona—The  Herald 

says:  The 
rumor that  the Antrim Iron Co.,  at  this 
place, would soon be compelled to go out 
of blast, unfortunately proves to  be well 
founded,  and  all  speculation  as 
to 
whether this report 'was  true  or not has 
been set at rest by  the  announcement of 
Manager Duncan that the  furnace  would 
shut down the last of this month.  While 
we greatly deplore the  fact  that  even a 
brief  shut-down  is  necessary,  at  the 
same time all must  admit  that  it  is  far 
better for the employes, at least, that the 
works  should  remain  idle  for  a  few 
months  now  than  during  the  winter 
when other employment  would  be  very 
difficult to secure.  While the  effects  of 
this shut-down  will  be  severely felt  by 
our business men and the town  in gener­
al, at the  same  time  the  employes, and 
especially those who have  no money laid 
by to meet an emergency  like  this,  will 
feel 
the 
company  have  very  generously  decided 
to  give  the  men  occupying  their  tene­
ment bouses the rent of  the same free of 
charge during the period that the furnace 
remains idle,  and this decision  will,  we 
believe,  be  of  material  assistance  to  a 
great many.

it  most  keenly.  However, 

The  G rocerv  M arket.

Sugar—The market  is  steady and  un­
changed, quotations being the same  as  a 
week  ago, except  Nos.  6, 7 and 8, which 
are a sixpence higher.

Fish—Trout, Family White  Fish  and 

Codfish are a little lower.

Bananas—Stocks held  in  this  market 
average  light 
this  week  and  bunches 
rule small, as latest  arrivals  have  been 
what is graded  as  “seconds.”  The  im­
porters were able to clean up all the best 
fruit at straight sales  and  good  figures, 
which accounts  for  the  scarcity  of  the 
best fruit  here  at present.  The demand 
will continue fairly good up to  July 1 in 
spite of domestic fruits.

disagreeable 

Lemons—The 

cold
weather tends  to  preyent  any  material 
advance in lemons,  although  it  is  mor­
ally certain that  sound  lines  of  bright, 
good-keeping stock will bring much  bet­
ter prices very soon.  There is  an abun­
dance of  November  cut  fruit  scattered 
throughout the West, which will  be  run 
off  at  reasonable  figures,  as  all  of  it 
shows more  or less weakness.  All  that 
is needed just now  to  shoot  the  asking 
price  up  several  degrees  is  the  good 
warm weather  usually  with  us  at  this 
time of  the  year.  Our  market  is  well 
supplied with all grades  from  choice  to 
fancy, selling from $2.50@4.

Daces and Figs—Are in  ample  supply 
and prices are in accord with the general 
state  of  traffic  throughout the  country.
Cocoanuts—Remain  firm  and  the  de­
is  no 
mand 
prospect of a decline,  and  purchases  at 
present quotations are all right.

is  fairly  active.  There 

Peanuts—Owing  to  dullness  of  trade 
no advance  has been made, although the 
market is firm and  prices  will be higher 
when a change does  come.

T hings Y ou Can  B uy for a   C ent.
“The penny store  appeals  to  me  now 
with  a  fresh  interest,”  said  a  young 
father,  and ‘Give me a penny?’ has a new 
significance.  My youthful  daughter has 
found the penny store, and  she  has  dis­
covered me as a  source  of  supplies. 
It 
is wonderful  the variety of  things  that 
can be bought for a penny, and  it  is  as­
tonishing the variety of  things  that  she 
buys.  Candies she buys  of  many  kinds 
that  are  new to  me,  and  which  must 
have  been  invented  since  the  not very 
remote period when  1  was  a  child  my­
self.  There  are  now  more  kinds  to 
choose  from,  and  they  are  sold  in  a 
greater variety of  forms;  at  two  for  a 
cent, or three or four;  and  some  of  the 
stick candies sold  now  are  a  foot  or  so 
long,  though  they  are  more  attenuated 
than 
sized  brothers. 
And  she  buys  articles  of 
furniture, 
pianos, and  chairs  and  things  like  that 
for  a cent  apiece;  and pinwheel  papers, 
a  lot  of  them  for  a  cent,  and  all  dif­
ferent  colors;  and  those  little  rubber 
bags  that  you  blow  up  and  that  make 
a  funny squeaking  noise  when  you  ex­
pel  the  air  from  them;  paper  dolls, 
little  blank  books  and  a  great  lot  of 
things fascinating to  the  youthful mind. 
When we walk abroad she runs  ahead as 
we  approach  the  penny  store,  so  that 
she  may have  the  more time  to  gaze  at 
the  treasures in  the window.  Of all the 
shop  windows this is  the  only  one  that 
interests her,  and as  I  see  her  looking 
intently in  and  think of  the many thou­
sands  of other children just  like  her,  it 
is easy to see where  the  profit  on penny 
goods comes in.”

shorter 

their 

Big  E g g s  a n d   Birds.

At  a  recent  meeting  of  the  British 
Ornithological Society at London the two 
recently discovered eggs of the great auk 
were exhibited,  and also the  egg  of  the 
same  bird  owned  by  Mr.  Rothschild, 
known as the Leipsig egg, from  the  fact 
that it formerly  was  owned by  a  taylor 
of that town.  The two newly discovered 
egg3 are said  to be  very fine  specimens, 
one of them  presenting  beautiful  mark­
ings, and the other being  remarkable for 
the absence of the ordinary  marks.  The 
eggs are for sale,  and  no  little  interest 
is felt among  collectors  as to  who  shall 
get  them.  At  the  same  meeting  were 
exhibited four life specimens of the curi­
ous, frightless birds of New Zeeland, the 
abteryx.  They belong to Mr. Rothschild, 
who has thirty-five  of  the  birds  on  his 
place  at  Tring. 
It  is  feared  that  this 
bird,  which  belongs  to  a  very  ancient 
form,  will  soon  be  extinct,  and  Mr. 
Rothschild  is  engaged  in  making some 
investigations
----------------—  to  its  genus  and  its

Oranges—The California fruit  is melt­
ing down very  rapidly  and  wholesalers 
are not  anxious  to  carry  large  stocks. 
Prices  at  original  shipping  points  are 
firm, but the risk in transit  is  too  great 
to  be  assumed  except  when  the  stock
can be rushed off at once.  The  Messina i habits, while yet there is time.

,  „ 

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, 

. 

introduced  prohibiting 

the  same  figure  as  Detroit  and  other 
large  towns,  and, 
if  we  raise  prices, 
some  of  those  outside  dealers  would 
step  in  here  and  take  the  business. 
There is nothing to be done but to  go on 
in the same  old rut,  although we are not 
making  decent  wages.  Who  fixes  the 
price of coal?  In the first  place there is 
the price  to  us.  This  is  made  by  the 
operators and is the same  to  all;  we are 
all on a dead level  in  that  respect,  the 
only difference being  In  freights.  Then 
the retailers  have  an  understanding, of 
course.  We couldn’t do  business  other­
wise.  The price is made  uniform, so no 
one dealer has  any  advantage  over  an­
other.  We have  been  given  to  under­
stand that  the  wholesale  price  of  coal 
would by dropped 50 or 75  cents a ton in 
the near future,  and, if  so,  we will  give 
the  consumers 
the  benefit.  Now,  I 
want to ask you a  question:  Why  is  it 
that people are so hard on  coal  dealers? 
Just let a man go into this  business  and 
at once he becomes  a  robber,  an  extor­
tionist and  a  cheat.  We  are accused of 
giving short weight and cheating  in  the 
quality  of  the  coal. 
If  ail  the  things 
said about us were true most of us ought 
to be  in  States’  prison.”  Silently  and 
sadly dropping a tear—it was  all he had 
to drop—over the  miseries  of  the  poor 
coal men, the reporter  departed.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN
permits by the Mayor and Common Coun­
cil.  This was carried to such  an  extent 
and  caused  such  complications  that  it 
became necessary to ask  the  Council  to 
put an end to it.  Accordingly  a  resolu­
tion  was 
the 
Mayor from granting permits to peddlers 
without the payment of  the regular  fee. 
For the balance of  the  year  no  permits 
were grauted and all peddlers were  com­
pelled to take  out  licenses.  But  Mayor 
Stuart has retired from office, and  it  be­
came necessary to  know  how the matter 
was  regarded  by  Mayor  Fisher.  So 
Mr.  Fisher  was  called  upon  and 
asked  for  his  opinion  on 
the  mat­
ter  of  granting  permits.  “I  do  not 
believe that the  Mayor,  or  anyone  else, 
has  the  right,”  replied  the  Mayor,  “to 
suspend  the  operation  of  an  ordinance 
passed by the  Council. 
It  is  wrong  in 
principle,  and,  although  it  may  have 
been customary for  the  chief  executive 
of the city in the  past to  grant  permits, 
custom cannot make right  out of  wrong. 
1 do not think that what 1  have  done  in 
that  direction  should  be  regarded  as 
granting permits,  1  have  simply  contin­
ued a few of last year’s  licenses in force 
until the Council takes  action  upon  the 
schedule.  All 
the  men  to  whom  1 
granted  extensions  were  cripples,  with 
families to support,  who  had  a  natural 
repugnance  to  becoming  charges  upon 
the city, and, I must say, I admired their 
independence,  and  did  my  best  to  en­
courage it;  but, as  I  have  told  you  al­
ready,  I  am  opposed  on  principle  to 
granting permits and shall  refer  all  ap­
plicants  to  the  Council.  At  the  same 
time,  I  do  not  consider  the  resolution 
passed by last  year’s  Council,  prohibit­
ing  the  granting  of  permits,  binding 
upon  me  as  Mayor  of  the  city.  That 
resolution,  with  all other resolutions  of 
a like nature,  died  with  the  body  that 
gave it  being;  but  as  there  are  sixteen 
members  of  last  year’s  Council  who 
voted for that  resolution in  the  present 
body,  I would not, in  any event, feel  at 
liberty to suspend  the  operation  of  the 
ordinance  in  the  manner  named. 
It 
would be  poor policy,  to  say  the  least, 
and very discourteous. 
I shall  do  all in 
my power to assist in the enforcemeut of 
the ordinance.”

Graham Boys (L.  H. Beals & Son)  has 
been drawn as  a  juror  in  the  Superior 
Court and  will,  therefore,  be  unable  to 
visit the trade until the  end of  the  May 
term of court,  unless he succeeds  in get­
ting excused from the panel.

Frank  Parmenter  is  confined  to  his 
house by reason of an attack of  rheuma­
tism.  His route is being covered  in  the 
meantime by Geo. B. Canfield.

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GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

J.  F.  Harroun  has  opened  a  meat 

market at 1165 South Division street.

J. P. Bohn has opened  a  grocery store 
at South Grand  Rapids.  The 1.  M. Clark 
Grocery Co.  furnished the  stock.

P. Phillipsen  has  opened  a  grocery 
store  at  717  East  Fulton  street.  The 
Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co.  furnished  the 
stock.

A.  J. Patterson,  formerly  engaged  in 
the grocery business at  1207 South  Divi­
sion street, has embarked in the boot and 
shoe  business  at 
the  same  location. 
Rindge, Kalmbach  &  Co.  furnished  the 
stock.

Lewis  T.  Wilcox  was  purchased,  or 
secured options on, all  the capital  stock 
of the  Wilcox  Heat-Light  Co.  and  will 
continue the business  at  the  same loca­
tion  under  a  style  hereafter  to  be 
determined upon.

Do the inspection clauses  of  the  ped­
dling ordinance  mean  anything,  or  are 
they á dead letter?  That large quantities 
of  unwholesome  fruits  and  vegetables 
are constantly  being  offered  for  sale by 
peddlers is  indisputable.  This,  too,  in 
the face  of  an  ordinance  which  makes 
inspection  not  only  a  possibility,  but a 
requirement.  There is not  now, nor has 
there been in  the  past,  any  attempt  to 
enforce these vitally essential  provisions 
of the  ordinance, and the reason appears 
to be  that there is no  one whose  duty it 
is to do the work.  The health  officer  is 
authorized to  examine  such  articles  as 
are submitted to him  for  inspection;  he 
cannot follow the men  who are doing the 
selling and inspect the  goods as they are 
being offered to the public.  His  time  is 
fully occupied with other duties  and,  as 
a matter of fact,  it is  not his  place to do 
it.  Neither can the  police  do the work, 
their time being taken up with other and 
equally  important  duties.  How,  then, 
are the inspection clauses to be enforced? 
There is but one way,  and  that is by the 
appointment of an  officer  whose  special 
duty it shall be to inspect food products. 
There is  certainly  great  need  for  such 
an officer.  The amount of  unwholesome 
food  products,  especially  vegetables, 
fruits and meat, sold  in  all  large  cities 
is enormous, and,  when  there  is no one 
to look after  it, it is  likely  to  be  much 
worse than where  there  is  an inspector. 
Here  in  Grand  Rapids  there  is  no  in­
spector and  the  health  officer  has  only 
inspected  what  has  been  submitted  to 
him.  There is not  likely  to  be one ap­
pointed this year, as the  watchword  ap­
pears to be “retrenchment.”  and  every­
thing else  must  give  way.  The  people 
do  not  seem  to  have  any  idea  of  the 
necessity for a food inspector, and would^ 
in all probability, cry out against the ex­
pense,  but  in  the  interest  of  public 
health and morals, such  an officer should 
be appointed.  He  need  not  necessarily 
be a member of the  police  force,  but  it 
would  be  as  well  to  give  him  police 
powers.  He should  have  authority  not 
only to condemn a  product,  if  bad,  but 
to  order  its  destruction. 
If  such  an 
officer  were  appointed  and  given  suffi­
cient authority,  his work would be of un­
told benefit to  the people. 
In  no  other 
way,  except  by  the  appointment  of  a 
regular  inspector,  can  food  inspection 
laws be enforced.

An annoying  feature  of  the  peddling 
question last  year  was  the  granting  of

5
It costs  nothing  to  be  polite  to  cus­
tomers.  The  writer  was  conversing 
with the head of a  large  retail  house  a 
few  days  ago.  Two  ladies,  one  lame, 
each  carrying  a  heavy  shopping  bag, 
stepped off the elevator.  They  passed a 
half-dozen clerks and not one  offered  to 
relive them of their  burdens.  The  pro­
prietor  excused  himself,  accosted  the 
ladies in an exceedingly  courteous  man­
ner, and, although they protested mildly, 
he took the bags ami carried them to  the 
farther  end  of  the  department.  After 
seeing that the  ladles were  being  prop­
erly waited upon,  he hurried away to at­
tend to other duties about the store.  As 
he  passed  the  writer  he  said, 
loud 
enough so several clerks could hear:  “I 
wish our salesmen  would  learn  that  it 
pays to be courteous to customers.”
FOR SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.
■ TE  HAVE  BUYERS  FOR  ALL KINDS  OF 
business, whether you want to buy, sell or 
exchange.  Write to Mutual  Business Excnange, 
Bay City, Mich. 
628
\ \ T ANTED—TO  BUY  STOCKS  OF  MER- 
Tf 
chandise  of  any  description.  Will  pay 
spot cash.  Address Warner  &  Dunbar,  Parma. 
Mich. 
624
My  p a r t n e r  must  d ispo se  o f  h is
interest in our general stock on  account of 
ill health.  Purchaser must be a  live man  (with 
or without stock  og  his  own)  to  match  adver­
tiser  and  location.  Correspondence  solicited. 
No. 635 care Michigau Tradesman. 
IiiOR  RENT—THE  STORE  FORMERLY  Oc­
cupied  by  E.  J.  Ware,  druggist,  corner 
i Cherry and East streets  Also meat market, east 
end same building, with good ice box. 
John C. 
618
Diinton, old County  building, 
F or  sa l e—l a r g e-sized  t h r e e   k n if e
rotary meat chopper in good  order.  Cheap 
for cash.  N. M.  Wilson. Sand Lake._____   616
F or  sa le or  ex c h a n g e—a *5.000  drug
stock,  also  the store  building  and  a good 
house and lot.  Here is a chance to step  into  an 
old established business.  Good reasons for sell­
ing.  Chas. E. Mercer, 1 and 2 Widdicomb build­
ing.  Phone 863. 
■pLANING  MILL—WE  OFFER  FOR  SALE 
A 
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 A^Co.^Manistee, Mich. 613
■  RUG  STÖRE  FOR  SALE. 
INVOICING 
about  $2,CO1.  Good  business,  low  rent, 
small expenses.  Address  book-keeper  4  and  6 
Pearl St., Grand Rapids, Mich. 
615
I jlOR  SALE—WELL ESTABLISHED  MILLI- 
nery business in the finest location in Grand 
Rapids.  A rare opportunity.  Real Estate taken 
for part payment.  Address J. W., care Michigan 
Tradesman.___________________ 
611
F or  sa le—a  c le a n  stock  o f  d rug s 
with a  small  line  of  groceries,  invoicing 
000.  Good town of 500 inhabitants.  No compe­
tition, and in the finest section of country in the 
State.  Address Pierce & Lee, Climax, Mich. 614
F OR SALE  ©HEAP—STORE  AND  DWELL 
ing in first-class location  in  town  of  1,000 
inhabitants.  Address E. L., box 158, Thompson- 
ville, Benzie Co., Mich. 
sgg
rfiH E  BEST  PLACE  IN  THE  STATE  TO 
JL 
start a dry goods store is Big  Rapids.  Has 
only two. 

608
OR  RENT-EXCELLENT LOCATION  FOR

617

¿25

grocery  store.  No  other  grocery  within 
four  blocks.  High  and  dry  basement  under 
J.  W. 
store.  Come  and  see  for  yourself. 
Spooner, 6 Arcade, Grand Rapids. 
¿09
OR  SALE-THE  THEO.  KEMINK  DRUG 
stock,  corner  West  Leonard  street  and 
Broadway. 
Purchaser  gets  great  bargain. 
Henry  Idema,  Kent  County  Savings  Bank, 
Grand Rapids. 
610
F_ OR  SALE—A  CLEAN  STOCK  OF  HARD- 
ware and agricultural implements  in  good 
paying  territory.  Stock  will  invoice *2,500 to 
*3.000.  Would sell one-half interest.  Good rea­
sons for Belling.  Address  No.  589, care Michi­
gan Tradesman. 
589
■   CLEAN  STOCK  OF  GROCERIES  FOR 
Sale:  good  trade,  cheap'for  spot  cash; 
the only delivery wagon in  town.  Stock  about 
*2,500. 
Investigate.  Address  box  15,  Centre- 
ville,  Mich. 
820
■ ANTED—MAN  FAMILIAR  WITH  THE 
cheese trade to  embark  in the wholesale 
cheese and dairy supply business at this market. 
Advertiser stands ready to put in *10,000  special 
capital.  Address No. 602 care  Michigan Trades­
man. 
602
■ ANTED—POSITION  AS  CLERK  OR
book-keeper.  Have had three years’ prac­
tical experience in  a  well known  general  store 
in  this  city.  Address  No.  629,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman.
■ /•ANTED—POSITION  BY  EXPERT  AC- 
countant.  Books opened or closed.  Bal­
ances rendered.  Partnerships adjusted and any 
other work of similar character  promptly  done. 
Address No. 578, care The Tradesman. 
578 
ANTED— THOROUGHLY  COMPETENT 
and  experienced  young man would  like 
position as book-keeper, cashier  or  other  office 
work  with  jobbing  or  manufacturing house. 
Address “H” cars The Tradesman._______*’’7
tz> t r 1 r *  
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POWDERS
Pay the beat profit □ Order from your jobber

SITUATIONS  WANTED.

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*3,5 0, of good clean goods.  Sales last year, *12,- 

in  getting 

A.  A.  Sexton,  a  Chicago  traveling 
salesman, after eight years of  litigation, 
judgment 
has  succeeded 
against  L.  J.  Lively,  another  Chicago 
salesman,  for  82,500. 
It  is  only  one- 
tenth of the amount  that  he  was  suing 
for, but it is  sufficient  to  vindicate  his 
honor,  if  not  to  overload  his  pocket. 
Some eight years ago Mr.  Lively got on a 
train,  bound from St.  Louis  to  Chicago, 
and sat down  beside  Mr.  Sexton,  whom 
he had  never  seen  before.  They  soon 
fell 
into  conversation  and  felt  good 
friends by the time  the  train  arrived at 
Springfield.  There Mr.  Lively suddenly 
discovered that his  pocketboot,  contain­
ing 815,  was  missing,  and  accused  the 
other of  taking  it.  Sexton  indignantly 
denied the charge,  but Lively  called  an 
officer and had  him  arrested.  The  offi­
cer picked up  the  pocketbook,  with  its 
contents  intact,  under  the  seat;  but 
Lively  pressed  his  charge,  and  Sexton 
was carried off to  jail, being led through 
the  streets  handcuffed.  The  next  day 
the  justice  discharged  him,  and  he  at 
once proceeded to sue Lively for  825,000 
damages for false  arrest  and  imprison­
ment.  The case has  been to  the  appel­
late court and  has  just  reached  a  final 
decision.

N ev er  Too  L a te   to   M end.

Little Johnnie having  awakened  from 
slumber remembered that while climbing 
the fence  during  the  afternoon  he  had 
caught and torn his coat;  seeing  a  light 
in the sitting room he  jumped  from  his 
cot, took the  coat, and carried  it  to  his 
mother who exclaimed:  “Johnnie,  it  is 
10 o’clock, what on earth are  you  up  so 
late  for?”
“You told me yesterday  ‘it  was  never 
too late to mend,’ and I don’t want  to  go 
to  school to-morrow in an old torn coat.”

“Why is it that, with the prices  of  al­
most all other lines on  tne  down  grade, 
the  price  of  coal  remains  stationery?” 
asked T iib  T radesm an of an  attache  of 
the  Grant  Fuel  <&  Ice  Co.  last  week. 
"That question is  a  chestnut,”  was. the 
reply.  "About two  out  of  every  three 
people who come in  here  fire  it  at  us. 
But let me whisper a secret in  your  ear: 
There is so little profit in the  coal  busi­
ness now that,  if  the  price  dropped  25 
cents a ton,  we would go out of business. 
I know that people  call  us  bloated  mo­
nopolists,  and  coal  barons  and  other 
nice names,  but we have got used to that 
and  don’t  miud  it.  How  many  coal 
dealers do  you  know  in  this  city  who 
have  got  rich  in  the  business?  I have 
been connected  with  the  business  over 
20 years and only know  of one man who 
ever made any money, and  that  one was 
S. P. Bennett;  and  he  made  his  money 
when prices were  high  and  competition 
small.  He  had  only  four  rivals  for 
trade in his best days.  There’s one man 
who  made  money  selling  coal,  and  I 
could  name  a  round  dozen  who  have 
failed.  Why  don’t  we  raise  prices  so 
we can make some  money?  What  good 
would that do?  We are  selling  now  at

REFINING  SUGAR.

is  the 

th e  F ra n k lin  R efinery.

D escription  o f  th e   P ro c e sse s  U sed  a t 
As  stated last week the making of  the 
various grades of  sugar  is  the  result  of 
slightly  altering  the  conditions  under 
which the crystals  develop.  Granulated 
sugar  is, of  course,  one  of  the  grades 
thus produced;  but the work  of  making 
granulated sugar is  not  completed  with 
the mere production  of  the  clear  white 
crystals;  it  has  yet  to  be  dried  and 
sifted—“granulated” 
technical 
term.  The sugar to be granulated,  after 
leaving the centrifugal machines, is con 
veyed  to  the  sixth  floor,  whence  it  is 
spouted into the  granulating  machines. 
These are  long  cylinders, closed  at  one 
end  and  revolving  horizontally.  Run 
ning  through  the  entire  length  of  the 
large  cylinder  is  a  much  smaller  cyl 
inder,  made  of  sheet  iron,  to  which 
steam has access.  To the inner surface of 
the outer drum and running  lengthwise 
are  fastened  strips  of  metal,  a  few 
inches  wide,  which  carry  the  sugar 
placed in  the lowest  part  of  the  drum 
nearly  half  way  round,  and  drops  it 
upon  the  heated  surface  of  the  inner 
cylinder.  This  process 
is  continued 
while the sugar  is  passing  through  the 
granulator.  The  falling  of  the  sugar 
upon the hard surface of  the inner drum 
breaks  up  any lumps  which  may  have 
formed  and  prevents  the  crystals  from 
adhering  together  while  drying.  The 
moisture  thrown  off  during  the  drying 
process is expelled by a fan.  The  sugar 
is  not  yet  ready  for  barrelling,  as  it 
must be "bolted”  in  order  to  separate 
the coarse from the  line  grains,  and  so 
preserve uniformity  of  size.  The proc­
ess of  bolting  is  nearly similar  to  that 
used  in  flour  mills.  Powdered  sugars 
are made  from  the  particles  of  granu­
lated  screened  off  by  the  bolting  ma­
chines. 
It  is  ground  by  rollers  which 
revolve with great rapidity.  This  prod­
uct  is  also  bolted, and  reground  until 
the whole  is  reduced  to  an  almost  im­
palpable powder.  The  making  of  cube 
sugar  is  also  an  interesting  process. 
The  sugar,  which  has  been  previously 
moistened by a thick syrup,  is fed into  a 
revolving  drum  or  die,  the  surface  of 
which is  perforated with  holes  the  size 
and shape  of  the  finished  cubes.  The 
moistened  sugar 
into 
these spaces while  the  drum  is  revolv­
ing,  and,  after being  carried  part  way 
round  the  drum,  is expelled  by plung­
ers which are  worked  by  a  cam  on  the 
inside of the drum.  The  cubes  drop  in 
rows  in  rapid  succession  upon  metal 
plates  carried  under  the  drum  by  an 
endless  belt.  They are  finally removed 
from the belt and placed in  drying  clos­
ets,  where they  harden  in a  few  hours. 
When dry they are screened and packed.
The amount of water  used  in  refining 
sugar  in 
is 
enormous.  Two  pumps  are  used  for 
pumping the hot water  used  in  the  va­
rious buildings,  having a  combined  ca­
pacity of 1,250,000 gallons.  The two dis­
charge pipes are twelve inches  in  diam­
eter  and  are  in  constant  use.  All  the 
water  used  is  filtered,  the  two  filters 
used being each ten feet  in diameter and 
fifteen  feet  high.  They  have  a  com­
bined capacity of 3,000,000 gallons a day. 
This  capacity  has  recently  been 
in­
creased  about 
twenty-five  per  cent. 
This  refinery  has  a  capacity  of  over 
7,000 barrels of sugar  a  day, and  is  the 
largest in the country.

the  Franklin  refinery 

is  compressed 

BLEACHED  COTTONS.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“  LL................4*4
Amory.......................634
Archery  Bunting...  4 
Beaver Dam  A A ..  4*4
Blackstone O, 32__  5
Black Crow............ 6
Black  Rock  .............534
Boot, AL................  7
Capital  A ............... 5*4
Cavanat V................5*4
Chapman cheese cl.  334
_______Notbe R................... 5
Clifton  C R ............ 5*4 Our Level  Best........6
Comet.....................   6*4 Oxford  R ...............   6
Dwight Star............  634 Pequot....................   7
Clifton CCC...........534 Solar.........................  6
(Top of the  Heap__  7
Geo. Washington...  8
Glen Mills.............   7
Gold Medal.............7*4
Green  Ticket......... 8*4
Great Falls..............  6*4
Hope........................7*4
Just  Out......   434®  5
King  Phillip..........   734
OP......7*4
Lonsdale Cambric.. 10
Lonsdale...........  @ 8
Middlesex........   @ 5
No Name................   7*4
Oak View............... 6
Our Own.................. 5*4
Pride of the West.. .12
Rosalind.................7*4
Sunlight.................   4*4
Utica  Mills............ 8*4
“  Nonpareil  ..10
Vinvard..................  8*4
White Horse...........6
8*4

A B C ......................8*4
Amazon.................. 8
Amsburg.................6
Art  Cambric...........10
BlackBtone A A......   7*4
Beats All.................4
Boston.................... 12
Cabot.......................  634
Cabot,  X.................   6*
Charter  Oak...........   5*4
Conway W..............   7*4
Cleveland.............  6
Dwight Anchor__   8
shorts  8
Edwards..................6
Empire...................   7
Farwell....................7*4
Fruit of the  Loom.  8
Fitch ville  ............  ?
First Prize...............  6
Fruit of the Loom 34. 7*4
Falrmount.....  ........ 4*
Full Value.............. 634
Cabot.......................  6341 Dwight Anchor...
Farwell.............—   7H|
CANTON  FL A N N E L .Bleached. 
Housewife  Q ....
R ......

Rock.
H A L F  B LEA C H ED   COTTONS.

“ 

“ 

“ 

......6*4
......7
......7*.
...... 7*4
......734
......8*4
....  8*4
■ 
9J*
...1 0  — 10*4 
...11 
....21 
....14*4
C A R PE T   W A R P.

“ 

D R ESS  HOODS.

Peerless, white....... 17  ¡Integrity  colored... 18
colored — 19  White Star.............. 17
Integrity..................18*41 
“  colored  .19
Hamilton 
Nameless................20
...........25
...........27*4
...........30
...........32*4
......... 35

..............8
.  9 
.10*4
G G  Cashmere........20
Nameless  .............. 16
.18
CORSETS.

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“ 

“ 

P R IN T S .

CORSET  JE A N S .

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“ 

Corallne................. 19 50|Wonderful.................64 50
Schilling's.............   9 00 Brighton......................4 75
Davis  Waists......   9  00 Bortree’s ..................  9 00
Grand  Rapids.......  4 50|Abdominal............15 00
Armory..................   634|Naumkeagsatteen..  7*4
Androscoggin.........7*4 Rockport....................6*4
Blddeford.............  6  Conestoga.................7*4
Brunswick..............6*4| Walworth  .................634
Allen turkey  reds..  5*4 
Berwick fancies 
...  5*4
robes...........5*4
Clyde  Robes....
Sink a purple 5*4
Charter Oak fancies 4 
u ffs...........  5*4
DelMarine cashing.  5*4 
pink  checks.  5*4
mourn’g  5*4 
staples  ........  5
Eddystoue  fancy...  5*4 
shirtings ...  3 
chocolat  5*4 
American fancy —   5 
rober  ...  5*4 
American indigo..  4 
sateens..  5*4 
American shirtings.  3 
Hamilton fancy.  ...  5*4 
Argentine  Grays...  6 
staple....  5*4 
Anchor Shirtings 
Manchester fancy..  5*4 
6
Arnold 
new era. 5*4 
Arnold  Merino...... 6
Merrimack D fancy.  5)4 
long cloth B.  9 
Merrlm’ck shirtings.  4 
“  C.  7*4
“  Reppfurn.  8*4
century cloth
Paclflc fancy..........5*4
gold seal......10*4
“ 
robes............  6
green seal TR10*4 
Portsmouth robes...  6*4 
yellow seal.. 10*4
Simpson mourning..  534
serge.............11)4
greys........  534
Turk«,/ red.. 10*4 
solid black.  534 
Washington Indigo.  6*4 
“  Turkey robes  .  7H
“  India robes___ 7*4
“  plain Tky X 34  3*4 
“ 
“  X...10
“  Ottoman  Tur­
key red................   6*4
Martha Washington
Turkey red 34........ 7*4
Martha Washington
Turkey red..........   9*4
Rlverpolntrobes....  5*4
Windsor fancy..........6*4
Indigo  blue..........10*4
Harmony................  4*4
Amoskeag AC A ....11*4
AC A.................... 11*4
Hamilton N  ...........  7
Pemberton AAA.... 16
D..............8
York....................... 10*4
Awning.. 11
Swift River............ 7*4
Farmer..................... 8
Pearl River............ 12
First Prize..............10*4
Warren....................12*4
Lenox M ills........... 18
Conostoga..............16
Atlanta,  D..............  6*¡Stark  A 
........... 8
Boot........................   634 No  Name................7*4
Clifton, K................. 7  ¡Top of Heap 
c9

Ballon «olid black..
**  colors.
Bengal blue,  green, 
red and  orange  ..  6
Berlin solids  .........   5*4
all blue..—   6 
“ green  ...  6
1 
1  Foulards  ...  5*4 
1 red 34 —  
7
“  X ...........»14
1 
1 
“ 4 4............10
f 
“ 3-4XXXX  12
Cocheco fancy........  5
“  madders... 5
11  XXtwills..  5
solids......... 5
11 

gold  ticket

OOTTOK  D R IL L .

TIC K IN G S.

‘ 
11 

“ 

“ 

" 

- 

D EM IN S.

A driatic.................  7
Argyle  ...................  5J£
Atlanta AA............   6
Atlantic A..............  6*
H ..............  6*6
P ............   5
D..............  6

TH K  MXCHIGAJSr  TRADESMAN.
Dry Goods Price Current.
U K B LEA C H ED   COTTONS.Arrow Brand 
••  World Wide.  6
tl>................4*4
“ 
Full Yard Wide.......6*4
Georgia  A.............. 6*4
Honest Width........  6
Hartford A  ............ 5
Indian Head...........  6*4
King A  A................6*4
King E C .................  5
Lawrence  L L ........  4*4
Madras cheese cloth 634
Newmarket  G........534
B .......  5
N ........   6*4
DD....  5*4
X ........634

Columbian  brown.. 12
Everett, blue...........12*4
brown....... 12*4
Haymaker blue........ 734
brown...  734
Jaffrey.....................11*4
Lancaster  ...............12*4
Lawrence, 9 oz........ 13*4
No. 220....13
No. 250— 11*4
No. 280.... 10*4

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OIKOUAXS,

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

Amoskeag.............. 12
9os...... 14
brown .14
Andover................. 11*4
Beaver Creek  AA... 10 
“ 
BB...  9
“ 
C C ...
Boston Mfg Co.  br..  7 
“ 
blue  8*4
“  d a  twist  10*4
Columbian XXX br.10 
XXX  bl.19
“ 
Amoskeag..............   5
“  Persian dress  6*«
Canton ..  7
“ 
AFC........  8*4
“ 
“ 
Teazle.. .10*4 
“ 
Angola.. 10*4 
Persian..  7
“ 
Arlington staple__6*4
Arasapha  fancy__434
Bates Warwick dres  7*4 
staples.  6
Centennial...............10*4
Criterion................10*4
Cumberland staple.  5*4
Cumberland............. 5
Essex........................4*4
Elfin.......................   7*4
Everett classics......8*4
Exposition............... 7*4
Glenarle.................  6*4
Glenarven__  ..........6 »
Glenwood.................7*4
Hampton...................5
Johnson Chalon cl 
*4 
indigo blue 9*4 
zephyrs__ 16

“ 
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“ 

Lancaster,  staple...  5
I 
fancies__ 7
. “ 
“  Normandie  7
Lancashire...........  6
Manchester............   534
Monogram..............  6*4
Normandie............  7
Persian...................   7
Renfrew Dress....... 7*4
Rosemont................. 6*4
Slatersvllle............   6
Somerset.........   ....  7
Tacoma  .................7*4
Toll  du Nord......... 8*4
Wabash..................   7*4
seersucker..  7*4
Warwick...............   6
Whittenden............  8
heather dr.  7*4 
indigo blue 9 
Wamsutta staples...  634
Westbrook..............8
............... 10
Windermeer........... 6
York  ......................634

G R A IN   BAGS.

Amoskeag.................13 ¡Georgia....................13*4
Stark.........................17 
................................
American.................13 | .................................

T H R E A D S.

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

K N ITTIN G   COTTON.

No.

.3 3
...34
...35
...36

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

White.  Colored.
White. Colored
38 No.  14... ....87
42
.  38
•«  16  ..
39
43
4*  18... .„.39
40
44
41
“  20... ....40
45
RICB.
Slater......................  4
Edwards................  4
White Star.............  4
Lockwood................ 4
Kid Glove  .............   4
Wood’s ..................  4
Newmarket............   4
Brunswick...........   4

R ED   FL A N N EL.

Fireman..................... 32*4
Creedmore..................27*4
Talbot XXX..............30
Nameless..................27*4

IT W........................22*4
F T ........................32*4
J R F , XXX............35
Buckeye.................32*4

M IX ED   FL A N N EL.

 

Red A Blue,  plaid..40
Grey 8 R W.............17*4
Union R.....................22*4
Western W  .............18*4
Windsor..................... 18*4
D R P ......................18*4
* oz Western.............20
Flushing XXX........ 23*4
Union  B.................22*4|Manitoba
23*4
............ 
DOM ET  FL A N N EL.
Nameless......  8  @ 9*4 j 
010*4
...  8*4@10  I 
12*4
CANVASS  AND  PA D D IN G .
Brown. Black.
9*4
10*4
10*4
11*6
11*4
12
12*4
20

“
“
Brown. Black. Slate
9*4 10*4
10*4 1D6
11*4 12
12*4 20
DU CK S.

Slate.
9*4 
10*4 
11*4 
2*4
Severen, 8 oz..........   9*4
Mayland, 8 oz..........10*4
Greenwood, 7*4 oz..  9*4
Greenwood, 8 oz__ 11*4
Boston, 8 oz.............10*4

West  Point, 8 oz__ 10*4
10 oz  ...12*4
“ 
Raven, lOoz.............13*4
 
13*4
Stark 
Boston, 10 oz........... 12*4

10*4
11*4
12
20

“ 

W ADDINGS.

s iL E s iA s .

White, dos...............25  ¡Per bale, to dos___83 50
Colored,  doz............20  ¡Colored  “ 
..........7 so
Slater, Iron Cross...  8 
Pawtucket...............10*4
Red Cross....  9 
Dundle  ...................  9
Best.............10*4
Bedford...................10*4
Best AA......12*4
Valley  City.............10*4
K K ........................   10*4
....................7*4
G............................. 8*4
Cortlcelll, doz........ 85  [Cortlcelli  knitting,

per *4oz  ball  ......30

twist, doz  .4T 
50yd,doz..40  I 
HOOKS AND  ST B S— P E R  GROSS.
“ 
» 
No 2—20, M C.........50  |No 4—15 J  3*4 

No  1 Bl’k A Whlte..l0  ¡No  4 Bl’k A White. 15 
..20
..26
40

..12 
"  B 
..12  j  “  10 

SEW ING  S IL K .

“ 
“ 

2 
8 

PIN S .

8-18, S C .......... 45  I

No  2 White A Bl’k..12  ¡No  8 White A Bl’k  20 
.28

“ 
» 

COTTON  T A PE .
..15 
“  10 
..is  I  “  12 
SA FETY   P IN S . 
— -28 
|N o8..
N EED LES— P E R   X .

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4 
6 
No 2.

.86

A. James.................1 40| Steamboat...........  
to
Crowelv’s............... l  35 Gold  Eyed.............!i 50
Marshall’s .............. 1 OOjAmerlcan...............1  oo
5—4—   1  75  6—4... 
15—4 — 1  65  6—4...2 30

T A B L E   O IL   CLOTH.

OOTTONT WINES.

Cotton Sail Twine. .28
Crown....................12
Domestic............... 18*4
Anchor.................. 16
Bristol................... 13
Cherry  Valley........15
I XL....................... 18*4
Alabama.................6 34
Alamance................6*4
Augusta...................7*4
Ar- sapha................6
Georgia................... 6)4
G ranite.................... 534
Haw  River.............  5
Haw  J ....................   6

Nashua................... 14
Rising Star 4-ply__ 17
3-ply....17
North Star.............. 20
Wool Standard 4 plyl7*4 
Powhattan  ..............16

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Mount  Pleasant....  6*4
Oneida....................5
Prymont  ...............   53«
Randelman............ 6
Riverside...............   5*4
8Ibley  A.................6M
Toledo  ..................
Otis checks.............734

P L A ID   OSNABUBGS

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GENUINE  :  VIOI  :  SHOE,
Plain toe in opera and  opera  toe and C. S. heel. 
D and E and E E widths, at 81.50.  Patent leather 
tip,  31.55.  Try them,  they are  beauties.  Stock 
soft and fine, flexible and elegant  fitters.  Send 
for sample dozen.

REEDER  BROS.  SHOE  CO ,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

Paper  PaGked 

Screw.

Manufacturers  and  Jobbers  of

26«  (SOUTH  IONIA  ST., 

PIECED  J|iD  STAMPED  TINWARE,
GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH
Telephone 640. 

EATON, LION & CO.

NEW  STYLES  OF

ce low,

20 &  22  Monroe  St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

ALWAYS

STANDARD

AT WHOLESALE BY 

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

FINEST QUALITY. 
POPULAR  PRICES.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

ORANGES  AND  LEMONS.

W o n d erfu l  G ro w th   o f  th e   T rad e  in 

th e se  S tap le F ru its.

“ You want to know  something  about 
soft fruits?” said Ben.W. Putnam, of the 
Putnam Candy Co., to  Tub  Tradesman 
last week.  "Well,  I have been handling 
them for thirty years in this market, and 
1 will tell you what 1  know about  them. 
Thirty  years  ago  we  imported  all  our 
oranges from the  Island  of  Sicily.  So 
far as I  know  they were  not  grown  in 
this country at  that  time  and  it was not 
until more than  twenty years  later  that 
home grown cut any  figure  in American 
markets.  They were  a  luxury  for  the 
sickroom  and for the tables .of  the  rich 
in those days.  The wholesale price  ran 
from $16 to  $20  a  box.  Now  they  sel­
dom go above $4 a box.  Where one  box 
was sold in those days there are  a  thou­
sand sold  now,  and  they  are  almost  as 
common  as  apples. 
Indeed, I  suppose 
you know that for some  time  they  have 
been actually  cheaper  than  apples  and 
much  more  common.  Down  East  they 
still import  Sieilys to a  considerable  ex­
tent, but  here, and in  all Western  mar­
kets,  we  buy  Floridas  and  Californias 
almost exclusively. 
It  is  less  than  ten 
years since  domestic oranges  came  into 
the market, yet  in that short  time  they 
have almost entirely  supplanted the for­
eign  fruit.  Floridas  are  the  finest  or­
anges  in  the  world,  and  no  one  wants 
any other kind so long as they  are  to  be 
had.  But New York, Boston  and  other 
Eastern ports  have always  been  receiv­
ing points for foreign  fruits, and, I  sup­
pose,  always  will  be.  Hundreds  of 
thousands  of  boxes  are  received  every 
season from  Sicily.  These  are  all  sold 
by  auction  to  shippers  who  distribute 
them  to  dealers.  There  are  not  far 
from 100,000 boxes  consumed  in  Michi­
gan  alone, and  many  other  States  con­
sume many  more  than  we  do.  So  you 
see the orange trade is a pretty extensive 
one.  Florida  oranges  are,  however, 
fighting their way to  the  front,  even  in 
the East,  and  in  my opinion, it will  not 
be long until  they will  have  the Ameri­
can market to themselves. 
I don’t mean 
that California oranges will  be shut  out, 
but  their  distance  from  the  consuming 
centers  will  always  be  a  bar  to  their 
progress.  What  I  mean  is  that  Flor­
idas will rule  the  market.  Last  year it 
took about  15,000  boxes  to  supply  this 
market,  and,  if  times  had  been  good, 
that number would have  been  exceeded 
by at least  5,000.  A  great  many  Mich­
igan people are interested in  orange cul­
ture  in the South and  they talk  oranges 
and send  them  to  their  frieuds  and  so 
the  consumption  is  constantly  increas­
ing.  Years  ago  the  season  practically 
closed with the  Fourth of July;  but now 
we handle oranges  throughout the  year. 
Now they are to be  found  on  the tables 
of all classes of people;  then if  ordinary 
people ever ate  an  orange  it  was  on  a 
holiday and it was put  down  as  an  ex­
cusable extravagance.  As I told  you, it 
is less than ten years  since we  began  to 
receive  domestic  oranges,  and  yet  our 
growers have already begun to  fight for­
eign growers on their  own ground.  The 
exportation of  oranges  is  already  quite 
large and is  constantly on  the  increase. 
It  is  simply  another  instance  of  the 
triumph  of  American  enterprise  and 
push.

“As  to  lemons, 

trade  has  in­
creased in about the same  proportion  as

the 

'A 

t»

W

4  *  »

Vi'

tried 

Sicily. 

C alifornia 

oranges,  but  we do  not  raise  lemons  in 
this  country.  We  im port  all  we  use 
from  
to 
raise  them ,  and,  I  believe,  is  still  m ak­
ing a desperate effort  in  th at  direction, 
b u t  they  are  very  poor  stock,  very  soft 
and  poor  keepers.  T he  clim ate  does  not 
seem  to  agree  with  them   somehow,  but 
the  trade  in  lemons  is  a  growing  one 
and  I  have  no  doubt  th a t  our  people 
will  yet succeed  in  producing  them.

lose. 

I  rem em ber  when  we 

“ Bananas  are  bad  stock 

to  handle. 
The  w eather  is  seldom  ju st  right  for 
them ,  and  the dealer  who  handles  them 
to any  great ex tent  is  more  than  likely 
to 
first 
began  to  handle  them. 
It  was  about 
tw enty  years  ago  when  we  were  located 
on  Canal  street.  Very  few  people  knew 
w hat 
they  were  and  num bers  would 
come  into  the  store  every  day  to  ask 
w hat t hey  were. 
From   ten  to  tw enty 
bunches would  supply  this  m arket  for  a 
week  in  those  days.  We  would  never 
order 
tw enty  bunches  unless  we  had 
places for  at  least  half of  them ;  but  the 
consum ption  has  grown  enorm ously  in 
the  last  few  years,  and  last  year  this 
m arket  got  away  w ith  about  125  cars. 
T h at  m eans  50,000  bunches,  or,  at  100 
bananas to  the  bunch.  5,000,000  bananas. 
They  are considered  very wholesome  and 
highly nutritious, more  so than  any other 
fru it,  and,  considering 
th eir  delicious 
flavor,  it  is  not  to be  wondered  th at  they 
have risen  rapidly  in  public  estim ation. 
T arantulas?  Yes,  we  run  across  them 
sometimes,  but not often. 
I  never  heard 
of  anyone  being  injured  by  a  taran tu la, 
although  they are  said  to  be very vicious, 
and  their  bite  sure  death.  The  boys 
usually  kill  them   when  they  find  them .”

“ B e tte r  L et W ell  E n ough A lone.”

From the Toledo Business World.

in 

th at 

to  be 

for  even 

reconciled  by 

T h e  Mic h ig a n  T radesm an  com­
plains 
the  Food  and  Dairy  Com­
m issioner  appointed  by  Governor  Rich 
is  more  ornam ental 
than  useful,  and 
th at  be  spends a  good  p art  of  the  time 
looking 
which  should  be  occupied 
laws 
after  offenders  against  the  food 
in  wooing  the  drowsy  god. 
T here  is 
some  com pensation 
such  a 
state  of things as  this and  T h e  T rades­
man  ought 
the 
thought  th at  when  the  Commissioner  is 
asleep  he  is  at  least  doing  no  harm . 
Over on  this  side  the  line  the com plaint 
is,  not 
is  too 
quiet,  but th at  he  is  entirely  too  active. 
T h e  T radesm an  will 
th a t 
when  the  frogs  petitioned  Ju p ite r  for  a 
king,  he  sent  them   the  first  tim e  a  log, 
which  they  soon  came  to  treat  w ith  con­
tem pt. 
It  was  too  inactive  to  suit  their 
views,  and  they clam ored  for  a  change. 
W hereupon  Ju p ite r  sent  them   a  stork, 
who 
im m ediately  set  about  devouring 
all  his  dutiful  subjects  th a t  he  could 
p ut  his  bill  upon. 
let  well 
enough  alone.__________________________

the  Commissioner 

rem em ber 

B etter 

th a t 

Hardware Price Current.

dig.

“ 
‘ 
• 

AXES.

AUGURS AND BITS. 

These  prices are  for cash,  buyers,  who 
pay  prom ptly  and  buy in  fu ll  packages.
Snell’s........................................................... 60*10
Cook’s ........................................................... 
40
J en n 1 ng s’, genuine....................................... 
36
Jennings’,  Imitation....................................50*10
First Quality, S. B. Bronze.......................... 9 6 50
D.  B. Bronze............................   la 00
S. B. 3. Steel..............................  7 50
D. B. Steel................................   13 50
Railroad............................................ $13 00  14 00
Garden.................................................   net  30 00
dls.
Stove.................... 
50*10
Carriage new list 
....................................... 75*10
Plow.............................................................. 40*10
Sleigh shoe  .................................................. 
70
Well, plain  ................................................. I 8 50
Well, swivel.................................................  4 00
Cast Loose Pin, figured.................................70*10
Wonght Narrow, bright 5ast joint  40  ......  60*10

BUTTS, CAST. 

babbows. 

BUCKETS.

bolts. 

dls.

dll.

Wrought Loose  Pin........................................   40
Wrought  Table...............................................  40
Wrought Inside Blind...................................  49
75
Wrought Brass............................................. 
Blind,  Clark’s...............................................70*10
Blind,  Parker’s................. 
70*16
Blind, Shepard’s 
70

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

Ordinary Tackle, list April  1893................60*10

 

Grain.............................................................40*10

CBADLBS.

CROW BABB.

Cast Steel............................................ per  ft  5
Ely’s 1-10 
Hick’s C. F 
.....................................  
“ 
G. D ....................................................  “ 
Musket 
.....................................   “ 

per m 

 

65
60
35
60

CARTRIDGES.

 

Rim  Fire..  .......  
50
Central  Fire.........   ....................... ,....dls. 
25
Socket Firmer...............................................75*10
Socket Framing.............................................75*10
Socket Corner................................................ 75*10
Socket Slicks......  .  .................................... '5*10
40
Butchers’ Tanged  Firmer................. 

chisels. 

dls.

 

40
Curry,  Lawrence’s ....................................... 
Hotchkiss....................................................  
35
White Crayons, per  gross..............12Q13H dls. 10

CHALK.

 
dls.

combs. 

COPPER.

“ 

dls.

DRILLS.

DRIPPING PANS.

28
26
23
23
22
50
50
50

Planished, 14 oz cut to size........ per pound 
14x52,14x56. 14x60 ...... ...............  
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60__ ................ 
Cold Rolled, 14x48....................... ................ 
Bottoms...................................... ................ 
Morse’s  Bit  Stocks..................... .............. 
Taper and straight Shank........... ...............  
Morse’s Taper Shank.................. ................ 
Small sises, ser pound__
.......  
Large sises, per  pound.............. ...............  
Com. 4  piece, 6 In.......................
..doz.net 
75
Corrugated.................................. ......... dls 
40
Adjustable..................................
....... dls. 40*10
EXPANSIVE BITS.
Clark's, small, »18;  large, »36...
30
...............  
Ives’, 1, »18:  2, *34;  3,»30  ........... ................ 
25
f il e s—New List.
Disston’s ..................................................60*10-10
New American  ....................................... 60*10-10
Nicholson’s .............................................60*10-10
Heller’s .........................................................  
50
Heller’s Horse Rasps  ..................................  
go
38
Nos.  16  to  30;  33  and  34;  35  and  36;  27 
List 
16 17

»ALVANIZED IKON

ELBOWS.

614
06

dls.

dls.

12 

15 

13 

Discount, 60 -10

14 
8AU8ES. 

dls.

m Airnnirn

locks—doob. 

knobs—New List. 

Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s...................... 
50
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings.................... 
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings................. 
55
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.............. 
55
Door,  porceluln, trimmings......................... 
55
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain..................  
70
55
Russell *  Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list  .........  
Mallory, Wheeler  *   Co.’s............................ 
55
Branford’s ................................................... 
55
Norwalk’s ................................................... 
55
Adze Eye......................................»16.00, dls. 6C-10
Hunt Eye..................................... »16.00, dls. 6C-10
Hunt’s...................................... »I8 60, dls. 20*10.
diS.
50
Speiry A Co.’s, Post,  handled...................... 
dls.
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ...................................  
40
40
’•  P. S. A W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables__ 
Landers,  Ferry A Cla rk’s.  ..............  
40
“  Enterprise 
...................................... 
30
Stebbln’B  Pattern..........................................60*10
Stebbln’s Genuine.........................................86*10
Enterprise, self-measuring..........................  
35
Advance over  base,  on  both  Steel  and Wlro.

MOLA88BS SATES. 

MAULS. 
mills. 

NAILS

dll.

dls.
dls.

HAMMEBS.

dlS.

“ 
“ 
“ 

HIN8E8.

HANGERS. 

HOLLOW WARS.

Maydole *  Co.’s....................................dls. 
35
Kip’s .......................................................dls. 
35
Yerkes *  Plumb’s ..................................dls. 40*10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel........................30c list 60
Blacksmith's Solid Cast  Steel  Hand__80c 40*10
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 3, 3 ..............................dls.60*10
State........................................... per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 13 In. 414  14  and
34«
longer........................................................ 
Screw Hook and  Eye, f t.......................net 
10
814
56......................... net 
“ 
“ 
714
* ......................... net 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“  X  ........................ net 
714
Strap and T ............................................dls. 
50
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track__50*10
Champion,  anti friction.............................   60*10
Kidder, wood track.....................................  
40
Pots................................................................60*10
Kettles........................................................... 60*10
Spiders  ......................................................... 60AK’
Gray enameled................................... 
40*10
HOUSE PUBNISHINS  GOODS.
Stamped  Tin Ware...............................new list TO
Japanned Tin Ware..................................... 
25
Granite Iron W are......................new 11s 
2t
Blight...................................................  70*10*10
Screw  Eyes............................................. 70*10410
Hook’s .....................................................70*10*10
Gate Hooks and Eyes...................... 
70*10*10
<Hs.7n
Stanley Role and Level  Co.’s .....................
Sisal, V4 Inch and larger.............................  
7
Manilla  ............   ........................................  
9
dls.
Steel and  Iron  ............................................ 7t &1)
Try and Bevels...........................................  
go
M itre.........................................................  . 
20
Com.  Smooth.  Com
»2 70
2  70
2  80
¿90
8 00
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  inches 

Nos. 10 to  14...................................... 14 05 
Nos. 15 to 17........................................4 05 
Nos.  18 to 31...................................   4  05
Nos. 22 to 24........................................4 05 
Nos. 35 to 36........................................4 25 
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................................ “ 

SAND PAPBB.
SASH COBD.

LEVELS. 
HOPES.

wire goods, 

60
50
55
50
5«.
ro

SHEET IRON.

SQUARES. 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

dls.

Discount, 10.

BASH WEIGHTS.

 

dls.

dls.

wire. 

saws. 

traps. 

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

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

Solid Eyes............................................ per ton »25
20
70
50
30
so
Steel, Game................................................... 60*10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s __....... 
35
Oneida Community, Hawley a Norton’s 
70
Mouse,  choker....................................18c per dos
Mouse, delusion............................... »1.50 per dos
dls.
Bright Market..............................................   55
Annealed Market....................................."...70—10
Coppered Market.....................................60
Tinned Market.............................  
62M
Coppered Spring Steel.......................... . ’ ’ ’ 
50
Rarbed  Fence, galvanized 
...................... ’  2 59
painted...............................  2  10
Au  Sable  .......................................... dls.  40*10
dls  05
Putnam..........................................  
Northwestern................................ 
dls. 10410
dlS.
WRENCHES. 
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.................... 
30
Coe’s  Genuine......................  
59
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,....................  75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable............................... 75*16
Bird Cages  .................................................. 
59
Pumps, Cistern..................................................   ” 75*10
Screws, New List.......................................... 70*10
Casters, Bed  a  .d Plate.......................... 50*10*10
Dampers, American..................................... 
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods....... 65*10

MISCELLANEOUS. 

HOBBS NAILS.

dig.

“ 

 

M E TA LS,
pis tin.

 

35

Steel nails, Dase................................................... 1 so
Wire nails, base....................................................1 33
60.....................................................................Base Base
50......................................................  
40...................................................... 
30..........................................  
30  .......... 
 
16......................................................  
12........................................................ 
10...................................................... 
8.......................................................  
7 * 6   ................................................ 
4.......................................................  
8........................................... 
 
2.......................................................  
FlneS....................................................... 
Case 10............................................. 
8............................................. 
6............................................. 
Finish 10........................................... 
8...........................................  
6  .......................................... 
Clinch; 10.......................................... 
8.......................................... 
6.......................................... 

10
25
35
45
45
50
60
75
90
1 60
65
75
90
75
90
1  10
70
80
90
Barrell %  ................... 
175
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy................................   ©40
Soiota Bench.............................................   ©50
Sandusky Tool Co.’a, fancy.........................  ©40
Bench, first quality......................................   ©40
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s  wood......... 50*10
Fry,  Acme.............................................dls.60—10
Common,  polished................................ dls. 
70
dls.
Iron and  Tinned.......................................... 50—10
Copper Rivets and Bora.............................   50—10

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

' BXVBT8. 

planes. 

PANS.

dls.

 

 

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

“A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 30 
“B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 85 to 87...  9 30 

Broken packs Mo per pound extra.

 

 

1 30

SOLDER.

  26c
age

Pig  Large................................................. 
Pig Bars........................... 
ZINC.
Duty:  Sheet, 214c per pouDd.
5%
660 pound  casks........................................  
Per  pound....................................................  
7
16
M®14........................ 
Extra W iping.................................................   75
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder In the market Indicated by private brands
 
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY
1 60
Cookson........................................per  pound
Hallett’s......................................  
TIN—MBLYN GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal......................................   »7  50
« 
14x30 IC, 
.........................................  7 50
10x14 IX, 
.........................................  9 26
“ 
“ 
........................................   9 25
14x30 IX, 
TIN—ALLA WAY GBABE.
“ 
“ 
“ 

10x14 IC,  Charcoal......................................  
14x30 IC, 
10x14 EX, 
14x20 IX, 

75
.........................................  6 75
.........................................   8  2j
................ ........................   9 25
ROOFING PLATES

Each additional X on this grade, »1.75.

Bach additional X on this grade 11.50.

13

« 

“ 
« 
“ 
“ 
“ 

' 1  Worcester..........................  6 so
............................  8  50
..........................   13  50
6 00
7  50
12  50
15 50

14x20 IC, 
14x20 IX,  » 
20x28 IC,  « 
“  Allaway  Grade................ 
14x2010, 
“ 
14x20 EX, 
“ 
20x28 IC, 
20x28 EX, 
“ 
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.
14x28 EX............................................................. »14 00
14x81  EX......................................................  15 00
14x66 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, 1 „ „  
in „
14x60 IX, 

“ 
“ 
“ 

11 9 

 
 
 

•• 

11 

 
 
 

fPer  pound 10 00

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WEDNESDAY,  MAY  8»,  1894.

in 

to 

regard 

A  DIVISION  OF  THE  PLUNDER.
The expression,  “To the victors belong 
the  spoils,”  is  commonly  attributed  to 
General Andrew  Jackson,  when  he  be 
came President.  He  felt  the  necessity 
of being  surrounded  by  men  in  official 
positions  who  would  work  in  harmony 
with  him  and not antagonize  his  plans, 
which, 
the  national 
finances,  were  extremely  radical  and 
opposed  to  the  popular  notion  at  that 
time.  President  Jackson’s  administra­
tion,  therefore,  commenced  with  a  gen­
eral change of  officials  to an extent  that 
had  not  been  previously common. 
In 
later years it came to  be  the  pracice  to 
turn  out  all  the  office  holders  on  the 
accession of a  new President,  and  there 
is no doubt that it  satisfies  the  popular 
will.  The partisaus who assist  to  elect 
a President or a Governor expect to share 
the  actual  benefits  of  the  victory, and 
they clamor for the offices.
The  public  service  of 

the  United 
States,  leaving out the Army and  Navy, 
requires more than  100,000 men to  do its 
work.  This public service  requires  the 
spending of some 8500,000 a year, a large 
share of which goes to the  office-holders. 
Naturally,  when there is a change  in the 
National administration, it is the popular 
wish that there should be an  entire  new 
deal of offices  and  salaries.  This  doc­
trine descends to the state and  city  gov­
ernments,  and,  as  a  consequence,  the 
plunder system  obtains  throughout  the 
country.

These  observations  are  suggested  by 
the strong  opposition  made  to  Senator 
Morgan’s bill for  the  reorganization  of 
the State Department for the  purpose of 
creatiug a competent diplomatic  service. 
Under the present spoils system men are 
put  into  public  office  because  they are 
friends and partisans of those  in  power. 
Necessarily,  but  little  attention  is  paid 
to the fitness or  competence  of  appoin­
tees.  The  country can  get  along, as  it 
has  always  done,  with  partisan  office­
holders  in  the  domestic  service,  but 
when it  comes  to  dealing  with  foreign 
nations,  our  untrained “diplomats” are 
unable to  contend with  the  skilled  and 
ingenious men  who  have  been  brought 
up from their youth in an  atmosphere of

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.
corn is grown in Italy, and its home  con­
sumption  is  considerable.  Spain, Cen­
tral and Southern France, produce a mea­
ger  quantity,  and  it  is less palatable as 
human food than the American,  and  the 
use  of  it  in  that  way  is  insignificant. 
From  Southeastern  Europe comes Danu- 
bian corn,  a small, round grain  variety, 
which is preferred  to  the  American for 
chicken  feed,  owing  to  the  size of the 
grain.  The very  limited  corn  areas  of 
Europe grow a grain which  cannot  com­
pare  with  ours  either  as  to  quality or 
price;  hence  the  European  production 
need  not  be  taken  into  account in dis­
cussing the question of  creating  a Euro­
pean market.

diplomacy;  who have  all  the  principles 
and precedents of international  law  and 
treaties at  their  fingers’  ends, and  who 
are constantly alert  to  gain  advantages 
against other countries  for  the  govern­
ments they serve.  A lot  of men, picked 
here and there,whose chief recommenda­
tions are that  they  are  the  friends  and 
backers of men high  in  power, are  con­
verted, by the mere fact of appointment, 
into members of  the  State  Department, 
or of the diplomatic corps of the  United 
States to  contest  questions  of  high  in­
ternational importance with  the  trained 
statesmen of Europe.  So  poorly  is  the 
United States equipped  as  to  its  diplo­
matic service  that  it  never  fails  to  be 
outgeneraled  in  a  war  of  wits,  and  it 
is  only when  naval  officers  like  Perry, 
Ingraham, Benham and others like them, 
take  the  dilemma of  diplomacy  by  the 
horns and force it  out  of  its  field, that 
the United States ever  gains a victory in 
an international dispute.

It would be natural to suppose that  an 
article so excellent for  human  food  and 
at the same time so  much  cheaper  than 
wheat  would  be  regarded  as  a boon by 
the working people of  F.urope,  but  corn 
bread is  practically  unknown  to  them, 
and the people who live  on  rye,  barley, 
oats, potatoes and beans reject our nour­
ishing and admirable  bread product with 
loathing.

But the common notion is against  any 
permanent  and  trained  civil  service. 
The United States is spending  hundreds 
of  millions  of  money every year  on  its 
public business, and  there  is  a  general 
demand that there should be  rotation  in 
office, so  that  the  money  may  be  dis­
tributed  around.  The  cry  is  not  only 
that  the  “rascals”  of  the  other  party 
should  be  turned  out,  but  that  every 
fellow who has had  a  place  for  a  term 
or two ought to be put out, so  others can 
have a chance. 
It is, therefore,  much to 
be doubted if it will be possible to create 
a  permanent  diplomatic  service.  The 
existing  civil service  reform  movement 
has never been popular. 
It  is  contrary 
to  the  demand  that  everybody  should 
have a chance at the  plunder  of  public 
office.  The  axe  which  has  been  at­
tributed  to  Vice  President  Stevenson 
seems  to  be  the most popular symbol in 
politics.

PRODUCTION  OF  INDIAN  CORN. 
Probably  there  is  no  article  of  food 
which is supplied  in  greater  abundance 
and at cheaper rates than is the maize or 
Indian corn of America.  It is more nour­
ishing  and  more  generally  wholesome 
than is wheat, yet it is  almost  unknown 
in Europe save as food for animals.

Except  an 

This grain is peculiar to our  continent 
and is hence called Indian  corn.  A  re­
port on maize  from  the  Department  of 
Agriculture  shows  that  the  exports of 
maize or  Indian  corn  for  the  past  ten 
rears  may  be  said  to  have  averaged 
about 4 per cent, of the entire crop.  The 
United Kingdom,  France,  Germany,  Bel­
gium, Holland and Denmark  rank as our 
best customers for the grain, while Spain 
and  Norway  and  Sweden  take  a  small 
quantity. 
insignificant 
amount, exported corn is chiefly used  as 
food  for  animals,  distillery  purposes, 
and starch  making.  The  only  form  of 
corn  as human food at all known abroad 
is corn starch, which is  sold  principally 
in the British  Isles  under  the  name  of 
corn flour. 
It is also put on  the  market 
under various other names,  sometimes in 
order that the public may not  know that 
it is a product of Indian  corn  or  maize, 
as prejudice is strong  against  the  grain 
as  human  food.  The  manufacturers 
thereby  restrict  the  demand,  and  the 
public are kept in ignorance of  what the 
article really is.

America has practically a monopoly of 
the  production  of  this  important  food 
product.  A somewhat inferior grade of

Charles J.  Murphy,  an  American  citi­
zen who had spent much time in Europe, 
was  impressed  with  the  necessity  for 
making known the value of  Indian  corn 
to the people of the European  countries, 
and, at his own cost, made  exhibits  and 
delivered lectures on the subject  at  sev­
eral  foreign  general  expositions.  He 
was subsequently employed  by  the  De­
partment  of  Agriculture 
to  introduce 
abroad a proper knowledge of  the  value 
of this product of the United States,  and 
he has done  good  service  in disseminat 
ing  information  on  the  subject.  But 
people wedded to old habits are  slow  to 
learn,  and  nothing  is  more  difficult to 
overcome than a blind and senseless prej­
udice. 
report  Commissioner 
Murphy gives an instance  of  the  preju­
dice against corn. 
It was in the  city  of 
Glasgow,  Scotland,  where  it  was  pro­
posed  by  a  member  of  the  poorhouse 
board  to  substitute  Indian  corn  for  a 
costlier  food  in  their institution.  The 
mere suggestion brought  a  storm  about 
his ears,  and at the  ensuing  election  he 
was overwhelmingly defeated because of 
his inhumanity in  thrusting  on  the  de­
fenseless paupers a food which  the  hon­
orable  legislators  thought  only  fit  for 
pigs.

In  his 

It  appears  to  be  quite  as  difficult to 
teach the Europeans the  use  of  corn  as 
food as it  is  to  accustom  the  Northern 
people of the United  States  to  cousume 
rice as an article of ordinary diet.  They 
must  be  educated  to  it.  The  United 
States  produces annually  nearly  2,000, • 
000,000  bushels  of corn, of which only a 
mere  pittance,  say  from  30,000,000  to 
50,000,000,  is  exported.  Our  country 
can spare  an  enormous  amount  of  this 
product, and it would be of  immense Im­
portance to have its  use  extensively  in­
troduced in European  countries.

AS TO THE  SENATE.

The  United  States  Senate  has,  for  a 
considerable  period,  been  growing  into 
public  disfavor. 
It  is  not  a  popular 
body in the  sense that it is not responsi- 
j ble to the  people,  because  its  members 
I are  not  chosen  by  the  people. 
It  has 
been  commonly  styled  “the  millionaire 
club”  and 
the  American  House  of 
Lords.

Abbe  Sieyes,  the  celebrated  French 
radical  in  the  Revolutionary Assembly 
of ’93,  denounced  a  second  house  of

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ous, and  if  it  agrees  it  is  superfluous. 
But the  United  States  Senate  is  not  a 
mere second house as an  annex  or  sup­
It is a most proper 
plement to the first. 
part of our pecnliar political system. 
It 
represents  the  sovereignty  of  the  co­
equal States, while the other  house  rep­
resents the people.  There  are  so  many 
representatives 
in  Congress  because 
there  are so many millions  of  people  in 
the  country.  There  are  eighty-eight 
Senators  because  there  are  forty-four 
States, and each  State has  two Senators. 
There are in the present House 356 mem­
bers, the  basis  of  representation  being 
one to 173,901 inhabitants.
Just  now,  the  Senate 

is  coming 
in for a  great  deal  of  denunciation,  all 
the  faults  of  its  membership  being 
paraded  before  the  public. 
It  is  not 
enough that  the  House,  with  356  mem­
bers,  costs  the  people  of  the  United 
States considerably more than $2,500,000 
per annum.  Most  of  the  lower  houses 
of the  legislative bodies of Europe  have 
two or three times  as  many members  as 
belong to the lower branch  of  our  Nat­
ional Legislature, yet they cost the  peo­
ple  for  whom  they  legislate  scarcely  a 
fraction of what we pay for the honor  of 
being governed.

The  Senate  far  surpasses  the  House 
in  costliness when  the  smallness  of  its 
membership is  considered.  The  House 
of Representatives of the United  States, 
with its 356 members, takes  $415,000 per 
annum to pay its employes.  The Senate, 
with  eighty-eight  members,  has  taken 
$418,000 for this year  for the  same  pur­
pose, and, as it  constantly increases  ex­
penses, next year  it will  no  doubt  take 
more. 
It requires  $130,000  to  pay  the 
mileage  of  members  of  the  House,  but 
the  Senate  cannot  get  along  with  less 
than  $45,000 annually for the  same  pur­
pose. 
In  all  probability  there  are  not 
more than half a dozen of its members (if 
so many) who do not  travel  on  railroad 
passes and coolly drop the  money which 
belongs to  the  people  in  their wallets. 
The  House  contents  itself  with  fifty- 
seven committees,  one-third  at  least  of 
which are of no use, but the Senate  can­
not get along with less than  sixty,  while 
every member of the Senate has  a  clerk 
of his  own, at  his  individual  beck  and 
call,  with  no  drain  upon  his  private 
purse therefor.  The  clerks,  messengers 
and  employes  of  one  kind  and  another 
around the  Senate wing  of  the  Capitol 
are as thick as  flies around a  sugar  bar­
rel.  Each  Senator  does  not  cost  the 
country less than $12,000 per annum.

But the United States are rich  enough 
to  pay their  Senators well, if  they only 
get a service to correspond.  The Senate 
should  be  a  great  conservative  body, 
made  up  of  statesmen  and  patriots, 
whose wisdom  and  philanthropy  ought 
to be the grandest bulwark of the  repub­
lic’s  prosperity, safety  and  perpetuity.
As it is, demagogues, placemen and mere 
politicians have  in  late  years  been too 
plenty in its seats.

Isn’t  it  about  time  the  large  retail 
houses stopped talking  hard  times,  bad 
times, panicy  times  in  their  advertise­
ments in the daily prints?  Iteration and 
re-iteration only  serve  to  make  people 
think  that  the  business world  is worse 
off than it really is.  Let’s  have  a  more 
hopeful tone.  A perfectly well man can 
be made  ill  in  a  day  if  every  one  he 
meets tells him he is not looking well.

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THE  FAILURE  OF  REPUBLICS. 
Many  thoughtful  persons  who  have 
observed that the  entire  history  of  hu­
man  government  is  the  history  of  the 
oppression of the  people  by  kings  and 
despots of  all  sorts, while  republics, or 
governments for the people  and  by  the 
people,  make  up  but  a  most  insignifi­
cant  part  of  the  world’s  political  an­
nals, have attributed  the fact to  the  ig­
norance  of  the  people  in  earlier  ages, 
and  the  consequent  ease  with  which 
they were  enslaved  by  astute  and  am­
bitious tyrants, and they  claim  that  re­
publican  democratic  principles  are  the 
result of an evolution  of  modern  civili­
zation and enlightenment.

Such a notion is  not  only  contrary  to 
the ascertained fact,  but history  is filled 
with accounts of  the  decay  and  failure 
of  every  form  of  popular  government 
and its inevitable lapse into  some sort of 
despotism of  class  or  one-man  control. 
The first republic of which there  is  any 
circumstantial account was  the  Hebrew 
commonwealth. 
It was  established  un­
der  the  direction  of  one  of  the wisest 
lawgivers the world ever  saw.  The  ex­
perienced men and elders of  the  people 
formed a  sort  of  senate,  charged  with 
the  important  business  of  the  nation; 
but tbe entire congregation  had  a  voice 
in public affairs.

Finally  the  people  got  tired  of  the 
cares of public business, and  they  clam­
ored  for  a  king.  Their  wise  men  en­
deavored to dissuade them from  so  dan­
gerous a change,  impressing  the  advice 
with  the  fateful  declaration  that  the 
little finger of  a  king was  thicker  than 
the thigh of an ordinary  man;  but  this 
wise  counsel  was  vain.  The  people 
would not rest until they  had  discarded 
their  democratic  institutions  and  had 
voluntarily placed themselves under  the 
control of  the worst  set  of  despots  im­
aginable.  Greece  and  Rome  tried  de­
mocracy, and voluntarily  gave  it  up  to 
be  governed  by  successions  of  unen­
durable tyrants, whose reign  cursed  the 
very earth on which  the enslaved people 
permitted such monsters to live.

After the fall of  the  Roman  common­
wealth, shortly before the  Christian era, 
with  the  exception' of  the  little  Swiss 
Confederation  in  the  European  Alps, 
there was not upon the face of the whole 
earth any distinct and vigorous  manifes­
tation of republican  democratic  institu­
tions until the  rise  of  this  New  World 
republic of the United  States  of  Amer­
ica.  And despite  the  wonderful  object 
lesson it has presented to  the  people  of 
ail countries  for  more  than  a  century, 
the  spread  of  democratic  liberty  has 
been most meager and limited.

The failure  of  republics  comes  from 
the  inherent  selfishness  of  the  people. 
In a commonwealth,  which is  a  govern­
ment of the people,  by the  people, every 
citizen has  obvious  public  duties.  But 
men are  not  willing  to  give  anything, 
not even their  time  and  intelligence,  to 
the  public  good.  Every  individual  is 
thinking,  scheming and exerting  himself 
solely for  selfish  interests.  There  are, 
of course, some  exceptions  in  the  vast 
masses of the population,  but  these  ex­
ceptions do not change the  rule  that  of 
the majority every man is for  himself at 
the time  that  the  republic  fails  by  its 
abandoment by the people.

There is in every country a small class 
of political schemers whose  supreme  de­
sire  is to rule.  To them the  public  ser­
vice  is  a  personal,  private  perquisite. |

Then there is always  a  gang  of  spec­
ulators and contractors who live  on  the 
body politic and maintain  themselves in 
favor with any change  of  administration 
by  dividing  their  plunder  with 
the 
placemen.

But  these  two  small  classes  could 
never overthrow a  government  unaided. 
The  most  dangerous  element,  and  one 
which makes the biggest noise and  show 
of strength, is  the  blatant  trade  union­
ists who are really socialists and anarch­
ists at heart and who improve  every  op­
portunity  to  lead  astray 
the  working­
men  of  the  country  by  creating  deep- 
seated hatred of  capitalists  and  the  es­
tablished institutions of the country  and 
even the  nation  itself.  These  men  are 
really the  most  dangerous  foes  of  the 
republic,  for the reason that  their  most 
effective work is done  clandestinely and 
insidiously, giving patriots no  opportun­
ity  to  controvert  the  false  and  inten­
tionally  misleading  statements  of  the 
plotters,  who advocate a  strong  govern­
ment which will seize  on  all  the wealth 
and  divide  it  among 
the  multitude; 
which will take possession of  all  indus­
tries and operate  them  for  the  general 
benefit.

is 

Another  dangerous  element 

the 
“best  people,”  so-called,  who  do  not 
care what may  be  the  form  of  govern­
ment or who  the  persons  in  power,  so 
long  as  their  worldly  affairs  prosper. 
They do not regard  political  principles, 
and it is only when their  personal  inter­
ests are hurt that they will  ever  raise  a 
howl. 
If they could  be  assured  of  not 
being disturbed in any way,  such  people 
would not give the  least  thought  as  to 
the  government  or  politics  of 
the 
country.

Then there is  the  very  wealthy class, 
a small one, whose members  desire  laws 
and institutions that will  give  them  so­
cial  precedence  and  special  privileges 
over  the  common  people.  Moreover, 
they  want  well-armed  protection  for 
their  enormous  wealth.  Such  people 
are  always  for  a  strong  goverment. 
They would prefer a king.
Such, in brief, are the  various  classes 
who are warring against the government, 
either  openly  or  tacitly-,  from  which 
it will be seen how easy  it  is  for  a  de­
mocracy to be changed into a  despotism. 
This has been done  many  times  before, 
and there is no reason it will not be done 
again.  Let  the  American  people  take 
warning.  _______________

T he P o w er o f Invention.

It is not every one who appreciates  the 
importance  of  helping  the 
inventors 
along.  They are the  salt  of  the  earth. 
Congress  can  well  go  out  of its way to 
consider  any  law  which,  to any extent, 
will assist them In  getting  a  fair  return 
for  their  ideas. 
If  a  system  of  laws 
could finally be  enacted, giving  full  and 
fair  compensation 
inventor 
promptly  as  one  by  one  he discovered 
the secrets of nature, there would not  be, 
as  there  are  at  present,  so  many  of 
nature’s  secrets  hidden  from  us.  We 
might find that, instead of this  world be­
ing one of incessant toil, nature intended 
it to be one of comparative  ease; inste ad 
of being a world of incessant worry,  per­
haps we should  find  nature  intended  it 
to be one of comparative  contentment.

to  each 

Much as a woman  loves  her  husband, 
she always hopes that her  daughter  will 
marry better than she  did.

T H K   M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N
Their object is to get  into  office,  by  no 
matter  what  means,  and  to  maintain 
themselves there at  every  cost  to  their 
personal  honesty  and  the  public  in­
terest.

FREE

Given Away

9

Self-Adding  Detailed  Gash  Register,

"B  REGISTER  THAT  IS  B  REGISTER,”

All  Work  Done  on  Wheels.
No  Paper  Used.

OUR  OFFBR.

DISPLAYS

MONEY  DRAWER

2 per cent. i0 days.
or “D. T. C.  Havana Gems.”

We will send the above Cash Register free with 1,000 Cigars for  $39.  Terms 30  days,  less 
This offer includes either ‘-Pretty Polly.” “Key West,” “Cuban Puffs,”  “Little  Havana,” 
There are positively no better Cigars made and retailed for 5 cents.
To convince the dealer that the above brands are  as  represented,  we  will  send  200  for 
examination to be returned If not satisfactory.  If the Cigars  suit,  the  balance,  800,  can  go for­
ward with  the Register.
THE  “ DETROIT”
EQUAL

Is one of the most handsome and reliable Cash Registers made.
To machines sold from $125 to $200 in quality, workmanship, style and  finish. 
It has 
an  elegant  finished  large  standard sized case,  with  beautiful  designs,  best quality of 
nickeled front and back.
Amount  of  sale  from  both  front  and  rear.  Back  of  machine  is  nickeled and highly 
finished.
Is large and complete in its divisions for both coin and currency.  Bell rings and sounds 
alarm when drawer is  opened.
Is constructed In the most substantial and reliable manner  on  strict  mechanical  princi­
ples from  the very best material.  Will not get out of order.  With proper usage will last 
a lifetime.
The best and latest thing in Cash Registers.
Anv amount from 1 cent to $20.  Indicates last sale made until next follows.
All  the  work  of  the  most  expensive  machines.  Received  on account.  Paid out and 
Charge tickets furnished with each Register.
Is not a  handsomer or better machine made.
Is $2,2G0 for each day’s work  before resetting back to zero.

IT  IS
REGISTERS
DOES

EACH PART

•  Can be taken off and machine set back to zero in one minute's time.

THERE
TOTAL  CAPACITY
RECORD
IF  YOU  HAVE

SHOWS
IMPOSSIBLE

One register  already,  another one can be used to advantage on the other side of the store 
for  the soda water, cigar trade or some other department.
How many times the money drawer has been opened for change during the day.
To  open and close the money drawer without registering.
Dealers having no usb for the 1, 2 and 3 cts. keys, they can be dropped and the  following 
keyboard substituted:  5c. 10c, 20c, 25c, 30c, 4uc, 50c, 60c, 70c, 80c. Change Key, #1.  $2  $3,  $6.  This 
keyboard and the one shown in cut are the only  two styles we furnish.  Take your choice.
For  $1  extra  we  will  furnish  a  handsome  glass  sign  with  your firm's name ground 
thereon, similar to W  T.  McGraw shown in cut.  The glass can be  either  white  or  ruby,  as  de­
sired by  customer 
Every machine is furnished with a handsome top sign,  even if  the  special  firm’s  name 
sign is not desired.
The above order is exactly as represented.  We have been in business  here since 1883.  As 
to our responsibility, we refer to the Commercial Agencies or any Bank or Business  House  in  the 

city.DETROIT  TOBBGGO  GO.,  McGraw  BUiiding,  DETROIT.

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Mention  this  paper.

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THE  MICHIGAN  T H A D F S M   a   .x .

Lansing, Mich

Having re-organized  our business  and  acquired  the  fac 
tory  building  and  machinery  forme»ly occupied  by  the  Hud­
son  Pants  ¿z  Overall  Co.,  we  are  prepared  to  furnish  the 
trade a  line of goods in  pants, overalls, shirts and jackets which 
will  prove  to  be  trad e  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 oorhees,  Superintendent.

W e  pay  H ighest  M arket  Prie 

w hen  Loaded.

Correspondence Solicited.

;s  in  Spot  Cash  and  m easure  bark

We have the best line of roasted coffees 
in  the  West,  carefully  selected 
from the leading roasting  estab­
lishments in the country•

If  you  want  to  wear diamonds handle 
our coffees,  All packed in  50 lb 
tin cans, with latest improved lid 
of our own invention•

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

I  The success,  too,  with  which  we  re­

currency,  were  nndonbtedly  the  prime 
cause of the  speculative  inflation which 
culminated in January.  1893, their cessa­
tion aggravated the collapse  of  that  in­
flation by withdrawing the stimulas that 
caused it.  Like cutting  a  drunkard  off 
from his whisky,  it was a necessary step, 
bat the immediate effect of it  was  pros­
tration.

DELAY  IN  BDSINBTS  REVIVAL.
General business still  remains uncom­
fortably depressed, and  the  few  indica­
tions of an approaching  improvement in 
it, which have been noted  from  time  to 
time,  have been  only  partially  verified. 
Apparently the much desired  revival  of 
prosperity is going to be  delayed  longer 
than was expected, and must be  awaited 
with  sneb  patience  and  resignation  as 
we are able to  command.  We.  evident­
ly, did not, at first, fully  appreciate  the 
magnitude of the  calamity  which  over­
took os last summer, and are jast  begin- 
| ning,  in the light  of experience,  to  dis- 
cover it. 
It is said that a soldier  in  the 
heat of action will receive almost  mortal 
! wounds and only become aware  of  them 
when, after the  battle, he  finds  himself 
! upon a hospital cot and  is  examined  by 
a surgeon;  so, in the  stress  and  excite- 
| ment which prevailed a  year  ago, every 
j one of us, being  occupied  with  the  im- 
1 mediate peril  of  the  moment  and  with 
! efforts to meet it,  failed  to  take  in  the 
| full  seriousness  of  oar  disaster.  Now 
j that we are confronted with  facts which 
j  then existed,  but  were  concealed  from 
ns,  we  see  more  clearly  how  matters 
! actually stood.

This  signal  disappointment  of  the 
hopes that were built upon  the  repeal of 
the silver purchasing clause of  the Sher­
man  act  did  not,  however,  prevent, 
quite recently, the  diffusion  of  equally 
groundless expectations from  the  Presi­
dent’s veto of the  Seigniorage  bill,  and 
it does not, at this moment, deter a large 
number of our  prominent  citizens  from 
clamoring for the passage  of the  Wilson 
Tariff bill,  "with or without  the  income 
tax,”  as  the  sovereign  remedy  for  our 
business troubles  and  the  only remain­
ing hindrance to business revival.  What 
would have happened if the  Seigniorage 
bill  had  become  a  law  is,  of  coarse, 
only  a  matter  of  conjecture,  but,  as  I 
contended when the bill was  still  under 
disenssion in the Senate, its evil  tenden­
cies  were  immensely  exaggerated,  and 
even its provisions were by so respectable 
a  body  of  gentlemen as the  New  York 
sisted the shock of the Baring  failure in 
Chamber  of  Commerce  wofully  misun­
, 1890 had contributed to deceive us  as  to 
derstood.  Now  these  same  gentlemen 
! the real peril of  our  position.  That ca 
and a multitude more like them  are will­
I tastrophe,  resulting  as  it  did  from the 
ing.  for the sake  of  getting  the Wilson 
collapse of the wild speculation  fostered 
bill passed, to submit  to a  tax which  is 
! by British capital  in  Argentina  and  in 
avowedly  intended  to  take  830,000,000 
j Australia,  and  following  closely  upon 
annually from 83,000 of  our citizens  for 
j the disastrous termination of the  French 
the benefit of the rest. 
If  the  bill were 
| copper syndicate, the  waste  of  millions 
absolutely certain to accomplish all  that 
j in the  Panama  Canal  project,  and  the 
is expected of  it, this  would  be  a  high 
losses of Germany and Austria  in  build- | 
price to  pay  for  its  enactment,  and  in 
ing, manufacturing,  and  mining  specn- j 
view of  the  impossibility  of  predicting 
| lations, ought to have  involved  us  like- j 
with accuracy  just  bow  it  is  going  to 
wise in its effects.  That it did  not,  and I 
work in  practice, it  strikes  me  that  it 
that, after a brief  period  of  alarm  and
would be far better  to  dispense with  it
stringency,  business  here  resumed  its 1 altogether than to accept  it with  its  in
J usual course,  was  due  to  the  operation 
come  tax  attachment.  We  know what 
of the Sherman act  in  steadily  pouring 
the present tariff is, and can  adapt  our­
into  our  currency  the  84,500,000  per 
selves to it,  but we have had  no  experi­
j month of notes issued for the purchase of 
ence  with  the  Wilson measure, and can 
silver, as well as to the elasticity  of  our 
only  guess  at  its  probable  results. 
If 
1 national  character.  Reassured  by  our
only the  removal  of  the  uncertainty as
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European  operators,  we  kept  on  as  if | that  can  be  obtained  as  well  by  thè 
nothing nad happened, until in  January ! defeat of  the Wilson  bill as  by  its  pas-
of last  year  our  speculation  rose  to  a 
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height it bad hardly ever before attained. 
In thus  pinning  their  faith  upon  the 
The prices of nearly  all  stocks  were  at 
efficacy  of  a  single  measure  to  bring 
high water mark.  Then came  the  ship­
about a return of commercial  and  finan­
ments of gold to Europe,  Secretary  Fos­
cial  prosperity,  our  people,  however, 
ter’s silly  appeal  for  help  to  the  New 
are not  peculiar.  The  European  advo­
York  banks, the  equally  silly  alarm  of 
cates of the cause of  silver,  whose  mosl 
their country  correspondents, the  bank­
eminent  representatives  have  been  in 
ruptcy  of  the  Reading  Railroad  Com­
session  this  last  week  in  London,  are 
pany and of the National  Cordage  Com-
equally positive  that  the  restoration  to
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railroad receiverships which  have  made  only  to  relieving  the  world’s  busines 
the  year  1893  so  sadly  memorable.
distress,  but to preventing its  future  re 
Still,  we  flattered  ourselves  that  the 
cnrrence.  They are  far  from  agreeing 
trouble was only temporary  and  that we 
upon the  details  of  the  scheme  whicl 
should recover from  It  as  speedily  and 
they so earnestly advocate, but in  a gen 
with as little substantial  loss  as we  did
eral  way  they  assert without  qualifica
from the flurry of 1890, especially  as the  tion  that  the  single  gold  standard  h*
majority of our financial magnates attrib 
done all the mischief  from which we an 
uted  it  entirely  to  the  continuance  of 
suffering, and will do  more  if  it  is  ad 
silver purchases under the  Sherman  act 
hered to.  One says  that  it  has  cansec 
and predicted complete relief from  it  as 
the  fall  in  the  prices  of  commoditiei 
soon  as  those parchases  were  stopped. 
which has occurred during recent  years 
They  were  stopped  in  September,  but 
and  will cause them  to  fall  still  lower 
the good results expected did not follow, 
thus  discouraging  enterprise  and  pre 
and we can see  now why  they  did  not 
venting the increase of production.  An 
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exchange  between  gold  standard  conn 
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J.  Balfour 

that 
Arthur 
we  are “standing  face  to  face  with  a 
great danger which can  be  only averted 
by a rehabilitation of silver to  its proper 
commercial 
leading 
New  Yorker,  Henry  W.  Cannon, 
writes,  without  giving  his  authority 
for  the  assertion,  that “in  this  coun­
try  the  sentiment  is  almost  universal 
that  both  gold  and 
should 
be used as legal tender money, if  a com­
mon ratio can be established  by interna­
tional agreement  between  the  principal 
nations of  the world,” and says that this 
result, if attained,  “will  undoubtedly be 
of incalculable  benefit to  mankind.”  A 
number  of  our  United  States  Senators 
also cable a similar opinion.

silver 

Notwithstanding the positiveness with 
which  all  these  propositions  are  laid 
down, and the high  respectability of  the 
gentlemen who  advance  them, I  cannot 
see that this  latest  enunciation  of  them 
adds anything to  their truth.  Making it 
in a formal  meeting  of  individuals who 
have,  as 
individuals,  repeatedly  ex­
pressed the same views  on  other  occa­
sions, is  like  grouping together ciphers 
which  were  previously  scattered.  Ten 
ciphers in a row amount to no more than 
ten  ciphers  separate,  and  a  hundred 
bimetallists  assembled 
in  conference 
possess  as  little  wisdom  as  they  did 
before 
It  is  sat­
isfactory  to 
the  London 
press  takes  this  view  of  the  matter, 
likening  the  proceedings  of  the  con­
ference  to  the  beating  of  a  drum  and 
the blowing of a trumpet to  no  practical 
purpose.

they  got  together. 

that 

see 

The  prevailing depression in  business 
is  one  of  those  vicissitudes  to  which 
human society is liable, and is  the  prod­
uct  of  no  single  cause,  but  of  many 
causes combined, including the constitu­
tion  of  human  nature  itself. 
It  is  a 
mental and not  a  physical phenomenon, 
and can neither be prevented  nor  cured 
by  legislation.  We  had  from  1879  to 
1893, with  but  brief  interruptions,  an 
era of expanding  enterprise and steadily 
increasing  wealth.  Many  people  suc­
ceeded in gaining largely, more  of  them 
less largely, while few failed  of  gaining 
something.  One  enterprise,  when 
it 
succeeded, led to the undertaking of  an­
other, and this  to  another.  Everybody 
was rich or felt rich, or felt that  he  was 
going to be rich, and  lived  accordingly. 
This, in turn, stimulated production and 
exchange,  and  increased  the  profits  of 
trade,  until, as  I  have  already  pointed 
out, the  failure of the  Barings  alarmed 
Great  Britain, and  our  gold  shipments 
of a year ago and the  resulting  contrac­
tion of credit by our banks brought on  a 
panic here.  At present we are painfully 
and  laboriously engaged  in  sifting  out 
the profitable from the unprofitable spec­
ulations in which we had embarked, and 
we  find, to our dismay, that numbers  of 
them  which  we  supposed  were  good 
are  in  reality  comparatively  worthless. 
Our  discoveries 
these 
throw discredit on all the  rest, except  a 
few  which  have  withstood  the  stress 
of  disaster,  and  until  we  get  through 
completing  our  examination  and  be­
come  weary  of 
shall 
refrain  from  attempting  anything  new. 
How  long  a  time  the  process  will  re­
quire  cannot  be  precisely  foretold,  but 
that we have not yet got near  the end of 
it is  tolerably certain.

idleness  we 

regard 

to 

in 

Ma tt h ew  Ma r sh a ll.

LABOR AND  ITS  REW ARDS. 

W ritten  (or The Tbadksmah.

Of all the  equivalents offered  for  sale 
in  the world’s  market, labor, considered 
in the  abstract, is  the  most  subtle  and 
incomprehensible.  Although  its  value 
is reckoned in connection with  time,  yet 
time can never be a  definite  measure  of 
its value.  The  owner, whoever he may 
be, is compelled to put it on  the  market 
everyday, or else see it  drift  away  from 
him, like lost opportunity into  the  dead 
past. 
If not exchanged before the  close 
of  each  day  for  something  that  has  a 
more  permanent  value,  it  can  only  be 
invoiced with the assets  of  lost  time  or 
vanished hopes. 
It resembles the  hran- 
na  of 
in 
this respect,  viz.,  that each human being 
has his daily allotted portion, which may 
be utilized entire  or in part;  but  if  un­
used nothing remains  on  the  morrow to 
increase  one’s garnered treasure.

the  Jewish  common wealers 

Yet this  incomprehensible  something, 
so different  from  all  material  products 
for which it may be  exchanged, becomes 
itself, under  certain  conditions, capital, 
so  much  decried  nowadays  by  radical 
theorists. 
In  other  words, when  each 
individual exchanges his labor  for  more 
of the necessaries or luxuries of life than 
he chooses to consume, the  remainder  is 
a  reserve  fund  rightly  called  capital, 
whether its value be  a dime, a  dollar  or 
thousands  of  dollars.  This  capital, 
which is but the unexpended  product  of 
labor, becomes in turn a powerful incen­
tive  to  further  exertion.  Without  it 
labor  cannot  secure  its  legitimate  re­
wards.  Neither  can  capital  without 
labor have  power  to  move  great  enter­
prises that benefit  mankind  in  general, 
since the latter enters into every form of 
production or  distribution,  and  when  it 
is  withdrawn  from  market  the  former 
ceases to draw its  profits.  Thus  capital 
and labor are in  effect  reciprocal  terms 
representing a common interest,  and  the 
vexed questions  now agitating  the  pub­
lic mind must be solved,  if solved  at all, 
in  the light of this fact.

Every day’s  work  performed, whether 
in ploughing the  earth or  seas,  the  de­
veloping of mineral wealth in mechanica 1 
pursuits,  scientific  research, or  intelec­
tual improvement  has  its relative value 
to  be  determined  by  results  achieved. 
Few are  naturally  inclined  to  work  in 
any field of labor unless under  the  spur 
of  necessity, or  from  hope  of  reward. 
The promptings of the first, whether  in­
ternal or external, have a force impossible 
to resist.  Men can labor and  have often 
labored  without  useful  purpose,  and 
others  fur  purposes  that  are  actually 
criminal.

Until  within  a  generation  or 

two 
the wonderful resources  of  our  country 
have  favored the  interests of those  who 
had  nothing  but  labor  to  sell  at  the 
start;  and thousands  of  this  class  have 
become in turn  capitalists and  purchas­
ers of labor.  But since the  competition 
of  active  capital  created  an  extraordi­
nary demand  for  labor  the  supply  has 
become  excessive.  Competition  ending 
in  over-production  has  induced  capital 
to lower its bid  for  labor  and  the New 
World is beginning to  duplicate the  ex­
perience  of older countries in  the work­
ings of its  wage system.

We have now in  the  United  States  a 
large population  entirely  dependent  on 
daily labor for existence, much of  which 
is  gathered  from  the  lowest  and  least 
civilized classes of  foreign  lands.  Each

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fluctuation  in  market value  of  products I 
means to them  a certain  gain  or  loss— i 
the gain, if  any, but slight,  the loss sure 
to be heavy and to  deprive  them  of  the 
actual comforts  of life.  Our  legislation 
intended  for their  benefit  is necessarily 
broad in scope, and cannot  reach the de­
sired end except in  an  indirect  manner. | 
Thus labor has been left to fight  its own 
battles,  and  unfortunately  not  in  the 
wisest  way.

Through organization  it has attempted 
to control the price of  the only  article it 
has to sell,  which  like a  perishable mar­
ket product is difficult to do successfully. 
Accordingly,  in the effort  the  cause  of 
labor often gets worsted for want of suffi­
cient  weapons.  Quite  as  often  bad 
generalship turns the scale against itself, 
and the workers  make their  just resent­
ment play into  the  hands  of  opponents. 
By degrees, too,  organized  labor  is  be­
coming as oppressive to individuals with­
in its own ranks  as  the schemes of  cap-1 
italists so loudly complained of.

One of the worst features  of labor  or­
ganization  is  that  it  does  not  equalize 
the rewards of  labor;  but  on  the  other 
hand too often puts  a premium  on  lazi­
ness or incapacity.  A sort of Procrustean 
system has been  enforced that  gives the 
ambitious  workman  no chance  to  com­
pete for the highest  prizes,  but  ties him 
to  the 
treadmill  of  fixed  wages  that 
cramps  his  energies, and  makes  him  a 
hopeless instead of a happy toiler.  Cap­
ital may be never so selfish and arbitrary. 
But  it  recognizes  the  limit  of  human 
nature and  does not  make  such  foolish 
mistakes as those  frequently  insisted on 
by labor  unions  as  ultimatums.  Labor 
as  organized  is growing  each year more 
unreasonable  in  laying  down  proposi­
tions as a  basis  for  settlement of  ques­
tions  that should only be  decided by the 
fundamental  principle  of  the  Golden 
Rule.  Hours  of  labor,  piece work,  ap­
prenticeship in  skilled  trades,  and even 
trifling  points  of  etiquette  complicate 
many  chances  of  settlement.  And  al­
most invariably extremists,  who are,  and 
forever  ought  to  be,  in  the  minority, 
control its  councils.

In a land like ours  where public  opin­
ion is the  ultimate  and  impartial  arbi­
trator  of questions  involving  the  pros­
PLEASES  EVERYBODY,

l i d ü   M I U H I G  

1  k a u ^ & a i a ;

perity of all,  and especially of those who 
depend  on  what  labor  each  man  can 
profitably put on the  market,  every  ex­
treme  demand  weakens  a  cause that in 
the main is just and  should  prevail. 
It 
is  true  we  may for a time  be oppressed 
by combinations of capital entrenched by 
injustice.  The  cure  for  that  evil  can 
generally be  found  in competition,  and 
ultimately  public  opinion  will  enable 
competition  to  fairly  combat  selfish 
greed.  But since many  charges  against 
capital  are  either  false,  or exaggerated 
for a purpose,  we  are  safe  in  believing 
that the wealth of the land is not in  any 
considerable degree held by the  oppress­
ors of the working class.  But who shall 
restrain the selfish and  arbitrary  power 
used by a minority  among  the  ranks  of 
labor, if by specious harangues  it totally 
destroys the sense of right in  those  who 
form a majority of voters that  can make 
or mar  our  civilization  and  consequent 
autonomy as a nation?

tained, that not only allowed  but invited 
immigration  of  a  kind  wholly  at vari­
ance with the spirit  of  our  institutions, 
is  beginning  to  bear  its  natural  fruit. 
The worst  elements  thus  secured  from 
lands demoralized  by  monarchical  rule 
are  to-day  controlling  the  councils  of 
labor, however much we may deplore the 
fact.  Every  day  develops  some  new 
claim  made  on  capital  or  government 
that  is  foreign  to  the  theory  of  our 
national bill of rights.

Until  lately  anarchy  was  solely  the 
product of  despotism.  To-day  it  seeks 
to take root like  the  Russian  thistle  in 
republican  soil,  and  promises  equally 
undesirable  results.  It  seeks,  through 
workingmen,  to  undermine  the  citadel 
that protects all we  hold  dear, the  right 
of self-government, and some even  of our 
national legislators are disposed to bid it 
welcome. 
If  organized  labor  shall  en­
courage  the  newcomer  in  spite  of  the 
warnings  of  those  whose advice may be 
scorned because they are capitalists,  then 
the old story  of  the  woodman  and  the 
viper will be repeated on  a  large  scale, 
and  generations  to  come  will  rue  the

If labor is wise  the  evil 
consequences. 
may be averted. 
In  default  of prompt, 
defensive  action,  capital,  its  supposed 
enemy, may indeed suffer; but  labor will 
be  involved  also  and,  by its own folly, 
fail to receive its desired  reward.

S. P.  W h it m a b s h .

U tilizin g   th e   A rm y .

The  village  of  Wauwatosa,  Wis.,  a 
suburb of Milwaukee,  has  found  a  use 
for the commonweal  army.  The  place 
has long been infested  with  tramps  and 
beggars, and the leading men of  the  vil­
lage got together and  determined  to  or­
ganize them into a contingent  of  Coxey- 
ites, and send  them  on  to  Washington. 
Accordingly, they went to  the  leader  of 
the  tramps,  dubbed  him  general,  and 
persuaded  him  to  set  up  a  recuiting 
office for the army.  Then they set about 
persuading  all  the rest  to  enlist  under 
his banner.  As soon as the contingent is 
ready to move, it will be  furnished  with 
some supplies, escorted out of town, and, 
as it marches off, the inhabitants  will  go 
back and hold  a  jollification  over  their 
riddance.

The  more  worthless  a  man  is, 

of tener he changes jobs.

the 

Use Tradesman Coupon Books.

We  are  nearing  a  crisis  which  is  to 
test  the  strength  of  our republican ex­
periment as it has never been  tested  be­
fore.  The unwise policy so  long  main-
J ^ H B Y   A L B   S A Y

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

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

Is 
it  n o t   th e   p u b l i c ?   T h e   m a n u f a c t u r e r s  
b y   c o n s t a n t   a n d  
j u d i c i o u s   a d v e r t i s i n g  
b r i n g   c u s t o m e r s   to  y o u r   s to r e s   w h o s e  
v e r y   p r e s e n c e   c r e a te s   a  d e m a n d  
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Special Correspondence
N ew Y oke,  May  19—It  is  not  likely 
that  anything  will  come  out  of  the 
charges of bribery now to be investigated 
before  the  Senate  committee,  but  if  it 
that  a  man  had 
were  demonstrated 
offered a bribe, there  ought  to  be  some 
punishment  made  to  fit  the  crime. 
If 
the  Sugar  Trust  is  shown  to  have  re­
sorted to bribery, it  is  evident  they  are 
seeking  an  undeserved  protection  and 
should  be  made  to  feel  the  effect  of a 
little legitimate foreign competition.
It is to  be  hoped, for  decency’s  sake, 
also, that  it will not  be  shown  that  the 
honorable  Senators  have  speculated  in 
sugar stocks  themselves. 
If  they  have, 
they should be consigned to  the  deepest 
oblivion.  How  would  it  do  to  dis­
franchise them—to regard them  as  hav­
ing  no  rights which  other  people  were 
bound to respect?  By the Sherman anti­
trust  act, the  Trust  is  illegal,  and  be­
tween  the  men  intrusted with  our  na­
tional legislation and the managers of an 
obnoxious monopoly, there should  be  no 
dealings or  understandings.  Sugar  was 
accorded  a  protection  of  .18  cents  a 
pound in the Tariff bill as passed  by the 
House.  By a slight “twist of the wrist” 
this has been increased in  the  Senate  to 
nearly .55 cents on sugar  imported  from 
countries paying no bounties on  exports 
and .65 cents on sugar from countries  al­
lowing  such  bounties.  Under  the  Mc­
Kinley law  refined  sugar,  as  everybody 
knows, was protected to the extent of  K 
cent a  pound.  Certainly  the  Trust  has 
been  liberally treated,  and, much  as  we 
should regret to learn it, there would not 
be much surprise occasioned to find  that 
there had  been reciprocal favors shown. 
Sugar  trust  stock,  which  was  S5%  on 
March  1,  and  89%  April  1,  has  since 
reached  104, and, though  a  trifle  below 
par at the moment, is still sailing around 
100.  Let us have an investigation to the 
very  bottom.
Since  my last  letter,  a  better  demand 
has  sprung  up  for  refined  sugars,  and 
the market is  fairly  active, with  granu­
lated  at  4 5-16c.  The  question  of  lim­
ited prices  on sugars  grows  in  interest 
The Trust does not sell to retailers, even 
though they buy in  100  barrel  lots;  but 
they  can  purchase 
through  so-called 
brokers,  and  it is a  fact that retailers in 
some sections are selling fofr % cent  less 
than  the  wholesalers  can  deliver  the 
sugar in the same place.
Coffee shows  no  particular  animation 
and continues in  about  the  same  chan­
nel, with a general  tendency downward. 
For  No.  7  Brazil,  16%c  is  about  top. 
Mild  sorts,  in  sympathy with  Rio,  are 
moving  rather  sluggishly,  and  few  im­
portant sales are being  made.  There  is 
an  utter  absence  of  speculation  and 
business on the Exchange is dull indeed.
Go into the leading brokers’ offices and 
they will have a long lingo on rice ready 
for delivery, but, after  all  is  said,  you 
are still at  a  loss  to  tell  just  how  the 
market is after  all.  Dull  for  domestic 
and fairly satisfactory  for  foreign, will, 
perhaps, about express the situation.
Canned goods are dull,  both here  and 
in Baltimore.  Here trade is exceedingly 
slow, and buyers who have the  cash can 
pick up  some  bargains.  Gallon  apples 
have taken  a  turn  upward  again,  con­
trary to the general run of canned goods, 
and are now held at $3.65.  The weather 
is  favorable  to  a  large  pack  of  small 
fruit, and strawberries, particularly, are 
giving  great  promise.  There  is  very 
little  demand  for  peaches.  Salmon  is 
fairly steady at $1.60(31.75 for  tiat  tins.
The butter market  is  very weak,  and 
prices  are  low  and  unsteady,  although 
stocks  are  certainly  smaller. 
is 
prophesied that we shall see a  16c  basis 
for Elgin. 
It is now 17c and  the  choic­
est butter is obtainable at retail  for 21c. 
Of course,  with best grades  at  such  fig­
ures, lower sorts are  not wanted, and  go 
begging at 14@16c.
The cheese market is dull  and without 
any particular  change  from  last  week. 
Full cream, large,  10%@10%c; small do, 
10K@10%c.  The  export  demand  is 
very light;

It 

stranger.

“No, I don’t know you; but  I’m  going 
to get acquainted with you—I’m going to 
run you in.”
“Run me in!  Well, I  guess  not.  So 
you don’t  recognize  me ?  Well,  that’s 
all right.  1 knew you at  this  time  yes­
terday but now i know you not.  Yester­
day  I  was  but  a  plain citizen of these 
United States; to-day I am-----”

“A  deserter  from  Coxey’s  army,  by 
yer  looks;  or  are  you  the  army  itself, 
broke loose from its  moorings?”

“You are  a  fly  cop,  ain’t  you.  And 
you  don’t  know  the  earmarks ?  You 
don’t  know  a  fresh-laid  shriner  when 
you see one ?”

“A shiner!  Yes, you’re a shiner.  Your 
light  may  be  a  trifle  dim,  but you’re a 
shiner, all right.”

“A shriner—not  shiner.  S-h-r-i-n-e-r, 
shriner.  Do you tumble  now?  Do you 
know what a shriner is ?  A shriner is a 
man who has crossed the  burning  sands 
of the desert,  bucked—no,  bearded  the 
tiger in his lair,  and ridden the ferocious 
and deadly camel forty-one times around 
the mystic circle.  All this  1  have  done 
and  more.  Hold,  minion,  I  have  the 
proofs.  See my feet ?  They  look  like 
I pieces of raw beef  left  over  from  week 
before  last,  but  they  are  feet  just the 
same;  but  the sands of Arabia are not a 
circumstance to the heat of  the  country 
you aie pilgriming to, if  you  don’t  quit 
being  a  policeman—see this ?” said  the 
tramp, tenderly touching bis cheek bone, 
which  looked  as  if  it  had been kicked 
by a mule five times in succession on the 
same  spot. 
“That’s  where  the  camel 
kicked me.  They say a  camel’s  foot  is 
soft and spongy.  It  must  be  his  other 
foot.  The  one  that  struck  me  was 
harder  than  a  boarding-house  biscuit. 
And  the  tiger—were  you  ever  turned 
loose  on  a  full-grown,  healthy  tiger ? 
Well, I was, and only last night.  I couid 
staud the  burning  sands  of  the desert, 
and to be kicked into the middle of  next 
week  by a camel, forty-one  times  round 
the magic circle wasn’t so  bad,  though I 
expect  to  take  my  fodder  standing for 
the next 30 days, but when I  struck  the 
tiger—say,  my  friend,  take  my  advice 
and don’t even buzz-saw with a tiger, un­
less  it  be  the  little  one  in  the  green 
room, and even  then  you  are  likely  to 
get scratched.  No one ever  forgets  the 
tiger that does  business  with  him;  but 
I’ll be all right in a few  days. 
I’m  go­
ing into dry-dock for repairs, and when 1 
get about a dozen  patches  of  new  flesh,

givin’  me?”

in 

The  astonished  policeman 

“That’s what; and E. J.  Herrick is now 
in  full  and  regular  standing 
the 
Ancient and Noble  Order  of  the  Mystic 
Shrine,”  replied  the  remains, as  it un­
locked the door and pulled  itself  inside.
turned 
about, walked down to  the patrol box on 
Scribner’s corner and turned  in  the  fire 
alarm.  He  doesn’t know yet whether it 
was  a  dream  or  a bad case of wheels in 
the  head;  but  what  he  had  heard  was 
true.  Herrick went dowu to  Kalamazoo 
to be initiated into the  mysteries  of  the 
Mystic Shrine.  He was initiated.
F o ste r,  S tev en s  &  Co.  Buy  O ut 

th e  

G unn  H a rd w a re   Co.

Foster, Stevens & Co.  have  purchased 
the  merchandise  and  good  will  of  the 
Gunn Hardware Co.,  both wholesale  and 
retail,  and  will  consolidate  the  stocks 
with their  own.

Attention as directed  to the  advertise­
ment of the Detroit Cigar Co., on another 
page of this  week’s issue.  The  offer  is 
an  exceptionally  attractive  one  and 
should meet  with  the  hearty  apprecia­
tion of the trade.

PRODUCE  MARKET.

Asparagus—Home-grown  now  rules  the  mar­

ket.  Dealers sell it for 30c per doz. bunches.

Beans—Slow.  Dealers  pay $1.30® 1.40 for coun­

try picked, holding hand picked at $1.75.

Butter—Supply is good.  Creamery, fancy, 16® 
17c;  choice, 15@16c;  Dairy, extra, 14® 15c;  rolls, 
fresh 11®12!4.
Cabbage—Poor in quality and appearance,  yet 
all that come to this market are quickly  snapped 
up at $2.50@2.75 per crate.

Cucumbers—Are down to title per doz.
Eggs—Dealers pay  9$4@10c, holding at  11c.
Field  Seeds—Medium  and  mammoth  clover, 
$6@6.25;  Alsyke,  $8@3.50;  Alfalfa,  $6.i5@7.50; 
Timothy,  $2.15;  Red  Top,  75c;  Orchard  Grass 
$1.80.

Honey—White clover, 14c; buckwheat, 12c.
Lettuce—Supply is increasing.  Dealers pay 4c 

and sell for 7c per  lb.

Maple Syrup—Is unchanged.  It is still bought 

for 85c and held at $1 per gal.

Onions—Louisiana  is  now  sending  forward 
new onions and old  are  consequently  knocked 
out.  New are sold for $1.35 per bu, or $3 per bbl. 
Green bring S®10c per dozen bunches.

Radishes—Canada  goods  are  fine  in  quality 
and ample in supply, commanding  15c  per  doz. 
bunches.  Homegrown, much inferior to  Cana­
dian, bring 12c.

Spinach—Unchanged at 40c per bu.
Tomatoes—$3 per 0-basket crate.
Pie Plant—Is down to 4£c per lb
Strawberries—The quality  Is  far  from  being 
fine, but demand is fair at about $2.25  per crate. 
Indiana stock will begin to arrive this  week.

Potatoes—Weak  and  lower,  handlers  having 
reduced  their  paying  prices  to  00@65c, while 
they hold the retail price just now at 70@7Sc per 
bu.

Do  They Raise  Poultry  in

The  H a rd w a re   M arket.
General  trade  has  kept  up 

fairly 
well, but the  late  cold  snap  has  bad  a 
tendency to  check  it,  as  dealers  are  a 
little cautious  and  fear  that  fruit  and 
other crops  have  been  injured.  There 
is but little change to note in  prices and 
those where advances have  occurred are 
caused by  conditions other  than  an  in­
creased demand.
Barbed  Wire—Owing  to  the  strike 
among the coal  and  coke mines,  it  has 
been 
impossible  for  manufacturers  to 
keep supplied with  a  sufficient  amount 
of fuel to run their plants full  time, and 
the consequence  is  a  shortage;  and,  as 
prices have already been  down  close  to 
the cost margin, they feel they can, with­
out doing anyone  an  injustice,  advance 
their prices,  which  they  have done—15 
cents per 100 pounds on barbed wire and 
10 cents a ton on plain wire.  As long as 
the  trouble  continues,  these  advances, 
without a doubt,  will be maintained.

Wire Nails—Like barbed wire, is  also 
effected, and prices have  been  advanced 
by the makers 10 cents  a  keg.  Jobbers 
in this market  have,  as  yet,  made  no 
change.

Wire Cloth—Still scarce and  manufac­
turers do not  give  much encouragement 
that they will be able to  supply  the  de­
mand.  The price of  $1.75  per  100  feet 
is firmly held.

Poultry  Netting—The  demand  each 
year  seems  to  grow  and  makers  find 
great difficulty in  keeping  up  with  the 
demand.

Window  Glass—With 

the  early  ap-
proach of the closing  down  of  all  glass 
factories  for  the  summer,  prices  are 
grow ng  materially  stronger  with  each 
week.  We should not be surprised to see 
the discount put at 80 per cent,  any day.

P urely P erso n al.

S.  A. Sears spent Sunday with  friends 
at Elk  Rapids.  Mrs. Sears  accompanied 
him.

N.  Friedman  has  returned  from  St. 
Louis,  Mo.,  where  he  has  been  on  a 
business  trip.  While  there  he  pur­
chased of Max Judd, the Consul  General 
of the United States  at Vienna,  a  large 
cloak factory, and will soon  move  there 
to manage the business.

The wage-worker has  certain  positive 
rights.  He is entitled to fair and impar­
tial  consideration.—Denver  Commercial 
Tribune.
Bosh.  What  right  has  the  wage­
worker that every other man in the com­
munity  has  not?  Or  what  rights  has 
any  man  in  the  community  that  the 
wage-worker  has  not?  “He  is  entitled 
to  fair  and  impartial  consideration.” 
Of course he is.  And so  is  every  other 
man.  One  member  of  a  community  is 
entitled  to  just  the  same  consideration 
as every other member of the community. 
This never-ending petting  and  coddling 
the “wage-worker,” as  though he were a 
spoiled child, is sickening.

HE  W A S  INITIATED.

THUfcü  JSOCÍIIGkAJSr  T R A D E S M A N
Arrivals of eggs keep  up well  and the 
market appears dull and  irregular.  For 
nearby 13%c is all  that  can  be  quoted, 
with  Western,  Michigan,  and  Indiana, 
12@12%c.
Dried fruits  are  extremely  dull,  and 
prices are low without parallel.
For lemons the demand is  most  disap­
pointing.  Holders  are  hoping  for  a 
touch  of  torrid  weather.  New  York 
finds  strong  competition  from  other 
{ points and wishes ardently for  the  good 
| old days.  Oranges  sell fairly well,  and 
I bananas are firm at recent quotations.
J ay.

Last  Friday  morning  a  policeman 
noticed  a  man  acting  in  a  suspicious 
manner in front of a Monroe street store. 
The man was bruised  and  battered  and 
his clothes were torn and,  altogether,  he 
was in a rather dilapidated  condition.

“Here you,” said  the  cop,  “what  are 

S uspicious  A p p earan ce  o f  a   M onroe 

you doing there?”

S tre e t  G rocer.

“You  don’t  know  me,  eh?”  said the 

1 3
and some more hair  and  a  new  suit  of 
clothes,  I’ll  feel  like  a  new man. 
I’m 
worse  up  than  Elliot  was  the  time he 
worked  off  that  old  , chestnut  about 
oxygen, or Holland gin, or something.”

“That’ll do for a yarn,” said the police­
man,  “but you tell me who you  are  and 
what you are doing here or I’ll  run  you 
in.”

The  wreck  turned  itself  painfully 
around and silently pointed  at  the  sign 
over the door.  “That’s my name.”

“What! ‘E. J.  Herrick ?’  What’er you 

Yonr Neel: of tie  M s  ?

Buy all the first-class Poultry you can get and ship to me. 

I want  it  and  will 

pay highest market price.

F. J. DETTENTHALER, 117 and 119 Monroe St.

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D r u g s  fH M e d i c i n e  s.

State Board  of Pharm acy.

One  Year—O ttm ar Eberbach, Ann  Arbor.
Two  Y ears  George Gundrum. Ionia.
Three  Years—C. A- Bugrbee. Cheboygan.
Four Year*—S. E. P arklll, Owoaso.
Five Years—F. W. R. P erry, D etroit.
President—O ttm ar Eberbach, Ann Arbor.
S ecretary—Stanley E. Parkiil, Owosso.
T reasurer—Geo. Gnndrnm. Ionia.
Coming  Meetings—Star  Island,  June  85  and  26; 
Houghton, Aug. 29 and SO;  Lansing, Not.  6  and 7.

M ichigan  State  Pharm aceutical  A h ’d , 
President—A. B. Stevens, Ann Arbor. 
Vice-President—A. F. P arker, D etroit.
Treasurer—W. Dupont,  Detroit.
Secretay—S. A. Thompson, D etro it
(Grand  Rapids  Pharm aceutical Society 
President, W alter K. Schmidt;  Sec’y, Ben. Schrooder

EQUALITY  MEANS  COMPETITION.
While a  complete and  uniform  polit­
ical,  moral  and  social  condition  of  all 
the inhabitants of  a community or conn- 
try  is  the  dream  of  the  humanitarian 
perfectionists,  the fact remains  that  no 
such  state  of  things  has  ever  existed, 
and no examination of the  present  char­
acteristics  of  human  natnre  has  ever 
been  able  to  secure  any  information 
that  could  encourage  the  belief  that 
any such consummation of  social  equal­
ity is possible.

The  primary  facts  of  human  nature 
testify to  the entire inequality of human 
beings 
in  every  respect.  Take  the 
children  born  of  the  same  parents, 
reared and  educated  under  the same in­
fluences.  These  brothers  and  sisters 
usually  exhibit  the  most  striking  dif­
ferences of  physical  constitution  and of 
mental capacity.  These inequalities, ex­
isting  from  the  moment  of  birth,  con­
stantly  increase  until,  when  they grow 
up  to  maturity,  persons  manifest  the 
most marked differences of health, vigor, 
beauty, 
intelligence,  moral  principle, 
traits  of  disposition  and  emotional 
nature.  As a result of these differences, 
they drift  apart,  and  each  gravitates  to 
that  social,  intellectual  and  moral  sta­
tion which his or her natural or acquired 
aptitudes dictate.

Thus  it  comes  to  light  that  in  the 
children of one  family  there  is  no  such 
thing  as physical, intellectual and moral 
equality,  and as these characteristics are 
the  foundation  of  social  organization, 
after  the  children  grow 
to  maturity 
to take their places  in  the  communities 
in  which  they  live,  there  is  in  many 
cases  very  little  social  eqnality  among 
them.  This  is  because  some  become 
rich while others are poor;  some  may be 
honest and respectable,  while others  are 
dishonest  and  morally  depraved;  some 
may • be  brilliantly  intellectual  or  pro­
foundly  learned,  while  others  may  be 
stupid and averse to books  and  culture. 
If this can be the case in a single family, 
where  all the members  have  been  born 
and reared under  as  nearly  as  possible 
the  same  conditions, how  can  there  be 
any physical, intellectual or moral equal­
ity among the people of a  community  or 
country?  and, by consequence,  how  can 
there be any social equality?

Political equality there may  be and is. 
It is equality  before the  law,  the  equal 
right of every individual  to exercise cer­
tain common  franchises  and  rights,  in 
the  enjoyment  of  which  the  law  will 
protect  him.  Then  there  is  the  equal 
right for every individual to  use his  fac­
ulties to the best advantage  for  his  own 
benefit and advancement,  limited always 
by  the  requirement  that  he  must  not 
infringe the  rights  of  any  other.  This 
is all the  equality  that  is  possible, and 
any law that would  seek to  suppress  or |

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

restrain the  most  capable  in  the  com­
munity,  and  bring  them  down  to  the 
level of  the weakest and  least  capable, 
would destroy all  the  genius,  vigor  and 
heroism, so that there  might  be no supe­
riority of any sort, and weakness and un­
fitness  would be the standard.

in  mechanical 

Leveling down is a  policy of  destruc­
tion.  The law of human progress is  the 
law of human competition.  Equality be­
fore the  law  means  the  right  of  every 
man by the force  of his talents to rise to 
the highest place in  the  trades,  in  com­
merce, 
in 
science, in  politics,  in  statesmanship,  in 
religion, in social  station.  Without this 
competition there would be no  progress, 
there would be  no  worthy ambition,  no 
noble aspiration,  no  genius, no heroism, 
nothing grand  and  beautiful  in  buman 
uature;  there would be  nothing, indeed, 
in life but stagnation and the  dead level 
of a pitiful mediocrity.

invention, 

It is natural  that  this  outcry  against 
those  who  have  honorably  made  their 
way  in  the  world  should  come  from 
others at  the bottom.  People who  have 
done  nothing 
to  merit  success  and 
honors are apt  to  be  envious;  but  they 
should not be allowed to  set  the  stand­
ard  of  human  life.  Let  none  who  are 
honestly  striving 
to  rise  be  dragged 
down, but let all be encouraged to better 
themselves.

The  competition  of  life  may  cause 
some  evils but it is the instrument of all 
human progress. 
It is  this  competition 
that places the barbarian  above  the sav­
age, the civilized man  above  the barbar­
ian, and the  man  who  is  truly  enlight­
ened, morally  as well  as  intellectually, 
above them all. 
It  is  only noble  to  be 
good,  to  be  good  in  the  manner that 
raises our humanity to  the  highest point 
of virtue, honesty and real philanthropy.

F rank  Stow ell.

COXEYISM.

W ritten for The Tradesman.

The daily papers are full  of  it.  Mag­
azines have contained  long  and  learned 
dissertations  upon  it.  Preachers  have 
preached about it, and one and  all  have 
declared it to be  a  very  serious  matter, 
indeed.  It has been called “the inevitable 
consequence of the peculiar conditions un­
der which we have lived for thirty years;” 
“the laboring man’s protest  against  the 
inaction of  Congress;”  “a wave  of  dis­
content which at  stated  periods  sweeps 
over the country;”  "the  protest  of  the 
people  against  conditions  which  are 
daily making the  many  poorer  and  the 
few richer;”  it  has  been  said  to  be  a 
great many other phases of a  large num­
ber of other things.  But,  after all, it is 
simply Coxeyism—the silly scheme  of  a 
hair-brained  individual  who  possesses 
more money than brains,  whose  “strong 
personality” resolves  itself  into  a  pig­
headed persistence in anything he under­
takes.  He  is  not  even  the  author  of 
Coxeyism.  The “Gospel of Good Reads” 
bad  been  preached  long  before  Coxey 
was known outside his own family circle. 
Socialists and populists have  each  made 
demands upon Congress for  an  issue  of 
National  bonds  to  “give 
the  people 
money,” and even the idea of  a  “march 
on Washington” has been suggested  sev­
eral  times  before  Coxey  organized  his 
“army.”  Having the means he has been 
able to do what  others  would  long  ago 
have done if  they  had  had  the  money. I 
Then, consider the character of  the men 
he  is  leading. L They  are  tramps  to  a j

man, have no settled occupation  and  do 
not want any.  The  few  “workingmen” 
who have joined the  “movement,”  have 
the  tramp  instinct,  and,  being  out  of 
work, Coxey has supplied  them with the 
necessary  excuse  for  “taking  to  the 
road.”  They  belong  to  the  class  that 
robs  hen-roosts  and  frightens  women 
into giving them  something  to  eat, who 
steal school children’s lunches,  sleep  in 
straw stacks, roam  the  country  at  will 
in summer and crowd the jails and work- 
houses in the winter.  The idea  of  join­
ing in a body and marching  to Washing­
ton had peculiar charms for  these  men. 
It had the promise  of  plenty  to  eat  so 
long as  the  march  should  last,  and  at 
Washington  they would, at  least, be  as 
well off  as  anywhere  else.  Then,  too, 
the “army” was to  invade  the  National 
capital “500,000  strong,”  and  this  vast 
number  held  possibilities  which  com­
pletely  dazzled  the  tramp  mind.  The 
500,000 dwindled  to  less  than  300  and 
the  “gigantic enterprise”  was  an  igno­
minious  failure. 
If  there  is  a  serious 
side to Coxeyism it is  in  the  encourage­
ment which the movement received from 
many 
labor  leaders.  It  is  a  serious 
matter when  these  men,  who,  presum­
ably, speak for the great body  of  organ­
ized labor, approve and  encourage  such 
wild  schemes  as  those  advocated  by 
Coxey. 
It shows the utter incompetence 
and  unreliability  of  the  men  who  are 
the accepted  unionist leaders. 
It shows, 
moreover,  with  startling  distinctness, 
the  socialistic  tendency  of  unionism, 
which looks  upon  the  accumulation  of 
property  through  individual  enterprise 
and industry as a capital  crime.  Think, 
too,  what  would  be  the  result  if  such 
men as these leaders should ever get con­
trol of the National  legislature.  But  of 
this there is little likelihood,  as,  with  a 
few exceptions,  the  head  and  heart  of 
the  American  workingman 
is  sound. 
Coxeyism  in  the  abstract  may  have  a 
serious aspect, but  Coxeyism  in  reality 
is a huge joke. 
T u rp en tin e W hich  is  L ittle  B e tter  th a n  
From  the New England Grocer.
There are  very  many  of  our  readers 
who sell  painters’  supplies,  and  among 
them, of course,  turpentine.  The  adul­
terated  turpentine  from  the  South  has 
been pretty nearly driven from  the New 
England market,  but a worse commercial 
fraud  has  sprung  up  from  another 
quarter.  While  at  the  store  of  Chas. 
Richardson & Co., this  week,  Mr.  Rich­
ardson handed us a sample of turpentine 
(alleged)  which  he  had  been  testing. 
Although he did not  volunteer  much in­
formation, a glance  at and a smell  of  it 
sufficed  to  prove  to  us  that  it  was  a 
sample of the worst case of flagrant adul­
teration and  commercial  fraud ever seen 
in Boston.  So bad was  it that the  char­
acteristic odor of turpentine  was  almost 
wholly eradicated by  the  rank  smell of 
petroleum. 
It  is  styled  “Commercial 
Turpentine,” and is sold by the  Traders’ 
Oil Co., of  Cleveland,  Ohio.  Such  stuff 
is the worst possible  commodity  for any 
onetoselL  It will  ruin a  job  of  paint­
ing, and nothing could do  a dealer  more 
harm than to sell this fraudulent turpen­
tine.

Da n ie l  Abbott.

N ap h th a.

M ichigan B oard o f P h arm acy .

Owosso,  May  1—A  meeting  of  the 
Michigan  Board  of  Pharmacy,  for  the 
purpose  of  examining  candidates  for 
registration,  will  be  held  at  the  Star 
Island  House,  St  Clair  Flats, June  25 
and  26.
The  examination  of  Candidates  for 
both Registered Pharmacists  and Assist­
ant Pharmacists will commence Monday, 
June 25, at  8  p. m., at  which  hour  all 
candidates must be present.  The exam­
ination will  occupy  the  evening  of  the 
25th  and  the  morning,  afternoon  and

evening of the  26th.  The  entire  exam­
ination  will  be  completed  in  time  to 
allow all  to  take  the  morning  boats  of 
the 27th.
A  special  rate  of  $1.50  per  day  has 
been  secured  for  the  candidates  at  the 
Star  Island  House,  which  is  good  for 
such time as they may desire  to  remain, 
either before  or  after  the  examination 
days.
Other examinations will  be  held  dur­
ing  the  year  as  follows:  Houghton, 
August 29 and  30, Lansing, November  6 
and 7. 

Yours respectfully,

Sta n ley E.  P a r k il l,  Sec’y.

T esting  th e   R eb ate  P lan .

John D. Park & Son’s Co.,  the  profes­
sional  price-cutters  of  Cincinnati,  have 
applied  for  an  injunction  to  restrain 
certain members of the  National  Whole­
sale Druggists’ Association from interfer­
ing  with the traffic in rebate proprietary 
goods.  In the petition are named Messrs. 
Hale,  Justis & Co.,  Lloyd  Bros.,  Stein- 
Yogeler Drug Co.,  and  Geo.  B. Bowers, 
Secretary of the Proprietary  Goods Com­
mittee.  The hearing has  been fixed  for 
May 26. 
It appears  that  the  Park  firm 
has  experienced  considerable  difficulty 
in procuring  supplies,  and  the  present 
suit was entered with  the view probably 
of  securing unlimited license  in  cutting 
prices on contract goods.

The D rug M ark et.

Opium is unsettled and lower.  Opium, 

powdered, has also declined.

Quinine  is  much  firmer  and  higher 

prices are probable.

Tonka beans are  scarce  and  have  ad­

vanced.

and lower.

American  saffron  is  in  better  supply 

Turpentine has advanced.
Seely’s Flavoring Extracts
Every dealer should sell  them.
Extra Fine quality.
Lemon,  Vanilla,  Assorted  Flavors. 
Yearly sales  inert ased  by  their  use. 
Send  trial order.

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Seely's Lemon.
Doz  Gro.
lo z .  $  90  10  30
3 oz.  1  30  13  60
4 os.  8  OO  88  80 
6 oz.  3  OO  33  OO
Seely's  Vanilla
Doz.  Gro. 
1 oz. $ 1  OO  16  30
3 oz.  3  OO  81  60
4 oz.  3  76  40  80
6 oz.  5  40  57  60
Plain  N. 8.  w ith 
corkscrew a t same
price If ¡preferred.
Correspondence
Detroit, 

Solicited.
riic h .

BALD
HEADS

NO  CURE. 
NO  PAY. 

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

D A N D R U FF  C URED.

1 will take Contracts to grow hair on the head 
or face with  those who can  call  at  my office or 
tt  the office of my agents, provided  the head is 
not  glossy, or the pores of the scalp not closed. 
Where  the  head  is  shiny or  the  pores  closed, 
there is no cure.  Call and  be examined  free oi 
charge.  If you cannot  call, write to me.  State 
■h>‘. exact  condition of the scalp and your occu* 
ésticn 
R°cm lull Masonic Temple, Chicago

PROF.  G.  BIRKHOLZ,

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Morphia, S.  P. *  W.  2 25@2 50 
C.  Co....................  2 15@2 40
Moschus Canton —  ..  @  40
Myrlstlca, No  1 ........  65®  70
Nux Vomica, (po 20)..  @ 10
Os.  Sepia....................  15®  18
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
Co............................  @2 00
Plcls Llq, N.»C., M gal
doz  .........................  @2 00
Plcls Llq., quarts......   @1  00
pints.........   @  85
Pll Hydrarg,  (po. 80)..  @ 50
Piper  Nigra, (po. 22)..  @ 1
Piper Alba, (po g5)__  @  3
PllxBurgun................  @  7
Plumbl A cet..............  14®  15
Pulvls Ipecac et opll.. 1  10@1  20 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
&P. D.  Co., doz......  @125
Pyrethrum,  pv...........  20®  30
Quasslae....................  8®  10
Quinia, S. P. & W......34*036*
S.  German....  27®  37
Rubla  Tlnctorum......   12®  14
12®  14
Saccharum Lactls pv. 
Salacln...................... 2 00@2  10
Sanguis  Draconls......  40®  50
Sapo,  W......................  12®  14
«  M.......................  10®  12
“  G............. 
  @  15

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Seldlltz  Mixture........  @  20
Slnapls........................  @  18
“  opt...................  ®  30
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
Voes.......................  @  35
Snuff. Scotch, De. Voes  @  35 
Soda Boras, (po. 11).  .  10®  11 
Soda  et Potass Tart...  27®  30
Soda Carb.................  1*@  2
Soda,  Bl-Carb............   @  5
Soda, Ash.................    3*@  4
Soda, Sulphas............   @  2
Spts. Ether C o...........  50®  55
“  Myrcla  Dom......  ®2 25
“  Myrcla Imp........  @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
“  Roll..............  2  @ 2*
Terebenth Venice.. ...  28® 30
Theobromae......... ...45  @ 48
Vanilla.................. ..9 00016 00
Zlnci  Sulph...........
7® 8
OILS.

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

Bbl.  Gal
70
85
45
55

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Linseed,  boUed.........  55 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
Spirits Turpentine__  35 

1 5
58
strained..................  65  70
38
bbl.  lb.
Red Venetian........................im 2@3
Ochre, yellow  Mars__ 1M  2@4
“ 
Ber........1M  2@3
Putty,  commercial__2*  2*@3
“  strictly  pure.....2*  2K@3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
13@16
ican ..........................  
Vermilion,  English__ 
65@70
Green,  Peninsular...... 
70@75
Lead,  red..............................   6 @6*
“  w hite............................6 @6M
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gilders’........  @90
White, Paris  American 
1  0 
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
Cliff.......................... 
1  40
Pioneer Prepared Palntl  20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
Paints.................... 1  00@1  20
No. 1 Turp  Coach__1  10@1  20
Extra Turp................160@1  70
Coach  Body.............. 2 75@3 00
No. 1 Turp Fum .......1  00@1  10
EutraTurk Damar__1  55®1  60
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
70® 7 6
Turp......................... 

VARNISHES.

IIIQrand  Rapids, flieh.

Sponges

Wholesale Price  Current•

Advanced—Tonka Beans.

Declined—Opium, Opium  Powdered, Saffron.

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ACJDÜM.
Acetlcum.................
m   10
65®  75 
Benzoicum  German.
20
Boracic 
...................
20®  30 
Carbolicum..............
52®  55 
Cltrlcum...................
3®  5
Hydrocblor..............
Nltrocum 
...............
10®   12
Oxallcum................. .  10®  12
20
Phosphorlum  dll......
Sallcyllcum.............. .1  3o@l  70
8ulphurlcum............ .  1K@  5
Tannlcum................. .1  40@1  60
30®  33
Tartarlcum...............
AMMONIA.
4®  6
Aqua, 16  deg............
6®  8
20  deg............
Carbonas  ................. .  12®  14
Chlorldum................ .  12®  14

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

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

BAL8AMUM.

Copaiba......................  45®  50
Peru............................  @2 25
Terabln, Canada 
....  60®  65
Tolutan......................  35®  50

Abies,  Canadian.................   18
Casslae  ........*.....................  11
Cinchona F lav a.................   18
Euonymus  atropurp...........  30
Myrlca  Cerliera, po.............  20
Primus Virglnl....................   12
Qulllaia,  grd.......................   10
Sassafras  ............................  12
Ulmus Po (Ground  15)........  15

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EXTBACTUM.
Glycyrrhlza  Glabra...
po...........
Haematox, 15 lb. box..
Is..............
14s.............
............
FEKHU
Carbonate Preclp........
Citrate and Quinta —
Citrate  Soluble...........
Ferrocy anldum Sol —
Solut  Chloride...........
Sulphate,  com’l.........
pure.............

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

®  15 
®3 50 
®  80 
®  50 
@  15 
.9®  2
®  7

FLORA.

 
F O L IA .

Arnica.......................   18®  20
Anthemls...................  30®  35
Matricaria 
50®  65

 

Barosma 
Cassia  Acutlfol,  Tin

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

Salvia  officinalis,  Ms
UraUrsl 

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Acacia,  1st  picked—  
2d 
.... 
3d 
.... 
sifted sorts... 
po 

®  60
®  40
®  30
®  20
.  60®  80
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)...  50®  60 
“  Cape, (po.  20)...  ®  12
Socotrl. (po.  60).  ®  50
Catechu, Is, (V4s, 14 Ms,
16)..........................  
l
Ammonlae .  ..............  55®  60
Assafoetlda, (po. 35)..  40®  45
Bensoinum.................  50®  55
Camphor«...................  46®  50
Buphorblum  po  ........  35®  lo
Gafbanum...................  @2 50
Gamboge,  po..............  70®  7b
Gualacum, (po  35)  .. 
®  3u
Kino,  (po  1  10).........   @1  15
Myrrh, (po. 45) —  
@  40
Opll  (po  3 80@4 00). .2 4002 50
Shellac  ......................  35®  42
bleached......  33®  35
Tragacanth...............   40®1 00

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Absinthium............... 
25
Bupatorlum.........................  29
Lobelia................................   25
Malorum.............................   28
Mentha  Piperita.........-.......   28
“  V lr.........................  25
Rue......................................-  30
Tanacetnm, V......................  22
Thymus,  V......................... 
25

 

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OLN U X .

Calcined, Pat..............  55®  60
Carbonate,  Pat...........  20®  22
Carbonate, K. A  M__  20®  S>
Carbonate, JennlngS..  35®  36 
Absinthium................ 2 50®3 00
Amygdalae, Dole........  45®  75
Amydalae, Amarae__ 8 00®8 25
A nlsl........................... 1  8<)@1 90
Aurantl  Cortex...........2 30®2 40
Bergamll  ...................3  00®3 20
Ca]lputl.................... 
60®  65
Caryophylli...............   75®  80
Cedar.........................  35®  65
Chenopodll...............   @1  60
Clnnamonil.................1  1C®1 15
Cltronella...................  ®  45
Conlum  Mac..............  35®  65
Copaiba......................  so®  90

Cubebae......................  @250
Exechthltos..............  1  50®1 60
Erlgeron......................1  50®1 60
Gaultherla...............   1  70@1 80
Geranium,  ounce......   @  75
Gosslpll,  Sem. gal......  70®  75
Hedeoma  ...................1  25@1 40
Juniperl......................  50@2 00
Lavendula.................  90®2 00
Llmonls.......................1  50®! 70
Mentha Piper...............2  85@3 60
Mentha Verld.............2  20®2 30
Morrhuae, gal..............1  30@1 40
Myrcla, ounce. .........   @  50
Olive......................... 
90@3 00
Plcls Liquida, (gal..35)  10®  12
Rlclnl.......................  1  22® 1 28
Rosmarlnl............  
75@l  00
Rosae, ounce............   6  50®8 50
Sueclnl.......................  40®  45
Sabina.......................  90@1  00
Santal  .....................   2  50@7 00
Sassafras....................  50®  55
Slnapls, ess, ounce...  @ 65
Tlglll..................  
@1  00
Thyme......................  40®  60
opt  ...............   @1  60
Theobromas...............   15®  20

POTASSIUM.
BICarb..............  ... 
15®  18
Bichromate...............   13®  14
Bromide.................... 
40®  43
Carb............................  18®  15
Chlorate  (po  23@25)..  24®  26
Cyanide......................  50®  55
Iodide..........................2  90@3 00
Potassa, Bitart,  pure..  27®  30 
Potassa, B1 tart, com ...  @  15
Potass  Nltras, opt......  8®  10
Potass Nltras..............  7®  9
Prusslate....................  28®  30
Sulphate  po...............   15®  IS

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Aconitum...................  20®  25
Althae.........................  22®  85
Anchusa....................  12®  15
Arum,  po....................  @  25
Calamus......................  20®  40
Gentiana  (po. 12)......   8®  10
Glychrrhlza, (pv. 15)..  16®  18 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 35)...................  @ 30
Hellebore,  Ala,  po__  15®  20
Inula,  po....................  15®  20
Ipecac,  po....................1  60®i 75
Iris plOX (po. 35@38)..  35®  40
Jalapa,  pr..................   40®  45
Maranta,  M8..............  @  35
Podophyllum, po.......   15®  18
Rhei............................  75@1  00
“  Cut......................  @1  75
“  pv.......................  75@1  35
Splgella.....................   35®  38
Sanguinarla, (po  25)..  @ 20
Serpen tarla.................  45®  50
Senega.......................  55®  60
Slmllax, Officinalis,  H  @ 40
M  @ 25
Scillae, (po. 35)...........  10®  12
Symplocarpus,  Fcetl
  @  35
 
Valeriana, Eng. (po.30)  @  25
German...  15®  20
lnglber a .................... 
18® 20
Zingiber  j ................... 
18® 20

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

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.  @ 15
Anlsum,  (po.  20). 
Aplum  (graveleons)..  22®  25
Bird, Is.......................  
4® 6
Carol, (po. 18)..............   10® 12
Cardamon...... ............ 1  00® 1 25
Corlandrum.................  11®  13
5
Cannabis Satlva.........  4® 
Cydonlum....................  75@l oil
Cnenopodihm  ............ 
10® 12
Dlpterlx Odorate......  2 40®2 60
Foeniculum...............  @  15
Foenugreek,  po.........   6®  8
U n i................. 
4  @ 4M
Uni, grd.  (bbl. 8*1...  3*@  4
Lobelia.........................  35® 40
Pharlarls Canarian—   3  @ 4
Rapa.............................  6®  7
Slnapls  Alba............ 7  @8
r  Nigra...........  11®  12
Frumenti, W.. D.  Co. .2 00®2 50
D. F. R.......1  75@2 00
1  25@1  50
Junlperls  Co. O. T .... 1  65@2 00
.............1  75@3 50
Saacharum  N.  E ........ 1  75@2 00
Spt.  Vlnl Galli........... 1  75@6 50
Vlni Oporto.................... 1  25®2 00
Vlnl  Alba........................1  25@2 00

SFIKITDB.

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Florida  sheeps’  wool
carriage.................. 2 50@2 75
Nassau  sheeps’  wool
carriage  ................. 
2 00
Velvet  extra  sheeps’
wool  carriage.........  
1  10
Extra  yellow  sheeps’
carriage..................  
85
Grass sheeps’ wool car
rlage....................... 
65
75
Hard for  slate  use —  
Yellow Reef, for  slate 
use ..........................  
1  40

Accacia...............................  50
Zingiber  .............................   50
Ipecac..................................   60
Ferrl Iod.......................   ...  50
Aurantl Cortes....................   50
Rhel Arom..........................   50
Slmllax  Officinalis..............  60
Co........  50
Senega................................   50
SclUae..................................   50
«  Co.............................   50
TotUtan...............................  50
Prunusuvlrg.........................  50

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Aconitum  Napellls R.........   60
F .........   50
Aloes...................................   60
and myrrh.................  60
A rnica................................   50
Asafcetlda............................  0
A trope Belladonna..............  60
Benzoin...............................  60
“  Co..........................   50
Sanguinarla.........................  50
Barosma.............................   50
Cantharldes.........................  75
Capsicum............................  50
Ca damon............................  75
Co......................   75
Castor.......................................1 00
Catechu...............................   50
Cinchona............................  50
Co.....................     60
Columba.............................   50
Conlum...............................  50
Cubeba......  ...................  ..  50
Digitalis.............................   50
Ergot....................................  50
Gentian..................... 
50
“  Co...........................  60
Gualca................................   50
“ 
ammon..................  60
Zingiber.............................   60
Hyoscyamus.......................   50
Iodine..................................   75
Colorless................   75
Ferrl  Chlorldum...............  35
K ino...................................   50
Lobelia................................   50
Myrrh..................................  50
Nux  Vomica.......................  50
O pll.....................................  86
"  Camphorated...............   50
“  Doodor..............................2 00
Aurantl Cortex....................   50
Quassia...............................  50
Rhatany.............................   50
Rhel.....................................  50
Cassia  Acutlfol...................  50
Co..............  50
Serpentarla.........................  50
Stromonlum...... .................   60
Tolutan...............................  60
Valerian.............................   50
Veratrum Verlde.................  50

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“ et Potass T.  55®  60

Jither, Spls  Ntt, 3 F..  28®  30 
“  4 P ..  32®  34
Alumen.....................   2M@ 3

T* 
ground,  (po.
7).............................  
3®  4
Annatto......................  55®  60
Antlmonl, po.............. 
4®  5
Antlpyrln...................  @1  40
Antlfebrln..................  @  25
Argentl  Nltras, ounce  @  48
Arsenicum................. 
5®  7
Balm Gilead  Bud__ 
38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N ............ 2 20®2 25
Calcium Chlor, Is, (Ms
12;  M8.,  14)..............  @  11
Cantharides  Russian,
po ............................  @1  00
Capslcl  Fructus, af...  @  26
po—   @  28
@  20
Caryophyllns, (po.  15)  10®  12
Carmine,  No. 40.........   @3 75
Cera  Alba, 8. *  F ......  50®  55
Cera Flava.................  38®  40
Coccus  ....................   @  40
Cassia Fructus...........  @  25
Centrarla....................  @  10
Cetaoeum...................  @  40
Chloroform...............   60®  68
squlbbs ..  @1  %
Chloral Hyd Crst____1  50®1  80
Chondrus 
......   20®  25
Clnchonldlne, P.  A  W  15®  20 
German  8M®  12 
Corks,  list,  dls.  per
75
.................... 
®  %
Creasotum.............. 
Greta, (bbl. 75)......  
@  2
“  prep............  
5®  5
“  preclp.........  
9®  11
“  Rubra...............   @ 8
Crocus......................  50®  55
Cudbear......................  @  24
CuprlSulph...............   5®   6
Dextrine....................  10®  12
Ether Sulph...............   70®  75
Emery,  all  numbers..  @
po..................   @  6
Ergotat ?po.)  75 .........   70®  75
Flake  White...............   12®  15
Galla..........................  @  28
Gambler— ............... 7  @8
Gelatin,  Cooper.........   @  60
French...........  30®  50
Glassware  flint, by box 80.
Less than box 75.
Glue,  Brown.............. 
9®  15
“  White...............   13®  25
Glycerins...................  14®  20
Grana Paradial...........  @  22
Humulns....................  25®  55
Hydraag Chlor  Mite..  ®  75 
“  Cor .... 
@  65
Ox Rubrum  @  85
Ammonlatl..  ®  95 
Unguentum.  45®  55
Hydrargyrum............   @  65
lohthyobolla, Am..  ..1  25®1  50
Indigo........................   75@1 00
Iodine,  Resubl..........3 80®8 90
Iodoform....................  ®4 70
Lupulin......................  @2 25
Lycopodium..............  70® > 75
Macls.........................  70®  75
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy- 
dr arg Iod.................  @  27
Liquor Potass Arslnl tls  10®  12 
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
Mannla,  8 .F ............   60®  68

1M)....................... :•  2M@ 4

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W e   o ffer  th e   f o llo w in g   v e r y   d e s i r a b l e  

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S late........
140  A

No. 150-A........ ........   100 
“ 130-A ........ ........   100 
« 110- A ____ ........  
50 
60 
** 80-B........ ........  
50 
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X—3 .......... ■ 
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X-4.................   18 

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4  00
4  50
3  60
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PRICE  $8.50 per  case.
Sheep’ Wool  Sponge,  from...........................$  1  25  to  3  25  per  pound
Grass 
Slate 
Surgeons 
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From $  1  00  to $  20  00  per kip. 
8  50  “  doz.

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T H E   M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

G ROCERY  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 teature oi  tne 
greatest possible  use to dealers.

CATSUP.

COUPON  BOOKS.

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

Foreign.
Currants.

Patras,  In barrels............   2
In  A-bbls..............  2A
in less quantity —   2a
cleaned,  bulk........ 
4
cleaned,  package.. 
5 
Peel.
Itron, Leghorn. 25 lb. boxes  13
25
Lemon
> 
25 11
Orange
Raisins. 
Ondnra, 29 lb. boxes 
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Valencia, 30  »
California

Prunes.
100-120...............
90x100 25 lb. bxs 
80x90 
70x80 
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Silver ..

ENVELOPES.
XX rag, white.

No. 1,6A..........................  *1  75
No. 2, 6A..........................  1  60
NO. 1,6.............................   1  65
No. 2, 6.............................   1  80

XX  wood, white.

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No. 1,6A...............................  1 35
No. 2,6A 
6A  ............................

I  25
Manilla, white.
..........................   1 00
........................... 
96
Mill  No. 4.........................  100
FARINACEOU8  GOODS. 

Coin.

314

Farina.
Hominy.

  2 75

Oatmeal.

Lima  Beans.

100 lb. kegs........................ 
Barrels....«.»............... 
G rits.........................................3 00
Dried............................4  @4A
Xaccaronl and Vermicelli.
Domestic, 12 lb. box__  
55
Imported....................10 A@l 1
Barrels 200............................  4 25
Half barrels 100  ..............  2 25
Kegs........................ 
2li
Green,  bn.............................  1 15
Split  per l b .................  
Barrels  180.................  @4  50
Half  bbls 90..............  @2 40
German............................  4A
East In d ia.......................  5
Cracked..............................  314

Pearl Barley.

Rolled  Oats.

Wheat.

Sago.

Peas.

3

 

FISH—Salt.

Bloaters.

Cod.

Yarmouth..........................
Pollock..........................
Whole, Grand  Bank...... 4!£©5
Boneless,  bricks.............. 694
Boneless, strips..............6A
Smoked...................... 
Holland, white hoops keg 

Halibut
Herring.
“ 
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10@13
70 
bbl  9 50

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Norwegian  .....................
Round, A bbl 100 lb s ......  2 50
»  40  “  ........  1  30
Scaled............................... 
17
Mackerel.
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.................   65
Russian,  kegs....................   55
No. 1, A bbls., lOOlbs........... 5 21
No. 1 A bbl, 40  lbs...................2 49
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs.................   68
No  1,81b  kits....................  57
Family 
A bbls, 100 lbs.......... 86 50 82 50
A  “  40  “  .......... 8 9J  130
101b.  kite...................  80  40
..................   67  35
8 lb.  “ 
MATCHES.

Sardines.
Trout

White fish.

No.  1

Tradesman.’
1 books, per  hundred.
2 
3 
5 
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820 
“Superior.”
1 books, per hundred
2 
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8 00 
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5 00
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3 00
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1  books, per hundred

83 00 
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.  4 00 
.  5 00 
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Above prices on coupon books 
are  subject  to  the  following 
quantity discounts:
200 books or over..  5  per  cent 
500 
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COUPON  PASS  BOOKS. 
ICan  be  made to represent any 
denomination  from 810  down  ' 
20 books.........................$ 1  00
50
I 00 
3 00 
100
6 25 
250
500
10 00 
17 50
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CRACKERS.

Batter.

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

Oyster.

Soda.

CREAM  TARTAR.

Strictly  pure......................  30
Telfers Absolute..............   30
Grocers’............................ 15©25

FLY  PAPER. 

Thum 's Tanglefoot.

Single  case......................... 3 61
Five case lots...........................3 50
Ten case  lots...........................3 40
Less than one case, 40c  per box 

DRIED  FRUITS. 

Domestic.
Apples.

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Peaches.

Apricots.

quartered  » 

Sundrled, sliced in  bbls.
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes 12  IS 
California In  bags........
Evaporated in boxes.  .. 
Blackberries.
In  boxes.......................
Nectarines.
701b. bags.......................
251b. boxes.....................
Peeled, In  boxes...........
Cal. evap.  » 
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“ 
In bags........
California in bags......
Pitted Cherries.
Barrels..........................
50 lb. boxes — ............
25 » 
...................
Prunelles.
801b.  boxes......... .........
Raspberries.
In barrels......................
501b. boxes....................
......................
251b.  “ 
Raisins.

Pears.

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Loose Muscatels In Boxes.
2 crown.............................   4
8 
.............................   4Jt
......................41,3
4  Loose Xnscatels In Bags.
2  crown. Ï..............................3M
................................4
3 

Regular 
Grade 
Lemon.

dos
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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Jennings.
Lemon. Vanilla
2 oz regular panel.  75 
1  20 
4 oz 
...1  50
2  00 
3 00 
6 oz 
...2 00
No. 3 taper.......... 1  35
2  00 
2 50
No. 4  taper.......... 1  50
N orthrop’s
Lemon.  Vanilla.
1  10
2 oz  oval taper  75 
1  75
“ 
3 oz 
1  20 
2 oz regular  “
85 
1  20
4 oz 
“  1  60 
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Rifle—Dupont’s.

Choke Bore—Dupont’s.

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

Eagle Duck—Dupont’s.

HERBS.

INDIGO.

Madras,  5 lb. boxes.........  
55
S. F., 2, 3 and 5 lb. boxes.. 
50
JELLY.
17  lb. palls.................  @  to
30  “ 
................  @  80
Pare.....................................   80
Calabria...............................   25
Sicily....................................  12
Root.....................................   13

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LYE.
Condensed, 2 dos...............1 20
4 doz...............2 25

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MINCE  MEAT.

Mince meat, 3 doz. in case.  2 75
Pie  preparation,  3 doz. in
...  3 U0

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

MOLASSES.
Blackstrap.
Sugar honse.............. .
Cuba Baking.
Ordinary.......................
Porto Rico.

.. 

1
16
20
30
18

Globe Match Co.’s Brands.

Columbia'Parlor.....................$1 25
XXX Sulphur.........................  1 no
Diamond  Match  Co.’s  Brands.
No. 9  sulphur...........................1 65
Anchor parlor.......................... 1 70
No. 2 home............................... 1 10
Export  parlor.......................... 4 00

Fancy............................
New Orleans.
Fair  ..............................
Good.................................
E x t»  good........................
Choice 
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............
Fancy  ... 

One-half barrels, 8c extra*

Blue Label Brand.

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Half  pint, 25 bottles...........2 75
......   ..  4 501
Pint 
Quart 1 doz bottles 
3 50
Half pint, per  doz..............1  35
Pint, 25 bottles.................. 4 50
Quart, per  doz  .................. 3 75

Triumph Brand.

CLOTHES  PINS.

gross boxes................ 44045

COCOA  SHELLS.

lb. bags......................  03
Less quantity................  @3A
Pound  packages..........6AO7

COFFEE.
Green.
Rio.

Santos.

Fair.................................  -.18
Good.................................... 19
Prime.................................. 21
Golden.................................21
Peaberry............................. 23
Fair......................................19
Good....................................20
Prime.................................. 22
Peaberry  .............................23
Mexican and Guatamala.
Fair..................................... 21
Good.................................... 22
Fancy...................................24
Prime...................................23
M illed.................................24
Interior................................25
Private Growth................... 27
Mandehling........................28
Imitation.............................25
Arabian............................... 28

Maracaibo.

Mocha.

Java.

Roasted.

To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add Ac. per lb. for roast 
lng and 15 pef cent,  for shrink 
age.
M cLaughlin’s  X X X I..  32 80
Bunola  ............................  22 SO
Lion, 60 or 100 lb.  case....  22 80 

Package. 

Extract.

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

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CHICORY.

Bulk.....................................5
Red...................................... 1

CLOTHES  LINES.

Cotton,  40ft...
60ft...
60 ft...
70ft...
80 ft...
bOft...
72 i t - . .

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14C
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1  6C
175
1  90
85
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4'dos. In case.

Gages.

Apricots.
1  40 
Live oak................. ...
1  40 
Santa Cruz.................
1  50 
Lusk’s .........................
Overland..................
1  10
Blackberries.
90
F. A  W.......................
Cherries.
Red............................. 1  10®1 25
Pitted Hamburgh......
W hite......................... 
1  50
Erie............................ 
1  30
Damsons, Egg Plums and Green 
Erie............................
1  20 
1  40
California..................
Gooseberries.
1  25
Common....................
Peaches.
P ie............................
1  10 
1 60 
Maxwell....................
1  60
Shepard’s ..................
California..................   160@1  75
.................
Monitor 
Oxford........................
Pears.
Domestic....................  
1  25
Riverside.................... 
1  75
Pineapples.
Common..................... 1  00@1 30
Johnson's  sliced........ 
2 50
grated........ 
2 75
Booth’s sliced............  @2 51
grated...........  @2 75
Quinces.
Common....................
1  10
Raspberries.
Red  ............................
1  10 1  40 
Black  Hamburg.........
1  25
Erie, black  ...............
Strawberries.
1  25 
Lawrence...................
1 21 
Hamburgh.................
Erie............................
1  20 
1  05
Terrapin.......................
Whortleberries.
85
Blueberries...............
Corned  beef  Libby’s..
.2  10
Roast beef  Armour’s.........180
Potted  ham, A lb...............1  40
“  A lb .................   85
tongue, A lb............1  35
A lb ...........  85
chicken, A lb.........  
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Meats.

Beans.

Hamburgh  stringless........ 1  15
French style.....2  00
Limas................1  35
Lima, green....................... 1  25
soaked......................
Lewis Boston Baked......... 1
Bay State  Baked................1  35
World’s  Fair  Baked.......  1  35
Picnic Baked......................1  00
Hamburgh...........................1  25
Livingston  Eden................1  20
Purity...................
Honey  Dew.......................1  40
Morning Glory......
Soaked..............................  75
Peas.
Hambnrgh marrofat................1 30

Corn.

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early Jane  .  ...1 ■
Champion Eng. .1  40
petit  pois...........1  40
fancy  sifted —  1  90
Soaked................... 
65
Harris standard...................  75
VanCamp’s  marrofat..........1  10
early June......1  30
Archer’s  Early Blossom —  1  25
French....................................2 15
French.............................. 19021
Erie.....................................   80
Hubbard.................................. 1 15
Hambcrg.................................. 1 40
Soaked...— . — ................  80
Honey  Dew..............................1 50
Erie..........................................1 35
Hancock..............................1
Excelsior  .......... ................
Eclipse.........................« ...
Hamburg.«........................
Gallon......................... « ...8  50

Mushrooms.
Pumpkin.
Sqnash.
Succotash.

Tomatoes.

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

gross
600
7 00
5 50
9 00
7 50
6 00

BAKING  POWDER.

 

Acme.
A lb. cans, 3 doc...............  
45
2  “  ................  75
141b.  “ 
1  “  .................1 «
1 lb.  “ 
Bulk....................................  10
Arctic.
U 8> cans 6 doz  case......... 
55
...........  1  10
4 doz “ 
2  *>  “ 
1  lb  “ 
............ 2 00
2 doz “ 
5  ID  “ 
1 doz “ 
 
9 00
Cream  Flake.
6 doz “ 
3  oz  “ 
........... 
45
 
4 doz “ 
4  oz  “ 
 
60
4 doz “ 
6  oz  “ 
...........  80
...........  1  10
4 doz •* 
8  oz  “ 
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2 doz “ 
............ 2 00
...........  9 00
1 doz “ 
lb  “ 
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........... 
‘5
1 t>  “ 
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45
Teller’s.  54 lb. cans, doc. 
14lb.  “ 
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lib .  “ 
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Red Star, 14 fl> cans................... 40

Our Leader,  54 lb cans..............  45

BATH  BRICK.
2 dozen in case.
English..........................
Bristol..................................  8U
Domestic.............................

 

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BLUING. 

Gross
60
Arctic, 4 oz  ovals........... 3 
6 75
» 
»  pints,  round........9 
00
»  No. 2, sifting box...  2 75
«  No. 3, 
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“  No. 5, 
...  8 00
»  1 oc ball  ...................4  50
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8 oz.........   6 80

Mexican Liquid, 4  oz...3 60

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do. 2 Hurl....................... 1 
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No. 1
No! 2 Carpet.........................jj j®
No. 1 
Parlor Gem........  ................* 15
Common Whisk 
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1  25 
Stove, No.  1...................
1  50 
»  10...........
1  75 
«  15....................
85 
Rice Root Scrub, 2  row.
1  25
Rice Root  Scrub, 3 row 
Palmetto, goose.................  1  50

CANDLES.

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

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CANNED  GOODS.

F ish .
Clams.

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«  2 lb.....................1  90
Clam Chowder.
Cove Oysters.

Standard, 8 lb.......................... 2 25
Standard.  1 lb....................

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21b.................... 1 %
Lobster».
Star,  1  lb............................2 45
»  2  lb............................8 50
Picnic, 1 lb..........................2 00
21b..............   ...290
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Mackerel.
Standard, 1 lb..................... 110
2  lb....................2 10
Mustard,  21b.....................2 25
Tomato Sauce.  21b..........2 25
Soused, 2 lb........................2 25
Columbia River, flat.......... 1  80
tails.........1 65
Alaska, Red........................1 25
pink........................ 1  1
Kinney’s, flats................... 1  Î
Sardines.
American  14s ................. 4 >40
As................. 6J4®
Imported  14s....................   090
As..................MO"
Mustard  As......................  60
Boneless..........................
Brook 8, lb......................... 2

Salmon.
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Trout.
Fruits.
Apples.

3 lb. standsrd............  
York State, gallons.... 
Hamburgh,  » 
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1  0
3 65

N. Y.Cond’ns’d Milk Co’s brand
Gall Borden Eagle............   7
Crown................................   6
Daisy.................................... 5
Champion..........................   4
Magnolia............................ 4
Dime.................................... 3

105Ü 

10A 
O10 A 
10A 
atOA 
608 15 
1  00 
22 
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025

086030024

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Peerless evaporated cream.  5 76 

CREDIT  CHECKS.

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

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

Baker’s.

CHEESE.
Amboy.......................
Acme............. ............
Lenawee....................
Riverside.................
Gold Medal...............
Skim..........................
Brick..........................
E dam ........................
Leiden.......................
Limbnrger.
Pineapple................... 
Roquefort—
Sap Sago....................
Schweitzer, imported. 
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PICKLKS.
Medium.
Barrels, 1,200 count... 
Half bbls,600  count..
Barrels, 2,400  count. 
Half bbls, 1,200 count
PIPES.

Small.

Clay, No.  216................
“  T. D. full count__
Cob, No. 3....................
POTASH.

48 cans In case.

@4 00
@2 00
5 00
3 00

...1 70
70
...1 20

4 00
3 00

RICE.
Domestic.

Carolina bead...................... 6
“  No. 1.......................5#
“  No. 2.......................  5
Broken..............  ..............   4
Japan, No. 1.......................... 514
“  No. 2..........................5
Java............................— 6
Patna..................................   414

Imported.

SPICES.

Whole Sifted.

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Allspice...............................  914
Cassia, China In mats........  8
Batavia In bund — 15
Saigon In rolls........32
Cloves,  Amboyna............... 22
Zanzibar...... ...........1114
Mace  Batavia......................80
Nutmegs, fancy...................75
“  No.  1......................70
“  No. 2 ................... 60
Pepper, Singapore, black — 10 
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shot........................16
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Pure Ground In Bulk.
Allspice.............................. 15
Cassia,  Batavia...................18
and  Saigon.25
Saigon...................35
Cloves,  Amboyna...............22
Zanzibar...............18
jer, African.................. 16
Glnge
Cochin.................  20
Jam aica................22
“ 
Mace  Batavia..................... 65
Mnstard, Eng. and Trieste..22
“  Trieste...................25
Nutmegs, No. 2 .................. 75
Pepper, Singapore, black — 16
“  Cayenne.................20
20
••Absolute” In Packages.
34s
Allspice......................  84  156
Cinnamon...................  »4  1  55
Cloves.........................  §4  1  55
Ginger,  Jamaica........  84  1  55
“  African...........  84  1  55
Mustard......................  84  1  55
Pepper.......................   84  155
Sage........................... 
S A l  SODA.

Sage...........................  

 
14s 

Granulated,  bbls................   114
751b  cases........  194
.......................1  }5
Lump, bbls 
1451b kegs................  1J4

84

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SEEDS.
Anise.........................  @15
Canary, Smyrna.........
Caraway..................... 
8
Cardamon, Malabar... 
90
Hemp,  Russian........
Mixed  Bird..............
Mustard,  white........
Poppy.......................
Rape.........................
Cuttle  bone..............
STARCH.

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Corn.
20-lb  boxes................... ......  5*
.................. ......534
40-lb 
Gloss.
1-lb packages............... ......  5
8-lb 
...............
................ ......634
6-lb 
40 and 50 lb. boxes...... ......334
Barrels......................... ......334
Scotch, in  bladders.............37
Maccaboy, In jars................35
French Rappee, In Jars.......43
Boxes...................................5h
Kegs, Bngllsh...................... 4*

SNUFF.

SODA.

SALT.

Diamond Crystal.

 

 

 
 

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Worcester.
“ 
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Cases, 24 3  lb. boxes........$  1  60
Barrels, 320  lbs................  2 50
115 214 lb bags....  4 00
....  3 75
lb  “ 
60 5 
3010  lb  “ 
....  3 50
Butter, 56 lb bags............  
65
□  “  24141b bags  ...........  3 50
“  280 lb  bbls...........  2 50
2 25
“  224 lb 
115 214-lb sacks....................14 (0
60 5-lb 
8 75
3010-lb 
3  50
56 lb linen bags................  60
381b bags.........................321$
100 3-lb. sacks..................... 12 10
60 5-lb.  “ 
2 00
2810-lb. sacks...................   1 85
56 lb. dairy In drill  bags...  30
281b.  “ 
16
56 lb. dairy In linen sacks..  75
56 lb. dairy In linen  sacks.  75 
56 lb.  sacks........ 
22
Saginaw..........................  
80
80
Manistee.......................... 

Ashton.
Higgins.
Solar Rock.
Common Fine.

Common Grades.

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t h e   iv n o m G k A J s r

1 7

SALEBATOS.

Packed 60 lbs. in box.

Church’s .............................3 30
DeLand’s .................................3 15
Dwight’s .................................. 3 30
Taylor’s  ...........:...............3 00

SEELY’S  EXTRACTS. 

Lemon.
1 oz. F. M. $  90 doz.  $10 20 gro
2  “  N. S. 1  20  “ 
12 60  “
2  “  F. M. 1  40  “ 
14  40 ••
Vanilla.
1 oz.  F. M. 1  50 doz. 
2  “  N.  S. 2 00 “ 
2  “ F. M. 2 50 
“ 
Lemon.

Rococo—Second  Grade. 

16 20 gro
21  60 “
25 50  •*

2 oz..............75 doz.......  8 00  “

2 doz.

Vanilla.
1 00 doz...... 10 50
SOAP.
Laundry,

Allen B. Wrisley's Brands.

Old Country,  80  1-lb..........3 20
Good Cheer, 601 lb.............3 SO
White Borax, 100  X-lb.......3 65

Proctor <& Gamble.

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

Dingman Brands.

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Single box.........................3%
5 box lots, delivered......... 3 85
10 box lots, delivered........3 75
Jas. S. Kirk A Co.'s  Brands. 
American  Family, wrp’d..$4 00 
plain...  3 94
N.  K.  Falrbank & Co.’s Brands.
Santa Claus.......................  4  00
Br jwn, 60 bars...................2 40
“ 
80  b a rs................. 3 25
Lautz Bros. & Co.’s Brands.
Acme.................................  3 75
Cotton Oil.......................... 6 00
Marseilles..........................4 00
Master 
..............................4 00
Thompson & Chute Co.’s Brands

SttVESL

Silver................................ 3
Mono..................... ...........  3
Savon Improved__ ......... 2
Sunflower............ ____   2
Golden.................. . ......... 3

Passolt's Atlas Brand.
Single  box  ............ ...........3
5 box  lots................ ......... 3
10 box lots..........................3
25 box lots del........ .........   3

Sconring.
Sapolio, kitchen, 3  doz...  2 40 
hand, 3 doz......... 2 40

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SUGAR.

Below  are  given  New  York 
prices on sugars, to  which' the 
wholesale  dealer  adds  the  lo­
cal freight  from  New  York  to 
your  snipping  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 94
Powdered..........................   4 44
Granulated . *.................... 4 18
Bxtra Fine Granulated...  4 31
Cubes...........•-...................4 44
XXXX  Powdered..............  4 69
Confec. Standard  A......... 4 06
No. 1  Columbia A............   3 94
No. 5 Empire  A.................3 87
No.  6..................................3 87
No.  7.................................. 3 75
No.  8..................................3 69
No.  9............ .....................3 56
No.  10................................   3 50
No.  11................................ 3 37
No.  12...............................  3 81
No.  13................................   3 06
2 87
No 14.............................  

SYRUPS.

Com.

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

Pure Cane.

TABLE  SAUCES.
“ 

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

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TEAS.

jap ah—Regular.

SUN CUBED.

BASKET  FIRED.

F air............................  @17
Good..........................   @20
Choice.......................... 24  @26
Choicest.......................32  @34
D ust.............................10  @12
F air............................  @17
Good..........................   @20
Choice.......................... 24  @26
Choicest.......................32  @34
Dust............................. 10 @12
F air..............................18  @20
Choice........................   @25
Choicest......................  @35
Bxtra choice, wire leaf  @40
Common to  fair.......... 25  @35
Bxtra 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

oolong. 
IMPERIAL.

YOUNG HYSON.

GUNPOWDER.

ENGLISH BREAKFAST.

F air............................. 18  @22
Choice.......................... 24  @28
Best.........................   .40  @50

TOBACCOS.

Fine Cut.

P. Lorillard A Co.’s Brands.
Sweet Russet................30  @32
30
Tiger........................... 
D. Scotten A Co’s Brands.
Hiawatha................... 
60
Cuba........................... 
32
Rocket.......................  
30
Spauldlug A Merrick’s  Brands.
Sterling...................... 
30
Private Brauds.
Bazoo.........................  @30
Can Can......................  @27
Nellie  Bly....................24 @25
Uncle Ben.................... 24 @25
McGlnty.........................  
25
Dandy Jim ...................... 
Torpedo.........  
............. 
Yum Yum  ....................  
1892 .................................. 
“  drums...................... 

in  drums.... 

34 bbls.......... 

23

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27
29
24
28
23
22

Ping.

39
27
40
26
38
34
40
32
39
30

24
43
32
31
27

Sorg’s Brauds.

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

Smoking.

Klin  dried........................17@18
Golden  Shower................... 19
........................... 26
Huntress 
Meerschaum  ................... 29@30
American Eagle Co.’s Brands.
Myrtle Navy........................40
Stork..............................30@32
German............................... 15
Frog.................................... 33
Java, %a foil.......................32
Banner Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
Banner.................................16
Banner Cavendish.............. 38
Gold Cut 
...........................28
Warpath.............................. 15
Honey  Dew......................... 26
Gold  Block......................... 30
F. F. Adams Tobacco Co.’s 
Peerless............................... 26
Old  Tom..............................18
Standard..............................22
Globe Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
Handmade...........................41

Scotten’s Brands.

Brands.

Leldersdorfs Brands.

Spaulding A Merrick.

Bob  Roy..............................26
Uncle Sam.....................28@32
Red Clover...........................32
Tom and Jerry.....................25
Traveler  Cavendish........... 38
Bnck Horn..........................30
Plow  Boy......................30@32
Corn  Cake...........................16

VINEGAR.

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

(1 for barrel.

WET  MUSTARD.
Bulk, per g a l................... 
30
Beer mng, 2 doz in case...  1  75

YEAST.

Magic,.................................. 1 00
Warner’s .............................1 00
Yeast Foam  ............  
1  00
Riamond.............................   75
Royal......  
90

 
 

 

WOODEN WARE.

Tubs, No. 1.........................600
“  No. 2.........................5 50
“  No. 3.........................4 50
1  30
Palls, No. 1, two-hoop.. 
“  No. 1,  three-hoop....  1  50
Bowls, 11 Inch...................
13  “  .................. 
“ 
90
15 “  .....................  1  25
“ 
“ 
17 “  .....................  1  80
“ 
19 “ 
2 40
21  “ 

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

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full hoop 

INDURATED WARE.

Butter Plates—Oval.

W ashboards—single.

“ shipping  bushel.. 
“ 
“ 
“ willow cl’ths, No.l 
“ 
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1 15
..  1 25
5 25
“  No.2 6 25
"  No.3 7 25
splint  “  No.l  3 75
“  No.2 4 25
“  No.3 4 75
Palls..................................  3  15
Tubs,  No.  1........................13 50
Tubs, No. 2.........................12 00
Tubs, No. 3.........................10 50
250  10C0
No.  1...........................  
60 2  10
70 245
No.  2...........................  
No. 3...........................  
80 2 80
No. 5.........................  1  00  3 50
Universal............................ 2 25
No. Queen...........................2 50
Peerless Protector............... 2 40
Saginaw Globe..................   1  75
Water Witch......................  2256
Wilson.................................2 55
Good Luck................. . 
2 7
Peerless.............................   2 85
HIDES  PELTS  and  FURS 
Perkins  A  Hess  pay  as  fol­
lows:
Green............................  2@234
Part Cured...............   @3
Full 
@334
Dry................................4 @ 5
Kips,green  ................   2 @3
“  cured.................  @4
Calfskins,  green........   4 @ 5
cured........4  3*@  6
Deacon skins............... 10 @25

Double.

HIDES.

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No. 2 hides 34 off.
FELTS.

WOOL.

Shearlings..................... 5 @  20
Lambs  ........................25  @  60
Washed....................... 12 @17
Unwashed..................  8 @13
Tallow......... r............4  @ 4*4
Grease butter  ............  1 @2
Switches....................  134@ 3
Ginseng......................2 00@2 50
GRAINS and FEEDSTUFF8

MISCELLANEOUS.

WHEAT.

MEAL.

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

MILL8TUFF8.

Less

Car lots  quantity

CORN.

Bran............... $14 50 
Screenings__  12 50 
Middlings......15 00 
Mixed Feed...  17 50 
Coarse meal  . 
16 30 
Car  lots...............................44
Less than  car  lots.............47
Car  lots.............................. 41
Less than car lots............... 45
HAY.
No. 1 Timothy, car lots__11  no
ton lots........12 50
No. 1 

OATS.

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FISH  AND  OYSTERS.
F.  J.  Dettenthaler  quotes as

follows:
FRESH  FISH.
Whlteflsb 
.................
@  8
T ro u t.........................
@  8
Black Bass........  ......
Halibut....................... @15
Ciscoes or Herring — @  4
Blneflsh...................... @15
Fresh lobster, per lb ..
20
Cod.............................
10
No. 1 Pickerel............
@10
Pike............................ @ 7
Smoked White...........
@  8
Red  Snappers............
15
Columbia  River  Sal-
m o n .........................
1234
Mackerel....................  18@25
oysters—Cans.
Falrhaven  Counts 
  @45
F. J. D.  Selects.........
Selects.......................
F. J. D.........................
Anchors................. .
Standards..................
oysters—Bulk.
Extra Selects..per gal.
Selects .......................
Standards..................
Counts.......................
Scallops............   .....
Shrimps  .................... 
1  25
Clams.........................
SH E L L   GOODS.
Oysters, per  100......... 1  25@1  75
Clams, 
.  75@1 00

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$15 50
13 00
16 00
17 50
16 30

PROVISIONS.

SAUSAGE.

FORK  IN  BARRELS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing and Provision Co 

qnotes as follows:
Mess.............................................................   13 00
Short c u t..................................................  
13 25
Bxtra clear pig, short cut............................  14  50
Bxtra clear,  heavy......................................
Clear, fat  back...........................................   14 Oo
Boston clear, short cut................................  14 00
Clear back, snort cat...................................   u  00
14  50
Standard clear, short cut. best................. 
Pork, links............................................. 
734
Bologna.................................................. 
534
Liver..................................................... 
e
Tongue.................................................. 
314
Blood.............. 
..................................
Head cheese......... ................................ 
c
Summer................. ................................  
10
Frankfurts............................................. 
734
Kettle  Rendered................................... 
89*
Granger........................................................'.  8M
Family............................................................  634
Compound......................................................  6
. 
Cottolene... 
........................................ 734
50 lb. Tins, 34c advance.
201b. palls, 34c 
“
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“  5£c 
101b. 
“
51b. 
“  %c 
3 lb. 
" 
l c  
“

L A R D .

BEEF  IN  BARRELS.

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“ 
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smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.

Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs......................7  50
Bxtra Mess, Chicago packing......................  7 75
Boneless, rump butts.....................................  9 50
Hams, average 20 lbs.......................................  9jr
16 lbs.......................................1034.
12 to 14 lb*........... 
1034
picnic.....................................................834
best boneless........................................  9
Shoulders......................................................   734
Breakfast Bacon  boneless.............................  10
Dried beef, ham prices...................................  10
Long Clears, heavy.........................................
Briskets,  medium......................... 
734
light.......................................  ...'” 734

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DRY  SALT  MEATS.

PICKBBD  PIGS’  FEET.

Butts..............................................................
D. S. Bellies...................................................  g
Fat Backs.................................................... 734
Half  barrels....................................................3 00
Quarter barrels................................................2 On
K its...................................... 
go
TRIPE.
Kits, honeycomb...........................................  
75
Kits, premium.........   ..................................  
55
Barrels............................................................22 00
Half barrels.................................................... 11 00
Per pound......   ............................................. 
n
Dairy, sold packed........................................   13
Dairy, rolls....................................................   1334
Creamery, solid packed..............................    1734
Creamery, rolls............................................   tg

BEEF  TONGUES.

BUTTERINE.

 

FRESH  BEEF.

Carcass..................................................   6  @7
Fore quarters..........................................4  @434
Hind quarters..........................................7  @ 8
Loins No. 3.........................................   .  8  @10
Ribs.........................................................8  @ 10
Rounds.................................................   6  @634
Chucks...................................................  434® 5
Plates.................................................... 3  @334
Dressed.............  
6J4@634
Loins...... .............................................. 
8
Shoulders  ........................... 
gJi
Leaf Lard......   .................. 
934
MUTTON.
Carcass.................................................   6  @
Lambs....................................................   @ 7
Carcass..................................................534® 6

FRESH  PORK.
 

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6 doz. In box.

CROCKERY  AND  GLASSWARE. 

LAMP BURNERS.

No. 0 Sun.........................................................  45
No. 1  “  .........................................................  50
No.2  “  .........................................................  75
Tubnlar...........................................................  7?

LAMP CHIMNEYS.  Per bOX.

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“ 
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Pearl top.

La Bastle.

“  .......................................2
“  ...................................... 3

First quality.
“ 
“ 
XXX Flint.
“ 
“ 

No. 0 San..........................................................  75
No. 1  “  ........................................................ 1 88
No.2  “  ........................................................ 2 70
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top...................................   2 1
“  ...................................... 22
No.1  “ 
No.2  “ 
“  ...................................... 3
No. 0 Sun, crimp top.....................................2  g
No.1  “ 
No.2  “ 
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled....................3 70
“ 
No.2  “ 
....................470
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
....................4 88
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz.......................1 25
No.2  “ 
....................... 150
No. 1 crimp, per doz....................................... ..  35
No.3 
........................................1  60
“ 
No. 0, per  gross..............................................  2
28
No. 1, 
No. 2, 
38
No. 3, 
75
Mammoth, per doz.........................................   75

 
 
 
STONEWARE—AKRON.
Butter Crocks,  1 to 6 gal.............................   06
34 gal. per doz......................  60
Jugs, 34 gal., per doz...................................
Milk Panz, 34 gal., p«r doz..........................  60
.........................  72
Butter Crocks, 1  and 2 gal..........................  07
Milk Pans, 34 gal..........................................  65
78

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“  1 to 4 gal., per gal.......................... .
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1  “ 
STONEWARE—BLACK GLAZEO.

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

LAMP WICKS.

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1 8

THE  MICHIGAN'  TRADESMAN

THE  CO X EY IIE  OUTBREAK.

Whatever may have been the fears  en­
tertained by timid people of danger from 
the Coxeyite outbreaks,  they  have  been 
completely dissipated  by  the  events  of 
the  past  two  or  three weeks.  Even in 
their  most  virulent  forms,  these  out­
breaks  should  not  be  alarming  to  a 
rational observer. 
In dimensions and in 
violence they are far less formidable  and 
less difficult  to  deal  with  than  are  the 
strikes  of  miners,  factory  hands  and 
railroad  employees  which  have been so 
frequent of late years, and which, at this 
moment, are keeping large  areas  of  the 
country in turmoil. 
Indeed, it is  a  sig­
nificant  fact  that  the  Coxeyites  in the 
West comprise a sufficient  force  of  rail­
road men to run trains  and  to  overcome 
the  obstacles  put  in  their  way  by  the 
officers of the companies whose  property 
they  have  seized.  The  whole  thing  is 
only the newest and  most  recent  phase 
of that impatience of orderly  proceeding 
and  that  disregard  of  the  restraints of 
law which characterize so  many  of  our 
people, and which  they  manifest  when­
ever  they  are opposed in attaining their 
wishes.

A labor  strike  is  essentially  nothing 
more  than  a  refusal  of  the  strikers to 
work for an employer whose employment 
is  not  satisfactory.  Either  the  wages 
offered  are  too  small  or  the  hours  of 
labor are too  long,  or  non-union  work­
men are engaged, or  there  is  something 
else  which  is  regarded  as  a  sufficient 
reason  for  not  continuing  work. 
It is 
precisely like a refusal of the owner of a 
piece of real estate or merchandise to ac 
cept  the  offer  which  a  would-be buyer 
makes him.  He thinks he can do  better 
by holding off, and  he  holds  off  accord 
ingly  until  be  finds  another  customer 
who is more liberal in his views or  until 
he modifies his own.  Conversely,  he ex­
pects the  dissatisfied  applicant  to  seek 
for  a  better  bargain  elsewhere,  and to 
make it if he finds an  opportunity.  But 
by  one  of  those  inconsistencies  we  so 
frequently  remark  in  human  nature 
most of the workmen in this country who 
have their labor to  sell  are  not  content 
when the terms offered for it do not  suit 
them  with  merely  refusing  to  sell  it. 
They  not  only  set about preventing,  by 
persuasion  or  by  threats  of  their  dis­
pleasure—which is in  the  present  state 
of  morality  allowable—other  workmen 
from  going  to  work  for  the  employer 
with whom they differ, but if  persuasion 
and threats fail they  resort  to  violence 
Railroad  strikers,  rather  than  let  the 
road be operated by  new  men,  obstruct 
the  tracks,  disable  engines,  uncouple 
cars,  and  wound  and kill engineers and 
brakemen.  Miners on  a  strike  destroy 
pumps and engine houses, drive off other 
incoming  miners, and by every means in 
their power endeavor to make  a eontinu 
ance  of  mining 
impossible.  Striking 
factor}’  hands  mob  and  maltreat  those 
who have taken  their  places,  and  blow 
up factory buildings.

It is, indeed, true that  as  much  calm 
ness and self-restraint cannot be  reason­
ably expected of men  who  have  labor to 
sell,  and  who,  failing  to  sell  it,  are 
obliged to endure physical  privation,  as 
from those who deal  in  other  commodi­
ties.  The owner of a house or a horse or 
a bale of goods is usually in  a  condition 
to await without much  suffering a favor­
able market,  whereas  the  man  who  de­
pends upon bis daily wages  for bread is, 
in every dispute relating to  them,  fight­

ing for his life.  The  answer  to  this  is 
that the competitors for the jobs  refused 
by the strikers are also fighting  for their 
lives,  and  that, 
if  our  civilization 
amounts  to  anything,  the  rest  of  the 
community should  not  be  compelled  to 
witness a combat between the two which 
interrupts its peace and  destroys  its  in­
dustries.  Still, 
the  fact  remains  that 
trikes  are  frequently  attended  with 
violent acts by  strikers, and  it  must  be 
recognized as a fact.

It is also  true that the Coxeyite rioters 
are not workingmen struggling to  retain 
employment and to get the best  compen­
sation  they  can  for their labor, but, on 
the contrary, are mostly mere vagabonds. 
Some  of  them,  as  for  instance, 
those 
from Nebraska  and  Oregon,  who  know 
how  to  run  railroad  trains,  have  evi­
dently  been  at  some  previous  time  in 
their lives engaged  in  mechanical  occu­
pations.  But  their  present  purpose is 
not  to  get  work  at  either  high  or low 
wages. 
In fact,  it seems to be  conceded 
that when work is offered  them  they  re­
fuse  it.  Still,  they  have  adopted  the 
methods of striking  workmen, and  have 
followed them so closely that  it  is  only 
fair  to  infer  that  their  outrages  upon 
private rights are of the same class,  and 
the legitimate fruits of  the  same  short­
sighted but  mischievous  reasoning.  As 
successful strikers  by  the  use  of  force 
drive off rivals, and secure  work  on  the 
terms  they  themselves  dictate,  so  the 
Coxeyites secure food,  shelter and  trans­
portation by threats,  and,  if threats fail, 
by violence. 

•

it is also to be noticed that the  Coxey­
ites receive from the people of the  coun­
try  through  which  they  pass  the same 
sympathy  and  assistance  that  are  fre­
quently bestowed upon strikers, however 
unreasonable their demands and however 
brutal the methods  they  employ  in  en­
forcing  them.  At  Omaha  the  working 
population almost  unanimously  assisted 
them in seizing a railroad train  and  get­
ting  transportation  free  of  cost.  The 
head of the Knights  of  Labor  organiza­
tion  threatened  to  tie  up  a  railroad 
whose officers had refused to carry  them 
over their road.  The  Governor  of  Ore­
gon  and  the  Governor  of  Iowa  have 
treated  them  with  the  most  respectful 
consideration.  At  numerous  points 
along  their  march  people  have  given 
them money and provisions to help them 
on their way,  partly,  indeed,  from  fear 
and from a desire to be rid of their  pres­
ence, but also  partly  from  compassion. 
Even  Senators  and  Representatives  in 
Congress have defended them  as  worthy 
citizens 
lawful 
rights.

seeking  only 

Undoubtedly,  these  outbreaks,  where 
they  do  not  ingloriously  die  away  for 
want  of  support,  as  they  have done in 
the East,  will be suppressed,  as  they  al­
ready have been in some measure  in  the 
West, by the strong hand of the  Federal 
if  not  the  State  Executive. 
In  dimen­
sions  and  in  violence  they  do not, as I 
have  said,  compare  with  half  a  dozen 
labor union  riots  which  have  occurred 
within  the  last  few  years,  and  which 
have also been successfully met and over­
come by the officers of the law.  Besides, 
they have so little  reason  for  their  ex­
istence,  and  the  purposes  which  their 
leaders put forward  as  pretexts  for  or­
ganizing them  are  so  absurd,  that  the 
public favor they  enjoy, disproportioned 
as it is to their merits, is, after all,  quite 
inconsiderable.  That  they  should  take

their 

place  at  all,  and  that  they  should  be 
countenanced by any portion of  our peo­
ple, is, however, a  painful  indication.

More painful and remarkable is it that 
the sympathizers with the  men  engaged 
in  these  exhibitions of lawlessness com­
prise, like the sympathizers with  riotous 
strikers,  a large number  of  highly  edu­
cated and  otherwise  intelligent  people. 
When the Homestead strikers, two  years 
ago, rose from their beds at  the  dead  of 
night, invaded the premises  of  the  Car­
negie Steel Company, and shot  down the 
men  who  came  with  the peaceable and 
lawful  purpose  of  guarding  the  com­
pany’s  property  against  depredation, 
numerous newspapers, religious  as  well 
as secular, took up their cause  and justi­
fied their  conduct,  clergymen  preached 
sermons excusing them and  condemning 
their victims, and Senator Palmer  of  Il­
linois declared on the floor of the  United 
States  Senate  chamber  that  they  were 
doing no more than defending their  own 
homes and their own  property. 
In  the 
same way the uprising  of  the  Coxeyites 
is represented  by  writers  and  speakers 
all over the country as the  action  of  an 
outraged and  indignant  people,  goaded 
to desperation by  their  oppressors,  and 
turning upon them as the only way of re­
gaining their liberty.

Hearing  and  reading  all  this  crazy 
talk,  1 am disposed  sometimes  to  think 
that those who indulge  in  it  have  gone 
insane 
through  excessive  intellectual 
cultivation unaccompanied  by  practical 
experience  of  life.  Civilization  has  so 
multiplied  our  physical  comforts,  and 
years of  immunity from wars and  pesti­
lence have delivered so many of  us  from 
the necessity of bodily exertion,  that our 
diseased imaginations exaggerate  to  the 
dimensions  of  a  calamity  the  compara­
tive hardships  of  the  laboring  masses. 
A  morbid  philanthropy  has  sprung up 
and diffused itself among us which,  con­
trasting  the  luxury  of the rich with the 
simple life of the  poor,  insists  that  the 
poor  are  wretched  and  miserable  and 
that society  must be overturned  and  re­
constructed  in  order  to  redress  their 
wrongs.  They  forget  that  the  most 
wretched,  tenement-house  apartment  of 
to-day  is  more  comfortable 
the 
palaces  of  kings  were  a  few centuries 
ago,  and  that  the  worst  paid  laboring 
man  is  better  sheltered,  clothed, 
fed, 
lighted and warmed than  were the  Euro­
pean  nobility  in  the  dark  ages.  Cer­
tainly  he is far better off than the Indian 
savages who  roamed over the country in 
the days of Columbus.  That  the  lot  of 
the  poor  is still  inferior to that of a (ew 
of their fellow  beings  mere  favored  by 
fortune  is  no  reason  for  abetting  riot, 
arson, pillage and  highway robbery, and 
those who countenance these  crimes  are 
as great enemies to society as those  who 
commit them.  Ma tt h ew   Ma r sh a ll.

than 

People are  demanding  a  distribution 
of  wealth;  but  the  people  who  make 
this  demand  have  no  wealth  of  their 
own, and, therefore,  possess no practical 
knowledge on the subject.  The  well-in­
formed  people,  those who  have  money, 
do  not,  it  will  be  observed, favor  any 
such idle notion.
Valid Reasons for  Reducing  the Price.
Customer:  I see that  you  are  reduc­
ing  prices;  the last time I  got  this  par­
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I get it for 60.
Druggist:  Yes:  Our  new  clerk  was 
discharged from his last place  for  mak­
ing a mistake and killing a man,  and  we 
get him so cheap  now  that we  have  cut 
down our prices.

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LOOKS  LIKE  LOOSENESS.

p a rtm e n t.

S ta tu s  o f T hings  in  th e   C ity  P o o r  D e­
One of the marvels of the  times Is  the 
manner in  which  the  business  of  most 
large  cities  is  transacted.  Take 
the 
method by which the disbursement of the 
poor  fund  of  this  city  is  effected,  for 
instance.  A  Director  of  the  Poor  is 
elected  by the city,  and a  Committee on 
Poor is  appointed  by  the  Mayor.  The 
Director is elected by the  people  to dis­
burse  the  poor  fund  and see  that  the 
city  is not imposed  upon,  either  by ap­
plicants for relief or  by the  people from 
whom  supplies  are  purchased.  As  a 
matter of fact, the Director  has  nothing 
to say about the  purchasing of  supplies. 
This—one of  the  most  important  func­
tions of his office—has  been  usurped  by 
the Committee  on Poor,  who  buy  what 
and from whom  they  please.  To  illus­
trate how beautifully  this system works: 
The Committee contracted  for  so  many 
cords of  wood  at  $1.90  per  cord.  The 
contractor was supposed  to deliver  good 
hard wood for the price,  which  was  cer­
tainly  high  enough.  Much of  the  stuff 
actually delivered was unfit  for  use and 
was composed of elm, ash  and other soft 
wood and some hardwood,  and most of it 
was limbs and so wet and  soggy as to be 
worthless.  The contract was  so  loosely 
drawn  up  that  there  was  no  way  of 
evading the payment  of  good  hardwood 
prices for trash.

Another  instance:  Supplies  for  the 
city  physician’s  department  have, until 
recently, been purchased  at  retail  drug 
stores.  Pills  have  been  purchased  in 
bottles  containing  2,300  each.  They 
have cost the city in the past $23 a bottle, 
or  a  cent  apiece.  Director  Moerdj ke 
had the presumption to go to a wholesale 
drug house  and  buy  the  pills  for  $3 a 
bottle.  He saved  the  city  $20  on  that 
one purchase,  but with the  Committee it 
was not a question of economy—their offi­
cial dignity  was at stake  and  Mr.  Moer- 
dyke must be  rebuked.  The  Committee 
threw the bill out and  gave the  Director 
plainly  to  understand  that,  in  future, 
they  would  do  the  buying;  but  as  the 
city charter gives the  Director  authority 
to make  the  necessary  purchases,  they 
were  compelled  later  to  pay  the  bill. 
Will some one give  the  reason  why  the 
Committee  would  rather  give  a  retail 
drug store $23 a bottle for  pills,  than to 
give a wholesale store $3  for  exactly the 
same goods?  There is only one inference 
to be drawn and  that  is  that  the  Com­
mittee “stands in” with the retail stores. 
If not, why do they seem to be so anxious 
to pay nearly eight  times as much as the 
goods ought to cost?

Another  instance  of  business-like(?) 
methods:  The City Physician purchased 
some supplies for his  office.  They  were 
delivered and Dr.  Bes^asked  tor the bill 
and  was  told  that  all  bills  were  sent 
direct  to  the  Controller. 
Instead  of 
having the bill o.k.’d by the  person who 
ordered the goods, and who  might be ex 
pected to  know  whether  his  order  had 
been properly filled,  or  if  the  city  had 
been overcharged or not, it  was sent to a 
man who  had  absolutely  no  knowledge 
of the  matter  whatever.  Why?  Would 
it  not  have  “looked”  better 
if  Dr. 
Best had been  permitted  to  “check off” 
the invoice?  It would seem so,  at least, 
to  a  disinterested  party. 
Instances  of 
the  nature  of  the  foregoing  might  be 
multiplied  indefinitely,  but  the  above 
will suffice to show  that  the  Committee

is not  working  in  the  interests  of  the 
city,  but  for  themselves  and  for  their 
friends  from  whom  they  buy  supplies. 
Mr. Moerdyke is held responsible  for the 
disbursement of the  Poor  Fund,  yet  he 
has absolutely nothing  to say  as to  how 
it shall be expended, and if  he wishes to 
know  how  the  money  is  being  spent, 
must  go  to  the  Controller  to  find  out. 
This is wrong in principle  and mischiev­
ous in results and should be  remedied at 
the earliest opportunity.

taken 
that 

it  will  be  seen 

the  department  are 

As  to  the  method  of  dispensing  the 
city’s benevolence:  At  present  applica­
tion is made to the Director,  that gentle­
man makes out an  order, and  it is taken 
to the city supply store and  filled.  Here, 
too,  the  Committee  buys  all  the  sup­
plies,  claiming,  because 
they  buy  at 
wholesale,  that a great saving is effected; 
but when changes in the market, and the 
fact that one or more clerks are constant* 
ly required  whose  salaries make  no  in­
considerable item in the expense account 
into 
of 
account, 
the 
the balance is likely to  be on the  wrong 
side of the  ledger.  Much of the  buying, 
also, turns  out  as  did  the  Committee’s 
speculation in  wood.  Then  the  system 
of keeping a city supply store and giving 
out goods on orders  is a  vicious  one  in 
its moral .results.  Numbers  of  children 
are constantly to be seen in and about the 
supply store,  sent  there,  doubtless,  by 
their  parents,  but  all  the  same,  from 
their  associations,  becoming  rapidly 
pauperized, to take  their places later  on 
as city charges,  or to  roam  the  country 
as  tramps.  There  should  be  a  change 
made  in  this  department  of  the  work. 
The  Director  should  be  empowered  to 
issue orders  on  retail  stores  for  stated 
amounts, each dealer to furnish an  item­
ized account of the  articles provided and 
to  sign  a  certificate  that  no  money, 
liquor or tobacco  has been  furnished on 
the order.  The orders  should  be drawn 
on stores which  do not  deal  in  liquors. 
This is the  method employed  by Detroit 
and other large towns,  and, if used here, 
would  undoubtedly  result  in  a  large 
saving to the city.
Mr. Moerdyke’s  communication  to the 
Common Council on  the  subject  should 
be read by  every  advocate  of  economy, 
and pressure should be  brought  to  bea- 
upon  the aldermen to persuade  them  to 
make  the  changes  recommended  by the 
Director.  But the funny  thing  about it 
is that the  communication  was  referred 
to  the  Committee  on  Poor.  All 
the 
trouble has arisen  from  the  usurpation 
by  that  Committee  of  powers  which 
rightly  belong  to  Poor  Director  Moer­
dyke.  No one could expect  a  favorable 
report  from  the  Committee  under  the 
circumstances.  Perhaps the  Council did 
not want a favorable  report.

Da n ie l  A bbo tt.

The V alue of P o v erty .

Poverty is uncomfortable, as 1 can tes­
tify; but nine times out  of  ten  the  best 
thing  that can happen to a young man is 
to  be tossed overboard and compelled  to 
In all my ac­
sink or swim for himself. 
quaintance  I  never  knew  a  man  to be 
drowned who was worth  the  saving. 
It 
is  the  pride  of  every  American  that 
many cherished names, at whose mention 
our  hearts  beat  with  a  quicker bound, 
were  borne  by the sons of poverty,  who 
conquered  obscurity  and  became  fixed 
stars in our firmament.  There is no hor­
izontal stratification in this country, like 
the  rocks  in  the  earth,  that  hold  one 
class  down  below  forevermore,  and let 
another come to the surface to stay there 
forever.  Our  stratification  is  like  the 
ocean,  where  every  individual  drop  is 
free to move, and where from  the  stern­
est depths of the  mighty deep,  any  dro- 
may  come  up  to  glitter  on the highest 
w ave that rolls. 

J am es A.  Ga r fie l d .

CANDIES, FRUITS and  NUTS.

The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:

STICK  CANDY.

Standard,  per  lb......... 

“  H.H................... 
T w ist..............  
“ 
Boston Cream.................  8%
Cut  Loaf.........................  
Extra H.  H...........  . 
...  814

Cases  Bbis.  Pails.
7
7
7
814

6 
6 
6 

MIXED  CANDY. Bbis. 
Pails.
Standard........................................................... 614
614
Leader...........................................514 
Royal............................................ 614 
714
8
Nobby........................................... 7 
8
English  Rock...............................7 
8
Conserves.....................................7 
Broken Taffy....................baskets 
8
Peanut Squares................. 
814
French Creams.............................. 
9
Valley  Creams............................. 
13
Midget, 30 lb. baskets.......................................814
.......................................8
Modern, 30 lb. 

“  714 

 

“ 
fancy—In bulk

 

fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. 

Palls.
Lozenges, plain.............................................  814
printed..........................................  914
Chocolate Drops.............................................  12
Chocolate Monumentals...............................  1214
Gum Drops.....................................................  5
Moss Drops.....................................................  714
Sour Drops.....................................................  814
Imperials............... 
10
Per Box
Lemon Drops................................................... 50
Sour Drops.......................................................50
Peppermint Drops............................................60
Chocolate Drops...............................................75
H. M. Chocolate Drops....................................60
Gum Drops...................................................... 40
Licorice Drops.............................................. l 00
A. B. Licorice  Drops.......................................80
Lozenges, plain........................... 
60
printed............................................65
Imperials..........................................................60
Mottoes.............................................................70
Cream Bar........................................................ 55
Molasses Bar................................................... 55
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, 96-112s...................................................   3 00
126..........................................................  3 50
150-176- 200-2J6S....................................... 4 00
Fancy  Seedlings,  126s.......................................  2 75

CARAMELS.
 
 
ORANOB8.

“ 
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3 
2 

“ 
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“ 

150-176-200-2263 ................  3 25
250s.................................. 2 75
Messinas

“ 

LEMONS.

Imper als, 160s...................................................  3 25
20t's......................................................3 0
Half boxes or flats  1008....................................  2 15
Choice,  360........................................................  3 00
Choice 300..........................................................   3 25
Extra choice 360................................................  3 25
.Extra fancy 300..................................................  4 00
Extra fancy 360 ..............................................  4 00
Large bunches...................................................  2 CO
Small bunches...................................................   1 25
Figs, fancy  layers, 81b...........................  @12)4

OTHEB  FOREIGN  FRUITS.

“ 
“  extra 
“ 
" 
“ 

“  20ft.........................  @14
“  14ft..........................   @15
DateB, Pari, 10-lb.  box..........................   @7
..........................   @ 5)6
Persian. 50-lb.  box....................  @  5
1 lb Royals.........................................   7)4
Almonds, Tarragona.................................  @16

“  50-lb.  “ 

BANANAS.

NUTS.

“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
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1 25
3 75

“ 

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Ivaca.......................................  @15
California.............................  @

Brazils, new...............................................  @l8
Filberts.....................................................  @11
Walnuts, Grenoble....................................  @13

French....................................  @10
Calif.......................................   @12
choice..............................  @11

Table Nuts,  fancy....................................  @12
Pecans. Texas, H.  P.,  ..........................   @  7)4
Chestnuts...............................................
Hickory Nuts per bu..................................  
cocoanuts, full sacks................................. 
Fancy, H.  P.,Suns................................   @ 5)4
“  Roasted....................   @7
Fancy, H.  P., Flags...............................  @ 5)4
“  Roasted...................   @ 7
Choice, H. P.,  Extras............................  @  4>£
“  Roasted.................  @ 6
The  Standard Oil  Co.  quotes  as  follows:

PEANUTS.

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

OILS.
BABBELS.

Eocene................................................... 
8)4
XXX W.  W. Mich.  Headlight..............
Naptha...................................................  @ 6)4
Stove Gasoline....................................... 
B 7H
Cylinder................................................27  @86
Engine  ................................................. 13  @21
Black, 15 cold  test....................... ........   @ g)£
Eocene...................................................
XXX  W. W.  Mich.  Headlight..............

FROM  TANK  WAGON.

POULTRY,
Local dealers pay as follows:

LIVE.

 

DRAWN.

Turkeys.................................................... 8 @9
Chickens.................................................  8 @  9
Fowls........  ............ 
6  @ 6)4
Ducks......................................................  8 @9
Geese.....................................................  @
Turkeys................................................... 12 @13
Chickens..................................................12 @13
Fowl.....................................................   11  @12
Ducks.......................................................10 @11
Geese.......................................................10 @12
Turkeys..................................................9  @9)4
Chickens................................................  7)4® 8
Fowls.....................................................  6)4© 7
Ducks.......................................................8 @9
Geese....................................................... 8 @9

UNDRAWN.

19
Michigan (Ten tra i

“ The Niagara Falls Route.'*

(Taking effect  Sunday,  Feb. 11,1894.) 

»Dally.  All others dally, except Sunday. 

Arrive. 
Depart
10 20 d m ...........Detroit  Express........... 7 00 a m
5 30 a m ......«Atlantic and  Pacific.......11  20 pm
1 30pm ........New York Express.........  5 20pm
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. A l m o u ist, Ticket Agent,

Union Passenger Station.

CHICAGO

March 18,  1894
AN DaW EST  M IC H IG A N   R ’Y.

GOING  TO  CHICAGO.

TO AND FROM 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  »6:10an>
Lv. Grand Rapids........7:25am  1:25pm  5:45pm
Ar. Grand Rapids........9:15am  2:30pm  10:20pm
TRAVERSE CITY, CHABLEVOIX AND  PETOSKEY.
Lv. Grand  Rapids.. 
3:15pm
7:30am 
Ar.  Manistee...........  12:20pm 
8:15pm
Ar. Traverse City__  12:40pm 
8:45pm
Ar. Charlevoix........  3:15pm 
11:10pm
Ar.  Petoskey  .. 
..  3:45pm 
11:40pm
Arrive  from  Petoskey,  etc.,  1:00  p.  m.  and 
10:00p. m.
PARLOR  AND  SLEEPING  CARS.
roChlcago.lv. G. R ..  7:25am  1:25pm *11:30pm
To Petoskey ,lv.G. R ..  7:30am  3:15pm 
...........
To G. R. .lv, Chicago.  7:35am  4:55pm *11:30pm
ToG. R..lv.Petoskey  5:00am  1:30pm 
...........

Every day.  Other trains week days only.

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

DETROIT,

FEB.  11,  1894
LANSING  &  N O R TH ER N   R ,  R .
GOING  TO  DETROIT.

RETURNING  FROM  DETROIT.

TO AND FROM SAGINAW, ALMA AND ST. LOUIS.

Lv. Grand Rapids........  7:00am *1:20pm  5:25pm
Ar. Detroit.................. 11:40am *5:30pm  10:10pm
Lv.  Detroit..................   7:40am *1:10pm  6:00pm
Ar. Grand Rapids........12:40pm *5:15pm  10:45pm
Lv. GR 7:40am 5:00pm  Ar. 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 - 
In g train.

TO LOWELL VIA  LOWELL A HASTINGS B.  R.

THROUGH  CAR  SERVICE.

♦Every day.  Other trains  week days only.

GEO. DeHAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t.

DETR O IT,  GRA ND  HA VEN  &  M IL ­

W A U K E E   R ailw ay.

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

EASTWARD.

+No.  14
6 45am
7 40am
8 25am 
900am
10 50am
11 32am 
10 05am 
1205pm
10 53am
11 50am
WESTWARD.

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

3 25pm
4 27pm
5 20pm
6 05pm 
8 00pm 
8 37pm
7 05pm
8 50pm
8 25pm
9 25pm

100pm 
12 35am 
1 25am 
3 10am
6 40am 
7 15am 
5 46 am
7 30am 
5 37am 
7 00am

For  Grand Haven  and Intermediate
Points  ...........................................t7:35 a.m.
For Grand Haven and  Muskegon...... +1:00 p. m.
.......+4:55 p. m.
“ 
“ 
  *7:30 p.  m.
For  Grand  Haven  and  Milwaukee,+10:05 p. m. 
For Grand Haven  (Sunday only)........8:00 a. m.

“ 
“  Chicago and Milwau­

kee,  Wis 

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

»Daily.

tDaily except  Sunday. 
Trains  arrive  from  the  east,  6:35  a.m.,  12:50 
p.m., 4:35 p. m. and 10:00 p. m.
Trains  arrive from  the  west, 6:40  a.  m., 10:10 
a. m., 3:16 p. m. and  10:50  p.  m.  Sunday,  only, 
8:00 a. m.
Eastward—No.,14  has  Wagner  Parlcr  Buffet 
car.  No. 18 Parlor Car.  No. 82 Wagner  Sleeper.
Westward— No. 11 Parlor Car.  No. 15 Wagner 
Parlor Buffet car.  No. 81 Wagner Sleeper.

J ab. Ca m p b e l l . City T'cket Agent.

G ran d   R ap id s  St In d ian a

T RA IN S  G O IN S  NORTH

Leave going 
North.
For Traverse City,  Mackinaw City  and Sag...  7:40 a m
For  Traverse  City and Mackinaw  City............ 4  10 p m
For  S ag in aw ....................... .............................. ..5 :0 0 p m

TRAINS  GOING  SO U TH .

Leave going 
South.
For  C incinnati........................ .............................  6:60 a m
For Kalamazoo and  Chicago.............................. 12:05 p m
For F o rt W ayne and  th e  E ast............................2:15 p m
For  Kalamazoo  and  C hicago.......................... 11:20 p m

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

Lv G rand R apids............12:05 p m  2:15 p m  11:20 p m
Arr  Chicago....................5.30pm   9:00pm  
7:40am
12:06 p  m  train   has through W agner  Buffet  P arlor 
Car.
11:20  p m  tra in  daily, through W agner Sleeping Car. 
Lv  Chicago 
9:35 p m
Arr Grand Rapids 
7:25a m
4:00  p  m  has  through  W agner  Buffet  P arlor  Car. 
9:35 p m  train  daily, th rough W agner  Sleeping  Car.

4:00 p m  
9:15 p m 

6:60 a m  
2:15 p m 

For Muskegon—Leave. 

M uskegon, G ran d  R ap id s & In d ia n a .
9:40 a m
7:35 a m  
6:40 p m  
6:20 p m
O. L. LOCKWOOD,

From Muskegon—Arrive

General Passenger and Tioket Agent.

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W HOLESALE  GROCERS.

Michigan  Association.

Report  of  the  Annual Meeting- of the 
The  second  annual  meeting  of  the i 
Michigan  Wholesale  Grocers’  Associa­
tion  convened  at  Elk’s  Hail.  Grand 
Rapids,  May  15.  being  called  to  order 
at  10  o’clock  a.in.  by  President  K.  O. 
Wheeler,  who read the following  annual 
address:
We  are met  here  to-day  to  celebrate 
our  first  birthday;  tor.  although  our 
organization  dates  from  a  few  months 
more than  a  year  ago,  like  “Rip,"  we 
won’t count that,  as  we  were  not  very 
wide awake for  several  months  of  that 
time;  so  we  may  fairly  count  our  ex­
perience as dating  from  our annual con­
vention a year ago.
The remarks  made a year  ago  regard­
ing  methods  of  business,  comparing 
competition,  concentration  and  combi­
nation,  have  been  fully  borne  out  by 
subsequent events.
As  you  are  well  aware,  our  main 
trouble has arisen  from  the competition 
of dealers in States which  were unorgan­
ized,  and  we  see  already  fulfilled  the 
predictiou. made by jour presiding officer 
in  Chicago  in  January,  1893,  that  the 
Equality plan would  not  pause  until  it 
embraced all of the States east of the Mis­
souri  River.'  In  much 
less  time  than 
was anticipated this result  has  been  at­
tained;  the four States  of  Illinois,  Wis­
consin,  Iowa and Minnesota have entered 
the combination within the past  50 days, 
while Indiana has completed her  organi­
zation;  so  that  Michigan,  from  being 
the frontier  State  in  the  movement,  is 
now 400 miles East of the  Western limit, 
and  the  citj  of  Detroit  occupies  almost 
exactly  the  central  point  between  the 
Atlantic Coast  and  the  Missouri  River. 
We  have  not  moved,  hut  the  tide  has 
rushed on.
These are times of  rapid  achievement, 
and  concentrated  action  bears  fruit  al­
most  before  we  are  aware  of  it.  We 
are apt to wonder at  results,  because we 
do not  adequately weigh  causes.  While 
we have passed through  the most  trying 
ordeal of  a  stringency  that  has  forced 
many large moneyed institutions to close 
their doors,  we  all,  without  exception, 
stand  with our doors  wide  open,  ready 
to  welcome,  with  undiminished  enter­
prise,  every stranger, and  every  friend, 
too,  who comes to  buy  goods, if  he  has 
the money.
While it is true that  margins, in many 
instances,  have  been  reduced,  yet  we 
have  realized  a  compensation 
in  the 
adjustment of the sugar  question  which 
has gone  far  to  uphold  the  average  of 
profit.  Great  interests  have  united  in 
opposition,  with  strong  endeavor 
to 
break  our  unity,  hut  without  success, 
and  our  stand fastness  has  won  for  us 
what  no  unorganized  effort  could  have 
accomplished.  The  experience  of  the 
past year,  in  its  unity  of  purpose  and 
adaptation  of  means  to  an  end,  will 
stand as an  enduring  monument  in  the 
history of  achievement  in  the  business 
we represent in this State.
While we may justly  congratulate our­
selves on  what has  been done,  we should 
but use  the  power  already  obtained  in 
the  further  adjustment  of  matters  of 
importance that  will  claim  and  demand 
attention  in the future.
Our  work is not  yet  done.  Most  im­
portant,  perhaps,  may  be  enumerated, 
the undue expense of obtaining  business 
and the risks of  credit  in  percentage  of 
losses on sales.
It  is  suggested  by  a  salesman  that 
grocers  make  fixed  prices  on  leading 
goods  and  the  salesmen  enter  into  an 
agreement to adhere to those prices.
The adoption  by  our  Association of  a 
system  of  references  by  retailers 
to 
dealers  would  assist  in  the  opening  of 
new accounts.  1 am  aware  that  this is 
largely done now,  but,  if  insisted  upon 
in  every  instance,  many  mistakes might 
be  avoided.
In  almost  every  failure,  we  are  sur­
prised at  the  number  of  the  creditors. 
By  the  scramble  for  trade  credit  has 
been  made  too  cheap.  No  doubt  the 
times have been drawn closer  in the past 
eight  months,  but  there  is  large  room 
for more systematic action.

Business 

AFTERNOON  SESSION.

At the  opening  of  the  afternoon  ses­
sion, the Nominating  Committee  recom­
mended  the  election  of  the  following 
gentlemen af officers  of  the  Association 
for the ensuing year:

Reed  (Corbin,  May &  Co., Chicago)  and 
Geo.  Griffin  (Schall  Co.,  Indianapolis).
On  motion  of  W.  I.  Brotherton,  the 
chairman appointed a  Nominating  Com­
mittee, composed of W.  L  Brotherton. C. 
Elliott, H.  Montague,  Wm.  Judson  and 
J. S. Smart.  The same gentleman moved 
that  it  be  the  sense  of the convention | 
that Wm. Widdicomb be continued at the 
head of the Executive Committee,  which
was adopted.

THE  MTCECIGkAISr  TRADESMAN
The  action  of  Congress  is  awaited 
with  anxiety  by  all  business  men.  to 
know whether a system  of  finance  shall 
be  adopted  that  will  inure  to  the  ad­
vancement of the  great  interests  of  the 
whole country  or  whether  we  shai!  be 
forced to  endure  continued  curtailment 
of  all  manufacturing  and 
industrial 
enterprises,  with  the  resulting  increase 
of  labor  troubles  that  have  been  so 
marked in the last few months.
indicate 
sagacity  would 
caution in transactions for the immediate 
future, at least  until the crops are safely 
harvested.  These  are  the  increase  of 
the field, and  if  to  them  can  be  added 
the  output  of 
the  mines,  the  l&bor 
troubles  would  be  measurably  solved, 
as well as many difficulties that surround 
genera)  business,  the  purchasing  power 
of  the people being thus  increased.  No 
doubt  we  are  suffering  the  loss  from 
active  use  of  a  very  large  amount  of 
money spent by our  citizens  on  account 
of  the Great Fair at  Chicago.  This  has 
been estimated as high as  ten millions of 
dollars,  and  must,  of  necessity,  affect 
the present conditions.
As in all  cases  of  general  and  wide­
spread  disaster,  recovery  is  retarded by 
distrust,  and  delay  in  returning  confi­
dence makes progress  in the right direc­
tion slow  and  begets  impatience.  As I 
see it, there is a large  element of  safety 
in our  line  of  business,  from  the  fact 
that  ail commodities are  low in price  to­
day,  and  any  change  must  be  for  the 
better.
We, therefore, enter  upon  our  second 
year with full  confidence  that  improve­
ment will be manifested  as time  passes. 
We  have “crossed  the  Rubicon;”  let us 
fulfill  all  obligations 
faithfully  and 
cement  more  firmly  the  feliowcraft  of 
friendship  among  ourselves  which  has 
already had  so  fair  a  growth,  and  en­
deavor to increase  effort in  every  direc­
tion of added  usefulness,  and  make the 
very  name  of  our  Association 
the 
synonym of honesty, integrity and enter­
prise.
Wm.  Widdicomb, chairman of the Ex­
ecutive Committee,  presented  a  report, 
congratulating  the  Association  on  the 
acquirement of full Equality in  the  sale 
of  sugar  and  the  adjustment  of  inter­
state relations and deploring  the  failure 
to maintain  Equality  on  package  coffee 
on account of  peculiar  and  unfortunate 
conditions  existing  among  the  coffee 
roasters.  Accepted.

President—W. J. Gould, Detroit.
First  Vice-President—James  Stewart, 
Saginaw, E. S.
Second Vice-President—John  Robson, 
Lansing.
Treasurer—Wm.  Judson,  Grand  Rap­
ids.
Executive  Committee—Wm.  Widdi­
comb,  chairman;  James  Edgar,  W.  1. 
Brotherton,  W.  H. Brace,  S.  M.  Lemon, 
C.  Elliott,  H. S.  Griggs,  J. W.  Symons, 
H.  Montague.
Directors—D.  L.  McMorran, A. Wier- 
engo,  Frank Jewell,  Thos.  Bromley, Jr., 
John Walsh.
The  report was  unanimously adopted. 
The  Committee  on  Resolutions  recom­
mended that  the  President’s  suggestion 
relative  to  scheduling  terms  and  dis­
counts be adopted;  that  the  suggestion 
relative to the jobbing trade maintaining 
manufacturers’  prices on contract  goods 
be approved;  that the suggestion relative 
| to the Secretary issuing a circular  letter 
of explanation to the retail trade be  dis- 
! approved;  that the suggestion relative to 
the formulation of  an  agreement  among 
traveling salesmen to maintain prices  be 
referred to the  Secretary  for  investiga- 
; tion  and  report.  The  report  was  ac 
cepted and adopted.

The same Committee recommended the 
adoption of the Rules of  Practice in  use 
by the Illinois  Association,  with the  ex 
ception  of  Rule  5  and  slight  amend­
ments  to  Rules  1  and  6.  This  report 
provoked  a  long  and  animated  discus­
sion,  especially  Rule  5,  which  was 
strongly  advocated  by  some  members 
and  strongly  denounced  by others.  At 
the  conclusion of  the discussion the fol­
lowing  form  of Rules  of  Practice were 
adopted for the government of  the Asso­
ciation:

all  goods,  excepting 

A  charge  for  cartage  shall  be  made 
upon 
sugars, 
shipped by rail or water, of not less than 
two  cents  per  hundred  weight,  by  all 
members  of  the  Association, excepting 
W. M.  Hoyt  Company, which  shall  in­
clude cartage on ail  goods  delivered  by 
jobbers in cities where  they  reside;  no 
charge to be less than five cents.

A charge shall be  made  for  all  pack­
ing boxes and packing bags  used  in  the 
delivery  of  goods  sold,  which  charge 
shall equal the cost thereof.

RULE  II.

BUI.E  i.

RULE  III.

RULE  IV.

Sugars shall not be sold on longer time 
than 30 days, nor  at  a  greater  discount 
than  1 per cent, for  cash within  10  days 
sharp;  or after 10 days,  interest  allowed 
only at the  rate  of  6  per  cent,  per  an­
num for the unexpired time.

All payments for goods must  be  made 
in funds  that  are  at  par  at  the  point 
from which the sale of  goods was  made.
No collections shall be made from cus­
tomers by traveling  salesmen  excepting 
in cases of insolvency  of  the  debtor, or 
in towns where there is neither  a  bank, 
money order office nor express office.

r u le  v.

RULE  VL

Wm. Judson,  Treasurer, presented his 
report, showing total receipts of  S3,432.- 
49 and disbursements of  S3,407.51,  leav­
ing  on  hand  a balance of 824.98.  Each 
member contributed §75 to  the  common 
fund.  The  report included a suggestion 
that some  equitable plan  be  devised  by 
which the  resources  of  the  Association 
may be raised.  Accepted  and  adopted. 
The chairman appointed as a  committee 
to consider the  recommendation  Messrs. 
Gould,  Lemon  and  McMorran.  On 
motion,  Mr.  Judson  was  also  added  to 
the committee.

Messrs. Symons,  Brace,  Robson,  Cady, 
Armstrong  and  Musselman  were  ap­
pointed a Committee  on  Resolutions,  to 
consider  the  recommendations 
in  the 
President’s address and  any  other  reso­
lutions which might be referred to it.

The  Secretary  read  letters  of  regret 
from Severin, Ostermeyer & Co.  (Indian­
apolis);  Clark,  Mason  &  Co.  (Adrian); 
J.  F.  Halladay  (Battle  Creek);  Kidd, 
Date  r&  Co.  (Benton  Harbor); Pearce, 
Coleman &  Brownell  (Kalamazoo);  Jas. 
S. Stewart (East Saginaw);  also  a cable­
gram from B.  L.  Desen berg  (B.  Desen- 
berg  &  Co.,  Kalamazoo),  who  is  now 
traveling in Germany, offering  the Asso­
ciation his  best  wishes  and  suggesting 
that Mr. Widdicomb be kept at the  head 
of the Executive Committee.

Addresses  were  made  by  E.  E. Dow 
(Pliny,  Watson  &  Co.,  Toledo),  G.  J . ,

No  goods  shall  be  sold  cartage  and 
freight  paid, excepting  at  railroad  sta-

j tions where  there is  no  agent,  and  ex- 
I cepting such  goods as are sold by manu- 
| facturers  at  a  delivered  price,  tfiougb 
freight and cartage  shall  be  charged  to 
! buyer where there is no railroad agent.
Rule 1 was construed by the  chairman 
as  excepting  hay, straw,  feed, Hour,  oil 
and pork.

Rule 5 was construed as  not  applying 

to city salesmen.

Resolutions  of  thanks  were  tendered
j the retiring President and two  beautiful 
paintings  were  presented  to  Wm.  Wid­
dicomb for his zeal in behalf of the Asso­
ciation.

Wm. Judson,  President  of  the  Grand 
Rapids  Wholesale  Grocers’  Association 
invited  the  members  to  partake  of  a 
banquet  at  the  Morton  House  in  the 
evening,  which was accepted.
The meeting then adjourned.

THE  BANQUET.

The banquet tendered the visiting  job­
bers by the local  Association was  one  of 
the most unique and enjoyable affairs  of 
the  kind  ever  undertaken  in  this city. 
The tables were arranged in the  form  of 
an  X,  were  beautifully decorated, and 
the menu was toothsome  and  admirably 
served,  reflecting  credit  on  both  hosts 
and hotel.  Pertinent responses to conven­
tional  toasts  were made by several gen­
tlemen, some of which will appear either 
in whole or in part in  subsequent  issues
of T h e T radesm an.  Taken as a  whole, 
the visiting grocers had every  reason  to 
be pleased with their reception in  Grand 
Rapids, as no feature which could add to 
their enjoyment was omitted.
From Out of Town.

Calls  have  been  received  at  The 
T radesm an office during  the  past  week 
from the following  gentlemen  in  trade:

J. E. Gray, Caledonia.
J. P. Fetz, North Dorr.
A. Bechtel, Caledonia.
Henry Ewing, Morley.
C. B. Lovejoy, Big Rapids.
W. Lawton, Berlin.
W. J. Roche, Lake City. aHT!
E. A.  Bowen, Kent City.
F.  Roman, Kent City.
Frank Hamilton, Traverse City.
S. E. Wait, Traverse City.

A C p U A I   T

FIRE-PROOF ROOFING
fl. M.  REYNOLDS & SON, 

This  Roofing Is  guaranteed  to  stand  In  all 
places where Tin and Iron has failed;  is super­
ior to Shingles and much cheaper.
The best Roofing for covering over Shingles 
on old roofs of houses, barns, sheds, etc.;  will 
not rot  or  pull  loose, and  when  painted  with 
our 

Will last longer  than  shingles.  Write the un­
dersigned  for  prices and  circulars, relative to 
Roofing  and  for  samples  of  Building  Papers, 
etc.

FIRE-PROOF  ROOF  PAINT.

Practical  Roofers,  »
(fcr. Loui» and Campau Sts.,  Grand Rapid», Mioh.

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RIVER  SHOES

12,  14 and  16PearlSt.

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

W e  M an u factu re  a n d   H an d le  only  R eliable  Goods.

P atented.

N O . 3.

AGENTS  FOR THE

BOSTON 

RUBBER SHOE  CO

Again Jflade and Again Sold in Large Quantities

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.

THE  GRAND (formerly Rickard)  LADDER.

Is  the  only  Practical  Combination  Step  and 

Extension  Ladder  Made.

Easily  Adjusted  from  a  Step  Ladder to an Extension 

Ladder  of  any  Height.

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 betaken off and put on; the screw driver bit is  removed  and a socket  wrench  put in 
with which burrs can be run on or off, twenty  times quicker than by 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 must be bored or  drilled to receive the nail or screw, 
it is a wonderful convenience.  Thus it will be seen it well merits the name It bears,  The Univer­
sal Screw Driver and Brace.  The chuck and shell are highly polished brass while  the  handle  is 
finished in natural wood; it is substantial, durable and the most powerful tool of its kind  made.

S .  F .  B O W S E R  &  C o.,  Manf’s,

WRITE  FOR CIRCULAR.

FORT  WAYNE,  IND.E

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Patented  Dec. S3, 1884.

Clear  Norway  Fine  and Malleable  Iron  Castings.

Especially  Adapted for Tinners or Fruit Growers’

Use.  Can Work on Both Sides.

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H.  LEONARD and SONS

Will  furnish  a Complete  Stock of  Staple Crockery  and  Glassware.

list given below.  Crockery and Glassware  are  staple,  never goll! 

I P   V m   I  n O   handle Crockery and Glassware, we can  interest  you  in  some  of  our 
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new assorted packages.  Write for complete list and illustrations of our
inew assorted packages of Glassware, the  Majestic”  and mammoth  assorted  packages  are  prov­
iding  themselves great sellers.

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1'  Original assorted  crate of  Alfred  Meakin’s  Best English  White  Granite, containing a good  assortment of all  staple 

pieces of crockery the  new Henshall  Shape.  This is the  best white  ware in  the  World  and has  a  reputation  that  no 
other ware  has. 

If you always  keep the best you are sure  to please your customers and gain  trade.

  Stock of Staple Crockery and Glassware•

ONE j Of our  Brown  or Gray  Albany  100  Piece  Dinner Sets,  this  is our  English  make and extra good  value  for  the  price.

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ONE-j  Of our  Burmese  English  Decorated  12  Piece Toilet Sets  in  Brown or Blue  Decoration

ONF  Of our  1255  Belle  Decorated S  Piece Toilet  Sets  with  Slop Jar.  Neat decoration  in  Brown  or Blue with  Gold  Lines on the 

1  edge of all  the pieces.

ONE-!  Of our Ariel  Decorated  56  Piece  English  Tea  Sets  in  Brown,  Blue or Pink  Decoration

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ONE  ■  Original  assorted package of our New  Majestic  pattern  of Glassware.  This pattern  is a direct  imitator of Cut Glass  and  is 

one  of the  newest and  best selling patterns  in  the  market.

ONE-1  Assorted  package  of either  Robin  or Orial  Engraved Tumblers.

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K a pids Mich.

We will  send  anv dealer an  itemized  list and illustrations of any of our New Assorted  Packages on  application.

H.  LEONARD  &  SONS,  G ra n d  

ASTORE DO YOU 

RUN  ONE?

If so,  and  yon  are  endeavoring  to  get  along  without  usiDg  our  improved  Coupon  Book  svstem,  vou  are  making  a 
most  serious  mistake.  We  were  the  originators of the  coupon  book  plan  and  are  the largest manufacturers of these 
books  in  the  countrv,  having  special  machinery  for  everv  branch  of the  business.  SAMPLES  FREE.

TRADESHAN  COMPANY,  g r a n d  r a p id s,  m ic h.

S P E C I A L   N O T I C E

A  BRIEF  STATEMENT  FOR  BUSY  MEN.

The  New York Condensed  Milk  Company takes  pleasure  in  announcing that the trade is 
now prepared to supply you with
Borden’s  Peerless  Brand  Evaporated Cream,
UNSWEETENED;  guaranteed  to  keep  under  all  conditions of  temperature.  The  process 
used  is far in advance of any other method of preserving milk without sugar.  Our new plant is 
constructed especially for this branch of business, and is unequaled in equipment for the various 
processes employed.  Having thoroughly tested all the important points in connection with the 
milk referred to, we are now prepared to offer the trade, through the  jobbing houses,  Borden’s 
Peerless  Brand  Evaporated  Cream, unsweetened, with entire confidence that it will prove, 
like our celebrated  Gail  Borden  Eagle  Brand  Condensed  Milk,  to have  no  Equal. 
It  is 
thoroughly guaranteed in every respect, and  this  guarantee is substantial, as  every one  knows. 

Prepared by the New York Condensec. Milk Co. 

Fon Qu o t a t io n s   S ec  Pr ic e  Co l u m n s .

