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The  Eyil  Results  of  Finding  a  $1,000 

BUI.

“Yes,  a  $500  greenback  has  a  rich, 
juicy look,” said a Chicago  drummer  at 
a hotel the other evening, as a bill of that 
denomination was  passed  around,  “bnt 
one with  the figures  ‘$1,000’  on  the  cor­
ners looks just too sweet for anything.  1 
possessed one for several days once upon 
a time,  and thereby  hangs a tale.”

“A tale of woe?”  was asked.
“It certainly is.  Gentlemen,  1  am go­
ing to tell you of a mean little  action  in 
my career,  and I hope you  will not judge 
me too  harshly. 
I  have  done  penance 
for  it  fifty  times  over,  and  five  times 
$1,000 would not tempt  me  again.  One 
day about ten years ago  1  dropped  into 
the First National Bank of  St.  Louis  to 
get a  few dollars for  expenses.  A  man 
left the cashier’s  window  just  as  I  ad­
vanced to it,  and  while  1  was  standing 
there my eye  caught  sight  of  a  green­
back at my feet. 
I picked it  up  intend­
ing to hand it to the  cashier,  bat when 1 
saw  the figures  ‘$1,000’  on  the  corner I 
was paralyzed with  astonishment.  Yes, 
sir, it was a  $1,000  greenback,  the  first 
and last one 1 ever had my fingers on.  1 
caught my breath like  one  choking, and 
when the cashier handed  me  out $75 and 
made some remark  about  the weather  1 
couldn’t get a word out to save my life.”
“The man who preceded  you  dropped 

the bill, of course?”

“Not a doubt of it.  As 1 said, 1 meant 
to be honest and pass it in,  but the temp­
tation was too  strong  for  me.  After  I 
had  had  that  hill  for  one  minute  I’d 
have 
fought  to  retain  possession.  1 
picked up my cash and hurried  out  and 
got into a doorway and looked  at my find 
again. 
It was  a  $1,000  greenback  and 
no mistake.  1 was exactly a  fat,  plump 
$1,000 ahead of  the  game.  That  meant 
a  new  suit  of  clothes—diamond  pin— 
champagne  suppers—several  games  of 
poker and  cigars  carefully  wrapped  in 
tinfoil.  For ten minutes  1 was  jubilant 
and wanted to jump up and  yell and pat 
somebody on the back.  Then  came  the 
reaction.”

“What sort of reaction?”
“Well,  you  may  not  believe  it,  but 
that still,  small  voice  called  conscience 
began to whisper  to  me. 
It  seemed  to 
me that  every  man  I  met  knew  I  had 
that  bill. 
I  felt  that  1  was  no  better 
than a  thief.  Twice  during  the  after­
noon I was slapped on  the  back  by  ac­
quaintances,  and each time  I  jumped  a 
foot high and had a  brief  vision  of  the 
criss-cross  bars  and  convict 
stripes. 
Several times that day I was  tempted  to 
return to  the  bank  and  do  the  square 
thing,  whether you believe me or no,  but 
I’m ashamed to say  1  lacked  the  moral 
courage. 
I  figured  tbat  the  loser  had 
already returned  to report  his  loss, and 
it would be known that I  had walked off 
with my find.  1 finally decided  to  keep 
the bill for a day  or  two  and  see  if  it 
was advertised. 
I hadn’t  long  to  wait. 
I found it at 11 o’clock in  the  forenoon,

and its loss was advertised  in  the  even­
ing papers,  with a reward of  $50  to  the 
finder.”

“And you took it back,  of course.”
“No, I didn’t.  Here’s the  moral,  gen­
tlemen:  Stop to argue with and  combat 
conscience,  and  you  become  a  rascal. 
After a five-hours’ fight I beat conscience 
and made myself believe 1 had a  perfect 
moral  right  to  keep  that  find.  Then 
came the question of  how  to  use  it.  1 
didn’t dare to offer it in  Indianapolis, of 
course, and was going for a three weeks’ 
trip through the small  towns,  where  the 
sight of a bill like  that  would  have  as­
tonished everybody. 
I  feared to carry  it 
in  any  of  my  pockets,  as  I  might  be 
robbed, and after cogitating for two hours 
1 tucked it  away  in  my  shoe.  See? 
I 
wear extra soles,  supposed to be charged 
with electricity and good for rheumatics. 
1 placed the bill in a piece of  paper  and 
laid it under the sole of  the  right  shoe. 
After spending two days in  Indianapolis 
I  started  for  Lebanon.  Got  there  at 
midnight and piled right into bed.  Two 
hours later there was  a fire which didn’t 
do much damage,  but  routed  everybody 
out.  1  am  powerfully  nervous  about 
fires,  and when 1 woke up  in  the  smoke 
1 grabbed my  duds  and went  down  the 
fire escape.”

“Taking your $1,000 pair  of  shoes, of 

course?”
“No. 

I  got  out  with  my  vest  and 
trousers  alone.  When  the  blaze  was 
out and 1 returned to my  room some one 
had the rest of my  outfit,  grip  and  all. 
Indeed, half  a  dozen  other  guests  had 
been robbed as  well. 
I  didn’t  want  to 
lose that money,  and I  didn’t want to let 
on that I had it in  my shoe. 
I therefore 
went to the sheriff and told  him  a  cock- 
and-bull  story  about  rheumatic  insoles 
and  offered  him  $25  to  get  my  shoes. 
He made a good hunt, but  couldn’t  find 
them.  After  fooling  away  three  days’ 
time 1  went  up  to  Frankfort,  but  had 
been there only one day when  I  got  my 
shoes by express.  They had  been found 
in the back yard  of  the  hotel  among  a 
lot of stuff thrown out  of  the  rooms  by 
the excited firemen.  Both  insoles  were 
gone  and  my  $1,000  bill  with  ’em.  1 
couldn’t see  how  I was  to  do  anything 
about it, and  so  pat  my  shoes  on  and 
kept my mouth shut.  Three weeks  later 
I returned to Lebanon,  and on  that very 
day something happened.

“Found your bill on  the  street,  prob­
ably!”  observed one of  the  group of lis­
teners.

“No,  sir.  The clerk of the  hotel  had 
called at the  bank  to  get  a  $1,000  bill 
busted and on being  questioned  he  had 
skipped  out.  He  couldn’t  account  for 
having so much money in  his possession, 
being a young man and in  poor  circum­
stances,  but there was no  charge against 
him.  No one had  complained  of  losing 
such a bill.  1  started  for  the  bank  to 
tell my story,  but  it  suddenly  occurred 
to me that 1 was in  a  fix.  Where  did  I 
get the bill?  Why was I hiding  it in my 
shoe?  Why  didn’t  I  tell  the  sheriff

about the  money?  Why  hadn’t  l  com­
plained  of  the  robbery? 
I  saw  the 
banker and took notice that  he  was  the 
sort of a  chap  to  go  to  the  bottom  of 
things,  and as  he  was  the  guardian  of 
the bill,  so' to  say,  1  would  doubtless 
have to  prove  my  claim  in  a  court  of 
law.”

“And you left it in his hands?”
“Say,  now, but that’s just what  I  did, 
and it’s there yet,  and  what  breaks  my 
heart is the fact that  he’s worth  $80,000 
in clear stuff! 
I didn’t dare to  claim the 
money,  because  that  would  give  away 
my find,  and 1 didn’t dare to write to the 
loser for fear that in tracing  it up I’d be 
wrung in and get the  cold  give-away  in 
the papers.  Just as true  as  1  live  that 
money is waiting a  claimant  to-day,  and 
there is nobody to step up and  take  it!”
“I’ll  write  out  a  statement  and  for­
ward it to the  original  loser!”  said  the 
yqung and  ambitious  lawyer,  after  fig­
uring on his probable fee.

“It wouldn’t  reach  him!”  replied  the 
drummer, with  a sad shake of  the  head. 
“No, the poor man  has been dead for the 
last three or four years,  as  I  happen  to 
know,  and his heirs would consider  it  a 
moonshine story.  Ah, me,  but  to  thiuk 
of that old critter down there  licking his 
chops  over  that  great  big  corpulent 
$1,000  bill  gives  me  the  nightmare 365 
nights in the year!”

“But it isn’t yours.”
“Of course not,  bat I’d like to get hold 
of it and  turn  it  over  to  some  orphan 
asylum where it would help  to  brighten 
the lives of poor fatherless  and  mother­
less  children.  Dear!  Dear!  but  how 
shortsighted we  poor  mortals  are  when 
we get hold of a good thing!”
His  Exact  Size.

From the Youth’s Companion.
There  is  a  kind  of  selfish  smartness 
which makes a man think  well  of  him­
self,  but which renders him  a  laughing­
stock,  nevertheless.  One 
rainy  day, 
when a shoe store was full  of  customers 
a man  entered  hurriedly,  and  speaking 
to a clerk who was fitting a lady to  over­
shoes, said,  “Can you show  me  some  of 
those  cork-sole  boots you advertise ?  1 
am in great haste.”
Excusing himself to the lady,  the clerk 
proceeded to wait upon  the  new  comer. 
Pair after  pair  of  boots  were  tried  on, 
and finally a perfect fit was secured.
“Now,  what  make  are  these boots ?” 
inquired  the  man. 
"They  fit  me like a 
glove.  Just write down  the  make,  with 
the exact width and length.”
The salesman did as requested, and the 
man drew on  his  old  shoes  and  started 
for the door.
“Don’t  you  want  the  boots,  sir ?” in­
quired the surprised clerk.
“Oh,  no,”  responded the man;  “1 just 
wanted to get my size.  1  have  a  friend 
in the wholesale  business  who  can  get 
them a dollar less than your  price;”  and 
he went out, followed  by  the  unspoken 
opinion  of  the salesman,  and the laugh­
ter  of  several  customers  who  had  wit­
nessed  the affair.

A  Pat  Answer.

Mendicant—Will the gentleman  help a 
Stranger—Get out,  you impostor!  How 
.“Didn’t you hear me call  you a gentle­

blind man?
do I know you’re  blind?
man?”

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THE  WOLF  A  COWARD.

Cunning  and  Treacherous.  But 

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Opposite of  Fearless.

In a further  conversation  with Mr.  A. 
W.  Pike,  which  T h e  T radesm an  rep­
resentative  enjoyed  recently,  the  talk 
turned on  wild animals.  Mr.  Pike said:

the 

“There  were  several  kinds  of  wild 
animals of which the  early settlers stood 
in more  or  less  fear.  These  were  the 
bear,  catamount  (or  wolverine),  wolf, 
lynx and  wildcat.  Of  these,  while  the 
wolf was the most  dreaded,  he  was  far 
from being the  most  dangerous.  There 
is no more cowardly animal to  be  found 
anywhere than the wolf,  and  the stories 
about his ferocity  aud  about  his  attack­
ing people are all  bosh.  1  have  seen  a 
large pack of wolves take to  their  heels 
at the approach  of  one  man,  and  they 
were the  big  black  kind,  too.  Neither 
the black nor gray  wolf has  any courage, 
but both are very cunning and treacherous. 
1 trapped  quite a  number of  them,  so 1 
speak from experience.  1  never saw  but 
one that showed any  courage. 
It  was a 
big  black  he-wolf  that  had  for  a  long 
time  been  too  smart  tor  us.  The  trap 
used  was  the  old-fashioned  kind,  built 
of logs. 
It was open  at one  end and  the 
bait  so  placed  that  the  wolf  was  well 
inside  before  he  touched  it.  The  bait 
was attached  to  a  stick, 
to  which  was 
fastened a rope connected  with the  door. 
This door was raised when the  trap  was 
set,  and,  when  the  wolf  attacked  the 
bait,  it  sprang the  trap  aud  closed  the 
door.  As 1 said  he battled  me  for  some 
time,  but,  finally,  on  arriving  home,  1 
found  the  big  fellow  in  the  trap.  To 
get  a  wolf  out  of 
trap  we 
would loop a small chaiu,  lower it slowly 
in front of the animal  aud then suddenly 
raise it when the loop was drawn  around 
his  neck  aud  he  could  be 
lifted  out. 
W. 11,  we  got  his  wolf-ship  out,  but  it 
was while taking him out that he showed 
fight,  and be was  the  only  wolf  of  my 
acquaintance  that  did.  He  did  not 
merely resist our  efforts  to get  him out, 
but  when  we  approached him,  he would 
spring at us in the most  savage  mauner.
1 think if that wolf had  been  met  by  a 
single  individual 
the  forest  there 
would have  been  trouble.  We  got  him 
out finally and  killed him,  but  the  dogs 
could do nothing with  him.  There  was 
a  good  road  between  here  and  Port 
Sheldon, where 1 spent considerable time 
away  back  in  those  days,  and  1  made 
frequent  trips  between  the  two  places.
1 have been  followed  for  twenty  miles 
by  wolves many a  time,  and  never  had 
the slightest  fear of  them.  They  were 
not after  me  or  my  ponies,  although  1 
think they might  have  been  tempted  to 
make a meal off  us.  They  followed  us 
for the  manure  dropped  by  the  horses, 
which they ate with  avidity.  1 got after 
them  with  my  traps  after  awhile  and 
they got so frightened of  me finally  that 
they would  hardly  come  near  a  sleigh 
track,  but,  if they  wanted  to  cross  the 
road,  they  would  jump  over  it.  No, 
wolves are the most cowardly animals  in 
the  world.  Of  course,  people  were 
afraid of them, but it  was  because  they 
did not know them.  1  found  a  wolf  in 
one of my traps  when  going  home  with 
a load of hay once,  and 1  took  him  out 
the  sleigh  and 
and  carried  him 
fastened  him  to  the  binding  pole. 
It 
was probably the first sleigh  ride he had 
ever bad,  and  he hardly knew how to act; 
but  1 got him home and  left him  on the j

to 

in 

hay,  while I  went in  to get  my  supper. 
When 1 got in  the house  I  found  half a 
dozen Indians  in  the  house—big, strap­
ping fellows  who ought to  have  had  no 
fear for anything.  After supper I told the 
Indians  that  I  had  a  wolf  out  at  the 
stable, and  we went out and brought him 
into the workshop.  1  turned  him  loose 
aud  let  him  aud  the  dogs  have  it  out. 
The Indians caught  hold  of  the  rafters 
aud drew themselves up  out  of  danger. 
The  wolf  was  killed  at  last,  but,  of 
course, he fought for  his  life;  that  wa> 
because he was cornered. 
I  carried him 
from  the trap to the sleigh and  from  the 
sleigh  to the shop and he hardly  showed 
his teeth.  1  don't know  bow  the  stories 
of the wolt’s  terrible ferocity  aud blood­
thirstiness originated,  but it  must  have 
been  in  the  imagination  of the  writers. 
The  bear  was  a  much  more  dangerous 
animal, 
lie  would  ‘chew a  man  up’  in 
no time if he  was  roused,  and  it  didn’t 
take much to rouse him.  The wolverine, 
too,  was a  very  dangerous  animal.  My 
wife has a muff made  from  the  skin  of 
one which  1 killed  nearly  fifty years ago.
1  bad  trapped  a  wolf  close  beside  the 
sleigh  track,  aud,  after  skinning  him, 
had  left  the  carcass 
lying  beside  the 
road.  On my return  1 saw the  tracks of 
a catamount  who  had  been  feeding  off 
the dead wolf,  and,  by  the  size of them,
1  knew  he was a big fellow.  1  made  up 
my  mind to have that catamount or know 
the reasou  why.  So 1 set the trap beside 
the remains of the wolf and went  on  my 
way.  The catamount is  almost fearless, 
so that it was  hardly  necessary  to  hide 
the  trap.  When  1  got  back, 
there  he 
was,  bard and fast,  aud 1 tell you  he was 
a fine one.  1  set  the  dog  on  him  first, 
but in about half  a minute be  got  away 
with  his sides badly  lacerated,  and,  as I 
didn’t want to  lose  him,  1  sent  him  to 
the  sleigh  and  prepared  to  tackle  the 
catamount myself.  1 took a  sleigh stake 
and,  going up to the  auimal,  raised  the 
stake to kuock him  in the  head.  Just as 
1  was about to  strike  him  he  sprang  up 
and caught hold  of  my  overcoat  and  it 
was  nip  and  tuck  for  a  little  while 
whether I should take  the  catamount or 
he  should  take  me.  1  got  away  and 
killed  him,  loaded  him  on  the  sleigh, 
took  him  home  and  skinned  him. 
lie 
weighed about sixty pounds  and was the 
largest  one  1  ever  saw.  1  was  going 
through 
the  woods  on  horseback  once 
when  a big  catamount  sprang  up  from 
the ground to a tree beside the road  way. 
He  sprang  a  distance  of  fully  twenty 
feet and caught the tree  ail  of  ten  feet 
from the  ground.  After  glaring  at  me 
for a moment  he dropped  to the  ground 
and  a  bound  or  two  took  him  out  of 
sight.  They  were  a  very  powerful 
animal,  extremely  ferocious  and  were 
afraid of nothing.  The  lynx  and  wild­
cat were also bad animals  to  tackle,  but 
were much smaller  than  the  wolverine; 
but as for the wolf—well  the ‘long hard, 
gallop that could tire  the  hound’s  deep 
hate  and  hunter’s  fire’  business  lacks 
confirmation. 
I  never  saw  a wolf  that 
bad any sand  in him.  The  stories about 
the  big  Russian  gray  wolf  may  be  all 
right.  1 never saw one.  But  the Amer­
ican  wolf was  an  unmitigated  coward.”

An  honest  Pennsylvanian  farmer  re­
cently 8aw an advertisement  in  a  paper 
saying that for $10 the  advertiser  would 
tell  how  to  keep  butter  from  getting 
strong.  The farmer  promptly  sent  the 
money,  and  at  once  received the reply, 
“ Eat it.”

Jaa.  F.  Tatman,  the  Clare  Grocer  and 

Shoe  Dealer.

Jas.  F.  Tatman  was born  in Cleremont 
county,  Ohio,  in  1859.  When  about  5 
years old his parents removed to Indiana 
where he was brought up on a  farm. 
In 
1879  he  removed  with  his  parents  to 
Clare county,  Michigan,  and  at  the  age 
of  20  begau 
teaching  country  school. 
This occupation he followed  four  years, 
when he obtained a situation  as  clerk in 
a general  store,  which position  he  occu­
pied  for about three  years,  receiving  as 
compensation the  small  sum  of  $i  per 
day.  Failing  at  the  end  of  the  three 
years to secure a raise in  salary,  he  felt 
compelled to go into business for himself 
aud,  with the $125 he  had  succeeded  in 
saving during  the  period  of  his  clerk­
ship,  he embarked  in  the  grocery  busi­
ness,  with  a  strong  determination  to 
achieve  success 
if  push  and  energy 
could accomplish it.  Although he began 
business in  1885  with  a  capital  of  only 
$125,  his sales now amount to nearly $40. 
000 per year,  which clearly proves what a 
determination to  succeed  and  close  at­
tention to  business will  enable  a dealer 
to accomplish.  He carries a full  line  of 
boots, shoes  and  rubber  goods  in  con­
nection  with  his  grocery  business,  be­
lieving that a carefully  selected  stock of 
the best quality of  goods  and  courteous 
treatment  of  customers  are  two  essen­
tials to business success.

Mr.  Tatman  is  public  spirited  in  all 
that  the  term  implies,  always  holding 
himself  in  readiness  to  assist,  by word 
and deed,  in the establishment of any en­
terprise  which will  tend  to  build  up and 
expaud the possibilities  of  the  town  in 
which he lives.  As  evidence of this dis­
position  on  his  part,  it  may  be  stated 
that lie was one of the originators and in­
corporators of the Clare Wooden ware Co., 
of which enterprise he  is  a  stockholder 
and director.

Mr.  Tatman  was  chairman of the com­
mittee  which  recently  promulgated  the 
call  for  a  meeting  of  retail  grocers at 
Clare  and,  by  virtue  of  that  position, 
called the  convention to  order  and  pre­
sided over  the  initial  session.  When it 
came time to elect  officers to serve  until 
the Mt.  Pleasant  meeting his ability as a 
presiding officer was so  manifest  that he 
was elected  President  without any oppo­
sition.  Mr.  Tatman  is  very  active  in 
furthering the objects of  the Association 
aud confidently expects  to see the organ­
ization  expand  to  commanding  propor­
tions.

Dr.  Pierce’s  Prize  Scheme  a  Lottery.
The Attorney-General  has  rendered an 
opinion to the  Postoffice  Department  in 
regard to the prize  books distributed  by 
the  World’s Dispensary  Medical Associa­
tion,  in  which  he  states  that  this  is  a 
lottery  scheme,  pure  and  simple,  and 
that the mails  cannot  be  lawfully  used 
for the circulation of  literature  relating 
thereto.

The World’s Dispensary  Medical Asso­
ciation  is  the  proprietor  of  Dr.  R.  V. 
Pierce’s  patent  medicines.  The  head­
quarters are at Buffalo,  N.  Y.  It appears 
that they distributed a lot of  books, each 
of  which was  numbered,  and  they  pro­
posed  to  distribute  $10,000  in  cash  to 
certain  holders  of 
these  books.  The 
holders of ten  books of  certain  numbers 
were  to  receive  $100  each;  ten  others 
$50  each;  twenty  others  $25  each;  one 
hundred  others  $1.0  each,  etc.,  with  a 
grand total  of 3,140  prizes  amounting to 
$10,000 In cash. 
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is  out  with  a  printed 
The  company 
sheet containing  u list of the numbers of 
the books which have drawn  prizes,  and 
they advise each person  bolding  a  book 
corresponding to  a  number  in  the  list, 
to mail it under full  letter  postage  with 
the name of the  sender,  aud  a  draft  for 
the  amount  of  the  prize  would  be  sent 
by return post.
Postmasters have been  instructed  that 
the mails cannot  be used for  the circula­
tion of information in  regard to  this  lot­
tery  scheme.

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THE  MORNING  MARKET.

Some  Peculiarities  of  the  Business— 

Buyers  and  Sellers, 

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seller  on 

Here comes the  proprietor  of  one  of 
the  largest  commission  houses 
in  the 
city.  Knowing just what he wants,  and 
how much his “ trade”  will  require,  and 
being  familiar  with  the  course  of  the 
market, he  knows  about  what  he  must 
pay  to  “come  out  on  the  right  side.” 
He does not buy by  the  bushel  or  bag, 
but by the load.  He is,  therefore,  a  de­
is  courted  by 
sirable  customer,  and 
every 
the  market.  “How 
much for your  cabbage ?”  “Fifty  cents 
a dozen.”  “Too much,”  he  answers  la­
conically,  and passes on without  waiting 
to hear what the owner  of  the  cabbages 
has to say.  He next stops  at  a  load  of 
onions.  "How  much ?”  he  asks after a 
cursory  examination of  the load.  "One 
ten,”  is  the answer.  "All right;  I’ll go 
you.”  And the bargain  is  soon  closed. 
On down the long  line  of  wagons,  pur­
chasing a load here and there,  he  keeps 
on the “even tenor of his way,”  until  he 
has  secured  all  he  needs  for the day’s 
business.

Here and there is already  to  be  seen, 
early as the hour is,  a  frugal  housewife, 
boarding house  keeper  or  restaurateur, 
who knows by experience that  money  is 
to be saved  by buying “on  the  market.’, 
The  former  carries  her  basket  on  her 
arm  and from time to time deposits  in  it 
a head of cabbage, or a quart  of  berries, 
or a few carrots or onions,  and so on  un­
til she has reached the  limit  of  her  de­
sires or her pocketbook.  Sometimes  she 
is accompanied by her husband (in which 
case she carries the basket just the same) 
but not often—it is  much  too  early  for 
him to be out.

Here  is  a  retail  grocer 

the 
suburbs.  His wagon is just  around  the 
corner,  and  ever  and  anon  he  buys  a 
crate  of  berries,  or  a  couple  of  dozen 
bunches of onions,  or  a  few  bushels  of 
potatoes.  He  doesn’t  need  much,  for 
his trade is small and  he  can’t  afford  to 
“carry stock over.”  He examines critic­
ally, buys only  when the  price  is  right, 
and hurries away to meet his early morn­
ing  customers,  who  are  out,  some  of 
them,  by 6 o’clock.

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The  restaurateur  is  another  kind  of 
a  buyer.  The  keeper  of  an  ordinary 
eating house is,  as a rule, in  nowise  par­
ticular  about  the  quality  of  his  “raw 
material.”  He  wants  it  cheap,  for  he 
runs  a  cheap  “shop”—dirt  cheap, 
in 
fact—and he must buy cheap if he would 
realize a profit; but that buyer  would  be 
hard to suit who could not find  what  he 
wanted  on  the  Grand  Rapids  market, 
and from the largest hotel in the  city  to 
the meanest eating house, there is enough 
and to spare.

The  boarding  house  keeper is  not so 
particular  about  quality.  She  has  a 
happy knack of taking second-rate goods 
and  making  first-rate  “ wittles”  out  of 
them  which  stands  her  in  good  stead 
these hard times, or, indeed, in any times. 
Anyway,  she  always  charges  first-class 
prices.  The  way  she  jumps  onto  the 
poor farmer when she thinks  he  is  over­
charging her should be a warning  to  the 
star  boarder  if  he  is  within  earshot. 
Perhaps it is her manifold  experience  of 
human nature in a  boarding  house  that 
has  soured  her,  but  she  has  a  way  of 
“saying  things”  that  will  set  a  man’s 
teeth on edge as quickly as  sour  grapes. 
Don’t be too hard  on  her, however,  for,

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in  “ ways that are  dark  and  tricks  that 
are  vain”  the average boarder is a close 
second  to  the  Heathen  Chinee.  Then, 
too,  her  life  is  one  “demnition grind” 
from early morning till late at night, year 
in and year out,  with nothing  to  relieve 
the monotony of her existence except  the 
semi-occasional  escape  of 
the  “star” 
without  paying  his  bill.  But  her 
“sharpness”  avails her but  little  on  the 
market,  for  she  is  dealing  with  people 
who are,  as a rule,  good judges of human 
nature and can  beat her to a standstill in 
making a bargain.

That is a queer  character coming  this 
way.  Watch him for a little  while.  He 
is just  like  that  always,  running  from 
wagon to wagon with that  funny  trot  of 
his.  He is always on the  run.  He  will 
pick up a crate of fruit  or  an  armful  of 
vegetables and start  off  on  the  run  for 
his wagon,  which  may  be  three  blocks 
away, dump his load into the wagon,  and 
then off up the long line of wagons again 
on  the  same  old  trot.  He  is  what  is 
technically termed a "huckster,”  which, 
since Aid.  Shaw rendered  his  celebrated 
definition,  means a  vendor of  vegetables 
and fruit.  He is not  a  very  picturesque 
person.  He  is  dirty  and  slouchy.  and 
his  clothes  look.as  if  they  had  been 
made for someone  else  and  he  had  got 
into them by mistake.  He  acts  like  it, 
too.  Man,  and  horse,  and  wagon  are 
suited to each other, and it is hard to say 
which is the most  ramshackly.  He  evi­
dently built the wagon himself,  and  the 
horse looks as if he  had  been  raised  on 
the bottle,  and the bottle  was  too  small 
for him.

There is the buyer for one  of  the  big 
retail  groceries.  He  is  an  extensive 
buyer—buys  largely  and  buys  a  good 
deal of almost everything on the market. 
There is not a bit of nonsense about him; 
he  knows  his  business  and  wastes  no 
time over prices; when he  sees  what  he 
wants  he  secures  it  and  goes on to the 
next  wagon  He is one of that rare class 
who are good buyers.  There are  lots  of 
good  salesmen,  but  the  man  who  can 
buy to advantage is a rarity.  He  is  also 
a treasure, and is  regarded  accordingly.
This man coming our  way  is  a  retail 
grocer  from  the  North  End.  He  has 
something on his mind and  is  coming  to 
unload.  “ Hello!  What  are  you  doing 
here ?  Getting  points ?  Well,  that  is 
about  all  any  of  us  can  do  here  now. 
We can’t buy any more, because the peo­
ple come to the market to do  their  buy­
ing and don’t leave  us  much  to  do  but 
get a few little things which  they  forget 
to buy  for  themselves.  They  buy  just 
as cheap as we can,  and  1  don’t  blame 
them  much  for  coming  here  to  buy. 
What’s 
the  use  of  us  buying ?  Our 
friends,  the peddlers,  can  buy  as  close 
as  we  can  and,  as they make a business 
of it,  they can  afford to sell cheaper than 
we do, so get the  best  of  the  vegetable 
and fruit trade.  The gardeners ought to 
give us a special rate,  so we  could  retail 
at  the  regular  market  price. 
If  they 
would  do  that  we  would  soon  get  our 
trade back again,  but at present we can’t 
compete  with  the  peddlers. 
I  think  a 
good  idea  would  be  for  our  people  to 
make an arrangement with the gardeners 
to sell the  grocers  at  a  reduction  from 
regular prices.  There  can  be  no  ques­
tion about the willingness of the garden­
ers  to  do  this,  and  the  only  difficulty 
would be  the  identification  of  the  gro­
cers.  That  could  be  obviated  by  the 
Retail  Grocers’  Association  adopting  a

button,  or  some  symbol  by  which  the 
gardeners would recognize a grocer.  Un­
less this is  done,  or  something  like  it, 
about  all  we  will  get  from the market 
will  be points,  and  these  we  would  get 
anyway from T h e T radesm an.  Well,  I 
must go,  but what  do  you  think  of  my 
idea?”  Without waiting for a reply, the 
aggrieved grocer hurried  away  and  was 
soon  lost in  the crowd that  thronged  the 
market.

Here  comes  the  big, jolly Presideut of 
the Retail Grocers’  Association.  He has 
a grip like a vise,  as  you  discover  when 
you shake  hands  with  him.  You  pick 
up your hand when he lets  go  of  it  and 
examine it carefully to see  the  extent  of 
the damage,  for  you  must  be  a  strong 
man  if  he  does  not  give  you the worst 
attack  of  the  grip  you  ever  had.  Dan 
doesn’t wait,  however,  to  see  what  dam­
age  he  has  done,  but  passes  on with a 
jolly  word  and  an  extremely  hearty 
hand-shake  for  every  acquaintance  he 
meets, and in  many cases he  is  followed 
by  something  a  little  stronger  than  re­
grets.

Not  far  behind  the  President  comes 
another member of the  Association.  He 
is a true son of St.  George,  and  owns  to 
having  first  seen  the  light  of  day  in 
“Merrie  England.”  He 
is  dignified, 
courteous and genial  in  manner,  and  is 
withal  a  successful  grocer.  He  has  a 
good trade in  vegetables and  fruits,  and 
buys largely but carefully.

There are types and,types of people in 
this world and they are all to be  seen  on 
the market.  Only a very few have been 
mentioned,  and even these must  be  seen 
to be appreciated. 

Da n iel  A bbott.

Valid Objections  to  Arbitration.

In commenting on the  proposed  meas­
ure of Congressman Springer to establish 
a National Board of Arbitration,  the New 
York Sun remarks:

Like some State  boards of arbitration, 
this National  Board  would  have  to  go 
about to beg for a job of arbitration,  and 
it  wouldn’t  be  likely  to get many such 
jobs.  Whatever they may say about  the 
merits of arbitration,  the  labor  agitators 
never want to resort to it until  the hope­
lessness  of  a  strike  has  been  demon­
strated.  After they  have  caused  many 
acts of violence and much  destruction of 
property,  they confess to be  the  friends 
of  peace  and  arbitration.  Here  is one 
great weakness of arbitration  as  a  rem­
edy of labor  disputes. 
It is natural that 
neither  side  should  wish  to  take 
the 
chances  of  arbitration  in  a  struggle in 
which it thinks itself  the  stronger.  Fi­
nally,  arbitration  can hardly help  being 
a curtailment of rights which  one  party 
has,  or  thinks  he has.  Why  should he 
submit  to  such  a  curtailment?  Why 
should he leave to an  official  body,  com­
posed of men perhaps  ignorant or preju­
diced  and  almost  surely  influenced  by 
political motives,  the  opportunity of de­
priving him of a portion  of his  rights in 
a controversy which he may not have be­
gun?  There is a right  and  a  wrong  in 
labor  controversies,  as  in  other things, 
and  the  reasonable  arbiter  of  them  is 
economic  necessity.  No  decision  of  a 
board  of  arbitration  can  make  an  em­
ployer afford to pay  more  wages than  he 
can afford to pay or hold  a  workman  to 
taking less than  the market  rate for  his 
labor. 
It is a mistake to  introduce sym­
pathetic and  sentimental  considerations 
into disputes that  should be settled,  and 
can be settled in  the long  run,  only  ac­
cording  to  business  principles.  More­
over,  the question of politics, of hunting 
votes,  would be an  important factor in  a 
board  of  arbitration  appointed  by  the 
President.  There  would  always  be  a 
temptation to truckle  to the employer or 
employe  for  his  vote.  People would  be 
slow  about  trusting  their  business  to 
such a board.

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ABOUND  THE  STATE.

MOVEMENTS OF  MERCHANTS.

Mt.  Vernon—Frank  Rogers  has  sold 

his general stock to C.  H.  Pike.

Ludington—Moon  & Moon  succeed  S.

D. Moon in the grocery  business.

Lake  City—Dennis  D.  Duffy  has pur­
chased  the grocery stock of J.  S. Seafuse.
Lowell — L.  F.  Severy,  hardware 
dealer,  is  succeeded  by L.  F.  Severy  & 
Son.
Britton—Osgood,  Linu  &  Co.  succeed 
Linn & Wells in  the  undertaking  busi­
ness.
Kdmore—C.  Sawdy  succeeds  Curtis  & 
Sawdy in  the hardware and  grocery  bus­
iness.

Camden—Jones A Sou  have purchased 
the general stock of M.  E.  (Mrs.  W.  P.) 
Carmer.

Fremont—C.  E.  Pearson & Co., general 
dealers,  have  dissolved,  Pearson  Bros, 
succeeding.

Bay City—Mansfield &  Greenizau  suc­
ceed  Mansfield A Co.  in  the  grocery and 
meat business.

West Bay City—G.  L.  Wilton  succeeds 
G.  L.  Wilton  Jk  Co.  in  the  book  and 
stationery  business.

Midland—The general  stock  of  Mack 
A   Davidson  will  be  closed  out  at  as­
signee’s sale July 31.

Vicksburg—C.  B.  Mason  succeeds  C.
E.  Powers in the dry goods,  produce and 
boot and shoe business.

Galesburg—The  R.  N.  Wilson jewelry 
stock has been seized by  Henry Schroder 
by virtue of his chattel mortgage.

Bay City—Carroll,  Hurley  &  Co.  are 
the 

succeeded  by  Carroll  &  Rose  in 
produce and commission business.

Lowell—Archie McMillian has sold  his 
grocery stock  to R.  Vandyke A  Co.,  who 
will continue the  business  at  the  same 
location.

Harriette—Harry Harris has purchased 
an interest in the handle factory of F.  D. 
Gaston.  The new firm will  be  known as 
Gaston  & Harris.

Grand Ledge—S.  W.  Kramer and  A.  I. 
Kramer  have  purchased  a  dry  goods 
stock  here  and  will  continue  the  busi­
ness  under the style  of A.  I.  Kramer  & 
Co.
Fremont—Wm.  W.  Tanner  has  pur­
chased the interest of Juliette  A.  Bryant 
in the  furniture  and  undertaking  stock 
of  Bryant  &  Tanner  and  will continue 
the business  in  his own  name.

Hudson—E. J.  Southworth  has  traded 
his stock of boots and  shoes  with  F.  H. 
Brown  for the latter’s residence property 
here.  The stock  inventoried  §4,800  and 
the  residence  and  lot  were  valued  at 
§3,000, although  they  cost  §3,700.  The 
stock has been  removed  to  the  store  of 
Brown & Stowell and made a department 
of their business.

Somerset—Postmaster  Weatherwax
runs a grocery store here,  in  addition  to 
taking care of Uncle Sam’s mail.  Satur­
day  evening  three  men  drove  up  in  a 
buggy.  Two of them  got  out  and  rat­
tled the door,  saying that they wanted  to 
buy some bread and  cheese.  The  post­
master let them  in,  whereupon  the  two 
men set  upon  him.  He  knocked  a  re­
volver from the hands  of  one  of  them, 
but the other  fired  a  number  of  shots, 
two of  which  took  effect.  One  entered 
the fleshy part  of  the  left  leg  and  the 
other grazed  it.  The  robbers  then  ap­
parently became  alarmed  and  fled  in  a 
buggy  which had been  kept  in  waiting. 
All of the fellows  were  subsequently ap­
prehended and are now in jail.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRA DESMAN.
Manistee—Gaubatz  Bros,  have  as- 
i signed  their  hardware stock  to  Patrick 
j Noud.  The assignment  was  precipated 
j by two suits instituted  by  creditors,  one 
j  by the  Rockwell  Mfg.  Co.  and  one  by 
j  Hibbard,  Spencer  Bartlett  Co.,  of 
Chicago.  The liabilities are  §5,000  and 
assets §4,500.

special  police  are  sworn  in  and  patrol 
the Holland  &  Emery  property,  forbid­
ding any strikers from going there.  The 
strikers claim  they will  not do  any  vio­
lence,  but  want  wages  restored  to last 
year’s prices,  but Mr.  Emery claims bus­
iness  does  not  warrant  it.  With 
the 
large  number  of  men  seeking  employ­
ment in this  section and  willing to work 
at about anything  offered,  it would seem 
the height of folly for any man who has a 
job to voluntarily quit it.

Shelby ville—W.  M.  Briggs & Son have 
traded their general  stock  for  the eleva­
tor and grist  mill  of  D.  D.  Harris.  W. 
M.  Briggs  will  give  his entire attention 
to the  elevator  and  grain  business  and 
the junior member  of the  former  firm— 
Earl Briggs—will take a  business course 
at a Grand  Rapids  commercial college.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Dryden—Geo.  R.  Lamb &  Co.  continue 
the  milling  and  elevator  business  for­
merly conducted  by  Lamb & White.

Seney—Morse & Schneider,  who  have 
conducted  a  general  store  and  shingle 
mill  here for  several  years,  have opened 
a general  store at  Grand  Marais,  which 
will  be  conducted  under  the  personal 
management of R.  E.  Schneider.

Manistee—Shingles  are  doing  fairly, 
but  still  there  is  no  great  life  to  the 
trade,  and  pine,  which have  been moving 
off at a  fairly  respectable  rate,  are  be­
ginning  to  be  somewhat  slow.  Cedars 
are a  little  firmer,  and most of the deal­
ers  are  asking  $1.55  delivered,  while 
some hold out for  §1.65.

Detroit—Articles of association  of  the 
Michigan Smelting &  Refining  Co.  have 
been  filed  with  the  county  clerk.  The 
capital  stock  authorized  is  $10,000,  of 
which 702 shares  of  $10  each,  are  paid 
in,  as  follows:  John  Schroeder,  400; 
Jacob  M.  Schaefer,  275;  Charles  A. 
Shaefer,  5; John Rehe, 2 shares.

Detroit—The  United  States  Optical 
Co.  has discharged  its  chattel  mortgage 
given  last March for  about  $20,000,  and 
has  uttered  a new one  for  $12,563.04  to 
William C.  Hegge as trustee.  The  cred­
itors  are  Oscar  B.  Marx,  Frank  A. 
Rasch,  August  Rasch,  Oscar  E.  Rasch, 
Eugene Deimel,  Stanley  G  Miner,  Jno. 
S.  Rankin and Charles L.  Ortman.

Bellaire—The village has  entered into 
a  contract  with  Thos.  Tindle  & Co.  to 
put in a  stave,  heading  and  hoop  plant 
here.  The  contract  for  timber  for  the 
buildings  has  been  let.  The  building 
for the hoop department is to  be  150x40 
feet in dimensions,  the stave department 
will  be  35x35  and 
the  power  30x30. 
Three  large steel  boilers  and three first- 
class  engines  will  be  employed.  The 
plant  will  be  second  to  none  in  the 
State  and will  prove  of  vast  benefit  to 
this village.

Bay City—After the present week it is 
expected that business will  be at a stand­
still  at  Capt.  James  Davidson’s  big 
wooden shipyard.  Capt.  Davidson  says 
be does not think any more boats will  be 
built in the immediate future at his yard, 
and a large number of men will be thrown 
out  of  work.  The  Davidson  yard  has 
been one of the busiest on the lakes,  and 
has been  turning out  boats  continuously 
for a number of  years. 
It has  the repu- 
j tation  of  building  the  biggest  wooden 
boats on fresh water,  and  it  has  been an 
industry that has consumed large quanti­
ties of both hard and soft timber.

East Tawas—The  regular  mill  hands 
|  here are on strike  against a  reduction of 
25 cents  per  day  in  wages.  The  mills 
! have all shut down,  pending  the engage- 
I ment of enough new men to  operate  the 
1 mills to their  full  capacity.  Thirty-five

■Saginaw—July 

Saginaw—Lumbermen who send crews 
into the  woods this season  are  guarding 
against  troubles  arising  from  litigation 
over alleged breach of  contract. 
It  has 
been the practice for  woodsmen dissatis­
fied  with wages received  to  bring suit to 
recover what  they claim  was  stipulated 
that  they  should  receive.  A number of 
suits have resulted,  and while the results 
have  been satisfactory to the defendants, 
it has put them to no small inconvenience 
and expense.  Every man  sent  into  the 
woods  this  season  will  be  required  to 
sign an  iron-clad  contract.  The outlook 
for both  work and  wages  in  the  lumber 
woods  is  not  cheering.  There  will  be 
comparatively few  men  wanted,  and the 
wages offered is from $12 to $16 a month.
is  proving  far  from 
satisfactory  to  the  lumbermen  of  this 
Valley.  Those  firms operating mills are 
doing  so  in  a  half-hearted  manner. 
Stocks are being piled  up  on  the  docks 
and  sales  are  like angel’s visits, 
tí.  W. 
Tyler  &  Son  have  resumed  operations 
with their shingle mill,  but  the  sawmill 
of  C.  L. Grant & Co.,  which  shut  down 
the Saturday night before July 4, has uot 
started,  and  until  some  lumber  can  be 
disposed of, and moved  off  the  dock,  it 
will  remain  idle.  The  Gould  mill,  the 
Cambrey mill and the  Mitchell,  McClure 
& Co.  mill have not turned  a  wheel  this 
season,  and probably will  not.  C.  Mer­
rill & Co.  have sold some lumber recently 
and  may start up the  mill  later  on  and 
cut  out  the  logs  they  have  on  hand, 
which can be done in less  than  60  days. 
It is 38 years  ago  that  this  firm  began 
business,  and for nearly 30 years of  that 
period it has,  until  the  present  season, 
manufactured an average of over 20.000,- 
000 feet of lumber every season.  During 
the entire period this  concern  has  been 
in  business  it  has  manufactured  about 
900,000,000 feet of lumber, and,  counting 
lumbering operations  in  the woods,  has 
probably disbursed  nearly  $200,000  an­
nually on  labor  account.  The  concern 
has  standing  timber  sufficient  to  keep 
the  mill  running  three  or  four  years 
longer.  The firm is composed of  T.  W. 
Palmer,  Joseph  A.  and 
Joseph  B. 
Whittier.  The latter is  manager, and  is 
familiarly known as  “Peter  Hardiuck,*’ 
a cognomen that  has  attached  itself  to 
his personality for many years,  but  it  is 
difficult to understand its  application,  as 
he is one of the luckiest of  mortals,  and 
the firm has been one  of  the  most  suc­
cessful on this river. 
It is  said  that  in 
the entire 38 years of its corporate  exist­
ence the losses,  by reason  of  bad  debts, 
will not aggregate §1,000.

Retail  Price  of Granulated  Sugar.
The Committee on  Trade  Interests  of 
the Grand Rapids  Retail  Grocers’  Asso­
ciation promulgated a  new  schedule  on 
granulated sugar July 18,  as follows:

6 cents  per pound.
4>ipounds for 25 cents.
9 pounds for 50 cents.
18 pounds for §1.

the  Constitution.

Compulsory  Arbitration  Contrary  to 
From the New York Sun.
Compulsory  arbitration  would  be  an 
evident  curtailment  of the right of free­
dom of contract.  The mere passage of a 
law would not be sufficient.  There would 
have to be a change  in the  Constitution. 
There would then have to be a change in 
the  whole  theory  and  practice  of  the 
American  Government.  The  principle 
of  individualism  would  be  abandoned. 
The Statute of Laborers would be revived 
in a more obnoxious  form,  and  it  would 
have  become  a  statute of  employers as 
well.  The pay of the workmen, even the 
most trivial details  of  the  relations  be­
tween them and  their  employers,  would 
be fixed by  the  Government.  Any  con­
tract  between  employer  and  employed 
would be worthless. 
Its  terms  and  en­
gagements would  be subject to  modifica­
tion at the  demand of  either  party;  and 
the  ignorance  of  the  malace or  love of 
notoriety  of  a  Government  Board,  ap­
pointed,  perhaps,  for reasons  solely  po­
litical and  subject at  any rate to motives 
and purposes other than  a  desire  to  do 
even  justice  between the parties,  would 
have the  pay  of  the  workmen  and  the 
business  of  the  employer  at its  mercy. 
Any  workman  might be  haled  before  it 
and  forced  to  submit to have his wages 
cut down.  Any employer might be haled 
before it and  forced  to  pay  wages  that 
would make him carry on  his  business at 
a  loss.  Back  of  the  decisions  of  this 
Board of  compulsory  arbitration  would 
be  the  same  Federal  force of which the 
demagogues  and 
the  Anarchists  now 
complain,  and  that  force  would  be  ex­
ercised,  if  necessary,  not  as now to se­
cure to the workman  his  right  to  work 
and to the employer the  right to the pos­
session and use of his  own property,  but 
to  force  the  workman 
to  take  lower 
wages,  without  the  remedy,  however 
doubtful, of strikes,  or to force  the  em­
ployer to pay  wages that he  couldn’t af­
ford to pay.
The theory of  trades unionists,  in  ad­
vocating  compulsory  arbitration is that, 
as there are more workmen than employ­
ers,  the  latter  will  be  bilked  by  the 
boards of  compulsory  arbitration  every 
time.  Like the income  tax,  compulsory 
arbitration  might  mulct  the  well-to-do 
for  the  benefit  of  the  less  well-to-do. 
Private employers  would  be  forced  out 
of business by the continual nagging and 
renewed impositions  of  the  arbitrators, 
and then the experiment of the Socialists 
could  be  tried.  The  Government,  hav­
ing driven out private competitors,  could 
absorb all  channels of  trade,  transporta­
tion and industry.

Sage  Advice to  Young  Men.

Do  your  duty,  my  boy,  and let fame 
take care of itself.  Seek to build a char­
acter,  instead  of  a 
reputation.  Your 
character  will  stand  for  eternity;  your 
reputation  but for  a  day.  And  let  me 
confidently  whisper in your left  ear  that 
the  chances  are  more  than  even,  that 
when  you  have  attained  to  the  age of, 
say 50  years,  and  be  obliged  to  hustle 
sharply for a living, you will not have any 
frisky  feelings  regarding fame  or  other 
ulterior subjects.  Most of us,  sooner or 
later, reach the point  when  a  big  silver 
dollar  is  of  more  value  to  us 
than  a 
bushel of fame  would  be.

Met L.  Sat.ky.

Corporation  News.

At a recent  meeting of  'the  stockhold­
ers of the  American  Banking  and  Sav­
ings  Association  (Detroit),  it  was  de­
cided to chansre the name of  the  corpor­
ation to the American Savings  Bank.

A Saginaw correspondent writes:  The 
semi-annual  meeting  of 
the  James 
Stewart Co.,  limited,  was  held  on  Mon­
day,  and Mr. Stewart made  such  an  ex­
cellent showing for the past  six  months’ 
business,  considering  the  financial  de­
pression, 
that  the  stockholders  voted 
him a handsome  present  as  a  mark  of 
appreciation.

a  ,  a

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GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

Curtiss Bros,  succeed  Curtiss  &  West 
in  the  cigar  and tobacco  business at 91 
West Fulton street.

E. C.  Bemis has opened a grocery store 
at  the  corner  of  Hail  and  Lafayette 
streets.  The Musselman  Grocer Co.  fur­
nished the stock.

Simon  Baker  has  opened  a  grocery 
store  at  166  Ellsworth  avenue,  the for­
mer location of Albert Stryker.  The Ol- 
ney & Judson  Grocer  Co.  furnished  the 
stock.

O.  W.  Pettit  will  shortly  remove  his 
grocery stock from  the  corner  of  Plain- 
field avenue  and  Quitnby  street  to  the 
vacant  store  in  Wellington  Fiats,  on 
East Eultou street.

The  Grocery  Market.

in 

Sugar  (Edgar)—Refined  sugars remain 
exceedingly firm at unchanged prices,  ex­
cepting an  advance of  3-16c  on  No.  13 
and  }()C on  No.  14 last  Monday.  A large 
business  was  transacted  early 
the 
week,  but the  failure of  the  Conference 
Committee to  agree,  has,  naturally,  tem­
porarily shut off  speculative  buying,  as 
dealers  now  look  for  a longer  struggle 
aud a  consequent  postponement  of  the 
date when the bill  can go into effect. 
It 
seems  to  be  the  consensus  of  opinion 
that a duty on sugar is  assured  and  the 
quiet  market  conditions  do  not 
imply 
weakness;  on the contrary  the  situation 
is in some  respects  stronger  than  ever, 
but  there  is  not  the  same  incentive to 
precipitate  investment.  A  new  confer­
ence will  begin  with  the opening  of  the 
week  and  matters  may  so  shape them­
selves as to start  another  buying  move­
ment on very short notice.  An unusually 
large  consumption  is  now  rapidly  de­
pleting  the  apparently  large  invisible 
supply of sugar  and  the  fruit  crops  al­
ready  in  sight  insure  a continuation of 
heavy  demand  from  consumers.  Early 
varieties  of  large  fruits  are  unusually 
abundant.  Statistically,  the  situation  is 
improved by the  reduction of  the appar­
ent surplus  by  125,000  tons-  since  June 
28th,  the 700,000  tons  surplus  apparent 
in original crop estimates  being now cut 
down to  233,000  tons.  All  things  con­
sidered,  “We think  well  of  sugar”  and 
believe the carrying of  liberal  stocks no 
more than  a fair business venture.

Tea—The  movement  of  the  new  tea 
crops of China and Japan  is  now  fairly 
under  way.  The  first  consignment  of 
new crop  arrived  in  San  Francisco  by 
steamer on May  0. 
In  all eight steamers 
have come to hand  with  teas of  the  crop 
of  1894.  The  imports  of  new  teas  in 
transit  aggregate  88,000  packages,  or
30,000  packages  in  excess  of  the  same 
time last year.  A cargo of new  teas  ar­
rived  at  Vancouver  on 
for 
transhipment to the East  over  the  Can­
adian Pacific. 
In addition  to  the  large 
quantity of teas coming into  the  United 
States by steamer,  a big ship  left  Yoko­
hama  June  17  for  Tacoma  with  3,089 
tons of  tea  in  transit  overland.  Other 
sail  vessels are to follow  in this trade.

the  4th 

from 

Tomatoes—Judging 

the  coming  pack  of 

reports 
received  from  different  parts  of  the 
country, 
toma­
toes will  not be as  large  as  was  antici­
pated.  Anyone who can  buy at  the  low 
prices which have been  named  the  past 
few months will  certainly  pass  a  good 
trade if he  refuses  to  avail  himself  of 
the opportunity.

in 

Oranges—Nothing  is  offered 

this 
market  except  some  200 size Rodi fruit, 
which dealers report meet with slow sale, 
due  to  high  price  and  attention  given 
home grown fruits.

Peanuts—Thers is  no material  change 
from  the prices  quoted  in our last issue, 
but the market is firm  and it is not at all 
unlikely  that  another  advance  will  be 
made by the  cleaners.

Bananas—Just enough  in the bands of 
our wholesalers  to  supply  all  demands 
on  them  and  keep  the  ripe  fruit  well 
closed  up.  Shipments from now on will, 
doubtless,  be regular,  although  the  out­
side demand  will  be  somewhat cut off by 
the  use  of  domestic  fruits,  which  will 
have  a  tendency  to  reduce  the  price 
somewhat.

Gripsack  Brigade.

Wm.  Connor  (Michael  Kolb  &  Son) 
will  be at Sweet’s Hotel  again Thursday 
and  Friday,  Aug.  2 aud 3.

Arthur  Fowle  (Ball-Barnhart-Putman 
Co.)  is  beside himself  with joy over the 
advent of an  heir of the male persuasion, 
who put in  an appearance Monday.

Chas.  S.  Robinson (Grand Rapids  Pack­
ing & Provision Co.)  has  gone to Denver 
to attend the convention of the Shriuers. 
His  trade  will  be  covered  in the mean­
time by Will P.  Granger.

The Lansing Pants  &  Overall  Co.  em­
ploys  three  commission  salesmen  and 
two salaried  representatives,  the  latter 
being  R.  G.  Donovan,  who  travels  in 
Ohio,  and  N. B. Voorhees, who covers the 
trade of Northern Michigan.

E.  Kuyers  and  “Dave”  Hoogerhyde 
(P.  Steketee  &  Sons)  have  completed 
their  fortnight’s  vacation  and  resumed 
their calls on  the trade.  During  the ab­
sence of City  Salesman  Michmershuizen 
on  his  annual  vacation,  Mr.  Hooger­
hyde is covering the city trade.

Two drummers were telling fish stories 
and,  after listening  to  a  few  whoppers, 
one  of  them  said: 
“ You  make  me 
weary!  Big  fish!  Great  Scott!  Yours 
were only minnows alongside of  the  one 
I caught.  1 don’t know  how big he was, 
but it’s a  fact  that  he  had  gallons  in­
stead of gills,  and  he  was  covered  with 
hay scales,  by Jove!”

“I do not blame  a  traveling  man  for 
tossing his heels in  the air when he steps 
up  to  the  captain’s  office 
to  settle,” 
writes  a  correspondent  of  the  Hotel 
World,  “and  beholds a theatrical  gentle­
man  paying  about  half  price  for  the 
same, and  may  be a little  better,  accom­
modations 
than  has  been  accorded  to 
him.  An  actor  eats  as  much,  lays  as 
heavily on  a  bed,  subjects  the  linen  to 
the  same  amount  of  wear  and  tear, 
makes  the  gas  meter  chase  itself with 
the same  vehemence  and  occasions  the 
same  vigilance over the  female  help  as 
does a drummer,  and why  he  should  be 
favored with a lower rate than  the other 
is something I cannot understand.”

To be a successful salesman  one  must 
be sanguine;  to be a  safe  salesman  one 
must  be  cautious; 
to  be  a  profitable 
salesman,  one  must  be  both  sanguine 
and  cautious.  Now  these  are  antago­
nistic qualities and not usually so blended 
in one person that he may be able  to  ex­
ercise  either  or  both  as  circumstances

rHR  MICHIGAN  THAJL)lfiti_M-AlN
Cheese—While the production has been 
been fully  up to the  average  for the sea­
son,  an active speculative and export de­
mand  has held up  prices and  they are at 
present % to %c higher  than a year ago, 
with an advancing tendency.

require;  however,  there are many  profit­
able and  expert  salesmen,  and  when  a 
concern finds one of them  let him  be  re­
tained,  even if he appreciates  the  value 
of his services by  demanding  that  they 
shall be  well  paid  for.  Of  course,  no 
one  is  balanced  exactly,  or 
is  proof 
against mistakes,  but  the  salesman  who 
has fair ability,  and  cares  less  for  his 
own glory than  for his  employer’s  inter­
ests,  will  ultimately find a high  level  in 
the latter’s confidence.

The  W heat Market.

During 

the  past  week 

the  wheat 
market has,  in  common  parlance,  made 
another low mark  record. 
It  has  drop­
ped 2 cents and touched 51%c  for  No. 2 
red  wheat  in  Detroit,  and  is  weak  at 
that.  There is no use in theorizing about 
the various causes  which  brought  about 
this  state  of  affairs.  The  cold 
fact 
remains,  that wheat is a drug  at  present 
and that prices are still  drooping.  How 
long this state of affairs will keep on and 
where  the  bottom  is  no  one  at  preseut 
can  say.  Harvest is  over and  threshing 
is progressing.  Reports thus far indicate 
the  yield  to  be  between  twenty  and 
twenty-five bushels per acre.  Later on we 
will  probably  hear of larger yields,  but 
we write of what is  reported  at  present. 
While we hear of  fine  quality  we  must 
confess that what we have  seen  is  only 
average.  Probably the  farmers are stor­
ing up the finer  grades.  Corn  and  oats 
have  followed the  decline in  wheat,  and 
rye has dropped  to  40c  and  no  sale  at 
that,  as the  distillers  will  not  purchase 
until 
settled. 
Taking all things  into  consideration the 
outlook  for higher  prices  in  all  cereals 
is very dubious in  the  near  future,  Re­
ceipts  for  the  past  week  have  been: 
wheat,  eighty-five  cars;  corn,  eleven 
cars;  oats, 
looks  as 
though there will  be  an  increase  in  the 
visible  this  week,  as  our  exports  have 
been  only  1,872,000  bushels,  against
2,377,000 
last  week  and  5,027,000  the 
corresponding  week last year,  while  re­
ceipts  the  past  week  have  been  quite 
large  in  several  places,  notably  at  St. 
Louis and Kansas City.

tariff  question 

three  cars. 

the 

It 

is 

C.  G.  A.  Voigt.

Merged into a Stock  Company.

Jacob Jesson  & Co., druggists  at  Mus­
kegon,  have merged their business into a 
stock  company  under  the  style  of  the 
Jacob Jesson  Co.  The  corporation  has 
a capital stock of $10,000, all  of which is 
subscribed,  on  which  60  per  cent,  has 
been  paid in.  The incorporators and the 
amount of stock held by  each  are  as fol­
lows:
Jacob  Jesson,  trustee................................ 13,000
Jacob Jesson................................................ 
¿50
3,091
E.  M.  Jesson  ......................... 
O. C. Williams..............................................   ¿50
E. H  Williams 
............ 
3,080
J. M. Cook....................................................   330
The directors are the  same as  the  offi­

 

 

cers,  which are as  follows:

President—6. C.  Williams.
Vice President—J. M.  Cook.
Secretary  and  Treasurer—Jacob  Jes­

son.

The Drug: Market.

Opium is dull and lower.
Morphia is as yet unchanged.
Quinine is steady.
Cocoaine  has  been  advanced  25c  per 

ounce.

On account of the advance  in  alcohol, 
all alcoholic preparations,  such as ether, 
Hoffman’s anodyn,  spirits  of  nitre, etc., 
have been advanced.

Dermatol has declined 8c per ounce.

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Only  Twenty-five  Dollars.

If you  are  thinking  of  purchasing  a 
cash register,  send to  G.  Gringhuis, 403 
West  Bridge  St.,  Grand  Rapids,  for  a 
Rhodes’ register on ten days’ trial  before 
purchasing  elsewhere. 
It  is  the  most 
complete  cheap  cash  register  in  the 
market. 
It  will  record  three  or  more 
lines or departments and each salesman’s 
sales,  which cannot be done on any other 
register.

J.  M. Earle, the Belding clothier, was in 
town  last  Thursday.  Mr.  Earle  spends 
about  half  his  time  at  Lansing  nowa­
days,  attending to the management of the 
Lansing Pants & Overall  Co.,  of  which 
he is  President.

FOR  8ALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

554

566

50s

B U 8 I N K 8 8   C B A N C K S

Advertisements  will  be  Inserted  under  this 
head for two cents a word the first insertion and 
one  cent a word  for each  subsequent  Insertion. 
No advertisements  taken for  less  than 25 cents. 
Advance payment.
Ey>r 
sa l e—a  f in e   c o n fec tio n e r y
store in Traverse  Citv.  the  queen  city  of 
the North.  Best location In town.  Will Invoice 
about $1,800.  Terms, one-half cash,  balance  on 
time  with  approved  notes.  Address  No  567 
care Michigan  Tradesman. 
'67  ’
Y y iL L   PAY  SPOT  CASH  FOR  GENERAL 
stock  of  merchandise.  J.  H.  Levinson, 
Vt 
Petoskey. Mich. 
PHARMACIST.  REGISTERED,  WITH 
thirty-four years'  practical  experience  in 
all  kinds  of  pharmaceutical  and  mercantile 
works,  wishes  a  situation  of  responsibility as 
clerk  or  manager.  Has  been  in  business for 
rears for himself.  Address “Pharmacist,” care 
Michigan  Tradesman. 
TATE  HAVE  100  BUSINESS  CHANCES. 
” V  Send stamp for our list.  We can find you 
a buyer if  you  want  to  sell.  Mutual  Business 
Exchange. Bay City, Mich 
egg
■ EARLY  NEW  BAR-LOCK  TYPEWRITER 
for  sale  at  a  great  reduction  from  Cost- 
Reason for selling, we desire another  pattern  of 
same make of machine, which  we  consider  the 
best  on the  market.  Tradesman  Company.  100 
Louis St., Grand  Rapids. 
I" TREAT  OFFER—FINE  STOCK  OF  WALL 
J   paper,  paints,  varnishes,  picture  frames 
and room mouldings for  sale.  Reason  for  sell 
Ing,  death of proprietor.  Good paving business 
in a very desirable location.  All  new  stock, in 
voicing  from  $2,500  to  $3,non.  Address  Mrs. 
Theresa Schwind. Grand Rapids. 
r6i
F or  sa le—on  account o f t h e d e a t h
of my husband I offer for sale  clean  stock 
general merchandise  Inventorying $6,000.  Will 
sell cheap for part cash and good security.  Will 
rent building.  Address No. 562,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
BUSINESS CHANCE—FOR  SALE  OR  EX' 
change for farm or city property in or near 
Grand  Rapids, the Harris mill property  situated 
in Paris, Mecosta, Co., Michigan, on  the G. R. & 
I. Railroad, consisting of saw and planing mills, 
sto-e and 39 acres of land, a  good  water  power, 
22 foot fall, side track into mill, plenty of  hard 
wood timber.  This is a good chance for anyone 
wishing to engage in any kind of  mill  business. 
For further particulars address B  W.  Barnard, 
35 Allen street, Grand Rapids. Mich. 
ANNING  FACTORY WANTED—A  PARTY 
with some capital and who understands the 
business, to build and operate a canning factory 
at Grant, Newaygo Co.,  Mich.  For  particulars 
write to H. C. Hemingsen,  Village Clerk,  Grant, 
Mich. 
553
I IOR  SALE—A  WELL EQUIPPED MACHINE 
shop  in  Detroit,  Michigan.  Good  tools, 
suitable for building or repairing heavy or light 
machinery.  Good  business  location  and  low 
rent.  Suitable terms to responsible parties.  Par 
ticulars from Charles Steel,  Administrator,  box 
¿fi, Wyandotte. Michigan. 
647
F or  sa le—c lea n  drug  stock 
in   a 
thriving town In Northern Michigan  on  C. 
& W. M. Railway.  Address No. 639  care  Michl 
gan Tradesman.______________________ 639
I IOR  RENT—THE  STORK  FORMERLY  Oc­
cupied  by  E.  J.  Ware,  druggist,  corner 
Cherry and East streets.  Also meat market, east 
end same building, with good ice box. 
John C. 
Dunton, old County  building._______  
618
T3LANING  MILL-WE  OFFER  FOR  SALE 
X 
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 & Co., Manistee, Mich. 613
T f  > O   HEADACHE
T 3  
L  C u U I Y   O  
POWDERS
Pay the best  profit.  Order from your iobber

559

552

ONLY  A  FEW  LEFT.

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Original set of four 
.
Complete set of ten  - 

25c
50c
Order  quick or lose the opportunity of 
a  lifetime  to  secure these souvenirs at a 
nominal figure.  They will  be worth ten 
times present cost within five years.
T ra d e sm a n  C om pany, 

GRAND  RAPIDS.

• l l d u æ   M Y C f c t l G k A J N I   T R A D E S M A N .
Dry Goods Price Current.

DEMINS.

Flirting  By  Clerks.

the 

From th e  Dry  Goods  Reporter.
This  is  probably  a  queer  subject  to 
mention,  but  it may be  a  serious  thing 
in  some  cases.  A  great  many  clerks 
have  a  tendency  to  mash  every  fair 
customer who comes into the store.
Now  a  young  man  who  is  passably 
good looking and  dresses  well  is  likely 
to have an exalted opinion  of  his  mash­
ing  powers  which 
ladies  do  not 
entertain.  He  prides  himself  on  how 
many conquests  he  can  make  in a  day 
and how many  mashes  he can  make.
All this may be very  nice for him,  but 
it is frequently  very disagreeable for the 
customer.
Some young ladies haven’t  any  objec­
tion to flirting and rather like it.  But the 
flirting clerk doesn’t  confine  himself  to 
young ladies,  but  he  tries  to  flirt  with 
every good  looking lady,  whether  she is 
young or not.  married or not.
Now sometimes he goes too far and  the 
customer 
reports  him.  He  is  called 
up to the office and  lectured  a  little,  but 
he is back at  his  old  tricks  again  in  a 
few  days.
It would be a  good  plan  to  discharge 
him  on  the  second  complaint  and  it 
would be a  lesson  he  would  not  forget.

If you don’t want to land  in the  ditch 

don’t quarrel over dirt.LEADERS

Just  What  You  Want  to  Put  Life 

into  Your Trade.

Ladies'  Genuine  Dongola  Button,  Pat.

Leather Tip, Butt.,C, D and  E...........*1  40

Ladles’  Genuine  Dongots  Button,  Pat

Leather Tip, Butt., B, C, D and  E 

...  1  61

Ladles’  Genuine  Dongola  Button.  Com­

mon  Sense, Butt., B. C, D and E ........  l  60

Terms on the above 30 days net.

Rubbers.

R e i T l P m h p f  
To  £et  the  present dis- 
i \ v m v . n i u t l  
count, orders must  be put 
in  time  enough  to  allow  for  the  goods  being 
made up  and  shipped  before  October  1st.  Or 
ders  delayed  until  the  last  minute  cannot be 
filled.  Therefore send me your orders now, and 
don’t “get left”

Don’t be Afraid of Liberal Orders.

Woonsocket,
American,
Connecticut,

AGENTS  FOR

Wales-Goodyear, 
Rhode  Island, 
Imperials, 

Marvels.

This Style Wos. Queen.............................. 28c net
Wos. Plain Croquet................................... 22c net

Write  for net prices on Job Lot Rubbers.

G.  R  M A Y H EW , G ran d  Rapids.

UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.

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BLEACHED  COTTONS.

A driatic.................  7
Argyle  ...................  53k
Atlanta AA............ 6
Atlantic A..............  63k
H ..............  6 Vi
“ 
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P ............   5
D ..............  6
“ 
“  LL  ............   4Vi
Amory.....................  63k
Archery  Bunting...  4 
Beaver Dana  A A..  4V4
Blackstone O, S3__  5
Black Crow............ 6
Black  Rock  .............53k
Boot, AL................  7
Capital  A  ..............5 Vi
Cavanat V....   ...... 5Vi
Chapman cheese cl.  33k
Clifton  C R............ 534
Comet..................... 6 34I
Dwight Star............  63k
Clifton CCC

Arrow Brand  43k 
World Wide.  6
11  LL...... .........4 Vi
Full Yard Wide...... 6V4
Georgia  A..............  634
Honest Width........  6
Hartford A  ............   5
Indian Head...........  SVi
King A  A................6V4
King K C.................   5
Lawrence  L L........  4Vi
Madras cheese cloth 63k
Newmarket  G........  &3k
B  ........5
N.........  634
DD....  534
X ........63k
Nolbe R..................  5
Our Level  Best......6
Oxford  R ...............  6
_ Pequot....................  7
53k I Solar.......................  6
I Top of the  Heap__  7
A B C .
Geo.  Washington...  8
Amazon
Glen Mills  ............  7
Amsburg................ 6
Gold Medal............  7 Vi
Art  Cambric.......... 10
Green  Ticket......... 834
Blackstone A A......  7V4
Great Falls.............   634
Beats All.................4
Hope....................... 7J4
Boston................... 12
Just  Out........  45£@ 5
Cabot......................   6%
King  Phillip...........73k
Cabot,  %.................63k
OP......7 Vi
Charter  Oak...........5Vi [Lonsdale Cambric. .10
Conway W.
Lonsdale...........  @  8
Cleveland  ............  6
Middlesex........  @5
Dwight Anchor....  6 
No Name................   7Vi
shorts  8
Oak View....... ....... 6
Edwards................... 6
Our Own................   5 vi
Empire....................   7
Pride of the West.. .12
Farwell....................7Vi Rosalind...................7Vi
Fruit of the  Loom.  8  ISunilght..................  4Vi
Fitch ville
Utica  Mills............   8V4
First Prize..............6
“  Nonpareil  ..10
Fruit of the Loom 
7w
Vlnyard..................  ¿Vi
Falrmount  ............ 434
White Horse —   ...  6 
Full Value..............63k
“  Rock............  8 Vi
Cabot................—   63k I Dwight Anchor.
Farwell...................7-al

HALF  BLEACHED  COTTONS.

-■  834

“ 

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Unbleached. 

Housewife  A...........534

CANTON  FLANNEL.

Bleached.
Housewife  Q__R.....

F ........... 7V,
“ 
G  ...........7Vi
“ 
H ............ 73k
“ 
1.............834
“ 
J ........... 8 Vi
“ 
K..........934
“ 
L ...........10
“ 
“  M...........10Vi
“  N ...........11
O...........21
“ 
P ...........14Vi
“ 
Peerless, white.......17 
Integrity................. 18V4I 
Hamilton 

............. 8

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CARPET  WARP.

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CORSETS.

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DRESS  GOODS.

CORSET  JEANS.

...............10Vi
G G  Cashmere........20
Nameless  .............. 16
...............18

Corallne.....................19 50
Schilling’s ...................9 00
Davis  Waists  __   9 00
Grand  Rapids........4 50
Armory..................   63k
Androscoggin  ........734
Blddeford.............   6
Brunswick................6V4
n o
Allen turkey  reds
robes........
pink a purple 5Vi
buffs 
.........  5Vi
pink  checks  5Vi
staples........  5
shirtings...  3=k 
American fancy—   54 
American Indigo  ..  4Vi 
American shirtings  83k 
Argentine  Grays...  6 
Anchor Shirtings...  4 
“  —   6
Arnold 
Arnold  Merino 
.  .  6 
long cloth B.  9
“ 
........................ C.  7V4
“ 
century cloth  7
“  gold seal......10V4
“  green seal TRIOVi 
“  yellow seal..lOVi
“ 
serge.............11V4
“  Turk*,'  red..i0Vi 
“ 

|Integrity  colored... 18
colored.... 19  I White Star............. 17
“  colored  .19
Nameless.................20
......... 25
....27V4
......... 30
......... 32 Vi
--- 35
Wonderful..........14 50
Brighton......................4 75
Bortree’s ..................   9 00
Abdominal............15 00
Nanmkeagsatteen..  7Vi
Rockport................   6 vi
Conestoga.................7Vi
Walworth  ...............63k
5TTB.
[Berwick fancies__  5Vi
Clyde Robes...........
Charter Oak fancies 4 
DelMarine cashm's.  5Vi 
monrn’g  5V4 
Eddystone fancy...  5Vi 
chocolat  5 Vi 
rober —   5Vi 
sateens.. 5Vi 
Hamilton fancy.  ...  5Vi
staple__  5 Vi
Manchester fancy..  5 Vi 
new era. 5V4 
Merrimack D fancy.  5V4 
Merrim’ck shirtings.  4 
Repp furn .  8Vt
Pacific fancy  .........5Vi
robes............  6
Portsmouth robes...  6Vi 
Simpson mourning..  53k
greys........5*
solid black.  53k 
Washington Indigo.  6Vi 
“  Turkey robes ..  7tf
“  India robes__7Vi
“  plain Tky X M  SVi 
“  X...10
“ 
“ 
“  Ottoman  Tur­
key red 
............... 6vi
Martha Washington
Tnrkeyred 3k...... TVi
Martha Washington
Tnrkeyred..........   9Vi
Rlverpolntrobes  ...  5V4
Windsor fancy........6Vi
Indigo blue......... 10 Vi
Harmony...............   4Vi
[RGB.
AC A...................... UVi
Pemberton AAA__16
York................. 
lOVi
Swift River.............. 7Vi
Pearl  River.............12
Warren....................12 Vi
Conostoga.............. 16
........... 8
.............7  ¡Top of Heap.............  9

TICK
Amoskeag AC A....I1V4
Hamilton N .........   7
D..............8
Awning.. 11
Farmer......................8
P int Prise.............. 10V4
Lenox M ills...........18
Atlanta,  D..............  63k(Stark  A 
Boot........................ 63k No  Name................... 7V4
Clifton, K 

Ballon solid black..
“  colon.
Bengal bine,  green, 
red and  orange ...  6
Berlin solids...........5V4
“  oil bine.........  6
“  “  green  ...  6
“  Foulards  ...  5V4 
“  red 3k —  
7
“  X ...........  9V4
“ 
.......10
“ 
" 4 4  
“ 
“  3-4XXXX 12
Cocheco fancy........5
“  madders...  5 
“  XXtwills..  5
solids......5
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gold  ticket

COTTON  DRILL.

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G IN G H A M S

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Amoskeag................ 12
9oz....14
brown .14
Andover............... liVi
Beaver Creek  A A... 10
BB...  9
“ 
CC....
“ 
Boston MfgCo.  br..  7 
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blue  8Vi
“  d a  twist  10Vi 
Columbian XXX  br.10 
•* 
XXX  bl.19
Amoskeag..............   5

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staples.  6

“  Persian dress 6v*
Canton
“ 
AFC........  fVi
“ 
Teazle... 10Vi 
“ 
“ 
Angola.. 10Vi 
“ 
Persian
Arlington staple__634
Arasapha  fancy__  43k
Bates Warwick dres  7Vi 
Centennial...............tOVi
Criterion  .........   ... 10Vi
Cumberland staple.  5Vi
Cumberland...........   5
Essex......................  4 Vi
Elfin.......................  7Vi
Everett classics  __8Vi
Exposition  ..............734
Glenarie...............  634
Glenarven................ 63k
Glenwood  ............... 7V4
Hampton...................5
Johnson Chalon cl  Vi 
Indigo blue 9Vi 
zephyrs — 16  I

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Columbian  brown.. 12
Everett, blue..........12 Vi
brown....... 12Vi
Haymaker blue......   73k
brown...  73k
Jaffrey.....................11 Vi
Lancaster  ...............12Vi
Lawrence, 9 oz........13 Vi
No.220  ...13
No. 250 — 11 Vi
No. 280 —  10Vi

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Lancaster,  staple...  5
fancies__7
“ 
“  Normandie  7
Lancashire.............   6
Manchester............   5M
Monogram...................6 Vi
Normandie............  7
Persian...................   7
Renfrew Dress........7Vi
Rosemont....................6 Vi
Slatersville..............6
Somerset.................  7
Tacoma  ....... 
7V4
Toll  duNord.........   8Vi
Wabash...................  7V4
seersucker..  7Vi
Warwick....  
........   6
Whlttenden............   8
heather dr.  7V4 
Indigo blue 9 
Wamsutta staples...
Westbrook................8
............... 10
Wlndermeer...........   5
York  ......................

S E E D S !

Everything  in seeds is kept by us— 

Clover, Timothy,

Hungarian,  Millet,

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

If you have  Beans to  sell,  send us 
samples,  stating  quantity,  and  we 
will  try to trade with  you.  We are 
headquarters for egg cases  and  egg 
case tillers.
W.  T.  LSM9REBUX  GO,, w .V id V It!:

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

A  N B W ID B A .

GRAIN  BASS.

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

................. 13Vi

THREADS.

No.

KNITTING  COTTON.

Clark’s Mile End....45  ¡Barbour's...............95
Coats’, J. A P ...........45 Marshall’s ................90
Holyoke................22 Vi!
White.  Colored.

6  .
..33
8...
...34
10... ....35
.36
12...
Slater.............
White Star............   4
Kid Glove...............  4
Newmarket............   4

38 No.  14... ....37
38 M  16...
..38
40
*•  18... ....39
41
“  20... ....40
CAMBRICS
4 [Edwards................  4
Lockwood................ 4
Wood’s..................  4
Brunswick  ..........  4

White.  Colored 
42

BED  FLANNEL.

MIXED  FLANNEL.

T W........................22 Vi
F T ............ ............. 32 Vi
J R F , XXX............35
Buckeye.................82V4

Fireman :............... 32Vi
Creedmore............. 27 Vi
Talbot XXX...........30
Nameless............... 2734
Red A Blue,  plaid. .40
Union R .................22V4
Windsor................. 18V4
oz Western.......... 20
Union  B................ 22Vi!
Nameless......   8  @ 9Vi I 
| 

Grey S R W ........... 17V4
Western W ......  ... 18V4
DR P .....................18V4
Flushing XXX.......23 Vi
Manitoba...............23 Vi
9  @10Vi 
12V4
Brown. Black.
1014
UVi
12
20

lOVi
UVi
12
20

West  Point, 8 oz —  lOVi 
10 oz  ...1234
“ 
Raven, lOoz.............13V4
 
1334
Stark 
Boston, 10 oz........... 12Vt

“ 

DOMET  FLANNEL.

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Brown. Black. Slate
»34 10V4
lOVi 11V4
UVi 12
12V4 20
DUCKS.

...  8Vi@10 
CANVASS  AND  PADDING.
9V4
10V4
11V4
12V4

Slate.
9Vi 
«Hi 
11V4 
12 Vi
Severen, 8 oz..........  9Vi
May land, 8 oz.........lOVi
Greenwood, 7Vi oz..  9V4 
Greenwood, 8 oz — UVi 
Boston, 8 oz............10V4

WADDINGS.

8ILRSIAB.

White, dos............ 25  I Per bale, 40 dot
Colored, d o s .........20  |Colored  “ 
...
Slater, Iron Cross...  8 
Red Cross....  9
Best AA 

88 50 
7 50
Pawtucket...............lOVi
Dundle  ...................  9
Bedford...................10V4
Valley  City.............mvi
K K ........................   10V4

Best.10V4
12Vi
L............................. 7  Vi
G.............................8  Vi
Cortlcelll, doz.........85  [Cortlcelli  knitting,

SBWING  SILK.

“ 
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2 
3 

“ 
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..12  “  8 
..12  | “  10 

per Vioz  ball  ....... 30

twist,doz..40 
50yd,doz..40  I
HOOKS AND BTBS—PER GROSS.
“ 
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No  1 Bl’k A Whlte..l0  INo  4 Bl’k A Whlte..l5 
“ 
..20
“ 
..25
No 2—20, M C......... 50 
|No 4—15  J  8V4........40
‘  3-18.8C ......... 45  I
No  2 White <fc Bl’k..l2  INo  8 White A Bl’k.,20 
“ 
.28
..26
“ 
.38
No 2.

COTTON  TAPE.
..16  “  10 
..18  | “  12 
SAFETY  PINS.
....28  |No8..
NEEDLES—FEB  M.

POTS.

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4 
6 

A. James.................1  401 Steamboat...............   40
Crowelv’s.... ..........1 85 Gold Eyed..............1  so
Marshall’s .............. 1 00|Amerlcan................1 00
15—4....1  65  6—4...2 30
5—4....  1 75  6—4... 

TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.

OOTTONT WINES.

Cotton Sail Twine. .28
Crown....................12
Domestic...............18 V4
Anchor..................16
Bristol...................13
Cherry  Valley........15
I X L.......................18V4
Alabama...................6 \
Alamance...............(Vv
Augusta...................7V4
Ar  sapha................6
Georgia—   ........... 634
G ranite....................53k
Haw  River............   R
Haw  i ....................  5

Nashua................... 14
Rising Star 4-ply__ 17
3-ply....17
North Star.............. 20
Wool Standard 4 plyl7Vi 
Powhattan.............16

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Mount  Pleasant__ 6V4
Oneida....................  5
Prymont  ...............   5?k
Rand el man.............6
Riverside...............   534
Sibley  A.................  6V4
Toledo  ..................
__ 73k
Otis checks. 

PLAID  OSNABUBGS

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You  will  remember  that  Goliab  was 
very much surprised when David hit him 
with a stone.  He  said  that such a thing 
had ’ never  entered  his  head  before.  A 
good many retail grocers are in  the same 
predicament  as  Goliah  was  before  he 
rubbed  up  against  David—they  have 
never gotten acquainted  with the  merits 
of the best selling brand of  soap  on  the 
market. 
It  is  called  ATLAS  and  is 
manufactured only by
H E N R Y   P A S S O L T ,

SAGINAW,  MICH.

EiTOH, LYON Í CO.

NEW  STYLES  OF

ice Sim,

20 &  22  Monroe  St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

Avoid  the
Ciirse  of  Credit 
C O U P O N

BY  USING

#

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B O O K S

THREE  GRADES :

Tradesman,
Superior,
Universal.

Manufactured only by

TRADESMAN  COflPANY,

Grand Rapids,  Mich.

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• T H E   M I C H I G A N   T R A T O H M A N

The  Difference  Between  Manufacturer 

and  Monopolist.

1 called attention,  last week,  to the es­
sential difference  between purely  manu­
facturing  operations  and  monopoly,  a 
difference  which  I think is  much  too  of­
ten  overlooked  in  these  days,  even  by 
manufacturers  themselves,  who  would 
seem to be especially interested in  main­
taining the distinction.

It  is  quite  certain  that  much  of  the 
complaint and criticism  directed  against 
manufacturers is so directed  simply  be­
cause proper distinctions  are  not  made 
between manufacturers, on the one hand, 
and  monopolies, 
the 
other.

trusts,  etc.,  on 

It will,  I think,  be to the advantage  of 
manufacturers  if  they  insist  upon  dis­
tinction between themselves and  monop­
olists, calling attention to  the  indisput­
able fact that in lines of  manufacture  in 
which competition is open and free (here 
is on the average no more,  in the form of 
profits,  than  what  would  be  generally 
agreed to be fair salaries for  the  owners 
j.n  return  for  work  done  by  them,  to­
gether  with  interest  on  the  capital  in­
vested at ruling rates.  1 do not mean to 
say that there are  no  manufacturing  es­
tablishments unbenefitted  by  monopoly, 
that do better than this,  but I do mean to 
say that where there is one that does bet­
ter,  there are a dozen that do  not  do  so 
well, and that the average,  taking all  es­
tablishments,  times and seasons,  do  not 
do  better  than  they  ought  to  do,  if as 
well as they ought.

But where  combinations,  trusts,  etc., 
come in their profits  grow  inordinately, 
not only at  the  expense  of  the  people, 
but to the prejudice of  legitimate  manu­
facturers,  who,  by  the  unthinking  are 
classed with them.

It  is  grossly  unfair,  for  instance,  to 
class  a  builder  of  steam  engines  or  of 
furniture with a member  of  the  binder- 
twine trust, the  sugar  trust,  the  white- 
lead trust, or the steel-rail trust.

In the  first  named  lines  of  manufac­
ture competition is practically  open  and 
free to all,  and it can,  I think,  be conclu­
sively  shown  that  prices of engines and 
furniture are,  upon  the average,  quite as 
low as they ought to be,  to say the  least, 
and hundreds of other lines  of  manufac­
ture  might  be  mentioned  in  the  same 
class,  where  most  of  those  engaged  in 
them have to strain every nerve  and  ex­
ercise to the full every  faculty  in  order 
to keep their beads above water.

While it is  true  that  members  of  the 
trusts named are manufacturers, they are 
also something else  besides and  it  is  as 
monopolists,  rather  than  as  manufac­
turers, that they make their money.

In the case of a manufacturer  of  bind­
ing  twine,  for  instance, 
it  has  been 
shown that the trust  has  capitalized  its 
business at a sum  very  much  in  excess 
of  the  actual  capital  invested,  and  has 
thus,  by  procuring  specially  favorable 
legislation,  been  enabled  to  fleece  the 
farmers and stand in  the  way  of  manu­
facturers of harvesting  machinery,  pay- 
ng dividends amounting to several  hun­
dred  per  cent,  upon  the  actual  values 
represented  by  its  properties.  Other 
trusts have done much the same.  Legit­
imate  manufacturers  make  a  mistske 
when they allow  themselves to be classed 
with  such  operators,  and 
they  should 
take pains to draw distinctions,  and  em­
phasize them upon every  possible  occas­
ion.  The interests of the two classes  are 
entirely distinct and  even  antagonistic,

and yet, too often when actions^of  trusts 
and  combines  are  criticised,  manufac­
tures  take  the  criticism  to  themselves, 
instead of calling attention  to  the  plain 
fact  that  trust  and  combine  operations 
are one thing,  and  legitimate  manufac­
turing an entirely different thing.

As  I  have  before  pointed  out,  manu­
facturers  of  engines,  tools,  wood-work­
ing  machinery,  furniture,  etc.,  cannot 
hope ever to be able to form an  effective 
combination,  but  they  must,  as  manu­
facturers and as citizens, pay  tribute  to 
the trusts and combines .that are formed. 
It will be,well for manufacturers always 
to  be  careful 
to  distinguish  between 
their own  interests and those of monopo­
lists, and to insist that legislators and all 
others shall do the same.

F rank Sto w ell.

CASH  OR  CREDIT  PRICES.

Might be  Employed  Here.

An  English  Business  System  Which 
From th e W ashington Star.
“There  is  a  commercial  custom  in 
England,  as well as in many of the larger 
cities of Continental  Europe,  that  could 
be  followed,  I  believe,  with  excellent 
results  by the merchants  and tradesmen 
of  this  country,”  said  Bernard  White, 
one of the foreign  buyers  for  a  big  dry 
goods  house,  to  a  reporter.  “When  a 
person  enters  a  shop  in  London,  for 
instance,  and selects  an  article  he  may 
desire, no matter what it is,  and inquires 
the price a certain  sum is  stated, 
if the 
buyer happens to have an  account at the 
establishment and instructs  salesmen  to 
charge his purchase to him he is  politely 
informed that the  price  of the article  is 
two to three pence  higher  than the  first 
named cost.  This system  is  followed in 
all the better  mercantile  establishments 
in the United Kingdom.
“The credit price is  invariably  a  few 
pennies  higher  than 
the  same  article 
would be sold for spot cash.  The reason 
for this  is  very  simple  and,  I  believe, 
entirely proper.  When a person  buys  a 
thing for cash the transaction  is  closed, 
and there is no further expense  involved 
to  either  party.  When  a  person  buys 
for credit the  item  must  be  attended to 
by a bookkeeper, the  services  of  a  paid 
collector are brought into  requisition for 
the bill, and the running expenses  of the 
establishment  wherein  the  trade 
took 
place are thus  iucreased.  1  understand 
that two or three  of the largest and  best 
known retail  houses iu  New  York,  who 
sell goods on the  credit  pian,  as well as 
for cash,  are considering  the  feasibility 
of  adopting  a  similar  system  in  their 
establishments.”

Raised Itself.

“These  porters 

that  work  around 
wholesale  grocery  stores  are  mighty 
strong men.”
“Think so?”
“Yes, I saw one raise a barrel  of flour 
the  greatest  ease  and 

just  now  with 
place it in a wagon.”

“ li’m!  That’s no great feat.”
“It ain’t?”
“ No;  that’s self raising flour.”

Hardware Price Current.

d is .

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AXES.

AUGURS AND BITS. 

These  prices are  for cash,  buyers,  who 
pay promptly  and  buy in  full  packages.
Snell’s ......................................................  . .60410
Cook’s ..........................................................  
40
Jennings’, genuine......................................  
25
Jennings’, Imitation..................... . ...........50410
Plrst Quality, S. B. Bronze..............
......... 8 6 50
D.  B. Bronze..............
.........   i# 00
S. B. S. Steel..............
.........   7 50
D. B. Steel.................
.........   13 50
Railroad 
......................................... 112 00  14 00
Carden 
.............................................  net  80 00
Stove......... .................................................... 80410
Carriage new list  .........................................75410
Plow.............................................................. 40410
Sleigh shoe  ............................................  
70
Well, plain  ................................................. 8 8 50
Well, swivel.................................................   4 00
Cast Loose Pin, figured.................................70410
Wrjaght Narrow, bright Bait Joint  40........80410

BARROWS.

BUTTS,  OAST. 

BUCKBT8.

b o l t s. 

dls.

d ls .

d l l .

 

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V  *1  y

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f

Wrought Loose  Pin........................................   40
Wrought  Table.  ............................................  40
Wrought Inside Blind...... .............................   40
Wrought Brass............................................. 
75
Blind,  Clark’s..............................................70410
Blind, Parker's............................................704101
Blind, Shepard’s 
70

....................................... 
BLOCKS.
Ordinary Tackle, list April 

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

Grain............................................................40410  |

CRADLRS.

CROW BARS.

OAFS.

Cast Steel............................................ per lb  5
Sly’s 1-10 
........................................ per m  65
80
“ 
Hick’s C. F 
G. D ............................. ......................  *■ 
35
Musket 
“ 
60
Rim  Eire.......... ........................................... 
Central  Eire........................................... dli. 

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

OABTBIDGZS.

50
25

OHISBLS. 

dls.

Socket Firmer.............................................  75410
Socket Framing............................................75410
Socket Corner...............................................75410
Socket Slicks...............................................75410
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............................ 
40
Curry,  Lawrence’s....................................... 
40
Hotchkiss....................................................  
25
White Crayons, per gross..............12012(4 dls. 10

combs. 

dls.

CHALK.
COFP SB.

“ 

Planished. 14 01 cut to slse........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.................................... 

dbills. 

dls.

28
26
23
23
22
50
so
50

DRIPPING FANS.

BLBOWS.

Small slses, ser pound................................   6(4
Large slses, per pound................................  
¿6
Com. 4  piece, 6 in ............................doa. net 
75
Corrugated........................................... dls 
40
Adjustable............................................ dls. 40410
Clark’s, small, Ii8;  large, 826...................... 
30
Ives’, 1, $18:  2, $24;  3,$»)............................ 
25
Disston’s ..................................................60410-10
New American  ....................................... 60410-10
Nicholson’s .............................................60410-10
so
Heller’s ......................................................... 
Heller’s Horse R asps..................................  
50

files—New List. 

BXFANSIVK BITS. 

dls.

dls.

OALVANIZBD IRON.

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

12 

13 

15 

28
16 17

Discount, 60 -10

14 
oausbs. 

dls.
dls.

dll.

dls.

dls.
dls.

NAILS

VATTncira

locks—door. 

mauls. 
mills. 

MOLASSBS OATRS. 

knobb—New List. 

so
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s...................... 
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings...........  ....... 
so
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings................. 
55
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.............. 
55
Door,  porcelain, trimmings........................  
55
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain................... 
70
Russell 4  Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list  ......... 
56
Mallory, Wheeler  4   Co.’s ............................ 
55
Branford’s ................................................... 
55
Norwalk’s ....................................................  
55
A die Rye.............................. "... .$16.00, dls. 60-10
Hunt Rye.................................... $15.00, dls. 60-10
Hunt’s ........  ............................$18.50, dls. 20410.
Bpeiry 4  Co.’s, Post,  handled...................... 
bo
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s .................................... 
40
“  P. S. 4  W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleable«__ 
40
Landers,  Ferry 4  Cls rk’i ................. 
40
“  Enterprise 
.....................................  
30
Stebbln’s Pattern..........................................80410
Stebbln’s Genuine........................................ 68410
Rnterprlse, self-measuring..........................  
25
Advance over  base,  on  both  Steel  and Wire.
Steel nails, oase..............................................1  40
Wire nails, base..............................................1  40
60.................................................... Base 
Base
50......................................................  
10
40......................................................  
25
25
30......................................................  
35
20.......... 
 
45
16............................. 
 
12......................................................  
45
50
10...................................................... 
60
8........................................................ 
7 4 6 .................................................. 
75
4........................................................ 
90
8........................................................ 
1  20
2.......................................................  
1  60
1  60
FlneS............................................... 
65
Case  10............................................. 
75
8............................................. 
6............................................. 
go
Finish 10........................................... 
75
90
8............................................ 
6...........................................  
1  10
Clinch; 10.......................................... 
70
8.......................................... 
80
6.................. 
90
 
Barrell %.......................................... 
175
Ohio Tool Co.’«, fancy................................   Q40
Selota Bench.............................................  Q50
8andnsky Tool Co.’s, fancy.........................  040
Bench, first quality.......................................  040
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s  wood........... 50410
Fry,  Acme.............................................dls.60—10
Common,  polished................................ dls. 
70
dli.
Iron and  Tinned..........................................50—10
Copper Rivets and Burs........................ 
so—10

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FLANKS. 

rivbts. 

FANS.

dll.

 

PATENT FLANISHBD IRON.

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

Broken packs mo per pound extra.

HAMMERS.

 

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“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

hangers. 

wire goods. 

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

25
Maydole  4 Co.’».....................................dls. 
Kip’s....................................................... dls. 
26
Terkes 4  Plumb’s.................................. dls. 40410
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.........................80c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel  Hand__30c 40&10
HINGES.
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 3 ..........  
dls.60410
State...........................................per do*, net, 2 50
Screw Hook and  Strap, to 12 In. 4ft  14  and
longer............   ........................................
io
Screw Hook and  Eye, (4........................net 
%........................net  8%
M..........................net  7(4
* ..........................net  7(4
Strap and T ............................................ dls. 
f”
dls.
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track__5041G
Champion,  antl-fricticn.................... 
  60410
Kidder, wood track................. 
40
HOLLOW WARE.
Pots................................................................60410
Kettles........................................................... 60410
Spiders  .........................................................6041C
Gray enameled.......................................  
40410
Stamped  Tin Ware...............................new list 70
Japanned Tin Ware..................................... 
25
Granite Iron W are..................... new 11s 
2»
BGght........................................ 
70410410
Screw  Eyes.............................................70410410
Hook’s .....................................................70410410
Gate Hooks and Byes..................
70410410
dI».7o
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s ....................
Sisal, (4 Inch and larger......................
M anilla......................................................
Steel and  Iron............................................
Try and Bevels...........................................
M itre..........................................................
Com.  Smooth.
Nos. 10 to  14.....................................13 50
Nos. 18 to 17...... ..............................   3 50
Nos.  18 to 21................................... .  4 05
Nos. 22 to 24.....................................3 55
Nos. 25 to 26.....................................3  65
No. 27................................................3 75 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
SAND PAPER.
List acet. 19, ’86  .................................... j j*.
SASH CORD.
Silver Lake, White  A.............. 
list
Drab A.................................  “
White  B..............................  >
DrabB.................................. »
White C ............................... *■

Cora 
8? 50 2 69 
2  70 
2 80
2 90
_
3 00
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  Inches 

l e v e l s.
ROPES.

SHEET IRON.

SQUARES.

“ 
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dls.

50

 

 

r0

Discount, 10.

SASB WEIGHTS.

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 826
20
70
50
30
30
dls.
Steel, Game  ............................................  
60410
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ........ 
35
Oneida Community, Hawley * Norton’s  ... 
70
Mouse,  choker....................................18c per dos
Mouse, delusion............................... 81.50 per dos
dll.
Bright Market..............................................   70
Annealed Market............ .........  ......... . . ...70—in
Coppered Market.............................  
’ep  in
Tinned Market................................................ 62(4
Coppered  Spring  Steel.... ...........................  
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanised.......................... 
2 70
painted.................................  2 30
An  Sable  .......................................... dls.  40410
aij  og
Putnam.......................................... 
dls. 10410
Northwestern................................ 
dls
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled  ..................  
so
Coe’s  Genuine............................................  
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,...... 
75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable............................... 75414
MISCELLANEOUS. 
dls.
Bird Cages.................................. 
50
Pumps, Cistern........................................  
75410
Screws, New List................................... 7041' 410
Casters, Bed a  d Plate...........................50410410
Dampers, American..................................... 
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods....... 65410

HORSE NAILS.

wrenches. 

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MORTALS.
PIG TIN.

260
28c

ZING.

SOLD MB.

Pig  Large.....................................
Pig Bars........................................
Duty;  Sheet, 2(4c per ponDd.
680 pound  casks...........................
Per pound.....................................
(40(4 ......................................................................
.16
Extra Wiping.................................................  1«.
The  prfoes  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder fn the market Indicated by nrtvate brands 
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY.
Cookson........................................per  pound
Hallett’s ......................................  
13
TIN—MNLYN GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal........................................8 7 50
14x2010, 
7 60 
10x14 IX, 
9 26 
14x20 IX, 
9 25

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.....................................
.....................................
Bach additional X on this grade, 81.75.
10x14 IC, Charcoal...................................
.....................................
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
14x20 IX, 
...............................

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“ 
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Bach additional X on this grade 81.50.

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ROOFING PLATES

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“  Worcester..................
“ 
.......................
.................
« 
“ Alla way  Grade................
“  ............
*> 
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» 
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.

6 Bt> 
14x20 IC, 
14x20 IX, 
8 50
20x28 IC, 
18 SO 
14x2010, 
6 0(1
14x20 IX, 
7  50 
20x28 IC, 
12  50 
20x28 IX,
15  50
14X28IX......................................................... 814 00
14X31  IX..................................................  
  15 00
14x66 EX, for No. 8 Boilers, 1 M  
.. „
14x60 IX, 
10 00

“ i per pound.... 

••  11  8 

force  of  disciplined 
troops.  The  few 
persons killed at Chicago  by  the  troops 
show  how  forbearing  were  the  latter, 
and how loath they were to  kill. 
If  the 
troops had  fired  close  volleys,  and  had 
opened with their Gatlings and Hotchkiss 
guns, 
they  could  have  produced  a 
slaughter  which  would  have  destroyed 
the power of a mob  vastly  greater  than 
anything they were called on to  encoun­
ter.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.
found that in  the  last  eighteen  months 
ninety-seven railway companies,  owning 
nearly  32,000  miles  of  road  and  repre­
in 
senting  more 
i bonds  and  stock,  have  defaulted  and 
I been  placed  in  the  hands  of  receivers. 
If to these figures is added a statement of 
the number of  roads  which  were  under 
receivers at the end  of  1893  it  will  ap- 
pear that the  courts  are  now  operating 
152 railway companies  with  over  43,000 
miles of lines,  and  representing  capital 
to the amount of almost  $2,500,000,000.

than  $2,000,000,000 

8

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E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

WEDNESDAY,  JULY  25,  1894.

MOB  RULE  AND  MILITARY  FORCE.
Macaulay,  in one of his  celebrated  es­
says,  volunteered  the  prophecy  that  in 
some great social and  political  upheaval 
the American  republic  would either  lose 
its civilization  through  the  overwhelm­
ing  violence  of  mob  rule,  or  it  would 
lose its liberties through the  exercise  of 
the national  force and power required  to 
put down popular violence and  to  main­
tain public order.

The  recent  serious  outbreak  by  rail­
way employes brought  Lord  Macaulay’s 
expression into  public  prominence,  and 
it  was  quoted  by Senator Gordon in  his 
eloquent  speech  in  the  United  States 
Senate on the  occasion  of  his  masterly 
defense of the Government  against Debs- 
ism and anarchy.

The situation  was  one  to  call  up  the 
menacing  visions  suggested  by  such  a 
prophecy,  but it  should  be  remembered 
that a very small  percentage  of  the  peo­
ple of the United States  was  engaged  in 
the  movement that demanded the  inter­
vention of the strong arm of the Govern­
ment.  There are about 65,000,000 people 
in the United States.  Of these 13,500,000 
are men of military age.  There are in  the 
United  Statrs  about  650,000  men  em­
ployed  for  ail  purposes  in  operating 
railways.  Possibly  10 per cent,  ot  these 
were engaged in  the  strike,  not  in  Chi­
cago alone,  but  in  all  the  States  where 
the railways were  involved in  the strike. 
That  estimate  would  put  the  railway 
strikers at 65,000 able-bodied men, doubt­
less  an  excessive  estimate,  but  it  will 
answer for the purposes  of  these  obser­
vations.

The United States  army  is  nominally

20,000  strong,  but it could not  bring  into 
the field more than 17,000 or  18.000  men. 
So small a force  would have  but  a  poor 
show in suppressing the violence  of  65,- 
000 men who might  be  well  armed  and 
organized;  but,  in  the  first  place,  it  is 
fair to believe that a  very large majority 
of the 65,000 strikers took no part  in  the 
riots.  Moreover,  rioters  are  necessarily 
they  operate  as  mobs 
poorly  armed; 
without  organization,  and 
they  com­
monly  have  no  capable  leadership.  A 
mob, no matter how big, cannot,  for  the 
reasons mentioned,  stand against a small

To come back to the  point  from which 
the digression was made  concerning  the 
troops,  it  is  of  importance  to  see  how 
small  a portion  of  the  able-bodied  men 
of  the  country  were  involved 
in  the 
strike,  even if the entire 500,000  or  600,- 
000 of the railway  men supposed to be in 
the United States had  taken', part;  even 
then their numbers would be but a small 
proportion  of  the  men  of  the country. 
But it must not  for  a  moment  be  sup­
posed  that  if  there  were  a  universal 
strike of railway men  in the  Union  they 
would all  take up arms to violate the laws 
and  engage  in  riotous  conduct.  Not 
more than  10 per cent,  of them  could  be 
supposed to entertain  views  that  would 
lead  them  to  such  a  course,  and  they 
would form  but a small  part of  the  able- 
bodied male population.

Obviously there need be  no  fear  that 
the United States army can do  much  to­
ward  subverting the liberties of  the peo­
ple of this republic. 
It is but a handful. 
It is nothing more than  a  military  con­
stabulary  to be used on  occasion  in  en­
forcing  the  mandates  of  the  Federal 
courts and to protect public property. 
In 
case of invasion by  foreign enemies,  the 
army would only be a nucleus  for  a  de­
fensive force.  The vast business of pre­
serving public  order  and  of  protecting 
life and property,  must  be  intrusted  to 
the militia of the several  States.  There 
are 13,000,000 of them when  needed;  but 
it would take  a  long  time  to  get  them 
into the field. 
It is plain that if,  in  any 
public disorder, the militia  should  sym­
pathize with the rioters,  the latter wonld 
have  their  way.  No  law  can  be  en­
forced if the  great  oody  of  the  people 
oppose it.  That is  just what  happened 
in  the sectional  war between  the  States. 
All the able-bodied men in the South rose 
up to annul and resist the operation of the 
Federal 
those  States.  They 
were opposed by the masses of  the  able- 
bodied men  in  the  Northern  States,  and 
the warfare  was one of  gigantic  propor­
tions.  The Federal regular army  in  the 
civil  war  bad  but  a  small  part  in  the 
proceedings.

laws 

There  is,  then,  no  danger  that  any 
mob rule can destroy the  civilization  of 
this country,  unless  the  great  body  of 
the population is  in  sympathy with  the 
mob.  On  the other band,  it will  always 
be crushed out if the peorple are  on  the 
side of law and  order.
RAILWAYS  IN  THE  PANIC  PERIOD.
The  year  1893  and  the  first  half  of 
1894 have been a hard time for railroads. 
Many of the  most  important  lines  have 
been driven into  bankruptcy,  and  with­
out doubt this fate awaits many  more  of 
them.

in 

According to figures presented  by  the 
Railway  Age  for  July  13,  daring  the 
past six  months receivers  have  been  ap­
pointed  for  23  companies, owning 2,988 
miles  of  road  and  representing  bonded 
debt and capital stock  aggregating $260,- 
101,000.  Adding  these  figures  to  those 
I which made the record for 1893 it will  be

This means that the  enormous  invest­
ments so represented have,  so  far  from 
paying profits,  not even  been  paying  in- 
I terest on  bonds or expenses  of  operation 
and  maintenance.  This  ought  to  be 
pleasing news to those who are so  embit­
tered against the railways as to desire  to 
see them all destroyed or disabled.

But railways,  because they are  depen­
dent on every other sort of  industry,  be­
come the gauge  of  the  business  of  the 
country.  They haul the crops to  market 
and distribute through  the  country  the 
products of all  labor,  the  raw  material 
for manufacturing,  the manufactured ar­
ticles themselves and  the  supplies  con­
sumed by the population,  as  well  as  the 
travelers. 
In  a  hard  time  like  that 
which  has  resulted  from  the  financial 
and  industrial  convulsions  of  1893  and 
the terrible strikes of 1894  the  railroads 
have suffered  enormously.  Many indus­
tries  were  stopped  and 
there  were 
neither raw  material  nor  manufactured 
articles  to  be  hauled. 
People  only 
bonght  wbat  they  were  forced  to  have 
and no  more.  People  traveled  only  as 
they  were  compelled,  and  as  a  conse­
quence the traffic of the railways  fell  off 
to a degree that has hurried  many  com­
panies into bankruptcy.  The  difference 
between  the  business  of  65,000,000  of 
people when they  are  fairly  prosperous 
and their business when they  are  living 
in  enforced  economy,  is  gauged by the 
bankruptcy of  so  many  railroads.

The  receiverships  for  the  ten  years 
ending  with  the  close  of  1893  show  a 
total of 309 roads,  with a mileage  of  74,- 
312,  owing  a  stock  and  bond  debt  of 
$3,875,581,000, or  nearly  four  thousand 
million dollars.  Of  this one-third of the 
trouble  must  be  credited 
to  the  year 
1893.  But as the  railways  are  a  guage 
of the aggregate of all  other  business,  it 
must  be  understood  that  their  misfor­
tunes stand  for  a  general  loss  in  com­
merce  and  industries of a sum that is so 
vast as to be almost  fabulous  in  extent, 
and a distress incalculable in amount.

THE  GOLD  MOVEMENT.

The outflow of  gold  from  the  United 
States this season has risen to  large  pro­
portions,  although the  unsettled state of 
the tariff question has kept  down  impor­
tations of foreign goods,

In 1893 there was  a  large  exportation 
of the yellow metal because of the  finan­
cial panic and the  industrial  depression. 
In bad times creditors want their money. 
In good times they keep their  money  in­
vested so that they can draw interest on it. 
Political  economists  see  in  the  pres­
ent movement  the  bad  impression  pro­
duced  by  the  Coxey  army  demonstra­
tions,  the  coal  strike  and  the  railway 
strike.  At any rate,  the gold outflow for 
this season has nearly reached  last year’s 
figures.

From Jau.  1  to  the  present  time  the 
net exports of the metal  have  amounted 
1 to $61,000,000 in  round amount,  while  in

the  corresponding  period  of  1893  they 
were a little under the  $62,000,000  mark. 
If the exports should continue  to  exceed 
the imports four or five days longer,  last 
year’s figures  would  be  passed,  for  the 
inflow in 1893 began  in  July. 
In  every 
month  in 1893 along to July  the  outflow 
was  in  larger  volume  than  the  inflow. 
The outward movement did not  begin  so 
early  in  1894  as  it  did in  1893. 
In the 
first quarter of last year the  net  exports 
of gold  were about $27,000,000,  while  in 
the  same  period  this  year  they  were a 
little  less  than  $>,000,000.  But  in  the 
second  quarter  this  year’s  exports  so 
largely exceeded last year’s that  the  net 
loss for the half year and  two  weeks  in 
each year is nearly the same.

About the time when the  Coxey  move­
ment began,  in March,  the  net  gold  ex­
ports for the year  were  only  about  $2,- 
500,000,  but this started the flow, and the 
coal  strike,  which  began  in  April  and 
continued along to near the end  of  June, 
deepened and extended  it.  Just  as  the 
coal strike  was  approaching  settlement 
the A.  R. U. and  trades  union  riots  be­
gan.  Under these disquieting causes the 
gold  net  exports,  which  were only $1,- 
000,000 in  February,  went  to  $2,900,000 
in  March,  to $9,500,000 in April,  to  $23,- 
125,000 in  May  and  to  about  the  same 
figures in June.

This outgo will not  last  much  longer. 
The  tariff  will soon be adjusted and in a 
little while the great staple  crops  of  the 
country will begin to move.  Cotton,  and 
to  briDg  gold  back 
wheat,  will  begin 
from  Europe. 
It 
is  not  likely  that 
business will  be for  a  long  time  as  un­
settled as it has been  for  the  past  year 
and a half.  The upward turn  will  soon 
set in and  times will  grow  steadily  bet­
ter.

The American Qrocer  proposes  to cel­
ebrate its twenty-fifth birthday, Sept.  15, 
by issuing a sumptuous  anniversary edi­
tion.  This publication  is  not  only  the 
oldest journal of the kind in the country, 
but it has always maintained a command­
ing position  in the trade and is generally 
conceded to  be the  leading  exponent  of 
the  grocery  business,  although some of 
its contemporaries assume to  think  that 
it  is  a  little too  partial in dealing with 
the industrial trusts.  However that may 
be,  T h e T radesm an  regards the  Qrocer 
with  sufficient  veneration  to  permit  of 
the  belief  that  its  big  brother  knows 
more about its own business and the ben­
eficial or detrimental  efforts  of trusts on 
trade than all the  other  journals  which 
assume to criticise  the Qrocer  in this re­
spect.

What is sauce for the goose  should, be 
sauce  for  the  gander.  Mayor  Pingree 
made a demagogic  effort  to  force  Pull­
man to arbitrate his little difference with 
Debs, but he utterly refuses  to  arbitrate 
his  present  differences  with  the  street 
railway system of Detroit and during the 
strike in his shoe  factory,  several  years 
ago,  he stood out against arbitration just 
as stubbornly and far less diplomatically 
than  Mr.  Pullman  does  now.  All  of 
which  goes  to  show  the  insincerity  of 
any man who advocates  forcing  another 
man to do what he will  not  be  forced  to 
do himself.

Master  Workman  E.  J.  Lindholm,  of 
Chicago, directs the  striking Knights  of 
Labor while  his wife  goes  out  working 
by the day to feed him and  his  children.
The  sympathy  strike  ends  with  no 

sympathy for the men  who ordered it.

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THE  PRODUCTION  OP  W EALTH.
There is a common  expression  in  use 
by many who talk and write  about labor 
and capital,  that  the  workingman  pro­
duces all the wealth.

If this  is  intended  to  mean  that  the 
man  who  digs  and  delves,  and  merely 
puts 
in  operation  muscular  exertion, 
produces all  the wealth,  it  is  extremely 
misleading,  as it is entirely an error.

Doubtless,  in barbarian ages, when the 
only  workers  were  slaves  and  every­
thing in  the form of  work was  done  by 
main strength or physical  exertion,  such 
a statement may have  been  true;  but  it 
is far  from  being  so  to-day.  There  is 
scarcely a form of labor the capability of 
which has not only  been  improved,  but 
the work has been  rendered  vastly  less 
onerous  by  the  aid  which  the  brain 
worker  has  given  it,  so  that  the work 
which creates wealth is to-day a wonder­
ful commingling of mind and  muscle,  in 
which science has transformed  the  once 
mere handworker into the  director  of  a 
machine whose nerves of steel  and  mus­
cles of brass  and  iron  perform  the  toil 
that was once required of the  thews  and 
sinews of men.

this  wonderful 

It was mind,  intellect,  the  immaterial 
that  has 
and  spiritual  part  of  man, 
wrought 
revolution. 
Let  not  the  man  of  muscle  claim  too 
much for himself.  But for the thinkers, 
the brainworkers, he  would,  indeed,  be 
in an  evil  case.  This  age  of  scientific 
discovery and mechanical  invention  has 
made a man of the laborer  who  was  be­
fore that a mere slave.  The  one  single 
discovery of gunpowder  did  more  than 
everything  else  besides  to  incuclate  a 
spirit of liberty  and  to  elevate  man  in 
the social scale.  Before  that,  the  mus- 
cularly strong man  was the master.  The 
small and  weakly  individual  could  not 
stand  before  the  athlete;  the  ordinary 
man was  powerless  to  contend  against 
the giant.  But gunpowder and the  trig­
ger put  all  men  on  an  equality  in  re­
spect to their ability for self-defense.

Gunpowder,  which  is  attributed  to  a 
monk of the Middle Ages,  who  was  en­
gaged  in  the  study  of  chemical  mys­
teries,  antedated  printing  and the whole 
of the myriad  of  scientific  and  mechan­
ical inventions, and it was the  first  step 
taken by  science in  raising men  from the 
slavery of muscular labor.

It is by the intervention  of  the  brain­
worker that the man of brawn  and  bone 
is to-day not a mere slave, delving in the 
fields, in the ditches  and  in  the  mines, 
instead of having at hand scores  of won­
derful machines to  prepare  his lands,  to 
gather his crops,  to dredge his  canals, to 
drill,  blast out and hoist  from  the  mine 
his  coal  and  ores. 
It  is  through  this 
same intervention that one  man  is  able 
to perform the  work  of  many,  thereby 
cheapening the products of  his  art  and 
skill,  so that they are placed in the reach 
of every  wage-earner.  When,  then,  we 
come to speak  of  the  workingman,  let 
us place him on the high plane  he ought 
to occupy,  as one in whom the  functions 
of both brain and  brawn  unite  to  assist 
him in his useful offices.

So far, only the workingman  has  been 
considered. 
If he can  claim  to  be  the 
producer of all  the  wealth, let  him  not 
take  the  short-sighted  view  that  his 
achievements  are  wholly  his  own,  un­
aided by  any  other  force  or  influence. 
He has not reckoned  with  his  employer 
at  all.  To-day,  when  so  much  of  the 
work of the world is  done with  machin­

ery gathered  in great and costly factories 
the workman  would  be  wholly  disabled 
unless somebody  would  buy  and  main­
tain the engines,  dynamos and  the thou­
sands of mechanical devices  used  in  all 
industrial  operations.  Formerly,  every 
workman owned  and  carried  with  him 
his little kit of tools;  but  to-day  capital 
owns and  furnishes  them to  him.  Even 
the hated railways render  him  an  indis­
pensable service by carrying his products 
to market and  by  cheapening  his  food, 
clothing and other  necessaries.  And  in 
the few days when  the  railway  connec­
tions of this city  were interfered with by 
the A.  R.  U.  strikes,  the  prices  of  the 
food products materially  increased,  and 
every family in this city  felt  the  effects 
of the labor trouble in the greater cost of 
meat,  vegetables and fruit.

But it is useless to  multiply words  on 
this branch of the subject.  No  thinking 
man can look  about  him without  being 
brought  to  realize  that  labor  without 
capital is helpless.  Labor  cannot  even 
exist  without  the  employment  which  it 
must  have  from  capital.  As  for  the 
great millionaire,  he is not  compelled  to 
operate his mills, his mines, or  his  rail­
ways. 
If he could not sell  them out,  he 
could abandon  them  and  go  abroad  to 
live.  But  the  greatest  number  of  the 
mills,  mines and railways are not  owned 
by 
the  few  phenomenal  millionaires. 
On the contrary, they are the  creation of 
joint stock companies  in  which  a  num­
ber of persons of  moderate  means  have 
put  their  money  together.  Very  often 
all they  have is invested in  some  indus­
trial  operation,  and,  unless  it  can  be 
made productive,  they are ruined.  They 
are  absolutely  dependent  on  labor  to 
work their machinery and to enable them 
to earn  interest  on  the  money  invested 
in  their  enterprises,  and  if  the  work­
people,  by  means  of  a  long  continued 
strike,  should bankrupt their employers, 
they  would  only  be  destroying  them­
selves.

There are about 4,000  millionaires out 
of the 65,000,000 people of  this  country. 
If those 4,000 rich men should  sell  their 
property,  and,  taking  their  cash,  move 
to Europe,  like  one  of  the  Astors,  the 
great  industries  and  commerce  of  this 
broad  land would still  survive.  But let 
the thousands of railways  be  paralyzed, 
and the hundreds of  thousands  of  mills 
and factories be stopped,  for six months, 
and the  most  terrible  poverty,  distress, 
violence  and disorder ever known  in any 
age would overspread this country.

Labor  and  capital  are 

indissolubly 
connected,  and one cannot  subsist  with­
out  the  other.  Disagreements  between 
them are disastrous to every  person  and 
every interest.  They must  live together 
in peace and  co-operation.  The  highest 
problem of  statesmanship is  to  provide 
a sure means for such harmony.

Lambs at the Bargain Counter.

From th e B altim ore Sun.
The sale of live lambs at a department 
store  in Lexington street Saturday  was a 
novelty  to  shoppers.  The  iambs  were 
not as gentle as  the  little  one  that  be­
longed to Mary,  and some amusing scenes 
were caused by the animals struggling to 
release themselves from their purchasers. 
Those who  bought  the  lambs  were  re­
quired  to  take  them  away  themselves. 
Ladies,  who were  the  principal  buyers, 
managed to do this by grasping the little 
creatures  in  both  arms.  Nearly  every 
one of the  lambs,  it is  said,  was  bought 
to be kept as a pet.

Use Tradesman Coupon Books.

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L A N S / N  G M IC H . 

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TO  THE  RETAIL  CLOTHING  MERCHANTS

In consequence  of  rumors  having  been  circulated  that  the  eminent 
firm  of  Michael Kolb & Son,  Wholesale Clothing Manufacturers,  Rochester,  N.  V., 
is going out of business,  I  am  requested to contradict most emphatically  any  such 
rumor and to state that this weil-known and  upright  firm,  with  a  37  years’  good 
record,  never  dreamed  of  retiring.  1 ought to  add that I think I have discovered 
how  such  an  unfounded  report  got  circulated. 
It  is  well-known  amongst  the 
trade  that  Michael  Kolb  &  Son  rank  among  the  very  highest manufacturers in 
Rochester,  and  their name has been conflicted with that of  Stein, Bloch & Co., also 
of Rochester, which fi rm, J. W.  Rosenthal,  formerly of  Grand  Rapips,  has publicly 
announced, are going out of business.

1  still  continue  to represent Michael Kolb <& Son, and shall be pleased 
to call  upon anyone with my elegant line of  fall  samples,  of  which  everyone  who 
handles  them  say  there is none better made,  or better fitting,  and sold at such low 
prices as to meet all classes of  trade.
Address,

WM.  CONNOR,  Box  346,  Marshall,  Mich.

I shall  be at Sweet’s  Hotel, Grand  Rapids,  on  Thursday  and Friday, 

July 19 and 20.

LEND  US

5  SECONDS

OF  YOUR  TIME.

Our  Agents  are  out  with  full  line  of  Fall  (root Is.  Look

them  over.

Time’s up.  Thanks.

RINDGE,  KALMBACH  & Co.,  Grand  Rapids.

SOCIETIES,
CLUBS,
CONVENTIONS,
DELEGATES,
COMMITTEES.

TRADESMAN  COMRAJNY.

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TELE  M I C H I G A N   T K jADEBJM ^JS

The Point of View.

Class  in  Natural  History,  stand  up. 

Come forward.

Some one tell  us  what  is  the  subject 

for discussion to-day.

The genus homo.
At what stage of  the  development  of 
the genus did we leave our  subject  yes­
terday?

At the  stage  of  young  manhood  and 

young womanhood.

Are  young  men  and  young  women 

each distinct species of the genus?

Decidedly.
Have they characteristics,  or  personal 
traits, or habits  by which  each  may  be 
readily distinguished from the other?

Yes, sir.
Which of  the  two  species  is  the  su­

The young man, of course.
How do  you  determine  which  is  su­

perior one?

perior?

By reading  history,  by  the  status  of 
both in the eyes of the law,  by  the  per­
sonal habits  of  each,  and  by  the  esti­
mate put upon each  by  the  community.

What does history tell you?
History shows how each  has  been  re­
garded by  the world  during  past  ages. 
The young  man  has  always  been  con­
sidered a  superior  being  to  the  young 
woman.

How was this superiority proved?
It is hardly susceptible  of  proof,  but 

was taken for granted.

Why?
Well,  because.
You are right.  Now, about the status 

of each before the law.

When the young man  reaches  twenty- 
one years of age, he is  given a vote,  and 
becomes elegible  to  every  office  in  the 
gift of the people.

And the young woman?
She is not allowed to vote  but is given 
to understand that her place is  at  home. 
In this  connection  she  is  treated  with 
the same consideration that  is  bestowed 
upon Indians and idiots.
Why this difference?
Because the  young woman  is  inferior 

to the young man.

How do you prove her inferiority from 

her political status?

If  she  were  the  equal  of  the  young 
man  she  would  be  given  equal  priv­
ileges.

Well,  what else in this connection?
Then,  too, politics are  degrading  to  a 
young  woman. 
It  is  all  right  for  a 
young  man.  The  “mire  of  politics” 
cannot  defile  him. 
It  never  does,  in 
fact.  He retains his purity and  simplic­
ity of character to the end.

have  much  bearing  on  his  character. 
Especially is  this  true  if  he  can  dress 
well and so maintain his  position  in  so-1 
ciety.

What about the  young woman who be­

comes addicted to any of these habits?
She  seldom  does,  but  if  she  should. | 
she is immediately declared  to  be  unfit j 
for  decent  society;  she  is  an  unclean i 
thing, and becomes an outcast.

Is it right to make  this  difference  be­

tween the two?

Yes, sir.
Why?
Because it is.
Well,  what  about  the  estimate  put | 

upon each by the community?

A young woman  is  not  considered  to i 

be worth as much as a young man.

Please explain.
Young  women  are  now  to  be  found ] 
employed in factories,  stores,  and work- 
shops,  doing  work  formerly  done  by j 
young men.  They do as much work and j 
do it equally as well as  the  young  men, 
but are seldom paid  as  much  for  doing 
it.  Hence I conclude they are not  worth 
as much as young men.

But is it a fact that they are not  worth 

as much?
Yes,  sir.
Why?
Well, because they are not.
But how do you know?
It is the general opinion that  they  are 

not.

That certainly ought to be sufficient to 
convince  any  reasonable  mind.  Any­
thing else on this subject?

The community has a  different  stand­
ard of morality for the  two.  There  are 
certain things which a  young  man  may 
do with impunity which  would  damn  a 
young woman for all time.

What do you infer from this?
I infer from this that the young man is 

superior to the young woman.

Why so?
Because  what  forever  destroys 

the 
character of the young woman,  has little 
or no  effect  upon  the  character  of  the 
young man.

in the estimation of society?
In the estimation of  society;  yes,  sir.
Any other differences?
Yes, sir,  but these are  the  chief ones. 
They sufficiently  prove that  young wom­
en are an inferior  species  of  the  genus 
homo.
You  are  right.  At  our  next  session 
we will discuss the question  of  whether 
or not the ape may  properly  be  classed 
as another species of the genus homo.

Straw Hats in  England.

exactly—

these things.”

Anything further?
Then,  a  woman  “cannot  understand 

Why?
Well,  because  she—they—eh—it  isn’t 

Correct.  Now  about  the  personal 
habits  of  each—what  bearing  has  that 
upon the  subject?

From  th e  Consular  Report.
During the  summer  of  1893  England 
experienced  what  might  properly  be 
termed a straw hat femine.  The summer 
and autum were  the  hottest  and  dryest 
in many years, and  cool  and light  head 
gear was  in  especial  demand. 
In  fact, 
the demand  was  so  much  greater  than 
the supply that for six  weeks straw hats 
were  not  to  be  obtained  at  any  price. 
An  order  for  a  hat  of  this  character 
given to a  London  firm  of  hatters  was 
not  filled  until  July, 
in  the  town  of 
Well, the young man early becomes ad­
Bradford one firm  of  hatters  lost  three 
hundred  orders  in  a  single  day.  The 
dicted to certain habits,  such as chewing 
manufacturers  were  wholy  unable  to
and smoking tobacco, drinking intoxicat-
supply  the  wants  of  the  public.  The I 
ing liquor, and the  use  of  profane  and | sjDgie city of Bradford would have taken 
and  utilized an entire shipload  of  straw
obscene language. 
Do these thing injure  the  young man?  hats  at  any  time  during  last  June  o r ! 
Not much 
! July. 
If  some  enterprising  American I
exporter could  have  grasped  the  situa- j
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What is the sentiment of the commun-  I j|0u  and  sent  over  several  shipments j 
during the heated term,  he  would  have j
Well,  there are  some  people  who  ob-  run no risk  whatever, 

ity on the subject? 

ject to a young man of  such  habits,  but, 
on  the whole,  they  are  not  thought  to ] hardest to change.

Bad  friends and  counterfeit  bills  are j 

THE  GREET  STRIKE  HRS 

WEAKENED

THE  STRENGTH  OF

I m p o r te d   b y

SPECIAL  HIGH  GRADE.

A  Strictly  High  Grade  28  lb.  Bi­
cycle, the  Latest  and  Best  English 
Design, 
Tool  Steel, 
Ball  Bearing  throughout,  Tangent 
Spokes,  Either Wood or Steel Rims, 
Pneumatic  Tires,  Hardened  Tool 
Steel  Rear Sprockets,  Re-enforced  Frame, Hickory or  Steel Forks.  War- 
ented  throughout.

’94  Model. 

We sell  direct from  our  factory, as  the  time  has  come  when  riders 
must  have  a strictly  High  Grade  Wheel  with  Strength  and  Lightness com- 
I bined, at  actual  value.  Price $75.

CYCLOID  WHEEL  WORKS,  Grand  Rapids,  nich.

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F la g s  —

for schools, buildings,  halls and pri­
vate  use.  All wool, standard  bunt* 
ings.  Sizes from  2x3 to  20x36. 

1 to  12. 

n U S L IN   flags  on  sticks, sizes  from  Nos. 
lnesepay  the  retailer from  75  to  100  per cent,  profit.
Red,  white and  blue  bunting  by  the  yard  for  trimming 
store  fronts,  halls  and  schools j  also  tri-colors  in  each piece. 
Prices  range  from  3 to  10c per yard.

Red,  white and  blue ribbons, solid or  tri-colors.  Nos.  5, 

7, 9  and  12.  Write for prices.

P.  Steketee  &  Sons,
Grand  Rapids, nich.

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One  of the  Equities  of Charity.

If  the  question  were  asked.  “What 
classes  of the  community  are  the  most 
constant givers of charity  in  proportion 
to their means?”  the answer  should  be: 
First,  medical  men;  second,  newspa­
per proprietors; third,  possibly, although 
the matter is  not quite  clear,  profession­
al actors and singers.

Lest  some overcritical  persons  should 
suppose  that  a  reputation  for  charity 
is  limited  from  the  above  to  the  male 
sex, 
let  it  be  understood  that  classes, 
not  sexes,  are  meant,  and  that  all  in­
dividuals  belonging  to those classes  are 
included.

Of  course,  there  are  exceptions;  but 
the  general  rule  is that,  when  a  physi­
cian is  called  to  attend  a  patient,  he 
does  not  first  inquire  into  the  person’s 
pecuniary  condition,  but  goes promptly 
and renders the service. 
In  a  city  like 
Orand Rapids,  with its  magnificent  hos­
pital charities,  the  burden of  attending 
poor  patients  is  not  so  great  as  under 
different  circumstances;  but.  all 
the 
same, it  is the general  rule  of  the  pro­
fession 
to  answer  calls  for  help  with­
out considering  whether  there  will ever 
be any  pay  for  the  service.

is 

As  to  the  newspaper  world,  nobody 
on the outside  ever knows  or dreams  of 
the  enormous  amounts  given  away  in 
advertising charitable objects  free,  or at 
reduced rates.  The conduct of a modern 
newspaper 
enormously  expensive, 
with its elaborate  and  costly  machinery 
and the large numbers  of  its  employes; 
but the outside public  thinks  that a few 
paragraphs of free advertising  and  puf­
fery amount to really nothing at all.

When it comes to the  charities  of  the 
stage, actors are  always  found  ready  to 
give their services  for the  relief  of  the 
distressed.

But  to  go  back  to  the  medical  men, 
unquestionably  the  heaviest  drafts  are 
made  upon them,  all  things  considered. 
They  possess  a  skill  and  knowledge 
which  are  in  demand  under  the  most 
urgent circumstances.  A fellow-creature 
is suffering  intense  physical  pain,  or is 
most seriously menaced  by  death  itself. 
Will  the physician refuse  to  give  relief 
when  it is in his power? 
In  all  justice, 
no  man  is  required  to  give  away  his 
stock in trade,  his  means  of  earning  a 
livelihood,  gratis to  every comer.  He is 
required  by  the  demands  of  humanity 
to afford such instant  assistance  as  may 
be in his power when  a case  of  distress 
comes  immediately  under  his  notice, 
but he  cannot  be  expected  to  devote all 
bis time  and  substance to  charity.  But 
the physician  is called  on  for  such  help 
more  frequently  than  are  any  others, 
and  it  is  but  seldom  that  he  refuses 
from 
sordid  motives  to  answer  the 
call.

The  physician  is  expected  to  even- 
up  his condition  by  making  out  of  the 
rich  what  he  loses  on 
the  poor,  and 
sometimes this  rule  has  been  followed* 
If  one  man’s  life and  health  are  worth 
millions,  in  the  fact  that  he  has 
that 
much  to  spend  in  enjoyment,  or  that 
he  has  corresponding  demands  of  duty 
made  upon  him,  while  another  man’s 
life  spent  in  labor  brings  him  in  only 
small  daily  wages,  it  seems  but  equit­
able  that,  when  a physician is called  in 
to  make  repairs  on  the  bodies  of  these 
two  men,  he  ought  to  be  paid,  not  ac­
cording  to  the  amount  of  work  done, 
but  in  proportion  to  the  values  of  the 
two lives respectively

F H E   M lC f f lG A J S  
When  an  express  company  under- ! 
takes  to  transport  a  valuable  package, 
the  charges  are  regulated,  not  by  the 
weight  and  size  of  the  parcel,  but by 
its  degree  of  worth.  Apparently,  the 
I doctor  should  adopt  some  such  rule  in 
: making  his  bills  for  the  repairs  of 
| damaged  constitutions.  But  Dr.  W. A.
! Hammond, of New  York, in  an  article in 
| the  North  American  Review,  for  June,
! complains that his rich  clients are  often 
! the most grudging payers.  He cites from 
< his experience the following:

“1  know of a man  whose  wealth,  at  a 
I moderate  estimate,  is  8*25,000,000,  who 
j gives over 810,000 a  year  to  his  church,
| and  825,000  to  his  lawyers  (sometimes 
much more  than this),  who  fares  sump­
tuously  every day,  and  yet  who,  when 
called  upon to  pay  his  physician,  lays 
the notes on the table,  still  keeping  his 
fingers  on  them,  and  in  the  course  of 
conversation  puts  them  back  into  his 
pocket,  and again lays them on the table 
with lingering hands  and finally  watches 
them with  avaricious  eyes  as  be  backs 
himself  out  of  the  consulting-room.  1 
have  known  another  whose  child  had 
been saved from death  by diphtheria,  by 
the constant  care  of  the  physician  day 
and  night,  and  who,  when  a  modest 
pecuniary claim  was  made,  sent the note 
back  with a demand  for  the  items,  and 
then,  when the physician indignantly re­
called  his memorandum and made him  a 
present of  the amount  charged,  accepted 
the gift  and  changed  his  physician for 
a  lower-priced  man.  And  yet  this  in­
dividual  (it would be a libel on  the  race 
to  call  him  a  man)  was 
receiving 
an income  of  over  850,000  a  year,  and 
lifted up his voice  every  Sunday  before 
one  of  the  highest-priced  preachers  in 
the city of New  York.”

But there is  no reason  to  believe that 
this is the rule of the  wealthy  sick.  On 
the contrary,  men who  value their  lives 
and have the  means to  pay  for  medical 
aid are liberal enough with  their  chosen 
physician. 
In the fitness  of  things they 
ought to be, and in that way the  medical 
men are able to  secure  some  return  for 
the  large  drafts  made  upon 
them  by 
indigent  patients.

California Beet Sugar.

The Chief of the  Chemical  Division of 
the Department of  Agriculture  has been 
making a personal inspection of the beet- 
producing sections  of  California,  which 
he believes to be the ideal place for sugar 
beet culture,  being superior to any other 
part of the United States or Europe.  Dr. 
Wiley expressed himself to a representa­
tive of the  Chino  Champion,  a  firm  be­
liever in the policy of producing our beet 
seed at home, and says that we can grow 
seed  of  stronger  vitality  and  higher 
sugar  qualities  than that imported from 
Europe,  and  do  it  with  economy.  He 
says the experiments  with  this  work  in 
Nebraska  have  been gratifying and suc­
cessful, and that it can be done more eco­
nomically here,  as it would not  be neces­
sary to take the second  crop  of  mothers 
up  in  the  fall  and  replant  them  in the 
spring.  Dr.  Wiley  has been much inter­
ested in the progress of the  sugar indus­
try in Chino,  as he  considers it a  practi­
cal demonstration of what can  be done in 
this line in the United States, and of the 
great value of the industry  to  the  coun­
try.  He  also  stated  that  Secretary  of 
Agriculture Morton  has  decided  to  dis­
continue  the  experiments  with  sugar 
beets  at  the  stations  for  that  purpose, 
and the Nebraska station,  where  most of 
the work has been  carried  on,  has  been 
closed,  so  far  as  the department is con­
cerned.  Dr. Wiley regrets this, as he be­
lieves in continuing  experiments  on  the 
line  of  determining  the  adaptibility  of 
different  localities,  etc.,  for this  line  of 
^ agriculture.

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Muskegon  Bakery  Crackers

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(U n ite d   S t a t e s   B a k in g   C o .)

Are  Perfect  Health  Food.

There  are a great  many  Butter  Crackers on  the  Market—only 

one can  be  best—that  is  the original

Muskegon
Bakery
Butter
Cracker.

Pure,  Crisp,  Tender,  Nothing  Like  it  for  Flavor.  Daintiest, 
Me >st  Beneficial  Cracker you  can  get for  constant table use.

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Other
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Specialties
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M u s k e g o n   T o a s t, 
R o \a l  F r u it  B iscu it, 
M u s k e g o n   F ro s te d   H o n e y , 
Ic e d   C ocoa  H o n e y   J u m b le s , 
Jelly   T u r n o v e r s , 
G in g e r  S n a p s , 
H o m e -M a d e   S n a p s , 
M u s k e g o n   B ra n c h , 
M ilk  L u n c h  

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CRACKERS

U n ite d   S t a le s   B a k in s   Co.
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LAW RENCE  DEPEW ,  Acting  Manager,

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“ H O Y A .L .”

These  brands  are  Standard  and have  a National  reputation. 

Correspondence  solicited.

VOIGT  MILLING  GO..  Grand  Rapids.  Midi.

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Yet it is more his misfortune than  his 
fault.  Nature plays strange pranks with 
most of us.  We are often  endowed with 
some distinguishing quality or grace,  but 
find  ourselves  lacking  in  some  other 
sympathetic  auxiliary  that  is  essential 
to work in  harmony  with  it.  She  gives 
in  one  way  and  leaves  us  wanting  in 
another.  A man  may  have  the  ability 
to plan,  but  get  lost  in  the  foundation 
when  he  starts  in 
to  construct.  One 
sense must  be in  touch  with  another— 
there is no such  thing  as  independence 
in nature,  however much  we  may  prate 
about having it.
The well-posted  individual  may  have 
a  retentive  memory  and  an  excess  of 
material knowledge; but it is not wisdom 
—merely  a  rough  and  useless  mass  of 
unhewn stone.  Nature has not  provided 
him with the cunning to  chisel it out,  to 
fashion and  shape it so that it may be of 
use and beauty to the world  be moves in 
and a credit to himself.  There is a wide 
chasm between this  kind  of  knowledge 
and  real wisdom,  which all  his  acquired 
material  can  never  bridge.  When  he 
begins to learn  that  the  mere  dates  of 
eventful days,  the populations of  remote 
places,  and all  such  like  are  better  on 
the book-shelf than in the memory; when 
he  learns  that  there  is  infinitely  more 
beyond his reach than he ever dreamt of; 
that there is more in his brother man than 
he gave him  credit  for,  and  that  he  is 
worth 
listening  to  awhile;  when  he 
strives  to  live  in 
touch  with  human 
society and the existing  order  of things, 
then he will have  sown a seed  that  can 
not fail to flower.

She Demanded a Receipt.

“And so you gave my  new  overcoat to 
a stranger,” said  an  angry  man  to  his 
wife,  “simply upon his saying that  I had 
sent for it?”
“I didn’t  know  he  was  a  swindler,” 
replied  the unfortunate woman  between 
her sobs,  “and besides  that I took every 
precaution.”
“What  precautions,  pray?”  inquired 
the husband.
“Why,  I made him give  me  a  receipt 
for it,  and here it is,”  returned the wife, 
extending a piece  of  paper.  “I  always 
thought  such  acknowledgments  were 
binding.”
But,  alas,  for  the  overcoat—it  was 
never seen again!

Preparing for Bargain Day.

“Jacobs,” said Mr.  Howell,  of the firm 
of Gettup &  Howell,  “I  want  a  lot  of 
signs hung about the  store,  with this in­
scription on them:  ‘If you  are in search 
of our best offerings for to-day  hunt  for 
the green  label.’ ”
“ Yes, sir,”  replied  the head salesman.
“Then  1  want  a  green  label  put  on 
everything  in  the  store.  That’ll  fetch 
’em.”

j W E   D O   N O T   C H A R G E

$9.50  per  box  for  LEMONS

if they  do sell for that in  Chicago.  We  bought  at  fair  prices 
and  give customers the  benefit.  Get  our prices before  buying.
THE  PUTNAM  CANDY  CO.

New

Japan

Teas.

W e   a r e  n o w   receiving  daily  choice 
lines of Japan teas of our o w n   selection 
and  importation,  which  w e  are  offer­
ing to the trade at from 2 to 3 cents per 
pound  low er  than  the  sam e  grades 
have  ever  been  sold  in  this  m a rk et• 
O u r  tea  departm ent  has  always  been 
one  of our  strongest  features  and  no 
dealer should  place  his  order  withou t 
first inspecting our samples and prices.

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The  Man  Who  Knows  it All.

From th e St. Louie G rocer.

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curio  columns, 

lumber-room  of  hard 
and 

Some of us,  no  doubt,  still  have  this 
well-posted  bore on  the  list  of  our« ac 
quaintanceship;  with  others 
again, 
happily,  he  may  be  but  a  lingering 
memory. 
the  latter  case,  as  time 
softens resentments as  well  as  trouble, 
we are inclined to forgive him  and  take 
a more charitable view of  him,  now that 
we are  well rid of his  irritating  gabble; 
for,  after  all,  we  argue,  he  was  more 
fool than  knave.
He carries with him,  usually,  a patron­
izing air—so  patronizing,  in  fact,  that 
the really cultured man feels  uneasy and 
awkward in his presence.  He  claims  to 
know it all.  Unfortunately  for  himself 
he knows too  much,  for  his  mind  is  a 
facts 
veritable 
derived  from  a  surfeit  of  books,  old 
almanacs, 
the 
multum in parvo of newspapers.
No matter what  the  current  question 
may be—social,  industrial,  political,  or 
religious—that 
the  thinking  world  is 
agitating  itself  about,  this  well-posted 
blockhead is done  with  it;  has  it  thor­
oughly settled  to his  entire satisfaction; 
all  cat  and  dried;  stowed  away  in  his 
overcrowded  memory,  to be  handed  out 
gratis to the first man he meets.
People  generally  avoid  him;  but  the 
poor  store-keeper  has 
stand  his 
ground when he sees  him  coming  saun­
tering into his  place of  business.  Busi­
ness  has  to  be  attented  to,  customers 
waited  upon,  and  he  finds  it  the  best 
policy  to  put on an  affable  appearance 
while this fellow gives him  a lecture  on 
how to succeed,  to  the  edification,  and 
admiration,  probably,  of  his  customers. 
Yet the merchant  knows  full  well  that 
this vain  sponter,  with  all  his  schemes, 
if  he  should  ever  get  iuto  straitened 
circumstances,  would  not  be  able  to 
help  himself  without  the  aid  of  some 
wise and good  Samaritan to  give  him  a 
lift.
He is the one murky  and  disagreeable 
looking  cloud  that  obscures  the  sun­
light  of  most  festive  gatherings.  His 
presence is no sooner noticed  than  some 
knowing  wag  predicts  wind.  And  it 
comes,  sure.  His  rasping  voice  is  not 
long in making an opening,  and it rattles 
away like an old clock without a  pendu­
lum.  Men  who  pride 
themselves  on 
having 
the  quality  of  being  better 
listeners than  talkers lose  all  patience. 
The few  leisure hours that had  been  set 
apart for a little sympathetic  gossip and 
the  soothing  spirit  of  song  have  been 
transformed into  a  weary  and  thought­
less  rattle  on  crop  statistics,  tariff  re­
form,  and  all  the  moss-grown  ideas  of 
other  men’s  minds. 
If  he  had  only 
essayed a song—“After the Ball”  even— 
all might  have  been  forgiven  and  for­
gotten.
PLEASES  EVERY  BODY

PRICES  FOR  1894.

TANGLEFOOT

Sealed

25

Each  Box  Contains

DOUBLE  SHEETS

AM) ONE  HOLDER.

Each  Case  Contains

10  BOXES.

SOLD  BY  ALL  JOBBERS

40  CENTS  A  BOX. 
$3.60  PER  CASE. 

The  Dealer  who  sells  Tanglefoot will  be sure to  please his customers,  and will  avoid ail  loss 

and  annoyance usually connected  with the sale of imperfect or inferior goods.

Tanglefoot in  its present shape has been  on  the  market  for  ten  years.  Tanglefoot  always
go  PER CASE,  in  Five-  leads,  and  is  accepted  by  both  the best trade and the best consumers as the highest standard for 

Case  Lots. 

| sticky F!y Paper.

Si ao  PER  CASE  in Ten-! 

C ase  L ots. 

Its distinctive features,  the Sealing  Border,  Divided  Sheet,  and  the  Holder  are.  as  is  well
known, the inventions and property of the O.  & W.  Thum Company.  These features are being ex- 
Mtensively imitated by  unscrupulous parties.  Dealers are respectfully cautioned against  the  illegal-

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President,  J.  F.  Tatman,  Clare;  Sec’y,  E.  A. 

elation.

Stowe, Grand Rapids.

Grand  Rapids R etail Grocers*  Association. 
President,  D.  Viergever; Secretary, E. A. Stowe. 

Official  Organ—M ic h ig a n   T r a d e s m a n .

ciation.

W est  Side  (Saginaw)  Retail  Grocers’ Asso­
President, C. F. Alderton ; Secretary, John Doerr.
Bay County  Retail Grocers’ Association. 
President, Thos. Walsh ; Secretary  S. W. Waters.

•lackson Retail Grocers’ Association. 

President,  P. W. llaefner; Sec’y, W.  H. Porter.
Grand  Haven  Retail  Grocers’  Association. 
President, John Boer; Secretary, Peter VerDuin.
Muskegon  Retail  Grocers’  Association. 
President, D. Christie;  Secretary, F.  B. Aldrich.

Petoskey Grocers’ Union.

the 

tion.

The  regular  meeting  of 

President, Geo. W. Bump: Secretary, J.  W. Lott
Grand  Rapids  Retail  Grocers’  Associa­
the  Grand 
Rapids Retail  Grocers’  Association  was 
held at Elk’s  Hall Monday  evening,  July 
16, President Viergever presiding.
Chairman  Elliott,  of  the  Executive 
Committee,  announced 
following 
special committees for the picnic:
Sports—Fred  H.  Ball,  Seneca  Rade- 
maker and  Dick Warner.
Badges—J.  A.  Morrison,  Sumner 
Wells and C. C.  Bunting.
Programme—Henry  Vinkemulder.  E. 
J.  Herrick,  Herman  U.  Liesveld,  E.  J. 
Carrel and A. J.  Elliott.
Judges—W.  L.  Freeman,  Amos  S. 
Mussel man and Wm. Judson.
The  Committee  on  Flour  asked  for 
further time,  which was granted.
Owing to the absence from  the  city  of 
Messrs. Vinkemulder and  Ferris, of  the 
Committee on Trade Interests,  A.  Rasch, 
the other member  of the Committee,  was 
requested to issue a  new sugar  card  ou 
the basis of 6 cents a pound or 18 pounds 
for $1.
On motion of B.  Van  Anrooy,  it  was 
decided to  send  a  sugar  card  to  every 
retail grocer in the city,  whether a mem­
ber of the Association or not.
The Secretary was  instructed  to  pre­
sent the bills for printing,  postage,  etc., 
regularly every thirty days.
Mr.  Elliott introduced  the  subject  of 
“street paving”  and  asked  for  instruc­
tions ou the subject for his  committee in 
the Municipal  League.  A  considerable 
discussion  followed,  but  no  action  was 
taken.
There being no  further  business,  the 
meeting adjourned.
After the adjournment of the  meeting, 
the  Executive  Committee  convened  at 
the store of  Mr.  Elliott  and  instructed 
the Secretary to  secure  the  advertising 
for the picnic programme and  issue it in 
the same general style as a year ago.

vention.

Official Call for the  First  Regular  Con­
Grand  R a pid s,  July 20—The first reg­
ular convention of  the  Northern  Michi­
gan  Retail  Grocers’  Association  will  be 
held at the City Hall, Mt. Pleasant, Tues­
day,  Aug.  7, convening at 2 o’clock p.  m. 
This organization is  the outgrowth  of  a 
meeting held  at Clare on June 13 for the 
purpose  of  securing  concerted  action 
among retail grocers on matters  of  vital 
importance  to  the  trade at  large. 
It is 
confidently  hoped that a large number of 
grocers will  avail  themselves  of the op­
portunity  of  attending  this meeting, as 
matters  of  great  importance  are  to  be 
presented  for  discussion  and action, in­
cluding, of course,  the  consideration  of 
the recent rule promulgated by the Mich­
igan  Wholesale  Grocers’  Association  in 
regard to charging for boxes and cartage. 
This matter was discussed at some length 
at the Clare meeting,  but  action  in  the 
premises  was  deferred  until 
the  next 
meeting at Mt. Pleasant.
Every grocer doing  business  north  of 
the  line  of  the Detroit,  Grand Haven & 
Milwaukee  Railway is  eligible  to  mem­
bership  on  the  payment  of  $1  annual 
dues;  but  ail  grocers  are  urgently  re­
quested  to  attend the  meeting,  whether 
members of the Association or not.

Come one, come  all.
J.  F. T atm an  (Clare),  Pres.,
E.  A.  Stow e  (Grand  Rapids),  Sec’y. 

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Convention.

Local Preparations for the Mt. Pleasant 
Mt.  P lea sa n t,  July  18—At a meeting 
of the  retail  grocers  of  this  city,  held 
this  evening for the purpose  of  making 
arrangements  for  the  coming  meeting 
in  August  of  the  Northern  Michigan 
Retail  Grocers’  Association,  T.  Bergy 
was elected chairman and C. B. Hamilton 
secretary.  The  following  were selected 
as a Committee  of Arrangements:  R.  D. 
Balmer,  F.  W.  Carr,  W.  C.  Vowels,  Dan 
Kane.
The City Hall  was selected as the place 
to  hold 
the  convention,  and  will  be 
found  large  enough  to  accommodate  a 
large  crowd.  There  are  ample  hotel 
accomodations,  and  no  visiting  delegate 
need  have  any  fear  of  his  treatment 
while here.  We look  forward  to a  suc­
cessful meeting.

Presidency.

C.  B.  H am ilton,  Sec’y.
The  Houghton  Meeting—Change 

in 
Owosso,  July  15—A  meeting  of  the 
Michigan Board of Pharmacy for the pur­
pose of examining  candidates  for  regis­
tration  will  be  held  at 
the  Douglas 
House,  Houghton,  Aug. 29 and  30,  1894.
The examination of candidates for both 
registered  pharmacists  and  assistant 
pharmacists will  commence  Wednesday, 
a.  m.,  Aug. 29,  at which  time  all  candi­
dates must be present.
Candidates for examination  must  fur­
nish  affidavit  showing  practical  or col­
lege experience  before  taking the  exam­
ination.
At  a  recent  meeting  of  the  Board, 
Fred’k  W.  R.  Perry,  of  Detroit,  was 
elected  President  for  the ensuing  year, 
succeeding  Mr.  Eberbach,  whose  term 
had expired.

Sta n ley  E.  P a h k ill,  Sec’y.
From Out of Town.
Calls  have  been  received 

at  T h e 
T radesm an office during  the  past  week 
from  the  follow ing gentlem an  in  trade:

Martin Alfiin, New Salem.
W.  D.  Hopkinson,  Paris.
E.  A.  Webb, Casnovia.
F.  B.  Watkins,  Hopkins  Station.
Geo.  W. McKee,  Alto.
Arthur Deuel,  Bradley.
C.  H.  La Flamboy,  McBride.

The  assets  are appraised  as  follows:

Merchandise............... 
Accounts.......................................................  1,421 76
Real  estate........................ 

.........................$1,68130
116  00

 

Total.................................$3,219 06

is  absolute, 

The  Boycott an  Un-American Weapon.
From  the Industrial World.
Occasionally  a man,  who  is  ordinarily 
well balanced  and law  abiding,  may  in 
the acme  of  passion,  induced  by  some 
atrocious and  revolting  crime,  lend  as­
sistance  to  lynch  law.  When  passion 
has subsided he regrets  his  lawlessness. 
But the man who in cool  moments advo­
cates the expediency  of the  vendetta  or 
the rope in the  hands  of  the  mob  as  a 
means of redressing  wrongs  is an enemy 
to civilization  and a  friend  to  savagery 
for  civilization  is  law  and  savagery  is 
lawlessness.
Under the constitution  of  the  United 
States liberty and the  pursuit  of  happi­
ness are as sacred as life.  There  is this 
distinction between life and liberty.  The 
one 
the  other  relative. 
Liberty  cannot  be  indulged  in  to  the 
extent that it thereby  deprives  others of 
the same freedom for it then degenerates 
into  license.  Equality 
funda­
mental principle of  liberty.  Equality is 
fair play.
There  has  been  growing  up  in  this 
country  for  years  a  practice  which  is 
hostile  to  fair  play. 
It is known as the 
boycott. 
It  is  an  organized  effort  to 
coerce  by  either  insidiously  or  openly 
striking at the  business,  the  liberty and 
the pursuit of  happiness  of another. 
It 
invades  and  smothers  the  spirit  of the 
Federal constitution and  substitutes  the 
spirit  of  the  vendetta  or  of  the  high­
binder. 
It has been adopted as the shib­
boleth  of  a  number  of  labor  organiza­
tions.  So deadly is its spirit to the spirit 
of fair play that the  descent from a boy­
cott to an open  disregard of law  and  or­
der  is  rapid  and  easy.  The  boycott, 
product of a  miasmatic,  foreign soil,  has 
been  so  long  nurtured  in  this  country 
that it has given birth to a train of evils, 
peculiarly  its  own.  One  of  these  is  a 
demand  tnat  innocent  or  third  parties 
violate the rights of contract and thereby 
| incur heavy liability in  order that a boy- 
i cott may  be  enforced.  This in itself at-

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arranged,  which 

Rapids...........  .  ...............................$ 26 1
Rapids..............................................  12 00
Grand Rapids..  137 34

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN
Interesting  Meeting  of  the  Jackson 
J ackson,  July 20—A  regular  meeting 
of the Jackson  Retail  Grocers’  Associa­
tion  was held July 19,  President Heafner 
in the chair.
The General Committee  on  Excursion 
and  Picnic  reported  that  arrangements 
were completed  with  the  railways  and 
also that excursion rates had  been  made 
from several stations  along  the  line  of 
the C., J.  &  M. Railway on account of the 
Grocer’s Day.
The  Secretary  reported  that  Hudson 
grocers would join with us and  promised 
a  crowd  of  not  less  than  500  people. 
Hilldale declined  our  invitation  on  ac­
count cf other arrangements.
The Committee on Band  reported  that 
they  had secured Boos’  band  for the day.
The Committee on Sports and Pastimes 
reported that they  had a  complete  pro­
includes 
gramme 
bicycle races,  base  ball,  jumping,  run­
ning,  toboggan,  swimming  and  boating 
contests and dancing.
The  Advertising  Committee  have  re­
ceived the large  handbills and  are  hav­
them  distributed.  The  window 
ing 
cards are ordered and the tickets  are out 
and in the hands of the Committee.
The Committee on  Drafting  a  System 
of Interchanging  Reports  of  Delinquent 
Customers  or  Dead-beats  submitted  a 
report,  which  was  adopted.  The  plan 
involves the Secretary’s furnishing  each 
member  in  good  standing  a  blank  to 
report  upon and.  when  the  reports  are 
returned  to  the  Secretary,  he  consolid­
ates the reports and  furnishes  a full list 
of the delinquents reported to each mem­
ber in good standing who  has  furnished 
a  report.  Rules  to  govern  the  system 
were discussed and adopted.
The Auditing  Committee  reported  on 
outstanding bills,  after  which  the  meet­
ing adjourned.

S ta tu s  o f  th e   G.  S.  P u tn am   F ailure.
M.  L.  D unham ,  assignee of G.  S.  P u t­
nam  & Co.s’ confectionery stock,  has filed 
the  schedule  of  assets  and  liabilities 
T he  latter am ount  to $4,937.08—84,438.08 
m erchandise 
indebtedness  and  $515  in 
notes—divided  among  fifty-three  cred it 
ors,  in  the  follow ing  am ounts:
Voigt,  Herpolshelmer  &  Co..  Grand
Houseman,  Donnally  &  Jones,  Grand
G. J  Johnson, 
A. E. Brooks & Co., 
Grand Rapids Paper Co., 
Telfer Spice Co., 
Hawkins & Co., 
Putnam Candy Co., 
Chas. A. Coye. 
Miller Bros., 
B. J. Reynolds, 
Jennings & Smith, 
Telephone Co., 
A. J. Brown & Co., 
H. Leonard & Sobs, 
Stanton Printing  Co., 
H. Schneider  Co., 
A. J. Quist &  Co., 
C. B.  Metzger., 
New York Biscuit Co., 
Harris Paper Co 
C. N. Rapp &  Co , 
Lancaster Caramei Co.,  Chicago...............   392 06
............ 
J. C. Neems & Co., 
49 78
..............  36 20
Zeno M’fg. Co., 
Chas. & Co., Boston  ..........................   ....  64 52
Rochester Candy Works, Rochester.........  436 41
Thorpe, Hawley & Co.,  Detroit  ............   54  53
Detroit PopCorn N. Co., 
28 63
Gray, Toynton & Fox, 
694 22
W. E. Snyder, Yoe, York Co., Pa...............   6010
Snyder s  Straub, Muskegon....................  336
Pat. Steel Whip Co.,  Springfield, 0 ...........  18 00
S. V. & F. B. Scudder, Brooklyn  ..............  26 8t>
Adams & Sons Co., 
................  138 25
................  169 85
T. J. Scharfenburg, 
Nat. Cigarette & Tocacco Co., New York..  155 00
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Jas. Matchett & Co., 
Hawley A Hoops., 
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Greek American C. Co., 
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A. McFarland, Albany...................................   12 00
The Brelsch Heim Co., Philadelphia........  37 40
J. C. McCook & Co , 
20 00
Worts, Kirk & Bigelow,  Toledo...............   240  1
Beeman Chemical Co.,  Cleveland............   90 00
W. J. White, 
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Sibley & Holmwood,  Buffalo  ..................   46 73
Dilling & Co., Marian,  Ind............................  15 50
Novelty Candy Works, Pittsburg..................   46 20
Tytus  Gardner  Paper  Mfg.  Co., Middle-
Curtis & Son,Portland, Me............................  22 87
Geo. Zeigler Co.,  Milwaukee.........................  336 59

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tacks the very  foundation  of  law.  The 
boycott  has  not  even  the  excuse of the 
lynching mob.  There is  no frenzy pres­
ent. 
It is a deliberate,  cold  blooded  at­
tack  upon  personal  equality as guaran­
teed by any republican  form  of  govern­
ment.

Emphasizing  a Boycott.

The Northwestern Miller  publishes the 
following advertisement in its last  issue:

T H IS   P A P E R   IS  BOYCOTTED

by  the  Packers  and  Nailers’  Union  of 
Minneapolis  because  it  referred  disre­
spectfully  to  Dictator  Debs.  As  it  is 
taken and read  by intelligent people,  the 
boycott of the union  does  not  affect  it, 
but we are anxious that  such  a  boycott 
should have all the weight  possible  and 
therefore we freely  advertise  it.  Those 
who  sympathize  with  the  boycotting 
principle 
consider  freedom  of 
thought  and  speech  a  crime  against 
union  labor,  should,  by  all  means,  dis­
continue taking the Northwestern  Miller 
and cease advertising in  it.  We will  be 
glad to have them do  so,  as we  are  not 
catering to the blackmail  trade.

and 

(Tse Tradesman Coupon  Books.

PRODUCE  MARKET.

Apples—Harvest fruit is beginning to come  in 
quite freely,being held  at  75c@*l  per  bn.,  ac 
cording to quality.

Apricots—Tied up by the strike.
Beans—Dealers pay *1.80 for handpicked,hold 

ingat $S perbu.

Beets—15c per doz. bunches and 50c per bu.
Blackberries—*1@1.25 per 16 qt. crate.
Butter—Best  dairy  is  held  at  15c  per  lb. 

Creamery is firm at 18c.

Cabbage—70c per doz.  Scarce  and  higher  on 

account of drought.

Carrots—12c per doz. bunches.
Currants—Red are worth *1 per 16 qts.
Celery—Is unchanged at 20c per doz.
Cherries—Are scarce and high.  They are held 

by dealers at $2 per bu.

Cucumbers—Home grown,  25330c  per  doz 
The crop in this vicinity  is  looking  finely,  but 
the Illinois crop Is said to  have  been  seriously 
retarded by frost  and drought.

Eggs—Strictly  fresh  are  worth  12c.  Dealers 

pay 10c per doz.

Gooseberries—Supply is fair at $1 per 16 qts.
Onions—*1 per  bu.  for  home  grown.  Green 

10c per doz. bunches.

Peas—About out of the market.
Peaches—Alexanders  are  coming  in  quite 
freely,  commanding $1@1.25 per bu. at  present. 
This is the only variety  which  will  be  seen  In 
the market until Hale’s Early are  ready,  which 
will be In about two weeks.

Potatoes—The market is  fairly  well  supplied 
with Louisville and St. Louis stock, which com 
mands 60@70c per bu.  The  quality  of  stock  in 
market is first-class.  Home grown will begin to 
come in freely in about a fortnight.

Radishes— 0c per doz. bunches.
Raspberries—About out of market.
Squash—$1.50 per 35 lb. box.
String Beans—$1.25 per bu.
Tomatoes—*1.40 per 4-basket crate.
Turnips—Are held at 10c per doz.
Watermelons—The  market  has  been  nearly 
bare of stock for several dayg-an exceptional oc 
currence for July.  Several carloads are now on 
their  way  from  the  South,  but  the  price will 
probably  be  firmly  held  on  arrival, owing  to 
scarcity.
Henry  J.  Vinkemulder,

JOBBER  OF

Fruits  and Vegetables,

418,  420,  445  and  447  So.  Division 

St.  Grand  Rapids.

I  handle  alt  kinds  of  Fruits  and 
Produce,  being  present  on 
the  Grand 
Rapids  market  every  morning  to  select 
the freshest and choicest stock. 
I solicit 
correspondence  and  mail  orders,  agree­
ing to give same  my  personal  attention. 
I employ no  traveling  salesmen  and  am 
thus  enabled  to  bill  goods  at  lower 
prices, besides  guaranteeing quality.

T H E   M I C H I G A N   T K A D E 8 M A N .
which  I  haye  arrived  be  correct,  it is 
manifest that most of  our  stores  are  ar­
ranged to suit the business that was  car­
ried on  a  generation  ago,  and  that  the 
modern drug store  should  have  fixtures 
and arrangements  widely 'different. 
In­
deed,  were I to fit up a new store  at  the 
present time, it would be  altogether  un­
like any drug store I have.ever seen,  for 
I should  make ample provision for  many 
articles  that  are  now  crowded  away in 
closets without  sufficient  room  for  con­
venient handling, and .should  reduce  the 
space allotted  to  galenical  preparations 
and powdered^drugs.to at  least  one-half 
of what they now occupy.

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Drugs ^ Medicines*

State  Board  of Pharm acy 

O ne  Ye*r—O ttm ar Eberbaeh, Ann  Arbor. 
Two  Years—G eorge Gundrum, Ionia.
T hree  Years—C. A. Buff bee. Cfceboygan. 
Ponr  Years—S. E. P ar k ill, Owosso.
F ive Y e ars—F. W. R. P erry, D etroit. 
President—O ttm ar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. 
S ecretary—S tanley E. P ark ill, Owosso. 
v rea»urer—Geo. Gnndram, Ionia.
C om ing  M eetings— H oughton, A ug.  29  and 
ng, Not.  6  and 7.
M ichigan  8tat«  Pharm aceutical  Ass’n. 
President—A. B. S tev en s, Ann Arbor. 
Vice-President—A. F. Parker, D etroit 
Treasurer—W. Dupont,  D etroit.
S ecretay—8. A. T hom pson, D etroit.
Grand  Rapids  Pharm aceutical Society 
P resident, W alter K. Schm idt;  Sec’y , Ben. Schrouder

a  successful 

DEAD  STOCK  IN  A  DRUG  STORE. 
The pharmacist is a  professional man, 
the  druggist  is  a  storekeeper  and  pre­
sumably a business  man.  Few men  are 
so constituted either  by nature or  train­
ing  as  to  combine  both.  Those  very 
qualities which  fit a person  to  become a 
pharmacist,  seem,  in  the  judgment  of 
many,  to  be  antagonistic  to  his  ever 
becoming 
trader.  The 
nicety,  the carefulness for minute detail, 
the  exactness  and  slowness  which  be­
come  a  habit  to  the  chemist,  conflict 
with  the energy and  dispatch  necessary 
in  business  operations.  The  slow  and 
thoughtful  methods  pursued 
in  phar­
macy,  microscopy,  and  other  studies 
that now form  a part of the pharmacist’s 
education,  induce a habit that is unfavor­
able  to  the  successful  prosecution  of 
trade.  You  can  push  trade,  but  you 
can’t  push  chemical  and  microscopical 
operations. 
Patience,  watchfulness, 
caution  and  scrupulous  exactness  are 
needed in pharmacy,  but in  business you 
need promptness, energy,  decision,  with 
some  degree  of  diplomacy. 
it  any 
wonder,  then,  that  we  rarely  find  all 
these qualities  in  any one man?

Is 

So well  is  the  dual  character  of  the 
apothecary  of  the  nineteenth  century 
understood in Great  Britain,  that  he  is 
there  called  a  “chemist and  druggist,” 
the term chemist  implying  that  he  is  a 
scientific man,  while  the  word  druggist 
indicates  that he is a trader—a man who 
lives by buying and selling drugs.

they 

than 

efforts 

On this side of the Atlantic  we  are no 
less  traders  than  our  brethren  on  the 
other side,  but we are  making  far  more 
strenuous 
to  be 
recognized as  members  of  a  profession 
It is  donbtful  if  we  are  any  more  en 
titled than they to be so considered. 
In 
deed, it will  not  be  many  years  before 
we shall  be  less  entitled  than  they,  if 
our colleges do not insist  upon  a  higher 
grade of general education before matric 
ulation;  already,  both  in  Great  Britain 
and  Canada,  they  are  becoming  more 
exacting than  we in this particular.

I  am  an  advocate  for  a  more  liberal 
scientific  education  of  pharmacists 
believing  that  it  is  only  as  we  are 
superior  in  attainments  to  the  average 
storekeeper that we  can retain  our hold 
upon the public and claim from them the 
respect that is  due to  the  profession  of 
pharmacy; but at the same time  I  recog 
nize the  importance of  a  careful  atten 
tion to the business end of  the druggist’s 
calling.  The mere fact  that  we  deal  in 
drugs—that  is  to  say,  in  goods  which 
have such  a  slow  sale  that  their  very 
name is indicative of  unsalableness—the 
mere fact,  I say, that we  deal  in  drug 
predisposes us to rest  in  undue  content 
while we see the same old goods standing 
on our shelves from month  to  month,  if 
not from  year  to  year,  with  but  little 
sale.

the  pharmaceuticals  and 

Had we been  trained  to  handle  other 
merchandise,  we  shonld  chafe  at  the 
sight and take some steps  to  get  rid  of 
the dead stock  which we now hold  on  to 
so  complacently.  My  attention  was 
brought to  this  matter  a  few  days  ago 
by the necessity of  making  arrangments 
to  place  a  new  line  of  goods  in  some 
convenient part  of the  store.  The  idea 
naturally  suggested 
to  me  to 
remove some of the dead  stick  to  a  less 
convenient part of  the store;  and  when 
about to select  the goods  in  question,  I 
looked around to see what  line of  goods 
had  the  smallest  sale  in  proportion  to 
the room  they  occupied. 
It  will,  I  am 
sure,  surprise  some  of  our  members 
when I  tell  them  that  the  articles  that 
could  with the  greatest  convenience  be 
placed in a back room,  where they  would 
only be  called for a  few  times  in  each 
month,  were  some  of  our  oldest  and 
tauncbest friends,  those which  we have 
looked  upon  from  our  boyhood  as  the 
the  druggist’s  profit 
main  source  of 
namely, 
the 
crude and powdered drugs.  Herbs  have j 
already long since  been  relegated  to  the 
privacy of the closet  or  store-room,  but 
it seems almost a sacrilege to  think  that 
if a live business man should  for  a time 
take possession of  a drug store,  he might 
lay  his  unconsecrated  hand  upon  the 
shop bottles containing powdered  drugs, 
syrups,  tinctures and fluid extracts,  and 
consign  them  to  a  subordinate  place. 
One of the first  provisions  we  make  in 
fitting  up  our  stores 
is  for  a  certain 
amount of wide mothed  bottles  contain­
ing  powdered  drugs  and  chemicals. 
Many  of  these  chemicals 
retain  their 
hold  upon  the  profession  and  are  still 
to 
used  with 
warrant  their  retention  on 
the  front 
shelves,  but  powdered  drugs  are  very 
little used and could  just  as well  be  in 
the back  room.  As  for  syrups,  a  few 
are  used  at  the  prescription  counter, 
but  how many of them are sold at retail? 
Where is the sense,  therefore,  in  allow­
ing them to occupy  a prominent  place in 
the store?  Why not  keep  them  behind 
the  prescription  counter,  where  they 
properly belong?  The same may  be said 
of tinctures.  Any druggist can count on 
his  figures 
the  number  of  tinctures 
which  he is called  upon to sell  with any 
frequency.  The  rest,  like  the  syrups, 
belong to the prescription  counter.  But 
even  for  this  purpose  they  have  been 
almost  entirely  superseded  by 
fluid 
extracts,  which, 
turn,  are  rapidly 
giving place to  the alkaloidal  and  other 
active principles and  the  various  forms 
in  which concentration  and  convenience 
of dosage are provided.

frequency 

sufficient 

in 

Any  pharmacist  who  will 

take  the 
trouble to note  the  quantity  of  all  the 
pharmaceutical  preparations  which  he 
makes,  with the date  of  their  manufac­
ture,  will  be  surprised 
to  find  how 
seldom  he  makes  such  preparations  as 
the tinctures  of  kino,  columbo,  cubeb, 
hyoscyamus, rhubarb,  and  twenty  other 
tinctures  that  might  be  named. 
If  he 
will note the value  of  all  the  tinctures 
in his store,  and  also  note  the  amount 
of  the same which he  sells each  month, 
he  will  come  to  the  conclusion 
that 
about  the  deadest  stock 
in  his  whole 
establishment  is  found  in  his  tincture 
bottles.

1 have thought this matter of sufficient 
importance to invite the attention  of  my 
readers  to  it,  and  more  particularly  of 
If  the  conclusion  at
the younger ones. 

lowing  subjects: 
Physics,  chemistry, 
botany, zoology,  pharmacy, therapeutics, 
biological chemistry,  hygiene, minor sur­
gery,  toxicology,  legislation,  and  deont­
ology.  The reasons urged  for  studying 
the first five subjects named need  not  be 
recapitulated, 
for  it  is  generally  ac­
knowledged in this country that the  bet­
ter a pharmacist is acquainted  with them 
the more proficient he is likely to become 
in the practice of his chosen art and  pro­
fession.
As  regards  therapeutics,  no  more  is 
suggested than that, for the pharmacist’s 
own protection  in dispensing,  the medic­
inal  properties  of  bodies  should  be 
known and,  more  especially,  their  pos- 
ology.  By  biological  or  physiological 
chemistry is not meant  purely  scientific 
work,  but the analysis  of  urine,  serous 
liquids,  blood,  etc.  Knowledge  in  that 
direction will  undoubtedly  improve  the 
professional status of pharmacists as well 
as prove a source of extra profit to  them. 
General notions of hygiene, and the abil­
ity to be of temporary assistance in cases 
of accident,  pending the arrival of a  sur­
geon,  as  well  as  an  acquaintance with 
the  antidotes  to  poisons,  can  scarcely 
prove otherwise than  useful  to  pharma­
cists, so long as they are  careful  not  to 
infringe upon the province of  the  medi­
cal practitioner.  Finally,  it cannot  but 
be regarded as exceedingly desirable that 
those who are most  directly  affected  by 
questions  of  pharmaceutical  legislation 
and ethics should be well versed in  such 
matters.  This programme,  says  Profes­
sor Huguet,  in  conclusion,  covers  what 
is essential in the education of the  phar­
macist,  and  what  will 
suffice  him. 
There  does  not  appear  to  be  the least 
ground  for  regarding  this  estimate  as 
other than a fair and reasonable one.

Drug  StoGk  for  Sale,

The Right Place for

The Right Goods for

The Right Man.

The Right Place.

The Right Price if taken at

The  Right Time.
That means now.  Call  or write and see 
Will Z.  Bangs, Prop, of Magi Celery 
and Pine Cones.

if this is not right.

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The question may  be  asked,  if  these 
galenical  preparations,  crude  and  pow­
dered drugs, deserved to  be  assigned  to 
such  a  subordinate  position  in  a  drug 
store,  what  preparations  should  take 
their  place?  This  'question  must  be 
answered by each man according  to  the 
business  which  he  is  doing;  but,  in  a 
general way,  I  would suggest  that  many 
of the goods which  we  sell  are  unduly 
crowded  in our cases and closets, lacking 
proper  display,  and  so meeting  with 
smaller  sales  than  they  would  have  if 
seen  to  better  advantage.  The  newer | 
pharmaceuticals,  such  as  gelatin  and 
sugar-coated pills, tablet  triturates,  hy­
podermic tablets,  various forms  of  sup­
positories,  bougies, etc., should  be  more 
conveniently placed,  and even displayed. 
Mucb more room should be given  to  the 
storing  and  displaying  of  atomizers, 
syringes,  inhalers,  and  all  the  modern 
appliances  for  medication.  The  phar­
macist’s  own  preparations—legitimate 
pharmaceuticals,  not quack  medicines— 
should be displayed so as  to  attract  at­
tention and secure sales.

It is not necessary that  I  should  pur­
sue this matter further.  My intention in 
preparing this paper was simply  to  call 
to  the  fact  that  times  are 
attention 
changing  and 
in  a  certain  sense  we 
should change with them.  Many  reme­
dies highly esteemed thirty years ago are 
fast going out of use; new remedies,  and 
new  forms  of  administering  old  ones, 
have come into use, and if we would keep 
up  the  business  end  of  our calling  as 
other traders do we should keep the  new 
articles to the front,  at  least  to  a  suffi­
cient extent to show  the  public  that  we 
have  new  goods  and  that  we  are  live 
business men.  Having done this,  I con­
tent  myself  with 
stray 
thought  chiefly  for  the  benefit  of  the 
younger members of our  profsesion.

leaving 

this 

W.  M.  Searby

cation.

French  Ideas  of  Pharmaceutical  Edu 
In a paper in the Bulletin de  Pharma 
cie de  Bordeaux,  Professor  Huguet,  of 
the Cleremont-Ferrand  School  of  Medi 
cine  and  Pharmacy,  outlines  a  pro­
gramme  of  pharmaceutical  education.
He first defines a pharmacist as  one  who 
practices  pharmacy  and  then  describes 
the latter  as  an  art,  depending  upon 
numerous scientific  data  and  concerned 
with the methods  of  combining  natural 
substances,  by means of  suitable  opera­
tions conducted  in special  apparatus,  so 
as to produce,  preserve,  and  determine 
the value of,  preparations fit  for  medici­
nal  use, the  crude  substances  employed 
being chemical  products,  or materials ob­
tained  from 
the  animal  or  vegetable 
kingdom.
The pharmacist,  he  considers,  should 
know the  therapeutic  properties  of  the 
medicaments he prepares,  since  his  pro­
fession brings him in  daily contact  with 
the medical man,  who frequently  resorts 
to him  for  information  and  assistance.
It is urged,  therefore,  that  the  pharma-1
cist should,  of necessity,  study  the  fol-  SEELY

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Acetlcum................... 
8®
Benzolcnm German..  65®
Boraclc 
....................
Carbollcum 
. . . __     20®
Cltrlcum...................  52®
Hydrochlor...............   3®
.................  10®  12
Nltrocum 
Oxallcum...................  10®
Phosphorlum dll........ 
20
Salley Ileum............... 1  25@1  60
Snlph uricum..............  1H®
Tannlcum.................. 1  40@1  60
Tartarlcum................  30®  33

AMMONIA.

“ 

Aqua, 16  deg.............. 
4®
20  deg..............  6®
Carbonas  ...................  12®
Chlorldnm.................  12®

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

BACCAB.
36).

Cnbeae (po 
Juniperus —  
Xantnoxylum

25®
8®
25®  30

BAI-SAMUM.

Copaiba......................  45®
Peru............................  @2 25
Terabln, Canada__   40®  45
Tolutan......................  35®  5f

CORTEX.

Abies,  Canadian.................  13
Cassi ae  ...............................  11
Cinchona F la v a .................
Euonymns  atropurp........  ..  30
Myrlca  Cerifera, po............   20
Prunus Vlrglnl....................  12
Qulllala,  grd.......................   10
Sassafras  .....................  —   12
Ulmus Po (Ground  15)........  15

BXTBACTUK.

Glycyrrhlza  Glabra...  24®
po...........  33®
Haematox, 15 lb. box..  11®  12
14
15
17

“ 
Is.....  13® 
“ 
“  Hs...   14® 
“ 
fcs....  16® 

Carbonate Preclp... 
Citrate and Quinta.
Citrate  Soluble......
Ferrocyanldum Sol.
Solut  Chloride......
Sulphate,  com’l __
.

pure... 

“ 

®  15 
@3 50 
®  80 
®
®■m

TOJ-1A.

Arnica.......................  18®
Anthemls..................
Matricaria 
......  50®
Barosma 
 
Cassia  Acutifol,  Tin

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

Salvia  officinalis,  14s
Ura Ural 
................... 

......... 

“ 

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SUMMl.

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Acacia,  1st  picked....  ®  60
2d 
. .  .  ®  40
3d 
...  @ 30
sifted sorts...  @ 20
po.................  60®  80
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)...  50®  60 
“  Cape, (po.  20)...  @  12
Socotri. (po.  60).  @ 50
Catechu  Is, (Mis, 14 ){■•
16)........................   @  1
Ammoniac  .  ..............  55®  60
Assafostlda, (po. 35).. 
40®  45
Bensolnum.................  50®  55
Camphor»..................   46®  50
Eupnorbium  po  ........  35®  lo
Galbanum...................  @2 50
Gamboge,  po..............  70®  75
Gualacum, (po  35) —   @  30
Kino,  (po  1  75)..........  @1  75
M astic.......................  ®  80
Myrrh, (po. 45)--------   @  40
Opll  (po  3 40@3 60). .2  10® 2  15
Shellac  ......................  45®  42
bleached......   33®  %
Tragacanth................  40@1 00

“ 
hbbba—In ounce packages.

Absinthium.........................  25
Bupatorlum.........................  20
Lobelia................................   25
Majorum.............................   28
Mentha  Piperita.................   23
“  V lr.........................  25
Rue.......................................  so
Tanacetum, V......................  22
Thymus,  V..........................   25

MASNBBIA.

Calcined, Fat..............  65®  60
Carbonate,  Pat...........  20®  22
Carbonate, K. A  M__  20®  25
Carbonate, Jennings..  35®  36

OUIUM.

Cubebae...................... 
2 00
Exechthit08..............  I  50@1  60
Erlgeron................... 1  50@1  60
Gaultherla................ 1  70®1  80
Geranium,  ounce......  ®  75
Go8slpli, Sem. gal......  70®  75
Hedeoma  .................. 1  25@1  40
Jumperl.......................   50@2 00
Lavendula...................  90®2 00
Llmonls...............   ...1   40®1  60
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
Ricinl.......................  1  22®1  28
Rosmarinl............  
1  00
Rosae, ounce..............6 50@8 50
Succlnl.........................  40® 45
Sabina.................  ...  90@1  00
Santal  .......................2 50@7 00
Sassafras.  .................   50®  55
Slnapls, ess, ounce....  @  65
Tlglil.............................   @1 00
Thyme....................  
  40® 50
opt  ...............   @1 60
_ 
1 heobromas...  .........   15®  20
POTASSIUM.
BiCarb...  .................  15®  is
Bichromate...............  
is®  14
Bromide..................  
40®  43
Garb............................  12®  15
Chlorate  (po  23®25)..  24®  26
Cyanide......................  50®  55
Iodide......................... 2 9G©3 00
Potassa, Bitart,  pure..  23®  25 
Potassa, Bltart, com...  @
Potass  Nitras, opt  __   8®
Potass Nitras..............  7®
PruBSlate....................  28®
Sulphate  po................  15®

 

RADIX.

Aconitum...................  20®
Althae. 
....................   22®
Anchusa....................   12®
Arum,  po....................  @
Calamus......................  20®
Gentiana  (po. 12)......  
8®
Glychrrhlza, (pv. 15)..  16® 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 35)...................  @
Hellebore,  Ala,  po....  15®
Inula,  po....................  15®  20
Ipecac,  po...................1 50® 1  60
Iris  plox (po. 35@38)..  35®  40
Jalapa,  pr..................   40®  45
Maranta,  14s..............  @ 35
Podophyllum, po........  15®  18
Rhei...........................   75@1  00
"  cut.....................   @1  75
„  .  P,v.......................  75@1  35
Splgelfa.....................   35®  38
Sanguinarla, (po  25)..  @
Serpentarla.................  45®
Senega......................  55®
Similax, Officinalis.  H  @M  @
Scillae, (po. 35)........... 
io@
Symplocarpus,  Fmtl-
dus,  po....................  @
Valeriana, Eng.  (po.30)  ®
German...  15® 
lnglbera................. 
18®
Zingiber  j.
18®

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Anlsum,  (po.  20) 
Aplnm  (graveleons).
Bird, Is......................
Carol, (po. 18)...........
Cardamon...........
Corlandrum............
Canuablr Nativa
ydonlnm 
'heenepodiuic 
Dlpterix Odorate 
Foenlculnm  .
Foenngreek,  po......
L in i..................
¿ni, grd.  (bbl. 8)4).
Lobelia 
Pharlarls Canarian  .
Rapa.......
Slnapls  Albu

@  15 
.  18®  20 
4®  6
10®  12
1  00@1  25
12®  14 
4® 
5
75®1  00 
10®  12
2 40®2 60 
®  15
6®  8 
4  ® 4M 
3)4©  4 
35®  40 
4®  5
6®  7
7®  8
Nigra...........  11®  12
8p ir it u 8.
Fromentl, 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.  B.......1  75®2 00
Spt.  Vlnl  Galll..........1  75@6 50
' lnl  Oporto.............1  25®2 00
Vlnl  Alba.................1  25@2 00

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

BPONOBS.

Florida  sheeps’  wool
carriage.................. 2  50©2 75
Nassau  sheeps’  wool
carriage  ................. 
2 00
Velvet  extra  sheeps’
wool  carriage.........  
1 10
Extra  yellow  sheeps’
carriage  ................. 
85
Grass sheeps’ wool car­
riage  ....................... 
66
Hard for  Blate  use__ 
75
Yellow Reef, for  slate 
u se..........................  
l 40

Absinthium.................... 2 50®3 00
Amygdalae, Dulo____  45®  75
Amy dal ae, Am&rae__8 oo@8 25
Anlsl...........................1 8i @1  90
Aurantl  Cortex.......... 1  80@2 00
Bergamll  ...................3 00®3 20
Cajlputl....................  60®  65
Caryophylll...............   75®  80
Cedar.........................  35®  65
Chenopodll...............   ®1  60
Clnnamonll.....................l  ic@i 15
Cltronella...................  ®  45
Con!um  Mao..............  35®  65
Copaiba..............  ....  so®  go

STRUTS.

Aocacla...............................  50
Zingiber  .............................   50
Ipecac..................................   60
Ferrl Iod.............................   50
Aurantl  Cortes....................  50
Rhel  Arom.................. .......   50
Similax  Officinalis..............  60
....  50
Senega................................   50
Sclllae..................................  so
“  Co.............................  so
Toiatan...............................  50
Prunes  rlrg........................   50

Cl 

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Aconitum Napellis R.........   60
..  “ 
F .........   50
Aloes....................................  60
*‘ 
and myrrh.................  60
A rnica................................   50
Asafœtlda............................  4)
Atrope Belladonna..............  60
Benzoin...............................   go
„  “  Co..........................   50
Sanguinarla.........................  50
Barosma.............................   50
Cantharides.........................  75
Capsicum............................  50
Ca damon............................  75
_ J* 
Co.......................  75
Catechu...............................  50
Cinchona............................  50
Co.......................  60
Columba.............................   60
Conlum................  
so
Cubeba....................................50
Digitalis.............................   so
Ergot...................................   50
Gentian................................  50
“  Co.............................  60
Gualca..................................  so
ammon...................  60
“ 
Zingiber..............................  
50
Hyoscyamns........................  
50
Iodine...................................   75
Colorless.................  75
Ferrl  Chlorldnm.................  35
K ino............................... 
 
Lobelia..................................  50
Myrrh...................................   50
Nux  Vomica........................   50
O pll......................................   85
“  Camphorated.................  50
I  “  Deodor.........................2 00
Aurantl Cortex......................  50
Quassia................................   50
Rhatany...............................  50
Rhei.......................................  60
Cassia  Acntlfol....................   50
„  “ 
Co................  50
Serpentarla........................... '5 0
Stramonium...........................  60
Tolutan.................................  60
Valerian........................... 
VeratrumVerlde...................  50

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M ISCELLANEOUS.

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Æther, SptB  NU, 8 F ..  28®  30 
“  4 F ..  32®  34
Alnmen.....................   2)4® 3

11 
ground,  (po.
V ...........................  
3®  4
A ¡inatto.....................   55®  60
Antimoni, po........... 
4®  5
et Potass T  55®  60
Antipyrin...................  @1 40
Antlfebrln..................  @  25
Argenti  Nitras, ounce  ®  48
Arsenicum................. 
5® 
7
Balm Gilead  Bud__ 
38®  40
Bismuth  8.  N............ 1  60®1  70
Calcium Chlor, Is, (Ms
12;  Ms,  14)..............
@  11
Cantharides  Russian,
po............................
®1  00 
Capslcl  Fructus, af...
®  26 
®  28 
„ 
a po.
®  20 
Caryophyllus, (po.  15) 
.  „
10®  
-
Carmine,  No. 40.........   @8
Cera  Alba, 8. A F ......  50®  55
Cera  Flava....... .........  38©  40
  ©  40
Coccus 
Cassia Frnctns...........  ©  25
Centrarla..................  
©  10
...............   ®  40
Oetanenra 
Chloroform 
............  60®  68
©1 25
sqnlbba 
Chloral  Hyd Crst  . 
..1  25©’. 50
20®  25
Chandras 
Cinohonidlne, P.  A  W  15®  20 
German  3)4®  12 
“ 
Corks,  list,  dlt.  per
cent 
. . .   .... 
75
©  35
Creasotnm 
........... 
eta, (bbl. 75)  __  
®  %
5®  5
‘  prep............  
“  preclp......... 
9®  11
“  Rubra__  . 
@  g
Croons.....................   35®  40
Cudbear.................... 
©  24
Cupri Snlph...............   5 ©  6
Dextrine....................  10®  12
Ether Snlph...............   70®  75
Emery,  all  numbers..  ©
PO..................   ©  6
"* 
jotajfpo.)  75 .........   70®  76
Flake  White..............  12®  15
Galla..........................  @  28
Gambler.....................   7  @8
Gelatin,  Cooper.........   @  60
French...........  30®  50
Glassware  flint, by box 80.
Less than box 75.
Glne,  Brown.............. 
9®  15
“  White...............   13®  25
Glyoerlna...................  14®  20
Grana Paradisi...........  @  22
Hnmulns....................  25®  55
Hydraag Chlor  Mite..  @  75 
Cor ....  @  65
Ox Rnbrnm  ®  85 
Ammonisti..  @  95
Unguentum.  45®  55
Hydrargyrum............   @  66
Icnthyobolla, Am..  ..1 25@1 60
Indigo.........................  75®1 00
Iodine,  Resubl...........3 80@3 90
Iodoform....................  @4  70
Lupulin......................  @2 25
Lycopodium..............  70®  75
Macia.........................  70®  75
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
ararglod.................  @  27
Liquor Potass Arslnltls  10®  12 
Magnesia,  Snlph  (bbl
Mannla,  8. F ............   60®  88

1)4)..........................  2)4® 4

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Morphia, S. P. A W.  2 05@2 30 
C.  Co....................  1  90@2 20
Moschus Canton____  @ 40
Myrlstlca, No  1 ..  65® 
70
Nux Vomica, (po 20)..  @  10
Os.  Sepia...............   15® 
18
Pepsin Saac, H. A P. D.
Co............................  @2 00
Plcls Llq, N.»C., H gal
doz  .........................  @2 00
Plcls Llq., quarts......   @1  00
„  “ 
pints.........   ®  85
Pll Hydrarg, (po. 80)..  @ 50
Piper  Nigra, (po. 22)..  @  l
Piper Alba, (po g5)....  @  3
PUx Burgun...............   @  7
Plumbl A cet..............  14®  15
Pulvis Ipecac et opll. . 1  lo@l  20 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
A P. D.  Co., doz......  @1  25
Pyrethrum,  pv...........  20®  30
Quasslae.................... 
8®  10
Quinta, S. P. A  W.34*039)4
S.  German__  27®  37
Rnbla  Tlnctorum......  12®  14
Saccharum Lactls pv.  12®  14
Salacln.......................2  10@2 25
Sanguis  Draconis......   40®  50
Sapo,  W......................  12®  14
11  M....................... 
io@  12
“  G.......................  ©  15

“ 

Seldllts  Mixture........  ®  20
Slnapls...........................  @ 18
opt...................   @  30
Snnff,  Maccaboy,  De
Voes.......................  @  35
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  @  35
Soda Boras, (po. 11).  .  10®  11 
Soda et Potass Tart...  24®  25
SodaCarb.................  1)4®  2
Soda,  Bl-Carb............   @  5
Soda,  Ash..................   3)4®  4
Soda, Sulphas............   @  2
Spts. Ether C o...........  50®  55
“  Myrcla  Dom......   @2 26
“  Myrcla Imp........  @3 00

Vlnl  Rect.  bbl.
• 7............................. 2 31@2 41

“  Roll....................  2  ® 2)4

Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Stiyehnia  Crystal...... 1 40@1  45
Sulphur, Subl.............. 2^@ 3
Tamarinds.................  8®  10
Terebenth Venice......   28®  30
Theobromae.................... 45  @ 48
Vanilla......................9 00@16 00
Zlncl  Sulph...............   7©  8

oiCs.

Whale, winter........ ..  70
Lard,  extra............ ..  SO
Lard, No.  1............ ..  42
Linseed, pure raw.. ..  56

Bbl. Gal
70
85
45
59

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Linseed, boiled........
59
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained...............   65
Spirits Turpentine...  37
lb.
bbl.
Red Venetian..............2@S
Ochre, yellow  Mars__ lj£  2@4
Ber........ lx   a@3
Putty,  commercial....2)4  2)4@3
“  strictly  pure...... 2)4  2*@3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
13®16
ican .......................... 
Vermlllon,  English....  65@70
Green,  Peninsular......  70@75
Lead,  red..............................   6 @6)4
“  w hite............................6 @6)4
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  GllderaV 
. ..  @90
White, Paris  American 
Whltlng;  Paris  Eng.
Universal Prepared 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 

1
1  40
.1  (0@1  15 
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 Furn........1  00@1  10
Eutra Turk Damar.... 1  55@1  60 
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
70075
Turp......................... 

VARNISHES.

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Grand  Rapids,  flieh.

HARRY’S

ROOT  BEER

Is  manufactured  from  Roots  and  Herbs 
of well-known medicinal  qualities,  which 
are  carefully  selected  for  the  purpose. 
It will  be  found  highly beneficial  as a

Blood  Purifier

and  as a

General  Stimulant

It  is  a  delicious bever­
for  the  system. 
age  and  can  be  drahk  freely and in  al­
most unlimited quantities.

IO  Cent  B ottle  Makes  Ö  Gallons•

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i accurate  index  of  the local  market. 
It is impossible  to give  quotations  suitable  for all  conditions 
senting  average  prices  for average  conditions of  purchase.  Cash  buyers or those  of  strong credit 
d it.  Subscribers  are  earnestly requested to  point  out  any  errors or omissions, as it is our  aim to  m 
ealers.

CATSUP.

COUPON  BOOK?.

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Bine Label Brand.
 
Triumph Brand.

Half  pint, 25 bottles...........2 75
4 5u
Pint 
Quart l doz bottles 
3 50
Half pint, per  doz...................1 35
Pint, 25 bottles.........................4 50
Quart, per  doz  ...................3 75

CLOTHES  PINS.

5 gross boxes.................403,45

COCOA  SHELLS.

351b  bags........................  ©3
Less quantity...............   ©3*
Pound  packages.......... 6K©7

Foreign.
Currants.

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Peel.

Patras.  In barrels  ..........
In  Vi-bbls..............
In less quantity  ...
cleaned,  bulk........
cleaned,  package.

2¥ !
2Vt
4
4V4
Citron, Leghorn. 251b. boxes  13
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25  “ 
Lemon 
8
10
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Orange 
Raisins.
Ondare. 29 lb. boxes 
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Saltana. 20 
Valencia, 30  “
California.  100-120.............. 6

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Prunes.
90x100 25 lb. bxs. 6V4
80x90 
70x80
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ENVELOPES.
XX rag. white.

No. 1, ÖV4........................   »1  75
1  60
No. 2. 6 Vi..........................
1  65
No. 1. 6.............................
No. 2. 6.............................
50
XX  wood, white.
No. 1, 6 Vi......  .................
No. 2, 6V4 
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8Vi  ...................................
6........................................
Mill  No. 4........................
FARINACEOUS  GOODS.

1  35
1  25
1  08
95
1  00

Manilla, white.

Coin.

Farina.
Hominy.

100 lb. kegs..................
3*
..  3 00
Barrels —  -...................
..  3 Vi
G rits.............................
Lima  Beans.
Dried............................4  ©4V4
Macearon! and Vermicelli.
55
Domestic, 12 lb. box..
Imported.................... 10V4@11
Oatmeal.
Barrels 200...............
Half barrels 100.......
Pearl Barley.
Kegs....................... —
Green,  bu.................. ... 
Split  per l b ..............
Rolled  Oats.
Barrels  180................. @5  75
@3 00
Half  bbls 90............
German...................... ......  4 Vi
Bast India................... ......   5
Cracked...................... ......  314

....  6 00
.. 
3  12

Wheat.

1  15
3

Sago.

Peas.

FISH—Salt. 

Bloaters.

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Cod.

4M5M
634
...  6V4

10@12
60 
bbl  9 50

Yarmouth...................
Pollock....................
Whole. Grand  Bank..
Boneless,  bricks....... . 
Boneless, strips........
Halibut.
Smoked....................
Herring.
Holland, white hoops keg 
“ 
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Norwegian...............
....  2 50
Round, vi bbl 100 lbs
1  30
. ... 
14  “  40  “ 
Scaled.....................
17
Mackerel.
No. 1,  100 lbs............
.... 10 00
No. 1, 40 lbs............... ...... 4 40
No. 1,  10 lbs..............
.  ...  1  <)U
No. 2,100 lbs.............. ......  5  50
No. 2, 40 lbs............... ......  2 50
No. 2,10 lbs..............
70
Family, 90 lbs........  ..
10  lbs ........
Sardines.
Trout.

Russian,  kegs............ ......  
No. 1, 14 bbls., 1001 bs.
No. 114 bbl, 40  lbs...
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs........
No  1, 8 lb  kits.........
WhlteflBh.

55
........4  75
........2 2C
63
53
No. I  family
M bbls, 100 lbs........... 6 25 
25
14  “  40  ”  ........... 2 80  120
10 lb.  kits..................
78  40
...................
8 lb.  “ 
65  35
MATCHES.

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Globe Match Co.’s Brands.

Columbia Parlor.....................»1 25
XXX Sulphur.........................  1 00
Diamond  Match  Co.’s  Brands.
No. 9 sulphur.......................... l 6:
Anchor parlor..............   ... l  TO
No. 2 home............................... l io
Bxport  parlor.......................... 4 00

“Tradesman.’

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•20 
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I  1 books, per hundred 
12 
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13 
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15 
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»10 
»20 
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12 
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13 
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»5 
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»10 
820 
7 00
Above prices on coupon books 
are  subject  to  the  following 
quantity discounts :
200 books or over..  5 per cent 
500 
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1000  “ 
COUPON  PASS  BOOKS.
ICan  be  made to represent any 
denomination  from »10  down. |
20 books........................ 1100
2 00
50 
100 
3 00
250 
6  25
10 00
500 
1000 
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Butter.

Seymour XXX....................  5
Seymour XXX. cartoon......  514
Family  x x x ......................  5
Family XXX,  cartoon........  5Vi
Salted XXX.........................  5
Salted XXX,  cartoon  ........5Vi
Kenosha 
..........................  7Vi
Boston..................................  7
Batter  biscuit....................6
Soda, XXX.........................  5 Vi
Soda, City............................  7Vi
Soda,  Duchess....................8Vi
Crystal Waf er.....................10V4
Long  Island Wafers.......... 11
S. Oyster  XXX....................  5Vi
City Oyster. XXX.................  5 Vi
Farina  Oyster....................  6

Oyster.

Soda.

CREAM  TARTAR.

Strictly  pure......................  30
Teller's  Absolute..............   30
Grocers’............................ 15©26

FLY  PAPER.

Thu in *8  Tanglefoot.

Single  case..........................3 60
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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Pears.

Peaches.

Apricots.

quartered  “ 

Sundried. sliced In  bbls.
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes 12  12V4 
California In  bags........
Evaporated In boxes.  .. 
Blackberries.
In  boxes.......................
Nectarines.
70 lb. bags.......................
25 lb. boxes.....................
Peeled, in  boxes...........
Cal. evap.  “ 
...........
“ 
In bags........
California In bags......
Pitted  Cherries.
Barrels..........................
50 lb. boxes...................
25  “ 
...................
Prunelles.
80 lb.  boxes...................
Raspberries.
In  barrels......................
501b. boxes....................
......................
251b.  “ 
Raisins.

Loose  Muscatels In Boxes.

2 crown..............................
4 
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K  Loose Muscatels In Bags.
2  crown...............................4M

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Gages.

Beans.

Meats.

Apricots.
1  40
Live oak.....................
Santa Crus.................
1  40
1  50
Lusk’s.........................
Overland..................
1  10
Blackberries.
90
F. A  W  ....................
Cherries.
Red.............................1
1031 26
Pitted Hamburgh 
.  .
W hite........................
1  50
1  25
Brie..........................
Damsons. Egg Plums and Green
Brie...........................
1  30
California..................
1  40
Gooseberries.
Common...............
1  25
Peaches.
1  10
P ie............................
i  50
Maxwell....................
Shepard's..................
1  50 
California..................   i
16031  75
Monitor 
.................
Oxford  ......................
Pears.
Domestic....   ............
1  25
Riverside....................
1  75
Pineapples.
Common.....................1 00@1  30
•Johnson’s  sliced  ......
2 50
grated.......
2 75
©2 51
Booth’s sliced............
©2 75
grated...........
Quinces.
Common....................
1  10
Raspberries.
Red  ...........................
1  10
Black  Hamburg.........
1  40
Brie,  black  ...............
1 25
Strawberries.
Lawrence..................
1  25
Hamburgh.................
1  25
Erie............................
1  20
1  05
Terrapin..................... .
Whortleberries.
Blueberries...............
85
Corned  beef  Libby’s.. ...... 2 10
Roast beef  Armour’s.. ......1  80
Potted  ham. V4 lb........ ---- 1  25
“  14 lb......... ......  70
...... 1  35
....  75
96

tongue, H lb__
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341b...
chicken, 14 lb ... . ... 
Vegetables.
Hamburgh  stringless.. 
......1  15
French style
...... 2 00
Limas......... ......1  35
Lima, green................. ......1  25
soaked.............. ......   TO
Lewis Boston  Baked... ...... 1 85
Bay State  Baked......... ......1  85
World’s  Fair  Baked... ......1  35
Picnic Baked............... ......1  00
Hamburgh............................... 1 25
Livingston  Bden.....................1 20
Purity..................................
Honey  Dew..............................1 40
Morning Glory............ .... .
Soaked............................... 
75
Hamburgh  marrofat........... 1  30
early June 
...150
Champion B n g .l  40
petit  poll...........1  40
fancy  sifted___l  90
Soaked.................................  66
Harris standard...................  75
VanCamp’s  marrofat..........1  10
early June.........1  30
Archer’s  Early Blossom.... 1  25
French..................................... 2 15
Mushrooms.
French..............................19©21
Pumpkin.
Brie.....................................   75
Squash.
Hubbard...................................1 15
Succotash.
Hamburg...................................1 40
Soaked..................... 
go
Honey  Dew..............................1 50
Brie  ....................................l  35
Tomatoes.
Hancock..........................
Bicolli or 
......................
Eclipse.............................
Hamburg............ ...........
Gallon.............................
CHOCOLATE.
German Sweet................  
Premium..........................  
Breakfast  Cocoa.......
CHEESE.
Amboy.......................
Acme..........................
Lenawee....................
Riverside...................
Gold  Medal...............
Skim..........................
Brick..........................
Bdam  .........................
Leiden.......................
Llmbnreer.................
FIm m sIi ................
Roquefort..................
Sap Sago....................
Schweitzer, Imported. 
domestic  ....

9
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1  00 23 
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©25 
©35 
©20 
©24 
©14

Baker’s.

Corn.

Peas.

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COFFEE.
Green.
Bio.

Santos.

Pair...................................... 18
Good.....................................19
Prime.................................. 21
Golden.................................21
Pea berry  ............................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 Vic. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink­
age.
McLaughlin’s  XXXX  22 Hi
Bunola  ...........................   22 30
Lion, 60 or 100 lb.  case__  22 80

Package.

Extract.

Valley City Vi gross........... 
75
......... 1 15
Felix 
Hummel’s, foil, gross........1 65
“ 
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CHICORY.

Bulk..............................  
.5
Red....................................7
CLOTHES  LINES.

Cotton, 40 ft..
M 50 ft...
M 60 ft...
70 ft...
•1
80 ft...
60 ft...
Jote
11
72 ft-..
CONDENSED  MILK. 

..  per dos.  1  25
1  40
160
1  75
1  90
85
1  00

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4 dos. In case.

N. Y.Cond’ns’d Milk Co’s brands
Gall Borden Eagle.............  7 40
Crown.................................   6 25
Daisy.....................................5 75
Champion...........................  4 50
Magnolia 
.........................  4  25
Dime................................... c3 35

Peerless evaporated cream.  5 75 

CREDIT  CHECKS.

600, any one denom’n ......13 00
...... 5 00
1000,  “ 
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2000,  “  “ 
....  8 00
Steel  punch....................... 
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Medium.

Barrels, 1,200 count...  @4  00
Half bbls, 600  count..  @2 50
5  00
Barrels, 2.400  count. 
Half bbls, 1,200 count 
3  00
PIPES.

Small.

Clay, No.  216.......................170
“  T. D. full count...........  70
Cob, No.  8...........................1  20

POTASH.

48 cans in case.

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

RICE.
Domestic.

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Imported.

Carolina head...................... 6
“  No. 1........................5*
“  No. 2......................  6
Broken  .............  ..............   4
Japan, No. 1............  ...........5 ¡6
«  No. 2........................... 5
Java.................... . 
6
Patna..................................   414
SPICES.
Whole sifted.

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

“  African  ........ 

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

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SAL  SODA.

Granulated,  bbls................   1H
751b  cases........  1M
Lump, bbls 
...................... 1  15
1451b kegs...............   1M

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SEEDS.

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

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Corn.
20-lb  boxes  ................. ......  5*
................. ......  5%
401b 
Gloss.
1-lb packages...............
3-lb 
...............
6-lb 
............... .......  5%
40 and 50 lb. boxes....... ......  3%
Barrels  ....................... ......  3%

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Scotch, In  bladders.............37
Maccaboy, In jars................35
French Rappee, In Jars.......43
Boxes...................................5%
Kegs, English...................... 4£

SODA.

SALT.

Diamond Crystal.

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Cases, 243  lb. boxes........S  1  60
Barrels, 320  lbs...............   2  50
115 2% lb bags__  4 00
. .  .  3 75
€0 5 
lb  “ 
3010  lb  “ 
....  3;50
Butter, 56 lb  bags............
□  “  24141b bags............   3 50
“  280 lb  bbls...........  2 50
2 25
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Common Grades.

116 2%-lb sacks........................64 (0
3 75
 
60 5-lb 
3010-lb 
 
3  50
22  14 lb.8 
....................  3 80
320 lb. bbl...............................  2 50
*8 lb  sacks......................... 32%
5  lb line n sacks...............  
60
100 3-lb. sacks......................... 12 10
60 5-lb.  “ 
2810-lb. sacks........................  1 85
56 lb. dairy In drill  bags...  30
28 lb.  “ 
16
56 lb. dairy in linen sacks..  75
56 lb. dairy In linen  sacks. 
75
56 lb.  sacks.......................   22
Saginaw.......................... 
80
Manistee 
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Ashton.
Higgins.
Soiar Rock.
Common Fine.

Warsaw.

2 00

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Packed 60 lbs. In box.

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

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SEELY’S  EXTRACTS. 

Lemon.
1 oz. F. M. 8  90 doz.  810 20 gro
2  “  N. 8.  1  20  “ 
12  60  “
2  “  F. M.  1  40  “ 
14  40  “
Vanilla.
1 oz. F. M.  1  50 doz.  16  20 gro
2  “  N  S.  2  00  “ 
21  80  “
2  “  F. M. 2  50  “ 
25  50  •*
Lemon.
Vanilla.

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

Rococo—Second  Grade. 

2 doz.......   1 00 doz...... 10 50  *’

SOAP.
Laundry.

Allen B. Wrlsley’s Brands.

Old Country,  80  1-lb...........3 20
Good Cheer, 601 lb...................3 90
White Borax, 100  M-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 95
5 box lots, delivered......... 3 85
10 box lots, delivered........3 75
Jas. S. Kirk & Co.’s  Brands. 
American  Family, wrp’d..84 00 
plain...  3 94
N.  K.  Falrbank & Co.’s Brands.
Santa Claus.......................  4  00
Brjwn, 60 bars.................... 2 40
80  bars  ...................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

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Silver..................................a 65
Mono.................................. 3 30
Savon Improved................   2 50
Sunflower.......................... 2 80
Golden................................ 3 25
Economical  .......................  2 25
Single  box  .........................3 65
5 box  lots...........................   3 60
10 box lots............................3 50
25 box  lots del....................  3 40

Passolt’s Atlas  Brand.

SUGAR.

Scouring.
Sapolio, kitchen, 3  doz...  2 40
hand, 3 doz......... 2 40
Below  are  given  New  York 
prices on sugars, to  which  the 
wholesale  dealer  adds  the  lo­
cal freight  from  New  York  to 
your  shipping  point,  giving 
you  credit  on  the  invoice  for 
the  amount  of  freight  buyer 
pays from the market  in which 
he. purchases  to  his  shipping 
point. Including 20  pounds  for 
the weight of the barrel.
Domino.............................. 85 31
Cut  Loaf..............................5 31
Cubes.................................   4 75
Powdered...........................  i 75
XXXX  Powdered...............  5 00
Granulated.........................4 50
Fine Granulated................   4 50
Extra Fine Granulated...  4 62
Mould  A  ...........................  4 75
Diamond Confec.  A.........   4  5o
Confec. Standard  A......... 4 37
No.  1.................................  4 25
No.  2  ................................  4 25
No.  3.................................   4 25
No.  4..................................  4 18
No.  5.................................. 4  12
No.  6.................................. 4 00
No.  7.................................. 3 94
No.  8.................................   3 81
No.  9.................................. 3 75
No.  10.................................. 3 75
No.  11.................................. 3 69
No.  12.................................  3 62
No.  13.................................   3 18
No.  14................................ 
3 00

SYRUPS.

Corn.

 

Barrels................................. 19
Half bbls..............................21
F air................ 
19
Good....................................  26
Choice..................................  30

Pure Cane.
 

TABLE  8AUCES.
“ 

Lea <b Perrin’s, large........  4 75
small......   2 75
Halford, large....................  3 75
small...................   2 25
Salad Dressing, large  .  ...  4  55 
*' 
small...... 2 65

•’ 
“ 

TEAS.

Japan—Regular.

SUN CURED.

BASKET  FIRED.

F air............................  @17
Good..........................   @20
Choice.........................24  @26
Choicest...................... 32  @34
D ust............................ 10  @12
F air............................  @17
Good..........................   @20
Choice..........................24  @2£
Choicest.......................32  @34
Dust.............................10  @12
F air.............................18  @20
Choice.........................  @25
Choicest....................   @35
Extra choice, wire leaf  @40
Common to  fall........25  @35
Extra fine to finest_50  @65
Choicest fancy..........75  @85
@26
Common to fair........23  @30
Common to  fair........23  @26
Superior to fine......... 30  @35
Common to fair........18  @26
Superior to  fine........ 30  @40

oolong. 
IMPERIAL.

TOUNG HTSON.

GUNPOWDER.

ENGLISH BREAKFAST.

F air...........................18  @22
Choice........................34  @28
Best...........................40  @50

TOBACCOS.

Fine Cut.

P. Lori Hard <& Co.’s Brands.
Sweet Russet............. 30  @32
30
Tiger..........................  
D. Scotten & Co’s Brands.
60
Hiawatha................... 
Cuba........................... 
32
Rocket.......................  
30
Spaulding & Merrick's  Brands.
Sterling...................... 
30
Private Brands.
Bazoo.........................  @30
Can  Can......................  @27
Nellie  Bly................. 24  @25
Uncle Ben.  ............... 24  @25
McGlnty.........................  
25
Dandy Jim ...................... 
Torpedo.........................  
Yum  Yum  ....................  
1892.................................. 
“  drums...................... 

“  % bbls.........  

in  drums—  

23

“ 

27
29
24
28
23
22

Plug.

39
27
40
26
38
34
40
32
39

Sorg’s Brands.

Spearhead...................... 
Joker.............................. 
Nobby Twist....................  
Scotten’8 Brands.
Kylo................................. 
Hiawatha........................  
Valley City..................... 
Finzer’s Brands.
Old  Honesty...................  
Jolly Tar......................... 
Lorillard’s Brands.
Climax (8 oz., 41c)_____ 
Gr'en Turtle.............. 
30
27
Three  Black Crows... 
Something Good........ 
38
24
Out of  Sight.............. 
Wilson dt McCaulay’s Brands.
Gold  Rope................. 
43
Happy Thought.........  
37
Messmate................... 
32
No Tax....................... 
31
Let  Go.......................  
27
Catlln’s  Brands.

J. G. Butler’s Brands.

Smoking.

Kiln  dried........................17@18
Golden  Shower................... 19
Huntress 
........................... 26
Meerschaum  ...................29@30
American Eagle Co.’s Brands.
Myrtle Navy........................40
Stork............................. 30@32
German............................... 15
Frog....................................33
Java, %s foil.................  ..  32
Banner Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
Banner.................................16
Banner Cavendish.............. 38
Gold Cut 
...........................28
Warpath.............................. 14
Honey  Dew......................... 26
Gold  Block......................... 30
F. F. Adams Tobacco Co.’s 
Brands.
Peerless................. 
  26
Old  Tom..............................18
Standard..............................22
Globe Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
Handmade...........................41

Scotten’s Brands.

 

LeidersdorFs Brands.

Spanlding & Merrick.

Rob  Roy..................... ...... 26
Uncle  Sam......... ......... •28@32
Red Clover................... ...... 32
Tom and Jerry............ .......25
Traveler  Cavendish.......... 38
Buck Horn......................... 30
Plow  Bov.................... ■30@32
Corn  Cake.................. ....... 16

VINEGAR.
40 gr............................ .  7  @8
8  @9
50 gr............................
61 for barrel.

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

YEAST.

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

 

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

No. 2...................... 5 50
“ 
“  No. 3..........................  4 50
Pails, No.  1, two-hoop.. 
1  30
No. 1,  three-hoop  ...  150
“ 
Bowls, 11 Inch...................
13  “  ....................  
“ 
90
15 “  .....   ...........1  25
“ 
“ 
17 “  ...................   1  80
“ 
19 “ 
...................  2 40
21  “ 
...................
Baskets, market..........  35
shipping bushel..  1  15
full  hoop  “ 
.. 1  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  1000

“ 
“ 
“ willow ci’ths, No.l 5 25
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Butter Plates—Oval.

INDURATED WARS.

“ 
“ 
‘ 
“ 

60 
70 
80 

Double.

No.  1...........................  
No.  2...........................  
No.  3 ...........................  
No 
.........................  t 00  3 50
Washboards—single.
Universal..........................   2 25
No. Queen...........................2 50
Peerless Protector................2 40
Saginaw Globe..................   1  75
Water Witch......................  2250
Wilson.................................2 5s
Good Luck...........................2 7
Peerless.............................   2 85
HIDES  FELTS  and  FURS 
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol­
lows:
Green...........................  2@2%
Part Cured...............   @3
Full 
@3%
Dry..............................   4 @5
Kips, green  ................   2 @3
"  cured...... ..........  @4
Calfskins,  green.........  4 @5
cured........4  %@  6
Deacon skins............. 10  @25

HIDES.

“ 

“ 

 

 

No. 2 hides M off.
FELTS

Shearlings....................  5 @  20
Lambs 
......................25  @  60
WOOL.
Washed.. 
................ 12  @15
Unwashed........  .......  8 @tl
Tallow.......................  3%ffi  4
Grease  butter  ............  1  @2
Switches....................  l%@ 2
Ginseng.......   ...........2 00@2 50
GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS

MISCELLANEOUS.

WHEAT.

MEAL.

FLOUR IN  SACKS.

No. 1 White (58 lb. test)  46@48 
No. 2 Red (60 lb. test) 
46® 18
Bolted...............................  1  40
Granulated.......................  1 65
*PatentB............................  2 05
•Standards.......................   1  55
Bakers’.............................   1  35
•Graham..........................   1  40
Rye...................................   1  40
•Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour in bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.

MiLLSTUFFs.

Less

Car lots  quantity

CORN.

Bran.............. 614 00 
Screenings__  12 00 
Middlings......  15 00 
Mixed Feed...  19 50 
Coarse meal  . 
18 00 
Car  lots...............................47
Less than  car  lots..............50
Car  lots  ............................. 45
Less than car lots............... 48
No. 1 Timothy, car lots__11  no
ton lots........12 50
No.l 

OATS.

“ 

12%

FISH  AND  OYSTERS.
F.  J.  Dettenthaler  quotes as 

follows:
FRESH  FISH.
Whlteflsh 
.................  @9
T ro u t.........................  @8
Black Bass................. 
Halibut.......................  @17
Ciscoes or Herring—   @4
Bluefish......................  @10
Fresh lobster, per lb.. 
20
Cod............................. 
10
No. 1 Pickerel............   @8
Pike............................  @ 7
Smoked White...........  @8
Red  Snappers............  
15
Columbia  River  Sal­
mon ......................... 
15
Mackerel....................   18@25
oysters—Cans. 
Falrhaven  Connts —   @45
F. J. D.  Selects.........
Selects .......................
F. J. D.........................
Anchors..................
Standards...................
oysters—Bulk.
Extra Selects..per gal.
Selects.......................
Standards...................
Counts.......................
Scallops............ .........
Shrimps  .................... 
Clams.................... .
SHELL GOODS.
Oysters, per  100......... 1  2S@l  75
Clame, 
.  75@i  00

1  25

... 

“ 

615 00
12 00
16 00
20 00
19 00

PROVISIONS.

 

 

The Grand Rapids  Packing and Provision Co 

PORK  IN  BARRELS.
 

quotes as follows:
Mess.............................  
13 25
Short c u t.................................................. 
13 so
Extra clear pig, short cut............................  15 00
Extra clear,  heavy.....................................
Clear, fat  back.........................................  
14  50
Boston clear, short cut................................  14 50
Clear back, short cut................................   .  n   50
Standard clear, short cut. best................. 
1500
Pork, links........................................
Bologna.................................................. 
Liver............................................  

SAUSAGE.

5*
g

”
“

LARD.

g
\q
7^

Head cheese.......................................... 
Summer..................................... 
........ 
Frankfurts............................................. 
Kettle  Rendered...................................
8%
Granger........................................... s
Family................................................... 
614
Compound.....................................  ..  ’  ......  ax
Cottolene................................................. . 
j
50 lb. Tins, Me advance.
2  10
20 lb. palls, %c 
2 45
101b.  “  Me
2 80
51b.  “  %c 
31b. 
'•  1  c
Extra Mess, warranted 200  lbs......... 
7 so
Extra Mess, Chicago packing.....................   7 75
Boneless, rump butts.....................................  9 50
Hams, average 20 lbs....................... 
1114
“ 
16 lbs............................. .........n S
12 to 14 lbs....................... 
” 
"12
1  Picnic..................................................   8%
“ 
best boneless.................................. 
10
Shoulders..........................................................7%
Breakfast Bacon  boneless....................... 
’  10
Dried beef, ham prices........................... .  . .  12
Long Clears, heavy............................. ... . ..
Briskets,  medium................. 
 
m
light..................................................8

smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.

BEEF  IN  BARRELS.

“ 
“ 

„ 

 

DRY  SALT  MEATS.
Batts........................................
D. S. Bellies..................................8
Fat Backs......................................................  7jz
Half  barrels...............................  ................. 3 00
Quarter barrels...............................................* <y,
K its.................................................................... 2}
Kits, honeycomb.......................................... 
75
Kits, premium................................................... *g

PICKLED  PIGS’  FEET.

TRIPE.

CROCKERY  AND  GLASSWARE
No. 0 Sun...................................................... 
45
No. 1  “  .........................................................  50
No.2  “  .........................................................  75
Tubular..........................................................  75

LAMP  BURNERS.

LAMP  CHIMNEYS.  Per b o x .

6 doz. in box.

No. 0 Sun......................................................  1  75
no. i 
;;  ......................................................... 188

“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

Pearl top.

La Bastie.

First quality.
“ 
XXX Flint.
“ 
“ 

2  10
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top.................................. 
“  ...................................... 2 25
No.l  “ 
No. 2 
...............................3 28
“  ... 
No. 0 Sun, crimp top.....................................2 60
No. 1  “ 
“  ...................................... 2 go
No.2  “ 
“  ...................................... 3 80
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled....................3 70
No.2  “ 
....................470
“ 
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
....................4 gg
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz.......................1  25
No.2  “ 
....................... 150
No. 1 crimp, per doz....................................... 1  35
No.2 
“ 
........................................1  60
“ 
LANTERN  GLOBES.
No. 0, Tnbular, cases 1 doz.  each..................  45
“ 
No. 0, 
“ 
2  “ 
..................  46
No. 0, 
“ 
bbls 5  “ 
40
No. 0, 
bull’s eye, cases 1 doz eacb.l  00
. 
No. 10, Brass, 400  candle  power....................3 25
No. 9, Globe, automatic  extinguisher...........3 25
No. 0,  per  gross..............................................  23
28
No. 1, 
No. 2, 
38
No. 3, 
75
Mammoth, per doz.........................................   75

“ 
“ 
“ 
ROCHESTER  STORE  LAMPS.

STREET  LAMPS.

LAMP WICKS.

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 

 

Supplies.

Dandy—glass  cover.

Mason—one doz  in case.

P in ts.....................................................................  4 70
Quarts  ...............................................................   5  00
Half  gallons  .................................................... 7 00
P in ts.....................................................................  5 00
Q uarts.................  ............................................  6 00
Half  gallons.........................   .........................   8 00
Pints..................................................................... 10 50
Q uarts..........................  
..................................11  00
Half  gallons.......................................................14 00
Boyd’s extra caps...............................................  2 25
Rubber  rings...................................................... 
35
Sealing wax, red or white, 5 lb  packages__  
3
% Pints.  6 doz in box, per box  (box 00).......  1  64
24  “  “  bbl,  ••  doz  (bbl  35).........  23
%  u 
%  “ 
6  “  “  box,  “  box  (box 00)__   1  80
%  “  18 
26
Butter Crocks,  1 to 6 gal............  .................   06
“  % gal. per  doz........................  60
Jugs, % gal., per doz.......................................  70
07
Milk Pans, % gal., per  doz.............................  60
•  “ 
...........................   78
Butter Crocks, 1  and 2 gal............................  
6%
Milk  Pans,  % gal. per  doz............................   65
78

1  “ 
STONEWARE—BLACK GLAZED.

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

"  *’  bbl,  “  doz  (bbl 35)........  

JELLY  TUMBLERS—Tin Top.

STONEWARE—AKRON.

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

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

1 

I B

the 

CLEARING  THE  BUSINESS  AIR.
As the Chicago  strike  came  upon  the 
business  world like a thunder  storm,  so, j 
like a thunder storm,  it  has  cleared  up i 
the business atmosphere,  and  its collapse 
has accomplished  something  toward  re-! 
viving  the  energies  of 
the  business j 
world.  Just  such  a  stimulus  was  sup-j 
plied  in  187?  by 
the  railroad  strike j 
of  that  year  and  the  riots  that  accom- j 
panied it.  They  led  at  once  to  an  ad-1 
vance  in  the  stock  market,  and a little j 
later to a general  revival  in  all  branches I 
of industry.  Holders  of  stocks  who  in­
terpreted 
troubles  as  omens  of 
greater ills to come and  sold  their  hold­
those  who 
ings 
lost  money,  while 
bought freely  made money. 
It  does not 
necessarily  follow  from  this  that  those 
who sell now will lose, or that those  who j 
buy  will  profit by a  rise  in  the  market, 
for  the  situation  of  affairs  now  is  not 
precisely  similar  to  what  it  was  then. 
For  example,  although  our  crop  pros­
pects are as good  as  they  were  in  1877, 
those of Europe are much better,  and the 
prices of our cotton  and  breadstuffs  are 
not likely to advance as they did  in  1877. 
Still,  there are  other  favorable  elements 
to  be  taken  into  account,  and,  in  any 
event,  since things cannot be worse  than 
they are,  they probably will improve.

The strike frenzy  is  only  one  of  the 
forms  in  which human  nature  manifests 
its susceptibility of  being  carried  away 
by  surges  of  passion  or  of  sentiment. 
Business  men  are  subject  to  the  same 
sort  of  influence.  They  have  their 
periods  of  headlong  speculation  which 
culminate,  as they did  in  Great  Britain 
in  1890 and here in  1893, in a  crash,  and 
then  they  sink  into  a period of depres­
sion such as that which  is  now  prevail­
ing-  When  this  depression  has  lasted 
long  enough  for  them  to  recover  their 
spirits  they  begin  their  former  course 
again,  proceeding cautiously at first, and 
then more and more boldly,  until  finally 
they get to going full speed  and  another 
crash  ensues.  So  it  has been since the 
beginning of the world, and so it  will  be 
until its end.  The  question  is  whether 
despondency has yet lasted  its  full  term 
and is ready to give way to cheerfulness. 
If  it  has,  the  strike  may be the imme- 
ate  occasion  for  a change, or perhaps it 
may serve,  as a spanking sometimes does 
with  a  fretful  child,  to  divert people’s 
minds and  to  create  in  them  a  healthy 
reaction  against  a  purely  imaginary 
cause of suffering.  After  trembling  for 
a  fortnight  for  the  safety  of  railroad 
communication  between  the  West  and 
the East, threatened with the loss of food 
supplies,  and in daily terror of  riots,  ar­
son,  pillage  and  murder, 
those 
which were seen at  Chicago  and  Sacra­
mento,  most of us feel as if  we  bad  got 
back to life again,  and that  not  only  the 
weeks of the strike,  but the months  that 
preceded it, have been a bad dream.

like 

However  this may be,  and  whether we 
have or have not  come  to  a  turn  in  the 
tide of affairs, the strike has done an  im­
mense deal for the political  and economi­
cal enlightenment of  the  nation. 
It has 
dissipated,  for a while at least,  that  rev­
erence for the leaders of  such  outbreaks 
which  so  unreasonably  increases  their 
power for  mischief.  When  the  present 
strike  began  Eugene  V.  Debs  was  ex­
alted  by his admirers into a personage of 
equal  importance and authority with  the 
President  of  the  United  States.  He is­
sued  his  magniloquent  proclamations, 
threatening to paralyze the entire  Indus-

The  Poorest  Man

On  Earth

Can  afford  the  BEST  salt.

The  Richest  Man

On  Earth

CANNOT  afford any  other.  ;

See Quotations in Price Current.

I.  M  CLARK  GROCERY  CO.,

GENERAL  AGENTS, 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  - 

- 

-  MICH.

Ci.

M ANUFAC TURER S  OP

HATCHES and

HATCH  HACHINERY.

WE  CAN  DO  YOU  GOOD.

SEND  FOR  SAMPLES and PRICES

GRAND  HAVEN,  MICH. 

See quotations in Price Current.

WHAT
15
TWO
CENTS

TO  AN  OLD  CUSTOMER 

or

TO  A  NEW  CUSTOMER 

or

To

for that  matter.

Try giving  away a few  of  our  adver­
tising  fans  this  hot  weather.  Samples 
sent to responsible parties.

Paying  the  preacher’s salary does not 

cancel all other debts.

TRADESM AN  COMPANY,

Grand  Rapida,  Michigan.

THE  M I C H I Q A J S r   TRADESMAN,
to 
strike,  and  were,  in  fact,  opposed 
striking,  but were dragooned  into  it  by 
the  other  20  per cent,  or  less who were 
more turbulent and lawless.  Of late the 
newspapers  have  been  filled  with  ac­
counts of engineers, firemen,  and  switch­
men  threatened,  beaten,  and  even  killed 
by strikers because they  persisted  in re­
maining  at  work.  Thousands  of  those 
who by threats  of  such  treatment  were 
forced  to  surrender  their places are ap­
plying for them  in  vain,  because  those 
places have  been  filled.  Nothing is left 
for them but to wander  about  in  search 
of  jobs,  and  in the  present condition of 
business they are  likely to  search  for  a 
long  while without finding them. 
In the 
face of this notorious fact  it  makes  one 
indignant to read the protestations of the 
strike  leaders  and  their  sympathizers 
against the  tyranny  of  capital  and  the 
unwarranted  interference of the Govern­
ment  in  protecting  non-strikers  from 
bodily  harm.  They  claim  liberty  for 
themselves, but they will  not  allow  the 
slightest  liberty  to  thqse  of  their  own 
fellow workmen who will  not  put  their 
necks under their  yoke. 
It is  high time 
that the cause of these victims  of  strike 
tyranny  was taken up by philanthropists 
and something done in their behalf.

tries of the country and  if  necessary  to j 
inaugurate civil  war,  and  he  boasted  of ! 
the number of his subjects as if  he  were j 
a  crowned  king.  The  worst  of  it  was j 
that so many  accepted  him  at  his  own 
valuation,  in  part at least  Not only did ; 
bis own immediate  followers  obey  him,  j 
but some thousands  of  peaceful,  indus­
trious workmen threw up  at  his  behest 
their situations,  while  the  Governor  of j 
Illinois,  the Mayor, Aldermen  and  influ- j 
ential citizens of  Chicago,  besides  hun­
dreds of newspaper editors,  treated  him j 
the  head  of  a  belligerent  nation,  j 
like 
Nothing, 
in  fact,  is  more  humiliating 
than the cowardly way  in  which  Mayor ] 
Hopkins, of Chicago, and Mayor Pingree, | 
of Detroit, went down on their knees and 
besought the Vice President of  the  Pull­
man Car Company to  surrender  to  Debs 
and  save the country from  the horrors he 
had  let loose upon it and  which he  alone 
could  restrain.  Even  now  there  are 
thousands  of  otherwise  intelligent  peo­
ple who insist that the Pullman Company 
and not Debs and his  accomplices  are  to 
blame for the outrages accompanying the 
strike,  forgetting that  it  is  the  duty  of 
every  good  citizen  to  aid  in  protecting 
every other citizen in  the  enjoyment  of 
bis rights,  and not to lend even moral as­
sistance to robbing  him  of  them.  Now 
that the rioters have been crushed by the 
strong  band,  these  weak-kneed  people 
can,  if they are not  altogether  blind,  see 
their mistake,  and they should  be  grate- j 
ful  to the officers  of  the  Pullman  Com-1 
pany  for having given  both  the State and I 
the United  States  Governments  the  op- j 
portunity  of  asserting  their  supremacy 
over rebellious anarchists.

One satisfactory result,  at least in this 
respect,  has been  accomplished  by  this 
strike.  While Governors of States,  May­
ors and Aldermen of  cities,  judges,  law­
yers,  manufacturers,  merchants,  bankers 
and  newspaper  editors  have  either  ac­
tively espoused the cause of  Debs and his 
fellow  conspirators  or  have  refrained 
from  denouncing  them  and  defending 
their helpless victims,  the  Federal  Gov­
ernment  has  come  to  their  rescue  and 
protected  not  only 
railroad  property 
from  destruction,  but  industrious  and 
peaceable workingmen from attack  while 
they  were  earning  an honest  living  by 
their labor.  As a good  Democrat  I  dis­
like  to  see  any  increase  of the central 
government power,  but as a  law  and or­
der loving citizen 1 rejoice that when the 
local  authorities  show  themselves  rec­
reant  to  their  duty  there  is  a  higher 
power that can  be  invoked  successfully 
to maintain individual  rights,  regardless 
of rank, station, or position in life.  The 
United States  troops at  Chicago  and  at 
Sacramento did far more  than insure the 
running of railroad trains.  They taught 
the law-defying Anarchists, who tempor­
arily triumphed over  the police  and  the 
local militia,  that the United States army 
cannot  be thus  resisted, and that the au­
thority  of  the  whole  nation  must  be 
obeyed. 

Ma tt h ew   Ma r sh a ll.

An  Iron  Philanthropist.
Friend—What are you at now ? 
Inventor—Gseatest  thing  of  the  age. 
Millions  in  i t ! 
I  am  making  a  steam 
man—regular  man,  all  iron  and  steel, 
with steam as  the motive power.

“Can  he draw a wagon ?”
“N—o, I’m afraid not.”
“Carry burdens,  perhaps?”
“N—o,  he’d upset.”
“Might row a boat, perhaps ?”
“Too, heavy.”
“Might fix him  so  he  could  tend  the 
“Couldn’t possibly.”
“Or carry the baby ?”
“Too risky.”
“Then  what  in  creation  will  he  be 
good  for?  Where  are  the  millions  to 
come in ?”
“I shall rent him out to break  in  new 
shoes.”

furnace ?”

the 

The strike has also  brought  into  con­
spicuous  prominence 
intellectual 
feebleness of its  leaders.  The  manifes­
toes  and  other  documents  written  by 
them,  the  speeches  they  have  made  to 
newspaper reporters,  and their impudent 
messages to Government  officials, all  be­
tray the utmost ignorance, illiteracy, and 
want of familiarity with  elementary  po­
litical  and  historical  facts.  They read 
like the compositions  of schoolboys,  and 
very  backward  schoolboys  at  that. 
It 
could not be otherwise. 
If  Debs,  Sover­
eign, Gompers,  and  the rest of that class 
of men bad one-tenth part of  the  ability 
they  claim,  and  which  their  admirers 
concede to them,  they  would not be occu­
pied  as  they  are  occupied.  Men  who 
can  organize,  direct,  and  control  hun­
dreds of thousands of other men are rare. 
Their services  are  in  demand  by  their 
fellow citizens for  conducting the affairs 
of state, and  by  the  great  corporations 
and financial institutions  of the  country 
to manage their business.  If either Debs 
or Sovereign or  Gompers  was  the  great 
leader  he  is  said  to  be,  he  would  long 
ago,  like Mr.  Pullman, Mr. Carnegie,  Mr. 
Rockefeller,  and  other  capitalists  have 
been  at  the  head  of some  enterprise in 
which  be  would  control  millions,  and 
earn  a  princely  income.  That  he  re­
mains a mere  demagogical  agitator, get­
ting a precarious living by trading on the 
credulity of poor  laboring  men,  is  con­
vincing  proof  of  the  inferiority  of his 
mental equipment.

It is indeed pitiable to  think  how  the 
workingmen  of  the  country  are  domi­
nated by such blatant impostors as those 
who have led this strike, and every other 
great strike in this  country for  the  last 
twenty years.  The evidence is abundant 
that in the present  case 80  per cent,  and 
to
more  of  the  strikers  did  not  wish 

C A N D IE S,  FR U IT S  and  NUTS.

XTHEJ  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.
GRINGHUIS’ 
ITEMIZED 
LEDGERS

The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:

Cases  Bbls.  Palls.
r 7
6 7
6 7
aii

STICK  CANDY.
Standard,  per lb........................  
“  H.H..............................  
T w ist.......................... 
“ 
Boston Cream ...............  
3%
Cut  Loaf........................ 
Extra H.  H ....................  8#
SIZED  CANDY.

> 

W a n ts a  B ill o f  P a rticu la rs.

to  me  utterly 

T orch  L a k e,  July  20—I  notice  in a 
recent issue of the Grand  Rapids  Demo­
crat  an  appeal  to  the  workingmen  of 
Michigan  for  aid  for  the  striking  em­
ployes of  the  Pullman  Car  Co.,  signed 
by a committee of the employes.
The Democrat—in  fact,  the  press gen­
erally—is  condemning  Pullman 
in  no 
measured terms;  but, so  far, I have seen 
no facts in the  case,  except  such  as  are 
lately given by Mr.  Pullman.
Now,  it seems to me  that the  late  em­
ployes,  in arraigning Pullman  before the 
bar of public  opinion,  ought  in  all  jus­
tice to themselves,  as well  as the public, 
to give facts  and  figures.  Even  a  red- 
handed murderer like  Prendergast is not 
condemned without a fair and exhaustive 
trial, and surely a  company  that  for  so 
many  years  has  conducted  such  an ex­
tensive business  and  furnished  employ­
ment to thousands,  is  entitled to at least 
a fair hearing. 
It is stated in the appeal 
that some of the Pullman employes, after 
paying their  rent,  would  only  have  SI 
left out of two weeks’ wages, leaving the 
inference that the balance went  for rent. 
Is the public to understand that Pullman 
expects his men  or any of  them  to  feed 
and clothe themselves  on 81  or anything 
like  81  every  two  weeks,  keeping  the 
balance  for  house  rent?  Such  a  thing 
seems 
incredible.  Fair 
minded people  would  like  to  have  the 
committee  give  the  facts and  figures in 
the case,  as for instance:  What has been 
the average wages paid for commou labor 
during  the  past  year?  Was  the  work 
steady or about what  time  could  a  man 
put in per month?  What, on a fair aver­
age,  was the earning capacity of the com­
mon laborer during the past year?  Then 
what rent does  Pullman  charge and  how 
does his  rents  compare  with  others  in 
and  about  Chicago,  for similar accomo­
dations?  Then it would  not  be amiss to 
state what other companies  in  the  same 
line  of  business have  been paying their 
hands during the same period,  for  simi­
lar work, the rents they charged, etc.  A 
statement  of  facts  somewhat  as  above 
would,  it seems to  me, enable the public 
to form an intelligent judgment as to the 
merits of  the  controversy,  much  better 
than  a  lot  of  charges  and no specifica­
tions. 
It  would  enable  working  men, 
especially,  to form  an idea of  how badly 
off  Pullman’s  employes  really  are  and 
not be asked  to  blindly  help  men  who 
may be better off than  themselves.
I remember once  being  asked  to  sub­
scribe to help a man  buy an ox, as one of 
his oxen had got  its  leg  broke.  At  the 
time my worldly wealth consisted of just 
what I had  on  my  back  and  perhaps  a 
few dollars,  and  I could see no propriety 
in subscribing,  as, according  to  my  fig­
uring,  the party was still one live ox and 
the dead one better off than myself.

F a ir  P e a t.

A n   A m erican   Sardin e.

The  United  States  Fish  Commission 
calls  attention  to  the  food  value  of  the 
anchovy  of  the  waters of the northwest, 
which,  it is predicted,  will  displace  the 
Sardinian sardine as a small  fish  canned 
in oil. 
It is said to far  surpass  the  sar­
dine in flavor and richness.  Russian fish­
ermen  on  Puget  sound  have  already 
tried  the  experiment  of  putting  these 
anchovies  up 
in  vinegar  and  spices, 
and  have  found  a  ready  market  for 
them.  “I have known  them,”  Mr.  Swan 
says,  “to be in such  masses at Port liad- 
lock,  at 
the  head  of  Port  Townsend 
bay,  that  they could be dipped  up  with 
a common water bucket,  but as there has 
been no  demand  for  them,  the fishermen 
do  not consider them  of value, and when 
hauling their  nets for  smelt  they  gener­
ally let  the  anchovy  escape.”  The  an­
chovy of  the  sound is seldom  more  than 
6  inches  long,  and  it 
is  much  better 
adapted  for  canning  than  the  Eastport 
(Me.)  variety  of  “sardine,”  which  is 
either young herring  or the small fry  of 
other  fish.  A test of  the  flavors  of  the 
Pacific  coast  anchovy  as  a  fish  canned 
in  oil  was  recently  made,  and  experts 
pronounced  them  delicious.  They  were 
put up in California  olive oil.

Let a friend  be as slow to  anger  as he 
is  in  paying  you  borrowed money,  and 
friendships  will be  more lasting.

N

ttoyal........
Nobby......
English  R< 
Conserves.
Peanut Squares. 
French Creams. 
Valley  Creams.
Modern, 30 lb. 

Bbls.
..5#
• •5#
..6#
..7
>ts

Palls
6#
6#
7#
8
8
3
8
8#
9
13
......   8#
.......................................g

7#

“ 
fancy—In bulk

“ 

,  . 
t 
Palls.
Lozenges, plain.............................................  gji
printed..................................giz
Chocolate Drops............................................   12
Chocolate Monumentals.................... . . . . . 
12#
Sum Drops.............................................' __   5
Moss Drops...................................... 7#
Sour Drops................................................  ’ ’  gu
.......................................................10
Imperials 
fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. 
Per Box
Lemon Drops 
................................................ 50
............................................ ."".".” 50
Sour Drops 
Peppermint Drops  ......................................... .60
Chocolate Drops  .......................................     I75
H. M. Chocolate  Drops  .......................!!.!! .'¿0
Sum Drops....................... 
” 40
Licorice Drops. 
.....................................” !.'i*00
.... 80
A. B. Licorice Drops............................. 
Lozenges, plain............................................!! !so
” "<¡5
Imperials.......................................................'g o
’  '70
Mottoes.................  ......   ..................... 
Cream Bar........................................................55
Molasses  B a r.........  ................... 
 
’” 55
Hand Made  Cream s....................  
85@W>
Plain Creams............................. 
......... go
Decorated Creams..........................
String  Rock............................  ................. .' i. 60
Burnt Almonds.. 
.....i  00
............................. 
Wlntergreen  Berries..................................... so
caramels.
No. 1, wrapped, 2 lb.  boxes...
No. 1, 
No. 2, 

printed.............. 

... 

3 
2

“ 
“ 

“ 

“

 

 

ORANGES.

“ 

LEMONS.

BANANAS.

OTHER  FOREION  FRUITS.

Fancy  Seedlings,  96s....................................
Sorrentos,  160s  ....................................... .
Rodis,  200s....................................................  5  00
Choice 300......................................................  4  50
Extra choice 360 ..........................................  4  50
Extra fancy 300.............................................  5 00
Extra fancy 360............................. .."____'.  5 00
Large bunches..............................................   2 00
Small bunches.....................................  1  25g>i  50
Figs, fancy layers, 81b..........................   @12#
, 
“  8011;  ..  ....................  @12#
“  141b..........................   @15
“  extra 
Dates, Fard, 10-lb.  box..........................  @ 7
“ 
@ 5#
“ Persian. 50-lb.  box...........................  @ 5
1 lb Royals..........................................  7#
“ 
@16
Ivaca...........................   @15
California  ............................  @
Brazils, new...................  ......................  @ 8
Filberts.................................................   @11
Walnuts, Grenoble................................   @12#
French.................................  
@10
Calif.......................................  @12#
@12 
@11 
@  7#

Almonds, Tarragona.................  

“  50-lb.  “ 

NUTS.

" 
“ 

“ 

 

 

 

“ 

Tabie Nuts,  fancy
choice...............
Pecans. Texas, H.  P.,  .........
Chestnuts...............................
Hickory Nuts per bu..............
Cocoanuts, full sacks  ...........
PEANUTS.
Fancy, H.  P., Suns.................
“ .Roasted....
Fancy, H.  P., Flags...............
“  Roasted...
Choice, H. P., Extras............
“  Roasted..

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

@  5# 
@  7 
@ 5# 
@  7 @ 4# 
@  6

OILS.

The  Standard Oil  Co.  quotes  as  follows:

BARRELS.

gu
Eocene................................................... 
XXX W.  W. Mich.  Headlight...  ........ 
7
Naptha...................................................  @ 6#
Stove Gasoline.......................................  @  731
Cylinder...............................................27  @36
E ngine...............................  ............... 13  @21
Black, 15 cold test.................................  @ 8#
Eocene.................................................. 
7
XXX  W. W. Mich.  Headlight................ 
5

FROM  TANK  WAGON.

PO ULTRY.
Local dealers pay as follows:

LIVE.

 

DRAWN.

Turkeys................................................. 7  @8
Chickens................................................ 12  @ 14
Fowls................................................  
5 
Ducks.....................................................  8  @9
Geese..........................................................  @
Turkeys..................................................11  @12
Chickens—  
....................................... 10  @11
Fowl......................................................  9  @10
Ducks.....................................................10  @11
Geese.....................................................10  @12
Turkeys........................................ ........ 9  @ 9#
Chickens..............  ...............................  7#@  8
Fowls.....................................................6#@ 7
Ducks.................................................... 8  @9
Geese  .....................................................8  @ g

UNDRAWN.

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2 Quires,  160  pages  ..................................... 12 00
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320 
400 
480 
INVOICE  RECORD  OR B IL L   BOOK.

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TRADESMAN  COMPANY, 

Grand  Rapids, 

.

  Mich.

Agents,
.

.

BALD
HEADS

DANDRUFF CURED.

NO  MUSTACHE.
NO  PAY.

NO  CURE. 
NO  RAY. 
1 will take Contracts to grow hair on the head 
or face with  those  who can  call  at  my office or 
at the office of my agents, provided  the head is 
not  glossy, or the pores of the scalp not closed. 
Where  the  head  is  shiny or  the  pores  closed, 
there is no cure.  Call and  be examined  free of 
charge.  If you cannot  call, write to me.  State 
tho exact condition of the scalp and your occu­
PROF.  O.  BIRKHOLZ,
pation. 
1011 Masonic Temple, C h ic a g o

s.  c.  w.

T h e   L e a d in g   N iek le  C ig a r 
M a d e  in  th is  M a rk e t.

The Only Brand in the State (outside of Detroit) 

Made by Improved  Machinery.

This  Cigar  is  made  with  Long  Mixed 

Filler,  Single  Connecticut  Binder 

and  Sumatra  Wrapper.
S old a t $3S p e r  1 ,0 0 0

By  the  Manufacturer,

Grand  Rapids, 

6.  J.  Johnson, 347 South Division St. 
nS5S25I
E

Telephone  1205.

n ich .

SINGLY

T r a d e s m a n  Co..

> 1 1 rfc *  QUANTITY
GRAND  RAPIDS.MICH.

«(

STATE  AGENTS  FOR

0 ,
The  Lycoming  Rubber Company,
keep constantly on hand a 
full  and  complete  line  of 
these goods made from the 
purest  rubber.  They  are 
good style, good fitters and 
give  the  best  satisfaction 
of any rubber  in  the  mar­
ket.  Our  line  of  Leather 
Boots  and  Shoes  is  com­
plete  in  every  particular, 
also Felt Boots,  Sox,  etc.
Thanking you for past favors  we  now 
await your further  orders.  Hoping  you 
wiil  give  our  line  a  careful  inspection 
when  our  representative  calls  on  you, 
we are  REEDER BROS’. SHOE CO.

@6

19

Michigan (Tentral

“  The Niagara Falls Route.’*

(Taking effect  Sunday,  May 27,1894.) 

Arrive. 
Depart
10 20 d  m...........Detroit  Express..........7 00 a m
5 30am ......»Atlanticand  Pacific.......li  20 pm
1  50 p m........New York Express.........  6 00 p m
»Dally.  All others daily, except Sunday. 1— 1 
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 4:35 p m, arriving at Grand 
Rapids 10:20 p m.
Direct  communication  made  at  Detroit  with 
all through  trains eest  over  the  Michigan Cen 
tral Railroad (Canada Southern Division.)
A. ALMquisT, Ticket Agent,

2 50
3 00
3 50
4 00

CHICAGO

Union Passenger Station.
May  27,  1894
A N D :W K S r  M IC H IG A N   K ’ Y .
GOING  TO  CHICAGO.

 
 
 

TO  AND FROM   M USKEGON.

RETURNING  FROM  CHICAGO.

Lv. G’d Rapids............ 7:25am  1:50pm  *11:30pm
Ar. Chicago.................1:25pm  7:15pm  *6:45am
Lv.  Chicago............... 7:35am  4:55pm  *11:45pm
Ar. G’d Rapids............ 2:25pm  10:20pm  *6:25am
Lv. Grand Rapids  ......  7:25am  1:50pm  5:45pm
Ar. Grand Rapids....... 9:15am  2:25pm  10:20pm
TR A V ER SE  C ITY ,  CHARLEV O IX   AND  PE TO SK EY .
 
Lv. Grand  Rapids .. 
3:15pm
7:30am 
Ar.  Manistee...........  12:20pm 
8:15pm
 
.........   8:45pm
Ar. Traverse City....  12:40pm 
Ar. Charlevoix........  3:15pm 
 
11:10pm
Ar.  Petoskey  .. 
3:45pm 
.........   11:4opm
Arrive  from  Petoskev,  etc.,  1:00  p.  m.  and 
10:00 p.m.
P A R L O R   A N D   S L E E P IN G   C A R S .
To Chicago, lv. G. R..  7:25am  1:50pm  »11:3upm
To Petoskey,lv.G. R..  7:30am  3:15pm 
...........
To G. R..lv. Chicago.  7:35am  4:55pm »11:45pm
ToG.R..lv. Petoskey  5:00am  1:30pm 
...........
»Every day.  Other trains week days only.
DETROIT,

June  24,  1894
LANSING A  NORTHERN  R.  R.
GOING TO  DETROIT.

TO  LOW ELL  VIA  LOW ELL  A   B A STIN G S  R .  It.

TO  AND  PROM   SAG IN A W ,  ALMA  AND  ST.  LO U IS.

THROUGH  CAR  SERVICE.

RETURNING  FROM  DETROIT.

Lv. Grand Rapids........  7:00am  1:20pm  5:55pm
Ar. Detroit.................. 11:40am  5:30pm  10:40pm
Lv.  Detroit..................   7:40am  l:l"pm  6:00pm
Ar. Grand Rapids  ......12:40pm  5:15pm  10:45pm
Lv. G R 7:00am 4:54pm  Ar. G R  11:40am 10:45pm 
Lv. Grand Rapids...........  7:00am  1:20pm  5:55pm
Ar. from Lowell..............12:40pm 5:15pm  ..........
Parlor  Cars on all trains  between  Grand Rap 
Ida and Detroit.  Parlor car to Saginaw on morn - 
lng train.
Trains  week days only.
_________GEO. DeHAVEN, Gen.  Pass’r Ag’t.
D ETROIT,  GRAND  HAVEN  A  MIL­
+N
Trains Leave
tNo.  14 tNo.  ItiltNo.  l8|»No. 82
G’d  Rapids, Lv 6
1100pm 
Ionia......... Ar
1235am 
St. Johns  .. Ar 8
1 25am 
Owosso...... Ar 9
3 10am
E. Saginaw. Ar 10
6 40am 
Bay City — Ar 11
7 15am 
F lin t......... Ar 11)
5 4ram 
Pt.  Huron.. Ar 12
730am 
Pontiac...... .Ar 10
537am
Detroit........ Ar 11
7 00am

10 20am
11 25am 
1217pm
1 20pm
3 45pm
4 35pm
3 45pm
5 50pm 
305pm
4 05pm

WAUKEE  Railway.
EASTW A RD .

3 2 5 p m
4 27pm
5 20pm 
S 05pm 
8 00pm 
8 37pm
7 05pm
8 50pm 
8 25pm 
925pm

W E S T W A R D .

For  Grand Haven  and Intermediate
Points............................................t7:35 a. m.
For Grand Haven and  Muskegon...... tl :00 p. m.
“  
.......... + 4 .5 5   p .  m .
“ 
»7:30 p.  in.
For  Grand  Ilaven  and  Milwaukee,+10:05 p. m. 
For Grand Haven  (Sunday only)........? :G0 a. m.

“  
“  Chicago and Milwau­

kee,  Wis 

“  
“ 

“  

“  

»Daily.

+Dally 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., 3:15 p. m. and  10:50  p.  m.  Sunday,  only, 
8:00 a. m.
Eastward—No. 14  has  Wagner  Parlor  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.

■Ta b.  C a m p b e l l .  C ity  T'cket Agent.

G rand   R apid s  &  Indiana.

TRAINS  GOING  NOBTB.

North

L eave goln 
For  M ackin aw .........................................................  7:40 a. m
For T raverse City and S agin aw ............................ 4:50 p. m.
For  M ackinaw............................................................10:25 p. m.
Leave g o in g  
South.
For  C incinnati........................................................... 7:00a.m .
For  K alam azoo and C hicago................................2 :30 p .m .
For  F ort W ayne and 
th e B ast............................2:30 p .m .
For C in cinn ati...........................................................”5:40  p.  .m
For  K alam azoo and C hicago.......................................”11:40 p .m

TRA INS  GOING  SO U TH .

C h ica go  v ia  G.  R.  &  I.  R.  R.

Ly Grand Rapids............. 7:00 a m   2:30 p m  *11:40 p m
A tt  C hicago...................... 2:00 p m   9:00 p m  
7:10 a m
2:30 p  m  train   has through  W agner  Buffet  Parlor 
Oar and coach.

11:10  p m  train  d aily,  through W agner Sleeping Car 

and Coach.
Lt  Chicago 
A tt Grand Rapids 
3:30  p  m  h as  through  W agner  Buffet  P arlor  Car. 
11:30 p m   train  d aily, th rou gh   W agner  S leeping  Car.

6:60  a m  
2 :00 p m 

3:30 p m  
9:15 p m 

11:30 p m
6:66 a m

For M uskegon—Leave. 

M uskegon, Grand  R apids &  Indiana.
7:35  a m  
9:60am
*:40  p m 
6:20 p m
O. L. LOCKWOOD*

From M uskegon—Arrive

General  P assenger and  T icket  A gent.

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

GOTHAM GOSSIP.

N ew s  from   th e  M etropolis— Index  o f 

Special Correspondence

th e  M ark ets.

transactions.  Granulated 

N e w   Y o r k,  July  21—The  course  of 
markets is devoid of  interest.  There  is 
scarcely a  fluctuation  in  the  whole list. 
Trade is dull,  as is usual  at  this  season 
of any yeer,  and  additionally  so  in  this 
year of grace, 1894.
The stock of Rio  coffee at  this writing 
in New York is 126.843 bags,  and  in  the 
United  States  339,252,  against  429,854 
last  year.  The  market  is  unsettled, 
although,  perhaps,  in  buyers’  favor  if 
anything.  No.  7. 
is  quoted  at  16}&@
16.J£c.
There is a belief  that the  sugar  tariff 
will  not  be  changed.  This  belief  is 
gaining ground every day,  and  business 
in raws is very  good,  although  there  is 
no particular rush of  business.  Refined 
is quiet and very little doing,  aside from 
everyday 
is 
quoted  by the wholesalers at 4}^c.
Teas are as interesting as ever.  There 
is no demand,  and the market  is lifeless, 
although  holders  tell  us  they  are  con­
fident of a better tone later in  the season.
Stocks  of  syrups  are  only  moderate 
and a firmer tone  possesses  the  market. 
Good  to  prime,  17@20c.
In  order to  effect 
sales,  prices  are  shaded 
in  some  in­
stances.  Good  to  prime  New  Orleans 
may be fairly quoted at 27@33c.
Rice  is  firm,  and  is  nearly  the  only 
grocery staple  upon  which  holders  are 
“ banking.”  They are stoutly  maintain­
the  quotations  they  make,  and 
ing 
foreign stock is the main supply.
Canned  goods  are  quieter  this  week 
than  ever, 
low 
prices have moved  some  fair  quantities 
of California goods. 
It is  said that sales 
in  California  have  been  made  f.o.b. 
of standard  apricots at  a  figure  closely 
approaching,  if not  touching, $1 per doz. 
Salmon are well  held  at 81.10 for  stand­
ard Alaska.
The  butter  market  is  fairly  steady. 
The supplies are not so large as  anticip-

if  possible,  although 

Molasses is steady. 

than 

ated,  and quantities  are being  sent  into 
cold storage.  Best grades bring I7%c.
Eggs  are  arriving  liberally,  and  the 
quality  is  such  as  to  preclude  them 
seconds. 
being  classed  other 
Nearby  fresh,  14c; western,  12c.
Apples  are  steady  at  82.25@2.50  per 
barrel for astrachans.  Fresh  fruits  are 
arriving steadily and prices  are  firm for 
best qualities.
Foreign green fruits  are  selling  well. 
from  nearby 
The  demand 
is  chiefly 
points.  The  intensely  hot weather  has 
caused  a  good  demand 
for 
lemons. 
Larger receipts of California  fruits  will 
soon cause  lower quotations  all  around. 
Lemons  are  worth  from $2.75@4.50 per 
box.
The drug  stores  are  cutting  into  sa­
loons in the sale of soft  drinks.  This is 
due not only to  the  great  difference  in 
price,  but to the prompt service  in  drug 
stores  and  the  far  better  quality  of 
drinks  they  serve. 
In  the  vicinity  of 
Madison  square  there  are  four  or  five 
drug stores which employ  bartenders  to 
look after their fountains.  A  soda  lem­
onade,  which is a popular  drink  in  hot 
weather, costs 25 and 35  cents in the ex­
pensive cafes  and  bars  up  town.  The 
apparatus  for  squeezing  the  lemons  is 
not always modern  in  the barrooms,  the 
sugar is often left in  the  bottom  of  the 
glass,  and at times the club  soda  is  flat 
from bad corkage or other cause. 
In the 
drug stores the attendants use  limes or a 
superior  quality  of  lemon,  serve  the 
lemonade in  long and  very  thin  glasses 
which lie packed in ice  on  the  counter, 
and the charge is only  10 cents.  Viewed 
from a critical standpoint the  drug store 
lemonade  is  a  superior  article  to  the 
lemonade of the  saloon,  and  the  prices 
appeal 
to  consumers  in  these  times. 
There  are  in  addition  to  lemonade,  a 
great  number  of  other  drinks,  from 
calisaya  cocktails  to  frozen  absinthe, 
which can be had at a  drug  store  foun­
tain.
The iniquity of the “quick  luncheon” 
should receive the  attention  of  the  re­
formers. 
It may not be  possible  to  at­
tack it in a legislative  way,  or  through

the medium of the Board  of  Health,  but | 
it is certain that  the  “quick  luncheon” j 
offers a serious menace to  the  health  of ; 
the  younger  generation.  Nobody  who | 
has  seen  young  office  boys  and  junior 
clerks at one of these remarkable “quick- 
luncheon”  rooms can fail to have mapped 
out a dismal  future  for  the  victims  of 
these time-saving but  iniquitous resorts. 
The lunches are served by  men who  are 
surrounded  by  miniature 
railroads, 
steam  coffee  boilers,  and  extraordinary 
contrivances,  all  constructed  with  the 
view of  saving  a  few  seconds’  time  in 
supplying “business men”  with  the now 
celebrated  “quick 
luncheon.”  A  cus­
tomer dashes into the restaurant, bounds 
upon a  stool,  and  gives some such order 
as: “Rare beef  succotash  kidneys  chow- 
chow mince pie iced tea.” 
It is rolled off 
his tongue like a shot, for  it is generally 
understood that  customers  must  lend  a 
hand to facilitate  the  rush  toward  dys­
pepsia and an  early  grave.  Before  the 
customer  has  finished  his  song  the  de­
termined young man behind  the  counter 
begins a series of wild  gyrations,  and in 
a  remarkably  short  space  of  time  the 
entire  luncheon  is  slammed  down  in 
front of the eater,  who begins to swallow 
it down,  while the attendant  thrusts him 
a check and starts in  on  the  next  man. 
Almost  this  indentical 
luncheon  was 
ordered  a  few  days  since,  while  the 
writer looked on, and  it was eaten  by  a 
pallid-faced youth of 19  in  exactly  four 
and  one-half  minutes, 
lie  bolted  the 
food, grabbed  his  check,  rushed  up  to 
the cashier  and  paid  it,  and  lighted  a 
cigarette  as  he  started  toward the door. 
As a matter  of  interest  the  writer  fol­
lowed him.  The pallid-faced young man 
stopped at the  door  to  smoke  his  ciga­
rette, and then,  becoming interested  in  a 
cat  that was  lazily  crawling across  the 
coping of a window on  the  opposite  side 
of  the  street,  stood  there  and  watched 
the progress  of  the  cat  until  it  disap­
peared.  Then he  had  a  chat  with  an­
other pallid-faced young  clerk,  who  had 
come out of  the  place,  and  when  they 
started to stroll  down  the  street exactly 
twenty  mintues  had  elapsed.  But

these  “business  men” 
neither  one  of 
would  have thought of  spending  twenty 
minutes for a luncheon.
The President’s letter is  the  subject of 
much  comment  among  business  men. 
The  situation  is  not  regarded  as  one 
upou  which  to  base  many  hopes  of  a 
speedy  return  of  confidence,  as 
the 
situation  is  considered  most  exasperat­
ing. 

J ay.

W h y  th e U m brella  T ru st  C o llap sed . 
From  th e N. Y. Shipping List.
The Umbrella Company is no more.  It 
started out to control  the entire  field  of 
manufacture,  was  composed of  the lead­
ing manufacturers in that line,  and  was 
established  on  a  capital  of  88,000,000, 
but the corporation is  now  in  the  hands 
of  receivers.  Eleven  concerns,  repre­
senting 60 per cent,  of the whole produc­
tion  were in the  combination,  but,  with 
all their  skill and  experience they could 
not monopolize  the  trade.  The  scheme 
was a failure from the beginning,  as any 
man  with a small  capital could,  by  per­
sonal attention, compete with the largest 
manufacturer.  Owing  to  individual ef­
forts the  manufacturers  outside  of  the 
company  made  the  best  showing in the 
contest.  The  larger  corporations  paid 
liberal salaries to  their officers,  and  the 
same attention  was not paid to  the  busi­
ness as when the eleven  firms conducted 
affairs on their  own  account.  The  out­
side  competitors  were small  in compari­
son,  but they  had  the  umbrellas  to  sell 
under  the  combination  prices,  and  to 
meet the cut rates  meant  ruin to the big 
corporation.  Now 
that  disaster  has 
overtaken the ambitious monopolists, the 
umbrella trade  will  be  scattered  as  be­
fore,  and  the survival  of the fittest will 
reap the reward of patient labor.

If a  young man  could  learn  the  rail­
roading  business  without 
to 
strike he would  have  a  good  chance  of 
making an honest living.

learning 

By the time a man gets a  second mort­
gage on his house  he will  not be  able to 
put a coat of paint on.

E  Dayton 

fin

WHAT  DOES  IT  DO ?

WHY  DOES  IT  SELL ?

WHO  BUYS  THEM

It  Shows the Ex­
act  iloney  Value 
of  Every  Article 

Weighed

It Sells  Because 

It  Pays  from 

to to  too Times  Bet­
ter Returns than 
Bonds,  Stock or Oth-

er Security.

The  Enterprising 
and  Progressive 
rierchants  Buy 

Them.

S e e   W h a t  U sers  S a y .

Elk  Ra pid s,  Mich., July 14,  1894. 

Mess.  Hoyt  &  Co.,  Gen’l Selling Agents,

Dayton,  Ohio.

Gen t le m e n:—We take pleasure in saying to  you  that  the 
short  experience  we  have  had  with  your Computing Scales has 
been  eminently  satisfactory,  and  we  are  of  the opinion that a 
trial is all that is necessary  to  convince  any  merchant  of  their 
merit and utility in his business.

Yours  truly,

D.  H olmes,

Manager Mercantile Department Elk Rapids Iron Co. 

For further particulars drop  a  Postal  Card  to

HOYT  CO,, General  Selling Agents,
Dayton,  Ohio•

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