GRAND  RAPIDS 

SIEGEL’S

50  and  52  nonroe  St.,

Manufacturers 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH. 
Importers  of

and 

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O ur  Goods  are  cold  bv  all  Michigan  Jobbing  houses.

To give  the  benefit  to  low 
priceson  millinery,  we  will 
save  the  expense  of travel­
ers.  Write for  prices.

S P E C IA L   W H O LE SA LE   PRICES  to 

M ILLIN ERS.3

Fall  ’94

Underwear,  Overshirts,  Hosiery,  Socks,  Kersey  and  Cotton 

ade Pants, Caps,  Outing  Shirts,  Yarns,  Flannels,  Cotton 

Flannels,  Skirts,  Cotton "and  Woolen  Dress  Goods, 

Ginghams, Seersuckers,  Satines, in  black and fig­

ured,  Batts,  Comforts,  Blankets.

We  have received over  100 cases  new  fall  prints  in  all  the 
newest  styles  and  colorings,  prices from  3f  to  5^.  Give us a 
call.  Prices  always the lowest.

P.  Steketee  & Sons,
Grand  Rapids, flich.

P E R K I N S   &  H E S S ,

Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,

Nos.  122  and  124  Louis  Street,  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

DPAIFPS  IN

WE CARRY A  STOCK  OF  CAKE  TALLOW  FOR  MILL USE.

EDWARD A. MOSELEY, 
TIMOTHY F. MOSELEY.

M O SELEY   BROS.

Established 1876

SEEDS  BEANS,  PEAS. POTATOES,  0RANGE8  and  LEMONS.

Jobbeis of

as,  as.  30 and  32  Ottawa  St., GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Egg  Cases and Fillers a Specialty, 

To the  Retail Shoe  Dealers===

Our  line is  complete  in  Boots,  Shoes,u Rubbers,  Felt  Boots, 
Socks,  Etc.,  for  your  fall  and  winter  trade.  Place  your  orders  with  us 

now 

get  the  best  to  save  money.  Our  Celebrated  Black  Bottoms 

in  Men’s  Oil  Grain  and  Satin  Calf,  tap  sole  in  Congress  and  Balmorals, 
are  the  leaders  and  unsurpassed.

Our  W ales  Goodyear  Rubbers  are  great  trade  winners. 

Mail  orders  given  prorr j 1  ttention.

H E R O L D -B E R T S C H   S H O E   CO.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH

A B S O L U T E  

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T E L F E R   SPICE  CO.,

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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IMPORTERS  AND  WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

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assorted  stock  at  lowest  market  prices.

W e  invite  the  attention  of  the  trade  to  our  complete  and  well 

Im p o r te r s   an d

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N o tio n s, 
H o s ie r y , 
G lo v e s,  U n d e r w e a r ,  W o o le n s , 
F la n n e ls ,  B la n k e ts ,  G in g h a m s, 
P r in ts   a n d   D o m e s tic   C otton s.

Wholesale  Grocers
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Kersey
Pants STANDARD  OIL  CO.
Coats and

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We  manufacture  the  best  made  goods  in  these  lines  of 
any  factory  in  the  country,  guaranteeing  every  garment  to 
give entire satisfaction,  both  in  lit and  wearing qualities.  We 
are  also  headquarters  for  Pants,  Overalls  and  Jackets  and 
solicit  correspondence  with  dealers  in  towns  where goods of 
our manufacture are not regularly handled.
L a n s i n g   P a n t s   &  O v e r a ll  Co.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN.

DEALERS  IN

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LANSING,  fllC H .

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is  fast  being recognized  by everybody as  the  best  salt for  every pur­
pose. 
I t ’s  made from  the  best  brine by  the  best  process  with  the 
best  grain.  You  keep  the  best  of other  things,  why  not  keep  the 
best  of  Salt. 
\  our  customers  will  appreciate  it  as  they  appreciate 
pure sugar,  pure coffee,  and  tea.

Diamond Crystal Salt

Being free from all chlorides  of calcium  and magnesia, will  not  get damp  and 
soggy  on  your hands. 
Put  up  in  an  attractive and salable manner.  When 
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obtair  _ from jobbers and dealers.  For prices, see price current on other page. 
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Geese  Feathers.

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GRAND  RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY,  OCTOBER 3,  1894.

M IC H IG A N

Fire & Marine Insurance Go.

Organized  1881.

DETROIT,  MICHIGAN.

■STABI.ISHED  1841.

THE MERCANTILE AGENCY

R . G. D u n   &  Co.

Reference Books Issued  quarterly.  Collections 

attended to throughout United States 

and Canada

Your  Bank Account Solicited.

Kelt  Gouty Savings Ml,

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GRAND  RAPIDS  .MICH.
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J.  A.  S.  Verdier,  Cashier.

K. V a n  Hoy, Ass’tC’s’r. 
Interest  Allowed  on  Time  and  Sayings 

Transacts a General Ranking  Business. 

Deposits.

DIRECTORS:

Jno. A. Covode, D. A. Blodgett,  E. Crofton Fox, 
T. J. O’Brien,  A. J. Bowne,  Henry Idema, 
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J. A. S. Verdier.

Deposits  Exceed  One  M illion  Dollars.

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Offices In the principal cities of the United 
oStates,  Canada,  the  European  continent, 
^Australia, and In London, England.

Grand Rapids Office, Room 4, Widdicomb Bldg.

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constantly revising and adding  to  them.  Also 
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UNSEEN  HANDS

Which  Show  Us  Where  to  Go  and 

Where to  Come.

[The following story  Is  better  than  most  sto­
ries are, because it is exactly true, excepting the 
names given to the parties and  places.  The gen­
tleman whom  I  have  called  '‘General  Glover” 
has permitted me to put it In writing,that it may 
give the same courage  to  other  persons  which 
it has given to him  and to  me.  But,  at  his  re­
quest, I have changed every name  in  the  story 
from  those which be  gave me; and I assure the 
most curious reader or critic that he  will find it 
impossible to ascertain by  any  conjecture  who 
are  the  parties  described.  No  Incident,  how­
ever, in the story  is drawn  in  the  slightest  de­
gree from imagination.  I  tell  the tale as it was 
told to me,*and print it after  it  has  had  the  re­
vision of  "‘General Glover.”—E. E. Hale.]
1 was riding across the country  to  Du­
luth when my old friend  General  Glover 
came into the palace car.  We  two  were 
born at very nearly  the  same  time;  we 
like  each  other  and  respect each other. 
We have knocked about the world a good 
deal, and do not meet  each  other  as  of­
ten  as  we  wish  we  did,  but  when  we 
meet we begin where we left off  and  en­
joy the meeting.  At  least  I  am  sure  1 
do, and 1 think he does.

As  soon  as  the  first  inquiries  were 
passed I said to him:  “I  want you to tell 
me  again  your  story  of  the  letter you 
wrote  to  a  stranger.  At  the  time  you 
told me I repeated it to my wife,  and  af­
terward  to one or two other persons; but 
now I am afraid to tell it, it is so strange, 
and 1 am always thinking that my imagi­
nation has added something to it.”

General Glover  looked  at  me  with  a 
surprise  not  wholly  of  amusement. 
It 
was quite clear to me that the  story  was 
a serious matter to him,  as it was  to  me; 
and he told it  to me for the second  time. 
I think it is four years ago since  I  heard 
it  first,  and  it  speaks  as  well  for  my 
memory,  as for his,  that 1 should  recog­
nize  each  slightest  detail,  as  a  thing 
which  had  impressed 
itself  upon  his 
careful mind,  so that this  narrative  was 
identically the same as the  first  was. 
It 
was  as  if  you  had  struck a second im­
pression  from  a  stereotype  plate  which 
you had not used for four years.

“1 was sitting at  my  desk  at  Xeres,” 
he said,  “and working through  my  daily 
mail.  My  custom  was  to  attend to the 
business  of  the  firm  first,  and to leave 
the  personal  letters  to  be  answered in 
the  afternoon. 
It  was  now  afternoon, 
and I turned to  the  six  or  eight  letters 
which I had for  answer.

“Among these was one from a man for 
whom 1 had secured a place  in  the  navy 
in  the  outset  of  the  civil  war. 
If you 
remember,  I was then at the head  of  the 
Bunting Board,  and had a  great  deal  to 
do  with  the  enlargement  of  the  navy. 
Also, I was  myself  connected  with  the 
service. 
I  had  been  in  service  on  the 
seaboard  all  my  life,  and  knew,  natu­
rally enough,  a great many sailors in  the 
merchant  marine.  Hundreds  of  such 
men  came  to  me,  and  it  was  with my 
recommendation  of  them  that  they  re­
ceived their places in that volunteer serv­
ice which was of such infinite  advantage 
to the country in the  war.  Among these 
hundreds  was  a  good  fellow  who  had 
been, I should say,  in the coasting trade; 
but  I  do  not  remember  what  he  had

been.  He wanted to serve  the  country, 
and,  at my recommendation,  he  was  ap­
pointed,  as  other men were appointed,  a 
master’s mate.  As  a  master’s  mate  he 
did his duty, rose to  be  a  master,  after­
ward obtained a lieutenant’s  commission, 
and so went well-nigh through  the  war, 
until,  by  an  accident—not,  I  think,  a 
wound—he  was  so  far  disabled that he 
conld  no  longer  go  to  sea. 
I  did  not 
know this at the time; there was  no  rea­
son  why  I should know it; lhad nothing 
to do  with him and he had nothing to do 
with  me.  He  was  to  me  no  more than 
one post in this rail fence  which  we  are 
passing now is as distinct  from  another. 
I had signed the papers,  I  suppose,  dur­
ing the service, of thousands of men who 
had more or less to do with  our  Bunting 
Board,  and this man,  his name or  his  af­
fairs, made no more impression upon  me 
than the rest of them did.

“But, among the letters of this particu­
lar afternoon,  as I said, was a letter from 
this  man. 
It  was a gentlemanly  letter, 
short and to the point,  in which  he  told 
me that he received his  appointment  on 
my  recommendation, 
that,  after  some 
years of service, he had  been  obliged  to 
cease going to sea, on account of  the  ac­
cident of which I speak.  He  now  asked 
me if I were willing to write to the  head 
of  the  Pension  Bnreau  to  ask  that  his 
claim might be examined and acted upon 
immediately.  He  said  that  neither  he 
nor his counsel had succeeded  in  obtain­
ing any letters from  the  Pension  Office, 
telling them  when action would be taken 
on  his  claim.  He  remembered  that  I 
was the person who originally introduced 
him  into  the navy,  and he thought a let­
ter  from  me  might  obtain  an  answer 
where he had failed.

“I recalled,  as well as I could,  the cir­
cumstances in which he first came to me, 
and 1 said,  in a short letter, what I could 
do  to  his  advantage,  in  order  that  he 
might  use  my recommendation, so far as 
it  went  in  his  application,  and  then I 
went on with my other letters.

“1  had  finished the  whole  correspond­
ence,  when something which J do not un­
derstand,  and  you  do  not  understand, 
made me take this  letter to him out from 
the pile. 
I opened it,  looke .  at  his  let­
ter again, and looked at the  letter  which 
I  had  written  to  the  Pension  Bureau. 
Clearly  I had done all he asked  me  for, 
and I folded  both  envelopes  again  and 
sealed them.  1 went on  with  my  other 
work.  Still,  I  was  haunted  with 
the 
feeling  that  this  thing  waa  left  unfin­
ished,  and I opened both the letters  once 
more. 
I read his letter again, I read my 
letter  to  the Pension Bureau, and I read 
the  note  which  I  had  written to him. 
This time,  after reading his letter  to  me 
and  mine  to  him  once  and again, I in­
closed  in  my  envelope  to  him  some 
money,  without saying why,  for indeed I 
did  not  know.  This  ‘finally  finished’ 
my  correspondence,  as  I  supposed;  I 
sealed the letter again,  and,  finding  that 
I could do nothing  in  my  office,  put  on 
my  coat,  took  all  the letters I had been 
writing,  passed  from  my  private  room

NO.  576
through the counting room, and  left  the 
letters for the mail.

“But I was not permitted  to  leave  the 
door of the  office. 
In  obedience  to  the 
impulse which I had now obeyed twice,  I 
went back to the  mailing  box,  took  out 
my letter to him again,  went back  to  my 
private office and read it once more;  read 
his  letter  now  for  the  third  or  fourth 
time,  and this time wrote a new letter to 
my old friend  Colonel Sharp,  who  lived 
in  the  town  from  which the officer had 
written to me. 
I asked Sharp to be good 
enough to find him, to find  what his  con­
dition was, and that of his family,  and  if 
he found that they needed  any  help,  to 
render  it  to  them  at  my  expense,  if it 
should  be  necessary. 
I  sealed  and 
stamped this letter,  added it  to my  mail, 
and this  time I was  permitted  to  leave 
my office and go to my  home.

“We had a nightly mail,  at  that  time, 
from  Xeres  to  Abydos,  which  was  the 
city in which he was living,  and, as I af­
terward,  learned my letter  to him arrived 
the next morning.  It  will  save  trouble 
iflg iv ey o u a  name  for  him.  We  wili 
call him  Needles,  though  that is not his 
name.

“Thirty-six hours after I  had  written, 
I  have  it now,  and 
I received his reply. 
I will show it to yon sometime. 
It was a 
most modest and simple narrative  of  the 
steady decline of hi» fortunes,  since  the 
accident  which  I  have  described. 
It 
seemed  he  had  a  wife  and  four or five 
children, of whom he  spoke  with  pride 
and  confidence.  But he had been educa­
ted  as  a  sailor,  and  knew  no  arts  but 
those of a sailor; he had no way  of  earn­
ing a living now that he could not  go  to 
sea,  aud he had gone through all the mis­
ery  of  sickness,  enforced  idleness,  his 
income becoming  less  and  less  until  it 
was nothing.

“He and his wife had  sold  every  arti­
cle  of  property  and  dress  which  they 
could sell  for the  food  and  clothing  of 
their children.  They  had  been  obliged 
to withdraw their children  from  school, 
because  they  could not present a proper 
appearance  there. 
It  was  under  such 
circumstances that,  needing his  pension, 
of course,  he had written to me the  mod­
est  letter  which I had  received,  asking 
for my assistance in hastening the  decis­
ion on it.
“On the night before his present  writ­
ing—that is,  on the evening which imme­
diately  followed  the  afternoon  of  my 
writing  to  him—he  and  his  wife  and 
children were cowering around  the  little 
stove which warmed their  lodging.  The 
fire in  it  was  maintained  by  coals  and 
cinders which  the  children  had  picked 
up in the street.  He had  not  a  cent  to 
pay for any article of  food,  and  he  and 
the children  were all  hungry.  They  re­
viewed  the  position  as  well  as  they 
conld,  and it was then that his  wife  said 
that  she  was  sure  that  brighter  times 
must be before  them.  For  she  still  be 
lieved that God did  not  mean  that  peo­
ple should perish who had not  intention­
ally offended Him, or fought  against  His 
law.  She  knew that they had done their

3

THE  MIOHIGAJSr  TRADEBM AN.

“You say he  lives  in  this  city!”  said 
she,  very much interested  in  the  story. 
“Do you never go to see theta?”

duty as well as they knew  how,  and  she 1 should  occur.  At  this  announcement! on Mrs. Fonbl&nque. whom  perhaps  you 
believed  that  God  would  carry  them  that the office would  need  three  perma-1 know,  and he told this story, 
through.  She had no ground for this be-1 nent chairs  for some time,  Mr.  Rowland 
lief excepting her certainty  that  neither ! Hill  was more startled. 
‘In  short,’  said 
she nor her husband nor her children had  Colonel  Sharp  to  him,  goodnaturedly,
intentionally  done  what  was  wrong,  ‘the official  methods  will  not  answer 
With  such  comfort  as  they  could  get i this  case.  Mr.  Needles  deserves  the 
from such expressions as  hers,  they  all  place;  he must  have  the  place;  General
went to bed, the earlier because they had 
Glover and  1  both  meau  that  he  shall 
nothing to eat, and perhaps  because  the 
have  the  place;  and  you  may  as  well 
fire was not very satisfactory.
give it  to him now as  to  give  it  to  him 
t next  week.’  There  are  men  who  cau 
say such  things,  who  have  earned  the 
right to  say  them  by  long  and  distin­
guished  service  to  the  country.  Mr. 
Hill knew perfectly  well  that  this  was 
one of those cases,  and  when,  therefore, 
Mr.  Needles walked  home  that  morning 
to his wife, it was to explain to her tha the 
was  to go on  duty  in  the  post  office  of 
Abydos,  with a  proper salary that after­
noon.

“For  the  same  reason  they  slept, or 
stayed in  bed  late in  the  morning.  One 
is not tempted to rise early  when  tie  has 
nothing  to  do  and  nothing to eat.  But 
they did rise, though  late,  and  were  re­
kindling the fire,  1 think,  when  the post­
man stopped at the door and  brought  in 
the  letter  which  1  had 
times 
opened,  and  in  which  1  had  finally in­
closed the  money.

And the general coufessed,  that  since 
he began to teil the  story,  he  had  been 
feeling for the name,  but it  had  escaped 
him.

“if you had not asked  me,  however, 1 
think  1  should  have  caught  it.  Queer 
that 1  cannot  recall  it.”

“Might 1  see  them?  Where  do  they 
live?  What  is  his  name?”  she  asked, 
somewhat eagerly.

“No,” he said;  "1 have never  been  to 

“And  you  have  not  seen  him?”  said 

see them.”

three 

she.

CANDIES, FRUITS  and  NUTS. 
The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows :
Bbls.6*
6*
6*

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

Palls.
7)4
7)4
7)4
9

M IX ED   CANDV. Bbls
Standard  ......  ............... . .........  5)4
Leader........................................... 5*
Koval.............................................7)4
Nobby........................................ 
7H
English  Rock................................7)4
Conserves......................................7)4
Broken Taffy....................baskets
Peanut Squares................. 
“  8
French Creams.............................
Valley  Creams.............................
Midget. 30 lb.  baskets....................................  9
Modern. 30 lb. 

Palls
6*
6*
88*
8)4
8)4
8)499* 13 y.

.....................................  8)4

“ 
fancy—In bulk

“ 

fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. 

Palls
Lozenges, plain............................................   9
printed  ........................................  9)4
Chocolate Drops  ...........................................  13
Chocolate Monumentals...............................  13
Gum Drops  ...................................................  5)4
Moss Drops  ...................................................  8
Sour Drops......................................................... 8 >4
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Imperials................................................ 
Per Box
Lemon Drops................................................... 55
55
Sour Drops............................. 
Peppermint Drops................ 
60
Chocolate Drops...............................................75
H. M. Chocolate  Drops....................................80
Gum  Drops................................................4C@50
Licorice Drops..  .......................................... 1  00
A. B. Licorice  Drops.......................................80
Lozenges, plain...............................................65
print«!........................................... 65
Imperials......................................................... 65
70
Mottoes................................... 
Cream Bar........................................................55
Molasses  Bar................. 
 
55
Hand Made < '-earns. 
...........85®95
Plain Creams................................................... 80
l/ocorated Creams................................ 
90
String  Rock.....................................................(5
Burnt Almonds.............................................1  00
Wlnterereen  Berries.....................................  5

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No. 1, wrapped, 2 lb.  boxes.........................  34
No. 1, 
51
No. 2, 
28

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Extra choice 360 ...........................................  4 00
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Extra fancy 360.....................  
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Extra Fancy  300 Maloras............  
5  00
Large bunches 
t  75
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GRAND RAPIDS.MICH.

“No. 

I should not know the man from 
Adam if he came in at that door.”  And, 
at that instant,  as if  the  man were com 
ing, a knock was heard  at  the  door.  A 
servant entered with a card “For General 
Glover.”

The General read it,  and bade the man 
say he would see  the  gentleman  in  the 
reading room.  He turned  to  Mrs.  Fon- 
blanque:  “ What were  you asking me?” 
“ i  was asking  the  name  of  the  man 

whose story you told  me.”

“Yes,  you  were.  And  1  did  not 

know it.”

“ You said,” continued she,  “that  you 
should  not  know  him  if  he  came  in 
at that door.”

“I did so.  And here is his name.”
“Do not tell me that  this is that man’s 

card.”

“it is his card, and 1  am  going  down 
to see him.”  So be left Mrs. Fonblanque 
to her reflections.
Sure  enough, 

there  was  his  friend. 
He  was twenty years older than when,  as 
a young man,  he  flung  himself  into  his 
country’s cause.  There  were the marks 
of his accident,  and there were the marks 
of  his  twenty  years’  work.  And  both 
these  men  went  back,  in  memory,  to 
those eager days  when  the  war  began. 
But it was not of them that  the  younger 
bad  come  to  talk.  He  was  in  trouble 
again.  “ You will think 1 am  always  in 
trouble, and you will think I  always fall 
back on you.”

General  Glover  is  not  one  of  those 
people  who turn  over  their  own  bene­
factions  like  savory  bonbons;  he  does 
not  often  think  of  them  indeed.  He 
said,  cheerfully,  that,  quite on the other 
hand,  it  was  long  since  he  had  heard 
from his friend.”

“Nor  would you hear  from  me  now,” 
said the other,  “if I could  help  it.  But 
I  cannot  help  i t   1  come  to  you,  of 
course.  My life is all  to  change,  aud  1 
do not know how.  1 come to you to ask.
I should do wrong,”  he  said,  very  seri­
ously,  “connected  as  you  and  I  have 
been,  if I did anything without  your ad­
vice, nay,  without your permission.”

The General looked at  him  with  sur­
prise.  But the man  was  not  weak—he 
was  not  chattering  compliments.  He 
was speaking with  the  deepest  serious­
ness.  “My  life,  since  I  entered 
the 
navy,  has been all  wrought  in with your 
instructions. 
I should  be  wrong if 1 did 
not come for them now.”

Then he unfolded  his  budget  of  mis­
eries and explained  that he was worse off 
thau he bad  been  that  day  of  the  post­
man and the letter.  Worse  off  because 
a second  fall is worse than the first.

“ Needles wrote to  me  that  when  the 
bill  fell to the ground from the letter,  as 
it did, he felt as he should have felt if  it 
had dropped from the hand of  an  angel. 
He had not asked me for  money;  he  had 
not asked anybody for money.  He asked 
me  for  my  influence  in  the  Pension 
Bureau.  Without asking the money  had 
come.  He  felt,  and his wife felt, as if it 
had come in answer to their prayer.”

As General Glover told me this story, 1 
was reminded of a phrase  of  my  friend, 
Mr.  Naylor,  who used to  say  that  there 
was no condition in  human life in  which 
a check on New York would  not  answer 
most  purposes. 
It  was  clear  enough 
that the crisp greenback which  had  been 
inclosed  in  General  Glover’s  letter had 
been quite as valuable a workman in that 
starving family as Aladdin’s slave of the 
ring would have been.

“All this he  explained,”  said  General 
Glover,  “in  the  letter  of  which  I  told 
you,  which  I  received  thirty-six  hours 
after I inclosed the bill to him.”

Here  ends 

the  first  half  of  General 
Glover’s story to me, as he  told  it on the 
train.  1  wish  the  reader  to  observe, 
however,  that  the  first  half  is  accom­
panied by  a  second  half,  which  trans- 
spired several years  after.

Mr. Needles did  his  work  so  well  in 
the new office that  everyone  liked  him. 
Had it not  been in-door  work,  and  he  a 
sailor,  needing out-door  life,  this  story 
would end here.  But the  close  confine­
ment of the office was bad  for  him,  and 
the doctor told  him he could not stand it. 
He did not repeat this to  General Glover 
till  he  had  found  where  he  must  go. 
Then it proved  that  in  a  bureau which 
is under the Treasury,  which  1  will call 
the Bureau of  Red Tape,  they needed an 
out-door invoice man. 
It was  work that 
he could do,  and he applied to  be  trans­
ferred 
to  General 
Glover  to  tell  him  why  he  wanted  to 
remove, and asked for his  help at Wash­
ington.

there.  He  wrote 

Help  at  Washington, 

indeed!  The 
head of  the  Treasury  had  been  at  the 
Geueral’s side in  those  old  days  of  ’61 
and ’62, and  as  soon  as  the  mail  could 
send it,  the new  appointment was  made 
secure.

A skillful child was at once dispatched 
to buy the  materials  for  breakfast,  and 
they were well engaged in the  first  meal 
which they  bad  eaten  for  several  days, 
when another party  appeared  upon  the 
stage.  This time it was not the postman; 
it was Colonel Sharp;  to  whom  General 
Glover’s fourth letter  had  been  written.
1 wish 1 could give the reader an  idea  of 
General Glover’s  description  of  Colonel 
Sharp’s methods.  He  sat,  cheering  all 
parties  by  his lively talk—1 wish 1 were 
talking with  him now—and when he saw 
that the breakfast was well  finished,  he 
took Needles with him to the  great  post- 
office at  Abydos.  Colonel  Sharp  was a 
pretty  important  person  in 
that  city, 
and,  breaking  all  lines  of  defense,  he 
soon  found  himself with Mr.  Needles in 
Years passed away;  1 do not know how 
the  private  room  of 
the  postmaster, 
mauy.  General Glover,  who  is a man of 
whom,  for the purpose of this  story,  we
a thousand duties,  all  of which  he  does
will  call  Mr.  Rowland  Hill.  General  well,  went hither,  went thither, and may
Glover  went  on  to  describe  the  inter­
not have thought of the letter or  the  an­
view.
swer once  in  a  month.  Needles  never 
wrote 
to 
Needles.  As  1  said,  borrowing  his 
phrase as we flew  along  .in  the  express 
train, one such man,  till the  letter came, 
did not differ  from  another,  more  than 
one post in a rail fence from  that  which 
is next to it.

“Sharp  told  Mr.  Hill that there was a 
deserving man,  who had served the coun­
try,  and that I was interested in him, and 
Hill shook hands  with  official  cordiality, 
and said  he would  be  interested  in  any 
friend of mine and his.

And from  that  time,  1  know  not  for 
how  mauy  years,  there  was  no  corre­
spondence  between  General Glover  and 
his friend.

“Colonel Sharp said that he wanted Hill 
to appoint  Mr.  Needles to a good place in 
But the letter,  and  what  came from it, 
that post office.  Mr. Hill  at once assumed 
made a  difference.  Yes,  and  the  mem­
the official air of distress,  and  explained
ory of that letter,  and the picture  of  the
how many  hundreds  of  applications  he I stove,  and the chiidreu,  and their mother 
received every  day from  very  deserving I sleeping late, and  ail  the  rest  which  1 
people; but he  would  put  Mr.  Needles’ : have told you, did sometimes  comeback
name on the list, and  would send  for him 
the first time lie had an  opportunity.

And so,  when, as I say, years had gone
“Colonel Sharp said,  at  this,  that  he j by,  as he  was one day making  a  visit  in 
was  very  glad  Mr.  Needles  interested I the great roaring city which 1 have called 
Mr.  Hill,  that neither of them were much I Abydos,  he told the story,  as  he  told  it 
occupied,  and  that  they  would  stay  in ■ to me,  and as I have told  it  to  you.  He
the private  office  unti

to  him.  He  never  wrote 

to General Glover.

This  was  the  story:
At the time when  he  was  transferred 
the  opportunity  was making a call at the Hotel Esterhazy * from the post office to the  Bureau of Red

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utes after  General  Glover  had  left  the 
reading-room,  he returned  with  this card 
to his friend.

“ I told you so,” said  the  man,  eager, 
modest and simple in  his  gratitude.  “I 
told you that it  would  be wrong  for  me 
to do anything  without  consulting  you.”
And General Glover went  back  to Mrs. 
Fonblanque,  and told  her  the  end or  the 
story.

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to  say:  “Yes, 

I told  a story somewhat like  this  to  a 
very  wise man  last week,  and  he  forced 
himself 
it  shows  how 
closely we  are  all  jumbled  together  in 
this little  world.”  But  he  forced  him­
self to say this, and at the bottom  of  his 
heart  he  was  wondering  if  it  did  not 
show a  great  deal  more.  And  General 
Glover  thinks,  and  Mrs.  Fonblanque 
thinks,  and Needles thinks,  and  his  wife 
thinks,  and I think,  that it shows a great 
deal more.

We think that outside the  people  that 
write letters and  put  them  in  the  post 
office there are  unseen  people  who  tell 
them what to say.  We think that behind 
you and  me,  who come  and go,  there are 
sometimes unseen hands  which  show  us 
where to go and where to come.

And  those  of  us  who  write  stories 
sometimes  put into  them  such  tales  of 
crisis,  as that in which Jane  Eyre  hears 
the  cry  of  her  lover,  though  he’s  two 
hundred  miles  away.  But  we  do  not 
put in such  things  merelyt to  serve  the 
purpose of the  story.  We  put  them  in 
because,  if  we  did not put  them in.  the 
story would not be true to life.

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Tape,  at  the  General’s  intercession,  it 
had  been  .necessary,  under  such  Civil 
Service  rules  as  then  existed,  that  he 
should file a  proper  certificate  of  char­
acter,  and he had done so.

Now this certificate, alas,  was  headed 
by  the  most  distinguished  of  General 
Glover’s friends  in  that  city,  Governor 
Oglethorpe.

But in the course of five  or  six  years, 
there had grown up a  great  feud  in  the 
party, and  Governor  Oglethorpe  headed 
one  side  and  Mr.  Clodius  headed  the 
other.

And a week before  the  time  we  have 
come to,  Mr. Clodius had  been  appointed 
from Washington to be  the  head  of  our 
Bureau of Red Tape.

And every man in  the  office knew that 
all their certificates  had  been  examined 
on Wednesday,  and that all  of  Governor 
Oglethorpe’s men would  be  dismissed on 
Friday.

It was now Thursday evening.
“I only heard of  this to-day,”  said the 
officer we  are  interested  in.  “I  would 
not tell  myj wife.  But  she  knew  some­
thing  was  the  matter.  But  when  the 
evening  paper  came,  I  saw  you  were 
here  at  the  Esterhazy, <and  then I knew 
it  was  all  right.”

“All  right,  dear  friend?”  said 

the 
in  real  distress.  “It  is  all 
General, 
I  do  not  know  this  Clodlns— 
wrong. 
have hardly heard of him. 
I  am  out  of 
politics these five  years.  None  of  them 
know me or care for me. 
I  cannot  help 
you.”

“O, yes,  you can  help  me,”  said  the 
man,  simply and confidently.  “And you 
will.  That is why  1  came.  1  told  my 
wife it was all right—and it is.”

“My dear fellow,  you understand noth­
ing about it. c Even  the people  at  Wash­
ington do  not  care  for  me  now.  They 
have forgotten me. 
I would  gladly help 
you,  but  I  am  as  powerless  as  a child.” 
Still  he  was  touched—how  could  he 
help being touched—by the man’s simple 
faith.

“Of  course  I  will .write  a  letter  for 
you.  But  it will do no good.  Your Mr. 
Clodius  cares  nothing  for  me  or  mine. 
Stay here,  however,  and  I  will  go  and 
write it.”

So  he  crossed  the  hotel  floor  to  the 
private  office ¿.where,  not  ¿the  “gentle­
manly clerk,”  but  Mr.  Mann,  the  wise 
director of the whole,  was sitting.

“Mann,”  said  the  General,  “do  you 

know this Clodius?”

“I should think 1 did,”  said  he.  “He 
sat  in 
that  chair  half  an  hour  ago. 
William,”  and he struck  his  bell,  “see if 
Mr. Clodius is in 75.”

“No,  no;  1  do  not  want  to  see  him. 
But  who  knows  him  well  enough— 
well,  to  tell  him  a  story?”
“ 1  should  think  I  did. 

I  have  got 
him  this  office  in  the Red Tape  Bureau. 
He  would  not  be  there  but  for  me.”

“Is it possible?”  said  the  General,  a 
little awe-struck.  “I  want  to  tell  him 
about one of the people in it.”

“There  is  paper  and  ink.  Write  a 
note  to  me  and  it  shall  go 
to  him. 
Man  to  be  kept  in?  He  shall  stay  in.
If  there  is  anything  Clodius  wants,  it 
is  to  oblige  me.  At  least,  those  were 
the last words  he  said  to  me  when  he 
left this room.”

The General  wrote his note,  in  a  few 
lines,  as such  men  can.  Mr.  Mann  in­
dorsed  it.  “Flease  see  to  this.”  The 
waiter took it to 75.

There  came  back  a  card,  with  “All 
right.  Mr. Clodius.”  And  fifteen  min­

The  F lo u r  O u tp u t  o f M ichigan.

in 

Few people have  any  idea  of  the  ex­
tent to which the flour industry has  been 
developed 
the  Wolverine  State. 
Sixty years ago Michigan was  little more 
than a wilderness,  and the  few  mills  in 
existence then  were  of  the  crudest  de­
scription  and  intended  to  supply  only 
the  immediate  locality  in  which  they 
were situated.  This was long before the 
invention of the  roller. process.  ..To-day 
there are 578 mills in the  State,  having a 
daily  capacity  of  43,954  barrels.  Run­
ning 300 days in the  year,  their  product 
would  be  13,186,200  barrels,  or enough 
flour to supply one-fifth of the population 
of the  United  States,  putting  the  indi­
vidual  consumption  at  one  barrel  per 
year.  To  make  that  quantity  of  flour 
would  require  65,931,000  bushels  of 
wheat,  as it takes five  bushels  of  wheat 
to  make  one  barrel  of  standard  flour. 
Michigan’s  wheat  crop  seldom  exceeds 
22,000,000  bushels,  so  that,  if the  mills 
were grinding up to  their capacity,  they 
would use three times as  much  wheat as 
is grown in the State.  But they  are  not 
run to their full  capacity,  the  difficulty 
of  finding  a  market  for  their  product 
since 
the  financial  depression  began 
being  the  chief  obstacle.  The  flour 
made  in  the  larger mills of the  State  is 
of first-class quality,  and there is no  rea­
son  why,  under  favorable  conditions, 
every  mill  in  the  State  should  not  be 
running to the full limit of  its  capacity.

The D rug M arket.

Opium is steady at  last  week’s  quota­

tions.

Morphia  is  unchanged,  as  yet,  but a 

decline is possible  soon.

Quinine is firm but unchanged.
Flax  seed  continues  to  advance  and 
higher prices for  linseed  oil  are  looked 
for.

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Brant—L. Ewing has opened a grocery 
store near his residence  in  Marion  town­
ship,  several miles West of this place.

4

ABOUND  THE  STATE.

MOVEMENTS OF  MERCHANTS.

Marquette—Alex.  Lenslieek has opened 

a grocery  store.

Lansing—Owen  Jones,  meat  dealer, 

has removed to Creston la.

Holly—C.  H.  S.  Lowe has sold his jew­

elry business to H.  M.  Moore.

Burr Oak—Otis Hiucher has purchased 

the grocery stock of E.  P.  Bates.

Onekema—C.  J.  Vogel,  meat  dealer, 

h*s removed to Manitowoc,  Wis.

Muskegon—Dow  &  McComb  succeed 

M. J.  Dow in  the grocery  business.

Bloomingdale—Charles 

and  Frank 

Merrifield will soon open  a grocery.

Lakeville—Frank  L.  Layton  succeeds 

John  Barden in the grocery  business.

Port Austin—F.  L. Sturtevant succeeds 

W m.  Somerville in the meat  business.

Marquette—Hathaway  &  Peters  suc­
ceed Henry Mack,  Jr.,  in the  meat  busi­
ness

Dryden—Smith  •&  Farley  succeed J.  S. 
Smith in the lumber and  hardware  busi­
ness.

Flushing—Heath  &  Frame  succeed 
Geo.  Ball  in  the grocery and  bakery  busi­
ness.

Big  Rapids—Lee  C.  Lincoln,  wagon 
dealer, is succeeded  by  Lincoln  &  Lig­
gett

Vernon—John  Barden has removed his 
general  stock  from  Lakeville  to  this 
place.

Battle Creeek—J.  Howard  Green  has 
sold his drug stock to a gentleman named 
Fisher.

Manistee—J. A. Johnson  has embarked 
in  the wholesale produce and commission 
business.

lshpemiug—T. Grabowsky is succeeded 
by  Chas.  Grabowsky  in  the  dry  goods 
business.

New  Lathrop—Ziegler  &  Weinzierl 
succeed Giilett &  Ziegler in  the  grocery 
business.

Sturgis—A.  R.  Culver  has  removed 
his furniture busiues  from  Sherwood  to 
this place.

Eagle—Huntoon  &  McCrumb,  general 
dealers, have dissolved,  Jas.  A.  Huntoon 
succeeding.

Hastings—K. 

ha 
opened a  grocery  store  in  the  Heuder- 
shott  block.

I.  Ueudershott 

Manistique—Mason  H.  Quick  &  Co. 
succeed  Middlebrook & Rose in the hard­
ware business.

Blissfield—Doan & Glaser,  grocers and 
meat  dealers,  have  dissolved,  Doan  & 
Giles succeeding.

Reed City—Kauffman  «St  Merner,  mer­
chant tailors, have added  a line of men’s 
furnishing goods.

Hillman—L.  Davidson  has  purchased 
the dry goods and  millinery  business  of 
Mrs. J.  H. Stevens.

Manistee—John  Brandstetter  has  re­
moved  his  jewelry  stock  from  Grand 
Haven to this place.

Menominee—Ellsworth & Lewis,  drug­
gists,  have dissolved,  L.  D.  Lewis & Sou 
continuing the business.

Saginaw—H.  P.  Smith,  dealer  in  car­
riages,  is  succeeded  by the H.  P. Smith 
Buggy Co., incorporated.

Muskegon—Gerrit Witt & Co., grocers, 
have  dissolved.  The  business  will  be 
continued  by Gerrit Witt.

Rapid River—M.  Glazer  has  removed 
his  clothing  and  furnishing goods stock 
from Escanaba to this place.

Battle Creek—The style  of  the  Battle 
Creek Machinery Co.  has  been  changed 
to the Battle Creek Steam Pump Co.

Lennon—W.  C. Aiken,  who  also  con­
ducted stores at Pittstord and Clayton,  is 
succeeded in  the grocery  business  by  N. 
j A.  & K.  L.  Desmond.
Orono—Wm.  Hay barker  will  shortly 
j  embark  in  the  grocery  business.  His 
father will put a line  of  dry  goods  and 
notions fn the same store.

Lansing—George & Rose, grocery deal 
ers, have  dissolved.  The  business  will 
be continued by S.  L.  George,  under  the 
sty le ot S.  L.  George & Co.

Traverse City—C. M.  Beers has sold his 
interest  in  the  furniture  stock  of  Beers 
*   Wurzburg, 
to  his  partner,  Peter 
\V urzburg,  who  will  conduct  the  busi 
ness hereafter.

Manistee—F.  C.  Larsen  has  erected 
a three story and  basement  store  build 
ing at 61  Filer street,  which  he  will  oc 
cupy  with  an  exclusively  wholesale 
grocery stock.

Muskegon—E.  D.  Haines has  opened a 
grocery  store  at  17  Pine  street.  His 
brother,  A.  Haines,  who  has had consid­
erable  experience  in  the  grocery  busi­
ness,  is behind  the  counter  at  the  new 
establishmaut.

Ashland  Center—J.  W.  Pollard  has 
sold  his interest  in  the  general  stock  of 
Pollard Bros,  to  A.  McKinlay,  and  the 
business will  be  continued  by  the  latter 
and Geo.  Pollard  under the style  of Pol­
lard  &  McKinlay.  The  new  firm  will 
erect a cold  storage  warehouse  and  em­
bark 
in  the  butter  and  egg  business. 
The  retiring  partner  has  gone  to  Ann 
Arbor,  where he  will pursue a course  of 
medicine in  the  medical  department  of 
the State  University.

Lansing—Benjamin  F.  Simons  and 
David Burnham  have  for  a  number  of 
years  been  rival  dry  goods  merchants 
here. 
In 1889 Buruham sent to the  vari­
ous  Eastern  wholesalers  with  whom 
Simons  did  business,  clippings  from  a 
local paper of a notice  of  a  transfer  of 
property  by Simons to his wife for $5,000. 
Attached to this was the  following  note: 
“The real estate transferred and  marked 
in slip is estimated to  be  worth  at  least 
§10,000; other real  estate  heavily  mort­
gaged;  reported  to  be  heavily  indebted 
to  three  or  four  banks  for  borrowed 
money at a high rate of interest,  say 8 or 
10  per  cent,  per  annum,  and  payable 
every 60 days.” 
In  one  instance  there 
was added,  “In time of peace prepare for 
war.”  The result of this was that Simons 
was prevented  from  obtaining credit,  re­
plenishing bis stock and  maintaining his 
trade.  A  Circuit  Court  jury gave him a 
judgment  against  Burnham  for  $3,500 
and costs, and this verdict has  now  been 
affirmed by the Supreme Court.

B eans P lentiful a n d   C heap.

last  year,  notwithstanding 

“This is going to be  a  great  year  for 
beans,”  said  W.  T.  Lamoreaux to  T he 
T radesm an  last  week. 
“The  season 
has started  in a full  month  earlier  than 
usual,  and  beans  are  coming  in  with  a 
rush.  The  crop  is  50  per  cent,  larger 
than 
the 
drouth and the  confident  predictions  of 
those who pretend  to  know ail  about  it, 
and the  quality is  excellent.  The  price 
is  on  the  down  grade,  and  will  touch 
$1.25 in a short  time.  The  price  is  not 
only  affected  by  the  early  season  and 
large crop,  but it has  the  Canadian  crop 
to contend  with. 
It is true there  are not 
more than  three  counties  in  Ontario  in

which  beans  are  raised,  but  Canadian 
beans are fully equal  to  ours  in  quality 
and the  crop  over  there  is  generally  a 
large one.  The reduction of 50 percent, 
in the duty  will  enable  Canadian  hand­
lers  to  enter  our  market  and  compete 
with  us on almost  equal  terms;  in  fact, 
they are now quoting beans  at nearly  all 
the  points  to which  1 ship them.  They 
are waking up over  there,  and  will  keep 
us hustling as long as their beans last.  1 
expect to  start 900 cars this season,  and, 
as  a  beginning,  have  taken 
forty 
cars in the  last  two  weeks.  Beans  are 
going to be plentiful and cheap this year, 
although some buyers don’t seem to know 
it.  One  chap  over  in  Holly  has  been 
buying them right  along for $1.50, and  I 
told my men to let him  have them.  One 
of  my  buyers  writes  me  that  the poor 
fellow has at  last tumbled  to  the  truth, 
but not until he was heavily loaded  with 
high-priced stock.  My men are now buy­
ing at Fenton and  Holly for  $1.35.  The 
other fellow is bound to drop some money 
on his beans, for the price is receding all 
the time.”

in 

Purely Personal.

H. Brower, of the  firm  of  Klomparens 
& Brower, general  dealers  at  Hamilton, 
was in town a couple of days  last  week.
Corwin  F.  Miller  has  sold  his  drug 
dock  at  Wolcottville,  Ind., 
to  Shook 
Bros.,  formerly  engaged  in  the  drug 
business  at Spencerville,  Ind.

G.  V.  Nash,  general dealer and lumber 
manufacturer  at Norwood  and  promoter 
and  principal  owner  of  the  Ellsworth 
number  Co., at Ellsworth, was in town
couple of days last week.

H.  B.  Fairchild  (Hazeltine & Perkin 
Drug  Co.)  is this week taking his second 
vacation  for  nine  years.  He  is attend 
ing the annual convention of the National 
Wholesale Druggists’ Association at New 
York.

F.  D.  Bates,  of the brokerage  firm  of 
Bates & Suydam, of San  Francisco, Cal. 
wag in town Monday for  the  purpose  of 
securing the  accounts  of  the  O.  &  W 
Thum Co, and the  Diamond Wall  Finish 
Co. 
It is  understood  that  he  was  sue 
cessful  in both cases.

Henry  Riechel,  of  the  drug  firm  of 
Thum  &  Riechel,  at  166  West  Bridge 
street,  was  elected  a  member  of  the 
American Pharmaceutical  Association  at 
its convention at Asheville,  N.  C.  Thi 
is the first time  Grand  Rapids  has  ever 
been  represented on the membership roll 
of that organization.

It isn’t always the  man  who prays the 
loudest at prayer meeting that people be 
lieve in most.

Henry  J.  Vinkemulder,
Fruits  and  Vegetables,

JO B B E R   OF

418,  420,  445  and  447  So.  Division 

St  Grand  Rapids.

VEGETABLES.

We  quote  you  No. 1  Apples  in  3  bu.  bbls.  at 
*1.75 per bbl.  No. 2 Apples  in  4%  bu.  bbls.  at 
*1.75 per bbl.  Peaches 75c to 81.50.  Concord and 
Niagara  grapes  15c  per  81b  basket.  Fancy 
Quinces *1 50 per bu.  Pears *1.00 to *1.50 per  bu.
Fancy cauliflowers *1.25 to *. 50 per doz.  Home­
grown celery, fine  15c per  doz.  Green  peppers 
*1  per  bu.  Choice  onions  tOc  per  bu.  choice 
cabbage 30 to 40c  per doz.  Tomatoes eOc per bu. 
Fancy Jersey sweet potatoes $3 per bbl.
Send  in  your  orders  by  mail  or wire,  They 
will have our prompt and careful  attention  ana 
benefit of any decline  in  prices.  State  how  to 
ship, freight or express  and  what  line.  Before 
you buy your winter apples and onions  set  our 
prices.

PRODUCE  M ARKET.

As  the  season  advances  and  cool  weather 
| comes prices of all kinds of  produce  and  fruits 
| slowly rise, although there  is  little  diminution 
in  the  quantity marketed.  One reason  for  the 
rise is the competition  between  the  home  mar­
ket and  shippers,  the  latter  now  having  their 
j outside customers to care  for.  The  commission 
houses  have  done  next  to  nothing  for  some 
weeks  in vegetables, their attention being given 
to  fruit,  but  the  approach  of  winter  compels 
them to give more time to vegetables.

Apples-The  supply  of  summer fruit is about 
done,  although  straggling  lots  of  snows  and 
kings are still to be seen; they are held  by  deal­
ers at $2@2.25  per  bbl.  Spies,  greenings,  Bald­
wins and pippins are in good supply and of first 
class quality; they are  held at $ 1.7532  per  bbl. 
Pound sweets bring the same.

Beans—Handlers pay *1.35 for country  picked, 
holding hand  picked  at  Si 30.  The  reason  for 
the  decline  is—the  season  is  at  least a month 
earlier than in former years and the  crop  about 
50 per cent,  larger.
bu.

Beets—Are bought on the  market  for  35c  per 

Butter—Is strong and steady at 20321c for best 

dairy and 2.'@24c for  creamery.

Crabapples—The supply is  hardly  fair.  Only 
two  kinds  are  to  be  seen  now—Siberians  and 
Tartarlans; dealers hold them at 75c per  bu.

Cabbage—The supply is good  and  the  quality 

excellent.  The market price is 40c per bu. 

Carrots—Bring 35340c on the market. 
Cauliflowers—Were  never  better  than 

this 
season,  and  the  supply  is  good.  Tha  market 
price is 11.59 per doz.

Celery—Unchanged  at  12tf@l6c.
Cucumbers—Are bought  on  the  market at 10c 

per 100.  They are getting scarce.

Egg  Plant—Outside  stock  has  been  forced 
out by home-grown,  which are in  every way the 
better of the two.  Dealers hold  them  at  *1  per 
doz.

Eggs—Supply and  demand  are  about  at  par 
and  the  market  is  firm  and  active.  Strictly 
fresh bring 15c.

Grapes—The  supply  is  still  equal  to  the  de 
mauds of both shippers  and  the  home  market 
Concords, Niagaras,  Brlglitons,  .Delawares  and 
Rogers are  the .varieties  now  being  marketed. 
Dealers hold lhem at 15c per 8-lb. basket.
market to 7c per doz.

Green  Corn—Evergreen  has  dropped  on  the 

Lettuce  Hothouse, of good quality, is held by 

growers at 10c per lb.
bu.

Muskmelons—Are held by dealers  at  *1 25  per 

Onions—Spanish  bring  $1.25  per  crate.  Of 
home-grown, yellow Denvers and reds,  of which 
there seems to be an  over  supply, are  the  chief 
varieties; they are held by dealers at 35350c  per 
bu.  The  little silver skins,  for  pickling,  bring 
*2 per bu, although some of inferior quality  can 
be had for *1.75.

Peaches—The better known varieties have dis­
appeared.  Smocks and gold drops are  now  the 
leading varieties.  They are held  by  dealers  at 
*1.5031.75 per bu.

Peppers—Both red and green are  held by deal 

ers at *131.25 per bu.

Potatoes—The  market  is  in  a  very unsettled 
condition,  the  uncertainty  regarding  the  crop 
making  anything  like  steadiness 
impossible. 
Chief varieties  are  Empire  State  and  Hebrons. 
Dealers hold them at 70c per bu.  The  supply  Is 
no more than equal to the demands of  the  home 
market.

Plums—Californias bring *2 per 4 basket crate. 
Pears—Keefers and Bells  are  about  the  only 
kinds now being marketed; the first of these are 
of inferior quality.  They are held by deilers at 
*l@l.z5  per  bu.  Californias  bring  *2.50  per 
crate.

Quinces—Are  plentiful and are good, bad and 
Radishes—Are sold on  the  market  at  10c  per 

indifferent.  Dealers hold them at *1.25 per bu.
doz.

Sweet Potatoes—Jerseys,  the  best  grown,  are 
held by dealers at *3  per  bbl;  Baltimores,  *2.50 
per bbl.

Tomatoes—The  supply  is  falling off  on  ac­
count  of  cool  weather.  The  price  remains 
about the same—60@75e per bu.

Squash—Hubbard, Pike’s  Peak  and  late  sum 
mer can be bought on the market for l%c per lb. 
MarbleheadB  will  be  on  the  market  in  a few 
days.

Turnips—Unwashed  are  worth  20c  per  bu.; 

washed 30c.

for 30c per doz.

home-grown, 8c.

\  egetables  Oysters—Are  sold  on  the  market 

Watermelons—Floridas  are  held  at  I2>*c; 

Wax Beans—Sell on the market for 50c per  bu.

that,  as  the  fairs  are  over,  and  seeding 
about  done,  farmers  will  pay  more  at­
tention 
to  mar­
ket,  which  will  certainly  be  welcome 
to  the  millers. 

to  hauling  wheat 

C. G.  A.  Voigt.

n dCE  MICHIGAN  TRAJ33B8
ble  by  the  gentlemen  now  looking into 
the  matter,  we  may  expect  to  see  the 
lemon stock  of the two States mentioned 
as common  among  the trade  as Messinas 
and Palermos now  are.  As  believers  in 
“America for Americans,”  we  shall  hail 
the  anticipated  day  with  pleasure  and 
wish the Coast States  a  full  measure  of 
success.  Later on when the average box 
yield of the present season  can  be ascer­
tained  with a fair degree of accuracy,  we 
shall  be pleased to favor our readers with 
a  full  and  complete  statement  of  the 
facts  from  which  may  be  adduced  an 
opinion  as to the  probability of realizing 
the desideratum coveted.

General  Trade—Continues  very  good, 
with every indication that  we shall  have 
a fairly good  fall’s  business.  Prices  re­
main about stationary in most lines.  The 
past week being “Fair  Week,”  brought a 
great many dealers to  the city and a con­
siderable  number  of  good  sized  orders 
were booked;  in fact, jobbers report that 
it seemed like old times.

The  Hardware  Market.

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

The  Grocery Market.

1 

business.  Nos. 

Sugar (Edgar)—Refined  sugars  are  in 
fair demand  with  a  steadily  increasing 
volume  of 
to 
l-16c  and  Nos.  5 
4  have  declined 
to  14  have  declined  M<L 
except 
No.  6,  which  was  reduced  3-16c.  Pro­
duction has been reduced  materially and 
reports are  current to the  effect that  the 
entire  working  capacity  will  shortly I 
close down—probably when refiners’  sup­
plies of raws have all  been  melted.  The 
increased  demand  to  which attention  is 
called  is  principally  for  grades  other 
than granulated,  but  the  latter  is  more 
in  request  toward the close and  we look 
for more nearly normal  conditions in  the 
near  future.  Under  ordinary  circum­
stances the present basis  would attract a 
good many speculative buyers, the work­
ing  margin  between  centrifugals  and 
granulated being only  a  shade  over  %c 
per pound, but  the  manifest  disposition 
on the part of dealers  generally seems to 
be  to  work  stocks  down  to  the  lowest 
possible point and supply their moderate 
requirements only on  a  strictly  hand  to 
mouth basis.
Fish—Trout  are  lower.  Whitefish are 

higher.
Brooms—Dealers generally are advanc­
ing their quotations,  in  consequence  of 
the  recent  action  of  manufacturers  in 
raising their prices.  Still  higher  prices 
are looked for.

Pork—Business for  the  past  week  in 
the local  market is reported as brisk. 
It 
is  believed  that  top  figures  have  been 
reached,  and,  as a  consequence,  sales  in 
large quantities are not reported. 
If the 
expectations of some of the wiseacres are 
realized,  it will not be  long  before there 
will be  a heavy  cut into present  figures. 
In smoked meats  hams are  down  M@Mc 
per lb.  all  round.  Shoulders  are  down 
Me.  Bacon is down  Me.  Dried  beef  is 
up Me.  Lard is down Me on all  brands.
Bananas—Wholesale  dealers report an 
increased demand,  but most of them have 
been  chary  about  ordering  shipments 
forward until  peaches  and other  domes­
tic fruits are well out of  the  way,  as  an 
accumulation of  stock  which  ripens  be­
fore it can be moved out on orders means 
a considerate loss.  There will  be  one or 
two cars diverted to  this  market  during 
the present  week.

Cocoanuts—Are  now  coming  forward 
freely  and,  as the  hot weather is nearly 
over,  full sacks may be purchased by the 
trade without fear of their spoiling.  The 
nut is now at its  best,  being thick meated 
and juicy.  A special  price  of  53.75  per 
100 is made on full sack lots.
Lemous—There  is  very 

little  really 
fancy stock to be  bad at  present,  but  no 
end to the extremely small sizes,  such  as 
420s  aud  500s.  These  can  be  bought 
very  low,  but  no  one  seems  to  want 
them,  aside  from 
the  peddlers.  The 
Maioris are now the  most  satisfactory to 
handle,  as the stock  is  large,  clean  and 
bright. 
that  Florida 
lemons will  be offered  in our  market  be­
fore  long  and  the trade  will  be allowed 
to judge whether they  are  equal  to  the 
imported  fruit.  Florida  aud  California 
growers profess to believe that  their  re­
spective  States  are  going to head off im­
portations of foreign lemons in the South­
ern and Western States in much the same 
manner and as  effectually  as  they  have 
oranges.  The  question  of  establishing 
curing  houses here and  in the East is be­
ing considered,  and,  if  deemed  practica­

It  is  probable 

New  Figs—Are  due  at  the  Eastern 
ports this week,  and,  while  prices  from 
first steamers will probably  range  fairly 
high,  they  will  soon  be reduced  as each 
succeeding vessel  will  have  a  quantity. 
The crop  is said to be less than last year 
and  the stock  will  run  a  little  smaller, 
owing  to  dry  weather  during  the  two 
months prior to picking.  This will have 
a tendency to reduce the “ box pack” and 
increase the “bag”  shipments,  while the 
quality of the latter will  be  better  than 
last  year.
Oranges—It is expected  by a couple  of 
our  principal  fruit  houses that a car  of 
the first picking  of Florida  oranges from 
the earliest of the  Hammock groves  will 
be  started for our market  some time  this 
week.  As  the time  of  transit  is  about 
ten  days  it  will  probably  be  about  the 
15th when  the  fruit  reaches  here.  The 
packers state that the  fruit will  be about 
half  colored  when  put  into  the  boxes, 
and that by  the  time  it  is  unloaded,  it 
will  be  nearly,  if  not  quite,  fully col­
ored.  Grand Rapids dealers are not slow 
in getting hold of the first of all  the good 
things,  and  producers  everywhere  are 
anxious to  get  our  seal  of  approval  on 
their goods.

The Grain  Market.

The market closed  at  top  last  Satur­
day,  although  a  trifle  lower  than  one 
week  ago. 
It  shows  that  bottom  has 
been found and that prices  will advance. 
The visible increase was  only  moderate. 
Wheat receipts in the winter  wheat  belt 
have fallen off,  wbile in the spring wheat 
section in the Northwest they  have  held 
up thus far very well,  but,  from  all  the 
information  we  can  gather,  they  will 
soon  cease  to  be  so  burdensome.  Ex­
ports  have  not  been  up  to  the  usual 
amount—about 500,000 bushels  less than 
last week—but  this  is  only  temporary, 
for,  as soon as our foreign  trade see that 
receipts have fallen off at  initial  points, 
they  will  be wanting  to  replenish,  and, 
as  our wheat seems to be held  in  strong 
hands,  they  will  have  to  pay  higher 
prices 
that  500,000 
bushels of wheat  was sold in  New  York 
at 3c  more  than  December  price.  The 
amount  of  feeding  still goes on and  will 
soon  have  an  effect  on  prices.

Report  has 

Corn  has  declined  considerably in  the 
leading  markets,  while  at  outside  mar­
kets  the  effect  has  not  been  so  pro­
nounced.  Still, corn  is  too  high  and  it 
will  be  long  before  it  will  be  a  good 
thing to buy  wheat  and sell corn.

Oats  have 

followed  corn 

in  price. 
That  is,  the  price  has  receded  some­
what,  and  may  still  go  lower,  but  it  is 
doubtful.

Receipts  for  the  past  week  have been 
moderate—wheat  53  cars,  corn  7  cars 
and  oats  4  cars.  Owing  to  the  fair 
here  there  was  not  much  wheat  re­
ceived  from  farmers. 
is  expected

It 

it 

5

The Musselman Grocer Co.  has secured 
the agency  for Western  Michigan  for the 
G.  H.  Hammond Co.’s  celebrated  butter- 
ine,  comprising  three  brands—Spring- 
dale,  Springdale  Creamery  and  Gold 
Nugget.  These goods made many  friends 
last season  and  the  retail  trade  will  be 
pleased  to  learn  that  they are  again  in 
market.

Herbert A.  Huyck,  general  dealer  at 
Wakelee,  has  added  a  line  of  drugs. 
The Hazeltine & Perkins  Drug  Co.  fur- 

shed  the stock.
Robert  I.  Hendershot  has  opened  a 
grocery store at Hastings.  The  Olney & 
Judson Grocer Co.  furnished the stock.

FOR  SALE,  W ANTED,  ETC.

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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 Dayment.
T   EAD1NG CLOTHING BUSINESS FOR SALE 
-U   in  a  city  of  3 500  inhabitants.  Oniv  two 
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one railroad and the second  to  be  completed  in 
thirty days.  Good chance  for  a  good  druggist 
with from $50' to $70° to  get  a  good  business 
Reasons for selling  other business.  Address  p ’
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EN  TO  SELL  BAKING  POWDER TO  THE 
grocery  trade  Steady  employment,  ex­
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with  particulars  concerning  vourself. 
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chance in the United States for  money  required 
in the business.  Town  A1.  Address  Lock Box 
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610

Gillis McBain, McBain. 

F or  sa le—stock  o f  d rug s a n d  sta'-

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Rapids, Mich.
T  HAVE  FOR  SALE  A  CLEAN  STOCK  OF 
1  dry goods  and  notions.  Will  sell  or  lease 
the building.  This is  a  rare  bargain.  Address 
Mrs. \ , A. Mclntrye, White Cloud, Mich.  607 
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FOR  SALE—LARGE  STORE  AND  STOCK 
EIHOICE  FARM  OF  160 ACRES,  DEEP  SOIL 

'  living water, in Dickinson county, Iowa  to 
exchange for stock of goods  or  other  property. 
Give  full  description—quality,  quantity  and 
value—in first letter.  O.  P. Conklin, 26  Madison 
Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich. 
TITANTED-A DEALER IX EVERY COUNTV 
Send 
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19 and 21 Fountain St.,Grand Rapids. 
583  ’
IOR  SALE—TWO  PRESCRIPTION  CASES 
one  pair  druggist’s  prescription  scales,’ 
four section  druggist’s drawers (only  one  year 
old), six four foot show cases, very  cheap.  Ad­
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’ 604 
THREAT  OFFER—FINE  STOCK  OF  WAIL 
V J  paper,  paints,  varnishes,  picture  frames 
and room mouldings for  sale.  Reason  for  sell 
ing,  death of proprietor.  Good paying business 
in a very desirable location.  All  new  stock, in­
voicing  from  $2,500  to  $3,000.  Address  Mrs 
Theresa Schwind, Grand Rapids. 

to handle the Peerless typewriter 

■  BUSINESS CHANCE—FOR  SALE  OR  E x ­
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. 

597

559

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I3LANING  MILL—WE  OFFER  FOR  SALE 

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 solie- 
ited.  Sheridan. Boyce <t Co., Manistee, Mich. 613

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'  starting in business and every one already 
started to use our system of poison labels.  What 
has cost you $15 you can now  get  for  $4.  Four­
teen  labels  do  the  work  of  113.  Tradesman 
Company,  Grand Rapids.___________________
XTEARLY NEW  BAR LOCK  TYPEWRITER 
IN 
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. 

564

SITUATIONS  WANTED.

¡SITUATION  WANTED  BY  A PRACTICAL 
I  O   commercial  book-keeper.  Speass  German 
1 fluently and understands dry goods  and  grocer­
ies.  References.  Address No. 609,  care  Michi-
I gan Tradesman.
609

Wire  Nails—The  tendency  has  been 
downward,  but  at  a  recent  meeting  of 
the  nail  manufacturers  it  was  unani­
mously  agreed  that  selling  nails  at  aud 
below  cost  was  all  nonsense  and  poor 
business and  in  the  future  they  would 
try to maintaiu  better figures.  The price 
of $1.10 at the mill was adopted,  and job­
bers are quoting $1.30@1.35  from  stock. 
We do not look for any  decided  advance, 
but we do expect prices will  rule  higher.
Barbed Wire—As the demand decreases 
there seems to  be  a  slight  waverii g  in 
the  price  and,  while  there are no  lower 
prices being named,  we  think for a  good 
order concessions could be obtained from 
the present ruling prices, which are $2.10 
for painted and $2.50 for galvanized.

Window Glass—Never  so low  as  now. 
While  the  reduction in the tariff is  only 
about 15  per  cent.,  glass  is  now  being 
quoted  much  lower,  for  car  load orders
Ammunition—Loaded  shells,  shot  and 
powder  are  now  moving  very  freely. 
Prices are  firmly  held  and  there  is  no 
prospect of any lower prices being made.
Tin—The reduced  duty  of  1 2-10c  per 
pound  went  into  effect  Oct.  1,  and  a 
marked decline will probably occur.  Or­
dinary sizes  will be from  75 cents to $1  a 
box less.

Hides,  Pelts  and  Wool

Hides—There has been  a falling off  in 
demand,  which has resulted  in  increased 
stocks in dealers’  hands,  although the in­
crease is not  excessive.  Prices  are  sta­
tionary,  with 
lower  indications.  Tan­
ners continue to protest against  the high 
prices,  as  they  cannot  “get  even”  on 
leather.  Calfskins  are  lower,  tanners 
refusing  to  take them at the  recent  ad­
vance.

Pelts—Are  in very poor  demand,  and 

prices have a downward  tendency.

Wool—The demand has fallen  off  and 
prices,  while not quotably lower,  are  on 
the down grade.

Tallow—Is  in  fair  demand  at  present 

prices.

Ginseng—Has  had  a  sharp  advance. 
Late advices are to the  effect  that  there 
may  be  a  reaction,  especially 
the 
fall’s collection is large,  or  a  fairly  lib­
eral one.

if 

Lower Prices  in Granulated.

On  account of  the  recent reduction  in 
sugar,  the Committee  on  Trade Interests 
of the Grand  Rapids Retail  Grocers’  As­
sociation  has  reduced  the  card price of 
granulated to the following schedule:

6 cents per pound.
4M pounds for  25 cents.
9 pounds for 50 cents.
18 pounds for $1.
Robert  Craven,  whose  general  stock 
was  destroyed  by  the  recent  conflagra­
tion  at  Elmira,  has  already  re-engaged 
in  the  grocery  business, 
the  Mussel- 
man  Grocer  Co.  furnishing  the  stock. 

CURRENT  CRITICISMS.

The Distilling and Cattle Feeding Com­
pany, otherwise the  Whisky  Trust, is  in 
hot water.  A sort of a hot whisky trust, 
as it  were.

*  *  *

The British  Government  has  assumed 
control  of  the  telephone  system  of  the 
United  Kingdom.  The  advocates  of 
Government ownership  of things  in gen­
eral should paste this  item  in  their hats. 
After a careful scrutiny  of  the  entire 
dry goods trade, the conclusion is reached 
that  the  most  desirable  thing  in  dress 
goods this fall is a haudsome  woman.

*  *  *

*  *  *

An  exchange  says:  ‘‘Cooking  means 
the knowledge of Medea and of Circe aud 
of Calypso aud of Helen and of  Rebekah 
and of the  Queen of  Sheba.”  Come  off, 
brother, come  off.

*  

*  

*

Mayor  Fisher  vetoed 

the  Common 
Council’s resolution to  bond the  city  for 
$150,000  for  the  creation  of  an electric 
lighting plant.  He did right.  The Coun­
cil  had absolutely  no  information  upon 
which to base their action, being actuated 
solely by a desire  to  create  more  offices 
for the benefit of political henchmen.

It is true an apparent  majority  of  the 
voters voted in favor of the city’s owning 
its own plant,  but  that is  no  excuse  for 
the haste and carelessness evinced by the 
Council  in  pushing  the  matter  through 
without first  informing  themselves as  to 
the  probable  cost  of  such  a plant,  and 
also as to whether the  present price paid 
for lighting the city could  not be materi­
ally discounted.

*  *  *

The matter  was  agitated  and  pushed 
through last spring by the demagogic  un­
ionist leaders who .saw  the  prospect of  a 
few more fat jobs.  Not one of them  had 
the least idea  as  to  the  cost  of  such  a 
plant  or the cost  of operating it after its 
erection.

*  *  *

the 

They  were  not  concerned  about  the 
expense  to 
taxpayers—they  pay 
no  taxes.  They  hoped,  however,  that 
if  the  city  erected  a  lighting  plant 
unionists  would  get control  of it.  That 
Is the heart  and  soul  of  their  advocacy 
of  the scheme.

But  Mayor  Fisher  is  no  demagogue. 
The interests of the city  are more to him 
thau votes, and  the  business  community 
will know  how to  appreciate  his  manly 
action.

is  sure 

The  P ru d e n t  B usiness  M an’s  G uide.
He never overloads stock.
to 
He  buys  only  what  he 
sell,  and  no  more  than  he  can  pay  for.
He  gives  but  little  credit  and  that 
gilt-edged.
He  keeps  his  personal  credit  so  that 
it  will  secure  him  best  bargains  and 
largest  discounts.
He  discounts  nothing  except  a  bor­
rower s  word,  and  neither  borrows  nor 
lends.
He  sticks  to  business 
it 
stick  to  him.
He  never  joins  societies  for  business 
purposes,  unless  they  are  purely  busi­
ness  societies.
the 
current  market  reports  of 
interest  to 
his  business.

He  keeps  thoroughly  posted  on 

to  make 

He  makes  no  risks  and  takes  none.
He  lives  by  calculation,  and  thrives 
on  it.
He  takes  his  trade 
paper  and  reads
it  through  carefully.
He  buys  from  the  man  that  adver­
tises,  for  he  knows  he  must  be  a  live 
man.

Use Tradesman Coupon Books.

ild C K   M I O H I G a Jv

Dry Goods Price Current.

u n b l e a c h e d  c o t t o n s .

“ 

Adriatic..............  7
Argyle......................5^
Atlanta AA..............6
Atlantic A..............

8*

Arrow Brand 444 
World Wide.  6
“  LL................  414
Full Yard Wide.......644
Georgia  A.............. gu
[Honest Width........  g
HartfordA...........  g
Indian Head...........  344
King A A................gu
KingBC.................  5
Lawrence  L L ........  444
Madras cheese cloth 6¥ 
Newmarket  G........5v

“  D ..............  s

, 
hL  .............. 444
Amory...................... gj*
Archery  Bunting...  4 
Beaver Dam  A A ..  444
Blackstone O, 32__  5
Black Crow...........  g
Black  Rock  .............5*
Boot, AL................  7
Capital  A............... gu
Cavanat V..............544
Chapman cheese ci! 35£ Nolbe R......* .......
C R .............5M Our Level Best.!'.!!  6

B
N...
DD.
X

B L E A C H ED   COTTONS.

Dwight Star............6%; Pea not 
ciiftonccc......... 5 * s Z  

r
I
ITop of the Heap__   7
A B C ....................... 8*
Geo. Washington...  8
Amazon.................. g
Glen Mills.............   7
Amsburg.................g
Gold Medal..............744
Art Cambric........Ü10
Green  Ticket......... ¿u
Blackstone A A...... 744
Great Falls.............   gú
Beats All.................4
Hope.......................734
Boston.................... 12
Just  Out......  4M® 5
Cabot.......................  gu
King  Phiiiip  ......... 7*
Cabot,  %................. gu
OP.........„
_ 
Charter  Oak........... 5441
Lonsdale Cambric.. 10
Conway W . . . .   —
7  1 Lonsdale...........  @  g
Cleveland...... .
Middlesex  ......  @444
Dwight Anchor__   §
, 
.No Name................ 744
shorts  8  Oak View  ............   g
Edwards.. 
...........6  I Our Own..  ..............544
Empire
•»
_______
'Utica  Mills............ ¿44
“  Nonpareil  ..10
Vlnyard..................  844
White Horse 
......   6
Rock............ 844
H A L F   B L EA C H ED   COTTONS.

Fitchville
First Prize..............é
Fruit of the Loom %. 7 44
Falrmount..............4M
Full Value..............6M
„   ,___ 

?  E i ®  
744 Sunlight 

;;;;  ««jDwightAnchor
CANTON  FL A N N E L .

Bleached. 
Housewife  Q ....
R ......
S  ... 
T .... 
U -... 
V......W. 
X. 
Y  ... 
Z......

Unbleached.

Housewife  A...........5M
B...........544
C
‘ 
,...6 
D
“ 
...644 
,...7 
E
* 
F
•* 
• •  74*
-.744 
G
* 
...7M 
H
“ 
...8M 
I
“ 
J
* 
-   844 
* 
K.
9J*
..10 
L.
‘ 
*  M..
-.1044 
N..
“ 
..11
” 
O ..............21
“ 
P..........1444

C A R PE T   WARP.

“ 

“ 

.. 

“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

CORSETS.

CORSET  JE A N S .

“ 
D R ESS  GOODS.

8441 Walworth  ....... gg
PRIN TS,
5441 Berwick fancies 

Peerless, white..  ...17  [Integrity  colored...18
colored — 19  White Star..............17
Integrity................. 18441 
“  colored  .19
.............   8
Hamilton 
Nameless................20
.................  9
25 
1044
 
2744 
G G  Cashmere....... I644
30 
Nameless  .............it
3244 
...............18
35
a°i?/£ne ,................*9 501 Wonderful 
C4 50
Schilling’s ..............  9 00 Brighton..................4 75
Davis  Waists  ....  9 001 Bortree’s 
9 00
Grand  Rapids......4 StlAbdomlnal'.V  V. "15  oo
a h  ory«'' ‘ ‘;...........  oMjN’aumkeagsatteen..  744
AnaroscoggUi.........74*  ftockport..................  git
Biddeford.............   6  Conestoga.. 
744
H™n™,"v 
Allen turkey  reds
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

robes...........544
pink a purple 544
buffs.........
pink  checks  044
staples........  5
shirtings 
3M
American fancy 
..  5 
American Indigo  ..  444 
American shirtings.  334 
Argentine  Grays...  6 
Anchor Shirtings..  4
Arnold 
__6
Arnold  Merino 
.  g 
long cloth B.  9 
“  C.  7
century cloth  7
gold seal......1044
green seal TR1044 
yellow seal.. 1044
serge.............1144
Turkey red.. 1044 

  544
¡Clyde  Robes...........
Charter Oak fancies  4 
DelMarine cashm’s .  544 
moura’g  544 
Sddystone fancy...  5 
chocolat  5
rober__5
sateens..  5 
Hamilton fancy.  ...  5 
staple  ...  5 
Manchester fancy..  5 
new era. 5
,, 
Merrimack D fancy  5 
Merrlm’ck shirtings.  4 
„  “  Repp furn .  844
Pacific fancy  .........5
_  “ 
robes........... 544
Portsmouth robes...  6 
Simpson mourning..  5
greys........5
solid black. 5 
Washington indigo. 644 
“  Turkey robes..  7
India robes__7
“  plain T’ky X M  7 
! 
“  X...10
Ottoman  Tur­
key red.................. 644
Martha Washington
Turkey red M...... 7
Martha Washington
Turkey red..........   944
Rlverpolntrobes....  5
Windsor fancy..........644
Indigo  blue...........1044
j Harmony.............  
$u
S
Amoskeag A C A.... 1144 
AC A......................IJ14
Hamilton N  ...........  7
Pemberton AAA.. !. 16
d ............8
York......................  
in*
. Awning..11
Swift River...........  744
Fanner..................... g
Pearl River...........  12”
First Prize  ........... 1044
Warren....................1244
Lenox M ills..........is
Conostoga.............. ie
Atlanta,  D......  
.........
Mt|8Urk  A...................8
ílíí»í— a ...........6m|No Name........... !  744
Clifton, K 
.............7  ¡Top of Heap.............  9

Ballon, solid b lacg. ■
“  colors.
Bengal blue,  green, 
red and  orange  ..  g
Berlin solids...........544
“  oil bine........  6
“  “  green  ...  g
“  Foulards 
••  544
red M ....
“ 
;; 
;;  *•........... 944
* *.........10
“ 
“ 3-4XXXX 12
Cocheco fancy.......5
madders.
w  
XXtwills.. 5 
solids.......5 

g°ld  ticket

COTTON  D R IL L .

TICKINGS. 

“ 

“ 

“ 

:: 

“ 

“ 

 

 

White.  Colored

No.  14.......87

TH R EA D S.

K N ITTIN G   COTTON.

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

Clark’B Mile End... .45  ¡Barbour s
Coats’. J. & P........45  Marshall’s
Holyoke............... 22441
No. White.  Colored. 
38
39
40
41
CAM BRICS.
Slater......................  4
...844 
White Star............   4
•9m 
Kid Glove  .............   4
..10 
...
Newmarket............   4
• 10M 
...
•  1144 
.■1244 
Fireman.................3244
-1344
Creed more.............2744
Talbot XXX...........30
Nameless...............2744

Edwards 
. 
Lockwood.
Wood’s __
Brunswick

R E D   FLA N N EL.

TW ....................... 2244
JR F , XXX........... 35
Buckeye................ 3244

MIXED  FLANNEL.

Red & Blue,  plaid..40 
Union R................. 2244
Windsor.................I844
6 oz Western..........20
Union  B ................2244

Grey SR W.............1744
Western W  .......  
1344
D R P ......................1844
Flushing XXX........2344
Manitoba................ 2344

D O M E !  FL A N N EL.

s

“ 

:::l* lio * | 
CANVASS  AND  PA D D IN G .
944 
1044 
1144 
1244 

Slate.  Brown.  Black. Slate  Brown 
1044  '
9*4 
1044 
1144
1H4 
12
'244 
20
Severen, 8 oz..........   944IWest  Point, 8 oz  ... 1044
May land, 8 oz......... 1044 
“ 
12*
Greenwood,744 oz..  944 Raven, lOoz... 
" 13* 
Greenwood,80«.... 1144 Stark 
"13*
Boston, 8 oz............1044 ¡Boston, 10 oz.!!!!!!! 1244 j
WADDINGS.

944  1044 
1044 1144 
1144 12 
1244120 
DUCKS.

Black.
1044
1144
12
20

10 oz 

“ 

8ILB8IAS.

White, doa..............25  ¡Per bale, 40 doz 
Colored,  doz......... 20  ¡Colored  “ 
Slater, Iron Cross...  8
Red Cross__  9
Best............ 1044
Best A A......1244
744 
844

IS so
. "  7 S
Pawtucket......... 
10*
Dundle  ...................  9
Bedford.......... 
1044
Valley  City.............1044
KK......................1044

SEW IN G   S IL K .

Coiticeli!, doz.........55

[Coniceli!  knitting, 
per 440Z  ball....... ao

twist, doz.. 37* I 
50 yd, doz.. 3744¡
HOOKS AND  EVES— P E R  GROSS.
“ 
“ 

No  1 Bl’k & Whlte..l0
“  2 
..12
“  3 
„12
No 2—20, M C. 
*'  3-18, SC..
COTTON  TAPE.
No  2 White & Bl’k..l2 
„16
“  4 
«  
“  8 
„18
12 
SAFETY PINS. 
-.28  INo 3 

No  4 Bl’k & Whlte.,15 
__. 
„25
FINS.
45  |No 4—15  * *4*...... 40
No  8 White & Bl’k.,20
88
„26
'
.................... .

in 
10 

!!
“ 

“ 
“ 

» 
“ 

N E E D L E S— P E R   H .

A. James.................1  401 Steam Dost 
<0 
S '0Wi iY,>.............. 1 35Gold  Eyed  .......... a  S
60 1 00
Marshall’s .............. 1 00|American............"1  1«
5—4—   1  75  6—4... 
6-4. „2 30

15—4 —  1  65

TA B L E   O IL   CLOTH.

.

COTTONT W IN E S.

Cotton Sail Twine. .28
Crown....................12
Domestic............... I844
Anchor.................. ie
Bristol................... 13
Cherry  Valley........15
I XL-------- -------- 1844
, ,  
Alabama.................6V
Alamance...............t y
Augusta.................744
A r sapha................g
Georgia...................gu
Granite..................  5«
Haw  River.............6
Haw  J ..................  5

.  

[Nashua............  
14
Rising Star 4-ply. ! ! ! 17 
3-ply.  17
North Star..„  y.::;20
Wool Standard 4 plyl744 
Powhattan......... .16

“ 

Mount  Pleasant 
644
Oneida....................  5*
Prymont
5*
Randelman.........   .  g
Riverside  ........  "su
.........:;tï
7*

Otis checks.

P L A ID   OSHABURGS

" 
-  “ 

D E V IN S .
12
Amoskeag......
9 0«...... 14
. 
brown .14
.............. 1144
Andover 
Beavercreek  AA...10 
B B ...9
“ 
„ 
“ 
CC....
Boston MfgCo.  br..  7 
blue  844 
“  d a twist 1044 
“ 
XXX  bl.19  I

Columbian XXX br.10 

Columbian  brown.. 12
Everett, blue...........11
brown...... 11
Haymaker blue......  744
brown...  7M
Jaffrey  ...................H44
Lancaster  .............. 1244
Lawrence, 9 oz  .......1244

“ 

“  No. 220 — 12
“  No. 250.. ..I P
“  No.280  ...  8

O INSHAMS.

“ 

Amoskeag  .............

“  Persian dress 64»
Canton ..  7 
“ 
AFC........  844
“ 
Teazle.. .1044 
Angola. 1044 
“ 
Persian..  7
Arlington staple__¿44
Arasapha  fancy  ...  4u  
Bates Warwick dres  744 
staples.  6
Centennial............ 1044
Criterion  ................1044
Cumberland staple.  544
Cumberland...........  5
Essex  .................   4 u
Elfin.....................  744
Everett classics......844
Exposition............... 744
Glenarven................6S£
Glenwood............... 744
Hampton................ 5
Johnson Uhalon cl  44 

Lancaster,  staple...  544 

“ 
fancies  ..  6 
“  Normandie  6
Lancashire.............   444
Manchester............   444
Monogram..............  4M
Normandie  ..........  644
Persian...................654
Renfrew Dress........744
Rosemont...............644
Slatersville............ 6
Somerset.................7
Tacoma  ...................744
Toll  du Nord.........  844
Wabash....................744
seersucker..  744
Warwick  ...............   6
Whittenden............  8
heather dr.  744 | 
Indigo bine  9 
Wamsutta staples.  6«
Westbrook................8
..................10
Wlndermeer...........  5
6*

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 

“  
Indigo blue 944 York 
zephyrs__16
Amoskeag............  13 
Stark................. 
I644 
American  ..............12441

G RA IN   BAGS.

| Georgia
.

.. 

S E E D S !

Everything  in  seeds  is kept  by  us—  

Clover,  Timothy,

Hungarian,  Millet,

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

If you  have  Beans  to  sell,  send  us 
samples,  stating  quantity,  and  we 
will  try  to  trade  with  you.  W s  are 
headquarters  for  egg  cases  and  egg 
case  tillers.

128, 130,  132, 
■ I W . B rldge^St,,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

W. T. UM8REJII1X CO.,
And 
his wife 
said:

“Be sure and  buy  nothing but 
ATLAS  soap,  for  it  makes  the 
washing easy  and  keeps 
the  hands  so  soft  and 
white.”

Manufactured  only  by

HENRY  PASSOLT,

SAGINAW,  MICH.

EATON,  LYON 4 CO.

'J
NEW  STYLES  OF

20 &   22  Monroe  St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

ïuoid  the 
Giirse  of Credit

BY  USING

C O U P O N

B O O K S .

THREE  GRADES:

Tradesman,
Superior,
U n iversal.

Manufactured only by

TRADESMAN  COflPANY,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADEBMAH
there 

MEN  OF  MARK.

C bas. C. K ritzer,  M anager of th e  S w eet 

E lectric  a n d   M a nufacturing  Co.

in 

in 

Charles C.  Kritzer  was  born  in  New­
aygo,  Mich., 
the  year  1862.  His 
father,  Henry  Kritzer,  was  engaged  in 
the  milling  business  in  that  town  and 
had succeeded in  building up a large and 
profitable  business.  Charley’s  boyhood 
was  uneventful;  he  was  probably  en­
gaged  part  of  the  time  in  getting  into 
scrapes  and  the  rest  of  the  time  in 
getting out  of  them,  as  is  the  manner 
of boys.  Incidentally,  he attended school 
and acquired the rudiments of an  educa­
tion. 
It  was  his  father’s  intention  to 
take the  boy  into  bis  own  business  as 
soon as he was fitted for it,  so at 15 yesys 
of age he was sent to  Swensberg’s  Com- 
, mercial College, in  this city,  as  a  prep­
aration of his  entry  into  business  life. 
At 16 he was  given  the  management  of 
the milling business, his  father  keeping 
the general supervision of it in  his  own 
hands.  This  continued  for  10  years, 
until the  elder  Kritzer’s  death  in  1889. 
As Charley grew toward young  manhood 
the need  of  a  better  education  became 
plainer to him,  and it was his determina­
tion,  as soon as opportunity served, to go 
back to school for further  training.  His 
father’s sudden death,  however,  put  an 
end  to this hope,  all his time and thought 
being  required 
the  business.  The 
care of  the  family  now  devolved  upon 
him and he manfully  put  aside  his  per­
sonal desires and ambitions  and devoted 
himself to them.  Changes in the officers 
of  the  Kritzer  Milling  Co.,  rendering 
his  presence  in  Newaygo  unnecessary, 
four years after his  father’s  death,  Mr. 
Kritzer  came to  Grand  Itapids  and  en­
tered  the  office  of  Butterworth & Lowe, 
taking  charge  of  the  credit  and  collec­
tion  department  of  the  business.  One 
year  after  coming  here  his  attention 
was  directed  to  an  invention  by  1).  F. 
Sweet,  the  electrician.  Becoming  con­
vinced that the device was  bound  to  fill 
a  long  felt  want,  and  that  there  was 
money  in  it,  he  obtained  his  release 
from  Butterworth  &  Lowe,  and  be­
gan,  with  energy  and  enthusiasm,  the 
task of creating a market  for  the inven­
tion.  At first  it  was  not  Mr.  Kritzer’s 
¡mention  to  manufacture  the  device 
here,  but to have the work done in Cleve­
land and Chicago;  but it  was  finally  de­
cided to put in a plant  and  produce  the 
the device here.  The second  flat  of  the 
Reynold’s  buildiug,  corner  of  Campau 
and  Louis  streets,  was  accordingly  se­
cured and the  necessary  machinery  put 
in.  This  required  more  capital  than  it 
was  thought  w-'uld  be  needed,  so  the 
Sweet  Electric  and  Manufacturing  Co. 
was  organized,  with  Mr.  Sweet  as  Pres­
ident  and  Mr.  Kritzer  as Treasurer  aud 
General  Manager.  Charley  is  most  en­
thusiastic  over  the  invention,  as  he  has 
good  reason  to  be.  “See,”  he  said  to 
T h e   T r a d e s m a n ,  “how  simple 
the 
thing  is. 
If  the  electrical  current  be­
comes  too  strong,  from  any  cause,  and 
threatens  the  motor  or  the  lights,  this 
little  steel  bar  becomes  magnetized,  is 
drawn  down  to  the  field  and  the  cir­
cuit  is  instantly  broken. 
In  case  of 
lightning  striking  the  wires,  or  if  the 
current  is  turned  on  faster  than 
the 
motor  can  use  it,  or  if  the  powerhouse 
should shut down  and  then  start  up  be­
fore  the  switch  could  be  turned,  our 
limit switch receives  the  whole  force  of 
the  current,  and  the  circuit  is instantly 
broken.  There  can  be  no  danger of fire

is  nothing 

for 
to  fuse.  The 
whole secret lies in  the  breaking  of  the 
current.”  Samuel  Barnes, 
late  chief 
electrician  of  the  Street  Railway  Co., 
occupies the  position  of electrician  with 
the  new  concern.  Mr. Kritzer,  in  addi­
tion  to  his  duties  as  Treasurer  and 
General  Manager  of  the new enterprise, 
is  President  of  the  Kritzer  Milling  Co., 
of  Newaygo.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Masonic  order  and  has  already  attained 
to  the  32nd  degree.  He  was  married 
in December, 1892, to Miss Edith Walker, 
of Newaygo,  and  has  one  child,  a  boy, 
who  is  now  five  months  old.  Charley 
says  that  Grand  Rapids  will  be  his 
home  as  soon  as  he  can  find  time  to 
make  the  necessary  arrangements.
A bolishing  th e   T enth  C om m andm ent.
This particular  commandment  forbids 
us,  as you  know,  to covet  anything  that 
is our  neighbors.  How  answerest thou? 
Are you  keeping or breaking the “tenth?” 
All the anarchists  have the  covetous eye 
and a great crowd of  others  who are  not 
wild  anarchists. 
It  is  what  the  Bible 
calls “ the evil eyil”—the eye of the mer­
ciless  hawk.  Among  men—semi-good 
and  bad  men alike—the fellow  who  cov­
ets  his  neighbors’ goods  or anything  he 
has isn’t  liked.  Society  makes  laws  to 
protect itself against  him—society  has  a 
great  deal  of  trouble  with  him.  He’s 
more  of  a  pest  iu  a neighborhood  than 
the Russian thistle

in order to understand the heinousness 
of this  evil  you’ve  got  to  own  a  little 
something that  is  taxable—for instance, 
you  have saved  up  in  thirty  years  fifty 
thousand  dollars.  Now  many  people 
round about are very  willing to give  the 
tax gatherer  all  information  about  you 
and  your  property;  they  are  desirous 
that  your  burden  just  here  should  be 
heavy and theirs light.  The idea is  that 
the bulk of  taxation  should  be  paid  by 
those  who  have  amassed  much  and 
worked hard.  Those  who  took  it  ea>y 
musn’t be pressed.  Let  them  off cheap. 
Is a heavy  tax on  industry and  economy 
the  thing?  The  covetous  and  the  lazy 
will  reply  in the  affirmative,  but  1 opine 
that the rank aud file of  the  people  will 
not be satisfied  with the  law, after it has 
had a thorough trial.  G e o .  R.  S c o t t .

“Your wife takes  great interest in  the 
woman question.”  “She does, sir; she is 
so  much  taken  up  with  the  rights  of 
woman that she  forgets men  have  any.”
Mrs.  Mary J. Lincoln, - a  noted  public 
speaker  on  the subject of good cooking, 
and also at the head of the  Boston Cook­
ing School, advocates the introduction of 
instruction in cooking  as  a  part  of  the 
teaching in public schools.

Hardware Price Current.

These  prices are  for cash,  buyers,  who 
pay promptly  and  buy in  full  packages.
' dig.
Snell’s ................................... 
6C&10
4Q
Cook’s ....................................................................  
25
Jennlngs’, genuine............................................. 
Jennings’,  Im itation..........................................50*10

JlUGURS AND BITS. 

 

 

AXIS.

First Quality, 8. B. dronze..............................f  5  50
D .  B. B ro n ze..............................   t l   oo
8. B. 2. Steel.................................   6  50
D .B .S te e l.................................. 13 (¡0

“  
‘ 
* 

BARROWS. 

dig.

dla.

bolts. 

Railroad  ..................................................»18 00  14 00
Garden 
....................................................   net  30 00
Stove.  .....................................................................50*10
Carriage new list  ............................................... 75*10
Plow.  .....................................................................40*10
70
Sleigh shoe...........................................................  
Well,  plain  ......................................................... » 8  50
W ell, sw ivel..........................................................  400
C u t Loose Pin, figured...................................... 70*10
Wrought Narrow, bright 5 u t Joint  40......... 60*10

BUTTS, OAST. 

BUCKETS.

d ll.

Wrought Loose  P in...............................................  40
Wrought  Table.  .................-.................................  40
Wrought Inside Blind....... ..................................  40
75
Wrought Brass....................................................  
Blind,  Clark’s ...................................................... 70*10
Blind,  Parker’s .....................................................70*10
70
Blind, Shepard’s 

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

Ordinary Tackle, list April  1898................. 60*10

CRADLES.

CROW BARS.

Grain.....................................................  

40*10

5

65
»
00

50
85

C ut Steel....................................................p e r *  
_ 

CAPS.

................................................ per m 

g . b ...................................................... ;;; 
Musket 

» 
.............................................. 

•• 

CARTRIDGES.

Rim  F ire.............................................................  
Central  Fire......................................... ... ".dis. 

CHISSLS. 

dig.

Socket Firm er.....................................................   75*10
Socket Framing.................................................... 75*10
Socket Corner........................................................75*10
8ocket S lick s........................................................’75*10
40
Butchers’ Tanged  Firmer................................. 

COMBS. 

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

CHALK.

COFFER.

“ 

Planished, 14 os cut to size.........per pound 
38
14x58, 14x56,14x60  ........................... 
26
23
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60...........................  
Cold Rolled, 14x48............................................... 
23
Bottom s.......................................................    .11”.  22
50
Morse’s  Bit  Stocks.......................................  
56
Taper and straight Shank................................  
50
Morse’s Taper Shank.......................................... 

..........dl8.

DRILLS. 

DRIPPING PANS.

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

og

ELBOWS.

v 

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

Com. 4  piece, 6 In.................................dos  net 
75
50
C-m-neatcd 
...................................................dls 
Adjustable  ................................................... 
  <n,*ic
dls.
Clark’s, small, 818;  large, »26............... 
30
25
Ives’, 1, 818:  2, 834;  3,830  ...........................   " 
„  
Disston’s .......................................................... 60*10-10
New American  ..............................................60* 10-10
Nicholson’s ....................................................60*10- 0
50
Heller’s 
Heller’s Horse R a sp s.............50

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

piles—N ew List. 

dls.

galvanized iron.

Nos.  16  to  80;  88  and  84; 
List 

18 

13 

Discount, 70

14 
GAUGES. 

85 and 26;  27 
16 

15 

88
17

dls

 

dig

LOCKS—DOOR. 

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

Russell *  Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new  list 
Mallory, Wheeler  &  Co.’s .........................  
Branford’s 
Norwalk’s ..........................................................‘ 

Stanley  Rule and  Level Co.’s .......  
knobs—New List. 
Door, mineral, jap. trim m ings__  
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings 
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings 
Door,  porcelain, trimmings  ......... 
 
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain...............!!!!! 

V
dls.
55
55
55
55
70
’55
55
«
55
MATTOCKS.
..................................... 8  -.  •*>, dls  6C-10
id ze  Bye 
............................ 8 * .10. die. ar-jo
¿u nt  Eye 
Hunt’s ............................................ 81s .50. <i!s  20&10
dls
Sperry  *  Co.'s, Post,  handled 
dls.
Coffee,  Parkers  Co.’s .........................................  
P. S. *  W.  Mfg. Co.’s  Malleable«... 
•• 
••  Landers,  Ferry *  Cls  k’s .................. 
“  Enterprise 
..........................................  

50
40
40
40
30
diS
Stebbln’s  Pattern...................................  
60*10
Stebbln’s Genuine...............................................68*10
Enterprise, self measuring  ... 
30

MOLASSES GATE8. 

MAULS. 
« lls. 

............. 
• 

 

N A IL S

 

 

 

......................................................................................... 35

Advance over  base,  on  both  Steel  and Wire
Steel nails, ca se.........  ........................................j  gj
Wire nails, base...............................................” ‘‘1  35
6 0 ........................................................... Base 
Base
10
* ...............................................................  
4 0 ................ 
 
OR
05
30...............................................................  
If...............................................  
«
10..................  
50
60
S i.-;.......................................................... 
* .........................................................  
-  
90
8 ............................................................... 
120
160
•....................................................... 
C u e  10....................................................  
65
75
f ....................................................  
6..................................................... 
go
75
Finish 10.................................................. 
90
; ................................................... 
6................................................... 
10
Clinch: 10................................................. 
70
so
g................................................. 
6................................................. 
go
175
Barren X ................................................. 
diS.
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fa n c y ......................................  «40
Sdota  B ench....................................................  m
.  ®40
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fan cy.....................  
Bench, first quality.............................................  040
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’a  w ood............. 50*10
Fry.  A cm e..................................................... dls.60-10
Common,  polished......................................dls. 
70
Iron and  Tinned..............................................   50—10
Copper Rivets and Burs..................................  50—10

“ 
“ 
“  

PLANES. 

RIVETS. 

PANS.

diS.

“ 

« 

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

“A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 87  10 80 
“B” Wood’s  pat. planished, Nos. 86 to 27...  9 20 

Broken packs g o  per ponnd extra.

7

HAMMERS.

HINGES.

••••••••••• 

2
Maydole  *  Co.’s ............................................dls 
25
Kip’s ............................................................. 
.dls. 
Yerkes *  Plumb’s ....................................................dls. 40*10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel............................. 30c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel  Hand__ 30c 40*10
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2 , 3 .....................................dis.60&10
• ......................... per dot. net, 2  50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12  In. 4H  14  and
314
lo n g er................................................................. 
Screw Hook and  Eye, % ............................. net 
10
8K
.............................net 
M.............................net 
7V4
Strap and T .........................” . . . . . . . . . . .   dig*
 
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track 
Champion,  anti friction.............................. 
Kidder, wood tra ck ................................................ 
...................................... .

dls 
aoAio
. ¿J

HOLLOW WAB1.

BANGERS. 

50*10

“ 
,, 

„ 

„ 

*

2 ?o
9 on

75 8 00

 

Jp®“ 1®8.....................................................................60*10
Spiders  ................................................................   60*10
Gray enam eled..................................................... 40*10
HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.
Stamped  Tin W are.....................................new list 79
25
Japanned Tin Ware................................. 
Granite Iron W are.........................new iis 
2t
WIRE GOODS. 
o   .  u . 
diS.
B tight. . .....................................  
70*10410
Screw  E yes.................................................... 70*10410
Hook s . . . . . . . . .  
........................................ 70*10*10
Gate Hooks and Byes.........................  
70&10& 1C
di®
LEVELS. 
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s ............................  
‘ 0
ROPES.
Sisal,  £  inch aud larger......... 
7
...........................  10
M anilla....................................... 
........................
SQU A RES. 
d l s
......................... ..  *10
Steel and  Iron  . 
Try and Bevels. 
60
...................................... 
.......................... 
M itre..................
20
SH E E T   IRON.
Com.  Smooth.  Com.
Nos. 10 to  14-------- 
-------- 1350 
go ka
3 50
Nos. 15to 17............................ 
nos.  is to 21.......................................5 5& 
Nos. 22 to 24.............................. 
Nos. 251026 ........................... 65 
No.27..................................  
wide not less than 2-10 extra
_ ,  
List acct. 19,’86  ................................................. 5C
<i8t  50
Silver Lake, White  A........................... 
“ 
5.
K0
“ 
“ 
*•  «
“ 
”0
_   „  _ _  
Solid Eyes............................................ per ton k 0

Drab A.................................. ■* 
White  B...........‘ 
Drab B.............................  
 
White C.................
SASH  W EIG H TS.

All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,'  over 30  Inches 

Discount, 10.

SAND  P A P E R .

SASH  CORD.

2 90
3 

.. 

3 

 

.. 

rr  „ 

8AWB- 

Silver Steel  Dla. X Cuts, per foot.  .. 

dls.

70
30

30

traps. 

Cuts,  per  f o o t ............ . r.77!7.  T. 
........................................ 

dls
Steel, Game 
go*1p
41
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s 
Oneida  Community, Hawley a Norton’s.  Tf-10  10
Mouse,  choker.........................................15eperdoz
Mouse, delusion....................................gj 25 per doz
Bright Market.........................................
Annealed Market.......................
Coppered Market  .............. 
. . ."  .....................  
Tinned Market......................... 
Coppered  Spring  Steel.........V ......V ............. 
Barbed  Fence, galvanized....................... 

WIRE. 

dls

“ 

painted............ . 
HORSE NAILS.

7|-,
......................  g0i/
50
2  50
3  jp
40*10
{jj*  05
dls. 10*10
dig

.

.

.............................................. -31s. 

Putnam  .............................................. 
Northwestern  ......................................... 
_ 
WRENCHES. 
Baxter’s  Adjustable, nickeled 
 
.
«¡,
Coe’s  G enuine.....................................",..........  
5fi
7r
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,  1' 
75*10
Coe’s  Patent, m alleable............................. 
...  .  _ 
B irdcages 
5()
Pumps, Cistern......................................  
" « t i n
70*1 &10
Screws, New List 
Casters, Bed  a  d Plate...............................50*10*10
40
Dampers,  Am erican.................................. 
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel g o o d s 66*10 

MISCELLANEOUS.................. dls.

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

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

M ETALS,

PIG TIN.

 

"

26c
2sc

ZING.

SOLDER.
.............................. 

Pig  Large........................................................ 
Pig Bars............................................................. 
Duty:  Sheet, Sytc per pound.
600 pound  casks............................. 
Per  pound............................................               
 

itu
7**
10
Extra W ip in g........................................... 
The  prices  of  the  many  other" qualities  of 
solder in the market Indicated by private brands 
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY.
Goolaon...............  .............................per  pound
Hallett’s ............................................  
YD!—MNLYN GRADN.
10x14 IC, Charcoal..................  
14X20IC, 
10x14 IX, 
14x20 EX, 

7  an
..................................  
9 «
 
.................................. ;;.........  9 «

 
Each additional X on this grade, 61.75.

“ 
“ 
“ 
TIN—ALLAWAY GRADN.
6  75
...............................; 
“ 
........................................;;;;  §25
“ 
“ 
.................................... 
g g

10x14 IC,  Charcoal............... 
14x20 IC, 
10x 14ix , 
14X20IX, 

•> 
8 7 «ai

75

13

 

 

 

Bach additional X on this grade 61.50.

ROOFING PLATES

14x20 IC, “  W orcester.....................................   6  5u
20X28 IC, 
...........................I  13 so
6  00
14x20IC, 
14x20IX 
12  so
80X28 IC, 
20x28 I X , .........................................................   15  50

'• 
“  Allaway  Grade................ 
1 
“ 
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.

“  .... 
»   

•• 
“ 
“ 

7 HO

14X56IX, for No. 8 Boiler», I M  
14x60 IX,  11 

t   ™
j per  poun d ....  10 00

11  9 

«« 

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WEDNESDAY  OCTOBER  3,

PUBLIC  OW NERSHIP  A  FAILURE.
From  a recent report of  the  Interstate 
Commerce  Commission,  concerning  the 
ownership and operation of  railroads  by 
foreign governments,  it appears from the 
statistics therein presented that the aver­
age cost of travel and of  the  transporta 
tion of freight is not  diminished  by  the 
substitution of public for private  owner 
ship  and  control. 
It  Is  true  that  the 
rates are higher in Great  Britain,  where 
the state  has no railroad  property,  than 
in  Germany  and  France,  where the na 
tional governments own and  manage  the 
roads;  but  the  rates  are  lower  in  the 
United  States  than  in  either  of  those 
countries.  A part of the  roads  in  Hol­
land,  Greece and Italy are owned  by  the 
state,  but in each of these  countries  the 
state railways are leased to  private  com­
panies,  and the  Italian  Government  has 
formally recognized  the  fact  that  state 
control is more likely to increase  than to 
lighten the burdens of industry.

The question  of  immediate cost is not, 
however,  the only one  to  be  considered 
in dealing with this matter.  The expert 
ence of the colonial governments in Aus 
tralia and  Cape of  Good  Hope  furnishes 
actual instances of the evils which inevi 
tably  attend  the  intrusion  of  political 
authority  into  the  department  of  busi 
ness  where government is in  any  degree 
representative  or  democratic.  The 
governments  found  that  the  legislation 
requisite to secure the building of  really 
needed railways was  obstructed  by  that 
species of parliamentary chicanery which 
is known  in this  country  as  log-rolling.
In other words,  bills  providing  for  the 
construction  of  necessary  roads  were 
saddled  with  provisions  for  the  con­
Although the contest  for a Grand Rap­
struction  of  roads  which  were  not de­
ids candidate for the Secretaryship of the 
manded  by  the  genera] 
interest,  and 
M.  K. of  G.  was  spirited  and  critically 
which could not be made self-supporting.
close,  the  best  of feeling  prevailed and 
In consequence of this  fact,  the  govern­
the outcome left no sore spots or strained 
ments concerned  were compelled  to raise 
relations  auywhere.  So 
far  as  T h e 
the rates over the  paying  lines  to  meet 
Tradesm an’s information goes,  the cam­
the deficits of the unremunerative  roads.
paign  was clean  on  both  sides  and  the 
This  is an embarrassment with  which an 
balloting was  impartially  conducted and 
autocratic government,  like that  of  Rus­
correctly reported.  Mr.  Owen is a strong 
sia,  for example, does  not  have  tc  con­
candidate,  by reason of the solid backing 
tend;  but it is  one  that  would  probably 
of the  Grand  Rbpids  boys  and  his  ex­
prove a source of enormous expense  and
the 
tended  acquaintance 
corruption in the United  States.  Those  state,  and  it  stands  to  reason,  that  no
State,  and  it  stands
dr
r“ T eS  Wh°  IHS1St  that  raiIroads  other candidate can  present the  prestige 
should  be  owned  and  managed  by  the  commanded  by the Grand  Rapids gentle- 
government  because  they  are  affairs  of I man.

throughout 

national  importance  do  not  sufficiently 
consider  the  fact  that  their  theory  in­
volves the assumption by the government 
of the  exclusive  authority  to  construct 
new  roads.  A  little  serious  reflection 
upon this aspect of  the  question  would, 
it  seems  to  us,  go  far  to  temper their 
zeal with a moderation  which  they  have 
not hitherto displayed. 
It is,  of  course, 
a very easy  matter to point out  some  de­
fects in  the  present  system  of  railroad 
management  in  this  country,  but  the 
same thing might be  said  of  any  enter­
prise,  private  or  public,  of  anything  of 
ike  extent and  intricacy  of  detail,  and 
ill  history  goes  to  show  that  public 
works  undertaken  by  state  or  national 
governments  have  exhibited  a disregard 
for economy and for  difficulties  growing 
out of  special  conditions.  This fact has 
been illustrated by a reference to the old 
Roman roads and  aqueducts,  with  their 
often  unnecessary  solidity  “and  mag­
nificence  and  straightforward  contempt 
for natural obstacles.”

Prof. Charles H.  Cooley,  at  one  time 
chief of the  Transportation  Division  of 
the Eleventh census,  in a recent publica­
tion, sums  up  the  merits  of  the  whole 
question,  so  far  as  this country is con­
cerned,  as  follows:  “The  question  of 
what the United  States  should  do  with 
regard  to  railroads  may  be  considered 
either  as  to  their  location  and  con­
struction,  or to their operation when con­
structed.  The opinion here advanced is 
that, in  view of the preceding analysis,  a 
country  having the history and  the  pres 
ent  economic  structure  of  the  United 
States would better  leave  both  of  these 
processes to the enterprise of  private  as­
sociations,  subject to  a  control  more  or 
less detailed and stringent as  experience 
may dictate. 
It  is certainly the spirit of 
our institutions to give private initiative 
the benefit of the doubt in  all  questions 
relating to the conduct  of  industry,  and 
in  the  case  of railways there appears to 
be very great doubt whether  public  con- 
truction and operation would be expedi­
ent. 
It seems to me improbable that the 
railroad system of  this country would be 
so well laid out  at the present  time  had 
this been done by either state  or  federal 
agency.  Doubtless  many  mistakes have 
been made,  but the  matter  has  been  in 
the main determined  wisely  by  individ­
uals who have carefully studied  the  nat­
ural and economic conditions  of  railway 
building  with  a  view 
their  own 
profit.”  We  wiil  add a single reflection 
Railway  building  has  been  undertaken 
by  the  state  in  some  foreign  countries 
because  private  enterprise  has  been 
found  insufficient;  but  in 
the  United 
States there has been and is now no such 
occasion  for  extending the scope of gov­
ernmental authority.

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MAYOR  FISHER’S  VETO.

Just  here, 

BADQE  OF  SERFDOM, 

The men who passed the  bonding resolu­
It is too late now  to  discuss  the ques­
tion are not business men, although  they 
tion  whether the  city  should  erect  and 
may think they are;  how,  then, can they 
operate  its  own  electric  light  plant. 
hope  to  do  what  such  men  as  W.  T. 
That question  was  settled  at  the  polls 
Powers  and  Daniel  McCoy—both  busi­
last  spring.  Notwithstanding  the  fact 
ness men in  every  sense  of  the  te rm - 
that the city voted in the  affirmative, the 
have failed to  do?  The  two  companies 
action of a  majority  of  the  Council,  in 
operating at present in the  city  are  not 
passing a resolution to bond the  city  for 
making any more  than  ordinary  interest
$150,000 for the erection of  a  plant,  was 
and for years did not do as well as that_
none the less ill-advised  and  premature. 
not  because  of  poor  management,  but 
While the promoters of the scheme claim 
because of the enormous  expense of run­
to have  informed  themselves  as  to  the 
ning and  maintaining  their  plants  and 
probable cost of such  a  plant  as  would 
the impossibility of  charging  enough  to 
be needed  by the city,  the cost  of  main­
give adequate returns.  The  two  plants 
taining and running it,  and other  points 
pay fair  salaries  to  their  officers.  For 
relative to the subject, they have not seen 
some incomprehensible reason  municipal 
fit  to  give  the  other  members  of  the 
corporations always pay  higher  salaries 
Council or  the  public  definite  informa­
thfcn  private  individuals  can  afford  to 
tion.  What  the  public  would  like  to 
pay for  the  same  service.  This  would 
know,  and  what  they  have  a  right  to 
certainly be the case  if  the  city  owned 
know,  is,  whether  $150,000  is  all  that 
an  electric  plant;  it  would  cost  more 
will be  needed  to  erect  and  equip  the 
for the city to run such  a  plant  than  it 
plant,  or  whether  it  may  not  be 
the 
now  costs  to  run  either  the  Brush  or 
story of  the  city  hall  repeated.  There 
Edison plants.  Then  it  is  certain  that 
are  those  who  assert  (and  they  know
the  next  time  bids  are  asked  for  the
what they are  talking  about)  that  that  present price  per  light  will  be  heavily 
amount will not  build  an  electric  light  discounted.  Where,  then,  is  the  neces- 
plant adequate to the needs  of  the  city.  sPy  for  haste? 
that  the 
Are  the  electric  light  schemers  in  the  schemers  hope  to  rush  their  scheme 
Council and out of is  prepared  to  refute  through  before  the  people  become  ac- 
that assertion?  The Mayor  says  in  his | quainted  with the  facts, 
veto message that  there  was  not  a  ma- 
=
jority of all the votes cast at last spring’s 
election In fnvor  of the clt,  erecting  an  „ . J L   “ n“ r":  whloh re" ”' lp  » e e «  
b“ l,w“  ln ,hls '• *   *>“   h-
electric light plant,  an the  law  'eqn're “ 
Doe, Aid. E m - e r n ,« ,,  . Z p r o m Z  
*°  ' be  PUb1"’'  °”  tbe  uppet
of the acheme tpow whether the  Manor's  h i  
T ’“" ' ° '" blCh  *Ppeats  ,he
position on  that  point  1. well  taken  or f c "  ”,. £ ' “ : 
notf  Ha»e they an answer to an, of Manor  1 7 , 1 , .  !   ,  
8  !ta”'1'
Fisher’s objections to the  resolution  ex-  P *  ‘ }   *"*18 a  neat  one’  being  wel1
cept  the  puerile  one  that
was in  accordance  with  the  vote  taken  J ?  
Ust spring?  It I, a popalar b 
what it  is  founded  is  not  quite  clear)  1 /   T  
^  b^iness  man should per- 
that the Council is composed of  business  s“   e  W hl’T
incomprehen- 
men.  Do these members of  the  Council  * w   ^  
b®  S0nd8  hlS  COpy  t0 tbe 
who voted in favor of the  s c h e l  act  in  T i   t 
’  preSUmably’  knows  " ba*  *  
their private business  (if they  have any) I fi  °  8  ° say’ and !t  is a plece  of  imper- 
as they  do in the city’s business?  WouW 
aDy0De 6,86 t0  add
!  T  ,something which has  not  the 
they invest $150,000 in any  project wi“h 
out  thorough  investigation?  The  city I 
t0.the  business  he  is
having voted in favor of  owning its own  nermits* °g  h Any pnntlDg  office  which 
UDWOrtby  of 
its own electric light plant,  there  seems  L r “ n L  
l t \  h .* 
\  
to be no help for it,  but before  any steps  »h 
L, 
buslness man wishes to 
aV'Sh fear'°f  the  unions’
are  taken  the  matter  should  be  Z r -   T
oughly  looked  into  and  the  public  in- 
W 
d° the  business  for
formed of  the  results  of  the  investiga- 
• 
the  American 
investiga  | nineteenth century badge of serfdom.  It
tion.  Because he believed  the  majority 
may be that those firms which  submit  to 
of the Council was moving upon insuffici 
the imposition of the union label imagine 
ent data,  Mayor Fisher  vetoed the  bond 
their  business  is  benefited  by  it,  and 
ing resolution.  He does  not  believe  in 
that their trade is increased.  Possibiy it 
spending a dollar of  public  money  fool­
is,  but  they  must  remember  that  there 
ishly  or  hastily.  He  would  have  the 
are a great many people  who  have  little 
Council  move 
intelligently  and  cau­
respect for the union label  and  less  for 
tiously,  and  upon  reliable  information.
the men who are enslaved by it,  and  who
Business men generally will approve  his  h  w ,  T , ®  enslaved 
a«d  who 
action. 
ha™  d«l*erately
!  t®^h"®Ck8 t0  the  yoke’  they
lution be analyzed it will  be  found  that  8i 0“ ‘d 
the business men of the Council to a m an|ThAt u  
the‘r masters  for support.
1  J “°l  h® Way °f  **»  however;  they
voted  against  the  resolution;  the  irre-  „ 
sponsible and  ill-informed  portion,  who  „ r '  
patronage of the Public gener- 
bave  ne  concern  but  to  make  capital L   5’  Wb* ®  permitting  the  intelligence 
“ anihood  of  every  independent  pa- 
with the voters, and who pay  little o^ no K 
taxes,  voted to  a  man  for  it.  This  of  * 
-° 
l“8“11®11  by  the hideons.  un-
itself,
serfs  support  the  wearers  of 
action  of  the  majority. 
is  openly 
the union label,  let  free  men  patroftize 
asserted by  Aid.  Emmer  and  his  hench­
free men, and the union label  will  soon 
men that,  should the city  erect  a  plant, 
die a natural death.
the Council will have control of it.  This 
means that,  instead of  the  public  light­
From the New England Grocer.
ing costing the city about $55,000 a  year, 
„„r®*5  i^ ICHi 6AN  T radesm an  is eleven 
the bill will  be  nearer  $150,000,  for  t
n u. years old and  continues  to  Stowe  awav 
aldermen who  are  active  in  promoting  J?  lt8  columns  much  valuable  informa- 
trade*  May  it  grow  with
the scheme will see to It  that  their  con- 
stituents get all the  light  they  ask  for 
power multiPiy  *  thousand

houid be sufficient to condemn the | « “ o n lT ’  U  tra'8lav,sb union labeL

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

BANK  RESERVES.

Paper Read  by Geo. B.  Caldwell at Re­

cent Bankers’ Convention.

The year 1893,  which  will always be  a 
memorable one in that It  severely  tested 
not alone the  genius of  our  “Napoleons 
of Finance,”  but the  ability of all  finan­
cial institutions to meet their obligations 
in  a very short period,  has  left  with  us 
many lessons and brought before the con­
ventions of bankers  in  this  country  for 
discussion  many  questions  of  material 
value to the future wellfare and business 
prosperity of our people.  The weak and 
strong  points  in  the  present  system  of 
banking are  now more  fully  and  gener­
ally understood than ever.

In choosing the subject  of  “Bank  Re­
serves”  for  a  paper  at  this  time,  I  am 
called  upon  to  discuss  an  asset which, 
while it was maintained last year at con­
siderable sacrifice by many of you,  is one 
which has served  you many a good  turn. 
What 1 shall  say  must  necessarily  be  a 
matter  of  experience  showing  the rela­
tion of reserve  funds to  practical  bank­
ing,  and,  therefore,  very  brief, the mo­
tive being that some features may be laid 
before you,  for  your  further  considera­
tion, from which some good may come.
In the report of the Comptroller of  the 
Currency for 1893, he refers  to  this  sub­
ject as follows:
“Not  less  attention has been attracted 
during the present year  to the subject of 
lawful money  reserve to be  held  by  the 
banks than to that of clearing house loan 
certificates,  and the  discussion  provoked 
has been quite  as  widespread.  The evi 
dent theory  of the  law  is,  that  a  bank 
shall  always  have  on  hand  such  an 
amount of lawful money  as  will  enable 
it,  under  normal conditions of business 
to meet the  current  demands  of  its  de 
positors.  A careful  examination of Sec 
5,191, U. S. Revised Statutes, as amended, 
will show that it is  expected  that  emer 
gencies will arise  under which this  fund 
will  fall  below  the  legal  requirements, 
This contingency is distinctly recognized 
by the plain provisions contained  in  the 
section  named, prescribing what shall be 
done whenever the lawful money reserve 
of any  banking  association  shall  be  be 
low the amount of the  required  percent 
age of its deposits.”
While the report  of our  State Banking 
Commissioner for the past year  is  silent 
upon this subject, yet it  is true,  1 think 
that he has  interpreted  and  applied  the 
law  of  the  State  with  reference  to re­
serves in a very similar manner.  To the 
ordinary man, a  bank’s reserve  is  some­
thing  that  must  not  be  touched,  even 
though  its use might be the  salvation  of 
the  institution  that  owns  it,  and,  per­
haps,  his own.  Such  was  evidently  the 
interpretation  of  the  populist  Senator 
from Kansas who introduced a resolution 
in the Senate in  the midst of  our  recent 
panic,  directing an inquiry  by the Comp­
troller of the Currency concerning the re­
serves of New York banks. 
If, however, 
that panic demonstrated  anything, it has 
demonstrated the lack of elasticity to our 
bank loans,  as  well as  to  our  currency, 
and the rigid regard to the limitations  of 
bank  loans  in  time of financial trouble, 
and the general use  and  utility  of  bank 
reserves  and  clearing  house certificates, 
in  supplying  what  the  former  lacks. 
This  condition  was  the  experience  of 
nearly all banks holding  commercial and 
demand  deposits,  as  shown  by  the  re­
ports of  the  Comptroller  and  the  State 
Commissioner.  The  latter  reports  that 
on May 4,  1893,  the State banks of Michi­
gan held as reserve funds,  18% per cent.,
6 per cent of which  was  cash  in  banks, 
and  12%  per  cent,  in  balances due  from 
banks.  The  report  of  the Comptroller 
shows that National  banks held  23% per 
cent.,  12%  per  cent, of  which was cash 
on hand and 11 per cent, due from banks.
On Oct.  3,  1893, the State  banks  held  as 
reserve  20  per cent., 8  per cent,  in  cash 
and 12  per  cent,  in  balances  due  from 
banks, and  the  National  banks  held  as 
reserve 30 per  cent., 16 per  cent,  in cash 
and 14  per  cent  in  balances  due  from 
banks.  The  last  reports  of  July  18, 
1894,  show 
the  net  liability  of  State 
banks to depositors to be $66,700,000, and 
of  National banks,  $39,220,000,  the  for­
mer holding 21 per  cent, reserve, 7% per 
cent, cash on hand,  and  12%  per cent,  in

bank balances,  and the latter 30 per cent. I 
reserve,  14 per cent,  in cash on hand and 
16 per cent,  in  bank balances.
Referring  to  the  report  of  our  State 
Bank  Commissioner,  (Page  7)  for  the 
year 1893,  we find  that  the  State  banks 
suffered a shrinkage of deposits,  between 
May 4,  and Oct. 3, 1893, of $10,777,000, or ! 
16 per  cent.,  while  the  National  banks ! 
suffered  a  shrinkage  of  $9,169,000,  or i 
about 20 per cent.  That commercial  d e-1 
posits in all banks—being largely the ac- j 
counts  of  business  men,  non-interest ; 
bearing,  and  payable  on  demand—were 
the ones to suffer the  greatest shrinkage, i 
especially  after  savings  banks  resorted; 
to time  limits,  and  the  further fact that ! 
National  banks are used  almost  entirely j 
I as reserve agents for all  banks in the in­
terior of our State,  readily  explains  the ! 
j difference  in  the  percentage of decrease ! 
between the  State  and  National  banks. 
The phenomenal and satisfactory feature 
of  this  situation  is  the  withdrawal  of ! 
$20,000,000 of deposits within six months j 
from  the  banks  of  Michigan,  yet  still 
leaving the reserves of the  banks in  this 
State larger at the close of that time than I 
at the beginning.
To those of you  present and  those now S 
engaged 
in  banking  in  Michigan,  no 
greater compliment  could  be  paid  you. I 
Four things made this condition possible: 
First,  variety of resources,  both  natural | 
and  artificial,  which  we as  a State pos­
sess;  second,  the quality of  your  assets, 
showing the great care  with which loans 
have always been made;  third,  the intel­
ligence  of  our  people,  for  which 
the 
bankers  are  largely  responsible;  and, 
fourth, the  wisdom  of  your  bank  man­
agers, exercising proper regard for exist­
ing laws,  both written and unwritten,  in 
the conduct of your  business.
The Commissioner  of  Banking  of  our 
State refers to  this in  his report of 1893, 
the  following  very  complimentary 
in 
manner:
“Although the year covered  by this re­
port  has  been  one  of  unusual  distress 
and  disaster  to  banking  corporations 
throughout  the  United  States, 
I  am 
pleased to  report  that  Michigan’s  State 
and  National  banks,  with  four  excep­
tions,  have withstood the  financial strain 
which carried down so many banking  in­
stitutions 
in  other  states  and  to-day 
stands as a monument to the intelligence 
of our citizens, the honesty and integrity 
of our banking officers,  the financial abil­
ity of directors, and the excellence of our 
State and National banking laws.”
While there were  several  localities  in 
the  State,  and  numerous  illustrations 
outside, of the inability to  strictly main­
tain,  at  all  times,  a  lawful  money  re­
serve, yet it is in this that the  utility  of 
bank reserves are now  better understood 
and their importance illustrated.

Let us so far digress from the question 
of  reserves  proper,  as  to  examine  the 
changes  in  deposits  during  the periods 
from May 4,  1893,  to  Oct.  3,  1893,  and 
from Oct. 3,  1893, to  July  18,  1894.  On 
May  4,  1893,  the  tables  show  that  the 
commercial  deposits  in  both  State  and 
National  banks  were  $73,395,000,  as 
against $38,762,000 held  in savings banks 
as savings  deposits.  The  ratio  of  sav­
ings deposits to commercial deposits were 
at this time,  as$l to $2.15.  The table fur­
ther shows a shrinkage of commercial de­
posits in  State and  National  banks,  be­
tween  May  4,  and  Oct.  3,  of  $16,686,- 
219.58, as against a  shrinkage of $5,250,- 
730.17 of savings deposits; in other words, 
the  withdrawals  were  in  the  ratio  of 
$3.17 of  each  one  dollar  of  commercial 
deposits,  to one dollar of  savings  depos­
its. 
It  is  here  demonstrated  why  the 
commercial banks must  carry  strong  re­
serves,  and  a  reasonable  explanation  is 
made for the large variation between the 
reserves  held  by  State  and  National 
banks at this time. 
In the experience of 
the past year it is shown as  well  in  act­
ive banking,  as in  the  closing  of  banks 
through  receivers,  that  the  commercial 
banks  are  also  easiest  and  quickest  to 
liquidate  and  the  first  to  recover from 
financial depression.  This condition nat­
urally suggests  a question  which I think 
proper to ask at this  time—will  not  de­
positors from this  time  forward  make  a 
greater distinction between the two kinds 
of banks, to the extent  that  if  they  can 
get  a  certificate  of  deposit  at the same

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In  other  words, 

rate of  interest  in  a  commercial  bank 
payable on demand,  they  will  choose  it 
rather  than  a  savings  bank  pass book, 
subject to payment at  the  option  of  the 
bank? 
is  it  longer 
doubted that the same  laws  that  govern 
savings  banks  and  trust  companies  do 
not  apply  to  National  and  commercial 
Mate banks in so  far  as  the  banks’  re­
serves are concerned, the  nature of their 
assets,  and in  their  relations  to  the  de­
positor?  I venture the  statement, that 3 
per cent,  on deposit in commercial  banks, 
which  it  has  been  demonstrated  must 
carry  larger  reserves  by  reason  of  the 
business  contingencies  and  demands 
which they are expected to meet,  is equal 
to 4 per cent, on time deposits in savings 
banks,  with  the  advantages  which  now 
exist in the present law  in  favor  of  the 
latter.
I  am  the  friend of  conservative, hon­
est  banking  methods,  whether  State  or 
N ational,  and believe in  honest competi­
tion,  but  I  also  believe  that  the  two 
kinds of banking,  whether the banks  are 
all eventually  organized under the  State 
law,  or under the National law, or if they 
remain  as  at  the  present  time,  under 
both,  should  be  separated  and  confined 
each  to  its proper sphere and the people 
educated as to the  relations of one to the 
other and the value of  both to the  State.
I have given  very little thought, so far, 
to the question of lawful money reserves. 
Suffice it to say that in this  State  all  or­
ganized banks, outside of Detroit,  are re­
quired to carry but 15 per  cent,  of  their 
deposits  as  a  reserve,  of  which  6  per 
cent,  shall  be  cash  on  hand  and  9  per 
cent,  may  be  bank  balances;  while  in 
Detroit,  which is a  reserve  city,  25  per 
cent,  is required  under the  National law 
and 20  per  cent,  under  the  State  law, 
one-half of which in each case is required 
to be in cash on  hand and  the remainder 
can be held in  bank  balances.  With ref­
erence to savings  deposits,  the State law 
makes a  distinction  and  requires  but  5 
per  cent,  to  be  kept  on  hand,  the bal­
ance,  10  per  cent,  to  be  deposited  in 
banks approved by the  Commissioner  or 
invested in United  States bonds.

Those  who  ; romoted  the  passage  of 
our  State  banking  law  did  themselves 
credit and the people a good  service,  but 
in making a distinction  between the cash 
reserve on  demand  commercial  deposits 
and  savings  deposits, 
they  admit  the 
force  of  my  argument.  Applying  the 
Jaw to the deposits,  as they  are  reported 
on July 18,  1894,  we  find  that  the  legal 
reserve required in Michigan was but $15,- 
390,000 and that the  banks held $23,557 - 
470  or  $8,167,000  of  excess  or  surplus 
money, subject to investment.  How long 
this condition  will  last  is  problematical 
and immaterial.
The recent panic has  demonstrated the 
ill effects of surplus money in the amount 
of worthless outside  paper that, under  a 
condition we regarded  as healthy,  found 
its way into  Michigan  banks  and,  later, 
into your profit and loss account.  With the 
earning  capacity  of  banks  reduced  by 
low rates of discount  on  domestic  loans 
the question is one for your early consid­
eration and solution,  whether,  as  a  mat­
ter of safety and  profit, all banks are not 
practically forced at this time to a reduc­
tion of interest on  deposits?  I  am  glad 
to  announce  that  in  certain  localities 
something has already  been done in  this 
direction  and  that  there  are  also  some 
banks  in  Michigan  which  have  never 
paid  interests  on  deposits  and  they are 
usually stronger in  reserve,  stronger  in 
assets,  and more  profitable  to stockhold­
ers.
I will,  in  conclusion,  ask  your  indul­
gence  to  one  other  feature of  bank  re­
serves.  As I have  above  stated,  Michi­
gan banks on July 18,  1894, held $23,557 - 
470 as reserve,  and of this  amount  $13,- 
844,780 was balances  due from banks ap­
proved  by  the  Comptroller  and  Bank 
Commissioner.  This was a fraction over 
14 per cent,  of the total  deposits held by 
the banks  at  that  time.  A  situation  is 
here disclosed in this  one  item  of  bank 
reserves  that  makes  all  banks  in  our 
otate  and  National  system  dependent 
rather than  independent,  and  is,  there­
fore,  worthy  of much consideration.  The 
Bank of England and its branches is said 
to be strong because of the uniformity of 
its  methods  and  harmony  in  the  con­

duct of  its  business.  So,  also,  are  the | 
banks of Canada,  while  we,  with our  in­
dependent  associations,  each  selfishly ' 
striving for business,  have primarily but 
one tie that  binds us  together,  and  that 
[ is  this  division  and  distribution  of  re­
serve funds.  Even though it  only  oper­
ates as  between  country  banks  and  re- 
serve  cities,  it  has  been  demonstrated 
that,  while it is in the power of the Bank 
of England and its  branches to save Bar­
ing  Bros.,  and  by  so  doing  save  Great 
Britain, and of the Bank of France to re­
lieve the Bank of  England and  save  Eu- 
rope, that this  division  of  our  reserves 
did so govern the action of  the  banks  of
our  own  metropolis and 
other reserve cities as to  make it posible 
to save this country,  and with it much of 
value to all of the  world.

uW  ^ or^’ 

The power exercised by  bank  reserves 
should  never  be  deprecated.  Every 
eleemosynary  institution  in  the  United 
States holds  a  reserve.  There  is  not  a 
lodge,  an  association,  or  society  which 
does not hold some  reserve  in  its  treas­
ury. 
Insurance  companies,  school  dis­
tricts and municipalities  carry  funds  in 
reserve.  These funds, and the reserve of 
each  corporation  and  person,  are  your 
deposits,  for  which  you  who  manage 
banks are responsible and carry the  only 
real cash reserve held.

Do We Need a Half-Cent Coin?

From the Boston Transcript.

In  San  Francisco  copper 

Some of the conservatives and the long­
headed are saying that  this  Government 
ought to resume the  coining of the  half- 
cent, dropped in  1857,  as an  approach to 
the much  smaller coins  of  France,  Ger- 
many,  Italy—in fact,  all  European coun­
tries.
Our fault as a  nation  is  wastefulness, 
extravagance.  A shrewd  Boston  manu­
facturer the other  day  remarked  that  at 
present  he  regarded  the  South  as  the 
most  prosperous  part  of  the  country, 
simply because she was living within her 
means and paying her debts promptly  in 
cash—or  its  equivalent,  paper 
legal 
tender.  At  the North,  he  said,  all  our 
present financial misery  is caused  by our 
people’s  extravagant  standards, 
their 
feverish speculating  life, and  living  be­
yond their means. 
In  the West it is  the 
same. 
is 
scorned; car conductors refuse it, or used 
to.  There,  as well  as  in  New  Orleans, 
nothing is done for  less than a  “nickel.” 
In Philadelphia a boy will scarcely  black 
your boots for less than  two nickels. 
In 
Vicksburg  the  planters  used contemptu­
ously  to  throw  coppers  on  the floor  or 
ground;  even  the  negroes  refusing  to 
pick them up.  But if  the  wild  war ex­
travagance is to  cease,  if we are going to 
practice some of  the small  economies  of 
life (which are really  the small  virtues), 
then it follows—as  the  night  the  day— 
we must no longer  scorn  the  cent or  the 
half-cent.  A thousand  times a  year you 
need the half-cent in your  shopping.  “1 
make nothing  when I  sell one  copy of  a 
cent paper,”  said  a  Boston  newsboy  to 
the writer.  “I only make a cent  when  I 
sell  two  papers.”  But  these  newsboys 
(how many are there—50,000 of  them  in 
the United States?)  should have the half- 
cent and should have the  half-cent  cake 
and  half-cent  bun to buy  with it.  Give 
us back the democratic  coin,  and  let  us 
learn our sorest,needed lesson—economy. 
The half-cent  was  coined  from  1792  to 
February,  1857,  at the very close of Pres­
ident Pierce’s term.  Why  was it discon­
tinued?  It might  now  be  resumed  and 
prove the mascot of the democratic party. 
Turn us  out  a  few,  gentlemen  of  Con­
gress,  and  let us  see how  we like them. 
Let us have back the old coin of our boy­
hood.  We  don’t  want 
the  centime, 
pfennig,  or  centesimo  (each  of  these 
coins of the value of one-fifth of one cent 
and  current  in  France,  Germany  and 
Italy,  respectively), but we do want  that 
convenient half-cent of a generation ago.

A  chemist  has  discovered  a  way 

to 
solidify  whisky,  and  has  arranged  to 
put up solid drinks in the shape of small 
tablets  that  melt  in  the  month.  This 
will fill a long-felt want  on  the  part  of 
the  church-goers,  or 
theater-goers,  or 
any  other  sort  of  goers  who cannot go 
away from a drink and stay an hour.

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A  Lesson in Law.

Here is a  story  that  comes  from  San 
Francisco.  The  moral  is:  Better  patch 
up  your  quarrel  at  any  cost,  or  pitch 
your  property  into  the  creek,  before 
going to law.  Court,  lawyers  and  audi­
tors indulged in a  broad  smile over  the 
outcome of  the  case  of  Rowe  vs.  Sim­
mons.  Everybody smiled except William 
B.  Rowe,  who  appeared  dazed  and  ap­
parently  unable 
the 
astonishing 
termination  of  his  case. 
For fifteen years he had been in stubborn 
litigation with his  partner’s  estate  over 
certain  property.  When 
lawsuit 
began  there  were  several  lots  and  the 
stock of a hardware store  valued at over 
911,000.

to  comprehend 

the 

“Turn over the property  to a  receiver 
until this dispute  is  settled,”  demanded 
both  the  angry  litigants.  Accordingly 
the property was turned over to Receiver 
Walter F.  Robinson. 
It  was agreed that 
he should be paid $75 per month  for  his 
services.  Then 
the  partners  went  at 
each  other  hammer  and  tongs.  They 
feed  attorneys  liberally  and  the  latter 
bombarded one  another with  demurrers, 
answers,  cross  complaints,  affidavits, 
reports, orders,  motions  and  notices,  to 
the  great  delight  of  their  respective 
clients.  Weeks became  months,  months 
melted  into  years,  and 
the  case  went 
stontly and steadfastly on its  way.
Receiver Robinson  did  less work than 
any of  those  engaged,  but  he  collected 
lie  said  he 
his $75 a month  regularly, 
could  stand  it  as  long  as  the  litigants. 
Once in  a  while  be  filed  a  report  and 
called the attention of all concerned to the 
condition  and  value  of  the  property. 
“That’s  all  right,’’  said  the  litigants. 
“You  just  keep  everything 
in  your 
hands until we settle this dispute.’’

They were on  the  eve  of  settling  the 
dispute  before  Judge  Slack  when  Re­
ceiver Robinson astonished everybody by 
announcing that he desired  to resign his 
position.
“What’s the matter,” demanded  one of 
the  attorneys,  “ain’t  you  getting  your 
$75 regularly enough?”

answered,  “Yes.”

T t ü ü   M ICM IGrj^JN
Robinson  coughed  gently  and  mildly 
“How much  is left  to be  turned  over 
to  your  successor,  anyway?”  asked  the 
other lawyer,  carelessly.
“I guess I may  be able to  scrape about 
$500  worth  of  broken  hardware 
to­
gether,”  replied the witness.

to 

there  was 

“It’s  a  rather  odd  outcome 

“F-five  what?”  demanded  the  aston­
ished lawyers.
“Five  hundred  dollars’  worth,”  re­
peated  the witness.
It was  all  very  plain  and  very  clear 
when  the  explanation  was  called  for. 
Robinson’s little  bill  of  $75  per  month 
bad simply eaten up  all the  property  in 
sight; bank  account,  lot,  fixtures,  stock 
and everything except  a  lot of  indigest­
ible  odds  and  ends,  in  hardware.  As 
Robinson  explained, 
less 
than $500 worth of stuff left,  and  he had 
delved  among  the  refuse  pile  of  scrap 
iron long enough to  know  what  he  was 
talking about.
the 
case,”  said  Judge  Slack  to  the  dazed 
litigants,  “ but  1  don’t  see  what  else 
could  have  been  expected  under  the 
circumstances. 
It was agreed to pay  the 
receiver  $75  a  month  for  his  services. 
The case has been  going  on  for  a  very 
long time,  and  certainly  Mr.  Robinson 
cannot be blamed for collecting what was 
due him.  Would you  gentlemen  like to 
suggest anything?”
The gentlemen had nothing to suggest. 
They 
the  stack  of  bills, 
vouchers, 
representing 
what was left of the  money,  with  dumb 
amazement.
Robinson’s resignation was accepted in 
silence.
The  eyes  of  the  dazed  litigants  fol­
lowed him as if mesmerized.  When  the 
door closed behind him  they  turned and 
stared  at  the  stack  of 
receipts  and 
vouchers.
Rowe,  when  last  seen,  was  going  to 
ascertain  if  the scrap iron  had not blown 
away.

reports,  etc., 

regarded 

Use Tradesman Coupon Books.

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ST IL L   ANOTHER 

TWENTY 
CAR  LOADS

M oney  W ill  Buy  M ore  N ow.

The purchasing power of  wages  or  of 
crops is the most important  thing for the 
operative or the farmer.  While the price 
of wheat continues very  low,  so also are 
the prices of nearly all  the  commodities 
sold in exchange for  wheat.  A  St.  Paul 
jobber  says  that  the  Minnesota  farmer 
can  buy  more  goods  to-day  with  100 
bushels  of wheat at forty-five  cents than 
he could two years  ago,  when  the  grain 
brought sixty  cents  a  bushel.  The  re­
duction of prices of merchandise in many 
lines  of  goods  there  has  approached 
forty per  cent.,  and  on  the  average  is 
shown  to  be  a  good  deal  more  than 
twenty-five  per  cent.  The  farmer  who 
could  make  money  raising  wheat  two 
years ago is therefore sure of  a return at 
the lower prices for grain to-day.  There 
has also been a  reduction  in  the  prices 
of provisions and  clothing  in  manufac­
turing cities at the  East, so  that  a  con­
servative estimate will  make six  dollars 
a week now in  such places  as Fall River 
the equivalent  of  seven  dollars  a  few 
years  ago.  A  correspondent  presents 
figures to show that  wages  there  are on 
the  average a little higher  now  than  in 
1885,  while the  things  for  which  wages 
are  spent  are  much  cheaper  than  for­
merly.

All  Shoes  W ere  Low .

He was new in the business.  Formerly 
he was clerk at a country hotel.  Now he 
was  clerk in a shoe store.  He wanted to 
be pleasant and attractive.  He  was  am­
bitious  to  become a successful salesman.
When a woman came  in  and  asked  to 
be  shown  some  low  shoes  he  bowed, 
smiled,  rubbed  his  hands  together  and 
asked:
low,  madam?  You  see,  our 
shoes are all low  to-day.  We’re  having 
a  marked down sale.”

“How 

The key to success,  in  any department 
of life, is self-denial. 
Idleness, laziness, 
wastefulness, come from lack of it;  while 
industry,  promptitude,  economy,  thrift, 
and a successful career are the  result  of 
iu—Neal Dow.

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1 4

3J  r~  '  1  He E a ts P a ris G reen.
J9A Chicago paper tells  about a resident 
of  that  city,  John  Gustafson  by  name, 
who  eats  Paris  green  as  other  people 
take opium  or  drink  whisky.  A  friend 
of  his  was in  his  room,  and  Gustafson 
lay on the bed with  a box of  Paris green 
beside him,  which he was eating of a little 
at a time,  w ith  apparent  relish.  After 
watching  him  consume  some two  table 
spoonfuls, and  vainly remonstrating with 
him,  the friend  went  out and informed  a 
policeman that he was attempting to com­
mit suicide.  Two officers  and the ambu­
lance were  soon on hand to take the sup­
posed would-be  suicide  to  the  hospital, 
but  he  surprised  the  officers  by telling 
them that  he  did  not  want  to  go  with 
them.  He was  in no danger,  he said,  as 
he had been  in the  habit for ten years  of 
eating Paris green  whenever he felt bad. 
He took it for  a  stimulant.  Gustafson’s 
friends told  the  officers  that  he  was  in 
love  with  a young  lady,  who had  given 
him the cold shoulder,  and  that  he  was 
trying to kill himself.  He denied it, but 
he  was  taken  to  the  hospital,  anyway, 
and pumped  out  by  the  doctors.  They 
said  that  he  had 
taken  enough  Paris 
green to kill an ordinary  man,  but  that 
he seemed to be  all right.  He  had  been 
using it so long that an ordinary dose had 
no effect on  him.

Selling  Sickly  Fish.

If reports from points  on  the  Illinois 
river be true,  it  is  a  thousand  wonders 
that Chicago  and  other  places  are  not 
suffering with an epidemic of cholera. 
It 
is said that the  river  has  been  so  very 
low and stagnant for a  long  time,  until 
the heavy rains  of  last  week,  that  the 
fish  have  been  dying  by  thousands, so 
that the river banks are lined  with them, 
and that the fish  which survive  are slug­
gish and sickly. 
In this  condition  they 
fall an easy prey  to  the  fishermen,  and 
many tons of them have been  taken  and 
shipped to  Chicago  and  other  markets. 
The people  who live near  the  river  and 
know  what condition  it is  in  cannot  be 
persuaded to touch the fish.

...... 

SOLID  TRAIN

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GAIL  BORDEN  EAGLE  BRAND

CO ND EN SED   fliL K   Shipped  to  San  Francisco  from 

the  Elgin  Factory  of  the  N ew   York  Condensed

Milk  Company,  August  4th,  1894.

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Awarded at  Mid-Winter Fair,  San  Francisco,  Cal.

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Be  Sure  and  Get  Them.

Sold  by  all  Grand  Rapids  Wholesale  Grocers  and
T H E   P U T N A M   C A N D Y   CO.

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1 2
Laxity  of  the  City’s  License  System.
It is becoming clearer  every  day  that 
if the  city’s  various  license  ordinances 
are  to  be  properly  enforced  the  whole 
work  of  enforcement  must  be  thrown 
upon  the police department.  At  present 
no one seems  to  be  responsible  and  so 
the laws are not  more than half enforced. 
Many  of  the  aldermen  have  friends 
among the saloonkeepers,  and  they  use 
their influence  to  prevent  their  friends 
being  “ persecuted.”  At  least  two  of 
the  aldermen  are  saloonkeepers  them­
selves,  and they naturally do not  like  to 
see  their  craft  interfered  with. 
If  a 
license for a saloon in  a  new  locality  is 
applied for,  if  granted  it  may  mean  a 
new  “pull,”  and  so  the  application  is 
railroaded through.  The present License 
Committee seem to  have  but  one  ambi­
tion and that is to see  how  many  liquor 
licenses 
they  can  recommend  during 
their term of office.  That  distinguished 
public servant,  Aid. Shaw—better known 
as  the  “Poor  Man’s  Friend”—and  his 
brilliant  aggregation  of  civic  wisdom 
known as the License Committee,  would, 
it  was  thought,  after  their  masterly 
achievement in connection  with the ped­
dling ordinance,  be satisfied to  retire  on 
their  laurels;  but  they  are  still  adding 
to their fame and swelling  their  record. 
I t   is  a  foregone  conclusion  what  that 
Committee will  do  with  an  application 
for a license, and the  submission  of  the 
application to them is a  mere  matter  of 
form. 
the  police  were  given  sole 
charge of the license business of the  city 
a speedy end would be  put to favoritism 
and wire-pulling.  There would  be more 
prosecution for  violation  of the law and 
many of the low  dives,  which  are  now 
allowed to run for  “ political  purposes,” 
would  be  closed  up.  The  installment
plan  of  paying  the  license  fee,  which 
finds so much favor  at present with some 
people,  and the still more pernicious per­
mit  system,  by  which  all  payment  is 
avoided,  would  soon  become  things  of 
the  past.  Then,  perhaps,  those  fester­
ing heaps  which morning  after  morning 
are hauled off  the market and out  to  the 
suburbs and there sold as  vegetables and 
fruit,  would  cease  to  be  more  than  a 
hideous memory. 
In  this  connection  it 
seems strange that there is no one  whose 
duty it is to enforce the inspection clauses 
of the peddling ordinance. 
It  may be  a 
matter of small  importance  that  rotten 
and rotting fruit is  sold  throughout  the 
city—at  least, 
it  may  seem  so  to  the 
health officers of the city, to whom a case 
of measles is,  apparently,  a  nightmare, 
but  most  people  will 
feel  different 
about it once the facts  are  known.  The 
police have no authority  to  enforce  the 
law,  and the  health  officer  says  he  has 
not the time,  but  would  be  glad  to  re­
ceive  complaints. 
There  the  matter 
rests at present,  and there it is  likely  to 
remain.  There would be  none of this  if 
the entire enforcement of the  license  or­
dinance  were  placed  absolutely  in  the 
hands  of  the  police  department.  The 
law would be rigidly and  impartially en­
forced and the many  abuses  which  now 
disgrace the city’s  government would  be 
unknown. 

Da n ie l  Abbott.

G ot  H er  M oney’s  W orth.

Mother—I  gave  you  ten  cents  to  be 

x \ E Q ü  

J M l C Ï U G r ^ J S

No  Red  Clover  Honey.

F rom   th e   New  E n g lan d   G rocer.
“Why  do  we  never  have  red  clover 
honey for sale?”  said the dealer.  “Well, 
for the simple reason  that there  is  never 
any  red  clover  honey  made  by  honey j 
bees.  There  is  no  blossom  so  rich  in 
stores  of  sweetness  as  the  red  clover 
blossom,  as  every 
schoolboy  whose 
privilege  it  is  to  pluck  and  suck their 
nectar well knows.  But  the  honey  bee 
never collects those  sweets  for  its  use. 
because it cannot.  The  corolla  tube  of 
the red clover is so deep  and  small  that 
the  bee cannot reach the honey stored at 
the  base  of  the  tube.  The  bee  knows 
this, and if you will think a moment  you | 
will 
remember  that  you  never  saw  a 
honey bee, either  wild  or  hive-dweller, 
on a red clover  blossom.
“These wise and  busy  insects  do  not 
waste  their  time  in  efforts  to  obtain 
sweets that are beyond their  reach.  But 
the lumbering bumble bee  levies  tribute 
on every red  clover  patch  in  his  baili­
wick.  As  smart  as  the honey bee is,  it 
has yet to learn a trick that is  as  old  as 
the  hills  to  its  big  and  more  stupid 
cousin.  When the bumble bee  lights  on 
a head of red clover he punctures  a  hole 
in the base of the corolla,  and  thrusting 
in  his  proboscis,  sucks out  the  nectar. 
It used to be a favorite but cruel pastime 
among the boys of the  rural  districts  to 
capture  the  bumble  bee,  pull  it  apart, 
and take out  its  honey  bag—a  transpar­
ent sack as big as a small pea, filled  with 
the  most  delicate  honey,  the  honey  of 
the red clover—and eat the sweet morsel, 
or,  rather,  let it burst in  the  mouth  and 
spill 
incomparable  nectar.  Any 
one who has thus robbed the bumble  bee 
of  its  life  and  its  hoard of sweets will 
never forget the delicious quality  of  the 
honey 
thus  obtained.  Unfortunately, 
this  big  clumsy  bee  is  not  much of a 
honey maker.  You  might rob a score of 
bumble  bees’ nests and not get a quarter 
of a pound of honey; and,  besides,  these 
nests are few  and  far  between.  Conse­
quently we will have  to  wait  until  the 
hive bee learns to drill into  the  blossom 
to get the nectar before we can  have  red 
clover honey  for  our  buckwheat  cakes 
and  waffles.”

its 

F rom  the C hicago H erald .

Armour’s  Impecunious  Kinsman. 
It has been a matter of  current  report 
for years among Board of Trade men that 
Phil Armour has no poor relations.  “He 
will uot allow any of them to remain poor,” 
a veteran of the Board remarked,  by way 
of  explanation  of  this  unusual  good 
fortune of a rich man.  “ He  makes them 
all rich.”
“I have heard that story  before,”  Mr. 
Armour  remarked  with  a  smile,  when 
one of his friends asked him  about it the 
other  day.  “ But it’s a mistake. 
I  have 
enough of them.”
Then  the  big  packer  burst  out  in  a 
laugh and his friend  knew a  good  story 
was coming.
“One of the poor kind—he  lives  down 
in Illinois—is one of the most  persistent 
men I ever knew.  He keeps writing and 
writing for money  all  the  time.  He  is 
not a bad fellow, only  improvident,  and 
if he  displayed the  same  energy 
in  at­
tending to business that he does in  writ­
ing to me he would have been rich a long 
time  ago.  Well,  he  kept  sending  one 
letter  after  another,  saying  that  if  he 
only  had  $500  he  would  be  all  right. 
He repeated this so often that one  day  I 
told  my  secretary  to  write  that  if  he 
wouldn’t bother me for  a  year  I  would 
send him  $500.”

“Well,  sir,”  and  Mr.  Armour’s  sides 
shook  with  laughter,  “as  soon  as  the 
mails could bring  a  reply 1  got  it.  He 
said,  ‘Make it $1,000  and two years,’ and 
I thought it was such a  clever turn  that 
I sent the money.”

“What happened  next?”
“In about three months he wrote again, 
saying the agreement was off because his 
wife hadn’t been included.”

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trying to show how bad you can  be. 
j tion,  not  to  the man  who does what no- 
Willy—Yes;  but  I’m  just  trying  to i body else ever attempts to do,  but  to  the 
show you to-day that  you  got the  worth  man  who  does  best what  multitudes do 
of your money yesterday. 

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TRADESMAN  COMPANY, 

Grand  Rapids, 

.

  Mich.

Agents,
.

.

Established  1868

H  M.  Reynolds  <Sc  Son.
Building Papers,

Carpet Linings,

Asbestos  Sheathing.

Asphalt  Ready  Roofing,

Asphalt Roof Paints,

Resin, Coal Tar.

Roofing and Paving Pitch,

Tarred Pelt, Mineral Wool,

Elastic  Roofing Cement. 

Car, Bridge and Roof Paints.  Oils.

P r a c tic a l  R o o fe r s

In  Felt,  Composition  and  Gravel.
Cor.  Louis and  Campau Sts., Grand  Rapids

5.  C.  W.

T h e   L e a d in g   N iekle  C ig a r 
M ad 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 o ld  a t $33 p e r  1 ,0 0 0

Byjthe  Manufacturer.

G.  J.  Johnson,  “ M a s s ’*-

Telephone  1205.

The  Lycom ing  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 yon 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.
M i c h i g a n  (T e n t r a l

“  2%« Niagara Falls Bouts.”

(Taking effect  Sunday,  May 27,1894.) 

«Daily.  All others daily, except Sunday.

Arrive. 
Depart
10 20p m ...........Detroit  Express........... 7 00a m
5 30 a m ......«Atlantic and  Pacific.......11  20 p m
1  50 p m........ New York Express........   6 00 p m
Sleeping cars  run on Atlantic  and  Pacific  ex 
press trains to and from Detroit.
Parlor  cars  leave  for  Detroit at 7:00am;  re 
turning, leave Detroit 4:35 p m, arriving at Grand 
Rapids 10:20 p m.
Direct  communication  made  at  Detroit  with 
all throngh  trains erst  over the  Michigan Cen 
tral Railroad (Canada Southern Diviaion.)
A. ALxquisT, Ticket Agent, 
Union PasaengerStation.

! CHICAGO

AND  WEST  MICHIGAN  R’Y.
GOING  TO  CHICAGO.

TO AND FROM MUSKEGON.

TRAVERSE C IT T .  CH A RLEV O IX   AND  PETOSKET.

i Lv. G’d Rapids............   7:25am  1:25pm *11:30pm
Ar. Chicago...............  1:25pm  6:50pm  *6:45am
RETURNING  FROM  CHICAGO.
Lv.  Chicago..................8:15am  5:00pm 
Ar. G’d Rapids............. 3:05pm  10:25pm  *6:25aro
Lv. Grand Rapids.......   7:25am  1:25pm  5:30pm
Ar. Grand R.  9:15am  3:05pm
Lv. Grand  Rapids ..  7:30am  3:15pm
Ar.  Manistee...........  12:20pm  8:15pm
1:00pm  8:5: pm
Ar. Traverse City__ 
Ar. Charlevoix.......  
3:15pm  11:10pm
j Ar.  Petoskey  .. 
3:45pm 11:40pm
pm.
j  Parlor  ears  leave  for  Chicago  1:25pm.  For 
i  north  3:15pm.  Arrives  from  Chicago  10:35pm. 
j From north 1 :pm.  Sleeping cars leave  for  Chi­
cago 11:30pm.  Arrivefrom Chicago 6:25.
«Every day.  Others week days  only.
DETROIT, 

Trains arrive from  north at 1:f0 pm and *10:00 

* 1M*
LANSING A  NORTHERN  R . B.
GOING  TO  DETROIT.

PA R L O R   AND  SL E E PIN G   CARS.

RETURNING  FROM  DETROIT.

Lv. Grand Rapids........  7:00am  1:20pm  5:55pm
Ar. Detroit.................. 11:40am  5:30pm  10:40pm
Lv.  Detroit..................   7:40am  1:10pm  6:00pm
Ar. Grand Rapids....... 12:40pm  5:15pm  10:45pm
Lv. G R 7:40am  4:45pm  Ar. G R. 12:35pm 10:55pm
Lv. Grand Rapids  .........  7:00am  1:20pm 5:55pm
I Ar.from Lowell..............12:40pm 5:15pm  ..........

TO  AND FROM   SAGINAW ,  ALMA  AND  ST.  LO U IS.

TO  AND  FROM   LOW ELL.

; 

THROUGH  CAR  SERVICE.

Parlor  Cars on all trains  between  Grand Rap 
ids and Detroit.  Parlor car to Saginaw on morn - 
ing train.

Trains  week days only.

GEO. DeHAVEN, Gen.  Pass’r Ag’t

w a u k e e   Railway.
EASTW ARD.

De t r o i t ,  g r a n d   h a v e n   a  Mi l ­
+No.  14 tNo.  16 tNo.  18 •No.
6 45am
7 40am
8 25am 
900am
10 50am
11 32am 
10C5am
12 05pm
10 53am
11 50am
W ESTW A RD .

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

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

325pm
4 27pm
5 20pm 
ô 05pm 
800pm 
637pm
7 05pm 
850pm
8 25pm 
925pm

1100pm 
12 35am 
1 25am 
3 10am
6 40am 
7 15am 
5 4fam
7 30am 
5 37am 
7 00am

Points............................................t7:35 a. m.

For  Grand Haven  and Intermediate
For Grand Haven and Muskegon......tl:C0 p. m.
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...... +4:55 p.  m.

“ 
“  Chicago and Milwau­

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“ 

kee,  Wis 

For  Grand  Haven  and  Milwaukee,+10:06 p. m 
For Grand Haven  (Sunday only)......... 8:00 a. m

«Daily.

tDally except Sunday. 
Trains  arrive  from  the  east,  6:35 a.m.,  12:60 
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. 16 Wagner 
Parlor Buffet car.  No. 81 Wagner Sleeper.

J a s .  C a m p b e l l . City T’cket Agent.

*7:30 p. m.

G rand  R apida  & Indiana.

TRA INS  G O IN S  N O RTH .

L aa v e g o in g  

TRAINS  GOING  SO U TH

Chicagro v ia G.  R.  & I. R. R.

F o r T ra v erse C ity, P eto sk ey   a n d  S a g in a w ...
F o r T ra v erse C ity an d   M ackinaw ......................
F o r C adillac an d  S ag in aw ............................
F o r  M ackinaw ..........................................................’

For  C in c in n ati..............................
For K a la m azo o  an d   Chicago.. 
For  Fort Wayne and  the  East.
For Cincinnati.......................
For  Kalamazoo and Chicago..

North
7:40 a.  m . 
1 :Sô p. m. 
4 45 p. m. 
10:25 p  m.
Leave going 
South. 
....6 :5 0  a .m . 
....2:16 p. m. 
... .2:15 p.m. 
.  *6:40  p.m. 
..*11:40 p.m
Lv B ra n d  R a p id s......... 6:50 am  2:15 pm  *11-40 pm
Arr Chicago................2:00 pm  2:00 pm  7:10 am
2:16 p  m  train ha. through  Wagner  Buffet  Parlor 
Oar and coach.
and Coach.
Lv  Chicago 
11:30pi
Arr Grand Rapids 
7:20 a t
3:30  p m  has throngh  Wagner Buffet  Parlor  Cai 
11:30 pm train daily, through  Wagner Sleeping Cai 
For M uskegon—Leave. 
From Muskegon—Arriv*

Muskegon, Grand Rapids A Indiana. 
7:16 am 
8:25 am
1:15pm
1:00pm 
8:10 pm
«:40 pm 
O.L. LOCKWOOD*
General Passenger and Ticket Agent.

3:30p m 
9:15 pm 

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13

Alarm.

How the Orocer Did  Not Turn  in a  Fire 
One of  the  young  men  was  a  grocer 
away  out  South  Division  street,  whose 
youthful appearance, dancing  blue  eyes 
and  rosy  cheeks  are  the  envy  of  the 
trade.  His  companion  was  somewhat 
older  in  appearance,  but  guilelessness 
was  written  in  every  lineament  of  bis 
features.  He  was  a  reporter. 
It  was 
Sunday afternoon.  The two had met,  as 
hundreds meet  every  day,  without  pre­
meditation or malice aforethought.  Near 
them  on  the  corner  stood  one of those 
newfangled fire  alarm  boxes.  You  turn 
the handle,  open the  door  and  pull  the 
box in the ordinary  way,  and  don’t have 
to run a  mile  to  find  the  key.  During 
the conversation the unsuspecting young 
grocer thoughtlessly turned the handle of 
the  box.  Two  sharp  strokes  of  a bell 
were the  result.  “Zounds!  what have  I 
done?”  he  asked,  and  the  color  faded 
from  his cheeks and his  hair  rose  “like 
quills upon the fretted porcupine.”  “Oh, 
nothing,”  said the  reporter,  with  all the 
sang froid he had with him.  “You have 
turned  in  an  alarm  of  fire,  that’s  all. 
Let’s wait right here and see how long it 
will take the boys to  get  here.  But  the 
latter part of  the remark was heard only 
by the wind moaning  sadly  through  the 
telephone  wires.  The  young  dealer  in 
groceries and provisions  had gone—gone 
so  suddenly  that  he  had  dropped  his 
breath and had no time to pick it up.  As 
it was a little risky  for a man  to  be  go­
ing  about  the  city  without  his  breath, 
the  reporter  took  it  and  followed  his 
fleeing friend.  He  found  him  down  by 
the  Union  depot  asking  a section hand 
when  the  next  train  went  to  Chicago. 
“See here,  my  boy,”  said  the  reporter, 
“you don’t want to go off like that again. 
You will lose your breath someday when 
there is no near-by  friend to  pick  it  up 
and return it,  and  the grocery trade may 
lose  one  of  its  most  shining 
lights. 
Here’s  your  breath.” ,  “ Have  they  got 
there?”  the  young man  wildly asked,  as 
he deftly  inserted his breath in its proper 
place.  “Who?  the  firemen?  Not  when 
I left,” said the  reporter truthfully.  He 
finally persuaded  his friend to  leave  his 
place  of  hiding.  But  he  wouldn’t  go 
down Monroe street;  so.  taking in ail the 
back streets on the South side of Monroe, 
they  emerged  into  daylight  on  Canal 
street  at  Lyon.  Dropping  into  an  ice 
cream parlor,  the youthful trader ordered 
ice  cream  and  cake  for  two.  Then  he 
solemnly  entreated  the  reporter  to  say 
nothing about it.  He meant no harm;  he 
had been thoughtless—that was all.  The 
reporter  assured  him  upon  his  sacred 
honor that never,  “ while the lamp of life
held out to burn,”  would  he mention  the 
matter.  Numerous  cigars and other del­
icate little attentions  have  purchased his 
silence in  the past;  these  having  failed, 
there is no longer any reason  for keeping 
the matter secret.

It is now many  moons since  the occur­
rence  recounted  in  the  above  truthful 
narrative  transpired,  and  in  that  time 
the  reporter  has  received enough cigars 
to stock a stand.  They were good cigars, 
too, but the  snap was  too  good  to  last. 
The  guileless  young  grocer  has known 
for several weeks that he did not turn  in 
a fire alarm—that the two  bells he heard 
were inside  of the  alarm box  and that  a 
general alarm  can only  be turned  in  by 
pulling down a lever on the inside of the 
box.

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macy.

The  examination  of  candidates 

Lansing1 Meeting of the  Board of Phar­
Owosso,  Sept.  25—A  meeting  of  the 
Michigan  Board  of  Pharmacy,  for  the 
purpose of examining candidates for reg­
istration,  will be held  in  Representative 
Hall,  Lansing,  Nov. 7 and 8.
for 
both registered pharmacists and assistant 
pharmacists will  commence  Wednesday, 
at 9 a.  m., at  which  time  all  candidates 
must be  present.
Candidates for  examination  must  fur­
nish affidavit showing practical or college 
experience.
No certificates  of  registration  will  be 
issued  by  the  Board until the applicant 
has furnished  affidavits  from  the  party 
or  parties  with  whom  he  served  or 
studied,  showing  explicitly by dates,  the 
length of time the applicant has been un­
der the  instruction  of  the  employer  or 
teacher.  Sta n ley E. P a b k il l,  Sec’y.

From Out of Town.

City.

Calls  have  been  received  at  T h e 
T radesm an office during  the  past week 
from the following gentleman in trade:

B.  S. Mosher, Jackson.
G. H. Walbrink & Sons, Allendale. 
Klomparens & Brower, Hamilton.
F.  A.  Rockafellow  Merc.  Co.,  Carson 
B.  F.  Sweet, Carson City.
W. M.  Bale.  Fennville.
J.  H. Lowell & Co.,  Wacousta.
H.  E.  Hogan. So. Boordman.
Pool Bros.,  Luther.
Robert Armstrong, Reed City. 
Ellsworth Lumber Co., Ellsworth.
N.  Bouma, Fisher.
G.  Y.  Nash,  Norwood.

Appointment of Standing  Committees.
President  Tatman,  of  the  Northern 
Michigan  Retail  Grocers’  Association, 
announces the  following  standing  com­
mittees for the ensuing year:
Trade  Interests—N.  Bicknell,  Clare; 
W.  E.  Haney,  Big  Rapids;  C.  Yost, 
Ithaca.
Legislation—J.  Mason,  Clare;  R.  D. 
Balmer,  Mt.  Pleasant;  J.  W.  Densmore, 
Reed City.
Insurance—Chas.  B.  Lovejoy,  Big 
Rapids;  F.  M.  Taylor,  Shepherd;  C.  S. 
Chase, Clare.
Transportation—J.  L.  Barker,  Big 
Rapids;  A.  S.  Barber,  Ithaca;  John 
Marin,  Reed  City.

Coffee May  Get  Cheaper.

Coffee is a universal habit, this country 
using 4,000,000 bags  and  Europe  5,000,- 
000.  For some time coffee has been high 
in  price  and  this has led to overproduc­
tion,  until  now  the  householder  has  a 
prospect  of  having  his  Mocha  cheaper 
than for years. 
It is  estimated that  this 
year’s yield  of  coffee  will  be  2,000,000 
bags more than the great crop of 1891-92. 
The  talk  in  the  New  York  Coffee  Ex­
change,  based  on  foreign  reports,  is  to 
the  effect  that low  prices for  the  berry 
will soon  rule.

As  the  various  schedules  of the  new 
tariff law go  into  effect,  marked  reduc­
tions  in  prices  are  made  in  many  in­
stances.  Last  week  it  was  wool  dress
goods and this week it is tin.  Of course, 
readjustments in  wages will  have  to  be 
made to meet the changed  conditions  be­
fore anything like  quietness or certainty 
can  prevail,  or  trade  reach  its  normal 
state.  No heavy  buying  or  appreciable 
increase  in  manufacturing  can  be  ex­
pected until the wage scale is adjusted to 
the new conditions.

The special anniversary edition  of  the 
American Orocer,  issued in  commemora­
tion of its  twenty-fifth  birthday,  is  the 
most pretentious publication ever under­
taken by a  grocery trade  journal. 
It  is 
replete with  interesting  descriptive  arti­
cles  relating  to  the  grocery  business, 
suitably embellished  with  characteristic 
illustrations,  and  presents  a  handsome 
appearance in point  of  letter  press  and 
paper.

In noting the fact in the  last  issue  of 
T h e  T radesm an that  it  was  no  longer 
necessary for holders  of  mileage  tickets 
on the C. &.  W.  M.,  D.  L. & N.  and M.  & 
N. E.  Railways to purchase special tickets 
for freight  trains,  it  should  have  been 
added that the ticket agent  must  detach 
a strip from the mileage  ticket  to  cover 
the  distance  to  the  desired  destination 
and issue in  exchange  therefor a freight 
train ticket. 
It would  appear  from  the 
item published last week  that  the  mile­
age  ticket  itself  was  good  on  freight 
trains,  which  is  not  a  fact.  This is a 
considerable concession,  but  it  does  not 
go  quite  far  enough.  The  trouble  at 
many way stations is to get the  agent  to 
open his office for the purpose of  issuing 
the special ticket required.  He  may  be 
busy in the freight  house,  checking  out 
freight, or he may be at dinner when  the 
train comes along,  or he may be so inter­
ested  in  umpiring  a  ball  game that be 
cannot  leave  long  enough  to  issue  the 
special ticket which  enables  the  travel­
ing  man  to  get  off  on  the  freight and 
thus  make  an  extra  town.  What  the 
traveling  man  needs  is  some  sort  of 
carte  blanche  to  conductors  of  freight 
trains, entitling them to ride  on  freight 
trains on payment of full  fare, or double 
fare, or any other rate of fare  the  roads 
see fit to charge. 
If such a custom were 
in  vogue,  traveling  men  would  be  re­
lieved of much  unnecessary  anxiety  and 
annoyance,  and the continual friction  be­
tween  the  traveling  public  and  local 
agents and freight  conductors  would  be 
avoided.

Caught Him  with Ammonia.

A New York druggist used a novel and 
efficient  weapon  on  some  burglars  the 
other  night.  He  was  sleeping  in  the 
rear of his store,  when he was  awakened 
by some  burglars  effecting  an  entrance 
through the transom.  He was not armed, 
and for a moment stood  wondering  what 
to  do.  Then  an  idea  struck him,  and 
stepping  quietly  to 
thp  prescription 
counter,  he  poured  some  concentrated 
ammonia into a tumbler  and  waited  for 
the men.  As they approached  he  threw 
the liquid into the face  of  the  foremost 
man.  The fellow did  not  see  him,  and, 
stopping,  asked  what  hit  him. 
In 
another moment he fell senseless  to  the 
floor.  The druggist  poured  out  another 
dose,  and  aimed it at the other burglar, 
but  the  fellow  had  taken  alarm,  and, 
turning  to  escape,  the charge hit him in 
the  back  of  the  neck.  He  promptly 
jumped  through  the  plate  glass  door, 
followed by the other, who had staggered 
to  his  feet.  A  policeman  happened 
along and gathered them  in.
The  Egg  Product.

According  to  the  census,  the  United 
States  produced  457,000,000  dozens  of 
eggs  in  1879  and  817,000,000  dozens in 
1889.  These figures  are probably  under 
the mark.  At the figures given,  however, 
the  annual  egg  product  of  the  United 
States  amounts  to  $100,000,000. 
If  to 
this we add the value  of the poultry sold 
we shall obtain a  pretty  high  figure  for 
the  annual  output  of  the  department. 
One authority has placed it  at  $300,000,- 
000. 
In 1893 the entire wheat crop of the 
United  States  amounted  to  396,000,000 
bushels,  worth less than  $300,000,000.

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The paper read  by  Geo.  B.  Caldwell, 
National  Bank  Examiner  for  Michigan, 
at the recent bankers’ convention  at  Bay 
City,  which  will  be  found  on  another 
page of this issue, is an admirable one in 
many  respects.  The  subject  of  “ bank 
reserves” is  an important  one,  and  one 
about  which  considerable  ignorance  is 
prevalent.  Mr.  Caldwell  makes  plain 
the  purpose  of  such  reserves  and  the 
place  they  occupy  in  the  economy  of 
banking. 
If his remark about taking de­
posits  without interest referred to all de­
posits  it  will  hardly touch a responsive 
chord in small depositors. 
If the Exam­
iner referred to commercial deposits only 
little  fault  will  be  found with it; but a 
box in a safety deposit vault would serve 
all  purposes as well as a bank if  interest 
is not to  be  paid  on  deposits. 
If  there 
are  banks  which  never  pay interest on 
deposits,  and  any  considerable  num­
ber of people can be persuaded to deposit 
their  money  with  them,  they  certainly 
ought 
in  reserve,
stronger in assets,  and more  profitable to 
stockholders.”  The  day will never come 
when very much money will be deposited 
with banks  without  interest.  No  fault 
can be found, however,  with  bankers for 
doing  what  they  can  to  increase  their 
dividends, 
although  depositors  will 
probably  object  to  particular  methods 
of doing it.  On the whole,  the paper is a 
good  one  and  will  well  repay  careful 
perusal.

to  be  “stronger 

"Enjoys  Complete  Support."

From the Minneapolis Commercial Bnlletin.
T h e  Mic h ig a n T radesm an,  of  Grand 
Rapids, is eleven  years  old.  Mr.  E.  A. 
Stowe, the  genial  publisher,  has the sat­
isfaction of enjoying  the  complete  sup­
port  of  the retail  trade of  Michigan and 
he can well feel proud of  the paper  that 
he has made so  successful.

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65  Monroe  St..

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Correspondence  solicited  with  outside 

dealers.
Seely’s Flavoring Extracts
Every  dealer  should  sell  them.
Extra Fine  quality.
Lemon,  Vanilla,  Assorted  Flavors. 
Yearly  sales  increased  by  their  use. 
Send  trial  order.

44
Drugs 0  Medicines,

State  Board  of Pharm acy. | 

O ne  Y ear—O ttm a r E b erb ac h , A nn A rbor. 
Tw o  T e a rs—G eorge G u n d ru m , Io n ia.
T h re e  Y e ars—C. A. B ug bee. C heboygan.
F o u r Y e ars—8. E. F a r  k ill, Owosso.
F iv e Y e a rs—F . W . R. p e r ry , D e tro it. 
P re s id e n t— F red ’k  W   R. P e rry , D e tro it.
H e c re ta ry —S ta n ley  E. P a rk ill, Owosso. 
T re a s u re r—Geo. G u n d ru m , Io n ia.
C o m in g   M eetings—L an sin g , Nov.  7 an d  8.

Michigan State  Pharm aceutical  Aas'n. 
P re sid e n t—A. B. Stevens, A nn A rbor. 
V ice-P resid en t—A. F . P a rk e r, D e tro it 
T re a su re r—W . D upont,  D e tro it.
S ecretay —8. A. T hom pson, D e tro it.

Grand  Rapids Pharm aceutical Society 
P resid en t, W a lte r  K. S chm idt; S e cretary , B. Schroude

The  Decline in  Castor  Oil.

One of the most radical  changes in the 
tariff is that affecting castor oil.  The old 
duty was 80 cents per  gallon,  while  the 
new act fixes it  at  35  cents  per  gallon. 
As a result, makers reduced their prices 4 
cents per pound,  hoping  by  this  action 
to be able to hold the trade as against pos­
sible importations of the East Indian oil. 
It was thought advisable to put the price 
down to the lowest point  at  oue  stroke, 
rather than  take any chances on  the  for­
eign oil getting  a  foothold.  That  man­
ufacturers  were wise  in  thus  promptly 
giving the consumer  the  full  benefit  of 
the reduction in the duty is  evidenced  by 
the prompt cable cancellation  of  several 
large orders for foreign oil  that had been 
placed abroad in anticipation  of the new 
tariff rate creating a  market  here.  Had 
our  manufacturers  waited  a  few  days 
longer, or had they merely  announced  a 
fractional decline,  there is no  doubt that 
several  hundred cases of the East  Indian 
in  this 
product  would  have  appeared 
country in a week or  ten  days. 
Import­
ers had been offering  round  lots  at  one- 
eighth of  a  cent  per  ponnd  above  the 
price fixed by domestic makers.  At even 
prices  domestic  oil  would  undoubtedly 
be given  the  preference,  and,  owing  to 
its uniformity and  very  superior quality, 
consumers would doubtless willingly pay 
a higher  price  for  it  than  for  the  im­
ported.  Manufacturers,  however,  were 
not disposed to give the  consumer an op­
portunity  to  make  the  comparison  on 
that basis and satisfy himself as to which 
he would prefer.

Just what effect  this  lowering  of  the 
duty  will have on the  domestic  industry 
remains to be  develop, d  later  on.  The 
change could not  have  come  at  a  more 
opportune  time  for  the  manufacturers, 
as their stocks are low, and the new crop 
of beans is now being  marketed. 
It  has 
been suggested that there is a possibility 
of the industry  being  practically  trans­
ferred from the West to  the East,  owing 
to the lower price at which  the seaboard 
manufacturers  can  obtain  their  beans, 
the duty  having  been  reduced  from  50 
cents per bushel to 25  cents  per  bushel. 
The price of wheat is also  mentioned  as 
a possible factor to  bring  about  such  a 
condition.  Should  this  cereal  advance 
to,  say, ®l  per bushel,  the  farmer  might 
be tempted  to  discontinue  the  cultiva­
tion of beans, thus compelling  the use of 
the foreign article, and  making it  neces 
sary for Western manufacturers to locate 
where they would be in as  favorable po­
sition  to  handle  them  as  are  the  city 
manufacturers. 
It does  not appear that 
such a state  of  affairs  will  be  brought 
about, at least for a  considerable  length 
of time,  as all  indications  point  to  low 
prices for wheat for some time  to  come, 
and,  with wheat at  or  about  its present 
figure, the growing of  castor  beans  will 
pay the farmer much better at the present

the  result 

price of 81.25 per bushel. 
In  fact,  it  is 
said  that  even  at  a  higher  price  for 
wheat,  castor beans at the  present  price 
would be more remunerative  than  wheat 
to the farmer in the territory  where  the 
beans are cultivated.  Taking  the  aver­
age prices of foreign beans  for  the  past 
few years,  they can  be  laid  down  here, 
duty paid,  at 81.25 per bushel,  the  price 
last paid in  St.  Lonis  for  the  domestic 
article.  Naturally, the  seaboard  manu­
facturers will give the  foreign  bean  the 
preference,  with 
that  do­
mestic beans will decline  in  price,  and, 
in time, the farmers may curtail the pro­
duction, especially If  wheat  should  ad­
vance  materially.  Everything  would 
then seek its  level,  and,  the  supplv  of 
domestic  beans  being  more  in  keeping 
with the decreased demand,  prices might 
be expected  to  advance  to  their  former 
level,  thus  restoring  the  market  to  its 
normal condition,  leaving  the  seaboard 
manufacturers to use the  imported  bean 
and the Western  manufacturers  the  do­
mestic bean.  On the other  band,  condi­
tions may be such that  our  farmers will 
be content to accept less money for  their 
beans 
than  81.25  per  bushel.  Beans 
have been as low as 75 cents per  bushel. 
In the event of the market  price  declin­
ing,  even  Eastern  manufacturers  would 
doubtless find it to their  interest  to  use 
the home-grown beans.  As  a  matter  of 
fact,  it  is  generally  conceded  that  the 
price of domestic beans  must  decline  if 
there is to be the same sale  for  them  as 
there always has  been,  and  from  what 
we  have  stated  it  seems  more 
than 
likely  that  the  farmers  will  continue to 
grow them so long as the products of the 
farm generally bring such  relatively low 
prices as they do at the present time.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN
more so than  with  respect  to  the  alka­
loids,  there  are  shadows in the  picture. 
Chemists  and  chemical  manufacturers 
add more and more to our  store  of  rem­
edies  day  by day  without stint or truce, 
without heeding the  despairing  cries  of 
physicians  already  overstocked  with 
drugs.  __We] are  tempted  to  cry  out  for 
mercy.  This  is  no  exaggeration,  for 
these  new  chemical  products  are  all 
forced upon  the  same  therapeutic  mar­
ket under the most attractive names, and 
all proclaimed  aloud  with  the  noise  of 
most  perfect  advertising  machinery. 
This is now  done  to  an  extent  that,  in 
my  opinion,  is  detrimental to the inter­
ests of therapeutics.  1 am  not  speaking 
of quack remedies,  the  orvietana  of  our 
day,  of  those  secret specifics which  the 
medical man  views with  wholesome hor­
ror,  to which and  to  whose  use  the  old 
adage,  Trompeurs,  Trompes,  Trompettes, 
can be so  well  applied. 
I  am  speaking 
of genuine well-known products,  for,  un­
fortunately,  modern 
industrial  chem­
istry,  in manufacturing and in  placing at 
the disposal of medical  men these drugs, 
does not at all  object to  their being  pur­
chased by the general  public. 
If this be 
not so,  why  do  their  proprietors  select 
for  their  names  the  fascinating  names 
that act as veritable  flags  to  attract  the 
public—for  instance,  anti-nervine, anti- 
phthisine,  anti-rheumatine,  anti-dysen- 
teriue,  and,  most  expressive  of  all,  mi- 
grainine?  I  fully  appreciate  the  diffi­
culty of finding new names for these new 
products,  and  can  understand  that  the 
manufacturer would shrink  from  giving 
them the names derived from  their chem­
ical  composition,  for  these,  generally 
speaking, could only be pronounced  with 
linguistic  gymnastics  and 
intolerable 
strain upon  our memory. 
I  must,  with 
great regret, note that  we have  departed 
from the  ancient  method  which  taught 
us to denominate new products according 
to their origin,  and have  followed freely 
a course of  seeking  for  euphonious,  so­
norous  names  proclaiming the therapeu­
tic use and effect of the drugs designated 
by them. 
It  is  not  sufficient  nowadays 
to have a good remedy—say agathine; we 
must be assured of its  superlative  excel­
lence,  hence  aristol.  Do  you  want  to 
prescribe  for  a  patient  who  is  “out of 
sorts,” you have euphcrine;  for a lack of 
appetite, you have  orexine.  You  desire 
to procure  sleep  for him, you  have hyp- 
nal,  hypnon,  somnal,  or  somniferine. 
You wish to lower a febrile temperature; 
do not let the emergency trouble you, for 
you  have  antipyrine, anti-febrine,  anti- 
thermine, 
thermofugine, 
pyrodine,  and thermodine.  You  want to 
assuage pain?  Eh bien, you  have await­
ing  your  orders  analgesine,  analgeine, 
exalgine,  exodyne,  and  neurodyne.  Or 
you have to  deal  with  a  case  of  heart 
disease;  you  have  cardine.  Or  you  de­
sire to  stimulate  urinary  secretion;  you 
have  diuretine,  phediuretine,  and  uro- 
pheine.  To check the  formation of pus, 
there  is  a  remedy  termed  pyoktanine; 
and to combat  spasms,  antispasmine.  1 
do  not  wish  to  exhaust  your patience, 
so  I  will  spare  you the  enumeration  of 
the antiseptics, the disinfectants, the mi- 
crobicides  e tutti quanto.  Ten  years ex­
actly have elapsed since  my honored col­
league Professor Rossbach, of Jena, pub­
lished an article  full  of  wit  and  sound 
sense  on 
the  tendencies  of  modern 
therapeutics, and  in  those  days  we  had 
not  the  long  lists  of antiseptics and an­
tipyretic remedies.  Nor  was  it then im­
agined that the essential  extracts  of  the 
organs of animals, of which the late Pro­
fessor  Brown-Sequard  and  M.  C.  Paul 
were  the  earliest  to  explain  the  thera­
peutic valne, would find a place in materia 
medica;  nor  cultures  of  microbes. 
It 
was not foreseen that  we should  have to 
chronicle in 1894 the sale not only  of  se- 
quardine,  but  also of veritable bacterial 
products  such  as  tuberculine,  tubercu- 
locidine,  antituberculine, antitoxine, etc. 
How shall we check the fury of this flood? 
There  seems  no  reason  why  it  should 
come to an  end.

It  is  confidently  hoped  that  new  uses 
may  be  found  for  castor  oil,  at  the 
present  low  quotations,  to  compensate 
manufacturers  somewhat  for  the  keen 
competition they are now  called upon to 
meet. 
It  is  spoken  of  as  a  substitute 
for  high-grade  lubricating  oils.  As  a 
lubricant it is said to be one of  the  best, 
but its previous high price has prevented 
its  use  for  such  purpose. 
It  is  also 
spoken of as a substitute  for lard oil,  as 
a burning oil,  and  for  use  by  morocco 
leather manufacturers. 
It was  used  for 
some of these purposes many  years  ago, 
when the foreign oil was  practically  the 
only oil consumed here.

The  suggestion  has  been  advanced 
that  the  altered  conditions  will  result 
in  the  business  being  transferred to the 
hands  of  the  large manufacturers at the 
expense  of  the  smaller  ones,  but  with 
cheap  beans  it  appears  that  all  manu­
facturers  are  on  an  equal 
footing. 
Competition,  however,  would  no  doubt 
produce  the  same  results  In  this  as  in 
any  other industry.

A m erican D ru g g ist a n d  P h a rm a c e u tic a l  R ecord.

The Vagaries of Modern Pharmacy. 
The service  rendered  by  chemistry  to 
therapeutics is not an exhausted subject. 
Certainly our  predecessors  already  pos­
sessed a  goodly  medicinal  treasury,  but 
it  seems  very  insignificant  when  com­
pared  with what we now  utilize.  Chem­
istry  has  loaded  materia  medica  and 
pharmacology  with  wealth;  it  is  the 
mother  of  new  remedies,  and  we  are 
proud of its aid;  it has given us  our  an­
aesthetics, antiseptics,  hypnotics  and an­
tipyretics.  These  groups  of  remedies 
enable  us  to  give  relief  in  many cases 
where our  forefathers  were  quite  help­
less.  To  them  chloroform,  ether,  car­
bolic  acid,  iodoform,  creosote,  chloral,
| the  salicylates,  and  antipyrine  were all 
alike  unknown.  Bat  here  again,  and

A writer in one of the  magazines  says 
that  if  even  one-hundredth  part of  the 
area of tropical  Australia  were  reduced 
to cultivation,  the  product of sugar from 
it in its  present  proportion  to  other  ar­
ticles would supply more than double the 
world’s present consumption.

thermomine, 

Seely's Lemon.

(Wrapped)

(Wrapped)

ft ox.  1  20  12  60 
4 os.  2  00  22  80 
6 oz.  3  OO  33  OO
Seely's  Vanilla
Doz.  Gro.
1 oz. $ 1  60  16  20
2 oz.  2  00  21  60
4 oz.  3  75  40  80
6 oz.  5  40  57  60
Plain  N. 8.  w ith 
corkscrew at same 
price If  preferred.
Correspon deuce

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POWDERS

BALD
HEADS

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NC  V 
NO  RAY,

DANDRUFF  CURED

NO  CURE, 
NO  RAY. 
1 will take Contract* to grow hair on tee Head 
or face with those who can call  at  my office or 
at the office of my agents, provided  the head ia 
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 ol 
charge.  If you cannot call, write to me.  State 
tbo exact condition of the scalp and your occu­
PROF.  G.  BIKKHOLZ,
pation. 
10U Ifaacoio Temple,  C h i o s oo

ONLY  A   F E W   LEFT.

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Original set of four 
Complete set of ten  • 

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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 r a d e s m a n  C o m p a n y ,

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ALL  KINDS  OF  FUEL,

niN E AGENTS

And Jobbers of

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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Wholesale Price  Current•

Advanced-

Declined—

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S.  N. T. Q.  &

Morphia, S. P .4 T .  2 05@2 30
C.  Co....................  1  90@2 20
Moschus Canton.......   @ 40
Myrlstica, 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., K gal
pdos 
.......................  ©2 00
Plcls Llq., quarts......  @1  00
.  Pints.........   ©  85
“ 
™  Hy ^ ar8.  (po. 80)..  ©  50
PjPer  Nigra, (po. 22).  @  1
Piper Alba, (po g5)  ...  ©  3
Pllx Burgun................   ©  7
Plumbl A cet..............  12©  13
Pa!vis Ipecac et opll.. 1  io@l  20 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., doz......   @1 25
Pyrethrum,  pv..........   20©  30
Quassiae.................... 
g®  in
Qulnla, 8 .P .4 W   — 34m®39K 
S.  German...  27©  37
„   * 
Rubla  Tlnctorum...... 
t2@  14
Saccharum Lactls pv. 
la©  14
Salacln.......................2 10©2 25
Sanguis  Dracouls......  40©  50
^ P 0’^ ......................  12©  14
,,  » .......................  10©  12
6 .......................  ©  15

Seldllts  Mixture.......   ©  20
Slnapls...........................  © is
opt......................  © 30
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
„ Voes..........................   © 35
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  ©  35
Soda Boras, (po. 11).  .  10©  11 
Soda  et Potass Tart.  .  24©  25
Soda Carb.................  IK©  2
Soda,  Bl-Carb.............  © 
;
Soda, Ash 
4
............... 3K@ 
Soda, Sulphas............   @  2
Spts. Ether C o...........  50®
“  Myrcla  Dom......  ©2 no
“  Myrcla Imp.......   ©3 50
*'  Vlnl  Rect.  bbl.
. ...................2 43©2 53
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia Crystal......1  4001  45
Snlphnr, Subl..............2V©  3
Tamarinds................. 
s©  10
Terebenth Venice......  28©  30
Theobromae..........   45  <a  48
Vanilla..................... 9 oo@i6 on
Zlncl  Snlph...............   7®  g

OILS.

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

Gal
70
85
45
55

“ 

“ 

Linseed,  boiled.........  55
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
65
strained...............  
SplrltsTurpentine__  3i

70 
40
bbl.  lb. 
PA IN TS.
Red  Venetian........
144  a©3 
Ochre, yellow  Mars 
144  2©4 
Ber..
144  2©3
Putty,  commercial__2Q~2K@3
strictly  pure...... 2%  244@8
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ica“ -.......................  
13©16
Vermilion,  English__  65070
Green,  Peninsular......   70@75
Lead,  red  ..................   6  ©6X
“  w hite...............   6  @6K
Whiting, white Span...  ©70
Whiting,  Gliders’........ 
©9C
White, Paris  American 
1 
Whiting..  Paris  Eng.
cliff  ....................  .. 
1  40
Universal Prepared  ..1  (0@i  15 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
Paints.........  ..........1 oo®l  20
No. 1  Turp  Coach...  1  1001  20
Extra Turp................. 166@1  70
Coach  Body  ..............2 7503 00
No. 1 Turp Furn  ......1  0001  10
.1  5501  60 
Eutra Turk Damar 
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
70@75
Turp......................... 

VA RN ISH ES.

M ills  P ill  C a s e .

EVERY  DRUGGIST  knows  how  inconvenient 
it is to keep his pills in  drawers  or  cigar  boxes, 
necessitating the handling of the entire lot to  find 
the  kind  wanted  at  each  sale,  and  also  when ordering new stock.  Being out of 
sight of customers they never suggest a sale of themselves.

The Mills_Pill Case does away  with all the above objections,  and  offers  many 
new attractive features to the trade.  Has 24 and 40 separate  compartments,  hold­
ing from % to 1 dozen  boxes each.  Easily filled.  . Protected  from dust  and  pilfer­
ers.  Always  in  sight.  Glass  front and rear. 
Increases sales.  Can be placed on 
showcase,  counter  or  shelf.  You  can  see  at  a  glance  how stock is.  Costs no 
more than ordinary drawers.  You draw a box out of opening at rear bottom, when 
sold,  and the next drops into the same place. 
It’s  a  very  useful  and  ornamental 
addition to every drug store.  Finely finished, complete  and  securely  packed  for 
shipment,  and made regularly at following prices:

No.  1,  40  compartments. Natural  or  Antique Oak..........................$6 50
No.  3,  24  compartments, Natural or Antique Oak........................    5  00
No.  2,  40  compartments,  Imitation  Cherry,  Walnut,  Mahogany
or Ebony..................  
5  50
No.  4,  24  compartments.  Imitation  Cherry,  Walnut,  Mahogany 
or Ebony...............................................................................................4 00

 

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

▲OID UM .
Aceti cum ...............
8©  10
Benzoicum  German
65©  75
.................
Boraclc 
Carbolicum............
20©  30
Cltrieum.................
42®  45
Hydrochlor..............
3©  5
Nltrocum 
..............
.  10©  12
Oxallcum................. .  10®  12
Phosphor!um dH__
Sallcyllcnm.............. -1  25@1  60
Sulphurlcum............ ■  1£@  5
Tannlcum................. .1  4001  60
Tartar! cum__
30®  33

4©  6
6®  8
.  12©  14
12©  14

AMMONIA.
Aqua, 16  deg............
“  20  deg............
Carbonas  .............
Chloridum...............
A N IL IN S .
Black........................ .2 00@2 25
Brown.......................
8001  00
Red............................
45©  50
Yellow...................... 2 50@3 00

BACCAS.
nbeae (po  25)  ......
Juníperas.................
Xantnoxylum...........
B Á L S A M Ü M

20©  25
8®  10
25@  30

Copalba...................... 45© 50
Peru............................ @2 Cf
Terabln. Canada  — •55© ÖG
Tolutan.....................
35© 50

COÛTES.

Ables,  Canadian.........
Cassláe  .......................
Cinchona Flava  .........
Euonymus  atropurp.  .
Myrlca  Cerifera, po.  ..
Prunus Vlrginl............
Qulllala,  grd...............
Sassafras  ....................
Ulmus Po (Ground  15).
EXTRACT UM.
Glycyrrhlza  Glabra.. 
po.........
“ 
Haematox, 15 lb. box.
“ 
ls............
*■...........
“ 
“  MS...........
PEBRU  ...
Carbonaie Precip...  .
Citrate and Qulnla  ..
Citrate  Soluble..........
Ferrocyanldum Sol.  .
Solut  Chloride...........
Sulphate,  com’l ........
p u re ..........

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Arnica ... 
Antbemls 
Matricaria

FLORA.
.........
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FOJJLA.

18
12
18
30
20
12
10
12
15

24© 25
33© 35
11© 12
13® 14
14© 15
16© 17
© 15
m 50
© 80
© 50
© 15
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12© 14
30© 35
50© 65

14© 30
Barosma
Cassia  Acutifol,  Tlu-
nlvelly.................... 25® 28
AIx.  35®  50 
and  Kb....................  15®  ¡¿5
8©  10

Salvia  officinalis,  üb 
UraUrsl

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Acacia,  1st  picked 

16)................

©  60 
2d 
“ 
©  40 
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“
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lifted aoru..
“ 
©   20 
SO©  80 
“ 
po........
50©  60 
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)..
“  Cape, (po.  20)..
©  12 
Socotri, (po.  40) 
©  50
Catechu, la, (Ks, 14 !«■<
©   1 
55©  60 
Ammonias.................
28©  30 
Assaf oetlda, (po. 3  ).
Benzoin um...............
50©
48©  52 
Camphors  ......
Euphorbia m  po  ......
35©  lo 
©2 50 
Galbanum..................
70©  ,7b 
Gamboge,  po...... 
...
Gualacum, (po  35)  ..
©  3o 
Kino,  (po  1  75).........
@1  75 
Mastic.....................
©   80 
Myrrh, (po  45) 
........
@  40 
15@2 20 
Opll  (po  3  10@3 40)  .2
42 
Shellac  .....................   45©
bleached......  33©
35
Tragacanta...............   40@1 00
.H E R B A —In ounce packages.

Absinthium...............
. 
..  25
Eupatori urn...............
.......  2C
Lobelia.......................
......  25
Majorum..................... ......  2Í
Mentha  Piperita........
......  25
....  25
“  V ii.................
Rue...........................
......  30
Tanacetum, V ..............
2S
Thymus,  V.................. .... 
25
Calcined, Pat.............   55©  60
Carbonate,  Pat...........  20©  22
Carbonate, K. A  M__  20©  25
Carbonate, Jennings..  35©  36

MAUN E S I A.

OLEUM .

 

 

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TINCTURES.

**  and myrrh............ 60
gn

Cubebae.................. ", 
2 00
Exechthltos..............  l  20@i 30
Erlgeron.....................1 20@l 30
Gaultherla  ................1  50@1 60
Geranium,  ounce......   ©  75
Gosslpll,  Sem. gal......  70©  75
Hedeoma  ...................1  a® ] 40
Jumper!.....................   50@2 00
Lavandula  .................  90@2 00
IJmonls.....................140®  60
Mentha Piper.................. 2  10@3 GO
Mentha Yerld................. 1 ,'0@2 00
Morrhuae, gal.............1 80@1 40
Myrcla, ounce............  ©  50
Olive...........................  90@3 00
PIcls Llqulda, (gal..35)  10©  12
g lcto l.........................  
96®1 04
Rosmarini  ........... 
1  00
Kosae, ounce............   6 50@8 50
Succlnl.........................  40© 45
Sabina.........................  90@1 00
Santa!  ....................... 2 50@7 00
Sassafras 
Slnapls, ess, ounce..
Tlglll.......................
Thyme..................
opt  ............
i heobromas............
p o t a s s i u m
Bi Carb..................
Bichromate...........
Bromide..................
Carb....................
Chlorate  (pc 
Cyanide
Iodide...............   ......2 90@3 00
Potaasa, Bitart,  pure..  23©  25 
Potassa, Bitart, com.  .  ©  15
Potass  Nltras, opt  ....  8©  10
Potass Nitras..............  7©  9
Prusslate....................  28©  30
Sulphate  po...............   15©  18

Aconltum  Napellls R.........   60
F ........  50
Aloes...................................   gQ
A rnica............... 
Asafcetida..............i..”.!.!’..”  0
Atrope Belladonna............   60
Benzoin...............................’  go
“  Co..........................   50
Sanguinaria.........................  go
Barosma...... ......................  go
Cantharldes................  
75
Capsicum...............................50
4!» damon............................... ~g
Co...................  75
Castor.................... 
1  (vi
«¡n
Catechu..................... 
Cinchona.................. ‘ * * * * *  go
Co....................   60
Columba................. 
50
so©  55  conium .......................;;;;;  50
65 Cnbeba...............................   50
© 
- 
<0 Digitalis............................   50
50
@1  60 Gentian..............................  50
.  Co............................  60
Gualca................................   50
_   “ 
an
£,
14 Hyoscyamus........ 
50
43 io d in e...................%
Colorless............   75
18 Ferrl  Chloridum.  . 
35
55 K ino........ 
tf,
Si
Lobelia.......... !. 
Myrrh.......  
50
Nux  Vomica..........  
50
O pll.....................................  95
Camphorated...............   50
“  Deodor..........................2 00
Anranti Cortex............  
50
Quassia.......................... 
‘  50
Hhatany  ................. 
50
Rhel..    ...................... 
"  50
Cassia  Acutifol..................   50
“ Co..............  50
Serpentarla.................... 
50
Stromonlum......................     go
Tolu tan ............................. . ]  go
Valerian.................................50
VeratrumVerlde............ 50

ammon...........] * 
15©  18  Zingiber...............   " "  
13© 
40© 
16© 
50© 

40©  50 
15© 

_  15 

20 _ 

1»)..

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10©

RADIX.
Aconltum 
.................  20©  25
AUhae.......................  22©  25
Anchusa  ...................   12©  15
Arum,  po....................  ©  25
Calamus.....................   20©  40
Gentians  (po. 12) ......  8©  10
Glychrrhlza, (pv. 15)..  16©  18 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
©  30
(po. 35)................... 
Hellebore,  Ala,  po  ...  15©  20
Inula,  po....................  15©  20
Ipecac,  po.................  1 30@l  40
Iris  plox (po. 35@38).  35©  40
Jalapa,  pr..................   40©  45
Maranta.  *8............ 
©  35
Podophyllum, po.......   15®  18
Rhel...........................   75@1  00
cut....................  @1  75
pv............ 
  75®1  35
Splgella.....................   35©  38
Sanguinarla, (po  25)..  ©  20
Serpentarla...............   30©  35
S en eg a.....................   55©  60
Slmllax. Officinalis.  H  ©  40 
Sdllae, (po. 35)
Symplocarpus,  Posti-
diis,  po....................
alerlana, Eng. (po.30)
German.
lnglber a 
............
Zingiber  3  ...........
SEMIN.
Ani sum,  (po.  20). 
©  15 
Aplum  (graveleons).
14©  H 
Bird, Is  ...............
4©
Carol, (po. 18)..........
10©   12 
Cardamon.
1  0001
Corlandrnm...............   12©  14
Cannabis Sativa. 
4©
Cydonicm 
75@1  « 
CnenopodiUR- 
10©   12 
Dlpterlx Odorate 
2 40 ¿2 60 
Foenlcnlum  . 
.
©  15 
Foenngre&k,  po__
8©  3
U n i.......................
3W©  4 
Uni. grd.  (bbl. 3K
3^@  1 
Lobelia..................
35©  40 
Pbarlaris Canarian
4©  5
ñ ap a.....................
s©  7
Slnapls  Albn 
. 
Nigra  ...
11®   12
Framenti, W., D.  Co. 
2 00©i 50 
D. F. R  ..
1  75@2 00 
1  25©1  50 
Juniperis  Co. O. T.
1  65@2 00
...........1  75@3 50
„ 
Saacharom  N.  B........ 1  75@2 00
8pt.  Vini  Galli.........  1  75@6  50
Vini Oporto................ 1  25@2 00
Vini  Alba................... 1  25@2 00

15®  20 
18®  20 
IS©  20

.  .. 
. 

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Florida  sheeps’  wool
carriage............  .. .2  50@2 75
Nassau  sheeps’  wool
carriage  ................
2 00 
Velvet  extra  sheeps'
wool  carriage.........
1  10
Extra  yellow  sheeps’
oarrlage..................
Grass sheeps’ wool car­
riage  .......................
Hard for  slate  use__
Yellow Reef, for  slate 
use..........................

1  40

MISCELLANEOUS.

“ 

“ 

* 
“ 

“ et Potass T.  56©  60

‘ 
ground,  (po.

dither, Spts  Bit, 3 F ..  28©  30
“  4 F .'.  32©  34
Alumen....................... 2&@ 3
,*>  •  .......................  3©  4
Annatto......................  55®  60
Antlmonl, po..............  4®  5
Antlpyrln..................   ©1  40
Antlfebrln..................  ©  25
Argentl  Mitras, ounce  ©  59
Arsenicum.................  5©  7
Balm Gilead  Bud__ 
38©  40
Bismuth  S.  N............ 1  60©l  70
Calcium Chlor, Is, (Ks 
12;  Qs,  1 4 )..........
Cantharldes  Russian,
p o ............................
Capslcl  Fructus, af...
a po.
„
Caryophyllns, (po.  15) 
Carmine,  No. 40.........  
08 75
Cera  Alba, 8. A F ......  50©  55
Cera Flava................   33©  40
Coccus 
....................  ©  40
Cassia Fractal..........   ©  -25
Centrsrls....................  ©  jg
Cetaceum..................   ©  40
Chloroform  ... 
........  60©  68
squibbs..  @1  25
Chloral HydCrst........1  25©!  51
Chondrns 
...............   ao©  25
Cinchonldlne, F.  A  W  15©  20 
_ 
German  8K@  12
Corks,  list,  dls.  per
cent  .....................
©  35
Creasotum.............. 
©
Creta, (bbl. 75) ......  
prep............  
5©
9©  11
proelp.............. 
Rubra...............   ©  8
Croons......................  35©  40
Cudbear......................  @ 24
Capri Snlph...............   5 @  6
Dextrine....................  10©  12
Ether Snlph...............   75©  93
Emery,  all  numbers..  @
_  “ ^  po..................   ©  6
IfEOtoviP0-)  40.........   80©  35
Flake  White..............  12©  15
Galla..........................  ©  23
Gambler......................7  © g
Gelatin.  Cooper.........   ©  60
French...........  30©  50
Glassware  flint, by box 80.
Less than box  75.
Glue,  Brown..............  9®  15
“  White...............   13©  25
Glycerins...................  14©  20
Grana Paradlsl...........  ©  22
Hnmulns....................  25©  55
Hydraag Chlor  Mite..  @  75
“  Cor ....  ©  65
OxRubrum  ©  85
Ammonlati..  @  %
TJngnentum.  45©  55
Hydrargyrum............   @  60
Ichthyobolla, Am..  ..1  25©1 50
Indigo........................   75@1 00
iodine,  Resnbl...........3 80©3 90
Iodoform....................   ©4 70
Lupulln......................  @2 25
Lycopodium..............  60©  65
M ads.........................  70©  75
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
ararg Iod.................  ©  27
Uqnor Potass Andnltls  10©  13
Magnesia,  Snlph  (bbl
Msnnla,  8.F .............  60©  M

IK)............................ 2*@ 4

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Absinthium.................... 2 50@3 00
Amygdalae, Dulc........  30©  50
Amydalae, Amarae  ... 8 00@8 25
Anlsl...............................2 30@2 40
Auranti  Cortex..........1  80@2 00
Bergamll  ...................3 00@3 20
Cajiputi................... 
60©  65
Caryophylll...............   75©  80
Cedar.........................  35©  65
Chenopodll...............   @1  60
Clnnamonll  .............. 1 25©l ;-o
Cltronella..................   ©  45
Conium  Mae..............  35©  65
OopalbR.....................   80©  go j

SY R U PS.

A ccada...............................  50
Zingiber.............................   50
Ipecac..................................  60
Ferrl Iod.............................   50
Anranti  Cortes....................  56
Rhel  Arom..........................   50
Slmllax  Officinalis..............  60
„  “ 
....  50
Senega................................   50
Sdllae..................................  50
„   ‘  Co.............................   50
Toiatan...............................  50
Pranas  flrg.........................  50

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THE  MXC3HXGAN  TRADESMAN,

GROCERY  PR IC E  CURRENT.

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

CATSUP.

Bine Label Brand.

“ 

Half  pint, 25 bottles.......... 2  75
Pint 
...........4 60
Quart 1 doz bottles 
.  3 50 
Half pint, per  doz............. 1  35
Pint, 25 bottles  .................. 4 50
Quart, per  doz  .................. 3 75

Triumph Brand.

CLOTHES  PINS.

5 gross boxes............... 40@45

COCOA  SHELLS.

351b  bags...........
Less quantity 
Pound  packages

.  @3
• 64i@7

@3A 

COFFEE.
Green.
Rio.

Santos.

Fair.............................  
18
Good.................................... 19
Prime.................................. ¿1
Golden.................................21
Peaberry  ............................23
Fair......................................19
Good....................................20
Prime.................................. 22
Peaberry.............................23
Mexican and Guatamala.
Fair..................................... 21
Good....................................22
Fancy.................................. 24
Prime.................................. 23
M illed.................................24
Interior............................... 25
Private Growth...................27
Mandehllng........................28
Imitation.............................25
Arabian............................... 28

Maracaibo.

Mocha.

Java.

Roasted.

To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add Ac. per lb. for roast 
lng and 15 per  cent,  for shrink 
age.
M cLaughlin's  XXXX  ¿1  80
Bunola  ...........................   21  30
Lion, 60 or 100 lb.  case  ..  21  80 

Package. 

Extract.

Valley City A gross...........
Felix 
Hummel’s, foil, gross........
“ 
........

“ 

«

tin 
CHICORV.

75 
1  15
1  65
2 85

Bulk. 
Red  .

CLOTHES  LINES.

Cotton,  40 ft........  per doz.  1

1 
1 
t 
Jute 
“ 

60 f t ........ 
80ft  ------  
79 ft......... 
80 ft.  ......  
60 ft.......... 
72 f t '........  

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“ 
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1 40
1 60
1 75
1  90
1 00

CREDIT  CHECK8.

600, any one denom’n ......63 00
....... 5 00
1000,  “ 
2000,  “ 
.......8 00
Steel  punch....................... 
75
CONDENSED  MILK.

“  
“ 

“ 
“ 

4 doz. in case.

Y.Cond’ns’d Milk Co’s brands
Gall Borden Eagle............   7 40
Crown 
Daisy.
Champion 
Magnolia 
Dime......

23
371
43

AXLE GREASE.
doz  gross
Aurora....................  55 
600
Oastor Oil.............. 
60 
7 00
5 50
Diamond.................  50 
Frazer’s................. 
9 00
75 
Mica  .....................   65 
7 50
Paragon 
...............   55 
600

BAKING  POWDER. 

Cream  Flake.

Acme.
45
m id.  ;ans.3  dez—  
“  ................  75
S ib . 
1  “  .................  1 60
1 lb.  * 
Balk...................................   10
Arctic.
54 lb cans 6 doz  case......... 
55
..........   1  10
A lb  “  4 doz  “ 
1  ®)  “  2 doz  “ 
............2 00
5  ft  “  1 doz  “ 
..........   9 00
3  oz  l;  6doz  ‘‘ 
..........  
45
4  oz  “  4 doz  “ 
..........   60
...........  80
oz  “  4 doz  “ 
“ 
oz  “  4 doz 
..........  1  20
ft  “  2 doz  “ 
............2 00
..........  9 00
“ 
lb  “  ldoz 
Red Star, 54 ft  cans..........  
40
75
.......... 
’A »  
“ 
“ 
“ 
1 lb  “ 
...........  1  40
Telfer’s.  54 lb. cans, doz. 
45 
Alb.  “ 
“ 
85
“  .. 
1 lb. 
‘ ..  1 50
' 
“ 
Our Leader, 54 -b cans...... 
45
A lb  cans........
1 lb cans.........1  50

• 

BATH  BRICK.
2 dozen In case.

English..............................   90
Bristol..................................  80
Domestic.............................  70

BLUING.  Gross

“ 

Soz 

Arctic, 4 oz  ovals.............   3 60
“ 
..............6 75
“  pints,  round..........   9 00
“  No. 2, sifting box...  2 
“  No. 3, 
...  4 00
“  No. 5, 
...  8 00
“  1 oz ball  ................  4 50
Mexican Liquid, 4  oz........  3 60
“ 
Soz.........   6  80

“ 
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“ 
BROOMS,

NO. 2 K arl..........................  1  90
No. 1  “ 
.......................... 2 00
No. 2 Carpet.......................8 15
No. 1 
.......................2 50
“ 
Parlor Gem........................ 2 50
Common Whisk............ 
85
Fancy 
.................  100
Warehouse..  ....................2 85

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BRUSHES.
Stove, No.  1.......................  125
10.....................  1 50
15.....................  1 75
Rice Root Scrub. 2 row—  
85
Rice Root Scrub. 8 row —   1  25 
Palmetto, goose.................  1  50

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CANDLES.

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

“ 

CANNED  GOODS.

Fish.
Clams.

“ 

“ 

“ 

Little Neck,  1 lb.................1  20
“  2 lb..................1  90
Clam Chowder.
Standard, 31b..................... 2 25
Cove Oysters.
Standard,  1 lb....................  75
21b.....................135
Lobsters.
Star,  1  lb....................  .....2 45
“  8  lb............................ 3 50
Picnic, 1 lb...........................2 00
“ 
21b.........................  2 SO
Mackerel.
Standard, lib ...................... 1  10
2  lb.................... 2 jo
Mustard,  21b  ....................2 25
Tomato Sauce,  21b.... ....... 2 25
Soused, 2 lb.........................2 25
Columbia River, fiat........... 1  80
tails........... 1 65
Alaska, Red.........................
Pink......................... 1  10
Kinney’s,  flats................... 1  95
Sardines.
American  A t.................4 A® 5
As..............  .6A® 7
Imported  As....................  @10
At  ...................15@16
Mustard  As
6@7
Boneless.................
21
Trout.
Brock S, lb............
F r u its .
Apples.
3 lb. standard.........
York State, gallons  . 
Hamburgh,  “

Salmon.
“ 

“ 
“ 

1  20 
4 00

“ 

Apricots.

Peaches.

140
1 40
1 50
1

Live oak.....................  
Santa Crus................. 
Lusk’s ........................  
Overland..................  
Blackberries.
F. *   W....................... 
90
Cherries.
Red............................1  10@1 25
Pitted Hamburgh......
W hite........................  
1 50
Erie........  ...............  
l 25
Damsons, Egg Plums and Green 
Gages.
Erie......... 
1  10
............. 
1  25
California................... 
Gooseberries.
Common.................... 
1 25
1  10
P ie............................ 
Maxwell.................... 
1  50
Shepard’s ..................  
1  50
California..................   160@1  7!
Monitor 
...................
Oxford.......................
Domestic.................... 
1  25
Riverside.................... 
l 75
Pineapples.
Common.....................1  00@1  30
Johnson’s  sliced.......  
2 50
Booth’s sliced............  @2 5)
grated...........  @2 75
Quinces.
Common.................... 
1  10
Raspberries.
1  10
Red  ............................ 
Black  Hamburg.........  
1 40
1  25
Brie, black  .......... 
■  Strawberries.
Lawrence..................  
1  25
Hamburgh................. 
1  25
1  20
Erie............................ 
1  OE
Terrapin....................... 
Whortleberries.
Blueberries............... 
85
Corned  beef  Libby’s..........2 20
Roast beef  Armour’s..........2 10
Potted  ham, A lb.....................1 25

Meats.

Pears.

“ 

 

“ 
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tongue, A lb .............135
chicken, A lb .........   95

“  A lb..............
“ 
A lb...........
Vegetables.

Beans.

“ 

“ 
“ 

Corn.

Hamburgh  stringless..........1  15
French style.........2 00
Limas....................1 35
Lima, green..............................1 25
soaked......................  70
Lewis Boston Baked........... l 85
Bay State  Baked................. 1  sb
World’s Fair  Baked........... l  35
Picnic Baked........................1  00
Hamburgh...........................1  25
Livingston  Eden................1  20
Purity..................................
Honey  Dew..............................1 40
Morning Glory.................
Soaked............................. ] 
75
Hamburgh marrofat........... 1 30
early Jane  .  ...1  go 
Champion Bng..l  40
petit  pols..........1  40
fancy  sifted.  ..1  90
Soaked................................   65
Harris standard...................  75
VanCamp’s  marrofat..........1  10
early ,june.......j  30
Archer’s  Early Blossom__ 1  25
French..................................... 2 15
Mushrooms.
French.............................19@21
Pumpkin.
Brie 
 
75
Squash.
Hubbard..............................   15
Succotash.
Hamburg...................................1 40
Soaked...... ............ 
30
Honey  Dew..........................  50
Brie.......................................... 1 35
Hancock.............................
Excelsior ... — ..............
Eclipse..  .................... .
Hamburg...........................
Gallon................................

Tomatoes.

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

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CHOCOLATE.

Baker’s.

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

CHEESE.
Amboy.......................
11A
Acme........................
HA
Lenawee....................
HA11
Riverside.................
Gold  Medal..............
10A8@9
Skim.......................
Brick..........................
11
Edam  ........................
1  00 
Leiden.......................
21 
Llmburger  ...............
@15 
Pineapple..................
@25 
.....
Roquefort................ 
@35
Sap Sago.................... 
¿20
Schweitzer, imported.  @24 
domestic  ....  @14

“ 

First Prize..........................$6 50
Darling.....................................5 00
Standard..................................4 50
Leader......................................3 60

Butter.

CRACKERS,
Seymour XXX............ .
Seymour XXX, cartoon......5 A
Family  XXX.......................  5
Family XXX,  cartoon.......   5A
Salted XXX.......................... 5
Salted XXX,  cartoon  ........  SA
Kenosha 
..........................  ?A
Boston..................................   7
Butter  biscuit...................... 6

Soda.

Oyster.

Soda, XXX.........................  5A
Soda, City...........................   7A
Soda,  Duchess....................  8A
Crystal Wafer...........  ........ 10A
Long  Island Wafers 
........11
S. Oyster  XXX........  .........  5A
City Oyster. XXX...................5A
Farina  Oyster....................
CREAM  TARTAR.

Strictly  pure.....................   80
Tellers Absolute..............  30
Grocers’............................ 15@25

DRIED  FRUITS. 

Domestic.

Apples.

“ 

Peaches.

Apricots.

quartered  “ 

Sundrled. sliced In  bbls.
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes 
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.
801b.  boxes..................
Raspberries.
In barrels.....................
501b. boxes....................
.....................
251b.  “ 
Raisins.

Pears.

“ 

“ 

Loose  Muscatels in Boxes.

2 crown.............................
3 
.............................

“ 
Loose Muscatels in Bags.
“ 

2  crow n...........................   4%
“ 
.............................   4A

Foreign.
Currants.

Patras,  bbls........................   3
Vostlzzas, 56 lb.  cases.......   3A

Peel.

Citron, Leghorn. 251b. boxes  13 
Lemon 
8
Orange 
10

25  “ 
“ 
25  “ 
“ 
Raisins.
Ondura, 29 lb. boxes 
“
Sultana, 20 
Valencia. 30  “

@  7A 
@ 8

“ 
“ 

Prunes.
California,  100-120............
90x100 25 lb. bxs
80x90
7ux80
60x70

“ 

Turkey 
Silver ..

ENVELOPES. 
XX rag, white.
....................
No. 1, 6A 
No. 2, 6A
No. 1,6.........  .............
No. 2, 6......
Manilla, white.
6A  .....................................
6........................
Mill  No. 4.....................

Coin.

61  35 
1
1  2!
1  ft)

75
70

FARINACEOUS GOODS.

Farina.

100 lb. kegs.

Hominy.

Lima  Beans.

3*
Barrels...............................3 00
Grits..................................  3A
Dried............................4  @4A
Maccaronl and Vermicelli.
Domestic, 12 lb. box 
55
Imported....................10A@11
Kegs.
2%
Green,  bu........................  1  js
Split  per l b .................
Rolled  Oats.
A bbi...

Pearl Barley.

Peas.

 

“ 

Schumacher, bbl......... —  65 35
....  2 80
Monarch,  bbl 
......... ....  4  75
Monarch, A  bbl......... .  ..  2'50
....  3 20

5A
8
10 Quaker,  cases............

Sago.

German....................... ....  4 A
East India....................
....  5" 

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

Wheat.

. . .   3A

FISH—Salt. 

Bloaters.

Cod.

Yarmouth
Georges cured.................  4A
Georges genuine............   6
Georges selected............ 6A
Boneless,  bricks............ 6A
Boneless, strips................6A@9

Halibut.

Herring.
“ 
“ 

Smoked...................... 

@

Holland, white hoops keg 
65 
„   “ 
bbl  8 75
Norwegian  .....................
Round, A bbl 100 lbs  ......  3  20
“  A  “  40  “  .......   1  60
Scaled............................... 
is

Mackerel.

No. 1,  100 lbs.......................11 00
No. 1, 40 lbs.......................  4 70
No. 1,  10 lbs.......................1  25
No. 2, 100 lbs..................... 8  56
No. 2, 40 lbs........................  3 70
No. 2,10 lbs  .....................   1  00
Family, 90 lbs...........

10 lbs .................

“ 

Sardines.
Trout

Russian,  kegs....................  55
No. I, A bbls., lOOlbs........... 4  *0
No. 1 A bbl, 40  lbs...................2 1C
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs.............. 
80
No  1, 8 In  kits................. 
51

Wblteflsh.

No. 1  family
A bbls, 100 lbs.......... 67 25  2 50
A  “  40  “  ...........3 2 0  1 25
101b.  kits............... 
88  40
.................  75  35 i
8 lb.  “ 

MATCHES.

Globe Match Co.’s Brands.

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

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

Sonders*.

Regular 
Grade 
Lemon.

doz
2 oz  __6  75
4 oz  ....  1  50

Regular 
Vanilla.

doz
2 oz.......61  20
4 oz......  2 40
XX Grade 
Lemon.
2 oz.......61  50
4 oz......   3 00
XX Grade 
Vanilla.
2 oz.......61  75
4 oz........ 3 50

1 10
1 75
1 20
2 25

“ 
“ 

Jennings.
Lemon. Vanilla 
2 oz regular panel.  75 
1  20 
4 01 
2  00 
...1   50
60Z 
3 00 
...2   00
No. 3 taper...........1 35
2 00 
2 50
No. 4  taper...........1  50
Northrop’g
Lemon.  Vanilla.
2 oz  oval taper  75 
1 20 
“ 
3 oz 
2 oz regular  “
85 
4 oz 
“ 
1  60 

“ 
“ 
GUNPOWDER.
Rifle—Dupont’s.

34

... 

HERBS.

Choke Bore—Dupont’s

Eagle Duck—Dupont’s.

Kegs......................................... 3 25
Half  kegs................................. 1 90
Quarter  kegs...........................1 10
1 lb  cans.............................   30
A lb  cans............................  18
Kegs......................................... 4 25
Half  kegs................................ 2 40
Quarter kegs............................ 1 35
1 lb cans.... 
Kegs........................................11 00
Half kegs.................................5 75
Quarter kegs............................3 00
1  lb  cans............................  60
Sage.................................... 15
Hops....................................15
Madras,  5 lb. boxes.........
S. F., 2,3 and 5 lb. boxes.. 
15  lb. palls.................  @
“ 
17  “ 
@
30  “  “ 
@
LICORICE.
Pure.....................................   _
Calabria...............................  25
Sicily...................................   12
Root.....................................  10
LYE.
Condensed, 2  doz...............1  20
4 doz...............2 25

JELLY.
 
 
 
 

INDIGO.

“ 
MINCE  MEAT.

M S S

Mince meat, 3 doz. In case.  2 75
Pie Prep. 3 doz.  In  case__3 08

MEASURES.
Tin, per dozen.

.

.

.

.

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

1  gallon 
.....................  61  75
Half  gallon.....................   1  40
Q nait............................... 
70
Pint........................  
.. 
45
Half  p in t.......................  
40
Wooden, for vinegar, per doz.
1 gallon...........................   7 90
Half gallon 
  4 75
.
Q uart............................ 
3 75
Pint 
2
MOLASSES. 
Blackstrap.
Cuba Baking.
Porto RIlj.

Sugar house...................... 
Ordinary......................... 
Prim e.......  
Fancy 
N°w Orleans.
Fair 
........................ 
Good  .............. 
 
 
Extra good.......................  
Choice 
..........................  
Fancy...............................  
Half  barrels 3c.extra

14
it
20
30
is
22
27
82
40

 

Peerless evaporated cream.  5 75

36  1-lb cartoons..............   5*s
25  lb. boxes, b alk ...............4%
50 lb. boxes,  balk............  4%,

THE  MIOHIQAN  TRADESMAN".

1 7

f I ckjl.e s .
Medium.
Barrels, 1,200 count... 
Half bbls, 600  count..
Small.
Barrels, 2,400 count
Half bbls, 1,200 count
PIPES.

@5 CO 
Q3 CO
6 00
3  50

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

POTASH.

48 cans in case.
Babbitt’s ........................
Fenna Salt  Co.’s............

4 00 
.  3 00

RICE.
Domestic.

Carolina head................. ....6
“  No. 1................. ...,5M
“  No.2................. ...  5
Broken..............  ........... ..  4
Japan, No. 1...................
...5M....5
“  No.2...................
Java............................— ..  5
Patna............................... .-  4M

Imported.

SPICES. 
Whole Sifted.

“ 

shot.

“ 
“ 
“ 
"• 
“ 

No.  1........

Allspice  .........................
Cassia, China in mats__ ...  9M
--  9M
“  Batavia In bnnd....15
Saigon In rolls... ...32
“ 
Cloves,  Amboyna...............22
“ 
Zanzibar.................11M
Mace  Batavia.....................80
Nutmegs, fancy..................75
“  No. 2......................60
Pepper, Singapore, black.... 10 
“ 
“  white...  .20
“ 
..16
Pure Ground In Bulk.
Allspice............................... 15
Cassia,  Batavia.... ..............18
'  and  Saigon.25
Saigon...................35
Cloves,  Amboyna................22
Zanzibar................18
Ginger, African...................16
Cochin.................  20
Jam aica................22
Mace  Batavia......................65
Mustard, Bug. and Trieste. .22
Trieste...................25
Nutmegs, No. 2 ...................75
Pepper, Singapore, black__ 16
“  white.......24
Cayenne................20
Sage..................................... 20

“ 
“ 
•‘Absolute” in Packages.

Mb  Mb
Allspice......................  84  1 55
Cinnamon..................   84  1  55
Cloves......................... 84  1  55
Ginger,  Jamaica  ......
84  1 55
84  1  55
“  African  .........
Mustard...................... 84  1  55
84  1  55
Pepper .......................
Sage............................ 84
SAL  SODA.
Granulated,  bbls................  1H
751b  cases........  1**
..... 1  15
Lump,'bbls 
................
1451b kegs.........
......  1M

“ 

“ 

“ 

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

@15
4X
8
90
4
5@6
10
9
5
80

“ 

Corn.
20-ln  boxes.................... ....  53£
.................. ....  5M
40-lb 
Gloss.
1 -lb packages.................
8-lb 
................
6 lb 
............... ....  5M
40 and 50 lb. boxes....... ....  354
Barrels  .........................
...  3M

.  ..  5
....  5

“ 
“ 

SNUFF.

SALT.

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

SODA.

Diamond Crystal.

“ 

Cases. 24 3  lb. boxes__ ..*  1  60
Barrels, 320  lbs............ ..  2 50
115 2M lb bags.. 
..  4  00
“ 
.  3 75
lb  “ 
GO 5 
..
“ 
.. ..  3 50
3010  lb  “ 
“ 
65
Butter, 56 lb  bags.........
“  20141b bags......... ..  3 50
“  280 lb  bbls...........  2 50
“  224 1b 
........ ..  225
Worcester.
..*4 10
115 2M-lb sacks..............
“ 
............... ..  3 7,5
60 5-lb 
“  ; ............... ...  3 50
3010-lb 
22  14 lb.  “ 
................. ..  3 30
3201b. bbl..........................  2 50
8 lb  sacks.................... ..  32M
linen acks............... 
60
Common Grades.
100 3-lb. sacks.................
.12  10 
..  1  90
.................
60 5-lb.  “ 
28 10-lb. sacks..................   1  75
56 lb. dairy In  drill  bags...  30
28 lb.  “ 
16
56 lb. dairy In  linen sacks..  75
56 Ib. dairy in  linen  sacks.  75
56 It».  Backs.......................   22
Saginaw..........................  
80
80
Manistee.........................  

Ashton.
Higgins.
Soiar Rock.
Common Fine.

Warsaw.

.. 

“ 

“ 

SAEERATUS.

Packed 60 lbs. In box.

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

SEELY'S  EXTRACTS. 

Lemon.
1 oz. F. M. $  90 doz.  $10 20 gro
2  “  N. 8.  1  20  “ 
12 60  “
2  “  F. M.  1 40  “ 
14 40  *•
Vanilla.
1 oz.  F. M.  1  50 doz. 
2  “  N. S.  2 00  “ 
2  “  F. M. 2 50  “ 
Lemon.
Vanilla.

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

Rococo—Second  Grade. 

16 20 gro
21 60  “
25 50  •*

2 doz........  100 doz......10 50  *'

SOAP.
Laundry.

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.

Old Country,  80  1-lb......... 3 20
Good Cheer, 601 lb............ 3 90
White Borax, 100  %-lb...... 3 65

Proctor & Gamble.

“ 

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

Dingman Brands.

“ 

“ 

Single box.........................3 95
5 box lots, delivered......... 3 85
10 box lots, delivered........3 75
Jas. S. Kirk dt Co.’s  Brands. 
American  Family, wrp d. .13 33 
plain...  2 27
N.  K.  Falrbank & Co.’s Brands.
Santa Claus.......................  4 00
Brjwn, 60 bars.................. 2 40
“ 
80  b a rs.................3 25
Lautz Bros. & Co.’s Brands.
Acme.................................3 75
Cotton Oil..........................6 00
Marseilles..........................4 00
Master  ...............................400
Thompson <6 Chute Co.’s Brands

Silver..................................3 65
Mono.................................. 3 30
Savon Improved................. 2 50
Sunflower.......................... a 80
Golden.................................. 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............................  $5 25
Cut  Loaf.........................”  5 25
Cubes............................. ‘  4 94
Powdered...................."  * ]  4 94
XXXX  Powdered........ 
5  8
Granulated.......................  4 69
Fine Granulated.............’  4 69
Extra Fine Granulated...  4 81
Mould A  .......................  4 37
Diamond Confec.  A..........  4 69
Confec. Standard  A..  . 
4 54
No.  1................................  4 37
No.  2 ...............................  4 37
No.  3...............................   4 37
No.  4.................................  4 31
No.  5.................................  4 ii
No.  6..................................4  06
No.  7.................................  4 00
No.  8................................   3 87
No.  9..................................3  81
No.  10................................  3 75
No.  11................................3 69
No.  12...............................  3 t2
No-  13................................   3 56
No.  14.............................  3 44

SYRUPS.

Corn.

Pure Cane.

Barrels.............................. 04
Half bbls.............................24

...................................   19
Choice.................................   3Q

TABLE  SAUCES.
“ 

Lea & Perrin’s, large____  4 75
small.......  2 75
Halford, large...................3 75
small...................2 25
Salad Dressing, larg e......   4 55
small...... 2 65
" 

“ 
“ 

TEAS.

Japan—Regular.

SU N  CU BED .

BASK ET  P1BBD .

F air............................  @17
Good..........................   @20
Choice........................24  @26
Choicest.....................32  @34
D ust........... 
............ 10  @12
F a ir...........................   @17
Good............... ..........  @20
Choice........................ 24  @26
Choicest..................... 32  @34
Dust...........................10  @12
F air........................... 18  @20
Choice........................  @25
Choicest....................  @35
Extra choice, wire leaf  @40
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. 
IM PE R IA L .

TOUNO  HYSON.

GU N PO W D ER.

EN G LISH   B R E A K FA ST .

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

TOBACCOS.

Flue Cut.

P. LorillardA Co.’s Brands.
Sweet Russet............. 30  @32
30
Tiger..........................  
D. Scotten & Co’s Brands.
Hiawatha..................  
60
Cuba..........................  
32
Rocket.......................  
30
Spaulding & Merrick's  Brands.
Sterling...................... 
30
Private Brands.
Bazoo.........................  @30
Can Can......................  @27
Nellie Bly................. 24  @25
Uncle Ben................. 24  @25
McGinty....................  
?7
“  V4 bbls.........  
25
Columbia...................... 
Columbia,  drums......... 
Bang  U p...................... 
Bang up,  drums..........  

24
23
20
1»

Plug.

27
40
|5
38
34
40
32

39

Sorg’s Brands.
Spearhead .................
Jo k e r............................ 
Nobby Twist.................... 
Scotten’s Brands.
Kylo................................. 
Hiawatha........................ 
Valley City....................  
Finzer’s Brands.
Old  Honesty................... 
Jolly Tar......................... 
Lorillard’s Brands. 
Climax (8 oz., 41c) —  
39
Gr'en Turtle..............
Three  Black Crows... 
27
Something Good........ 
38
Out of  Sight........ ..v 
24
Wilson.A.McCaulay’s Brands.
Gold  Rope...................... 
Happy Thought.........  
37
Messmate...................
No Tax............................ 
Let  Go............................ 
Gatlin’s  Brands.

J. G. Butler’s Brands.

Smoking.

Kiln  dried....................... 17@18
Golden  Shower................... 19
Huntress  ........................
Meerschaum 
.............. 29@au
American Eagle Co.’s Brands.
Myrtle Navy....................... 40
Stork.........  ................. 30@32
German...............................
F rog....................................“j
Java, M® foil......... .............32
Banner Tobacco Co.'s Brands.
Banner.................................Ijj
Banner Cavendish.............. 38
Gold Cut 
...........................28

43

31
27

Scotten’s Brands.

Warpath..............................^4
Honey Dew...........................
Gold  Block......................... 30
F. F. Adams Tobacco Co,’s 
Peerless............................... 26
Old  Tom..............................If
Globe Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
Handmade...........................40

Brands.

LeidersdorTs Brands.

Rob  Roy..............................26
Uncle Sam.....................28@32
Red Clover..........................
Spaulding & Merrick.

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

VINEGAR.

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

II 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
Diamond.............................   75
Royal........................ 
90

 

WOODENWARE.

 

Tubs, No. i .........................  6 00
“  No. 2...........................6 50
“  No. 3.........................  4  50
.  1  30
Palls, No. 1, two-hoop.. 
“  No. 1,  three-hoop__  1  50
Bowls, 11 inch....................
“ 
..................... 
90
“ 
  1  25
....................  1  80
“ 
“ 
2 40
 
...................
Baskets, market.........   35

13  “ 
15  “  .......  
17  “ 
19  “ 
21  “ 
shipping bushel..  1 15
full hoop  “ 
..  1 25
5 25
“  No.2 6 25
“  No.3 7 25
“  No.l  3 75
“  No.2 4 25
“  No.3 4 75

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

splint 

“ 
“ 
‘ 
“ 

IN D U K A TBD  W A R E.

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

Butter Plates—Oval.

Double.

2 50  1  0C
No.  1...........................  60 2  10
No.  2...........................   70 2 45
No.  3...........................  
80 2 80
No 
.........................  1 00  3 50
W ashboards—single.
Universal.................................2 25
No. Queen............................... 2 50
Peerless Protector....................2 40
Saginaw Globe.......................   1 75
Water Witch............................ 2 25
Wilson..................................... 2 50
Good Luck............................... 2 75
Peerless..................................  2 85
HIDES  PELTS  and  FURS 
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol­
lows:
Green............................  2@3
Part Cured.................  @  3M
Full 
.................  @  4H
Dry............................. 5  @ 6
Kips, green  ...............   3  @4
“  cured.................  @6
Calfskins,  green........   5 @6
cured.......... 6 @ 7M
Deacon skins............... 10 @25

H ID E S .

“ 

“ 

No. 2 hides M off.
PE L T S .

8 

WOOL.

W H EA T.

M ISCELLANEOUS.

Shearlings..................  5 @  20
Lambs 
......................25  @  60
W ashed......................12 @17
Unwashed...............  
Tallow........................  4 @5
Grease  butter  .............1  @2
Switches....................  1M@ 2
Ginseng..................... 3 00@3 25
GRAINS and FEEDSTUFF? 
No. 1 White (58 lb. test) 
No. 2 Red (60 lb. test) 
Bolted...............................  1 40
Granulated.......................  1 65
«Patents............................  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.

PL O U R   IN   SACKS.

47 
47

M EAL.

M IL L ST D PPS.

Less

Car lots  quantity

CORN.

Bran...............*14 50 
*15 00
13 00
Screenings__  12 00 
Middlings......16 OO 
i7 GO
24 50
Mixed Feed...  23 00 
23  00
Coarse meal  .  22 00 
Car  lots............................... 55
Less than  car  lots..............68
Car  lots............................... 33
Less than car lots..............  36
H A Y .
No. 1 Timothy, car lots___11  «0
No. 1 
ton lots........ 12 50

OATS.

“ 

FISH  AND  OYSTERS.
F.  J.  Dettenthaler  quotes as 

12 M

follows:
FR E SH   P IS H .
Whlteflsh 
.................  @10
T rout.........................  @8
Black Bass................. 
Halibut.......................   @1”
Ciscoes or Herring —   @4
Blueflsh.....................   @10
Fresh lobster, per lb .. 
20
Cod.............................  
10
No. 1 Pickerel............   @9
Pike............................  @ 7
Smoked White...........  @8
Red Snappers............  
15
Columbia  River  Sal­
mon ......................... 
15
Mackerel....................   18@25
oysters—Cans.
Falrhaven  Counts —   @40
F .J . D.  Selects.........  
35
Selects.......................  @30
25
F. J. D......................... 
Anchors.................. 
22
Standards................... 
21
Favorite............................. 18
oysters—Bulk.
Counts......... .............  
Extra Selects..per gal. 
Selects.......................  
Standards..................  
Scallops...................... 
Shrimps  .................... 
Clams.........................
SH E L L   GOODS.
Oysters, per  100......... 1  25@l  75
.  76@1 00
Clams, 

2 20
185
1 65
1  15
1  50
1  25

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PROVISIONS.

SAUSAGE.

PO R K   IN  B A R R ELS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co 

quotes as follows:
Mess............................................................ 
id  0J
Short c u t.................................................. 
76 00
Extra clear pig, short cut........................   .  17 50
Extra clear,  heavy..............................
Clear, fat  back...........................................  17 00
Boston clear, short cut.................................. 17  00
Clear back, short cut...................................   17  CO
Standard clear, short cut. best.................
Pork, links...
Bologna.......
Liver...........
Tongue........
Blood _____
Head cheese.
Summer........
Frankfurts...
Kettle  Rendered.......................................
Granger........................................................
F am ily.........................................................................
Compound......................................
C ottolene... 
50 lb. Tins,  Me advance.
201b.  palls,  Me 
101b. 
“  Me 
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51b.  “ 
1  c
31b. 
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smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.

Extra Mess, warranted 200  lb s.........................  8  OO
Extra Mess, Chicago packing.........................  7  75
]. jy 75
Boneless, rump butts.................................... 
Hams, average 201 bs............................. ............... 11u
16 lb s.............................................jim
¡2H
12 to 14 lb s........................... 
p icn ic............................................................  su
best boneless...............................................  9«

Shoulders...........................................................
Breakfast Bacon  boneless...............................'  jj
... 12
Dried beef, ham prices................................ 

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Long Clears, heavy.............................................
Briskets,  medium.......................................
Butts........................................
D. S. Bellies................................
Fat Backs....... .................................
Half  barrels.........................................  
3  59
Quarter barrels..............................! ............ 2 no
171,« 
.......* W
Kits, honeycomb__
Kits, premium.......
@13

PIC K L E D   P IG S ’  F E E T .

CROCKERY  AND  GLASSWARE

LAM P  B U R N E R S.

No. 0 Sun. 
No.l  “ 
No.2  »  . 
Tubular..

LAMP CHIMNEYS.  Per bOX.

6 doz. In box.

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First quality.
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XXX Flint.
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No. 0 Sun......................................  
1
No.l  “  .................................... 
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N0.2  “ ............................................ ;;;;;;;  I
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top.........................
N0.1 
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No.2  “ 
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top........................
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No. 1 
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No.2  “ 
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Pearl top.
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled.... ...............3
No.2  “ 
...................  4
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No.2 Hinge,  “ 
Fire Proof—Plain Top.
No. 1, Sun,  plain  bulb...............................  3
No. 2,  “ 
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No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz.  ....................j
No.2  “ 
....................... j
No. 1 crimp, per doz....................................... j
No. 2  “ 
....................................... 1
No. 0,  Tubular, cases 1 doz.  each.................
No. 0, 
“  2  “ 
.................
bbls 5  “ 
No. 0, 
.................
bull’s eye, cases 1 doz each. 1
No. 0, 

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La Bastie.

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ROCHESTER  STORE  LAMPS.

STREET  LAMPS.

No. 10, Brass, 400 candle  power....................3 25
No. 9, Globe, automatic extinguisher............3 25
No. 0, per  gross..............................................  23
No. 1, 
28
38
No. 2, 
No.3, 
75
Mammoth, per doz................ 
75
FRUIT  JARS.

LAMP WICKS.

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Mason—old  style.

 

Dandy—glass  cover.

Pints..............................................................   t 00
Quarts............................................................  5 50
Half  gallons....................................................7 00
Pints......   ....................................................... 8  50
Quarts..............................................................9 00
Half  gallons.................................................. 12 00
Supplies.
Boyd’s extra caps...........  ..............................2 25
Rubber rings.......................... 
35
Sealing wax, red or white, 5 lb  packages__   2)4
y3 Pints,  6 doz in box, per box  (box 00).......   1 64
«22
“  bbl,  •*  doz  (bbl 35)__
“  box,  1*  box (box 00)__ 1  80
M  “
11  bbl, “  doz  (bbl 35).... .  26
M  “
Butter Crocks,  1 to 6 gal.............................  oc
“ 
“  M gal. per  doz......................  60
Jugs, M gal., per doz........................... 
..  70
•r   1 to 4 gal., per gal...............................  07
Milk Pans, A gal., per doz..........................   60
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JELLY  TUMBLERS—Tin Top. 
24  “
6  “
18  “

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STONEW ARE— BLACK  GLA ZED .

STONEW ARE— A KRON.

Butter Crocks, 1  and 2 gal..........................  6M
Milk Pans, M gal. per  doz..........................   65
78

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.
law  could  be  improved,  and  I certainly 
do not believe it should be abolished.

18

DIVERSE  V IEW S

On the Subject  of the  Present  Exemp­

tion  Laws.

Below are given  the  views  of  a  num­
ber  of  the  leading  business and profes­
sional  men of the  city on  the  subject  of 
exemptions.  There  is  a  very  general 
agreement  on  the  question  as  to  the 
equity and utility  of  exemptions,  but  a 
marked  disagreement  as  to  the amount 
which ought to be exempted.  It has been 
generally supposed  that  there  was  a  de­
sire  on  the  part  of  the  business  com­
munity for the  abolition  of  exemptions: 
but such does not  seem  to  be  the  case 
The  opinions  published  are representa 
tive  of  the  business  and  professional 
sentiment of the city,  and,  it is believed 
represent the  views of  the  business  men 
of the State. 
It was to  be  expected that 
there would  be  disagreement  as  to  the 
amount,  but  that  is  immaterial.  Not 
withstanding the  fact that the sentiment 
seems to be overwhelmingly  in  favor 
exemptions,  T h e  T radesm an  sets  no 
reason  for a change of view  on  the  su 
ject.  Business  would  be  vastly  im 
proved,  bad debts become  much less fre 
quent, and both  buyer  and seller  be  im 
mensely  benefited  by  putting the givin 
of credit on a basis of mutual confidence 
abolishing  all  exemptions  and  ail  law 
for  the  collection  of  debts.  One  point 
may,  however,  be  emphasized:  Thos 
houses which are  doing and  have done 
•ash  business have never been  interfered 
with  by the  law  of  exemptions.  There 
can  be no bad debts where a strictly ca 
business is done;  but until the time shall 
arrive when  credit  shall  be  a  thing  of 
the past T h e  T radesm an  will advocate 
the abolition of all  exemptions  and  law 
for the collection of debts.

Hon.  W.  J.  Stuart  (attorney):  As  i 
lawyer I believe in the law of exemptions, 
Workingmen  and 
their  families  need 
some protection against  the  rapacity  of 
dealers  who  have neither heart nor con 
science.  They  are  anxious  enough  to 
get trade, and  are  not  concerned  about 
who  suffers,  so  long  as  they  get  their 
money.  The amount of the exemption 
intended to cover  the entire amount  of a 
workingman’s wages,  which,  in my judg­
ment,  it ought  to do. 
I do  not think the
dealer’s  exemption  is  excessive—$250_
except in the case of firms,  when I think 
@250 is all that should  be  allowed.  The 
exemption of 40 acres and  improvements 
allowed farmers,  however,  is,  I think, ex­
cessive. 
It  should  be  materially  re­
duced.  The  exemption  of  the  tools  or 
implements  by  which  a  man  earns his 
living are rightly exempt.  A horse, or a 
team of horses,  and  wagou  are  also  ex­
empt  to  the  man who earns a living for 
himself and  family  by  their  use.  1  do 
not  thiuk  anything  would be  gained  by 
the abolition of exemptions.

E. J.  Herrick:  1  believe in  exemptions 
as a business  principle;  it keeps  the  un­
scrupulous  dealer  within  bounds.  The 
majority of workingmen  are honest,  and 
will pay their  debts.  Many  times  they 
are  unable  to  pay  through  no  fault  of 
their own;  in such  cases I  thiuk the  law 
should protect  them.  Dishonest men, of 
course,  will  take advantage of the law to 
beat their creditors;  so they would  if the 
exemption  laws  were  abolished.  Dis­
honesty  will  always  find  a  medium  no 
matter  what  the laws  may be. 
I think, 
however,  that  the  amount  exempted  is 
too high.  Not one man in 10,000 gets 825 
a week. 
If the amount  were somewhere

from 80 to  810  the  law  would  be  more 
equitable  and  come  nearer  doing  the 
work it was intended to do.  That would 
give sufficient protection to  both parties. 
1 don’t think  the  dealer’s  exempiion  of 
8250 is extravagant. 
If he fails,  through 
no fault  of  his  own,  that  amount  will 
give him a chance to start again.

A.  J.  Elliott:  If  the  amount exempted 
were reduced to 815 I think  it  would  be 
nearer  right.  Perhaps  it  might be  put 
even lower.  A man  who contracts a debt 
should  be willing to make some sacrifices 
in order to pay  it;  but I  don’t  believe  a 
dealer should be allowed  to  take  every- 
think  a  debtor has,  while I believe that 
the dealer should have a certain measure 
I don’t  know what to say 
of protection. 
about 
exemption 
dealer’s 
of 
8250.  At first  blush  it  seems  high. 
It 
covers the entire value of the  stock  car 
ried by  many  retail  dealers.  You  may 
say,  however,  that  I  believe  in the ex 
emption law.

the 

Frank  Jewell  (1.  M.  Clark  Grocery 
Co.):  1 most certainly believe in  the  ex­
emption  laws.  There  are  more  honest 
than dishonest men in the world and they 
should be protected against  the  rapacity 
of a certain class of traders.  The amount 
exempted,  however,  is too high;  it ought 
not  to be  more  than  86  a  week.  That 
would  give  adequate  protection  to  the 
majority  of  workingmen’s  families  and 
would, also,  sufficiently  protect  dealers. 
The dealer’s exemption is, also, too high.
It  is  high  enough  to  cover  the  entire 
tock of a majority of  retail dealers. 
In 
the case of firms, if they  were allowed to 
keep no more  than 8250  it  might  be  all 
right;  but as it is now  each  partner  can 
reserve 8250,  which, in most cases,  would 
have  nothing  for  the  creditor. 
If  the 
amount  were reduced to 8100 it would  be 
about the  right  figure.  However,  I  be­
lieve in some exemption.

John Snitseler  (Voigt,  Herpolsheimer 
& Co.):  The law is a righteous one in my 
estimation,  although  the  amounts  ex­
empted  may be too high.  That is a mat­
ter  of  opinion,  however.  No  matter 
what may  be the circumstances,  we  have 
no right to cause suffering to the innocent 
family of a  debtor.  That,  I  believe,  is 
the purpose of the law.

Ex-Judge  Reuben  Hatch:  The exemp­
tion laws of this State are more equitable, 
to  my  mind,  than  those  of  any  other 
Vestern State.  The  825  exemption  ac­
corded a  workiugman is not  intended  to 
cover the entire amount of  his  earnings, 
some people seem  to  think,  but  is  in­
tended to leave him a  reasonable amount 
upon  which his family may  subsist until 
the  next  pay  day.  Many  workingmen i 
are paid  by the  month,  and,  if  the  ex­
emption  were  smaller,  it  would  hardly j 
afford subsistence until the next pay day. I 
.The dealer who allows a customer to run I 
bill does so with  a  full  knowledge  of 
the law;  he takes the risk in order to get 
the trade.  1 fail to  see how  the  exemp­
tion  law  can  be  held  responsible  if  he 
loses.  Many of those  who run  into debt 
never heard  of the  exemption  law;  that 
is the difference  between them  and their 
creditors. 
I  have  little  sympathy  with 
those dealers  who lose through their own 
lax  business methods;  if  they  were  not 
so eager  to  sell  goods,  they  would  not 
have so  many  bad  debts.  The  dealer’s 
exemption  of  8250  I do not consider un­
reasonable. 
It  amounts  to  no  more  in 
the  end  than  that  of  the wotkingman.
The  homestead  exemption 
is,  also,  I 
I don’t  see  how the
think, about right. 

J.  Geo. Lehman (Treasurer Grand Rap­
ids Retail Grocers’ Association):  I believe 
there ought  to  be  some  exemption,  but 
the  present  amount  is  too  high. 
If  it 
were  reduced  to,  say,  $10  it  would  be 
about right.  The men who  get  from  $6 
to  $10  a  week  are  generally  good pay, 
but the fellows who get $12 or $15 a week 
are the people we have the  most  trouble 
with.  They  get  just  enough  to  make 
them high-toned and  they try to  get into 
the  swim  with  their  rich  friends,  and 
leave their tradesmen to whistle for their 
pay. 
If the  exempted  amount were  put 
down to $10,  it would give us a chance 
get at these people, and  would  not  hu 
the  majority  of workingmen.  We  hav 
many accounts  on  our  books  contracted 
by laboring  men;  we do not  push  them 
for  we  know  they  are  honest  and w 
pay when they can.  We  would  not take 
advantage of the exemption law  in  thei 
case if we  could.

C. G.  A. Voigt  (Star Mills):  As  we  do 

not do a retail business the workingman 
exemption does not affect  us.  As to  the 
dealer’s exemption,  I don’t think it is too 
high.  The  homestead  exemption  ap 
pears to me to be out of all proportion to 
the others;  but the common people make 
the laws,  so what can you do about it?

If I  trust 

Joseph  Houseman  (Houseman,  Don 
nally & Jones):  Do I think the exemption 
law is a good thing?  Sure. 
man,  that’s my  fault. 
I  know all  about 
the exemption law  when 1 trust him;  so 
if he beats me,  1 am  to  blame.  But  w 
have  had  little  trouble  that  way.  W 
have run against  a  few  dead-beats,  but 
we have found workingmen, as a rule,  to 
be as honest as any other class.  The ex 
emption law is  good  because  it  protect 
the  helpless  and  innocent  family.  Be­
cause a man  owes me  is  no  reason  why 
his family should suffer,  as they might if 
there  was  no  exemption  law.  The  law 
is  good  and  just  and ought  to be main 
tained.

Paul Steketee  (P. Steketee & Sons):  So 
far  as  our  retail  business  is concerned 
the  law  of  exemptions  is  meaningless 
We have always done a strictly cash busi 
ness  and,  therefore,  have  no  bad  debts 
to  worry  over  or  exemptions  to dodge 
Neither  do  the  collection  laws  trouble 
us. 
It is different  in  the  wholesale  de­
partment;  but,  as we sciutinize our cred­
its very  closely,  we  have  little  trouble 
there.  As  to the  broad  question  of the 
utility  or  expediency  of  such  laws,  1 
think they are a benefit to  business,  and 
are certainly  needed  for  the  protection 
of the families of workingmen.  Perhaps 
the  amount  is  too  high,  especially the 
amount of dealers’ exemption,  but  I  am 
not in  a  position  to  say  much  on  that 
point.

Wilder D.  Stevens  (Foster,  Stevens  & 
Co.):  I  believe thatevery dollar working­
men earn should be exempt from garnish­
ment.  They  work  hard  enough,  as  a 
i rule, and generally  will compare in point 
of  honesty  with  the  average  business 
man.  Not  many  workingmen  run  into 
debt with the intention  of  beating  their 
creditors;  they  will  pay  their  debts  if 
they  have  opportunity,  but 
there  are 
many dealers  who will  jump  on  a  man 
and  take  everything  he  has,  or  they 
would do  so if  the  law  allowed.  No,  1 
don’t  believe the  exemption  laws should 
be abolished,  although the amount might 
be  reduced  to,  say,  $15.  1  think  the 
amount  of  the  dealer’s  exemption  is 
about right.

REPRESENTATIVE  RETAILERS.

B.  S.  Mosher,  the  Jackson  Grocer  and 

Association  Worker.

the 

settling  upon 

Burton S.  Mosher was born in  Mosher- 
ville,  Hillsdale  county,  Mich.,  in  1851. 
The village  was named  after  his  grand­
father,  who  came  from  the  East in the 
early  days, 
land 
which now forms  the  town  site.  Later, 
however, he look  his  family  back  East, 
where  he  died.  His  son,  David  G. 
Mosher,  father of Burton S.,  returned to 
Michigan  and, 
later  opened  a  general 
store  in the village of Mosherville.  Bur­
ton attended  the village  school  until  he 
was 14 years of age,  when he  entered his 
lather’s store,  where  he  remained  eight 
years or until he was 22.  He then went 
to Jackson,  where for  six  years  he  was 
engaged  as  a  grocery  clerk.  Failing 
health then  necessitated  a change  of  cli­
mate, and  he traveled  westward as far as 
Colorado,  remaining two years.  He then 
returned  to  Jackson  and  re-engaged  as 
clerk  in  a  grocery.  About  eight years 
ago  he  began  business  on  his  own ac­
count  and  has  built  up  a  substantial 
trade  by means  of  fair  dealing  and  the 
uniform  excellence  of  his  goods.  Mr. 
Mosher  is  an  enthusiastic  and devoted 
member  of  the  Jackson  Retail Grocers’ 
Association,  was first  Vice-President  for 
one year,  aud is at  present  chairman  of 
the  Committee  on  Trade  Interests.  “1 
am,” said  Mr.  Mosher,  “a  firm  believer 
associated  effort  and  associational 
methods for the relief of  the  retail  gro­
cery  trade  from  the  many  abuses  and 
evils  from  which  it suffers.  There is no 
other  way  by  which  grocers  can  better 
their condition or  free  themselves  from 
the  incubus  of  ancient  customs  and 
prejudices.  Our  Association  has  done 
wonders in the direction of  bringing  the 
dealers  together  and  creating  a  better 
understanding.  Then,  too, our business 
has been put on  a higher plane  in  public 
estimation through  the efforts of  the  As­
sociation; the people  have  more  respect 
for us since we have  become  unified  Dy 
organization and  the  individual  dealers 
no longer  occupy  the  isolated  would-be 
ndependent position of former days.  Be­
fore the organization of  our  Association 
never thought of such a  thing  as  con- 
ulting  with  a  neighboring  grocer,  no 
matter  what  the  trouble  was,  my only 
concern  being to get as many  of  his  cus­
tomers as  possible.  Now,  however,  all 
that is changed aud we  consult  together 
nearly every day  on  matters  of  mutual 
interest.  Before, every  competitor  was 
an enemy; now,  though  he  is  none  the 
less a competitor,  he  is  a  friend  whose 
interests  in  nearly  every  direction  are 
identical  with  my  own.  We  have suc­
ceeded in getting  an  ordinance  through 
the City Council licensing fruit and vege­
table  peddlers  and  imposing a fee upon 
them.  The law is not all we would  have 
¡, but it is a  vast  improvement  on  the 
old condition.of things when  every  ped­
dler was a law  unto  himself.  We  hope 
do better next year.  1  am,  indeed,  a 
firm  believer  in  retail  grocers’  associa­
tions in general and  the  Jackson  Retail 
Grocers’ Association in particular.”  Mr. 
Mosher’s views are commended  to  some 
Graud  Rapids grocers who  are  not  mem­
bers of  the  Association.  With  the  ex­
ception of the Grocers’  Association,  Mr. 
Mosher is not a member  of  any  society.
He  was  married  in  1887  to  Miss Alice 
Brown, of Jackson,  daughter of a former 
employer.  He enjoys  the  comforts  and 
delights of home life and  says his'wife is 
the only society he needs.

THK  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

19

General Stampede
Curse of Credit.

FROM  THE

Hundreds of merchants are now abandoning the 
old-time credit system  and discarding the passbook 
for the cash  and  coupon  book  system,  which  en­
ables the dealer to avoid all  the losses  aud  annoy­
ances inseparably connected  with  the  credit  busi­
ness.

SIX  LETTERS  TO  A  CLERK—III.

Economy  in  Its  Relation  to  Advance­

ment.
An Old M erch an t in  H a rd w a re.

There is  but  one  class  of  clerks,  my 
dear Tom,  to whom there is the  least use 
in  preaching  economy,  and  that  is  the 
class who have a well defined aim  before 
them,  and  who  are  working steadily  to­
ward their object.  To say to  the  young 
man who does  not  look  beyond  to-day, 
“you ought to  be  saving,”  is  simply  a 
waste of words.  The one thing  he  does 
not do is to look  further  than  the  pres­
ent hour.  But to the  young  clerk  who 
is determined that the  future shall bring 
him  something  more  than  the  present 
holds it is well to be reminded  that  one 
of the sure steps to success is to have  be­
come  well  grounded 
in  habits  of 
economy.
You may be one of  the  best  salesmen 
that ever sold goods  in  your  employer’s 
store,  and you may force him into  a  po­
sition where he must decide  whether  he 
shall give you  an  interest  or  lose  you, 
and if you have been reckless  with  your 
salary,  he  will  hesitate  about  trusting 
you with his  capital.  Among  the  very 
pleasantest  ways  of  handling  money  1 
count spending it as  the  most  pleasant. 
But to get  this  pleasure  one  must  feel 
that he can afford to spend  it.  The  sal­
ary of a clerk,  if he  is  a  good  clerk,  is 
not intended to be  the  exact  sum  upon 
which he can  live,  but  is  usually  more 
than that. 
If he is a young man  with no 
ties depending on him  there is generally 
a very snug sum  between the  amount  of 
the salary and the sum necessary  to sup­
port him. 
If he is  desirous  to  see  how 
fast he can  spend this, or if  he  is  aping 
some stylish companion  who  in  turn  is 
copying the fashion plates,  he  can  very 
soon keep his  account  down  where  the 
casting  of  a  balance  between  the  two 
sides is  a  very  easy  matter. 
It  is  the 
proper use of this salary  about  which  1 
desire to write you.
That man has seen  very  little  of  life 
who has  not  learned  that  a  few  ready 
dollars are a  great  power;  not  the  dol­
lars that you might own or may have, but 
the  dollars  you  can  lay  your  hand  on 
now. 
In every branch  of  trade  we  all 
know there are  bargains  now  and  then 
for the man  who can avail himself of the 
chances.  So  in  business  houses,  there 
are constant changes and  occasionally  a 
little cash can do wonders.
I remember a boot and  shoe  merchant 
who owned half of a stock of goods worth 
four thousand dollars;  he  wanted to sell 
out his  interest,  and  so  that  he  might 
make a  ready  sale  he  offered  it  for  a 
thousand dollars cash.  The  stand was a 
good one;  the  firm  was  making  money, 
and for a young man  with  small  means 
it  offered  an  excellent  opening,  but 
neither of three young  men  to  whom  1 
mentioned the  bargain  could  raise  the 
money, 
them  might 
easily  have  been  that  much  ahead  and 
the opening was lost to them.
One  of  the  questions  in  men’s minds 
when you tell  such  a  story  as  this  is, 
“ Why didn’t you help  some  one  of  the 
boys  into  this?”  And  the  answer  is, 
“The boy who will  not  help  himself  is 
not  worth  assisting.”  When  I  was  a 
traveling man one of my  companions  on 
the road was the representative of a boot 
and  shoe  house.  He  was  not  satisfied 
with his position,  his salary or  his  pros-1 
pects,  and as he was a good salesman and 
a pleasant fellow  1  one  day  introduced 
his name into  some  conversation  1  was 
having  with  his  employers,  and  sug­
gested their  giving  him  an  interest  in 
the business,  stating  that I  had found it 
an excellent way to deal  with  clerks  so 
that they might  have  encouragement  to 
do better work.  “There are some young 
men you can’t encourage,” said  the mer­
chant,  “and this fellow is  one  of  them.
1 have tried to make a  man  of  him  and 
have been willing to give  him  an  inter­
est in  my  business  the  first  moment  I 
saw him  taking  bold  as  if  he  realized 
what life was;  but 1 can  see  no  encour­
agement to helping him.  Two years ago 
1 told him  when he had saved a thousand 
dollars I would give  him  an  interest  in 
my profits in addition to his  present  sal­
ary.  He receives a salary of $1,350 a year, 
now let us see what he might save:

though  each  of 

Board at $7 per week..................................$305
Washing, say............................................  75
Clothes (at the highest estimate) 
............... 200
Allowing for spending money....................  iOO
1810
and you have then $510 a  year  for  what 
he ought  to save.  Well,  the facts are he 
is in debt,  and  I  am  satisfied  he  never 
will save $1,000,  and 1 am disgusted  with 
him.”
Now there was  no  gush  or  sentiment 
about this thing;  the  employer liked  his 
clerk and  was anxious  to  help  him  up. 
but he did  not  propose  to  do  anything 
till the young  man  had  shown  that  he 
had  some  self-restraint  and  discretion 
But the clerk had  fallen  into  expensive 
habits and among  extravagant associate 
and did not have strength of mind enougl 
to break away from  them  all.  He  is  1 
clerk to-day.
Only a few days ago  I  overheard  two 
busiuess  men  canvassing  two  of  theii 
in character and  personal  hab 
clerks, 
its both were alike,  but one  on  a  salary 
of  $1,200  was  always  in debt,  and  the 
other on $1,000 a year was saving money 
The  one  was  unable  to  deny  himself 
aught  that  he  wanted;  the  other  was 
strong willed enough to buy nothing  that 
he did not need. 
It is  not  necessary  to 
state which clerk was  advanced.
There  is  a  class  of  people  who  can 
never hear a  word  of  economy  without 
at once jumping  to  the  conclusion  that 
you desire them to  be  miserly,  but  this 
is not the case  with me;  1 despise  a  mis­
erly  disposition,  and  know  of  nothing 
that will  be  nu re  damaging  to  a  mer­
chant.  1 like to see a  clerk  dress  well, 
both at his work and  out  of  the  store— 
not  gaudy,  nor  discarding  a  good  gar­
ment to get  one  a  little  more  in  style, 
but to dress sensibly  and  well,  as  most 
of their employers dress.
And I do Qot think a clerk should  shut 
himself away from every  form  of  enter­
tainment  or  society  pleasures;  on  the 
contrary,  1  think  a  young  man  who 
works  steadily  at  the  desk  or  counter 
will  be all the better  for  an  evening  at 
the theater or concert,  or  at  a  pleasant 
home  party  in  some  friend’s  house. 
But these things are not the end and aim 
of life,  and consequently should  only fill 
out a small part of it.
Now,  if one looks at the cost of  a  rea­
sonable amount of innocent pleasure,  the 
expense for a year  need  not  be  such  a 
very large  sum. 
I  have  before  me  the 
expenses of a young  man  for  the  years 
’66, ’67 and ’68,  and  I  find  the  total ex­
penses for the three years $2,200;  of  this 
amount he sent his mother  $500,  leaving 
for his own expenses $1,700.
Being a traveling  man  his  board was 
light, as his employers paid his expenses 
when on the road—it was  $800;  clothing 
during  three  years,  $375; 
leaving  for 
extras, $525.
And  upon  looking over the items  mak­
ing up the sum of $525,  1  see  some  that 
look rather  extravagant,  but  1  can  re­
member  that  even  a  very  economical 
person enjoys a litte  extravagance  occa­
sionally.
In the three years that this young man 
was spending seventeen hundred  dollars 
he saved fifteen hundred, and  with them 
he was enabled to  go  into  business  for 
himself.
1 haven’t said one tithe of  what  might 
be said in  favor of a young  man’s  being 
economical,  but 1 have given a few heads 
for what each  clerk  can  expaud  into  a 
great many sermons for  himself.  And 1 
venture to say no man ever  kept  an  ac­
curate account of his expenses for a year 
or two but that  he was  led  to  turn  his 
thoughts toward saving,  and for that rea­
son 1 advise  you  to  watch  your  salary 
for the  next  twelve  mouths  and  see  if 
the exhibit is  not  the  strongest  sermon 
ever preached you on economy.

London’s W ater Supply.
the  largest  city 

In  London, 

in  the 
world,  the  water  is  furnished  by com­
panies,  and is charged for  by  the  quan­
tity.  No one has a free faucet or can af­
ford to  waste  his  water.  Every  family 
bargains for as many gallons per diem as 
it  needs,  and  this  amount  is placed  in 
tanks.  Then the  water  is  shut  off. 
If 
the family used it up by noon  it  gets  no 
more  until  the  next  day  unless  it can 
borrow of its neighbor.

If  you  are  a  victim of  the  credit  business  and 
desire to place your business on  a cash  basis,  send 
to  us  for  a  catalogue  and  samples  of our several 
kinds of coupon  books,  which  will  be  forwarded 
free on  application.
Tradesman Company,
In returning  thanks  for  the  large  increase  in  trade for the fall and winter  of 

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Our Clay and Fancy Worsted suits are in great demand,  and  our  large  line  of 
Double and Single-Breasted Suits  in  Unfinished  Worsteds,  Chevoits,  Cassimeres, 
Etc.,  sold  at  popular  prices,  have afforded our customers the pleasure to meet all
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will see and learn something to your advantage.

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GOTHAM GOSSIP.

News  from  the  Metropolis- - -Index  of 

the  Markets.

Special Correspondence

N e w   Y o r k ,  Sept.  29—If  signs  count 
for anything,  we  are  going  to  have  the 
“dryest” city on the  Western  continent. 
Superintendent Byrnes has decided to go 
ahead,  in spite of the police  commission­
ers,  and collect evidence against the vio- 
laters of the excise  laws as  best  he  may. 
Hitherto it has been against the  rule  for 
policemen to investigate saloons in  their 
plain clothes.  They must go in uniform. 
Of course, arrests  were  few  and  far  be­
tween;  but  within a few  days  the  plan 
has been changed.  Arrests  are  now  be­
ing made by policemen  in  plain  clothes. 
Of  course, 
the  police  justices  before 
whom  the  saloonkeepers  are  taken  are 
about  of  the  same  nature  as  the latter 
themselves, and,  as a  result,  the  prison­
ers  are  generally  discharged.  For  in­
stance, a detective  had  made  an  arrest 
and the prisoner was  taken  before  Jus­
tice Hogan.  The  latter  said  to  the  de­
tective,  “You  had  no right to enter  the 
saloon  without a warrant. fjgThe prisoner 
and  citizens  have  a  right  to  be  in the 
saloon  (2 a.  m.).  There  may  be  selling 
and drinking in it,  but you have no more 
right as a policeman  to  enter  the  prem­
ises  without  permission  than  any  other 
citizen.”
How am 1 to find out if  the bartender 
is selling then ?”
“The prisoner  is  discharged.  Get  off 
the stand.”  And  thus  is Justice ground 
out in the courts of Tammany.
The coming campaign  promises  to  be 
the very hottest since the war—or  words 
to that effect.  The Democracy was badly 
demoralized,  and fled to the Hill as  their 
last resort,  saying:  “He  never  has  been 
defeated;  how  can  he  be beaten now ?” 
And here is Morton,  on  the  other  hand, 
with a barrel of money.  How can he be 
beaten ?*_lt  is  for  the  future  to deter­
mine  whether  it  is  better  to  be  born 
lucky or  rich.
Sometimes  a  man’s  sins  are  a  good 
while in finding him  out,  but,  sooner  or 
later, the result is always—or  nearly  al­
ways—against him.  Here is the  case  of 
H.  W.  Howgate,  the  defaulter  against 
the Government to the  tune  of  $300,000 
or more.  Detectives have been after him 
for over twelve years,  and, [finally,  loca 
ted him as a second-hand  bookseller  in a 
dingy basement on Tenth street  He was 
living under the name of Henry Williams 
and  has  been  taken,.to  Washington for 
trial.  For several months he was in  Mt. 
Clemens, Mich., after his  first  arrest  in 
1881. 
In  fact,  he  was  a  native of that 
State,  and A  was  once  postmaster 
in 
Romeo.
We  were  kept in agony for a week by 
the Weather Bureau  watching  for  a  big 
hurricane from the  West  Indies,  which 
has  not  yet  materialized.  Rubbers  and 
umbrellas were carried back and forth in 
the  arms,  until  the thing became a bur­
den,  and  now  everybody  hates  the 
Weather Bureau.  And they should, too.
Secretary  William  Rcse,  of  the  New 
York Fruit Exchange, says:  “The reduc­
tion.  of  the  duty  on  foreign  lemons,  I 
think,  will not have any very great effect 
on the imports for  the  coming  year;  es­
pecially  as  the  new  Italian  crop  is re­
ported  to  be  about  25  per  cent, short. 
There  were  632,310  boxes  of  Mediter­
ranean oranges imported in the season of 
1893-94, just ended.  The  Florida orange 
crop this year will probably be nearly,  if 
not quite, 6,000,000 boxes, and California 
will produce from  2,500,000  to  3,000,000 
boxes  more.  This  will  not leave much 
chance for Sicilian oranges  in  this  mar­
ket,  notwithstanding  the  reduced duty, 
if the American growers do not lose their 
heads and  attempt to  put  prices  up  too 
high.”
The supply of  good  Sicilian lemons  in 
this market is  very small.  Trashy  little 
juiceless  lemons  that  can  scarcely  be 
given  away  are  plentiful,  but 
large 
lemons  are  scarce  and  command  high 
prices.  There are  only a  few  thousand 
boxes on the way here now,  and their ar­
rival will  wind  up the  importing season. 
The new crop of  Italian  lemons will  not 
begin to arrive until  about the middle of 
November.  There  are  no  more  Italian 
oranges to arrive and  the stock  on  hand 
is very small.  A few oranges are coming

in from  Jamaica,  but  the  Florida  crop 
has  not  yet been  picked,  although some 
small lots of early Floridas have been re­
ceived.  The Florida  crop will not begin 
to arrive in  any  considerable  quantities 
for  several  weeks  yet.  Oranges  have 
been  very plentiful,  but there is so much 
other fruit now in the  market  that  they 
will scarcely be missed before the supply 
will again fully equal  the demand.

Trade  is  not  very  active  this  week, 
and a slight reaction  seems  to  have  set 
in. a Dun’s  review  says  that  the  retail 
trade,  which is a good barometor  of gen­
eral conditions,  is considerably  less than 
in a normal  year,  and  in  the  more  im­
portant trades 20 per cent,  smaller  than 
in 1892.  Nor is  the  wholesale  business 
what might  be  expected,  and,  in  sum­
ming up,  they say that,  comparison with 
other years,  it  is  but  slightly  encourag­
ing.  Failures  are  few,  and the amounts 
small.  Our  net  exports  of  gold  since i 
Jan.  1 have been $66,208,000.

struck  him  as  being 

A stranger  in New  York  must  be  as 
tonished at  the occasional  exhibition  o 
the  autocratic  powers  of Anthony Com 
stock.  He  is  about  the  only  absolute 
ruler upon the American  continent,  and 
sometimes,  when  he  finds  it impossible 
to devote all of his  attention  to  regulat 
ing  the  universe,  his  lieutenants take  u 
hand and find it quite as easy work as the 
boss himself.  An  instance  occurred  in 
an  up-town hotel recently,  when  a  Com­
stock man  walked up to  the  news  stand 
and told the man in charge to send a pile 
of books displayed there back to the pub 
lisher.  The books  thus  condemned con 
sisted of a series of studies  of  the  nude, 
and which are sold in every book shop in 
New  York.  These  books  had  recently 
been delivered to all the  news  stands  in 
the city,  and the news  agent in  the hotel 
protested ‘that  if  all  the  other  stands 
were allowed  to sell them  he did not  see 
why he should be forbidden to offer them 
for sale.  The Comstock  agent  looked at 
the newsdealer a moment  with the air  of 
a man  who cannot believe his ears.  The 
argument 
so 
thoroughly flimsy that he apparently  did 
not  give  it  a  second  thought,* and  he 
leaned over  and shook  his  finger  in  the 
face of the  newsdealer and told him  that 
if  the  books  were  not  returned  to  the 
publisher within  an hour  Mr.  Comstock 
would come up and see him.  Within six 
minutes  the  frightened  newsdealer  had 
apologized,  and was  hurrying  the  books 
out of the place.  The  other  hotel  news 
stands were not disturbed. 
It was mere 
ly a small exhibition  of Comstockian  au 
thority.  When Comstock  ordered a ped­
dler away from  the Astor  House  with  a 
lot  of  books  which he chose to consider 
indecent  the  peddler  hurriedly  com­
plied and  gave  up  the  books  promptly 
and  obsequiously.  Within  fifty  feet  of 
the spot there is  a  well-known art store, 
where  precisely  similar  books  are  sold 
over  the  counter  all  the  year  around. 
Mr.  Comstock’s  attention  was  called  to 
the  store,  and  he  was  asked  why  this 
dealer was  not  attended  to.  Mr.  Com­
stock  did  not  think  it  necessary to an­
swer the query.  Some  day an effort will 
be made to find out where  the Comstock- 
ian;authority comes from, for it is certain­
ly  a  remarkable  thing  in  its  limitless 
power and scope.

Benjamin Richardson, the deceased ec­
centric millionaire,  whose  estate  is  now 
being settled in the courts,  evidently  an­
ticipated the claim of dower  right on the 
part of th6  woman who  has posed in  the 
proceedings  as  his  common-law  wife. 
Mr.  Richardson lived for many years in a 
small, old-fashioned frame cottage, which 
stood a few yards back of the  fence  line 
on 125th street.  His household consisted 
of  a  middle-aged  womafi  and  a  young 
colored girl, who was  petted  or  scolded 
by  the  millionaire head of the establish­
ment, as the humor seized him.  The  in­
terior of the place was plainly furnished, 
and  contained  many  curious  relics  of 
revolutionary days.  Mr. Richardson was 
extremely  close  in  money  matters,  and 
believed that  everybody  with  whom  he 
had dealings was endeavoring  to gain an 
unfair advantage over  him in  the  trans­
action.  This  mistrust  of human nature 
extended »to  the  people  under  his  own 
roof.  When the visitor entered the hall­
way of the  Richardson  cottage  the  first 
thing  that  attracted his  attention was  -

trade 

that  already  made.

large board sign,  hung  near the entrance 
to the parlor,  upon  which was painted in 
huge black letters the following informa­
tion:  “The woman  you  see  here  is  not 
my wife.  She is my housekeeper. 
I am 
a  widower  and  unmarried.  Benjamin 
Richardson.”
The American  Baking  Powder  Co.  is 
defunct.  When  a  new  baking  powder 
company starts in  this  town  they  have 
got  a  hard  row  to  hoe.  There  is  too 
much  Royal  and  Cleveland  and  Hors- 
ford.  A  man will stand  a better  chance 
of  success  to  begin  in  a  lowly  way 
with—let us say,  a saloon.
Prices in nearly  all  lines remain about 
as for the past  few  weeks,  and  trading 
is such as to call forth  no  remark  other 
than 
Coffee is weaker and  lower,  with  only 
an  everyday 
taking  place.  Rio 
No. 7 is worth 15Xc, and this is the  top
Refined  sugar  is  dull,  and  refinerie: 
are  doing  very  little.  Granulated  i. 
worth  4Jic.
Teas  are  growing  firmer  in  price  and 
supplies of some sorts are looked at with 
some anxiety,  but there will  probably be 
enough to go around—war or no war.
Butter  is  firm  and  a  trifle  higher. 
There is a large amount  in  storage  and 
some  dealers  say  that  the  article  will 
reach  35  or  40c  at  retail;  but  this  is 
hardly likely,  as supplies West  are  said 
to be ample.
Canned goods  are  meeting  with  very 
little  inquiry,  and  the  tendency  is  to 
lower and  lower  prices  in  some  lines, 
while Baltimore reports a firm market in 
some vegetables.
Fresh fruits are in ample  receipt,  and 
the streets are full of it.
The week closes  quiet.  We  hope  for 
something  better  further  on—a  great 
deal  better and not so very  far  on.  We 
hope there will be no such long  lines  of 
people waiting for  a  free  loaf  as  were 
seen last winter, and we  do  not  believe 
there  will  be.  But  trade  will  stand  a 
good deal more pushing than it is having 
at present. 

Jat.

Special Meeting of Poet E.

the 

In  response  to  the  call  of  Chairman 
Bradford, 
in  T h e  T radesm an  of  last 
week,  about  sixty  members  of  Post  E 
met in the parlor of the  New Livingston 
last Saturday evening  for the purpose of 
nominating  a  Grand  Rapids  candidate 
for  the  Secretaryship  of  the  Michigan 
Knights of the Grip.
Nominations  being  in  order,  Henry 
Dawley  presented  the  claims  of  Fred 
Blake  and  C.  L.  Lawton  sounded  the 
praises of Geo.  F.  Owen.
E. A. Stowe and D. S.  Haugh were ap­
pointed tellers and an informal ballot re­
sulted in Mr. Blake’s  receiving  28  votes 
and  Mr.  Owen  27.  A  formal  ballot re­
sulted in 29 votes  for  Blake  and  32  for 
Owen, when the latter  was  declared  the 
unanimous choice of the Post.
Brief  addresses  were  made  by  both 
candidates, 
successful  candidate 
thanking  the  Post  for  the  nomination 
and the unsuccessful  candidate thanking 
his friends for their  votes  and  bespeak­
ing for  the regular nominee their  hearty 
support.
E.  E. Stanton  moved  the  appointment 
of a Campaign  Committee, to further the 
interests of  Candidate  Owen.  The  mo­
tion  was adopted and Chairman Bradford 
announced that  he  would  announce  the 
Committee during the coming week.
On  motion  of  W.  E.  Richmond,  the 
Chairman announced the  regular  Enter­
tainment Committee for the ensuing year, 
as follows:  W.  E.  Richmond,  Ben.  Van 
Leuvan,  Jas.  A. Massie,  Henry Dawley, 
W.  H. Pipp.
On  motion  of  Joe  F.  O.  Reed,  the 
Chairman announced a special Committee 
on  Hall,  to arrange for a  place  of  meet­
ing for the State  convention,  as  follows: 
Geo.  F.  Owen, W. F. Blake, A.  D. Baker.
There being  no  further  business,  the 
meeting  adjourned.  The  next  regular 
meeting will occur at Elk’s Hall  on  Sat­
urday evening, Oct.  13.
Chairman  Richmond has  called a  spe­
cial meeting  of  the  Entertainment Com­
mittee, to be held at T h e  T radesm an of­
fice Friday evening, Oct. 5,  to  make  ar­
rangements for  a social  party in connec­
tion  with  the  regular  meeting  on  the 
evening of  Oct 13.

Chairman  Mills, oi  the Campaign Com­
mittee, has called a meeting of that body 
at  T h e T radesman office Saturday even­
ing  of  this  week,  for  the  purpose  of 
formulating a plan of  campaign.
M ontbiy  R ep o rt  of  S e c re ta ry   Mills.
Grand  Ra pid s,  Oct.  1—The  follow­
ing  new  members  have  joined  since 
my  last report:

Minn.

3587  B.  F.  Downs, Grand Rapids.
3689  Ben S.  Wilcox,  Coldwater.
3693  Wm.  M.  Sterling, Plainwell.
3694  G. C. Steel, Battle  Creek.
3695  S. S.  Swigart,  Grand Ledge.
3696  H.  Yandenberg,  New York.
3697  R. R. Robertson,  Grand Rapids.
3698  E.  N.  Thorne,  Grand Rapids.
3699  F.  J. Wolfarth,  Saginaw.
3700  F.  H.  Seymour, Grand Rapids.
3701  J. E.  Roup, Constantine.
3702  C. J.  Labar, Pierson.
3703  Rufus K. Stallings, Grand Haven.
3704  C.  W.  Granger,  Grand  Rapids.
3705  M.  M.  Mallory, Grand Rapids.
3706  C.  H. Potter, Cleveland.
3707  J. W. Moore, Grand Rapids.
3708  W.  W.  Wyatt, Chicago.
3709  John A.  Barry,  Philadelphia.
3710  Chas.  E.  Wakeman,  Pontiac.
3711  Bert Kline,  Flint.
3712  Alexius  Fleckenstein,  Fairbolt, 
3713  A. C.  Chapman,  Ovid.
3714  E.  A.  Rasch, Detroit.
Chairman  Moeller,  of  the  Railroad
Committee, informs me  that  after  Sept. 
24  the  C.  & W.  M. and D,.  L.  & N.  Rail­
ways will put into effect a new  system of 
handling the business on  freight  trains, 
similar to that on the G.  R.  & I. Railway, 
for  the  better  accommodation  of  the 
traveling public, as follows:  “Agents at 
stations  are  authorized  to  detach  from 
mileage  books  strips  covering  the  dis­
tance to the point  to which  the  traveler 
is destined,  and issue in  exchange  there­
for  a  freight  train order,  and a number 
of  additional  freight  trains  will  carry 
passengers after  above  date.  Also  pas­
senger trains Nos.  3  and  4  will  stop  at 
Grand Junction on flag.”
I trust our members will duly  appreci­
ate the efforts of these  popular  lines  to 
accommodate our members.
A number of our members  have  failed 
to  remit  for  death  assessment  No.  3, 
which closed Sept. 20,  and all who  remit 
after  that  date  must  make a statement 
that they are in usually  good  health,  or 
the remittance cannot be accepted.
I have  received $1  in currency in a let­
ter, postmarked Boston,  Mass.,  Sept.  15; 
also a postal note from Ann Arbor, dated 
June 4—with no name in either.

L. M.  Mil l s,  Sec’y.

to me.”

“She has a very strong  face,  it  seems 
“ Yes,  I  daresay  she  used  a  dash  of 

plaster of  paris.”Oysters.

Note Lower Prices.

Sol id Brand, Extra Selects,  per can $  28
Solid Brand,  Selects,  per can........... 
26
Solid Brand,  E.  F.,  per  can............. 
22
20
Solid Brand, Standards,  per can.... 
24
Daisy Brand, Selects,  per  can.........  
Daisy Brand, Standards, per can... 
18
Daisy Brand,  Favorites,  per can.... 
16
Mrs.  Withey’s  Home  Made  Jelly, 
made with green apples,  very fine
30-lb pail...........................................   x  oo
17-lb  pail........................................... 
65
Mrs.  Withey’s  Condensed  Mince 
Meat,  the  best  made.  85  cents 
per  doz.  3  doz.  in  case.  Will 
quote bulk mince meat later.
Pure Cider Vinegar,  per  gallon___ 
10
Pure Sweet Cider,  per  gallon.........  
12
Fine Dairy Butter,  per pound.........  
19
Fancy 300 Lemons, per  box.............4  so
Extra Choice, 300 lemons per  box..  4  00 
Extra Choice, 360 lemons per  box..  4  00
Choice 300 Lemons,  per  box........... 3  50
Choice 360 Lemons,  per  box...........3  50

ED W IN   F A L L A S ,

Oyster  Packer  and  rtanufacturer. 

VALLEY  CITY  COLD  STORAGE,

215 and 217 Livingston St.,
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

is  upon  us

We  are  agents  for  all 

ih 

leading  line>  of  G u n s and 

Ammunition.

Winchester,  Marlin,  Remington  a n d   Colt’s  Guns

always  in  s to c k .

We shall try and  keep  our assortment  complete,  and  hope 
to  secure the trade of  W» stern  Michigan on  this  line  of  goods,

U S T E R X t EVEHS

RINDGE,  KRLMBRGH  *  GO  V i i 1.® *

HEALTH  SHOES.

ASK  TO  SEE  THEH.

They  are  the coolest  shoe  in summer,
The warmest shoe in  winter,  and 
The easiest shoe ever made,
Combining  ease,  comfort  and  good  looks 

in  one pair of shoes.

In  addition  to  the  above,  our factory 
and jobbing lines are complete. 
Styles 
attractive.  Prices at the  bottom.

We carry  all  the leading lines  of 
Socks and Wool Boots; also Bos­
ton  Bnbber  Shoe  Co.’s goods.

I F   N O T ,  W H Y   N O TV

Are  Perfect  Health  Food.

There are a great many  Butter Crackres  *n  the  Market—only 

one can  he  best—that  is  the original

Muskegon
Bakery
Butter
Cracker.

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

Nine
Other
Great
Specialties 
A r e  

M u sk e g o n   T o a st,
R o \a l  F r u it  B iscu it,
M u sk e g o n   F ro s te d   H o n e y , 
Ic e d   C o co a  H o n e y   J u m b le s , 
Jelly   T u rn 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 sk e g o n   B ra n c h ,
Mlik  Lunch

ALWAYS
ASK
YOUR
GROCER
FOR
HUSKEGON 
BAKERY’S 
CAKES  and 
CRACKERS

U n ited   S t a t e s   B a k in g   Co.

LAWRENCE  DEPEW,  Acting  Manager,

Muskegon, 

- 

JMichm

H.  LEONARD  &.  SONS

MICHIGAN  SELLING 

AGENTS  FOR

ttj: 
Exclusive  Sale Given  to Any  Wide  Awake  Dealer  Wii  •  W ; 11  IMace  an  Order  With  Us  for

Write  us  for  N ew   Illustrated  Cat a  g  <•  ami  Discount.

Five  or  Moie  Heaters

Style  of  No.  30  Heater.

List
No. 30 Heater  H alf Nickle.  ................... ¥11  00
No. 30 Heater Full  N ic k le .....................  13  00
No.  15 Heaters are the  same  style  as 
No.  30,  only  sm aller,  using  a  10 inch 
in  place  of  a  15 inch 
circular  wick 
wick.
No  15 Heater.  H alf  Nickle 
9  0 >
................ 
No.  15 H eater.  Full  N ickle.....................   10  00

Style of No. ?5 Healer w ith radiating  drum   rem oved and the 
substitution  of  s  lout  hole  extension  top  m aking  the  stove 
avai  at.le for cooking  purposes.
No  '5  Complete w ith Extension Top and R adiating  Drum  $10

Style  of  No.  35  Heater.

No. 5 H eater is the same size as No.  35 

No. 35 H eater,  Full  N ickle....................... $8 00
only w ithout Fender and Casters.
No. 35 H eater,  H alf  N ickle.......................   7 00

H.  LEONARD  X  SONS.  Grand  Rapids,  Midi,

THE: ONLY  SCALE  ON  EARTH 

Dealer.

for  the  Retail

They  Are  The 

EIGHTH  WONDER 

of  the  World.

An  Investm ent 

P aying  from 

10  to  100  Per  Cent.A

Per  Annum .

Thousands of the 
BEST  MERCHANTS 

are Using Them.

if'Your  Competitor  Says  They  til C  cl  Good  Thing 

for  Him,  WHY  NOT  EQUALLY 

SO  FOR  YOU ?

S e e   W h a t  U se r s   S a y :

Messrs.  H oyt  &  Co.,

Dayton, Ohio.

Bay  City,  Mich.,  Aug.  6,  1894. 

Gen tlem en:  1 have used one  of  your 
Standard Counter scales for the past  two 
years,  use it all the time during  business 
hours,  and  would  not  think  of  doing 
business  without  it.  1  am  satisfied  it 
paid  for  itself  in  a  short  time  by  pre­
venting  mistakes  in  figuring  and  down 
weights.  1  would not  take  one  hundred 
dollars for the scale if 1 could not replace 
it. 

Yours truly,

R.  J.  F er r is.
For  further  particulars  drop  a^Postal  Card  to
*  HOYT &   C O ., General  Selling Agents,
Dayton,  Ohio•

