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G R A N D   R A P I D S ,  W E D N E S D A Y ,  O C T O B E R   31,  1894.

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Tour  Bank Account Solicited.

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J no.  A.  Covode,  Pres.

GRAND  RA PID S  ,MIOH.
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J.  A.  S.  V e r d ie r ,  Cashier.

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Transacts a General Hanking  Business. 

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AN  EMPTY  DREAM.

Sim ple  S to ry   o f  Life  on  th e   Pacific 

C oast.

As  George  Seibel  came  into  Olivia 
Fleet’s  sitting  room  he  saw  a  picture 
that  pleased,  while 
it  startled  him. 
Olivia sat on the rug in front of  the fire, 
popping corn,  and on  either  side  of  her 
knelt  a pretty  child.  They  were  chat­
ting merrily.

“They are little white  butterflies  just 

finding their wings,”  the boy  said.

“They  are  baby  fairies  putting  on 

their night caps,” declared the girl.

“They  are  like  souls  coming  out  of 
ugly bodies,  made  pure  and  white  for 
heaven,” Olivia  said  softly.  Then  she 
saw Seibel and rose to greet him.

“What lovely children!” he exclaimed. 

The children looked at him gravely.

“They  are  my  wards,”  Olivia  said, 
simply.  She  divided  the  popcorn  be­
tween  the  children.  “Tell  Mr.  Seibel 
good night,  and  run  away  to  bed,”  she 
continued.

The children promptly  held  out  their 
little hands to  Seibel,  kissed  Olivia  and 
left the room.

“ Lovely  children,”  Seibel  repeated, 
this  time  almost  interrogatively;  but 
Olivia  only  smiled,  and  in  a  moment 
they  were talking of  other  things.  But 
an hour later,  when  Seibel  reached  his 
bachelor quarters, he  found  himself  cu­
riously anxious and restless.  He thought 
he  knew  all  there  was  to  know  about 
Miss Fleet’s affairs.  Why had  he  never 
even heard of these wards?

For some time he had acknowledged  to 
himself that Olivia Fleet  interested him. 
He was content that  she  should.  Olivia 
was  his  ideal  woman—strong,  self-re­
liant,  had  splendid  judgment—but  to­
night he discovered  he was  in love  with 
her.  The knowledge  had  come  to  him 
when she kissed those wards!

Next morning  Olivia  Fleet  and  Mary 
Remer stood waiting for  a  cable  car  to 
take them to the ferry.

“A  nasty  morning,”  grumbled  Mrs. 
Remer,  but Olivia smiled.  Once a month 
for the last three years she  had stood  on 
this spot,  outwardly  a  serene,  self-pos­
sessed  woman;  inwardly,  an  eager,  lov­
ing girl,  for she was on  her way  to  the 
prison at  San  Quentin  to  see  the  only 
man she had ever  loved.

Ten years before she  had  watched  her 
lover take the train for New York;  when 
he should  come  back  they  were  to  be 
married,  but  when  their  wedding  day 
came he was not there.  A year later she 
heard that he had married  a  variety  ac­
tress and gone West.

Olivia had  borne  her  disappointment 
bravely,  so the gossips of Hayunne  said. 
She  had  not  grumbled.  She  did  not 
answer questions  sharply,  but  she  had 
suffered as only true women can be made 
to suffer.

Three  years  passed  and 

then  her 
mother died, and  she  became  a  heroine 
in a modest way.  One night,  as  she  sat 
alone, her devoted Mary  having  gone  to 
prayer meeting, Charles Graves,  the man

who  had  jilted  her,  came  to  her.  He 
had a child on each arm.

“I am a  fugitive,”  he  said.  “I  have 
killed my  wife’s  lover.  These  are  my 
children. 

I give them to you.”

He put the  children  in  her  lap,  then 
took a package from his pocket  and  put 
it on  the table.

“This  is  every  dollar  I  have  in  the 
I know I can trust you,”  he said. 

world. 
Then he hurried from the house.

Olivia was awakened  from  her  aston­

ishment by the sight of  the babies.

A month later  she  received  San Fran­
cisco papers telling  of  her  lover’s  cap. 
tore and conviction of manslaughter.  He 
was sentenced to ten years of penal serv­
ice in San Quentin.

A year later Olivia Fleet  sold  out  her 
home and  went  with  the  children  and 
faithful  Mary  to  California.  For  some 
years she had lived  in  Southern Califor­
nia;  then,  overcome by  a  longing  to  be 
nearer Charles Graves, she moved  to San 
Francisco.

During her stay in Southern California 
Olivia had begun  to  speculate  carefully 
with the money Charles Graves had given 
It  was  $5,000  when  she  came  to 
her. 
’Frisco. 
It  was  increased  to  $20,000. 
Her one object in life was to be a mother 
to Charles Graves’ children,  and  have  a 
comfortable sum of money for  him when 
he came out of prison.

She came to ’Frisco  four  years  before 
her beloved’s  term  was  to  expire.  She 
visited  him  once  a  month,  comforting 
him in every possible  way. 
It  was,  no 
doubt,  owing  to  her  devotion  that  he 
was so patient and earned  the  good will 
of  his  keeper.  His  term  was  to  be 
shortened. 
In six months he was to be a 
free man.

It was two  years  before,  when  Olivia 
had bought her  home,  that  she  became 
acquainted  with  George  Seibel.  His 
legal service had been  called  upon.  He 
became Olivia’s  trusted  friend,  bat  she 
had  kept  her  own  counsel  regarding 
Charles Graves  for  so  many  years  that 
she kept it still. 
In  all  things  pertain­
ing to her money and investments George 
Seibel  was allowed to  have  a  part,  but 
he had never once heard of  little Charlie 
and Clara until last night.

This morning Olivia’s heart  was  over­
flowing with happiness;  only six  months 
more of waiting and Charles  would come 
to  his  home,  to  his  children,  and  she 
would help  him  face  the  world  again.
Each  day  she  talked  of  him  to  his 
children.  Papa would  come,  dear,  good 
papa.  He  was  the object  of  their  most 
reverent thought.  Of  their  mother  she 
never  spoke;  indeed,  so  complete  had 
been their lives,  and so  shut in from  the 
that  they  never  even 
outside  world, 
asked  about  her. 
“Aunty”  and  the 
wonderful far-away  papa satisfied them.
The bay was full of  fog;  it  seemed  to 
have  gotten into  the  very  souls  of  the 
ferry passengers.  Mary Remer  was  un­
usually sour looking;  she never  failed to 
show her displeasure when  she  followed 
Olivia to San  Quentin,  but  she  had  to 
confine  herself 
looks,  as  Olivia 
brooked no interference.

to 

Olivia’s  face  grew  more  and  more 
radiant  as  they  neared  San  Quentin; 
there  was  so  much  in  the  big  basket 
Mary carried that would  please  Charles; 
the children’s new  picture,  a  picture  of 
their  playgrounds,  with  its  swing  and 
their  pets,  and  the  pretty  letters  the 
children had written to him.

When they entered the prison (at least, 
when Olivia did so—Mary had never “de­
meaned  herself”  by going  further  than 
the prison door),  Charles  Graves greeted 
her joyfully:

“I have had another visitor  this morn­
ing,” he exclaimed—there  was  new  life 
in  his  voice.  “Minnie,  my  beautiful 
wife,  came  to  see  me.  Think  of  it, 
Oiivia;  she says she can prove to me that 
I misjudged her;  that  I  killed  an  inno­
cent man.

“Olivia, I  have  been  so  wretched—I 
believed  in her so—ah,  God,  how I loved 
her—how I love her?  1 thought I should 
die of  joy  this  morning!  She  has  for­
given  me for everything—for  taking  her 
babies  from  her  even.”  Here  Charles 
Graves broke into sobs.

“She has planned it  all.  When  I  am 
free,  she and I and the  children  will  go 
to Australia and live till  the  world  for­
gets I have been a convict!  Think  of it, 
Olivia,  my Minnie loves me  and  will  be 
my wife again,  although  in  the  eyes  of 
the law she has her  freedom.”

Olivia felt as if she  was  turning  into 
stone;  she did not think,  she  could  not! 
Charlie’s  voice  sounded  clear 
in  her 
ears,  but she no  longer  saw  him—what 
she did see were the long years of loneli­
ness  that  stretched  before  her  like  a 
great  desolate  desert,  with  no  green 
thing  anywhere—Charlie,  the  children, 
her hopes all gone.

*

* 

* 

* 

* 

* 

“I told her of your  goodness,”  Charlie 
was saying, eagerly.  “She will  come  to 
you to-morrow—she  longs  for  her  chil­
dren,  poor,  lonely mother!  You  will  be 
good to her and comfort her till 1 come— 
1  know you  will—and give her the $5,000; 
she will  invest it and live on the  interest 
till 1 come!”
* 

When Mary again saw Olivia  she  was 
silenced by the deathliness of her  face— 
some terrible  thing  had  happened;  she 
dared  not ask what it was.

“Come,” she said,  more  tenderly  than 
she had  spoken in  her  whole  life,  “let 
us hurry home to your children!”

to  them 

Her children!  Ah,  they  were  not  her 
children  any  more!  Another  woman 
would  come 
to-morrow—the 
woman  who  was  their  mother!  And 
then  the  first  bitterness  passed  away. 
For  the  children’s  sake,  she  must  let 
this  woman,  who  was  her  enemy, 
make her  life  desolate—if  Charles  had 
killed an  innocent  man,  had  injured  his 
wife’s reputation,  it was a  fearful  thing 
—she must not be selfish—she  must wel­
come  this  woman,  no  matter  what  it 
cost her.

When she reached  home  the  children 

greeted her rapturously.

“We are all ready,  aunty!”  they cried. 
It  was their day  to go  to  the  park with

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•unty.”  A pang shot  through  Olivia’s i 
“But you are to give the  entire  $5,000 
heart.  This would be their last  day  to-  to me;  my husband says so,” Mrs. Charles 
gether; 
would come.  She must make the  day  a j 
memorable one for them. 

would have been  more  merciful to have 
told me before—oh,  why didn’t you come 
to see me?  How miserably long the pa: 
six months were!”

their  own  mother i answered,  imperiously, 

“1 can  give it  to  you  in  five  months 

from to-day,” Olivia said firmly.

“Your wife  told  me  she  would  go, 

to-morrow 

* 

After passing several  hours in the park |  ~0 h,  well, 1  will  have  to  wait,  then;
they took the train for Cliff House.  The j meanwhile I shall make  myself  entirely
children  were  wild  with  delight;  they 
i at home.  1  am  immensely  fond  of  so-
played in  the sand,  paddled in the  water,
..  . 
ciety. 
I  am  always  surrounded  by
listened to wonderful  stories  told  them  friends
I hope you  will  like my friends 
by their always charming aunty.
—you  are  sure  to—they  are  perfectly 
lovely,”  Mrs. Charles  rattled on.

, 

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

STICK  CANDY.Cases

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

9
...  9

6*4
6*4
6*4

Bbls. Palls.
7*4
7*4
7*4
9

MIXED  CANDY.

Bbls.
Palls
Standard........................................5*4
6*
Leader........................................... 5*4
6*48
Koval..............................................7*4
Nobby...........................................7J4
8*4
English  Rock.............................. 7)4
8*4
Conserves.................................... 7*4
8*4
Broken Taffy....................baskets
8*4
Peanut Squares................. 
“  8
9
French Creams..............  ...........
9*4
...
Valley  Creams.............................  
13*4
Midget, 30 lb. baskets.....................................   9
Modern. 301b. 
.......................................  8)4

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Palls
Lozenges, plain................................
printed..........................................  9*4
Chocolate Drops.............................................  13
Chocolate Monumentals...............................   13
Gum Drops.....................................................  6*4
Moss Drops............................................... 
 
Sour Drops.......................................................8*4
Imperials........................................ 
fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. 

Per Box
Lemon Drops............... 
55
Sour Drops...................................................... 56
Peppermint Drops............................................60
Chocolate Drops...............................................75
H. M. Chocolate Drops....................................bO
Gum Drops...............................................4C@50
Licorice Drops.............................................. 1  00
A. B. Licorice Drops.......................................80
Lozenges, plain................................................65
printed................  
65
Imperials................................  
60
Mottoes.......................................................... 70
Cream Bar......................................................55
Molasses Bar................................................. 55
Hand Made  Creams.................................. 85®95
Plain Creams...................................................80
Decorated Creams..........................................90
String  Rock............................  ......................t5
Burnt Almonds.............................................100
Wlntergreen  Berries.....................................   60

 

 

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lo

Olivia cried.

“Come, Graves, your  children are only 
a step away;  come to them,” Seibel inter 
posed.

While the sad-hearted  man  was being 
embraced  by  his  children  Seibel  called 
Olivia into another room:

“Good-by, Olivia.  Then  for  the  Eas 

early to-morrow,”  he said.
quickly.

“But  you  will  return,”  Olivia  said 

“Not  soon,”  he  answered.  “Grave: 
is free to marry  you  and  he  surely will 
do it

Suddenly Olivia  realized that  she  had 
only been dreaming of love all these years 
and that  her dream was an  empty  one. 
There was only a great pity  in her heart 
for Charles Graves, a  pity  that was  not 
in the least akin to  love.  She  went  up 
close to George Seibel.

“Come very soon,” she said. 

want to marry anyone  but you.”

“I don’ 

Of course,  Seibel didn’t go at all.  In  a 
few weeks  there  was  a  quiet  wedding 
and then Graves left  California.  He re 
fused  to  take  a  cent  over  his  passage 
money.

“Keep it for my children,  if you will,” 

he said.

The  children  remained  with ' Olivia 
till  they  were  grown,  and  the  last 
time I saw  Seibel  he  was  proudly  dis­
playing little  Charlie’s first  baby as “my 
grandson.” 

M. G. T. Stempel.

The  English  Cheese  M arket.

That  eveniug  the  “friends”  began  to 
come  and  Olivia’s  house  was  changed 
into a  scene  of  wildest  merriment  and 
debauch.  Night  after  night  there  was 
singing,  dancing,  wine  drinking—night 
after-night Mrs. Charles  went  staggeriug 
to  bed.  At  first  Olivia  remonstrated 
with her kindly for the  children’s  sake. 
Then  she  showed  her  indignation  and 
declared that  if  she  did  not  mend  her 
ways Mrs. Charles must leave  her hpuse.
“Oh,  very  well!”  Mrs.  Charles  an­
swered.  “Get my children ready;  we  will 
leave immediately.  We  have  no  desire 
to intrude upon you.”

The  thought  of  having  the  children 
go with this  creature  filled  Olivia  with 
horror.  She begged Mrs. Charles  to  re­
main where she was.

The  first  visitor’s  day  after  Mrs. 
Charles  arrived  Olivia  had  prepared  a 
basket to be taken to Charles Graves.

“Don’t trouble  yourself,  dearest  Miss 
Fleet,”  Mrs. Charles  had  said.  “I  will 
see that my husband has  all  he  desires 
He  won’t  need  you,  now  that  I  have 
come.  Dear  Charlie!  How  he  adores 
me!”

Time  passed  very  slowly  for  poor 
Olivia,  but at last the six  months passed 
and the day upon  which  Charles  Graves 
was  to leave the prison came.

Early that morning  Mrs.  Charles  had 

“Now  we will  go  to  Cliff  House  and 
get glasses and  look at the sea,” she said. 
Soon each child  was  armed  with  a  field 
glass  and  Olivia  sat  listening  to  thei 
chatter.  Presently  a  party  of  people 
came  out  of 
the  restaurant.  Olivia 
noted  them  carelessly—the  men  wore 
long coats and  rakish  caps;  the  women 
were  painted  and  bleached;  all  were 
laughing  boisterously.  They  sat  down 
at one of the tables and ordered beer.

“I  say,  Lucy,  think  of  Min  playing 
the maternal,” tne of the men called out, 
“Shut up,  Billy,”  one  of  the  women 
“ Let  me  forget  it  to-day. 
answered. 
Think of me with a brat almost as tall as 
1 am!  Let me be  happy  to-day;  to-mor­
row 1 must be proper and  prim,  so  as  to 
make up to the old maid.  It’s  a  pity she 
hadn’t got Charlie  herself.”

Olivia  hurried 

the  children  away. 
This, 
then,  was  the  woman  Charlie 
Graves had  jilted  her  for;  this  painted 
creature was the mother of  his children. 
She  was  possessed  by  a fierce  indigna­
tion.  When she reached  home  she  sent 
for George Seibel.
“1 was on my  way to you,”  he  said,  s 
happy  determination 
lighting  up  his 
face,  making  it  almost  handsome.  “1 
want to tell you that  1  love  you—won’t 
you be my  wife, Olivia?”

Her answer was to tell  him  the  story 

of her love for Charles Graves.

When she had finished it all,  she broke 

down and began to cry.

George  Seibel  put  his  arm  tenderly 

around her and stroked her hair.

“I  was  your  friend  before  I  became 
your  lover,  Olivia,”  he  said  kindly. 
“Will  you  have  me  for  your  friend 
again?”

* 

* 

* 

* 

* 

*

His advice was that she  should receive 
Mrs. Charles Graves into  her  house  aud 
give her a part of the $5,000 Charles  had 
intrusted  her  with.  Olivia  had  never 
told him of her  successful  speculations. 
She had  kept  it  as  surprise  for  him] 
Mrs.  Charles  Graves  was  to  be  given 
$1,000 and the rest  promised  to  her  be­
fore  her  husband 
left  San  Quentin. 
When Seibel left Olivia she felt strangely 
comforted.
The next day Mrs. Charles  Graves  ar­
rived.  Her meeting with Olivia and  her 
children  was  extremely  theatrical.  She 
fell upon  her knees, hugged  the children 
and called them  beautiful darlings.  The 
children seemed relieved  when  she  said: 
“Now run away,  my  darlings.  1  must 

talk to your charming irieud.”

As they left the room she said:  “Dear­
est Miss Fleet,  1 am the frankest  woman 
alive!  1  don’t  mind  telling  you  that 
children  make  me  nervous,  so  if  yon 
don’t mind,  just  keep  on  looking  after 
my  sweet  darlings  as  if  i  had  never 
come;  and now to  business.  When  will 
you get the money,  dearest, Charlie  gave 
you to keep for me?  The sooner 1  get it 
the better!”

“1 can ouly get $1,000 of  it immediate­
ly,”  Olivia  answered  coldly,  trying  so 
hard to  keep down her iudiguation;  “ the 
rest is invested;  you can have  the  inter­
est of it when it is due.”

secured  the rest of the $5,000.

“Shall 1 go with  you  to  San  Quentin 
to welcome Charlie?!’  Olivia  said to her.
“Oh, no!  he  would  rather  have  me,  I 
think,”  she  had  answered.  So  Olivia 
contented  herself  with  making 
the 
house  look  beautiful  and  talking  to the 
children.

“If papa’s like mamma  he  had  better 
stay where  he  is,”  Charlie  said,  some­
what stolidly.

ing the cheese situation, says:

The London Grocer, editorially review­
“There can  be no doubt that one cause 
of the lukewarmness  and indifference  in 
the home  demand  for  cheese this season 
has been the damp and  unsettled weather 
which has  prevailed during  the  summer 
months,  marring  all  outdoor  pleasures 
and work-a-day pursuits, and nipping the 
consumption of  cheese,  both by rich  and 
poor, just at  a time when it  is  supposed 
to be at its hight.  Another circumstance 
which should  be  taken  into  account  in 
considering what has  operated unfavora 
bly upon the market  this year is that the 
unprecedented  cheapness and abundance 
of frozen  mutton from the antipodes have 
greatly interfered with the  use  of cheese 
amongst  consumers. 
It  has,  besides,  to 
be  borne  in  mind that the copious rain­
fall in most dairying  countries  has  been 
productive of an unusually rapid and ex­
tensive growth of  grass,  which has been 
followed  by  an  extraordinary  yield  of 
milk,  butter and cheese,  and the make of 
the latter staple  commodity has been  ex­
ceptionally large in  this country, as  well 
as in  Holland and Canada and the Ameri­
can  states.  English  cheese  having  be­
come  the cheapest,  has  often gained  the 
preference  over 
the  kinds  generally 
bought  and  speculated  m  on  *c.  i.  f.’ 
terms;  and  Dutch makes, offering at rea­
sonable figures,  have been in active com­
petition  with  the  dearer  importations 
from New York  and  Montreal.  Austra­
lian  and  New Zeeland cheese have  like­
wise  played an  important  part in giving 
an impetus to business  where  it  >eemed 
to  hang  fire, either  by promoting an  ad­
vance or  by  accelerating  a  decline;  and 
from the highest  prices  paid for the best 
parcels in May,  viz., 60s to  62s per cwt, 
the  value  lately  has  descended  to  50s 
and 48s;  part  of  the  drop  here  shown, 
however,  being  ascnbable  to  the  deter­
ioration in the quality of the more recent
consignments;  but  the  influence of colo­
nial cheese on the market as a whole  will 
not be perceptibly felt  until next spring, 
when arrivals of new will probably again 
Just  outside  the  house  occur and conveuiently take the place  of 
other sorts,  which  as  a  rule are  at  that 
period of the year running out of stock.”

At 2 o’clock Olivia went out for awhile; 
something  had  been  forgotten 
in  the 
marketing.  When  she  returned  Mrs. 
Charles had departed, leaving the follow­
ing note:

“I never really  intended  to  live  with 
I  leave 

I  am  divorced  already. 

him. 
him to your tender mercies.”

It was 4 o’clock;  Charles  was  to  leave 
San Quentin  at 7.  Olivia sent for George 
Seibel.

“Don’t fret, Olivia,”  he  said,  kindly; 
‘it was really the  best  thing  she  could 
have done!”

“But  think  of  poor  Charles,”  Olivia 
aid,  tearfully.
“We  will go to him and  help him face 
the  world;  we  will  bring  him  home  to 
bis children,” he said.

When Charles Graves met them bis first 

“Where is Minnie?”
“She did not come.  Let us hurry,  Mr. 
Graves,  your children are  expecting you 
every minute,” Seibel answered  quickly.
Charles Graves said no  more  until  he 

reached home, 
he stopped and said:

question was:

“1 knew everything.  1 knew it when I 
saw  you  come  without  Minnie,  but  it

CARAMELS.

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

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3 
2 

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Fancy Brights, i50,176, 200, 216  ................. .  3 25
Golden Russets. 1.0,176, 20u, 216...................3 00

ORANOBS.

LEMONS.

Floridas,  200.................................................. 3 50
Extra fancy 360,  Sorrentos..........................  4 50
Extra Fancy  3CC Maioras.............................. 7 00

Large bunches..............................................   t  75
Small bunches.................  .................  1  00@1  50

BANANAS.

OTHER  FORBION  FRUITS.

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Figs, fancy  layers, 8ft..........................  
“  20f t.........................
“  14ft  ..........................
extra 
a s
Dates, Fard, 10-lb.  box...........................  
a
.......................... 
“ 
Persian.50-lb.  box....................  
a  514
1 lb Royals........................................  

50-lb.  “ 

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7

15

NUTS.

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

4315
Ivaca.......................................   @14
California.............................  @
Brazils, new...........................................  @ 8
Filberts.................................................   @10
Walnuts, Grenoble................................  @12
S m

French.................................... 
Calif.......................................  @12*4
Table  Nuts, 
fancy.........................  QU*4
choice.......................  @10*4
Pecans. Texas, H.  P.,  ..........................  6 O 7*4
Chestnuts............   ...............................  
*oo
Hickory Nuts per bu.............................
oooanuts, full sacks  .................

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PEANUTS.
Fancy, H.  P., Suns  ...............................  @ 5^4
Roasted  ...................  @ 7
Fancy, H.  P., Flags...............................  @ 5*4
**  HnoctnH 
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Roasted
Choice, H. P„  Extras.........
@4fc
Roasted
..  @6

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FRESH  MEATS.

BEEF.

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Fore quarters... 
Hind quarters...
Loins No. 3.......
Ribs..................
R o u n d s..............................   .......  
Chucks...... .  ..
Plates........................  

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••••  3*4® 4*4 
#  @7 
.8   ®io
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a  «   S

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.......   0  HSF  *»73

Dressed............
Loins  ..... ..........
Shoulders 
Leaf Lard.......  .........  

........... 

PORK.

.

Carcass............

MUTTON.

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Carcass............

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T E C K   M X O H I S A I n  T R A D E S M A N ,

a

WRONG  CONCLUSIONS,

Based  on  Erroneous  and  Misleading 

Statements.

Henry  Clews,  speaking  in his last cir­
cular of the  heavy  gold  draughts  being 
made on the national  treasury  for  ship­
ment abroad,  says:
_ There is likely to be a  much  more  ac­
tive demand for gold in  Europe than has 
been experienced  for many  months  past. 
Egypt will call  for  some  £2.000,000,  in 
payment for her cotton  crop;  Brazil  has 
a call upon  a  considerable  sum  in  pay­
ment for her large exports  of  coffee;  the 
British provinces  and  Scotland  are  ex­
pected  to  forthwith  draw  largely  upon 
the Bank of England;  and  Austria-Hun­
gary is ready to  seize  every  convenient 
opportunity  to  complete  her  new  cur­
rency scheme.  It is quite possible, there­
fore,  that,  before the end of  the year,  we 
may need  to increase our exports of  mer­
chandise if we are  tc  escape  exports  of 
gold.

While the situation,  according  to  Mr. 
Clews,  is  sufficiently  grave, 
the  com­
ments of the Evening Press, of  this  city, 
on the eminent financier’s  words are  en­
tirely unwarrauted. 

It says:

What Mr. Clews says is  quite  possible 
will  undoubtedly  come  to  pass  if  the 
needs  of  Europe  are  as  he  represents 
them.  When 
the  old  countries  need 
gold they invariably come  to  this  coun­
try to get it.  The policy adopted by the 
treasury  department  gives  them  ready 
access  to  whatever there is on hand,  and 
if that is not  enough  to  meet  their  re­
quirements bonds will be issued to secure 
it. 
In  no  other  country  on  the  globe 
does the government thus  lend  itself  to 
the assistance  of  foreign  money  sharps 
who  seek  to  drain  away its circulating 
medium.
The  finance  editor  of  the  Press  has 
overlooked  the a.  b.  c.  of  his  business. 
The “needs of Europe”  have  no  connec­
tion  with  the  present  outflow  of  gold. 
The trouble is that the  balance  of  trade 
has been against us for some  time,  and, 
instead of making  an  exchange  of  com­
modities, 
this  country  has  been  com­
pelled to pay for its importations In gold. 
If  our  people  want  foreign  goods,  and 
foreigners do not want our goods in suffi­
cient quantities to balance  accounts,  we 
must pay the balance  in  gold,  the  only 
kind  of  money  issued  by  this  country 
that is of any value in foreign  countries. 
Just so soon as  our  exports  exceed  our 
imports,  just  so  soon  will  the  golden 
stream be turned and  flow  back  to  this 
country.  Superimposed  upon  the  ter­
rible  panic  from  which  the  country  is 
only now beginning to  emerge,  was  the 
long-drawn-out  tariff  discussion  which 
resulted in almost  a  complete  paralysis 
of industrial  production.  Exports  were 
small because there was little  to  export; 
importations  fell  off  very  little  if any, 
and any schoolboy should know  the  nat­
ural  result  of  such a condition.  Added 
to the fact of the balance of  trade  being 
against  us 
is  the  further  fact—which 
must  not  be lost sight of—that we are  a 
debtor nation.  Our  indebtedness to for­
eign nations is  over  one  thousand  mil­
lion dollars. 
Interest  on  this debt must 
be paid in gold,  and,  as fast as  any  por­
tion of it matures,  it must also be paid in 
gold; the Government has no alternative. 
Not a dollar of the paper held by foreign­
ers  can  be  paid  in  silver.  The  white 
metal is worth about G3  cents  an  ounce 
in  New  York,  and  that  would  be  the 
valuation of American silver coin in  any 
foreign country.  To  pay  the  country’s 
liabilities to  foreigners  in  silver  would 
be practical repudiation  and be taken  as 
an indication of  bankruptcy.  The Press 
says that, if there is not enough  gold  in |

the treasury  “to meet their  (foreigners’) 
requirements,  bonds will be issued  to  se­
cure it.” 
In other words,  when  the gold 
in the treasury is exhausted, other bonds 
will  be issued  for the purpose  of  raising 
gold;  these  must  also  be  paid  in  gold, 
and so  on  ad  infinitum.  The  financial 
editor of the Press  is  not  the  Secretary 
of  the  Treasury  of  the  United  States. 
The Government does  not  “ insist  upon 
paying out gold for paper which specific­
ally calls for silver,”  if  the  “paper”  re­
ferred  to is held  by  foreigners.  Foreign 
money lenders would not take a dollar of 
our  paper  if  they  knew  it  was  to  be 
paid in silver,  except  at  a  ruinous  dis­
count.  They  know  at  least  as  much 
about finance as the  Press  writer.  Gold 
payments  are  always  expected  and  in­
sisted upon.  “In  no  other  country  on 
the globe does the government  thus  lend 
itself,” etc.  All other  countries  on  the 
globe does just that if they are  buyers of 
foreign  goods  or  borrowers  of  foreign 
money, or how does it happen that, when 
our  exports  exceed  our  imports,  gold 
flows into,  instead of out of, the country ? 
Mr. Clews says,“Egypt will call for some 
£2,000,000  for  payment  for  the  cotton 
crop.”  The countries which  use  Egyp­
tian  cotton  must  pay  Egypt  in  gold, 
which is what  the  Press  says  no  other 
country but this does.

The only  way by which  silver  can  be 
utilized  as  a  medium  of  exchange  be­
tween the various trading  nations  is  by 
international  agreement.  Until such an 
agreement is reached gold  will  continue 
to  be  the  circulating  medium  between 
the nations.  No one can doubt  or  over­
estimate  the  expediency  and  value  of 
such  an  arrangement,  and  every  well- 
wisher of his country  will  earnestly  de­
sire its consummation.

D a n i e l   A b b o t t .

How  To  Avoid  Sleeplessness.

between 

sleepiness 

Do you lie awake at night  and  anathe­
matize the man who  first  suggested  the 
connection 
and 
guilty  consciences?  Have  you  counted 
all the  clocks in  the  house  striking  all 
the hours of the night,  at different times? 
Have  you  tried  to  fix  your  mind  on 
something  impersonal  and  failed?  And 
have you finally  come to  the  conclusion 
that there were many arguments in favor 
of the chloral habit?
If you  have  done  all  these things, of 
course the indications are that  you  need 
a doctor.  But it is not always convenient 
to summon  a  physician  at  1 o’clock  in 
the  morning  simply  because  you  can’t 
It  is  better  to  read,  work  and 
sleep. 
learn a  few  cures  for  insomnia  which 
you  may  try  over  night,  and 
see  a 
physician  in the morning.
If you fear a sleepless night undress  in 
the dark.  Light stimulates  and  arouses 
the activities.  Darkness  is  supposed  to 
produce  drowsiness.  Put  chopped  ice 
in a rubber bag and place it at  the lower 
extremity of the  spine.  This  is  partic- j 
ulary  quieting  to  the  nerves.  Do  not 
use anything  but a  rubber  bag or  you 
will  merely  have  a  damp  cloth  and 
rheumatism by morning.
Do  not  use  a  pillow.  Relax  every 
musdle so  far as it  is  possible.  Sprawl 
over the bed with arms and legs stretched 
out.  Take  a  sponge  bath  with  tepid 
water before going to bed.
Lie  on your  faco  instead  of  on  your 
back.  That is the way babies sleep,  and 
their  methods  are  scarcely  to  be  im­
proved  upon 
this  particular.  All 
pressure  is removed  from  the  spine  by 
this  means,  and  a  delicious  feeling  of 
restfulness ensues.
Make up your mind that  you  want  to 
keep  awake  long  enough to  hear  some 
one come in,  or to outline the next day’s 
work.  You  will  drop  asleep  immedi­
ately.

in 

Lse  Tradesman  Coupon  Books.

L eap into the L ight

by discarding the antiquated  business methods of the past  and 
abandoning the cash  registers of a former age and  adopting  in 
their  place  up-to-date methods and  a cash  register adapted  to 
the  wants  of  the merchant of to-day.  Such  a cash  register is 
the CH AIT PI ON, which  is  hailed with  delight  and  approval 
by the  trade everywhere as one of the  mechanical  marvels  of 
the  age.  The  superiority  of  the  CHAMPION  over every 
other register ever invented is conceded  at a glance,  as it is the 
only register which  enables the merchant to  keep  an  accurate 
account of the sales ot each  clerk or  an  itemized  record  of  the 
transactions of each  department,  or both.

As progressive merchants and shrewd  business  men,  the 
j officers  of  the  Parker  &  Fleming  Co. take rank with fancy 
groceis  anywhere.  Read  their  opinion  of  the  CHAHPION 
cash  register:
PARKER  &  FLEMING  CO.,
Jobbers and  Retailers  of,
PURE  FOOD  PRODUCTS.

Champion  Cash  Register  Co.,  Grand Rapids,  Mich.:
G e n t l e m e n — When we opened our branch store in the new Library  block  last 
month,  we  purchased  one of your cash registers for use in that store, and find it a 
great satisfaction to be able to check over each day’s  transactions  and  know  just 
what each clerk is doing.  We have examined several other kinds  of  registers,  but 
have not seen anything that would do our work as satisfactorily  as  the  Champion.

Jackson,  Mich., Oct. 16,  1894. 

We take great pleasure in recommending it.
Yours truly,

Parker & Fleming Co.,

D.  S. Fleming, Sec’y and Treas.
¡®“Every essential feature of the CHAMPION is  fully  protected  by  patents 
owned and controlled by the Champion Cash Register Co.  Users  will  be  protected 
and infringements will not be allowed.
H®“Merchants desiring to inspect our Register are requested to drop us a card, 
so that one of our agents can call when in the dealer’s yicinity. 
It  will  cost  noth­
ing to see the machine and have its merits explained.

Manufactured  only by

Ghsmpion  Gash  Register  Go.

Grand Rapids, flieh.

AROUND  THE  STATE.

M O V E M E N T S   O F   M E R C H A N T S . 

Hersey—J.  C.  Meagher,  meat dealer at 

this place,  is dead.

Jones—B. S.  Keed has removed his dry 
goods stock f rotu Cassopolis to this place.
Hudson—Garrison & Garrison,  grocers» 
have dissolved,  A.  1.  Garrison  succeed­
ing.

Hancock—Wendell & Schulte have pur 
chased the general stock of  W.  H.  Rob 
erts.

Birmingham—Mudge  & Allen are  suc­
ceeded  by  K. J.  Kinnisten in the bakery 
business.

Homer—Burgess & Dowker succeed H. 
L.  Cook  in  the  grocery  and restaurant 
business.

Jonesville—W.  H.  Taylor succeeds W.

E.  Taylor  in the  restaurant  and  bakery 
business.

Bay City—Geo.  H.  Shearer,  of  F.  H. 
Shearer & Co.,  wholesale and  retail jew­
elers,  is  dead.

Midland—Mack, Whipple & Co. succeed 
Frank Mack in  the  dry  goods  and  boot 
and shoe business.

Whitehall—Dallas Johnson has opened 
a meat  market  at  the  location  recently 
vacated  by Fred Herren.

Lowell—Having  failed 

to  secure  a 
compromise  with  their  creditors,  the C.
G. Stone & Sou  dry goods  stock  will  be 
sold  at  public  sale  by 
the  assignee 
Nov. 8.

Biteley—Reynolds  & Nason,  who have 
been  engaged  in  the  shingle  mill  and 
grocery business at this place,  have  dis­
solved.  The business will  be  continued 
by J.  B.  Nason.

Kalamazoo—M. S. Scoville will  open a 
meat market in connection  with  his  gro­
cery store.  Those who know  the  owner 
will need no assurance as to  the  quality 
of meat he will handle.

St. Charles—J.  H.  Haminill  has  pur­
chased  a  half  interest  in  the  grocery 
stock of Willis & Co.  The  business will 
be continued at the same  location  under 
the same firm name, giving special atten 
tion  to the purchase and sale  of  country 
produce and  fruits.

Jacksou—The broom  factory of  S.  W. 
Phillips  has  been  purchased  by  the 
Crown Paper Co.,  which  will  hereafter 
operate it in  connection  with  its  paper 
warehouse,  aud  both  concerns  will  be 
enlarged.

South  Manistique—Hall  &  Buell  in­
tend cutting 17.000,000 feet  of  pine  this 
winter  for  next  season’s  sawing.  The 
firm’s mill at that point  will have turned 
out 10,000,000 feet of lumber  at the close 
of the season.

the 

Manistee—Notwithstanding 

re 
moval of the duty on  salt,  the  Michigan 
Salt Association has recently  raised  the 
price 5 cents a barrel,  and a  large  quan­
tity is  being  shipped  out  daily.  R.  G. 
Peters evidently has  faith in  the future, 
as he has just let  a  contract  for  a  new 
well,  on  which  work  has  begun,  and 
which he hopes to have  pumping by  the 
time the mills open in  the  spring.  This 
will  make six wells at his plant  at  East- 
lake,  where,  with  his  present  capacity, 
he turns out  over  2,000  barrels  of  salt 
everyday.

Lansing—Greatly to  the  regret  of  all 
concerned the State Board of Agriculture 
has decided that  the dairy  school  estab­
lished  last  season  by  Prof.  Clinton  D. 
Smith must remain simply a butter school 
another season, owing  to  the  lack  of  a 
building suitable for intruction in cheese­
making.  An earnest appeal will  be made 
to the Legislature  the  coming  winter  to 
appropriate  sufficient  funds  to  erect  a 
building  adapted  for  the  purpose  of  i 
dairy school,  in  which  event the curricu 
lum  will  be  augmented  so as  to  include 
courses  of  instruction  in  cheesemaking 
as  well as  buttermaking.  The  work  of 
Prof.  Smith is  already  productive  of ex 
cellent  results  and  all  true  friends  of 
dairying should rally to his support in this 
matter.

MEN  OF  MARK.

W m .  J.  Rogers,  S e c re ta rv   of  th e   New 

Y ork  C ondensed  Milk  Co.

Nashville—A. J.  Reynolds has sold his 
interest in  the grocery  stock  of  Brunini 
& Reynolds to his partner,  who will  con­
tinue the business  under the  style  of  P.
H.  Brumm.  The  retiring  partner  will 
devote his entire attention to  the  wagon 
and carriage business  established  by  his 
father,  the late B.  F.  Reynolds.

Crystal—C.  S.  Baker has  sold his drug 
stock to A.  Lee Smith,  who formerly con­
ducted  the  drug  business  at  the  same 
stand for  several  years.  As  Mr.  Smith 
is attending  medical  lectures at Detroit, 
the business  is being  managed in his ab­
sence  by  Henry  Phillips,  formerly  en­
gaged in the drug business  at Middleton.
Detroit—The  James  Nall  Co.,  organ­
ized  for  the  purpose  of  manufacturing 
and selling furniture  and  house furnish­
ing goods, has filed articles of association 
with the county clerk.  The capital stock 
is 87,500, all of  which  is  represented  to 
have  been  paid  in.  The  incorporators 
are  James  Nall,  Edwin  B.  Nall  and 
Daniel T. Smith.

Wm. J.  Rogers was born  in the City of 
New York,  May  23,  1843.  He was  edu­
cated in the public schools in  the city of 
his nativity, attending school until nearly 
18 years of age.  About  that  time  came 
Lincoln’s  call  for  “75,000  volunteers.” 
In April,  1861,  young Rogers  enlisted  in 
the famous 9th  New  York  regiment  of 
volunteers,  better  known  as  Hawkins’ 
Zouaves.  This  regiment  distinguished 
itself  in  many  battles,  particularly  at 
Roanoke Island  and Antietam,  in which 
latter engagement it lost 67  per  cent,  of 
its  members.  Col.  Hawkins,  its  com­
mander,  was one of the bravest and most 
daring  officers  in  the  service,  and  he 
was backed and emulated  by  every  man 
in  his  command.  The  brilliancy  and 
dash  with which  they  “ went  at”  their 
work, their unflinching courage  and  de­
termination  under fire,  made them a  ter­
ror to their enemies.  At  the  expiration 
of the term of service for which they had 
enlisted, Capt Rogers  and  his company 
returned to New York and  he  was  soon 
actively engaged in  the  organization  of 
another company to go  to the front with 
a  new  regiment.  The  celebrated  New 
York  riots  broke  out  about  this  time, 
and the new regiment  volunteered  their
Lumber Co.  has  been changed to Menom- j services for the purpose  of  quelling  the 
inee Saw Mill Co. 
| riots.  They were  led  by  the  late  Gen. |

Alma—Tinker  &  Lancashire  succeed 
Tinker,  Lancashire & Co.  in the maufac- 
ture of sash, doors,  biinds, etc.

Menominee—The name of  the  Detroit 

M A N U F A C T U R IN G   M A T T E R S .

with  the sales  department,  superintend 
ing the placing of the  entire  product  of 
the company.  His  advancement,  whic 
was undoubtedly due to  the  recognition 
on  the  part  of  his  associates  of-  hi 
ability,  integrity  and  sound  judgment 
was rapid  from the start,  until,  in  885 
he was elevated to the position  of Secre 
tary of the compauy.  Such an office in 
business of such  magnitude  requires  ex 
ecutive ability of the highest  order,  and 
the  fact  that  he  was  advanced  to  the 
place is the  best  evidence  that  he  pos 
sesses the requisite ability.  A  record of 
thirty years’  connection  with  one  house 
is  unusual,  and  is  testimony  that  the 
value of his services  is  appreciated,  and 
that the company  has  made  no  mistake 
s seen  in the fact  that its business is in­
creasing rapidly from year to year.

Personally,  Mr.  Rogers is a  gentleman 
of marked individuality.  He is a man of 
strong  likes and dislikes,  but mauages to 
acquire  about  as  many  friends  as  any 
man  in trade,  and it is a  noteworthy fact 
that  the  friends  he  makes  he  seldom 
loses.  He is a man of marvelous discern­
ment  and  intuition,  reading  men  at  a 
glance as easily  as  many  people  read  a 
book aud forming conclusions of men and 
methods  which  invariably  prove  to  be 
correct.  Broad  guage  in  his  ideas and 
far-reaching in  his methods,  Mr.  Rogers 
has achieved a success of which any man 
might well  be  proud and  there  is  every 
reason  for  believing  that the future has 
in store for him added  honors  and  posi­
tions of trust.

The D ry Goods M arket.

Manufacturers  of  cotton  goods  are 
catching up with their orders  and do not 
anticipate any further  changes in  prices 
until January.

Dress flannels and tricots remain scarce 

and are hard to get in some  colors.

Cambrics have declined j^c, due  large­
ly to competition  among  manufacturers.

XBOffi  U ltH IQ A H   TRADESMAJSr.
Saginaw—Schuette  &  Co.,  who  re­
cently purchased the Hoyt  planing  mill 
plant, have a large force of  men at work 
putting the buildings in  shape,  and  new 
machinery will be put in.

Jardine,  and  their  efforts were  entirely 
successful.  Mr.  Rogers  served with dis­
tinction until the close of  the  war,  and 
about a year after its close, in 1866, he as­
sisted  and  was  chiefly  instrumental  in 
organizing the first  regiment  of  militia, 
which was  composed  of  volunteers who 
had served  in  the  army  and  had  been 
honorably  discharged.  This  regiment 
was  known  as  the  “First  Regiment  of 
Volunteers,  State  Militia,  Hawkins’ 
Zouaves,” and  became  one  of  the  best 
drilled and most orderly  in  the  service. 
It served  the  State  ten  years  and  was 
then  disbanded. 
Shortly  after  being 
mustered out of the  service,  Mr.  Rogers 
entered  the  employ  of  the  New  York 
Condensed  Milk  Co.,  with  which  busi­
ness he  has  ever  since  been  identified. 
He has been connected more particularly

PRODUCE  M ARKET.

Apples—There seems to be no end  to  the  sup 
ply of this staple fruit.  Buyers  In  the  country 
report  the  quantity  of  unpicked  as enormous 
New York, Maine and other  Eastern  States  are 
shipping their fruit West at a price which makes 
our  dealers  tired—they cannot compete with it. 
The market  for  American  apples  is  extremely 
dull, with little prospect of a revival,  and,  alto 
gether,  the  outlook  for  the  remainder  of the 
crop is far from encouraging.  Dealers here say 
they cannot get more than $2 per  bbl.  for  prime 
winter  stock and this hardly lets them out even.
Beans—Are lower than for several  years.  Lo­
cal  handlers  are  buying  at  outside  points and 
report the  supply  as  undiminished.  They  can 
get all they want at $1®1.15 per bu , and  even at 
those figures some of them have stopped buying. 
An uueasy feeling pervades the  market,  caused 
by the uncertainty as to the  amount  of  foreign 
competition which will have  to  be  met  on  ac 
count  of  the  decreased  duty-  If  the influx of 
Canadian  beaus  should  be  large,  the  price  is 
likely to go still lower;  otherwise  it  is  thought 
that bottom has been reached.

Butter—Best dairy is scarce and  higher.  It is 

Beets—Washed bring 30c per  bu.  on  the  mar­

held at I83~0c.  Creamery, <¡3¡£¿4.
ket; unwashed ¿5c.
Cabbage—The market price is 30c per  doz.  for 

small and medium and 50c for large.

Cauliflowers—Sell  on  the  market  at  75c  per 

doz.  Very fine bring $1.30.

Celery—Is held by dealers at 12% 315c per  doz. 
Egg Plant—The market price is $1 per doz. 
Eggs—Firm at 17@lSc per doz.
Grapes—Concords (home-grown)  are  held  by 

dealers at lie per 8-lb basket.  Niagaras, 18c. 

tuce—Grocers pay 10c per lb 

Onions—Yellow Dauyers have fallen to 25c per 
bu. and are likely to go lower.  A  peculiar  feat­
ure of the market this season is  that  consumers 
want reds  aud  apparently  have  determined  to 
take no others.  This has had the effect  of  hold, 
ing the price of reds up and they are  10c  higher 
than Danvers.  If the market is not to be glutted 
with reds the price must come down.

Parsnips—Grocers pay 40j$5tc per bu.
Parsley—Is  held by growers at 2t @25e per doz. 
Peppers—Aiout  out  of  the  market.  They 

bring.ioc per bu.

Potatoes—What  The  T rad e-man  said  a few 
weeks ago concerning the big yield is now being 
verified  Reports  from  all  over  the  country 
are to the effect that the yield is  fully  equal  to 
last year and the  acreage  much  greater.  Some 
sections report the tubers to be of  poor  quality, 
but, generally, the only fault found is  that  they 
are too green to ship.  Where the tops  have  not 
been injured by the frost,  the  potatoes  are  still 
growing,wnich will continue until cold weather 
puts  an  end  to  it.  Growers  are  se.ling  freely 
at 30@50c per bu., aud the prospect is that before 
long the people will again be treated to 25c pota­
toes  The prophets were.not ‘ in it” this year at 
least.

Pears—Californias bring $1@1.25 per box. 
Quinces—Dealers hold them at *1  per bu. 
Radishes—Grocers pay 8<JiGc per doz.
Sweet Potatoes—Jersey’s prime stock,  are  held 

by dealers at 70c per bu. 

squash—'The mar  et price is l@l%c per lb. 
Tomatoes—Are slow sale at 30&4UC per bu. 
Turnips—Washed are sold  on  the  market  for 

30c per bu.

doz. 

*

\  egetable  Oysters—Grocers  pay  20@25c  per 

Henry J.  Vinkemulder,
Frifits  and  Vegetables,

JOBBER  OF

^18»  420,  445  and  447  So.  Division 

St  Grand  Rapids.

We have some very nice  Red  and  Yel- 
If  you  can  use  a carload 
[ low  Onions. 
can  make  you a low  price.  Quote  you 
Fancy  Yellow  Onions  at  45c  per  bu. 
Fancy  Red  Onions  45c  per  bu.  No.  1 
Winter Apples 82 per bbl.  No. 2 Winter 
Apples  81-75  per  bbl.  Fancy  Jersey 
Sweet Potatoes 82.25  per  bbl.  Cabbage 
30 to  40c  per  doz.  Home-grown  celery 
15c per doz.

If  you  have  any  Fresh Eggs to offer 

please quote us  price.

Favor  us  with  your  orders,  they  will 
always  have our prom pt  and  careful  a t­
in 
tention  and  benefit  of  any  decline 
prices.

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JL’-fcLK  MICHIGAN  THADWHMAN.
D.  H.  Powers,  the  portrait  artist,  has 
painted  a  portrait  of  Geo  F.  Owen, 
heroic size,  which will  be  on  exhibition 
in The Tradesman office  until  the  De­
cember  convention  of 
the  Michigan 
Knights  of  the  Grip,  when  it  will  be 
transferred to  Lockerby  Hall,  to  assist 
his  candidacy  for 
the  Secretaryship. 
The artist  has idealized  his  subject  and 
all  who have seen  the portrait  are  warm 
in praise of the skill of the  artist  in  de­
picting the sang froid characteristic of the 
subject.  The  portrait  is  the  personal 
contribution  of  Mr.  Powers  and  John 
Smytbe to the canvass of  Mr.  Owen and 
it  will,  undoubtedly,  contribute  in  no 
small degree to  his  success  at  the  con­
vention.

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

The  Musselman  Grocer  Co.  has  fur­
nished a new grocery stock to Johnson & 
Kaiser, 
the  new  grocery  firm  at  Cad­
illac.

Herman  Jahn,  hardware  dealer  at 
Emma,  ind.,  has  added  a  line  of  gro­
ceries.  The Musseiman Grocer  Co.  fur­
nished the  stock.

Dr. 

Isaac  Watts  has  sold  his  drug 
stock  at  1213  South  Division  street  to 
John  G.  Jackson,  who  has  removed  it 
to 115 West Bridge street.

Miss  Mary  Lankester  has  opened  a 
dry goods  store  on  the  corner  of  East 
Bridge and North  Lafayette  streets.  P. 
Steketee & Sons furnished the stock.

Riley Devine has opened  a grocery and 
shoe store at Douglass.  The Olney & Jud- 
son  Grocer  Co.  furnished  the  groceries 
and the  Reeder  Bros.  Shoe  Co.  supplied 
the boots and shoes.

E.  F.  Brucker,  formerly  a  member  of 
the  merchandise  brokerage 
firm  of 
Brucker &  Gehlert,  of  Detroit,  has  re­
moved to this city and  embarked  in  the 
brokerage business, 
llis  office  is in  the 
Michigan Trust Co.  building.

Birt Lackey  has  sold  his  interest  in 
the stock of Kline &  Lackey,  grocers  at 
183 Broadway, to his  partner,  who  will 
continue the business at  the  same  loca­
tion  under the style  of  Mrs.  Ida  Kline. 
Mr.  Lackey  will  remove  to  Texas  and 
enter the employ of a lumber firm.

Albert  Coye,  who  came  to  this  city 
from Rochester,  N.  Y.,  in  1854  and  em­
barked in the  manufacture  of  awnings, 
tents and sails,  died  at  the  family resi­
dence at 88 Turner street Sunday,  as the 
culmination  of  many  years’  suffering 
from asthma.  Deceased  was  a  man  of 
excellent character and  habits,  a  leader 
in church and  temperance  work,  caring 
only for the  applause  of  his  own  soul. 
Generous to a fault,  loyal to  bis  friends 
and  absolutely  without  enemies,  de­
ceased  pursued  the  even  tenor  of  his 
way without exciting  the  admiration  of 
the world, outside of the  immediate  cir­
cle in  which  he  moved,  but  leaves  the 
world better for having lived in it.

G ripsack  B rigade.

C.  W. Caskey,  founder of the Petoskey 
Furniture Co.,  is  now  traveling  on the 
road for that corporation.

Geo. A.  Newhall  (1.  M.  Clark  Grocery 
Co.)  has returned from  Boston,  where he 
attended  the  deathbed  and  funeral  of 
his sister.

The Michigan Vapor Stove Co.  already 
has two men out  on  the  road  soliciting 
orders for next  season’s  delivery—Chas. 
L.  Comey  in  the East and  W.  H.  Gardner 
in  the West.

F. 

S.  Dresskell,  who  has  covered  this 

territory  for  the  past  eight  years  for 
the  Chattield  &  Woods  Co.,  of  Cincin­
nati,  has resigned  his  position,  to  take 
effect January 1.  Geo.  F.  Kenney,  Pres­
ident of the  Mosher-Burgess  Paper.  Co., 
of Chicago,  has tendered  his  resignation, 
to take effect at the  same time,  when the 
two will  form  a  copartnership  under the 
style of Dresskell  & Kenney  and embark 
in the commission paper business  at  De­
troit.  The firm  will carry  no  stock,  but 
will  handle the product of several  mills, 
shipping the goods direct from the mills. 
Both  gentlemen  are  popular  salesmen 
and  will,  undoubtedly,  meet  with  de­
served success.

O b jects  to   th e   O ther  F ellow ’s  S late.
Jackson.  Oct.  27  The  Tradesman 
came to  hand  this  week,  as  it  always 
does,  and  1  noticed  a  communication 
from  my  friend  Reynolds,  of  Saginaw, 
and  in  reading it over came to  the  same 
conclusion of what I  have heard  a  num­
ber of the boys say  this  week—that,  as 
Saginaw had completed  the  State  ticket 
for the  Michigan  Knights  of  the  Grip, 
there  would  be  no  necessity  of  holding 
the  annual  meeting  at  Grand  Rapids. 
Now,  in justice to  the  members at large, 
1 think  this slate  making  all  wrong,  and 
out of place.  Every  post has  a right  to 
select some candidate  for  some  position 
and  present the same at the annual meet­
ing for the consideration of  the  conven­
tion.  Now,  my  friend from Saginaw has 
had  the  position  of  Treasurer  several 
years.  Why  would it not be  a good  time 
for him to step  ont  and  let  some  other 
good member from  Saginaw take the po­
sition?  My advice to the  Association  is 
to  make  the  offices  of  Secretary  and 
Treasury one.  This would save our As­
sociation  between one and  two  hundred 
dollars each  year;  and the  prospects  are 
strong that it will  be  done.  Then  Bro. 
Rey nolds can make the run for President 
if he has  not  pledged  himself  to  some 
one else.  Last  year  a  slate  was  made 
and  broken and that  same  slate  lost  us 
several members and made  hard  feelings 
between  two Posts.  Let us  avoid  these 
things and go to Grand Rapids unpledged 
and  there  vote  for  those  men  who  we 
think  are  best  fitted  for  the  different 
offices. 

A.  F.  Peake.

W ill N ot See D etroit D isp arag ed .

Saginaw',  Oct.  24—It  is  evident  that 
the editor of the Saginaw News is not  up 
If  he  were,  he 
to the times in etiquette. 
would not so loudly praise the  entertain­
ment given  by the Saginaw K.  of  G.  on 
the  occasion  of the last annual  meeting. 
He  says  it  was  the  best entertainment 
which has yet  been  given.  Probably  he 
did not attend the banquet  of Post C,  the 
year before  at Detroit. 
If  he  had  been 
present,  he  certainly  would  not  have 
given  us the cut he has.  We endeavored 
to conduct our  banquet  in such  a manner 
that  there  would  be no  cause for  “kick­
ing,” and  it seems to me that no commer­
cial  traveler  who has the  interest of  the 
organization at heart would  give us  such 
a cut.  No one hears any of the members 
of Post C praising their work.  Of course, 
the whole State  is  fighting  Detroit,  but 
you  can  rest  assured that  “she is up  in 
the  front  row  where  most  of  the  bald 
heads are to  be seen,”  and will uot  take 
a back seat  for any city  for hospitality— 
not even Saginaw.  Windy  Williams.

Ja c k so n   Jo ttin g s.

Gould  Bayliss has  purchased the stock 
of groceries at the  corner of  First  street 
from  A.  C. 
and  Greenwood  avenue 
Ranney and  will  continue the business.
Joseph  Robinson,  from  Detroit,  has 
opened  a  grocery  store on  Lausing ave-1 
nue, near North  street.
John Greek has  put in a  stock  of  gro-1 
ceries  at  the  corner  of  Lansing avenue I 
and North street.
The grocery firm of Allen & Morehouse, 
on North  Jackson  street,  has  been  dis­
solved, Mr. Morehouse retiring.

Im p o rtan t  D ecision  A ffecting  P ed d lers 

Lansing,  Oct.  18—Attorney-General 
Ellis has filed an opinion  touching  upon 
an important feature of the law requiring 
hawkers and peddlers to take out a State 
license.  The  question  was  raised  by 
George P.  Stone,  a St.  Louis attorney,  on 
behalf of a client and  was referred to the 
Attorney-General  by Deputy State Treas­
urer Howard.  Mr.  Stone  contended that 
the law was unconstitutional  for the rea­
son that it  put  a  restraint  upon  trade, 
but  the  Attorney-General  holds that  the 
tax  is a specific one,  which  the  Legisla­
ture  has  full  authority to impose.  The 
latter also holds that a farmer who raises 
stock and butchers it has a right to travel 
through the country and  sell  it  without 
taking out a license, the meat then  being 
as  purely  a  product  of  his  farm  as  a 
cereal  is. 
It is held, however, that when 
a farmer buys stock  from others and then 
butchers  it  he  must  take  out  the  re­
quired license before selling it.
From  C redit to  C ash a n d  C oupon Books
T r a v e r s e   C i t y ,  Oct.  27—Enclosed 
herewith  find my check  for $5,  for which 
kindly send me an  assortment of  coupon 
books  suitable  for  a  merchant  of  my 
standing.
I am  going to  commence  selling  on  a 
strictly  cash  basis  Nov.  1,  and  these 
coupons  are  for  those  of my customers 
who  want  to  pay  in  advance. 
I  shall 
give a discount  of 5 per  cent,  to all  pur­
chasing books.  I have demonstrated that 
the cash system  is the best  in the  coun­
try  and  I  am  confident  I  can do better 
here by doing  a  cash  business.  1  shall 
publish it in our local papers  and reduce 
prices on some  articles, and  1  am  confi­
dent that in a year  from now  1  will  have 
just as much trade as I do  now and shall 
have contracted no poor accounts.

W. T h u r t e l l .

P u re ly  P erso n al.

J.  L.  Taylor,  the Ionia  grocer,  was  in 

town Monday.

H.  M.  Gibbs,  the  Howard  City  drug­
gist,  was  recently  married  to  an  esti­
mable young lady of Detroit.

G.  M.  Harwood,  the Petoskey druggist, 

has been in town  for a  week,  recruiting 
his health.  He will spend the next week 
with friends in Detroit.

J. W.  Milliken,  the Traverse  City  dry 
goods merchant,  was in town  a couple of 
days last week on business for the  Acme 
Potato Planter Co.,  in  which  enterprise 
he is a leading spirit.

H ides  a n d   P elts.

Hides—The  feature  of  the  market  is 
the scarcity of hides  and  the  downward 
tendency  of  prices.  The  tanners  still 
complain of high prices and  are doing no 
more buying than they are compelled  to. 
The local market is dull.

T he Drug- M arket.

Gum opium  is decidedly firmer and  ad­
vancing,  with  prospects of  much  higher 
prices.

Morphia is  unchanged.
Quinine is steady.
There  are no  other  changes of  impor­

tance to note.

F rom   O ut  o f Tow n.

Calls  have  been  received  at  T h e  
T r a d e s m a n  office during  the  p a st  week 
from the following gentleman in trade:

J.  H.  Baker & Co., Cannonsburg.
John Pikaart,  Brookside.
Ma-don & Hammond. Grandville.
J.  W.  Milliken,  Traverse City.
J.  L.  Taylor.  Ionia.
Dwinell,  Wright  &  Co.’s  Royal  Java 
and  Mocha coffee  is being  served  at  the 
exhibit  of  Majestic  ranges  at  Foster, 
Stevens & Co.’s this  week and next.  All 
grocers are invited  to call and sample it. 
This brand is  controlled  in  this  market 
by the Olney <& Judson Grocer Co.

P a te n t  E ggs  D enounced.

The Ohio State Food Commissioner has 
declared that  patent  eggs  shall  not  be 
sold in the markets  of 
that  State,  and 
has seized a shipment of  them  in  transit 
from  the  manufacturer in New  York  to 
a  Cincinnati  dealer.  The  dessicated 
egg has sold at 45 cents  per  pound,  and 
one  pound  is  equivalent  to  six  dozen 
eggs.  The Commissioner’s  chemist  says 
the  albumen  in 
the  dessicated  egg  is 
obtained from  the eggs of  fish-eating  sea 
birds,  which can  be secured  by  the  mil­
lion  on  the  low  uninhabitable  islands 
along the Atlantic coast.  They  are  not 
fit for  food,  and  the  albumen  alone  is 
taken from  them  in  making  dessicated 
eggs.  The  patent  egg  is  largely  used 
by hotels and  bakeries.

It is said  that  the  government of  Ja­
maica is likely soon to be eutirely  in  the 
hands of negroes.  The attorney  general 
is a negro,  and so are a  large  number  of 
the officials of the government.
The jaws of  death that  people  are  al­
ways being snatched from are partly sup­
plied  by the  talk of  tiresome  folks  who 
bore people to death  with  their jaw.

FOR  SALE,  W ANTED,  ETC.

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No advertisements  taken for  less  than 25 cents 
Advance payment.
RICK  STORE  TO  RENT:  LIVING  ROOMS 
above; good trading point,  surrounded  by 
good  farming  lands:  abundance  of  fruit; rea- 
sonable terms.  Address A. L. Power, Kent City, 
Mleh:___________________  
626
■ ANTED—A  MAN  WITH  $2,000  READ I 
cash to take half interest in  a  well estab­
lished hardware business in a  live  town  of  500 
population.  Good farming country,  good  trade 
and no competition  Address No, 625, cate Mich­
igan Tradesman. 
gt>5
F or  sa l e—a  shoe  b u sin ess,  or  h a lf
interest in ssme.  on  one  of  the  principal 
streets in Grand Rapids  New stock, good trade, 
location  Al.  Address  No.  624.  care  Michigan 
Tradesman._________  
g2l
ETAIL  MILK  BUSINESS  FORSVLE—THE 
best route in  a  city  of  45,000  inhabitants, 
embracing  the  product  of some 40 cows  2 good 
wagons and 3 horses, toge her with cans and  all 
fixtures,  good  will  of  the  business,  etc.;  the 
chance of a lifetime to make  money:  good  rea­
sons for  selling.  Address  P.  O.  box  2!7  Fort 
Wayne, Ind. 
ANTED—AGENT  IN  EVERY  TOWN  IN 
v V  Western Michigan  for the  Palmer  Laun­
dry.  Strictly  first-class  work. Address  A  J
Giddings. Prop., Grand  Rapids. Mich 
621
Gr e a t  o ppo r tu n ity- to  r e n t  f in e
store in  Fenton,  Mich.  Best  opportunity 
Tor  dry  goods  and  notions  in  Mich.  No store 
now on south side of river.  Address Lock  Kox 
gja
96. Fenton. Mich. 
ARDWARE  FOR  SALE-A  NICE  CLEAN 
stock,  good  opening  and  will  inventory 
*  50o  to  $2.000.  Address  “Hardware”  care  of 
Michigan Tradesman. 
I41 *R SA-LE—A FULLY EyTIPPED SHINGLE 
,  mill  Perkins machinery,  having a capacity 
or  4o,001  shingles  per  day,  now  in  ope-ation. 
Situated on a good stream and in a cheapshingle 
timber district.  First-class Huvett & Smith  dry 
kiln  in  connection.  Will  sell  cheap  for cash. 
Good chance  for  mill  man  with  some  money 
Reasons  for  selling  given  to  one  who  means 
business.  Morse & Schneider. Seney, Mich.  620
TX7ILL  PAY  GASH  FOR  STOCK  OF  OLOTH- 
infvlf Priee  18  right.  Address  Box  tlte. 
Cadillac  Mich._____ 
BN  TO  SELL  BAKING  POWDER TO THE 
grocery  trade  Steady  employment,  ex­
perience unnecessary.  *75 month!v  and  expen 
ses or com.  If offer satisfactory address at once 
with  particulars  concerning  yourself.  U  S 
Chemical Works, Chicago. 
/ T r e a t  o f f e r - f in e   stock  o f  w a ll
VJ  paper,  paints,  varnishes,  picture  frames 
and room mouldings for  sale.  Reason  for  sell­
ing.  death of proprietor.  Good paving business 
in a very desirable location.  All  new  stock  in­
voicing  from  *2,5! 0  to  *3,con.  Address  Mrs
Theresa Schwind, Grand Rapids,_____  
*61
T3LANING  MILL—WE  OFFER  FOR  SALK 
A 
the North Side Planing Mill,  which is first- 
class in every  respect,  or  will  receive  proposi­
tions to locate the business in some other  thriv­
ing town.  Correspondence and inspection solic- 
ited.  Sheridan. Boyce A <  o.. Manistee, Mich  613
■\TEARLY NEW  BAR-LOCK  TYPEWRITER 
J.N 
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. 
Y1TANTED— VERY  D RU GGIST  JU ST  
v V  starting in business and every one already 
started to use our system of poison labels.  What 
has cost you 115 you can now  get  for  *4 
four­
teen  labels  do  the  work  of  113.  Tradesman 
Company,  Grand Rapids.___________
SITUATIONS  W ANTEit.
■ ANTED—PO&ITION  AS  CHEMIST  OR 
drug clerk by assist -nt pharmacist.  Grad­
uate  of Pharmacy School. Michigan  I'niversity 
degree  Ph  C.  Single.  Do  not  use  liquor  or 
tobacco  M. F.  Nichols,  223  East  Bridge  St., 
Grand Rapids. 

617

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN
Dry Goods Price Current.

DEMINS.

P osition  o f  th e   M iddlem an.

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trade 

the  ones 

BLEACHED  OOTTONS.

(XNBLBACHBD COTTONS.

Columbian XXX  br.lo 

Lancaster,  staple...  5*4 

“  No.220,.,.12
“  No.250....1P
“  No. 280—   8

Adriatic
Argyle....................  534
Atlanta A A............ 6
Atlantic A........  ...  6*

Columbian brown.. 12
Everett, blue...........11
brown....... li
Haymaker blue......  734
brown...  7*
Jeffrey.................... 11*
Lancaster  .............. 12*4
Lawrence, 9 os........12*4

Arrow Brand 4M 
World Wide.  6
hit............... 4*
Full Yard Wide......6*
i Georgia  A..............6*
Honest Width........  6
Hartford A  ............ 5
Indian Head..........   5*4
King A  A............... 6*4
King EC.................  5
Lawrence  L L........4*4
. « ^ . „ vuotwuuujim
; Madras cheese cloth 6if
R 
5 
v .......«U
D Ì)""  5$
x

Is he essential, or is he a  tax on trade? 
That’s one of  the  questions  of the  day. 
If we are on any side of the question,  we 
lean to the  side  of  the  middleman.  W 
think the  help he renders  in  the  distri 
bution of  commodities  is  greater  than 
the  hindrances.  Modern 
has 
drifted into that way of  doing  business, 
and  the  methods  adopted  by  traders
the new methods—are  very  apt  to  be 
better  than 
they  supplant 
Better  ways  are  always  in  order,  and 
better things surely are in  store  for  us, 
to be found out and  used,  if we  only  act 
reasonably and  kindly.

Amoskeag..............12
9o*......14
brown .14
Andover................ 11*4
Beaver Creek AA... 10 
BB...  9
„ 
CC....
Boston Mfg Co.  br..  7 
d ............e
blue  8*4 
. 
h h ............   414
“  d & twist 10*4 
Amory.....................634
Archery  Bunting.
XXX  bl.19  ]
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Beaver Dam  A A ..  4*4
BlackstoneO,32  ...  5 
Black tto w ............ 6  Newmarket  G......... 5*   Amoskeag
Black  Rock  ...........5% 
Pen
Persian dress 6*» 
fancies ....  6 
“ 
Boot, AL...............   7  I 
Canton..  7
11  Normandie  6
Capital  A............... 6141 
AFC........5*4
Lancashire.............   434
Cavanat V.................
Teazle... 10*4 
Manchester............  434
5*1 
Chapman cheese cl.  3% Nolbe R.......... 5
Angola 
10*¡Monogram..............  434
Clifton  C R ..............5* Our Level  Best......6
Persian
7  {Normandie...........   6*4
Arlington staple... 
Comet......................534 Oxford  R...............   g
6*  Persian.................    6V
nwlght Star............  6*  Pequot.............. 
Arasapha  fancy
7
Ph*  fancy—   434 Renfrew Dress....... 7*4
„ 
Clifton CCC...........5*4 Solar.......................”  g
Bates Warwick dres  7*4!Rosemont.................6*4
staples.  6
¡Top of the  Heap....’  7 
Slatersville............ 6
Centennial...........   10*4
Somerset.................7
A B C ......................8*4
Criterion................10*4
Geo. Washington...  8
Tacoma  .................7*4
Amazon.................. 8
Cumberland staple.  5*4
Glen Mills.............   7
Toll  du Nord.........8*4
Amsburg.................6
Cumberland...........  5
Gold Medal..............7*4
Wabash..................  7*4
Art Cambric...........10
Essex................... 
4 u
Green  Ticket...........8*4
seersucker..  7*4
Blackstone A A...... 7*4
Elfin.......................  7u
Great Falls...............6*4
Warwick...............  6
Beats All.................4
Everett classics......8*4
Hope........................ 7*4
Whittenden............  8
Boston.................... 12
Exposition............... 714
Just  Out...... .  4V@ 5
heather dr. 7*4 
Cabot.......................gv
Glenarie................   ¿14
King Phillip.......... 7v
Indigo blue 9 
Cabot,  %................. 534
Glenarven................634
OP.....  7*4
Wamsuttastaples...  63£
Charter  Oak__  ...  5 *4
Glenwood................ 7*4
Lonsdale Cambric.. 10
Westbrook..............  8
Conway W.............. 7u
Hampton.................. 5
Lonsdale...........  @  8
„   “ 
............10
Cleveland.............  6
Johnson Chalon cl 
*4 
Middlesex........   @ 4*4
Wlndermeer...........6
Dwight Anchor__   8
indigo blue 9*4 
No Name................   7*4
York  ......................634
shorts  8 
zephyrs__16 
I
Oak View............... 6
Edwards................. 6
Our Own.................  5*4
................   7
-----   -  Pride of the West...12
_  - 
Amoskeag................13
Georgia..................13
Farwell.................. 7  Rosalind...................7*4
Stark.....................  16*4
Fruit of the  Loom.  7 *41 Sunlight 
...........ku
F r u it n f th a   l  oom  
\7 r
American................12*4
I r llCUVliie
rp.__ 
Fitch v in e .............7 
iuoca% ïis.v;::::::  I*
1 hey  are everyw here  buying  First Prize
“  Nonpareil  ..10
I*
by  consumers,  i PnU Value..............35 |WJ?ite g(orse............  6

From  our  reading  and statistics it ap­
pears to be true that in  the  last  decade 
or  two  middlemen  are  on  the  increase 
and the  producers  or makers  are  on the 
decrease,  not in  every  case,  but  in*the 
large  majority  of  cases.  See  how  the 
business of the commercial  travelers has 
multiplied  since  its  beginning  a  few 
years ago.  The numbers now out on the 
road offering their wares is a  big  crowd.
and the money they  spend  each  year  *is | 
on a big scale,  as
continent.
butter,  beef and  wool  and  hundreds of j FM4ounteL.O0m.X’ i *  White Horse.......  ’
other  articles  needed 
They are in every country  store  unpack-1 Cabot......“
ing and showing their goods.  When  the 
inventor  brings out  a  new  good’ thing^ 
agents are  at work  in every  community 
bringing  the  producer  and  consumer 
together  and  gathering  in  his  comniis 
sions for the work.  Would it be  well  to 
interfere with that  helpful  fellow as  he 
comes to our door  with  new,  better  and 
cheaper things?  We say give him a show.
If he works things out for the  benefit  of 
the largest number he has  come to  stay.
There  are  some  cases,  of  course, 
in 
which some  middlemen outwit and  over­
reach  us.  Altogether,  however, 
the 
trade  machine  is  best  adjusted  and 
works  more  smoothly  with  the  middle 
wheel in. Neither the farmer nor the coun­
try merchant is  required, because  of  hi 
business, 
t< 
market.  The market  comes  to  him  bi 
telephone and the middleman.

Housewife  A...........5*4
-5*4.6
• 6*4 
.7 
•7*»
• 7*4
. 8*4
•8*4 
9*4 10 
10*4 11
....21
....14*4
CARPET  WARP.

Bleached. 
Housewife  Q .... 
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White.  Colored 
38
39
40
41
CAMBRICS.
Slater......................  4
White Star............  4
Kid Glove...............  4
Newmarket............   4
Fireman................ 32*4
Creedmore.............27K
Talbot XXX.......... 30
Nameless...............27*4

White.  Colored
No.  14........ 37 
42
43
16........ 38 
“ 
44
18........ 39 
“ 
45
“ 
20  
40 
[Edwards...............   4
Lockwood................ 4
Wood’s.............   ..  4
Brunswick...........  4

Red A Blue,  plaid..40
Union R................ 22*4
Windsor................ 18*4
6 oz Western..........20
Union  B................22*4
Nameless

CANVASS  AND  PADDING.
Brown
9*4
10*4
11*12*

B
C. 
D . 
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F . .. 
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K  ...
L.  ..
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N ....O.....
P ......

T w ..........................22*4
F T .......................  32V4
JR F , XXX........... 35
Buckeye................ 32*4

Clark’s Mile End....45
Coats’, J. <6 P ......... 45
Holyoke.................. 22*4

No.  6  . .   ..33 
8......... 34 
10......... 35 
12..........36 

Barbour's............... 95
Marshall’s  .............90

6*4
•734
.8*4
9*410
1634
11*4
12*4
13*4

Rock.
COTTONS.
Anchor.

they  travel  over  the

Farwell...................7*4

long  distances 

 “^^D w hihU

to  travel 

CANTON  FLANNBI*.

KNITTING  COTTON.

Unbleached.

MIXED  FLANNEL.

RED  FLANNEL.

DRAIN  BAGS.

THREADS,

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Grey S R W.............17«
Western W  ............ i8*t
D S P ........................18*4
Flushing XXX........23*4
Manitoba................ 23*4
DOMET  FLANNEL.
8  @9*1  “
9  @10* 12*
8 *@10  I  “
Slate
Black10*
10*4
11*12
11*12
20
West  Point, 8 oz . .  . 10*4 
10 oz  ...12*4
“ 
Raven, lO o z..........  
1314
........... 13*4
Stark 
Boston, 10 oz........... 12*4
WADDINGS.

Brown.
10*
11*12
20

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Slate.
Black
9*4
9*10*
10*4
11*
11*12*
12*4
Severen, 8 oz..........   9*4
May land, 8oz..........10*4
Greenwood, 7* oz..  9*4
Greenwood, 8 oz__ 11*4
Boston, 8 oz.............10*

Geo.  R.  Scott.

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DRESS  GOODS.

CORSET  JEANS.

..............8
.................  9
..............................10*4
GG  Cashmere........16*4
Nameless.............. 16
................18

COM
Corallne.................89 50
Schilling’s ...............9 00
Davis  Waists......   9 00
Grand  Rapids......   4 50|
Armory.................. 634
Androscoggin......... TU
Blddeford..............   6
Brunswick.........  ..  6*4
Allen turkey  reds..  5*4
robes.............5*4
“ 
pink a purple 5*4
“ 
“  Duffs  .........   5*4
pink  checks.  5*4
“ 
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staples........ 5
“ 
shirtings...  334
American fancy__5
American indigo...  4*4 
American shirtings.  3M 
Argentine  Grays...  6 
Anchor Shirtings...  4
Arnold 
__ 6
Arnold  Merino...... 6
long cloth B.  9 
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c   7
“ 
century cloth 7
“  gold seal...... 10*4
“  green seal TR 10*4 
“  yellow seal  . 10*4
“  serge.............11*4
“  T urkt/ red.. 10*6 
“ 

Peerless, white....... 17  ¡Integrity  colored... 18
colored... .19  White Star..............17
“  colored  .19
Integrity................. 18*41 
Hamilton 
Nameless................20
25
....27*4 
....30 
....32*4 
--- 35
Wonderful............$4
Brighton................. 4
Bortree’s ..............  9
Abdominal...........15
Naumkeag satteen.. . „
7*4
Rockport.................. ¿*4
Conestoga............... 7*4
Walworth  .............¿3£
Berwick fancies
5*
Clyde Robes...........
Charter Oak fancies  4 
DelMarlnecashm's. 5 
monrn’g  5*4
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Eddystone fancy... 5
chocolat  5
“ 
rober  ...  5
“ 
sateens.  5
“ 
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Hamilton fancy.  ...  5 
“ 
staple...  5 
Manchester fancy..  5
new era.  5 
Merrimack D fancy  5 
Merrlm’ck shirtings.  4 
‘‘  Reppfurn  8*4
p 
Pacific fancy  .........5
robes............5*4
“ 
Portsmouth robes...  6 
Simpson mourning..  5
greys........5
solid black.  5 
_  
Ballon solid black..
Washington Indigo.  6*4 
“  colors.
:  Turkey robes..  7 
Bengal blue,  green, 
India robes....  7 
red and  orange  . . .
“  plain Tky X \   7 
Berlin solids...........5*4
“  X..10
“ 
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“  oil bine........6
Ottoman  Tur­
.  6
“  “  green 
key red 
..........    6*4
11  Foulards 
Martha Washington
red 34  ...
“ 
^Turkey red 34...... 7
“  “ 
Martha Washington
Turkey red.9*4
“  “  3-4XXXX 12
Rlverpolntrobes....  5
  5
Windsor fancy........6*4
madders...  5
r 
y y 
,  “ 
£  I  Indigo  blue......... 10*4
solids  ........5 
lHarmony.......... 4^
TICKINGS. 
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Amoskeag A C A.... 11*4
AC A .......................
Hamilton N .............7
Pemberton AAA."   16
D............ 8
York....................  
inu
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Awning.. 11
Swift River......... '"  714
Farmer  ....................8
Pearl River........   12
First Prize..............10*4
Warren 
 ............. il2*4
Lenox M ills........... 18
Conostoga  ........."ie
COTTON  DRILL.
n^ nta’  D..............  634|Stark  A 
...........  8
S S * - - " ...............  634 No  Name............... 7*4
.............7  iTopof Heap........ .1.  9*
Clifton, K 

Cocheco fancy.. 

5*4
••  9*4

gold  ticket

cy.

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His  Own  W o rst  D ebtor.

From  th e Chicago Dry Goods Reporter.

The  cause  of  many  a  failure,  in the 
dry goods line  especially,  has  undoubt­
edly been the failure of  the  merchant  to 
keep  his identity as a man and as a mer­
chant  distinct  and  separate. 
It  is  so 
easy to supply the want of one’s self  and 
family from one’s own store,  so  easy  to 
make presents to one’s relatives,  so  easy 
to  dress  your  wives  and daughters in a 
manner beyond your actual  personal  in­
come when the  goods  are  simply  trans­
ferred from your own stock to  your  own 
home.  How  often  has  a  merchant,  in 
trying to find out how it  is  that  he  has 
such trouble in  meeting  his  bills,  been 
suddenly confronted with  the  fact  that 
he is his own largest debtor, and that the 
biils he owes himself are about the worst 
on the books.  Frequently he neglects to 
keep account of the goods he  takes  him- 
seif and has no means  of  telling  where 
the leak occurs.  A merchant  is  on dan­
gerous grounds when  he  fails  to  figure 
the value of goods he uses from  stock  as 
part of his personal income.

Henry  Bigelow  Williams,  of  Boston
* ^ 0  ftftnnV nt° bankruPtcy  in 1878 owing 
«200,000,  has recently paid every  cent of 
his indebtedness,  and 6 per cent,  interest 
on it.  The court proceedings  had  freed 
him from the obligation  of the debt,  and 
-hf  creditors  did  not  want  to 
take the interest,  being  glad  enough  to
fniB t i 61r  ¿ ri?ci pa1’  but  Mr-  Williams 
told them  that  he  would  not  be  under
gaii10DS to  anybody.  and  they  must 
take all or nothing.

EM I, LYOM i  Cl.

NEW  STYLES  OF

20 &  22  Monroe  St.,

G R A N D   R A P ID S .
the 

üvoid 
CUrse  of  Credit
C O U P O N

B Y   U SIN O

B O O K S .

t h r e e   g r a d e s :

Tradesman,
Superior.
Universal.

#  

Manufactured only by

TRADESMAN  COriPANY,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

S E E D S  !

Everything  in seeds is kept  by  us_

Clover, Timothy,

Hungarian,  Millet,

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

If you have  Beans to  sell, send  us 
samples,  stating  quantity,  and  we 
will  try to trade with  you.  We are 
headquarters for egg cases  and  egg 
case fillers.
W. T  LMBmuXG0,£V3i,!£;
Women
Who
Wash

GBAND  B A PID 8,  MICH

Appreciate  the  advantage  af­
forded  by the  use  of  soap  es­
pecially  adapted  to  the  pur­
pose.  This  explains  why 
^■TLA.S  always  becomes  as 
standard  as  granulated  sugar 
wherever  introduced  by  the 
dealer.  Have  you  introduced 
this  brand  to  your trade? 
If 
not,  why  stand  in 
your  own
light-longer?

Manufactured  only by

HENRY  PASSOLT,

SAGINAW,  MICH.

.88

8ILE8IA6.

White, doz............. 25  I Per bale, 40 do«
Colored,  doz.......... 20  IColored  “
Slater, Iron Cross...  8
Red Cross....  9
Best..............10*4
Best A A......12*
......................7*
G
.................... 8*1
Cortlcelll, doz......... 55

Pawtucket...........  mu
Dun die...................   g7*
Bedford........... 
...10*4
Valley  City........ Illmvi
KK......................10*

SEWING  SILK.

Cortlcelll  knitting, 
per *4oz  ball....... 30

twist, doz.. 37*4 
50 yd, doz.. 37* 
HOOKS AND BYES-

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3—18, SC..

No  1 Bl’k A Whlte.,10 
No  4 Bl’k A White.. 15 
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..20
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PINS.
50  (No 4—15  F 3*.
45
COTTON  TAPE.
No  2 White A Bl’k..l2 
No  8 White A Bl’k. 20 
..15
..23
!  10 
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SAFETY  PINS.
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No 2.

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NTODLSS—PSB  X,

................. 1  401 Steamboat............ 

40
£rowely «............... 1  85 Gold  Eyed.....  ;  1  m
...........   SS
Marshall’s ..............1  00| American. 
.   „ 
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5-4.  ..  1 75  6—4... 
15—4 —  1  65  6 -4  2 30

TABLE  OIL  CLOTH. 

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COTTONT WINES.

Cotton Sail Twine. .28
Crown....................12
Domestic...............18*4
Anchor..................ie
Bristol................... 13  |
Cherry  Valley........15
'X L ......................18*4
Alabama.................634
Alamance...............ty
Augusta.................
A r sapha............... 6
Georgia.................   6*
Granite....................5*
Haw  River............   s*
Haw  J ....................  e

[Nashua............  
14
Rising Star 4-ply.. "17 
3-ply..  17
North Star.......... ” 20
Wool Standard 4 plvl7K 
ie
Powhattan...... 

1 

Mount  Pleasant...  6ti
Oneida.............. 
s’*
Prymont  ..................5^
Randelman......... '  6*
Riverside......... su

Otis cheeks............ 73^

PLAID  OSNABURWS

THE  MICHIGAN  THADESMAN,

7

of a  Caterer.

Fancy  Cheeses  from  the  Standpoint 
From th e English H otel G azette.
One of the greatest  wits and wags was 
once requested  by  an  editor  to  write  a 
good article on milk.  He  replied  by  re­
turn  mail:  “The  best  article  on milk  1 
can think  of  is  cream.  What  more  do 
you want?”
In the same  fashion it may  be  said  of 
cheese that the best article  oa  cheese  is 
mould, or chemical corruption.  In truth, 
cheese owes its value to degeneration and 
the presence of bacterial life.  In a word, 
cheese is the glorification of decay.

The history  of cheese  may  be  consid­
ered  as  condensing  the  whole  pastoral 
poetry of the Aryan race.  The mild and 
gentle cow, sacred still  among  the  Ary­
ans of India,  doubtless by  reason of  her 
gentleness  in  the  family  economy,  fell 
especially to the  charge  of  the  women. 
Our  very  language  proves 
this.  Our 
word daughter comes from the  Sanscript 
duhitar,  meaning  the  milker,  from  the 
verb duo,  to milk.
Cheesemaking  has,  therefore,  been  a 
feminine profession from  the  start,  and 
on some farms to this very day the money 
coming from the  sale  of  the  cheeses  is 
considered as the special  perquisite (pin- 
money)  of  the  wife.  England  has  long 
been famous for the quantity and quality 
of its cheese.
America,  however,  in a wholesale  way, 
is destroying all the  traditions of cheese. 
One  steamer  lately  carried  to  England 
750,000  American 
cheeses.  Perhaps, 
after a chemical treatment, many of them, 
like  good  citizens,  will  have  returned 
home  to  delight  unwitting  natives  by 
their  fine  foreign  finish.  Yet, 
though 
America  makes  cheese  by the mountain 
load every year,  there are not,  as in Eng­
land,  France  and  Italy,  any 
localities 
famous for  special  brands.  The  reason 
is not far to seek.  The American cheese 
factories collect the milk of various areas, 
having different soils and peculiarities of 
pasturage, and  mix  them,  striking  thus 
an  average,  eatable  indeed,  but lacking 
character.
It has been proven beyond  a peradven- 
ture that the quality  depends on the pas 
turage.  Cows,  dairymaids,  and  special 
methods  of  making  have  been  taken 
from Cheshire to other  parts of England, 
and the result was  a product  very differ­
ent  from  the  famous  Cheshire  cheese. 
Cheddar,  too,  which comes from a vale in 
Somerset,  where 
famous  Sydney 
Smith  was  born,  has  a  flavor  like  bis 
pungent  blend  of  wit  and  humor,  for 
which there is  no  chemical  counterfeit. 
It smacks  of the soil;  it  breathes  of  the 
pasture.
But the glory  of England’s  cheese  has 
been  eclipsed 
in  quality  by  France. 
France cannot keep pace with the demand 
for  her  cheeses.  Consequently  a  large 
amount of spurious French cheese is sold 
everywhere.  The cheese  of tables d'hote 
is almost always  a  fit  subject  for suspi­
cion;  good for the mind,  perhaps,  since a 
chemist  whose  digestion  bad  been  im­
paired  by  cheap  tables  d'hote  once  an­
alyzed a piece.  He  found  it  to  contain 
chiefly  what  Opie,  the  famous  painter, 
said he mixed his paints with—brains.
Take Brie,  for  instance.  This  comes 
from a small district near Paris,  and  is a 
cream cheese of  unrivalled delicacy,  but 
not  easy  to  keep during warm  weather. 
The largest importing house in New York 
imported last year,  in  one order, 6,000 of 
these cheeses, of which 2.000  went  from 
the dock out  West to  Chicago, San Fran­
cisco and St.  Louis. 
If this amount were 
multiplied by three,  it would  not  repre­
sent  the  year’s  consumption  of  alleged' 
Brie iu New  York alone,  to  say  nothing 
of other large cities.
Camembert,  however,  a  cheese  very 
similar, though  coarser in  flavor,  which 
is  made  in  a  large  area  in Normandy, 
has been  steadily  pushing  in  favor. 
It 
is  just  half  as  expensive,  and restaura­
teurs can afford  to give  double  portions 
of it.  Hence your infatuated table d'hote 
diner,  who always  wants quantity rather 
than quality, votes tor Camembert.
Pont  l’Eveque  also  comes  from  Nor­
mandy. 
It  is  not,  as  some  might sup­
pose,  merely a  Camembert  gone dry,  but 
is 
intentionally  made  more  solid  and 
milder in taste,  and is 10  per  cent,  more 
costly.

the 

Port du Salut is another  cheese  of  the 
same  order,  but superior in flavor to  all 
except  true  Brie. 
It  costs  about  the 
same as Brie,  and it may  take rank  over 
that,  as  that  has  done  over  Roquefort, 
and as Roquefort did  over  Swiss,  which 
was  the  first  foreign  cheese  that  ever 
really had a hold on our affections.
The making of Port  du  Salut  is a pro­
found secret,*  the property of the monks 
of the Abbey of  Bric-a-brac,  in  France, 
and the pious gourmet  might be forgiven 
for  believing  that  over  every  cheese  a 
benediction  has  been said.  But in spite 
of  its  wholesomeness  it  has  not  yet 
“caught on” in England.  Only two houses 
import  it,  which  fact  is  a  pretty good 
proof  that  it  is  still  not  cheese,  but 
caviare to the multitude.
Roquefort,  though its price yet is high, 
is a richer cheese,  more fond of lingering 
on the breath than others. 
It is made of 
goats’  milk,  and  the  chiaroscuro  effects 
in it are caused,  not  by  rusting  it  with 
insertions  of  wire,  but  by dropping into 
it some handfuls of  peasant  bread.  Ro­
quefort,  therefore,  is  a  dairymaid  con­
coction of bread and  cheese.
Gorgonzola, another favorite cheese,  is 
Italian,  though  its  base  is  the  same, 
namely,  the milk  of that  gay and festive 
animal  who  has  made  so  many  humor­
ists—the picturesque and venerable goat. 
This cheese comes from the Milauese dis­
trict of Italy, retains its aristocratic rich­
ness  unspoiled  by  changes  of  climate, 
and  is  a  good  cheese  to  swear  by— 
wherein  it  differs  from  Limburger,  a 
good one to swear at.
Some cheeses,  like  Roquefort and Gor­
gonzola,  require  two  or  three  years  to 
ripen  for  the  taste  of  experts.  Some 
cheeses retain  a  great  age.  Parmesan, 
another Italian  or  Sicilian  variety,  has 
been kept 1 »0 years and  found  still  de­
licious,  and full of life and power.  Neuf- 
chatel is a French cheese, not a Swiss,  as 
many fancy from the name.

The king of ail cheeses is  most  decid­
edly  the  aristocratic  Stilton,  but,  like 
royalty,  it  is  not  always  accessible  in 
proper state.  A good ripe Stilton  is  ac­
ceptable as the king of  cheeses,  but  un­
fortunately,  not 5 per  cent,,  of them ever 
reach  this condition.  And so many gour­
mets prefer to rely upon  a  more  certain 
product,  and this  fact  largely  accounts 
for the great sale of Gorgonzola  in  Eng­
land,  as the cheese has some  of the same 
attributes,  besides being more reliable.

A rm our  W ill  T est  It.

The Ohio oleomargarine  law  is  giving 
a good deal  of trouble to dealers  in  that 
State.  Several  of  them  have  been  ar­
rested and  fiued  for  violating  the  pro­
vision  of  the  law  which  forbids 
the 
product to  be  sold  without  a  label  at­
tached setting  forth  the  ingredients,  of 
the substance. 
It  is  said  that  Armour 
& Co., of Chicago,  who  manufacture  the 
compound,  have been  paying the dealers’ 
fines,  and say  that they  propose to  settle 
the  constitutionality  of  the 
law  by 
bringing the matter into court.

The  wages  of  sin  may  not  be  paid 
everv Saturday night; but  they  are  sure 
to come-

Hardware Price Current.

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• 

AXES.

AUGURS AND BITS. 
 

These  prices are  for cash  buyers,  who 
pay promptly  and  buy in  full  packages.
dls.

Snell’s ...........................................................60*10
Cook’s .................. 
40
J  ennlngs’, genuine....................................... 
25
Jennings’,  Imitation....................................50*10
First Quality, S. B. Bronze..........................C 5 50
D.  B. Bronze  ..........................  il 00
S. B. 2. Steel..........................   6 50
D.B. Steel.............................   13 00
dls.
Railroad 
........................................*18 00  14 00
.............................................net  80 00
Garden 
dls.
Stove..............................................................50*10
Oarrlage new list 
75*10
Plow.............................................................. 40*10
Sleigh shoe 
70
BUCKETS.
Well,  plain  ...... 
....  ...............................( 8  50
Well,swlvel 
 
dll.
BUTTS, CAST. 
Oast Loose Pin, figured..................  
70*10
Wrought Narrow, bright Sast Joint  40  __ 60*10

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

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

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

BARROWS. 

bolts. 

 

 

 

 

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25

dls.

CRADLES.

HAMMEBS.

HINGES.

GHISXLB. 

HANGERS. 

CHOW BABB.

CARTRIDGES.

HOLLOW WARE.

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

Rim  Fire...................................................... 
Central  Fire.......................................... dls. 

Ordinary Tackle, list April  1898................60*10
Grain.............................................................40*10

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

Cast Steel............................................ per lb 
5
Ely’s 1-10.............................................perm  65
“ 
Hick’s C. F  .  .....................................  
55
G. D ....................................................  
36
Musket  ..............................................  « 
60

Maydole  * Co.’s..................................... dl*. 
25
Kip’s ...... ................................................. dls. 
25
Yerkes *  Plnmb’s ............................................dls. 40*10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.........................aoc list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel  Hand... .30c40*10
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2 ,3 ...............................dls.60410
State...........................................per do«, net, 2 50
Screw Hook and  Strap, to 12 In. 4Vi  14  and
longer.......................................................  
314
Screw Hook and  Bye, Vi.........................net 
10
“  X..........................net  8V4
..  %..........................net  7 V4
* ..........................net  7 Vi
_. 
Strap and T ............................................
‘dls ”
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track..  .50410
Champion,  anti friction.......................... 
6041G
Kidder, wood track..................................", 
45
.......................................................... 60*16
Kettles...........................................................60*10
Spiders  ...  ...  ............................................. 60*10
Gray enameled............... 
40*10
HOUSE FURNISHING  GOODS
Stamped  Tin Ware...  .........................new list 79
Japanned Tin Ware..........................  
26
Granite Iron W are.....................new lis 
2t
...............................................  70*16*10
f^ f h t 
g°?k ® 
• • • • •• ..................................... 70410*10
Gate Hooks and Byes.........................  70*10*10
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s...................... 
0
Sisal, % Inch and larger........ 
Manilla........................................ 10
SQUARES. 
Steel and Iron.....................  
Am
- 
Try.and Bevels.............................. .............
Mitre.................................................................. g,
Com. 
„  
IP  50 2 60 
Nos. 15 to 17..................... ...............3 S
Nos.  18 to 21.........................‘  .........4 05
2  70 
Nos. 22 to 24...................... 
3 «
2 80
Small sizes, ser pound................................
nos. 25to 26........................... m
2 90
Large sizes, per pound................................  
No.27— ..................................... .  3 75 
a
3 00
KLBOWB.
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter," over 30  lnchei 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
Com. 4  piece, 6 In............................aoz. net 
Corrugated............................  
<11» 
SAND PAPER.
. , 
K(11 us table....................................................... <u*. 40*10
List acct. 19, ’8 6 .....................................dll.
BASH CORD.
ii*t
Sliver Lake, White A........... 
Clark’s, small, I18;  large, 126...................... 
30
Drab A..................... . . V . " »
“ 
Ives’, 1, *18:  2, »24;  3,*30............................ 
25
“  White  a .......................*"*‘  1 
“ 
Drab B............................  "   ■> 
Dlsston’s ..................................................60*10-10
“ 
White C............... ............... 
New American  .......................................60*10-10
Nicholson’s .............................................60410-10
......................................................  
Heller’s 
50
Heller’s Horse Rasps  .................................. 
50

Socket Firmer..............................................75*10
Socket Framing  ........................................... 75*16
Socket Comer.............................................. 75*10
Socket Slicks.............................................. *?5 410
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............................ 
40
Curry,  Lawrence’s....................................... 
40
Hotchkiss....................................................  
25
White Crayons, per  gross...............12©12V( dls. 10
Planished, 14 os cut to size........per pound 
28
14x52,14x56.14x60 ....................... 
36
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60.......................  
23
Cold Rolled, 14x48........................................ 
23
Bottoms.......................................................  
ag
Morse’s  Bit  Stocks..................................... 
50
Taper and straight Shank............................ 
50
Morse’s Taper Shank...................................  
50

Solid Byes............................................ .. 

CHALK.
COPPBB,

piles—New List. 

LEVELS. 
ROPES.

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

DRIPPING PAMS.

5C
50
ui
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sn

SASH WEIGHTS.

Com.  Smooth.

wire goods. 

Discount, 10.

SHEET IRON.

drills. 

combs. 

06
75
50

, . .  

dls.

dls.

dls.

dls.

(fla

dls

dls

“ 

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ton jg0
dll.

saws. 

Hand

“ 
Silver Steel  Dia. X Cuts, per foot."
‘ 
Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot’
Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot 
‘  Champion  and  Electric  Tooth 
Cuts,  per  foot...................................

“ 

TRAPS. 

d it
Steel, Game  ...................................  
60*10
Oneida Community, Newhonse’s................. 
40
Oneida Community, Hawley * Norton’s,  "r-10 10
Mouse,  choker  ..................................15c per doz
Mouse, delusion..............................(l.zs p „  dog
WERK.
w m
Bright Market.................. ! 
Annealed Market........... 
i .
Coppered Market  ............  
*  Vn
Tinned  Market.............
Coppered  Spring  Steel.........
Barbed  Fence, galvanised

..............
................   2 50
.................  2  10
\u   Sable 
...............
40&10
Putnam...........................
Northwestern  .... .......
dls. 10*10
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled........... 
” ”‘80
Coe’s  Genuine  ........................ 
 
55
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought," .. 
75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable............................... 75Al(.
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Bird Cages  ....................................... 
’Bg
Pumps, Cistern..........................  
7kam
Screws, New 11st.............................‘"  170*1< *10
Casters, Bed  a  d Plate...........................50410*10
Dampers, American.................................. 
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods. ..!.! 65*10 

painted..............
HOUSE NAILS.

............ dl*

WRSNr STBS

diu 

 

 

GALVANIZED IRON.

16 
dlS.
dls.

14 
GAUGES. 

Nos.  16  to  80;  82  and  24;  25  and  26;  27  28
13 
List 
17
Discount, 70

12 

15 

 

dls.

..........  

NAILS

lo c k s—noon. 

mauls. 
MILLS. 

MOLASSES GATES. 

k n o b s—New List. 

 
MATTOCKS.

50
56
55
55
55
70
55
55
55
55
..................................* 6.00, dls. 60-10
.......................... *15.00, dls. 60-10
.......................... 118 50, dls. 80410
dls.
dlS.

Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s...................... 
r)oor, mineral, jap. trimmings.................... 
Ooor,  porcelain, jap. trimmings................. 
Voor, porcelain, plated trimmings  ............  
)oor,  porcelain, trimmings  .......................  
(rawer  and  Shutter, porcelain................... 
d ls
Russell *  Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list  .........  
Mallory, Wheeler  *  Co.’s............................ 
tranford’s 
>orwalk’s  ................................................... 
Adze Bye 
lunt Bye 
Rant’s  ...... 
-perry *  Co.’s, Post,  handled...................... 
loffee, Parkers  Co.’s...................................  
’•  P. S. *  W. Mfg. Oo.’s  Malleable*__  
“  Landers,  Ferry & Cls -k’s................. 
.................................... 
“  Enterprise 

50
40
40
40
30
itebbin’a Pattern..........................................60*10
Stebbln’s Genuine........................................ 66*11
Enterprise, self-measuring.......................... 
30
Advance over  base,  on  both  Steel  and Wire.
Steel nails, base..............................................1  35
Wire nails, base.............................................‘ 1 35
Base
6 0 ...................................................Base 
SO...................................................... 
10
25
40  ..................................................... 
25
» ...................................................... 
80...................................................... 
35
16......................................................  
45
12 
45
10...................................................... 
50
8.......................................................  
60
75
7*6  ......  
 
4.......................................................  
90
1  80
8......................................... 
........... 
2...............................................................  
160
Fine 3 ..............................................  
65
Case  10............................................. 
75
8............................................. 
6............................................. 
go
Finish 10........................................... 
75
5...........................................  
90
6...........................................  
10
Clinch 10.......................................... 
70
8.......................................... 
80
6.......................................... 
90

Barren %.................................  
PLANES. 
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy................................  **40
Sclota Bench........................ 
©50
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.........................  040
Bench, first quality......................................   ©40
Stanley Rale and I*vel Co.’s  wood........... 50*10
Fry,  Acme............................................ dls.60—10
Common,  polished................................dls. 
70
dlS.
Iron and  Tinned..........................................50—10
Copper Rivets and Bars.............................  50—10

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“ 
“ 

RIVETS. 

PANS.

dll.

 

 

 

 

 

4 00

PATENT PLANISHED IKON.

"A” Wood’s patent planlahed, Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s nat. planished, Nos. 26 to 27...  9 20 

Broken pooka Mo per pound extra.

METALS,
PIG TIN.

 

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ZINC.

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8OLDER.

Pig  Large.........................................  
Pig Bars...........................................  
Duty:  Sheet, 2Vic per pound.
660 pound  casks......................... 
Per pound..................................... 
viovi......................................................... 
ig
Extra Wiping................................................  '  j«
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
■older In the market Indicated by nri vate brand» 
1 30
vary according to composition.
ANTMONT.
Cookion............   .........................per  pound
Hallett’s......................................  
13
TIN—MBLYM GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal....................................... * 7 5*
14x20 IC,
7 50 
10x14 IX, 
9 25 
14x20 IX, 
9 2f

......   .............
....................................
Bach additional X on this gride, 11.75.
10x14 IC,  Charcoal................................
...................................
14x20 IC, 
....................................
10x14 IX, 
14X20IX, 
...................................
Bach additional X on this grade *1.50.

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TIN—ALLA WAT GRADS.
“ 
“ 
“ 

75 
6 75

ROOFING PLATES
Worcester  . 

...........
...............
” 
................
“ 
“  Allaway  Grade 
......
■* 
• 
“  ___
“ 
“ 
“ 
......
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.

14X20  IC,
6 5> 8 50
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
18 50 
14x20 IC, 
6 00
14x20 IX 
7 56 
20x28 IC, 
12  50 
20x28 IX, 
15 50
14x28IX. .................................................... (14  00
14x31  IX.......................................................  15 00
14X66IX, for No. 8 Boilers, 1 _ _ 
_
14*60IX  “  “  9 
fP*r pound....  10 00

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WEDNESDAY  OCTOBER 31.

IMPROPER  NATURALIZATION.
On the application of  an alien for  nat­
uralization before the  United States Cir­
cuit Court at  Philadelphia,  Judge Dallas 
refused the petition on  the ground of de­
fects in  the papers  and the lack  of  com­
petent evidence to  support  the  applica­
tion.  The judge said:

There are, however, other  and  more  co­
gent  reasons  why  the  privileges  of cit­
izenship should  not  be hastily conferred 
upon aliens, and why,  indeed,  it  should 
be  withheld  for  a  number  of  years. 
Judge Dallas  says:  “ In  many  instances 
these declarations are  made by men  who 
have  no  counsel  to  inform  or  restrain 
them.”  This is  true,  but  it  is  not  the 
worst feature of the  case.  For  ignorant 
foreigners to  take the  oath  required  by 
law  with no conception  of its meaning is 
and must be  mischievous  in  its  results, 
but when aliens are influenced and manip­
ulated  by  political  tricksters,  as  thou­
sands of them are at  every election,  then 
their admission to  citizenship  becomes  a 
lerious menace  to the  purposes and per­
manency  of  American  political  institu­
tions and  destructive of the fundamental 
principle of the  Constitution, 
if  aliens 
were compelled to  reside in  this country 
for a term of years before  being  invested 
with  the  franchise,  it  would  go  a  long 
way  towards  purifying  the  politics  of 
arge cities and towns,  and  if  an  educa- 
ional  provision  were attached to the law 
and every applicant  for  citizenship  were 
compelled 
to  pass  an  examination  in 
American  political economy before being 
allowed to vote, the franchise would soon 
mean  something  and  citizenship  be  re­
garded as a sacred trust.

It may safely be assumed,  I think,  that 
Congress,  in  requiring  it to  be made  be­
fore the court,  meant to assume its being 
made with  decent  solemnity;  but,  more 
than this,  it is  expressly provided that it 
shall be made  “on  oath,” and, therefore, 
in my opinion,  it  should not be  accepted 
in any case in  which,  upon  examination, 
it appears that the applicant does not un­
derstand  its  significance,  or  is  without 
such knowledge of the Constitution as  is 
essential  to the ratioual assumption of an 
undertaking,  avouched by  oath,  to  sup­
port it. 
In many  instances  these  decla­
rations are  made  by  men  who  have  no 
counsel to inform or  restrain  them,  and 
who themselves have no  adequate appre­
ciation of their purport, or of the sacred­
ness of the accompanying’oatb,  which, in 
order to  accomplish the  object  in  view, 
they are often  quite  willing to take  as  a 
matter of course.  1 cannot shut my eyes 
to the existence of this abuse,  nor regard 
as sufficient under the statutes  any  oath 
which  relevant,  questioning  results  in 
showing  is  not  Intelligently  and  con­
scientiously tendered.  Furthermore,  the 
law requires that “it shall  be made to ap­
pear to the satisfaction of the Court” that 
the applicant has  behaved as  a  man  at­
tached to the  principles of the  Constitu­
tion,  and,  bearing this in mind with  what 
lias  already  been  said,  the  conclusion 
seems inevitable that the Court ought not 
to admit any alien to citizenship  without 
being satisfied that he has  at  least  some 
general  comprehension  of what the Con­
stitution  is, and  of the  principles which 
it affirms.
if this sensible decision  be  established 
as  a  precedent, 
the  result  cannot  be 
otherwise  than  beneficial  to  the  whole 
country,  elevating to the political  moral­
ity of the people and  conservative of the 
best and highest interests  of the  natiou. 
Too  often  aliens  take  the  oath  which 
makes them citizens of  this  country  and 
invests them  with  all  the  privileges  of 
citizenship,  with no  more  knowledge  of 
its significance and  sac redness  than  has 
the  child  unborn.  They  are  without 
knowledge  of  the  Constitution or of  the 
principles upon  which the government of 
the country rests,  and are ignorant of the 
first duty of citizenship in a free country.  I 
Why, then, should they  be  placed  upon I 
an equality with  native-born Americans?

LEARNING 

IMPORTANT  LESSONS 
The naval battle  of the  Yalu,  between 
the Chinese  and  Japanese,  has  afforded 
students of naval affairs mauy  important 
object lessons which will not fail  to bring 
about  radical  alteration 
in  naval  con 
struction.  The battle in question was the 
first general engagement between modern 
ships of  war,  the offensive as well as  de 
fensive equipment of  these vessels  being 
hitherto practically untried by the ordeal 
of actual combat.

It must  be confessed that the results in 
a  large  measure  proved  the  wisdom  of 
most of the modern  appliances  of  naval 
warfare.  The  efficiency  of  both  high 
power  and  rapid-fire  guns  was  demon 
strated,  and the  protective power  of  ar­
mor  plating  was  also  found  to be satis­
factory. 
It  was  shown,  however,  that 
the powers  of  offense  were  superior  to 
to those of defense  in  modern  warships, 
and that powerfully  armed cruisers were 
able  to  make  a  much  better  showing 
against battle-ships than  had  been  sup­
posed possible.

One of the  most  important  lessons  of 
the naval fight was  the demonstration of 
the necessity for  more  thorough  protec­
tion  of  the  gun  crews.  The slaughter, 
even  on  the  heavily  protected  Chinese 
battle-ships,  was  tremendous,  and  the 
loss of  officers was  especially  great. 
It 
is, therefore, evident that the ship which 
protects its  crew the  best  will  have  its 
guns  best  served.  Another  lesson  of 
the battle  was  the  deadly  character  of 
the  tire  of  the  smaller  rapid-lire guns. 
The »hells  from  these  guns  apparently 
penetrated even the heaviest vessels, set­
ting them on fire and causing most of the 
slaughter.

The extent to which many  of the ships 
engaged suffered  from  being  set  on  fire 
by  shells  demonstrates  the  advisability 
of doing  away  with  all  woodwork  that 
It  is  said  that 
can  possibly  be  spared. 
the 
of 
the  United  j 
States mvy have already profited  by this 
lesson,  and  that  in  future  ships  wood­
work  will  be  reduced  to  a  minimum. I 
Elaborate cabin furnishings  will  accord- |

constructors 

ingly  have  to  be  done  away  with,  and 
! everything  discarded  which  might  pro­
vide fuel  for the  flames.

Until  the results of  the  investigations 
of  naval  experts  into the  lessons of the 
battle of  the  Yalu  are  made  public,  it 
will be impossible  to  fully  estimate  the 
number  and  importance  of  the  lessons 
which have  been  taught;  but  that  they 
are numerous there is no doubt.

A  PERFIDIOUS  POLICY.

A  leading  retail  grocer  in  a  certain 
Michigan  city  recently  asked  a  large 
Chicago  wholesale  grocery  house  for  a 
quotation  on  granulated  sugar.  The 
reply was  that,  if the  retailer would sell 
the sugar at 4%  cents a pound,  the  Chi­
cago house would sell  him  fifty  barrels 
at 4% cents;  otherwise,  the  price  would 
be 4% cents.

This  circumstance  is  significant,  as 
showing  the  attitude  of  the  wholesale 
grocery trade of Chicago  toward  the  re­
tail trade  of  Michigan.  Angered  at  an 
alleged breach  of  faith  on  the  part  of 
certain  Michigan  wholesale  grocers  in 
failing to maintain the  recent unpopular 
charges for cartage, boxing and exchange 
the  wholesale  grocers  of  Chicago  are 
showing  their  displeasure  by  venting 
their spleen on  the  retail  trade  of  this 
State  in  selling  sugar  below  present 
cost wherever such  sale  will  demoralize 
the market,  realizing that such  a  course 
will  make  it  decidedly  unpleasant  for 
the wholesale grocery  trade  by  creating 
an era of strife and ill  feeling which  will 
require mauy mouths time and  much  ef­
fort to  overcome.  As  a  result  of  such 
reprehensible  methods  on  the  part of 
Chicago, the retail grocery trade or' Mich­
igan  was  never  in  a  more  demoralized 
condition  than it is at  present.  Sugar is 
being sold closer to cost than at any time 
for the past two years,  and  in  many  lo­
calities  the  demoralization  Is  so  com­
plete that  the  market  price  involves  a 
loss of from  10 to 20 per  cent,  on  every 
pound sold.  This condition is  likely  to 
continue until Chicago ceases  to  pursue 
its present guerilla policy  and  Michigan 
wholesale grocers are able to re-establish 
the  full  Equality  Plan,  under  which 
both the wholesale and retail  trade were 
more prosperous  than  under  any  other 
method ever devised in  connection  with 
the sale of sugar.  Cut prices are  by  no 
means ss satisfactory to the  retail  trade 
firmly 
as  uuiform  wholesale  prices, 
maintained,  thus  enabling 
the 
retail 
trade in  each  locality  to  establish  uni­
form  prices  and  obtain  a  reasonable 
profit on the great staple  of  the  grocery 
nsiness.
With these facts  staring  them  in  the 
face,  Michigan  dealers  have  an  admir­
able opportunity of judging as  to  which 
policy  is  the  better  policy  and  which 
market is the better friend  of  the  retail 
trade—Chicago,  with her  perfidious  pol­
icy  of  vacillation  and 
treachery,  or 
Michigan  markets,  which  held  out 
against the Chicago method  of  charging 
for  cartage  as  long  as  possible,  and 
which  stand  ready  to  restore  the  full 
Equality Plan as soon as  it  can  be  done 
without  opening too wide  the  doors  of 
Chicago greed and revenge.

THE  GOVERNMENT  OF  ALASKA.
It is stated that at  its  coming  session 
Congress  will be asked to frame  laws for 
the better government of  the territory of 
Alaska. 
It has been suggested  in  some 
quarters that there should be a territorial

form of government,  with  a  representa­
tive in Congress,  who would be in a posi­
tion to make known the needs and wants 
of the inhabitants of the  distant  posses­
sion.

It is also proposed to increase the prof­
itable character of the Alaska possession 
by  improving  the  communication  with 
the territory, and otherwise aiding in the 
development of its resources.

The white population  of Alaska is en­
tirely  too  small  to  maintain  a  regular 
form  of  government,  while  the  natives 
are not sufficiently advanced in  the  arts 
of civilization to have a share in the con­
duct of affairs.  The  object  of  the  pro- - 
moters of the territorial form  of govern­
ment is to eventually  promote  Alaska to 
statehood,  and  thus  create  another  rot­
ten  borough  to  further  complicate  af­
fairs  in  the  United  States  Senate.  All 
attempts  to  inaugurate  a  regular  gov­
ernment  in  Alaska  at  the  present  time 
would  he  productive  of  no good results, 
hence  there  is  no  sense  in  wasting  the 
time  of  Congress  on  such  a  scheme.

the  question 

The market question  may now be  said 
to he fairly  before  the  business  public. 
The  daily  papers,  with remarkable una­
nimity,  have  entirely  ignored  the  ques­
tion,  so that citizens generally have little 
or no  knowledge of what is  being  done, 
and the discussion  has been  confined en­
tirely to business  circles.  Of  the  inter­
views published  on another  page of  this 
issue  of  The  Tradesman  that  of  Mr. 
DeGraaf is the  most interesting  and  im­
portant.  As a  member  of  the  Common 
Council  he  is,  presumably,  acquainted 
with 
the  condition  of  the  city’s  ex­
chequer, and in  a position  to know  what 
it may or may not undertake.  Therefore, 
when Aid.  DeGraaf  says the  city cannot 
undertake to purchase a  site and build  a 
market at present,  his  statement may  be 
relied  upon. 
If,  then,  a  market  cannot 
be erected,  the  present  system  must  be 
continued,  and 
arises: 
Would  it not be  better to  move the mar­
ket stand from  its present location to an­
other  street  equally  as  convenient  and 
accessible?  Louis  street is in  the  heart 
of the wholesale  district.  The drays be­
longing to the  wholesale houses,  express 
wagons, United States  mail  wagons,  and 
private vehicles pass along or across this 
street at an early  hour  in  the  morning, 
or  find  it  necessary  to  cross it to reach 
the freight sheds  and  depots.  At  times 
Louis street is  completely obstructed,  to 
the great inconvenience and detriment of 
regular business,  and  the removal of  the 
market has several times  been suggested 
and urged.  Where  shall it be  located if 
removed?  Mr.  DeGraaf answers the ques­
tion fully and satisfactorily.  Sonth Ionia 
street,  from  Oakes  street  to  Wealthy 
is  the  most  desirable  street 
avenue, 
location in the city. 
Its  easy  accessibil­
ity,  contiguity to the  railways  and.  com­
mission  houses,  its  location just  on the 
«dge  of  the  regular  line  of  traffic,  its 
length, and the fact  that  it  has  a  solid 
brick  driveway  of  unusual  width,  all 
point to it as the ideal market site.  The 
season is about over for this year,  so that 
there will  be plenty  of time  in which  to 
thoroughly  investigate  the  matter,  and 
Mr.  DeGraaf’s  suggestion  is  worthy  of 
consideration.

Willis & Co.,  grocers,  St.  Charles:  “We  will 
continue to be subscribers  to  T h b   T r a d e s m a n  
as long as we remain in trade, as It is an able ex 
ponent of the rights  and  duties  of  merchants 
and business men.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

IMMORAL  LITERATURE. 

_

in 

Many outbursts of condemnation  have 
been  directed  against  the  newspaper 
press  for  its  sensational  manner  of 
telling  the  news  of 
the  world’s  oc­
currences,  and  doubtless  this  critisism 
is more or less  merited;  but  what  shall 
be  said  of  the  sort  of  books  that  are 
being  issued 
the 
press and exposed for sale  on  the  coutT- 
ters  of  reputable  'dealers 
litera­
ture?

in  avalanches  from 

The  newspapers  print  details  of 
crimes, of acts  which  bring  the  perpe­
trators  under  the  condemnation  of  the 
erimlnal  statutes,  and  in  many  cases 
these  details  are  bloody  and  shocking; 
but the newspapers do  not  paint  gilded 
and  enticing  pictures  of vice  and  evil. 
This  sort  of  atrocious 
is 
left  to  the  writers  and  publishers  of 
the vile literature  that  is  being  poured 
oat from the book presses and  is  offered 
for sale everywhere without  restraint  or 
eoneealment.

immorality 

It is not too much to say that  half  the 
volumes one sees on  the  counters  of an 
average  book  store  deal  in  a  style  of 
the  most  unreserved  familiarity  with 
the  grossest  immoralities,  while  not  a 
few  concern  themselves  with  shocking 
abominations,  the  bare  contemplation 
ef which  ought  to  disgust  and  horrify 
human nature.  Nevertheless, these books, 
which actually entice and invite to  vice, 
are in the sight and reach  of  everybody, 
and, by reason of the cheapness  of  their 
prices,  and of the gaudy  pictures  which 
are  flaunted on their covers  or  in  their 
title pages,  they attract  attention  which 
would not otherwise be given to them.

Another startling feature of  this bane­
ful literature  is  that  not  only  the  very 
worst  products  of  the  French  erotic 
sehool,  translated 
into  English,  are 
thus  freely  offered  for  sale,  but  even 
they  pale  in  grossness  and 
reeking 
moral filth beside the books by American 
authors  who  pander  to  the  worst  and 
most  perverted  passions  of  human 
nature.  A  few  decades  ago  no  book­
seller,  however disreputable,  would have 
dared  to  expose  such  books  upon  his 
eounter.  To-day it is done  by  even  the 
most reputable as a matter of  course and 
without the slightest reserve.

The  victims  who  most  readily  fall 
into the  snare  set  by  these  books  are 
the young  and  innocent  of  both  sexes. 
Attracted by their cheapness  and  showy 
exterior, young men  and  girls  purchase 
these infamous stories  in  which  vice  is 
made  pleasing  and  crime  is  justified, 
and so are sown  broadcast  the  seeds  of 
the  most  insidious  and  dangerous  so­
cial  demoralization;  and  yet  the  self- 
appointed  reformers  who  love  to  in­
veigh  and  declaim  against  the  sensa­
tionalism of the  daily press,  which  only 
paints  crime  in  its  most  shocking  and 
revolting colors,  have  not  one  word  to 
say  against  the  atrocious  books  which 
are  sowing  broadcast 
through  every 
community  the  most  pernicious  doc­
trines  for  the  subversion  of  morality, 
religion  and  virtue,  and 
the  de­
struction  of  the  family  affections  and 
the most sacred ties of life.

loud-voiced 

Perhaps  the 

reformers 
they  are  talking 
do  not  know  what 
about.  At  any  rate,  it  will  be  charity 
to think so.  But if they wish to  qualify 
themselves  for 
the  criticism  of  truly 
immoral  literature,  let  them  gather  at 
random  any  half-dozen  of  the  ordinary 
paper-backed novels to be found  on  the

for 

counter of  the  average  dealer  in  such 
things, and  learn something  of  the  sort 
of social manners taught  to  the  children 
of many of the best people  in  the  coun­
try and in every  considerable  communi­
ty.  The  press  should  rise  up  against 
these  demoralizing  books,  and  demand 
that they be hid away from public  view, 
and supplied only to those persons  whose 
debased 
such  mental 
nourishment and  who are brazen  enough 
to ask for it.  The press can  accomplish 
such  work  of  purification  long  before 
the  reformers  who  love  to  pose  as 
apostles of purity and virtue  shall  wake 
to any sense of duty on the subject.
U se  a n d   A buse  o f  C redit.

tastes  demand 

Credit is at least as old  as  history. 

It 
is a growth of  civilization,  and  expands 
as civilization advances. 
In the  earliest 
writing we read of lenient and  of  harsh 
and  unjust creditors; the  use  and abuse 
of  credit. 
It  would  be  impossible  to 
conduct any  extended  business  without 
credit.  An  exchange  of  commodities 
without more or less credit,  or,  which  is 
largely  the  same 
thing,  confidence,  is 
an  impossibility.  Credit  is  with  us  to 
stay, and  with  some of  us  it  is  a  per­
manent  iustitution.  Upon  a  firm  and 
rational  basis  extended  credit  means 
prosperity,  thrift,  advancement.  Many 
lines of goods are sold on no longer  time 
than  thirty  days,  and  the  tendency  is 
constantly toward  shorter  time. 
In  the 
agricultural business  it seems  necessary 
to give considerable  time.  Farmers  are 
large users of  credit,  and  doubtless  on 
the  whole  to  their  great  advantage, 
though many  use it to  their  injury. 
In 
nearly all cases of serious loss  the  fault 
will  be  found  in  an  agent  of  defective 
judgment  or  something  worse.  There 
are inexperienced jobbers  enough in the 
field to give irresponsible  dealers a  start 
and it also frequently happens  that trav­
eling salesmen  for  good  concerns  take 
up  with this kind of  customers. 
I am of 
the opinion,  however,  that  jobbers  are 
becoming  much  more  conservative,  and 
that it  will  be  decidedly  more  difficult 
in the future than it has been in the past 
for irresponsible parties to get  credit  on 
so  slim  a  basis.  Our  best  and  most 
reliable information should  be  used  by 
the  salesman who makes the contract.
NEED  Or  A  BANKRUPTCY  LAW.

I think that all business interests are in 
need of a  proper  bankrupt  law.  Com­
mon humanity would dictate that when a 
debtor is honest,  and honestly surrenders 
his assets,  he should  be released from bis 
debts so  as  to  commence  anew. 
It is 
true that creditors  often  do  release  the 
debtors  now, but often  they  do  not,  as 
they  think 
that  a  young  man  may 
work up again  and  they  may  get  some­
thing.

It might be well to make the release con­
ditional. 
It does happen that a  released 
debtor becomes wealthy,  while  his  cred­
itor is very moderately  situated,  yet  the 
debtor has forgotten his  old  obligations. 
But  probably  the  main  reason  for  a 
bankrupt law is to prevent creditors from 
unnecessarily swooping down upon debt­
ors  who  would  work  out  and  pay  all 
debts  if  they  were  permitted  to  do so. 
The law should  provide  that  two-thirds 
of the creditors could  take  possession  of 
the  debtor’s  estate  and  continue  the 
business,  or close  it  up,  precisely  as  if 
it were their own.  A sacrifice  would be 
prevented. 
It is  a  court  merely  to  at­
tempt to settle the  dispute  without  liti­
gation.  A majority of cases  are  settled 
in this way. 

John A.  Johnson.

“ C R E S C E N T , ” 

“ W H I T E   R O S E , ” 

“ R O Y  A T . “

These  brands are Standard and  have a National reputation. 

Correspondence solicited.

VOIGT  WILLING  GO..  Grand  Rapids.  Micli.

QUALITY - UNIFORMITY - PRIGE

SEARS

CRACKERS

and

CAKES

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Currant Drop Cakes. 
Imperials,
Cream  Jumbles, 
Cream  Drops, 
Cornhills,
Nonpareil Jumbles.

Have you tried oUr new goods?!
I
A d d   a  b o x   o r   b a r r e l  
to  y o u r   n e x t   o r d e r. 
T h e y  
s p l e n d i d  
a r e  
sellers  a n d  
to 
s u r e  
please.
N ew  

York B iscuit Co.,

S.  A.  SEARS,  M a n a g e r ,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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Origin  a n d  G row th of th e  C oupon  Booh j 

B usiness.

From the Northwestern Lumberman.
Grand  Rapids,  Oct.  15—The  late j 
Martin Ryerson,  who began his  business 
career here  and  laid  the  foundation  of j 
his substantial  fortune  by  trading  with j 
the  Indians  on  Grand  and  Muskegon 
rivers,  used to delight to  recall  an  inci­
dent in his career which  started  hint  ou j 
the road to millionaire  station—the  bod­
ing of a  French  merchant  and  shingle-! 
maker on the back'waters  of the  Muske­
gon who  could  neither  read  nor  write, 
but who  managed  to  keep  a  fairly  ac­
curate account of  his  dealings  with  his 
customers,  most of  whom  were  his  em­
ployes in one capacity or another,  by  the 
use  of  shingles  bearing  certain  marks 
identifying 
the  customers,  whose  ac­
counts were kept  by  means  of  notches, 
those on one edge indicating  dollars  and 
those on the other edge  indicating cents. 
Mr. Ryerson  was  by  no  means  college 
bred,  but  his  knowledge  < f  business 
methods struck the  Frenchman so favor­
ably that the latter  offered  him an  inter­
est in  the  business,  which  he  was  not 
slow  in  accepting, 
lie  exchanged  the 
wooden account  books  for  a  regulation ] 
bookkeeping system,  and  from  ihat  time | 
his success  was rapid  and without  inter- j 
ruption.  Mr.  Ryerson  was  in  Grand ] 
Rapids ou an errand of mercy  a  year  or 
so before he  died,  and  whiie  here  was i 
shown through  the  coupon  book  estab-! 
lishment  of  the  Tradesman  Company. 
He expressed  great  surprise  at  the  re­
markable growth of the  bus ness aud the j 
great number of lumbermen in  ail  parts | 
of the country using the  books,  conclud-1 
ing with  the remark  that the adoption  of 
such a labor-saving device  at  the  incep­
tion of his career as a  lumberman  would 
have  doubled  his  income,  as  its  use 
would have enabled  him  to avoid all  ti e 
losses  and  annoyances incident  to  old- 
tashioned bookkeeping  methods,  and  to 
devote  more of his time to  the  selectiou 
and  purchase of timber  lands,  which  at 
that  time  was  a  somewhat  perplexing 
question.
Fortunately or  unfortunately,  it  falls 
to the lot of a large portion  of  the  lum­
bermen of  the  country  to  furnish  gro­
ceries and other articles  of  necessity  to 
the men in their employ. 
In some  cases 
<he camps or mills  are  so  isolated  that 
he  supply  store  is  a  necessity;  then, 
again, 
the  stocks  of  goods  carried  by 
storekeepers in  proximity  to  a  mili  or 
camp may  be of  such  interior  character 
that the lumberman  is compelled  to  put 
in a stock  of  staples,  in  order  that  his 
employes may be  furnished  the  necessi­
ties of life at  reasonable  prices.  These 
conditions call  into existence  the  “com­
pany  store,”  which  has a  good or bad ef­
fect on  the  community,  dependent  alto­
gether  on  the  manner  in  which  it  is 
conducted. 
If  the  men  are given to un­
derstand that  the  tenure  of  their  posi­
tions depends entirely on the  amount  of 
trading they do  at  the “company store,” 
it  will  be  found  that  such  restraint  is 
irksome,  and soon  becomes so oppressive 
that employes of  any  spirit will seek po­
sitions elsewhere. 
It is a  matter of gen­
eral  congratulation,  however,  that  em­
ployes are seldom hedged in  by  such  ar­
tificial  barriers,  as  employers have come 
to realize that men  who  are discontented 
are  unable  to  do  as  effective  work  as 
those who feel that they are being treated 
well in every respect.
It was to meet such a requirement that 
the coupon  book system  was  adapted  to 
the use of the commissary  or  “company 
store.”  Originally  conceived  by  E.  A. 
Stowe,  in 1873, the inventor  soon  found 
that Reed City was too small  a  town  to 
enable him to manufacture coupon  books 
successfully,  so a removal  was made two 
years 
later  to  Big  Rapids,  which  was 
then the center of a considerable lumber­
ing  district.  Feeling  the  need  of  still 
better facilities,  Mr.  Stowe  removed  to 
Grand Rapids in 1877,  where  he resumed 
the manufacture and sale of the books on j 
an enlarged  plan.  Machinery  especially 
adapted to the  work  was  invented  and 
constructed,  an  engraving  department 
was created to execute  the orders calling 
for  specially  designed  and  engraved 
books,  and  in  1889  the  business  was 
merged  into  a  corporation,  under  the 
style of the  Tradesman Company, with a

paid-in  capital  of  830,000.  Besides  be­
ing  the  legitim ate  successor of  the  origi­
nator and  first  introducer  of  the  coupon 
book,  this c<  rnpany 
is  now  the  largest 
m anufacturer  of  these  goods  in the  coun­
try,  having  special  m achinery  for  every 
branch  of the  business,  doing  its  own en­
graving,  printing  And  binding  under one 
roof  aud  one  managem ent,  superintended 
by  men  who  have  had  constant  and  ex­
tended  experience  for  je a rs  in 
the  cou­
pon  book  business.
The  Tradesman  Company  now  num­
bers among its  customers  several  thou­
sand  lumbermen,  located  in  every  state 
and  territory  where  lumbering  is  car­
ried ou.  all of  whom are warm  in  praise 
of the system,  as its use does  away  with 
all the bookkeeping  and  red  tape  inci­
dent  to  antiquated  charging  methods, 
placing the business of each  employe on 
practically  a  cash  ba-is.  Hundreds  of 
voluntary testimonials certifying  to  the 
advantages of  the  coupon  book  system 
are ou file in  the  Tradesman  Company’s 
office,  but  the merits  of  the  system  are 
now so  well  understood  that  a  repetition 
of them  is  unnecessary.
A catalogue or  sample  books  will  be 
supplied  by the company,  whose  office is 
at  100 Louis street.  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

H er Id en tity   W as E stab lish ed .

From th e Chicago  Tribune.

“ 1  have  no  doubt,  madam,”  said  the 
cashier,  "that  you  are  Mrs.  Jykes, the 
person named on this draft,  but the rules 
of  the  bank  require  that,  you  must  be 
identified  by somebody kuown  to  us  be­
fore I can cash the paper for you.”
“1  suppose  I  could  go  and  hunt  up 
some  acquaintance,”  replied 
the  lady, 
“ but 1 took it for granted you  were  suf­
ficiently  familiar  with  my  face to make 
such  a  formality  unnecessary. 
It  has 
been in the public  prints  often  enough. 
1 am  known  to you  by name,  I presume, 
as a public speaker aud lecturer on social 
and political  sub”-----

the 

caller, 

"l  repeat,  madam,  that,  so far as I am 
personally  concerned,  1  have  no  doubt 
you are Mrs.  Jj kes,  the well-known pub­
lic speaker,  but in  business  matters,  as 
you  must  be  aware,  a  banking-house 
must be  guided  by  established  business 
prin”-----
“ When business principles are contrary 
to established  rules  of  common  sense,” 
interrupted 
impatiently, 
“ what is the use of being guided by them? 
Bank drafts are  drawn,  sir,  to  facilitate 
the transaction of  business.  The  theory 
is that banks  are organized to serve as  a 
means  of  promoting  the  rapid 
inter­
change  of  commodities,  or  rather  the 
converting of commodities into the circu-1 
lating medium of the  country,  to the end 
that toil  may meet its  due  reward  with­
out  undue  delay.  But  banks,  sir,  are 
conducted  for the real  purpose of enrich­
ing their  proprietors.  They are swift  to 
take  money  in  and  slow  to pay  it out. 
They  form but  another link  in  the chain 
with  which  plutocracy  is  fettering  the 
limbs  of 
labor—another  spadeful  of 
earth on the mountaiu that crushes down 
into  the  ground  the  common  people! 
Banks,  sir,  are  simply  a  part  of  the 
scheme through the  operation  of  which 
the rich are  growing richer  and the poor 
are  growing  poorer.  The  monopolists 
control the  means of  exchange  and  dic­
tate  to  the  workers  the terms on  which 
the  workers  may  live.  Like  a  hideous 
vampire the money  power fattens on  the 
lifeblood of the people  and”-----
“Madam,”  said  the  cashier,  feebly, 
“here’s your money.”

Female beggars carrying babies  to  at­
tract sympathy  are  common  enough  in 
New  York,  but  a  male  beggar  with  a 
baby  is  an  uncommon  sight.  There  is 
one who walks along Fifth  avenue,  near 
the  Waldorf,  at  night,  and  picks  up a 
good deal of money.  The  novelty of his 
appearance calls forth  curious  comment 
from  passers-by,  and 
is 
sharply  questioned.  He  explains  that 
the child’s mother is dead and that  he  is 
too  poor  to  hire  a  nurse.  He  always 
adds that the child is very  dear  to  him, 
and  that  he  could  not think of  parting 
with it.  The man’s time is worth  some­
thing, and be is invariably  rewarded  for 
his explanation.

the  beggar 

TH h:  MlCfcLLGAJN  TRADESMAN

¡General Stampede
Curse of Credit.

FROM  THE

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

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,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  I*1ICH.

MU88ELMBN  GROCER  GO.,
I I I

WESTERN  MICHIGAN  AGENTS  FOR

II

SPRINGDALE  (dairy)  in  1  and 2  lb. rolls and  tubs. 
SPRINGDALE  CREAHERY  in  1  lb.  rolls,  2  lb. prints and  tubs. 
GOLD  NUGGET  (fancy  creamery) in  1 lb. prints.

These  goods  took  the  lead  in  this  market  last season  and  we have 

reason to believe they will maintain their supremacy  the coming season.
MUSSLEMAN  GROCER  CO.

SOCIETIES,
CLUBS,
CONVENTIONS 
DELEGATES,
COMMITTEES.

The Largest Assortment of  JElibbons 
and Trimmings in the State.

TRADESMAN  COMPANY.

Fall  *Q4

Underwear,  Overshirts,  Hosiery,  Socks,  Kersey  and  Cotton 

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

Flannels,  Skirts,  Cotton  and  Woolen  Dress  Goods, 

Ginghams, Seersuckers,  Satiues, in  black and fig­

ured,  Batts, Comforts,  Blankets.

We have received over  100 cases  new  fall  prints  in  all  the 
Give us  a 

newest  styles  and  colorings,  prices from  3f  to 
call.  Prices always the lowest.

P.  Steketee  & Sons,
Grand  Rapids, flich.

END  OF  A.  T.  STEW ART  &  CO.

D ecadence o f th e G reat H ouse  F ounded 

by  th e  M erchant P rince.
Sabin Sm ith in  Chicago Dry  G oods Reporter.
When  I  was  a  boy  in  New  London. 
Conn.,  where I  was born early in the cen­
tury,  a small  brig  from Ireland  put  into 
New London  for  safe  harbor.  The  brig 
was bound  for New York, but she was de­
tained at  New  London  for  several  days 
by stress of weather,  and  there  young A. 
T.  Stewart’s feet  first touched  American 
soil.  He was  one of  the  boat’s  passen­
gers.  After a few days  the old brig pro­
ceeded to New York with Stewart aboard. 
Upon his arrival at  New York Mr.  Stew­
art  was  almost  penniless.  Awhile  he 
taught  a  small  school.  He  was  well 
qualified for this,  as he  had  had  a  good 
education  in  Ireland.  This  occupation 
led  to bis getting a pretty good acquaint­
ance in New York,  which  was  not a diffi­
cult thing to do early in  the century.  He 
was thrifty, and  in some way  managed to 
get a little capital.  1 don’t know  whethes 
he had  saved or  borrowed  it.  But  with 
this money he  opened a little retail store 
on Broadway,  where  he dealt  iu  notions 
and dry goods in a small  way.  The busi­
ness was conducted  by himself and  wife 
They  worked  hard,  early  and late,  and 
soon succeeded  in  organizing  quite a  re­
tail  business.  This  was  Mr.  Stewart’s 
beginning in  New York.
When 1 was a young man and  first  be­
gan to visit New York on  business trips, 
Mr. Stewart had  established  a nice busi­
ness,  though  he  employed  no  clerks, 
everything being  carried  on by  him  and 
his wife.  He was an  indefatigable busi­
ness man,  full of eqergy, successful  from 
the start,  and he made money fast.  About 
1850 he had  been so successful  in  the  re­
tail  business that he  bought the property 
at Broadway  and  Chambers street, oppo­
site the city  hall  park.  There  were sev­
eral old  buildings on the land.  These he 
tore down and put up  a store  which  was 
considered  magnificent  in  New  York  iu 
those days. 
In  this  big store  he  joined 
the  wholesale  business  with  that of  re­
tail.  On the  lower  floor  was  the  retail 
business  and 
the  upper  stories  were 
given  up to the wholesale.
Mr.  Stewart’s  business  capacity  de­
veloped  with marvelous rapidity.  Every­
thing he touched succeeded,  and in a few 
years  he  bought  lots  farther up Broad­
way,  where he built a  really magnificent 
store and  turned  all  his  retail  business 
into that,  the  Chambers street establish­
ment  being  retained  for  the  wholesale 
trade  exclusively.  These  two  places 
largest  and  most  successtul 
were  the 
houses in  New  York City at that time.
In  1859,  while 1  was  living  in  Brook­
lyn.  1 accepted an offer from Mr.  Stewart 
of  a  clerkship  in  the  wholesale  house. 
When the war broke out l  was at the head 
of the domestic department of the whole­
sale  house,  and  did  all  the  buy ug  for 
that  department  during  the  Wa"r  We 
did a most  astonishing  amouu,  Qf  busi­
ness—it  astonishes  me  now  ^umetimes 
when  1  think  of  the 
increase  ¡D  the 
wholesale trade during  that Period.
At the  outbreak of the  war the domes­
tic department  was  doing a  business  of 
84,000,000  a  year,  while  the business  of 
the  wholesale  house  amounted  to  820.- 
000,000 a year.  But  with  tjje  war prices 
went up fearfully, and in some years dur­
ing that period  the  sales  iu  my  depart­
ment  amounted  to  88,000,000  and  those 
of the  house  to  850,000,000.  These  fig­
ures  have  never  been reached since Mr. 
Stewart’s death  by  any  house.
After the war 1  retired  from  business, 
having  a  competency,  and continued  to 
live  in  Brooklyn.  Not  long  thereafter 
Mr.  Stewart  died  and  the  business  was 
continued  by  his partners, Mr.  Libby and 
Judge Hilton.  Both  had  been associated 
closely with Mr. Stewart.  Mr. Libby, who 
had  been Mr. Stewart’s partner for years, 
was familiar with all  the  details  of  the 
business,  while  Judge  Hilton  had  been 
Mr. Stewart’s confidential  man  and knew 
his  private affairs as iutimately as did the 
merchant prince  himself.
After Mr.  Stewart  had  been dead  two 
or three years.  Mr.  Libby and Judge Hil­
ton thought they  would start a  wholesale 
house in Chicago.  They sent  for  me  to 
Brooklyn  and  asked  me to visit Chicago 
and make a  report on  the advisability  of

TEDE  MICHLGAJN 
I came here and spent sev­
the venture. 
eral  weeks  looking  over  the  field.  On 
| my  return  to  New  York  1  reported  in 
I favor  of  the  plan.  After  some  little 
time they  sent  for  me  again  and  asked 
me  to  make  a  second  visit here,  as  the 
matter was of great importance.  1  made 
a  second  visit,  giving  a  stronger  report 
than  my  first  in  favor  of  the  plan. 
I 
found  a group of linee fine stores, all  va­
cant, at Wabash avenue and  Washington 
street.  This was several  years after  the 
fire—in  1876,  1  think.  Mr.  Drake offered 
a five years’ lease  on the store now occu­
pied  by  Mr.  Tobey for  85,000  a year,  and 
the adjoining stores could be had  for cor­
respondingly low prices.
Mr.  Libby and  Judge  Hilton  made me 
a  handsome  offer  for  a  five  years’  con­
tract to come out  as the head  of  the Chi­
cago  wholesale  house,  and  1  accepted. 
The  leases  were 
taken,  goods  were 
shipped  by every railroad,  men  were sent 
out  from  New  York  to  help,  the  house 
prospered,  and  at  the  end  of  the  five 
years a fine  business  had  been  built  up. 
The New York  house asked  me to renew 
the leases  for  five  years,  showing  that 
Mr.  Libby and  Judge  Hilton  were  well 
satisfied  with 
the  situation  of  affairs 
here.  This  was  done,  but  after  two 
mouths of the new  leases had  run,  I  re­
ceived  a  confidential 
letter  from  New 
York instructing me to close up the busi­
ness entirely, and stating that the  whole­
sale bouse  iu  New  York  would  also  be 
closed.  Mr.  Libby and Judge  Hilton had 
had a terrible  quarrel.  The  nature of it 
was never disclosed.  Mr.  Libby  always 
refused to discuss the  matter  and  Judge 
Hilton  never referred  to it,  but  it was so 
bitter  that  the  wholesale  houses  were 
closed  up entirely  and Mr.  Libby retired 
from the  business  altogether.  He  lives 
now  in  a magnificent  mansion overlook­
ing the  Hudson.  Hilton  has  the  retail 
store at  Broadway  and  Teuth street,  and 
has  conducted  the  business there since. 
Hughes was in  the  old  retail  house  for 
years  before  he  was taken  into partner­
ship  by Judge Hilton.

The reason of the  contemplated  action 
of  the  firm  is  apparent  enough.  They 
will close out  because  they  are  making 
no money.  They  have  done nothing but 
sink money  for a long  while,  and  then, 
too, Judge Hilton  is gettipg  to be an  old 
man,  and 1 presume  he  thinks  it  nearly 
time for getting his affairs in  shape, 
lie 
has  children,-  but  his  wife  died  a  few 
years ago and  he did  not marry again
A.  T.  Stewart’s  wonderful success  was 
due to several causes,  but  the  first  was 
the  fact  that  he  wa> a  hard  worker—he 
worked early and  late, and was at his re 
tail store until miduigbt.  He was quick, 
but quiet and still.  He  used to go about 
the  big  wholesale  house  as  still  as  a 
mouse,  overlooking  everything. 
If  any­
thing  was  wrong,  if he saw any neglect 
ot duty or inattention  on  the  part .of  a 
salesman,  the  matter  was  corrected  at 
once.
Mr.  Stewart was a well-read and  a well- 
educated  man.  He received a college ed­
ucation in Ireland,  was  fond of the  clas­
sics and  knew how to  appear  in good so­
ciety  and  in  the  presence  of  educated 
men.  After he became rich  he gave ele­
gant  dinners  and  eutertaiued  nearly 
every  man of  prominence who visited the 
country from  abroad.  Mr.  Stewart  was 
a  most  accomplished  gentleman  in  his 
manner and  speech.  He bad  a  singular 
turn  fqy business.  There  was  no  detail 
too  small  for  him to  attend to, nothing 
too trivial  to  receive  his  attention.  He 
expected  every  one  in  business  to  be 
promptly at his  post  anti  to  stay  there 
until  his  work  was  done with thorough­
ness.  Mr.  Stewart  left a  fortune  of  be­
tween 840,000,000 and  850,000,000,  which 
up  to  that  time  was  the  largest  ever 
amassed  in  America.  Vanderbilts  and 
Jay Goulds were unkuown then.  All his 
money  was made by  legitimate  business. 
No  one  ever  suspected  him  of  under­
handed dealing.  The bulk of his  fortune 
passed into the  hands  of  Judge  Hilton, 
but  just  how  the  public  was never  in­
formed.

Engineers declare  the  proposed  canal 
from  Pittsburgh  to  Lake  Erie  entirely 
feasible,  and Pittsburgh  parties  are  en­
deavoring to raise 8100.000 for the neces­
sary surveys.

I T fcA   D K H M A i N

1 1

Su m   M

bs  water  s  fiel  Go..  COUGH
DROPS

Jobbers  of

COAL,  COKE  and  WOOD,

SO   M o n r o e   '  t.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Correspondence  solicited  with  • utside 

dealers.

E lÄ R oTy P

T r a d e s m a n  Co.,  grand rapids mich.

RED STAR  Cough  Drops 
are  the  cleanest,  purest  and 
most  effective  drop 
in  the 
market.  Try  Them.  Made 
by

A.  E.
BROOKS
&
CO.,
5  and  7  Ionia  St., 
Grand  Rapids, 
Mich.

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F L ’A lC l’
* BAKING POWDEr

HAS  NO  SUPERIOR  -   BUT  FEW  EQUALS
T H E   ONLY  HIGH  G RADE  BAKING'POWDER
I  LB. CAN  2  5c^ - s
© 02.CAN  10a *  
NORTHROP,  ROBERTSON. &  C A R R IE R
L0U /5V /LLL  X h
J S / N G   m e n .

MANUFACTURED  BY

SOLD  AT  THIS  PRICE

FIRST  PRIZE  BRAND  CONDENSED  MILK.

QUALITY  ABSOLUTELY  GUARANTEED.

Prepared  by Michigan Condensed Milk Co.,  at its  factor­
ies  at  Lansing  and  Howell,  drawing their milk  supplies 
from  the  finest  dairy  region  in  the country.  Natural 
advantages,  long experience,  thorough knowledge of the 
business and the latest and  most approved  methods  and 
machinery  combine  to  make  FIRST  PRIZE  the  most 
perfect  milk  prepared  in Europe or America.

No  matter  what  price  you  pay.  you  cannot  buy  a 

beiter article.

Our  other  brands  are,  DARLING,  STANDARD  and  LEADER, 

t it ions  in  Price  Current.

See  quo-

MARSHALL  BROTHERS,  General  Sales  Agents,

39  W.  Woodbridge 8 t ,  DETROIT,  MICH.

Tie- Sd£tar

IffatS a&L  $a£l~

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.  Your 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 
your stock of salt is low, try a small supply of tlthe salt that's all salt."  Can be 
obtain  _ from jobbers and dealers.  For prices, see price current on other page. 
For other information, address

DIAM OND  C R Y S T A L  S A L T  CO.,  ST.  CLAIR, MICH.

COUPON BOOKS ‘F  YOU  BUY  OF  HEADQUARTERS,  YOU 

TRADESMAN  COMPANY,

ARE  CUSTOMERS  OF  THE

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Asphalt  Ready  Roofing,

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Roofing and Paving Pitch,

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Cor.  Louis  and  C a m p a ti Sts., Grand  Rapids

5.  C.  W.

The  Leading  Niekle  Cigar 
Made in this Market.

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.
Sold at $33 per  1,000 

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Telephone  1205.

1 2

THE COMMERCIAL  TRAVELER.

A d d ress  by S.  M.  Lem on  before  Michi­

g a n  W holesale G rocers’ A ssociation.
To be permitted to  address such an as­
semblage as this is an  honor of  no  small 
degree, and  I regret exceedingly  that the 
short notice for  preparation,  as  well  as 
the brief period  which it  is  necessary  to 
occupy,  are far from  sufficient  to do ius- 
tice  to  the  subject  of  the  commercial 
traveler.  No  effort shall  be made to  af­
ford merriment  or  laughter  by  reciting 
episodes or reminiscences as a part of the 
experiences of  the  commercial  traveler.
I shall not attempt to tell the story of the 
overcoat;  I  shall  not try  to  explain  the 
expense account;  Ishaii  not endeavor to 
picture Sam’l of Posen, the most innocent 
man  on the road;  nor  shall  I  speak of  a 
gentleman  not  a  thousand  miles  away 
who,  upon a certain  occasion,  succeeded 
in  making  a  sale  of  soap  in  the great | 
State of California  large  enough  and  of 
sufficient magnitude to warrant the Union 
Pacific Railroad  Company to increase  its 
rolling stock and  to build a double  track 
from Omaha to  San  Francisco.  No,  Mr. 
President, on the contrary,  the subject is 
to my  mind most  serious  and  far-reach­
ing.  The commercial  traveler  of the fu­
ture will occupy a  position and wield  an 
influence  in  the  commercial  world  per­
haps  second  to  none;  and, 
if  this  be 
true,  he  should  possess  certain natural 
endowments and  equipment necessary  to 
the  complete  make-up  of  a  successful 
salesman.
Let  us consider what  some of these es­
sential  requirements  are. 
First,  and 
above all,  the  successful  salesman  must 
be  an  honest  man;  he  must  be a  hard­
working,  industrious man,  and  he  must 
be  a  man  possessing  a high order of  in­
telligence,  so  that he  may  easily  divine 
between  right  and  wrong,  and,  being 
thus  enabled  to  perceive  his  duty,  he 
will,  with  becoming  force  and  courage, 
pursue it with  diligence.  Such  a  man, 
with  such  endowments  aud  snch prepa­
ration, pursues his calling from high, hon­
est principles,  upon a broad plane of hon­
esty;  strictly adhering to  and  ever keep­
ing in mind the “golden  rule,” he cannot 
fail  to  achieve  permanent  success  and 
happiness in the  pursuit  of his business 
life.
Sufficient care and pains have not been 
taken,  as a rule,  in this country in the se­
lection  of  the  proper  kind  of  material 
from  which  to  make  good  commercial 
travelers,  and  proper  attention  has  not 
been given to educate them up to the cor­
rect realization of their  part taken in  re­
lation to the houses  with  which they  are 
connected. 
In  Great  Britain  and  other 
European  countries,  commercial  travel­
ers are selected  ouiy  trorn  good families; 
they  are  men of  high  intelligence,  and, 
of  necessity,  receive  a  gocd  business' 
training.  They  are  gentlemen  of  good I 
presence  and  refinement  of  character, l 
thoroughly educated in and master of the 
science of their  profession;  while in this 
couutry I  regret that  observation  has led 
me to the belief that American  wholesale 
grocers,  when engaging commercial trav­
elers,  to a very large degree overlook,  ig­
nore, or consider  of  but  little  moment, 
these  qualities  to  which  reference  has 
been made and  which,  in  my estimation, 
are of vast importance.
In  this  connection  1  urge  upon you, 
one and all, as employers of salesmen,  to 
use your influence to elevate in these par­
ticulars the  standard of  the  commercial 
traveler.  You owe  it to yourselves;  you 
owe  it  to  your  representatives.  Your 
traveling men are an  index to the honses 
they  represent;  they  are  your  agents— 
your mouthpiece—a true reflex and coun­
terpart of yourselves,  and  the  trade will 
form  an  estimate  of  you  precisely  in 
keeping with the  character  and  consist­
ency of your representatives.
I have said  that the  commercial  trav­
eler should have a well-trained mind and 
a strong  personality  to  support  him  in 
the  discharge  of  his  duties  away  from 
home, deprived  of the benefit  of  consul­
to 
tation 
decide at once for himself, from a logical 
standpoint,  questions  of 
importance. 
The buyers of any of  your  large  houses 
have the  advantage of  consultation,  and 
the credit men of your  various  concerns 
are  in  possession  of  the same  blessing,

and  advice  when 

forced 

For 

but  the  traveling  man,  in  most  cases, 
must decide  the  most  intricate  matters 
piomptly aud  entirely  according  to  his 
own judgment,  without  the assistance or 
advice of anyone;  hence  tne necessity of 
natural ability, good  training and  sound 
judgmeut.  The  commercial 
traveler 
should,  also,  be  a  thorough  statistician, 
so that  when asked for an opinion on the 
future of any  great  staple  or  article  of 
merchandise  that  comes  within his  line 
he  may  answer  promptly. 
in­
stance, should  he be asked his opinion on 
the future of the sugar  market,  he ought 
to be able to reply  with promptness,  giv­
ing  the  estimated  crop  of  the  current 
year contrasted or compared with that of 
the previous and former  years,  and.  tak­
ing these  and  other  surrounding  condi­
tions  into  consideration,  satisfy his cus­
tomer of  his  thorough  familiarity  with 
this and other important  subjects of like 
nature  from  a  most  intelligent  stand­
point.  Such  a man  will  inspire  in  the 
minds of  his  trade  that  confidence  and 
respect for  his  intelligence  which  is  so 
desirable,  if not  absolutely necessary,  to 
success;  and,  while  1  would  have  the 
commercial  traveler  repose  every  confi­
dence  in  the  instructions  of  his  house 
relative to the cost of goods aud the value 
of same, yet  1 submit  that  if  he  wants 
and expects to rise to eminence,  and  be a 
star in his  profession,  he  must  in  this, 
as  in  any  other  walk in life,  be a  well- 
read,  self-posted and self-made man.
Thus far the  commercial  traveler  has 
been  referred  to  in  a general  way;  but 
just now 1  desire to  allude  to  him  in  a 
more  specific  manner,  from a wholesale 
grocer’s  standpoint,  and  in  doing  so  1 
wish  to  call  your  attention  to  the fact 
that the inauguration  of  Equality  in  the 
sale of sugars has brought about uniform 
prices on this great staple;  and that  this 
uuiformity  is  to  prevail  in  the future, 
not only in this  but  in many,  if  not  all, 
of  the  States  east  of  the  Rocky Moun­
tains,  and that the principle and practice 
of  Equality,  as  known  to  the  grocery 
trade, shall  be broadened  and  deepened 
as time goes on,  and that  it  will  be  ap­
plied  to  many  other  lines  of  groceries 
there is but little  doubt.  This will,  nat­
urally,  necessitate a  unanimity  and  ad­
herence  to  the  grand  and 
inexorable 
principle of Equality all  along  the  line, 
and  this  harmonious  action on Equality 
and all the Rules of Practice for the con­
duct of business  soon  to  be  established 
and maintained,  will, in  the future,  shut 
out  salesmen  devoid  of  good  principle 
and will call into  action  men  trained  in 
their profession;  believers in  the  policy 
of  “live  and let live;”  progressive men; 
men who abhor  cutting  prices;  men  who 
abhor  making  unjust  rebates  or  allow­
ances of any kind or  nature.  1 say that, 
whether from a wholesale grocer’s stand­
point or from  the  commercial  traveler’s 
standpoint, the  future will find  no place 
on the road  for the  cutter  or  rebater  or 
maker  of  unjust  allowances. 
In  other 
words,  there will  be no  room on  the  list 
of commercial travelers  for any  man  not
strictly honorable in all bis ways.
1 trust you  will  not imagine  that 1  am 
setting up an ideal salesman of such high 
stature that the realization  would be im­
possible. 
For  many 
years I occupied the  role  and  filled  the 
capacity of tbe commercial  traveler,  and 
if  there  is  one  man  in  the commercial 
world who, more  than  another,  is  enti­
tled  to  special  consideration,  it  is  he; 
for,  in  my opinion, of  all the professions 
and  trades,  in  that  of  the  commercial 
traveler may be  found the  keenest  wits, 
the  brightest  genius,  the brainiest men, 
tbe most  generous,  the  most devout,  the 
most  faithful  and  tbe  most  charitable; 
but, as all things in nature are changing,  ! 
so would 1  see  tbe  commercial  traveler i 
day  by  day grow  better.  1  would  have 
for his motto,  “Excelsior,” ever reaching 
toward that perfection which is, perhaps, 
only attained by a life of earnest struggle 
and fidelity in building  up  and  cement­
ing the common brotherhood of man.

I  believe  not. 

Every  great  man has a physician who 
can  forbid  his  patient  to make a public 
speech  when  it  is  best  for  him  not  to 
talk.

There are always enough officers to  go 

ronnd; but not enough offices.

■  Hffr.  jidJLCTHIGAlSl  T R A D IÜ S M J L N

CHICAGO

AND  W K S I  MICHIGAN  R’T.
GOING  TO  CHICAGO.

TO AND PROM  MC8KKOON.

RETURNING  FROM  CHICAGO.

• Lv. G’d Rapids............ 7:25am  1:25pm  *11:30pm
I Ar. Chicago.................1:25pm 6:50pm  *6:45am
Lv.  Chicago.................. 8:15am  5:00pm *ll:45pm
[ Ar. G’d Rapids..............3:05pm  10:25pm *6:25am
I Lv. Grand Rapids  ......  7:25am  1:25pm  5:30pm
i Ar. Grand R.  9:15am  3 :05pm
Lv.Grand  Rapids..  7:30am  3:15pm
' Ar.  Manistee...........  12:20pm  8:15pm
i Ar. Traverse City__ 
1:00pm  8:V>pm
Ar. Charlevoix  ...... 
3:15pm  11:10pm
Ar.  Petoskey..........   3:45pm  11:40pm
j  Trains arrive from  north at 1:00 pm and *10:08
I pm.

TBAVBRSB C IT T .  CHARLEV O IX   AND  PETO SK EY .

PARLOR  AND  SLEEPING  CARS.

Parlor  cars  leave  for  Chicago  1:25pm.  For 
north  3:15pm.  Arrives  from  Chicago  10:35pm. 
From north 1 :pm.  Sleeping cars leave  for  Chi­
cago 11:30pm.  Arrive from Chicago 6.25.
*Every day.  Others week days  only.
DETROIT, 

sept i»1894
LANSING  A  NORTHERN  R .  R,
GOING TO  DETROIT.

Lv. Grand Rapids........  7:00am  1:20pm  5:55pm
Ar. Detroit..................11:40am  5:30pm  10:40pm

RETURNING  FROM  DETROIT.

Lv.  Detroit..................  7:40am  l:lupm  6:00pm
Ar. Grand Rapids....... 12:40pm  5:15pm  10:45pm
Lv. GR 7:40am 4:45pm  Ar. GR. 12:35pm 10:55pm

TO AND PROM  SAGINAW,  ALMA AND ST.  LOUIS.

I 

TO AND  FROM LOWBLL.

! Lv. Grand Rapids...........7:00am  1:20pm  5:55pm
Ar. from Lowell..............12:40pm 5:15pm  ..........

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.

w a u k e e   Railway.
EASTWARD.

GEO. DeHAYEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t.
D e t r o i t ,  g r a n d   h a v e n   a   Mi l ­
•No.
Trains Leave
1100pm 
G’d  Rapids,  Lv
12 35am 
Ionia...........Ar
1 25am 
St. Johns  ... Ar
3 10am 
Owosso....... Ar
640am 
E. Saginaw.. Ar
7 15am 
Bay City......Ar
5 40am 
F lin t...........Ar
730am 
Pt.  Huron... Ar
537am 
Pontiac....... Ar
700am
Detroit.........Ar

tNo.  18
325pm
4 27pm
5 20pm 
605pm 
800pm 
637pm 
705pm 
850pm 
8 25pm 
925pm

tNo.  16
10 20am
11 25am 
1217pm
1 20pm
3 45pm
4 35pm
3 45pm
5 50pm 
305pm
4 05pm

tNo.  14
6 45am
7 40am
8 25am 
900am
10 50am
11 32am 
1005am 
1205pm
10 53am
11 50am

WBSTWARD.

“ 

“ 

For  Grand Haven  and Intermediate
Points............................................ *7:00 a. m.
For Grand Haven and  Muskegon......tl:C0 p. m.
“ 
“  Mil. and Chi.. .+4:55 p.  n
tDally except  Sunday. 
Trains  arrive  from  the  east,  6:35 a.m.,  12:50 
p.m., 4:35 p. m .
Trains  arrive from  the  west, 10:10a. m.  3:15 
pm.  and9:10p.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 Sleep«.

*Daily.

J a s . Ca x p b b l l , City T*cket Agent.

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

“  T ie Niagara Falls Route.’*

(Taking effect  Sunday,  May 27,1894.) 

•Dally.  All others daily, except Sunday.

Arrive. 
Depart
10 20 n m..........Detroit  Express............7 00 a m
5 30 a m .....* Atlantic and  Pacific....... 11  20 pm
1  50p m.....New Yoi i  Express...........   6 00 p m
Sleeping cars run on Atlantic  and  Pacific  ex 
press trains to aud lrnm Detroit.
Parlor  cars  leave  for  Detroit at  7:00 am ;  re 
turning, leave Detroit 4:35 p in, arriving at Grand 
Rapids 10:30 p m.
Direct  communication  made  at  Detroit  with 
all through  trains eeat  over  the  Michigan Cen­
tral Railroad (Canada Southern Division.)
A. ALMqtrisT, Ticket Agent,
Union PassengerStatlon.

G rand  R apids  6k In d ian a.

TBA INS  GOING  N ORTH.

North

Leave g o in g  
For Traverse City, Petoskey  and Saginaw....7 :4 0 a.  m .
For Traverse City and  M ackinaw....................... 1:85 p. ra.
For Cadillac and S aginaw ........................................1:45 p. ra.
For  M ackinaw............................................................ 10:25 p  m.
Leave going
„  
South.
For  C in c in n a ti....,.................................................6:50a.m .
For  K alam azoo and  C h icago........................... . .215 p. m
For  F ort W ayne an d   th e  E ast............................ 2:15p.m .
For C incinnati  .........................................................*6:40  p .m .
For  K alam azoo and C h icago............................ *11:40  p". m

T R A IN S  GOING  SOUTH.

, 

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

Lv Grand Rapids............. 0:50 a m   2:15 p m   *11:40 p m
Arr  C hicago...................... 2:00p m   0:00p m  
7:10am
2:16 p  m  train   has through  W agner  Buffet  Parlor 
Car and coach.
11:40 p m tra in  d a lly ,  through W agner S leeping Oar 
and Coach.
11:30pm
Lt   Chicago 
Arr Grand Rapids 
7 :2 0 a m
3:30  p  m  h a s  through  W agner  Buffet  P arlor  Car. 
11:30 p m   train d a ily ,th ro u g h   W agner  Sleeping  Car.

3:30p m  
0:1 5 p m  

For M uskegon—L eave. 

Muskegon, Grand Rapids A Indiana.
8:25 a m
7:15  a m  
1 9 0 p m  
1:15pm
( : » P i «  
8:10 p m
O .L. LOCKWOOD-

From M uskegon—Arrive

General  Passenger and  T icket  Agent.

ENGRAVING PHOTO

WOOD
HALF-TONE
Buildings,  Portraits,  Cards  and  Stationery 

Headings, Maps, Plans  and  Patented 

Articles.
TRADESMAN  CO., 

Grand Rapids, Mich.

MICHIGAN  TKADE8MAM

T he  G rocery  M arket.

Sugar (Edgar)—The market during the 
past week has ruled dull  and  heavy  for 
raws,  while  refined  were reduced Satur- 
l-16@%c  on  all  grades.  Refiners  have 
claimed a good  business,  which the  gen­
eral reports do not  confirm,  but stocks in 
many  directions  have  been  worked  off, 
as  sales  in  some  localities  have  been 
large;  the chief call is still for softs,  but 
the  output  of  granulated  has  shown  a 
very considerable increase,  and  there  is 
evidence on  every hand that the tendency 
is  in  the  direction  of  improved  condi­
tions.  We  may  possibly  see  some 
changes in  the  list  of  values,  although 
we  really  see  no  necessity  for  lower 
prices.  The Louisiana sugars are finding 
a market at  about the  level  of  last  sea 
son’s  low  prices and  refiners may  check 
any tendency on the part of  the  grocery 
trade to invest in these sugars,  by cheap 
ening refined,  but we see  no reason  why 
this  should  be  necessary  until  receipt 
become large,  when  we  are  inclined  to 
look for a firmer market for the Southern 
product.  The refiners  are the large con 
sumers and  will,  undoubtedly,  enter into 
sharp competition  with the  dealers  dur 
ing the season of largest receipts.  Melt 
ings  continue  light; 
the  Philadelphia 
houses closed down a week  ago  and  the 
production  in  New  York  is  extremely 
limited.  As repeatedly stated heretofore 
we have entered a  low  priced  campaign 
and the over supply of sugars in  dealers’ 
hands,  with resultant absence of demand, 
has intensified the position to such an ex­
tent that in order to start a buying move­
ment, some very attractive prices may be 
offered later on.  While sugar is unques­
tionably cheap to-day,  there  is little  en­
couragement  to  anticipate  requirements 
aud we can only counsel conservative in­
vestment. 

%

Pork—The tendency  of  barrelled  and 
smoked pork  is  still  downward  and  no 
change for the better is  expected  before 
the end of the year,  by  which  time  the 
“odds and ends”  will  be cleared up.  See 
price  current  for  quotations.  Business 
for the week in the local market was dull 
and spiritless.

Fish—Whitefish  are  a 
Other varieties unchanged.

little 

lower. 

Farinaceous  Goods—Oatmeal  is lower. 
Sago  has  declined.  Lima  beans  and 
pearl barley are stronger and higher.

Bananas—The  demand  does  not  im­
prove  to  any  appreciable  degree  and 
local  peddlers  are  getting  the  bulk  of 
nearly  every  car  which  our  wholesale 
dealers take in.  Domestic  fruits are un­
doubtedly responsible for  the  slow  sale 
of bananas.

The  H a rd w a re   M arket.

General  trade 

continues  good,  al­
though the  warm weather  prevents  any 
very great activity.  Reports  from other 
trade centers and adjacent towns  all  in­
dicate that in some lines  there is quite a 
standstill, pending the advent  of  a  cold 
wave.  The indications  all  poiut  to  an 
active demand in many lines  as  soon  as 
the fall crops are harvested  and  returns 
from  them  come  in.  The  potato  and 
fruit crop being  good  in  'Michigan  and 
prices ruling high cannot but  help  hav­
ing  a  good  effect  on  general 
trade. 
Prices in all lines of  hardware  fluctuate 
but  little,  as  they  already  seem  low 
enough  to  suit  the  majority—certainly 
lower  than  the  manufacturer  wishes 
they were.

Wire Nails—Are  moving  freely.  The 
mills are all running and  report  a  good

demand.  Any advance from  the present 
low rates is not likely  and,  if  anything, 
lower prices may rule before higher.  We 
quote $1.30 @1.35 from  stock  and  $1.10 
at the mill.

Barbed  Wire—The  demand 

is  but 
slight,  but,  as  yet,  the  mills  are  quite 
busy and  do  not  manifest  any  disposi­
tion to name  lower  figures,  as  they  do 
not  think  it  would  have  the  effect  to 
create any  more  business. 
In  some  in­
stances,  orders  are  being  placed  for 
spring shipment,  as many feel  the  pres­
ent low  figure  cannot  rule  the  coming 
year.

Sheet Iron—In good demand and many 
makers  find  it  impossible  to  keep  up 
with their  orders.  There  is  no  change 
to note in  price,  however.

Ammunition—The  demaud 

is  very 
good and,  in some lines,  it  is  impossible 
to  get  the  goods.  Loaded  and  empty 
shells and'certain  kinds of cartridges are 
impossible to  get  without  placing  your 
order at least a month ahead.

Window Glass—Never so low  as  now. 
How  long  it  will  last  is  the  question 
asked  by every manufacturer and jobber. 
Some  say 
the  present  low  price  will 
rule all winter;  others that a  change for 
the  better will come after  election.  We 
can tell better after January 1.

A  Fashionable  Woman’s  Confession.
P rom “  A B ach elo r M aid" in  Century M agazine.
"Did nobody ever tell you that in some 
far prehistoric time 1  was  in  love  with 
my husband?”  said  Mrs.  Romaine, care­
lessly. 
"Weil,  I  was.  1  used to  go  to 
afternoon services in  Lent and  pray  for 
that love to  last,  because  the  sensation 
was so much to my taste. 
I  used to have 
ecstatic feelings when his foot was on the 
stair,  and 1 sat sewing little baby-clothes. 
We lived in a  planish  way,  then;  three 
dollars spent in two  theatre tickets  was 
a tremendous outlay; arid  we walked  out 
to dinners—1 tucking up  the  train of my 
best gown under a long cloak,  and laugh­
ing if the  wind  snatched  it  away  from 
me at the corners and whipped it  around 
my feet.  Then  he grew  richer,  and  we 
broadened the borders of our phylactery, 
and  then—how—when—dear  knows  if I 
can  remember,  we grew  farther and far­
ther away from each  other.  Now  when 
he is at home, 1  am aware  of  it  because 
he is there behind a  newspaper,  but that 
s all!  When our lips meet,  it is  like  two 
pieces of dry pith coming together.  1 have 
a  perfectly  unsurpassed  power  of  an­
noying  him  by  my  presence. 
I  know 
nothing of bis  affairs,  nor  he  of  mine. 
Our  interests  are  his,  not  mine.  Our 
house is  mine,  not  his.  All  my  tastes 
are ’fads’; but,so loug as I don’t disgrace 
him,  he  does  not  interfere. 
I  have 
money in  abundance.  Money—money— 
who cares for money  when a man’s heart 
and  soul  and  brain  have gone  into  it? 
How  long is  it  since  he  lias  thought  1 
could  want  anything  from  him  but  a 
check? But ah! if I  were  you,  and  Gor­
don  were  my  suitor—if  knowing  what 
was to come,  I  had  it  all  to  live  over 
again—I think  1  would  take  the  bitter 
present for  one  taste  of  the  old  sweet 
that never can come back!”

Ida—“Did you see my father?”
Waiter—“Yes,  I told him  I  had  come 
to  ask  of  him  the  greatest  blessing  a 
young  man  could  ask—his  daughter’s 
hand.”

“And what did  he say?”
“ He seemed much pleased—said he was 
afraid at first 1  wanted  to  borrow  some 
money.”

‘•Whit sort of a girl is  she?”
“Ob, she is a miss with a mission.’’
“A h!”
“And  her  mission  is  seeking  a  man 

with a mansion.”

Edith—Only think !  Charlie calls me a 
dream!  Wasn’t that nice?  Wonder what 
put that idea into his head?
Maude—Dreams are so ridiculous,  you 
know.

1 3
policy  was  written  to  cover  it  on  his 
farm a  mile  away.  Some  repairs  were 
found necessary  and  the plow was taken 
to  the  blacksmith  shop,  where  it  was 
when the fire destroyed the  shop and the 
plow.  The owner made claim for indem­
nity  on  the  ground  the  repairs  to  the 
plow were  necessary and  asked to be re­
imbursed for its value.  The case is sim­
ilar  to one which came up in  Milwaukee 
some time  ago.  A  woman  who  carried 
insurance  on  all  her  household  effects 
sent a sealskin jacket  to a  furrier  to  be 
repaired.  Fire  destroyed  the  shop  and 
the woman asked to be  recompensed  for 
her loss.  When  this  case  came  before 
the  courts,  as  it did,  the  Supreme Court 
| of Wisconsin decided the  insurance com- 
! pany was responsible for the loss, on the 
ground  that  the  repairs  were  necessary 
to  the  garment,  that the taking of it  to 
the store  did  not  release  the  insurance 
company  from liability.  The policy  un­
der  which  this  decision  was  rendered 
contained a clause  insuring the property 
“contained  in said dwelliug.”  The deci­
sion caused  a change  in  the  wording  of 
the policies,  which now read  “while con­
tained in  said  dwelling.” 
It  would  be 
well  for  every one to  read their policies 
carefully and  watch for new clauses.

According to La Laiterie,  the  number 
of distinct varieties  of  cheese  produced 
in  the  dairy  world—that  is,  in  Europe 
and America,  for very little  is  known  of 
the production of Africa  and  the  East— 
is  213,  of  which  204  are  produced  in 
Europe,  the  remaining  nine  being pro­
duced  in America.  It is,  however, doubt­
ful  (says  Professor  Long)  whether  the 
whole of these are really  distinct  varie­
ties.  We take  the  American  varieties— 
for  example,  the  Cheddar,  flat  cheese, 
Young  America,  pineapple! cheese  and 
brick cheese.  Of this  number  we  shall 
find that the first four  at  least  resemble 
each other in manufacture and  in  flavor, 
although  the  form  is  different.  The 
Young America cheese, of which so much 
is made in the States, is  almost  identical 
with a Wiltshire loaf; which is  also,  and 
in this country,  too  frequently  described 
as  a  distinct  variety. 
It  is  nothing of 
the kind. 
It is a  Cheddar  made  in  the 
form of a  Stilton,  and  the  same  remark 
unquestionably applies to many of the va­
rieties  made  upon  the  Continent.  The 
total  exportation  and  importation  of 
produce of the various dairy countries of 
the world amount in value  to  l,g03,000,- 
000f.,  of  which  6S7,000,000f.  apply  to 
butter and 516,000,000f.  to cheese.

Our  Leader.

I  J. H.  Monrad in N ational Dairym an.

Specific N am e  for M ichigan C heese.
Michigan  had  no  show  at  all  at  the j 
World’s Fair with its soft,  soggy  cheese,  I 
and  we  do  not  wonder  at the feeling  of ! 
injustice committed which permeates the I 
mind of the successful  Michigan  cheese- 
maker who knows  that his  cheese  is  ac- 
tually outselling the  best Wisconsin  and i 
New  York  “Herkimer  county”  cheese 
in an area sufficiently  large  to  consume 
the per cent, of production. 
’Tis true he 
has long ago made up  his mind that it  is 
useless to place  his  cheese  on  the  open I 
market  in  Chicago  or  New  York,  but 
“ who  cares”  when  he  has  his  special 
little avenues through which  he  unloads 
his  whey-loaded,product?  And  who is to j 
blame him?  He gets  a bigger  yield and,  I 
as  said  before,  in  some  cases  actually 
outsells  good  “cheddar.”  We  are  the j 
very  last to  blame  him;  indeed,  we  pre­
sume we should act as he does  under  the 
same  conditions.  But  we  write 
this 
partly to explain the action of the judges 
at  the  World’s  Fair  and  to  show their 
justice,  and  partly  to  enter  a  protest 
against the Michigan  cheesemakers  call­
ing their  cheese  not  only  by  the  time- 
honored  name  of  cheddar  but  even  by 
the  later  adopted  names  for  the  same 
cheese  in  different  form,  “Flats”  and 
“Young  America.”  We  claim  that  a 
cheese so  different  from  the  original  as 
the Michigan cheese  is from  the original 
standard  should,  indeed,  not  have  been 
allowed an entry  in  the  said  classes  in 
spite  of  the shape  being correct.  They 
have no more right to  be  classed  as  be­
longing  to  the  cheddar  variety  than  a 
uuip  of  cheddar  curd  moulded  in  the 
diape of Edam lias the right to be classed 
is  such.  Thus,  while  we  freely  admit 
the  right  of  the  Michigan  factories  to 
cater to any special  trade,  we  doubt  the 
correctness of their calling  their product 
by the name of  one so very  much  differ­
ent  in  everything but the shape,  and we 
think it would  be a  good  policy  for  our 
Michigan  friends  to  adopt some specific 
name under which their peculiar product 
might become  known. 
If  this had  been 
done  there  would  have  been  a  special 
class for their cheese at the  World’s  Fair 
and they would have been judged accord­
ing to  their  own  standard.  As  long  as 
the cheese is entered  under either of  the 
above-mentioned  three  names,  the mak­
ers will have to  stand or fall by  the true 
standard,  that of the old English cheddar. 
Let the Michigan Dairymen’s Association 
take this matter up  and give  a  premium 
not only for a  suitable name  but  for  the 
best  description  of  the  make  and  the 
quality of  the  Michigan  modification  of 
“cheddar” cheese.

She  Smoked  Them  Out.

Mrs.  Outen,  of New  York,  who  rents 
furnished rooms,  has  discovered  an  effi­
cient  way of  getting  rid  of  undesirable 
lodgers.  Charles  Burns  and  his  wife 
have  been living in  the  house  for  some 
time,  but  for  some  reason  Mrs.  Outen 
preferred their room  to  their  company, 
and  gave  them  notice  to  quit.  They 
were very comfortable where  they  were, 
and,  politely  but  firmly  declined  to 
vacate.  Mrs.  Outen does not have a very 
high opinion of the  legal  machinery  by 
which  undesirable  tenants  are  dispos­
sessed,  so  she  went out and procured a 
lot  of  s'ulphur,  which she put into a pan 
and putting it  into  a  room  immediately 
under that of the tenants, set  it  on  fire. 
Presently the acrid  fumes  pervaded  the 
whole house,  and came  pouring  through 
the  windows in yellow  clouds,  to the  no 
small alarm  of  the  neighbors,  who  did 
not understand what was going on.  The 
tenants stood it  awhile,  but  human  en­
durance  has  its  limits,  and  they  were 
soon compelled to capitulate.  When they 
were  once  outside,  Mrs.  Outen  locked 
them out,  and would  not  permit them to 
enter the house even  to get  their  belong­
ings.

A  very  interesting  case  in  insurance 
was presented in  Chicago recently.  The 
manager of one  of the  larger  companies 
received a proof of  loss from an agent in 
a near-by town  for a  sulky  plow  which 
was  destroyed  in  a fire  in a blacksmith 
shop.  The owner of the plow carried in­
surance on  his farm  machinery,  but  the

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Drugs  Medicines»

Stale  Board  of Pharm ac?  f 

One  Year—Ottm ar Eberb&ch, -inn  Arbor. 
Two  Yearn—G eorge Onndram, Ionia.
Three  Yearn—C. A  B ug bee. C heboygan. 
Fonr  Yearn—S. K.  P a rk ill, Owonno.
F ive Y ea rs—F. W. R. Perrv  D etroit. 
P resident—Fred’k W  R  Perry, D etroit. 
S ecretary—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso. 
T reasurer—Geo. Gundrum, Io n ia.
C om ing’  M eetings—L ansing, Nov.  7 and 8.

M ichigan  State  Pharm aceutical  Ash’d.
P resident—A. B. Stevens, Ann Arbor.
V ice-President—A. F. Parker, Detroit*
Treasurer—W. Dupont,  Detroit.
Secretay—8. A. Thom nson. Detroit.

G r a n d   R a p i d s   P h a r m n i'p iit lr « )  S o f l . t y  

President. W alter  E  Schmidt; Secretary. B. Schrouder

The D rug S tore an d   th e  College.

Some  years  ago  a  physician  made  a 
tempting  offer  to  induce  me  to  take  a 
young man  (a student  of  medicine)  into 
my employ, solely for the purpose of im­
parting to him a knowledge of  the  prin­
ciples  of  pharmacy,  amounting to  what 
might be called a short  practical  course. 
It was  not  the  financial  inducement  so 
much as a desire to accommodate a friend 
that finally led me to  assume the charge. 
After a few weeks of such  responsibility 
I  became  very  tired  of  my  “bargain,” 
and at the termination of  the  contract  1 
felt not a little relieved;  it  was as a bur­
den lifted. 
I believe  I never  before  nor 
since realized  the  gap  which  exists  be­
tween the drug store and the college;  be 
tween what  is  known  as  shop  training 
and  college  training.  My  time  was  so 
constantly demanded by  the store and oc­
cupied  with  business  cares  that  it  re­
quired an effort which  I  did  not  before 
realize,  to  make  at times a sudden turn 
and concentrate my  mind  upon  the  one 
idea of  teaching,  and  for  the time being 
convert  my  laboratory  and  store-room 
into a class-room;  and yet to perform mj 
duty conscientiously  I  felt this was nec­
essary to do at stated  times almost every 
day.

1 believe I  am  saying  only  what  has 
been  said  over  and  over  again,  and  in 
perhaps the same words:  Practical shop 
experience can  be  acquired  in  no  other 
place  than  the drug  store,  and a college 
education can  be  obtained  in  no  other 
place than inside the college walls.  The 
practical laboratory  work of  the college, 
which demotes its time,  as  it  should,  to 
the practical demonstration  of the teach­
ing of the class-room,  should  not  be  in­
tended as a substitute  for  that  peculiar 
experience  which  is  gained  behind  the 
drug counter. 
I  think  it  goes  without 
saying  that  to-day  it  requires  both  ot 
these to make a  pharmacist  in the  sense 
in which the  word is used  by  the  drug­
gist  aud  by  the  body  politic. 
It  also 
goes without  saying  that  the  college  or 
school gives a  training  which  cannot  be 
accomplished by  the shop,  and  the shop 
gives a training which  cannot be  accom­
plished  by the college.

If  1  were  to  characterize  in  simple 
terms  the  quality  of  the  two  kinds  ot 
training,  I should  say that  the  one  was 
business like aud the other  professional, 
or  rather  technical, 
in  character.  Ot 
course,  1 do not  mean  by this that  either 
the  college  or  the  shop  confines  itself 
within these  boundaries. 
It  would  be  a 
poor college professor  who did  not  occa­
sionally indulge in a  lecture on the busi­
ness side of pharmacy,  and it would be a 
curious  specimen  of  a  pharmacist  who 
would not now  and then  indulge in com­
ments  upon 
the  scientific  principles 
which underlie the  profession  which  bis 
business  represents.  But  the aims  and ; 
purposes of  the  proprietor  and  precep- i

tor, and those  of the  teacher  or profess­
or, are almost directly opposite.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,
that this would  be a  change,  if  adoptep 
by  the  Board of Regents,  which the stu­
dents, particularly those  who  are  ambi­
tious  aud  impatient  to  obtain  a degree, 
would welcome  very  heartily. 
It would 
doubtless  increase  the  number  of  stu­
dents on  the  class  roll,  but  whether  it 
would ultimately be an  advantage to  the 
profession of  pharmacy  in  the  State  of 
Kansas is a question upon  which I am en­
deavoring to  get  some  light,  and  trust 
that it will be fairly and freely discussed 
at this meeting  in  the  Educational  Sec­
tion of our Association.

This divergency of  interest was not  so 
apparent  in  former years, when the col­
lege  course  was  comparatively  limited; 
but as time has advanced, it  has  become 
more  pronounced,  until  the  college  in 
some parts of our country,  feeling  itself 
fully occupied  with  its immediate work, 
asks to be relieved  of  the  responsibility 
of  looking  after,  and  holding  itself re­
sponsible for,  the shop  training. 
In do­
ing this it does not seem to underrate the 
value  of  the  shop  training,  but  merely 
wishes to be relieved of the vouching for 
that over which it has so little control.

Endeavoring to look at the matter from 
an  unbiased  standpoint—as  the  public 
might look at  it—it seems to  me  it  does 
not matter upon whom the burden of this 
duty rests; the important  thing is that  it
shall be  looked after  by  proper  and  re­
sponsible parties.  Whether  this respon­
sibility  rests  upon  the  college  or  the 
State board  is  perhaps  immaterial,  pro­
vided the investigation is properly made.
It seems to me that in either case  shop 
experience will always be found to be an 
uncertain  and  variable  quantity—de­
pendent  upon  the  quality  and faithful­
ness of the preceptors who  have  the  su­
pervision of such work.  Comments here 
are unnecessary,  as  everyone knows that 
the personal equation  of the preceptor is 
by no means a fixed quantity.

The question has frequently been asked 
me:  Why not  adopt the plan  of  some  of 
the  colleges—be  relieved  of this burden 
and only look  after  the  college  work— 
give credit for this, and let the other take 
care  of  itself?  My  answer  to  this  is. 
that whenever it shall be agreed that this 
shall be looked after by others, 1 shall be 
only too glad  to resign  that  part  of  the 
work.  I wish very much that some unity 
of action could  be adopted by our various 
colleges,  but I  should  be  very  sorry  to 
adopt  any  plan  which  might be misun­
derstood  by  the  shop,  and  that  would 
tend  to  disturb  the  intimate  relation 
which now exists between the two.

In the  University of  Kansas  the  per­
sonal  contact  of  the  professor with the 
student,  aud  his  intimate  relation  with 
the student’s preceptor, give him a pecul­
iarly  advantageous  position  to judge  of 
the  value  of  shop  training:  but  it is  a 
question whether it  is best  after  all  for 
him  or  the  institution  he  represents to 
continue to vouch for this experience.  1 
should  not  like  to  urge  any  radical 
change from present  methods  unless the 
change  be  recommended  by  our  State 
Board  of  Pharmacy  and  thoroughly ac 
ceded to by our Board of Regents.
The  question  has  occurred 

to  me: 
What would  be the  value  of  a  diploma 
issued  by the University  which does  not 
in  any  way  vouch  for  practical  drug 
store  experience,  as  compared  with  a 
diploma,  as it  now  stands,  which  does 
vouch for this  in a  measure?  Assuming 
that the college training  in  both cases be 
precisely  the  same,  whether  the  expe­
rience  be had  or not,  it is clear that  the 
diploma in the  latter case,  where the  ex­
perience is  had.  represents  more. 
It  is 
true it would  represent  also values more 
variable,  but it would in every case mean 
more. 
I think  this is the  view that  any 
unbiased  person  would  take,  and  the 
view  the  public  would take.  As before 
stated, I should be very  happy  Indeed to 
relieve myself of the responsibility of ac­
counting for, of  verifying  and  vouching 
for,  the shop  experience;  and I  am  sure

In closing I would  say that  I  am  con­
vinced of one thing,  and that  is that  our 
educational institutions  of  pharmacy  in 
the United States should  come to an  un­
derstanding, and an effort should be made 
in the direction  of greater  uniformity  in 
this matter of  pharmaceutical  education
in college, and shop experience.

L.  E.  Sa y re.

L ook O ut fo r  His W hiskers.

A man may smile and smile again,  and 
still  be a villain;  but if he  wears  a  full 
beard  he  is  not  easily  found out.  An­
archists and  pirates,  and  occasional  re­
vival  preachers  may  wear  beards,  but 
good  actors  and  good  lawyers  and elo­
quent  orators  are  clean-shaven.  There 
is a prejudice against a  beard  that  does 
not alone come from boarders  who sit  at 
the same table and are  obliged to see the 
full-bearded man soak  his whiskers with 
bis soup.  An expert connected with  the 
police of New York  remarked  the  other 
day that in the course  of  eighteen years’ 
service  he  had  seen  a  great many men 
brought  up  on  the  charge  of insulting 
women  in  the  streets  and  eLewhere. 
“They  do  not  resemble  one  another 
much,” he said,  “except that in every in­
stance tney wear full beards. 
I don’t re­
member  of  ever  seeing  a  clean-shaven, 
thoroughly smart-looking  young  man  at 
the  bar on that  charge.  Their whiskers 
are never trimmed to a  point, either,  but 
always grow  in a  straggling  or  careless 
way. 
I have never  noted  any exception 
to this,  and, so far  as my opinion goes,  I 
think that any man  who  gets  up  in  the 
morning,  takes  a  bath  and shaves  him­
self with a  bit  of  cold  steel,  is  apt  to 
start  out  and  be  decent,  whereas  the 
whiskered  man is not. 
I read  an  article 
by  Cbauncey  Depew  once,  in  which  he 
said  that  the  passing of  the  cold  steel 
over  his  face  in 
the  morning  always 
drove the fanciful ideas  of the  uight out 
of his head,  and straigbted  him out for  a 
hard  and  sensible  day’s  work. 
I guess 
there is a good  deal in  it,  though  1  am 
not able to reason these things out as Mr. 
Depew  does.  But  you  can  go  bail  for 
one  thing,  and  that  is,  whenever  you 
read in the  papers that a  man  has  been 
arrested for insulting a  woman,  you  can 
picture him in your mind’s eye as  having 
a shabby set of  whiskers.”

Are Your Heels Nicked?

Philip  Welch,  a  traveling  man,  says 
that Pullman car  porters  have  a  secret 
method of informing one another as to the 
characters of travelers who pass over the 
lines,  just as tramps have  secret  signals 
by  which they  notify one  another of  the 
treatment  which 
they  may  expect  at 
houses along the  road.  They  make  the 
travelers  themselves carry  the  signs  on 
the inside edges of their  boot  heels.  Of 
course,  almost  every  patron of the Poll- 
man  cars  must  place  his  boots  at  the 
mercy  of  the  porters,  and a  very small 
nick on the  heel  is  sufficient  to  tell  the 
next porter  what manner of  man  he  is. 
A  nick  in  one  part of the heel will  say 
that the wearer is a generous  man, and is 
worth  lavishing  some  attention  on.  A 
nick in another place  will  say that he  is 
crabbed and  close-fisted, and  future por­
ters  who  get  those  shoes  to  clean  will 
steer  clear  of  the  wearer.  A spotter— 
one of the individuals employed to travel 
about as spies on the conductors and por­
ters—is known  by a certain  mark on  his 
het-ls, and  when that is seen the employes 
of the line will be on their best behavior. 
It would be well for travelers to examine

their  heels the next time  they  are  on  a 
Pullman,  and get some  adept to decipher 
the meaning of the  nicks they find there, 
if they need any  deciphering.
An  Old  B ank-note.

Bank  notes  are  common  enough  in 
these  days,  bnt  they  were  not so com­
mon  in  1699,  when  one  was  issued by 
the Bank  of  England,  which  the  bank 
still  carefully  preserves  as  a  notable 
curiosity. 
It is dated Dec. 19,  1699,  and 
is for £555. 
It  is  printed  from  an  en­
graved  plate,  but  has  blanks  for  the 
amount,  date,  number  and  signature. 
Across the face are  indorsements,  show­
ing that it was redeemed  in  three  sepa­
rate installments.  In general  appearance 
it  is  not  unlike the  modern  bank-note' 
Another curiosity in the  same  line  pre­
served  by  the bank is a £25 note,  which 
was net presented for redemption for 111 
years.  The bank also has a note,  drawn 
in  1782,  for  £1,000,000.  This  is  quite 
unique,  only  four  notes  for  such  an 
amount ever having been  issued.

rebate 

The mints are busily coining cents and 
nickels because they  are  needed.  Much 
of the need comes from the modern  style 
of  price-fixing,  which  chips a few cents 
off  every  dollar.  The  bargain  which 
offers  a 
irresistible.  Bnt 
neither  baits  nor rebates will  draw  the 
purchaser  without  publicity. 
It  is 
mainly  advertising  which  keeps 
the 
small  chahge  rattling  and  makes  work 
for the mints. 
In fact, it is a mint itself, 
if  its  coinage 
facilities  be  capably 
handled.

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Use Tradesman Coupon Books.

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

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2 oz. 
t  20  12  60 
4 oz.  2  00  22  80 
6 oz.  3  00  33  00
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Doz.  Gro.
1 oz. $ 1  SO  16  20
2 oz.  2  OO  21  60
4 oz.  3  75  40 80
6 oz.  5  40  57  60
Plain  N. S.  w ith 
corkscrew  at same 
price if  preferred.
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42
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Salley Ileum...............1 25®1
Sulphuricum..............  1K@
Tannleum..................1  40®1
Tartaricum..................  30®

AMMONIA.

“ 

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

ANIL INK.

Black..........................2 00@2
Brown.......................   80@1
Bed...............................  45®
Yellow....................... 2 50@3

BACCAB.

Cubeae (po  25)..........  20®
Juniperus..................... 
8®
Xanthoxylum............   25®

RALSAMUM.

Copaiba......................  45®
Peru............................  @3"1
45®  i
Terabln. Canada  —  
Tolutan......................  35®  I

CORTEX.

Abies,  Canadian.................  18
Casslae  ...............................  1"
Cinchona F lav a.................
Euonymus  atropurp...........  30
Myrlca  Cerifera, po............   30
Prunus Vlrginl....................  12
Qulllala,  grd.......................  10
Sassafras  ............................  12
tTlmus Po (Ground  15)........  15

EXTBACTUM.

“ 
“ 
** 

Glycyrrhlza  Glabra...  24®  25
po...........  33®  35
Haematox, 15 lb. box..  11®  12 
Is..............  13®  14
Kb..............  14®
Kb............   16®
FBRRU
®  15 
Carbonate Precip..
@3 50 
Citrate and Quinta 
@  80 
Citrate  Soluble —
®  50 
Ferrocy anldum Sol
@  15
<®
Solut  Chloride........... 
Sulphate,  com’l .............. 9®
@

pure

“ 

FLORA.

Am ica.......................  12®.  14
Anthémis..................   30®  35
Matricaria 
50®  65
14®  30

 
FO LIA .
Barosma 
.................
Cassia  Acuti fol,  Tin

 

“ 

“ 

8UMMI.

“ ....
“ ....

Alx.  35®  50

nlvelly....................  25®
Salvia  officinalis,  Kb 
and  Kb....................  15®8®
Ura Ural
®
Acacia, 1st  picked  ...
®
®
@60®
50®
@®  50
®55®

“  2d 
“  3d 
sifted sorts...
“ 
“  po ......... ,;••••
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)...
“  Cape, (po.  20)...
Socotrl, (po.  60).
Catechu. Is. (Ks,14 K*
16)  .........................
Ammonlae.................
AssafoBtlda, (po. 3 •)..
Bensolnum.................  50®  55
Camphone...................   46® 55
Euphorbium  po  ........  35®  lo
Galbanum..................   @2 50
Gamboge, po..............   TO® 75
Gualacum, (po  85)  .. 
©  9b
Kino,  (po  1  75).........   @1  75
Mastic.......................  ®  80
..  @ 40
Myrrh, (po. 45)... 
Opll  (po  3 10®3 40) . .2  40®2 50
Shellac  .....................  
is®  42
bleached......  33®  35
Tragacanth...............   40® 1 00

“ 
hbbba—In ounce packages.
Absinthium........................  ■ 25
Bupatorlum.....................   20
Lobelia.............................  25
Hajorum..........................  28 
Mentha  Piperita..............  23
“  Y lr.....................  25
Hue...................................  30
Tanaoetum, V 
Thymus, V.......................  25

MASNXSIA.

Calcined, P at.............   55®  60
Carbonate,  Pat..!......   20®
Carbonate, K. A  M__  20®  25
Carbonate, Jennings..  35®  36

OLRtJM.

Cubebae..................... 
2 00
Exechthltos..............  1  20®1  30
Brigeron.........................1  2001 30
Gaultherla...................... 1  50@1 60
Geranium,  ounce....  @  75
Gossipi!, Sem. gal......  70®  75
Hedeoma  ...................1 2501  40
Jumperl.......................  5002 00
Lavendula..................   90@2 00
Limonls......................1  40®’  60
Mentha Piper.............. 2  1003 00
Mentha Verld.............1  so@2 00
Morrhuae, gal.............1  3001  40
Myrcla, ounce............   @  50
Olive............................  9003 00
Plcis Liquida, (gal. .35)  10®  12
Ricini.........................  
9601 04
Rosmarini..............  
1  00
Rosae,  ounce............  6 5008 50
Sucelnl.........................  40© 45
Sabina.........................  9001 00
San tal  ...................... .2 5007 00
Sassafras....................  50®  55
Sinapls, ess, onnee ... 
®  65
TIgUI..........................  @  !0
Thyme.......................  40®  50
,   ** 
01 60
rheobromas...............  15®  20

opt 

. 

 

(po. 35). 
sue’

POTASSIUM.
BICarb.......................  15©  18
Bichromate...............  
is®  14
Bromide..................  
40®  43
Carb............................  12®  15
Chlorate  (po.  7@19)..  16®  18
Cyanide......................  50®  55
Iodide..............................2 9003 00
Potassa, Bltart,  pure..  230
Potassa, Bltart, com...  ©
Potass  Nitras, opt  __  
8®
Potass Nitras.............. 
7®
Pressiate....................  28®  30
Sulphate  po...............   15®  18
Aconitum..................   20®
Althae........................   22®
Anchusa
12®
Arum,  po..................
® 
Calamus....................
20®  40 
Gentiane  (po. 12)__
8®   10 
Glychrrhlza, (pv. 15). 
16®  18
Hydrastis  Canaden, 
®  30 
Hellebore,  Ala,  po 
_
15®  20
Inula,  po....................  15®  20
Ipecac, po.................. 1  30® 1  40
35®  40
Iris plox (po. 35®38) . 
Jalapa,  pr..................   40®  45
Maranta,  Ks. . . ......... 
0   35
Podophyllum, po.......   15®  18
Rhei............................  75@1 00
cut  ....................  @1
pv.......................  7501  35
Sptgella.....................  35©  38
Sangulnarla, (po  25).. 
0   20
Serpentarla.................  30®  35
Senega.......................  55®  60
Slmllax, Officinalis.  H 
0   40 
M  ©  25
Sclllae, (po. 35)..........   10®  12
Symplocarpus,  Foetl-
dus,  pc....................  @ 35
Valeriana, Bug.  (po.30)  @  25
German...  15®  20
tnglbera.... ............ 
18®  20
Zingiber  j ...............  
18®  20
SEMEN.
Anlaum,  (po.  20).. 
.  @ 15
Aplcm  (graveleons)..  14®  16
Bird, is .....................  
Carui, (po. 18)............   10®  12
Cardamon.................. 1  0001  25
Corlandrum...............   12®  14
Cannabis Sativa
4® 
5
75®1  OO 
donlnm.......... ...
Cy<3Che
enopodlUB1  . . .
1G®  12 
2 4002 60 
DIptcrfx Odorate  ..
Foenlcuinm.........
@  15 
Poenngreek,  po —
6®  8 
L ini.......................
3KO 4 
_
Lini, grd.  (bbl. 8K) 
3K®  4 
'lObella  ............... 
35®
 
----40
Pharlarls Canarian__ 
4®
........................  
Rapa 
6®
Sinapls  Albn............ 
7®
N igra.......  
11®
8FIRITUB.
Frumenti, W., D.  Co  .2 00@2 50
“ 
D. F. R.......1  75@2 00
 
" 
1  25@1 50
niperls  Co. O. T ___1  65®2 00
“ 
“ 
..........  .1  75@3 50
Saacharum  N.  B.........1  75@2 00
Spt.  Vini  Galli............1  75@6 50
Vini Oporto................ 1  25@2 00
Vini  Alba................... 1  2502 00

4®

“ 

“ 

 

i

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 
u se..........................

1  40

Absinthium.................... 2 50@3 00
Amygdalae, Dale.......   30®  50
Amyaalae, Amarae__ 8 00®8 25
Anlsl...............................2 65®2 80
Aurantl  Cortex........  1  8002 00
Bergamil  ............. 
3 0003 20
Cajlputl.................... 
60®  65
Caryophylli...............   75®  80
Cedar  .........................  35®  65
Chenopodll...............   @1  60
Clnnamonll  .............. 1 60@1  76
Cltronella..................   ®  45
Conltun  Mac..............  85®  65
opaiba 
.....................  80®  90

STRUTS.

Accacta...............................  50
Zingiber.........'...................  50
Ipecac..................................  60
Ferrl Iod................................ 50
Aurantl  Cortes....................  50
Rhei Arom..........................  50
Slmllax  Officinalis..............  60
....  50
Senega................................  50
Sclllae..................................  50
50
Tomtan...............................  50
Pranas  vlrg........................  50

“  Co...........................  

“ 

“ 

“ 

‘‘ 

“ 

“ 

* 

.“ 

  go

TINCTURES.

Declined-

S.  N. Y. Q.  A

Morphia, S. P.4W .  1 9502 20
C. Co....................  1  85®2 10
Moschus Canton........  @ 40
Myrl8tica, No  1 ........  65®  70
Nux Vomica, (po 20)..  @ 10
Os.  Sepia....................  15®  18
Aconltum Napellls R.........   60
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D,
F .........   50
0 2  00
Plcis iilq, N>Cm K gai
and myrrh.............. !  60
doz  ........................
A rnica................................  59
0 2   00 
Plcis Llq., quarts......
@1  00 
Asafoatlda.................. 4)
pints.........
@  85 
Atrope Belladonna............   60
Pll Hydrarg, (po. 80)..
@  50 
Benzoin.............................  
Piper  Nigra, (po. 22)..
@  1 
„  “  .  Co............................  50
Piper Alba, (po g5) ....
©  3 
Pllx Burgun...............
7
Barosma...............................  go
Plumbl A cet..............  12®  13
Cantharides............................75
Pulvis Ipecac et opll.. 1  io@l  20 
Capsicum.............................   50
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
Ca damon.............................   75
A P. D.  Co., doz......  @1 25
„ 
Co............................75
Castor..................................1 ¿o
Pyrethrum,  pv...........  20®  30
Catechu..............................’.  50
Quasslae.................... 
8®  10
Cinchona...............................50
Qulnla, S. P. A W......34K@39K
S.  German....  27®  37
_ 
.  Co.......................'.  60
Columba...............................  50
Rubla  Tlnctoram......   12®  14
Conlum................................   so
SaccharumLactlspv. 
12®  14
Cubeba...............................  
Salaein.......................2 10@2 25
50
Digitalis............................"  50
Sanguis  Draconls......   40®  50
Ergot.....................................  50
S*p°>  W......................  12®  14
Gentian................................   50
............   10®  12
®.......................  @  15
Gualca..................................  so
amnion.................go
Zingiber...............................  50
Hyoscyamus........................ 
50
Iodine..................................  75
“  Colorless..................   75
Ferri  Chloridnm.................  35
K ino...................................  50
Lobelia........................  
50
Myrrh......................... ..i” "   50
Nux  Vomica.................... 
50
Opll......................................;  85
Camphorated...............   so
“  Deodor........................2 00
Aurantl Cortex....................  50
Quassia..............................   50
Rhatany.............................  50
Rhei.....................................  50
Cassia  Acutifol..................   50
_  “ 
Co..............  50
Serpentarla...........  ...........  50
Stromonlum.........................  go
Tolutan...............................  go
Valerian.............................  50
Veratrum Veride.................  50

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VALLEY  CITY

P O U L T R Y

MISCHILA NSOUS.

.¿Ether, Spts  Nit, 3 F..  28®  30 
“  4 F ..  32®  34
Alnmen.....................   2K® 3

“ 
ground,  (pft.

‘ 
“ 

 

“ 

“ 

©
  ©

7).............................  3®  4
Annatto.....................   550  60
Antimoni, po.............  
4®  5
et Potass T.  55®  60
Antlpyrln..................   @1 40
Antlrebrin..................  @  25
Argenti  Nltras, ounce  @  50
Arsenicum................  
5®  7
Balm Gilead  Bud__ 
38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N............ 1  6001 70
Calcium Chlor, Is, (Ks
12;  Ks,  14).........
@  11
Cantharides  Russian,
@1  00 
P O .....................................
Capsid  Fructus, af...
@  26 
®  28 @  20 
I po.
CaryophyUns, (po.  15)  _ 
_
10®  1
Carmine,  No. 40.........   @3 75
Cera Alba, S. & F ......   50®  55
Cera Flava.................  88®  40
Coccus  .....................   @  40
Cassia Frnctus...........  ®  25
Centrarla.................  
  @  10
Cetaoeum...................  ©  40
Chloroform...............   60®  68
squlbbs..  ©1  25
Chloral Hyd <___ 
__
Crst........1  25©1  50
Chondrus...................  so©
25
■  
Clnchonldlne, P.  *   W  15© 
20 12
German  8K@ 
Corks,  list,  dls.  per
cent  ......................
75 
Creaaotum.............. 
35 2
Greta, (bbl. 75).......  
prep..................  
5©
5 11 
obra...............   ©
8
Crocus......................  35©
40 
Cudbear........... 
.......  ©
246
Capri Sulph...............   5 ©
Dextrine....................  10®  12
Sther Sulph...............   75®  90
Bmery,  all  numbers..  @
po...................  ©  6
40.........   30©  35
Flake  White..............  12®  15
Galla............. 
@  28
Gambler.....................   7  @  8
Gelatin,  Cooper.........   ©  60
“  French.........   30©  50
Glassware  flint, by box 80.
Less than box 75.
Glue,  Brown......
"  White........
Glycerin*..................   14©
Grana Paradisi...........  ©
Humains....................  25©
Hydraag Chlor  Mite..
Ox Rubrum
Ammontati..
Unguentum.

©  75 
©  65 
©  85 
©  95 
45©  55
Hydrargyrum............   ®  60
Icnthyobolla, Am..  ..1 25©1 50
Indigo.........................  75@1 00
Iodine,  Resubl...........3 8003 90
Iodoform....................   ©4 70
Lupulln......................  @2 25
Lycopodium..............  60®  65
Macis.........................  70®  75
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
drarglod.................  @  27
Liquor PotasnMkrslnltls  10®  12
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
Mannla,  8. F ............  60©  68

IK)............................2K© 4

......   9©  15

“  Cor 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

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Nothing  Like  It  to  Make  Hens  Lay  in  Winter.

A  valuable addition to the  feed  of  laying  Hens  and  growing 

chicks,  and a sure preventative for Cholera 

Roupe and  Gapes.

Price 2Ö  Cents•

HMELTP 

i   PERKINS  DRUG  GO.,

Manufacturing Chemists9 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

1 6

THE  MICHIGAN  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.

Apricots.

Gages.

1  10 
1  50 
1  50 
160@1  75

1  40 
1  40 
1  SO 
1  10
90
Cherries.
Red............................
1  10@1 25
Pitted Hamburgh__
White    .................... 
i  so
i  25
Erie 
......................... 
Osmsons. Egg Plums and Green 
Erie...........................
1  10 
California..................
1  25
Gooseberries,
Common....................
Peaches.
Pie............................
Maxwell....................
hepard's
California........
......
Monitor 
Oxford.......................
Pears.
Domestic.................... 
i  25
Riverside.................... 
1  75
Pineapples.
Common.....................1  00@1  30
•Johnson’s sliced
2 50 
grated.......
I 75 
Booth’s sliced............
@2  51
grated...........
@2 re
Quinces.
Common....................
1  10
Raspberries.
Red............................
1  10 
Black  Hamburg.........
1  4C 
Erie,  black 
...........
1  25
Strawberries.
Lawrence..................
1  25 1 2!
Hamburgh........
Erie.........................;;
1  SO 
Terrapin 
....................
1 05
Whortleberries.
Blueberries...............
85
Corned  beef  Libby’s..
...2  20 
Roast beef  Armonr’s..
...2  10
Potted  ham. ft lb........
ft lb..........
“ 
...  70 
tongue. ft lb 
.
. .1  35 
“ 
14 lb...
..  75
chicken, ft lb 
Vegetables.

Heats.

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

Beans.

CATSUP.

“ 

Blue Label Brand.
. 
 
Triumph Brand.

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

2  75
 

CLOTHES  PIN 8.

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

COCOA  SHELLS.

351b  bags........................  @3
Less quantity 
............   @3’*
Pound  packages.........  6ft@7

COFFEE,
Green.
Rio.

Fair....................................... _
Good............................ 
29
Prime.................................. 21
Golden....................... . . . .. .21
Peaberry  ......................".'.'.".23
Fair..............................  
Good................." ”  ..........on
Prime...... .!!!!!!!.[” 22
Peaberry  .............."""""" .23
Mexican and Guatemala.

Santos.

Good...............................  
Fancy................................a
Maracaibo.
Prime.......................  
Milled..............
Interior...........................  
Private Growth. . . .. . . '. ' . ' . .Zf
Mandehllng........................03
Imitation...........................  05
Arabian......................... 

Mocha.

Java.

¿A

05

Roasted.

To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add ftc. per lb. for roast 
mg and 15 per  cent,  for shrink 
age.
McLaughlin’s  XXXX
Bunola  ........................
Lion, 60 or 100 lb.  case.. 

Package.

“ 

Hamburgh  stringless.........1  15
French style...... 2 00
Limas  ...............1  35
soaked..........
__   70
Lewis Boston Baked... 
....1 35 
Bay State  Baked.  .
__1  35
World’s  Fair  Baked 
...  1  35 
Picnic Baked........
1  on
Corn.
Hamburgh 
...........
.  .1  25
Livingston  Eden......
....1   20
Purity 
....................
Honey  Dew............
...  t  40
Morning Glory.........
Soaked ..............
75
Hamburgh  marrofat...
.  .1  30
early .Tune 
..1  to 
Champion Eng..I  40
petit  pois......... 1  40
fancy  sifted__1  gn
Soaked  ...............................  ¿5
Harris standard.............        75
VanCamp’s  marrofat__! .!l  10
early June  __1  §0
“ 
Archer’s  Early Blossom 
.  1  25
French 
.  2  15 
French.
...19©21
lb................ I 

Mushrooms.
90
Pumpkin.

1  25 1 50

Peas.

31

l b ...............3 

£0 80 
20  3C 
20 SO
75 1  1 
1 6 2 »

Extract.
Valley City ft gross.. 
Felix 
Hummel’s, foil, gross 
“ 

“

«

tin 
CHICORV.

Bulk. 
Red  .

CLOTHES  LINES.

“ 
“ 
” 
“ 
nte 

’otton,  40 ft. 
50ft.
80 ft
70 ft.
80 ft.
60 ft.
72 ft-

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
CREDIT  CHECKS.

per dos.  1  25 
140
1 60 
1 
1  90
85
1 Ot

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

“ 
“ 
..................

WiM*K5SiC!«  MILK.

4 do*. In case.

Hubbard .
Hamburg 
Soaked  .. 
Honey  De 
Erie  ......
Hancock

First Prize.....................
Darling................................ 5
Standard..............................4
Leader.................................3

CRACKERS.

Butter.

Soda.

Seymour XXX.......................5
Seymour XXX. cartoon........5
Family  XXX.....................  5
10
Family XXX,  cartoon.......   5ft
Salted  XXX.......................... 5
Salted XXX,  cartoon  ..........6,.
..........................  7$$
Kenosha 
Boston.................................   7
Butter  biscuit...............  
  6
Soda, XXX.........................  5ft
Soda, City.....................
03
Soda,  Duchess......................8ft
Crystal Wafer................*... 10ft
Long  Island Wafers 
........ 11
S. Oyster XXX......................5ft
City Oyster. XXX...................5ft
Farina  Oyster.................
28
CREAM  TARTAR
Strictly  pure....................
Telfers  Absolute.............
Grocers’............................ 15@25
DRIED  FRUITS. 

Oyster.

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.
301b.  boxes..................
Raspberries.
In  barrels.....................
501b. boxes...............
25 lb.  “ 
.....................
Raisins.

Pears.

“ 

“ 

Loose  Muscatels In Boxes, 
crown.............................   3 u
.................!..........   Ift
„ 
Loose Muscatels in Bags, 
crown  ..........  
3ft
4ft

Foreign.
Currants.

’atras,  bbls.................
Hostizzas, 56 1 b.  cases !

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

Sondera*.

Regular
Grade
Lemon.

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

Regular
Vanilla.

doz
2 oz  — tl  ai 
4 oz.......  2 40
XX Grade 
Lemon. 
2oz.:...$l  50 
4 oz.......  3 00
XX Grade 
Vanilla.
2 oz........fl 75
4 oz.........3 50

“ 
“ 

Jennings.
Lemon. Vanilla
2 oz regular panel.  75 
1  20 
4 0* 
...150
2  00 
60* 
.. .2 00
3 00 
No. 3 taper...........1 35
2  00 
No. 4  taper...........1  50
2 50
Northrop’s
Lemon.;Vanilla.
2 oz  oval taper  75
1  10
“ 
3 oz 
1  20
1  75 
2 oz regular  “ 
85
1  20
4 oz 
“  1  60
2 25

“ 
“ 
GUNPOWDER.
Rifle—Dupont’s.

 

60

  34
#
11  00

Choke Bore—Dupont’s

Eagle Duck—Dupont’s. 

Kegs...........................................
.3 25
Half  kegs.................................1 90
Quarter  kegs........................... 1 10
1 lb cans...............................   30
ft lb  cans..............................  18
Kegs...........................  . 
..4 25
Half  kegs.................................2 40
Quarter kegs.............................1 35
1 lb cans.........................  
Kegs  ......................  
Half  k eg s............................... 5 75
Quarter kegs............................ 3 00
1  lb  cans
Sage..................................
Hops.................................
Madras,  5 lb. boxes.........
S. F., 2, 3 and 5 lb. boxes.. 
JELLY.
15  lb. palls................. 
i
“ 
17  “ 
................ 
i
30
LICORICE.
Pore.....................................   go
Calabria............................ 
25
Sicily....................................  12
Root......... .........................\  10
LYE.
Condensed, 2 do*..............  l  20
4 doz...............2 25

INDIGO.

HERBS.

“ 
MINCE  MEAT.

Citron, Leghorn. 25 lb. boxes  13
8
Lemon
Orange 
10

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

© 6ft
© 8

“ 

Prunes.
....  6
90x100 25 lb. j x s .  5ft
80x90 
• •  6ft
70x80 
6ft
60x70 
.......

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

California,  100-120......
“
“
“
Turkey 
Silver........................
ENVELOPES
XX rag. white.
No. 1,6ft  ...................
Vo. 2. 6ft
No. 1, 6  .......................
No. 2, 6 .......................
Manilla, white.
6ft  ..............................
6...................................

Coin.

Mill  No. 4....................

. 
tl  33
1  10
. 
..  1  25
1  OO

75
70

90

FARINACEOUS  GOODS.

Farina.

100 lb. kegs.

Hominy.

3k
B arrels............................ 3 00
Grits..................................  8ft
Dried............................5  ©5ft
Maccaronl and Vermicelli.
Domestic, 12 lb. box__  
Imported....................10ft @11

Lima  Beans.

55

Pearl Barley.

Peas.

8
1  15 
3

Kegs.
Green,  bu.
Split  per l b ................
Rolled  Oats.
Schumacher, bbl.........
ft bbl......
Monarch,  bbl 
.........
Monarch, ft  bbl.........
Quaker,  cases............
„  
German............................ 
4
East India..........................  4ft

$4  75 
.  2 60 
.  4 F2 
.  2  15 
.  3 20

Sago.

“ 

Cracked..............................  3ft

Wheat.

FISH—Salt.

Bloaters.

Cod.

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

  U@12

Halibut.
Smoked...................  
Herring.
“ 
“ 

Holland, white hoops keg 
eo 
bbl 
8 00
Norwegian  .....................
Round, ft bbl 100 lbs  ......  3  20
ft  “  40  “  ----  
1 691
Scaled............................... 
16

“ 

“ 

Mackerel.

10 lbs.

No. 1,  lOOlbs....................  10 50
No. 1, 40 lbs.......................  4 ro
1  20 
Io. 2, 100  lbs...........
8  50 
io. 2, 40 lbs.............
3 70 
Io. 2,10 lbs............
1  00
Family, 90 lbs__
10 lb s......
Sardines.
Trout.

Russian,  kegs.................... 
55
No. 1, ft bbls., lOOlbs...........4 00
' 0. 1 ft bbl, 40  lbs................... 1 sc
o. 1. kits, 10 lbs.............. 
55
No  1, 8 lb  kits................. 
47

Aurora 

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

AXLE GKEASE.
doz
55
60
50
05
55

Frazer’s .................
Mica 
..................
Paragon 
..............

gross Live oak...
6 00 
7  00 Santa  Cruz
5  50 Overland
9 00
Bl
7  50 F. *  W .  ..
6 00

BAKING  POWDER. 

• 

‘ 

Cream  Flake.

Acme.
45
>4  id.  ;ans. 3  d o z ----  
ft lb. 
“  ...............   ~5
1  “  .................  1 00
1 lb. 
Bulk...................................  10
Arctic.
ft 1b cans 6 doz  case......
V£  lb  “  4 doz  “ 
1 
“  2 doz  “ 
5  lb  “  1 do-  “ 
3  oz  *'  G doz  “ 
4  oz  “  4 doz  “ 
oz  “  4 doz  “ 
oz  “  4 doz  “ 
1b  “  2 doz  “ 
lb  “  1 doz  “ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

.  ... ..  1  10
...... ..  2 00
....... .  9 no
45
.......
...... .. 
60
. 
so
......
.  1  20
......
.  2 00
......
.  ft on
......
40
Red Star, ft  tt> cans........
75
ft lb  “  ____
1  40
........
1 lb  “ 
45
Teifer’s.  ft lb. cans, doz
85
ft lb.  “
.  1 50
1 lb. 
•
45
ft lb cans__ .  75
.  1  50
1 lb cans 

Our Leader,  ft -1> cans.

...
BATH  BRICK. 
2 dozen In case.
English.....................
Bristol............................
Domestic.......................

..  90
..  so
..  70
Gross
.  3 60
.  6 75
.  9 (Hi
.  2 75
.  4 00
8 00
1 os ball  . . . . . . . . .  4 50
.  3 60
.  6 SO

Arctic, 4 oz  ovals...........
“ 
...........
“  pints,  round  ......
“  No. 2, sifting box.
“  No. 3. 
“  No. 5,
“ 
“ 

Mexican Liquid, 4  oz......
8 oz........

“ 
BROOMS,
.40. 2 Hurl............... 
  1  90
2 00
No  1  “ 
No. 2 Carpet.......................   2  15
No. 1 
“ 
5
Parlor Gera  .........................2 60
Common Whisk................
fancy 
...  ...........  1 00
Warehouse....................     2 85

BLUING.

8 oz 

“ 

‘ 

“

 

 

 

BRUSHES.

Stove, No.  1.......................  1
“  10....................  1

“ 

Rice Root Scrub, 2  row 
Rice Root  Scrub. S row 
Palmetto, goose.......
CANDLES.
Hotel. 40 lb. boxes.......
.........
Star,  40 
Paraffine  .....................
Wicklng 
...

“ 
............ 

CANNED  GOODS. 

Fish.
Clams.
Little Neck,  1 
2 

“ 

“ 
Clam Chowder.
Cove Oysters.

Standard, 3 lb....... ........  .  2 25
Standard.  1 lb. 
7'
21b ...................1 35
Lobsters.
Star,  1  lb...........................2  45
“  2  lb...........................3  50
Picnic, lib .....................  
u t)
“ 
21b...................... 
2 30

..  . 

“ 

“ 

“ 
" 

Mackerel.
Standard, 1 lb..........................1 10
2  lb...............   ..2  10
Mustard,  2 lb  ............ 
.2  25
Tomato Sauce,  2 I t __ 
2  vr
Soused, 2  1b.............  
.225
Salmon.
Columbia River, fiat 
1  8*
-alls 
is.’
“ 
Alaska, Red......................... 1 25
pink... 
..................1  10
Kinney’s,  Bats.....................1  ft
Sardines.
American  V* 
4ft@ 5
f t » ............. 3A©  ‘
Imported 
..................   ©.«
ft»  .................  15©.c
Mustard  Ms.....................  6©7
Boneless........................  
21
Brook 8, lb........ 
......... 2 50

......... 

“ 
“ 

Trout.
F r u it » .
Apples.
lb.  standard 
York State, gallons 
Hamburgh,  “

2  20
4 00

........ 

Hamburg 
Gallon.......................

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

Baker’s.

CHEESE.

Amboy
Acme
.■uawee............  ...
Riverside
Gold  Medal  ......
•»aim
Brick 
. . .
E dam  
Leiden 
Llmourger 
.
Pineapple...................
Rnsinefort____
Sap Sago....................
Schweitzer,  imported 
domestic  __

“ 

1  30 
3 01

lif t
11%
11ft 
II-,* 
lOw 
849
1 uO 
21 
© 5 
©24 
©35 
©20 
©23 
©13

N. Y.Cond’ns’d Milk Co’s brands
Gail Borden Eagle............   7  40
Crown................................  6  25
Daisy  ................................  5  75
Champion..........................  4  50
Magnolia 
.......................  4  25
Dime 
....  3 85

Peerless evaporated cream.  5 75

3 6   1  lb   cartoon s 
...  5Ss
¡85 lb. boxes,bulk........  5
SO  l b   bux<-s.  b u l k . ..............  4 %
1  lb, cartoons.................. 10

bul tuna Raisins.

Mince meat, 3 doz. In case.  2 7 
Pie Prep. 3 doz.  in  case  ...3  0«

MEASURES.
Tin, per dozen
1  gallon 
.....  .........
i l  75 
Half  gallon.................
1  40 
Q uait......................
70 
Pint........................
45 
Half  p in t............... .......
40
Wooden, for vinegar, per doz.
1 gallon............................  7 00
Half gallon......................  4  75
Q uart...............................  s  75
Pint 

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

2

14

Whltefish.

No.  1  family
bbls, 100 lbs..........17  00 2  50
“  40  “ ..........3  10  1 25
lb.  kits..................   85  40
35
lb.  “ 

.......  71 

MATCHES,

Globe Match Co.’s Brands.
olumbia Parlor.....................$1 25
XXX Sulphur.........................  1 no
Diamond  Match  Co.’s  Brands.
No. 9  sulphur........................   x 65
Anchor parlor.......................... 1 70
“ o. 2 nonie............................... 1 iq
Export  parlor.......................... 4 00

MOLASSES. 
Blackstrap.
Sugar bouse.................
Cuba Baking.
Ordinary...........
Porto Ric j.
Prim e..........................
Fancy .. 
..
N«w Orleans.
Fair 
.......................
Good  ..........................
Extra good..................
Choice 
......................
Fancy
Half  barrels 3c.extra

Barrels, 1,200 count... @5 00
Half bbls, 600  count.. @3 10
Small.
Barrels, 2,400 count.
6 00
Half bbls, 1,200 count
3 50
PIPES.

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

POTASH.

48 cans In case.

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

RICE.
Domestic.

Carolina head................. ....6
“  No. 1................. • ...5*
“  No. 2................. ...  5
Broken............................ ..  4
Japan, No. 1............  ....
....5)4
....5
“  No.2....................
Java............................— ....  5
Patna...... ....................... ..  4*

Imported.

SPICES. 
Whole sifted.

“ 

Allspice.......................... ...  9)4
Cassia, China in mats__ • ■  9*
“  Batavia in band.... 15
Saigon in rolls.......32
“ 
Cloves,  Amboyna...............22
“ 
Zanzibar...... ...........11)4
Mace  Batavia......................80
Nutmegs, fancy................... 75
“  No.  1........................70
“  No.  2........................60
Pepper, Singapore, black — 10 
“ 
“  white... 
.20
shot......................... 16
“ 
Pare Ground In Balk.
Allspice............................... 15
Cassia,  Batavia..................18
“ 
and  Saigon.25
"  Saigon.................... 35
Cloves,  Amboyna............... 22
*'  Zanzibar................. 18
Ginger, African.................16
”•  Cochin....................20
Jamaica................. 22
“ 
Mace  Batavia....................65
Mustard,  Eng. and Trieste. .22
“  Trieste....................25
Nutmegs, No. 2 .................75
Pepper, Singapore, black — 16
“  white.....24
“ 
“  Cayenne................. 20
Sage................................... 20
"Absolute” In Packages.

14s  He
Allspice......................  84  155
Cinnamon...........  ....  84  155
Cloves........................   84  1  55
Ginger,  Jam aica......   84  1  55
“  African  .........   84  1  55
Mustard......................  84  1  55
Pepper.......................   84  155
Sage............................   84

SAL  SODA.

“ 

“ 

Granulated,  bbls..............   1 %
751b  cases........lt%
.......................1  15
Lump,'bbls 
1451b kegs..............  114

@154348
90
4
5@610
9
5 30
534
5H

SEEDS.
Anise......................
Canary, Smyrna.....
Caraway............
Cardamon, Malabar.
Hemp.  Russian......
Mixed  Bird............
Mustard,  white......
Poppy ...................
Rape.......................
Cuttle  bone............
STARCU 
Corn.
20-lb  boxes..............
.............
40-lb 
Gloss.
1-lb packages.......................5
3-lb 
....................... 5
6-lb 
.......................   5H
40 and 50 lb. boxes..............  3%
Barrels................................   3*

“ 
“ 

“ 

SNUFF.

 

Scotch, In  bladders...........37
Maccaboy, In Jars..............35
French Rappee, In Jars.....43
Boxes....................................5H
Kegs, English............. 
4V
Diamond Crystal.

SODA.

SALT.

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

Cases, 243  lb  boxes........I  I  60
Barrels, 320  lbs...............   2 50
115 2H lb bags....  4 00
“ 
....  3 75
tO 5 
lb  “ 
“ 
“ 
3010  lb  “ 
....  3 50
65
“  20141b bags............   3 50
“  280 lb  bbls  .
2 50 
“  2241b 
...
2 25
Worcester.
“ 

115 2H-lb sacks....................... 14 CO
6051b 
3 25
30 10-lb 
3 50 
22  14 lb.
3 30 
320 lb. bbl
2 50
8 lb  sacks......................... 32H
„  linen aeks...............   60

“ 

 

Common Grades.

 

 

“ 

“ 

1  90

100 3-lb. sacks......................... 12 10
60 5-lb.  “ 
2810-lb. sacks........................  1 75
56 lb. dairy In drill  bag6...  30
281b.  “ 
16
56 lb. dairy In linen sacks..  75
56 lh. dairy in linen  sacks.  75
56 lb.  sacks.......................   22
Saginaw..........................  
90
Manistee.......................... 
90

Ashton.
Higgins.
Soiar Rock.
Common Fine.

.. 

SALERATCS.

Packed 60 lbs. in box.

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

SKELT’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.

Rococo—Second  Grade. 
2 oz..............75 doz...... 8.00.“

16 20 gro
21 60  “
25 50  "

2 doz........  1  00 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  34-lb......3 65

Proctor & Gamble.

* 

Concord.............................3 45
Ivory, 10  oz...........  ......... 6 75
6  oz........................ 4 00
Lenox..............................   3 (55
Mottled German...............3  15
Town Talk........................ 3 ¡g,

Dingman Brands.

Single box.........................3 95
5 box lots, delivered......... 3 85
10 box lots, delivered........  3 75

“ 

Jas. S. Kirk & Co.’s Brands. 
American  Family, wrp d. .*3 33 
plain...  2 27
N.  K.  Falrbank & Co.’s Brands.
Santa Claus.......................  4 00
Brjwn, 60 bars...................2 40
“ 
80  bars  .................3 35
Lautz Bros. & Co.’s Brands.
Acme.................................3 7s
Cotton Oil..........................6 00
Marseilles..........................4 00
Master  ............................... 4 00
Thompson & Cbnte Co.’s Bra nds

Silver................................3 65
Mono .... 
.................... .  3 3p
Savon Improved__.......  2 50
Sunflower............  
9 nil
Golden....................... 
'  3 ¿g
Economical  ...........2 25
Single  box  .......................3 65
10 box lots..................  
3 go
25 box lots del........340

Passolt’s Atlas  Brand. 

1 

SUGAR.

Scouring.
Sapollo, kitchen, 3  doz...  2 40 
hand, 3doz.......  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............................ 
¡¡g jg
Cut  Loaf.  ............ V .V  
5  ,j
Cubes...........................  
Powdered............................4 81
XXXX  Powdered.......  • *" 5 yg
Granulated 
...............[[[[  4 44
Fine Granulated..........*’** 444
Extra Fine Granulated...  4 56
Mould A..............................    75
Diamond Confec.  A___ ’" 4  to
Confec. Standard  A.. 
4 44
No-  1.............................. " 4 2 5
No-  2 ......................................4 25
No.  3.............................. 
4 5
No.  4.................................. 4  18
No.  5.......................................4 06
S°-  ®..................................    94
Np.  7.......................................3 S7
No.  8........................... 
no.  9....................::  :::::  3 «9
NO-  JO.....................................  3 62
No.  12...................................   3 50
No.  13..................................     44
No.  14.
3 37

SYRUPS.

Corn.
Barrels............... 
00
Half bbls.................!*""" "24

Pure Cane.

Good................... 
Choice............ .30

"■  A;

TABLE  SAUCES.
“ 

Lea & Perrin’s, large........4 75
„  
small...... .  2 75
Halford, large 
smaU........**"**’ » «
„  “ 
Salad Dressing, larg e......  4  55
small...... 2 65
“ 

3

 

4 01

3 *¿5

TEAS.

japan—Regular.

SUN CUBED.

BASKET  PIKED.

P air...........................   @17
Good..........................  @20
Choice......................... 24  @26
Choicest......................32  @34
Dust............................10  @12
F air...............................  @17
Good.............................  @ao
Choice..........................24  @26
Choicest...................... 32  @34
Dust........................ ...10  @12
P air.............................18  @20
Choice............................  @25
Choicest.........................  @35
Extra choice, wire leaf  @40
Common to fail..........25  @35
Extra fine to finest.  ..50  @65
Choicest fancy............75  @85
@26
Common to fair..........23  @30
Common to  fair..........23  @26
Superior to fine............30  @35
Common to fair.......... 18  @26
Superior to  fine.......... 30  @40

oolong. 
IMPERIAL.

YOUNG HYSON.

GUNPOWDER.

ENSLISB  BREAKFAST.

F air.............................18  @22
Choice..........................24  @28
Best.............................40  @0

TOBACCOS.

Fine Cut.

D. Scotten & Co’s Brands.

P. Lorillard & Co.’s Brands.
Sweet Russet/..............30  @32
Tiger............................... 
30
Hiawatha.......................  
60
Cuba............................... 
32
30
Rocket............................ 
Spaulding & Merrick's  Brands.
Sterling..........................  
30
Bazoo............................  @30
Can  Can.........................  @27
Nellie  Bly.................... 24  @25
Uncle Ben.....................24  @25
McGinty......................... 
25
Columbia........................  
 
Columbia,  drums  ............. 
Bang  Up...........................  
Bang up,  drums........... 

“  H bbls......... 

Private Brands.

27

19

24
23
2)

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

 

 

 
 
 

“ 
“ 
‘ 
“ 

INDURATED  WARE.

Butter Plates—Oval.

Pails,  No. 1, two-hoop.. 
Bowls, 11 Inch....................

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

“  No.  2.........................5  50
“  No.  3.........................4 50
1  30
“  No. 1,  three-hoop__  1  50
.......................  90
“ 
1  25
“ 
“ 
1  80
“ 
2 40

13  “ 
15  “   
17  “   
19  “ 
21  “ 
shipping  bushel..  1  15
.. 1  25
full  hoop  “ 
No.2 6 25

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

“ 
“  No.3 7 25
splint  “  No.l  3 75
“ 
“ 

No.2 4 25
No.3 4 75
Pails......................................  3 15
Tubs,  No.  1............................ 13 50
Tubs, No. 2............................. 12 00
Tubs, No. 3............................. 10 50
2 50  1  OC
No.  1...........................  
60 2  10
No.  2...........................   70 2 45
No. 3....................... 
80 2 80
 
No 
.........................  1  00  3 50
Washboards—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  end  FURS 
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol­
lows:
Green...........................   2@3
Part Cured.................  @ 3H
Full 
.................  @  4H
Dry.............................  5  @ 6
Kips, green  ............... 3  @4
“  cured.................  @5
Calfskins,  green........  5  @ 0
cured....'..  5H@  7
Deacon skins...............10 @25

Double.

HIDES.

“ 

“ 

No. 2 hides H off.
PELTS.

39
27
40
25
38
34

Plug.

Sorg’s Brands.

Lorillard’s Brands.

Spearhead...................... 
Joker.............................. 
Nobby Twist.................... 
Scotten’s Brands.
Kylo................................  
Hiawatha........................ 
Valley City....................  
Finzer’s Brands.
40
Old  Honesty.............. 
32
Jolly Tar.................... 
Climax (8 oz., 41c)---- 
39
30
G ren Turtle.............. 
27
Three  Black Crows... 
Something Good........ 
38
24
Out of  Sight.............. 
Wilson <* McCaulay’s Brands.
Gold  Rope................. 
43
37
Happy Thought.........  
32
Messmate................... 
No Tax....................... 
31
Let  Go.......................  
27
Catlin’s  Brands.

J. G. Butler’s Brands.

Smoking.

Kiln  dried....................... 17@18
Golden  Shower...................19
Huntress 
...........................26
Meerschaum 
.............. 29@30
American Eagle Co.’s Brands.
Myrtle  Navy....................... 40
Stork  ...............................  30
German............................... 14
Frog..................................
Java, 
foil.................— 32
Banner Tobacco Co.'s Brands.
Banner.................................1®
Banner Cavendish..............38
Gold Cut 
...........................28

Scotten’s Brands.

Warpath..............................14
Honey  Dew.........................26
Gold  Block......................... 30
F. F. Adams Tobacco Co,’s 
Peerless............................... 26
Old  Tom..............................13
Standard............................. 22
Globe Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
Handmade...........................40

Brands.

Leidersdorf’s Brands.

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

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

81 for barrel.

WET  MUSTARD.

Bulk, per gal  ...................... 
Beer mug, 2 doz in case...  1  75

30

TEAST.

Magic,.................................. 1 OO
Warner’s  ............................ 1  00
Yeast Foam  ....................... 1  00
 
Diamond.......................... 
Royal...... 
 
 

75
90

WOOL.

WHEAT.

u s e  ELL ANEOUS.

Shearlings...................  5 @  20
Lambs 
......................25  @  50
Washed.......................12 @16
Unwashed....................8 @12
Tallow........................  4 @  4H
Grease  butter 
........  1  @2
Switches....................  1 H@ 2
Ginseng..................... 3 0o@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 85
1  40
♦Graham..  .......... 
Rye.......... ........................   1  40
♦Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour in bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.

PLOUB  IN  SACKS.

MEAL.

47
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MILLSTUPPS.

Less
Car lots  quantity
#15 00
13 00
i7 > 0
24 50
23  00

Bran................*14 50 
Screenings__   12 00 
Middlings.......  16 00 
Mixed Feed...  23 00 
Coarse meal 
22 00 
Car  lots.............................   45
Less than  car  lots............. 48
Car  lots  ..............................32
Less than car lots..............  35
HAY.
No. 1 Timothy, car lots__10 "0
No.l 
ton lots....... 1100

CORN.

OATS.

“ 

FISH  AND  OYSTERS.
F.  J.  Dettenthaler  quotes as 

12H

follows:
FRESH  PISH.
WhiteilBh 
.................  ©10
T ro n t.........................  @s
Black Bass........ 
Halibut.......................  @15
Ciscoes or Herring__  @ 5
Bluefish......................  @10
Fresh lobster, per lb.. 
20
Cod.............................  
10
No. 1 Pickerel............   @  9
Pike............................  @ 8
Smoked White...........  @8
Red  Snappers............. 
15
Columbia  River  Sal­
mon ........................  
12H
Mackerel....................   1S@25
oysters—Cans.
Fairhaven  Counts__  @32
F. J. D.  Selects.........  
28
Selects.......................  @25
F. J. D......................... 
23
Anchors.................. 
2)
Standards................ 
17
Favorite............................. .15
oysters—Bulk.
Counts....................... 
Extra Selects..per gal. 
Selects....................... 
Anchor Staudare...... 
Standards..................  
Scallops-------; . ........  
Shrimps  ...................  
Clams......................... 
SHELL  GOODS.
Oysters, per  100......... 1  25@1  75
Clams, 
75@i 00

2 20
1 65
1  50
1  10
1  00
1  50
1  25
1

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CROCKERY  AND  GLASSWARE 

LAMP  BUHNERS.

No. 0 Sun 
No.l  “ 
No.2  “  .. 
Tubular 
Security  r 
Security  2
Nutmeg__
Arctic........

l a m p  c h im n ey s —5  doz. In box.
Per box.
.. 
..  1  75 
......1  88

No. 0 Sun. 
No. 1  “  . 
No.2  “  .

; 

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“  

“ 

“ 

_ 

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“ 

First quality.
;; 
XXX Flint.

No. 0 Sun, crimp top, wrapped and labeled. ..210
No-i 
...225
No.2 
..3  25
_  
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top, wrapped and labeled.  2 60
v o »   • 
...3   80
N o. > 
_  
No. 1 Sun, wrapped ana  labeled....................3 70
“ 
NO. 2  “ 
__ 
470
............ "...48?
No.2 Hinge,  “ 
Fire Proof—Plain Top.
„  
No. 1, Sun,  plain  bulb...................................3  40
......................... V.V.V.4 40
No-3-  “ 
“ 
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz.......................1  25
............... .......j  go
No. 2  “ 
No. 1 crimp, per doz.............................. 
J  1  35
No. 2
.1  60

“ 
Pearl top.
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
La Bastle.

“ 

“ 

“ 

“  

Rochester.

No.  1, ime (G5c doz). 
No. 2. iime (.fie doz) 
No. 2. Hint (SOc doz)..

Electric.
No. 2, lime (70c doz)................  
No. 2, flint (SOc doz).............. 
Miscellaneous.

............................3 41
......................... 1.3 70
.............................  4 30

3 70
/  ................. 4 30

Doz.
Junior, flint.................
.........................................  15
Nutmeg.. 
111 uminator Bases...........................................1  (ui
Barrel lots,5 doz 
...................."/ . . . .........  90
7 in. Porcelain Shades............... " ’"  1  ¡10
Case lots, 12 doz...............   ............  

........

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o 
Banner,  brass.................
Banner, nickel...............
Mammoth Rochester,  bra
Globe Incandpscenl. brass 
Globe Incandescent  nickel..
Mammoth  Pittsburgh, brass.
Mammoth Pittsburgh, nickel

MAMMOTH  STORE  LAM PS.
20 in. tin  14 In. w. d.
shade. 
.2 50
2 75
.2 75
3 00
.2 75
3 00
3 00
3-5
2 75
3 00
3 00
3 25
3 00
3 25
3 25
3 50

shade

Mammoth Chimneys for Store  Lamps

, 

Doz.
XT  „  r, 
No.  3 Rochester,  lim e........151
No. 3 Rochester, flint. 
..175 
No.  3  Pearl top or Jewel gi’s.l  85 
No.  2 G obe Iucaudes. lime...l  75 
No.  2  Giobe Incandes. flint...2 00 
No.  2  Pearl glass..  .  ............ 2 ¡q

1  gal  tin cans with spout..............
1  gai  galv iron, with spout__ . . . .
2 gal  galv iron with spout
3 gal  gai v iron with spout......... .
5 gal  Eureka or Rogers, with spot:
.-> gal  Eureka with faucet.....
5 gal  galv iron  A  & W 
5 gal  Tilting Cans,  Monarch 
5 gal galv iron Nacefas>... 
3 gal  Home Rule.
5  gal  Home Rule..................
3  gal  Goodenough...............
........"
5  gal  Good enough 
5 gal  Pirate King 
............

Pump Cans.

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O IL  CA SS.

Box
4  20
4  80
5  10
5 85
6  00
Doz.
1  tO 
.  2  00 
.  3 50
5 00 
.  6 50 
.  1 00 
.  r so 
.10 0010 u0
. 10 E0
t2  00 
.12 10 
.13 50 
10 50
4=
“  2  “ 
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bbis 5  “ 
bull's eye, cases 1 doz eaeh.l  00
LAMP WICKS.
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No  0,  Tubular, cases 1 doz.  each  .... 
No. 0, 
no. o, 
N°- 0, 
_  
No, 0, per  gross.............. 
No. 1, 
no  2, 
No.3, 
Mammoth, per doz  ......  . .  . 
p r u i t   j a r s .

........... 
 
 

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Mason—old  style.
Pints...........................................  
Quarts  ....................................... 
Half  gallons...............................  
Dandy—glass  cover.

Pints..
Quarts...................... . 
Half  gallons......................................  

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Supplies.

Boyd’s extra caps............................... 
05
Rubber rings.......................... ..................... 
*
Sealing wax, red or white,"a lb ’packages. ..  %

“ 
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JELLY  TUMBLERS—Tin Top.
24  “ 
6  “ 
18  “ 

64
“ bbl,  *  doz  (bbl 35).........   23
“ box, “  box (box 00)....  1  80
“ bbl,  “  doz  (bbl 35)..........  26

M Pints,  6 doz  in box, per box (box 00)... 
is 
H 
A 
Butter Crocks,  1 to 6 gal.............................  06
“  % gal. per doz...................."  60
Jugs, HI gal., per doz...................................   70
07
Milk Pans, a gal., per do*..................  
...  6u
72

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

STONE W A RE—AKRON.

STONEWARE—BLACK GLAZED.

Butter Crocks, 1  and 2 gal........................  
6ft
Milk Pans, )4 gal. per  doz..........................  65
78

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

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48

ANOTHER  LOCATION.

A lderm an  D eG raaf’s  S u g g estio n   a s  to  

a  P u blic  M arket.

Whether  the  city  will  build  a  river 
market and erect  stalls  and  booths  for 
the accommodation of the trading public, 
or lease a piece of land,  pave  it  and  use 
it as a market  stand  as  the  streets  are 
used at present,, or,  failing this,  abandon 
the project altogether for  several  years, 
remains  to  be  seen.  The  reasons  why 
this journal has persistently  advocated a 
bridge market have  already  been  given 
in  these  columns,  so  they  need not be 
given  again. 
It is but fair to  the  oppo­
nents of  a  bridge  market  that  they  be 
given  an  opportunity  to  present  their 
side of the case.  There are now but two 
land sites being  seriously  considered  by 
the Committee.  Both  are in the vicinity 
of Fulton and Waterloo streets.  The site 
on the north side of Fulton street  is  too 
small;  it  would  not  accommodate  one- 
half  the  number  of  wagons  to  be seen 
any morning on the market even  at  this 
season  of  the  year.  The  other  site  is 
large enough  to  accommodate  the  fruit 
and  produce  growers  and  buyers  for 
many years, and,  if a land site is decided 
upon, it is, by  all  odds,  the  most  desir­
able location for a market yet suggested. 
Whether it can  be  secured  for  the  pur­
pose or not is a question,  as  certain  por­
tions  of  it  are  now  in  litigation.  Not 
much can be done this  season  as  winter 
is  too  near at hand; but the question is a 
large one, important interests will  be  af­
fected by the result, and, therefore, haste 
is not desirable.

Interviews  have been had with a num­
ber of those  directly  interested  and  the 
result is given herewith:

mission men buy more fruit and  produce 
than all the other buyers on  the  market 
combined.  There  are  certain  growers 
from  whom I buy every day,  if I can find 
them;  but,  as  it  is  now,  they  have no 
regular “stand,” and are  seldom  in  the 
same  place 
twice  in  succession;  they 
can’t wait an hour or two for me to  hunt 
them up, and 1 can’t  afford  the  time  to 
look  for them. 
If.we had a market each 
grower would have his own stall and  we 
would always know  where  to  find  him. 
As to the question of location,  I  am  de­
cidedly  opposed  to  the  bridge  scheme. 
It would cost not less than  $-200,000,  and 
to  put  that  sum  into  a  bridge  is  the 
height  of  folly.  What  returns  would 
the  city  get  for  the  outlay ?  It would 
have  a  market,  but  suppose  the  time 
should come when it would be  necessary 
to  move  the  market  to  a  new location; 
where  would  your  bridge  market  be 
then ?  Other cities have been compelled 
to move  their  markets—Buffalo, for  in­
stance, and Cleveland and  Detroit.  You 
could do nothing with a bridge market in 
such a case,  and it would be a dead  loss. 
Where would I locate  the  market ?  Be­
tween  the  river  and  Waterloo  street, 
either on the north or south side  of  Ful­
ton street.  My second choice  would  be 
the Island,  if  the  others  are  not  avail­
able.  Any  of  that  river  property  is 
bound  to  rise  in  value, and any time it 
might be necessary to  move  the  market 
the  vacated  site could be sold for a good 
advance upon what was  paid  for  it. 
It 
is nonsense to say that in ten  or  twenty 
years’  time  no  land  will  be  available 
for a market site.  The city  can  always 
secure all the land it wants for any  pur. 
pose,  and about where it wants it,  too.

E.  A.  Moseley  (Moseley  Bros.):  1 
don’t  want  a  bridge market. 
It  would 
cost too much to build and be a  constant 
source  of  expense  to the city. 
It would 
deteriorate in  value from the day  it  was 
opened for business, and the revenue de­
rived from it would no more than keep it 
clean and in good order. 
If  a  land  site 
is secured,  it will increase  in value  from 
the  day  it  is  purchased, 
it  will  be 
money well invested.  So  far  as  sanita­
tion is concerned a land  market  has  the 
advantage,  and  from  the  standpoint  of 
health  there  is  no  comparison  between 
the  two. 
Just  imagine  standing  for 
hours in the  dense  fog  which  envelops 
the river in the morning.  Nothing could 
be  more  unhealthy,  and,  speaking  for 
myself, 1 don’t want  any  of  it.  During 
the  hot  months 
there  is  not  enough 
water  in  the  river  between  Sixth  and 
Lyons streets to carry  off the  amount  of 
refuse that would result  from  one  day’s 
business on the market,  and  much  of  it 
would lie  in the bed of the river  and  rot 
and send forth its poisonous odors to pol­
lute the air for  blocks  around.  A  land 
market could easily be  kept  clean,  and, 
if one of the sites along  the  river  below 
the G. R. & I. bridge  is  chosen,  there  is 
plenty  of  water  to  carry  away  all  the 
refuse.  The site 1 prefer is on the south 
side  of  Fulton  street  on  the  corner  of 
It  is  large  enough  for  the 
Waterloo. 
purpose,  convenient  of  approach, 
is 
nearer than any  other  to  the  center  of 
the city, and is near the  railways,  which 
is  a  big item in the estimation of a com­
mission man.
•  C. B. Metzger:  We must have  a  mar­
ket.  The  present market,  as it is called 
by courtesy,  is about as  inconvenient  an 
arrangement as can  be  imagined.  Com­

C.  N. Rapp  (C.  N. Rapp Fruit Co.): We 
need a market,  that is sure;  and,  so  far 
as  the.,commission  men  are  concerned, 
we don’t want it very far from our places 
of business.  There  is  hardly a morning 
during the rush of  the  fruit  season  but 
what  we  have  to  be  in  and out of the 
store  every  half  hour  or  so,  and if the 
market  is  any  considerable  distance 
from us it will put us to  great  inconven­
ience.  We  are  the  heaviest  buyers  on 
the market  and  ought  to  receive  some 
consideration. 
I don’t like  your  bridge 
scheme. 
It is too costly and is otherwise 
undesirable.  1 am not  particular  about 
the site, so long as it is convenient to the 
business  part  of  the  city  and does not 
cost too much. 
It appears  to  me,  how­
ever,  that a site on the river  bank  would 
be the best for many reasons.

C.  C.  Bunting  (Bunting  &  Davis): 
Your  bridge  scheme  is  no  good.  The 
city can’t build  a bridge  market  and we 
don’t want one if it could be built.  What 
we want is a land location,  convenient to 
the railroads and commission houses, and 
easy of access from all parts  of the city. 
That exactly  describes  the  site  on  the 
southwest corner of Fulton and Waterloo 
streets—by  all  odds  the  most desirable 
of the proposed locations.

A. J.  Brown (A.  J.  Brown  Co.):  Al­
though, personally, I  am  in  favor  of  a 
bridge market, I think the city should go 
slow on the market question.  No matter 
what location may be decided on, it is go­
ing to cost a pile of  money,  and  we have 
none  to  throw  away.  The  present  ar­
rangement  is  certainly  unsatisfactory, 
but perhaps if  the  stand were  moved  to 
some  other  street  we  could  get  along 
for some years  without  paying  out  any 
money.  The  thing  I  want  to  say  is 
that, if we are to have a  market, it must

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMLAJSr.

be as near  the  business  center  as  pos­
sible.  That may or may not be  the  geo­
graphical center,  but it is where the mar­
ket ought to be, just the same.  If we can’t 
have a bridge  market,  then any conven­
ient land site will suit me.

Aid. G.  H.  DeGraaf,  grocer:  1  don’t 
scheme. 
think  much  of  your  bridge 
Suppose it costs no  more  than  $200,000; 
it will cost that much,  at  least,  and that 
is a big sum of money,  and  the  city can­
not afford it.  My opinion of that scheme 
is that if it is pushed hard enough it will 
kill the prospects of getting  any kind of 
a  market  entirely. 
It  is  impracticable 
from any point  of  view.  Neither  do  1 
think the city is in a position to purchase 
a market site at present, or  to enter into 
any obligation to pay  for one.  We have 
other liabilities which will  be falling due 
right along for  a  number  of  years  and 
which are about all we  can  take care of. 
If we were in a  position to build market 
sheds  and  stalls  it  might  be  different, 
but we are not; so I do not  see  the  phi­
losophy  of  talking about  purchasing  a 
site.  We can’t even do  that;  we  would 
be compelled to rent  and when our lease 
expired  we would have paid  out  enough 
money to erect a market,  and have  noth­
ing to show for it.  So long as  we cannot 
have a covered market,  why pay rent for 
what  we  can  have  for  nothing?  Why 
not  leave  the  market  on 
the  street? 
That would not cost the  city a  cent  and 
would  be just  as  convenient  and every 
way  as  good  as  an  uncovered  market 
site.  Come down street with  me,  1 want 
to show  you  something. 
[ Mr.  DeGraaf 
took the reporter  down  to  South  Ionia 
street,  which is being  paved  with  brick 
from Oakes  street  to  Wealthy  avenue.] 
Now,  what  better  market  site  do  you 
want than that?  A solid  brick roadway 
on  a  concrete  foundation;  brick  side­
walks nearly twice  the  ordinary  width; 
no  street  cars;  no  traffic  to  interfere; 
Convenient to  the  railroads, commission 
houses,  and  every  way  superior  to  an 
open  market  site.  Do  you  want  any­
thing better  than  that? 
If  the  market 
stand is moved down  here,  the  men who 
own  all  this  vacant  property  will,  at 
their own expense, erect one-story  build­
ings to rent  for  storage  purposes;  some 
of them have told me  they would  do  so: 
but if they do not,  here  are  the  railway 
sheds which the  companies  would  only 
be too glad to throw open free of  cost  to 
shippers.  Now,  why  waste  time  and 
breath over a market site, or your bridge 
scheme,  when right here is the best mar­
ket site in the  city,  which  can  be  util­
ized without the expenditure of.a dollar? 
This can be arranged just  as  you would 
arrange  any  market.  Locations  can be 
marked on the curb stone with  the name 
of the owner of the wagon, and  a  ticket 
given which  will  entitle  the  holder  to 
“stand” on that spot. 
It  will  be  neces­
sary  to  have  policemen  on  the  market 
anyway  and  they 
things 
straight.  What do you think of it?

can  keep 

I  have 

B. S.  Harris,  grocer:  We  must  have 
some kind of a market different  from the 
present  apology  for  one. 
fa­
vored the  McConnell  site because it  ap­
pears to be the  cheapest  and  most  con­
venient;  but if that site on  the corner of 
Fulton and Waterloo streets is  available,
I don’t know  but what  it would  be  the 
best.  There  are  some  things  about  a 
bridge  market  I  do  not  like,  and,  be­
sides, I do not think it practicable.

Phil. Graham, grocer: 

I want a bridge 
market.  The site would cost nothing;  it

would be easy  to  keep  clean;  it  is  con­
venient for everybody,  and  is  better  in 
every  way  than  a  land  market. 
If  a 
bridge market is not feasible,  from  what 
I have  heard  of  it  1  should  favor  the 
Waterloo and  Fulton  street  site. 
It  is 
the most central and  convenient  for  all 
purposes.

Henry Vinkemulder,  grocer and whole­
sale produce: 
I don’t  know  whether we 
want a market or not.  1  thought  so  at 
one time,  but,  the  more  I  think  about 
the matter,  I am inclined to  the  opinion 
that a market would not  be  an  unmixed 
blessing to the grocery trade.  Our trade 
is cut up bad  enough  now  by  the  ped­
dlers,  and  if  we  have  a  market  with 
stalls  for  the  sale  of  vegetables  and 
fruits, my opinion  is that  the little trade 
In those  things we  have  left  would  be 
taken from  us.  Of  course,  I  know  all 
about the inconveniences of  the  present 
arrangement;  but  many  of  these  could 
be overcome by the  use  of  a  little  sys­
tem.  Perhaps  it  will  be  necessary  to 
move the market to some other  street  to 
obtain the desired  result,  but  there  are 
plenty  of  streets  available  and  conve­
nient.

E. J. Carrel, grocer:  So  far  as  I  am 
concerned it makes no difference whether 
we have a market or not. 
I do  not  buy 
on the market;  but there can  be no doubt 
about the necessity  for  one—the present 
system  must  be  very  inconvenient  for 
those who  do  business  on  the  market, 
and I think the men  who bring  in  fruits 
and vegetables are entitled,  at  least,  to 
protection  from  the  weather.  1  know 
nothing about  the  proposed  sites,  as  I 
have given the matter no attention.

E. J.  Herrick,  grocer:  Of  course,  we 
need a market.  There can  be  no  ques­
tion about that.  As  to the  kind of mar­
ket, 1 believe in  the  bridge  scheme. 
It 
would  put  the  market  about  where  it 
ought  to  be,  and  be  easily  accessible 
from all parts of the city.—#—
From the Syracuse Post.

P h ilosop h y  for  a  B ill  C ollector.

for 

about 

A collector of unpaid  bills has  a  hard 
time of it,  but  one  met  a  philosophical 
debtor  recently  who  convinced  him  of 
some  astounding  facts.  The  collector 
said that he  had  been  chasing  the  said 
philosophical  debtor 
six 
months,  and was  getting  tired. 
It  was 
always  “come  around  to-morrow,”  or 
“haven’t got it  now.”
“Say,” he said,  when he  made his last 
trip,  “are  you  ever  going  to  pay  this 
bill?”
“Why, yes, some day,” the philosopher 
replied.  “But, look here,  young man,  1 
want to show you a thing  or  two.  How 
many bills have you got in that pack?” 

“About forty,” said the  collector.
“How long does it take you  to visit all 
these people?”  the philosopher  inquired. 
“About a  day.”
“ What if all paid up promptly?”
“Why, that would be great.”
“ Would it?  What would you  do for  a 
living if all these debtors paid  up in one 
day?”
The collector looked  blank  for  a  mo­
ment.
“Great  Jerusalem! 
I’d  be  out  of  a 
job.”
“Well,  then,  don’t be so anxious to col­
lect  every  cent  due  your  people.  One 
bill a day is  enough.  As  for  me,  come 
around some day  next  week,  and  I  may 
do something for you.”  And  the philos­
opher faded away.

WE HUY

Silnflriei  and  Evaporated

A . P E E E S

HASTINGS & REMINGTON,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

NOT  AN  AUTOCRAT.

cil in L icensing’  P ed d lers.

M ayor F ish er  C o-E qual w ith  th e   C oun­
G r a n d   R a p id s ,  Oct.  26—On page 5  of 
the issue of T h e   Mic h ig a n   T r a d e s m a n  
for Oct. 24  is an  article  signed  ‘‘Daniel 
Abbott,”  bearing the head, “Is the Mayor 
Bigger  than  the  Council?”  which  con­
tains so  many  seriously  wrong—pardon 
me if 1 say entirely  false—statements  as 
to  the  Mayor’s  powers  and acts in con­
nection  with  the peddling  question,  that 
I  am  constrained  to  make  this  public 
statement,  for  the purpose  of giving  the 
people what 1 deem to be the truth  and a 
reason for such action as 1 have taken.
The  article  mentioned  is  based  upon 
the assumption that  the Mayor has a dis­
position to make  himself superior to  the 
iaw;  that  he has  ignored  its  plain  pro­
visions,  and  has  done  or  failed  to  do 
many  things  directed  by  the  Common 
Council  or  the  ordinances,  relative  to 
peddling.
The ordinance governing peddlers, now 
in force in this  city,  was  adopted  June 
30,  1893,  and was  a revision to take  the 
It provides 
place of all its predecessors. 
that the power to issue  licenses is vested 
in the “Common  Council or Mayor.” 
It 
will  be  seen,  then,  that the  Mayor has 
concurrent jurisdiction  with  the Council 
in the  matter  of  this  class  of  licenses, 
and  has  in  no sense attempted to usurp 
the  function  of  an  entirely  different 
branch of the city  government  from  his 
own,  when  exercising  power  under  this 
ordinance.
That ordinance  contains  no  limitation 
whatever  as  to  time,  save  that  it pre­
scribes  that  no  license  fee shall exceed 
§15  per  day.  Therefore,  whenever  the 
Mayor  shall  have  authorized  a  shoiter 
term license,  he has  in no  sense  contra­
vened the provisions of that ordinance.
Still further,  when the present Council 
adopted a schedule  of licenses governing 
this municipal year,  it positively refused 
to fix a limit in  time of  one year, or  any 
other term,  for hucksters,  or  fruit  deal­
ers,  or  any  other  possible 
licenses. 
Hence,  the  Mayor,  advisea  by  both  the 
former  City  Attorney  and  the  present 
one,  bad  no  hesitation  in deciding that 
he had the legal right to grant short term 
licenses,  if,  in  his opinion,  public policy 
dictated that course.
Now,  in  the matter of  license fees,  the 
schedule,  as made  by the  Common Coun­
cil, leaves many licenses to the discretion 
of the Mayor  as to the  amounts to be ex­
acted.  The  spirit  of  the  schedule  is 
plainly that fees shall be larger relatively 
for short terms than for long terms,  upon 
the general business principle that whole­
sale rates are  cheaper  than  retail.  For 
example,  a license to  peddle lead pencils 
and pens may cost  $2,  including  clerk’s 
fee,  for a single  month,  and  but §4,  with 
the clerk’s fee,  for  an entire  year.  The 
Mayor believes that when his action is in 
accordance with this evident spirit of the 
adopted schedule,  it is clearly  within the 
purpose  and  meaning  of  the  ordinance 
and the Council’s action.
The article  mentioned  makes  the  as­
sertion that the Mayor  has given permits 
which  are  “not  worth  the  paper  upon 
which  they  are written,” and denies  the 
Mayor’s right or authority  to grant  such 
documents. 
It  should  be  remembered 
that  custom  or  usage,  what  may  be 
termed the  unwritten iaw.  is  frequently 
of  more  force  and  effect,  more binding 
upon the community,  than  printed  ordi­
nances or written  statutes. 
In  this mat­
ter  of  permits,  when  the Mayor entered 
upon his duties,  he  was  furnished  with 
blank forms upon which  to  issue-  them, 
which had  been  provided at the expense 
of the city and  paid  for  in  bills  audited 
by the Common  Council.  He learned af­
firmatively that  such  permits  had  been 
given  for  many  years,  for an indefinite 
period,  by  many—probably  all—of  his 
predecessors. 
Indeed, at the second ses­
sion of the present  Council, he  was  dis­
tinctly authorized to grant a permit with­
out license fee,  by the  Common  Council, 
and the force or value  of a  Mayor’s  per­
mit without license fee was thus specific­
ally indicated.  Many of the aldermen as 
individuals, yet in their official character, 
both  orally  and  by  letter,  have  urged 
him,  in special  cases,  to  grant  such per­
mits,  where  they deemed  the  applicants 
worthy.

Under  such  circumstances,  under  the 
customs of the city, and where the Mayor 
has the  unquestioned  concurrent  power 
to grant licenses and,  in almost innumer­
able cases to  fix the  fees  himself,  there 
can be no  doubt that he  may grant what 
is practically a license,  upon payment  of 
an exceedingly  small  fee, or  even no  fee 
being paid.
Upon  this  view,  it  must be apparent 
that the peddling ordinance,  which is but 
a  form  or  manifestation  of  the  police 
power of the  community,  is  established 
for the protection,  not  only of the public 
and the business men,  but of the possible 
peddlers themselves,  aud to some person 
or persons is  given the  discretion  as  to 
the manner aud circumstances of its  u;-e. 
The ordinance clearly confers this power 
upon the “Common  Council  or  Mayor.” 
The  practice  has  been  that  pretty much 
all of these licenses are  granted  directly 
by the  Mayor,  and that  formal action of 
the Council is very seldom had upon  any 
one of them.
So much for  the  Mayor’s  powers  and 
acts anent the article bearing Mr. Abbott’s 
signature. 
It  must  be  apparent,  upon 
comparing  with  his  statements,  that  if 
the facts above giveu are true,  the Mayor 
neither has  transcended  his  powers  nor 
been guilty of acts autocratic or in  viola­
tion of his oath of office,  and that he  has 
in no sense  given  any  occasion  for  the 
peddling  ordinance  falling  into  disre­
pute.
Permit me  in  this  connection,  though 
this article be already lengthy, to add an­
other statement. 
It has been deemed  by 
some that the  Mayor has  no moral right, 
even  if  he  have the legal,  to grant  free 
permits,  and that granting them is not in 
accordance with wise public policy.  I am 
willing to  admit  that this is a  debatable 
question,  and have  been very glad to  ex­
ercise all the caution of  which 1 am mas­
ter,  in  the  use  of  this  power,  for that 
reason.
In general  terms,  my own  attitude has 
been  founded upon the following  theory: 
It is better in  a  community to  encourage 
unfortunate or disabled  citizens to assist 
themselves to  get  their  own  livelihood, 
than  to  allow  them  to  become  public 
charges and chronic paupers. 
I have be­
lieved that it were  better both  to  forego 
the revenue of a small license fee and en­
dure the small competition  of  such  ped­
dlers,  than  to  prevent their  doing busi­
ness at  all,  and  make  them  dependent 
upon  either  the  city’s poor  fund or  the 
charity  of  the  community. 
I  have 
thought that such  continued  better  citi­
zens and  were more  likely to bring their 
children up  to  become  good  citizens,  if 
their independence  were maintained and 
their  self-respect  encouraged, 
than  if 
they  were  allowed  to  become  paupers. 
So I  have been not only  willing  but glad 
to furnish free  permits to a  few whom  I 
deemed  worthy  and  necessitous,  in  the 
belief, on the  foregoing  theory, that -the 
municipality  was 
thus  accomplishing 
much  for its present  good and  for its fu­
ture protection, for in  nearly  every  case 
young children have formed a part of the 
families so benefited.
This explanation  will  furnish a reason 
why I have  conferred  with  the  Charity 
Organization  Society  in  several  cases, 
rather than the police department, in de­
termining whether free  permits ought to 
be granted or not. 
If  the  applicant  for 
permit bore any such  indications  as sug­
gested that the  police had  a  special  ac­
quaintance  with  him,  he was refused  a 
permit or the police were conferred with. 
If he or she seemed  worthy  and only  un­
fortunate,  why  should  the  police  have 
more knowledge  of the  merits of the  ap­
plicant’s case than any other good citizen, 
or  even  so  much  knowledge  as 
the 
trained, skillful,  and specially successful 
investigators  for  the  Charity  Organiza­
tion  Society?
If the police  complain,  as is  stated  on 
page 8 of the  same issue,  that the Mayor 
has not asked for  information of that de­
partment so much  as he ought,  they  cer­
tainly  never  have  manifested  that atti­
tude  or  feeling  toward  him  personally, 
and as certainly will admit the force  and 
value of this explanation  of his  attitude 
and action. 
If  the Mayor  has been mis­
led by information given him,  may it not 
be that any other  source  of  information 
or informant might be equally  incorrect?

That the  Mayor has  made  mistakes  is 
but another  form  for  saying  that  he  is 
If  he  has  made 
human  and  fallible. 
more  mistakes  upon  a  less  number  of 
cases  acted  upon,  in  this  department, 
than his -predecessors  have,  while  it  is 
unfortunate for him and  the community, 
he may fairly claim that  he has not  been 
unmindful  of  the  law or purposely neg­
lectful of what he considered the highest 
good of all classes—the  poor  and  unfor­
tunate,  as  well  as  those  who certainly 
are  not suffering because of the competi­
tion of  peddlers  carrying  the  free  per­
mits he has issued. 

E.  B.  F is h e r .

V ESEY   STREET  BARGAINS.

T hey R ange  from   P ick les  to   C hina  and 

A re  V ery C heap.

From  th e  New York Sun.

the 

For bargains and for sidewalk displays 
there are two blocks in  Vesey street that 
can’t be matched  in  New  York.  There 
are  men  and  women who  for more than 
twenty years  have stood on  these  walks 
and sold goods,  making a comfortable liv­
ing  for  themselves and families,  besides 
laying aside  money.
The sidewalk is preferred to the stores. 
It is more difficult to find a good sidewalk 
privilege to rent than it is a store;  and in 
some  cases,  to  get what  they want,  peo­
ple are compelled to hire a store and sub­
let it, retaining for  themselves  as  much 
of  the  sidewalk  as  they  need and dare 
take. 
In such  cases the  merchant doing 
business outside is more  likely to have  a 
bank account than the one  in  the  store, 
although 
latter  may  be  better 
dressed.  Why this should  be  the case  is 
not clear.  Vesey street is not a thorough­
fare  leading  from  a  ferry  and  has  no 
elevated road station  to land  passengers 
in it; still  thousands  of  people  pass  up 
and down  every  day,  and many of  them 
have  come  for  the  express  purpose  of 
shopping.  Years  of  experience  have 
taught these sidewalk merchants to cater 
to the eye.  He would  be  a  very  unob­
serving person indeed who could go from 
Broadway to Greenwich street aud not be 
attracted by something  or other  exposed 
for  sale.
On the first block is the bird man.  His 
stock  is  displayed  to the  best of advan­
tage.  Next  to  him  is  a  collection  of 
plants and shrubs, as if birds and foliage 
went  together.  He  can  tell  you  much 
about birds.  He  will explain why he can 
sell canaiies cheaper than the bird stores, 
and  why  his  birds  are  better.  He will 
tell you how they are raised in the Hartz 
Mountains  of  Germany,  and  are  not 
brought  from  the  Canary  Islands.  He 
says that you  might as well  look in Cen­
tral Park for a wild canary as to hunt for 
one on the Canary  Islands;  that canaries 
originally came from Africa  a  few  hun­
dred years ago;  that it is  believed  that a 
ship  on  which some of them were  being 
transported  to  Europe  was  wrecked  on 
the Canary  Islands;  that  the climate be­
ing favorable they bred there and became 
very plentiful, and that they were hunted 
so persistently on  account of  their value 
as song birds the islands eventually  were 
denuded.  He explains that in their wild 
state in Africa they are a homely gray in 
color,  and  would  not  be  recognized  if 
placed  beside  their  fellows  who  have 
been raised in  confinement,  and that  the 
cage bird’s song is  not natural,  being en­
tirely a matter of education. 
If you  buy 
a  bird  he  will  wrap  the  little  wooden 
cage  which  contains  your  purchase,  in 
paper, carefully  puncturing  a few small 
holes for air, and  will  warn  you  by  all 
means to protect  the little creature  from 
draughts.  But  he  neglects  to  explain 
why it is that  his  birds  do not suffer, ex­
posed as they are in all kinds of  weather.
Farther  down  the street  you can see  a 
great variety of  goods.  China  seems  to 
predominate.  Some  of  it  looks  very 
handsome,  and the prices are remarkably 
low.  This is explained by the  fact  that 
it  is  chipped.  Many  pieces  are  not 
really  damaged  much,  but  have  just a 
little nick,  and for ornament will answer 
every  purpose.
A stairway seems an  odd  place  to  sell 
second-hand  clothes  for  women,  but  in 
Vesey street such  an  arrangement  is  all 
right.  The  shopper  stands  at ease and 
allows  herself  to  be  measured  without 
any embarrassment,  while  she  carefully

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handles and inspects  the garments hang­
ing in and lying about the hallway.
Vesey street has its shop  for  antiques, 
also.  For seventeen  years the  merchant 
has been in the street,  and he  knows bis 
trade well.  He occupies  both  the  store 
and the sidewalk, and although his  stock 
may consist of 5,000 pieces,  he knows the 
history of each  article  and,  better  still, 
the price.  Be it old  silver,  old  iron,  or 
old  clothes,  each  article  has  an  extra 
value for its undoubted  antiquity  or  in­
teresting history.
There are bargains to  be had in  wines. 
“Fine old sherry”  is  offered at  25  cents 
a bottle.  No matter what the sherry may 
be  you  are  sure  of a  pretty label.  Be­
sides,  the vender  will  put  your purchase 
up in a neat, square  pasteboard  box,  at­
tach  to  this  a  convenient little wooden 
handle,  and if  you  are  a  new  customer 
the  chances  are  that he  will give you  a 
handy pocket  corkscrew.  This  all  goes 
to show that  the seller  has  faith  in  his 
goods  and  hopes  to make a regular cus­
tomer of you.
Pickles,  also, are  put  up  in  quarts in 
Vesey street and  sold at  the  same  price 
as  the  sherry.  These you may taste be­
fore buying,  and,  in  fact,  you  are  urged 
to do so by the woman  who  sells them.

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GOTHAM GOSSIP.

News  from  the  Metropolis--- Index of

th e   M ark ets.

Special Correspondence

New Y o r k ,  Oct. 27—The sugar market 
during the past week has  been  about  as 
dull as could  be imagined.  There  is ab­
solutely nothing doing  beyond  the  most 
commonplace every-day transactions and 
buyers show no disposition  to make pur­
chases beyond the day’s wants.
Contrary  to  expectations  coffee  has 
taken an upward twist and is firm at  15c.
Of course, it is a  “legitimate  rise,”  and 
one that is made “ because the state of the 
market  demands  it;”  but  the  truth  is, 
that the whole statistical position is such 
as  to  justify  no  rise  whatever.  Mild 
coffees are dull and the market seems de­
moralized.
Molasses shows no improvement,  about 
38c being the  ruling rate  for open  kettle 
choice goods,  but this is the top price.
Syrups are in  light  demand  and  it  is 
difficult  to  obtain  reliable  quotations.
Good to choice  grades are worth  from  16 
@22c.
Rice  is  quiet.  The  demand  is  just 
about sufficient to  keep  back  any  accu­
mulation.  Good to prime, 4%@5%c.
Canned goods have  shown no  activity, 
and buyers have had  things  pretty  much 
all their own way.  The  amount of  corn 
carried over from ’93 has been a great ob­
stacle to progress and,  until  it  is  gone, 
the whole trade is  likely to  be somewhat 
demoralized.  There have  been large ship­
ments  of  fruits  from  California  during 
the past few  weeks  and  prices  are very 
low.  N.  Y. gallon  apples are  worth  S3;
No. 3, 67%c;  string beans,  from  55@60e 
for ordinary goods,  up to  81.35 for  some 
choice N.  Y.  State.  Peaches are in  light 
demand and the market  is  dull.  Stand­
ard  Crawford,  Cal.,  81.45.  Salmon  is 
steady  and  prices  remain  as  they  have 
been for a long time.
The  butter  market  has  been  dull be­
yond precedent,  although  at the moment 
there is  a  trifle  better  demand.  Prices 
have  declined  and  it  is  not likely over 
23%c for the choicest makes could  be ob­
tained.  The  accumulation  is still large, 
but receipts  show some  falling  off,  and 
we  may  see  a better  tone within a fort­
night.
Cheese is doing  better,  but  prices  are 
still low and unsatisfactory. 
It is hardly 
possible to quote over  10%c for the  very 
best N.  Y.  small size  full cream.
Eggs are worth 19%c for choice  Michi­
gan,  Northern  Ohio  and  Northern  Ind 
The market is in  an  unsatisfactory post 
tion.  There is an  accumulation of stock 
here which is a little  “off”  and  this  up­
sets the market for all but the very finest 
goods.
In foreign green fruits there is nothing 
doing  and  for  lemons,  particularly,  the 
in 
market  is  dull.  Jamaica  oranges 
barrels are worth 84.75@5.  Bananas are 
lower  and  87%c  is  all  the market  will 
stand,  even  for  the  first  qualities,  and 
the range is from this down to 65c.
Domestic green  fruit shares the general 
apathy of the markets for other stuff and 
apples  are  dull  even  for  the  very best 
grades.  They  are  worth  from  81.50@
2.50 per barrel.
With  the  single  exception  of  choice 
evaporated apples the  dried fruit market 
presents  no  activity.  Prices  are  low, 
supplies are  abundant,  and,  altogether, 
the  outlook  is  for  a  season of uninter­
rupted low rates  all around.

Stopped  on  a  Check.

At  a  recent  meeting  of  the  Grand 
Rapids  Retail  Grocers’  Association 
Julius J.  W agner,  the East Bridge  street 
grocer,  reported  having  cashed a check 
drawn  by  Hauser,  Hayden  &  Owen  on 
which  payment  was  stopped  by 
the 
drawer, owing to the fact that  the  check 
was lost  by the rightful owner and  found 
by a person  who had no right  to  it.  Mr 
Waguer  notified  the person for whom  he 
cashed  the  check  that  the matter must 
be adjusted  within a certain  time  or  he 
would  bring  it  to  the  attention  of  the 
Prosecuting  Attorney,  and  within  the 
time the check was redeemed.

For  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  Mr. 
Wagner’s rights in the matter B.  S.  Har­
ris appealed to the  legal  department  of 
the New York Journal  of  Commerce,  to 
which he wrote as follows:

Grand  Rapids,  Oct.  10—Mr.  W.,  of 
the firm of W.  & B., draws a  check  pay­
able to his own order  and,  expecting  to 
use it shortly after leaving his  office,  in­
“The  announcement  that  seventy  cf 
dorses it properly for that purpose.  Ar­
the most prominent and malignant Anar­
riving where he expects to use it, he finds 
chists in France have  decided  to sail  for 
he has either mislaid  it  or  lost  it.  Mr. 
America,” said a well-known  lawyer  the 
J.  runs  a  grocery  store;  on  Saturday 
other  day,  “goes  to  show  that the new 
evening  a busy time—a man  comes  in 
French law dealt a fatal  blow to anarchy 
buys some goods of one of his clerks  and 
when it took away all  publicity from the 
presents in  payment for them W.  &.  B.’s 
operations  of  the  ‘reds.’  Nowadays, 
check  payable to W.’s order and properly 
when  an  Anarchist  has  committed  a 
Indorsed.  The man gets  the  gosds  and 
crime in France he is dealt with,  not bya| the  check  falls
into  the  hands  of  the
jury which can  be  intimidated by threat­
groceryman—an 
innocent  holder,  of 
ening letters,  but by judges  who are  re­
course.  On  Monday  J.  makes  up  his 
sponsible only to the State.  He is desig­
deposit,  among which is the check,  takes 
nated by a number and  his  name  is  not 
it  to  the  bank,  and  it  is*placed to his 
published,  so  there  is  no  hero worship 
credit on his  bank-book. 
In  the  mean­
as far as  his  family  is  concerned.  The 
time,  W.,  the  drawer  of the check,  has 
papers  are  not permitted  to publish  his 
notified his bank of the loss,  but  not  in 
portrait, nor to report his trial,  and he is 
time to stop the check being taken at J.’s 
buried  in  an  unknown  grave.  When 
bank.  So it stands until  the  next  time 
Henri was executed last summer in Paris, 
Mr. J. goes to his bank  again,  when  the 
no less than  100,000 of  his portraits were
check  is  handed  out  to  him, and he  is

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B.  S.  Harris. 

Owing to the very fine weather,  which 
matured  corn  faster  than  usual,  corn 
ruled  lower.  Oats  are  also  lower,  but 
are still high for the amount raised.

Receipts of wheat for the past  week in 
this  city  were  53  cars; corn, 3 cars and 
oats,  2 cars—not large for the season.

recovered from  him 
or J?
The reply to Mr. 

Should  W.  lose  it 
Harriis’ enquiry  was
as follows:
Mr. J.’s bank in this case  is entitled to 
charge back to  him  the  amount  of  the 
check  deposited  by  him,  inasmuch  as 
payment  of  it  has  been  stopped.  The 
bank upon which the  check  was  drawn 
having refused payment  Mr.  J.  can  re­
cover by suit either of Mr.  W.  or  of  the 
firm of W.  & B.—either of the  drawer or 
indorser.  The check came to  Mr.  J.  in 
such a  form that  it  would  pass  by  de­
livery,  like money.  There is  no forgery 
upon it, and equity  as  well  as  law  de­
mands that the loser shall  be the  person 
who put the check into such  form  as  to 
give  it currency  by  delivery.  All  that 
Mr. J.  need  show  is  that  he  took  the 
check  without notice of  the loss or theft, 
in good faith,  for value and in the  usual 
course of business.  Having  shown that, 
he  is  entitled  to  recover  of  any  one 
through whom, direjtly or  indirectly,  he 
claims title.  This is the rule  in  all  the 
States of the Union,  including Michigan. 
For decisions in the  latter  State  see  34 
Mich., 29,  and 60 Mich., 388.
Committees  of  Arrangement  for  De­

S -v e J  asked  to  make  it  good  on  the  ground j  is merely guess  work; time will  work out
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wa* heaped nearly three  feet  high  with  that the payment had  been  stopped,  be-1 that nroblem  With  th«  /.an^iiatinn  «f 
With  the  cancellation  of
flowers  every  Sunday  by  people  who  eause the drawer had lost it and the  per- 
made  pilgrimages  to  the  last  resting | son that had used  it  had  no  right  to  it.  Ithe  reciprocity  treaty  we 
lose  about 
distinguished bomb thrower.  j Will you please give your  opinion  as  to I 9,000,000  bushels  in the shape of flour to 
Nowadays the  ‘reds’
are  not  mentioned  who should lose the amount,  provided of * Cuba  and  Brazil.  All  this  was  winter
at  ail.  They  have  struggled  against it j course  the  man 
who  passed  the check  wheat flour, so,  the  sooner  we  get  reci- 
strenuously,  but  the  most  bloodthirsty | could not be  found aud  it
procity restored,  the better  for  the  mil­
and  violent of them find  that  the  Anar­
chist is no longer a  hero, and newspaper 
lers and farmers.
publicity  is a  vain  and  fruitless  thing. 
Hence they are coming over here.”
Mr. Cleveland’s  affability was not pro­
nounced during  his recent  visit  to  New 
It  was  a  gloomy  episode in the 
York. 
life of a good  many  of  the  people  who 
are always more or less  interested in  the 
presence of  the Chief  Magistrate in  this 
city.  There  were  many  callers  at  Dr. 
Bryant’s house,  but  they  were  not  im­
pelled by warm  impulses of  friendliness 
or eagerness to  testify  to  their  admira­
tion for the distinguished visitor.  Nearly 
forty of the visitors  were reporters,  who 
trudged through the rain with a full con­
sciousness  that  their  quarrying  would 
prove difficult,  and who realized it before 
the hunt  was  over.  Mr.  Cleveland  has 
adopted  a  glassy  stare when  a reporter 
approaches him  which  is  absolutely  in­
scrutable.  He looks straight ahead,  and 
apparently turns  over  the  words  he  is 
about  to  utter  with great  consideration 
several  times  before  he  actually  gives 
them  forth.  The result is  usually  some 
commonplace  observation,  and 
after 
speaking his sentences  with labored ear­
nestness he moves  away  with  the  air  of 
one who has finally settled a question for 
which the world  has been waiting a solu­
tion for many years.
While the week  has  not  been  a  very 
cheerful  one,  there  is  every  sign  that 
trade is improving,  and  another cheering 
symptom is the  unmistakable  revival  of 
manufactures,  not  only in this  city,  but 
throughout the State and in the adjoining 
territory.  Many mills report night work 
as necessary and,  altogether, the long de 
pressiou  now seems to  be in  a  fair  way 
of  ending.  Retailers  in  nearly all lines 
report a better consumptive demand,  and 
the big stores are  agaiu  taking  on  more 
help.  May the good work go on.  Jay
Who to  Appeal to  When  Payment  is 

quotes as follows:
Mess.............................................   13 coa  13 50
Shortcut.......................................   1«  ‘¿5@  14  5i>
Extra clear pig, short cut.............. 
15 00
Rxtra clear,  heavy.........................
Clear, fat back...............................  13 75 @  14  25
Boston clear, short cut..................
Clear back, shortcut.....................   14  00 @  15 00
Standard clear, short cut, best__
Pork, links......
Bologna...........
Liver................
Tongue...........
Blood ..............
Head cheese...
Summer...........
Frankfurts.......
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Kettle  Rendered...  .................... 
ria
Granger.........................................................   o2
Family................................ 
.  .'.V."......... m?
Compound...........................................[ ........ gS
Cottolene................................. ......................
50 lb. Tins,  J4c advance.
201b. pails,  He 
¿ c  
101b.  “ 
51b.  “ 
xc 
31b.  " 
l c
Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs......................7 75
Extra Mess, Chicago packing.........  
7 75
Boneless, rump butts...............................     !' 10 50
Hams, average 20 lbs......................................

The  following is a corrected list of  the 
committees appointed by Chairman Brad­
ford  to  superintend  the  entertainment 
features of the annual convention  of  the 
Michigan Knights of the Grip:

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co 

sm o k e d   m e a t s—Canvassed or Plain.

cember  Convention.

C.  G.  A.  Voiot.

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PROVISIONS.

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BEEF  IN  BARRELS.

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Finance and Soliciting—Geo.  F.  Owen, 
Chairman;.  H B.  Fairchild,  Milton  Fitch, 
Chas.  Findlater, Chas. S. Brooks, Manley 
Jones, J.  B.  Orr.
Invitation—P.  H.  Carroll,  Chairman; 
E.  C.  Groesbeck,  W.  R.  Foster,  E.  N. 
Thorne,  W. Y. Barclay.
Entertainment, Program and Banquet— 
B.  G.  Van Leuven, Chairman; F.  M.  Ty­
ler,  W.  L.  Freeman,  H.  L. Gregory, E. E. 
Stanton, G.  F. Rogers, W. H.  Pipp,  Peter 
Fox.
Reception—J. A.  Gonzalez, Chairman; 
W.  H. Goodspeed, V.  A.  Johnston,  John 
Grotemat,  S.  V.  DeGraaf,  W.  F.  Wurz­
burg, A. E.  McGuire,  D.  E.  McVean,  J. 
B.  Evans, D.  McWhorter,  D.  S.  Haugh, 
U. A.  Hudson,  W.  H. Jennings, C. Craw­
ford,  Frank Conlon,  W.  S. Canfield, F.  E. 
Chase,  H.  N.  Brandon,  John  Cummins, 
E.  P.  Dana,  Frank  Miles,  W.  A.  Van- 
Leuven, C. I.  Flynn,  F.  H.  White,  M.  M. 
Mallory,  Geo.  F.  Schumm,  Capt.  W.  H. 
Sheller, John M.  Shields,  J.  A.  Massie, 
A.  J.  Quist,  C. B.  Parmenter, J.  H.  Rose- 
man, J.  P.  Reeder,  J.  E.  Kenning,  Ed. 
Huyge,  E.  H. Poole,  W.  F.  Bowen,  G.  C. 
Oswald, Joe F. O. Reed, W. P.  Townsend.
Transportation—J. T.  Flaherty, Chair­
man;  Dell  Wright,  A.  S.  Doak,  Peter 
Lankester, Sam.  R. Evans.
Badges—C. L.  Lawton,  Chairman;  Jud 
Houghton,  Fred Frost.
Decoration—E.  E.  Woolley,  Chairman; 
Jos.  Fiukler,  E.  Kuyers, Henry Snitzeler,
G.  W.  Stowitts.
Music—W.  E.  Richmond,  Chairman; 
J.  A.  Morrison,  E.  P.  Andrew.
Printing—A.  D.  Baker,  Chairman;  E. 
A.  Stowe, F.  W.  Hadden,  Geo.  J.  Hein- 
zelman,  F.  M.  Atwood.
Hotels—Byron  S.  Davenport,  Chair­
man; N.  B. Clark. J.  M.  Fell,  Harry  P. 
Winchester, A. J.  Cozzens.
Banner and Rally Cry—C.  L.  Lawton,
H. P. Winchester, Harry Gregory.

The  Grain  Market.

Wheat has been rather dull during  the 
past week owing  to  continued  large  re­
ceipts  in  the  Northwest,  especially  at 
Minneapolis and  Duluth.  Exports  have 
been  as  usual,  amounting,  wheat  and 
flour included,  to over 3,000,000  bushels, 
but the tired longs sold out,  which  had a 
depressing  effect,  and,  while  no  lower 
prices were maintained,  the  market  was 
lifeless and dull.  As to future values it

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DRY  SALT  MEATS.

picnic...................................  
best boneless................... 

161bs........................" .." ! .’.!iom
12 to 14 lbs.......................  
11*
..............  a2
Shoulders....................................................”   6*
Breakfast Bacon  boneless....................  oiifiiicS
Dried beef, ham prices.......................... 10J£@ll
Long Clears, heavy..........................
Briskets,  medium......................   .................
light.................................................
Butts.............................
d. s. Bellies.................... ..............................
Fat Backs.....................................
PICKLED  PIGS’  FEET.
o  tn
Half  barrels............................ 
Quarter barrels...................... 
..............a «n
K its.................................................................... so
Kits, honeycomb.......................  
75
Kits, premium................................................... gg
8   OYSTERS  §
Solid Brand,  Extra Selects, per can $  27 
Solid Brand, Selects,  per can.. . . . . .  
25
Solid Brand, E. F., per  can............. 
21
Solid Brand, Standards, per can.... 
19
Daisy Brand, Selects,  per  can....... . 
23
Daisy Brand,  Standards, per can... 
17
Daisy Brand, Favorites, per can.... 
15
Best Baltimore  Standards,  per  gal  1  05 
The Queen Oyster Pails at bottom prices. 
Mrs.  Withey’s  Home  Made  Jelly, 
made with green apples,  very fine
30-lb pail............................................ 
gg
20-lb.  pail............................................... 60
17-lb  pail...........................................  
53
15-lb.  pail.....................................** 
50
Mrs.  Withey’s  Condensed  Mince 
Meat,  the  best  made.  85  cents 
per  doz.  3  doz.  in  case.

Mrs.  Withey’s bulk mince meat:
40-lb pails,  per  lb 
6
25-lb pails, per  lb.......
6%
10-lb pails, per  lb......................... 
qQ
Pure Cider Vinegar,  per  gallon.... 
10
Pure Sweet Cider,  per  gallon.........  
12
Fine Dairy Butter,  per pound.........  
20
Fresh Eggs, per  doz.........................  
17
New Pickles,  medium,  barrels........5  00
New Pickles, medium,  % barrel___3  00
New Sauer Kraut,  barrels.................  4  00
New Sauer Kraut,  % barrels...........2  50

EDWIN  FALLAS,
Oyster Packer  and  rianufacturer.

VALLEY  CITY  COLD  STORAGE,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Are  You Selling|A Majestic Exhibit

For  the  next  two  or  three 
weeks  there  will  be a Grand  Dis­
play  of M ajestic  Steel  Ranges  in 
our  Retail  Department,  aüd  we 
want  all  merchants  in  Western 
Michigan, if in  the  city,  to  drop 
in  and  see them.

( ’«•fft-e  and  Hot  Rolls will be 

served  daily.

Steel  Ranges are fast sup 
erseding the  Cast  Range.  Dur­
ing  this  exhibit  expert  range 
salesmen  direct  from  the  fac­
tory  will  be  on  hand  to  show 
up  their good  qualities.

IfoTER&TEVENS

M  sNtR0E

&  

4Oysters
ANCHOR  BRAND

OLD  RELIABLE

All orders  receive  prompt  attention  at 

lowest  market price.

See quotations in Price Current.

I F   N O T ,   W H Y   NO T V

MüskBgon  Bakery  Grackers

(U nited  S ta te s  B a k in g   Co.)

Are  Perfect  Health  Food.

There are a great many  Butter Crackl es  »n  the  Market—only 

one  can  be  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.

Muskegon  Toast,
Roj al  Fruit  Biscuit, 
Muskegon  Frosted  Honey, 
Iced  Cocoa  Honey  Jumbles, 
Jelly Turnovers, 

Nine
Other
Great
S p e c ia ltie s   I  Ginger Snaps,
A re 

Home-Made  Snaps,
Muskegon  Branch,
Mlik  Lunch

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

U n ite d  

States   B a k in g   Co.

F .  J .  B B T T B N T H A B B R .

I.A W HENCE  DEPEW ,  Acting  Manager,

Muskegon, 

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Mich•

117  and  119  Monroe  St.,  Grand  Ranids.

New Holiday Goods

New  Tariff  Prices.

! . 
SlD#Ct u‘be  ^ ew  Taritf  BiI1  became a law,  we  have opened  up many hundred
| cases of China,  Earthenware and Glassware, making  a  grand  assortment  of  good
I selling

Christmas  Novelties and  Holiday  Goods

I*“   a‘  tbe  NEW  TAW PFPW CES.  This means a vety  large difference,  adiffer- 
ence that cannot fail  to be noticed  by the retailer and consumer.  You can sell this 
hne  at  a  good  profit  Clear  off  a  “«I««,-” counter and  make a display.  Our line 
! will sell itself. 

If you cannot come to this market and  make your selection

LET  US  USE  OUR  JUDGMENT.

Fo**  $35-00

We will send you a general assortment of china,  dolls 
vases, cups and saucers,  mugs, child’s plates, child’s  tea 
sets, etc., etc.,  to retail  from 5 cents to 25  cents

F o r   S  ^ 0 . 0 0   h

V 1 

36 Oyster Bowls-

1 SeDd y0U a ,arRer assortmfnt of  similar goods 
but adding many novelties from our assortment  that  we
have  proved  to  be  first class  stock.  We never experi­
ment with these orders.  We use the best  judgment  we 
have m making a selection.

Terms:

1  AU ,bll,A 1° “ erchants of approved  credit  payable  net 
Jan. 
1895.  On  bills  sold  prior to November1st. we 
will allow an extra  discount  on  all  Holiday  Goods  (8s
tP804 °UwCana ?£“e)  °f Five Per Cent lf Paid by  Nov.  10. 
if   A 
° ,hl8  t0 spread our business over the month 
of  October,  .nstead  of  having  it  all at once in NovJm- 
befs and December.  After Nov.  1, all  bills due net  Jan- 
from date** 
per cent  if paid  within  ten  days

JNO.  MADDOCK  &  SONS

English W hite Semi  Porcelain.

Positively finest ware made on the Globe.  The 
New  Tariff price brings  it «as  low  as  the  most 
com neon ware was at old prices.
A ssorted  C rate 

JOHN  MADDOCK & SONS 

New  A stor Shape 

WHITE S E fll  PORCELAIN.

24 Vegetables.
to Pitchers.
6Sugars.
36 Sets Teas.
6 doz. Fruits.

6 doz. Fie  Plates. 
2 doz. Tea Plates. 
12 doz. Breakfast Plates. 
2 doz. Dinner Plates.' 
2 doz. Soup Plates. 
# doz. Butters. 
1« Dishes, Assorted 
18 Scollops. 
,8 Bakers. 
6 Butters. 
8 Pickles. 
w Sets Coffees.
Price List of atove sent on reque; t.  Don’t fail 
to get our prices on our  new  lines  heir re  plac­
ing  Boliday  Orders.  Variety  of  Dinner  Sets, 
Toilet Sets and New t hina is equal to any  In the ! 
market.

gCv’d Dishes,  j
6 Boats.
18 Bowls.
:8 Bowls.
G Creams,

JNO.  HADDOCK &  SONS

Oreen  Rococo,  Oold  Edges

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Latest Style in English Decorations. 

Assorted Crate 

JOHN  MADDOCK & SONS 

Rococo  P attern .

6 Pickles.
4 Cake Plates.
6 Sugars 
36 sets Teas.
6 Sets Coffees.
24 Vegetable Dishes 
6 Sauce Boats.
12 Cv’d Dishes.
6 Butters.
6 Creams.

4 doz. Pie Plates 
2 doz  Tea.
12 doz.  Breakfast Plate* 
2 doz.  Dinner Plates.
6 doz. Fruit Saucers.
6 doz. Butters 
36 Oy; ter Bowls 
18 Assorted Dishes.
8 Ba-ers.
18 Pitchers.
This small  assortment  illustrates  one  of  our 
many beautiful new assorted  packages  of  Deco 
rated Ware for the H  liday Trade.  We trust we 
may be able to show you these  patterns  In  per 
son.  Sold either by set alone  or  in  crates  and 
may  be  matched  for  years.  Price of above on 
request.

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Be  Sure  and  Get  Them.

Sold  by  all  Grand  Raj,ids  Wholesale  Grocers  and
-  T H E   P U T N A M   C A N D Y   CO

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We  know  it  because  we  sell  more  each  year.
The  Jobber  sells  more !
The  Retailer  sells  more !
The  Consumer  buys  more!
The  Babies  cry  for  more,  and  more  mothers  write  us 
Gai! Borden Eagle Brand Condensed Milk

stating  that  the

Is  unequalled  as  a  food  for  infants.

It Pays  to  Handle  Such  Goods 

For Quotations  See  Price  Columns

