VOL. XII. 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  J A N U A R Y   2,  1895.__________________________NO.  5S9

EDWARD A  MOSELEY, 

TIMOTHY P. MOSELEYM O SELEY   BROS.

Established 1876

SEEDS.  BEANS,  PEAS. POTATOES,  ORANGES  and  LEMONS.

J obbei sjof

Egg  Cases and Fillers a Specialty.
86,  88.  30  and  38  Ottawa  8t., GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.
W E
Boston  Belting  Co.’s 
H. Disston  &  Sons’ 
E.  C.  Atkins  &   Co.’s 
H.  R.  W ashington’s, 
A .  G.  Spalding &  Bros.’ 
L.  Candee  &  Co.’s 

-  5aws,
Saws,

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Rubber  Belts,  Etc.,

-  Steam  Pumps,

Sporting Goods,

-  Rubber Boots and Shoes.

rtill  and  Fire Department Supplies. 

Manufacturers of  Pure Oak  Short=lap  Leather  Belting 
Jobbers of Skates.  Large  Stock.  Low Prices.
STUDLEY  &  BARCLAY,  M  1®$,  MiCtl.

4  MONROE  ST.

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T h e   A c k n o w le d g e d   L ea d er.

T E L F E R   SPIC E

SOLD  ONLY  BY

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

To  the  Retail  Shoe  Dealers===

Our line is complete in Boots, Shoes,  Rubbers,  Felt  Boots, 
Socks,  Etc.,  for  your  fall  and  winter  trade.  Place your orders  with  us 
now and get the  best to save  money.  Our Celebrated  Black  Bottoms 
in Men’s Oil  Grain  and  Satin  Calf,  tap  sole in  Congress  and  Balmorals, 
are the leaders and unsurpassed.

Our Wales-Goodyear  Rubbers are  great  trade  winners.

Mail orders given proir \  attention.

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

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

BRAND  RAPIDS 
BRUSH  GONIP'Y,
ERS OF B R U S H E S GRAND RAUIDS 

MANUFACTUR­

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R.  E.  BROOKS  i  GO.,  5 IT   Ionia  St.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Duck 

Coats 

. Kersey 
Pants

We  manufacture  the  best  made  goods  in  these  lines  of 
any  factory  in  the  country,  guaranteeing  every  garment  to 
give  entire  satisfaction,  both  in  fit  and  wearing qualities.  W e 
are  also  headquarters  for  Pants,  Overalls  and  Jackets  and 
solicit  correspondence  with  dealers  in  towns  where  goods  of 
our  manufacture  are  not regularly  handled.

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W h o le s a le

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Mackinaw  Coats  and  Lumbermen’s  Outfits.

Specialty of Underwear and Over Shirts. 

Overalls of Our Own Manufacture

G ra n d   H a p id s, 

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Use  Tradesman's  Wants  Column.

It  B r i n g s   G o o d   R e tu r n s ,

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CANNED  GOODS,

Carrying  in  stock  the  largest  and  most  complete  line  of 

any  house  in  the  State, including full  assortments of

CURTICE  BROS.’  Fruits and Vegetables, 

FONTANA & CO.’s Columbus  Brand California Fruit.

and

Inspection  of  our  stock  and  correspondence  solicited.

Standard  Oil  Co.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  HICHIGAN

D E A L E R S  IN

Illilminating  end 

lubricating

Naptha  and  Gasolines.

Office,  Hawkins  Block. 

Works,  Butterworth  Are.

BULK  WORKS  AT

Oyster Crackers
Are  now  in season.  We  manufacture -j All Kinds
» ' SUM VVER l I I  OMR.

A   rich,  tender  and  crisp  cracker packed  in  1  lb.  cartoons 
Is  one  of  the  most  popular 

with neat  and  attractive  la!  el. 
package«  we have  ever  put  out.
Try  O ur

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CADILLAC.
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Manufacturers  of  Show  Gases  of  Every

These  goods  are  positively  the  finest  produced  and  we 

guarantee  entire satisfaction.

SEND  US  YOUR  HOLIDAY  ORDERS.

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YOL. XII,

QUAND  RAPIDS,  W EDNESDAY,  JA N U A R Y   2,  1895,

NO.  589

E lsie  H o lle r   M ills,

ELSIE,  MICH.

Cooley & Graham,  Props., 

Successors to

A.  Schenck & Son.

In large or small  lots. 

Pure  Buckwheat  Flour,
TIE MIG1I6HI TRUST GO.,

Makes a Specialty of acting as

Write for  Prices.

Executor of Wills, 
Administrator of  Estates, 
Guardian of Hinors and In­

competent  Persons, 

Trustee or Agent

In the management of any  business  which  may 
be entrusted to it.
Any  Information  desired  will  be  cheerfully 
furnished.
Lewis  H.  W ithey,  Pres.

Anton  G.  Hodenpyl,  Sec’y.
M I C H I G A N

Fire & M ari l i m e  Co.

Organised  1881.

DETROIT,  MICHIGAN.

PROMPT. 

CONSERVATIVE; 

J.  W. CHAMPLIN,  Pres.

»APS.

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«STABIJBHEP  1841.

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Have on file all reports kept by  Cooper’s Com­
mercial Agency and  Union  Credit  Co.  and  are 
constantly revising and adding  to  them.  Also 
handle collections of all kinds for  members.
L. J. STEVENSON. 

Telephone 166 and 1030 for  particulars.

C.  E. BLOCK.

W.  H. P. ROOTS.

A .   B .  K N O W L S O N ,
Gemeni,  Lime, Goal, Sewer Pipe, Etc.

Wholesale Shipper

CABLOTS  AND  LESS 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH,

FOR  RENT.

TWO  GOOD  STORES  AND 

BASEMENT.

Well  located  at  139-141  South  Division 

Street.

FINE  BRICK  HOUSE

124  N.  Division  Street,  opposite  post 
office.  Will repair or enlarge to  salt  de­

sirable tenant.

G. 8,  WARD.  Y.  M.  C.  I. Bldg.

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H E A D A C H E
PO W D E R S

T H E   B A C K   O F F IC E .

W r itte n  f o r   T h e   T r a d e s m a n .

With  the  Thanksgiving  home-songs 
still ringing in onr ears, and  the  Christ­
mas  carol  still  upon  onr  lips,  we turn 
with reverent hand the leaf  that  divides 
the  old  year  from the  new. 
It is easy, 
now that the chapter in this life  story  is 
written,  to see,  as we read it  over, where 
it  might  have  been  improved;  bnt  the 
record  is  written,  the leaf is turned,  and 
the  white page before us is what  we  are 
to consider now.

There  will  be to-day many a regretful 
sigh,  whose burden  will  be  the  saddest 
“of  all  sad  words  of tongue or  pen.” 
That is well  enough  if  there  is  sorrow 
and repentance,  if need be, for what  has 
been;  but  the  son  set  on  all  that last 
night.  “Joy cometh in the morning”  and 
on this first morning  of  the  year,  with 
back  to the past and  face  to  the  fntnre, 
let us go on our way rejoising.

What is  there  to  rejoice  over?  The 
fact that there is still  a  future,  for  one 
thing.  Be it ever so little,  there  it  lies 
before  us, and  here  we  are  with  brain
and  hand,  and,  we  trust,  with hopeful 
hearts, ready to make a glorious  past  of 
that future if God will.
How shall we de it ?

“Act—act In the living present.
Heart within and God o’erhead.’’

The devoted wife is longing for a word 
of  tenderness.  Give  it  in  God’s  name. 
A  neighbor  whom  the  world  has  been 
looking  down  upon  wants  a  word  of 
cheer.  Give  him  a  “hello”  right  from 
the heart with a hearty  hand grasp,  and 
hear  him  as he goes singing as a refrain 
the song that the angels exultingly  sang. 
Is he hungry and are we  poor ?  So  was 
Sir Galahad, bnt how sweet the  crust  of 
bread was which he shared with the beg­
gar  at  his  gate  in  the name of Christ! 
Has  sorrow  supped  with  us?  She  has 
been humanity’s guest since the  days  of 
Eden,  and we, like her,  driven with flam­
ing swords from the garden, have 

—‘ 'the world before us where to choose 
Our plaee of rest and Providence our guide.”
Have the years found ns and our  work 
a failure ?  We have seen only the wrong 
side of the pattern  we  have  been  weav­
ing,  and,  be it only the background,  how 
this poor work of ours will bring  out  in 
His own good  time  the  glorious  design. 
Is life’s summer ended and is  it  too  late 
now to plant  again ?  Let  us  plant  and 
trust that God will  with-hold  the  early- 
coming  frost;  and  who  knows  what  a 
timely  rain  may  do  for  the  drought- 
blighted crop,  and what  a  beautiful har­
vest  may  yet  be  carried  home  to  the 
barns upon creaking wains ?

Work !  That is the  secret  of  the  fu­
ture, as it has been of the grandest  past; 
only  let  us  remember  that  it  shall  be 
work  with  which  He  shall  be  well 
pleased.  This  for  the  coming  twelve­
month and the leaf then  turned  will  be 
aglow  with  the  promise  of  a  golden 
crown. 
* 

Ric h a rd Malcom Strong.

“It  seems  unnecessary  to  state  in  a 
journal read only by business  men,  that 
a man, to be  a success,  must  be  honest, 
and  we  doubt  whether  this  fact  is en­
dorsed by business men.”

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The endorsing is  all  right—there is no 
mistake about that—but there are a good 
many  things in this wicked world  which 
we  endorse1  promptly 'enough—we/do 
that for  the other “feller”—and then  go 
right along in-the  same  old  way.  The 
trouble  lies  in  the  application  of  the 
principle laid down in  the  endorsement. 
It is too general.  The  world,  the  flesh 
and the devil are responsible  for  all  ex­
isting wickedness.  There’s  where you’ll 
find  the  scalawags.  There  is  nothing 
they won’t do,  but between them and  us 
there is a great gulf fixed.

Good,  and  good again;  and now,  with 
them  off there  where  they  belong,  let’s 
ask  each  other  a  few  home-qaestions. 
My first:

Did you feel any better the  other  day 
with the two cents you got for that yeast- 
cake  you  sent  to old  lady  Jones  and 
which  yon  knew  was  bad ?  Did  yon 
chuckle a little, or turn  red in  the  face, 
when  you  deftly  turned  over  the 'big 
apple with a big speck in the half bushel 
yon sold this morning ?  Not  to  go  too 
deeply  into  the  back-store  work, 
I’d 
kind o’ like to know if yon have any idea 
how pitiful it was to hear you  humming, 
“Shout  the  glad 
tidiugs,  exultingly 
sing,”  while  yon  poured the water into 
the oysters.

Oh, now,  there isn’t any  useln getting 
mad or telling me to hnmp right  over  to 
my own doorstep and scrub on that.  This 
is  the  season  of  the year when in “love 
and charity” for all men,  we  lovingly ex­
change  doorsteps;  and  so  I  wanted  to 
ask  you  if  any  of  these little two-cent 
transactions, which the  world,  the  flesh 
and the devil know nothing  about,  even 
in the short ran,  pay;  and  whether  the 
three just referred to wonld  be  quite  so 
sure of finding us all at home and  “spot­
ting us” in a general way,  if  we  should 
toss  the  bad  yeast-cake  and  the  rotten 
apple into the waste-barrel  and  sell  the 
oysters straight ?  There may not  be  as 
big a cash  balance  at  the  end  of  the 
year;  but  I’ll  give  you  a  pointer  right 
here,  that the man who  stuffs  his  goose 
with that kind of gain doesn’t,  when  he 
leaves this world,  drop plump into King­
dom Gome!  See ?

Tou want to ask me  some  questions ? 
Oh,  no, you don’t.  While you were doing 
your  level  best  with  the  apple,  1  was 
pegging  away  in  the  back  store  at the 
oysters.  Shake!
* 

About  the  most  unwise  thing  a  mer­
chant  can  possibly  do is to scold a clerk 
in the presence of customers.

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That  depends a great  deal  upon  how 
you look  at it.  There are times when  a 
clerk, like the rest of mankind, is purely 
human,  and  he  may,  like  the  often- 
quoted worm,  turn,  if  the  foot  presses 
too  hard.  Suppose,  for  instance,  that 
nature  has  done  mnch  for  him  in  the 
way  of make-np.  He  is  tall  and well- 
proportioned and  correspondingly  stont. 
Exercise  has  strengthened  his  mnscles 
until  they  are as strong as steel.  He is 
well op in the manly art  of  self-defense 
and  has  a  fiery  temper.  Some young

ladies  are  shopping,  among  them  the 
clerk’s “best  girl,”  and  the  proprietor, 
right before them, gives the  young’ man 
a  good  old-fashioned  raking  down.  As 
a natural  consequence,  the  clerk  gives 
“the  old  man”  a  good  old-fashioned 
lickin’.  Under  those  circumstances the 
scolding was the wisest thing  that! could 
have happened.  The  merchant  learned 
a much-needed  lesson, .the  clerk  took  a 
bit of most  enjoyable  exercise,  and  the 
two,  if  the  clerk  remained,  understand 
each other, and  so  get  along  better  to­
gether ever after. 
If the clerk left—and 
it is to be hoped he'did—the  lesson 'had 
been taught just the same and  the clerk, 
his duty done,  found new  fields  to  con­
quer.  Unwise !  Not a bit  of  it.  Any­
thing  that  improves  the  world  should 
never  be  so  regarded,  and,  when  we 
come  right  down  to  business,  there is 
nothing that will  do  a  snapping,  fault­
finding,  over-bearing  “ boss”  quite  so 
much good as a right up  and  down  good 
lickin’!

S h o e m a k e r,  S tic k   to   Y o u r L a s t.

From  the A m erican A rtisan.

Jacks of all trades have always been at 
a discount,  but sometimes encroachments 
of men of one line of  business  upon  the 
field  occupied  by  another  is  more mis­
chievous than at other  times.  The  pub­
lication  of  a  first-class  trade  paper  is 
about all  that  any  man  can  undertake, 
but a man  can  run  a  second-rate  paper 
and dicker in other lines,  easily  enough, 
to the general  disturbance  of  trade  and 
the  ultimate  detriment  of bis paper and 
the latter’s  patrons.  We  don’t  have  to 
go  to  Kamchatka  for  an  illustration of 
the evil workings of this  deviation  from 
the sound laws  underlying  the  bnilding 
up  of  a  successful business.  An adver­
tising agent struck the maker  of  the  A.
B.  C.  heater  for  a  contract  recently. 
This gentleman did  not show marked en­
thusiasm when the subject  was broached 
and  the  agent  didn’t  get  any business. 
He  tried  again.  No  luck.  Wanting  to 
get this business,  the  advertising  agent 
offered  to take the  contract out in trade. 
Manufacturer  thoughtlessly  consented. 
The result was, of course, that  the agent 
had a supply  of  furnaces  on  hand. 
In 
order  to  dispose  of them in competition 
with the regular trade, he cut prices, and 
thus disposed of his  goods.  This  irreg­
ular proceeding worked a great  hardship 
on the dealer who was  the regular  A. B.
C.  heater representative  in this advertis­
ing  agent’s  locality.  This  dealer  had 
spent time and  money  in  creating  a  de­
mand  for  tnls  particular  make  of  fur­
nace. 
Its merits  became quite generally 
recognized in  his  locality,  owing  to  his 
personal endeavors,  and a local  architect 
specifies the A.  B. C.  furnace  for  a  new 
building.  Mr.  Dealer puts in bis bid and 
finds that he loses the  job  because  some 
one else bids  to  put  in  this  furnace  at 
prices  that  be,  the  regular agent of the 
manufacturer, can’t  begin  to  meet.  He 
investigates  this  matter  and  finds  that 
this advertising  agent  has  been  getting 
one of the furnaces he  took  in  trade  off 
his  hands  for  what  he could get for  it. 
This was a rank injustice to the dealer in 
question, and must react, not only against 
the advertising agent,  whose paper  thus 
loses  friends  among  the  dealers  of  his 
locality,  bat against  the thoughtless,  but 
perfectly  innocent,  manufacturer,  who 
did not think what  damage to  his  inter­
ests  the  cheap-John tactics of the adver­
tising  agent  would  do.  The  moral  of 
this article is well  exemplified in the  old 
adage:  “Shoemaker, stick to  your  last.”

THE  MICHIGAN'  TRADESMAN.

choice  has  been 
sufficiently  demon­
strated.  Soon after his arrival he opened 
a hardware store on Monroe street,  after­
wards removing to Canal street.

In  1848 Mr.  McConnell was  married  to 
Mary  Escott,  whose 
father,  Henry 
Escott,  was  among  the earliest residents 
here.  The marriage was  solemnized  by 
Dr. F.  H. Cummins,  the first rector of  St. 
Mark’s  Episcopal  church.  They  have 
two sons and one daughter.

Mr. McConnell’s business was as steadily 
profitable as  was possible during  such  a 
variable business period.  His reputation 
reliability 
for 
con­
early 
the 
Indians, 
fidence 
it 
is  interesting 
look  over  his  early

and 
for  him 

square  dealing 

earned 

the 
to 

and 

of 

time 

his  business 

the  control  of  the  Chicago  and  W est, 
Michigan.
career  Mr.  j 
During 
McConnell  found 
to  attend  to j 
his share of social and public duties.  He 
was  early  called  to  office  in  the  city 
government,  in  which he served in  a  va­
riety of positions,  from overseer  of  high­
ways  to  alderman.  He  served  in 
the 
latter  position and as supervisor for sev­
eral terms and was the first school trustee 
from the first ward.

Mr.  Me Connell was  one  of  the  early 
members of St.  Mark’s Episcopal  church 
and has served for many years as vestry­
man.  He has held  prominent  po-itions 
in the various city and state charities,  as 
trustee of St.  Mark’s Home and Hospital, 
and  Trinity  School,  at Flint.  He  be­
came a Mason  in Grand River  Lodge  in 
1849 and  has  passed  all  the  degrees  of 
the original  American  system, 
lie  was 
a charter member  at  the organization of 
Valley City Lodge and was the  first  Re­
corder of De Molai Commandery,  K.  T.

Mr. McConnell has always taken  great 
pleasure in preserving mementos  ot  the 
past, and by their aid recalling  the  inci­
dents of his early life.  For instance,  he 
has the account books ot his  short  mer­
cantile career in Dansville,  as  well  as of 
the longer one in this city.  He has many 
war relics, such as  saddles  used  by  his­
toric men,  regimental flags, etc.

Do not many  men  of business make  a 
mistake in having so  little  care  for  the 
preservation of the records  and  remind­
ers of life?  And are not their  declining 
years  deprived  of  much  of  pleasure 
and interest by such  neglect?

a

M EN  O F  M ARK.

J o h n   M cC onnell,  th e   P io n e e r  M o n ro e 

S tr e e t  M e rc h a n t.

The  rapid  growth  of  such  a  city  as 
Grand Rapids makes the number of those 
who have gained a competence by steady 
trade and have  retired  from  their  labor 
to  enjoy  its  fruits  comparatively  few. 
Among  the  few  examples  of  this  class 
stands the subject  of  our  sketch,  John 
McConnell. 
It is  now  about  a  quarter 
of a century since Mr. McConnell retired, 
his retirement  being  hastened  by  poor 
health,  after  nearly  the  same  period 
spent in steady,  profitable trade;  and  al­
though that period embraced some of the 
most serious panics  and  financial  crises, 
including the derangements of  the  war, 
he  was  never  compelled  to  make  the 
least  compromise  with a creditor.

Mr.  McConnell is a native of Newbury, 
Berkshire,  England,  his  birth  occurring 
in  the  year  1821.  His  school  days, 
at  a  local  academy,  terminated  at  the 
that  his 
age  of  10,  for  the  reason 
mental  activity  was 
for 
an  apparently 
frail  constitution.  As 
may  be  inferred  from  his name,  he  is 
of  Irish parentage.  He has taken  much 
pleasure in tracing  his  lineage  back  in 
one of the oldest families of the Emerald 
Isle.

too  great 

His parents were residents in  England 
during the early  days  of  the  Methodist 
movement,  and  were  converted  to  that 
faith  under  the  preaching  of  John 
Wesley.  Among  his  mementos  of  that 
period  Mr.  McConnell  has  a  couple  of 
the class meeting “tickets”  with  printed 
texts,  which are of  sufficient interest  to 
warrant their reproduction  in  this  con­
nection.

June, J819. 

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honour tire Son,  even  j 
as  they  honour  the j 
Father.  He that ho- \ 
noureth not the Son ho- ' 
noureth nblibe Father - 
which'hath sent him.  j 

John v. 23.

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His father  was  a  local  preacher  for 
many years.  He engaged  in  that  work 
in this city during his residence  here  in 
the ’40s.

In 1833 his family came to this country, 
finding a home in the young and thriving 
village of Rochester,  N.  Y.  During  his 
boyhood in  that place the subject  of  our 
sketch  was  a  member  of  the  first  fire 
department under the  administration  of 
the first Mayor, Johnathan  Childs,  after 
the organization of the city,  and  served 
in  the  second  military  company, 
the 
Rochester City Cadets.  During this time 
he  was  employed  as a clerk in  different 
mercantile  houses,  where  he  laid  the 
foundation of a business  education  that 
has since served him so  well.

1842 he removed to  Mt.  Morris  and  a 
little later to Dansville,  both  young  set­
tlements  in the  still  new  Genesee  val­
ley. 
In the  latter  village  he  opened  a 
store,  where he remained in business  for 
three years.  Not content  with the  pros­
pects of that locality,  after traveling and 
investigating others  extensively,  he  de­
cided  to  risk  his  fortune  in  the  back- 
woods village of Grand Rapids,  where he 
arrived  in  1847.  The  wisdom  of  his

account books,  which  he  still preserves, 
and  find 
their  curious  and  uncouth 
names.  He,  also,  for  the  same  reason, 
enjoyed  a  large  trade  with  the  early 
Holland  residents. 
It  is  interesting  to 
note the names of various  clerks  in  his 
store, who are now among our best known 
and  successful  business men.

In  1858 Mr.  McConnell  bought  an  un­
improved ten acre lot in the woods south 
of the village, on  which  he  built himself 
a  home,  where  is  now  the  corner  of 
street  and  Wealthy 
South  Division 
avenue,  which  has  since  been 
the 
family  residence. 
Its  exterior  appear­
ance has been  preserved with  very  little 
change during the  period  of  over  forty 
years,  while the interior has  been gradu­
ally improved as  better  modes  of  living 
have come into use, so it is still an  ideal 
home.  Of course,  the ten acre  wood lot, 
woods and swamp,  has  been  something 
of a factor in their  prosperity.

Since his retirement from  business  he 
has purchased extensive tracts of land  in 
the northern part of the State.  He owns 
about 1,000 acres in the vicinity  of  Bear 
Lake,  near  Petoskey,  purchased of  the
G.  R. & I.  Railroad.  Of course,  this gives 
them  a  pleasant  interest 
in  spending 
their summers in that region.

During his residence here Mr.McConnell 
has always  been  active  in  projects  for 
the improvement of  the  city.  He  early 
recognized  the  desirability  of  railroads 
and was active with money and  other as­
sistance  in  bringing  in  the  Michigan 
Central,  Lake  Shore  and  Michigan 
Southern,  Grand  Rapids  and  Indiana, 
Detroit,  Lansing and Northern,  and  was 
one of the directors of the Grand  Rapids 
and Holland Railroad until it passed into

WHAT  STOVE  MERCHANTS

With  Experience  in  the  Trade  Haue 

To  Eay  aboiit the  Majestic.

Hughes & Otis, Fond du Lac, Wis.

The Majestic Steel Range  is  without  a  peer 
as to cooking apparatus.  (Thirty years’ expe­
rience in the stove business.)

D.  & F. Lusel, W atertown, Wis.

After a most thorough  test  with  both  hard 
coal and wood,  we  unhesitatingly  say  that 
the Majestic Steel Range is the  best  cooking 
apparatus we have  seen in  our  forty  years’ 
experience'in the cook stove business. 
James Montgomery, Warsaw, Wis.

Fifty Majestic Steel  Ranges  in  use.  Every 
user  delighted.  The  Majestic  is,  without 
doubt,  the  best  cooking  apparatus  in  the 
world.  (Thirty years in the cook.stove  busi­
ness.)  ,

Newark & Drury, Cadillac, Mich.

We are glad  we control in  Cadillac the  best 
cooking apparatus made—the grand Majestic 
Steel Range.
A.  H.  Sheldon &  Co.,  Janesville,  Wis.
After a most thorough  and  scrutinizing test, 
we  believe that the people who do not  use  a 
a Majestic Steel  Range waste  the  cost  of  it 
every  year  in  the  unnecessary  amount  of 
fuel consumed and the waste of food  by  im­
proper  baking.

Harry Daniels, Jerseyville, 111.

I never  learned  what  a  cooking  apparatus 
was until, during the  exhibit,  the  value  of 
the Majestic and its  many excellencies were 
demonstrated to me.  Over  one  hundred  in 
use.  Every user delighted.

P. D.  Ray & don, Aicolo,  111.

Two  years  ago  we  bought  one  Majestic 
Range  and  kept  it  on  our  floor.  Since we 
have  had  a  practical  demonstration  of  its 
value, we have sold nothing but Majesties.

H.  Krippene. Oshkosh, Wis.

I have been selling the Majestic for over four 
years.  Every user says  they  enjoy  it  more 
and  more  each  day  as  they  become  more 
familiar with its virtues.

W. D. Cooke, Green  Bay, Wis.

Have sold the Majestic  Steel  Range for four 
years.  Have not  furnished  one  cent  of  re­
pairs  or  had  one  single  complaint.  The 
users  unite  in  saying that no words written 
or spoken can speak more highly of it than it 
deserves.
Duc nmgBros. & Co., Menominee,Mich, 
it  is  simply  absurd  to  compare  any  other 
cooking stove or range that  we have  sold  in 
our  experience  in  the  cook  stove  business 
with the “Majestic” in  economy  of fuel and 
facility and dispatch  in  properly  preparing 
food for the table.

V.  Tausche, La Crosse, Wis.

The  virtues  of  the  Majestic  Steel  Range, 
which have been demonstrated to us and our 
people  during  the  exhibit  here,  were  both 
surprising and gratifying to us.  Every user 
(of which there are  a large  number) says we 
did not tell them half  the advantages  of the 
Majestic over the cook stoves they  had  been 
using.
H.  K  Johnson  Hardware  Co.,  Alton,

111.

Since the  Majestic exhibit at  our  store,  the 
people who are able  are looking only for  the 
Majestic Steel Range when they  want  some­
thing with which to cook.
The  Hannah  &  Lay  Mercantile  Co., 

Traverse City, Mich.

The Majestic is substantial  in  its  construc­
tion,  perfect  in  its  operation  and  the  best 
that can be had.  Our  personal guarantee of 
every part and place  in this  range goes with 
every one we sell.
Edwards  &  Chamberlin.  Kalamazoo, 

Mich

The Majestic, for durability, economy of fuel, 
perfect  operation,  and all  the  qualities  that 
go  to  make  a  perfect  cooking  apparatus, 
stands without a rival.

Kanter Bros., Holland, Mich.

The  Majestic  Is  perfect,  the  delight  of Its 
users, and stands without a rival as a cooking 
range.
The opinions of the  above  merchants, 
who  have  given  a lifetime to  the  stove 
b usiness,  are above  criticism and conclu 
sively  prove  beyond  a  doubt  that  the 
Majestic is in every  particular all  that is 
claimed for it.

For further particulars address

J.W . JOHNSTON,  Manager,

Use Tradesman Coupon  Boo1**.

5 AND 7  PEAPL STREET.

WALTER BAKER & GO.
PURE,  HIGH  GRADE
COCOAS AND 

The Largest Manufacturers  of

CHOCOLATES
on  this  continent, 
HIGHEST  AWARDS

have received

from  the  great

stri

IN

EXPOSITIONS

Europe and America.

Unlike the Dutch  Process 

no  Alkalies  or  other  Chemicals or Dyes 
are  used  in  any  of their  preparations. 
Their delicious
BREAKFAST  COCOA

is absolutely pure and soluble, and 

costs less than one cent a cup.
SOLD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE.

•ALTER BAKER ft CO. DORCHESTER, MA8&

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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GRAND  RAPIDS, 

MICH.

18 and 19 Widdicomb  Bid.

N. B.  Cla r k,  Pres.
W.  D.  W a d e,  Vice-Pres.
C. N.  Cla r k,  Sec’y  and  Treas.

We  are  now  ready  to make 
contracts for  bark  for  the  sea­
son of 1895.

Correspondence Solicited.

EXTRACTS

S E E   Q U O T A T IO N S .

Spring & 

C

IM PORTERS  A N D   W HOLESALE  D E A LE R S  IN

D ress  G oods,  S h a w ls,  C loak s, 
N o tio n s, 
R ib b o n s,  H o siery , 
G lo v es,  U n d e r w e a r ,  W o o le n s , 
F la n n e ls,  B la n k ets,  G in g h a m s, 
P r in ts a n d   D o m estic  C ottons.

We  invite the  attention of  the  trade  to  our  complete  and  well 

assorted  stock  at lowest  market  prices

Spring &  Company.

M a r t i n   Le»  S w e e t   has  assumed 

control  of 
S w e e t ’ s  H o t e l ,   retaining the  Messrs.  Irish  as  mana 
gers. 
Extensive  improvements  will  be  made  throughout  the 

house 

Steam  heat  is  being put  in  every room,  and  it  is  ex­

pected  that  the office,  remodeled  and  newly decorated,  will  be 

one  of the  handsomest in  Michigan.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,

MICHIGAN  BANK  AND

ALMOST  EXTINCT.

S u rv iv o rs   o f  O ld-T im e  M e th o d s  a n d  

From th e New York Sun.

T ra d e s .

Fifty years ago,  in  the  good  old  days 
when  sewing  machines  were  unknown, 
there  were  tailors  of  an  order  rarely 
found at present.  They  began  to  learn 
their trade as apprentices,  serving seven 
years.  Ueady-made  clothing  was  un­
known,  and the price for making  a  suit, 
cloth and trimmings furnished, was more 
than a similar suit can be  bought for  to­
day ready made.

A few of  the  old-timers  are  left,  but 
they say that  the  business  has  gone  to 
the  women  and the foreigners, and  that 
an honest garment  or an  honest piece  of 
cloth is hardly to be had.  These old fel­
lows stick to the old  ways, use the brush, 
and  sit  crosslegged.  They  have  never 
learned  to  use 
the  sewing  machine. 
Some tolerate it,  but hire a woman to run 
it.  Some of  them are  very  well  to  do. 
They have  no  shop  for  the  public,  but 
work  only  for  their  regular customers, 
and the  latter  are  usually  as  old-fash­
ioned as the tailors.  When one  of  them 
is  in  need  of  a  garment  due  notice is 
given.  The tailor calls at the customer’s 
residence,  and receives  his  instructions. 
No price  is  mentioned  and  no  samples 
are  shown.  The  first  of the year a  bill 
is  render ed  for  all  the  work  done  the 
previousy ear.  The  prices  would  aston­
ish the modern young man, and they may 
not  have  changed  since  the  good  old 
days.
Beady-made shoes and machinery have 
disastrously  affected  the  old-fashioned 
shoemaker  and  his  trade,  also.  Fifty 
years  ago  or  so  the  wealthy  had their 
boots—people wore  boots then—made  of 
imported French calf, and  men  in  mod­
erate circumstances contented themselves 
with calf,  kip, or  cowhide,  according  to 
their walk  in  life.  From  $15  to  $18  a 
pair was not an excessive  price for extra 
fine  boots.  A  saving  was  made  if  the 
legs of the boots could  be used  a  second 
time. In the country it often happened that 
the shoemaker was  also the ’Squire,  and 
a job was  sometimes  laid  aside  that  he 
might attend to a  case in his  capacity as 
Justice.  At night the  village  shop  was 
the rendezvous  for  the  philosophers  of 
the  neighborhood,  and 
the  shoemaker 
was usually  the  highest  authority.  He 
could work and think,  or work and talk. 
In these days a man may not  wear  boots 
with legs and be  in style;  still  there  are 
some who stick to  the old fashion. 
It  is 
noticeable  that  if  a  pair  of  feet  with 
boots are exposed, the younger set of  the 
day regard the boots as  a  curiosity,  and 
are  inclined  to  smile  at them.  To-day 
there may be found,  in  some  of  the  by­
streets,  cobblers  who  have  been on  the 
bench fifty or more years.

In  the  olden  time  the  cabinetmaker 
held a prominent position.  Besides mak­
ing and mending tables and bedsteads, he 
was called  upon  not  only  to  make  the 
coffin—they  were  not  called  caskets 
then—but  also  to  take charge  in a  gen­
eral way of the care of the dead and to be 
master of ceremonies at a funeral.  Very 
often the cabinetmaker was  a  deacon  in 
the church and was very apt to be thrifty 
and well to  do. 
In  this  city,  there  are 
still  cabinetmakers  of  the  old  school. 
Mostly French,  German,  or  Swiss,  they 
served  a  long  apprenticeship in the  old 
country, and are expert workmen.  Many 
of them are fine carvers.  The work they 
do is seldom on sale in the modern furni­
ture store,  because  it is too expensive,  a 
single  piece  often  costing  hundreds  of 
dollars.  Their  homes  are  their  shops, 
although some are employed  for  months 
at a time finishing the interior of perhaps 
one  room  in  the  modern  house  of  a 
wealthy man.  Wood-working machinery 
has displaced thousands of these mechan­
ics, but the expert can always detect ma­
chine  work,  which  is  not popular with 
the connoisseur.

Fully Up to the Times 

Are the methods and  ideas taught at the 
Grand Bapids Business College.

ra o tisio K a .

The Grand Bapids  Packing and Provision Co 

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Hess............................. 
Short c n t...............................................  
Ultra clear pig, short out...................... 
Extra clear, heavy  ...............................
Clear, fat back............................  ........ 
Boston clear, short cut..........................  
Clear back, short cnt.............................  
Standard clear. Bhort cut. best.............. 
SAUSAGE.
Pork, links.............................
Bologna..................................
Liver.....................................
Tongue .................................
Blood...................................
Head cheese.........................
Summer.................................
Frankfurts............................
LARD.
Kettle  Rendered................
Granger.............................
Family  ...............................
Compound..........................
Cottolene...  - ....................
Cotosuet..............................
0 lb. Tins, )4C advance.
0 lb. palls, He 
“  *c 
50 lb. 
“  %e 
251b. 
13 lb. 
'•  1  c 
BEEF  Dt  BARBELS.
Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs__
Extra Mess, Chicago packing......
Boneless, rump butts...................
sm o k ed  m ea ts—Canvassed or Plain.
Hams, average 201bs................................  

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7 00 
9 50
P is
16 lbs...................................... 9*
12 to 14 lbs............................  10
picnic......... .......................................... 7K
best boneless........................................  SR
Shoulders........................................................  6S£
Breakfast Bacon  boneless.... ........................ 9
Dried beef, ham prices.................................   10
Long Clears, heavy...................................  
6*
Briskets,  medium.  ........................................  754
light................................................
Butts.............................................................
D. S. Bellies...................................................
Fat Backs.......................................................

DRV  SALT  MEATS.

PICKLED  PIGS’  FEET.

Half  barrels...................................................3 25
Quarter barrels...............................................1  75
K its.................................................................. 90

Kits, honeycomb...........................................  75
Kits, premium.........   ..................................   K

TRIPE.

HIRTH, 
KRAUSE 

&  CO.
Headquarters for
Over  Goners 

and  Leggins
$2 .5 0   per  dozen 
and  Upwards.
M   M   soles
duck  and  Sheepskin 

In 3 grades.

snipers.

Mall  us  your  order 
and we will guarantee 
satisfaction  In  both 
price and quality.

Avoid  the
Cilrse  of  Credit 

BY  USING

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B O O K S .

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Manufactured only by

TRADESMAN  COnPANY,

Grand Rapids,  Mich.

C h as.  P e tte r sc h ,

JOBBER  OF

Imported and Domestic Cheese

Swiss, Brick and  Limburger a  Specialty. 

Lae  Tradesman  Coupon  Books.

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GRAND  RAPIDS

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THU  MICHIGAN"  TRADESMAN".

A BOUND  T H E   ST A T E .

M OVEM ENTS  OF  M ERCHANTS.

Calumet—Knox  &  Wilner 

succeed 

Walls & Co.  in the dry goods  bu  iness.

Rockford—Thompsou  &  Keeley  suc­
ceed  A.  A.  Thompson  in  the  produce 
business.

Mt.  Pleasant—Stevens  &  Peaks  have 
purchased the grocery business  of  Ham­
ilton & Co.

Otsego—Frank  Hart  has  purchased 
Eber  Sherwood’s interest  in his Allegan 
Store stock.

Lansing—Garber  &  Tenney  succeed 
Hopkins &  Tenney  in  the  agricultural 
implement business.

Benzonia—The  Case  Mercantile  Co. 
has purchased  the  McDonald  &  Judson 
general stock and consolidated it with its 
own stock.

Lansing—J.  A.  Park,  boot  and  shoe 
dealer,  has admitted his  son  to  partner­
ship, the style  of  the  firm  being  J.  A. 
Park & Son.

Hastings—Freer Bros,  have purchased 
the Fleming dry goods and  grocery stock 
and  will  continue  the  business  at  the 
same location.

Allegan—Abell,  Phillips  &  Co.  have 
sold  their  hardware  stock  to  John  F. 
Dryden,  who will continue  the  business 
at the same location.

Belding—Bond,  Spencer  &  Co.  have 
purchased the  grocery  stock  of  Welsh, 
Cobb & Co.  and consolidated it with their 
own stock,  E.  R.  Spencer  taking  an  in­
terest in the  business.

Belding—Thos.  Welsh  has  purchased 
an interest in  E.  R.  Spencer’s  boot  and 
shoe stock.  The stock will be  moved  to 
Spencer Bros.’ new store.

Hudson—Miller, Bond  &  Hilton  have 
sold their wholesale  produce business  at 
this place and VanWert, Payne and West 
Unity,  Ohio, to Green &  Co.  and  Hilton 
Bros. & Co. of Boston.

East Jordan—Alonzo Heston, dealer in 
boots and shoes at this place,  died  a  few 
days  ago,  the  remains  being  taken  to 
Bedford, Ohio,  for  interment.  The shoe 
business  will  be  continued  under  the 
style of M.  E.  Heston.

Sturgis—A German  lady  stepped  into 
the store of Burdick &  Company here re­
cently  and  in  response  to  an 
inquiry 
from  the  clerk  if  she wished anything, 
said:  “Yaw,  I  vish  you  wouldt  schange 
mine  shirt  for  me.”  The  astonished 
clerk nearly fainted, but when he had re­
covered from his extreme embarrassment 
he found that the garment mentioned be­
longed to her son,  and that she  had pur­
chased the same a few days before.

Kalamazoo—Nelson  Abbott,  dealer  in 
drugs at the corner of Main and Edwards 
streets,  was arrested  Saturday on a  war­
rant sworn out  by A. E.  Ewing,  of Grand 
Rapids,  attorney for  the  State  Board  of 
Pharmacy.  He is charged  with illegally 
compounding prescriptions  and  dispens­
ing  poisons,  since  he  is not a regularly 
registered pharmacist  The case was ad­
journed to Jan.  14.  Mr. Ewing says that 
other cases will  follow and  hints that he 
contemplates  a  raid  on  all  unlicensed 
druggists.

Detroit—Is  to  have  another 

large 
clothing establishment and C. H. Michell, 
the grocer,  will be interested  in  it.  The 
official announcement will  be made  early 
in  January.  Ever  since  Mr.  Michell 
leased  the  premises  now  occupied  by 
Madame Rabaut and F.  G. Smith &  Sons 
for a term of fifteen years,there have been ] 
rumors without number as  to  what  Mr. i

Michell’s plans were. It was his intention 
I at first to move bis present business there, 
bnt these plans have  been  changed. 
“ 1 
i intend keeping my grocery just  where it 
is now,  as 1 have a three years’  lease  of 
it  yet,  and  1  have  decided  to  start  a 
clothing store  at  the  other  place.  The 
firm  has  been  practically  formed,  but, 
owing to the business relation of  one  or 
more of the gentlemen who  are  in  with 
me,  1 am not at liberty to tell  the public 
who my partners  will  be until  the  pub­
lic announcement of the firm is made.”

M AN UFA CTU RING  M ATTERS.

Pokagon—The butter  and  cheese  fac­
tory here will be  sold to the  highest bid­
der on Jan.  15.

Ludington—The  Pere Marquette Lum­
ber Go.  has but 2.225,000  feet  of  lumber 
in cross pile  on its  docks  to  be  carried 
over the winter.

Steam’s Siding—J. S. Steam’s sawmill 
is running night and day,  but  the  plan­
ing  mill  and  box  factory  are  operated 
but eight hours a  day.

Bay City—Russell Bros. &  Co.  are,  as 
yet,  undecided  as  to  rebuilding  their 
plant, damaged  by  the  boiler  explosion 
last week.  They had a  fairly good  year 
and  had  just  about  got  on  their  feet. 
They will not rebuild at present, but may 
do so later on.

Bay  City—Business  appears 

to  be 
booming at Davidson’s ship yard.  At the 
present time over 500  men are employed. 
It is asserted  that the  city would need  a 
relief store this winter for  the  poor  but 
for  the  fact  that  this  industry is busy.
Beldiug—The  Ballou  ^Basket  Works 
has merged its  business  into  a  corpora­
tion  under the style of the Ballou Basket 
Co.  The capital  stock  is  $40,000.  The 
officers are as follows:  President,  W.  D. 
Ballou;  Vice-President, C.  J.  Hall;  Sec­
retary and Treasurer, J.  E. Clemens.

Essexville—J.  Boyce  is  adding  a  box 
factory to his plaut,  which will be ready 
to start about the middle  of  the  month. 
With  a  sawmill,  planing  mill  and  box 
factory Mr.  Boyce will be  well  equipped 
to  handle  the  200,000,000  feet of timber 
he has yet standing.

Manistee—Louis  Sands  has 

seven 
camps  on  ti e  upper  river,  all  working 
with  full  crews.  All  these  camps  will 
bank on the main Manistee River, except 
one in 20-13,  the cut from  which  he  will 
bank  on  the  Little  Manistee  and  will 
make  the  attempt  to  drive  that  river 
again.  This stream has  been abandoned 
for a number  of  years  as  the  railroads 
paralleled it.

is 

Kalamazoo—The  Featherbone  Corset 
Co. 
increasing  its  capacity  by  the 
addition of new  machines  and  new  op­
eratives.  Last  week  the  pay roll  num­
bered  197  hands  and  twelve  salesmen. 
The factory did the  largest  week’s  busi­
ness since its organization,  an average of 
150 dozen corsets  per  day  being  turned 
out. 
It  is  expected  that  when the  fac­
tory gets to running at full  capacity  the 
average  output  will  be  250  dozen  per 
day.

Iron ton—The complication growing out 
of the failure of the Pine  Lake  Iron  Co. 
is amusing,  to say the least.  Aside from 
the  claim  of the  Millerton  (N.  Y.)  Na­
tional  Bank,  Mr.  Frink, one of the Pine 
Lake Iron Co. corporation,  is  here  from 
New  York  with  attachments  which  he 
claims to be prior to  those  of  the  bank. 
The Weston Furnace Co., of  Manistique, 
professes to hold bills of sale to a part of 
the property, which the other parties will

contest.  Just  how  it  will  come  out no 
fellow can guess,  but the lawyers are “in 
it,” anyway.

Detroit—The United States Optical Co. 
is busy on an  inventory of its  stock  and 
{ accounts. 
In the early part  of  the  year 
it  did  a  large  business,  but lately sales 
have been falling off, and it has been un­
able to meet obligations  to  a  number  of 
Detroit creditors to  whom it gave a chat­
tel  mortgage some time ago.  Among the 
heaviest of these are City Attorney Frank 
A.  Rasch  and  Osear  B.  Marx,  its  Sec­
retary  and  Treasurer,  who is also Vice- 
President and Treasurer of the L. B.  Col­
well Co., gold and silver  refiners.  W. C. 
Hegge,  trustee for the  mortgagees,  is  in 
charge,  and is making  an examination of 
the  books.  Mr.  Marx  says  they  will 
probably complete  the  inventory  in  an­
other  week.  He  could  not  say  at  this 
time  what  the  resources  and  liabilities 
will aggregate, but  he  thinks  they  will 
come  out  about  even.  No one  can  say 
yet whether they will resume.

Kalamazoo—John  B.  Doyle, the candy 
manufacturer,  has  filed chattel  and  real 
estate mortgages for a total of $17,126.07. 
The items covered by  the  chattel  mort­
gages  are  as  follows:  City  National 
Bank,  $12,800;  Frank  J.  Moon,  $1,250; 
Nora M.  Doyle, $1,300;  Isaac  A.  Bassett, 
of Detroit, $416 09;  James E. Doyle, $360. 
The real estate mortgage  is  in  favor  of 
James E.  Doyle for  $1,000  and  is  given 
on parts of  two  city  lots.  The  chattel 
mortgage covers the  entire  candy  plant 
and Frank J.  Moon is named  as  trustee. 
William  G.  Howard,  attorney  for  Mr. 
Doyle,  states  that  the  indebtedness  of 
the firm is about $24,000.  The cost of the 
plant and stock was  about  $30,000.  Mr. 
Doyle has always enjoyed the  esteem  of 
business men in this  city.  His  troubles 
are said to be  due  to  the  fact  that  his 
capital was too small for  so  extensive  a 
business. 
It  is  thought  that  the  busi­
ness  will be continued.

PRODUCE  MARKET.

Apples—The  market  Is  about  the  same  as  a 
week ago.  Baldwins are still sold at 92 per bbl., 
but Greenings and Spys are held at $2 25.
Beans—The  market  is  about  the  same  as  a 
week ago.  Handlers  pay  $1.2531.30  for  coun 
try  picked,  holding  city  picked  at  $1.55  in 
small lots  and  $1.50  incarlots.

Butter—A drug  on  the  market.  Good  stock 
goes begging at 16c and  creamery is correspond­
ingly depressed.

Beets—30c per  doz.
Cabbage—Price ranges from $104  per  100,  ac­

cording to size and quality.

Celery—Is held by dealers atl201*c per  doz.
Cranberries—Leach’s Walton Junction  fruit is 
eagerly sought for by the trade at $3.5003.75  per 
crate, according to quality.  A reliable estimate 
puts  the  shortage  on  Cape  Cod berries as 11  ,- 
000 barrels, while the  crop  of  Jersey  berries  is 
reported to be  about  two-thirds  of  last  season. 
There is but little stock to come forward  and as 
that in New  fork is concentrated  In  the  hands 
of a few, the outlook favors a very steady range 
of values.

Eggs—The cold  weather  has  a  strengthening 
tendency,  but  the  market  price has not varied 
from that of a  week  ago.  Strictly  fresh  com 
mands 90c and pickled stock 18c.

Grapes—Tokays, $2.50 and  $3.75  per  crate,  ac­
cording to size.  Malagas, $6.50 per 50-lb. keg.
Lettuce—l i’ric per lb.
Onions—Red Weatherfields  and  Yellow  Dan­
vers  command  40c  per  bu.  Spanish  stock, $1 
per box.

Parsnips—40c per bu.
Parsley—25c per doz.
Potatoes—The  home  market  is  a little more 
active, but there is almost an  entire  absence  of 
shipping  demand.  Local  handlers  hold  their 
stock at 45c per bu.
Radishes—Hot house stock commands  30c  per 
doz. bunches.
Sweet Potatees—Illinois Jerseys  are  the  only 
variety  still  in  market.  They  command $3 per 
bbl.
Squash—Hubbard brings 1t4c per  lb.,  but  the 
market is strengthening and may go to 2c before 
the end of the month.

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

STIC K   C A N D T.Cases

Standard,  per  lb.........
“  H.H.................
Twist  ............
“ 
Boston Cream  ........  ..
8*4
Cnt  Loaf......................
Extra H  H...............  . ..  8*4
MIXED CANDY.

5
6
6

Bbls. Palls.
7
7
7
8
Q

7*48

Palls
6*4
6*4

Bbls.
Standard.......................................5
Leader.......................................... 5*4
Royal.............................................6
Nobby...........................................7
English  Rock.............................. 7
8*4
Conserves  ....................................6*4
7*4
Broken Taffy....................baskets
8
PeanutSquares................. 
“  7
9
French Creams..............................
18*4
Valley  Creams..........................  .
Midget, 30 lb. baskets....................................  8
Modern. 301b. 

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

“ 
panct—In bulk

 

 

panct—In 5 lb. boxes. 

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

Palls
Lozenges, plain.............................................  3*4
9*4
Chocolate Drops.............................................  11
Chocolate Monumentals...............................   12
Gum Drops.....................................................  5
Moss Drops.....................................................  7*4
Sour Drops................................................ 
  8
Imperials..................  ............................."....  9
Per Box
Lemon Drops............... 
50
Sour Drops...................................................... 50
Peppermint Drops............................................60
Chocolate Drops..................................... 
65
H. M. Chocolate Drops.................................... 75
Gum Drops..............................................   35050
Licorice Drops................................................l 00
A. B. Licorice  Drops.....................................   75
Lozenges, plain..............................................   80
printed...............   .  ......................65
Imperials..........................................................60
Mottoes..................  
.70
Cream Bar..................................................    ..55
Molasses Bar..................................................  50
Hand Made  Creams............  
.............Pf©90
Plain Creams..........................................  6 ©90
Decorated Creams............................................90
String Rock.......................... 
,.f:0
Burnt Almonds..................... 
900’  25
Wtntergreen  Berries................................  
60
34
No. 1, wrapped, 2 lb.  boxes........................ 
No. 1, 
51
No. 2, 
28

3 
2 

“ 
“ 

“ 

 
 

 
 

 

 

 

 

CARAMELS.
 
 
ORANGE8.

“ 
“ 

Florldas, Fancy Brights, 126.  ......................  2 40
Floridas, Fancy Brights,  150,176,  200,216__ 2 75
Fioridas Fancy Brights, 250..........................  2 40
Florida Golden Russetts,  126...... 
......   2 25
Florldas, Golden Russets,  ¡50,176  200, 216...' 2 65 
Florida Tangerines, 100 to 150 in  flat..........."2 25

LEMONS.
Choice, 300......................................................  3 50
Extra Choice, 360 
....................................  3 75
Fancy, adt 
...................................................  4 03
Choice, 380  ..................................................  3 50
Fancy, 36J......................................................   4  to

BANANAS.

OTHER  FOREIGN  FRUITS.

Large bunches..............................................   t  75
Small bunches.....................................  1  0001  50
Figs, fancy  layers 161b  ........................ 
£01fc......................... 
141b......................... 

12
74
11
6*4
Dates, Fard, 10-lb.  box..........................  © 7

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

“ 
“ 

 

••  50-lb.  “ 

..........................   ©

Persian. 50-lb.  box...................... 
0   5*4
1 lb Royals..........................................   3*4

•T 
“ 
“  extra 
“  bags 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
** 
“ 

RUTS.
©1 f
Almonds, Tarragona...........................  
Ivaea— ..........  
......13*4014
California, soft shelled......  
012*4
Brazils, new..........................................   ©  7*4
Filberts  ................................................  
010
Walnuts, Grenoble.  .............................   ©12
French...................................  ©72
....................................  ©is
Calif 
Soft Shelled  Calif...................  ©14
Table Nats,  fancy................................  
0:0*4
©  9
choice.............................. 
Pecans. Texas, H.  P..............................  6  © 7*4
Chestnuts............................................... 
4  00
Hickory Nuts per bu.............................
'WMimtu. fni) »neks..........................  
4 00
Butternuts  per bu............................................. 75
Black Walnuts, per bu................................  

“ 

PEANUTS.

Fancy, H.  P., Suns................................  © 5*4
“  Roasted.....................  60 6*4
Fancy, H.  P., Flags...............................  © 5^
“  Boasted  ..................  
60 6*4
Choice, H. P., E xtras..........................  © 4*4
“  Roasted  ............ . 
5© 6

“ 
“ 
-  “ 

“ 
“ 
"  

FRESH  MEATS.

BEEF.

Carcass  .................  .............................  5  0  g
Fore quarters................................ 
Hind quarters.............................   ..  ...  8  © 7
Loins No. 3...................... 
..............  8  ©10
Ribs....................................................... 6  0  8
Rounds................................................. 5  © 6
Chucks.................................................3*4© 4*4
Plates.................................................... 3  0  3*4

3*4©  4*4

 

PORK.

Dressed.................................................   50 5*4
Loins...................................................... 
Shoulders  ............................................. 
Leaf Lard......   .....................................  

7
6
8

Carcass.................................................   4  © 5
Lambs....................................................   5*40 5

MUTTON.

Carcass..................................................$  © 7*4

TBAL.

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5

G RAN D   R A P ID S   G O SSIP.

W.  F.  Bricker,  the  Belding  clothier, 
has  put  in  a  grocery store.  The Olney 
& Judson Grocer Co. furnished the stock.
The Engel Lumber  Co.  has  put  in  a 
supply  store in connection  with its saw­
mill at Tustin.  The I.  M. Clark Grocery 
Co. furnished the  stock.

Chas. P.  Reynolds  has  opened  a  gro­
cery store at the corner  of  South  Divis­
ion  street  and  Burton  avenue.  The 
Ball-Barnhart-Putman  Co.  furnished the 
stock.

The lumber  firm  of  Wagner  Bros.  & 
Co.  will hereafter be  known  as  Wagner 
Bros. & Angell,  Harry C.  ADgell  having 
been rewarded by years  of faithful serv­
ice  by  having his  cognomen  appear  in 
the firm name,  instead of figuring as  the
“Co.” 

________________

The old  adage  to  the  effect  that  all 
things come  to  him  who  waits  applies 
with peculiar significance  to  the  stock­
holders  of  the  Elliott  Button  Fastener 
Co.,  who have struggled for years against 
the  aggressive  warfare  of  the  Heaton 
Peninsular Button  Fastener  Co.,  which 
has  its  factory  at  Providence,  R.  I. 
Judge Colt, of the United  States  Circuit 
Court for the  Eastern  District  of  Mass­
achusetts,  who has had the  matter under 
advisement  since  last  May,  has  just 
handed down a decision  denying  an  in­
junction asked for by  the  Heaton  com­
pany on  the  ground  that  the  machine 
manufactured by the  Elliott company  is 
not  an 
infringement  of  the  patents 
owned  by  the  Providence  corporation. 
This will be welcome  news  to  the stock 
holders of the local company  and  to  the 
many  shoe  merchants  throughout  the 
country  who  find  the  Elliott  machine 
almost  indispensable  in  their business.

G rip s a c k   B rig a d e .

H.  Glenn  Reynolds  has  engaged  to 
travel for H.  M.  Reynolds &  Son  during 
the coming  season.

W. F. Bowen and  wife  have  returned 
from their wedding trip and  Mr.  Bowen 
has resumed his visits to his trade.

Frank  E.  Chase  is  entertaining E. B. 
Stanley and wife, of  Sherman,  for a few 
days. 
Incidentally,  he  will  book  Mr. 
Stanley’s order  for  his  stock  of  spring 
goods in the shoe line.

George  B.  Ward,  for  several  years 
with Perkins & Richmond,  has  engaged 
with  Sweet,  Wallick  &  Co.,  215-221 
Wabash avenue, Chicago, in their  photo­
graphic goods department.

Geo.  D.  Wilcox, of the  firm of  Wilcox 
& Godding,  at  Eaton  Rapids,  takes  the 
position of traveling salesman for  T.  H. 
Hinchman  &  Sons  (Detroit),  rendered 
vacant by the resignation of  C.  H.  Hin- 
man.

The regular meeting of Post E  will  be 
held  at  Elk’s  Hall  Saturday  evening, 
Jan.  12, at which time final reports of the 
entertainment features of the convention 
will  be  presented  for  discussion  and 
adoption.

C.  F.  Williams,  who  has  represented 
L.  Perrigo & Co.  (Allegan)  for  the  past 
five years,  has signed for 1895 with D.  E 
Prall  &  Co.,  of  Saginaw,  E.  S.  Mr. 
Williams is a  faithful  worker  and  will 
prove  a valuable accession  to the  work­
ing force of the Saginaw house.

Geo.  W. Stowitts has gone to Mansfield, 
Ohio,  having  signed  for  the  fifth year 
with the Western  Suspender  and  Neck- 
ware  Co.,  of  thgt  place.  Mr. Stowitts

T H E   R E B A T E   M ATTER.

M r.  G o ss  R e tu rn s   to  

th e   S u b je c t  a t 

S o m e  L e n g th .

Gra nd  Ra pid s,  Dec. 31—I did not wish 
to take up this rebating matter  for a dis­
cussion through  your  paper,  but  I  see 
you invite communications. 
I  now wish 
that some other  dealer  would  take  this 
matter up  where  1 leave  off,  and  let  us 
see if we cannot convert you  to  our way 
of thinking.
I do not wish  to  make  out  a  case  in 
defense of  the  practice  of  rebating. 
I 
simply wish to defend the party  who  ac­
cepts the rebate.
You  will agree  with me  that  our  rail­
road companies,  our manufacturing com­
panies,  our  wholesale  houses,  our  in­
surance companies and  our  printing  es­
tablishments all  give  rebates.  Are  the 
parties who accept these  rebates  classed 
as criminals and their  portraits hung up 
in the rogues’  gallery,  so to speak?
In your first declaration  you state that 
in your opinion the dealer who will tempt 
a salesman is no better than the party who 
actually  pays  the  rebate. 
Is  not  this 
world  full  of 
temptations?  Was  not 
Eve tempted to  eat the  forbidden  fruit, 
the first  temptation  in  the world which 
we read about?  She was not  obliged  to 
eat;  neither is  the  salesman  obliged  to 
give.  Was the fruit as  bad  as  Eve  be­
cause  she  was  tempted  by  it? 
If  so, 
prove  to  the  readers  of  you  paper  at 
what time fruit took  a  fall  from  grace, 
as did Eve.
There may  be  times  when  the  buyer 
tempts the salesman,  but nine  times  out 
of ten, the  salesman  tempts  the  buyer. 
If,  for instance, your  agent  comes to my 
place of business and wants to  do  a  job 
of printing he give me his  price. 
I  tell 
him I can do better.  He  puts  his  hand 
in bis pocket and hands me a  $5  bill. 
I 
give him the order.  Have 1 robbed you? 
Was it not of his  own free  will  and  ac­
cord? 
I do not  wish  to  offer  a  reason 
why your agent should  betray  your  con­
fidence. 
If  you  give  him  positive  in­
from  your 
structions  not  to  deviate 
prices, I do not uphold  him in the  least. 
Yet am I as bad  as  be?  No. 
It  is  my 
duty to accept the  money. 
I  owe  it  to 
myself and family. 
I do not ask him if be 
is robbing you,  and 1  naturally  suppose 
he knows his business.
I fail to see where there is any compar­
ison in my  patron  who  asks  for  credit, 
receives  it  and  disappoints  me  at  the 
specified time to  pay  and  the  salesman 
who gives a rebate, as you set up in your 
answer to  my  letter  of  Dec.  26.  Your 
agent, at the time be hands me the money, 
knows that there is  yet  something  in  it 
for you, and he Is anxious, as a profitable 
man for  you,  to  make  it,  even  though 
it may be small.
How is it when a firm will bill contract 
goods at a regular price and send a credit 
I  do  not 
memorandum  for  a  rebate? 
wish  to  infer  that  I  ever received one, 
yet it has been done.
As a whole, and to  end this  discussion 
on my part, I wish  to say, I do not think 
the salesman is entirely in  the wrong,  as 
it  is  a  matter of business  where dollars 
and cents  come  in  to  his  house.  As  I 
said iH my former letter,  I think the em­
ployers accord the  privilege  of  rebating 
a  great  many  times,  but goods must  be 
billed at the contract  price, especially to 
cash  customers,  and,  where competition 
is close,  and as cash customers  are some­
thing  to  be  coveted nowadays,  and con­
tract goods are the  goods  that  are  most 
likely to be cut on, no good salesman will 
give rebates or  cut  on  prices  to  a  time 
customer. 

J no. H.  Goss.

The  Commercial  Bank  of Hayes, Olm­
sted & Co.  opened for  business  at  Muir, 
Jan. 2,  succeeding the firm of S. W.  Web­
ber & Co.,  which has moved to Lyons.
I  Wish  To  Buy
A good retail business  in  any  of  the  fol­
lowing  lines:  Groceries,  crockery,  dry  goods, 
boots and shoes, clothing or  gents’  furnishings. 
Am short of ready money, but have a  large num- 
i er of unincumbered lots in this city ana in one 
of the cleanest and best located new suburbs  of 
Chicago,  where  property  will  soon  double  In 
value.  If you wish to get  out  of  business  and 
get  your s "ock of goods where the rise  in  value 
will be from 50 to UU per cent, in  the  next  few 
years, better write quick to  K. A. J., 50 Fremont 
St., Battle Creek, Mich. |

W a n ts   C o lu m n •

66.

i  h  > n i  r s .

Advertisements  will  be  inserted  under  this 
head for two cents a word the first insertion and 
one  cent a word  for each subsequent  Insertion. 
No advertisements  taken for  less  than 25 cents.
Advance payment.___________________ _
For  r e n t—a  d e -ir a b le  sto re  b u ild-
ing  formerly occupied by  Elliott & Co .  on 
northea  t corner  of  Monroe  and  Ionia  streets. 
One of the best locations in the city.  Inquire of 
Peter Doran  20 Tower Block. 
665
m o   EXCHANGE FOR  rlRST CLASS FARM— 
JL  a $' ',000 stock of dry  goods.  Central  loca­
tion.  Finest store in city 4,000 inhabitants.  Do­
ing the leading business.  Address No. 662  care 
Michigan Tradesman. 
662

TO  EXCHANGE  FOR STOCK  OP  MER-

chandise—a  first-class  improved  14>  acre 
farm, good bui’dings.  One mile from post office. 
City of 3,500 inhabitants.  County  seat.  Central 
Michigan.  Value 19 000.  Address No. 663,  care 
Michigan Tradesman. 
m S B   LOCKERBY  BUILDINGS,  IN  WHICH 
A 
the commercial travelers held  their  recent 
banquet and convention  are for sale or rent, en­
tire buildings or portions.  upon  very  favorable 
terms.  They  aré  centrally 
located  on  Ionia, 
Fountain  and  Ottawa  > treets.  Their  con­
struction and appointments are modern and can 
be  easily  a dap ed  to  any  business  or different 
lines of business.  Money can be  made  by  sub 
letting  Address A. G. Lockerby, Grand Rapids.
664
TTTANTED-BUSINESS MEN DESIROUS  OF 
I t  
changing their line of business to  corres­
pond  with  us.  We  have  gilt-edge  vacant lots 
and  improved  residence  property  in  Grand 
Rapids for sale or exchange for good  clean  dry 
goods, grocery, hardware  stocks,  etc.  Brooks & 
Clark, 25 Canal street. Grand Rapids, Mich,  666
furnishing good-*, to  trade  for  real  estate. 
Address No. 660, Care Michigan Tradesman. 660

STOCK OF CLOTHING AND GENTLEMEN’S 
BOOD  OPENING  FOR  A  RUBBER  STAMP 
■ ANTED—TO  BUY  AN  INTEREST  IN  A 

country  store, well located, where a good 
ferred.  In  payment  for  same  would  furnish 
$3,o.n in clothing  $  000 in boot« and shoes.  Ad­
dress  F.  C.  B.,  113  Washington  ave.,  North. 
Lansing, Mich. 
p O O n   FARM  NEAR  STATE  CAPITOL, 
* X  clear title, to exchange for boots and shoes. 
G. W. Watrous, Lansing, Mich.__________ 659

man_______________________________ 6i7

and stencil business in a city of 10  ,000 peo­

___________________ 656

ple.  Address  No.  657,  care  Michigan  Trades­

trade  can  be  worked  up  General  store  pre­

stock  of  hardware,  or  will  sell  cheap for spot 

stock  of  bcots.  shoes  and  rubbers for a 
cash  Will Invoice $  ,i 00.  Address No. 646  care 
Michigan Tradesman.__________________ 646

■ ANTED— TO  EXCHANGE  A  CLEAN 
XF  YOU  WANT  TO  BUY  OR  SELL  REAL 
estate, write me.  I  can  satisfy  you  Chas. 
E. Mercer, Rooms 1 and 2, Widdicomb  building.653
FOR SALE—SECOND-HAND MEDIUM SIZED 
safe by  Geo.  M.  Smith,  157  Ottawa  street, 
Grand Rapids.________________________652
F or  sa l e  a t  a  ba rg a in—n e w   stock
of groceries invoicing  $’,mk>.  Good  trade, 
good  location.  Reas  n  for  selling,  death  in 
family.  Write G. B ,care Michigan  Tradesman.
651
HOOD  OPENING  FOR  DENTI- T.  AD 
dress S. S. Burnett, Lake Ann, Mich.  654
■ YOUNG  MAN  WITH  GOOD  HABITS 
wishes to change location.  Experience  in 
Address L.  B. B.  Jackson.  Mich._________655
Boots  and  shoes—a  r a r e  o ppo r tu n

ity to purchase the stock, fixtures and good 
will  of  an  A1  shoe  business,  In  city  of 5 000. 
best  reasons  for  selling. 
Will invoice  $5,510. 
Will  sell  for  75c  on  a  dollar, spot cash.  Can’t 
use real estate.  Address No. 650,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 

_____________________ 650

Br ic k  sto re  to  r e n t :  l iv in g   rooms

above; good trading point,  surrounded  by 
good  farming  lands;  abundance  of  fruit; rea­
sonable terms.  Address A. L. Power, Kent City, 
Mich. 

____________________ 636

F or  sa l e—a  shoe  b u sin ess,  o r  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.__________________________ 624

hardware and groceries.  References furni-hed. 

MISCiXLANEOCS.

6«i

dress; and a book containing valuable  informa­

of this city;  we  want a man of large experience 

patents or patent  law,  to  send  their  ad­
tion will be sent free  by  mail.  L.  V.  Moulton, 
PateDt Attorney. Grand Rapids,  Mich. 

hardware store within one hundred miles 
and unquestioned  ability.  This  is  a  first-class 
opportunity for the right  party.  Address  Lock 
Drawer X, Cleve and.»>hio. 

■ ANTED—MANAGER  FOR  A  RETAIL 
■ ANTED  EVERYBODY INTERESTED IN 
SSHE  CITIZENS  OF  DOUR  WILL  PAY  A 
Ne a r l y  n ew   ba r-lock  t y p e w r it e r
■ ANTED— EVERY  D RU GGIST  JU ST 

for  sale  at  a  great  reduction  from  cost- 
Reason for selling, we desire another  pattern  of 
same make of machine, which  we  consider  the 
best  on the  market.  Tradesman  Company,  100 
Louis St.. Grand  Rapids._______________ 564

liberal bonus to any party who has a  small 
farther information write J.  C.  Newman,  Dorr, 
Mi  h. 

___________________________ 649

capital to invest in  a flouring mill at Dorr.  For 

starting In business and every one already 
started to use our system of poison labels.  What 
has cost you $15 you can now  get  for  $4  Four­
teen  labels  do  the  work  of  113.  Tradesman 
Company,  Grand Rapids.

658

did yeoman service  as  chairman  of  the 
Decoration Committee of the annual  con­
vention and is entitled to the hearty con­
gratulations  of  every  Grand  Rapids 
traveler.

The  sixth  annual  convention  of  the 
Michigan  Knights  of the  Grip  has  come 
and  gone,  leaving  naught  but  pleasant 
memories in  its  wake.  The  attendance 
was  all  that could  be desired,  and  from 
start to  finish  nothing  occurred  to  mar 
the pleasure of the  occasion.  The  local 
committees  of  arrangement  acquitted 
themselves nobly and  the  visiting  mem­
bers  were loud of praise of the complete­
ness of the  welcome  and  the  admirable 
manner  in  which  every  detail  was  at­
tended to.  The limitations  of  time  and 
space  preclude  individual  mention,  as 
nearly every Grand Rapids traveling man 
put his shoulder to  the  wheel  and  vied 
with  his  co-workers  in  contributing  to 
the  success  of  the  undertaking.  The 
banquet  was  especially  praiseworthy, 
the sight of over  1,000  people  seated  at 
one time  being  an  exceptionally  inspir­
ing  one.  The  same was true of the ball 
and the parade,  while the proceedings  at 
the business sessions  were  unmarred  by 
any  friction  or  ill  feeling,  the  best  of 
good feeling being displayed even during 
the most  heated  discussions.  The  elec­
tion of President Jacklin, Secretary Owen 
and Treasurer  Frost augurs  well for  the 
future  of  the organization, as all are ac­
tive  workers  in  the  ranks  and  will  do 
their utmost to  increase the membership 
and secure for the  association  the  same 
measure  of  success  which  marked  its 
career under the administration of the re­
tiring officers.

P h o to g r a p h s   o f  T ra v a lin g   M en’s  B a n ­

q u e t.

I  beg  leave  to  announce  that  I  suc­
light 
ceeded  in  obtaining  a  fine  flash 
photograph of the  Knights  of  the  Grip 
banquet,  at Lockerby Hall.Dec 26, which 
I offer, finely mounted, at 50 cents apiece. 
Mr. J.  N. Bradford, Chairman of  the  lo­
cal  Committee  on  Arrangements,  has 
seen  the  photograph  and  pronounces  it 
excellent.

B. D.  J ackson,  35 Monroe street.

T ra v e lin g   M en.

If  you  have  sons  and  daughters  to 
educate, send  them to the  Grand  Rapids 
Business College.  For catalogue address 

A.  S.  P a r ish,  Prop.

J.  P.  Visner  has  returned  from  his 
trip to New  fork City,  as  the  result  of 
which  he  will  represent  Gillies  &  Co. 
next  year  in  Grand  Rapids.  He  says 
that they  killed the  “ fatted calf”  for the 
return of  the prodigal son,  which calf he 
consumed  while in the city,  but  that  he 
left behind him  a  large  supply  of  this 
firm's well-known fine specialties  for his 
customers and their trade to feast  on  in 
the future.

Why  impose  on  a  confiding  public 
with  cheap, 
tasteless,  insipid  Chicago 
jelly,  when you  can  buy  Mrs.  Withey’s 
Homemade Jellies,  which are  really  fine 
flavored,  nice  and  tart,  at  such  low 
prices?  See  this  week’s  price  list  of 
Edwin Fallas on  last page in  this  paper.

1010 sat down  to the banquet  prepared 
by Caterer Swetland for  the  Knights  of 
the Grip.  All were loud in  praise of the 
coffee. 
It was Chase  &  Sanborn’s  Seal 
Brand Java and Mocha,  sold only in one 
and two pound cans.

N E W   Y ORK  N O TES.

O b se rv a tio n s   o f   A n   O c ca sio n al C o rre s 

p o n d e n t.

There 

is  a  commercial  side  to  the 
Napoleon craze  which  has  spread  from 
France to this country.  With  one  por 
tion  of  it  everybody  is  familiar.  Of 
course,  when several  magazines hit upon 
the idea of  publishing  a  history  of  the 
life of  Napoleon  at  the  same  time, it  i< 
natural  enough  that 
the  proprietors 
should seek  to work  up  interest  in  the 
famous Corsican  by means of  special  ar­
ticles and  innumerable  pictures.  They 
are rewarded  in  several  ways,  for  the 
dealers  in  curiosities  and antiques  are 
advertising in  a  fashion that they  have 
not  approached  before in  many  years. 
Furniture houses have  also  caught  hold 
of  the  fad,  and  a  number  of  designs 
which  have  heretofore  been 
labeled 
“Queen Anne,”  “Empire,”  and “ Renais­
sance”  are  now  unblushingly  put  for­
ward as in every way representative of the 
Napoleonic age.  One of the largest  fur­
niture bouses in town has  excelled  them 
all by  putting  up  a  big  sign,  with  the 
single  word  “Napoleon”  on  it,  over  a 
mass  of  furniture  in  one  of  the  show 
windows.  This same furniture had  for­
merly  been  described as “Chippendale.” 
Perhaps an even more amusing effort  on 
the part of some of  the  big  commercial 
houses down  town is that of a Broadway 
store  which  had  plunged  heavily  into 
what they called  the  “Rob  Roy  scarfs.” 
The public did  not,  apparently,  care  for 
them under this name,  and they  are now 
boldly  put  out  as  “Napoleon 
ties.” 
Napoleon  would probably look  with con­
siderable astonishment upon  the  Scotch 
plaids  which  now  bear  his  name. 
Ii 
may  be doubted if  there is  any  such de 
mand  on  the  part  of  the  public  for 
things identified  with  Napoleon  as  the 
dealers would have  us  believe.  A  man 
who  sells  thousands  of  photographs of 
celebrities every year was  asked  yester­
day if there was  much  demand  for  the 
“Little  Corporal’s”  portrait.  He  said, 
with a  shake  of  the  head,  that  he  had 
not sold a single photograph of Napoleon 
during the past two years.
The two hundred and  odd  arrests  for 
sidewalk  obstructions,  made  within 
short  time,  give  some  indications  of 
what might be done by the police toward 
making walking agreeable in  the  streets 
of New York if  the  ordinance  could  be 
consistently enforced.  There  are  many 
citizens in this town  to whom  the  walk 
to and from  their business offices in such 
weather as New York has recently had is 
enjoyable  and  healthful'  but  the  mer­
chants in the lower part of  the city have 
taken  such  complete  possession  of  the 
sidewalks  that  walking  with  any  com 
fort 
impossible.  The  complaints 
against sidewalk obstructions  have  been 
continuous for many years,  but  without 
any particular results,  though the Lexow 
committee has shown  why the merchants 
are permitted  to  occupy  the  sidewalks.
It is  pretty  well  understood,  now  that 
the exposure has been made,  that it  only 
needs a little activity on tbe part  of  the 
police to  force  the  merchants  to  leave 
the  public  way  clear.  New  Yorkers 
have suffered so long from  this  particu­
lar form of abuse that  they have come to 
consider it an inevitable evil  of life in  a 
big city;  yet, as  a  matter  of  fact,  New 
York is the only great city  in  the world 
where such obstructions  are  allowed  to 
exist by the authorities.
The advertising mania has reached the 
seltzer siphons now, so that  people  who 
order  their  seltzer  from  the  grocer  or 
druggist on the corner can read about all 
sorts of remedies for  liver  complaint  or 
similar ailments while  they  are  at  din­
ner.  The seltzer  siphons  are  delivered 
to the grocers and druggists by the manu­
facturers of mineral  waters,  and the  for­
mer  promptly place labels  ail  over  the 
bottles, advertising their  wares. 
In this 
way they reach the eye of the head of the 
family and carry a lesson into the heart of 
the  host. 
Incidentally  they  cause  the 
loss of a customer,  after a week  or so, as 
people learn to order from the  manufac­
turer, so as  not  to  have  advertisements 
of liver pills under the eye at the  dinner i 
hour,  but this does not affect  the  princi­
ple  of  advertising 
in  the 
scheme.

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TRADESMAN  COMPANY, 

Agents,

L.  G.  DUNTON  & GO.

Will  buy  all  kinds  of  Lumber— 

Green or Dry.

Office  and  Yards,  7th  St. and C. & W. M. R. R., 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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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 robber  in  the  mar­
ket.  Our  line  of  Leather 
Boots  and  Shoes  is  com­
plete  in  every  particular, 
also Felt Boots,  Sox,  etc.
Thanking you for past favors  we  now 
await your farther  orders.  Hoping  you 
wiil  give  our  line  a  careful  inspection 
when  our  representative  calls  on  you, 
we are  REED ER BROS’. SHOE OO.

Your  Bank Account Solicited,

Kent  County Sayings Ml,

GRAND  RAPIDS  .MICH.

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H e n b t   I d em a, Vice-Pres.

J.  A.  8.  Verdier,  Cashier.

K. Yak Hof, Ass’tCVr. 

Transacts a General Banking  Business. 

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COAL  TAR  and  ASPHALT; 
Practical  Roofers,
  Mich.
Grand  Rapids, 

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN;
The Wall street swindlers  operate  un 
der names that are calculated  to  deceive 
persons  with  whom  they  deal.  Nearly 
every well-known name in  the  financial 
world  has  been  slightly  distorted  and 
adopted  by  the  bucket shop  manipula 
tors,  who operate what they call “invest­
ment  combinations  and  discretionary 
pools.”  Such  names,  for  instance,  as 
Drexel,  Baring,  Morgan 
and  Van­
derbilt  have  been  adopted  by 
the 
smooth 
swindlers,  but  changed  into 
Dryxel,  Barring, Morgen and Vandervilt. 
They  operate  almost  entirely  through 
the mails, and  it  may  be  possible  that 
the  authorities,  who  are  making  such 
strenuous efforts to discourage them,may 
succeed  in  reaching  them  through  the 
United States  laws.  An  illustration  of 
the methods adopted  by  these  concerns 
is furnished  by a recent scheme of one of 
them to entrap the clerks of a  big  insur­
ance  company  in  this  city.  By some 
means or other the swindlers got hold  of 
the names and  addresses  of  the  clerks, 
lpward  of  1,000  in  number,  and  for 
leveral  weeks  each  clerk  has  been  re­
ceiving at his private address an artfully 
worded circular asking him to contribute 
anywhere  from  825  to  81,000 to a pool, 
which it was asserted was  sure  to  make 
money.  The  letter  says:  “We  assure 
you that you will make a fortune  within 
six months if you will turn  your  savings 
over to us.  There is absolutely no risk in 
the  matter.  By  massing  together  the 
money of many small investors  into  one 
large sum,  we are able to operate exactly 
as  do  Addison  Cammack  and  George 
Gould.  These men buy 20,000  or  30,000 
shares of stock,  and from the very magni­
tude  of  their  nurchase  the  stock  ad­
vances 
they 
promptly  sell  out  at  a  profit.  We  are 
getting together  10.000  investors.  Each 
one invests from 825 to 81.000.  We mass 
this money  together  and  buy  stocks  in 
such quantities that we  actually  control 
the  movements  and  fluctuations  of  the 
stock, and preclude  all  possible  chance 
of  loss.  What  is  the  good  of  putting 
your money out at 4 or 6 per  cent,  inter­
est  a  year  when  you  can  get rich in a 
few months by joining our pool ?”

Send us a photograph  and tell us what 
changes you  may  wish  in  the  view  ar 
rangement  of  signs,  etc.  (we  can  make 
any  changes), and it will surprise you at 
how low a price we  can  make  it  and  do 
the finest  work.

TRADESMAN  COMPANY, 

several  points,  when 

Grand  Rapids,  flich.

Grand  Rapids, 

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Deposits  Exceed  One  Million  Dollars.

Dry  Goods.

New  Fabrics  for  Spring  of 

1895.

Imperial Zephyrs, 28 inch,  plaids  and 
stripes,  fifty  patterns,  a beautiful  ging­
ham to retail at 10c.

Parkbill Zephyr,  28  inch,  plaids  and 
stripes, thirty patterns,  retail  at  12J^c, 
formerly sold for 15c.

Normandia Ginghams for ’95  are  rich, 
the new effects will certainly make  them 
big sellers, as heretofore.

Caraleigh  is  the  name  of  the new 5c 

gingham,  twenty  styles.

Flutter Ducks,  28 inch,  piece dyed, put 
up iD half pieces,  in navy blue  and  light 
colors to retail at 12}£c,  they  are  shown 
in all neat effects,  stripes  and  small  fig­
ures.

Corean Crepe, 30 inch and entirely new 
Serpentine Crepe and Art  Novelties  in 

fabric,  woven designs.
high colors.

Percales,  we  have  over  one  hundred 
styles  in  fancy  and  white  grounds,  all 
fast colors, 36 inches wide.
ties.

Jaconet and Morley  Lawns  and  Dimi­

and floral effects.

Pacific  and  Scotch  Lawns  in  stripes 
Aniline  plain  black  satines,  we  will 
show BC, TT,  Berlin,  Mulhouse,  Export 
Pacific and Coechco lines.
Fancy Satines,  black  ground  in  floral 
and  striped  effects,  all  grades,  over  a 
hundred patterns to show.

styles and colorings.

grounds,  also  plain.

Bates  seersuckers  open  up  with  new 
Cameo Drapery, cream grounds.
Pacific  Twills,  cream  and  colored 
Pacific Challi and Scotch  Lawns.
Pacific Black Ground and Fancy Prints 
are among the best made.  We shall open 
25  cases  Jan.  10th.  also  a  new line of 
American  Indigos,  Shirtings  and  wide 
goods; also  showing  Simpsons,  Coechco, 
Allens,  Hamilton,  Garners,  Manchester, 
Harmony and Merrimack goods.

In Dress Goods  we shall  carry  Pacific 
Plain Cashmeres, 5 grades to  retail  from 
12X to 50c per yard.

Pacific fancies,  32 and 36 inch goods. 
Stevens’,  Flannel  Dress  Goods,  mix­
tures,  beautiful  new  weaves.  27  to 50 
inch same widths in plain colors.

Atlantic Serges, 45  inch, all colors.
28  inch,  double-fold  novelties,  exact 
copies of the better goods in Swivell Silk 
effects, stripes and plaids to retail at 12>i 
are  beauties  and  should  be a first-class 
leader in the dress goods department.
28  and  30  inch  Swivell  Silks, never 
shown  by jobbers before in  this  market. 
We will have 25 patterns, goods to  retail 
at 45 to 50c,  very best quality, they make 
beautiful  waists.

Lace effect ginghams should be seen to 
be appreciated, they are made in  all  the 
high colors and are marvels of  American 
manufacturing art.

White Goods.  We  will  show  sample 
lines of it in January,  a complete  assort­
ment.

If our men do not call on you  in  time, 
step into the store whenever  you  are  in 
the  city  and  we  will  take  pleasure in 
showing you the best  assortment  of  the 
above named goods (to be delivered early 
in January) ever shown in Grand Rapids.

P.  STEKETEE  &  SONS,

Wholesale  Dry Goods,

Grand  Rapids, 

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Mich.

T H E   M IC H IG A N   T R A D E S M A N ,

7

began my business career in  a  coun­

PORTER  TO  PARTNERSHIP.

Progress  of  a  Clerk  Who  Was  Not 

Afraid of Work.

I 

An Old M erchant in  Hardware.
try store;  1 am inclined to think that it is 
a good place  for a  boy  to  start  in.  We 
kept groceries,  dry goods, a  small line of 
hardware, boots and shoes,  some  drugs, 
and a  miscellaneous  collection  of  staff 
that didn’t  come  under  any  head.  We 
bought  everything  the  farmers  had  to 
sell,  from axe helves to hides.
it had  long been my ambition  to  be  a 
clerk.  Whatever  my  opinion  may  be 
now, in those days I  would  rather  stand 
behind a counter and sell goods  than  bo 
President of  the  United  States.  1  was 
fifteen  years old  and  had  been  through 
the  common  rudiments  of  a  country 
school;  that is,  1 had a very  fair  knowl­
edge of  arithmetic,  grammar  and  geog­
raphy.  The trustees  of  the school  were 
men  who believed the end  and aim of all 
knowledge  were  to  be  found  in  “the 
three  Rs—Reading,  ’Riting  and  ’Ritta- 
metic.”  And when I  compare  the  boy 
of fifteen  to-day,  in  the  elaborate  city 
schools,  with  myself  and  my  compan­
ions at the same age,  I am  not  sure  but 
that the old men’s ideas were very nearly 
correct.  Our  school  system  of  to-day 
is  founded  on  the  idea  that  every  boy 
and  girl  is  going  through  college,  and, 
instead  of  fitting 
them  for  their  life 
work,  they  are  merely  trained to pass a 
college  examination.  With  this  end  in 
view  a  boy  studies  much  that  never 
benefits  him,  while  the  main  branches 
that  are  needed  in  practical  life  are 
overlooked. 
1  saw  a  lad  of  ten  study­
ing  botany the  other  day,  and  he  was 
prepared  to  roll  off  bis  tongue’s  end 
everything  about  stamens  and  pistils, 
but  he  could  not  tell  me  what 
times  50  were,  though  I  gave  him  pen­
cil  and  paper  and  half  an  hour  to  do 
it  in. 
If  all  our  children  were  going 
through  college,  I  presume  the  present 
system is  the  better,  but,  as  over  95 
per  cent,  of  our  boys  are  compelled  to 
turn  to  work  by  the  time  they  are  fif 
teen  or sixteen years  old,  I  am  not  sure 
but  that  1  prefer 
the  old-fashioned 
country  school.
It  was  my  duty  to  open  the  store  in 
the  morning,  sweep  and  dust,  carry 
parcels  and  make  myself  generally 
useful,  but  it  was  some  time  before  I 
was  allowed  to  sell  goods. 
I remember 
that  the  cost  mark  w>*s  a  wonderful 
thing  to me,  as  my  employer  gave  it  to 
me  in  this  form:

We must go in.
12  3456  78  90

I 

went  through  the  store  looking  at 

everything and examining the cost marks, 
and  I was astonished at the difference be­
tween the cost and  the selling  price. 
If 
I had ever thought  of  it  before,  it  was 
that  the  goods  were  sold  for  about  all 
profit,  and  that the cost was a mere trifle.
My employer wa3 an energetic man;  at 
the store early himself, from that time he 
was never a  moment idle  until  he  went 
home at 8 or 9 o’clock.
The town’s trade came from two classes 
—factory people  and  farmers—and  was 
done almost entirely on credit.  The fac­
tory hands were trusted  from  pay day  to 
pay  day;  the  farmers  took  credit  until 
they had something to  turn in by way of 
pay.
The first lesson taught me was to  keep 
the  store  clean.  My  employer  did  not 
scold,  but  one  morning  when  I  had 
skimmed over the floor without sweeping 
it clean, he  quietly  took  the  b^oom  and 
swept it after me. 
I  did not  need a sec­
ond lesson.  The windows  were  washed 
once  a  week,  and  show  cases polished 
and  scoops  and  furniture cleaned every 
Friday.  The store went  like clockwork. 
The older clerk was obliged to go through 
the  dry  goods  and  notion  side  of  the 
store  ¿he  last  thing  every  night before 
closing  up  and  arrange  each  box  and 
bundle in its own place,  while  1  did  the 
same on the grocery side.
The best lesson  1 bad in politeness was 
the knowledge  that my  predecessor  lost 
his  place  because  my  employer  heard 
him  answer  an  old  lady impertinently. 
But it was rather  difficult  to  keep  from 
putting  on  a  few  airs  when old cronies 
came in the store—though when I had  to

load or unload hides I did  not feel  quite 
so much elevated  above  the  rest  of  the 
world.
As  in  every  other  place, competition 
was brisk.  There  were  two  other  gen­
eral  stores  in  the  place  and  several 
whisky groceries.  Printers’ ink was not 
so available as it is to-day,  nor so cheap. 
Our  principal  advertising  was  done  by 
piling up goods before  the store,  and,  as 
I  showed  some  skill in  arranging these 
goods,  the work of doing this was turned 
over to me.
As I became familiar with the  stock  I 
was allowed to wait on  customers,  and, 
as I  was  determined to please,  1  think  I 
did  make  myself  popular.  There  was 
every reason why I  should try  with  all 
my might to make a mark. 
I had no  in­
fluential friends  to  push  me  along—all 
that I made of life must be made by  my­
self,  and I  was determined that  I  would 
work my way up.
I had a quick eye for^noting  anything 
out of the way,  and,  as my  interest  was 
centered  in the store, I saw many things 
that escaped  the  other  clerk.  Whether 
my  employer  saw  what  1 did,  I knew 
not,  but 
I  kept  pegging  away,  de­
termined  that  if  he  did  not  praise  he 
should have no reason  to  complain.  At 
the end of the year,  however,  he  called 
me behind the  desk and made me a pres­
ent of  a  ten-dollar  bill,  saying:  “ You 
are doing very well,  Mark. 
If you  keep 
on as you have begun,  you will  one  day 
have a store of your own.”  I went home 
a  happy  boy that night aBd fully deter­
mined to do better than ever  the  coming 
year.

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States,  Canada,  the  European  continent, 
Australia, and In London, England.

< M   Rapids  Office,  Room  4,  Widdicomb  Bldg.

HKNRT  ROYCE. Sapt.

Hardware Price Current.

AXIS.

“ 
*  ‘ 
1 

These  prices are  for cash,  buyers,  who 
¡>aj  promptly  and  buy in  full  packages.
din.

▲U0UB8 AJTD BITS.

Jennings’, genuine...............................
Jennings’, imitation..........................
First Q »ality, S. B. B ronze................
D.  B. Bronze  ................
S.B.S. Steel.................
D.B. Steel......................

__  6P&10
....... 
40
......  
26
........50*10
...... 8 5 50
....  A  00
......  6 50
...... 13 00
dls.
Railroad............................................ 112 00  14 00
Garden.................................................  net  80 00
Stove.  ........................................................... 50*10
Carriage new list 
....................................... 75*10
Plow.............................................................. 40*10
Sleigh shoe................................................... 
70
Well,  plain  ......................:..........................8 8 50
Well,swivel......................................................  4 30
d l l .
Cast Loose Pin. figured...................  
70*1"
Wrought Narrow, bright Saat joint  40  __ 60*10

BUTTS, CAST. 

BUCKETS.

B A RBO W 8. 

b o l t s . 

d ls .

Wrought Loose Pin.........................................  40
Wrought Table...............................................  40
Wrought Inside Blind....................................  4 )
Wrought Brass............................................. 
75
Blind,  Clark’s........................................   .70*18
Blind,  Parker’s........................................ 70*10
Blind, Shepard’s 

70
Ordinary Tackle, list April  1892................60*10

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

CRADLES.

CBOW BABB.

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

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

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

65
65
36
60

Elm  Eire.................................................  
Central  Fire...........................................dls. 

OABTBIDSXS.

chisels. 

50
dis.

25

Socket Firmer...............................................75*10
Socket Framing............................................ 75*10
Socket Corner............................................... 75*10
Socket Slicks................................................75*10
Butchers’Tanged Firmer............................ 
40

combs. 

dls.

CHALK.
COPPBB.

40
Carry,  Lawrence's....................................... 
Hotchkiss....................................................  
25
White Crayons, per  gross..............12©12V4 dls. 10
Planished, 14 os ont to slse........per ponnd 
28
14x52,14x56,14x60 ....................... 
26
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60.......................  
23
Cold Rolled, 14x48........................................ 
23
Bottoms..................................................  
Morse’s Bit  Stocks.................... 
.  . 
Taper and straight Shank............................ 
Morse’s Taper Shank....................... 
. . . .  

D BILLS. 

22
dlS.

50
50
50

“ 

DBIPTUia PAMS.

BLBOWS,

654
06
75
50

Small slses, ser ponnd................................  
Large slses, per pound................................  
Cam. 4  piece, 6 In............................dos. net 
Corrugated............................................dls 
A (Unstable....................................................... dls. 40*10
Clark’s, small, $i8;  large, 126................. 
Ives’, 1, *18:  2, *24;  3,*30....................... 
Dlsston’s ..................................................60*10-10
New American  ....................................... 60*10-10
Nicholson’s ............................................ 60*10- 0
Heller’s  .......  
50
Heller’s Horse R asps............................. 

piles—New List. 

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

dls.
30
25
dls.

50

 

0ALVAN1ZBD IBON.

15 

12 

28
17

NAILS

MATTOCKS.

55
55
70
55
55

dls.
55
55

looks—doob. 

MAULS. 
mills. 

dlS.
50
dls.
40
40
dls.

14 
OAuess. 

Nos.  16  to  2G;  22  and  24;  25  and  26;  27 
List 
16 
dls.
50
dls.
55
. . . .  56

13 
Discount, 70
Stanley Rale and  Level Co.’s................ 
knobs—New List. 
door, mineral, jap. trimmings............... 
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings 
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings 
Door,  porcelsln, trimmings  .......................  
Drawer and  Shutter, porcelain  ................. 
Russell * Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new l is t......... 
Mallory, Wheeler  *   Co.’s ......................  
Branford’s ...................................................  
Norwalk’s ............................................... 
Adse Bye  ....................................*16.00, dls. 60-10
Hunt Bye..................................... *15.00, dls. 60-10
Hunt’s.......................................*18.50, dls. 20*10.
Sperry *  Co.’s, Post, handled................ 
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s .............................. 
Landers,  Ferry A d a  ik’s...........  

**  P. 8. A W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables.... 
“  Enterprise 
.....................................  

48
30
MOLASSES SATES. 
Stebbln’s Pattern..........................................60*10
Stebbln’s Genuine.......................  
.......66*10
Enterprise, self-measuring..........................  
30
Advance over  base,  on  both  Steel  and Wire.
Steel nails, base............................................... 1 35
Wire nails, base............................................... l 35
60.................................................................... Base Base
50......................... 
10
40......................................................  
25
26
SO...................................................... 
20...........  
35
45
16......................................................  
12...................................................... 
45
50
10...................................................... 
8.......................................................  
60
7 4 6 .................................................  
75
4........................................................ 
90
8.......................................................  
1  20
1 80
2....................................................... 
160
FlneS............................................... 
65
Case  10............................................. 
8..................................  
75
 
90
6............................................. 
75
Finish 10........................................... 
3...........................................  
90
6...........................................  
10
Clinch; 10.......................................... 
70
8.........................................  
80
6.......................................... 
90
Barren *  ........................................  
175
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy.................................  ©40
Sclota B ench................  
©50
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy........................   040
Bench,first quality  .....................................  040
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s  wood........... 50*10
Fry,  Acme............................................ dls.80—10
Common, polished................................ dls. 
70
Iron and  Tinned..........................................50—10
Copper Rivets and Bars.............................   50—10

" 
“ 
" 
“ 
“ 
“ 

PLANES. 

KTVET8. 

PANS.

dls.

dlB.

 

 

 

 

 

PATENT PLANISHED IBON.

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

Broken packs 54 c per ponnd extra.

HAMMXKS.

May dole  A Co.’s...............................................dls. 25
Kip’s .............................................. 
dls. 25
Yerkos *  Plumb’s............................................ dls. 40*10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.................. —  30c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel  Hand__30c 40*10
Gate, Clark’s, 1 ,2 ,3 ...............................dls.60Alc
State........................................... per dos. net, 2 50
Screw Hook and  Strap, to 12 ln. 4V4  14  and
854
Vi........... ............ net
%..................— net
854
* ........................ net
754
* ........... ............net
7M
...........dls.

H IN SK S.

HAN0EBS. 

dls.

WISE 8001)9. 

HOLLOW WABE.

HOUSE PUBNISHINO 0OOD8.

Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track__50*16
Champion,  antl-frlctlon.............................  60*10
Kidder, wood track.....................................  
40
Pots............................................................... 60*18
Kettles...........................................................60*10
Spiders  .........................................................60*16
Gray enameled................................ 
40*10
Stamped Tin Ware...............................new list 72
Japanned Tin Ware..................................... 
25
at
Granite Iron W are..................... new Us 
dls.
Bilght...................................................  70*10*10
Screw  Byes.............................................70*10*10
Hook’s .....................................................70*10*10
Gate Hooks and B 79s.........................  70*10*10
dis.7o
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s.....................
Sisal, % Inch and larger............................. 
7
Manilla.........................................................  10
dls.
Steel and Iron.............................................. 7f&10
Try and Bevels............................................. 
<50
Mitre............................................................ 
20
Com.  Smooth.  Com.
*s> 50
 
2 60
2 70
2 80
2 90
3 00
A11  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  inches 

Nos. 10 to 14...................................... |3 50 
Nos. 15 to 17................. 
3  50 
Nos.  18 to 21...................................   4  05 
Nos. 22 to 24....................................... 3 55 
Nos. 25 to 26.....................................3  65 
No. 27...............................................   3 75 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19, '86  .....................................dls. 
Silver Lake, White A........................  

SAND PAPSB.
SASH OOBD.

levels. 
BOPES.

SHEET IBON.

squABss. 

 

 

“ 
Drab A.................................   “ 
“  White  a ................................  1 
“ 
Drab B..................................  “ 
“ 
White C ............... :............“ 

50
list 50
55
50
55
»0

Discount, 10.

SASH WKIOHT8.

 

dls.

 
.. 

saws. 

wish. 

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

“ 
Silver Steel  Dla. X Cuts, per foot,.... 
“  Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot.... 
“  Special Steel Dla. X Cuts, per foot.... 
“ 
champion  and  Electric  Tooth  X
Cuts,  per  root........................................... 

Solid Kyee............................................ per tan *20
20
70
50
30
so
dls.
traps. 
Steel, Game.......................... 
60*10
 
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s  
40
Oneida Community, Hawley a Norton’s. .76-10 10
Mouse,  choker....................................15c per dos
Mouse, delusion............................... *1.25 per dos
dis.
Bright Market..............................................   7D-10
Annealed Market.........................................  
75
Coppered Market.........................................  
70
Tinned Market............................................   (jgjj
Coppered  Spring Steel................................  
so
Barbed  Fence, galvanised...............................  2 50
painted...............................  a 10
HOBSE NAILS.

An  Sable  ..........................................dls.  40*10
Putnam  ........................................  
dls. 06
dls. 10*10
Northwestern  ............................... 
diB.
Baxter’s  Adjustable, nickeled.................... 
so
Coe’s  Genuine............................................  
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,..................... 76
Coe’s  Patent, malleable...............................75*16
dls.
Bird Cages  ............................................  
 
5c
Pumps, Cistern....................................... 
75*10
Screws, New I.lst....................................70AU *10
Casters, Bed a  .d Plate...........................60*10*10
Dampers, American..................................... 
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods........65*10

MISCELLANEOUS. 

WRENCHES. 

“ 

METALS.
Pie tin.

 

654
7

ZINC.

2ee
28f

SOLDEB.

Pig  Large....................................................  
Pig Bars....................................................  
Duty:  Sheet, 2V4c per pound.
660 pound  casks.......................... 
Per pound....................................................  
54© V4.................................................................. 16
Extra W iping................................................. 
t;
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder in the market Indicated by mfivate brands 
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY.
Cookson.....................   ............... per  pound
HaUett’s......................................  
18
TIN—MELYN «BADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal....................................... S 7 50
7 50
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
9  25
14x20 IX, 
9 25

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BOO PTES PLATES

10x14 IC, Charcoal......................................  
14x2010, 
10x14 IX, 
14x20 IX, 

Each additional X on this grade 31.50.

Each additional X on this grade, 11.75.

75
6 75
8 25
9 ST

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“  Worcester...............................   6 5L
“ 
“ 
“  AUaway  Grade................ 

14x20 IC, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
14x20IC, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
20x28 EX, 
14x28 IX.............................................................114 06
14x31  IX.................................  

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BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.
 

..........................   8 5-1
.........................  13 50
6  00
7  50
12 50
15  50

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15 00
[per pound....  10 00

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A  W K R K LT  JOCP.HA?,  E CTO TCD   TO  T B R

Best  Interests  of  Business  Men.

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WEDNESDAY  J AMJ . KT  ft.

ONE  ELEMENT  OF  DISTRUST. 
There is  odo  element  which  has  con­
tributed to the financial depression in the 
United States which has  not  been  much 
taken  into  acconnt,  but  It  has  had  a 
large effect in creating a  money  balance 
on the wrong side of our  foreign account 
and  in drawing  gold  from  the  treasury 
for shipment to  Europe.

This  depressing  factor  has  been  the 
growing  distrust  with  which  American 
railway securities are being  regarded  in 
European  countries,  and,  as  a  result, 
these  bonds,  which  have  always  been 
held largely  in  foreign  countries,  have 
been sent back for conversion into money, 
which has been  taken  away  for  invest­
ment  elsewhere.  The  fact 
that  the 
money goes  out of  the  United  States  is 
the serious part of the  matter.

Attention  was  called  to  this  foreign 
distrust by the  fact  that  not  only  were 
American railroad  bonds  sent back  here 
for sale,  but they were openly denounced 
by foreign writers on  finance in the pub­
lic  press.  This  has  been  particularly 
the  case  in  Germany.  According  to 
United  States  Consul  Mason  at  Frank­
fort.  the  original  home  of  the  Roths­
childs’  banking  business, 
the  feeling 
against American securities is very strong 
there.

in  Frankfort,  which,  as  the  Consul 
says,  was the first  European  money mar­
ket  to  accept  the  bonds  of  the United 
States Government during  the  dark  and 
doubtful days of the civil war, and  where 
American  railroad,  municipal,  Slate  and 
industrial  securities  of  all  kinds  have 
been  for  many years especially popular, 
this feeling  of  distrust has  now  become 
so  general  among  bankers  and  their 
clients that not  only  are  new  American 
investments  of  all  kinds  uniformly  re­
fused  because  of their American origin, 
but large quantities of railway bonds and 
stocks  which  have  been  held  there  for 
years past  have  been  recently  returned 
and their proceeds  invested  in  Prussian 
consols  and  other  standard  securities, 
which,  although  less  remunerative,  are 
secured  by  governmental  credit  and 
supervision.

The  reflections  cast  on  American  se­
curities  have,  without  doubt,  been  ag­
gravated  and  magnified  by  interested 
parties;  but,  all 
the  same,  European 
bond  and  shareholders  have  been  in­

formed that the  power  of  the  president 
and directors in many  important railway 
companies has become practically omnip­
otent and irresponsible.  They have sent 
over protests  and  proxies to  be  used  at 
elections for the purpose  of wresting the 
control of  corporate  properties from  the 
bands  of  officers  who  were  said  to  be 
abusing tbeir trusts,  and they have  seen 
these  and  every  other  effort  toward  a 
change easily and hopelessly defeated.

It could not be otherwise than that dis­
trust has grown  into active  efforts to dis­
credit  American  securities  of  all  sorts, 
and from this action  the  country  is  suf­
fering. 
It  is  a  serious  matter  to  have 
large  amount*  of  European  capital  in­
vested  in this country  withdrawn,  while, 
at the same time,  American  investments 
that were once sought eagerly by foreign 
capital are now  going  begging.  This  is 
one of the active agents  which  has  been 
drawing  gold  out  of  the  United States 
Treasury  for  foreign  account,  and  has 
been otherwise  building  up  a heavy for­
eign balance of  trade against  this  coun­
try.  This is an evil that is due to no po­
litical legislation or other action,  but has 
been  caused  by  a  most  reckless policy 
used  in  the  construction  and  manage­
ment of not a few railroads.

There is no remedy for it, save to let it 
go on  until  all  the  recklessly  managed 
railroads shall  fall into  bankruptcy  and 
be  sold  out  for  debt  Then  it is to  be 
hoped  they  will  come  under  wise  and 
economical  business  administrations and 
be  put  upon  a sound basis.  When this 
shall have been  done,  public  confidence 
will  be  re-established  in  American  in­
vestments,  and  foreign  money  will  flow 
back to seek the larger profits which this 
country offers.

T H E   M A N C H E S T E E   8 H IP   C A N A L.
It is now  a  full  year  since  the  Man­
chester Ship Canal was opened for traffic, 
and,  although  the  record  of  the  first 
year’s  business  is  not  yet  available, 
enough is known to render possible a fair 
estimate of the degree  of  success  which 
the  enterprise  has  enjoyed.  As was  to 
have been  expected, the  practical  work­
ing of the  canal  revealed  important  de­
fects  which  had  to  be corrected;  more­
over,  the first  months  during  which  the 
canal was used developed a series of acci­
dents  to  ships  navigating  the  channel, 
which had a  tendency  to  frighten  away 
shipping.

These  contretemps  were  the  nnavoid- 
able concomitants  of  a  new  enterprise, 
and might have irreparably  damaged  the 
fortunes of the waterway  had the people 
of Manchester been  less  enterprising  or 
less enthusiastic.  Whatever  defects  de­
veloped  were at once  corrected,  and  the 
uneasiness  of  shipowners  was gradually 
removed by  practical  demonstrations  of 
the safety with which  the canal could be 
navigated if the ships were but skillfully 
handled.

The people of  Manchester  soon  found 
that  the  mere  possession  of  the  canal 
would not bring trade, consequently they 
immediately  set  about  opening  up  new 
fields from which  to draw  traffic.  Lines 
of ships sailing at  regular  dates were es­
tablished to different  foreign  and  coast­
wise ports,  and all the  facilities  for  ex­
peditiously  handling  foreign  commerce 
were provided,  regardless of expense.  A 
cotton exchange was established, and the 
great cotton  mills of  Lancashire pledged 
themselves to  purchase their  supplies of 
raw material,  so far  as  possible,  in  the

THE  MICHZG^JSr  TRADESMAN,
Manchester market,  thus  drawing direct 
shipments of the  fleecy  staple  from  the 
United States to the Manchester and Sal­
ford docks via the canal.

Sucb courage and  enterprise could  not 
fail to reap  a  reward,  and  now,  at  the 
close  of  the  first  year  of  its existence, 
the Manchester Canal is doing a good and 
increasing business. 
It  has  not  accom­
plished what some enthusiasts predicted, 
namely,  the destruction of the supremacy 
of Liverpool as the  great  cotton  port  of 
Europe;  but  it  has  certainly built up  a 
trade for itself, which bids fair to increase 
from year to year.
As to the financial results of the enter­
prise,  it would be  scarcely  fair to be  too 
critical at this early date.  The canal,  of 
course,  has not  paid during its first year; 
but at the rate at which the traffic is now 
improving,  there is  every reason to hope 
that it will  be more  than  self-sustaining 
in a short  time. 
It can  never  expect  to 
handle  the  immense  traffic  of  an inter- 
oceanic canal,  because  it  is  not  in  the 
same sense a necessity.  The Suez Canal, 
for  instance,  makes  such  a  formidable 
difference in  the time  and  expense  of  a 
voyage to the Orient  that it must  of  ne­
cessity be used by the  great bulk of  ves­
sels  trading  between  the  Far  East  and 
the  Western world.
Aside from its importance as an artery 
for foreign trade,  it is also  an  important 
factor in purely local commerce,  compet­
ing with the rail routes to  Liverpool and 
lowering  the  freight  charges  by  such 
competition.

T h e  T radesm an  hereby  extends  its 
thanks to President Waldron  and  Secre­
tary Mills, of the Michigan Knights of the 
Grip, for permitting it to publish their an 
nual address and report, respectively,  si­
multaneously  with  their presentation at 
the  annual  convention.  Such  publica­
tion enabled  the  members present  at the 
meeting to give both  documents  careful 
perusal and  due  consideration,  so  that 
they  were  in  a  position  to  talk and act 
understanding^ on  the  matters  therein 
referred to when they came  up  for  dis­
cussion  and  action  later  on. 
It is to  be 
regretted that the convention  declined to 
endorse the suggestion  of  the  President 
that the constitution  be  so  amended  as 
to provide for the election  of  the  Secre­
tary  by the Board  of  Directors,  instead 
of by the organization at  large.  Such  a 
change would be in the line  of  progress, 
as it would  make the Secretary the serv­
ant  of  the Board,  thus preventing  a  re­
currence of the deplorable  McCauley ep­
isode,  which nearly wrecked  the  organi­
zation.  The  other  suggestions  of  the 
President were adopted  without  debate, 
plainly disclosing  the  esteem  in  which 
that officer was held by the rank and  file 
of  the  organization.  The  fact  that  he 
took  up  the  reins  from  his  predecessor 
when the organization was  $800  in debt, 
and  leaves it  with a surplus of $845, is a 
tribute  to  his  business  sagacity  which 
every member will  appreciate.  The  re­
ports  of  the  Secretary,  Treasurer  and 
other officers were highly satisfactory,  as 
they  disclosed  the  healthy  condition of 
the organization,  affording  proof  of  the 
statement that 1894  was the most success­
ful year in the history of the Association. 
Too much credit cannot be accorded Sec­
retary Mills for the  painstaking  manner 
in  which  he  discharged 
the  difficult 
duties  devolving  upon  him  during  the 
year,  and  for  the  admirable  manner  in I 
which he  systematized  the  detail  work I 
of the organization.

The great need at this  time is conserv 
atism and  care  in  the  consideration  of 
financial  legislation.  There  is really no 
danger that any action will  be  taken  to 
permit or cause an undue issue or sale of 
bonds by the  Government;  but  it  is  as­
serted that the  carelessness  in  prepara­
tion of financial  bills  has  hindered  the 
sale of  the  fifty  millions  taken  by  the 
bankers’ syndicate  a  month  ago.  This 
illustrates the sensitiveness of  the finan­
cial  market.  Uneasiness  has  been  ex­
pressed as to the action  of  Congress  on 
state bank circulation.  Of  this we  may 
be assured the “ wild cat”  will  never  be 
let loose by financial  legislation  in  this 
country again.  Should any privileges o f. 
circulation be accorded to other  than the 
present National  banks, such  provisions 
will  be made for the security of their cir­
culation  as will  make  them  in  that  re­
gard,  to  all  intents  and  purposes,  Na­
tional  banks.

The suit recently  commenced  by  Mr. 
Moore, of New  York,  to  test  the  consti­
tutionality of the income tax  law will  be 
watched with great interest,  and  it is  to 
be hoped that it will be  pushed  to  final 
decision as quickly as is  possible with  a 
question of  such importance.  There are 
verv grave doubts in the minds  of  many 
of  the most eminent authorities  on  con­
stitutional law as to the right  of  partial 
or  class  taxation,  notwithstanding  the 
extraordinary  measures  carried  out  in 
that direction on account of the exigences 
of the  war.  This  is  necessarily  a  dis­
turbing element  on  questions  of  indus­
trial investments,  and all  unite  in  hop­
ing for its speedy settlement.

It is said that  about $500  each  is  now 
the market  price of aldermanic  votes  in 
Chicago for almost any  scheme of public 
plunder  that  may  be  devised.  For  that 
price,  at any rate, the leader of the Coun­
cil offered to have  the  anti-cigarette  or­
dinance now  pending  before  that  body 
killed.  The  exposure  of the  attempt to 
blackmail the Cigarette  Trust is given in 
one  of  the  Chicago  papers  with  much 
circumstantiality,  and  the  paper  stands 
ready  to  prove  its  assertion  by  incon­
testable  data.  There  are  quotations  of 
aldermanic rates, like  freights  and  pas­
senger tariff;  but  at this  end of the line, 
where  things  are  much  cheaper,  $500 
seems a big price  to pay  an Alderman.

A scheme,  worked by several swindling 
jewelry concerns,  has been to send boxes 
of jewelry to parties  whose  names  were 
taken  from  advertising  lists,  with a  no­
tice to the postmaster  to open the box,  if 
uncalled  for,  and  return  it  to  the firm 
with an inclosed  stamp.  Upon  this  be­
ing done, the firm would then demand pay 
for some article  which  they  assert  was 
taken  from  the  box.  The  scheme  has 
been  reported  to  the  Postofflce Depart­
ment and  Acting  Postmaster  Jones  has 
determined to protect the public from the 
practice, and will take  prompt  measures 
to suppress it.

The Secretary of the Board of Trade an­
nounces his intention of launching a new 
monthly publication, ostensibly in the in­
terest of the Board of Tradq, thus creating 
additional competition in  a  field already 
fully occupied  and  dividing  the  scanty 
patronage already bestowed  upon  estab­
lished publications.  The Board  of Trade 
has fathered  a good many fool schemes— 
to the financial loss of  its  members—but 
publication  of  a  monthly  journal 
the  climax of impertinence and im­

becility.

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Merchant

Because he is haunted  with visions of cash accounts which  do not balance 
and cash drawers which are the prey of careless clerks.  He  could  easily 
and quickly remedy  this difficulty and secure the peaceful  slumber  which 
nature brings to those whose business is conducted accurately and method-
ically by the purchase of a

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T H E   M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N

W IS E   W O R D S  FRO M   W A L D R O N .

Annual  Address  of  the  President  of 

the  M.  K.  of O.

to 

Members of Michigan Knights of the Grip:
We  convene  together  to-day  lor  the 
sixth time in the  history of  our  organi­
zation.
We assemble in this  beautiful  city  of 
Grand Rapids in response  to  the  hearty 
and unique invitation that  was  wired us 
last  December  when  at  Saginaw,  by 
Mayor Sthart,  “Backed by  one  hundred 
thousand  voices.”
We  meet  together  for  two  most  im­
portant  reasons:  First, 
transact 
whatever  business  of  this  Association 
shall  properly  come  before  us;  sec 
ond,  to cement  more  closely  the  broth­
erly ties that bind us  into  one  fraternal 
body.
I trust that in all of the business trans­
actions which  will  come  before  us  to­
day each of us will bear in mind that our 
interests are identical  and  that  we  are 
dealing  with  brothers  in  one  common 
family.
I have,  my  brothers,  felt  keenly  the 
responsibilities, during  the past year,  of 
being at  the head  of  so  large  aud  dis­
tinguished a family. 
I  have  striven  at 
all times and  upon all  questions to carry 
out the mandates of our members as laid 
down by our constitution,  and  until  the 
hour comes to turn over  to my successor 
the trust you have  imposed upon me the 
constitution will be my guide.
As the constitution makes  your  Presi­
dent the  chairman  of  its  Board  of  Di­
rectors,  1 will consolidate  the  reports of 
the two.
1  take  this  opportunity  to  say  that 
great care should  be  taken  in  selecting 
members  to  act  on  your  Board  of  Di­
rectors.  The management of  the  affairs 
of  your  Association  is  placed  in  their 
hands.  Place representative  men  upon 
the Board who are painstaking  and  con­
scientious  and  are  fully  equipped  for 
still higher  promotions.  Your constitu­
tion provides that it  shall be the duty of 
the Board of Directors to  exercise a gen­
eral supervision over all the  business  of 
the  Association.  They  shall  audit  all 
bills  or  accounts  against  the  Associa­
tion,  and shall  exercise  a  general  over­
sight of the books, accounts, moneys and 
property of the Association.  They shall 
execute  aud  carry  into  effect  all  pro­
visions  contained  in  the  constitution 
not otherwise provided for.  There  is no 
place in  the  Association  where  the  ar­
duous duties of the Secretary can be bet­
ter  observed.  We  have  all  been 
im­
pressed  with the efficiency and capability 
of our worthy Secretary, Mr. Mills.  Now, 
for the future of this  Association and  its 
individual  members,  I  cannot  but  feel 
keenly the advantage of giving the Board 
of Directors power to select  its own Sec­
retary.  They are in a position  to  know 
the fitness, or unfitness, of the Secretary, 
and will see to it that the  work  is  done 
properly.  They are  delegated  the  gen­
eral supervision of our  business and can 
give this selection the  very best of judg­
ment.  They will keep the right man for 
this important place,  and  you will  make 
one of the best changes that can be made 
for  our  Association  by  making  this 
change.  This  is  suggested  in  no  way 
to oppose any present candidate, but  for 
the protection  of  the  Association  in  the 
future.
take  this  occasion  to  say  that 
no  President  of  this  or  any  other Asso­
ciation  ever  had  a  more  painstaking, 
faithful  and  conscientious  Board  and 
Secretary than have been associated with 
me this present year.  Their deliberations 
have been prompted,  in  each  and  every 
act,  by an innate  desire  to reach results 
for  our  common  good.  They  have been 
businesslike,  economical  and  harmoni­
ous,  and  have  saved  this  Association 
every  dollar  that  was  possible  to  be 
saved.  This  policy  seemed  to  be  quite 
necessary  and  in  keeping  with 
the 
present  times.  At  our last  annual  con­
vention,  at  Saginaw,  President  Jones 
very  fittingly  called  attention  to  the 
“ unparalleled depression in the commer­
cial affairs of our country.”  We deplore 
the fact  that  this  year,  as  a  whole,  has 
not  experienced  any  improvement  from 
a  business  standpoint.  We  all  appre­
ciate 
that  onr  membership

the  fact 

1  will 

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investigated, 

The
Poor

barometer  is  exceedingly  sensitive  to I 
such  influence.  Mauy  of  our  members 
were  laid  off  at  the  expiration  of  last 
year’s  contract,  while  others  were 
placed on  commission, 
to  share  the  ills 
of  business  staguation.
There  is  one  redeeming  feature  that 
should  encourage  us,  however,  and that 
is  that  business  is  looking  brighter and 
Dun’s and Bradstreet’s commercial reports 
indicate  better  times, 
in  this  connec­
tion  let  me  caution  you to consider well 
these  conditions  and  circumstances  be­
fore  you  take  any  positive  steps  to  in­
crease  any  expenses  that  we  can avoid, 
in  the  administration  of  the  affairs  of 
our  Association.
Your President and Secretary  have,  in 
conformauce with your expressed wishes, 
scrutinized  all  applications very  closely 
this  year,  and  have  rejected  every  ap­
plication  that  did  not  come  strictly  un­
der  the  letter  of  our  constitution.  We 
have seen the good effects of the changes 
made  in  our  application  blanks, 
the 
answer  of  which  is  the  applicant’s  cer­
tified  part  of  the  contract.  Any  and 
all  answers  that  were  not  clear  and 
satisfactory  to  us  Secretary  Mills  has 
diligently 
to  our  entire 
satisfaction.  We  may  have appeared to 
some  applicants  as  being too particular, 
but  we  preferred  to  be  too  rigid 
than 
too  slack.  Our  membership  cannot  be 
too  closely  guarded.  The  Board  has 
pruned  off  all  superfluous  membership, 
and  all  delinquents  have  been  stricken 
off  our  books;  therefore,  those  we  have 
active  members, 
to-day  are  bright 
and they number over two  thousand,  the 
largest  actual  membership, 
in  good 
standing,  since  our organization.
When we commenced business  Jan.  1,
1894,  our  general  fund  lacked  8418  of 
having enough money to pay its outstand­
ing debts,  not reflecting,  however,  upon 
the  preceding  administration, for  I  was 
on the Board last  year  and  know,  from 
personal  knowledge,  that circumstances 
and conditions  were  such  as  drew  very 
heavily  upon the finances of our Associa­
tion.  As I  said  before,  our  Board  has 
striven to save every dollar possible,  and 
take great  satisfaction  in  saying  that 
re have paid up every cent of "past due” 
ccounts,  and  have,  by a  strict economic 
nd harmonious policy, paid the expenses 
f the  Association  as  they  came  along,
,nd  to-day  we are out of debt,  with 8426 
u the treasury to the credit  of  the  gen- 
ral fund.
Divine Providence  has favored  us  this 
ear;  our  death  rate  has  beeu  normal 
Ve  have  made  only  three assessments, 
iut of which we paid  six  death  benefits 
if  $500  each,  and  paid,  as  was  legally 
arranged, the joint heirs (both  in  Grand 
tapids  and  Fenton)  of  R.  T.  Scott,  who 
lied  Nov.  1,  ’93.  Thus  we  have  paid 
¡3,500 to the  bereaved  ones  of  seven  of 
ur  members  and  have  $600.25  in  the 
reasury  to  the credit of the death fund.
In this connection 1 will  say a word re­
garding a change that  1  would  make  in 
mr constitution, if I were doing business 
or myself, 
it costs this Association  for 
iach  assessment  (according  to  a  state- 
nent  made  to  me  by  Secretary  Mills) 
ibout $75 for postage, notification blanks, 
jnvelopes  and  return  receipts,  and  it 
josts  the  individual  members  fully  as 
much,  if  not more,  to  get  the  payment 
Sack  to  the  Secretary.  Therefore, 
it 
josts the  members  about  $150  for  each 
leath assessment. 
I  would  recommend, 
from  a  business  and  economical  stand­
point, that the death assessment be made 
Ï2 instead  of  $1,  thus  cutting  this  ex­
pense  right  in  two.  This  would  also 
save an immense  amount of labor  to  the 
office  of  Secretary,  as  well  as  to  each 
member,  for they would  come  only  half 
is  often. 
I  am  also  convinced  that  it 
would  cause fewer delinquents than  our 
present mode, for the  reason that the as­
sessments would  come  at  greater  inter-  ------, 
irements.
vais  and  appear  less  burdensome,  aud  meet  your requirem ents, 
they certainly would be less troublesome. I 
[ think that  all  will  agree  that  we  can 
pay a $2 assessment twice a year as easily 
as we can pay four  $1  assessments,  and
we  can  thus save $300 per annum to our, 
Association  by  so  doing.  Some  might 
S ' r S i ' Î « *  
tablish what might  be known  as  a  “de-  n  
Ti/r'  1.
posit fund,”  and  have the Secretary send i UTallQ  ruipiClS,  m lU ll.

,

and the adoption of our triplicating check  charge  system,  which  can 
conducted without additional effort.
By the Use of Our Register

the Following  Advantages Are  Obtined:

Boot and Shoe  Dealers can keep track of the  profits  of  each  day’s  busi­

be

ness by noting the margin on each sale.

Grocers can keep track of produce purchased and the amount of  merchan 

dise exchanged for produce.

Clothing and  Furnishing Goods  Dealers are enabled to note at a glance 
just what they have sold, the profit on each transaction and the 
total profit for the day.

Commission  Merchants and  Produce  Dealers  can  keep  track  of  each 
department of their business,  keeping  purchases of game,  pro­
duce and fruit separately,  if desired.

Hardware  Dealers  can  keep  separate  accounts  with  their  stove  depart­
ment  or  their  tin  shop  or  any  other  department  ol  their 
business.

Druggists are enabled to keep separate accounts of the transactions of their 
prescription department or their cigar sales, or their stationery 
department, or any other special feature of their business.

But what is the use of enumerating  the  advantages  of  our  Register 
over  those  of  all  other  registers  heretofore invented ?  They are to our 
machine like moonlight unto sunlight; like water unto wine.  Suffice to say 
that  our  system  is  the  only  one  which  enables  the  merchant to have a 
triplicate check of every  charge transaction with but one entry.

If you have never seen our machine and desire an  opportunity  to  in­
spect the merits of the mechanical marvel of the age, call  at our  office,  or 
at the office of any of our agents; or, if you are located  at a distance from 
either, write us a letter telling us your line of business  and  what  features 
of your business you wish departmentized  and  we  will  send  you  illustra­
tions,  descriptions  and  voluntary  testimonials  of  the  Register that will 

GHUPIPIOII  GiiSH  REGISTER  GO.,

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T H E   M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N ,

you a receipt for  each  assessment  of  $2 
just  the  same.  1  would  not advise  ex­
tremes,  for it  might  not  be  convenient 
any day to pay the  whole  year’s  assess­
ments.  Two dollars seems to me a happy 
medium,  and will pay for six months,  on 
an average.  Of course, the regularity of 
these  assessments  could  be  governed 
without a surplus  fund  (which  I  would 
not recommend);  therefore,  when assess­
ments come, more or less frequent,  we all 
know that  deaths  are occurring,  and  the 
blessings we are  bestowing upon the  be­
reaved ones are in the very same ratio.
Another  suggestion  in  the  same  con­
nection  1  would  make  is  that  the time 
for payment be  changed  back  to  thirty 
days instead of sixty.  We  have had rea­
son for believing that  assessment notices 
have been laid aside  and  subjected  to  a 
chance  of  being  overlooked or forgotten 
by having  sixty  days’  time;  whereas,  if 
it  were  thirty  days,  as before,  we would 
be  more  apt  to  pay  them on receipt of 
notice, which  would be  very much more 
preferable and satisfactory  all around.
Then, again, the assessments  are  only 
made  when  the  death  fund is less than 
$500. 
If  a  death  or  two  should  occur 
just following an assessment, it might  be 
several  weeks  before  our  death  fund 
would be sufficient to  pay its  obligation.
I  am  more  and  more  impressed with 
the great  fundamental  principles  which 
underlie the  foundation of  our organiza­
tion and the great possibilities which are 
within the  reach  of  our  united  efforts. 
Every  effort  of  our committee has  been 
met with  most  courteous  consideration. 
With our large  and  increasing  member­
ship,  in  our  own State,  working in con­
junction and  in harmony with other  and 
similar organizations all  over  our  land, 
what reasonable and deserving cause can 
we not expect to win !  There  are bright 
prospects  of  getting a  5,000  mile  book, 
good  over  all  roads  in  Michigan.  Our 
Legislative  Committee  have  it  in  the 
hands of our representatives  in Congress 
at  Washington,  and  they  will  report 
progress. 
I felt that the railroads might 
prefer to voluntarily  grant our requests; 
therefore,  last  month  the  chairman  of 
our Railroad  Committee  arranged a time 
for your President to  meet  the  Railway 
Passenger  Agents’  Association  of Mich­
igan  in  Detroit.  Our  discussion  was 
lengthy  and  exhaustive.  They  recog­
nized and appreciated  the  fact that com­
mercial travelers were  their  most valued 
patrons  and  seemed  anxious  to  get 
definite 
to  what  extent 
the 5,000 mile books would  be purchased 
by us,  should  they  conform  to  our  re­
quests.  The following  resolutions  were 
adopted  by them:
Risolved,  That, in  view  of  the discus 
sion which was had relative  to the desir­
ability of complying with  the requests of 
the “Commercial Travelers of Michigan,” 
in  putting  on  sale  an  interchangeable 
5,000  mile 
ticket,  in  the  absence  of 
definite  information  as  to  the necessity 
of this,  we  would  respectfully  ask  the 
“Commercial  Travelers’  Association”  to 
furnish  us the following  statistics:
1.  The number of commercial travelers 
in the State of Michigan.
2.  A statement  of  the  number of com­
mercial 
travelers  who  traveled  5,000

information 

In the event of the lines conforming 

3. 

miles or upward, for the  year 1894, in the 
State of Michigan.
to the desires  of the  “Commercial  Trav­
elers” in issuing  them a 5,000  mile inter­
changeable ticket, how  many  would take 
advantage and purchase such  tickets?
Now  that  they  are working up to  the 
subject and have shown  by these  resolu­
tions that they are “seeking more light,”
1 believe that it  is  our  duty  to  furnish 
this information at once;  in other words, 
“Strike while the iron is hot,” for, should 
we be indifferent, it would certainly have 
the tendency  to  make  them  feel  some­
what  indirfereqt,  also.  They  also asked 
our protection and aid in seeing to it that 
such books  are  not  abused  in  any  con­
ceivable  manner.  Your 
President 
pledged the honor of  this  Association  to 
assert this protection;  and it may be that 
our certificate  will be used as  a  medium 
of identification.  Should  we  secure this 
concession  by  dealing  direct  with  the 
railroads,  as we have never done before— 
make them feel  that  we  will  use  them ! 
fairly and honestly—I see no good reason j 
why a 5,000  mile  book  for  the  State  of ! 
Michigan will  not  be  issued  before  our ; 
next annual.
1 deem it highly important, gentlemen, j 
that everyone present should answer these ; 
questions at once  and hand  them  to  our 
Secretary,  so  that  we may  have them  to 
use for future action with  the  railroads.
The  i rotective feature  of our  Associa­
tion is really astonishing  when  we  con­
sider a moment  its  magnitude.  We  are 
carrying  a  million  dollars  of life insur­
ance at actual cost.
We can cause any  old line  company to 
look “green with  envy”  when  we  state 
that  we  have  no  palatial office rents  to 
pay, no high salaried president and board 
of directors to  contribute to,  no commis­
sioned solicitors  to  support;  in  fact,  all 
of the expense of this  insurance feature, 
together with all other expenses of every 
name and nature, is paid out of the “gen­
eral fund,” which  consists of our annual 
dues of $1.  Just  think,  members !  One 
million dollars’ worth of life insurance at 
actual cost.  Our  assessments have been 
averaging us, in the  past,  just  $3.50  per 
annum  for  $500  worth  of insurance, or i 
seven-tenths  of  1  per  cent. 
I  feel  as­
sured in saying,  and without fear of con­
tradiction, that there is no life insurance 
company in  existence  that can or will do ! 
better  for  our  members  than  they  have 
been doing for themselves.
The chairmen of  our  several  standing 
committees  have  their  reports  to make 
and 1 shall refrain  from  encroaching  on 
their territory.  The Secretary of our As­
sociation is,  also.  Secretary  of the Board 
of Directors,  and  I  will  herewith  leave 
the  details  for  him and  his report;  also 
that  of  the  Treasurer.  These  reports 
have been passed upon  by your Board of 
Directors and found  correct.
In  conclusion,  it  is  vitally necessary 
that harmony and good feeling in all pro­
ceedings should  prevail,  as  has been true 
during our whole year’s proceedings, and 
1 take  this  occasion  to  thank  each  and 
every member of  the Board of Directors; 
also the  punctual  and  hearty  co-opera­
tion of our most efficient Secretary, L.  M. 
Mills, together with  the loyal support  of

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,

in 

the 

the 

social  world,  and 

associations,  and our influence is  sought 
by 
legislator  and  the  merchant 
prince.  Onr wishes and  suggestions  are 
given due consideration  by  the  railway 
magnate and the  municipal  powers. 
In 
view of these facts, let  us,  my  brothers, 
take heed that our requests  be  tempered 
with  justice  and  our  suggestions  with 
wisdom, that we may attaiD  to  still high­
er  prominence,  both  in  the  commercial 
and 
that 
we  may  soon  occupy,  undisputed,  the 
position which  our  energy,  ability  and 
industry entitles  us  to.  From  the  best 
authorities we learn that the 480,000 com­
mercial travelers of the United States ex­
pend in railroad  fares annually $172,000,- 
000,  pay  nearly  $25,000,000  for  excess 
baggage,  nearly  $1,000,000  for  storage 
aud sell 600,000,000 tons  of  merchandise 
to  be  shipped  over  the  railroads of the 
United States'.
in conclusion,  1 desire  to  express  my 
appreciation of the many kind words and 
deeds  of  our  members  during  the  past 
year,  which have aided  me,  in  no  small 
degree,  in  bringing  about  the  present 
very  prosperous  condition  of  our  Asso­
ciation. 

L.  M.  Mills, Sec’y.

S pecial  M eeting of th e B oard  o f  D irect­

o rs, M.  K.  of G.

Grand  Ra pid s,  Dec.  22—At  a  special 
meeting of the Board of Directors  of  the 
Michigan  Knights  of  the  Grip,  held  at 
the Livingston  Hotel,  in  this  city,  last 
evening,  Messrs.  Bardeen.  Peake,  Jack- 
liu, Owen,  Waldron  and Mills  were pres­
ent.
The Simes claim  was first taken up for 
consideration,  and, upon further  investi­
gation and discussion,  it  was  moved  by 
Director Peake and  supported  by  direct­
or  Owen, that, inasmuch as  the benefici­
ary neglected to pay the assessment when 
duly  notified  by  the  Secretary,  until 
after the time  for paying the  same  had 
expired,  and was unable  to  furnish  the 
certificate  of  health 
re-instate­
ment,  according 
to  our  constitution, 
this  claim  cannot  be  allowed.  Unani­
mously carried.
The following  house  rules  to  govern 
onr annual convention  were,  at  the  re­
quest of Post £, adopted:
The  Sargeant-at-Arms  is  hereby  in­
structed  to  admit  no  person  upon  the 
floor of the convention,  during  the  ses­
sions,  except  members  presenting  re­
ceipts for death assessment No. 3 of 1894, 
or  who  have  joined  since  Sept.  20  (as

for 

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W e   H a v e   S a c k e d   th e   T o w n s
ot Michigan pretty thoroughly with our different 
brands  of  flour,  and  especially  is  this  true  of 
LILY  WBITE  which  has  a  world-wide  repu­
tation.

If  Y o u   A r e   a  M e r c h a n t

anti  desire  to  establish  a  BIG  flour  trade,  we 
would  say  that  you  can  make  quicker  sales, 
easier  sales,  more  sales,  and,  consequently, more 
profitable  sales with

Lily  W hite  Flour

than  with  any  other  brand  in  the  State.

I W h y  ?

Because LILY WHITE flour  is  put  up  in  neat, 
attractive  sacks,  is  backed  by quality  and  repu­
tation  and  the  constant,  expensive,  aggressive 
and  effective  advertising  of  the  manufacturers. 
You  can 
it,  but  have 
everything  to  gain,

lose  nothing  by  trying 

Because  Success  Attends 

the  Man  Who  Takes  a  Good 

Thing  When  He  Can.

UHLLEY  G1TY  MILLING  GO.. 

“ " V IF *

PE R K IN S  &  HESS,

Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,

DEALERS  IN

Nos.  133  and  134  Louis  S treet,  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

WE  CASEY A STOCK OP  CAKE  TALLOW FOR MILL USE.

J T H B Y  

S A Y

oar whole  membership.  There  is  noth-! 
ing  so  poisondus  and  harmful  to  thej 
growth  and  wellfare  of our Association 
as petty strifes and discords.  I trust thatj 
we  will so conduct  ourselves  during  our 
deliberations  that  they  will  bring  the 
most good to our  Association for all time 
to come.
A n n u a l  Report  of  Secretary  Mills to | 

th e   M.  K.  of  G.

 

MEllBERt-HtP  STATISTICS.

Tour Secretary would respectfully sub­
mit the following  as  his  report  for  the 
year ending Dec. 25,  1894:
Members in good standing  Dec  23,  1893......1,027
Members joined since Dec. 23,  1893...... '....  395
Members re Instated since Dec. 23,1893__  25?
Total............................1,6191
Members withdrawn since Dec.  23,  1893—   10
Members delinquent since Dec.  2>,  189<.....   11 >
Members deceased during  1894 
8
Total..........................   130
Present membership in good standing..........1,549
Net increase for the  year  .............. 
..  522
Mortuary assessment No.  1 was ordered 
by your Board or Directors under date of 
Jan.  10  aud  closed  March 10.  Assess­
ment  No.  2  was  issued  April  20  aud 
closed  June  20.  The  last  assessment. 
No. 3,  was  issued  July  20  and  closed 
Sept. 20.  The  condition  of  death  fund 
is as follows:
Received from Assessment No.  1  of  1891  ...1,243 
Received from Assessment No. 2 of  1894  ..  1,320 
Received from Assessment No. 3 of  1894----1.293
....................... 83.825

Total 

 

R E C E IPT S.

D ISBU RSEM EN T S

D ISB U R SEM EN TS.
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Feb. 13.  Beneficiary of A. M. Sutherland...85 0
R. T. Scott.................. 500
March 3, 
March 15, 
C. G. McIntyre........   500
May 14. 
J. R. Ogden..............  500
June 2, 
R. J.  Ooppes............   540
...  500
W. C. Lynes 
Aug. 6, 
Aug. 27, . 
S  McM.Toal..........500
Sept. 22, 
A. G. Lindsay 
.......   50o
Total disbursements  84,000 
Being $2,250 less than last year.
As  predicted  in  my  annual report of 
last year, our mortuary assessments have 
been  materially  reduced,  owing  in  no 
small degree to the careful scrutiny given 
each applicant for  membership,  and  the 
very desirable form of application  blank 
now used  by this Association.  Our  cost 
of  the  death  benefit,  being  only  three- 
fifths of  1  per  cent.,  is 
the  lowest  on 
record.
The  following  is  a  statement  of  the 
general fund:
Members have paid annual dues for 1894— 1,373
New members have joined daring 1-94......   395
Honorary members have joined during 1894 .  32
Total receipts for year. .81,800
Postage, stationery and office supplies......341  52
Secretary's salary  for year.......................768 00
Postage allowed Post E  mailing invlt’ions  50 00 
Mileage directors attending board  meet's.  91  til
Total expenses for year $1,251  13 
An indebtedness of nearly $300  in  the 
general  fund,  aud  one  mortuary  benefit; 
of  $500  were  brought  forward  to  this 
year from  the  administration  of  Presi­
dent Jones and  have been  paid,  in  addi­
tion to our  own  expenses  and  benefits, 
which have all  been  promptly met;  and 
no unpaid accounts of any kind or nature 
will  be  carriel  forward  into  the  next
year.
Regardless  of  the  fact  that  the  year 
just closing has been  one  of  marked  fi­
nancial depression,  and, to  most  frater­
nal  organizations,  one  of  largely  de­
creased membership  and,  consequently, 
increased assessments, it is with no small 
degree oi  pleasure and  satisfaction  that 
1 am permitted to pass the affairs  of  this 
important office over to  my  successor  in 
a condition  of  prosperity  that  was  un­
hoped for at the beginning of the present 
year; but yon had faith in my desire  and 
ability  to  reorganize  the  system  and 
further  perfect  the  work  I  began  last 
year,  and,  with the loyal support  of  our 
active membership,  we are  to-day  recog­
nized as the fairest  and  most  prosperous 
of the sisterhood of commercial travelers’

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

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

Is 
it  n o t  th e   p u b l i c ?   T h e   m a n u f a c t u r e r s  
b y   c o n s ta n t   a n d  
ju d ic io u s   a d v e r t is i n g  
b r in g   c u s t o m e r s   to  y o u r   s to re s   w h o s e  
v e r y   p r e s e n c e   c r e a te s   a  d e m a n d  
for 
o t h e r   articles.

IN  RUBBERS!

Just  the  thing  for
-  -  A  LEADER.

PRICE LIST  BEFORE  THEY  ARE  ALL  GONE.
A d d r e s s   G .  R ,  M A Y  H E W ,  G ra n d   R a p id s,  M ic h .

JOBS

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

only such are in good  standing),  or  are 
vouched for by the Secretary.
The same officer shall  allow  no  mem­
ber to leave the room during the  sessions 
without permission from  the  chair,  and 
shall allow no smoking in the convention 
hall during the sessions.
The sum of $50 was  voted  Post  E  for 
printing and mailing  invitations  to  the 
meeting.
Bills for printing  and  stationery  from 
The Tradesman Company, amounting  to 
$47.05,  were approved  and the Secretary 
was  instructed  to draw an  order for that 
amount.
The thanks of the Board were extended 
to the  proprietors of the Hudson  House, 
Lansing,  for  the  use  of  rooms  for  the 
meeting  of  the  Board,  during  the  past 
year,  free of charge,  and  the  Secretary 
was instructed to forward them specially 
marked  complimentary  invitation,  with 
two tickets to the banquet and  ball,  and 
to  draw an  order  on  the  Treasurer  to 
pay for the same.  Carried.
The Secretary was  also  instructed  to 
notify Chaplain Fitch that his  presence, 
officially,  is  desired  at  the  convention, 
and that his  expenses for  railroad  fare, 
hotel  bill  and  ticket to the  banquet  will 
be paid  by  the  Association,  upon  pre­
sentation of bill of same to the  board  of 
directors.  Carried.
The Secretary  was  instructed  to  re­
instate Bro.  Kirk  A.  Smith  upon  pay­
ment of back dues and statement of good 
health.
The  following  resolution  was adopt­
ed:
Resolved—That it is the  sense  of  this 
Board  that  we  recommend  this  Associ­
ation  to incorporate  a  suitable  accident 
insurance feature.
That we aiso recommend  the  adoption 
of the amendment to art. Y, Sec 2.
That we do not  recommend  the  ad op 
tion  of  amendment  to  art.  lli,  Sec.  1 
and 4.
That we do  favor  the  amendments  to 
art.  XI, Sec. 3 and 5.
That 
to  annul  the 
present hotel agreement meets  with  our 
approval
That art 11,  Sec. 3, be amended to make 
mortuary  assessments $3  each,  as  this 
would be a saving of nearly  $150  to  our 
Association and members at  each  asses- 
meut.
for  mile­
The 
age 
the  meeting  were 
presented and allowed:  E.  P.  Waldron, 
$6.36;  Geo.  E.  Bardeen,  $3.95;  A.  F. 
Peake, $6.35;  R.  W. Jackiin, $11.60.
The meeting then  adjourned  to  Wed­
nesday,  Dec.  26,  at  10 a.  m..,  at 
the 
Livingston  parlors,  at which 
time  the 
Finance Committee will meet to close up 
the accounts of the Secretary and  Treas­
urer for the year.  L.  M.  Mil l s,  Sec’y.

following  accounts 

in  attending 

resolution 

the 

The  Last of Debs.

From  the  New  York Tribune.
And so Eugene V. Debs,  who last July 
was  holding  the  business  of  the whole 
country at a standstill and  was  more  in 
the  mouths  of  men than any other  man 
living or dead,  goes to jail for six months 
for  contempt  of  court. 
It  was hardly 
five months ago that  this  person  was  at 
the  height  of  his  power and on the  top 
round of his mischievous career.  No ag­
itator  ever  shot  up  so  suddenly,  none 
ever in so short space created  such  com­
motion or accomplished such  widespread 
mischief.  Fortunately, it may be  added, 
none ever met a  more  sudden  and  com­
plete  collapse. 
It  is  a  significant  com­
ment  upon  the  evanescent  character  of 
such demagogical demonstrations as  that 
which 
this  man  engineered,  and  the 
worthlessness  of  the  notoriety  attained 
by their leaders,  that  the  announcement 
of his sentence of  imprisonment stirs  to­
day only a  languid  reminiscent  interest 
in  the  public mind. 
In five months Eu­
gene Y. Debs has  passed  from  the  very 
topnotch of what seemed  to  him  and  to 
many others to be celebrity and fame into 
an obscurity almost akin  to  obliteration. 
Debs was almost  forgotten when the  an­
nouncement came that slow-footed Justice 
had overtaken him,  and  that  he  was  to 
pay in some measure—ridiculously  small 
measure,  to  be sure—the  penalty  of  his 
criminal conspiracy against property and 
life.  This  morning  there 
is  hardly 
enough of public interest in  Debs  to  in­

duce anybody to read  the full text of the 
decision under which he  is  sent  to  jail. 
Men will look at the newspaper headings 
and  say, 
indifferently:  “Debs!  Debs! 
Why,  that’s the man who  led  the  strike 
last summer !”  And  he will  pass out of 
sight and  out  of  mind  like  a  worrying 
nightmare.
Considering the  wide  devastation  for 
which this man  was  responsible,  the dis­
turbance he brought  to  the  business  of 
the country,  the  ruin  he  wrought,  the 
cruelties practised in his  name  and  un­
der his orders,  and  the  untold  miseries 
inflicted  upon innocent  families—all  to 
further his insatiate lust for notoriety and 
power—the  penalty  he  pays  seems  tri­
fling  and  inadequate.  But  the  public, 
long accustomed to  see  such  pernicious 
agitators and conspirators go wholly  un­
whipped of justice  when  their  destruc­
tive enterprises are  brought  to  naught, 
will doubtless rest  content with  the  re­
flection  that  at  last  one  of  them  is 
awarded punishment, even though small, 
for conspiring against law and order and 
the public weal. 
It is well that  he  goes 
to jail,  if  only  for  contempt  of  court, 
for even this  light punishment,  added to 
the  mortification—if  he  be  capable  of 
feeling it—of his failure,  the  disgrace of 
his downfall,  and  the  utter  collapse  of 
his  once  wide  notoriety,  may  serve  as 
a lesson to other  agitators  who  may  be 
tempted  to  use their pernicious influence 
and the  uncannny.  hold  they  have  ob­
tained  upon the minds of  the  weak  and 
credulous to set up an  irresponsible  dic­
tatorship  and  assume  to  represent  the 
whole people in defiance  of  law  and  to 
the disturbance of the peace and order of 
the land.

Going  for  the  Widows.

The Pension  Bureau will  hereafter  re­
fuse  pensions to  widows  whose income 
from  other  sources,  added  to  the  pro­
ceeds of reasonable effort  on  their  part, 
affords them comfortable support.  This 
policy is provided for in a ruling  of  As­
sistant Secretary  Reynolds, in  which  he 
says:  “ It was evidently the  intentiou  of 
Congress  to  supplement  the  widow’s 
means of  support  from  her  own  labor 
and all other sources by the pension only 
when such  means  were  insufficient  for 
her  comfortable  support.  Under  ordi­
nary circumstances,  without intending to 
laydown an arbitrary and inflexible rule, 
when a widow is shown  to  have  an  in­
come considerably in excess of  the  pen­
sion provided  by the third  section of the 
act  from  sources 
independent  of  her 
daily labor, she does not  occupy  a  pen­
sionable  status  thereupon.”  Now,  the 
Government  either  owes  the  widows 
pension money or it does  not.  Whether 
they need it or not  is  another  story,  as 
Mr.  Kipling  would 
say.  Secretary 
Reynolds should remember  Mr.  Weller, 
and  “Bevare  of the  Vidders”  before he 
gets  himself disliked.

Practical  Business Men 

Are  widely  becoming interested in J. C. 
Shaw’s system of keeping  their  custom­
ers’  accounts always in readiness for set­
tlement,  fully  written  up  to  date,  by 
means of indexed pockets in a  file  book. 
At the last meeting of the  Grand  Rapids 
Retail  Grocers’  Association  the  system 
was discussed and those  merchants  who 
had  used  it  heartily endorsed  it.  Mr. 
Shaw,  who was in  the  grocery  business 
for  many  years,  fully  appreciates  the 
merchants’ needs  and  devised  this  sys­
tem for practical use  and  to  secure  the 
greatest possible economy  of  time.  His 
headquarters are now at 29 Canal  street, 
where he can  be  addressed  for  particu­
lars.

Cheap  crayon  portraits  of  the  kind 
sold  to  country  folks  by  concerns  in 
Chicago and other  cities  and  offered  as 
prizes by some  merchants  are  made  by 
taking an enlarged  copy of a photograph 
and  thinly  disguising  it  with  crayons.

When a bank  cashier gets  to flying too 
high socially, it is likely to end in  his fly­
ing too far with the bank’s funds.

ALBUH5,
DOLLS,
TOYS,

GAMES
BOOKS.
PAW ÍIM  
Í Y I 1H  
Î  
i'll
iiAlUrl,  Litin  k  bu,
20 &  22  Monroe  St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

WORLD’S 

m SOUVENIR  TICKETS

C H IC A G O

AND  WKrfl'  MICHIGAN  R'Y.

GOING  TO  CHICAGO.

TO  AMD FROM   M USK EG O N .

RETURNING  FROM  CHICAGO.

Lr. G’d Rapids............ 7:15am  1:25pm *11:30pm
Ar. Chicago 
1:25pm 6:50pm  *7:20am
TjV.  Chicago.................b :25am  5:00pm *11:45pm
Ar. G’d Rapids.............3:05pm  10:25pm  *6:25am
Lv. Grand Rapids......   7:25am  1:25pm  5:30pm
Ar. Grand Rapids.......11:45am  3:05pm 10:25pm
T R A V ER SE C IT Y . C H A R LEV O IX   AND  P E T O SK E Y .
Lv.Grand  Rapids..  7:30am  3:15pm
Ar.  Manistee...........  12:20pm  8:15pm
Ar. Traverse City__ 
1:00pm  8:45pm
Ar. Charlevoix.......  
3:15pm  11:10pm
Ar.  Petoskey.........  3:45pm  11:40pm

Trains arrive from  north at  1:00  pm and 10;00 

pm.

P A R L O R   AMD  S L E E P IN G   CARS.

Parlor  car  leaves  for  Chicago  1:25pm.  Ar­
rives 
from  Chicago  10:25pm.  Sleeping  cars 
leave  for  Chicago  11:30pm.  Arrive  from  Chi­
cago 6:25am.

»Every day.  Others week days only.

DETROIT,

LANSING & NORTHERN  R. R.
GOING  TO  DETROIT.

Lv. Grand Rapids........7:00am  1:20pm  5:25pm
Ar. Detroit  .................11:40am  5:30pm  10:10pm

RETURNING  FROM  DETROIT.

Lv.  Detroit...................  7:4uam  1:10pm  6:00pm
Ar. Grand Rapids  ......12:40pm  5:20pm  10:45pm
Lv. GR 7:40am  5:00pm  Ar. GR  11:35am 10:45pm

T O  AND  FROM   SA G IN A W ,  ALMA  AND  ST.  LO U IS.

TO  AND  FROM   LO W ELL.

Lv. Grand Rapids 
...  7:00am  1:20pm  5:25pm 
Ar. from Lowell..............12:40pm 5:20pm  ..........

¿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.

EASTW ARD.

W A C K L E   R a ilw a y .

GEO. DeHAVEN, Gen.  Pass’r Ag’t.
D e t r o i t ,  g r a n d   h a v e n   &  m i l .
Crains Leave 
,tNo.  14
G’d  Rapids,  Lv!  6 45am
Ionia........... Ar  7 40am
St.  Johns  ...Ar  8 25am
Owossa  ......Ar  9o0am
E. aaginaw..Ar 11050am
Bay City......Ar  11 3< am
F lin t............Ar  1005am
Pt.  Huron.. .Ar  1205pm
Pontiac....... Ar  10 53am
Detroit......... Ar 111 50am

le 20am 
11 25am 
1217pm 
1 20pm
3 45pm
4 35pm 
3 45pm
5 50pm
3 05pin
4 05pm

325pm 
4 27pm 
520pm 
dU5pin 
8 00pm 
837pm
7 05pm 
850pm
8 25pm
9 25pm

1100pm 
1235am 
1 25am 
3 10am 
6 40am 
715am 
5 4' am 
730am 
537am 
700am

WESTWARD.

“ 

“ 

“  Mil. and Chi. 
»Daily.

For  Grand Haven  and Intermediate
Points  ........................................... *7:00 a.m.
For Grand Haven and  Muskegon__ +1 :U) p. m.
“ 
t5.35 p.  m
tDailv except  Sunday. 
Trains  arrive  from  the  east,  6:35  a.m.,  12:50 
p.m.. 5:30 p. m.,  10:ou  p.m.
Trains  arrive from  the  west, 10:10 a.  m.  3:15 
pm   and 9:15 p.m.
Eastward—No. 14  has  Wagner  Parlor  Buffet 
car.  No. 18 Parlor Car.  No. 82 Wagner Sleeper.
Westward — No. 11  Parlor Car.  No. 15 Wagner 
Parlor Buffet car.  No. 81  Wagner Sleeper.

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

G ra n d   R a p id s   «5» I n d ia n a .

T BA IBS  G O IN G   N O RT H .

North

Lu t o  going 
For Traverse City, Petoskey  an d  Saginaw....7:40a. m
For  Traverse  City..................................................5:85 p. m.
For Saginaw .............................................................5:00 p. m.
For  Petoskey and  Mackinaw............................10:25 p  m.
Leave going 
F or  Cincinnati.........................................................t:5 0 a .m .
For Kalamazoo and  C hicago............................. 8:15 p. m.
For  F o rt W ayne a n d   th e  L ast...........................8:16 p.m .
F o rO tn d n n a ti..................................................... *6:40  p.m .
For  Kalamazoo and Chicago.........................*11:40  p .m

T R A IN S  G O IN G   BO O TH .

South.

* 

C h ic ag o  v ia  G.  R.  46 I.  R.  R.
0:00pm  

Lv Grand Rapide............ 6:60 a m   8:16 p m   *11:40 p m
Arr  Chicago..................... 2:00pm  
7:10am
8:16 p  m  tra in  has th ro u g h   W agner  Buffet  P a rlo r 
Oar and coach.
11:40 p m tra in  d ally ,  th rough W agner Sleeping Car 
and Coach.
Ly  Chicago 
11:30pm
A rr Grand Rapids 
7:80 a m
3:30  p  m  has th ro u g h   W agner Buffet  P arlo r  Car. 
11 -.30 p m  train  daily «through  W agner  Sleeping  Car.

3:30p m  
9:16 p m 

For Muskegon—L eare. 

Muskegon, Grand Rapid« & Indiana •
8:86am
7:86 a m  
1:00pm  
1:16pm
*:40 p m 
6:80 p m
O.L. LOCKWOOD*

From Muskegon—A rrive

General  Paseenger and Ticket Agent.

PHOTO
WOOD
HALF-TONE
anlldings,  Portraits,  Cards  and  Stationery 

Headings, Maps, Plans and  Patented 

Articles.
TRADESM AN  CO.,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

ISfeirS

WE  WANT

B E A N S

and  will  pay  highest  market  price  for 

If  you  haye  any  stock  you  wish  to 
dispose  of,  seek  headquarters  for  an

them.

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ONLY  A  FEW  LEFT.
.

Original set of four 
Complete set of ten 

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

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DRINK

Ponce de Leon Water.

Pronounced by Dr. Seeley, one  of  the  most  fa­
mous water-cure physicians  of this century and 
country, to be equal if not better than any water 
In his knowledge  for the kidneys,  stomach  and 
bowels.  He used it in  the  years  1843  and  1849. 
His opinion has been  verified  by  scores  of  our 
patrons  in  Grand  Rapids  since  the  water has 
been placed on the market.  Purest  table  water 
extant.  Address  Ponce  de Leon  Water Co., 90 
First Ave.  Telephone 1382.

M ic h ig a n  C en t r a l

“  T ie Niagara Falls Boute.’*

(Taking effect  Sunday,  May 27,1894.) 

»Daily.  All others daily, except Sunday.

Arrive. 
Depart.
10 20 p m.......... Detroit Express............7 00am
5 30 a m ...... »Atlantic and  Pacific.......11  20 pm
1 SOpm........New York Express.........  6 00pm
Sleeping cars run on Atlantic  and  Pacific ex­
press trains to and from Detroit.
Parlor  cars  leave  for  Detroit at 7:00 am ;  re- 
tnrning, leave Detroit 4:35 p m, arriving at Grand 
Rapids 10:20 pm.
Direct  communicatloB  made  at  Detroit with 
all through  trains erst  over the  Michigan Cen 
tral Railroad (Canada Southern Division.)
A. AmqtnsT, Ticket Agent, 
Union Pa8sengerStatlon.

SEVEN  YEARS  OLD.

Annual  Meeting  of  tbe. Owosso  Bust* 

ness  Men’s Association.

traveler 

shore  whence  no 

Owosso, Dec.  29—The  eighth  annual 
meeting  of the  Owosso  Business  Men’s 
Association was held  at  the Y. M. C. A. 
parlors last  evening.  Three  new  mem­
bers—W.  H.  Lingle,  F. J.  McDonnel  and 
F. J.  Forger—were  added  to  the  list, 
swelling the total to 61.
Secretary Lamfrom then  read  his  an­
nual report, as follows:
This evening we are  about  to  pass  the  mile­
stone of  our  eigh  h  anniversary.  In  January, 
18S7, we commenced our career  with  fifty  char­
ter members,some of whom have gone to the dis­
tant 
returns, 
while  others,  through  business  changes,  have 
gone tosc-ek pasture in other fie ds.  Our organi­
zation is still in  a  flourishing  condition,  while 
most  of  the  Business  Men’s  Associations  for­
merly  existing 
in  our  prosperous  common­
wealth have gone where the woodbine  twineth. 
We  have the reputation of being, and are looked 
upon as, the banner association of the State and 
we retain  at  this  date  a  membership  of  fifty- 
eight, fifty-six of which are active and  two hon 
orary.
The  number of meetings convened during the 
year were  five, ’consisting  of  two  regular  and 
three special meetings.  There  has  been  a  fair 
attendance at our  meetings,  demonstrating  the 
enthusiasm of the  member-  and  their  disposi­
tion to be ever ready to  assist  in  the continued 
welfare and prosperity of our  enterprising  city. 
These  meetings  have  proven  generally  benefi 
ctal  and  instructive.  The business  depression 
prevailing  during  ’93  and  ’91  has,  to a certain 
extent,  left  its  imprint  on  our  little city, but 
while  mercantile  and  commercial 
interests 
throughout the  country  have  received  a  body 
blow, placing them  in a dilemma to bridge over 
the chasm, our prosperity has not beeu  affected. 
I am happy to state,  on  close  observation,  that 
there  Is  a distinct  revival  of  business  and  a 
marked  return  of  confidence,  and  to one who 
can view the return of industrial  activity  with 
out prejudice, the conditions are  favorable  and 
of a most encouraging character.
All  our  manufactories  are in  a  healthy  and 
flourishing condition.  The  merry  hum  of  ma 
chinery and the hammer of the mechanic are the 
welcome music gladdening our hearts.  All our 
factories are running on full time aud  our  hus­
tling manufacturers,  with  Indomitable  energy, 
are  ever  on  the  alert  to  furnish constant and 
steady employment.  We  have  a  city  of  many 
beautiful homes,  embowered  among  trees  and 
flowers, surrounded by beautiful  lawns  of  lib­
eral expanse, and adorned by the  artistic  brush 
of the painter  as  monuments  of  the  genius  of 
man.  We have broad  shaded  streets  and  ave­
nues, and the time is not  far  distant  when  our 
principal business street will be paved with good 
substantial  brick  pavement.  Our 
railroad 
facilities for an inland  city are second  to  none. 
Four  lines  of  railroads,  radiating  east,  west, 
north and south, afford iis ample freight compe­
tition ;  while  the  Toledo,  Ann  Arbor  & North 
Michigan Railway  penetrates a  long  stretch  of 
valuable timber  country,  useful  to  our  manu­
factories. while its  magnificent  steamers,  trav 
erslng Lake Michigan, afford  us  direct  commu­
nication with the great Northwest.
Our school system has been of late  largely  ex­
tended and, with Its mod  rn improvements, can­
not be excelled.  We can boast of  fine  business 
blocks  well filled with new and elaborate stocks 
of  merchandise,  creditably  represented  iu  all 
lines, characteristic of our wide awake, hustling 
business fraternity.  Regardless  of  the  general 
business  depression  and  stringency  of 
the 
money maraet our merchants report an excellent 
holiday trade aud a very satisfactory  fall  trade 
in general, and we will demonstrate to our  con­
temporaries  that  Owosso  has  acquired  an  ex­
alted  position  and  is  the  recipient  of  much 
credit and  distinction  for  her  increasing  com­
mercial prosperity and the unparalleled rapidity 
of its marvelous  growth, and  that  its  hustling 
business men are ever on the alert  with  indom­
itable enthusiasm and energy to  foster  continu­
ous improvements for  the  welfare  and  further 
prosperity of our city.
The  report  was  accepted and adopted 
and ordered  printed  m  T h e  Mich ig a n 
T radesm an.
The  eariy  closing  question  was  dis­
cussed at considerable  length and the re­
sult  was  the  adoption  of  the following 
resolution:
Resolved,  That all  business  houses  in 
the city of Owosso,  excepting  groceries, 
drug stores and eating houses, close their 
respective places of  business, during the 
months of January, February and  March, 
every evening except  Mondays  aud  Sat­
urdays at 6 o’clock,  local  time,  and  gro­
cery stores on above  named  evenings  at 
7 o’clock, local time,  and  the drug stores 
as above  stated at 8  o’clock,  local  time; 
and,  further, that all business houses are 
requested  to  obey  the  law  and  keep 
closed all  day on  Sundays;  further,  that 
every business house be furnished by the 
Secretary with  a card  embodying resolu­
tion and specifying time of closing, to be 
exhibited  at  the  respective  places  of 
business,  and that every business man be 
respectfully  requested  to  abide  by  this 
resolution.
Election of officers resulted  as follows: 
President—A. D.  Whipple. 
Vice-President—O.  L. Sprague. 
Secretary—S.  Lamfrom.
Treasurer—W. E. Collins.

S.  L amfrom, Sec’y.

Annual Meeting  of the  Michigan Com­

mercial Travelers’  Association.

the 

the 

recognize  as  being 

The twentieth annual  meeting  of  the 
Commercial  Travelers’  Association  was 
held at the Hotel Cadillac  (Detroit), Fri­
day,  Dec.  28.  The  annual  address  of 
President  Rindskoff  contained  the  fol­
lowing  reference  to  the  mortuary  de­
partment:
While the year  1894  has  been  one  in 
which all insurance  companies,  both  old 
line  and  mutual,  have  suffered  very 
largely through heavy  death  losses  and 
loss of members  in  consequence  of  the 
hard times,  1 can  congratulate  our mem­
bers in that  respect,  as  our  actual  loss 
by death has been only  four.  The num­
ber of death benefits paid has  been  five, 
one having been  carried  over  from  last 
year,  which  makes  our  actual  assess­
ment for  the  year  only  $30.  We  have 
paid to the widows  and  orphans  of  our 
deceased  brothers  $215,000  up  to  date. 
The cost to the oldest  member of the As­
sociation has been $450 and  the  average 
cost has been  been  $21.42.  1  have  also 
to  congratulate  our  members  on  our 
financial  strength,  which  we  must 
all 
strong 
pillar of our Association.  Our  expenses 
have  decreased, 
figures  for  1893 
being  $1,365.85,  while  this  year  they 
have been only $1,298.39,  but  1 am sorry 
to say  that  our  membership  is  less  by 
eight.  On January 1 last,  we had 582.  Of 
these twenty-nine have lapsed,  four have 
died and  three  have  resigned.  On  the 
other hand,  twelve  were  reinstated  and 
sixteen  new  names  were  added  to  the 
roll.  That  makes  twenty-eight  against 
thirty-six  lost,  or  a  net  loss  of  eight, 
leaving 
the  present  membership  574. 
Among  our  departed  members  whose 
loss we  have  to  mourn  is  ex-President 
Ira A.  Niles.
The chairman of the Board of Trustees 
of the reserve fund, John A.  Murray,  re­
ported $5,000 cash on hand December 29, 
1893;  $6,500  was  transferred  from 
the 
general fund  last year and interest accu­
mulations amounting to $335.95,  making 
an increase of $6,835.95, or a total reserve 
of $11,835.95, or an  increase  of  $12  per 
capita.  The  report  of  the  Secretary, 
Dr.  Morris, showed  a  balance  of  $2,500 
in the beneficiary  fund and receipts from 
dues,  April  to  October,  $5,670.  Total 
receipts were  $28,843.90,  and  total  dis­
bursements,  14,742.51.
Election  of  officers  resulted  as  fol­
lows:
President— John A.  Murray.
Vice-Presidents—T.  J.  Chamberlain, 
Detroit; J.  N.  Bradford,  Grand  Rapids; 
C.  W.  Horton,  Pontiac; H.  M. Joel,  New 
York; J.  L.  Root, Vassar.

Secretary-Treasurer—D.  Morris.
Board  of  Trustees—John  McLean, 
Leonard Williams, G. S. Valmore.
Trustees’  reserve fund—J.W.  Ailes, C. 
F. Johnson.
Sweet Singer—W. H. Baier.
In  the  evening  an  elaborate  banquet 
was given at the  Hotel  Cadillac,  M.  H. 
Chamberlain  officiating  as  toastmaster. 
The toasts  were as follows: “The  M.  C. 
T.  A.,”  response  by  Thos.  MacLeod; 
“Civic  Associations,  Their  influence,”  
C.  L. Stevens;  “Commerce  and  Civiliza­
tion,” M. J.  Matthews;  “The Traveler at 
Home,”  R.  W.  Jacklin;  song,  W.  H. 
Baier; “Fraternal  Insurance,” S.  Rinds­
koff:  “Municipal  Government,”  J.  T. 
Lowry;  “The  Commercial  Traveler,” 
Jno.  A.  Murray;  “The  Ladies,”  J.  W. 
Ailes.

The Grocery Market.

Sugar—The market is utterly devoid of 
any feature which  enables  the  observer 
to prognosticate the future.  Prices have 
not  been  changed  and  the  demand  has 
been of a very  moderate  character, as  is 
usual during the  season of annual inven­
tories.

Currants—New goods are  firm  at  for­
mer quotations.  Old stock is strong  and 
a little higher in  price.

Fish—Mackerel is  about  the  only  va­
riety  which  exhibits  any strength, some 
grades having  advanced  a  trifle  during 
the past week.

Bananas—The  weather  has  been  so 
cold for the past week  or  ten  days  that 
it  has  been  unsafe  to ship bananas and 
local  dealers  are  pleased  to  think  that 
they  have  none  in  stock.  While  the 
present severe  snap  lasts,  none  will  be 
started to our market.

Lemons—Owing to the large number of 
boxes en route  for  Eastern  markets,  re­
cent cargo sales show a decided slump in 
prices.  A perusal of our quotations else­
where will  show  to  what  extent  it  af­
fected  the  local  market.  No shipments 
will go forward,  unless dealers are in ac­
tual want, during the  present cold spell. 
It is safe to assume,  however,  that prices 
for the best grades  of fruit  from now  on 
will be considerable  less.

Oranges—It  has  been  several  years 
since the dealers in  Grand  Rapids  have 
been so low on Florida  oranges as at  the 
present  time.  The  holiday  trade  was 
enormous  and  our  dealers  are  entirely 
cleaned out.  Those  who  bought  heavy 
are  fortunate,  as  cars  now  en  route to 
this  market  will  bring  nearly  100  per 
cent,  more than those sold prior to Christ­
mas.  The  recent  severe  freeze-up  in 
Florida has ruined something like 2,000,- 
000 boxes and other  growers and packers 
who have fruit fit to  ship  will command, 
and get,  almost  any prices they see fit  to 
ask.

Algeria Grapes—A few  boxes  are  left 
in the  local  market,  and  to  close  them 
out,  the  different  dealers  name  prices 
which ought to invite the attention of the 
retail trade.  Our quotations, as they ap­
pear  elsewhere,  are  fully  as  low  as 
prices realized at the New York auctions.
Dried Fruits—Dates,  figs and other ar­
ticles  of  like  class  have  dropped  off  a 
notch,  and,  as the demand from now  on 
will  be  limited,  we  look  to  see  prices 
somewhat weaker.

Foreign Nuts—Prices  are decidedly  in 
favor of the  buyer, and,  as  the  demand 
is limited, those with stock  on  hand  are 
desirous of closing it out.

F ro m   O u t  o f T o w n .

Calls  have  been  received  at  T h e 
T radesm an office during  the  past week 
from the following gentlemen in trade:
E.  M.  Smith, Cedar  Springs.
G.  H. Walbrink & Sons, Allendale. 
Frank Smith, Leroy.
Rockafellow Mere. Co., Carson City.
E. J. McNaughton,  Coopersville.
J.  W.  Milliken, Traverse City.
C.  Westerhouse, Ferrysburg.
Frank E. Shattuck, Sand Lake.
J. C. Neuman & Co., Dorr.
B. W.  Ellison, Alma.
F, G.  Rice, Six Lakes.
Bale & Co., Fennville.
O. P. DeWitt, St. Johns.
Y. E.  Marvin,  Clarksville.
Frank Hamilton, Traverse City.
A.  W.  Fenton & Son, Bailey.
H. Baker & Son, Drenthe.
Miss C. Addis,  Rockford.
Robt. Johnson, Cadillac.
J. C. Neuman & Co., Dorr.
The man  who says he cares nothing for 
public opinion is in a  fair  way  to  have 
I public opinion do him up.

THE  MICHIGAN  TltADESMAJS'.
Members of the Executive Board (in ad­
dition  to  President  and  Secretary)— 
James  Osburn,  E.  L.  Devereaux  and 
Charles Stewart.
The organization enters upon its eighth 
year full of vim and  determination,  with 
every prospect  of  a  continuance  of  the 
prosperity  which  has  marked its career 
from  the  beginning.

Molasses—A further advance  of  l@2c 
is  reported  from  New  Orleans,  which 
makes an advance of 4c during  the  fort­
night  just  passed.  The  advance  is  at­
tributed to a shortage of  100,000 barrels. 
Syrup is quiet  and  unchanged.  Glucose 
is somewhat easier in price.

13

CONTEMPT  OF  COURT. 

Sovereignty—that 

is,  the  sovereign 
power of a Government—being a  prerog­
ative or an assumed and conceded  power 
not  created  by  legislation,  is in certain 
directions almost  unlimited.  A  Govern­
ment,  by virtue of  its  sovereign  power, 
can do whatever its people  will permit it 
to do and whatever  other  sovereign  na­
tions will endure from it.

The departments of  the  American sys­
tem of Government—the  legislature,  ex­
ecutive  and  judicial—being  each,  to  a 
certain extent, independent of the others, 
and to a degree  sovereign,  are  in  some 
respects  in  the possession of  practically 
unlimited power.  As regards the courts, 
their  prerogative  is  almost  absolute. 
Take the  matter  of  punishing  for  con­
tempt.  There  is  no  law  defining  con­
tempt  of  court,  or  declaring  what  acts 
are in contempt,  and what may  be  com­
mitted with impunity.  Laws have been 
made limiting the term  of  imprisonment 
which may be imposed  for  contempt  of 
court; but beyond this there is no  limita­
tion.

This subject has  recently  come  to  be 
much discussed in  connection  with  the 
injunctions  issued  last  summer  against 
railroad  strikers  in  Chicago  and  else­
where  by  the  United  States  courts. 
Those courts issued  writs  of  injunction 
commanding any  and  all  parties  not  to 
intefere with the running of certain rail­
road trains, and when these orders  were 
disobeyed, the army of the United  States 
took the field to enforce them,  and,  sub­
sequently, 
individuals  have  been  ad­
judged in contempt and have  been  pun­
ished by sentence  of court.

The railway  strikes  in  question  were 
of such extent that they reached  the pro­
portions  of  a  rebellion  against  the au­
thority of the  United  States,  and  sum­
mary proceedings by military force  were 
employed  to  suppress  them.  The  rela­
tion of the United  States  courts  to  the 
entire affair  has  been  made  the  subject 
of  widespread  discussion,  and  has  ex­
cited so much interest  and  inquiry  that 
efforts are being made to limit by statute 
of Congress the prerogative of punishing 
for  contempt.

To this end a  bill  has  been  prepared 
by  Ex-Senator  and  Ex-Judge  Lyman 
Trumbull, -of Illinois, and it has  been in­
troduced into the Senate  at  Washington 
by  Senator  Pugh,  of  Alabama. 
It pro­
poses to define contempt of court,  and to 
declare  what  acts  are 
in  contempt. 
Just how far Congress may  undertake to 
interfere with the judiciary is not known; 
but  it  would  not  be surprising if some 
day there should grow  up  more  or  less 
conflict between the several  cognate,  in­
dependent and sovereign  departments of 
the Federal Government.

T h e  L a te s t  in   S h o w   C ase s.

A large  double deck,  plate  glass  top, 
double strength,  show case,  serving as  a 
beautiful  counter,  is  much  admired  at 
the new  cigar  store  of  Herbine  &  Co.,
7 South Division street.  The entire front 
of the case, clear to the floor,  nicely dis­
plays the goods,  which are  thus econom­
ically stored.  These show  cases are de­
signed and  made  by  the  Grand  Rapids 
Hand  Screw  Co.,  at  53  and  55  South 
Front street,  and  are  a  very  successful 
side  line.  This  company  has  the  ex­
clusive right to use the Rice patent cigar 
moistener.

A  good  way  to  secure  happiness  for 

yourself is to make others happy.

1 4
Drug Department•

State Board of Pharmacy*

On* T ear—O ttraar Eberbach, Ann Arbor.
Two  Tear»—George Gundrum, Ionia.
Three  Tear*—G. A. Bug bee. Charlevoix.
Pott Tears—S. E. P arkill, Owosso.
Five T ears—F. W. R. P erry. Detroit.
P resid en t— Fred’k W .R. P erry, Detroit.
Beoretary—Stanley E. P arklll, Owosso.
T reasurer—Geo. Gundrum, Ionia.
Com ing  Meetings—Detroit,  JanS ;  Grand  Rapids, 
March B; D etroit (Star Island), June £4; Lansing, Nov. 5.
Michigan  State  Pharmaceutical  Ass’n. 
President—A. B. P arker, Detroit.
Vice-President—John E. Peck, Detroit. 
Treasurer—W. Dupont, Detroit.
Becretar—F. C. Thom pson.Detroit.

Grand  Rapids  Pharmaceutical Society. 

President, John E. Peck; Secretary, B. Schrouder.

CO NCENTRATIO N   OP  THOUGHT.

It Moves  the  World,  but  Unbalances 

the Individual.

W ritten fo r Tb s Tradesman.

1 wonder if the first  man  was endowed 
with  brains.  Viewing  him  from  the 
vantage  ground  of  our  times,  we  are 
' strongly inclined to believe  that the first 
man’s head  was  diminutive  in  size,  or 
that  it  contained  a  vacuum  which  re­
quired  the  development  of  countless 
generations of  men  to  fill  with  brains. 
The only escape from  this  heresy  is  to 
assume  that  man  did  actually  possess 
brains from the  beginning,  but  that  he 
remained in total ignorance  of  the  fact, 
until oar glorious century  dawned  upon 
the world.  This may be  the  correct  so­
lution,  but it is hard to  nnderstand  how 
any man can  really  possess  braiDS  and 
not know it. 
It is more  rational,  if  not 
qnite so  orthodox,  to  believe  that  this 
gray  matter  which 
is  revolutionizing 
everything required  all  these  centuries 
to  develop  to  the  materializing  point. 
Taking this view of  the  matter,  we  are 
able 
judge  our  bloodthirsty  and 
licentious  progenitors  more  leniently, 
and can look upon their deeds with more 
pardonable grace.  When a man is asked, 
nowadays, to account for some unwise or 
disreputable act committed,  his only ex­
cuse  is,  “I  never  stopped  to  think.” 
This-would-be apology is  no  apology  at 
all—it  is  a  frank,  full  confession  of 
guilt.  He  knows  that  he  has  a  brain 
with which to think;  that it  is  his  duty 
to make the best possible use  of it in the 
regulation of his conduct,  and that, when 
he acts independently  of  thought, he  is 
justly  accountable  for  the  act  and  its 
consequences.  Not so with the  forerun­
ners of oar  race,  for,  according  to  the 
above hypothesis, they  had nothing with 
which to think.

to 

Through what a long night of darkness 
has mankind passed!  Natural law was a 
sealed book, and all  natural  phenomena 
were attributed  to  supernatural  causes. 
Tradition was the only source  of  knowl­
edge recognized by the priests,  who were 
the  intolerant  masters  of  the  people. 
Superstition  ran  riot.  Every  unusual 
event  was  clothed  with  supernatural 
significance, and  interpreted  as  a  man­
ifestation of the wrath of deity, a sign of 
some impending  event  of  great  impor­
tance, or  an  omen  of  dire  calamity  to 
come.  Development!  Why,  the  wisest 
man  of  all  antiquity,  after  diligent 
search through all the centuries that pre­
ceded  him,  declared  that 
there  was 
nothing new  under  the  sun.  Had  this 
grand  old  temple  bailder  lived  many 
centuries later, he might,  with  as  much 
truthfulness, have made the  same  decla­
ration.

New  things  under  the  son  were  re­
served for the times  in  which  it  is  oar 
glorious privilege to live—for  the  times 
when the minds of men  have  reached  a

T TTTh;  M X C H IG A JS r  T IR A X lE S M ^ JS n
l
fame are thus presented to  all  men,  and 
they become speculative and  are  goaded 
by the spirit of restless  business activity 
and they  get  exceedingly  combative  in 
acquiring elbowroom.

limit of expansion sufficient to break  the 
bars of tradition and enter  the free  open 
avenues of investigation  which  lead  up 
to the  fountain  of  all  true  knowledge. 
This emancipation from  mental bondage 
is not yet completed—far  from  it.  Yet, 
we have  already  become  so  accustomed 
to  the  wonderful  discoveries  and  mar­
velous inventions of  the  times  that  all 
feelings of wonder and  surprise have de­
serted us.  We are not surprised at  any­
thing.  All  things  seem  possible  to  ns 
now, and,  instead of  profound  astonish­
ment  at  what  has  been  accomplished, 
there is an  impatient  demand  for  even 
greater  things.  To  illustrate:  We  be­
lieve that wheels  must, sooner  or  later, 
give place  to wings;  but  the  possibility 
thai it will not happen in  our day makes 
us  impatient,  and  we  almost  wish  we 
had been born into the world  at  a  later 
period.  To think  that  we  will have  to 
tramp  through  mud  or  be  carried  by 
electricity  (already  become  too  slow), 
while our  descendants  will  fly  through 
the air,  produces a feeling akin to  down­
right discontent and  makes  us  ungrate­
ful for  what  we  have.  This  is  as  it 
should be,  for complete satisfaction  with 
the present would preclude the  possibil­
ity  of improving  the  future.  This  was 
the  very  blight  that  made  mudsills  of 
our  forefathers.  Traditions  could  not 
be  amended  or  repealed—the  present 
was always perfect in itself,  and woe  to 
the poor wretch who,  through  a  prema­
ture quickening of the brain,  said  it was 
not.  We have tasted of  the  fruits  of  a 
little materialized thought,  and,  strange 
as it may appear  when our  condition  is 
compared with that  of  our  antecedents, 
it  has  made  us  discontented  with  the 
present and inspired us with grand hopes 
for the immediate future.  Why, men no 
farther removed from  us  than  our  own 
grandfathers were really startled  out  of 
the terrible mental  lethargy which  they 
bad inherited from so  many generations, 
by  witnessing that brain  exhausting  in­
vention  known  as  the  grain  cradle. 
Ever since Ruth gleaned behind the reap 
ers in the harvest fields of Boaz, the prin­
ciple  of  reaping  grain,  although  en­
larged  and  given  various  applications, 
had  virtually  remained  the  same  all 
through 
the  centuries.  No  wonder 
grandpa was startled, in  his day, to wit­
ness  such  au  outburst  of 
inveHtive 
genius.

Now,  what  are  some  of  the  changed 
conditions brought about by the dawning 
of this age of emancipated  thought?  We 
find vague  fancies  and  old  fogy  super­
stitious notions supplanted  by newly ac­
quired  and  clearly  demonstrated  facts. 
We find new theories, new  methods  and 
new appliances;  and we  find that  all  of 
these things,  wonderful  as  they  appear 
to  be  when  first  introduced,  are  soon 
thrown aside for  others  more wonderful 
still.  There appears  to  be  no  stability 
to  anything.  Everything  seems  to  be 
passing through a  transitory  state  from 
crudity to perfection.  We  are  climbing 
at a rapid rate, and nothing  can stay our 
progress until finite mind has reached its 
limit.  That time will  surely  come;  but 
when, or what  wonderful  developments 
or startling discoveries  are  to  be  made 
first,  who can  tell?  The  motive  under­
lying all this awakened energy is  a  self­
ish one pure and simple. 
It is  this  that 
gives it its great power. 
In  the  general 
upheaval some become suddenly wealthy 
and  others  become  suddenly  famous. 
Visions  of  easily  acquired  riches  and

tall 

It is needless to  say  tha4  a  man  who 
would  ‘‘keep  up  with  the  procession” 
to-day  must  do  some 
thinking. 
Every man in  the  marching  ranks  does 
think.  The man who  does  no  thinking 
in  this magnificent  brain  age  would  no 
sooner take  his  place  among  the  rank 
and  file  of  business  workers  than  he 
would be run  over  and  crushed.  What 
is true of physical energy is just  as  true 
of  mental  energy—its  effectiveness  de­
pends  upon  the  amount  of  it  and  the 
manner in which it is applied to the work 
in hand.  Some men  possess  an  abund­
ance of physical energy,  and  expend  it, 
too,  without accomplishing  anything. 
I 
knew a man  in  my  native  village  who 
bad more hard  days’  work  in  him  than 
any man I ever knew.  He  ran a general 
store,  two sawmills,  a farm,  a warehouse 
business, kept the post office,  and  acted 
as administrator of estates.  He  was  up 
in the morning  and  away  to  the  farm; 
down to the  mill  yard,  inspecting  and 
giving orders for  the  day;  away  to  the 
woods with log marker over the shoulder, 
and back to the  store  before  the  j unior 
clerk had finished  sweeping out,  and be­
fore  the senior clerk  (that  was  myself) 
had eaten  his  breakfast.  All  day  long 
and late into the  night  he  kept  up  his 
ceaseless round in guarding his many in­
terests, catching his  meals  only  as  cir­
cumstances  permitted,  and  never  com­
plaining  of  weariness;  yet,  in  spite  of 
his superabundance of  physical  energy, 
he finally wore himself out  and  made  a 
miserable failure  of  everything.  He  is 
still living,  but the post office is the only 
thing left him,  from which he  derives  a 
revenue  of  about  $600  per  year.  This 
simple  illustration  (found  everywhere) 
shows how great physical energy  may be 
absolutely  wasted  through  misapplica­
tion. 
If  it  had  been  concentrated  and 
brought to bear upon one  line  of  action 
nothing could have prevailed  against  it; 
it would have been a power  sufficient  to 
force any single undertaking  on  to  suc­
cess. 
It is the same with mental energy. 
Diversified  thought  may  be  refreshing, 
and it may tend to preserve  the  equilib­
rium of the individual;  but it is  not  the 
kind of thought  that  moves  the  world. 
The  energy  possessed  by  every  man. 
both  mental  and  physical,  is  a  fixed 
quantity and has a present  fixed  market 
value. 
It is subject to measurement and 
appraisement, 
just  as  are  goods  and 
chattels.  Now,  suppose the  measure  of 
a  man’s  physical  energy  be  10  hours’ 
steady  manual  labor  out  of  each  24 
hours,  and that the val ue be 30 cents per 
hour, or $3 for the whole  10,  when  con­
centrated  and  applied  to  the  work  in 
hand.  Hours  of  steady  labor  are  the 
anits of  measurement,  and,  when  such 
a man performs his 10  hours’  labor,  his 
stock  of  physical  energy  for  that  24 
hours is exhausted.  Every  hour  of  en­
ergy he uses after that he  borrows  from 
the next 24 hours, or, at  least,  from  the 
future.  He may borrow  at  the  expense 
of the future,  but, as sure as  he lives,  he 
will  have  to  return  it  at  his  own  ex­
pense. 
I  have  thus  digressed  to  show 
that concentrated energy ought not to in­
clude borrowed  energy.  Sufficient  unto 
the day is  the  energy  thereof,  provided 
the just amount demanded of  every  man 
be concentrated and applied with  single­
ness of purpose.  Then,  again,  suppose 
the  man  be  a  blacksmith,  and  a  big 
burly P.  of I.  with  buckwheat  chaff  in 
his hair and tobacco juice in his whiskers 
comes  along  and  calls  him  ‘‘an  old 
botch,”  and  that  the  sou  of  Hercules 
gets mad,  throws down  his  sledge  ham­
jerk 3   off  his  cowhide  ap ro n   an d
mer, 

malls that P. I.  for a full  hour—what  is 
this but  wasted  physical  energy  worth 
at the rate  of  $3  per  day? 
‘‘Only  lost 
time,”  someone  says.  Not  true;  if  it 
were only lost time, the blacksmith might 
easily make  it  up before  the  expiration 
of that 24 hours;  but it is lost energy and 
cannot be redeemed  except  by  drawing 
upon the  future,  aud  in  snch  case  the 
draft must be paid by  the drawer—there 
is no dodging  the  issue.  Thinkers  may 
make their own application  of the above 
illustration.  The  power  of  thought  is 
limited,  but,  when concentrated and con­
centrated  upon  some  objective  point, 
and held there, it moves the world.
Before closing  this  paper,  I  wish  to 
touch,  briefly,  the  other  side  of  this 
picture. 
I once read  of  a  fly  that  was 
one of the very few  survivors of its kind 
that had succeeded in  passing through a 
very severe winter.  The  sufferings  and 
hair breadth escapes of this poor fly were 
depicted  in  detail.  At  last, 
the  fly 
reached the month of April  and  was per­
mitted to fulfill the grand  mission  of its 
life,  namely,  lay its egg  aDd die. 
It had 
endured  all  this  suffering  for this  one 
purpose,  and,  at last,  it required  all  the 
vitality the fly  bad remaining  to  accom­
plish it. 
It killed the poor  fly,  but what 
became of that egg?  By April 24  it  had 
multiplied  itself  300  times;  by  May  24 
the number had reached  90.000;  by  July 
2, 27,000,000,  and,  when  August  8  came 
around,  that  poor  defunct  fly  was  rep­
resented by a following  of  2,100,000,000, 
Think of that, ye  concentrated thinkers, 
and grind away on that gray matter until 
the last atom  is exhausted.
When  a  man  is  wholly  absorbed  in 
thought,  he  should  not  venture  out  of 
his  dungeon  without  a  guardian.  Did 
you ever meet such a  man on the street? 
You have,  of  course.  You  are  person­
ally acquainted with him  and  you  have 
often  spoken  unkindly  of  him.  You 
have  said:  “There’s  somethiug  about 
that man I  don’t  like.  Sometimes when 
I meet him he is charmingly  courteous— 
acts like other men;  then,  again,  I  meet 
him and he doesn’t seem to  recognize me 
and it makes me feel annoyed. 
It works 
on my  sensitiveness  and  1  imagine  all 
sorts of things.  The  next  time  I  meet 
him he  is  cheeriness  itself. 
I  declare, 
sometimes I think the man is half crazy.” 
This is the way  you  have  talked  about 
him,  but don’t  do  so  again.  Give  him 
your sympathy instead,  for he is  a  mod­
ern thinker and is  justly  entitled  to  it. 
His  little  eccentricities  and  temporary 
spells  of  absentmindedness  are  but the 
outward signs of that  total surrendering 
of self  which  is  demanded  by  concen­
trated thought.  So entire is  this surren­
der  of  self  that  thinkers  have  been 
known, after spending a whole  night  in 
intense study,  to undress  the  clock  and 
wind themselves up,  and afterwards tuck 
the candle snugly in bed and  blow them­
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C.  Co....................  1  95@2 20
Moschus Canton........  ®  40
Myrlstlca, No  1 ........  65®  70
Nnx Vomica, (po 20)..  @ 10
Os.  Sepia....................  15®  is
Pepsin Saac, H. A P. D.
Co............................  ®2 00
Plcls Liq, N.‘C., M gal
„do*  .........................  @2 00
Plcls Liq., quarts......   @1  00
@  85 
PII Hydrarg, (po. 80) !. 
@  50 
Piper Nigra, (po. 22).. 
@  1
HjerAlba, (pog5)....
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Burgun..................   @ 7
Plnmbl A cet..............  12®  13
Pnlyls Ipecac et opll. .1  10@1 20 
Pyre thrum,  boxes  B
A P. D.  Co., dos......   @1 25
Pyrethrum,  py...........  ao®  30
Quasslae....................  8®  10
Qulnla, S. P. A W......34 H @39)4
8.  German....  27®  37
Rubia  Tinctorum......   12®  14
Saccharum Lactls py. 
12®  14
Saladn.......................2 10®2 25
Sanguis  Draconl*......   40®  50
^apo, W......................  12®  M
,  M ...........................  10®  12
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Slnapis...........................  @ 
" o p t ......................  ® 30
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
Voes..........................   @ 35
Snuff, Scotch, De. Toes  ©  35 
Soda Boras, (po. 11).  .  10®  11 
Soda et Potass Tart...  24®  25
Soda Carb................. 
Soda, Bi-Carb.............  3®  5
Soda, Ash.....................3M©  4
Soda, Sulphas.............  ©  2
Spts. Rther C o...........   50®  56
“  Myrcla  Dom......   @2 00
“  Myrcla Imp........  @2 50
*'  Vlnl  Rect.  bbl.
....7 ........................g 49QQ 59
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Strychnia Crystal..... 1 40®1 45
Sulphur, Subl............ 2M® 3
BoU............. 2  ® 2H
Tamarinds.................. 
8®  10
Terebenth Venice........  28®  30
Theobromae............. 45  ©  48
Vanilla— ............... 9 00@16 00
Zlncl  Snlph...............  
7©  8

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Lard,  extra__
Linseed, pore raw__

Bbl. Gal
70
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85
42
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56
59

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Linseed,  boiled.........  59
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained...............   65
Spirits Turpentine....  34

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Ber........1M  2@3
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strictly  pure...... 2%  2*@S
Vermilion Prune Amer­
13@15
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Vermilion,  English.... 
65®70
Green,  Peninsular......  
13®16
Lead,  red.....................6  @6)4
“  w hite................ 6  ©6H
Whiting, white Span...  @70
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Whiting,  Gliders’. ..... 
White, Paris  American 
1 
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
cliff......................... 
140
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Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
Paints.................... 1 00@1  20

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A c iD u a ,

Acetlcum................... 
8®
Benzolcum  German..  6C@
Boracic 
....................
Carbollcum  ..............  20©  30
Cltricum.....................   41®
Hydrochlor..................   3®
...................  10® 12
Nltrocum 
Oxallcum...................       10® 12
Phosphorium dll........ 
20
Salleylicum................ 1  25@1 60
Sulphuricum__  ..  .. 
T&nnlcmn................... 1 40®1 60
Tartaricam..................  30® 33

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Aqua, 16  deg.................  4®
6®
Carbonaa  ...................  12®  14
Chloridum.................  12®  14

20  deg................. 

ANTLINX.

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

B A C C A I.

Cnbeae (po  25)........  20®  25
Jnnlperns................... 
8®  10
Xantnoxylnm.............  25®  30

BALSAM UM .

Copaiba......................  45®  50
Peru............................  @2 f0
Terabln.Canada  ....  45®  50
Tolu tan ......................  35®  50

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Abies,  Canadian....  ...........   18
Cassiae  .................................  12
Cinchona F lav a...................   18
Bnonymns  atropurp...........  30
Myrica  Cerlfera, po..............   20
Prunus Vlrglnl......................  12
Qnillala,  grd.........................  10
Sassafras  ..............................  12
Ulmns Po (Ground  15)..........  15

EX TR A  CTU X .

Glycyrrhlza  Glabra...  24®  25
po...........  33®  35
Haematox, 151b. box..  11®  12
is............  13®  14
He............  14®  15
)4s ............  16®  17
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Carbonate Predp........  ®  15
Citrate and Quinta__  ®3  50
Citrate  Soluble...........  ®  80
Perrocyanldum Sol__   ®  50
Solut  Chloride...........  ®  15
Sulphate,  com’l.............. 9®  2
pure...........   ®  7

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FLORA.

Arnica.......................  12®  14
Anthemls...................  8fi®  35
Matricaria 
.....  50®  65

VOJOA.

Barosma 
Cassia  Acutlfol,  Tin

...................  14®  30
nlyelly........  .........   25®  28

Salyla  officinalis,  14s
Ura Urn 
................... 

and  Ws....................  15®  25
8®  10

“ Alx.  35®

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Acacia, 1st picked__
2d 
....
8d 
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sifted sorts...
po..................
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)...
“  Cape, (po.  20)...
Bocotrl, (po.  60).
Catechu, Is, Ota, 14 Mi
©
16) .................................
Ammon! a e .................  55®
50® 6j
Assafoetlda, (po 60) 
Benxoinum.................  50®  55
Camphor«..................   46®  55
Bnphorbinm  po  ........  35®  10
>2 50 
Galbanum.
.  70®  7b 
Gamboge,  po.........
Gusla cum, (po  35)
@  30 
@1  75 
Kino,  (po  1  75)__
Mastio..................
@  80 
Myrrh, (po. 46) -.. 
@  40 
.2 6 ®2 70
Opll  (po  8 30®3 50).
Shellac  ......................  40©  60
bleached  ....  46®  45
Tragacanth................  50®  80

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Absinthium.........................  25
Enpatorinm.........................  20
Lobelia................................   25
Majorum.............................   28
Mentha  Piperita.................  23
“  V Ir.........................  25
Rue......................................   so
Tanaeetum, V ......................  22
Thymus,  V..........................   25

XASXBBIA.

Calcined, Pat..............  55®  60
Carbonate,  Pat...........  20®  22
Carbonate, K. 6k  M ....  20®  25
Carbonate, Jennings..  35®  36

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I Cubebae...................... 
2 00
Exechthltos..............  1  20@1  30
Aconltum  Napelli R.........  60
Srlgeron.........................1 2o@l 30
Gaultheria......................I 50@1 60
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Y.........   50
Aloes.....................................  60
Geranium,  ounce......   @  75
and myrrh..................   60
Gosslpll, Sem. gal......  70®  75
A rnica................................  50
Hedeoma  ...................1 25®]  io
Asafcetlda................................4)
Jumperf......................  50@2 00
Atrope Belladonna..............  60
Lavendula...................  90@2 00
Llmonls...........................1 40@i 60
Benzoin.................................  go
Co.........................   50
Mentha Piper...................2  10@3 00
Sanguinarla.........................  50
Mentha Verld................. 1  so@2 00
Barosma...............................  50
Morrhuae, gal..................1 30@1 40
Cantharldes.........................  75
Myrcla, ounce............  @  50
Capsicum.............................   50
Olive ............................   8Q®3 GO
Ca damon.............................   75
Plcls Liquida, (gal. .35)  10®  12
Co........................   75
ßlclnl.........................  
88® 96
inn
Castor....... .................. 
Rosmarlnl............  
1  op
Catechu.............................. .5 0
Rosae, ounce............   6 50@8 50
Cinchona....................... 
Succlni.........................  40® 45
50
Sabina.........................  90@1 00
_  Co.........................  60
Santal  ....................... 2 50@7 00
Conlum...............................  50
Sassafras....................  50®  55
Cubeba....................................50
Slnapis, ess, ounce 
  ®  65
-
111 
Tigli
10  glgltalls...........................    50
“
®
Thjrme
50
50 
Gentian...............................  50
®1 60 
Iheobromas...............   15®
„   “.  Co............................  60
‘   20
Gualca................................   50
POTASSIUM.
ammon....................... 60
BiCarb.....................  
15®
Zingiber.............................  50
bichromate 
........... 
13®
Hyoscyamus.......................  50
Bromide.................... 
40®
Iodine..................................  75
Carb............................
“  Colorless..................  75
Chlorate  (po.'.7®19)._ 
ie@
Ferri Chlorldum...............  
35
Cyanide.....................   50®  „
K ino...................................  50
Iodide........................ 2 98®3 00
Lobelia............................. 
50
Potassa, Bitart,  pure..  23®  25 
Myrrh..................................  50
Pot&ssa, Bitart, com...  ®  15
Nnx  Vomica.......................  50
Potass Nitres, opt......  
8®  10
CpU ......................................  86
Potass NItras.............. 
7®  9
‘  Camphorated................  50
Prusslate — ..............  28®  30
“  Deodor.........................2 00
Sulphate  po....... ........  15®  18
Anranti Cortex....................  50
Quassia...............................  50
Khatany  .............................  50
Rhei....................................  50
Cassia  Acutlfol..................   50
_  “ 
Co..............  50
Serpentarla........................   50
Stramonium.........................  60
Tolntan...............................  60
Valerian.............................   50
VeratrumVerlde.................  50

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Aconltum..................   20®  25
Althae........................  22®  25
Anchusa....................  12®  15
Arum,  po....................  ®  25
Calamus......................  20®  40
Gentlana  (po. 12) ...... 
8®  10
Glychrrhiza, (py. 15)..  16®  18 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 35)..................   @ 30
Hellebore,  Ala,  po  ...  15®  20
Inula,  po....................  15®  20
Ipecac  po.................  1  30®)  40
Iris plox (po. 35®38)..  35®  40
Jalapa,  pr..................   40®  45
Maranta,  <48..............  @  35
Podophyllum, po........  15®  18
Bhel...........................   75@1  00
"  out  ....................  @1  75
py.......................  75@1  35
Splgella ....*...............   35®  38
Sanguinarla, (po  25)..
■  80 
Serpentari.................  30®
35 
Senega.......................  55®
60 
Similar, Officinalis.  H  ®
40 
M  @
25 
Scillae, (po. 85)...........  10®
12
8ymplocarpus,  Fcetl-
dus,  po....................  @ 35
Valeriana, Bng. (po.30)  ®  25
German...  15®  20
ingiber a ................. 
16®  20
18®  20
Zingiber  J...............  
BBXKN.
..  ©  15
Anlsum,  (po. 20). 
Aplum  (graveleons)..  14®  18
Bird, Is......................... 
4® 6
Canal, (po. 18)..............  10® 12
Cardamon..................1  00@1  25
Corlandrum.................  12® 14
Cannabis Satlya.........  4® 
5
Cydoninm.................   75Q1 00
Chenopodlnsi  ............   10® 12
Dlpterlx Odorate  ..... 2 40®2 60
Foenlcnlnm......  .........   © 15
Foenngreek,  po........ 
S®  8
L ini............................  3M@ 
Lini, grd.  (bbl. 3H)..  3u@ *
Lobelia.........................  35® 40
Pharlarls Canarian__ 
4®  5
Rapa...........................  4M©  5
Slnapis  Albu...........  70  8
‘  Nigra.........   11®  12
2 00®2 50 
.1 75®2 00 
.1  25®1  50 
Jnnlperis  Co. Ó. T.
.1  65®2 00 
.1  75©3 50
Saacharnm  N.  E .........1 75©2 00
Spt. Vlnl  Galli............1 75©6 50
Vlnl Oporto.................1 25@2 00
Vlnl  Alba................... 1 

SPIKITUB.
Frumenti, W.. D.  Co. 
D. F. R ....

25@2 00

“ 

spo n sx s.

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

1  40

M ISCELLANEOUS.

“ 

“ 

* 
" 

¿Rther, Spts  Nit, 3 F..  28®  30 
“  4 P ..  32®  34
Alnmen....................... 2)4® 8

11 
ground,  (po.
7)............................. 
a®  4
Annatto.......................   55® 60
4®
Antimoni, po.............. 
et Potass T.  56®  60
Antlpyrin..................   ©1 40
Antlfebrln..................  @  &
Argenti  Nitras, ounce  @  5
Arsenicum...................  
5®  1
Balm Gilead  Bud ....  38®  40
Bismuth  8.  N ............ I 60®1  70
Calcium Chlor, Is, (Us
12;  Mb,  14)........  ..
©  11
Cantharldes  Russian,
PO ....................................
®1  00 
Capsid  Fructus, af...
®  26 
®  28 
b po.
@  20 
Caryophyllus, (po.  15)  ___  _
10®  12
Carmine,  No. 40.........   ®S75
Cera  Alba, 8. A F ......   50®  56
Cera Flava.................  38®  40
Coccus  .....................   ®  40
Cassia Fructus...........  ©  25
Centraria....................  ®  10
Cetacenm...................  ©  40
Chloroform...............   60®
aqaibbs..  ©1 as
Chloral Hyd C nt........1 25®l  60
Chondral..................   20®  25
Clnohonldlne, P.  A W  15®  20
rf  . 
German 8M©  12
4
Corks,  dst,  dls.  per
cent  ......................
75 
Creasotnm 
....... 
©  35 
a
©
Creta, (bbl. 75)......  
®  2 
“  prep............  
5®
5®  5 
9®
“  predp.............  
0®  11 
"  Rubra...............   ©
©  8 
Crocus  .
35®  40 
Cudbear
©  24 
Cnpri Snlph...............   5
6 
Dextrine....................  10®
12 
Ether Snlph................  75®
90
Emery,  all  nambers..  ©
po..................   ©  6
Ergots,jpo.)  40.........   30®  35
Flake  white..............  12®  15
Galla..........................  
' ©   23
G am bler................. 7  © 8
Gelatin,  Cooper.........   ©  60
French...........  30®  50
Glassware  flint, by box 80.
Less than box 75.
Glne,  Brown..............  9®  15
is®  25
Glycerin«...................  14®  20
Grana Paradis!...........  ©  22
Hamulus....................  25®  56
Hydraag Chlor  Mite..  ©  75
~
©  65 
©  85 
©  96 
45®  55
H:
Sydrargyram 
............   ®  60
ich thy ¿bolla,
. Am..  ..1 26®1 50
Indigo........................   75@1 00
Iodine,  Resnbl...........3 80®3 90
Iodoform....................  ®4 70
Lnpnlln......................  @2 25
Lycopodium..............  60®  66
M ads.........................  70®  75
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
ararglod.................  ©  27
Llqnor Potass Arslnltls  10®  IS
Magnesia,  Snlph  (bbl
Mannla,  S. F .............    60®  61

“  Cor.... 
Ox Rnbram
Ammonlatl..
Ungnentnm.

1M)............................ 2HO 4

“  White............... 

11 
" 
“ 
“ 
. 

“ 

Absinthium.................... 2 50®3 00
Amygdalae, DulC____  30®  50
Amyaalae, Amarae__8 00®8 25
Anlsl...............................2 65®2 80
Aurantl  Cortex.......... 1  80®2 00
Bergamll  ...................3 00®3 20
Cajlputl....................  60®  65
Caryophylll................  75®  80
Cedar.........................  35®  65
Chencpodli...................  ®1 
ClnnamoBil.....................1 60®1 76
Cltronella..................   ®  45
Conlum  Mao..............  36®  65
go
opaiba.................... 

SYRUPS.

Accacla...............................  50
Zingiber  .............................  50
Ipecac..................................  60
Ferri Iod.............................   50
Anranti  Cortes....................  50
Rhel  Aram..........................  50
Slmllax  Officinalis..............  60
....  50
“ 
60
Senega................................   50
Sclllse..................................  50
"  Co.............................   50
Tomtan...............................  50
Pranas  rlrg.........................  50

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16

T TTTO  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

GROCERY  PR IC E  CU RREN T.

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

CATSUP.

“ 

Blue Label Brand.
.2 75
Half  pint, 25 bottles. . . .
4 50
.........
Pint 
Quart 1 doz bottles
.3  50
Triumph Brand.
Half pint, per  doz.......... ..1  35
Pint, 25 bottles................. .  4  50
Quart, per  d o z ...............
3 75
CLOTHES  PINS.

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

COCOA  SHELLS.

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

@31*

6*@7

Green.
Rio.

Santos.

Fair......................................18
Good....................................19
Prime.................................. 21
Golden.................................21
Peaberry.............................23
Fair..................................... 19
Good......... ......................... 80
Prime..................................22
Peaberry  ............................ 23
Mexican and Guatamala.
Fair..................................... 21
Good....................................22
Fancy.................................. 24
Prime.................................. 23
Milled.................................24
Interior............................... 25
Private Growth...................27
Mandehling........................28
Imitation.............................25
Arabian............................... 28

Maracaibo.

Mocha.

Java.

Roasted.

To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add *c. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink­
age.
McLaughlin’s  XXXX..  £1  30
Bnnola  ........................  20 80
Lion. 60 or 100 lb.  case__  21  30

Package. 

Extract.

Valley City 14 gross...........  75
.. 
Pel lx 
.  1  15
Hummel's, foil, gross.......  1 85
“ 
.......   2 85

“ 

“ 

tin 
CHICORV.

Bulk. 
Red  .

..  5 
..  7

CLOTHES  LINES.

Cotton.  40 ft. 
60ft.
60 ft.
70 ft.
80 ft.
60 ft.
72 ft'

•’ 
'* 
■' 
“ 
Jute 
“ 

.perdos.  1 26
1  60

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

1 40
1 75
1 90
8b 
1  00

CREDIT CHEOK8.

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

“ 

“ 

4  doz. in case.

N.Y.Cond’ns’d Milk Co’s brands
Gall Borden Eagle............   7 40
Crown..................................6 25
Daisy....................................5 75
Champion..........................  4  50
Magnolia  ..........................  4 25
Dime....................................3 35

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

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

BAKING  POWDER. 

Queen Flake.
oz cans 6 doz  “ 

Acme.
¡4 id.  sans. 3 doz—  
45
Vt'b. 
“  ................  75
1  “  .................1 eo
1lb.  • 
Bulk...................................   W
Arctic.
55
u  ]b cans 6 doz  case..  —  
it 
lb “  4 doz  “ 
...........  1  10
1 
........... 2 00
lb “  2 doz  “ 
5  lb  “  1 do*  “ 
...........9 00
3 
......   2
6  oz  “  4 doz  “ 
........... 3
9  oz  “  4doz  “ 
.........   4 80
........... 4 00
1 
lb “  2 doz  “ 
lb “  1 doz  “ 
5 
...........  9 00
Red Star, % #> cans..........  
40
% B>  “ 
“ 
........... 
75
............  1  40
» 
1 1b  “ 
Teller’s,  Q, lb. cans, do*. 
45
“  ••  «
>4 lb.  “ 
» 
lib .  * 
‘ ..  1 50
« 
45
>4 lb  cans........  75
1 lb cans...........1  50

Our Leader, 54 .b cans......  

“ 

BATH  BRICK.
2 

dozen In case.

BLUING. 

English...............................  90
Bristol..................................  30
Domestic.............................   70
Gross
Arctic, 4 os  ovals...............  3 60
“ 
“  pints,  round............ 9 00
“  No. 2, sifting box...  2 75 
“  No. 3, 
...  4 00
“  No. 5, 
...8  00
i oz ball  ...................4 50
“ 
Mexican Liquid, 4 oz........8 60
“ 
8 oz...........6 80

8oz 

“ 
“ 

“ 

 

“ 
BROOMS.

............................2 00

AO. 2 Hurl.......................  
1 90
No. 1  “ 
No. 2 Carpet.............................2 15
No. 1 
“ 
Parlor Gem...............................2 50
Common Whisk................. 
Fancy 
Warehouse...............................2 85

85
.................  100

* 

 

“ 
« 

BRUSHES.
Stove, No.  1.......................  1 25
10.....................  1 50
16............. .......1  75
Rice Root Scrub, 2  row—   85
Rice Root Scrub, 3 row—   1  25 
Palmetto, goose..................  1 50

“ 
“ 

CANDLES.

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

“ 

Fish.
Clams.

« 

“ 

Little Neck,  lib ......... ...... 1  20
“  2 lb......... ......1  90
Clam Chowder.
Standard, 3 lb.............. ...... 2 25
Cove Oysters.
....  75
Standard,  1 lb............
21b............
....1  35
Lobsters.
Star,  1  lb....................
....2 45
“  2  lb....................
...8  50
Picnic, lib ...................
....2 00
81b...................
...2  90
Mackerel.
....I  10
Standard, lib ..............
2  lb ............
....2 10
....2 25
Mustard,  2 lb ..............
Tomato dance,  2 lb__ --- 2 25
Soused. 2 lb..............
. 
.2 25
Salmon.
Columbia River, flat...
...1  75
....1 50
tails...
“ 
....1  30
Alaska, Red.................
pink  ...............
....1 20
Kinney’s,  flats............
....1  75
Sardines.
American  541.............. ■ 4*©  5
As.............. -6*© 7
Imported  54s................
..  ©10
.. 15@i6
Hs...............
Mnstard  541.................
..  6©7
Boneless.......................
22

“ 
“ 

“ 

tSroox  1, lb.................

Trout
Fruits.
Apples.
3 lb. standard
York State, gallons  ..
....
flambargli,  11 

2 50

90
2 50

Apricots.

Gages.

Live oak..............  . . .  
1 40
Santa Crus................. 
1  40
1  50
Lusk’s......................... 
Overland..................  
1  40
Blackberries.
F. A  W....................... 
85
Cherries.
Red.............................   @1 20
Pitted Hamburgh......
White......................... 
1 40
Erie............................ 
1  15
Damsons, Egg Plums and Green 
Erie............................ 
1  35
1  25
California................... 
Gooseberries.
1  25
Common.................... 
Pie............................ 
1  10
Maxwell.................... 
1  50
Shepard’s ..................  
1 50
California..................   160@i  75
Monitor 
..................
Oxford.......................
Domestic.................... 
1  25
Riverside.................... 
1 75
Pineapples.
Common.....................1  00® 1  30
Johnson’s  sliced........ 
2 50
2 75
grated........ 
Booth’s sliced............  @2 51

Peaches.

Pears.

grated...........  @2

“ 
“ 

Beans.

Quinces.
Common.................... 
1  10
Raspberries.
95
Red  ............................ 
Black  Hamburg.........  
1 40
Erie, black  ............... 
1  so
Strawberries.
l  25
Lawrence..................  
I  25
Hamburgh................. 
1  20
Erie............................ 
Terrapin....................... 
1  05
Whortleberries.
85
Blaeberries...........  _ 
6 75
Corned  beef  Libby’s..........2 20
Roast beef  Armour’s..........2 35
Potted  ham, % lb.....................l 25
“  14 lb.................  70
tongue, 14 lb.............1 35
14 lb...........  75
chicken, 14 lb.........  95

Meats.

“ 
Vegetables.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Peas.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Corn.

“ 
“ 
2 50
“ 

Hamburgh  stringless...___1 15
French style.......2 00
Limas................. 1 «5
Lima, green 
......................i 15
soaked...........  70
Lewis Boston Baked........... 1 25
Bay State  Baked......................1 25
World’s Fair  Baked........... 1  25
Picnic Baked.......................  95
Hamburgh............................... 1 25
Livingston  Eden.....................1 10
Purity...................................... 1 00
Honey  Dew..............................i 35
Morning Glory..................
Soaked...............................  75
Hamburgh marrofat...........1  30
early June  .  ...1  50
Champion Eng.. 1  40
petit  pols........... !  40
fancy  sifted.... 1  65
Soaked.................................  gs
Harris standard...................  75
VanCamp’s  marrofat..........1  10
ear£ June.......l  30
Archer's  Early Blossom.... 1  %
French..................................... 2 15
Mushrooms.
French......................  
19©2l
Pumpkin.
Brie........................................ 80
Squash.
Hubbard..............................1 15
Succotash.
Hamburg................  
1 sj
Soaked — .......... 
30
Honey  Dew.............................. 1 40
Brie......................................  85
Hancock.............................   go
Excelsior 
gj
Eclipse  .  ..................... 
go
Hamburg  —.............................1 25
Gallon...............................3  00

Tomatoes.
 

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CHOCOLATE.

Baker’s.

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

23
37
43

u *
1 1 *
1114
11*

CHEESE.
Amboy.......................
Acme..........................
Lenawee....................
Riverside..................
Gold  Medal  ..............
Skim..........................
Brick..........................
Edam..........................
Leiden.......................
Llmburger  ................
Pineapple...................
Roquefort.■— ■ .........
Sap Sago....................
Schweitzer,  mperted. 
domestic  ....

“ 

8©9
11
1  00 
20 
015 
©24 
086 
© 20 
©24 
©14

_
rf _~  '   *  r

Peerless evaporated cream. 6 75

36  1-lb cartoons.............  6
25 lb. boxes, b alk...........  0
ôO.lb^boxes. bulk...........  4%
I  lb.  cartoons...............n

C Sultana: Raisins.

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

CRACKERS.

Butter.

SeymonrXXX....................... 5
Seymour XXX, cartoon......514
Family  XXX.....................   5
Family XXX,  cartoon........  514
Salted XXX...........................5
Salted XXX,  cartoon  ........  514
Kenosha  .  ..........................   714
Boston..................................  7
Butter  biscuit....................  6
Soda, XXX.........................  514
Soda, City............................  714
Soda,  Duchess......................814
Crystal Wafer........... 
1014
Long  Island Wafers 
S. Oyster  XXX....................  514
City Oyster. XXX...................514
Farina  Oyster.................... 6

........ 11

Oyster.

Soda.

CREAM  TARTAR.

Strictly  pure......................  80
Telfers Absolute..............   30
Grocers’............................ 15©25

 

DRIED  FRUITS. 

Domestic.

Apples.

 

Peaches.

Apricots.

Sundried......................... 
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes 
California la  bags........ 
Evaporated In boxes.  .. 
Blackberries.
Inboxes.................. 
Nectarines.
701b. bags.......................
251b. boxes....  .............  
Peeled, In  boxes........... 
........... 
Cal. evap.  “ 
“ 
in bags  ......  
California In bags...... 
Pitted Cherries.
Barrels..........................
50 lb. boxes...................
25 “ 
................. .
Prnnelles.
301b.  boxes...................
Raspberries.
In barrels...................... 
501b. boxes.................... 
25 lb.  “ 
...................... 
R al gins.

Pears.

“ 

“ 

6
8
814
9
7*

9
10
10
814
654

20
2014
2014

 

Loose  Muscatels In Boxes.

2 crown.............................   314
8 
IQ
♦ 
 
2  crown................................ 3^4
8 
454

“ 
“ 
Loose Muscatels In Bags.
“ 

 

 

 

 
F o r e ig n .
Currants.

Patras,  bbls.......................... 3
Vostizzas, 56 lb.  cases.......   3*

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

“  “ 
“ 

Peel.
“ 
25 
“ 
25  “ 
Raisins.

itndura. 29 lb. boxes..  ©  S
“ 
sultans, 20 
© 7*
Valencia. 30  “

California,  100-120..............  514

Prunes.
90x100 25 Ib.bxs.  6
80x90 
7
71X80 
60x70 
.  714

“ .614
“ 
“ 
Turkey  .......................
Silver ... :..................

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

KNVELOPES.
XX rag, whlte.

No. 1. 614..........................  *1  35
No. 2. 614............ 
1  10
No. 1.6.............................  1  2b
4 50
No. 2, 6.............................   1  00

 

 

Manllla, whlte.

614  ...................................  
6........................................  

Coin.

Mlll  No. 4......................... 
FARINACEOUS  GOOD8.

75
70

90

214

115 lb. kegs.

Farina.
Gnts.

Hominy.

Walsh DeRoo  &  Co.’s ......  2 10
Barrels.................................300
G rits..................................   314
Dried............................   5@5!4

Lima  Beans.

Maccaronl and Vermicelli.
Domestic, 12 lb. box__  
Imported.................... 1014©11

55

Pearl Barley.

Begs.......................—. . . . .   8
Green,  bn........................   1  05
Split  per l b .................  
2ti

Peas.

Rolled  Oats.

“ 

Schumacher, bbl.....................15 00
*4 bbl............ 2 62
Monarch,  bbl 
.................  4  5
Monarch, 14  bbl..................2 38
Quaker,  cases...................  3 20

Sago.

German.............................   3
East India..........................   314

Cracked..............................  3

Wheat.

FISH—Salt.

Bloaters.

Cod.

Varmonth..........................
Georges cured.................  414
Georges genuine............ 7
Georges selected............   714
Boneless,  bricks.............. 644
Boneless, strips..............@9

Halibut.

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

11©12

Herring.
“ 
“ 

“ 

75 
Holland, white hoops keg 
bbl  9 00
Norwegian.......................
Round, 14 bbl 100 lbs........  2 6*
14  “  40  “  ........  1  35
Scaled........................ 
16

“ 

5

 

Mackerel.

No. 1,  100 lbs...........................11 50
No. 1,40 lbs............................  4 70
No. 1,  10 lbs.......................  1  25 I
No. 2, 100  lbs......................  8 50 |
No. 2, 40 lbs.......................   3 70 !
No. 2,10 lbs............................  1 00
Family, 90 lbs....................
10 lbB .................

“ 

Sardines.
Trout.

Russian,  kegs....................   55
No. 1, 14 bbls., 1001 bs............4 00
No.  1 >4 bbl, 40  lbs................... 1 9G
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs..............  
55
No  1, 8 lb  kits................. 
47

Whlteflsh.

No. 1  family
>4  “  40  “  ------
.  3  10  1 50
101b.  kits..............
..  85 
45
8 lb.  “ 
...............
. 
39
71 
MATCHES.

Globe Match Co.’s Brands.

Colombia Parlor.  ..
........*1  25
XXX Sulphur......... ........................  1  n o
Diamond  Match  Co.’s  Brands.
No. 9 sniphnr......... ............................1  65
Anchor parlor......... ...........1 70
No. 2 home.............. ...........1  10
Export parlor........ ...........4 00 1

FLAVORING  EXTRACT8. 
Oval Bottle, with corkscrew. 
Best In the world for the money.

S o n d e r s ’.

Regular
Grade
Lemon.

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

Regular
Vanilla.

doz
I 2 oz  — II  2u 
I 4 oz......2 40
XX Grade 
Lemon.
2 oz.......II  50
4 oz......  3 00
XX Grade 
Vanilla.
2 oz.......II  75
4 oz........3 50

“ 
“ 

Jennings.
Lemon. Vanilla 
2 01 regular panel.  75 
1 20
2 00
4 oz 
...1  50 
3 00
6oz 
...2 00 
No. 3  taper....1  35 
2  00
No. 4  taper....150 
2  50
Lemon.  Vanilla.
1  10
1  75
1 20
2 25

N o r t h r o p ’«
2 oz  oval taper  75 
“  1 20 
3 oz 
2 oz regular  “
85 
4 oz 
“  1 60 

“ 
“ 
GUNPOWDER.
Rifle—Dupont’s.

HERBS.

Choke Bore—Dupont’s

Eagle Duck—:Dupont’s.

Kegs..................................... 3 25
Half  kegs  ...........................1  90
Quarter  kegs....................... 1 10
1 lb  cans.............................   30
54 lb  cans............................  18
Kegs......................................4 25
Half  kegs............................. 2 40
Quarter kegs.........................1 35
1 lb cans.............................   34
Kegs  ..................................11  00
Half  k eg s............................5 75
Quarter kegs.........................3 00
1  lb cans............................  60
Sage..................................... 15
Hops.................................... 15
Madras, 5 lb. boxes  ........ 
55
8. F., 2,3 and 51b. boxes.. 
50
JELLY.
15  lb. palls  ...............   @  38
“ 
17  “ 
................  ©  42
30  “  “ 
................  @  65
LICORICE.
Pure.....................................   30
Calabria...............................   25
Sicily.................................... 
lg
Root.....................................  10
LYE.
Condensed, 2 dot................ 1 20
4 doz................225

INDIOO.

“ 
MINCE=M EAT.

Mince meat, 3 doz. In case.  2 7
Pie Prep. 3 doz.  In case_3 06

MEASURES.
Tin, per dozen.

1  gallon...........................   11  75
Half  gallon.......................   1 40
Q uait............................... 
70
P int..................................  
45
Half  p in t....................... 
40
Wooden, for vinegar, per doz.
1 gallon..............................  7 00
Half gallon........................  4 75
Q nart...............................  3 75
Pint 

................................  2

MOLASSES.
Blackstrap.
Sugar house............... 
 
Cuba Baking.
Ordinary..........................  
Porto Kit j.
Prime...............................  
Fancy. 
.  .......... 
Fair  ................................. 
Good  ...............................  
Extra good........................ 
Choice 
........................... 
Fancy 
Half -barrels 3c.extra

N»w Orleans.

14
16
20
go
18
22
27
38
40

T O S M I O H I G A K

1 7

SICKLES.
Medium.

Barrels, 1,200 count...  @5 00
Half bbla, 600  count..  @3 to
6 00
Barrel!, 2,400 count. 
Half bbla, 1,200 oount 
3 90

Small.

PIPES.

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

POTASH.

48 cana In cage.

“ 
“ 

Babbitt’! ...........................  4 00
Penna Salt  Co.’a...............  8 00

BICE.
Domestic.
Carolina head......................6
No. 1..................... 5ft
No. 2....................5
Broken.............. ................   4
Imported.
Japan, No. 1............  ...........5)6
No. 2..................... 5
Java.......................... . 
5
Patna..................................   4)4

“ 

SPICES.

Whole Sifted.

“ 

" 
“ 

“ 
“ 
Pure Ground In Bnlk.

Allspice...............................  6)4
Cassia, China In mats........  9)4
“  Batavia In bund — 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
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
Mnstard,  Eng. and Trieste. .22
“  Trieste................... 25
Nutmegs, No. 2 ...................75
Pepper, Singapore, black — 16
“  white..... 24
“ 
“  Cayenne................. 20
20
"Absolute” In Packages.

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

Ms  Ms
Allspice......................  84  155
Cinnamon..................   84  1  55
Cloves.........................  84  155
Ginger,  Jam aica......   84  1 55
“  African...........  84  1  55
Mnstard......................  84  1  55
Pepper.......................   84  156
Sage............ 

.............  84

SAX SODA.

“ 

SEEDS.

Granulated,  bbls................   1)4
751b  cases........  lft
.......................1  15
Lump, bbls 
1451b. kegs............... 1)4
A nise.........................  @15
Canary, Smyrna........  
4)4
Caraway.................... 
8
Cardamon, Malabar... 
90
Hemp,  Russian.........  
4
Mixed  Bird................ 
5@6
Mustard,  white  ........ 
10
Poppy......................... 
9
Rape.......................... 
5
Cuttle  bone................ 
30
8TARCH.

Corn.

“ 

Gloss.

20-1 d  boxes..........................   6
40-lb 
...................   5*
1-lb packages.......................  5ft
3-lb 
...................   5M
6-lb 
................... 6)4
40 and 50 lb. boxes..............  3)4
Barrels.................................  3)4

“ 
“ 

SNUFF.

Scotch, In  bladders............37
Maccaboy, in Jars...............35
French Rappee, In Jars......48
Boxes.................................. 5)i
Kegs, English......................434

SODA,

SALT.

Diamond Crystal.

 

 

 

 
 

“ 

 
 

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

Cases, 243  lb  boxes........$  1  60
Barrels, 320  lbs...............   2 50
115 2)4 lb bags....  4 00
“ 
....  3 75
10 5 
lb  “ 
-“ 
“ 
....  3 50
3010  lb  “ 
6)
“  20141b bags.............  3 50
“  280 lb  bbls...........  2  50
“  224 1b 
2 25
Worcester.
115 214-lb sacks..............  ..{4(0
“ 
60 5-lb 
3 75
3010-lb  “ 
3  50
22  14 lb.3 “ 
3 30
3201b. bbl...........................  2 P0
8 lb  sacks.........................32)4
linen acks...............   60
Common Grades.
100 3-lb. sacks......................12 10
60 5-lb.  “ 
1  90
28 10-lb. sacks....................  1 75
56 lb. dairy in drill  bags...  30
281b.  “ 
16
56 lb. dairy in linen sackB..  75
56 lb. dairy In linen  sacks.  75 
56 lb.  sacks.......................   22
Saginaw..........................  
90
90
........................ 
Manistee 

Ashton.
Higgins.
Soiar Rock.
Common Fine.

.. 

R 

“ 

 

 

8ALERATUS.

Packed 60 lbs. In box.

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

SEELY’S  EXTRACTS. 

Lemon.
1 oz. F. M. $  90 doz.  810 20 gro
2  “  N. 8.  1  20  “ 
12 60  “
2  “  F..M.  1  40  “ 
14 40  “
Vanilla.
1 oz. F. M.  1  50 doz. 
2  “  N  S.  2 00  “ 
2  “  F. M. 2 50  “ 
Lemon.
Vanilla.

16 20 gro
21  60j “
25 50
Rococo—Second  Grade. 
2 oz..............75 doz...... 8.00J “

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

80AP.
Laundry.

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.

Old Country,  80  1-lb...........3 20
Good Cheer, 601 lb...................3 90
White Borax, 100  36-lb............ 3 65

Proctor A Gamble.

“ 

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

Dingman Brands.

“ 

“ 

Single box...........................3  95
5 box lots, delivered......... 3 85
10 box lots, delivered........  3 75
Jas. S. Kirk A Co.’s Brands. 
American  Family, wrpd..{3 33 
plain...  8 27
N. K.  Fairbank A Co.’s Brands.
Santa Claus.......................  3 93
Brjwn, 60 bars.................... 2  10
80  b a rs...................3  10

“ 
Lautz Bros. A Co.’s Brands.

Acme...................................3 65
Cotton Oil............................6 00
Marseilles............................4  00
Master  ................................ 4 00
Thompson A Chute Co.’s Brands

Silver................................  3 65
Mono................................3  30
SavonJTmproved................ 2 50
Sunflower..........................2 80
Golden  ............................. 3  25
Economical  ......................  2 25

'PassoltXAtlas^Brand.

Single  box  .......................3  65
5 box  lots...,....................  3 60
10 box lots..........................3  50
25 box .lots.del....................3 40

“ 

SUGAR.

Scouring.
Sapollo, kitchen, 3  doz...  2 40
hand, 3 doz...........2 40
Below  are  given  New  York 
prices on sugars,.to  which  the 
wholesale  dealer  adds  the  lo­
cal freight  from  New  York  to 
your  shipping  point,  giving 
you  credit  on  the  invoice  for 
the  amount;  of  freight  buyer 
pays from the market  in which 
he  purchases  to  his  shipping 
point, including 20. pounds  for 
the weight of the barrel.
Domino.................................. 84 75
Cut  Loaf............................. 4  75
Cubes  ...............................4 87
Powdered  ........................ 4 37
XXXX  Powdered..................   4 02
Granulated 
...................3 94
Fine Granulated...............   3 9|
Extra Fine Granulated...  4 16
Mould  A  ..........................4 37
Diamond Confec.  A......... 4 00
Confec. Standard  A......... 3  94
No.  1  ..............................  3 81
No.  2 ................................3 81
No.  3.................................  3 Si
No.  4..........................   ...  3 81
No.  5.................................  3 75
No.  6................................ 3 69
No.  7.................................3 62
No.  8................................ 3 56
No.  9............... ................3 to
No.  10................................  8 44
No.  11................................ 3 37
No.  12...............................  3 31
No.  13................................ 3 is
No.  14............................. 
3  12

SYRUPS.

Corn.

Barrels...............................  )9
Half bbls.............................20

Pure Cane.

F air.....................................  18
Good...................................   25
Choice..................................  28

TABLE  SAUCES.
“ 

Lea A Perrin’s, large........4 75
small.......   2 75
Halford, large.................... 3 75
“ 
small.................... 2 85
Salad Dressing, large  .  ...  4  56 
2 65
* 
-  “ 

small  .. 

TEAS.

Japan—Regular.

SU N  CU RED .

BA SK ET  FIR E D .

F air............................  @17
Good..........................   @20
Choice.......................... 24  @26
Choicest.......................32  @34
Dust........... 
............ 10  @12
F air...........................   @17
Good..........................  @20
Choice.......................... 24 @2e
Choicest....................... 32 @34
Dust............................. 10 @12
F air........................... 18  @20
Choice.............  .........   @25
Choicest.....................   @35
Extra choice, wire leaf  @40
Common to fall............25 @35
Extra fine to finest___ 50 @65
Choicest fancy............. 75 @85
@26
Common to fair............23 @30
Common to  fair............23 @26
Superior to fine............. 30 @35
Common to fair............18 @26
Superior to  fine............30 @40

rOtTNO H TSO N .

GUNPO W D ER.

oolong. 

IM PE R IA L .

EN G LISH   BR EA K FA ST.

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

TOBACCOS.

Fine Cut.

 

P. Lorlllard.A Co.’s.Brands.
Sweet Russet.'...............30 @32
30
Tiger..........................  
D. Scotten A Co’s Brands.
Hiawatha..................  
60
Cuba................... 
32
Rocket.......................  
30
Spaulding A Merrick’s  Brands.
Sterling...................... 
30
Private Brands.
Bazoo.........................  @30
Can  Can......................  @27
Nellie Bly.....................24 @25
Uncle Ben......................24 @25
McGinty....................  
27
25
ft bbls.......... 
Columbia.....................  
Columbia,  drums  ........ 
Bang  Up....................... 
Bang up,  drums 
........ 
Plug.

24
23
21
19

“ 

Sorg’s Brands.
Spearhead................. 
39
27
Joker......................... 
40
Nobby Twist................. 
Scotten’s Brands.
Kylo...........................  
25
Hiawatha...................  
38
34
Valley City................ 
Flnzer’s Brands.
Old  Honesty.............. 
40
Jolly Tar.................... 
32
Climax (8 oz., 41c)__  
39
30
Green Turtle.............. 
27
Three  Black Crows... 
Something Good...... . 
38
24
Out of  Sight.............. 
Wilson .«.McCaulay’s Brands.
Gold  Rope................. 
43
Happy Thought.........  
37
32
Messmate................... 
No Tax....................... 
31
Let  Go....................... 
27

J. G. Butler’s Brands.

Lorlllard’s Brands.

Smoking.

Catlin’s  Brands.

Kiln  dried........................17@18
Golden  Shower...................19
Huntress  ........................... 26
Meerschaum 
.............. 29@30
American Eagle Co.’s Brands.
Myrtle  Navy....................... 40
Stork.................................   30
German............................... 15
Frog....................................32
Java, Ms foil.......................32
Banner Tobacco Co.'s Brands.
Banner.................................16
Banner Cavendish.............. 36
Gold Cut 
...........................30

Scotten’s Brands.

Warpath..............................14
Honey  Dew......................... 26
Gold  Block......................... 30
F. F. Adams Tobacco Co,’s 
Peerless............................... 26
Old  Tom..............................18
Standard..............................22
Globe Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
Handmade...........................40

Brands.

Leidersdorfs Brands.

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

Spaulding A Merrick.

Tom and Jerry.....................25
Traveler  Cavendish........... 38
Back Horn.......................... 3u
Plow  Boy..................... 30@32
Corn  Cake...........................16

VINEGAR.

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

H for barrel.

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

YEAST.

Magic....................................1 00
Warner’s  ............................ 1  00
Veast Foam  ........................1 00
Diamond.............................   75
Royal...... 
90

WOODEN WARE.

 

13  “ 
15  “  ......  
17  “ 
19  “ 
21  “ 

Tubs, No. 1........................   5 75
“  No. 2.........................  4  75
“  No. 3...........................4 00
1 25
Palls, No. 1, two-hoop.. 
“  No. 1,  three-hoop—   1  35
Bowls, 11 Inch....................
“ 
.................... 
90
“ 
1  25
....................  1  80
“ 
M 
2 40
 
..................
HIDES  PELTS  and  FURS 
Perkins  A  Hess  pay  as  fol­
lows:
FtJRS.
Mink.................  30  @  1  00
Coon  ...............  
80
30  @ 
75  @  1  10
Skunk...............  
Rat,  winter......   08  @ 
11
Rat, fall..............  
03 @  C8
Red  Fox__ ....  1  CO @  1  40
Gray Fox.,........ 
40  @  6)
Cross Fox.........   3 00  @ 5 00
Badger................   50 @  1 00
Cat, w ild ........ 
50  @  75
Cat,  house........ 
10  @  25
Fisher................   5 00 @ 600
Lynx....................  1 00 @ 2 50
Martin, dark__   2 00 @ 3 00
Martin, pale, yel  1  00  @  1  50
Otter....................  5 00 @ 8 0)
Wolf...  ...........   1 00  @  2 00
Beaver.................  3 00 @ 7 00
Bear..................... 15 00 @25 00
Opossum........... 
10  @  25
Deer Skin, dry.. 
10  @  25
Deer Skin, gTeen 
05  @  12)4
Green........................   2ft@3ft
Part Cored.................  @4)4
Fall  “ 
.................   @ 5)4
Dry..............................  5 @ 6
Kips,green  ................   3 @ 4
“  cured.................  @6
Calfskins,  green.......   5  @6
cured........6  @ 8
Deacon skins............... 10 @25

HIDES.

“  - 

No. 2 hides ft off.
FELTS.

WOOL.

WHEAT.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Shearlings.....................5 @  20
Lambs 
......................25  @  50
W ashed......................12 @15
Unwashed...................8  @12
Tallow.......................  3)4@  4)4
Grease butter  ............  1 @2
Switches..................   1)4@ 2
Ginseng..................... 3 0Q@3 25
GRAINS and FEEDSTUVF6
52
No. 1 White (58 lb. test) 
5i
No. 2 Red (60 lb. test) 
Bolted............................. 
1  40
Granulated................  
1 65
FLOUR  IN  SACKS.
•Patents............................  1  95
•Standards.......................   1  45
Bakers’............................  1  .5
•Graham..........................   130
Rye.........  .......................   1 40
•Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count
Flour in bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.

MEAL.

M1LLSTUFFS. Less

Car lots  quantity
»15 00
13 00
17 00
24 00
23 00

Bran...............»14 50 
Screenings__  12 00 
Middlings......  16 00 
Mixed Feed...  23 00 
Coarse meal  ..  22 00 
Car  lots............................... 44
Less than  car lots.............. 43
Car  lots  ............................. 34
Less than car lots  ............   35
No. 1 Timothy, car lots__  9  50
No. 1 
“ ton lots  .............1100

CORN.

OATS.

HAT.

FISH  AND  OYSTERS.

Whiteflsh 
.................
@10
Trout  ......................... @  9
Black Bass.................
12ft
Halibut.......................
@15
Ciscoes or Herring__
@  6
Blueflsh.....................
@10
Fresh lobster, per lb ..
20
Cod.............................
10
No. 1 Pickerel............
@10
Pike...........................
@9
Smoked White..........
@  8
Red  Snappers............
15
Columbia  River  Sal-
m on........................
12ft
Mackerel....................
OYSTERS.

18@25
F. J. Dettenthaler’s Brands.
Fairnaven  Counts — @33
F. J. D.  Selects.........
28
Selects.......................
@25
F. J. D., Standards,...
23
Standards..................
18
Favorite....................
15
New  York  Counts....... ........32
Extra  selects............... ....... 28
■Selects
.........25
I X L Standards............ ...... 20
Standards.....................
...... 18
Mediums...................... ...........15
OTSTERS—Bulk.
Counts.......................
2  20
Extra Selects..per gal.
1  65
Selects .......................
1  40
Anchor Standards__
1  10
IX  L Standards.........
1  10
standards..................
1  00
Scallops— ......   ......
1  50
Shrimps  ....................
1  25
Clams............... ........
1  2 j
SH E L L   GOOD«
Oysters, per  !•> 
......i 25@1  50
Clams.
75@1  70

Oscar Allyn’s Brands.

CROCKERY  AND  GLASSWARE

LAMP BURNERS.

No. 0 Sun.........................................................  <0
NO. 1  “  .........................................................  45
No. 2  “  .........................................................  65
Tubular.................................  
go
Security.  No.  1..............................................   60
Security,  No.  2...............................................  86
Nutmeg.......................................» .................  go
Arctic.............................................................. 1  25

 

 

LAMP CHIMNETS.—8 dOS. In bOX.

„ „ 

Per box.
No. 0 Sun — .................................................  i 75
JJo. 1  “  .........................................................i  88

No. 0 Sun, crimp top, wrapped and labeled.. .2 10
No. 1  “ 
No. 2  “ 
...3 25

..........................2 25
‘ 

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

First quality.
“ 
“ 
XXX Flint

“ 

•« 

“ 

“ 

“ 
Pearl top.
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

No. 0 Sun, crimp  top, wrapped and labeled.  2 60
No. 2  “ 
...3 80
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled....................3 70
“ 
No. 2  “ 
...................4 70
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
....................488
Fire Proof—Plain Top.
No. 1, Sun,  plain  bulb...................................3 40
...................................4 40
No. 2,  “ 
“ 
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz.............. 
l  2S
No. 2  “ 
.................."  .1 go
No. 1 crimp, per doz....................................... i  35
No. 2
.1  60
„  
Rochester.
No. 1, ime (65c doz)................. 
•>  4n
No. 2, lime (-0c doz)................  *  .................•>
No. 2, flint (80c doz)..................... 4 30
„  
No.2, lime (70c doz).................... 
a  1
No.  2 flint (80c doz)....................V.IIV..Ü...4  40

“ 
La Bastle.

Electric.

“ 

“ 

“ 

Miscellaneous.

Doz.
Ju n io r, R o c h e ste r.................................. .......  _ 
50
N u tm eg .........................................................................j 5
Illum inator Bases....................................... 1  00
Barrel lo ts,5 doz  .......................................................go
7 in. Porcelain Shades.............................1  00
Case lots,  12 doz.......................................................... 90

.

Mammoth Chim neys for Store  Lamps.

OIL  CANS.

Box
Doz. 
No.  3  Rochester,  li m e ......... 1 5 ) 
4  20
4  go
No.  3  Rochester, flint. 
.  ..1   75 
5  25
No.  3  Pearl top or Jew el gl’s .l  85 
5  10
No.  2  Globe Incandes.  lime.. .1  75 
5  85
No.  2  Globe Incandes. f li n t..2 00 
No.  2  Pearl glass....................... 2  10 
6  00
Doz.
.
1  gal  tin cans w ith spout..................  .......... 
1  go
1  gal  galv iron, w ith spout...............................2 00
2  gal  galv iron w ith spout  ................................     05
3  gal  galv iron w ith spout...............................   4 50
5 gal  M cNutt, w ith spout.................................6  00
5  gal  E ureka, w ith spout................................. 6  CO
5  gal  E ureka w ith fa u c e t...................... 1___'  7  00
5  gal  galv iron  A  A W   ....................................  7  50
5  gal  T ilting  Cans,  M onarch.................. 
10  00
5  gal  galv iron N acefas.....  

..................9 53

. _ 

.

.

 

Pum p Cans.

3  gal  Home R ule...................................................     go
5  gal  Home R ule....................................... .".!!!! 12 00
3  gal  G oodenough.................................... I.'. . '. .12 00
5  gal  Goodenough  ..................................  
13  50
5  gal  P irate  K ing  ......................................10 50

LANTERN  GLOBES.

“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

No. 0,  T ubular, cases 1 doz.  each....................   45
No. 0, 
......................  45
2  “ 
No. 0, 
bbls 5  “ 
40
No. 0, 
bull’s eye, cases 1 doz each! 1  00
No. 0,  per  gross.........................................  
N0. 1, 

20
................................................ ::::  28

LAMP WICKS.

“ 
“ 

;; 

Mammoth, per d oz................................................   75

JELLY  TUMBLERS—Tin Top. 

64
24  “  “  bbJ,  "  doz  (bbl  35)..........  23
“  “ b o x ,“   box  (box 00) . . . .   180
6 
18  “  “  bbl,  “  doz  (bbl 35)...........  26

ft Pints,  6 doz in box, per box  (box 00)... 
ft 
ft  “ 
ft  “ 
STONEWARE—AKRON.
B utter Crocks,  1 to 6 g a l..................................  06
ft gal. per d oz.........................   60
Jugs, ft gal., per doz.........................................  70
¿7
Milk Pans, ft gal., per  do*..............................   eo
.............................  72

“ 
“  1 to 4 gal., per g a l.................................... 
“ 

1  “ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

STONEWARE—BLACK GLAZED.

6ft
B utter Crocxs, 1  and 2 g a l............................. 
Milk Pans, ft gal. per  doz...............................  65
78

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“ 

“ 

I 

OILS.
B A R R E L S.

The Standard Oil Co  quotes as follows:

 

Eocene....................... 
8ft
 
XXX W. W.  Mich.  Headlight................ 
7
Naptha...................................................  @ 6ft
Stove Gasoline......................................   @ 7ft
Cylinder.................................................  @36
Engine...................................................13  @21
Black, zero  test..................................... 
12
Black,  15 cold test................................. 
10
Eocene.................... 
 
7
XXX W. W. Mich. Headlight...............  
5
Scofield Shurmer  A  Teagle  quote as  follows;

FROM   TA N K  WAGON.

 

B A R R E L S.

Palacine...........................................................10
Daisy White....................................................   8ft
Red Cross, W W  Headlight............................7
Naptha  .......................................................  
6ft
Stove Gasoline...............................................   7%
Palacine...............  
Red Cross W W Headlight..........................   5ft

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

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,
Tile reports trom  tue  Vice-Presidents 
i  the  several  districts  of  the  State 
Most Successful and  Largely Attended | showed  marked  progress  both in  mem­
bership and general interest all along the 
line.

H i s i H i i n i

KNIGHTS  OF  THE  GRIP.

Convention  Ever  Held.

General  Warehousemen  and  Transfer  Agents.

01336465

Dealers in

Carriages,  Wagons,  Agricultural  Implements  and  Binder  Twine. 

General Office. S3 South Division street, Grand  Rapids.

COLD  and  DRY  STORAGE.

General Office, Telephone ».5. 
Warehouse, Telephone 954.

i>. J  B iiuO ltS, M an's.
Swartout &  Downs,

JOBBERS  OF

LADIES'  AND  GENTLEMEN’S  FURNISHING  GOODS

and

STAPLE  NOTIONS.

Full  and  Complete  Lines  in  All  Departments.

41  South  Division  St.

G r a n d   R a p id s ,  M ic h .

OYSTERS.

POULTRY.

OSCAR  ALLYN

Wholesale,

106 Canal.

FISH.

ORANGES

GAME.

A 

invoked 

introduced 

resolution  was 

The  sixth  annual  convention  of  the 
Michigan Knights of  the  Grip  convened 
at Lockerby Hall,  at 2:30 p.  in.,  Wednes­
day, Dec. 26,  with  President Waldron  in 
the chair.
John M. Fitch,  of Corunna, chaplain of 
the  organization, 
the  divine 
blessing upon  the  proceedings,  and  W. 
H.  Baier,  the  “sweet  singer” of the or­
ganization,  sang a clever song  in dialect, 
which  was  cheered  to  the echo.  Then 
the convention  settled  down to business.
and 
adopted  commending  the  creation  of  a 
commercial travelers’  home at Bingham­
ton,  New York,  and pledging the support 
of the members to the  project.
A communication  was read from J.  T. 
Patton opposing the proposed amendment 
to the constitution  creating  an  accident 
insurance department.  On motion of  A. 
F.  Peake,  the  communication  was  re­
ferred to the Committee  on  Constitution 
and By-Laws.
James Kelley,  of  Dallas,  Texas,  sent 
congratulations from the Lone Star State 
and suggested that  the  next  convention 
be held at Dallas,  which  proposition was 
received with applause.
Edward A.  Moseley,  Secretary  of  the 
Inter-State Commerce Commission, asked 
for information as to  the name of the or­
ganization and a list of the officers.  The 
Secretary  was  instructed  to  make  the 
proper reply.
President  Waldron  then  read  his  an­
nual  address,  which  is  given in full on 
pages 9 and 10 of this issue.
Secretary Mills then  presented his  an­
nual  report,  the  full  text  of  which  is 
given on page 11.
Treasurer Reynolds presented  the  fol­
lowing report:
Balance on hand................................... . $  59 78
Received from Secretary.........................1,801 05
11,860 83

Total receipts................ 

G EN ERA L FU N D .

 

Disbursements................................................1,615 87

Balance on hand...............................$  241 96

Receipts during the  year  .......................$4,600 25
Sight death benefits paid..............................4,00) 00

X O R T C A R T   F U N D .

Balance on hand................................$  600 25
President Waldron then announced the 
special committees,  as follows:
Constitution and  By-Laws—F.  M.  Ty­
ler, Grand Rapids;  A.  F. Peake, Jackson; 
E.  L.  Smith,  St. Johns.
Vice-Presidents — J.  N.  Bradford, 
Grand  Rapids;  W.  H.  Baier,  Detroit; 
Samuel  Simons,  Saginaw,  E.  S.;  J.  J. 
Evans, Bay  City;  E.  A.  Aylward,  Jack- 
son.
Resolutions—Leo A.  Caro, Grand Rap­
ids;  F.  R.  Streat,  Flint;  John  McLean, 
Detroit;  B.  G.  VanLeuven,  Grand  Rap­
ids;  L.  S. Rogers,  Detroit.
President’s Address—A.  W. Stitt, Jack- 
son;  John Fildew, St. Johns;  J. J. Frost, 
Lansing.
On motion of N. B. Jones the chairman 
was instructed to refer all resolutions of­
fered  to  the  Committee  on  Resolutions 
without debate.
Geo.  F. Owen,  chairman  of  the  Com­
mittee on Incorporation, reported against 
such action, but  his  report  was  laid  on 
the  table.
A.  G.  Ellis,  chairman  of  the  Hotel 
Committee,  reported  that  the  contract 
system with hotels was  being  abused  by j 
some  of  the members  and recommended 
its  abandonment.  The  report  was  ac­
cepted,  to be taken  up  sometime  during 
a succeeding session.
John J. Bush  presented  the  report  of 
the  Committee  on  Legislation,  recom­
mending that the bill  introduced  in  the 
House  of  Representatives  by Represent­
ative  Raynor  removing  the  restriction 
as to the issuance of 5,000  mile  railroad 
tickets to commercial  travelers  be  com­
mended  and  the  members  use  all  en­
deavors 
enactment. 
Adopted.
W. V. Gawley,  chairman of  the  Com­
mittee  on  Employment  and  Relief,  re­
ported that few calls  for  assistance  had 
been  made upon  him,  all of  which had 
been supplied by him personally  and  in 
every case the  loan  had  been  promptly 
repaid.

to  secure 

its 

The meeting then adjourned until

TH U RSD A Y   M ORNING,

one 

when A.  W.  Stitt, chairman  of the  Com­
mittee  on 
President’s  Address,  re­
ported  a  unanimous  endorsement  of 
the  President’s  ideas  and  recommen­
dations,  with 
exception—that 
relating  to  the  election  of  Secretary 
of  the Board of Directors  instead  of  by 
the body.  A majority of the  Committee 
was against the President on that  point. 
Adopted.
Leo  A.  Caro,  chairman  of  the  Com­
mittee on  Resolutions,  returned  thanks 
to the citizens of  Grand  Rapids  for  the 
magnificent  entertainment  afforded  the 
Michigan  Knights of the  Grip;  to Post E 
for the manner in which  the Association 
was  received  and  the  banquet and ball 
the night  before;  to  the  officers  of  the 
Association for the able manner in which 
they had performed the  duties devolving 
upon them during the  past  year,  and  to 
the newspapers for their  generous treat­
ment.
Resolutions of regret were  adopted be­
cause  of  the  absence  of  ex-President 
A. C. Northrop, of  Jackson,  on  account 
of  sickness,  and  because  the  Supreme 
Ruler has considered it wise to call  eight 
members  of  the  Association  to  their 
homes beyond the dark river.
The  candidacy  of  D.  G.  Crotty  for 
Sargeant-at-Arms  of  the  Senate  at  the 
coming  session  of  the  Legislature  was 
endorsed.
then  adjourned  to  en­
able the members  to  participate  in  the 
parade.

The  meeting 

T H E   A FTERN O O N   SeSSlON .

Geo.  F. Owen, chairman of the  special 
Committee  on  Incorporation,  reported 
against such action  on  the  part  of  the 
Association.  Adopted.
Major  Jacklin,  of  the  Finance  Com­
mittee, reported that the  reports  of  the 
Secretary  and  Treasurer  were  correct. 
Adopted.
Frank M. Tyler, chairman  of the Com­
mittee  on  Constitution  and  By-Laws, 
the  following  recommenda­
presented 
tions:
That the  proposed  amendment  to  ex­
tend the  membership  to  traveling  men 
outside of the State be not adopted.  Rec­
ommendation adopted.
That the  proposed  amendment  to  ex­
pel any  member  for  conduct  unbecom­
ing a gentleman or a commercial traveler 
be  adopted.  Recommendation  adopted.
That the proposed  amendment  chang­
ing the time for paying the  mortuary as­
sessments be  changed  from  60  days  to 
30 days.  Recommendation adopted.
That the proposed amendment relative 
to the adoption of an  accident  insurance 
feature be referred to  the  Board  of  Di­
rectors,  with power  to  act.  Recommen­
dation not adopted.
That the proposed amendment  provid­
ing for the election of  the  Secretary  by 
the Board of Directors instead of  by  the 
organization  be  adopted.  Recommenda­
tion not concurred in.
On motion of L. J.  Koster,  the  present 
hotel agreement, providing  for  the  free 
entertainment  of  wives  of  members, 
was abrogated.
The  “house  rules”  recommended  by 
Post E and adopted  by  the Board  of  Di­
rectors were adopted by the  organization 
for  the  government  of  this  and future 
conventions.
L.  F.  Rogers moved  that  a  committee 
of  three  members  be  appointed  by  the 
chairman to communicate with the Mich­
igan Passenger Agents’  Association rela­
tive  to  the  adoption  of  a  5,000  inter­
changeable mileage book.  Adopted  and 
L.  F.  Rogers,  John  R.  Wood and E. P. 
Waldron appointed as such committee.
Election of officers being then in order, 
John  McLean  nominated  Major  R.  W. 
Jacklin, who was unanimously elected.
A.  F.  Peake nominated  Geo.  F.  Owen 
for Secretary.  He was also unanimously 
elected.
For  treasurer  A.  W.  Stitt  nominated 
Ghas.  McNolty, of Jackson;  J.  F.  Ham- 
mell nominated J.  J.  Frost, of  Lansing; 
Samuel  Simons  nominated Geo. A. Rey­
nolds, of Saginaw, E. S.; Chas. H.  Smith

5 c5c

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Every box guaranteed full count and perfectly sound.  The handsomest pack, 

finest fruit,  and heaviest package in the market.

ALFRED  J  BROWN  GO.,  Michigan  Agents.

T R Y   T H E

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the 

nominated  Herman  E.  Yasold,  also  of 
Saginaw.  The  first  informal  ballot  re­
sulted  in  254  votes  being cast,  divided 
among the various candidates  as follows:
Frost.........   ...................................................  ISO
McNolty............................................................  69
Reynolds  .........................................................  6n
V asold  ................ 
5
The second ballot resulted  as  follows:
Frost.......................... 
146
Reynolds  .........................................  
McNolty.............................................................40
Mr. Frost,  receiving  a  majority of  the 
votes  cast,  was  declared  unanimously 
elected.
Election  of  directors  resulted  in  the 
selection  of 
Samuel 
Simons,  Saginaw; J.  F.  Hammell,  Lan­
sing; F.  M.  Tyler, Grand Rapids; John  R. 
Wood,  Detroit.
Election of Vice-Presidents resulted as 
follows:
1st—A.  S.  De Jolia, Detroit.
2d—M. J.  Moore. Jackson.
3d—L.  D. Dickiuson,  Hillsdale.
4th—Grant S.  Bennett,  Kalamazoo.
5th—J.  W.  Waltman, Grand  Haven.
6th—D. C. Slaght,  Flint.
7th—Frank Mosher, Port Huron.
8 th —Geo.  F.  Shaw, Saginaw.
9th—J.  H. Cummings,  Muskegon.
10th—J.  J. Evans,  Bay City.
11th—Scott Woodward, Traverse  City.
12th—Otto U.  DeGener, Marquette.
There being no  further  business,  the 

following: 

meeting adjourned.

Proverbs for  the  Country  Grocer.
Solomon Levi in Minneapolis Commercial  Bulletin.
Let not thy store assume  the  air  of  a 
junk  shop  on  River street lest thy good 
customers forsake  them  and  moss  grow 
on the back of thy  business.
Be  not  too  desirous to make thy store 
the roost of  gossips.  He  that  gossipeth 
with his  mouth and cheweth with his jaw 
and  spitteth  with  his  lip  on  thy  stove 
from noon  till  night,  even  he  will  ask 
thee  for  credit  for  a  half pound of tea 
and a dollar’s worth of tobacco.
Break  not  thy  back  to  get appointed 
postmaster that thou mayest  draw  trade 
to thy store thereby;  there  be  they  that 
will  damn  thee for  thy poor postal serv­
ice  and 
thy  governmental  airs, 
that 
otherwise would  denominate thee a good 
fellow and  bring shekels  to thy till.
thy 
Beware  the  man  that  sampleth 
shredded  codfish,  and  picketh  at  thy 
prune basket,  and gnaweth at  the corner 
of thy plug tobacco,  and  nibbleth  at  thy 
cheese;  yet  buyeth  not  half  the  goods 
that  he  cribbeth;  thou  shalt  do well to 
request this man to  get a  move  on  him­
self  and  return  not  yet  again.  Thus 
shalt thou drive him to thy competitor to 
the grief of thy rival  and the  comfort  of 
thine own heart.
Make  thyself  friends  with  the honest 
farmer that payeth his  bills  and  buyeth 
goods wisely;  show thou to him thy new­
est  calicoes  and  thy  freshest  crackers; 
for behold thy shopworn goods  are  more 
meet for the bands of him that dead beat- 
eth his way at thy  shop.
Let not the cob pipe  loafer  sit  on  thy 
butter tub.  Lay not  thy  codfish  on  thy 
cheese;  nor shovel  Paris green  with  thy 
sugar scoop;  lest thy  discreet  customer, 
taking  cognizance  of  these  things,  dee 
thy store for him  that  hath  horse  sense 
regarding decency.

Statement from  Mr.  Edgar.

La k e v ie w , Dec.  27—My  attention  has 
been called to an item in  T h e  Michigan 
T radesm an of Dec.  19,  under  the  head 
of “Lakeview Laconics,” which reads  as 
follows: 
‘ Lakeview will have  her  first 
reputable banking house  about  January 
1, with L.  P. Sorenson as proprietor.”
1  am  at  present,  and  have  been  for 
more  than  one  year  last  past,  doing a 
banking business at Lakeview,  aud  such 
publication  reflects  upon  me  and  my 
business.
therefore,  request  that  you  give 
place to this statement, assuring you that 
you have been  mislead  by  a  correspon­
dent who does  not  fairly  represent  the 
best interests of the village  and  who  is 
unabie, either by  education  or  environ­
ment,  to correctly report the truth.

1, 

S. S.  E dgar.

Where  bravery  oversteps  the  line  of 

prudence,  recklessness begins.

Pungent Protest Against  the  Country j 

Peddler.

W ritten for The  Tradesman.

5s

Those of us who have  been  peacefully 
resting  under  the  impression  that  we 
were so far from the great  cities that the 
“ wholesale” grocery  peddlers would not 
find us,  have been rudely  awakened from 
our dream of peace.  He has  been  here, 
canvassed the town  from house to house, 
taken  some  orders,  made  a  little  talk 
among our customers,  and  then,  folding 
his tent like the Arab, has silently stolen 
away—whether  he  stole  anything  else 
has not been recorded.

The  advent  of  one  grocery  peddler 
should  not  make  such  a  very  great 
difference  with  the  trade  of  a  town 
the size of Central  Lake;  but  it  has  its 
effect.  The one in question  took  orders 
for full  packages—three  pound  caddies 
of  tea—twenty pound boxes of  crackers, 
etc.—and  got  good  prices  for  what  he 
sold.  He may or  may  not  come  again; 
but the  people  he  has  sold  to  will  be 
“overloaded”  on  the  goods  they  pur­
chased,  for  some  time to  come.  When 
our dealers have forgotten all  about  the 
long departed grocery  peddler, they will 
wonder why they  have  sold so  few  rai­
sins, and  why particular kinds of canned 
goods,  heretofore staple, do not  move off 
their shelves.

It is not so  much  that  a  peddler  has 
come among us as it is that we  are  open 
to more and more frequent visitations  of 
this character as our  village increases in 
population, and what is  true  of  Central 
Lake may  be said of  many  other  towns 
in  the State.
Laws should be  so  arranged  that  the 
citizens of a place,  men  who have money 
in  real  estate, 
permanently  invested 
buildings and goods, should not be marks 
the  sharpshooters  of 
for 
the  entire 
world.
In 
farming  communities,  especially 
when the country is new, the  peddler  is 
undoubtedly a  certain  convenience;  but 
after  regular  trading  points  are  estab­
lished,  the latter should receive a moder­
ate protection.
I cannot see by  what law of  right  and 
justice the State  of  Michigan  can  issue 
licenses  authorizing  certain  persons  to 
roam at  will  throughout  the  unincorpo­
rated portion  of  our  domain,  and hawk 
goods at will on the territory  and  under 
the noses of those who have  spent  time, 
money,  brains,  energy,  and,  perchance, 
talent,  to build  up a  commercial  center 
out of a howling  wilderness.  The vaga­
bond merchant goes  airily  on  his  way, 
gaily chinking in his greasy  pockets  the 
profits  which  should  have  gone  to  the 
legitimate  dealer.
This, of course, is a free country, free as 
the rolling  waters  of  the  foaming  sea, 
and,  save  a  few  hundred  restrictions, 
man in the United  States  is  allowed  to 
do exactly as he pleases.  If he so desires, 
he may take a pack  on his  back  and  go 
through the rural districts  selling  goods 
whithersoever he listetb;  but let  him be­
ware the city  and  the  incorporated  vil­
lage.
Now,  in the name of reason  and  com­
mon sense,  why should the city merchant 
is  denied 
receive  protection  which 
his  rural compeer?
Is  it  strange  that,  after  the  country 
storekeeper has paid taxes, special taxes, 
assessments,  insurance,  rent,  subscrip­
tions to dozens of  charities,  public  and 
private,  clerk  hire, 
freight,  drayage, 
mileage,  breakage,  dockage,  storage, 
stealage and charge  for  package  for  so 
many years—is  it  strange,  1 repeat,  that 
he,  after long suffering in silence  the in­
roads of the mercantile tramp,  the  inva­
sion of the auction store,  the  ravages  of 
the sheriff sale shark, and the atrocities of 
the  “ bursting  up  merchant  buyer,” 
at length raises his voice  in  public  pro­
test at the injustice  and  incongruity  of 
our peddling laws?

Geo.  L.  T hurston.

Central Lake,  Mich.

Mailaand  telegraph orders receive special attention.

G.//. BBH N K E,

WHOLESALE

Flour,  Feed,  Grain,  Hay, Straw,  Etc.

C A R   LO TS  A   S P E C IA L T Y .

W ill  make  up  mixed  Cars  on  Application.  First'Quality 

Goods  at  Lowest Prices  Guaranteed.

Fancy Straight Flour.

It’s  the  newest  thing.  Contains  more  nutriment  and  makes 

whiter  bread  than  any  other flour.

Thoroughbred  Poultry  Stock  and  Eggs.  Poultry  Supplies.

Office Telephone,  112-1R. 

30 East Bridge St., Cor.  Kent St.,

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

MUS8ELMAN  GROßER  B0„

WESTERN  MICHIGAN  AGENTS  FOR

SPRINGDALE  (dairy)  in  1  and 2  lb. rolls and  tabs. 
SPRINGDALE  CREAHERY  in  1  lb.  rolls,  2.1b. prints and tubs. 
GOLD  NUGGET  (fancy creamery) in  1 lb. prints.

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

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

Paul  Eifert

Welcomes  the  traveling  fraternity  from 
all  points  of  the  compass  and invites  attention  to his  line of 
Trunks,  Bags  and  Sample  Cases  Anything made  to  order  at
50  Canal  St.
RIND6K, KALMBAGH  *  GO 12,  14  i  16  Pearl 8h 

GRÄJ4D  KÄP1DS.

Manufacturers  and  Jobbers  or

Boots,  Shoes  and  Rubbers.
Our  stock  for fall  and winter  trade  is  complete. 

New  lines  in  warm goods and  Holiday 

Slippers.  We  have  the best 

combination  Felt Boot 

and Perfection 

made.

Agents for the  Boston  Rubber  Shoe  Co.

Inspection  Solicited.

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GOTHAM GOSSIP.

News  from  the  Metropolis— Index  of 

the  Markets.

Special Correspondence

New Yoke, Dec. 29—No  sorrow is felt 
regarding the decease of 1894, and, almost 
without exception,  merchants  are  antic­
ipating  a  steady  increase  in  business 
from now on.  The railroads show better 
earnings and this  is  important  as  indi­
cating a steady gain all around.
The coffee market remains in statu quo. 
The demand is steady,  but  by  no  means 
large.  Holders are  confident that prices 
will rule  higher.  Quotations  given now 
can hardly  be  called  authentic,  but  for 
No.  7,  15%c is  probably the  right figure. 
Mild  coffees  seem to be taken with more 
readiness,  and,  while  sales  are  of  no 
great importance,  they are  made  at  full 
rates.  The  amount  of  Brazil  coffee  in 
store and afloat is given as  584,392  bags, 
against 471,351 bags last year.
Granulated  sugar  is  dull—extremely 
dull—and,  while  there  is  no  change  in 
posted quotations,  it will  not be  surpris­
ing to see the present low figures  beaten. 
It is doubtful if we see granulated  sugar 
at  5c  again.  The  present  rates should 
stimulate consumption.
There is a fair supply of molasses here, 
but  the  demand  is  moderate.  Buyers 
will  make  no  purchases  of  importance 
before the turn  of  the  year.  There  has 
been no change in  quotations,  but prices 
will be shaded,  if  necessary,  to  effect  a 
sale.
Nutmegs have not  been  shipped  from 
producing  points  for  some  time,  and 
prices are firmly held,  but  nothing  else 
in 
the  spice  line  shows  any  special 
“solidity.”  The demand is  only  of  the 
usual character  and  sellers  are  glad  to 
make concessions.
Bice has been freely  taken and foreign 
sorts are in light  supply,  comparatively. 
Prices show no  particular  change.  The 
supply  south  seems  to be readily taken, 
and holders are confident.
Canned goods close  at  the  end  of  the 
year  decidedly  “sick.”  The  demand is 
almost nil and qualities and prices are at 
any range.  Gallon  apples, $2@2.25;  No. 
3 cans,  90c@$l.  Tomatoes  are irregular 
and weak.  A big supply seems imminent, 
from the  failure  of  a  firm  in  Philadel­
phia.  which  carried  an  immense  stock. 
Standards are worth 65@75c.
The cold weather is having a retarding 
influence  upon  the  supply  of  apples. 
Prices are firm  and  higher  and  the  de­
mand fairly good.  Quotations  for Spitz, 
$2.50@4  per  bbl.  Cranberries  are  well 
held,  with a range of from $9@13.
Dried fruits have fallen off  in  demand 
and  little  is  doing.  The  entire market 
presents a dull appearance  and no  relief 
is looked for just at present.
Butter  is  dull  and  for  the  very  best 
Western  24c  is  the top.  The supply  of 
this sort is not  overabundant,  but  there 
is,  seemingly,  plenty of all  other grades.
Cheese is quiet and the market remains 
entirely unchanged.  The  quietness  will 
likely continue for some time.
Eggs are higher and the market is very 
firm.  Shipments are  made  with  a  good 
deal  of  breakage.  The  finest  Western 
readily bring 23c.
Best pea beans are  worth $1.70;  choice 
white kidney, $2.35.  The  market  is  not 
active.
Provisions are decidedly firmer, owing, 
probably,  to speculation. 

J ay.

Traveling  Men  as  Good  Samaritans.
G r a n d   R a p i d s ,  Dec.  28—Received  of 
C.  W.  Leggett the sum of  Two  Hundred 
and Twenty-six  ($226), being the amount 
of money subscribed and  paid  by  mem­
bers of the Association of the  Knights of 
the Grip for the benefit of the  family  of 
Wm.  Morgan,  house  carpenter  of  the 
Morton,  who  was  accidentally  killed 
Dec. 26 while operating  the  freight  ele­
vator in said Morton House.
I am delegated to use this  fund for the 
best interest of his family.

W il d e r  D.  Stev en s.

The Dry Goods Market.

Pending a complete revision of the dry 
goods quotations,  the  latter  are  omitted 
this  week  but  will  appear  in corrected 
form next week.

The  Grain  Market.

Wheat  prices  during  the  week  have 
fluctuated  and  been  rather  unsettled, 
favoring  lower  prices.  This  condition 
was  more  pronounced  on  Friday,  when 
prices on futures slumped  off  lc,  which 
may  seem  small,  when  we take the  al­
ready low prices prevailing  into  consid­
eration.  The  immediate  cause  is  that 
the  mills  all  over  have  curtailed  their 
output and  report has  it  that  the  Wall 
street  syndicate  sold out 2,000,000 bush­
els, which  they  were  tired  of  holding, 
seeing  no  advance  in  the  near  future. 
Receipts in the Northwest have fallen off 
very materially of late,  but  our  exports 
have  been  20,000,000  bushels  less  since 
Aug.  l  than  during  the  corresponding 
time in  1893, and the  “long”  speculators 
are  looking  with  some fear at the  large 
amount in sight.  The  market recovered 
somewhat,  on  account  of  some  450,000 
bushels  of  wheat  and  flour  being  ex­
ported  on  Saturday—rather  above  the 
average—and also on account  of  600,000 
bushels being burned up at Toledo.  Ow­
ing  to  the  foregoing,  the  visible  may 
show  a  very  small  increase.  Prices  in 
Grand Rapids are 53c per bushel, or with­
in 2c of Detroit or  Toledo  prices,  which 
should  draw  wheat  to  this  market  if 
ever.

Corn is weak,  owing  to several causes, 
which have been stated before.  Probably 
the two main causes are that  corn  is  too 
high  to  manufacture  into  glucose,  ow­
ing to the low price of lager, and the dis­
tillers are not using the amount they usu­
ally do.

Oats  remain  firm,  and,  although  high 
compared with other  grains,  the general 
impression is that  there  will  be  higher 
prices.  Whether  that  will  be  realized 
remains to be seen.

Receipts during  the  past  week  were: 
wheat,  29  cars;  oats,  2  cars;  corn,  11 
cars.  This  is  an  extremely  small  re­
ceipt of wheat,  but about the  usual  sup­
ply of corn and oats.  C. G. A. Voigt.

The  Hardware  Market.

General  trade  is  very  quiet.  Up  to 
Christmas buying was  quite freely  done; 
but,  since  then,  everybody has stopped 
and  we  presume  that  in  a  great  many 
cases dealers are taking inventory.  The 
past year,  we think, as  a  general  thing, 
has been quite a disappointment to hard­
ware dealers.  Business has  not  been  as 
good as anticipated and a general shrink­
age in values  has been  going  on  all  the 
time;  so that it has beeif impossible for a 
dealer  to  keep  pace  with  the declines. 
We should estimate that  to-day  the  gen­
eral  line  of  hardware  is  25  per  cent, 
lower than one year ago.  What the com­
ing year will bring forth no  one can tell. 
It is hoped that bottom has been reached. 
The consumption of  hardware at present 
is small and  but  little  buying  is  being 
done for immediate  wants,  but  dealers, 
in  many  cases,  are  placing  orders  for 
spring  shipments  in  barbed  wire,  wire 
nails, agricultural tools,  poultry netting, 
wire  cloth,  screen  doors  and  windows, 
etc.  Prices named  are  low  and  it  does 
seem as though no risk is taken  in  plac­
ing orders at present quotations.  Owing 
to the open winter,  wire  nails  and  win­
dow glass have been moving quite freely. 
Skates,  also,  are  scarce and  prices  have 
advanced  on  the cheaper grades.  Hand 
sleighs and snow shovels  are a  dead  let­
ter, and, unless we soon have some snow, 
those that have  any  can  make  arrange­
ments to carry them over.  “Give ns good 
times  again”  is  the  prayer of the hard­
ware  merchant.

Purely Personal.

B. P.  Mills, general  dealer  at  Hodge, 
spent holiday week in the  city, the guest 
of friends.

H. L. G. Hall, house  salesman  for  the 
Hazeltine &  Perkins  Drug  Go.,  has  en­
tered upon  his  eleventh  year  with  that 
house.

Geo.  B.  Horton,  the  Cheese  King  of 
Lenawee county, was in  town last Satur­
day.  Mr.  Horton  operated  seven  fac­
tories during the past season.

Wm.  B.  Holden  has  left  the  men’s 
furnishing  goods  department  of  Voigt, 
Herpolsheimer & Co.  to  take  a  position 
on the road for  the  Grand  Rapids  Cus­
tom Shirt Co.

Capt.  E. P. Watson, for many years en­
gaged in the grocery business  at  Muske­
gon,  has  gone  to  Sebewaing, to assume 
charge  of  the  clothing  department  of 
John C. Liken & Co.

Wm.  Hugh, Jr.,  the Morley  flour  mil­
ler,  was 
town  Monday,  for  the 
purpose of  collecting  a  pork  bill  from 
Chas S.  Robinson, Secretary of the Grand 
Rapids Packing <Ss Provision Co.

in 

F.  Hoi 1 man,  for  the  past  two  years 
Western Michigan representative for Jnc. 
Finzer &  Sons,  of  Louisville,  has  been 
transferred  to  the Eastern Michigan ter­
ritory,  with  headquarters  at  East  Sagi­
naw.  He  is  succeeded  in  this  field by 
Jas. A.  Massie,  formerly  on the  road for 
the 1. M. Clark Grocery  Co.

I  m   O Y S T E R S   #
I  am  keeping  down  prices  notwithstanding 
the  advance.  Order  at  once for  yonr  holiday 
trade
Daisy Brand, Favorites, per  can................. 
14
16
Daisy Brand, Standards, per can  ...............  
I Daisy Brand. Selects, per  can  ....................  22
| Solid Brand, Standards, per can................. 
20
Solid Brand, E. F.,  per can..........................   20
Solid Brand, Selects, per  can  .....................   24
Solid Brand, Extra Selects, per can............ 8  26
Standards, per  gal........................................ 
90
Extra Standards, per  gal.............................   1  00

Oysters fine and cans well filled.
The Queen Oyster Pails at bottom  prices.
Mrs. Wlthey’s Home Made Jelly, made  with 
green apples, very fine:
30-lb.  pail...............................................  
£5
 
»0-lb  pail  ......................................................  50
17-lb.  pail......................................................  
45
15-lb. pail......   . 
.................   ......................  40
1  quart Mason  Cans...................................   1  40
1  pints  Mason  Cans....................................  95
MrB. Wlthey’s Condensed Mince Meat,  the 
best made.  85c per doz. 3 doz. in case:
Mrs.  Withey's bulk mince meat:
40-lb. pail, per  lb...........................................  6
25-lb. pails, per l b .........................................  6!4
10-lb. pails, per lb..........................................  6H
Pure Cider vinegar, per gallon.................... 
10
12
Pure Sweet Cider, per  gallon.......................  
Fine Dairy Butter, per lb  ............................ 
20
j Fresh Eggs, per doz.....................................  
17
New  Pickles, medium, barrels.....................   5 00
New Pickles,  54 barrel.................................. 3 00
New Sauer Kraut,  barrels..........................   4 00
New Sauer Kraut, ft barrels.........................  2 50

EDWIN  FALLAS,

Oyster  Packer  and  flanufacturer.
VALLEY  CITY  COLD  STORAGE, 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

S p e c ia l  N o tice .

All smithing coals sold by us we  guarantee  to 
be mined from  the  BIO  VEIN  in  the  Georges 
Creek  District  This  is  the  coal  so  favorably 
known as  Piedmont  or  Cumberland  Blossburg 
and stands unrivalled for smithing purposes.
S.  P.  Bennett Fuel  &  Ice  Co*,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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 busi­
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.

PALACINE.

Has  proved  itself  the  only  perfect  illuminating  oil.
W h y

BECAUSE  it  gives  a  clear,  b rig h t lig h t. 
BECAUSE  it  does  not  cloud  th e   C him neys. 
BECAUSE  it  does  not  ch ar  th e   w icks.
And last but not  least,  does  not emit  a  bad odor.

For sale by all first class dealers, and refined only by

SCOFIELD, 

SflURHER  i  TEflGLE.

Grand  Rapids.

Telephone  865.

Are You Selling

The  Celebrated 

Cleaned  Greek  Currants 

and the Genuine 

Cleaned Sultana Raisins.

Prepared  by

Grand Rapids Fruit

Cleaning  Company.

GASOLINE

Stoves
1895.

IMPORTED-«O  rie.»CLEANED BY 
GRAND RAP1DS

Ci£ANING CO..

T"° ^'OS.M.ch.
IF 

NOT, 

WH NO T?

These  currants are  cleaned  by  a new  process  (they  are  not 

washed  like  other  so-called  cleaned  currants)  and  are  war­

ranted the  year  round;  ask your jobber  for  them  and  take  no 

others  claimed  to  be  just as good.  Be  sure and  get them.

Sold  by  Ball-Barnhart-Putman  Co.,  Musselman  Grocer 
Co.,  Olney  &  Judson  Grocer  Co.,  I.  M.  Clark  Grocery  Co., 
Hawkins  &   Co.

t y  For Quotations see Price Current.

Muskegon  Bakerij  Crackers

(U n ited   S ta te s  B a k in g   C o.)

Are  Perfect  Health  Food.

There  area  great  many  Butter  Crackres  >»11  the  Market— only 

one  can  be  best— that  is  the  original

fluskegon
Bakery
Butter
Cracker.

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

Nine
Other
Great
Specialties
Are

M u sk egon   T oast,
R o sa l  F ru it  B iscuit, 
M u sk egon   F rosted   H o n ey , 
Iced  C ocoa  H o n ey   Ju m b les, 
Jelly  T u rn o v ers,
G inger  S n a p s,
H o m e-M a d e  S n a p s, 
M uskegon  B ran ch ,
Mlik  L unch.

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

The  Dangler  New  Process.

Recognized as the  one  perfect  New  Process  Stove.  We  will  also 
show you shortly a new gasoline stove that is a  winner.  Don’t  tie  your­
self  up  on  an  agency  until  you  see the “NEW GEM.”  Made only by 
The Dangler Stove Co.  Write for circulars to

 

&

IosterX tevens
* ° s NTR o e
Oysters
ANCHOR BRAND

OLD  RELIABLE

A1 lorders receive prompt  attention  at 

lowest  market price.

See quotations in Price Current.

U n ite d   S ta te s   B a k in g   Co.

R   J .  D B T T E N T H A .L B K .

LA  W H EN CE  D E PE W ,  A cting  M anager,

Muskegon, 

- 

Mich•

117  and  119  Monroe  St.,  Grand  Ranids.

H.  LEONARD  &  SONS.

W e   w ill  be  r e a d y   fo r  y o u   t h e ,F i r s t   o f  J a n u a r y   1 8 9 5   to  t a l k

GASOLINE  STOVES.

The  “ New  Process”  Stoves

Have been  greatly  improved  and are,  without  a  question,  the 
best vapor  stove  in  the  market.  Don’t  think  of  selling  any 
other  stove  this  coming  season  if  you  can  get the agency for 
the ‘ ‘ New£ Process. ’ ’

Write  Us  Early.

Don’t cost  any  more  than  to  wait  until  some  one  else  gets  the 
best  sell in«  stove.  Be up  with  the  times  and  get there  first.

The  Michigan  Generator  Stoves

An  entirely  new  line  for  the  coming  season.  They  con­
tain  some  new features  never before  shown  on  gasoline  stoves 
and  are*only found  on  the riichigan Stove.
Write  Us  Early.

We  are  going  to  give  the  agency  of  these  stoves to  but 
one  dealer in  a  town,  see  that  you  get  it— for  they  are  the 
easiest  and  best selling generator stoves  ever  offered.

W r i t e   for  C a ta lo g u e   a n d   D is c o u n ts .

H.  LEONARD  &  SONS,  QRAN! ^ PIDS’
T h e  D ayton  Computing  Scale

WÎIRNIN8--Y0  Users  o f  S G a le s.

The trade are hereby warned  against  using any  infringements on  W eigh­
ing and  Price  Scales  and  Computing  and  Price  Scales,  as  we  will  pro­
tect our rights and the rights of our general  agents under Letter sPatent of the 
United  States  issued? in  1881,  1885,1886,  1888,  1891,  1893 and 1894.  And  we 
will prosecute all  infringers to the full extent of the law.

The  simple  using  of  Scales  that  infringe  upon  our^patents makes the 
user liable to prosecution,  and the importance of buying and  using  any  other 
Computing  and^Price  Scales than  those  manufactured  by  us  and  bearing 
our name and date of patents and  thereby  incurring  liability  to  prosecution 
is apparent. 

Respectfully

THE  COMPUTING  SCALE  CO.

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“Would not part with it for 11.000.” 
Dan. W. Charles, Hamilton, O-
“It saves pennies ever time we weigh.” 
Charles Young, Admin, Mich. 
“They are worth to us each year five times their cost ”
Ranp &  Hay man, Constantine, Mich.
,  - 
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Henry J. Vinkemulder % Bro., Grand Rapids, Mich. 
“Since the adoption of your scales have made more money  than  ever  be­
Frank Daniels, Traverse City, Mich.
“ Itake pride in recommending them to every user of sca'es.”
Chas. Railsback, Indianapolis, Ind. 
“I heartily recommend them to all grocers who wish  to save money.”
Geo. F. Kreitline, Indianapolis, Ind. 
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