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GBAND BAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY, JANUARY  16,1895.

NO.  591

D on’t  C ount  Y our  C hickens  B efore 

T h ey’re H a tch ed .”

Written for Tuc Tradesman.

Pardon me  for  digging  up  this  frag­
ment  of  ancient  philosophy.  - It  forms 
the headlines to this  article,  not because 
there is any possible  chance  for  its  ap­
plication in this  speculative age,  but  be­
cause  there  are  a  few  non-progressive, 
fossiliferous people  who  still  persist  in 
quoting it.  Why these  human  clods  are 
permitted  to  outlive  their  own  time, 
and act  as dead weights and neutralizing 
factors in a  more  advanced  age,  passes 
my comprehension. 
It  was one  of these 
chilling croaks  that,  prompted  the  writ­
ing of this article.  An  enterprising gro­
cer  was  recounting  his  past  successes 
and pointing out to  the  writer  the  vari­
ous  improvements  he) had  made  from 
time to time with  surplus  earnings.  He 
makes  a  specialty  of  illuminating  oils, 
and  he  was  describing  an  ingeniously 
contrived oil room  which he  intended  to 
build  with  the  surplus  of  next  year’s 
earnings.  He was "self-confident,  enter 
prising and hopeful—three  grand  essen 
tials  to  progress;  and  while  describing 
the oil room,  his faith  in the  future  was 
so strong that  he seemed to be already in 
the enjoyment  of his oil room.  But just 
his  enthusiasm  touched  high  water 

mark, there came a chilling croak from 
boneless  codfish  box  behind  the  stove 
Don’t count your chickens before they’re 
hatched.” 
It came like a voice from the 
grave. 
Investigation  proved  that  its 
source was actually in close proximity to 
the grave;  it was the  voice of  an invalid 
old uncle of the grocer, who had called at 
the store to “get his  breath.”

Old verbal  “saws” may  have served 

good purpose in past ages, when the only 
ideas entertained by the masses, pertain 
ing to the philosophy of life, were dished 
out to them  in  simple  formulas  by  the 
very  few  who  possessed  originality  in 
any marked  degree.  These  old  “saws 
have lost their original  force.  They  are 
worn  out.  They  cut  both  ways;  have 
double meanings,  and may  be  quoted  to 
prove  or  disprove  an  assumed proposi 
tion. 
It  is  an  indication  of  mental 
weakness,  a  certain  symptom  of  brain 
paralysis,  to  make  use  of  dead  men 
off
words  in  conveying  and  palming 
ideas supposed to be our own.  They are 
not  our  own  ideas—dead  men’s  words 
convey dead  men’s  ideas;  and  the  man 
who jabbers in these dead echoes,  whether 
the echo comes from the grave of William 
Shakespeare or  elsewhere, is not so  pro­
foundly learned as  he  imagines  himself 
to be.  He is simply  barren in the region 
of thought.  He has no ideas of his own, 
and, poor fellow,  he is forced  to  borrow 
other  men’s  ideas. 
If  a dearth of orig­
inal ideas be an indication of learning, in 
this  age  of  original  thought  material­
ized,  then may our children  show  no  in­
dications of being  learned.  There is  no 
room in the busy world  to-day  for  these 
human  parrots.  They  should  be caged 
and kept, like  their  feathered  brothers, 
for amusement merely. 
I do not wish to 
be misunderstood in this matter.  A mas-

terly understanding of the  truths taught 
and the work accomplished by  the  great 
and  good  of  all  ages, should be striven 
for by  all  who  would  become  learned, 
and the student who acquires  the  great­
est  proficiency  in  this direction  will  de­
velop the  largest  stock of original ideas; 
and the more  prolific  the  source  of  his 
own ideas, the fewer will he borrow from 
other men.

But it is the old “saw”  selected  as the 
ubject  of  this  paper  which  calls  for 
special attention.  Who it was that made 
the remarkable  discovery  that  chickens 
hould  not  be  counted  until  they  are 
hatched,  is not known  to the  writer. 
It 
may  have  been  Belva  Lockwood,  or  it 
may have  been  someone  else;  but  who­
ever it was, it is  quite  evident  that  the 
beacon star of hope had  disappeared  be­
neath the horizon  of the  author’s  mind. 
And not only so;  but  the author,  by for­
mulating his own  despair into  a proverb 
of universal  application,  would  rob  all 
mankind  of  the  only  thing  that makes 
life endurable—namely, hope.  The orig­
inator of  this  old  saying  made  a  very 
common mistake.  He framed a standard 
for  all  mankind,  with  material 
taken 
from his own  experience  only.  He  was 
very short-sighted and extremely narrow­
minded.  He  thought  that  because  his 
eggs failed to hatch,  other  people’s  eggs 
would fail also,  and  so  he  would  fore­
warn  us  in  order  to save us from bitter 
disappointment.  He would have us keep 
right an setting our  eggs, of  course,  but 
not with any expectation of hatching out 
chickens.  What a  sweet  morsel  of  en­
couragement  this  is  for  struggling  hu 
inanity !  What an incentive to do and to 
dare!
I  wonder  what  sort  of  metaphorical 
eggs this old philosopher failed in hatch 
ing out?  I wonder if he  was engaged in 
the grocery business?  This  would  have 
familiarized him  with  the  unhatchable 
□ess  of  literal  eggs,  and when the time 
arrived for his creditors to gather  up the 
remains and assign him to some new field 
of labor, it  would  be  the  most  natural 
thing  in  the  world  for him to associate 
blasted hopes with  stale eggs. 
It would 
seem that  grocers  were  about  the  only 
fellows engaged in business who acted on 
the principle embodied in the saying.  It 
may be that there  is a strong affinity  be­
tween  hopelessness  and  the  business; 
and that,  when a  man has  lost  all  hope 
of  raising  poultry,  he  naturally  grav­
itates into the grocery business.  Whether 
this be true or not,  it is quite certain that 
if every man  who  is  contemplating  the 
grocery  business  would  sit  down  and 
seriously consider the  prospect of hatch­
ing out chickens, there  would  be  fewer 
to engage in the business.

The counting of  chickens  before  they 
are  hatched  is  right  and  proper—pro­
vided  the eggs are  good  and  the  condi­
tions  for  hatching are what they should 
be. 
In fact, it is the  hope  that  centers 
around the counting of the chickens that 
makes ns careful  in  choosing  the  kind, 
and in testing the quality of the eggs, and 
in obtaining and  applying  the  best  pos­

sible means of hatching them.  The man 
who qualifies himself  for  any  business, 
and reaches out and grasps it with a firm, 
tenacious hold,  pushing  it  with  all  the 
mental  and  physical  force  at  his  com­
mand, has a  right to  anticipate  success. 
Shut  off  this  anticipation,  and the very 
means necessary to bring about a realiza­
tion  is  weakened  and  destroyed.  Hope 
is the mainspring  of  persistent  and  un­
tiring  effort,  and  without  this  success 
is out of the  question.

Young man, go ahead.  Select the best 
and  latest  improved  eggs  you can find, 
and be sure they are the  hatchable kind. 
Remember you are  going to hatch chick­
ens, and  conveniences  and  appearances 
cut  no  figure  in  the  selection  of  your 
eggs.  Some eggs  never  hatch, yet  some 
people keep right on  setting them,  trust­
ing to Providence,  or fate,  for  chickens. 
These people never  get into  the  poultry 
business.  When they get old  and tooth­
less  they  have  to  get  along  without 
chicken  broth.

Be sure and set your eggs in a suitable 
place.  Set them where all  dangers  may 
be warded  off  by  yourself.  Don’t  take 
any  chances  in  the  matter.  Remember 
that the best regulated  hatchery  is  sub­
ject to unforeseen disasters  which  make 
it  sufficiently  hazardous  without taking 
chances on anything visible.  After they 
are  set,  watch  them.  Don’t  trust  to 
Providence,  here,  either.  Providential 
aid  will  not  be  withheld,  but  it  will 
never include  one  iota  of  your  part  of 
the  work;  remember  that.  Don’t  trust 
to Tom, Dick or Harry,  while you are up 
in the woods fishing, or down at the “Ex­
change”  playing  pool.  These  fellows 
may  be  pretty  good  fellows,  and  some 
day  they  may  make  a  success  of  the 
poultry  business  themselves;  but  what 
do they care for your eggs?

The temperature  must  be  kept  even. 
Don’t apply  an  oversupply of heat for  a 
few days,  and  then go  off  to  look  after 
something else  and let the  mercury drop 
to the  freezing  point  in  that  hatchery. 
Some folks adopt  this plan,  but they are 
never  seen  in  the  market  with  spring 
chickens.

Finally, you must  never take your  eye 
off the thermometer  in  that  hatchery  or 
forget to lock the  back  door.  This  you 
will not be able to do without that cheer­
fulness of mind and steadfastness of pur­
pose born of the  spirit  of  expectancy— 
therefore,  count  your  chickens  before 
they are hatched. 

E. A.  Ow en.

A big fish story,  for this  season of  the 
year,  comes  from  Maoasquan,  N.  J., 
where  a  whale  thirty-five  feet  long  is 
stuck fast in an  inlet.  The  whale  came 
in  with the tide,  and  reaching a deep  in­
let appeared to go to sleep,  as hq lay per­
fectly still.  After a while the tide began 
to go out and a stiff breeze blew off shore, 
which  sent  the  water  below  low-water 
mark.  The whale charged the sand bank 
which  had  made  him  a  prisoner,  aud 
lashed the water, but  all to no  avail—he 
was  stuck  fast.  There  are  several  old 
whalers in the place,  who  superintended 
the slaying of the monster.

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intrusion 

It shows a great advance in  the  coun­
try’s moral tone that offenses  against the 
moral code weigh so heavily against can­
didates  for  office.  There  was  a  time 
when the  American  politician  reseated 
any examination of his private life as an 
impertinent 
into  a  sphere 
which did not belong to the public  gaze. 
He might have one family at the  seat  of 
government, for instance, and another at 
home,  without  much  fear  of  exposure. 
Or he might accept an  invitation  to  the 
opening of a big gaming  house,  with the 
certainty of finding the  Cabinet,  the  Su­
preme bench,  the Senate and  the  House 
all  well  represented  there,  and  not  a 
word  said  of  their  attendance  in  the 
Washington  newspapers. 
In  our  time 
the  public  is  more  exacting.  The  re­
fusal of a renomination to Col.  Breckin­
ridge, 
in  Kentucky,  was  decidedly 
modern.  Massachusetts  knew  things 
nearly as bad of a Senator of a past  gen­
eration,  yet re-elected him out  of  defer­
ence to  his  abilities.  The  overturn  in 
New  York  City,  consequent  upon  the 
disclosures  of  the  Lexow  Committee, 
shows that no party can afford to become 
the  protector  of  social  vice.  The  col­
lapse of  a  candidature  for  the  national 
Senate in  another  State,  upon  the  dis­
covery  that  the  candidate’s  wife  was 
about to sue for  divorce,  has  a  similar 
significance.

*  *  *

It would be surprising  if  the  present 
session of Congress  should  prove  fruit­
ful of important  legislation.  Under the 
unhappy arrangement  by  which  a  sec­
ond session is held after a  new  Congress 
has been elected, that session  is  always 
more barren than the first. 
It is  sure to 
be doubly so when  a  political  overturn 
has taken  place  in  the  preceding  elec­
tion,  and  the  country  has  shifted  the 
control of  Congress  from  one  party  to 
the other.  The  defeated  party  has  no 
heart  for  work;  the  victorious  party 
though in the minority in  Congress,  has 
plenty of heart  for  resistance,  and  the 
fatal  hour  on  the  4th  of  March  gives 
them a point beyond which  they  do  not 
need to carry resistance.

The cases of hair  turning  white  in 

single night,  mentioned  by  Byron  and 
other 
romanticists,  have  not  generally 
been  thought  by  scientists  to  be  well 
authenticated,  but a remarkable  case  of 
the  reverse  of  this,  where  white  hair 
turned black in a few hours,  is  reported 
from  Louisville,  Ky.,  where  engineer 
Geo. Gambrall, of the fire department, re 
cently fell  from a  burning  building  ex 
hausted and covered  with ice.  The next 
day  it  was  found  that  his  snow-white 
hair  had  turned  black,  all  except  the 
part  covered  by  the  fireman’s  helmet 
Gambrall  is  recovering,  but  his  hair 
shows  no  sign  of  resuming  its  hoary 
color.  The  physicians  think  that  the 
exposure to the cold for such a lon£ time 
must have operated on the hair cells, but 
in what  way is a question left for scien 
tists to solve.

*  *  *

A dog has just been  admitted as coun 
sel  to  plead  for  his  master  in  police 
court in New York.  His  master was ar 
rested  for  being  drunk,  and  man  and 
dog were  locked  up  together  in  a  cell 
in  the  station-house.  When  arraigned 
before the judge the  next  morning  and 
asked  what  he  had  to  say  for  him 
self, the man said to  the  dog,  “Talk  to 
him, Jim.”  And Jim, rising  on his hind

the 

into 

legs,  whined 
justice’s  ear. 
“Are  we  sorry,  Jim?”  interrupted  the 
man,  and the dog sunk  his head between 
his paws and was  convulsed with  grief. 
The justice dismissed the case, remarking 
that such a sensible dog deserved a sober 
master.

•  *  *

It is the custom of  the  queen  to  give 
one  or  more  of  her  subjects  a  happy 
New Year  by  elevating  to  the  peerage 
some enterprising brewer  or  soapmaker 
who has  amassed a fortune or  otherwise 
distinguished  himself.  This  year  no 
new peers were made.  Peers are  almost 
invariably  made at the  suggestion of the 
prime minister. 
In  his  “Life  of  Pitt” 
Rosebery  wrote  most  disparagingly  of 
the custom of taking good men out .of the 
ranks of commoners to make  nonentities 
of them  in'the Upper  House.  He  may 
on 
that  account  feel  bashful  about 
recommending commoners for promotion. 
Or,  he may remember  Gladstone’s  expe­
rience in making  peers  of  liberals,  who 
turned promptly into tories  in  honor  of
their new dignity.*  *  *
The feeling  is  becoming  stronger  all 
the time that something should  be  done 
to save the forests of  the  country  from 
destruction,  and so the House bill, which 
recently passed,  for the  proper  and  ad­
equate protection of  the  forest  reserva­
tion  will  meet  with  general  approval. 
As the bill now  stands,  however,  it  has 
two  clauses which  should  be  amended. 
One is that there shall be  restored to the 
public domain such parts of  the reserva­
tion as shall  be suitable  for  agricultural 
or  mineral development, while the other 
provides  that  prospectors  and  others 
hall be allowed to  cut  timber  for  fuel 
r  building  material—two  provisions 
that the “ timber  robber” will be sure to
take advantage of.*  *  #
Captain Porter, of  the  Secret  Service, 
has sent notices to the  firms and individ­
uals who  have  been  using  facsimiles  of 
the  Columbian  half  dollar  and  the 
Isabella  quarter,  notifying  them 
that 
since the two coins have been  designated 
as legal money  it  is  an  offense  to  sim­
ulate  them  in  any  form  or  manner. 
Among the notices  was one  to  the  man­
agement  of  the  women’s  commission, 
which  has  been  advertising  the sale of 
the Isabella quarter by circulars contain 
ing a facsimile of the coin.  Notices were 
also sent to a number  of  manufacturing 
concerns  which  have  been  making me­
dallions,  lockets  and  other  trinkets  out 
of the coins, informing them that any de­
facement of the coins  was  a  punishable 
offense.

There is serious  objection  to  the  per­
formances  of  people  who  whistle  for 
want of thought.  Americans  are looked 
upon as natural born  whistlers,  and  the 
national whistling habit  has  resulted  in 
the  production  of  a  great  number  of 
really  skillful  and  musical  whistlers. 
With  one  consideration  and  another 
there is a  tremendous  amount  of  whis­
tling.  It seems cheerful, and, sometimes, 
to  the  whistler,  it  is  really  cheerful 
Now,  undoubtedly  this  would  be  very 
nice if every one’s whistling  were  heard 
only by himself. 
It would  be  a  blessed 
way  of  working  off  one’s  nervousness, 
But  the  other  fellow  has  nervousness 
too.  What  about  that?  An  ordinary 
whistler’s  performance  gives  absolutely 
no  pleasure  to  any  one  but  himself, 
That,  however,  does  not  trouble  the 
whistler.

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Boston Cream..............
Cut  Loaf.....................
Extra H  H.................. ..  3*4

6 
6 
6 

Bbls.  Pails
7 
7
7
8
□

Palls
6*4
6*4

MIXED  CANDY. Bbls.
Standard.......................................5
Leader.......................................... 6*4
7*488*
Royal............................................-6
Nobby...........................................7
English Rock.............................. 7
7*4
Conserves....  ............................. 6*4
78 
Broken Taffy  .................. baskets
Peanut Squares................. 
“  7
9
French Creams.............................
12*4
Valley  Creams.............................
Midget, 30 lb. baskets....................................     8
Modern. 30 lb. 

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

“ 
fancy—In bulk

*‘ 

fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. 

Palls
Losenges, plain............................................   8*4
printed.........................................   9*4
Chocolate Drops.............................................  11
Chocolate Monomentals................................  19
Gum Drops.................................................... 
j*
Moss Drops....................................................
Sour Drops...... .............................................   8
Imperials.......................................................  9
Per Box
Lemon Drops..................................................50
Sour Drops.....................................................to
Peppermint Drops..........................................60
Chocolate Drops..............-.............................. 65
H. M. Chocolate Drops................................... 75
Gam Drops............................................... 35@50
Licorice Drops........................ ....................1 00
. B. Licorice  Drops...................................... 75
Losenges, plain.................................... 
 
printed..............................  
Imperials.........................................................60
Mottoes................................................ 
Cream Bar....................................................... 55
Molasses Bar...................................................50
Hand Made  Creams..................................R0®90
Plain Creams.............................................6)®SO
Decorated Creams...........................................90
String  Rock.................................................... 60
Burnt Almonds..................................... 90@1 85
Wlntergreen Berries...................................... 60

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CARAMELS.
“ 
“ 
OBANOXS.

No. 1, wrapped, 8 lb.  boxes...........................  34
No. 1, 
.........................  51
No. 2, 
.........................  28
Floridas, Fancy Brights  126.............................  3 £0
Floridas, Fancy Brlgnts, 150....................  
  3 ~
Floridas Fancy  Brights, 176,  200.  216.............4
Florida Tangerines, 100 to 150 in  flat......... 2  50

 

lemons.

Choice, 300..........................................................  3 00
Extra Choice, 300  .  .....................................  3f*<
Fancy, 300 
...................................................   3 5
Choice, 360  ...................................................   3 00
Fancy, 360 ......................................................   3 50

BANANAS.

“ 

Large bunches..............................................   1
Small bunches.....................................  1  0U@1  50
OTHEB  FOREIGN  FR U ITS.
Figs, fancy  layers  16fc...................
“  SOft....................
“  
extra 
“  14ft....................-
bags  .........................................
Dates, Pard, 10-lb.  box......................
“  50-lb.  “  ...... ..............
Persian. 50-lb.  box.................
1 lb Royals, old.................... . 

©© 5
5

HUTS.

Almonds, Tarragona.............................  @1*
Ivaca....................................13*4 ©14
California, soft shelled
©12*4 
® 7; ©10 
Braills, new...................................
Filberts  ........................................
©12 ©12 
......................
Walnuts, Grenoble 
French...........................
@13 
Calif...............................
©14 
Soft Shelled  Calif...........
@10*4 © 9
Tabie Nuts,  fancy.........................
Pecans. Texas, H.  P .,...... ................ ......  6 ©  7*4
Hickory Nuts per bu......................
Oonnannts. full «auks  .................
Butternuts  per bu..............  ........
Black  Walnuts, per bu...................

choice.

400
6C

PBAHUT8.

. .. .   @5*4
Fancy, H.  P.,Sunfl........................
“  Roasted............
....  6© 6*4
Fancy, H.  P., Flags  .............................
©   5H
“  Roasted  .............
........  6©  6*4
Choice, H. P.,  Extras......... ..........
©   4*4
. . . .  
“  Roasted  ........ ......   5© 6

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“ 
“ 
“ 

f r e s h   m e a t s .

BE E F.

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

PORK.

Dressed.................................................  5© 5*4
Loins.....................................................  
7*4
Shoulders  ................1.......................... 
6
Leaf Lard..............................................  
8

Carcass...................................................4  © 6
Lambs....................................................   5*4@5

MUTTON.

WHAT  STOVE  MERCHANTS

With  Experience in the  Trade  Hane 

To  8ay  aboilt 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, Watertown, 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 
60
fuel consumed and the waste of food  by,im­
65
proper baking.
70
H arry 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. Hay & Son, Arcolo,  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.
Dunning Bros. & 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. Tauscbe, La Crosse, Wis.

111.

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,
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., 
The Majestic is  substantial  in  its  construe 
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, 

Traverse City, Mich.

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 farther particulars  address

J.W . JOHNSTON,  Manager»

Carcass .

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Grand  Rapids, Mich.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

3

-  -  WORDEN  GROCER  CO.,  -  -

S u c c e s s o r s   to

H A W K IN S   &  COM PANY,

WHOLESALE

GROCERS

Hawkins  Block,  Corner  Ionia  and  Fulton  Sts.

I 

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AUTHORIZED  CAPITAL  = 
PAID  IN  CAPITAL 

- 

- 

- 

$100,000
50,000

A.  E.  Worden,  W.  L.  Freeman,  W.  M.  Butts,  W.  D.  Tolford,  Chas.  W.  Garfield,  T.  J.  O’Brien,  Chas.  F.  Rood, 

N.  Fred  Avery,  W.  F.  Blake,  Alex.  Keith,  Harry  Worden,  Eugene  Worden,  Geo.  Worden.

STOCKHOLDERS.

A.  E  Worden,  W.  L.  Freeman,  Chas.  W.  Garfield,  T.  J.  O’Brien,  W.  D  Tolford,  N.  Fred  Avery,  Chas,  F,  Rood,

DIRECTORS.

W.  M.  Butts,  W,  F.  Blake.

OFFICERS.

PRESIDENT,  A.  E.  Worden. 
VICE-PRESIDENT,  W.  D.  Tolford. 

SECRETARY,  W.  M.  Butts.
TREASURER,  W.  L.  Freeman.

P a tr o n a g e   of  th e   T ra d e   Solicited.

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AROUND  THE  STATE.

M OVEM ENTS  O F  M ERCHANTS.

Blissfield—Ellis,  Scott  &  Co.  succeed 

A.  D.  Ellis & Co.  in general trade.

Port  Huron—Wm.  Wastall  has  sold 

his drug business to K.  V. Conway.

Ovid—Hazel & Clark  succeed  Fred  E. 

suc­

Hazel in the boot and shoe business.

Kalamazoo—Adrian  VerWest 

,

ceeds Ball & Co. in the meat business.

Hanover—E.  L.  Heath,  general  dealer 
at this place,  has assigned to W. W. Dew.
Cass  City—Seeley  &  Anton  succeed 
C. W.  McPhail in  the  banking  business.
Oxford—P.  Bice & Co.  have purchased 
the drug business of C.  H.  Parker  &  Co.
Constantine—L.  H.  George  succeeds 
Gladding & George in  the drug business.
Alma—Albert  E.  Woodward  has  sold 
has boot and shoe business  to J.  L.  Meil- 
ler.

Rockford—Thompson  &  Keeney  suc­
ceed A.  A.  Thompson in the  grain  busi­
ness. 

Carsonville—Austin  &  Vivian  suc­
ceed David Crory,  Jr., in the  drug  busi­
ness.

Saginaw—Erlick & Lefkvits succeed J. 
Jaros in the  dry  goods  and  shoe  busi­
ness.

Gaylord—Chas. W. Bahel has  removed 
his  general  stock  from  Otsego  to  this 
place.

Oak  Grove—Geo.  A.  Wood  has  pur­
chased  the  drug  business  of  L.  E. 
Walker.

Lawton—Chas.  Hall  succeeds  A.  J. 
Hall & Son in the agricultural implement 
business.

Parma—Hans  &  Godfrey  succeed 
Hodges & Dean  in the drug  and  grocery 
business.

Jackson—Newell,  Richardson  &  Gal­
braith succeed the  Foster  Furniture  Co. 
at this place.
Eastport—D.  D.  Blakely & Son succeed 
F.  M.  Harris in  the  dry  goods  and  gro­
cery  business.

Central Lake—Cummings  & Swaverly, 
meat dealers,  have dissolved, S.  E.  Swav­
erly succeeding.

Battle  Creek—Silas  C.  Bellamy  suc­
ceeds Mrs F.  E.  Locklin in the  glove and 
mitten business.

Eaton  Rapids—Pillmore,  Tiers  & Mer­
the 

ritt  succeed  Pillmore  &  Tiers 
clothing business.

Prattville—Culver & Duncomb, general 
dealers,  have  dissolved,  Duncomb  & 
Jones  succeeding.

Ridgeway—Sutton  &  Gould,  general 
dealers,  have dissolved,  Bert  Gould con­
tinuing the business.

in 

Saginaw—Wm.  A.  O’Donnell succeeds 
O’Donnell & Scallon  in the  produce  and 
commissiou  business.

West  Bay  City—Kircher  &  Ueberath 
succeed  Weber,  Kircher  &  Co.  in  the 
planing mill business.

Three Rivers—W.  K.  Ritchie,  of  Gur­
nee,  Ills.,  has  purchased  the  grocery 
business of J.  E. Hummel.

Vassar—Hill &  Lewis,  boot  and  shoe 
and furnishing goods  dealers,  have  dis­
solved, C. C.  Hill succeeding.

Charlotte—The Benton Manufacturing 
Co.  has removed its hand  rake  business 
from Potterville to this place.

Durand—The DeCamp Hardware Com­
pany has purchased the  stock of the Du­
rand Hardware Co.  at this place.

Shelbyville—L.  J.  Miller  has  bought 
implement  and  hard­
the  agricultural 
ware stock of Walker &  Brooks,  to  take 
effect Feb.  1.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.
Port  Huron—William  Wastell, 

Holly—Algoe  &  Striggow,  who  have 
been engaged in the windmill, pump and 
produce business,  have  dissolved,  Lew. 
Algoe succeeding.

Saginaw—Borden  &  Drysdale,  whole­
sale produce and fruit  dealers,  have dis­
solved.  The business will  be  continued 
by J.  M.  Drysdale.

Albion—F.  A.  Young  &  Co.  have 
added a stock of groceries to  their  meat 
business.  Frank H.  Clay  (W.  J.  Quan 
& Co.)  sold the stock.

Muskegou—Hoekenga &  Barsema  will 
shortly open a grocery and  meat  market 
store in the building on  Lake  street,  for­
merly occupied by K.  Solheim.

Wayland—H.  P. Hudson has purchased 
the interest of his partner in the produce 
business of H. J.  Slade  &  Co.  and  will 
continue the business in his own name.

Byron Center—Geo.  Levitt  has  sold 
his interest in the  meat market of  Levitt 
Bros,  to his  brother,  who  will  continue 
the  business  under  the  style  of  Chas. 
Levitt.

Eaton Rapids—W. W.  Zimmerman has 
sold part of his grocery  stock to  Stirling 
& Crawford and is shipping the remainder 
to  Jackson.  He  will  retire  from  the 
business.

Hart—Henwood Bros,  have  sold  their 
grocery  stock  to  the  Stitt  Grocery  and 
Provision Co.  (Winfield  Stitt,  manager), 
which  will  continue  the business at  the 
same location.

Albion—E.  A. Davis succeeds  the  firm 
of N. & E. A.  Davis in the  grocery  busi­
ness,  N.  Davis  retiring  to  devote  his 
time  to  the  Electric  soap  factory, 
in 
which he is a stockholder.

Saginaw—Henry  S.  Doran,  for 

the 
past ten years manager of  the  Excelsior 
Clothing and Shoe Co.’s shoe department, 
will embark in the shoe business here on 
his own account about April 15.

Ionia—Chas.  H. Webber has purchased 
a half interest in the  hardware  stock  of 
H.  B.  Webber  and  will assume the  ac­
tive management  of  the  business.  The 
new firm will be known as H.  B.  Webber 
& Bro.

Cheboygan—J. J. Post & Co.  have pur­
chased the Wm.  Erratt  &  Co.  hardware 
stock from the  Peninsular Stove Co., De­
troit,  which  purchased  it  at  assignee’s 
sale,  and have leased  the  store  building 
for five years.

Bay City—The style  of  the  wholesale 
grocery house of the R.  P. Gustin Co.  has 
been changed to  Gustin,  Cook  &  Buck- 
ley.  There  is  no  change in ownership, 
the members of the firm being H. H. Gus­
tin, Chas.  E. Cook and Frank J. Buckley.
Ada—Smith  &  Bristol,  formerly  en­
gaged  in  the  drug,  grocery,  boot  and 
shoe  and 
furnishing  goods  business, 
have dissolved.  James Bristol continues 
the drug  and grocery  business,  and John 
Smith the boot and shoe  and  men’s  fur­
nishing goods business.

Hastings—Chas.  A.  Freer  has  pur­
chased the interest of C. O.  Freer  in  the 
firm of  Freer Bros,  (successors  to  John 
Flemming & Son in  the  dry  goods  and 
grocery business)  and will  continue  the 
business under his own  name  at his new 
location on Jefferson street.

Mason—S. P. Stroud has sold  his  fur­
niture  and  undertaking  stock  to  F.  L. 
Stroud  and  A. McDonald,  who will  con­
tinue the business  at the  same  location. 
The senior Stroud has  been  actively  en­
gaged  in  the  business thirty-nine years, 
during which time he has officiated as un­
dertaker at the funeral  of 2,150  persons.

the 
pioneer  druggist  of  this  city,  has  re­
tired from  active  business,  after having 
been engaged in the drug business in this 
city for forty years.  He  began his busi­
ness career in 1854,  in  partnership  with 
Dr. C.  M.  Stockwell.  Soon after, he pur­
chased the latter’s  interest and  has  con­
ducted the place  aontinuously since.  He 
has sold the stock  to  Y.  R.  Conway,  of 
Sault Ste.  Marie, and will take a rest.

Quincy—H. A. Graves has  a  curiosity 
on exhibition in his  store window in  the 
shape of a roll of butter which he bought 
of some farmer  last  Saturday  as  a  gilt 
edged  article  and sold to some customer 
in good faith as  such.  Looks,  however, 
is sometimes deceiving,  and you have  to 
get at the heart to show  the true charac­
ter of the article. 
It  proved  so  in  this 
case,  for  when the  beautiful yellow roll 
of butter was cut  into  the  true  inward­
ness was  soon  discovered.  The  veneer 
covering of  good  butter,  about  half  an 
inch  thick,  was  spread  very  adroitly 
around the entire  surface  of  white,  in­
ferior butter.

Flint—The Swinton  &  Reynolds  Co., 
Limited,  has uttered a  trust mortgage of 
$4,246.96 for the benefit of  all  the  cred­
itors  without  preferment, 
to  David 
Swinton,  of  Saginaw.  This  company 
was organized about  two  years,  with  a 
paid in capital  stock  of  $8,000,  and  its 
assets are now about three times  its  lia­
bilities.  The  creditors  are  Swinton, 
Reynolds,  & Cooper, Saginaw,  $1,137.02; 
First National  Bank,  Flint, $1,500;  Na­
tional Wall Paper Company,  New  York, 
$879.92;  and  miscellaneous  accounts  of 
$730.02.  The stockholders  were  not sat­
isfied with the  earnings  of  the  concern 
and it is stated that this  action  is  taken 
to protect  the  creditors 
in  full  and  to 
make  it  possible  to  effect  a  final  and 
complete settlement of  their differences.

MANUFACTURING MATTERS.

Kalamazoo—The  Phelps  &  Bigelow 
Windmill Co.  has  increased  its  capital 
stock from $40,000 to $175,000.

Traverse City—A.  W.  Wait has merged 
his contracting and wood  working  busi­
ness  into  a  stock  company  under  the 
style of A. W.  Wait  Manufacturing  Co. 
The capital stock is  $20,000.

Saginaw—The  Alpha  Manufacturing 
Co.  has  been  organized  with  a  capital 
stock of $5,000,  all paid in,  to embark in 
the  manufacture  of  wearing  apparel. 
The stockholders  are  Edmund  A.  Rob­
ertson, of Saginaw,  and  Angus C.  Wood- 
bridge,  E. Clement Wbateley,  Charles L. 
Morgan and M.  M. Nesbitt,  of Detroit.

Detroit—The  corporation  of  Parke, 
Davis & Co.  expired  by  limitation  Jan. 
14, and was reincorporated Jan.  10  with 
a capital of $2,000,000, of which $1,500,000 
is paid  in,  divided  among  seventy-nine 
stockholders.  Those  who  hold 
the 
largest  blocks  of  stock  are  John Clay, 
New York,  1,200;  Geo.  S.  Davis,  Detroit, 
7,782;  Mrs.  E.  B.  Judson,  Lansing,  600; 
Mrs.  A.  H.  Hanscombe, Yevy,  Switzer­
land,  192;  Mrs.  Florence,  M.  C.  Butts, 
Orchard  Lake,  320;  Mrs.  C.  B.  McCon­
nell, Pontiac, 307;  Willard C. McConnell, 
Adrian, 360;  Mrs.  F.  J.  McCartney,  St. 
Clair,  120;  Mrs.  A.  Price,  Bristol,  Eng., 
264:  E. G.  Swift,  Walkerville,  60;  Rev. 
George Worthington, Omaha, 600;  Dr. E. 
T.  Tappey, 1,080;  John  B.  Russell, New 
York,  1.069;  Wm.  H.  Stevens,  Detroit, 
3,933;  Mrs. E.  P.  Stevens,  Detroit,  1,200;
H. C.  Parke,  13,902;  G.  Y.  N.  Lothrop,
I, 409, and Truman H.  Newberry, 600.

W estern
B e e f
and
Provision
C o .

Agents 

for  Armour’s  Celebrated 
Lard,  Vegetole,  World’s  Fair  Premium
Butterine.

Smoked  Meats.

No.  1  Hams.........................................  9
Picnic  Hams........................................7%
Breakfast Boneless Bacon..................   8%
Dried Beef,  Ham  Sets  ......................9}$

Fresh  Meats.

Beef Sides.....................................5@  6
Loins of Beef................................8@10
Rib Roasts..................................... 7@  9
Pork Loins.....................................  

7Ji

Beef  in  Barrels.

Boneless  Rump  Butts..................... $9  25

Lard  in  Tierces.

......................   7%
Kettle Rendered....... 
Family...................................................5%
Compound...........................................   5%
Ask  for prices  on any  provisions or 

Special  attention  to  mail  and  tele­

meats.

graph orders.

Telephone  1254.

71  Canal  St,  Grand  Rapids.

PROVISIONS.

 

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co 

12 CO
12 25
14 00
13 25
13 50
13 50
13 75
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quotes as follows :
PORK  IN  BARRELS.
Mess,.....................................................  
Short c u t.......................................  
 
Extra clear pig, short out...................... 
Extra clear,  heavy  ...............................
Clear, fat  back......................................  
Boston clear, short cut..........................  
Clear back, shortcut.............................  
Standard clear, short cut. best.............. 
SAUSASE.
Pork, links............................
Bologna................................
Liver-..........  ........................
Tongue ................................
Blood....................................
Head cheese.........................
Summer................................
Frankfurts............................
LARD.
Kettle  Rendered................
Granger.............................
Family 
.................................
Compound..........................
Cottolene.............................
Cotosuet..............................
0 lb. Tins, &c advance. 
01b. pails, Me 
501b.  “ 
lie 
25 lb.  “  %C 
131b.  " 
l c  
Extra Mess, warranted 200  lbs...................
Extra Mess, Chicago packing......................
Boneless, rump butts....................................
smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.
Hams, average 20 lbs....................................
16 lbs....................................
12 to 14 lbs............................

7 «6 
7 00 
9 50
0 * 
.10
picnic...................................................7
best boneless........................................  8M
Shoulders......................................................  62£
Breakfast Bacon  boneless.............................   9
Dried beef, ham prices.................................   10
Long Clears, heavy.......................................   6%
Briskets,  medium.  ........................................  7J4
Butts...........
D. S. Bellies. 
Fat Backs  ..
Half  barrels...................................................3 25
Quarter barrels...............................................1  75
K its.................................................................. 90
KitB, honeycomb  ......................................... 
75
Kits, premium 
............................................. 
55

light................................................

PICKLED  PIUS’  PEET.

BEEP  IN  BARRELS.

DRT  SALT  MEATS.

TRIPE.

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GRAND  R A PID S  GOSSIP.

Chas.  VanMiddleworth  has  opened  a 

meat market at 694 Cherry street.

B.  F.  Pogue,  grocer  at  692  Cherry 
street,  is succeeded  by  J.  W.  Harris  & 
Co.

W. E.  Densmore,  formerly of  Saranac, 
has opened a meat  market at 5  Robinson 
avenue.

G. Adrion has opened a  grocery  store 
at  223  West  Bridge  street.  The  Ball- 
Bamhart-Putman  Co. 
the 
stock.

furnished 

Olney  &  Robinson,  grocers  at  220 
Plainfield  avenue,  have  dissolved,  the 
business being continued  by J.  M.  Rob­
inson.

C.  B.  Reynolds  has  embarked  in  the 
grocery business at  1250  South  Division 
street.  The Lemon & Wheeler Company 
furnished the stock.

The United States Cigar Co.  has leased 
the fifth floor of the  Weatherly  &  Pulte 
building  and  expect  to  begin manufac­
turing goods for the  trade  about  Feb.  1.
Gleason & Murray,  general  dealers  at 
Lake City,  have  opened  a  branch  gro-
eery store at  Falmouth.  The  stock was 
furnished by the Musselman  Grocer  Co. 
and the Worden Grocer Co.

John Algier, of  Algier  &  Goss,  meat 
dealers at 359 South East street,  has sold 
his  interest  to  Geo.  A.  Caldwell,  for­
merly a clerk in the clothing store  of  E. 
S.  Pierce.  The new firm name is Goss  & 
Caldwell.

Local  capitalists  who  are  being  im­
portuned  by  the  Secretary of the Board 
of Trade to  invest  in  a  cannery  enter­
prise here,  on the representation that the 
margins are  large  and  the  demand  for 
the  output  always  in excess of the sup­
ply,  are  invited  to  peruse  the opening 
paragraph of our New  York letter on the 
twentieth page of this issue.

A  representative  of  Dr.  J.  Parker 
Pray,  manufacturer  of  manicure goods, 
called at the Morse department  store the 
other day for the purpose  of  selling,  if 
possible,  an  assortment  of  manicure 
goods.  Her mission  was  a  failure,  Geo. 
Morse  laconically—and  probably  truth­
fully—remarking  that  the  people  who 
patronize  his  store  do  not  clean  their 
finger nails.

A new stock company is in  process  of 
organization to be  known  as  the  Singer 
Hook &  Eye  Co.  The  corporation  will 
have a capital stock of 3300,000, of which 
8225,000 will be issued  to  Julius  Berkey 
in exchanged for his  patents  for  safety 
drapery  and  garment  hooks. 
Fifty 
thousand  dollars  of  the  stock  will  be 
placed on the m  rket  at par  and the  re­
mainder, 825,000, set aside for the  Secre­
tary and Treasurer of  the  company. 
It 
is expected that Julius  Berkey  will  con­
sent to act as President  of  the  corpora­
tion,  and that the  position  of  Secretary 
and Treasurer  will  be  filled  by  H.  W. 
Stebbins, for the part  two  years  Secre­
tary and Treasurer  of  the  Priestly  Ex­
press Wagon & Sleigh Co.,  Mr.  Stebbins 
having  resigned  the  position  of  Treas­
urer of  the  Priestly  Company  and  Ar­
thur W.  Seymour been  elected  to fill the 
vacancy.  The  Singer  company  will 
probably have its hooks and  eyes  manu­
factured in the East,  shipping all orders 
from this city.

Henry Trucas,  formerly  in  the  hotel 
business  at  Edmore,  has  opened  a res­
taurant at 20 West Bridge street.

The  city  is  full  of  furniture  buyers 
from  all parts of  the  country,  attracted 
thither  by  the  semi-annual  exhibit  of 
spring  samples  by 
local  and  outside 
manufacturers.  Much  speculation  was 
indulged  in over the  attitude of the buy­
ers on the subject  of placing  orders,  but 
a comparison of notes  at the  end  of  the 
eighth  day  of  the  season  showed  that 
more orders had  been  placed  than  dur­
ing the entire  season  last  July.  This  is 
decidedly  encouraging  to all dependent, 
directly or  indirectly,  on  the  prosperity 
of the furniture  industry, as such a  con­
dition of the  trade  involves  full  forces 
and full  hours at all of the  factories  for 
several  months  to  come.  This  means 
large payrolls  and  augmented  trade  for 
merchants  and  all  who  depend  on  the 
patronage of  furniture workers.
K n ow  W h a t Y ou  H ave  in  Y our  H ouse.
The Grand  Rapids  Fire  Insurance  Co. 
has issued a little book which every  fam­
ily in  the  city  who  carry  insurance  on 
household furniture  should  have. 
It  is 
called the Household Furniture Inventory 
Book.  This  book  is  arranged  in  sys-
tematic  form,  containing  a  printed  list 
of all articles appertaining to a furnished 
bouse,  having one  column  for  the  orig­
inal  entry  and  other  columns for what 
may be added,  together with columns for 
the value  and  description,  making  it  a 
very easy matter to arrange.  Only those 
who have passed through  the ordeal  can 
fully appreciate the annoyance and labor 
involved  and  the  difficulty  experienced 
in remembering in  the  confusion  which 
results  in  all  cases  after  a fire, the nu­
merous  articles  which  belong  to  them 
and can  fully realize  how  many  dollars 
they could  have saved had they taken an 
inventory before  the  fire.  These  books 
will  be  given  to  any one desiring them 
by calling at its office  in  the  Houseman 
block.

For  th e   R etail  T rade.

The Commercial Credit Company is de­
livering to its subscribers  its  annual re­
port  of  names  of  individuals  whose 
worthiness of credit is  questionable. 
It 
is a book containing 2,700 names and ad­
dresses—400 more than last  year’s  book 
_very carefully compiled  and alphabet­
ically  arranged. 
Its  great  value  and 
convenience  are  freely  spoken  of  by 
many merchants.

From   O ut  o f T ow n.

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

C.  N.  Menold,  Fennville.
J.  L.  Covey,  Reno.
Jas.  Murphy & Son,  Lowell.
Gleason & Murray.  Lake City.
Frauk Hamilton,  Traverse City.

Why impose on a confiding public with 
cheap,  tasteless,  insipid  Chicago  jelly, 
when you can  buy Mr9.  Withey’s  Home­
made  Jellies,  which  are  really  fine fla­
vored, nice and tart,  at such  low prices? 
See this week’s price list of Edwin Fallas 
on last page  in this paper.

J.  P.  Visner is on  the way with Gillies 
& Co.s’  fine New York coffee.  They are 
not matched.  Wait for values.

There was 898,259.26  worth of  postage 
stamps sold at the  New York  post  office 
during the month of December.

EXIT  H A W K IN S  &  CO.

In a u g u ration  o f a  N ew   W h o lesa le  G ro­

c er y  H ou se.

The former establishment  of  Hawkins 
&  Co.  has ceased to exist as a wholesale 
grocery house,  the  stock  and  good  will 
having  been  acquired by a new organiza­
tion  which  will  be  kuown as the Worden 
Grocer Co.  The new  corporation has an 
authorized capital  stock  of  3100.000.  of 
which  350,000  is paid in,  divided among 
thirteen  stockholders  in  the  following 
amounts:
A. E.  Worden..............
Chas  W. Garfield  ......
Wm. D. Tolford  .........
W. M  B u tts...........
W. L.  Freeman............
Chas. F. Rood...........
N. Fred Avery 
...........
W.  Fred Blake............
Alex.  Keith.................
T. J  O’Brien........  ..
Eugene Worden...........
Harry W orden........
George  Worden...........
A. E  Worden  trustee

$10,0 ’0 
5 ,C0‘ 
5,1 (jo 
.  5.'00 
.  5 000 
.  5.0U0 
5,0t.0 
.  5."' 0 
.  2,500 
.  1,000 
IN. 
100 
5“
.  1,200
At  the  first  annual  meeting  of  the
stockholders,  held  at  the  office  of  the 
corporation Saturday  forenoon,  nine  di­
rectors were  elected,  as  follows:  A.  E. 
Worden, Chas.  W.  Garfield,  Wm.  D.  Tol­
ford,  W.  M. Butts,  W.  L. Freeman, Chas. 
F.  Rood,  N.  Fred  Avery,  W.  F.  Blake
and T.  J. O’Brien.

At a meeting of the directors, heldsub-
sequent to the stockholders’ meeting,  the 
following officers were elected:

President—A.  E.  Worden. 
Vice-President—W.  D.  Tolford. 
Secretary—W.  M.  Butts.
Treasurer—W.  L.  Freeman.
The  new  company  has  already  ar 
ranged  to  increase  the  stock  over  that 
carried by the former firm  and  proposes 
to take rank with  the  five  other  houses 
in  the  grocery  line  competing  for  the 
trade  tributary  to  this  market.  There 
appears to be no reason  why such should 
not be the case,  as the officers of the cor­
poration are gentlemen’of  wide business 
experience,  two  of  them—Messrs.  Free­
man  and  Butts—having  been  identified 
with 
the  grocery  business  for  many 
years.  Mr.  Worden  is  a  gentleman  of 
wide experience,  having  been  identified 
with 
furniture 
manufacturing  and  wholesale 
lumber 
business,  and  brings  to  the  new  eter- 
prise  a  breadth  and  enthusiasm  which 
are a favorable augur  for the  prosperity 
of the house.

the  wholesale  notion, 

The traveling force of  the  new  bouse 
will  be  as  follows:  W.  F.  Blake,  A.  S. 
Doak, B.  E. Granger,  Geo.  F.  Schumm,
M.  M.  Mallory,  H.  R.  Savage  and  G,  B. 
Coukey.

S ix tee n   O ut  o f  S e v e n ty -O n e

Owosso, Jan,  11—The  regular  exami­
nation  of  candidates  for  certificates  as 
pharmacists  and  assistants  by 
the 
Michigan State Board of Pharmacy,  con­
cluded yesterday  at  the  Catholic  Club. 
There were seventy-one present of whom 
fifty-three were candidates for registered 
pharmacists and eighteen  for assistants. 
The following passed as registered phar­
macists:  Nelson  Abbott,  Kalamazoo: M. 
R.  Blair,  Birmingham;  C.  C.  Dowswell. 
Algonic;  Perry  Hibbard,  Delray;  Fred 
Nesbitt, Durand; J.  L.  Wasburn,  Perry,
N. Y  ; Albert E.  Johnson,  E.  Kimmich, 
C. O.  Larter, J.  J.  Morrish,  W.  J.  Reid, 
Robert  Rutherford,  J.  F.  A.  C.  Water­
man,  Detroit.  The  following  assistants 
passed:  H.  A.  Barclay,  Clio;  F.  H. 
Fenner, J.  P.  Toomey, Detroit.
the  Board 
The  next  meeting  of 
for  examinations  will  be 
at 
Grand  Rapids  on  the  first  Tuesday  in 
March.  Hereafter  all  applicants  must 
furnish  affidavits  showing  the  required 
practical  or  college  experience  before 
being  allowed  to  write  on  the examin­
ations. 

Sta n ley  E.  P a b k il l,  Sec’y.

held 

Wants  C o l u m n •

K|]'lNt>>s  €  H  * N*  t 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.____________________ _
F or  sa le—old  e s t a b l is h e d   f u r n i- 
ture and second-hand store.  Good  chance 
to add undertaking, in  est lake  shore  town  in 
Michigan.  Reason,  poor  health.  Address  Un­
dertaker, care Michigan Tradesman.______67S
F o r  r e n t- h o te l  to  r e n t,  p a r t l y
furnished, good bar  and  bar  fixtures,  ex­
cellent location; good chance to the right party. 
Inquire 6  Carrier M.,  Grand  Rapids,_____ 674
F or  sa le—a  w ell  s e l e c t e d   drug
st  ck and first class fixtures, a aood assort 
ment of wall paper, in a  good  location.  Terms 
reasonable.  Present owner not a druggist.  Ad­
dress Aaron Bechtel, Cale  onla,  Mich. 
676
F OR  KENT—A  DE-IRABLE  STORE BUILD- 
ing  formerly occupied by  Elliott & Co .  on 
northea  t corner  of  Monroe  and  Ionia  streets. 
One of the best locations in the  city.  Inqnire of
Peter Doran  tO Tower Block.___________  665_
m o  EXCHANGE FoR 
IRsT CLASS FARM— 
_L  a $i  ,0n0 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

66.

o  EXCHANGE  FOR  STOCK  OF  MEH- 
chandise—a  first-• la.-s  improved  14'  acre 
farm, good bui'dings.  One mile from post office. 
Citv of 3,50u inhabitants.  County  seat.  Central 
Michigan.  Value $9 WW.  Address No. 863.  care 
Michigan Tradesman. 
"tETANTED—BUSINESS MEN  DESIROUS  OF 
VV  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
STOCK  OF CLOTHING AND GENTLEMEN’S 
furnishing  goods  to  trade  for  real  estate. 
Address No. 66b, Care Michigan Tradesman. 660
001»  FARM  NEAR  STATE  CAPITOL, 
I I   clear t'tle, to exchange for boots and shoes. 
G. W. Watroug, Lansing,  Mich.__________ 659
TF  YOU  WANT  TO  BUY  OR  SELL  REAL 
I.  estate, write me.  I  can  satisfy  you  Chas. 
E. Mercer, Rooms 1 and 2, Widdicomb  building.6-3
/'NOOD  OPENING  FOR  DENTI-T.  AD 
VJ  dres« s. S. Burnett, Lake Ann,  Mich.  654
F or  sa l e—a  shoe  b u m n ess,  ok  h a lf 
Interest in ssme  on  one  of  the  principal 
streets in Grand  Rapids  New stock  good trade, 
location  At.  Address  No.  624  care  Michigan 
Tradesman.  ________________________621

•SITUATIONS  WANTED.

TXT ANTED-POSITION  BY  REGISTERED 
7 V  pharmacist of experience either  in  drug 
store or salesman on the road.  Address  No. 688,
care Michigan Tradesman._____________ 668
RELIABLE  OKI  GOODS  AND  SHOE 
salesman  desires  position.  Is  capable  of 
taking full charge of stocks  or  occupying  posi­
tion of general manager.  Address No. 671. care
Michigan Tradesman. 
______________ 671
TANTED—A  POSITION  BY  AN  EXPERI- 
' 
enced drug  clerk;  a  graduate  in  phar­
macy, registered In Michigan; best refeiences of 
former  employers  as to  character  and  ability; 
use  no liquor  nor  tobacco;  salary  reasonable. 
Address 66. ■ care Michigan Tradesman 

6 7

MISCELLANEOUS.

 

673

AN  WANTED; ¡»ALARY AND  EXPENSES. 
Permanent place; wnole or part time.  Ap­
ply  at  once.  Brown  Bros.  Co.,  Nurserymen,
Chicago.______  
679
EN  TO  SELL  BAKING  POWDER  TO THE 
grocery  trade.  Steady  employment,  ex­
perience unnecessary  $7  monthly  salary  and 
expenses or commission.  If offer is satisfactory 
address  at  once  with  particulars  concerniug 
yourself  U. S  Chemical  Works, Chicago.  6  7 
WILL  BUY  LARGE  MERCANTILE  BLSI- 
ness in  Northern  Central  Michigan.  Cash 
paid,  ,f cheap.  Write at once to F.  Messenger.
Stanton,  Mich. 
___________________ 672
\ \ J  ANTED—BUTTER,  EGGS,  POULTRY, 
VV  potatoes,  onions,  apples,  cabbages,  etc. 
Correspondence  solicited  Watkins  &  Smith, 
8—86South  Division St.. Grand Rapids. 
OR  SALE—MODERN  NINE  ROOM  HOUSE 
on Jefferson avenue  Price  low and terms 
easy.  Owner  going  South.  For  particulars
write W. H. Griffiths, 6 Canal  St.________ 67>
\ \ T  ANTED— MANAGER  FOR  A  RETAIL 
V V  hardware store within one hundred miles 
of i his city;  we  want a man of large experience 
and unquestioned  ability.  This  is  a  first-class 
opportunity tor the right  party.  Address  Lock 
Drawer X, eleve.and, Ohio.____________ 661
VTEARLY  NEW  BAR-LOCK  TYPEWRITER 
Jn| 
for  sale  at  a  great  reduction  from  cost- 
Reason for selling, we desire another  pattern of 
same make of maehlne, which  we  consider  the 
best  on the  market.  Tradesman  Company,  100 
Louis St.. Grand  Rapids._______________564
W J ANTED— HVERY  DRU GGIST  JU ST  
VV  starting in business and every one already 
started to use our system of poison labels.  What 
has cost yon $15 you can now  get  for  $4  Four­
teen  labels  do  the  work  of  113.  Tradesman 
Company,  Grand Rapid
. _____________
A. Ji. KAOWLSON,
Cement,  Lime, Coal, Sewer Pipe, Etc.

Wholesale Shipper

s

CARLOTS  AND  LESS 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH,

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SIAM  AND  ITS  TRADE.

W ritten  ( o r   T h e  Tr a d e sm a n.

The penetration  of  eastern  semi-bar­
barous countries  by western civilization 
has a  greater  influence  on  values,  and 
consequently on  economic  conditions, in 
the  West  than  is  generally  supposed. 
The price  of  wheat  in  this  country  is 
fixed by the fields  of  India  and Siberia. 
Similar influences are felt in  less  degree 
in  the  competition  of  other  products. 
Thus there is an  added  interest  in  any 
such countries liable  to  exploitation  by 
western  enterprise.  The  kingdom  of 
Siam, in the eastern part  of  the  Indian 
Peninsuia.  is, next to Thibet  and Corea, 
the least known of the eastern countries. 
In  a  recent  conversation,  Dr.  Dan  F. 
Bradley, of Park Congregational church, 
of 
this  city,  gave  T h e  T radesm an 
some interesting  information  in  regard 
to Siam and  Siamese  trade.  He  is well 
qualified to do this as he  spent  the  first 
twenty-four  years  of  his  life  in 
that 
country,  his  father  having  commenced 
his missionary  work  there  in  1834,  the 
year  after  the  first  Protestant  mission 
was established.

Siam is about  equal  in  extent  to  the 
State of Texas,  and  supports  a  popula­
tion of  five  or  six  millions  people.  A 
large proportion  of  the  country  is  un­
cultivated,  being occupied  by mountains, 
jungles and swamps.  The  great  plains 
of the delta of  the  principal  rivers  are 
subject  to  such  inundations  that  rice, 
the principal staple in  higher  localities, 
cannot  be  grown;  but  from  the  accre­
tions of silt brought down by  the  rivers 
and from  other causes  these are rapidly 
becoming the most productive lands of the 
earth,  rivaling  the  Nile  Valley.  The 
tropical temperature is quite  varied,  the 
nights in some  seasons  being  cool.  At 
times,  however, the heat is excessive.

The principal  export  of  Siam  to  the 
western  markets  for  many  years  has 
been teak  wood.  Great  forests  of  this 
and other  valuable  woods  abound  near 
the  upper  courses  of  the  rivers.  The 
lumber is transported in rafts to the cap­
ital and principal shipping port, Bangkok, 
and  thence  is  shipped  to  Marseilles, 
Southampton and other western markets.
The following curious  list  of  articles 
subject to export duties  is  published  in 
an annual  by Dr.  Bradley’s father and is 
the official schedule:
Ivory,  gamboge, 

rhinoceros  horns, 
cardanums  best,  cardanums  bastard, 
dried mussels,  pelicans’  quills,  betelnut 
dried,  krachi wood,  sharks’  fins  wh te, 
sharks’ fins black,  lukkrabau  seed,  pea­
cocks’  tails,  buffalo and  cow  bones, rhi­
noceros hides, hide cuttings, turtle shells, 
turtle  shells  soft,  beche  de  mer,  fish 
maws,  birds’  nests  uncleaned,  kingfish­
ers’  feathers,  cutch,  beyche  seed  (nux 
vomica),  pungtalai  seed, gum Benjamin, 
Angrai bark,  agilla  wood,  ray  skins,  old 
deer  horns,  soft  or  young  horns,  deer 
hides fine, deer hides common,  deer  sin­
ews,  buffalo and cow  hides,  tiger bones, 
elephant bones, armadillo skins, sticklac, 
hemp,  dried  fish  plaheng,  dried 
fish 
plusalit,  sapan  wood,  salt  meat,  man­
grove  bark, rosewood, ebony,  rice,  sugar 
white,  sugar red,  cotton cleaned and un­
cleaned,  pepper,  salt  fish,  beans  and 
peas,  dried  prawns,  tilseed,  silk  raw, 
bees-wax,  tallow,  salt and tobacco.

The country is  badly  handicapped  by 
the terms of its  treaties  with  other  na­
tions  iu  which  it  is  not  permitted  to 
charge  more  than  3  per  cent,  import 
duties.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Trade methods are  exceedingly  primi­
tive.  The only medium  of  exchange  is 
silver.  The coinage is  principally  from 
Mexican dollars,  which  are  coined  into 
“ticals,” equal to about 60  cents  United 
States  currency.  There  are  no  bank 
methods of exchange except  for  foreign 
trade in the hands  of  British  residents. 
If it is desired to transport  money  from 
one part of the  kingdom  to  another,  it 
must be carried by a royal  escort, or,  in 
possible  cases,  paid  to  some  reliable 
trader  who  will  produce  the  value  in 
goods or money at the  place  designated.
Gold is  as much a  commodity  as  dia­
monds  are  in  this  country.  The  king 
has tried to make up for  the  recent  de-

D.  P.  BRADLEY, D.  D. 

preciation of silver by debasing the coin­
age until the results are  very disastrous.
The trade of the country is principally 
in  the  hands  of  Chinese  and  Arabian 
merchants.  Most  of  the  stores  or  ba­
zaars in Bangkok are in floating houses on 
the Menam River or the numerous canals 
which  intersect  the  city  in  place  of 
streets.  The  greatest  imaginable  vari­
ety  of  articles 
is  displayed  in  tt ese 
stores,  from  which  the  fronts  are  en­
tirely  removed,  so  that  everything  is 
open to the inspection of possible buyers 
as they  pass  in  their  boats.  Credit  is 
never given and no  books  are  kept  ex­
cept the merchant’s reckoning  of  gains. 
In fact, there is no provision for  the col­
lection of a debt, even  if  the  purchaser 
be wealthy.  The only possible  security 
provided for is  on  chattels  or  personal 
service.  Produce  is  brought  into  the 
cities in boats on  the  rivers  and  canals 
which intersect the country  in  place  of 
roads, and is sold  for  cash.  This traffic 
is in the hands of the Siamese.
The Siamese are taxed by  the  Govern­
ment  to  one-third  the  value  of  their 
time.  There  is  a  triennial  tax  levied 
on the Chinese residents, for which  a re­
ceipt is given by a string tied around the 
left  wrist  and  sealed  with  the  official 
seal.  The Chinese in Siam  are about on 
a level with those of the  Pacific Coast of 
this country in intelligence and  activity, 
bat are  so  far  superior  to  the  natives 
that  they,  with  the  Arabs,  easily  mo­
nopolize 
emigrate 
in  great  fleets  of  their  clumsy  junks, 
which make one round trip a  year,  tak­
ing advantage of the trade  monsoons, as 
they can only sail  with the wind.
Dr.  Bradley has an  interest, of  course, 
in his native  country,  which  leads  him 
to watch with care its political probabili­
ties  and  prospects  for  advancement. 
He predicts that in  the  near  future  the 
country will pass into the  control of the 
British Government,  when the first great 
enterprise carried  out will  be  the  con­
struction  of  a  canal  across  the  Malay 
Peninsula, 
thus  shortening  the  great 
eastern  route  of  commerce  many  hun­
dreds of  miles.  Should  this  prediction 
be realized,  the vast natural  resources of 
Siam  will  become  available  and  will 
have their  influence  in  the  markets  of 
the world.

trade.  They 

the 

THE  MAN  PROPELLER.

The management of men is  a  science 
This missing,  an  army would  be  but  a 
mob, a congress a Babel,  and  a  mine  or 
a  mill  on  the  road  to  bedlam  or  the 
sheriff.  Abate order  and  discipline,  let 
the  time  clock  run  as  it  pleases,  put 
printed rules into the stove,  and what  is 
left of your business and  yourself would 
be but a bare bone or a cracked egg.

Everybody knows this,  from  the  man 
who runs a squad on  municipal  jobs  to 
the manager of amine, a steel plant, or a 
ward election.  The boss  is  indispensa­
ble.  To be a success he must be able to 
control,  rule, or  direct  those  placed  in 
his charge.  As a rule,  his  employer  is 
more directly interested in the  slate that 
gives the figures of  production  and  the 
totals of the  pay  roll  than  in  the ways 
and  means  by  which  the  figures  slide 
over  to  the  right  side  of  the  ledger. 
This is more  and  more  a  necessity,  as 
the merging of inuustries  into  combina­
tions is on so large a scale  that  many  a 
manager or president of a mine,  or  rail­
road,  or group of mills,  knows  as  little 
of his employes as he does of  the  mayor 
of Mars, or the  cousins  of  an  Egyptian 
mummy.  This may  be  an  unfortunate 
condition  in industrial relationships,  but 
it is a logical sequence to  ruling  causes. 
A manager may be as humane as the gen­
tleman  who,  between  Jerusalem  and 
Jericho,  provided oil and  wine,  a  saddle 
and a hotel for  the  Jew  whose  pockets 
had been emptied and his  bones  broken 
by a gang of thieves.  He may be strictly 
just and as much opposed  to denying his 
employes their rights as he  would  be to 
rob his  own  head  of  its  ears,  and  yet 
what may be done in his name  and with­
out his  knowledge  may  be  unjust  and 
inhumane. 
It is among one of  the  more 
virulent and popular of modern scandals 
to charge the causes  of  discontent,  and 
the sins of arbitrary  and  despotic  man­
agement, to men who are as  innocent  of 
the abuses charged as are the horses they 
ride.  We are of the  conviction,  and  we 
speak from experiences on  sea and land, 
in the  coal pit and  the  lumber camp,  in 
railroad service and other forms of labor, 
that in arbitrary,  domineering  and  con­
scienceless under-bosses  the  peace  and 
content of labor have suffered more than 
the newspapers ever  tell, or the average 
demagogue cares  to  remember.  Many a 
strike with the bark pulled from the tree 
would show a salaried  man  at  the  root 
of the trouble.  We recall a coal  miners’ 
strike  in  the  West. 
It  had  the  usual 
black  fringe  of  scandal  and  horrors— 
men hungry and children  in  rags.  The 
sensational  scribe  served  up  his  hash 
with the usual spices.  The name  of the 
mine operator was an offense to the  pub­
lic  nose.  He  had  built  his  home  and 
bought his daughter a piano by  grinding 
miners’  bones  and  squeezing  the  labor 
lemon dry.  Somebody went  to work  on 
this case and the cause of all  the trouble 
and located it  in  a  manager  and  some 
sub-bosses.  The operator  was  brought 
in contact with the miners,  and  a  week 
after every pick in the  valley  was  busy. 
This instance could  be multiplied by the 
hundred.  But while  this  is  true,  it  is 
just as true that  the man  propeller, as a 
rule,  takes his  cue  from  his  employer. 
He is simply a sneeze  from  office  snuff. 
He is manly or brutal,  according  to  the 
copy written on the slate.  He  pipes the 
music  for  which  he  is  paid,  and  the 
louder he swears and the  more work  he 
can squeeze  out  of  ten  hands  and  ten 
homes,  the brighter his prospects.  Such 
men  do  immense  mischief  and  work 
more  evil  than  is  generally  supposed. 
Fair-minded and reasonable  managers of 
men,  though  not  a  few,  are  none  too 
many;  but,  from  the  man  propeller we 
have described,  may  the Lord deliver ns.

F r ed  Woodrow.

L.  G.  DUNTON  1 GO.

Will  buy  all  kinds  of  Lumber—  

Green  or  Dry.

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

Grand  H alids,  Mich.

The Largest Manufacturers  of

WALTER BAKER &  GO.
PURE,  HIGH  GRADE
COCOAS AND 
CHOCOLATES

on  this  continent, 

have received

HIGHEST  AWARDS

from  the  great

ììri

IN

EXPOSITIONS

Europe and America.

Unlike the D utch  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 &  CO. DORCHESTER. MASS.
H.  M  R e y n o ld s  &  S o n ,

STRAW  BOARD,

Jobbers of 

BUILDING  PAPERS, 

BUCKSKIN  and MANILLA

WRAPPING  PAPER, 

ROOFING  MATERIALS,

COAL  TAR  and  ASPHALT; 

also

Practical  Roofers,
Grand  Rapids, 
  Mich.

Corner Louis and Campau Sts.,

.

.

.

The BraiiM Mercantile Apicy.

The Bradstreet Company, Props.

Executive  Offices, 279,281,283  Broadway, NT

CHARLES F. CLARK, Pres.

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

Brand  Rapids  Office,  Room  4,  Widdicomb  Bldg.

HENRY ROYCE, Snpt.

HIRTH, 
KRAUSE 

&  CO.

Headquarters  for
Over Goiters 

oiil legos
$2 .5 0   per  dozen 

and Upwards.

ion loot soles

in 3 grades.

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

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,

7

PORTER  TO  PARTNERSHIP.

P ro g ress  o f  a  C lerk  W ho  W a s  N ot 

A fraid  o f W ork.

An Old Merchant in  Hardware.

Of all the good things that came to  me 
in  my  boyhood  days probably none had 
so direct a  bearing  upon  my  prosperity 
as the offer of Mr.  May of the  use of  his 
library. 
I had the  average  love of read­
ing to be found in  most  boys;  stories  of 
adventure were my  especial  delight,  but 
I eagerly read stories  of  any  and  every 
kind that came  in  my  way;  for  heavier 
reading I  had little inclination;  books  of 
travel  were  good if they were well filled 
with incident,  but the descriptive parts I 
usually  skipped.  Of  course,  such  a 
taste  as  this  is  not  the  one most to be 
commended,  but a  taste  even  for  story 
reading  is  better  than  to  have no taste 
for any kind of  reading.  And  Mr.  May, 
who seemed to take an interest in me,  in­
stead of trying to  persuade  me  to  drop 
stories  for  other  matter, encouraged me 
to go on. only he laid  much stress on the 
fact  that  there  were  many  degrees  in 
stories.  His  library  contained  a  good 
collection  of  novels;  among  them  1  re­
member Scott’s,  James’,  Bulwer’s,  Mis« 
Porter’s.  Miss Edgeworth’s and others of 
those  times.  Scott’s  “ Ivanhoe”  looked 
rather dry to a boy who  had  been  read­
ing  “The  Trapper’s  Feast,”  but  a  few 
words regarding  its  hero  made  me  de­
sirous of reading  it, and  through it I  be­
came interested in early  English history, 
and  I found myself  reading history  with 
a greater relish than  I had  formerly read 
Cobbe’s  stories. 
I  mention  the  matter 
here to impress it  upon  the  clerks  who 
see these chapters, that every young man 
has it  largely  in  his  power  to  educate 
himself,  and that the evenings spent with 
good books are the most  profitably spent 
of boyhood.
Between my sixteenth and seventeenth 
years I grew fast in maturity. 
I was the 
oldest child  and  my  mother  was  poor; 
what she earned  with  her needle and my 
small salary kept a family of  five  of  us. 
There  were  no  extras  about  the house, 
nor much but  plain  fare  set  before  us; 
our  clothes  were home made and chosen 
for  service  rather  than  for  style. 
It 
seems as if life under  such  aspects  was 
not  very  pleasant,  but there are a great 
many comforts in  life that do not depend 
on  money  altogether;  we  were  able  to 
keep out of debt and  we  had  our  home 
and  each  other,  and, 
thank  God,  a 
mother’s  love  is the same let her be rich 
or poor.
When I was 17. Mr. Ely said to me that 
Harry was going to leave,  and if  I  could 
do  the  work  with  a boy  to help me,  he 
would advance my salary $200 a year.  1 
felt  abundantly  able  to  take  Harry’s 
place,  and  when  be left I  began to put in 
practice a great many ideas  that  he  bad 
laughed  at  when  I had mentioned them 
to  him. 
I  explained  them  to  Mr.  Ely 
and he told  me to go ahead.
I think our store was far ahead  of  the 
average country store of to day:  I  rarely 
meet in my travels,  and  I  am  “on  the 
road” more or less, any store that is kept 
neater than we kept ours,  while  I rarely 
find anywhere many nearly  up  to  it.  1 
had noticed that  there were  two lines of 
goods in every branch of trade—one that 
people bought because they  needed,  the 
other,  goods they  bought  because  they 
saw them.  This was true in  dry  goods, 
it was no less  true  of  groceries,  and  it 
was largely so  in  boots  and  shoes  and 
hats and caps. 
In our  town  it  was  the 
fashion  to  display  the  staples  in  each 
line;  we  piled  unbleached  cottons  and 
prints at  the  door;  had  boxes  showing 
various kinds of  sugar  in  the windows, 
and kept a pair of cowhide  boots  swing­
ing over the door.
these  were  goods 
everybody  wanted  and  that  everybody 
bought, and that they rarely  bought  ex­
cept  when  they  did  yvant  them;  they 
would come in  and  call  for  them  any­
how;  they must  have  them.  But  there 
was a large line  of  “fancy”  goods  that 
came  partly  under  the  head  of  extras 
that the eye would  be  pleased  with  and 
that  would tempt a purchaser.
We  went  to  work  and  cleared  our 
show case of pi ug tobacco, ladies’ hosiery, 
buS envelopes, etc., and made a brilliant 
display in it of buttons, ribbons, edgings,

I  reasoned  that 

About  this  time  we  began 

braids,  and goods of  that  kind;  we  put 
wires over the counters near  the  ceiling 
and  on  them  pinned  hosiery,  handker­
chiefs, collars,  gloves,  and  similar  arti­
cles. 
In the window where  we had been 
wont  to  show  sugars  and  a  large  box 
of bar soap  we made a display of raisins, 
pices,  and candy,  and  on  the  counter 
we piled up ground coffee in  fancy pack­
ages, and chewing tobacco  in  handsome 
boxes;  the  shelves  were  full  of  goods 
having  pretty  labels,  and  the  grocery 
department  was  an  ornament  to 
the 
tore.
Anyone who  has  never  tried  the  ef­
fect of a good display  of  fancy  goods,  I 
doubt  my  ability  to  convince  of  the 
difference between that method  and  the 
old-fashioned  way  of  piling  everything 
haphazard,  but  the  difference  is  there 
and one has but to make a small  trial  of 
it to  be  convinced.  Mr.  Ely  confessed 
before the first month was  over that our 
trade had increased ten percent.,  and the 
increase was entirely  in  the fancy goods 
—the ones we were most anxious to  sell.
to  hear 
rumors  of  auother  store  about  to  be 
started  in  town,  and  before  long  the 
story turned out to be  a true  one;  some 
men  were coming from  Fairville,  a  city 
twenty miles away,  and  were  going  to 
open  a  general  store.  The  facts  were 
there  were  already more  stores than the 
place justified; two  of  them  gave  their 
owners  a very  poor living,  and  Mr.  Ely 
had made money  because he  had  money 
and  was able to  handle  everything  and 
«tarry his  trade  as  they  needed.  But a 
firm from the city probably  meant  sharp 
cutting and  war,  and  we  did  not  enjoy 
the  prospect.  The new store was  to  be 
opened  in thirty days.
Lying about four miles from our place 
was a German settlement of  about thirty 
families; 
they  were  bard  working, 
thrifty people,  and no one  of  the  stores 
could say  it  owned  their  trade.  They 
sold  more  butter  and  eggs  than  any 
other neighborhood in  the county, and 1 
concluded there might be a way  whereby 
we could get their trade  and  bold  it;  if 
we were to have to fight for our trade  we 
might as well  begin at once.  I suggested 
to Mr.  Ely that he should buy  a busines 
wagon  (he already  had a horse), and  that 
l  would  go down to  the  settlement  and 
see what 1 should do with the  people  in 
arranging for a weekly collection of  but­
ter  and eggs.  He  was willing 1  should 
make 
the  attempt,  so  next  week  1 
started  off  one  morning  on  what  was 
my first drumming  trip.

Delivery wagons have now  become  as 
necessary  a  part  of  every  business  as 
scale* and counters,  but many  of  us  can 
easily  remember  when  people  carried 
home  their  own  goods,  and  when  one 
village  dray  did  all  the  delivery  of 
heavy goods for a whole  town.

Chas.  Pettersch,

JOBBER  OF

Imported and Domestic Ctieese

Swiss, Brick and Limburger a  Specialty. 

161—163  West Bridge St.  Telephone 123 

GRAND  RAPIDS

Hardware Price Current.

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

“ 
‘ 

A X IS.

BARROWS.

jnell’s ............................................
Jennings', genuine.........................
Jennings’, Imitation......................
<’irst Quality, S. B. Bronze............
D.  B. Bronze  ...........
S.B. S. Steel............
D. B. Steel................

...........60*10
........... 
4M
........... 
25
...........50*10
...........* 5 50
...........  il  00
...........  6 50
...........  13 CO
Railroad  ..................................— (12 00  14 00
Garden  ........................................... ...  net  30 00
dls.
Stove............................................... ............ 50*10
...........75*10
Carriage new list 
.........................
Plow................................................ ............ 40*10
........... 
70
Sleigh shoe  ..................................
...........1 8 50
Well, plain  ...................................
...........  4X10
Well, swivel...................................
...... 70*ln
Cast Loose Pin, figured..................
Wrought Narrow, bright Sast joint 40  ...... 80*10

BUTTS, OAST.

BUCKETS.

BOLTS.

dls.

dls.

HAMMERS.

“ 
“ 
“ 

HINGES.

HANGERS. 

Maydole  * Co.’s..................................... dls. 
i
25
Kip’s ................................... ................... dls. 
Yerkes *  Plumb’s ...............................  .dig. 49*10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.........................80c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel  Hand__30c4G*10
Gate, Clark’s, 1 ,2 ,3 ............................... dl8.60*10
State........................................... per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook and  Strap, to 12 In. 4^  14  and
longer.......................................................  
3*
Screw Hook and  Bye, %........................ net
8*7*
“  %................... — net
“ 
3£.........................net
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
55.........................net
7H
Strap and T ............................................ dls.
dI8.
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track__50*16
Champion,  anti-friction.............................  60&1
Kidder, wood track.......................  
46
Pots............................................................... 60*11-
Kettles..................................................... — 80*16
Spiders  .........................................................60*16
Gray enameled............................................. to*lo
Stamped  Tin Ware............................. .new list 73
Japanned Tin Ware..................................... 
25
Granite Iron W are.....................new 11s 
2»
Blight...................................................  70*10*10
Screw  Eyes.............................................70*10*10
Hook’s .....................................................70*10*10
Gate Hooks and B res......................... 
70*10*10
dls.7<j
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s  ..  ___  ___
Sisal, 54 Inch and larger  ... .......................  
7
Manilla.........................................................  10
dls.

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

levels. 
ROPES.

HOLLOW WARE.

wire goods. 

SQUARES. 

dls.

 

 

SHEET IBON.

Try and Bevels. 
Mitre...............

..............  71*10
................ 
00
...............  
2f!
.  Smooth. Com.
C(HL.  _  __
Nos. 10 to  14..........................................f3 mi
...13 50
*s> 50
Nos. 15 to 17.....................................  3 5
...  3 50
2 81
i 06
.. 
Nos.  18 to 21...................................  
i
2 70
Nos. 22 to 24.......................................3
...  3 55
2 80
Nos. 25 to 26
...3  65
2  90
No. 27................................................. 3
....  3 75
8 00
All  sheets No. 18  and  llg] 
over 30 Inches
wide not less than 2-10 extra
SAND PAPER.
List acct. 19, ’86.....................................dls. 
SASH COED.
Silver Lake, White A..............................list 
Drab A........................... 
 
White  b ...............................  • 
Drab B..................................  “ 
White C................................  “

59
50
“ 55
50
55

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

 

Discount, 10.

BASH WEIGHTS.

dls.

saws. 

wire. 

traps. 

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

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

Solid Eyes...........................................per ton *20
dls.
20
70
50
30
30
Steel, Game  ..................................................60*10
Oneida Community, Newhonse's...............  
49
Oneida Community, Hawley a Norton’s ..76-10 10
Mouse,  choker....................................15c per doz
Mouse, delusion............................... 81.25 per doz
dls.
Bright Market..............................................  70-10
Annealed Market.........................................  
75
Coppered Market.........................................  
70
Tinned Market............................................   6214
Coppered  Spring  Steel................................  
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized...............................  2 50
painted..............................  2 10
HORSE NAILS.

An  Sable  ..........................................dls.  40*10
dls.  05
Putnam.......................................... 
Northwestern................................ 
dls. 10*10
dlB.
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.................... 
30
Coe’s  Genuine  .............  
so
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,....................  75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable............................... 75*16
Birdcages................................................... 
50
Pomps, Cistern.................................. 
75*10
Screws, New List..............................70&P *10
Casters, Bed a  d  Plate.................... 50*10*10
40
Dampers, American..................................... 
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods........ 65*10

MISCELLANEOUS. 

WRENCHES. 

dls.

“ 

 

METALS,
FIG TIN.

7

ZINC.

28c
28c

so l d e r. 

Pig  Large.................................................... 
Pig Bars.......................................................  
Duty:  Sheet, 2I4c per pound.
660 pound  casks................................. 
SH
Per pound.................................................... 
*
V4@H.................................................................. IS
Extra W iping.................................................  15
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
«older In the market indicated by private  brand«
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY.
Cookson............  .......  ............... per  pound
Hallett’s......................................  
13
TIN—MXLYM GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal...........  .......................... * 7 50
7  50
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
9  25
14x20 IX, 
9 25

Each additional X on this grade, *1.75.

“ 
“ 
“ 
TIN—ALLA WAT GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal..........................
“ 
............................
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX,
©50  14X20IX,

7s 
6  75
8 25
9 25

 
 
 

 
 
 

“ 

Bach additional X on this grade 51.50.
ROOFING PLATES
Worcester  ..... .........  .

6 66 
14x20 IC, 
8 50 
14x20 IX, 
18 50 6 00 
20x28 IC, 
14X20 IC, 
14x20 IX 
7 50 
12 50 
20x28  IC, 
15 50
20x28 IX,
(14  06
14X28 EX
14x31  IX................................   ....................   15 00
  X;f" îi» '9 B0“er,’fPei Pound....  10 00
S

BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.

Allaway  Grade.

Wrought Loose  Pin........................................   40
Wrought Table...............................................  40
Wrought Inside Blind...................................  4 )
75
Wrought Brass............................................. 
Blind,  Clark's...............................................70*10
Blind, Parker’s ................. 
70*19
Blind, Shepard’s 
70

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

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

 

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

 

40*10

CRADLES.

CROW BARS.

ast Steel  .........................................   per t>  5
65
Ely's 1-10 
Hick’s C. F
O. D ......
Musket

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

OAFS.

.

CARTRIDGES.

CHISELS. 

-tin»  Fire...................................................... 
’entral  Fire.........   .................'............. dig. 

56
25

Socket Firmer...............................................75*10
Socket Framing............................................75*1*
Socket Corner...............................................75*10
Socket Slicks............................................... 75*10
Sutchers’ Tanged Firmer............................ 
40

dlB.

dls.

combs. 

CHALK.
COPPER.

40
lurry,  Lawrence’s....................................... 
HotchkisB....................................................  
25
White Crayons, per  gross..............12©12J4 dls. 10

“ 

Vanished, 14 os cut to size........per pound 
14x52,14x56. 14x60 .......................  
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60.......................  
Cold Rolled, 14x48........................................  
Bottoms........................................................ 
dlS.
Morse’s Bit  Stocks................................ 
 
Taper and straight Shank............................ 
Morse’s Taper Shank.................................... 

DRILLS. 

28
26
23
23
22
50
50
50

DRIPPING PAMS.

ELBOWS.

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

Small sizes, ser pound................................   6H
06
Large sizes, per pound................................  
Cam. 4  piece, 6 In...........................doz. net 
75
lorragRted........................................t.. dls 
50
^Unstable............................................ dls. 40*10
Clark’s, small, 818;  large, 126...................... 
30
Ives’, 1, *18:  2, *24;  3,*30............................ 
25
Dlsston’s ..................................................60*10-10
New American........................................ 60*10-10
Nicholson’s ............................................ 60*10- 0
......................................................  
Heller’s 
50
Heller’s Horse Rasps  .................................. 
50
Nos.  16  to  20;  22  and  24;  25  and  26;  27
List 
16

SALVANIZED IRON.

files—New List. 

dls.

dig.

15

18
Discount, 70

12 

14
GAUGES.

dls.
5
dls.

dls.

NAILS

locks—DOOR.

MAULS. 
mills. 

MOLASSBB GATES. 

knobs—New List.

....................................... 
MATTOCKS.

Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s...........
Door, mineral, ]ap. trimmings.........
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings —  
55 
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings  ..
Door,  porcelain, trimmings..............
55 
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain  ......
70 
I.
dls.
Russell * Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list
55
Mallory, Wheeler  *   Co.’s.................
55
Branford’s ......... ..............................
56
56
Norwalk’s .........................................
Adze Bye..................................... *16.00, dls. 60-10
Hunt Bye..................................... *15.00, dls. 60-10
Hunt’s...................................... *18.50, dls. 20*10.
dls.
50
speiry *  Co.’s, Post,  handled...................... 
dls.
offee, Parkers  Co.’s ...................................  
40
40
••  P. S. 4  W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleable!.... 
■*  Landers,  Ferry *  Cls rk’s.................  
40
.....................................  
30
“  Enterprise 
Stebbln’s Pattern..........................................60*10
Stebbin’s Genuine........................................ 66*10
Enterprise, self-measuring..........................  
30
Advance over  base,  on  both  Steel  and Wire.
Steel nails, Dase...............................................1  35
Wire nails, base.............................................. 1 35
60.................................................................... Base Base
50......................................................  
10
40...................................................... 
25
25
30...................................................... 
35
20............ 
16......................................................  
45
12......................................................  
45
50
10...................................................... 
8  ...................................................... 
60
7 * 3 .................................................  
75
4.......................................................  
90
1  26
3  ...................................................... 
2.......................................................  
1 60
1  80
Fines  .............................................  
65
Case  10............................................. 
8..........................................  
75
6............................................. 
90
75
Finish 10........................................... 
8............................................ 
90
6  .......................................... 
10
70
Clinch! 10.......................................... 
8.........................................  
80
6..........................................  
90
Barren %.......................................... 
1'
dlB.
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy................................   ©4i
Sdota Beach.
Sandnsky Tool Co.’s, fancy.........................  ©40
Bench, first quality....... ..  ........................   ©40
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s  wood...........50*10
Fry,  Acme............................................ dls.60—10
Common, polished................................ dls. 
70
d ls.
Iron and  Tinned..........................................50—10
Copper Rivets and Bon  ............................  50—10

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PLANES. 

rive t s. 

FANS.

 

 

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

“A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
1 ‘B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 26 to 27...  9 20 

Broken packs >40 per pound extra.

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WEDNKSDAY  JA N C lK T  16.

FATE  OF  THE  CURRENCY  BILL.
There is  no  significance  attaching  to 
the defeat of the second  Carlisle bill  be­
yond considerations of political  manage­
ment.  The carelessness  shown  in  pre­
paring and  presenting  both  bills  gives 
color to the Intimation  that  the  authors 
were actuated by  considerations  of  sec­
tional Dolitical  prejudices  and  a  desire 
to please  their  immediate  constituents, 
with no thought that the  bills  would  be 
pushed  to  serious  consideration.  The 
manner in which the  defeat  of  the  last 
bill  was brought about,  by  forcing a test 
vote  without any  attempt  to  conciliate 
the opposition or to outline a  policy  for 
its  consideration, 
indicates  that  there 
was either "playing to the gallery”  or  a 
regard to  financial  fluctuations  in Wall 
Street, or both.  There were  some  good 
features in the last bill,  as,  for  instance, 
in the direction  of  extending  bank  cir­
culation,  but  this  was  not  sufficiently 
guarded against the "wild  cat”  idea  to 
command any confidence.

The failure to pass a  currency  reform 
bill at  the  present  session  of  Congress 
will be a serious obstacle in the way of  a 
complete  restoration  of  confidence  in 
business  circles. 
It  is  now  perfectly 
clear that,  until a currency bill is passed, 
the  drain  of  gold  from 
the  Treasury 
must continue,  and,  in order  to meet the 
constantly increasing demands,  frequent 
issues of bonds will be needed.

The  existing  situation  discloses  the 
absolute need of two  remedies—one  the 
prompt  retirement  of  the  outstanding 
legal  tender  notes,  and  the  other  the 
creation of a bank currency  to  take  the 
place  of  the  Government  notes.  The 
redemption and cancellation of  the legal 
tenders is necessary to stop the  drain  of 
gold and the constant bond issues.  Under 
existing  laws  it  is  necessary  for  the 
Treasury  to  reissue  legal  tender  notes 
as  fast  as  they  come  in.  As  a  result, 
there is a perpetual outflow of gold  from 
the coffers of the  Government,  without a 
reduction in liability.  As  the taxes and 
customs dues are all  payable  in  Govern­
ment notes,  the Treasury  has  no  means 
of  securing  gold,  except  by 
issuing 
bonds.  The  legal 
tender  notes  are, 
therefore,  a  constant  menace  to  the 
National Treasury, and  the  finances  of 
the  Government  can  never  be  placed 
upon a sound basis until they are retired.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,

The  retirement  of  the  legal  tender 
notes  would  make  a  bank  circulation 
necessary to  meet  the  wants  of  trade. 
This must be secured either by rendering 
the issue of  National  bank  notes  more 
profitable  or by the unconditional repeal 
of the tax on bank notes until some com­
prehensive  measure  governing  circula­
tion is framed by Congress.

The failure of the  present  session  of 
Congress  to  pass  a  currency  bill  will 
postpone action on this important matter 
until next winter,  when a  new Congress, 
under the domination of a political party 
hostile to the administration,  will  be  in 
power.  This consideration  should urge 
the Democratic leaders  to  point  out  the 
necessity  of  some  immediate  provision 
being made to check the gold drain, even 
if it is  found  impossible  to  secure  the 
enactment of a  comprehensive  currency 
bill.  The  failure  of  the  Carlisle  bill 
should not  prevent  the  introduction  of 
other  measures  of  currency 
reform. 
The debate in the House over  the  pend­
ing bill,  although it  has  developed wide 
differences of opinion,  has,  nevertheless, 
served to  emphasize  the  importance  of 
a prompt solution of the  currency  prob- 
lem. 

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

The  defalcation  of  the  Treasurer  of 
the  State  of  South  Dakota, 
involving 
from  $300,000  to  $350,000,  has  been  a 
matter of  much  comment  and  specula­
tion, especially as to its  causes  and  the 
motives  governing  that  official.  The 
theories advanced make him  out  almost 
anything  from  a  philanthropist  over­
whelmed by the  financial  depression  to 
the  veriest  embezzler and  thief. 
It has 
been stated that if he bad  not  advanced 
State  funds  to  help  one  of  the  local 
banks during the panic,  the result would 
have been  widespread  failure  and  ruin 
throughout  the  State.  This  means,  of 
course, that there was  collusion between 
him and others in  misappropriating  the 
funds  and  thus  violating  his  oath  of 
office,  which would  argue  a  bad  condi­
tion of  financial  politics. 
It  is  one  of 
the risky conditions attending the organ­
ization of a newly settled  State  that,  as 
all are  newcomers,  it  is  impossible  to 
know the reliability  of  aspirants  to  its 
offices and thus  opportunities  are  given 
for the  exploits of  such  "Napoleons  of 
Finance.” 
It  is  found  in this case that 
the culprit’s father in  Indiana,  reputed 
wealthy, is  execution  proof  and  but  a 
can  be  collected 
moiety 
the 
other 
bondsmen.  Whatever  may 
have  been  the  causes  leading  to  the 
original defalcation or misapplication  of 
State funds the fact that the defaulter at 
the last got possession  of all the cash  he 
could reach,  having  for  some  time  laid 
his plans to that end,  and  absconded,  as 
other thieves usually do,  leaves no ques­
tion as to the proper classification of him 
or his crime.  To appreciate its enormity 
it  must  be  remembered  that  the  State 
had just passed through a  season  of  ex­
tended  drought,  added 
to  cheapened 
products and scarcity of  money,  making 
the collection of the  taxes a serious mat­
ter.  Then  the  magnitude  of  the  sum 
taken  is  relatively  much  greater  in  so 
yonng  a  State.  All  these  things  con­
sidered,  it amounts to a serious calamity.
H.  Knickerbocker  has  resigned  the 
Presidency of the  Antrim  County  State 
Savings Bank of Maneelona  and  is  suc­
ceeded  by  Warren  E.  Watson,  C.  E. 
Blakeley having been  elected Vice-Pres­
ident to succeed  Mr.  Watson.

from 

The  G rocery  M arket.

Sugar—The market has been steady on 
hard grades,  but  somewhat  irregular  on 
soft  grades.  The  indications  are  that 
the market will  be steady  for some time.
Coffee—Brazilian grades are active and 
Man­
strong,  having  advanced 
ufacturers of  package  brands  have  ad­
vanced their quotations  %c.

Bananas—Stock in the hands  of  local 
commission merchants is of a  fair  qual­
ity and is  selling  as  reasonable  prices, 
although  the  volume  of  sales  average 
small, on account of the  risk  of  having 
them 
severe 
weather.
Lemons—The extreme cold weather is, 
in a measure,  responsible  for  the  very 
low prices at which these  goods  are  be­
ing sold.  Dealers with  a fair amount of 
stock on hand are  chary  about  ordering 
from the auctions, as they fear  the  fruit 
may become frosted  and,  consequently, 
open up spotted and unsaleable.

transit  by 

spoiled 

in 

Oranges—There are still  a  few  boxes 
of fruit in our market  that  are  in  first- 
class  order,  having  been 
loaded  and 
started  North  while  the  weather  was 
warm.  They  are  being  held  at  firm 
prices,  and by the latter part of the pres­
ent week will have been snapped  up  by 
the retail trade.  A  great many carloads 
of oranges are being shipped  from  Flor­
ida every day, bnt every  orange  was  on 
the trees during thd entire cold weather, 
which practically ruined  the  crop.  The 
buyer, therefore,  must take  his  chances 
of getting rid of his  stock  before  decay 
sets in.  The fruit is loaded  in  refriger­
ator cars,  iced, and then closed securely, 
in order to secure an  even  temperature. 
There will be  no  perceptible  change  in 
the fruit while in transit,  and,  if dealers 
are careful to keep what  they  buy  in  a 
cool  place,  a  great  deal  of  it  can  be 
worked off at a profit;  but  if is placed in 
a warm  room,  fermentation  will  begin 
and the fruit will soon become worthless. 
Our quotations are for fruit  that has not 
been touched by  frost,  and,  if  yon  are 
offered  fruit  for  less  money,  you  are 
quite  likely  to  get  oranges  which  are 
more or less frozen.  Sicily oranges have 
jumped up $1 per box,  and  so  many  or­
ders  have  been  placed  for  Galifornias 
that the exchanges have issued  circulars 
stating that they will accept no  more or­
ders for  two weeks.
Peanuts—The  new  stock  is  coming 
forward in excellent condition  and is be­
ing offered at prices  which  would  seem 
were rock  bottom.  The  nuts  are  suffi­
ciently dry  now  to  warrant  placing  in 
stock and will not  shrink  in  weight  by 
further  drying  out.  Shelled  goods  are 
easy,  and especially so are the No.  1  and 
No. 2 Virginias.
Candy—Mo material change  in  prices, 
as sugar has  remained  stationary.  Gro­
cery mixtures are  being  sold  very  low, 
but there are few  large  orders.  French 
and  handmade  creams,  chocolates  and 
the finer lines of good  are  selling  fairly 
well and the manufacturers are  hopeful.
The  directors  of  the  National  City 
Bank  (Grand Rapid9)  made  no  mistake, 
Monday, in electing  Constantine  Morton 
to  succeed  the  late  Thos.  D.  Gilbert as 
President of that  institution.  Mr.  Mor­
ton  is  a  gentleman  of  wide experience 
and excellent judgment,  having been en­
gaged in active  business  enterprises  for 
nearly thirty  years,  during  which  time 
he  has  acquired  a  knowledge of affairs 
and  an  insight  into  men  and  methods 
which will be of paramount valne to him 
in his present position.

G ripsack  B rigad e.

Percy  D.  Wells  has  signed  with  the 
Peerless Manufacturing Co.,  of  Detroit, 
for 1895.

At the annual  meeting  of Post F  (Sag­
inaw)  Geo.  A.  Reynolds  was  elected 
Chairman and A.  R. Sntton Secretary.

J.  N. Faulkner & Co. have  engaged  C. 
E.  Northrup  to  represent  them  on  the 
road.  He will buy logs  and  lumber,  as 
well as sell  lumber.

W.  F.  Blake takes $5,000  stock  in  the 
Worden Grocer Co.  and  will  transfer his 
allegiance to that  house  from  the  Mus­
sel man Grocer Co.  as soon  as his  succes­
sor can  be selected and qualified.

R. J.  Ferris,  formerly on  the  road  for 
the Royal  Furniture  Co.,  but  more  re­
cently with  the  Oriel  Cabinet  Co.,  has 
engaged  with  C.  P.  Limbert  for  1895, 
covering the trade of the  Eastern States.
W.  D.  Downey,  Western  Michigan 
representative  for  E.  B.  Miller  &  Co. 
(Chicago),  was called  upon  to mourn the 
death of his mother on  Jan.  7.  He  has 
the  sympathy  of  the  fraternity  in  his 
affliction.

Ed.  P.  Andrew  (Farrand  &  Votey 
Organ  Co.)  was  in  Hastings  last week 
and  caused  the  arrest  of  Thos.  Mc- 
Guigan on a charge of embezzling $211.10, 
as  the  proceeds  from  the  sale  of  four 
organs.  The accused  lies in  jail  in  de­
fault of bail  in  the  sum  of  $350.  Mrs. 
McGuigan  attributes  her husband’s mis­
fortune to his appetite for  strong  drink, 
asserting  that  the profits on organs sold 
was  ample  to  support  his  family  and 
meet the necessary  expenses  of  selling, 
so that defalcation was  unnecessary.

L.  M.  Mills  (Morrison,  Plnmmer  & 
Co.)  was called  upon  last  Thursday  to 
mourn  the  death  of  his  mother-in-law, 
Mrs.  Eliza  McDowell,  who  expired 
after five weeks’  illness  from  paralysis. 
Deceased  was  a  person  of  beautifnl 
character  and  bore  up  bravely  under 
more  trouble  than - ordinarily  comes  to 
the  average  individual.  The  remains 
were  taken  Monday  to  Traverse  City, 
the  former  residence  of  the  deceased, 
where  the  funeral and  interment  were 
held in the afternoon.

The  Grain  M arket.

Wheat closed strong at the  end  of  the 
week  with  an  advance  of  Kc and held 
firm, owing to the baying of the short in­
terest who covered  their  short  sales  be­
fore  their  loss  would  be  greater.  All 
calculations point to a much less amount 
in farmers’ hands than was  supposed  to 
be.  Receipts  in  the Northwest are fall­
ing off, as was anticipated, and there is a 
rumor of freight rates  being  reduced  on 
wheat to what they  were  before  the  ad­
vance,  or  a  deduction  of  5c  per  100 
pounds.  We are still inclined to the  be­
lief that wheat is good  property  to  hold 
at present  prices,  especially  as  our  ex­
ports  are  bolding up and are increasing. 
Corn is, or seems  to  be,  weak,  and  the 
demand  is  nominal  at  present  prices; 
while oats,  in sympathy  with  wheat,  are 
strong,  with a higher tendency.

Receipts during the week were:  wheat, 
60 cars;  corn, 5 cars;  and  oats,  2  cars— 
the wheat being all for the mills here.
C. G.  A.  V oigt.

John E. Gleason, of the  firm  of  Glea­
son & Murray,  general  dealers  at  Lake 
City,  was in town several days last week 
selecting  a  new  grocery  stock  for  the 
branch store the firm is opening  at  F a l ­
mouth.

T H E   MICHIGAN  TRADESM AN.

T R Y   T H E

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5c

W H A T  REGULATES  V A LU E S.
The  proposition  that  the  value  of a 
thing must be  governed  by  the  cost  of 
production  is  as false as that it is meas­
ured by its usefulness,  as is  easily  seen 
in any survey of the  ordinary  prices  of 
necessaries in the markets of the country 
•or of the world.

Some ten or a dozen  years  ago  cotton 
sold  in  New  Orleans  for  10  cents  a 
pound,  and wheat sold in Chicago for 100 
cents  a  bushel.  The  cities  mentioned 
are respectively the most important  cot­
ton and wheat markets in  the  world. 
It 
is not likely that the costs  of  producing 
wheat and cotton  have  declined  to  any 
extent  in  the  past  ten  years, certainly 
not  in  any  such  ratio  as the price has 
gone  down.  Evidently 
the  prices  of 
wheat and cotton  to-day,  standing  rela­
tively at about 50 cents a bushel  for  the 
one and 5 cents  a  pound  for  the  other, 
cannot  have  been  the  results  of  de­
creased  costs  of  production.  Nor  can 
their  diminished  values  have  been 
caused  by  any  decline  of  usefulness, 
since  these  staples  are  just  as  much 
necessaries  of  life  as  they  were  when 
they sold for double the  values  that  can 
now be claimed for them.

It  should  not  require  any  further 
demonstrations to  show  that  the  stand­
ard of value does not depend on the  cost 
of production, or upon the usefulness  of 
the articles themselves,  and  there  must 
be some other explanation of the  regula­
tion  of  value,  keeping  always  to  the 
general  doctrine  that  a  thing  is  worth 
just  what  it  will  bring  in  the  open 
market.

Passing by the  entire  subject  of  bar­
ter which existed before money  was  in­
vented, it will be  necessary  to  consider 
the money metals,  gold and  silver,  since 
all paper currency,  whether in  the  notes 
of governments,  banks or  individuals,  is 
simply made up of promises to  pay  gold 
and  silver,  or  either.  Mankind  had 
reaehed a high  state  of  civilization  be­
fore money was invented.

The extreme  inconvenience  of  barter 
had been established,  and it  was  neces­
sary to devise some method by which  ex­
changes of  value  could  be  readily  and 
accurately  made.  Gold  and  silver  had 
long been objects of admiration  and  ex­
tensively used as ornaments  and  adorn­
ments for the persons of the wealthy and 
distinguished,  and,  being  also  recom 
mended by their practical  indestructibil­
ity  and  resistance  to  decay  and  rust, 
were chosen as representatives of  value. 
Precious stones might on  some  accounts 
have been selected,  but they could not be 
divided into larger or smaller proportions 
to  make  payments,  and  obviously  the 
choice foil on gold and silver.

Gold, being the more beautiful in pub 
lie  estimation,  was  held  in  greater ad 
miration, and its extreme weight gave an 
idea that a greater value  was  concentra 
ted in i t   Bulk for  bulk,  gold  is  about 
twice as heavy as silver,  and,  therefore 
an ounce of gold will occupy  about  half 
the room required for an ounce of silver 
In the far East, in early times,  gold  was 
held to be only twice as  valuable  as  ail 
ver, and this reckoning appears  to  have 
been based on  the  relations  of  weight 
The relations of the  two  metals  in  the 
time of the Romans  was  somewhat  vari­
able, but was  generally  one  of  gold  to 
twelve of silver,  and  this  ratio  seems  to 
have generally obtained  up  to  the  dis­
covery of America.

The  Spaniards  having  opened  to  the 
nations the treasures of  the New  World, 
which they for centuries  practically con­
trolled, some  time  about  the  year  1700 
established  the  ratio  of  16  to 1,  which 
has since been  accepted  throughout  the 
commercial  nations.  Mexico  and Peru, 
which  were the principal  sources  of  the 
Spanish treasures,  were far richer in sil­
ver than in  gold,  and  it  was  doubtless 
upon  the  basis  that  silver  was sixteen 
times as abundant as gold that influenced 
the determination of the Spanish mint to 
establish such relative values for the two 
metals.  When the  great mines  of  Cali­
fornia  and  Australia, 
the  richest  the 
world  has  ever  known,  poured  their 
floods of gold into  the  commerce  of  the 
world,  the  idea  began to be entertained 
that  the  yellow  metal  would  become 
more abundant than  the white;  but the 
subsequent discoveries  of  silver and  the 
fruitfulness of  the  old  mines  soon  dis­
pelled this idea, and the  ratio of the two 
metals remains as it  was  established  by 
the Spaniards.

One of the circumstances that has long 
operated ta create and maintain a prefer­
ence for gold was the  action of  the Brit­
ish Government,  which  in  1816,  by  the 
advice  of  Sir  Isaac  Newton,  who  was 
Master  of  the  Mint,  charged  a  higher 
seigniorage  upon  the  coinage  of  silver 
than  of  gold;  so  it  was  more  advanta­
geous to  keep  gold  in  England,  and  to 
send  silver  abroad  to pay foreign debts 
with.  Other nations were perfectly  will­
ing to accept silver at the ratio of 16 to 1; 
and,  as a result,  England secured a large 
stock of gold,  while the silver was put off 
on foreign countries.

But, of course,  this is not the only rea­
son for the decline of  silver  in  the  past 
few years. 
It is the result of the failure 
of the  gold  mines  which  were  once  so 
rich, while the  silver  product  shows  no 
such falling off until since it became  un­
profitable to work the less prolific mines. 
But should there be any  increase  in  the 
value of silver, there will be no difficulty 
in securing ample production.

Coming back to the question of values, 
it appears that the relative conditions  of 
demand and  supply  have more  that any­
thing else to do  with  regulating  prices. 
When the  crops,  for  instance,  are  very 
abundant,  prices  will  go down.  When 
they  are  cut  short,  prices  Will  go  up. 
This country has been recently treated to 
a  remarkable  spectacle  in  the  price  of 
corn rising above  that  of  wheat.  Ordi­
narily wheat stands far  above  corn;  but 
in  1994  an  abundant  wheat  crop  was 
harvested  in  summer,  while  the  corn, 
which is a fall crop,  was  cut  off  by  ex­
cessive  drought.  The  scarcity  of  corn 
raised its value,  while the  abundance  of 
wheat operated to  depress  its  own  mar­
ket.
The  excessive  crops  of  cotton  and 
wheat have depressed the prices of those 
articles, just as the excessive  production 
of silver  in  proportion  to  gold  has  re­
duced  the  value  of silver. 
It is useless 
to talk of putting  up  prices  by  legisla­
tion.  No law  which  the  United  States 
can make will enhance the price of silver 
or depress the price of  gold  in  London,  i 
Everything depends on  the great laws of 
demand and supply.

In old  times  we  used  to  wear  home- 
spun  clothing.  Now  a  great many peo­
ple are using homespun  ideas of  govern­
ment and  they  are  about  as  rough  and 
knotty as the  threads  in  our  homespun 
clothes.

5c
5c

N IC K L .E   C IG A R .

Sold by All Wholesale Dealers Traveling from Grand Rapid*.

O Y S T E R S .

Anchor Brand.

Are the best.  All orders will receive  prompt  attention  at  lowest  market  price.
F. J.  DBTTENTHALBR.

S a £ f

&a£/~

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

Diamond Crystal Salt

Being free from all chlorides of calcium and magnesia, will  not get damp and 
soggy  on your hands.  Put  up  in  an  attractive and salable manner.  When 
your stock cf salt is low, try a small supply of "the salt that's all salt."  Can be 
obtair. _ from jobbers and dealers.  For prices, see price current on other page. 
For other information, address

DIAMOND  CRYSTAL  SALT  CO.,  ST,  CLAIR, M ICH.

Twenty thousand dollars is a tidy little sum, but  we  have 

$ 20,000
that  amount invested in machinery alone, just to makeCandy

We  turn  out  goods  in  proportion  with  the  investment, 
too.  We make a full line and to get fine  fresh-made goods at 
rock bottom prices come to us  or  tell  your  jobber  you  want 
our make.
The Putnam  Candy  C o .

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TH E  MICHIGAN  THACDESACAHST,

THE  DRUMMER’S  ORDEAL.

My fellow passenger drew a long breath 
through  the  cigar  stump  between  his 
teeth  until  it  burned  like  a crematory 
furnace,  and enveloped  me in  a  haze  of 
smoke;  then  he  lighted  his  third cigar, 
settled himself back in  his  seat  and  be­
gan:

“Six  years  ago  this  coming  January 
19th  1  reached  Spikers  Station  on  the 
5:14 train in the afternoon. 
I  was  trav­
eling for a  wholesale  grocery  firm,  and 
was engaged in working the trade in this 
part  of  the  State.  Spikers  is  a  little 
place.

“Only  one  local  train  a  day  stops 
there.  The place  consists  of  a  forlorn 
station, a  few  poor  frame  dwellings,  a 
store kept by a  Scotchman, a  saloon and 
a blacksmith shop.  This,  you  know,  is 
a sparsely  settled  region.  At  intervals 
in  the  broad  expanse  of scrubby woods 
there are small farms  and  an  occasional 
ore bank or sawmill  upon  which the few 
inhabitants depend for their livelihood.

“1 got off the train and hurried over to 
the store.  As  it  was  already  dark  the 
place was filled with loafers, rough-look­
ing fellows,  who stared in a  vacant  way 
as  I  unpacked  my  sample  cases  and 
spread  the  goods  upon  the  counter.  1 
knew the storekeeper,  and had no trouble 
in selling him a bill,  so that when  I  fin­
ished business with him at the end of  an 
hour I felt amply repaid  for my trouble. 
Then  I  began to look about for a place to 
spend the night.

“I  found  that  the  Pittsburg  express 
stopped at  Schmucker’s  Junction,  three 
miles  up  the  track,  and  that  by good, 
brisk walking 1 would be able to catch it 
comfortably. 
I  made  arrangements  to 
have my cases sent  on by the local  train 
next  day  and  then took my  leave,  after 
having received explicit directions to fol­
low the beaten path along the railroad.

“As I left the store I  noticed,  but  did 
not heed,  the sinister  glances  that  three 
of the loafers  who were  sprawling along 
the counter cast upon me.

“It was a  clear  night;  the  moon  was 
just rising  above  the  mountains  in  the 
East;  the air was cold  and crisp and  the 
ground frozen hard. 
In a  few  moments 
I passed the last house, reached  the rail­
road and was reeling  off rod after rod  of 
the hard  white  path  that  stretched  be­
fore  me. 
I  soon  arrived  at  the woods 
and was plunging deep into  their  heart. 
I had set for myself a brisk, bracing pace 
and at first felt not the  slightest  uneasi­
ness  at  my  lonely  condition,  dark  and 
forbidding  though  the  woods  seemed. 
But as I  proceeded  deeper  and  deeper,

until I could make out  nothing  down  in 
the woods, suddenly I  heard  the  wheels 
of  a  vehicle. 
I  stopped  and  listened. 
It became  louder  and  louder,  as  if  ap­
proaching  me,  and  then  began  to  die 
away,  and soon was lost  in  the  noise  of 
leaves and limbs.

“When I had gone  about a  mile and  a 
half I found myself within  a  few  yards 
of what appeared to be a wood road,  that 
wound out from among the trees, crossed 
the  track,  and  then  lost  itself  in  the 
blackness on the other  side. 
I  had  just 
passed this road,  when I  was startled by 
the sudden sound of a footfall behind me, 
and before I could turn, two horny hands 
had seized my  throat and  held  me  fast. 
I  tried  to  cry  out,  but  my  effort  was 
stopped  by a  firm  clutch  of  the  strong 
fingers.  Then  two  men  appeared,  and 
in another instant I  lay  helpless  on  the 
ground.

“The  three  ruffians  were  big,  burly 
fellows, so  heavily  muffled  up  that  be­
yond a few stray  whiskers I could  make 
out nothing of  their  faces.  All  my  ef­
forts  at  kicking  and  struggling proved 
vain.  One sat on my legs and coolly tied 
my  feet;  another  bound  my  arms,  and 
then the clutch on my throat was loosened 
and I was allowed to breathe. 
In  a  few 
moments  they  had  taken  everything  of 
any value that I had  upon my  person—a 
watch and my money,  not  much,  only  a 
few hundred dollars.

“This done,  I thought  that I would  be 
allowed  to  go,  but  reckoned  wrongly. 
One  seized  my  hands  and  another  my 
feet, and they laid me  across  the  track. 
My  horror  knew no bounds when I real­
ized what this meant.  One of the brutes 
tied my feet  hard  down  to  the  rail. 
I 
begged  and  threatened,  pleaded and  ex­
postulated, offered them a reward for my 
release, and dire vengeance  if  they  left 
me 
there,  but  in  vain.  They  coolly 
wrapped the rope  round  and  round  my 
ankles  and  under  the  rail,  and  then, 
fastening  my  arms  at  the elbows,  they 
proceeded to secure my body.

“The tighter I felt the rope drawing to 
hold me until the  express freed me from 
the  track  and  the  world  the  more  I 
pleaded.  The final  answer  was  a  blow 
on the  mouth  and  the  information  that 
they  ‘wasn’t  goin’  to  have  me  telling 
tales.’  Then they left me.

“I heard the rattle of wagon wheels as 
they drove away.  And then I was alone. 
I  twisted  and  tore  and  writhed  in  my 
frantic  efforts  to  free  myself  until  ex­
hausted.  Time  passed  slowly. 
I  pic­
tured  myself  lying  in  pieces along  the 
track.

It  Has No  Equal.

PALACINE.
Why? BECAUSE  it  gives  a  clear,  bright  light. 

BECAUSE  it  does  not cloud  the  Chimneys. 
BECAUSE  it does  not char  the  wicks.
And last but not  least,  does  not  em it  a  bad  odor.

Has  proved  itself  the  only  perfect  illuminating  oil.

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

SCOFIELD. 

SHUHBEH  i  TEAGLE.

Grand  Rapids.

Telephone  865.

PEED  YOUR  MULE

if you have one, and while talking of  feed  remember  that  we 
have the largest and  best equipped feed mill in  Michigan  and

FOR  A  FEW  DAYS

in  order  to  thin out  our  stock  for  inventory  we  will  quote 
ridiculously low  prices  to  anyone  who  is  anxious  enough  to 
make a little money to enquire.

REMEMBER that we  make  several  grades  of  feed,  our 
st  car feed and  No.  1  feed  having an  enviable  reputation  not 
confined  to  Michigan,  and that this special sale will last for a 
few days only [ten perhaps]  we are  ALWAYS  able  to quote 
lower prices on feed  than  any  one  else  [quality  considered], 
because  we  buy  grain  in  large  quantities  for  cash  and  buy 
CHEAP.  This  is  an  IMPORTANT  POINT  to  consider. 
EW* The LARGEST  dealers  can  BUY  cheaper  and  conse­
quently SELL cheaper.

HALLEY  GITY  MILLING  CO.,  “ ' l y ™

Mention Tradesman to receive benefit of this offer.

YglLeORDEiO

signature.

We  know  it  because  we  sell  more  each  year.
The  Jobber  sells  more!
The  Retailer  sells  more 1 
The  Consumer  buys  more!
The  Babies  cry  for  more,  and  more  mothers  write  us 

stating  that  the

Gail Borden Eagle Brand Condensed Milk

Is  unequalled  as  a  food  for  infants.

It  Pays  to  Handle  Such  Goods 

For Quotations  See Price  Columns

“At last 1 heard a ringing  in the rails, 
a low,  plaintiff ringing  that told me that 
the  express  was  coming.  Only  a  few 
moments  and  it  would  be  on  me. 
j 
twisted and writhed in one last desperate 
struggle for freedom.  1 tore and  kicked 
until the ropes cut into my flesh, and my 
clothes where  the thongs  were grew  hot 
from friction.

“The ringing  became  louder,  until  at 
last it  developed into  a  roar. 
I  looked 
down  the  track and saw the faint gleam 
of the headlight as the  engine rounded  a 
curve.  One more minute !

“Frantically 1  struggled.  Nearer  and 
nearer came the flying  train;  louder  and 
louder became  the  roar  and  ringing  in 
the  rails—so  loud  that  it  drowned  my 
wild screams.  The  headlight was blind­
ing me—all was over.  No,  I  continued 
to struggle.  Then  I  felt a  burning  sen­
sation in  my  legs—a  terrible  heat—and 
an odor of burning  clothing followed. 
I 
raised my head and  the gleam  of a flame 
met my eyes.  There was a sudden flash, 
and in an instant my feet were enveloped 
in fire. 
I' realized  it  then—the  friction 
of the thongs,  in  my  tremendous  strug­
gles,  had set fire to my trousers.

“Suddenly,  almost  miraculously,  the 
ropes unloosed—they had burned off  and 
my feet  were  free. 
I  raised  myself  on 
my back and  waved  my  blazing  legs  in 
the  air.  There  was  a whistle for down 
breaks,  a  jarring  of  the  rails  as  the 
wheels slipped over  them—the headlight 
was right  over  me,  blinding  me  by  its 
brilliancy—but too  late 1 
I felt the cow­
catcher’s nose gently  rub  my  back  and 
then it stopped. 

I was saved !

“The whole train crew and all the pas­
sengers rushed up. 
Ina few seconds  the 
fire was extinguished,  and I  was  carried 
by kind hands into one of the cars.  Ah, 
that was a terrible  experience!  I hope 1 
may never have another such.”

“So do I,”  I joined in heartily.
The speaker  paid no  attention  to  me, 
but continued:  “I lost  fifteen  pounds  in 
fifteen minutes,  a gold  watch  and  $300. 
My trousers,  a new pair not yet paid for, 
were burned  into  knickerbockers.  The 
bruises  I  recovered  from. 
It  was  just 
six years ago  and-----”

He blew out a great puff of cigar smoke 
and  was about  to  continue  when  above 
the buzz of conversation and rattle of the 
train arose the nasal tones of a farmer in 
the seat behind us as he exclaimed to his 
companion:

“Et do beat all  th’  way  this  ’ere  ken- 
try’s growin’, Sam.  Two  years ago they 
wasn’t a house er a store at  Spikers  Sta­
tion,  an’ now it’s gettin’ quite  a  place.”
T hings  to   R em em ber  W h en   P u rch a s­

in g   a   M icroscope.

From the Meyer Brothers’ Druggist.

The expense of ignorance is  ever  evi­
dent to the  observing  person. 
In  fact, 
every one realizes the cost  of  the  bitter 
lesson  taught by  experience.  We  were 
made to realize this recently when called 
to examine a microscope  which  a  drug­
gist  had  purchased  at  an  expense  of 
$45.  The owner of the  instrument  was 
obliged to depend on  the  judgment  and 
integrity of the firm  from  which  he  or­
dered,  as  his  knowledge  of  the  instru­
ment was limited to its name.  As  a  re­
sult the druggist exchanged  his $45 for a 
microscope that we  would  not  pay  $10

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TH E  MICHIGAN  TRAJDESMAHST.

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for,  unless it  was to have a specimen  as a 
cabinet  example  of  different  styles  of 
manufacture.
It is just as true  as  it  is  unfortunate i 
that the market is flooded  with  poor  mi-1 
croscopes  which  are  being  sold  at  ex- i 
travagant prices. 
It affords us pleasure I 
to say that they are  not  the  product  of 
American industry,  but  are  brought  to 
this country to satisfy  that  morbid  idea 
that so many have which  leads  them  to 
believe  in  the  superiority  of  anything 
that is “ foreign,” and rave  over  the  ar­
ticle from Paris. 
It is not our  intention 
to convey the idea that all  foreign micro­
scopes are of an inferior quality,  for this 
is  far  from  the  truth.  However,  it  is 
noteworthy that the United States manu­
facture fewer poor instruments  than  are 
imported  for sale  here. 
In fact, there is 
no necessity or even a good  valid  excuse 
for  a  pharmacist  purchasing  anything 
but an American microscope.
A word of advice anent  the subject of 
selecting a microscope for pharmaceutical 
work  may  not  be  amiss  at  this  time. 
Students  at  colleges  of  pharmacy,  and 
those druggists who live in  cities  where 
such institutions  exist,  should  embrace 
every opportunity of acqhiring a  knowl­
edge of the microscope as  an  optical  in­
strument.  This  will  enable  them 
to 
select the microscope  most  suitable  for 
the work and within the  range  of  their 
means.  Do not invest less than $25, and 
if possible spend $50 or $75 for an  outfit.
Those who  are  so  situated  that  they 
cannot become familiar  with  the  micro­
scope and be  their  own  judge  must  de­
pend  on  others  for  a  selection.  Their 
opticians, as a rule, are not microscopists, 
much less pharmacists,  and  their  judg­
ment is often materially  strabismic from 
the  effects  of  the  profit  influence.  To 
them the best  microscope is  the one that 
costs them the least and sells at the high­
est price. 
It is far better  for a  druggist 
to consult  some  competent  microscopist 
and place his order accordingly.
T he  D rum m er’s  P rayer.

Our landlord at the head of  the  table, 
we hallow thy name.  Let  thy  beefsteak 
come, let it be properly done,  and  let  it 
be  free  from  taint.  Give  us  this  day 
some bam and eggs,  also  fruit in season; 
forgive us when  we  kick  as  we  forgive 
those  who kick against us;  put  us not in 
unclean and  buggy  beds, deliver us from 
dirty towels and cockroaches,  and  thine 
be the glory  and  two  dollars  a  day  for 
ever and ever.

r p H B Y   A.L,L,  S A .Y

P. Steketee &  Sons
will show a large  line  of  Outing  Shirts 
ranging  in  price  from  $2.25  to  $6  per 
d. z.  in  Outing  Flannels,  Chevoits,  Mad- 
rass cloth  and  printed  fabrics; also a tine 
line of Pants from  $4.50 to $27 per doz., 
all well  shaped  and new patterns.  Deal 
ers will do well  to  look  at  these  goods 
before buying, as they are  choice  goods.

GRAND RAPIDS, 

MICH.

18 and 19 Widdicomb  Bid.

N.  B.  Cl a r k,  Pres.
W.  D.  Wa d e,  Yice-Pres.
C.  N.  Cl a r k,  Sec’y  and  Treas.

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

Correspondence Solicited.

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

h o   u r g e s   y o u   to  k e e p   S a p o lio  ? 

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 re s e n c e   c re a te s   a  d e m a n d  
for 
o t h e r   articles.

JOBS  IN  RUBBERS!  "rZU

IirW R ITE  FOR  NET  PRICE  LIST  BEFORE  THEY  ARE  ALL  GONE.

Address  G.  R  MAY HEW,  Grand Rapids,  Mich.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,

1 ‘2

STORE  RULES

A d a p ted  to   E sta b lish m en ts  E m p loyin g 

M any  C lerks.

An army is exactly  what  its leader  is. 
If  a  strict  disciplinarian,  a  devotee of 
tactics, a thorough  drill  master,  it  will 
be  a  perfect  human  machine  like  the 
German  army. 
If the  commander  lacks 
military effectiveness,  disregards details, 
is lax in enforcement or orders, the  rank 
and file will  be sleeping  at  their  posts, 
neglecting  duty  and  inattentive  to  the 
care of arms, etc. 
It  is the same with  a 
store. 
If the proprietor  has at heart the 
interests of his business,  is  enthusiastic, 
on hand early,  late and  all  the  time,  is 
master  of  his  calling,  takes  a  pride in 
store service,  his clerks  will like him, or 
else they are good for nothing.
Written rules  may  be  necessary;  cer­
tainly  are  in  establishments  having  a 
large number of men,  but  whether  it  is 
best to have printed rules in a  store  em­
ploying  a  few  men  is  a  matter of con­
troversy.  The general  opinion is  to  en­
force  unwritten  rules  by  example  and 
precept.  A firm of  enterprising  grocers 
issues a cardboard folder  to its employes 
which reads as follows:

Btn.ES FOB BUSINESS  CONDUCT.

1.  All inside employes, except cashier, 
required to be on  hand at 7 o’clock a.  m. 
sharp,  and immediately proceed  to  busi­
ness at their  respective  places.  Cashier 
to report at 8 o’clock sharp.  Store opens 
at 7  o’clock a.  m. and closes  at  6  p.  m., 
with  the  exception  of  Saturday,  which 
night store remains open until 10 o’clock. 
During holiday season  or on  exceptional 
occasions  all  employes  are  expected to 
report  for  duty  after  regular  business 
hours, if necessary.
2.  One  hour  only  allowed  for  meals. 
No employe will receive pay for  services 
not rendered.  Each  one must  stand  his 
own loss of time.
3.  No  smoking,  or  expectorating  to­
bacco juice, by employes permitted in our 
building.
4.  Loud talking,  laughing or whistling 
in  the salesroom by employes  is  strictly 
forbidden.  When clerks  are  conversing 
together,  they  must  not  do  so  loudly 
enough to attract  attention.
5.  Arguments between clerks  and cus­
tomers or between  employes  will not  be 
allowed.  Arguing  strike  questions  and 
political discussions  are not necessary in 
the salesroom,  and  often serve  to  create 
a  bad  feeling.  Therefore,  all  are  re- 
que.-ied to refrain from  such  arguments.
6.  There  is  always  something  to  be 
done  in  a  store;  no  time  should  be 
wasted.  Business,  now,  is concentrated 
into the hours  between 7 a.  m.  and  6  p. 
m., and every moment  needs  to  be  im­
proved.  Therefore,  we cannot allow  vis­
iting with companions who may come in, 
reading,  or  anything  that  will  divert 
from business.
7.  “Be methodical  if  you  would  suc­
ceed in business,  or  in  anything.”  “A 
man for every place,  and  every  man  in 
his place.”  The duties  of each  employe 
will  be distinctly  stated,  and  each  em­
ploye will  be  held  responsiblo  for  the 
performance of those duties.
8.  Customers must be  served  in  their 
regular  turn.  No  deviation  from  this 
rule will be permitted unless  you have a 
sufficiently good  reason,  and  then  only 
after  having  received  permission  from 
the oilier  customer.  All,  whether  rich 
or  poor,  must  have 
right  kind 
the 
of attention and treatment.
9.  Employes  purchasing  goods  must 
fill out a regular order  blank  (or have  it 
filled out), and  have  the  goods  put  up 
and checked by the order clerk, the same 
as  any  other  customer,  whether  the 
goods are  to  be  delivered  by wagon  or 
not  Five  per  cent,  discount  allowed 
from retail prices.
10.  No  employe  allowed  to  pay  out 
money from the cash drawer for any pur­
pose whatever, except  he  be  authorized 
by one of  the  proprietors.
11.  If through carelessness of employes 
in store, or delivery clerk,  goods  or  any 
other articles belonging to  the  business 
be lost,  destroyed,  broken  or  damaged, 
the loss must be borne  by  the  employe. 
No  merchant  ought 
to  stand  losses 
through  carelessness  of  his  employes. 
(This does  not  include  unavoidable  ac­
cidents.)

12.  Employes are not allowed  to  make 
a practice of chewing gum, eating confec­
tionery, 
fruits  and  other  expensive 
goods out of  the  stock.  The  aggregate 
amount consumed by a large  number  of 
employes during a  year  would  astonish 
one, and is more of a loss than  the  busi­
ness  can  stand  in  these  days  of  keen 
competition.
13.  Delivery clerks are not  allowed  to 
take persons on  the  wagons  for  a  ride 
while  delivering  goods.  The  only  ex­
ception to this rule would  be  in the case 
of a customer or his children  going to or 
from  our  store.  Neither  do  we  allow 
companions to  occupy  your  time  while 
at the stables.
14.  Once  each  week  on  Wednesday 
night,  between  the  hours  of  six  and 
seven  o’clock,  our  store  floor  must  be 
cleared  of  all  goods  and  scrubbed  or 
mopped.  All  inside  employes  (except 
lady cashiers)  who  have  been  on  duty 
that day are  required  to  help.  No  ex­
cuse will be  accepted.
15.  Each salesman  shall  have  certain 
stated shelf and counter space to arrange 
and keep clean at odd  moments.  Every 
shelf must be dusted  and  faced  up  full 
each morning.
16.  Employes  must exercise great care 
in  weighing  goods;  neither  short  nor 
over  weight  will  be  allowed.  Scales 
must  be  cleaned  and  balanced  every 
morning.  No guessing at measures, such 
as scooping up a quart measure  half full 
for a pint, or shoveling  a  bushel  basket 
half full for a half bushel.  Your time is 
paid for,  and  we want you  to  take  time 
enough to do everything right.
examine 
17.  Delivery  clerks  must 
wagons carefully  every  morning  to  see 
if any repairs are needed,  so  that  delay 
shall  not  occur  while  on  the  routes. 
Horses must be shod before  8  a.  m.,  if 
needed that day.
18.  In taking orders,  see that  the  car­
bon paper is straight  and  even  between 
order-sheets.  Write each article plainly. 
Use abbreviations only  when  necessary, 
and  then so that it will surely be under­
stood.  Use 
sharp  pencil,  and  bear 
down sufficiently hard to get a  plain  du­
plicate.  Every  order  must  have  date, 
initials  or  name  of  customer  in  full, 
street and  number,  and  salesman’s  let­
ter; otherwise you will be required to re­
write it.  Make no  promises  to  custom­
ers that you do not know the  house  can 
keep.  Each one is held  accountable  for 
any trouble arising  through  his  failing 
to observe any of the above points.  Or­
der-sheets and cash checks must  be  per­
fectly separated  along  perforated  lines
19.  Every employe in the house  is  ex­
pected to do his  utmost  in  the  way  of 
saving.  Use only  the right  sized  sacks 
and paper.  Use enough twine  to  make 
the package secure  but no  more.  Turn 
gas low in cellar  after  using.  Be  care­
ful not to leave  “odds  and  ends”  when 
cutting cheese, bacon,  butter,  etc.  Keep 
potatoes  shoveled  up  clean 
in  bins. 
Save nails  and  cord  when  practicable. 
Pick up all sacks and paper  which  may 
drop  on  the  floor,  before  they  become 
soiled.  See that goods do not get out  of 
place,  and so neglected and spoiled.
20.  We must all improve in  our  man­
ner of wrapping  up  packages  and  hav­
ing them securely tied.  Nothing eviden­
ces  more  the  character  and  tone  of  a 
merchant and the store than the  style  of 
packages sent out.
21.  Much  depends  on  the  treatment 
that  customer get at the hands of clerks 
as  well  as  proprietors,  whether  we 
please or hold  their trade.  Each  one is 
required  to  treat  politely  each  one, 
young  or  old,  rich  or  poor,  under  all 
circumstances,  who enters our store.  No 
impatience  or incivility toward  any  one 
will be  allowed.  This  rule  will  apply 
also among  employes.

A   S eriou s  M istake.

terday.

McS watters—I  made  a bad  break yes­
McSwitters—What was that?
McSwatters—You know I’ve  been  try­
ing to get rid of Smugs;  well, I  thought 
that 1 was  giving  him  that  cigar  you 
gave me  but  instead I  gave  him one  of 
my perfectos.  The result: I can’t  shake 
Smugs  now,  and  when  I  smoked  your 
cigar it gave the  parrot a  hemorrhage.

Reeder is: ft gbj

STATE  AGENTS  FOR

The  Lycoming  Rubber  Company, 
keep constantly on hand a 
full  and  complete  line  of 
these goods made from the 
purest  rubber.  They  are 1 
good style, good fitters and | 
give  the  best  satisfaction 
of any rubber  in  the  mar­
ket.  Our  line  of  Leather 
Boots  and  Shoes  is  com­
plete  in  every  particular, 
also Felt Boots,  Sox,  etc.
Thanking you for past favors  we  now 
await your further  orders.  Hoping  you 
wiil  give  our  line  a  careful  inspection 
when  our  representative  calls  on  you, 
we are  REEDER BROS’. SHOE GO.

ONLY  A  FEW   LEFT.

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Original set of four 
Complete set of ten  - 

-   25c
50c
Order  quick or lose the opportunity of 
a  lifetime  to  secure these souvenirs at a 
nominal figure.  They will  be worth ten 
times present cost within five years.

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

T our  Bank Account Solicited.

Kent  County  Savings

GRAND  RAPIDS  ,MICH.

J no.  A.  Covodb  Pres.

H enr y  Id em a, Vice-Pres.

J.  A.  S.  Vebdieb,  Cashier.

K. Van Hop, Ass’tCVr.
Transacts a General Banking  Business. 

Interest  Allowed  on  Time  and  Sayings 

Deposits.

DIRECTORS:

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

Deposits  Exceed  One  Million  Dollars.

WE  WANT

B E A N S

them.

and  will  pay  highest  market  price  for 

If  you  have  any  stock  yon  wish  to 
dispose  of,  seek  headquarters  for  an 
outlet.
Michigan (Tentrai

“  Tie Niagara Falls Route.’*

(Taking effect  Sunday,  May 27,1894.) 

•Dally.  All others dally, except Sunday.

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

CHICAGO

a n d   Whitt  Mi c hi g an  r’y .
GOING  TO  CHICAGO.

.. 

TO  AND FROM   M U SKEGON.

RETURNING  FROM  CHICAGO.

Lv. G’d Rapids............ 7:15am  1:’5pm  *11:30pm
Ar. Chicago 
i :25pm  6:50pm  *7:20am
Lv.  Chicago  ................6:25am  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....... ll:4tam  3:05pm 10:25pm
TRAVERSE CITY.  CHARLEVOIX  AND  PETOSKEY.
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
3:45pm  11:40pm
Ar.  Petoskey  . 

Trains arrive from  north at  l:u0  pm and 10;00 

PA B LO  B  A N D   SL E E PIN G   CABS.

Parlor  car  leaves  for  Chicago  1:25pm.  Ar­
rives 
from  Chicago  10:25pm.  Sleeping  cars 
leave  for  Chic&gj  11:30pm.  Arrive  from  Chi­
cago 6.25am.

•Every day.  Others week days only.

pm.

JDETKOIT, 

Qct~ ■88--~-

LANSING  A  NORTHERN  R . B .
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..................   7:40am  1:10pm  6:00pm
Ar. Grand Rapids.......12:40pm  5:2Cpm  10:45pm
Lv. GR 7:40am 5:00pm  Ar. GR. 11:35am 10:45pm

T O  AND FRO M  SAG IN A W ,  ALMA AND  ST.  LO U IS.

TO  AND  FBOM   LOW 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.

w a u k e e   Railway.
EASTW ARD.

GEO. DeHAVEN, Gen. Pass'r Ag’t.
D e t r o it ,  g r a n d   h a v e n   a  Mi l ­
,tNo.  14 tNo.  16ltNo.  l8|*No.
t'rains Leave 
G’d  Rapids,  Lv
6 45am
Ionia...........Ar
7 40am
St. Johns  ...Ar
8 25am 
900am
Owosso....... Ar
10 50am
E. Saginaw..Ar
11 30am 
Bay City......Ar
1005am
F lin t...........Ar
12 05pm 
Pt.  Huron...Ar
10 53am 
Pontiac....... Ar
1150am
Detroit......... Ar

10 20am 
1125am 
12 IT pm 
120pm
3 45pm 
435pm 
345pm 
5 50pm 
305pm
4 05pm

325pm
4 27pm
5 20pm [ 
O 05piii 
8 00pm 
8 37pm 
705pm 
8 50pm 
825pm 
925pm

1100pm 
1235am 
1 25am 
310am 
640am 
715am 
540am 
730am 
537am 
7 00am

W ESTW A R D .

“ 

“ 

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

»Daily.

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

G rand  R apid s  & In d ian a.

T BAINS  GOINS  NORTH.

North

Leave going 
For Traverse City, Petoskey and Saginaw__7:40 a. m.
For  Traverse  City..................................... 5:25 p. m.
For Saginaw..............................................5:00 p. m.
For Petoskey and  Mackinaw......................10:25 p  m.
Leave going 
Sooth.
For  Cincinnati.......................................................7:25a.m .
For Kalamazoo and  Chicago.............................2:15 p. m.
For  Fort Wayne and  the  East...........................2:15 p.m.
For C incinnati.................................................. *5:40  p.m .
For  Kalamazoo and Chicago.........................*11:40  p. m

T&AINB  GOING  SOUTH.

C h icago v ia  G. R.  A I. R. R.

8:16 p  m  train has through  Wagner  Buffet  Parlor 
11:40 p m train dally,  through Wagner Bleeping Car 
11:30pm
7:80 a m

Lv Grand Rapids.............7:85 a m   8:16 p m   *11:10 pm
Arr  Chicago.....................8:40pm  0:06 p m  
7:10 a m
Oar and coach.
and Coach.
Lv  Chicago 
Arr Grand Rapids 
3:30  p  m  has through  Wagner Buffet  Parlor  Car 
11:30 p m  train daUy, thro ugh  Wagner  Sleeping  Car 
From Muskegon—Arrive.
For Muskegon—Le ave. 

Muskegon, Grand Raplda A Indiana.
9:56 a m
7:85 am  
1:00pm 
1:16pm
*:40 p m 
6:80 p m
O .L. LOCKWOOD*
General Paesenger and Ticket Agent.

3:30pm  
0:15 pm  

0:60am 
8:60pm 

Buildings,  Portraits,  Cards  and  Stationery 

Headings, Maps, Plans  and Patented 

Articles.
TRADESMAN  CO., 

Grand Rapids, Mich.

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MEN  OF  MARK.

C.  I.  Clapp,  Manager of  the  Michigan 

Manufacturing  Co.

Chas.  I. Clapp was born at  Hartsville, 
New York,  Feb.  5, 1858.  When  6  years 
old  his  parents  removed  to  Blissfield, 
Lenawee  county,  Michigan,  and  three 
years later they again changed  their res­
idence to Kalamazoo.  Here  the  subject 
of our  sketch  attended school  for  eight 
years,  when  his  family 
to 
Otsego,  where  Mr. Clapp entered  to  em­
ploys of C.  W.  Edsell,  who at  that  time 
conducted a dry  goods  store  there.  He 
subsequently  worked  for P.  W.  Travis, 
but,  after three years’ experience  in  the 
dry goods business, he embarked  in  the 
bakery  business  on  his  own  account,

removed 

familiar  word  in  so  many  households 
that a proposition  will  be  submitted  at 
the next  annual  meeting  of  the  stock­
holders to change the name  of  the  com­
pany to the Ideal Clothing  Co.

city.  He  was 

Mr. Clapp served Otsego  faithfully  as 
Trustee for two years,  and  held  the  re­
sponsible position cf  Treasurer  for  two 
terms.  He was  organizer  and  manager 
of the cornet band,  a  musical  organiza­
tion  which  won  many  honors  for  its 
members and the village.  He was super­
intendent  of  the  water  works  for  five 
years,  beginning with the creation of the 
system  and  closing  with  his  removal 
to 
last  year 
Vice-Chancellor  of  Otsego  Lodge,  K. 
of P., and a member of  Otsego  Division, 
No. 7, U.  R.,  K.  of P.,  and the  esteem in 
which  he is held by the members  of  the 
order was given expression, on the  occa­
sion of his removal  to Grand Rapids,  in a 
banquet in his honor,  which  was  partic- 
pated in by nearly every  member of the 
organization. 
impromptu 
peeches  were  made,  deprecating  Mr. 
Clapp’s departure from  the  scene  of  his 
early  labors  and  triumphs  and  paying 
hearty tribute to his  many  manly  qual­
ities as a brother and a citizen.

Numerous 

this 

Personally, Mr. Clapp is a  genial  gen­
tleman whose acquaintance is a  pleasure 
and  whose  friendship  is  a  treasure. 
..oyal to his friends,  faithful to his busi­
ness and zealous in the  cause of  human­
ly,  his career presents a  striking  exam­
ple of the distinction a man  can  achieve 
n the business world  who is actuated by 
generous  impulses  and correct business 
methods.

In  April,  1892, 

subsequently conducting a grocery  store, 
managing  both  enterprises  with  signal 
nal  success  for  nearly  eleven  years, 
Six years  ago  he  began  manufacturing 
shirts, pants and overalls in a small way, 
beginning  with  four  machines  run  by 
foot power.  Two months later he added 
two  more  machines  and  put  in  steam 
power,  and  a  year  later  he  took  into 
partnership Messrs.  Ross and  Miller,  at 
which time the firm  name  was  changed 
toC.  I.  Clapp  &  Co.  and  the  busines 
moved to  more  commodious  quarters  in 
the building formerly occupied  as  a  hoe 
factory. 
the  busines 
was merged into a stock  company  under 
the style of  the Michigan  Manufacturing 
Co.,  with an authorized capital  stock  of 
$50,000,  of  which  $22,000  is  paid 
The  capacity  was  gradually  increased 
until,  a few  months  ago,  forty-four uia 
chines  were  in  continuous  operation. 
Feeling  the necessity of  better  banking 
and shipping  facilities,  as  well  as  the 
prestige which necessarily attaches  to 
larger market,  the  company  decided  to 
move its business to this  city,  where 
located,  some weeks  ago,  on  the  second 
and third floors of the  Reid  building,  a 
the  corner  of Louis and Campau streets 
Here  the  capacity  has  been  increased 
by the addition of  eleven  machines,  in­
cluding  a  number  of  special  machines 
which curtail very  materially  the  work 
ordinarily done by  hand  and  by  slower 
machines.  Four traveling  men are kept 
constantly on the road  working the trade 
of this State,  while the Chicago branch— 
the  house  of  Wyckoff  & Co.—keep sev­
eral men at work in the West.

In the early history of  the  enterprise, 
Mr.  Clapp  christened  his  goods  the 
“Ideal,”  and  the  brand  has  become  a

T he  D rug  M arket.

Gum opium is weak and  lower.
Morphia is  unchanged.
Quinine is steady.
Gum camphor has declined.
Gum kino is very scarce  and  higher. 
Oil anise is lower.
Oil cassia has declined.
Oil cubebs is  lower.
Serpentaria  is  scarce  and  has  ad­

vanced.

Sugar of lead is lower.
Linseed oil is  very  firm.  An  advance 

was noted of 2c in Chicago Saturday.

PRODUCE  MARKET.

Apples—There  Is  a  fair  outside  demand  for 
small lots, but  the local demand is  very  moder­
ate.  Baldwins are about the only  variety  mov 
Ing, commanding $2.25 per bbl.
Beans—Light receipts  have forced the market 
up 5@10c. in consequence  of  which  local  han­
dlers pay $1.30@1.35 for  country picked, holding 
city picked at $1.60 in small lots and $1.55 In car 
lots.
Butter—Never  flatter  at  this  season  of  the 
year, due to the encroachments of  the imitation 
article  The market is so  utterly devoid of  fea 
ture that quotations are useless.

Cabbage—Price ranges from $2®4  per  100,  ac­

cording to size and quality.

Celery—Is held by dealers at 10 il2c per  doz
Cranberries—Leach’s Walton Junction  fruit is 
eagerly sought for by the trade at  $3.50@3.75  per 
crate, according to quality.
Eggs—20c  for  strictly  fresh,  ISc  for  pickled 
and  18c  for cold storage stock

Lettuce—l J‘/ic per lb.
Onions—Red Weatherfields  and  Yellow  Dan­
vers  command  35c  per  bu.  Spanish  stock, $1 
per bo?.

Parsnips—3 c per bu 
Potatoes-The  market  is  quiet,  but  another 
week  will  probably  witness  a  revival  of  the 
seeding  demand  from  the  South,  which  will 
have  a  tendency  to  stiffen the market.  Local 
handlers pay 40c here and about  3iC  at  oot.-ide 
buying points  Transactions in a small way are
_
on the basis of 45c. 
Radishes—Hoi house stock commands  30c  per 
doz  bunches 
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Sweet Potatoes—Kiln dried Jerseys  command 
$3 per bbl  Kiln dried Illinois  stock  is  held  at
^Squash—Hubbard brings lV4c per  lb.,  but  the 
market Is strengthening and may go to 2c before 
the end of the month.

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No  Day  Book.  No  Ledger.  Enter  accounts  on  slips in­

stead of day-book.  File  these  in  pockets.  Names 

will  make  an index.  Each  pocket 

holds 30 or more slips.

Strong testimonials and descriptive circulars furnished by

J,  C. S H A W ,   S o le  M n fr.,
29  Canal  St.,  Grand  Rapids.

Big  Money  to  Agents.

S le ig h s,

FOR  ALL  KINDS  OF

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R u n n e r s ,

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Write  BRAWN  1  SHULER,  West  Bridge  St„  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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Write  for  Prices 

Any Kind.
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Canal  St., 

CRAND  RAPIDS, 

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NEW   CIGA R  SHOW  CASE.

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Drug Departm ent*

State Board of Pharmacy.

One  Year—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann  Arbor.
Two  Year«—George Gnndrum. Ionia.
Three  Years—C. A. Buz bee. Charlevoix.
F o t t  Years—8. E. Parkill, Owosso.
Five Years—F. W. R. Perry, Detroit.
President—Fred’k W.R. Perry,Detroit.
Secretary—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso.
T r e a s u r e r —G eo . Gundrnm, Ionia.
Coming  Meetings—Detroit,  Jan 8;  Grand  Rapid». 
March 5; Detroit (Star Island), June Si; Lansing, Nov. o.
Michigan State  P h a r m a c e u tic a l  Ass’n. 
President—A. S. Parker, Detroit.
Vice-President—John E. Peck, Detroit.
Treasurer—W. Dupont, Detroit.
Secretav—F. C. Thompson. Detroit.
Grand  Rapids  Pharmaceutical Society. 

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

P relim inary  E ducation  o f  A p p ren tices 

in  P h arm acy.

The necessity of a satisfactory  prepar­
atory education of those who enter  drug 
stores to learn the art  of  pharmacy  has 
been again and again discussed  by  writ­
ers on pharmacy topics, but  no  progress 
has been made.  Under  our  laws  every 
drug store must be conducted by a  “reg­
istered  pharmacist,”  and, 
therefore, 
every manager of a drug store is  a  phar­
macist.  The boy he takes into his  store 
to  learn  the  business  becomes  an  ap­
prentice, and a drug  clerk,  or  the  pro­
prietor of a  drug store,  in the  course  of 
time.  No matter how  ignorant  he  may 
be,  having gotten In  he  rarely  gets  out 
again.

Every  intelligent  man,  who  honestly 
and earnestly desires to see the day when 
a  satisfactory 
standard  of  education 
shall  be  established  in  our  profession, 
must realize that at  the  bottom  of  any 
shortcomings  in  that  direction  lies  the 
absence of restraint  upon  the  introduc­
tion of unfit recruits.

Only a small  proportion  of  these  ap­
prentices,  and generally the  better  part 
of  them,  ever  come  to  the  colleges  of 
pharmacy.  Hence 
the  colleges  cannot 
remedy the evil.

There seems to  be  no  way  by  which 
the influx of unfit  material  can  be  pre­
vented,  except through the  State  boards 
of  pharmacy.

A person who has  not  gone  to  school 
long  enough  to  learn  to  spell  common 
English words, or  to  estimate  correctly 
the quantities required  for  the  produc 
tion of a given amount of  a  solution  of 
any fixed percentage strength,  or  to  cal 
culate  the  size  of  each  single dose of a 
poisonous  ingredient  in  a  prescription, 
cannot  be  fit  to  become  a  pharmacist 
and this is so self-evident that, in the ab 
sence  of  any specific legal standard of a 
preliminary education of  apprentices, it 
is the duty of the boards of pharmacy  to 
examine into the fitness of all candidates 
for registration, not only  with  reference 
to  their  knowledge  of  chemistry  and 
pharmacy,  but  also  with  reference  to 
their general intelligence and  education
The introduction  of  a  fixed  minimum 
standard of compulsory preliminary edu 
cation  of  apprentices  must  be  brought 
about; but,  until this shall have been  ac 
complished,  the State boards  should  re 
fuse to register as a pharmacist or assist 
ant pharmacist any candidate whose pre 
paratory education is of so  low  a  grade 
as to render it plain that he  ought never 
to  have  undertaken  to  learn  chemistry 
and pharmacy.  The scholars of our pub 
lie schools are not  allowed  to  enter  the 
high school until they are fitted to do  so 
why should any one be permitted  to  en 
ter  upon  the  study  of  pharmacy  until 
reasonably prepared for it?

The  lowest  standard  of  compulsory 
preliminary education that might  at first

P rescrip tion   A ccid en ts.

From the Medical Journal.
When we consider  the  immense  num­
ber of  prescriptions  which  are  written 
daily,  it seems  remarkable  that  so  few 
mistakes occur. 
It  is  certainly  to  the 
credit  of  physicians  that  poisoning  by 
accidental  misapplication  of  drugs  at 
their hands is so rare.  There  are  many 
ways in which a prescription may  fail  in 
its mission  before  or  after  leaving  the 
druggist.  Next  to  the  lawyer,  who  is 
famous  for  his  chirography,  the  physi­
cian  is second,  and  makes  a  good  one. 
If we will only  stop  to  think  how  few 
people can  write legibly,  we will be  sur­
prised.  This is different  from  women— 
they,  as a general rule,  if they can  write 
at all, write  plainly  and  distinctly. 
In 
connection with prescriptions  the  hand­
writing should  be  particularly  distinct. 
It is especially in  writing  symbols  that 
mistakes are liable to  occur.  A  hastily 
written scruple or drachm may bear such 
close  resemblance  as to escape the com­
mission  of  a  blunder  only  by  chance. 
An  inexcusable  source  of  error  is  in  a 
lack of sufficient explicitness in the writ­
ten  directions  on  a  prescription.  Such 
vague expressions as  “use  as  directed,” 
“a 
are 
sources  of  accident.  Patients  find 
it 
very  difficult  to  remember  directions. 
Every physician should acquire the habit 
of  carefully  re-reading  his  prescription 
before it leaves his hands.

teaspoonful  when  needed,” 

John Lithgrow, of Boston,  made a will 
that his $150,000  should  not  be  divided 
among his heirs until all his children and 
grandchildren  were  dead.  The  court 
says that he was crazy.

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W h a t  is  a  T hing  W orth?

The ancient political  economists  were 
much given  to  theorizing  about  finance 
and  values,  and  one  subject  that  was 
given a great deal  of  attention  was  the 
actual meaning of “value.”

It  was  not  strange,  when  men  dealt 
largely  in 
theoretical  philosophy  and 
gave little  attention  to  practical  facts, 
that they should have busied  themselves 
with  complicated  discussions  as  to  the 
basis of value; but it  is  surprising  that, 
in this day of  realism  in  philosophy  as 
well  as  in  political  economy,  anybody 
should  vex  himself  with  any  elaborate 
speculations as to  why a thing has  value 
in  the  commerce  and  economy  of  the 
world.
But recently a very  learned  and  elab­
orate book on the  subject  has  appeared 
from  the  pen  of  Weisner,  a prominent 
Austrian writer on political economy.  It 
is  entitled,  in  a  translation  which  has 
been  made  of  it, 
“ Natural  Value.’» 
However interesting to  political  philoso­
phers,  such a book is worth little in prac­
tical  business  life.  Nevertheless  it  is 
worth while to gain some definite  idea of 
the basis of value.
It should be  understood  that  there  is 
no absolute innate self-existing  standard 
of value.  A  thing  is  worth what it will 
bring in  the  market,  and  the  price  de­
pends upon how great is  the  momentary 
demand for  it.  When  large  consumers 
go into the market to  purchase  supplies, 
they create a sudden  demand  for  a  par­
ticular article, and so there is an immedi­
ate  rise  in  its  market  price.  This  de­
mand  having  been  satisfied,  a  lull fol­
lows in the trading  in  that  article,  and 
so the price declines.  Thus  is  seen  the 
almost daily fluctuations  in  the markets 
for the principal articles of consumption.
Some  of  the  writers  have  essayed to 
found values on the utility  or  usefulness 
of articles,  but no rule of  that  sort  will 
hold  good.  Wheat  and  cotton  may  be 
considered absolute  necessaries  of  life 
The world cannot get  on  without  them 
but the market  prices  of  those  articles 
vary  every  day,  their  values  being 
affected, as has been seen,  by the  special 
demand,  as  well  as  by  the  general de­
mand  and  the  supply.  Some theorists 
have proposed to  base  the  value  of  an 
article on its cost of production; but that 
is  an  entirely  fallacious  position,  since 
every day is seen the  spectacle  of  many 
useful  articles  sold  below  the  cost  of 
making them.  All depends upon the ex­
tent to which such articles are  needed.

But there is  a.' special  demand.  Sup­
pose a large purchaser of  wheat  or  cot­
ton,  having laid in  his  supplies,  should 
find that the ship in which they  were be­
ing  transported,  or  the  warehouse  in 
which  they  had  been  stored,  had  been 
destroyed  by  fire,  or  other  casualty, 
such losers would require again to go in­
to the market to supply their special  de­
mand.  This fact might  make  the  price 
go  up.  But  there  is  another  sort  of 
special demand which  for  • the  moment 
largely increases the value of  an  article. 
The traveler who is waylaid  by  robbers 
would,  at the critical  moment,  give a big 
price  for  a  loaded  pistol.  When King 
Richard  III  offered  his  kingdom  for  a 
horse at the battle  of  Bosworth,  he  an­
nounced an enormous rise in the price of 
horses; but the demand was limited.

But all values of  marketable  products 
come  back  to  a  simple  basis of values. 
In barbarous ages  there  was  no  money, 
and  all  business  was  done with barter. 
All  exchanges  were  the  swapping  of 
products, or the exchange of products for 
services.  There  was  a  sort  of  general 
agreement about  the value  of articles  or 
services;  but where  there was  an urgent 
need of  something,  that  something  was 
held at a higher rate. 
In  the  same way, 
when there was a redundance  of  certain 
things, they had to  be  disposed  of  at  a 
lower valuation. 
It is  just the  same  to­
day.

When commerce grew to  meet  the  de­
mands  of  the  civilized states of society, 
barter  gave  place  to  money.  Articles 
convenient for exchange and  transporta­
tion were adopted for  money, and finally 
the general choice fell on gold and silver, 
because they were not  subject  to  be  de­
stroyed by rust and decay,  and  were,  of 
all other articles,  least  perishable.  But 
gold  and  silver have  never had an abso­
lute  and  unchangeable  value.  There 
have been times when  silver  was  worth 
more in proportion than gold.  To-day it 
happens,  for  a  variety  of  reasons,  that 
gold  is  worth  more  in  proportion  than 
silver.  The  ratio  of  values  may  some 
day change back. 

F ra nk Sto w eli..

A   R eason ab le  Profit.

From the Chicago  Apparel Gazette.
A merchant is entitled  to a  reasonable 
profit on his  merchandise  just  as  much 
as a mechanic is to his  wages.  Not only 
is he entitled to it  but he  must  have  it, 
for  he  must  live  as  well  as  the  day 
laborer; he must pay his expenses: hence 
any dealer should be  slow to sacrifice his 
reasonable profit. 
It  is  plainly  evident 
that if he  does  not  make  his  profit  his 
capital  will  go  to  pay his expenses and

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

be adopted is one  equivalent  to  the  re­
quirements  for  admission  to  the  best 
American standard  high  school. 
If  the 
State boards of pharmacy  would  hence­
forth  require  at  least  that  amount  of 
general education of every  candidate for 
registration,  we would at  once  begin  to 
make  marked  progress.  Examinations 
of candidates to determine  their  general 
education might be omitted  in  all  cases 
where satisfactory evidence  is  presented 
by them showing that  they  possess  the 
education required.

No  real  general  improvement  In  the 
status of  pharmaceutical  education  can 
be expected  without  positive  measures 
to  compel  sufficient  preparatory  educa 
tion;  and  a  sufficient  standard  of  the 
compulsory  preparatory education of all 
persons who enter drug  stores  to  learn 
pharmacy is no less  important  than  the 
pharmaceutical  colleges,  the  pharmacy 
laws,  and the State boards  of  pharmacy 

stock  of  goods. 

Everybody knows that the mere reduc­
tion  of  prices is not sufficient to sell out 
If  people  do  not  at 
the moment need the  articles they gener­
ally  will not buy, no matter how low the 
price.  Nevertheless  it  is  wise  to  pur­
chase  articles  of  necessity  when  the 
price falls below the  customary  average.
The  terms  “general  demand”  and 
‘special  demand”  need  a  word  of  ex­
planation.  There  is  a  general  demand 
for  wheat  and  cotton.  There  are  so 
many  human  beings  who  must  have 
clothes and food; consequently there will 
be  a  certain  demand  for  cotton  and 
wheat.  But this general demand  is  not 
always the same every year. 
If  it  were 
known just how many  persons had to  be 
supplied  with  food  and  clothing,  and 
just  how  much  wheat  and  cotton  each 
would require,  it would be easy to  figure 
out the wheat and cotton markets  so  far 
as the general demand is concerned.

he will fail;  sooner or later  he  must  do 
so.  As  the  wageworker  may  be out  of 
work and obliged to draw  on his savings 
to live, so the  merchant may in  times  of 
dull  trade  not  be  able  to  make his ex­
penses,  but  when  this  is  the  case  he 
should know  it and  seek a remedy.  But 
the  remedy  should  never  be  a  cut  in 
prices  so  that he  cannot make his profit 
on  bis  sales. 
If  he  cannot  make  his 
profit, he can rest  assured  that  his  pur­
chasing is faulty,  his expenses  too  great 
or his location is not such  as  to  support 
a  business  of  its  class.  No  successful, 
merchant ever  sells  goods  except  at  a 
profit.  The  very  class  of  dealers,  the 
big  department  stores  in  large  cities, 
whose claim  is  that  they  undersell  the 
exclusive dealer, make a larger aggregate 
percentage of profit  on  their  total  sales 
than any other class of dealers.  They do 
this  by  their  splendid  buying,  by  the 
small percentage of expense as compared 
with their total sales, not  by  a  sacrifice 
of  profit  except on an occasional leader. 
If they  sell an article  at a low price, the 
cost corresponds.

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Benzolcum  German..  65®  75
Boracic 
15
Carbollcum................   20® 30
Cltricum.....................  41® 44
Hydrochlor..................  3®  5
...................  10® 12
Nltrocum 
Ozallcum....................   10® 12
Phosphorlum dll........ 
20
Salley licum ...............1  25@1  60
Sulphuricum................  1K@ 5
Tannlcum..................1  40@1  60
Tartarlcum..................  30® 33

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20  deg..............  6®
Carbonas  ...................
Chlorldum...................  12®

ANILINE.

Black......................... ^ 00®2 25
Brown........................   80® !»
Red.............................  45@  50
Yellow...................... 2 50®3 00

BACCAB.

Cubeae (po  25)  ......   *0®  25
juníperas...........
25®  30
Xanthoxylum. ■.

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Pefu 
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Terabln. Canada  ....  45®  50
Tolutan......................  •’•’©  so

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Abies,  Canadian.................  18
Casslae  ...............................
Cinchona F lav a...............   •  1»
Euonymus  atropurp...........  au
Myrlca  Cerlfera, po.............  m
Pranus Ylrglnl....................
Quill ala,  grd.......................
Sassafras  ............ 
 
XJlmus Po (Ground  15)........

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Ferrocyanldum Sol....  ©
Solut  Chloride...........  @
Sulphate,  com’l ..............
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Arnica .......................  
Anthémis................... 
Matricaria 
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Barosma 
Cassia  Acutlfol,  Tin

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Salvia  officinalis,  Mb
and  V4b....................
Ura Ursl 
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Acacia,  1st  picked...
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Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)...
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Socotri, (po.  60). 
Catechu, Is, (Mb- 14 M*.
.............................  O
Ammonlae...... .—   55®
Assafoetida, (po 50) 
50®
Bensotnnm.................
Camphor*...................  42®
Buphorblum  po  ........  »©
Gafbanum...................  @2 “J
Gamboge,  po.....- .  .-  <0®  7. 
Gualacum, (po  35)  ... 
Kino,  (po  2 00).........   @2
Mastic  ... 
................  ©
Myrrh, (po  45)...........  ©  _
Opll  (PO  3 30@3 50). .2 5 ®2 60
Shellac  ...........*.........
Tragacanth................ 

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XA8NE8IA.

Absinthium.........................  §6
Bupatorlum.........................  ~
Lobelia.................................  *
Majorum.............................
Mentha  Piperita.................  23
„  “  Vlr......................  *
Tanaoetum, Y ......................  ■“
Thymus, V ..........................  25
Calcined, Pat..............  55®  60
Carbonate,  P a t....—   20®  22 
Carbonate, K. 4   M —   20®  ~5 
Carbonate, Jennings..  35®  db
Absinthium..............2  50®3  00
Amygdalae, Dulc........  30®  50
Amydalae, Amarae.... 8 00@8 25
▲nisi........................2  4fl@2 50
Aurantl  Cortex.  1 80@2 
on
Bergamll  ...................3 00®3  20
00®  65
Caiiputl  ..................  
Caryophyill...............   75®  8
Cedar 
....................  35®  65
Chencpodll...................  @1 60
Cinnamonll..............1  25©1  4
Citrouella  .................  ®  45
Coni am  Mac..............  3*®  65
Capalba......................  80®  90

OLEUX.

Cnbebae...................... 1  40® 1  50
Exeehthltos..............  1  20@1  30
Brlgeron......................... 1  20@1 30
Gaultherla......................1  50@1 6G
Geranium,  ounce......  @  75
Gosslpll, Sum. gal......  70®  75
Hedeomk  ...................1 25@1  40
Jumperl.......................   50@2 00
Lavendula...................  90®2 00
“■jlmoniE...........................1 40®1 60
Mentha Piper.................. 2 10®3 00
Mentha Verld.................1  80@2 00
Morrhuae, gal 
........ 1 30®1  40
Myrcla, ounce...............   ® 50
Olive............................  90@3 00
Plcls Liquida, (gal. .35)  10®  12
Ricini.......................  SS®  96
Rosmarini..........  
1  00
Rosae, ounce...................6 50®8 50
Succinl.........................  40® 45
Sabina.........................  90@1 00
Santal  ....................... 2 50@7 00
Sassafras....................  50®  55
Slnapls, ess, ounce —   ®  65
Tlglll..........................  @  SO
Thyme.......................  40®  50
" 
opt.................  @1 60
heobromas...............  15®  20

POTASSIUM.

BICarb...  .................  15®  18
bichromate...............   13®  14
Bromide....................  40®  43
Carh............................  12®  15
Chlorate  (po.l7@19)..  16®  18
Cyanide......................  50®  55
Iodide........................2 90®3 00
Potassa, Bltart,  pure..  23®  25 
Potassa, Bltart, com...  ©  15
Potass  Nitras, opt......   8®  10
Potass Nltras..............  7®  9
Prusslate....................  28®  30
Sulphate  po................  15®  18

RADIX.

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Aconltum...................  20®  25
Althae.........................  22®  25
Anchusa....................  12®  15
Arum,  po....................  ®  25
Calamus......................  20®  40
Gentians  (po. 12)......  
8®  10
Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15)..  16©  18
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 35)...................  @  30
Hellebore,  Ala,  po—   15®  20
Inula,  po....................  15®  20
Ipecac, po.................1  30® 1  40
Iris plox (po. 35®38)..  35®  40
Jalapa,  pr..................   40®  45
Maranta,  Mb..............  ®  35
Podophyllum, po........  15®  18
Rhei  ..........................   75®1  00
Cut.....................   @1  75
pv.......................  75@1  35
Splgella.....................   35®  38
Sanguinaria, (po  25)..  @ 20
Serpentaria.................  30®  35
Senega.......................  55®  60
Simllax, Officinalis.  H @ 40
M  @ 25
Scillae, (po. 85)...........  10®  12
Symploearpus,  F«tl-
dus,  po....................  @  ®
Yalerlana, Eng. (po.30)  @  25
German...  15®  20
Inglber a ................. 
18®  20
18®  30
Zingiber  j ...............  
O  15
Anisnm,  (po. 20) 
140  16
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Aplnm  (graveleons)
fr
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B&d, Is .7...................  
Carni, (po. 18)..............   10® 12
Cardamon........................1 00@1 25
Corlandram.................   12® 14
Cannabis Satlva.........   4®
Cydcnium....................   75®1 00
Cneaopodlum  ............   10® 12
Dipterfx Odorate........2 40@2 60
Foenlcnlum...............   ©  15
Foenugreek,  po.........   6®
L in i........................... 3M© 4
Lini, grd.  (bbl. 8M)..  3m@  *
Lobelia.........................  35® 40
Pharlarls Canarian—  
4®
Rapa...........................  4M©
Slnapls  Alba...............  7®

<  Migra...........  11©  12

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D .F .R ......2 0C®2 25
................. 1  25®1  50
Jnnlperls  Co. O. T — 1  66®2 00
Saacharum  N. B........ 1  90@2 10
Spt.  Vini  Galli........... 1  75©6 50
Vini Oporto.................... 1  25@2 00
Vini  Alba....................... 1 25©2 00

SPOHSSB.

Florida  sheep»’  wool
carriage.................  2 50®2 75
Nassau  sheep»’  wool
carriage  — ........ .
2  00 
Velvet  extra  sheeps’
1  10
wool carriage.........
Extra  yellow  sheeps’
carriage..................
Grass sheeps’ wool car-
Hardfor  slate  uso....
Yellow Reef, for  slate 
u se..........................

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SYRUPS.

A ccada...............................  SO
Zingiber.............................   50
Ipecac..................................   60
Ferri Iod.............................   50
Aurantl  Cortes....................  50
Rhei  Aram..........................  60
Simllax  Officinalis..............  60
  50
Senega................................   50
Scillae..................................  50
«  Co.............................   50
Toiatan...............................  60
Pranas  vlrg.........................  50

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TINCTURES.

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Aconltum Napellis R .........   60
F ..........  50
Aloes...................................   60
and myrab.................  60
Arnica................................   50
Asafcetlda............................  ’<0
A trope Belladonna..............  60
Benzoin...............................  60
11  Co..........................   50
Sangnlnarla.........................  50
Barosma.............................   50
Cantharldes.........................  75
Capsicum............................  50
Ca damon............................  75
CO.........................  75
Castor..................................1 00
Catechu...............................  50
Cinchona............................  50
Co.........................  60
Colombo.............................   50
Conlum...............................  50
Cubeba................................   50
DlgltaUs.............................   50
Brgot...................................   50
Gentian...............................  50
Co............................  60
Gualca................................   50
ammon....................  60
Zingiber.............................   50
Hyoscyamus.......................   50
Iodine..................................  75
Colorless..................   75
Ferri Chlorldum.................  35
K ino...................................   50
Lobelia................................  50
Myrrh..................................  50
Nux  Vomica.......................  50
OpU.....................................  85
'  Camphorated...............   50
Deoaor.........................2 00
Aurantl Cortex....................  50
Quassia...............................  50
Rhatany.............................  50
Rhei..  ................................   50
Cassia  Acutlfol...................  50
Co..............  50
Serpentarla.........................  50
Stramonium........................   60
Tolutan...............................  60
Valerian................. 
50
VeratrumVerlde.................  50

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Antlr ebrin..................
© 48
Argent!  Nltras, ounce
5® 7
Balm Gilead  Bud....  38®  40
Bismuth  8.  N............ 1 40@1  50
Calcium Chlor, Is, (Mb
12;  Mb,  14)..............  @  U
Cantharldes  Russian, 
po............................  @1  60
26 
Capslcl  Fructus, af.
@  28 @  20 
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Caryophyllus, (po.  15)
10®   12 
08 75
Carmine,  No. 40.........
Cera Alba, 8. 4  F .....   50®  55
Cera Flava.................  88®  40
Coocua  .....................   ©  40
Cassia Fructus...........  O  25
Centrarla....................  ©  10
Cetaceom..................   ©  40
Chloroform...............   60®  88
©1  25
Chloral Hyd Crst........1  25®1  50
Chondros..................   20®  25
Clnchonldlse, F.  4  W  15®  2G
German 8MO  12 
Corks,  list,  dll.  per
cent  ...................... 
75
Creasotum.............. 
©  35
©
Creta, (bbl. 75)........ 
“  prep.............. 
5®
“  preclp.........  
9®  11
“  Rubra................  ©  8
Crocus......................  35®  40
Cudbear........... 
...  ©  24
Cuprl Sulph...............   5
Dextrine....................   10®
Ether Sulph...............   75®
Emery,  all  number!..  ©
Brgota, (po.)  40.........   80®
Flake  White..............  12®
Galla..........................   O
Gambler......................7  ©
Gelatin,  Cooper.........   _ ©
French...........  30®
Glassware  flint, by box 80. 
Less than box 75.
Glne,  Brown..............  90
15 
26 
•>  White................  18®
Glyoerlna...................  14®
20
§
Grana Paradlsl...........  O  22
Humnlni....................  25®  55
Hydraag Chlor  Mite..  ©  75
“  Cor....  ©  65
Ox Rnbrum  @  85
Ammonlatl..  @  95
Unguentum.  45®  55
Hydrargyrum............   @  60
Icnthyobolla, Am..  ..1 25®1 50
Indigo........................   75@1 00
Iodine,  Resubl...........3 80®3 90
Iodoform....................  ®4 70
Lupulin......................  @2 25
Lycopodium..............  60®  65
Macls.........................  <0®
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
drarg Iod.................  @  27
Liquor Potass Arslnltla  10®  12
Magnesia,  Sulpb  (bbl
Mannia,  8 .F ..............  60®  63

1M)............................2M@  4

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PAINTS. 

Linseed,  boiled.........  59
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
■trained...............   66
SplrltaTnrpentlne —   34
bbl.

70
40
lb.
Red Venetian..............IK  2®8
Ochre, yellow  Mars— IK  2®4
“ 
Ber........IK  2@8
Putty,  commercial— 2K  2H@8
“  strictly  pure......2M  2K@S
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican ..........................   13@15
Vermilion,  Bngllsh....  65®70
13® 16
Green,  Peninsular......  
Lead,  red................... 5M@6
w hite.............. 5M®6
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gliders’........  @90
White, Paris American 
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
1 40
Universal Prepared ..1  C0@1  15
No  1  Turp  Coach.... 1  10®1  20
Extra Turp................ l.U@l  70
Coach Body............... 2 75@8 00
No. 1 Turp Furn........1  00©1  10
Eutra Turk Damar— 1 55@1  60 
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
Turp......................... 
70@75

cliff..............................  

VARNISHES.

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S.  N. Y. Q.  *

Morphia, S. P. AW.  3 05@2 30 
C.  Co....................  1 95@2 20
Moschus Canton........  @  40
MyrlBtlca, No  1 ........  66®  70
Nux Vomica, (po 20)..  @ 10
Os.  Sepia....................  15®  18
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
©2 00
Plcls Llq, N.»C., M gal
doz  .........................
@2  00 
Plcls Llq., quarts......
@1  00 
pints........
“ 
©  85 
@  50 
Pll Hydrarg, (po. 80)..
@  1 
Piper  Nigra, (po. 22)..  @
Piper Alba, (po g5)__   @
@  3 
a   7 1«
Pllx Bnrgnn................  @
Plumbl A cet..............  10®
Pul vis Ipecac et opll. .1  10@1 20 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
4 P . D.  Co., doz......   @125
Pyrethrum,  pv...........  20®  30
Quasslae....................  8®  10
Qulnla, S. P. 4  W  ....34*@39M 
S.  German....  27®  37
Rnbla  Tlnctoram......   13®  14
SaccharamLactlspv. 
12®  14
Salacln.......................2 10®2 25
Sanguis  Draconis......   40®  50
Sapo,  W......................  12®  14
,r  M.......................   10®  12
@  15

G.

“ 

Seldllti  Mixture........  @  20
Slnapls.......................  @  18
opt...................  ®  30
Snnff,  Maccaboy,  De
Voes.......................   @  35
Snuff. Scotch,De. Voes  @  35 
Soda Boras, (po. 8-1G).  7®  9
Soda et Potass Tart...  24®  25
SodaCarb.................  1M@  2
Soda,  Bl-Carb............   3®  5
Soda, Ash....................3M@  4
Soda, Snlphas............   @  2
Spts. Bther C o...........  50®  55
“  Myrcla  Dom......   @2 00
“  Myrcla Imp.......   @2 50
••  Vlnl  Rect.  bbl.
....7 ........................2 49@2 59
Lesa 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia Crystal...... 1 40® 1 45
Sulphur, Snbl............ 2M@ 3
"  RoU..............2  @ 2M
Tamarinds.................  8®  10
Terebenth Venice......  28®  30
Tbeobromae............. 45  @  48
Vanilla..................... 9 00@16 00
Zlncl  Sulph................  7®  8

OILS.

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

Bbl.  Gal
70
85
45
59

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VALLEY  CITY

P O U L T R Y   PO W D ER

Nothing  Like  It  to  Make  Hens  Lay  in  Winter.

A  valuable addition to the  feed  of  laying  Hens  and  growing 

chicks, and a sure preventative for Cholera 

Roupe and Gapes.

P rice 25  Cents•

(MELTING 

1  PERKING  DBUG  CO.,

Manufacturing Chemists,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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M'H-K  MICHIGAlSr  TRADESMAN.

GROCERY  PR IC E   CU RREN T.

srcätcBt possible  use to  deslers. 

AXLE GREASE.
doz
Aurora....................  ■*
Castor Oil..............  ®0
Diamond.................  50
Frazer’s ................. 
2
Mica  ......................  »5
Paragon 
...............   55

gross 
6  00 
7 00 
5 50 
9 00 
7  50 
Ö 00

BAKING  POWDER. 

Arctic.

Queen Flake.

Acme.
A   i d .  jann. 3 do« —
A ’-b.  . 
.  “  ...............
1 
.................
lib. 
‘ 
Bulk.................. ...............
u  1b cans 6 doz  case.........
V4  lb “  4 doz 
“  .........
fit “  2 doz  “ 
1 
............
........
5  ft  “  Ido*  ; 
3  oz cans 6 doz  “ 
........
...........
6  oz "  4 doz  “ 
9  oz 
“ 
1  1b  “  2 doz 
.......
........
5  lb  “ 
Red Star, & *>  cans .......
..........
• 
Teller’s, A lb.  cans, do*.
“  -
1 lb. 
* -
Our Leader. M -b cans—
V4 lb  cans......
1 lb cans......
BATH  BRICK.
2 dozen in case.

ldoz  “ 
A *>  “ 
1 6   “ 
A lb.  “ 

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.< 

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75 
1  80 
10

1  10 
2  00 
9 00
2 70
3 20
4 80 
4 doz * 
4 00 
9 00
40 
75 
1  40 
45 
95 
1 50 
45
1  50

English...............................  Si
Bristol..................................
Domestic.............................

b l u in g .

“

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“ 

Arctic, 4o*  ovals...........
“ 
...........
So* 
“  pints,  round.......
No. 2, sifting box. 
“  No. 3, 
“  No. 5,

3 60 
6 75 
9 00 
2
4 00 
8  00
1 oz ball  .................4 50
3 60 
6  80

Mexican Liquid, 4  oz. 
“ 
8 oz.
b r o o m s .
1  90
Ao. 2 Hurl  ..............
2  00 
No. 1  “ 
.................
2 15 
No. 2 Carpet........
a 50 
No. 1 
“ 
..............
2 50
Parlor Gem....... .......
85 
Common Whisk........
1  01
*ancy 
........
Warehouse........................ ~  83

1 

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» 

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BRUSHES
Stove, No.  1.......................  } j*
io.......................  l so
Rice Boot Scrub, 2  row  ...  85
Rice Hoot  Scrub, 3 row 
..  1  25
Palmetto, goose.................  i 50
CANDLES.

Hotel, 40 lb. boxes............  10
Star,  40 
..............  ®
Paraffine  ..........................
Wlcking.............................34

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CANNED  GOODS.

« 

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Fish.
Clams.
Little Neck,  1  lb................ 1 20
2 lb................ l  90

“ 
Clam Chowder.
Standard, 81b...............
Cove Oysters.
Standard,  1 lb..............

21b...................... 

2 lb....................1  35
Lobster*.
Star,  1  lb.......................... 2 45
“  2  lb.......................... 8 50
Picnic, 1 lb............  
2 00
“ 
2 90
Mackerel.
Standard, lib ........  .......   110
2  lb.................. 2 10
Bustard,  21b  ....................2S
Tomato Sauce,  2 lb............2 5
Soused, 2 lb........................2 5
Salmon.
Columbia River, flat..........1  i
falls..........1 50
“ 
Alaska, Red 
..................1  30
pink........................1 20
Kinney’s,  flats................... X  '
Sardines.
American  la*................4 A©
As...............6 A©
Imported  A*....................  @10
As....................15®1
Mustard X*......................  6@Z
Boneless.................
Trout.
Brook J, lb................ ........2 50
Fruits.
Apples.

“ 

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3 lb. standard  ........... 
Fork State, gallons —  
Hamburgh, 
—

90
2 50

Gages.

Apricots.
1 40 
Live oak.....................
1 40 
Santa Crn*.................
1  50 
Lusk’s ........................
1  40
Overland..................
Blackberries
85
F. A  W .........................
Cherries.
Red............................
@1  20
Pitted Hamburgh  —
1 40 
W hite...................—
1  1
E rie..........................
Damsons, Egg Plums and Green 
1 35 
Erie............................
1 25
’allfornia...................
Gooseberries.
1 25
Common....................
Peaches.
1  10 
Ie............................
1  50 
Maxwell....................
1  50 
Shepard’s ..................
75
California..................   160@1
Monitor 
...................
Oxford.......................
Domestic....................  
Riverside.................... 
Pineapples.
common.....................1 00@1  30
Johnson’s  sliced........ 
2 50
2 75
grated........ 
Booth’s sliced............  @2 51

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

1  25
1

Pears.

grated...........  ©2

Quinces.
Common....................
1  10
Raspberries.
95 
Red.............................
1 40 
Black  Hamburg.........
Erie, black  ...............
1  20
Strawberries.
1 25 
Lawrence..................
Hamburgh.................
1  2!
Erie............................
1  20 
1  05
Terrapin.....................
Whortleberries,
85
Blueberries...............
Corned  beef  Libby’s..........2 21
Roast beef  Armour’s..........2 35
Potted  bam, H lb................1

Meats.

u  X lb— ........

tongne, A lb.............1 35
“
chicken, A lb.........   95

“ 
Vegetables.

A lb .... 

Beans.

“ 
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Com.

soaked....

Hamburgh  stringless..........1  15
French style...... 2 00
Limas................. 1
Lima, green.........................1  15
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 60
Honey  Dew...... ..................1  85
Morning Glory...
Soaked...............................  75
Peas.
Hamburgh  m arrofat..........1 SO
early June 
-.150
Champion Eng.. 1  40
Fetit  pols......... 1  40
ancy  sifted__1  65
Soaked................................   85
Harris standard...................  75
VanCamp’s  marrofat..........1  10
early Jane.......1  30
Archer’s  Early Blossom__ 1  25
French.................................2 15
French..............................19©21
Erls...............................—   80
Hubbard..............................1
Hamburg..............................1 3
Soaked..... —  
............   f
Honey  Dew..........................1  <
Erie..................................... 1  i
Hancock............................. 
!
Excelsior 
i
Eclipse................................  1
Hamburg  - ......................   1 i
Gallon.......................... -  3 (

Mnshrooms.
Pumpkin.
Squash.
Succotash.

Tomatoes.
........  

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CHOCOLATE.

 

Baker’s.
German Sweet.................. 
Premium................ 
 
Breakfast Cocoa.............. 
CHEESE.
Amboy.........'.............  
Acme.......................... 
Lenawee.........................  
Riverside........................ 
Gold Medal  ..............
809
Skim......................  
Brick............................... 
E dam ........................  
1  00
Leiden............................ 
Llmburger  ...............   @15
Pineapple...................  ©24
Roquefort—— ........  ©36
Sap Sago....................   ©20
Schweitzer, imported.  ©24 
<c!4
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12

CREAM  TARTAR.

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

CATSUP.

“ 

Bine Label Brand.
 
Triumph Brand.

Half  pint, 25 bottles...........2 75
4 60
Pint 
Quart 1 doz bottles.................8 50
Half pint, per  doz...................1 35
Pint, 25 bottles.........................4 50
Quart, per  doz  ...................3 75

CLOTHES  PINS.

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

COCOA  SHELLS.

35 lb  bags.....................   ©3
Less quantity  ..............  @3A
Pound  packages..........6A@"

COFFEE.
Green.
Rio.

Santos.

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

Maracaibo.

Mocha.

Java.

Roasted.

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

Package. 

Extract.

Valley City A gross...........  76
Felix 
1  15
Hommel’s, foil, gross........1 65
“ 
........2 85

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tin 
CHICORV.

Bulk.................................... 5
Red..................................... 7

CLOTHES  I.INE8.

Cotton,  40 ft......... per do*.  1  25
140
“ 
“ 
1  60
176
“ 
“  1  90
“ 
85
“ 
1  00

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CONDENSED  MILK 

50ft..........  
60 f t..........  
70ft..........  
80ft........... 
60 ft.........  
72 f f ........  

4 dos. In case.

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

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Peerless evaporatedjcream. 5 75

COUPON  BOOKS.

Peel.

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

“ 

25  “ 
“ 
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25 
Raisins.

Ondnra. 29 lb. boxes. 
“ 
Sultana, 20 
Valencia. 30  “

© 6
@ 7A

California,  100-120 ..............  5A

Prunes.
90x100 25 lb. bxs.  6
80x90
70x80
60x70

Turkey. 
Silver ..

ENVELOPES.
XX rag, white.

No. 1,6A..........................  8}  35
No. 2, 6 A..........................  1  1°
No. 1,6..............................   1 25
No. 2,6..............................  1 00

Manilla, white.

6A  ...................................

Coin.

Mill  No. 4.........................
FARINACEOUS  GOODS. 

Farina.
Grits.

115 lb. kegs................... 

2A

Hominy.

Walsh DeRoo  &  Co.’s ......2  10
Barrels.................................8 00
Grits..................................  3A
Dried............................  5©5A
Maccaronl and Vermicelli. 
55
Domestic, 12 lb. box —  
Imported....................10A@H

Lima  Beans.

Pearl Barley.

Schumacher....................   3A
Common..........................   3
Green,  bn........................  1 05
Split  per l b .................  
24i

Rolled  OatB.

“ 

Schumacher, bbl................$475
A bbl............   2 60
Monarch,  bbl  ..................   3 90
Monarch,'A  bbl............... 2  15
Quaker,  cases..................   3 20
Oven Baked........................3 35
German.............................   3
Bast India..........................   3A
Cracked..............................  8

Wheat.

Sago.

KISH—Salt.

Bloaters.

Cod.

Yarmouth..........................
Georges cured................   4A
Georges genuine............ 7
Georges selected............   7A
Boneless,  bricks............ 6 a
Boneless, strips................6M@9

Hallbnt.

11©1

Mackerel

Herring.
“ 

Smoked
Holland, white hoops keg 
bbf
8 75
Norwegian 
....................
Round, A bbl 100 lbs........  2 50
A  “  40  “  ........  1  30
Scaled............................... 
16
No.  1,  100 lbs.................. 11
No.  1,40lb s ...'................  4 90
No. 
1,  10 lbs.................  1  30
No.  2,100 lbs...................U «0
No. 
2, 40 lbs...................   4 30
No. 
2,10 lbs...................   1 15
Family, 90 lbs.........
“ 
10  lbs .......
Sardines.
Trout

Russian,  kegs....................  55
No. 1, A bbls., lOOlbs...........5 00
No. 1 A bbl, 40  lbs..............2 3G
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs.............. 
65
No  1,81b  kits................. 
55

Whltefish.

No. 1  family
A bbls, 100  lbs.......... 86 75 3 C"
A  “  40  “  ...........   3 00  1 50
101b.  kits..................   83  45
81b.  “ 
......   ..........  69  39
MATCHES.

Globe Match Co.’s Brands.

Columbia Parlor......... ....81 25
XXX Sulphur.............. ....  1 00
Diamond  Match  Co.'s Brands.
No. 9  sulphur.............. ...... i 65
Anchor parlor............. ...... i 70
No. 2 home.................. ......i 10
......4 00
Export  parlor............

Tradesman.’ 

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12 
6 3 
6 5 
610 
620 

““Superior.”
1 books, per bundred 
2 
3 
5 
610 

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2  00
2 50
3 00 
8 CO
4 00
5 00
2 50
3 00
3 50
4 00
5 00
6 00

Universal.”

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1  books, per hundred  ..  63 00
....  3 50
2 
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3 
....  5 00
5 
610 
...  6 00 
620 
...  7 00
Above prices on coupon books 
are  subject  to  the  following 
quantity discounts:
200 books or over..  5 per  cent 
500 
“ 
1000  “ 
COUPON  PASS BOOKS. 
ICan  be  made to represent any 
denomination  from 610  down. ‘ 
20 books.........................8 1  00
50
! 00 
3 00 
100250
6 25 
500
10 00 
17 50
1000

.10 
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CREDIT  CHECKS.

500, any one denom’n ......S3 00
1000,  “ 
.......5 00
2000,  “ 
........8 00
Steel punch....................... 
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CRACKERS.

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Butter.

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

Oyster.

Soda.

DRIED  FRUITS. 

Domestic.

Apples.

Peaches.

Apricots.

Blackberries.
Nectarines.

Snndried,....................... 
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes 
California In  bags........ 
Evaporated in boxes.... 
In  boxes....................... 
701b. bags.......................
251b. boxes..................... 
Peeled, In  boxes........... 
Cal. evap.  “ 
........... 
“ 
In bags......  
California In bags......  
Pitted  Cherries.
Barrels..........................
501b. boxes...................
26 “ 
...................
Prunelles.
301b.  boxes..................
Raspberries.
In barrels...................... 
501b. boxes.................... 
.....................  
251b.  “ 
Raisins.

“ 

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5
6
8 A
9
7

9
10
10
8A
6A

20
20A
«0A

Loose Muscatels in Boxes.
2 crown.............................   3A
“ 
8 
.............................   4
4  “ 
5)
Loose Muscatels In Bags.
2  crown...............................3 A
“ 
3 
............................... 4

 

Foreign.
Currants.

Patras,  bbls...........................4
Vostlzzas, 56 lb.  cases........4

_____________ ______
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS. 

Sondera*.

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

Regular
Grade
Lemon.

dos
2 0*  --- 8  75
4 OK  __ 1  50
Regular
Vanilla.

doz
2 oz...... 81  20
4 oz........2 40
XX Grade 
Lemon.
2 oz.......81  50
4oz...... 3 00
XX Grade 
Vanilla.
2 oz.......81  75
14 oz........ 3 50

2 25

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Jennings.
Lemon. Vanilla
o* regular panel.  75 
1  20 
...1  SO
o* 
2  00 
3 00 
o* 
.. .2 00
......1  35
No. 3 taper 
2 00 
2 50
No. 4  taper...........1  50
Nortlirop’s
Lemon. .Vanilla, 
oval taper  75 
1 10
1  20 
1 75
85 
1 20
1  60 

oz regular

.3 25
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...... . 

Choke Bore—Dupont’s

Eagle Duck—Dupont’s.

GUNPOWDER.
Rifle—Dupont’s.
Kegs..............................  
Half  kegs.................................1 99
Quarter  kegs...........................1 10
1  lb cans.............................   30
A lb  cans............................  18
Kegs......................................... 4 25
Half  kegs.................................2 40
Quarter kegs.............................1 35
' lb cans.............................   34
Kegs  ..................................H  00
Half  k eg s...............................5 ^
Quarter kegs............................3 00
‘  " 
60
1  lb  cans
Sage.....................................<
Hops.................................... .
Madras,  5 lb. boxes  ........
S. F., 2,3 and 5 lb. boxes.. 
15  lb. palls.................  @
“ 
17  “ 
©
30  “  “ 
@
LICORICE.
Pure.....................................
Calabria...............................  26
Sicily....................................  12
Root............................. 
10
LYE.
Condensed, 2 do*............... 1  20
4 doc............... 2 25

JELLY.
 
 
 
 

INDIGO.

HERBS.

" 
MINCE  MEAT.

 

Mince meat, 3 doz. in case.  2 7 
Pie Prep. 3  doz.  in  case— 3 06 

MEASURES.
Tin, per dosen.

1  gallon............................  81  75
Half  gallon......................  1 40
Q uait............................... 
70
Pint.................................. 
45
Half  p in t...... ................. 
40
Wooden, for vinegar, per do*.
1 gallon.................... 
7 00
 
Half gallon......................  4 75
Quart...............................  3 75
Pint 

..............................  3

MOLASSES.
Blackstrap.
Sugar bouse............... — • - 
Cuba Baking.
Ordinary..........................  
Porto R l t J .
Prim e..........................
Fancy 
—
New Orleans.
Fair  ............................
Good  ..........................
Extra good...................
Choice 
......................
Fancy
Half  barrels Sc.extra

14
16

T H E   M ìirm f l A N   TRA X M ESBA A IT.

17

PICKLES.
Medium.
Barrel«, 1,300  count... 
Half bbls, 800  count..  @3 (.0
Barrels, 2,400 count. 
Half bbls, 1,200 count 

Small.

3 50

@5 00

6 00

SALERATUS.

Packed 60 lbs. in box.

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

PIPES.

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

POTASH.

48 cans in case.

Babbitt’s ...............................  4 00
Penna Salt  Co.’s...................  8 00

RICE.
Domestic.

Carolina head....................... 5)4
“  No. 1..........................5
“  No. 2...........................4)4
 

Broken......................... 

 

Imported.

Japan, No. 1......................... 8)4
“  No. 2.......................... 5
Java.......................... ******  *
Patna..................................   4)4

SPICES.

Whole Sifted.

■< 

“ 
» 
“ 

Allspice...............................  9)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 
f* 
“  white...  -20
shot.........................16
“ 
Pure Ground in Bulk.
Allspice..............................18
Cassia,  Batavia...... ...........18
« 
and  Saigon.25
“  Saigon....................35
Cloves,  Amboyna...............22
“  Zanzibar................. 18
Ginger, African..................16
”  Cochin.................... 20
Jam aica................. 22
“ 
Mace  Batavia.....................65
Mustard, Bug. and Trieste..22
“  Trieste.................... 25
Nutmegs, No. 2 . . .......— 75
Pepper, Singapore, black — 16
« 
white.......24
“  Cayenne..................20
Sage...................••••••....... 20
“Absolute” in Packages.
Allspice......................  84
Cinnamon  .........   • • • •  84
Cloves.........................  84
Ginger,  Jam aica......  84
“  African...........  84
Mustard......................  84
Pepper.......................   84
Sage.............................  84
Granulated,  bbls................   1)4
751b  cases........  13a
Lump, bbls 
.......................  1)4
1451b kegs................. 1)4
SEEDS.

SAL  SODA.

34s  V4*

•• 

“ 

Anise.........................  @18
4
Canary, Smyrna.........  
Caraway...................•
80
Cardamon, Malabar..
4
Hemp,  Russian........
4)49
Mixed  Bird..............
Mustard,  white........
8
Poppy .......................
4)480
Rape.........................
Cuttle  bone..............
STARCH.

Corn.

 

 

“ 

“ 
“ 

20-1 b  boxes..........................  6
40-lb 
6*
Gloss.
5)4
1-lb packages...........
5)4
3-lb 
...........
3*
6-lb 
...........
40 and 50 lb. boxes..
Barrels................................   314
SNUFF.
Scotch, in  bladders.............87
Maccaboy, in jars................35
Preach Rappee, In Jars.......43
Boxes................................... 8)i
Kegs, English...................... 4M

SODA,

SALT.

Diamond Crystal.

Cases, 24 3  lb. boxes........I  1  60
Barrels, 320  lbs...............   2  50
“ 
115 2)4 lb bags....  4 00
“ 
lb  “  ___   3 "
to 5 
3 50 6)
« 
3010  lb  “
Butter, 56 lb  bags...
“  20141b  bags...........  3 50
“  280 lb  bbls..........   2 50
“  224 lb 
2 25

“   

 

 

Worcester.
115 2V4-lb sacks....................... 64 CO
“ 
60 5-lb 
................ 3  TO
3010-lb  “ 
................ 3  50
22  14 lb,  11 
..... ..........3  30
320 lb. bbl..........................   2 50
8 lb  sacks....................... 32)4
linen acks...............   60
Common Grades.

100 3-lb. sacks......................... 82 10
60 5-lb.  “ 
2810-lb. sacks.......................   1 75
56 lb. dairy in drill  bags...  30
281b.  “ 
16
Ashton.
56 lb. dairy in linen sacks..  75 
Higgins.
56 lb. dairy in linen  sacks.  75 
Soiar Rock.
56 lb.  sacks............... 
 
22
Common Fine.
•0
Saginaw..........................  
90
Manistee...........

“  •• 

1  96

“ 

 

SEELY’S  EXTRACTS. 

Lemon.
1 oz. F. M. 8  90 doz.  *10 20 gro
2  “  N. S.  1 20 “ 
12  60 “
2  “  F. M.. 1 40 “ 
14.40  “
V an illa.
1 oz.  F. M.  1 50 doz.  16 20 gro
2  “  N  S  2 00 “ 
21  60 “
2  “  F. M. 2 50 “ 
25  50 “

Rococo—Second  Grade.

Lemon.
Vanilla.

2 oz..............75 doz......   8_00j “

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

3)4

SOAP.
Laundry.

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.

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

Proctor & Gamble.

•* 

Concord...............................3  45
Ivory, 10  oz.........................6 75
400
Lenox..............................   3 65
Mottled  German............... 3  15
Town Talk.........................3 25

6  oz............ 

 

Dlngman Brands.

Single box.............-..........|  95
5 box lots, delivered......... a 85
10 box lots, delivered........3 75
Jas. S. Kirk & Co.’s Brands.

“ 

“ 

American  Family, wrpd..*3 33 
plain...  3 27
N.  K.  Fairbank & Co.’s Brands.
Santa Claus.......................  3 93
Brown, 60 bars.................. 2 10
“ 
80  bars  .................3  10
Lautz Bros. & Co.’s Brands.
Acme.................................3 65
Cotton Oil..........................6 00
Marseilles..........................  * ff
Master 
. -.......................... 4 00
Thompson & Chute Co.’s Brands

Silver..................................3 65
Mono..................................3 30
Savon,Improved...............   2 50
Sunflower.......................... 2 80
Golden  ...............................3 25
Economical  ....................... 2 25

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

“ 

8UGAR.

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 37
Powdered..............................   4 37
XXXX  Powdered..................   4 62
Granulated 
......................8 94
Fine Granulated......................3 94
Extra Fine Granulated...  4 16
Mould A  ............................4 87
Diamond Confec.  A.........   4 00
Confec. Standard  A...........3 94
No.  1...............................   3 81
No.  2  .................................3  81
No.  3................................  3 81
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................................  3 44
No.  11..................................3 37
No.  12...............................  3 31
No.  13.................................. 3 18
No.  14................................   3  12

 

 

 

 

 

Barrels.................................J7
Half bbls..............................19

SYRUPS.

Corn.

Pure Cane.

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

TABLE  SAUCES.
“ 

Lea & Perrin’s, large........4 75
small......   2 75
Halford, large.................... 3 TO
sm all...................... 2 25
Salad Dressing, larg e........ 4 56
small...... 2 65
** 

“ 
<• 

TEA8.

japan—Regular.

SU N  CU BED .

BASKET  PIKES.

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

OOLONG. 
IMPERIAL.

rouNa HYSON.

GUNPOWDER.

EN6LI8H BREAKFAST.

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

t o b a c c o s .

Fine Cut.

 

P. Lorillard & Co.’s Brands.
Sweet Russet...............30  @32
Tiger  ................. 
30
 
D. Scotten & Co’s Brands.
60
Hiawatha..................  
Cuba..........................  
32
Rocket.......................  T 
30
Spaulding & Merrick's  Brands.
Sterling....................• 
30
Private Brands.
Bazoo.........................  @30
Can Can......................  @*i
Nellie  Bly...................24  @25
Uncle Ben.  ................24  @25
McGinty.................... 
£•
25
)4 bbls.........  
Columbia......................
Columbia,  drums......... 
«
Bang  U p.....................
Bang up,  drums...........

“ 

Plug.

Lorillard’s Brands. 

Sorg’s Brands.
Spearhead................. 
39
*7
Joker......................... 
Nobby Twist............• •• 
40
Scotten’s Brands.
Kylo.-..-....................  
j®
ff
Hiawatha...................  
Valley City..............- 
34
Flnzer’s Brands.
Old  Honesty..............  
40
32
Jolly Tar.................... 
39
Climax (8 oz., 41c).... 
Green Turtle..............
27
Three  Black Crows... 
J. G. Butler’s Brands.
Something Good........ 
38
Out of  Sight..............  „ 
24
Wilson <s McCaulay’s.Brands.
Gold  Rope...................... 
Happy Thought.........  
37
Messmate...................
No Tax............................ 
Let  Go............................ 
Catlin’s  Brands.

Smoking.

Klin  dried....................... 17@18
Golden  Shower................... TO
Huntress  ........................
Meerschaum 
..............
American Eagle Co.’s Brands.
Myrtle Navy..  ...................40
Stork.................................
German...............................J®
Frog......... .........................“I
Java, )4s foil.......................32
Banner Tobacco Co.'s Brands.
Banner.................................If
Banner Cavendish..............•»
Gold Cut 
...........................30

Scotten’s Brands.

Warpath..............................14
Honey  Dew.........................  *
Gold  Block......................... 30
F. F. Adams Tobacco Co.’s 
Peerless............................... 26
Old  Tom............................. J®
Globe Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
Handmade........................40

Brands.

Leidersdorf’s Brands.

Rob  Roy........................-•••26
Uncle  Sam..—...............28@32
Red Clover...........................32

Spaulding & Merrick.

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

43

31
27

40  
50  

VINEGAR.

..............................7  @8
............................8  @9

II for barrel.

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

YEAST.

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

 

 

WOODENWARE.

Tubs, No. 1.........................  5 75
“  No. 2.........................  4 75
“  No. 3.........................  4 00
1  25
Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.. 
“  No. 1,  three-hoop—   1  35
Bowls, llin ch ...................
.................... 
13  “ 
“ 
90
15  “  ......   ...........  1  25
» 
17  “ 
» 
....................  1  80
“ 
19  “ 
...................2 40
21  “ 
...................
HIDES  PELTS  and  FURS 
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol­
lows:
FU R S.
Mink.................  30  @ 1 00
Coon  ...............  
30  @  80
Skunk...............  
75  @ 1 x5
Rat,  winter......   08  @  11
Rat, fail............  03  @  C8
Red  Fox....  ...  1 GO @  1  40
40  @  6)
Gray Fox.,........ 
Cross Fox.........   3 00  @5 00
50  @ 1 00
Badger.............. 
Cat, wild........... 
fO  @  75
Cat,  house.......  
10  @  25
Fisher..............  5  00  @ 6 00
Lynx.................  1  00  @ 2 50
Martin, dark....  2 00  @ 3 00
Martin, pale, yel  1 00  @  1 50
Otter.................  5  00  @ 8 0J
Wolf....................   1 00  @ 2 00
Beaver..............  3  00  @ 7 00
Bear..................15 00  @25 00
10  @  25
Opossum........... 
Deer Skin, dry.. 
10  @  25
Deer skin, green 
05  @  12)4
Green — ..................  2)4@3>4
Part  Cured.................  @4)4
Full  “ 
.................  @5)4
Dry..............................  5 @7
Kips,green  ...............   3  @4
“  cured.................  @6
Calfskins,  green........   5 @ 6
cured.........  7 @  8)4
Deacon skins............... 10 @25

H ID E S .

“ 

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

W OOL.

W H EA T.

M ISCELLANEOUS.

Shearlings...................  5 @  20
Lambs 
......................25  @  50
Washed.......................12 @15
Unwashed.................  8  @12
Tallow.......................  3)4®  4)4
Grease butter  ...........  1  @2
Switches....................  1)4© 2
Ginseng..................... 3 00@3 25
GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS 
No. 1 White (58 lb. test) 
No. 2 Red (60 lb. test) 
Bolted...............................  1  40
Granulated.......................  1  65
•Patents............................  } 95
Bakers’.............................   J
•Graham..........................  }  30
Rye................................... .  1  40
•Subject  to  usual cash  dis­
count. 
. . .  .
Flour in bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.

FL O U R   IN   SACKS.

M EAL.

53
53

M IL L ST U FFS.

Screenings.

Less
Car lots quantity
*15 00
.. *14 50
13 00
...  12 00
17 no
...  16 GO
24 00
..  23 00
23 00
..  22 00
CORN.
........43
....45
Less than  car  lots.
OATS.
.33
Car  lots.................
Less than car lots  ............   35
BAY.
No. 1 Timothy, car lots—   9  50
No. 1 
ton lots.........1100

“ 

12)4

FISH  AND  OYSTERS.
F R E S H   F IS H .
Whlteflsb 
.................  @10
T rout.........................  @9
Black Bass......  
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
mon ......................... 
12)4
Mackerel....................   18@25
2  20
Counts....................... 
Extra Selects 
J  40
Selects....................... 
1  60
Scallops............   ...... 
Shrimps  .................... 
1  25
Clams......................... 
1  *5
SH E L L   HOODS.
Oysters, per  100......... 1  25@1  50
Clams. 

O Y STERS— IN   B U L K .

.......

O Y8TBR8— IN  CANS.

F. J. Dettenthaler’s Brands. 
Fair haven  Counts —   @33
F. J. D.  Selects.........  
28
Selects.......................  @25
23
F. J. D., Standards, 
. 
Standards..................  
If
Favorite.................... 
15
Standards  per gal.............. 1  00
Anchor Standards  per gal ..1  10 
New York  Counts................. 32
Extra  selects......................... 28
Selects 
25
IX L standards........................20
Standards.  ............................ 18
Mediums..................................If
Standards, per  gal...............1  00
XL Standards,  per  gal...... 1  10

Oscar Allyn’s Brands.

 

75®! 70

LA M P  B U R N E R S.

CRO CK ERY  A N D   G LA SSW AR E 
No. 0 Sun.......................................................
NO. 1  “  .......................................................
No. 2  “  .......................................................
Tubular.........................................................
Security.  No. 1..............................................
Security,  No. 2.......... ..................................
Nutmeg...................... f ................................
Arctic.................................................  .........

LA M P  C H IM N EY S.— 6  dO Z.  I n   bO X . Per box.
No. 0 Sun.......................................................   1  75
No. 1  “  ..........................................................1  83
No. 2  “  ......................................................... 2 70
No. 0 Sun. crimp top, wrapped and labeled.. .2  10 
No. 1  “ 
...2 25
No. 2  “ 
.  .3 25

’’ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

‘ 
“ 

0 Sun, crimp top, wrapped and labeled.
1  “ 
“  -.

“ 

“ 

1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled..................
“ 
2  “ 
............
2 Hinge,  “ 
..................
Fire Proof—Plain Top.
’1, Sun,  plain  bulb..................................

“ 
1 

First qua’itv.
“ 
“ 
XXX Flint.
“ 
“ 
Pearl top.
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

La Bastle. 
1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz.

No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No. 1  c r i m p ,  p e r  doz 
No. a 
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.

“ 

“

Rochester.
11, ime (65c doz)................
2, lime (  Oc doz)...............
2, flint (gOc.doz)................
Electric.
2, lime (70c doz)............... .
.  2 flint (80e doz)...............
Miscellaneous.

2 60 
. 2  8« 
.3 80
.3 70 
4 70 
.4 88
.3 40 
.4 40
.1  25 
.1  50 
.1  35

.3 40 
.3 70 
4 30
.4  10 
.4 40

 

OIL  CARS.

Pump Cans.

Mammoth Chimneys for Store Lamps 

Doz.
No.  3 Rochester,  lim e........1  50
No.  3 Rochester, flint........... .1  75
No.  3  Pearl top or Jewel gl’s.l  85 
No.  2 Globe lueandes. lime...l  75 
No. 2  Globe lueandes. flint...2 00 
No. 2 Pearl glass....................2  10

Doz.
Junior, Rochester................................ 
50
Nutmeg...........................................................  15
Illuminator Bases...........................................1 00
Barrel lots, 5 doz  ...........................................   90
7 in. Porcelain Shades.................................... 1  00
Case lots, 12 doz..............................................   90
Box 
4 20
4  80
5  10
5 85
6  00
Doz. 1 t0
1  gal  tin cans with spout.
1  gal  galv iron, with spout............................ 2 00
2 gal  galv iron with spout  ............................3 25
3 gal  galv iron with spout............................  4  50
5 gal  McNutt, with spout.............................   6 00
5 gal  Eureka, with spout.............................   6  50
5 gal  Eureka with faucet..................
00
............
5  gal  galv iron  A  & W 
5 gal  Tilting  Cans,  Monarch...........
,10 00 
.  9 5o
5 gal  galv iron Nacefas—  
......
10 50 
3 gal  Home Rule................................
5 gal  Home Rule...............................
12  00
3  gal  Good enough........................................12 00
5 gal  Goodeuough  ...................................... 13 50
5 gal  Pirate King 
...................................... 10 50
Tubular, cases 1 doz.  each.................   45
No. 0, 
...................  45
“  2  “ 
No. 0, 
bbls 5  “ 
..................   40
No. 0, 
bull’s eye, cases 1 doz each.l 00
No. 0,
LAM P  W ICKS.
No. 0,  per  gross...................................
...................................
No. 1, 
“ 
No. 2, 
................................
“ 
No. 3, 
................................................
“ 
Mammoth, per doz.........................................
JE L L Y   TU M BLERS— Tin Top.
u  Pints, 6 doz in box,  per  box (box 00)... 
64
doz (bbl 35)........  23
xi 
24  “  “  bbl,  “ 
1  80 
6  “  “  box, “ 
2   “ 
box (box00)...
26
y2  “ 
16  “  “  bbl,  “  doz (bbl35)...
STONEW ARE— A KRON.
Butter Crocks,  1 to 6 gal....... ...................
“ 
)4 gal. per doz....................
Jugs, )4 gal., per doz..................................
“  1 to 4 gal., per gal...............................
Milk Pans, ft gal., per  doz.........................
“  “  1  “ 
...............
STONEWARE— BLACK. G LAZED.
Butter Crocss, 1  and 2 gal.................• •
Milk Pans, )4 gal. per  doz....................

LANTERN  GLOBES.
“ 
“ 

“ 

38

72

“ 

6)46578

“ 

I 

“ 

“

O IL S .

B A R R E L S.

The Standard Oil Co  quotes as follows

Eocene............ - - - -  - ■ 
- •..............
XXX W. W.  Mich.  Headlight................
@ 6)4 @ 7?i @36 
Naptha..........................................
Stove Gasoline.............................
Cylinder.......................................
Engine..........................................
1210
Black,zero  test...........................
Black,  15 cold test...................
PROM  TA N K   WAGON.
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contraction  of  the  currency  which  re­
demption  without  reissue  would  natu­
rally  cause.  This  evil,  however, 
is 
created by legislation and  can  be  cured 
by it.  Even the very  simple  remedy  of 
increasing the  revenues  of  the  Govern­
ment  so  that  they  shall  equal  its  ex­
penses,  instead of  falling  short of them, 
would suffice.  Until the revenue became 
insufficient the redemption  of the  green­
backs in gold gave  us  no  trouble.  The 
$100,000,000 of Government  bonds which 
were sold during the past  year,  and  the 
$100,000,000 more which are probably go­
ing to be sold  this  year,  have  not  been 
rendered  necessary  by  the  existence  of 
the  legal  tenders.  They  have  been  a 
clumsy  substitute  for 
the  short-term 
bonds which  should  have  been  author­
ized  by  Congress to  meet the temporary 
needs of the Treasury,  and their issue  is 
a perversion of law, if it is not distinctly 
illegal.

But whether the legal  tenders  are  or 
are not improper  and detrimental,  those 
who  clamor  for  their  extinction  have 
evidently never considered  the  practica­
bility of the measure,  nor  its  inevitable 
consequences  if  an  attempt  should  be 
made to  carry  it  out.  First  of  all,  the 
overwhelming popular sentiment against 
it  in  the  West  and Southwest  must  be 
met and  overcome,  and  this  cannot  be 
accomplished by  mere  declamation  and 
assertion.  Then,  provision  must  be 
made to fill the  vacuum in the  currency 
which the retirement of the legal tenders 
would  occasion.  The  substitution  for 
them of bank notes would  only  partially 
suffice.  At  present  they  compose  the 
greater part of  the  reserves  which  the 
national  banks  by  law,  and  the  State 
banks from necessity,  hold  against  their 
deposits.  This purpose bank  notes  will 
not serve,'and  recourse  must be  had  to 
gold.  The national  banks  alone  would 
need $165,000,000 in gold to replace their 
present legal tenders, and the State banks 
D6ftrly  as  much. 
If  the  Government 1 
finds it difficult to obtain enough  of  the 
metal to keep its reserve up  to $100,000,- 
000,  certainly  the  banks  would  find  it 
more  difficult  to  obtain  twice  or  three 
times that amount, and while  they  were 
engaged in getting it  they would have to 
contract their loans  to  an  extent  which 
would lead to  a  frightful  financial  dis­
aster.

Supposing,  however,  that,  undeterred 
by this prospect,  the  retirement  of  the 
legal tenders should be determined upon, 
the next point to be considered would be 
the method of effecting it.  The notes are 
certainly not to be repudiated, and if they

18

THe  W ar  u p on   th e   G reen b ack s.
The unanimity with which the banking 
fraternity and their  allies are  clamoring 
for  the  retirement  of  the  legal  tender 
notes and  the  substitution  for  them  of 
bank  currency,  either  national or State, 
and either with  or  without  Government 
bonds  as  security,  illustrates  the  well- 
known  propensity  of  human  nature  to 
advocate private at the expense of public 
interests.  The legal tenders fill  a  place 
that would otherwise be occupied by  the 
notes of the banks, and  they thus dimin 
ish the profits of  the  banking  business 
Hence  we  hear,  on  all  sides,  the  cry, 
“The greenback;  must go!”  meaning by 
the greenbacks  the  Sherman  act  Treas­
ury notes,  as well as  the  original  issues 
of the war.

The  financiers  and 

the  newspaper 

writers who have  taken up  this  cry 
idently  assume  that  the  opinions  they 
hear expressed in their immediate neigh­
borhood are the opinions  of the majority 
of the nation,  but  if  they  could  extend 
their  inquiries  beyond  this  restricted 
field they would discover that  outside  of 
the great money centers,  like New  York 
and Chicago, there is  among  the  people 
not  only  no  hostility  to the greenbacks 
but an active friendship for them,  which 
will  protect  them  from  every  attack. 
Soon after the war  ended, this  same cry, 
that  “The  greenbacks  must  go,”  was 
raised with such effect that  their  retire­
ment, at the rate of 84,000,000 per month, 
was ordered by Congress,  but as soon  as 
the  process  had  fairly  begun  it  was 
stopped by  an  almost  unanimous  vote, 
Again,  in  1875, their retirement was or­
dered by the Resumption act,  and  again 
it  was  stopped  by  the act of February, 
1878.  Since then,  nobody,  until  lately, 
has  attempted  the  destruction  of  the 
greenbacks,  and it will  not  be  seriously 
attempted now.

Two  objections are  made  to  the  con 
tlnued  issue  by  the  Government  of  its 
promises  to  pay  and  to  making  them 
serve the purpose of money.  One is that 
it  is  banking,  which  is  a  business  in 
which  it  is  said  the Government ought 
not  engage,  and  the  other  is  that,  un­
der the law as it stands, the redeeming of 
these promises in gold is a task too great 
for the  Government’s  powers.  The  ef­
forts now making to  perform it are, it  is 
charged, not only ineffectual,  but lead to 
a steady increase of the national debt and 
to a drain of  gold  from  this  country  to 
Europe.

That the  Government  may  engage  in 
the  banking  business,  or  in  any  other 
business that the people  decide to be for 
the general  welfare,  is  provided  in  the 
Constitution;  and whether the issuing of 
legal tender notes is or is not banking,  it 
has  been  pronounced  by  the  Supreme 
Court of the United States, which  is  the 
final arbiter of such  questions,  to  be  an 
exercise of  the  constitutional  power  to 
coin  money.  Those  who  disapprove of 
it must, therefore, convince the majority 
of their fellow citizens  that it is not pro- 
motive of the  public  welfare,  and  this, 
as yet, they have failed to do.  As to the 
agency of the  legal  tenders  in  drawing 
gold  from  the  Treasury,  and  thus com­
pelling an increase of  the  national  debt 
to replenish the gold reserve, it is indeed 
true that the act of 1878, by peremptorily 
requiring the reissue  of  the  greenbacks 
when they are redeemed  pursuant  to the 
provisions  of the Resumption act, makes 
them  an  instrument  for  draining  the 
Treasury of  its  gold  unchecked  by  the

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19

quiring the use of stamps on instruments 
writing, then  resort  must  be  had  to 
the heroic  remedy of  scaling  down  our 
extravagant pension list  until  it  comes 
within the  Treasury’s  resources.  After 
this  matter  has  been  disposed  of,  the 
provision of  the  act  of  1878,  requiring 
the  reissue  of  redeemed  greenbacks, 
might be repealed,  and the gold fund for 
their  redemption,  created  without  au­
thority of law by Secretary Sherman, and 
having no rights which any  Secretary of 
the Treasury is bound to  respect,  might 
established  by  act  of  Congress.  As 
things  are  now,  the  so-called  gold  re­
serve fund is a mere  matter  of Treasury 
book-keeping,  arbitrarily  created  and 
liable at any  time  to  be  arbitrarily  de­
stroyed.  The  present  Secretary  has 
openly asserted his right to use  for  gen­
eral purposes the  gold  obtained  by  the 
sale of bonds under the  Redemption act, 
and he has practically exercised it.  The 
fund should be raised  to $200,000,000, or 
some such amount;  it should be sacredly 
devoted to the single purpose  of redeem­
ing the legal tender notes,  and  when  by 
their redemption  it  falls  below  a  fixed 
limit,  the  legal  tenders  thereafter  re­
deemed should be locked up in the Treas­
ury until the  deficiency  in  the  fund  is 
made good. 
It is true  that  the  interest 
on  the  fund  or  on  the  bonds  sold  to 
create  it,  computed  at  2>s  per  cent, 
would be equal to $5,000,000 a  year;  but 
this is much less than the  $12,500,000  or 
$15,000,000 which would be  required  for 
the funding  of the whole $500,000,000  of 
legal tenders,  and,  since  the  mere  ex 
istence of the  fund  would  insure  their 
permanent  maintenance  at  par  with 
gold, it would  be  equivalent  to  adding 
$300,000,000 without expense to  the gold 
reserves of the country.

No legislation of this sort,  however,  is 
to  be  expected  from  the  present  Con­
gress, nor, with any certainty,  can it  be 
expected from that  which  will  succeed 
it.  The repeal of the  laws  commanding 
the reissue of redeemed  greenbacks  has 
been talked of, but it is  pronounced  im 
possible by the  Chairman  of  the  House 
Banking and Currency  Committee.  The 
probability  is  that  the  Administration 
will  speedily  have  to  choose  between 
suspending  gold  payments  and  scaling 
down, if  not  suspending,  pension  pay 
ments,  with  the  odds  in  favor  of  the 
former.  Nothing  short  of  some  such 
catastrophe  will  ever  lead  to  an 
im 
provement in our financial system.

M a t t h e w   Ma r s h a l l .

The  Beauty of Niagara 

can never be described and  it  has  never 
been pictured so adequately and satisfac­
torily as  in  the  splendid  portfolio  just 
issued  by  the  Michigan  Central,  ‘‘The 
Niagara Falls Route.”  It contains fifteen 
large plates from  the  very  best  instan­
taneous  photographs,  which  cannot  be 
bought for  as  many  dollars.  All  these 
can be bought for ten  cents at the Michi­
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that  he  occasionally  loses  money  by  failing  to 
charge goods sold on credit;  and where he hears 
of one case there are twenty occur which he does 
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are  not  repudiated they must  either  be 
paid off in gold  out  of  surplus  revenue 
or  funded  into  bonds.  Of  the  former 
plan it is enough to say that  there  Is  no 
surplus revenue now, nor is  there likely 
to be one for a long while to  come.  The 
Administration is at its wits’  ends to  de­
vise means for procuring enough revenue 
to barely meet its expenses,  and  paying 
off $500,000,000 of legal tenders is  out of 
the question.  Besides, if  there  were  a 
surplus, it could not be turned  into  gold 
to an extent sufficient to retire even $50,- 
000,000  of  greenbacks  a  year  without 
convulsing the financial  world.

The  other  scheme,  that  of  funding, 
seems  more  feasible,  and  it 
is  dis­
cussed as if there were no obstacle to  its 
accomplishment. 
Its  advocates  fail  to 
consider that it  involves  the  withdraw­
ing,  within a  comparatively  short  space 
of time, not merely  from  the banks,  but 
from 
the  pockets  of  the  people,  of 
$500,000,000  of  currency,  and  that  this 
would be so difficult as to  be  practically 
impossible.  The talk  of a  popular  loan 
proceeds  from  gross  ignorance  of  the 
financial  circumstances  of  our  people. 
Unlike  the  French,  they  do  not  keep 
money  hidden  away  in  chests  and  old 
stockings, but invest all they can  spare 
retaining  only  so much as  is  absolutely 
necessary for their  daily  needs.  To  buy 
Government bonds  they  would  have  to 
draw out savings bank deposits  yielding 
them a much higher rate-of  interest,  or 
sell securities  also  producing  more  in 
come. 
If the funding  of  the  legal  ten 
ders  is to  be  effected  at all,  it  must  be 
effected  by 
the  agency  of  banks  and 
bankers,  here  and  abroad;  and  if  they 
attempted  to  scoop  up  the  legal 
ten 
ders  and return  them to the Treasury, 
financial  collapse  would  be  the  result 
The burden which the payment of  inter 
est  upon  the  bonds  issued  to  do  this 
mischief would impose upon  the  nation 
it  is  unnecessary  to  discuss.  Even  at 
the low rate of  2)4  per cent,  per annum 
it would  amount  to  $12,500,000 a  year 
and would by that  amount  increase  the 
already 
the  national 
revenue.

large  deficit  of 

The upshot  of  the  matter is that,  for 
the sake of  enabling  the  banks  to  put 
out $500,000,000 of their  own  notes  and 
make a profit by lending them as  money 
it is proposed that the  country  shall  be 
saddled with an interest  charge  in  per 
petuity of $12,500,000 a  year,  and  incur 
the risk of a financial crisis  compared 
which that of 1893  would  appear  insig 
nificant.  Nor would the maintenance 
gold payments  be  rendered  any  easier 
nor the liability to gold exports be in  the 
least  diminished.  The  only  difference 
would be that the task of  keeping at par 
with gold  $500,000,000  of  paper  money 
would be transferred from a  single  cen 
tral power,  with the whole wealth of the 
country behind it, to the 8,000  and  more 
banks,  mostly  small  ones,  scattered 
throughout  forty-four  States  and  each 
pursuing its own  course  without regard 
to  that  of  its  fellows.  That  such  a 
scheme should receive the  least  counte­
nance is amazing.

Far more  pressing at the moment than 
measures relating to the currency  is  the 
reestablishment of the  balance  between 
the Government’s income  and  the  Gov­
ernment’s expenditures. 
If  the  income 
cannot be increased  sufficiently  for  the 
purpose by imposing  duties  on imported 
articles now free,  such as tea and coffee, 
by increasing  excise  taxes,  and  by  re­

By careful watching one will occasion­
ally see a man who will  try to beat down 
the price of a pair  of shoes, or find  fault 
at the price  the  dressmaker  charges  for 
makiug his wife’s dress, who  will  climb 
up  a pair of back stairs, take a latch key 
from  his  pocket  and  entering  a  room 
where the blinds are closely drawn down, 
sit down to a  table  and  bet  his  bottom 
dollar that  his  kings  up  will  beat  any 
hand around the board.
From a business  man’s  point  of  view 
it pays to have every boy  and every man 
about the  store  polite  and  gentlemanly 
in  word  and  action.  People  like to  be 
treated well,  and they  will take pains  to 
go where their treatment is perfectly sat 
Iisfactory.

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THE  MICHIGAN  TBADEBMATS.

The  most  interesting  event  of 

the 
week has been a confirmation of  the  re­
port  that 
the  great  Chicago  firm  of 
Siegel, Cooper & Co.  were to put  up  the 
largest store in New  York.  The  syndi­
cate has spent over $6,000,000 in securing 
a site, and the store they  will  erect  will 
be about half as large again as  the  larg­
est store  building  here.  That  there  is 
room for them no  one  doubts,  for  it  is 
almost impossible  to  thread  one’s  way 
through the crowds which  infest all  our 
large stores at any time.  Let  ’em come.

J a y .

Special Meeting of the  Board of Direct- 

ore, K. of G.

Guano  Rapids,  Jan.  14—A  special 
meeting of the Board of  Directors of  the 
Michigan Knights  of the  Grip  was  held 
at the Hudson  house,  Lansing,  Saturday, 
Jan.  12,  being attended by  R.  W.  Jack- 
lin,  Geo.  F.  Owen,  A.  F.  Peake,  F.  R. 
Streat, John R.  Wood, S.  E.  Symons  and 
F.  Hammell.  L.  M.  Mills and Geo. A. 
Reynolds were also present.

The minutes of the  last  meeting  were 
read and approved.
A. F. Peake, chairman of  the  Finance 
Committee,  reported that the accounts of 
the  retiring  Secretary  and  Treasurer 
were  correct,  and  moved  that  the  re­
ports of those  officers  be  approved  and 
their  bondsmen  released  from  further 
obligation.  Adopted.

On  motion,  a unanimous vote of thanks 
was tendered the  retiring officers for  the 
efficient work done by them during  their 
terms of  office.
On motion of  A.  F.  Peake,  the  bonds 
of  the  newly-elected  Secretary  and 
Treasurer were approved  and  placed  on 
file.
On motion, the  five  remittances  of  $1 
each, sent in  without identification,  con­
stituting  what  is  known  as  the  “Un­
known Fund,”  was passed  to  the  credit 
of tne general fund.
President  Jacklin  announced  the  fol­
lowing  committees,  which  were  con­
firmed by the Board:
Legislative—N.  B.  Jones,  chairman, 
Lansing;  W.  Y.  Gawley,  Detroit;  J.  N. 
Bradford, Grand Rapids.
Railroad—E.  L.  Smith,  chairman,  St. 
Johns;  Chas.  McNolty,  Jackson;  E.  C. 
Cornwell,  Saginaw.
Hotels—A.  G.  Ellis,  chairman,  Sag­
inaw,  E.  S.;  C. S. Brooks,  Grand Rapids; 
J. J.  Seagers,  Bay City.
Bus and Baggage—L. J.  Koster,  chair­
man,  Grand  Haven;  Burr Wilbur,  Hills­
dale;  J.  B. Corlette, Port Huron.
Employment  and  Relief—Kirk  A. 
Smith, chairman, Kalamazoo; C. J. Lewis, 
Flint;  John Hutchinson, Jackson.

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Chaplain—John M. Fitch, Durand.
Sargeant-at-Arms—Wm.  M.  Burrell, 
Jackson.
The following  accounts  were  audited 
and allowed,  and orders on the Treasurer 
ordered drawn for the amount 
Geo. A. Reynolds, salary to  date—
L  M. Mills, 
Tradesman  Company......................
Grand Kanids Lithographing  Co...
K. W, Jacklin, attending board meeting 
f ! R. Streat,
E Symons, 
Geo. F. Owen, 
L.  M. Mills.
A. F. Peake, 
John R.  Wood. 
Proofs of death of Silas Clarke (Wyan­
dotte),  Theodore  J.  Beaubien  (Detroit) 
and B.  F.  Winch  (Grand  Rapids)  were 
presented and approved,  and  the  Secre­
tary  instructed  to  issue  orders  on  the 
Treasurer to the amount of $500 for each 
beneficiary,  payable  as soon as  sufficient 
money comes in from  assessments Nos.  1
and 2. 
There being  no  further  business,  the 
meeting adjourned,  to meet  at  the  same 
place at 9 o’clock a.  m.,  March 2.

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Geo. F.  Owen,  Sec’y.

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GOTHAM GOSSIP.

N e w s   from   th e   M etro p o lis---In d ex   o f j 

th e   M arkets.

firmness, 

Special Correspondence
New Yoke, Jan.  12—The annual state­
smen t  as  to  the  amount  of  tomatoes 
in  this 
packed  in  the  country,  given 
week’s  American  Orucer,  has  been  le- 
garded  with  a  good  deal  of  interest.
The  figures  given  are  the  result  of  an 
estimate made after personal correspond­
ence with all  the  packers.  The  Qrocer 
has had so much experience in collecting 
these figures that it has a very  complete 
list of packers.  Still, the estimate  does 
not include all factories,  and therefore is 
the minimum,and this shows the enormous 
aggregate of 5,736,000 cases,  People who 
are intending to put their spare cash into 
canning factories should  put  this  state­
ment in their pipes and  smoke it.  Can­
ning  factories  are  going  up  as  if  by 
magic in every part of  the  country  and 
where the profit is to come  from  no  one 
can  tell.
The coffee market has  been  exhibiting 
a  good  deal  of 
although 
whether the slight advance in quotations 
is justifiable or not remains  to  be  seen.
At the  close  Rio No.  7  is  worth  15%c. 
Mild  sorts  are  firm,  too,  Mocha  being 
worth 26K@27c.
Refined  sugar is  about  the  most  life­
less thing in  town.  There  is  only  the 
It  is 
most limited inquiry  imaginable. 
likely  that  even  the  present  low  rate 
would be still further cut if necessary  to 
make a good sized sale.
Tea is still firm  and  there  is  a  freer 
buying  from  interior  houses.  Holders 
express  much more  confidence of  good 
trade a little later.
Rice is firm and holders are, seemingly, 
very  well  satisfied  with  the  prevailing 
condition  of  affairs.  Telegrams  from 
primary  Southern points are of a very en 
couraging character and the better grades 
are higher. 
It is evident that  purchases 
made now will not be made in vain.
Molasses remains  without  change,  al 
though,  for  the  best  grades,  there  ii 
rather more inquiry.  Syrups  are  quiet 
with  a  range  of  16@22c  for  good  to 
choice.  Sugar is so low  that  syrups  are 
neglected.
Spices are without interest and holders 
and buyers alike are in a  waiting  mood. 
Pepper has declined to 4>£c  and 100 tons 
are sold for shipment.
Canned goods are dull here,  but  Balti­
more reports a  better  demand  since  the 
turn  of  the year,  although these reports 
are taken here with a  little  salt.  There 
is a little more inquiry  for gallon apples, 
but, aside from this,  the  market remains 
unchanged and we  probably  ought to  be 
thankful that there are  no  decided  “de­
clines” to mention.
In  foreign  dried  fruits  there  is  very 
little doing.  There is a little firmer feel­
ing as to currants and California  raisins, 
the latter  selling,  for  3-crown,  at  3M'@ 
334c.  Domestic dried fruits are quiet,  al 
though  for  the  best  evaporated  apples 
there  is  a  firm  demaud  and  sales  are 
readily made on the basis of 7>4@8>ic.
Oranges from Florida  are  very  apt  to 
show  the  effects  of  late  cold  weather. 
Most  of  the  arrivals  sell  at  $2.50@3. 
Apples are  firm.  Foreign  green  fruits, 
lemons, oranges and  grapes are all doing 
well  and  bringing  fairly  remunerative 
prices.  Bananas are dull and the supply 
is ample to meet all requirements.
is 
Butter  shows  no  animation. 
possible that, for the better grades, there 
is a firmer feeling,  but  buyers  seem  to 
have  no  great  difficulty  in  supplying 
their  wants 
figures. 
Western extra creameries  are worth 26c 
but this is the limit.
Cheese is very  quiet  and  the  market 
shows no change from  last week.  Small 
full  cream  will  bring 
sized, 
HK@12c.
Eggs are in freer receipt and  the  mar­
ket seems  to  be  amply  supplied.  The 
result is lower quotations,  choice  fresh 
gathered Western being  quoted  at  21J4 
@22c.
Provisions are firmer and a better tone 
prevails all  around.  Mess  pork,  $12.75 
@13.25.  Family beef, $10@11.50.
Breadstuff* are more  active and wheat 
is  higher,  closing  at  62c.  Corn,  52)4? 
oats, 34%c.

reasonable 

fancy, 

at 

It 

J. N. Bradford moved that  the  Secre­
tary prepare and mail to each local mem­
ber of the State organization,  who is  not 
a member  of the  Post,  a  communication 
the  advantages  of  member 
explaining 
ship in the Post,  which was adopted.
Geo. W.  Stowitts  introduced  the  fol­
lowing resolution  and  moved  its  adop­
tion:
Resolved—1That a Committee  on  Sick­
ness and Relief  be  constituted  by  Post 
E, to  consist  of  three  members,  whose 
duty it shall  be to receive  all  reports  of 
illness and death and  furnish the proper 
assistance,  any  bills  incurred  in  such 
connection to be paid by  the Post  on be­
ing  properly approved by any two  mem­
bers of the Committee. 
It  shall  be  the 
duty of the Committee  to  furnish escort 
where death occurs away  from  the  city 
or where the remains are to be  taken  to 
a distant point for interment,  all  neces­
sary expenses incurred  in  such  connec­
tion to be paid  by the Post.

The resolution  was discussed  at  some 
length and  adopted.
Boyd Pantlind,  Col.  Aldrich  and  W. 
H.  Turner were  elected  honorary  mem­
bers  of the Post for  1895.
On motion of E.  A  Stowe,  the  Secre­
tary  was instructed  to communicate  the 
thanks  of the  Post to  all  who  contrib­
in  any way  to  the success  of  the 
uted 
State convention.
Chairman Lawton  announced  the  ap­
pointment  of  B.  S.  Davenport.  J.  T. 
Flaherty  and Geo.  W. Stowitts  as  mem­
bers of the Executive Committee for 1895.
There being  no  further  business  the 
meeting adjourned.

Ludington—O. J.  Wanger  succeeds 0» 
J. Wanger & Bros, in the manufacture of 
sash,  blinds, etc.
m  O Y S T E R S   m
I  am  keeping  down  prices  notwithstanding 
the  advance.
Daisy Brand, Favorites, per  can................. 
14
Daisy Brand, Standards, per can  ...............   m
Daisy Brand, Selects, per  can  ....................   *4
«
Solid Brand, Standards, per can.................  
Solid Brand, E. F.,  per can..........................  20
Solid Brand, Selects, per  can....................... 
¿4
Solid Brand, Extra Selects, per can............ *  as
Standards, per  gal.......................................
Extra Standards, per  gal.  ...... ....................  1  w

Oysters fine and cans well filled.
The Queen Oyster Pails at bottom prices.
Mrs. Withey’s Home Made Jelly, made  with 
green apples, very fine:
30-lb.  pail....................................................
¿0-lb. pail  ......................................................
17-lb.  pail......................................................  
”
15-lb. pail.......................... . 
......................  .  ~
1  quart Mason  Jars, per  doz......................  i  4U
1  pints  Mason  Jars, per  doz............... .
Mrs. Withey’s Condensed Mince Meat,  the
best made.  Price per  case  ......................2 40
Mrs. Withey’s bulk mince meat:
40 lb. pail, per  lb...........................................  •
25-lb. pails, per l b ........................................
10-lb. pails, per lb..........................................
2-lb. cans, per doz.......................... ...............  *  jo
5 lb. cans, per  doz....................................... f ™
Pint Mason Jars  per doz............................. *  ’U
Quart Mason Jars, per  doz  .........................2 a
Pure Cider Vinegar, per gallon....................  m
Pure Sweet Cider, per  gallon.............. 
....  w
New Pickles, medium, barrels.....................   » oo
New Pickles, 54 barrel...........................  —   “ 75
New Sauer Kraut,  barrels............................  4 uo
New Sauer Kraut, 54 barrels............ ............“ &u
Maple Syrup, pint Mason Jars, per  doz 
1  40 
Maple Syrup, quart Mason Jars, per doz —   “ “?
Maple Syrup, tin, gallon cans, per doz........  » «0
Peach Marmalade, 20-lb pails 

....................  *

EDWIN  FALLAS,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Show  Cases, 
Store  Fixtures, 

Etc.

BUY.

PHILLIPS’  SHOW  CASES.

J.  P H IL L IP S   &  CO.  D etroit,  M ich.

E stab lish ed   1864.

5 and 7 Pearl S t.,

Our  Line  for  1895  is

Greater  in  variety  and 

finer  than 
ever attempted before.  Every one of the 
old Favorites have been retained.

Your  inspection  is  kindly  solicited 

when in the city.

Our representatives will  call  on  you 
early and will gladly show  you  through.
Keep your eye on our Oil  Grain  line 

in “Black Bottoms.”

Headquarters 

Rubbers.

for  Wales-Goodyea 

M onthly  M eeting:  o f  P o st  E.

The  Executive  Committee 

The  regular  meeting  of  Post  E  was 
held  at  Elk’s  Hall  Saturday  evening, 
Jan.  12, Chairman Lawton presiding.
reported 
that  the  total  expense  of  entertaining 
the State  convention  was  $2,190.74,  all 
of  which had  been  subscribed  by  citi­
zens  and  business  houses  of  Grand 
Rapids.  The  report  was  accepted  and 
all the Committees, except the Executive 
Committee, discharged with thanks.

General  Warehousemen  and  Transfer  Agents. 

Dcftlcrs in

Carriages,  Wagons,  Agricultural  Implements  and  Binder Twine.

General Office, 83 South Division Street, Grand  Rapids.

COLD  and  DRY  STORAGE.

General Office, Telephone 945 
Warehouse, Telephone 954.

E . J. B R O O K S , M an's.

Spring & 

C

IMPORTERS  AND  WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

Dress  Goods,  Shawls,  Cloaks, 
Notions,  Ribbons,  Hosiery,
Gloves,  Underwear,  Woolens, 
Flannels,  Blankets,  Ginghams,
Prints and  Domestic Cottons

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

assorted  stock  at  lowest  market  prices.

Spring & 
C
Our “iVew Gem.”

The  F*ride of the  Household.

MANUFACTURED  ONLY  BY 

THE  DANGLER  STOVE  &  MFG.  CO., 

CLEVELAND,  OHIO.

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The  Burner  has 

the 
•PROCESS”, and  will do the same amount  of  work,  and  consume  much 
less fluid.

the  same  flame  and  heating  power  as 

Made with  our  celebrated  tank,  which  is  neither  LAY-DOWN  nor 
ELEVATED,  and  regarded as  the  most  CONVENIENT,  RELIABLE 
and  ABSOLUTELY  SAFE  tank  ever  made.

We  Have  the  Agencj  for  This  CELEBRATED  STOVE.

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No.  415  8-Burner,  High and Step,  List  - 
No.  414  2-Burner,  High  and Step,  List 
Regular Gasoline Stove Discount.

- 

$12
10

Muskegon  Bakery  Crackers

(United  States  Baking  Co.)

Are  Perfect  Health  Food.

There area great many  Butter Crackres  >»n 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.

Muskegon  Toast,
Royal  F ruit  Biscuit,

Other 
. 
Ol*Cat 
Specialties  I  Ginger Snaps,
Are 

j  Muskegon  Frosted  Honey,
Iced  Cocoa  Honey Jum bles,
Jelly Turnovers,

Hom e-M ade  Snaps,
Muskegon  Branch,
Mlik  Lunch

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

United  States  Baiting  C o .

LAWRENCE  DEPEW,  Acting  Manager,

Muskegon, 
SPRING
TRADE,

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Mich.

Are you ready for it ?

Note the following.  Place orders  early.

WE ARE
SHOWING

new and  beautiful designs.

A fine line of Dress Goods, single and doable fold.
Toile-du-nords,  Seersuckers,  Domets  and  Prints  in 
PANTS—Men’s and  Boys’ at all  prices.
SHIRTS—Domets, Cbeviots and  Percales.  Finest and 
most complete line ever shown  in  Western Michi­
gan.

I/OIGT,  HERP0L8HEIMER  *  GO
G. II. B E H N K E ,

WHOLESALE

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

CAR  LOTS  A  SPECIALTY.

Will  make  up  mixed  Cars  on'"Application.  First^Quality 

Goods at Lowest Prices uruaranteed.

Trym?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.  U2-1R. 

80 East Bridge St., Cor.  Kent St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Leonard  Cieanable  Refrigerator.

N O W   R E A D Y — O U R   N E W   L I N E   F O R   1 8 9 6 .

Write  us for  catalogue and  discount  and  secure  tl e sale of the

Best  Advertised  Refrigerator in the World.

Be  up  with  the  times  and  sell  only  first-class 
Refrigerators.  Remember  that  in  buying from  us 
you get your  refrigerators direct  from the  manufac­
turers  and  so

Save  the  Jobber’s  Profit.

We give the agency of the  Leonard]Refrigera* 
tors  to  but  one  dealer  in  a  town,  if  an  order  is 
placed the first of tlie season.

II.  L E O N  AH  D  &  S O N S ,  Grand  Rapids.
T h e  D ayton  Computing  Scale

WARNIN8--T0  Users  of  Scales.

'l'he trade'are  hereby warned  against  using any  infringements on  Weigh­
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.

I M

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we are delighted  with it.” 
Dan. W. Charles, Hamilton, O.
Would not part with it for *1.000.” 
Charles Young, Adrain, Mich, 
It saves pennies ever time we weigh.” 
‘They are worth to us each year five times their cost.”
Raup & Hay man, Constantine, Mich. 
‘We are  very much pleased with its work.”
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 scales.”
Chas. Railsback, Indianapolis, Ind. 
I heartily recommend them to all grocers who wish  to save money.”
Geo. P. Iireltline, Indianapolis, Ind. 
It is the best investment I ever made ” 
I. L. Stultz, Goshen, Ind

fore.” 

For further particulars drop a Postal Card to

HOYT  &  CO.,  General Sellini  A pts,

DAYTON,  OHIO.

