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GRAND  RAPIDS,  W EDNESDAY,  JA N U A R Y   23,1895.

NO.  592

THE  BACK  OFFICE.

W ritten for  T h e Tradesman.

The  question  has  been  asked  with 
much earnestness whether  the  time  has 
not come for this intolerable rudeness  of 
the English  visitor to cease.  An English 
author comes  to  the  United  States  and 
goes home,  after a  round of open-handed 
and open-hearted  hospitality,  to  fill  the 
columns  of  a  London  newspaper  with 
statements  which,  even  had  they  been 
true, should  have been left unsaid.  The 
daughter of a noble house  tells a  Boston 
audience that the English  will  not  send 
any  more  paupers  to America,  if Amer­
ica will  promise  not  to  send  any  more 
millionaires  to  England.  John  Burns, 
member of Parliament, who, like Christo­
pher Sly,  has shown  himself  unequal  to 
the civilities tendered  to him  and  “ unto 
which he was not born,”  took the  oppor­
tunity to remark,  in return for these civ­
ilities,  that  “Chicago is a pocket  edition 
of hell,” or,  as he afterwards revised the 
, statement,  “Hell is  a  pocket  edition  of 
Chicago.”

Stopping for a moment to remark that, 
without doubt, Mr. Burns considers him­
self a competent  judge of the locality  he 
has seen fit to couple with the City of the 
West,  and that, on grounds  of  courtesy, 
we  would  not  question  his competency 
or  his  conclusions, 
the  query  arises 
whether this inborn rudeness common  to 
the English  classes  is  not  due  to  what 
seems to be a fact—that where there  is a 
reigning  family,  with  which  the  lower 
orders  of  life  never  come  in  contact, 
these  lower  orders  consider 
it  their 
bounden  duty  to  show  to  those  whom 
they  consider  beneath  them  the  same 
lack of good  breeding  which  they  have 
received from those above  them.

The man of letters,  who  had  won  for 
himself  a  name  wherever  our  mother 
tongue is known,  flattered at  home,  and 
especially  flattered  abroad,  received,  in 
his reception here, what he  would gladly 
have given to the grade of life above him, 
if the golden door  of  royalty  would  let 
him  in,  and  he, from the serene heights 
to  which  our  excessive  adulation  had 
lifted him,  was duty  bound  to  play  the 
part of Christopher  Sly  and  “assume  a 
virtue if he have it not.”

It is not easy to  believe that  her  lady­
ship could have  meant,  in  the  slightest 
degree, to  offend,  by  a  tingle  word,  the 
audience  or  the  Nation  where  she  had 
been received an honored guest;  and it is 
easy to understand  the  numberless ways 
in  which  even  the  slightest  word  may 
have  been  mistaken  and  misconstrned. 
Her mission here—to do what she can  for 
a class that deserve  all the  help and  the 
pity to be  anywhere  obtained—ought  to 
shield her from  offensive  criticism;  but, 
if she did step over the line and say what 
had been far  better  left  unsaid,  it  only 
shows that that  part  of  Adam’s  family 
brought up behind feudal  walls  did  not 
hesitate  to  assert itself at the very table 
of an indulgent host,  and it  remains  for 
the  host  to  decide  whether this gentler 
type of Christopher  Sly  shall  abuse  her 
the  two
privilege  with  impunity. 

If 

drive home  the  truth,  “ ’Tis  meet  that 
noble minds keep ever  with their likes,” 
the thought is  intensified in  the  example 
of English  rudeness  who  has  deemed  it 
proper to make a display  of his unenvia­
ble knowledge of  pocket  editions.  This 
man,  instead  of  being  a  type  of  the 
Christopher Sly class,  is old  Christopher 
himself, and,  for a  better  understanding 
of him and all he  represents,  the  reader 
should again peruse the  Introduction  of 
“The Taming of the Shrew.”  Altogether 
too much fuss has  been  made  over  this 
man.  He took  it into  his  head  to  come 
over here and look around;  that  is sensi­
ble—let  him  come.  He  wanted  to  go 
knocking  about  Chicago. 
It  was  to  be 
expected and he was  permitted to  knock 
about.  His  statement  shows  that  he 
knew  where  he  wanted  to go  and,  fur­
thermore,  went.  Why  not?  He  knew 
his  business  and  went  about  it,  and, 
when he went  away,  after  an  examina­
tion  of  the  pocket  edition,  whose busi­
ness was it  but  Christopher  Sly’s?  We 
who  concluded  to  dance  attendance  at 
“his lordship’s” bedside  must  carry  out 
the farce and go through  with all the re­
quirements  of  the  foolish  service;  but, 
when  the  play  is  over,  let  us  keep in 
mind that it was but a farce and  that old 
Christopher is  never to know what a guy 
we made of him,  and especially  is he not 
to  be  held  responsible  for  his  sayings 
and doings during  that  happiest  period 
of his life.

Does it  not  seem,  after  all,  that  the 
rudeness complained of is  due  to  ignor­
ance rather than  to  intention,  and  that 
this  is  due,  in  a  measure,  to the caste 
idea—that whatever is not of it has little 
to deserve  respect?  There  will  come  a 
time,  doubtless,  when  America, 
like 
bluff King Hal, will  weary  of  Old  Jack 
Falstaff,  his 
ignorance,  his  offensive 
familiarity,  and,  when that  time  comes, 
the  offender,  be  he  author,  aristocrat, 
yeoman,  will be taught,  as Sir John was, 
to mend his ways and to  remember to  be 
respectful to his superiors.

It is always a  pleasure  to  agree  with 
our  friend,  the enemy,  and when I read, 
the other day,  from unquestioned author­
ity,  “It is the mau who has served no ap­
prenticeship and  acquired no skill at his 
business who stands in the way,  and who 
is not only an injury  to  himself,  but  to 
the  finished  workman  and  to  the  em­
ployer  who  foolishly  employs  him,”  I 
could  hardly  believe  my  eyes.  Every 
employer who has had much  to  do  with 
this business knows  what  it  is  to  have 
just that sort of a workman  thrust  upon 
him. 
If  the  matter  stopped  there,  the 
employer  might,  in time, manage to  get 
along  with  the  Imposition;  but,  when 
pay day comes and the man  with  no  ap­
prenticeship and no skill coolly demands 
the wages of a workman who  is  skilled, 
and  not  only demands it but receives  it, 
because  somebody  who  knows  neither 
employer nor employed says he must have 
it, if  that  doesn’t  “start  the  sweat,”  I 
don’t know of anything that does.

How does this read?
The other day,  I wanted a boy  to  fill a 
certain  place. 
I concluded  that  I  knew 
pretty well  what kind of a boy I wanted^ 
and,  in  the simplicity  of my heart, forgot 
that,  in my own business  and in  my  own 
establishment,  I couldn’t do  as  I  chose. 
I  found  a  boy  that promised to exactly 
fill  the bill and I engaged him.  Judge of 
my surprise when  my  foreman  came  to 
me  and  confidentially  told  me  that  he 
could find me a boy  that would  just suit 
me.

“Very  well,”  said  I;  “keep  him  in 
mind  and,  when  I  want  anybody,  I’ll 
have him show  up.”

“Oh—but I  mean—to  take  this  boy’s 

place that’s just come in.”

“I don’t  want  this  boy’s  place  to  be 
taken. 
I want this very boy,  and,  until 
I  find  out  that  I  don’t  want  him,  the 
other  boy  had  better  keep  away  from 
here if he knows  what’s good for him.” 

“ Yes,  but  it’s against the  rules  to  let 
any outsider come in if there’s an insider 
to  take  a  place.  This  boy  I’m  telling 
you about is the  son of  a  man  who  be­
longs  to  our order,  and we all want him 
to come in.”

“I suppose,  then,  the wages and every­

thing of that sort is settled?”

“Well, 

they  will  be,  after  he  has 

worked a while.”

“ Well,  I guess  we’ll let  matters  stand 
as they are now.  This  boy  is  here  and 
he’s going  to  stay  here;  and  I  have  an 
idea, Mr.  Foreman,  that,  if  you  want  to 
keep your place,  you’d  better be  a  little 
cautious  about  saying  anything  more 
about this boy or any  other  boy.  When 
I  want  your services I’ll let you know.” 
I see by the extract, however, that this 
is an exception,  and that the  real  union 
man  believes as I  do—that the  unskilled 
workman is  “not only  an injury  to  him­
self,  but to the finished  workman and  to 
the  employer  who  foolishly  employs 
him.”

*  

*  

*

1 know a printing house not more than 
ten thousand miles  from  Grand  Bapids, 
where the proprietor  had a foreman  who 
got  drunk.  At  first,  the  foreman  was 
cautious  about  letting  himself  be  seen 
when  in  “a  condition.”  He  very soon 
got over that,  however;  and,  when called 
to  account  for  it,  gave  the  proprietor 
very peremptory  orders  to  take  his  de­
parture  for  a  locality  well  known  for 
the torridity of its temperature.  Not be­
ing ready to make the  change just at the 
beginning  of  the  busy  season,  and  not 
willing to trust that  part of his  business 
to  a  drunken  foreman,  the  proprietor 
discharged the man.

Now,  he  can’t  hire  another  foreman 
unless he takes  a man from the  “order” , 
and he must pay the wages which the “or­
der”  says a foreman must  nave,  whether 
he can earn such wages or  not—at  least, 
that  is  what  the  proprietor  has  been 
thinking all along. 
I shall  write him  of 
his blunder,  because  I  get  it  from  the 
highest  authority  that  the  “order”  is 
working on his side first,  last and  all the 
time.

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There is another house which  has  had 
more or less trouble arising from the dic­
tation of its men.  The “order”  won’t do 
this and the “order” won’t allow that, un­
til the spirit of  the  entire  management 
is vexed within.  Finding,  one day,  t; at 
the  amount  of  paper  folding  required 
more  hands  than  they  could  afford  to 
pay,  and learning that a folding machine 
would simplify matters  very  materially, 
they bought a folder and watched the re­
sult. 
It  took  up  less  room;  it  was  a 
great deal  cheaper;  there was no confu­
sion, and what had been no end  of  trou­
ble was a delight.  That set the manage­
ment to thinking.  Machines don’t quar­
rel  with  anybody;  they  do  their  work 
well;  they  are  always  on  hand;  they 
don’t seem  to  know  any  difference  be­
tween an  “order  man”  and  a  “disorder 
man;”  they don’t wait  until you get into 
a tight  place  and  then  demand  double 
wages,  and  they  don’t  strike.  A  ma­
chine,  therefore,  is a mighty  good  thing 
to have.  Why not see what we  can  get 
a typesetting machine for,  learn  to  run 
it  ourselves,  and  stop  this  everlasting 
dictation  business? 
(The  “order”  al­
lows, if I do not  mistake,  the  owner  to 
set  his own type  and  run  his  own  ma­
chine.)  From their  experience with  the 
folder, that is probably  what  they  will 
decide to do;  but, from that  time on,  the 
paper they print will  be  a  “rat”  sheet, 
and the proprietors a set of  men  “about 
as mean as ye make ’em?”

*  

*  

*

Here is another fact that looks well  or 
ill in type according to the fence you are 
on.  Over  here  in  Jonesville,  the  men 
were all the time  complaining  of  being 
overworked,  and 
the  men  downstairs 
couldn’t understand why work was never 
done on time.  They were  obliged to fig­
ure on  jobs  too  closely  to  enlarge  the 
force, and,  with the overwork  going  on, 
it did seem as if there was a  screw  loose 
somewhere.  Nothing was  said,  for,  of 
course,  the foreman  knew  that  the  men 
were overworked and there  was  no  use 
in  talking  the  matter  over  with  him. 
What did those  mean  men  do  but  buy 
one of  these  registering  clocks.  Every 
one of those toil-worn men is  now  num­
bered, exactly as  if  he  were  a  convict, 
and he is obliged  to carry  a  key  corres­
ponding to his number.  Every  time  he 
enters  the  building  he  registers,  and 
every time he leaves the building he reg­
isters,  and every one  of  the  registering 
men is as mad now as  he  was  tired  be­
fore;  and those  good-for-nothing  scape­
graces in the office are  laughing because 
the overwork has stopped and the orders 
are filled on  time.  Who  can  tell  what 
what this fabula docetsf

Ric h a r d  Malcom S trong.

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
gan Central Ticket Office. 

595

Some long-established stores in Brook­
lyn keep their clerks for  years  together. 
“I have seen,”  said a customer  of one of 
these stores,  “the salesmen there change 
from  youth  to  age.  Half  a  dozen  of 
those I knew by  sight  in  childhood  are 
now gray-haired men.  They  are so sure 
of their places that  one  of  them,  after 
having gone into business on his own ac­
count. sold out at the  approach  of  hard 
times and found a safe refuge at  his  old 
post.”

W ritten fo r  The Thadbsmah.

The chair  standing  behind  the  stove 
has stood there for years. 
If some  care­
less temporary occupant leaves it  out  of 
its accustomed  place,  the  owner  imme­
diately  puts  it  back  where  it  belongs. 
It has always  stood  there,  and  for  this 
reason it must always stand there though 
forty customers  fall  over  it  and  break 
their necks. 
Its  owner, of course,  is too 
good  a  man  to  aid  or  abet in bringing 
about a catastrophe of this  kind;  yet,  he 
clings so tenaciously to  everything  that 
is, and always was, that he  will not  (or, 
apparently, cannot)  change  things,  not 
even  when  it appears self evident that a 
change  might  avoid  the  breaking  of 
bones.  The  chair  is  old  fashioned  in 
style and old  in  service,  and  possesses 
enough raw material for  three  ordinary 
chairs.  Time,  or, rather,  the friction  of 
coarse  homespun  garments,  has  long 
since  robbed  it  of  its  pristine  coat  of 
paint.

There is always an “eternal  fitness  of 
things”  in the  general  make-up  of  the 
average Canadian village.  The  chair  is 
fit  companion to the  old  box  stove,  the 
old box stove bears a striking  family  re­
semblance to all the other  fixtures in the 
store.  The various articles  of  merchan­
dise constituting the stock occupy places 
assigned to them by  mere  chance  with­
out the  least  regard  to  convenience  or 
artistic  arrangement,  and,  having  once 
been placed, change, of course,  has  been 
out  of  the  question. 
In  this there is a 
sameness in all  the  village  stores,  but, 
inasmuch as the stock in  each  was  first 
placed by chance,  and  has  been  subject 
to  no  change  since  that  arrangement, 
each  presents a conglomeration  of  mer­
chandise without  its  likeness  on  earth. 
In  some  respects  the  merchant  is  not 
unlike  his  merchandise  in  appearance. 
He seems to have caught his  earthly  ex­
istence  by  a  sort  of  rough-and-tumble, 
catch-as-catch-can  process,  and,  having 
thus caught hold, he  clings  tenaciously, 
not to his existence merely,  but to  every 
peculiarity  of  circumstance  connected 
therewith.  Every  village  is a complete 
volumn  of  Dickens,  a living  bundle  of 
character,  and  each  character a bundle 
of  individual  peculiarities.  These  pe­
culiarities have their origin in  accidents 
of  birth,  family  traditions,  early  train­
ing,  and hereditary taint; and each char­
acter parades his peculiarities with a de­
gree of pride second to none but old  John 
Bull himself.  He believes that,  without 
this,  he would cease to be  an  individual 
and  be  no  longer  distinguishable  from 
his species.  In the individual, one never 
discovers  a  change  or  “the  shadow  of 
turning.”

Life, in a sleepy  old Canadian  village, 
is,  however,  not  so  monotonous  as  it 
would appear to  be,  and  a  wide-awake 
American,  keenly alive to the humorous, 
can  find  much  to  interest  and  amuse
him.

Recently,  while  occupying  the  afore­
mentioned old wooden chair,  and cogitat­
ing on the  “eternal  fitness  of  things”— 
also  before  referred 
to—the  writer’s 
mind  was  suddenly  recalled  to  affairs 
mundane by hearing the following  inter­
rogation:  “Do  you  keep  goloshes ?” 
Turning to discover what manner of per­
son wanted “goloshes,” I beheld a queer, 
antiquated female of uncertain  age  and 
determined mien.  A homemade crocheted 
hood  adorned (?) her  head,  and  a  pair 
of twenty-five cent steelbowed spectacles

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

8 *

8 *

M IXED CANDT. Bbls.
..5*
...6
..7
..7
• ■6*
7

Standard.........................
Leader.............................
Royal.......................................
Nobby.....................................
English  Rock.....................
Conserves.............................
Broken Taffy.......................
Peanut Squares................. . . .  
French Creams...................
Valley  Creams...................
Midget, 30 lb. baskets...
Modern. 301b. 
. . . .

“

“ 
f a n c y —In bulk

8
6
6

7
7
7
8
0

Palls
6*
6*
7*
8
8 *
7*
7
8
9
12*
. . .   8

•* 

fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. 

Losenges,  plalu..............
printed..........
Chocolate Drops.............
Chocolate Monumentala
Gum Drops.......................
Moss Drops.......................
Sour Drops.......................
Imperlale.......................

Palla 
.  8* 
.  9* 
.  11 
.  12 
.  6
•  7* 
.  8
•   9
Per Box
Lemon Drops....................................................... SO
Sour Drops...........................................................£0
Peppermint Drops............................................... 60
Chocolate Drops...............-................................. 65
H. M. Chocolate  Drops.......................................75
Gum Drops....................................................35@50  -
Licorice Drops...................................................100
A. B. Licorice  Drops.......................................... 75
Lozenges, plain.................................................... 60
65
Imperials......................... 
60
Mottoes................................................................. 70
Cream Bar.............................................................55
Molasses  Bar....................................................... 50
Hand Made  Creams.......  ...  __  
...  ®daoo
Plain Creams......................................   .  ..  6I@S0
Decorated Creams.............................. 
90
String  Rock......................................................... 60
Burnt Almonds...'............... ..................  90@1  25
Wlntergreen  Berries.......................................... 60

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

“ 

 

 

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

3 
2 

5 
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CARAM ELS.
 
 
ORANGES.

“ 
“ 

Floridas, Fancy Brights  126...........................  3  £0
Floridas, Fancy Brignts, 150...........................3 75
Floridas Fancy  Brights, 176,  200.  216 ............  4 *5
Florida Tangerines,  100 to 150 in  flat............  2  bj

LBMONS.

Choice,31» ................................................ 
300
Extra Choice, 300  .  ........................................   3 0
Fancy, bOC 
................................  ....................   3 5
Choice,  360  .............................................  
3 on
Fancy, 360..........................................................   3 50

. 

 

BANANAS.

Large bunches......................................
Small bunches......................................
OTHBB  FOREIGN  FRUITS.
Figs, fancy  layers  16ft  ......................
“  SOft...  ..................
14ft.........................
“ 
............................................
Dates, Kard, 10-lb.  box  ......................
50-lb.  “ 
.......................
Persian.  G. M.50-lb  box.
1 lb Royals,  old..............  .......

“ 
“ 
“  extra 
“  bags 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

NU TS.

“ 
“ 
“ 

Almonds, Tarragona.......................
Ivaca....................  ........
California, soft  shelled
Braslls, new......................................
Filberts.............................................
......................
Walnuts, Grenoble 
French...............................
Calif.............  ..................
Soft Shelled  Calif............
Table Nuts,  fancy........................  ,
choice.........................
Pecans. Texas, H.  P„  ...................
Chestnuts..........................................
Hickory Nuts per bu.......................
Cocnanuts. full sacks  ...................
Butternuts  per bu...........................
Black  Walnuts, per bu....................

“ 

.......  1  75
1  00@1  50
12 74 
11 
6* 
3   7 
©
© 5

13*314 

©  14 
©12* 
© 7* 
@10 
@12 
@12 
@13 
@14 
@ 10* 
@  9 
6  @ 7*

4 00 
75 
60

PE A N U T S.

Fancy, H.  P.,Suna...................................  @ 5*
6 3 6 *
Fancy, H.  P., Flags.................................   @ 5*
63  6*
Choice, H. P.,  Extras..............................   @ 4*
5@  6

“  Roasted......................  
“  Roasted..................... 
..................  
“  Roasted 

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

FRESH  MEATS.

B B B F .
Carcass.....................................
Fore quarters.........................
Hindquarters...............  . . .
Loins No. 3..............................
Ribs..........................................
Rounds...................................
Chucks  .................... 
Plates ......................................
PO B K .
Dressed...................................
Loins......................................
Shoulders  ..............................
Leaf Lard.............................. .

.

5*@ 7
4  @  5 
6* @   8 
8  @ 10 
8  @10
5  @ 6 
3*@ 4* 
3  @ 3*

5@ 6* 
7J4 
5* 8

Carcass......................................................4  @ 5
Lambs.........................................................   5*@5

M UTTON.

Carcass......................................................1  @7*

VBAL.

STEEL RANGE  MAJESTIC.

What  the  Hardware  Trade  of 

Michigan Says of It.

The most  prominent  stove  merchants 
in Michigan who  have  given  a  lifetime 
of study and  observation to  the  subject 
of  cooking  apparatus,  unite  in  saying 
that the Steel  Range Majestic is the  best 
constructed,  the most economical  in  the 
use of fuel,  the  most  perfect  and  satis­
factory in its operation  of  any  stove  or 
range that has come within  their  notice.
Besides this,  more  than  one  hundred 
thousand housewives unite in saying that 
it is so far superior  to other  cook  stoves 
and  ranges  they  have  used  that  their 
cooking  by  its  nse  is  made  a  positive 
pleasure.

The Steel Range Majestic is backed  by 
the strongest  and  most sweeping guar­
antee  ever  made  upon  any  commercial 
article.

P JE 8 T IG   R A N G E
inti nnn housewives pronounce It the greatest 
(UU,UUU  cooking range.  1896 fire linings guar­
anteed  for  five  years  against  burning; other 
parts  for  twenty five  years  against  breaking. 
Descriptive  cook book. 2 cents.
MAJESTIC  MFG  CO.,  St.  Louis, Mo.

COMMENTS  OF  THE  TRADE.

Five  Testimonials  Selected  From  More 

Than  a  Hundred

FRANK H  GRAVES,

Co.. Grand Rapids, Mich.

The Majestic Steel Range is  the  finest  article 
of merchandise to sell that I have handled  In  30 
years that 1 have been in the hardware business. 
Of all the ranges we have sold there is  p  sitive- 
ly not one but  what  is  giving  perfect  satisfac­
tion  Oar dealings with the M  jestic  Manufac 
luring Company, which have been  more  exten­
sive  than  we  had  expected,  by a large degree, 
have been the  most pleasant ana satisfactory in 
every way that  we could desire  They are hon­
orable business men in every  respect  and  it  is 
not only profitable but a pleasure  to do business 
with them. 
Manager  Stove  Department,  Foster,  Stevens  & 
Before accepting the Majestic  agency  we  in­
vestigated the merits of this  range  thoroughly. 
We expected great  things  of  it  from  what  we 
heard froth others, but 1 must say  in  justice  to 
the  Majestic  that  every  expectation  has  been 
more th«n realized.  There are other good steel 
ranges, but we believe that the Majestic Is with 
out a  fault,  as  far  as  the  ability  of  man  can 
make it, and compared to other steel ranges it is 
perfet tion in itself.  The  method  employed  oy 
the Majestic Manufacturing Co.  in  introducing 
this range to the public is  the most original  and 
effective I have ever seen in  business.  Our  ex 
perience with the company has been very  pleas­
ant Indeed, and It has been a  positive  pleasure, 
as well as a benefit, to do business with  so  large 
and well conducted a firm.

WILLIAM  SEYFFARDT, Sec’y,

Saginaw Hardware Co., Saginaw, W. S., Mich.
Our recent experience in selling  the  wonder­
ful Majestic Steel  Range  has  been  most  pleas­
ant  and  profitable  to  us.  Mechanically  and 
scientifically the range is the cooking apparatus 
par excellence.  There  can  be  no  economy  In 
the household without a  Majectic  Steel  Range 
upon which to do cooking and water heating.
EBERBACH  HARDWARE  CO., 
Ann Arbor, Mich.
The  experience  of  a  lifetime  in the general 
hardware business has yet to show me a cooking 
range  that  can  be  compared  with  the  Steel 
Range Majestic.  We  sold a large  number  dur­
ing  the  exhibit,  and  since  then  our  patrons 
unite in praise of It. 

H. S. ME -»SINGER, 
Pontiac.  Mich.

DUNNING  BROS,

It Is simply absurd to compare any other cook­
ing s tove or cooking range that we have sold In 
our experience In the cook stove  business  with 
the  Majestic  In  economy  of  fuel  and  facility 
and  despatch  in  properly  preparing  food  for 
the table. 
Menominee, Mich,
The opinions of the  above  merchants, 
who  have  given  a lifetime to  the  stove 
business, are above  criticism and conclu­
sively  prove  beyond  a  doubt  that  the 
Majestic is in every  particular all that is 
claimed for it.

JETor further particulars  address
J. W. JOHNSTON, Manager.

Grand Rapids, Mich.

THE  MICHIGAN  TTIATXESMAJST,

3

It  might  be 

bestrode her corpulent nose.  She  put  a 
sledge  hammer  accent  on  the  “losb,” 
which,  followed  by  a  swishing  hiss  on 
the last syllable, somehow  reminded  me 
of the sudden bursting of a dam  and  the 
rush  of  pent-up  waters. 
“Goloshes?” 
What, 
in  the  name  of  wonder,  were 
ligolo8hes ?”  I  had  a  faint  recollection 
of having heard the term on the  stage in 
some comedy, and that it had  had  some­
thing to do with footwear; but I had sold 
boots and shoes several years atone time 
in my  life and had never heard the word 
in  business. 
the  name 
of some  newfangled  vegetable;  and  so, 
when  the  chubby  little  red-faced  mer­
chant  said,  “Oh,  yes,  we  keep  them. 
What size do you want ?” I thought that, 
possibly,  Canada  vegetables  grew  with 
numbers on them  and  were  sold accord­
ing to size. 
Imagine  my  surprise  when 
the merchant fished out a pair of  clumsy 
No.  8 Alaskas of Canadian  manufacture.
In  explanation,  afterward,  the  mer­
chant informed me that  a  “golosh”  was 
a rubber-bottomed shoe with a low upper 
made  of  some  other  material.  The 
Alaska answered this description, and he 
said that many of the English people per­
sist in calling it by this name.  My curi­
osity was aroused and I resolved to  post 
myself on  “goloshes.”

The word has evolved from  the  Span­
ish  “galocha,”  meaning a pottern, clog, 
or  wooden  shoe.  The  term  was  first 
made use of by the French, being applied 
to shoes made of leather  and  wood,  the 
soles being wood,  and the uppers leather. 
The term was adopted,  later on,  in  Eng­
land,  as a shoemaker’s  technicality,  sig­
nifying a method of repairing  old  boots 
and shoes by putting  a  narrow  strip  of 
leather above the sole,  so as to  surround 
the lower part of the upper leather.  The 
clogmakers also adopted the term, apply­
ing  it  to  French  clogs,  to  distinguish 
them from other makes.  Ordinary clogs 
were  mere  soles  of  wood  with  straps 
across  the  instep  to  keep them on,  but 
“goloshes”  were  wooden  shoes,  usually 
with a joint at the part where  the  tread 
of the foot came,  and  with  leather  up­
pers similar to very low shoes.

When  American 

rubber  overshoes 
were introduced Into England,  about the 
year 1847, the term  “goloshes”  was  ap­
plied to them. 
It  was  only  about  four 
years after  Charles  Goodyear  made  his 
wonderful invention of  vulcanizing  rub­
ber by mixing with sulphur, and heating, 
according  to  circumstances,  from  240 
deg. to S10 deg.  F.  The  first  overshoes 
manufactured  from  it  were  necessarily 
clumsy and ill shaped.  They  were soon 
improved, however,  in neatness,  variety 
of style and in durability  (thanks  to  the 
Hayward Rubber Company, mainly),  and 
the demand for  them  greatly  increased. 
As  the  result  of  these  improvements, 
many  mills  were  started  for  their  pro­
duction in the United  States  and,  later 
on, in Great  Britain,  France,  Germany, 
Russia,  and,  still later on,  in Canada and 
other countries.  To-day  there is no end 
to  the  great  variety  of  styles in which 
rubber  overshoes  are  made.  From  the 
first  clumsy  overshoe  manufactured  in 
this country, down to  the  latest  novelty 
in rubber footwear,  each  shoe  has  been 
placed  on  the  market  with  a  well-de­
fined name known  to  both  dealers  and 
consumers—but “goloshes”  is  not one of 
them.  John Bull,  in the  United  States, 
crawls out of himself and  learns  to  call 
things by their right names; but, at 'ome,

in his own  “tight little island,” or in his 
big colonial domains,  there are no  ready 
means  of  shaking  him  out  of  himself. 
He  adopted  “goloshes”  a long time ago 
—therefore, he must stick to  “goloshes” 
for  all  time  to  come.  At  first,  “go­
loshes”  meant  wooden-soled  clogs;  but, 
when he got tired of clogs,  he  could  not 
shake  off  the  word  “goloshes.”  His 
very  nature  was  such  that,  after “go­
loshes” was incorporated in  his vernacu­
lar,  he  couldn’t  get  rid  of  it;  and  so, 
when  the  American  rubber  overshoe 
made  its  appearance,  he  goloshed  over 
from  the  French  wooden  clog  to  the 
American rubber  overshoe.  There is no 
reason in this kind of goloshing, but rea­
son  cuts  very  little  figure  when  John 
Bull’s  reputation  for  never  giving  up 
anything he once gets a firm hold of is at 
stake.  While he remains a British sub­
ject,  his loyalty is measured  and  valued 
by the strictness with which this reputa­
tion  is  maintained;  but,  when  he  be­
comes 
thoroughly  Americanized,  he 
throws away anything he  has,  providing 
he can get something better in its  place. 
The  trouble lies in the imperviability of 
his  conservative  shell.  This  prevents 
him  from  absorbing  new  ideas.  The 
American  spirit  of  enterprise  acts  on 
this  old  shell  as  a  solvent; but  here in 
Canada he Is in his native  element.  He 
disregards consistency aud outrages com­
mon sense—but he stieks  to  “goloshes.” 

E.  A.  Ow e n.

The Price of Success.

Fags—They say that  Dr.  Capsule  has 
made  a  fortune  within  the  last  five 
years.
Gaggs—Gracious! What a lot of people 
he must have  cured!
“You’re  ’way off; he didn’t  cure  any­
body; he discovered a new disease.”

Poultry Raisers,  Attention!

Thoroughbred Fowls,
Buff Wyandottes,
Buff Brahmas,
Buff Plymouth Rocks,
Buff Columbians,
White Plymouth  Rocks,
White Wyandottes,
Light Brahmas,

Barred Plymouth Rocks, 
White Leghorns,
Eggs, $2 per setting.

Cut clover, green  food,  Bowker’s Ani­
mal Meal, Sheridan’s Condition Powders. 
Lambert’s  Death  to  Lice.  Correspon­
dence solicited.
GUSTAV  H.  BEHNKE,

30  East  Bridge  St.,  Grand  Bapids.
HIRTH, 
KRAUSE 
&  CO.
Headquarters for
Over Goners and  Legoins
$3 .5 0   per  dozen 
and Upwards.
Lamb  wool  soles
duck  001  sneepskio 

in 3 grades.

suppers.

Mail  us  your  order 
and we will guarantee 
in  both 
satisfaction 
price and quality,

A n n o u n c e m e n t

We  shake  hands  with  the  youthful  1895;  firm  in  the 
belief that business for the  coming year  is  going  to  be  good. 
We want our products to reach  the homes of all the  people  in 
Michigan and ask the co-operation  of the general  trade to  that 
end.  Our goods have a recognized standard  of  value—purity 
and quality—and afford the seller a profit.  Join us.

T i e  

P u tn a m  C a n d y   Co.

5 c
5 c

T R Y   T H E

s. c. w.

N IC K L E   CIG AR.

5 c
5 c

Sold  by All Wholesale Dealers Traveling from Qrand Rapids.

Florida 

T an 

geri es

Sound, high-colored fruit,  untouched by frost.  Flats  of  from 
100 to  150, each  $2.50.

'The  P u tn a m   C a n d y   Co.

A N D

H A T S , 

CAPS,
S T R A W   G O O D S.
Moore,  Smith  &  Co.,  Boston,  will  be  pleased  to  have 
their agent, M  J.  Rogan, Kalamazoo,  Mich., call on  any  mer­
chants who may wish to look  over their line.

ESTABLISHED  OVER  30  YEARS.

B a c k   to  th e
O ld  P ric e

P.  &  B.  OYSTERS 
Beat  Them  All.

P. &  B.  S ta n d a rd s

PER  GALLON,  $1.10.

CLEANLINESS and NEATNESS  characterize our goods and packages.

T h e   P u tn a m   C a n d y   Co.

in CANDY m

Now  in

New
Specialties

Oranges, Lemons, Nuts,  Figs,  Dates,  Etc.  always  in 

stock and of the finest quality.
S.  E.  BROOKS &  CO.,  5 i 7  Ionia  St.,  Grand  Rapids,  J M

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T H E   ATT(TR T Ct A ~NT  T R A D E S M A N .

AROUND  THE  STATE.

MOVEMENTS OF  MERCHANTS.

Dowagiac—Spooner  &  South  succeed 
Howard A Spooner in the meat  business.
Escanaba—Gilmet &  Cleary  have  pur­
chased the furniture stock of P. M. Peter­
son.

Albion—Lewis  Hunt  succeeds  C.  R. 
Botsford in the bakery and  grocery  busi­
ness.

Homer—Sloan & Aldrich succeed Sloan 
Bros.  & Co.  in the meat and grocery busi­
ness.

Marcellus—Mohney  &  Castner  suc­
ceed  Elias  Mohney  in the  grocery  busi­
ness.

Holland—Van  Alsburg  Bros,  have 
opened a new meat  market  on  Twelfth 
street.

Owosso—Alliugham  A  Lovett,  meat 
dealers,  have dissolved,  Mr.  Lovett  con­
tinuing.

Detroit—Frank  G. Curtis  &  Co.,  tai­
lors, have dissolved, Frank G. Curtis con­
tinuing.

Hillsdale—Frisbie  &  Kenyon  succeed 
J.  L. Frisbie in the grocery and crockery 
business.

Petersburg—J.  M.  Elder  &  Son  suc- 
seed  Rausch  &  Elder  in  the  clothing 
business.

Albion—Geo.  H.  Phelps  has  removed 
his stock of jewelry  from  Kalamazoo  to 
this place.

Prattville—Culver  A  Dunscomb,  gro­
cers,  have dissolved,  Dunscomb  &  Jones 
succeeding.

Houghton—Jilbert A  Lang  have  sold 
their  hardware  stock  to  the  Carlton 
Hardware Co.

Hillsdale—J.  W. Forney  has  removed 
his harness business from  North  Adams 
to this place.

Ovid—Chauncey  C.  Dodge  has  pur­
chased  the  grocery  business  of  W.  G. 
Cameron  & Co.

Owosso—Hartshorn,  Son  A  Crowe, 
dealers in  agricultural  implements  and 
buggies,  have  dissolved,  Hartshorn  A 
Bon succeeding.

Flushing—A. C.  Davis  &  Co.  succeed 
Jos.  Davis & Son in  the  agricultural im­
plement business.

Saginaw—C.  L.  lioeser  succeeds  Win. 
Eoeser &  Sons  in  the  agricultural  im­
plement business.

Gulliver—E.  D.  Beeson 

succeeds
Beeson  A  Rindy  in  general  trade  and 
the cedar business.

Jackson—W.  W. Zimmerman, formerly 
of Eaton Rapids,  has  opened  a  grocery 
store on East Main street.

Saugatuck—Bird &  Heath,  druggists, 
have  dissolved.  The  business  is  con­
tinued by Phelps & Heath.

Decatur—Geo.  D. McWilliams succeeds 
Alex  McWilliams <& Son  in  the  agricul­
tural implement business.

Newberry—The  Newberry  Celery  A 
Improvement Co.,  Ltd.,  has  sold its  cel­
ery garden  to H.  L.  Harris.

Dowagiac—W.  L.  Richmond  succeeds 
R.  W. Van Antwerp in the cigar, tobacco 
and confectionery  business.

Bay  City—John  Jozwiak  is  succeeded 
by  Frances  (Mrs.  J.)Jozwiak  in  the dry 
goods and clothing business.

Jackson—The Tuomey Store Co.  is suc­
ceeded  by  Tuomey  &  Co.  in  the  dry 
goods,  boot  and  shoe  and  notion  busi­
ness.

Homer—Charles Garlinghouse has sold 
his interest  in  the  grocery  business  at 
Battle Creek and has returned  to  Homer 
to live.

Ann  Arbor—H.  A.  Brown  (late  of 
Brown & Cady)  has  opened a  grocery on 
State street.  J.  E.  Hurley  (Lee & Cady) 
sold  the new stock.

Spink’s  Corners—O.  T.  Larkin  has 
purchased  the  general  stock  of  E.  S. 
Spink  and  will continue the business at 
the same location.

Vermontville—David  Young  has  pur­
chased an interest  in the furniture stock 
of C.  E.  Hammond.  The  new  firm  will 
be known as Hammond & Young.

Ravenna—F. J.  Young  has  purchased 
the  interest  of  his  father  in  the hard­
ware firm of E.  Young  A  Son  and  will 
continue the business in his own name.

Cadillac—The  mortgage  sale  of  the 
two  clothing  stocks  formerly owned  by 
Henry C.  Auer,  which  was to  have been 
held  last  Friday,  was  postponed  until 
Friday of this  week.

Traverse  City—Q.  E.  Boughey  has 
purchased the interest of his  partners in 
the agricultural  implement  business  of 
Q. E.  Boughey & Co.  and  will  carry  on 
the business alone hereafter.

Traverse City—J.  H .McGough  and  E. 
E.  Perrine  have  bought  the  interest  of 
their partner,  Mr. Swigart,  of St.  Johns, 
in the grain,  hay  and  feed  business  re­
cently established here by them.

Allegan—The  sale  made  by  Abell, 
Phillips  &  Co.  of  their hardware stock 
and  business to John F.  Dryden has been 
declared  off  by  mutual  consent.  The 
old  firm  will  remain 
in  Allegan  and 
continue the business at  the  same  loca­
tion.

Detroit—The Mme.  Rabaut  Company, 
organized for the purpose  of  conducting 
a fancy  goods  and  millinery  store,  has 
filed  articles  of  association  with  the 
county clerk.  The capital  stock  is $20.- 
000,  which  is  represented  to  have • all 
been  paid  in.  The  incorporators  are 
Paul,  John  C.  and  Louis  A.  Rabaut  of 
this city.

Detroit—On May 1, J. A. Roys, the vet­
eran  bookseller,  will  retire after  a  busi­
ness life covering half a century,  and his 
store will go out of  existence  as  far  as 
he is concerned.  Mr.  Roys came here in 
1845,  when  book  merchants  peddled 
their wares and  hustling  was an impor­
tant faetor in  working up a business.  By 
hard labor he built up a fine trade and to­
day he  is  the  oldest  bookseller  in  the 
city.  Mr.  Roys  may  sell  out  to  other 
parties,  but he has not yet decided.

Alpena—The  Alpena  Business  Men’s 
Association  held  its first important meet­
ing on the 11th at  the  Churchill  House, 
where over  200  sat  down  to  a  spread. 
Speeches  were  made  by  several  local 
business  men.  The  advantages  of  Al­
pena as a manufacturing center were  set 
forth and funds were subscribed to carry 
on  the  work  of  advertising  the  town 
With the Detroit  &  Mackinaw  Railroad 
extended to the Straits  this  summer,  it 
is expected  to  locate  several  more  im­
portant manufacturing  industries,  in ad­
dition to  nearly  a  dozen  brought  here 
during the last five years.

Kalamazoo—Charles  W.  Blake  and 
wife, druggists at 214 West  Main  street 
and Dr. Nelson  Abbott,  the  East  Main 
street  druggist,  were  arraigned  before 
Judge Peck last Monday  on a  charge  of 
violating the  State  pharmacy  law  pre­
ferred against them some time ago.  They 
had been detected in  selling drugs by an 
agent  of  the  Michigan  Board  of  Phar­
macy.  Mrs. Blake  was found guilty and 
paid  her  fine  of  $13,  while  the  case 
against her husband was nolle prosequied

on payment of  the  costs,  amounting, to 
$3.  The  case  against  Dr.  Abbott  was 
also nolle prosequied on his  presenting a 
j diploma which had been sent him  by the 
j Secretary  of  the  State  Board  of  Phar- 
I macy, attesting his proficiency as a phar­
macist. 
In view of the fact that  he  had 
applied for registration as  a  pharmacist 
prior to his arrest  by  the  agent  of  the 
Board,  the action of the Board,  in  caus­
ing his arrest,  naturally  occasions  con­
siderable unfavorable criticism.

MANUFACTURING MATTERS. 

Cheboygan—M.  D.  Olds  will  build  a 
new stave mill to replace the one recently 
burned.

Seaton—A.  J.  Olmstead  has  sold  his 
sawmill to John Tinning,  who will stock 
and operate it.

West  Bay  City—E.  A  C.  Mueller  are 
succeeded by Mueller & List in the plan­
ing mill  business.

Mansfield—B.  F.  Davenport  is  suc­
ceeded by the Deep River  Lumber Co. in 
the shinglemill  business.

Muskegon—The Muskegon Valley Fur­
niture Co.  declared  a  dividend  of  6  per 
cent., payable Jan.  14, from the profits of 
its business for 1894'.

Watervale—A.  O.  Wheeler,  receiver of 
the Watervale Lumber Co.,  is putting  in 
enough hemlock,  hardwood  and cedar to 
keep  the  mill  at  work  a good share of 
the season.

Ludington—T.  R.  Lyon  comtemplates 
taking  out  the  old  machinery  in  his 
“North ” sawmill and replacing  it  with 
band saws.  He has  yet  42,000,000  feet 
of pine to  manufacture.

Marquette—The  Dead  River  Mill  Co. 
has purchased from George McDonald his 
logs near Nestoria and will  rail  them  to 
this  city.  There  is  about  600,000  feet 
and the price reported is $9 on cars.

Bay City—Green A Braman  are  build­
ing  an  addition  to  their  sawmill, 
in 
which machinery will  be  placed  for  the 
manufacture of pickets and other articles 
that  can  be  worked  out  of  slabs  and 
refuse timber.

Ithaca—At  a  meeting of citizens,  held 
here Jan.  15,  arrangements  were  made 
with  M.  S.  Doyle,  proprietor  of 
the 
Elsie Cheese Factory,  whereby  that gen­
tleman  will put in  a  cheese  plant  here 
similar to the one at Elsie,  to begin oper­
ations with the summer season.

Belding—M.  B.  Divine has expressed a 
desire to remove his  cigar  factory  from 
Greenville  to  this  place,  providing the 
business men here will  furnish  a  build­
ing free of  rent for  two  years. 
In  case 
the  deal  is  made  the  business  will  be 
merged into a stock company, R.  L.  Hall, 
of this place,  and E.  C. Watkins, of Rock­
ford,  having agreed to take several thou­
sand dollars’ stock in the enterprise.

the  reports  of 

Saginaw—At  the  annual  meeting  of 
the Michigan  Salt  Company,  held  here 
Jan.  17, 
the  officers 
showed that the  amount  of  salt  manu­
factured 
last  year  was 
3,485,428 barrels,  or  466,000  more  than 
the year previous.  The amount  of  salt 
now on hand is largely in excess  of  last 
year.

in  Michigan 

Holland—The Stern-Goldman  Clothing 
Co.  is the name  of  a  corporation  which 
will soon begin  business  here.  Articles 
of incorporation were filed with the clerk 
of  Kalamazoo  county  last  week.  The 
capital  is given  as $8,000,  and  the  stock 
is  divided  into  800 shares. 
Isaac Gold­
man,  of  Holland  City,  holds  300;  Leo­
pold and Herman  Stern,  of  Kalamazoo,

167 each,  and  Gustav Stern,  of  Allegan, 
166 shares.

Manistee—White  &  Friant  have  sold 
their sawmill property to  W.  R.  Thorsen 
& Co.  for  $7,000.  The  intention  of  the 
purchasers is to tear  down the  two nulls 
and  put in  a  modern  bandmill  with  all 
the latest improvements,  and also  to  put 
down a salt well  and  build a vacuum pan 
plant.  Mr. Thorsen  was  formerly  Sec­
retary, Treasurer  and  General  Manager 
of the  Stronach  Lumber  Co.,  but  when 
that concern was sold  to the Union Lum­
ber  Co.,  he  retired  from  business  and 
went to  Europe  for  a  couple  of  years. 
He has an interest in  the  Union  Lumber 
Co.  still,  but takes no  active  part  in  its 
management.

Ionia—At the  annual  meeting  of  the 
stockholders of the Capital Wagon Works, 
some cold facts  were stated by the Secre­
tary.  Starting with a  capital  of  $100,- 
000,  it was found at the end of two years 
that the capital was impaired  $46,947.99. 
The business of 1894  showed a net profit 
of 533.14,  but as the indebtedness  of  the 
institution  is  $125,000,  the  officers  de­
cline  to  resume  operations  unless  the 
capital is restored to  its  original  condi­
tion,  as the interest account  amounts  to 
$14,046.95 and the salary  and  labor  ac­
counts amount to $29,998.62.  The average 
cost of a wagon  has  been  reduced  from 
$17.90 in  1892 to $9.37 in  1894,  the  sales 
having increased  in  the  meantime  from 
$113,000 in 1892 and $100,000  in  1893  to 
$143,000 in  1894.  The  stockholders  will 
meet again Jan.  31  to consider the  situa- 
uation  and  decide  on  what  course  to 
pursue.

H om e E x p en se  o n   B u sin ess  P rin cip les.
Wykes A Burns are selling many copies 
of the  “Family Expense Book,” the neat­
est blank book out, for  only  forty  cents 
postpaid.  At the  end of each  week  and 
month you can tell just where you stand. 
Dates  for  every  day  in  the  year  are 
printed  for  entries  under the following 
headings:  Board  or  rent,  groceries  aud 
provisions,  physician 
and  medicine, 
books and  stationery,  church  and  char­
ities,  labor  or  services,  washing,  lights, 
fuel,  furniture,  clothing,  taxes,  amuse­
ments,  contingent  expenses,  cash  paid 
out and cash received.

PRODUCK  M ARKET.

Apples—Greenings  are  about  out  of  mar­
ket  and  Spy's  are  very  scarce  at *2.50 per bbl• 
Baldwins are in  ample supply at *3.25 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 $1.60in small lots and  *1.55 in car- 
lots.

Butter—In  a  little  better  demand  in  some 
quarters, in consequence of  which  the  glutted 
condition of the market has disappeared.  Choice 
stock is salable at  5®16c.

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

cording to size and quality.

Celery—Is held by dealers at 10®12c 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—18c for  strictly  fresh,  I5c  for  pickled 
and  16c  for cold storage stock.  The supply of 
all grades is ample.

Lettuce—13js:c per lb.
Onions—Red Weatherfields  and  Yellow  Dan­
vers  command  40c  per  bu.  Spanish  stock, *1 
per box.

Parsnips—35c per bu.
Potatoes—Mo change from a week  ago.
Radishes—Hot house stock commands  30c  per 

doz. bunches.

Sweet Potatoes—Kiln dried Jerseys  command 
S3 per bbl.  Kiln dried Illinois  stock  is  held  at 
25c less.
Squash—Hubbard  brings  \%c  per  lb.,  if  the 
quality is up to standard.  Poor stock sells at % 
Qlc.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

5

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

Chas. Krantz has  opened a  meat  mar­

ket at 388 Jefferson  avenue.

Adrian DeWitt has removed  his  hard­
ware stock from 214  to  221  East  Bridge 
street.

H. T.  Allerton & Co.  succeed  Williams 
Bros,  in the  grocery  and  meat  business 
at  the  corner  of  Wenham  avenue  and 
South Division  street.

Heth  Bros.,  hardware  dealers  at  923 
South Division street,  will  shortly  open 
a  branch  store  at  the  corner  of South 
Division street and  Burton aveBue.

The  regular  meeting  of  the  Retail 
Grocers’ Association,  which  was to  have 
been  held  Monday  evening,  was  post­
poned until the evening  of Feb.  4, owing 
to the inclemency of the weather.

At the annual  meeting  of  the  Hazel- 
tine & Perkins  Drug  Co.,  held  Monday 
evening,  Dr. Chas. • S.  Hazeltiue,  M.  B. 
Hazeltine and Cornelius  Crawford  were 
re-elected  directors  of  the  corporation 
and the old  officers  were  re-elected,  as 
follows: 
President,  C.  S.  Hazeltine;
Vice President. C.  Crawford;  Secretary 
and Treasurer, M.  B.  Hazeltine;  General 
Manager,  H.  B.  Fairchild.  The  report 
of the Treasurer showed  that the  corpo­
ration sold  more goods during  1894  than 
in any previous year in the history of the 
company.

The Grocery  Market.

Sugar—Raw sugars are firm,  European 
beet  sugars being especially strong.  Re­
fined  are  steady,  with  no  indication of 
any change in  the market.

Dried Fruits—Currants  are strong and 
higher,  both old  and  new  goods  having 
sustained  an  advance  during  the  past 
week.  Apples,  both evaporated and sun- 
dried, are stronger and  higher.  Califor­
nia prunes are weaker and a little lower. 
French prunes  are firmly  held  and  Sul­
tanas are quiet and  unchanged.

Coffee—An  advance  of 

has
taken  place on Rios and  Santos,  the  lat­
ter  grade  being  most  in demand.  Mild 
coffees  are  also  stronger  than  a  week 
ago, and higher prices are  quite likely to 
be realized.

Rice—Both 

and  domestic 
grades  are  in  fair  demand,  with prices 
firm and tending upward.

foreign 

Canned Goods—The  market  is looking 
up a little, some  varieties  meeting  a  lit­
tle  better  demand.  Corn  is  still as flat 
as ever,  but  tomatoes  and  apples  have 
shown some  improvement.  Small fruits 
are dull.

Oil—The price has  been  advanced 

per gallon.

Bananas—Local dealers are  not  at  all 
satisfied with the  way this article is mov­
ing.  One  car  was  received  early  last 
week and,  as orders were few, two-thirds 
of the fruit ripened all  at  once,  and  in 
order  to  save  a  portion  of  it, consign­
ments were made to a number of the best 
retailers. 
two 
months  before  the  fruit  can  be  moved 
with any degree of safety,  satisfaction or 
profit.

It  will  be,  at  least, 

Lemons—Some of the wholesalers have 
been taking advantage of  the low  prices 
ruling at the steamer auctions at Eastern 
markets and have been  laying  in  a  fair 
amount  of  new  stock.  By  having  the 
goods  forwarded  by  the  fastest  freight 
lines, and instructing shippers  to  secure 
the tightest of refrigerator  cars and hay­

order. 

Fortunately, 

ing and papering well,  it is believed that 
the  fruit  will  reach  its  destination  in 
first-class 
the 
weather has been  very  mild  during  the 
past  five  days  and  no  apprehensions 
have been  felt  that  the  stock  will  not 
open  up as bright and  sound as could  be 
desired.  The demand,  as  usual  at  this 
season  of the year, is light and the prices 
quoted on  the  different  lists  could,  and 
will be,  shaded to  liberal buyers.

Oranges—Up  to  the  present  no  Mes­
sina or Valencia  oranges  have  been  of­
fered  by fruit  dealers here.  One  or two 
of them were fortunate in  having a fairly 
good  supply  of  Floridas  which  were 
picked and shipped  before the frost anni­
hilated the greater  portion of this  year’s 
crop,  and they promptly  advanced  their 
selling  price  to a point that would yield 
a good profit and,  to  some  extent,  reim­
burse  them  for  losses  sustained during 
December,  when,  owing to  fierce compe­
tition and too free  consignments,  the  re­
tailer could  nearly  make  his  own  price. 
For  the  past two weeks large quantities 
of  the  frozen  stuff  have  been  dumped 
into every  market in  the  country  to  the 
detriment of dealers  who had  good fruit 
and  the  disgust  of  purchasers. 
If  one 
stops  a  moment  to  consider  he  knows 
that damaged goods  of  any  kind,  espe­
cially of  food products,  are a bad invest­
ment,  besides being  positively injurious. 
The  “soft”  Florida  oranges  (and  there 
are still many of  them  in  the  hands  of 
various dealers)  will  be  cleaned  out  by 
the end ef the present week, and the Cal­
ifornia and  Sicily  oranges  will  resume 
the  position  among  deciduous 
fruits 
they have held  before Floridas dethroned 
them.

Foreign  Nuts—Are  practically  un­

changed from last week’s quotations.

Dates—Are in ample supply  at  steady 
prices,  and  nothing  can  be seen to war­
rant speculators buying.

Figs—Sell steadily in fairly large quan­

tities at favorable prices.

The  Grain  Market.

There is  no  change  of  importance  to 
report.  While  receipts  have  fallen  off 
fully 50 per cent,  in  the  Northwast  and 
there  is  hardly  any  movement  in 
the 
winter  wheat  belt,  exports  have  been 
above  the  normal  during  the  week,  so 
that  the  visible  will  show  quite  a  de­
crease.  Prices  have  declined  about  lc 
per bushel.  One reason for  no  stronger 
markets is that exporting  countries have 
sent an  unusually  large  amount  to  the 
grain centers of  Europe,  which  has  had 
a depressing effect.  The  world’s supply 
of  wheat is about the  same  as  one  year 
ago.  Some authorities  claim a large  de­
crease,  but,  if  such  was  a  fact,  prices 
certainly would be  stronger  and  higher 
than  they  are,  so  that  the  matter  of 
higher prices depends on when the spring 
opens  and  how  the  winter  wheat  will 
come  on.  From  all  information  up  to 
the present time  winter wheat is in good 
condition.  There  is  only  one 
thing 
which can be  said—wheat  is  cheap,  too 
cheap  for farmers to  make any  effort  to 
raise it or to increase the acreage.

Corn,  in sympathy with  wheat,  shows 
a  decline.  While  the  crop  was several 
hundred  millions  short,  no  one  seems 
anxious  to invest in it.

Oats remain fairly firm,  with a leaning 
to easier prices.
Receipts  have  been:  wheat,  96  cars; 
corn, 5 cars;  oats,  7 cars.  This is a very 
large amount of wheat—almost  as  much 
as went into Detroit last week.

C. G. A. Voigt.

Gripsack  Brigade.

Secretary  Owen  is  busy  sending  out 
the first death assessment  for  1895 to the 
members of the Michigan  Knights of  the 
Grip.  He accompanies  the  notice  with 
the  certificate  of  membership  for  this 
year and other interesting information of 
an official character.

J. A. Gonzalez,  for the past three years 
traveling  representative 
the  Owl 
Cigar Co., N.  Y.,  has transferred  his  al­
legiance t© the Wellauer & Hoffmann Co., 
Milwaukee,  having  signed  to  represent 
the cigar  department  of  that  house  in 
Michigan and Indiana  during 1895.  Mr. 
Gonzalez is  an  energetic  salesman  and 
will prove an accession to the Milwaukee 
institution.

for 

Houston  P"8t:  We  will  say  a  few 
words for the commercial  traveler  as  we 
meet him on the road and outside of busi­
ness.  He is an  angel  in  disguise  to  the 
traveling  public.  Who  knows the  time 
tables and can tell you all about the stop 
overs,  meals,  stations,  hotels  and  best 
rooms,  the  attractions  at  the  various 
points,  and  the best and  cheapest way of 
reaching them?  Who gives up  his  com­
fortable lower  berth and  takes an  upper 
one, or sits up  when  the  sleeper  is  full 
and  there  is  a  lady,  a feeble  man or a 
sick child  in  the  case?  Who  entertains 
the solitary traveler  with  his breezy,  in­
teresting  tales  of  travels  or  humorous 
sketches  conducive  to  digestion  and 
provocative of  convulsive  laughter,  and 
who will  stay up all  night,  if  needed,  to 
minister to the wants of a friend or fill  a 
card party?  Whose  hand  and purse  are 
always open  to the  afflicted?  The drum­
mer’s.  No wonder the  public in general 
have  found  his  ministration  necessary 
and will not do without him.
Purely Personal.

Clyde Cole, of  the firm  of  Cole  Bros., 
grocers  at  Kalkaska,  was  in  town  a 
couple of days last  week.

Harry Converse, of the  Boston  Rubber 
Shoe Co.,  has  been  visiting  W.  A.  Mc- 
Graw  (A.  C.  McGraw &  Co.), of  Detroit.
Fred  H.  Ball  (Ball-Baruhart-Putmau 
Co.) goes to Detroit  to-day  as  the  dele­
gate  of  York  Lodge,  F.  & A.  M.,  to  the 
Grand Lodge.

John  M.  Flanagan,  the Mancelona gen­
eral dealer,  was  in town  Monday  on  his 
way to Owosso  to  attend  the  receiver’s 
sale of the Snedicor boot and  shoe stock.
Geo. W.  Reed,  the  Stanwood  general 
dealer,  announces the arrival at his home 
of an  invited  guest—a  young  lady  who 
acts as though  she  intended  to  take  up 
her  abode  with  the family until  invited 
to share the fortunes of some young man.
F.  M.  Edwards, advertising representa­
tive of that sterling publication,  the Chi­
cago Dry Goods  Reporter,  was  in  town 
Monday.  The  Reporter has  lately made 
a  ten  stroke  by  changing  its  form  to 
pamphlet size and increasing the number 
of pages.

Travelers making  Boyne  City  will  be 
pleased to learn that  J.  C.  Lewis,  who 
formerly  kept  the  Commercial  House 
there,  has opened a  new  hostelry  there 
known  as the  Lewis  House,  which will 
be enlarged and made first class in every 
respect.

The Commercial Credit Company’s 1895 
book is delivered to its subscribers.  This 
book is thoroughly revised and takes  the 
place of all  previous  issues. 
It  should 
be in the hands of every  retail  dealer  in 
the city.

Wants  C o lu m n ,

A dvertisem ents  will  be  Inserted  under  this 
head  for two cents a word  the first Insertion and 
one  cent a word  for each  subsequent  Insertion. 
No advertisem ents  taken  for  less  than 25 cents, 
i  A dvance paym ent.

h llM M li'S   t  H  >N<  l-S.

F or sa l e—f ih sT c l a s s  g r o   ek y stock

and fixtures  nearly  new.  Good  location, 
good town  Good  reason  for  selling.  G reat op 
portu-  ity  for the right  m an.  A ddress  No.  683, 
CH'e Ml  higan  Tradesm an. 

683

624
~

OK  SALE—OLD  ESTABLISHED 

i'T'KNI- 
tu re and second-hand store.  Good  chance 
to add  undertaking, in  1 est lake  shore  tow n  in 
Michigan.  Reason.  poor  health.  A ddress  Un­
dertaker. care  M ichigan Tradesm an. 
tf i o R   KLNT—h o t e l   t o   r e n t ,  p a r t l y
A  
furnished, good  bar  and  bar  fixtures,  ex­
cellent location; good chance to the right party. 
Inquire 67 Carrier st..  G rand  Rapids. 

I IOR  SALE—A  WELL 

."ELKOfED  DRUG 
st ’Ck and first class fixtures, a good  assort 
m eat of w all  paper, in a  good  location.  Term s 
reasouable.  Present ow ner not a druggist.  Ad- 
dress  Aaron  Bechtel, Cale  onia.  Mich. 

676 

674

67S

665

663

662

OR  RENT—A  D E-IRA BLE  STORE  BI  ILD- 
ing  formerly  occupied by  E lliott &  Co .  on 
northea  t corner  of  M onroe  and  Ionia  streets. 
One of the best locations in th e  city. 
Inquire of 
Peter Doran  it) Tower Block. 
moUxCHANGE FOR 
lRSTCLA sS  FA It M— 
A  
a i i   ,000 stock of  dry  goods.  Central  loca­
tion.  Finest store in city  4,U0<> inhabitants.  Do­
ing th e leading business.  Address No.  662  care 
M ichigan Tradesm an. 
r p o   EXCHANGE  FOR  STOCK  OF  MER- 
J - 
chandise—a  first-, lass  im proved  I4.i  acre 
farm , good buildings.  One mile from post office. 
City of 3,500 inhabitants.  County  seat.  Central 
M ichigan.  V alue *9 000.  A ddress  No. 663,  care 
M ichigan Tradesm an. 
V *7A N T E D —BUSINESSM EN  DESIROUS  OF 
v v 
changing their line of business  to  corres­
pond  w ith  us.  We  have  gilt edge  vacant lots 
and 
in  G rand 
Rapids  for sale or exchange for good  clean  dry 
goods, grocery, hardw are  stocks,  etc.  B rooks* 
Clark, 25 Canal street. Grand  Rapids,  Mich,  666

im proved  residence  property 

STOCK  OP CLOTHING AND GENTLEM EN’S 

furnishing  good*, to  trade  for  real  estate. 

A ddress No. 660, Care M ichigan Tradesm an. 660
0  0 0 9   FARM  NEAR  STATE  CAPITOL, 
' «  
clear title, to exchange for boots and shoes 
G. W. W atrous, Lansing,  Mich. 
T F   YOU  WANT  TO  BUY  OR  SELL  REAL 
J.  estate, w rite me. 
I  can  satisfy  you  Chas. 
E.  M ercer,  Rooms 1  and 2. W iddicomb  building.
653
____________________ ___ _________ 
a F- 
dress S.  S, B nm ett, Lake  Ann,  Mich.  654

I  TOR  SALE—A  SHOE  BUSINESS.  OR  HALF 

interest in ssm.e.  on  one  of  the  principal 
streets in G rand  Rapids  New stock  good  trade, 
location  Al.  A ddress  No.  624.  care  M ichigan 
Tradesm an. 

OOD  OPENING 

FOR  DENTI.-T. 

659

SIT U A T IO N S  W A N T E D , 

\\T A N T E U —POSITION  BY  REGISTERED 
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pharm acist of experience either  in  drug 
store or salesm an  on  the road.  Address  No. 658 
care M ichigan Tradesm an. 
668  ’
RE1.I ABLE  DRY  GOODS  AND  SHOE 
salesm an  desires  position. 
Is  capable  of 
taking full charge of stocks  or  occupying  posi­
tion of gene  al  manager.  Address  No. 671. care 
M ichigan Tradesm an.___________  
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TYTANTED—1TEA  LEAD  IN  ANY  ql'A N T I 
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ties from everyw here.  A ddress,  stating 
price. J.  M.  Hayden &  Co.,  63  Pearl  St.,  G rand 
Rapids, o  te ephoue 5m. 
T  HAVE  T IIE C A sIl  T o   PAY  FOR  A  GOOD 
L   clean stock  of  hardw are  located  in  an  Al 
tow n.  A ddress No  6S-,  care  M ichigan  Trades­
m an 
''I'M!KEE  HUNDRED  AND  SIXTY  A<  RES 
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farm ing land  in  Cr»w  ord  county,  Michi 
gan, to exchange for im p-oved  farm  or stoe<  of 
goods.  T itle  perfect.  H.  H arrington,  Reed 
City  Mich. 

EN  TO  SELL  BAKING  POWDER  TO THE 
.  grocery  trade  Steady  employment,  ex­
perience unnecessary  $7 •  m onthly  salary  and 
If offer is satisfactory 
expenses or commission. 
address  at  once  w ith  particulars  concerning 
yourself  U.  s  Chemical  w orfcs. Chicago.  6  7 

683

WILL  BUY  LARGE  MERCANTILE  B IS I- 
ness In  N orthern  Central  Michigan.  Cash
paid,  f cheap.  W rite at  once to F .  M essenger, 
¡>72
Stan’on.  Mich. 

TANTED— BUTTER,  EGGS,  PO l'LTRY , 
potatoes,  onions,  apples,  cabbages,  etc. 
Correspondence  solicited  W atkins  &  Sm ith, 
8  -S6 South  Division  St.. G rand  Rapids. 

673

6S

675

jlOR  SAL E-M O D ERN   NINE  ROOM  HOUSE 
on Jefferson avenue  Price  low and  term s 
easy.  Owner  going  South.  For  particulars 
w rite W.  R. Griffiths, 6 Canal  St 
YATAN TED^“MANAGER  FOR  A  RETAIL 
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hardw are store w ithirfone hundred  miles 
of this city:  we  w ant  a man  of large experience 
and unquestioned  ability.  This  is  a  first-class 
opportunity for the right  party.  A ddress  Lock 
Drawer X, cleve and. Ohio. 

Ne a r l y   n e w   b a r -lock  t y p e w r it e r

for  sale  at  a  great  reduction  from  cost- 
Reason for selling,  we desire another  pattern  of 
same make of m achine, w hich  we  consider  the 
best  on the  m arket.  Tradesm an  Company,  100 
Louis St., G rand  Rapids. 

FARM  FOR  MERCHANDISE.

564

661

The Michigan Hardwood Land  Co.,  of 
Mancelonia,  will 
trade  best  farming 
lands for stock  of  general  merchandise.

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W ORK  FOR  W OM EN.

L ocal  A sp ec t  o f  a   M u ch -D iscu ssed  

Su b ject.

W riten fo r  T h e Tradesman

the  morning.  At  first, 

“No:  1 generally get to the store about 
nine  in 
they 
made  a  fuss  about,  my  being  late; so I 
went earlier for a day or  two,  and  then 
went  back  to  my  old  time.  Nothing 
since then has been said to me,  and, any­
way,  1  work  hard  enough  when  I  am 
there  to  make  up,  and I don’t  get  half 
the pay the woman  in  my  place  did. 
I 
guess they are getting stingy.”

These remarks led to a visit to  some of 
the more important stores  and  offices  of 
Grand Rapids, to learn the  opinion  held 
of women as clerks.

Three of the leading  dry  goods  stores 
were  visited.  To 
the  question  how 
women were liked,  the  hearty  response 
each time was,  “We could not  get  along 
without them.  Their honesty,  strict at­
tention to business  and  desire  to  please 
could not be surpassed by  men; and lady 
customers  prefer  them  on  account  of 
their  taste  and  intuitive  knowledge  of 
what is wanted.”

Yoigt,  Herpolsheimer  &  Co.  employ 
the same number of women  as  men  for 
clerks.  They have tried the  experiment 
with  cash girls,  and with  success.  The 
girls are more quiet  and  more  obedient. 
Many  of  these  girls  become  their  best 
clerks.  Recently, 
three  gold  medals 
were presented to girls who bad  been  in 
their service ten years and were  leaving 
to be married; and there is one lady  who 
has been with them  twenty-three  years.
Two-thirds  of the clerks in the Boston 
Store are  women.  Only  the  heavy  de­
partments of dress goods,  linens and cot­
tons  are  turned  over  to  the men.  The 
lighter  departments  of  ribbons,  laces, 
handkerchiefs,  and even shoes, are given 
to  the  women,  and  they  have  proved 
most efficient in these lines.

But one-third  the  corps  in  Spring  & 
Company’s are women.  Their  work  is 
declared above reproach.  The wages  of 
women in these stores  range  from  $4.5o 
to $10 per week,  and  are  from  one-half 
to two-thirds as much as the men receive; 
but in these  cases,  one  must  take  into 
consideration that all the  heavier  work,
as well as more of  the  responsibility,  is 
placed on the men.

Grocers  find  more  and  more  use  for 
women.  Two  firms  on  Monroe  street 
have  recently  hired  women  as  clerks, 
simply  to  take  orders,  and  only  to fill 
such as people wish to  take  with  them. 
Such a place seems especially adapted  to 
a woman,  who finds it  easier  to  suggest 
new dishes  and  table  delicacies  in  the 
grocery  line  to  the  tired  housekeeper 
who asks for something new.

Many  places  in  china  and  glassware 
stores  can  be  better  filled  by  women. 
One merchant in such a store said:  “Yes, 
there  is  good  reason  why  there  are so 
many  women in our stores.  Ladies like 
to be waited on by  women.  They  know 
better what i9  wanted  and  are  careful. 
As to being  more  or  less  reliable  than 
men,  it is six one and  half  a  dozen  the 
other.  About pay ?  Well, it  is too bad, 
and  we  are  sorry,  but  it is a fact that 
women get much  less.  They  have  their 
homes and  work for pin money.  We can 
get young men, though,  to  work  for  $5 
or $6 a week.  My best woman gets more. 
She sees to everything,  dusts  dishes and 
all that.”

Occasionally,  a  woman is employed  by 
show  draperies.

a  furniture  firm  to 

As  one  large  furniture  dealer 
said, 
“Ladies  like  them  to  do  the matching. 
We had one jfoung  woman  here  several 
years  and  she  was  well  liked.  She 
earned $4 a week,  and 1 don’t know what 
she  would  have  done  without  a  home. 
But,  since one of our young men went to 
New York and studied  color  two  years, 
we do not need a  woman.”  When  asked 
if  he  knew  of  any  women  making  a 
special study of this subject,  he  replied, 
see  why 
“No,  but 
I  don’t 
they 
shouldn’t.”  Another 
large  furniture 
dealer  said,  “We  could  use  women all 
the while in designing rooms  in  private 
residences if they had studied  color  and 
harmony.  The  time is not distant when 
women  will  do this,  for they have a nat­
ural taste for this line of  work.”

Woman is just  as  important  a  factor 
in the office as in the store.  Women  are 
fast  fitting  into  the  routine  of  office 
work,  and  they  are  especially  apt  as 
copyists,  stenographers,  billing  clerks 
and  book-keepers,  and  there  is  scarcely 
an office without one or more of them.

In railroad  offices  women  are  chiefly 
employed as  stenographers. 
In  one  of 
the general offices  there  are  eight  sten­
ographers and one ticket counter.

The Western  Union  Telegraph  Office 
has  five women.  The  responsible  posi­
tion of delivery clerk is  sometimes  held 
by  a  man,  sometimes  a  woman.  The 
pay is the same in either  case.

One-half the clerks  in  the  Gas  Office 

are  women.

In  all these places they are  considered 
more accurate and  attentive to business, 
also less headstrong.

Girls have entirely supplanted  boys in 
the Telephone Exchange,  and they have 
succeeded because of  quickness and bet­
ter  disposition,  and  because  they  are 
easily controlled.  There are now thirty- 
five girls  employed.  The  first  year  an 
applicant  learns  the use  of  the  switch 
board and earns $15 a month.  When she 
becomes  competent,  her  wages  are  in­
creased  to  $30.  These  employes  are 
pleasant and obliging and seldom is fault 
found with them.  There is one girl  who 
has been in the service ten  years,  and in 
all that time not a  single  complaint  has 
been entered against her.

Such  are  the  opinions  held  by  some 
employers.  But there is  another side to 
the  matter.  Many  women  are  there 
whose earnings  mean more  than  simply 
pin money;  their wages  barely  pay  for 
the simplest food  and clothes,  and not a 
cent is left for books and other comforts, 
not to  mention  occasional  amusements. 
Sometimes they  are  compelled  to  work 
nights and  mornings  at  housework  for 
their  board.  Pathetic  tales  could  be 
told  of  the  unselfish  help  given  by 
women  to  their  families.  One  gentle­
man  who employes a number  of  women 
in his office said that every one  of  them 
either supports, or  helps  to  support,  a 
family.

But,  on  the  whole, 

to  an  outsider, 
women’s prospects are  steadily  growing 
brighter.  True,  positions  which  de­
mand little  preparation  can  always  be 
filled easily and so the wages  are  corres­
pondingly low.  But every day new lines 
of  business  are  offered  which  promise 
greater  opportunities  to  women.  But, 
in any kind of work,  when  a  women  is 
willing to  put  her  whole  heart  into  it 
and master it,  asking  no  privileges  on 
account of  sex,  she  is  sure  to  find  as 
I much room  at  the  top  as  her  brother,
I and her ability is as  quickly  recognized.
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Pacific— 

Hamilton Raven’tes 5 
staples  ...  5 
twill  dran.  6 
dragon c’h  8% 
Imperial solid cloth  5 
blue D G..  6% 
p’k, purple 5% 
India twill and  tur­
key red robes.......7%
.........334
Lodi  fancy 
“  shirtings__   354
Manchester fancies.  5 
mourn.  5 
“ 
Martha Washington
indigo  blu es.......4%
turkey  red............6%
fancies  ...................454
10%
blk & white pts.  .  5
Aventlne...............5
fancie- blk, white  5 
solid blk prints...  5 
fast color robes...  5it 
Bedford cords  ...  7% 
Passaic  fancies 
.  444 
“ 
clarion  rbs 5 
Peabody solid bl’k..  4t4 
“ 
solid  color  5% 
Simpson’s m’ing fac 5 
“ 
solid  bl’k 5 
crepon...  5%
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Imperial.....................8%
Swift CC.....................7
Swift » S ................... 8
Galveston  B............  8
Lenox........... ........... is
Kimono.....................17
Salem........................10
Warren......................11%

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Stan’rd  A percaleiu 
8
7%
Charter Oak fancies 3% 
Elberon solids • • • *..  4*
Fountain  red 
.........7%
cardinal.  5% 
Garner’s—
stand, ind.  blue.. W%
satines....  ..........  5»4
cardinals.............  8
Flower Pot............9%
mousseline ... .. ..   5v
Del Marine Mgs...  5
Quaker style  ___  5%
Harmony fancies...  4% 
chocolates 4 
Hamilton fancies...  4>4
TICK
Amoskeag A C A .... 11 %
Conostoga..............15
Hamilton N  ..............6%
KB...........  6%
EK.......... e%
»  ..........7%
BB........... 10%
AA.......... 10*

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,
Dry Goods Price Carrent.

UNBLEACHED CIOTTO» S.

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BLEACHED  COTTONS.

Adriatic................. 6%Clifton Arrow  B’nd 4M
Argyle....................
5
Atlanta AA............ 6
“  LL................ 4%
» Full Yard Wide....... 6%
Atlantic A .............
“  H .............
5% Georgia  A ............... 6M
“ 
P .............
5 Honest Width........
6
“ 
D .............
6 Hartford A  ............. 5
“  LL.............. 4% Indian Head............ 0%
Amor y ..................... 6%King A  A ................. 0%
Archery  Bunting.. 3* King EC.................. 5
Beaver Dam  A A .. 4% Lawrence  L L........ 4M
Blackstone 0,32...
5 Madras cheese cloth 644
Black Crow............ 6 Newmarket  G........ 5
Black  Rock  ..........
B ........ 4%
5%
Boot, AL................. 7
N ........ 6
Capital  A ...............
D D .... 5
6%
Cavanat V .............. 5%
X ....... 6
Chapman cheese cl 344 Nolbe R................... 5
Clifton CR ............ 5% Our Level  Best....... 6
Comet....................... 5* Oxford  R................. 6
Dwight Star............. 6« Pequot...................... 0%
Clifton CCC............ 5% Solar......................... 6
Top of the  Heap.... 7
A B C ......................
8MGeo. Washington ..  8
Amazon..................
.  7
8 Glen Mills...........
Amsburg................. -5% Gold Medal........
..  7%
Art Cambric.......... *0 Green  Ticket__
Blackstone A A __
Great Falls.........
••  6Q
Beats A ll................. 4 Hope....................
..  8%
Boston.................... 12 Just  Out........   444@  5
Cabot....................... 6 King  Phillip....... • •  744
Cabot,  % ................. 044
..  7%
Charter  Oak__ ...
5% Lonsdale Cambric..  944
Conway W.............
7% Lonsdale............ @  6%
Clevelan d ..............
6 Middlesex......... @  4%
Dwight Anchor— 7 No Name.............
• ■  7%
shorts 6 Oak View.......... ..  6
Edwards.................
6 Our Own.............
..  5%
7 Pride of the West -.11
Emptre....................
Farwell.................... 644 Rosalind.............
.. 7%
Fruit of the  Loom. 7% Sunlight..............
..  4%
Fitchville  ............. 7 Utica  Mills.........
. .   8%
First Prize.............. 6
“   Nonpareil ..10
Fruit of the L 00m 6%Vinyard...............
..  8%
Falrmount.............. 4M White Horse.......
..  6
Full Value.................. 0M “   Rock__
•  8%
Cabot............................... 0 Dwight Anchor..
. .   7
Farwell.......................... 7

HALF BLEACHED  COTTONS.

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Bleached. 
Housewife  Q ....
..6M
“ 
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..7
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“ 
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•8%
U......... ■ ■9M
»  
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“ 
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W...... 1044
“ 
X ........ .11%
“ 
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Z........ 13%
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Unbleached. 
..5%
Housewife  A.......
“ 
B .......
..5%
..6
C.......
‘ 
..6%
“ 
D.......
..7
E .......
‘ 
F .......
-7M
G___ ..7%
■ 
H ....... -744
* 
I .......
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J .......
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‘ 
K..........  9%
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•  M..  . ...IO71
N ..........11
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OABPXT WARP.

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CORSETS.
19 00 
.  900 
9 00 
4 SO

16 in.  “ 
36 in.  “ 
•>> in. Flannels  .. ■ 37%
36 in.
¿7 in. 
Wonderful. 
Brighton..  . 
Bortree’s  .... 
Abdominal..

Peerless, white__ .18% Integrity  colored.. .18
.16 White Star............. .17
colored..
.18% “  
Integrity...............
**  colored .19
DRESS GOODS.
Atlantic, 45 in...
3i% pacific  BAW........ . . 10%
Serge,45 in 32i4 Hamilton  grey mix.10%
“ 
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F ........
“ 
plains.. .. 10%
..  18% 36 in. fancy  __
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FF  ...
..15
...32%
. .18
Pacific.45  in  ...
..........
...30
“  AAÍ  ....
.......... ..2 '
“  At.......... .  ..28
“  TC.........
...20
..25
...16
“  MC........
..20
•4 50 
Coralino..........
Schilling's.. . .  
...  4 75 
Davis  Waists.. 
...  9 00 
... 15 00
Grand  Rapids
Naumkeag.................. 7  IBlddeford.................  5
Androscoggin..........7  I Rockport................... 5%
Armory.................. 6%|Pepperwell.................  7%
Moscow......................21  I Stratford................... 16
Alpha.....................2> 
Dundee.................   ..12% Holt 
........................ 16
ounkerhill.............  12* I Beaver Jean.............17
Woodstock  ..............15
Allen  dress goods..  4% 
“  Turkey red ...  4*4
“  robes.  ............5
American indigo b’l  4% 
shirting..  8»
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“ 
delaines 
“ 
b’lk white  4%
Arnold...............  ..  5
“  longclothA .il 
“ 
B.  7*
“ 
C.  6*
“  gold seal T R 654 

tonic........... ..is

COTTONADES,

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c o t t o n   u  RILL.

Atlanta,  D ...............  6Ji|Stark  A 
Boot.......................... 644 No  Name.............. 
Clifton, K 

............ 8
............   7  ITopof  Heap............  9

.  7%

DEVINS.

Lawrence, 9 os........12
N0. 220....II
No.250....  9%
No. 280 ___8
Everett, blue........... 10%
brown....... 10'%

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“  BB  ....... 
9%
“  CC.......................8%
Amosxeag, blue  .. .11%
9os.......13%
brow n .11%

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O INSHAMS.

Lancaster,  staple...  5
fancies__ 6
“ 
11  Normandie  6

Amoskeag................  5
“  Persian dress 6% 
Canton ..  7
“ 
AFC.........8%
“ 
Lancashire...............  444
Teazle...10% 
“ 
Manchester..............  444
“ 
Angola.. 10% 
Monogram................. 444
“ 
Persian..  7 
Normandie..............  6%
Arlington staple—   6% 
Persian....................... 644
Arasapha  fancy__ 444
Renfrew Dress.........7%
Bates Warwick dres  7%lRosemont.................6%
staples.  6
Slatersvllle..............6
Centennial..............  10%
Somerset...................7
Criterion................ 10%
Tacoma  ...................7%
Cumberland staple.  5%
Toll  du Nord.......... 8%
Cumberland.............5
Wabash.................... 7%
Essex........................ 4%
seersucker..  7%
Elfin.........................   7%
Warwick.................  6
Everett classics.......8%
Whittenden.............   8
Exposition............... 7%
heather dr.  7% 
Glen arle..................   6%
Indigo blue 9 
Wamsutta staples...  644
G ienarven.................644
Westbrook............... 8
Glenwood.................7%
Hampton..................5
.......................10
Johnson Chalón cl  %
Wlndermeer............ 5
Indigo blue 9%
York..........................644
zephyrs. ...16

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Amoskeag.................12  I Georgia.
Stark.................. . 
15% I.:............
American.................12 
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THREADS.

Clark’s Mile End... .45  IBarbour's.................95
Coats’, J. & P ..........45  Marshall’s  ...............90
Holyoke....................22%|

KNITTING  COTTON.

No.

..33
...34
...35
...36

6  ..
8...
10...
12...

White.  Colored
42
43
44
45

White.  Colored.
38 No.  14... ...37
39
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40
“  18... ...39
41
«  20... ....40
CAMBRICS.
Edwards.................  344
Lockwood..................344
Wood’s .....................  3*
Brunswick.............  3%

Slater..........................344
White Star..............  344
Kid Glove................   344
Newmarket................344

RED  FLANNEL.

Fireman...................27
Creedmore.............. 24
Talbot XXX............30
Nameless.................27%

T W ............................ 22%
F T ............................ 82%
J R F , XXX............. 25
Buckeye...................32%

MIXED  FLANNEL.

Red & Blue,  plaid. .40
Union R...................22%
Windsor...................18%
6 oz Western...........20
Union  B ..................22%
Nameless.
...  344
4%

Grey S R W.............. 17%
Western W .............. 18%
D R  P ........................16%
Flushing XXX.........23%
Manitoba..................23%
Nameless..

DOMET  FLANNEL.

.  8 
.  8% 
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CANVASS  AND  PADDING.
9%
10%
11%
12%

Slate. Brown. Black Slate
9%
9M to%
10% 11%
10%
11% 12
H%
12% 20
12%
DUCKS.
Severen, 80s ..............8
May land, 8oz..........   9
Greenwood, 7% oz..  9%
Greenwood, 8 os— 11%
Boston, 8 oz..............10

Brown. Black'
10%
11%
12
20
West  Point, 8 os__ 10
10os  ...12
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Raven, lOos..............12
Stark 
..............13%
Boston, 10 oz.............12%

10%
11%
12
20

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WADDINGS.

.88  10 
.  6 50
.  7 
.  8 
10%  
• 12%

White, dos................ 20 IPer bale, 40  dos
Colored,  dos............. 19 jColored 
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Royal.........................12%
Red Cross................. 7%
Laconia  ....................  9*
Victory  0 ..................6
Cortlcelll, dos........... 75  (Corticell!  knitting,

Victory  J __
“  M  .. 
“  KK. 
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SEWING  SILK.

twist, dos.  37 4  per %os  ball........ 30
50yd,dos..37%j
HOOKS AND ETES—PER GROSS.
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No 2—20, M C............45  INo 4—15  i  8%..........40

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8 
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FINS.

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8-18.S C .............40  I

No  2 White A Bl’k..l2  INo  8 White A Bl’k  20 
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SAFETY  PINS.
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NEEDLES—PER  M.

A. James.................. 1 401 Steamboat  ...............   40
Crovelv’s.................1 35 Gold  Eyed...............l  so
Marshall’s ................1 00|American..................1 00
15—4....1  65  6—4...2 80
5 -4 ....  1 75  6—4... 

TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.

COTTON T WINES.

Cotton Sail Twine. .28
Crown.......................12
Domestic................. 18%
Anchor.....................16
Bristol..........   .........18
Cherry  Valley.........15
'X L ........................18%
Alabama.................... 644
Alamance..................6 %
Augusta....................7%
Ar  sapha.................
Georgia......................62
Granite 
....................5
Haw  River................6
Haw  J ......................  5

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

Y‘ 

Mount  Pleasant__ 6%
iuelda.......................   5
Prymont.................   544
Randelman............... 6
Riverside.................   5%
Sibley  A ............. 
6%
Toledo 
Otis checks............... 7

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PLAID  OSNABURGS

PORTER  TO  PARTNERSHIP.

Progress  of  a  Clerk  Who  Was  Not 

Afraid  of Work.

An Old Merchant in Hardware.
When the drummer of to-day starts out 
after trade  with his  valise of  samples  in 
his hand,  he feels  something as 1 did the 
day I  got into the wagon and started  for 
Germantown.  The  expedition  was  my 
own  idea  entirely,  so  that if it  failed 1 
could not divide the failure with anyone. 
My  plan  was  to  inaugurate  a  weekly 
visit,  when I would  collect  butter,  eggs 
and cheese,  and anything  else the settle­
ment might have  to  sell,  and  pay  them 
either  in  goods or in  orders on the store 
for cash;  even  if  they  came  in  for  the 
cash,  it  would  be  worth  a great deal to 
get them into the store.
It was a  pleasant  day  and  my  hopes 
rose  with  the ride,  so that by the time  I 
reached the first house in  the  settlement 
I was in good spirits for  trade. 
I  drove 
up  to  the  gate  and  hitched  my  horse, 
while one of the windows  was  soon  full 
of faces watching me.  Mr.  Guggenheim 
opened  the  door  as  I  went  in the gate 
and gave me a "Wie geht’s?” in answer to 
my "Good morning.” 
I  was pretty  well 
acquainted with ail the settlers there,  so 
1 proceeded at once to business.
"Have you any  butter  or  eggs  for  me 
to-day,  Mr.  Guggenheim?”
"Butter an’ eggs?  You want some?”
"Yes,  sir;  I am  coming  around  every 
week for such things,  and  will  pay  you 
just the same as  we do in  the store;  or if 
you like better, 1 will  bring you groceries 
for them next week.”
"Yah, 1 will see.”  He  called  out  the 
good  wife  and  they  spoke  together  in 
German;  then they  brought out a pan  of 
butter  and a  few  eggs. 
I  weighed  and 
counted what they brought  me and  then 
tried to get their order for some  goods to 
be brought out the next  week,  but  it  all 
ended in my giving them an order on the 
store for the  amount  of  the  produce  in 
cash.
At the next house I  was  successful  in 
getting an  order for  goods for their pro­
duce.  Some of the  people looked  on me 
with  considerable  suspicion,  and  won­
dered why 1 did not bring the cash along 
with me,  but with  these I called in some 
one who knew me  and 1  got  their  stuff. 
As  a  result  of  my  day’s work,  1 carried 
back a very good load  of  produce,  some 
good orders for goods  to  bring  with  me 
the next week, and  1  had  opened  trade 
with several families whom we had never 
sold to before.
On the next Saturday the  people  with 
the cash orders came  in,  and there were 
none of them but did  some  trading with 
us  before they left the  store.  The  next 
time I went out  I had goods  to  deliver, 
and 1 came back  with  a  good  batch  of 
orders for the  week following.  Mr.  Ely 
considered my experiment a decided suc­
cess, and  when the  new  store started  we 
were sure of the trade in the German set­
tlement.
The new merchants started as  if  they 
were  going  to  run  out  of  trade  every 
other store in town.  They brought some 
of the city euterprise with them  that oue 
could see at a  glance  were  capital ideas, 
but they also had some notions that  were 
entirely out of place in the country.  The 
store was arranged with great  taste  and 
so  that  everything  was  convenient  for 
the  salesman;  the  country  was  flooded 
with glaring handbills  calling  attention 
to 
the  new  store,  and  staples  were 
quoted below cost,  bat  Mr.  Ely had been 
ahead of them  here.  He  reasoned  that 
they  would surely cut down prices,  first, 
because it was natural for a new  firm  to 
do it, and,  next,  because we were selling 
staples at what  was a  fair  profit,  while 
in the  city where  these  men  had  been 
living staples were sold at  cost  or  less. 
Then he said that if he were to cut down 
prices first many  people  in  the  country 
would give  him  the  benefit  of  the  de­
cline,  while if he  waited  until  the  new 
store was running  it  would  be  said  he 
was  forced  by  the  new  men  to  come 
down.  So  we  anticipated their opening 
and circulars, and sent out  ours, cutting 
prices down to the quick.  The new firm 
went a little below us  on  some  articles, 
but not enough to attract  attention,  and 
we could not say after  they were started 
that we felt their competition at all.

 

 

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40
25

50
25

dls.

dls.

OAFS.

CHALK.

coxbs. 

COPPEB,

n BILLS. 

OHISBLB. 

CBADLE&.

CBOW BABB.

OABTBIDOBS.

5

66
85
60

Cast Steel...................................................perl» 

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

White Crayons, per  gross................ 12©12# dls. 10

Ordinary Tackle, list April  1892..................60410

Grain.......................................................................40410

Curry,  Lawrence’s ............................................. 
H otchkiss.............................................................  

Rim  F ire............................................................... 
Central  Fire...................................................dls. 

Bly’s 1-10................................................... per m 
“ 
Hick’s  C. F .................................................. 
G. D .......  
Musket 
.............................................. 
“ 

Socket Firm er..................................................... 75410
Socket Framing...................................................75410
Socket Comer.......................................................75410
Socket S lic k s.......................................................75410
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer................................. 
40

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

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

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,
One day I was  standing  at  the  depot 
waiting for a coming  train,  when  I  ran 
across  the  senior  of  the  new  firm,  Mr. 
Haricot.  He  seemed  very  cordial,  and 
after a few minutes’  talk asked if  I  had 
made  any  engagement  with Mr.  Ely for 
any specified time. 
I told him I had not. 
Then he said  he  would  give  me  an  in­
crease over any salary I might be getting 
if I cared to leave Mr.  Ely and  work  for 
him. 
It  seemed  to  me  it  was  a  very 
mean way of  doing  things  between  two 
merchants,  but  I simply said I was  well 
satisfied with my position  at  Mr.  Ely’s, 
and  should  not care to change. 
I never 
mentioned this incident to  Mr.  Ely,  but 
when,  at the end of the  year,  he gave me 
$50 more than was  due me I  was  tolera­
bly  sure  that  he  had  heard  of  it from 
some one.
That $50 was the beginning of my bank 
account.  Mr.  Ely told me to do just what 
I pleased  with it,  and  mother  said  she 
did not need it.  1 determined at first that 
I  would  buy a watch with it;  then  I con­
cluded I would have the  "nobbiest”  suit 
of  clothes  in  the  town;  then I changed 
my mind and  was about to start a private 
library with it,  but I was  talking to  Mr. 
May about books and  he said  something 
that,  decided  me  to put it in the savings 
bank.
"Don’t begin to invest  very  heavily in 
the purchase of  books  just  yet,  Mark,” 
said he.  "If  you are  able to save a little 
money don’t put it where  you cannot get 
at it;  the day may not be far  off  when  a 
little ready money  will  be the making of 
you;  open a savings bank  account  wnen 
you have $5 saved,  and you will  feel like 
adding to it  whenever  you  can;  then  if 
you need your money it is where you can 
get  it.”
We had no  savings  bank  nearer  than 
the city,  but a  Tew  days  after  this  Mr. 
Ely sent me down there to pick out some 
groceries,  and  I  opened  an  account  in 
the  savings  bank  there. 
I  felt  myself 
quite a capitalist as I rode home.
For the next three months 1 was  toler­
ably busy.  Mr. Ely caught a severe cold 
that settled on his lungs,  and  for  twelve 
weeks he could not  come near the store. 
Mr.  May came in every evening  and  we 
made out orders for  goods together,  but 
during the day  I had  to  shoulder the en­
tire 
the  business. 
Fortunately  it  was  not  a  time  of  year 
when farmers were selling much of their 
products, and when it came to selling our 
goods I was nearly as well posted as was 
Mr.  Ely. 
In ordering  goods I  was with­
out any experience whatever; Mr.Ely had 
always done this without  consulting me, 
unless to ask about stock on hand.  So I 
made all our orders very  light  in  order 
to be on the safe side,  and the result was 
that  when Mr. Ely  was able to come  to 
the  store  we  were  very  low  in  goods. 
After he bad time to look the stock over, 
he decided it  would  pay  to  go to  New 
York  and lay in a good line of goods, and 
he determined,  too,  that I  could  do  the 
work there as  well as he,  so  he  told  me 
to get ready.  No one  but  a  clerk  who 
"has been there”  can realize my feelings 
as  I  carried  this  news  home  to  my 
mother.  I was so happy I slept  but little 
that night.

Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s........................ 
50
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings 
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings.... 
56
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings...
55
Door,  porcelain, trimmings...............
56 
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain.........
70
Russell 4  Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list
55
Mallory, Wheeler  4   Co.’s ...................
56 
Branford’s ............................................
56
Norwalk’s .............................................
55
Adze B ye............................................*16.00, dls. 60-10
Hunt B ye............................................ *15.00, dls. 60-10
Hunt’s .............................................*18.50, dls. 20410.
dls.
Sperry 4  Co.’s, Post,  handled.........................  
50
dls.
40
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s .......................................... 
40
“  P. 8. 4  W. Mfg. Co.’s  M alleables.... 
Landers,  Ferry 4  Cls rk’s ..................... 
40
“  Enterprise 
............................................ 
30
Stebbln’s  Pattern.................................................60410
Stebbln’s G enuine...............................................66410
Bnterprlse, self-measuring............................... 
30
Advance over  base,  on  both  Steel  and Wire.

Com. 4  piece, 6 In................................ do«, net 
75
Corrugated.................................................... dls 
so
Adjustable.....................................................dls. 40410
30
Clark’s, small, Ii8;  large, 126.......................... 
Ives’, 1, *18:  2, *24;  3,*30................................. 
25
D lsston's.......................................................... 60410-10
New American  ..............................................60410-10
Nicholson’s .....................................................60410-0
Heller’s 
50
Heller’s Horse Rasps
50

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

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

responsibility  of 

14 
eAuess. 

28
26
23
23
22
50
50
50

knobs—New List. 

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

piles—New List. 

mauls. 
bills. 

MOLASSES SATES. 

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

DBtFFIKS PAHS.

locks—DOOB.

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

Discount, 70

B A LV A N IZSD  IB O H .

dls.
dls.

BLBOWS.

N A IL S

6 #
06

dls.

28
17

dls.

dls.

dls.

dig.

13 

12 

15 

7

H A M M ERS.

“ 35

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H IN O ES.

H A N SX B S. 

HOLLOW  W A BB.

H OUSE  P U B H IS H IH e  SO O D 8.

Maydole  4  Co.’s .........................................dls. 
26
Kip’s ............................................................ dls. 
25
Yerkes 4  Plumb’s ................................................ dls. 40416
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel........................... 30c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel  Hand__ 80c 40410
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2 ,3 .................................dls.60410
State...............................................per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12 In. 4#  14  and
longer............................................................. 
3#
Screw Hook and  Bye, # ..........................net 
10
8#
“  %...........................net 
“ 
7*
X ...........................net 
“ 
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“  %...........................net 
7#
Strap and T ................................................dls. 
Bn
d l s .
5041C
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track 
Champion,  antl-frlctlon................................  60410
Kidder, wood track........................................  
40
Pots..................................................................... 60410
Kettles.................................................................60410
Spiders  ..............................................................6041C
Gray enameled..................................................40410
Stamped  TlnWare..................................new list 79
Japanned Tin Ware........................................  
25
Granite Iron W are....................... new 11s 
at
Blight........................................................  70410410
Screw  Byes.................................................70410410
Hook’s ..........................................................70410410
Gate Hooks and B /es...........................  
70410410
dls.7o
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s .......................
Sisal, #  Inch and larger 
Manilla..............................................................  10
dls.
Steel and  Iron...................................................7:410
Try and Bevels................................................. 
00
Mitre.................................................................  
2C
Com.  Smooth. Com.
*S> 50
2 60
2 70
2 80
2  90
3 00
Inches

Nos. 10 to 14.................... .................. 13  50
Nos. 15 to 17.................... ...................  3 50
Nos.  18 to 21.................... .................  4 05
Nos. 22 to 24.................... ...................3 55
Nos. 25 to 26.................... .................. i  65
No. 27................................ .................. 3 75
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19, ’8 6 ........................................ dls. 
Silver Lake, White A .................................list 
Drab A ....................................  “ 
White  a ..................................  1 
Drab B.....................................  “ 
White C.............................. 

50
50
55
50
55

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

w i s e   h o o d s . 

SAND PA P B B .

SH E E T   IBO N .

SASH OOBD.

s q u A B E s . 

l e v e l s . 

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B O PES.

d l s .

7

Discount, 10.

SASH  W EIG H TS.

d l s .

d lS .

s a w s . 

w i b e . 

T R A PS. 

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

“ 
Silver Steel  Dia. X Cuts, per foot,__  
“  Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot__  
“  Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot__  
“  Champion  and  Klee trie  Tooth  X
Cuts,  per  foot................................................. 

Solid Byes................................................ per ton *20
20
70
50
30
30
Steel, Game........................................................60410
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ................. 
40
Oneida Community, Hawley * Norton’s..7C-10  10
Mouse,  choker...................................... 15cperdo»
Mouse, delusion..................................11.25 per dos
d l s .
Bright Market.....................................................70-10
Annealed Market.............................................  
75
Coppered Market.............................................  
70
Tinned Market................................................   62#
Coppered  Spring  Steel...................................  
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized............................   2 50
painted..................................  a  10
Au  Sable  ............................................. dls.  40410
dls.  05
Putnam.............................................. 
dls. 10410
N orth western................................... 
d l s .
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled...................... 
30
Coe’s  Genuine................ 
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought.............  
75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable.................................. 75416
d ig .
B irdcages.......................................................  
50
Pumps, Cistern............................................ 
75410
Screws, New List...................................... 7041i 410
Casters, Bed  a  d  Plate.............................50410410
Dampers,  American.......................................  
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods........65410

M ISCELLANEOUS. 

HOBBS  N AILS.

W B EN C H SS. 

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ZINC.

26c
28c

METALS,
pie tin.
Pig  Large.................................
Pig Bars.....................................
Duty :  Sheet, 2#c per pound.
6#
660 pound  casks.......................
Per pound..................................
7
SO LDBB.
* © #.........................................................16
Extra W iping.....................................................   15
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder In the market indicated by nr] vate brands 
1 20
vary according to composition.
ANTIM ONY.
Cookson............. .............................per  pound
Hallett’s .......................................... 
13
TIN—NBLTN a BADS.
10x14 IC, Charcoal...............................................* 7  50
7  50
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
9  25
14x20 IX, 
9  25

Bach additional X on this grade, (1.75.

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TIN—ALLAWAY »BADS.

10x14 IC,  C harcoal............................................. 
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
14x20 IX, 

Bach additional X on this grade (1.50.

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6  75
8  25
9  25

B oon xe PLATES

 
 

 
 

14x20 IC, 
14X 20IX, 
20X28  IC, 
14X 20IC , 
14X 20IX  
20X28  IC, 
20x28 IX, 
14x28 IX ................................... 
14X31  IX ......................................................................  15 00
14X56!X ;for N 0.8B0Uer., ^

“  Worcester..............................   6  so
“ 
8  50
18  50
“ 
“  Allaway  Grade..................  
6  00
7  50
’ 
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12  50
15  50
“ 
BOILBB SIZE TIN PLATE.
»14  00
 
  pouna....  10 W

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Hardware Price Current.

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

ausubs Aim bits. 

Snell’s .....................................................................60410
Cook’s ..................................................................... 
40
Jennings’, genuine............................................. 
25
Jennings’,  Im itation.......................................... 50&10

AXES.

“ 
1 
1 

First Quality,8 . B. Bronze...............................t   5 50
D.  B. Bronze...............................   i l   00
S. B. 3. Steel................................   6  50
D .B . Steel..................................   13 00

babbows. 

dls.
Railroad....................................................112 00  14 00
Garden......................................................... net  30 00
dls.
Stove........................................................................ 50410
Carriage new list  ................................................75410
Plow ........................................................................ 40410
Sleigh shoe...........................................................  
70

bolts. 

a 

B U C K ETS.

Well,  plain  ......................................................... $ 3  50
W ell,sw ivel...............................................................  4 00
Cast Loose Pin, figured...................................... 7041-
|  Wrought Narrow, bright Oast Joint  40  ___80410

B U T T S, OAST. 

dlS.

 

 

Steel nails, base............................................................l 85
Wire nails, base............................................................1 35
60......................................................................Base Base
50...............................................................  
10
40............................................................... 
25
26
30...............................................................  
20........... 
35
16...............................................................  
45
45
1 2 .............................................................  
50
10............................................................... 
60
8................................................................. 
7 4 6 .......................................................... 
75
4 ................................................................. 
90
3 ........................................................................  
2................................................................  
1  60
F ln e S ......................................................  
160
Case  10....................................................  
65
8 ....................................................  
75
90
6 ..................................................... 
75
Finish 10.................................................. 
90
8 ................................................... 
8 ................................................. 
10
Clinch; 10................................................. 
70
80
8 ................................................. 
6 ..  ............................................ 
90
Barren % ................................................. 
175
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fa n c y ......................................  ©4i
bclota  Bench....................................................  
©50
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fan cy.............................  ©40
Bench, first quality.............................................  ©40
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s  w ood............. 50410
Fry,  A cm e....................................................dls.60—10
Common,  polished..................................... dls. 
70
dls.
Iron and  Tinned.................................................50—10
Copper Rivets and Burs..................................  50—10

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FLAHB8. 

BIVBTS. 

PAMS.

dlS.

PATENT PLANISHED IBOH.

"A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10  20 
“ B” Wood’s  pat. planished, N o s.25t o 27...  9  20 

Broken packs # o  per pound extra.

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W EDNESDAY  JANUARY  23.
COQUETTING  WITH  CRIME.

In  the  earliest  times  those  authorita­
tive  rules  of  action  which  are  denom­
inated laws were  based on the  principles 
of honor and morality.  A  man  has  the 
right to  do  anything,  provided  bis  act 
does  not  work  damage  to any other in­
dividual.  Therefore,  no one has  a right 
to injure  another.

Upon this maxim is  based the right  to 
je  secure  from  attacks  upon life,  limb, 
liberty,  property  and  character.  Gov­
ernment is  founded  upon  the  necessity 
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these rights may  be  protected  and  inva­
sions upon them punished.  Honor is the 
sentiment which grows out of  a  recogni­
tion of these rights,  and  is  the  expres­
sion  of  a  desire  to  see  them protected 
and  maintained.

The honest man,  desiring not to wrong 
any one by infringing on  his rights,  will 
not  only  obey  the  regulations  that  are 
made for the protection  of  those  rights; 
but when  there  is  such  a  violation  by 
others,  although  the  wrong  does  not 
touch him,  he realizes that it is a blow at 
justice and a disturbance of the order  of 
society,  and he wishes to seethe intruder 
or malefactor brought to  proper  punish­
ment.

Here is the true basis of honesty,  honor 

and good citizenship.

But in  a material age  like the present, 
when  money  means  so  much  in  social 
life,  when wealth is the key  to  political 
and social  power,  and the  only means  of 
securing  the  enjoyment  of  luxury  and 
ease, the struggle for material prosperity 
becomes  the  chief  object  with  a  large 
portion  of  the  population,  and the con­
tention grows so keen that not a few will 
adopt questionable  means  to  secure  the 
object of their desire.

By the growth  and  prevalence of  such 
a  state  of  affairs,  it  becomes necessary 
for  many  persons  who  have  not  been 
overscrupulous in the attainment of their 
object  to  take  measures  for  their  own 
protection,  and,  in the discussion of such 
subjects,  the  law-writers  have  come  to 
draw very fine  lines  of  demarcation  be­
tween those  acts  which,  while  not  fair 
and honest,  are,  nevertheless,  not  abso­
lutely  criminal.

It becomes of  extreme  importance  for 
men to know just how far they can go on 
a course of selfish disregard for the rights

of others, and  $et  not  place  themselves 
in jeopardy of  the  penalties  of  an  out­
raged  law,  and  whereas it was intended 
in the beginning that honor  and  honesty 
and law  should  be  very  closely  allied, 
there  has  grown  up  between 
them  a 
wide gap;  so,  while the law  does  not  in 
direct terms sanction and  permit  wrong­
doing,  means are  found  to  dedace  from 
it a  virtual  excusing  of  the  wrongdoer.
Any  decay  in  the  legal  standard  of 
right and  wrong  necessarily  infects  the 
sentiment  of  which  social  honor  is the 
expression,  and,  in  consequence,  there 
is a gradual falling away from  the  orig­
inal standards of commercial  honor.  As 
to political  honesty,  that  was the first  to 
fail.  The Government is  an  impersonal 
thing. 
It is not  an  individual,  or  even 
an organization  of  individuals. 
It  is  a 
something 
that  represents  the  whole 
body  of’the  people;  the  fund  which  is 
called  public  money  is  a  contribution 
from the  masses  of  the  population. 
It 
really belongs to  nobody,  and, therefore, 
there is nobody to complain if it be made 
away  with. 
In  this  way  political  job­
bery comes to be a common affair,  and so 
the public money  becomes  an  object  of 
desire  by  persons both in and out of  of­
ficial position.

But when the  infection  of  dishonesty 
once begins to  work upon  men,  where  is 
it to stop?  Who  shall  set  limits  to  its 
ravages?  Like any other dangerous  and 
damaging infection, it spreads  from  one 
to another until it has implanted its con­
tagious poison  far  and  wide  in  a  com­
munity  where  it  has  once  taken  hold. 
Men  who have  no  scruples  in  engaging 
in a piece of political jobbery,  but would 
not do a  dishonest  act  in  private  busi­
ness,  finally lose sight of the line between 
public corruption and private dishonesty, 
and cross it without  giving  the matter  a 
second thought.

Then comes the  necessity  for drawing 
a line, on one side of which  questionable 
transactions may be carried on  with  im­
punity,  while,  on  the  other  side,  the 
door  of  the  felon’s  cell  yawns  for  the 
criminal.  How  often  has  it  been  that 
solicitous  friends,  suddenly  alarmed  at 
the  revelations  of  suspicious  transac­
tions,  have  with  anxious  care  investi­
gated  the  matter,  and,  being  assured 
upon competent advice that  the  conduct 
which had aroused apprehension stopped 
just short of the  penitentiary  gate,  were 
forced to  be  content  that  the  wrongdo­
ing had not proceeded  quite to the limits 
of felonious  crime.

But  is  not  the  standard  of  private 
honor just as high as ever  it  was?  T h e 
Tr a d e sm a n fully believes so.  But it  is 
possible  that  it  is  less  generally  es­
teemed. 
It is possible that  the  criminal 
corruptionist  is  more  readily  excused 
than  formerly. 
It  is  possible  that  the 
frightful mien of the monster, crime, has, 
through  too  much  association,  become 
less  revolting. 
It  is  possible  that  the 
social and political  success  of  men  who 
have reached their positions by question­
able,  or more  than  questionable,  means 
has  directed  attention  away  from 
the 
methods by  which  that  success  was  at­
tained.

There is every  reason  to  believe  that 
human nature is  marching  on  to  better 
things,  to a  higher state of honor,  virtue, 
piety and happiness.  Such a result is in 
accord  with  all 
the  prophecies,  both 
sacred  and  profane.  But  it  would  be 
most premature to believe  that this state 
of perfection is near  at  hand.  There  is

yet to be a great deal of  sloughing off  of 
unscrupulous  selfishness  and  reckless 
crime.  That happy day  will come in its 
own good time;  bnt there must  yet  be  a 
long waiting  for  it,  and  much  work  of 
preparation by mankind.  Let  the  work 
go on, at least.
STUDYING RAILWAYS  IN  COLLEGE
Several of the principal American uni 
versifies are giving  particular  attention 
to  the  various  branches  of  economic 
science  and  philosophy.  The  Uni 
versify of Pennsylvania  has a professor 
ship of  journalism,  and  the  University 
of Chicago has  introduced  into  its  sys 
tern a coarse of study on  railroads.

It  is not expected  that any theoretical 
knowledge of newspaperdom,  or of  rail 
roads,  or  of  any  other 
system  of 
economics  which  unites  practical  ac 
quaintance  with the  details of a com pi i 
cated business with an exact professional 
experience can  be of  much assistance to 
the  intending  journalist  or  the  incipi 
ent railway  manager, but it is  bound  to 
be valuable as a part  of  a good  general 
education.

A business man,  or any sort of  profes 
sional person, in this wonderful age, can­
not know  too  much  about  the  general 
matters of life,  while a wide  and  varied 
acquaintance with every class of facts  is 
invaluable to the  lawyer,  the  journalist 
and the statesman.  The American people 
run greatly to politics,  and  any man  who 
hopes  to be able to legislate intelligently 
on the  various  subjects  which,  in  this 
age of wonderful progress,  go  before the 
the law  makers of the  country  ought to 
know  something  about 
the  practical 
affairs of the business that  may  be  said 
to move the world.

In connection with the  study  of  rail­
ways  in  the  Chicago  University,  the 
Railway  Review  of  that  city  remarks 
that  a  system  of lectures  is  in  use by 
which  practical  railway  men  come  by 
invitation for the purpose of the  presen­
tation and  discussion  of  some  topic  ii 
connection  with the management of  rail 
roads.  This practice has resulted in giv­
ing to that institution an  amount  of  in­
formation  on  railway  topics  not  pos­
sessed by any  other.

Chicago is one of the greatest  railway 
centers in any country,  and men  can  be 
found there  who are well versed in  any 
department  of  railway  practice.  The 
commerce of this great  country  is  most 
intimately associated  with  railways,  and 
the  regulation  of  these  great  carriers 
has  been  already  made  the  subject  of 
legislative enactment,  and will  be in  the 
future to a  still  greater  extent.  A  fair 
knowledge of their  operations,  of  their 
organization, of their  earnings  and  ex­
penses,  of the relation  of  freight  rates 
to agriculture and other  industries,  is of 
the  greatest  importance  to  those  who 
write about them and to those who  legis­
late on the subject.  The railway course 
in the Chicago  University  is  an  impor­
tant addition to its facilities for  impart­
ing instruction.

THE  CURRENCY  PROBLEM.

Now that it has  been  shown  that  the 
Carlisle currency bill  cannot pass,  it has 
become  equally  apparent  to  the  entire 
country that  a  currency  reform  bill  is 
urgently  needed.  So  general 
that 
conviction 
that  conservative  journals, 
and particularly the  financial  ones,  are 
found  urging  that  this  same  Congress 
which  has  just  shown  its  inability  to 
the  Carlisle  bill  should,
agree  upon 

is 

nevertheless,  pass  some  other  measure 
remedying the  defects  in  our  currency 
system before adjourning on March 4.

It is now certain that no mere partisan 
measnre will  pass.  Tfie Democrats will 
be unable to push  through  a  bill  which 
does not conciliate the silver people, and, 
even if that element of the  party  should 
be cajoled into voting  for a measure, the 
Republicans  would  antagonize  it  to  a 
man. 
If  any  currency  bill  is  to  be 
passed at this session,  therefore,  an  ap­
peal must be  made  to  the  conservative 
forces in Congress,  irrespective of party, 
and some  measure  must  be  introduced 
which will  commend itself  to  the  busi­
ness and financial interests of  the  coun­
try.

Already a  number  of  measures  have 
been brought forward to  take  the  place 
of the  discredited  Carlisle  bill.  All  of 
these have more or less  merit,  but  they 
have also the taint of partisanship about 
them,  and,  consequently,  afford  little 
hope of success.

To have the least  chance  of  securing 
the support of the conservative elements 
of both Democrat and Republican parties, 
a bill must provide,  first,  for  the  retire­
ment as speedily as possible of  the  legal 
tender  notes,  and,  second,  for  the  is­
suance of a well-secured bank  currency. 
A bill  which does  not  accomplish  these 
two requisites must fail  of  its  purpose, 
and probably would not be able  to  pass; 
but an  attempt to accomplish  much  more 
than  this  would  be  equally  abortive. 
Any attempt to bring  the silver problem 
into  the  agitation  for  currency  reform 
would only confuse matters  and make it 
impossible to secure the passage  of  any 
measure.

The  repeal  of  the  silver  purchasing 
clause of the Sherman  bill  was  brought 
about at the very outset  of  the  term  of 
the present  Congress  by  a  combination 
of the conservative forces in both parties. 
What was then  accomplished could be as 
easily  brought  about  again  before  the 
final adjournment on  March  4.  For  the 
administration  to  abandon  ail  further 
efforts to  pass  a  currency  reform  bill, 
owing to the refusal  of  Congress  to  ac­
cept  the  Carlisle  measure,  would  be  a 
woeful lack of courage.

To  those  familiar  with  the  delibera­
tion in  preparing for a change in  the ad­
ministration  of this Government and the 
mprobability, amounting  almost  to  an 
impossibility  of  the  resignation  of  its 
chief magistrate, the story of the revolu­
tion  in  the  French  administration  last 
week is almost  incomprehensible,  and at 
first glance suggests  the idea  of  a  lack 
of  stability  in  the  republican  form  of 
government  in 
that  ccuntry.  On  the 
contrary,  however,  nothing  could  have 
occurred  to  demonstrate  more  forcibly 
the  strength  to  which  the  principles  of 
republicanism  have  grown  there.  The 
enemies  to  this  form  of  government 
were  instantly  at  the  front.  The Bour­
bon  pretender  was  ready  with  mani­
festo  of  willingness  to  take  his  throne, 
which excited  only  derision;  while  the 
socialists and anarchists were as  quickly 
and  more  actively  manifest.  With 
French  vivacity  and 
they 
made  the  assembly  almost  a  bedlam 
during  the  election:  but 
result 
howed  them  in  such  an  insignificant 
minority  that 
there  is  hut  little  to  be 
apprehended  from  them  in  French  pol­
itics.

toleration 

the 

T H E   M I C H I G A N   T R A lD E S N C A lN

9

nineteen years,  commencing  with  1876, 
the  railroads  sold  out  in  bankruptcy 
were in number 593, embracing a mileage 
of 62,926,  and carrying a stock and  bond 
debt  of  §3,528,125,000,  or  largely  more 
than three thousand  million  dollars, 
it 
should seem certain  that in  the  end  the 
railways will settle  down  to such a basis 
as that they can  be  operated  profitably. 
They  could  not  pay  their  way through 
excessive inflation followed by periods of 
collapse,  and they  have  been  compelled, 
one by one, to succumb to the storm, and, 
cutting away  their  useless  and  danger­
ous  tophamper,  endeavor  to  make  way 
under  such  scant  sail  as  they  may  be 
able to hoist in such  hurricane  weather. 
It is only by such a course  that they can 
hope to get safely  into  port. 
It  is  only 
on such a basis of caution and close-reef­
ing  that  any  business  should  be  con­
ducted in such a stormy season.

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 
not discover.

RAILWAY  BANKRUPTCY  IN  1894.
With the new year  comes  the  settling 
of accounts,  and that  proves to  be  judg­
ment  day  with  too  many  business con­
cerns which have not been able to  breast 
all the storms of 1894.

It Is very generally  conceded  that  the 
railways are a  pretty  fair  index  of  the 
financial  condition  of  the  country  and 
faithful reflectors of its prosperity or the 
lack of it.  A glance  at the  statement of 
the receiverships and  the sales  in  bank­
ruptcy  of  American  railways  for  1894 
gives some  important  particulars on  the 
subject.

Timely information in this  direction is 
furnished by the  Chicago  Railway  Age, 
which is high authority  in  matters  con­
cerning  the  railways  of  the  country. 
From the figures that have been gathered 
by actual  transactions,  it is  seen  that  in 
1894  over  7,000  miles  of  railway, 
in- 
cumbered by  a stock and  bond  indebted­
ness  of  about  §396,000,000,  have  gone 
into the hands of  receivers;  while  about 
6,000 miles,  with a  funded  indebtedness 
of  more  than  §319,000.000,  have  been 
sold out under  foreclosure  of  mortgage.
More detailed  information is worth  at­
tention.  The figures of the Railway Age 
show that most  of  the  defaulting  roads 
are located  in  the  West  and  South,  al­
though  six  of them hail from  New York 
and the contiguous  State of New  Jersey. 
None  of  the  New  England  States  are 
represented,  nor  are  Pennsylvania  and 
Ohio,  notwithstanding  their  great  rail­
way mileage and  continued  additions  to 
it.  The  fact  that  Kansas,  Nebraska, 
Texas and  some  of  the  other  states  in 
which  railway  operation  has been noto­
riously unprofitable do not  figure  largely 
in the record for last year is  explainable 
by  the  single  statement  that  a  large 
share of their railway  mileage  has  been 
bankrupt for some years.

The largest items in the  list  are  made 
up by  the  appointment  of  separate  re­
ceivers for four  companies  that  formed 
parts  of  two  great  systems  which  con­
fessed bankruptcy last year,  the Atlantic 
and Pacific and Colorado  Midland, of the 
Santa Fe system,  and  the  Oregon  Rail­
way  and  Navigation  and  Oregon  Short 
Line,  previously forming part of the Un­
ion  Pacific.  These four roads,  whose in­
solvency really  was  announced  in  1893, 
represent 3,696 miles, and §183,768,000 of 
bonds and stock,  or  52  per  cent,  of  the 
mileage and 46 per cent, of  the  capitali­
zation,  showed in the list of receiverships 
for 1894.  With  these  great  failures  de­
ducted the record of the  past year would 
be less appalling,  though  it  would  still 
greatly  exceed  that  of  every  year  be­
tween 1885 and 1892;  while,  if they  were 
credited to 1893,  the  bankruptcy  figures 
of that year would be indeed overwhelm­
ing.

As to cases of foreclosure,  during 1894 
there were forty-two railways brought to 
the block,  having an  aggregate  of  5,643 
miles,  with  §164,216,000  of  bonds  and 
§154,783,000 of  capital  stock,  or  an  ag­
gregate of §318,998,000 of securities.  The 
Richmond and  Danville,  and  East  Ten­
nessee, Virginia and  Georgia,  and  their 
dependencies,  furnished a large share  of 
the mileage and capitalization of this for­
midable  list.

The results of the great financial  panic 
of  1893  were  necessarily  carried  over 
into 1894,  and all this bankruptcy means, 
at least,  a settling up of the old scores of 
misfortunes which  occurred  before  1894 
was  born.  The  figures  show  that  iu

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Pathetic  Picture  of  Daily  Life  during 

the  Panic.

Of  course,  you’ve  read  about it in  the 
papers,  sir.  There  didn’t  seem  ter  be 
much else in  them,  one  time.  A  bank 
failin’  here,  an’  another  one there,  an’ 
some  big  concern  that  everybody  sup­
posed  was  worth  millions,  going  ter 
smash.  An’  maybe, 
seeing  yer’  a 
writer  ye’self,  an’ imaginin’ is sort o’ yer 
perfession,  yer’ve  “ imagined”  how  the 
working class felt about  the hard times, 
an’  hev’ taken a  satisfaction  layin’  the 
blame  on  Cleveland,  or  the  folks  that 
passed the  Silver  bill.  But  I  tell  yer, 
sir,  there can’t no  imaginin’  nor  news­
papers,  nor  hearsay—nothin  but  jest 
havin’ be’n ther’  yerself, make yer  real­
ize  the  feelin’  that  comes  over  a  man 
when  he  walks  up ter git  his  Saturday 
pay,  an’ in the envelope is  a  slip  sayin’ 
the  force  must  be  cut  down,  an’  he 
won’t  be needed there any more.

too.  An’ 

It don’t so much matter  if  he’s  alone 
in the  world,  but  it  generally  happens 
he ain’t.  An’  when I read that slip,  the 
first thing I thought wa’n’t  about  gittin’ 
another place, or bein’ dissappointed my­
self, but the  way my  wife  would 
look 
when I broke the  news  ter  her.  There 
though 
was  the  little  girl, 
children  of  twelve  ain’t  supposed 
ter 
know  much  about  money  affairs,  she. 
bein’  the only one,  an’  old fer her  age, 
has got ter  understandin’  things most as 
well  as  her  mother.  She  aint’  very 
strong,  an’ we’d planned  ter save up an’ 
give her a little trip out  in  the  country 
through  August—hire  her  boarded  ter 
some old  farm-house,  where  she  could 
have  her fill of country air an’ be  ready 
fer school again in the fall.

I 

teli  yer,  sir,  I  never  had  many 
chances.  Worked out summers an’ went 
ter school  winters  until  I  was  fifteen, 
an’  then come  into the  city ter  learn  a 
trade.  An’  my wife had ter keep  house 
fer  her father  until  the  old man  died, 
an’ then she married me,  so her  ederca- 
toin  ain’t  much  ter  boast  of,  either. 
But we’d talked it  over  between us,  an’ 
made  up  our  minds  ’at  our  little  girl 
should  have  a  show—go  through  the 
high school, an’  through  college,  too,  if 
she wanted,  an’  keep on just as  long as 
we was able to work for her.

“Never  mind,”  says my wife,  when  I 
come home,  blue enough,  an’  she  found 
out what was  the  matter.  “Yer’ll  have 
ter git another place.  An’,  if  yer  don’t, 
the shops will start up in a week or two, 
an’  a little vacation will do yer good.”

I wa’n’t so sure about the shops startin’ 
up, but I’d always held ’at a strong, able- 
bodied  man  that  kep’  away  from  rum 
could find work  somewhere,  an’  so  the 
next Monday  mornin’  1 started  out  ter 
look fur it.  1 tried  the  machine  shops 
they  was  all 
first—no  chance  there; 
runnin’  short,  an’  some  o’ 
them  just 
laughed when  1 asked fur a job.

“ You’re the  seventh  that’s  be’n  here 
this mornin’,”  one boss said.  “What do 
yer  suppose  we  want  of  yer  when  we 
can’t keep our own hands employed?”

Times  was  hard,  1,  knew  an’  that 
wa’n’t much more than  1 expected;  but 1 
hadn’t reckoned on  gittin’  the  same  an­
swer every place.  I wa’n’t partic’lar after 
a  while. 
them  all—grocery | 
stores,  an’  butcher  shops,  an’  express- 
mans,  an’  woodyards.  An’  every  time 1 
come home my wife  would  ask,  meanin’ Ii
to  make  her  voiee  sound  as  if  she

I  tried 

| wa’n’t much concerned,  “Well,  did  you 
find any work to-day?”  An’  I  would an- 
I swer  as cheerful  as I  could,  because of 
little  Nell takin’ in  every word we  said, 
“No,  didn’t seem ter git along very well 
to-day.  Presume likely I’ll strike some­
thin’ 
to-morrow.”  But  the  next  day 
things would go  on  jest  the  same,  an’ 
finally  I begun  ter feel discouraged.

We hadn’t  much  laid  by. 

I’d  taken 
out a three  thousand  life  insurance,  in 
case anythin’  should happen ter me; but, 
when  times  are  prosperous,  folks  git 
into the notion of thinkin’  they’re  goin’ 
ter  continue that way,  an’  spendin’  the 
money  as  it comes.  An’  there was  the 
rent  ter  pay,  the  same  as  if  I  was  ter 
work.  An’ the grocer  sent in word he’d 
got ter have cash hereafter; he  hated  ter 
ask it but hard times was  pinchin’  him. 
I pawned my watch—a  silver one,  but it 
brought  a little—an’  the ring I gave my 
wife once for her birthday,  an’  a  locket 
of  little Nell’s.  An’  one night yer might 
’a’ seen me sneakin’ out o’ the  back door 
with  my  winter  overcoat  done  up  in  a 
bundle.  Another time  it was  my wife’s 
silk dress, an’ then the rug in the parlor; 
always  at  night,  though, fur,  however 
poor a man is.  it hurts his pride ter have 
his  neighbors  know  be  hain’t  had 
foresight  enough ter  provide  fur a  day 
like this.

Yer  remember  that  hot  spell  we  had 
the last part o’ July? 1 come home one o’ 
them  days,  when  I’d  be’n  lookin’  fur 
work,  ter find Nell lyin’ on the sofy with 
hardly  strength  to 
raise  her  head, 
though she did try ter brighten  up  when 
she saw me.

An’ then my wife said she’d  be’n  sort 
o’ ailin’ fur a week or two, but the  little 
thing had made her promise not  ter  tell, 
“because  papa  had  so  much ter worry 
him now, an’  he’d want ter git  a doctor, 
an’ she was sure he couldn’t afford it.

There  was  just  two  dollars  in  my 
pocket—every cent I  had in the  world— 
but she had that doctor  in iess than half 
an  hour.  He  laughed  an’  tole  her  he 
guessed  she’d  be’n playin’ too hard,  an’  a 
little medicine’d make  her all right,  but 
when  he  got  me  out  in  the  hall  he 
looked  grave.  “I 
find  considerable 
trouble  with  the  heart,”  he  said;  “no 
settled  disease,  but  it  is  in  a  highly 
irritable  condition,  an’  she  seems much 
run  down.  Has  she  be’n  frettin’  over 
anythin’?  Anythin’ on her mind?”

I told him I was out o’  work and I pre­

sumed she was botherin’ about  that.

“Oh, yes; she sees you lookin’  gloomy, 
I suppose,  and it reacts  on  her.  Now  I 
am  goin’  ter  speak  plainly  with  yer. 
Cheerfulness  is  one thing  yer  daughter 
must  have.  1  cannot  answer  for  the 
consequences if  this  anxiety  continues. 
Send  her inter the country for a  mouth; 
or,  if  yer  can’t  afford  ter  do  that,  yer 
must keep her from frettin’  about things 
she cannot help.  As fer the bard times, 
most  people  are  worrying  themselves 
unnecessarily.  There  is  no  cause  for 
the  depression except a temporary  lack 
of confidence.  Business  will  be  in  full 
swing by the  middle of October.”

He  meant  it  kindly,  I  know,  but  1| 
stood  there  an’ 
looked  after  him  an’ { 
wondered what difference  it would make 
what happened  by  the  middle  of  Octo- I 
bev, if a man  couldn’t see his way  clear 
to livia’  through August.

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An’  when all that failed I sit down  on a 
curbstone,  an’ looked at the people ridin’ 
by in  their  carriages,  an’  wondered  if 
’twas  the  way  the  Lord  intended  it— 
that  some  should  have  everythin’  an’ 
others  nothin’—an’  almost  scared  my­
self with the curses that kep’  cornin’  in­
ter  mind,  when I  thought  how  easy  it 
would have been  fer  them  to  help  me, 
an’ 
they  wouldn’t.  “Come,  move  on 
here !”  says  a  policeman,  an’  I started 
up.

It was  about  four  o’clock,  as  I  was 
slouching along the  street,  only  stayin’ 
there because I couldn’t bear to go home 
an’ face little Nell, that I heerd  the  fire- 
bell ring,  an’ the next minute the engines 
come puffing  through the street.  There 
was a  crowd  o’  boys,  an’  women  with 
shawls over their heads, an’  men,  an’  I 
followed  with  the  rest. 
I  don’t  know 
why, unless  with  a  foolish  notion  that 
if I could save  a  life,  or do  some  other 
brave 
they  might  make  up 
a  purse  to  reward  me.  The  plainest 
of us do  get  high-flown  ideas  like  that 
once in a while.  But the  fire  was  in  a 
barn, as it  happened;  an’,  by  the  time 
the  engines  got  there, 
the  downstairs 
was a solid mass o’ smoke.

thing, 

I asked a  man  if  the  hosses  was  all 
out, an’ when  he said,  “ Yes,” I stood an’ 
watched  the  firemen  fix  on  the  hose. 
Jest as the water begun to play, a woman 
standin’ near me give a  cry.  “Oh,” says 
she,  “see that little  dog  looking  out  o’ 
the window!  There!  Upstairs!”

He  was  a 

little  yeller  half-starved 
thing,  an’  he  stood  an’  pawed  at  the 
glass as if he knew his  only  chance was 
to break through it an’  jump.  “It’s jest 
a stray dog,” says a  hostler.  “He’s be’n 
taggin’ ’round  here  fur  a  day  or  two. 
Followed  somebody  up  ther’,  I  s’pose, 
an’  got  the  door  shut  on  him.  Poor 
duffer!”

A little girl about as big as  Nell  com­
menced to cry.  “Oh,”  she  says,  “can’t 
somebody git ’im  out?  The  fire  hain’t 
caught in that room at all  yet.  See  ’im 
look!  He’s  thinkin’  some  of  us  could 
run up an’ unfasten  the  door,  only  we 
won’t.  Please, mister,  can’t you-----”

An’ I started. 

It might hev  be’n  jest 
her sayin’ it, but  it  seemed  to  me  that 
that  dog had  the  same  thought  in  his 
mind that I’d hed when I sit  an’ watched 
the people  go  by  in  the  carriages. 
In 
gen’ral, I’m an every-day, common sense 
man, an’  hold a man’s  life,  with  a wife 
an’  little  ’un  dependin’  on  him, 
too 
precious to be risked for a  mongrel  yel­
ler  dog;  but  jest fur a minute it seemed 
to me that that  little  critter  hed  a  soul

The smoke was thick,  but it was  a lit­
tle clearer  in  the  room  where  the  dog 
was, an’  soon’s  I  opened  the  door  the 
little thing seemed  to know what 1 come 
fur an’  give a run  right  inter  my arms. 
There was a winder near,  an’ I  broke  it 
with my fist  an’ got a taste o’  fresh  air, 
an’ then started  back,  agropin’  my  way 
down  the  stairs,  blind,  an’  dizzy, an’ 
gaspin’, an’ ’most givin’  up  at  the last, 
till 1 felt a breath not quite so thick with 
smoke,  an’  then  1  knew  the  door  was 
close by.  The men raised  a  cheer  as  I 
come out,  an’  one  o’  the  women  went 
somewhere an’  got me a  glass  o’  water. 
But the biggest part of the  crowd  didn’t 
pay no  ’tention,  an’  when  the fire died 
down they went  away,  an’ left me sittin’ 
on  a  pile  o’  blankets  that  hed  been 
thrown  out;  for  I’d  breathed  so  much 
smoke it made me feel queer.

After a while I heard some  one  speak 
an’  looked up.  There  was a fleshy good- 
lookin’  man  standin’  by  me.  “ Well,” 
he  says, 
laughin’,  “yer  come  mighty 
near gettin’  caught in that  building,  my 
man.  Do yer save dogs  fer  fun  er from 
a sense o’  duty?”

I told him  that I wa’n’t  fond  o’  seein’ 

animals suffer if I could help it.

“ Well,  I’m not either,”  he  said,  “ but 
I didn’t  think  1  could  prevent  it.  Yer 
look  played  out.  Anythin’  I can do fer 
yer?”

An’  then,  o’  course,  I  asked  him  fer 
work. 
I’d said the words  so  often  they 
rolled  off  from  my  tongue  like  some­
thin’  I’d learned by heart.  But  I knew 
from  the  start  I  would’t  get  anythin’ 
from him,  an’  then  ther’  come  a  queer 
feelin’  as if I’d  never say them again.

“ No-o,” he said,  “I  don’t  believe  we 
can take yer.  One o’ our men was  taken 
sick a day or two ago,  but we’ve  decided 
we can get along without hirin’  till  he’s 
better.  Ever  worked 
in  a  grocery 
store?”

I said,  “No,  I  was  brought  up  on  a 
farm.  Late  years  I’ve  worked  in  a 
shop.”

“Oh,  yes—one  o’  Colton’s  hands. 
There  has  been  two  or  three  around 
lately.  But, yer see,  we  should  want a 
man  who understood  the  business,  and 
I’ve  about  made  up  my  mind  ter  git 
along  without  extra  help—for  a  time, 
I’m  sorry  I  haven’t  anythin’ 
anyway. 
fur yer. 
It can’t  be very  pleasant to  be 
turned out  of a job  through  no  fault  o’ 
yer own.”

He  was  nice  enough,  yer  see,  an’  I 
know folks tell about how  much  good  a

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Fer  when  I  tried  ter thank  him  ther’ 
was a lump in my throat that choked me, 
an’ I jest stood there with  the tears run- 
nin’  down my face.

“See how full the  car is.”  says  one  o’
| them,  “an’  mostly  working  people, too. 
They  have  money  enough  ter  ride  on 
the cars,  it  seems.  1  was  sure  the  re- 
j ports  of the  sufferin’  among  them  were 
exaggerated.”

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sympathizin’ word  does.  But I watched 
him walkin’  away,  an’  felt as  if  I’d  got 
to the  end  of  my  rope—nothin’  to  fall 
back on now but that life  insurance  pol­
icy. 
It give me a creepy  crawly  feelin’, 
at first,  when my thoughts  kep’  strayin’ 
around  ter  that,  but  after  a  little  the 
idea  was  sort  o’  pleasant  ter  me. 
It 
would  be enough to keep ’em on fer quite 
a while,  1 thought,  an’  it  would be better 
than  charity.  Maybe  Nell’s  mother 
would grieve more at first about her hus­
band’s dyin’  than she would  about  bein’ 
on the towu  books as a  pauper;  but ther’ 
wouldn’t be anythin’  ter  be  ashamed  of 
in the first  kind o’  grief.  An’  when  my 
little Nell  grew up,  her  dad  havin’  made 
a misstep one night an’ fell into the river 
wouldn’t be nothin’  fur people to fling in 
her face.

I sat there with my  head in  my  hands, 
thinkin’  till the clock struck  six.  1  had 
it  all  decided  then,  an’  1  got  up  an’ 
started fur home. 
It wa'n’t  till I opened 
the door  at the  foot o’  the  stairs  that  1 
felt  somethin’  snuffin’  around my  heels, 
an’  nen I saw ’at the little  dog I’d saved 
from the fire had followed  me. 
I picked 
him  up  in  my arms,  an’ opened the sit- 
tin’-room door with a rush.

“Any news?”  says  my  wife,  all  in  a 

tremble,  cornin’ ter meet me.

“News !  I should think so !”  I  yelled, 
Hingin’  up  my  hat.  “ Why,  Nell,  yer 
dad’s a hero !  Saved a dog’s life  !  Cheers 
and  applause !  Asked ter call around ter- 
morrer an’  see  about a job.  Good  times 
ahead !  H urrah!”

It wa’n’t very  well  done,  1  know.  1 
never hed  hed much  practice in lies,  yer 
see.  But  my  wife  thought  1  was  jest 
puttin’ on a  little  more  than  I  felt  ter 
please Nell.  As  fer her,  she  brightened 
up in a minit.  She made  me sit over  on 
the sofy by her an’ tell  her all about  the 
lire, an’  how the little  doggy looked,  an’ 
what  the man 1  was goin’  ter  work  fer 
said.  An’ 1 told  her  not  to  bother  her 
little head  with  partic’lars—the  matter 
wa’n’t decided yet,  but the  next  day  I’d 
tell her all  about it.

An’  when 1 asked about supper, an’my 
wife said the butter  was all out,  an’  she 
hedn’t bought any  meat  that day,  I com­
menced  ter laugh,  an’  kept it up so  long 
she got frightened an’  thought 1  was los­
ing my  mind.  1  said  it  was  because  I 
was so pleased that our  hard  times  was 
goin’  ter be ended  in the  morning.  But 
somethin’  1 saw in  her face  quieted  me. 
When—that—happened  the  next  day,  1 
couldn’t  have  my  wife  always thinkin’ 
I’d  acted  strange the las’  night and  won­
derin’  if 1 did  it on purpose.

I pushed my chair back from the table.
“Come,  now,”  1 said,  “let’s  all  take  a 
ride  on  the  electric  cars.  We’ve  been 
mopin’  long  enough.  An’  now  I  know 
what I’m goin’  ter  do;  a  little  outin’  ’d 
be good fer us.  Yer’d like ter go,  Nellie, 
wouldn’t yer?  Mamma ’ll take the shawl, 
so’s ter  make it easier  fer yer tired  little 
back.”
“I guess my  wrap  ’ll do  better,”  says 
my  wife.  An’  then  1  remembered  the 
pawnbroker’s ticket.  But Nellie  looked 
up as pleased as if I’d  offered  her  a  for­
tune.  “Oh,  yes,”  says  she.  “An’  I’ll 
take the dog.  He’s so little,  I  can  hold 
him  right  in  my  lap,  and  the car man 
won’t care.  Can’t 1 take him,  papa?”

I said,  “Yes,” and we  started.
The car was full, 1  rec’lect,  an’  there 
was  some  trouble  about  gittin’  a  seat. 
Two women got on after we  did,  an’  we 
crowded along ter make  room.

I  drove 

the  cows, 

She was holdin’  a long knit  purse,  an’
! the  thought  come  into  my  mind  ter 
i snatch it away  from her an’  run.  Fer  a 
i minit  I  hed  ter grip  my han’s tergether 
ter keep from it;  then  1 remembered the 
I steppin’ off the  bridge  would  be  surer,
I maybe,  an’  there  wouldn’t  nobody call 
| that a disgrace.  An’ all the  while I was 
| thinkin’  it  over  1  was  talkin’  ter  Nell,
! telliu’ about the way  1 used  ter  do  on  a 
farm—how 
an* 
I how  1 ploughed,  an’  how 1 raked the hay. 
The air blew cool in her  face  an’  sent  a 
I little pink  flush there.  On the way back,
! my wife roused up a little an’ commenced 
ter  talk  o’  the times  when we  went  ter 
| school together,  an’  what everybody said 
| an’ did. an’ 1  laughed  an’  joked  as  if  1 
| hedn’t  a  care  in  the world.  But  when 
we  got  ter  the  house  1  felt  as  if  I’d 
played  my  part  as  long  as  1 could.  1 
I helped  them off  an’  then  stepped  back 
enter the car.  “ I’m  a little nervous ter- 
I night,” said  I.  “Guess I’ll ride  up  here 
a ways an’ then  walk  back ter quiet me.” 
My wife looked queer.  “Never  mind, 
Jack,”  said she,  with  a  tremble  in  her 
voice. 
“Something  will happen.”  An’ 
nen 1 see it all hedn’t deceived her a bit.
The  minit  the  cars  started,  someone 
touched me  on  the  shoulder. 
I  turned 
’round,  an’  there  was  the man who had 
talked with me that afternoon.  “Thought 
I’d  seen  yer  before,”  says  he;  “ but  I 
couldn’t think  who it was  till  I  noticed 
the dog.  Found a  place yit?”

I said,  “No, I didn’t expect ter.”
“Oh, yer musn’t git discouraged.  Say, 
1 was  thinkin’  after  you’d  gone  that  I 
didn’t know  what was the use o’ us doin’ 
all that extra  work  while  the  clerk  was 
sick,  as  long as there was plenty anxious 
ter  take  it  off  our  bands.  Now,  yer 
new  ter  the  bus’ness,  an’,  o’  course,  I 
can’t pay fancy prices.  But  if yer want 
ter come an’  try it for a while—probably 
till the shops open—it’s  only  seven  dol­
lars a week, but—”

1 turned ’round then  an’  caught  hold 
o’ his hand. 
In gen’ral,  as I said,  I’m  a 
common sense man,  an’ men  ain’t  given 
ter  makin’  much  ado over their feelin’s, 
but there are times  when they will break 
through. 
I told  him  what  he  said  hed 
saved my life—an’ then felt  ashamed  of 
myself fer sayin’  it.

“That yer little girl yer had with yer?” 
1 told him yes.  “She’s  be’n  sick,  an’ 
we  thought  the air  might do her good.” 
“I  thought  she  didn’t  look  overly 
strong,” said  he.  “Ought  ter  send  her 
out in the country for a while.”

“ We’ve be’n  plannin’  on  it,”  I  said, 
“ but the hard times  stepped  in  ter  pre­
vent.”

The cars come ter the terminus then an’ 

we got off.
“Well,  good-night,” said  he.  “1  sup­
pose  I’ll  see  yer  at  6  ter-morrow—527 
Main, the place is.”  An’ then  he  added, 
as if he was ashamed of it:  “If yer little 
un  wants  country  air,  why,  there’s  my 
brother’s folks live  down  Sonset  way— 
big  farm,  plenty  o’  milk,  lots  o’  chil­
dren.  My Jennie’s goin’  down ther’  next 
week.  One more won’t  make any differ­
ence.  You’d better plan it so’s yer little 
girl can go ’long with her an’they’ll have 
all  the  better  fun.  Hang  it  all,  what 
ails yer?  Come,  1  say,  don’t  do  that— 
brace up an’  be a man !”

I’ve be’n  thinkin’  a good deal about  it | 
sence,  an’  it sort o’ seems to  me—though i 
I  ain’t a preachin’  man  nor  a  perfessor | 
I o’ religion—as if  some  trouble  was  jest 
sent  ter  show  what  poor,  miser’ble fail­
ures o’  livin’  we’d make  if  there  wa’n’t j 
nobody  ter  oversee  us.  There  I  was, 
gropin’  away  by  myself  fer  weeks,
■ growin’  more  an’  more  desprit  every 
I day,  an’ plannin’  ter get  out o’ the world,
I an’ all the time  the  Lord  was  seein’  ter 
| everythin’,  even  ter our goin’ ter ride an’ 
that  car.  There’s  a  story 
takin’ 
1  now.
The shops start up  next week,  an’  the 
country’s seen the  worst o’  it.  But what 
i I started out ter say,  an’  what I  believe, 
sir,  is that ther’ can’t  none  o’  them  writ­
ers,  nor editors,  nor folks  that  are  fond 
o’ givin’ advice, tell how the workiu’  men 
feel over the  hard  times  unless  they’ve 
be’n through it theirselves.

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J.  A.  S.  Verdier,  Cashier.

K. Van Hof, Ass’tC’s’r.
Transacts a General Ranking  Business. 

Interest  Allowed  on  Time  and  Sayings 

Deposits.

DIRECTORS:

Jno. A.  Covode, D.  A  Blodgett,  E. Crof ton Fox, 
T. J. O’Brien,  A. J . Bowne. 
Jno.W .B lodgett,J. A. McKee 

Henry Idema, 
J .  A. S. Verdier

D e p o sits  E x c e e d   O n e  M illio n   D o lla r s ,

WE  WAN

B E A N S

them.

and  will  pay  highest  market  price  for 

If  you  have  any  stock  you  wish  to 
dispose  of,  seek  headquarters  for  an 
outlet.
M i c h i g a n  (T e n t r a i

“ Tie Niagara Falls Route.”

(T aking effect  Sunday,  May 27,1894.) 

•D aily.  Ail others dally, except Sunday. 

A rrive. 
Depart-
10 2 0 d m ............ Detroit  E x p re ss ............. 7 0 0 a m
5 3 0 a m   — «A tlantic and  P acific.......l i   2 0 p m
I  1  50 p m  .......New York  E xpress  .........  6  00 p m
Sleeping cars  run on A tlantic  and  Pacific  ex 
j press trains to an d  from  Detroit, 
i  Parlor  cars  leave  for  D etroit a t  7:00 a m ;  re 
turning, leave D etroit 4:35 p m . arriving at G rand 
I  Rapids 10:20 p m.
i  Direct  com m unication  made  at  D etroit  w ith 
I all through  trains e rs t  over  the  M ichigan Cen 
I tral Railroad  (Canada Southern Division.)
A.  ALMquisT, T icket  Agent, 
Union PassengerStation.

C H IC A G O  

Kov~,8’18^
AND  WKSI  11  OHIOAN  R’Y. 

GOING  TO  CHICAGO.

RETURNING  FROM  CHICAGO.

Lv. G’d  R apids..............   7:15am  l:-.’5pm  *11:30pm
Ar. Chicago 
1:25pm  6:50pm  *7:20am
Lv.  Chicago  ..................s :25am  5:00pm  *11:45pm
Ar. G’d R apids...............3:05pm  10:25pm  *6:25aro
* 
Lv.  G rand R apids.........  7:25am  1:25pm  5:30pm
Ar. G rand R apids......... 11:4.r am  3:05pm 10:25pm
TRAVERSE CITY.  CHARLEVOIX  AND  PETOSKEY. 

TO  AND FROM  MUSKEGON.

7:30am  3:15pm
Lv. G rand  Rapids .. 
Ar.  M anistee.............  12:20pm  8:15pm
1:00pm  8:45pm
Ar. T raverse C ity.... 
Ar. C harlevoix ......... 
3:15pm  ll:io p m
Ar.  P etoskey.. 
3:45pm  11:40pm

T rains arrive from  north at  1:00  pm and  10:00 

PARLOR  AND  SLEEPING  CARS.

Parlor  car 

leaves  for  Chicago  1:25pm.  A r­
rives 
to:25pm.  Sleeping  cars 
leave  for  C h ie ag .  11:30pm.  A rrive  from   C hi­
cago  6:25am.

from  Chicago 

♦Every day.  Others week days  only.

pm.

DETROIT,

Oct.  2s,  1894
LANSING  &  NORTH I  HN  R.  R.

GOING  TO  DETROIT.

Lv. G rand R apids.........7:00am  1:20pm  5:25pm
Ar. Detroit

. 11:40am  5:30pm  10:10pm

RETURNING  FROM  DETROIT.

Lv.  D etroit..................... 7:4uam  1:10pm  6 :00pm
Ar. G rand  Rapids  .......12:40pm  5:& pm  10:45pm

TO AND  FROM  SAGINAW,  ALMA  AND  ST.  LOUIS.

Lv. G R  7:40am  5:(X)pm  Ar. G R. 11:35am 10:45pm 

TO AND  FROM LOWELL.

Lv. G rand R a p id s ...........7:00am  1:20pm  5:25pm
A r.from  Lowell  ...............12:40pm  5:2opm  ............

THROUGH  CAR  SERVICE 

Parlor  C arson all trains  between  G rand R ap­
ids and  Detroit.  Parlor ca r to Saginaw on m orn­
ing train.

T rains  week days only.

GEO.  De II A YEN. G en.  Pass’r Ag’t,

D E T R O IT ,  G R A N D   H A V E N   &  M IL ­

W A U K E E   R a ilw a y .

EASTWARD.

T ra in s L eave
G’d  Rapids,  Lv
I o n ia .............A r
St.  Johns  ...A r
O w osso.........A r
E.  S aginaw ..A r
Bay C ity .......A r
F l i n t ............ Ar
Pt.  H u ro n ...A r
P o n tia c .........Ar
D etroit...........A r

TNo.  14
ü 45am
7 40am
8 25am 
900am
10 50am
11 30am 
10 05am 
1205pm 
10 53am 
1150am

10 20am 
1125am 
1217pm 
1 20pm
3 45pm
4 35pm 
345pm
5 50pm 
305pm 
4 05pm

3 25pm
4 27pm 
520pm 
605pm 
8 00pm  
637pm
7 05pm 
850pm
8 25pm 
925pm

1100pm 
1235am 
1 25 am 
3 10am 
640am 
715am 
5 40am 
730am 
5 37am 
7 00am

WESTWARD.

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For  G rand H aven  and Interm ediate
Points  .................................................. *7:00 a.m .
For G rand H aven and  M uskegon......+1 :C0 p. m.
“  Mil. and Chi.  .+5:35 P.  m

“ 
tD ally except  Sunday. 
T rains  arrive  from   the  east,  6:35  a.m .,  12:60 
p.m.  5:30 p. m.,  10:jU  p.m.
T rains  arrive  from   th e  west,  10:10 a.  m.  3:15 
p m   and 9:15 p. m.
Eastw ard—No.  14  has  W agner  P arler  Buffet 
car.  No.  18 Parlor  Car.  No. 82 W agner  Sleeper.
W estw ard— No.  11  Parlor t ’sr.  No. 15 W agner 
Parlor  Buffet car.  No. 81  W agner Sleeper.

«Daily.

J a p .  C a m p b e l l . C ity   i " c k e i  A g e n t.

Grand  R apid s  8t In d ian a.

TRAINS  GOING  NORTH.

L e a v e  g o in g  

N o rth

TRAINS CIOISTQ SOUTH

F o r T ra v e rse  C ity , P eto sk ey   a n d  S a g in a w ..,  7:40&.  m .
F o r  T ra v erse  C ity .................................................................6:25 p .m .
F or 8‘ig in a w ................................................................. 5:00  p. m .
F o r  P eto sk ey  a n d   M ackinaw .............................  10:25 p  m .
L eave g o in g  
F o r  C in c in n a ti........................................................... 7:25 a  .m .
F or  K alam azo o  an d   C h ic a g o ..............................2:16 p.  m .
F o r  F o rt  W ayne a n  o  th e   tt&st............................ 2:15 p .m .
F o rC in c in n a tl  .........................................................*5:40  p .m .
F or  K alam azoo a n d  C h ic a g o ............................ *11:40  p. m

South.

C hicago v ia  G.  R.  4c I.  R.  R.

Lv Cram it R a p id s............7:25 a m  
4 r r   C h ic a g o ...................... 2 :4 0 p m  
C ar an d  c o a ch .

2:15 p  m  tra in   ha« th ro u g h   W a g n e r  B uffet  P a r lo r  

2:15 p m  

9 :0 5 p m  

*11:40 p m
7 :1 0 a m

11:40  |>  rn tr a in  d a ily ,  th ro u g h   W agner S le ep in g  C ar 
an d  C oach.
11:30 p m
Lv  C hicago 
A rr G ran d  R ap id s 
7:20 a m
3  3o  p  in  h a s   th ro u g h   W a g n e r  B uffet  P a rlo r  C ar 
11  30 p  m  tra in  d aily .c h ro u g h   W a g n e r  S leep in g   C a r 

3  3 0 p m  
9:15 p m  

6:50am  
2:50pm 

F or M uskegon—L eav e 

.Vlusk^un, <4rHiid  Rapid* A* Indiana.
7 :2i  a  m 
9 .55 a  m
1 :15pm
1 0 0 p m  
6:20 p  m
*:40  p ro  
O .L. LOCKWOOD*

From   M uskegon— A rriv e ,

G e n era l  P a sse n g e r a n d   T ic k e t A gent.

PHOTO
WOOD
HALF-TONE
and  Stationery 

Buildings,  Portraits,  C ards 

H eadings, Maps, Plans  and  Patented 

A rticles.
TRADESMAN  CO.,

G rand Rapids, Mich.

TH E  M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,

1 3

MEN  OF  MARK.

0. A. Morrill, the Chicago Tea Importer 

and  Cigar Jobber.

Charles A.  Morrill  was  born  in  Ply­
mouth,  Penobscot  county,  Maine,  Feb. 
20,  1845.  His  heritage  was  brains,  en­
ergy and a strong constitution.

When between two and three years old 
he was adopted  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  David 
C.  Morrill,  of  Farmington  Falls,  Me., 
and spent his early  life on a  farm in  the 
Sandy River valley, attending the village 
school  when  not  at  work.  An  apt 
scholar,  he easily acquired such  an  edu­
cation as the common schools of that day 
afforded.  At the breaking out of the Re­
bellion  he was  determined  to  enter  the 
army,  and,  not being able to get the con­
sent  of  his  foster  parents,  he  quietly 
stole  away  one  day  and enlisted in Co. 
G,  Seventeenth  Maine  Infantry,  being 
mustered in at Farmington, Aug. 18,1862, 
a  boy of 16 years of age.  He  served  his 
full term of three years and  participated 
in  the  battles  of  Fredricksburg,  Chan- 
cellorsville,  Kelly’s Fork,  Locust Grove, 
Mine  Run, 
the  Wilderness,  Siege  of 
Petersburg and  Little Sailor’s Creek.  At 
Chancellorsville,  while participating in  a 
night attack on  the enemy  in  which  his 
regiment  was  engaged,  he  was stunned 
by  a  shell,  was  taken  prisoner  by  the 
rebels and confined in  Libby  prison  and 
Belle  Isle  for  more  than  two  months, 
when he was returned to the Union lines 
by an exchange of  prisoners.  He imme­
diately resumed  his  place  in  the  ranks 
and on May 6,  1864,  at  the  battle  of  the 
Wilderness,  he  was  shot  through  the 
abdomen  by a minie ball and left  on  the 
battle  field  among  the  dead.  By  the 
merest  chance  a  companion  noted  ev­
idences  of  life  in  the apparently inani­
mate form and succeeded in  getting  him 
away  from  the  place  in  the last ambu­
lance which  left the field  of  battle.  He 
was supposed  to  be  mortaliy  wounded, 
but was sent to the Mt.  Pleasant General 
Hospital,  at Washington,  where  he  was 
cared for by Annie Etheredge, the famous 
Michigan  nurse.  He  was  subsequently 
removed  to  the  Ft.  Schuyler  General 
Hospital,  in New York Harbor,  where he 
recovered  from the injury  sufficiently  to 
be assigned to the Veteran Reserve Corps 
and returned  to his  regiment  in  season 
to participate in the  entire  campaign  of 
1865,  culminating  in 
the  surrender  of 
Lee at  Appomattox,  and  was  honorably 
discharged  at  Portland,  Me.,  June  4. 
1865.  He was  promoted to  the  position 
of corporal soon  after entering the  serv­
ice,  but  immediately  resigned;  and,  al­
though he  was frequently  offered promo­
tion,  he  persistently  declined  to  rise 
above  the  ranks,  preferring  to  remain 
“ with the boys.”

Returning home, Mr. Morrill entered as 
a student at the Old  Weslyan  Seminary, 
at Kent’s Hill,  Me.,  paying  his  expenses 
with money saved  from his pay as  a sol­
dier at $13 per month.  He taught school 
one winter and at 21 years of age  was ap­
pointed United States  Consular Agent at 
St.  Thomas,  Ont.,  where  he  served  two 
years with  credit.

Determined to seek his  fortune  in  the 
West,  he  went  to  St.  Louis in  1868 and 
took up  the  work  of  brakeman  on  the 
Northern Missouri Railroad,  runuing be­
tween  St.  Louis  and  Kansas  City.  He 
had then made up his  mind to adopt  the 
profession  of  the  commercial  traveler, 
and most of his spare  time  in  St.  Louis 
was  spent  in  seeking an opening in  that 
direction.  He finally obtained a commis­

sion  from  the  importing  tea  house  of 
Foster &  Rockwood,  the  senior  partner 
remarking at the time that if Mr.  Morrill 
was as persistent  in selling  goods  as  he 
was in seeking an opportunity  to  get  on 
the  road,  his  success  was  by no means 
problematical.  He was out  five  months 
on his first  trip,  during  which  time  he 
made a record  which  eclipsed  anything 
of the kind in the previous history of the 
house.  His territory iucluded Nebraska, 
Iowa,  Minnesota  and  Wyoming,  and,  at 
the end of ten  years’  continuous  service 
with  Foster  &  Rockwood,  he  found  he 
was  in  possession  of  $30,000  from  the 
savings from  his salary  and  the  results 
of  a  number  of  judicious  investments. 
He  thereupon  resigned  his  position  as 
salesman  and  formed  a  copartnership

with John Guild for the  purpose  of  em­
barking in the  importing tea business  at 
Omaha under the style of  Guild  &  Mor­
rill. 
In  1880  the business  was removed 
to Chicago  and  the  following  year  Mr. 
Morrill  purchased  Mr.  Guild’s  interest 
and  has  since  carried  on 
the  busi­
ness alone under the firm name  of  C.  A. 
Morrill & Co.  With  great business fore­
sight and keen judgment Mr.  Morrill  has 
increased  a  business  of  $200,000 
to 
$1,000,000  in  sales  per  year,  which ex­
tend from the Ohio  River  to  the  Pacific 
Coast and from  the Gulf of Mexico to the 
Canadian line.  He  has  never  failed  in 
business,  never  given  a  note  for  mer­
chandise and never  failed  to  discount  a 
bill. 
In  addition  to  his  tea  business, 
which is one of  the  largest  in  Chicago, 
he owns the Morrill Cigar  Co.,  which  he 
established seven years  ago,  and  which 
conducts  an  extensive  business  in  the 
West  and  Northwest.  He  also  owns 
more than $100,000  worth of Chicago real 
estate and about  5,000  acres  of  land  in 
Iowa,  Kansas and  Texas.  He is  a  large 
holder of  Chicago  Street  Railway  stock 
and has stock in several  Chicago  banks, 
his  total  earthly  possessions  being  es­
timated at a round half a million  dollars.
Liberality and generosity  have  always 
been cardinal  features  of  Mr.  Morrill’s 
career.  A single instance is sufficient to 
show his breadth of  vision.  During the 
cyclone at Grinnell,  Iowa,  in  1883, 
two 
carloads of tea shipped  by  him  to  cus­
tomers in  Montana  were blown  into  the 
river and destroyed.  The  loss  was  un­
covered by insurance,  but,  on  learning 
of  the  disaster,  he  immediately  tele­
graphed  his  customers  that  he  would, 
voluntarily,  assume half the  loss.  Such

an act naturally  made him a most  popu­
lar man  with the Montana  trade,  afford­
ing him an amount of  gratuitous  adver­
tising which  money could not buy.

Personally, Mr.  Morrill  is  one  of  the 
most  companionable  of  men.  He  is 
liked by his employes because  he  insists 
on  paying  salaries  commensurate  with 
the services rendered,  while his business 
associates and competitors  hold  him  in 
high esteem by  reason  of  his  inflexible 
honor and  sterling  integrity.  Socially, 
he is a general  favorite,  because  of  his 
perpetual good humor and  unusual  con­
versational  powers.  He 
is  a  charter 
member  of  the  Chicago  Athletic  Club, 
and  a liberal patron  of  the  race  track, 
taking great pride  in  the  possession  of 
as  speedy  a  pair  of  trotters  as  are 
owned by any man  in  Chicago.  He was 
somewhat  conspicuous  as  a  Democratic 
politician  until  last  fall,  when  he  an­
nounced his abandonment  of Democratic 
doctrines and his adoption of  the  tenets 
of Republicanism.

Mr.  Morrill  has  a brilliant and  beauti­
ful wife,  who  has  recently  taken  their 
only child,  a  daughter,  abroad  to  com­
plete her education in  France  and  Ger­
many.

Mr. Morrill is quite well known in this 
city,  having  come  here  occasionally  to 
visit his cousin,  W.  F.  Blake,  who  for­
merly represented his house in this State.

A  Lansing-  Business  Block.

In the office of architect W.  D.  Sutton, 
room 703 Michigan Trust building of this 
city are the plans for  a  very  handsome 
block to be erected on  Michigan  avenue 
in Lansing for Mr.  N.  F.  Handy,  of  To­
peka, Kansas. 
It will be  three story, of 
brick with sandstone trimmings,  have  a 
very ornamental front  of  art  glass  and 
brass, cost $5,000  and  be  completed  by 
June 10.  Mr. Sutton is  thoroughly  con­
versant with all the details  of  planning 
and  supervising 
the  construction  of 
buildings of all kinds,  has  a  well  culti­
vated taste in  their  ornamentation  and 
for many years has been  very  favorably 
known in Michigan.

The J a ck so n   M eeting.

to 

The special  meeting  of  the  Michigan 
Wholesale  Grocers’  Association,  which 
was held at Jackson last Tuesday, was well 
attended,  thirty of the  thirty-five  houses 
belonging 
the  organization  being 
represented in person.  The proceedings 
were very  harmonious,  the concensus  of 
opinion  being 
the  organization 
should be maintained at any hazard.  No 
action  was  taken  involving  any change 
in the  policy of  the  Association  in  any 
respect.

that 

R etail  G rocers’  M eeting; P ostp on ed .
The adjourned meeting of  the  North­
ern  Michigan  Retail  Grocers’  Associa­
tion,  which was to be held at  Reed  City 
next  month,  has  been  postponed  until 
the regular meeting at the same  place in 
August.  This action  has  been  deemed 
desirable by President Tatman,  in  view 
of the unsettled condition  of the grocery 
business,  necessitating the constant pres­
ence of the dealer at  his  place  of  busi­
ness.

Why impose on a confiding public with 
cheap,  tasteless,  insipid  Chicago  jelly, 
when you can buy  Mrs.  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.

Western
B eef
and
Provision
Co.

A gents 

for  Arm our’s  Celebrated 
Lard,  V egetóle,  W orld’s  Fair  Prem ium  
B utterine.

Smoked  Meats.

No.  1  Ham s...................................................  9
Picnic  H am s.................................................... 6%
B reakfast B oneless  B acon.....................   8%
Dried  B eef,  Ham  Sets 
..........................  9%

Fresh  Meats.

B eef  S id es..............................................5@  6
Loins  of  B e e f....................................... s@10
Rib  R oasts..............................................7@  9
Pork  L oins............................................... 

7}£

Beef  iii  Barrels.

B oneless  Rump  B u tts...........................$9  25

Lard  in  Tierces.

K ettle  R e n d ered ........................................... 7%
F a m ily .............................................................  5%
Com pound......................................................
V egetóle. 

......................................................  5%

A sk   for  Q u o ta tio n s on   A rm o u r’s
Its
N o.  1,  W o r ld ’s   Pair B u tte r in e . 
P rice and  Q u ality  are  r ig h t w ith   u s .

A sk  for  prices  on  any  provisions or 
Special  attention  to  m ail 

fresh  m eats. 
and  telegraph  orders.

T elep h o n e  1 2 5 4 .

71  Banal  St., Grand  Rapids.

JPHQ VISIONS.

 

 

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6
6
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LARD.

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SAUSAGE.

8V4

10
754

PORK  IN  BARBELS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing and Provision Co 

it  75
12 00
14  00
13 00
13 50
13  25
13 75
65£

quotes as follows :
Mess................ 
Short c u t...................................................  
Extra clear pig, short cut.......................  
Extra clear,  heavy...................................
Clear, fat  back..............................  
Boston clear, short cut............................  
Clear back, shortcut................................ 
Standard clear, short cut. best...............  
Pork, links................................................. 
Bologna............................................................ 
Liver................................................................. 
Tongue......................................................  
B lood....  ........................................................ 
Head cheese.................................................... 
Summer......................................................  
Frankfurts.................................................  
Kettle  Rendered.................................................  8
Granger..................................................................7jj
Family 
..................................................................6
Compound.............................................................514
Cottolene..............................................................  734
Cotosuet................................................................ 65£
0 lb. Tins, üc advance.
01b.  palls, He 
“  34 c 
50 lb. 
25 lb. 
“  %c 
13 
lb.  '• 1  c 
Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs.........................7 20
Extra Mess, Chicago packing...........................  7 00
Boneless, rump butts.........................................   9 50
Hams, average 20 lbs..........................................9  54
16 lbs............................................ 9%
12 to 14 lbs.................................. ¡0
picnic......................................................... 7
best boneless............................................  8H
Shoulders...........................................................  634
Breakfast Bacon  boneless................................  *54
Dried beef, ham prices......................................  10
Long Clears, heavy.............................................   634
Briskets,  medium..............................................   754
ligh t....................................................
Butts....................................................................
D. S. Bellies........................................................
Fat Backs...........................................................
Half  barrels........................................................3 25
Quarter barrels.................................................... 175
90
K its............................................................ 
 
Kits, honeycomb...............................................  
75
Kits, premium 
15
A. B . K N O W L S O N ,
Cement,  Lime, Coal, Sewer Pipe, Etc.

smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.

Wholesale Shipper

PICKLED  FIGS’ . FEET.

BEEF  IN  BARRELS.

DRT  SALT  MEATS.

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MIOH,

14:
Drug Department,

State  Board  o f Pharm acy.

One T e a r—O ttm & r E b erb ac h , A nn  A rbor.
T w o  T e a rs —G eo rg e G u ndrum , Io n ia.
T h re e   T e a rs —0 . A. B ug bee. C harlevoix.
F o 'ir T e a rs —8. E. P a rk ill, Owosso.
F iv e  T e a rs —F . W . R. P e rr y , D e tro it.
P re s id e n t—F red ’k  W  .R . P e rry , D e tro it.
F e e re ta ry —S ta n ley  E. P a rk ill, Owosso.
T re a s u re r—Geo. G u n d ru m , Io n ia.
J a n  8;  G rand*  R apids. 
C o m in g   M eetings—D e tro it, 
M arch 5; D e tro it (S ta r Islan d ), J u n e  24; L an sin g , Nov  5,

Michigan  State  Pharmaceutical  Ass’n. 
P re s id e n t—A. 8. P a rk e r, D etro it.
V ice -P resid en t—Jo h n  E.  P eck, D e tro it.
T re a s u re r—W . D upont,  D e tro it.
S ecretav —F. C. T h o m p so n .D etro it.
Grand  Rapids  Pharm aceutical Societj. 

P re s id e n t, Jo h n  E. P eck; S e cretary , B. S chrouder.

THE  PRICE  OP  BREAD.

P eriodical  R evival  o f  a  T im e-w orn 

C om plaint.

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An editorial recently appeared  in  the 
Herald, of this city,  under  the  heading 
“Facts for Bakers.” 
In it  are some sur­
prising  statements  as  to  the  enormous 
profit  made  by bakers,  not  only in large 
cities like New York but even  in  Grand 
Rapids,  of  which  the 
following  are 
samples:

The  movement  for  cheaper  bread 
which has been  more  or  less  noticeable 
this  country  has  accom­
throughout 
plished  much. 
It  has  in  many  places 
forced greedy and soulless  bakers to  ac­
cept  a  profit  somewhat  less  exorbitant 
than the 200 or 300  per  cent,  which,  in 
many places,  Grand  Rapids  among  the 
rest,  is  yet  exacted.  *  *  *  But,  be 
that as it may,  there  is  not  a  baker  in 
this city who pays even $2.50  per  barrel 
for the flour he  uses,  nor  is  there  one 
whose percentage of  profit  is  less  than 
300 per  cent,  on each loaf of bread  sold. 
And,  what is more,  there is not  one who 
can produce  figures  to  successfully  re­
fute this  statement.
With  a  view 

confirming  or 
refuting  the  statements of  the  Herald, 
T he  T radesm an  detailed  a  reporter 
to 
leading 
bakers on the subject,  with the following 
result:

a  number  of 

interview 

Ernest F.  Hubbard,  of  the  Hill  Bak­
ery, said:  “The writer of that article is 
certainly much mistaken,  and  could  not 
have gotten the facts of the case. 
In the 
first place,  we pay $1.10 more per  barrel 
for our flour than  he  quotes.  We  have 
just put in a carload of  Minnesota  flour 
at $3.60 per barrel.  We could never sell 
bread here made of the cheap  quality  he 
mentions.  There  are  many  conditions 
which make the business more  profitable 
in a large city than in  one  of  this  size. 
The  demand  here  is  very  fluctuating. 
Many families buy  occasionally,  but  for 
the  most  part  make  their  own  bread. 
The  demand  here  is  much  greater  in 
summer than  in winter.  To-day, for in­
stance,  we  have  made  1,500  loaves. 
Now,  if  we  coaid  have  made  twice  as 
much,  the expense of labor would  be in­
creased  very  little.  Then  the  expense 
of  delivering  is  much  more  here.  We 
require four teams to  do  our  work,  be­
cause the trade is so  scattered.  A  Chi­
cago  firm  can  distribute  2,500 
loaves 
with  one  team.  One  restaurant  alone 
there  will  take  500 
loaves.  Our  loaf 
which wholesales at 4 cents  weighs  one 
pound  six  ounces.  There  is  a  large 
amount of waste,  also.  We  give barrels 
of bread too dry to be marketable  to  the 
Charity  Organization,  Little  Sisters  t>f 
the Poor, etc.”

L. E.  Patten, of the City  Bakery,  said: 
“No money is made on bread at the pres­
ent  prices,  and  were  they  lowered,  it 
would simply drive men out of  the  busi­
ness.  Since the reduction in prices last 
spring, no greater quantity has been sold

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,

—less rather than more—as  people  have 
thought the quality  must  be  poorer. 
I 
cannot make an acceptable  loaf of bread 
for any less  money  than we  are  doing. 
As it is,  we make  three  times  as  much 
bread in summer as  in  winter, which in­
sures us against loss.  We  nse  the  best 
Minnesota  flour  and  it  costs  ns  from 
$3.80 to $4 per barrel.  A  loaf  of  bread 
on the counter costs 3  cents.  Added  to 
this are the cost of delivering and loss by 
drying,  and yet we  must wholesale  at  4 
cents and retail at 5.”
Chas  8.  Jandorf, 

the  Monroe  street 
baker, said:  “ Grand Rapids bakers can­
not compete with New York or any large 
city. 
I  know,  because  I  have  been  a 
baker all  my  life  and  have  worked  in 
New  York  and  Chicago  and  know  all 
about their  shops.  People  here  would 
never be satisfied with such  bread  as  is 
turned out from  many  New  York  bak­
eries.  They often use the  very  poorest 
flonr, mixing with it a  little better qual­
ity to make it answer  at  all—sometimes 
mixing four or five different kinds.”

In regard to the drawbacks in  a  place 
of  this  size,  Mr.  Jandorf  spoke  sub­
stantially as the others have done.
F.  C.  Hammerschmidt  said: 

“ The 
writer of the  Herald  article  is  entirely 
mistaken.  There is not an iota of truth 
in the article. 
If  there  were  any  such 
profit,  there  would be no end  to  people 
who would want to go into  the business. 
The actual  cost  of  my  bread  is  nearly 
3 cents per loaf.

F.  L.  Blake, of South  Divis ion  street, 
said:  “The  article is  not  worth  notic­
ing,  and I do not  care  to  say  anything 
about it.  The writer evidently  does not 
know  what  he  is  talking  about.  My 
bread costs 3 cents a loaf  before it is de­
livered.  We use the  best  material  and 
have  only  first-class  help. 
It  is  made 
exactly as bread is made at home, except 
we are  able  to  mold  it  a  little  softer. 
Our loss from stale bread is  very  small. 
Ido not think  we lose a bushel  of  bread 
in a week,  but our men have  to go twice 
a day and redistribute to prevent any be­
ing left.  That is the only  way  we  have 
any gain.”

Jos.  Y. Tschauner, of the  Union  Bak­
ery,  when  shown  the  Herald  article, 
said:  “If people  believe such things as 
that  about  bakers,  I  only  wish 
they 
would  try  it  themselves  for  a  little 
I  make  six  different  kinds  of 
while. 
bread.  Among  them 
is  a  hop  yeast 
bread, made of the best  flour,  a  loaf  of 
whieh weighs one pound and ten ounces, 
retailing  at  five  cents.  The  man  who 
wrote that  article  thinks  he  knows  all 
about our business,  but  he doesn’t and 1 
am ready to sign my  name  to  it. 
If we 
make twenty-five per cent.,  we think  we 
are very well to do.”

H is  M istake.

me is a fraud.

Woman—That rocking-chair  you  sold 
Second-Hand Dealer—How’s dot?
“The rockers are not  even and,  as you 
rock, it keeps moving sideways  all  over 
the room.”
“Mein Gracious!  I haf made  a  mees- 
take,  und sent you von new patent rocker 
varranted nod to vear oud  de  carpet  all 
in von place.  Dot kind costs two tollars 
more.”
“Huh!  Well, it’s your  mistake, and I 
won’t pay the two dollars,  and  I  won’t 
send it back—so there.”

A Florida negro mistook a  mule  for  a 
ghost  and  poked  it  with  a stick.  The 
verdict recited that he came to  his  death 
by using too short a stick in  probing  the 
unknowable for evidence of a future  ex- 
i istence.

HONEST  STEALINGS.

This  phrase,  if  a  paradox  from  the 
standpoints of the law  and the gospel,  is 
not so in  the  accommodating  flexibility 
of modern speech  and conscience.  There 
are dividing  lines  even  among  thieves. 
They grade  up  from  the  nude  and  un­
washed  article  to  the  exquisite  apex 
where they are mixed up  with  rainbows 
and angels’  wings.  The  plain, original, 
and  unlaundried  article,  like  a  black 
sheep in a flock  of  Southdowns,  is  gen­
erally  under  some  sort  of  supervision, 
and sooner or later mbs  his nose against 
the cold iron of a  prison cell or  becomes 
the guest of  a  penitentiary  cook. 
It  is 
also true that the  more refined and  well- 
behaved  article,  dainty,  delicate  and 
glorious in collars  and  cuffs,  sometimes 
exposes his cloven foot,  and  finds a stool 
for the same  where  repentance  wears  a 
striped  suit,  but  carries  no  key  for  a 
prison  door.  The  accommodations  for 
these  gentlemen,  we  regret  to  say,  are 
gradually  becoming 
bat 
what would they be in straitness of space 
and limits of  accommodation  if  all  who 
ought to be there were  gathered in  from 
the  outside.  What  a  procession 
it 
would be,  and how  it  would  shame  the 
few  who  found  their  way  into  Noah’s 
ark !

insufficient, 

How  many  office  chairs  would  be 
empty and  what  vacancies  there  would 
be  in  our  courts  and  legislatures,  our 
boards of trade, our  police platoons, and 
even in our church  pews.  How  many  a 
mill  would  be  silent  and  congressman 
dumb;  dealers  in  real  estate  and  man­
agers  of  poor  houses,  charities  and 
strikes—how  few  and  lean  would  the 
members of this great army be if the roll 
were called and the sheep separated from 
the goats. 
If  every  brick  were paid  for 
with honest money,  how  small  some  of 
our  houses  would  be,  and  if  so-called 
honest  stealing  were  withdrawn  from 
banks and safe deposits,  what a skeleton 
would be made of the golden calf.

In  our  State  and  municipal  depart­
ments it is no secret,  and  nobody’s  hair 
gets gray in thinking of the  matter,  that 
in an alarming number  of  instances  of­
ficial  salaries  do  not  represent income. 
There are more chickens  than  eggs,  and 
the milk  ladled  into  private  pans  is  a 
drain  on  more  than  one  cow.  This  is 
true  from  the  top  to  the  bottom,  from 
lobbying a bill to  closing  a  contract  for 
a sewer or demanding  fees  from  an  im­
pecunious washerwoman.  We  have  got 
so  familiar  with  this  process  of  being 
skinned  that  the  operation  is  painless, 
and  the  man  who  secures  the hide has 
but one regret—that there  is not more of 
it. 
It is plain, whether we like the med­
icine or not,  that if corruption and venal­
ity in public office  are accepted as a per­
quisite  of  patriotism,  and  mercenary 
motives  are  the  royal  stairway  to  the 
highest duties  and  dignities  of  the  na­
tion,  is it not more  than  likely  that  the 
vice of Jndas will sooner or  later  repent 
of  its  sins  in  the  hempen  necktie  with 
which that person closed  his  biography.
It is true that a  tree  is  known  by  its 
fruits,  and  a  stringent  persimmon  can 
never be a libel on an apple  tree,  but  if 
there  were  not  something  wrong  at  the 
bottom there would be very  little of it at 
the top.  Our  public  men  are  products 
and not a  metamorphosis,  and  if we will 
be sufficiently candid  and  couragefius  to 
wipe  our  eye-glasses  we  will  confess 
that,  from  trading  a  horse  to getting  a 
consciences
municipal 

charter, 

oar 

trouble us  but little.  As a  consequence, 
who loses breath or asks  for ammonia or 
soda water when men  who have  been  in 
public office for three  years come  out  of 
the  gold  dust  with enough of the metal 
to cover the wants of  three score?  How 
is it that in strikes  we  have  one  set  of 
men  eating  cake  and  venison  and  an­
other set seeking a meal,  and  finding  it 
not,  on  the  spareribs  of  a red herring. 
How is it that  some men  who  could  not 
pay  for  their shoes  come  out  of  a  pro­
tracted  struggle  with  a  home  of 
their 
own,  a  brass  plate  on  the  door,  and  a 
sleek horse in  the  back  lot?  How  is  it 
that of a barrel of money collected,  what 
is left below the third hoop is  accounted 
for,  and the rest is  swallowed up in  “ex­
penses?”  What a fat-producing compound 
are honest stealings!  Where  shoald  we 
be without them,  and  what  will  be  our 
fate  if  the  caterpillar  outlives the cab­
bage? 

F r e d   W o o d r o w .

The number of men who claim  to keep 
the best cigar in the city is  only  equaled 
by  the  number  who  actually  keep  the 
poorest.

«

Send  me  a trial  order  for 

a mixed  car of
F lo u r,
F e e d ,
H ay,
E tc .
G. Ji Behnke,

30  East 

Bridge  Street,

Grand  Bapids,  Mich.

Chas.  Pettersch,

jobber or

Importedand Domestio Gheese

Swiss, Brick and Limburger a  Specialty. 

161—163  W est  Bridge  8*.  Telephone  123 

GRAND  BA PID S

Seely’s Flavoring Extracts
Every  dealer  should  sell  them. 
Extra Fine  quality.
Lemon,  Vanilla,  Assorted  Flavors. 
Yearly  eales  increased  by  their  use. 
Send  trial  order.
8eelu's Lemon.
Doz.  Gro.
1 oz.  $  90  10  20
2 oz.  1  20  12  60 
4 oz.  2  OO  22  80 

(Wrapped)

6 oz.  3  00  33  00■fs  Vanilla

Wrapped)
Doz.  Gro. 
1  o z. $  1  SO  1 6   2 0
2  oz.  2  OO  21  60
4 oz.  3  75  40 80
6 oz.  5  40  57  60
Plain  N. 8.  w ith 
corkscrew at same 
price if  preferred.
Correspondence

Solicited
filch.

SEELY  MFG.  CO.,  Detroit 

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,

1 5

______Wholesale Price  Current*

Advanced—Turpentine. 

Declined—

“ 

*  

S.  N. Y. Q.  &

Morphia, S.  P. A W.  2 05@2 30 
C.  C o ...................  1  95@2 20
Moschus Canton........   ©   40
Myristlca, No  1 ........   65®  70
Nux Vomica, (po 20)..  @ 1 0
Os.  Sepia......................  15®  18
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
Co..............................   @2 00
Plcls Llq, N>C., M gal
60
doz  ...........................  @2 00
Plcls Llq., quarts.......  ®1  00
pints..........  @  85
Pil Hydrarg, (po. 80)..  @ 5 0
Piper  Nigra,  (po. 22)..  @ 1
Piper Alba,  (po g5)....  @  3
PllxBurgun.................   @  7
Plumbl A cet............... 
io@  12
Pulvis Ipecac et opll. .1  10@1  20 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
<S P. D.  Co., doz.......  @1 25
Pyrethrum,  pv............  20®  30
8®  10
Quasslae...................... 
Qulnia, S. P. & W.......34V(@39M
27®  37
S.  German.... 
Rubla  Tinctorum.......  12®  14
SaccharumLactlspv. 
12®  14
Salacln........................ 2 10@2 25
Sanguis Draconls.......  40®  50
Sapo,  W........................  12®  14
M.........................  10®  12
“  G.........................  @  15

“ 

Seldllts  Mixture.......  ®  20
Slnapis....................   @  18
“  opt................  ©  30
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
V oes.........................   @  35
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  @  35
Soda Boras, (po. 8-10). 
9
Soda  et Potass Tart...  24®  25
Soda Carb..................   1M@  2
3®  5
Soda,  Bl-Carb.............. 
Soda,  Ash......................3M@  4
Soda, Sulphas.............  
©  2
Spts. Ether C o............  50®  55

7@. 

“  Myrcia  Dom............  @2 00
“  Myrcia Imp.............  @2 50
*'  Vlnl  Rect.  bbl.
...7 ........................... 2 49@2 59
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia  Crystal....... 1 40®1  45
Sulphur, Subl............... 2V@ 3
“  Roll...............  2  @2M
Terebenth Venice.. . . .
...  28® ao
Theobromae.......... ...45  a
48
Vanilla....................
.9 00® 16 00
Zlncl  Sulph............ ... 
7® 8

OILS.

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

Bbl.  Gal
70
85
45
59

“ 

paints. 

Linseed,  boiled..........  59 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
65 
strained................. 
SplrltsTurpentlne__   35 

62
70
40
bbl.  i t>.
Red  Venetian............... im  2@3
Ochre, yellow Mars__ 1M  204
Ber.........1M  2®3
_ “ 
Putty,  commercial__ 2M  2M@8
“  strictly  pure.......2M  2M®8
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican............................  
13@15
Vermilion,  English.... 
66®70
Green,  Peninsular....... 
13® 16
Lead,  red......................sm®6
‘‘  w h ite.................5M@6
Whiting, white Span...  ®70
Whiting,  GlldersTT... 
©go
White, Paris  American 
1
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
c liff....................... ... 
140
Universal Prepared  .. 1  C0@1  15 
No.l  Turp  Coach.... 1  io@l  20
Extra Turp..................160@1  70
Coach  Body.................2 7503 00
No. 1 Turn Furn.........1  00@1  10
Eutra Turk Damar__ 1  56@1  60
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
Tnrp........................... 
70®75

V A R N ISH ES.

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.

Price 25  Cents•

HAZEL!W 

* 

PERKIN3  DRUG  GO.,

Manufacturing Chemists,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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

A.ceuuum...................
Benzolcnm  German .  65®  75
15
Boracic 
20®  30
Carbollcum...............
41®  44
Cltrlcum....................
3®  5
. 
Hydrochlor...............
.  10®  12
Nltrocum 
.................
O x allcu m .................... .  10®  12
20
Phosphorium dll.......
Sallcÿllcum............... .1 25@1  60
Sulphurlcum............. .  1M@  5
Tarinlcum.................. .1  40@1  60
30®  33
Tar t aricu m .................
AMMONIA.
4®  6
Aqna, 16  deg..............
6®  8
20  deg.............
Carbonas  .................. .  12®  14
Chlorldum................. .  12®  14

“ 

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

BACCAS.

Cnbeae (po  25).........
Juníperas..................
Xantnoxylum............
B A LSA K U M .

20®  25
8®  10
25®  30

Copaiba............................  45® 50
Peru....... .........................  @2 CO
Terabln. Canada  —  
45®  50
T olutan...........................   35® 50

CORTEX.

Abies,  Canadian....................  18
Cas8lae  ....................................  J£
Cinchona P la v a ....................   18
Enonymus  atropurp.............  30
Myrlca  Cerlfera, po...............  20
Prunua V lrglnl........................  12
Quill ala,  grd...........................   JO
J*
Sassafras  ............. 
Ulmus Po (Ground  15).........   15

 

 

EX TR A  CTUM.

Glyeyrrhiza  G labra...  24®
po.............  33®
Haematox, 15 lb. b ox..  11®
Is.................   13®
>4,8..............   14®
jjs.............   16®
n u n

“ 
“ 
» 
» 

Carbonate Preclp......... 
®   W
Citrate and Q ulnia....  @3  50
©   80
Citrate  S o lu b le ....—  
Ferrocyanldum Sol —  
®
Solut  Chloride............. 
©
Sulphate,  com’l .................9®
pure..............  @
A rn ica...........................  J£®
A nth em ls......................  18®
Matricaria

14 
25 
13®;5

VLORA.

<* 

Barosma 
Cassia  Acutlfol,  Tin-

.............. • • • •  14®
nlvelly......................  18®
“ 
Alx.  25®
...................  12®
.......................  
a®

Salvia  officinalis,  Ms
and  Me 
Ura Ural 

“ 

GUM M I.

“
“

picked—  ®

Acacia, 1st 
2d 
" 
®
»  Sd 
sifted sorts
“ 
®60®
p o.........  .... -
“ 
50®®
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 80)...
“  Cape, (po.  20)...
Soootri. (po.  60).
®
Catechu, 1s, (Ms, 14 M*:
®
16)..............................  
_
a nunonlae...................  55®
Assafoetlda, (po.60) 
50®
Bensomum...................  50®
Camphor®....................   42®
Buphorblum  po  .........  35®
Galbannm........................  ®‘
Gamboge,  po...............  70®
Gualacum, (po  35) —  
®  3o
Kino,  (po  2 00)..............  @2 CO
M astic.............................  @ 80
Myrrh, (po. 45)...............   @ 40
Opll  (po  3 30@3 50). .2  5 @2 60
Shellac  .......................   40®  60
4  @  45
Tragacanth.................  50®  80

“ 
hebba—In ounce packages.

bleached  —  

Absinthium...........................   ®
Bupatorlum...........................  20
Lobelia...................................   25
Majorum................................  £8
Mentha  Piperita...................  28
“  V lr...........................   25
Bue..........................................  30
Tanaoetum, V ........................  «
Thymus, V .............................  25

MAGNESIA.

Calcined, Pat...............  55®  60
Carbonate,  Pat............  20®  22
Carbonate, K. &  M —   20®  25
Carbonate, JennlngS..  35®  36

OLVDK.

40®! 60
10@3 00
80@2 00
30@1 40

40@l 50
Cubebae.........................l  
Exechthltos................  1 20@1  30
20@1 30
Erlgeron....................... 1 
Gaultherla....................1 
50®1 60
Geranium,  ounce....... 
®  75
Gosslpll,  Sem. gal.......  70®  75
Hedeoma  .....................1 
25@1 40
Juniperl........................  50@2 00
Lavendula..................   90@2 00
Limonls.........................1 
Mentha Piper 
............ 2 
Mentha Verid...............1 
Morrhuae, gal...............1 
Myrcia, ounce.............   @ 5 0
Olive.............................  90®3 00
Plcls Liquida, (gal.,85)  10®  12
R lcinl............. 
88®  96
Rosmarlni............ 
l  ao
Bosae, ounce................ 6 50®8 50
Succlnl.........................   40®  45
Sabina.........................   90©1  00
Santal  ..........................2 
Sassafras......................  50®  55
Slnapis, ess, ounce....  @  65
Tlglll.............................  @  fo
Thyme.........................   40®  50
opt..................   @1  60
Theobromas.................  15®  20

50®7 00

... 

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PO TASSIUM .

BiCarb...  ...................  15®
bichromate.................  13®
Bromide...................... 
40®
Carb..............................   12®
Chlorate  (po. 17@19)..  16®

Potassa, Bitart,  pure. 
Potassa, Bitart, com..
Potass Nitras, opt__
Potass Nitras..............

Althae.
Arum,  po......................
Calamus........................
Gentiana  (po. 12).......
Glychrrhlza, (pv. 15).. 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 35)....................
Hellebore,  Ala,  po__

Iris  plox (po. 35@38).
Jalapa,  pr...................
M aran ta.  M s..............

Sanguinarla,  (po  25)..

Slmllax, Officinalis.  H 
M
Poeti-

Symplocarpus, 
dus,  po.........

50® 55
2  90©; 00
23® 25
@ 15
8® 10
7® 9
28® 30
15® 18

20® 25
25
12® 15
@ 25
20® 40
8® 10
16® 18
@ 30
15® 20
15® 20
1  30® 1 40
35® 40
40® 45
@ 35
15® 18
75@1 00
@1 75
75@1 35
35® 38
@ 20
30® 35
55@ 60
@ 40
@ 25
10® 12
@ 35
>  @ 25
15® 20
18® 2u
18® 20

Zingiber  ].

SEM EN.
Anisum,  (po.  auj. 
Q  15
Aplum  (graveleons)..  14®  16
Bird, Is........................ 
4®  6
Carni, (po. 18)..............  10®  12
Cardamon..........................1  00®1 25
Corlandrum.................  12®  14
Cannabis Satlva..........   4® 
5
Cvdonlum....................   7501 00
Cnenopodinm  ............  10®  12
Dlpterix Odorate....... 2 40@2 60
Poenlcnlum.................  ®  15
Foenngreek,  po.......... 
6®  8
L in i................................ 3W® 4
Lini, grd.  (bbl.SH)..  3)4®  4
Lobelia.........................   85®  40
4®  5
Pharlarls Canarian__  
Rapa...............................4M®  5
Slnapis  Albu.............. 
7®  8
Nigra............  11®  12

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Frumenti, W., D.  Co..2 00@2  50
D. F. R .......2 0T-Q2 25
1  2501  50
 
Junlperls  Co. O. T ___1  65®2 00
“ 
1 75®3 50
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

 

SPONGES.

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

2 00
1  10
85
65
75
1  40

Absinthium...................... 2 50®3 00
Amygdalae, Dulc........   30®  50
Amyaalae, Amarae— 8 00@8 25
A nisl..................................2 40@2 50
Aurantl  Cortex...........1  80@2  00
Berg&mll  .....................3 00@3 20
Cajlputl...................... 
60®  65
Oaryophylll.................  75®  80
Cedar  ...........................  35®  65
Chencpodll.................  ©1  60
Clnnamonll................. 1 £5@1  4
Cltronella....................  ®  45
Contain  Mao...............  35®  65
Copaiba  ......................  80®  90

BTBU PS.

A ccad a.................................   50
Zingiber  ................................  50
Ipecac.....................................  60
Ferri  Iod................................  50
Aurantl  Cortes......................  56
Rhel  Arom.............................  50
Slmllax  Officinalis...............   60
....  50
Senega...................................   50
ScUlae.....................................  50
“  Co................................  50
Toiatan..................................  50
PrunHS  vlrg...........................  50

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Aconltum  Napellls R ..........  60
RH
Aloes................................... 
 
and myrrh....................   60
Arnica.....................................   SO
Asafoetida................................   t0
Atrope Belladonna.................  60
Benzoin....................................  60
“  Co...............................  50
Sanguinarla.............................  50
Barosma..................................  50
Cantharldes.............................  75
Capsicum..............................   50
Ca damon..............................   75
Co...........................  75
Castor................................... 1 00
Catechu..................................  50
Cinchona..............................  50
Co...........................  60
Columba................................  50
Conlum..................................  50
Cubeba...................................   50
Digitalis................................  50
Ergot.......................................  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
Opll........................................   85
“  Camphorated.................  50
“  Deodor..........................2 00
Aurantl Cortex......................  50
Quassia.................................   50
Rhatany  ................................  50
Rhel........................................   50
Cassia  Acutlfol....................   50
CO...............   50
Serpentaria...........................  50
Stramonium...........................  60
Tolutan..................................  60
Valerian................................  SO I
VeratrumVeride...................  50

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“  4 F ..  32®  34
Alumen.......................   2M@  3

3®
4®

ground, 

(po.
7)................................ 
Annatto........................  55®  I
Antimoni, po............... 
et Potass T.  55®  I
Antipyrin....................   @1  40
Antlfebrln...................   @  25
Argenti  Nitras, ounce  ®  49
Arsenicum..................  
5®  7
Balm Gilead  Bud__  
38®  40
Bismuth  8.  N ............. 1  40® l  50
Calcium Chlor, Is, (Ms
12;  Ms,  14)...............
®  11
Cantharldes  Russian,
p o ..............................
®1  00 
Capslcl  Fructus, af...
®  26 
®  28 
@  20 
“  SU  /
Caryophyllus,  (po.  15)
10®   12 
Carmine,  No. 40..........
®3 75 
Cera  Alba, 8 .4 F .......
50®  56 
Cera Flava..................
88®  40 
Coccus 
.......................
®   40 
Cassia Fructus............
®  25 
Centrarla......................
®   10 
Cetacee m ....................   ®
40
Chloroform.................  60®
squlbbs ..  ©1  25
Chloral Hyd Crst........ 1  2501  50
Chondrus....................   20®  25
Clnchonldlne, P.  A  W  15®  20
13
“  German  8M© 
Corks,  Hit,  dls.  per
cent  ........................
Creasotum...............  
©
©
Creta, (bbl. 75)....... 
prep...............  
5®
preclp...............  
9®
Rubra.................   ©
Crocus........................ 
35®
Cudbear........................  ®
Cuprl Sulph.................  5 ©
Dextrine......................  10®
Ether Sulph.................   750
Emery,  all  numbers..  ©
po....................   @ 
6
Ergota, (po.)  40..........   SO®  35
Flake  White...............   12® 
is
Galla.............................  ©  23
Gambler........................  7  © 8
Gelatin,  Cooper..........   ©  60
French............  30®  50
Glassware  flint, by box 80.
Less than box 75.
Glue,  Brown...............  
90  15
“  White.................  13®  25
Glycerine....................   14®  20
Gran a Paradlsl............  ©  22
Humulns......................  25©  56
©   75 
Hydraag  Chlor  Mite.. 
“  Cor....  ©  65
Ox Rubrum 
®  85
Ammonlatl..  ®  95 
Unguentum.  45®  55
Hydrargyrum..............  @  60
Icnthyobolla, Am..  ..1  25®i  50
Indigo...........................  75@1 00
Iodine,  Resubi............3 80®3 90
Iodoform......................  @4  70
LupuUn........................  @2 25
Lycopodium...............  60®  65
M arts...........................  70®  75
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
drarglod..................   @  27
Liquor Potass Arslnltls  10®  19 
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
Manilla,  8 .F ...............  60®  68

1M)...............................2H®  4

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

GROCERY  PR IC E  CURRENT.

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

CREAM  TARTAR.
Strictly  pure........................ 
80
Telfer’B Absolute................  30
Grocers’..............................15@251

1 40
1 40
1 50
1 40

CATSUP.

Blue Label Brand.

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

Triumph Brand.

CLOTHES  PINS.

1 25

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

COCOA  SHELLS.

35 lb. bags.......................   @3
Less quantity.................  ©3%
Pound  packages........... 6M@7

COFFEE.

Green.
Rio.

20

Santos.

Fair......................................... is
Good........................................ig
Prime................................ . ’ .21
Golden............................. . . ” 21
Peaberry................................23
Fair.........................................19
Good.................................... 
Prime................................’ ” 22
Peaberry  ............................... 23
Mexican and Guatamaia.
Fair.........................................21
Good....................................... 22
Fancy............................... I."g4
Maracaibo.
Prime...........................  
M ined..........................; ; ; ; ; 24
Interior.................................. 25
Private Growth................... .27
Mandehling..........................28
Imitation...............................25
Arabian.................................28

Mocha.

Java.

Roasted.

To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
Coffee, add 14 c. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink 
age.

Package.

M cLaughlin’s  X X X X ..  £1  80
Bunola...............................   21  30
Mon, 60 or 100 lb.  case__ 21  80

Extract.

Valley City V4 gross............
1  15
Felix 
Hummel’s, foil, gross.........   1 65
“ 
........   2 85

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CHICORV.

Balk.................................  
R e d ................................... 
CLOTHES  LINE8.

5
7

Cotton,  40 ft..........perdos.  1  2
*• 
140
**  1  60
1  76
“ 
«  1  90
“ 
85
“ 
1  00

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CONDENSED  MILK.

60ft........... 
60 ft........... 
»0 ft........... 
80ft........... 
60 ft.......... 
72 f f ......... 

4 doz. In case.

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

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A X L E  G R E A SE .

doz  gross
Aurora......................  55  6  00
Oastor Oil............... 
60 
7  CO
Diamond..................   50  5  50
75  9  00
Frazer’s ..................  
Mica  .......................   65  7  50
Paragon 
600

.................  55 

B A K IN G   PO W D E R .

45
75
. 
.  1  60
10
55
.  1  10
.  2  no
.  9 00
.  2 7(*
.  3 20
.  4  80
.  4  00
.  9 00
40
75
.  1  40
45
85
.  1  50
45
75
.  1  50

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Acme.
14 id.  nui». 3  doz —
“  ..............
V4 -b. 
1  “  ...............
lib . 
Bulk...................................
Arctic.
54 lb cans 6 doz  case......
14  lb  “  4 doz  “ 
.......
1  lb  “  2 doz  “ 
.......
5  lb  “  1 do*  “  ' .......
3  oz cans 6 doz  “ 
......
.......
6  oz  “  4 doz  “ 
9  oz  “  4doz  “ 
.......
1  tt>  “  2 doz  “ 
.......
5  lb  “  1 doz  “ 
.......
Red Star. 54  lb  cans........
14 lb  “ 
........
.........
1 tt.  “ 
Teller’s,  54 lb. cans,  dcz
141b.  “ 
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1 lb. 
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Our Leader, 54 .b cans...
H lb  cans__ . 
1 lb cans.......
BATH  BRICK. 
2 dozen In case.
English 
...........................
Bristol................................
Domestic.........................

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..  90
..  so
..  70
Gross
3 60
.  6 75
.  9 00
.  2 75
.  4 00
8 00
.  4 50
.  3 60
.  6  80

BLUING.

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Arctic, 4 oz  ovals...........
“ 
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“  pints,  round  .......
“  No. 2, sifting box.
“  No. 3. 
“  No. 5, 
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1 oz ball  ...............
Mexican Liquid, 4 oz.... 
S oz.......

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.  1  90
Jo. 2 Hurl.........................
.  2 00
No. 1  “ 
.........................
.  2  15
No. 2 Carpet......................
.  2  50
No. 1  “ 
......................
.  2 50
Parlor Gem.......................
85
Common Whisk..  .........
................. .  1  00
Fancy 
Warehouse......................... .  2 85

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Stove, No.  1..........................   1 25
“  10..........................   1 50
“  15..........................   1 75
Sloe Root Scrub, 2  row—   S5 
Rice Root  Scrub, 3 row —   1  25
Palmetto, goose...................   1 50

CANDLES.

Hotel, 40 lb. boxes.............   10
Star,  40 
...............   9
Paraffine  ....•......................  10
.............................24
Wlcking 

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CANNED  GOODS.

Flab.
Clams.

“ 

Little Neck,  1 lb.................1  30
“  2  lb..................1  go
Clam Chowder.
Standard, 3 lb.......................2 25
Cove Oysters.
Standard,  l lb......................  75
21b......................135
Lobsters.
Star,  1  lb..............................2 45
“  2  lb.............................. 8 50
Picnic, 1 lb............................ 2 00
“ 
21b............................ 2 90
Mackerel.
Standard, 1 lb....................... 1  10
2  lb ..................... 2 10
Mustard,  2 lb  ......................2 25
Tomato Sauce,  2 lb............. 2 25
Soused, 2  lb.......................... 2 25
Columbia River, flat........... 1  75
tails........... 1  so
Alaska, Red.......................... 1 30
pink...........................1 20
Kinney’s,  flats......................1  75

Salmon.
“ 

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Sardines.
American  Its.................. 414@  5
> ...............6*©?
T 
Imported  >¿1......................  @10
V4s...................... 15@16
Mustard  Ms........................  6©7
Boneless............................  
22

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Brook  8, lb ............................ 2 50

Trout
Fruits.
Apples.

3 
lb. standard 
.... 
York State, gallons  ... 
Hamburgh,  11 
__

go
2 50

Apricots.

Pears.

Gages.

Peaches.

Cherries.

Live oak............................. 
Santa  Crus........................ 
Lusk’s ................................  
Overland..........................  
Blackberries.
F. A  W......................... 
85
Red...............................  @120
Pitted Hamburgh.......
W hite........................... 
1  40
Erie..............................  
1  15
Damsons. Egg Plums and Green 
Erie..............................  
1  35
California....................  
1 25
Gooseberries.
Common........................... 
1  10
P ie............................... 
1  50
M axwell...................... 
Shepard’s ....................  
1  50
California....................  160@1  7!
Monitor 
....................
Oxford..........................
Domestic...................... 
Riverside...................... 
Pineapples.
Common.......................1  00@1  30
Johnson’s  sliced........  
2 50
2 7!
grated........  
Booth’s sliced.............  @2 5
grated............  @2 75
Quinces.
Common...................... 
1  10
Raspberries.
Red................................ 
95
Black  Hamburg.......... 
1  40
1  20
Erie,  black  ........... 
Strawberries.
Lawrence....................  
1  25
12*
Hamburgh................... 
1  20
Erie............................... 
Terrapin......................... 
1  05
Whortleberries.
Blaeberries................  
85
Corned  beef  Libby’s ...........2 20
Roast beef  Armour’s ...........2 35
Potted  ham,  >4 lb..................1  25
“  M lb...................  70
tongue, M lb ............... 1 35
54 lb............  75
chicken, M lb..........  
95

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Meats.

1 25
1

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Corn.

Hamburgh  stringless............ 1 15
French style........2 00
Limas................... i  25
Lima, green 
........................115
soaked............................ ..
Lewis Boston Baked............ 1 25
Bay State  Baked........................1 25
World’s  Fair  Baked............ 1 25
Picnic Baked.........................
Hamburgh.................................. 1 25
Livingston  E den.......................1 to
Parity..........................................1 00
Honey  Dew................................ 1 35
Morning Glory....................
Soaked.................................. 
75
Hamburgh  marrofat..........1  so
early June 
.. 1  50
Champion Eng.. 1  40
petit  pole...........1  40
fancy  sifted....1   65
Soaked....................................  05
Harris standard....................   75
VanCamp’s  marrofat...........1  10
early June.......130
Archer’s  Early Blossom__ 1  25
French........................................ 2 15
Mushrooms.
French........................  
Pumpkin.
Brie................................... 
Squash.
Hubbard................ 
 
Succotash.
Hamburg......................................1 3)
Soaked....... — . .....................  30
Honey  Dew............................  40
Erie........ ................................1  35
go
Hancock  .  .......................... 
Excelsior  . ............  
gL>
Eclipse 
go
Hamburg..................................  1 25
Gallon....................................3 00

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Baker’s.

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

CHEESE.
Amboy.........................  
12
Acme............................
Lenawee......................  
12
Riverside.........  ......... 
12
Gold  Medal.................
839
Skim............................. 
ji
Brick............................. 
Edam  ..........................  
1 00
Leiden.........................  
20
Llmbnrger  .................  @15
Pineapple....................   @24
Roquefort— .........  @35
Sap  Sago......................  @20
Schweitzer, Imported.  @24 
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Above prices on coupon books 
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500  “ 
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500, any one denom’n .......S3 00
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1000,  “ 
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Steel  punch......................... 
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Butter.

Seymour XXX....................... 5
Seymour XXX, cartoon.......514
Family  XXX.......................   5
Family XXX,  cartoon.........   5V4
Salted XXX..........  .............   5
Salted XXX,  cartoon  .........  514
Kenosha...............................   714
Boston.................................... 7
Butter  biscuit.....................   6
Soda, XXX...........................  5U
Soda, City..............................  7M
Soda,  Duchess........................8H
Crystal Wafer...................... 1014
Long  Island W afers......... 11
8. Oyster  XXX.......................  5 Vi
City Oyster. XXX...................   54
Farina  Oyster....................... 6

Oyster.

Soda.

DRIED  FRUITS. 

Domestic.

Apples.

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Peaches.

Apricots.

Blackberries.
Nectarines.

Snndrled........................... 
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes 
California In  bags........  
Evaporated In boxes__  
In  boxes......................... 
70 lb. bags.........................
251b. boxes....................... 
Peeled, In boxes............ 
Cal. evap.  “ 
............ 
“ 
In bags  ....... 
California In bags....... 
Pitted  Cherries.
Barrels............................
50 lb. boxes....................
.....................
25  “ 
Prunelles.
801b.  boxes....................
Raspberries.
In barrels........................... 
501b. boxes...................... 
........................ 
251b.  “ 
Raisins.

Pears.

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Loose  Muscatels In Boxes.
2 crown................................  314
3 
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2  crown................................... 34
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Foreign.
Currants.

Peel.

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

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

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@ 7Vi

Prunes.
California,  100-120 ...............  5V4
90x100 25 lb. bxs.  6
80x90 
.. 6V4
7
70x80 
60x70 
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Silver...........................

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XX rag, white.

No. 1,614............................   81  3!
No. 2. 6Vi............................   1  10
No. 1, 6........ 
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Manilla, white.
 

6V4  ....................................... 
6.............................  
 
Coin.

Mill  No. 4........................... 
FA R IN A CEO US  GOODS.

75
70

90

115 lb. kegs.

Farina.
Gnts.

254

Hominy.

Walsh DeRoo  &  Co.’s .......2  10
Barrels............. ............... 
3 00
Grits.....................................   314
Dried...............................  5@514

Lima  Beans.

Maccaronl and Vermicelli.
Domestic, 12 lb. box__  
Imported......................1014011

55

Pearl Barley.

“ 

814
3

Peas.

Schumacber...................... 
Common ............................. 
Green,  bu..........................   1  05
Split  per l b ...................
Rolled  Oats.

Schumacher, bbl................ £4  65
H bbl.... .....  *50
Monarch,  bbl 
..................   375
Monarch, 14  bbl.................2  10
Quaker,  cases....................   3 20
Oven Baked......................... 8 35
German................................  8
Bast India.............................  314
Cracked................................   8

Wheat.

Sago.

FISH -Salt. 

Bloaters.
Yarmouth...............
Cod.
Georges cured...............
Georges genuine..........
Georges selected..........
Boneless,  bricks..........
Boneless, strips..........

Halibut.

1  65
4*7
714
8*6M©9

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

S o u a e rs '.

Regular 
Grade 
Lemon.

doz
2 ox  ...  8  75 
4 oz  ....  1  50

Regular 
Vanilla.

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

“ 
“ 

Jennings.
Lemon. Vanilla 
1  20
2 oz regular panel . 7 5  
2 00
4  oz 
...1  50 
3 00
6oz 
...2 00 
No. 3 taper...........135 
200
No. 4  taper........... 1  50 
2 50
Northrop’»
75 
1 20 
85 
1 60 

2 oz oval taper 
“  “ 
3 oz 
2 oz regular “ 
“  “ 
4 oz 
GUNPOWDER.
Rifle—Dupont’s.

Lemon.'Vanilla.
1 10
1 75
1 20
2 25

Kegs............................................. 3 25
Half  kegs....................................1 90
Quarter  kegs............................. 1 10
1 lb  cans................................   30
14 lb  cans...............................  18
Kegs............................................. 4 25
Half kegs....................................2 40
Quarter kegs.......... ............... 1  35
1 lb cans................................   34

Choke Bore—Dupont’s

60

Eagle Duck—Dupont’s.

HERBS.

INDIGO.

Kegs  ..................................... 11  00
Half  k e g s .................................. 5 75
Quarter kegs...............................3 00
1 lb  cans..............................  
Sage........................................16
Hope.......................................15
Madras,  5 lb. boxes..........  
55
S. F., 2, 3 and 5 lb. boxes.. 
50
JELLY.
15  lb. palls................... 
0   38
“ 
17  “ 
.................  
0   42
30  “  “ 
.................  @  65
LICORICE.
Pure.........................................  so
Calabria..................................  25
Sicily.......................................  12
Root............................... 
  10

 

LYE.

Condensed, 2 dos..................1  20
4 do*................. 2 25

“ 

MINCE  MEAT.

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

Herring.
“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

54  “  40  “ 
Mackerel.

Holland, white hoops keg 
bbl
Norwegian  .......................
Round, 14  bbl 100 lbs........
.......
Scaled.................................
No. 1,  100 lbs......................
No. 1,40 lbs........................
No. 1,  10 lbs.......................
No. 2, 100  lbs......................
No. 2, 40  lbs........................
No. 2,10  lbs........................
Family, 90 lbs....................
10  lbs .................
Russian,  kegs....................
No. 1,14 bbls., lOOlbs.........
No. 1 14 bbl, 40  lbs............
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs................
No  1,81b  kits...................

Sardines.
Trout.

“ 

11012
70 
8 75
2 50 
1  30 
15
11 ro
4  90 
1  30 
.10 «0 
i  3ú 
1  15

.5 00 
.2 3C 
65 
55

Whiteflsh.

No.  1  fam ily
54 bbls, 100 lbs......... 86  <5 3 00
“  40  “  ..........   3 00  1 50
14 
101b.  kits.................... 
83  45
81b.  “ 
39
....................  
69 
H A T C H E S.

Globe Match Co.’s Brands.

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

81  75 
1  40 
70 
45 
40 
doz.
7 00 
4  75 
3 75

Mince meat, 3 doz. In case 
Pie Prep. 3 doz.  in  case.. 

MEASURES. 
Tin, per dozen.
1  gallon......................... .
Half  gallon........................
Q uait..................................
Pint.....................................
Half  p in t..........................
Wooden, for vinegar, per
1 gallon..............................
Half gallon........................
Q u a rt.............  ....................
Pint 
.................................

MOLASSES.
Blackstrap.
Cuba Baking.
Porto Rit j.

Sugar house.......................
Ordinary...............
Prime............................. .
..........
Fancy 
Fair 
..................................
Good  ..................................
Extra good..........................
Choice 
.............................
Fancy.. 
..........................
Half -barrels 3c.extra

New Orleans.

Peerless evaporated cream.  5 75

Patras,  bbls.............................4
Vostizzas, 56 lb.  cases.....!  4

PICKLES.
Medium.

Barrels, 1,200  co u n t... 
H alf bbls, 600  c o u n t..
Small.
Barrels, 2,400  count.
H alf bbls, 1,200 count
PIPES.

@4 00 
@ :  50
6  00
3  50

Clay, No.  216.....................
....1   70
....  70
“  T. D. fu ll c o u n t___
Cob, No.  3  ......................... ...1 20

POTASH.

48 cans In case.

B a b b itt's ............................ .  4  00
F enna Salt  Co.’s .............. .  3 00

RICE.
Domestic.

Carolina h e a d ....................

.  534
No. 1.................... ....5
No. 2.................... ...4 3 4
B roken................................. ..  334

“ 
“ 

Im ported.

“ 

Japan, No. 1..............  ....
N o.2.......................
J a v a ..................
P atn a.....................................  434

....534
__ 5
..  5

S P IC E S .

W hole Sifted.

A llspice....................................  9)4
Cassia, China In m ats.........   9)4

“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

Pure G round In Bulk.

B atavia In b u n d ___15
Saigon In ro lls..........32
Cloves,  A m boyna...................22
Z anzibar................. .'.U K
Mace  B atavia..........................7U
Nutmegs, fa n c y ...................... 65
“  No.  1........................... 60
“  No.  2........................ ..5»
Pepper, Singapore, black — 10 
“ 
w h ite ...  .20
sh o t............................. 16
“ 
A llspice.....................................15
Cassia,  B atavia...................... 18
and  Saigon.25
“ 
S aig o n ........................35
“ 
Cloves,  A m boyna...................22
“  
Z anzibar...................18
G inger, A frican ...................... 16
"•  C ochin.....................  20
J a m a ic a .................. 22
“ 
Mace  B atavia........................  65
M ustard,  Eng. and Trieste.. 22
T rieste....................... 25
Nutmegs, No. 2 ...................... 75
Pepper, Singapore, black — 16
“ 
w h ite....... 24
“ 
C ayenne...................20
S a g e .....................................  ..20
•‘Absolute” In Packages.Ms  Ks
A llspice...........................   84 1  55
Cinnam on  ......................  84 155
Cloves...............................  84 155
G inger,  Ja m a ic a .........  84  1  55
A fric a n ............   84  1  55
M ustard...........................   84 155
P e p p e r.............................   84 1  55
Sage.........  

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

“ 

“ 

“ 

. 

SAX.  S O D A .

“ 

G ranulated,  b b ls...................  IK
751b  cases.........  1M
...........................  1M
Lum p, bbls 
1*
@13

1451b kegs 

S E E D S .
A n is e .........................
Canary, Sm yrna.......
C ara w ay ....................
Cardamon, M alabar.
Hemp,  R ussian .......
M ixed  B ird ................
M ustard,  w h ite.........
Poppy .........................
R a p e ............................
Cuttle  bone................
S T A R C H  

80
4
4K

4)480

“ 

Corn.
20-lb  boxes..............................   6
5*
40-lb 
.............
Gloss.
1-lb packages...........................  5M
8-lb 
...........................  6M
6-lb 
...........................  5j£
40 and 50 lb. boxes................  3&
B arrels.....................................   3 #

“ 
“ 

S N U F F .

Scotch, In  bladders.............. 37
Maccaboy  In ja rs ..................35
French Rappee, In J a r s ....... 43

SO D A .

B o x e s..................................
Kegs, E n g lish .................... ....4M

SA L T.

Diam ond  Crystal.

“ 

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

Cases, 24 3  lb. boxes....... .1  1  60
Barrels, 320  lb s................ .  2*50
115 234 lb bags... .  4  00
“ 
... .  3  75
60 5 
lb  “ 
“ 
“ 
... .  3  50
3010  lb  “ 
65
“  20141b bags...........\ .  3  50
“  280 1b  b b ls ........... .  2  50
........... .  2 25
“  224 lb 
W orcester.
115 234-lb sacks................
.  84  C0
.................. ..  3 75
“ 
60 5-lb 
“  
30101b 
.................. ..  3  50
.................... ..  3  30
2«  14 lb.  “ 
320 lb.  b b l........................... ..  2  50
8 lb  sacks............ ..........
..  3234
linen ack s..............
60
Common Grades.
100 3-lb. sacks.........................12 10
60 5-lb. 
1  90
2810-lb. sacks.........................1 75
56 lb. dairy in  drill  b ag s...  30
281b. 
16
56 lb. dairy In  linen B a ck s..  75
56 lb. dairy in  linen  sacks.  75
56  lb.  sacks...........................  
22
90
S a g in a w ............................... 
M anistee.............................. 
90

A shton.
Higgins.

Common Fine.

Soiar Rock.

W arsaw.

.. 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

 

 

THE  M ICmOAN  TB A TtTfflHMT A TT.

17

S A L E R A T U S.

Packed 60 lbs. In box.

C hurch’s ................................. 3  30
D eLand’s ................................. 3 15
D w ight’s ................................... 3 30
Taylor’s .................................... 3  00

SEELY’S  EXTRACTS.

Lemon.
1 oz. F.  M. 8  90 doz.
2  “  N. S.  1  20  *■
2  “  F.  M.  1  40  “

810 20 gro 
12  60  “
14  40  “

V anilla.
1 oz. F.  M.  1  50 doz.
2  “  N  S.  2  00  “
2  «  F. M. 2  50  “

16  20 gro 
21  60  “
25 50
Rococo—Second Grade.

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

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

Lemon.
V anilla.
SOAP.
L a u n d ry .

3 35
3 20

G.  R. Soap W orks  Brands. 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“  
“  

lots   
lots   

5  box 
10  box  lo ts 
20  box 
“ 
“ 

Concordia, lOi %  lb.  bars. ..3  50
3  30
G erm an F am ily, 60  Is  .......2 25
5 b o x lo ‘s2  15
25 box lets 2 00
Old Country,  80  1-lb............ 3  20
Good Cheer, 601 lb ................3  90
W hite Borax, 100  X-U>.........3 65

Allen B. W risley’s Brands.

Proctor & Gamble.

“ 

C oncord......................................... 3 45
Ivory, 10  oz............................. 6  75
6  oz............................   4  00
L enox....................................  3  65
M ottled  G erm an..................  3  15
Tow n T a lk .............................. 3  25

D ingm an Brands.

Single  bo x ............................... 3  95
5 box lots, delivered...........3 85
10 box lots, delivered.........3  75
Jas. S. K irk & Co.’s  Brands. 

American  Fam ily, w rp d ..I3   33 
p la in ...  3  27
N.  K.  F airbank & Co.’s Brands.
Santa C laus...........................  3  93
Br jw n, 60 b ars......................2  10
“ 
80  b a r s ....................3  10
Lautz Bros. & Co.’s Brands.

“ 

“ 

A cm e.........................................3 65
Cotton O il.................................6  00
M arseilles.......   ...................... 4  00
M aster 
......................... 400
Thompson & Chute Co.'s Brands

.  . . .  

S ilv e r........................................3 65
M o n o ........................................3  30
Savon  Im proved....................2  50
S u n flo w er...............................2  80
G olden  .................................... 3  25
Econom ical  ..........................   2 25

S c o u rin g .

S a p o lio , kitchen, 3  doz...  2  40
hand, 3 doz........... 2 40

“ 

SU G A R.

Eays from  the m arket  in w hich 

Below  are  given  New  York 
prices on sugars,  to  w hich  the 
w holesale  dealer  adds  the  lo­
cal freight  from   New  York  to 
your  shipping  point,  giving 
you  credit  on  the  invoice  for 
the  am ount  of  freight  buyer
e  purchases  to  his  shipping 
point, including 20  pounds  for 
the w eight of the.barrel.
D om ino.........................................84 75
Cut  L oaf........................................4 75
C u b e s............................................. 4 37
P ow dered....................................  4 37
XXXX  Pow dered.................  4 62
G ranulated 
.........................  3 91
F ine G ranulated .......................   3 91
E x tra Fine G ran u lated ...  4  16
M ould  A ........................................4 37
Diam ond Confec.  A ...........  4  00
Confec. S tandard  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.......................................  8 44
No.  11........................................3  37
No.  12......................................  3 31
No.  13.  .....................................3  18
NO.  14.......................................  3 12

B arrels.......................................17
H alf bbls................................... 19

SY R U PS.

Corn.

P ure Cane.

F a ir ...........................................   17
G ood.........................................   20
Choice  ......................................  25

T A B L E   SAU CES.

“ 

Lea & P errin’s, la r g e __ __  4  75
sm all.........  2 75
H alford, la r g e ............................. 3 75
sm all............................. 2 25
Salad Dressing,  la r g e ....... 4  56
“  
s m a ll....... 2  65

“ 
“ 

T E A S.

japan—Regular.

F a ir .................................  @ n
G o o d ...............................  @20
Choice..........................24  @26
Choicest......................... 32 ©34
D u s t............. 
...............10 @12
F a ir ................................   @17
G o o d ..............................   @20
Choice.......................... 24  @26
Choicest.......................32  ©34
D u st..............................10  @12

SUN CU BED .

BA SK ET  F IR E D .

F a ir ................................ 18  ©20
Choice.............................  @25
Choicest........................ 
@35
E x tra choice, w ire leaf  @40

G U N POW DER.

o o l o n g . 

Common to  f a ll.........25  @35
E xtra fine to finest_50  @65
Choicest fan cy ...........75  @85
@26
Common to  fa ir.........23  @30
Common to  fa ir.........23  @26
Superior to fine...........30  @35
Common to  fa ir.........18  @26
Superior to  fine......... 30  @40

y o u n g   HYSON.

IM PE R IA L .

EN G LISH  BR EA K FA ST.

F a ir .............................. 18  @22
Choice..................... .. 
24  @28
B e st...............................40  @50

TO BA CCOS.

F lu e  C u t.

 

P. Lorillard  & Co.’s Brands.
Sweet R usset............... 30  @32
30
T iger............................... 
D.  Scotten &  Co’s Brands.
60
H iaw ath a...................... 
C u b a ......................  
32
R o ck et...........................  
30
Spaulding & M errick’s  Brands.
S terlin g .........................  
30
Private Brands.
B azoo.............................  @30
Can  Can.........................   @27
N ellie  B ly.................... 24  @25
Uncle Ben.....................24  @25
M cG inty........................ 
27
Va bbls...........  
25
C olum bia.........................  
Colum bia,  d ru m s........... 
Bang  U p........................... 
Bang up,  d ru m s............  

24
23
20
19

“ 

P lu g .

F lnzer’s Brands.

Sorg’s Brands.
S p earh ea d .................... 
39
J o k e r ............................. 
27
40
Nobby T w ist.................... 
Scotten’s Brands.
Kylo................................  
25
38
H iaw atha....................... 
Valley C ity ..................  
34
40
Old  H onesty................. 
32
Jolly T a r........................ 
Climax  (8  oz., 41c)___ 
39
30
Green T u rtle ................ 
27
Three  Black Crow s... 
Som ething G ood......... 
38
Out of  S ight................  
24
W ilson et M cCaulay’s Brands.
Gold  Rope.................... 
43
Happy T ho u g h t........... 
37
M essm ate...................... 
32
No T a x ........................... 
31
Let  G o........................... 
27

J . G. B utler’s Brands.

Lorillard’s Brands.

S m o k in g .

Gatlin’s  B rands.

K iln  d rie d ............................17@18
G olden  Show er...................... 19
H untress 
............................... 26
M eerschaum  
.................29@30
A m erican Eagle Co.’s Brands.
M yrtle  N avy..  ...................... 40
Stork  ......................................  30
G erm an.....................................15
F r o g ..........................................32
Jav a, %a fo il...........................32
B anner Tobacco Co.'s Brands.
B an n er...................................... 16
B anner C avendish.................36
Gold Cut 
............................... 30

Scotten’s Brands.

W a rp a th ...................................14
H oney  D ew.............................  26
Gold  Block..............................30
F. F. Adams Tobacco Co.’s 
Peerless.....................................26
Old  Tom ...................................18
S tandard...................................22
Globe Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
H andm ade............................... 40

Brands.

Leidersdorf’s Brands.

Rob  R oy...................................26
U ncle  Sam........................ 28@32
Red Clover............................... 32

Spaulding & M errick.

Tom and J e rry ........................ 25
T raveler  C avendish.............38
Buck H orn...............................30
Plow  Boy.........   ............. 30@32
Corn  C ake............................... 16

V IN E G A R .

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

Cl for barrel.

W E T   M U S T A R D .
B ulk, per g a l ...................... 
Beer mug, 2 doz In case... 

30
l  75

Y EA ST.

 

M agic...................  
1  00
W arner’s  .................................1  00
Y east Foam   ............................1  00
D iam ond............................  
 
R o y a l........................................  90

 

75

WOODENWARE.

Palls, No. 1, two-hoop.. 
Bowls, 11 In ch ................
................

Tubs, No. 1...............................5  75
“  No. 2...............................4  75
“  No. 3...............................4  00
.  1  25
“  No. 1,  three-hoop__ 1  35
“ 
90
1  25 
1  80
2 40
H ID E S   P E L T S   a n d   FU R S  
P erkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol­

13  “ 

low s:
FU R S.
M ink.
30  ©   1  00
. . . .  
Coon 
80
30  @ 
.................. 
Skunk.
75  @  1  *5
Rat,  w in te r.......  
08  @ 
11
Rat, fall.............. 
03  @ 
C8
Red  F o x .............  1  CO  @  1  44
40  @ 
Gray F ox............ 
6)
Cross F o x ...........  3 00  @  5  00
Badger................ 
50  @  1  00
Cat, w ild............. 
75
50  @ 
Cat.  h o u se......... 
10  @ 
25
F is h e r .............   5  00  @ 6 0 0
L ynx .................  1  0»  @  2  50
M artin, d a rk _  2 00  @  3  00
M artin, pale,  yel  l  00 @  1  50
O tter.................  5  00  @  8  0J
W olf..................  1  00  @  2  00
B eaver.............   3  00  @  7  00
B ear................... 15  00  @25  00
Opossum............. 
25
Deer Skin, d ry .. 
25
D eer skin, green 
1214
H ID E S.
G re e n .........................
!K©3K
P art  C ured................
@  434
F ull 
................
@  834
D ry..............................
..  5 @  7
Kips, green  ..............
..  3 ©   4
cu re d ................
©   6
Calfskins,  g reen __ ..  5 @  6
Deacon sk in s............. ..10 @25

cu re d __ ..  7 @  834

10  @ 
10 @ 
05 @ 

No. 2 hides % off.
PELTS.
Shearlings.................. ..  5 @  20
Lambs 
................ .
..25 @  50
WOOL.
W ashed .. 
...............
12 @15
U nw ashed  . . . . .   __
@12
T a llo w ...........................3M©  454
Grease  b utter  .............  1  @ 2
S w itch es.......................  1K@  2
G inseng......................... 3 00©3 25
G R A IN S  a n d  F E E D S T U F F S

M ISCELLANEOUS.

“ 

“ 

“ 

W H EA T.

MEAL.

53 
53

FL O U R   IN   SACKS.

No. 1 W hite (58 lb. test) 
No. 2 Red  (60 lb. test) 
B olted....................................  1  40
G ranulated................... 
1  65
»P atents................................   1  95
»Standards...........................   1  45
Bakers’..................................   1  -*5
•G rah am ...............................  1  30
R ye.......................................   1  40
count.
ditional.

»Subject  to usual  cash  dis­
F lour In bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­

M IL L ST U FFS.

Car lots  quantity
815 00
13 00
17 00
24 CO
23 00

B ra n ..................814 56 
Screenings —   12  00 
M iddlings.......   16 00 
M ixed F e e d ...  19  50 
Coarse m eal  ..  19 00 
Car  lo ts...................................46
Less th a n   car  lo ts..............48
Car  lots  ...................................33)4
Less than car lots  ................ 36
HAY.
No.  1 Tim othy, car lo ts__   9  50
No. 1 
ton lo ts.........1100

CORN.

OATS.

“ 

Less

F IS H   A N D   O Y STERS.

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@10
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10
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F R E S H   F IS H .
W bitefisb 
....................
T r o u t.............................
Black B ass.........
H alib u t...........................
Ciscoes or H erring __
B lueflsh.........................
F resh lobster, per lb ..
C od..................................
No.  1  P ickerel..............
P ik e ................................
Smoked  W hite............
Red  Snappers..............
Colum bia  River  Sal-
m o n .............................
M ackerel........................
C o u n ts...........................
2 20
E xtra  Selects 
1  65
S ele cts...........................
1  40
Scallops.........................
1  50
Shrim ps  .......................
1  25
C lam s.............................
1  26
SHELL  GOODS.
Oysters, per  100...........1 25@1  50
Clams.
75©1  70

OYSTERS—IN  BULK.

18@25

........

OYSTERS— IN CANS.

F. J . D ettenthaler’s Brands.
F airhaven  C ounts__
©33
F . J. D.  Selects...........
28
S e le c ts...........................
@25
F. J. D., Standards  .  .
23
S tan d ard s.....................
18
F a v o rite .......................
15
Standards, per gal......... ....... 1  00
A nchor Standards,  per g a l..1  10 
New  York  C ounts.................... 33
E xtra  Selects.........................   28
Selects 
........................................25
IX L S tandards.......................20
Standards.....................................18
M edium s....................................... 15
S tandards, per  g al................ 1  00
IX L Standards,  per  g a l.......1  10

Oscar A llyn’s Brands.

C R O C K E R Y   A N D   G L A S S W A R E  

LA M P  B U R N E R S.

No. 0 S u n ..................................................................   40
No. 1
4) 
N o .2  “  ........................... '
65 
T n b u lar............................................................
50 
Security,  No.  1...............................................
60 
Security,  No. 2..............................................
80 
N utm eg............................................................
50 
A rctic.......................................................... ..
1  25
LAMP  CHIMNEYS.—6  ¿OZ. in ¡»OX.
Per box
______  
No. 0 S u n .......................................................  
i7 !
No. 1  “ 
SS
No. 2  “ 
No. 0 Sun, crim p top, w rapped and labeled. ..210
N o .l  “ 
25
No. 2  ** 
j*  ok
No. 0 Sun, crim p  top, w rapped and labeled.  2  60
-ago
"O. a 
...3  80
No. 1 Sun, w rapped and  lab eled ..................... 3  70
“ 
No. 2  “ 
......................  4  70
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
....................... 4  gy

u 
XXX F lint.
... 
:: 
“ 
Pearl top.
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

......................................
......................................
F irst quality.

..........................................................  
11 

•• 
“  

r 
“ 

u 

*» 

“ 

‘ 

“ 

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

“ 
La Bastie.

F ire Proof—Plain Top.
“ 

No."l, Sun,  plain  b u lb .......................................... 3 40
No- 2> 
4  40
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz...........................1  25
No. 2  “ 
...........................j  go
No. 1 crimp, per doz..................................... ..." ¡¡I  35
No- 3 
.......................................... ¡¡160
Rochester.
No. 11, Ime  (65c d o z )...................... 
3  40
No. 2, lim e  (~0c d o z ).....................................¡.¡¡¡3  70
No. 2, flint  (80c„doz)................................... ¡¡¡¡¡  4  30

“ 

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“ 

 

Electric.

No.2, lim e  (70c d o z ) ............................................. 4  jg
No.  2 flint (80c d o z ).................... 
...............¡4  40
M iscellaneous.

Ju n io r, R o c h e ste r.................................................  °aj
N utm eg.................................................................”   15
Illum inator Bases.........................¡ ’ ..........¡¡¡.¡¡1  00
Barrel lots, 5 doz  ............................................¡ ¡ ”   90
7 in. Porcelain Shades......................................¡¡.1  00
Case lots,  12 doz......................................................  go

M ammoth Chim neys for Store  Lamps.

OIL  CANS.

Doz.
Box 
No.  3  Rochester,  li m e ...........1  56
4  20
No.  3  Rochester, flint..............1  75
4  80
No.  3  Pearl top or Jew el gl’s .l  85 
5  25 
No.  2  Globe lucandes. lim e...i  75 
5  10
No.  2  Globe Incandes. flint.. .2 00 
5  85
No.  2  Pearl glass....................... 2  10
6 OO
Doz.
, 
1  gal  tin cans w ith spout................................   1  bo
1  gal  galv iron, w ith spout...................................... 2 00
2  gal  galv iron w ith spout  ................................ 3  25
3  gal  galv iron w ith spout......................................  4 50
5 gal  M cNutt, w ith sp o u t.......................................   6 i0
5  gal  E ureka, w ith spout.......................................... 6 50
5  gal  Eureka w ith  faucet..........................................7 00
5  gal  galv iron  A  & W 
.............................  r  50
5  gal  T ilting  Cans,  M onarch.........................   10  (X)
5  gal  galv iron  N acefas.....  
...................  9 5g

, 

, 

3  gal  Home R u le..
5  gal  Home R u le ... 
3  gal  G oodenough. 
5  gal  G oodenough 
5  gal  P irate  King

No. 0, Tubular, cases  1 doz. 
No. 0, 
2  “ 
No. U, 
“ 
No. 0, 

“ 
“ 
“ 

Pum p Cans.

................................. 10  50
...............  ...............12 00
........................... 
................................. 13  50
................................. 10 50
LANTERN  GLOBES.
each ....................   45
“ 
“ 
......................  45
“ 
.....................   40
bbls 5 
bull’s eye. cases 1  doz each ¡1  00

12 CO

LAMP WICKS.
No. 0,  per  gross......................................................  20
No. 1, 
...................................................   28
“■ 
  ...................................................   38
No. 3, 
...................................................  65
M ammoth, per d oz................................................   75

“ 
“ 
“ 

34 Pints,  6 doz in  box, per box  (box 00)... 
34 
34 
34 

JELLY  TUMBLERS—Tin Top.
64
“  bbl,  •*  doz (bbl  35).........   23
24 “ 
6  “  “  box,  “  box  (box 00)____  1 80
18 “ 
“  bbl,  “  doz (bbl 35)......... 
26

“ 
“ 

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STONEWARE—AKRON.
B utter Crocks,  1  to 6 g a l................  ...............  06
34 gal. per  d o z.........................   60
Jugs,  34 gal., per d oz.........................................  70
07
Milk Pan«, 34 g al.,p er  do*..............................   60
.............................  72

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

1  “ 

“ 

” 

STONEWARE—BLACK  GLAZED.
B utter Crocks, 1  and 2 g a l.......................
Milk Pans,  34 gal.  per  doz.......................

6K
65
78

O IL S .
BARRELS.

The Standard Oil Co  quotes as follow

E ocene......................................... ................
XXX W. W.  Mich.  H eadlight..................
N aptha..........................................................
Stove G asoline.............................................
C ylinder.........................................................
E ngine........................................................... 13
Black, zero  te st...........................................
12
B lack,  15 cold te st......................................
10
7K
.......................
Eocene........................ 
XXX  W. W.  Mich.  H eadlight..................
5H
Scofield, Shurm er  &  Teagle  quote  as  follow s; 

9
734 
@   654 
@   7?X 
@36 
@21

FROM TANK WAGON.

BARRELS.

P alacine....................................................................10
Daisy W hite.............................................................  9
Red Cross, W  W  H eadlight.................................  734
N ap th a......................................................................  6)4
Stove G asoline........................................................  7?£
P alacine............................................................  ...  8
Red Cross W W H e a d lig h t......................... ...... 534

FROM TANK WAGON,

U»t _ _   DUPLICATES  OF
siJ& R A V IN G S ^T Y P E  f o b M ^  
T r a d e s m a n  Co., 
grand  r a pids mich.

18

THE  MICHIGA N   TKADESMAN.

“ FO R   V A L U E   R E C E IV E D ."

Written (or Th e Tradesman.

The  qnestion  arises,  What  is  value? 
Webster  defines  it  as  “The property or 
properties  of  a  thing  which  render it 
useful;”  or,  again,  “Estimated  worth; 
price accepted as equivalent to  the  util­
ity of a thing.”

After all said in  explanation,  value— 
as  applied  to  the  millions  of  objects 
passed  in  exchange,  the  world  over—is 
one of the  most undefinable  expressions 
in our  language.  The  writer  of Sacred 
Proverbs,  who  knew human  nature  so 
well,  stated the truth of this matter iu  a 
nutshell  when  he  described  one  typical 
transaction as  follows;  “It  is  naught, 
it is naught,  saith the buyer:  but  when 
he gives  his  way  then  he  boasteth.” 
There  are  still  differences  of  opinion 
nowadays  between  buyer  and  seller, 
whether expressed  in  words  like  these 
or not—since human nature is  much  the 
same as in  the days of Solomon.

All  human  activities,  since  the  race 
began,  have  been  directed  to  the  ex­
change of  equivalents.  Both buyer and 
seller  are  ever  intent  on  pursuing  the 
the phantom of actual value.  Ever  since 
England’s warlike  sovereign offered  his 
“ kingdom for  a  horse,”  and  found  no 
taker,down to the latest shouted quotation 
in the modern  stock exchange,  men have 
been  doing  business  with  differing 
opinions  as  to  the  worth  of  articles 
sought  to  supply 
temporary  wants— 
never perfectly in  accord, yet  ever clos­
ing bargains on some  satisfactory  basis, 
because 
compels—leaving 
the solution of  the  question,  “ What  is 
value?” to be discovered by  wiser  heads 
than their own.

necessity 

In  a  spirit  of  curious  enquiry  the 
question  has  often  been  asked,  “What 
would  be  the  effect  of  an 
irresistible 
force coming in  contact with an immov­
able body?”  The  true answer is still  to 
arrive—since  imagination  can  scarcely 
picture a  sensible  conclusion in  a  case 
where the  premises  are  so  contrary  to 
reason.  As  to  the  buyer  and  seller  in 
open market to-day, two forces meet that 
are, in  general,  more  elastic  in  their 
natures.  They  may  banter  and  chaff, 
contradict  and  affirm,  overpraise  and 
till  H e  patience 
depreciate  in  turn 
of  one  or  the  other 
is  overtaxed, 
but  the  real  value  in  d  >pute  will 
usually  be  found  at  the  exact  spot  be­
tween the extremes  of  opinion,  marked 
by 
individual  interest  as  the  point  of 
least resistance.

they  rather  appreciate 

As all the virtues belonging to humanity 
are  better appreciated through  contrast 
or comparison, so must the value of every 
marketable commodity be  considered  as 
relative to  some condition indefinite and 
ever  liable  to  change.  Among 
these 
conditions fashion  exerts  an  important 
influence on the market or relative  value 
of articles which are in daily use,  either 
for comfort or social display; but  it  sel­
dom  affects  consumers  unfavorably—in 
fact, 
the  in­
creased  expense  entailed,  because  it 
narrows a circle that aims at  nothing  so 
much as  to  be exclusive.  Combinations 
of capital in manufacturing  enterprises, 
in wholesale lines of trade, or real estate 
deals, also exert a powerful  influence on 
values;  and  this  is  the  condition  most 
commonly complained of  by  the  people 
who  are  compelled  to  buy  at  market 
rates.  While  this  is  one  of  the  evils 
common to a free government,  for which 
no statesman or philosopher has  yet  de­

in 

the 

vised a remedy, there is  comfort  in  the 
thought  that  it  has  some  redeeming 
features and limitations.

however  may  vary 

The buyers can afford to spend time in 
contending for the highest value in  each 
small transaction  which  concerns  daily 
supplies, 
the 
estimates  of  the  parties  thereto.  The 
oriental style of bargaining does not pre­
vail  in this  fast  age,  especially  among 
the American people.  The relative worth 
of  anything  desirable 
retail 
market is generally  known  in  advance, 
so  that  haggling  or  beating  down  are 
now  uncommen  between  shoppers  and 
tradesmen,  unless,  perhaps,  in  the  very 
remote  rural  districts.  This  is  partly 
accounted for by  the  fact  that  leading 
retailers  in  every  community  in  all 
lines of trade largely advertise  not  only 
their  goods,  but  also  prices  on  those 
that are most in demand.  The customer, 
therefore,  has only  to  compare  quality 
with price to find the relative  value. 
If 
his  judgment is faulty  he  may  not  al­
ways  get the  worth  of his money;  but, 
in  the  long  run,  exchanges under  this 
system prove  usually satisfactory to both 
dealer and customer.

One practice still extant  that  confuses 
a customer’s estimate of true value is ad­
vertising staple goods to be sold at 
or  %  off  what  are  understood 
to  be 
usual retail rates.  The public draws in­
ferences  from it  which  tend  to  demor­
alize trade  by diminishing  confidence in 
the honesty of all dealers.  Scarcely  one 
of the shoppers who crowd to take advan­
tage  of  such  offers  believes  this  frac­
tional rebate is other than a catch phrase 
used  to  serve  a 
temporary  purpose, 
though many  hope  to  secure  bargains 
carelessly  thrown in among  the general 
rush.
Said a hustling butcher  to a customer 
who was  rather  rusty  in  mental  arith­
metic,  as he placed on the scales  a  roast 
nicely  manipulated,  “Seven  times  seven 
is  seventy-seven.  You  may  have  that 
fine  roast  for  seventy  cents.”  As  the 
pleased buyer  passed  out, enjoying  the 
fiat ten  per cent,  rebate,  while I  blushed 
like  a  guilty  endorser, 
the  butcher 
winked at me,  and  said:  “It takes only 
a little fast talk to make  business  pay.”
The practice of retailing  goods  at  re­
bate prices is  not  necessarily  question­
able on the score of morality. 
It  is  one 
of  the  many  well-worn  devices  of  re­
tailers to draw unwilling  custom,  and is 
as fair in a business sense as that  of  the 
jobbers who sell certain lines of goods at 
a discount from list prices,  provided  no 
misrepresentations are made  or implied. 
The latter method, however,  as a policy 
has  a  better  justification 
in  reason. 
Listed goods have a varying cost founded 
on small  gradations  in  weight,  dimen­
sions,  or  quality,  which determines  the 
selling rate.  As it is very inconvenient to 
change 
the  price  of  each  individual 
grade  to  meet  market  fluctuations,  a 
permanent list is  established which  rep­
resents the relative value  in each grade, 
and the discount from this list  is  but  a 
short method of adapting prices  to  cost, 
all the way  between  manufacturer  and 
consumer.

There is no doubt that  excessive  com­
petition among retail dealers does  create 
in minds of a certain class  of  consumers 
false  ideas  of  true  value.  They  infer 
from the sweeping reductions made by  a 
few that the majority who  maintain reg­
ular  prices  are extorting  unreasonable 
profits.  Such  people  indulge  exagger-  i

ated estimates concerning  the volume of 
business, and naturally nurse themselves 
into a chronic  state of grievance thereat. 
With no experience in  trade  to  instruct 
judgment, they presume to lay  down  an 
arbitrary limit of per cent,  profit  for  all 
mencantile  transactions,  to  go  beyond 
which is  extortion.  But  for  home  use 
they have  a  different  measure,  leaving 
percentage out of the question so  far  as 
profits are considered.  From  the stand­
point of the buyer they  define true value 
to  be  the  lowest  price  asked  by  any 
seller.  When they  come  to  market  as 
venders with fruit,  grain,  vegetables  or 
other farm products,  the  value  of  each 
article is for them the  highest  price  of­
fered  by  any  buyer.  But  concerning 
value  as  an  exchangeable  equivalent 
they have no intelligent conception.

Strictly  speaking, 

if  all  exchanges 
made in the  world  were  actual  equiva­
lents  in  the  sense  that  neither  party 
could receive anything worth  more  than 
was passed in exchange, commerce would 
prove only  a  barren  ideality,  and  men 
would have no incentive  to  better  their 
condition.  The fact is,  in  every  actual 
transfer of value,  whether it be labor for 
cash, labor for goods, labor for labor, prod­
ucts  for money, or products for products, 
there is always an advantage expected on 
one side or the other; and if the judgments 
of both parties  to  the  trade  are sound, 
each one should be a gainer.  Otherwise, 
commerce might as well be a  formal  ex­
change  of  tenpenny  nails  even  up,  ad 
infinitum.

Granting  these  premises, 

it  follows 
that a laudable object in all forms of  ex­
change may be  to  secure  a  profit,  and 
when both parties to the  transaction  re­
spect the average  customs of  legitimate 
business, the chances  are  favorable  for 
an  equal  division  of  that  profit. 
If 
human  nature  could  only  rise  to  the 
high  level  of  its  possibilities,  even  a 
horse  trade  might  be  effected  without 
transgressing the laws of God or man.

What demoralizes value  in  mercantile 
transactions is the never-ceasing schemes 
of one or both parties to secure  more  of 
a fair share of what may well be  termed 
“the unearned increment.”

A-----  buys  a  large  lot  of  goods  on
credit at a  fair  value.  After  trying  in 
vain to sell them to  advantage, the cred­
itor  reclaims  them,  and  to  secure  the 
money due puts them up  at  forced  sale.
B-----bids them in  at  half  the  original
invoice price  and  afterwards  sells  at  a 
good profit.  All this change of value re­
sults from A-----’s lack of judgment  and
greed  to  grasp  more  of  the  legitimate 
profits of business than  his capital justi­
fied.
In  the  larger  markets  of  the  world 
other conditions may  enter  as  factors— 
such  as  overproduction,  good  or  bad 
harvests, exhaustion of natural resources 
and war between nations;  so  that values 
are ever fluctuating, and he who is  blest 
with the  best  judgment,  foresight  and 
memory usually receives  a  larger  share 
of the  wealth  that  comes  from  whole­
sale exchanges  than  do  others who  are 
less gifted.
therefore— 
What is value?—may be  answered  satis­
factorily to  themselves  by  these  lucky 
investors.  Yet  he  who  in  a  narrower 
sphere operates on the true theory  of ex­
changing equivalents,  wherein  the inter­
ests  of  buyer  and  seller  are  mutually 
protected, may succeed in  maintaining a 
high  commercial  standing,  and  when 
striking a final balance  sheet,  find  him­
self  possessed  of  a  handsome  surplus, 
besides  the  satisfaction  of  having  al­
ways given  full  measure  for  value  re­
ceived. 

The  original  question, 

S.  P .  W h it m a k s h .

is  something  we  do  not  care 
to  talk  about.  Horse  Feed 
is  what  we  wish  to  discuss 
this  week  and  we  will  use 
horse  sense  in  doing  so.

Do  You  Sell  Feed? 
Do  Yoil  Bug  Feed? 
Do  YoU  Use  Feed?

If  so,  note  this:  Lots  of  people 
make  feed.  Lots  of  people  make 
poor feed.
WE  MAKE  GOOD  FEED  I

OUr  Special  Sale

will  continue  for  one  week more  and 
you  will  be  wise  if  you  take  advan­
tage  of  it.

W e  guarantee  satisfaction.  Our 
feed  has  never  been  excelled. 
If 
you  handle  feed  send  in  your  order 
now  and  be  ready  to  reap  the  har­
vest.  Don’t  wait  till  the  demand 
for  feed  is  all  gone  before  filling 
your  bins.

Valley Gity Milling Do.,

G ran d   R a p id s,  M ich.

THE  MICHIGAN  TEADE8 MAN,

1 )

P a n a c e a   fo r  D ull  Times.

W ritten  fo r  Th e  T radesman.

When  trade  is  dull  don’t  stick  your 
hands in your pocket and draw your face 
down,  thus calling attention  to  the fact, 
but bring your goods to the  front,  make 
a good display of  some  article,  and,  by 
judicious  advertising,  command  atten­
tion.  Get people to talk about  you  and 
the “snaps” you offer and  they  will  be­
come interested and  spend  their  money 
with you.

A  department  store  will  engage  a 
“curio”  to place in a front window to at­
tract the people,  and on all  sides  of  the 
particular  object  or  mechanical  inven­
tion so exhibited will be  displayed  vari­
ous articles,  to which  are  fastened  pla­
cards setting forth in  conspicuous  char­
acters  the  superiority  of  manufacture 
and  the  points  wherein  it  excels  over 
competing  articles  of  like  design.  A 
sled,  a table, a stand or  picture  rack  is 
marked so low that you  wonder  how  it 
can be made for the price.  Some  article 
in the line of actual necessities is offered 
at wholesale  rates.  What’s  the  result? 
People talk about what first caught their 
eye and then remark the bargain offered. 
They tell acquaintances that “So and So” 
has a window  worth  looking  at.  They 
say,  “ Yes,  we’ve  heard  about  it,”  and 
they will put themselves to  some trouble 
to go home  that  way  to  see  for  them­
selves.  More than  half  the  people who 
gaze from the outside will go in, and half 
of those who go  in  will  buy something, 
and the aggregate daily  sales will  make 
the proprietor happy  and  pleased  with 
his scheme.

The dry goods houses advertise special 
linen sales, and the stores  are  thronged, 
but you don’t suppose for a  moment,  do 
you,  that their sales are confined to linen 
goods?  If  so,  you  are  mistaken.  The 
dissemination  of  the  special  sale  idea 
brings  people  to  the  store,  and 
then 
courteous clerks interest  them  with  the 
various  lines  of  merchandise  handled, 
and  liberal  purchases  of  miscellaneous 
articles  from 
the  various  departments 
swell the merchant’s daily average.

Careful  investigation  will  show  that, 
wherever  you  see  business  going  on 
lively, there are vim and vigor at the head 
of the institution,  and the  hustle  appar­
ent is  the  legitimate  outcome  of  per­
sistent  and  well-directed  reaching  out 
for trade.  Conditions are  largely  what 
we, as individuals,  make them,  and  the 
successful dealer Is the one who  is  ever 
alert to do a favor,  and  to make a person 
feel that his  orders are appreciated.

This is the  season  of  the  year  when 
trade is  usually quiet,  when  a  seeming 
lethargy keeps people from buying,  and, 
therefore,  it  is  all  the  more  necessary 
that special inducements  be put forward 
to attract the  dollars  to  your  till.  Put 
your best foot forward,  be  pleasant,  be 
up to the requirements of  your business, 
and don’t let trade get  dull.  Be  careful 
to select help that have the qualificatious 
necessary  in  your  particular  line,  see 
that they are bright,  keen and  obliging, 
and keep in  close  touch  with  them  by 
taking  an 
interest  in  their  welfare. 
There  isn’t  an  employe  about  you  in 
any capacity who does not  walk  a  little 
firmer when  good  work  is  noticed  and 
appreciated; and  when it is so  easy to do 
or say something to  create  a  better  un­
derstanding, don’t let the  opportunity go 
by default,  as it is in the end a matter of 
dollars and cents to you.

If proper care is  exercised  in  buying 
goods, and proper discrimination is  used 
in surrounding yourself with  the bright­
est,  brainest persons to  assist  the  busi­
ness along,  with a liberal use of printer’s 
ink,  there will  be  no  dull  times  with 
you,  and the wail of the calamity howler 
will strike no responsive  chord  in  your 
mental make-up.

F b a n k   T .  L a w b e n c e .

W eak  F e a tu re s of th e  Incom e T ax Law .
Whatever may  be said in favor  of  an 
income  tax  in  general, 
the  proposal 
which  was  carried  at  the  last  session 
does not commend itself to  anyone  who 
has studied  the  history  of  direct  taxa­
tion.  The new tax is  levied with entire 
disregard of justice to those who pay  it, 
and with no real  security to the  govern­
ment which undertakes to  collect it. 
It 
assesses all incomes  equally,  regardless 
of the fact that  they  differ  very  greatly 
in  value  according  to  the  source  from 
which  they  are derived. 
Incomes from 
land and  investments  have  the  highest 
value;  those  from  trade  and  manufac­
turers  come next; those from  professions 
rank  lowest,  as  being  most  precarious. 
The English law  taxes  these  according 
to their  several  values,  thus  adjusting 
the  burden according  to  the  ability 
to 
bear  it.  The old  American law—which 
was  denounced  as unconstitutional  and 
oppressive by  the party  which  enacted 
the present  one—also  made  a  discrimi­
nation  between 
incomes  and 
smaller,  which was  sound  in  principle, 
and  might  have  been  carried  much 
farther.

larger 

inexperience 

On  the other hand,  the new law  gives 
none  of  the  securities  required  for  a 
thorough  assessment. 
It  extemporizes, 
hastily,  a  body  of  officials  without  ex­
perience,  and directs them  to  throw the 
dragnet of the law over  the  whole  coun­
try.  Their trust-worthiness is  untested. 
Their knowledge of  the  field  is  simply 
is  un­
nothing.  Their 
limited.  The  English  law  is  in 
the 
hands of an expert staff,  under the direc­
tion  of  a  permanent  commission. 
It 
knows the people of every  neighborhood 
and  their  style  of  living. 
It  watches 
with the eye of a hawk every transaction 
which gives a  clue  to  the  value  of  in­
comes, wills, sales of  property,  and  the 
like. 
It thus makes the  tax  as  inevita­
ble as  death,  and  accustoms  the  least 
honest to obey  the  requirements  of  the 
law,  and  all  this  without  any  sort  of 
publicity, except where the claims of the 
commissioners are  disputed  and have to 
be tested in the courts.

The United Kingdom,  again,  is a little 
compact country,  with an area not much 
more  than  a  thirtieth  of  that  of  the 
United States,  while  the  population  is 
about two-thirds as great  as  ours.  The 
machinery needed is less  expensive,  al­
though the distribution  of  wealth every­
where pays for  itself,  except,  perhaps, 
in  Connaught  and the  western  High­
lands of Scotland.  Our new  tax  neces­
sitates  an  array  of  officials  who  in 
most  parts  of  the  country  will  have 
nothing  to  collect.  They  will  be  as 
much at their ease as the North Carolina 
collector  who  replied  to  Mr.  Carlisle 
that he had no opinion as  to  the  differ­
ence  between  specific  and  a d  valorem 
duties, as there were no  importations  at 
his port.  This,  indeed,  will  make  the 
law a very comfortable  arrangement for 
the  party  in  power,  but  not  for  the 
people at  large.  * 

F b a n k   S t o w e i x .

Spring 1895.

Our salesman  will shortly  call  on  you 
with  a  complete  and  magnificent  line  of 
Novelties in  Hair Ornaments,  Belt  Buckles 
and Pins, Garter Clasps, Czarina Collarettes, 
and  everything produced^for the  season,  in 
connection  with  our usual  complete  line  of 
Jewelry.  Wait  untd  you  have  seen  our 
goods before placing your order.

WURZBURG  JEWELRY  CO.,

76  nonroe  St., 

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SHAW’S N A M E   F IL E   O R  

L IG H T N IN G  
A C C O U N T   K E E P E R

= 

GrandfRapids.

No  D ay  Book,  No  Ledger.  En­
ter  accounts  on  slips  instead  of  day­
book.  File  these  in  pockets.  The 

names will  make  an  index.

Mb.  J. C.  Sh a w —Dear Sir—1 have one 
of your file books.  The only thing I can 
blame you for is that your  brain  did  not 
work  quicker,  for  then  I  might  have 
been saved these years of  worry  and  la­
bor, and perhaps my hair would not have 
been as gray as it  is  now;  and  the  only 
thing  more  I  can  say is “Eureka,”  and 
success to  you and your file book.

J.  K.  F a il in g ,  Hardware Merchant.

Grand Kapids.

Strong testimonials and descriptive circulars furnishedJby

J.  C. S H A W ,   S o le M n fr.,
29 Canal St., Grand Rapids. 
Big  Money  to  Agents.___________________________

W H O L B S A .E B

O Y S T E R S

For Fish, Game and Poultry telephone 1001.

OSCAif J L E E Y N ,

106 Canal St.

Office  Telephone  1055. 

Barn Telephone  1059.

C  P r *  I  T D I  T V   Storage and 
jransfer Co.
^  L v  U  IvA   t   I 

rioving,  Packing,  Dry  Storage.

257—259  OTTAWA  ST.

E xpert Packers and Careful, Competent M overs of  Household  F urniture.  E stim ates  C heerfully 

Given.  Business Strictly Confidential.  Baggage  Wagon at all hours.  F . S. ELSTON, M gr.

S IV B B T ’S   HOTE'L.

MARTIN  L.  SWEET  has assumed  control  of  Sweet's  Hotel,  retaining  the 
Messrs.  Irish as manager.  Extensive  improvements  have  been  made  throughout 
the house.  Steam heat has been put in every room,  and the  office,  remodeled  and 
newly decorated,  is one of the  handsomest in Michigan.

A’C'MEGRAW & CO
•  RUBBER DEPARTMENT.
WESTAND AT THE HEAD. ovPUBBEPS 
AS WE CADDY  THE LADGEST STOCK
merchants  NOTE OUR TERMS

ALL  R U B B E R S  
SHIPPED  DURING 
JAN. FEB  01?  MARCH  A RE  NOT 
PAYABLE  UNTIL  MAY  |SJ  1895.
OUD SOUVEN/D ÒOOK* 
FD0M~THE FOREST TO 
THE FOOT," SEHT FREE 
UPON  APPLICA T/ON*

Sold  on  Its

TR00 AN5 »

¡1.

Quality

Guaranteed.

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.”

Headqua rters 

for  W ales-Goodyea 

Rubbers.

 

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GOTHAM GOSSIP.

N ew s  from   th e   M etropolis— In dex  of 

th e   M arkets.

Butter 

Special Correspondence
N e w   Y o r k ,  Jan.  19—The jobbing gro- 
eery  trade  is  without  special  feature. 
Trade remains steady,  but  it  cannot  be 
called brisk.  The usual forces are ample 
to  wait  on  all  customers,  and,  while 
there are quite a few  buyers from out of 
town  in  the  dry  goods  district, 
their 
number  is  not  large  when  we  reach- 
the  heart  of  the  grocery  section.  Pur­
chases are  being  made  in  an  everyday 
manner,  and nothing is sought  after  ex­
tensively. 
It seems  strange  that  coffee 
should  keep up in price  the way it does. 
Reports from Rio  note firm market there, 
so the situation here seems but  a  reflec­
tion of the primary points.  No.  7 Rio is 
worth 16c  here.  Mild  sorts  are  steady 
and firmer  and  quite  a  trade  is  being 
done in some sorts.
Refined sugars are  meeting with usual 
trade.  Quotations  are  without  change, 
but, as  remarked  last week,  rates would 
probably be  shaded  rather  than  lose  a 
good sale.  Granulated, 3 13-16c.
Molasses  and  syrups  are  steady,  and 
buyers  and  sellers  agree  much  more 
readily than they have done,  because the 
buyer takes it and  asks  no  concessions. 
All grades are in  better position, and the 
baser sorts were helped  by  the  disposal 
of  an  amount,  said  to  be  some  20,000 
barrels,  for home distilling purposes.
Rice is firm and former  quotations are 
firmly  adhered 
to.  Good  to  prime,
is  dull  and  uninteresting. 
While  receipts  are  not  excessive,  the 
feeling is  rather weak,  and  25c  is  cer­
tainly the very  highest  quotation  which 
can be made.
Cheese is steady.  Full  cream  is  held 
with quite a degree of confidence.  Small 
sized are worth ll>£@12c.
Eggs are  steady,  with  22c  as  the  top 
quotation,  and in many cases this will  be 
shaded.
Canned goods are dull,  duller,  dullest. 
Baltimore brokers  try to make out that a 
brisk  trade  is  going  on  there  and that 
business  is  improving  daily;  but  these 
reports  lack  confirmation, 
if  we  may 
judge by the spirit of the New York mar­
ket.  Canning factories  are becoming  as 
plenty as skating  rinks were  during  the 
craze and they promise to be about as  re­
munerative to the builders.
Dried fruits are in  rather better shape 
and holders are  feeling  more  and  more 
encouragement.  This  is  true  of nearly 
the entire range,  both of  foreign and  do­
mestic.
Provisions have experienced a good ex­
port  demand  and  are  firm  and  higher. 
lard,  $7.02>£; 
Mess  pork,  $12.75(313; 
beef, $10@11.50.
Breadstuffs  remain  about  unchanged. 
Wheat, 60M@61c;  corn, 51}£c;  oats, 34@ 
34 ¿¿c.
Fresh fruits are firm.  Unfrosted Flor­
ida oranges, $2.50@4 per  box;  apples, $2 
@3.50 per bbl.  for greenings.
People who have been acquainted  with 
New York around College  Place will  no­
tice  a  big  change  there,  as  the  entire 
west side of the street is being torn down 
in order to make the thoroughfare wider. 
It is a big work.
The  Secretary  of  a  large  insurance 
company decided a short time  since  that 
it would be better for  his  office  work  to 
introduce  half a dozen or more women as 
typewriters,  operators  and 
assistant 
book-keepers.  He had noted that, of the 
feminine employes in his office, the pretty 
ones were the least effective and attracted 
the most  attention,  to  the  detriment  of 
the work of the other clerks.  So  he  de­
cided to engage only  women  who were of 
mature years  and  experienced  in  office 
work.  First,  he  advertised, stating  that 
applicants should give  age  and  number 
of years’ experience.  He did not succeed 
in  getting  a  single  satisfactory  reply. 
Then  he  went  to  a well-known business 
college and told  the  manager that he did 
not  suppose  he  would have any trouble 
in  aiding  him,  as  he  did  not  want  a ( 
young or attractive-looking woman.  The j 
manager  listened  to  him  while  he  ex­
plained his wants,  and  then,  going  to  a 
desk, took out a file of letters with a smile ! 
and laid them before  his visitor.  There j

were upward of half a  hundred  applica­
tions from  banks and commercial institu­
tions, and every one of  them,  without  a 
single exception,  asked for  a  woman  of 
mature age.  The  manager  said  that  it 
was absolutely  impossible to  supply  the 
demand  for  employes  of the description 
that  business  men  now  demanded,  but 
he had rafts of pretty  girls  at  all  times 
who were applicants.

From   O ut  o f Tow n.

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

Chas.  McCarty,  Lowell.
Friedrich Bros., Traverse City.
Cole Bros., Kalkaska.
Frank Hamilton,  Traverse City.
John M.  Flanagan,  Mancelona.

T h e   D r u g   M a r k e t .

Opium is dull and  weak.
Morphia is unchanged.
Quinine is a little  firmer on account of 

increased demand.

The insurrection  in  Hawaii  of  a  few 
hundred  malcontents,  which  was  met 
and  defeated  by the  Government before 
an organization could be  fairly  effected, 
has exerted almost as  much  comment  in 
this country as though  it had occurred in 
our own  territory and gives an added sig­
nificance  to  the  overtures  of  the  Dole 
government  for  annexation. 
Perhaps 
nothing else could have occurred  to show 
how greatly American  influence  and  in­
terests  predominate  there.  These  are 
certainly  sufficient 
to  warrant  careful 
consideration at the  hands  of  our  Gov­
ernment and it is not improbable that an­
nexation  may finally result.

Some  undertakers  whose  customers 
are poor  people  are  using  coffins  made 
of  paper.  The  coffins  are  made  in  ail 
styles  out  of  pressed  paper  pulp,  just 
the  same  as  the  common  paper  buck­
they  are  varnished  and 
ets.  When 
stained  they  resemble  polished  wood, 
and 
in  point  of  durability  they  are 
much  better  than  wooden  ones,  it  is 
claimed.

The cold world little realizes the sense 
of desolation that shuts dowu  on  a  man 
who thinks he has been handed too much 
change  by  his  grocer,  when  he dodges 
round the corner and  finds  it  correct  to 
a cent.

It is a common thing nowadays  to  see 
a man smoking a cigar who cannot afford 
a clean  collar oftener than once a month.
Gillies’ fine New York coffees are clean 
values.  J.  P. Visner will soon  see  you.

m   O Y S T E R S   #

Note  New  Prices.
Daisy  Brand, Favorites, per  c a n .................... 
u
Daisy Brand,  Standards, per can  ....... . 
16
Daisy Brand, Selects, per  c a n .........................  
24
Solid Brand, Standards, per c a n .................... 
18
solid Brand, E. F.,  per c a n ............................... 
ao
Solid  Brand, Selects, per  c a n ............ 24
Solid Brand, E xtra Selects, per c a n .............. $  26
Standards, per  g a l............................................... 
90
E xtra Standards, per  g a l................................ .  1  00

Oysters fine and cans well filled.
T he Queen Oyster Pails at bottom  prices. 
Mrs. W tthey’s Home Made Jelly, made  w ith
boiled cider, very fine:
30-lb.  p a ll............................................ 
 
s.0-lb. p a il..................................................................  
5q
17-lb.  p ail..................................................................... 45
15-lb. p ail.............................................................. ' 
40
1  q u art Mason  Jars, per  doz.............. . 
1  40
1  piuts  Mason  Jars  per  doz................ 
95
Mrs.  W ithey’s Condensed M ince Meat,  the
best made.  Price per  case  .........................   2  40
Mrs.  W ithey’s bulk m ince m eat:
40 lb. pail, per  lb..................................................   6
25-lb.  pails, per lb .................................................
10-lb. pails, per  lb ................................................  
2-lb. cans, per doz................................................   j  40
5 lr>. cans,  per  d oz...............................................  3  50
Pint  Mason Jars  per  d o z..................................  1  40
Q uart Mason Jars, per  doz  .............................2 25
P ureC ider V inegar, per g allon................ . . "  
10
P ure Sweet Cider, per  gallon...................... 
10
New Pickles, m edium , barrels.........................   5  00
New Pickles,  54 barrel....................................... 2  75
New Sauer K raut,  barrels................................   4  00
New Sauer K raut, 54  barrels............................. 2 50
Maple Syrup, pint Mason Jars, per  doz 
1  40
M aple Syrup, qu art M aion Jars, per  doz__ 2  25
M aple Syrup, tin, gallon cans, per  d oz.........  9 00
Peach M armalade, 20-lb pails  .........................   1  00

  654

ED W IN   F A L L A S ,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

T H E   M IC H IG A JSr  T R A T i R R M a n  .

O r d e r   f r o m   Y o u r   J o b b e r

G r a n d   R a p i d s   S o a p  

ON

' W o r k s ,
HER0LD BERT3CH SHOE  CO.,

5 and 7 Pearl S t.,

Consult  Us  Before  Placing  Your

Orders.

S P R I N G
T R A .D E

Are you ready for it ?

Our “N ew   G e m ”

Note the following.  Place orders  early.

'T h e   F*rideuo f   t h e   H o u s e h o ld •

W E   A R E  
S H O W IN G

new and beautiful designs.

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

VOIGT.  HERPOLSHEIMER  i  GO.
Mifskegon  Bakery  Crackers

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

Are  Perfect  Health  Food.

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

one can  be  best—that is  the original

JTuskegon
Bakery
Butter
Cracker.

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

Nine
Other
Great
Specialties
Are

Muskegon  Toast,
Royal  F ru it  Biscuit, 
Muskegon  Frosted  Honey, 
Iced  Cocoa  Honey  Jum bles, 
Jelly T urnovers,
Ginger Snaps,
H om e-M ade  Snaps, 
Muskegon  Branch,
Mlik  Lunch

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

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

LAWRENCE  DEPEW ,  Acting  Manager,

M u s k e g o n , 

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JMich

High  Grade 

L a rd « ^

We have it.  Manufactured  expressly for  us.  First  car­
load  just  received.  We  call  it  “Gold  Leaf.”  You  will 
make no  mistake if you  put it in stock.

Packed  in tierces,'80 lb.  tubs,  and  50,  5  and  3  lb.  tins.

MANUFACTURED  ONLY  BY 

THE  DANGLER  STOVE  &  MFG.  CO., 

CLEVELAND,  OHIO.

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The  Burner  has 

the 
‘ PR O C E SS”,  and  will  do  the  same  amount  of  work,  and  consume  much 
less  fluid.

flame  and  heating  power  as 

the  same 

Made  with  our  celebrated  tank,  which  is  neither  L A Y -D O W N   nor 
E L E V A T E D ,  and  regarded as  the  most  C O N V E N IE N T ,  R E L IA B L E  
and  A B S O L U T E L Y   S A F E   tank  ever  made.

We  Have  the  Agency  for  This  CELEBRATED  STOVE.

No.  415  3-Burner.  H igh  and  Step,  Li.-t 
No.  414  2-Burner,  H igh  and  Step.  List 

- 

- 

£12
10

- 

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R eg u lar  G asoline  Stove  D iscount.

Spring &  Company,

IMPORTERS  AND  WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

R ib b o n s, 

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

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

assorted stock at lowest market  prices.

MUSSULMAN  GROGEfiBO,  Grand  Rapids.

Spring &  Company,

T h e   D a y to n   Computing  Scale

WARNIN8--T0  Users "of  Scales.

The 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. 
THE  COMPUTING  SCALE  CO.

Respectfully

BE IR E  YOU  BUY  THE  DAYTON  COMPUTING  SCREES

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

“ We are delighted  w ith it.”  The Jos.  R.  Peebles Son’s Co., C incinnati. U * 
Dan.  W. Charles, H am ilton, O-
“ W ould not part w ith it for $1,000.” 
Charles Young, A draiu,  Mich-
“ It saves D enniesever time we w eigh.” 
“They are w orth to us each year five times th eir cost ”
Raup &  Haym an, Constantine. M ich. 
“ We are  very m uch  pleased w ith its w ork.”
H enry J. V inkem ulder A  Bro., G rand  Rapids,  Mich. 
“ Since the adoption of your scales have made more money  th an   ever  be­
P rank Daniels, Traverse City, Mich.
“ Itake pride in recom m ending them  to every  user of scales.”
Chas. Railsback, Indianapolis, Ind. 
“ I heartily recom mend them  to all grocers who wish  to save m oney.”
Geo.  P.  Exeltline, Indianapolis, Ind. 
“ It is th e best investm ent I ever made ” 
I. L.  stultz, Goshen, In d
STW For  further particulars drop a Postal Card  to

fore.” 

HOYT  &  CO.,  General Selling  Agents,

DAYTON,  OHIO.

Now  is  the  time  to  stock  up  with  stapIes—We  will  show  you  each  week  a  few  As­
sortments;  but  to  appreciate  our 
immense  variety  you  should  come  and  see  our 
stock.  Correspondence  solicited.  Write  for  Illustrations  and  Prices  and  Lists  of 
New  Goods.

Assorted  Crate  John  Maddock  &  Sons  White  Royal  5emi=Porcelain—Astor  Shape.

6 

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2 
X
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X
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X
X

“  3  “  Bakers.

6  Dozen  5  inch Plates........
2 
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“  7  “ 
18 
2 
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“  
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“  7  “  Deep Plates.
2 
“  Fruits.....................
6 
6 
“  Pads . .....................
“  9  inch Dishes........
X  
X  
"  
“   10 
..........
“  12  “ 
X  
.......
X 
“  6 
“  Scallops----

51
62
73
84
34
1 35
2 03
3 38
1 13
1 35
2 03
79
7 
1  35
2  03
8  “ 
7  “  Covered  Dishes....................................................   4  73
8  “  Casseroles.............................................................   6  08
8  “  Covered Dishes....................................................   5  40
Covered  Butters................................ 
4  05
Sauce Boats......................................................................   1  80
Pickles.............................................................................   1  35
12 Jugs................................................................................2  70
24 Jugs.............................................................................   1  58
30 Jugs.............................................................................   1  35
36 Jugs.............................................................................  1  13
  1  13
24 Bowls.................................................................. 
30 Bowls........................................................................... 
90
36 Bowls........................................................................... 
75
Sugars.................................................................................3  04
Creams.......   ...................................................................  1  35
Sets Hd.  Teas..................................................................  
90
Cooffees.............................................................................  1  05
30 Ftd.  Bowls................................................................... 
90
Crate and Cartage...........................................................

3  06 
1  24 
8  76 
1  68
1  46
2  04 
1  38
68 
1  01 
1  69 
57 
68 
1  01 
1  58
45
68
1.58
2  03 
1  80 
2  02
90
68
90
53
68
56
45
38
1  52 
68
13  50
3  15
2  70 
2  50
No. 13179. 
$65  10
These cuts illustrate our newest shape, The  Astor.  We  claim  this is  the 
finest shape and best quality  that  has ever been  produced in  earthenware.  We 
carry full  line in open  stock as  well as assorted crates.  Electrotypes free.

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