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Specialties

in CANDY Now  in

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

stock and of the finest quality.
A.  E,  SROOKS  i  CO.,  5  i 7  Ionia  8k,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich,

Duck

Coats

. Kersey 
Pants

We  manufacture  the

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

LANSING,  niCh.

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

Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,

DEALERS  IN

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

WE  CARRY A  STOCK  OF  CAKE  TALLOW  FOR  MTT.T,  USE.

O Y S T E R S .

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rtANUFACTURERS  AND JOBBERS  OF
BOOTS,
SHOES,
and
RUBBERS.

Our  aim  is  to  please  our  customers.  We 
know  what they want and have got it.  Gome  and 
see.  WE MAKE and handle the  best  lines  in  the 
market—everything up to date.

Agents for the Boston Rubber Shoe Co.
We carry as large a  stock as any jobber.  Or­
ders filled promptly and always at  best  terms  and 
discounts.

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LouisviIIe .Ky

A B S O L U T E   T E A .

T h e   A c k n o w l e d g e d   L e a d e r

T E L F E R   SPICE  CO.,

SOLD  ONLY  BY

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  FEB R U A R Y   6,  1895. 

NO.  594

A n c h o r  Brand.

Are the best.  All orders will receive  prompt  attention  at  lowest  market  price.
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Will  Prices  Remained  Unchanged 1

It is a conundrum, but we will predict that  sugar  is  now 
at the bottom notch.  Higher  prices  are sure to come, but we 
are not prepared to say just how soon.  Think  you  can  make 
no mistake by carrying a good liberal stock.

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that  you  cannot buy goods right and  the 
right goods in  Grand  Rapids.  Our  lines 
are “ up to date.”

Voigt,  H erpolsheim er &  CoM

WHOLESALE

DRY  GOODS,  NOTIONS,  ETC.

Im p o r te r s   an d

Wholesale  Grocers

G ra n d   R a p id s .

Standard  Oil  Co.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  HICHIGAN

D E A L E R S  IN

Illuminating  and  LiihriGating

Naptha  and  Gasolines.

Office,  Michigan  Trust  Bldg.

Works,  Butterworth  Ave.

GRAND  RAPIDS, 
BIG. RAPIDS, 
ALLEGAN,

BULK  WORKS  AT

MUSKEGON, 
GRAND  HAVEN, 
HOWARD  CITY,

MANISTEE, 
TRAVERSE  CITY. 
PETOSKEY.
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guarantee entire satisfaction.

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MIC]

DESMAN

up  from  that  well.  After  the  meeting 
had adjourned,  the  physician  called  on 
the selectmen to clean ont  that well  and 
cut off the extract of  graveyard that was 
oozing into it.  That  done,  the  diseases 
that  came  near  depopulating  the  town 
‘folded their tents  like the Arabs and  as 
silently  stole  away.’  Then  the  people 
called another  meeting,  ‘to  give  thanks 
to  the  Lord,’  as  one  deacon put It,  ‘for 
delivering  them  from  these  angels  of 
death,*  when,  the  fact  was, 
the  Lord 
hadn’t had anything  to do  with  it;  and, 
if they’d had  wit enough to pnt into prac­
tice a little of their knowledge of the un­
seen,  the undertaker’s wife couldn’t have 
come out  that  winter  with  a  seal  skin 
sack and a new silk gown.

“It’s wonderful how this  superstitious 
ignorance has left its  ‘footprints  on  the 
sands of time’ ever since there were snch 
sands.  Speaking  of  gas  a  little  while 
ago made me think of it.  Wasn’t it Van 
Helmont that was scared out  of  his  five 
senses and  in  bis  fright  gave a name  to 
onr  common  gas?  I  think  it  was  Van 
Helmont—we will give  him the credit  of 
it  anyway.  He  had  been  getting  ac 
quainted  with  our  unseen  friends—a 
friendship,  however,  that  tolerates  no 
unseemly familiarity—and  was getting a 
little scarey at the  blue  flames  and  the 
snlphurons fumes which  were more than 
suggestive  of—of—well,  the  devil,  for 
that is exactly what he thought of.  Mat 
ters came  to  a  crisis  one  day.  One  or 
two assistants  had been  laid  up  for  re 
pairs—pure  carelessness;  but,  when  an 
explosion  killed  another, 
the  brave 
Dutchman concluded  he had  better  take 
the experiment at that  point  and  go  on 
with it himself—being a little more equal 
to coping with His Satanic  Majesty,  if  it 
should come to that,  than one less  expe­
rienced.  Experience, however,  found it 
self overmatched  that  day,  for,  hardly 
had Van Helmont taken the vessel in his 
hands, when It was  wrenched  from  him 
with a violence he had never seen before, 
and a thousand pieces  were  scattered  in 
every direction.  4E t  ist  eln  geist P  ex­
claimed the terrified chemist, and stopped 
not  on  the  order  of  his  going into the 
open air.  And  ‘geist’—the ghost—as gas 
is proving itself a good servant but a ter­
rible master.

1 might go on  with  this,  for  the  lan­
guage is full of  these words  which mean 
so  much  when  you  know  where  they 
come from;  but I’m tired and so are you. 
You’ll find,  however,  that  this  microbe 
basiness  has  come  to  stay,  and  yon’11 
find,  too,  that, even in the world of trade, 
the nnseen is the  all-powerfol,  and  that 
they are most snccessfnl  whose invisible 
thought  has  laid  its  finger  upon  mer­
chandise and  turned it,  Midas  like,  into 
gold.”

1 can’t hear a man go on in  that  fash­
ion without piling np  a stack of bats for 
him to climb over;  but  he  was  gone,  as 
he had come, before I  could throw a sin­
gle one of them in his  way.  There is no 
doubt  abont  the  power  of  the  nnseen, 
bnt,  whether the  conclnsions reached by 
the  Odd  Stick  are  admissible,  each

I wish I could  make  every  tradesman 
believe that no antidote  is quite equal  to 
a  preventive  in  the  matter  of  disease, 
and that much of the mischief  which hu­
manity  suffers  might  be  stopped,  if  it 
could be constantly  borne  in  mind  that 
these nnseen evils are the children of the 
dark.  A dark store is the bane of every­
body  and  of  everything  in  it,  and the 
evil doing is  not  all  unseen. 
It  means 
damaged 
it 
means lack of healthy  air,  for  too  often 
the Indifference that  shuts out  the  light 
shuts out the air also;  it means headache
and  want  of  vitality,  the  forerunner_
both of  them—of  mistakes  and  depres­
sion,  and often of sickness,  all to be pre­
vented  by the  friend of  all—the  shining 
snn.

if  not  ruined—eyesight; 

*  

*  

*

I  wonder  if  it  is going,too far to say 
that  a  dark  store  is  the  precursor  of 
crime. 
If that  be possible,  I  can  under­
stand how Jimmy  Jones,  a  grocery  boy 
who comes over  every  morning to sweep 
out,  isn’t  going  to  turn out  well.  The 
grocery  in  question  is  in the middle of 
the block,  and, of coarse,  is lighted only 
at  the  ends.  Jim  is  like  all  boys—no 
better,  no  worse—and  especially  hates 
sweeping,  as that is  the  principal  thing 
he  is  expected  to  do.  Like  the  new 
broom he handles,  he  sweeps  clean  for 
a while;  but his arms ache and  he pretty 
soon finds that nobody is  going to follow 
him ’round with a  lamp  or  a  candle  to 
see  if  his  corners  are  carefully looked 
after—or the middle of the floor,  for that 
matter—midway  between  the  front  and 
the back windows.  He soon learns,  on a 
dark day,  that,  if he doesn’t sweep at all, 
no one is going to be any the  wiser.  He 
is sharp enough to keep things shipshape 
where they are seen  and he  lets the  rest 
go.  He is quick in  mind  and  body  and 
soon  has  a  call to come up higher.  He 
finds  there  the  same  conditions,  some­
thing else taking the  place of the broom; 
and,  when  the  newness  wears  off,  he 
finds it’s just as well to  let  some  things 
go,  and a little observation soon tells him 
what.  Every kitchen  has its sink drain, 
and it’s a great  pity if he  can’t have one 
in his,  and he does.  There is no need of 
following Jimmy’s  after  history  in  this 
brief  life-story,  but,  some  day,  when  I 
pick  up  a  paper  and  read  that  James 
Jones, the trusted cashier  of  the  whole­
sale house of Dark,  Dingy  & Co., has ab­
sconded,  I shall think of  how  Jim  Jones 
got his start  in  that  grocery  where,  at 
midday,  be couldn’t find  anything on the 
floor without  lighting  a  match,  a  good 
point  driven  home—as the schoolmaster 
said when he sat down on a tack !

There is  a  wholesale  provision  house 
in—South  America. 
It  is  doing  a  big 
basiness and making money,  but,  do you 
know,  for  the  life  ot  them,  they  can’t 
find  time  to  give  that establishment an 
overhauling?  Teams are coming and go­
ing and every man is on  the  keen  jump

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furnished.
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John W. Champlin. 

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH,

ÍÓH Im)i Él1P.MM

.¿AND? PEARL STREET.

THE  BACK  OFFICE.

W ritten fo r Th e Trad i s  m a n

The mao  was what  Dr. Johnson would 
call  “an  odd  stick,”  and,  when  he 
“sidled” In here, the  other day,  and  be 
gan  to  talk  about  “ wbat  funny things 
are happening right  along every day,” 
happened to have been thinking the same 
thing,  and encouraged the visitor by say 
ing,  “How do you mean?”

“Well,  in a good many  ways. 

I think 
it’s remarkable that we had to wait until 
day  before  yesterday,  or,  better  say 
early this morning,  to  find  ont  that  the 
hnman  race  has  been  killed  off  at the 
rate of  nobody  knows  how  many  thon 
sands a year by a little  mite  of  a  some 
thing you can’t see and which,  until they 
find  a  good  name for  it,  they’re calling 
‘microbe,’ about the  same as we call  the 
baby ‘it’ until we finally settle down on 
name  that’s  worth  something.  Then 
after the microbe  has been  proved to  be 
the imp that has been doing  all this mis 
chief—after he has been hunted down by 
Pasteur,  who tracked  him for  years  and 
finally invented a shotgun that will  wind 
up his  murderous  career—ten  times out 
of  ten,  nobody  seems  to  care anything 
about it and  will go  right  on  giving  the 
deadly little tike full swing.

“After kerosene came into general use 
about  every  other  morning  the  papers 
would  have  an  item  stating that some 
body 
‘had  found  that  “the  path  of 
glow-ry leads but to the grave,” and had 
got a good start by kindling the fire with 
the  help  of  the  oil  can.’  The  hotels 
found it not only  necessary to  put  up  a 
notice  over  the  gas  jet not  to blow out 
the gas,  but had to station  a  boy  at  the 
chamber  door,  with his  nose to the key­
hole, to  make sure  of  furnishing break­
fast to Mr.  and Mrs.  Hayseed;  and,  just 
so  long  as  there  is  an  old  well  to be 
brought again  into use,  jnst so long will 
there be found somebody who  ‘can’t  see 
no use’ of the folderol of lowering a can­
dle  to  see  if  It’s  dark  down  there,  and 
who, later on, is  fished  out  with a rope, 
half dead.”

“Yon think, then, there is  a  power  in 
the unseen that can be turned  to  practi­
cal account—is that it?”

“Why, yes, it amonnts to that,  a  good 
many times.  Over in  Swampscott,  some 
years ago, they had  a  terrible  time. 
It 
was  claimed  to  be one of the healthiest 
towns in the State,  up  to that time.  All 
at  once,  diphtheria  and  typhoid  fever 
came in and went to work  and  the  peo­
ple  died  off  like  sheep.  Superstition 
isn’t  dead  here  in  this  country, for all 
it’s  so  many  years  since  the  Salem 
witches were hanged,  and  the  ministers 
and  the  other  good  people of the place 
came together  to  see  if  prayer  couldn’t 
stop the pestilence.  While  they were so 
engaged,  a  physician  who  had  his  wits 
about  him  went  prowling  around  and 
finally came across a  well  of  water  that 
wasn’t  exactly  like  Chaucer’s  well  of 
English,  for, if there ever was water that 
was  defiled,  it  was  the  ‘dripping  cool­
ness’ that the old oaken  backet  brought

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from morning until  night.  “Oh,  things 
are not so dreadful.  Once  in a  while,  a 
stray  potato  or  an  orange,  a pear or  a 
banana,  will roll out  of sight  and  decay 
in  a corner,  but you  can  smell ’em  when 
they get  that  bad.  and  one  or  another 
will  follow  it  up and clear it out.  Oue 
of these days,  we’re going to have a gen­
eral clean-up.”  But  it keeps being "one 
of these days,” and the  decaying oanaua 
has plenty  of company  back there in  the 
dark,  and the "one and another” have got 
so used to the  rank  odor  that  the  fruit 
lies there undisturbed.  You'd better not 
try to go down cellar.  The  windows are 
shut  this  weather,  and,  of  course,. it’s 
damp down there and you’ll be apt to get 
cold,  say nothing about the  risk you run 
of breaking  your  neck  over  boxes  and 
barrels,  for  it’s  dark  as a  pocket down 
there.  Healthy?  Oh,  well,  Pushem com­
plains  a  little  of  headache  and  he’s 
white’s  a  consumptive;  and  the  office 
force is a cadaverous looking crowd—but 
that’s  because  they  are  all  tired  out. 
The  book-keeper  complains  of his eyes, 
but,  while the office is  rather  dark  on  a 
cloudy day,  it’s twice as dark as it would 
be if they’d wash the  windows once.

One of these days,  it will be remarked, 
as Pushem—or all that  remains of him— 
goes by, that  "it is  a  strange  dispensa­
tion of Providence  that  took  away  that 
comparatively  young  man in  his useful­
ness;”  but,  as the  Odd  Stick  said  about 
the epidemic in Swampscott,  Providence 
didn’t have anything to do  with it.  One 
of  these  days,  when  the  sunlight  gets 
into that storehouse,  and the  cellar win­
dows are forced open,  and  the  air,  fol­
lowing  its  own sweet will,  gets into  the 
farthest corners of  that  dungeon,  some­
one  will  say,  as  the  reeking  refuse  is 
thrown into the garbage wagon,  "There’s 
what  killed  Pushem.  When  will  men 
learn that darkness and disease and death 
always travel together?”
*   •

• 

“I didn’t build this  place  and  am  not 
responsible  for  the  dark,”  said  a mer­
chant,  when comment  was  made  on  the 
gloomy interior.  That is  very  true. 
It 
has come to be  the case  that,  while  the 
builders of storehouses are now and then 
so building as to let in  the light—and  air 
—it is only now and  then.  On  the  cor­
ner  of  North  and  Soutn  streets  a fine 
brick  building was put up last year.  To 
a  first-class  grocer  was  given the choice 
of  room.  The  one  on  the  corner—the 
place—he  refused  and  took  one  in  the 
middle of the  block.  What  a  store  for 
groceries  that  corner  would  have been ! 
In addition to the large  windowed front, 
there was the whole  of  one  side  of  the 
store  to  be  thrown into windows, doing 
more in the way  of  health  and  cleanli­
ness than all the Boards of Health in the 
country !

One of  the first  advantages  of  such  a 
store as that might have  been  is the dis­
play of  goods. 
It  makes  no  difference 
what the  merchandise  is,  the  customer 
wants to see it,  and,  moreover,  wants  to 
see it by daylight. 
If  it be  old stock,  so 
much the more is the  light desirable, for 
the  buyer,  knowing  that  it  is  old, ex­
pects a  bargain  as  an  inducement;  but 
he wants nothing worthless,  even  if  he 
is  getting  it  for  nothing, and the sales­
man  can  do  more  effective  work  with 
such goods  when  the  customer  can  see 
for  himself.  Also,  be  is  less  liable to 
the  buyer’s  stinging 
the 
goods  are  not  what  it  was  hoped they

reproof—if 

*  

*  

*

It  draws  custom. 

A great deal has been said, of late anent 
It  at­
wiudows  and  window  dressing. 
tracts the crowd. 
It 
is a means—the  best  means—of  artistic 
display. 
It is  a  silent recommendation, 
to the passer-by, of  what  is  inside,  and 
it  leaves  the  impression  that an  attrac­
tive store like that is the place  to  trade, 
when  the time comes to  buy. 
If this  be 
true of the front window,  much  more  is 
it true of the store having  the advantage 
of light on  three  sides. 
It  becomes,  in 
fact,  under thoughtful and skilful  bands, 
a show case to those  outside,  and  those 
having much to do with  show cases need 
not  be  told  that the customer who looks 
into an attractive show  case  is  lost.  A 
glance  of  admiration,  a  desire  to  ex­
amine,  followed by  a  request  to  be  al­
lowed  to  do  so,  ends  in  a  sale,  to the 
gratification of all  parties concerned.

There  is  nothing  pleasanter  to  the 
American  in  Paris,  after he has blessed 
his eyes with the  glories of  the  Louvre, 
than  to  cross  Rue  Rivoli  and  saunter 
along its miles of stores.  There  is noth­
ing he cares to buy.  There is everything 
in the line  of  merchandise  to  be  seen, 
and  every  window,  a  picture  in itself, 
stays  his  steps.  There  is  no  lack  of 
light—the window  in  most  cases  is  the 
store—and the display is  all that French 
taste and ingenuity can  make  it.  There 
is nothing he comes to buy,  I repeat;  but 
he who leaves that street without adding 
to  his  possessions  does  so  because  he 
finds, after selecting something  he  must 
have, that he has left his  purse  at home.
I hope, some day,  to see my  ideal  cor­
Its  leading attraction will 
ner  grocery. 
be the glorious light. 
Its front windows 
will be beautiful pictures skillfully fash 
ioned out of goods so fresh and  so  invit­
ing as to make  me buy  whether 1 will or 
no.  The store will  be always  clean  and
sweet.  Taste will  arrange  the  shelves, 
and,  with masses of  color  such  as  only 
I groceries  provide,  I  will have a picture 
from front to back that  will  be a  delight 
to the eye,  and a surprise to the beholder, 
because the  world has  so  long  believed 
that  there  is  nothing  in  common,  and 
never can  be,  between art and the corner 
grocer;  and when the artist  has done his 
work,  and  I step to the street  to note the 
effect,  the crowd  around  will agree with 
me  when  I  say  that  the store  with  its 
line of windows is a  huge show case and 
as pretty  a picture as one  would  care  to 
see. 

R ic h a r d   Malcom St r o n g.

When  a man  lives on  credit be is  not 
troubled about trying to  live  within  his 
means.

S ign al  F iv e  
Best  H on  Filler He  Cigar.

Manufactured by

Ed.  W .  R u h e ,
47  Dearborn  St.,  Chicago.

Represented by

F .  E.  B u sh m a n ,

STEEL HUGE 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  use  is  made  a  positive 
pleasure.

The Steel Range Majestic is backed by 
the strongest  and  most swee  ing guar­
antee  ever  made  upon  any  commercial 

article.(MJK8TIG  R A N G E

liin nnn housewives pronounce it the greatest 
1UU,UUU  cooking range.  1895 fire linings guar­
anteed  for  five  years  against  burning; other 
parts  for  tw enttflve  years  against  breaking. 
Descriptive  cookoook,2  cents.
MAJESTIC  MFC  CO.,  8 t. 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 seil that I have handled  In  30 
years that I have been in the hardware business. 
Of all the ranges we have suld there is  p  sitive- 
lv not one but  what  is  giving  perfect  satisfac­
tion  Our 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 and 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  wbat  we 
beard fr  m others, b 111 must say  in  justice  to 
the  Majestic  that  every  expectation  has  been 
more lb  n realized  There  re other good steel 
ranges, but we believe that the  Majestic is w  th 
out a  fault,  as  far  as  the  abiliiy  of  man  can 
make it, and compared to other steel ranges it is 
perfe< tiou in itself.  The  method  employed  oy 
the Majestic Manufacturing 1  o.  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, 
a>> well as a beuefii  to do business with  so  large 
and well conducted a firm.
WILLIAM  SSYFFARDT, See’y,
Saginaw  Hardware Co., Saginaw,  W. s., Mich.
Our recent experience in selliug  the  wonder­
ful Majestic >teel  Range  has  been  most  pleas­
ant  and  pr  Stable  to  us.  Mechanically  and 
scientifically the range is the cook!  g apparatus 
par excellence.  Tbeie  can  be  no  economy  in 
the household without a  Mnjectlc  Steel  Range 
uonn which to do cooking and  water heating.
EBERB iCH  HARD WARE  CO , 
Ann Arbor,  Mich.
The  experience  of  a  lifetime  in the general 
hardwa-e business has yet to show me a cooking 
ran<e  that  can  be  compared  with  the  steel 
Range  Maje-tic.  We  so d a la  ge  number  Dur­
ing  the  exhibit,  and  since  then  our  patrons 
; unite in praise of it. 

H. S.  ME  sINUEK, 
Pontiac.  Mich.

DLNNIn’G  BROS,

It is simply absurd to cornu«re any other cook­
ing 
tove or Cookmgrange that  we have sold in 
our experien  e in the cook stove  business  with 
the  Maje-tic  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 tbat Is 
claimed for it.

For further particulars address

J. W. JOHNSTON,  Manager»

“
va.nct—In  bulk

f a n c y —In 5 lb. boxes. 

Losenges,  plain..............
printed..........
Chocolate Drops..............
Chocolate Monumentals
Cum Drops.......................
Moss Drops.......................
Sour Drops.......................
Imperials.......................

Palls 
.  8* 
.  9H 
.  11 
.  12 
.  b 
.  7 >4 
.  8 
.  9
Per Box
Lemon Drops........................................................60
Sour Drops...................................................  ....SO
Peppermint Drops............................................... 00
Chocolate Drops.................................................. 65
H. M. Chocolate  Drops.......................................75
Gum  Drops....................... 
35050
Licorice Drops.................................................. 1  00
A. B. Licorice  Drops.......................................... 75
Losenges, plain...........................  
60
printed............................................... 65
Imperials.............................................................. 60
70
Mottoes........................................ 
Cream Bar.............................................................56
Molasses  Bar........................................................50
Hand Made  Creams............. .  ...................80®90
Plain Creams................................................ 6 J@30
Decorated Creams............................................... 90
String  Rock......................................................... 60
Burnt .Almonds........................................ 90@1  25
Wlntergreen  Berries.......................................... 60

“ 

 

 

 

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

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3 
2 

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CARAMELS.
 
 
ORANGES.

Florida», Fancy Brights  126.........................   3  75
Flondas, Fancy  Brignts,  150.........................   4 00
Ftoridas Fancy  Brights, 176,  200.  216 .............  4  25

LEMONS.

Choice, 300..........................................................  2  50
Extra Choice, 3u0..............................................3
..........................................................3 5
Fancy, .MX 
Choice,  360  ........................................................  2  Si
Fancy, 360........ 
3  50
Common...............................................................2 50

 

 

 

Large bunches...................................................  1  50
75®1  25
Small bunches......................................... 

BANANAS.

OTHER  FOREIGN  FRUITS.

extra 

"  
“ 
“ 
“  bags 

Figs, fancy layers  16fi>.............................  
“  oOlfc............................. 
“  141b.............................  
.............................................. 
Dates, Fard, 10-lb.  box............................. 
Persian.  G.  M.50-lb  box............. 
1 lb Royals,  new ..........................  

12
14
11
6V4
©  7
...........................   ©  6
6   5
©

“  50-lb.  “ 

“ 
“ 

NUTS.

“ 
“ 
“ 

<3»  14
©12*4

Ivaca............ 
 
California,soft  shelled 

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

131401«
Braille, new..............................................   ©  7
Filberts  ................. 
...........................  © 11
Walnuts, Grenoble, old...........................  @10
F rench..;.................................   ©¡2
Calif...........................................  ©13
Soft Shelled  Calif.................. 
©14
Table  Nuts,  fauey....................................  ©1U4
choice...............  ................ 
© »
Pecans. Texas, H.  P . , .............................  6  © 7V4
Chestnuts...................................................
Hickory Nutsper  bu., M ich ................. 
1  50
..............it*  full iv x «  
........................ 
4 «0
60
Butternuts  per b u ..............  ................. 
60
Black  Walnuts, per bu............................. 

“ 

PEANUTS.

Fancy, H.  P .,8u n s...................................   ©  5h
“  Roasted.......................   6©  6V4
Fancy, H.  P., Flags.................................. 
©  5fe
“  Roastad......................  6 J   6 h
Choice, H. P.,  Extras..............................  
©  \ \
5 4  6
“  Roasted.......... ........ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

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FRESH  MEATS,

C arcass.......................
Fore  quarters.............
Hind quarters..............
Loins No. 3...................
R ib s......................... '..
R ounds.........................
C hucks....... - ..............
Plates ...........................

BEET.
............  ..............5H©  7
.............................4  © 5
.............  
...  t>H@ 8
.............................8  ©10
.............................8  ©10
............................. 5  © 6
.............................3H@ 4<*
.............................3  © 3«
PORK.

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

 

 

 

5© 5%
,14
5*
8

C arcass......................................................4  @6
Lambs.........................................................  5H©5

MUTTON.

TT-TLI  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN".

would  prove—"I  came  as  a  purchaser 
and you ‘took me in !’ ”

OANOIBS, FRUITS »lid  NUTS 
The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows ¡

STICK CANDY.
Cases

“ 
“ 

Standard,  per  lb ..........
H .H .................
Twist  ............
84
Boston  C ream .............
Cut  Loaf.  ....................
Extra  H  H.................... ..  34
MIXED CANDT.

. 

Bbls.
3
6
6

Bbls.
5
5V4
.6.7
.6*

baskets

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

Palis.

7
7
8 
o

7»8

Palls
6*
6Vi
8H
7H
8
9
1*H 
...  8

523 John St.,  Kalamazoo,  Mich.

Carcass

VEAL.

6  ©7*

Grand  Rapida, Mich.

Tne  Candy  8 how   Case.

Written for tne Tradesman.

It  is  only  a  country  store  and  very 
many  kinds  of goods are offered for sale 
therein;  but in the show case nearest the 
front  door  is  an  assortment  of  candy, 
and to this the youth of the village turns 
its attention.

look  at  them  big  red  fishes!” 
chorused a bevy of  small girls  on  their 
way to school.  “Ain’t them jes’  lovely? 
An’  see them choc’lates!  My! O—!”  with 
an indrawing of the breath.

“O, 

“Here’s what  1  like,”  exclaimed  the 
little  miss  who  first  discovered  a  new 
variety of cream puffs.

“U-m-m-m!  Jes’  look  a  here.  Say, 
how  much  is  them  nigger  babies?  A 
cent!  0 , my! 
I  wisht I  had my penny 
here.”

*  

*  

*

It was a small boy  and bis twin sister. 
“1 know what I ’m going to  have.” 
“What?”
“One o’  those there flags with taffy  on 

the end of it.”

“Why don’t you get ten o’  those candy 
cigarettes.  That’s  all  they  are—jest  a 
cent.”

“O,  I  had  some  o’  them.  They’re 
holler an’ they don’t taste  good  either.” 
“I know what  I’d  have  if  1  had the 
money.  I’d have a great big piece of red 
an’  blue an’  green an’  yaller  taffy,  with 
nuts into it, an’  chocalate an’  vanilly an 
ice cream an’  coffy an’  sody  water, an’— 
an’—an’  a stick o’  licorish  root.”

*  *  *

“What’s them car’mels?”
“Two for a cent.”
“Only two?”
“That’s all.”
“Dear  me!  Hain’t  you  got  any  five 

for a penny?”

a cent.”

“Yes,  you can have  five  of  these  for 

“ What,  them  little  things?  Guess I 
I’m goin’  over  to 

don’t want any then. 
Me Farlan’s.”

*  *  *

“Please conld 1 buy a  cent’s  worth of 

candy?”

There were two  of  them,  both  small 
boys; and they held  each  other’s  hands 
very  tightly, 
lest  they  should  become 
separated—in  which  calamitous  event 
one or both might perish.

He was served and the other  lad  said: 
“Pleathe could I get a  aigth  wo’th  o’ 

gum?”

of  gum.”

“A what?”
And the other  interpreted:
“He wants to trade his  egg for a stick 

*  *  *

Of course, he got it.
She was a little  girl  with  round  rosy 
cheeks,  and a presumably  normal  diges­
tion.  She had flattened her nose against 
the  show  case  for  several  minutes.  At 
length,  discovering some small tin plates 
loaded with a  vile pink and  white  com­
pound, erroneously styled  “ ice  cream,” 
she gave a shrill scream of  delight  and, 
dancing  up  and  down 
in  ecstasy, 
asked:

“How much are  they?”
“A cent apiece.”
“Is that all?  Well,  I’ll take seventeen 

cents’  worth  of  ’em.”

Seventeen  cents’  worth  of  ice  cream 
plates filled a pretty  good sized bag.  She 
took  it  with  every  sign  of  unmixed 
pleasure, and,  hugging it  closely  in  her 
arms, sped joyously away.

*  

*  

*

It  was  another  laughing,  chattering, 
hungry throng of youngsters.  A halo of

Signal  Five  cigar  is  Spanish  hand­

made,  5c.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN-.

3

red heads  surmounted  a  comely  assort­
ment  of  blue  eyes, 
freckled  cheeks, 
white  shining  teeth  and  eager  faces. 
The  O’Lollys, 
the  O’Rourks  and  the 
Mulcabys had come to town.

“Thim’s  moine!”  said  little  Dennis 
O’Lolly,  as  he  pointed  to  a  trayful  of 
scarlet  “ wintergreen berries.”

“Whist, DInny,”  cautioned his  sister, 
“the mon’ll be afther shlappin’ the  mug 
av  yez.  Thim  belongs  to  the 
shtore 
kaper.”

The  children,  startled  by  this  an­
nouncement,  looked timidly around,  but, 
seeing no prospect  of  an  immediate on­
slaught from  the  enemy,  Daisy,  other­
wise known as Bridget Mulcahy,  said in 
a more subdued voice:

“Yez  kin hev thim  thair  rid tings  an’ 
welkim.  Thim,  an’  thim,  an’  thim,  an’ 
thim is  moine.”

“Hould  aisy,  Biddy,”  interposed  an­
other of the girls, with a grin of derision, 
“whin ye git all yer shtu ff to  home, sorra 
the ting would  the mon hev  lift  in  his 
shtore.”

“Taik  the  sugar  poles  in  thim  two 
jairs,  an’ the  full  av  me  han’s  av  las- 
sengers,  an’ be  artherly  an’  dacint,  sex 
Oi,”  was  the 
suggestion  of  Teddy 
O’Rourk.

“Buy  me  some  av  thim  motterses. 

Rosy,” pleaded Dennis.

“Whist,  bye.  Oi  wud,  but Oi lift me 
pocket book wid me  tin  dollar  bill  an’ 
all  me  small  change  to  home  on  the 
pianny.”

“Along  wid  yer  gold  watch  an’  yer 
diminds  an’  yer  sale  shkin  pollynaise 
an—”

Whack, slap, shriek!
Rose’s dignity  had  been  trifled  with. 
Dennis rubbed his eyes  with his  ehubby 
fists and howled  dolorously.  Rose  eyed 
him with  unmixed  satisfaction,  but,  at 
length,  mollified  by  his  evident  peni­
tence,  she said:

lave 

“There, 

there,  Dinny, 

aff. 
Afther this pay more  rispict  to  yer  in ­
feriors.  There do be a  two  pound  roll 
av good pasture buttber in the cillar,  an’ 
whin  that’s sould,  Dinny,  Oi’ll buy yez 
mottyses wud gold thrimmin’s  an’  silver 
linin's, an’  a fione  large  jew’l in 
ivery 
wan.’.’ 

Geo.  L. Thurston.

The  Value  of Associated  Effort. 

From the Grand Traverse Herald.

The Traverse City B.  M.  A.  has  been 
the  most  persistent  and  successful  or­
ganization  of  the  kind in the State. 
It 
was the first to be organized in  Michigan 
and  has, 
through  all  the  years  since, 
kept  very  much  “alive.” 
It  is  very 
largely through its  efforts  that  most  of 
our factories from  abroad  have been se­
cured,  and it is owing  to  its  work  that 
Traverse City has prospered while  many 
towns of the State have stood still or gone 
backward. 
It is,  to-day, one of the  very 
few  associations  of  its  kind  in  active 
operation in Michigan.  The membership 
numbers  upwards  of  140  and  embraces 
most of the live, wide awake business men 
of the town. 
It is largely owing  to  this 
organization,  which  has  brought  our 
business men so closely together, socially 
and  otherwise,  during  the  last  dozen 
years or so, that so kindly a  feeling  ex­
ists  among  them.  While  a  healthy 
rivalry in  business exists,  as  it  should, 
for the good of the  town,  there  is  com­
panionship  in  business  interests  and  a 
common desire for the good of  the  town 
that unites all  in  every  effort  made  to 
advance the  interests  of  Traverse  City 
and the  whole  Grand  Traverse  region. 
Every business  man  in the  city  should 
belong to this organization.

When The Tradesman  was established,  a little over eleven years  ago,  it  was 
issued  from  a  small  room  in  the Eagle building.  At that time its projectors in­
dulged the ambition that its business would increase in  time  to  warrant  them  in 
adding  an  adjoining  room;  and  when a few months’ rapid growth  enabled  them 
to realize this ambition, they were highly gratified.  When,  a  year  or  two  later, 
they had added two more rooms and were well  equipped  with  machinery  aad  ap­
paratus for the prosecution of its  rapidly  increasing  printing  and  engraving  de­
partments, their gratification amounted almost to pride,  and  they  were  confident 
that provision had been made to meet the requirements,  so  far  as  room  was  con­
cerned,  for a good many years to come.  But in this  they  proved  to  be  mistaken. 
In  a  year  or so longer its quarters began to be straitened and two and a half years 
after the second addition of room it had become so crowded that removal was abso­
lutely necessary.
In preparing for this removal care was naturally taken to  make  sufficient  pro­
vision for room to allow for the continued increase for a considerable time to come. 
With this end in view, a lease was secured of the three-story  and  basement  build­
ing at 100 Louis street, where each branch of the business was  departmentized  and 
the equipment greatly enlarged, thus increasing the capacity  of  the  establishment 
to a considerable extent.  Within the past two years,  however, the business  of  the 
office has increased to that extent that it has become absolutely necessary  that still 
another change of location  be  made. 
In  making  preparations  for  this  removal, 
which have been going on for several months,  not only has  care  been  used  to  se­
cure sufficient room,  but special study has been  given  to  securing  and  arranging 
the room for the greatest possible convenience and economy in  the  prosecution  of 
the business.  After carefully considering several locations it has been deemed  de­

sirable to execute a ten years’  lease of the fifth floor of the Blodgett Bnilding one of 
the finest office buildings in the city, comprising nearly double the floor  space  now 
occupied and admirably adapted to the purpose by reason of itscentral location, un­
usual amount of light, and (an important advantage in a printing office) having every­
thing except warehouse and storage room on one floor.  The  building is fitted  with 
every possible convenience. 
It is heated by steam  and  provided  with  quick  pas­
senger elevators and two freight elevators, one of which is among the largest in  the 
city.
Especial care has been taken in designing and fitting up the  offices,  both  busi­
ness and mechanical departments, on the theory that the best work  can  be  accom­
plished where the surroundings are made as  airy,  light and  pleasant  as  possible. 
The Grand Rapids School Furniture Co.  has  designed  and  made  the  fixtures  and 
partitions,  which  is  a  sufficient  guarantee  of the excellence of  the work,  and no 
reasonable expense has been spared to make the  quarters  as  complete  and  up-to- 
date as possible.  New machinery will  also be introduced in  each  department  and 
several new lines akin to the business will be added.  As soon  as the  work  of  re­
moval is completed, the public will be invited to inspect  the  premises  and  witness 
a model printing office in operation. 
In the meantime the  patrons  and  friends  of 
the office will  be made welcome at any time and it is  hoped  that  many  will  avail 
themselves of the opportunity  to inspect the pleasantest,  most  complete  and  best 
equipped publishing and engraving establishment in the State.

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AROUND  THE  STATE.

MOVEMENTS OF  MERCHANTS.

Inland—G.  C.  Reynolds succeeds  R.  B. 

Reynolds  m general trade.

Kalamazoo—J.  I. Garrison is succeeded 

by  tbe  Young  Furniture  Co.

Calumet—Culuan  &  Sibilsky  succeed 

M.  J. Culuan  iu general  trade.

Bachelor—Win.  Lawrence  has  sold  his 

general stock  to K.  F.  iiehauke.

Hemlock  Cuy—T.  W.  Newrick,  gen­

eral dealer at this place,  is dead.

Leslie—¡Sidney  O.  Russell  is succeeded 

by  L.  M.  Kusseil in geaeral  trade.

Three  Rivers—D.  C.  Bigbee  succeds 

Bigoee «ft Co.  in  me grocery  business.

Marshall—Mills  &  MoWeUiy  succeed 
Edwin  R.  Mills in me  harness  business.
Lansing—Peabody  &  Peabody  have 
sold their general slock  to A.  L.  Harlow 
& Co.

Muiliken—F.  A.  Gould  has  purchased 
the grocery  auu  meal  business  of  J.  JS. 
Pratt.

Alpena—M.  C.  Bostwick  succeeds  M. 
C.  Bostwick <fc Co.  in the  boot  and  shoe 
business.

Iron wood—James  &  Blackwell,  gro­
cers,  have dissolved,  Wm.  H.  Blackwell 
succeeding.

Eaton Rapids—G.  McMarple  has  pur­
chased  the  grocery  business  of  H.  A. 
btnckrodt.

Bay  City—C.  B.  Fuqua  succeeds  L. 
Bergevin  as  proprietor  ol  the  Valley 
Drug Store.

Escauaba—Gilmette  &  Cleary  have 
purchased  the  luruiture  business  of  P. 
M.  Peterson.

Hillsdale—E.  J.  Smith 'has  sold  one- 
hall  interest in his  grocery  business  to 
Julius Baker.

Davisburg—Burnaby  &  Benton  suc­
ceed J. ¡5.  Burnaby  in  the  grocery  and 
notion  business.

Saginaw—Chas.  L.  Roesser  succeeds 
Wm.  Roesser «ft Sous m  the  agricultural 
implement business.

Ontonagon—Clarence  Emmons 

has 
purchased  the  Corbett  Hardware  Co.’s 
business at this place.

West Branch—B.  Brumenthal  &  Bro., 
dealers in  men’s  luruisuing  good,  have 
dissolved,  B.  Blumeuthal  continuing the 
business.

Freesoii—0.  S.  Dean  has  purchased 
the interest of A.  B.  Dean  in  the  drug 
stock ot  Dean Bros,  and will continue tile 
business m his own  name.

Eaton  Rapids—R.  P.  Dayton  will 
shortly  open  a  hardware  store  in  the 
building  toruierly  occupied  by  W.  W. 
Zimmerman's grocery stock.

Galesburg—The  grist  mill  business 
formerly  conducted  by Townsend  «ft  Zinn 
will  hereaiter  be  conducted  under  tbe 
style of the Galesburg  Milling Co.

Dundee—Local  business  men  have  or­
ganized  a  stock  company  with  $8,000 
capital stock for the purpose of erecting, 
equipping and operating  a  canning  fac­
tory.

Cedar Lake—B.  L.  Ward has  sold  bis 
general slock,  store  building  and  bouse 
and lot to E.  M.  Ward  for  a  considera­
tion of $2,500 and  will  shortly  locate  in 
Texas.

Muskegon—Soderberg & Donelson  will 
shortly  open a shoe store  in  the  vacant 
store  at  5  W.  Western  avenue.  For 
years this  firm  has  been  doing  business 
in  the Eighth  ward,  and  has  conducted a 
branch store  on  Houston  avenue.  The 
two  stocks will be combined at  the  new 
location.

Saginaw,  W.  S.—Mr.  Tuomey,  of  the j 
dry  goods firm of Tuomey & Co., of Jack- 
son,  was here  last  week looking  over the 
field,  having 
the  establishment  of  a 
branch store in view.

Traverse  City—W.  J.  Beil  has  se­
cured  a settlemeut  with  his creditors  on 
the  basis of 25 cents on  the  dollar  and 
has  re-opened his dry  goods  store  under 
the same style as  before.

Newaygo—Frank  Van Leuven has pur­
chased  the interest of  Hadley  Millard in 
the furniture and  undertaking  business 
of Millard  & Van  Leuven  ahd  will  con­
tinue the  business iu  his own name.

Belding—L.  R.  Brown,  F.  E.  Howk 
and Owen Cooley  have formed  a partner­
ship and  will open a bakery  and  restau­
rant  in  the  store  in  the  Holmes-Robin- 
son  block  formerly  occupied  by  R.  L. 
Hale.

Flint—The  general  merchandise  firm 
of Smith,  Bridgeman  «ft  Co.,  which  has 
done business here for  thirty-five  years, 
has  dissolved  partnership.  The  firm 
will  be 
re-organized  by  William  L. 
Smith and Chas. T.  Bridgman,

Ludington—Mrs.  Carrie  Shackleton 
has assigned her millinery  stock to D.  F. 
inventories  $3,500 
Cargill.  The  stock 
and the liabilities  are  $2,100  which  in­
cludes a $900  mortgage  to the Creighton 
estate.

Cadillac—The clothing stocks of Henry 
C.  Auer were bid in at  chattel  mortgage 
sale  by  Richardson,  Smith  «ft  Bates, of 
Boston,  at 25 per cent, of their inventory 
value. 
It Is thought that the purchasers 
will  put the former  owner  In  possession 
of the  stocks,  as they have confidence in 
his  ability  to  regain  the  esteem of  the 
business public.

Albion—A certain  business  man  here 
sent his wife off on a visit,  and after she 
had remained away for what  be  thought 
a reasonable length of time he  asked  her 
to come back.  She wouldn’t.  He pleaded 
with her.  She remained as firm  as  ada­
mant.  The sly  fellow  then  sent  her  a 
copy of  each  of  the  local  papers  with 
one item clipped out. 
In  less  than  two 
days  she  was  back,  anxious  to  know 
what had been going on  which  her  hus­
band  did  not  want  her  to know about 
She was madder  than  a  wet  hen  when 
she  discovered  the  ruse,  and  now there 
is a  case  of  domestic  infelicity  in  that 
family.

Electrical Inspector.

Although  the city still  seems to be too 
poor to support a competent electrical in­
spector  who  would  be  able  to  prevent 
such fires as occurred  at  the Y.  M.  C. A. 
recently, there is no  excuse  for  burning 
down  our  elegant  buildings  here  from 
fires caused by  defective  electric  wires, 
when there  are such electrical  experts at 
everyone’s command as  tbe  Grand  Rap­
ids  Electric  Company.  They give  their 
personal inspection  to  every  contract,  so 
that no poor work  passes  through  their 
hands.  Remember that they  are now lo­
cated at No. 9 South Division  street.

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.

Quality is tbe basis of value  with  Gil­
lies’ flue New  York  Coffees.  J.  P.  Vis- 
l ner, agent.
'  Try the new cigar, Signal Five, Sc.

THE  MICHIGAN  TEADESMAH.

C Y C L E , 
S T  E l J 
L A D D E R .

PRODUCE  MARKET

Apples—All  winter  varieties  command  8250 
per bol.. if In good condition,  whil  fancy  st  ck 
j -e-idily  commands  it.
j  Be.-.ns—The  market  is  strong  and  excited, 
owing to tbe discovery that nearly  every market 
in  the  country  is  oare  of  stock.  The same is 
true  >f the  European  markets, a  strong  export 
demand Having sprung up during the past week- 
From the present indications the price will go to 
$2 ( er bu. before May 1.  Present quotations are 
$1.7.• per bu. in carlots or less.

Butter  A  little  higher  in  price,  consequent 
upon  the  disappearance  of  surplus stocks and 
the  appearance  of  a  more  active  demand. 
Choice dairy brings 18c per lb

Cabbage—Price ranges from $2<J4  per  100,  ac­

cording to size and quality.

Celery—The  advance  has  been  sustained, 
dealers who have  any stock holding it at 20425c 
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— 19c for  strictly  fresh,  lac  for  pickled 
and 
l.e   for  cold  storage  stock  The  mar­
ket for fresh is strong and the  price  may  go  to 
20c unless the cold weather lets up.

Lettuce—1.He "per lb.
Onions—Red  Weatherfields  and  Yellow  Dan­
vers  command 45c per  bu.  Yellow  Globes com­
mand 55c and Red Globes are eagerly sought for 
on the basis of 6uc.  Spanish stock has  declined 
to 9>'c per box.

Parsnips—35c per bn.
Potatoes—Strong 

in  the  local  market,  but 
weaker at mo  t of the outside markets.  Present 
transactions are on the basis of 55c.
Radishes—Hot house stock commands  30c  per 
doz. bunches.
Sweet  Potatoes—Kiln dried  Jerseys  command 
S3 per bbl.  KUn dried Illinois  stock  is  held  at 
2.c less. 
,,
if  the 
quality is up to standard.  Poor stock sell-  at H 
ale.

Squash—Hubbard  brings  lHc  per  lb. 

, 

WRITE

HIRTH,  KRÄUSE  JtCO.,
MICHIGAN  STATE  AGENTS,

fu r  (’.il,lingue.

ItlS.

u r n   m i   >  n .

20 &  22  Monroe  St.,

GRAND  RAPID 8 .

*  u?>"  »n#

BARREL SWINGS.
This is a convenience no  grocer  can 
afford  to be without. 
It  keeps sugar and 
other stuff under the  counter  out  of  the 
way  and  free  from  dust  and  dirt,  and 
saves  covers. 
It  will  swing  a  barrel of 
sugar  with  perfect  ease. 
Telegraph 
name.  Swing.  Price,  each, $1.
LANSING  WHEELBARROW  CO.,

Lansing,  Mich.

A  C  MEGRAW &  CO
•  RUBBER DEPARTMENT.
WE STAND A T M  HEAD, w  RUBBERS 
AS WE CARRY THE LARGEST STOCK.
NOTE OUR TIRMS
MERCHANTS
iLHhl iw
ALL  r u b b e r s 
SHIPPED  DURING 
JAN. FEB. or  MARCH  are  not 
payable  until  MAY |sj  1895
OUR SOUVENIR BOOK’ 
FR O M 'TH E FOREST TO 
THE FO O T.' SENT FREE 
UPON  A P PLIC A TIO N

TROJANâ»

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5

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

J.  W.  Button  has  opened  a  grocery 
store at Campbell.  The Olney  & Judson 
Grocer Co.  furnished  the stock.

Frederick  &  Kuauf  have  opened  a 
grocery  store at  Reed  City.  The  Olney 
&  Judson  Grocer  Co. 
the 
stock.

furnished 

Roelof  Fisher  has  opened  a  grocery 
store at 929 Wealthy  avenue.  The stock 
was furnished by the Lemon  &  Wheeler 
Company.

Andrews &  Clapper,  meat  dealers  at 
Petoskey, have added a line  of groceries. 
The stock  was  furnished  by  the  I.  M. 
Clark Grocery Co.

A. C.  Fassett, formerly  engaged  in the 
grocery  business  at  Watson,  has  pur­
chased  the  confectionery  and  bakery 
business  of  Geo. Hickox,  at  135  South 
Division street,  and  removed his  Watson 
stock to the same location.

L. C.  Hayden  has purchased  an  inter 
est  in  the  mill supply business of J.  M 
Hayden & Co.  The business will  be con 
tinued  at  the  same  location  under the 
same style.  Mr.  Hayden comes to Grand 
Rapids  from  Tecumseh,  where  he  was 
identified  with  the Globe Flouring Mills, 
which are claimed to be the  oldest  insti­
tution of the kind  in  the  State,  having 
been established  in  1839.

Jos.  Kruse,  clothier at 34  West Bridge 
street,  uttered  a  trust mortgage  Dec.  17 
to H.  J.  Felker as trustee for  six  credit­
ors whose claims aggregated  86 000.  The 
stock  and  fixtures  were  inventoried  at 
83.900.  The sale occurred Monday, when 
Chas.  P.  Kellogg & Co.  (Chicago)  bid  in 
the  stock  at  81.400  and Voigt,  Herpol 
sheimer & Co.  bid in  the  book  accounts 
at  $50  and  the  safe  at  $8 50.  Had the 
trustee  advertised the sale  as  he  should 
have done,  there would have  been  more 
bidders  and,  in all  probab lity,  twice as 
much  would have been  realized  for  the 
creditors.

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugar—Opinion  is  divided  as  to  the 
probable course of the market, some look­
ing for an advance,  while others  predict 
that the price will remain  where it is for 
some time yet.  European holders of raw 
have advanced  their  Quotations  and  the 
Cuban shippers are  holding  on  to  their 
stocks  in  the  expectation  that a higher 
range of values will govern later on.

Molasses—New  Orleans  grades  are 
strong,  the  Louisiana  market  being  rel­
atively  higher  than  other points.  Ceu 
trifugals  are  strong.  Kettle  goods  are 
likely to advance, in  sympathy  with  the 
advancing tendency  in sugar.

Syrups—On account of the curtailment 
in production, many of the factories hav­
ing closed,  glucose is higher.

Coffee—Rio  and  Santos  grades  are 
without particular change.  Mild coffees 
are strong and some  grades  are  higher. 
Java is considerably  higher  at  Amster­
dam.  Manufacturers of  package brands 
have advanced their quotations Kc.

Dates—Are as low  at the present writ­
ing as they are likely to be  at  any  time 
during the next six  months and now is a 
good time to buy a fair stock.  Fards are 
of fine quality and those put up  in  12 lb. 
boxes are especially so.

Foreign  Nuts—Move  slowly,  as a ma­
jority of dealers seem to  be  more  inter­
ested in getting clear of remnants of hol­
iday  purchases  than  in  stocking  up.

Wants  Column•

Advertisements  will  be  inserted  under  this 
head for two cents a word the first Insertion and 
one  cent a word  for each  subsequent  Insertion. 
No advertisements  taken for  less  than 25 cents. 
Advance D a y m ent.

Ml-INK’

4  H  -  N «  fr S.

694

696

\X 7A N  TED—TO EXCHANGE AN  IMPROVED 
f t  
farm in southern  Michigan for a stock of
merchandise.  Address Box ;.9.i Plain well, Mi  h.
6  5

GOOD  NINE  room  HOLSE  NICELY  L o­

cated  In  ML  Pleasant,  Mich.  Will  ex-
change  for  stock  groceries. 
Address  Box  8), 
Stanton, Mich.
m o   EXCHANGE—FRUIT FARM  IN OCEANA 
A   county for general  merchandise.  Address 
No. 6°4  care M  chigan Tradesman. 
A
GOOD  STORE  BUILDING  AND  St,000
for  farm  worth  ISOO». 
For  particulars  ad­
dress No  686  care Michigan Trade-man 
/   i ROCEKY  VTOi  K  FOn  'A L E—IN VOICING 
V.T  about 17,000. in  a  hustling  town  of  s 000. 
Everything cash.  The  only grocery  that  made 
money last year.  Reasons  other irons.  Address 
No. 191  care  Michigan Trade-man. 
OR  SALE—SHARES  OF  MOCK  IN  THE 
principal'hardware In Cadillac. Mich.  The 
trade  Is  established  and  the  location  is good. 
Wherever this business is known it is favorably 
known and an  opportunity  like  this  Is  seldom 
offered.  Good  reason  for  selling  will  be  fur­
nished.  For oarticulars, address A. W. Newark, 
Cadillac, Mich 

STOCn. O f CLOTHING AND  GENTLEMEN^ 

furnishing goods; established  trade; splen­
did  opening  for  a  general  store  Will  sell 
heap for cash.  Address No. 680,  care Michigan 
Tradesman. 

692

680

686

691

685

F o r  s a l e —d r u g   s t o c k ,  c l e a n   a n d

fresh, new shelving, counters, show  cases, 
soda  fountain  and  safe 
the  finest location in 
good business town  Will  take  $1,000,  payable 
half cash and  balance  on  short  time  Address 
for particulars, No. 6*5,  care  Michigan  Trades­
man. 
m o  EXCHANGE—FOR  STCT 
GROCERIES, 
J.  boots and shoes  or  clo'hlng.  ten  acres  of
nice land in first  ward 
Coldwster,  Mich.  Ad- 
dress S. Spurlock  **h
68-t
rond  M  ch 
PURS ALB-F1K-T CL. 
HO  EKYSTOCK 
and fixtures  nearlv
and fixtures  nearly  new.  Good  location, 
good  own  Good reason for  selling.  Great op 
portu  ity for the right  man.  Address  No.  681, 
ca-e Mi -higan  Tradesman. 
683
F"?« RENT—HOTEL  T  >  RENT,  PARTLY 
îrnished. good  bar  and  bar  fixtures  ex­
cellent locati  >n ; good chance to the right party. 
Inqu  r e 67 I'arrier  -t..  Grand  Rapids. 
674
F
R  REN  A  DE  IRA RLE  STOKE  HI  ILD- 
ing  fi-rmerls  occupied by  E  liott  & t'o .  on 
northea  t corner  of  M-mroe  and  Ionia  streets. 
One of the bestlocalions In the  city. 
Inquire of 
Peter Doran  • 0 Tower Block. 
S 1
¿TOOK  OF CLOTHING AND GENTLEMEN’S 
furnishing  good-  to  >rade  for  real  estate. 
Address No 
t  ' o o
F\R M   NEAR  ST  TK  CAPITOL, 
\ I  eie
• t tie, to exchange for boots and shoes
0   W  Watrons.  Lansing.  Mich. 
TF  YOU  WANT  TO  BUY  OR  SELL  REAL
1 
estate  write me.  I  can  satisfy  you  Chas. 
E.  Mercer,  Rooms l  and 2.  Widdicomb  building.
6*3
HOE  BUSINESS.  OR  HALF 
up  on  one  of  the  principal 
streets in Grand  Rapids  New stock  good trade, 
location  Al.  Address  No.  624  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 

F o r  s a l k - a 

Care Michigan Tradesman. 660

interest in ss

665

624

-*9

SITUATIONS  WANTED,

salesman  de-ires  position. 

H  RELIABLE  DR\  GOODS  AND  SHOE 

Is  capah’e  of 
tak'ng full charge <»f s’oeks  nr  occupying  posi­
tion of gene  al manager.  Address No. 671  care 
Michigan Tradesman. 

671

MDCELLANKOUS.

687

■ HE  CITIZENS  OF DORR WILL  PAY A LIB- 

eral bonus  to any  party  who  has  a  small 
capit  1 to Invest In a fl  tiring mi 1 at  i'orr.  For 
farther information  write J. C.  Neuman,  Dorr, 
Mich.  ________________________________693
TTTANTED— MAN SUPPLY  AGENTS  MICHI- 
VV 
g  n with Shaeffer’s  New  Pancake  Grid­
dle: positive proof  you realize  $5,0 0  annually; 
no capital required: must be financially  respon­
sible; no other need apply.  (Stamp.)  M.  shaef- 
fer, Canton. O. 
W A N T E D —TEA  LEAD  IN  ANY  yUANTI 
VV 
ties from everywhe-e.  Address,  stating 
nrice. J. M.  Hayden &  Co.,  69  Pearl  St.,  Grand 
Rapids, o. te'ephone 510. 

clean stock  of  hardware  located  in  an  Al 
town.  Address No  68.’,  care  Michigan  Trades­
man 

■  HAVE  THE CASH  To  PAY  FOR  A  GOOD 
■  HUEE  HUNDRED  AND  SIXTY  ACRES 

farming land In  Cr*w  ord  county,  Michl 
gan. to exchange for improved farm or stoc  of 
goods.  Title  perfect.  H.  Harrington,  Reed 
City  Mich._____________________________6-1

M EN  TO  SELL  BAKING  POWDER  TO THE 

.  grocery  trade  Steady  employment,  ex­
perience unnecessary  $7:>  monthly  salary  and 
expenses or commission. 
If offer Is satisfactory 
address  at  once  with  particulars  concerning 
yourself  U. 8. Chemical  Works, Chicago.  6.7

694

682

■ TANTED— BUTTER,  EGGS,  POULTRY, 
‘  potatoes,  onions,  apples,  cabbages,  etc. 
Correspondence  solicited  Watkins  &  Smith, 

8 -86 South  Division St.. Grand  Rapids. 

673

OR  SAI  E-MODBKN  NINE  ROOM  HOUSE 
on J- ffersou avenue  Price  low and terms 
easy.  Owner  going  South.  For  particulars 
write W. K. Griffiths, 6 Canal S t 

675

Prices are largely in  favor of  the  buyer 
and close to rock  bottom.

Bananas—Local  dealers  took  in  two 
cars Monday,  which look  very good, con- 
idering the severe  weather. 
Sales are, 
of  necessity,  confined  principally  to 
home dealers and nearby towns,  as  it  is 
and has been too cold to risk reshipping. 
Prices are very  favorable  to  those  who 
will  chance  the  possibility  of  safe  ar­
rivals.

Figs—The  bottom  has  been  reached 
and already the prospects are that  prices 
will  be  gradually  advanced,  especially 
on fancy grades.  The  demand  for  bag 
figs has diminished  considerably,  owing 
to the rather poor quality  and  low  price 
of choice grades of box stock.

Lemons—Good  stock  of  the  various 
grades is in ample supply  and  so  much 
more afloat bound  for  this  country  that 
there  is  no  immediate probability of an 
advance over present prices.

Oranges—In Floridas only a few  boxes 
of  sound  stock  are left and they are all 
russets.  Sicily  fruit.  Riverside seedlings 
and  navels  are  the 
ruling  varieties 
offered.  The  seedlings  are rather pithy 
and  juiceless  yet.  The  Sicilys  are 
sound,  of  fairly  good flavor,  although a 
little pale in color.  The navels are first- 
class and  ahead  of  anything  offered  in 
the  orange  line.  The  weather  is  too 
cold to allow  fruit  to  move  freely  just 
at present and out of  town  dealers  who 
do  not  get  fruit  ordered  may  attribute 
the delay to the  weather.

Provisions—Beef  is  a  little  stronger 
and slightly better  prices  are  obtained. 
Smoked  meats  are  firm,  but 
is 
weaker  and  a  little  lower  and  barrel 
pork  has  sustained  a  further  decline. 
Local  provision  men believe  that  bottom 
has been reached  and  that  any  further 
change  will  be of  upward character.

lard 

The  Grain  Market.

Wheat during the past  week  has  been 
very  irregular,  with  a  downward  ten­
dency  in speculative  markets,  while  at 
initial points the markets held  firm,  ow­
ing  to  the  fact  that  there  is  no wheat 
moving, either in the winter  wheat  belt 
or in the Northwest.  So  far  as  this sec 
tion  is  concerned  when  wheat drops to 
50c or less farmers  will  not  sell.  Even 
with this excellent sleighing  farmers are 
hauling  everything  else  except  wheat. 
Foreign  markets  have  also  leaned  to 
easier prices.  Eastern freight rates have 
been reduced to where  they  were  before 
Nov.  12,  which we think  will  stimulate 
Eastern  shipments  and  may  advance 
prices some.  The  financial  outlook  is, 
also, some better,  which  may  have  the 
effect of inspiring confidence in the  mar­
kets.  At least,  the  trade  generally  ex­
pect it to.

Corn  has,  also,  been  weaker,  as  the 
Eastern  demand  has  not  been  what  it 
generally is at this time of the season.

Oats are the only  things  which  holds 
its own and there is more trading in oats 
than the other  grains.

Wheat receipts during  the  week  have 
been only 41 cars—rather  below  the  av­
erage—while corn receipts  were  31  cars 
—much above the ordinary, and  receipts 
of oats 4 cars.  1 hope 1  may  be able  to 
note a better  feeling  and  higher  priees 
in our next. 

C. G.  A.  Voigt.

My maple syrup is very  fine.  Now  is 
the time fo sell  it and get  a  good  profit. 
See price list on  last page  of this paper.

Edwin  Fallas.

Purely Personal.

Homer Klap,  grocer at 300 West Fulton 
street,  is seriously ill  with bilious  fever.
Geo.  Zang, of the  grocery  firm of Zang 
Bros.,  at Battle Creek,  was  married  Jan. 
29 to Miss Mabel  Lane,  a  most estimable 
young lady of that  city.

Enos Putman, President of  the  Grand 
Rapids National Bank and the Peninsular 
Trust Co.,  leaves  Friday  for  Pasadena, 
Cal.,  where he  will  remain  about  three 
months.  He  will  be  accompanied  by 
bis family.

Tbowald  Peterson,  book-keeper 

for 
the  Manistee & Grand  Rapids  Railroad, 
who was short in his  accounts,  is  not re­
lated to John M.  Peterson,  book-keeper 
and  buyer  for  Buckley  &  Douglass, of 
Manistee,  and purchasing agent  for  the 
Manistee & Northeastern  Railroad.

The late James B.  Mulliken,  formerly 
General manager of the D.,  L.  & N.  and 
C.  &  W.  M.  system, 
left  an  estate 
amounting to $22,821.85,  which  has  just 
been  divided  among 
the 
widow  receiving  one-third  and 
four 
children receiving $3.803 65 each.

five  heirs, 

Frank E.  Leonard and Wm.  B.  Collins 
(H.  Leonard  &  Sons)  are in  Pittsburg, 
selecting glassware for the  spring  trade. 
Mr.  Collins will  return the  latter  part of 
the week,  but Mr.  Leonard  will go  on  to 
New York and spend  a month among the 
representatives  of foreign crockery man 
ufacturers,  placing 
import  orders  for 
1895  goods.

Henry  Idema,  Vice-President  of  the 
Kent  County  Savings  Bank,  leaves  to­
day,  with his family,  for  a  month’s  re­
spite  at  Daytona  and  Rock  Ledge,  Fla 
Mr.  Idema has made quite as  remarkable 
a record  with the Kent  Bank as he did  in 
the district representation  of  the  Brad- 
street  Co.  and  richly  deserves  the rest 
and  recreation accompanying  such  a trip 
as he has mapped out.

Corwin S.  Udell  (S.  P.  Bennett Fuel  & 
Ice Co.)  has the sympathy  of a  large  cir­
cle of friends in the  death  of  his  wife 
who passed away  last Thursday  evening 
as the result of a  sudden  attack  of  ap­
oplexy.  Mrs. Udell  was one of  the most 
talented  women in the  State,  possessing 
a wide range of information  on  literary 
and economic subjects,  together with an 
unusual degree  of  culture.  She  was  t 
woman  of  beautiful  character—quiet 
unassuming, unselfish, of  strong person 
ality,  yet  never  obtruding  that  person 
ality on the notice of others.  Everyone 
with whom  she  came  in  contact  loved 
her,  and  her  courage  was  a  source  of 
strength  to  all  who  knew  her.  The 
world is the better for  her  having  lived 
in it.

The  Drug  Market.

Gum opium  is a  little  firmer  but  un­

changed.

Morphia and quinine are steady. 
Salicylic  acid  has  declined,  owing to 
reduced prices by manufacturers abroad. 

Salicylate soda is also lower.
Linseed  oil  has  advanced  and  is  in 

small  supply.

The price of  empty hard  capsules  has 
been  fixed  by  the  combination  at $1.10 
per doxeD  in boxes and  75c per thousand 
in boxes of 1,000.

Cocoaine has advanced.

FARM  FOR  MERCHANDISE.

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

H

THE  MICHIGAN'  TRADESMAN.

M oney  as  a  M easure  o f Value.

The  most  important  public  problem 
now  before  the  people  of  the  United 
States is the reformation and reorganiza­
tion of the currency  and  the  finance  of 
the country.

There  is  scarcely  any  subject  upon 
which there is greater diversity  of  opin­
ion,  and,  unfortunately,  partisans  on 
different sides of the question  have often 
conducted their discussions with unneces­
sary heat and  temper.

What is of the greatest urgency  is that 
people should  inform  themselves  on  so 
important a subject so that  they  will  be 
posted,  not  merely in  the  stock opinions 
and  arguments  of  prejudiced  theorists, 
but will  understand  the  principles  that 
are embraced  in  the  matter  under  con­
sideration.  When the people are properly 
informed of the functions  and  qualities 
of money,  and the  conditions  that  have 
to be met by it,  they are  certainly better 
qualified to know what  they want.

One of the  functions  of  money which 
is greatly misunderstood  is  expressed in 
the declaration,  so  often  repeated,  that 
it is a measure  of  worth,  and  it  is  set 
forth that  “the  bushel,  the  gallon,  the 
yardstick,  are legal standard  units of the 
measurements of liquids, solids  and  dis­
tance,  just as much so  as  the  dollar  is 
the unit of measurement  of  value.”  As 
this statement obtains credit  with  many 
intelligent people,  it  is worth a little ex­
amination.

The bushel,  the  gallon  and  the  yard 
are measures of quantity, and are  so  es­
tablished by law.  The  bushel  and  gal­
lon  measures  must  contain  specific 
amounts of cubic inches,  and  the  yard­
stick a certain number of  linear  inches. 
Every  bushel,  every  gallon  and  every 
yard  of  merchandise,  when  honestly 
measured, 
is  a  certain  and  constant 
quantity, and  when it is stated that there 
are so many  bushels,  gallons or yards of 
any substances,  it  is  known  that  there 
is a definite quantity of each,  and  these 
quantities are always the  same,  without 
variation.

But when the statement  is  made  that 
there  are  so  many  dollars’  worth  of 
wheat, of  whisky, of  cloth,  who  knows 
how  much  of  each  is  there?  But  the 
answer is that  the  dollar  measures  the 
value,  and not the quantity;  but  how  is 
it  that  a  dollar’s  worth  of  wheat,  or 
whisky, or cloth,  is not always the same? 
The value of  these  commodities  change 
every year, every month, every  day,  in­
deed,  and  when the  expression,  “a  dol­
lar’s worth,” is used,  nobody  knows just 
what it means.  Then there  is no  meas­
ure, no constant,  invariable  measure  of 
value.  *

for  a 

commodity.  Moreover, 

It is  seen,  then,  that  a  dollar  is  no 
measure of the values  of  any  merchant­
able 
dollars 
themselves are  totally different.  A gold 
dollar  in  the  world’s  markets  is  worth 
every  day,  and 
long  period 
of years.  100 cents;  while  the value of a 
silver dollar in  the  world’s  markets  is 
changing all the  time,  and  at  this  mo­
ment is worth  less than 50 cents.  There­
fore,  if a dollar  were  auy  sort  of  fixed 
mea>ure of  values,  it  ought  to  have  a 
constant and certain quality,  like  a  gal­
lon pot or a yard stick.

The only way  in  which  money  could 
be a measure of  value would  be  to  de­
termine just how much money there is in 
circulation in the trade  of  the  country, j 
and to discover just how much of  it  can

be devoted to the purchase of  each  arti- 
! cle of necessity. 
If  it were  known  that 
the population had just so  much  money 
to spend  in wheat,  and  it  were  known 
just how much  wheat there  was  in  the 
country,  it would  only  be  necessary  to 
divide the dollars into  bushels,  and then 
a dollar’s worth would be  a  fixed  quan­
tity of that important grain.

The  money  in  circulation  represents 
the earnings or profits  of  all  labor  and 
business  each  day.  Out  of  this  great 
aggregate each  mau  has  his  income  or 
earnings.  Take a  man with a fixed  sal­
ary.  His income is a  precise  sum.  He 
apportions that among  his needs and ex­
penses.  There is so  much  for  food,  so 
much more for clothes,  so much more for 
house rent, and the balance  for other ex­
penses.  Thus he has so  many dollars to 
spend for  food. 
If  the  prices  of  such 
necessaries never changed, and his salary 
never varied, his income  would  measure 
not only  the value,  but  the  quantity  of 
the  articles  consumed. 
If  the  popula­
tion always remained the same,  if  there 
were no variation in  the  prices  of  nec­
essaries,  and the same  amount of money 
remained in circulation,  a dollar’s worth 
of  any  article  would  always  remain  a 
definite amount,  and so that dollar would 
be a fixed measure of value.

But population is constantly changing; 
by reason  of  good  or  bad  seasons,  the 
crops are large or small, and the stock of 
necessaries is  constantly  changing,  and, 
therefore, it is  impossible  to  have  any 
definite measure  of  values.  The  dollar 
practically  measures  nothing  but  ex- 
| changes of  labor and  commodities  from 
day  to  day.  Money  is  simply  a  con­
venience  to  obviate  the  difficulties  of 
barter.  A day’s business is an exchange 
of  services and  commodities  performed 
by means of money, and,  as the values of 
all sorts of  commodities  are  constantly 
changing,  money can  only  be said to ex­
press their values  temporarily  and  mo­
mentarily.  The term, “a dollar’s worth,” 
has no definite  meaning. 
It  stands  for 
something which changes every  moment 
and in every individual transaction.

And it  ought to  be  remembered  that 
the stock of money  does  not  change  in 
quantity with  the  same  rapidity  as  do 
the stocks of products which  are largely 
dependent on  uncontrollable causes,  like 
the seasons  and  the  weather.  Suppos­
ing the gross amount  of  money  remains 
nearly the same, allowing for an increase 
in proportion to the increase  in  popula­
tion,  it must be seen that when crops are 
overabundant the prices must  be  cheap­
er,  because  there is only so much money 
to be spent  for  them;  while,  when  the 
crops are short, there  is  only  the  same 
amount of money,  and so  the  prices  are 
higher.  The whole amount of money is 
the measure of the whole amount  of  ex­
changes,  but that does not mean any con­
stant  value. 
It 
that 
changs every day. 

is  something 
F r a n k   St o w e l l.

A  Fine  Foot.

The elderly  gentleman  was  getting a 
pair of shoes and the clerk  was  striving 
to please.
“ You  have  an  elegant  foot,  sir,”  he 
said  as  he smoothed  the  leather  down 
across the instep.
“Um,” sniffed the old gent, eyeing him 
narrowly,  “ 1  guess  you  ain’t  the  chap 
who  was  coming  to  see  my  daughter 
every other night last week.”

Aluminum  is  now  used  in  the  shoe 

trade in  building up heels.

Signal Five cigar, all imported stock,5c.

UNBLEACH E D COTTON 8.

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“  

Clifton Arrow  B’nd 4ft 

A driatic..................6ft
Argyle..................... 5
Atlanta AA............. 6
Atlantic A ...............  6
H .................5ft
“ 
« 
P .............   5
D ...............  6
“  
“  LL................. 4ft
Amory...................... 6ft
Archery  Bunting...  3ft 
Beaver Dam  A A ..  4ft 
Blackstone O, 32—   5
Black Crow............. 6
Black  Rock  ..............5*
Boot, AL.................  7
Capital  A .................5ft
Cavanat V ...............5ft
Chapman cheese cl. 3ft
Clifton  C R ............... 5ft
Comet.......................5%
Dwight Star.
Clifton CCC

•*  World Wide  6
“  LL.................4%
Full Yard Wide.........6*
Georgia  A...............  614
Honest Width........   6
Hartford A ............. 6
Indian Head...........   6ft
King A  A ...................6ft
King E C .................... 6
Lawrence  L L........   4ft
Madras cheese cloth 6ft
Newmarket  G.......... 6
B ............4ft
N ............6
D D ....  5
Nolbe R ............. - " -  5
Our Level  B est.....  6
I  Oxford  R ................   6
GftlPequot......................6ft
.......... 5ft Solar.............................8
ITopof the  Heap—   7
BLEACHED  TOTTONS.
ABC...................8ft
Geo. Washington...  8
Glen Mills..............   7
Amazon....................8
Gold Medal............... 7ft
Amsburg....................5ft
Green  Ticket............8ft
Art Cambric............ *0
Great Falls................ 6ft
Blackstone A A.......6ft
Hope...........................6ft
Beats All...................4
Just  Out.......  4ft@  5
Boston----------------12
Cabot.........................6
King Phillip............. 7ft
OP....... 7ft
Cabot, f t ...................6ft
Lonsdale Cambric..  0ft
Charter  O a k ........ 5ft
Lonsdale.............  Q, fft
Conway W ................7ft
Middlesex..........  @ 4ft
Clevelan d ..............  6
Dwight Anchor—   7 
No Name.............  ... 7ft
shorts  6
Oak View................ 6
Our Own..................  5ft
Kd wards................... 6
Pride of the W est.. .11
Empire...................... 7
Farwell......................6ft Rosalind.....................7ft
Fruit of the  Loom.  7ftlSunllght...................  4ft
litica  Mills............... 8ft
Fltchvllle  .............  7
“  Nonpareil ..10
First Prize...............6
Vlnyard..................... 8ft
Frultof the Loom ft. 6ft
White Horse........... 6
Falrmount----  .........4ft
“  Rock............. 8ft
Full Value...............6ft
Cabot........................6  IDwlghtAnchor.........7
Farwell....................7  I

HALF BLEACHED  COTTONS.

‘ ‘ 

“ 

“ 

CANTON  PLANNEL.

Bleached.
Housewife  Q........... 6ft
R ...........7
“ 
S ..............7ft
“ 
T ............. 8ft
“ 
“  
U............. 0ft
V ............10
•• 
“  W ....  10ft
X............lift
“ 
Y ........... 12ft
“ 
“ 
Z  ..........13ft

Unbleached 

Housewife  A............5ft
5ft
..6
•  6ft 
..7 
-7 ft 
-7 ft 
-7 ft 
..8ft 
-8 ft
•  »ft
.10
- ■ —
__ 11
___81
...... 14ft
CARPET  WARP.

“  
DBESSdOODS.

Peerless, white........14ft¡Integrity colored...18
colored. ...17  White Star...............17
Integrity..................18ft| 
“   colored  .10
i’acific  BAW............10ft
Atlantic, 45 in... 
3’ft
Serge,45 In 33ft
Hamilton  grey mlx.lOft
plains__ 10ft
F 
.........15
36 in. fancy 
FF  ..........18-*
•6 In.  “  ______ 18
Pacific, 45  In ...........38ft
36 in.  “ 
............. 80
AA1............ 30
A l............... 86
<o in. F lan n els.......37ft
........ iß
36 In. 
TC...............20
¿7 in. 
.........80
MC...............16

.......... 1ft

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COSSETS.

Goraline.................. 80 OOlWonderful.  .. 
Schilling’s ..............   0 00 Brighton....................4 75
Davis  W aists.......  0 00 Bortree’s ................  8 00
Grand  Rapids.......   4 50|Abdominal...........15  00
COSSET  JEANS.
Naumkeag...............7  IBiddeford..................  5
Androscoggin 
.......7  Rnckport..................  5ft
Armory....................  6ft[Pepperwell...............  7ft
COTTONAOF
tratford  ..
....8 ’ 
16
Moscow...
........
Ionic 
A lp h a.......
..16
...  8 
....................<6
Holt 
Dundee 
....18ft 
...  12 -, 
Beaver Jean ...........17
nnkerhill.. 
....15
Woodstock
Allen  dress goods..  4ft 
“  Turkey red...  4ft
“  robes...............5
American Irdlgo b’l  4ft 
shirting..  3
“ 
4%
delaines 
“ 
b’lk white  1ft
“ 
5
............ 
longclothA .il 
“ 
“ 
B.  7ft
C.  6ft
“ 
“  gold seal T R  lift 

Hamilton Raven’tes 5 
staples  ...  5
twill  dran.  6
dragon c’h  8ft
Imperial solid cloth  5 
blue D O ..  6ft
p’k. purple 5ft 

“ 
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“ 
“ 

Arnold 

FBJHTS.

‘ 
“ 
Bear Mill  - 
B 
D 

“ 
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“ 

“ 
“ 

Stan'rd  A percalelo 
8
ft! 
Charter Oak fancies 3ft 
Elberon solids-" '. .   4» 
Fountain  red 
...  7ft 
cardinal.  5ft 
Garner’s—
stand. Ind.  blue. .10ft
t>»tines  ... 
5ft
cardinals................8
Flower Pot........... 0ft
m onsieline..........
Del Marine Mgs...  5 
Quaker »tyle 

..  5ft 
Harmony  fancies.  .  4ft 
chocolates  4 
Hamilton fancies...  4ft
TICK
Amoskeag A C A .... ¡1 ft
Con os tog a 
..............1%
Hamilton N  ............  6ft
EB ........... 6ft
E R .......... *ft
D 
.........  7ft
BB...........10ft
AA...........10

“ 
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“ 
“ 

“ 

3ft 

Pacific— 

“  shirtings... 
“ 

India twill and  tur­
key red  robes.......7ft
Lodi  fancy 
...... 3ft
Manchester fancies.  5 
mourn.  5
Martha Washington 
indigo blues  ....  4ft
turkey  r e d .......... 6ft
fancies  .................. 4ft
joft
blk A white p’s.  .  5 
...  5 
Aventlne. 
fancie-  blk. white  5 
solid blk prin ts...  5 
fast color robes...  5 V 
Bedford  cords  ...  7ft 
Passaic fancies 
.  4ft 
“ 
clarion  rbs  5 
Peabody solid bl’k..  4 < 
“  
solid  color  5ft 
Simpson’s m’ing fac 5 
“ 
solid  bl’k 5 
crepon.  .  5ft
“ 
[NOS.
Im perial.....................8ft
-swift C C ...................7
Swift  ->S  ...................8
Galveston  B.......... .  8
Lenox....................... la
Kim ono...................17
Salem....................... io
iVarren......................lif t

84 50

COTTON  n BILL.

Atlanta,  D ...............   6ft¡stark  A
Boot...........................6ft No  N am e....
............  7  ITopof  Heap.
Clifton,K 

DEVINS.

 

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“ 
•• 
“ 
“ 

GINGHAMS.

“  Persian dress 6ft 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“  

Otis, AX A................. 10
“  BB  ......  
9ft
“  CC.....................8ft
Amosxeag,  blue  ...lift
9 oz.......13ft
brown .lift
Lancaster,  staple...  5
fancies__ 6
“ 
“  Normandie  6
Lancashire...............  4ft
Manchester..............4ft
Monogram...............  4ft
Normandie.............  6ft
Persian....... .............6ft
Renfrew Dress.........7ft
Rosemont.................6ft
Slatersvllle..............6
Somerset...................7
Tacoma  ...................7ft
Toll  du Nord.......... 8ft
Wabash....................   7ft
seersucker..  7ft
W arwick.................  6
W hittenden.............   8
heather dr.  7ft 
Indigo blue 9 
Wamsutta staples...  6ft
Westbrook............... 8
.........................10
Wtndermeer............ 6
Y o rk ........................ 6ft

Lawrence, 0 oz........13
No. 280....11
No.850....  0ft
No.280....  8
Everett, blue...........10 ft
brown.......10ft
Amoskeag................  5
Canton ..  7
AFC.........8ft
Teazle... 10ft 
Angola.. 10ft 
Persian..  7 
Arlington staple....  6ft 
Arasapha  fancy—   4ft 
Bates Warwick drea  7ft 
staples.  6
Centennial..............  10ft
C riterion.................10ft
Cumberland staple.  5ft
Cumberland............   5
Essex.........................4ft
Elfin.........................   7ft
Everett classics.......8ft
Exposition................7ft
Glenarle..................   6ft
Glenarven................6ft
Glenwood................. 7ft
Hampton..................5
ft 
Johnson Chalon  cl 
Indigo bine 9ft 
zephyrs.... 16
GRAIN
..12  ¡Georgia...........
25Mb| .........................
..12  "1  ........................
THREADS.
Clark’s Mile End.. ..45  1 Barbour's.......
.45  I Marshall’s  ...
Coats’, J. A P .......
Holyoke....................22ft|

Amoskeag.............
Stark  ...
A m e r ic a n ___, 
. . .

....... 12

....... 95
.......90

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KNITTING  COTTON.

No.

16...

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

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

White.  Colored.
White.  Colored
42
38 No.  14... ...37
43
“ 
89
...38
“   18... ....39
40
44
“  20... ....40
41
45
0AVBBIC8.
Edwards.................   3ft
Slater........................  3ft
Lockwood..................3ft
White Star..............  3ft
Wood’s ....................  3*
Kid Glove................   3ft
Brunsw ick............   3ft
Newmarket................3ft

BSD  FLANNEL.

Fireman...................87
Creed more............... 24
Talbot XXX.............30
Nameless................. 87ft

T W ...........................82ft
F T ............................ 88ft
J R F , XXX.............85
Buckeye...................88ft

Grey 8R W ..............17ft
Western W .............. 18ft
D R  P ..............  
16ft
Flushing XXX.........23ft
Manitoba..................23ft
Nameless..

MIXED  FLANNEL.

 

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DOMET  FLANNEL.

Red A Blue,  plaid..40
Union R ...................22ft
Windsor...................18ft
6 oz W estern........... 80
Union  B .................. 22ft
Nameless.................3ft
..............   . 4
4ft
 
................. 5
.........  6
CANVASS  AND  PADDINS.
9 ft 
10ft 
lif t 
18ft 

Slate.  Brown.  Black.  Slate 
9 ft 
10ft 
lif t 
12ft 
Severen, 80s ...........8
May land, 80s ..........   9
Greenwood, 7ft os.  9ft
Greenwood, 8 o s__ lift
Boston, 8 oz.............10

9ft 10ft
10ft lift
lif t 12
18ft 20
DUCKS.

WADDINGS.

Brown.

10ft
H ft
12
80

Black*
10ft
lift
12
30
West  Point, 8 o s__ 10
10os  ...12
“ 
Raven, lOos..............12
 
Stark 
13ft
Boston, 10 os.............12ft

“ 

.  8 
.  8ft 
.10

White, dos...............20  I Per bale. 40 dos 
88  10
Colored,  dos............19  ¡Colored  “ 
..........   6 50
HTI.ROIA«
Royal. 
............. 7
......... 
12-•  Victory  J  
*  M 
Red C ro ss............... 7ft 
8
. . . .  
Laconia 
“  K K ...........10ft
.................9* 
Victory  0 ................6 
“  S...................12ft
Corticelll, dos.........75  [Cortlcelll  knitting,

SB WIN 6   SILK.

per ftos  ball........ 30

twist, dos  37« 
50 yd, dos.. 37ftl
HOOKS AND EVES—PEB 6 BOSS.
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|No  4 Bl’k A White..  7 
No  1 Bl’k A White..  5 
..  5 
“  8 
-   9
“ 2 
“ 8 
-10
-   6  | “  10 
PINS.
No 2—20, M C......... 45 
|No 4—15  J  3 ft..........40
'  8-18, S C ...........40  I
No  2 White A Bl’k..l2  INo  8 White A Bl’k..20 
28
4 
“  6 
.26
No2

COTTON  TAPE.
..16 
“ 10 
.18 
“ 12 
SAPBTT  PINS
28  INo 8

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NEEDLES—PEB  M.

a. James  .................1  4n| Steamboat 
............  40
......... 1  50
Crowely’E ............... 1  85 Gold  Eyed 
Marshall’s ................1  00|AmerIcan..................1  00
15—4....1  65  6—4...2 30
5—4  ...  1  75  6 -4 ... 

TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.

COTTON TWINES.

Cotton Sail Twine. .28
Crown  ...............  
12
Domestic..................18ft
Anchor.....................16
B ristol.......... ........... 13
Cherry  Valley.........15
I X L ..........................18ft
Alabama.....................6ft
Alamance..................6ft
A ugusta.................... 7ft
Ar  sapha................... 6«,
Georgia......................( v
Granite 
.....................5
Haw  River................a
Haw  J .................   6

“  

N ashua.....................14
Rising Star 4-ply---- 17
3-ply...  17
-North  Star................20
Wool Standard 4 ply 17 ft 
P ow hattan.............. 16

Mount  Pleasant—   6ft
luelda......................  5
Prymont  .................   5ft
Ran dei man..............6
Riverside.................  5ft
Sibley  A ...................6ft
Otis checks..............7

PLAID  OSHABUBGS

THE  MICHIGAN  TEADESMAN.

PORTER  TO  PARTNERSHIP.

P rogress  o f  a  Clerk  W ho  W as  Not 

Afraid  of W ork.

An Old M erchant in   Hardware.

To go from Ohio to  New  York  thirty- 
five  years  ago  was  not  quite  such  an 
everyday affair  as  it  is  to-day.  We  all 
travel  to-day  as  if  to be  on the go con 
tinualiy  was the  natural end  and aim  of 
our  existence.  Among  others  of  my 
hopes and dreams the  one  of  some  day 
seeing  New  York  was gladly cherished, 
but 1 supposed it  would be a great many 
years before the hope  would  be realized, 
and now it was here.
We  went  through  the  stock,  making 
notes of goods  running  low or that were 
sold out, and after doing this  in  the  or­
der  we  reached the goods,  we then drew 
the memorandum into another book,  this 
time putting each article  under the  head 
where  it  belonged,  so  that  it  could be 
seen at a glance what was wanted in each 
line.  Then  Mr.  Ely  gave  me  a  list of 
the houses he bad ever  bought of and  of 
other houses of whom he had a favorable 
impression,  but  he  emphasized  the  re­
mark  that  he  expected  me  to  get  the 
goods  I  bought  at the bottom rates,  and 
I was to buy  where goods  were  cheapest 
without regard to any names he gave  me. 
When all this was done I  was  given  $50 
in  cash  and  a  draft  on  New  York for 
$150,  and I  was ready to start off on  what 
was to me a very wonderful journey.
If I had but some one for a companion, 
1 thought,  I  would  be  perfectly  happy, 
and when I reached  the  depot  I  looked 
anxiously around  to see if  anyone had  a 
valise in their  bands as if  they were  go­
ing on a long journey,  but 1 could see no 
one but a man from  Germantown,  and  1 
imagined they  always carried  a valise  if 
they  were but going to  the next  station; 
still 1 asked him where he  was bound.
“ Weil,  Marks, I  pe goin’  down  to New 
York,”  was the unexpected answer.
“ You are?  So am 1,” 1 said, delighted.
“ fully,  dat  ish  goot;  we  will  go  to- 
gedder.”
My  German  friend  was  the  leading 
man in the settlement,  and reputed to be 
very  wealthy.  He had  put up a sawmill 
and  made  mauy  valuable  improvements 
there,  and  1 now remember to have heard 
that ten or fifteen  German  families  were 
coming from  the old  country,  and I  con­
cluded he was going to meet  them  as  he 
had  done  with  others.  He  had always 
been a good  customer of  Mr.  Ely’s,  and 
he and 1 were on excellent terms.
The cars came and  rattled  away  with 
us  on  board.  The first hour of our ride 
was through country 1  was familiar with, 
so  I  paid  more  attention  to  my fellow 
travelers than to the scenery out of doors. 
Mr.  Fischer went off  to the  smoking car, 
and  though  the  car  was  pretty  well 
crowded  1  had  a  whole  seat to myself. 
At the  first station of any  size more peo­
ple came in the car than  went out,  and  a 
quiet,  respectable looking  old gentleman 
took the vacant seat beside me.
He was an extraordinarily  modest  old 
fellow,  and looked as  if  one  were  doing 
him a favor merely  to  speak  to  him.  1 
found that he  was well  acquainted  with 
the  towns  we  were  passing  through, 
their population  and  business,  and  yet 
be  told  me  be  lived  in  a  large city  at 
the eastern  terminus  of  the  road.  We 
chatted away  sociably,  or  rather 1  did. 
for he merely  answered  the  questions I 
asked him,  and in  his  company 1  passed 
away an hour.  He left  me  at  the  next 
city  stop we  made,  and  when  the  con 
ductor again came  around  1  asked  him 
who  the  man  was  1  had  been  talking 
with,  for 1 had noticed he  and  the  con­
ductor were acquainted.
“The old gentleman that just got off?” 
he  asked.
“ Yes.”
“That’s the president of this  road.”
I made up my mind  1  would  be a  little 
cautious  with  strangers  hereafter,  or  1 
might  get into trouble.
After Fischer  bad  smoked  about  five 
hours he came in the car with his face in 
a broad grin.

“ Well,  Marks,  I had some  fun.”
“Did you?  What was it?”
“ 1  bad  some fun  with the gamplers.”
“Gamblers, on the cars?”
“ Yaw,  on  the  gars. 
I  know’d  th 

was gamplers right off,  and dey  dbry

fellow 

dake  one 
in;  one  man  says 
here you got de leetle  yoker,  und  I  pet 
vou  fife  dollars  you  dou’t  know  him. 
Und  dinks  1,  my  fine  fellows,  I  will 
gatch you, so  I  says  here’s  fife  dollars 
und dere is de yoker.  Und  py golly when 
he  turn  him  up  he  was  not  de  little 
yoker at all  but anoder fellow.  Ha,  ha!”
“ You seem to feel good over it.” said  I.
“Feel  good?  So  I  do;  what’s  else? 
Shall  I gry?  No;  I  pets  und  loses,  you 
don’t got no more leetle yokers ofer me.”
When evening came the cars  were  not 
quite so full of  people,  and  we  turned 
over the  seat  in  front  of  us  and  fixed 
ourselves for the night. 
I  have  no  idea 
how much I slept that night,  but my  im­
pression  was  that  I  slept  none  at  all. 
The starting and  stopping  of  the  cars, 
the  calling  out  of  stations,  and  the 
strangeness of the whole  thing  kept  me 
awake,  though Fischer  snored beside me 
as  if  he  was  as  comfortable  as  man 
could be.
When he awoke in the morning  he  be­
gan an inventory of his effects  to  see  if 
he was  all  there;  everthing  seemed  all 
right,  valise,  basket,  hat,  shoes, necktie, 
watch,  and then be  felt  for  his  pocket- 
book.

“ Where ish my money?”
“ Isn’t it in your pocket?”
“No;  my money  ish  gone;  where  ish 
my money?”
I  said  I  knew  nothing  about  his 
money;  but he  began  pulling  the  bun­
dles around aDd  talked  loud  enough  to 
rouse the whole car.  Several  men came 
over to us and looked at me as  If  saying 
I had  the  money. 
I  tried  to  get  some 
facts from  Fischer,  but  he  was  almost 
wild  with excitement,  and would  say  in 
answer to every  question  “ where ish my 
money?”
At last one man found  it  between  the 
cushion on the  bottom  of  the  seat  and 
the back;  it bad evidently  fallen  out  of 
Fischer’s pocket and  worked  down  Into 
this crack.  1 think  I  was  as  much  re­
lieved as be was, and  his face brightened 
all over as he  remarked:  “I  know’d  it 
was  somewheres;  I  will  dake  a  goot 
schmoke.”

The retailer’s friend,  Signal  Five, 5c. 

cigar.

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T h e s e   p ric e s   a r e   fo r  caah  buyer»,  w ho 
p a y   p r o m p tly   a n d   b u y   In   f u ll  p a c k a g e s .

AUGURS AND BITS. 

dl*

Snell’s  ...............................................................60*10
40
Cook’s ................................................................  
Jennings’, genuine.......................................... 
25
Jennings’, Im itation ........................  
50*10

AXBS.

F irst Quality ,8 . B. B ronse...............................I   5 50

D.  B. Bronze..................................   il 00
8. B. 3. Steel..................................  6 50
D .B. Steel....................................... 13 00

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• 

BARROWS. 

dlS.

Railroad 
............................................. *18 00  14 00
Garden  ....................................................   net  80 00
dls.
50&lu
Stove.......................................... 
Carriage new list  ............................................... 75ftlG
Plow....................................................................40*10
Sleigh shoe.......................................................  
70

bolts. 

BUCKNTS.

W ell,  plain  ......................................................... I  3  50
W ell.sw iv el........................................................ 
4 <n>

dlB.
Cast Loose P in, figured...................................... 70*1
W rought N arrow , bright 5ast Joint  40  -----  60*10

BUTTS, OAST. 

Wrought Loose  Pm .......................................  . 
40
4
Wrought  Table 
............................................... 
Wrought Inside Blind......................................   4 1
Wrought  Brass................................................. 
75
Blind,  Clark’s ........ ..........................................70*10
Blind,  Parker’s ................................................. 70*10
Blind, Shepard’s 
70

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

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

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

CRADLBS.

CROW BARB.

Cast Steel................................................per ft 
5
lily’s 1-10................................................per m  66
55
......................................... 
Hick’s  C .F  
G. D .........................................................  
85
Musket 
........................................  
60

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OAFS.

OABTBIDSB8.

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

so
28

CHISELS. 

Socket F irm er...................................................75*10
Socket Framing................................................ 75*10
Socket Corner....................................................75*10
Socket Slicks....................................................75*10
Butchers’ Tanged Firm er.................... 
40

 

dlS.

 
dls.

Carry,  Lawrence’s ..........................................  
~  ehHotchkiss.

40

W hite Crayons, per  gross................ 12©12ft dls. 10

combs. 

CHALK.

COPPER.

“ 

Planished, 14 os c a t to size.........per poand 
14x52, 14x56.14x60 ........................... 
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60...........................  
Cold Rolled, 14x48............................................... 
B ottom s................  

 

 
DRILLS. 

Morse’s  Bit  Stocks.......................   .... 
Taper and straight S hank ..................  
Morse’s Taper S hank ............................  

. . . .  
 
 

 

dls.

DRIPPING PANS.

Small slses, ser p o u n d ...................................... 
Large slses, per  p o u n d ...................................... 

28
26
23
23
22

50
50
50

6H
06

BLBOW8.

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

Com. 4  piece, 6 In ..................................dos. net 
75
C orrugated...................................................dls 
50
A (U nstable....................................................dls.  40*10
dlS.
30
Clark’s, sm all, *18;  large, *26.......................... 
Ives’, 1, »18:  2, *24;  3.J30  ................................. 
25
Disston’s .......................................................... 60*10-10
New American  ..............................................60*10-10
N icholson’s ........................................................60*10- 0
Heller’s 
...............................................................  
50
H eller’s H orse R a s p s ........................................ 
60

piles—N ew List. 

dls.

GALVANIZED IRON.

Nos.  16  to  20;  22  and  24;  25  and 
List 
15 

12 

13 

D iscount, 70

14 
GAUGBS. 

26;  27 
16 
dll.

Stanley R ule and  Level Co.’s .........................  

knobs—N ew List. 

dls.

Door, m ineral, jap. tr im m in g s .....................  
Door,  porcelain, jap. trim m in g s .................. 
Door, porcelain, plated trim m ings  ..............  
Door,  porcelain, trim m in g s ........................... 
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain  ....................  

LOCKS—DOOB. 

dls.
Rnssell *  Irw in   Mfg. Co.’s new  list  ........... 
Mallory, W heeler  *   Co.’s ..................  
 
Iran fo rd ’s .................................................. 
 
Norwalk’s ........................  
 

 

28
17

50

55
55
55
55
70

55
55
55
55

MATTOCKS.
 

MAULS. 
mills. 

Adze B ye............................... 
*16.00, dls. 60-10
H unt B ye............................................ *15.00, dls. 60-10
R ant’s .............................................118.50, dls. 20*10.
dls.
Derry *  Co.’s, Post,  h an d led .........................  
51
dls.
'offee, P arkers  Co.’s  .......................................  
41
4*
P. S. *  W. X fg. Co.’s  M alleable*.... 
“ 
•*  Landers,  F erry *  Cls i-k’s .................... 
4f
“  -E nterprise 
.......................................... 
80
dlB.
. 60*l>
........................................ -w*v
30

-tebbin’i   P a tte rn ....  ................................. 
»tebbln’s G enuine 
Enterprise, selfm easu rin g ............................... 

MOLASSES GATBB. 

N A ILS

A dvance over  base,  on  both  Steel  and Wire.

Steel nails, base............................................................ 1 85
Wire nails, b ase............................................................ 1 35
60......................................................................Base Base
50...............................................................  
10
10  .............................................................  
25
25
80............................................................... 
20  .............................................................  
35
45
1 6 .............................................................. 
45
1 2 .............................................................. 
50
10............................................................... 
3  ...............................................  
«
7f
7 * 6 .......................................................... 
1 ................................................................ 
9<
1 
.............  .............................................  
1  2>
2 
......................................................................  
FlneS  .......................................... 
 
Case  10....................................................  
65
8....................................................  
75
90
6 ..................................................... 
75
F inish 10.................................................. 
90
6................................................... 
6 ..................................................  
10
70
Clinch: 10................................................. 
80
8 ................................................. 
6................................................. 
90
B arren %................................................. 
175
dlS.
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fa n c y ................................  
©o
iclota  B e n c h ............ ...............................  
©5
landnsky Tool  Co.’s, fa n c y ....................... 
Q4>
©4
Bench, first quality 
Stanley R ale and  Level Co.’■  w ood............ 50ftn
Fry,  A cm e....................................................dls.60—10
Common,  polished................................... dls. 
7C
Iron and  T in n ed ...............................................  50—10
Copper Rivets and B a rt..................................  50—10

“ 
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“ 
“  
" 
“ 

PLANES. 

rivets. 

FANS.

dls.

 

 

patent  planished iron.

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

B roken packs * c  P*f pound extra.

Haydolt  *  Co. 's............................  
,<1U.
ilp ’s 
.¿is. 
........................................  
>
Yerkes *  Plumb’s  ............................  
dls. 40*1
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel..........................30c list 6
Blacksmltn’sSolid Cast  Steel  Hand.  ..80c40*1 <
Gate, Clark’s, 1 ,2 ,3 ................................ dls.60*li
State............................................... per dos. net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12  in. 4ft  14  and
3*
%............ ............. net
1
%............ ............. net
8H
X .......................... net
7*
%............ ............. net
1%
............dlt.

HINGBS.

HANGERS. 

dls.

d lt.

WIRE goods. 

HOLLOW WARB.

levels. 
ROFBS.

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

Barn Door K idder Mfg. Co., Wood tra c k ... .50*10
Champion,  anti fric tio n ..................................  60*10
Kidder, wood tr a c k ...........................................  
40
P ots..........................................................................60*ie
K ettles.....................................................................60*10
Spiders  ...................................................................80A1C
Gray enam eled............  
40*10
Stamped  Tin W are....................................new  list 79
Japanned T in W are...........................................  
35
G ranite Iron W a re ......................... new  Us 
2»
B lig h t...........................................................   70*10410
Screw  B yes.....................................................70410*10
.70*10*10
Hook’s ........................................................ 
G ate Hooks and B  yet.............................  
70*10*10
dla.7n
Stanley R ule a n d  Level  Co.’s .........................
Sisal, >4 Inch and la r g e r .................................. 
7
M anilla..................................................................   10
dls.
Steel an d   Iro n .....................................................7{ *10
Try and Bevels....................................................  
go
M itre ...................................................................... 
20
Com.  Smooth.  Com.
gs> 50
2 SO
2 70
2 80
2  90
8  00
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  inches 

Nos. 10 to  14.............................................*3  so 
Nos. 15 to  1 7 ............................................  3 50 
Nos.  18 to 21.........................................   4  06 
Nos. 22 to 24 ...........................................   3  55 
Nos. 25t o 2 6 .................................. 
...3   65 
NO. 27....................................................... 3  75 
w ide not less than 2-10 extra
List a c c t 19,’86  ...........................................dls. 
Silver Lake, W hite  A .................................. list 
Drab A .......................................  “ 
W hite  a .....................................  • 
Drab B .......................................   '• 
W hite C ..................................... “

SAND PAPER.
SASH OOBD.

SHEET IRON.

j0
50
55
50
55

squAREB. 

“  
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“ 

Discount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

dls.

dls.

saws. 

WIRE. 

traps. 

H a n d ............................................... 

Solid E yes....................................................per ton 120
“  
20
Sliver Steel  Dla. X Cuts, per fo o t,_______  70
“ 
Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per fo o t.... 
50
80 
“   Special Steel Dla. X Cuts, per fo o t.... 
“  Cham pion  and  E lectric  Tooth  X
Cuts,  per  ro o t.................................................... 
30
Steel, Game  .......................................................... 60*10
O neida Community, N ew house’s ................  
49
O neida  Community, Hawley a  N orton’s .. 7T-10  10
Mouse,  choker  ........................................ 15c per dos
Mouse, delusion.....................................*1.25 per dos
diS.
Bright M arket......................................................  70-10
Annealed M arket................................................. 
75
Coppered  M arket................................................  
70
Tinned M arket....................................................  62jt
Coppered  Spring  Steel...................................... 
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanised ..............................   250
p a in te d .................................. \  g  jo
An  Sable  ...............  
40*10
“utnam   ...............................................  
d lt.  05
N orthw estern 
dls. 10410
................................  
dls.
w renches. 
Baxter’s  A djustable, nickeled 
30
............. 
Coe’s  G enuine 
50
Coe’s P atent A gricultural, w rought,........................ 75
75*ir-
Coe’s  P atent, m alleable 
. 
dls.
Bird Cages 
51
“umps. Cistern 
75*10
Screws. N ew T 1st 
..................................70*1> *10
Casters.  Bed  a  d  P late................................50*10*10
Dampers.  American  ... 
4C
Forks, hoes, rake*  and all steel  goods 
65*10

HISCELLANEOUB. 
........................... 

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

HORSE NAILS.

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

dls. 

 
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2«
28r

ZINC.

.........  

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

M KT A 1,8 
FIG TIN.
Pig  Large 
..............................  
Pig B ars.....................................  
D uty:  Sheet. 2V4C per pound.
mu pound  casks  ......................... 
Per  pound  ......................... ......... 
If
< © *  
Bxtra W iping 
1*
-older In  the m arket Indicated by nrt vate brands 
1 il
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY.
 
cookson 
H allett’s  ........................................... 
10x14 IC, C harcoal................................................ * 7  50
7  50
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
9  26
14x20 EX, 
9  25

1 60
...........................................per  pound

The  price*  of th e  many  other  qualities  of

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

TIN—MELTN GRADE.

6V4
7

Each additional X on this grade, *1.75.

“ 
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TIN—ALLA WAY GRADE.
“ 
“ 
“ 

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

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

 
Bach additional  X on this grade *1.50.

75
6  7r
8  2'
9  2*

 
 
 

 
 
 

13

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ROOFING PLATES

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“ 

14x20  IC, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28  IC, 
14x20 IC, 
14x20 IX 
20x28  IC, 
20x28 IX , 
14x28 IX 
14x31  IX 
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers,  I 
14x60  X, 

“  W orcester  ............................   6  5
.................................  8  50
“ 
“ 
...............................   18  50
6  00
“  Allaway G rade.................  
7  50
’ 
“ 
12  50
15  50
“ 
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.
*14  0
.......... 
.................... 
16  01
, n ^
« 
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10 00

f  P®r  Pound 

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T h e  T r a d e s m a n  finds  many things to 
commend  in the administration of Mayor 
Fisher,  but  candor  compels  the  state­
ment that be has  made two very  serious 
blunders which  have  caused  the  legiti 
mate grocery  trade of the city no  end  of 
trouble.  Oue  was  his  appointment  ot 
Alderman  Shaw  (who is alleged  to  have 
asserted that  the  retail  grocers  of  the 
city  are allied  to  the  swine  family)  as 
chairman of the Committee  on  Licenses 
and the other  is  the  appareut  reckless­
ness  with  which  he  issues  tree  penult-| 
to peddlers  on  the  recommendation  of 
the Charity  Organization  Society.  The 
T r a d e s m a n does not wish  to  do  Mayor 
Fisher any  injustice,  but  it  cannot  help 
expressing the belief that  if  Uis  Honor 
would listen  less  to  the  behests  of  the 
C. O. 8.  and consult more frequently with 
the police department  in  such  matters, 
he would  oe more likely  to be  just  than 
generous. 
It may be a  generous  act  to 
accord  a poor man the privilege  of  ped­
dling frozen  and  unwholesome  fruit  on 
the  streets,  without  the  payment  of  a 
license fee,  but it is a manifest  injustice 
to  the  neighbor  of  that  man  who  is 
equally as poor but has  managed  by dint 
of economy or sobriety or  the  assistance 
of friends,  to  secure  a  license  in  man 
fashion  by the payment of the prescribed 
fee.  The  granting  of  a  license  by  a 
municipality ought to carry  with it  cer­
tain rights aud privileges which  the  ex­
ecutive cannot  nullify,  and  the  sooner 
the Mayor  is  deprived  of  the  right  to 
grant free permits the  better  it  will  be 
for all concerned.

states that  all  bonding  schemes  of  that 
character  shall  have 
the  affirmative 
vote  of  a  majority of the  duly  qualified 
voters.  The Press  wears  the muzzle  of 
unionism at  the top  of  its  editorial  col­
umn and would, naturally be expected to 
lick  the  hand  of  its  master,  but  it 
should be more careful,  and not  seek to 
lead  its master astray  by  subterfuge  of 
this sort.

There was one  element of weakness in 
the Whisky Trust which does not  obtain 
in the other great  combinations  like the 
sugar or oil trusts, in that a plant for its 
manufacture can  be so easily and quickly 
established  wherever  the  proper  grains 
can  be  procured,  and  that 
is  almost 
anywhere in  the  country.  The  sources 
of the sugar or oil supply can  be  pretty 
accurately determined and  thus  associa­
tions  of  capital  can  be  made  that will 
to  wide 
not  be  subject 
speculative 
fluctuations. 
In 
the  Whisky  Trust, 
on the contrary,  buying in  newly  estab­
lished plants early became  a  disturbing 
factor  which  increased  in 
importance 
until it caused  the failure.  During  the 
life of the Trust its stock has been one of 
the most variable in  Wall Street.

The entire loss caused by the Brooklyn 
strike is  estimated  to  exceed  $2,000,000 
by the Brooklyn  Eagle.  A  considerable 
part of this is  destroyed  property  which 
must be made good by  the  taxpayers  of 
that  city.  The  fund  used  by the strike 
managers  is  supposed 
to  approximate 
$100,000,  but  there  is  the usual  lack of 
definiteness as to the  amount  or  its  ap­
plication. 
It is probable the  usual  pro 
portion of saloons  will  be  established  by 
the strike  managers after  their duties in 
connection  with  the  strike  are  ended. 
The  leader,  Connolly,  proposes to raise 
$100,000 more  for  the  forlorn  cause  by 
issuing bonds.  If be succeeds in floating 
them with the backing  they  will  neces­
sarily  have,  he  will  inaugurate  a  new 
era of financiering.

The  loss  of  the  Elbe,  in  which  350 
lives  were  sacrificed,  was  singular  in 
that it occurred under conditions  of  ap 
parent safety.  There was no fog  at  the 
time of the collision.  The ship was con­
structed  on 
the  compartment  system, 
which was  supposed to insure it  against 
sinking in case of  collision.  But  it  was 
struck at the point  of  division  between 
two compartments,  whieh  contained  the 
machinery, destroying the  bulkhead and 
sending the ship to the bottom in  a  very 
few minutes.  This is said to be the only 
vulnerable point—a few  feet  either way 
would have saved the vessel.

The Dry Goods Market.

Social  Meeting  of  the  Jackson  Retail 

Influence  of tbe  Traveling Man in Time 

Grocers’  Association.

J a ck so n,  Feb  1—At the regular meet­
ing of  the  Association,  held  Jan.  3,  a 
committee  was  appointed  to  arrange 
for  the  fourth  annual  social  meeting. 
The  committee,  consisting  of  C.  G. 
Hill,  P.  W.  Haefner,  M.  M.  Whitney, 
W. H. Branch and M  F. Murray chose Jan. 
31 as the date, and added to the committee 
I.  N.  Branch,  D.  G.  Fleming,  H.  L. 
Way,  W.  H.  Porter,  J.  L  Peterman, G. 
£.  Lewis,  B.  C.  Hill  and  L.  Pelton and 
divided 
into  sub  committees  to  look 
after  the  details.  Last evening was the 
appointed  time and it is safe  to say that 
it was the most enjoyable social occasion 
ever held by  the  Association.
The  first  part  of  the  evening  was 
taken  up  with  a  programme  of  events 
which had  been  arranged  for  the  occa­
sion,  consisting  of  vocal  and 
instru­
mental  music, toasts,  recitations, whistl­
ing duets,  ventriloquism,  etc.  The  mu­
sical  portion consisted of au instrumental 
duet by  Misses  Jessie  Hill  and  Maude 
Mattison,  a  vocal  solo  by  Byron  Hill, 
vocal solo by J.  B.  Foote and banjo solos 
by F. Jones  and  F.  Lewis.
The  recitations were  by  Miss  Monica 
Wilson and  little  Emma  Cornell.  Miss 
Wilson  related  the experience  of  a girl, 
just home  from school, learning  the  art 
of cooking from an  Irish  cook,  and  Miss 
Cornell  recited  "Sending  a  Letter  to 
Mamma in  Heaven.”
The toasts were “Wholesale Grocers,” 
by  Geo.  W.  Baker,  of 
the  Jackson 
Grocery  Co.,  and  he,  as  usual  gave  a 
very  pleasant  address.
D. G.  Fleming spoke on  “Our Associa­
tion,  its Past, Present and  Future.”  He 
gave a review of the Association since its 
organization and  entertained  the  guests 
in  bis  genial  way  with  an  up-to-date 
sketch of the  work done and  the  wishes 
and  hopes for the future.
M.  F.  Cottrell  spoke  on  “Crackers.” 
His address was brief  and  pointed;  that 
is.  he  pointed  the  way  of  those  who 
wished to learn  the  modus  operandi  of 
making crackers at his factory.

"The City of Jackson”  was the subject 
assigned  M.  W.  Tarbox,  editor  of  the 
Saturday  Evening  Star.  He  gave  a 
pleasant any pithy  address on  the  lights 
and  shades  of  our  city  in  his  usually 
happy manner.

M. J. Cummings spoke on  “Soap.”  He 
handled  the  subject  in  an  admirable 
manner,  referring  briefly to  the  various 
kind  of  soaps,  more  particularly of  the 
soap of  commerce, and  was  very  enter­
taining and instructive.
“The Ladies”  was  placed in the hands 
of T. E.  Howard.  "Happy Tim”  was  in 
his happiest mood and  handled  the  sub­
ject in his usual  hearty  way.
Messrs.  Devnier  and  Gates  in  their 
whistling  duet—imitation  of  a  planing 
mill,  mocking  bird  duet,  etc.—proved 
themselves  hosts  in the  line  of amusing 
people and  were enthusiastically  and re­
peatedly  encored. 
In 
fact,  everyone 
present seemed to enjoy most thoroughly 
every number on the list.

After the set programme, dancing, eat­
ing,  cards and sociability were in  order. 
Judging from the happy look on the face 
of  everyone  present,  we  have  good 
reason to believe that  the  occasion  was 
thoroughly enjoyed  by  all.  Our  Presi­
dent, as master of ceremonies and  in  his 
thoughtful  care  of  our  guests,  proved 
that no mistake  had  been  made  in  bis 
selection.  There were about 300  grocers 
and guests  present—just enough for  the 
room  and  just  room  enough  for them. 
One  feature  of  the occasion  that  was 
appreciated  by the wives of  our grocers, 
was that,  instead  of  setting  tables  and 
having  our  ladies  do  the work, we had 
a buffet lunch, our  guests  could  eat  at 
their pleasure and  our  ladies  could  en­
joy the whole evening.

W. H P o r t e r,  Sec’y.

Reduced  the  Price.

Shopper—Pd  like  to  buy  that  lovely 
lamp shade,  but 1 can’t  afford to pay $10 
for it.
Salesman—Well, madam, I’ll make the 
price  $9.99.
Shopper—Oh, how  good  of  you !  I’ll 
take  It.

o f Trouble.

“I do not dislike to  see  salesmen  call 
as often as they have a mind  to,”  said a 
retailer to  the  writer  last  week.  “No 
matter bow busy I may be  at tbe time of 
their visit,  I can always find time enough 
to courteously bid  them  ‘good  morning.’ 
If I do not wish to see  any  new  lines,  I 
say so firmly and respectfully,  and  if  I 
am  inclined  to  see  what  tbe  salesman 
has to offer,  but I  do not happen  to have 
tbe time just then, I intimate that I shall 
be glad to see  him at  some  other  time. 
I have always found salesmen, as a rule, 
gentlemen,  and  however  persistently 
they  may  press  tbe  superiority  of  the 
firm’s  goods  they carry,  they  have  too 
much self-respect  to try  to  force  them­
selves on a retailer  when  they  are  con­
vinced that he has  not  tbe  time  or  in­
clination to discuss  their  samples.  Be­
sides,  there are few men who know more 
about the  shoe  trade,  or  about  human 
nature in general, for that  matter,  than 
the shoe salesman. 
I have got  valuable 
points from them time and again,  which 
have been of practical use to me in  deal­
ing  with  my  patrons.  As a  matter  of 
fact,  I  believe  I  would  not  be  in  the 
business to-day but  for the good opinion 
and  kindly  feelings  toward  me  of two 
members of ‘the drummer’ craft.  On one 
occasion,  for reasons  I  need not  state,  I 
was unable to ‘come  to time’  in  settling 
my accounts,  and 1  owed  quite  a  large 
bill to the house  represented  by  one of 
the two. 
I had the stock,  but I  had  not 
the cash.  Tbe  house  made  it  a  strict 
rule to press for a settlement  of all  bills 
after  they  became  due.  They  would 
have done so In  my case  and  forced  me 
to tbe wall,  had  not  the  two  salesmen 
referred  to interested themselves  in  my 
behalf  in  a  most  unusual  manner. 
They drew up a  statement  setting forth 
their belief that if tbe  firm  to  which  I 
was indebted made an exception,  in  my 
case,  to its invariable rule and  gave  me 
a reasonable extension  of time,  I  would 
meet my  obligations to  the  letter.  The 
statement  was  signed  by the  two  sales­
men referred to  and  by  four  others  to 
whom I  had never given an  order and to 
whom  I  had  shown  no  special  favor 
treating  them  with  unfailing 
beyond 
courtesy  any time they called on me. 
It 
was  a  long  while  afterward 
that  I 
learned of tbe reasons  that  induced  the 
firm in question  to make an  exception  in 
my  case,  and that it was tbe  hiich opin­
ion it  entertained  for  its representative 
and  the  other  salesmen  who had given 
their names out  of  appreciation  for  my 
reputation  for always treating  salesmen 
as they  ought  to be  treated.”  The  re­
tailer who gave expression to  the  above 
facts now owns one of  tbe  most  solidly 
prosperous and  handsome  stores  in  the 
city  where  he  lives.  No  one  could  be 
speaking  with  him  for  any  length  of 
time  without  concluding  that  pleasant 
manners, courtes and  urbanity  yare  his 
predominant characteristics.
Relief from  the  “ P ackage  Coffee  Nuis­

ance.”

V e r m o n t v h .d e.  Jan.  31—Your  cores­
pondent, A.  B. Steele,  asks for  some re­
lief from tbe package coffee nuisance. 
I 
have doubled my coffee trade  in tbe  last 
two years by  discarding  package  coffee 
entirely.  Buy the  best  coffee  you  can 
get to sell at 25 and  30 cents,  show  your 
customers their superior merit  over  any 
package goody by  opening up a package 
and spreading the  contents  on  a  paper 
beside your own,  and after a  short  time 
you  will  work  your  entire  trade  onto 
bulk coffee.  We buy  in  50-pound  tins, 
as they can  be returned  at  cost  and  al­
ways keep your coffee  fresh,  clean  and 
free from taint 

W.  H.  B e n e d ic t .

The attempt of the  Evening  Press  to 
curry  favor with  the  professional  poli­
ticians  in the ranks  of  trades  unionism 
by  condemning  Mayor  Fisher  and  the 
Common  Council  for  refusing  to  pur­
chase  a  municipal  lighting  plant  is  in 
thorough  keeping  with  the  ''cash  till 
policy”  of  that  publication,  but  does 
not  speak well  for  the  intelligence  and 
discernment of the editorial department. 
The Press is  acting  on  the  assumption 
that the meager majority given  the  pro­
posed measure last spring  is  mandatory 
on  the  Council  to  proceed  to  create  a 
public lighting plant without delay.  As 
a matter of fact,  no bond buyer will pur 
chase city bonds issued  on the authority 
of  such  a  vote,  as  the  law  explicitly

Prints remain  unchanged.
Cambrics  have  declined  %c  and  are 

now jobbed at 3%c;  former price, 4c.

Hair  cloth  is  very  scarce.  Jobbers 
Imita­

now ask  45c for  a  fair  quality. 
tion is quoted at 15@20c.

Shirting prints are  3>£c. 

4#c.  Harmony prints  are 4c.

Indigos  are 

Beaver  Dam  cottons,  equal in  quality 

to Lawrence L. L ,  4c.

Fourteen inch linen crash 3}£c.
Damasks made by Waverly  mills,  for­
mer  jobbing  price  20c,  are now  18c, 58 
inches wide.

The  above  prices  are  the  lowest  on 
record and  show  that  Grand  Rapids dry 
goods jobbers can sell as low  as  anyone, 
and can,  also, save you large freights.

COAL  TRADE  OF  GRAND  RAPIDS.
W ritten fo r  T h e Tradesman.

Someone has aptly said:  “Age is a rec­
ommendation  in  fonr  things—wood 
to 
burn, wine to drink, friends  to trust and 
books to read.”

On  this  score,  coal  should  head  the 
list,  for was it not stiff from old age hun­
dreds of thousands of years  before  even 
Methuselah  was  born!  There  are  few 
things upon  which man  is more depend­
ant than upon  coal,  not  only for heating 
purposes,  but back of all  the  machinery 
which  moves  the  world—the  steam en­
gine and the electric motor—and we may 
well  stop to consider the mighty debt  we 
owe to the past for this legacy.

It is a singular  fact,  but  true,  never­
theless,  that  the  hardest  and  strongest 
coal  is  found  near  the  Atlantic  coast, 
and, in point of time,  it  is  supposed  to 
be the oldest.  So far, the mining of this 
anthracite coal  has been  confined almost 
entirely to  Eastern  Pennsylvania.  The 
coal  west  of  the  Allegheny  mountains 
gradually  deteriorates  from 
the  hard 
bituminous coal found in  the  valleys  of 
the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers to 
the  soft  weak  stuff  of  Missouri.  The 
States from which  Grand  Rapids  draws 
her  supply  are  Pennsylvania, yirginia. 
West Virginia, Ohio,  Kentucky  and  In­
diana.

In  1876,  there  were  only  three  coal 
dealers in Grand Rapids—a mere handful. 
They  have  increased  in numbers,  until, 
now, there are about  twenty-five,  count­
ing large dealers and  small,  and,  as  one 
remarked,  “a new one springing up every 
day.”
The large hard coal  beds  from  which 
our supply comes are located in the north 
and central eastern part of Pennsylvania. 
Here  are  mined,  every  year,  40,000,000 
tons of anthracite, of  which  some 75,000 
tons or thereabouts comes to this city.

The mining of hard coal is done mostly 
by hand.  Large blocks  of it are  carried 
by cars to what are known as “breakers,” 
where  they  are  broken  in  pieces  and 
passed through a series  of  screens,  giv­
ing the different sizes,  known in trade as 
“grate,”  “egg,”  “stove,”  “nut,”  and 
“number two nut.”  By  far  the  largest 
part of the cost of  coal is  in  transporta­
tion.  When it reaches  here,  it  is  again 
screened,  and by this process 3  to  5  per 
cent, is  wasted.

largest  residences 

Somewhere from 80 to 90  per  cent,  of 
the hard coal used in Grand Rapids is for 
domestic  purposes.  The  ordinary  base- 
burner consumes from three to  five tons, 
per annum, a  medium  sized  house  uses 
twelve  to  fourteen  tons  in  its furnace, 
while  our 
require 
twenty to  thirty  tons.  A ton of anthra­
cite brings $6.40  this  season,  delivered, 
$1.10 less than last  year,  yet  there  is  a 
falling off in the consumptive  demand of 
10 to 15 per cent.  This is ascribed to the 
cheapness of wood  and  the  substitution 
of  a  fine  quality of soft coal.  Soft coal 
is a  much  cheaper  fuel  and,  for  many 
purposes, just as good.

A hard coal plant costs a pretty penny. 
Only a very modest one can be opened up 
for  $100,000,  and  the  better  ones  cost 
from  $1,000,000  to  $2,000,000.  On 
the 
other hand,  the  equipment of a soft  coal 
mine  may  cost  much  or  little,  as  the 
means or wishes of the operator may dic­
tate.  One  with  the  newest  machinery 
and run by electricity  may stand side by 
side  with  one  furnished  merely  with 
road  and  donkey,  picks,  shovels  and
screens.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

9

There are  innumerable  mines  of  soft 
coal  in  this  country,  and  many of them 
much nearer  to  us  than  the  anthracite 
beds;  so  the  cost  of  transportation  in 
many cases  is less.  Each  dealer has his 
favorite kinds whose  excellent  qualities 
he  lauds  to  the sky,  though often  they 
do not differ materially from the varieties 
handled by his competitors.

Grand Rapids uses  about  125,000  tons 
of  soft  coal  annually,  three-fourths  of 
which is required for steam power.  The 
remainder is  used  by the  Street Railway 
Company,  the  Waterworks,  for domestic 
purposes,  and in heating blocks, churches 
and other large  buildings.'  The smallest 
blocks take from  100 to  200  tons,  while 
the largest require  all the way  from  500 
to  1,200  tons.  The  schoolhouses  are 
heated with soft coal and coke.

About  10,000  tons  of  coke  is burned 
here,  a large per cent, being made by the 
Gas Company.  Coke which has not been 
subjected to  heat  for  more  than  forty- 
eight hours is,  by some people,  preferred 
as fuel in place of  coal,  beeause  smoke­
less.

The coke ovens having the finest repu­
tation are atConnellsville, Pennsylvania. 
Coke retained in  the  ovens  seventy-two 
hours is used in  foundries  for the reduc­
tion of metals.

Besides  all  this  coal,  Grand  Rapids 
furnishes  a  market  for  an  amount  of 
wood variously estimated at from  100,000 
to 150,000 cords a year.  A  large part  of 
this comes by rail from  the  North,  and, 
besides,  thousands  of cords  are brought 
in by farmers ’round about.

The demand for charcoal here is small, 
farmers,  hotels and hardware  stores  be­
ing about the only  users.

Tricks In  the  trade?  One  would  say 
yes when we read such anecdotes as this:
A coal  merchant  advertised  for  help. 
A  man answered the  advertisement who, 
somehow, didn’t seem to fill the bill,  but, 
when asked  what  his last place  was,  he 
answered, 
“I  was  master  of  short 
weights and  measures.”  The merchant, 
all  smiles,  grasped  his  hand,  saying, 
“Come right in I  You are the  very  man 
I’m looking fo r!”

Or this:
The small boy in possession  of  a  coal 
dealer for pater,  upon  being asked  if  he 
knew how many  pounds make a ton,  an­
swered  the  question 
true  Yankee 
fashion:  “D’ yer t’ink I’m agoin’ ter give 
it away an’  nen go hum an’ git lickedP*

in 

Of course, as in other lines of business, 
there are dealers—and dealers.  One who 
buys heavily may  well,  like Diogenes  of 
old,  take a candle and hunt for an honest 
man,  and he will find more than one.

No business  is  more  directly  affected 
by the weather  than is this.  Watch  the 
mental  thermometer of the merchant rise 
as the mercury  falls. 
If  you  have  any 
favors to ask,  tickets  to  sell,  charity  to 
beg for, choose a cold  day—the  game  is 
yours. 

Z. E. U.

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

THE  STRANGE  PREACHER.

The  Record  of an Evangelist in a Mis­

souri Town.

A  number  of  men  were sitting about 
the stove in the hotel of  a  Missouri  vil­
lage.  The night was  bitter cold and the 
wind was bowling,  and old  houses could 
be  heard  cracking  their  weary  joints. 
The train had come  in,  and  the boy who 
had gone for the mail had said that there 
was but one passenger, and  that  he  bad 
mysteriously  disappeared 
immediately 
upon  reaching  the  end  of  the  railway 
platform.

“What  for  a  looking  man  was  he?” 
asked the  wise  man  of  the  town,  who, 
many years before, no one  could  remem­
ber exactly when, had served as Judge of 
the County and Probate Courts.

“I couldn’t see him very well,” the boy 
answered,  “but  he  was  putty  tall  and 
wore a long overcoat.”

“ And you say you  don’t  know  which 

way he went?”

“No, sir. 

I  couldn’t  tell  which  way 
he went after he got down  off  the  plat­
form.”

“You don’t suspect anything,  do  you, 

Judge?”  someone asked.

The  old  man  did  not  answer  imme­
diately. 
If  there  is  on»'  trait  that  be­
longs distinctively  to  wi  iom,  it  is  de­
liberation,  and,  knowing  this,  the Judge 
took  his  time.  He  sciatched  his  chin, 
then  with  geutle  strokes  smoothed  his 
beard.  Every eye was turned upon  him, 
and  in  the  silence  that  waited  for  his 
words there  was a nerve  strain of eager­
ness.
said the old man.

“It  would  be  difficult  to determine,” 

“But why do you  suspect  him at all?” 
asked a shoemaker,  who, during his long 
life as a shoer of men, had tramped, and, 
therefore,  looked with  a  sort  of  liberal 
skepticism  upon 
the  intentions  of  a 
stranger,  and  was  generally  inclined  to 
give him  the much  boasted benefit of the 
doubt.  Upon the  shoemaker  the  Judge 
fixed the gaze of his  watery  eyes.  “Did 
I say, sir, that 1 suspected him?”

“No, not exactly,  but-----”
“But  nothing,  sir,”  the  Judge broke 
in.  “You not only jump  at  conclusions 
yourself,  but  you rake  up a pile of con­
clusions and attempt  to  pitch  me  head­
long at them. 
I do not  suspect a man of 
evil simply because he  disembarks  from 
a  train  in this town.  Many a good man 
has stopped  among  us,  and  we  should 
not look upon a man  with suspicion sim­
ply  because  be  is  a  stranger;  neither 
should  his being  a  stranger  warrant  us 
in running  up to him  and  covering  him 
with our  confidences.  There  should  be 
reason in ail  things.  Now,  you will not 
deny that there  have,  of  late,  been  sev­
eral robberies in this town, and,  as  it  is 
not likely that  these  depredations  were 
committed by home people, we must con­
clude  that  they  were  the  outrages  of 
strangers.  Who’s that at the door?”

Someone  was  fumbling  at  the  latch. 
The landlord stepped forward and opened 
the door and in stepped  a tall man wear­
ing a long overcoat.  The  boy  who  had 
seen the stranger at  the  railway  station 
looked at the Judge and nodded  his head. 
The stranger sat down and  the  landlord 
hung  about  him  as  if  he  desired some 
sort of explanation and  yet  had  not  the 
courage to demand it.

“This is a public  house,  is it not?”  the 
stranger  asked,  looking  sharply  at  the 
landlord.

“ Yes, sir;  oh, yes.”

“All right;  then cease to tangle me  up 
in the  flying  threads  of your embarrass­
ing  attention.  Sit  down  over  there, 
please.”

With  unaccustomed quickness the land­
lord sat down and every one gazed at the 
stranger.  He was  handsomely  dressed. 
About  his  neck  he  wore  a  soft  white 
scarf of silk.  His eyes  were  soft,  glow­
ing and  pleasing  in  expression  and  his 
nose, prominent and thin,  was of a pecu­
liar whiteness.  His hair was rather long, 
dark,  but  with 
interest-inviting 
sprinkle of gray.

A  silence  fell  upon 

the  company, 
broken only by  the  sharp  hiss  of  a  to­
bacco chewer’s  well-directed shot  at  the 
hot stove.

an 

“It  appears,”  said 

the  new-comer, 
loosening the  scarf  about  his  neck  and 
shaking  his  hair as a proud horse might 
shake  his  mane,  “that  1  have  touched 
the  exposed  nerve  of suspicion;  but let 
me  assure  you  that  I  came  in  at  the 
straight gate,  and  am, therefore, not  the 
same as a thief and a robber.  And,  gen­
tlemen,  permit me  to  introduce  myself.
I  am  John  Bellwether,  a  humble  but 
courageous preacher of  the  gospel,  a de­
voted  admirer  of  the  bravery  of Paul, 
ready either to pray or  to  tight—indeed, 
one who stands listening for the tinkling 
of  the  bell  that  shall  summon  him  to 
duty.  You  have  not  heard  of  me. 
I 
present  no  credentials. 
I  come  simply 
with a heart full  of  love. 
If  I  could  I 
would willingly tell you much about my­
self,  but I cannot.  1 know  but  little  of 
myself;  but what I do  tell  you  shall  be 
absolute  truth.  Now,  listen  to  me.  1 
was walking in  a  field—where,  I  know 
not;  when,  I  know not;  but  1  do  know 
that,  while walking in  that  field,  I  was 
called  upon  to  come  to this community 
and preach  the  gospel.  And  so  here  1 
am. 
I  know  nothing  about  denomina­
tions—I come simply  to present  the gos­
pel  warmed  with  love. 
I  ask  for  no 
money—only for a place  to  sleep  and  a 
seat at table.  But I am not a pauper. 
I 
have money,  which I  am  willing  at  any 
time to  divide  among  you.  1  ask  you, 
please,  to  take  it,  sir.”  He  thrust  his 
hand into his  breast  pocket,  took  out  a 
roll of bank notes and held it out toward 
the landlord.

“Gracious,  no,” said  the  simple  man, 

shrinking back.

“But can’t you put  it  into  your  safe 
and give some to me as I may  ask for it ? 
Take it and pay yourself  whenever  you 
find that 1 am indebted to you.”

“No,” said the  landlord,  shaking  his 
head,  "you keep it.  Never  in  my  life 
have 1 laid hands on  that  much  money.
1 don’t want to handle it. 
I’m afraid of 
i t ”

“Then  will  you  keep  it for  me?” the 
the , 

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stranger  asked, 
Judge.

By this time the Judge was  looking on 
in  pop-eyed  astonishment.  “ No,  sir,  1 
am not prepared to assume  that  respon­
sibility,”  he  answered;  “ but I will take 
the responsibility to warn you to be more 
careful.  This 
is  a  public  house,  you 
must remember,  and  many an  eye  peers 
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and to-morrow I will go with you so  that 
you may deposit  it.  Pardon  my  blunt­
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altogether right in your mind ?”

The preacher laughed.  “I  admit  the 
appearance  of  unsettlement,”  he  said 
“ but I can assure you that I am perfectly 
sane.”

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“Where did you preach last?”
“ I have never preached,  sir.”
The  Judge  shook  his  head. 

“But 
what  business  have  you  been  engaged 
in?”

“Really,  I don’t know.”
“And  yet  you  are  sure  that  you are 

perfectly sane?”

“Perfectly sure of that,  sir.”
“Pardon  me,”  said the  Judge,  “but I 

am forced to doubt it.”

The  preacher  laughed  softly  and  re­
plied:  “That  is  your  privilege.  Now, 
let me ask you a question.  Where  were 
you 1,000 years ago?”

“Why, I wasn’t anywhere.”
“Oh,  yes; not your body,  but  your  es­
sence,  your spirit, must  have been some­
where.  But,  of  course, you don’t know 
where.  And  now,  with  me, all  back of 
a few days ago  was  an  unconscious  es­
sence,  an  unidentified  and  unthinking 
spirituality.”

“I’ll be dinged if you  ain’t  too  much 
forme,” said  the Judge.  And then,  ad­
dressing  a  gaunt  old  fellow  who  had 
said nothing,  he added:  “Do  you  want 
to take him. Brother Hallum?”

“Well,  I ain’t very  keen  to,”  Brother 
Hallum answered;  “ but,  as the  boys  out 
in my neighborhood say, I’ll  ‘ try  him  a 
few falls,  Mr.  Bellwether—funny name, 
too—you say you are a preacher ?”

“From this time on, yes, sir.”
“Well,  Pm a preacher,  also,  and  have 
been  for thirty odd years,  and  I  can tell 
you  where  I  have been ever since I was 
very small.”

“Ah,  but  can  you  tell me where you 
were when the  earth  was  very  small— 
when this globe was a grain of sand ?” 

“No, of course not.”
“But, my dear sir,  what is  has  always 
been in some form.  The idea has always 
existed.  The  phonograph  we  call  new 
but we know that the principle is  as  old 
as  creation.  But  there is no religion in 
such a discussion. 
I do not come  to  ar­
gue upon my  sanity  but  to  preach  the 
gospel of love. 
I have the newest proof 
of immortality.  Listen with close atten­
tion.  Wise men have brought up shrewd 
arguments against the immortality of the 
soul,  or,  rather,  of  man.  They  say, 
‘Bring  me  a  fact.’ 
I  can  give  them 
something  stronger  than  a  mere  fact. 
We  will  turn  to  Shakespeare. 
In  his 
book we find  a  thought  that  can  never 
die. 
Shakespeare’s  mind,  his  soul, 
created that  thought.  Shakespeare died 
but  the 
lives.  Ah,  but 
must  the  something  that  created  that 
thought perish,  leaving the thing created 
immortal?  Can  the  created  be  greater 
than 
the  creator?  But  we  will  not 
argue.”

thought  still 

“My  friend,”  said  Brother  Hallum, 
“you may  be a strange man, and all  that, 
but  I  am  very  auxious  to  hear  you 
preach.  To morrow,  I  have au  appoint­
ment in this town and you  may  take  my 
place.”

T h e  next  day  was  Sunday,  and  long 
before  Mr.  Bell a e th e r  had  eaten   break 
fast  the  village  was  in  intense  excite­
ment  concerning  him. 
lu  the  barber s 
shop, on the corners of the streets—every­
where  he  was  discussed.  His  strange 
theories,  with appropriate exaggerations, 
had  been  blown  about,  and  it  was  de­
clared  that  they  were  going  either  to 
hear the ravings of a  madman,  or a most 
powerful 
sermon.  The  church  was 
crowded and  there was eagerness  in  the 
throng when the  preacher  entered.  He 
requested  the  brethern to sing a simple |

hymn, and,  when this had  been  done,  he | 
clasped  his  hands  and  pronounced  the j 
! word “Love.”  Slowly he began to talk, 
and  how precise and clear he was  in  his 
use of words!  There  were  no  rant,  no 
broken accents,  but  a  flow  of  beautiful 
sentences,  growing warmer and warmer. 
Men looked at one  another  in  astonish­
ment,  and women,  always  lovers  of  the 
beautiful, clasped their hands and leaned 
toward the speaker; and,  when  the  ser­
mon  was  brought  to  a  close,  and  al­
though it was done  gracefully,  the  con­
gregation was stunned,  almost stupefied. 
Old men, old women,  young  women  and 
girls pressed forward to take  the  stran­
ger by the hand.  There  was  no  longer 
any  doubt—he  was,  indeed,  a  man  in­
spired.

It was a great  revival.  Services were 
held  every  night.  There  were 
three 
liquor saloons in the town, but they were 
closed,  not by force,  and by the men  who 
had kept them.  A poker room  had  been 
run over a livery  stable,  but soon  it  was 
deserted and the cards were  scattered in 
the street. 
It was now declared that the 
new preacher was a great evangelist who 
did not want his real name to  be  known, 
and  who,  having  heard  of  the  wicked­
ness  of  that  little  town,  had  come  to 
purge it and  a  fear  arose  lest  soon  he 
might  take  his  departure.  But 
time 
went by and he said nothing  of  leaving. 
Now he did not apppear to  be  eccentric; 
he had ceased to speak  in  the  language 
of mysticism;  his  eyes  were  softer,  his 
countenance  more  serene.  Preachers 
from a distance  came  to  hear  him  and 
were loath to  leave.  He was  welcomed 
to every pulpit,  urged  to  go  into  other 
communities;  but he said  that  his work 
lay in that  little town  and  that  he  must 
abide there until he received orders to go 
elsewhere.  His  money  was  gone;  he 
had given it to the  poor,  but  he  would 
take no pay for his  work.  “All I  want 
is a place to eat and  sleep,” he was wont 
to say,  as at the first of his coming.

One day,  a  Bishop  called  upon  him. 
They  met in the parlor at  the  hotel. 
It 
was known that the great man had come, 
and  the room became crowded.

“I have come  a  long  distance  to  see 

you,” said the Bishop.

“And I thank  you,  brother,  for  your 
interest.  But were there not others that 
needed 
looking  after?  Have  you  not 
come  to  see  a  reed,  shaken  by 
the 
wind?”

The  Bishop  bowed  bis  head  in  ac­
knowledgment  of  the  rebuke  and  then 
answered:  “But not cut of  idle  curios­
ity have  1 come,  brother, but with a hope 
that 1 may induce you to  come  with  me 
to  other  communities.  You  must  re­
member that all fields  are  the  fields  of 
God.”

“True,”  Mr.  Bellwether  answered; 
“but fields are apportioned  out  for  till­
age.  And  1 have  been appointed to  till 
this field.”

It  wa-i of  no  use  to  argue  with  him, 
and.  after hearing him preach that night, 
the  Bishop took  his  departure,  marvel­
ing at his power.

The strange preacher  had  been  in the 
town  six  months.  One  night,  a  large 
congregation  w as waiting for him  but he 
did not come.  The  Judge  and  Brother 
Hallum said that they would go  uown to 
the hotel  and see  if  there  was  anything 
wrong.  When they  entered  the office of 
the hotel they found the preacher sitting 
there.  At first,  they  hardly  recognized ' 
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no longer beamed with  their accustomed 
soft radiance  and  his  countenance  was 
troubled.

“They spoke to him  and  he  said:  “I 
have been trying to  think when  I  came 
to this place and how I got here. 
I don’t 
understand it.”

“Why, you were  called  among  us  to 

preach,”  said the astonished Judge.

the  man 

“Preach!”  And 

laughed. 
“ Why,  1 never preached  in  my  life. 
I 
am a lawyer,  and  I  live  in  Louisville, 
Ky.,  and  how  I  came  here  I  don’t 
know.”

“Is it possible,” cried the Judge,  “that 

you are not Rev.  Mr.  Bellwether?’

shouted 

“Bellwether!” 

the  man. 
“ Now that’s  a  name  for  you!  No,  my 
name is Harvey,  and  I  am  a  lawyer,  1 
tell  you.”  He  took  a  paper  from  his 
pocket.  “And I see  in  this  paper  that 
nothing has been heard  of  me. 
It’s  all 
very  strange,  and  if  I  have  preached, 
gentlemen,  I hope that  I  have  done  no 
harm.  But I don’t  think  1  could  have 
preached much of a sermon.  What time 
does the next  train  leave? 
I  must  get 
back to my family.”

And  so  he  went  away.  The  news­
papers had a long account of  the strange 
freak  of  a  prominent  lawyer,  and  the 
doctors called it “embolism.”

Opie  P.  Read.

Credits  and  Collections  from  the  Job­

ber’s Standpoint.

W.  B. Tem pleton in New York Shipping L ist.
Before we  can  collect  an  account  we 
must have given  credit,  and,  therefore, 
we want to look at some of the conditions 
that have led us to have  faith in the cus­
tomer who has  become  possessed  of  our 
goods.  We trust men,  some because they 
are well rated by  the agencies,  some  be­
cause our salesmen speak  well  of  them, 
and some because we know that, although 
they have small means,  they  are  men  ot 
the  strictest  integrity,  and  we  believe 
that, as  long as  they can,  they  will  pay 
their  bills—all  good  reasons for accord­
ing credit.  And  yet,  unfortunately,  we 
know  by bitter experience that the agen­
cies have  been  wrong;  our  salesmen,  in 
their anxiety to sell a bill of  goods,  have 
overestimated the ability of the customer 
to pay,  and our poor but honest customer 
has  been unable to bear the  strain ot the 
hard times that  have  unexpectedly come 
upon him and  upon every one else.  Alter 
%  business  experience  of  more 
than 
thirty-four  years,  many  cf  which have 
been  spent  wrestling  with  this  knotty 
question of credits,  1 am  persuaded that 
no power outside of the strictest care and 
common sense will protect any merchant 
from constantly having  to bear losses  in 
his collections.  There is no use in allow­
ing  an  inexperienced  young  man  wno 
knows little or nothing about book-keep­
ing to  pass  upon  your  orders,  and,  in­
stead,  either do it  yourself  or  place  the 
matter  in  the  hands  of  one  on  whose 
judgment  you  can  rely,  and  who  is 
thoroughly  conversant  with  business 
methods.  The position of credit clerk in 
every  establishment  is  of  such  impor­
tance that  no one  should  be  allowed  to 
occupy  it  unless  he is  thoroughly qual 
ified in the way  1 have  pointed  out,  and 
any firm  who places a clerk  in this  posi­
tion  who  is  not  thoroughly  up  to  the 
mark must expect  their  past-due  list  to 
be an awful length.
There is no doubt  that,  if  each line  of 
trade had its owu  bureau of information, 
under the management of some thorough­
ly competent business  man,  the informa­
tion  supplied  would  be  more  accurate 
than  that  obtained  from  any  general 
agency;  but,  until  these  bureaus are  es­
tablished,  no house can afford to do with­
out the information to be  gathered  from 
some  reputable  agency.  But  I  believe 
and hope that  we  shall  live  to  see  the 
time  when  every  line of trade will  take 
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between  the  members,  and  it  seems  to 
work very  well;  but  my  belief  is  that, 
unless such a  plan  is  made  national,  it 
cannot  be  truly  effective,  as  manufac­
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trade  cer­
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known,  the losses being looked  upon  as 
so  much  for  advertising;  and,  when an 
article has undoubted  merit,  and simply 
needs to be known to  create  a  demand, 
there is certainly good reason to  be care­
less of the credit of customers for  a  cer­
tain length of  time,  but  such  a  course 
should be abandoned as soon as possible.
No matter how careful one  may  be  in 
granting credit, there  is,  unfortunately, 
always more or  less  trouble  in  making 
collections,  and they are  found to be far 
harder to deal  with than  in  deciding  to 
give  credit,  especially  if  there  is  not 
eternal  vigilance  in  looking  after  this 
important  department.  Every  house 
snould have a regular  system, some such 
as the following:  Bills mailed  same day 
as goods are shipped;  statements  on  the 
first of each  month;  regular  draft  days 
in each month  on  which  due  notice  is 
sent to customer,  and,  where long  credit 
is given,  a regular time for  sending  out 
notes  for  signature  to  those  who  take 
time;  every month lists  of  past-due  ac­
counts should be taken  from  the  ledger 
and notations made on it  as  to  dates  of 
letters sent,  etc.  Collections  should be 
made, as a rule,  direct  from  the  office, 
as it is not fair to  burden  the  salesman 
with the collection of  accounts,  as it un­
doubtedly  interferes  with  his  making 
sales,  and in some  cases  may  prejudice 
the  buyer’s  mind  against  him.  He  is 
hired to  sell  goods  and  should  have  a 
free hand  if  he  is  to  be  a  successful 
salesman;  but,  as there is no  rule  with­
out an exception,  so in  this  case,  when 
there are delinquents  to be looked after, 
a good salesman  may be  a material help 
in getting  old accounts squared up.
A large amount of common  sense is re­
quired in the granting  of  credit,  but  an 
even  larger amount is  necessary  in  the 
collection  of  accounts,  if old scores  are 
to  be  cleared  up  sucessfully,  as  each 
case  must  be  reckoned  up  and  dealt 
with  on  its  merits.  Common sense has 
taught me that  “More flies can  be caught 
with  molasses than  with  vinegar,”  and 
that is one reason why  1  made a  success 
of a large accumulation of  past  due  ac­
counts  1  once  tackled,  for  the  per­
suasions  of the pen reduced the list,  and 
not the attornejs.  The latter gentlemen 
should get no  accounts  to  collect  until 
every power of persuasion has been used 
and  exhausted  by 
the  office,  so  that, 
when they do reach their  hands as a last 
resort,  the accounts have  been proved  to 
be  practically  useless.  Any  man 
in 
charge  of  the  collection  department 
should  be too proud  of  showing  results 
to allow any attorney to fatten on his de­
partment.  and he proves  himself  a  fail­
ure if he does  not  collect  the  accounts 
himself,  and  so  attend  thoroughly  to 
his employer’s interest.
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known,  that  is  as  good  as  it might be 
made,  and  then 
they  are  only  local, 
whereas, 
to  be  of  any  real  good,  they 
should be  national.  As  I  have  already 
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each  line  of  trade,  so  1  advocate a na­
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trade;  and  there  is  no  reason why one 
bureau should not cover both credits and 
collections, and so save expense,  as  they 
would be under one good  business  head. 
Of course, to  carry  out  this  idea,  each 
house would have to contribute a certain 
sum  each  year—perhaps a hundred dol­
lars—and if properly organized and  con­
ducted, they would find  it  to  be  one  of 
the best investments ever made,  and that 
such a combination of interests would be 
of real  benefit to themselves  and to their 
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of explanation.

By request of Mr. ParsoM, of the  Pharmace u 
tical  Era, I  prepared,  last  fall,  an  article on 
“ Purity  in  Food  and  Medicine.” 
It  was  ac­
cepted and appeared iu the issue of Nov.  1 •,  be 
cause,  though  not  exactly  agreeing  with  edi­
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T have since studied the subject more  fully  in 
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what I have to say is apropos of th • present  dis­
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I cannot Indorse the  extreme  views  of  those 
who  expect  to abate  an  evil  by pun.tive snap 
judgments against re'ailers. while the  real  cul­
prits are left to work their  fraudulent  purposes 
at the fountain head.  I have  tried,  and  fairly, 
to offer some views  concerning  a  better  way— 
one that will, in my opinion,  more  fully  insure 
the  end  we  all  so  earnestly  hope to attain—a 
higher 
honesty 
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standard  of 

commercial 

One of  the  most  common  failings  to 
which frail  human nature is  heir  is  the 
tendency, everywhere shown,  to exercise 
too  hasty  judgment.  Whether  in  the 
family or neighborhood,  or in  the  larger 
activities of  life  that  concern  immense 
financial interests, where the press claims 
to be the avant-cuureur of  public  senti­
ment, the world exhibits a  constant  suc­
cession of faulty conclusions.

Courts invariably recognize  this  men­
tal condition in selecting  jurors,  by  re­
jecting men  who have the  reputation  of 
prejudging  on  every  occasion.  Public 
clamor,  under  excitement,  tends  to  af­
fect the judgment of many  men  who  are 
believed to  be  mentally  well  balanced. 
Even in the councils of the people’s  rep­
resentatives  in  state  or  nation,  where 
laws are  enacted  that  directly  concern 
the  persons  and  property  of  millions, 
sober  second 
thought  has  often  been 
forced  to  take  “a  back  seat,”  while 
prejudice,  expediency,  or  self-interest 
are framed into statute and work infinite 
mischief until arrested  by  remedial  ac­
tion.  Every  man’s  experience  verifies 
this statement, especially in  the  present 
generation  when  vagaries of  all  descrip­
tion are  fastened  upon  legislation,  and 
every  party  carrying  a  reform  banner 
seeks the  aid  of  legal  penalties  to  en­
force its peculiar beliefs. 
flow  far  this 
may parallel the harsh examples  of  per­
secution recorded  iu history  I  leave  my 
readers to  decide;  there  is  evidently  a 
similarity in fact though  not  iu  degree.
Since a belief prevails that all evils af­
fecting mankind can  best be corrected cr 
cured  by  legislation,  every  statehouse 
has been crowded  with  reformers  eager 
to  apply 
the  infallible  remedy.  Too 
often  committees  are  induced  to  make 
favorable 
that,  be­
cause  urged 
the  name  of  philan­
thropy, receive little attention as  to  de­
tails, escape  wholesome  criticism  as  to 
their tendency and  effects,  aud,  in  the 
end,  become laws that,  if enforced to the 
letter,  violate  the  first  principles  of 
justice and only serve  purposes  cf  bun­
combe or private revenge.  Much  of  the 
legislation concerning  the drug  trade  is 
of this description.

report  on  bills 

in 

Every fair-dealing, conscientious drug­
gist is to-day compelled to earn  a  liveli­
hood with the brand of liquor  dealer  at­
tached to his revenue  certificate. 
In ad­
dition,  a large  part of the so-called moral 
reformers,  forgetting  the  scriptural  in­
junction  about  preliminary  condition, 
hurl stones of doubt, distrust  or  misrep­
resentation,  which  carom  on  the  loose

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Original set of four 
Complete set of ten  - 

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

Your  Bank Account Solicited.

Knt  County Savings Ml

GRAND  RAPIDS  ,MICH.

J no.  A.  Oovodb  Pres.

Hsnrv  Idema,  Vice  Pres.

J.  A.  S.  Verdier,  Cashier

K. Van Hop, Ass’tC ’s’r.
Transacts a General Banking  Business. 

Interest  Allowed  on  Time  and  S a y in g s  

Deposit*.

DIRECTORS:

Jno. A. Covode, D. A  Blodgett,  E. Crofton Fox, 
T. J. O'Brien,  A. J. Bowne, 
Jno. W. Blodgett, J. A. McKee 

Henry Idema, 
J. A. S. Verdier

Deposits  Exceed  One  Million  Dollars,

WE  WANT

B E A N S

them.

and  will  pay  highest  market  price  for 

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

The Braistreet Mercantile Apncy.

The Bradstreet  Company, Prop*.

Executive  Offices, 279,281,283  Broadway, N.Y

CHARLES  F. CLARK,  Pres.

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

Brand  Rapids  Office,  Room  4,  Widdieomb  Bldg

HENRY  BOYCE. S apt.

H,  M.  R e y n o l d s   &  S o n ,

STRAW  BOARD,

Jobbers  of 

BUILDING  PAPERS, 

BUCKSKIN and  MANILLA

WRAPPING  PAPER, 

ROOFING  MATERIALS,

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

Corner Louis and Campau Ms.,

also

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reconsigned frr m  Grand
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M  Rapids to all points north 
on short  notice.
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I P. BENNETT FUEL  X  ICE CO.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

CLEANLINESS and NEATNESS characterize our goods aud  packages.

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

HFRilD-BFRiM  S t t l T

5  -.m i 7  P e a rl  S t . ,

Our  Line  for  1895  is

Greater  in  variety  and 

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

Your  inspection  is  kindly  solicited 

when in  the city.

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

in  “ Black  Bottoms.”

Headquarters 

for  Wales-Goodye a 

Rubbers.

WH OLE SALE

O Y S T E R S
OSCAR

106  C anal S t.

For Fish,  Game and Poultry telephone 1001.

Office  Telephone  1055. 
Barn Telephone  .0 5 9 .
C C r ' I   T D I T V   sto ra g e  and 
M ^ L U K l   *  * 
Transfer Co.

flo v in g ,  Packing,  Dry  Storage

2 5 7 —2 5 9   OTTAW A  ST.

Expert Packers and Careful. Competent Movers of 
Given.  Business Strictly confidential.  Bagga"

Household  Furniture. 

Wagon at all  houu

Estimates  Cheerfully 
F. S. ELSTON,  Mgr.

Show   Cases, 
Store  Fixtures, 

Etc.

« I IV

PHILLIPS’  SHOW  CASES.

E s ta b lis h e d   1 8 6 4 . 

J.  P H I L L I P S   &  CO..  D e tro it,  M ich.
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Importers and Jobbers of

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Use  Tradesman’s  Wants  Column.

T h e y   R e t u r n   E x c e l l e n t   R e s u lts

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44J g g g ”   what  you  want.

Poultry Raisers,  AM lioi!

T H E   M I C H I G A N   T E A D E H M  A  IN',

We are always on the lookout for something to please  our  trade  and 
put dollars in their pockets;  and,  after  thorough  investigation,  and  many 
tehts have secured a plug tobacco that just suits everybody. 
It  is  called 
“ JE SS,”   is  a  club  shaped  plug,  2x12,  spaced  for  3 cuts and shows a 
It  weighs  16 ounces to the plug and the 
good  margin  to  the  retailer. 
consumer gets full  value for his money.  We  propose  to  push  it  to  the 
front and  make it  the  leading  plug  tobacco  of  Michigan.  Ask  our 
salesman to give you a chew, and  show you the goods and  you  will  buy. 
Everybody  is taking it.  Why?  Because it is “Jess” what they want and 
have been looking lor.

rCL

S,
S W E E T ’S   H O T E 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  beat has been  put in every  room, and the  office,  remodeled  and 
newly decorated,  is one of the  handsomest in Michigan.

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.

G.  H.  BFHNKE  &  SONS,

30  E  Br dge  8 t,  Grand  ► apids.
C h a s.  P e tie r s c h ,

JOBBER  OP

Imported and DomesliG Cheese

Swiss, Brick and  Limburger a  Specialty. 

161—103  West  Bridge  ~t.  Telephone  123 

BRAND  RAPIDS

of Wje  Unitcii  States  of America,

To

G r e e t in g :

H R N R Y   K O C H ,   your  C l e r k s ,   attorneys,  ager

holding  through  or  under  you,

a°d  workmen,  and  all  claiming  or 

U l e r e a s , it  has  been  represented  to  us  in  our  Circuit  Court  of  the  United  States  for  the  District  ot

Ne./  Jersey,  in  the  Third  Circuit,  on  the  part  of  the  ENOCH  MORGAN’S  SONS  C O M P A W  
U  has  lately  exhibited  its  said  Bill  of  Complaint  in  our  said  Circuit  Court  o f t h e
com pfaLd" of,' ’a n T th ai  th T ’sakT 

KOCH’  Defendant* 

to  be  relieved 

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touching  the  matters  therein'

ENOCH  MORGAN’S  SONS  COMPANY,

Complainant,  Is  «miffed  to  .ho  ettclnslv.  «so  of  Urn  doalgna.lon  “ SAPOLIO"  aa  a 

ado-mark  for  aconring  aoap

ItottJ,  th e r e fo r e ,,   we  do  strictly  command  and  perpetually  enjoin  you,  the  said  HENRY

-   «nder  you.
absolutely  desist  and  refrain  from  in  any  L i n e r   unlawfully  using  the  word  “  sT p OUO^1.?°bedlenCe’ 
}’°U  d°
substantially  similar  thoroto  in  sound  or  appoaranoo,  in  connection  with  the  m annfa® «  or 
° '
aoap  not  made  or  produced  by  or  for  .ho  Complainant,  and  from  direefly,  or  ¡„directly' 
SCOUrln*:
By  word  of  mouth  or  otherwise,  selling  or  delivering  as 

°r 

“ SAPOLIO,”  or  when  “ SAPOLIO”  is  asked  for,

^

  i m i a i i d ^  

“ “  

“ d  '">»  >»  » 7   ~ 7   «»»g  the  word  ••SAPOL.O”  in  „ y

prejudices  In 
the  arena  of  popular 
I clamor,  thus  wounding  him  in  reputa- 
! tion at least.

At nearly every session  of  state  legis­
lators some  one  is  sure  to  put  a  pre­
pared  egg  in  the  nest,  hoping  it  will 
batch out a statute that shall,  under  the 
guise  of  benefit  to  the  public,  add  an­
other burden to  the  present  intolerable 
load,  until there is  scarcely  an  hour  in 
the day or a day in  the  year wherein the 
druggist is not in  peril of  legal  persecu­
tion  from any malicious person  who may 
be disposed to  use  the weapon  prepared 
to his hand.  The only  consoling  reflec­
tion he has  is the reflection that the aver­
age  human  being is seldom mean enough 
to make use of the advantage  thus  held.
Of late, a law  of  Ohio  compelling the 
purity of  foods  and  drugs  has  excited 
public interest  by the peculiar  actionsof 
the  special  commissioner  appointed  to 
execute its details.  He has done so with 
a zeal that indicates a disposition to pan­
der  to  popular  prejudice  against  local 
distributers,  completely 
ignoring  the 
sly  manufacturing  rogues  who,  under 
cover of good  business  reputations,  se­
cure customers  for  iuferior  or  adulter­
ated  products.  Taking  the  letter  of  a 
carelessly framed statute as the  base  of 
his operations,  and the report  of  a  sup­
posed expert in  chemistry  as  the  mate­
rial evidence, he locates at  the  doors  of 
the retailers the main  responsibility  for 
all adulteration in  food or medicine.

If  the  public  health  really  requires 
that all goods  in  the  market  shall  con­
form to the conditions  specified  in  such 
act,  without regard to the  harmful effect 
on the human  system,  why  should  not 
this law be applied to each  case,  as  are 
all  municipal  ordinances  that  regulate 
certain  lines  of  business  or  personal 
conduct on the  public  streets?  No  po­
lice officer of good character  degrades  a 
citizen  by arrest  for  transgressing  such 
ordinance  until,  after  due  admonition, 
the  offense  Is  repeated.  Why  should 
even  a good and wholesome law  be  used 
as a trap to catch  the  unwary  yet  loyal 
citizen  without proper notice  of  the  ex­
act offense?

Surely the  object  of  pure  food  laws 
cannot  be  simply  to  collect  fines  from 
surprised victims.  At  least  nine-tenths 
of all  retailers  whom  they  concern  are 
acknowledged to be  free  from  criminal 
intent;  besides,  the  facts  upon  which 
conviction is  sought  must  be  extracted 
from  the  state  of  uncertainty  by proc­
esses  that  are, 
in  their  very  nature, 
both indefinite and  subjunctive.  Chem­
ical analysis by one expert is  not  neces­
sarily  proof  of  adulteration—certainly 
not of guilty  knowledge and  intent.

i i L d   k, 
Unned  Sta*es  of  Amenea,  at  the  City  of  Trenton,  in  said  District  of  N e.
' “ “ y’ 
thousand
eight  hundred  and  ninety-two.

in  the  year  of  our  Lord,  one 

th'S  ‘6' \ d*y 

^   1 

[signed]

S.  D.  OLIPHANT,

Clerk

[seal]

ROWLAND  COX, 

Complainants  Solicitor.

It is argued by  radical  theorists  that 
In no way can legal  action  reach the evil 
of adulteration  but by prosecution of the 
retail distributer.  The act of  punishing 
druggist  or  grocer  for  being  duped  by 
the manufacturer furnishes  au  instance 
of substitution  to  which no  proprietor of 
patent medicine  or  his cheekj  advertis­
ing agent need object;  yet,  what  proves 
sport to them and to a  capricious  public 
may be death to the  business  of  honest 
distributers of goods which  the  truthful 
■ '  F° L“ R'  Chi"   JUS" “   of  “»   Supreme  Court  of  fh, 
newspaper  takes  the  responsibility  of 
introducing to consumers  as perfect and 
of  infallible  efficacy,  and  which  this 
same capricious  public  imperiously  de­
mands of the dealer.

The spirit of  these  theorists  reminds 
one of  the  way  Chinese  boatmen  treat 
ducks when training  them  to  the  busi-

THE  ÜVCICHIGAOST  TEADESMAN.

15

Mifskegon  Bakery  Brackers

(United  States  Baking  Co.)

Are  Perfect  Health  Food.

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

one can be best—that is  the original

fluskegon
Bakery
Butter
Cracker.

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

Nine
Other
Great
Specialties
Are

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

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

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

LAWRENCE  DEPEW,  Acting  Manager,

- 

Mich

ness  of  catching  fish.  The  process  of 
capturing the finny  prey comes natural to 
the birds,  but retrieving is  the  part  es­
sential to  the  owner.  There  is,  there­
fore,  a special  call  to  the  fishing  flock 
urging return to headquarters, and expe­
rience has proved that the most effectual 
method to secure prompt  obedience is to 
whip the last duck..  He may be the only 
faithful  one  of  the  flock,  bringing  in 
even more  than  his  allotted  tribute,  a 
fact  ample  to  account  for  the  delay; 
but Chinese  justice  does  not  recognize 
such 
fact—any  more  than  does  Ohio 
justice similar points of legal equity.

Some who claim for pharmacy a higher 
standing than is attainable  or  necessaay 
for the majority of druggists  justify  the 
extreme severity of the Ohio law,  and as­
sert that druggists are, or at least should 
be,  by virtue of their profession,  experts 
in  analytical  chemistry.  They 
insist 
that each knight of the pestle should not 
only be  able  to  compound  intelligently 
every drug prescribed by medical author­
ity,  but should also be  compelled  to  as­
certain by analysis  the  purity  of  every 
article sold by  him  before it is delivered 
to the purchaser. 
If we  admit  the  jus­
tice of this conclusion,  what a  busy hive 
of industry each drug store  in  the  land 
will  reveal,  for  at  the  rate  new  phar­
maceutical products are  thrown  on  the 
market  to-day  each  place  of  business 
will have to be provided with  an  expen­
sive laboratory,  requiring  from  two  to 
half a dozen analytical  chemists,  in  ad­
dition  to the ordinary force  of  prescrip­
tion clerks and salesmen.  Even then,  as 
doctors disagree, so  may pharmaceutical 
experts.  Perchance,  between them all,  an 
adulterated article  may escape  detection 
only to catch the eagle  eye  of  the  state 
commissioner’s special chemist, who will 
pounce upon that capable  druggist  hav­
ing such expert facilities for  doing busi- 
iness,  and the last state of  that man will 
be worse than the first.

in 

But, it may be asked,  how is the' grocer 
to detect adulteration in  his  stock,  and 
thus escape the  rigorous  penalties  of  a 
pare food  law?  His case must surely be 
a  sad  one,  since,  in  the  language  of 
Scripture,  “If the righteous  scarcely  be 
saved,  where shall the  ungodly  and sin­
ner appear?”  Having no home facilities 
for analysis, or ability  to use them  if he 
had,  the work of  detection will  have  to 
be paid for at  expert  prices.  The  Ohio 
price as charged one grocer  is $25.  The 
imagination  can  suggest  the  inevitable 
sequel when  these  conflicting conditions 
are fully understood.

Seriously,  if the object  of  law  is  the 
prevention  of  adulteration 
food, 
drinks, and medicines, can it not be done 
without outraging  constitutional  rights, 
and making justice  a  travesty?  If  any 
article sold in the  market  should prove, 
upon examination, to be fraudulent as to 
its  manufacture,  or  compounded  with 
one  or  more  ingredients  injurious  to 
health, let it be  at  once  brought  to the 
notice of the dealer  keeping  it  on  sale. 
If  he  bought  it  entire  as  found  from 
a  firm  or  manufacturer,  then  let  him 
state under oath that  fact and  the name 
of  the  party  from  whom  it  was  pur­
chased. 
It is easy thus to trace each un­
lawful  product  to  first  hands.  When 
found,  if  within  the  state,  let  justice 
knock at the  maker’s  door.  But  if  be­
yond state jurisdiction, let  the  fact  ap­
pear,  witt  the names  of  all  parties and 
places concerned,  and a copy of  this  re­
port be sent to every dealer in  the  state 
handling such line of  goods.

In the meantime,  the  condemned  arti­
cle,  wherever  found,  should  be  turned 
over to the state,  to be treated as  an out­
lawed product,  and destroyed  if thought 
advisable  under  the  right  of  eminent 
domain, just as  is now  done with  other 
property  under  health  regulations  as 
heretofore  construed.  Let  the  sale  of 
goods once condemned be  treated  as  an 
offense  to  be  punished  with  deserved 
rigor as evidence may show guilt on  due 
trial. 
If the retail dealer is found  to  be 
a  transgressor  of  law  by  deteriorating 
the quality of goods,  let  him  be treated 
accordingly.

Should any patent  medicine,  on proper 
examination,  be  found  to  contain  dan­
gerous 
ingredients,  or  powerful  drugs 
compounded  in  unsafe  proportions,  let 
them be exposed in the name of suffering 
humanity.  The cost of all these practical 
methods need not exceed the present out­
lay used in spasmodic and blind prosecu­
tions, that, after all, only prevent a small 
fraction  of  the  evils  of  adulteration. 
Were  it  ten  times  greater,  the  results 
sure to be achieved by the methods above 
noted would  justify  and  ultimately  re­
pay the increased expense.

No fitful or half-hearted  efforts to pro­
tect the  public  health  will  concentrate 
the force of  individual  opinion  against 
the  makers  of  dangerous  commercial 
compounds,  who appeal to a selfish econ­
omy in soliciting the  patronage  of  con­
sumers, and who are assisted by the press 
in advertising their  goods  to  be  whole­
some  as  well  as  cheap. 
If  the  moral 
side of the question  is  to  be considered, 
the  advertiser  is  as  much  responsible 
to  society  for  resulting  effects  as  any 
outside the manufactory.  The guilt can­
not be laid at the dealer’s  door,  as  some 
would have,  until after due notice he be­
comes  particeps  criminis  by  his  own 
action.

The question of  how  best  to  prevent 
fraud in  products that concern the health 
of a  nation  should  be  thoroughly  dis­
cussed,  to produce a wider  and  more in­
telligent public  interest  and  more  har­
mony in  legislation.  No doubt, in  order 
to more efficiently reinforce  state action, 
Congressional legislation will have to  be 
secured before the boon of pure  commer­
cial  products  will  become  a  practical 
realization.

S.  P.  W HITMARSH.

“There  was  quite  a  fight  in front of 
the  store  to-day,”  said  a  leading West 
Bridge street grocer at the  supper  table 
the  other  evening.  “Two men got  into 
a row, one struck the other and then  the 
crowd  gathered.  The  man  who  was 
struck ran and grabbed  a  cartstake  and 
rushed back,  his eyes blazing.  1 thought 
sure  he’d  knock  the other man’s brains 
out,  and  I  stepped  right  in  between 
them.”  The young heir  had  given over 
eating his tart as the narrative proceeded 
and his eyes leaned right out of his head. 
He was proud of his  father’s  valor,  and 
he cried:  “He couldn’t  knock any  brains 
out of you, could  he,  father?”  The  old 
man  looked  long  and  earnestly  at  the 
heir,  but the lad’s countenance was frank 
and innocent and open.  When it closed, 
with  the  tart  on  the  inside,  the father 
gasped slightly  and resumed  his supper.
A young Russian  widow,  who  lost her 
husband last  year,  erected  over  his  re­
mains a splendid monument,  bearing the 
inscription,  “My grief for my  loss  is  so 
great  that  I  cannot  bear  it.”  She  was 
married again a short time ago, and, find­
ing the inscription a little  awkward, bad 
the word “alone” added to it.

False pretense  does not serve  the man 
who cannot obtain money under any pre­
tense.

Muskegon, 

Horse

Sausage

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

Do You  S e ll Feed? 
Do  You B uy Feed? 
Do  You  U se  Feed?

If so, note this:  Lots of people make  feed.  Lots  of  people 
make poor feed.  We make Good  Feed.

O U R   S B B C I A B   S A B B

Will continue for one week more and you will be wise if you  take  advan­
tage of it.  We guarantee satisfaction.  Our feed has never been excelled. 
If you handle feed send in your order now and be ready  to  reaj 
the  har­
vest.  Don’t wait till the demand for feed  is  all  gone  before  filling  your 
bins.  We send out quotations regularly every two weeks. 
If  you  want 
them sent  in your address and we will  put your name upon our list.

If alley  Gity  JUilling  Go.,  Grand Rapids.  (Heb.

T H E   M I C H i a ^ J S T   T R A D E S M A N .

Lack  o f M oney,  But  a  Lack  of 

W ork.

Everybody recognizes the financial dis­
tress which prevails in  the country,  and I 
numberless plans are proposed for its re-1 
lief.  Unfortunately,  there  is  no  agree- I 
ment on the remedy to be applied. Every 
method  of  treatment  appears  to  differ 
from  every  other,  and, as a result, noth­
ing is accomplished,  and the evil goes on | 
as before.

A notion which is held by many and is 
pushed forward  with  much  persistence 
is that the trouble comes  from  the  lack 
of  money.  “If,” 
they  argue,  “every 
man,  woman  and  child  had  as  much 
money  as he or she desires,  all  would be 
well.  The  trouble  would  come  to  an 
end.  All that is necessary is to provide 
the money and divide it out.”  Of course, 
it is intended that the  work  of  creating 
and dividing out the money is to be done 
by the Government.

This proposition presents so many and 
such  serious  difficulties  that  its  advo­
cates are stumped at the very beginning, 
and,  beyond the wild suggestion  that the 
should  print  unlimited 
Government 
quantities  of 
treasury  notes  and  lend 
them to  the  people for indefinite periods, 
on little or no interest, there has been no 
agreement as to how  the  business  is  to 
be accomplished.

Leaving out of  the  present  discussion 
the proposition that the  proper  function 
of money is to facilitate the exchange  of 
products  and  labor  by  shortening  and 
simplifying  the  processes  of barter,  and 
that it has really no other use,  and drop­
ping  out  of  sight  for  the  moment  the 
further fact that all  proper  money  must 
have  some  sort  of  guarantee  or  solid 
backing to give it value,  let  it,  for  the 
purposes of the  discussion,  be  assumed 
that  the  Government  can  make  green­
backs by the bale,  and that they  will  be 
just  as  desirable  when  issued  by  the 
thousand  million  as they now are,  when 
there are only some §400,000,000 of them 
to  be  backed  up,  guaranteed  and  re­
deemed.

the farmers,  who,  at  least,  have  grain 
and cotton.  The  people who are having 
the hardest time are laborers of all sorts. 
The financial  and  industrial  depression 
has cast a great  number  of  willing  and 
capable workers out of employment; but, 
before  that,  there  were  already  many 
more  who  were  unable  to  find  steady 
work, or even any  work at all.  Even  in 
the best and flushest season that has pre 
vailed  in  the  past  ten  years  there  has 
not been a moment when there  were  not 
several  hundred  thousand  men  out  of 
employment.

What is the  cause  of  all  this?  Scar­
city of  money?  No.  Scarcity of work? 
Yes.  And why was  there  in  the  flush 
times,  when all  the  mills  and  factories 
were  in  fullblast, any scarcity of work? 
The reply is brief,  but it is formidable.  It 
is contained in  the word  “machinery.”

There was a  time when  human  labor 
was not sufficient to supply  the  demand 
for article? of necessary  use. 
It has not 
been many  years  since wheat was worth 
from 150 to 100 cents a  bushel,  and flour 
was worth from $8  to  85  a  barrel.  All 
the manipulation  which  was  then  con­
ducted in  growing wheat was performed 
by  human  and  horse  labor.  To-day 
steam plows break up  the  vast  prairies; 
machinery at  a single  operation cuts the 
wheat and binds  it in sheaves.  Another 
machine at  a  single  operation  threshes 
out the  straw,  winnows  the  chaff  from 
the grain,  and puts it in sacks  ready  for 
market.

In  every  other  industry  to-day,  ma­
chinery,  which  will  do  everything  but 
think,  spins,  weaves,  sews  grinds,  pol­
ishes, shapes,  contrives,  finishes and does 
ever> thing  with  cotton,  wool, 
silk, 
leather,  wood, metals and  all  other  ma­
terial  that  was  once  wrought  by  the 
bands  of  men.  The  machines  have 
turned  out  of  the  mills  and  factories 
men by the  dozen,  the  score,  the  hun­
dred,  the  thousand, 
the  hundreds  of 
thousands, so that they must  seek  other 
means of livelihood.

When these bales of  greenbacks  shall 
have  been  printed,  and  stored  up  in  the 
treasury  warehouses,  the  question  will 
arise:  How are  they  to  be  distributed 
among  the  people?  The  constitution 
forbids  that  money shall be drawn  from 
the treasury save for some  specific  pur­
pose of the public  service.  How  would 
any  person  be  able  to  get  any  of  the 
money  in  question?  Suppose  it  were 
lawful to lend it out  to  the  farmers  on 
mortgages  upon  their lands  or  products. 
That  would only affect a  single  class  of 
the population,  while many other classes 
quite as deserving  would  be  left  unre­
lieved.

No possible issue of  greenbacks would 
raise  the  price  of  farm  products.  The 
great trouble with the farmers is the low 
price  of  their  crops.  Anything  which 
would revive business, set  all  the  mills 
and factories to work,  and  enable all  the 
people  to earn decent  wages,  would be a 
far grander boon than would  any  divid­
ing  out  of  Government  paper.  Such  a 
division  of  money  would  do  nothing 
more.than  to  encourage  the  people  in 
idleness,  while  to  set  them  to  work 
would re-establish their proper pride and 
self-respect  now  so much depressed and 
damaged by  constrained idleness.

But to return to  the  present  condition 
of the country,  which is just now  giving 
so much public and private concern,  it is 
seen that the  greatest  sufferers  are  not

But it must not be  supposed  that  ma­
chinery  has  been  an  unmitigated  evil. 
To a great extent  it  has  been  a  benefi­
cent and blessed gift. 
It has raised man­
kind from  a terrible slavery  of  toil, and 
has offered  a  premium 
to  brain  work 
over  that  of  hands.  Fingers  of  brass 
operated  by muscles of  steel  made  sen­
sitive by electric  nerve  wires, now  per­
form most of the  offices which were once 
required of human  hands,  and thus  it  is 
that,  while the mechanism of  machinery 
does the  actual  work,  the  brain  which 
directs  it  has  time  for  thought  and 
study.

Moreover,  the  enormous  manufacture 
| of machinery  has  furnished  occupation 
j for many  busy  workers,  and  the  rapid 
increase of wealth and  luxury,  and  the 
I extraordinary  advances  in  science  and 
the  useful  arts,  have  multiplied  every 
comfort and luxury of life  and ministra­
tion for these has  given  employment  to 
many  more.  But  machinery, like  every 
other great agent, has its  limits  of  use­
fulness,  and to-day,  when  thousands  of 
busy  workers  have  been  consigned  to 
idleness  because  machinery  has  taken 
their  place,  and  there  is  no  work  for 
them,  it  becomes  evident  that  the  em­
ployment of machinery has  been pushed 
beyond  the limits of its  usefulness,  and 
is growing  into  an  evil  which  becomes 
more grave as it every day becomes more 
I evident.

The greatest problem  in  political econ­
omy is to employ all  the  people  and  to 
give them all  the  opportunities  to  earn 
wages.  The  question 
is  not  whether 
there is more or less money in the world, 
but how it is  to  be  distributed  so  that 
the  widest benefit can  be derived from it. 
It is necessary  to the  honesty  and  inde­
pendence of the people  that they  should 
be able  to  get  money  in  an  honorable 
way.  They  should not become pension­
ers on the Government,  but  self-respect­
ing earners of  their  own  wealth. 
It  is 
to  insure  this  that  statesmanship  and 
philanthropy  are  to  be  enlisted.  Let 
them  be set to work  in this great  behalf 
until something  wise and  good  shall  be 
accomplished. 

R a d ix .

The  Republic  of  Honduras  has 
adopted  the  gold dollar  of  the  United 
States as its standard coin.  The demon­
etized  coin  is to be redeemed at the rate 
of $1.50 of the new currency.

f t . ,

STATE  AGENTS  FOR

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

Send  me  a trial  order  for 

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

30  East 

Bridge  Street, 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

L.  6.  DUNTON  1  GO.

Will  buy  all  kinds  of  Lumber— 

Green or Dry.

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

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Michigan C entral

“ T it Niagara Falls Route.’*

(Taking effect Sunday,  May 27,1894.) 

»Dally.  All others daily, except Snnday.

. . .‘Atlantic and  Pacific 
.. 

Depart'
Arrive. 
10 20 d m ............Detroit  E xpress...........  7 00 a m
5 30am  
.  .1  20 pm
1  50p m .......New York Express 
6 00pm
Sleeping cars  run on Atlantic  and  Pacific  ex 
press trains to and from Detroit.
Parlor  cars  leave  for  Detroit at 7:00 a m ;  re 
turning, leave Detroit 4:35 p m , arriving at Grand 
Rapids 10:20 p m.
Direct  commnnlcatloa  made  at  Detroit  with 
all through  trains e rit  over  the  Michigan Cen 
tral Railroad (Canada Southern Division.)
A. Alvijcist, Ticket Agent, 
Union Passengers tail on.

16

Not

CHICAGO

a n d   w e s t   M i c h i g a n   b ’T . 

GOING  TO  CHICAGO.

TO AND PROM  MUSKEGON.

RETURNING  FROM  CHICAGO.

Lv  G’d  Rapids..............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 Rapids............. 3:05pm  10:25pm  *6:25am
Lv. Grand  Rapids  -----  7:25am  1:25pm  5:30pm
Ar. Grand Rapids.........11:4.’ am  3:05pm 10:25pm
7:30am  3:15pm
Lv.Grand  Rapids.. 
Ar.  Manistee............  12:20pm  8:15pm
1:00pm  8:45pm
Ar. Traverse City.... 
Ar. Charlevoix  .........  
3:15pm 11:10pm
Ar.  Petoskey 
3:45pm  11:40pm

TRAVERSE CITT.  CHARLEVOIX  AND  PETOSKEY.

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

PARLOR  AND  SLEEPING  CARS.

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

»Every day. 1  Others week days  only

pm.

DETROIT, 

oct-

LANSING A  NORTHERN  R. R. 

GOING  TO  DETROIT.

Lv. Grand  Rapids........   7:00am  1:20pm  5:25pm
Ar. Detroit  ...................11:40am  6:30pm  10:10pm

RETURNING  FROM  DETROIT.

Lv.  Detroit................ 
7:4oam  1:10pm  6:00pm
Ar. Grand  Rapids  .......12:40pm  5:2Cpm  10:45pm
Lv. G R 7:40am  5 :00pm  Ar. G R  11:35am 10:45pm

TO AND  PROM  SAGINAW,  ALMA AND  ST.  LOUIS.

TO AND FROM LOWELL.

Lv. Grand Rapids  ..........  7:00am  1:30pm  5:25pm
Ar.from Lowell...............12:40pm  5:20pm  ...........

THROUGH  CAR  SERVICE 

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

Trains  week days only.

GEO.  DbUAVEN, Gen  Psss’r Ag’t

D etr o it,  g r a n d   h a v e n  a  Mi l ­

w a u k e e  Railway.

E A S T W A R D

Lv  6 45am 
Ar [  7 40am 
Ar I  8 25am 
Ar  9 twain 
Ar  10 50am 
Ar  II 3> am 
At  I0u5am

G’d  Rapids,
Io n ia ..........
St.  Johns  ..
OWOSSO.......
E. S ag in aw  
Bay City
F lin t..........
Pt.  Huron.. 
Pontiac  —  
Detroit........

+No.  16 tiio.  18
325pm
li  20am 
4 27pm
11 25am 
5 20pm 
1217pm 
605put 
1 20pm
8 00pm 
3 45pm
b 37 pm
4 35pm 
7 05pm
345pm
8 50pm 
5 50pm 
305pm 
8 25pm 
925pm
4 05pm

1100pm 
1235am 
125am 
3 10am
6 40am 
715am 
54' am 
730am 
5 37am
7 00am

WESTWARD.

» 

“ 

For  Grand Haven  and Intermediate
Points  ....................................... ....... *7:00 a.m .
For Grand Haven and  Muskegon.......+1 :C0 p. m.
“  Mil. and Chi.  +5.35 P- m.

“ 
tDaily except  Sunday. 
Trains  arrive  from  the  east,  6:35 a.m.,  12:60 
p.m.  5:30 p. m„  10: 
p.m.
Trains  arrive  from  the  west, 10:16 a.  m.  3:15 
p m  and 9 :is p. m.
Eastward—No.  14  has  Wagner  Parlor  Buffet 
car.  No. 18 Parlor Car.  No. 82 Wagner  Sleeper.
Westward — No. 11  Parlor Car.  No. 15 Wagner 
Parlor Buffet car.  No. 81 Wagner Sleeper.

»Dally.

J ab. Cam pbell. City T'cket Agent.

Grand  Rapids  St Indiana.

TRA INS  GO IN G   NORTH

L eave g o in g  

North

Leave goin g  

S ooth.

For Traverse C ity, P etoskey  and S a g in a w ---- 7:40 a.  m .
For S a g in a w ................................................................. 6:00 p. m.
For  P etoskey  and  M ackinaw.............................6:86 p  m.

T RA IN S  G O IN G   SO U T H

For  C incinnati........................................................
For K alam asoo and  C h icago............................... 8:16 p. m .
For  F ort W ayne a n d   th e  E ast.............................2:16 p .m .
F o r C in c in n a ti....................................................... *6:40  p .m .
For  K alam asoo and C h icago........................... *11:40  p .m

C h ic a g o   v ia  G .^R .  At I.  R .  R

Lv Grand R a p id ...............7:25 a m   2:15 p m   *11:40 p m
Arr  C h icago.......................2 :4 0 p m   0:0 6 p m  
7:10am
2:16 p  m  train  h a . th ro u g h   W agner  Buffet  P arlor 
Car and coach.

11:40  p m tra in  d a lly ,  through W agner S leep in g Car 

and C oach. 
Lv  C hicago 
A rr Grand Rapids 
3  SO  p  m  h a s  th rou gh   W agner  B uffet  Parlor  Car 
11:30 p m  train  d aily .th ro u g h   W a g n e r  S leeping  Car 

. .
11:30pm
7:20 a m

3:30p m  
9:16 p m  

6:50am  
8:60pm 

_  

For M uskegon—L eave. 

M u s k e g o n , G r a n d   R a p i d s  A  I n d i a n a .
9:60 a m
7:25  a m  
1:00p m  
1:16pm
V40  p m 
5:80 p m

From M uskegon—A rrive.

O  L. LOCKWOOD*
G eneral  P assen ger and  T icket Agent.

PHOTO 
WOOD
HALF-TONE
Buildings,  Portraits, 7 Cards  and  Stationery 

Headings, Maps, Plans  and  Patented 

Articles.
T R A D E S M A N   C 0„

G rand Rapids, M ich.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,
It seems  to be taken for  granted  that 
the depletion of the gold  reserve  in  the 
Treasury is only caused  by European de­
mand.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  nearly  as 
much gold  has  been  taken  out  during 
the past three months to  remain  in  this 
country as  for  export.  The  possibility 
of  a  premium has  evidently caused the 
hoarding of much of this and  it  will  be 
quickly  brought out by  a  changed  con­
dition of the money market.

AD JUS TA B LE  

RUNNERS.

17

CURRENT  COMMENT.

It  is  predicted  by  those  who  are 
thought to be experts in  matters  of  this 
sort that within the next ten years ermine 
will be worth  more  than  its  weight  in 
gold.  The  demand  is  increasing, while 
the  supply  is  of  necessity  very limited. 
Fashion’s demands are arbitrary, and the 
rarity of an article  always  increases  its 
market price.  This, of  course,  does  not 
refer to judicial  ermine,  which  will  al­
ways be more or less  cheap,  according to 
the taste,  habits  and  previous  condition 
of the  wearers. *  *  *
Most  of  the  English  magazines  and 
papers nowadays contain advertisements 
of American  confectionery,  which  seem 
to have obtained  a vfirm  hold  on  the  af­
fections of the English  people,in  spite of 
their  usual  prejudice  against  things 
American.  Tons of candy are  now  sent 
over to the  other  side  of  the  big  pond, 
and one of  the  leading  New  York  con­
fectioners 
intends  to  open  a  branch 
store in  London.  The  stuff  which  the 
English people have  been  eating  under 
the name of  candy,  or “sweets,” for  the 
last century is said to be the  most  mur­
derous concoction  that was  ever  put  on 
the market. 
It must be a relief to them 
to get hold  of  something  really  whole­
some and palatable. 
It  is  to  be  hoped 
that the use  of  American  confectionery 
will sweeten John  Bull,  and  cause  him 
to send back some of our gold.

*  *  *

incorporated  with 

A genuine curiosity found its way into 
the redemption division of  the  Treasury 
department  last  week. 
It  was  a  thin 
sheet of  sterling  silver, into which  had 
been  rolled  a  $10  silver  certificate,  so 
that the particles of  the  bill  were  to  a 
large  extent 
the 
superficies of the metal.  The $10 certifi­
cate was a brand new  one not long  from 
the  Treasury.  That  was  evident  from 
the  appearance  of  its  oddly  metamor­
It  was the  property of 
phosed remains. 
a workman in  a  silverware  factory. 
It 
so  chanced  that  he  had  it  in  his hand 
while rolling out a  sheet  of  the  metal. 
He  dropped  it  and  it  passed  with  the 
silver beneath the roller,  with the  effect 
that has been described.  There was only 
one thing for him to do,  and  that was  to 
forward the silver plate in  statu  quo  to 
the Treasury department.  He  will  get 
back his $10 in the  shape of  a fresh cer­
tificate,  together  with  the  silver  sheet, 
though the chief of the redemption  divi­
sion,  Mr. Relyaa,  would  like to keep  the 
latter for a souvenir.

*  

*  

*

A story is  told  of  an  eminent  physi­
cian who had cured a  little  child from a 
dangerous illness.  The thankful  mother 
turned her steps toward the house of her 
son’s savior.  “Doctor,”  she said,  “ there 
are some  services  which  cannot  be  re­
I did not know how to express my 
paid. 
gratitude. 
I  thought  you would,  per­
haps,  be so kind as to accept  this  purse, 
embroidered 
by  my  own  hands.” 
“Madam,” replied  the  doctor,  roughly, 
“medicine  is  no  trivial  affair,  and  our 
visits are only  to be  rewarded in money. 
Small presents  serve to  sustain  friend­
ship,  but they do not  sustain  our  fami­
lies.”  “But,  Doctor,”  said  the 
lady, 
alarmed and wounded,  “speak;  tell  me 
the 
“Two  hundred  dollars, 
madam.”  The  lady  opened  the  purse, 
took out five  bank  notes  of  $100  each, 
gave two to the doctor,  put  the  remain­
ing  three  back  in  her  purse,  bowed 
coldly  and departed.

fee.” 

*  *  *

The  exports  of  manufactured  cotton 
goods  from  England  to  Japan  amount 
to  about  $14,000,000  per  annum.  The 
is  nearly  all  obtained 
cotton  used 
from  American  planters 
for  about 
that  amount.  The  other 
one-fourth 
three-fourths 
the  cost  of 
manufacture,  trade,  transoortation  and 
profits. 
It  would seem  worth  while  to 
manufacture the  goods  in  this country. 

represent 

*  *  *

The United  States  receives  one-third 
of  the  exports  of  the  Latin  American 
countries and sells them  about one-sixth 
of their imports.

*  *  *

In the death of Ward  McAllister, New 
York society loses  a  dictator  of  whose 
mandates the Four Hundred stood in  the 
profoundest awe.  Yet the duties he  as­
sumed  were such as are  assigned  to  the 
butler by the old  world aristocracy.

*  *  *

Two  prominent  gentlemen  of  Pitts­
burg got  into  a  personal  difficulty  the 
other day over a  political  question,  and 
one of them talked  violently  about  slap­
ping the other’s  face.  This  was  taken 
as  an  insult,  and  the  aggrieved  party 
sent a friend to request  an apology or to 
arrange for a quiet meeting for  the  ren­
dering  of  due  satisfaction.  The  chal­
lenged party replied  that  he  had  noth­
ing to retract or apologize for,  and  that 
if the other was thirsting for his gore,  he 
would meet him at  the north  pole on the 
31st of February,  1999,  to  settle  the  af­
fair  with squirt-guns. 
It is  hinted  that 
this may not be the end of the matter,  as 
both of the patties have “sand.”

*  *  *

It  is  said  the  whole  bottom  of  the 
ocean is covered  with a  layer  of  calcar­
eous  ooze,  mingled  with  the  skeletons 
and other animal remains  of  its  inhabi­
tants.  This is said  by  men  of  science, 
who may have walked clear across to the 
other side on the bottom of the  ocean.  It 
is  difficult  to  throw  science  down  on 
an assertion;  the trouble to disprove it is 
too great;  and there is,  at least, one man 
who will not dispute the material  of  the 
ocean’s ground floor.  He  is  satisfied  to 
keep away from the calcareous  ooze.

*  *  *

Pending the decision  of  the  constitu­
tionality of the  income  tax  preparation 
continues for its  collection.  Blanks are 
prepared for  tbe  income  statements  of 
those supposed to be liable to the tax.
Embryo  Shoe  Factory— Grocers  Or­

ganize.

Owosso,  Feb. 2—The  prospect i s good 
for still another factory for  Owosso.  D. 
R. Salisbury,  who has  placed  his  retail 
boot and shoe business in charge of J.  B. 
McIntosh, 
is  “experimenting,”  as  he 
says,  in  the  manufacture  of  boots and 
shoes.  Some of the necessary machinery 
has already arrived  and  more  has  been 
ordered.  At present four persons are  at 
work, and Mr. Salisbury expects  to  soon 
increase  this  number  to  eight  or  ten. 
For the present  the  work  is  being  car­
ried  on  in  the  basement  of  his  store, 
Opera House Block.
The grocers have organized for mutual 
protection.  The  organization  is  called 
the Owosso Grocers’  Protective  Associa-! 
i tion,  and holds weekly meetings.

For Buggies, Surries,  Hacks,  Hearses 

and Bxpress  Wagons*

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B R O W N ,   H A L L   &  CO.,

20  and  22  Pearl  St.,  Orand  Rapids. 

MANUFACTURERS  OF  CUTTERS,  SLEIGHS  AND 
VALLEY  CITY  BENT  KNEE  BOBS.

Spring &  Company,

IMPORTERS  AND  WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

Dress  Goods,  Shawls,  Cloaks,  Notions,
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Stock  at Lowest  Market  Prices.

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C lo th in g  M a n u fa c tu r e r s

Rochester, N. Y.

Wm. Connor  will  be  at  Sweet’s  Hotel,  Grand  Rapids, 
Tuesday and  Wednesday, Feb  12 and 13, with his full line of 
samples  in  Men’s,  Youth’s,  Boys’  and  Children’s  Clothing; 
also on elegant line of Spring Overcoats.  Customers’ expenses
allowed. 

MICHAEL  KOLB  &  SON.

From the  foregoing  consideration  we 
learn 
that  natural  immunity  is  based 
upon conditions and  reasons  essentially 
different from those  of  acquired  immu­
nity.  The  former  is  due  to  the  large 
amount of alexins  (nucleins)  in  the  or­
ganism,  while the  artificial  or  acquired 
immunity depends upon the  presence  of 
specific bacterial  products.  The  immu­
nity  established  by  antitoxins  can  be 
transferred through  the  media  of  blood 
and  milk,  which  is  not  the  case  with 
natural immunity.

THE  3ÆICHIGAJST  TRADESMAN.
(toxins)  in  contact  with  the  antitoxin, 
Excessive Mentality in Business. 
but is brought about only within  the  or- 
Javis  in Farm  Implement Mews.
If all the  tradesmen  who  have  failed 
gqpism,  by  decreasing  the  specific  sus­
their  commercial  undertakings  be­
in 
ceptibility of living parts— rendering  the 
cause of their excess of mentality, during 
latter insusceptible  and  capable  of  re­
the past quarter  of  a  century,  could  be 
placed  in  army  array,  there  would  be 
sistance  to  the  respective  poisons. 
In 
such a gathering of brains  and brawn  as 
contradistinction  to  these,  the  alexins 
the world never  before  witnessed.  The 
have to take up the  conflict  against  the 
number  of  failures  that can be ascribed 
bacteria themselves.
to  actual  braininess  is  appalling. 
In 
many cases a man is  ruined  by  his  own 
unquestionably bright talents.  His keen 
intellect is the sole cause of his downfall. 
The very mental  superiority that  should 
advance him above  ordinary men  proves 
his undoing by  devoting itself  to the ab­
normal development of his  bump of self­
esteem.
The popular idea  of  smartness  is  re­
sponsible for much of  this.  We  encour­
age the precocious boy by praise until he 
gets to believing too much  in his precoc­
ity,  and  before he has reached the years 
of discretion he  cannot  conceive  of  the 
possibility  of  failure.  Like  a  certain 
kind of pear, all the early  promises turn 
to  naught,  for  rottenness  comes  with 
ripening.  Unfortunately, his unbounded 
faith in himself impresses  others,  and  it 
is not difficult for him  to  obtain backing 
for  the  enterprise  in  which he  will re­
cord the first of his  failures.
We  think  we  know  the  excessively 
smart man in all  his  guises,  but  we  do 
not.  He quite frequently appears before 
us  so  modest  and  unassuming  that  we 
have  to  encourage  him  to  display  his 
ability, and,  therefore,  we  value  it  the 
higher.  Possibly we feel  the  pride  and 
right in him  that comes  with  discovery. 
It is only after we  are taken  in  that  we 
realize the fact that  his  humility  is  but 
the studied effort to bring  his  talents  to 
notice.
Commerce is rapidly  becoming a  stage 
for the display of histrionic  ability  of  a 
certain  order.  We  are  losing our natu­
ralness, and consequently  our solidity to 
some  extent.  We  want  the  praise  we 
cannot hope  to  obtain  by  sticking  to  a 
staid business in a staid sort of  way.
All this would  be  trivial  were  it  not 
for  the  result; 
it  is  the  outcome  that 
makes  the  matter  a  serious  one.  The 
popular idea of  smartness and  the  crav­
ing  for  notoriety  makes  the  ordinary 
transaction  of  business  too  dull.  The 
very  bright  young  merchant  must  dis­
play his ability.  He may start  out  cau­
tiously and do nothing  more  reckless  at 
first than startle  the  community  with  a 
rush of expensive  advertising.  Possibly 
it may  be apt  to pay  him;  but  whatever 
be  does  must  be  startling  and original 
aDd stupendous. 
If his  methods pay,  he 
is regarded  as a  bold,  advanced  trades­
man;  if they  fail,  he  is  set  down  as  a ! 
reckless  speculator.

Here I desire to  call  attention  to  the 
communication  of  specific 
immunity 
through the  milk.  Ehrlich  has  demon­
strated experimentally that  the  milk  is 
capable of supplying to  the suckling the 
“anti-substances”  and of bestowing upon 
the infant a high  and  increasing  immu­
nity.  The remarkable evidence  that the 
“anti-substances”  are  in  this  case  ab­
sorbed unchanged by the  digestive canal 
demonstrates the absolute  suitability  of 
the mother’s milk to the requirements of 
the infant organism.  Based  upon  these 
investigations,  Ehrlich  concludes 
that 
the present  ruling  tendency  to  replace 
the natural infant’s food  by  those  artifi­
cially  prepared  is  never  to be  counte­
nanced. 
It is a fact that  nurslings  dur­
ing the period of lactation possess a  rel­
ative or absolute immunity from  a series 
of infectious  diseases,  as  scarlet  fever, 
measles, etc.
The antitoxins  and  alexins (nucleins) 
have  been  recently  proposed  for  the 
treatment  of  infectious  diseases,  and 
have been introduced  into  therapeutics. 
The results obtained by  Behring,  Roux, 
and others with  antitoxins,  particularly 
with  diphtheria  antitoxin,  have  given 
rise to great  expectations.  The  investi­
gations of  Vaughan  on  the  therapeutic 
applicability of the nucleins have  led  to 
the following favorable results:

men  who have separate funds from those 
invested in business.  The  moneys  they 
speculate  with,  therefore,  are 
taken 
from  their, cash  drawers,  and  their  re­
mittances are controlled too much  by the 
fluctuations of the grain  and  stock  mar­
kets.
Hundreds of  thousands  of  dollars  are 
sent  to  Chicago  and  St.  Louis  brokers 
every day by country  patrons for invest­
ment in  margins.  No  one  who  has^in- 
vestigated will  question  this  statement; 
nor  does  any  one doubt  that the major­
ity of  the  country  patrons  are  country 
merchants.  They  fortunately  do  not 
constitute the majority or even a respect­
able minority of the  country  merchants, 
however;  nor do they include  the  plain, 
common, every-day  business men.  They 
represent  a  class  of  really  bright  men 
who, conscious of  their  ability,  are  im­
patient to give it full  sway.  Some  may 
succeed  and  have  sufficient self-control 
then to retire,  but  most fail  first or  last, 
and are forced to  retire. 
In  either  case 
their course is the result  of a surplus  of 
mentality.

About  as  mean  a  thief  as  was  ever 
caught  is  Louis  Bourgard,  of  Paris. 
While he was ridnig in a  cab recently he 
ripped  open  the  cushions,  and  pulling 
out  the  horsehair  stuffing,  made  it  up 
into a bundle.  He had the cab wait while 
he went into a place and  sold  his  plun­
der, and then paid the  cabman  with  the 
proceeds.

Favored  a Good  Deal.

First—“Are you in favor of an income 
Second—“You  bet  I  am. 
I  go  fur- 
I’m  in  favor  of  giving 

tax?”
ther’n  that. 
every man  an  income to be taxed.”
Seely’s Flavoring Extracts
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Extra Fine quality.
Lemon,  Vanilla,  Assorted  Flavors. 
Yearly sales increased by  their  use. 
Send trial order.

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8 os.  1  80  18 60
4 os.  8  OO  88 80
6 os.  3  00  33 00

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8 oz.  8  00  81  60
4 os.  3   75  40 80
6 oz.  5  40  57  60
Plain  N. S.  with 
corkscrew at same 
price if  preferred.
Correspondence

Solicited
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Drug Department•

State Board of Pharmacy.

One Year—O ttm ar Eberbach, Ann  Arbor.
Two  Years—George Gu-idrum, Ionia.
Three  Years—C. A. Bag bee, Charlevoix.
Pott Years—8. E. Parkill, Owosso.
Five Y ears—F. W. R. P erry, D etroit.
P resident— Fred’k W . R. P erry , Detroit.
Seoretary—Stanley E. P arkill, Owosso.
Vreasnrer—Geo. Gnndrum, Ionia.
Jan 8;  Grand  Rapids 
Coining  Meetings—Detroit, 
March &; D etroit (8tar Island), Ju n e 84; Lansing, Nov. 5

Michigan State  Pharmaceutical  Asa’s, 
P resident-A . 8. Parker, Detroit.
Vice-President—John E. Peck, Detroit.
T reasurer— W. Dupont,  Detroit.
S ecretar— F. C. Thom pson.D etroit.
Grand  Rapids  Pharmaceutical Society. 

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

toxins.

The  Significance  of Alexins  and Anti­

The name  “alexins”  Buchner  applies 
to the  albuminous  substances  by which 
the organism protects  itself  agaiDst  the 
ravages  of  bacteria.  All  natural  im­
munity  depends  on  these  substances, 
which are soluble in the  blood.  By  im­
munity we mean  the  insusceptibility  of 
the animal and  human  organism  to  dis­
eases in  general  and  to  infectious  dis­
eases in particular.  Such an  insuscepti­
bility,  however,  may  also  be  produced 
artificially—by 
the  so-called  “antitox­
ins;”  and then we refer to  the  acquired 
immunity.  Therefore  we  have 
two 
classes of  substances which  are  capable 
of protecting the body  against  bacterial 
invasion;  the “alexins” on the one hand, 
and the  “antitoxins” on the other.

to 

As 

the  origin  of 

the  alexins, 
Vaughan  and  Kossel  have  established 
the fact,  based upon experimental  inves­
tigations, that these  substances emanate 
from  the  leucocytes,  the  white  blood- 
corpuscles,  and are  to  be  accounted  as 
nucleins.  Vaughan has shown  that  the 
nueleins possess  bactericidal properties, 
and that the bactericidal  property  of the 
blood (for some time known)  is not to be 
attributed  to  the  serum  albumen,  but 
rather to the presence  of  nuclein,  which 
has its origin in  the  leucocytes.  Conse­
quently  the  leucocytes  exercise  a  very 
important  function  in  the  natural  pro­
tection of the organism—not,  indeed,  in 
the manner  set  forth  by  Mectschnikoff, 
but  through  the  dissolved  substances 
which are secreted by them.

According to the doctrine of Metscbni- 
koff,  the  phagocytes  (leucocytes)  have 
the power of absorbing the  bacteria  and 
of digesting them.  Or,  in  other words, 
an infectious disease can  be  regarded as 
a  conflict  between  the  invading  micro­
organisms and the natural defenders,  the 
phagocytes;  if the  phagocytes  overcome 
the intruders,  the disease  assumes a fav­
orable  aspect.  Since  the  bactericidal 
alexins (nucleins)  remain  unaffected  by 
freezing,  and the leucocytes on the other 
hand are destroyed,  we are  compelled  to 
assume that the germicidal action  is  not 
due to the leucocytes as such,  but  is  de­
pendent upon the  dissolved  substances, 
the alexins  (nucleins).  Therefore  with 
reference  to  the  natural  immunity  the 
phagocytosis of Metschnikoff plays but a 
secondary  part.

While the antitoxins are to be regarded 
as specific bacterial products,  the alexins 
are, as we have seen,  products of the an­
imal organism.  But  there are still more 
important differences between these sub­
stances. The alexins act as germicides and 
possess antiseptic properties; the antitox­
ins  have only antitoxic properties.  The 
latter antitoxic effect depends not,  as one 
would suppose,  upon  the actual destruc­
tion  of  the  specific  bacterial  poisons

Rabbits and  guinea-pigs  may  be  pro­
tected against  virulent  cultures  of  the 
diplacoccus  pneumoniae  by  previous 
treatment with  hypodermic  injections of 
a solution of yeast nuclein.

The immunity thus secured  is  not due 
to the direct action of  the  nuclein  as  a 
germicide,  but  is  most  probably  condi­
tioned  by  the  stimulating  effect  of  the 
nuclein  upon  some  organ  whose  func­
tion it is to protect  the  body  from  bac­
terial invasion.

The longer the  nuclein  injections  are 
continued and the more  frequently  they 
are administered,  the  more  complete  is 
the immunity secured.

At any rate, there is  no doubt that the 
nucleins  will  occupy  a  very  important 
position  among  the  natural  remedies 
preventive  of  infectious  diseases,  and 
that  further  results  in  the  therapy  of 
bacterial products  may  be  expected  to 
follow the advancing  knowledge  of  the 
nuclein and antitoxin substances.

K a r l   Sc h w ic k e r a t h ,  Ph.  D.

A  Chicago man  discovered  the  other 
day that a lottery ticket,  which  he  had 
bought and put away in a bureau drawer, 
had won $7,000.  He hurried home to get 
the ticket,  and found that his  wife  had 
just been cleaning  out  the  bureau  and 
bad burned  up  the  the  trash  found  in 
the drawers.

So seriously is the speculative tendency 
regarded that it is  made  the  subject  of 
special  inquiry  on  the part of the credit 
men of many of the  large jobbing  estab­
lishments. 
It is not  that  they  question ! 
the shrewdness of the  merchant-specula- ! 
tor,  but that they do not believe a trades- j 
man  can  speculate  on  the  outside  and 1 
give  proper  attention  to  his  legitimate ! 
trade undertakings.  Then, it is a matter 
of  fact  that there  are  very  few  trades- !

SEELY  MFG.  CO.,  Detroit 

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T h e   B e st Se  C ig a r  E v e r   P u t  in   a   B o x .

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Wholesale  Distributers.

J.  A.  Gonzalez,  Michigan  Representative.

T H E   M I C H I G A N   T R A H I^ R M  A TVT

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Wholesale Price  Current•

A dvanced—Linseed Oil.  D eclined—Salicylic  Acid.

A b sin th iu m ........................2 50®3 00
Amygdalae, Dulc —  ..  30®  50 
Amydalae, A m arae— 8 00®8  25
A n ls i............................... 2  1 © 2  20
A urantl  C ortex............1  80®2  00
Berg&mli  ......................3  00®3  20
C a jlp u ti....................... 
60®  65
O aryophylll..................  75®  80
...........................   35®  65
Cedar 
C h en c p o d il..................  @1  60
.................1  25@i  4
Clnnam onll 
C ltronella  .................... 
Q   45
Conlnm  Mao............... 
35®  65
C opaiba.........................  80®  80

BTBUT8.

A ccacla..................................  50
Zingiber  ................................  50
Ipecac.....................................  60
Ferrl  Iod................................  50
Aurantl  Cortes......................  50
50
Rhel  Aram..................... 
Slmilax  Officinalis...............   60
....  50
Senega...................................   50
Bdllae.....................................  50
50
T o iatan .................................   50
50
Prunaa  vtrg...................... 

“  Co............................... 

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Hydrargyrum —  
ijhthyoDolla,  Am
.1  2S®1  50 
Indigo  ......................... 
,
.  75®1 00
iodine,  Resubl............3 80®3 9o
Iodoform.........................   @4 70
Lupulln...........................  @2 25
Lycopodium.................  60® 65
M arts.............................  70®
70®  75
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
drarg Iod..................
@  27 
Liquor Potass Aralnltls 
10®   12
1
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl 
Mannla,  S .F .................  60® 881

lM )...............................8)4©  4

ACID tTK.

8® 10
A cetlcu m ......................... 
Benzolcum  G erm an..  65®  75
Boraclc 
........................ 
15
C arbollcum ................  
20®  30
C ltrlc u m ........................  
41® 44
H y drochlor..................  
3® 
5
N ltrocum  
......................   10® 12
O z a llc a m ........................  10®  12
Phosphorium   d ll......... 
20
S allcyllcum ....................   70® 75
Snlpburlcum ..................   H i®  5
T annlcum .....................1  40@1  60
T artarlcum ..................  
30®  33
AMMONIA.

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Aqua, 16  d e g ................  
6
8
20  d eg ................  
Carbonas  ........................  12® 14
C h lo rld u m ....................  12®  14

4® 
6® 

ANILINE.

B lack..............................2 00®2 25
B row n......................... 
R ed....................................  45® 50
Y ellow ...........................2 50©3  00

 

 

80@1 00

BACCAN.

Cnbeae (po  25)......... 
20®  25
J u n lp e ru s .....................  
8®  10
X antnoxylum ...............  25®  30

BAL8AMUM.

C opaiba...........................   45® 50
P eru ................................   @2 TO
Terabln. C anada  —  
45®  50
T o lu ta n ...........................   35® 50

COBTEX.

Abies,  C anadian....................  18
Caasiae 
...................................  Jf
C inchona F l a v a ....................   18
Euonym us  atropurp.............  30
M yrlca  Cerlfera, po ...............  20
Prunua V lrg ln l.......................   12
Q ulllaia,  g rd ...........................  10
Sassafras  ................................   J*
UlmuB Po (G round  15).........   15

EXTBACTTJM.

G lycyrrhlsa  G lab ra...  24® 
iS
p o .............  33®  35
Haem atox, 15 lb. b o x ..  11®  12
i s ................   13®  14
U g................  14®  15
5 s ...............   16®  17
FEBRU

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Carbonate P reclp ........  
®   15
50
Citrate and Q uinla —  
©   »0
Citrate  Soluble  . . . . . . .  
®   50
Ferrocyanldum  Sol —  
Solut  C hloride............  
®   15
*
Sulphate,  com’l ................ 9® 
p u re............... 
•
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A rn ic a ........................... 
A n th em ls......................  18®  *5
M atricaria 
 
180.5

FLORA.

 
F O L IA .

Barosma 
Cassia  A cutlfol,  Tin-

......................  14®  30
nlvelly ........................  18®  25
« 
AlX.  25®  30
....................  12®  90
...................... 
8®  10

« 1 
Salvia  officinalis,  > 4 8 ___
and  Ha 
U raD rsl 

OIJMMI.

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Acacia, 1st  p ick ed —  
.... 
3d 
3d 
.... 
sifted so rts ... 
p o ...........  80® 

®   80
®   40
®   30
®   20
80
Aloe,  Barb,  (po. 60)...  50®  60 
“  Cape.  (po.  20)...  @  12
®   50

Socotri.  (po.  80) 
Catechu  Is,  04s  14  la*
H>Ammouiae 
'
»Ml 
50®  8
Assafcatlda, ipo 60 . 
Bensuinum....... ........
C am phors 
..............   40®  48
Bupborbium   po  .........   35® 
la
G albanum ......................  @2  50
Gamboge,  p o ................   70®  7b
Gualacum ,  (po  35)  ... 
Kino,  (po  2 00)...............  @2 CO
.........................   @  8o
M astic 
M yrrh,  (po  45)  ........... 
©   40
Opll  (po  3 30@3  50)..  @
Shellac  .........................   40®  60
4 @  45
T ra g a c a n th ..................   50®  80

bleached  . . . .  

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hbbba—In ounce packages.

A b sin th iu m ...................... 
• •  25
B upatorlum .............................  20
Lobelia  ....................................  26
M ajorum ..................................   ®
M entha  P iperita....................  28
V lr .............................   26
R ue.............................................   30
Tanacetum , V ..........................  22
Thym us,  V ...............................  25

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MAONBSIA.

Calcined, P a t................  55®  60
Carbonate,  P a t.............  20®  22
Carbonate, K. A  M —   20®  25 
Carbonate,  Jen n in g s..  35®  36

OLEUM.

Cubebae........................ l  40@1 60
Bxechthltos...............   1  20@1  30
Erlgeron.......................1  20@1  30
G aultherla................... 1  50@1  60
Geranium,  ounce.......  @  75
Gosslpll,  Sem. gal.......  70®  75
Hedeoma  ....................1  25@1  40
Jum per!........................  50@2 00
Lavendula..................   90®2 00
Llm onls.................. 
1  4001  60
Mentha Piper................2  10®3 00
Mentha  Verld..............1  80®2 00
Morrhuae, gal................... 1  30@1 40
Myrcla, ounce.............   ®  50
O live............................   90@3 00
Plcls Liquids, (gal..35)  10®  12
R lcinl.........................  
88®  96
Bosmarlnl............ 
1  00
Rosae, ounce.............. 6 50®8 50
Succlnl.........................   40®  45
S abina.........................   90@1  00
Santal  ......................... 2 50@7 00
Sassafras.....................  50®  55
Slnapls, ess, ounce__  
®  65
Tlglll............................  
f 0
©  
Thym e.........................   40®  50
o p t..................   @1  60
u 
heobromas............  15®  20
1 

POTASSIUM.

B IC arb...  ...................  15®  18
Bichromate.................  13®  14
Bromide...................... 
40®  43
Carb............................    12®  15
Chlorate  (po. 17@19)..  16®  18
Cyanide........................  50®  55
Iodide............................2  90®3 00
Potassa, Bltart,  pure..  23®  25
®  16
Potassa, Bltart, com ... 
Potass  Nitras, opt....... 
8®  10
Potass Nitras...............  
7®  9
Prusslate......................  28®  30
Sulphate  po.................  15®  18

RADIX.

A conitum ....................   20®  25
Althae...........................  22®  25
A nchusa......................  12®  15
Arum,  po......................  ®  25
Calamus........................  20®  40
Gentians  (po. 12)....... 
8®  10
16®  18
Glychrrhlza, (pv. 15).. 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
B(po. 35)....................  
@  30
JlJebore,  Ala,  po__   15®  20
Inula,  po......................  15®  20
Ipecac,  po..........................1  30®l 40
35®  40
Iris  plox (po. 35®38).. 
Jalapa,  p r....................   40®  45
Maranta,  )4s ...... 
 
®  35
Podophyllum, po........   15®  18
Rhel..............................  75@1  00
“  cu t.......................   @1  75
“  pv.  ......................  75@1  35
Splgella.......................   35®  38
Sangulnarla,  (po  25).. 
® 20
Serpent aria................. 
50®  55
Senega.........................  55®  60
Slmilax, Officinalis.  H @ 4 0
M  @  25
SclUae, (po. 35)............  10®  12
Symplocarpus,  Foeti-
dus,  po......................  @  35
Valeriana, Bng.  (po.30)  ®  25
German...  15®  20
lnglber a ................... 
18®  30
Zingiber  j ................. 
18®  20

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SBMBN.

Q  15
Anlsum,  (po.  20) 
Aplum  (graveleons).. 
14® 16
4®  6
Bird, Is........................ 
Carol, (po. 18).............   10®  12
Cardamon.....................1  00@1  25
Corlandrnm.................  12®  14
Cannabis Satlva........  
5
4® 
75®1  00
Cydonlum 
.......... 
< ’henopoOinsr 
...........   10®  12
rx ' tprfx Odorate 
2 40 @2 60
5>-uin!cnloir 
O  '*
Lm-  '  "  ' 
7» 
joueiis 
"harlaris Canarian 
n a p a ...........................  4 
Slnapls  A lbu.............  

.*4  •
4®  5
5
7®  8
r   N igra............  11®  12

3s '  .
3 d

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SFIBITUS.
Frumentl, W., D.  Co  2 00®2  so 
D. F. R ...  2  Of @2  25
1  26® 1  50
Junlperls  Co. O. T .... 1  65@2 00
............1  75®3  50
8aacharum  N.  B .........1  9o@2  10
SpL  Vlnl  G alll............ 1  75©6  50
Vlnl O porto...................... 1  25@2 00
Vlnl  Alba......................... 1  25@2 00

 
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8PONSN8.

Florida  sheeps’  wool
carriage......................... 2  50@2 75
Nassau  sheeps’  wool 
2 00
carriage 
Velvet  extra  sheeps’ 
1 10
wool  carriage 
Extra  yellow  sheepa’
carriage.................... 
85
Grass sheeps’ wool car­
riage 
...................... 
65
75
Hard for  slate  use—  
Yellow Reef, for  slate 
u s e ............................. 
1  40

TINCTUBK8.

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“ 

Aconitum  Napellls R ..........   60
..  “ 
F ..........   50
Aloes......................................   go
and  m yrrh..................   60
A rnica...................................   so
o
Asafcetlda..............................  
Atrope Belladonna...............   60
Benzoin..................................  60
Co.............................  50
„ 
8angulnarla...........................  50
Barosm a................................  50
Cantharldes...........................  75
Capsicum..............................   50
Ca  damon..............................   75
Co......... ..............   76
Castor.....................................1 00
Catechu..................................  50
C inchona..............................   50
Co........................   60
Columba................................  60
Conlum ..................................  60
Cubeba...................................   50
D igitalis................................  50
Ergot.......................................  50
G entian................................   so
Co..............................   60
G ualca...................................   50
ammon....................  60
Z ingiber................................  50
•Hyoscyamus.........................   50
Iodine.....................................  75
Colorless..................   75
Ferrl  Chlorldum...................  35
K in o ...................................  .  50
Lobelia...................................   50
M yrrh.....................................  50
Nux  Vomica.........................  50
O pll........................................  85
“  Camphorated.................  50
“  Deodor........................... 2 00
Aurantl Cortex......................  50
Q uassia..................................  50
R h atan y ................................  50
Rhel........................................   50
Cassia  Acutlfol....................   50
Co...............   50
Serpentarla..........................   50
Stramonium...........................  60
T olutan..................................  60
V alerian..................  
50
VeratrumVerlde..................   50

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MISCELLANEOUS

“ 

1 
“ 

"  
ground, 

¿Ether, Spts  Nit, 3  F ..  35®  38 
380  40
A lum en......................... 234®  3

“  4 F . 
(po.
3®  4
7)................................ 
Annatto........................  55®  60
Autlmonl, po............... 
4®  5
55®  60
et Potass T 
A ntipyrin....................  ©1  40
Antlfebrln...................   @  25
Argentl  Nitras, ounce  ©  48
5®  7
Arsenicum..................  
Balm Gilead  Bud__  
38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N ............. 1  40®1  50
Calcium Chlor, Is, (He
12;  14a,  14)...............  @  11
Cantharldes  Russian,
p o ..............................   @1  00
Capslcl  Fructus, a f...  ®  26
©  28
@  20
Caryophyllus,  (po.  15)  10®  12
Carmine,  No. 40..........  @3 75
Cera  Alba, 8. A F .......  50®  55
Cera  Flava..................   38®  40
Coccus 
......................  @  40
Cassia Fructus............  ©  25
Centrarla.....................   ©  10
Cetaceum....................  ©  40
60®  68
Chloroform........... 
squibb* ..  ®l  26 
..1  25Q1  50 
Chloral H ydcrst 
to®  Jf
Cbondru* 
t   u   *5®  0
inh-  .¡«lim  p 

p o .... 
B po. 

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“ 

L roasoiun.- 
C'reia,  (bbl. 75). 
prep.

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“ 

Bmery,  all  numbers
“  PO  ............
ErgotajMpo.)  40.......
Flake  W hite............
Galls
Gambler............
Gelatin,  Cooper 
French
Glassware  flint, by box 80.'
Less than box  75.
Glue,  Brown...............
“  W hite.................
Glycerine....................
Grains Paradlsl............
Humulus. 
...............
Hydraag  Chlor  Mite..
11  Cor  ....
Ox Rubrum 
Ammonlatl.
Unguentum. 

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11 
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S.  N. Y. Q.  A

Morphia, S. P .4 W .  3 05@2 30
C.  Co......................  195@2 20
Moschus  Canton........   @ 4 0
Myrlstlca,  No  1 .........  65®  70
Nux Vomica, (po 20)..  @ 1 0
Os.  Sepia......................  15®  18
Pepsin Saac, H. A P. D.
C o......................  @2 00
Plcls Llq, N.»C., % gal
doz  ...........................  @2 00
Plcls Llq., q u a rts.......  @1  00
p in ts..........  @  85
PllHydrarg,  (po. 80)..  @  50
Piper  Nigra,  (po. 22)..  @ 1
Piper Alba, (po g5)__   @  8
PUx Burgun.................  @  7
Plumbi A cet............... 
If®  12
Pulvis Ipecac et opll.. 1  10@1  20 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
A P. D.  Co., doz.......  @1 25
Pyrethrum,  pv............  20®  30
8®  10
Quasslae...................... 
Quinla, S. P. A W .34W@39)6
S.  G erm an....  27®  37
Rubla  Tlnctorum.......  12®  14
SaccharumLactlspv. 
19®  14
Salacln.........................2 S0®2 50
Sanguis  Draconls.......  40®  50
Sapo,  W ........................  12®  14
"  M .........................  10®  12
“  G ................  @ 1 5

“ 

V oes................... 

Seldllts  M ixture........   ®  30
Slnapls..............................  @ 18
“  opt....................   ®  30
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
..  @  35
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  @  35 
Soda Boras, (po. 8-10). 
7®  9
Soda  et Potass T art...  24®  25
Soda Carb..................   1)4®  2
Soda,  Bi-Carb.............  
3®  5
Soda,  A sh......................3)4®  4
Soda, Sulphas.............   ®  2
Spts. Ether C o ............  50®  55
“  Myrcla  Dom.......  @2 on
“  Myrcla Im p........   @2 50
•  Vlnl  Rect.  bbl.
....7 .......................... 2 49@2  59
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
.0
Stiychnla  Crystal...... 1  40®1 
Sulphur, Subl............. 2)4© 7
Roll............... 2  a  2*4
8® '  1
Tam arinds..................... 
Terebenth Venice.......  28®  30
Theobrom ae...............45  @  48
Vanilla......................9 00@16 00
Z lnd  Sulph.................... 
7®  8

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OILS.

Whale, w inter............  70 
Lard,  extra.................  80 
Lard, No.  1.................  42 
Linseed, pure raw ....  58 

Bbl.  Gal
70
85
45
61

“ 

faints. 

Linseed,  boiled..........  61 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
65 
strained................. 
SplrltsTurpentlne__   35 

64
70
40
bbl.  lb.
Red  Venetian...............1M  2@8
Ochre, yellow  Mars__H£  2@4
“ 
Ber.........I*   2®8
Putty,  commercial__2)4  2)4®8
“  strictly  pure......2)4  2Ji®8
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican ............................. 
13®15
Vermilion,  English__  
65070
Green,  Peninsular....... 
13016
Lead,  red ......................51406
11  w h ite .................5>4®6
®70
Whiting, white Span... 
Whiting,  Gliders’........  
©%
1 
White, Paris  American 
Whiting.  Paris  Eng.
1  40
C liff............................. 
Universal Prepared  ..1  00® 1  15
No. 1  Turp  Coach.... 1  1001  20
Extra T urp..................10001  70
Coach  Body................2 7503 00
No. 1 Turp F u rn ........1  0001  10
Eutra Turk Damar__1  55®1  60
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
T urp........................... 
70®75

VABNISHXS.

I I  I PER

We  Sell for

M edicinal  P u r p o s e s   O nly.
Canada  Malt 

Whisky

A  Pure  Medicinal  Whiskey  Distilled  for  Us  from  the  Best

Grain.
Price  $4.00 per doz.

7.50 per case of 2 doz.

HÄXELTINE  X 

PERKINS  DRUG  GO.,

Manufacturing Chemists*

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,

GROCERY  PR IC E   CU RREN T.

The prices quoted in this list are for the  trade only, in snch 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   TA RTA R.
Strictly  pure........................ 
80
30
T elfers Absolute................ 
Grocers’...............................15025

CATSUP.

COUPON  BOOKS,

Bine Label  Brand.

“ 

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

Triumph Brand.

CLOTHES  PIN 8.

5 gross boxes.................. 40®45

AXLE GREASE.
Aurora  ......................  55 
Castor O il................  
60 
D iam ond....................  50 
”5 
F razer’s .................... 
.........................  65 
Mica 
Paragon 
..................  55 

doz  gross
6  00
700
5  50
9 °0
7  50
600

BAKING  POWDER. 

‘ 

75
1  “  ....................  1  »
10

Acme.
54  id.  rauo.3  d o * ....
“  .................  
\£ 'b. 
1 lb. 
Balk....................................... 
A rctic.
M  b  cans 6 doz case............
% tt> 
 
“  4 doz  “ 
1
“  2 doz  “ 
2  00
 
1 
5  lb 
“ 
t dot “ 
.............  9  00
Queen F lake.
3  oz cans 6 doz  “ 
...........  2  70
3  20
 
“  4 doz  “ 
6  oz 
4  80
9  oz  “   4 doz  “ 
 
4 00
1  ft 
“  2 doz  “ 
 
 
“  1 doz  “ 
5  lb 
9  00
Red  Star, A tb  ca n s............  
40
“  
“ 
A 1b 
............
.............  1  40
“ 
** 
1 lb 
T eller’s,  A  lb. cans, do*. 
45
“   .. 
¡4 lb. 
“ 
“  
85
..1 5 0
« 
li b .  * 
O ur Leader, A  -b c an s.......  
45
» 
A lb  ca n s..........
1 lb ca n s............ 1
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BATH  BRICK.
dozen in case.
2 

BLUING.

-•••  W
E n g lis h .........................  
Bristol..............................••••••  JO
D o m ^ tic ..................................  60
Gross
Arctic, 4 oz  ovals...............  3 60
8o* 
............... 6 75
pints,  round............9 00
No. 2, sifting box...  I 
No. 3, 
...  4 00
No. 5, 
...  8 00
l  oz ball  ..................   4 5f
Mexican Liquid, 4  oz........ 3 60
S oz.......... 6  80

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BROOMS,

do. 2 H url............................   1  90
No. 1  "  
.............................2 00
No. 2 Carpet.........................8  l*
......................... 2  50
No. 1 
“ 
Parlor Gem...........................2 50
Common W hisk..................  
85
Fancy 
...................  100
Warehouse............  ............2 85

1 

BRUSHES.

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Stove, No.  1.........................

“  10.........................   1  5<
“  15.........................   1  7f
Klee Root Scrub, 2  row—  
8? 
Rice Root  Scrub, 8 row ....  1  2?
Palmetto, goose..................   1  5(

CANDLES.

Hotel, 40 lb. boxes............. 10
Star,  40 
...............   9
Paraffine  .............................  10
W lcklng.............................. 24

“ 

CANNED  GOODS. 

Plait.
Clams.

“ 

Lobitera.

" 
Clam Chowder.
Cove Oysters.

Little Neok,  1 lb .................. 1  20
2  lb ............1  90
Standard, 3 lb ....................... 2 2t
Standard,  1 lb ......................  7?
21b............135
Star,  1  lb .............................2 45
“  2  lb............................. 8 5<
Picnic, 1 lb ........................... 2 «
« 
2 lb............................2 90
wsczerel.
Standard, 1 lb ....................... 1  10
2  lb .....................2  10
Mustard,  2 lb ......................2  25
Tomato Sauce,  21b............ 2 25
Soused, 2 lb ..........................2 25
Columbia River, 8 a t........... 1  75
tails............1  5>
Alaska, R ed.......................... i  an
pink...........................i  2r.
Kinney’s,  flats......................1  9.

Salmon.
“ 

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“ 

Sardines.
American  A*...................4A®  5
a s...................1X 01
Imported  Ms......................  ©10
A s.......................15@:e
Mustard Ms........................  6@7
*2
Boneless............................. 

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Trout.
F ru its.
Appier.

Brook  8,1b............ ............... 2 50

3 
..
fo rk  State, gallona__  
Hamburgh, 
....

lb. standard 
“ 

2  75

Pears.

Gages.

Aprlcota.
1  40 
Live oak.......................
Santa  Crus...................
1  40 
Lusk’s ...........................
1  50 
Overland....................
1  10
Blackberries.
85
F. A  W.........................
Cherries.
Red................................
®1  20
Pitted Ham burgh.......
1  40 
W hite...........................
1  15
B rie..............................
Damsons, Bgg Plums and Green 
B rie..............................
1  35 
California....................
1  25
Gooseberries.
Common......................
1  25
Peaches.
P ie ...............................
1 
M axw ell......................
1  50 
Shepard’s ....................
1  50
California....................   160®1  75
Monitor  ......................
Oxford..........................
Domestic...................... 
1  25
Riverside....................... 
1 75
Pineapples.
Common.......................1  00® 1  30
Johnson’s  sliced.......
2  50 
grated........
2  75 
Booth’s sliced.............
2  5) 
grated............
@2  75
Qnlnces.
Common......................
1  10
Raspberries.
Red................................
95 
Black  Hamburg..........
1  40 
Brie,  black  .................
1  20
Strawberries.
Lawrence....................
1  25 
Ham burgh...................
1  25 
Brie...............................
1  20 
Terrapin........................
1  05
Whortleberries,
Blneberrles.................
85
Corned  beef  Libby’s..........2 20
Roast beef  Armour’s ..........2 35
Potted  ham, A lb .................1  25
“  A lb ...................  70
tongue, A lb ............... 135
A lb ............  75
chicken, A lb ........... 
95

“ 
V egetables.

M eats.

“ 
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“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

Beans.

“ 

“ 
“ 

115

Hambnrgh  stringless.  ... 

Peas.

“ 
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“ 
“ 

Corn.

French style  ... .2 00
Limas....................1  «5
Lima, green...........................i 15
soaked.......................   70
Lewis Boston Baked............1  25
Bay State  Baked.................. 1 25
World’s  Fair  Baked............1  25
Picnic Baked.........................   95
Hamburgh............................. 1 25
Livingston  B den..................1  10
Purity.....................................1 00
Honey  Dew........................... 1  85
Morning Glory....................
Soaked..................................  75
Hamburgh  m arrofat............ 1  30
early June  .  ...1  50
Cham pionBng..l  40
petit  poll............1  40
fancy  sifted___1  65
  95
Soaked..................... 
Harris standard.....................  75
VanCamp’s  m arrofat...........1  10
early Jn n e.......1  80
Archer’s  Barly Blossom.... 1  25
French....................................2 15
Mushrooms.
French........................  
19021
Pumpkin.
B rie..................................  
85
squash.
Hubbard......................................1 15
Succotash.
1 3
Hamburg................... 
Soaked........— .....................  so
Honey  Dew.................................l 40
B rie.............................................. 1 85
Hancock................................   90
9,
Bxcelslor ............  
 
  90
Scllpse............................ 
Hamburg...............................1 25
G allon................................._ . . 3  00

Tomatoes.

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CHOCOLATE.

Baker’s.

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

23
37
43

12 A
11
12
12 a

C H EESE.
Amboy.......................... 
Acme............................. 
Lenawee...................... 
Riverside.................... 
Gold  Medal.................
Skim..........
Brick..........
Bdain........
Leiden.......
Llmbnrger
Pines pul 
Rsqu efori....................
Requeroi
Sap  Sago......................
Schweitzer, Imported, 
domestic  ....

10 

COCOA  SHELLS.

351b. bags........................  ©3
Less  quantity  ...  .........  ©3A
Pound  packages........... 6M®7

CO FFEE.

G reen.
Rio.

Santos.

F air........................................18
Good......................................19
Prim e.................................... 21
Golden.................................. 21
Peaberry.............................. 23
F air........................................19
Good......................................20
Prim e....................................22
Peaberry  ...............................23
Mexican and Guaiamala.
F a ir....................................... 21
Good......................................22
Fancy.................................... 24
Prim e.................  ................. 23
M illed...................................24
Interior.................................25
Private Growth................... 27
M andehllng.........................28
Im itation..............................25
Arabian.................................28

Maracaibo.

Mocha.

Java.

R oasted.

To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add  Ac. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per  cent  for shrink­
age.

P ackage. 

M cL aughlin’s  X X X X ..  £2 30
Bunola  ..............................   21  86
Lion, 60 or 100 lb.  case  ...  22 30 

E x tract.

Valley City A gross............ 
75
1  15
Felix 
Hnmmel’s, foil, gross.........1  65
“ 
.........2 85

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“ 

tin 
CHICORV.

Bulk........................................5
R ed....................................  ...  7

CLOTHES  LIN ES.

Cotton,  40 f t _____per do*.  1  25
140
1  60
175
1  90
85
”  1  00

80 ft...........  
60 ft...........  
70 f t ...........  
80 f t............ 
60 f t..........  
7 2 f f ............. 

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Jute 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

CONDENSED  M IL K .

4 

dot. in case.

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

11
1  00 
20 
e i s  
024 
035 
020 
024 
® 14

Peerless evaporaied.cream. 5  75

Peel.

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

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25  “ 
“ 
25  “ 
“ 
Raisins.

Ondnra, 29 lb. boxes..  ©  6
“ 
Sultana, 20 
Valencia. 30  “ 
5

O   7A

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

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Turkey...........................
Silver...........................

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ENVELOPES.
XX rag, white.

No. 1,6A.............................  *1  35
No. 2, 6 A ............................   1  10
No. 1, 6................................  1  2h
No. 2, 6................................  1  00

Manilla, white.

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

Coin.

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

FARINACEOUS GOODS.

3 50
4 00
5 00

75
70

90

115 lb. kegs.

Farina.
Grits.

2A

Hominy.

Walsh DeBoo  &  Co.’s .......  1  85
Barrels......... ...........  
  2a
G rits......................................  8A
Dried...............................  5®5A

Lima  Beans.

Maccaroni and Vermicelli.
Domestic, 12 lb. box__  
Imported...................10AO11

55

Pearl Barley.
Schum acher..............
Common................................ 
............  
Green,  bn................................  1 10
Split  per l b .......................  

Peas.

«A
3

3

Rolled  Oats.

“ 

Schumacher, bbl................. 54  f 5
A bbl.............   2 50
.................  4  < 0
Monarch,  bbl 
Monarch,  A  bbl........................ ? 13
Quaker,  cases....................   320
Oven Baked................................3 25
Germ an..................................  3
Bast India...............................  3 A
Cracked..................................   8

Wheat.

Sago.

F ISH —Salt. 

Bloaters.

Yarmouth...........................

Cod.

Georges cured..................
Georges genuine..............
Georges selected..............
Boneless,  oiicks..............
Boneless, strips...............

Halibut.

« 

Herring.
>. 

Smoked  ......................
Holland, white hoops keg
«  bbf
Norwegian  .......................
Ronnd, A bbl 100 lbs  .......
.......
Scaled..................................

A  “  40  “ 

“ 

Mackerel

No. 1,  100 lbs....................
No. 1,40 lbs  ......................
No. 1,  10 lbs..................
No. 2,100  lbs......................
No. 2, 40 lbs........................
No  2, i0 lbs.......................
Family, 90 lbs....................
10  lb s .................
Russian,  kegs....................
No. 1, A bbls., lOOlbs.........
No.  1 A bbl, 40  lb s............
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs...............
No  1,81b  kite...................

Sardines.
Trout.

“ 

1  65

4
6
7
6*
6M©9

11012
70 
9 25
2 '5 
1  30
15
11  ro
4  9il 
1  30 
10  «0 
.  4 30 
.  t  15

56
.5 00 
.2 30 
t5 
55

Whltefish.

No. 1  family
A bbls, 100 lbs............(6  25  3 00
A  “  40  “  ............   2 80  1 50
101b.  kits....................  
45
..................... 
8 lb. 
39
MATCHES.

78 
65 

“ 

Globe Match Co.’s Brands.

Columbia  Parlor..........
26
XXX Sulphur............... ....  1 no
Diamond  Match  Co.’s Brands.
No. u  sulphur............... -----1 6.6
Anchor  parlor.............. .......1 70
No. 2 home.................... .......1 10
Export  parlor..........
.......4 00

Universal.” 

“ 
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“ 
•• 
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t   1  books, per hundred...  13 00
.... 
* 2 
.... 
* 3 
.... 
* 5 
... 6 00
*10 
*20 
. 
7 00
Above prices on coupon books 
are  subject  to  the  following 
quantity discounts:
200 books or over..  5  per  cent 
500 
1000 
COUPON  PASS  ROOKS. 
(Can  be  made to represent any 
denomination  from *10  down. |
20 books...........................t   1  00
2 00
50 
100 
3 00
250 
6 25
500 
10 00
17 50
1000 

..10 
.2 0  

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C R E D IT   CHECKS.

500, any one denom’n .......*3 00
....... 5 00
1000,  “ 
“ 
“ 
2000,  “ 
.......8 OO
...............   75
Steel  punch 
CRACKERS.

“ 
“ 

Butter.

Seymour XXX..........................5
Seymonr XXX, cartoon.........5 A
Family  XXX........................  5
Family XXX,  cartoon........   5A
Salted XXX............................. 5
Salted XXX,  cartoon  .........5A
Kenosha 
.............................  7A
Boston.......................................7
Butter  blBCult........................6
Soda,  XXX...........................   5A
Soda, City..............................   7A
Soda,  Duchess........................8 A
Crystal W afer........................10A
Long  Island Wafers.............11
8. Oyster  XX X ....................   5A
City Oyster. XXX...................  5A
Farina  O y ster.................... 6

Oyster.

Soda.

D R IE D   FRUITS. 

D om estic.

Apples.

Peaches.

Apricots.

Blackberries.
Nectarines.

Sundried........................... 
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.

“ 

“ 

5M
7
8 A
9
7-4

9
10
10
8A
6A

20
20A
20A

Loose  Muscatels In Boxes.
crow n............................  3 A
2 
“ 
................................   4
8 
4 
“ 
.....................5 A
Loose Muscatels In Bags.
2  crown..................................3 A
“ 
8 
.................................. 4

F oreign.
Currants.

Patras,  bbls....................... ..  4
Vostlzzas. 6 lb.  cases  .........  4%
25 lb.  boxes...........................5
1 lo.  packages  ...................6 

Schuit’s Cleaned.

I

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

Souderg’.

Regular 
Grade 
Lemon.

do*
2  oz  -1  75
4 OZ  ------1  50

Regular 
Vanilla.

doz
2 o z .........*1 20
4 o z ..........2 40
XX Grade 
Lemon.
2 o z.........(1 50
4 o z.......... 3 00
XX Grade 
Vanilla.
2 oz........»1 75
4 o z..........3 50

1 10
1 75
1 20
2 25

“ 
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Jennings.
Lemon. Vanilla 
2 oz regalar panel.  75 
1  20 
4 01 
...1  50
2 00 
6oz 
...2  00
3 00 
No. 3  taper........... 1  35
2 00 
No. 4  taper........... 1  50
2  50
N o rth ro p ’»
2 oz  oval taper  75 
3 oz 
i:20 
” 
85 
2 oz regular  “
4 oz 
“ 
1  60 

“ 
“ 
GUNPOW DER.
Rifle—Dupont’s.

Lemon.'.Vanilla.

Kegs.............................................3 25
Half  kegs  ............................. 1  90
Quarter  kegs............................. 1 10
1  lb  cans................................  30
A lb  cans..............................   18
Kegs............................................. 4 25
Half  kegs....................................2 40
Quarter kegs..........  
..1 3 5
1 lb c a n s................................   34

Choke Bore—Dupont’s

.. 

Eagle Duck—Dupont's.

H ERBS.

IN D IO O .

................................11  00
............................5  75
60

Kegs 
Half  kegs 
Quarter kegs...............................3 00
1  lb  cans..............................  
Sage........................................16
Hope.......................................15
Madras,  5 lb. boxes..........  
55
50
S. F., 2,3 and 5 lb. boxes.. 
JE L L Y .
15  lb. palls...................  @  32
“ 
17  “ 
.................   ©  38
30  “  “ 
.................   ©  18
LICO RICE.
Pure.........................................  go
Calabria..................................  25
12
Sicily.......................  
Root.........................................  10
LYE.
Condensed, 2 do*..................1  20
4 doz  ................2 25

“ 
M INCE  MEAT.

 

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

M EASURES.
Tin, per dozen.

1  gallon..............................  *1  75
Half  gallon..........................  1 40
Q uart..................................  
70
P i n t ................................  
45
Half  p i n t .......................... 
40
Wooden, for vinegar, per doz.
1 g a ll o n ......................................   7 00
Half gallon..........................  4 75
Q u art....................................  3 75
Pint 

 

 

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MOLASSES.
Blackstrap.
sogar house  ............ 
Cuba Baking
O rdinary..........  
... 
Porto B it j
................................  
Prime 
Fancy 
New Orleans.
Fair 
............................... 
Good  .................................. 
Extra good.........................  
Choice 
..    ............ 
.... 
Fancy... 
Half -barrels 3c.extra

14
16
20
30
18
22
27
32
40

FICK L ES.
Meal am.
@4  r 0
Barrels, l,2uu  count...
Haif bbls, 600  count.. @ J  50
Small.
6 00
Barrels, 2.400  count.
3  50
Haif bbls, 1,200 count
P IP E S .

Clay, No.  216  .................
“  T. D. full count—
Cob, No.  8 

....1  70
....  70
.................... ...1  20

PO TASH .

48 cans in case.

B abbitt's.......................... .  400
Penna Salt  Co.’s ............. .  8 00

R IC E .
Domestic.

Carolina head..................

5X
No. 1................... ....5
No. 2................... ...  4K
Broken.................................  3*

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Imported.

Japan, No. 1.....................
*  No. 2......................

Patna........................... .

• 

SPICES.

Whole Sifted.

....5K
....5
-w  5
...  4K

“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

Allspice..................................9*
Cassia, China In m ats........   9m
Batavia in b an d — 15
Saigon In rolls..........32
Cloves,  Amboyna................ 22
Zanzibar.................. 11H
Mace  Batavia....................... ?u
Nutmegs, fancy....................65
“  No.  1........................ 80
“  No.  2........................ 55
Pepper, Singapore, black— 10 
“ 
w hite...  .20
shot.........................16
“ 
Pure Ground In Bulk.
Allspice................................. 15
Cassia,  Batavia....................18
and Saigon.25
“ 
Saigon.....................35
“ 
Cloves,  Amboyna.................22
•* 
Zanzibar................. 18
Ginger, African....................16
•*  Cochin................... 20
Jamaica ................. 22
“ 
Mace  Batavia....................... 65
Mustard,  Eng. and Trieste..22
Trieste.....................25
Nntmegs, No. 2 .................... 75
Pepper^ Singapore, black — 16
**  Cayenne..................20
Sage........................................ 20
‘‘Absolute” In Packages.

Ms  Ms
A llspice........................  84  155
Cinnamon............. —   84  1  55
Cloves...........................  84  1  55
Ginger,  Jam aica........   84  1  55
“  African  ..........   84  1  55
M ustard........................  84  1  55
Pepper..........................  84  155
Sage................  

84

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SAL  80D A .

•* 

80
44*
98
4K
SO

Granulated,  bbls..................  IK
751b  cases........   1M
Lump, bbls 
.........................  1)4
1*
@13

1451b  kegs. 
SEEDS.
A n ise...........................
Canary, Smyrna..........
Caraw ay......................
Cardamon, Malabar...
Hemp,  Russian..........
Mixed  Bird  ...............
Mustard,  w hite..........
Poppy ...........................
R ape............................
Cuttle  bone.................
STARCH.
Corn.
....  6
20-lb  boxes..................
................... .......  5*
40-lb 
Gloss.
1-lb packages.................
.......  5ifc
.......5*
8-lb 
.................
6-lb 
.........................  5*
40 and 50 lb. boxes...............  3X
Barrels............................ ......   3A
Scotch, in  bladders..............37
Maccaboy  In jars................. 35
French Rappee, in Jars.......43
Boxes  ......................................5W
Kegs, English..........................4£

SN U F F .

SODA,

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SALT.

Diamond  Crystal.

 

 

 

 

 
 

“ 

Cases. 243  lb  boxes........ I  1  60
Barrels, 320  lbs.................  2  50
“ 
115 2% lb bags....  4  00
“ 
 
lb  “ 
  3  75
tO 5 
....  3 50
“ 
3010  lb  “ 
Butter, 56 lb  bags.............. 
6i
“  20141b bags  ..........  
3 50
“  280 lb  b b ls............  2  50
“  2-4 lb 
 
2 25
Worcester.
115 2V4-lb sacks..................... 14 (0
“ 
60 5-lb 
3
3  50
•* 
3010-lb 
2.  14 lb.  “ 
3  30
3201b. bbl.............................   2 50
8 lb  sacks............................32%
60
100 3-lb. sacks........................12 10
60 5-lb. 
1  90
28 10-lb. sacks.....................   1 75
56 lb. dairy In drill  bags... 
30
16
281b.  “ 
.. 
75 
56 lb. dairy In linen sacks.. 
75 
56 ib. dairy In linen  sacks 
56 It.,  sacks........  
22
—  
Saginaw ............................. 
90
M anistee............................ 
90

linen acks................. 
Common Grades.

Soiar Rock.
Common Fine

Ashton.
Higgins

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THB3  MÏGHIGA1V  TRAXIHSMAIT.

21

S A L K R A T I S .

Packed 60 lbs. In box.

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

.. 

SEELY’S  EXTRACTS.

Lemon.
1 oz. F. M. 1  90 doz. $10 20 gro 
2  “  N. S.  1  20  “
2  “  F. M.  1  40  “

12 60  “
14  40  “

Vanilla.
1 oz. F. M.  1  50 doz.
2  ”  N  S  2 00  “
2  *•  F. M. 2  50  “

16 20 gro 
21  60  “
25  5)
Rococo—Second Grade.

Lemon.
...  8 00  “
2 oz............. 75 doz..
Vanilla.
2 doz........   1 00 doz.. ...10 50  **
SOAR.
Laundry.

G. R. Soap Works Brands. 

“ 
“ 
“ 
Best German Family.

Concordia, 100M lb.  bars. ..3 50 
5 box lots 
.. .3 35
10 box lots.......... 3 30
2c,box lo ts ..........3 20
60 1-lb  bars  ..........................2  25
5 box lo ts ............................. 2 15
25 box  lots.............................. 2 00
Old Country,  80  1-lb............3 20
Good Cheer, 601 lb .................... 3 90
White Borax, 100  M lb .........3 65

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brand

Proctor & Gamble.

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

jj

Dingman Brands.

“ 

“ 

Single box............................. *  95
5 box lots, delivered.......... 3  85
10 box lots, delivered........ 3  75
Jas. S. Kirk & Co.’s  Brands. 
American  Family, wrp d. .13  33 
plain...  3 27
N.  K.  Falrbank & Co.’s Brands.
Santa Claus  ..........................3 93
Brjwn, 60 bars...................... 2  10
80  bars  .....................3  10

“ 
Lautz Bros. & Co.’s Brands.

Acm e......................................3 65
Cotton Oil.............................. 6  00
Marseilles...............................4  00
Master 
4 00
Thompson & Chute Co.’s Brands

... 

 

Silver...................................  3  66
M ono..................................... 3  30
Savon Improved...................2 50
Sunflow er.............................2  80
Golden  ..................................3  25
Economical  ..........................2  25

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

n 

SUGAR.

Below  are  given  New  York 
prices on sugars,  to  which  the 
wholesale  dealer  adds  the  lo­
cal freight  from  New  York  to 
your  shipping  point,  giving 
you  credit  on  the  luvoice  for 
the  amount  of  freight,  buyer 
pays from the market  in which 
he  purchases  to  his  shipping 
point, including 20  pounds  for 
the weight of the barrel.
Domino............................
..$4  75
Cut  L oaf.......................... ..  4  15
Cubes  .............................. ..  4 37
Powdered......................... ..  4 37
XXXX  Powdered............
Granulated 
................. ..  3  94
Fine Granulated.............. ..  3 94
Extra Fine Granulated.. .  4(6
Mould  A  ......................... ..  4  37
Diamond l onfec.  A....... ..  4 OU
Confec. Standard  A  .  .. ..  3  94
............................. ..  3  81
No.  2 
No.  3.................................. ..  3 81
No.  4................................ .  3  81
No.  5............... ................ . .  3  75
No.  6................................ ..  3  69
No.  7................................ ..  3  62
No.  8............................... ..  3  56
No.  9................................ ..  3  tO
No.  10................................ ..  3  44
No.  11................................ ..  3  37
No.  12................................ .  3 31
No.  13................................ ..  3  18
No.  14................................
3  l2

Barrels.............................. ..  17
Half bbls........................... ...19

SYRUPS.

Corn.

Pure Cane.

17
20
25

F air...
Good..
Choice

TA B LE  SAUCES.
“ 

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

“ 
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TEAS.

j a p a n —Regular.

BA SK ET  PIBED.

@17
F a ir.............................
Good...........................
@20
Choice......................... .24 @26
Choicest...................... .32 @34
D u st............................ .10 @12
BUN C U BED .
F a ir............................
@17
@20
G ood...........................
Choice......................... .24 @26
Choicest...................... .32 @34
D ust............................ .10 @12
F a ir............................. .18 @20
@25
Choice.........................
@35
Choicest............. . 
Extra choice, wire leaf @40
Common to  fa ll...........25 @35
Extra fine to finest.  ...50 @65
Choicest fancy........... .75 @85
@26
Common to  fair  ..  .. .23 @30
Common to  fair........ .23 @26
Superior to fine........... .30 @35
Common to  fair.......... 18 @26
Superior to  fine.......... 30 @40

POUNG  HYSON.

GU N PO W D ER.

IM PE R IA L .

OOLONG.

.

EN0L1SH BREAKFAST,

F a ir............................. 18  @22
Choice....................—  24  @28
B est............................. 40  @50

TOBACCOS.

F lu e Cut.

P. Lorillard & Co.’s Brands.
Sweet Russet..............30  @32
Tiger............................. 
.30
D. Scotten & Co’s Brands.
Hiaw atha....................  
60
C uba........................ 
 
32
30
Rocket.........................   _ 
Spaulding & Merrick’s  Brands.
Sterling........................ 
30
Private Brands.
Bazoo...............  
  @30
Can  Can........................  @27
Nellie  Bly...................24  @25
Uncle Ben................... 24  @25
McGlnty......................  
27
25
“  M bbls........ 
Columbia........................ 
Columbia,  drums  ......... 
Bang  U p .......................  
Bang up,  drum s............ 

24
23
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P lug.

Lorillard’s Brands. 

Sorg’s Brands.
39
Spearhead................... 
27
Jo k er...........................  
40
Nobby Twist................... 
Scotten’s Brands.
Kylo..............................  
g>
38
Hiawatha..................... 
34
Valley C ity ................. 
Flnzer’s Brands.
40
Old  Honesty................ 
32
Jolly T ar...................... 
39
Climax (8  oz., 41c). .  
Green Turtle............... 
30
27
Three  Black Crows... 
Something Good........  
38
24
Out of  Sight...............  
Wilson <s McCaulay’s Brands.
43
Gold  Rope................... 
Happy Thought..........  
37
Messmate....................  
32
N oTax.........................  
31
Let  Go.........................  
27

J. G. Butler’s Brands.

Sm oking.

C&tlin’s  Brands.

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

Klin  dried..........................17@t8
Golden  Shower.....................19
Huntress 
26
................29@30
Meerschaum 
American Eagle Co.’s Brands.
Myrtle  Navy..  .....................40
Stork  ...................................   38
Germ an...............  
15
F ro g .....................................  32
Java, Ms foil......................... 32
Banner Tobacco Co.'s Brands.
Banner....................................16
Banner Cavendish............... 36
Gold Cut 
............................. 30

 

Scotten’s Brands.

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

 

Leidersdorf’8 Brands.

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

Spaulding & Merrick.

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

VINEGAR.

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

II for barrel.

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

YEAST.
Magic.......... ........................... 1  00
Warner’s 
............................. 1  00
Yeast Foam  ..........................1  00
Diamond................................  75
90
R oyal....... 

 

 

W OODEN W A RE.

PUBS.

13  “ 
15  “ 
17  “ 
19  “ 
21  “ 

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

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  PELTS  and  FURS 
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol­
lows:
30 @  1  on
Mink...................
30 @  70
C oon..................
75 @  1  25
Skunk.................
08 @  11
Rat,  w inter.......
03 @  08
Rat, fall.............
Red  Fox............ 1  CO @  1  40
40 @  6)
Gray  Fox.,........
Cross Fox.......... 3 00 @ 5 0)
50 0   1  00
Badger..............
fO @  75
Cat, wild............
10 @  23
Cat,  house........
F ish e r............... 5  00 @  6 00
Lynx................... 1  on @ 2 50
Martin, dark__ 2 00 @ 3  00
Martin, pale, yel  1  00 @  1  50
Otter.................. 5 00 ©  8  0J
Wolf  .................. 1  00 @  2 00
Beaver............... 3 00 @  7  00
Bear.................... 15 00 @25 00
10 @  25
Opossum............
10 @  25
Deer Skin, d ry ..
05 0 
Deer skin, green
G reen................
Part Cured........
Full 
........
Dry.....................
Kips, green  ......
“  cured.......
Calfskins,  green
cared
Deacon skins—

12%
2 K@3K
@  4*
@  5*
5  @ 7
3  @ 4
@ 6
5  @  6
7  @  8%
10  @25

HIDES

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

48
48

WOOL.

MEAL.

WHEAT.

M ISCELLANEOUS.

5  ©  20
Shearlings..........
25  @  50
Lambs 
.............
12  @15
W ashed...............
8  @12
U nw ashed........
3  ©  33£
Tallow ...............
1  © 2
Grease  butter  ...
Switches....................  1K@  2
Ginseng........................2 0002  25
G RAINS and FEEDSTUFFS 
No. 1 White (58 lb. test) 
No. 2 Red (60 lb. test)
Bolted................................
Granulated................
FLOUR  IN  SACKS.

.  1  40 
1  05
.  1  95
«Standards........................ .  1 45
Bakers’.............................. .  1  :5
.  1  30
Rye..................................... .  1  40
♦Subject  to  usual  cash  dis-
count.
Flour in bbls., 25c per bbl. ad-
ditional.
B ran................................... *14 00
Screenings........................ .  13 00
Middlings......................... .  ,5 "0
No.  1  Feed........................ .  18  00
Coarse m e a l.................... .  17  50
Car  lots............................. . .  45
Less than  car  lots.......... ...4 ?
Car  l o t s ........................... ...33
Less than car lots  .......... .. .35
HAY.
..  9  50
No. 1 Timothy, car lots.. 
..11  00
No. 1 
ton lots  ...

MILLSTUFPS.

OATS.

CORN.

“  

FISH   AND  OYSTERS.
F R E S H   F IS H .
...................  @10
Whlteflsh 
T ro u t...........................  @ 9
Black Bass..................  
15
Halibut, chunks..........  @14
Halibut, strips............  @11
Ciscoes or Herring —   @ 6
Bluefish.......................   @11
Fresh lobster, per lb .. 
20
Cod................................ 
10
No. 1 Pickerel.............   @ 8
Pike..............................   @  8
Smoked  W hite............  @  8
13
Red  Snappers.............. 
Columbia  River  Sal­
mon  ........................... 
12K
Mackerel......................  18@25
2 20
Counts  ........................ 
165
fistra  Selects 
Selects.........................  
1  4o
1  5o
Scallops...................... 
Shrimps 
1  -5
.................... 
Clams  .........................  
1  2i
SH E L L   HOODS.
Oysters, per  luu.......... 1  25@l  50
Clam*. 
7501  00

OYSTERS— IH   B U L K .

. .. ..  

OYSTERS— IN  CANS.

F. J. Dettenthaler’s Brands.
Fsiruavaii  uuuuis__  
33
28
F. J. D.  Selects..........  
25
Selects.........................  
23
F. J. D., Standards..  . 
20
Anchors........................  - 
Standards....................  
18
Favorite...................... 
15
Standards  per gal............. 1  00
Anchor ¡standards per gal 1  10 
New  York  Counts.. 
__ 32
Extra  celects................. 
28
Selects  ......  
25
IX L -taudards.............  
  Sri
Standards.................................. 18
M edium s....................................15
Standards, per  gal  ..............1  00
IXL standards,  per  gal.......1  10

Oscar Allyn’s Brands.

 

 

LA M P  B U R N ER S,

CROCKERY  AND  GLASSWARE
No. 0 Sun..............................................................
No. 1  “  ..............................................................
No. 2  “  ..............................................................
Tubular 
.........................
Security.  No. 1 ..................................................
Security,  No. 2....................................................
Nutmeg................................................................
Arctic................................................................... 1

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65
50
6086
50
25

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Electric.

XXX Flint.

First aualltv.

Miscellaneous.

Pearl top.
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crimp  top, wrapped and labeled.

crimp top, wrapped and labeled..

Mammoth Chimneys for Store  Lamps.

0 San1  “  . 
2  “  .
0 Sun,
1  “2  “
0 Sun,
1  “
2  “

No.
No.
No.
No.
.2  10 
No.
.2 25 
No.
.3  25
No.
2 60 
No.
.2  80 
No.
.3  80
No. 1 Snn, wrapped and  labeled......................3  70
No. 2  “ 
.................... 4 70
“ 
.................... 4  gg
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
Fire Proof—Plain Top.
No. 1, Sun,  plain  bulb...........................  .......3 40
..................................... 4 40
“ 
“ 
No. 2, 
La Bastie.
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz. 
.1  25 
No. 2  “ 
.1  50 
No. 1 crimp, per doz  ................
.1  35 
No. 3 
“ 
...................
.1  60
Rochester.
No.  11, Ime (65c doz).................
3  40
No. 2, lime  (  0c doz).........1 ....
3 70
No. 2, flint (80c doz)...................
4 30
N0.2, lime (70c doz)  ...........................................4  ip
No.  2 flint (80c d oz)....................... '..............’4 40
T 
Doz.
. 
50
Junior, R ochester....................................... 
..................................................15
N u tm e g ... 
Illuminator Bases.............................................. 1  00
Barrel lots, 5 doz  ............................................. ’  90
7 In. Porcelain Shades..................................!! 1  oO
Case lots, 12 doz...................................................  90
Box
Doz. 
4  au
No.  3 Rochester,  lim e .........1  50 
4  80
No.  3  Rochester, flint. 
..1  75 
5 ¿5
No.  3  Pearl top or Jewel gl’s.l  85 
5  10
No.  2 Giobe Incandes. lime...l  75 
5  85
No.  2  Giobe Incandes. flint.. .2 00 
No.  2  Pearl glass......................2  10 
6 00
. 
Doz.
1  Oo
1  gal  tin cans with spout.................. ........ . 
1  gal  galv iron, with spout.............................2 00
2  gal  galv iron  with spout 
.........................3  25
3 gal  galv iron with spout..............................   4 50
5 gal  McNutt, with apout................................  6 tO
5 gal  Eureka, with spout................................6 50
5 gal  Eureka with faucet................................ 7  oO
...........................  j 50
5  gal  galv Iron  A  & W 
5  gal  Tilting  Cans,  Monarch........................ 10 00
..................   9 5U
5  gal  galv Iron Nacefas..... 
3  gal  Home Rule..............................................10  50
5  gal  Home Rnle..............................................j2 00
3  gal  Uoodenough......................  ...................12 00
5 gal  Good enough  ..........................................13 50
5  gal  Pirate  King 
No. 0,  Tubular,  cases 1 doz. each...................  45
45
No. 0, 
No. 0, 
40
bull's eye, cases l doz each.l  00
No. 0, 
LA M P  W ICKS.
No. 0,  per  gross..............................................
20
No. 1, 
“ 
...............................................
28
No  2, 
...............................................
“ 
38
No. 3, 
...............................................
“ 
65
Mammoth,  per doz........................................
JELLY TUMBLERS—Tin Top.
in box,  per box  (box 00)...
% Pints,  6 doz 
doz (bbl  35)...
“ bbl,  ■ 
24  “ 
K 
K 
6  “ 
“ box,  “  box (boxoo)...
% 
13  “ 
” bbl,  “ 
doz  (bbl 35)...
Butter Crocks,  1 to 6 gal  ............................
“ 
“  % gal. per  doz......................
Jugs, K gal., per aoz.....................................
“  1 to 4 gal., per gal.................................
Milk Pans, »  gai., per  doz...........................
1  “ 
“ 
....................
STONEW ARE— BLACK  GLAZED.
Butter Crocus, 1  and 2 gal......................
Milk Pans,  % gal. per  doz......................

LA N TERN   GLOBES.
“  2  “  “ 
bbls 5  “  “ 

STONE w A RE—AKRON.

64 
23 
1  80 
26

Pump Cans.

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B A R R E L S.

The Standard Oil Co  quotes as follows:

9

FROM   TA N K  WAGON.

Eocene........................ 
...................
XXX W. W.  Mich.  Headlight.................
Naptha......................................................
@ 1 
Stove Gasoline..........................................
( yUnder................ 
................................
@36 
Engine.  .  ............... .................................13
@21
Black, zero  test........................................
1210
Black,  15 cold te s t..................................
Eocene...............   .. 
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...................... 
5^
XXX  W. W. Mich.  Headlight 
............ 
Scofield, Shurmer  &  Tesele  quote  as  follows; 
Paiaeine............................................................... 10
Daisy White.........................................................  9
Red Cross, W W  Headlight..............................   7%
Naptha  ............................................................  
7
Stove G asoline.......... .  ...................................8
Paiaeine............................................................... 8
Red Cross W W Headlight......................... 

FROM   TA N K   WAGON,

B A R R ELS.

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

TREND  OP  UNIONISM.

Individual Liberty  Discarded  for  State 

Socialism.

The unsuccessful  strike  at  Brooklyn, 
with the rioting and  violence  which  ac­
companied it,  became nothing but an out­
break of lawlessness which had to be put 
down,  as so many other  outbreaks of the 
same  kind  have  heretofore  been  put 
down,  by the strong hand  of  the  consti­
tuted authorities. 
In this  respect  there 
can  be, among right-thinking people,  but 
one opinion of  it.  Whatever  may  have 
been the grievances of  the  strikers,  and 
however  unjustly  they  may  have  been 
treated, society cannot, consistently with 
its  own  self-preservation,  permit  them 
and their  allies  to  redress  those  griev­
ances and secure justice  by the means to 
which  they  resorted.  The  progress  of 
civilization  for the  last  thousand  years 
has been in the  direction of taking away 
from individuals the  forcible righting  of 
their  wrongs and vesting it in courts  and 
in  legislatures. 
In  these  closing  years 
of  the  nineteenth  century  a  reversion 
to the methods of the dark ages  is  unen­
durable.

That this strike,  like the  many similar 
strikes  which  have  within 
the  past 
twenty years preceded it, could  not  suc­
ceed,  was a foregone conclusion.  It took 
on  the shape of a rebellion,  and  a  rebel­
lion,  to  be justified,  must become a rev­
olution.  Unless  the  Brooklyn  rioters 
were prepared to  overthrow  the Govern­
ment and set up  in its  place one of their 
own,  they had to  be  subdued  and  pun­
ished. 
It was a plain  case for the appli­
cation  of  the  principle:  “All  they that 
take  the  sword  shall  perish  with  the 
sword.”  Men who  assault  their compet­
itors and destroy  the  property  of  their 
former  employers  are  not  to be exempt 
from the treatment of malefactors merely 
because their number is  gre 
and  they 
i.ave  the  semblance  of an c  ganization. 
1 hey must either conquer  s. ciety  or  be 
conquered  by  it,  and as society outnum­
bers them by 100 to  one it is  pretty  sure 
of ultimate victory.

It  is  remarkable  how  blind  to  this 
truth so many otherwise enlightened and 
intelligent  people  are. 
Instead  of  an 
unanimous condemnation of the breaches 
of  the  peace  and  of  the destruction of 
property  which  usually 
accompany 
strikes of this  magnitude  we  met  a  di­
vided  public  opinion,  with  a numerous 
party favoring the law  breakers.  Thus, 
the Mayor of Brooklyn openly avowed his 
sympathy with the men  whom it was bis 
duty to treat as criminals;  the police fra­
ternized  with  them;  residents  along  the 
line of  the  railroads  aided  and  abetted 
them in destroying  cars,  beating  motor- 
men,  obstructing  tracks,  and  cutting 
trolley  wires; shopkeepers refused to sell 
supplies to the soldiers called out to pre­
serve  order;  newspapers  espoused  the 
cause  of  the  rioters,  and  vilified  their 
victims;  and  lawyers  and  judges  were 
found  who prostituted the  machinery  of 
the  law  to  render  them  assistance. 
It 
was as though a man’s  neighbors  should 
applaud and aid the  incendiaries  setting 
fire to his house,  and should obstruct the 
firemen in their efforts to  extinguish  the 
flames,  in  disregard  of  the obvious fact 
that their own houses  may  be  the  next 
objects of attack.  For, if one set of men 
are allowed to extort  money  from  other 
men as the price  of  immunity  from  in­
jury,  another  set  may do the same, and 
the country would  soon be  overrun with i

bands  of  tramps  living  by  pillage  and 
ransom.  A peaceable strike often comes 
very close to extortion by threat  and  in­
timidation,  but  a riotous  strike is intol­
erable.

The  explanation  of  this aberration of 
judgment lies doubtless in the fact that a 
vast number of men are governed in their 
conduct  more  by  feeling  than  by  cool 
reason  and  consider  immediate  results 
rather  than  remote  consequences.  So 
many of them,  too, are  earners  of wages 
themselves  that  their  sympathies  are 
with those in the same situation,  and the 
payers of wages  being  in  the  minority, 
the preponderance of opinion  is  against 
them.  The disparity  is still  greater  be­
tween the employers of large numbers of 
laborers and the rest of  their fellow citi­
zens.  They are but a  handful compared 
to a multitude.  The men  capable of  di­
recting profitably the exertions  of  other 
men are as few in number as are the gen­
erals capable  of  commanding  an  army, 
and nothing but stern  necessity  compels 
submission  to  them.  Then, 
too,  the 
amount of wages paid to each  worker  is 
so small,  relatively to  the  profits  of  his 
employer,  that it  seems  inadequate,  and 
the refusal to increase  it a trifle  appears 
unreasonable. 
It is forgotten that a sum 
small itself is  great  when  multiplied  a 
thousandfold,  and  that an  increase  of  a 
few cents in  the daily wages of each af a 
multitude of employes,  comes at the end 
of the year  to a  very  large  amount. 
If 
the  6,000  Brooklyn  railroad  employes, 
for example,  were to be paid only twenty- 
five cents a day more than  their  present 
wages,  they  would  in the  aggregate re­
ceive in  the  course  of  365  days  an  in­
crease  of  $547,500.  What  the  total  in­
crease would be if all other wage earners 
obtained  a  corresponding  addition 
to 
their present pay  it is  easy  to  imagine. 
The  dispute  in  Brooklyn did not, there­
fore,  involve a few  cents,  but  hundreds 
of thousands of  dollars,  and  those  who 
censured the employers  for not  granting 
the strikers’ demands did not sufficiently 
consider the matter.

Nevertheless,this prediction of the pub­
lic in favor of strikers, and its diposition 
to  look  kindly  upon  even their lawless 
efforts to gain  an  advantage  over  their 
employers,  must  be  accepted  as  a fact 
and dealt with as such.  Wise  men treat 
other men as being  not what  they would 
like to have them be,  but  what they  are; 
and since an ounce  of prevention  is  bet­
ter than a pound of cure,  the prevention 
of riotous strikes,  if it  could  be  accom­
plished,  would be better than  their  sup­
pression  by  the  police  and  the  militia. 
Thus far,  as the Brooklyn strike and  the 
other great strikes  which  have  recently 
preceded  it abundantly prove,  no method 
of such prevention has  been  discovered. 
Compulsory  arbitration  has  been urged 
for the purpose;  but if the submission to 
arbitration is  to  be  compelled,  and  the 
award of the arbitrators is to be enforced, 
it amounts  to  a  Government  regulation 
of wages,  the  next  step  after  which  is 
the assumption  by the Government of the 
management of all great industries.

Everything  indicates  that,  under  the 
pressure  of  the  discontent  which  is an 
ineradicable  element  of  human  nature, 
civilized society is gradually  shaping  it­
self  into  a  system  in which  private af­
fairs  will  be  much  more  regulated  by 
law than they are now,  and  that the out­
come  eventually  will  be  what is called 
State  Socialism.  The  sympathy  of  the 
public  with  the  Brooklyn  strikers  and

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in Jewelry of every  description been so great in early season as this.  We 
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76  iTonroe  St., 

= 

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Grand  Rapids

h a s t  T rip:-

THURSDAY 

FRIDAY,

Feb. 7 and 8.

M.  J.  Rogan  will be at Sweet’s Hotel, Grond  Rapids,  on  above  dates  and  will 
be  plaased  to  pay  expenses  of  any  merchants  coming  from a distance to see his 
goods.  Last trip for the spring season.
M oore, S m it h  &  C o ., 

,

HATS and  STRAW GOODS. —

W AN TED .

B e a n s ,  P o ta to e s ,  O nions.
If  you  have  any  to  offer write ns stating quantity and lowest price.  Send us 
sample of beans yon have to offer,  car lots  or less.
M O SELEY   BROS.

86.28.  30 and  38 Ottawa  St.,  GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

1/lfe babbitt the

its  impatience  with  the  inconvenience 
caused by the refusal of  their employers 
to  yield  to  them  is  a  positive proof of 
this tendency,  showing that we  have  al­
ready arrived at a point  from  which fur­
ther steps in the  direction  already taken 
will soon land us  where the Government 
will make rules for  every  affair  of  life, 
and  the  citizen  will not only not be per­
mitted to do wrong,  but  also  not  to  do 
right, excepting in a  prescribed manner. 
This  is 
the  goal  toward  which  those 
who clamor for Government  interference 
in settling strike disputes,  and for  more 
stringency in the regulation  of tenement 
houses, of  factories,  and  of  the  liquor 
traffic,  are  driving  society.  Meanwhile 
it is comforting to see in Brooklyn, as we 
saw in Chicago,  that in spite of the prev­
alent  fondness  for  raising  wages at  the 
expense of employers,  a great deal is still 
left of individual  liberty,  and  that  men 
who  are  willing  to  work  for the wages 
offered them cannot  always be prevented 
by force from doing so.

M a t t h e w   Mat,s h a l l .

High  Art  in  Stealing.

One day  last  week  two  nice-looking, 
well-dressed women in a  street  car were 
discussing in an animated  manner  those 
subjects always so  interesting to women 
—shopping and dress.  Said one:

“Suppose we go to two or three fashion­
able millinery stores  and  see what  they 
have?  I haven’t anything dressy  in  the 
way of a hat yet this season,  but—”

“Neither have I,”  broke  in  her  com­
panion.  “Shall you get a hat  this after­
noon.”

“Oh, no!  I  never  buy  trimmed  hats 
outright;  do  you?  They  charge  such 
dreadful  prices  for 
them,  you  know. 
Let me  tell  you  how  I  manage  to  get 
something  just  as  nice  as  any  pattern 
hat, and at one-third the  cost.  1  go  to 
the first-class stores and ask to be shown 
something  very  nice.  The  hats  1  like 
best I try on  until  I  find  one  that  just 
suits.  Then I look it over  until  I  have 
it fairly photographed on  my  mind,  and 
after promising to come in and decide in 
a day or so, 1 leave. 
I next  go  to  some 
place where shapes and trimmings are to 
be  had  and  buy  an  untrimmed  hat  of 
precisely the same shape as  the  pattern 
hat.  1 get trimmings of the  best quality 
and I go straight home and  trim  my  hat 
at once before I forget how it  should be. 
It is not so very much trouble, and when 
it is done it is  the  exact  counterpart  of 
the pattern hat,  and I  save  from  ten  to 
twenty dollars.”

“Indeed, you  are  just  perfectly won­
derful!  1 couldn’t trim a hat to save my 
life!”

“Oh!”  said  the  other,  complacently, 
“I can copy like a  Chinaman;  but some­
times I have to go back and  see  the  hat 
two or three times before  I  can  remem­
ber exactly how it is trimmed.”

“Well,  I  simply  couldn’t  do  that!  1 
get my last season’s hats slightly altered 
at a trifling  cost,  and  wear  them  until 
the  season  is  nearly  over;  then,  when 
the millinery is marked  down  to  cost,  I 
attend  reduction  sales  and  get  some­
thing really nice for almost nothing.  The 
disadvantage of this plan is  that  I  have 
to wait so long for my hat;  but  I  invari­
ably get good materials, and the feathers 
and other trimmings can  be used another 
season.”

“You know my sister Grace,” said the 
first  speaker.  “She  has  good  taste  in 
dress  and  is  considered  very  stylish.

in 

She always  wears pretty hats, aud some- i 
times has as many as half a dozen during 
the season.  Whenever she  comes across 
a  real  bargain 
ribbons,  velvets, 
feathers or ornaments she makes  a  pur­
chase,  which  she  lays  aside.  Once  in 
three or four months she employes  a  vis­
iting milliner,  who  comes  to  the  house 
for a day or  so  at  $2  per  day. 
In  this 
way she gets her children’s hats  and her 
own for just about what one  fashionable 
hat would cost at a first-class place.”

And, having reached their destination, 
the two women  left the car,  presumably 
to make a  tour of the millinery stores.

Having occasion to same  afternoon  to 
visit the millinery department of  one  of 
our large stores,  it  occurred to me to in­
quire  if  this  self-confessed  pilferer  of 
styles was  an  exception,  or,  unhappily 
for the merchant, but one  of  the  many. 
The  manager  assured  me  that  women 
frequently  resort  to  this  practice,  and 
that they seem to  regard  the  exhibit  of 
trimmed hats as  simply  a  collection  of 
models for them  to copy.  He said:
“Each  year  we  place  in  stock 

less 
trimmed bats,  while  our  department  of 
shapes and  trimmings  is  being  rapidly 
enlarged. 
I  cannot  say  how  much  of 
this change in the millienery trade is due 
to  the  hard  times.  We  hardly  realize 
enough from  our  trimmed  hats  to  pay 
our  makers,  trimmers  and  salesladies. 
You would  be  surprised  to  know  how 
many wealthy ladies  steal our styles and 
make their own millinery.

“Rather a provoking,  though amusing, 
incident  occurred  yesterday.  A  young 
woman stood in front of a  case  contain­
ing  some  of  our  most  expensive  hats. 
She was busily engaged with  pencil  and 
note  book.  A  saleslady,  thinking  she 
must be taking notes for  some  paper  or 
fashion magazine,  went to her and asked 
if she might show her anything.

“ ’No,  I  thank  you,’  she  answered, 
sweetly,  ‘but please turn this hat around, 
so that I can see the other side  of  it. 
It 
is a love of a hat,  and I’m going to make 
myself one  just  like  it. 
I’m  sketching 
it, so I  shall  be  certain  to  succeed  in 
copying it.’

“And soon she  departed  with  an  ac­
curate  pencil  sketch  of  the  hat,  and 
wearing a  highly  pleased  and  satisfied 
expression.

“This form of dishonesty  is  not  pun­
ishable by law.  The  young woman  was 
not a shoplifter,  but,  nevertheless,  she 
was a thief.”

No  drugs,  a  healthy  smoke,  Signal 

Five.

I will meet  person­
ally  or  correspond 
with anyone contem­
plating  building  to 
assist  or  to  execute 
interest  in  mind.  I 
know that a well-pleased  client  always  assures 
JOHN  BRECHTING,  Architect,  79 
another. 
Wonderly Bid., Grand Rapids.

WANTED
Everybody in­
terested  in  pat­
ents  or  patent 
law  to  send his 
name;inreturn a 
book containing 
valuable  infor­
mation  will  be 
s e n t  free  by 
mail.
L.  V. Moulton, 
Patent Att’y. 
Grand  Rapids.

Mich.

•»■THE-ACTIVE  POWERS# 
-«■INVENTIVE'«EMUS-  '

2 3
The  Gioie  Box 

{Vietai

pours  like  water  and
is as tough as tripe.  Used
in  babbitting 
counter
sliaf.s  emery  grinders,
carving  machines  and
all high speed machinery.
Its  trial  costs  you  noth-
ing  if  not  satisfactory.
If it proves its merit it is
the  cheapest  high-grade
babbitt metal  made.

J.  IV.  HAYDEN ¿è  CO..
69  P E A R L   ST.
_ _ _ _ ____________________ 

Telephone 540.

Grand. Rapids.

Mail and telegraph orders  receive special  attention.

California

Navel

A l l   S iz e s .  L o w e s t   P r ic e s .

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

General Stampede
Curse of Credit.

FROM  THE

O

& 

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

If you are a victim  of  the  credit  business  and 
desire to place your business on a cash  basis,  send 
to us for a catalogue  and  samples  of  our  several 
kinds  of  coupon  books,  which will be forwarded 
free on application.

TRADESMAN  COMPANY.

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GOTHAM GOSSIP.

News  from  the  Metropolis— Index of 

S p ecia l  C o rre sp o n d en ce

the  Markets.

N e w   Y o r k ,  Feb. 2.—The general trend 
of things in the wholesale  grocery  trade 
here during the past  week  has  not  been 
of  a  particularly  encouraging  nature. 
There is an element  of  so  much  uncer­
tainty  regarding  the  finan  *1  outlook 
that buyers are showing  no 
ithusiasm. 
l'rices are still low and there  eems to be 
no  immediate  prospect  of  any  upward 
turn.  The  rise  in  coffee  seems to be  a 
speculative movement and  without legit­
imate  foundation.  Not  many  interior 
buyers have been seen,  and  we  are  sim­
ply waiting for something to turn up.
Bio  coffee  No.  7  is  worth 16 kc, and 
trading is light.  The stock afloat is about 
500,000 bags.  Mild  coffees are well held 
and bring full value.
Granulated  sugar  is  in  a  bad  way. 
The sales are light  and there  are few In­
teresting features in  the market.  While 
there has been no  change  in  quotations, 
a  further  reduction  will  cause  no  sur­
prise.
The tea trade languishes and  the  late 
spurt  in  quotations  has  hard  work  to 
maintain itself.  Sales at  auction do  not 
indicate any notable improvement.
For both molasses and  syrup  there  is 
a  steady  trade  and  no  concessions  are 
made in the  the former product  to effect 
sales.
The rice market  is  as  firm  as  it  has 
been  for  some  time  and  for  all  kinds 
there remains a good  demand. 
In  some 
instances trouble  has  been  experienced 
in promptly filling orders.
Foreign and Pacific  Coast  dried  fruits 
are still in fair inquiry  and 
the  feeling 
is  one  of  Increasing  confidence  as  time 
goes  on.  Prime  grades  of  California 
raisins are held  with  a  good  degree  of 
confidence  but prices  are  ruinously low 
yet.
Foreign  green  fruits  show  no  anlma 
tion.  No  change  has  been  noticed  in 
the  rates  for  lemons.  Shipments  have 
been light, owing,  in some degree,  to the 
prevalent cold weather.  Oranges  are  In 
moderate request,  with  Havana  in  bar­
rels selling from $3.50@4.
in 
the  most  conservative  manner,  and  the 
sales  are  very small Indeed.  There is a 
continued  call  for  “something  cheap,” 
and “something  cheap’’  is  also  “some­
thing nasty.’’  A  large  block  of  bank­
rupt tomatoes has been sold  to  go  to St. 
Louis.  These  are fairly good goods,  but 
can  be sold in ruinous  competition  with 
legitimate  purchases.  Baltimore reports 
matters in more favorable condition than 
they  appear  here.
Keceipts  of  butter  are  fair,  but  the 
market  is  not  very  active.  Elgin  is 
worth 24c, but this is for  something  ex­
tra.
Cheese  is  slow  and  the  market  un­
changed.  There is,  perhaps,  a little bet­
ter feeling for fancy,  large, colored.
Eggs  continue  to  advance  under  the 
influence of cold  weather and the rate  is 
now to a point where it has  checked  de­
mand  for  all  but  strictly  fresh.  The 
best Western eggs bring 26%@27c.
Pea beans are worth  $1.85.  The  mar­
ket is steady.
Monthly  Report  of  Secretary  Owen.
Gr a n d   R a p id s,  Feb.  1—The  follow­
ing  new  members  have  been  admitted 
since the last report:
Grand Bapids—W.  B.  Andress,  Geo. 
W.  Abell,  A.  E.  Baker, Frank A. Boyn­
ton,  Edwin  D.  Brooks,  Geo.  H  Black- 
mar,  Chas.  Bosenberg,  G.  A.  Bysdale, 
Thos.  McGuire,  Jas.  McNamara,  Sam 
Newman,  Wm.  J.  Kline,  F.  F.  Knight, 
C.  L.  LeBarr,  N.  M.  Marshall,  Wm.  T. 
Merrill,  Geo.  W.  Hart,  J.  A. Hughston, 
M.  M.  Hughes,  Wm.  G.  Hawkins, Louis 
Jacoby,  Will  Jones,  G.  J.  Johnson,  J. 
H.  Kennedy,  E.  D.  King,  Fred  J. 
Ephlin,  Geo.  A.  Findlater,  Geo.  W. 
Feldner,  M.  Goldbury,  H.  W.  Garrett, 
W.  H.  Gardiner,  J.  L.  Gillett,  John  G. 
Carlson,  W  M.  Campbell,  Frank  A. 
Collins,  Wm.  J.  Corbin,  P.  J.  Coppens, 
Frank  Dalton,  A.  T,  Davis,  C.  W.  Dier­
dorf,  Franklin  F.  Davis,  A.  L.  Swisler, 
Thos.  Shells,  Theo.  Shut  ze,  Guy  P. 
Smith,  J.  W.  Simmons,  J.  *V.  Stough-

Canned  goods  dealers  are  acting 

T H E   M X C H i a ^ J S r   T R A D E S M A N ,

ton,  E.  C.  Sparrow,  J.  E.  Sargeant, 
Geo.  H.  Seymour,  G.  F.  Truman,  J. 
M.  Troutman,  H.  J.  Yinkemulder,  M. 
K.  Walton,  Frank  Warren,  A.  K. 
Wheeler,  T.  A.  Workman, C.  R. Young­
blood,  H.  J.  Klose,  F.  M.  Lee,  F.  W. 8. 
Thayer.
Detroit—Maurice  A.  Ayers,  Frank  S. 
Bigler,  G.  C.  Burnham,  Henry  W. 
Beeson,  Chas.  C.  Chadwick,  A.  M. 
Crother,  J.  A.  Gray,  B.  Stewart  Tibbs, 
Blaine  Gavett,  Bichard  H.  Gully,  Wm. 
K.  Gavett,  Henry  A.  Jenks,  Fred  B. 
Kay,  B.  Geo.  Marsh,  Bobt.  J.  Marsh, 
Wm.  May,  D.  L.  McDermid,  Thos.  S. 
McGraw,  Thos.  Naylon,  A.  A.  Nall, 
Carlton  Bow,  Albert W,  Byerson,  M.  C. 
Robinson,  Louis  Reichie,  F.  W.  Sam­
mons,  John  P.  Smith,  Oscar  Stoddard,
R.  K.  Stevens,  Frank  B.  Trout,  Chas. 
C.  May,  Harvey  C.  Beeson.

South  Haven—J.  T.  Avery.
Kalamazoo—C.  C.  Adams,  Wm.  C. 
Davis,  Kirk  A.  Smith.
Jackson—E.  A.  Ay 1 ward,  D.  E. 
Brackett,  Arthur  D.  Lathrop,  Dwight 
Smith,  Fred  Williams.

terlan.

Sheldon.

Bittenbender.
don,  J.  W.  Morton,  Clarence H.  Olds.
Wells.

Louisville—Fred  Albright.
Dayton  (Ky)—Henry  B.  Ansdemoore. 
Chicago—E.  S.  Braymer, S.  T.  Bowen, 
Mark  H.  Jackson,  D. Kirkling, A.  Lina- 
weaver,  Jas.  L.  Patterson, Fred  Worth.
S.  C.  Wilson,  H.  D.  Bogart,  John  P. 
Walter.
Grand  Haven—Walter  Baker,  Silas, 
Kilbourne,  Herman  Z.  Nyland.
Howell—W.  D.  McKane.
Watertown  (N.  Y.)—C.  Y.  Pickett. 
Cincinnati—Jas.  A. Panting.
Port  Huron—Wm.  H.  Proctor,  J.  W. 
Allegan—Geo.  F.  Peck.
St.  Johns—B.  D.  Palmer.
Greenville—Lou  H.  Roenigk. 
Ludington—Yasco  H.  Roberts. 
Manistee—Frazer  M.  Smith.
Yassar—Geo.  W.  Smith.
Mt.  Clemens—Geo.  S.  Sanford.
Bay  City—J.  Harry  Sligar.
Alma—T.  F.  Trinby.
Webberville—W.  E.  YanHouten. 
Minneapolis—J.  H.  Drown.
Charlotte—Van  J.  Tears,  D.  A.  Cas- 
Ovid—Byron  N.  Murdock.
Vermontville—A.  M.  Sherman.
Linden—J.  K.  Burr.
Constantine—C.  D.  Remington,  E.  E. 
Big  Bapids—Wm.  Batson,  John  Lou­
Rockford—John  C.  Clifford,  Seth  E. 
Kdmeston  (N.  Y.)—A.  J.  Col grove.
St.  Louis—A.  J.  Collins,  J.  R.  Kirs- 
Carson  City—E.  B. Collins.
Adrian—Wm.  W.  Curtis.
Saginaw—J.  A. Carson,  H. Y. Hughes, 
J.  D.  Kingsbury,  E.  C.  Thorn,  W.  W. 
Van Brunt.
Lansing—A.  B. Casterlin, L.  A.  Josse- 
lyn,  Bobt.  B.  Kellogg,  Chas.  H.  Luce, 
Frank  A  Newton,  John  Q.  Ransay, 
Henry  S.  Seage,  C.  W.  Wynkoop,  A.
T.  Sprague,  E.  L.  Hamblin.
Muskegan—J.  H.  Cummings,  C.  M.
Philbaum.
Donnersgrove (111.)—A.  P.  Daniels. 
Toledo—D. D.  Douglas, Geo.  F. Worts. 
Flint—K.  J.  Doane,  G.  W.  Haskins, 
Ionia—Chas.  B.  Derthlck,  Frank  L. 
South  Lyons—W.  C.  Duffus. 
Cassopoiis—Jas.  H.  Farnum.
Owosso—Frank  L.  Gifford.
Traverse  City—Geo.  Gane.
New  York  City—David  B.  Gels. 
Belding—Stewart  Haydon,  Wm.  W. 
Des  Moines—H.  B.  Horton.
Decorah  (Iowa)—J.  F.  Hogle.
Baldwin—C.  H.  Jackson.
Battle Creek—C.  S.  Kelsey,  Geo.  W. 
Van  Wert  (Ohio)—Frank  W.  Leslie. 
Fort  Atdinson (Wis.)—G.  W.  May. 
Milwaukee—Henry  D.  Marks,  Hugh 
McDowell,  E.  A.  Phillips,  Sam  Stern. 
Hillsdale—E.  N.  Margan.
Hastings—R.  B.  Messer.
Marshall—John J.  McHugh.

F.  A.  Jones.
Taylor.

Leesk,  Chas.  H.  Smith.

Travis.

ton.

Geo.  F.  Ow en,  Sec’y.

Someone has said that a  good place  to 

settle is where you owe money.

Gripsack  Brigade.

Wm. Connor (Michael Kolb & Son)  will 
be  at  Sweet’s  Hotel  next  Tuesday and 
Wednesday  with  full  lines  of  spring 
goods.

The monthly  social  party  of  Post  E 
will be held at Elk’s Hall Saturday even­
ing,  Feb. 9.  Dancing aud  a  light  lunch 
will be the main  features  of  the  enter­
tainment.  A  business  meeting  of  the 
Post will  be held at 7:30 o’clock sharp.

E.  M.  Dennis,  traveling representative 
for  the  Saginaw  Hardware  Co.,  broke 
his right  leg  in  two  places  below  the 
knee while scuffling with  a  friend  Jan. 
28.  The  patient  is  doing  as  well  as 
could  be  expected  under  the  circum­
stances.

W.  D. Simmons,  for the past five years 
Michigan salesman for  the  Vacuum  Oil 
Co., has engaged  to  represent  the  Vos- 
cosity Oil Co.,  of  Chicago,  in  the  same 
territory.  The  statement  that  he  had 
engaged with the Toledo Rubber Co. was 
erroneous.

It  appears 

The  boys  are  having  no  end  of  fun 
with Guy P.  Smith  (Ball-Barnhart-Put- 
man Co.) and Wm. A.  McWilliams (1.  M. 
Clark  Grocery  Co.)  over  an  episode 
which happened at Moline  one  day  last 
week. 
that  the  traveling 
men  above  named  were  driving  from 
North Dorr to  Moline,  without  comply­
ing with the State law requiring bells on 
all conveyances which utilize the  sleigh­
ing.  When near  their  destination  they 
ran into a  farmer,  who  was  so  wrathy 
over the  interruption  that  he  followed 
the travelers into Moline and  swore  out 
a  warrant  before  the  justice  of  the 
peace.  A  local  constable  made  the  ar­
rest and the justice promptly  imposed  a 
fine of $2,  but Smith talked  so  earnestly
and  urgently, promising  complete  refor­
mation,  that  the  minion  of the law let 
the  offenders  off  on  the  payment of 50 
cents and costs.

Mr.  Hubert  Daane,  of  Daane  & Wit­
ters, of this city,  recently  returned from 
a  month’s  visit  in  Florida.  While  he 
was away from business Mr.  Witters had 
a very satisfactory experience in  the use 
of  J.  G.  Shaw’s  patent  file book in the 
keeping  of  their  customers’  accounts. 
The  firm  find  that  system to be a great 
economy of time and money  and  in  the 
above  case  enabled  Mr.  Daane to take a 
trip South on  business and  pleasure.
m  OYSTERS  #
Note  New  Prices.
Daisy Brand, Favorites, per  can................... 
14
Daisy Brand, Standards, per can  ................. 
16
Daisy Brand, selects, per  can  ......................  24
Solid  Brand, Standards, per can.  ...............  
18
Solid Brand, E. P.,  per can............................. 
3t>
Solid Brand, Selects, per  can.........................  
24
Solid Brand, Extra Selects, per can............. $  26
Standards, per  gal............................................ 
90
Extra Standards, per  gal................................  1  00

 

Oysters fine and cans well filled.
The Queen Oyster Pails at bottom  prices.
boiled cider, very fine:

Mrs. Withey's Home Made Jelly, made  with 
30-lb.  pa  1...........................................................  
65
xO-lb  pail  .........  
50
17-lb.  pall...........................................................  
«5
15-lb. pail.............................................................  40
1  quart Mason  Jars, per  doz............. .........1  40
1  pints  Mason  Jars  per  doz........................ 
95
Mrs. Witney’s Condensed Mince Meat,  the
best made.  Price per  case  ....................... 2 40
Mrs.  Withey's bulk mince meat:
40-lb. pail, per  lb..............................................  6
25-lb. pails, per lb .............................................
10-lb. pails, per lb..............................................  6k
2-lb. cans, per doz............................................   ]  40
5 lo. cans, per  doz..........................................  3 50
Pint Mason Jars  per  d o z ..........   .................  1  40
......................... 2 25
Quart Mason Jars, per  doz 
Pure Cider Vinegar, per gallon...................... 
10
Pure Sweet Cider, per  gallon...............  
10
.... 
New Pickles, medium, barrels.......................   5 00
New Pickles,  k  barrel.................  ................. 2 75
New Sauer Kraut,  barrels..............................   4 00
New Sauer Kraut, H barrels........................... 2 50
Maple Syrup,  pint Mason Jars, per  doz 
1  40 
Maple Syrup, quart Ma>on Jars, per  doz....  2  25
Mapie Syrup, tin, gallon cans, per  doz.........9 00
Peach Marmalade, 20-lb pails 
....................   1  00 I

EDWIN  FALLAS,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich. I

Western
B e e î
and.
Provision
Co.

These prices are right at the time  of  going  to 
press and ate  subject  to  market  changes.  We 
enter  orders  at  markel  prices  at  the  time  re­
ceived.

Sausage.

Pork  Sausage..............................................6k@  7H
Vermont Sausage  in  bags...................... 
9
Bologna.  ....................................................   4J4  @ 5

Smoked  Meats.
No. 1 Hams  ......................................... 
Picnic  Hams 
Breakfast Boneless  Bacon......................  8>*@  8k
Dried Beef,  Ham  Sets.............. 
9>%

.........  .........6V4

8k@  9

........  

—  

Fresh  Meats.

Beef Sides, cows and heifers. 
............5  @  6
Beef Sides. No. 1 Steers  ......................... 6%@  7
Loins of  Beef  ..........................................8  @10
Rib  Roasts  ................................................7  @ 9
Pork Loins 

..........................................  
Beef  in  Barrels.

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

7k

Barrel  Pork.

Mess Pork........................................... $11  50@12 00
Boneless Pig, bean  pork....................  
12 00
Extra Heavy clear  back.................... 
13 50
Standard Short Cut, clear back........  
13 25
Medium, clear back................................13 00
Lard  in  Tierces.

k @   8%  

Kettle Rendered.
Family...............
Compound........
Vegetóle.............

5k 5H 
5k
Ask  for  prices  on  any  provisions 
or fresh meats.  Special  attention  to 
mail and telegraph  orders.
Telephone  1254.

71  Canal  St.,  Grand  Rapids.

M.  R.  ALDEN  &  CO.,

M.  R.  ALDEN. 
E. E.  ALDEN.
W h o l e s a l e   -  P r o d u c e ,
Strictly  Fresh  Eggs  and Choice  Creamery  and 

Dairy B utter  a Specialty.

76  So.  Division St., Grand Rapids.

We  buy on track at point of t-hlpment  or  receive 

on consignment.  ’Phone  1300.

PROVISIONS.

PORK  IX  BABRBLS.

Tbe Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co 

6
10
7K
6k
7k
6k
5M
6k
6 k

107 5
11  00
14 00
12  50
13  00
12  75
1300
6k
5
68k6

quotes as follows:
Mess,..........................................................  
Short c u t ...........................................   .....  
Extra clear pig, short o u t ...................... 
Extra clear,  heavy  ........ ........................
Clear, fat  back.............................. ...........  
Boston clear, short cu t............................. 
Clear back, shortcut................................  
Standard clear, short cut. best...............  
SAUSAGE.
Pork, links...............................
Bologna....................................
Liver......................................
Tongue....................................
Blood.......................................
Head cheese...........................
Summer....................................
Frankfurts...............................
LARD.
Kettle  Rendered...  ............
G ranger................................
Fam ily...................................
Compound............................
Cottolene................................
Cotosuet............  ..................
0 lb. Tins, Qc advance. 
01b.  palls, Vic 
“  \ c  
50 lb. 
25 lb. 
“  \ c  
13 lb. 
’•  1  c 
Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs....................
7 00 
Extra Mess, Chicago packing........................
6  75 
Boneless, rump butts.......................................
9 *5
sm o ked  meats—Ca n v a sse d  o r P la in .
Hams, average 20 lbs.......................................
9  k  
.  9k 
16 lbs.......................................
.10
12 to 14 lbs..............................
•  6k 8* 
picnic....................................................
best boneless........................................
6k
Shoulders..........................................................
•  *k•  9k
Breakfast Bacon  boneless.............................
Dried beef, ham prices...................................
Long Clears, heavy..........................................
6 k•  7k
Briskets,  m e d i u m . ................................
.3 25 
Half  barrels.....................................................
.1  75 
Quarter barrels.................................................
K its....................................................................
..  90
Kits, honeycomb...............................................   75
Kits, p re m iu m ......................................................  
16

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Charles Young, Adrian. Mich.

Ranp & Hayman, Constantine, Mich.

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Geo. F. Ereitline, Indianopolis.

It is the best investment I ever made.

I.  L. Stultz, Goshen, Ind.

For  Further  Partictlars  Dr ip  a  Card  to

H O Y T   &  CO.,

General  Selling  Agents,
Dayton,  Ohio

TWO  OF  OUR  BEST  LEADERS.
M IC H IG A N

N E W  P R O C E S S

G asoline  Stove.

Vapor  Stove.

No.  70.

THE  FAVORITE  FAMILY  SIZE.

Our  two  burner  with  step,  single 
generator,  with our No. 85, 6x9  inch jet, 
tone burner  under  step,  and  No.  86,7 
inch round jet burner on top.  Our gene- 
tator has a sub-light, so  that  the  burner 
can  be  lighted  quickly,  and  with  very 
little smoke or odor,  and the step  burner 
can  be used without running the  genera­
tor,  which is a great saving,  when  a  fire 
for ironing or baking  is  wanted,  which 
will give the operator the  benefit  of  our 
jet  cone  burner,  which  distributes  the 
heat evenly.

Our Jet  Cone Burners  Have  No Equal. 
Splendid  Bakers.

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THE ORIGINAL EVAPORING VAPOR 

STOVE,

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A stove that lights like gas.  A stove 
■that  makes no smoke nor smell.  A safe 
stove.  An  economical  stove.  A  stove 
that requires  no skill  to operate.  A stove 
that  never  gets  out  of  order.  A stove 
that pleases the user,  satisfies  the dealer, and stays sold.  The  stove  that  has revo­
lutionized the  vapor stove  business.  Has  a  removable,  cleanable  sight  feed,  re­
movable  valves  and  needles  with  non-corrosive  points.  The  burner  drums are 
brass, reinforced with a cast iron ring inside,  at the top, that  makes  the  drums  in­
destructible.  The  grate  and  bnruer  caps  can easily be removed.  “Evaporates” 
does not  “generate,” and is absolutely  without any  of  the  complicated  and  annoy­
ing devices used on all vapor stoves before its introduction.  The  reservoir is read­
ily lifted from  the stove—canuot be filled  white the fiâmes are  burning.  By actual 
test during the past five years it has been  proven that the “ New Process” consumes 
less gasoline for the amouut of heat given than any other  style  or  kind  of  Vapor 
Stove. 

It is made with a controllable sub-fire.

WE  GUARANTEE  ENTIRE  SATISFACTION

WRITE  FOR  AGENCY.

//.  L E O N A R D   & 

SON,  Grand  Rapids.

