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GRAND  RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7,  1895,

Number 620

SUCCESSFUL  SALESHEN.

Robert  L.  Hall,  Representing  Alien 

B.  Wrisley,  of  Chicago.

Robert  Hall,  a  veterinary  surgeon  of 
Bristol,  England,  came  to  the  United 
in  Buffalo,  X.  V. 
States  and  settled 
Eleanor  Loudon, 
from  Ayrshire,  the 
land  of  Bobbie  Bums, 
followed  the 
beckoning  finger of  fate  and  also  came 
to  Buffalo.  The  two  met,  became  lov­
ers,  were  married  and  set  up  a  home 
for  themselves 
lake 
city  Of  incongruous  name.

in  that  beautiful 

Here,  not  far  from  the  pivot  of  the 
century,  a  son,  Robert  L .,  was  born  to 
the  happy  pair.  When" the  boy  was  six 
years  old,  his  parents  left  Buffalo  for 
Sandusky,  where  he  was  sent  to  school.

with  Allen  B.  Wrisley,  manufacturer  of 
laundry  and  toilet  soaps,  where  he  is 
to-day,  and  where  he  has  been  for  the 
last  fifteen  years,  with  a  territory  in­
cluding  Michigan,  Northern  Ohio  and 
Canada,  and  sales  amounting  to jv6o,ooo 
a  year.

An  item  which  is  well  worth  reading 
and  which  the  writer  puts  down  for  his 
own  gratification  is  that  from  the  time 
he  began  his  career to  the  present  day, 
Mr.  Hall  has  never  been  out  of  a  job ; 
and  in  the  changes  noted he  left  one  es­
tablishment  at  night  and  began with  the 
other  next  morning.

is 

Mr.  Hall  has  been  a  Master  M ason  for 
twenty-one years.  He  is  an Odd  Fellow 
of  six  years’  standing.  He  is  a  Knight 
of  Pythias  and  a  K.  of  G .,  and  is  a 
member of the  Michigan  C.  T.  A.,  and 
of  the  Utica  Commercial  Traveling 
Men’s  Association.  His  home 
in 
Detroit and  has  been  for  the  last  thirty 
years,  and  recent  reports  from  the  me­
tropolis of  the State are  to  the  effect  that 
a  man  by  the  name  of  Robert  L.  Hall 
was  elected  to  the  position  of  School 
Inspector  by  an  overwhelmingly  large 
majority.  May  he  so  use  his  influence 
that the  school  boys  of  Detroit,  when 
their  school  days  are  over,  may be able 
to  show  bank  accounts  of  S250  which 
they  have  earned  at  odd  jobs  and  which 
they  intend  to  make  use  of  in  climbing 
still  higher  the  ladder  of  learning!

Advantage of Grading  Eggs.

Stephen  Beale  in  the Cultivator.

The proper  presentation  of  all  articles 
for  sale  is  one  of  those  points  which, 
though  often  neglected,  go  far  to  give 
success.  There  can  be  no  question  that 
the  eye  is the  inlet  to  the  pocket  as  well 
as  to  the  soul;  and  the  great  advantage 
which  middlemen  have  over  the  regular 
producer  of  all  kinds  of  produce,  is 
that  the  former  understand  the  impor­
tance  of  this  question  and  take  steps 
in  that  direction.  At  the  same  time  it 
must  be  confessed  that  farmers  pay  less 
attention  to  this  question  than  in  their 
interests  they  should.  The  careless  way 
in  which  produce 
is  frequently  mar­
keted  does  much  to  destroy  the  value  of 
all  their previous  labors.

Twenty  years  ago  Ireland  supplied 
Great  Britain  with  more  eggs  than  all 
the  rest  of the  world  put  together.  But 
so  careless  were  the  people  as  to  details 
of  sorting,  packing  and  marketing,  that 
the  foreigner,  with  his  improved  sys­
tems,  was able  to  capture  the  trade  for 
himself  to  a  large  extent.  Within  the 
last  few  years  much  has  been  done  to 
remedy  this  state  of  things,  and  with  a 
considerable  advantage  to  the  sister 
country,  but,  in  the  meantime,  foreign 
imports  have  increased  to  an  enormous 
extent,  and  it  is  scarcely  to  be  expcet- 
ed  that  they  will  lose  their ground.
*  In  this  country,  at  least,  it  is  a  com­
mon  practice  to  send  eggs  to  market 
just  as  they'  are  produced, 
large  and 
small  together,  the  effect  of  which 
is 
that they do  not  present  the  regular  ap­
pearance  found  in  foreign  eggs. 
I  have 
seen  scores  of  boxes  of  French,  It­
alian,  Danish,  Austrian  and  even  Rus­
sian  eggs  opened, and one  could not help 
admiring  the  excellence  of  their  pack- 
ing,  together  with  the  evenness  of  size 
throughout  the  boxes;  in  fact,  so  com­
plete  is  the  system  that  when  a  retailer 
purchases a box  of  foreign eggs, he  never 
thinks  of  opening  it,  but  knows  by  the 
brand  what  will  be  the  size of  the  eggs 
within.  ThisTias^been  a  very  powerful 
actor  in  leading  retailers to  prefer  for­

He  made  good  progress  in  his  studies 
and,  passing through all  the grades  from 
primary through  the  high school,  includ­
ing  Latin  anil  German,  he  graduated 
with  honor,  and  was  ready  for  the  next 
step.  For  years  he  had  been  indulging 
in  a  dream  of  laudable  ambition  in  the 
only  proper way. 
In  the  odd  corners  of 
time  and  even  ones,  when  fortune  fa­
vored  he  worked  at  whatever  he  could 
find  to  do,  and  when  his  public  school 
days  were  done,  he  found  $250  to  his 
credit  in  a  Sandusky  bank.  With  this 
sum,  the  result  of  hi.s  own  industry,  he 
went  to  Detroit  and  entered  Bryant  & 
Stratton’s  Commercial  College as  a  stu­
dent,  a  branch  of  which  was  located  at 
that  place.  Here  he  realized  his  ambi­
tious  dream,  and 
in  due  time  left  the 
institution with  his diploma,  duly signed 
and  sealed.  He  was  then  17  years  old, 
and  the  biographer  stops  in  this  part  of 
the  narrative  long  enough  to  remark 
that  a  17-year-old  boy,  with S250 of  his 
own  earnings,  is  not  a  common  sight, 
even  in  America.

With  school  and  college  behind  him, 
he  entered  the  employ  of  A.  C.  Austin 
&  Co.,  wholesale dealers  in  fancy goods, 
at  Detroit,  where,  as  book-keeper, he  re­
mained 
three  years.  Thinking  that 
would  answer  for an  apprenticeship,  he 
became book-keeper  and cashier  for the 
wholesale  grocery  house  of  Evans  & 
Walker  for  nine  years.  Here  his  health 
gave  out,  and  he  concluded  to  change 
his  business.  With  this  end  in  view he 
went  to  Chicago and  connected  himself

I hat 

eign  eggs,  for then  they  know  they  are 
getting  what  they  pay  for. 
It  must  be 
borne 
in  mind  that  a  producer  who 
sends all  sizes  to  market  in  one  box  or 
basket,  is  doing  himself  a  positive  in­
jury,  since  if  there  are  a  few  big  eggs, 
they  determine  the  standard,  and  of 
course  others,  even  though  of  average 
size,  look  smaller.  Moreover,  in  these 
days,  people  prefer  not  to  run  any  risk 
in  this  way,  and  hence  it  is,  as  I  have 
frequently  been  told  by  retailers,  that 
the  trouble  when  dealing  with  foreign 
eggs  is  minimized.

As  a  rule  abroad,  eggs  are  graded 

in 
three  sizes,  but  in  Denmark  the  system 
has  been  carried  out  to  a greater  extent, 
and  Danish eggs  are  graded  to six sizes, 
namely,  from  12  to  15  pounds  per  long 
hundred  (120).  French, 
Italian  and 
other  eggs  are  in  three sizes, the  first  be­
ing  about  seven  to  the  pound,  seconds, 
eights  and  the  thirds  nine.

the  adoption  of 

The  method  adopted  of  sorting  the 
eggs  is  a  comparatively  simple  one. 
As  they  are  brought  into  the  packing 
establishments,  boys  and  girls  are  em­
ployed,  each  having  a  small  board  be­
fore  them  in  which  are  three  oval  holes, 
varying  in  size  according  to  the  three 
is 
standards given  above.  Every  egg 
taken  and  fitted  to  the  hole  to  which 
it 
is  nearest  in size,  and  then  placed  in  the 
basket or  box  corresponding  therewith.
Very  large and very small  eggs  are  re­
jected,  and  sold  for  other  purposes  on 
the  spot. 
It  is  surprising  how  rapidly 
the  work  can  be  done,  and  one  active 
lad  can  handle  several  thousand  eggs 
during  a  day  in  this  manner.
this  system 
would  be  an  advantage  is  undoubted, 
for  the  reasons  already  stated.  The 
great 
complaint  which  has  some­
times  been  made  as  to  this  method 
is, 
that  while  it  is  easy  to  sell  the  larger 
sizes,  a difficulty  is  experienced  in find­
ing  an  outlet  for  the  smaller  ones.  But 
I  think  that  this  is  more  apparent  than 
real.  Of  course,  a 
less  price  would 
have  to  be  taken  for  the  small  eggs,  but 
the  enhanced  returns  from  the  better 
specimens  would  more 
than  repay. 
There  can  be  no  question  that  in  every 
trade  a  most  important  factor  to  success 
is  confidence,  and  as  long  as  foreign 
eggs  are  graded,  while  home  produce 
is  marketed  in  the  old  haphazard  fash­
ion,  so  long  will  retailers  feel  sure  as  to 
the  form.  We  have  not  yet  arrived  at 
that  stage  of  things  where  eggs  are  sold 
by weight,  though  the  Danes really adopt 
this  method  to  some  extent,  as  already 
indicated  at  any  rate,  so  far as  dealers 
are  concerned. 
If  fair  prices  are  asked 
the  smaller  can  always  be 
for  eggs, 
sold,  because  pro  rata 
is  just  as  cheap 
to  buy  a  little egg  as  a big  one,  provid­
ed  we  get  more  of  them.

Whether  this  work  should  be  under­
taken  by  producers  or  the  packers,  de­
pends  upon 
local  organizations.  Still 
there  can  be  no doubt  that  if a  producer 
has  two  baskets  of  eggs  to  take  to  mar­
ket,  it  would  be  wise  to  sort  these  eggs 
into  two  different  sizes,  and  in  one  or 
two  places  we  have  found  this  done. 
Any  one  can  test  the  matter  for himself 
by  looking  at  a  basket  of  eggs  all  of 
which  are  the  same size,  and  compare  it 
with  another  in  which  are big. and  little 
together.  The difference  is  at  once  evi­
dent,  and  the  system  here  advocated 
needs  no  further  recommendation.

Hemail  G.  Barlow  (Olney  &  Judson 
Grocer  Co.)  and  wife  leave  Friday  for 
Detroit,  whence  they  sail  Saturday  on 
the  China  on  a  trip  to  Duluth  and  re­
turn,  stopping  off  a  few  days  at  Petos- 
key on  their  return.

Clarence  A.  Cumings,  of  the  Com­
is  spending'  a 

mercial  Credit  Co., 
week’s  vacation  in  and  about  Sparta.

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

An  Allegorical Comparison. 

Written  for T he T radesman.

It  was  in  the 

The efforts  of  Harvey’s  Coin  School 
philosophers  to  prove that  the  decrease 
in  the  commercial  value  of  silver  bul­
lion  was  caused  by  special 
legislation, 
and  that  legislation  only  will  raise  sil­
ver again  to  its  former  price  as  a  pro­
duct  for  free  coinage,  calls to  mind  a 
similar theory once  brought  up  for dis­
cussion  in  a certain  town  that  shall  be 
nameless. 
interest  of  a 
citizen  whose  character  had  become  de­
moralized  through  his  own  disreputable 
actions.  At  one  time,  he  had  enjoyed 
the  confidence of  the  community  as  an 
honorable  business  man,  and  one  whose 
abilities  were  unquestioned;  but  the 
temptations  of  office,  and  the  perverse 
instincts  of  human  nature  had  led  him 
on,  from  one  course  to  another,  until  he 
had  deteriorated,  both  physically  and 
morally.

Still,  there  were  a  few  who  saw  some 
redeemable  traits  in  his  character,  and 
they  insisted  that  all  that  was  needed 
to  restore  him  to  the  position  he  had 
once  ocupied  was  a  resolution  of  en­
dorsement,  adopted  at  a  public meeting, 
formally  establishing  his  equality  of 
merit  with  the  moral  standard 
from 
which  he  had  fallen.  They  believed 
that  the difference  existing between  his 
present  and  former  standing  had  been 
caused  by  a  conspiracy  of  his  enemies. 
By  comparing  him  with  the  most  saint­
like  samples  of  modern  virtue,  an  ex­
treme  standard  of  morality  hail  been 
raised  which  accounted  for  his  present 
unfavorable  reputation  in  society.  He 
was  thus  made  a  victim  of  the  arts  of 
extra  virtuous  citizens  through  a  false 
test  of  merit,  although  his  own  conduct 
had  always  remained  in  harmony  with 
the  popular  judgment.  Strange  to say, 
their  statements,  so often reiterated, for a 
time,  bring  recruits 
to  this  belief; 
though  they  were  of  a  class  which,  hav­
ing no particular virtues to boast of them­
selves,  were  easily  confused  as  to  the 
value  of  any  moral  standard.

As  an  illustration  of  the  manner  by 
whiclTsuch_ injustice  had  already been 
consummated,  reference  was  made  to 
the  case  of  a  Southern  congressman, 
who,  though  he  had  for a  lifetime  main­
tained a  standard  of  personal  and  offi­
cial  purity  equal  to  the average  of  pub­
lic  men,  yet  was  deofficialized  by  the 
same grasping oligarchy  and,  in  spite of 
his  fame  for  eloquence,  graceful  man­
ners,  and  public  sendee  (all  now  for­
gotten )  was made a  political wreck.  The 
sympathies  of  a  large  number  became 
enlisted  in  favor  of  the  client  whose 
advocate  so  speciously pleaded  to a class 
made 
feeling  wondrous 
kind. ”  But,  before  the  question  was 
put,  a  plain-spoken  individual  rose to 
take  the  negative  side  of  the  debate.

fellow 

by 

Fellow-citizens,  he  said,  we  are 
met  here to  discuss  a  resolution  which 
only  needs  to be  cleared  of  its  sophistry 
to be  understood  and,  when  well  under­
stood,  to  be  rejected.  The  following  is 
the  question  upon  which  you  are  called 
to  express  an  opinion : 
‘ Whereas,  The 
Hon.  Augustus  Goodfellow,  having  suf­
fered  in  reputation  from  the  decision  of 
an  oligarchy  making  a  standard  of 
virtue  of  their  own  devising  -a  test  by 
which  to  govern  the  political  ambition 
of  every  citizen,  and,  Whereas,  Such 
standard  does  not  harmonize  with  the 
rule  heretofore  used 
in  measuring  the 
qualifications  of  public  officials,  but 
brings  discredit  to  thousands  honestly 
aspiring  to  such  service under that  rule, 
to which  our honored  townsman  has  ever 
been  faithful.  Therefore,  be 
it  Re­
solved,  That  we,  in  mass-meeting  as­
sembled,  maintain  the  ratio of  virtue  he 
advocates  as  a  fair,  equitable  balance 
between  what  a  public  officer  ought  to 
be,  and  what  he  can  reasonably  expect 
to  be,  without  regard  to  the opinions  or 
usages  of  people  in  other  parts  of the 
world.  And  we  hereby  endorse 
the 
standard  of  public  and  private virtue  he 
represents  to  be the  same  as  always  ex­
isting,  from  the  time  of  our  forefathers, 
and  which 
is 
in  every  respect  good 
enough  for  us.’

At  a  mass  meeting,  called  to  consider 
means  whereby  to  right  this  grievous 
wrong,  the  question  was  debated,  and 
many  plausible  reasons  adduced,  why 
intelligent  public 
the  verdict  of  an 
should  be  set  aside  in  his  favor. 
It  was 
argued  that  he,  being  to  all  intents  and 
purposes  the  same  man  society had  once 
pronounced  equal  in  honestv,  efficiency 
and  purity  of 
life  to  the best  of  his  fel­
low  men,  should  not  now  be  subjected 
to  under-valuation  by  any  fictitious  and 
changeable  test. 
If  the  high  standard 
imposed  by  a  few  should  be  enforced, 
the  great  majority  of  the  citizens  must 
be  left  struggling  in  the  rear,  with  no 
hope  for  poor  weak  humanity  to  attain 
the  reward  of  virtue,  which  is  the  com­
mon  privilege  of  all.  As  a  matter of 
principle,  such  high-toned  arbitrary  ac­
tion  should  be  promptly  and  firmly  re­
sisted.  The  question  did  not alone  con­
cern  the  individual  whose  political  am­
bition  had  led  him  to  seek  (as  lie  had  a 
right  to  do)  the  suffrages  of  his  fellow- 
citizens  to  attain  the  honor  of  serving 
them  in  a  public  position. 
If  one  man 
could  be  thus  debarred  iron.' the  usual 
rewards  bestowed  under  a  republican 
system,  and  compelled  to  submit  to  a 
crucial  test  purposely put  far beyond  his 
reach,  the  result  must  be  ruled  by  an 
oligarchy  of  merit,  which  virtually  de­
prives  the  many  of  their  right  of  self- 
government.

It 

it. 

Now,  my  friends,  we  have  a  state­
ment  here  which,  if  true,  leads  to but 
If  false,  the  resolution 
one  conclusion. 
falls  with 
is  averred  that  the 
Golden  Rule  -tacitly  admitted  by  all 
to be  the  maximum  standard  for  human 
guidance-  has  been  tampered  with  by 
a  select  few,  and 
its  requirements  ex­
tended  to  cover  certain  lines  of  conduct 
heretofore  governed  by  a  lesser  rule, 
which  allows  a  more  liberal  interpreta­
tion.  By  so  doing,  the  ratio  between 
good  and  the  best  has  been 
increased 
until  common  honesty  or  a  fair  reputa­
tion  does  not  pass  current  at  its  former 
value.  But,  even  if  true,  this  statement 
does  not  fit  the  case  in  hand.

We  can  all  remember when  the Hon. 
Augustus  Goodfellow  had  a  reputation 
which  did  not  belie  his  name.  There 
was a  time  when he  was in  no peril from 
the  acts  of  a  so-called  oligarchy,  for  he 
was,  himself,  one  of  them,  willing  to 
be  measured  by  the  same  standard. 
Where  is  he  now?  Ask  the business  men 
who  have  suffered  by  his  dishonest 
schemes!  You  all  know  that  in  his  po­
litical  course  he  has  falsified  promises 
to  confiding  voters —1 egislative 
made 
committees  have  left  records  proving 
his  complicity  in  many  cases  of  bribery 
where  a  treasury  has  been  plundered 
through  the  connivance  of 
its  sworn 
watchmen.  Besides,  he  is  disreputable

in  his  private  life,  as  attested  by com­
mon  fame,  which  defies  denial.

‘ ‘ What  claim  has  he,  then,  to  ask  us 
to  endorse  his  descending  scale  of  mo- 
rality?  What  right  has lie to blame  hon­
est  public  sentiment  for measuring  him 
with  the same  rule  lie  acknowledged  in 
his  earlier  career?  A  change 
is,  in-  j 
deed,  apparent  between  now  and  then ; 
and  the  Golden  Rule  is  permanent,  and 
he  it  is  who  has  drifted  from  its  safe 
mooring.  It  is  natural, in  one who  floats, 
to  think  the  solid  land  recedes.  The 
Hon.  Augustus  Goodfellow  seems  to  be 
in  a  similar  condition  to  the  Scotch  no­
bleman  who,  on  his  way  horseback 
from  a  late  supper,  and  well  besodden 
with  whisky,  had  to  cross  a  small 
stream. 
In  doing  so,  a  sudden  misstep 
of  the  animal  brought  him  to  the  water 
with  a  splash. 
‘ Hey,  Sandy,  he  cried 
to  his  groom,  ‘did  ve  na’  hear the  rack­
et?  Some  puir  soul  has drop it  into  the 
drink!’  His  situation  was  so  comical 
that  Sandy,  convulsed  with 
laughter, 
‘ It  wad  be  ver  ainsel’,  my
replied: 
‘ Na,  na,  Sandv!’  came  from
laird. ’ 
the  lips  of  his  tipsy  master. 
‘ It  canna 
be  me,  for  I’m  here. ’

Perhaps  the  author  of  this resolution 
also imagines  that  the  eternal  principles 
of  right  are,  like  shooting-stars,  scatter­
ing  into  space,  and  he  alone  holds  his 
integrity.  But,  viewed  in  the  light  of 
sober  common  sense,  the  position  of 
things  is  reversed.  A  debased  standard 
of  morality  is  offered  for  your approval, 
in  lieu  ol  one  which  all  acknowledge  as 
perlect.  Are  you  disposed  to  accept  it, 
with  all  the  demoralizing  consequences 
it  may  involve?  Can  you,  even  by  this 
resolution,  make  black  white  condone 
the  evil  from  which  you  have  so  long 
suffered,  and * insult  your  own  intelli­
gence  by  substituting  the  less  fo r  the 
greater,  expecting  it  will  pass  current 
in  the  world’s  market,  without  grievous 
loss  to  all  concerned? 
I  speak  as  to 
wise  men  -judge  ye!”

It  is  enough  to  add  that,  upon  sub­
mission  of  the  question,  the  vote  stood 
almost  unanimous  against  the  resolu­
tion,  and  the  Hon.  Augustus  Goodfel- 
low’s  appeal  was  dismissed  with  costs.
P e t e r   C.  M e e k .

New  Fire  Proofing  Compound.

it 

H.  M.  Reynolds  &  Son,  of  this  city, 
have  secured  the  exclusive  agency  in 
Michigan  of  a  new  chemical  fire  proof­
is  fully  as  good 
ing  compound  which 
and  efficient  as  lire  insurance, 
is 
guaranteed by the Chicago  Fire  Proofing 
and  Wood  Preserving  Company  to  last 
practically  as  long  as  the  wood  that  is 
treated  with  the  chemical.  This  com­
pany  says:  “ If  we  were  given  all  the 
lumber that  is  to  go  into  a  building  to 
thoroughly  fireproof,  we  would  gladly 
give  a  ten  years’  insurance  policy  free 
and  agree  to  test  its  fireproof  qualities 
at  the  end  of  ten  years  and,  if  it  is  not 
as thoroughly fireproof  as  when  first  put 
on,  we  will  refund  the  cost  of  fireproof­
ing. 
In  fact,  a  blaze  will  not  start  in  a 
temperature  that  will  melt  steel.  When 
the  lumber  is  already  in  the  building  it 
can  be  treated  with  an  air  brush,  and 
the  outside  of  the  wood  is  rendered  ab­
solutely  non-combustible  and  as  safe  as 
if  a  sheet  of  iron  cover  was  placed 
around  it. ”
Tests  are daily being  made  by  H.  M. 
Reynolds  &  Son,  and  a  great  demand 
for this compound  is already established.

It  is  rather  humiliating  to  acknowl­
edge  that the  Chinese,  whom  Japan  has 
polished  off  so  handsomely 
furnish 
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As  there  are  so runny different 
ways  in  w hich  a  com ractor can 
take advantage  of  an  intending 
builder  th a t  it  would  make  a 
ratlier long  story  of  the  m atter, 
so I w ill give only  an  account  of 
one,  w hich,  I 
trust,  w ill  be 
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his  pay  and  th at  he  saves  his 
client three lim e- th e  am ount  of 
his  fee.  besides  a  good  m any 
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In  the  first  place, 
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wants,  in size,  the  arrangem ent 
of  rooms,  etc.  Now  conies  the 
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(To he  continued) 

Anybody  having  any  quest:on 
i-k  on  this  subject  w ill  be 
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T H E   M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N

The  Trouble  of  the  Wheat  Farmers.
The  wheat  farmers  of  the  Northwest 
have  got  to  meet  the  competition  of 
other  wheat-raising  countries.  They 
may desire as  much  as  they will  to  raise 
the  price,  to  double  it,  to  increase  it, 
by  some  mysterious  process,  such  as  the 
free coinage of  silver;  but,  all  the  same, 
they  have  got  to  meet  competition  or 
abandon  the  world’s  markets.
^Russia,  Hungary,  India,  Australia, 
South  Siberia  and  Argentina  are  the 
great  grain-growing  countries,  in  addi­
tion  to  the  United  States,  that  supply 
the  world  with  wheat.  Their  products 
make  the  price  of  wheat  in  Europe. 
If 
the  farmers  of  the  United States propose 
to  meet  that  competition  they  must  ac­
cept  the  prices  so  made  for  them,  and 
it  is  plain  the  free  coinage  of  silver,  or 
of  copper,  or  of  any other  metal,  will 
not  make  the  least  difference  in  the 
price 
If 
Congress  were  to  make a  law  regulating 
the  price of  wheat  at  $5  a  bushel,  and 
of  flour  at  Si5  a  barrel,  it  would  not 
benefit  the  farmers  in  the 
least.  The 
price  would  be  made  abroad  on  the  ba­
sis  of  supply  and  demand,  and  that 
would  settle  the  matter.
Z--1 he  situation  comes,  then,  to  this: 
The  wheat  farmers of  the  United  States 
produce  more  wheat  than  can  be  con­
sumed  at  home,  and  they  find  it  neces­
sary,  in  order to dispose of  the  surplus, 
to  find  markets  in  foreign  countries. 
There  their  product  comes  in  conflict 
with  the  wheat  of  other  foreign  coun­
tries,  and  the  price  is  fixed  by this  com­
petition.

the  European  markets. 

in 

What  the  farmers  will  find  it  neces 
sary  to  do, 
instead  of  experimenting 
with  impracticable  financial  problems, 
is  to  secure  improved  economy  in  the 
production,  shipping  and  marketing o 
their grain. 
If  they could  build  a  Chi 
nese  wall  around  the  United  States  to 
prevent  supplies  from  coming  in  from 
abroad,  and  if  the  farmers  could  form  : 
combination  to  hold  their  wheat  until 
the  people  were  starved 
into  paying 
high  prices  for  it,  they  would  not  even 
then  succeed,  because  the  people  would 
raise  a  revolution  and  take  by  force 
what  they  needed  to  save  their  lives.
I hus  it  is  seen that  there  is  no  possible 
way to  raise  the  prices of  the necessaries 
of  life  independent of  the actual  facts of 
demand  and  supply.

Thus  it  is  that  the  problem  of  the 
farmers  comes  back  to  the  imperious 
necessity  for superior economy  in  grow 
ing  and  handling  their  products.

One  of  these  necessary  economies  is 
to decrease  the  costs  of  transportation 
from  the  great  interior  wheat  fields  to 
the  seaboard.  This  is  to be  done  by  im­
proving  the  natural  waterways.  A  vast 
deal  has  been  said  and  written  about 
various  projects  for  cutting  ship  canals, 
so  that  vessels  may go  to  sea  from  the 
wharves  of  Duluth,  Milwaukee and  Chi­
cago  with  cargoes  of  grain  arid  pork.
In  this  connection  may  be  noted  an  ar­
ticle  by  E.  V.  Smalley,  in  the  August 
Forum.

Improvements  in  the  connections be­
tween  the great  lakes,  at  Sault  Ste.  Ma­
rie,  and  in  the St.  Clair flats,  have given 
a  twenty-foot  channel  for steamers  from 
all  the  upper  lakes  ports to Buffalo.  By 
these  means,  a  bushel  of  wheat  is  now 
carried  from  Duluth  to  Buffalo  for  from 
t/4  to  2  cents,  a  distance  of  over  1,000 
miles,  while  the  carriage  from  Buffalo 
to  New  York  by  the  Erie  Canal  and  the 
Hudson  river,  a  distance of  495  miles, 
still  costs  from  3  to  5  cents.  All-rail 
transportation  from  Chicago  or  Duluth 
to  New York costs  14^  cents  per bushel,

and  the  rate  by  water  to  Buffalo,  and 
thence  by  rail  to  New  York  is 8  cents 
At  the  close  of  the  civil  war  it  cost 
cents  to  haul  a  bushel  of  wheat  by  rail 
from  Chicago to  New  York.

But  when  the  wheat 

is  delivered 

Buffalo  it  is  still  500  miles  nearly  from 
the  sea.  Mr.  Smalley  sees  as  the  only 
remedy  a  ship  canal  on  the  American 
side  of  Niagara  Falls,  around  that  re 
markable obstacle,  and  another through 
the  State  of  New  York  to  tide  water. 
This  will 
involve  the  expenditure  of 
some  hundreds  of  millions  of  dollars 
which  would  have  to  be  done  by  the 
f ederal  Government,  and  which, 
deed,  the  Government  ought  not  to 
grudge,  for  the  benefit  of  American  ag 
riculture  and  commerce.

In  the meantime,  Chicago  is  spending 
$25,000,000  to  cut  a  channel  for  drain 
age  and  commerce  from  Lake Michigan 
to  the  Mississippi  river,  and  this,  with 
the  improvements in  progress  in  the  up 
per  river  itself,  will  permit  the  floating 
of  large  barges  of  grain  from  the  lakes 
to  New  Orleans,  where  it  will  meet  the 
great  seagoing  vessels  bound  for  all  for­
eign  ports.

Australia  is  now shipping  much wheat 
to  Liverpool.  India sends  about  50,000,- 
000 bushels  a  year.  The  Argentine  Re­
public- -much  of  it  an  immense  prairie 
intersected  by  navigable 
rivers  and 
now  being  rapidly occupied  by  railway 
lines 
is  attracting  a  heavy  immigra­
tion  of  farmers  from  Germany,  Spain 
is’Yaising  wheat  under 
and  Italy,  and 
very  favorable climatic  conditions. 
In 
1893,  25,000,000  bushels  went  across  tin 
Atlantic  from  that  country,  and  it  is  es 
timated  that  the  crop  of  1894  has  yield­
ed  90,000,000  bushels  for  export.  Rus 
sia  is  building  a  railroad  across  Siberia 
that  will  open  to  settlement an  immense 
region,  with  a  soil  well  adapted  to 
wheat,  and  a  climate  like  that  of  North 
Dakota.

The  Western  farmers  are  not  com­
pelled  to  devote  all  their  lands and  en­
ergies  to  the  growing  of  wheat.  The 
sugar beet and  a  domestic sugar  produc­
tion  offers  them  a  grand  opportunity  for 
profitable  agriculture.  With  reasonable 
tariff production,a tariff  revenue  at  that, 
of  2  cents  per  pound,  they  can  m a k e  
money  in  sugar  farming,  in  connection 
with  central  sugar  factories.

F r a n k   S t o w e l l .

Dissolution Notice.

The  firm  of  Aklen  &  Libby  was  dis­
solved  by  mutual  consent  July  18,  1895, 
and  the  business  will  be  continued  by 
M.  R.  Alden  and  E.  E.  Alden,  under 
the  firm  name  of  M.  R.  Alden  &  Co., 
in  the  same  store,  93  and  95  South  Di­
vision  street,  Grand  Rapids.

M .  R .  A l d e n .
C .  H.  L i b b y .

Puget  Sound  people  are  more  than 
humping  themselves.”   A  new  meat 
plant  recently  started,  when,  just  for a 
beginning,  eighty  cattle,  200 sheep  and 
200  hogs  were  killed for home  consump­
tion.  Later  on  a  British  steamer, 
bound  for  Yokohama,  took  from  that 
port  the  largest  Oriental 
cargo  ever 
clearing  Puget  Sound,  and  bringing  the 
largest  cargo  ever  coming there.  Three 
thousand  tons, 
including  flour,  nails, 
lumber,  cotton,  etc.,  were  taken.  An­
other  British steamer,  on  its  way  thither 
from  Yokohama  with  teas,  has  been 
chartered  to  load  a  cargo  of  2,000,000 
feet  of  lumber  for  South  Africa  at  the 
St.  Paul  and  Tacoma  mill  as  soon  as 
is  accom­
the  work  of  discharging 

little  straws,  but 
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Travelers’  Time  Tables. 
CHICAGO and West  Michigan R’y

Going  to   Chicago.

Lv.  G’d Rapids  6:00am  1:25pm *6:30pm *11:  0pm 
Ar.  Chicago....12:05pm  6:50pm  6:00am  0:25am 

Returning  from  Chicago.

To  and  from  fluskegon.

.  L ,„ 
................7:20am  5:00pm *ll:45pm
Ar. G d  R apids..............12:40pm  10:4opm  *6:30am
kv  jf.'d  R apids...............  6:00am  1:25pm  6:30pm
Ar.  (■  d R apids.................11:30am  5: >5pm  10:40pm
.  Trar i rse.City*  Charlevoix and Petoskey.
Vv- 1:  d 
id s................*8:00am   1:00pm 11:00pm
Ar.  M anistee...................12:55pm
Ar. Traverse O ity........... *1:20pm  4:50pm  4:00am
Ar.  Charlevoix 
........*3:50pm  6:30pm  6:30am
' L  "ctoskey....................*4:20pm  6:55pm  7:00am
1 rains arrive from  north at 5:30a.m.. 11:45a m 
1:00p.m., *1:30p.m.

PARLOR  AND  SLEEPING  CARS

Parlor Cars leave  G rand  Rapids 6:00a.m., 1:25 
p.m ..  leave Chicago 7:20 a m ., 5:10 p.m.  Sleeping 
ta r s  leave G rand  Rapids  *11:30 p.m.:  leave Chi­
cago *11:45 p.m.

♦Every day.  O thers  week «lays  only.

DETROIT,ups,..; *

Oct. 28,  1894 
Northern  R’y

Goins to Detroit.

Lv.  G rand  R apids.........7:00am  1:20pm  5 :-»5pm
A r.  D etroit. 
................ 11:40am  5:30pm  10:10pm
Returning from  Detroit.
•• -  .    .........7:40am  1:lopm  6:00pm
Vv' 
Ar.  (»rand  K apids....... 12:40pm  5:2opm  1  :45pm
Lv.  G  R 7:4Uam 5:00pm  Ar.  G  K 11:35am  10:45pm 
Lv.  G rand  R apids.........7:-*« am   1:20pm  5:25pm
Ar.  from   Low ell...........12:40pm  5:20pm

Saginaw,  Alma and St. Louis.

To and from  Lowell.

THROUGH  CAR  SERVICE.

I arlor  cars  on all train s  between  G rand  Rap- 
ids and  Detroit.  Parlor car to Saginaw on m orn- 

train.  T rains week days only.

L.  M.  F uller. Chief Clerk.  Pass.  D ep’t

M i g h i g a k  Í Te n t r a l
____ “ Tu Niagara Falls Route/"

 

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A rrive  D epart
:00am
D etroit Express  ............................10:20pm 
♦A tlantic  E xpress.......................... 6:30am  11:20pm
Ni o , o ° rk 
11:45am 6:00pm
♦Daily.  All others daily, except Sunday. 
Sleeping cars  run  on  all  night  trains  to  and 
from  D etroit.  Parlor cars  leave  for  D etroit  at 
: -00a.m .. reaching  D etroit  at  12:20p.m.:  return- 
mg,  leave  D etroit  4:35p.m.,  arriving  at  G rand 
Rapids  10:20p.m.  D irect  com m unication  m ade 
at  D etroit w ith all through  train s east over  the 
M ichigan  Central  Railroad  (Canada  Southern 
Division.)  A.  Alxiqul- t, Ticket Agent,

Union  Passenger Station.

n F T P n i T   0rand  Haven  &
1 » L  1  IV vJI  1 J 

Milwaukee Railway

Eastward.

tN o. 14  +No. 16  +No.  18  *Xo. 82 
Lv. G’d R aj ids.6:45am  10:  0am  3:25pm  11  0- pm 
*r-  Io n ia.........7:40am  II:25am  4:27pm  12:35am
A r.  St. Jo h n s.. s :25am
17pm  5:2upm 
!5am 
Ar.  Owosso__ 9:00am
1:20pm  6:05pm 
3 :.Oam 
Ar. E. Saginawl0:50am 
3:4  pm  8:0. pm
6:40am 
Ar.  Bay City .1 1 :30ain
4:35 pm 
8:37pm 
7:15am 
Ar.  F lin t.........10:05am
3:45pm 
7:05pm 
5:40am 
Ar.  Pt. H uron. 12:o5pm 
:50pm
8:50pm 
7:, 0am 
Ar.  P o n tia c..  10.53am  3:05pm 
8 :25pm 
5:37am 
Ar.  D etro it..  11:  cam  4:05pm 
9:25pm
7:00am
For U’d Haven and  Interm ediate  Pts
*8:40am 
F or G’d Haven and  .Muskegon...........
H :00pm 
For G’d  Haven,  M ilwaukee and Chi.
+5:35pm 
For G d  Haven,  M ilwaukee and Chi.
*7:40pm 
F orG 'd  Haven and  M ilw aukee..........
10:05pm
tD aily except  Sunday.  »Daily.  Trains  urrlvt 
from  the east, 6:35a.m.,  12:50p.m., 5:30p.m.,  10:0< 
in.  T rains arrive from  the west. 6:4  a.m.. 8:ifi 
m.,  10:10a.m., 3:15p.m.,  7:05p m.
Eastw ard  No.  14  has  W agner  Parlor  Butt'et 
tr.  No.  )8 Parlor car.  No.  82  W agner  sleeper. 
Westward-  No.  11  Parlor car.  No.  15  W agner 
Parlor Buffet car.  No. 81  W agner sleeper.

W estward.

J as. Campbell,  City  Ticket Agent.

GRAND  Rapids  &  Indiana  Railroad

Northern  Div.
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, 

_ 
Leave  Arrive
Saginaw  and C adillac................t7:00am  tl  :30am
~rav. Cy.,  Petoskey A  Mack  . .*8:00am 
t5:25pm 
rav. Cy.,  Petos. A  H arbor Spstl:40pm  fio :15pm
iaginaw and  Reed C ity............ t-l:45pm  t i l  :00pm
'etoskey and  .Mackinaw.........+10:45pm  +6:20am
8:0ua.m.  train  has  parlorcars for T raverse City 
and  Mackinaw.  T:40p.m. train  has  buffet parlor 
train  has 
car  for  H arbor  Springs, 
deeping cars  for petoskey and  Mackinaw. 

lu:45p.m. 

Southern  Div.

2:l5p.m  

Chicago  Trains.

Leave  A rrive
----- -  Ft.  \\ ayne & Kalamazoo. .+7:25am  +9:15pm
Ft.  Wayne &  K alamazoo...........+2:15pm  +1:30pm
Cin , Ft. Wayne A Kalamazoo. .*6:00pm  *6:50am
K alam azoo..................................*11:40pm  *9 : .-. am
7:25a.m.  train   has  parlor  car  to  Cincinnati. 
_:00p.m.  train  has  sleeping  cars  to  C incinnati, 
Indianapolis and  Louisville.
Lv.  G’d  R apids...........+7:25am 
tz :15pm *11:40pm
Ar.  Chicago....................2:40pm 
9:05pm  7:10am
train  has  through  coach.  H:40p.m. 
train  has  through coach and sleeping  car.
Lv. Ch  cago.................. +6:50am  +3:00pm *11:30pm
Ar.  G’d  K apids.............1:30pm 
9:15pm  6:50am
3:00p.m.  train has through coach and II :30p.m. 
has through coach and sleeping car.
Lv G’d  Rapdis+7:25am  +1:00pm  £8:30am  t5:50pm 
Ar M uskegon..8:50am  2:10pm  9:55am  7:05pm 
Lv Muskegon. +9:i3amtl2:05pm  76:30pm  +4:05pm 
Ar G’d Rapidsl0:30am  1:15pm  7:55pm  5:20pm 
A. A l m q u is t , 

tE x cep t Sunday.  »Daily.  »Sunday only.
Ticket Agt.  Un.  Sta.  Gen. Pass. & Tkt. Agt.

Muskegon Trains.

C .  L .  L o c k w o o d ,

Around  the  State.
Movements  of  Merchants.

Detroit— Henry  Holcomb,  builder,  has 

assigned  to  Edmund  Haug.

Dowagiac-—H.  W.  East succeeds  Jones 

&  East  in  the grocery-  business.

Rose  City— Frank  G.  Bill  succeeds 

Randall  &  Bill  in  general  trade.

Grand  Ledge—F.  \V.  Briggs  succeeds 
N.  M.  Van  Ator  in  the  hardware  busi­
ness.

McBain—  Mrs.  Geo.  Hughston  suc­
in  general 

ceeds  Hughston  &  Reed 
trade.

Edgerton— F.  D.  Saunders  has  remov­
ed  his  grocery  stock  from  Sheffield  to 
this  place.

Hudson—Brown  &  Stowell,  general 
dealers,  have dissolved,  Frank  H.  Brown 
succeed i ng.

Schoolcraft—A.  R.  Gilmore  &  Co. 
succeed  Andrew  R.  Gilmore  in  the  gro­
cery  business.

Wood’s  Corners  R.  Warren  succeeds 
R.  E.  Anslow  in  the dry goods anil  gro­
cery  business.

Marenisco—W.  D.  Ellsworth,  general 
dealer  at  this  place,  has  removed  to 
Eveleth,  Minn.

Newaygo  Lynn  Raider  is planning to 
is  a 

start  a  drug  store  at  Grant.  He 
competent  druggist.

Albion  J.  L.  Meader  &  Son,  dealers 
in  books  and  groceries,  have  sold  out 
to  George  W.  Craver.

Homer—E.  C.  Doolittle succeeds  Doo­
little,  Anderson  &  Co.  in  the  grocery 
and  crockery  business.

Williamston  -Hall  &  Austin  succeed 
in  the  bakery  and 

P.  B.  Hall  &  Son 
confectionery business.

Lakeview  C.  R.  Baker  &  Co.,  for­
merly  engaged  in  the  confectionery  and 
cigar business,  have  retired  from  trade.
Mecosta  -A  receiver  has  been  ap­
pointed  for  J.  F.  Pierce  &  Co.,  propri­
etors  of  the  Exchange  Bank  at  this 
place.

in  agricultural 

Ionia  Hayes,  Spaulding  &  Co.,  deal­
ers 
implements,  have 
dissolved.  The  business  will  be  con­
tinued  by  Spaulding  &  Merritt.

Kalaamzoo  Ray  L.  Wilson  has  re­
signed  his  position  with  the  Kalamazoo 
National  Bank  to  go on  the  road  for  J. 
F.  Farnum,  manufacturer  of  chewing 
gum.

Detroit  -J.  M.  Emerson  &  Co.  have 
sold  their  cigar  stock  at  83  Woodward 
avenue,  corner of  Earned  street,  to  John­
son  A  Gibbons,  who  will  continue  the 
business.
Owosso 

1 lie  Banister  grocery  stock 
has  been  purchased  by  Hook way &  Son, 
who  will  conduct  the business  independ­
ently,  for  the  present,  at 
from 
their  former  store.

least, 

Detroit  Up  to  July  25,  the  wholesale 
grocerv  firm  of  C.  Elliott  &  Co.  was 
composed  of  Clifford  Elliott  and  Wil­
liam  E.  Saunders  (Saginaw)  as  general 
partners,  and  David  Whitney,  Jr.,  as 
special  partner.  On  that  day,  William 
T.  Radcliffe  and  Edward  W.  Reynolds 
were admitted  as  general  partners,  and 
Mr.  Whitney  renewed  his  550,000  con­
tribution  to  the  capital  stock  for  three 
years:

Allegan  (Gazette)-  The  Gazette 

is 
much  pleased  to  note  a  tendency  among 
the  storekeepers  of  the  town  to  orna­
ment  their  windows  with  boquets.  This 
week  there  have  been  exhibited  several 
fine  bunches  of  nasturtiums.  The  flow­
ers  add  greatly  to  the  beauty  of  a  show 
window  and  delight  hundreds  of  those 
who  pass,  while  educating  others to ap­
preciation  of  floral  beauty,  thus  quick­

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

ening  a  liking  for all forms  of  art. 
I he 
display  costs  practically  nothing,  but 
the  benefits  from  it  can  not  readily be 
measured.

Hanufacturing  flatters.

Grand  Haven— The  Dake  Engine  Co. 
succeeds  the  Dake  Engine  Manufactur­
ing  Co.

Ontonagon— The  Diamond  Match
Company  has  shipped  by  water  during 
the  last  two  weeks,  8,000,000  feet  of 
lumber.

Tawas  City—Gale  &  Ramage  are put­
ting  the  machinery  into  their  new  plan­
ing  mill  and  will  start  the  plant  in  a 
few  days.

Petoskey  —Williams  &  Fry,  propri­
etors  of  the  Petoskey  Cigar  Co.,  have 
dissolved.  George  Williams  will  con­
tinue  the business  in  his  own  name.

Watersmeet—Kern  &  Woodman  are 
running  their mill  day  and  night,  and 
will  cut  11,000,000  feet  of  lumber  for 
the  Minnesota  Lumber  Co.  this  season.
Manistee...The  Stoke¡e  &  Nelson  mill
has  filled  its  dock  with  shingles 
for 
which  there  seems  to be  slight  demand 
and  will  not  saw  again  until  trade  re­
vives.

Saginaw  Fuehr  &  Weiss,  cigar man­
ufacturers,  are  succeeded by John Weiss. 
The  retiring  partner,  Nelson  J.  Fuehr, 
will  open  a general  store  at  Shields,  a 
settlement  four  miles  west  of  this  city.
St.  James— Dennis  Banner  has  aban­
doned  his  cigar  factory here and  remov­
ed  to  Cheboygan,  with  the  intention  of 
starting  a  cigar  factory  there.  He  has 
taken 
in  James  C.  McCauley  as  a  part- 
ner.

Kalamazoo—The  Fuller  washboard 
factory,  which  was  absorbed  by  the 
Trust  (the  American  Washboard  Co. ) 
several  years  ago,  is to  be  closed 
in­
definitely  in  about  thirty  days,  thus  de­
priving  70  hands  of  employment.

Bay  City-  The  Inter-Urban  Electric 
Railroad  Company  is  pushing  the  work 
of  building  a  motor  line  from  Saginaw 
to  Bay  City  and  expect  to  finish  it  by 
November  1.  This  line  it  is  expected 
will  greatly  stimulate  manufacturing  in­
dustries  along  the  river  by  affording 
rapid  transit.

Reed  City  Frank  Yahue  has  ex­
changed  his  interest  in  the  milling  firm 
of  Harvey  &  Yahue  for  property  in 
Grand  Rapids.  Willard  S.  Martindale, 
an  experienced  miller  of  that  city,  is 
the  purchaser.  Mr.  Yahue  may  return 
to  Allegan  and  engage  in  business,  or 
go  to  Chicago  and  enter  the  employ  of 
the  firm  he  formerly  worked  for.

Saginaw  C.  L. Grant  & Co.  have  been 
unable  to start  their  sawmill  this season, 
as  the  mill  docks  are  full  of  lumber 
which has not been  sold  and  consequent- 
ly  not  moved.  Mr.  Grant  sold  100,000 
feet  last  week  and  two car loads on  Mon­
day,  at  S19  a  thousand. 
It  is  good 
stock,  but  goes  off  in  driblets.  The 
firm  may  start  the  mill  in  September, 
but  as  yet  are  undecided.

Muskegon  The  Utility  Co.  has  been 
organized  here  with a paid-up  capital  of 
510,000  to  manufacture  oilcloth  rollers, 
pickets  and  various  wooden  and  metal 
novelties.  The  Hartshorn  Company  has 
abandoned  altogether  the  mnufacture 
of  pickets,  which  the  new  company 
takes  up.  With 
large  orders  already 
booked,  the  Utility  Company  antici­
pates  a  prosperous  future. 
It  has  leas­
ed  the  Bred in  plant  and  will  use  elec­
tric  power  furnished  by  the  Muskegon 
j Electirc  Light  Co.  The  officers  are: 
President,  Thomas  Hume;  Vice-Presi­
dent,  A.  F.  Temple;  Secretary  and 
Manager,  C.  H  . Parker;  Treasurer,  C.

C.  Billinghurst.  The  capacity  of  the 
plant  will  be  10,000  rollers  per  day. 
The  other  stockholders  are  H.  N.  Hov- 
ey,  Thos.  Munroe,  L.  B.  Smith,  Robt. 
E.  Bunker,  Win.  Carpenter.  The  raw, 
stock  is  being  bought  at  Menominee.

Saginaw— The  water  movement  of 
lumber  is  unusually  light  and  the  rail­
roads  complain  that  lumber  shipments 
are  very  small, 
comparatively.  The 
talk  that  prices  are  too  high  does  not 
seem  to  be  well  founded,  since  there  is 
so  little 
inquiry 
lumber  at  any 
for 
price.  Hemlock 
is  particularly  de­
pressed,  owing  to  the  cheap  white  pine, 
which  is preferable  to the harder timber. 
It  is  claimed  that  the  coarser  grades  of 
lumber  are  the  most  seriously  affected 
by  the dullness.

The  Egg  Situation  at  New  York.
New  York,  Aug. 

1—The  develop­
ments  of  the  egg  situation  during  the 
past  month  have brought to  light no new 
features  of  especial  encouragement  to 
holders  of  accumulati011s.  Buyers  who 
were  willing  to  put  stock  away  at  the 
prices which  prevailed during April and 
May  have generally  reached the  end  of 
their  rope  and  the  market,  deprived  of 
their  support,  has  turned  downward.  In 
this  city  the  decline,  increased  by  the 
effects  of  hot  weather,  carried  prices 
down  to  12c,  after  which  there  was  a 
gradual  recovery  to  13c,  which has since 
been  steadily  maintained.

The  decline  which  occurred  after  the 
first  week  in  June  caused  some  renewal 
of  speculative buying  by  operators  who 
saw  safety  in  the  fact  that  goods  could 
be  put  away  at  lower  prices  than  the 
bulk  of  the  earlier  accumulations,  and 
the  holdings 
in  cold  storage,  already 
comparatively  heavy,  were  further  in­
creased,  so  that  the  total 
is  now  be­
lieved  to be  fully  equal  to  that  of  even 
date  of  last  year,  it  not  actually  larger.
But  speculative  buying  has  gradually 
decreased  of*.late,  and  is  now  a  small 
factor  in  maintaining  values.  The  mar­
ket  seems  at  last  to  have  reached  a  self- 
supporting  basis,  where  current  con­
sumptive  demands  are  about  equal  to 
current  collections,  and  where  any  per­
manent  decrease  in  the  latter would give 
rise  to  a  healthy  upward  tendency. 
In 
fact,  just  at  the  close,  the  tone  shows  a 
slight  hardening  at  this  point and  sales 
of  exceptionally  fancy goods have reach­
ed  13 l4 c,  the  slight 
improvement  aris­
ing  from  purely  healthy  conditions.  We 
believe  this  is  the  first  sign  of  upward 
movement  this season which  has  not  had 
speculative  demand  for  its  foundation.
The  position  now  reached  is  the  first 
step  toward  conditions  which  will  per­
mit  a  reduction  of  storage  accumula­
tions.  How  soon  will  that  point  be 
gained,  and how it will be met by  holders 
of  reserve  goods,  a re  questions  oi  inter­
est and  importance.

it 

from 

current 

bulging  from  this  market,  alone,  the 
current  consumption  of  eggs  is  free  but 
not  remarkably  large. 
1’he  ability  to 
supply 
collections 
alone,  at  prices  below  the  cost  value  of 
the  bulk  of  stock  in  store,  will  depend 
quite  largely  upon  the  weather during 
the  remainder  of  the  summer.  Cool 
weather,  being  favorable  alike  to  pro­
duction,  and  to  the  preservation  of  the 
usefulness  of  stcok  produced,  would 
tend  to  defer  until  a  late  date  any short­
age  which  would  compel  the  trade  to 
seek  supplies  1 ram  storage.  Extreme 
heat  would  have  the  opposite  effect. 
It 
seems  likely  to  depend  upon  some  such 
accident  whether  or  not  there  shall  be 
any  outlet  for  stored  eggs  before  the 
fall.  Last  year  a  very  considerable 
in  August  and 
quantity  was  moved 
early  September  at  about  15@ 16c 
in 
New  York,  the  extreme  heat  destroying 
or damaging  a  large  percentage" of  the 
late  summer  collections  and  causing  a 
scarcity  of  fine  cool  eggs.  The  chances 
of  a  repetition  of  these  conditions  are 
perhaps  somewhat  remote,  but  as  soon 
as  any  opportunity  occurs,  be 
it  early 
or  late,  tor  the  reduction  of  the  present 
holdings, it would certainly seem the  part 
of wisdom  to  use  it  for  all  it  is  worth.

The  quantity  of  eggs  held  is  excessive. 
Their  cost  is  relatively  high  and  no 
chance  to  realize  even  a  small  profit  on 
them  should  be  lost.

F.  G.  U r n e r .

The  Ninth  Annual  Picnic.

teams 

Every  indication  points  to  the  con­
clusion  that  the  ninth  annual  picnic  of 
the  Grand  Rapids  Retail  Grocers’ Asso­
ciation  will  be  the  best  attended  and 
most  enjoyable  event  of  the  entire  se­
ries.  The  Picnic  Committee  held  a 
meeting  on  Tuesday  evening  and  de­
cided  to  offer  cash  prizes  of §5  each  to 
the  winning 
in  the  baseball 
matches,  and  the  New  York  Biscuit  Co. 
kindly  volunteered  to  furnish  the  losing 
teams  with  boxes  of  sweet  goods. 
In­
dications  point  to  the  fact  that  practic­
ally  every  grocery  store  in  the  city  will 
be  closed  on  the  day  of  the  picnic,  the 
exceptions to this arrangement  being  so 
few  as  to  cut  very  little figure  in  the  ag­
gregate.  Twenty-five  thousand  hand­
bills  have  been  distributed  among  the 
grocery  trade,  to  be  placed  in  the  bask­
ets  of  the  customers,  announcing  the 
closing  of  the  stores,  and  1,000  hangers 
have  been  divided  among  the  stores  to 
be  displayed  in  conspicuous  positions, 
making  the  same  announcement.  The 
Holland  City  grocers  have  decided  to 
join  with  their  Grand  Rapids  brethen 
in  celebrating  the  event  and  will  cross 
bats with  a  team  from the Grand Rapids 
grocers  on  the  morning  of  the  picnic.

One  of  the  meanest  crimes  on  record 
was  perpetrated  in  New  York  the  other 
day.  Albert  Bamberger,  a  dealer 
in 
umbrellas,  was  approached  by  a beggar 
on  the  street,  whom  he  recognized  as 
Louis  Freind,  a  former  acquaintance. 
Bamberger  fed  and  clothed  him  and 
gave  him  money  for  food  and  to  pay  for 
a  furnished  room.  Freind  then  told 
Bamberger that  he  intended  to  secure a 
position  with  a  firm  at  York  street  and 
West  Broadway,  who  proposed  to  give 
prizes  of  umbrellas  and  watches  to 
their  patrons.  On  Monday  he  called 
on  Bamberger  and  secured  three good 
umbrellas  that  he  said  he  would  show to 
the  firm  for their approval.  Bamberger 
believed  his  story,  and  took  him  to  Jor­
dan,  the  jeweler,  who  also  gave  freind 
five gold  watches  to  show  as  samples  to 
the  firm.  He  promised  to  return  the 
umbrellas and  watches  the  next  day  if 
the  firm  disapproved them.  As  he  failed 
to  return,  Bamberger made investigation 
and 
learned  from  the  firm  that  Freind 
had  deceived  him,  as  he  had  never 
been  employed  there,  as  he  asserted.

The  rise  of  the  horseless  carriage 
in  the 
has  stirred  up 
interest  again 
matter  of  gunpowder  engines. 
It  is  a 
desideratum  with  the  horseless  carriage 
that  it  should  carry  the greatest  amount 
of  energy  in  the  smallest  and  most  com­
pact  shape.  The  lack  of  a  perfect  stor­
age battery  makes  it  out  of  the  question 
to  use  electricity  as  the  motive  power, 
and  steam  necessitates  a  good  deal  of 
machinery,  as  well  as  water  and  fuel. 
The  most successful carriage so far is op­
erated  by  exploding  a  mixture  of  gaso­
line  and  air  in  the  cylinder  behind  the 
piston.  But  if  a  machine  could  be  in­
vented  to  utilize gunpowder,  it  has many 
advantages  over  gasoline.  Smokeless 
powder  will  probably  be  the  coming 
it  con­
tliing.  A  single  pound  of 
tains  the  enormous  energy  of 
170,- 
000 
leaves  no  solid 
residium on combustion,  and gives some­
thing  like  1,000  volumes  of  permanent 
gases.

foot-pounds. 

It 

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Grand  Rapids  Gossip
Clement  &  Kunst  have  purchased  tha 
grocery stock of  Isaac Van Westenbugge, 
at 60  Center  avenue,  and  will  continue 
the  business.

Atkins  &  Perkins,  who  recently  open­
ed  a  grocery  store  at  732  South  Divi­
sion  street,  have  closed  out  and  retired 
from  business.

Dr.  Peter  Beyer  has  removed  from 
Brutus  to  this  city,  and will  open  a  drug 
store  at  931  Wealthy avenue.  The  Ha- 
zletine  Perkins  Drug  Co.  furnished  the 
stock.

Burrill  Tripp has purchased the  jewel­
ry  stock  of  Gleason  &  Co.,  at  50  West 
Bridge  street,  and  removed  same  to  6 
Canal  street,  where  he  will  continue 
the business.

B.  H.  King  and  William  Dobbelaar 
have  formed  a  copartnership  under  the 
style of  King  &  Co.,  and  opened  a  gro­
cery  store  at  the  corner  of  Fifth  avenue 
and  Union  street.

C.  D.  Cooley,  whose  drug  stock  at 
Kalamo,  was  recently  destroyed  by  fire, 
has  placed  an  order for a  new stock with 
the  Hazletine  &  Perkins  Drug  Co.,  to 
be  shipped  as  soon  as  his  new  build­
ing,  now  in  process  of  construction,  is 
completed.

The  New  York  Biscuit  Co.  has  suc­
ceeded  in  acquiring  a  satisfactory  title 
to  the  land  at  the  corner of  Cherry  and 
Ionia  streets,  comprising  117  feet  front­
age on  Cherry  street  and  130  feet  front­
age  on  Ionia  street,  with  an  alley 
in 
the  rear,  and  will  probably  begin  the 
erection,  another  season,  of  the 
largest 
and  most  completely  equipped  baking 
establishment  in  the  State.

Gripsack  Brigade.

William Dobbelaar (King  & Co.),  who 
has  been  laid  up  with  a  wound  caused 
by a  spike  penetrating  his  foot,  is  able 
to  be  about  again.

Frank  Chase  (A.  C.  McGraw  &  Co.  ) 
has  been  spending  a  few  days  at  St. 
James,  chaperoning  a  party  of 
ladies 
around  the  Beaver  Islands.

Chas.  R.  Visner,  formerly engaged  in 
the  tea  and  coffee  business  on  West 
Leonard  street,  has  taken  the  position 
of  city  salesman  for  Edwin  Fallas.

D.  E.  McVean  (Musselman  Grocer 
Co.),  who  has  been  laid  up  with  rheu­
matism  for  the  past  eight  weeks,  has  re­
sumed  his  trips  to  the  trade.  He  is 
with  the  Hoosiers  this  week.

Jas.  M.  Bailey  (Detroit),  who  has 
represented  Wm.  Preston  & Co.,  of  Om­
aha,  for  the  past  year,  has  engaged  to 
travel  for  the  Illinois  Canning  Co.,  of 
Hoopeston,  111.  Mr.  Bailev  expects  to 
devote  a  couple  of  weeks  to  the  retail 
contiguous 
trade  of  Muskegon  and 
towns,  after  which  he  will  put 
in  a 
month  or  six  weeks  in  Grand  Rapids 
and  suburbs.

The  Grocery  Market.

increase 

Sugar  Advices  from  nearly  all  sec­
tions  indicate  light  stocks,  and  with  the 
probable 
in  the  receipts  of 
large  fruits  during  the  next  few  days  it 
is  expected  that  a  fuller  demand  for  re­
fined  sugars  will  manifest  itself.  The 
present prices of refined sugars,  when the 
entire situation  is  looked  over,  certainly 
appear  safe,  as  all  indications  point  to 
at  least  a  steady  market  for  some  time 
to  come.

Spices— Prices  are  firm  on  nearly  the 
entire  list,  and  holders  are  not  making 
concessions,  being  content  to  await  the

revival  of  demand.  Occasionally weak­
ness 
is  shown  by  a  holder,  but  these 
cases  are  decidedly  the  exception. 
There  has  been  a 
little  more  doing  in 
cloves,  and  foreign  markets  have  again 
advanced  somewhat.  The  syndicate  is 
evidently  still  working  the  market  up 
and  down  and  showing  a  desire  to  cre­
ate  a  speculative 
is 
more  demand  for  pepper,  which  is  held 
very  firm.

interest.  There 

Molasses  The market  isdull,a  condi­
tion  perfectly  natural  to  the  time of  the 
year.  Prices are  well  held,  as  any  con­
cessions  would  not  increase  the  request 
at  all,  and  on  all  transactions  that  are 
made  full  prices  are  obtained.  Stocks 
of  low grade  centrifugals  are  large,  and 
kettle  goods  retain  their  strength.  For­
eign  molasses  is  in  good  demand,  and, 
as  compared  with  last  year,  there  is an 
estimated  shortage of  6,000 hogsheads  in 
first  and  second  hands.

Oils  -Kerosene  has  been  reduced  in 
price,  ic  per  gallon  in  barrels  and  %c 
from  tank  wagons.

Fruits—The  demand 

for  oranges, 
lemons,  bananas  and  other  foreign  fruit 
of 
like  class  is  very  spiritless  at  pres­
ent,  as  most  of  the  dealers  are  hatidling 
domestic fruits  largely.  Prices  on  every 
variety  of  fruit  offered  are  very  low  and 
a  dollar goes  a  long  way  in  procuring 
a  supply.  The  prospects  are  that  there 
will  be  an  enormous  yield  of  peaches. 
The  clingstone  will  soon  be  out  of  the 
way,  thus  making  room  for  freestones, 
and,with  their advent,  the  various  ship­
pers  will  begin  operations  on  a 
large 
scale.  The  prices  of  foreign  fruits,  as 
they  appear  'in  our  Price  Current,  are 
the  general  asking  prices,  but  they 
would  be  shaded  to  liberal  buyers.

The  Grain  Market.

1894.  This 

Although  all  signs  were  for  a  higher 
level  of  prices,  the  outcome  was  to  the 
contrary,  as  wheat  dropped  off  2'/.c  per 
bushel  during  the  week.  The  visible 
decreased  712,000  bushels,  leaving  now 
38,500,000  bushels  in  sight,  or  about 
34,000,000  bushels  less  than  last  year. 
The  increase  tor  the  same  week  of  1894 
was  2,857,000  bushels.  The  shipments 
from  the  United  States  and  Montreal 
were  1,400,000 bushels,  or  200.000  more 
than  the  week  before,  against  2,977,000 
bushels  during  the  corresponding  week 
of 
is  quite  a  falling  off. 
However,  as  our  prices are  about  on  a 
shipping  basis,  we  may  expect  larger 
exports.  As  yet,  new  wheat  does  not 
move  very  freely.  While  the  quality  is 
fair,  there  is quite  a  portion  that  will 
grade only  No.  3,  and  even  less.  Re­
ports  from  the  other  winter  wheat  states 
do  not  show  up  as  well  as  the  samples 
received  by  the  millers  here  would  in­
dicate.  Owing  to  this  fact, 
the  local 
millers  are  getting  all  the  wheat  they 
can  of  the  crop  of  1894.  We are  still 
believers'  in  higher  prices  for  wheat, 
as  the  receipts  thus  far  have  not  been 
one-quarter  what  they  were 
in  previ­
ous  years;  so  we  will  wait  for  the  re­
sults.

Corn,  as  we  have  stated,  is  weak,  ow­
ing  to  the  fine  outlook,  as  it  is  estimat­
ed  there  will  be  nearly  2,300,000,000 
bushels  raised  this  year,  providing  the 
early  frost  does  no  damage.

Oats,  also, 

in  sympathy  with  corn, 
are  weak.  While  the  crop  in  Michigan 
is  very  light,  other  states  have  a  good 
crop  and,  with  a  large amount  of  corn, 
oats  will  be  very  cheap.

The  receipts  during  the  week  were  as 
follows:  Wheat,  40 cars;  corn,  22  cars, 
and  oats,  7  cars.  This  is  about  nor­
mal  for  wheat  and  oats,  but  the  receipts 
of  corn  were  rather  large.

C .  G .  A .  V o i g t .

The  Tail  End  of  a  Senseless  Strike.
From  the G rand  Rapids  Press  Aug. 5.

At  a  meeting  of  the  local  printer’s 
it  was  decided 
union,  held  yesterday, 
to  call  out  the  union  men  working 
in 
the  Tradesman  Company’s  job  printing 
department.  There 
is  only  one  such 
man  regularly  employed there.  He  had 
not  received  the  order  to  walk  out  up  to 
noon,  but  said  that  when  it  did  come, 
of  course,  he  would  have  to  obey.  He 
has been  employed  by  the  Tradesman 
Company  for  nine  years.  The  order al­
so affects another,  who  is only  occasion­
ally  employed.

A  member of  the  printer’s  union  who 
was  seen  by  a  Press  reporter,  said : 
“ The  walk-out  is  ordered  because  the 
union  thinks  it  is a violation to  its  prin­
ciples  to  have  one  of  its  members  work­
ing  in  a  non-union  office.”

item 

This  item  is correct,  in  the  main,  but 
is  one  inaccuracy  which  does  the 
there 
Tradesman 
injustice.  The  inaccuracy 
is  in  an  intimation  which  is  really  con­
tradicted  by  the 
itself—that  the 
office  is  non-union.  This  intimation  is 
disproved  by  the  fact  that  one  of  the 
men  ordered  out  by  the  union  had  been 
in  the  employ  of  the  Tradesman  for 
the  past  nine  years.  Whatever  may  be 
the  sentiments  of  the  proprietors  of  the 
Tradesman  on  the subject  of  unionism 
the  fact  that  a  workman  belongs  to  a 
union,  or  to  any  other  recognized  or­
ganization,  has  never  been  a  bar  to  his 
employment  and  will  not  be  until  the 
discussion  and  agitation  of  the  subject 
becomes  a  hindrance  to  other  workmen 
or  in  some  way  interferes  with  its  busi­
ness.  As  has  been  stated  in  these  col­
umns  before,  the  Tradesman  office  is 
open  to  the  employment  of  black  or 
white,  Protestant  or  Catholic,  bond  or 
free,  so  long  as  the  workman  is  willing 
to  devote  the  time  paid  for  to  its  serv­
ice.

Some  two  years  ago  the  union  saw  fit 
to  call  out  the  workmen  in  one  depart­
ment  of  the  Tradesman ;  hut,  through a 
compromise  of  the  “ principles”   re­
ferred  to  in  the  item  above quoted,  the 
union  left  those employed  in  another  de­
partment  in  the enjoyment  of their  posi­
tions.  The  inconsistency  of  such  ac­
tion  becomes  apparent  when 
it  is  re­
membered  that  the  ownership  and  man­
agement of these departments  are  identi­
cal.  The  Tradesman  did  not  find  the 
slightest  difficulty 
the 
places  of  those  “ ordered  out”   at  that 
time  and  the  change of  one  or  two  more 
workmen  at  this  time  is  a  matter of  no 
importance,  except  to  the  poor  dupes 
who  are  forced  by  the  union  to  sever 
relations  which  have  been  both  pleas­
ant  and  profitable  to  both  employer and 
employe  for several years.

supplying 

in 

Extensive  deposits  of  cement  rock  oj 
a  very  good  quality  have  been  found  in 
Central  Kansas,  and  are  being  worked 
at  a  profit.  The  development  of  this 
industry  began  in  a  small way  five  years 
ago,  when a farmer with a hill of  the  ma­
terial  on his place  laboriously  dug  it  out 
and  ground  it  in  a  hopper  worked  by  a 
weary  old  horse.  One  day  a  party  of 
business  men  passing  through  the  coun­
try  stopped  and 
inspected  his  plant. 
They  wanted  to  buy  his  farm,  but  he  re­
fused to sell.  They offered  him  25  cents 
a  load  for  the  privilege  of  mining  the 
cement,  and  he  accepted  the  proposi­
tion.  They  organized  a  stock  company 
and  went  to  work,  and  the  result  is  that 
the  farmer’s  income  is  all  the  way  from 
S25  to S100 a  week.  Many other deposits 
have  since  been  found  in  the  neighbor­
hood,  and  the  demand  for  the  product  is 
increasing.  A  good deal  of  this  cement 
went  into  the  buildings  at  the  World’s 
Fair,  Chicago. 
It  is  said  to  make  ex­
cellent  Schillinger  pavement.

Here  is  a  statement  found  in  an  Eng­
lish  paper  which  is  interesting.  “ Horse 
meat  as  an  article  of  food  is  not  new  to 
the  people  of  Oregon.  The  old  mission­
aries, from  1833  to  1844, used  it  as  a  reg­
ular  diet.”   That  was  probably  about 
the  time  that  an English  traveler  in  this 
country  received  a 
letter  from  home 
urging  him  not  to  forget  his  pocket 
compass  if  he  went  into  the  woods  out­
side  of  Boston 
limits  and.  above  all 
things,  not  to  wander  off  alone  where 
he  would  be  likely to  fall  into  the  hands 
of 
those  dreadful  Comanches.  He’d 
better go  to  Chicago  first,  stopping  over 
for  a  few  days  at  New  Orleans,  and 
then,  on  his  way  to  New  York,  he  could 
take  in  San  Francisco and  St.  Paul  and 
so  lose  no  time!  Poor  little  Lilliput 
England!  When  will  she  ever 
learn 
what  a  little  dried-up  huckleberry  her 
little  Island  is  in  the  gigantic  washtub 
of  the  world!

It  comes  from  the  State of  Maine,  and 
is a  little romance  that occurred  recently 
in  Portland.  He  was  a  clerk  in  a  large 
wholesale  house  and  used  the  telephone 
constantly.  At  certain  periods  his  calls 
were  answered  by  a  sweet  voice,  which 
seemed  to  soothe  his  tired,  worn-out 
nerves and  strengthen  him  wonderfully. 
He  grew  to 
for  that  voice, 
dreamed  of  it,  and  finally  it  became  a 
part  of  his  life.  One  evening  in  the 
theater he heard  it  behind  him  and  rec­
ognized  it  at  once.  For  a  long  time  he 
sat  as  one  dazed  and  dared  not  look  at 
the  possessor  of  the  voice  for  fear  he 
would  be  disappointed.  But  he  wasn’t, 
and  now  thev’re  engaged.

listen 

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See  J.  P.  Visner,  agent.

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

AN  UNSUCCESSFUL  CLERK.

Confessions  of  a  Man  Who  Never 

Hade  His  nark  IV.

accepted.  There was  one  store  in  the 
vicinity  that  made  and 
lived  up  to  a 
rule o f:

O ne  P r ic e — t ío   T ru st.

The  first  endeavors  permitted  me  in 
the  way  of  selling  goods,  were  in  con­
nection  with  the  calico  counter.
This  was  located  to  the  right  of  the 
main  entrance,  anti  the critical  dame  or 
cautious  girl  who  came 
in  search  of 
bargains,  had  from  seventy-five  to  one 
hundred  pieces and  patterns  from  which 
to  which  make  selections.
into  the  store 
The  caller would  peer 
with  an 
investigating  air,  and  in  nine 
cases  out  of  ten  whether  look ing  for 
calico  or  hoop-skirts  steer  straight  for 
that  counter.  Perhaps  I  have employed 
in  the  above  -drifted 
the  wrong  word 
up  against  it,  would  be  the  more  exact 
term.  Conversations  would  open 
in 
something  like  this  form :

of  calico,  this  morning?”

"Good  morning,  ma’am ."
"Good  morning."
' ‘ Looking  for  something  in  the  line 
"Well,  I  dunno.  lest  looking’ around. 
What  are  you  charging  for  Merrimac?”
The  price  would  be  named,  the  clerk 
meanwhile  hauling  forth  the  most  at­
tractive  patterns,  and  opening  them  out 
to  the  best  advantage.
Nine  out  of  ten  of  our  customers  were 
Yankees  from  the  country.  Eight  of 
these  nine  were  suspicious  of  the  town, 
the  store,  the  proprietors,  the  clerks, 
the goods  and  the  prices.  They  knew 
by  long  experience  that  the  price  asked 
was  not  always  the one  taken ;  that  hag­
gling,  offering,  and  reducing  were  ever 
in  the order  of  things;  and  much  prac­
tice had  made  them  past masters  in  the 
art  of  beating  down.

A  dozen  pieces  would  be  slowly  ex­
amined  without  a  sign  of  emotion,  ex­
cept  such  as  implied  a general  mistrust 
and  unyielding  criticism.

How  much  did  you  say  this  was?"
Twelve  cents a  yard.

The burden  of  war  prices  was  yet  up­

on  the  cotton  market.

‘ ‘ Twelve  cents !  Lands’ sakes.  They 
ten  cents  at 

them 

for 

are  selling 
Smith’s.

‘ * Not  Merrimacs,  I  guess.  We  have 
the  cheaper brands  for  that.  Here are 
some  at  ten.

‘ ‘ Yes,  they  were  Merrimacks.  Well, 
I’m  only  looking  around.  Don’t  know 
as  I  want  any.  Still,  I  might  take  a 
dress  off  that  pink,  if  1  could  get  it  at 
ten  cents.

When  this  sharp current  in bargaining 
first  caught  me,  of  course  I  made  haste 
to  Mr.  Samson  for a  sailing  chart.

if  she  won  t  pay 

Let  her  have 
said  he. 

it  for  eleven  cents, 
"T ry  to  get  that; 
Henry, 
but 
it,  take  the ten 
cents.  Then work  her down  toward  me, 
and  I  may  be  able  to  sell  her  a  pretty 
big  bill.  She  generally commences  that 
way.  But  don’t 
let  her  go  out  of  the 
store  empty-handed,  if  you  give  her a 
dress.

(The one  unpardonable  sin  was  to  let 

a  caller get  away  without  a  sale.  )

It  is  needless  to  say  that  this  superior 
experience  against  which  my  newness 
was  matched,  was  too  much  for  me. 
The  eleven-cent  compromise  was  re­
fused,  and  she  took  her  ten  yards  for a 
dollar.

She  greatly  appreciated  the  money 
'saved,  for  shi 11 ings  do  not  grow  upon 
the  bushes  upon  Northern  Ohio  farms ; 
but 
the  pleasant  gleam  behind  her 
glasses,  showed  that  two-fold  greater 
was  the  pleasure  derived  from  getting i 
ahead  of  ‘ ‘ one  of  them  sassy  clerks. ’ ’

I  coaxed  her gently  down  the  counter, 
and  left  her 
in  the  hands  of  the genial 
but  seasoned  Samson.  There  came  to 
me then  a  revelation  in  the ways  of bar­
ter.  There was  genius 
in  the  way  in 
which goods  jumped  in  price  when  she 
approached  them ;  and  her  joy  in  get­
ting  them  down  within  reach  of  her 
offer,  was  only  matched  by  Samson’s 
in  most 
quiet  happiness 
cases,  the  full  regular  selling  price. 
I 
was,  indeed,  convinced  that  genius  has 
its  rewards,  as  I  carried 
late  in  the  af­
ternoon,  several  huge  bundles  from  the 
store to  her  wagon  across  the  street.

in  getting, 

I  do  not  defend  this  method  of  deal­
ing. 
It  belonged  to  the  order of things 
in  Grange,  and  as  such was  generally

It  soon  went  into  the  hands  of  an  as­
signee.  The  people  regarded  the  first- 
named  feature as an  encroachment  upon 
their  liberties,  while  the  "N o  Trust” 
was  taken  as  a  reflection  upon  their 
financial  reliability.  We  had  some  cus­
tomers  from  a  small  iron-making  town 
a  few  miles  away,  the  majority of  whose 
inhabitants  were  Welsh.  There  seemed 
to  be  but  one  way  of  dealing with  them. 
The  stalwart  mother  would  enter,  thump 
her  baby  down  upon  the  counter,  and 
open  the  campaign.

that 

* ‘ I  want  to  see  some  of  your  dress 
goods.
Plain  muslins  or  substantial  woolens 
would  be  unrolled  before  her.  We  will 
suppose 
the  selling  price  was 
marked  at  thirty  cents  per  yard.
her.

She  would  select  a  piece  that suited 
‘ ‘ How  much  is that a  yard?’ '
Knowing his  customer,  the clerk would 

‘ ‘ Forty  cents.
" I   won’t  give 
I’ll  give  you 
twenty. ’ ’
Then  followed  a  season  of  argument, 
expostulation and  good-natured chaffing. 

"T ake  it along for  thirty-five  cents. 
"Never  in  the world. 

I'll  give  you 

say; 

it. 

twenty-five.
Then  another season  of  mercantile  di­
plomacy.  The baby  would  be gathered 
up,  as  a  preliminary  to  departure. 
Then  a  halt  and  more  negotiations;  and 
in  the  end  she would  take  the goods  at 
thirty  cents.  She  was  happy  because 
she  had  compelled  the  clerk  to  come 
down  ten  cents  per  yard;  and  he  was 
happy  because  he  had  made  a  sale  at 
the  regular  figures. 
If he  had  asked  her 
thirty  cents  in  the  start  and  stuck  to  it, 
some  other  clerk  up  the  street  would 
have  sold  her the  dress.

One thing  that  Samson & Crown would 
not  permit,  and  that  was  the misrepre­
sentation  of  their  goods.  A  thing  must 
be  sold  for what  it  was,  upon  its  own 
merits,  and  full  weight  or  measure giv­
en.  Both  men  were  honest,  truthful, 
and  exact,  and 
if  a  mistake  had  been 
made,  took  pleasure  in  making  it  good, 
no  matter  what  the  cost.

Some of  the merchants of  Grange were 
constructed  after  a  different  plan. 
I 
shall never forget  a  series of  calculations 
made  in  my  presence by a  cynical  clerk 
employed  in  another  store.

We  were  standing  by  the  counter  in 
that  other store,  listening  to  the  senior 
partner  we  will  call  him  Jones—selling 
a  bill  of goods.

‘  Just  listen  to  the  old  man, ’ ’ said  the 
clerk. 
"H e  has  been  talking  to  that 
woman  for  ten  minutes  and  has  told  her 
ten  lies,  counting  those  in  which  he  has 
repeated  himself.  Let's  make  a  calcu­
lation, ”   he  added,  taking  up  a  pad.

Suppose  that,  in  a  logical  arrange­
ment  of  rewards  and  punishments,  a 
man  should  be  sunk  one  foot  deeper  in 
Hades  for  each  lie  he  tells.  The  old 
man  has  been  in  business  for  over  forty 
years.  He  sells goods,  on  an  average, 
five  hours  each  day,  six  days  in  the 
week.  That  makes,  at  the  rate  he  is 
now  going  of  one  to  each  minute,  three 
hundred  per  day.  Here  it  is :

300  lies  per  day.

300 days  per  year.

90,000  per  year.

40 years.

3,600,000  total,  or  so  many  feet

deep.

"That  puts  him  pretty  well  down,”  
said  the  young  man,  ‘ ‘ and  unless  he  is 
taken  away  pretty  soon,  he  will  be  too 
deep  for consolation  or  relief.

These  records  of  business  morals  in 
minor  things  are  not,  perhaps,  so  trivial 
as  they  seem.  Every  object  lesson  set 
in  the  making  up 
before a  boy,  assists 
of  his  character. 
I  had  not  been  in  the 
store a  month  before  I  had  made  up  my 
mind  on  two  points:  To  be  honest  in 
all  dealings;  and  to  keep  as  closely  to 
the  truth as  possible.  That  foot-per-lie 
problem  had  set  me to thinking.

An  incident  in  selling that  came  near

turning  my  young  hair  gray,  occurred 
in  one  of  the  first  days  of  my  appren­
ticeship.
We  carried  a  fine  line  of  furs,  and  a 
handsome muff attracted  the  attention  of 
a  lady  upon  whom  I  was  waiting.  She 
asked  the  price.

I  looked  at  the ticket,  and  there it was 
distinctly:  "O N ."
As  " O "   meant  five,  and  " N"   a  ci­
pher,  I  knew  that  the  combination  stood 
for fifty,  and  therefore  the  price of  the 
muff  was  fifty  cents.  But  I  had  sold 
cat  and  rabbit skins  in  my  earlier  days, 
and  there  came  into  my  confused  head 
the thought  that  furs  were going  rather 
cheap  at  that  rate.  Remembering  Mr, 
Samson’s  advice,  I  went  to  Aim on  and 
asked  the  price. 
"F ifty  dollars,  he 
said  promptly,  and  I  heaved  a  sigh  of 
relief  at  my  escape.  The  lady  did  not 
take  it  at  fifty dollars,  but  I  knew  in  my 
youthful  soul  that  she  would  have  snap­
ped  it  up  at  fifty cents.

CURRENT  COMMENT.

One thing  is  pretty  certain,  and  that 
is  that  "Johnny  Cake”   is  going  to  be 
plenty  this  year.  The  largest  corn  crop 
ever grown  in  the  United  States  will  be 
pans  out" 
harvested  this  year  if  it 
as  it  now  promises.  This 
is  the  way 
the thing  looks  now : 2,400,000,000 bush­
els !  Will 
enterprising  grain 
house  send  over  some  up-to-date  cook  to 
show  the  people  over  there  the  blessing 
of  Johnny  cake and  hulled  corn?

some 

*  *  *

Charles  Sharp,  of  Chicago,  has  proved 
himself  a  pretty  sharp  business  man. 
He  was  employed  as 
credit  clerk"  by 
a wholesale  meat  house,  and  he proceed­
ed  to  establish  on  his  own  account  sev­
eral  retail  meat  markets,  which  he  car­
ried  on  under  the  names  of  various 
friends.  These markets  he gave  unlim­
ited  credit  on  the wholesale  house  for 
the  purchase  of  supplies.  How  long  it 
has been  going  on,  or  how  much  he has 
made  out  of 
if,  is  yet  unknown,  and 
since  the  trick  was  discovered  he  has 
disappeared.

*  *  *

It  is  lucky  for  California  that  she  has 
gone  into  industries  other  than  mining. 
The ocean  is  full  of  gold  at  the  rate  of 
from  two  to  four  cents  a  ton,  and  St. 
Louis has a  citizen  who  is going  to  pat­
ent a  process to get  it.  After this  when 
the  reserved  fund  gets  too  low,  all  that 
will  be  necessary  will  be  to  "go   to  the 
shore, ’ ’  and  dip  some  up.  Science  is  a 
great  thing!

I  *  *

The  California  Fruit  Grower  wants 
to  know  if  jobbing  grocers  "shall”   sell 
fresh  fruits.  A  limited  acquaintance 
with  the  individual  referred  to  at  the 
Golden  Gate  precludes  a  positive  an­
swer;  but  if  the  California  species  have 
the  developments  of  the  class  in  other 
parts  of  the  country,  it  may  be  safely 
put  down  that  he  w ill;  if  he  takes  a  no­
tion  to,  and all the "shalls" out  you can 
crowd  in  between  here and  Kalamazoo 
would  be but  the  wind  which  he  re­
gards  not.

In  Staffordshire  and  Shropshire,  Eng­
land,  they  have  a  most  extraordinary 
cure  for toothache.  The  sufferer watches 
a  mole’s runway with  a  spade  and  traps, 
and  as  soon  as  he  succeeds  in  capturing 
one  of  these  reputed  eyeless  little  ani­
mals  cuts  off  its  paw  and  quickly  ap­
plies to  the  aching  molar. 
In  order to 
make  the  cure  sure  and  effective,  the 
paw  must  be  amputated  while  the  ani­
mal  is  yet  alive;  furthermore, 
if  the 
aching  tooth  is  on  the  right  side of  the 
jaw  a  left-handed  mole  paw  must  be 
used,  and  vice versa.  A  similar tooth­
ache  superstition  exists 
in  the  Cape 
Verde  islands  and  also  on  the_Canari.es.

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The  next  thing  to  be  made  of  paper 
is  the  sail  to  take  the  place  of  canvas. 
Something lighter, more elastic and  more 
air-tight  is  wanted,  and  paper  seems  to 
promise  most 
in  the  qualities  called 
lor.

L. G.  Dunton & Co.

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LUr\BER=Qreen  or  Dry
Office and  Yard  —Seventh St.  and G. & W.M.R.R. 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

More  and  more  is  electric  current  as­
serting  itself.  The  Italian  wine  mer­
chant  is  now  making  use  of  electric 
processes  for the  aging  of  wines  in  the 
provinces of  Italy.  By  means  of  these 
extraordinary  modifications  in  the  bou­
quet  and  body  of  the  vintage  are  made I 
possible,  and  the  suggestion  has  been 
made  that  the  same  thing  might  be 
in  correcting  the 
used  to  advantage 
faults  often  apparent 
in  California 
wines,  due  to  the  rich  soil  where  the 
grapes  are  grown.
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Fruits and  Produce
Beneficial  Effects of the Rain  A Mar­

ket  Suggestion.

I here was  no need of asking  the grow­
ers  on  the  market  if  the  recent  rains 
have done  them  any  good.  Discourage­
ment  has  given  place  to confidence and 
prices  were  given  with  a  tone  which 
meant  “ that  or  nothing.”   The  horses 
seemed  to  enter  into  the  spirit  of  the 
occasion  and  let  it  be  known  that  they 
were  not  to  be  trifled  with,  and  a  can­
tankerous  old  tnule  that  I  inadvertently 
caromed  against  dropped  his  big  ears 
with  a  thud,  with  the  evident  intention 
of  putting  up  something on  the  morning 
market  besides  prices.  Reports  from  a 
radius  of  from  two or  three  miles  from 
the  city  to  twenty,  confirms  the  relief 
brought  by  the  rain.  Little  can  now 
be  expected  from  the  meadows  except 
in  the  way  of  pasturage,  which  will 
improve.  Potatoes  will  be greatly bene- 
fitted,  and  everything  now  growing  is 
feeling  already  the  wetting  it  has  re­
ceived.

Raspberries  are getting  to  look  as  if 
their  days of  usefulness  were over.  The 
blackberries, 
full  of  nature’s  choicest 
wine,  are  doing  their best  to  keep  up  a 
good  reputation.  The  currants  are  few 
and  far  between  and 
look,  when  they 
do  put  in  an  appearance,  as  if  seeds 
were  to  be  in  great  demand,  early  in 
the  season.

The  apples  haven’t  opened  fire  on 
the  market  yet.  A 
little  skirmish­
ing  is  going  on ;  but,  so  far,  a  good 
cider mill  has  been  cheated  out  of  its 
just  rights,  if we  except  some  fairgreen 
sweetings  which  are  brought  in  from 
time  to time.  The  days  of  the  cling­
stone  peach  are  numbered  for  this  sea­
son,  and  prices  are  small,  correspond­
ing  fairly  with  too  much  of  the  runt  ar­
ticle  now  exposed  for  sale.

growth  during 

Vegetables  are  bravely  holding  their 
own.  Where  they  obtained  their  rich, 
rank 
past  dry 
weather,  it  is  hard  to  understand ;  but, 
in  this  direction,  the market has been  as 
remarkable  as  it  has  been  profitable.

the 

instant, 

One  of  the  surprises,  until  one gets 
used  to  it,  is  the  number  of  children 
who  come  in  with  the  market  wagons. 
Boys  and  girls  alike  are  found  among 
“ What  are  potatoes 
the  early  comers. 
this  morning?”  
I  asked  of  a  grower, 
who  stood  beside  some  likely  tubers. 
“ Them  ain’t  mine;  they  belong  to that 
little  shaver.”   The  boy  was  on hand  in 
an 
little  enough  and  young 
enough  not  to  be a  shaver  for  a  number 
of  years  yet  -bright  as  a  dollar,  how­
ever,  and  ready  to  stand  any amount  of 
beating  down.  A  wagon  or  two  farther 
on,  my  sympathy  was  excited  by  a 
handsome young fellow of  18,  whose  eyes 
looked  as  if  he  had  been  up  all  night. 
“ Drive  far  this morning?”   “ A  dozen 
miles  or  so,”   “ (lets  you  up  pretty 
early,  doesn’t  it?”   and  the  sympathy  in 
my  voice  made  us  “ hail  fellows  well 
met”   right  off. 
“ Yes,  generally;  but  I 
went  to  a  dance  last  night  and  I  got 
home  just 
in  time  to  start  with  the 
load!”   I  have  done  that  thing  too often 
not  to  know  how  that  boy  felt  at  that 
moment;  and  we  parted,  each  with  a 
new  friend  he  with  a  bit  of  pleasantry, 
and  1  whistling  the  “ Portland  Fancy”
I  danced  years  ago  in  New  England,  in 
the  wee  sma’  hours  of  the  morning.

It  seems  a  good  deal  like  beating  the

I  notice 

air to  say anything about  a  market house 
or an  improved market  place,  but  for  all 
that  a  little  wind  exercise  will  do  us  no 
harm. 
that  the  city  Solons 
have decided  to  do  a  little  street  repair­
ing  and  why  couldn’t they do  something 
for  the  comfort of  these growers and  im­
prove  the  city  as  well.  How  would  it 
do,  for instance,  to scoop clean that trian­
gle  made  by  the  intersection  of  Louis, 
Ionia and  Fulton  streets  and  gobble  up 
enough  on the  southeast  corner of  Fulton 
and  Ionia  streets  to  make  a  market 
space,  and  so  improve,  if nothing  more, 
the  spaces 
referred  to?  The  classic 
structure  on  the  corner  of  Louis  and 
Ionia  streets  might,  in 
its  day,  have 
been  a  fine  specimen  of  Grecian  archi­
tecture,  but  three  of  the  five  pillars 
which  once  made  up  the  facade  are 
gone;  the  glory  of  the  corner  has  de­
parted  forever,  and  the  building  should 
give  way  to  the  improvement  which  the 
whole  triangle  is  hankering  after. 
It’s 
all  very  well  to  talk  about  a  market, 
roofed  by  the  skies  and  lighted  by  the 
stars,  the  forget-me-nots  of  the  angels; 
but,  for good  sturdy,  sensible  Michigan­
ders,  who  are  not  longing  to  be  “ angels 
and  with  the  angels  stand,”   a  plain,  or­
dinary,  wooden  roof  would  be  more  sat­
isfactory and  a  great  deal  more  comfort­
able  on  a  rainy  morning,  and  they  want 
it  a  piece  of 
information  for  which 
there  is  no charge.

R a m b l e r .

PRODUCE  riARKET.

Apples  The  crop  of  harvest  fruit 
is  turning  out  much  larger  than  was  ex­
pected.  Red Astrachan  and  Duchess of 
Oldenburgs  are  the  favorite  varieties, 
commanding  50c.  per  bushel,  and  S r .75 
per barrel.  Cooking  stock  finds  moder­
ate  sale at Si.25^/1.50  per barrel.

Beets  New,  10c.  per  dozen.
Blackberries -  Lawtons,  8@ 10c.  per 
quart.  Scarce  in  amount  and  inferior 
in  quality.  No  wild  berries  have  yet 
put  in  an  appearance,  the  supposition 
being  that  most  of  the  wild  crop  has 
been  destroyed  by  the  forest  fires.

Butter  Factory creamery is  stationery 
at  i8@I9C.  Dairy  is  in  fair  demand  at 
15 to 16 c.

Cabbage  Home  grown  is  now  in  am­
ple  supply,  commanding  6o@75c.  per 
dozen. 
l lie  size  is  considerably  larger 
than  a  week  ago,  and  the quality  is  also 
much  improved.

Celery  Home-grown,  18c.  per  dozen 

bunches.
per dozen.

Cucumbers  Home  grown,  2o@25c. 

Eggs  Handlers  pay  10c.  and  hold  at 

io l/2@ire.  in  a  regular  jobbing  way.

Green  Corn  10c.  per  dozen.  Very 

scarce.

Onions- -Green  command 

10c.  per 
dozen  bunches.  Home  grown  Yellow 
Danvers  are 
in  moderate  request  and 
adequate  supply  at 6o@75C.  per bushel.
Muskmellons  Indiana  stock,  $6  per 
100;  Osage,  Si.75  per dozen.

Peaches  Early  Rivers  have  the  mo­
nopoly  of  the  market this week,  and  it  is 
expected  that  prices  will  rule  from  50© 
75c  per  bushel.  Hale’s  Early  are  be­
ginning  to  come  in  and  will  probably 
command  about  Si  per  bushel.  There 
is  no  longer any doubt  as  to  the  outcome 
of  the  crop-  there  will  be  enough  and 
to  spare  for everyone.  The  recent  rains 
have  already  made  a  considerable  im­
provement  in  the  size of the  fruit.
in 
size  and  quality,  Si 6/ 1.25  per  bushel. 
Bartlett’s  will  begin 
to  arrive  next 
week.  The  yield  of  both  varieties  will 
be  large.

Pears  Clapp’s  Early,  excellent 

Plums  Si-75  per bushel.
Patatoes  Home  grown  are  in  ample 
supply  at  45c.  per  bushel.  There  is  a 
meager  shipping  demand,  owing  to  the 
fact  that  home  grown  is  meeting  the 
consumptive  demand  in  nearly all  sec­
tions.

Tomatoes  50c.  for  four-basket  crate.
apiece,  ac­
Watermellons  -io@i5c. 

cording  to  size and  quality.

— „Live Poultry
BUTTE«, EBBS, FRUITS aqd VEBETflBLES.  _S 

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f   a

F.  J.  DETTENTHALER,

117-119  Monroe  Street,____*____ ■____-____ -___ Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

SEEDS, POTATOES, BEANS

w e  handle  all  kinds  FlELDaSEEDS,  Clover,  Tim othy.  H ungarian,  Millet,  Buck­
wheat,  Field Peas, Spring  Rye,  Barley,  Etc.  Buy  and  ■sell  Potatoes,  Beans,  Seeds, 
Eggs,  Etc.  Car; lots or less.

EGG  CRATES  and  EGG  CRATE  FILLERS.

If you wish  to buy or sell  w rite us.

flOSELEY  BROS.,

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Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Jobbers  SEEDS.  BEANS.  POTATOES,  FRUITS.

ARTHUR  J.  WATKINS 

J.  H.  AXE

W A T K IN S &  AXE,W holesale Produce

FRESH EGGS, CHOICE CREAMERY and DAIRY BUTTER

N orthern T rade Solicited 
for  Meats and  Produce. 

Phone 395 

Special  A ttention to Consignm ents
and  Buying on Track.

84 and 86 South  Division  St.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

The  Peach  Crop
promises  to  be  large  this  year  and as we 
have had some rains lately,  expect  th at  quality 
will  be  good.  We  shall  handle  more  this year 
than ever before and are  in  position to give your 
orders  prompt  and  careful  attention.  Corres­
pond w ith  me early and let me  know  how  many 
you  will  need  daily.  Early  Rivers  have  been 
coming  in  for  the  past  week,  prices  ranging 
from  75c to SI  per bushel.  Hale's  Early  will  be 
I com ing  in  this  week,  and  will  have  peaches 
from  now  on  until 
the  m iddle  of  October. 
If you  can  use  any, shall  be p eased to  receive 
your orders and  will make prices a«  low  as  pos­
sible on day of sh  pm ent.  Apples  are com ing in 
better  every  day,  and  we  have  a  good  supply 
daily  of  A strachans.  D utchess,  Sweet  Boughs, 
Sour Boughs and all  other  varieties  that  are  in 
m arket, 
(¿note you  A strachans,  Early  H arvest 
and  Sour Boughs at $2.50 per l»b .  (they are sugar 
bbls.)  4’j  bu.  D utchess,  Maiden  Blush  and 
Sweet  Boughs $1.75 to $2 for 3-bu. bbls.  Potatoes 
50e per bu.  Beets, 60e per bu.  Turnips,  GOc  per 
bu.  W ax  Beans,  50c 
j e r  bu.  Celery,  18c  a 
doz.  Cucum bers,  18c  a  doz.  Onions.  Radishes 
and Carrots, 10c  a  doz.  Home-grown  cabbages, 
40 to 75c a doz.  Melons.  16 to 18c.  Tomatoes, 65 
to 75c.  Pop corn, 3c per lb.  Shall be pleased to 
have  your mail orders.

HENRY  J. VINKEMULDER,

418=420-445-447 S. Division St.  Grand  Rapids

E verything fo r the

Field and Garden
Clover,  Medium  or  Mammoth,  Al- 
syke,  Ahalfa  and  Crimson,  Timo­
thy,  Hungarian  Millet,  Peas  and 
Spring  Rye.  Garden  Seeds 
in 
bulk  and  Garden  Tools.

Hi ndquarters 

for  Egg  Cases  and 

Fillers.

Send your consignments of

Peaches

BUTTER,  EGGS,  POULTRY  and 

FRUITS  to

Geo.E.Dar(lqg&Go.

42  Jefferson  Avenue, 
142  Woodbridge  St.

GEO.  E.  DARLING 
H.  H.  ROBINSON

DETROIT

WHOLESALE  DEALER  IN

W.  H.  BEACH
HAY,  GRAIN.
SEEDS,
PRODUCE,

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Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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WEDNESDAY, 

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AUGUST 7, 1895.

WHAT  IS  TO  BE  THE  OUTCOME?
Since  the  invention  of  labor-saving 
machinery,  the  question  of  the  anxious 
workman  has  been,  What  is  to  he  the 
outcome?”   and,  in  spite  of  the  answers 
which  experience  has  constantly  and 
correctlv  given,  with  the  often  returning 
fear,  comes  the  same  old  cry.

Briefly  and  concisely  the  outcome  is 
to lie the  emancipation of  mankind  from 
the  work  of  a  mere  machine.  That  has 
been  nature’s 
intention  from  the  first, 
and  she has  held  to  her  purpose  in  spite 
of  man’s  dogged  determination  for cen­
turies  to  be  the  unthinking  machine 
which,  too  often,  he  is  to-day. 
1 here  is 
no  need  of  going  back  for  examples. 
The  whole black  race  of  the  South,  less 
than  a  hundred  years  ago,  were  doing 
the  work  of  a  machine.  Eli  Whitney,  a 
Yankee  schoolmaster,  saw what the  trou­
ble  was  and,  by  inventing  the  cotton 
gin,  set  the  living  machine at  liberty. 
Men  the  world  over  were  making  pack- 
horses of  themselves  and women  were  so 
many  animated  spinning  wheels  ma­
chines,  all of  them,  knowing  little  of  the 
world,  and  caring  less  for  it  as  the  time 
went  by.  Then  Watt  and  Stephenson 
and  Fulton and  Hargraves went  to think­
ing,  and,  when they  got  through,  the  lo­
comotive  and  the  steamboat  were  car­
rying the burdens  of  the  world,  the spin­
ning  wheels  were  sent  to  the  attic  or  the 
woodpile,  and  the  liberated  slaves,  at 
liberty  once  more,  transformed  them­
selves 
into  the  next  machines  which 
were handiest.  The women  settled  down 
contentedly  with  the  needle,  and  the 
men  split  shingles  with  a  cleaver  or did 
the  work  of  horses  and  cattle  in  the 
fields.  Bv and  by  the  wisdom  teeth  of 
Elias Howe  came  pricking  through,  and 
Cyrus  McCormick concluded  that he  had 
been  an  ox  long  enough;  and  one  morn­
ing  when,  after a  sleepless  night,  Howe 
found  out  that  the  world  had  been  sew­
ing with  the  eye  in  the wrong  end  of  the 
needle,  and  McCormick  came 
in  for 
breakfast  after  doing  more  than  an  or­
dinary  day’s  work  with  his  reaper,  the 
human  race was  again  at  1 iberty  to  set­
tle  down  as  a  machine  at  some  other 
work,  which  would  preclude  the  need  of 
any  agitation  of the  cerebrum.

enough 

For years  it  was  supposed  that  gun- 
stock  making  and  typesetting,  while 
tiresome 
and  monotonous 
enough,  and  almost  thoughtless  enough, 
to be  put  down  as  machine work,  had 
still  thought  enough  about them  to  defy 
the  genius  of  the 
inventor,  and  they

have  laughed  him  to  scorn;  but  when 
Blanchard  smilingly  produced  the  gun- 
stock  which  his  machine  had  turned, 
and  Thorne  presented  the galley his  ma­
chine  had  filled  with  the  speed  of  light, 
the  human  machine  is  nonplussed  and 
helplessly  asks  with  a  whine 
in  his 
voice,  “ What  is  to he the  outcome?”

The  question  has  already  been  an­
swered.  The  world  has  no  place and  no 
use  for a  human  machine.  Mind  is su­
perior  to  matter;  and  this  agitation  will 
go  on  until  the  mind,  recognizing  its 
mission,  will  enter  upon  it  with  a  zeal 
before  unknown;  and 
the  machine, 
wholly material  as  it  was always  intend­
ed  to  be,  will  do the  thoughtless work  of 
the  world without weariness  and  without 
pain.  That 
is  the  outcome,  and  the 
sooner  the  mind  makes  up  to  the  exi­
gencies  of  the  times,  the  sooner  the 
emancipation  of  mankind  will  take 
place. 

_____________

THE  COMING  CONTEST.

The  departure  of  the Valkyrie  from 
England,  a  few  days  ago,  on  her  long 
voyage across  the  Atlantic,  in  order  to 
compete  for  the  America’s  cup,  is  an 
event  which  has  created  a  great  deal  of 
interest  all  over  the  country,  and  every­
body  will  await  with  anxiety and  keen 
expectation  the  news  of  the  safe arrival 
o  the gallant  vessel.  As  much  as  pa­
triot  Americans  desire  that  the  famous 
trophy should  remain  on  this  side of  the 
Atlantic,  they  cannot but  admire the  in­
domitable  pluck  of  the  British yacht- 
men,  who,  in  spite  of  a  number of  dis­
couraging  defeats,  still  persist  in  send­
ing  over  vessels  to  endeavor  to  wrest 
from  us  the  coveted  cup.

The  Valkyrie 

is  said  to  be  by  long 
odds  the  finest vessel which  has  yet  been 
dispatched  to  the  United  States  to  com­
pete  for  the  America’s  cup,  and  enthu­
siastic  vachtmen  on  this  side of  the  At­
lantic  all  feel  that  the  contest  will  he  a 
remarkably  close one,  and  that  the  ves­
sel  chosen  to  defend  the  trophy  must  he 
superior  to  any  of  the  famous  boats 
which  have  figured  in  the  past  in  the 
role  of  ‘ ‘ Defender. ’ ’  The  vessel  built 
for the purpose has  so  far met  all  expec­
tations,  and,  although  defeated  in  one 
of  the  recent  trial  races,  her  discomfit­
ure  was  due  to  an  accident.

All  feel  that  the  contest  in  September 
will  be  remarkably  close,  and,  as  a  re­
sult,  the  interest  in  the  event  is  all  the 
keener.  The  Valkyrie  will  be  enthusi­
astically  welcomed  on  her  arrival,  and, 
whether  she  succeeds  in wresting victory 
from  us  or  not,  the  sentiments  enter­
tained  for  the  splendid  craft  and  her 
backers will  he  equal lv  cordial.  Should 
our  British  friends,  by  any  stroke  of 
good  fortune,  succeed  in  capturing  the 
cup.  a  success  we  cannot  wish  them, 
they  may  feel  assured  that  the  people  of 
the United States will  see  to  it  that  there 
will  be  no  dearth  of  challenging  vessels 
dispatched  to  British  waters  to  recover 
the  trophy.

Good  reports  continue  to  come  in  re­
garding  the  Detroit  potato  patches.  At 
last  accounts  the women  were  in  charge, 
diligently  weeding  and  hoeing.  An 
outcry  against  this 
innovation  by  the 
women  is  expected with  the bewildering 
question,  What  are  we  coming  to  when 
the  woman  walks  up  and  takes  the nat­
ural  implement of  man’s  industry  right 
out  his  hands?

Taffy-giving  in  trade has ceased  to be 
a  novelty,  and  now  a  Chicago  store has 
been  trying  the  virtue  of 
ice-cream, 
‘ ‘ free  to  all, ’ ’  to  attract  customers. 
N ext!

A  FALSE  LEADER.

In  the  course  of  a  recent  address  in 
New  York,  Samuel  Gompers  betrayed 
the  coarseness  of  his  nature  and  the 
shallowness  of  his  intellect  in  the  fol­
lowing  harrangue :

in 

lolling 

We  see  millions  and  millions  being 
piled  up  in  fortunes.  We  see  million­
aires 
luxury.  We  protest 
against  this.  We  protest  against  enor­
mous  riches  on  the  one  hand  and  de­
graded  poverty  on  the  other.  We  are 
determined  to  be  larger  sharers  in  the 
products  of  our  own  labor.

It 

is  submitted  that  this  is  a  great 
mistake.  Speech  and  sentiment  alike 
are  out  of  date.  The  whirligig  of  ’93 
has  been  on  the  move  since  such  talk 
was  representative,  and  the  quotation 
shows  that  the  labor  leader  has  not  kept 
up  with  it.  The  distribution  of  wealth 
is  no  longer  the  question  of  the  hour, 
but  the  distribution  of 
labor.  The  old 
idea  that  disease  only  is  catching  is  ex­
ploded  and  it  is  found  that  health  and 
wholesomeness  are  just  as  contagious. 
This  is  what  Emma  Goldmann  learned 
when  she  was  not  allowed  to  speak  at 
the  working  girls’  meeting, 
in  New 
York,  and  the  same  fact  was  brought 
out  at  Lynn  in  July,  when  the shoemen 
refused  to  obey  the  order  to  quit  work 
simply to  satisfy  the  vanity  of  a  half 
dozen  walking  delegates.

It  is  strange  that  the walking  delegate 
and  the  labor leader are  the  last  to  learn 
these  wholesome  facts  and  are  not  the 
first  to  scatter  them.  Think  of  the  sen­
sation  created 
it  either  should  openly 
avow  the  new  theory  and  boldly  de­
clare  that  old  things  have  passed  away 
and  that  all  things  have  become  new; 
that  the distribution  of wealth  is  not  the 
question  of  the  hour,  but  that  of  labor 
instead ;  that  the  curse  of  Eden  by  La­
bor’s hand,  has  been  changed  into  the 
greatest blessing  of  mankind ;  and  that
we  are  here  to-day,  my  brethren,  to 
consider how  each  man  can  best  secure 
the  share  of  work  that  belongs  to  him, 
whether  he  he  rich  or  poor,  bond  or 
free.  A  new  era  has  begun.  Let  us  re­
joice  and  be  glad  in  it.  Let  each,  with 
his  new  views  in  his  veins,  do what  he 
can  to  spread  the  wholesome  truth  that 
work  and  not  wealth 
is  life’s  greatest 
good,  and  that  the  just  distribution  of 
•labor  is  the  panacea  which  the  world 
needs  most.  There  are  millions  of  acres 
of  fertile  soil'  calling  for  husbandmen. 
There  are  millions  of  idle  hands  beg­
ging  not  for bread,  but  for  a  chance  to 
earn  it.  How  shall  these  suffering  be 
brought  together?  How  shall  this  dis­
tribution  of  labor be best  effected?

It  was  the  opportunity of  a  lifetime ; 
and  the agitator,  in  failing  to  improve 
it,  showed  that  he  is  lacking  in  those 
elements  of  greatness  which  distinguish 
the  two  leaders.

WILLIAM  CAXTON.

With  a  feeling  akin  to  reverence,  the 
T r a d e s m a n   places at the head of this ar­
ticle the  venerated  name of  the  father of 
English  printing.  Like  other men whose 
genius  has  blessed  the  world,  hut  little 
can  be said  of  him,  because  little  only 
is  known.  That  he  was  English  horn, 
and  well  horn,  biographers  all  agree. 
That  he  early wandered  from the  green 
little 
island”   a  trait  he  transmitted 
to  his  countless  children— is  conceded ; 
that  Gutenberg,  his  German 
fellow- 
craftsman,  outranks him  in  making  and 
using  movable types  is  granted ;  but  at 
every  step  which  the  printing  art  has 
taken  for  the  preservation  of  English 
speech,  it  is  Caxton’s  spirit  which  has 
suggested  it  and  resolutely  led  the  way. 
His own  hand  grasped  the  lever  when

the first English book was printed.  It was 
his spirit,  centuries afterward,  which up­
set  the  treacle  which  made  up  a  part  of 
a  fellow-workman’s  meager  dinner and 
so banished  forever the awkward  inkball 
and  prepared  the  way  for  the  coming 
cylinder.  He  touched  with  his  wand 
one  day  the  slumbering  genius  of  an­
other devoted  grandson  and  brother,  and 
the  cylinder  press  began  its  wonderful 
work.  He  whispered 
to  the  uneasy 
spirit  of  Hoe,  and  the  startled  machine 
bent  to  its  task,  and 
in  an  hour  ac­
complished  what  before  had  been  the 
work  of  years;  and,  finally,  when  the 
art  had,  to  all  appearances,  reached  its 
limit,  the wizard  of  the  fifteenth  century 
communed  with  a  fellow-craftsman  of 
the  nineteenth,  and  the  typesetting  ma­
chine  took  in  its  conscious  hands  the 
composing  stick  and  set  with  its  nimble 
fingers  the  thoughtful  type. 
It  is  the 
crowning glory  of  the  printer’s  art,  and 
the  T r a d e s m a n ,  as  it  places  before  its 
readers  the  latest,  beautiful  specimen  of 
machine  craft,  believes with  its  readers, 
that  the  uneasy  spirit  of  William  Cax- 
ton,  the  English -printer,  should  rest at 
last  in  peace. 

!''*

Is  it  too much  to expect that  the  print­
ing  press,  with  this  new  fellow-worker, 
will  accomplish  for  the  next  five  hun­
dred  years  what  Caxton  and  his  press 
accomplished  for the  last  five  hundred? 
It  is  needless  now  to  repeat  the  well- 
known  story;  but  the  popular  govern­
ment which  the  press  inaugurated  it will 
still  support;  the  beautiful  and  benefi­
cent  in  literature,  it  will  still  make  per­
manent  and  accessible  to  all,  and  the 
voice  of  the  prophets  and  the  teaching 
of  the  apostles 
it  will  scatter,  as  the 
Master directed,  ‘ ‘ unto  all  the  world. ’ ’ 
This  has so  far  been  its  work ;  this  it  is 
now  doing ;  and  this,  with  whatever  the 
coining  years  may  ask  of  it,  it  will  be 
sure  to  do  hereafter.  Of  the  efficiency 
of  that  work  we  need  have  no  fear; 
what  tri umphs  are  before  it,  we  cannot 
now  conceive;  hut  in  the  far-off  years 
when  the  results  are  garnered,  they  who 
gather them  will  remember  the  printer 
of  the  olden  time  and,  repeating  the 
name  of  Caxton,  will  write  after  it  as 
reverently as  we do  to-day, 
the  father 
of  English  printing. ”

‘ 1 The  census  dispute  between  the 
Twin  Cities  continues  to  rage,  and  it 
would  seem  that  St.  Paul  can  afford  to 
wait  the  result  with  confidence, ’ ’  says 
the  St.  Paul  Trade  Journal.  Better  stop 
disputing,  both  of  you.  Two  big,  strap­
ping  girls as  you  are,  had  better be  do­
ing  something  else,  anyway.  Why  not 
stop  quarreling,  make  up,  and  go  in  for 
a  ‘ ‘greater  city”   like  New  York  and 
Pittsburgh;  and so,  when the time  comes 
to  move  the  National  Capitol  westward, 
St.  Minne  will  be  the  city  of  cities  to 
receive  it.  By  that  time  the  northern 
boundary  of  the  United  States  will  be 
nearer  the  North  Pole  than  it  is  now, 
and  St.  Mi nne  will  be,  geographically, 
the  center  of  the country.  Here’s  to  St. 
Minne,  the  future  capital  of  the  greater 
United  States!

Gambling  by  electricity  is  said  to  be 
rapidly  gaining  favor  in  Washington. 
It  is  managed  by  an  ordinary  electric 
fan. 
Its  blades  are  numbered,  and  the 
players  bet  on  which  one  of  them  will 
stop  nearest  the  perpendicular  wire  at 
the  bottom  of  the  guard  which  covers 
the  fan,  when  the  current  is  turned off. 
Each  player  puts  up  his  coin,  be  it  a 
nickel  or  a  dollar,  and  the  lucky  one 
whose  blade  comes  nearest  the  wire 
takes  the  pot.

T H E   M I C H I G A N

T R A D E S M A N

9

THE  GREATER  VILLAIN.

Are  men  getting  better  or  worse?” 
is  a  question  often  asked  by  moralists, 
and  variously answered  according  to  the 
standpoint occupied  by the observer.

In  view  of the  large  number  of  the 
stories of  crimes which  makeup  so great 
a  part  of  the  news  of  the  daily  newspa­
pers,  and  in  the face of the  growing cor­
ruption and  criminality prevalent among 
men  who  hold  important  public  trusts 
and  who 
it 
would  seem  that, 
instead  of  growing 
better,  the  world  is getting  worse.

flagrantly  betray  them, 

On  the  other  hand,  when  one  regards 
the  numerous  and  noble  hospitals and 
asylums  for  the  charitable  care  of  the 
sick,  the  blind,  the  deaf  and  dumb,  the 
helpless  orphans  and  the  aged  who are 
poor and  dependent,  it  would  be  diffi­
cult  to  resist  the  conviction  that  the 
world  is getting better.  Other evidences 
of  this  great  moral  improvement are  the 
establishment  of  civil  liberty  and  relig­
ious  freedom,  anil 
increased  humanity 
to  the  prisoner  and  medical  treatment 
for  the  insane.  Truly,  these are  proofs 
of  a  vast  moral  and 
im­
provement  in  human  nature,  and  that 
within  a  very  modern  period.

intellectual 

There  is another sign of  improvement, 
too,  not  the  least  important. 
It  is  the 
vast  and  growing need of  honesty in  pri­
vate business,  and  the  enormous  private 
interests  in  the  hands  of  trusted  agents 
and  employes.  There  never before was 
in  the  history of  the  world  a  time  when, 
by  the organization  of  stock  companies 
and  corporations,  such  colossal  aggrega­
tions  of  capital  were  created,  nor was  it 
ever  before  that  such  tremendous  enter­
prises  in  commerce  and  industries  were 
undertaken  by  private  parties.  Former­
ly a Pharaoh would assemble a million  of 
his  slaves and  set  them to work  in  build­
ing  the  pyramids  or  in  excavating  irri­
gating  canals  that  covered  wide  regions 
of  territory.  Ancient despots  would  turn 
out  the people  in  mass or  set  the  legions 
of  the  army  to  construct  aqueducts, 
bridges,  roads,  temples,  or other  public 
works,  at the  cost of  the  taxpayers.  To­
day  all  this  is  done  by  private  enter­
prise,  with  private  capital,  and  with 
no  charge  upon  the  taxpayers.

intrust 

The  proprietors of  such Titanic under­
takings,  unable  to  manage  and  admin­
ister all  the  details  of  their  enormous 
business,  are  compelled  to 
it 
largely  to  assistants  and  agents,  and,  as 
a  result,  the  demand  for  honest,  capa­
ble  and  reliable  persons  to  administer 
these  trusts  is  very  great.  When  the 
immense  private  interests  in  the  hands 
of  employes  and  subordinates  are  con­
sidered, 
is  truly  astonishing  that 
there are so  few  robberies  and  defalca­
tions  by  these  trusted  agents,  and  all 
the  facts  combine  to  demonstrate how 
grand  is the  exhibit  of 
individual  and 
personal  honesty  in  the  premises.  Men 
will  often  risk  and  even  sacrifice their 
lives  to guard  and  protect  private  trusts 
committed to their  care.

it 

in  contrast. 

This stanch fidelity in such  cases  pre­
sents a  striking  contrast  to  the  dishon­
esty and  corruption  which  pervade offi­
cial  circles. 
It  would  seem  that  many 
men  have two  standards  of  honesty and 
diametrically  opposing  principles  of 
morals  where  public  and  private trusts 
are 
is  simply  a  fact 
that there are  men  who  are  scrupulously 
careful  of  private  trusts,  but  who  have 
no  hesitation  whatever  in  robbing  the 
public  treasury.  Such a  man  holds  that 
money once  paid  in  for taxes becomes  a 
proper  subject  for  plunder,  and he  has­
tens  to get his  share  of  it  before  others 
whose  opportunity  has  been  less  favor­

It 

able  should  be  able  to  put  their claws 
on  it.

So  far does  the  lack  of  conscience  in 
regard to  public  trusts  go  that  citizens 
who  stand  fairly  and  respectably  in  the 
community  do  not  hesitate  to  bribe a 
public official  or  to buy favors from  pub­
lic  legislative  bodies,  while  they  regard 
with  complaisance  the officials who  have 
sold  their  honor for  gain  and  have  en­
riched  themselves by illegal  and  dishon­
orable  official  acts.  The greatest  diffi­
culty  is  experienced 
in  arousing  the 
people  against  corrupt  and  dishonest 
public  officers,  because  the  people  seem 
to  take 
it  as  a  matter  of  course that 
public  office  is  a  private  perquisite,  and 
public  funds  are  a  common  subject  for 
plunderers.

It  is  this  popular  indifference  which 
has  created  so  much  official  corruption. 
The  jobbers  and  robbers  have  so  long 
enzoyed  immunity  that  they  are actually 
astonished  when  they  are  brought  to  ac­
count  for  their  crimes.  Official  morals 
will  never be  any better  until  the  people 
fully  recognize  that  there  is  no  differ­
ence  between  private  dishonesty  and 
official’corrupt ion,  and  that  the violation 
of  an  official  public  trust  is  precisely  as 
dishonorable and  as  criminal  as is  steal­
ing  from  a  trusting  friend.

There  is  only  one  sort  of  honesty,  vir­
tue,  truth  and  morality,  and  there  can 
be  no different rule  in the administration 
of  public  affairs  from  that  which  should 
obtain  in  private  business.  Every  man 
who  steals  is  a  thief,  whether  from  a 
private  or  public  fund.  Any  man  who 
uses  his  public  position  and  opportuni­
ties  to  do  a  wrong  is  even  the  greater 
rascal  for  it,  since  to  steal  an  unguard­
ed  treasure  is  the base  crime  of  a  man 
who  would  steal  the  guarded  treas­
ure 
is  no 
difference  between  the  official  criminal 
and  the  unofficial,  save  that  the  former, 
being  the  more  trusted,  is  the  greater 
villain.

if  he  dared  to.  There 

LAUGHING  AT  THE  LAW.

At  Emporia,  Kansas,  much 

indigna­
tion has been excited  by Mayor Cagney’s 
order to the  police  to  enforce  strictly the 
bicycle  ordinance,  which  provides  that 
the  bell  must  be  rung  at  every  street  or 
alley crossing.  Nearly  one  hundred  per­
sons  have been  summoned  to  appear  be­
fore the  police  justice.  Among them  are 
several  young women  conspicuous  in  so­
ciety.  The  leading  business  men,  doc­
tors and  lawyers  also,  have  been  sum­
moned.  Only  one  or two  have appeared, 
and  no  fines  have been  paid. 
It  is  said 
the  matter will  be  carried  to  the  Su­
preme  Court,  if  necessary.  The  other 
night  the  law  was  violated  openly,  and 
was burlesqued  by the  use of  cow bells, 
tin  pans,  horns and  torches.  New  laws 
must be  made  to  cover  new machines; 
but  they  should  not be  ridiculous.

The project of annexation to the United 
States is assuming a state  of renewed ac­
tivity in  Hawaii.  At a mass  meeting,  re­
cently held  in  Honolulu, resolutions were 
passed requesting the Government  to re­
open  negotiations  for  that purpose with 
this country.  It seems  too  bad  that  the 
overtures to that end made  by  the  Gov­
ernment  in  1892  should  have  been  re­
jected. 
It has kept  the  Islands in a state 
of uncertainty and turmoil from that time 
to this, and will  continue  to  do  so  until 
they are accepted by this country or some 
other  steps  in.  The  commercial  inter­
ests of  both  countries  demand  an  early 
settlement of this question  in  accordance 
with the wishes of the  Hawaiians.

THE  EASTERN  QUESTION.

111  Europe. 

There  can  be  no  disguising  the  fact 
that  the  situation  of  affairs  in  the  Bal­
kan  peninsula  is giving  rise  to  very  se­
rious  apprehensions 
In 
Bulgaria  there  has  existed  a  very  unset­
tled  state  of  things  since  the  assassina­
tion  of  ex-Pri me  Minister  Stambuloff, 
and  it  is thought  in  many quarters  that 
the abdication  of  Prince  Ferdinand  will 
soon  be  announced.  That  potentate  is 
still  staying  at  Carlsbad,  and  it  is  re­
ported  that  his  ministers  have  advised 
him  not  to  return  to  Sofia  for the  pres­
ent.

Much  more  serious  than the  condition 
of  Bulgaria  is  the  revolt  in  progress  in 
Macedonia,  a  province  of  the  Turkish 
Empire  hording  on  Bulgaria.  The  Bul­
garians have openly aided  the insurgents 
in  the  neighboring  territory,  and  both 
Russian  and  Bulgarian  officers  have 
been  found  serving  among  the  rebels. 
Russian  intrigue  is  believed  to be be­
hind  the upheaval  in  Macedonia,  as well 
as  responsible  for the  srained  condition 
of  affairs' in  Bulgaria.

The  powers  of  Europe,  having  guar­
anteed  the  peaceable  government  of 
Macedonia,  are  compelled  to  put  down 
the  revolt;  hence  steps  have  already 
been  taken  to  that  end.  Austria  has 
been  charged  with  the  duty  of  restoring 
peace,  and  Turkey  is  already  mobiliz­
ing a  large  force  of  troops 
in  order to 
cope  with  the  situation  in  the  rebellious 
province. 
is  clear  that  there  is  no 
intention  of  giving  Russia  a  free  hand 
in  the  Balkans,  hence  the  selection  of 
Austria,  a  power well  known  to  be  op­
posed  to  Russian  aggression  in  south­
eastern  Europe.

It 

With  the  settlement  of  the  Macedo­
nian  trouble,  there will  at  once  arise  the 
problem  of  finally  determining  the  dis­
pute  over  the  crown of  Bulgaria.  Prince 
Ferdinand  has  never  been  recognized 
by  the  powers,  and  although  he  has  re­
cently  sent  a  deputation  to  the  Czar, 
Russia  has  not  consented  to  recognize 
the  Prince.  Should  Ferdinand  be  forced 
to  abdicate,  the  question  of  finding  a 
successor  would  prove  very  embarrass­
ing.  Russia  would  doubtless  claim  the 
privilege  of  selecting  a  prince  devoted 
to  her  interests;  but  the  other  powers 
would  scarcely  permit  Russia  to  have 
her  way  in  this.  On  her  part,  Russia 
would  be  as  unwilling  to  recognize  any 
prince but  one of  her  own  selection  as 
she  has  been  to  recognize  Ferdinand, 
hence  it  is  difficult  to  see  how  Prince 
Ferdinand’s  abdication  would  settle 
anything  or  remove  the  dangers  at  pres­
ent  lurking  in  the  situation.  For  all 
these  reasons  the  crisis  in  the  Balkans 
is  creating  anxiety.

AMERICANS ABROAD.

Americans  who  are  at  a  discount  in 
foreign  countries  with  all  except  the 
tradespeople,  the  landlords  of  hotels,  the 
waiters  and  the  beggars,  to  all  of  whom 
the  extravagant  habits  of  our  country­
men  much  commend  them,  get  little 
consideration  from  the  authorities. 
It 
is  known  that the United States  Govern­
ment  does not  protect its citizens abroad, 
and  always  leaves  them  to the  mercy of 
foreign  countries,  and  that  the  ‘ ‘ Stars 
and  Stripes, ”   despite  all  the  poetry 
that  has  been  written  about  them,  are 
not an  aegis  for  Americans 
in  foreign 
lands  or on  foreign  seas,  and,  knowing 
all  this,  the authorities  of  foreign  na­
tions  are  not  slow to  take  advantage of 
the  fact.

These  remarks,  so  discouraging  to 
patriotic  pride  and  so  humiliating  to 
American  sensibilities,  were  suggested

by the tribulations of  Mr.  Stern,  a  prom­
inent  citizen  of  New  York,  who  has got 
into  trouble  with  the  authorities  of  Kis- 
sengen,  Germany,  over  some  matter  of 
mere  social  form.  Some  pompous offi­
cial  took  exceptions  to  the  presence  of 
Mr.  Stern’s  young  son  at  the  Kur Gar­
den,  a  public  resort,  and  hence  the 
trouble.

Mr.  Stern  has been  arrested  and  sub­
jected  to  great 
indignity  for  the  most 
trivial  cause  imaginable.  The  matter 
has been  reported  to  the American  State 
Department,  than  which  nothing  can  be 
more  ridiculous,  as,  according  to  all 
precedent,  it  will  receive  no  attention 
at  all. 
It  is  not  sufficiently  serious  to 
be  arbitrated,  which  is  the  last  resort  of 
this great  nation  to get  out  of  a  foreign 
complication,  and  all  the  satisfaction 
Mr.  Stern  will  ever  get  will  be  to  pay 
heavy  costs,  and  probably  be  driven 
from  the watering  place  by his  arbitrary 
oppressors.

When  wealthy  Americans 

travel 
abroad,  they  ought  to  be  smart  enough 
to  secure  in  some  way  British  protec­
tion.  Then  they  are  safe  from  official 
insult and  wrong.  Otherwise  they  ought 
to  spend  their  money 
in  their  own 
country. 

" “

Japan  is  finding  enough  to do  in  her 
recovery  from  the  effects  of  the  war  to 
keep  the  political  situation  in  a  state  of 
healthy  activity.  This  will  insure  con­
tinued  advance  in modern  governmental 
methods.  The necessity of action to meet 
the  financial  complications  growing out 
of  the  war  makes  it  probable  that  the 
diet  will  soon  be  convened.  Corea 
is 
proving  rather  intractable,  and Japan  is 
not succeeding  in  establishing as  favora­
ble  relations  with  that  country  as  she 
wishes.  Formosa, too,  is very  backward 
in  coming under the control of the Japan­
ese army of  occupation  and  is  keeping 
the military department in a state of con­
siderable activity. 
In addition  to all  this 
the government  is  carrying  on  a  diplo­
matic contest of no small  magnitude with 
Russia and  the  other  European  powers 
over the question  of vacating Chinese ter­
ritory  around  Port  Arthur.  Altogether 
the conditions are  favorable for a  strong 
national organization and the government 
seems  to  be  meeting  every  emergency 
with  as  much  firmness  find  dignity  as 
would  be  expected  of  a  country  much 
older in  modern methods of  government.
England  seems  determined  to  keep 
the  merits  of  the  Monroe  Doctrine  in  a 
state  of  consideration.  No  sooner 
is 
; the  Nicaragua  matter  fairly  settled  and 
the 
in  her 
claims  of  Venezuelan  territory,  than  she 
raises  it  afresh  by  the  seizure  of  the  Is­
land  of  Trinidad,  belonging  to  Brazil. 
That  country  expresses  a  determination 
to  regain  the  Island  at  the  expense  ol 
war, 
if  need  be,  depending  on  the 
United  States  vindication  of  the  Mon­
roe  Doctrine  to  help  her out.  Consider­
ing  the  attitude  of  the  administratior 
and  its  representatives  in  the  case  of 
Nicaragua,  it  would  not  seem  to  be  a 
very  safe  dependance. 
It  is  said  that 
the  seizure  of  the  Island  is  in  the  inter­
est of  a  cable  company  which  wishes  to 
make  it  a stopping point  for a  line  from 
England  to  Argentina.

interest  somewhat  abated 

The Chinese  government  has  decided 
upon the  reorganization  of  its  army  on 
the  plan  of  the German  military system 
and have employed  several  German  of­
ficers  for  this  purpose.  This  choice  is 
owing to the high  degree of efficiency  of 
the  German  system. 
It  remains  to  be 
seen how efficient the  Chinaman  will  be 
as material for such an  army.

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

Getting  the  People

Art  of  Reaching  and  Holding  Trade 

by  Advertising.

Did  you  ever  pause  to  think  what an 
advertisement consists of? 
If  you  have, 
you  were  astonished  at  the almost  num­
berless  phases 
the  subject  assumes. 
Anything which attracts the public  mind 
and  enchains  the  attention,  even  mo­
mentarily,  is  an  advertisemeiit.  When 
passing  on  your  way,  your  attention  is 
directed  to  a  dangerous  hole  in  the walk 
or  path.  This  advertises  the  fact  that 
there  danger  lies.  The  snake,  coiled si­
lently bv  the  roadside,  sounds  his  rattle 
or  utters  his  peculiar  hiss  to  announce 
to  you  his  venomous  presence. 
The 
rainbow  was  placed 
in  the  skies  as  an 
advertisement.  A  lean  and  hungry cur, 
slouching  along,  announces  to  the  ob­
server,  bv  his  drooping  attitude and tail 
between  his  legs,  that  his  lot  in  life  is 
misfortune  and  that  he  is  the  receptacle 
of  his  master's  ill-humored  kicks.  The 
cross  and 
fretful  babe,  whining  in  its 
mother’s arms,  advertises  its  woes  and 
trials  in 
its  early  struggle  with  life. 
The  signboard,  cracked  and  dingy  with 
scaling  paint and weather-beaten boards, 
language  ungrammatical  and  its 
its 
incorrectly  spelled,  announces 
words 
to the  public  that  here 
is  a  man  who 
lacks  push,  energy,  education  and  en­
lightenment. 
It  tells,  as  plainly  as  a 
historian  can  possibly  do,  of  years,  per­
haps,  oi 
lazy  waiting  for  the  tide  of 
fortune  to  make  a  favorable  turn,  while 
the  recipient  of  the 
tickle  goddess’ 
favors  sat  idly  bv,  indifferent  as  to  the 
outcome  of  his  existence. 
It  tells  of 
the  man  who, 
instead  of  forcing  for­
tune’s  favors  to  himself  by  continued 
and  unabating  push  and  vim  and  strug­
gle,  folds  his  hands  and  slides  along  in 
the  sadly-worn  groove  which,  perhaps, 
his  father and  grandfather made  smooth 
before  hi in’.

So  with  the advertisement in the news­
paper,  the  magazine,  the  street  car,  or 
the  window. 
It  is,  of  the two,  perhaps, 
the  least  objectionable  to  never  print  a 
word  in  advertisement  of  yourself  or 
your business  or  merchandise 
than  to 
make  such  announcements  in  a  care­
less,  ignorant,  slovenly  way,  which  de­
grades  and  belittles  both  the  goods,  the 
merchant  and  the  newspaper.

harmonious. 

Inappropriateness 

is  a  word  which 
covers  a  series  of  the  most  glaring 
faults  to  lie  found  with  writers  of  ad­
vertising.  Publicity, 
to  be  effective 
and  pregnant  with  results,  must  be  fit­
ting  and 
Incongruity 
will  not  win 
ludicrousness  sometimes 
does.  An  advertisement  taking  for  its 
prelude  a  subject  entirely  foreign  and 
unconnected  with 
the  goods  designed 
to be  sold,  is  not  only  a  waste  of  money 
but  a  positive  damage  to  the  seller. 
It 
is  possible  to  make  a  readable and valu­
able  advertisement  for  an  article  by 
talking  about 
in­
stance,  if  one  desires  to  sell  coal,  he 
may  readily  use  the  summer  heat  as  a 
mantle  with  which  to  surround  his  ca­
loric-giving  substance  and  do  it  in  an 
appropriate  and  catchy  way  which  will 
sell  the  coal.  But,  if  one  wishes to  sell 
coal,  there  is  no  possible  use 
in  talk­
ing  about  feathers. 
If  you  sell  baled 
hay,  to  give  the  subject  of  jewelry  or 
a  war  in  China  undue  prominence, 
with  no  connection,  either  ludicrous,  or 
humorous,  or  otherwise,  with  baled 
hay, 
is  a  prostitution  of  the  art of  ad­
vertising.

its  opposite.  For 

With  the  rapid  advancement of  adver­
tising  methods  and  means  has  come an

inordinate  desire  on  the  part  of  some; 
writers  to be  unique  and  original,  at the 
expense  of  logic,  honesty,  plainness  of 
speech  and  common  sense. 
It  is  a  case 
of  choking on  a gnat and  swallowing  the 
camel,  hump  and  all.  The  extremist  in 
ad.  writing  sits  down  to  his  work  with 
the  firmly-rooted  idea  that,  to  gain  pub­
licity  and  fame,  and  to  create  merchan­
dise  sellers,  he  must  use  language which 
has  never  been  previously  aired,  or,  at 
least,  not  commonly.  He  must go back 
to  the  hieroglyphic  age  in  order  to  tell 
nineteenth century Americans that Jones’ 
butter doesn’t  need  shaving.  He  must 
struggle with  the  dead  languages  to con­
vince  folks  that  Brown's  soap  is  made 
to  wash  with,  and  that 
it  performs  its 
duty  well.  He  must  exhaust  the  store­
houses  of  ancient  tradition  and  obsolete 
words  to  fully  illustrate  the  simple  fact 
that  Smith  can  pull  a  tooth  properly. 
He  must  twist  the  English  language  in­
to  uncouth  shapes  and  sandwich  it  with 
quotations 
from  Horace’s  odes  and 
Shakespere's  sonnets  to  sufficiently  im­
press  the fact  upon  the reader that  sugar 
is  not  sand,  and  that  shoes  are made  of 
leather  instead  of brown  paper.

All  these  false  ideas,  and  many  more, 
must  take  their way  through  the  new 
writer’s brain and,  after a brief  struggle 
and  an  unloved  existence,  be  quenched 
with  the  cold  water  of  common  sense 
and  understandable  words,  before  the 
first  indication  of  a  successful  advertis­
ing  vein  can  be  reached.

After  the  advertisement  constructor 
has  passed through  this  crude  and  his­
toric  period,  he  begins  to  find  out  that 
perhaps  the  common  herd  is  not  up  to 
his heights  of  rhetoric  -that  their  edu­
cation  in things pertaining  to  the  deluge 
has  either  been  neglected,  or they  don  t 
appreciate 
it.  And  when  he  finally 
realizes and recognizes  the  fact  that  peo­
ple  who  read  advertising  in  1895  are  too 
sharp  and  shrewd  and  busy  with  money­
making  affairs  to  give  attention  to  his 
poetical  and  historical  high-class  effu­
sions,  then,  and  then  first,  does  he  com­
mence  to  write  what  people  will  give 
time to  read.  When  he  arrives  at  this 
stage,  he  may  consider  his  real  value  as 
a  writer  of  ads  to  have  commenced  to 
show,  if  merit  he  possesses. 
I  ntil  such 
time,  then,  the  effort  to  attract  public 
attention  is  unfruitful.
Strictly  in  It !

Our  shelves  never  held  h  nicer  assortm ent 
of Choice Canned Goods and F ine Groceries than 
now.  and  we can please everyone in price.  We 
always  keep  an  extra  nice  lot  of  butter  to 
-ell  to our friends—th e  public  generally  is  our 
best friend.

STARCH & CO.

What  Do You  Think

Of  the  m an  who  tells  you  his stock of 
goods is being closed out  at  25  cents  on 
th e dollar of cost?  He  is either crazy or 
thinks you  are foolish enough  to  believe 
it.  H e’s got a lot of old shelf-w orn goods 
w hich he can’t  possibly  give away, so. to 
save a dead loss, he w ill let you have ’em 
for alm ost nothing,  w hich  is  clear  gain 
fo r  him .  Now,  you  don’t  w ant  such 
stuff.  You w ant goods  th a t  are  reliable 
and  up-to-date 
in  style  and  quality. 
These are w hat  we  aim   to  supply  you,
.  and you can’t find a shoddy or shelf-worn 
piece of stock in  our store.’ 

SPIGOT  &  BUNG HOLE. 

1
1

“A Business  Man 
Is Judged  by  his 
Stationery” ....

The printing of Office Station­
ery  is  an  art  which  is continu­
ally approaching  perfection  in 
simplicity and artistic neatness.

The  Tradesman 
Company......

Makes  a  specialty of  Business 
Men’s  Printing— Printing that 
gives  tone  and  value to Office 
Stationery.

T h e Tradesm an C( >m\ >any’s 
facilities  for 
first-class  work 
and  prompt  execution  of  or­
ders  in  any  and  all  branches 
of  the  art  are  surpassed  by 
none.  Prices  are  in  harmony 
with  best results and quality of 
stock  furnished.

Can  the  Tradesman  Company 
A ssist  You.

In  making your  Business  Sta- 
tionerv  what  it  should  he ?

Tradesman  Company

Grand  Rapids

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11

Love’s  Golden 
Chain  . . . .

“ Send  Me a Dozen==

They Are Splendid!”

Was  the  delighted  exclam ation  of a 
lady  customer, recently.  speaking  of 
our New  Line  of  S hift  W aists. 
It's 
no  w onder  she ordered so m any, for 
they are  a  fascinating  and  com fort­
able  creation  of  the  dressm aker's 
art, w orth  far more  than  th e  m oder­
ate price of 69 cents we ask  for  them . 
We have exactly 6  dozen  and  seven 
left this morning, out of 100 dozen un­
cocked  last  Saturday.  The 
ladies 
know a good Shirt  Waist.

EASE  &  CO.

An  Epicure’s Salad

Must be flavored w ith th e choicest  Vin­
egar.  Our  regular  custom ers  won’t 
have anything  but  Lowland  Brand,  a 
pure Cider  Vinegar  made  in  the  most 
approved  way,  w ith none  of  the  rank 
odor  and  bitter  taste  found  in  many 
others.  See our stock of  Table  Delica­
cies.

TOOTHSOME  &  CO.

Simplicity  is  the  motto  which  every 
advertiser should  inscribe  upon  his  ban­
ner.  Only  a  few  years  ago,  the  most 
complex  machinery  was  considered  the 
most  valuable and  wonderful.  To-day, 
the  machine  with  the  fewest  parts,  and 
those of  the  simplest  character, 
is  the 
aim  of 
inventor  and  user  alike.  The 
old  method  of  handwork  in  type compo­
sition  has  been  supplanted  by  type-set­
ting  machines,  but  the 
intricate  and 
complicated  machine of  many  parts  has 
been  relegated 
into  disuse,  to  the  ad­
vantage  of  simplicity.  So  with  adver­
tisements —  simplicity,  honesty 
and 
plainness of speech  win,  where  verbiage 
and  prolific  expression  utterly  fail.

F d c .  F o s t e r   F u l l e r .

The  Sign  Was  Correct.

A  Monroe  street  merchant who  is  fond 
of  fishing  (or  trout,  had  nearly  finished 
a  long  day’s tramp  on  a  stream  strewn 
with  cut  poles,  bait-boxes and other evi­
dences  of  the  native  angler.  He  had 
ignored  an  occasional  sign  tacked  to  a 
tree  of  “ No  fishing  on  this  stream.”  
The  day  was  nearly  over  and  he  was 
nearing  the  mouth  of  the  stream,  when 
he  was  hailed  by  a  resident  of  a  neigh­
boring  farmhouse.
‘ ‘ Hello,  caii’n !”
“ Well?”
“ Ye been  fishin’  up  here?”

Yes. ”

no  fishin’  up  here?”

“ Can  ye  read?”
“  Yes.”
“ Did  ye  see  that sign tell in’ ye there’s 
“ Yes,  and  it’s  true,  too.”
A  light  seemed  to  break  upon  the 
farmer’s  understanding,  and  he  grunted 
and  faced  about  for  home.
The Desirability of Frequent Changes.
People  don’t  like  to  see  the  same  old 
sights.  There  is  that  in the  make-up  of 
the  most  conservative of  us which causes 
us  to enjoy  new  scenes.

1 he  shrewd  storekeeper  knows  this 
and  makes  use  of 
it.  He  not  only 
changes  his  advertisements as  often  as 
possible but he shifts his  stock  frequent, 
ly.  An  old  stock  may  be  made  to  look 
new by a  mere  rearrangement  of  it.

It  is a  capital 

idea  to  set  carpenters 
at  work  in  your  store  every  now  and 
then.  Three  or four  times  a  year  is  not 
too often.  Let  them  yank  a  counter  out 
here  and  put  it  in  there.  Drag  a  table 
from  the  northwest  corner  and  set  it  in 
the  southeast  niche.  Haul  things  about 
until  people  who  have  been  coming 
every week will notice the change.  They 
may  not  know  just  what  the  change  is— 
all  the  better  perhaps.  They  like  to 
guess.  They like  to  see something  they 
never saw before.

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

JANE  CRAGIN.

How  She  Detected the Sterling; Qual- 

ities  of  a  New  Clerk.

Joe,  one  of  the  boys  in  the  Milltovvn 
store,  got  mad  and  left.  There  was  too 
much  woman  in  there  for  him.  There 
never  was  a  country  store  which  was 
kept  as  clean  as  a  parlor,  and  there 
never  would  be.  He  could  stand  almost 
everything,  but  when  it  came  to  white­
washing  the  firewood  and  washing  the 
potatoes,  that  was  where  he  should  draw 
the  line;  and  when  he  was  told  that 
there  wasn’t  going  to  be  any  line-draw­
ing,  he  mumbled  something  under  his 
breath  and  left.

Business  was  a  little  light,  just  then, 
and  no  effort  was  made  to  till  the  va­
cancy ;  but 
it  came  to  be  generally 
known that  they were  ' * short of a hand, 
and  a  candidate,  from  time  to  time, 
presented  himself. 
It  occasioned  no 
surprise,  therefore,  when  Cy  called  out 
to  Miss Crag in  one  day.

I 

"H ere’s  y’r  man,  Jane. 

’xpected 
he’d  be  along  b’fore  a  great  while.  Ye 
hev  my  c'nsent  b’fore  y’  ask  it.  Take 
’ im,  ’n’  ye’d  better  offer  a  good  price 
' r ’e’ll  slip  through  y’r  fingers, ”   and 
before  he could  give  his  little chuckling 
laugh,  a  big  hulking  shadow  fell  upon 
the  store 
followed  by  a  hulk­
ing 
fellow  almost  as  big.  He  went 
straight  to  Cy.

floor, 

“ I’ve  heard  you  wanted  a  hand  in  the 
Store,  Mr.  Huxley,  and  I’ve  come to see 
if  you  don’t  want  me.”

"Step  up  t’  the  winder,  there, 

’n’ 
she’ll  tell  ye.’ ’  Cy gave a  sidelong  nod 
toward  Jane  Cragin,  who  was  fain  to 
admit,  until  she  heard  the  newcomer 
speak,  that  Cy  had  ample  grounds  for 
his  mirth.  The  way  he  handled  his 
English  pleased  her,  and  his  going  di­
rect  to  Cy,  without  the  “ sidling  up" 
peculiar  to  most  farm-boys,  made  her 
look  at  him  closely,  as  he  stood  before 
her.

'nough  on 

He  stood six feet in his stockings,  ‘ ' ’n’ 
'im  t’  make  ’ im 
had  meat 
staout 
’n’  hahn’some. ”   His  face  was 
round  and  red  with  sunburn ;  his  hair, 
black  as  coal,  was  long  and  somewhat 
tangled  with  wind  and  perspiration; 
his clothes  were  thick,  even  for  a  win­
ter  day,  and  white  with  the  dust  of  a 
long,  hot  walk ;  his  shoes  were  ample, 
but  it  was  easy  to  see  that  they  were 
much  too  large  for  his  feet.  He  stood, 
tired  and  hot,  before  the  window,  too 
eager  to  be  embarrassed  or  to  think  of 
anything  but  securing  the  place.  As 
he  approached  the  window,  he  removed 
his  hat.  and,  above 
the  line  of  hat 
rim,  his  forehead  was  as  white  as  a 
girl’s.  The  undefinable  something 
in 
the  big  boy’s  earnest  face  whether  the 
sparkle  of  the  bright  black  eyes,  Or  the 
good  nature  that  looked  out  from  every 
feature,  or  the  removing  of  the  hat,  it 
would  be  hard  to  tell  settled  the  ques­
tion  in  Jane  Cragin’s  mind  and,  open­
ing  the  office  door,  she  asked  him  to 
come  in.

“ la m   obliged  to  you,”   was  the an­
swer,  “ but  1  am  too dusty  to  come  in. 
I” -----

“ Nevermind  the  dust.  Come  right 
in.  Have  you  ever worked  in  a  store?” 
No,  ma’am ;  1  live  on  a  farm.  But 
I’ve  been  wanting to  try  work  in  a  store 
for a  long  time,  and  when  I  heard  yes­
terday  that  you  are 
looking  for a  stout 
boy,  i  concluded  I  would  come and  see

'about 
sure. ’ ’

it. 

I’m 

strong  enough, 

I’m 

“ That  part  is all  right,  I  can  see,  and 
you  can  do  what  heavy  work  is wanted ; 
but  suppose  1  should  want  you  to  do  up 
goods—do  you  think  you  could  do  it?”  
“ I  think  I  should  be bungling  at  first, 

but  I’d  keep  at  it  until  I  could.”

“ Can youjreckon rapidly?  VYhat would 
twelve and three-quarter  pounds of  sugar 
come  to  at  seven  and  a  half  cents  a 
pound?”

“ Ninety-five—96  cents,”   was  the  an­
swer,  almost  as  soon  as  the  question  was 
asked.

“ Please come  to  the  desk  and  put’ 

your  address  on  this  envelope.”

Cy  changed  his  position  to  see  the 
fellow  draw  himself  over  the  desk  and 
stick  out  his  tongue,  as  the  girls  and 
boys  always  do  when  they  make  pot­
hooks  in  the  copy-book  at  school.  But 
he  was  disappointed, 
for  the  brown 
hand  took  the  pen  he took  Jane’s  finest 
point  and,  without  a  movement  of  his 
face,  wrote  rapidly  in  a  handwriting  as 
neat  and  even  as  a  lady’s :

Sidney  T.  Benton,

Evan's  Corners.

"E van ’s  Corners!  You  don’t  mean 
to  tell  me  that  you’ve  walked  fifteen 
miles  this  hot  day,  to  get  a  chance  to 
work  in  this  store?”

“ Why,  that  isn't  so  very  far;  but  I’m 
afraid  I  look  as  if  1  had  walked  a  great 
deal  farther. 
I  do  want  the  place,  and 
I  hope,  if  you  haven't  found  anybody 
who  suits  you  better,  that  you'll  let  me 
try.

That  brought  in  Cy.
Haow  old  be  ye?”

“ Almost  seventeen.”
“ Gee-whiz!  Wha’d  ye  weigh?”
“ A  hundred  an  eighty.
“ Ben  t’  school  much?”
“ Well,  always  winters;  but  mother 
used  to be a  teacher,  anil  she’s  helped 
me  a  great  ileal.

“ Wha’d  ye  ’xpect  f'r  wages?’ ’ 
“ Whatever  you think  I’m worth ;  only, 
like  to  have  vou 

fora  little  while.  I’d 
pav-me  every  week.”

“ That’ll  be all  right.  Jim,  come  here. 
This  boy  what’tl  ye  say  y’r  name 
was?”

“ Sidney  Benton  Sid  for  short. ”
“ See  if  you  c’11  help  ’ im  git  rid  o’ 
some  o’  the dust  that’s  hangin’  to  ’ im. 
Ye’ve  got  real  estate  enough  on  ye  t’ 
pay  taxes.

The boys  went  into  the  back  store.

By  the  way  you  came 

in  and 
clinched  the  bargain,”   said  Jane,  “ it 
looks  as  if  you  were  afraid  he’d  slip 
through  my  fingers  after all.  What  was 
the  matter?
Don't  you  suppose  I  can  tell,  when  1 
see  a  thing,  whether  I  want 
it  or  not? j 
This  poor  fellow  comes  in  here,  after a 
walk  of  fifteen  miles,  and  you  make  all 
manner of  fun  of  him.  Then,  when  I  j 
make  up  my  mind  that  he’s  the one  we 
want,  you  come  in  and  take  the  matter 
right  out  of  my  hands. 
1  don’t  suppose 
we  shall  ever  hear  anything  after this, 
but  the  fact  that  you  knew,  the  minute 
you  put  your  eyes  on  him,  that  he was 
the  chap  we  wanted,  and  that  you  told 
me  so.  Your  sharpness,  Cyrus,  is  as 
remarkable  as  your  good 
judgment! 
You  must  remember  that  you  made  fun 
of  him,  and  tliat,  if  you  hadn’t  thought 
that  you  were  playing  a  good  joke  on 
me,  the  poor  boy  would  have  gone  out 
as  dusty  as  he  came  in.

That  very  afternoon,  Sidney  Benton

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

13

In 
came  to  the  store  ready  for  work. 
his  working  clothes  he 
looked  more 
“ like  folks,”  and  he  certainly  felt  more 
like  working  than  he  did  in  the  heavy 
misfit  that  hampered  him  in  the  morn­
ing.

"Jim,  show  Sidney  the  way  down  cel­
lar.  You’ll  find  things  prettv  had  down 
there,  for we have been  too busy  to  look 
after  it  since  Joe  left. 
|ust  see  what 
you  can  do. ’ ’

He  did. 

I he  windows  were  opened 
the  first  thing and,  finding that  the  after­
noon  sun  fell aslant the western windows, 
he  fastened  a  looking  glass  so  that  the 
reflected  sunlight  swept  the whole length 
of  the  cellar.  Then  his  real  work  be­
gan.  \ egetables  that  had  rolled  into 
corners  and  were  decaying,  were  taken 
care  of,  barrels  full  of  uncleanliness, 
were  emptied;  and,  late 
in  the  after­
noon,  when  Jane  went  down  to  see  if  it 
would  do,  the  pleasure  she  expressed 
agreed  so thoroughly  with  her  looks  that 
the  new  hand  was  sure  that  his  first  job 
had  been  a  success. 
In  the  course  of  a 
week  the  store  would  bear  inspection 
anywhere,  and  when,  one  morning, 
coming  down  early,  the  book-keeper 
found  Sid,  mop 
in  hand,  expending 
considerable  energy  on  the  store  floor, 
the  “ that’s  what  I  like!”   in  that  hearty 
tone  of  hers,  was  ample  proof  that  an­
other  point  had  been  made  in  the  new 
clerk’s  favor.

Would  the  fellow  ever  get  over  the 
clumsiness  which  he  had  brought  with 
him  from  the  farm? 
It  was  getting  to 
be  a  question  with  Jane  how she should 
manage  to  tell  him  that  he  must  “ fix 
up”   a  little.  As  the  tan  faded  from  his 
face  and  hands,  his  big  shoes and  his 
long  hair  seemed more  than  ever  notice­
able,  and  made  him  the  butt  of  every­
body’s  ridicule.  Finally,  when  Jane 
made  up  her  mind  that  she  couldn't 
have  that  fright  around  her  any  longer, 
Benton  came  in  sheared  and  shod,  and 
clad  in  his  first  tailor-made  suit.  She 
didn’t  recognize  him.  Jim  was  simply 
astonished  at  the  result  of  the  “ shed- 
din’, “  and  Cy  was  so  affected  by  the 
change  that  he  at  once  ordered  a  suit 
for  himself,  for  he'd be * ‘ dumbed f’  he’d 
play  second  fiddle  to  that  sort  o’  tune."
The  new  clothes  were  all  that  were 
needed  to bring  out  the  young  fellow’s 
other good  points.  His  hands  were  al­
ways  clean,  his  teeth  were  well  taken 
care  of,  and,  farm-boy  though  he  was, 
his  mother  had  taught  him  that  a  hu­
man  being  who  talked  through  his  nose 
and  dropped  his  g ’s  was  a  bad  speci­
men  of  a  trained  human  being.

Jane  Cragin’s  comment was  character­
istic.  “ Sidney,  you  don’t  look  much  as 
you  did  after  your  fifteen  mile  walk 
from  home,  and,  if  I  hadn’t  seen  in  you 
then  what  I , now  see,  you  wouldn't  be 
here  to-day.  A  boy  who  shows as  plain­
ly  as  you  have  that  he  expects  to  work 
hard  for  what  he  gets,  and,  above  all,  a 
boy  who shows,  in  face  and  manner  as 
you  did,  that  there  was  a  first-class  fel­
low  somewhere  inside of  that  dusty suit, 
will  always  find  an  early  opportunity  to 
show  the  good  that  is 
in  him  at  least, 
if  he  comes anywhere  near  me.

R i c h a r d   M a l c o l m   S t r o n g .

In  Jamaica,  when  death  occurs  in  the 
house,  all  the  water  in  the  house  is  im­
mediately  thrown  out  as  poisoned  and! 
dangerous  to  use.  The  people  say  that 
when  death  has  completed  his  job,  he 
proceeds to  cool his" sting” by dipping it 
into  the  first  water he  finds.  As  death  is 
invisible,  it  is  held  safest  to  throw  out 
all  the  water  in  the house.

THE  DEAD-BEAT.

Eloquent  Tribute  To  His  Versatility 

and  Shrewdness.

1 he  modern  dead-beat  is  by no  means ■ 
rare. 
I f  he  could  be  classed  with  such 
anomalies  as  disinterested  politicians,  i 
five-legged calves and  ladies with  beards | 
he  might  be  more  of  a  curiosity  than  a  | 
nuisance.

As  it 

is,  he 

is  one  without  being 
the  other.  No  one  could  think  of  put­
ting  him  in  a  museum  or  of  paying  a 
dime  to  look  at  his  profile.  He  is  seen 
too  often  and  known  too  well  to  have 
the  honor  of  being  an  attraction  or a 
lost  diamond.

It  would  be  a  source  of  satisfaction 
and  a  good  night’s  sleep  to  numerous 
individuals  if 
it  could  only  be  proven 
or  even  stated  that  the  modern  dead-  1 
beat,  like  the  red  Indian  and  the  bison 
of  the  plains,  was  petering  out  and  the 
last  of  the  family,  emigrating  to  a  for­
eign  shore.  Such  a  mercy,  however,  if 
often  prayed  for,  is  never  expected.

I he  man  in  business  and  the  mistress 
of  the  boarding  house  and  the  laundry 
still  regret his  presence and  pigeon-hole 
his bills.  Suits  of  clothes  are  still  oc- 
upied  by  the  wrong  tenant  and  edibles, 
groceries  and  liquids  of  all  kinds  make 
their  pilgrimage  to  a  desolate land  from 
whence  the  letter  carrier  brings  no  reg­
istered  mail  and  the  money-order  de­
partment  is  out  of  business. 
It  would 
be easier to interdict the whooping cough 
or  forbid  the  appearance  of  flies  in  a 
grocery  than  to  attempt  the  extinction 
of  the  ubiquitous,  irrepressible  and  in­
genious  dead-beat.  He  is  everywhere 
and  in  everything.

One  would  not  need  a  lantern  to  find 
him  in  Congress,  a  corporation,  or  in  a 
meat  shop  on  Saturday  night.  He  is 
not,  necessarily,  a  person  who  never 
changes  his 
linen  or  has  a  dislike  to 
soap.  He  may  wear  tan  shoes  and  im­
maculate  cuffs,  play  croquet,  write  let­
ters  on  tinted  paper,  have  his  portrait 
in  a  newspaper,  and  in  social  life  be  a 
three-storied  mansion  with  lace  curtains 
and  a  stone  front.

For all  of  this  he  may  be  as  artistic 
lovely  a  fraud  as  even  a  Dickens 

and 
could  picture.

The  only  people  who  knows 

it  are I 
those  unfortunates  who  find  his  pocket ! 
as  unreliable  as  his  word.  They  have ' 
loaned and  fattened,  clothed and  housed,  I 
and  calculated their  interest  and  profits, 
and  found  out,  when  too  late,  that  all 
their  faith  in  a  dry  cow  was  not  worth I 
a  pint  of  milk.

The  great  misfortune  of  all  this  is, 
that  business  men  and  even  ladies  who 
take  in  washing  are  compelled  to  make 
honest  people  pay  the  debts  of  rogues.

They  have  to  be  figured  on  as  are  fire 
hazards  in  insurance  and  the margin  of 
profits  made  so  elastic  as  to  cover  a 
multitude  of  sins.

No  wise  man  doing  a  credit  business 
can  afford  to  overlook  his  dead-beat 
risks.  These  are,  practically,  as 
im­
portant  as  any  other  kind • of  hazard, 
whether  from  fire  or  weather,  damage  in 
transport  or  stagnation 
in  trade.  To 
cover  his  hazards  they  are  all  included 
in  the  unit  of  value.

It  is  hardly  fair  that  the  man  who 
pays  as  he buys  should  be  assessed  for 
those  who  fail  to  do  so. 
It  may  be  true 
that  in  large  transactions  some  of  this 
is  remedied  by  discounts,  but  in  the 
business  of  every  day 
life,  where  a 
week’s wages  is  the  only  available  cash, 
it  is  a  taxation  of  honesty  to  add  the 
debts  of  such  as  never  mean  to  pay  to 
the  charges  of  those  who  would  hunger 
rather than  steal.

Perhaps  if  there  was  less greed  on  the 
part  ql  those  who  sell,  there  would  be 
more  justice  to  those  who  buy.  It  might 
also  do  something  in  weeding  out  the 
dead-beat  evil 
if  we  taught  the  rising 
it  is  better  to  be  honest  than 
race  that 
to  be 
smart. ”

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W O O LSO N   S P IC E   CO.

TOLEDO, OHIO, and  KANSAS CITY, MO.

JESS  Plug  Tobacco  JESS

Why  Is there such a sale on th is  b ran d :
1st—Because it is m ade of the choicest of  leaf, 
nd—Because  it  is w rapped  with  the choicest of  wrappers.
3rd-B ecau se  it is cased to suit the taste of the large  m ajority of  chewers.
1th— Because it is sold  > t a price w ithin  the reach of all

Jess  Fine Cut  Tobacco

o u r  success  w ith  the  plug  has  shown  ns  th a t wc can sell  a tobacco under a 
private brand  if the goods are right, so we have introduced  a fine cut  also,  which 
we tru st will  be given the sam e reception  the plug  has.

Musselman  Grocer  Co.

JESS Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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JESS  2

If  you  only  knew

The  satisfaction  given  to  yourself 
and customers by selling  Highland 
Brand  Vinegar,  you  would  not 
be  without  it.  1 housands  of mer­
chants will  tell you this.

HIGHLAND  BRAND 
VINEGAR  IS  SUPERIOR.........

Mr.

Thomas

IS  NOT  A  riUSICIAN,  BUT-----

THE  BEST  FIVE  CENT  CIGAR

IN  THE  COUNTRY.

ED.  W.  RUHE.  MAKER,

CHICAGO.

F. E. BUSHMAN, flQI., 523 JOtin 31., KALAMAZOO

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

SUCCESSFUL  SALESMEN.

The  Reeder  Bros.  Shoe  Co.’s  Quin- 

tette  of  Hustlers.
MI I.T O N   R E H D K K .

it 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was born 
Nov.  It,  1863, at  Edinboro’,  Erie  coun­
A  well-to-do  farm  was  his 
ty,  Pa. 
little  attraction 
birthplace;  but  it  had 
for  him,  and 
is  easy  to  understand 
with  what  pleasure  he  started  for  the 
village  when  schooltime  came.  After 
the  farm and  the  public  school  had  done 
their work,at  the age of  ig he entered the 
Normal  Sslu.ol  at  Edinboro.  where  he 
remained  for  two  years.  He  then 
left 
Edinboro’  for  the  well-known  commer­
cial  school  at  Poughkeepsie,  N.  V.

At  the  end  of  that  time,  he  sold  out  and 
this  was 
went  to  Napoleon,  Ohio 
in 
1881  where  he  engaged 
in  the  meat 
business.  Two  years  saw  the  end  of 
this  and,  after selling  out  here,  in  1883, 
he went  back  to  Erie,  Penn.,  where  he 
bought  a  farm  of  300  acres  and  went  to 
stock-raising.  With  this  in  full  blast, 
he  had  all  he  cared  to  look  after  for two 
years.  Then  he sold  out  and  came  to 
Ovid,  Mich.,  and  opened  a  grocery 
store,  which  he  carried  on  for two years.
In  1887,  he  disposed  of  the store  and 
came  to  Grand  Rapids.  Here  he  en­
tered  the  employ  of  G.  H.  Reeder  & 
Co.  as  traveling salesman.  As the  busi­
ness  was  new  to  him,  and  not  wanting 
to fall below the average amount of sales, 
he  was  told  that  if  he  sold S500  worth  a 
week  he  ought  to  be  satisfied.  When 
the  first  year  was  over,  and  he  found 
Soo,000  in  sales  as  the result of his work, 
it  is  reasonable  to  suppose  that  he  was 
satisfied. 
The  next  and  last  change 
came  in  1893,  when  G.  H.  Reeder  &

Finishing  the  course,  he  followed  the 
Star  of  Empire  until  he  came  to Colum­
bus,  Nebraska,  in  1884,  at  that  time  a 
town  of  four  or  live  thousand  people. 
Here  lie  became  book-keeper  for  the 
grocery  house  of  Herman  Oehlrich  & 
Bro.  He  remained  here  for  something 
over  three  years.  His  next  change  was 
to  Big  Rapids.  He  went  there  in  De­
cember,  1887,  where  he  had  charge  of  a 
boot  and  shoe  store,  under  the  firm 
name  of  Milton  Reeder  iv  Co. 
In  1888, 
the  stock  was 
removed  to  Traverse 
Citv,  and  he  remained  there  until  fan.
1. 
iS8q.  Disposing  of  the  store,  he 
came  to  Grand  Rapids,  where  lie  en­
tered  the  establishment  oi  Geo.  H. 
Reeder  ¿t  Co.  as  shipping  clerk.  After 
holding  the  position  for  something  less 
than  a  year,  he  took  charge of  the books 
for  the  same  length  of  time  and.  while 
holding  this  position,  he  was  admitted 
into  partnership  in  July,  18go.  After a 
year of  service  in  the  office,  in  Septem­
ber.  1891,  he  became  traveling  salesman 
for  the  Reeder  Bros.  Shoe  Co.,  of  which 
he  is a  stockholder and  director.

December  2g,  1891,  Mr.  Reeder  was 
married  to  Miss  Mary  A.  Older,  of 
Grand  Rapids,  and  he  lives  at  84  Henry 
street.

J.  P.  REE D E R

Was  born  on  one  o f  the  fertile  farms  o f 
Northwestern  Pennsylvania,  near  the 
town  of  Edinboro', Dec.  24,  1835.  On  his 
father’s  side  lie  is  of  English parentage, 
and  Irish  on  that  o f  his  mother.  His 
school  life  was  that  which 
is  common 
with  farm  boys  summer  and  winter, 
until  the  farm  work  wanted  him 
in 
summer,  and  winters  until  he  was  19 
years  old,  the  last  year  of  school 
life 
being  passed  at  the  Edinboro’  Normal 
School, 
institution  well-known 
throughout  that  corner of the  State.

an 

When  his  school  days  were  over,  he 
went  home  and  worker!  on  the  farm  for 
five  years.  He then  had  a  farm  of  his 
own,  which  he carried  on  for  two  years.

Co.  gave  place  to  a  stock  company  un­
der the  name  of  the  Reedei  Bros.  Shoe 
Co.,  in  which  Mr.  Reeder  became  a 
stockholder and  a  director.

In  1879,  Mr.  Reeder,  at  the  age  of 
24,  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  Phillips 
of  Greenville,  Pa.  She  died  at  Edin­
boro’  in  1887,  and  in  March,  1S92,  he 
was  married  to  Miss  Jennie  Dryden  of 
Grand  Rapids.  A  little boy,  16  months 
old.  James  Dryden Reeder,  is very much 
at  home  at  647  Wealthy  avenue, J and 
manages  to  contribute  his  share  to the 
1 happiness  of  the  family.

JOHN  M.  F E L L .

in  Fennsylvania,  varying 

The  old  Keystone  State  claims  him 
where  at  Orangeville,  January  7,  1861, 
he  was  born.  The  family  1 ived  here 
for  seven  years  afterward,  when  they 
moved  to  Kinsman,  Ohio.  Here  the 
boy  went  on  with  the  school  life  already 
begun 
it  a 
little  by  occasional  work  in  a  flouring| 
mill,  and,  what  was  better than  all,  get- j 
ting  into  his  head  at  that  early  age  the 
idea  that  he  must  look  out  for  himself.
The  residence  in  Kinsman  went  on 
tor ten  years.  He ended  his school  days 
there,  and  there  he  began  to  think 
what  he  was best fit  for  in  the  world  of 
work.  The  answer  to 
the  question 
came  from  his  native  State,  and,  when 
he  was  17  years  old,  he  went  to  Sharon 
and  took  a  position  with  Gillespie  & 
Hammond,  wholesale  dealers 
in  hide 
and 
them 
two  years,  when* he  heard  of  a  place 
-which  he  thought  would  suit  him  better 
in  Michigan,  and,  in  1880,  he  took  up 
his  residence  in  Howard  City  and  went 
to work  in  a  grocery  store.  For  two 
years  he  staid  here,  thinking,  it  seems,

leather.  He  worked  for 

a great  deal  of  the  “ girl  he  left  behind 
him’ ’  in  Kinsman ;  and,  when  the  two 
years  were  over,  he  returned  to  the  land 
famous  for  its  buckwheat,  stopping  at 
Kinsman  long  enough,  at  least,  to  take 
part 
in  a  wedding  ceremony  which 
made  Miss  Alice  M.  Smith,  a  young 
lady  of  that  place,  his  wife.  This  took 
place  March  29,  1882.

for  whatever 

Thus  prepared 

fate 
had  in  store  for him,  he  found  a  home 
in  Sharon  and  took  up  his  grip 
in  the 
|.  Gillespie,  successor 
interests  of  T. 
Ham­
to  the  old  house  of  Gillespie 
mond, 
for  which  he  had 
formerly 
worked.  Finding  that  his  time  was  not 
fully  taken  up,  he  engaged  to  travel 
also,  for William  Elaccus  it Son,  whole­
sale  dealers 
tannery 
!goods,  covering  territory 
in  Pennsvl- 
vania,  Ohio  and  West  Virginia.

leather  and 

in 

The  year  18S6  saw  the  end  of  this, 
and,  when  an  opening  appeared  in  Pe- 
toskey,  he  and  his  household  traveled  to 
the  upper angle  of the  Lower Peninsula, 
where  he  remained  until, 
in  1SS7,  he 
came  to  Grand  Rapids  and  entered  the 
employ  of  Reeder,  Palmer  it  Co., 
fol­
lowing  the  fortunes  of  that  house  until 
the  present  time  except  for  a  year  and 
a  half,  during  which  time  he  traveled

#  &  n
ry

At  this 

itme  an 

invitation  reached 
him  from  Texas.  His  brother,  A.  H. 
Mackey,  at  that  time  chief  clerk  in  the 
| quartermaster’s  department,  urged  him 
j to  pay him  a  visit  at  Fort  Concho,  and 
j for  four  months  he  was  in  the  Lone 
Star  State,  getting  a  good  knowledge  of 
the  country.

When  this  lengthy  vacation  was  over, 
he  returned  to  Keokuk  and  took  a  posi- 
!tion  with  the  Huiskamp  Bros.  Co., 
where  he  gained  his  first  knowledge  of 
the  shoe  business.  He  was  with  them 
for six  years.

in 

An  opening 

the  wholesale  gro­
cery  house  of  Buck,  Reiner  &  Co.  pre­
sented  itself,,  and  he  took  advantage  of 
it,  traveling  for  the  company  for  two 
years.  Still  in  Keokuk,  he  severed  his 
connection  with  the  above  firm  and,  for 
two  years, 
for  the  Kendall 
Manufacturing  Co.,  Providence,  R.  I., 
manufacturers  of  washing  powders. 
Early  in  the  present  year  he  left  Keo­
kuk  for  Grand  Rapids,  and  is  now  trav­
el i ng  for  the  Reeder  Bros.  Shoe  Co.

traveled 

It  may  not  be  uninteresting  to  the 
reader  that  Captain  Mackey,  the  father 
of  Mr.  Mackey,  was  an  inmate for  nine­
teen  months  of  Libby  Prison.  After 
leaving  the  army,  in  1872,  he  took  up 
the  practice  of  law  in  Memphis,  Tenn.
Mr.  Mackey  was  married  January  12, 
1888,  his  birthday,  to  Miss  Addie  L. 
Buck,  and  he  has  one  child,  Flavilla, 
now  five  years  old.  He  is a  member  of 
the  Congregational  church, 
is  an  Odd

for  C.  M.  Henderson  it  Co.,  Chicago, 
on  the  same  territory  and  in  the  same 
1 i ne.

Mr.  Fell  has  no  children,  but  those 
who  visit  him  at  his  pleasant home  will 
understand,  after  sharing  his  generous 
hospitality,  why  the  bo vs 
like  him, 
and  why  so  many  heartily  call  him  “ a 
jolly  good  fellow. ’ ’

Tennessee 

E.  R.  MACKEY.
is  his  native  State  and 
Nashville  his  native  town,  where  he 
was born  January  12,  1866.  That  same 
year  his  father,  who  was  a  captain 
in 
the  regular  army,  moved  to  Hancock, 
111.,  where he  remained  until  the  spirng 
of  1870,  when  he  went  to  Fort  Madison, 
Iowa.  F rom  Fort  Madison  Captain 
Mackey  removed  his family  to  Keokuk, 
in  1872.  from  Keokuk  he  went to Mem­
phis,  Miss.,  where  the  boy  began  his 
school  life.  After a  residence  of  eight 
years  in  that  place,  the  family  went  to 
Montrose,  Iowa,  where there was a year’s 
schooling  for  the  boy, 
followed  by 
another school  year at  Dallas  City,  111. 
Here  his  school  life  ended  and,  return­
ing  to  Keokuk  in  1882,  he  took  a  posi­
tion  in  the  wholesale  millinery  house  of 
VI.  Stern.  He  remained  here a  year  and 
then  was  a  year  with  his  father  in  a 
hotel  at  Keokuk.

Fellow,  and  belongs  to  the  Iowa  State 
Traveling  Men’s  Association.

FRANK  J.  PALM ER.

Next to New England,  there  is  no  bet­
ter  place  to  be born  in  than  the  Western 
Reserve,  for the  reason,  it  may  be  in­
ferred,  that that  section  of  Ohio  was  set­
tled  by a  strong  New  England  element. 
People  opposed  to  the  Puritan  and  his 
straight-jacket  notions  delight  to  go  on 
with  the  saying  that  it  is  a  good  place 
to get  out  of  as  soon  as  possible  after 
the  momentous event-  a statement,  how­
ever,  not  applicable  to  the  Western  Re­
serve.  Here  at  Euclid,  November, 
1853,  Mr.  Palmer  first  saw  the  light. 
It 
is needless  to  say  that  his  early  educa­
tion  was  looked  after  in  that  region  of 
learning  and,  after  the  public  schools 
had  done  for  him  what  they  could  he 
finished  his  mental  training  at  Collamer 
College  in  1871.

College  days  over,  a  mercantile  ca­
reer attracted  him,  and  he  began  the 
same year  to  clerk 
in  a  general  store 
at  Willoughby,  Ohio.  Thirteen  years 
is a  long  time  for  a  first  engagement, 
and  when,“ in  1884,  a  position  was  open 
in  the  ranks  of  the  Standard Oil  Co.,  he

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changed  his  line  and,  as  a  traveling 
salesman  in  Michigan,  he  sold  oil  until 
iSgi. 
In  that  year  his  held  of  useful­
ness  was  transferred  to the Pacific coast, 
and  for a  twelve-month  he  labored  with 
human  nature 
in  Washington,  Oregon 
and  California.  Wisconsin  was 
the 
next  territory  to  be  benefitted  by  his 
exertions,  and  when  a  year  was over  In- 
entered  the employ  of  the  Reeder  Bros. 
Shoe  Co.,  a  position  he  holds  with 
credit to  himself  and  to  the  house  as 
well.

1887, 

Mr.  Palmer was  married  in  Septem­
ber, 
to  Miss  Cora  Page,  of 
Shelby.  Some  three  years  and  a  half 
ago  a  bright-eyed  boy came  to  stay  with 
them,  whose  chances  are  good  for  the 
presidential  chair.  There  are  consti­
tutional  objections  to  fixing  the  date  so 
early as  1920;  but, 
if  the  young  man 
now  in  kilts  inherits  the  sterling  qual­
ities  which has  made his  father  the  suc­
cess  he  is,  there  is going  to  be  the  live­
liest  election  along  in  the  first  quarter 
of  the  coming  century  which  will  have 
been  known  since  the  campaign  of  the 
Log  Cabin  and  Hard  Cider.

THE  BACK  OFFICE.

Written for Tins T rad esm an.

Science  has  made  another  discovery. 
The  realms  of  light  and  sound,  until 
now supposed  to  be  wholly, apart,  are 
found  to  have  everything 
in  common, 
and  the  so-thought  unfathomable  abyss 
between  them  has  been  bridged  by  a 
concord  of  sweet  sounds.”   The  note 
A,  for  example,  is  represented  in  color 
by  indigo;  B,  by  violet;  C,  by  red;  1), 
by  orange;  E,  by  yellow;  F,  by  green, 
and  G,  by  blue;  while  the  sharps  and 
flats  can  be depended  on  to  produce  the 
same  endless  variety  of  shade  in  color 
as  they  do  now  in  sound.

Time, 

The  advantage  to  be  gained 

from 
this  discovery  to  the world  of  trade  will 
be  seen  at  once. 
Its  resources  are 
doubled;  and  what  has  been  so  far 
merely  guess  work  is  brought  down  with 
the  exactness  of  mathematical 
law  to 
plain,  undisputable  fact. 
of 
course,  will  be  required  for  a  general 
diffusion  of  this  knowledge,  but,  when 
once  mastered,  as  it  will  be,  things  in­
congruous  will  be  so  no  more,  and  the 
discords  of  color,  so common  now,  will 
become  as  rare  as  misplaced  sharps  and 
flats  in  a  well-trained city  church  choir. 
On  the other  hand,  we  have  the  key  at 
once  to  the  secret  of the artist’s  success. 
The beautiful  picture  hides  a  psalm  or 
a  song,  before  concealed,  but  now  made 
audible  to  an  appreciative  world.

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I he  crowd  comes  and 

Let  us  apply  this  new-found  knowl­
edge  to  the  common  concerns  of  life. 
I he  dry  goods  merchant,  for  example, 
is  tired  of  the  senseless  display  in  his 
store  windows.  He  wants  it  to  mean 
something.  So  far 
it  has  been  only 
novel. 
looks, 
and  passes  on.  Why,  the  organ-grinder 
on  the  corner does  more than  that.  No 
matter what  tune  he  plays,  every  foot 
falls  into  step  as  it  passes,  and  the  ma­
jority  unconsciously  hum  the  tune  as 
they  pass  on.  Now  his  window  can  do 
the  same  thing,  or  better still,  the  tune 
in  the  window  will  hereafter  send  them 
humming  into  his  store.  He calls  for 
the  expert  and  sets  him  at work.  When 
the  task  is done,  the  crowd  comes,  looks 
and  lingers,  and  passes  some  to  their 
into  the  store,  but  the 
business,  some 
air  outside  and 
is  sweet  with  the 
same  sweet  song,  and whistler and  hum­
mer  alike,  catching  the  key  from  the 
window  when  they  go  are  busy  with 
"Home,  Sweet  Home!”

in 

l hink  of  the  piles  of  harmony  that 
have  remained  unsung  in  the  grocery 
store,  the  butcher’s  stall,  and  the  fish 
market;  and  think what  a  cunning  hand 
might  do  to  secure  trade  by arranging 
the  groceries  and  vegetables  by  color 
so  as  to  reproduce to the customer’s eye, 
the  song  he  used  to  sing!  Suppose,  tor 
example,  that  the  corner  grocery  should 
open  up  some  morning  with  "Old  Dog 
Tray”   in  color;  suppose  the  butcher, 
by  a  skillful  arrangement  of  fats  and 
leans,  with  here  and  there  a  spray  of 
parsley,  should  thrill  the  air  about  him 
with  "Captain  Kidd  when  I  Sailed;”  
and  what  if  the  fish  monger  should  fill 
his  market  with  songs  to  the  sight  alone 
of  " The  Oysterman, ”   or  "T he  Lone 
Fish  Ball?”   There  would  be  but  one 
result.  Trade  would  receive  an  impe­
tus  before  unknown;  and  who  can  tell 
but that  the bickerings of  business would 
be  subdued  if  not  wholly  removed  by 
the sweet  influences  of  silent  song?

The  application  of  this  new-found 
knowledge  to  the  social world  is  without 
limit.  What  could  be  more  touchingly 
appropriate  for  a  temperance 
lecture 
than  "T he  Old  Oaken  Bucket  that 
Hangs  in  the  Well,”   arranged 
in  fes­
toons  of  the  proper  colors  around  the 
walls  of  the  lecture  room.  Think  of  the 
effect  of  the  wedding  march  where  the 
dim  old  church  brightened  with  the 
blossoms  which  have  so  far  hidden  the 
familiar air;  and  what  would  add  more 
to  the hilarity of  the festal occasion  than 
garlands of  "Landlord  Fill  the  Flowing 
Bowl,”   and of  "Little  Brown  Jug,  How 
I  Love  Thee.

There  is  no  need  of  going  on  with 
this.  Every  class  and  condition  are  to 
be affected  by  it.  Our  homes are  to be 
so  many treasure houses of  song in color ; 
our  tables  are  to  resound  with  "Hurrah 
for  Old  New  England,”   on  the  appear­
ance  of  brown  bread  and  beans;  the 
Thanksgiving  dinner  reduced  to  the 
finest  coloring  will  be  found  to  be  "Old 
Lang  Syne,”   ami  the  grandest  display 
which  patriotism  has  ever  witnessed 
will  be  only  America  and  the  Star 
Spangled  Banner,  done 
in  color  and 
song.

R ic h a r d   M a l c o l m   S t r o n g .

It  is  the  infillitesismal  flaw  that  ren­
ders a  shaft  useless,  so  it  is  the  neglect­
ed  details  that  prove  disastrous  to  busi­
ness. 
It  is  the  little  things  which  one 
man  forgets and  another  remembers that 
make  one  a  good  business  man  ami  the 
other a  poor  one.

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

TYPESETTING  BY  MACHINERY.

Description  of  the  New  Device  Now 

Used  by  the  Tradesman.

This  issue of  the  T r a d e s m a n   is  the 
first  in  which  the  type  is  set,  or com­
posed,  by machinery.  The large amount 
of  reading  matter  the  paper  has  con­
tained  recently  has  made  the  question 
of  rapiditv  and  economy  in  setting  the 
type  an  important  one.  The  question 
whether  there  was  a.  machine  which 
would  practically meet  the  requirements 
in  these’ regards  has  not  been  answered 
so  long as  to warrant  the  purchase of  one 
sooner.  So  far as  its knowledge  extends, 
the  T r a d e s m a n  
is  the  first  weekly 
journal  in  the State  to  put  in such  a  ma­
chine.

The  rapid  advance  in  the  application 
of  machinery  to  so  many  of  the  indus­
trial  and  manufacturing  processes  has 
long  caused  anxiety among  the  less  in­
telligent.  especially  as  to  the  stability 
of  the trades.  This  is  not  strange,  when 
it  is  considered  that  the  acquirement 
of  these  trades  has  taken  years  of  effort, 
the  results of which seem  to  be destroyed 
by  the  application  of  a  machine  which 
will  automatically  do  the  work  more 
perfectly,  and  many times  more  rapidly 
than  by  hand. 
Indeed,  in  many  cases, 
the hardship  worked  by  the  adoption  of 
such  machinery  has  been  very  serious, 
temporarily.  Most  changing  social  and 
industrial  conditions  work  hardship  to 
some,  but  the  advance  means  an  event­
ual  increase  in  the  sum  total  of  human 
happiness.

There  were  many  trades,  however, 
which  seemed  to  be  beyond  the  possi­
bility  of  suffering  from  the  encroach­
ments  of  the  “ iron  craftsman, 
and 
among  the  most  secure  in  this  regard 
was  the  compositor’s  trade. 
It  seemed 
impossible  to  make  a  machine  which 
should  do  his  work  until  a  mechanism 
could  be  devised  which  would  think. 
Alas,  for  his  security!  While  it  may  not 
have  been  found  possible  to  build  a 
' ‘ thinking  machine, 
there  are  so  many 
of  the  movements  of  assembling  the 
types  into  order for the printed  line  sub­
ject  to  the  possibilities  of  mechanical 
ingenuity, 
that  he  finds  a  machine 
which  requires  but  little  more  than  the 
“ thinking”  and  which  enables  one  op­
erator to  do  the  work  of  many.

Those  of  our  readers  who  are  at  all 
familiar  with  the  processes  of  printing 
know  that,  after  use,  the  types have  to 
be  returned  to  separate  compartments 
in  the  printer's  “ case, ”   preparatory to 
their  use  again  in  composition.  This 
is  called  distribution.  The  possibility 
of  this  distribution  ever  being  auto­
matically  done  by  a  machine  was 
laughed  at  by  any  compositor to  whom 
it  may have  been  suggested  a  few years 
ago. 
In  this  part  of  his  trade,  he  felt 
certainly  secure;  but  the  lines of type, 
after  using,  are  put 
into  the  machine 
illustrated  on  this  page,  which  automat­
ically separates  or distributes them,  put­
ting all the  “ a’s"  together  in  one  place, 
the  “ b ’s”   in  another,  and  so  on;  and 
this  without  the  possibility  of  an  error. 
Means  have  been found  to  dispense with 
the  necessity  of  thinking  for this  opera­
tion.

The  composing  or  assembling  the 
types  for  printing  is  done  by  the  same 
machine.  This operation,  while  not  en­
tirely  automatic,  is  so  nearly  so that  the 
compositor  can  operate  it  many  times 
faster  than  he  could  do  the  same  work 
by  hand.  The  manipulation  consists  in 
lightly  touching  the  keys,  similar  to 
those  on  a  typewriter,  whereupon  the 
letter  corresponding  to  the  key  is  in­

continuous 

The machine  produces the type  in  one 
long 
line,  which  moves 
across  in  front of  the  operator.  An  at­
tendant,  or 
justifier, ”   takes  about  the 
length  of  one  of  the  lines  in  a  column 
of  this  paper  and  spaces  or  “ justifies”  
it  so  it  will  be  the  exact  width  of  the 
column.  The  machine  then  places  the 
justified  line  in  the  “ galley”   or  in  col­
umns,  as  they  appear  on  this  page.

stantly  produced  by  the  machine and 
caused  to  take  its  place  in  the  line be­
ing  set,  and  this  so quickly  that  the eye 
cannot  follow  it.  The operation  of  the 
keys  requires  much  less  force  than 
is 
necessary  for a typewriter.

This  machine  is  the  only  one which 
successfully  does  composition  and  dis­
tribution  by  the  actual  use  of  the  types, 
as  in  hand composition.  There  are  ma­
chines  in  successful  use  on  large daily 
newspapers  which  cast  metal  lines  of

readers  of 

type.  These  are  only  of  use  on  papers 
where  typographical  neatness  is  of  no 
consideration.  The 
the 
T r a d e s m a n   would  never  detect  from 
its  appearance  that  the  type  is  not  set 
by hand. 
In  fact,  the operation  is  prac­
tically  the  same  as  hand  work.  The 
line-casting  machines  referred  to  are 
very complicated,  requiring  the  constant 
attendance  of  machinists,  and  are  made 
hot  and  dirty  from  the  necessity  of 
maintaining  a  gas  furnace  for melting 
the  type  metal.

The  Thorne  machine,  as  used  on  the 
T r a d e s m a n ,  is  very clean  and  neat  in 
appearance,  and,  when 
in  operation, 
makes less noise than  a sewing machine. 
The force  required  to  run 
it  is  about 
one-fourth  of  a horse  power.  The  prin­
ciples  upon  which  it  is  constructed  are

very- simple,  although  it  is  composed  of 
many  thousands  of  pieces,  and  has  an 
appearance  of  complication.

It  is  about  a  dozen  years  since  an  in­
ventor by the  name of  Thorne  conceived 
the  idea  of  a  type-setting  machine.  He 
spent  a  number  of  years  in  experiment­
ing  u p o n   it  and  carried  Ins  invention 
far  enough  to  demonstrate  the  practica- 
bility  of  such  a  machilie.  As  he  had 
already  amassed  a  competence  in  other 
1 ines  of 
invention,  he  did  not  care  to 
follow  it  through  to  complete  success, 
and  so  he  sold 
it  to  a  company  of 
younger and  more  practical  men.  1 hese 
have  required  a  good  many  years  to 
bring  to  its  present  high  degree  of  per­
fection.  They  may  now  be  said  to  have 
it  fairly  on  the  market,  and  the  great 
plant  they  have  created  for  its  manu­
facture  in  Hartford,  Conn.,  is  crowded 
with  orders  to 
its  utmost  capacity.

THE  SUJ1MER  STAGNATION.

How  the  Vacation  Season  Interferes 

with  Business.

The business  men  who  Feel  it  neces­
sary  to  take  leaves  of  absence  for two 
weeks  or  a  month  at  a  time  each  sum­
mer  act  as  a  serious  drag upon  the busi­
ness  interests  of  the  country.  Matters 
in  their  special  charge  have  to  await 
their  return,  or  the  substitutes  who  tem­
porarily attempt  to  perform their duties, 
not  being 
thoroughly  familiar  with 
them,  create  delays  which  would  not 
otherwise  occur.  The  very fact that  the 
vacation  season  is  spread  over  so  many 
months  prolongs  the  trouble  for  large 
establ ishments.  As  fast  as  one  compe­
tent  employe  resumes his  place  and  his 
work  another goes  away,  and  thus at  no 
time  is the  staff  complete.  Hence,  un­
dertakings of  importance are  begun  only 
when  they  cannot  be  postponed  until 
every man  is  again at  his  post,  or,  when 
they  are  begun,  they  are  carried  along 
under  the  discouragement  of  difficulties 
and  delays  which  seriously  retard  their 
ac com pi i shment.

This  stagnation  of  business  in  sum­
mer  is  not  a  novelty  in  history,  nor  is 
it  confined  to  this  country  exclusively, 
but  is  common  in  all  the  great  cities  of 
the  world.  London,  Paris,  Berlin  and 
Vienna  have  each  their  “ dead”   sea­
sons,  as  well  as  the  metropolitan  cities 
of  this  country.  Whole  streets  are  de­
serted  by  their  winter 
inhabitants,  the 
tradesmen  who  are  busy  the  rest  of  the 
year  become  almost  entirely  idle,  thea­
ters  are  closed,  shops  are  open  only 
during  as  few  hours  in  the  day as  possi­
ble,  all  business  affairs  of  importance 
I are  put  off,  and  but  for  strangers  and 
sightseers  the  hotels  would  be  empty 
and  the  hackmen  idle.  But  there,  as 
well  as  here,  what  the  cities  lose  the 
railroads  and  steamboats  gain.  Their 
customers  increase  as  those  of  the  city 
industries  diminish,  and  the  summer  is 
their  harvest  time.

The  comparison  will  naturally  be 
made  between  the  cessation,  or,  at  least, 
the  slackening of  activity of  which  I  am 
speaking,  and  the  periods  of  repose 
which  human  beings  are  compelled  to 
observe  by  the  weakness  of  their phys­
ical  constitution,  by  the  alternation  of 
night  and  day,  by  the  rigor  of  winter, 
and,  in  Christian  countries,  by  the  in­
stitution  of  the  Sabbath.  The an i mal 
frame  requires  not  only  food  but  sleep 
to keep  it  fit  for use,  and,  besides  sleep, 
rest  and  recreation  during waking  hours 
are also  now  recognized  as 
indispensa­
ble.  The  darkness  of  night,  for  many 
industry,  cannot  be  relieved 
forms  of 
ligh t;  the  farmer  and  the 
by  artificial 
planter  must,  perforce, 
intermit  their 
labors  while  the  ground  is  hard  with 
frost,  covered  with  snow  and 
ice,  or 
soaked  with  excessive 
rains.  And, 
either  from  religious,  or from prudential 
grounds,  one  day  in  seven  in  Christian 
countries  is  marked  by  more  or  less ab­
stinence  from  toil.

These  analogies,  however,  so  far  from 
proving  the  physical  and  mental  neces­
sity  of  the  custom  of  taking  additional 
periods  of  rest  from  labor,  rather  refute 
it.  Night,  winter,  and 
the  Sabbath 
compel  an  inactivity which  ought  suffi­
ciently  to  repair the  strength  impaired 
by  toil  without  the  supplemental  aid  of 
vacations  not  thus  imposed  by  the  laws 
of  nature  or  by  those  of  religion.  Un­
der the  present  constitution  of  things  in 
this  country the  vast  majority  of  its  in­
habitants  labor  only  ten  hours out  of  the 
twenty-four  on  ordinary  week  days, 
resting  altogether  on  the  fifty-two  Sun-

Where  the  composition  of  a  sufficiently 
large  amount  of  type 
is  required  it  is 
easy  to demonstrate  the  practical  econ­
omy  of  the  machine,  and  though  its  cost 
is quite an  amount,  it 
is  being  rapidly 
adopted  in  most  of  the  larger  cities.
The  T r a d e s m a n   congratulates 

it­
self,  as  well  as  its  readers,  that  it  has 
grown to a size to demand the  use  of  such 
an aid in  its production.  While the cost is 
considerable, in  the  case of the T r a d e s ­
m a n ,  about  $2,500, 
including  the type 
used  in  its  operation,  it  is  fully  war­
ranted by the  continued  increase  in  de­
mand for reading matter.  The  T r a d e s ­
m a n   cordially 
its  friends  to 
call  and  see  this  machine  in  operation. 
It  is  worth  an  inspection  as an  example 
of  the  farthest  advance  in  the  typo­
graphic  art  probable  in  this century-.

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days  and  on  the  dozen more  or  less  holi­
days  established  by  law.  Agricultural­
ists,  indeed,  do  more  than  this during 
special  seasons  of  the  year,  but  they 
have  long  periods of  idleness  to counter­
balance  them.

The  fact 

is,  I  suspect,  that  people 
take  their  summer  vacations  as  they 
drink  intoxicating  beverages or smoke 
tobacco,  not  because  they  are  necessary 
to  their  health,  but  because  they  like  to 
have  them.  Work,  to  most  people,  is 
irksome,  and  idleness  a  relief  if  not  a 
positive  pleasure.  Any  excuse  for  do­
ing  nothing 
is  gladly  accepted,  and 
where  so  many  are  interested  in  main­
taining  the  validity  of  that  which  is 
commonly  given  for  a  longer or  shorter 
vacation  during  each  year,  it  is  useless 
to  question 
it.  But  to a  dispassionate 
observer  it  does  not  seem  that  there  is 
any  reason,  except  their  own  caprice, 
why  men  whose  daily  efforts  consist  in 
sitting  in  their  armchairs  or  directing 
the  work  of  others  from  8 a.  m.  to  5  p. 
m., with an  interval  for  luncheon,  should 
become  so  exhausted mentally and  phys­
ically  that  they  should  go  abroad  or to 
some  watering  place  for  months  every 
year  in  order  to  recuperate  their enfee­
bled  energies.

The  disposition  to  avoid  work  upon 
any  plausible  pretense 
is  re-enforced 
also by  a  desire  for  amusement  on  the 
part  of  the  fair  sex.  Summer  in  the 
city  is  not  propitious  to  the  gregarious 
entertainments 
in  which  they  delight, 
such  as  balls,  receptions,  and  dinners, 
and  it  makes  the  theater  and  the  opera 
hot  and  disagreeable.  The  summer 
country  cottage  and  the  summer hotel, 
on  the  other  hand,  afford  opportunities 
for  a  resumption  of  winter  recreations 
under  more 
favorable  auspices,  and, 
falling these,  a  trip  to  Europe can  easily 
be  proved  to  be  indispensable.  And  as 
men  were  created  and  exist  solely  for 
the  sake of  pleasing women,  they  cannot 
do  otherwise  than  fall 
in  with  their 
wives,  their  daughters,  and  their  sweet­
hearts’  views.  A  few  have  the  eccen­
tricity  and  the  boldness  to  resist  their 
dictates  and  to  make  themselves  com­
fortable  at  home  during  the  summer, 
but  they  are  generally  denounced  as 
hardened  reprobates  and  held  up  as  ex­
amples  not  to  be  imitated.

life  are  indefensible  by  reason. 

After  all,  1  am  not  prepared  to  say 
that,  irrational as  it  is,  the summer  stag­
nation  produced  by  the  vacation  habit 
is altogether  detrimental  to human  hap­
In  fact,  most  of  the  pleasures 
piness. 
of 
If 
everybody was sensible and  did  only  the 
right  thing  on  all  occasions,  the  world,
I  fear,  would  be  much  more  stupid  than 
it  is.  Love,  ambition,  avarice,  and  all 
the  other dominant  passions  of  human­
ity  lead  to  the  performance  of  more 
foolish  deeds  than  wise  ones,  and  yet 
without  them  little,  if  anything,  would 
be  accomplished.  Amusement with  tri­
fles  is  childish,  yet 
is  amusement, 
and  without  amusement  life  would  be 
even  less  worth  living  than  it  is.  The 
wise  Solomon  has  put  it  upon  record 
that  he  “ commended  mirth  because  a 
man  hath  no  better  thing  under the  sun 
than  to  eat,  drink,  and  be  merry. ”  
1  do  not  say  that  he  was  right,  but  that 
was  his  opinion  after  many  years  of 
experience.

it 

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

The  extra effort  the  clerk  puts  forth in 
his  employer’s behalf becomes  a  reserve 
fund  from  which  he  may  reap  benefit  in 
the future.  Although  he  may  realize  his 
services  are  not  fully  compensated  just 
now,  yet  he  is  storing  up  capital  which 
will  later  be  of  value to him.

REPRESENTATIVE  RETAILERS.

B.  H.  King, Senior  Member of King  & I 

Co., Grocers.

It  was  Dr.  Holmes who  says  that,  to 
know  a  man,  we  must begin two  or three | 
generations  back.  When,  then,  I  learned 
that  the  grand-parent  on  one  side was 
born  and  bred  in  the  North  of  Ireland, 
and  another  grand-parent  saw  sunlight 
first  in  the  land  of  the  Scot,  1  knew  that 
there  was  no  need  of  going  behind  the 
returns  in  this  instance,  and,  with  the 
privilege  of  the  biographer,  from  that 
point,  1  go  on  with  the  story.

isles 

Hearing  of  the  land  beyond  the  sea 
and  the  promises realized  there,  the Scot 
and  his  Kathleen  Mavourneen  left  the 
English 
for  New  England  and 
found a  home  among  the  hills  of  New 
Hampshire.  There  in  the  cradle  of  the 
Western  World  the  children  were born, 
and,  when  the  time  came  for the  fledg­
lings  to  leave  the  home  nest,  one with 
his  mate  found  his  way  to  the  Western 
Reserve,  and  at  Painesville,  Ohio,  went 
on  with  the  New  England  life  which  he 
had  brought  with  him  from  the  old 
granite  hills.  There  Benjamin  Harri­
son  King was  born,  a  name which meant 
much  then,  has  meant  much  since,  and 
may  be  again  as  lull  of  meaning ;  for  it 
was  given  in  the  days  of  the  Log  Cabin 
campaign  in  honor  of  the  hero  of  Old 
Tippecanoe,  when  hard  cider  was  the 
political  fad  and  the  successful  candi­
date  for  the  White  House  was  William 
Henry  Harrison. 
It  is  possible  that  the 
name  has  something  to  do  with  the 
lively  political  times  in  Joliet,  where 
Benj.  H.  King  has  passed  a  part- of  his 
life.

For  his  first  twenty-one  years  a  farm, 
near  Painesville,  was  his  home.  The 
rebellion  wanted  him  then,  and  enlist­
ing  in  the  Fifth  Wisconsin  Battery,  he 
went  to  the  front  and  staid  there  for 
three  years  of  the  war.  Leaving  the 
army  he  went West, railroading  here  and 
surveying  there for several  months  along 
the  Platte  River;  and  then,  getting 
life,  he  turned  his 
enough  of  a  roving 
steps  Eastward 
towards  the  Sucker 
State,  and,  in  1867,  settled  down  in  Jol­
iet.  Here  he  gave his attention  to  grain, 
and  for a  number  of  years  had  charge 
of  an  elevator. 
In  1880  he  became  in­
terested  in  barbed  wire,  and  continued 
in  that  business  until  1893. 
In  1894  the 
city  of  Joliet  was  looking  around  for  an 
Assessor,  and  fixed  on  Mr.  King.  After 
serving  the  city  in  that  capacity  for a 
year  he  took  advantage  of  a  business 
opening 
in  Grand  Rapids,  where  he 
came  early  in  1895,  with  his  family. 
The business  not  proving  what  it  prom­
ised  Mr.  King  withdrew  from  the  firm 
of  Sengenberger  & Co.,and embarked  in 
the  grocery  business  at  the  corner  of 
Lin ion street  and  Fifth avenue  under  the 
firm  name  of  King  &  Co.,  where he  is 
confident of  a  career as  long  and  pros­
perous  as  that  which  smiled  upon  him 
at  Joliet.

The  Policy  of  Honesty.

importance 

the  greatest 

The  value  of  system  in  your  business 
is  of 
to 
your  success.  As  an  example  of  what 
it  means  to  some  houses,  we  can  men­
tion  that  of  a  large  Boston  firm  of  dry 
goods  that  returned  an  over  charge  of 
twenty-five  cents  to  a  lady  some  two 
weeks after  the  sale  was  made. 
It  was 
a  surprise  to  her,  and  it  can  be  safely 
assumed  that she  will  hereafter  feel that 
her  interests  are  safe  with  this  house. 
There  is  one  basis  of  ultimate  success 
in  your  business  career,  and  that  is  a 
systematic  course  of  strict  honesty  with 
your  customers.

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THE  PURE  FOOD  LAW.

Full  Text  of  the  Statute  Now 

in 

Force  in  this  State.

Section  1.  The  people of  the  State of 
Michigan  enact,  That  no  person  shall, 
within  this  State,  manufacture  for  sale, 
offer  for  sale,  or  sell  any article of  food 
which 
is  adulterated  within  the  mean­
ing  of  this  act.
Sec.  2.  The term  food,  as  used  here­
in,  shall 
include  all  articles  used  for 
food,  or  drink,  or  intended  to be eaten 
or drunk  by man,  whether simple,  mixed 
or  compound.
Sec.  3.  An  article  shall  be  deemed 
to be  adulterated  within  the  meaning  of 
this  act:
1.  If  any substance  or substances have 
been  mixed  with  it,  so  as  to  lower  or 
depreciate  or  injuriously affect  its  qual­
ity,  strength  or  purity.
2.  If  any  inferior or cheaper substance 
or  substances  have  been  substituted 
wholly  or  in  part  for  it.

3.  if  any  valuable  or  necessary  con­
stituent  or  ingredient  has  been  wholly 
or  in  part abstracted  from  it.
4.  If  it  is sold  under the  name of an­

other article.

5.  If  it  consists  wholly  or  in  part  of  a 
diseased,  decomposed,  putrid,  infected, 
tainted  or  rotten  animal  or  vegetable 
substance  or  article,  whether  manufac­
tured  or  not,  or,  in  the  case of  milk,  if 
it  is  the  product of  a  diseased  animal.

6.  If  it  is colored,  coated,  polished  or 
powdered,  whereby  damage  or  inferior­
ity  is concealed,  or if  by  any  means it  is 
made  to appear better or of greater value 
than  it  really  is.

7.  If  it  contains  any  added  substance 
or  ingredient  which  is  poisonous or  in­
jurious  to  health;  Provided,  That  the 
provisions  of  this  act  shall  not  apply  to 
mixtures  or  compounds  recognized  as 
ordinary articles  or  ingredients  of arti­
cles  of  food,  if  each  and  every  package 
sold  or  offered  for  sale be  distinctly  la­
beled  as  mixtures  or  compounds,  and 
are  not  injurious to health.
Sec.  4.  No  person,  by himself or  his 
agents  or  servants,  shall manufacture  for 
sale or offer or  expose  for  sale,  or  sell, 
as  butter,  and  the  legitimate  product of 
the  dairy  or  creamer)',  any  article  not 
made exclusively  of  milk  or cream,  but 
into  which  the oil  or  fat  of  animals  or 
any  other oils  not  produced  from  milk 
enters  as  a  component  part,  has  been 
introduced  to  take  the  place of cream. 
Whoever  violates  the  provisions  of  this 
section  shall  be deemed  guilty of a  mis­
demeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof, 
shall  be  punished  by  a  tine of  not  less 
than  S50  nor  more  than  S500  and  the 
costs  of  prosecution  or by  imprisonment 
in  the  county  jail,  or  the  State  House  of 
Correction and  Reformatory  at  Ionia  for 
not  less  than  ninety  days  nor  more than 
two  years,  or  by  both  such  fine and  im­
prisonment  in  the discretion of  the  court 
for  each  and  every  offense.

Sec.  5.  No  person shall  manufacture, 
deal  in,  sell,  offer,  or  expose  for sale or 
exchange,  any article or substance in  the 
semblance of,  or  in  imitation  of  cheese 
made exclusively of  adulterated  milk  or 
cream,  or  both,  into  which  any animal, 
intestinal  or  offal  fats  or oils,  or  melted 
butter  in  any  condition  or  state  or  mod­
ification  of the  same,  or oleaginous  sub­
stances  of  any  kind  not  produced  from 
unadulterated  milk  or cream  shall  have 
been  introduced.  Whoever shall  violate 
the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be 
deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and 
upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be  pun­
ished  by  a  fine  of  not  less  than  $50 nor 
more  than  S500  and  the  costs  of  prose­
cution,  or by  imprisonment  in  the  coun­
ty  jail  or  the  State  House  of  Correc­
tion  and  Reformatory  at  Ionia  for  not 
less  than  ninety  days  nor  more  than  two 
years,  or  by  both  such 
fine  and  im­
prisonment  in the discretion of  the court, 
for  each  and  every offense.

Sec.  6.  Every  manufacturer  of  full 
milk  cheese  may  put  a  brand  upon  each 
cheese,  indicating‘ ‘ full  milk  cheese, ”  
and  no  person  shall  use  such  a  brand 
upon  any  cheese  made  from  milk  from 
which  any  of  the cream  has  been  taken.
Sec.  7.  The  Dairy  and  Food  Com­
missioner shall  procure and  issue  to  the 
cheese  manufacturers  of  the  State,  on 
proper  application,  which  application

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

shall  be  made on  or  before  the  first  day 
of  October,  A.  D.  189s.  and  on  or before 
the  first  day of  April  in  each  year  there­
after,  and  under  such  regulation  as to 
the custody  and  use  thereof  as  he  may 
prescribe,  a  uniform 
stencil  brand, 
bearing  a  suitable device or  motto and 
the  words 
‘ ‘ Michigan  Full  Cream 
Cheese.”   Every  such  brand  shall  be 
used  on  the outside  of  the  cheese,  and 
upon  the  package  containing  the  same, 
and  shall  bear  a  separate  number  for 
each  separate  factory.  The  said  Com­
missioner  shall  keep  a  book  in  which 
shall  be  registered  the name,  location 
and  number of  each  manufactory  using 
the  brand,  and  the  name,  or  names,  of 
persons  at  each  factory  authorized  to 
use  the  same.  No  such  brand  shall  be 
used  on  other than  full  cream  cheese  or 
packages  containing  the  same.  The 
commissioner  shall  receive  a  fee of  $1 
for  each registration,  said  fee to be paid 
by  the  party  applying  for  the  same, 
which  amount  shall  be  accounted  for 
and  used  as a  part of  the  fund appropri­
ate«!  for  the  enforcement  of  the  laws  of 
this  State  with  which  the  Dairy  and 
Food  Commissioner  is  charged.
Sec.  8.  • No  person  shall  knowingly 
offer,  sell,  or  expose  for  sale, 
in  any 
package,  cheese  which  is  falsely  brand­
ed  or  labeled.

Sec.  9.  No  person  shall  within  this 
State  manufacture  for sale,  have  in  his 
possession  with  intent  to  sell,  offer  or 
expose  for  sale,  or sell  as  lard,  any sub­
stance  not  the  legitimate  and  exclusive
product  of  the  fat  of  the  hog.

Sec.  10.  Every  person  who  manufac­
tures  for  sale,  has  in  his  possession with 
intent  to  sell,  offers  or  exposes  for  sale, 
or sells, any substance  made  in  the  sem­
blance  of  lard,  or  as  an  imitation  of 
lard,  and  which  consists of  any  mixture 
or  compound  of  animal  or  vegetable 
oils,  or  fats,  other  than  hog  fat,  in the 
form  of  lard,  shall  cause-the  tierce,  bar­
rel,  tub,  pail  or  package containing the 
same  to be  distinctly  and  legibly  brand­
ed or  labeled  "  Lard  Substitute  or Com­
pound,”   and  every  person  who  manu­
factures  for  sale,  has 
in  his  possession 
with  intent  to  sell,  offers or exposes  for 
sale,  or  sells,  any  substance  made 
in 
the  semblance of  lard  or as  an  imitation 
of  lard,  or as a  substitute  for  lard,  and 
which  is designed  to  take  the  place of 
lard  and  which  consists  of  any  mixture 
or  compound of  lard with  animal  or veg­
etable oils or  fats,  shall  cause  the  tierce, 
barrel,  tub,  pail  or  package  containing 
the  same  to  be  distinctly  and  legibly 
branded  or  labeled  either  “ Adulterated 
Lard,”   “ Farti  Compound,”   or  “ Lard 
Substitute.”   Such brands or  labels  shall 
be  in  letters not  less  than  one  inch  in 
length  and  shall  be  followed  with  the 
name  of  the  maker and  factory,  and  the 
location  of  such  factory.

Sec.  11.  Every  dealer or  trader who, 
by  himself  or agent,  or as  the  servant  or 
agent  of  another  person,  offers  or  ex­
poses  for  sale,  or sells,  any  form  of  lard 
substitute  or adulterated  lard  as herein­
before  defined,  shall  securely  affix  or 
cause  to be affixed to the package where­
in  the  same 
is  contained,  offered  for 
sale  or  sold,  a 
label,  upon  the  outside 
and  face of  which  is  distinctly  and  leg­
ibly  printed  in  letters not  less  than  one- 
half  inch 
in  length,  the  words,  “ Lard 
Substitute,”   or  “ Adulterated  Lard,”
I or  "Lard  Compound, ”   or  other  appro­
priate  words  which  shall  correctly  ex­
press  its  nature and  use.

Sec.  12.  The  having  in  possession  of 
any  lard  substitute  or  adulterated 
lard 
or  lard  substitute  or adulterated  lard  or 
lard  compound,  as  hereinbefore defined, 
which  is  not branded  or  labeled  as  here­
inbefore  required  and  directed,  upon 
the  part  of  any  dealer  or  trailer,  or any 
person  engaged 
in  the  public  sale  of 
such  articles,  shall  for  the  purposes of 
this act be deemed  prima facie evidence 
of  intent  to  sell  the  same.

Sec.  13.  No  person,  firm  or corpora­
tion  in  this  State  shall  manufacture  for 
sale,  or  sell,  or  offer or expose  for  sale, 
as  fruit  jelly,  or  fruit  butter,  any  jelly 
or  imitation  fruit  butter  or  other simi­
lar  compound  made  or  composed 
in 
whole  or  in  part  of  glucose,  dextrine, 
starch  or other  substances,  and  colored 
in  imitation of fruit jelly,  or fruit butter ; 

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Grand  Rapids 
....Brush  Co.

«Mu  Uoodci are sold  by all  Michigan .lo*  Mug  Houses. 

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STORE..

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

99 N.  Ionia  Street,  Grand  Rapids

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TELEPHONE  738.

Buy  Phillips’

Show = Cases

SHOW CASES,  STORE  FIXTURES, Etc.

J.  PH ILLI P S   &  CO.,  Detroit,  Mich.

ESTABLISHED  1864.

Nelson - W e i  Furniluie  Company

M AKERS  OF

FURNITURE

FOR  CITY  AND  COUNTRY  HOMES

33=35=37=39 Canal St., GRAND RAPIDS

Sen Furniture at Retail— r

Bedroom  Suites,  Sideboards,  Bookcases, 
Chairs,  Tables,  Chiffoniers,  Couches  and 
Lounges,  Upholstered  Parlor  Furniture, 
Lace Curtains and  Drapery Silks.

Correspondence and orders by mail solicited.

NELSON=MATTER FURN. CO., Grand Rapids

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Hajor’s  Cement !

ESTABLISHED  1876.  REGISTERED  TRADE  HARK  No.  17,570.

TWO  MEDALS  awarded  at  the  World’s  Columbian  Exposition.  Universally 
acknowledged  to  be  the  BEST  and  STRONGEST  PREPARATION  ever  of- 
fered  to  the  public

For  Repairing  China,  Glassware,  Furniture, 

Meerschaum,  Vases,  Books, Leather 

Belting,  Tipping  Billiard 

Cues,  etc.

A.  MAJOR.

Price  15c.  and  25c.  per  Bottle.

An ordinary plate  broken  in  two  and  m ended  w ith  MAJOR'S 
CEMENT held  a  stone  w eighing  300  pounds  during  the  W orld's 
Colum bian  Exhibition at Chicago,  1893.

It’s  the  Sore  Finger 
j o r ’s   CEMENT and put on a bandage like this:

V » t w 1m a ­

Then you can cat, sleep, work and wash your hands.  This bandage 
protects and allow s the sore to heal rapidly.
FOR  OBSTINATE  RUNNING  SORES,  use a  bandage  w ith  ab­
sorbent cotton, like this:

PRICE  LIST.

lze,  15 cents.........per gro
Major’s  Cement, 
Cement,  1  oz. size,  25 cents.........per gro
Maj
Best  Liquid Glue,  1  oz. size,  10 cts.per gro 
Major'
Major’
Leather Cement,  1  oz. size,  15 cts., per gro 
Major’
Leather Cement, 2 oz. size, 20 cts., per gro
Major’s  Rubber Cement, 2 oz. size,  15  cts., per gro.

18  00 
9  60 
12  00 
18  00 
12  00

A  fine  4  ft.  Thermometer,  Folding  Chair,  Out-Door 
Sign, or  Showcase  Box  and  Tumbler,  given  away  with 
small  orders.  Write for particulars.

Handled  by  Wholesale  Diuggists. 
The  above  Cements  for  sale  by 
dealers all  aiound the earth, or  by 
mail  at  the  same  price.

If you handle  Major’s Cement and  haven’t a Showcase 
Box and wish one, we will  send you, expressage  prepaid, 
the  Box, also a Tumbler.

fl.  MAJOR  CEMENT  GO.,  461 MSI.. Ill

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MAJOR’S  LEATHER  CEMENT  costs 15 cents 
a bottle, and w ith  it “invisible" patches  can  be 
put on  shoes, so prolonging  th e ir  wear.  W orth 
the  price,  if you only  use  it  once.

MAJOR'S  RUBBER  CEMENT,  for  repairing 
Rubber Boots.  Shot's.  Rubber  Garm ents and  Bi­
cycle Tires.  You  can  use a  piece of old  rubber 
shoe for patching,  which  will do  as well  as  new 
m aterial.  Price  15  cents  per  bottle.  You  can 
also repair all  kinds of  garm ents  and  um brellas 
of different m aterial in the sam e way.

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

THE  PURE  FOOD  LAW.
[c o n c l u d e d   fro m   f a c e   e ig h t e e e n  j 

jelly, 

nor  shall  any  such 
fruit  butter 
or  compound  be  manufactured,  or sold, 
or offered  for  sale  under  any  name  or 
designation  whatever  unless  the  same 
shall  be  composed  entirely  of  ingredi­
ents  not  injurious  to  health  and  shall 
not be  colored  in imitation of  fruit  jelly, 
and  every  can,  pail  or  package  of  such 
jelly  or butter sold  in  this  State  shall  be 
distinctly  and  durably  labeled  ‘  Imita­
tion  Fruit  Jellv  or  Butter’ ’  with  the 
name  of  the  manufacturer and  the  place 
where  made.  Whoever violates  the  pro­
visions  of  this  section  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and when  con­
victed  thereof,  shall  be  punished  by  a 
fine  of  not  less  than  S50  nor  more  than 
$500,  or  by  imprisonment  in  the  county 
jail  or  State  House  of  Correction  and 
Reformatory  at  Ionia  for  not  less  than 
ninety  days  nor more  than  two  years,  or 
by  both  such  fine  and 
imprisonment  in 
the  discretion  of  the  court.

Sec.  14.  No  j lacker  or dealer  in  pre­
served  or canned  fruits  and  vegetables, 
or other  articles  of  food,  shall  sell  or 
offer for  sale  such  canned  articles,  un­
less  such  articles  shall  be  entirely  free 
from  substances or  ingredients  deleteri­
ous  to  health,  and  unless  such  articles 
bear  a  mark,  stamp,  brand  or 
label 
bearing  the  name  and  address  of  the 
firm,  person  or  corporation  that  packs 
the  same.  All 
soaked  or  bleached 
goods’ '  or goods  put  up  from  products 
dried  before  canning,  shall  be  plainly 
marked,  branded,  stamped  or labeled as 
such, with  the words  ‘ ‘ Soaked  or  Bleach­
ed  Goods”   in  letters  not  less  than  two- 
lme  pica  in  size,  showing  the  name  of 
the  article  and  the  name  and  address  of 
the  packer.

Sec.  15.  No person shall  manufacture 
or sell,  or offer  for  sale,  any  manufac­
tured,  or articficial coffeeberrv  in imita­
tion  of  the  genuine  berrv.  No  person 
shall  manufacture,  sell  or  offer  for  sale, 
anv  ground  or  prepared  coffee,  which  is 
adulterated  with  chiccrv  or  other  sub­
stances  not  injurious  to  health,  unless 
each  package  thereof  shall  be  distinctly 
labeled  or marked  Coffee Compound, 
together with  the  name  and  address  of 
the  manufacturer or  compounder  there­
of.

Sec.  16.  No  person  shall  within  this 
State  manufacture,  brew,  distill,  have  or 
offer  for  sale,  or  sell,  any  spirituous  or 
fermented  or  malt  1 iquors,  containing 
any  substance  or  ingredient  not  normal 
or  healthful  to  exist  in  spirituous,  fer­
mented  or  malt  liquors,  or which  may 
be  deleterious  or  detrimental  to  health 
when  such  liquors  are  used  as  a  bever- 
age.

Sec.  17.  The  taking  of orders,  of  the 
making  of  agreements  or  contracts,  by 
any  person,  firm  or  corporation,  or  bv 
any  agent  or  representative  thereof,  for 
the  future  delivery  of  any  of  the  arti­
cles,  products,  goods,  wares  or  merchan­
dise  embraced  within  the  provisions  of 
this  act,  shall  be  deemed  a  sale  within 
the  meaning  of  this  act.

Sec.  18.  Whoever shall  falsely brand, 
mark,  stencil  or  label  any  article  or pro­
duct  required  by  this  act  to be branded, 
marked,  stenciled  or  labeled,  or  shall 
remove,  alter,  deface,  mutilate,  obliter­
ate,  imitate  or  counterfeit  any brand, 
mark,  stencil  or  label  so  required,  shall 
be deemed  guilty of a  misdemeanor,  and 
upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be  pun­
ished  by  a  fine  of  not  less  than  S100  nor 
more  than  S i ,000 and  the  costs  of  prose­
cution,  or by  imprisonment  in  the  coun­
ty  jail  or  State  House  of  Correction  and 
Reformatory  at  Ionia  for  not  less  than 
six  months  nor  more  than  three  vears, 
or by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment 
in  the  discretion  of  the  court  for  each 
and  every  offense.

Sec.  19.  Whoever shall  do  any  of  the 
acts  or  things  prohibited,  or  willfully 
neglect  or  refuse  to  do  any  of  the  acts 
or things  enjoined  by  this act,  or  in  any­
way  violate  any  of  the  provisions,  shall 
be  deemed guilty of  a  misdemeanor and 
where  no  specific  penalty  is  prescribed 
by  this  act  shall  be  punished  by a  fine 
of  not  less  than  S100 or  more  than $500, 
or by  imprisonment 
in  the  county  jail 
for a  period  of  not  less  than  thirty  nor 
more than  ninety  days,  or  by both  such

Sec.  20. 

fine  and  imprisonment  in  the  discretion 
oi  the  court.
It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
Dairy  and  Food  Commissioner  of  the 
State to  investigate  all  complaints  of  vi­
olations  of  this  act,  and  take  all  steps 
necessary  to  its  enforcement. 
It  shall 
be  the  duty  of  all  prosecuting  officers  of 
this  State  to  prosecute  to  completion  all 
suits  brought  under  the  provisions  of 
this  act  upon  the  complaint  of  the  com­
missioner or of  any  citizen. 
It  shall  be 
the  duty  of  all  food  inspectors  in  cities 
to  examine  all  complaints made  to  them 
of  violation  of  this  act,  and  to  render 
assistance  in  enforcing  its  provisions. 
It  shall  also  be  the  duty  of  all  health 
boards  in  cities  and  health  officers  in 
townships  to  take  cognizance  of  and- 
report  or  prosecute  all  violations  of  this 
act  that  may be  brought  to  their  notice 
or  they  may  have  cognizance  of.  within 
their  jurisdiction.

Sec.  21.  All  acts  and  parts  of  acts 
inconsistent  with  this  act  are  hereby  re­
pealed.

Approved,  May  22,  1S95.

Those  who  have  hosepi pes  and  hy­
drant water should  not  feel  tunny enough 
to  want  to  throw a  stream  on  a  trolley 
wire.  Down  in  Main  an  ex-alderman  is 
under  obligations  to  an  electric  light 
lineman  for  saving  him  from  a  very

severe  electric  shock.  The  ex-alder­
man  was  wetting  down  his  lawn  with 
the  garden  hose  when  he  suddenly be­
came  possessed  to  "shoot”   at  the  elec­
tric  trolley  wire,  and  he  would  have 
done  it  but  for the timely  arrival  of  the 
lineman,  who  advised  him  not  to.  Since 
then  he  has  consulted  eminent  authori­
ties  in  electrical  matters,  and  they  all 
tell  him  that  it  is  a  dangerous  thing  to 
play  with.  While 
it  is  not  absolutely 
certain  that  a  person  throwing  water on 
an  electric  wire  from  a  garden  hose 
would  get  a  shock,  the  electricians  say 
they don’t  care to  try  it.  The stream  of 
water and  the  nickel  faucet make  an  ex­
cellent  conductor,  and  the  probabilities 
are that  the  person who  aims  such  a gun 
at  the  trollev  will  wish  he  hadn’t.

A  new  law  in  Pennsylvania  provides 
that  all  typewriting heretofore  executed, 
and  all  which  may  hereafter  be  done, 
for  any  purpose  whatever,  shall  have 
the  same  legal  force  and  effect  as ordin­
ary writing,  and  that  the  word  ‘ ‘ writ­
ing”   occurring  in  the  laws  of  the  State 
shal1  be  held  to  include  typewriting. 
This  is  the  first  state  which  has thus  le­
galized  the  work  of  the  typewriter.

Unprecedented  Cheap  Excursions  to 

Niagara  Falls.

The Detroit,  Grand  Haven  &  Milwau­
kee  Railway  will  tender  its  patrons  one 
of the  finest  and  cheapest  excursions  to 
Niagara  Falls  given  for  years. 
It  has 
long  been the wish  of  its  patrons  to  give 
them  an  opportunity  to  visit  the  grand­
est  scene  in  the  world  at  a  rate  that  all 
can  afford,  and  to  this  end  they have 
named  Wednesday,  August  14,  for  the 
great  event.  Tickets  will  be  valid  to 
return  up  to  and 
including  Tuesday, 
August  20.  This will  give  an  opportu­
nity  to  visit  relatives  and  friends,  and 
also the  great  cataract  and  scenery  of 
Niagara  Falls.  For  this  occasion  re­
duced  rates  will  be  made  at  hotels  and 
points  of  interest  around  the Falls.  Spe­
cial  train  will 
leave  Grand  Rapids  at 
6.20 a.  m.,  arrive  at Niagara Falls about 
7.30  p..  m.  For time of  train  from  other 
stations  make  inquiries  of  all agents D ., 
G.  H.  &  M.  R ’y.
The  following  low  rates  will  be made 

for  round  trip,  from  all  stations:

G rand H aven  to B erlin in c lu siv e.. .16 50
Grand  Rapids to M uir inclusive.......  6  00
Pewamo  to Ovid in clu siv e.................   5  50
Owosso to Royal Oak  inclusive........  5  00
For  particulars and  other  information 
ask  all  agents  of  this  company or  ad­
dress  Ben  Fletcher,  Trav.  Pass.  Agent, 
Detroit,  Mich.

tlje  Uniteti  ôtâtes  of  Omerico,

To

G r e e t in g  :

H E N R Y   K O C H ,   your  c l e r k s ,   attorneys,  ager.4, 
s a l e s m e n ,   and  workmen,  and  all  claiming  or 
holding  through  or  under  you,

iDIjercas, it  has  been  represented  to  us  in  our  Circuit  Court  of  the  United  States  for  the  District  ot

ENOCH MORGAN’S SONS COMPANY,

New  Jersey,  in  the  Third  Circuit,  on  the  part  of  the  ENOCH  MORGAN’S  SONS  COMPANY,  Complainant,  that 
it  has  lately  exhibited  its  said  Bill  of  Complaint  in  our  said  Circuit  Court  of  the  United  States  for  the  District 
of  New  Jersey,  against  you,  the  said  HENRY  KOCH,  Defendant,  to  be  relieved  touching  the  matters  therein 
complained  of,  and  that  the  said

Complainant,  is  entitled  to  the  exclusive  use  of  the  designation  “ SAPOLIO ”  as  a  trade-mark  for  scouring  soap.

i X O X H j  

we  do  strictly  command  and  perpetually  enjoin  you,  the  said  HENRY
KOCH,  your  clerks,  attorneys,  agents,  salesmen  and  workmen,  and  all  claiming  or  holding  through  or  under  you,
’n  case  °f  disobedience,  that  you  do
absolutely  desist  and  refrain  from  in  any  manner  unlawfully  using  the  word  “ SAPOLIO,”  or  any  word  or  words 
substantially  similar  thereto  in  sound  or  appearance,  in  connection  with  the  manufacture  or  sale  of  any  scouring 
soap  not  made  or  produced  by  or  for  the  Complainant,  and  from  directly,  or  indirectly,

By  word  of  mouth  or  otherwise,  selling  or  delivering  as 

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

that  which  is  not  Complainant’s  said  manufacture,  and  from 
false  or  misleading  manner.

in  any  way  using  the  word  “ SAPOLIO”  in  any 

ü tfitatss,

[ se a l]

ROWLAND  COX,

C om plainant's  Solicitor-

The  honorable  M e l v il l e   W.  F u l l e r ,  Chief  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  th« 
United  Sta'es  of  America,  at  the  City  of  Trenton, 
in  said  District  of  New 
Jersey,  this  16th  day  of  December, 
in  the  year  of  our  Lord,  one  thousand 
eight  hundred  and  ninety-two.

[ s ig n ed]

S.  D.  OLIPHANT,

Clerk

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ai

getting  more  than  you  are  worth, or  will 
be,  for  some  time  to  come;  but  that’s 
the way  the  matter  stands.  Even  if  it 
were otherwise,  you  seem  to  forget  that 
there  is a  bargain which  you are  expect­
ed  to  live  up  to ;  and,  if  you  were  earn­
ing  ten  times  more  than  you  get,  it  is 
no  more  than  you  ought  to do.  You’d 
be  a  pretty  potato  vine,  wouldn’t  you, 
to  turn  out  three  or  four  little  warts  of 
things  and,  if  there  was  the  sign  of  an­
other,  turn  yellow  and  dry  up  because 
that  was  more  than  you  bargained  for.
I hat  isn’t  the  way  to  find favor with  the 
farmer.  Not  a  bit  of  it.  A  hill  of  pota­
toes  was  what  the  bargain  was,  when  he 
prepared the ground  for  you and covered 
you  up.  A  hill  of  potatoes  is  what  the 
sun  said,  day  after  day,  as  it  greeted 
you  in  the  morning. 
‘ Potatoes,’  whis­
pered  the  rain,  and  the  dew;  a  hill  of 
potatoes,’."indeed,  repeated  the  farmer 
when,  in  the  fall,  he  rilled  a  half  bushel 
of  tubers  which,  in  size  and  quality, 
were  unsurpassed.  That’s  your  model, 
young  man—a  potato  and,  when  you 
have  filled  your  half-bushel,  never  vou 
fear about  the  rest.  The  farmer  will  be 
so tickled  at  what  you  have  done  that 
there  will  be  nothing  too  good  for  you. 
So,  then,  as  long  as  you  have  made  up 
your  mind  to  be  a  potato,  be  the best  of 
your  kind.  Early  and 
late  be  at  it, 
with  never a thought  of  over-doing,  or 
dropping  the potato  idea.  Earn as  many 
times  your  salary  as  you  can.  Never 
overrate  your  ability.  Let  your  work 
speak  for  you  and  remember  that  he 
who  does  his  best  irrespective  of  salary 
is  the  man,  after  all,  who  succeeds,  and 
the  only  one  who  ever  earns  whatever 
salary  he  gets. ”

James  was  sore  in  body  and  mind  for 
several  days after  that;  but  he  got  over 
it  and  then  went  to  work ;  and  his  chil­
dren’s  children  have  been  heard  to  sav 
that  the  wealth  which  has  been  handed 
down  to  them  was  the  result  of  the  ad­
vice  which  their  great-grandfather  re­
ceived  a  hundred  years  ago,  and  put  at 
once  into  practice.

U n c l e   B o b .

The  man  who  is  continually  allowing 
one  story  to  remind  him  of  another  is 
one  of  the  great  American  bores  of  long 
standing.

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They  Please  and  Satisfy 

the Consumer  and pay  the  Dealer  a profit. 

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Yes,  boys,  there  are  any  number  of 
things  which  I  can  commend  you  for, 
but  no  well-balanced  young  man  can 
endure  the  embarrassment  which  comes 
from  having  one’s  virtues  brought  out 
before  all  the  rest  of  the  fellows,  no 
more  than  he  likes  to  be  "swiped  in 
the. neck”   before  them  all.  For  that 
reason,  suppose  we  go  for  that  other 
fellow  this  morning.  He has  beefi  hav­
ing  it  his  own  way  altogether  too  long ; 
and  that,  as  everybody  knows, j s   liable 
to  stretch  the  hat  band. 
It  will  be  per­
fectly  safe  for  everyone  of  you  to  listen 
to  this,  because 
it  is  about a  boy  who 
lived  in  the  time  of  your  great  grand­
father.  His  name  was  James.  He  was 
both  of  poor  but  pious  parents,  who 
brought  him  up  with  the 
idea  that  he 
must  learn  to  depend  on  himself  and 
earn  his own  living.  As  we  say,  nowa­
days,  he  "caught  on”   early  and  went  at 
it.

When  he  was  12  years  old,  he  made 
up  his  mind  that  too much  learning  is  a 
dangerous thing. 
It  takes  away  a  boy’s 
originality to spend too  much  time pour­
ing  over  readin’  ‘ ritin’  ’11’  *rithmetic. 
What  he  needs is to  "haul  off your coat, 
boys,  and  roll  up  your  sleeves”   and 
pitch  right  in.  He  did.  He  left  home 
early,  and  school  earlier.  To  be  per­
fectly  candid  about 
it,  the  "folks”  
didn't  know  when  he  left.  He  went  to 
the  city  and  found  a  place  in  a  grocery 
store.  After  he  had  been  there  six 
months  or  so,  he  began  to  wonder  if  it 
was  not  about  time  to  be  getting  more 
than  board  and  clothes;  and,  one  day, 
when  the work  had  been  unusually hard, 
he  ventured  to  ask  the  man  of  the  house 
to  do  a  little  better  by  him. 
"T u t! 
tut!”  was  the answer;  "young  man,  you 
shouldn’t  quarrel  with  your  bread  and 
butter!”

There was  not anything  comforting  in 
that,  and  James felt called upon  to  resent 
it,  as  any  enterprising,  hustling  fellow 
ought  to do.  He  "soured”  on  everybody 
and  everything.  Then  lie  growled,  un­
til  it  was  positively  dangerous  to  ask 
him  to do  the  slightest  thing.  Then  it 
was  noticeable  that  the  broom  did  not 
do  its  duty;  and,  when 
it  got  through 
its  half-finished  work  in  the  morning, 
the  stupid  thing  would  throw  itself  into 
a  corner  ami  trip  up  the  unwary  who 
passed  that  way.  This  sort  of  thing 
went  on  for  three  or  four  weeks  nowa­
days  they  would  have  tired  him  before 
sunset—and, 
finally,  the  head  clerk,  a 
big  two-fisted  fellow,  as  stout  as  an  ox, 
having  almost  broken  his  neck  over the 
broom  handle,  took  James  by  the  neck 
and  brought  him  up  against  the  side  of 
the  store,  with  a  bang.

It  won’t  make  any  difference  about 
what  immediately  followed;  but,  after 
James  had  meekly  and  submissively 
picked  up  the  hammer  and  the  scale 
weights and  the  offending  broom,  and 
several  other  objects  which,  like  riches, 
sometimes  take  to  themselves wings  and 
fly,  this  is  what  that  big  clown  of an  ox 
said  to  him:  "Now,  young  man,  I’ve 
just  one  thing  to  say  to  you :  We don’t 
want  any  more  of  your  nonsense.  This 
work  is  to  be  done  and  you’re going  to 
do  it,  and  you’ll  do  it  without  pouting, 
or  you’ll  have  something  to  pout  for. 
You  are  troubled  about  your  pay.  You 
don’t  seem  to  know  that  you  are  now

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

Owing to the Great Advance in  Leather,

Boots and Shoes are necessarily m uch advanced  in price.

Reeder  Bros.  Shoe  Go.

Have  a  great  m any  things  purchased  before 
the  advance  th a t  they  are  still  selling a t old 
prices, and balance of th e line a t  not one-half 
o f the advance of the cost to  m anufacture the 
goods to-day. 
It will pay you to exam ine  our 
line of sam ples w hen our  representative  calls 
on you.

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Agents  for  the

BOSTON  RUBBER 
SHOE  CO.’S 
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M anufacturers and Jobbers of

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Manufacturers  and  Wholesale  Dealers  in

BOOTS,  SHOES  i   RUBBERS

Shoes and  Leather

Difficulties  With  Which  the  Shoe 

Clerk  Has  To  Contend.

“ What  size,  please;  twos?”
He  knew, 
the  hypocrite, 

that  she 

couldn’t wear  three  C  to  save  her  life.

‘ ‘ Well,  1  want them plenty big enough ; 
perhaps  you  had  better try  threes.”   So 
Mr.  Hypocrite  walked  away and  brought 
a  pair of  fours,  and  they  just  lit.  He 
thought  they would,  because he hail  been 
in  the  business  a  long  time,  and  could 
tell  at  a  glance  pretty  nearly  what  size 
of  a  shoe  a  customer  wanted.  The 
young  woman  was  delighted.  She 
thought  she was wearing threes,  although 
she knew her  last  pair  was a  size  larger.
“ There are  tricks  in  all  trades  except 
ours,”   said  the  salesman,  as  he  noticed 
the  twinkle  in  the  eyes  of  a  man  who 
watched  the  episode.  The  latter  really 
had  no business  in  the  woman’s  depart­
ment,  except  that  he was  waiting  for  his 
wife to buy  a  pair of  shoes.
“ I  suppose  you  have  some  curious 

customers?”   was asked.
“ Do  we!”   saiil  he,  and  then  contin­
ued  confidentially:  " 1   believe  more 
people  are  odd  about  shoe-buying  than 
anything  else  in  the  world.  The  man 
or  woman  who  comes  in  here  knows 
what  he or  she  wants,  takes  it  and  pays 
our  price  for  it  without  wrangling,  is  so 
scarce  that  he  or  she  is  the  greatest  cu­
riosity  of  them  all.”
At  this moment  a  messenger boy saun­
tered  in  with  a  letter  in  his  hand.  The 
salesman  took  the  note  to  the  office anil 
soon  came  back  with  a  smile  on  his 
face.

“ Here’s  a  sample,”   said  he,  as  he 

showed  me the  letter. 

It  read :

“ Dear  Sir—Kindly  send  per messen­
ger boy one  pair  of  shoes to  tit  the  in­
closed foot,  and oblige,  Mrs.  Korruns.

The  “ inclosed  foot”   was drawn  upon 
a  sheet of  paper  made  by  tracing  the 
outlines  of  her foot.
“ Now,  that  woman  will  doubtless  be 
if  we don’t  fit  her  to  a  “  T, ” 
surprised 
said  the  salesman. 
Yet  1  haven’t  the 
faintest  idea  whether  she  has  a  high 
instep  or a  low  one;  whether  she  wants 
Oxford  ties  or  button  boots,  or  how 
much  she  wants to  pay  for  them.  She 
inclosed  $5,  but  whether  she  expects 
change  or  not  is  a  question. ”

What  are  you going  to do about  it?” 
Well,  from  the  dainty  shape  of  the 
foot  as  shown  here  I  guess  she  has  a 
high  instep. 
If  that  is  the  case she  has 
a  pretty  foot,  so  for  a  second  guess  1 
should  imagine «he  wants low-cut  shoes, 
as  they  display the  foot  anil  ankle  to  the 
best  advantage.  Thirdly,  a woman  with 
a  pretty  foot  always  wants  a  fine  shoe, 
so  I  guess  I’ll  risk  the whole of  the  $5.”  
That  sounded  pretty  shrewd,  and  he 
laughingly  said  some  time  afterwards 
that  he  had  just  hit  it.

‘ ‘ See  that girl  over there?”   continued 
the  salesman. 
“  1  could  guess  what 
kind  of  shoes  she wants without half  try­
ing.  She  wants  a  square toe  lace  shoe, 
of  good  material,  yet  very  serviceable. 
You can  tell that  from her  style of  dress, 
and  the  expression  of  her  face.  Of 
course,  the  kind  of  shoe that  a  customer 
wears  is  a  great  assistance to  us  in  suit­
ing them.  Most  people  like  pretty  near­
ly  the  same  thing  every  time,  and gen­
erally  about  the  same  price.  With  a 
large  stock  like  ours  it  would  be a  hard 
thing  to  suit  people  unless  we  made  up 
our minds wliat  they  want  beforehand. 
Now,  here’s  a  woman  we  won’t  be  able 
to  suit. 
I’ll  consider  myself  lucky  if 
I  sell  her anything.”

The  salesman’s  conversation with  this 

customer was  something  like this:

‘ ‘ Is there  anything  I  can  do  for you 

to-day,  madam?”
“ I  don’t  know. 

I  thought  I’d  drop 
in  and  see  if  you  had  anything  to  suit 
me. ”

‘ ‘ About  what  price  would  you  like?” 
“ I  don’t know.  Not  too high and  not 

a  cheap  shoe,  either. ’ ’

So  the  salesman  picked  out  a  good 
razor-toe  shoe  of  the  most  stylish  pat­
tern.  She  eyed  it  dubiously.

‘ ‘ Is  this  the  latest  style?”   she asked.
‘ ‘ The  very latest, ’ ’  was the reply.  ‘ ‘ It 

is very  much  worn  now. ”

‘ ‘ It  doesn’t  seem  to  be  as pointed  as 
Clara’s. ”   The  salesman  mentally  won­
dered  what  kind  of  feet  Clara  had,  for 
this  shoe  was  ultra-pointed  and  looked 
like a needle.

"  I  think  it  is  the  most  pointed  shoe 
made, 
said  he.  So  the  customer  con­
descended  to  try  it  on.  Of  course,  it 
was  too  small  for  her.  She 
insisted, 
however,  that  it was  her  size.

But  it  looks  so big.  Goodness,  I  feel 

as  though  it  was  a  foot  long. ’ ’

The  salesman explained  that  the  extra 
length  that  was  not  observed,  because 
of  the  narrow  width.

“ A  narrow  shoe, ’ ’  he  said,  makes 
one’s  foot  look  small,  even  if  it  is  very 
long.  As  you  have  naturally small  feet, 
this  style  of  shoe  ought to be  very be­
coming  to  you.

This  flattered  her  a  bit,  but  she  was 

not  altogether convinced.

‘ ‘ I  can  show  you  something  very  sty­
lish  and a  little  less  pointed  than  this 
that  would  be  smaller, 
suggested  the 
salesman.  So  he  brought  out  half  a 
dozen  different  kinds  of  shoes,  and  one 
by one  she  tried  them  on.

“  I  think  russets  are  prettier  than 
these  black  shoes.  Let  me  see  what  you 
have  in  russets.

So  he  pulled  down  box  after  box  of 
shoes anil  tried on everything  he  showed 
her.  Finally  she  returned  to the  first 
one  he  showed  her.

‘ ' How  much  is this  one?”   she  asked.
“ Six  dollars. ’ ’
“ Clara  only  paid  $5.90  for hers,  and 
I’m  sure  her’s  are more pointed.  1 guess 
I’d better see  her’s  again  before  1  buy 
any. ’ ’

So  without  even  thanking  the  sales­
man  for all  his  trouble,  she  walked  out.
‘ * Fat women are  the bane of  our life, ”  
said  the  long-suffering  one  as  he  re­
turned  without  even  saying,  " I   told  you 
so,”   about  the  customer who  had  just 
left.

“ Why so?”
''  They  always  want  small  and  narrow 
shoes,  whereas  we  are  lucky  if  we  have 
anything  wide  enough  for them  that  can 
button  around  thei r  ankles.  See  that 
salesman  over  there,  trying  to  suit  that 
stout  customer?  He’ s  red  in  the  lace 
trying  to get  a  shoe on her that  he  knows 
is  much  too  small,  but  which  she  insists 
is  just  her size  after  it  gets  on  once, ”
“ Do  the  majority  of  people  want 

shoes  too  small  for them?”

“ Of  women,  yes.  But  there  are  a 
great  many  who  want  them  too  large, 
l'hey  are  easier  to  suit,  but  we  usually 
have  trouble  with  them  after  they  have 
worn  the  shoes  three  or  four  weeks. 
Loose  shoes,  you  know,  make  sore  heels. 
They  rub  against  them  because of  the 
looseness  and  then  comes  complaint. 
They  lose  their  shape,  too,  very quick­
ly,  and  are  inclined  to  ‘wobble’  011  one 
side.  When shoes  are  too  loose they  are 
just  as  likely  to  cause  corns  as  when 
too  tight.

“  But  all  of  our troublesome  customers 
are  not  women,  not  by  any  means. 
There’s  that  dude  over  111 the other side. 
He’ll  give  as  much  trouble  as  any  wo­
man  alive.  He  can’t  make  up  his  mind 
what  he  wants,  yet  I’ll  bet  high  I  can 
pick  out  exactly  the  shoe  he  will  finally 
decide  upon.  He’ll  take a  razor-toe as 
sharp  as  possible. 
It  will  hurt  his  feet 
and  cramp  them  all  out  of  shape,  but  he 
don’t  care  for  that.  He’s  a  martyr to 
fashion  and  will  suffer  torture simply  to 
be  in  style.  Yet  I  imagine  that  if  he 
had  a  mild  toothache  he  would  cry  al­
most from  the  pain.

‘ ‘ Contrast  him  with  that  fellow  from 
the  country  over  there.  He  wants  the 
biggest and  clumsiest  and most wearable 
shoe  in  the  place.

Show him  one  of  the  razor-toes and 
he’ll  say:  ‘ Sho!  You  don’t  mean  to tell 
me  folks  wear  things  like  these.  My 
laws,  how do  they get  in  ’ em?’  ”

‘ ‘ There’s  a  man  who always buys  two 
pair  of  shoes  exactly  alike.  He  has 
to  change his  shoes  every day,  because 
of  perspiration.  He  may not  know  it, 
but  those two  pairs will  last  him  longer 
than  three  pairs  would  worn  every day. 
Every  man  ought  to  change  his  shoes 
every  day,  because  of  perspiration. 
It’s better for  his  health and  his  pocket- 
book.

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

MR.  PALMER’S  LONG  REST.

There  was  triumph,  tinged  somewhat 
with  regret,  in  Palmer’s  voice  when  he 
said,  while  we  were  shaking  hands:

“ This  is  my  last  trip,  Mr.  M.,  and  1 

want  a  nice  order  from  you.”

“ Your  last  trip !  1  suppose  I  ought to 
congratulate  you,  hut  I  shall  be  sorry  to 
miss  your  regular  calls. 
1  remember 
the  first  time  you  came  to  see  us.”

“ That  was  just  twenty-five  years  ago,
Mr.  M.,  and  there are  few  men  in  busi­
ness  to-day  that  1  met  then.  But  I  have 
long  been  working  and  looking  towards 
the  time  when  1  could  settle  down  at 
home again  and  have  a  long rest.  There 
are some  pleasant  things about  my work, 
but  it  is  hard,  and 
it  takes  me  away 
from  my  home  ten  months  out  of  the 
twelve. 

I  am  getting  old,  Mr.  M.”

Yes,  he  was.  He  had  passed  the 
three-score 
line  a  few  years  since,  and 
looking  at  the  man  before  me,  1  tried  to 
recall  him  as  1  saw  him  enter  the  store 
where  I  was  at  work  a  quarter of  a  cen­
tury before.

He  was  a  type  of  the  best  class  of 
traveling  salesmen—genial,  devoted  to 
the 
interests  of  his  house  (one  of  the 
largest  concerns  in  Connecticut),  hon­
orable 
in  every  detail  with  his  cus­
tomers, generous with all his competitors, 
and  a  favorite with  all  who knew him.

“ I  have  one  of  the  prettiest  places  in 
Connecticut,  he  said;  “ I  have  been ! 
fixing  it  up,  and  paying  the bills  for the 
last ten  years,  and  now  it  is  in  apple- 
pie order—fifty  acres  of  the  finest land 
in  the  State,  slopes  from  the  main  road 
back  to  the  Connecticut  river;  a  perfect 
garden.  *  And  I’ve  got  it  stocked  with 
sometime  Jerseys,  while  my  buildings 
are all  up  to date.

‘ ‘ So  you  are going  to  farm?”
“ I’m  going  to  play  farming. 

I  have 
some  money  in  stocks,  and  I  shall  not 
hungry,  even  if  farming  don’t  pay. 
Say,  I  want you  to  promise  me  that  if 
you  ever  come  out  that  way  you’ll  come 
and  see  me.

him  and  saw that  he  meant  it. 
tainly,  I  will  go  and  see^you, 

He  said  this  so  earnestly,  I  looked  at 
Cer­
1  said :
I  dislike  the  idea  of  your  leaving  the 
iad.  There  are  very  few  men  who  call 
upon  us  whose  history  goes  back  to  my 
first  beginning,  as  does  yours.  When 
:xt I  am  East  I  will drop  in at the farm 

and  test  your  J ersey butter.

We  devoted  ourselves  to what business 
we had  to  do,  and  as  he bade  me  good­
bye,  he  said,  again:

Had  you  met  him  on  the  street  or on 
the  cars,  where he spent so  large a part o 
his  time,  you  would  never  have  classi 
tied  him  as  a  “ drummer. ”  He  was  not 
obtrusive,  he did not  tell  good stories, ’ 
he  did  not want  the  earth.  He  was 
good  salesman  because  lie  quickly  won 
the  respect  of  those  whose  business  he 
sought,  and  they  soon 
learned  that  his 
word  was  as good  as gold.

There  springs  up  a  warm  friendshij 
in  trade between  buyers  and  the  bette 
class  of traveling  salesmen.  1 he  shrewd 
merchant  knows  that  it  is  decidedly  to 
his 
interest  to  have  the  good  will  < 
these men,  and  in  securing  this a friend 
ship  grows  that 
is  a  pleasant  part  « 
business  life.

When  these  salesmen  call  on  us- the 
are  glad  to  put  business  aside  for a  mo 
ment;  perhaps  to  show  us  the  picture' 
a  new  baby;  or the  latest  photograph 
a  daughter;  or to unbosom themselves  of 
their  worry  over  an  invalid  at  home 
They  tell  us  of  their  hopes  and  of  thei 
plans.  Of hopes  that  look towards  the 
becoming  a  member  of  the  firm ;  or  i 
their  opening  a  house  of  their  own.  Of 
plans  that  contemplate  a  season  of  leis 
lire  after they  have  acquired  a  compe 
tency  for  their  later  years.

If  hope  was  taken  out  of 

life,  the 
world  would  be but  a  prison  cell.  ^ et 
it  is  pitiful  that  so 
large  a  part  of  our 
lives  and  our  thoughts 
is  given  for the 
future  that  may  or  may  not  ever  come 
to  us.  We  pray  for  this  day  s  daily 
bread,  but we  long  for the com i ng  of the 
to-morrow  that  shall  offer  us  cake and 
wine.  Everything  points  to the  wisdom 
of  enjoying  the  present  hour,  except  the 
philosophy  that  grapples  our  thoughts 
and  bids  us  deny  ourselves  of  some 
pleasure  to-day  that  we  may take  keener 
enjoyment  when  testing  it  a year hence. 
So  we  wait.

But  Palmer’s  to-morrow  had  at  last 
reached  him,  and  he  was  ready  for  his 
pleasure.

1 • You  will  be  very  lonesome, 

I  said, 
“ when  you  stop  your  work.  What  do 
you  intend  doing  with  yourself?

visit  from  some  of  my old  friends. 

‘ Now,  don’t  you  forget  me  when  you 
are  down  in  my  country.  1  know  I  shall 
have  rather a  hard  time  getting  used  to 
my  new  life,  but  the bright  spot will  be 
1 
thought  I  should  feel  happier  when  the 
time  came  for  me  to  give  up  traveling 
but  I  realize  that  it  is  also  the  last  time 
that  I  shall  see  a  good  many  of  my 
friends.  But, ’ ’  and  his  face  bright­
ened,  “ we  can’t  have  everything  in  this 
world,  and  I  feel  that  1  have  earned  a 
long  rest.

few  months. 

I  thought  of  him  frequently  in  the 
next 
I  pictured  him 
among  his green  fields  and  his  Jeisevs, 
and  I  was  glad  that  he  had  been  able  to 
realize  his  dreams.  Some  three  or  four 
months  after  that  I  was  in  New  York, 
preparing  to  go 
into  New  England. 
Palmer’s  face  at  once  rose  up  befor • 
me,  and  I  determined  that  1  would  stop 
over one  train  and  say  “ howdy.

I  met  a  mutual  friend  in  the  New Ha­

ven  depot,  and  I  said  to  him :

“ I’m  going  to  stop  over  a  train  to 
shake  hands  with  old  man  Palmer; 
have  you  seen  him  since  he  quit  the 
road?”

He  glanced  at  me  with  surprise. 
in  this 

“ Haven’t  you  seen  the 
morning’s  Courier?

item 

“ No;  is  it  about  Palmer?”

Y es;  when  his  daughter  called  him 
yesterday  morning  he  did  not  answer, 
and  when  she  tried  to  awaken  him, 
later,  she  could  not—he  was dead.

“ Oh,  how  cruel  that 

is !”  I  cried.
• ‘ Here  he  has been  saving  and  scrimp- 
ing  for years  to  enable  himself  to  enjoy 
his  last  years  here,  and  just  as  he  en­
ters  upon  his  pleasures,  he  is  taken 
away.  He  was  so  happy,  as  he  told  me 
a  few months  ago,  that he was  going  to 
have  a long  rest.

“ Well, ”   said  my  friend,  speaking 
is  just 

softly,  “ don’t  you  think  that 
what  God  is going  to  give  him?”

W.m.  H.  M a h e r .

It  looks  as  if  England  were  getting 
ready  to  take  advantage  of  extra  har­
vesting  there  may  be  on  this  side  of 
salt  water.  With  the exception  of  hops, 
the  crops  are  reported  to  be  far  below 
what  they  were  at this time  last  year.

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To the grindstone, if you want to, but if 
you would rather straighten up and move 
through this  world  with  less  wear  and 
tear and more money in your pocket,
Sell Lily White  Flour

Note  the  following

Pointers!

This  Flour is always the same. 
People always want more of  it. 
Where  they  buy  Flour they buy 
td-

Pleased  customers  are  good 

Groceries.

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Be  Progressive !

Are  You •••••••••••

Making  Money

Selling 
Crackers 
and  Cakes

Handling  our  C r a c k e r s   and 
and  S w e e t  Cj o o d s ?
PURITY,  OPACITY  and 
F R ESI IN E SS  make the finest 
line in the world to select  from.

Will  be  comparatively  easy  if 
you  push  our  goods.  Liberal 
profits  and  quick  sales  will  be 
yours.  Customers buying once 
will  come  again. 
I ry, and  be 
convinced.

Isa  very easy matter if you sell 
the kind the people want.
Our aim is to produce the best. 
Only  the  choicest  Creamery 
Butter,the purest,sweetest 1 .ard, 
the finest  Patent  Hour  and the 
richest  Molasses enter our  pro­
ducts.

We  make  a  Specialty  of  SUMMER  DELICACIES.
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Grand  Rapids,  Hichigan.  ______

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Dry  Goods

Disadvantages  of  Tactless  Salesmen.
" I  like  to  trade  at  Blank  &  Co.’s be­
cause  Charley  Smith  clerks  there,”   or 
“ 1  don’t  like  to  trade  at  Blank  &  Co.’s 
because  Charley  Smith  clerks  there.”
Such  expressions  have  been  used  in  our 
presence the  past  few days,  and  so  em­
phatic  were  they  that  we  could  not  fail 
to  note  that  the  parties  using  them  had 
their  place  of  trading  determined by the 
clerks  who  met  them  when 
in  those 
stores.  Mr.  Retailer,  do  you  know,  as 
you  ought,  whether  your clerks are  liked 
by  your trade? 
1 he  fact  is  well  known 
to  all  merchants  that  patrons  are  at 
tracted  or  driven  away  in  no  small  de­
gree  by their  help,  but  not  every  met 
chant  watches  this  matter as  he  should.
Inquiry  concerning  likes  and  dislik 
ior  a  certain  salesman 
in  an  average 
store  brought out  this  reason:  "  Ht 
almost  always  at  the  door  ot  the  stori 
when  l  go  there,  and  his  first  salutation 
is: 
' What  may  1  show  you?’ ”   Tlu 
party  who  had  such  a  strong  aversion  to 
this  salesman declared  a  practice  that 
altogether 
too  common.  The  salt 
man  who  displays  no  more  tact  than 
this  is  not  a  tit  man  for  your  empl 
and  the  sooner  you  crowd  him  out  tilt 
better  tor  your own  welfare.  We  ties 
to  call  your  attention  to  this  mistake  of 
so  many clerks,  not  so  much  to  direct 
your attention  to  this  one  error,  as  to 
emphasize  again  that  which  we  hav 
before  paraded  beiore  you,  viz.,  that 
too many  merchants don’t  have  the  lull 
and  complete  knowledge of  their  clerk 
and  what  they  are  doing,  which  the 
might  and  which  they  ought.  Mam 
dollars and  customers  are  lost  becau 
of  a  gross  negligence on  the part of  mer­
chants  concerning  this  matter.  Again 
we  beseech  you :  Study  your  customers 
and  be  more  anxious  to  get  them  to  the 
proper  salesman  rather  than  to  wait  on 
them  yourself.  And  then,  even  when 
you  have  directed  a  customer  to  the 
proper  salesman,  watch  closely the  effect 
your goods  and  prices  are  having,  and 
if  at  a  critical  moment  there  is  toe 
much  hesitation,  by  special  attention 
yourself  assist.  We-  don't  advocate  the 
error,  which  is certainly a  big  one—that 
of  taking  the  customer  yourself  but 
simply  impressing  yourself on  both  cus 
tomer and  clerk.

due. 

It 

1 he  molasses  used 

Perhaps  tlie  oddest  pavement  ever 
aid  is  one  just  completed  at  Chino, 
Cal.  It  is  made  mostly of  molasses,  and 
il  it  proves all  of  the  success  claimed 
for  it.  it  may  point  a  way  for the  sugar 
planters  of  the  South  to  profitably  dis­
pose  of  the  millions of  gallons of  useless 
molasses  which  they are  said  to  have on 
hand.  1 he  head  chemist  of  a  sugar  fac­
tory  at  Chino,  I-..  I urke,  was led to make 
certain  experiments,  of  which  the  new 
sidewalk,  a  thousand  feet 
long,  from 
the  factory  to  the  main  street,  is  the  re- 
ult. 
is  a  refuse 
product,  hitherto  believed  to  be  of  no 
is  simply  mixed  with  a  cer­
tain  kind  of  sand  to  about  the  consist­
ency of  asphalt,  and  laid  like an  asphalt 
pavement.  The composition dries quick­
ly  and  becomes  quite  hard,  anil  remains 
six  The  peculiar  point  of  it  is  that  the 
sun  only  makes  it  drier and  harder,  in­
stead  of  softening  it,  as  might  be  ex­
pected.  A  block  of  the  composition, 
two  feet  long,  a  foot  wide,  anil  one  inch 
thick,  was  submitted  to  severe  tests  and 
stood  them  well.  Laid  with  an  inch  or 
of  its  edges  only  resting on  supports, 
it  withstood  repeated  blows  of  a  ma­
chine  hammer  without  showing  any 
effects  of  cracking  or  bending.

This  is  the  rule.  It  has  its exceptions, 
as  has  nearly  every  rule,  but 
it  stand 
just  tlie-  same.  What  is  Sioo  a  year  ti 
you  if  a  clear-headed,  energetic  young 
fellow can  be  secured  for  it  in  place of 
that  sleepy  man  you  have  behind  your 
counter now.  A  couple of  your custom­
ers  retained will  repay  you  easily for  th 
additional  Sioo  per  annum.  Economy 
in  the  matter  of  help  is  pour  manage­
ment.  Yes,  it  is  more 
it  is folly.  The 
best  clerks a merchant gets are ambitiou 
fellows,  who are  ambitious,  are  uneasy 
in  a  tight  harness.  They  are  dissati 
lied,  and  such  help  is  never at  its  best.
We  have  in  mind  one  merchaut  win 
hires  his help  just  as he gets  his  goods 
is  moved  to 
cheap  as  possible  and 
grant  an 
increase  only  when  the  clerk 
threatens  to move.  This  practice  is all 
right  in  buying  goods,  for  they  cannot 
think,  but  clerks  can,  and  every  little 
grievance aggravates  it.  For  example, 
sharp  buyers  of  horses  will 
learn  of a 
farmer  who  is  short  of  money  and  has a 
horse that  he  wants  to  sell  in  order  to 
get  cash.  This  buyer  visits  him  and 
offers 25  or 33 
percent,  less  than  the 
value of  the  horse.  The  farmer  pleads 
that  the  horse  is  worth  more.  The  buyer 
is  stoical;  he  knows the  man  must  sell.
And  he  gets  the  horse at  his  own  price.
Before  he  has  more  to  sell,  he gets  over 
being  sore.  Not  so  a  clerk.  Daily as­
sociation  begets  an  aggravated  feeling 
to one s  employer  that  is  anything  but 
desirable.  And  the  practice  of  squeez- 
ing  help  grows on  a  merchant  until  it  is 
nothing  if  not  a  mania,  and,  like  all
maniacs,  he  does  not  apprehend  his I  A  big  Newfoundland  dog,  that  lx 
condition.  There  is  but  one  good  effect  longed  to nobody,  officiated  as  life-saver 
in  connection  with  such  methods,  and it  .... 
H‘lltlm»re  the  other day,  and  got  both
is that  help  will  be  driven  to  originate 
or adopt  something whereby they can  get 
aiK^  a good  master.  A  little  eight
out  for  themselves. 
it  is  a  blessing  to  the clerk

In  this  particular I year-old  boy  and  the  dog  were  romping 
and  a  loss Lon  the  dock  in  the  morning,  when  the

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

to  the  merchant.  Another practice alon 
the  salary  line  is  the  slowness of  mer 
chants  to  talk  salary-.  Many never  touch 
on  it  until  a  clerk introduces the  matte 
How much  more business-like and  man 
ly would  it  be  for  the merchant  to  intro 
• luce  the  matter,  even  though  he  can  < 
little  or  nothing  for  the  clerk. 
If  you 
have satisfactory reasons  for not  increas 
ing  the  salary,  the clerk  knows  it  about 
as  well  as  you  do,  and  will  gladly con 
siiler  it.  We  are  led  to  introduce thi 
matter  ai  this  time,  because  of  an  e: 
ceptionally  successful  store  which  hi 
attracted  our  attention  recently,  and 
where  the  best  of  help  is  employed and 
tirst-class  salaries  paid.  The  store 
gem.  Again  we  ask,  is  it  money  in  your 
pocket  to have cheap  help and  to squeeze 
continually?

in conversation with  a  successful man 
agt-r of  a retail  dry-goods store,  in which 
we  were  discussing  male  and  female 
help,  the  point  was  made  that  sales 
ladies  insist  on  that  style or color  which 
they 
like,  and  refuse  to  notice  what 
strikes  the  customer’s  fancy  and  taste 
thus  forcing  something  not  altogethe 
pleasing  to the  customer.  Whether  thi 
is a  failing  of  lady  clerks  we  will  not 
consider  just  now,  but  the  point  umle 
consideration  is  of  interest  to  dry  good 
people  generally.  Not  sufficient  care  i 
exercised  in  learning  about  what  a  cus 
tomer  desires.  The  amount  desired  t< 
be  paid  by  the  customer  ought  to  be 
learned,  and  the  style or  weave,  if  pos 
sible.  Such  should  then  be  shown,  ; 
harp  outlook  being  kept  to discover to 
ward  which  article  or cloth  the  custom- 
choice  inclines.  This  having  beer 
discovered,  one  should  then  cover  uj: 
all  the  others  get  them  out  of  sight 
and  all  one’s  eloquence  and logic direct- 
d  on  it.  Refer  to  no  other  until  tlu 
ustmner  desires  it,  and  then  endeavor 
1  direct  attention  to  one  concerning 
which  tin- customer  is  inclined.  Have 
trimming  department, 
if  dress 
>  are  being  shown,  near  the  dress 
s  and  when  the choice  of  a  dress  is 
partially  made,  clinch  it  by  draping  it 
uitably  with 
trimming.  Many  sale: 
an  thus  be  effected.  Under  few  cir 
umstances  manifest  a  choice  until  you 
Know  where  your  customer  stands 
aiding  the  selection.

CURRENT  COMMENTS. 

boy  acidentally  fell  overboard.  There 
is  twenty  feet  of  water  in  the dock.  The 
big  Newfoundland  dog  saw  the  boy  fall, 
anil  just  as  he came to the surface sprang 
into  the  dock  and  swam  to  the  fast- 
sinking  boy.  The  hoy  clutched  the 
wooly  hair  on  the  dog’s  neck,  which 
kept  him  afloat,  and  then  the  dog  start­
ed  to  swim  with  his burden  to  the  other 
side  of  the dock.  A  man  rushed  to  the 
rescue,  and  when  the  dog  reached  the 
place,  jumped  into a  rowboat  anil  man­
aged  to  pull  both  the  boy and  dog  out  of 
the  water.  The  dog  became  a  hero  in 
the  eyes  of  the  people who  had  been  at­
tracted  to  the  scene,  and  he  was given 
1  first-class dinner  for  his  heroism.

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Cycling  has  proved  of  an  unexpected 
benefit  to  more  than  one  manufacturer 
>f  a  line  of  goods  entirely  distinct  from

those  usually  connected  with  bicycling. 
A  large watch  concern  found  themselves 
burdened  with  a  lot  of  wheels  and  inte­
rior  works  of  a  line  of  watches  which, 
for  some  reason  or  another,  had  not 
proved  satisfactory.  The  mass  of  ma­
terial  was  virtually  worthless,  and  to  get 
rid  of  it,  it  was  offered  lor  sale  at  a 
price,  hut  no  one  wanted  it.  An  ingen­
ious  workman,  wanting  a  cyclometer  for 
his  wheel,  went  to  this  scrap  heap,  se­
lected  several  parts  from  it,  adding  two 
of  his  own  making,  and  the  result  was 
an  accurate,  durable  and  economical 
cyclometer.  Other  workmen  who  were 
cyclers  did  the  same  thing  until  the 
value  of  the  scrap  heap  became  known 
to  the  heads  of  the  company,  with  tin- 
result  that  from  what  was  at  one  time 
deemed  a  worthless  scrap  heap,  over 
1,000  cyclometers  a  day  are  now  being 
turned  out  and  retail  at  $2  each.

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A  Horse  Canning  Factory

Is being erected  in Oregon, so the  report goes, and 
all 011 account of the bicycle.  The horse must go.

Are you aware that we make a specialty of

LUMBERMEN’S  SUPPLIES? 
Our  line  of  Duck,  Kersey,  Mackinaw  and  Leather  Coats, 
Mittens,  Oloves.  Lumbermen’s  Socks  and  Kersey  Pants 
is immense.  Values that make a man’s eyes “stick out.”  Send 
us your card and  our Agents  will call.

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Our Yarns and  Underwear

Are now  in stock, and more coming every  week.  Be  sure  and 
see the line before buying.

Our  Floor  Oil  Cloths

Can be delivered  now—Qualities Nos.  i, 2, 3A, 4.

Also  RUGS—in  Qualities  1, 2, 3A,  best  line  we  have  ever 

shown and at prices very low.

P.  Steketee  &  Sons

GRAND  RAPIDS

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Association JHatters
Grand  Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association 

President.  K.  Wh it e:  Secretary,  E.  A .  S t o w e ; 

Treasurer. J . Geo. L ehman.

Sugar  Card  Granulated. 

h '~  cents per pound. 
lO pounds for SO cents. 

41 i  pounds for 25 cents 
20 pounds for it.
Jackson  Retail Grocers’ Association

President. Byron 0.  H i l l :  Secretary. W.  il.  Por­

t e r :  Treasurer,  -T.  F .  H e l m e r .

Sugar  Card  Granulated.

5‘j cents per  pound. 

9' j   pounds f o r 50 cents

19 pounds for ft.

Northern Mich. Retail Grocers’ Association 
F.  T atm an.  Clare:  Secretary.  K.  A. 
President. 
S t o w e . G rand R apids: Treasurer. F rank Smith, 
Leroy.

Owosso Business  Men’s Association.

President,  A.  1).  W h i p p l e :  Secretary  G.T. Camp- 

b e l l ;  Treasurer,  W .  E.  C o l l in s .

Michigan Hardware Association. 

President, F. S. Carleton, Ca  um et:  Vice  Presi­
dent,  Heart  C.  W eber  D etroit:  Secretary- 
Treasurer,  Henry C.  M in n ie ,  Ealon Rapids.

SECOND  CALL.

Official  Notification  of  the  Reed  City 

Convention.

Grand  Rapids,  July  30  The  second 
annual  convention  of 
the  Northern 
Michigan  Retail  Grocers’  Association 
will  be  held  in  the  City  Hall  at  Reed 
City,  on  Tuesday  and  Wednesday,  Aug­
ust  13  and  14,  convening  at  to  o’clock 
on  the  day  first  named.  Every  grocer 
doing  business  in  Michigan north  of  tfie 
D.,  G.  H.  &  M.  Railway  is  invited  to 
attend  the  meeting,  as  matters of  great 
importance  to  the  trade will come  up  for 
discussion  and  action.  Among  the  top­
ics already  assigned  are  the  following: 
law  of 

invalid  peddling 

"W as  the 

1895  a  move  in  the  right  direction?”  
Hon.  C.  K.  Hoyt,  Hudsonville.

"Should  this  association  recommend 
the  adoption of  the  blue  letter  collection 
system?”   X.  H.  Beebe,  Big  Rapids.
“ Is  it  possible to  improve  the  present 
exemption  law?”   H.\V. Hawkins,  Reed 
City.
" Is   it  desirable  to  pay  cash  for  pro 
duce  instead  of  store  trade? 
Prank 
Smith,  Leroy.
*■  "Wherein  can  this  association  greatly 
benefit  the  grocery  trade  of  Northern 
Michigan?”   C.  J.  Heischauer,  Reed 
City.
**  “  Is  it  desirable  to  substitute  weights 
for  measures  in  the  handling  of  pro­
duce?”   Jesse  Wisler,  Mancelona.

‘ What  plan  can  grocers  adopt  to  pre­
vent  wholesale  grocers  selling  goods  to 
hotels?”   F.  M.  Taylor.  Shepherd.
"How  long  must  we  endure  the  dis­
grace  of  handling  fruits  shipped  in  bas­
tard  baskets?”   -J.  W.  Densmore,  Feed 
City.
"Would  it  be desirable to have  a  local 
board of  trade  in every town  for  the  pur­
pose  of  establishing  uniform  prices  on 
produce,  butter  and  eggs?”   N.  Bick- 
nell,  Clare.
"What  is  the  best  course  for  the  re­
tailer  to  pursue  on  package  goods  and 
other  articles on which  the  manufacturer 
raises  the  price  after  the  retailer  has 
placed  them  before the  trade and  creat­
ed  a  demand?”   M.  <).  McP arland, 
Coleman.
Other  topics  are  under consideration 
and  will  probably  be  introduced.
Extensive  preparations  have  been 
made  by  the  grocers' of  Reed  C ity  for 
the  entertainment  of  their  guests on  the 
occasion  of  the  convention,  including  a 
complimentary  banquet,  which  will  be 
given  at  the  Hotel  Ring  on  the  evening 
of  August  1 >  Half  rates  have  also  been 
secured  at  the  Hotel  King,  and,  in  the 
event  of  there  being  one  hundred  pres­
ent  who  have  paid  full  railway  fare  in 
coming,  the  railways  will  sell  return 
tickets at  one-third  regular  fare.  This 
concession  cannot  be  secured  unless  the 
purchaser  of  a  ticket  secures  a  certifi­
cate  from  his  ticket  agent  at  the  time 
ticket  is  purchased.
Believing  that  our  association  is  des­
tined  to  accomplish  much  good  for  the 
grocers of  Northern  Michigan,  and  con­
fident  that  you  will  feel  like doing  your 
share  to  assist 
in  the  good  work,  we

earnestly invite yoioto  be  present  on  the 
occasion  of  our  second  annual  conven­
tion.  Come  one,  come  all 1

E. A.  S t o w e   (Grand  Rapids), Sec’y.
J.  F.  T atman  (Clare),  Pres.

A  POUND  OF  BUTTER.

1  was  standing  at  the  sink  washing 
the  breakfast  dishes.  Gertrude  had 
just  brought  the  cream  in  from  the  ice 
chest  and was preparing  to  sit  down  and 
begin  the  stirring  of  it.  She  said  that 
butter-making was very romantic  in nov­
els,  she  had  noticed.  The  hero often 
begged  for  a  drink  of  buttermilk;  and 
he  was  continually  admiring  the beauti­
ful,  round  arms  of  the  heroine  as  she 
slapped  the dasher  up  and  down, 
f or 
her  part,  Gertrude  expressed  a wish  that 
the  writers  of  these  novels  had  to slap 
that  dasher  up  and  down  themselves  for 
an  hour or two. 
It  would  be  good  dis­
cipline  for  them,  and  would  put  a  stop 
to all  that  rot about the  beauty  of  dairy 
work.
I  said  when  we 
came  to  Ransom  that  1  would  follow  the 
plow,  I  would  groom  the  horse,  clean 
the  stables,  and do anything else to prove 
myself  strong  minded,  but  I  would  not 
make  butter.  Gertrude  replied  that  no 
body  asked  me; that  she  would  do  it 
herself.  And  she  made  some  remarks 
at  that  time  about  the  beauty  of  the 
white,  foamy  milk; the  luscious  loveli­
ness  of  the  creamy  cream ;  the  richness 
of  the golden,  dewy butter.

I  don’t  make butter. 

She  doesn’t  make  those  remarks  now. 
Instead,  when  the  subject  is  mentioned 
and  I  quote  to  her  about  the  creamy 
cream,  she  asks  me  if  1  am  willing  to 
talk  of something  else.  She  herself  says 
that  dairying always  makes  her think  of 
Kathleen  Mavourneen,  that  it maybe for 
years and  it  may  be  forever  before  the 
butter  will  condescend  to  come;  and 
when  it  does come  it  may  not be  in  the 
mind  to  "separate.”   She  has  also  in­
formed  me  that  there  is  no  position  in 
which  a  mortal  human  being  may be 
placed 
in  which  that  being  feels  so 
thoroughly  helpless as before  butter that 
refuses  to separate. 
It  is  here,  and  yet 
it  is  not  here.
Ice  water  is  poured  in  upon  the  sub­
stance ;  still  that  same  appearance  of 
putty,  with  ail  odor  of  fresh  cream. 
The  jar  is  set  away  that  the  contents 
may  have time  to think  over  their  mis­
deeds  and  to  resolve  upon  reform.  The 
wretched  Gertrude  goes  out  and  pulls 
weeds  from  the  strawberry  bed,  hoping 
thus  to distract  her  mind.

She  returns.  She  brings  back  the  pot 
of  cream  and  dashes  in  more  water.  At 
last  a  white,  watery  stuff  detaches  itself 
from  somewhere  in  the  jar,  and  that  is 
buttermilk. 
is  going  to  separate. 
The  butter  is  going  to  come.  Trium­
phant  moment  to  the  perspiring,  dis 
pairing  dairymaid !

It 

My  friend  has  informed  me  confiden­
tially  that  there  is  not  a  moment  from 
the  first  skimming  of  the  cream  to  the 
putting  of  the  result  of  her  work  in  the 
muold,  when  it  is  an  appropriate  time 
for  the  appearance  of  an  admirer,  or 
when  an  admirer,  if  he  did  appear, 
would  not  be  disillusioned. 
1  give  this 
a s s e rtio n   to   the world  for what  it  maybe 
worth.
Although  we do  a  great  deal  of  hard 
work,  like  hoeing  in  the  garden,  wash­
ing  our  democrat  wagon,  and  other 
things  which  require  a  strong-minded 
person  to  perform,  we  do  hate  to  wash 
clothes.
Therefore,  we  have  for  a  long  time 
had  Nancy  Holland  do  our  washing. 
We  usually  pay  her 
in  cash,  but  last 
week  she  'requested,  as  she  was out  of 
butter,  and 
the  grocery  man  didn’t 
come  round  until  the  next  day but  one, 
and  she hadn’t  ordered  butter  anyway, 
that  we  let  her  have  butter  in  payment. 
Whereupon  the  following conversation
,
ensued: 
I  usually  escapea 
into the  small  bedroom  that  led  out  of 
the  long  kitchen.  Here  I  sat  on  the 
bed,  hearing  every  word,  and  thought  of 
a great deal  better answers than Gertrude
gave.
as  was  her  ordinary  condition.

Mrs.  Holland  came  in  all  of  a  flutter, 

I  was  not  present. 

" I   come  after  my  butter,”   she  said.

‘ ‘ You  know  you  told  me  I  could  have 
some  for that  last  washing.”

"Yes.  How  much  do  you  charge?”  
’ ’Wall,  I  thought a washing was wuth a 

pound  of  butter; don’t  you?

That  depends  on  the  price  of  wash­

ing  and  the  price  of  butter.”

■ ' I  ain’t  got  nothin’  to  say,  ’cept  that 

a  washing  is  wuth  a  pound  of  butter.”

The quavering tone was  a  trifle  bellig­

erent  now.

"But  supposing  you  charged  35  ceI,ts 
for  washing,  and  butter  was  30 cents; or 
opposing  the  other  way?”

Gertrude  was  very  calm  and  clear  in 
her  statement. 
It  almost  seemed  as  if 
even  Nancy Holland would  see  what  sht 
meant.

But  Mrs.  Holland  only  raised  her 

voice  and  reiterated  her  assertion  that 
washing  was  worth  a  pound  of  butter.
explanation.

Again  Gertrude  patiently repeated  her 

There  was  silence  for  a  moment, 

took  one  of  the  pillows  from  the  bed  on 
which  I  sat,  pounded  it  a  few  times  auc 
replaced  it  in  its  position.
It was  of  no  possible  consequence,  but 
when  a  person  comes  and  says  a  thing 
like  that  to  you  you  are  directly  seized 
with  an  imperative  desire  to  make  that 
person  understand.
And  Mrs.  Holland’s attitude was a  dt 
fensive  attitude  as  if  we  should  not  be 
likely to give  her  her  just  pay. 

"Wall,  anyway,  a  washing  is  wuth  ; 

j 

“  It  ain’t  no  matter. 

pound  of  butter.
"But,  Mrs.  Holland,  don’t  you  see, 
might  owe  you  30  cents,  or  even  a  dol 
lar,  for  a  washing,  and  I  shouldn't  pay 
you  enough  in  that  case.  Or  I  might 
owe  you  less  than  the  price  of  butte 
now.  Why  can’t  you  tell  me  what  I  dt 
owe  you ? ’ ’
I  guess  I  am 
gr0¡n’  to  go  into  that,"  in  a  high  voice 
Now,  don't  you  say  that  a  washing  i 
utli  a  pound  of butter?”
I  took  up  the  pillow again and  pound 
:1  it  still  harder.
"Why  in  the  world,”   I  w'hispered  to 
myself,  "doesn’t  Gertrude  make  that 
woman  know  what  she  means? 
I  could 
do  it ;  I  know  I  could  do  it. ’ ’
At  this  moment  my  friend  appeared 
in  the  doorway.
"H ave  you  heard?”   she  asked.
‘ ‘ Yes,  I  have.
"Well,  I’m  going  to give  her  my  last 

churning.
I  rose.
"You  sha’n’t,"  said  I.  "G et  her tt 
pounds  if  you  like; but  first  I’m  going 
to  make  her  understand  that  a  pound  o: 
butter  isn’t  worth  a  washing  no,  tin 
other  way,  I  mean,  unless  the  price 
the  same.
‘ ‘ Very  well,  go  in  there and  talk  with 
her,"  was the  response.  And  Gertrud 
smiled  in  a  way  that  was  not  stimulat- 
ing.

1  walked  resolutely into  the  kitchen. 
Nancy was standing  by  the table.  Her 
poor  head  was  shaking,  and  her  faded 
blue  eves  were  dilated  with  the  interest 
she  felt.  Her  washed-out  figured  shawl 
was  drawn  tightly  about  her  shoulders, 
and  she  held  her  parasol  in  both  hands 
as  if  thus  to  keep  her  hands  steady.

it?"  she 

I  began  immediately.
" It  doesn’t  follow,’  I  said,  "that  the 
price  of  washing  and  butter  is  the  same 
and  unless  it  is  the  same”
" A   washing  is  worth  a  pound  of  but­
ter,  now,  ain’t 
interrupted, 
"now  you  jes’  tell  me  if  it  aiu  t.
But  I  went  right  on  with  an  elaborate 
explanation. 
I  even  took  two  potatoes 
from  a  basket  and  called  one  a  washing 
and  one  a  pound  of  butter;  and  I  pro­
ceeded  in  the  most  lucid  manner.  As  I 
went dti  nty  w'ords  seemed  so  extremely 
clear  that  I  was  sure  I  had  made  Nancy 
see  what  I  meant.
When  I  had  finished  she  hurriedly 
pulled  out  her handkerchief  and  passed 
it  over her  face.
she  said,  " I   ain’t  talkin’  ’bout  p’taters. 
What  1  mean 
is  this:  A  washin’  is 
wuth  a  pound  of  butter.
I 
asked  Gertrude if  she would  go and  give 
that  woman  anything  she  pleased—all 
we  had  in  the  world,  if  by  that  means 
Mrs.  Holland  could  be  induced  to drop

" I   don’t  care  nothin’  ’bout  p’taters, 

into  the  bedroom. 

I  went  back 

the  subject  that  seemed  to be  occupying 

r  mind.
“ No,”   said  my  friend,  calmly  " I  
..ave  placed  the  affair  in  your  hands. 
Do  with  the  matter  as  you  think  best. 
I’ve  long  noticed  that  you  have  thought 
that  you  could make things  clear  to Mrs. 
Holland.  You  have  your  opportunity 
Improve  it.  All  1  have  to  say  is 
now. 
that  you  know  where our  stock  of  butter 
kept.  As  we  have  nothing  else  that 
Mrs.  Holland  desires,why  give  her what 
you  please.

"But  she  only wants  a  pound,"  I  said 
ebly.
At  this Gertrude  began  to  laugh  in  the 

most  heartless  way.

I  left  the  little  bedroom  and  returned 
to  the  kitchen.  There  sat  our guest  by 
the  table  on  which  lay  the  innocent  tu­
bers  with  which  1  had  been  given  an 
ibject  lesson.

The  woman  looked  up  at  me  with  an 

aggrieved  expression.

" I   ain’t  said  nothin’  ’bout  p’taters,’ ’ 
she  remarked  in  an  unsteady  voice.  " I  
ain’t  out  of  urn.  Mr.  Guild  give  me  a 
peck  yisterdav.  N ’  I  don  t  eat  many 
p’taters,  anyway. 
I  used  ter  like  urn 
first  rate  with  meat  victuals;  but  I’ve 
kinder  got  off  the  notion  of  urn  some 
way.

She  rose  as  she  spoke.  She  glanced 
if  expecting 

at  the  bedroom  door  as 
Gertrude.

" I ’ll  get  your butter  for you,”   I  said. 
And  then  I  asked  desperately,  "How 
much  do  you  want?”

I  felt  I  was  actually  getting  excited.
,  had  rushes  of  belief that  I  could make 
Nancy  understand.  These  momentary 
seasons  were  followed  by  a  despairing 
conviction  that  I  could  never succeed  in 
such  an  attempt.

Mrs.  Holland’s  vapid,  worn  face  was 
ingratitating 

now  wrinkled  with  an 
smile.

” I’ve  been  think in’  ’s  I’ve  be’n  set- 
tin’  here,"  she  began,  "that  it’s  jest  as 
plain  as  it  can  be  that  a  washin’  is 
wuth  a  pound  of  butter; but  if  you  folks 
don’t  want  to  spare  it  I’ll  go  down  to 
Mr.  White’s 
it 
there.  But  they never  work  their’n  over 
enough,  any  way.  But  1  don  t  want  to 
be  unaccomydat i n’. 
I’m  goin’  to  have 
a  mess  of"  shell  beans  for  dinner. 
They’re  on  b’ ilin’  now. 
’ N’  beans 
takes butter. ’ ’

’»’  see 

’cn’  git 

if  I 

I  did  not  answer  a word. 

I  reached 
forth  my  hand  and  grasped  the  dingy 
1 
tin  pail  Mrs.  Holland  had  brought. 
went  into  the  back  room  and  took  from 
the  ice  chest  two  pound  lumps  and  de­
posited  them  in  the  pail,  which  I  car­
ried  back  to  its  owner.

" I ’m  ever  so  much  obleeged,’ ’  she 
said,  her  hand  shaking  piteously as  she 
extended  it  for  the  pail. 
" ’ V   I  guess 
you’ll  see  when  you  come  to  think  it 
over  that  a  washin’ 
’s  wuth  a  pound 
o f" 

-

It’s  going  to be  in  cash."

"Sirs.  Holland,”   I  said, 

"Never  mind!"  1  interrupted.
"W all,”   she  said,  "all  right,  then.”
She  walked  out  into  the  yard. 
I  felt 
that  1  could  not  endure the frantic  sense 
of  helplessness that came  to  me.  What 
if  this  experience  should  be  repeated?
I  overtook  her 
I  hastened  after  Nancy. 
I  caught  hold  of  the 
at  the great  gate. 
flying  end  of  her shawl.
’ after  this 
1  want  you  to  understand  that  we’re  go­
ing  to  pay  cash  for  our  washing,  cash 
every  time,  and  I  don  t  care  what  you 
charge. 
She  blinked  at  me  with  her  watery 
eves.  She  evidently  thought  extremely 
little of my mental  powers;  but she could 
not  have bad  so  Iowan  estimate of  them 
as  I  cherished  myself.
head  shaking  more  than  ever, 
know’s 
about. 
dab  of  butter” —
broke 
it’s  to be  a  cash  business after  this.’
I  didn’t  wait  to  hear  any  reply. 

"W all,  wall,”   she  responded,  her 
I  d 
there’s  anything  to  be  mad 
If  you  begrutch  me  this  little 
1 
“ I  o n l y   wish  you  to  know 

“ I  don’t  begrudge  you  anything, 

I 
hurried  out  into the  lane  that  led  up  in­
to  the  rocky  pasture. 
I  wanted  to  be 
alone. 
I  did  not  feel  like  seeing  Ger­
trud».

in. 

Ma r ia  Louise  Po o l.

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

Drugs==Chemicals

STATE  BOARD  OP  PHARMACY.

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Geo. Gundhum, Ionia
One Year— 
Two Y ears---- 
l \   A.  Bcgbee. Charlevoix
S.  E  Parkill, Owosso
Three Y ea-s— 
F. W. K.  Perry,  Detroit
F our Years— 
Five Years—  -  A. C. Schumacher,  Ann  Arbor 

- 
- 

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President. C.  A.  Kuokee.  Charlevo'x 
Secretary,  F.  W. K.  Perky.  Detroit. 
Treasurer,  Geo. Gcxbrdm,  Ionia.

Coming M eetings— H oualiton,  A ugust—.
Lansing,  November 5.

MICHIGAN  STATE  PHARMACEUTICAL 

ASSOCIATION.

President, Geo. j . Ward, St. Clair.
Vice  Presidents. S.  P. W iutmarsh,  Palm yra: 
G. C.  Phillips,  Armada. 
Secret  ry.  It. Schrocder, G rand Kapids. 
Treasurer.  Wm.  Dupont.  D etroit.

Executive  Committee —F.  .1. Wurzburg.  G rand 
Rapids:  F. D. Stevens, D etroit:  II. G. Colmax, 
Kalamazoo:  E. T.  Webb, Jackson;  I).  M. Rus­
sell. G rand  Rapids.

GRAND  RAPIDS  PHARMACEUTICAL 

President, 
Secretary, 

- 

.

J ohn  E. Peck 
It. Sen n o r i>er

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SOCIETY.
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The  Drug  Market.

Acetanilid —Continues  to  sell  in  mod­
erate quantities  to  the  consuming  trade, 
with  values  remaining  unchanged.

Acids-  There  is  no 

improvement  in 
the position of salicylic,  anil competition 
between  sellers  continues  keen,  with  the 
market  unsettled  and  prices  irregular. 
Citric  and  German  Benzoic  are  fairly 
steady  at  the  reduced  prices  noted  in 
our  last 
issue.  Tartaric  continues  in 
fair  request  ami  firm.

Arsenic 

easier.

Is 

in  better  supply  and 

Balsams  Central  American  copaiba 
is  moving  rather  freely  in  a  jobbing 
way.  Tolu 
is  quiet  and  nominally 
steady.

Beans  Holders  of  old  crop Angostura 

tonka  are  firm  in  their  views.

Cacao  Butter  Remains quiet  hut  firm 

and  the tendency  is  upward.

Cassia  Buds  Are 

in  good  demand, 
and  with  stocks  concentrated,  prices are 
firmly  maintained.

Colocynith  Apples  Are  very  strong 
and  tending  upward  in  sympathy  with 
increasing 
together 
firmness  abroad, 
with  a  good  consuming  inquiry.

Cuttle  Fish  Bone— All  varieties  are 
meeting  with  an  average  consuming  de­
mand  and  values continue  steady.

Cod  Liver  Oil-  Is  in  good  request  for 
this time of  year,  and  the  market  con­
tinues  strong  with  the  tendency  of  val­
ues toward  a  higher basis.

Cream Tartar—Continues  to  meet with 
a  fair  trade demand,  and  values are  de­
cidedly  firm.

Cubeb  Berries  Are  in  better demand, 

but  at  easier  prices.

consuming  demand.

Ergot-  Continues  steady  under a  fair 

Essential  Oils—Anise  and  cassia  are 
both  stronger.  Values of both  anise and 
cassia  are  yet  below  the  parity  of  the 
London  market.  Spearmint  continues 
firm.  Bulk  peppermint  of  prime qual­
ity'  has been  advanced.

Flowers  All 

varieties  are  without 
rather  quiet. 
quotable  change,  and 
There 
in  American 
is  nothing  doing 
saffron  beyond  the  filling  of  small  job­
bing  orders.

Gums  The  market  for  camphor 

is 
stronger  in  tone  owing  to  cables  from 
both  London  and  Japan  of  a  further  im­
provement  there.  The demand  is  rather 
better,  and  moderate  sales  are  reported.
Leaves-  The  only  noteworthy  features 
in  this  department  are  continued  activ­
ity  in  short  buchu  and  senna,  both  of 
which  are  ruling  firm  at  old  prices.

Lycopodium—There  is  an  improved

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but  shortly  the grape  seed  will  be  no 
more,  and  the  disease  with  the  long 
name  will  be a  thing  of  the past.
Ghent’s 

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W afers

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Cigar,  Sold  by  all  Jobbers  traveling 
from  Grand  Rapids  and  by Snyder  &
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Muskegon.  We* do  not ¿claim  this 
Cigar  to  be  better  than  any  10  cent 
Cigar  made,  but  we  do  claim  it to,be 
as  good  as  any  5  cent  Cigar  that ] is 
sold  for  a  nickle.

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inquiry  and  rather  more  doing,  with 
values  steadv.

Menthol 

Is  cabled  lower  in  London, 

and  prices here  have  declined.

Opium  -There  has  been  a  continued 
fair  inquiry.  The  only  influences  of  a 
stimulating  character were  firmer  prices 
from  primary  sources,  Constantinople 
quoting  “ druggists  quality”   7s.,  which 
is  a  slight  advance  over  previous  fig­
ures. 
It  is also  claimed  that  the  avail­
able  spot  stock  is  very  much  reduced, 
but  it  must  be  remembered  that  there  is 
considerable  opium  here  which  is  held 
out  of  the  market,  and  that  the  future 
outlook  is  not  very encouraging  to  high­
er  prices,  in  view of  the  large  current 
crop  which  will  shortly  be  available. 
The  opinion 
in  Smyrna 
that  when 
the  new  crop  begins  to 
change  hands there  must  be a  disastrous 
collapse  in  values  of  old.

is  expressed 

Quicksilve  -Remains  quiet  and  nom­

inally  steady.

Quinine-  -The  consuming  demand  has 
continued  active,  especially  from  pill 
makers,  and  the  market  retains a  decid­
edly  strong  undertone.

Roots  The  demand  for  ipecac  con­
tinues  seasonably  light;  but  values  are 
ruling  strong.  Jalap  is  firmer  in  tone. 
Serpentaria  is  easier,  owing to increased 
offerings  from  the  West,  and  holders 
have  reduced  their  quotations.  Golden 
seal  is  slightly  lower.

Seeds  There  is  no  activity  in  canary 
and  the  market  is  rather weak,  with  val­
ues  barely  steady.  Russian  hemp  is  in 
light  supply  and  very firm.  There  is  no 
quotable  change  in  prices  of  the various 
grades of  mustard ;  samples  of  new  crop 
California  indicate  that  the  quality  is 
poor,  but  reports  of  shortage  are  be­
lieved  t<>  be  exaggerated.  Celery  has 
met  with  an  active  consuming  demand 
and  a  good  business  is  reported.

Sugar of  M ilk  The demand  has  been 
very  heavy  of  late,  and  the  principal 
manufacturers  have  advanced  prices of 
ali  brands  ic.  per  pound.

is 

jet  or  the  electric 

It  is  going to be  very  bad  form  one  of 
these  days  to  indulge  in  light  and  heat 
at  the  jsame  time.  With  the  mercury 
among  the  nineties,  as  it  has  been  so 
many  times  during  this  present  sum­
mer,  it 
little  less  than  unbearable 
to  endure  the  extra  heat - coming  from 
the  gas 
loop.  A 
young  man  from  the  “  Jarses”   says  that 
it  is  wholly  unneccessary  and  he  has 
made  a  discovery  which  makes 
the 
whole glass globe  glow  with  brilliancy 
instead  of  the  common wi re.  He  expects 
one  of  these days  -and  not  so  many  of 
them  either  to  sell  sticks  of 
light, 
about  the  size  of  a  stick  of  candy, 
which  will  burn  for  forty-eight  hours. 
It  can  be  carried  around 
in  the  vest 
pocket.  At  night  all  you  have  to  do  is 
to press the button  and you  have a  bright 
light. 
If  things  keep  on  in  this  way we 
shall  hardly  know  ourselves  by  the  time 
the  new  century  comes  in.

The  glad  time  is  coming  when  the 
Merchants’  Sentinel  men  can  eat  all  the 
grapes  they  want  without  being  afraid 
of swallowing  the  seeds  and  filling  up 
the  appendicitis,  a  disease  which  has 
had  its  day.  Gardeners are  trying  their 
best  not  to  have  any  seeds. 
The  navel 
orange—almost  seedless 
leads  the  van. 
Apples are  beginning  to  yield  to  the 
treatment and  the grapes  will wheel  into 
line  pretty  soon.  Of  course,  anybody 
with  the  stomach  of  an  ostrich  never 
has  been  bothered  with  the  grape  seed.

ment for stock of all  kinds.  Can  be used  for Sores  or 
Bruises.  Makes an excellent  Hoof Ointment.

M anufactured by

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P,DS

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

Advanced

Declined—Linseed  Oil.

Acidum

A eeticum....................$
Benzoicum,  German
Boracie.......................
C arbolicim i..............
O itricum ....................
H ydroohlor...............
N itro eu m ..................
O xalicum ..................
Phosphorium ,  d ll...
Salicylieum ...............
S ulphuricum .............
T a n n ic u in ................   1
T artaricum ................
A m m onia
Aqua,  16  (leg.............
Aqua, an  d eg.............
C arbonas....................
C hloridum ................
A niline

Black...........  .............  2
B ro w n .......................
R e d .............................
Y ellow ..........................2
B ac cs.
Cubesee............ po. 35
Ju n ip e ru s..................
X anthoxylum ...........
B alsam  urn

Copaiba......................
Peru.............................
Tcrabin, Canada —

Cortex
Abies,  C an ad ian __
C assise.......................
C inchona P iav a.......
Euonym us  atropurp 
Myriea  C erifera,  po.
Prunus V irgin!.........
Qui Haiti,  g r’d ...........
S assafras....................
U lm us.. .po.  15,  g r’d 
Extractum
G lyeyrrhiza  G labra. 
G lycyrrhiza,  p o ....... 
Hsematox, 15 lb b o x .
Hsematox, Is 
...........
Htematox, *4s...........
Hsematox,  H s...........

F erru

Carbonate  P recip ... 
C itrate and Q u in ia ..
C itrate Soluble.........
Ferrocyaniduin  Sol.
Solut.  C hloride.......
Sulphate, co m 'l.......
Sulphate,  com’l,  by
bbl, per  cw t...........
Sulphate,  pure  .......
F lora

A rnica 
......................
A nthem is..................
M atric a ria ................
Folia

10
8® Î
65® 75
15
©
22® 32
41© 44
5
3®
in®1.
12
11© 12
Or,
55Or.
65
5
40® 1  60
33® 35
6
4®
8
6®
12® 14
14
12®;

O'® 2 25
80® T oi
45® 50
50© 3 00

20® 25
10
8®
25® 30

45® 50
© 2 00
45® 50
50®
5

iV <>
33®
11®.
13®
14®
16®

12®.
18®*
IK®

43®
8®

Barosma......................
Cassia Acutifol, Tin-
nevelly................ ..
Cassia A cutifol, Aix. 
Salvia officinalis, ‘is
and  ‘4 s....................
U ra Ursi.  ..................
Gummi 
Acacia,  1st picked.. 
Acacia,  2d  picked.. 
Acacia,  3d  picked 
Acacia, sifted  sorts.
Acacia, po..................
Aloe, Barb. po.20®2K
Aloe, C a p e __ po.  15
Aloe,  Socotri.. po. 60
A m m oniac................
Assafoetida. 
Benzoinum
C atechu, Is................
C atechu,  ‘i s ..............
Catechu,  }£s..............
C a m p h o r® ..............
E uphorbium ,  po.  35
G aibanutn..................
Gamboge  p o ............
G uaiacum .......po. 35
K ino...........po. $2.00
M a s tic .......................
40
M yrrh.............. po.  45
Opii  ..po. *3.00®3 30  1  85®!  1  ill)
S hellac.......................  
on
Shellac,  b leached.. 
45
T ra g a c a n th ..............  
f0

Or
60®
14®
Or
Of
:mr
#
ak
ail
58tf>
(fa
(ft.

4  Of. 
40® 
50® 

13
14 
16 
60 
101  <l0 
TO

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Herba

A bsinthium ..oz.  pkg 
E upatorium  .oz. pkg 
L obelia.........oz. pkg 
M ajo ru m __ oz.  pkg 
M entha  Pip..oz.  pkg 
M entha Vir. .oz.  pkg 
R ue.................oz.  pkg
Tanacetum V  oz. pkg 
Thym us,  V .  oz. pkg 
riagnesia.
Calcined, Pat............  
55© 
Carbonate.  P a t......... 
20© 
Carbonate,  K. it  M  .  20® 
Carbonate, Jennings  35® 

25
20
25
28
23
25
~~
25

60
~
25
.si

Oleum
A bsinthium ..............
Amygdalae,  Dulc —  
Amygdala-,  A m ara .
A nisi...........................
A uranti  C ortex.......
B ergam ii....................
C ajip u ti......................
Caryopbylli..........
C edar..........................
C henopadii................
Cinnam onil.
Citronella.............  

30® 

2  50®  3  00
50
8 00®  8 25 
1  90® 2 00 
1  80®. 2  00
3  00®  3  20 
70®
75® 
80
35®
©  1  60 
50®  1  60
45®  50

Coni um  Mac.........
C opaiba..................
Cubebi«...................
E x e c h th ito s.........
E rig erm i................
G a u ith eria............
G eranium ,ounce.. 
Gossippii, Sem. gal
Uedeomu................
Ju id p era.................
L avendula............
Lim onis..................
M entha  P iper.......
M entha V erid.......
Morrhnæ,  g a l.......
Myrcia, ounce.......
O live.......................
Picis  Liquida.  . 
Picis Liquida, g al.
R ic in a ...................
Rosm arini..............
Kosæ,  o u nce.........
S u c e in i..................
S a b in a ...................
S ontai.....................
S assafras................
Sinapis, ess.,  ounc
T iglii.......................
Thym e 
................
Thyme,  o p t...........
T heobrom as.........

Miscellaneous 

,

60® 

5®i. 
80®i 

70 I  A{<hjs.... . ... 

1  25®  1  to 
1  5ure  2 on 
0  Or  2 00 
I  :«Kin  I  50 
1  85®  3 00
1  SOii  2 00
1  75®.  1  KO
50 
Ot 
00®  3 00 
12 
10® 
Of. 
35 
96
88®. 
Or.  1  00 
6 50®,  8  50 
40® 
45
90®  1  00
2 50®  7 00
50® 
55
@
40®
®
15®

65  Seiil® Co...................
90  Tol u ta n .....................
1  SO®  1  60  Prunus virg ..............
!  2 S   1  !» 
T inctures
1  20®i  1  30 
1  so®  |  i;o  Aconittim NapellisR 
®*  75 I A conitine N apellis P
.......
Aloes and  M yrrh__
A rn ic a .......................
Assafietida  ..............
A trope  Belladonna.
Au rant i  C  rte x .......
Benzoin.....................
Benzoin Co................
B arosm a...................
C antharides..............
C apsicum ..................
C ardam on.................
Cardam on  C o..........
C astor.........................
C atechu.....................
Cinchona...................
Cinchona Co............
C olum ba...................
Cubeba.......................
Cassia  A cutifol.......
Cassia  Acutifol Co
D ig italis...................
E rg o t..........................
F erri C hloridum __
G en tian .....................
G entian Co................
G u iac a.....................
Guiaca am m on.........
H yoscyam us............
15 I  Iodine.........................
IK 
Iodine, colorless__
55 I  Kino............................
Lobelia......................
2 90®  3 00 
M yrrh.........................
26
N ux  V om ica............
15
O p il............................
Oi ii, cam phorated.
Opii,  deodorized__
Q uassia.....................
R hatany.....................
Rhei............................
Sanguinaria  .  .........
S erp en taria..............
S trom onium ............
T olutan......................
V ale rian ...................
V eratrum  V erlde ... 
Zingiber.....................

1  60 
20

1H

12

IK®.
18®.

20®
22®
13®
©
20®
Mir
16®
©
©
15®
r, Spts.  Nit. 3 F
.Eth
15®
.Ether. Spts.  N it.4 F
Alumen................
‘
35®
Aliimen, gro'd.  po.7
40®
15  A nnatto...................
35  Antim oni,  po...........
Of-, 
18
15®. 
Antimoni et PotassT
75®!  1  00 
A ntipyrin................
Antirebrin 
.........
®   1  75 
75®  1  35 
Argenti  Nitras, oz ..
38
35® 
Arsenicum.................
©
20 |  Balm Gilead  Bud
50®
55  Bismuth  S. N ...........
55®
60 ;  Calcium Chlor.,  I s .. 
©
40 j  Calcium Chlor.,  14s. 
25 | calcium  Chlor.,  14s. 
Cantharides,  Rus.po 
Capsici  Fru< tus, af. 
Capsici Fructus,  po. 
Capsici  FrnctusB.po 
Caryophyllus..po.  15 
Carm ine, No. 40—  
Cera Alba,  S. A  F 
Cera F lava................
Cassia F ru ctu s.........
C entraria...................
C etaceum ...................
Chloroform ...............
t Ihloroform , squibbs 
Chloral Ilyd Crst  ...
C hondros..................
('inchonidine.P .it W 
Cinchonidine, Germ
(Jocaine.....................
Corks, list, dis.pr.ct.
t 'reosotum ................
Creta............... bbl. 75
Creta, prep................
('reta.  precip............
Creta.  R ubra............
C rocus.......................
C u d b e a r...................
Cupri Sulph..............
D extrine....................  
E ther S ulph..............
Emery, all  num bers
Emery, p o .................
Ergota............IK). 40
Flake  W hite............
G alla...........................
G am bier.....................
G elatin, Cooper.......
G elatin, F ren ch .......
Glassware, flint, box
Less  than  bo x __
Glue,  brow n............
Glue,  w hite  ............
G lycerina....... .  ......
G rana  l’aradisi  —
H uniulus....................
Hvdraag Chlor  Mite 
Hydraag C hlor  Cor 
Hvdraag Ox  Rub'm . 
Hydraag Ammoniati 
Hyd m agi'nguentum
H ydrargyrum ...........
lohthvobolla,  A m ...
Indigo.........................„
Iodine, K esubi.........
|  Iodoform ...................
Lupulin 
..................
Lycopodium ............
Macis.....................
Liquor  Arsen et Hy- 
drarg Iod...............
LiquorPotassA rsinit 
Magnesia,  Sulph —
!  Magnesia, Sulph,bbl 
50 I  M annia,  S. F ............

®  6® 
3'4®i. 
3 'j Or 
35® 
4Of. 
4 _”® 
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2  00®  2 50 
2 00®  2  25 
1  25®  I  50 
1  65® 2  (X) 
1  75® s 3 50 
1  90®  2  10 
1  75®  6  50 
1  25®  2  00 
25®  2  00

©
©
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©
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50®
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40

12

1  30®  I 

15®
11®
45®,
12®
16®
50®.
24®) 
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7®
25®
15®

Potassium
Bi-Barb.......................
Bichromate 
............
Bromide.....................
C arb...........................
C hlorate., po.  17® 19'
C yanide.....................
Iodide.........................
Potassa,  Bitart, pure 
Potassa,  B itart,  com 
Potass  N itras, o p t...
Potass N itras............
Prussiate...................
Sulphate  po  ............
Radix
A eonitvm ..................
A lth æ ........................
A n ch n sa....................
Arum  po.....................
C alam u s...................
G entiana.........po  12
G lychrrlii/.a.  .pv. 15 
H ydrastis (lauaden . 
Hydrastis Can:,  no 
Hellebore, Alba, po
Inula,  po...................  
ipecac,  p o ..................  “ 
I ris plox __ po35©38
Jalapa,  p r ..................
M aranta,  ‘.¿s............
Podophyllum, po....
Rhei  ..........................
Rhei, c u t...................
R h ei.p v .....................
Spigelia......................
S anguinaria..  po. 25
S erp en taria..............
Senega .......................
Similax.officiualis  II
Smilax,  M..................
Si  ilia-.............. po.35
Symplocarpus, Foetl-
dus,  IK)...................
Valeri ana. Eng. po. 30 
V aleriana,  German.
Zingiber a ..................
Zingiber j ..................
Semen
A nisum .......... po.  20 
Apitim  tgraveieons) 
Bird.  Is.......................  
C arui...............po.  IK 
Cardam on..................  1  00®)  1
C onundrum .............. 
caunalds  S aliva—  
t 'ydonium .................
Chenopodi um  .........
D ipterix  O dorate...
P teniculum ..............
Fcenugreek. po.........
L in i............................
Lini,  g rd __ bbl. 3*4
Lobelia  ....... 
.........
Pharlaris  C anarian.
R a p a ...........................
Sinapis  A lbll............
Sinapis  N igra...........
S plritus 
F rum enti, \V.  1). Co. 
Frum enti,  D.  F.  R  .
F ru m e n ti.................
Ju n ip eris Co.  O. T ..
Juniperis C o............
Saacharum   N.  E —
Spt.  Vini G alli.........
Villi O porto..............   1
Vini  A lba..................  1

Of,
14®
4®
10®
12®
5®

Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriag e................-  2
Nassau sheeps’ wool
carriage..................
Velvet extra  sheeps’ 
wool, carriage— .
Extra yellow sheeps’ 
wool,  carriage —
Grass  sheeps’  wool,
carriag e..................
Hard, for slate u s e ..
Yellow  R e e f ,   for
slate  u se................
S yrups
A cacia.......................
A uranti C ortes.........
Zingiber.....................
Ipecac.....................
F erri  Io d ...................
Rhei  A rom ................
Smilax  Officinalis...
S en eg a.......................
I  Scili®..........................

Of. 
65® 
@ 
15® 

M enthol.....................  
@.  s  50
Morphia, S.P.& \V ...  1  65®  1  90 
Morphia,  S.N.Y.Q.&
C o.......................  1  55®  1  80
Moschus C anton__  
40
80
Myristica,  No.  1....... 
ux V om ica... po.20 
10
18
Os  Sepia.................... 
epsin  Saac, II. & P.
I). C o....................... 
©   1  00
icis  Liq. N .N.‘4gal.
®   2  00
doz............................ 
Picis L iq.,quarts__  
®!  1  00
icis Liq., pints....... 
85
Ofi 
50 
Or, 
il H ydrarg.. .po.  80 
18
© 
iper N ig ra... po.  22 
30
Or, 
iper  A lba__ po.  35 
iix  B urgun............. 
Of. 
7
Plumbi  A cet............ 
10®! 
12
Pulvis Ipecac et Opii  I  10®  1  20 
Pyrethrum . boxes II 
&  P.  I). Co., d oz...
yrethrum ,  p v .........
Q.uassise.....................  
10
Q uinia, S.  P. & W ..  34‘i©   39'-2 
37
Q uinia, S. G erm an.. 
Quinia,  N.Y..............   33*4®  3714
Rubia T in cto ru m ... 
14
accharum L actis pv 
20
Salaci n. 
itiguis  D raconis.
Sapo,  W  ................
Sapo,  M...................
~ ipo,  G...................

©
20®
8® 
27® 
13® 
18® 
50®
40®
12®
10®
@

Siedlitz  M ixture—  
@
S inapis.......................  
@
Sinapis,  o p t..............  
@
Snuff,  M accaboy.De
Voes.........................  
@
Snuff,Scotch, DeVo's 
@
Soda B oras................  6V4®
Soda Boras, po.........  6!4@
24®
Soda et Potass T art 
Soda,  C arb................
1!4®
3®
Soda,  Bi-Carb...........
3‘4©
Soda,  A sh..................
Soda, Sulphas...........
©
@
Spts. Cologne............
50®!
Spts. E th er  C o.........
Spts.  Myrcia D rm ...
Spts.  Vini  Rect. bbl.
Spts.  Vini Rect.‘»bbl 
Spts.  Vini Rect.lOgal 
Spts.  Vini Rect.  5gal 

10 days.

Less 5c gal.  cash 
Strychnia, C rystal...
Sulphur,  Subl...........
! Sulphur,  R oll.........
:  T am arinds................
'  Terebenth  V enice...
j  Tbeobrom ® ..............
j  V anilla.......................
i  Zinci  S ulph..............

Oils

Whale,  winter. 
Lard,  e x tra __

1  40®,  1  45 
2*/i© 
3
2®   2‘4 
8®  
10 
30 
28Of. 
48
45® 
9  00® 16  Oo 
7© 
8
iAL.

BBL.

45
40 
20 Lard, No.  1................
62
59 
18 Linseed,  pure  raw .
64
61 
30 Linseed,  boiled.......
N eatsfoot,  w i n t e r
70
06 
strain ed ..................
34
38
33 
34 Spirits T u rp e n tin e..
9
Paints
LB.
BBL. 
9
2  ®8
I 
Red  V enetian...........
2 Ochre, yellow Mars.
IK   S  @4
5 Ochre, yellow  B er.. H i  2  @3
2‘i   2V,@3
4 Putty, com m ercial..
2 Vg  2& #3
2 Putty, strictly  pure
2  60 V erm ilion,  P r i m e
15
13® 
A m erican...............
55
75
70(0), 
2  00 V erm ilion,  English.
27
2  51 Green,  P a ris ............ 20UG/Ì, 
16
13® 
2  56 Green,  P eninsular..
514© 
6
2  59 Lead, R ed..................
5 
6
S  61 Lead, w h ite..............
®  
'.o
W hiting, w hite Span
90
% 
W hiting,  gilders’. ..
W hite,  Paris A m er.. 
W hiting.  Paris  Eng.
cliff .........................
U niversal  Prepared.

@
1 00®

1  <0 
1  15

Varnishes 

No.  1 T urp Coach
E xtra  T u rp .........
Coach Body.........
No.  1 T urp  F urn. 
Extra T urk Damar. 
Jap. Dryer, N o.lTurp

1  10® 
1  60® 
2  75®. 
1  00® 
1  55® 
70®

1  20 
1  70 
3 00 
1  10 
1  00

Quintette
Quintette
Quintette

The  Best  5  cent  Cigar 

>35 per  thousand

Hazelline î F e tt Drug Co.

SimH Basils, mien.

Quintette
Quintette
Quintette

;

35® 38  !
38® 40 
i
î
3 
3Gh 
4
40© 50 
î
4Gh 
5
60
55®,
©   1 40
15
©
© 53 
5(74 
7
40
20*74  1 30
9
On 
10
(Ôl
12
<74
<74  1 (N>
1
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15
Cal
15
m
10(74
12
@  i 75
55
50®,
40(74
42
0>,
40
(d\
25
<& 10
40
63

60(it>.
\hdf.
25
20(74
1 Wit,
12
3« z0  
ImVT/  5  25
65
®!
2 
<& 
5 
(Ti> 
11 
iKTr. 
8 
(f> 
55
50dr. 
6
5®
12
10®.
10®
75© 90
8
©
6
®
30® 35
12® 15
©
9
8®
© 60
3i© 50
80
70
12
9©
13® 25
13® 20
© 22
25© 55
© 79
69
Or.
© 89
© 99
45© 55
© 65
1  25®. 1  50
75® 1  00
3  80® 3  90
@ 4  70
© 2  25
60® 65
70® 75
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@
12
10®
4
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60® 63

2 8

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

GROCERY PRICE CURRENT.

I hey are prepared just before going to press and are an  accurate index of the local  market. 

I he  prices  quoted  in  this  list  are  for the trade only,  in  such quantities as are usually purchased by retail 
dealers. 
It is im­
possible to give quotations suitable for all conditions of purchase, and those below are given as representing av­
erage 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.

Sage
l!ot>s

GUNPOWDER.
Rifle— Dupont’s.

ondim i 29 ih boxes........
Sultana 20 lb boxes........
(ft 6 >4
Valencia 30 lb boxes...
f a r in a c e o u s  g o o d s,
B u lk .....................................   3

Farina.

Grits.

Walsh  DeRoo »V  Co.’s . . .. 2 00

Flake. 5

Hominy.
501b.  d ru m s...
Lima  Beans.
D rie d ...........................

.1  50

6‘5

Maccaroni and Vermicelli.
Domestic.  101b.  bo x ........  60
im ported,  2 ■ lb.  bo x .........2  50

Pearl Barley.

E m p ire ................................ 
3j
C h e s te r................................   2‘

Kegs
I  Half  Kegs...........
Q uarter Kegs__
1  lb  ca n s............
H  lb  c  n s ...........
Choke  Bore
K e s s ....................
H alf  K egs...........
Q uarter  Keg«__
1  lb  ca n s..............
Eagle  Duck-
K e g s.....................
H alf  K egs............
Q uart  r Kegs.......
1 lb can s................

SEEDS.
A n is e .........................
canary, Sm yrna.......
C ara w ay ...................
Cardamon .  M alabar__  
80
4
Hemp,  R ussian................ 
Mixed  B ird .........................   41/
i  M ustard,  w h ite .......   ........ 
gi?
P o p p y .............................;;;  g
4
R a p e .................................... 
C uttle Ilone....................’ 
gQ

.3  25 
.1  90 
.1  10 
.  30 
.  18

Dupont’s.
.................. 2  40
.................1  35
..................  34
Dupont’s. 
................11  00

SYRUPS.

Corn.

B arrels......... 
n a if  bb is....... £>
„ 
Pure Cane.
F air  .............................
G ood......................
Choice.......

10

16

AXLE  GREASE.

doz.  gross
A urora............................. 55  6 00
Castor O il........................60  7  00
D iam ond......................... 50  5  50
F ra z e r's ...........................75  9 00
Mica..................................60  8 00
Paragon...........................55  6 00

BAKING  POWDER
Acme.
M  lb cans 3 doz...................  
45
>i lb cans 3 doz__
I  *  ll> cans 1 doz...................   1  00
Bulk..............................
>4  lb cans 6 doz case 
' j   lb cans 4 doz case
lb cans 2 doz c a s e .........  2 00
1 
lb case 1 doz cast 
5 
Red S tar

M  lb cans..............................  
».  lb c a n s ............
1 

40
lb c a n s .............................  1  40

A rctic.

Van  A nrooy’s P ure.
14  lb cans 6 doz case........
>.  lb cans 4 doz case.........  1  65
1 
lb cans 2 doz case..
T eller’s.
'4  lb cans d o z ............
lb cans d oz.............
1 
lb cans doz............
O ur Leader.
?4  lb cans..............................  
'i   lb cans..................
I 

41
lb cans..............................   1  50

BATH  BRICK.

2 dozen in case.

A m erican...........................
English................................

BLUING.

A rctic 4 oz o rals...............
A rctic 8 oz ovals..............
A rctic pints ro u n d ...........
Arctic  No. 2 -ifting box..
Arctic  No. 3 s fling b o x ..
Arctic  No. 5 sifting box..
Arctic 1 oz  ball..................
M exican liquid  1 oz.........
Mexican liquid  8 oz.........

BROOnS.

No.  1  Carpet.......................
No. 2 C arpet.......................
No. 3 (’a rpet.......................
No. 4 Carpet.......................
Parlor G em .......................
Common  W hisk................
Fancy W hisk.....................
W arehouse.........................

CANDLES.

II  tel 40 lb boxes............
Star 40 lb boxes.................
Paraffine ..............................

2  20 
2  00

1  INI2  50

CANNED  GOODS.

As the pack  of  1895  will  not 
begin  to arrive  in any  quantity 
until  about  S e p .  1.  we  have 
concluded  to d< fe rtb e   publiea 
tion of full  list  under thi 
iican 
u n til o u r issue of Sept. 4.

CATSUP.

Blue Label B rand.

H alf pin  25 b o ttle s............ 2  75
P int 25  bottles.......................  4  50
Q uart  1  doz.  bottles...........  3 50
H alf pint  per doz..  ..............  I 35
Pint 25  i title s ....................... 
50
Q uart  per d>*z...........................  3 

T rium ph  B rand.

CEMENT.
M ajor's,  per gross.
4 -n 
j  
,  f1f  SsL. 

oz size.... 12 00
1  oz s iz i__ is 00
Liq. Glue.l  z  9 60
L eather  Cem ent,
1 oz size.......12 00
2 oz size.......is 00
Rubber  Cem ent.
2 o zsize__   2  ini

Chicory.

Bulk 
Bed  .

CHOCOLATE.

Baker’s.

German S w e et........................... 23
Prem ium ......................................37
Breakfast  Cocoa........................45

CLOTHES LINES.

Cotton. 40 ft  per  d oz...........  95
Cotton, 50 f t .  per  d oz........  1 15
Cotton, 60 ft  per  d o z.......   1 35
1  otton, 70 ft.  pur  d oz...... 
I 55
Cotton. 80 fi.  pur  d o z.......   1 95
•lute, tit) ft  per  d o z..............   80
Ju te, 72 ft.  per  doz...............   95

CLOTHES  PINS.

5 gross boxes...............................40

COFFEE.

Green.
Rio.

F a ir ...
G ood............................................
P rim e ...........................................
Golden  .......................................
Peaberry  ....................................

Santos.

F air  ............................................
Good 
...........................................
P rim e ...........................................
Peaberry 
................................
Mexican  and  Guatamala.
F air  .............................................
Good  ...........................................
Fancy 
.......................................

Maracaibo.

Prime  .
M illed.........................

Ja v a .
in te rio r.....................
Private  G row th.......
M andehiing..............
Mocha.
Im ita tio n ..................
A rabian  ...................
Roasted.

To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee,  add  *»c per lb. for roast 
in g a n d   15 p ercen t,  for  shrink 
age.
A rb u c k le ............................21 80
Jersey ...................................21 80

Package.

Lion Coffee
Fine A ssortm ent efSummer 
Games now in the patkaqes.

¡6 Ounce* Net

21  8-10 
Cabinets ISO tbs.  Same Price 
90 1> Extra  far Cabinets.
M cLaughlin’s X X X X ....  180 

Extract.

Valley City  ‘4 g ro s s .......  
75
Felix  %  gross.....................  1 15
Hummel’s foil  H g ro ss... 
85
Hummel’s tin l4  gro ss...  1  43

KOFFA-AID

100 packages in  case.......
60 packages in  ca se.......
COCOA SHELLS.
¡0 lb  bags........................... 
Less q u an tity .................... 
Pound  packages..............  
CREA/1  TARTAR.
Strictly p u re .......................  
T elfer’s  A bsolute  ............. 

30
30
roeers’................................. 150225
CONDENSED  MILK.
4 doz. in rase.

2!
3'
4

75

I
,

|o 
1 

m

CHEESE.

A m boy.......................   @  10
Acme..................................  
.lei soy................................. 
Lenaw ee....................   @  10
Riverside........................  
G. Id  Medal  ............
.........................  6  @  7
Skim 
©   11
B rit* 
....................... 
M a m .........................  @1  00
Leiden........................   @  ¿0
©   15
L im b u rg er...............  
©   34
Pineapple................... 
R oquefort..................  @  35
1«
hap
Savo.................... 
a, 
Schweitzer im ported 
Schwei tzer dom estic

N.  Y.  Condensed  Milk  Co.’s 

brands.
Gail  Borden  E agle.................... 7 40
C ro w n ...........................................6 25
5 75
D a isy ....................................  
Champion  ...............................4  go
............................ .4  -.5
M agnolia 
...................................... 3  35
Dime 

“ Tradesman.’
$  1  books,  per  too.........
$ 2 books,  per  100.........
$ 3 books, per  100.........
$  5 books, per  100.........
$10 books,  per  100.........
#20 books,  per  100.........
“ Superior.”
$  1  books, per  100.........
$ 2 books,  per  100.........
$  3 books, per  100.........
$ 5 books, per  100.........
$10 books,  per  100.........
$20 books,  per  100.........

2  50
3  00
3  50
4  00
5 00
6  00

“ U niversal.”

$  I  books,  per 100................  3 00
$  2 book«,  per !00 ................  3 50
• er 100................  4 00
$  3 books, 
$  5 books,  per 100................  5 00
$10 books,  t>er  100 ................  6  00
$20 books, per  100................  7 00
Above p re e s o n  coupon books 
are  subject  to  the  following 
quantity discounts:
200 books or o v e r...  5 per cent 
500 books or o v e r... 10 per cent 
1000 books or over.  .20 per cent 

Coupon  Pass Books,

2  00 
3  00 
6  25 
10  00

Can  be m ade to represent any 
denom ination  from $10dow n. "
20 books  .....................
50 books.......................
100 books.......................
250 books.......................
500 books.......................
1000 books.......................
Credit Checks.
500.  any one d en o m 'n .
1000. any one denom 'n.
2000. any one d enom 'n.
Steel  p u n ch .....................
DRIED  FRUITS.

3 no

DOriESTIC.

Apples.

. 

S u ndried........................... 
Evaporated 50 lb boxes. 
California Goods.
, 

6u
714 
, 
B x sB g s
A pricots........................... 8>.  8M
Blackberries.....................
N ectarines.......................
Peaches............................. gi^
Jears.................................gu
Pitted Cherries................
Prunnelles........................
Raspberries.....................

R aisins.

Crown.............................314

Loose M uscatels.
3 Crown.............................4
4 Crow n.............................5

FOREIGN.
C u rran ts.
istizzas 50 lb cases. 

Patras b h ls.......................
<ñ.2\
..
Gr2\
S chuit’s   Cleaned.
!5 lb boxes........................
@ 5M
50 lb boxes........................   @5
(36

lb packages.

Peel.

itron  Leghorn 25 lb  hx 
Lemon Leghorn 25 lb bx 
Orange Leghorn 25 lb bx

Prunes.

25 lb boxes.
al  fornia 100-120.........
alifornia  90-100............
alifornia  >0-90............
al fornia  70-80..............
alifornia  60-70.............
H cent less in bags

1  15

.4  20
.3 60 
.1  90 
.3  20 
.3  i5

INDIGO.

I  M adras, 5  lb  boxes.........
S.  F., 2, 3 and 5 lb  boxes.

JELLY.

15 lb  pails...........................
17 lb  p ails...........................
30 lb  p a i ls .........................

LYE.

I Condensed.  2  doz  ...........
Conden.-ed.  4  d  z ............

LICORICE.

3b,

P u re.......
Calabria
Sicily__
R oot.......

MINCE  MEAT.

Peas.

Green,  b u .....................
Split,  per lb ..................
Rolled  Oats.
Schum acher,  b b l.......
Schum acher.  %  b b l__
M onarch,  b b l..............
M onarch,  %  b b l.........
Quaker,  cases................
Oven  B ased .................
Lakeside  .......................
G erm an ..........................
East  In d ia..................
W heat.
Cracked, b u lk ................
24 2 lb packages............
FISH.

Sago.

Cod.

Georges cured............
Geotges  genuine.......
Georges selected.......
Strips o-  br ck  .........
Halibut. 
S m oked.......................
H erring.

@  4 Vi 
©   5 
©
.  6  ©  9

11  @12

80 

H ackerel.

Holland  w hite hoops keg. 
Holland  w hite hoops  bbl.
N orw egian...........................
Bound  100  lb s .....................   2  55
Round  40 lb s.....................   1  30
Scaled....................................  13  00
No.  1  100 lbs.........................  12  00
No.  1  40 lb s.........................   5  50
No.  1  10 lb s................  135
No. 2 100 lb s.........................  9  00
No. 2  40 L .s.........................   3  95
No. 2  10 lb s................ 
li f t
Fam ily 90 lb s .......................
Family 10 lb s .......................
S ardines.
Russian kegs.............. 
No.  li on lb s.........................  4  25
No.  1  10 lb s.........................  1  95
No. 1  10 lb s.................  
No.  I  8 lb s................  
W hitefish.

No.  1 No. 2 

Fam
lUOlbs............   7 00  6  00 
2 50
1  30
40 lb s ............   3  10  2  70 
40
75 
10 i s ............  
8 lb s ............  
35
63 
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS.
Oval  bo'tie.  w ith  corkscrew . 
the

Souders*.
th e  world 

T rout.

Si 
71 

fo r 

5
48

in 

55

Best 
money.

R egular 
Grade 
Lem on.

doz
. 1  50

I oz.

G.CGA Mr

’«^Flavoring  ! 
t> tc ^ r»ctr5

Royal

Regular
Vanilla.

doz
2 oz.........1  20
4 oz.........2  40
XX  Grade 
Lemon.

XX  Grade 
Vanilla.

2 o z..........i  75
4 o z ......... 3  50

Jennings.

Lemon  V anilla 
120
2  00
3 00

2 oz regular panel..  75 
4 oz  regular p an e l.. 1  50 
6 oz regular panel. .2 00 
No. 
No 

3  ta p er......... 1  35 
4  7aper......... 1  50 

2 00
2 50

Mince meat, 3 doz in  1 
Pie  Prep. 3 doz in case 
HATCHES.
Columbia  Match Co.
brands 
Columbia Parlor.........
.... 1  25 
XXX Sulphur..............
.  .  .  .1  00 
Diamond  Match  Co.'
brand«. 
___1  «i
No. 9  sulphur..............
Anchor  Parlor.............
No. 2  II"ine............................ 1  10
Export  Parlor....................... 4  00

nOLASSES.
Blackstrap.
Sdgar house.....................
Cuba Baking.
Ordinary...........................
Porto  Rico.
Prim e................................
Fancy  ..............................
New Orleans.
F a ir....................................
G ood..................................
Extra good.......................
Ch  i c e ..............................
Fancy 
..............................
Half-barrels 3c extra.

OIL CANS.

Crystal valve,  per  doz..
Crystal valve,  per  gross 

PICKLES.
Hedium.

. 10(3 12

.12(314

24

.36 00

2 m

Barrels,  1.200 count.......
Half bbis, 600count.......

Small.

Barrels, 2,400 count.......
Half bids,  1,200 count__
3  15
Clay,  No.  216.........................  | 70
Clay, T.  D.  full count......... 
65
Cob,  No. 3 ..............................   i 30

PIPES.

POTASH.

48 cans in case.

Babbitt’s ................................   4 00
Penna Salt  c ’o.’s ........... 
.  3  00

RICE.

Domestic.

Carolina head.......................   gi,;
Carolina  No.  1  ....................  5
Caro  ina  No. 2 .....................   4%
Broken....................................  3i |
Japan,  No.  1....................... 
4%
Japan.  No. 2 .........................  4m
.Java,  No. 1.......................  
Java, No. 2 ..................
P a tn a ....................
SAL SODA.

Imported.

[ gi*

Granulated, bbis........... 
1 10
Granulated,  100 lb cases  . 1 50
Lump, bbis........................... 
1
Lump,  1451b kegs................1  10

SPICES.
W hole Sifted.

qi/
j  Allspice  ........................... 
Cassia, China in m ats...........  9i |
Cassia.  Batavia in  b u n d .... 15
Cassia.  S  ig»n  in ro lls.........32
Cloves,  A m boyna................  »2
I  <  loves, Z anzibar.......... .. . , .u v .
Mace,  B atavia................ . . ..70
N utmegs, fan cy ............. 
.  65
N utmegs, No.  1. 
«n
I  N utm egs. No.  2. . . ' ' ' ' , ........55
Pepper.  Singapore, black.  10 
I epper, Singapore, w h ite ..  20 
Pepper,  sh o t............................jg

P ure  Ground in  Bulk.

Allspice  .............................. ..
Cassia,  B atav ia...................... jg
Cassia,  B atavia and Saigon.25
Cas-ia.  S aigon........................35
Cloves,  A m boyna......... . -  .22
Cloves. Z anzibar............  
18
G inger.  A frican........... ... -16
(finger.  C ochin....................  20
G inger.  Jam a ica................. . ’•»
Mace,  B atavia....................  gg
M ustard, Eng. and T rieste' *22
M ustard. T rieste.................... «5
75
N utm egs, No.  2 ............  
Pepper, Singapore, b lack- 1 6  
Pepper, Singapore,  w h ite ..24
20
Pepper, C ayenne.......  
Sas e ..................................

“  Absolute**  in Packages.

Allspice  .........................  84  1*55
C innam on...........................31 1  55
Cloves.................................. 8|  1  55
Ginger,  Jam a ica...............84 1  55
Ginger,  A frican ............   hi 1  gg
M ustard.......................  
P e p p e r............................... [gt 1  55
Sage......................................

¡¿J  J

STARCH.

K ingsford’s  Corn.
20 l-lb packages......................  gi^
40 1  lb packages................ 
'  g ^

K ingsford’s  S ilver  Gloss.

6V

Sii

3*4
3*4

40 l-lb packages. 
6-lb  boxes

Common  Corn.
20-lb  boxes.....................
40-lb  boxes..............

Common Gloss.
l-lb  packages..................
3-lb  packages..............
6-lb  packages...........''' ’
40 «nd 50 lb boxes...........
Barrels  ...................... 
'
SODA.
B oxes...........................
Kegs, Engl Ish.......
SALT.

Diamond  Crystal.

Cases. 24 3-1 b  boxes.. 
1
Barrels, 320lbs.
2  50 
Barrels,  115 2*4  lb bags 
4  00
Barrels.  60 5 
lb bags
3
Barrels.  30 10  lb bags.........3  gn
gg
Butter, 56 lb  bags 
Butter, 20  14 lb  bags 
3  50
Butter, 2801b  bbis.. 
"2  50
Butter, 224 lb  bbis.............” 2 25

2  00 
1  85 
1  70

Common Grades.

100 3 lb sacks................
60 5-lb sacks................
28 11-lb sacks..............
W arsaw.

56-lb dairy in drill bag 
28-lb dairy In drill  bag 

15
56 lb dairy in  linen  sack s...  60 

Ashton.
H iggins.

56-lb dairy In  linen  sacks 
.  60 
56-lb  sacks..............................   33
Saginaw  ..................................  75
Manistee 
75

Solar  Rock.
Common Fine.

............. 
SNUFF.

Scotch,  In bladders..............   37
Maccaboy, in jars..................  35
French Rappee, in  jars.......   43

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

Subject  to  usual  cash  dis- 
F lour in  bbls.,25c fe r bbl. ad-

FRESH  MEATS.

SALERATUS.
Packed 60 lbs.  in box.
C hurch’s ..............................
D eiand's 
...........................
Dwight’s ..............................
T ayioi’s ....... .......................

TOBACCOS.

Cigars.

Edw. W. R uhe’s brands
Signal  F iv e.......................
R.  R.  R................................
Mr. T hom as.......
brand
G. J. Johnson’!

3  30 ! 
.3  on  j

.35  00 I 
.35  00 ! 
.35 00

No.
No.
No.
No.

6..................
7
8..................
9..................
10..................

count.

4 37 
.4  37 
4  31

Hand Made Creams.  80  @90 
Plain  c rea m s..........   60  @80 
@90 
Decorated Cream s.. 
©(¡O  1 ditional.
..................4  25 String  Rook..............
..................4  18 Burnt A lm onds.......1  25 @90 
(,i 00 
..................4  12 W intergreen Berries
..................4  00
Caramels.
..................4  DO*1 Ol No.  1  w rapped. 2  lb.
boxes 
o.  1  w rapped, 3  lb.
boxes  .....................
No. 2 w rap  ed, 2  lb. 
boxes  .....................

3  87

!
B o lte d .......
i  Granu  ated

Meal

Hay

Oats.

No.  12..................................
No.  13..................................
No.  14..................................
TABLE  SAUSES.
1  75
Lea & P errin's,  large__
Lea A  P errin's, sm all.  ..  2  75
H alford,  urge  .................. 3  75
Halford sm all..................... 2 25
Salad  Dr  ssing,  large.......4  55
Salad  Dressing, Sm all.......2  65

WASHING  POWDER.

A t a

B. J. R eynold’s brand.

S. q
Hornet’s  N est—   ...............35 00
Q u in te tte .................................... 35 00
New  B ric k ...................................35 oo

Private brands.

SOAP.
Laundry.

Allen  B.  W rislev’s brands.

loo packages in  ca*e..
WICKING.
No. o. per gross............
N >. 1, pier gross............
No. 2. per gross............
No. 3, per gross............

Old Country  80  1-lb...
Good Cheer 60  1-lb —
W hite  Borax  100 ?.(  lb.

Proctor & Gamble.
Concord.........................
Ivory.  10 o z...................
Iqory,  6oz...................
L enox...........................
M ottled G erm an.......
Tow n T a lk ..................

.3 20 
.3 90

3  45 
.6  75 
.4  00 
3  65 
.3  15

.3 95 
.3  85

Dingman  brands.
Single  b o x ..................
5 box lots,  delivered
10 box  lots,  deliv ered .........  ■
Jas.  S.  Kirk  A  Co.'s  brands. 
American  Fam ily,  w ip 'd ..  3  33 
A m erican  Fam ily,  plain.  . .3  27 
N.  K. F a irb a n k s  Co.’s brands
Santa  C laus.............................3  90
Brown, 60 b a rs........................~  1*[
Brown. 80 b a rs........................3  10

Lautz Bros.  & Co.'s  brands.

Acme  ........................................3  65
Cotton  O il...............................6  (¡0
M arseilles..................
M aster......................................4  00
Thom pson  &  Chute  Co. s

brands.

CRACKERS^
The  N.  Y.  Biscuit  Co.  quote 

as follows:

Butter.

Seymour X X X .....................   5*
Seymour XXX, 3 lb.  carton  6
Family X XX.........................  5*
Familv  XXX, 3 lb  carton.  6
Salted'X X X ...........................  5'
Salted  XXX. 3 lb carton  ..  6

Soda.

Soda  XXX  ...........................  5'
:tda  XXX. 3 lb  ca rto n —   6
Stala.  C ity ............................   7
Crystal  W afer.....................   10
Long  Is  and  W afers  .........  11
L.  I.  W afers,  1  lb carton  ..  12

Oyster.

Square Oyster.  XXX...........  6
Sq.  oys.  XXX.  1  In  carton.  7 
F arina Oyster,  XXX...........  6
SWEET  GOODS  Boxes.

FRUITS.

Merit  Sweets,  150s,
@
176s,  200s................3  00
Rode and  Sorrentos
160  Im perials........ 3 50  (it
200s............................. 4  00  ©
100s in  F la ts ............. 2 00  @
Lemons.
E xtra  Choice  360
Extra  Choice  300
Fancy 300 New  Ver-
Fancy 360 Novem* er
E xtra Fancy 360 No-
E xtra Fancy 300 No­

New  V erdillis__ 4  50  @
New  V erdillis__ 4  50  @
dillis  ......................5  00  @
cut  .........................5 00  @
vembe  c u t...........5  50  @
vem ber  c u t..........5  50  @

B ananas.

A  definite  price  is  hard  to 
name, as  it varies  according  to 
size  of  bunch  and  quality  of 
fruit.
Small I unches.........1  00  @1 25
Medium  b unches...  25  @1  50
Large bunches........ 1  75  @2 00

Foreign Dried  F ru its.

Fig  .  Fancy  Layers
10 to 16  lb s............
Figs. Choice  Layers
101b ................
Figs,  N aturals 
in
bags.........................
Dates.  Farit-  in  101b
b o x es.....................
Dates,  Kards in  60 lb
Dates.  Persians,  G.
Ms 60 lb eases.......
Dates,  Salis  60  lb

@15
@13
@   6'2 
@  7
©

No.  1  Tim o'hy, car lo ts__
No.  1 Tim othy, ton lots 
.. 

Car  lo ts..................................
j  Less than  car  lo ts..............
Feed and  JVHIIstuffs.
I  St. Car Feed, scree  e d __
St. Car Feed, unscreened.
No.  1  Com and  O ats.........
1  No. 2 Special.......................
[ Unbolted Corn  Meal.........
W inter \Vh< at  B ran.........
W inter W heat M iddlings.
I Screenings...........................

20  50 
20 oo 
19 50 
9 00 
19  (X) 
16 00 
17  50 
14  00

Corn.

Car  lo ts... 
Less  than

h i d e s   a n d

P e l t s .

Perkins  A  Hess  ]pav  as  fol-  ]

lows:
Hides.
G reen .....................
fà,  8 
Fart  cured  ..............
Full Cured  ............
D r y ........................... ... 
í¿@ii
Kips,  g reen ........
Kips,  c m e d ............ ..  HKM  0
<'  itskins.  g reen ... . ..  9* .,© 11
. . 1 2   ©13*.  ;
Calfskins,  cured 
Deaconskins  __
. .  2  %  3 
Í

.  6*2©  7*2  1
¡
.. .  8* »or  9‘ 0  1
.  GGff/  7l2  1

P elts.

S h earlin g s.............. . . . 5   <<>20 
Lain 0 s ..................... ...  t»  ¿7 30 
Old  W ool................ ..  in  @75

Wool.

W ashed 
................ ...10  ©18
U nw ashed .............. ...  5  <frl3

ITiscellaneous.

T a llo w ..................... ...  3  ©   4
1  ©  2
1  G lease  B u tter.........
!  sw itches 
................ ...  11 idi  2
j  Ginseng  ..................

. .2  OU© . 2  25

PROVISIONS.

A n im a ls................................  10*i
Bent's Gobi  W ater..............  12
Belle  Rose............................   8
Coc  '¡unit  T ally ...................  8
Coffee < 'akes.........................  8
Frosted H oney.....................   11
G raham  C rackeis................  8
G inger Snaps.  XXX round.  6* 
Ginger Snaps. XXX  C ity...  6V4 
Gin.Snps.XXX home made 
G in .8nps.X X X s  allo p ed ..  6‘2
G inger  Van  11a...................   8
Im p erials..............................   8
Jum bles,  H oney..................  11
Molasses  Cakes....................  8
Marshmallow  .....................   15
M arshmallow  Creau s .......  16
Pretzels,  hand  made  .......  8*.,
PretzeIdles.  Little G erman  6*.
.2  80  Sugar  C ake..........................  8
.3 25  S u lta n a s...............................   12
Sears' L unch.........................  71.
V anilla  S quare...................   8
V anilla  W a fe rs..................  14

NUTS.
Almonds, T arragona..
Almonds,  Iv aea..........
Almonds.  California.
soft  shelled..............
Brazils n ew ..................
Filberts  : .....................
W ainuls,  Grenob e
W alnuts,  F ien eli.......
W alnuts,  Calif  No.  1. 
Wallin  s,  soft  shelled
C a lif..........................
Table  Nuts,  fancy__
Table  Nuts,  choice... 
Pecans, Texas  II. P ...  i
Chestnuts  ...................
TUckorv  Nut* per bn.,
M ich..........................
cocoanu's,  full  sacks 
Butternuts  per  bu —  
Black W alnuts per  bn 

Beef.
C a rc a ss..................
Fore q u a rte rs.......
Hind  quarters —
Loins  No.  3...........
Ribs.........................
I  R o u n d s..................
c h u c k s...................
Plates  ....................

Dressed  ...
L o in s .......
Shoulders. 
Leaf Lard.

5  ©   7 
3‘*@  4 
S  &  9 
@ 10 
8  @12 
6‘ 2@  71
3VÍ©  5 
2U©  3

5lj@  6'
@11*.

C a rc a ss....................
Spring Lam bs.........
Veal.
C a rc a ss ...................

0  ©  6*2

2 9

O  L  CANS, 
rans w ith  spout

Doz. 
1  60
gal tin
1  gal galv  iron with  spout 2 00
2 gal . alv iron with  spout 3 25
3 gal galv  iron with spout
50
1»50
5 gal Eiueka u ith  spout.
7 00
5 gal Eureka  witti  tunc  1
7 50
5 gal galv  iron A  A  « . . .
5 gal 1 iltiug e:ms.  M'n’eii 10 5
5 gal galv  iron N ueefas... 9 00

Pump  Cans.

3 gal Home  Rule................ 10 50
5 gal  Home  R ule................  12
3 gal Goodenough...................... 12 0
5 gal C oodenough.....................   3 00
5 gal  Pirate  K ing...................... 10 <10

LANTERNS.

No.  0 T ubular 
..................  3  50
No.  1  B  T u b u lar................  5  50
No.  13 Tubu a r ....................  5  00
N o ..  1 T u b u lar.....................   7 0
No.  12 Tu  u la r..................... 12  Ml
No.  3 Stre  t  Lam p............   3  25

Barrels.

LAMP WICKS.

U 1 L 3 . —

LANTERN GLOBES.
rases 1  doz.
No.  Tubular, 
45
each  ............
The  S tandard  Oil  c<».  quotes No. 0 Tubular, rases 2  doz.
45
e a c h ............
bbls  5  doz.
No.  Tubular, 
40
each 
...........
No. 0  Tubular. bull's  eye.
cases  1  doz.  e a c h ............ 1  25

as follows:
©  9*2
Eocene  .........................
(a  K
XXX WAV. Mich .Ildlt
High Test H eadlight.. @  7
a jHitoa.......................
<0104
Slove G tsolii.e............
(Í/ 38
C y lin d er....................... 1 
No. 0 per gross
Engine  ......................... 2  (it'll
No.  !  p irg ro ss
(a  8
Black,  w in te r..............
No. 2 pel' gross
(it.  7 Vi No. 3 per gross
Black, sum m er............
Mi mi moth  per doz.
@  8*2 
JELLY  TUMBLERS  Tin  Top. 
©   6*4
*3  Pints  6 doz  in  box,  per
..................  I  60
box  i box  00) 
Scofield,  shurm er  A  Teagle 
*4  Pints. 24 doz in  bbl,  per
doz  (bbl  351....................... 
2
‘i  Pints,  6 doz  in  box  per
box  (box  (Kii....................  1  80
*2  Pints.  I  doz  in  bbl.  per 
doz  (bbl  35)....................... 
2

@1 0
Palaci l i e ........................ 
Daisy  Will  e ................ 
to  9  -,
Re 1 Cross. WAV.II<llt.  @  8
N a p h th a .......................  @  8?¿
Stove G asol in e .............  ©  9* »

Eocene............
XXX WAV.Mie

From Tank  Wagon.

quote as follows:

Barrels.

20
28
38
65

lililí.

!
¡

eking
a* fol

12  50 
11  00
13  Oil

From  Tank  Wagon.

P a la c in e .......................  
©   9*4
Red Cross  W.  W.  Ildlt  @  6*4

Crockery  and

Glassware.

LAMP  BURNERS.
0  S un.............................
1  S im ................................

No.  2  sun 
T u b u la r.. 
Security,  ! 
seen  il  .  ! 
!  N utmeg  .
:  A rctic__
1  15
LAMP  CHIMNEYS-  Common.
Per box of 6 doz.
!  No.  I)  S un.............. ...............   1  85
No.  1  S till...............................   2  00  i
;  No.  2  S un..............................   2  SO

son. 

No.  1 

top
top,
top,

First  Quality.

10*410*4 No.  0  Sun.
ri nip 
w rapped and  labeled----  2  10
10
crim p 
11
wmpped  and  labeled—   2  25 J
BV*  j No.  2  *un,  crimp 
7 Vi  1 w rapped and  labele  —   3  25
9
11 Vi

XXX  Flint.
No.  0  Sir*,  c rin p  
No.  ■  Sun. 
crimp 
No.  2  Sun.  crim p 

wrapped  and  labeled—   2  55
w rapped and  labeled—   2  75
wrapped  and  labeled—   3  75 ;

5
5 %
7
6H
6
14 No.  1  Sun.  w rapped  and
Vi
No.  -■  Sun.  w rapped  and
\
%
1
No. 2  Hinge,  w rapped  and 

lain-  ed  ..............................   3  70
labeled  ..............................   4  70
labeled................................   4 88

top. 
top,
top.

Pearl  Top.

Fire Proof  -Plain Top.

5
«1, No.  1  Sun,  plain  bulb.........  3  40
No. 2 Sun,  plain  b u lb .........  4  40

FRUIT  JARS.
old style, p in ts__   *'•  (
-old  *tyle. quarts  6  : 
old  style.  *2 g a l...  8  ¡
-  do  in case. p ts ..  6  : 
1 doz in  case. qts.  6
1 doz in c a se .1» gai  8 
-glasscover,  pints.
- glass  cover, q ts .. . 10 
glass cover. >4gal. 13

Mason
Mason
Mason
Mason-
Mason
Mason
Dandy
Handy
Dandy

Business
Hen

Are
Convinced

Of  the
Value

Of  the

Tradesman

Com pany’s

Coupon

La  Bastie.

doz  .....................................   1  25
doz

No.  Sun.  plain  bulb,  per
No. 2  Sun.  plain  bulb,  per
No.  1  Ci imp. per doz —
No. 2 Crimp,  per d o z ...

Rochester.

(65e doz)..
No.  1.  Lim 
No. 2,  Lime  (70c doz)..
No. 2,  F lint (80c  d o z )..

Electric.

4 00 
4  40 
Doz.

No. 2.  l.inre  (70c d o z)..
No  2.  F lint  (80c doz)..
Miscellaneous,
Ju n io r,  R ochester.......
N utmeg  .........................
1 00 
Illum inator  Bases.......
90 
Barrel  lots. 5 doz.........
1 00 
7 in  Poreelain Shades.
90
Case lots,  12  doz...........
Mammoth  Chimneys for  Store 
Box 
4  20 
4  80

Lamps.  Doz.
No. 3 Rochester, lime  1  50 
No. 3 Rochester,  flint  1  75 
top,  nr
No. 3  Pearl 
Jew el  glass............   t  85
No. 2 Globe lneaniles.
lim e...........................  1
No. 2 Globe lucande
flint  .....................
1  No. 2 Pearl g la ss ...

2  00 
2  10

Books.

3  50
4  00 
4  70

They  will
Please  you

And
Save  you 

H on ey!

5  85
6  00

@ 12 
©  7‘ 
(it 10 
@14
m@12
@ 13 
@  0*2 
@  9 
@12 
@
@
@3 65 
©

iianil  Rapids  P 
The  < 
\ M on ( ’o. quotes
and  Pn 
lows
Barreled  Pork.
Mes* 
................................
1  Back 
................................
1  Clear  back
|  Snort c u t...........................
|  P ig .....................................
|  B  an 
................................
j  Family  ............ ................
Dry  Salt  Meats.
B ellies..............................
!  Biis  its 
...........................
|  Extra  slio its...................
Smoked  n eats. 
Hams,  12 lb  average  ... 
i  Hams,  4  lb  average —
11  ms.  16 ll>  average__
Hams. 20 11»  averag
Hum dried beef..............
Seoul  eis  (N.  Y. c u t ) .
Bacon,  clear..................
C alifornia  ham s...........
Boneless ham s..............
Cooked  h am ..................

Lards.

©
I  Compuuud,  tierces.........
@  5*2  Fam ily,  tierees................
G ra n g e ..............................
@  iN  j  Kettle  (our  ow n)............
©  *12  j Cottole  e ...........................
i Cotosuet 
...........................
@  6'»  | 501b T i n s ...........  dvauee
20 lb  P ails............a ivance
10 lb  P ails............advance
5 lb P ails............advance
3 lb P ails...........  dvanee

Sausages
I 
Bologna
1  L iver.........................
I  F ran k fo rt................
|  Pork  .......................
Blood 
.....................
Tongue  ..................
I  Head  cheese.........
Beef.

E xtra  Mess.......................  7  00
...........................  9  75
Boneless 
P ig s’  Feet.

|  Kits.  15 lb s .........................  
80
u   bbls, 40 lb s....................  1  65
*2  bbls, 80 lb s....................  3  (10

Tripe.

j  Kits,  15 lb s.......................  
75
*4  bbls, 40 lb s ...................   1  50
*4  bbls. 80 lb s....................  2  75
P o r k .................................... 
35
Beef  ro u n d s...................... 
5
Beef  m iddles.................... 
7

C asings.

Peanuts.
P.

Game
Fancy.  H.
C ocks__
¡ame
Fancy.  II.
Roasted.
Assocla-
Fancy,  II.  1
ti o n .......................
Fancy,  H.  P..  Associa­
tion  R oasted............
Choice,  H.  P.,  Extras. 
Choice.  H.  P..  Extras, 
Roasted  ...................
Fish  and  Ousters

Fresh  Fish.

W hite fish 
Trout  —
Black  Has:
H alibut 
ring
Ciscoesor
Bluefish................
Live  Lobster, per  lb 
Boiled Lobster
c o i l ............................
H addock...................
No.  1  P ickerel.........
i  P ike............................
j  Smoked W hite.........
I  Red S uappeis.........
j Col  River  Sulur  it..
[  M ackerel 
................
!  shrim ps,  per gal —

@  8 
fa
<&15 
13(5 15 
(TC- 6 
@13*; 
@16 
@18 
@12 
© 8 
©   8 
©
©   » 
© 15 
© 15 
18@25

Shell  Goods. 

Oysters,  per  IU0 
Clams,  per  IMF

I  ©-
.1  z5@ 1  50 
.  75© 1  00

O ysters- in  Cans.

F  .1.  D ettenthaler's  Brands. 

¡JH

B utterine.

Rolls,  d a iry ....................... 
So id,  d a iry .......................  H
Rolls,  c re a m e iy ..............
I  Solid,  c  e a m e ry ..............
Canned  M eats.

W heat.

F airhaven C o u n ts....  W©
F.  J.  D  Scie  ts ...........  35©
Grains and Feedstuffs
,5j, 
68  Corned  beef,  2  lb 
I  Co  ned  beef,  15  lb
beef,  2 lb
Roast
Potted ham . V4S.
Potted ham. V'2".
Beviled ham, H*
Beviled ham. Vis.
Potted tongue
Potted 
tongue Vis.

. ............................................
N ew .....................................
Flour  in  Sacks.
P a te n ts ..............................
Second  Pate  t ..................
S traig h t..............................
C lear....................................
...........................
G raham  
I  Bu  k w h e a t.......................
I  Bye  .... 
.......................

4  50 
4  00 
3  80 
3 60
3  60 1
4  50 
3  75

15  00 
.  0
. 

S ilv e r..................
M ono....................
Savon  Improved
S u n flo w e r.........
Golden  ..............
Econom ical  ... 
Henry  Pa  suit

CANDIES.
The Putnam  Candy Co. q 

as follows:

Stick  Candy.

bbls.
I s ta n d a rd ...................  6  <
Standard  it.  11 
6  <
Standard  Tw ist 
7  1
Cut  L oaf...................  
E xtra H .H ............
Boston  Cream

Mixed Candy.

pail*

eases 
@  8*2 
(it  h'»

bbls.  pails
5  @;  5 >4 
5(,@  6*o
6  @  7 
6'.©   7‘s
6Vi6>,  7*2 
7%(ii  H‘2

Competition  ...
S  n d a rd ...........
Leader  ............
R o y a l................
Conserves.......
Broken  ............
K inderg  rte n .. 
French  Cream. 
Valley  C ream ..

Fancy  In Bulk.

At“as, 5 box  lots,  d e l........... 3

Scouring.

Sapolio,  kitchen. 3 d o z........2
Sapolio,  hand, 3 d o z............. -
Gowans St Sons’  Brands.
C ro w .............; .........................“
G erm an F am ily ....................  -
A m erican  G rocer  100s 
American  G rocer  60s
N.  G .............................
Mystic  W h ite...........
L o tu s .....................................   J *
o a k  L eaf................................ •; 2?
Old S tyle..............................   ^ 5 6
Happy D ay.............................  •*

3 05 
3  30 
3  SO

SUGAR.

point, 

Lozenges  p la in .......
Below  are  given  New  York 
Lozenges,  printed.. 
I »rices on sugars,  to  which  the
,’hoc.  lliops.
w holesale dealer adds the local 
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freight from   New  York  to jo u r !  choc.  M onumental 
giving  you  |  Gum  Drop! 
shipping 
Moss  Drop; 
credit  on  the  invoice  for  the 
Sour Drops 
am ount  of  freight  buyer  pays 
Im perials .
from   th e  m arket  in  which  he 
purchases to his shipping point, 
Fancy-
including  20  pounds  for  the 
w eight of the barrel.
D om ino...................................:* "J
C ut  L oaf.................................7  ...
.4  94
Cubes
Powdered  .......................
XXXX  Pow dered...........
G ranulated  in bbls.........
G ranulated  in  bags.......
Fine G ranulated .........
E x tra F ine G ranulated
Mould  A .....................
Diamond  Confec.  A —  
Confec.  Standard A —

L  moil  D rops...........
Sour  Drops..............
Pepperm int  Drops  . 
chocolate  D rops... ■ 
11.  M. Choc.  D rops..
Gum  D rops..............
Licorice D rops.........
A.  B. Licorice props 
Lozenges,  plai  1... 
Lo/.enges,  printed.
Im p erials................
M ottoes...................
Cream  B ar..............
B a r .........

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All  the  old  Traps  boiled  down  into  a  better  one,  at  one-third 
the  old  price.  A  FIRST  CLASS  TRAP.  No  mole  can  pass  under 
this  trap  and  liv e!

FOR  SALE  BY

Foster, Stevens &  Co.

Grand  Rapids.

The  Crystal  Valve 

Oil  Can.....

THE BEST TO BUY ! 

THE BEST TO SELL !

THE BEST TO USE!

Over  100,000  Sold  in  1894, 

Automatic  Valves--Non-Exploslve

Ask your Jobber for them , or  w rite

STAR  MANUFACTURING  CO.

CANTON,  OHIO.

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

3 0

The  Hardware  Market.

General  trade has  not  been overly good 
in  this  section  of  the  State,  and  it  can 
be  easily  accounted  for.  The  extreme 
dry  weather and  many  fires  put  a  seri­
ous  damper  on  trade,  and  no  one  has 
felt  like  buying  anything  which  was  not 
actually  needed.  While  this  has  been 
the  case  in  this  territory,  in  the  remain­
der of  the  country  at  large,  it  has  had 
no  effect  upon  prices.  All  iron  products 
have been advancing at  a  2 :40-gait,  and 
the  end  is  not  vet.  The advance  in  all 
raw  materials,  as  well  as  labor,  has  jus­
tified  many  of  the  advances,  and  to  this 
we  add  a  unanimity  of  action  among 
the  manufacturers  which  enables  them 
to  work  together  and  thus  hold  firm 
each  advance as  it  is  made.  The  nail, 
wire,  iron  and  glass  manufacturers  are 
all  together  in  this  movement,  and  it 
does  seem  as  though  they  all  had  the 
reins  well  in  hand,  and  would  be  able 
to  hold  the  market  firmly.  This  is  de­
sired  by  everybody.  We  want  no  more 
declines.  What  we  all  want  is  a  good, 
healthy  advance  and 
the  advance 
strongly  hold.  All  retail  dealers  can 
assist  m  this  movement  and  do  their 
share  by  not  trying  to  keep  underselling 
their  neighbor.

Wire  Nails  -Are  well  up.  For a  long 
In 
time  thev  have  not  been  as  high. 
addition  to  the  advance 
in  the  base 
price,  thev  have  advanced  the  extras  in 
the  larger  sizes  from  10  to 60,  50 cents  a 
keg  over  the  base  price.  Jobbers  are 
now  sending  out  their  new  card  of  ex­
tras.  We  quote  from  stock  at  52.3561 
2.40  rates,  which  make the  10  to  60,  cut 
S2.85 

In  sympathy  with  wire 
nails,  have  advanced  in  the  same  ratio 
and,  at  present,  are  quoted  a'trifle  less 
than  the wire  nail.

90.
Cut  Nails 

Bar  I ron  Has been advanced  over the 
low  price  early  in  the  year, Sio  a  ton. 
We  quote  51.75  rate  in  the  same.

Barbed  Wire  -Has  been  gradually go­
ing  up.  Until  now  we quote  plated  barb 
from stock  at 52.15,  and galvanized  barb 
from  stock  at  52.50;  plated  barb  from 
mill,  51.85,  and  galvanized  barb  from 
mill,  52.20.
Gas  Pipe 

Is  not  far  behind,  if  any, 
the  makers being obliged  to  follow along
in  the  procession.  We  quote:
q   Black and S m aller................................. 50—10—5
‘4  Black and  L arger...................................(¡5—10
l4  G alvanized and  Sm aller...................... 50—10
>4 Black and  Larger  ..................................55—  5

Window Glass— Is  firm  at  the  new list, 
with  75  to  75  and  5  per  cent,  discount 
from  same.

Sheet  Iron  Many  orders  are  being 
placed  and,  if  things  keep  on,  it  is  well 
to 
look  for  higher  prices.  We  quote 
No.  26  at  52.90,  and  No.  27  at S3.

Miscellaneous  We  mention  a  few  ar­
ticles  which  have  been  affected  by  the
prevailing  epidemic :
Novelty  W ringers....................................... 2,400 doz
Falcon  W ringers......................................... 1.700 doz
B right W ire  G oods......................................SO—lOdis
Wood Bench P lanes.................................... 50—lOdis
W rought G oods.........  ................................so—lOdis
Well P oints.................................................... 75—lOdis
Tin  B olts........................................................65—lOdis
Sheet  Z inc...................................................... 
6 q   lb
Carriage  Bolts............................................... 65—iodis
Copper Tea K ettles......................................40—lOdis
19  lb
Cold Ro led C o p p er.................................... 
New Derby H angers.................................... 
60dis
Derbv  H angers............................................. 
60dis
C  onfc's  H angers......................................... 
oodi-
G alvanized Hbeet  Iro n ..............................  
TOdis
P itcher  Pum ps............................................. 75—lOdis
D. W. P u m p s ................................................ 75—  5dis
D.  W.  Pumps  (No.  423)............................. 
75dis

Physics  of  the  Bicycle.

When  a  wheelman  is  moving  forward 
on  a  bicycle,  what keeps  him  up?  That 
is  the  question  asked  by 
inquisitive 
minds,  as  the  rider  passes  swiftly  along 
on  a  wheel  base  practically  without 
width.  Sitting  on  a  still  wheel  base  is 
an  almost  impracticable  feat;  but  it  is 
simple  enough  to  maintain  an  upright

position  when  moving  at  a  very slow 
speed. 
It  is a  physical fact that  a body 
in  motion  persists 
in  maintaining  its 
plane  of  motion  and  unless  some  addi­
tional  force acts on  the body at  an angle 
line  of  motion,  it  will 
to  the  original 
continue  to move 
in  its  original  plane 
until  stopped  by  friction  or arrested  by 
an  obstruction.  A  body  set  in  motion 
tends  to  move  in  a  straight  line,  and 
will  do  so  unless affected  by a  force  act­
ing  on  it  in  a  different  direction  from 
that  of  the  first  movement.

To  illustrate  this  point we might  refer 
to the  rim of  a  flywheel,  which  moves  in 
a  certain plane,  but  not  in  a  sraight  line 
because  it  is  confined  to  a  circular  path 
by its  spokes.  Should  the flywheel  burst, 
its  parts would fly off  in  paths  that would 
be  perfectly  straight,  but  for  the  force 
of gravity,  and  it  is only too  well  known 
that  these  pieces  are not  easily  deflected 
from  the  paths taken  by them  at  the  mo­
ment  of  explosion.

in  this  case 

is  describing. 

A  wheelman 

is  propelled  through 
space  at  a  velocity  sufficient  to  cause 
him  to  maintain  his  plane  of  move­
ment.  Should  he  desire  to  change  this 
plane  of  motion,  as 
in  describing  a 
curve,  he  can  do  it  only  by  calling  in 
the aid  ol  gravity,  i.  e.,  he  must  lean 
to  the  concave  side  of  the  circle,  more 
or  less,  according  to  the  radius  of  the 
curve  he  is  following.  And  further,  in 
describing  a  curve,  he  is  impelled  out­
wardly  by  centrifugal  force  which  is, 
more  or  less,  according  to  his  velocity, 
and  he  must  oppose  this  force by  a  cen­
tripetal  force,  which 
is 
gravity.  This  he does  also  by inclining 
his  body  toward  the  center of  curvature 
ol  the  path  he 
In  this 
case  the  wheel  sometimes  forms  a  con­
siderable  angle  with  the  ground,  so  that 
under  some  conditions  it  slips  from  un­
der  the  rider.  It  is  in  view  of  this  fact 
that  the  circular  race track at Manhattan 
Beach,  Coney  Island,  has 
lately  been 
constructed  with  a  considerable  down­
ward  inclination  toward  the  center,  so 
that  wheels  spinning  on  this  curved 
track  would  be more  nearly  at  right  an­
gles with  the  surface  on which  they  roll.
1 he ability  of  a  bicycle  and  rider  in 
rapid  motion  to  do  serious  damage  in  a 
collision  with  another  machine  or with 
a  pedestrian  is  fully  appreciated  by  few 
wheelmen.  A  man  weighing  150 pounds 
and  moving at  the  rate  of  ten  feet  per 
second (which  is  only  about  seven  miles 
per  hour)  has  a  momentum  of  1,500 
pounds,  leaving  out  of  the  account  the 
weight  of  the  wheel.  This  is  sufficient 
to  upset  any  pedestrian  with  teriffic 
force. 
It  has  been  suggested  that the 
pneumatic  tire  forms  a  sort  of  fender 
which  would  prevent  serious  concussion 
in  case of a  colision. 
It would undoubt­
edly  have a  slight  modifying  effect,  but 
it  would  be  of  little  account.  A  colli­
sion  between  two  wheels,  each  with  a 
150  pound  rider,  spinning at the  moder­
ate  speed of  seven miles  per hour,  would 
result in  a  smasliup with a  force of 3,000 
pounds. 
In  view  of  these  facts,  it  is  no 
wonder  that bicycle  accidents  are often 
very  serious.

The  tractive  force  required  to  propel 
level  surface 
a  bicycle  over  a  smooth 
is  estimated  at  0.01  of  the  load;  calling 
tile  load  150  pounds,  a  force  of 
ij| 
pounds  would  be  required  to  move the 
wheel  forward, and  this  calls  for a  pres­
sure  on  the  pedals  of  6j£  pounds  on  a 
wheel  geared 
in  the  usual  manner. 
When,  however,  the  road  is  rough  or on 
an  up  grade,  the  case  is  different.  On 
a  grade  of  1  in  10,  for  example,  the 
rider,  in  addition  to the  tractive  force, 
actually  lifts  1-10  of  his  weight and  that 
of  the  machine.

With  a  rigid  or  semi-rigid  tire  the 
rider  is  obliged  to  exert  sufficient  force 
to  lift  himself  over  every  obstruction 
encountered  by  the  wheel ;  the  descent 
from  the  obstruction  gives  back  a por­
tion of  the  power expended in  surmount­
ing  it,  but  not all  of 
In  the  case of 
the  pneumatic  tire,  however,  the  small 
obstructions  are  not  an  opposing  ele­
ment  of  any  consequence,  as  the  tire 
yields,  in  lieu  of  the wheel  being raised, 
and  the  result  is  the  wheel  travels  as 
upon  a  smooth  track.

it. 

Reasoning  with  an  unreasonable man 

is  simply a  waste of time.

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MANUFACTURERS 
AND  JOBBERS  OF.

TINWARE

Selling Agts. for Columbian  Enameled  Steel Ware.

260  South  Ionia  Street 
QRAND  RAPIDS,  fllCH.

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WE  CARRY  A  STOCK  OF  CAKE  TALLOW  FOR  MILL  USE.

•   Nos.  122  and  124  Louis  Street, 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.  u

Democracy  and  Socialism.

In  an  address  delivered  before  the 
graduating  class of  Yale College,  a  few 
weeks  ago,  Justice  Henry  A.  Brown,  of 
the  Supreme Court of  the  United  States, 
undertook  to  set  forth,  in  a  sort  of  pro­
phetic  way,  the  chief  dangers which  be­
set  the  social  system  of  the  .American 
republic.  This  address  is  published  in 
the  August  number  of  the  T orum,  and, 
considering  the  high  source  from  which 
it  comes,  its  observations and statements 
are  worth  attention. 
Justice  Brown
sees  in  the  growing  power  of  financial 
corporations  one  great  evil,  and  in  the 
extraordinary  corruption  of  municipal 
governments  another. 
Ihese  are  the
destructive  forces  that  threaten  to over­
turn  the  entire  system  of 
individual 
liberty  in  this 
freedom  and  personal 
If  the  corporation  trust  mo­
country. 
nopoly  system 
in  business  and  indus­
tries  shall  be  allowed  to  reach  its  goal, 
it  will  convert  the  masses  of  the  people 
into a  body  of  slaves  existing  at  the 
will  of  their wealthy  masters;  while,  if 
political  corruption  be  permitted  to 
reach  its  full growth,  it will  extend  from 
the  government  of  cities  to  that  of 
states,  and  finally to  the  national  admin 
¡stratum,  and,  instead of  having  as  at 
present  a  government  by  a  political 
party  for  the benefit  of  such  party,  there 
will  result  a  set  of  cliques  and  cabals of 
individuals  carrying  on  the  government 
for the benefit  of  those  individuals.

In  proposing  remedies  to  these  evils 
Mr.  Brown  has  nothing  better to oppose 
to  the  vast  and  constantly  increasing 
power  of  financial,  commercial  and  in 
dustrial  trusts  than  the  socialistic  expe 
dient  of  requiring  the  National  Govern 
ment to  own  and  operate  the  busines 
now  carried  on  by  corporations. 
“ If, 
says  this eminent  personage,  “ the  Gov 
eminent  may  be  safely  intrusted  with 
the  transmission  of  our  letters  and  pa­
pers,  1  see  no  reason  why  it  may  not 
also  be  intrusted  with  the  transmission 
of  our  telegrams  and  parcels,  as  is al­
most  universally the  case  in  Europe;  or 
of  our  passengers  and freight,  through  a 
state  ownership  of  railways,  as  in  Ger­
many,  France,  Austria,  Sweden  and 
Norway. ”

But  the  railways  and  the  telegraph 
corporations  are  by  no  means the only 
ones  that  maintain  monopolies  over  a 
necessary  service  or  articles  of  univer­
sal  daily  consumption.  Not  only  art 
transportation  on 
land  and  the  trans­
mission  of  news  under  powerful  corpor­
ations,  but  so also  are  the  industries  of 
mining,  manufacturing,  banking  and 
insurance.  The  various  corporations 
engaged  in  carrying  on  these  great  in­
terests  are  joined  or  combined  in  order 
to  make and  maintain the  prices of  their 
products or  of  the  service  they  render.

Well  does  Mr.  Brown  say:  “ If  no 
student  can  light  his  lamp  without  pay­
ing  tribute to one company ;  if  no house­
keeper  can  buy  a  pound  of  meat  or of 
sugar  without  swelling  the  receipts  of 
two  or  three  all-pervading  trusts  what 
is  to  prevent  the  entire  productive  in­
dustry  of  the  country  becoming  ulti­
mately  absorbed  by  a  hundred  gigantic 
corporations? 
If  a  railway  company 
originally organized  to  build  a  hundred 
miles  of  road  has,  by  fifty  years  of  con­
solidations  and  leases,  become  the  un­
disputed  master  of  ten  thousand  miles 
of  transportation,  what  is  to  prevent  it 
in  another  fifty years  from  monopolizing 
half  the  traffic  of  the  continent?”

Then,  if  Government control  is  neces­
sary  to  curb  the  railway aggrandizement 
of  power,  is 
it  not  also  necessary  to 
control  the  vast  monopolies  that  are

seizing  on  all  the  necessaries  of  life, 
and,  if  this  be  so,  would  not  the  result 
of  such  action  be  the  converting  of  our 
great  republic  into  a  vast  system  of  so­
cialism?

There  are  two  sorts  of  socialism  in 
which  the  Government  carries  on  anti 
controls  all  that  concerns  the  people.
)ne  of  these  is  a  great  mobocracy,  like 
that  created by  the French Revolution  of 
'93,  or  that  of  the  Paris  Commune  in 
1871.  The  other  is  that  of  a  supreme 
autocracy  or  czarship. 
In  either  the 
people  have  nothing  to  do  with  public 
affairs  save  to  obey orders  that  emanate 
from  the  convention  or  the  czar.

There  has  never  existed  for any  con­
siderable period  a  mobocratic socialistic 
government,  because 
its  arbitrary  des­
potism  is  so  unbearable that  it  is  always 
soon  overthrown.  As  to  autocratic  des­
potism,  there  is  not one  outside  of  dark­
est  Africa,  in  all  its  absolute  complete­
ness.  Even  the  Czar  of  all  the  Russias 
and  the  Raiser  of  T inted  Germany  dare 
not  disregard  the  voice  of  opposition  to 
their extreme  measures.

Once  let  the  people  surrender  their 
rights and liberties to any central  power, 
and  thev  will  soon  find  themselves  reft 
of all  that  makes  them  free  men  and 
citizens.  But 
it  must  not  be  supposed 
that  there  is  no  remedy  for the  evils of 
financial  monopoly  save  that  of  Govern­
ment  control,  and 
it  is  strange  that  a 
justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  should 
have  failed  to  propose  it. 
I his  remedy 
will  be  found  in  vigorous  laws  properly 
executed  against  all  organizations  in­
tended  to  control  any  of  the  necessaries 
of 
it  be  food,  money, 
clothes,  fuel,  labor  or  any other article 
or  service  of  universal  use. 
If  there 
were  no  great  commercial and industrial 
trusts,  the  small  dealers  and  manufac­
turers would  not be crushed  out of  exist­
ence,  and  there  would  be  no  corpora­
tions  employing  men  by  the  hundred 
thousand.  And  if  there  were  no  such 
employers  of  armies  of 
laborers,  there 
would  be  no  organizations  of  laborers 
for  protection against or aggression  upon 
employers.

life,  whether 

fix 

their 

the  wages  of 

The  railways of  the  United  States  em­
ploy  a  million  of  men  to do their  work- 
These railways can,  if they will,  combine 
to 
laborers 
and  they  will  fix  them  at  the  very 
lowest  possible  point.  The  wurkpeo- 
in  turn,  combine  to  protect  them- 
:s,  and  thus  lias  grown  up  the  caus­
ation  of  a  tremendous  social  conflict 
which,  if  not  prevented  by  wise  and 
just  measures,  will  plunge this  country 
into  terrible  social  revolutions. 
I he 
remedy is  in  prompt and  effective  legis­
lation  against  all  trusts,  whether  com­
mercial,  industrial  or  financial.  Labor
trusts  should  be  dealt with  just  the  same 
as  the  others.  Justice Brown  knows well 
that  there  are  already  laws  enacted  by 
Congress  against  combinations 
in  re­
straint  of  or  for  the  control  of  trade. 
But  it  has  been 
impossible  to  obtain 
judgment  in  the  Federal  courts  against 
the  financial  and  commercial  monopo­
lies.  Not  so,  however,  in  regard  to  the 
operation  of  these  laws  against  combi­
nations of  laborers.  The  laws  have  been 
enforced  against  them  without  hesita­
tion  by  the  courts.

Here,  then,  is  the  remedy.  Let  the 
strong  arm  of  the  Government  put  down 
all  power  from  private  combinations 
which  is  used  or  intended  to  control  the 
I necessaries  of 
life.  Let  there  be  free 
competition  for  all.  That  is  the  basis 
of  all  true  democracy,  and  is  the  only 
measure  that  will  prevent  in  this  coun­
try a  war  of  classes.

You  Can  Hold  Up 

Y our  w ash in g   as  a   good  e x a m p le   for  o th e rs   If  you  u se 

OAK-LEAF  SOAP.

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I t’s  a ll 
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th in g  to  help.  W ash es e q u a lly   w ell in  h a rd  o r soft w ater.  A sk  th e  
g ro cer for it. 
W h o le s a le   A g e n ts , G rand  Rapids.

O L N E Y   &  J U D S O N   G R O C E R   CO.,

11

To insist upon when  placing an 

.A GOOD  THING..
DEMONS

order for

Is thatthey  shall be  repacked and 

sound.

Of course, that  costs a little more, tu

....IT  PAYS....

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

QOTHAM  GOSSIP.

News  from  the  Metropolis-=-lndex 

of  the  Market.

in  August 

New  York,  August  3,  1895.  -Glorious 
it  almost  always 
weather  prevails,  as 
does 
in  New  York,  or,  at 
least,  during  part  of  the  month.  Buyers 
are  here  in  full  force and  the  market  is 
in  better  condition  all  around  than  a 
week  ago.  Grocery  jobbers  are  at  length 
beginning  to  feel  the 
influence of  fall 
demand  and,  in  some  instances,  sales­
men  are  busier  than  they  have  been  for 
weeks.
The  coffee  market,  both  as  regards 
spot  sales  and  exchange  transactions,  is 
certainly  strong.  No.  7  Rio 
is  worth 
i 6 '4 c.,  and  holders  are not  urging  sales 
even  at  this  figure.  Mild  sorts,  as well 
as  Rios,  are  in  good  demand  and  bring 
full  rates.  Cucuta  has  advanced  and 
sells  from  191720c.,  and  Java  is  held  at 
2 I@ 2 2 C .  Of  Rio  coffee  there are  afloat 
5 1 2 ,2 1 6   bags,  against  355»73^  bags  last 
year.

No  change  has been made in  the  quo­
tations  of  sugars,  but  it  does  seem  as 
though  higher  rates  would  be  only  a 
question  of  a  very  short  time.  Supplies 
throughout  the  interior  are  apparently 
light  and,  with  every  prospect  of  raws 
advancing,  it  would seem that purchases j 
of  granulated  sugar  at  present  prices! 
would  be” investments  that  would  pay  a 
good  return.
Nothing  is  doing  in  tea  beyond  daily 
sales. 
It  would  seem  as  though  the 
market  was  pretty  well  cleaned  up  on 
many  sorts,  but  buyers  show  no anxiety 
to  lay  in  stocks  beyond  immediate  ne­
cessities.
Rice  remains  firm.  Samples  of  new 
crop  have  been  received  here  which 
show  an  elegant  appearance,  being 
clear,  full  grained  and  altogether  equal 
to  any.  Stocks  of  foreign  are  rather 
limited. 
It  is  understood  that  the new 
domestic  is  offered  at  5C-  in  New  Or­
leans. 
It  will  not  be  in  plentiful  sup­
ply  for  some  little  time,  however. 
It  is 
going to  be  a great  rice  year.

The  people  engaged  in  the  canned 
goods business  are  smiling  more  broad­
ly  than  for some  time  past.  There  is  a 
firm  market  for  almost  everything,  and 
particularly  for  the  old  standbys,  corn 
and  tomatoes.  From  all  sides  is  heard 
reports  of  good  fruit  crops,  which  would 
seem  to 
i nd i cate  that we  cannot  have 
much  higher  rates,  but  just  now  some 
quite  large  sales  are  being  made,  and 
brokers  are  growing  rich,  or  partly  so. 
New  York  State  gallon apples  have  sold 
for future  delivery  for  S2  and  even  lor 
§2.25.  Spot  market,  S2.  Spot  corn  is 
worth  65@70c.  for  New  York  State,  and 
future  is quoted  ~o(uxfOc.  Peaches  show 
no change,  and peas are decidedly  off. ”  
Salmon  is  firm,  with  a  great  variety  of 
fish  on  sale.

Spices  are  a  trifle  lower  all  around. 
Sales  are  running  light,  and  some  con­
cessions  are  made  when  necessary  to 
effect transactions.

Molasses  is dull  for  the  quality  which 
is  most  frequently  to  be  met  with.  We 
hear the  remark  daily  that  a  really  first- 
class  sample of  molasses  is  hard  to  find. 
There  is  plenty  of  “ as  is”   stuff,  which 
sells,  when  it  sells  at  all,  for rates which 
are  way  down.  The  supply  of  foreign 
is almost  exhausted  and  holders  ask  full 
rates.

Syrup  is  accumulating.  Trading  is 
only  moderately active.  Quotations are 
unchanged.
Fruits,  both  of  foreign  and  California 
production,  are  moving  off  quite  well, 
and  for  lemons  there  is  an  improved 
outlook. 
It  is  likely  we  shall  have  but 
one auction  sale  per  week  of  lemons  for 
some  time  now,  and  this  will  tend  to 
keep  the  market  in  better shape than  it 
has  been.  Fresh  fruits  are  abundant 
and  cheap.
Butter  meets  with  a  better  demand 
than  it  did  last week  and  18’/¿c.  is  pre­
vailing  rate  for best  Elgin.

Cheese  is  steady.  Nothing  new  has 
transpired,  and  dealers  are  in  a waiting 
mood.  Small  sized,  colored,  full  cream 
State  cheese  is  worth 8#@8j^c.

Eggs  are 

if 
fresh,  and  the  market  has  shown  some 
advance.  Nearby  are  worth  I5 @i6c.,

in  excellent  demand, 

and  Western  (Michigan  and  Indiana), 
are  held  at  13^0.
Dried  fruits  of  all  kinds  are  dull  and 
are  likely  to  remain  so  for  some  time, 
although  the  fall  business  must be bet­
ter than  present transactions.

How  an  Egg  Keeps.

There  is  nothing  which  is  more  sus- 
ceptable  to  surrounding  influences  than 
an  egg.  When  it  is  fresh  and  new  the 
shell  is  coated  with  a glaze,  which  pre­
vents  any  air  from  reaching  the  inside 
or  meat  of  the  egg and  starting  decom­
position.  But  unless the  egg  is  proper­
ly  cared  for  this  coating  soon  wears off, 
and  the  albumen,  or white  of  the  egg, 
becomes  thin  and watery.  The  shell  of 
an  egg  under a  powerful  microscope  re­
sembles  very  closely  a  very  fine  piece 
of  lace,  being thoroughly  porous, and  but 
for the  coating  that  is  provided  by  na­
ture  to  protect  it  the  meat would  soon 
become  stale after production.
As  soon  as  the  white  of  an  egg  be­
comes thin,  it  is  not  strong  enough  to 
support the  yolk,  and  when  the  egg  is 
examined  and  turned  around  by the  in­
spector  or  candler,  the  yolk  will  drop 
is 
from  side  to  side. 
known  among  the  egg  men  as a 
float­
er, ’ ’  and  is  thus  distinguished  from  the 
newly  laid  stock.  Floaters  as  a  rule 
go  into  seconds,  and  are  fit  only  for a 
certain  class  of  cheap  or baker’s trade. 
They  sell  all  the way  from  two  to  four 
cents below  the  better  grades  at  whole­
sale,  and  generally  find  a  pretty  good 
outlet ait  these  lower figures.

Such  an  egg 

After an  egg  has  become  a  “ floater”  
and  remained  in one position for a great 
length  of  time  the  yolk,  lying  on  the 
bottom  side  of  the  egg  adheres to  the 
shell,  and  will  stay  in  one  position,  no 
matter how  the  egg  is  turned,  or  in what 
position  it  is  placed.  When  it  reaches 
that  stage  of  decomposition,  it  is  called 
a  spot,  and 
is  in  pretty  bad  shape  for 
commercial  purposes.  Such  eggs,  to­
gether  with  black  rots,  as  they  are 
called,  are  used  to  finish  leather  with, 
giving  it  that  high  glazed  appearance 
which  is  noticed  on  new  leather fresh 
from  the tannery.

When  an  egg  known  as  a  “ spot”   is 
broken,  the  yolk  and  white  run  out  to­
gether,  as  the  yolk  is  broken  when  the 
white  is drawn  off.
Because of  the  fact  that  the  yolk  of  an 
egg  adherers  to  the  side  of  the  shell 
I when  left  in  one  position  for  any  length 
of  time  the  custom  was  at  one  time to 
turn  the  package  containing  the  eggs 
I over,  so  that  this adhesion might be  pre- 
j vented.  This  was  when  the  storage 
people  thought  that  the  proper  tempera­
ture  to  store  an  egg  was  about  40  de­
grees.  But when the temperature  of  the 
storage  is  kept  around  32  degrees,  the 
white of  the  egg  is  prevented  from  be­
coming thin,  and  therefore the  yolk  does 
not  stick  to  the  shell.  Not only  does  the 
low  temperature  prevent  the  glaze  from 
coming  off  the  shell,  but  the  extreme 
cold  serves  to  thicken  the  albumen  so 
that  it  supports  the  yolk  with  difficulty. 
There  is  no  longer  any excuse  for musty 
eggs  in  good  storage houses.  There was 
a  time  when  it  was  expected  that  more 
or  less  would  be  musty.  That  was  be­
fore  the  day  of  modern  and  improved 
storage  houses.  Must 
is 
caused  by dampness. 
If  the  tempera­
ture of  an  egg  room  is  held  at  32  de­
grees  for  any  length  of  time,  and  per­
mitted  to  rise a  degree  or  two,  then  be 
cooled  down  again,  great  damage  will 
result.  The  cooling  down  of  tempera­
ture  is  always  accompanied  by  conden­
sation  of  moisture  in  the  atmosphere. 
The  egg  will  remain  cold  in  its  case 
longer than  the surrounding  atmosphere, 
and  when  warmer  air  strikes 
it,  the 
moisture  will  collect  upon  the  shell  of 
the  egg  and  cause  it  to 
sweat. ’ ’  A few 
repetitions  of  this  process  will  leave a 
deep  deposit,  from  which  a  fungus  will 
spring,  and“ this  fungus 
is  known  as 
milldew,  and  will  taint  the  egg.  In  fact 
a  pine  shaving  left 
in  the  bottom  of  a 
case of  eggs  in  storage  for a  few months 
will  impart  the  pine  odor to  every  egg 
in  the  case.  This  is  the  reason  why 
storage  people  have to  be  so  very  care­
ful  about the  class of  lumber they use  in 
their  houses.  Nothing  but  the very  best

in  an  egg 

of  kiln  dried  wood  that  imparts  no fla­
vor,  can be used  with  safety.
In  the  days  of  the  old  process  when 
the  temperature of  the  egg  rooms  were 
kept at 40 degrees or thereabouts,  it  was 
not  much  out  of  the  way  to  have  a  loss 
of  from  three  to  five  dozen  eggs  to  the 
case  from  stock  put  away  in  April  and 
May and  taken out  in  the winter months. 
Now the average loss  from  a’ good cooler 
is  not  over a  dozen,  and  more  times not 
half that.  There are instances where eggs 
have  been  taken  out 
in  January  that 
were  put  away  in  April,  without  losing 
a single  egg  to  the  case.  Such  eggs, 
were,  of  course,  put  away  in  good  order 
and  closely  handled.

John C. Dunton has purchased  the  list 
of real  estate for sale and  rent,  formerly 
in the hands of E. W.  Bliss  &  Co. 
I his 
gives  Mr.  Dunton the only  rental  agency 
in  Grand  Rapids  and  the  largest  list  of 
properties for sale.

Write  us  for  special  prices  on Stone­
ware,  Butter  Jars,  Milk  Pans,  Jugs, etc., 
unloaded  directly  from  car  this  coming 
week. 
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

W. S.  &  J.  E. G raham,

A  GENUINE  NOVELTY.

MISSES’  AND  CHILDRENS'  SCHOOL 
.
OVERS.  SEND  FOR  SAMPLE 

. 

. 

Connecticut*^ears’  G. R. MAYHEW,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  rUCH.

Millers!  Attention!

We have for sa e a  num ber  of  NEW  PU RIFI­
ERS,  FLOUR  DRE  SERS  and  SCALPERS.  All 
Standard  M achines at m uch less than  the cos  of 
m -nufacture: also  two  set-  STEVEN'S  ROLLS, 
DOUBLE, 6x12. smooth.  One PERPENDICULAR 
BEEKER  BRUSH  MACHINE.  Address

SPOONER  &  HALL,

Grand Rapids, Mich. 

Room 3  ,  Powers’ Opera  II  use  Bl’k.

TO  CLOSE  UP  AN  ESTATE

Good  Furniture 
Business......

Established  1887.  Always  good 
growing business.  Occupying new build­
ing  in  prosperous  city  of  100,000  people. 
Large territory tributary to it.

Well selected and  complete stock of all 

kinds of Household  goods.

Yearly business of §50,000 can be done.
Will be sold at a bargain.
Address  No.  1000,  care  Michigan 

T KADESMAN.

Are  You  Looking 

..... for  Business?

FOR  SALE

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Buildings,  Machinery,  Foundry  and 
Boiler  Shop,  with  Tools,  Patterns  and 
good will of the business.  Located  right 
in center of the  city,  on  the  bank  of  the 
river and near the  railroad.  Now  in  op­
eration and doing a fair business.
Size  o f  ground,  160 x  170  ft.  M achine  Shop, 
one  story,  60 x 65  ft.  Foundry,  60 x 60  ft., two 
cupolas  Boiler and  P attern  Shop, tw o  stories, 
50 x  100 feet.  Blacksm ith  Shop,  i  >  rear,  50 x  60 
ft., two forges.  Engine Room, 33 x 20 ft.  Engine 
and  Boiler o f 75  horse  power  capacity.  V acant 
ground for storage, 60 x  160 ft.

Will  be sold cheap and on easy term s,  to  close 
G rand Rapids, Mich. 

an estate, 
By Wm. T. P owers;  Survivor

WM.  T.  POWERS &  SON,

WANTS  COLUMN.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

f rtOR  SALE—CHEAP, COMPLETE sTOCK OF 

drugs  w ith  fixtures  and  lease  of  store  on 
South  D ivision  street.  W ould  take  some  real 
estate.  John C.  D unton,  Lyon  and  K ent street, 
G rand  Rapids. 

stock consisting  of groceries,  hardw are,  drugs, 

■W B   S A L E-O LD   ESTABLISHED  GENERAL 

m erchandise  store  in  N orthern  M ichigan, 
crockery, school  books,  notions, etc.  Will  sell 
drug  stock  separately  if  desired.  Large  new 
building  in  course  of  construction.  Address 
No. 821,  care  M ichigan Tradesm an. 

000

821

820

I”  ¡TOR  SALE—HALF  INTEREST  IN  A  W E LL 

established drug store located In  best  town 
in  U pper Peninsula m ining district.  Stock  also 
includes stationery, blank books an d  w all paper. 
Cash  sales, $8,000  per  year.  Will  sell  h alf  in ­
terest  for  $1,500  cash  and  perm it  purchaser  to 
pay for balance of  interest out of profits of busi­
ness.  P urchaser m ust be able to take fu ll charge 
ot  business, as  present  ow ner  m ust  rem ove  to 
w arm er clim ate  on  account  of  ill  h ealth.  Ad- 
dress No. 820, care M ichigan Tradesm an. 

IpoR   SALE—DRUG  STOCK  AND  FIXTURES 

in  live  tow n, good  trade.  Stock  and  fix­
tures  nearly  all  new.  W ill  ren t  building  and 
sell stock and fixtures  on easy  term s  if  desired. 
Only drug store in town.  Elegant  living  rooms 
in  building.  Reason  fo r  selling,  have  other 
business,  and  am   not  registered.  A ddress  No. 
818, care M ichigan Tradesm an. 
TT'OR  SALE—DRUG,  PAINT  AND  GROCERY 
.F  
stock.  Nearest  drug  comi>etition,  eight 
miles.  Cash  sales, $100  per  week.  R ent $  6 per 
m onth.  A ddress  Cash,  care  M ichigan  T rades­
m an. 

ti'OR SALE—OR W ILL TRADE FOR PRUPER- 

ly  located  near  the  corner  of  Hall  and 
Madison avenue, a stock of general m erchandise, 
consisting  o f  groceries,  dry  goods,  boots  and 
shoes,  flour,  feed, etc.  Good reasons fo r selling. 
For particulars call  or address on  the  premises^ 
305 Central avenue. G rand  Rapids. 

818

819

817

BIG  CHANCE  FOR  SOMEONE—.JEWELRY 
stock,  tools and fixtures,  to  the  am ount  of 
$1 300, can be bought fo r $550,  w ith  first class lo­
cation.  A ddress No. 8i3, care  M ichigan Trades­
man.____________________________________ 813
\\ T ANTED  — TO  EXCHANGE  DESIRABLE 
TV 
residence property  or  vacant  lots  located 
in  Benton H arbor,  Mich., for stock  of  groceries 
o r general stock. A ddress Box 1296, Benton H ar­
bor,  Mich. 
815

FOR  SALE  OR  EXCHANGE—A  FIN E  MILL 

propert  , 40 horse w aterpow er;  w ould make 
a  good  fish  hatchery;  excellent  spring  creek: 
well  located on railroad;  store building, 30 x 90; 
hay scales;  side track ;  agricultural w are house; 
saw m ill and  planing  m ill;  tw o  sm all  houses; 
one nice large residence;  all well rented  except 
m ills  run by ow ner:  excellent potato  and  wood 
m arket;  plenty o f hardw ood saw  tim ber n ear by. 
Exchange  for  farm   o r  city  property.  Address 
W.  U.  N., care  M ichigan Tradesm an. 

and stock farm  ten m iles from city, fo r stock 
of m erchandise.  A ddress L. A  Co.,  667 Madison 
avenue, G rand Rapids. 

i pOR SALE OR EXCHANGE—80 ACRE FRU IT 
IAOR  SALE—TH E  DANIELS STOCK OF GRO- 

ceries.  Best location  and  cheapest  ren t  in 
tow n.  Strictly  cash  business  and  well  estab­
lished.  Stock  w orth  about  $4,800.  W ill  take 
five s  xtlis o f inventory, cash.  F ixtures the best. 
Add  ess  Box 9T, Traverse City,  Mich. 
T7H»it  SALE—DRUG STOCK AND  FIXTURES; 
Jl   corner location;  stock in good condition and 
business paying.  Good reasons for selling.  Ad­
dress Dr.  Nelson  Abbott,  Kalamazoo,  Mich. 776
U U  A N TED -PA R TN ER   TO  TAKE  HALF  IN 
VT 
terest in  my 75  bbl.  steam  roller  mill  and 
elevator, situ a  ed on  railroad;  m iller  preferred: 
good  w heat  country.  F ull  description,  price, 
term s and inquiries given promptly by addressing 
H.C.  H erkim er, May bee,M onroe < ountv.M ieh. 711

807

797

811

MISCELLANEOUS.

" I l f  A N T E D -PI NT  AND  qi!LA  R T   M A SO N  
TT 
jars.  Would  like to hear from  parties who 
bought early and are  located  In  sections  w here 
fru it  i- scarce and have no call  for them .  Edw in 
Fallas, G rand  Rapids,  Mich. 

816

FOR SALE - FOUR (4) STANDARD COUNTER 

m arble  platform   D ayton  com puting  scales; 
have been used b ut  a  few  m onths;  all  in  good 
order.  Address Hoyt Scale Co.,  A tlanta.  Ga.  805
'117'E  BUY ALL KINDS SCRAP IRON, METAL, 
TT 
ags,  shirt and  overall  cuttings  and  rub­
ber.  W rite for prices.  Wm.  B rum m eller & Sons, 
260 S. Ionia St., G rand  Rapids.  ’Phone  640.  804
fcTOR  SALE  CHEAP—COMPLETE  SET  TIN- 
1   ner’s tools.  A ddress P. W. Holland, Chapin, 
Mich. 
T I T  ANTED—BUTTER, EGGS,  POULTRY, PO­
TT 
tatoes, onions, apples, cabbages, etc.  Cor­
respondence  solicited.  W atkins  &  Axe,  84-86 
South D ivision street, G rand Rapids. 
TTIOR  SALE—$5,000  NICE  CLEAN  STOCK  OF 
"   boots,  shoes,  clothing  and  dry  goods  a t  50 
cents cash on  th e  dollar  of  th e  w holesale cost. 
A ddress No. 810, care M ichigan Tradesm an.  810
I T T  ANTED—EVERY  DRUGGIST  JU ST  COM- 
T T  m eucing business,  and  every  one  already 
started, to use o u r system  of poison labels.  W hat 
has cost you $15 you can  now  get  fo r  $4.  F our­
teen labels do the work of 113.  T r  desm an Com­
pany, G rand  Rapids.

673

784

For  Bargains  in  Real  Estate, 
in  any  part  of  the  State, 
write  to................

Q . W .  A m e s

106  Phoenix  Block 
BAY  CITY,  MICHIGAN

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testimony  o f  Consumers,  Dealers  and  Jobbers,  and  accounts  for 
the largely increased sales each  year.

Evaporated  Cream

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EQUAL.

For Quotations see Price  Columns.

is  also  growing  rapidly.  O f  course,  this  indicates  merit 

Prepared  and  guaranteed  by  the

New  York  Condensed  Milk  Company.

ABSOLUTELY  PURE.

The  demand  for

BORDENS  PEERLESS  BRAND

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The  Poor  Merchant

Fifteen  Dollars 
for  Four  Dollars

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You  W an t  It!
You  Have  To  Have  I t !
The  L aw   S a ys  You  Shall 

Have  It.............

2,800 labels all  in convenient form for immediate  use, 
as  illustrated  below,  with  instructions  for  using'.  Xo 
label  case  necessary.  They  never  curl.  They  never 
get mixed  up.

Because  he  is  haunted  with  visions  of unpaid book 
accounts which could  have been avoided by  the  use  of 
the

Coupon  Book  System

which  is  now  in  use  by  progressive  merchants  every­
where.

Briefly stated, the coupon system  is preferable to the  pass book method because 
it (i)  saves the time consumed  in  recording the sales on the pass book  and  transfer- 
ing same to blotter, day-book and  ledger;  (2) prevents the disputing of  accounts;  <3> 
puts  the obligation  in  the form of a note, which is prima  facie evidence of  indebted­
ness;  (4) enables the merchant to collect  interest on overdue notes,  which  he  is  un­
able  to  do  with  ledger accounts; (5) holds  the  customer down to the limit of credit 
established by the merchant, as  it is almost  impossible to do with the pass book.

Are  not  the  advantages  above  enumerated  sufficient  to warrant a trial of the 
If so, order from the largest manufacturers of coupons in the coun­

coupon system? 
try and address your letters to

Tradesman  Company

Grand  Rapids

There  are  113  poisonous  drugs  sold,  which  must  be labeled as such, with the 
proper antidote attached.  Any label house will  charge you  14  cents  for  250  labels, 
the smallest amount sold.  Cheap enough, at a glance, but did you ever figure  it out
_j j*1 kinds at  14 cents- -$15.82.  With  our system you get the same  results with less
detail for less than one-third the money.

Sent  prepaid to any address, when cash accompanies order, for $4.

Tradesman  Company

Grand  Rapids

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G L A S S   and  CR O CK ER Y 

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Assorted Package of New Crystal Glassware.

We can save you enough ou every package of G lassware to more than pay the freight

Assorted  Package  Glassware.

NO.  1895  ASSORTED  FOUR  PIECE  SETS.

NO  15030  ASSORTED  PACKAGE—A very attractive pattern, smoothly finis 
;hed. 
sette design.  Frosted and figured all over.  The edges are scalloped and "the w 
hole 
ke-up is bright and captivating.  ‘-Our Biggest B argain” consists of th e follow
ing:
6dz.7in.op.Bwlf2 00 8  31 
6dz.Sin.op.Bwl  3 00 
50
:lz.2btl.Casters 1 80 
90
37

dz. 8 in.  ov. DshS  75  #  38  1 
dz.M o.cans.P.J.J.l 20's  4 .
20
65  2  dz.  Salts&Pep
50

{■2 dz.  Pickles' 
40 
U  dz.  9 in.  Salvers  2  00 
1-Gdz 10 in. Salvers  3  00 
% dz.  Bread  Plates  95 
l-6dz.7in.ov.Bowls  2  73 
1 6dz.8iu.ev.Bowls  3  75

lake
1  dz. 4 pc.  sets  <5 $2  i : 
: dz. ‘4gl. -lugs,  2  00 
dz. Tum blers, 
40 
00 
i dz. Celeries, 
. dz. 8 in.  Xapps.  1  00 
dz.  4 in. Xapps. 
20 
dz  4  in. Compts  30 
! dz.  HoniesiVcov.l  33 
Package. Si .25

Write for our New  Illustrated  Catalogue,  118

Total.
Less  10 p.ct.

Butter. Spooner, Creamer, Sugar.  We have especially arranged  t  is package to give  our 
custom ers a good variety of sm all quantities of th'e best setting 4-piece sets on  th e m arket, at 
the sam e tim e saving you  10 per cent.  Contents of package as follows:

doz. Xo. 

M doz. No.  15909 4 piece S ets,........  2  23 
l-6doz.  Xo.  39D 4 piece Sets.........  4  00 
1-Gdoz. Xo.Alexis 4 piece Sets.......  5  00 

94  4 piece Sets.........*2  25  $  56 
56 
67 
83 

Barrel. 35 cents.

6-1  doz.  Xo. 491)  4 piece S e t s .........ft;  00  $1  00
_____
$3  6i
35
S3  26

Less 10 per c e n t...................... 

“Mikado” Decorated Toilet Sets.

F or a cheap Toilet Set “ M ikado’' cannot 
be  excelled.  Asstd.  Dec.  in  3  desirable 
cols ,  Pink.  Pencil.  Brown, in artistically- 
arranged groups of  flowers  and  foliage. 
Good quality.
Per Set of  lu pieces.............................. $1  75
P er Set of  12 pieces.............................. 3 00

H. LEONARD 5 SONS,GRAND  RAPIDS
Saving  Scale

MICH.

P A Y S  FOR  IT S E L F

Every two months and  makes you 600 per cent,  on  the 
investment. 

It prevents all errors in weighing  and

S T O P S  T H E   L E A K S

in your business these hard times.  You can not  afford 
to be without one.

YOU  N E E D   IT!

S E E   W H A T   U S E R S  S A Y .

BOSTON  STORE,

118-124 State St., and 77-79 Madison St.,

Cash Merchandise.

Chicago, Dec. 31,  1894. 

The Com puting Scale Co., D ayton, Ohio: 

Gentlemen:  We have had  your  scale  in  use 
since  N ovember  24,  1894, In  our  butter,  cheese 
and  m eat  departm ent.  We  find  them  to do ev- 
actly  w hat  you  claim .  O ur  clerks can w ait  on 
m ore custom ers and assure them  accuracy in ev 
ery  respect  We  can  recom m end  them   as  the 
m ost ccouom ical'scale in use  for  m eat  m arkets 
and groceries 

Yours truly,

Boston Store.

J. W.  WHITELF.Y  A  SON,

Dry Goods, Clothing, Groceries, etc.

Bonaparte, Iowa, A pril 22,  1895. 

D ayton Computing Scale Co., Dayton, O.: 

Gentlemen: 

In reference  to  yours  of  recent 
date regarding the Com puting Scales w hich you 
sent  us,  perm it  us  to  state  th a t  they have ex­
ceeded our  expectations,  giving  us  th e  utm ost 
satisfaction.  We consider it one of o u r greatest 
conveniences in o u r store, and know ing it, as we 
now do and  from   the  experience  we  have  had 
from  its usage  in  the  store,  we  would  not  dis­
pense w ith it fo r ten tim es its value.  Any o rdi­
nary clerk, w ith com mon school  education,  can 
expedite business  equal  to  tw o  or three clerks, 
and we prize it as  one  o f  our  forem ost  fixtures 
in our store.  We consider and feel th a t ours has 
paid fo r itself in tw o m onths.

Yours truly,

Investigate  the  Dayton  Computing  Scale.  For further  particulars  call  or  write

T H E   COM PUTING  S C A L E   CO.,  Dayton,  Ohio.

J. W.  Whiteley &  Son.

