Volume XIII

GRAND  RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY  22, 1896.

Number 644

The  nichigan
Trust  Co., 

Gr‘ nicRhapld8’

Acts  as  Executor,  Administrator 

Guardian,  Trustee.

Send for copy of our  pamphlet  “Laws  of  the 
State of Michigan  on  Descent  and  Distribution 
of Property.”

Martin DeWright. 

J.  Renihan, Counsel.

The Michigan 
Mercantile  Company

3  &  4 Tower Block,  Grand Rapids. 

Correspondence solicited.  Law and collections. 

Reference furnished upon application.

Detroit, Mich.

OTgà s,zed 
Commercial
C r e d i t   C o . ,   Limited.

Reports  on  individuals for  the  retail  trade, 
house renters and professional men.  Also Local 
Agents  Fum .  Com.  Agency  Co.’s  “Red  Book.” 
Collections handled for members. Phones 166-1030 

WIDDICOMB  BLDG.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

Coimnliian  Transfer  Company

CARRIAGES 
BAGGAGE  and 
FREIGHT  WAGONS

15 and 17  North  Waterloo St. 

Telephone 381-1. 

Grand  Rapids.

This  Check  furnished  by  Preferred  Bankers 
Life Assurance Co., Lansing,  Mich.,  to  be  worn 
on  key  ring  to  Identify  keys  if  lost,  also  to 
identify the person in  case  of  accident  or  sud- 
dendllness.
Country  M erchants

Can save exchange by  keeping  their Bank 
accounts in Grand Rapids, as Grand Rapids 
checks are par in all markets.  The

Offers  exceptional  facilities to its custom­
er  , and is  prepared  to  extend  any favors 
consistent with sound banking.

DANIEL  McCOY,  President.
CHA5 .  P.  PIKE,  Cashier.

Detroit  Rubber  Stamp  Co.

99  Griswold  St.

A S   TO  ARBITRATION.

is  a  good  thing. 

Theoretically  arbitration  among  na­
tions 
It  is a  means 
of  settling  serious  questions  without  the 
loss  of  life  and  treasure involved  in war, 
and  would  seem  to  be  a  natural  sugges­
tion  growing  out  of  the  greater  enlight­
enment  and  broader  humanity  of  the 
world 
in  this  modem  time; but  to  the 
general  court  of  arbitration  proposed 
for  England  and  America  for  the  set­
tlement  of  all  questions between  them 
there  must  be  some  objection  and  some 
exceptions.

It  appears  to  be generally  forgotten 
that  only  two  or  three  years  ago  the 
British  Commons  sent  a  commissioner 
here,  under  a  resolution  of  Parliament, 
to  secure  our  consent  to  a  permanent 
arrangement  of  arbitration  between  the 
two  nations.  Nothing  came  of  it,  for 
the  simple  reason  that  leading  Senators 
and  officials  of  the  Government  would 
not  consent  to  have  the  Monroe  doc­
trine,  or  its  individual  cases  of  appli­
cation,  made  the  subject  of  question  or 
arbitration  before  European  tribunals. 
It  would  be  equivalent  to  surrendering 
the  dignity  and  self-defense  of  the  Na­
tion  to others’  keeping  to  submit  such  a 
matter  to  arbitration.

involving 

The  correspondent  of  the  London 
Chronicle,  now  in  Washington,  put  the 
question  to  members  of  the  Senate  and 
House,  with  the  proviso  that  the  gen­
eral  agreement  for  arbitration  should 
“ not  affect  matters 
the 
National  honor  or  autonomy, ’ ’  and,  of 
course,  received  general  approval  of 
the  scheme  of  this 
international  court. 
But  that  is  a  wonderfully  broad  excep­
tion  and  would  leave  the  door  open  for 
either  party  to  back  out,  whenever  it 
desired,  on  the  ground  that 
it  was  a 
question,  at  least,  of  National  honor at 
stake.

Such  a  general  agreement would hard­
ly  be  feasible  under  present  and  rapid­
ly  changing  conditions. 
Individual 
cases  should  stand  on  their  respective 
merits,  and,  if  proper  matters  for  arbi­
tration,  should,  of  course,  bearbitrated. 
Anything,  in  honor and  dignity,  rather 
than  war,  but  when  honor and  dignity 
are  involved  war  may  be  the  very 
least 
sacrifice.  All  this  talk  about  arbitra­
tion  just  now  between  England  and  the 
United  States  over  the  Venezuela  mat­
ter  is  absurd  and  betrays ignorance.  We 
have  nothing  to arbitrate.  We  are  not 
championing  England  or  Venezuela. 
We  are  not  a  party  to  the  boundary 
question.  The  question  is  not  between 
England  and  the  United  States,  but 
England  and  Venezuela.  We  have 
simply  asked  England  to  arbitrate  with 
Venezuela  and 
arrogantly 
and  contemptuously  refused  to* do  so. 
The  only  interest  we  have  is  in  seeing 
that  the  Monroe  doctrine  is not violated, 
and  that 
is  a  matter  affecting  our
honor, ’ ’ and possibly our ‘ ‘ autonomy, ’ ’ 
at  least  our  National  dignity,  and  is 
not  a  subject  for arbitration.

she  has 

When  newspapers  and  others,  there­
fore,  speak  of  being  in  favor  of  arbitra­
tion,  in  the  present  instance,  they  ought 
to  specify,  for  the  sake  of  their 
intel­
ligence,  that  they  mean  they  are  in  fa­
vor  of  arbitration  between  England  and

Venezuela,  and  of  the  United  States’ 
compelling  England  to  arbitrate  with 
its  weak  antagonist,  if  it  will  not  do  so 
under  our  kindly  suggestions.

TRADE  STILL  WAITING.

an 
in 

The  dilatory  attitude  of  Congress  on 
is  exercising  a  very 
financial  matters 
positive 
in  trade  depression. 
influence 
The  celerity  of  the  initial  action  in  the 
passage  of  the  relief  bills  in  the  House 
indication  of  promptness 
gave 
which, 
its  failure,  has  served  to 
greatly  increase  the  hesitation  and  per­
plexity. 
In  addition  to  legislative  un­
certainty  there  is  the  possibility  of  se­
rious financial disturbance in placing the 
loan  and 
complications 
which  are  enough  alone  to  make  finan­
cial  trouble.  It  is  not  at  all  strange  that 
everything  is  at  a  standstill.  Failures, 
while  not  as  numerous  as  last  week, 
have  been  very  heavy.  They  number 
395  against  373  last  year.

foreign 

the 

While 

everything 

is  thus  waiting 
there 
is  little  change  in  prices  in  most 
lines.  Wheat  continues  the  same  with 
good  receipts  and  the  same  maybe  said 
of  corn.  The  exports  of  the  latter  were 
five  times  those  of  the  corresponding 
week  last  year.

Cotton  declined  one-eighth  cent  on 
account  of  small  demand  for  goods 
in 
this  country.  While  prices  are  not 
much  lower  concessions  for  orders  are 
more  common. 
Indications  that  deal­
ers’  stocks  are  running  low  begin  to  fa­
vorably  affect the  dem^pd  for  staples.

Iron  output  declined  4.3  per  cent, 
during  December  and  the  demand  con­
tinues  so  light  that  further  lessening  of 
product  is  probable.  Still  pig 
iron  is 
higher 
in  price.  Bessemer  about  50 
cents  and  gray  forge  and  anthracite  25 
cents.  This,  of  course,  is  the  result  of 
combination  on  ore  and  coke.  Minor 
markets  are  weaker,  with  copper  at 
$9.75,  lead  3  cents  and  tin  at  13  cents.
In  the  money  market  the  same  hesi­
tation  and  uncertainty  rule.  The  issue 
of  bonds  caused  quite  a  demand  for 
gold  and  some  was 
imported  at  the 
same  time  that  shipments  were  going 
out.  Both  gold  and  legal  tenders  com­
manded  a  premium  of  x/ 2  to 
but  this 
has  declined.

The  military  movements  and prepara­
tions  of  Great  Britain  have  been  so 
threatening  as  to  cause  a  feverish  con­
dition  of  speculation  and finance,  which 
has  been  considerably  allayed  by  the 
conservative  and  pacific 
replies  of 
that  government  to  the  inquiries  pro­
voked  as  to  what 
such  movements 
mean.  The  diplomatic  attitude  of  the 
Government  is  such  as  to  cause  a  much 
better  feeling 
in  both  American  and 
South  African  securities.

Annual  Banquet  of  the Traverse City 

B.  H.  A.

Traverse  City,  Jan.  20— The  B.  M.  A. 
banquet  will  be  held  Feb.  12  at  City 
Opera  hall.  W.  H.  Fletcher  will  be  the 
caterer. 
It  will  be  the  great  event of 1 
the  season.  Members  of  the  Association 
will  be  eligible  to  seats  at  the  tables. 
They  will  be  allowed  to  bring  their 
ladies.  The  price  will  be $1  a  plate. 
An  interesting  programme  of  toasts  and 
responses  is  being arranged  by  the com­
mittee having  the  matter  in  charge.

The  Grain  Market.

c. 

Wheat  during  the  week  has been on an 
up  turn,  with  no  weak  spots.  At  times 
it  would  slump  off  ys@'(c,  and  then 
it  would  go  up 
Consequent­
ly, we  can  report  an  advance  of  3c  since 
one  week  ago.  Prices  would,  probably, 
have  been  more  elevated  if  the  political 
and  financial  policies  were  more  clearly 
defined,  as  the  legislators  at Washington 
seem  to  be  somewhat  unsettled  at  the 
present  time.  Should  they  pull  together 
and  work 
it  would  be  a 
good  bull  factor  to advance  the  prices. 
The  winter  wheat  receipts  are  still away 
below  the  usual  amount  and  the  spring 
wheat  receipts  are  growing  less  at  the 
initial  points.  The  exports  arequite lib­
eral  and  the  home  consmuption  shows 
quite  an  amount,  owing  to  the  small 
winter  wheat  deliveries.  The  visible 
showed- a  decrease  of  957,000 bushels, 
which 
expected. 
However,  on  this  the  market  advanced 
fully  ic  per  bushel.

is  about  what  was 

in  harmony, 

the  speculation 

There  was  virtually  no  change in  corn 
large  amounts  put  a 
and  oats,  as  the 
in  these 
damper  on 
cereals.  The  receipts  during  the  week 
were:  wheat,  52  cars;  corn,  6  cars  and 
4  cars  of  oats.  Detroit  received  during 
the  same  week  24  cars  of  wheat.

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

The  Future  City  on  Munising  Bay.

Munising,  Jan.  20— This  is  an 

ideal 
spot  for a  town.  A  prettier  location  .is 
nowhere  to  be  found. 
It  lays  at  the 
head  of  Munising  Bay,  on  Lake  Super­
ior,  on  a  gravely  plat  twenty  to fifty feet 
above  the  Lake.  This  plat 
forms  a 
horseshoe  opening  on  the  Bay and  back 
from  the  Bay  a  half  mile  rises  abruptly 
a  range  of  hills,  perhaps  500  feet  high. 
It  is  actually  located  in  a  valley,  com­
pletely  surrounded by  hills.  Out  in  the 
Bay  two  miles  lies  Grand  Island,  which 
forms  a  perfect  land  locked  harbor.  At 
the  present  time  there  are  but  a  few 
buildings.  Quite  a  number  are 
in 
process  of  consl ruction  and  by  May  1 
there  will,undoubtedly,  be 1,000  inhabi­
tants.  Geo.  L?  Burtis’  sawmill  is  ready 
for  the  machinery.  The  Southerland- 
Innes  Co.  is  at  work  building  two  stave 
mills  and  a  third  one  will  be  com­
menced  in  the  spring.  The  Souther­
land-1 nnes  Co.  is  a  factor  in  the  stave 
in  this  country 
and  heading  business 
and  Canada,  having 
large  works  in 
several  places,  especially  Toledo and 
Chatham,  Ont.  These  two  companies 
will  employ  400  to  500  men  the  year 
around,  which  is  a  guarantee  of  2,000 
inhabitants.  The  Munising  Railway 
is  being  built  westward  and will,  event- 
tually,  connect  at  Little  Lake  with  the 
C.  &  N.  W.  Railway,  thereby  making 
direct  connection  with  Chicago.  Mun­
ising  is  within  a  short  distance  of  Pic­
tured  Rocks,  one  of  those  sublime 
pieces  of  natural  architecture  which  but 
few  tourists  have  ever  seen.  With  a 
steam 
launch  from  Munising  a  trip  to 
Pictured  Rocks  and  return may be made 
in  an  afternon  and  will  be  worth  going 
many  miles  to  see.  Fishing  and  hunt­
ing  will  furnish  plenty  of  sport  for men 
and  boating  for  everybody;  and,  with- 
all,  Munising  bids  fair  to  become  one 
of  the  favorite  summer  resorts  in  the 
near  future.  With  the  Munising  Co. 
behind 
it,  comprising  such  men  as 
Fayette  R.  Brown,  of  Cleveland,  its 
is  assured.
stability  in  a business  way 

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THE  BACK  OFFICE.

Not  many  days  ago  the  community 
of  Grand  Rapids  was  shocked  to  learn 
that  murder  had  been  committed  by  a 
young  man  who  has  been  rightly classed 
among  the  city’s  promising  young  men. 
A  little  byplay,  carried  to  extremes, 
ended  in  blows,  and  the  result  was  a  re­
sort  to  concealed  firearms  and  death. 
Last  week  a  small  boy  in  a  New  York 
City  grammar  school  emptied  the  con­
tents  of  a  22  caliber  cartridge 
into  his 
own  le g ;  and  hardly  a  newspaper  can 
be  taken  up  which  does  not  give  the 
dreadful  results  of  the  revolver.

There  seems  to  be  created  in  the  hu­
man  masculine  breast  an  intense  desire 
to  handle  and 
to  carry  about  these 
weapons  of  destruction;  and  the  point 
to be  considered  is  whether  the  young 
carrier  of  the  weapon  is  the  only  one  to 
is  not  to  be  denied  that  the 
blame. 
It 
young  man 
in  question  had  arrived  at 
the  years  of  discretion  and  knew  that 
he  was  violating  the  law  when  he  put 
the  revolver  in  his  pocket;  it  is  not  to 
be  thought  for  a moment  that the school­
boy  intentionally  shot  himself,  but  it  is 
submitted  that  both  these  instances  are 
due  to  the  carelessness  and  the  negli­
gence  of  the  home 
life  and  the  com­
munity  where  these  boys  were  born  and 
reared.

The  young  man  had,  indeed,  passed 
beyond  the  age  of  reading  the  fiery 
lit­
erature  of  the  Wild  West.  He  had 
every  reason to  believe  that  the  streets 
of  the  Second  City 
in  the  State  were 
free  from  wild  animals  and  Indians. 
Law and  order  prevail  and  he  knew  it; 
yet,  with  all  his  training,  he considered 
it  a  manly  thing  to  break  the  law  of  the 
land  by  carrying  about  a  loaded  revolv

It  is  pleasing  to  read  the  testimonials 
as  to  the  rectitude  of  his  life.  They 
have  come  from  trustworthy  sources, 
many  of  them  from  persons  of  eminent 
respectability,  and  they  all  speak  of  the 
young  man’s  quiet  manners  and  the  ut­
ter absence  of  any  trait  indicating  any­
thing  which  could 
lead  to  such  a  de­
plorable  result.

It  is  an  instance  of  “ My  boy 

The  case  hints  strongly,  not  of  home 
indifference  but  of  home  thoughtless­
ness. 
is 
all  right,  of  course, ’ ’  on  the  part  of 
home  and  friends  generally ;  and  under 
that  home  blindness  this  boy  has,  un­
discovered,  fostered  a  piece  of  foolish­
ness  which  has  brought  him  to  this  ter­
rible  condition.  Heaven  only  knows 
the  young  man’s  agony;  but 
it  does 
know  that  he 
is  not  the  only  one  to 
blame.

it 

The  New  York  affair  is  the  same  old 
story  right  over again. 
In  this  case  it 
was  a  borrowed  revolver, and  the parents 
could  not  have  known  and prevented the 
accident;  but 
is  safe  to  assume  that 
there  has  never  been  that  direct  teach­
ing  at  home  which  the  boy  should 
long 
ago  have  received.  There  may  have 
been  on  the  part  of  the  mother  a 
little 
of  this  teaching;  but  a  boy  knows  that 
women  are  afraid  of  firearms  and  early 
learns  from  his  father  to  laugh  at  her 
foolish  fears,  while  the  father,  positive 
that  his  boy  knows  intuitively  how  to 
handle  a  gun,goes on  in the even tenor of 
his  way  and  the  boy—on  h is! 
It  was 
the  father’s  leg  which  should  have  re­
ceived  the  pistol  bullet.

Is  the  community  ever guilty  of  such 
indiscretion?  How long  ago  was  it  that 
a  store  window  oq  Monroe  street was the 
center  of  attraction 
for  weeks  on  ac­
count  of  a  display  there  of  weapons 
used  in  a shooting  affray;  and  how  long 
ago  was 
it  that another  window  on  the

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

Geo.  N.  Miller. G.  N.  MILLER  &   BROTHER,

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

“Geòrgie,  Dear, 

Wait  a  m inute-

figured 

same  street  was  made  attractive  by  the 
cap  and  rope  which 
largely 
n  a hanging  affair  to  the  south  of  us? 
Who  knows  whether  the  pistol  display 
had  anything  to  do  with  suggesting  the 
carrying  of  concealed  weapons  in  this 
instances;  and  „who  can  tell 
and  other 
what  wild 
ideas  came  into  the  heads, 
old  and  young,  of  the  crowds  which, 
lay  after  day,  had  their  fill of  the  grue­
some  sight?  Absurd?  Granted ;  but  is 
the  community  blameless  which  allows 
these  public  exhibitions  which  do  have 
influence  for  evil  upon  the 

untold 

incarcerated 

humanity  about  them ;  and  is “ absurd 
just  the  word  to  use,  with  one  man dead 
and  another 
for  killing 
him?
It 

is  too  early  to  predict  the  outcome 
of  the  dreadful  affair  referred  to ;  but 
be  the  result  what  it  may,  it  is  submit­
ted  that  there  are  parties  to  share  that 
result  besides 
life  now 
brought  before  the  bar  of  justice  to  an­
swer  for  the  dreadful  crime.

the  young 

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

The  promise  of  the  companies  under­
taking  to  utilize  the  power  of  the  Ni­
agara  to  make  there  the  manufacturing 
city  of  the  country  seems  in  a  fair  way 
to  be  realized.  As  fast  as  the  power 
has  been  developed 
it  has  all  been 
taken  and  the  demand  for  more  is keep­
ing  the  hydraulic  engineers  putting 
in 
new apparatus  and  making  plans  for  al­
most  unlimited  extension  of  the  works. 
Enterprises  requiring  a  great  amount of 
power,  such  as  the  Pillsbury  Reducing 
Co.,  the  exclusive  American  manufac­
turers  of  aluminum,  the  company  man 
ufacturing  the  new  abrasive  powder  to 
take  the  place  of  emery,  carborundum, 
are  meeting  such  success  that  they  are 
extending  their  works  as  fast  as  they 
can  get  the  power  and  install  additional 
plant.  Several  companies  have  been 
organized  for  the  manufacture  of  chem 
icals  and  other ^products  which  have 
never  been made  in  this  country.  Then 
in  addition  to  the  extensive  use  of  the 
power  as  electricity  for  traction  pur 
poses,  and  for  motor  and 
lighting  pur­
poses  for  all  the  region  around,  includ­
ing  Buffalo,  a  large  number  of  ordinary 
manufacturing 
such  as 
paper  manufacture,  are  rushing  to  the 
new  eldorado  of  energy. 
It  is  an  inter 
esting  speculation  as  to  the  magical  re­
sults  of  the  utilization  of  this 
force, 
made  possible  by  the  development  of 
elec tricity.

enterprises, 

interpose 

The  civilized  world  is  still  watching 
the  Armenian  situation  with  the  great­
est  anxiety  and  casting  about  for  some 
means  to 
in  behalf  of  the 
stricken  Christians.  The  Turkish  gov­
ernment  is  treating  them  as  insurgents, 
and,  through  the  ^Turkish  Ambassador 
at  Washington, 
they  are  compared  to 
our  Indians.  The  rejection  of  the  Red 
Cross  by  the  Sultan  is  defended  on  the 
ground  that  it  would  be  as  inconsistent 
for  such  aid  to  be  given  the  Armenians 
such  aid  to  be  given  our 
as 
Comanches  when  on  the  warpath. 
It 
would  seem  as  though  the  feeling  en­
gendered  by  this  violation  of  the  Red 
Cross  treaty  by  the  Porte,  who  was  one 
of  the  earliest  signers,  would 
lead  to 
some  effectual  movement  for  relief;  but 
there  seems  to  be  no  leader,  society  or 
party  with  sufficient  prestige  and  stand­
ing  to  take  hoia  of  such  a  movement, 
and  civilization  stands 
idly  by  while 
barbarism  sates  its  fiendish  triumph.

for 

Professor  A.  C.  Totten,  of  New 
issued  a  calendar good  for 
is  said  to  have  a 
is  evolved  on  a 

Haven,  has 
67,713,250  years. 
very  simple  key,  and 
cycle of  1,600,000  years.

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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You’ve 

forgotten  your  S.  C.  W. 

Cigars!”

“Thanks, my love;  what  a  jewel  you 
are. 
I  couldn’t  possibly  get  along  all 
day  without a smoke, and  the  S. C.  W. is 
the only nickel cigar  made,  according  to 
ray  taste." 

______

The  S.  C.  W.  is  acknowledged  as 
the  “ Leader of  all  5»cent  Cigars,” 
and  cannot  be  excelled  for  both 
smoking and  selling qualities.
G  J.  JOHNSON,  Mfr.

Ask your traveling man or address

GRAND  RAPIDS.

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You  can  h a ve  a b so lu te 
protection  for  your  cash 
and  charge  sales 
The  Baxter Registe r
w ill  g iv e   th e   cu sto m er 
an itemized bill;  the cash­
ier  or spindle  a  duplicate, 
while  the  third  record  is 
retained inside under lock 
and  key;  all  doitC  at  one 
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340  Dearborn  St.,  CHICAGO 

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THE  CONTEST  FOR  SUPREM ACY.
From  time  to  time,  in  the  annals  of 
the  world,  nations  have  contended  for 
the  mastery.  The  Babylonian  and  Per­
sian  empires;  Greece,  under  Alexan­
der;  Rome;  France,  under  Bonaparte, 
have  all  attempted  the  consummation of 
supremacy  among  the  powers  upon  the 
planet.

The  failures  of  those  that  have  gone 
before  do  not  seem  to  deter  or  depress 
those  who  have ' come  afterwards ;  but 
each  country  which  aspires  to  national 
predominance  addresses  its  energies  to 
the  task  as 
it  were  a  foreordained 
destiny  which  was  being  wrought  out, 
instead  of  the  deliberate  and  desperate 
game  which  was  being  played.

if 

Times  change  and  manners  change 
with  them ;  but  the  springs  and  inspira­
tions  of  human  action  remain  always 
the  same,  and,  therefore,  human  affairs 
seem  to  recur  in  cycles,  bringing  repe­
titions  of  great  characteristic  events 
in 
the  history  of  the  world.

The  desire  for  preponderating 

influ­
ence,  if  not  for  supreme  empire  among 
nations,  is  no  less  active  now  than  in 
past  ages,  and  at  this  moment  there 
is 
a  struggle  for  such  control  going  on  be­
tween  Great  Britain  and  Russia.  This 
is  no  new  state  of  affairs,for  it  has  been 
in  progress  for,  perhaps,  a  century,  but 
only  gradually  developing.

England  represents  the  most  enter­
land-hungry 
prising,  adventurous  and 
of  all  the  races  of  men.  Russia 
is  the 
expression  of  the  newest  of  all  the great 
peoples  that  have  contributed  to  mold 
the  destinies  of  the  world ; but  it  is  Ori­
ental  and  Asiatic,  rather  than  Western 
and  European,  and  the  Russian  charac­
ter  has  not  even  freed 
itself  from  the 
its  Tartar  ancestry,  which 
savagery  of 
horrified  and  alarmed  the  world  as  it 
marked 
its  track  of  conquest  with  fire 
and  blood.

Englishmen,  Vikings,  descendants  of 
Norse  pirates  and  daring 
freebooters 
from  the  rocky  islands  and storm-beaten 
coast  of  the  German  Ocean,  have  ever 
remained  masters  of  the  sea.  Failing 
to  retain  any  hold  upon  the  mainland 
of  Europe,  they  pushed  their  adventur­
ous  ships 
into  every  ocean,  bay  and 
navigable  river  of  Asia,  Africa  and 
America,  and  established  their  colonies 
on  every  shore  and  their  conquests  in 
every 
land  not  controlled  by  Russia, 
which,  Colossus  of  the  North  as  it  is, 
aims  at  the  sole  dominion  of  Asia,  a 
very  great  part  of  which  has  been  sub­
jected  and  brought  under  the  dominion 
of  its  empire.

it 

England,  which  has  gained 

large 
possessions  in  Asia  and  Africa,  owns in 
North  America  a  domain  vastly  greater 
than  the  area  of  the  United  States,  be­
important  territory in Central  and 
sides 
South  America,  and 
is  not  strange 
that  the  little  island  empire  should  re­
gard  with a  sort  of  contempt  a  nation  of 
70,000,000 of  English-speaking  people 
which  does  not  own  a  colony  or a  coal­
ing  station  on  the  entire  face  of  the 
earth,  and  whose  ocean  trade  is  wholly 
in  the  hands  of  strangers.
‘ "The  United  States,  as  a  potential 
possibility  in  the  far-off  future,  may  be 
entitled  to  some  consideration  by  the 
great  powers  of  the  earth ;  but  at  pres­
ent  it  is  left  out of  all  the  calculations 
and  plans  of  combination  and  conquest, 
for  not  only  do  the  other  powers  con­
summate  their  projects  of  'dividing  up 
and  parceling  out  the  countries  of  Asia 
and  Africa  without  the  slightest  regard 
to  the  United  States,  but  they  have  al­
ready  begun  their  depredations  upon 
the  American  hemisphere,  without  so

T H E   M f O H I Q A N   T R A D E S M A N

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much  as  considering 
States  has  anv  interest  in  the  matter.

if  the  United 

its 

The 

leading  European 

fate,  realizing  that 

statesmen, 
finding  the  people  of  the  Great  Repub­
lic  wholly  asborbed  in  their  own 
inter­
nal  disputes  and  discords,  and  destitute 
of  all  enterprise  and  spirit of adventure, 
and  ignoring  every  question  of  foreign 
left  this  dummy 
policy,  have  wisely 
country  to 
it 
would  never  interpose  any  obstacle  to 
their  schemes  of  conquest  and  empire; 
but  occasionally  some  bumptious  Eng­
lishman  has  undertaken  aggressions  up­
on  the  people  who  prefer  domestic  war 
and 
international  peace  to  any  other 
condition,  and  once  only  the  English 
were  able  to  arouse  the  Americans  to 
the  point  of  retaliation.  In  all  the  other 
controversies 
the  United  States,  by 
resorting  to  arbitration,  was  able  to 
avoid  trouble without actually surrender­
ing  all  points  of  their  contention.

Now  that  this  once  weak  republic  has 
grown  to  vast  material  proportions,  the 
time  has come  when  it  must  give  up  its 
timid  policy  of  seclusion,  isolation  and 
deference  to  other  nations  and  assume 
its  place  among  the  great  powers  of  the 
earth.  So  far  it  has  taken  no  position ; 
it  has  announced  no  policy:  it  has  set 
for  itself  no  goal  in  the  career  of  na­
tions.  The  Great  Republic is no  longer 
in  swaddling  clothes  or  in  adolescent 
immaturity. 
It  is  full  grown  and  must 
take  on  the  duties  of  power arid  sov­
ereignty.

The  people  of  the  United  States  are 
not  enterprising  in  the  full  sense  of that 
term.  They  are  not  far-reaching  sail­
ors;  they  are  not  explorers  or  discover­
ers,  and  in  no  sense  colonizers  or  con­
least  of  all  are  they  like 
querors,  for 
their  English  cousins;  but 
they  are 
brave,  and  they  are  pre-eminently fight­
ers  when  aroused.  They  are  enormously 
in  material  resources,  and  these 
rich 
conditions 
It  is 
time  to  shape  their  destiny.

lead  to  great  things. 

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

Got  Into  the  Saloons.

A  great  manufacturing  company  in 
Massachusetts  recently  paid  their  work­
men  on  Saturday  evening  700 £io  bills, 
each  bill  being  marked.  By  the  fol­
lowing  Tuesday  410  of  these  marked 
bills  were  deposited  in  the  bank  by  the 
saloonkeepers  of 
Four 
thousand  one  hundred  dollars  had 
passed  from  the  hands  of  workmen  on 
Saturday  night  and  Sunday,  and 
left 
them  nothing  to  show  for  this  great sum 
of  money  but  headaches  and  poverty  in 
their  homes.

town. 

the 

It  is  said  a  bill  is  to  be  introduced  in 
the  New  York  Legislature  proposing the 
levy  of  a  tax  on  bicycles  in  the  county 
of  Oneida,  in  the  discretion  of  the  su­
pervisors  of  that  county,to  be applied to 
the  making  of  sidepaths  for bicycle  rid­
ers  along  the  highways.  The  tax  is  to 
be  from  50  cents  to  $1  per  year;  but 
measures  are  first  to  be  taken  to  ascer­
tain  the  willingness  of  the  wheelmen  to 
submit  to  the  levy  in  consideration  of 
the  use  to  which  the  money  is  to  be 
put.  Should  this  bill  pass,  the  working 
of  the  act  would  be  watched  with  in­
terest.  The  bicyclists  are  of  one  mind 
as  to  the necessity for  good  roads ;  but it 
is  not  certain  that  they  will  want  to  be 
taxed  for  the  building  of  paths  for  their 
wheels  to  run  on.

In  some  places  in  the  country  it  is  a 
insult  for  a  merchant  to  ask  a 
deadly 
respected  citizen  to  pay  a  bill. 
is  a 
reflection  on  the  honor  of  the  man  who 
owes  the  money  and  intends  to  suit  his 
own  convenience about  paying  it.

It 

If  you  offer a little  extra  in­
ducement  for  trade  you  will 
get  more  than  your  share.

Bronze  clocks  for  the  extra 
inducement  are  the  latest  and 
best  paying.  Under our plan 
you  give  a  coupon  with  every 
purchase.

S M S

These clocks are  rich  in  effect,  dainty  in  design  and  war­
ranted  for  one  year.  Your  name

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the  dealer, 
but  the  housewife,  because  they 
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Around  the State

Movements  of  Merchants.

Brown  City—John  Windsor  succeeds 

Windsor  Bros,  in  general  trade.
Coloma— Enders  &  Young 

Schairer  &  Son  in  general  trade.

succeed 

Middleton—J.  B.  Resseguie  succeeds 
J.  B.  Resseguie  &  Co.  in  general trade.
Kinde— Storbeck  &  -Tyler  succeed 
in  the  furniture  busi­

Brown  &  Tyler 
ness.

Brighton— R.  E.  Baetcke  has  pur­
I. 

chased  the  hardware  stock  of  S. 
King.

Iron  Mountain— Godshall  &  Co.,  fur­
niture  dealers,  have  made  an  assign­
ment.

Charlesworth—Wm.  Gifford  has  pur­
chased  the  general  stock  of  B.  &  W. 
Pratt.

Ironwood—Samuel  A.  Reid,  Jr.,  suc­
in  the  meat 

ceeds  Reid  &  Leininger 
business.

Ypsilanti— Mrs.  L.  J.  Doyle  suc­
in  the  notion 

ceeds  Strand  &  Co. 
business.

Manistee— E.  A.  Gardner  succeeds
E.  A.  Gardner  &  Co.  in  the  grocery 
business. 

Tecumseh— R.  S.  Moore  has  pur­
chased  the  grocery  stock  of  Chas.  E. 
Williamson.

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Alma— Peters  &  Dean  succeed  John 
T.  Peters  in  the furniture and  undertak­
ing  business.

Howell— Beurman  &  Ryan,  grocers, 
have  dissolved,  Mr.  Beurman  continu­
ing  the  business.

Marcellus— W.  R.  Walker  succeeds 
im­

Bent  &  Walker  in  the  agricultural 
plement  business.

Grant  Station—W.  Gale  succeeds  A. 
H.  Judd  in  the  dry  goods,  notion  and 
confectionery  business.

Manistee— Jarka  Bros,  have  decided 
to  add  a  line  of  shoes  to  their  clothing 
emporium  in  the  spring.

Mancelona—A.  Young,  bazaar and dry 
is  closing  out  his  stock 

goods  dealer, 
and  will  retire  from  trade.

Sault  Ste.  Marie—Armstrong,  Cathrae 
&  Co.  succeed  Howlett  &  Armstrong  in 
the  flouring  mill  business.

Marquette— F.  L.  Herlick  &  Co.  con­
tinue  the  grocery  business  formerly con­
ducted  by  C.  Herlick  &  Son.

Carson  City— Frank  S.  Caswell  has 
purchased  the  furniture  and  undertak­
ing  business  of  S.  H.  Caswell.

Charlotte— F.  H.  Goodby,  dry  goods 
dealer,  offers  to  compromise  with  his 
creditors  for  40  cents  on  the  dollar.

Orleans— F.  E.  Bradford 

continues 
the  general  merchandise  business  for­
merly conducted  by  Bradford  &  York.
Muskegon— Lincoln  Rodgers  has  pur­
chased  the 
interest  of  H.  A.  Wolff  in 
the  confectionery  stock  of  Wolff  & 
Rodgers.

Hastings— Hicks  &  Spence  have  d i­
vided  their  grocery  stock  and  Thos. 
Spence  will  close  out  his  portion  in  his 
brother’s  shoe  store.

Middleville— John  Schondelmayer, 
dealer  in  boots  and  shoes,  has  added  a 
line  of  clothing.  The  stock  was  fur­
nished  by  Wile  Bros.,  of  Buffalo.

Battle  Creek— Chas.  D.  Murphy  has 
opened  a  new  drug  store  here.  Mr. 
Murphy  was  formerly  employed  in  the 
drug  store  of  Amberg  &  Murphy.

Watersmeet— Henry  J.  Osier  &  Co., 
proprietors  of  the  Watersmeet  Meat Co., 
have  dissolved  partnership,  Henry J. 
Osier  retiring  from  the  business.

Cheboygan— The  dry.  goods  store  be­
longing  to  L.  E.  Hamilton  has  been 
closed  under  a  mortgage  held  by  Burn­
ham,  Stoepel  &  Co.,  of  Detroit.

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

Sumner—O.  W.  Rogers  has  sold  his 
general  stock  to  Melbourn  Medler  and 
Edwin  Medler,  who  will  continue  the 
business  under  the  style  of Medler Bros.
Petoskey— Jesse  Tracy  has  purchased 
the  harness  and  saddlery  concern  con­
ducted  by  George  H.  Mills  and  will 
continue  the  business  at  the  old 
loca­
tion.

interest 

Owosso—Rolland  W.  Mann  has  sold 
his 
in  the  hardware  firm  of 
Thompson  &  Mann  to  his  partner,  who 
will  continue  the  business  under  the 
style  of  Josiah  Thompson.

St.  Johns— Clark  &  Hulse  is  the name 
of  the  new  boot  and  shoe  firm  which 
will  commence  business here about  Feb­
ruary  15.  Charles  Hulse  and  M.  F. 
Washburn  will  be  in  charge.

Escanaba— Benjamin  Salinsky,  dry 
goods  dealer  and  clothier,  and  H.  Sal­
insky  &  Co.,  general  merchandise deal­
ers,  have  merged  their  business  and 
will  continue  same  under  the  style  of 
B.  Salinsky  &  Bro.

Munising— T.  E.  Bissell,  of  West 
Bay  City,  Grand  Master  Workman of A. 
O.  U.  W.  of  Michigan,  has  decided  to 
locate 
in  Munising  and  engage  in  the 
hardware  and  furniture  business.  He 
will  be  ready  by  Feb.  1.

Woodland— Faul  it  Yelte,  who  have 
conducted  the  hardware  business  here 
for  several  years,  have  agreed  to  dis­
agree  and  negotiations  are  in  progress 
with  a  view  to one  or the  other of  the 
partners  succeeding  to  the  business  of 
the  firm.

Detroit— The  dissolution  of  the  firm 
of  Torofsky  &  Levinson  has  been  con­
summated,  the  stock  being  divided  by 
H.  F.  Wyatt  and  P.  W.  Donnelly,  who 
represented  the  respective partners.  Mr. 
Levinson’s  share  was  37  per  cent,  of 
the  stock.

Alma— F.  E.  Pollasky  has  sold  his 
dry  goods  and  carpet  stock  to  J.  F. 
Medler  and  O.  W.  Rogers,  who  will 
continue  the  business  under  the  style  of 
Medler  &  Rogers.  Mr.  Pollasky  will 
close  out  his  clothing  and  shoe  stock 
as  rapidly "as  possible.

Alden— R.  W.  Coy,  who  has  con­
ducted  a  general  store  here  for  the  past 
twenty-five  years,  died  last  week  as  the 
result  of  paralysis.  He  was the  founder 
of  Spencer  Creek, 
the  predecessor  of 
Alden,  and  was  universally  respected 
for  his  integrity  and  business  ability.

Lansing— C.  A.  Mapes,  formerly  en­
gaged  in  the  clothing  business  at  Vas- 
sar,  is organizing  a  stock  company here, 
with  a  capital  stock  of  £50,000,  to  em­
bark  in  the  clothing  business  on  a  large 
scale. 
The  new  enterprise  will  be 
managed  by  Mr.  Mapes  and  will  open 
for  business  about  March  1.

Manton— The  stock  of  groceries  and 
accounts  of  the  Patrons’  Business  Asso­
ciation  was  recently  sold  at  public  auc­
tion.  The  stock  of  groceries,  invoic­
ing  £680,  was  bid 
in  by  Frank  Seeley 
for £295,  subject  to  the  taxes.  The  ac­
counts,  notes,  etc.,  amounting  to  £1,500 
were  purchased  by  W.  H.  Nagney.

Caro— Bl  Himelhoch  &  Co.  have  pur­
chased  the  boot  and  shoe  stock  formerly 
owned  by  Lee  Powleson.  Powleson was 
a  general  merchant  and conducted stores 
at  half  a  dozen  Michigan towns.  Strong, 
Lee  &  Co.,  of  Detroit,  however,  at­
tached  his  stock  at  Lapeer,  claiming 
fraud  in  the  transfer of certain  property, 
and  his  downfall  was  the  result.

Big  Rapids—The  meat  firm  of  Rouch 
&  Arnold  has  dissolved,  Silas  Rouch 
selling  his  interest  to  his  partner,  John 1 
Arnold,  who  will  continue  the  business. 
The  change  takes  effect  February  1, 
soon  after  which  Mr.  Rouch  will  return

to  his  old  home  in  Indiana,  having  re­
purchased  the  business  there  he  sold  to 
a  brother  before  coming  to  Big  Rapids.
Detroit—The  jewelry  house  of  Smith, 
Sturgeon  &  Co.  will  continue  as  in  the 
past,although  two  members  have  retired 
from  active  participation  in  the  affairs 
of  the  corporation.  F.  G.  Smith,  Jr., 
and  M.  S.  Smith,  2d,  retired  Saturday, 
but  retain  their  stock 
interest  The 
business  will  be  conducted  by  Charles
F.  Hammond  and  Mr.  Sturgeon  will  be 
at  the  head  of  the  company.

flanufacturlng  flatters.

Harrietta— The  Louis  Quinn in  Lum­
ber  Co.  has  opened  a  general  store  at 
this  place.

Detroit —The  Detroit  Umbrella  Co. 
capital 

its  authorized 

increased 

has 
stock  to  £50,000.

A lba—The  Gould  &  Ailing  Manufac­
is  succeeded  by  the  Thos. 
in 
of 

turing  Co. 
Tindel  Co. 
staves,  heading,  hoops,  etc.

the  manufacture 

Flint— The  Diamond  Buggy  Co.  has 
been  organized,  with  a  capital  stock  of 
£25,000,  for  the  purpose  of  embarking 
in  the  manufacture  of  buggies  and  car­
riages.

Vanderbilt— F.  F.  Spiegel,of  Oakley, 
is  building  a  sawmill  here.  The  ma­
chinery  of  his  Oakley  mill  has  been 
shipped  here  and  other  machinery  has 
been  purchased.

Whitehall—G.  H.  Nelson  and  W.  F. 
Nufer are  negotiating  for  a  partnership 
to  manufacture  boxes  under  the  Nufer 
process.  The  box  stuff  is  turned  out  on 
shingle  blocks  from  ordinary  bolts,  ar.d 
is  said  to  be  materially 
the  process 
cheaper  than  any  other. 
It  is  purposed 
to  build  a  £5,000  plant.

Alpena— The  Alpena  Thread  Co. 
wants  to  enlarge  its  plant,  and  asks  the 
city  to  donate  several  lots  necessary  to 
do  so. 
It  seems  probable  that  the  city 
will  grant  the  request,  as  the  factory 
employs  from  fifty  to  seventy-five  per­
sons  the  year  ’round,  and 
its  monthly 
pay  roll  crowds  the  £1,500  mark  closely.
Menominee— The  present  winter  has 
been  a  good  one  for  the  heavy 
loggers, 
those  who  have  appliances  for  making 
ice  roads,  but  for  the small jobbers,  who 
depend  entirely  upon  nature,  it has been 
disastrous.  Especially  is  this  so  of  the 
cedar  jobbers 
in  Menominee  county, 
who  will 
lose  considerable  unless  a 
heavy  snowfall  occurs  soon.

Morley—A.  W.  Dodge,  manufacturer 
of  clothespins,  with  factories  located  at 
Shepherd  and  this  place,  has  made  ar­
rangements  to  remove  his  plants  and 
combine  them 
in  one  large  factory  at 
Coudersport,  Pa.  This  removal  is  made 
necessary  on  account  of  transportation 
considerations  and  the  desirability  of 
being  nearer  the  export  market.

Manistee— There  is  already  consider­
able  inquiry  for  hemlock  from  Eastern 
buyers  and  it  looks  now  as  though  most 
of  our  product  would  go  in  that  direc­
tion  in  the  future.  Our  mill  men  think 
that  £6  for  strictly  short  on  the  dock  at 
Manistee  will  be  about  the  figure  and 
that  an  added  dollar  for 
long  would 
make  things  even.  Buyers  are  not  yet 
decided  about  conceding  those  figures, 
but  may  have  to  come  to  them.

Plainwell— The  Michigan  Paper  Co. 
its  annual  meeting  last  Tuesday 
held 
in  secret  and,  as  a  result, 
information 
regarding  what  transpired  behind  the 
closed  doors  is  very  hard  to  get  at. 
It 
is  known,  however,  that  it  was  voted  to 
increase  the  capital  stock  from  £50,000 
to  £250,000  and  that  the  proposition 
from  certa>n  Kalamazoo  parties  who  aie 
reported  ready  to  buy  the  plant  was  ac­
It  is  understood  that this prop­
cepted. 

osition  gives  the  stockholders 
in  the 
old  company  an  equal  amount  of  stock 
in  the  new  company  which 
is  to  be 
formed. 
It  is  also  reported  that  a  new 
paper  machine  of  a  daily  capacity  of 
twenty  tons  will  be  put  in,  also  a  new 
engine  of  the  Corliss  type.  The  meet­
ing  was  adjourned  without  any  steps 
being  taken  for  the  organization  of  a 
new  corporation.

Middleton  &  Son,  Decorators.

Mr.  George  Middleton  and  his  son, 
Harry,  are  located  at  37  North  Division 
street,  Grand  Rapids,  where their  many 
friends  are  congratulating  them  upon 
the  bright  prospects  of  their  new  busi­
ness.  Mr.  Harry  Middleton  will  give 
special  attention  to  artistic  sign  paint­
ing  and  his  father,  with  his  thirty 
years’  experience  and  well-known  skill, 
will  attend  to  fine 
fresco  painting, 
paper  hanging  and  all  kinds  of  decorat­
ing  will  receive  proper  attention  at  rea­
sonable  rates.  A  nice  office  is  being 
fitted  up  and  the  work  room  will be  well 
supplied  with  modern  appointments.

Oscar  Allyn  returned  Monday  from 
Port  Huron,  whither  he  was  called  on 
consultation  with  the  officers  of  the 
Great  Camp,  K.  O.  T.  M.

Yt  off  on  New  York  Fancy  Basket 
Japan  Teas.  E.  J.  Gillies  &  Co.  J. 
P.  Visner,  Agt.

Cow  Butter  and 
Hen’s  Eggs

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I can supply a lim ited number  of  custom­
ers with choice butter and  fresh eggs,  and 
solicit correspondence with merchants who 
prefer to deal direct with  the  buyer,  thus 
saving  the profits of  the  middleman.  Al­
legan, Barry,  Kalamazoo  and  Van  Buren 
counties are noted  for  the  superiority  of 
the dairy  products—I draw  supplies  from 
all  four  counties. 
I11  writing  for  quota­
tions,  please  mention  name  of  grocery 
jobbing house with  whom you are dealing.

A.  B.  CLARK,

Plainwell,  Mich.

Our Spring line of Ready-made

Clothing

Includes all the latest Novelties in  ad­
dition to our complete  line  of  Staples. 
Write  our  Michigan  Representative, 
William  Connor,  Box  346,  Marshall, 
Mich.,  who  will  call  upon  you  with 
samples.  We guarantee  fit and  excel­
lently made garments and  prices guar­
anteed as low  as  can  be  made.  Mail 
orders promptly attended to by
MICHAEL  KOLB  &  SON,

Wholesale Clothing flanufacturers,

ROCHESTER,  N.  Y.

William  Connor  will  be  at  Sweet’s  Hotel, 
Grand Rapids,  Thursday  and  Friday,  January 
30th and 31st.  Customers’  expenses allowed.
>0000000000000000000000000

Extra  Fine 
Candy....

If in need  of any place  your  order 
with  SNYDER  A  STRAUB  and 
you  will  be  sure  to  be  satisfied. 
These orders receive their personal 
attention, and they do  not  depend 
wholly upon hired help as a  major­
ity  of  the  Candy  Factories  do. 
They are both practical Candymak- 
ers and have  worked  at  this  busi­
ness s*nce they  were  boys.  Also  a 
fine  line  of  Penny  Goods,  Mixed 
Candy, Creams  and  Everything  to 
be found in a Candy Factory.

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Grand  Rapids  Gossip

F.  L.  Bills  has  opened  a grocery store 
at  Grand  Ledge.  The  Olney  &  Judson 
Grocer  Co.  furnished  the  stock.

F.  C.  Scott  has  embarked  in  the  gro­
cery  business  at  Lansing.  The  Mussel- 
man  Grocer  Co.  furnished  the  stock.

H.  A.  Smith  has  embarked  in  the 
grocery  business  at  Beldir.g.  The  Mus- 
selman  Grocer  Co.  furnished  the  stock.

A.  R.  Morehouse  has  opened  a  new 
grocery  store  at  Big  Rapids.  The  stock 
was  furnished  bv  the  Worden'Grocer 
Co. 

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Henry  and  George  Lang,  under  the 
style  of  Henry  Lang  & Co.,  have opened 
a  meat  market  at  827  South  Division 
street.

Zwingeberg  &  Brandt,  furriers  at  the 
corner  of  Fountain  and  North  Ionia 
streets,  are  succeeded  by  Clara  A. 
Zwingeberg.

Eaton,  Lyon  &  Co.  have  sold  the  Ri- 
naldo  Fuller  drug  stock,  at  Traverse 
City, 
to  R.  A.  Hastings,  the  Sparta 
druggist,  who  will  continue  the  busi­
ness  at  the  same  location.

Geo.  Middleton  has  sold  his  interest 
in  the  paint  and  wall  paper  stock  of 
Miller  &  Middleton  to  C.  W.  Miller, 
late  of  Dayton,  Ohio,  and  the  business 
will  be  continued  under  the  style  of  G. 
N.  Miller  &  Bro.  The  show  rooms  are 
being  enlarged  and  re-arranged.

The  Grand  Rapids  Soap  Works  has 
purchased  the  machinery and  labels  for­
merly  owned  by  the  defunct  Grand 
Rapids  Soap  Co.  and  removed  them  to 
its  factory  at  the  Lake  Shore  crossing,' 
where  the  manufacture  of  cold  process 
soap  will  be  added  to  the  other  depart­
ments  of  its  business.

F.  C.  Miller,  agent  for  the  directors 
of  the  Widdicomb  Mantel  Co.,  has  sold 
the  machinery  adapted  to  the  manufac­
ture  of  furniture  ornaments  to  the  Ger- 
nart  Bros.  Lumber  Co.,  of  Louisville, 
Ky.,  which  will  remove  the  machinery 
to  that  place  and  add  it  to  its  establish­
ment,  continuing  the  business 
in  the 
line  formerly  carried  on  by  the  Wid­
dicomb  Co.

The  State  Bank  of  Michigan  has  sold 
the  elevator  and  warehouse  formerly 
owned  by  the  W.  T.  Lamoreaux  Co.  to 
W.  H.  Beach  and  James  Cook,  of  Hol­
land,  who  will  embark 
in  the  hay, 
grain,  mill  stuffs  and  produce  business 
under  the  style  of  W.  H.  Beach  &  Co. 
Mr.  Cook  will  give  the business his per­
sonal  supervision,  Mr.  Beach  dividing 
his  time  between  the  Grand  Rapids  en­
terprise  and  his  Holland  establishment, 
which  he  has  managed  successfully  for 
several  years.

that 

Hubert  Weiden  &  Son  recently  sold 
the  city  poor  department  twenty-five 
boxes  of  laundry  soap  at  §3.35  per  box. 
Alderman  Verkerke  noted 
the 
brand  purchased  was  quoted  by  the 
Tradesman  at  $3.10  per box  in  twenty- 
five  box  lots  and  on  the  verification  of 
the  Tradesman’s  quotations  by  the  ex­
hibition  of  the  price  list  sent  out  by  the 
factory,  Alderman  Verkerke 
insisted 
that  the  bill  be  revised,  which  was 
done,  thus  effecting  a  saving  to  the 
city  of  §6.25  on  the  transaction. 
If  all 
the  purchasing  departments  of  the  city 
were  subscribers  to  the  Tradesman,  the 
municipality  would  save  several  hun­
dred  dollars  per  year.

The  Grocery  M arket.

limited,  but  there 

Fish— The  inquiry  for  fish  stilKcon- 
tinues 
is  no great 
pressure  to  sell,  as  holders  feel  that 
stocks  will  be  wanted  just  as soon as  the 
Lenten  demand  starts  up,  hence  prices 
are  fairly  steady  on  the  majority  of  ar­
ticles.

Provisions—The 

long-looked-for  ad­
vance  in  hog  products  set  in  last  week. 
Whether  the  strength  and  tone  will  be 
continued  depends  upon  the  receipts  of 
hogs. 
It  is  only  a  few  days  ago  that 
the  packers  had  expectations  of  full 
supplies  of  swine  for  January.  The  re­
ceipts 
last  week  were  so  much  under 
their  calculations  that  the  packers  be­
came  buyers  of  the  products  and  gen­
erally  there  was  more  demand  to  pro­
tect  short  sales  than  had  been  supposed 
possible.  As  everybody  had  the  idea 
that  the  products  were  cheap,  it  did 
not  require  more  than  the  manifestation 
referred  to,  to bring  in  quite  a 
liberal 
outside  speculative  buying  interest.

Rice— The  assortment  of  domestic 
rice  on  the  market  is  poor,  the  bulk  of 
the  stock  now  offering  being  composed 
of  inferior  or  medium  grades.  Foreign 
styles  (Japan  and  Java)  are  growing 
in 
favor,  the  trade  finding  that  prices  at 
which  they  can  be  bought  are  below  the 
parity  of  domestic  and  besides  the  uni 
formity  of  grade  is  also  an  inducement, 
as  orders  can  be  duplicated  from  time 
to  time  without  a  question  as to quality, 
which  is  invariably  up  to  standard.

improvement 

Canned  Goods— There  has  been  con­
siderable 
in  the  demand 
for  canned  goods  during  the  period  un­
der  review,  the  request  being  of  a  more 
general  nature,  which  has  resulted  in  a 
fairly  free  movement  in several articles. 
This  has  been  brought  about  largely 
from  the  fact  that  in  instances  values 
have  eased  off  a  trifle,  which  has  in­
duced  some  speculative  buying.  Buyers 
have  been  ready  right  along  to  take  ad­
vantage  of  anything  that  savored  of  a 
bargain.  Prices  have  ruled  low,  and 
any  concessions  on  quotations,  as  far 
as  staple  articles  are  concerned,  were 
looked  upon  as  not  likely  to  be  lasting, 
and  transactions  followed.

Syrup— The  market  rules  strong,  es­
pecially  on  low  grades,  and  as  refiners 
are  not  turning  out  much  of  the  poorer 
qualities  stocks  are  rather  light.

Molasses—Values  of  kettle  and  cen­
trifugal  molasses  are  fully  maintained, 
both  at  distributing  centers  and  at  New 
Orleans. 
latter 
place  continue  light  of  all  grades  and 
aie  said  to  be  75,ooo@8o,ooo  barrels 
short  of  last  year  at  same  time.

The  receipts  at  the 

Fly  Paper— The  O.  &  W.  Thum  Co. 
announces  a  decline  of  65c  per  case 
in  Tanglefoot  and  30c  per  case in  Little 
Tanglefoot.  The  new  quotations  ap­
pear  in  Price  Current.

Bananas—Our  wholesale  dealers  state 
is 
that  the  demand  from  outside  towns 
very 
light  and,  consequently,  do  not 
seem  disposed  to  order a  carlot  without 
first  making  arrangements  with  their 
neighbors  to  take  a  portion  of  the  fruit. 
This  is  by  far  the  best  plan,  as  a car­
load  can  thus  be divided and  worked  off 
without  loss  and  each  dealer  will  have 
enough  stock  to  supply  his  demand. 
Prices range from $ 1.25@1.75 per bunch, 
according  to  size.

importers  and 

Lemons— There  seems  to  be  an 

im­
pression  among 
large 
wholesale  dealers that  good  lemons  have 
struck  bottom,  and  a  feeling  of  relief 
must,  necessarily,  follow.  The  handle 
to  the  jug  has  been  on  the  buyer’s  side 
for  some  time and  the  actual  producers 
have  been  getting  very  small  returns

turn 

labor.  An  upward 

for  their 
is 
probable  and  it  will,  undoubtedly,  stim­
ulate  the  rather  sluggish  demand.  E x­
tremely  low  prices  are  not  desirable and 
their  existence  benefits  the  actual  con­
sumer  but  very  little,  as  about  a  certain 
number  will  be  used,  whether  the  price 
be  $2  or  84  per  box. 
In  the  one  in­
stance  the  grower  gets  no  reward for  his 
efforts  and  in  the  other  he  does,  and 
it 
is  un-American  to  do,  or  see  others  do, 
business  for  fun.  There  is  a  great  deal 
of  fruit  being  offered  that  is  more  or 
less  touched  with  frost,  and  the  surety 
of  getting  “ straight  up”   stock  is  so  un­
certain  that  the  safest  way  is  to  buy 
in 
small  quantities  until  there 
is  a  pros­
pect  for  a  sharp advance,  in which event 
it  might  be  that  a  good  profit  would  be 
assured,after  allowing  for  a  certain  per­
centage  of  shrinkage.

Oranges— Demoralized !  That 

is  the 
keynote  to  the  present  condition  of  the 
market.  There  has  been  a  good  deal 
said  about  the  recent  frosts  on  the  coast 
and  it  is,  undoubtedly,  true  that  a  con­
siderable  portion  of  the  fruit 
in  many 
groves  has  suffered;  and, 
in  order  to 
escape  loss,  it  has  been  hustled  forward 
large  quantities,  and,  at  present, 
in 
the  largest  receiving  centers  are, 
in 
the  current  vernacular,  “ chock-full”   of 
oranges,  there  being  two boxes  in  sight 
for  every  one  really  needed  to  supply 
the  ordinary  healthy  demand.  Buying 
for  speculative  purposes,  even  at  pres­
ent  prices,  is  not  advocated,  as  there  is 
nothing  to  warrant  sharp  advances  and 
there  is.too  much  risk  in  holding  them. 
Frequent  purchases, 
in  moderate 
quantities,  will  prove  most  satisfactory 
and  profitable  in  the  end.

Foreign  Nuts— Prices  are exceedingly 
low  on  nearly  all  varieties,  especially 
Naples  and  Grenoble  walnuts.  Brazils

if 

are quiet,  owing  to generally  pooV qual­
ity.

Figs  and  Dates—Continue  to  sell  at 
low  prices,  and,  as  holdings  are 
is 

improvement 

in  price 

very 
ample,  no 
looked  for.

Peanuts— A  good  deal  of  interest  has 
been  centered  in  them  during  the  past 
week  and  more  or  less  excitement  has 
been  caused  by  the  latest  move  of  the 
cleaners,  which  has  been  conducted  in 
a  very  quiet  manner.  About  a  month 
ago,  the “ Association,’ ’ which  has  been 
in  existence  something  over  a  year,  dis­
banded  and  the  firms  which  composed 
it  went  back  to  their  respective  well- 
known  brands  and,  naturally,  endeav­
ored  to  place  liberal  quantities. 
In  the 
eager  effort  to  do  so,  first  one  and  then 
another  would  shade  the  fixed  price 
which  had  been  promulgated  by the  As­
sociation,  until  all  the  profit  had  been 
pared  off.  Some  large  distributers  took 
on  a  fair  stock  at  low  prices,  but  the 
majority  would  not  buy  to  any  extent, 
thinking  that  the  end  had  not  been 
reached ;  so,  in  reality,  the  cleaners dis­
posed  of  but  few  before 
the  better 
business  instincts  came  to  the  rescue, 
and,  very  quietly,  they  got  together  and 
perfected  another  association,  which  in­
cluded  all  of  the  former  members  and 
some  half  dozen  who  had  previously  re­
mained  outside.  As  a  sequence,  the 
peanut  crop  at  present  is  controlled  by 
a  strong  organization  which  believes  in 
maintaining  fair  prices,  and  to  prove 
it,  the  first  thing  they  did  was  to  order 
an  advance  of 
per  pound,  and,  in 
view  of  a  short  crop  (a  fact  acknowl­
edged  by  all  who  make  a  business  of 
handling  peanuts),  another  advance 
is 
almost  certain. 
therefore,  now 
deemed  advisable  to  buy  liberally,  even 
if  prices  do  seem  a  trifle  high,  in  order 
to  secure  a  probable  profit  of  10  per 
cent.

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MEN  OF  MARK.

11.  P.  Belknap,  of the  Belknap W agon 

& Sleigh Co.

It  may  be  true  that  everything  comes 
to  him  who  waits,  but  the  length  of  the 
waiting  time  makes  a  great  difference, 
and  the  question 
is  sure  to  be  asked, 
sooner  or  later,  whether  it  isn’t possible 
to  arrange  matters  so  as  to  avoid  the 
waiting  and  at  the  same  time  be  ready 
to  receive  the  blessing  when 
it  comes. 
That  is  the  idea  which  seems  to  under­
lie  the 
life  and  the  business  career of 
the  Secretary  and  Treasurer  of  the  Bel­
knap  Wagon  and  Sleigh  Co.,  of  Grand 
Rapids.  Nothing  is  left  to  chance.  On 
the  appointed  day  and  hour  the 
infant 
wail  told  of  the  arrival  of  the  young 
stranger  and,  when  the  excitement  was 
over,  the  date,  Nov.  22,  1859,  was  care­
fully  written  down  as  the  beginning  of 
a  useful  life.  The  home  that day blessed 
was 
in  Grand  Rapids  and  located  on 
South  Front  street.

There  is  no  need— there  never  is  any 
need—-of  asking  about  such  a  home life. 
Whatever  has  to  be  done  is  done  in  de­
cency  and  in  order.  There 
is  no  wait-

HERBERT  P.  BELKNAP, 

ing  until  the  last  minute  for  anything; 
there 
is  no  putting  off  until  to-morrow 
what  ought  to  be  dene  to-day ;  and,  bet­
ter  than  anything  else,  the  future,  be  it 
of  a  day  or  longer,  is  planned 
for  and 
what  then  remains  to  be  done  is  to  see 
that  the  plan  is  patiently  and  persever- 
ingly  carried  out.  Children  biought 
up  under  such  a  regime  can’t  help 
turning  out  well.  The  problem  of  “ get­
ting  along”  
is  solved  under  the  home 
tree  and  the  final  leave-taking  comes  at 
the  time  fixed upon,and so  is  considered 
as  a  matter  of  course. 
It  is  this  plan­
ning  and  carrying  out  of  the  plan—the 
utter  ignoring  of  the  element  of  chance 
—which will  be  noticeable  in the follow­
ing  narrative.

When  the  child  whose  birth  is  above 
recorded  was  6  years  old,  the  school­
room  was  asked  to  assist  in  the  educa­
tion  which  had been  going  on  at  home, 
and  for  a  year  he  fought  and  overcame 
the  literary  foes  that  barred  his  prog­
ress,  in  the  primary  schools  of  Grand 
Rapids.  The  family  then  moved  upon 
a  farm  near  Sparta,and  the  boy’s  train­
ing  went  on  under  the  most  promising 
circumstances.

The 

The  date  of  this  change,  1865,  calls 
farm 
for  a  passing  comment. 
dwelling  was  a 
log  house;  and  a  log 
house  only  thirty  years  ago,  on  a  farm 
only  twelve  miles  from  Grand  Rapids, 
with  a  population  to-day  of  90,000  peo­
ple,  tells  a  story  of  development  almost 
impossible  to  believe  and  robs  wholly 
of  its  terrors  the 
idea  of  going  West,  a 
distance  of  twelve  miles,  to  grow  up 
with  the  country!  What a  place  to  plan 
and  carry  out  that  log  house  and  the 
farm  surrounding  it  was!  There  were 
busy  days  and  long  hours,  but to  a  child 
of  six 
there  was 
abundance  of  play,  with  work  enough 
to  “ keep  from  mischief  still”   what uUe 
hands  would  d o ;  and  for  three  or  four 
years,  until  he  was  10  yeras  old,  the 
lively  boy  carried  out  to  the  letter  the 
part  assigned  him  on  the  farm.

in  that  household 

It  was  a 

Then  there  was  a  change. 

If  the  boy 
was  to  have  any .future,  the  time  had 
come  to get  ready  for  it. 
It was  a  little 
early  to  say  accurately  what  that  future 
was  to  be,  but  one  thing  was  sure,  the 
primitive  school  teaching  going  on  at 
Sparta  at  that  time  amounted  to  but  lit­
tle  in  quantity  and  quality.  Something 
better  was  wanted,  and  could  be  had  at 
Greenville;  and  the  farm  boy  went  over 
and  had  it. 
long  pull  and  a 
stout  pull,  that  ten  years  of  school  life; 
but  the  wise  ones  knew  that  it  was  the 
laying  of  the  foundation  which  was 
going  on  and  that  it  was  best  to  make 
haste  slowly.  So  the  boy  began 
the 
long  course  of  study,  “ line  upon 
line, 
precept  upon  precept,  here  a  little  and 
there  a  little,”   for  ten  good  years,  and 
then,  with  the  course  finished  and  di­
ploma  in  hand,  he  came  home  to  Grand 
Rapids  at  the time appointed,placed the 
long-toiled-for  testimonial  of  his  schol­
arship  in  the  hands  of  his  parents,  and 
went  over  to  the  wagon  factory  to  work. 
That  is  all  there  was  to  it.  The  school 
train  came 
into  the  union  station  on 
time,the  working  train  was  all  ready  to 
pull  out  and  the  passenger  stepped from 
one  platform  to  the  other,  according  to 
programme,  and  was  soon  busy with  the 
mysteries  of  his  art.

All  this  reads  easy. 

its  excellence  that 

It  looks  easy.  It 
was  easy;  and  yet 
it  was  a  most  re­
markable  circumstance  that  culminated 
that  morning  when  this  boy,  20  years 
old,  hung  his  hat  and  coat  on  the  nail 
in  that  wagon  shop  and,  rolling  up  his 
shirt  sleeves,  went  to  work.  Look  at  it! 
Here  was  a  boy,  whose  early  training 
was  carefully  attended  to ;  who  was  ed­
ucated  for  ten  years  in  a  school  so  well 
known  for 
its  di­
ploma  was  a  guarantee  that  the  holder 
is  well-trained;  with  ability,  plainly 
adapted  for a  professional  life—yet  this 
same  boy,  as  a  matter  of  course,  took 
off  his  coat  and  went  to making wagons. 
In  ninety-nine  cases  out  of a  hundred 
this  boy  would  haVe gone  to  college  at 
the  end  of  the  ten  years  and  then  have 
been 
to  a  professional 
school  and  so  made  into  a  lawyer.  How 
it  happen  that  he  went  to  making 
did 
wagons?  The  answer 
In  the 
log  house  on  the  farm  near  Sparta  not 
a  trace  of  foolishness  was  allowed  to 
exist.  Wisdom  presided  at  the  table 
and  common  sense  governed  the  house­
hold.  Not  one  of  the  children  was  led 
to  believe  that  heaven  had  destined him 
to  be  President  of  the  United  States 
and  that  such  a  destiny  precluded  the 
very  thought  of  working  with  his hands. 
He  was  sent  to  school  to  learn  some­
thing.  Ten  years  in  such  a  school  was 
a  good  start,  and  only  that.  That done, 
he  could  go  to  work  with  the  hope  of 
if  he  would;  and  it 
being  something 
\

turned  over 

is  easy. 

NICKBWNB....

A  nODERN  WONDER.

It Is absolutely the  only  pol­
ish that will not  dry  up  in 
stock, or become hardened.

We will refund  the  purchase 

price if it does not  please.

®@®

Every  box  is  guaranteed  to 

the trade and consumers.

If  vour  jobber  doesn’t* 

keep  it, write

TRACY &  WARREN, Grand Rapids Agents, 737 Mich. Trust Co. Bldg.

was  to  be  hoped  that  he  would make  the 
most  of  the  start  they  had  given  him.  i 
That  is  the  home  training  and  that 
is 
the  talk  which  make  men ;  and  if  the 
homes  of  the 
land  would  do  more  of 
this  training,  there  would  be  more  of 
the  better  class  of  manhood  among  us 
and 
less  talk  of  the  failure  of  the  col­
leges  and  schools.

The  trade-learning  was  the school  life 
repeated.  It  was  a  part  of  his  life  plan 
and  he  carried  it  out.  He had  made  up 
his  mind  to  know  how  to  make  wagons 
and  he  devoted  two  years  of  work  to 
learning  how.  That  wasn't  .  all  he 
learned.  He  wanted  to 
learn  book­
keeping  and  get  a  general  idea  of  busi­
ness;  and,  after  he  had  finished  his 
day’s  work  in  the  wagon  shop,  he  went 
home  to  master  the  subject  of  accounts. 
He  succeeded  and  turned  his  study  of 
book-keeping  to  such  good account,  that 
soon  after  he  took  a  position  as  book­
keeper  in  the  furniture  factory  of Stock- 
well  &  Darrab  Furniture  Co.  This  was 
in  1881.  In  1882  he  became  Secretary  of 
that  company.  The  next  year,  1883,  he 
helped  organize  the  Belknap  Wagon  & 
Sleigh  Co.,  of  which  he  was  elected 
Secretary  and  Treasurer,  a  position 
which  he  has  held  ever  since.  He  is, 
also,  interested  in  the  Chicago  Pumice 
Co.

Mr.  Belknap  has  been  a  Mason  for 
several  years.  He  is  Warden  of  Doric 
Lodge,  No.  342,  F.  &.  A.  M.  ;  a  mem­
ber  of  Chapter  No.  7,  Tyre  Council;  of 
the  Masonic  Club;  and  of  the  Y.  M. 
C.  A.

In  1883  Mr.  Belknap  was  married  to 
Miss  Julia  E.  Graves,  of  this  city,  and 
two  daughters—aged  7  and  5  years,  re­
spectively,  complete  the  family  circle 
in  the  beautiful  home  at  21  Thomas 
street.

In  this  record  of  a  quiet  life,  aside 
from  the  successful  carrying  out of well- 
formed  plans  from  childhood  up,  which 
it  has  been  the  purpose  of  this  article 
to  bring  out,  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  the 
reader  has  been  able  to  detect  no  sign 
of  the  hustler.  Bustle  and  business, 
aside  from  the  all iteration, have  nothing 
in  common.  They  are  as  antagonistic 
as  night  and  day.  The  one,  with  all 
the  fuss  and  fury  of  the  rocket,  rushes 
toward  the  stars,  to  fall  an  ignominious 
stick ;  the  other,  like  the planets,  treads 
without  noise 
its  endless  circle,  and 
earth  and  sky  alike  are  gladdened by its 
never-failing  light. 
In  business,  as  in 
other  walks  of 
is  the  man, 
quietly  and  persistently  minding  his 
own  business,  who  succeeds  and  who, 
while  others  are  seeking 
for  honors 
abroad, 
is  winning  hearts  at  home, 
contented  if,  in  his  little  corner  of  the 
world,  he  can  make  even  that  little  cor­
ner better  because  he  has 
lived  there.

life, 

it 

African  Philosophy.

“ How  do  you  sell 

these  apples?”  
asked  a  gentleman  of  a  colored  woman 
who  had  them  for sale.

“ Six  for  a  dime,  boss.”
The  gentleman  began  picking  out.a 

half-dozen  of  the  largest  and  finest.

“ I  can’t  let  yer  do  dat,  boss.  Yer 
can’t  pick  out  dfe  biggest  ones  onless 
yer  buys  ’em  a ll.”

The  Sunflower  Is  S till  in  It.

low  markets 

The  Western 

farmer  who  becomes 
disgusted  with  corn  and  wheat  raising, 
because  of  the 
for  his 
products,  can  turn  his  attention,  as 
in 
Russia,  to  sunflower  raising.  One  acre 
of  sunflowers  will  yield  quite  a 
large 
number  of  cords  of  good  fuel,  besides 
the  seed,  which  has  an  important  com­
mercial  value  for  cattle  feed.

7

PATENT  PLANISHED  IRON 

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

Broken packages  Vic per pound  extra.

HAMMERS

Maydole & Co.’s, new  list...................................dis 33%
25
Kip's  .............................................................dis 
Yerkes & Plum b's...................................................dis 40*10
70
Mason's Solid Cast Steel.................... 30c list 
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel  Hand 30c  list  0*10 

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS

Stamped Tin W are............................new  list 70*10
Japanned Tin W are..........................  ............ 20*10
Granite Iron  W are........................... new  list 40*10
Pots......................................................................60*10
K ettles...............................................................60*10
Spiders...............................................................mi* 10

HOLLOW  WARE

HINGES

WIRE  GOODS

Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2,3..................................   dis 60*10
State.............................................. per  doz.  net  2  50
B right..................................................................... 
Screw Eyes............................................................  
Hook’s..................................................................... 
Gate Hooks and Eyes.........................................  
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s...................dis 
Sisal, % inch and  larger................................. 
Manilla...............................................................  
Steel and  Iron...................................................  
Try and  Bevels..................................................
M itre...................................................................... 

LEVELS
ROPES

70
6%
9%
80

SQUARES

80
80
80
80

20

SHEET  IRON

com. smooth,  com.

TRAPS

$2 60
2 60
2 80
2 90
3 00

SAND  PAPER
SASH  WEIGHTS

3  10
All sheets  No.  18  and  lighter,  over  30  inches 

Nos.  10 to 14....................................... $3 50 
Nos.  15 to 17.  ..................................   3  50 
Nos. 18 to 21.......................................   3 65 
Nos. 22 to 24.......................................  3 75 
Nos. 25 to 26.......................................  3 90 
No.  27 ...........................................  4  00 
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
50
List  acct.  19, ’86...........................................dis 
Solid  Eyes............................................ per ton  20 00
Steel, Game.................................................. 
60*10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ............................  50
Oneida Community, Hawley & N orton's70*10* 10
Mouse, choker...............................per doz 
15
Mouse, delusion........................... per doz 
1  25
Bright Market...................................................  
75
A nneabd  M arket............................................. 
75
Coppered  Market...............................................70*10
Tinned M arket............... 
62%
Coppered Spring  Steel...................................  
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized  ...........................   2 40
Barbed  Fence,  painted..................................   2  00
Au Sable........................................................dis 40&1(
Putnam ......................................................... dis 
5
Northwestern...............................................dis 10*10
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled......................  
30
50
Coe's Genuine...................................................  
Coe's Patent  Agricultural, wrought  ..........  
80
Coe’s Patent, malleable..................................  
80

HORSE  NAILS

WRENCHES

WIRE

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

METALS—Zinc

Bird  Cages  ................................................ 
50
Pumps. Cistern..................................... 
75*10
Screws, New List.......................................  
85
Casters,  Bed and  Plate.............................. 50*10*10
Dampers, American................................... 
40*10
Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods.. 
70
6%
600 pound  casks....................................   .  ... 
Per pound..........................................................  
6%
% @ % ...........................................-.......................... 
1 2%
The prices of the many other qualities of solder 
in the market indicated by  private  brands  vary 
according to  composition.
10x14 IC, Charcoal............................................$ 6 0 0
14x20 1C, C harcoal.............................................  6 00
20x14 IX, C harcoal.............................................  7 50
14x20 IX, Charcoal......................................... 
Each additional X on this grade, $1.75.

TIN—Melyn Grade

SOLDER

 

TIN—Allaway  Grade

10x14 IC, C harcoal...........................................  5 25
14x201C, C harcoal...........................................  525
10x14 IX, C harcoal...........................................  6 25
14x20 IX, C harcoal...........................................  6 25

Each additional X on this grade, $1.50. 

ROOFING  PLATES
14x20 IC, Charcoa'. Dean.................
14x20 IX, Charcoal  Dean.................
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean..................
14x20 IC, Charcoal, All  way Grade 
14x20 IX, Charcoal,  Allaway Grade. 
20x28 1C, C harcoal,  Allaway Grade. 
20x28 IX, C h arcoal, Allaway Grade.
14x56 IX, for  No.  8  Boilers, I 
14x56 IX, for  No.  9  Boilers,  f per pound—

BOILER  SIZE  TIN  PLATE 

5  00
6  00 
10 00
4  75
5  75 
9  50 
11  50

9

7 50

WM.  BRUMMELER  &  SONS,
MANUFACTURERS  T I  M W  H R 17 
AND JOBBERS  OF...  1 IN H  H l V L

Selling  Agts.  for Columbian  Enameled  Steel  W are. 

Write for Catalogue. 
Telephone  640. 

a6o  South  Ionia  Street
GRAND  RAPIDS. fllCH.

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

TRADE  JOURNALS.

Hardware  Price Current.

AUQURS  AND  BITS

Snell’s ...............................................................  
70
.....................................25*10
Jennings’, genuine 
Jennings’, im itation........................................60*10

AXES

First Quality. S.  B. B ronze.............................   5 50
First Quality, D. B. Bronze.............................   9 50
First Quality. S. B. S. Steel.............................   6 25
First Quality, D.  B. S teel.........  ....................   10 25

BARROWS

R ailroad..................................................$12 00  14  00
Garden......................................................  net  30 00

BOLTS

Stove................................... 
60
65
Carriage new list............................................... 
Plow....................................................................40*10

 

 

Well,  plain........................................................$ 3 25

BUCKETS

BUTTS,  CAST

Cast Loose  Pin, figured..................................  
70
Wrought  Narrow...............................................75*10

Ordinary Tackle................................................ 

Cast Steel................................................  per lb 

BLOCKS

CROW  BARS

CAPS

Ely's  1-10. ^................................................ perm  
Hick’s C. F ................................................perm  
G.  D............................................................ per m 
Musket.......................................................perm  

CARTRIDGES

Rim  Fire.....................................................  
...50&  5
Central  F ire...........................................................25& 5

Socket Firm er.............................................  
 
Socket  Fram ing................................................  
Socket  Corner.................................................... 
Socket  Slicks..................................................... 

Morse’s Bit Stocks........................................... 
60
Taper and Straight Shank...................................50* 5
Morse’s Taper Shank............................................50*  5

CHISELS

DRILLS

ELBOWS

70

4

65
55
35
60

80
80
80
¡¡o

Com. 4 piece, 6 in ...............................doz. net 
60
50
Corrugated.....................................................dis 
Adjustable..................................................... dis 40*10

EXPANSIVE  BITS

Clark's small, $18;  large, $26.......................... 30&10
Ives’, 1, $18; 2, $24; 3, $30................................. 
25

FILES—New  List

New A m erican........................* ...................... 70*10
Nicholson’s ........................................................ 
70
Heller’s Horse  Rasps........................................60*10

GALVANIZED  IRON

Nos.  16 to 20; 22 and 24: 25 and 26;  27.  ... 
List  12 
16......... 

13 

14 

28
17

Discount, 70

15 
GAUGES

Stanley Rule and  Level  Co.’s .........................60*16

KNOBS—New List

Door, mineral, jap. trim m ings......................  
Door, porcelain, jap.  trim m ings................... 

70
80

MATTOCKS

Adze Eye.........................................$16  00, dis  60*10
Hunt Eye.......................................   $¡5 00. dis  60*10
Hunt's...........................................  $18 50, dis  20*10

MILLS

Coffee, Parkers Co.’s .......................................  
Coffee,  P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.'s  M alleables... 
Coffee, Landers, Ferry & C lark''........ ........  
Coffee, Enterprise............................................  

40
40
40
30

MOLASSES  GATES

Stebbin's Pattern...............................................60*10
Stebbin’s Genuine.............................................60*10
Enterprise, self-m easuring.......... ................. 
30

NAILS

Advance over base, on  both  Steel  and  Wire.

Steel nails, base................................................  2 50
Wire nails, base................................................  2 55
50
10 to 60 advance............................................... 
60
8 .......................................................................... 
7 and 6............................................................... 
75
4 .......................................................................... 
90
3 .........................................................................   1  20
2 ..........................................................................  1  60
Fine 3 ...............................................................  
160
Case 10................................................................  
65
75
Case  8................................................................. 
90
Case  6................................................................. 
75
Finish 10............................................................ 
90
Finish  8 . -......................................................... 
10
Finish  6 ............................................................  
Clinch 10............................................................ 
70
Clinch  8 ............................................................ 
80
Clinch  6 ............................................................  
90
Barrel  %............................................................  1  75

PLANES

Ohio Tool Co.’s,  fancy.......  ..........................  @50
Sciota B ench......................................................60&10
Sandusky Tool C o ’s,  fancy...........................   @50
Bench, firstquality...........................................  @50
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood.............. 
60
Fry, A cm e.................................................... 60*10*10
Common, polished............_........................ 
70*  5

PANS

Iron and  T in n e d ............................................. 
60
Copper Rivets and B urs...................................50*10

RIVETS

Their  Real  H erbs  as  Distributers  of 

Business  Literature.

Written for the  T radesman.  Copyrighted,  1895.
Business  people  read business  papers.
He  who  can’t  get  business  out  of  the 
business  paper  has  no  business  to  be  in 
business  and  generally  isn’t.

The  daily  paper  has  its  business  de­

partment.

The  religious  paper  recognizes  busi­

ness.
is  all  business, 
»  The  business  paper 
it  can  contain  nothing  excepting 
for 
that  directly  pertaining  to  the  business 
it  represents.

The  business  ¡taper 

is  the  distributer 

of  hard  business  literature.

The  business  paper  is  the  periodical 
is  made  ihe 

in  which 

clearing  house 
balance  of  trade.

The  business  paper  increases  trade; 
indus­

regulates  competition;  protects 
tries.
It 

is  a  protective  organ,  as  well  as  a 
medium  for  the  distribution  of unpoliti­
cal  free  trade.

I  do  not  mean  to  say  that  all  poor 
business  men  do  not  read  trade  papers, 
but  there  never  was  a  good  business 
man  who  did  not  depend  upon  the 
paper of  his  trade.

Perhaps  the  trade  paper  editor  may 
not  have  been  drilled  in  the  business he 
represents.

Perhaps  he  may  have  been  a  failure 

as  a  business  man.

It  is  not  the  business  of  the  business 

editor  to  be  a  success  in  business.

It 

is  his  business  to  act 

in  the  ca­
pacity  of  the  absorber  of  business infor­
mation ;  that  he  may  the  better  present, 
with  or  without  argument,  the  data  of 
business.

Into  the  trade  paper  go 

the  theory 
and  practice  of  business  manipulation.

It  is  a  mirror  of  business.
It  reflects  trade  directly.
It  does  not  allow  the  rays  of  business 
line  of 

the  straight 

from 

to  diverge 
trade.

The  business  man  may  read  an  hun­
dred  daily  papers,  or  he  may  read  a 
dozen  magazines,  and  from  them  all  he 
may  obtain  general  information  of  pos­
itive  value  in  the  conduct  of  his  busi­
ness ;  but  from  a  good  trade  paper  he 
receives  definite,  practical  information 
of  as  much 
importance  to  him  as  the 
counter  in  his  store,  or  the  record-book 
in  his  office.

Folks  read  business  papers  because 

they  want  to.

they  have  to. 

*

Folks  read  business  papers  because 

indication 
in 

of 
the  clerk 

intelligent 
The  first 
progression 
is  when  he 
turns  from  his  desk  at  opportune  mo­
ments  to  absorb  the  paper  of  his  trade.
The  intelligent  man  of  business  reads 
his  trade  paper  from  beginning  to  end, 
advertisements  and  all.

He  may  not  always  read  it  intelli­
gently,  but  he  gives  to  every  page  at 
least  an  eyeglance.

The  advertisements  to  him  are  of  the 
same  importance  as  the  reading  matter.
In  the  combination  of  the  two  he  de­
rives  information  of  pertinent  necessity 
to  the  management  and  development  cf 
his  business.

The  trade  paper  is  a necessity,  and  so 
long  as  it  occupies  that  position  it  will 
by  read  conscientiously and  intelligently 
by  every  business  man  who  has  proven 
his  right  to  do  business.

N a t h ’l   C.  F o w l e r ,  Jr.

Doctor  of  Publicity.

8

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

Devoted  to the  Best Interests of Business  Men

Published at the New Blodgett Building, 

Grand  Rapids,  by  the

T R A D E S M A N   C O M P A N Y

ONE  DOLLAR  A  YEAR,  Payable  in  Advance.

ADVERTISING  RATES  ON  APPLICATION.

Communications invited from practical business 
men.  Correspondents  must  give  their  full 
names and addresses, not  necessarily  for pub­
lication, but as a guarantee of good  faith.
Subscribers  may  have  the  mailing  address  of 
their papers changed as often as desired.
No paper discontinued, except  at  the  option  of 
the proprietor,  until all arrearages are paid.
Sample copies sent free to any address.

Entered at  the  Grand  Rapids  Post  Office  as 

Second Class mail  matter.

When writing to any of our  Advertisers, please 
say  that  you  saw  the  advertisement  in  the 
Michigan Tradesman.

E .  A .  STOW E,  E d i t o r .

WEDNESDAY,  -  •  -  JANUARY  22,  1896.

is 

that  of 

ADVERTISE  YOUR  OWN  GOODS.
Perhaps  the  most  common  mistake  in 
advertising 
inadvertently 
doing  more  to  advance  the  sales  of  the 
competitor’s  goods  than  of  one’s  own. 
This  unsought  and  undesirable  result 
is  brought  about 
in  two  ways  -by  the 
mention  of  the  competitor  and  his  busi­
ness  or  wares  and  by  the  adoption  of 
his  methods and  modes  of expression.

It 

in  mentioning  another 

is  desirable,  of  course,  to  have  a 
knowledge  of  what  is  being  done  in  the 
trade—of  prices  asked  and  prices  taken 
— but  this  knowledge  should  be  as  jeal­
ously  guarded  as  possible.  There  is  no 
conceivable  contingency  which  justifies 
a  merchant 
in 
the  same 
line  of  business  to  his  cus­
tomer,  consistent  with  good  advertising 
sense.  Every  time  such  mention 
is 
made,  even  if  it  be  in  the  most  dispar­
aging  way,  it 
is  a  valuable  advertise­
ment  for  the  competitor  which  does  not 
cost  him  a  cent.  And  if  it  is  foolish  to 
mention  the  rival  and  his  business  to 
the  customer,  how  much  more  foolish  it 
is  to  do  so  in  a  printed  advertisement. 
It  is  not  so  common  to  mention  particu­
lar  houses  by  name,  although  that  is 
frequently  done,  as 
is  to  mention 
“ our  competitors”   by  way  of  compari­
son.  Every merchant will  recognize  how 
common  this  is. 
It  seems  as  though  a 
little  consideration  would  convince  any 
one  that, 
if  such  mention  brings  the 
thought  of  the  competitor  and  his  busi­
ness  into  the  mind  of  buyers,  the adver­
tisement  is  just  as  effectual  for  him  as 
for  the  advertiser,  barring  the  possibil­
ity  that  the  comparison  may  be  so  un­
favorable  to  him  as  to  engage  the  atten­
tion  of  the  persistent  bargain  hunter, 
a  customer  whose  patronage 
is  worth 
less  than  nothing.

it 

look 

In  the  matter  of  imitation  the  mis­
takes  are  just  as  serious.  There  is  a 
tendency  to 
for  that  to  imitate 
which  has  proved  a  success  to  others. 
Sometimes  this  imitation  is  for  the  rep­
rehensible  purpose  of  profiting  by  the 
publicity  attained  by  ethers  in  similar 
lines.  Of  the  degrees  of business  fool­
ishness  this  is  the  superlative.  The  al­
literative,  catchy  expressions  or  the 
ideas  which  they suggest connected with 
a  business  enterprise  are  about  as  un- 
stealable  a  kind  of  property  as  can  be 
imagined.  And  not  only  that,  but  every 
attempt  to  steal  such  expressions  or 
ideas  is  only  adding  to  the  advertising 
is 
value  to  the  rightful  owners. 
amusing  to  see  the  horde  of 
imitators 
who  are  trying  thus  to  appropriate  the 
brains  and  money  of  others,  and  it 
is j

It 

satisfaction  to  the  fair-minded  to  know 
that  all  such  are  only  adding  to,  instead 
of  taking  from,  that  which  does  not  be­
long  to  them.  The  reason  why  it  is  im­
possible  to  profit  by  the  work  of  the 
is 
originators  of  successful  schemes 
that  the  alliterative  phrase  or 
idea  be­
comes  so  thoroughly 
connected  with 
the  thing  advertised  that  it  is  impos­
sible  to  suggest  it  to  the  mind  connect­
ed  with  anything  else.  Thus  “ press 
the  button”   is  connected  with  and  sug­
gests  a  certain  camera.  It  is  impossible 
to  refer to  it  in  any  way,  or  to  the  “ we 
do  the  rest, “ and  apply 
it  to anything 
else. 
is  the  same  with  any  of  the 
catches  which  have  been  effectually 
used,  either  alone  or  the 
ideas  con­
nected  with  them.

It 

it 

it 

so 

full 

Originality  in  advertising  is  difficult 
to  command.  The  temptation  to 
imi­
tate  knowingly  is  constant,  and  the  air 
is 
of  successfully  worked 
schemes that  imitation  will  creep  in  in­
voluntarily.  But 
invariable 
misfortune  when  such 
imitation  sug­
gests  in  any  way  the  business  of  a  com­
petitor.

is  an 

To  successfully  advertise  it  is  not  es­
sential  to  get  up  some  great  “ scheme,”  
is  essential  to  advertise  your 
but 
own  goods. 
Straightforward,  candid 
announcements  about  one’s  own  busi­
ness  are  original.  Careful  thought  to 
make  such  announcements  reach  the 
mind  of  as  many  as  possible  and  sug­
gest  to  them  only  the  one  merchant  and 
business  will  be  successful.  The  more 
intelligent  the  thought  the better,  and  if 
the  merchant,  through  inability  on  ac­
count  of  other  duties,  sees  fit  to  call 
in 
the  assistance  of  specialists  to  aid  him, 
it  is  w ell;  but  let  him  give  the  matter 
enough  personal  attention 
to  see  that 
the  advertising  is  not  for  the  benefit  of 
some  one  else.

The  retirement  of  General  Campos by 
the  Spanish  government 
is  likely  to 
bring  Cuban  matters  to  a  crisis  in  a 
short  time.  The  degree  of  humanity 
and  conservatism  that  he  has  shown 
in 
his  dealings  with  the  insurgents  is  not 
in  accord  with  Spanish 
ideas  of  the 
energy  necessary  to  effect  their suppres­
sion.  Hence  they  have  sent  in  his  stead 
as  Governor  General  of  the  Island,  Gen­
eral  Yaleriano  VVeyler  and  as  Captain 
General  of  the  Spanish  army  a  man  by 
the  name  of  Polavieja,  who  is  said  to 
be  an  exponent  of  typical  Spanish 
cruelty  and  ruthlessness.  Terrible  sto­
ries  of  his  cruelties 
in  the  rebellion 
twenty-five  years  ago  are  told  by  the 
Cuban  patriots,  and  they  express  them­
selves  pleased  at  the  appointment,  as  it 
will  serve  to  stimulate  Cuban  sympathy 
and  drive  many  who  have  held  aloof 
into  the 
insurgents’  ranks.  The  fact 
that  the  cool  season  is  so  far  advanced 
makes 
it  probable  that  the  new  com­
mander  will  attempt  a  prompt  and  des­
perate  campaign  before  operations  are 
stopped  by  the  heat  and  malaria of sum­
mer.  This  will  probably  bring  matters 
to  a  decision  very  soon.

It  is  reported  that  the  striking  cigar- 
makers  of  Detroit  are  not  pleased  that 
Debs,  the  “ apostle  of  labor,”   preferred 
to  spend  his  leisure  at  the  bar  of  his 
hotel  with  congenial  “ spirits,”   instead 
of  addressing  the  protesting  tobacco 
rollers  and  giving  them  his  sage  advice 
as  to  the  prosecution  of  their  campaign 
against  the  masters.  The  great  man’s 
wider  experiences  have  spoiled  him  for 
such  petty  controversies  as  the  Detroit 
unpleasantness.

Cash  distances credit  in  the race.

ORGANIZED  LABOR  AND  POLITICS.

in 

leaders.  Thus 

The  average  aspirant 

for  political 
honors,  located  in  towns  where  there 
is 
much  activity  in  the  so-called  “ labor”  
organizations,  stands 
considerable 
awe  of  the  “ walking  delegate.”   There 
is  among  these  organizations  so  much 
of  self-assertiveness—they  make  them­
selves  so  numerous—that 
it  is  difficult 
to  persuade  the  politician  that  they  are 
not  all  powerful;  and  many  of  the  bet­
ter  element  of  those  having  such  ambi­
tions  are  kept  from  pushing  them  be­
cause  they  will  not  truckle  to  these  self 
constituted  arbiters  of  political  fortune. 
Thus  it  is  that  the  governments  of  such 
towns  are  so  largely  given  over  to  time­
servers  who  manage  to  “ stand  in”   with 
the  “ labor”  
it  is  that 
a  small  minority  actually  does  control 
the  governments  of  many  of 
these 
towns. 
If  it  comes  to  an  actual  dem­
onstration  or  test  of  strength,  organized 
labor  and  its  following  prove  much  less 
formidable  than  is  generally  supposed.
The  representatives of  “ labor”   in the 
formid­
“ federations”   are  especially 
able. 
If  their  conventions  are  held 
where  they  can  take  cognizance  of  the 
doings  of  some  ambitious  politician, 
they  usually  lead  him  around  by  the  ear 
in  a  manner  neither  graceful  nor  pleas­
ant. 
It  is  well  for  him  if  he  has  made 
a  correct  estimate  of  the  prestige  and 
power  of  his  would-be  tormentors and 
has  the  temerity  to  assert  his  independ­
ence  of  such  leadership.
illustrating  the 
instance 
A  notable 
foolishness  of  yielding  to 
futility  and 
is  the 
the  dictations  of  the  federation 
case  of  Colonel  Bliss,  of  Saginaw. 
It 
had  become  quite  generally  known  that 
his  great  ambition  was  the  governor­
ship.  The  meeting  of  the  State  “ fed­
eration”   was  held  at  Saginaw.  Now  it 
had  happened  that  the  Colonel  had  let 
some  contracts  for  the  construction  of 
buildings  to  an  old  soldier  who  was em­
ploying  some  of  those  who  had  not 
sworn  fealty  to  the  walking  delegate. 
This  was  an  opportunity  for  the  asser­
tion  of  the  dignity  and  power  of  “ la­
bor”   not  to be  missed.  Without a hear­
ing  he  was  condemned  by  the  secret 
tribunal  and  resolutions  of  “ anathema 
maranatha” were  quickly  passed.  Then 
a  committee  was  sent  to  acquaint  him 
with  his  fate,  and  tc  indicate  the  terms 
by  compliance  with  which  the  curse 
might  be  removed.  Right  here  was 
where  the  most  serious  mistake  was 
Instead  of  correctly  gauging the 
made. 
political 
importance  of  this  body  and 
promptly  inviting  its  committee  to  at­
its  own  affairs,  he  temporized 
tend  to 
and  made  promises  which  warrantel 
it 
in  making  a  report causing  a  rescind­
ing  of  the  condemnatory  resolutions.

of 

the 

interests 

The  servile  yielding  to  the  arrogant 
and  impertinent  demands  of  the  federa­
tion  was  of 
little  service.  His  action 
received  the  prompt  condemnation  of 
those  having  any  regard  for  the  best 
business 
State; 
and,  in  addition,  the  demands  of  the 
unions  were  carried  to  such  lengths that 
he  could  not  comply  with  them  and  the 
“ anathema”   was  again  pronounced  and 
circulars  were  to be  sent  to  all  labor  or­
ganizations  to  secure  their  co-operation 
in  defeating  him.  Taking  advantage 
of  the  feeling  against  him  engendered 
by  his  weak  compliance  with  their  de­
mands,  he 
is  an  easy  victim  of  their 
triumph  and  his  defeat  gives  them  a 
prestige  to  which  they  are  not  entitled.
A  juster  estimate  of  the  power  of  or­
ganized  labor— labor  dominated  by  the 
walking  delegate—will  rob  it  of  much 
of  its  formidable  character.  American

independence and  fair  play are too prev­
alent  among  the  real  working  men  for 
the  successful  influence  of  such 
leader­
ship.

The  Tradesman 

is  cognizant  of  sev­
eral  business  enterprises  which  have 
had  the  good  fortune  to  incur  the  dis­
pleasure  of  the  unions  and  have been 
placed  under  the  boycott,  either  open 
or  secret,  with  all  its  terrors.  These 
are  all  concerns  of  high  standing,  with 
wide  business  relations. 
In  every  case 
the  operation  of  the  boycott  has  been 
beneficial  and,  in  proportion  as  it  has 
been  urged,  it  has  been  necessary  to 
enlarge  facilities  to  meet  increased  re­
quirements.

If  the  political  aspirant  would  inform 
himself  as  to  the  real  strength and  pres­
tige  and  the  advantages  to  be gained  by 
a  course  of  manly 
independence,  or­
ganized  labor  would  soon 
its  ter- 
ors  and  our  cities  would  be  redeemed 
from  the  misrule  to  which  they  have 
been  surrendered.

lose 

DEBS  IN  DETROIT.

It  was  considered  that, 

in  view  of 
the  extensive  preparations  and  adver­
tising  for  the  recent  Debs  lecture  in 
this  city,  the  cool  reception  he  met  was 
creditable  to  the  intelligence  and  good 
sense  of  Grand  Rapids  working  men. 
It  was  naturally  expected  that  when  he 
reached  Detroit,  where  there  is  so much 
more  available  and  pliable  material  for 
the  demagogue, 
the  demonstrations 
would  be  on  a  scale  more  nearly  com­
mensurate  with  the  claimed  merits  of 
the  hero  martyr. 
Instead,  however,  in 
the  Detroit  reception  the  workingmen 
shamed  the  intelligence  of  those  of  this 
city,  in  that  they  gave  him  a  reception 
more  nearly 
in  accord  with  his  real 
merits.  His  widely  advertised 
lecture 
in  the  auditorium  of  that  city  brought 
only  $8o  gross  receipts,  entailing  a 
heavy 
loss  on  the  unions.  The  Presi­
dent  of  the  Trades  Council  denies  that 
Debs  drank  too  much  wine  for  his  own 
good,  albeit  several  union  men  who 
called  to  pay  their  respects  assert  that 
he  was  too  “ mellow”   to  receive  them. 
The  officer  referred  to  admits  that  the 
“ entertainment”   furnished  Debs by two 
prominent  labor  leaders  cost  the  unions 
over  $75.  Considering  that  his  stay was 
only  twenty-four hours,  it  is  fair  to  pre­
sume  that  the  “ refreshments”   were  on 
a  more  generous  scale  than that afforded 
by  the  average  Detroit  wine  cellar.

On  the  whole,  the  visit  to  that  city 
seems  to  have 
left  a  bad  taste  in  the 
mouths  of  all  concerned.  The expensive 
manner of  his  entertainment  and  his  in­
difference  to  the  local 
labor  troubles 
which  are  chronic  there  caused  a  good 
deal  of  dissatisfaction.  Since  his  visit 
a  session  of  the  cigarmakers’  union 
has  broken  up  like  Flanigan’s  ball,  and 
another  row  is  reported  of  the  striking 
moulders  of  the  Hyatt  &  Smith  Manu­
facturing  Co.  The  fact  that  such  petty 
matters  are  beneath  the great  man’s  no­
tice  will  not  tend  to  make  him  sought 
for  very  generally  as  it  becomes  mani­
fest  in  labor  circles.

Flour  and  Feed.

Flour  markets  have  ruled  very  firm 
throughout  the  week,  prices  advancing 
25@3oc  per  barrel,  with  good  demand 
and  sales  exceeding  the  output.

Grand  Rapids  mills  are  running  full 
time,  night  and  day,  although  the  win­
ter  wheat  mills,  as  a  whole,  are  turning 
out only  about  60  per  cent,  of  their  ca­
pacity.

The  demand  for  feed  and  meal  is  in­
creasing,  with  prices  firm  at quotations.

W m.  N.  R owe.

NATIONAL  POLICY.

All  great  nations  whose  rulers  possess 
any  statesmanship  and  political  wisdom 
have  a  general  policy  for  the  advance­
ment  and  upbuilding  of  the  national 
prosperity.

If  the  people of  a  country  are  fairly 
prosperous,  are  not  too  heavily  taxed, 
and  not  seriously  oppressed  by  their 
government, 
they  care  little  about  its 
form  and  doctrines,  and  they  are  ready 
to  respond  patriotically  to  all  demands 
for  the  public  defense.  No  people  can 
be  kept 
in  this  condition  of  general 
prosperity  unless  their  public affairs  are 
wisely  administered 
for  the  geneial 
good.

In  their  efforts  to  accomplish  such 
desirable  ends,  the  leading  satesmen  of 
the  great  nations  have  come  to adopt 
some  general 
line  of  public  policy 
which  appears  to  be  best  fitted  to  fulfill 
the  objects  in  view,  and  in  many  cases 
these  policies  become  sanctified  by  tra­
dition  and  popularized  by  their  adapt­
iveness  to  the  ends  sought.

The  settled  policy  of  the  ancient  Ro­
man  Empire  was  robbery.  The  Romans 
from  their  very  beginnings  were  rob­
bers.  They  stole  the  women  of  their 
neighbors,  the  Sabines,  in'order  to  get 
themselves  wives,  and  they  carried  on 
their  policy  of  plunder  until  they  had 
conquered  and  despoiled  every  rich 
people  within  their  reach.  The  wealth 
plundered  from  all 
the  then  known 
world  was  brought  to  Rome and the peo­
ple  were  for  centuries  maintained  in 
prosperity. 
long  as  money  was 
plenty,  nobody  cared  how  it  was  orig­
inally  procured,  nor  was  there  any  pop­
ular  indignation.against  the  crimes  and 
corruptions  of 
the  rulers  who  had 
brought  about  such  a  desirable  state 
cf  things.

So 

English  statesmanship  has 

learned 
important  lessons  from  the  policy  of 
Rome.  Of  course,  the  conquest  and 
plundering  of  foreign  peoples  in  this 
age  of  the  world  cannot  be  carried  on 
upon  the  scale  that  was  practiced  by 
Rome,  and  so  commerce  must  be  made 
to  take  the  place  of  force  where  force 
will  not accomplish  the  desired  result. 
England,  therefore,  started  out  as  the 
great  colonizer,  and  this  policy  has 
been  carried  on  until  colonies 
and 
possessions 
in  every  zone  and  quarter 
of  the  globe  have  been  brought  under 
the  British  flag.  The  object  of  this 
movement  w as.  not  to  plunder  and 
abandon  the  countries  so  occupied,  but 
to  develop  their  resources  and  monop­
olize  their trade.

England,  which 

is  a  small  country 
and  produces  naturally 
little  besides 
iron  and  coal,  has  become  the workshop 
and  factory  of  all  nations,  taking  their 
raw  products  and  returning  manufac­
tured  articles.  The  profits  of  this  sort 
of "trade  have  been  so  enormous  that 
through 
its  operations  for  many  years 
England  has  become  the  richest  nation 
in  the  way  of  acquired  wealth  in  the 
world  and 
is  this  enormous  wealth 
that  has  enabled  so  small  a  country  to 
carry  on  a  system  of  conquering  and 
absorbing  territory  and  peoples  until 
it 
has  put  all  the  other  nations  of  the 
earth  to  shame.

it 

England’s  policy  has  been  extraordi­
narily  successful  because  every  art  of 
cunning  as  well  as  every  resource  of 
wealth  and  power  has  been  used  to  ac­
complish 
it.  The  other  countries  of 
Europe  for  the  lack  of  wise  statesman­
ship  and  largely  because  they  possessed 
more 
internal  resources,  neglected the 
policy of  foreign  conquest  and  coloniza­
tion,  with  the  one  exception  of  Russia.

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

9

But  Russia  was  s0  little  engaged  in  for­
eign  trade  that  she  never  came  to  be  a 
commercial  rival  of  England. 
The 
United  States  was  the  only  power  that 
ever  threatened  British  supremacy  in 
commerce,  and  every  art  of  statesman­
ship  has  been  used  successfully  to  se­
cure  British  superiority.

The  United  States  has  never  had  any 
national  policy.  Almost  from  the  very 
beginning  of  the  country  the  people 
have  been  divided  upon  sectional 
line.1 
and  issues  into  hostile  and  warring  fac­
tions.  For  nearly  a  century  this  war­
fare  was  between  the  people  of  the 
Northern  States  on  one  side,  and  of  the 
Southern  on  the  other.  After  resulting 
in  enormous  damage  to  the progress and 
prosperity  of  the  whole  people, 
the 
sectional  war  between  the  North and  the 
South  is  being  replaced  by  one  equally 
as bitter  and  uncompromising  between 
the  West  and  the  East.

Under  such  conditions  all  the  evils 
of  a  house  divided  against  itself  have 
been  realized,  and  since  the  War  of  the 
Revolution  up  to  the  present  moment  it 
has  been  impossible  to  get  the  people 
of  this  great  country  united  on  any 
great  question of  national  interest.  The 
politicians  of  two  hostile  sections  of  the 
Union  have  been  constantly  trying  to 
down  and  crush  each  the  other, and  they 
have  used,  whenever  they  could,  the 
power  of  the  Government  to  carry  out 
their  belligerent  designs.

As  a  result,  there  has  never been  any 
rational  economical  or  commercial  pol­
icy  that  can  be  said  to  have  been 
thoroughly  agreed  upon,  and  the  result 
is  that  the  United  States,with  more  sea­
ports  and  more  miles  of  seacoast  and 
more  productive  capacity  than  can  be 
stated  of  any  other  country  upon  the 
planet  has  the  fewest  ships  engaged  in 
foreign  trade,  having  surrendered  all 
its  commerce  to  foreign  nations,  and 
does  not  possess  a  colony  or an  acre  of 
land  on  any  shore  or  island  outside  of 
its  own  immediate  territory.

Whether or  not  Briish  diplomacy  and 
statesmanship  have  brought  about  this 
state  of  things  cannot  be  declared ;  but 
the  situation  presented 
is  one  ideally 
desirable  to  the  greatest  of  the  com­
mercial  nations. 
It  is  not  astonishing 
that  England,  fully  realizing  the  humil­
iating  and  defenseless  condition  of  the 
Great  Republic,  should  undertake  to 
bully  this  country;  but 
it  would  have 
been  far  wiser  to  have  left  it  in  its  di­
vided  condition,  so  as  to  perpetuate  is 
chronic  sectional  disorders, 
it 
should  ever  be  possible  to  unite  and 
weld  together  the  public  sentiment  of 
into  one  great 
the  American  people 
thunderbolt  of  national 
and 
patriotic  pride, 
it  would  not  be  long 
before  British  supremacy  on  the  ocean 
and  in  the  world’s  commerce  will  be­
come  a  thing  of  the  past.

feeling 

for,  if 

The  ability  of  a  farmer  who  planted 
seed  and  then  left  it  to  take  care  of 
it­
self  would  be  questioned.  Just  so  with 
advertising.  This  is  the  seed  the  mer­
chant  plants,  and,  if  not  rightly  taken 
care  of,  a  fruitful  harvest  ought  not  to 
be  expected.  To  get  good  results  from 
advertising  you  must  help 
it  along. 
This  is  the  grease  put  on  the  squeaky 
wheels of  your  wagon  to  help  it  up  the 
hill.  Simply  oiling  the  wheels  though 
will  not  start  it  going,  nor keep  it  run­
ning. 
It  requires  pushing,  and  then 
the grease  will  make  it  move,  and  live­
ly,  too,  if  the  requisite  amount  of  push 
be  there. 
It  will  have  to  be  a  case  of 
pushing  and  pulling  if  you  want  to  get 
the  wagon  to  the  top  of  the  hill.

Difference  of  opinion  is  a  sin  which 

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last

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Getting the  People

A rt  of  Reaching  and  Holding  Trade 

by  Advertising.

I  should 

If  I  were  a  dry  goods  merchant  and 
desired  publicity  for  my  wares,  I would 
employ  five  good  looking  young 
ladies, 
taking  great  care  to  see  that  each  has 
a  well-formed  back. 
then 
dress  one  lady  in  red,  another  in  blue, 
another  in  yellow,  another  in  black  and 
one  in  white,  having  the colors harmon­
ize  with  the  complexions  of  the  ladies.
I  would  then  procure  chairs  for  each, 
decorate  the  chairs  prettily,  and  seat 
them  in  my  show  window,  placing  the 
white  lady  in  the  center.  1  would  place 
them  with  their backs  to  the  street,  and 
insist  that  each  should  dress  her  hair  in 
a  different  fashion  most  becoming  to 
her  particular  style  of  beauty. 
1  would 
give  each  lady  a  book  to  read  and  posi­
tive  instructions  to  keep  her  face  from 
the  window.  Under  and  back  of  each 
I  would  place  a  half  sheet  card,  using 
DeYinne  type,  if  possible,  plain  black 
letters,  advertising  whatever  1  wanted 
to  push.  The  curiosity  of  mankind  will 
make  of  such  an  attraction  one  of  the 
strongest  drawing  cards  ever  put  in  a 
show  window.

*   *   *

It 

How  to  advertise  successfully  for  a 
general  store  in  dull  times  is  a  difficult 
subject  to  properiy  decide. 
is,  at 
the  same  time,  a  subject  upon  which 
there  is  a  great  diversity  of  opinion.  At 
these  times  some  merchants  largely 
in­
crease  their  advertising  expenditures. 
Others  continue  about  the  same  as  in 
busy  times.  Business  discretion  should, 
of  course,  be  used  by  all,  but,  as a  rule,
I  believe  that  those  who  do  the most  ad­
vertising  at  these  times  have  the  best 
of  the  argument  and  can  bring  up  more 
good  reasons  to  support  their  side  than 
the  others. 
is  to  draw 
trade,  then  why  not  advertise  when  you 
need  trade  the  most? 
In  dull  seasons 
more  inducements  should  be  held  out  to 
in  brisk  seasons. 
the  customer  than 
More  care  should  be  used 
in  selecting 
articles  to  be  advertised  and  more 
thought  should  be  given  to  advertise­
ments ;  but,  however you  may view  this 
subject,  for  I know  a  great many shrewd 
business  men  view  it  in  exactly  the  op­
posite  way  from  which  I  have  men­
tioned,  do  not,  under  any 
circum­
stances,  drop  your  advertising  entirely.

If  the  purpose 

♦   *  *

Every  intelligent business  man  must 
recognize  the  fact  that  advertising  is 
not  a  matter to  be  let  out to  the 
lowest 
bidder. 
It  might  be  so  if all  papers 
were  of  equal  value  ’  as  advertising 
mediums.  But  with  this  value  in  differ­
ent  publications  ranging  from  nothing 
to  the  highest  figure,  it  is  contrary  to 
the  first  principles  of  business  to  take 
the  one  that  will  do  the  advertising  at 
the  cheapest  rates.  It  would  be  about  as 
sensible  to  put  in  office  men  who  might 
bid  the  lowest  for  the  place.  Fancy  a 
great railway  corporation,  a bank,  or  an 
insurance  company  selecting  its  presi­
dent  and  other  officers  by  competitive 
bids,  without  regard  to  their  qualifica­
tions,  or-  the  manager  of  an  extensive 
mercantile  business  or  a 
lawyer  in  a 
suit  involving  millions  of  dollars  being 
selected  because  he  is the lowest bidder. 
The  purpose  in  all  such  cases  is "to  se­
cure  the  best  services  for  the  prices 
paid—the  best  returns  for  the  money 
spent.

*  *  *

Did  you  ever  sit  down  and  give  five 
the 
Like  every

minutes’  consecutive  thought 
subject  of  advertising? 

to 

other  incentive  to  secure  customers,  it 
is  worthy  of  your  best  consideration and 
should  receive  it.  Say 
in  your  adver­
just  what  you  would  say  to  a 
tisement 
prospective  customer,  and  say 
it  as 
though  you  meant  business.

*  *  *

it 

simply 

expression. 

1  skip  that  page  entirely. 

The  couspicuousness  of  an  advertise­
ment  does  not  depend  upon  its  size. 
If 
you  have  a  large  department  store  with 
five  hundred  bargains  to  adveitise,  you 
will  need  a  page  to  do  i t ;  but  if  you 
ave  just  one  thing  to  advertise— sup­
pose  it  is  a  house  and  lot  or  a  threshing 
machine— don’t  take  a  page. 
\ou  can 
jo  much  better  with  the  same  outlay  by 
advertising  on  a  half  or quarter  page, 
if  you  have  a  whole  page  people 
for 
If  you 
have a quarter page  and  the  rest  is  read­
ing  matter  they  will  read  all  around 
rour ad.  and  necessarily  absorb  quite  a 
little  of 
from  proximity. 
While  I  have  sometimes  made  use  of 
)oetry 
in  my  advertising  matter,  yet, 
is  a  general  proposition,  I  should  say 
hat,  while  poetiy  has  its  uses,  its  place 
is  hardlv 
in  advertising  matter.  The 
jest  sort  of  advertising  is  the  plain,  un­
tarnished  tale  of  the  goods  and  the  pol­
icy  of  the  merchants.  Rhymes “require 
.onstant  sacrifice  of  th e* idea  to  the 
method  of 
Advertising 
poetry  is  usually  insufferable  doggerel,  I 
a.]so,  and  gives  one  a  mental  nausea, 
svhich  does  not  induce  favorable consid­
eration  of  the  goods  sought  to  be  adver­
tised.  It  is  almost  always poor  advertis­
ing  to  use  poetry  for  the  purpose,  ex­
instances,  such 
cepting  in  exceptional 
is,  for  example,  the  soap  placards 
in 
street  cars.  Poor poetry  is  so  lmmeasur- 
lblv  inferior  to  poor  prose  that the read­
er  rebels  against 
it  instinctively,  and 
the  prejudice  is  generously  extended  to 
cover  the  advertised  goods.  A  novel 
scheme,  and  one  which  savors  some­
is  being  practiced  to 
what  of  fraud, 
some  extent  across  the  ocean.  A 
little 
boy  was  discovered  the  othpr  day  cry­
ing  as  if  his  heart  would  break,  in  one 
of  the  principal  streets  of  Dublin. 
More  than  one-person  stopped  to  com­
fort  the  poor  lad,  and  after a time  quite 
a  crowd  of  sympathizers  had  gathered 
on  the  pavement.  At  last  the  tears  were 
stopped,  and  the  little  boy  exclaimed, 
“ I  want  to  be  taken  to  John  Brown’s 
shop 
in  Hugh  street,  who  sells  good 
boots  at  4S.  qd.,  6s.  and  ios.  the  pair.  I 
want  to  be  taken there. ”   It  is stated that 
the  young  man  was  as  near  being 
lynched  as  people  ever  get  in  the  older 
countries.

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

Some  W ise  Sayings.

In  some  men  prosperity  leads  to  am­
bition,  and  ambition to disappointment.
is  a  good  thing  we  have  not  pre­
science  of  our  prosperity.  We  would 
be  careless.

It 

It  is  no  small  matter  to  learn  to bridle 
but  it  pays  to  get  a bridle.

your  tongue,
Try  it.

There 

is 
wealth  and 
we  progress.

only  one  honest  path 
to 
we  have  got  to  make  it  as

A  first-class  clerk 

is  essentially  one 
that  knows  that  there  is much he doesn't 
know.

Every  to-morrow  has  two  handles—  
anxietv  and  faith.  Take  hold  of  either 
you  please.

Don’t  quit  your  post  without  permis­
sion  of  the  commander.  The  post  of 
the  merchant  is  duty  to  business.

Don’t  wear  a  face  that  would  scare  a 
sawmill  off  a  creek  when  trying  to  in­
troduce  new  goods.

Self-help  is  a  good  thing,but  be  care­
ful  and  don’t  help  yourself  to  anything 
you  have  not  earned.

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

m m  m B m m m m B m aam

WE  DO  NOT 
PRETEND

To  be  leaders  in  making  low  prices, 
but  we  challenge  a  comparison  of 
our  goods  with  those  produced  by  any 
competitor,  feeling  confident  that  the 
verdict  for  Quality ant 1 Finish  will  be 
decidedly  favorable  to  us.

Stick,  Mixtures,  H. M.  Creams, 
Chocolates, Fruits, Nuts, Oysters

Putnam  Candy  Co. 

GRAND  RAPIDS 

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Fifth  Avenue

Mocha and Java-I

Coffee

Grateful
Refreshing

Delicious 
Full  Strength

I.  pi.  Clan  Grocery  Co.

Wholesale  Agents  for  Western 

flichigan.

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11

__ Dry  Goods
REPRESENTATIVE  RETAILERS.

T.  B.  Robinson,  the  Grand  Ledge 

Dry  Goods  flerchant.

“ Shake  hands  with  Mr.  Robinson,  of 
Grand  Ledge."  The  ceremony of civil 
ity  was  gone  through  without  a  break, 
the  compliments  of  the  season  were 
pleasantly  exchanged,  and  the  pen  of 
the  biographer  was  duly  dipped  in 
ink 
and  a  few 
leading  questions  were 
asked.  They  were not answered.  They 
have  not  been  answered  y et;  and  while 
a  delightful  half  hour  of  conversation 
followed,  only  a  single  date—August 
28,  1886—fell  from  the  man’s  lips—the 
date  of  his  beginning  business in  Grand 
Ledge;  and  the  wiliest  art  of  the  inter­
viewer  was  not  able  to  draw  from  the 
victim  a  single  tangible  fact,  with  one 
single  exception.  When  asked 
if  he 
was  a  Mason,  he  answered  promptly : 
“ Yes,  sir—t ’a  reply  which  utterly  dis­
couraged  further  inquiry  in  that  direc­
tion.

With  this  meager  data  from  the  sub­
ject,  the  reader  will  kindly overlook any 
mistakes  which  he  may  detect  in  the 
following  narrative.

Daylight  came  peeping  over  the  hills 
of  Grand  Ledge  some  forty  or  forty-five 
years  ago  and  was  happy.  A  little  baby 
boy  had  been  born  during  the  night,  at 
the  Robinson  farm,  who  later  was pop­
ularly known  as  Tom.

facilities  of 

The  educational 

that 
period  were  not  conducive  to  an  early 
attendance,  the  parents  of  the  boy  be­
lieving  that  the  two  or  three  miles  from 
the  farm  to  the  schoolhouse  was  a  little 
too  far  for  the  young  feet  to  trudge 
daily,  and  what  the  schoolhouse  failed 
to  furnish  the  farm  made  up  by  giving 
an  early  bend  to  the  twig  committed 
to  its  care,  with  an  occasional  twig  to 
the bend,  as  time and  circumstances re­
quired !  The boy  in  due  time found  his 
way  to  the  schoolhouse  and  he  made 
the  most  of  the  four  or  five  years during 
which  he  was  enrolled as a pupil.

Reaching  the  age  of  17,  he  made  up 
his  mind  that  the  farm  and  the  work  on 
it  ought  to  go  to  those  who  like  that 
kind  of  work  and  that  kind  of 
living. 
He  was  going  to  try  something  else. 
He  did.  He  heard  of  a  possible  va­
cancy  in  a  dry  goods  store  not  a  thou­
sand  miles  away  and  he  was  so  success­
ful  in  his  application  that  he  was  soon 
at  work.

There  were  two  good  years  of  this. 
Then  the  temptation  came  to  try  his 
hand  in  a  grocery  store  and  the  change 
was  promptly  made.  Six  months  was 
found  to  furnish  all  the  experience  he 
wanted  in  that  line;  and  then  his  coat 
came  off,  his  sleeves  were  rolled  up 
and  for  the  next  nine  months  the  young 
man  was  earning  his  bread  by  the sweat 
of  his  brow  in  a  planing  mill.  Then 
his  old  love  came  back,  and,  shaking 
the  sawdust 
from  his  shoes  and  the 
shavings  from  his  garments,  he tramped 
over  to  Charlotte  one  day  and  went  into 
a  dry  goods  store.  That  was  more  to 
his  taste  and  for  five  happy  years  he 
gave  his  undivided  attention 
to  the 
business  which  he  now  determined 
should  one  day  be  his.

is 

Why 

it  that  the  hardest  time  in 
one’s life  is  always  looked  back upon  as 
the  happiest,  by  the  one  who  lived  and 
endured?  Men,  grown  gray  with  toil 
and  privation  and  hardship,  finally  win 
the  goal  of  their  hones  and  desires; and 
then,  surrounded  with  plenty,  in  their 
ease  they  look  with  longing  eyes  upon

the  old  life,  to  think  and  to  talk of what 
they  then  went  through  with,  and  con­
stantly  refer  to  it  as  the  one  spot  in  the 
wilderness  of  the  past  where  life  was 
as  happy  as  it  was  toilsome.  So  these 
five  years  to  Mr.  Robinson  were  event­
ful  ones.  He  had  known  a 
little  of 
business  on  the  outside.  Then  he  made 
it  a  part  of  himself.  He  had  had  a 
taste  of  lumber  and  the  grocery  trade. 
These  were  put  aside,  and  dry  goods 
was  the  only  idea  after  those  five  years 
began.  He  entered  the  business  a  nov­
ice.  The  five  years  found  him  so  near 
a  master  in  theory  that  a  year or  two  of 
practice  in  Chicago,  and  a  few  more  in 
Charlotte,  brought  him  to  Grand  Ledge 
at  the  date  recorded,  and  August  28, 
1886,saw him  at  the  head  of a  dry  goods 
store,  in  which, 
if  signs  and  rumors 
amount  to anything,  the  man  has  made 
a  success.

in  the  community 

“ A  city  set  on  a  hill  cannot  be  hid”  
and  when  a  man  is made  President of a 
bank 
in  which  he 
lives,  it  means  that  he  is  getting  to  the 
top  of  that  particular  hill. 
It  gets  into 
the  papers  and  into  the  directory,  and 
all  that  is  necessary  to  find  out anything 
about  the  man 
is  to  ask  somebody. 
This  is  what  the  Tradesman  has  been 
doing  and,  whiie  the  dates  in  the  above 
are  few  and  far  between,  the  facts  re­
corded  there  are  just  as  valuable  and 
show  how  unimportant  figures  really  are 
in  matters  of  this  kind.

Here  are  some  other  items  which  a 
little 
industry  has  secured:  When  a 
man  has  been  having  hard  luck  and 
is 
doesn’t  know  which  way  to  turn,  he 
later 
very  liable  to  bring  up  sooner  or 
against  Mr.  T.  B.  Robinson, 
if  he 
knows  him,  and  the  affairs  of  the  unfor­
tunate  man  begin  at  once  to  brighten. 
Need  never  held  out  to  him  her  plead­
ing  hands  in  vain;  and  sympathy,  even 
it  costs  something,  is  found  on 
when 
hand 
in  generous  quantities  with  the 
proprietor  of  this  dry  goods  store  in 
Grand  Ledge—a  record  worthy  of  a  bet­
ter  telling  and  one  which 
is  easily 
recognized  by  those  who  know him best.

The  Value  of  Rank.

the  year  1870  he  was 

The  extreme  cheapness  of  military 
titles,  a  few  years  after  the  war,  is  well 
illustrated  by  a  story  that  was  told  at  a 
recent  campfire.  The  narrator  said that 
in 
traveling 
through  a  certain  populous  country  dis­
trict,  and  stopped  to  converse  with  a 
shoe  manufacturer  who  had  a  consider­
able  number  of  men  at  work  in  his  fac­
tory.

“ Most  of  these  men  are old soldiers,”  

said  the  maker  of  shoes.

“  Indeed !  Are  any  of  them officers?”
“ Two  of  ’em.  One  of  ’em  there  was 
a  private,  and  that  fellow  beyond  was 
a  corporal,  but  the  man  beyond  him 
was  a  major,  and  the  man  away  over 
in  the  corner  was  a  colonel.”

“ Indeed !  Are  they  good  men?’ ’
‘ ‘ Well, ”   said the manufacturer,  ‘ ‘ that 
is  a  first-class  man,  and  the 

private 
corporal’s  pretty  good,  too.”

“ But  how  about  the  major  and  the 

colonel?”

facturer.

“ The  major’s  so-so,”   said  the.manu­

“ But  the  colonel?”
“ W ell,”   answered  the  manufacturer, 
“ I  ain’t  agoing  to  say  a  word  against 
a  man  who  was  a  colonel 
in  the  war, 
but  I’ve  made  up  my  mind  to  one thing 
— I  ain’t  agoing  to  hire  any  brigadier- 
generals. ’ ’

A  daughter  was  bcrn  to  the  Czar  and 
Czarina  of  Russia  recently.  When  this 
daughter  attains  the  proper  age  for 
its 
first  pair  of  shoes,  according  to  custom, 
the  Czarina  will  give  the  poor  children 
several  hundred  pairs  of  shoes.

Last  Trip  This  Season

I  will  be at Sweet’s  Hotel,  Grand  Rapids,  Thursday 
and  Friday,  of  this  week.  Shall  be  pleased to pay  ex­
penses  of  merchants  outside  of  the  city  who will  come 
and see our line of  Hats, Caps and  Straw  Goods.

M. J.  Rogan, with

Moore,  Smith  &  Co., 

Boston.

Established 39 Years.

W ASH  GOODS

We have received our new goods for Spring season of  '96.

Percales,  Dimity,  White  Goods,
Prints, 
Indigo,  Black  and  Brown 
Twills,  Plaids,  Stripes,  and  printed 
Ginghams,  also  new  Drapery,  and 
a  large  line  of  Dress  Goods.

P.  Steketee &  Sons,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

ESTABLISHED  1S02.

I Spring  &  Company

IMPORTERS  and 
WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

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NOTIONS, RIBBONS, HOSIERY, GLOVES 
UNDERWEAR, WOOLENS,  FLANNELS 
BLANKETS, GINGHAMS, PRINTS and 
DOMESTIC COTTONSj

We invite the attention of the Trade to  our 
Complete and  Well  Assorted  Stock 
at  Lowest  Market  Prices.

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Tronvilles,  Fine 
Satin  and  Per- 
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Shirt  W aists  i |

Will  be  better  than  ever 
this  year.  Our  line  will 
more than please.

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

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12

JANE  CRAGIN.

Dolly’s   Manner  of  Meeting  a  Diffi­

culty.

is 

“ Dolly,  is  Cy  anywhere  around  the 
store?”   asked  Miss  Cragin  with  a  tone 
of  anxiety.

“ I  think  not,”   was  the  reply. 

“ He 
said,  when  he  went  out  a  few  minutes 
ago,  that  he  was  going  around  to  Wal­
lace’s. 
Is  there  anything  I  can  do  for 
you?  You  are  not  looking  well  this 
morning. ”

improve  the  crops 

“ I’m  not  well  at  all. 

I’m  almost 
sick  enough  to  go  to  bed;  and  that  Ann 
Weaver  that  I  never  could  and  never 
just  pulling  up  at  the 
shall  endure 
hitching  post. 
I  used  to  think  Amanda 
Bettis  would  wear  me  out,  soul  and 
body,  but  she  couldn't  hold  a  candle  to 
this  Ann  Y/eaver.  Dirty! _  I  believe 
she’d 
if  the  wind 
from  her  neighborhood  should  blow over 
the  fields;  and,  when  it  comes  to  trad­
ing  with  her,  she’s  the  biggest  cheat 
that  eyes  ever  rested  on. 
I  can’t  trade 
with  her  this  morning,  Dolly;  you’ll 
have  to  do  it  and  get  along  with  her the 
best  you  can.  just  let  her  have  one good 
time  having  her  own  way.  Give  her 
what  she  wants  at  her  own  price  and 
get  her  out  of  the  store  as  soon  as  you 
can.  I  suppose  it’s  a  wise  dispensation 
of  Providence  that  brings  such  folks 
into  the  world,  and  a  wiser  one  that 
doesn’t  kill  ’em  off after  they  get  here, 
but  I  have  never  been  able  to  under­
stand  why.  Pull  that  curtain  down  at 
the  office  window,  will  you? 
I’m  not 
to  be  seen  to-day  by  that  woman.  She 
drives  me  raving  distracted  when  I  am 
at  my  best.  Here  she 
is—go  and  do 
your best;’ ’ and  Miss McWayne went  out 
to  dicker  with 
“ cantankerous”  
woman.

the 

“ Good  morning,  Mrs.  Weaver.  You 
must  have  had  an  early  start  this  morn­
ing.”

“ Morning.  Not 

so  awful  airly. 
live  on  a  farm  have  to  be 
Folks  that 
if  they’re 
up  and  stirring  by  sunrise 
going  to  do  anything ;  but, 
land  sake, 
that  ain’t  nothing  arter  ye  git  used  to 
it.  He  says  I’m  alius  up  and  wuser’n 
any  owl  he  ever  see;  but  I  tell  him 
there’s  a  few  things  yit  that  he  hain’t 
seen.  Where's  Jane?  1  see  the  office 
winder’s  shet.  A in’t  sick  nor  nothing, 
is  she?”

“ She  has  a  bad  headache  this  morn­

ing.  What  can  I  do  for  you?”

“ That’s  too  bad.  Jane’s  one  o’  them 
kind  that  keeps  agoing  as  long  as  they 
can  hold  their  head  u p ;  but,  when  they 
do  go  down,  they  are  flatter’n  a  pan* 
cake.  Tell  ye  the  plain  trewth,  I  don’t 
know  what  I  dew  want.  Have  to 
look 
’raound  and  see. 
If  he  was  here  he'd 
say  I  never  did;  but  I  tell  him  it’s 
enough  to  make  anybody  lose  what little 
wits  they  have  got  to  live  with  him! 
Now,  lemme  see;  I’d 
like  to  look  at 
some  han’kerchers  and  some  o’  these 
lace  things  ye  wear  ’raound  yer  neck— 
rootches,  I  guess  ye  call  ’em ;  and  ye 
might  throw  down  some  o’  that  light 
colored  calico.  My  butter ’n  aiggs  are 
on  t’other  counter;  and  he  put  in  some 
p ’taters  and  turnups— the  likeliest  ones, 
I’ll  bet,  ye  ever  see.  Tell  Jim  or  some­
body  to  onload 
’em,  and,  while  you’re 
weighing  the  butter  and  counting  the 
aiggs,  I ’ll  haul  things  over  and  see 
what  I  want. ’ ’

Jane  Cragin,  behind  the  office  win­
that 
dow,  heard  and  groaned : 
woman, 
that  woman!  There  won’t  be 
a  handkerchief  or  a  piece  of  print  that 
won’t  be  a  sight  to  behold  after  she’s 
pawed  'em  over  with  those  fat  greasy

‘ ‘ Oh, 

M

R

M
ä

hands;  and,  because 
she  thinks  I’m 
not  out  there  to  stop  her,  she’ll  go  right 
around  to  the  other  side  of  the  counter 
and  poke  around  and  spoil to her heart’s 
content.  Oh,  dear!”

And  then  she  heard  “ that  Weaver 
woman”   say:  “ Now, 
there  ain’t  no 
sort  o’  need  o’  my  putting  ye  to  all  that 
trouble— I ’ll 
’raound 
’em  where  they  be, 
there  and 
so ye won’t have to take  ’em  all  daown.

just  come  right 

look  at 

tones 

In  Dolly’s  pleasantest 

came 
the  reply : 
‘ * Oh,  no,  Mrs.  Weaver,  not 
for  the  world !  Why,  if  any  one  should 
see  you  behind  the  counter,  half  of 
Mi 11 town  would  give  me  no  end  of 
trouble  in  that  very  direction.  No,  you 
stay  on 
I’m  here  to  be 
troubled  in  just  that  way.  Suppose  we 
see  to  the  eggs  and  butter  first.  Why, 
what  small  eggs  these  are!  Your  hens 
must  all  be  bantams.  Five  dozen  and 
nine  of  them,but  they are  so  very  small, 
Mrs.  Weaver.”

that  side; 

“ Five  dozen  and  nine  of  ’em!  Can’t 
ye  count  straight,  or  don’t  they  teach 
counting 
if  ye  can’t 
squeeze  out  the  six  dozen  I  put  in 
there. ’ ’

in  Vassar?  See 

“ A  better  way  will  be  for  you  to 
count  them  for  me.  You  are  more  used 
to  it,  you  know.  Count  them  a  dozen 
at  a  time  and  I’ll  put  them  in  this  box. 
That’s  it.  Now  I  have  the  five  dozen, 
and  how  many  more  are  there?"

jest 

like  him—-it’s  jest 

“ That  comes  from  ever  expecting  a 
man  to  do  anything  you  tell  him !  Last 
thing  I  said,  when  I  begun  to  put  on 
my  things,  was,  ‘ Now,  you  count  six 
dozen  of  aiggs,’  says  I,  ‘ six  dozen, 
S I X ,   s ix !  Do  ye  hear?’  and  that 
two-legged  gump  up  and  left  out  three! 
It’s 
like  the 
whole  pesky  pack.  They  hain’t  one  on 
’em  that  knows  anything  natcherly;  but 
I’ve  been  pegging  away  at  him  so 
long 
that  I  did  think  he could  count  seventy- 
two  without  my  standing  right over him, 
but  there 
’tis!  Never  mind—you  can 
pay  me  for  the  six  dozen  and  then  I’ll 
bring  the  odd  ones  next  time  I  come.”
“ Do  hear  the  good-for-nothing!”  
whispered  Jane  to  herself,  and  held  her 
breath  to  hear  what  Dolly  would  say  to 
that.

“ That  would  be  an  easy  way,  but 

it 
wouldn’t  be  the  right  way,  Mrs.  Weav­
er.  Such  a 
lot  of  loose  ends  as  that 
would  work  havoc  with  the  business. 
Mr.  Huxley  might  do  it  or Miss Cragin, 
but  you  can  see  that  it  wouldn’t  do  for 
me.  We’ll  call  the  eggs  five  and  three- 
fourths  dozen— just  what  they  are;  but, 
with  eggs  so  small  as  these,  I  hardly 
know  what  to  do  about  taking  them. 
Guess  we’d  better  weigh  them.  Of 
course  you’ve  taken  the  precaution  to 
see  that  they’re  all  good?  No?  Never 
mind,  it  won’t  take  long.  Only  six— 
not  so  bad  as  might  be.  Now  we’ll 
weigh  them. ”

“ Weigh  my  aiggs?  Waal,  I  guess not, 
Doll  McWayne.  A  dozen  o’  aiggs  is  a 
dozen  o’  aiggs;  and  ye  can  take  ’em 
at  14  cents  a  dozen  jest  as  they  be,  or 
ye  can  let  ’em  alone. ’ ’

“ Well,  perhaps  that  is  the best way  to 
If  you’ve  been  used  to  sell­
leave  it. 
ing  them  by  the  dozen,  you’ll  be  better 
satisfied.  Well,  now  we’ll  talk  about 
the  vegetables;  let’s  go  out  and  look  at 
them.  Mr.  Huxley  has  charge  of  that 
part,  and  I  think,  Mrs.  Weaver,  I shall 
have  to  buy  them  by  weight.  What 
splendid  beets !  The  turnips, 
too,  are 
such  big  fellows  that  I  should  have  to 
weigh  them,  too— I  should  cheat  you 
if 
let  them  go  until  Mr. 
I  didn’t.  We’ll 
Huxley  comes.  Now  for  the  butter. 
I 
must  trouble  you  to  take  off  the  cover

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There—thank  you. 
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if  I  had  some  of your 
strength.  Do  you  have  a  spring house, ’ 
Mrs.  Weaver?”

“ Well,  he  calls  it  a 

‘ spring  house’ 
but  I  told  him,  t’other  day,  that,  if he 
fer  the  trewth,  he’d 
had  any  regards 
better  git  another  name  fer 
it,  or  I 
should  have  to  take  a  shovel  and  dig 
the  spring  out,  fer  I  hain’t  seen  any­
thing  on’t  sence  the  year  one.  So  I  jest 
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little  salt, 
and  then  hangs  her  down  the  well  till 
I  gits  a  good  ready  to  come  to  taown— 
and  there 
'tis.  Ye  can  see  fer  yerself 
it’s  hard’s  a  rock.”

in  a 

in  to  keep  long. 

“ I’m  very  sorry,  Mrs.  Weaver,  but 
this  didn’t  hang  quite  long  enough.  We 
have  to  be  very  careful  about  the  butter 
that  comes  to  us;  and  this,  besides  be­
little  too  much  butter­
ing  soft,  has  a 
milk 
It  hasn’t  quite 
fresh,  butter  smell  which 
that  sweet, 
we  are  obliged  to 
insist  on.  Some­
times,  you  know,  we  keep  the  butter 
quite  a  while  before  we  sell  it,  and 
butter  like  this  would  soon  be too rancid 
for the  table,  and  would  spoil  any  other 
we  might  have  on  h an i.”

it 

“ Do  ye  call  my  butter  ‘ rancid’ ?”
“ It 

isn’t  that  now,  but  it  will  be  if 
I 
the  buttermilk 
isn’t  worked  out. 
it 
think,  Mrs.  Weqver,  if  you’ll  take 
home  with  you  and  give 
it  a  good 
working  over,  you’ll  have  some  butter 
that  won’t  be  spoiled  by  too  much 
buttermilk.  As 
is  now,  I  couldn’t 
take  it.  Shall  we  look  at  the  dry  goods 
now?  Oh,  we’ve  both  been  handling 
these  butter  boxes,  and  your  hands 
are  almost  as  dirty  as  mine.  Let’s  step 
into  the  back  room  where  we  can  have 
some  warm  water  and 
soap.  Here 
you are.  I  want  you  to  tell  me  what  you 
think  of  this  soap.  We  like  it,  but  we 
want  to  see  how  our  customers  like  it 
before  we give  a  large  order.  You  see, 
it  gives  a  good  lather—don’t  be  afraid 
of  it.  One’s  hands  do  get  so  dirty  in 
a  place  like  this. 
I  like  warm  water, 
for  this  kind  of  dirt  won’t  come  off 
this  soap  keeps  the 
with  cold;  and 
hands  from  chapping. 
I’ll  wrap  up  a 
couple  of  cakes  and  ask  you  to take 
them  home  for  Mr.  Weaver  to  try. 
Here’s  the  towel.  I’ll  wash  my  hands 
now,  and  then  we’ll  be  ready  to  inspect 
the  dry  goods. ’ ’

“ Ye  don’t  mean  to  say  that  ye  have 
hot  water  and  a  clean  towel  here  all  the 
while,  do  you?”

“ Yes,  and  we  use  them,  too.  Goods 
like  handkerchiefs  and 
laces  are  easily 
soiled,  and  I  wash  my  hands  every 
time  I  touch  anything  on  the  dry  goods 
side  of  the  store. ”

“ That’s  the  man  on’t  all  over!  A 
man  and  a  hog  are  pretty  much  the 
same—both  made out  o’ dirt. 
‘ Baout as 
much  airth  sticks 
to  one  as  does  to 
t’other,  and  all  the  difference  I  can  see 
is  that  one  goes  on 
legs  and 
don’t  chaw  terbacker,  and  the  other 
goes  on  two  and  does. 
told  him, 
t’other  day,  that  I  believed  at  the  fin­
ishing  off  the  head  got  hitched  to  the 
wrong  body;  and  the  longer  I 
live  the 
it.  Oh!  these  are  the 
more  I  believe 
rootches, 
they?  Hain’t—they—
pooty!”

four 

be 

I 

“ One  trouble  with  them  is  that  they 
must  have  careful  handling;  and  I’m 
sure,  Mrs.  Weaver,  you  won’t  take  it 
amiss  if  I  ask  you  to be  careful  not  to 
rumple  them.  This 
is  rather  pretty. 
Let  me  take  that  one  a  minute.  There 
—th is 'is   the  way  to  wear  it. 
Isn’t  it 
pretty?  Here’s  one  not  quite  so . w ide;

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

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this  scarlet  ribbon  for  a bow.  You’d 
better  let  me  do  it  up  for  you,  hadn’t 
you?”

I  can  stand 

“ I  vum,  I  b ’lieve  ye  may. 

I  hain’t 
had  an  alpacy  sence  I  can  remember.  I 
don’t  know  what  he’s  going  to  say— 
howsomever„  if  he  knows  what’s  good 
for  hisself,  he  won’t  say  much,  now  I 
tell  you. 
’baout  so  much 
and  no  more.  There,  I must  go.  ‘ Baout 
them  aiggs— I  guess 
they  be  ruther 
small.  I  told  him,  when  he  fust  brought 
’em  in,  that  I  guess  he’d  ben  arobbing 
of  a  quail’s  nest;  and  he 
laughed  and 
said— well,  he  said  that  I  could  tuck 
’em  off  on  to  Cy,  if  anybody  could. 
I 
guess  'tain’t  wuth  while  to  carry 
’em 
back  home.  The  rest  of  the  truck  I’ll 
leave—all  but  the  butter. 
I’ll  git  the 
buttermilk  out  o’  that,  or  I’ll  know  the 
reason  why.  There’s  Cy  now— I’ll  yell 
to  him  to  onload  ’em ;”   and  she  rushed 
to  the  door.

“ Here,  you  daddy 

long-legs,”   she 
screamed, 
as  she  opened  the  door, 
“ come  on and  hustle  this  stuff  out  o’ 
my  wagon;”   and  a  little  later,  with  her 
butter  under  the  wagon  seat  and  her 
alpaca  on  the  seat  beside  her,  she

reins 

immediately 

brought  down  the  reins  with  resounding 
slap  on  the  horse,  that  noticed 
it  no 
more  than  he  did  the  violent  jerking  of 
the 
afterwards. 
When,  however,  she  reached  for  the 
whip,  the  animal  gave  a  start  so sudden 
that  only  her  firm  grasp  on  the  lines 
prevented  her  from  going  heels  up  and 
head  down,  over  the  wagon  seat. 
It  is 
needless  to  say  that  the  horse  paid  for 
his 
indiscretion  and  the  dreaded  Mrs. 
Weaver,  vigorously  plying the  lash,  was 
soon  out  of  sight;  and  Dolly  McWayne 
turned  from  the  door, where  she watched 
the  departure  of  her  customer,  with  a 
satisfied  “ There!’ ’

“ Cy, ”   said  Jane  as  she  opened  the 
office  window,  “ what  do  you  think! 
Ann  Weaver  ha:f come  and  gone  with­
out  getting  mad.  She took  back  her  vile 
butter  without  one  word ;  she  gave  in 
about  the  little  bantam  eggs;  she  had 
to  wash  her  dirty  hands 
in  good  hot 
water  and  soap ;  she  carried  away  that 
old  alpaca  dress  pattern  that’s  been  an 
eyesore  so 
long,  and  Dolly  has  made 
her  a  friend  for  life.  What  do you  think 
of  that?”

“ I’m  not  surprised. 

I  knew  she 
would. 
I’ve felt  all  along  that  all  Dolly 
needed  was  a  chance,  and  so  when  I 
saw  Ann  coming,  I  just  shacked  over  to 
Wallace’s  and  let  her  have  it!”

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it  costs  a  little  more,  but  is  much  finer 
and  would  be  more  becoming  to  you. 
My  neck  is  so  long  that  I  must  use  the 
wide  to  cover 
it.  There’s  where  you 
have  the  advantage  of  me.  Shall  I  put 
this  one  aside  for  you?”

“ I  guess  so. 

I  don’t  know  what  he’ll 
say,  but  I  don’t  know’s  I  care.  Lemme 
see  them  there  han’kerchers.  Have  to 
git  suthin’ fer him  or  he’ll tear the house 
daown.  My!  What  a  pooty  ring  that  is 
on  your  finger.  What 
is’t,  a  diming? 
When  ye  hold 
it— there,  like  that—ye 
can  see  red  and  green  playing tag on  it. 
What  makes  it  look  so  kind  o’  milky? 
Oh!  a  upple,  hey?  Don’t  b'lieve  I  ever 
seen  one  afore. 
Air  upples  costly? 
What  did  ye  give  for  it— or  don’t  ye 
want  to  tell?  I  wonder  how  'twould  look 
on  my  hand— jest  slip 
it  off  and  le’s 
see. ’ ’

“ Why,  Mrs.  Weaver,  I  beg  your  par­
don  a  thousand  times,  but  the  ring  was 
a  present,  and— I”

I  see— wished  on  and 
“ Ah!  um ! 
dassen’t  take 
it  off!  Oh,  waal,  young 
folks  will  be  young  folks  to the  day  o’ 
doom.  That’s  what  I  tell  him  when  he 
gits  rampagin’ 
'raound  about  Laviny’s 
beau.  She  and  Jed’s  ben  keeping  com­
pany  fer  ’baout  a  year  now,  and  I  don’t 
b'lieve  the  old  Harry  hisself  could  tell 
how  it’s  coming  out.  I  told  him,  t’other 
day,  when  he got to growling  ’baout  it— 
there!  that’s  the  thing  that  takes  my 
eye.  Now,  if  you  had  some  a  leetle 
finer 
’twould  be  jest  what  I  want  and 
tickle  him  almost  to  death.”

“ Wait  a  minute—here,  Mrs.  Weaver, 
is  a  silk  one,  the  last  of  the  lot,  and 
I’ll  let  you  have  it  at  the  same  price. 
I  like  to  wait  on  anybody  who  isn’t  all 
the  time  beating  down.  Now,  this  is 
something  really  worth  buying. 
I  won­
der  if  you  wouldn’t  like  some  of  this 
ribbon? 
It’s  all  silk  and  fast  colors. 
Such  things  often  come  in  play;  if  your 
daughter  wants  to  brighten  up  a  dress 
or  a  hat,  she  can  do  it  without  having 
it  cost  much.  Why  "not  take  what  little 
there  is  left—there  is  only  a  yard  and  a 
half?  Here’s  half  a  yard  on  this— I’ll 
throw  that  in.  You'll  want  more  than 
two  colors  to  have  handy  by ;  why  not 
take  these  other  two  remnants,  three- 
quarters  of  a  yard  each?  This  white 
one  would  make  a  handsome  necktie. 
Tie  it  like  this.  There! 
Isn’t  that  ex­
actly  what  you  want?”

“ Yes,  ’tis;  but  I  must  git  out  o’  this 
store  afore  I’m  busted !  I ’m sorry  ’baout 
the  butter  and  them  there  aiggs;  but 
Cy  alius  was  putchecky  as  any  old 
woman  I  ever  see,  and  I  don’t  see  how 
you  women  folks  stand  him  as  well  as 
you  do.  All 
’tis,  I’d  make  him  know 
his  place  if  I  had  anything  to  do  with 
him— all  the  time  poking  ’raound. 
I 
s’pose  ’tis  'baout  the  fair  thing  to  sell 
them  beets  and  turnups  by  the  paound. 
I  believe,  my  soul,  I  should  make  more 
than  I  would  by  the  bushel. ’ ’

“ Now,  Mrs.  Weaver,  before  you  go, 
I  want  to  show  you  a  nice  piece  of 
goods  that  I  think  will  make  up  for  you 
It’s  a  piece  of  alpaca. 
handsomely. 
is.  Now, 
See  how  fine  and  lustrous 
if  you  don’t  care  to  be  just  exactly 
in 
style,  you’ll  find  that  that  will  make 
you  a  handsome  dress,  and  with  a  little 
trimming  will  be  as  pretty  a  gown  as 
anybody’d  need  to  own,and  it  will  wear 
like  iron_  You  see  what  it  is  marked, 
but  I’ll 
let  you  have  it at  fifty  cents  a 
yard.’ ’

“ Throw  in  the  linings,  I  s’pose?”
“ No,  I  can’t  do  that,  for  we  must 
serve  all  our  customers  a lik e;  but  I’ll 
forget  to  charge  you  for  the  ruche, 
and,  what’s  more,  I ’ll  put  in  enough  of

it 

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Shoes  and  Leather

The  Three  Dollar  Shoe.

From the Shoe and Leather Gazette.

Ask  anybody  what 

is  the  popular- 
priced  shoe  and  nine  times  out  of  ten 
the  answer  will  be,  $3.  The  S3  shoe 
has been  popularized  by  the  liberal  use 
of  printers’  ink.  Certain  manufacturers 
have  spent  fortunes  in 
impressing  the 
public  mind  with  the  hotion  that  S3 
is 
a  fair  and  equitable  price  for  service­
able  shoes  for  the  million.  Probably 
this  price  was  chosen  because  it  best 
suited  the  notion  of  convenience  and 
profit  of  the  manufacturers.  The  bene­
fits  derived  by  manufacturers by  adver­
tising  goods  to  sell  at  this  price  cannot 
be  overestimated.  The  result  of  this 
campaign  of  education,  which  has  been 
going  on  for  years,  has been  to  increase 
sales  materially  of  the  goods  manufac­
tured  by  the  advertiser,  but  it  has  also 
aided  others  making  goods  at  a  similar 
price.  In  other  words,  while  the  adver­
tiser  has  derived  almost  untold  benefits 
front  the  money  expended,  he  has  to  a 
certain  extent  helped  his  competitors 
along  the  road  to  success.  Many  con­
cerns  to-day  thrive  on  the  reputation  of 
others,  “ stealing  their  thunder”   when­
ever  and  however  possible ,  but  much 
success has  also  been  achieved  by  fol­
lowing  along  the  lines  of  a  leader  and, 
while  not aping  his  works,  at  the  same 
time  taking  advantage  of  popular  senti­
ment  created  by  the  efforts  of  men  who 
have  spent  fortunes  in  this  education. 
Have  you  noticed  since  patent 
food 
products  were  first  popularized  how 
many  concerns  have  found  it  compara­
tively  easy  to  tempt  the  public  to  eat of 
their  viands  and  concoctions?  What 
is  true  here 
is  equally  true  in  greater 
or 
in  the  shoe  and  leather 
trades. 
If  you  can’t  lead  yourself,  just  watch 
some  leader  and  see  if  you  cannot  in  a 
legitimate  manner  utilize  some  of  the 
instruments  of  success  he  has created.

less  degree 

.

W ear  Out  the  Most  Shoes.

“ One  would  naturally  suppose  that 
the  most  shoes  were  sold  to 
letter-car­
riers  and  book  agents, ”   said  a dealer to 
the  New  York  World  the  other  day, 
“ but  that 
is  not  so.  There  are  many 
things  harder  on  shoes  than walking and 
the  man  who  can’t  go  a  few  blocks 
without  taking  a  car  often  wears  out  a 
pair  quicker  than  the  one  who  walks 
several  miles  a  day.

Isn’t 

What 

“ The  regular  walker 

is  the good-will  of  a business? 
What  does  the  good-will  represent? 
These  questions  are  not  difficult  to  an­
swer.  Why  does  a  merchant  advertise 
really  knows 
season  after  season  and  offer  the  most 
how  to  walk,  an  art  which  is  not  as 
earnest  inducements  he  can  find? 
Is  it 
common  as  it  used  to  be  before  the  day 
merely  to  get  people  to  come to his store 
of  elevated  roads  and  electric cars.  The 
once? 
it  to  gain  the  permanent 
non-walker  is  generally  a  person  of 
in­
good-will  of  the  people  and  induce them 
dolent  disposition,  who  takes  no  more 
to  think  that  his  is  just  about  the  right 
care  of  his  shoes  than  of  the  rest  of  his 
place  to  purchase?  The  point 
is  to 
wardrobe.  He  breaks  them  across  the 
build  up  a  trade  that  will  stay  with you, 
back  by  forcing  them  on  and  off  when 
even  though  it  be  necessary  to  sacrifice 
they  are  half  uniaced  and  he  saves him­
a  temporary  advantage 
in  order  to 
self  the  trouble  of  removing  any  mud 
gratify  this  settled  ambition.  Frequent­
by  applying  an  extra  quantity  of  black­
ly  unreasonable  demands  have'to  be  ac­
ing.  Most  of  this  stuff  is  full  of  vitriol 
ceded  to,  and  the  “ soft  answer  which 
and  if  a  man  would  only  use  less black-
turneth  away  wrath”  
is  brought  into
mg  and  more  oil  and  elbow-grease  he  p]ay  jn  order  to  lay  the  foundation  for 
future  profitable  associations.  Perma-
would  have  fewer  cracked  shoes. 
“ But  it  is  neither  the  walker  nor  the  nent  re]atjons  are  only  established  by 
careless  man  who  uses  up the most shoes  gajnjng  the  confidence  of  the  commu- 
it  is  the  bar- | njtyj  and  this  is  not  gained  in  a  day.
in  the  course  of  a  year 
It  used  to  be  said  that  snow 
tender. 
when  you  have  reached  this  goal 
water  would  rot  leather  quicker  than I 
people  say,  “ If  you  want to  get 
anything  else,  but  that  was  before  the 
just  to  suit  you  and  be  treated 
things 
invention  of  chemically-made beer. 
I 
right,  go  to  B-----’s, ”   you  are 
in  pos­
don’t  know  just  what it is  that the brew­
session  of  something in comparison with 
ers  use,  but  there  is  something  in  beer 
which  a  stock  of  goods  seems  of  little 
that  eats  not  only  through  leather  but 
value.  This 
is  the  good-will  of  the 
through  hardwood  floors. 
I  have bar­
community.
tenders  who  come here  for  a  pair of new 
shoes  every  few  weeks  and  they  all 
agree  that  the  reason 
is because  they 
have  to  stand  so  much  in  the  beer-drip­
pings.  The  man  in  search  of  a  moral 
for a  temperance  lecture  could 
look 
in 
no  better  place  than  behind  the bar. ”

is  advisable  to  dislpay  goods  as
much  as  possible.  The  more  goods  are 
displayed,  the  more  apt  they  are  to  be 
sold.  Not  only  have  them brought forth 
on  the  counter,  but  overhead,  on  the 
shelving, 
in  some  proper  way.  The 
more  attractively  arranged  is  the  stock 
is  the  inducement  to  buy. 
the  greater 
Always  keep  these  display  goods 
in 
prime  order.  Have  them  kept  thorough- 
They  have  been  wearing I ly  dusted,  and,  as  they  are  sold,  fill  up 
for  some  years  and  there  is  the  gaps  with  others.  Plenty  of  price

The  hygienists  and  the health  reform­
ers  can  say  all  they  choose  about  the 
matter—people  are  going  to  wear  point 
ed  shoes, 
them  now
no  indication  that  the  public 

is  going  tickets  are  always  an  aid  to  buyers.

Keep  Goods  In  Sight.

Pointed  Rubbers.

But,

It 

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

back  to  the  broad or round toes,  however 
much  more  wholesome  such  broad-toed 
footwear  may  be.  The  pointed  toe  is 
certainly  much  prettier  than  the  square 
toe  of  many  years  ago,  and  this  is  an 
aesthetic  age  and  people  want  footwear 
that  is  not  only  serviceable,  but  that 
is  also  attractive.  Now the  pointed  toed 
shoes  that  the  public  are  wearing  re­
quire  pointed  toed  rubbers,  not  only  on 
account  of  looks  but  on  account of wear, 
because 
is  a  well-known  fact,  and 
every  retailer  should  keep this  in  mind, 
that  a  rubber  wears  the  best  that  fits  the 
best. 

^  ^

it 

n inor  Shoe  Notes.

Certain  brands  of  dressing  for  wom­
en’s  shoes  produce  a  splendid  polish 
on  patent  and  enamel  stock  without  in­
jury  to  the  leather.

Just  a  dusty  brown,  hardly  a  choco­
late,  is  one  of  the  handsomest  shades 
for a  lady’s  20th  Century  shoe—and  one 
of  the  hardest  shades  to  get.

A  retailer  who  desired  to  impress  up­
on  his  customers’  minds  that  he  was 
in 
cutting  prices  put  a  butcher’s  block 
his  window, 
it  and 
chopped 
in  two,  leaving  the 
cleaver  sticking  in  the  wood.

laid  a  shoe  on 

it  clean 

Rochester 

shoe  manufacturers  who 
have  made  successful  efforts  to  secure 
foreign  trade  are  furthering  a  move­
ment  to  secure  for  their  product  as  fa­
vorable  terms  of  entry  to  French  ports 
as  are  accorded  English  goods  of  the 
same  class.

Some  salesmen  appear  to  think  that 
a  shoe  cannot  be  too  long  provided  it  is 
narrow  enough,  and  as  a consequence  a 
E  foot  is  fitted  in  an  8  A  shoe.  The 
width  is  all  right,  but  the  length  is  al­
together  too  great. 
It brings  the  ball  of 
the  shoe  forward  of  the  ball  of  the  foot 
and  results  in  a  general  wrinkling  that 
would  not  otherw ise  occur.

Vaseline  is  the  salvation  of new  shoes 
which  have  become  wet  and  muddy. 
First  rub  the  shoes  well  with  a  soft 
cloth  and  thus  remove  all’themud.  Now 
for  the  vaseline.  Saturate  a  cloth  with 
it  and  rub  it  well  into  the  shoes.  Stuff 
the  shoes  into  shape  and  let  them  rest 
for awhile;  then  give  them  another  oil­
ing  and  rubbing  and  they  will  appear 
as  good  as  new.  This  same  treatment 
will  do  much  for  old  shoes  which  have 
been  out  in  the  rain.

The  Good=wiII  of  a  Business.

Our  Spring  line 
of  samples  are 
being  shown  by 
our 
representa­
tives  on  the  road 
and the prices are 
based on to-day’s 
latest  price  of 
leather.  W e  want you to  see  them  as we can and 
will  do you  good.  W e  want  your  order.  ^ a te 
agents for Lycoming and Keystone Rubbers.  I hey 
are the  best.  Stock  full  and  complete -c a n   fill 
orders  at once.  Send  us your order.

REEDER  BROS  SHOE  CO.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

THE  OLD  ADAGE

“Where There’s a Will There’s a Way”
IS  A  GOOD  ONE

W e have both, the  WILL,  and  the W A Y  to serve you for  1896.
Our line o f  Footwear for Spring is the best we have eveif shown  in  the  History  o f  our

Business Career, which dates back into the Sixties.
Our  Stock  of  Boston  Rubber  Shoe  Co.  Goods 
Always  Complete  from  A  to  Z.

-   BIPGE,  KHL

GRAND  RAPIDS.

Our  Spring  Line  is  in  the  hands  of 
our travelers.  They will  call  on  you 
early  with  the  “ Market’s  Best’’  at 
prices  to  match  the  times. 
If  you’re 
not  on  our calling list  kindly  consider 
it  an  oversight  and  drop  us  a  card.

Yours  for  Shoes,  etc.,

Herold=Bertsch Shoe Co.

-

155555555V55555

HIRTH,  KRAUSE  &  CO.,  Grand  Rapids.

♦  

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

1 5

GRAND  RAPIDS  IN  1850.

W ritten for  the Tradesman.

CHAPTER  I.

I 

It  was  a  clear  cold  morning  the  latter 
part  of  February,  1850,  that  the  writer 
stood  in  front  of  the  Kalamazoo  House, 
in  Kalamazoo,  waiting 
for  the  stage 
which  was  to  land  him  at  Grand  Rapids 
on  his  first  visit  to  that  city. 
found 
the  inside  seats  all  occupied  and  it  was 
with  pleasure  that  I  accepted  the kindly 
invitation  of  the  driver  (Crawford  An- 
gell,  of  your  city)  to  take  a  seat  on  the 
driver’s  box  with  him. 
I  learned  later 
that  he  was  a  general  favorite  with  the 
traveling  public  and  considered  by 
them  the  prince  of  Jehus.  Subsequent 
business  transactions  with  him  con­
vinced  me  of  his  business  capacity  and 
moral  worth.  The  roads  were  frczen 
and  smooth, 
the  air  was  bracing  and 
the  gentle  swaying  of  the  old-fashioned 
thoroughbrace  coach  made  our  thirty 
miles  to  the  dining  station  seem  short, 
and  as  we  drew  up  to  the  Yankee 
Springs  House  for  dinner  it  was  with 
appetites  ready  to do  justice to  the good 
fare  always  served  by  Mr.  Lewis,  mine 
host  of  that  eight-story  hostelry  at  Yan­
kee  Springs.  The  eight  stories  did  not 
rise  upward  after  the  manner  and  style 
of  your  beautiful  Grand  Rapids  hotels, 
but  it  was  literally  eight  stories  on  the 
ground,  a  single  one-story 
addition 
having  been  built  from  time  to  time, 
as  it  was  needed.  After  leaving  Yan­
kee  Springs  the  roads  became  rougher, 
the 
journey  more  tiresome  and  much 
unbroken  forest  was  passed  through  in 
the 
last  half  of  our  journey.  The  in­
side  passengers  were  all  strangers  to 
me,  although  Grand  Rapids  men,  and 
my  genial  friend  who  held  the  lines 
beguiled  the  hours  by  giving  me  their 
names  and  peculiar  characteristics,  and 
answering  courteously  all  my 
inquiries 
about  Grand  Rapids  and  its  population. 
The  bursts  of  merriment  and  laughter 
from  the  inside  ring  in  my  ears  to  this 
day.

in 

the 

friends. 
that  the 

It  was  a  pleasing  revelation  to  me  of 
the  genial  character  of  the  business 
men  of Grand Rapids.  All  bore  honored 
names,  and  all  now  fill  honored  graves. 
Some  of  them  gave  up  their lives  in  de­
fense  of  the  union ;  others,  after  long 
lives  of  usefulness,  were  gathered  in  by 
the  Great  Reaper,  surrounded  by  sor­
It  was 
rowing  relatives  and 
late 
the  evening 
stage 
stopped  before  the  Rathbun  House, 
where  I  received  a  formal 
introduction 
to  my  traveling  companions,  some  of 
whose  names  I  shall  have  occasion  to 
mention  as  business  men  at  some  future 
time.  My  visit  to  Grand  Rapids  was 
at  the  earnest  solicitation  of  my  boy­
hood  friends, 
late  John  W.  and 
Peter  R.  L.  Peirce.who  were  earnest  in 
their  confidence  of  the  future  of  the 
Valley  City  from  a  business  standpoint. 
Many  of  their  predictions,  which looked 
extravagant  to  me  then,  now  seem  al­
most  prophetic  when  I  compare  your 
city 
is  to-day. 
Breakfast  was  hardly  over, when  I  heard 
the  voice  of  my  friend,  Peter,  cracking 
his  inimitable  jokes,  and  was  soon  car­
ried  away  from  the  hotel  a  captive. 
It 
was  a  captivity  long  to  be  remembered 
by  me.  The  next  few  days  I  received  a 
hearty  welcome.  The  evenings  were 
spent  in  social  calls  and  gatherings,  the 
days  in  talking  business  with  business 
men.  The  outcome  of  this  visit  was 
that  arrangements  were  made  for  open­
ing  the  first  clothing  store,  to  manu­
facture  its  own  stock  in  Grand  Rapids.
The  following  first  day  of  May  found 
myself  and  family  on  our  way,  by  pri­

in  1850  with  what 

it 

from  Coldwater  to 
vate  conveyance, 
Grand  Rapids,  a  three  Mays’ 
journey, 
to  try  my  luck  at business  in  that  city, 
which  then  claimed  a  population  of 
nearly  3,000.  After  a  tortuous  route 
via  the  Erie  canal  to  Buffalo  and  round 
the  lakes  to  Grand  Haven  and  Grand 
Rapids,  my 
stock  of  goods  arrived 
safely,  just  twenty  days  from  date  of 
shipment  from  New  York.  Having 
identified  myself  with  the  business  men 
of  Grand  Rapids 
iu  1850,  I  close  this 
introductory  chapter.

W .  S.  H.  W e e t o n .

Owosso,  Mich.

The Upper Peninsula A fter Tanneries.
Marquette,  Jan.  18— A  company  has 
been  organized  here  for  the  purpose  of 
attracting  Eastern  tanneries  to  the Lake 
Superior  hemlock  districts,  which  are 
said  to  be  the  most  desirable  in  the 
country  at  the  present  time  for  that pur­
pose.  Maps  are  being  made  of  the 
district  and  circulars  will  be  sent  out 
calling  attention  to  the  same.  Three  or 
four  years  ago  the  Chicago,  Milwaukee 
&  St.  Paul  Railroad  took  similar  steps, 
and  now  along  the  Wisconsin  Valiey 
division  of  this  road  are  located  some 
of  the  most  extensive  tanneries 
in  the 
world.  For  forty  miles  on  each  side  of 
the  harbor  of  Ontonagon  the  hemlock 
forests  are  untouched,  ami  examination 
of  the  bark  by  tannery  experts  from 
New  York  and  other  points  indicates 
that  it  is  of  the  best  quality.  Besides 
industry,  efforts  will  be 
the  tanning 
made 
to  attract  hardwood  and  pulp 
wood  industries  to  locate  in  this  region.

It 

that 

The  enterprise  of  American  news­
is  proverbial;  but  Spain  has  a 
papers 
journal  whose  sphere  of  usefulness  far 
exceeds  anything  we  have  in  this  coun­
try. 
is  a  weekly  illustrated  paper, 
printed  on  linen,  and  sold  at  the  insig­
nificant  price  of  2)4  pence.  After  set­
ting  forth  the  various  merits  of  his 
paper,  the  editor  calls  particular  atten­
tion  to  the  fact  that  it  has  only  to  visit 
the  laundry  to  be  converted  into  a  su­
perb  pocket  handkerchief, 
it.  is 
useful  for  dusting  things  and  invaluable 
in  taking  part 
in  popular  demonstra­
tions.  Such  a  journal  must be  deserv­
edly  popular.  People  who  are  always 
writing  to  the  newspapers,  telling  them 
that  they  should  not  print  this  article 
of  news,  or  that  account  of  something 
else  because 
sensational,  or 
didn’t  suit  their taste,  have  only  to  take 
a  nice  washable  paper  like  the  Spanish 
one.  Then  in  the  morning  the  elderly 
spinster can  say  to  her  maid :  Mary,
if  you  have  washed  out  all  the  divorce 
proceedings  and  the  murder  trials,  and 
the  sporting  gossip,  you  can  bring  me 
the  morning  paper.”

it  was 

Give  money  plenty  of  air  and  it  is  a 
power  for good.  Shut  it  up  and  it  will 
breed  trouble.

The  Bradstreet 
Mercantile  Agency

THE  BRADSTREET  COMPANY 

Proprietors.

E x e c u t iv e   O f f i c e s —

279, 281, 283  Broadway,  N.Y.

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

CHARLES  F. CLARK,  Pres.

G r a n d   R a p id s   O f f i c e —

Room  4,  Widdicomb  Bldg.

HENRY  ROYCE,  Supt.

no  You  Want  10  increase  Your  Business ?

Do you want to sell a New Shoe that  is  More Comfortable than an Old One ?

Requires  No  “ Breaking  In.”

Any person who wears one pair of

=  = Goodyear  Welt  Shoes  =  =
Made with Sleeper  Patent  Flexible  Insole,

Made  for  Hen  and  Women.
Retail  from  $3.00  Upward. 
H - V  R obinson AND C o m pan y-

Send  for Sample  Dozen.

Will wear no other.

Detroit.

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W E  KNOW

That just  now you  have  a  stock  of  Rubbers 
that  you  want  to  reduce.  But  you  may  need 
a  few  sizes to  help  out.  W e  have  sizes  and 
widths, and  as we are  an

Exclusive 

Rubber  House

Can send  you just what  you are short of and  ship  goods  the  day  the  order

is received.

W.  A.  McGRAW  &  C O ,

Jobbers  of  Boston  and  Bay  State  Rubbers.

Detroit,  flieh.

HEYMAN  COMPANY

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Write for Prices on Any Showcase  Needed.

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Grand  Rapids, Mich.
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Widdicomb Hid.

N.  B. CLAR K , 

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Pres.

W .  D.  W ADE, 
Vice-Pres.
C.  U.  CLARK,

Sec’y and Treas.

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We  are  now  ready  to 
make  contracts  for  bark 
for the season of 1896.
Correspondence Solicited.

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I G

Clerks’  Corner^
No  Effect  W ithout  a  Cause.

“ I’ll  bet  you,  he’s  a  tough  one  to 
it’s 
work  for!  From  morning  to  night 
’ Here,  boy!’  and 
‘ There,  boy!’  and 
never  a  let-up.  First  one  thing  and 
then  another,  and, 
if  he  just  catches 
you  stopping  a  single  minute,  you  get 
your  raking-down  instanter. 
I  m  going 
to  stand  it  little  while  longer  and  then 
I’m  going  to  quit.  So  long! 
and, 
with  an  easy,  not  overanxious  gait,  the 
pestered  boy  sauntered  on  to  the  store.
Now,  there  isn’t  the  least  idea  about 
that  boy’s  thinking  himself  an  exceed-. 
ingly  abused  mortal—he  simply  knows 
it.  The  day,  to  him,  is  not  only  one  of 
hard  work  but  of  constant  nagging. 
The  “ Here,  boy!”   and  “ There,  boy!”  
have  never  a  regard  for  the  weary limbs 
and  never  a  thought  for  the  poor  dis­
couraged  heart  beating 
in  his  tired 
body;  and  so, 
from  day  to  day  and 
from  week  to  week,  despised  and  un­
appreciated,  he  is  dragging  out  a  mis­
erable  existence  at  that  treadmill  of  a 
store.

Had  that  boy  been  the  only  one  in 
the  world  suffering  with  the  depressing 
disease,  he  would  not  h a v e  been allowed 
to  pass  on without immediate treatment; 
but  1  find  that  he  is  only  one  of  many 
who  are  encouraging  an  ailment  purely 
mental—one  which,  if  left  to itself,  will 
become  chronic  and  so 
incurable.  So, 
then,  my  good  boys,  the  first  fact  for 
you  to  be  thinking  of  is that “ nagging”  
is  usually  a  result—that  there’s  a  cause 
behind  the  effect.

“ Jack,  did  you  do  up  and  take  over 
Johnson’s  celery  that  he  ordered  this 
morning?”

“ No,  sir, 

I  was  doing 
else  when  you  told  me  to. ’ ’

something 

“ Do  it  right  up  and  take  it  over;  he 

was  waiting  for  it.”

A  few  minutes  later,  the  man  who 

is 
grinding  that  poor  boy’s  life  out  of  him 
says:  “ Taken  that  celery  over?”

“ Hain’t  had  a  chance  to  do  it  up 

yet.”

“ Well,  why  don’t  you  go  and  do 

it? 

Hurry  up  now!”

Then  follows  a  little  private  conver­
sation,  which  ends  with  Jack  s  doing 
up  the  celery  and  starting  over  with  the 
bundle,  muttering  something  under  his 
breath  which  will  not  bear  repeating, 
but  which  appears  to  relieve  him  im­
mensely.

Do  you  imagine  that  Jack  would  have 
if  he  had 

been  nagged  that  morning 
done  his  duty?

A  man  with  a  store  on  his  hands, 
like  a  man  in  any  other  business,  con­
siders  his  part  done  when  he  makes 
known  his  wants.  Johnson  wanted  his 
celery.  The  store-keeper  told  Jack  to 
do  it  up  and  deliver  it. 
It  was  Jack’s 
duty  to  charge  his  mind  with  it,  or, 
better  still,  make  a  note  of 
it,  and  the 
minute  he  had  an  opportunity  take  it 
over. 
Instead,  the  store-keeper  had  to 
remind  him  twice  to  do  his work.  Jack 
calls  that  “ nagging.”

This  is  how  Jack’s  “ nagging”   was 
brought  about:  A  little  while  after the 
boy  began  to  work  for  that  store,  a 
housekeeper  came  in  and  ordered  some 
butter  for  dinner. 
It  was  then  a  little 
after ten  o’clock.  The  order  was  put 
into  jack’s  hands,  who  was  told  to  see 
to 
it  at  once.  Fifteen  minutes  after 
twelve,  there  was  an  angry  housekeep­
er  who  came  into  that  store.

“ Where’s  my  butter?”
“ Hasn’t  it  been  sent  over  yet?”
“ No,  it  hasn’t ;  and 

if  I’ve  got  to

I 

come  twice  for  what  I  want,  I’ll  go 
somewhere  where  I  don’t  have  to!”

“ I  beg  your  pardon  and  I’ll  send  the 
it  was 
butter  right  over 
taken  over  right  after you  left the order.
It  sha’n’t  happen  again.”

thought 

It  hasn’t,  but  the  reason  why  is  this: 
After  Jack  has  been  told  to  do  a  thing, 
his  employer  has  to  follow  him  up  to 
see that  the  order  is  carried  out.  So, 
as  I  said,  nagging  is  a  result,  and  the 
boy  has  only  himself  to  thank  for  the 
unpleasant  condition  of  things.

The  boy’s  remedy  for  the  evil  is  sim­
ple  and  natural,  from  his  side  of  the 
fence:  He  will  stand 
it  for  a  little 
while  longer and  then  he  will  quit—a 
statement  true  enough 
if  he  will  only 
quit  the  right  thing.  Leaving  his  posi­
tion  will  not  accomplish  it.  If  he  “ take 
the  wings  of  the  mornng  and  flee  into 
the  uttermost  parts  of  the  sea,”   he  will 
find  himself  handicapped  by  the  bane 
of his  life—the  putting  off  for  a  more 
convenient  season  the  duty  of  the  pres­
is  the  accepted  tim e;”  
ent. 
“ Now 
anil  the  boy 
in  a  store,  or  anywhere 
else,  who  doesn't  make  the  most  of  that 
mighty  NOW  will  always  be  nagged 
and  always  be  “ standing  it  as 
long  as 
he  can  and  then  quitting.

issue  of  the  Tradesman 

Glance  down  the  columns  that  furnish 
in  this 
the 
cheering  story  of  one  of  the  Men  of 
Mark. ’ ’  There 
is  no  “ nagging”   re­
corded  there,  for  the  simple  reason  that 
this  man  never  was  nagged.  That,  as 
said  before,  is  a  result,  and  he  avoided 
the  result  by  never  allowing  the  exist­
ence  of  the  cause. 
It  does  not  require 
much  reading  between  the  lines  to  see 
that,  in  his  case,  not  only  was  the  work 
done at once but he was able to anticipate 
a  task  and  have  it  done  before  he  was 
told  to  do  it.
But in ourselves, th at we are  underlings,”
is  as  true  to-day  in  a  common  grocery 
store  as 
in  the  Roman  capital 
centuries ago ;  and  it  teaches  to-day  as 
plainly  as 
it  did  then  the  simple  truth 
that  we  who  will 

“The  fault, dear  Brutus, is  not  in  our  stars 

it  was 

“Can build the ladder by which we rise 
From the lowly earth to the vaulted  skies,

And mount to its summit round  by  round ”

•   ♦

Fulfill  Your  Prom ises.

U n c l e   B o b .

it 

It  is  easier  for a  merchant  to  make  a 
is  to  fulfill  it,  as  this 
promise  than 
weakness 
is  one  of  the  traits  common 
to  humanity.  But  does  it  pay  to  make 
promises  that  are  not  kept?  Most  de­
cidedly,  no.  Why  tell  a  clerk  you  will 
give  an 
increase  of  salary  if  you  have 
no 
intention  of  doing  so?  Sometimes 
when  this  promised  increase  of  wages 
is  not  received  toe  clerk  will  hand  in 
his  resignation  just  when  his  services 
are  most  needed,  and  after  his  de­
parture  you  realize  that  it  would  have 
paid  better  to  have  given  the  promised 
increase.  Then,  if  you  do  a  repairing 
business  in  connection  with  your  retail­
ing,  as  many  dealers  do,  you  should not 
promise  John  Smith  that  his  boots  will 
be  done  on  Wednesday  and  keep  him 
waiting  until  Saturday  for  them.  The 
aforesaid  John  may  not  say  much,  but 
the  chances  are  he  will  do  some  tall 
thinking,  and  when  it  comes  to  patron­
age  his  will  most  likely  be  missing. 
Then,  again,  when  a  représentât]’ve  of 
some  manufacturer  puts  in  an  appear­
ance  and  proceeds  to  talk  business,  you 
put  him  off  with  the  promise of an order 
next  time,  and  then  turn  around  and 
give  it  to a  salesman  who  calls  the  next 
week.  This  may  seem  like  a  little thing 
to  you,  but 
is  the  little things that 
count.  Downright  lying,  which  is  just 
the  plain  English  for  it,never  benefited 
anybody,  nor  never  will.

it 

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Commercial T ravelers

Michigan  Knights of the  Grip.

President,  S.  E.  Symons,  Saginaw;  Secretary, 
Geo.  F.  Owen,  Grand  Rapids;  Treasurer,  J.  J. 
F rost, Lansing.
Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’  Association. 
President, J.  F. Cooper, Detroit:  Secretary  and 

Treasurer, D. Morris, De'roit.

Special  M eeting  of  the  Board  of  Di. 

rectors,  K.  of  G.

Grand  Rapids,  Jan.  20—At  a  special 
meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of 
the  Michigan  Knights  of  the  Grip,  held 
at  Hotel  Downey,  Lansing,  Jan.  18, 
1896,  all  the  members  were  present, with 
the  exception  of  Director  Tyler,  who 
was  detained  at  home  by  illness.

Secretary  Owen  presented  his  finan­
cial  report,  showing  the  receipts  from 
Dec.  30  to  Jan.  18  to  be  $465  in  the 
general  fund  and  $30  in  the  death  fund, 
making  a  total  of  §495,  which  amount 
he  had  turned  over  to  the  Treasurer.

Treasurer  Frost  presented  his  report 
for  the  same  period,  showing  $1,170.55 
on hand  in  the  general  fund  and  $368.58 
in  the  death  fund,  making  a  total  of 
$1,539.13.  The  report  was  accompanied 
by  a  statement  lrom  the  cashier  of  the 
National  City  Bank  of  Lansing  that  the 
balance  to  the  credit  of  J.  J.  Frost, 
Treas.,  on  Jan  18,  was  $1,539.13.

The  reports  of  the  Secretary  and 
Treasurer  were  reported  correct  by  the 
Finance  Committee  and  were  accepted 
and  adopted.

The  following  bills  were  pronounced 
correct  by  the  Finance  Committee  and 
the  Secretary  was 
instructed  to  draw 
orders  for  the  sums :
Secretary’s salary  to date  ........................... $382 95
Treasurer’s salary  to  date.......................... 
35  86
Tradesman  Company,  printing  and  sta­
tionery ..........................................................   TO  80
Secretary’s postage  account........................  57  75
J .J .  Frost,  printing.......................................  
1  75
S. E. Symons, attendance at Board meeting  5  95 
Geo.  F. Owen, attendance  at Bo:ird  meet­
5  70
in g ................................... 
John R. Wood, attendance at Board  meet­
ing ..................................................................   4  02
B. D. Palmer, attendance at Board meeting  4  05 
A. F. Peake, attendance at Board  meeting  3 73 
F. R. Streat, attendance at Board  meeting  3 00 
President  Symons  announced  the  fol­
committees,  which 

 

 

lowing  standing 
were  confirmed: 

,

Legislative— E.  P.  Waldron,  Chair­
man,  St.  Johns;  N.  B.  Jones,  Lansing ; 
L.  M.  Mills,  Grand  Rapids.

Railroad— C.  S.  Kelsey,  Chairman, 
Battle  Creek ;  Leo  A.  Caro, Grand  Rap­
ids;  Henry  P.  Goppelt,  Saginaw,  E.  S.
Hotel—Geo.  A.  Reynolds,  Chairman, 
Saginaw,  E.  S.  ;  A.  W.  Stitt,  Jackson; 
J.  C.  Saunders,  Lansing.

Bus  and  Baggage—Giles  C.  Burnham, 
Chairman,  Detroit;  A.  Sant,  Menomi­
nee ;  M.  J.  Moore,  Jackson.

Employment 

and  Relief—A. 

E. 
Smith,  Chairman,  Saginaw,  E.  S.  ; 
Thos.  Madill,  Detroit;  Frank  L. 
Nixon,  Kalamazoo.

The  appointment  of  John  M.  Fitch 
(Corunna)  as  Chaplain  and  C.  L.  Law- 
ton  (Grar.d  Rapids)  as  Sergeant-at- 
Arms  was  approved  by  the  Board.

Communications  from  Wm.  S.  Coop­
er,  of  Lansing,  and  Fred  Kohl,  of 
^Quincy,  were  read,  and,  on  motion  of 
Director  Hammell,  the  Board  instructed 
the  Secretary  to  write  Mr.  Kohl,  recom­
mending  that  he  make a satisfactory set­
tlement  with  Mr.  Cooper  for  the  coat 
and  also  for  the  statements  made  by 
him  in  relation  to  the  affair.

A.  F.  Peake  presented  the  following 
resolution,  which  was  adopted  by  the 
affirmative  vote  of  all  the  members 
present:
Resolved—That  the  members  of  the 
Board  of  Directors  of  the  Michigan 
Knights  of  the  Grip  do  petition  and 
earnestly  pray  for  a  1,000  mile  inter­
changeable  mileage  book,  good  over  the 
different  railroads  of  M ichigan;  and, 
further

Resolved— That  we  present  this  peti­
tion  to  the  Railroad  Passenger  Agents 
of  Michigan  for  their  consideration.

The  claim  of  Mrs.  Nellie  P.  Field, 
as  beneficiary  of  the 
late  Albert  L. 
Field  for  the  sum  of $500,  was approved 
and  the  Secretary  was 
to 
draw  an  order  on  the  Treasurer  for  the 
amount.

instructed 

The  following  resolution  was  pre­
sented  by  Director  Peake  and  unani­
mously  adopted :

Resolved—That 

it  be  the  sense  of 
the  Board  of  Directors  that,  inasmuch 
as  the  claim  of  R.  W.  Jacklin  in regard 
to  expenses  to  the  Atlanta  Congress  did 
not  come  before  the  convention,  as  was 
intended 
in  the  resolution  adopted  at 
the  last  Board  meeting,  therefore

Resolved— That  we,  the  Board,  do 
not  feel  justified  in  allowing  the  same.
The  Secretary  was  instructed  to  have 
printed  the  necessary application blanks 
and  also  to  make  a  contract  for the 
printing  of  3,000  certificates of member­
ship  for  active  members  and  500  certifi­
cates  for  honorary  members.

It  was  decided  to  hold  the  next  meet­
ing  of  the  Board  at  the  Hudson  House, 
Lansing,  on  March  7.

There being  no  further  business,  the 

meeting  adjourned.

G eo.  F.  Owen,  Sec’y.

Thanks  of  the  Saginaw  Boys.

Saginaw,  Jan.  18— At  the  last meeting 
of  Post  F,  Michigan  Knights  of  the 
Grip,  a  committee  was  appointed 
to 
draft  certain  resolutions,  and  the  fol­
lowing  have  been  reported :

Resolved,  That  Post  F,  collectively 
and 
individually,  acknowledges  with 
pleasing  recollections  the  untiring  ef­
forts  of  Post  A,  of  Lansing,  to  secure 
the  comfort  and  welfare  of  every  guest, 
and  the  gracious  hospitality  of  their 
ladies  toward  the  wives  and  daughters 
of  visiting  members,  and  the  provision 
for  entertainment,  which  was  worthy  of 
future  emulation.

Also  that  the  thanks  of  the  Post  be 
extended  to  the  Flint  &  Pere  Marquette 
Railway,  for  liberal  rates  and  excellent 
train  service  furnished.

To  Boos’  Light  Infantry  band,  for  its 
superlative  music  and  faithful  attend­
ance,  and 
in 
which  it  rendered  extra  service  free  of 
charge.

the  cheerful  manner 

To  Colonel  A.  T.  Bliss  and  all  others 
who  donated  so  liberally  to  enable  the 
Post  to  be  represented  by  so  fine  a  mu­
sical  organization  as  Boos’  band.

To  the  press  of  the  State,  for  its 

lib­
eral  notices  of  the  convention  and  the 
courteous  treatment  accorded,  and 
last 
but  not  least,  to  the  members  of  the  or­
ganization  throughout  the  State for  their 
handsome  endorsement  of  Saginaw,  and 
our  fellow  citizen,  Samuel  E.  Symons, 
in  electing  him  to  the  honorable  posi­
tion  of  President  of  the  Michigan 
Knights  of  the  Grip.

A. G.  E llis.
J. P.  Hem METER, 

Committee  on  Resolutions.

Gripsack  Brigade.

Learn  to be  quick  to  detect  any  little 
in  a  customer’s  nature— it 

peculiarity 
pays.

The  “ loaded”   traveling  man 

is  in 
one  respect,  at  least,  similar  to  a  gun. 
He gets  “ fired. ’ ’

An 

indisputable 

to 
modern  development,  progress  and  civ­
ilization—the  drummer.

instrumentality 

The  method  of  doing  business  and 
the  treatment  of  customers  go  a  long 
way  toward  making  a  successful  sales­
man.

You  offfcn  meet  men  who  want  the 
earth.  Such  fellows  should  remember 
the  experience  of  Adam  and  Eve,  who 
had  it  once.

“ Who 

is  the  commercial 

traveler, 
anyhow?”   asks_  an  exchange.  Well, 
that’s  easy.  He  is  a  capable, 
intelli­
gent,  shrewd and  reliable  business  man.
“ What  man  has  done  man  can  do.”  
The  man  on  the  road  who  learns  this 
lesson  can  accomplish  possibilities  that 
before  seemed  out  of  reach.

To  the  honor  of  most  commercial 
travelers 
it  must  be  admitted  that  they 
represent  the  interests  of  the  firms  they 
travel  for,  and  but  very  seldom  misrep­
resent  them.

There  are  men  on  the  road  who  are 
almost  successful 
in  effecting  sales. 
“ Almost”   is a  dangerous  word.  What 
a  firm  requires  of  its  representatives 
is 
“ orders”   and  lots of  them.

The  triumphs  of  the  American  com­
mercial  travelers’  skill  and  activity 
in 
the  business  world  have  aroused  the 
industrial  energy  and  given  inspiration 
the  inventive  genius  of  the  entire  con­
tinent.

The  commercial  traveler  is  ready  at 
all  times  to  raise  his  voice  or  wield  his 
influence  for his own  or  his  firm’s  or  his 
country’s  good,  for  he  is  an  intelligent, 
patriotic,  progressive  and  loyal  citizen.
The  President  and  Secretary  of  the 
M.  K.  of  G.  have  awarded  the  contract 
for getting  up  the  new  membership  cer­
tificates  to  the  Tradesman  Company,  its 
competitive  design  being  considered 
the  most  acceptable,  workmanship  and 
expense  considered.

is 
In  this  enlightened  age  oxygen 
hardly  considered  more  essential 
to 
combustion  or  respiration  to  human  life 
than 
is  the  traveling  salesman  to  the 
continued  development  of  this country’s 
commerce  and  to  the  financial  success 
of  our  great  manufacturing, jobbing  and 
wholesale  establishments.

It 

is  the  duty  of  every  commercial 
traveler  to  encourage  publications  of 
character  devoted  to  the 
interests  of 
traveling  salesmen,  by  subscribing  to 
one  or  more.  Such  publications  are  as 
much  a  part  of  your  business  and  as 
necessary  to  your business  as  your  sam­
ple  trunk  and  order  book.

A  great  deal  of  trouble  is  being  saved 
the  merchant  nowadays,  owing  to  the 
regular  visits  of  the  king  of  the  grip  to 
his  establishment. 
Instead  of  compell­
ing  him  to  pay  his  railroad  fare  to  .and 
from  some  distant  wholesale 
center 
when  in  need  of  goods,  he  permits him 
to  remain  at  home  and  brings  samples 
to  him  to  select  from,  and  thus  the 
merchant  is  not  dependent  upon  anyone 
line—but  hundreds  of  lines  are  offered 
for  his  inspection.

Owing  to  the  rapidity  and  universal­
ity  of  his  locomotion,  the  traveling man 
comes  in  quick  and  consecutive  contact 
with  every  class and  clan  of  the  human 
race.  His  continuous 
intermingling 
with  and  observation  of  the  varied  and 
diverse  elements  of  human 
interest, 
sentiments  and  society,have  necessarily 
broadened  his  gauge  and 
liberalized 
his  mind.  Sectionalism  is  not  a  con­
stituent  element  of  his  composition, 
hence  he  is  a  diplomat— a potent agency 
in  harmonizing  National  and  interna­
tional  sentiment,  bringing  sections  and 
nations  into  a  more  tolerant  and  sym­
pathetic  touch  with  one  another.

Our  attention  has  been  called  to  the 
advisability  of  firms,  when  sending  let­
ters  or  other  mail  to  their  traveling 
salesmen 
in  care  of a  business bouse, 
stating  conspicuously  on  the  envelope 
that  the  person  to  whom  it  is  addressed 
is  one  of  their  salesmen. 
It  happens  at 
times  that  one  of  the  employes  of  the 
house  has  the  same  name  as  the  travel­
ing  salesman,  so  that  letters  are  opened 
in  mistake.  What  is  perhaps  of  more 
consequence 
such 
mail  is  returned  to  the  letter-carrier  as 
the  house  does  not  know  of  any  one who 
is  expected  to  call  for  such  letters.  As 
a  general  rule,  letters  for  salesmen  on 
the  road  should  not be addressed to them 
at  any  place  except  their  hotel ;  but, 
when  this  is  not  practicable,  the  obser­
vance  of  the  foregoing  hints  will greatly 
tend  to  simplify  matters  find  prevent 
delay  in  delivery.

frequently 

is  that 

Said  a  travelifig  man  at  the  Morton 
“ There  are 
House  the  other  night: 
three  men 
in  Oceana  county,  Messrs. 
Perkins,  Fuller and  Tennant,  who  de­
serve  the  gratitude  of  all  the  traveling 
men  who  visit  that  county,  for  through 
their  efforts  we  can  talk  with  Walker- 
ville,  Crystal  Valley,  Ferry  and  other 
in  the  county  over  the  farmers’ 
points 
telephone 
line.  Some  time  ago  these 
three  men,  who  knew  as much about  the 
telephone  business  as  they  did  about 
dancing  the  two-step  in  patent leathers, 
got  it  into  their  heads  that  a  telephone 
line  out  into  the  country  was  what  the 
farmers  of  Oceana  county wanted.  They 
formed a  telephone  company  with $1,000 
capital  and  paid  in  $300.  To-day  the 
company  has  forty-one  miles  of  wire 
with  thirteen  telephone  stations.  They 
have  built  into  Walkerville,  Crystal  and 
Ferry,  are  within  eight  miles  of  Hes­
peria  and  will  hustle  to  get  into  Mears, 
Shelby  and  Pentwater  this  year.  From 
Hesperia  they  intend  to  go  to  Fremont 
and  down  to  Muskegon,  where  the  Har­
rison  Telephone  Co.  of  Grand  Rapids 
has  promised  to  meet  them.  They  have 
their  central  office  at  Hart.  They  pay 
no  salaries  and  have  paid  all  debts  as 
they  have  gone  along.  Farmers  come 
to 
stations 
through  the  county  and  pay  a  small sum 
for  the  privilege  of  telephoning,  and 
you  have  no  idea  how convenient  this  is 
for  the  many  farms  around  one  station. 
A  traveling  man,  when  he gets  to  Hart, 
calls  up  his  customers  at  the  small 
towns  and  finds  out  if  it  is  necessary 
to  drive  out  to  their  places  of  business, 
which  is  a  great  benefit  t’o  them.  This 
company  charges  $25  for  a  phone  for 
the  first  two  years  and  $10  after  that  per 
year.  Out  of  this  $25  paid  the  company 
pays  $16  for  a  phone.  They  are  using 
the  Schomberg-Carlson 
telephone,  of 
which  they  say  you  can  hear  a  watch 
tick  eight  feet away.  As  Oceana  county 
is getting  to  be  a  great  orchard  county, 
with  a  tendency  toward  small  farms  of 
forty acres each,this  telephone  line  can­
not but  get a large number of telephones, 
as  it  will  be  a  convenience  to  the  farm­
ers  to  ascertain  the  prices  and  about 
shipments  each  day  and  to  talk  with 
the  business  men  at  the  county  seat. 
Some  of  the  new  counties 
in  Northern 
Michigan  can  give  pointers  to  the coun­
ties  in  Southern  Michigan.”

the  different 

telephone 

Bank  Notes.
stockholders  of 

The 

the  Second 
National  Bank  of  Saginaw  have  voted 
to  increase  the  capital  stock  from  $150,- 
000  to $200,000.  The  $50,000  new  stock 
will  be  sold  at  S250  per  share,  thus 
realizing  $125,000  additional 
capital 
and  surplus,  which  will  make  the  total 
capital,  surplus  and  undivided  profits 
nearly $500,000.

Lee  Bros.  &  Co.,  of  Dowagiac,  have 
opened  their  Buchanan  bank  for  busi­
ness.

H.  S.  Hull  has  been elected President 
of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Traverse 
City,  J.  T.  Beadle  resuming  his  former 
position  of  Vice-President.

Cutler  House  in  New  Hands.
H.  D.  and  F.  H.  Irish,  formerly landlords at 
the  New  Livingston  Hotel,  at  Grand  Rapids' 
have leased the Cutler House,  at  Grand  Haven, 
where  they  bespeak  the  cordial  co-operation 
and support of the traveling  public.  They  will 
conduct the Cutler House as a strictly  first-class 
house,  giving  every  detail  painstaking  atten­
tion.

BADGES.

& &   G r i

Detroit

Rubber  Stamp 
Company.

r o l d   S t .

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

18

Drugs==Chemicals

STATE  BOARD  OF  PHARMACY.

One Year— 
Two  Years—  - 
Three Years— 
Four Years—  - 
Five Years— 

- 
- 

Geo. Gundrum, Ionia
- 
-  G. A. Bugbee, Charlevoix
- 
S. E.  Parkill, Owosso
- 
F.  W. R.  Perry, Detroit
- A. C. Schumacher, Ann Arbor 

President, C. A. Bugbee, Charlevoix. 
Secretary, F. W. R.  Perry, Detroit. 
Treasurer, Geo. Gundrum, Ionia.

Coming Meetings—Grand Rapids,  March 3 and 4.
Detroit (Star Island), June 23. 
Lansing, November 3.

MICHIGAN  STATE  PHARMACEUTICAL 

ASSOCIATION.

. 

. .  

( S.  P. Whitmarsh,  Palmyra:

President, Geo. J. Ward, St. Clair.
... 
Vice-Presidents  -j q.  q  Phillips,  Armada. 
Secretary, B. Schrouder, Grand Rapids. 
Treasurer, \Vm. Dupont, Detroit.
Executive  Committee—F.  J.  Wurzburg,  Grand 
Rapids:  F. D. Stevens, D etroit;  H. G. Colman, 
Kalamazoo:  E. T. Webb,  Jackson:  D.  M. Rus­
sell, Grand Rapids.

*

The  Drug  M arket.
Acetanilid— The  demand 

is  only 
moderate  and  a  continued  quiet  feel­
ing  prevails,  but  holders  maintain  firm 
views  owing  to  the  strong  position  of 
raw  material,  and  prices  are  well  sus­
tained. 

The 

Acids— The  movement  of  leading  de­
into  consuming  channels  is 
scriptions 
improving  and  the  general 
steadily 
is  gradually  assuming  a  more 
market 
appearance. 
principal 
active 
change 
in  values  was  an  advance  on 
Thursday  last  of  i  cent  per  lb.  in  man­
ufacturers’  quotations  for  tartaric,  due 
to  the  higher  cost  of  crude  material. 
Carbolic  has  again  advanced  abroad 
and  the  market  here  is  hardening.
Arsenic— The  temporary  scarcity  of 
powdered  white  continues,  and  the mar­
ket  is  firm.

Balsams—The 

jobbing  demand 

for 
copaiba  continues  active  with  prices 
unchanged  and  steady.  Tolu  continues 
to  reflect  an  easier  tendency.  Peru  is 
only  in  moderate  request  but with stocks 
light  and  under  good  control.  Canada 
fir  is  quiet  and  easy  with  more  sellers 
than  buyers.

Beans— There 

all  varieties  but  no  business 
of  jobbing  transactions.

is  a  steady  market  for 
in  excess 

Cacao  Butter— The  higher  prices  re­
alized  at  the  regular  monthy  sales  in 
London  and  Amsterdam  on  Tuesday 
influenced  a  firmer  feeling 
last  have 
among  holders  of  the 
limited  stock 
here,  and  prices  for  bulk  have  been 
advanced. 

Caffeine— There 

particular 
change  in  the  situation  and  the  inquiry 
has  continued  light.

Codeine—In  the  absence  of  important 
in 
demand 
opium,  prices  remain  unchanged  with 
pure  in  bulk  held  steadily.

or  new'  developments 

%
is  no 

Colocynth  Apples— Values  are  stead­

ily  hardening  for  all  varieties.

Cream  Tartar—On  Thursday 

last 
their  quota­
manufacturers  advanced 
tions 
ic  per  lb.  The  improvement  is 
due  to  the  higher  cost  of  crude  argols 
is  firm  in  tone,  but  a 
and  the  market 
few  small 
lots  in  outside  hands  might 
yet  be  had  at  a  shade  under  prices.

Cubeb  Berries—Are  slow  of  sale  and 
the  market  remains  dull  with  the  job­
bing  quotations  more  or  less  nominal.

Cuttle  Fish  Bone— The 

inquiry  has 
continued 
light,  but  holders  relax  none 
of  their  firmness  and  former  prices  are 
steadily  maintained.

Essential  Oils— There 

in  any  description  and 

is  no  special 
activity 
the 
general  market  is  without  much  anima­
tion.  Cassia 
Sanderson’s 
lemon  has  been  reduced.  Rose  is  firm­
er owing  to  stronger  markets abroad.

is  easier. 

Glycerine— The  market 

continues 
firm  with  the  demand  fair  from  manu­
facturing  consumers,  but  there 
is  no 
further  change  in  prices.

Gums— Camphor  continues to  be  the 
chief  article  of  interest  in  this  depart­
ment,  but  there  is  no  change  in  manu­
factures’  prices  of domestic refined,  and 
no important business is reported.  There 
is  a  large  demand  for  Japanese,  mostly 
for  forward  deliveries,  but  sellers  de­
cline  to  make  contracts and  will  sell  on 
the  spot  only.  Aleppo  tragacanth  con­
tinue  firm  at  the  recent  advance,  with 
a  fairly  good  consuming  demand.  The 
principal  holders  of  Kino,  who  have 
practically  controlled  the  article  for the 
past  four  years,  have  withdrawn  their 
support  from  the  market  and  prices 
have  declined.

Leaves— Short  buchu  and  the  various 
jobbing 

kinds  of  senna  are  all  in  good 
request  and  steady  at  previous  prices.

Menthol— Is  moving  in  a  small 

job­
bing  way  only  and  prices  remain  nom­
inally  steady.

Morphine—Nothing  of 

consequence 
has  transpired  since  the  advance  noted 
last  week,  and  the  market  has  ruled 
quiet.

Opium— Nothing  has  occurred  dur­
ing  the  past  week  that  calls  for  extend­
ed  mention  and  the  market  has  ruled 
quiet.  The  volume  of  business  report­
ed  is  small  and  no  interest  is  manifest 
in  round  lots.

Quicksilver—A 

inactive 
market  is  noted  with  prices  unchanged 
and  steady  at  the  former  range.

continued 

Rochelle  S^dts— Have  been  advanced.
Seeds— Dutch  caraway 
is  very  firm 
and  tending  upward.  Celery  quiet  but 
firm.  Russian  hemp  has  declined. 
Stocks  of  coriander  are  accumulating 
and  prices  are  weak  for  bleached.

Seidlitz  Mixture— Is  higher  in  sym­

pathy  with  other  tartar  preparations.

Druggists  Cannot  Be Convicted  for  a 

Single  Sale.

Lansing,  Jan.  18— Another  difficulty 
has  been  added  to  those  which  already 
exist  in  convicting  violators  of  the local 
option  law.  Frank  Brainard,  of  Char­
lotte,  was  found  guilty  of  retailing 
liquor  as  a  beverage  from  his  drug 
store. 
The  prosecutor  relied  upon 
proofs  of  a  single  unlawful  sale.

The  Supreme  Court  holds  that,  while 
it  is  clear  a  druggist  cannot  sell 
liquor 
as  a beverage,  a  charge  of  this  nature, 
based  upon  proofs  of  a  single  sale,  is 
an  attempt  to  charge  invalid  and  un­
lawful  sale 
in  such  general  language 
that  the  accused  is  given no information 
of  the  precise  offense  which 
it  is  the 
intention  of  the  prosecution  to  prove.

Under  such  a  general 

information, 
the  slightest 
infraction  of  the  regula­
tions  relating  to  druggists  would  render 
liable  for  keeping  a  place 
a  druggist 
prohibited  by 
law.  Such  was  not  the 
intent  of  the  Legislature.

To  Discuss  Box  and  Cartage.

The  Western  drug 

jobbers  meet  in 
Chicago  this  week  and  go  over  the 
whole  question  again  of  free  box  and 
cartage.  The  charges  are  considered 
in  the  West  as  perfectly  legitimate,  and 
there 
is  a  desire  to  check  the  alleged 
encroachments  of  jobbers  in  the  East 
who  decline  to  restore  the  charges. 
It 
is  claimed  that 
in  some  instances  the 
cost  of  boxes  and  cartage  is  added  to 
the  price  of  goods. 
This  question 
promises  to  monopolize  as  much  at­
tention  as  the  rebatf  plan.  The  result 
of  the  Chicago  meeting  is  awaited  with 
interest.

D R r i / ’ C   HEADACHE.............
r   C v I V   ^   ................POWDERS
F*y the Best Profit.  Order from your jobber

Ì G Y P S I N ® 1

Well Advertised.
Easy to Work.
Easy to Sell.
An Ornament as 
Shelf or Window Goods.

.

Practical.
Economical. 
Durable.
Beautiful.
Does not set in  the  Dish, 
thus Avoiding  all Waste.

The Advertising furnished  Dealers who buyGYPSINE is Effective, 
selling not only GYPSINE,  but other goods in their  Lines, as well. 
Write for Prices, copy of “Gypsine Advocate,” and Advertising Plan.

DIAMOND  W A L L   FINISH  CO.,  f

Sole Makers of Gypsine. 

G R A N I)  R A P ID S .  M IC H . 
GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

♦

The  -  Best =  Seller -  in  =  the  =  flarket

Retail  Prices:«

Half P in t............................#  25
P in t.................................... 
50
Q u art.................................  
75
Half  Gallon......................   1  10
Gallon.................................2 00
A  Combined  Cleaner,  Polish 
The Only One.

and  Disinfectant.

Sample  (Vi  pint  can)  and 
prices sent to dealers free on 
receipt of business card and 
20  c e n t s   postage.  S ee 
in 
wholesale  quotations 
Grocery Price Current.
W.  F.  Henderson  &  Co.,
42  Hubbard  Court.  Chicago.

Sole  Manufacturers,

Candy!)

A.  E.  BROOKS  &  CO.,

Now is the time  to  put  in 
new  Varieties  that  attract 
attention.  We  are  c o n ­
stantly  adding  such  to  our 
line in  both  fine  and  penny 
goods.  Give us a call.

5  &  7  South  Ionia  S t., 
GRAND  RAPIDS.  fllCH .

BRUSHES  FOR  OFFICES

One side of  the  brush  is  made 
stiff,  making 
it  exceptionally 
convenient and durable for office 
use.  Send for catalogue to  the

niCH IGAN   BRUSH  CO,

Grand  Rapids 
....Brush  Co.

MANUFACTURERS  OF

BRU jSH & jS

Our Goods are sold by all Michigan Jobbing Houses. 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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r \   _  

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Bought at  Highest Market Prices 

 
^   *   Factory Cuttings  a Specialty

Wm. Brummeler & Sons, 260 S. Ionia St.,

Business  Established  1877. 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

SELL  THESE

— CIQARS

and  give customers 
GOOD  SATISFACTION.

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

Spts. Cologne....

® 18
® 30
© 34
© 34
7  @ 10
7  ® 10
25@ 27
1M@ 2
5
3®
4
@ 2
% 2  60
50® 55
@ 2  00
@ 2  49
@ 2 54
@ 2  57
@ 2  59

Morphia, S.P.& W ... 1  75© 2 00 Sinapis......................
Morphia,  S.N.Y.Q.&
Sinapis, o p t..............
C.  Co...................... 1  65®  1 90 Snuff,  Maccaboy, De
Moschus Canton__
® 40
Voes........................
Myristica, No.  I .......
65® 80 Snuff,Scotch,DeVo’s
Nux Vomica.. .po.20
@ 10 Soda Boras...............
Os  Sepia...................
15® 18
Pepsin Saac, H. & P.
Soda et Potass Tart.
D. Co............... .
®   1  00 Soda,  Carb...............
Picis Liq. N.N.M gal.
Soda,  Bi-Carb..........
doz...........................
@ 2 00 Soda,  Ash.................
Picis Liq.,quarts__
©   1 00 Soda, Sulphas..........
@
Picis Liq., pints.......
Pil Hydr’arg. ..po.  80
@ 50 Spts.  Ether  Co.........
Piper N igra.. .po.  22
® 18 Spts.  Myrcia D rm ...
Piper Alba__ po.  35
® 30 Spts. Vini Rect. bbl.
Piix  Burgun............
@ 7 Spts. Vini Rect. Mbbl
Plumbl  Acet............
10® 12 Spts. Vini Rect.lOgal
Pulvis Ipecac et Opii 1  10®  1 20 Spts.  Vini Rect.  5gal
Pyrethrum, boxes H.
©   1 25
& P.  D. Co., do z...
Pyrethrum,  pv ........
20® 30 Strychnia, Crystal... 1  40® 1  45
Quassias....................
8® 10 Sulphur,  Subl..........
2M@ 3
Quinia, S.  P. & W ..
37® 42 Sulphur,  R oll.........
2®
30® 40 Tam arinds...............
Quinia, S.German..
8® 10
Quinia, N.Y.............. 32M@ 37M Terebenth Venice...
28® 30
Rubia Tinctorum ...
12® 14 Theobromae..............
42® 45
SaccharumLactis pv
24® 26 V anilla..................... 9 00® 16 On
Salacin...................... 2 50® 2 60 Zincl  Sulph..............
7®
8
Sanguis D raconls...
40© 50
Sapo,  W .....................
12® 14
Sapo, M......................
10® 12
Sapo. G......................
Siedlitz  M ixture__ 20  @ 22 Lard,  ex tra..............

Less 5c gal.  cash

BBL.
70
60

10 days.

SA L.
70
65

Oils

1 9

Lard, No.  1................
Linseed, pure  raw ..
Linseed,  boiled.......
Neatsfoot,  w i n t e r
strained.................
Spirits Turpentine..
Paints
Red  Venetian.........
Ochre, yellow Mars.
Ochre, yellow  B er..
Putty, com m ercial..
Putty, strictly  pure. 
Vermilion,  P r im e
American...............
Vermilion,  English.
Green, P a ris ............
Green,  Peninsular..
Lead, Red.................
Lead, w hite............
Whiting, white Span 
Whiting,  gilders'...
White, Paris A m er.. 
Whiting, Paris  Eng.
cliff........................
Universal Prepared.

43
40
40
43
45
42
65
70
42
38
BBL.
LB.
1M  2 ©8
1*  2 @4
1$£  2 ®3
2M  2!^4®3
2M  2M@3
13® 15
70® 75
20M@ 27
13® 16
5«®
5*4®

® 70
® 90
© 1  00
@ 1  «0
1  00® 1  15

Varnishes 

No.  1  Turp Coach.
Extra  Turp..........
Coach Body...........
No.  1 Turp  F u rn ..
Extra Turk Ilamar.
Jap. Dryer,No.lTurp  70®

1  10® 1  20
1  60® 1  70
2  75® 3 00
1  00® 1  10
1  55® 1  60
70® 75

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.
Advanced—Sugar of Milk, Oil of Orange, Turpentine.  Declined—White Lead.

ACetlUUIU...................9
65® 75
Benzoicum,  German
© 15
Boracic......................
26® 36
Carbolicum..............
44® 46
C itricum ...................
5
3®
H ydrochlor..............
10® 12
N itrocum .................
10®’ 12
O xalicum .................
© 20
Phosphorium,  d il...
55® 65
Salicylicum..............
h
Sulphuricum............
1M®
T an n icu m ............... 1  40®  1 60
36® 39
Tartaricum...............
Ammonia
Aqua, 16  deg............
Aqua, 20  deg............
Carbonas...................
Chloridum ................
Aniline

6
4®
8
6®
12® 14
12® 14

Black......................... 2 00@  2 25
80®  1  00
B ro w n ......................
45© 50
R e d ............................
................. 2 50®  3 00
Y ellow . 
Baccae.
20® 25
Cubesee............po. 25
8® 10
Juniperus.................
25® 30
Xantnoxylum ..........
Balsam um
Copaiba.....................
Peru...........................
Terabin, Canada—
Tolutan......................
Cortex 
Abies,  Canadian —
Cassise......................
Cinchona Flava.......
Euonymus atropurp 
Myrica Cerifera, po.
Prunus Y irgini........
Quillaia,  gr’d ..........
Sassafras...................
U lm us...po.  15,  gr’d 
Extractum  

45®
40®
75@

:

Glycyrrhiza  Glabra.
Glycyrrhiza, po.......
Ilsematox, 15 lb box.
Hsematox, I s ............
Hsematox, M s..........
Hsematox, Ms..........
Ferru

24®
33®
11®
13®
14®
16©

12® 
14
18®  25
18®  25

60®14®
@
@
55®
30®
50®

20®  30
18®  25
25®  30
42®  20
8®  
10

Carbonate  P recip... 
Citrate and Q uinia..
Citrate Soluble........
Ferrocyanidum  Sol.
Solut.  Chloride.......
Sulphate, com’l .......
Sulphate,  com’l,  by
bbl, per cw t..........
Sulphate,  p u r e .......
Flora
A rn ica......................
A nthem is.................
M atricaria................
Folia
Barosma....................
Cassia Acutifol, Tin-
nevelly...................
Cassia Acutifol,Aix. 
Salvia officinalis, Ms
and Ms...................
Ura Ursi...............   ..
Gumml 
Acacia,  1st picked.. 
Acacia,  2d  picked.. 
Acacia,  3d  picked.. 
Acacia, sifted  sorts.
Acacia, po.................
Aloe, Barb. po.20@28
Aloe, C ape__ po.  15
Aloe, Socotri..po. 40
Ammoniac...............
Assafcetida__ po. 35
B enzoinum ..............
Catechu, Is ...:.........
Catechu, Ms..............
Catechu, Ms..............
C am phors...............
Euphorbium. .po.  35
Galbanum.................
Gamboge  po............
Guaiacum ...... po. 35
K ino............po. 82.50
M astic......................
M yrrh..............po.  45
O pii...po. $3.00@3.20 2
Shellac......................
Shellac, bleached...
Tragacanth ..............
Herba
Absinthium..oz. pkg 
Eupatorium .oz.  pkg
Lobelia.........oz. pkg
M ajorum __ oz. pkg
Mentha Pip..oz.  pkg 
Mentha Vir..oz.  pkg
R ue................oz. pkg
TanacetumV oz. pkg 
Thymus,  V..oz. pkg 
riagnesia.
Calcined, Pat............
Carbonate, P a t..  ... 
Carbonate, K. & M.. 
Carbonate, Jennings
Oleum
Absinthium ............  3  25® 3 50
Amygdalae, Dulc__  
Amygdalae, Amarse .  8  00®  8 25
Anisi..........................   3 00® 3  10
Auranti  Cortex.......  2  30® 2  40
Bergami!...................  3 00® 3  20
70® 75
C ajiputi..................... 
Caryophylli.............. 
70
60® 
35®  65
Cedar...............» ___ 
Chenopadii...............  
@  1 60
Cinnamomi.................3  10@  3  20
CltroneUa..............  75®  80

© 13
14 
16 68 
©
63®
10
1  00 
70 
65®
35 
©
®  2 50 
@  65
@  40
25®  2 30 
40®  60
40®  45
50®  80

20®
20®
35® 36

30® 50

Conium  Mac............ 
35®  65
Copaiba..................... 
80® 
90
Cubebse......................   1  50®  1  60
E xechthitos............  1  20®  1  30
E rigeron...................  1  20®  14)0
G aultheria...............   1  50®  1  60
Geranium,ounce__  
®   75
Gossippii, Sem. g a l.. 
60@  70
Hedeoma...................  1  25®  1  40
Junipera....................  1  50® 2 00
Lavendula...............  
90@  2 00
Limonis.....................  1  30®  1  50
Mentha  Piper..........  2 25@  3 00
Mentha V erid.......... 2  6P@  2  75
Morrhuse,  gal..........   1  75®  1  80
M yrcia^iunce..........  
@  50
90®  3 00
Olive.......................... 
Picis  Liquida.  - . . .  
12
10® 
Picis Liquida, g a l... 
®   35
R ic in a ......................  
91@  96
Rosmarini................. 
@  1  00
Ross,  ounce............  6  50@ 8  50
Succini  ..................... 
40®  45
90@  1  00
S abina..................... 
Sontal........................   2 50® 7 00
Sassafras................... 
50®  %
Sinapis, ess.,  ounce. 
®   65
T iglii.......................... 
@  1  00
T hym e...................... 
40®  50
Thyme,  o p t.............. 
@  1  60
Theobrom as............ 
15@  20
Potassium
Bi-Barb...................... 
18
15® 
Bichrom ate.............. 
15
13® 
48
45@ 
Bromide....................  
15
12® 
Carb.......................... 
Chlorate..po. 17@19c 
16@ 
18
Cyanide..................... 
50@  55
Iodide........................  2 90® 3 00
Potassa, Bitart, pure  29®  31
15
Potassa, Bitart,  com 
10
Potass Nitras, opt... 
Potass N itras............ 
9
Prussiate................... 
28
Sulphate  p o ............  
18

®  
8® 
7@ 
25® 
15@ 

Radix

Aconitvm .................  
20®  25
A lth s ........................ 
25
22® 
12® 
15
A nchusa................... 
@  25
Arum po..................... 
C alam us................... 
20®  40
8® 
10
G entiana.........po  12 
16® 
18
G lychrrhiza.. .pv. 15 
@  30
Hydrastis Canaden . 
35
Hydrastis Can., po.. 
@ 
Hellebore, Alba, p o .. 
20
15® 
Inula, po................... 
15®  20
Ipecac, po.................   1  65@  I  75
Iris plox__ po35@38»  35® 
40
Jalapa, p r.................  
40®  45
Maranta,  Ms ............ 
@  35
Podophyllum, po__  
15® 
18
75®  1  00
R h e i.......................... 
@  1  75
Rhei, c u t................... 
75®  1  35
Rhei, pv..................... 
Spigelia..................... 
35® 
38
®   20
Sanguinaria...po. 25 
Serpentaria.............. 
50®  55
Senega...................... 
60
55@ 
Similax,officinalis H 
©   40
Smilax, M.................  
@  25
Scillae............. po.35 
10®  12
Symplocarpus, Foeti-
@  35
dus,  po................... 
Valeriana,Eng.po.30  @  25
15®  20
Valeriana,  German. 
Zingiber a ................. 
18@  20
Zingiber j .................  
23®  25
Semen
Anisum ..........po.  20 
©   15
14® 
Apium  (graveleons) 
16
Bird, Is......................  
4® 
6
10®  12
C arui.............. po. 18 
Cardamon.................  1  00®  1  25
8® 
Coriandrum.............. 
10
Cannabis  Sativa__  
5
5® 
Cydonium................. 
75®  1  00
Cnenopodium ......... 
10@ 
12
Dipterlx  Odorate...  2  90®  3 00
Foeniculum.............. 
15
@ 
8
Fcenugreek, po......... 
6@ 
L in i............................  3M@ 
4
4
Lini,  g rd__ bbl. 3M  3M@ 
35®  40
L o b elia.......... ......... 
5
4® 
Pharlaris  Canarian. 
R ap a..........................  42?@ 
5
Sinapis Albu.......:.. 
7® 
8
Sinapis  Nigra..........  
12
11® 
Spiritus

Frum enti, W.  1). Co.  2  00®  2  50 
Frum enti,  D. F.  R ..  2  00®  2  25
F ru m en ti.................   1  25®  1  50
Juniperis Co. O. T ..  1  65@  2  00
Juniperis Co............  1  75®  3  50
Saacharum  N.  E __   1  90@  2  10
Spt.  Vini G alli.........  1  75®  6  50
Vini Oporto..............  1  25® 2 00
Vini  Alba.................   1  25® 2 00

Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage.................   2  50® 2 75
Nassau sheeps  wool
carriage.................  
@  2 00
Velvet extra  sheeps’
wool, carriage....... 
@  1  10
Extra yellow sheeps’
wool,  carriage__  
@ 
85
Grass  sheeps’  wool,
carriage.................  
@  65
@  75
Hard, for slate use.. 
Yellow  R e e f,  for 
slate  use...............  
@  1  40
Syrups
A cacia......................  
Auranti Cortes......... 
Zingiber....................  
Ipecac......................  
Ferri Iod................... 
Rhei Arom...............  
Smilax Officinalis... 
Senega......................  
Scillse......................... 

®  
50
@  50
®   50
©   60
@  50
®   50
60
@  50
®   50

50@ 

ITiscellaneous

®   50
Scillae Co................... 
T olutan..................... 
@  50
@  50
Prunus virg.............. 
Tinctures
60
Aconitum NapellisR 
50
Aconitum NapellisF 
60
Aloes.......................... 
Aloes and Myrrh__  
60
50
A rn ica......................  
A ssafcetida.............. 
50
60
Atrope  Belladonna. 
A uranti  Cortex....... 
50
Benzoin..................... 
60
50
Benzoin Co...............  
B arosm a...................  
50
75
Cantharides.......... 
50
C apsicum ................ 
Cardam on.............   . 
75
Cardamon  Co__ ... 
75
Castor........................ 
1  00
50
Catechu..................... 
Cinchona................... 
50
Cinchona Co............ 
60
50
Colum ba................... 
50
Cubeba....................... 
Cassia  A cutifol....... 
50
50
Cassia Acutifol Co  . 
D igitalis.......... ........  
50
E rgot.........................  
50
Ferri Chloridum __  
35
50
G entian..................... 
60
Gentian Co................ 
G uiaca......................  
50
60
Guiacaam m on.......*. 
Ilyoscyam us............ 
50
Iodine........................  
75
Iodine, colorless__  
75
50
Kino...........................  
50
Lobelia...................... 
50
Myrrh......................... 
Nux  Vomica............ 
50
75
O pii............................ 
50
Opii, cam phorated.. 
Opii,  deodorized__  
1  50
50
Q uassia..................... 
50
Rhatany..................... 
Rhei...........................  
50
50
S anguinaria............ 
Serpentaria.............. 
50
60
Strom onium ............ 
60
Tolutan...................... 
V alerian................... 
50
50
Veratrum V eride... 
Zingiber.................... 
20
.Ether, Spts. Nit. 3F  30®  35
.Ether, Spts. Nit. 4F   31©  38
A lum en.....................  ~H@ 
3
4
3® 
Alumen, gro’d..po. 7 
A nnatto................... 
40®  50
Antimoni,  po..........  
4® 
5
Antimoni etPotassT  55® 
60
A ntipyrin................ 
@  1  40
A ntifebrin...............  
15
@ 
@  53
Argenti Nitras, oz .. 
Arsenicum................ 
8© 
10
38®  40
Balm Gilead  Bud  .. 
Bismuth  S. N .......... 1  20@  1  30
@ 
Calcium Chlor.,  is.. 
9
Calcium Chlor.,  Ms. 
©   10
Calcium Chlor.,  Ms - 
@  12
Cantharides, Kus.po  @  1  00 
Is
Capsici  Fructus, af. 
@ 
@  15
Capsici Fructus,  po. 
15
Capsici FructusB,po  @ 
10® 
Caryophyllus..po.  15 
12
Carmine, No. 40....... 
@ 3 75
50®  55
Cera Alba,  S.  & F  .. 
Cera Flava...............  
40®  42
Coccus......................  
@  40
Cassia F ructus........  
@  25
Centraría................... 
10
®  
@  45
Cetaceum..................  
Chloroform............... 
60@ 
63
©   1  25
Chloroform, squibbs 
Chloral H ydC rst__   1  15®  1  30
Chondrus.................. 
25
20® 
15®  20
Cinchonidine,P.& W 
Cinchonidine, Germ  3M@ 
12
Cocaine.....................  5 05® 5  25
65
Corks, list, dis.pr.ct. 
Creosotum................ 
@  35
®   2
Creta..............bbl. 75 
5
@ 
Creta, prep................ 
Creta, precip............ 
11
9@ 
Creta, Rubra............ 
@ 
8
C rocus......................  
50® 
55
C u d b ear................... 
@  24
Cupri Sulph.............. 
-5® 
6
Dextrine.................... 
12
10® 
90
75® 
Ether Sulph.............  
Emery, all  numbers 
®  
8
Emery, po................. 
@ 
6
Ergota...........po. 40  30@  35
15
12@ 
Flake  W hite............ 
Galla..........................  
@  23
Gambier.................... 
8® 
9
Gelatin, Cooper___  
@  60
Gelatin, F rench....... 
30®  50
Glassware, flint, box  60,  10&10
60
Less  than  box__  
Glue,  brow n............ 
9@ 
12
13®  25
Glue,  w hite.............. 
19®  26
G lycerina.................  
Grana  Paradisi  __  
®   22
Humulus................... 
25®  55
Hydraag Chlor  Mite  @  79
@ 
Hydraag Chlor  Cor. 
69
Hydraag Ox Rub’m. 
@  89
®   99
Hydraag Ammoniati 
HydraagUnguentum  45®  55
Hydrargyrum..........  
65
@ 
Icbthyobolla, A m ...  1  25®  1  50
Indigo........................ 
75®  1  00
Iodine, Resubi.........  3  80®  3  90
Iodoform................... 
@  4  70
Lupulin..................... 
®  2 25
Lycopodium............ 
60@  65
65®  75
Macis.......................... 
Liquor  Arsen et Hy-
drarg Iod............... 
@  27
LiquorPotassArsinit  10®  12
Magnesia,  Sulph__   2M® 
4
Magnesia, Sulph,bbl 
@  1M
Mannia. S. F ............ 
60® 
63
Menthol..................... 
®  5  50

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GROCERY PRICE CURRENT.

The  prices  quoted  in  this  list  are  for the trade  only,  in  such  quantities  as  are usually purchased  by retail 
dealers  They  are  prepared  just before  going- to press  and  are  an  accurate  index  of the  local  market, 
it is 1m 
possible  to  give  quotations  suitable  for all  conditions of purchase,  and those below are  given as representing av- 
eratre prices for average  conditions of purchase.  Cash  buyers or those  of strong credit usually buy closer  than 
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our aim  to  make this  feature  of the greatest possible use to  dealers._______________ _____ ___________

CHOCOLATE.

Walter Baker & Co.’s.

German Sw eet.......  ................23
Prem ium .....................................37
Breakfast  Cocoa.......................45

CLOTHES LINES.

Cotton, 40 ft, per  doz..........   95
Cotton, 50 ft, per  dez........... 1  15
Cotton, 60 ft, per  doz............1 35
Cotton, 70 ft, per  doz........... 1 55
Cotton, 80 ft, per  doz............1 95
Jute, 60 ft,  per  doz..............  80
Jute, 72 ft,  per  doz...............  95

CLOTHES  PINS.

5 gross boxes..............................50

COFFEE.

Peerless evaporated  cream .5

COUPON  BOOKS.

Raisins.

Ondura 29 lb boxes........  7©8
Snltana 20 lb boxes........  @6?£
Valencia 30 Ib.boxes 
  @7 Vi
FARINACEOUS  GOODS.

3

4

Peas.

Farina.
Grits.
Hominy.

Lima  Beans.

Pearl Barley.

B u lk ....................................... 
Walsh-DeRoo  Co.’s ..........2 00
Barrels  ...............................3  25
Flake, 50 lb.  drum s..........1  50
D rie d .....................................  
Maccaroni and Vermicelli.
Domestic.  10 lb. box.........  60
Imported.  25 lb.  box.........2 50
Empire  ............................... 
3
C h ester............................... 
2
Green,  b u ..............................  90
Split,  per lb ........................  
2*4
Schumacher,  bbl................... 3 25
Schumacher,  *4 bbl........... 1  75
Monarch,  bbl.......................... 2 65
Monarch,  *4  bbl..................... 1 45
Quaker, cases.......................... 3 20
Oven  Baked............................3 25
Lakeside  ............................2  25
J
G erm an .............................. 
East  In d ia ......................... 
d*4
Cracked, bulk..................... 
3
24 2 lb packages.......................2 40
Pettijohn’s B est.......................3 10

Breakfast  Food.
Buckwheat Flour. 
Excelsior  Self Rising.

Rolled  Oats.

Case of 2 doz..........................   1 90
Five case  lots...........................1 75

W heat.

Sago.

FISH.

AXLE  GREASE.
doz.
Aurora...........................55
Castor O il..................... 60
Diamond.......................50
F razer's........................-75
Mica...............................70
Paragon.........................55

gross 
6  00 
700
5 50 
9 00 
8  00
6 00

Acme.

Absolute.

45
85
lb cans doz.....................  1  °0
45
1  00 
10

BAKING  POWDER.
M lb cans doz....................  
*4 lb cans doz....................  
1 
M lb cans 3 doz..........
*4 lb cans 3 doz..........
1 
lb cans 1 doz..........
Bulk...............................
Vi lb cans 6 doz case . 
i.i lb cans 4 doz case 
1 
lb cans 2 doz case .
5 
lb case 1 doz case .
Vi lb cans 4 doz case.
»4 lb cans 4 doz case.
1 
lb cans 2 doz case.
Our Leader.

1  10 
2  00 
9 00
45 
85 
1  00

Arctic.

JaXon

Vi lb cans.............................  ®
*4 lb cans.............................
1  50
1 
lb cans......................
Red Star.
40 
Vi lb cans.....................
75 
*4 lb c a n s ...................
1  40
1 
lb c a n s ...................
b a t h   b r ic k

2 dozen in case.

.70
A m erican....................
English...................... ................80
b l u in g .
Gross
Arctic 4 oz ovals..................  3  60
Arctic 8 oz ovals................... °  <5
Arctic pints round..............  a
Arctic No. 2 sifting bo x ... . 2   ¡o 
Arctic No. 3 sifting box —   4 00 
8 00 
Arctic No. 5 sifting box.
4  50 
Arctic 1 oz ball...............
3 60 
Mexican liquid 4 oz.......
6  80
Mexican liquid 8 oz.......

BROOITS.

No. 1 Carpet........................... j*  20
No. 2 Carpet..........................
No. 3 Carpet..........................   J “j
Parlor G em ..........................   * ™
Common W hisk...................  ®
Fancy Whisk........................  *  00
2  50
Warehouse.................
CANDLES.
Hotel 40 lb boxes......................10
Star 40 lb boxes..................  —
Paraffine............................
CANNED  GOODS. 
Manitowoc  Brands.
Lakeside M arrowfat......... 
j  00
Lakeside E. J ........................   I 30
Lakeside, Champ, of Eng...  1  40 
Lakeside, Gem, Ex. Sifted.  1  65 

CATSUP. 

*
Blue Label Brand.

Half pint 25 bottles............   2  60
Pint 25 bottles......................  4  25
Quart 1 doz. bottles..........   3  00
Half pint  per doz................   1  35
Pint 25 bottles......................  4  50
Quart per doz......................   3  75

Triumph Brand.

CEMENT.

Major’s, per gross.

------- 

*4 oz size.... 12 00
1  oz size__ 18  00
Liq. Glue,loz  9  60
Leather  Cement,
1 ozsize.......12 00
2 oz size.......18 00
Rubber  Cement, 
¡size__   12  00

CHEESE.
Am boy......................
Acme..........................
Jersey........................
Lenawee....................
Kiverside...................
Gold  Medal..............
Skim  ........................8
B rick ........................
Edam...’.....................
Leiden......................
Lim b u rg er...............
Pineapple..................
Roquefort.................
Sap  Sago...................
Schweitzer,imported 
Schweitzer,domestic 
Chicory.

B u lk ............................
...........................
Red 

12M 
12 
©
10 
11 
@1  00 
@  20 ©  is. 
©   24 
©   35 
©  18 
©  24 
©   14

Green.
Rio.

F a ir..............................................J;
,,o o d ............................................I®
P rim e..........................................21
¿olden  ............... 
21
Peaberry  ...................................23

Santos.

Fair  ............................................19
Good  ......................... 
20
P rim e.......................................
Peaberry  ...................................23

 

Mexican  and  Guatamala,
F air  .........................................
Good  .......................................
Fancy  — ................................24

Maracaibo.

Prime . 
Milled.

Java.

In te rio r......................................25
Private  Growth.....................
Mandehling...............................28

Im itation 
A rabian  .

Mocha.

Roasted.

To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add *4c per lb. for roast 
ing and 15 perjeent.  for  shrink 
age.
A rbuckle..........................  18  95
Jersey.................................  18 95

Package.

I i o n  To f f e e
In 1 lb. Packages .Without Glazing.
lAGES.Wl 
t u   Net.
16 Full Ounces  Net.
Ca s k  100 ^
Ibs.i  E<1
-  ]   les

60  "  J  less 20  pcrl'b-
C abinets 120 lbs. Sahe P rice, 
90 F Extra  for Cabinets.
rtcLaughlin’s  XXXX........21  3

  E q w H frP rte e  

- 

Extract.

1  15
85
1  43

Valley City *4 g ro ss.......
Felix *4  gross.......... ........ 
Hummel’s foil *4 gross... 
Hummel’s tin *4  gross... 
COCOA SHELLS.
201b  bags..........................
Less  quantity...................
Pound  packages..............
CREArt  TARTAR.
Strictly p u re ......................
Telfer’s  Absolute  ............
Grocers’...............................15@25

CONDENSED  MILK.
4 doz. in case.

N.  Y.  Condensed  Milk  Co.’s 

brands.
Gail  Borden  Eagle_________ 7 40
C row n..........................................6 25
D aisy ........................................... 9 75
Champion  ..............................4  50
Magnolia 
..............................4  25
.....................................3  35
Dime 

“ Tradesman.”

$  1 books,  per  100 ................  2 00
books, per  100 ...............   2  50
$ 3 books, per  100 ............   3  00
$ 5 books, per  100............   3 00
$10 books,  per  100 ...............   4 00
120 books, per  100 ...............   5 00

“ Superior.”

$  1 books, per  100 ............   2 50
* 2 books, per  100............   3 00
* 3 books, per  100 ............   3  50
$  5 books, per  100 .............  4  00
$10 books, per  100 ...............   5 00
“20 books,  per  100 ...............   6 00

“ Universal.”

$  1  books, per  100 .................  3 00
$ 2 books, per  100 .................  3 50
$ 3 books, per  100 ................   4 00
$ 5 books, per  100 .................  5 00
$10 books, per  100 ...............   6  00
$20 books, per  100 ...............   7 00
Above prices on coupon books 
are  subject  to  the  following 
quantity discounts:
200 books or over...  5 per cent 
500 books or over... lOJper cent 
1000 books or over.  .20Jper cent 
Can be made to represent any 
20 books...................................  1 00
50 books..................................   2 00
100 books..................................   3 00
250 books..................................   6 25
o500 books...................................10 00
1000 books...................................17 50

denomination from $10 down.

Coupon Pass Books,

Credit Checks.

500, any one denom’n .......3 00
1000, any one denom’n .......5 00
2000, any one denom’n .......8 00
Steel  punch.......................... 
75
DRIED  FRUITS.

DonesTic.

Apples.

Sundried..........................  ©   4M
Evaporated 50 lb boxes.  ©   7 
Bxs  Bgs

California Goods.

Apricots...........................10  @
Blackberries....................
N ectarines......................   7  @
Peaches............................8  @
Pears.................................  8*4©
Pitted Cherries...............
Prunnelles.......................
Raspberries......................

Raisins.

Loose Muscatels.

2 Crown............................   ©  3%
3 Crown.............................  @ 3Ji
4 Crown.............................  @  4%

FOREIGN.
Currants.

Schuit's  Cleaned.

Patras bbls......................   @ 3*4
Vostizzas 50 lb cases....  @ 
25 lb boxes.......................   @ 5
50 lb boxes.......................   @ 4%
1 lb packages.................   @ 6
@13
@11
@12

Citron  Leghorn 25 lb  bx 
Lemon Leghorn 25 lb bx 
Orange Leghorn 25 lb bx 

Peel.

Prunes.

25 lb boxes.

California 100-120............
California  90-100............  ©   5*4
California  80-90..............  @  6)4
California  70-80..............  ©   614
California  60-70.............  @  7Q

5

q cent less in bags

Cod.

 

 

H a lib u t.

Herring.

Georges cured............. 
©   4J£
Georges  genuine........   ©   6
Georges selected.........  @6*4
Strips or  bricks.......... 6  ©   9
Chunks............................  
}4
Strips................................  
H
Holland white hoops keg. 
70
Holland white hoops  bbl.  9 00
Norwegian..........................  _  _
Round 100 lb s.....................  2  55
Round  40 lbs.....................  1  30
Scaled....................... 
14
rtackerel
No.  1  100 lbs..............
No. 1  40 lbs..............
No. 1  10 lbs........................  J  45
No. 2 100 lbs 
No. 2  40 lbs 
No. 2  10 lbs 
Family 90 lbs 
Family 10 lbs
Russian kegs
No. 1, 1001b. bales............
No. 2,100 lb. bales............ 
8*4
No. 1100 lb s........................  4 25
No. 1  40 lbs........................  1  9»
56
No. 1  10 lbs......................
48
No. 1  8 lbs...... ..............
Fam 
No. 1  No. 2
2 75 
100 lb s............  7 50  6 25
1  40 
40 lbs............  3  30  2  80
43 
10 lbs............ 
78
37
8 lb s............ 
65
FLA V O R IN G   EX TR A C TS .

Sardine»
Stockfish.

Whitefish.

Trout.

90 
75 

Oval bottle,  with  corkscrew, 
the

Souders’.
the  world 

for 

Regular
Grade
Lemon.

doz 
75
4 oz.........1  50

.1  50 
00

Jennings.

2 oz regular panel . .  75 
4 oz regular pifnel 
1 50 
6 oz regular panel. .2 00 
No.  3  taper................1 35
No.  4  7aper................. 1 50

Lemon*Vanilla 
120
2 00
3 00
2  00 
2 50

FLY  PAPER.
Tanglefoot.
‘•Regular” Size.

Less than one case, per box  32 
One to five cases, per case..  2  75 
Five to ten cases, per case.  2  65
Ten cases, per  case............  2 55
Less than one case, per box 
13 
One to ten cases, per case..  1  45
Ten cases, per  case............  1  40

‘‘Little” Tanglefoot.

FURNITURE 

Cleaner  and  Polish. 

Henderson’s “ Diamond.”

Half P in t...............................  1  J5
P in t..........................................3  50
Q u a rt....................................  6  40
Half G allon..........................  7  75
Gallon  ................. 
14  40
Sage.........................................   J®

HERBS.

RICE.

Domestic.

Imported.

SAL SODA.

Carolina head......................   5*4
Carolina  No.  1....................   5  -
Carolina  No. 2.....................  4*4
Broken..................................   3*4
Japan,  No. 1........................  454
Japan.  No. 2 ........................  4*4
Java, No. 1............................  5*4
Java, No. 2............................  4)4
P a tn a ....................................  4
Granulated, bbls................1  10
Granulated,  100 lb cases.. 1  50
Lump, bbls.......................... 
1
Lump, 1451b kegs............... 1  10
A n ise ..................................   13
Canary, Smyrna.................  
6
C araw ay.............................   10
Cardamon,  Malabar.........  80
Hemp,  Russian...............  
4
Mixed  B ird........................ 
4%
Mustard,  w hite.................  
6*4
Poppy  ................................  
8
R ape.................................... 
4
Cuttle Bone........................  20

SEEDS.

GUNPOWDER.
Rifle—Dupont’s.

Choke  Bore—Dupont’s.

K eg s........................................3 00
Half  Kegs................................1  75
Quarter-Kegs......... 
............ 1  00
1 lb  canB.................................  30
*4  lb  cans.................................  18
K egs.................   ....... ........... 4  00
Half Kegs............................... 2 2d
Quarter  Kegs.................   - • -1  25
1 lb  cans...................................  34
Kegs  ....  t ..............................8 00
Half Kegs............................... 4  25
Quarter Kegs.......................... 2 25
lib  cans.......... ............  
45
Madras, 5  lb  boxes..............  55
S.  F., 2, 3 and 5 lb  boxes....  50 

Eagle  Duck—Dupont’s.

INDIGO.

 

 

JELLY.

LYE.

15 lb  pails...............................   30
17 lb  pails...............................   36
301b  pails...............................  55
Condensed, 2  doz  ................1  20
Condensed, 4  doz..................2 25
Pure.........................................   30
C alab ria................................   25
Sicily......................................  14

LICORICE.

Mince meat, 3 doz in  case. .2 75
Pie Prep. 3 doz in case........ 2 75
Diamond Match Co.’s brands.

1-1ATCHES.

No. 9 sulphur..............................1 65
Anchor  Parlor............................ 1 70
No. 2  Home..................................1 10
Export  Parlor............................4 00

rtOL ASSES. 
Blackstrap.

Sugar house..........   — «. .10@12
O rdinary..............................12@14

Cuba Baking.

Porto  Rico.

New Orleans.

P rim e................................... 
Fancy  .............................. 
F a ir.....................................  
Good....................................  
Extra good.......................... 
C hoice................................. 
Fancy  .............................
Half-barrels 3c extra.

20
30
18
22
24
27

OIL CANS.

Crystal valve, per  doz.......4  00
Crystal valve, per  gross.. .36 00 

PICKLES, 
fledium.

Barrels, 1,200 count............  3 75
Half bbls, 600 count............  2 00
Barrels, 2,400 count............  4  75
Half bbls,  1,200 count.........2  50

Small.

PIPES.

Clay, No.  216........................  1  70
Clay, T.  D. full count
Cob, No. 3.............................  1  20

POTASH.

48 cans in case.

Babbitt’s ...............................  4  00
P ennaSalt  Co.’s .................   3  00

SYRUPS.

Corn.

Barrels........ . . : ..................   15
Half  bbls............................  17
Fair  ....................................  16
G ood....................................  20
C hoice.................................  25

Pure Cane.

SPICES.
Whole Sifted.

Pure Ground in Bulk.

Allspice  .................................  9*4
Casgia, China in m ats.........10
Cassia,  Batavia in  bund__ 15
Cassia, Saigon in rolls.........32
Cloves,  Amboyna..................15
Cloves, Zanzibar....................10
Mace,  B atav ia ................... 70
Nutmegs, fancy................... 65
Nutmegs, No.  1..................... 60
Nutmegs, No.  2.................... 55
Pepper, Singapore, black.. .10 
Pepper, Singapore, w h ite.. .20
Pepper,  shot...........................16
Allspice  ...........................10@12
Cassia, B atavia..................... 17
Cassia,  Saigon.......................35
Cloves,  Amboyna..................15
Cloves, Zanzibar....................10
Ginger,  A frican....................15
Ginger,  Cochin..................... 20
Ginger,  Jam aica................... 22
Mace,  Batavia................60@65
Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. .20
Mustard, Trieste....................25
Nutmegs, No.  2.............. 50@60
Pepper, Singapore, black9@12 
Pepper,Slngapo re, whltel5@18
Pepper, Cayenne.............17@20
Sage..........................................18
Absolute”  in  ^tlb.  Packages
Allspice...............................   65
Cinnamon...........................  75
Cloves..................................   70
Ginger, Cochin..................   75
Mace.................................... 2 10
MUBtard...............................  75
Nutmegs..............................2 10
Pepper, c ay e n n e ..............  75
Pepper, white  ...................  75
Pepper, black shot............  60
Saigon................................. 1  50

STARCH.

Kingsford’s  Corn.

Kingsford’s Silver  Gloss.

201-lb packages.....................  6*4
40 1 lb packages.......................6M
40 1-lb packages.......................64£
6-lb boxes............................... T’M
20-lb boxes.............................   5H
40-lb  boxes............... 
5*4

Common  Corn.
 
Common Gloss.

1-lb  packages........................  4 Vi
3-lb  packages.......................... 4*4
6-lb  packages........................  5*4
40 and 50 lb boxes.................   3*4
Barrels  ...................................  3J4
B oxes........................................5*4
Kegs, English........................   4J£

SODA.

 

SALT.

Diamond  Crystal.

Cases, 24 3-lb  boxes....................1 60
Barrels, 120 2*4 lb bags......... 3 00
Barrels,  75  4  lb bags.........2  75
Barrels,  60  5  lb bags......... 2 75
Barrels,  40  7 lb bags........2
Barrels,  30  10  lb bags........2
Butter, 56 lb  bags.................
Butter, 20  14 lb  bags.............3
Butter, 280 lb  bbls................2
100 3 lb sacks.......................... 2
60 5-lb sacks...........................1
2811-lb sacks.............................. 1 70,

Common Grades.

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21

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80

58-lb dairy In drill bags.......  30
28-lb dairy in drill bags.......  15

58 lb dairy in linen  sacks 

Warsaw.

Ashton.
Higgins.

56-lb dairy in linen  sacks 

Solar  Rock.

56-lb  sacks.............................   22

Common Fine.

S aginaw .................................  85
Manistee 
..................................  85
SNUFF.

Scotch,  In bladders..............  37
Maccaboy, in ja rs.................   35
French  Rappee, in  Jars  —   43

SALERATUS.

Packed 60  lbs. in  box.

Church’s ...................................... 3 3C
Deiand’s  ................................3  15
Dwight’s ...................................... 3 30
Taylor’s ........................................ 3 00

TOBACCOS.

Cigars.

G. J. Johnson’s  brand

S. C. W .................................. 35  00
Hornet’s N est............................35 00
Q u in tette...................................35 00

B. J. Reynolds’ brand.
H. & P. Drug Co.’s brand.

Clark Grocery Co.’s  brand. 

New  Brick................................. 35 00

SOAP.
Laundry.

Dingman  Soap  Co.’s brand.

Single  box...................................3 95
5 box lots,  delivered...........3  85
10 box lots,  delivered...........3  75
N. K. Fairbank A'Co.’s brands

Santa Claus................................. 3 50
Brown, 60 bars............................2 00
Brown, 80 bars............................2 90

Gowans & Sons’ Brands.

C row .............................................3 30
German Fam ily........................  2 15
American Grocer  100s.........3  60
American Grocer  00s...........2  75
N. G .............................................  3 30
Mystic  W hite............................  3 80
T 

i  All

i _ 

Old Style................................. 2  55
Happy Day............................  3  10

JAXON

Single  box...................................3 25
5 box lots, delivered...........3 20
10 box lots,  delivered...........3  10
Jas. S. Kirk A  Co.’s  brands. 

American Family,  wrp’d .. .3 33 
American Family, plain —  3 27 

Lautz Bros. & Co.’s  brands.

Acme  ...................................... 3  35
Cotton  O il...................................5 75
Marseilles.....................................4 00
M aster..........................................3 70

Henry Passolt’s brand.

SUGAR.

Below  are  given  New  York 
prices on sugars,  to  which  the 
wholesale dealer adds the local 
freight from New  York to your 
shipping  point,  giving  you 
credit  on  the  invoice  for  the 
amount  of  freight  buyer  pays 
from  the  market  in  which  he 
purchases to his shipping point, 
including  20  pounds  for  the 
weight of the barrel.
D o m in o ....................................... .5  56 
.5 56
.5  18
.5  18
.5 31
XXXX  P o w d e re d ................
M ould  A ..................................... .5  18
G ra n u la te d   in  b b ls ................ .4  94
G ra n u la te d   in   b a g s .............. .4  94
F in e  G ra n u la te d .................... 4  94
E x tr a   F in e  G ra n u la te d  — .5 06
E x tr a  C o u rse G r a n u la te d .. .5 0b
D iam o n d   C o n fec.  A.......... .4  94
C o n fec.  S ta n d a rd  A ............ .4  8!
N o.  1........................................... .4  62
N o  2........................................... .4  62
N o.  3........................................... .4  62
N o.  4  ......................................... .4  56
N o.  5........................................... .4  44
N o.  6........................................... . 4  37
N o.  7 ......................................... .4  31
4  31
No.  9........................................... .4  18
N o.  10........................................... 4  12
N o.  11........................................... .4  00
N o.  12........................................... 3  94
No.  13........................................... 3  87
................... .3  81
No.  14 

wAsnnu  runucK.
WASHING  POWDER.

jïï^eM a

WICKING.

100 packages in  case...........
No. 0, per gross.....................
No. 1, per gross.....................
No. 2, pei gross.....................
No. 3, per gross.....................
CRACKERS.

3 35
25
30
40

Butter.

The N. Y.  Biscuit  Co.  quotes

as follows:
Seymour XX X ..................... 5
Seymour XXX, 3 lb.  carton 5(4
5
Fa’mlly XXX........................
5*/.
Family  XXX, 3 lb  carton.
5
Salted XXX..........................
Salted XXX. 3 lb carto n ...
5(4
5l,4

Soda  XXX  ..........................
Soda  XXX, 3 lb  carton — 6
Soda,  City............................ 7
ion
Crystal  W afer.....................
Long Island  W afers..: — 11
L.  I.  Wafers, 1 lb carton  .. 12
5
Square Oyster, XXX..........
6
Sq. Oys. XXX. 1  lb  carton.
5
Farina Oyster,  XXX..........

Oyster.

Soda.

10(4

SWEET  GOODS—Boxes.
Bent’s Cold W ater.............. 12
Belle  Rose............................ 8
8
Cocoanut  Taffy...................
8
Coffee Cakes........................
Frosted Honey.................... 11
8
Graham Crackers...............
Ginger Snaps, XXX round.
6(4
Ginger Snaps,XXX  city...
6*/»
Gin. Snps.XXX home made 6(4
Gin. Snps.XXX scalloped.. 6V,
8
Ginger  Vanilla  .................
8
Im perials.............................
Jumbles,  Honey................. n
8
Molasses  Cakes...................
Marshmallow  ..................... 15
Marshmallow  Creams....... 16
Pretzels,  hand  made  .......
8(4
Pretzelettes, Little German 6(4
8
Sugar  Cake..........................
S ultanas............................... 12
Sears’ Lunch........................
7(4
8
Vanilla  Square...................
Vanilla  W afers................. 14

Single box.....................................3 25
5 box lots, delivered...........8 20
10 box lots,  delivered...........3  15
25 box  lots, delivered...........3  10

Proctor & Gamble’s  brands.

Concord........................................ 2 70
Ivory, 10 oz...................................6 75
Ivory,  6oz...................................4 00
Lenox....................................  3 25
Mottled German.........................2 65
Town T alk ...................................3 00

Allen B.  W risley’s brands.

Old Country  80  1-lb................... 3 20
Good Cheer 60  1-lb.....................3 90
White  Borax 100 

-lb...........3  65

Scouring.

Sapolio, kitchen, 3 d o z .......2 40
Sapolio, hand, 3 d o z .............2  40

STOVE  POLISH. 

Nickeline, small, pergro.  4 00 
Nickeline, large,  per gro...  7 20 

TABLE  SAUCES.

Lea & Perrin’s,  large........4 75
Lea A  Perrin’s, small. — 2 75
Halford,  large....................3 75
Halford sm all......................2 25
Salad Dressing, large........4 55
•  Salad Dressing, 3mall........2 65

VERMICIDE.

Zenoleum,  6  oz........................   2 00
Zenoleum,  q ts............................ 4 00
Zenoleum, (4 g al.......................  7 20
Zenoleum,  gal......................... .12 00

CANDIES.

The Putnam Candy Co. quotes 

as follows :

Stick  Candy.
Standard...................... 
Standard  H.  II......... 
Standard Tw ist....... 
Cut  Loaf...................... 
Extra H .H ................ 
Boston  Cream......... 

Mixed Candy.
Standard...................... 
Leader  .......................  
R oyal........................... 
Conserves.................... 
Broken  ..................... 
K indergarten..........  
French  Cream......... 
Valley Cream..........  

*bbls.  pails
6(4@ 7(4
6(4®  7(4
6(4@ 7¡4
7(4® 8(4
cases
© 8(4
@ 8(4
bbls.  pails
5(4@ 6(4
6(4® 7(4
6(4® 7(4
6(4® 754
7  @ 8
754® 854
@  9
@12
Pails
Lozenges, plain....... 
@ 854
@  9
Lozenges,  printed.. 
Choc.  Drops............  1154@13
@1254
Choc.  Monumentals 
Gum  Drops.............. 
@ 5
Moss  Drops.............. 
@ 8
Sour Drops...............  
@ 8
Im perials.................  
@ 9

Fancy  In Bulk.

Fancy—In  5  lb.  Boxes.

Lemon  Drops..........  

Per Box

@50

@50
@60
@65
@75
35 @(50
@50
@60
@65
@60
@65
@  0
@50
80 @90
60 @80
@90
@60
@55

Sour  Drops..............
Peppermint Drops..
Chocolate Drops__
H.  M. Choc.  D rops..
Gum  Drops..............
Licorice Drops........ 1 00 @
A.  B. Licorice Drops
Lozenges,  plain —
Lozenges,  printed..
Im perials.................
Mottoes.....................
Cream  B ar...............
Molasses B a r ..........
Hand Made Creams.
Plain  Creams..........
Decorated Cream s..
String Rock..............
Burnt Almonds.......1 25 @
Wintergreen Berries
Caramels. 
No.  1 wrapped, 2  lb. 
boxes  .....................
No.  1 wrapped, 3  lb. 
boxes  .....................
No. 2 wrap, ed, 2  lb. 
boxes 
...................
F R U IT S.

@30
@45

Fancy Navels

Oranges,
Mexicans
125...............................
150...............................
126...............................
150...............................
176-200........................
Valencias
Cases of 420 and 714.
Lemons.
Strictly choice  360s..
Strictly choice 300s..
Fancy  360s...............
Extra 300s.................
Fancy  300s...............
Extra 300s  ............T.
Bananas.

2  75
3 00
3  00
3  25
3 50
6 00
@2  75
@3 00
@3 50
@3  75
@3 50
@4  00

A  definite  price  is hard  to
name, as it varies according  to
size  of  bunch  and  quality  of
fruit.
Small bunches........ 1  00  @1  25
Medium  bunches... 1  25  @1  50
Large bunches........ 1 "5  @
Foreign Dried  Fruits.
Fig^,  Fancy  Layers
3  ©
20 lbs.....................
Figs, Choice  Layers
10 1b........................
Figs,  Naturals 
in
bags,  new ..............
Dates, Fards in  10 lb
boxes.....................
Dates,  Fards in 60 lb
cases / .....................
Dates,  Persians,  G.
M.  K., 60 lb cases..
Dates,  Sairs  60  lb
cases  .....................

@11
@  6
@  8
©   6
@  5
@ 4(4

N U T S .

Almonds, Tarragona.. @13
Almonds, Ivaca..........
@
Almonds,  California,
soft  shelled..............
@12(4
Brazils new .................
@  9
@10(4
Filberts  ......................
Walnuts, Gren., new .. @13
Walnuts,  Calif No.  1. @12
Walnuts,  soft  shelled
@12
Table Nuts,  fancy__
Table Nuts,  choice...
@ 9(4
Pecans, Texas H. P ... 7  @, 8
Hickory  Nuts per bu„
25@1  40
O hio..........................
Cocoanuts,  full  sacks @4  00
@  50
Butternuts  per  b u __
Black Walnuts per bu @  60

C alif.......................... @

Peanuts.

Fancy,  II.  P.,  Game
Cocks........................
@  6
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Game
Roasted.....................
©   7(4
Fancy, II.  P., Associa-
tio n ............................ @ 6
Fancy, H. P.. Associa-
tion Roasted............
Choice, H.  P., Extras.
Choice,  II.  P.,  Extras,
Roasted  ...................

@  7(4
@
@

F i s h   a n d   O y s t e r s

Fresh Fish.

Per lb.
@  10
W hitefish.................
@ 
9
T ro u t........................
©  15
Black Bass...............
18@  20
H alib u t.....................
Ciscoes or Herring..
@  6
Bluefish..................... @  15
Live  Lobster..........
@  20
@  20
Boiled Lobster........
C o d ............................ @  12
Haddock...................
@  8
No.  1  Pickerel........
@  10
Pike............................ @  8
Smoked W hite......... @  8
Red Snapper............
@  10
Col  River  Salmon..
@  13
16@  20
Mackerel 
................
Shell  Goods
Oysters, per  100.......... 1  25@1  50
90@1  00
plains,  per  100..........

Oysters.

F. J. D ettenthaler’s Brands.

Per Can.
Fairhaven  Counts__ 35@
30@
F. J.  D.  Selects........
25@
Selects 
......................
22®
F. J. D..........................
20®
Anchor»......................
18@
Standards...................
16@
F av o rite .....................

No. 
No. 
No. 

First  Quality.
0 Sun,  crimp 
1 Sun,  crimp 
2 Sun,  crimp 

wrapped and  labeled__   2  10
wrapped and  labeled__   2  25
wrapped and  labeled__   3 25

top,
top,
top,

No. 
No. 
No. 

XXX Flint.
0 Sun,  crimp 
1 Sun,  crimp 
2 Sun,  crimp 

wrapped and  labeled__   2 55
wrapped and  labeled__   2 75
wrapped and  labeled__   3  75

top,
top,
top,

CHIMNEYS,
Pearl  Top.

labeled.................................3  70
labeled...............................  4  70
labeled.................................4  88

No.  1  Sun,  wrapped  and
No. 2  Sun,  wrapped  and
No. 2 Hinge,  wrapped  and
Fire Proof—Plain Top.

No.  1 Sun, plain bulb.........  3  40
Ne. 2 Sun, plain bulb.........  4  40

La  Bastie.

No.  1 Sun. plain  bulb,  per
doz  ....................................  1  25
No. 2  Sun,  plain  bulb,  per
doz  ....................................  1  50
No.  1 Crimp, per doz..........   1  35
No. 2 Crimp, per doz..........  I  60

Rochester.

Electric.

Miscellaneous. 

No.  1,  Lime  (65c doz)........   3 50
No. 2,  Lime  (70c doz).. 
..  4  00
No. 2,  Flint (80c  doz).........4  70
No. 2, Lime  (7l)c doz)  .......  4  00
No. 2, Flint  (80c doz).........  4  40
Doz.
Junior,  Rochester.............. 
50
Nutmeg  .............................  
15
Illum inator  Bases..............  1  00
90
Barrel  lots, 5 doz................ 
7 in. Porcelain Shades.......  1  00
Case lots,  12  doz.................  
90
Mammoth  Chimneys for  Store 
Lamps.  Doz.  Box 
No. 3 Rochester, lime  1  50  4  20 
No. 3 Rochester,  tliut  1  75  4  80 
No. 3  Pearl 
top,  or
Jewel  glass............  1  85  5 25
No. 2 Globe Incandes.
lime..........................  1  75  5  10
No. 2 Globe Incandes.
flint  ........................  200  5  85
No. 2 Pearl glass.......  2  10  6  00
Doz.
1  gal tin cans with  spout..  1  60
1 gal galv Iron with  spout.  2 00
2 gal galv iron with  spout.  3  25
3 gal galv iron with spout.  4  50 
5 gal  Eureka with spout...  6  50 
5 gal  Eureka with faucet..  7 00
5 gal galv i ron A &  W .......  7 50
5 gal Tilting cans.  M’n’ch  10 50 
5 gal galv iron  Nacefas__   9  00

OIL  CANS. 

Pump  Cans.

3 gal  Home Rule...................10 50
5 gal  Home  Rule...................12 00
3 gal Goodenough.................lo 50
5 gal Goodenough.................12 00
5 gal  Pirate  King................  9 50

LANTERNS.

No.  (.Tubular.....................   3 75
No.  1  B  Tubular................  6 00
No.  13 Tubular Dash..........5  50
No.  1 Tub., glass fount__   7  00
No.  2 Tubular, side lamp. 12 00
No  3 Street  Lamp............   3 25

LANTERN GLOBES.
No. 0 Tubular, cases 1  doz.
each, box 10 cents............ 
45
No. 0 Tubular, cases 2  doz.
each, box  15 cents............ 
45
No. 0 Tubular,  bbls  5  doz.
40
each," bbl 35......................  
No. 0  Tubular,  bull’s  eye, 
cases 1  doz.  each............  1  25

LAMP  WICKS.

No. 0 per gross.........:.......... 
24
.-6
No.  1  per gross..................... 
No. 2 per gross..................... 
50
80
No. 3 per gross..................... 
Mammoth per doz.............. 
75
JELLY  TUMBLERS—Tin  Top. 
>4  Pints, 6 doz  in  box,  per
box  (box  00)  ...................  1  70
(4 Pints, 20 doz in  bbl,  per
doz  (bbl  35)......................  
23
(4  Pints,  6  doz in  box, per
box  (box  00).....................  1  90
$4 Pints, 18 doz  in bbl,  per 
doz (bbl  35)......................  
25

Per  Gal. 
@2 00
C ounts..........................
@1  65
Extra Selects...............
Medium  Selects..........
@1  30
@1  20
Anchor  Standards__
Standards..................... @1  10
Scallops  ......................
@1  75
C lam s............................ @1  25
@1  25
Shrim ps........................
Oscar Allyn’s Brand
Per  Can. 
40@
C ounts..........................
Extra  »elects..............
30©
25©
Plain  Selects...............
22@
IX   L.............................
Mediums  ..................... 2U@
Standards  ...................
18®
16@
Favorites  .....................
Per  Gal. 
@2 00
New York  Counts.......
Extra  Selects..............
@1  75
@1  50
Plain  Selects...............
I  X L Standards..........
©1  20
Standards..................... @1  10

G r a i n s  a n d  F e e d s t u f f s

W heat.

Flour  in  Sacks.

W heat.......................... ......... 
62
Patents
3 70
Second  Patent.......... .........3 20
Straight......................
........   3 00
nicwt*
i  ......................................*  r:
B uckw heat............... .........3  40
..  2 75
R y e .............................
Subject  to  usual cash  dis-
count.
Flour in  bbls., 25c per bbl. ad-
ditioual.
Meal.
B olted........................ .........  1  75
.............. .........  2 00
Granulated 

Feed and  Millstuffs.

St. Car Feed, screen ed __ 13  00
No.  1  Corn and  Oats. .........12 50
... 12  25
Unbolted Corn  Meal.
W inter Wheat  Bran. .........11  00
W inter Wheat  M iddlings.. 12  00
.......11  00
Screenings.................
The  O.  E.  Brown Mill .Co.

quotes as follows:
Corn.
Car  lots......................
Less than  car  lots...
Car  lots...................... .........21
Less than  car  lo ts... .........  23

Oats.

.......  31(4

Hay.

No. 1  Timothy, ton lots  ... 16  00
No.  1 Timothy carlots ........ 14  25

@ 6(4

Hides.

H i d e s   a n d

P e l t s .
Perkins  A  Hess  pay  as  loi-

lows:
G reen.......................... . 5   @ 6
Part  cured.................
Full Cured.................
D ry ............................. .  5  @  7
Kips,  green............... . 5   @ 6
Kips,  cured............... •  5(4©  6(4
Calfskins,  green....... •  5(4®  7
Calfskins,  cured....... .  6f/*@  8
Deaconskins  ............ .25  @30
Shearlings................. .10  @30
Old  Wool................... 40  @75

Pelts.

Wool.

Washed  ..................... .10  @17
U nw ashed................. .  5  @13

Hiscellaneou5.

T allow .................
Grease  Butter............
1  @ 2
Switches  ................... .  1(4@ 2
Ginseng...................... .2 50©2 90

. 3   @ 3(4

Furs.

30©  1  10
25© 
70
C oon..........................
Skunk........................
40@ 
85
Rat,  W inter..............
07© 
12
03©  07
Rat,  F all.................
Red F ox.................... 1  00@  1  35
40©  60
Gray Fox...................
Cross  Fox................. 2 00© 5  00
B adger......................
20©  70
40©  75
Cat, W ild...................
10©  25
Cat,  House...............
Fisher........................ 4 00@  6 00
Martin........................ 1  50®  3 00
O tter.......................... 5  00© 9  00
W olf.......................... 1  00@  2  00
Bear........................... 5  00©25  00
B eaver...................... 3  00©  7 00
18
10© 
Opossum...................
Beaver castors per lb  3  (XXm  8 00
15©  25
Deerskins, dry,per lb

Barreled  Pork.

PROVISIONS.
The  Grand  Rapids  Packing 
and  Provision Co. quotes as fol­
lows:
Mess  ................................. 
9 75
Back  ...................................  10 25
Clear  back  ........................   10 50
S hortcut............................ 
9 75
P ig........................................  11 50
Bean  ................................
Family  .............................
Dry Salt  Meats.
B ellies. . . . . . . .  
.  . .. .. ..  
Briskets  ............................ 
Extra  shorts..................... 
Hams,  121b  average 
....  954
Hams,  4 lb  average 
...  954
Hams,  16 lb  averagt..........  954
Hams, 20 lb  average..........  8%

Smoked  Heats.

r>54
5
5

Ham dried beef  ..............
Shoulders  (N. Y. cut).  .
Bacon,  clear.....................
California  ham s..............
Boneless ham s.................
Cooked  ham .....................

9(4
8
6%
11(4

Lards.

5
Compound,  tierces.........
Family,  tierces...............
6Vi
G ran g er...........................
Kettle (our  ow n)............
6*4
C'ottolene..........................
•>%
Cotosuet  ..........................
5X
501b T in s ............ advance 
54
20 lb Pails............ advance  —54
10 lb Pails............advance 
\
5 lb Pails............advance 
%
3 lb Pails............ advance 
1

Sausages.

B ologna........................
Liver...............................
F rankfort......................
P o rk ...............................
Blood  ............................
Tongue  ..........................
Head  cheese.................

Beef.

Tripe.

Casings.

Extra  Mess...................
Boneless  ............ .........
Pigs’  Feet.
Kits, 15  lbs.....................
(4  bbls, 40 lbs...............
V4  bbls, 80 lbs...............
Kits,  15 lbs.....................
24  bbls, 40 lbs...............
(4  bbls, 80 lbs...............
P o rk ...............................
Beef  rounds.................
Beef  middles...............
Butter! ne.
Rolls,  dairy...................
Solid,  dairy...................
Rolls,  cream ery..........
Solid,  cream ery..........
Canned  Meats.
Corned  beef,  2  lb .......
Corned  beef,  15  lb .......
Roast  beef,  2  lb .......
(4s .......
Potted  ham, 
(4s.......
Potted  ham, 
Reviled ham, 
(4s .......
Beviledham, 
(4s .......
Potted  tongue  (4s .......
Potted  tongue (4s.......

6
7i4
6(4

. 

.6

.  7  00
. 10  00
80
.  I  65
.  3  on

75
.  1  50
.  2  75
25
5
7
10(4
10

. 

.  2  00
.14  00
.  2  00
. 
75
.  1  25
75
1  z5
75
.  1  25

F R E S H   M E A T S .

Beef.

C arcass........................
i  @  7
Fore quarters..............
l  @  5
i  @ 8
Hind  quarters............
Loins  No.  3 .................
)  @10
Ribs...............................
)  @12
Rounds  ......................
SVfftfr  6*2
Chucks...................
i  @  5
Plates  .......................... ?  @  3(4
Dressed........................
L o in s........................... 7  @  7(4
Shoulders.....................
©  5(4
Leaf L ard.....................
@ 7
Carcass»....................... 4(4@ 5(4
Spring Lambs.............. 5  @  6(4
C arcass........................ *>V<M  7

Mutton.

Pork.

Veal.

O I L S .

The  Standard  Oil  Cu.  quotes

as follows:
Barrels.
Eocene  ........................
XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt
W W M ichigan............
High Test H eadlight..
D., S. G as......................
Deo. N ap th a ...............
C ylinder...................... 30  @38
Engine..........................11  @21
Black, w inter..............
©   9
Black, summer............
@  8 J4

©11
@  9
@  8*4
@  8
@  9(4
@  8(4

From Tank  Wagon.

Eocene..........................
XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt.
1  D. S.  Gas__ :.............

©   9(*
@  6?4
©   7

Scotichi,  Shtirmer  &  Teagle

quote as follows:

Barrels.

Palacine......................
Daisy  W hite...............
Red Cross, W. W........
Water  White Hdlt__
Family  H eadlight....
N aphtha......................
Stove Gasoline............

From  Tank  Wagon.

P alacine......................
Red Cross W.  W __..
Gasoline......................
Crockery  and

@12
@11
@  9(4
@  9
@  8
@  8(4
@  9(4

©10
@  694
7 Vt

Glassware.

LAMP  BURNERS.

No.  0  Sun.............................  
45
50
No.  1  Sun.............................  
No.  2  Sun.............................  
75
50
T ubular................................. 
65
Security, No.  1..................... 
Security, No. 2..................... 
85
Nutmeg  ...............................  
50
Arctic....................................  1  15
LAMP  CHIMNEYS  Common.
Per box of 6 doz.
No.  0  Sun.............................   1  85
No.  1  Sun.............................   2  00
No.  2  Sun............................. 2 80

22

ENGLAND’S   INVENTORY.

List  of  British  Possessions Through­

out  the  W orld.

W ritten for the T r a d e s m a n .

For  a  good  many  years  Great  Britain 
has  been  proclaiming  to  the  world  her 
doctrine  of  “ Get  there”  and illustrating 
her  remarks  with  examples  taken  from 
her  own  experience.  So diligent  has  she 
been  that  there  is  not  a  quarter  of  the 
earth  which  has  not  yielded  a  portion 
to  her  grasping  hand,  and  in  Webster’s 
time,  the  American  orator  found  oc­
casion  to  declare  that  government  a 
power  “ which  has  dotted  the  surface  of 
the  whole  globe  with  her  possessions 
and  military  posts,  whose  morning 
drum-beat,  following  the  sun  and  keep­
ing  company  with  the  hours,  circles  the 
earth  with  one  continuous  and  unbroken 
strain  of  the  martial  airs  of  England.”
is  the  poetic  side  of  the  ques­
tion,  beautifully  expressed,  and  here  is 
the  actual  summing  up 
the  English 
globe-dots,  their  extent  and  the  number 
of  inhabitants  occupying  them :

That 

Besides  the  British  Isles  proper— 
England,  Scotland  and 
Ireland—there 
are  the  Channel  Islands  off  the  North­
west  coast  of  France  and  the  Isle  of 
Man 
in  the  Irish  Sea;  Gibraltar,  the 
“ Key  to  the  Mediterranean  Sea;”  
Heligoland,  off  the  estuary  of  the  Elbe 
-River;  Malta,  a  naval  station  of  great 
strength,  and  Gozo,  both  islands  in  the 
Mediterranean  Sea,  with  a  population 
not  far  from  150,000.

there 

In  Asia, 

is  India, 

including 
Hindostan  and  several  provinces  on  the 
Eastern  shore  of  the  Bay  of  Bengal.  Its 
is  1,500,000  square  miles,  with  a 
area 
coast  line  of  nearly  4,500  miles,  and 
it 
contains  a  population  of  about  160,000, 
000;  Ceylon, with  an  area  of  over  25,000 
square  miles;  Malacca,  with  a  tract  of 
country.forty  miles  by  twenty-five,  with 
a  population  of  over 60,000;  Singapore, 
an  island  twenty-five  miles  by  fourteen, 
with  a  population  of  more  than  100,000; 
Prince  of  Wales  Island,  with  154  square 
miles  and  a  population  above  50,000; 
Hong  Kong,an  island  nine  miles  by  six 
at  the  mouth  of  the  Canton  R iver; 
Aden,  a  town  in  Southwestern  Arabia, 
with  a  population  of  more  than  25,000, 
and  Sarawak  and  Labuan.

Australia  has  an  area  of  3,000,000 
square  miles  and  a  population  of 3,500,7 
000; Tasmania is an  island  to  the  south; 
and  New  Zealand,  made  up  of  three  is­
lands,  contains  nearly  100,000  square 
miles.

Africa  furnishes,  . as  her  part  of  the 
British  Empire, 
the  Cape  of  Good 
Hope  and  Natal;  British  Central  A f­
rica ;  British  East  A frica;  a  generous 
slice  of  Somali  Land,  bordering  the 
Gulf  of  Aden ;  Sierra  Leofle;  two  tracts 
of  territory 
lying  along  the  Gulf  of 
Guinea  and  the  Isle  of  St.  Helena,  “ the 
lone  rocky 
isle, ”   where  Napoleon  was 
held  a  prisoner  and  where  he  died.

North  America,  north  of  the  United 
States,  excepting  Alaska  and  Green­
land,  is  under  British  control,  and  to 
this  must  be  added  Honduras 
in  Cen­
tral  America,  the  islands  of  Bermuda, 
Jamaica,  Trinidad,  and  other  West 
Indian  islands.

South  America  finishes  the 

list  with 
British  Guiana  and  the  Falkland  Is­
lands,  while  here  and  there  a  dot  of 
land 
in  different  parts  of  the  world 
helps  to  make  up  an empire of consider­
ably  more  than  8,000,000  of 
square 
miles,  with  a  population  not  far  from 
250,000,000.

Is  it  any  wonder  that  the  “ Mistress 
of  the  Seas”   is  feeling  land  poor,  and

that  she  feels  forced  to  make  the  most 
of  any  little  unguarded,  gold-bearing 
property  adjacent  to  her  territory?

R.  M.  St r e e t e r .

PRODUCE  riARKET.

Apples—Greenings  are  about  the 
only  Michigan  variety  still  on  the  mar­
ket  and  easily  command  $2.75  per  bbl. 
The  trade 
is  well  supplied  with  Ohio 
fruit— Rome Beauties,  Baldwins,  Green­
ings  and  Smith’s  Ciders— which  bring 
$>2@2.25  for  choice  and  $2.50  @2.75  for 
fancy.

Beans— Receipts  have  been  compara­
tively  light.  Handlers  pay  8o@goc  for 
counrty  picked,  holding  city  picked  at 
$1.05  per  bu.

Butter—The  market  is  weak  and slug­
gish,  owing  to  dull  trade  and  liberal  re­
ceipts.  Fancy  dairy  brings  14c,  but 
good  to  choice  commands 
I2@I3C. 
Creamery  shares  the  depressed  feeling, 
having  sold  as  low  as  19c.

Beets—25c  per  bu.
Cabbage—Stationary  at $3@4  per  100.
Celery— I2j^c  per  doz.  bunches.
Cider— 10c  per gal.
Cranberries— In  fair  demand  at  §8@ 
10  per  bbl.  for  Cape  Cods.  Jersey  are 
plentiful  at $2.50^2.75  per  bu.  box. 
“
lib­
E ggs— Receipts  have  been  very 
eral  and  the  local  demand has not shown 
any  improvment,  although  cold  storage 
and  pickled  stock  is  pretty  well  out  of 
the  way.  Strictly  fresh  bring  18c  at 
present  writing,  but  a  few  warm  days 
would  cause  a  considerable  slump  in 
price.
per keg  of  60  lbs.  net.

Grapes— Malaga  stock 

is  held  at  $6 

Hickory  Nuts  (Ohio)—Small,  $1.25 

per bu.,  large,  $1  per  bu.

Honey— Dealers  ask  I5@i6c  for  white 
clover  and  13® 14c  for  dark  buckwheat.

Lettuce— 15c  per  lb.
Onions— Spanish  command  about $1 
per  crate  of  40  lbs.  Home grown  are 
dull  and  slow  sale  at  25c.

Pop  Corn—Rice,  3c  per  lb.
Potatoes—The  market 

is  without 
change  and  the  indications  are  that  no 
change  for  the  better  will  occur  until 
the  local  railroads  make  better  rates  to 
Southern  points.  Local  shippers  have 
urged  the  general  freight  agents  here  to 
arrange  an  * ‘ emergency  rate, ”   so  as  to 
afford  Northern  Michigan  growers  an 
outlet for  their  crops,but  up  to  the  pres­
ent  time  the  agitation  has  not  met  with 
success.  Unless  something 
is  done 
soon,  Michigan  growers  and  shippers 
may  as  well  conclude  that  they  are  des­
tined  to be  shut  out,  so  far as marketing 
the  potato  crop  of  1895  is  concerned. 
The  Texas  roaas  from  St.  Louis  south 
offer  to  bear  their  proportion  of  a  re­
duction  in  rates,  but  the  roads  between 
here  and  St.  Louis  stubbornly  refuse  to 
make  any  concessions,  assuming  that 
a  reduction  in  rates 
in  an  emergency 
like  the  present  would  be  taken  as  es­
tablishing  a  precedent 
in  times  when 
the  emergency  was  not  so  great.
Seeds—Clover  commands  $4.75@5  for 
Mammoth,  $4.55@4.70 for  Medium,  $5 
for  Alsyke,  S3.50  for  Crimson  and  $4-25 
@4.75  for  Alfalfa.  Timothy  commands 
Si.85  for  Prime  and  $2  for  Choice.

Squash— j£@ic  per  lb.  for  Hubbard
Sweet  Potatoes— The  market 
is  un 
changed,  Illinois  Jerseys  bringing  $4.25 
per  bbl.  and  $1.45  per  bu.

A  principal  is  bound  by  whatever  his 
agent  may  lawfully  do  within  the  scope 
of  the  power  conferred,  and  upon  the 
theory  that  where  a  right  is  conferred 
the  power  is  also granted  without  which 
the  right  itself  cannot  exist,  this  scope 
includes  whatever  the  agent  may  nec­
essarily  do 
in  the  performance  of  the 
particular  act  expressly  authorized

A  Rhode  Island  sailor  has  invented  a 
successful  apparatus, 
is  said,  by 
which  the  motion  of  the  waves  is  made 
to  furnish  the  propelling  power  for  a 
vessel  at  sea,  by  condensing  air.

it 

The  New  York  department  of  char 
¡ties  has  provided  a  place  where  home 
less  people  can  obtain  food  and  shelter 
for  one  night,  but  anyone  who  applies 
twice  is  sent  to  the  workhouse.

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

I®

Hammond,  Standish  &  Co.
-   -   P A C K E R S
Jobbers of Provisions 
Refiners  of  Lardj

DETROIT,  MICH.

Branch  Houses: 

- 

- 

Bay City, East Saginaw, St.  Ignace,  Sault Ste.  Marie.

Car  Terminals: 

- 

- 

Alpena, Cheboygan,  Manistee, Traverse City.

-

-

Buckwheat  Flour

“ EXCELSIOR  SELF-RISING”

in attractive ten cent packages affords 25  per cent, profit.
Pleases everybody.  Mfd. by 

CHAPPELL  &  TELZROW, 

385-387 N.  Ionia St. 

GRAND  RAPIDS. 

^
t
♦

Established  1876.

B E A N S

Merchants  having  Beans  for 
sale  in Carlots dr  less we would 
like to purchase.  Send  sample 
with quantity and price  or  ship 
us your  Beans and will pay mar­
ket price delivered here.

nOSELEY  BROS.,

26-28-30-32  OTTAW A  STREET 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Jobbers  BEANS.  SEEDS.  POTATOES.  FRUITS.

Seasonable  Goods

Sweet Potatoes, 
Apples,

Cranberries,

Celery,

Malaga Grapes.

Bananas,

Figs, 

Pop Com,

Chestnuts.

-Send  in your orders to ensure choice selections.-

BUNTING  &  CO.

20  and  22  OTTAW A  STREET,

Qrand  Rapids,  Mich.

MAYNARD,  COON  &  BLIVEN

54  S.  IONIA  ST,,  GRAND'RAPIDS. 

-««■ *  W holesale the “ F”   brand

AS*Growers and Shippers of Fruits, Trees and Seeds.

= Oysters =
OYSTBRS
Oysters FAMOUS

F. J.  DETTENTHALER,  , , 7. , , 9  Monroe St.,  QRAND  RAPIDS.

ANCHOR  BRAND

In can or bulk—all grades.
05CARALLYN,
Phone  1001.
106  Canal  St. 

All  orders  receive  prompt  attention  at  lowest  market  price.  See  quotations  in  price  Current.

WOLVERINE
Given best of  satisfaction 

for eight years.

Old  Reliable

BRAND

Tradesman  Coupons  are  Superior

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

2 3

THE  MODERN  MISSION  OF  ART.
The  red-letter  days  of  the  furniture 
exhibit  are  now  at  high  tide.  Grand 
Rapids,  the  acknowledged  center  of  all 
that  is  best  in  the  art  that  has  made her 
the  Mecca  of  the  furniture  devotee,  has 
thrown  open  her  doors  and  the  exhibi­
tors  are  busy  in  catering  to  the  wants 
of  the  buyers.  The  designs  are  new  and 
attractive.  As  it  was  well  said  in  these 
columns last  week,  “ there  is  a  decided 
advantage 
in  delicacy  and  artistic  de­
signs  which  argues  well  for  the  educa­
tion  of  artistic  taste  among  buyers.’ ’

is  the 

Ever  since  the  Grecian  sculptor  laid 
down  his  chisel  and  the  old  masters  of 
later  times  put  by  the  brush,  the  world 
has  been  talking  of  the  Mission  of  Art.
It 
ideal  that  is  only  valuable, 
and  the  only  way  in  which  art  can  bless 
the  world  is  to  portray,as  well  as it  can, 
the  hint  of  the  beautiful  ideal  which 
floats  before  its  vision.  Free  from  all 
that  is  dross,  these  ideals  are essentially 
religious,  and 
it  remained  for  art  to 
embody  them  in  enduring  forms  and  so 
teach  a  common  humanity  the  needed 
lessons  of  purity  and  truth.  So  the  Gre­
cian  chisel  touched  the  marble  and 
Apollo  stepped  from  the stone ; so Giotto 
breathed  upon  the  rocks  and  the  Cam­
panile 
its  marvelous  beauty  to­
wards  the  sky;  so  Raphael  glorified  his 
conscious  canvas  with  the  radiance  of 
the  Sistine  Madonna;  and  art,  satisfied 
with  these  results,forgot,  in her admira­
tion,  the  toiling  masses  whom  this  d i­
vine  workmanship  could  never  reach ; 
while  the  “ toiling  masses,”   convinced 
that  these 
ideals  were  not  for  them, 
turned  to  the  useful,  the  twin  sister  of 
the  beautiful, 
in  their 
need.  The  prayer  was  heard,  and  the 
handmaiden  of  art  turned  from  the 
cathedral  and  the  picture  gallery  to 
the  kitchen,  and  the  modern  mission 
of  art  began.

to  help  them 

lifted 

lost 

What  that  mission  has  accomplished, 
even 
in  a  hundred years,  the  different 
exhibits  show.  The  cumbersome  settee 
has 
its  angular  outline  and  is  now 
a  thing  of  beauty,  it  pleases  the  eye  in 
color  as  well  as  in  form;  and  body  and 
mind  alike  are  rested  and  refreshed  by 
it.  The  chair  has  been  bent by  artistic 
into  comely  shape;  the  table, 
hands 
stout  as  ever,  has  been  fashioned 
into 
a  pleasing  design,  until  what  was 
shunned  before,  as  belonging  only  to 
the  rude  and  rough,  has  become  in  the 
hands  of  modern  art  a  teacher  of  the 
beautiful  in  the  common  things  of  life, 
and  so  lifting,  as  the  painting  and  the 
sculpture  could  not  lift,  the  coarse  and 
the  common  into  a  higher  plane  of  liv­
ing.  The  old  parlor,  gloomy  with hair­
cloth  and  mahogany; 
the  old-time 
bedroom,  bare  as  the  eventless 
life 
that  slept  there;  the  cheerless  dining­
room,  when  there  was  one,  forbidding 
as  the  silence  which  senseless  ceremony 
insisted 
there  prevail,  have 
taken  their  unwilling  departure  to  the 
past  that  created  them  and  modern  art 
has  filled  these  same  rooms  with beauty, 
until  they  vie  in  form  and  color  with 
in  art,  seen  only  in  the 
the  beautiful 
olden  time 
lines  traced  by  the 
pencil  and  the  chisel  of  the old masters. 
Art  has  at  last  come  down  from  her  pe­
destal.  She  has  made  herself  one  with 
the  masses,  and  the  lightened  leaven 
in  due  time  the 
plainly  shows  that 
whole  will  be  leaven. 
It  is  not  difficult 
to 
this.  Not  a 
farm  house  but  stands  as  a  witness  of 
it.  Not  a  schoolhouse  dots  the  land 
in 
town  or  country  which  is  not  teaching 
its  practical  lesson  in  its  practical  way 
of  the  ideal  and  scrof  the  divine.  Not

in  the 

should 

proofs 

show 

of 

a  church  but  widens 
its  usefulness 
through  these  same  silent  teachers  in 
pew  and  pulpit  which  the  workshops  of 
Grand  Rapids  have  furnished  and  so 
make  this  western  city  of  the  Peninsu­
lar  State  the  Rome  and the Dresden  and 
the  Louvre  of  that  branch  of  art  which 
enters  most  into  the  common,  everyday 
life  of  the  people  and  so  accomplishes 
most  of  that  mission  which  was  once 
thought  to  come  only  from  the  pure 
ideal,  an 
ideal  found  now,  let  us  be­
lieve,  in  delicacy  and  artistic  designs, 
which  argues  well  for  the  education  of 
the  artistic  taste  among  buyers.

Growth  of  the  American  Iron  Indus- 

try.

Since  iron  has  become  so  absolutely 
indispensable  to  the  various  purposes 
of  modern  life,  it  is,  of  course,  a  mat­
ter  of  the  greatest  importance  that  those 
countries  which  most  use  it  should  be 
able  to  produce  it  for  themselves.  For­
tunately  for  the  United  States,  its  peo­
ple  are  abundantly  able,  by  virtue  of 
their  inexhaustible  endowments  of  coal 
and  ore,  to  make  all  the  iron  they  ever 
can  require.  But  the  American  people, 
in  their  shiftless  way,  for  a  long  time 
utterly  neglected  their  own  great  re­
sources,  and  depended  chiefly  for  their 
iron  on  foreign  countries.

into 

In  i860 there  was  made  in  the  United 
iron,  and 
States  about  800,000  tons  of 
only  11,000  tons  of  it  was  converted 
in­
to  steel;  while  in  1894  the  production 
of  iron  in  this  country  was  over  6,000,- 
000,000  tons,  of  which  4,000,000,000 
tons  was  converted 
steel.  Of 
course,  the  production  of  iron  so  soon 
after  the  great  financial  panic 
is  no 
criterion  of  the  producing  power  of  the 
country. 
ever 
reached  in  making  iron  in  the  United 
States  was 
in  1890,  when  the  product 
was  over  9,000,00,000  tons.  This  sur­
passed  the  greatest  production  of  Great 
Britain,  with  which  the  United  States 
about  keeps  pace.

The  highest  point 

The  wages  in  the  United  States  pre­
vent  our  people  from  making  iron  as 
cheap  as  is  done  in  Europe,  hence  the 
home  market  is  the  one  upon  which  our 
ironmakers  must  chiefly  depend.  But 
the  consumption  of  irpn,  great  as  it  is, 
still  continues  to  grow  at  a  rapid  rate, 
and,  with  a  return  of good times,  Amer­
ican 
ironmasters  will have fair prosper­
ity. 

,   ,   ,

The  law  requires  men,  in  their  deal­
ings  with  each  other,  to  exercise  proper 
vigilance,  and  apply  their  attention  to 
those  particulars  which  may  be  sup­
posed  to  be  within  the  reach  of  their 
judgment,  and  not  to 
observation  and 
close  their  eyes  to  the  means  of 
infor­
mation  accessible  to  them;  but  the 
seller  must  not  use any  art  or  practice 
any  artifice  to  conceal  defects,  or  make 
any  representations  or  do  any  act  to 
throw  the  purchaser  off  his  guard,  or  to 
divert  his  eye,  or  to  prevent  his  use 
of  any  present  means  of  information.

Where,  for  a  valuable  consideration,a 
creditor  has  agreed  with  his  debtor  to 
postpone  and  extend  the  time  for  pay­
ment,  so  that  the  debt  shall  be  payable 
from  time  to  time,  in  installments,  an 
action  to  recover  the  entire  indebted­
ness  cannot  be  maintained  until  the 
amount  of  the  last  installment 
is  due, 
notwithstanding  the  debtor  has  wholly 
failed  to  pay  as  the  installments  fell 
due.

Where  a  father  and  son  have the same 
name,  and  a  conveyance  of 
is 
made,  leaving  it  uncertain  on  the  face 
of  the  deed  whether  the  grant  is  to  the 
father or  son,  tHe  law  will  presume  that 
the  father  was  intended  as  the  grantee, 
in  the  absence of  proof  to  the  contrary.

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in an order upon  regular time.

We are making a strong bid for cash trade and  prices  must  be 
attractive  to  draw  this  kind of  trade.  Some  parties, also, 
find fault with the short time our offers are good.

We offer this week  to fill orders on  thejbasis^of  all  offers made 
by us  in  last #u ee issues of the  Tradesman.  Now hustle  in 
your orders. 

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When  you  need  “something  warm” 
to  drink, and  there  is  no drink  more 
wholesome  and  warming,  and  less 
harmful  than  a good  cup  of  Tea  or 
Coffee.  We  can  supply  you  with 
the very  best  material  for  both  of 
these drinks.  Our Quakeress J apan 
Teas  and  Quaker  Toko,  ''State 
House  Blend  and  Golden  Santos 
Coffees are of the highest  character. 
You  can  prove this  by  trying  them.

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Grocer Co.

Grand  Rapids,  flieh.

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24:

GOTHAM  GOSSIP.

News  from 

the  Metropolis— Index 

of  the  Market.

Special  Correspondence.

on 

New  York,  Jan.  18— We  can’t  have 
the  Democratic  convention 
in  New 
York.  Truth  to  tell,  however,  there  is 
no  grief  over  the  result.  We  prefer 
bicycle  exhibitions.  The  show  which 
opens  to-night  promises  to  eclipse  any­
thing  in  that  line  the world has yet seen. 
There  are  §1,000,000  worth  of  wheels 
and 
exhibition. 
Everybody  talks  “ bikes”   and  it  is  go­
ing  to  be  the  biggest  sort  of  year,  be­
yond  a  doubt, 
for  the  makers.  The 
streets  are  lined  with  agencies  which 
have  sprung  up  since  the  new  year 
opened  and  we  are  rapidly  becoming  a 
nation  of  wheelers.

appurtenances 

length  along,  and 

The grocery  trade  continues  to  drag 
it  is  slow, 
its  slow 
indeed.  There 
is  certainly  a  disap­
pointingly  small  volume  of  business be­
ing  transacted  and  the  whole  atmos­
phere 
impregnated  with  hesitation. 
One  man  says»it  is  because  neither buy­
er  nor  seller  knows  what  a  “ dollar”  
is 
and  that,  until  this 
infernal  financial 
■ question 
is  settled  for  good  and  all, 
there  will  be  no  steadfastness  to  busi­
ness.

is 

There  was  a  big  failure  in  the  sugar 
trade  on  Thursday,  the  old  and  well- 
known  house  of  Perkins  &  Welsh  being 
driven  to  the  wall  by  the  chaos  which 
prevails  in  Cuba,  where  they had 
large 
investments.  The  liabilities  will  prob 
ably  be  nearly  half  a  million.  This 
failure,  coming  on  top  of  a  big  cigar 
manufacturing  failure  and  a  suspension 
in  the  clothing  trade 
in  Chicago  of 
nearly  as 
large  an  amount,  has  a  de­
pressing  influence.  When  the  sky  clears 
off,  we  shall  see  better 
things.  Of 
course,  the  election  of  a  President  will 
keep  things  disturbed  to  a  greater  or 
less  extent.

Sugar 

The  coffee  market  is  very  unsettled. 
There  have  been  several  changes 
in 
quotations  and  at  the  close  quotations 
are  a  trifle  higher  than  a  week  ago,  be­
ing  now  14c,  against  I3 %c  last  week. 
Mild  grades  of  the  very  best  sorts  are 
selling  with  considerable  freedom,  or, 
we  should  say,  are  held  with  consider­
able  firmness.  There  are  afloat  of  Rio 
coffee  585,896  bags, 
against  504,746 
bags  last  year.

is  selling  much  more  freely. 
Orders  by  mail  are  numerous  and  gran­
ulated  advanced  i-i6c.  Foreign  refined 
is  steady  and  rather  more  attention 
is 
being  paid  thereto.

There  is  nothing  doing  in  teas.-  The 
market 
is  full  of  trash  and  many  are 
inclined  to  think  that  the  quality of  tea 
would  be 
improved  greatly  were  the 
talked-of  duty  imposed.  Purchases  can 
be  made  from  5@i5c  and  it  is  no  won­
der  the article  does  not  grow  in popular­
ity.

Firmness  continues 

in  the  molasses 
market and  holders  express  confidence 
in  the  situation.  Stocks  are  well  con­
trolled  by  a  few  large  dealers  and  buy­
ers  are  not  procrastinating  in  their  pur­
chases.

Syrups  are  rather  light  of  supply  and 
the  demand  is  sufficient  to  take  practi­
cally  all  offerings.  Low grades and those 
which  may  be  called  medium  quality 
are  scarce.  Glucose  is  well  held  at  firm 
prices.

Spices  are  improving.  There  is  more 
confidence 
in  the  situation  and  prices 
are  returning  to  something  like  a  nor­
mal  condition.  There 
is  no  rush  of 
trade,  however.

There  have  been  several  failures  in 
the  canned  goods  trade 
in  Baltimore 
and  New  Jersey,  indicating  anything 
but  a  profitable  market.  There 
is  very 
little doing  and  the  consumption  of  late 
seems  to  have  declined.  This 
is  at­
tributable,  probably,  to  the  vast  quanti­
ties of  trash  which  have  been  put  on the 
market  to  sell  at  give-away  prices. 
The  outlook  cannot  be  called  encourag­
ing.
Foreign  green  fruit  is  selling  well  and 
recent  sales  at  auction  of  lemons  show 
an  advance 
Bananas 
are  dull  and  not  much  call  prevails  for 
grapes.

in  quotations. 

Butter  is  dull  and weaker.  There  has

been  a  downward  tendency  all  the  week 
and  at  the  close  not over  23c  can  be  ob­
tained.

The  cheese  market  is  in  a better  con­
dition  and,as  stocks  have  become pretty 
well  reduced  and  under  control,  there is 
a  feeling  that  we  shall  see  a  steady  im­
provement  from  now  on.

Eggs  continue  in  ample  supply  and 
have  declined  again  to  20c  for  the  best 
near-by  stock.  It 
if  there 
has  been  a  winter  when  such  liberal 
supplies  of  eggs  could  be  found 
in.  the 
middle  of  January  as  now.

is  doubtful 

There 

is  a  quiet  market  for  beans, 
with  choice  pea  selling  at $1.35 :  choice 
marrow,  1.52^ ;  medium,  i.32/^@i*35-

Partial Programme for the Big Rapids 

Convention.

The  semi-annual  convention  of  the 
Northern  Michigan  Retail  Grocers’  As­
sociation  will  be  held  at  Big  Rapids  on 
Tuesday  and  Wednesday,  Feb.  4  and  5. 
convening  at  10  o’clock  on  the  day  first 
named.  Every  grocer  doing  business 
in  Michigan  north of the D.,G. H.  &  M. 
R ’y  is  invited  to  attend  the  meeting,  as 
matters  of  great  importance  to  the  trade 
will  come  up  for  discussion  and  action. 
Among  the  topics  already  assigned  are 
the  following :

“ Should  the  retail  grocer favor whole­

sale  department  stores?”

“ Should  the 

jobber  handle  produce 

for  the  retail  dealer?”

“ The  pure  food  laws  and  their  effect 

on  the  retail  dealer.”

* ‘ How  can  the  present  business  con­

ditions  be  improved?”

“ Who  will  be  the  Moses  of  the  potato 

market?”

ness  career. ’ ’

“ The  essentials  of  a  successful  busi­

“ Cash  vs.  credit.”
“ Was  the 

invalid  peddling 

law  of 

1895  a  move  in  the  right  direction?”

“ Is  it  possible  to  improve  the  present 

exemption  law?’

“ Is 

it  desirable  to  pay 

produce  instead  of  store  trade?’ ’ 

cash 

for 

“ Wherein  can  this  Association  great­
ly  benefit  the  grocery  trade  of  Northern 
Michigan?’ ’

“ Is 

it  desirable  to  substitute  weights 
for  measures  in  the  handling  of  prod­
uce?”

Other  topics  are  under  consideration 

and  will  probably  be  introduced.

Extensive  preparations  have  been 
made  by  the  grocers  of  Big  Rapids  for 
the  entertainment  of  their  guests  on  the 
occasion  of  the  convention,  including 
a  complimentary  spread  on  the  evening 
of  Feb.  4.

Believing  that  the  Association  is  des­
tined  to  accomplish  much  good  for  the 
grocers  of  Northern  Michgian,  the  offi­
cers  extend  a  cordial  invitation  to  all 
grocers  to  grace  the  occasion  with  their 
presence.

In  Celebration  of  Franklin’s  Birth­

day.

From the Grand Rapids Demociat, Jan. 18.

The 

annual 

prepared,  after 

supper  tendered  the 
thirty-six  employes  of  the  Tradesman 
Company  by  E.  A.  Stowe,  President  of 
the  company,  was  spread  last  night 
in 
the  dining-room  of  the  Eagle  Hotel. 
Forty  covers  were  laid,  the  four  places* 
at  the  heaif  and  foot  of  the  long  table 
being  occupied  by  President  and  Mrs. 
E.  A.  Stowe  and  Secretary  and  Mrs. 
W.  N.  Fuller,  respectively.  A bountiful 
menu  had  been 
a 
thorough  discussion  of  which  many  ap­
propriate  and  felicitous  speeches  were 
made  by  both  officers  and  employes, 
the entire  affair being highly enjoyable. 
The  menu  cards  were  decidely  unique, 
bearing  the  shape  of a  miniature  exten­
sion  table.  The  name  of  each  guest  was 
printed  down  both  margins  of  one  side 
and  on  the  reverse  were  the  names  of 
the  employes  of  each  department  of  the 
printing  and  publishing  establishment. 
The  menu  was  printed  on  a  small 
card  attached  to  the  larger  one  by  a 
narrow  satin  ribbon,  as  were  miniature 
diamond-shaped  cards  containing  an 
nouncements  of  the event.  The date se­
lected— Jan.  17— was  commemorative  of 
Benjamin  Franklin’s  birthday.

Review  of  the  Sugar  flarket.

i - i 6c 

is  devoid  of  new  features, 

Detroit,  Jan.  18— Refined,  after open­
ing 
lower  for  several  grades  of 
softs  on  Monday,  ruled  steady  with 
moderate 
demand  until  Thursday, 
when,  on  the  strength  of  foreign  mar­
kets, a  sharp  demand  sprung  up  toward 
the  close  and,  continuing  with 
increas­
ing  volume  on  Friday,  was  followed  by 
Ici6c  advance  from  cut  loaf  to  confec­
tioners’  A, 
inclusive.  The  advance 
momentarily  checked  the  demand  on 
the grades  affected,  but  the  market  con­
tinued  active  for  softs.  .  While  the  situ­
the 
ation 
strength  of  the  position 
is  becoming 
more  generally  appreciated,  and  we  are 
likely  to  experience  spasms  of  sharp 
demand  at  any  time,  on  any 
improve­
ment  in  primary  markets.  As the  com­
parative  figures 
for  the  present  and 
past  year 
indicate  from  week  to  week 
an  elimination  of  the  visible  surplus, 
this  desire  to  secure  supplies  will  have 
a  tendency  to hasten  the  upward  move­
ment.  For  the  immediate  future,  how­
ever,  there  seems  to  be  no  reasonable 
excuse  for  higher  prices,  the  advance 
noted  having  brought  refined  above  the 
usual  parity  with  raws.  The  principal 
buyer  of  raw  sugar  being  temporarily 
well  supplied  and  apparently  indiffer­
ent,  we  hardly  look  for  any  material 
changes  in  refined  until transactions  are 
reported  at  above  present  quotations, 
except  in  pursuance  of  an  apparent  de­
termination  to  meet  and  check  any  ab­
normal  demand  by  sharp  advances, 
which  recent  events  have  proven  are 
sometimes  followed  by  equally  sharp 
declines.

Jan. 21— The week opened with a strong 
in  all  positions.  Raw  sugars 
market 
are  held  at  3%c  for  centrifugáis  and 
it 
is  doubtful  if  any  considerable  quantity 
can  be  secured  on  this  basis.  An  active 
demand  is  reported  for  refined  and  the 
tendency  of  all  markets  is  upward.

Wt  H.  E d g a r   &  S o n .

is  exerted 

The  political  situation  in  South  A f­
rica  continues  in  a  state  of  decided agi­
tation.  The  Boers  are  exceedingly 
jealous  of  their  authorit)  in  the  Gov­
ernment  which 
in  spite  of 
the  fact  that  they  are  greatly  outnum­
bered  by  the  Uitlanders,  largely  con­
sisting  of  English  adventurers  attract­
ed  by  the  mining  interests.  Of  course, 
the  whole  trouble  is  caused  by  the  per­
sistence  of  England 
in  claiming  su­
zerainty of  the country.  The Boers have 
been  driven  from  country  to  country 
by  British  encroachments  until 
they 
have  gone  ^as  far  as  they  can.  This 
into  consideration  in 
should  be  taken 
deciding  as  to  the  justice  of 
their 
claims  while  they  are  in  the  minority. 
It 
if  England  would 
surrender  her  claims,  as  seems  likely 
to  be  the  result  of  German  interference, 
it  would  remove  the  objections  the 
Boers  have  to  the  Uinlanders  as  sharers 
in  the  government,  and  would  permit 
the  formation  of  a  republic  that  can­
not  fail  to  be  of  great  political 
impor­
tance  in  that  part  of  the  world.

is  probable  that 

Purely  Personal.

.C.  C.  Bunting  (Bunting  &  Co.)  has 
gone  to  Ohio,  where  he  will  spend  a 
week  or  ten  days  in  search  of  desirable 
shipping  stock 
in  the  apple  line.  He 
will  return  via  Western  New  York  and 
Buffalo.

Marshall  D.  Elgin,  buyer  for  the 
Musselman  Grocer  Co.,  spent  Monday 
and  Tuesday 
in  Chicago,  looking  up 
bargains  and  gazing  rapturously into the 
eyes  of—further  than  this  the  Trades­
man  is  not  permitted  to go.

G.  W.  A.  Smith,  Manager  of  the 

Ruby  Match  Co.,  Grand  Haven,  was  in 
town  Tuesday  for  the  purpose  of 
intro 
ducing  his  goods  to  the  trade.  Mr. 
Smith  is  a  practical  business  man  and 
experienced  manufacturer  and  confi­
dently  expects  to  make  a  success  of  the 
business.

WANTS  COLUMN.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

935

IjVJR  EXCHANGE-4 ACRES LOCATED  IN  A 
1  busy town In Northern  Michigan,  five  m in­
utes’ walk from depot and boat landing; in good 
shape  for  platting.  Want  stock  goods,  value, 
$1,500:  everything  confidential.  Box  76,  Man-
ton,  Mich. 
_____________________ 937
W J  ANTED -T O   EXCHANGE  GOOD  HOUSE 
VV  and lot, with seven rooms  and  fine  plas 
tered cellar,  in  Grand  Rat ids,  for  stock boots 
and shoes.  Will pay a cash difference.  Address 
Box 87.  Bowling Green. Ohio.____________ 936

W ANTED  TO  EXCHANGE-FOR  STOCK 

of goods, a section of  choice  land  in  the 
great wheat belt of Northern  Dakota  For  par­
ticulars  address  C.  II.  White,  Battle  Creek, 
Mich. 

IpOR  8 iL E —NICK  STOCK  OF  DRUGS  IN 
'  Northern Indiana;  town of 600  in  splendid 
farming  country;  no  pharmacy  law ;  price, 
$1.500.  T.  P. Stiles, Millersburg.  Ind._____ 934
W ANTED—TO BUILD  A  FINE  BLOCK  50x 
100 feet, five stories and  basement,  on  lot 
34,  South  Ionia  street,  for  responsible  tenant 
wishing to rent  for  term  of  years.  Rent  very 
reasonable;  location,  one  of  the  finest  in  the 
city for  wholesale  or  manufacturing  business, 
being  within  10  rods  of  Union  D- pot.  Edwin 
Kallas. 219 Livingston street, Grand Rapids. 939
IK  YOU  HAVE  A  GROCERY  STOCK  AND 
fixtures which you wish to sell, I will buy the 
same for  cash.  All  business  strictly  confiden­
tial.  Address Box 533, Grand  Rapids, Mich.  932
IriOR  SALE—CLEAN  GROCERY  STOCK  IN 
'  city of 3,000 inhabitants.  Stock and fixtures 
will inventory about $1.500.  Best location.  Ad­
dress No. 933, Care  Michigan Tradesman.  933
triOR SA LE-A  SMALL STOCK OE GENERAL 
1  merchandise  in  best  farming  country  in 
Michigan.  Best  reasons  for  selling.  Address 
931
Lock  Box 9,  Woodland,  Mich. 
L e t   u s   s e n d   y o u   a  d o l l a r
typewriter ribbon for 75 cents, postpaid-Rem- 
ingtoVi, Caligraph or  Smith  Premier.  School  & 
Office Snuply Co., Grand  Rapids, Mich. 
rpo  EXCHANGE—FIRST-CLASS  REAL  ES- 
JL  tate for stock of  groceries  or  general  mer­
chandise.  Address  Box  1296,  Benton  Harbor, 
Mich.  ____________________  

930 

908

(TOR  SALE-STAPLE  AND  FANCY  GRO- 

'  eery stock, ¡  voicing about $1,400, located in 
_. e Southern Michigan town of 1,200 inhabitants; 
good trade, nearly all cash.  Reasons for selling, 
other business.  Address No. 907, care  Michigan 
Tradesman.____________________________ 907
I7V>R~SALE—DRUG  STOCK  ON  GOOD  BUSI- 
*  ness  street  in  Grand  Rapids.  Reason  for 
selling,  owner  not  a  pharmacist.  Address  No. 
890, care Michigan Tradesman. 
_______890
G ÓÓD  LOCATION FOR  DRUGGIST.  APPLY 
to No  884, care Michigan  Tradesman.  884
db-j 
WILL  BUY  WtLL-SELECTED
5p l ^ * U U   stock of bazaar and  holiday  goods 
in  a town  of  1,800  population.  Good  farming 
trade;  location on the main  corner  of town;  all 
goods new,  just opened  Nov.  9,  1895.  Rent,  $8 
per  month;  size  of  store,  24x45.  Poor  health 
reason for selling.  Address, J. Clark, care Mich­
igan Tradesman.________________________ 888

Fo r   s a l e —a   f ir s t -c l a s s  h a r d w a r e

and implement  business in  thriving  village 
in good farming community.  Address Brown & 
Sehler, Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

881

MISCELLANEOUS.

938

Will J. Weller. Muskegon, Mich. 

W ANTED—412  MERCHANTS AND OTHERS 

to send me an  order  for  Rubber  Stamps. 
ANTED—POSITION  BY  AN  EXPERI- 
enced registered pharmacist fam iliar with 
all details of retail  drug  business.  Will  accept 
any  kind  of  position.  Aderess  No.  913,  care 
Michigan Tradesman. 

price, Vindex, care Michigan Tradesman.  869 

ANTED—SEVERAL  MICHIGAN  CUT- 
tral  mileage  books  Address,  stating 
ANTED—BUTTER, EGGS,  POULTRY, PO- 
tatoes, onions, apples, cabbages, etc.  Cor­
respondence  solicited.  W atkins  &  Axe,  84-86 
South Division street, Grand Rapids. 
673
W ANTED—EVERY  DRUGGIST  JUST  COM- 
mencing business,  and  every  one  already 
started, to use our system of poison labels.  W hat 
has cost you $15 you can now  get  for  $4.  Four­
teen labels do the work of 113.  Tradesman Com- 
pany. Grand  Rapids,_________________________

913

We  Want 

to  Bug

A Drug Stock in country town.  Price $500 
to $600.  Must be very desirable.  Terms cash.

LAM BERT  &  LOWriAN,

Detroit.

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Detroit

RUBBER  S T A n P  

Company.

99  Griswold Street.

