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GRAND  RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, MAY  20,  1896.

Number 661

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What  Capital  Is  Necessary?

We  are  often  asked  what  amount  of 
capital  is  necessary  to  successfully  en­
gage  in  and  conduct  a  drug  business.

Pleased,  indeed,  are  we  whenever  we 
can  answer  the  questions  of  our  readers 
and  correspondents  in  a  way  profitable 
to  them ;  but—well, 
it  will  do  you  no 
good  to  be  told  that  the  capital  neces­
sary  to  a  paying  drug  business  varies 
from  one  thousand  dollars  to  one  hun­
dred  thousand  dollars,  and  then  it  most 
always  sometimes  doesn’t  pay.

But 

if  you  are  an  ambitious,  self-re­
specting  young  man  with  a  few  thou­
sand  dollars  at  your  command,  looking 
for  an  honorable  and  moderately  remu­
nerative  calling  in  life,  and  prejudiced 
favor  of  the  practice  of  pharmacy, 
we  can  give  you,  off-hand,  one  piece  of 
thoroughly  sound  advice:  spend  one 
thousand  dollars 
in  getting  the  very 
best  education  for  pharmacy  that  you 
can  get  for  that  sum  of  money,  and  do 
not 
in  the  drug  busi­
ness  until  after  you  have  completed 
your  educational  preparation 
it. 
By  that  time  you  will  kn<5w better  what 
to  do  with  the  rest  of  your  capital.

invest  one  cent 

for 

up  displays  representing  Saint  Christo­
pher  or  Father  Time  and  other  sugges­
tions  appropriate  to  the  season.  But 
for  some  reason  the  other  holidays, 
while  not  deserving  the  attention 
in 
trade  of  Christmastide  of  course,  are 
not  utilized  to  the  extent  they  do  de­
serve.

Memorial  Day  is  especially  available 
for  this  kind  of  advertising.  There 
is 
a  sufficient  interest  in  the  public  mind 
to  make  everything  associated  with  the 
day  attractive.  Thus  displays  of  war 
relics  may  be  arranged  in  the store  win­
dow,  or  in  some  portion  of  the  store  to 
which  the  crowd  may  be  invited by suit­
able  announcements.

From  this  the  exhibit  may  be  elabo­
rated  in  any  way  ingenuity  and  means 
may  suggest.  An  effective  display 
is 
the  representation  of  a  sodded  mound 
decorated  with  flcwers  and  a  flag  with  a 
figure 
in  G.  A.  R.  uniform  bending 
over  it.  Variations  of  this  idea may  be 
used  as  may  be  practicable,  as  the  in­
troduction  of  a  monument 
in  place  of 
the mound,  or otherwise.

A  very  thorough  training 

for  phar­
macy  can  be  had 
in  four  years ;  one- 
half  of  that  time  should  be  spent  in  a 
first-class  school  of  pharmacy,  and  the 
other  two  years 
in  a  first-class  drug 
store. 
If  you  are  not  willing  to  spend 
those  four  years  in  getting  ready,  don’t 
think  of  becoming  a  pharmacist  at  all.
Mr.  L.,  of  Indiana,  says  he  has  three 
thousand  dollars  and  wants  to  go  into 
the  drug  business.  He  asks  how  to  in­
vest  that  amount 
in  the  best  possible 
way,  adding  that  he  would  rather  start 
a  new  and  neat  store  than  to  buy  out  an 
old  one,  and  that  there 
is  nothing  to 
hinder  him  from  becoming  a  druggist 
in  that  State,  since  it  has  no  pharmacy 
law.  He  admits  that  he  knows  nothing 
about  pharmacy,  but  insists  at  the  same 
time  that  he  has  as  much  brains  and 
general  education  as  any  druggist  he 
ever  met.  We  advised  him  in  all  ear­
nestness  and  kindness  to  use  one-third 
of  his  capital  to  take  a  college  course 
of  two  years’  study  and  laboratory train­
ing  in  a  good  college  of  pharmacy,  and 
on  no  account  to  engage  in  the  drug 
business  for  himself  until  after  he  had 
seen  at  least  two  years’  regular  service 
in  the  shop  of  some  competent  phar­
macist;  but  he  says  he  can’t  wait.  The 
advice  he  received  was  the  best  possi­
ble ;  but  it  was  not  what  he  wanted.

When  will  the  retail  druggists  learn 
that  strict  pharmacy  laws,  such as afford 
sufficient  and  reasonable  protection  to 
the  public,  will  also  save  from  the  con­
sequences  of  their  own  folly  the  would- 
be  druggists  who  are  bound  to  start  in 
the  business  without  knowing  anything 
about 
finally,  will  benefit  all 
who  are  in  the  business,  because  strict 
pharmacy 
laws  necessarily  prevent  a 
reckless  increase  of  the  already  stran­
gling  competition?

it,  and, 

Memorial  Day  Advertising.

The  value  of  window  advertising  for 
the  winter  holiday  trade  has  general!) 
been  appreciated  by  merchants  and 
in­
genuity  has  been  exhausted  in  getting

Such  advertising,  to  utilize 

its  full 
value,  should  precede the holiday as long 
as  it  may  and  not  lose  its 
interest,  say 
two  or  three  days.  The  novelty  of  a 
sodded  space  is  very  effective  in  itself, 
and  no  great  outlay  would  be  required 
to  make  such  a  display  the  center of  at 
traction  to  considerable  crowds.

The  architectural  iron  and  steelwork 
ers  of  New  York  City  are  making  prep 
arations  for  another  contest  with  the 
Iron  League.  In  the  last  two  strikes  the 
League  was  victorious,  but  the  work­
men  hope  to  succeed  by  making  prepa­
ration  in  the  way  of  securing  thejofficial 
co-operation  of  similar  organizations 
throughout  the  country.  A  convention 
of  such  organizations  was  recently  held 
at  Pittsburg  at  which  the  principal 
business  was  the  preparation  for  this 
struggle.  A  National  union  of  structural 
iron  and  bridge  workmen  was  formed, 
composed  of  nine  organizations  and 
with  a  membership  of  20,000  men.  The 
claim  is  made  that  the  wages  paid  by 
the  members  of  the  Iron  League  are  be­
low  those  of  comparatively  small  cities 
throughout  the  country.  Another  strug­
gle  of  this  kind  on  the  old  battle-field 
will  be  watched  with  much  interest.

The  address  from  the  throne  at  the 
opening  of  the  Spanish  Cortes  promises 
autonomy  in  the  governments  of  Porto 
Rico  and  Cuba  in  the  event  of  the  sup­
pression  of  the  insurrection  in  the 
lat­
ter.  The  system  of  sovereignty  and  the 
conditions  for 
its  maintenance,  how­
ever,  are  to  be  vigorously  maintained. 
The  Queen  Regent  observes,  diplomat­
ically,  that  the  conduct  of  the  United 
States  is  correct  and  friendly,  and  that 
the  ties  of  interest  and  friendship which 
bind  them  to  Spain  are  constantly  in­
creasing.  The attitude  of  the  Executive 
may  warrant  this  assumption,  but  close 
attention  to  the  sentiment  of  other  de­
partments  of  the  Government  and of  the 
people  in  general  might  discover  a  de­
gree  of  sympathy  for  Cuba  equaling  at 
least  the  cordiality  felt  for  Spain.

Flour  and  Feed.

in  all 

The  past  week  has  been  a  very  quiet 
one,  buyers  being  content  to  purchase 
only  for  immediate  wants.  This  feeling 
pervades  not  only  the  flour,  feed  and 
provision  trade,  but the  volume  of  busi­
ness 
lines  is  confined  to  narrow 
imits.  The  near  approach  of  harvest 
and  the  still  nearer  approach  of  the  two 
great  political  conventions  attach  to  the 
present  a  degree  of  uncertainty.  Busi­
ness  men,  as  a  rule,  are  [expectant  and 
hopeful  of  better  times,  but  are  waiting 
and  trading  cautiously  until  they  have 
something  more  tangible  upon  which  to 
build  their  hopes.

Very  little  change  has  occurred  in  the 
price  of  flour.  The  output  at  various 
points  has  been  more  or  less  restricted 
for  want  of  good  milling  wheat.  The 
crop  damage  reports  are  very  numerous 
which,  if  verified  later on  at  the  harvest 
time,  will  stimulate  values  consider­
ably.

Feed,  meal  and  bran  are  not  now  in 
strong  demand,  as  grazing  lands  afford 
an  abundance  of  pasturage  and  sales 
at  present  are  made  chiefly 
in  the 
Prices  are,  conse­
cities  and  towns. 
quently,  lower.

W m .  N .  R o w e .

It  is  most  important  that  every  com­
mercial  traveler  should 
occasionally 
take  account  of  himself  and  his  re­
sources.  He  should  test  his  strength, 
his  capacity—take  a  measure  of  his 
stature,  not 
in 
ounces  of  solid  commercial  worth.

inches  merely,  but 

in 

A  knowledge  of  your  trade.,  how  to 
handle  it  and  how to  cater  to  all  its  lit­
tle  peculiarities,  is  necessary 
in  your 
vocation  as  a  traveling  salesman.  R e­
member  that  sugar  catches  more  flies 
than  vinegar.  This  may  be  a  rather 
homely  saying,  but  it  is  true not  only  in 
fly  catching,  but  in  trade  catching.

The  Canadian  government  has  adver­
tised  for  bids  for  a  subsidy  to  a  steam­
line  between  some  English  port 
ship 
and  Quebec  in  summer  and  Halifax 
in 
winter,  the  arrangement  to  continue  ten 
years. 

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in  «charge.  The  expense, 

The  establishment of  a  central  bureau 
of  police  information,  with headquarters 
at  Washington,  is  likely  to  be  an 
im­
portant  outcome  of  the  recent  conven­
tion  of  superintendents  of  police  held 
at  Atlanta.  The  plan  can  be  easily  car­
ried  out,  an  office  being  hired  at  the 
National  capital  and  a  single  clerk 
placed 
if 
shared  by  thirty  or  more  cities,  will  be 
a  mere  trifle 
for  each  one.  Such  a 
bureau  will  be  a  sort  of  clearing-house 
for  the  police  of  the  cities  maintaining 
it,  and  through  it  it  will  be  easy  for  die 
police  officials  in  any  city  to  obtain  [in­
formation  quickly  regarding  any  crimi­
nal  taken 
It  has  been 
suggested  that  a  bureau  for  this  purpose 
should  be  maintained  by  the  general 
Government,  but  the  same  object  will 
be  accomplished  by  the  co-operation 
of  the  principal  cities,  without  being  a 
burden  to  them.—N.  Y.  Tribune.

into  custody. 

It 

is  reported  that  the  Standard  Oil 
its  great  plant  in 
Company  will  close 
Cleveland  within  six  months. 
Thus 
that city  will  lose  one  of  its  greatest  in­
dustries  and  400  men  will  be  thrown  out 
of  work.

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

The  March  o f  Civilization.

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

To  one  who  reads  the  history  of  the 
present  time,  as  recorded  by  electricity 
and  print, 
the  question  naturally 
arises,  Is  the  greed  of  power  shown  by 
the  foremost  nations  of  the  world  a  le­
gitimate  factor  in  promoting  the  great­
est  amount  of human happiness?  Events 
that  have  occurred  within  the  dark  con­
tinent  of  Africa  prove  clearly  that  the 
autonomous  powers  of  Europe,  in  their 
foreign  policy,  are  strictly  counterparts 
of 
individual  human  nature.  Though 
glossed  over  with  ingenious  phrases  of 
diplomatic  pretense, 
the  acts  of  each 
government  seeking  a  share  of  territory 
therein  recall  a  trait  of  character  so 
commonly  exhibited 
in  the  pushing, 
crowding  world,  that  selfishly  tramples 
on  the  weak  and  unresisting  units—the 
trait  usually  called  the  spirit  of  enter­
prise.

territory 

It  took  centuries  of  warfare  to har­
monize  diverse  interests  springing  from 
race  prejudice,  to  establish  these  gov­
ernments  and  to  fix  the  boundaries  now 
acknowledged.  Their  permanence  de­
pends,  not  so  much  on  the  justice  of 
final  settlement,  as  on  the  fear  that  if 
once  rudely  disturbed,  the  whole  work 
will  have  to  be  done  over  again,  and  at 
an  infinite  expense  of  blood  and  treas­
is  compelled  to  keep 
ure.  Since  each 
large  armies 
in  fighting  trim  as  a  de­
fense  against  possible  assault,  and  to 
maintain  the  “ balance  of  power,”   this 
pent-up  force  can  only  find  a  natural 
outlet  in  the  conquest  of  weaker  and  in­
ferior  races,  which 
is  done  under  the 
pretext  of  commercial  or  colonial  en­
terprise.  Thus  France  has  acquired 
dominion  in  Algeria  and  Madagascar; 
Italy  has  essayed  the  same  in  Abys­
sinia,  and  Germany  and  Portugal  have 
secured  portions  of  a  common  spoil, 
while  England  has  her  lion’s  paw  on 
detached  portions  of 
from 
Egypt  to  Cape  Town,  wherever  bluff  or 
brute  force  can  obtain  a  footing—al­
though,  to  hold  all  her  conquests,  scat­
tered  as  they  are  in  every  quarter  of  the 
globe,  it  would  require  her  to  possess 
not  only  the  strength  of  a  lion,  but  also 
the  peculiar  structure  of  a  centipede.
The  check  England  has  received 

in 
one  of  her  many  schemes  to absorb more 
than  a 
lion’s  share  of  territory,  espe­
cially  where  mineral  wealth  incites  un­
usual  greed,  has  revealed  to  the  world 
characteristics  of  a  certain  modern  civ ­
ilization  that  might  well  befit  the  worst 
kingly  usurper  of  history.  Since  the 
world  has  become  morally  enlightened, 
and  human  rights  are,  consequently, 
better  respected,  the  thirst  for conquest, 
though  strong  as  ever,  is  obliged  to  use 
artifice  to  conceal  dark  purposes,  and 
thus  avoid  public  scandal. 
Though 
England,  years  ago,  drove  the  Boers 
from 
lands  held  by  a  better  title  than 
her  own,  and  compelled  them  to  move 
farther  into the  Dark  Continent,  where, 
in  time,  a  peaceful  Republic  was estab­
lished,  this  grasping  power  was still  un­
satisfied.  The  presence  of gold  within 
the  Transvaal 
boundaries  attracted 
British  cupidity,  which,  unappeased  by 
possession  of  the  richest  diamond  fields 
of  the  world,  still coveted  its  neighbor’s 
wealth.  To  seize  it  vi  et  arm is  was  too 
bold  an  act  for  the  present  ag e ;  and  so 
the  South AfricanCompany was founded, 
as  a  commercial  venture  to be  the cat’s- 
paw  of  a  power  that  wished  to  work  un­
seen.

By  indirect  approaches  agents  of  this 
company  were  able  to  lull  the  suspi­
cions  of  the  Boers  and  to  obtain  valu­
able  mining  privileges  as  aliens  will­

The  newcomers 

ing  to  develop  Transvaal  resources  for 
mutual  benefit. 
in­
creased  rapidly  as  the  richness  of  the 
mines  became  apparent;  but,  after  a 
time,  they  began  to  chafe  under  the  re­
striction  of 
laws  framed  and  executed 
by  a  people  they  had  always  regarded 
in  the  scale  of  civilization. 
as  lower 
Failing  to  secure  concessions  to  claim 
which  they  had  no  moral  right,  they 
invoked  the  aid  of  military force,  osten­
sibly  in  the  employ  of  the  South  A fri­
can  Company,  for  defense  against  sav­
age  neighbors;  and  the  Jameson  raid 
was  the  result.

Every  true  philanthropist  may  rejoice 
that  this  bold  attempt  of  brigandage 
failed  because  of  the  sagacity  and  cour­
age  of  the  Boers.  The  Emperor  of  Ger­
many  expressed  the  feeling  of  all  fair- 
minded  men 
living  under  Republican 
institutions.  The  Boers  may  be,  in  the 
world’s  opinion,  a rude and uncultivated 
race;  but  the  Republic  they  had  estab­
lished  was  their  own,  to  have  and  to 
control,  by  a  far  better  title  than  that  of 
the  American  colonies  as  against  the 
pretensions  of  the  British  crown.  The 
war  of  1776  was  a  rebellion  against  the 
tyranny  of  an  acknowledged  sovereign, 
and  was  regarded  by  the  world  as 
jus­
tified  only  because  of  its  issue  in  our 
favor.  Theirs  was  in  defense  of  home 
and  of  inalienable rights put in jeopardy 
by  those  who  had  been  trustingly  ad­
mitted  to  share  in  the  wealth,  but  not 
in  the  political  control  of  the  Tarnsvaal 
Republic.  Every  day  brings  confor­
mation  of  a  belief  that  the  lust of  power 
exhibited  by  Great  Britain  was  the 
original  and  predominant  cause  of  the 
trouble.

It 

is  true  that, 

In  contrast  with  the  leading  powers 
of  Europe,  the  foreign  policy  of  this 
Nation  stands  conspicuous  for  being 
free  from  unjust  and  selfish  territorial 
aggrandizement. 
in 
early  colonial  times,  force  was  neces­
sary  to  protect  us  from  savage  foes,  and 
afterwards  to  maintain  our  birthright 
against  the  claims  of  a  power  that 
abused 
its  authority  to  oppress  unwill­
ing  subjects.  Since  then,  with  a  popu­
lation  twenty  times  greater,  we  have 
stood  as  a  Nation  committed to  the  doc­
trine  of  “ Live  and 
let  liv e ;”   and, 
while  willing  to  spend  millions 
in  de­
fense,  have  never  wasted  a  dollar  in 
schemes  of  conquest.  With  one  single 
exception,  every  acre  of  territory  in  the 
United  States  has  been  acquired  by  fair 
and  honorable  negotiations—and  even 
the  war  with  Mexico,  by  which  we 
gained  territory,  was  not  wholly  un­
provoked,  when  its  true  history 
is  un­
derstood.

The  resources  of  this  Nation  have  not 
been  hoarded,  but  have  been  given 
freely—even  foolishly—to  millions  who 
had  no  reasonable  claim  to  them  by  the 
customs of  other governments.  Because 
we  believe 
in  political  and  personal 
freedom  and  all  the  prosperity  that  log­
ically  follows,  we  have  been  willing  to 
share  that  freedom  with  people  of  other 
lands,  asking  in  return  but loyal citizen­
ship.  Who  will  say  that,  in  the  march 
of  civilization,  this  Nation  has  not 
proved  the  best  example  for  others  to 
follow?  Our  position  on  this  continent 
has  kept  us  free  from  many  antagoni­
zing  conditions  that,  of  necessity,  sur­
round  European  powers. 
In  our  com- 
intercourse  with  the  peoples  of 
merial 
both  hemispheres,  either  civilized  or 
imitated  the 
savage,  we  have  never 
first-class 
grasping  policies  of  other 
powers,  which  are  endangering 
the 
peace  of  the  world  and  are  outraging 
every  principle  of  right,  as  well  as  that

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rubbers  m ade— the  B o sto n   R u b b er  Sh oe  C o .’ s  goods.
T h e y   are  stars  in  fit  and  finish.  Y o u   should  see  th eir
N ew   C entury  T o e — it  is  a  beauty.

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and  best  treatm ent,  place  you r  orders  w ith  us.  O ur
references  are  our  custom ers  of  the  last  th irty  years.

This is one ol our "Up to Dote"

Ladies’  Polish  Needle  toe, Patent 
Leather  tip,  and  boxed. 
Stock 
Number  253  in  C.  D  and  E 
widths.  A winner with  the Ladies 
everywhere.

Wales Goodyear  Rubbers

The  Nobbiest  and  the  Best.  Our 
advance styles lead  them  all.

H erold - B ertsch  S hoe  Co.,

5   A N D   7   P E A R L   S T R E E T .

C H A S.  A  COYE
Jems, HwDings,

Manufacturer  of

Horse,  Wagons and 
Binder  Covers.

Send for prices.

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QRAND  RAPIDS,  rtICH

Reeder  Bros  Shoe  Co. 
are closing out their entire 
Leather  Stock  of  Boots 
and  Shoes.  Come  in and 
see  the  bargains  or  see 
samples of our men on the 
road.  We  will  do  an  ex­
clusive rubber  business in 
the  future.  Hold  your 
rubber orders until we  see 
you,  as  Lycomings  and 
Keystones are the best.

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of  universal  brotherhood.  It  may  please 
the  dispassionate  historian  to  contem­
plate  complacently  the  partition  of  con­
tinents  and  the  seizure  of  islands  by 
force,  or  by  fraud  upon  their 
inhabi­
tants— to  call  it the progressive march  of 
civilization  and  condone 
its  cruelites 
because,  sometimes,  good  may come out 
of  admitted  evil.  But  we  on  this  side 
of  the  Atlantic  may  boast  that  the  in­
fluence  of  American  civilization  upon 
the  world  at 
large  is  based  on  higher 
principles  of  action ;  and 
in  that  lies 
the  grestest  hope  for  the  future  of  this 
Nation.

S.  P.  W h i t m a r s h .

The  World’s  Sulphur  Supply.

the 

If  the  sulphur  deposits  recently  re­
ported  from  Louisiana  are  really  abun­
dant,  their  discovery  is  a  matter  of  im­
portance.  Hitherto  the  chief  important 
deposits  of  elementary  sulphur  known 
to  the  civilized  world  were  those  of 
Sicily, 
Italian  mainland,  Spain, 
France,  Transylvania,  Poland,  Germany 
and  the  Island  of  ¡Formosa.  The  de­
posits  in  Formosa,  now  that  Japan  has 
come  into  possession  of  that  island,  are 
likely  to  be  developed  in  the  interests 
of  Japan’s  military  progress.  Mount 
Pinace,  in  the  United  States  of  Coolm- 
bia,  has  a  sulphur  cap  of  nearly  1,500 
square  yards  that  gains  annually  two 
is  a  sulphur  de­
feet  in  depth.  There 
posit  at  Solfatara 
in  the  Red  Sea  that 
yields  about  600  tons  of  sulphur  annual­
ly,  a  mere  trifle  compared  with 
the 
commercial  product  of  the world.  There 
are  sulphur  deposits  in  Armenia,  high 
in  the  sides  of  a  volcano,  which  are 
worked  chiefly  with  the  aid  of  the  rifle, 
great  masses  being  dislodged  with  rifle 
balls  shot 
from  a  distance  below.  A 
sulphur  deposit  in  California  was  once 
supposed  to  contain  many  thousand 
tons,  although  the  whole  would  be 
in­
significant  compared  with  the  annual 
demand  of  this  country.

Sicily  has  for  a  great  many  years sup­
plied  the  civilized  world  with  sulphur. 
The  Sicilian  deposits  are  amazingly 
rich,  but  are  worked  with  a  reckless 
wastefulness  and  almost  total  neglect  ¡of 
modern labor-saving  devices.  Even  now 
only  a  few  of  the  mines  use  machinery 
for  hoisting  the  sulphur  to  the  surface. 
Boys  from  twelve  to  eighteen  years  of 
age  are  employed  in  the  others  for  this 
purpose,  and  there  is  a  curious  custom 
of  paying  the  miners  and  premitting 
them  to  hire  for  themselves  carriers  at 
what  price  they  may.  Doubtless  the 
conservatism  of  the  Sicilian  peasant 
has  made  it  difficult  to  supersede  this 
crude  method  of  getting  out  sulphur.

The  Siciliarf  method  of  procuring 
pure  sulphur  from  the  crude  material  is 
wasteful  in  the  extreme.  A  pit  is  dug 
in  the  hillside,  about  thirty-three  feet 
in  diameter  and  eight  feet  deep,  and 
this  is  filled  up  with  the  crude  sulphur. 
It 
is  then  fired  from  the  top  and  per­
mitted  to burn  as  long  as  it  will.  The 
pure  sulphur  runs  out below  and  is  col­
lected  in  a  stone  vessel  and  then  ladled 
into  damp  poplar-wood  moulds.  These 
moulds  give  the  truncated  cones  of  sul­
phur  known  to  commerce,  which  weigh 
from  no  to 
130  pounds  each.  A  pit 
containing  about  28,000  cubic  feet  of 
crude  sulphur  yields  in  two  months  200 
tons  of  the  pure  sulphur.  A  large  quan­
tity  of  the  crude  sulphur  is  thus  con­
sumed 
in  burning  the  rest,  so  that  a 
comparatively  small  percentage  of  pure 
sulphur  is  obtained  from  the  mass.  The 
method  is,  besides,  most  unwholesome 
both  to  man  and  to  vegetation.  Strict 
laws  prevent  the  burning  of  sulphur 
within  a  certain  distance  of human  hab­
itation  or  growing  crops,  and  the  re­
gion  where  sulphur-burning  is  general 
is  a  dreary  waste.  The  scarcity  of  fuel 
in  Sicily  has  seemed  to  render  neces­
sary  this  crude  method  of  reducing  the 
ore.
More  scientific  methods  have  been 
introduced  at  the  sulphur  deposits  of 
the  mainland,  where  the  ore  is  reduced 
by  the  use  of  steam.  Very  pure  sul­
phur  is  obtained  by  the  use  of  sulphate 
of  carbon 
the  ore.  The 
purest  sulphur  is  obtained  by  distilling

in  reducing 

Sicilian  sulphur.  Most  of  the  Sicilian 
sulphur 
is  used 
in  the  production  of 
sulphuric  acid. •

The  production  of  sulphur  in Formosa 
under  the  Chinese  rule  was  a  crown 
monopoly.  Whether 
it  shall  thus  re­
main  under  the  rule  of  the  Japanese  or 
not,  the  system  is  likely  to  be  modern­
ized,  and if the deposits  are  rich  enough 
Formosa  may  become  an 
important 
competitor  with  Sicily  in  supplying  the 
needs  of  the  civilized  worlc.  The  ad­
vantage  of  the  discovery  of  crude  sul­
phur  in  large  quantities  in  the  United 
States  would  be  the  prompt  application 
of  thoroughly  scientific  and  economical 
methods  to  the  reduction  of  the  ore, 
and  it is probable  that,  were  rich sulphur 
ores  developed  in  this  country,  sulphur 
could  be  produced  here  as  cheaply  as 
in  Sicily,  as  the  waste 
in  production 
would  be  so  small.  Sicily  has  over 
three  hundred  mines«  of  sulphur,  and 
between  twenty-five  and  thirty  thousand 
men  are  employed  in  the  sulphur indus­
tries.  They  have  for  years  past  beefi  - 
a  disappointed  and  unhappy  body  of 
workingmen,  and  the  condition  of  the 
industry  is  extremely  bad.  Some  years 
ago  it  was  estimated  that  the  sulphur 
deposits  of  Sicily  still  contained  50,- 
000,000  tons,  which  would  mean  a  sup­
ply,  at  the  present  rate  of  consumption, 
for  over  one  hundred  years.  The  dis­
covery  of  paying  sulphur  mines  in  the 
United  States  would  doubtless  attract 
hither  more  Sicilian  immigration  and 
have  an  important  effect  upon  the wages 
and  upon  the  whole  sulphur  industry  in 
Sicily.

The  Hardware  Market.

freezers,  etc.,  and 

General  Trade—In  the  line  of summer 
goods 
is  quite  active.  The  extreme 
warm  weather  caused  a  large  demand 
for  screen  doors,  windows,  refrigerators, 
ice  cream 
it  also 
had  a  good  effect  on  agricultural  tools, 
the  demand  being  large  for  steel  goods 
and  corn  and  potato  planters,  as  well  as 
scythes,  snaths  and  rakes.  The  demand 
for  corn  planters  has  been  so  unusual 
that  some 
favorite  brands  are  all  sold 
out  and  the  manufacturers  are  unable 
to  supply  any  more,  as  their  stock  for 
making  them  is  all  used  up.

Wire  Nails—The  demand 

for  wire 
is  not  as  active  as  in  April,  as 
nails 
most of  the  dealers  supplied  their  wants 
before  the  advance  was  made  and  are 
now  only  buying  when  their  assortment 
is  broken.  Prices  are  firmly  held  and 
in  some  quarters  there  is  talk  of  a  still 
further  advance 
in  June;  but  it  is  not 
believed  by  the  conservative  mills  that 
such  action  will  be  taken.  It  is  certain­
ly  hoped  that  no  further advance  will 
be  made.

Barbed  Wire—Is  firm  and  selling with 
a  good  deal  of  freedom.  The  demand 
keeps  up  wonderfully  and  all  factories 
are holding  their  price.  There  are  no 
indications  of  any  change  for  the  pres­
ent.

Sheet  Iron—Many  orders  are  being 
placed  for  fall  shipments,  as  it  is  be­
lieved  prices  will  be  higher  then  than 
now.

Shovels  and  Spades—The  more  in­
formation  we  get  on  the  recent advance, 
the  more  we  are  convinced  that  the  as­
sociation  is  formed  tft  stay  and  will  be 
able  to  maintain  prices,  and  make  an­
other  advance  soon.

The  House  Committee  on  Coinage, 
Weights  and  Measures  has  reported  a 
resolution  authorizing  and 
requesting 
the  President  to  take  such  steps  as  may 
be  appropriate  to  secure  international 
action  between  this  and  the  other  prin­
cipal 
for  the 
adoption  of  a  coinage  for 
invoice  pur­
poses  which  shall  be  current  in  all  the 
countries  joining  in  the movement.  The 
commercial  advantages  of  such  an  ar­
rangement  are  so obvious  that  it  would 
seem  as  though 
its  accomplishment 
I  would  be  feasiBle.

commercial 

countries 

ROA\E WAS
N O T BUILT IN A D A Y

N't tther was our present business;  but  months  of  hard,  persistent 
hammering, and a desire to please  at  any  cost, have accomplished 
much.
The best advertisement we have had  is  the  continual  growth  of 
our  business,  showing  your  approval  of  and  confidence  in  our 
ability to take care of the Rubber trade.
BOSTON AND  BAY  5 T A T E   R U B B E R S

Nothing else with us but new, clean stock, the latest styles, 
every  width or size made, and a guarantee that your orders 
will receive prompt and complete  attention.

W. A. McG RAW & CO.

DETRO IT,  MICH.

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R ubber G oods of  all  kinds.

We would also  remind  you that the dealer 
who places  his  orders  early  for  his  fall 
stock  of  Rubber  Boots  and  Shoes,  Felt 
Boots and Sox, will  have  them  when  the 
wearer  wants 
them.  We  guarantee 
prices.  Ask for price  list.

STUDLEY S  BARCLAY.

4  Monroe St. 

Grand  Rapids.

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Around  the State

Movements  o f  Merchants.

E lk—Wright  &  Massey  succeed  H. 

A.  Wright  in  general  trade.

Sparta—The  mortgage  on  the  A.  L. 
Hinman  drug  stock  has been foreclosed.
Mt.  Pleasant—Theo.  F.  Scattergood 
has  removed  his  jewelry  stock  to Hicks- 
ville,  Ohio.

Detroit—Hodges  &  Van Valin  succeed 
Sheldon  &  Hodges  in  the  grocery  and 
meat  business.

Homer—Mount  &  Doyle  succeed 
Frank  Mount  in  the agricultural  imple­
ment  business.

Lowell—Yeiter  &  Wadsworth  succeed 
in  the  furniture  and  un­

J.  B.  Yeiter 
dertaking  business.

Albion—Slowey  &  Jeffres  have  sold 
their  hardware  stock  and  tinsmith  busi­
ness  to  Geo.  E.  Dean.

Alma—F.  W.  Hooper  &  Co.,  meat 
dealers,  have  dissolved,  F.  W.  Hooper 
continuing  the  business.

Hancock—Killian  Yagle 

continues 
the  hardware  business  formerly  con­
ducted  by  Mondlock  &  Yagle.

Hart—Cameron  & Van  Wormer’s  feed 
store  and  Miss  Drake’s  millinery  store 
were  recently  consumed  by  fire.

Addison—Howd  &  Niblick,  clothiers 
and  shoe  dealers,  have  dissolved,  H. 
E.  Howd  continuing  the  business.

Kalamazoo—Mrs.  A.  W.  Walsh  has 
purchased  the  grocery  stock of  Hartman 
&  Ackley,  and  will  continue  the  busi­
ness.

Marquette—A.  T.  Emmons,  of the 
Emmons  Bros.  Hardware  Co.,  has  been 
appointed  Chief  of  Police  by  Mayor 
Jacobs.

Hopkins  Station—Dendel  & Bechtold, 
general  dealers,  have  dissolved  partner­
ship,  the 
latter  retiring  on  account  of 
poor  health.

Ishpeming—A.  W.  Meyers  has  pur­
chased  the  general  stock  of  M.  A.  (Mrs. 
John  B .)  Meyers,  who  will  embark  in 
trade  in  Chicago.

Shelby—C.  A.  Endahl  has  sold  his 
grocery  stock  to  P.  F.  Ernst,  who  has 
removed  it  to  Ferry  and  consolidated  it 
with  his  grocery  stock  at  that  place.

Saginaw—Henry  King,  successor  to 
King  Bros.,  of  the  Palace  grocery  and 
meat  market,  has filed  mortgages  aggre­
gating  §2,460  to  secure  his  creditors.

Adrian—Henry  J.  Bowerfind  has  re­
signed  his  position 
in  Millards’  drug 
store,  to  go  to  Lansing  and  assume  a 
clerkship 
J.  Williams  drug 
store.

in  the  F. 

Escanaba—Mary  C.  Ehnerd  of  Ehn- 
erd  &  Williard,  meat  dealers,  has  pur­
chased  the  interest  of  her  partner  and 
will  continue  the  business  in  her own 
name.

Kenton—Ralph  Udell  is  now manager 
of  the  Sparrow-Kroll  Lumber  Co. ’s 
general  store.  Mr.  Udell  was  head 
clerk  for  the  F. 
J.  Hargrave  Co.,  of 
Ewen,  for  several  years.

Belding—J.  H.  Levinson,  the  Petos- 
key  Poo  Bah,  has  abandoned  this  field 
and  removed  his  shelf  worn  relics  to 
Petoskey.  The  store  thus  vacated  will 
be  occupied  by  Will  Ricaby  with  his 
jewelry  and musical  instrument  stock.

Kalamazoo—Hall  Bros. 

have  sold 
their drug  stock  to  E.  M.  Kennedy  & 
Co.,  who  will  continue  the  business  at 
the  same  location.  Mr.  Kennedy  has 
been  head  clerk  for  Geo.  McDonald  for 
several years  and  has an  excellent  repu­
tation  as  a  pharmacist.  Hall Bros,  will 
hereafter devote  their  entire attention  to 
the  business  recently  established  by 
them,  the  manufacture  of  physicians’ 
supplies.

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

Martin—D.  W.  Shepherd  has  sold  his 
interest  in  the  general  merchandise firm 
of  T.  H.  Shepherd &  Bro.  to his brother, 
who  will  continue  the  business  under 
the  style  of  T.  H.  Shepherd.  The  re­
tiring  partner contemplates  engaging  in 
the  grocery  business  at  Otsego  in  the 
near  future.

Reed  City—Frank  Lampman,  who 
in 
for  the  past  fourteen  years  has  been 
the  employ  of  Stoddard  Bros.,  has 
traded  his  residence  property  here  for  a 
half  interest  in  the  firm  of  H.  H.  Her- 
rendeen  &  Co.,  hardware  dealers  and 
plumbers,  of  Big  Rapids,  and  took 
possession  last  week.

Owosso—The  attorneys  in  the  case  of 
the  Old  Second  National  Bank  of  Bay 
City  against  the  Corunna  Savings Bank, 
garnishee  of  D.  M.  Estey,  of  the  plan­
ing  mill  firm  of  Estey  &  Calkins,  of 
Bay  City,  that  failed  last  winter,  have 
agreed  upon  an  order  in  the  case.  The 
sum  of  §2,900,  a  balance  realized  by 
the  Owosso  Savings  Bank  above  its  lien 
when  the  pledged  stock  of  D.  M. 
Estey 
in  the  Estey  Manufactuirng  Co. 
was  sold,  is  to  be  turned  over  to  the
Bay  City  Bank.  ______

Manufacturing  Matters.

Ludington—E.  P. 

Rowe  succeeds 
Rowe  &  Cartier  in  the  manufacture  of 
fruit  packages.

Grayling—Sailing,  Hanson  &  Co.  are 
shipping  forty  carloads  of  white  pine 
timber  to  England.

Stanton—G.  G.  Hoyt  has  traded  his 
property  in  this  city  for a  flouring  mill 
and  residence 
in  Remus,  and  will  re­
move  with  his  family  at  once  to  that 
place.

Bay  City—Lumbermen  do  not 

look 
for  a  good  year,  but  are  inclined  to  be­
lieve  that  there  will  be  considerable  in­
crease  in  the  volume  of  trade  as the sea­
son  advances.

in 

Alpena—The  old  Potter  sawmill 

is 
being  torn  down. 
1864 
and  went  out  of  commission  in  1892. 
During  its  career  it  manufactured  near­
ly  300,000,000  feet  of  lumber.

It  was  built 

large 

Republic—Munson  &  Peterson  have 
purchased  the 
store  building 
owned  by  Hart  Bros,  and  have  moved 
their  hardware  and  drug  stocks  into 
it. 
They  now  have  one  of  the  finest  busi­
ness  places  in  the  Upper  Peninsula.

Grayling—The  Dayton  Last  Works 
are  running  day  and  night,  turning  out 
125,000  lasts  a  week.  The  lasts  are 
manufactured  from  maple  timber,  and 
is  shipping  100 carloads 
the  company 
to  New  York.  There  are 
150  persons 
on  the  pay  roll.

Manistee—The  demand 

for  cedar 
shingles  is  unprecedented  at  this  time 
of  year.  Some  of  the  mills  have  sold 
their  cut  ahead  for  some  time  and  two 
have  been  running  overtime  all  the 
week  trying  to  catch  up  on  orders.  Car 
orders  tor  shingles  are  coming  in  also 
and  one  mill  has  been  cutting  500,000 
extra  thick  5  to  2 %inch  for  shipment 
by  rail.

Huron  Bay—Mitchell  De  Haas  has 
purchased  the  interest  of  Mr.  Powell, 
of  Marquette,  in  the  sawmill  here.  The 
mill  is  a  profitable  one,  although  small, 
having  a  daily  capacity  of  50,000  feet. 
It  is  located  on  one  of  the  prettiest  bays 
on  Lake  Superior,  eighteen  miles  from 
L ’Anse, 
the  nearest  railway  station. 
This  place  was  to  have  been  a  boom 
town  a  few  years  ago,  and  would  have 
been  had  not  J.  M.  Turner,  of  Lansing, 
failed  so  suddenly.  As  it  is,  there  is  a 
railroad  built 
thirty-eight  miles  to 
Champion,  over  which  no  trains  have 
I ever  been 
run,  except  construction 
1 trains.  Whether  it  will  ever  be utilized

or  not  remains  for  the  future  to  deter­
mine.

Bay  City—S.  G.  M.  Gates  had  a 
quantity  of  logs  hung  up  a  year  ago 
in 
Pine  River,  Arenac  county.  They  are 
now  being  driven  to  the  mouth  of  the 
stream  and  will  come  to  Gates’  saw­
mill  here.  Mr.  Gates has finished  driv­
ing  his 
logs  down  the  south  branch  of 
Au  Sable  River  to  Roscommon,  where 
they  will  be  loaded  on  cars  and  railed 
to  this  city.

in  the 

Saginaw—There  has  been  quite  a 
lumber  trade  and  both  in 
spurt 
the  yards  and  wholesale  lines  there 
is 
a  more  hopeful  feeling.  How  long  it 
will 
last  confounds  speculation.  The 
general  feeling  is  that  the  year  will  not 
be  a  good  one  for  business  in  any  line. 
Not 
last  generation  has  lumber 
been  more  sluggish  than  during  the  last 
few  months  and  any  ray  of  hope  is care­
fully  nursed.

in  the 

Detroit—The  rumor  that  the  Michi­
gan-Peninsular  Car  Works  are  to  be 
shut  down  is  denied  by  Managing  D i­
rector  Charles  L.  Freer.  About  3,000 
men  are  now  employed  in  the  works, 
and  the  business  prospect  is  much  as  it 
has  been  for some time,—bright one day 
and  dull  the  next.  Mr.  Freer  thinks 
the  rumor  that  the  works  were  to  be 
closed  came  from  the  fact  that  the  forge 
had  been  shut  down  for  repairs  for a 
couple  of  weeks. 
It  is  running  again 
now.

lumber. 

Saginaw—Last  year  the  Flint  &   Pere 
Marquette  Railroad  moved 
from  the 
Saginaw  River  a  little  over  225,000,000 
feet  of 
The  total  quantity 
handled  from  all  points  by  this  com­
pany  was  15,986  car  loads,  against 
13, - 
140  carloads 
1894.  The  shingles 
handled  amounted  to  1,740  cars  in  1895, 
against  2,315  cars  in  1894,  and  the 
lath 
485  carloads  last  year,  against  '489  cars 
last  year 
in  1894.  The 
amounted  to  61,255,320 
feet,  against 
48,080,690  feet  in  1894.

logs  handled 

in 

is  paid 

Detroit—Articles  of  association  of  the 
Snedicor  &  Hathaway  Co.,  boot  and 
shoe  manufacturers,  have  been  filed. 
The  capital  stock  is  $75,000,  of  which 
in.  The  shares  taken 
$31,350 
are  held  as  follows : 
Joseph  H.  Ains­
worth,  trustee,  Toledo,  2,930;  August 
Ochs,  Detroit, 
100;  Joseph  H.  Ains­
worth,  trustee,  100;  Clarkson  M.  Sned­
icor, 
five  shares.  The  officers  of  the 
corporation  are  as  follows:  President, 
Treasurer  and  General  Manager,  C. 
M.  Snedicor;  Vice-President,  August 
Ochs;  Secretary,  J.  H.  Ainsworth.  The 
company  will  manufactqre  a 
line  of 
goods  similar to  that  turned  out  by  the 
former  firm  of  Snedicor  &  Hathaway, 
with  additions.

T .  P.  A.

Arrangements for  the  Annual  Conven­

tion  at  Terre  Haute.
Ind.,  May 

The 

Terre  Haute, 

15—The 
program  for  the  week  of  the  Travelers’ 
Protective  Association  national  conven­
tion  has  been  completed  and  the  ar­
rangements  are  on  a  big  scale.  The 
local  committees  are  large  and there  are 
no 
finance 
committee,  which  is  composed  of  prom­
inent  business  men,  has  been  very  suc­
cessful  and  there  is  plenty  of  money  to 
carry  out  the  plans  of  the  local  post  of 
theT.  P.  A.,  which  is  to  be the host,  the 
first  week  in  next  month.

laggards  on  them. 

It  had  been 

An  important  change  in  the  program 
is  for  the  excursion  at  the  end  of  the 
convention. 
intended  to 
go  to  Niagara  Falls  and  Thousand 
Islands,  but  the  round-trip  fare  of  $26 
was  thought  to  be  too  much.  The  ex­
cursion  will  be  in  advance  of  the  con­
vention  and  will  include  visits  to  Put­
in-Bay,  Toledo  and  Detroit,  at  a  cost of 
$7.50.  The  special  train  will  leave here

Friday  morning,  May  29.  A  stop  of 
several  hours  will  be  made  at  Indian­
apolis,  where  the  party  will  be  shown 
ever  the  city  and  take  dinner.  On  ar­
riving  at  Toledo,  that  night  the  excur­
sionists  will  go  to  Put-in-Bay  by  boat. 
Saturday  will  be  spent  in  fishing  and 
Saturday  evening  they  will  go  to  De­
troit  by  boat.  There  they  will  remain 
until  Sunday  evening,  returning  to  To­
ledo  to  remain  over  night,  and  back  to 
Terre  Haute  the  next  day.

The  first  session  of  the  convention 
will  be  called  to  order on Tuesday morn­
ing  at  10 o’clock.  The morning  will  be 
given  up  to  addresses  of  welcome  and 
responses.  Mayor  Ross  will  speak  for 
the  city  and  Gov.  Matthews  for  the 
State.  Other  addresses  will  be  made  by 
Col.  R.  W.  Thompson,  ex-Secretary  of 
the  Navy ;  McLean,  ex-Deputy  Com­
missioner  of  Pensions.  The  determina­
tion  of  some  members  of  the  Executive 
Committee  that  Eugene  Debs  shall  be 
invited  to  speak  in  this  convention  has 
provoked  a  storm  of  protests  all  over 
the  country,  and  hundreds  of  members 
have  written  that  they  will  not  attend 
the  convention  if  the  arch  traitor  and 
conspirator 
is  permitted  to  take  any 
part  in  the  proceedings.  Responses  will 
be  made  by  National  President  John  A. 
Lee,  State  President  Isham  Sedgewick, 
of  Richmond,  Col.  Harwood,  of  V ir­
ginia,  Col.  Adams,  of  Arkansas,  and 
Col.  Graham,  of  Texas.

in 

While  this  is  occupying  the  attention 
of  the  Travelers’  Protective  Association 
men,  the  ladies  who  accompany  them 
to  the  city  will  be  entertained  at  the 
Terre  Haute  club  by  a  committee  of 
Terre  Haute 
ladies.  Tuesday  night 
there  will  be  a  big  illuminated  parade.
The  committee  has  received  word 
from  the  posts 
in  this  State  that  all  of 
them  will  send  delegations,  and  that 
most  of  the  delegations  will  bring  a 
band.  Lafayette  sends  word  that  there 
will  be  200  men  in  line  from  that  city. 
Peoria  and  Decatur,  111.,  will  send  del­
egates  on  a  special  train.  The  Terre 
Haute  city  council  has  agreed  to  spend 
$1,200  or  $1,400 
illuminating  the 
streets,  and  the  county  commissioners 
will  decorate  and  illuminate  the  court 
house.  The  merchants  are  having  made 
in  secret  surprising  and  novel  designs 
for  the  decoration  of  their  stores.  More 
than  thirty  floats  are  being made.  Three 
large  scatues  in  imitation  of  bronze  are 
to  be  erected  on  prominent  street  cor­
ners.  One 
is  of  two  traveling  men 
clasping  hands,  representing  a  united 
South  and  North.  Another  is  of  a  trav­
eling  man  standing  on  the  world,  with 
the 
is  my  terri­
is  of  a  traveling 
tory.”   The 
third 
man,  with  satchel 
in  hand,  ready  to 
start  on  a  trip.  These  statues  will  be 
incandescent 
illuminated  with  marfy 
lights.  At  another  street 
intersection 
there  is  to  be  a  large  arch  lighted  with 
800 
incandescent  lights.  A  novel  dec­
oration  will  be  a  satchel  four  feet  in 
length,  illuminated,  and  traveling  on  a 
wire  the  length  of  a  long  square  on  the 
main  street,  about  twelve  feet  from  the 
ground. 
It  will  make  the  trip  back 
and  forth  from  one  side  of  the  street  to 
the  other.

inscription: 

‘ This 

Wednesday  morning,  while  the  con­
vention  is  in  session,  the  ladies  will  be 
driven  about  the  city  and  to  places  of 
in  the  suburbs,  escorted  by  a 
interest 
local  committee  of  ladies. 
In  the  after­
noon  there  will  be  a  genuine clam bake, 
under  the  direction  of  J.  B.  Dickson, 
manager  of  the  opera  house,  who  will 
bring  the  attendants  and  cooks  from 
the  land  of  clam  bakes.  At  night  ihere 
will  be  a  vaudeville  performance  at 
Harrison  park,  where  Russell  Harrison 
has  a  summer  theater.

Thursday  morning  will  be  the  last 
session  of  the  convention.  That  after­
noon  there  will  be  races  and  athletic 
events  at  the  famous  Nancy  Hanks  and 
Robert  J.  track.  At-night  there  will  be 
a  banquet  and  dance  at  the Terre  Haute 
House,  where  a  dancing  pavilion 
is  to 
be  erected.

The  good  salesman  never  forces  any­
body  to  buy.  He  uses  a  better  and 
gentler  method.  He  appeals  to 
judg­
ment,  to  desire,  to  sense,  ana  he  wins 
by  sheer  force  of  legitimate  argument.

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

5

Grand  Rapids  Gossip

Cornelius  Quint,  grocer  at  460  Grand- 
ville  avenue,  has  sold  his  stock  to  Milo 
T.  Jeffrey.___ ______________

Chas.  K.  Gibson,  grocer  at  6g>£  Pearl 
street,  has  removed  to  53  Pearl  street, 
Power’s  opera  house  block.

Milo  T.  Jeffreys  has  opened  a  grocery 
store  at  460  Grandville  avenue.  The 
Ball-Barnhart-Putman  Co. 
furnished 
the  stock.

Chas.  A.  Laughlin,  grocer  and  drug­
gist  at  the  corner  of  South  Division 
and  Sixth  avenue,  is  removing  his stock 
to  Cannonsburg.

Hugh  T.  Allerton  and  Wm.  Hagg- 
strom have formed a copartnership  under 
the  style  of  Allerton  &  Haggstrom  and 
embarked  in  the  produce  and  commis­
sion  business  at  127  Louis  street.

Edgar  C.  Stiles  and  Chas.  H.  Phillips 
have  formed  a  copartnership,  under  the 
style  of  Stiles  &  Phillips,  and  opened 
a  commission,  wholesale  fruit  and  pro­
duce  store  at  9  North  Ionia  street.

The  Grand  Rapids  School  Furniture 
Co.  has  been  awarded  the  contract  for 
making  the  fixtures  for  the  new  Fruit 
Growers’  Bank,  at  Saugatuck,  and  has 
also  secured  a  $7,000  contract  for  fur­
nishing  a  court  house  at Denton,  Texas.
A.  V.  Wood,  formerly  city  salesman 
for  the  Crescent Mills,  and  I.  C.  Barnes, 
formerly  engaged 
in  the  fish  business 
here,  have  formed  a  copartnership  un­
der  the  style  of  Barnes  &  Wood and em­
barked  in  the  produce and  commission 
business  at  the  corner  of  Louis  and 
Ionia  streets.

The  Grand  Rapids  jobbing  trade  nat­
urally  feels  elated  over  the  election  of 
Amos  S.  Musselman  to  the  position  of 
President  of  the  Michigan  ^Wholesale 
Grocers’  Association, 
this  being  the 
first  time  that  office  has  ever been  held 
by  a  Grand  Rapids  man. 
In  common 
with  the  trade  in  general,  the  Trades­
man  feels  called  upon  to  assert  that  it 
considers  the  election  of  Mr.  Mussel- 
man  a  worthy  honor,  worthily bestowed.
Canal  street  will  scon  have  a  regula­
tion  department  store,  F.  W.  Wurzburg 
having  taken  possession  of  the  third 
and  fourth  floors  of  the  Grinnell  block 
and  removed  the  partitions,  so  that  he 
will  occupy,  on  and  after  July 
1,  four 
floors  and  basement,  each  50x100  feet 
in  dimensions. 
The  dry  goods  de­
partment  will  be  continued  on  thè 
ground  floor,  the  carpet,  drapery  and 
window  shade  department  on  the  sec­
ond  floor,  while  the  third  floor  will  be 
devoted  to  cloaks,  boots  and  shoes  and 
millinery  and  the  fourth  floor  to  crock­
ery,  glassware and groceries.  No change 
will  be  made 
in  the  management  or 
ownership  of  the  business,  but  the  style 
will  be  changed  from  F.  W.  Wurzburg 
to  Wurzburg’s  Department  Store.

Chas.  B.  Metzger,  who  recently  pur­
chased  the  plant  of  the  Peninsular  Ma­
chine  Co.,  has  decided  to embark  in  the 
manufacture  of  bicycles  on  a  much 
larger  scale  than  was  contemplated  by 
the  Peninsular  Co.,  having  ordered 
material  for  2,000  wheels,  which  he  ex­
pects  to  complete  in  time  for  this  sea­
son’s  business.  Mr.  Metzger  has  also 
added  new  machinery  to  the  factory 
equipment  and  will  devote  his  entire 
time  to  the  business.  He  has  retained 
Matthew  Lund  as  superintendent  of  the 
mechanical  ^department.  Mr.  Lund 
is

the  inventor  of  the  Garland  wheel,  own­
ing  the  only  four  point  bearing  in exist­
ence,  and  is  well  equipped,  both  by  ed­
ucation  and  experience,  to  undertake 
the  successful  manufacture  of  bicycles.
The  dilatory  tactics  of  the  Common 
Council  in  the  matter  of  preparing  the 
new  market  for  use  are  subjecting  that 
body  to  some  criticism.  At  its  session 
of  last  week  a  resolution  was  presented 
providing  for a  Committee  on  Market. 
At  the  session  this  week another  similar 
resolution  was  offered  and,  after  consid­
erable  parliamentary  sparring  as  to pre­
cedence  of  the  two  resolutions, 
they 
were  both 
laid  on  the  table  pending  a 
report  from  the  Committee  on  Rules. 
It  will  require  considerable  time  to pre­
pare  the  market  so  that  it  can  be  used. 
Diligence 
in  getting  the  work  under 
way,  however,  would  give  enough  time 
to  make 
it  available  for  most  of  this 
season’s  fruit  trade. 
It  is  to  be  hoped 
that  the  deliberation  which  necessarily 
attends  the  movements  of  great  bodies 
will  not  make  it  necessary  for  the  city 
to  pay  a  year’s  expense  on  a  market  not 
in  use,  and  especially when  there is such 
a  crying  need  for  relief  both  to  the 
streets  and  the  produce  men.
Purely  Personal.

Thos.  Hines,  book-keeper  for  C.  B. 
Metzger,  succeeds  Ed.  C.  Stiles  as 
book-keeper  for  Bunting  &  Co.

Geo.  W.  Burt,  special  agent  for  the 
Traveler’s  Life  &  Accident  Insurance 
Association,  has  removed 
from  Bay 
City  to  Grand  Rapids,  where  he  will 
make  his  future  home.

Willard  Barnhart  and  family  arrived 
at  New  York  from  Europe  last  Friday. 
On  account  of  the  illness  of  Mr.  Barn­
hart’s  son,  he  and  his  younger  daughter 
proceeded  direct  to  California,  while 
the  elder  daughter  returned  to  this  city 
with  the  family  of  Hon.  L.  H.  Withey.
Arthur  G.  Olney,  son  of  the  President 
of  the  corporation,  has  taken  a  position 
in  the  business  office  of  the  Oiney  & 
Judson  Grocer  Co.,  with  the 
idea  of 
mastering  the  rudiments of the business. 
Mr.  Olney  is  a  graduate  of  the  military 
institution  at  Orchard  Lake  and  is  well 
equipped,  both  mentally  and physically, 
to  enter  upon  an  active  business  career.
The  Tradesman  was  in  error last week 
in  stating  that  Enos Putman represented 
the  Ball-Barnhart-Putman  Co.  at 
the 
annual  meeting  of  the  Michigan  Whole­
sale  Grocers’  Association,  at  Detroit. 
As  a  matter  of  fact,  Mr.  Ball  expected 
to  attend  the  meeting  until  the  last  mo­
ment,  when  pressing  business  duties 
prevented  his  leaving  the  city.

Chas.  R.  Young,  who  has  been  in  the 
grocery  business  for  the  past  year  at 
739  South  Lafayette  street,  has  associa­
ted  himself  with  the  Haney  School  Fur­
niture  Co.,  taking  the  position  of  ship­
ping  clerk.  Mr.  Young  will  retain  his 
grocery  buisness,  having  placed 
it  in 
the  hands  of  his  father  and  sister,  who 
have  had  long  experience  in  this 
line.
is  probable  that  the  action  of  the 
six  railway  brotherhoods  which  recently 
organized  a  federation  at  St.  Louis,  in 
excluding  the  American  Railway  Union 
from 
representation  or  membership, 
will  result  in  the  speedy  dissolution  of 
that  organization.  This  feature  of  the 
movement  is  significant,  for  the  reason 
that  the  latter  body  has  always  stood  for 
strikes,  disorder  and  riots,  notably 
in 
the  case  of  the  Northern  Pacific,  Pull­
It  argues  that  in  the  new  or­
man,  etc. 
ganization  a  higher  standard  of 
indus­
trial  ethics  is  to  be  recognized.

It 

The  Dodge  Club  cigar  is  sold  by  F. 

E.  Bushman,  Kalamazoo.

EVADING  TH E  LAW.

Less  Than  Half  the  Hucksters  Prop­

erly  Licensed.

the 

Although  the  Common  Council  re­
duced  the  license  fee  for  peddlers  of 
fruits  and  vegetables  from  $31  to $21 
per  annum—which  was 
amount 
fixed  upon  by  the  peddlers  as  being 
equitable, 
from  their  standpoint—less 
than  half  of  the  peddlers  have  come  to 
the  front  and  taken  out 
licenses,  al­
though  they  have  had  a  full  week  since 
the  new 
license  fee  went  into  effect. 
Up  to  the  time  the  Tradesman  went  to 
press,  only  twenty-five 
licenses  had 
been  issued  from  the  office  of  the  City 
Clerk,  as  follows:

Frank  Dowstra,  214  Thomas  street.
C.  Pel,  210  Bates  street.
G.  Van  Eyk,  7  Bekins  court.
Peter  Dekker,  60  Doezema  alley.
K.Vander  Wal,  172  S.  Prospect street.
R.  Huizenga,  36  Baxter  street.
Frank  Top,  194  Henry  street.
Nick  Haaksma,  35  Frank  street.
J.  Schotanes,  60  Lydia  street.
P.  Prins,  837  East  Fulton  street.
Henry Yeths,  298  Eleventh  street.
P.  Koning,  198  Alley  avenue.
M.  Althoff,  417  Logan  street.
J.  Koning,  283  Logan  street.
Frank  Huizenga,  52  Lake  avenue.
Israel  Smith,  15  West  Leonard  street.
J.  Fisher,  95  Second  street.
J.  Silverman,  22  Walbridge  street.
B.  Crohon,  10  Alpine  avenue.
S.  Sofran,  90 Jefferson  street.
Jos.  Levitt,  15  West  Leonard  street.
J.  Vander  Jandt,  695  No.  College 

avenue.

R.  Robenstein,  90 Jefferson  street.
A.  Lobenski,  93  West  Broadway.
J.  Cohen,  17  Walbridge  street.
Enquiry  at  the  office  of  Superintend­
ent  of  Police  as  to  why  Officer  Mooney 
had  not  been  instructed  to  arrest  those 
peddlers  who have  not  yet  taken  out 
li­
censes  was  met  with  the  reply  that  Mr. 
Mooney  had  been  devoting  his  entire 
time  to  the  enforcement  of  liquor  anc 
meat  dealers’  licenses,  and  that  on  the 
completion  of  that  assignment  he  would 
be  directed  to  turn  his  attention  to  the 
hucskters  who are  peddling  without  the 
proper  authority.

The  records  of  the  City  Clerk  show 
fee 
that  sixty-six  peddlers  paid  the $31 
It  is  expected  that  there  will 
last  year. 
be  about  seventy-five  peddlers 
in  the 
field  this  year,  and  it  is  estimated  that 
about  fifty  hucksters  are  already  plying 
their  vocation  in  the  streets  and  alleys 
of  the  city.

A  deplorable  feature  of  the  situation 
is  the  number  of  permits  now  being  is-, 
sued  by  the  Committee  on  Licenses. 
The  permit  book  on  file  in  the  Mayor’s 
office  shows that  twenty permits  have  al­
ready  been  granted  by  the  committee, 
as  follows  (the  date  at  end  being  the 
termination  of  the  permits)  :
18 7
Sept. 3,  1896.
May 1,1897.
April 30.  1897.
May 1,1897.
May 15,  1897.
May 1, 1897.
Sept. 1,1896.
May 13. 1896.
Sept.  1, 1896.
May 1,  1897.
Mav 1,1897.
Sept 1,1896.
May 1,  1897.
May 2,1897.
Oct.  1,1895.
Sept.  1,1896.
Aug. 1,1896.

V. Schiemer, 140 Park ave. (vegetables),  May 3, 
Malcom B.  Palmer, 447  N.  Lafayette  (meats). 
H. Mengerink,  90  Grandville  ave.  (notions), 
Henry  H.  Hart,  224  Kent  street  (pop  corn), 
John P.  Mcllvaln, MS Plainfield ave. (notions). 
John  Stoddart, Sprint  street  (carry  banner). 
Gen. Wyngarden, 196 Tenth street (dry  goods), 
H.  L.  Bearse,  101  Canal  street  (telescope), 
J.  M.  Palmer, Clarendon Hotel (carry banner), 
S.  Olthlus,  225  Lake  street 
(vegetables), 
J. E.  Lemon, 31 W. Bridge (polish and bluing), 
John  Ghyzel,  380  Turner  street 
(notions), 
Hiram  Mulder,  63  Dexter  place  (notions), 
Martin Gilson, 49 E.  Fulton street (vegetables), 
Thomas  Koster,  East  street 
(vegetables). 
Peter Klaassen. 497 Crosby  street  (vegetables), 
Elba  M.  Huff,  229  Henry  street  (pop  corn), 
Frank  Sholes,  233  Alpine  avenue 
(soap), 

Patrick Hartnett, 59 Williams st. (lead pencils), 
Folker  DeHaan.  161  Baxter  street  (notions), 

May  1,  1897.
Sept.  1,  1896.

Desirability  of  Handling  Pure  Spices 

Only.
Grand  Rapids,  May 

interest, 

19—Being 

im­
pressed  with  the  value  of  your  publica­
tion  to  the  retail  trade  and  noting  the 
interesting  articles  you  publish 
many 
in  their 
I  am  prompted  to 
say  a  word  through  your  medium  that 
may  be  of  service  to  them. 
I  shall  take 
for  my  subject, 
“ Spices,”   an  article 
sold  by  all  grocers  and  one which  enters 
into  the  good  living  of  all  their  custom­
ers. 
I  wish  to  say  first,  that  there  are 
spices  and  spices,  viz.,  there  are  spices 
that  are  rich,  fragrant  and aromatic  and 
which  improve  every  article  of  food 
in 
which  they  are  used,  and  there  are 
others  which  are  almost  devoid  of  these 
properties.  The  successful  grocer  uses 
great  care  in  selecting  these  goods  and 
always  gets  the  best, while the slip-shod, 
easy-going  grocer  takes  what  is  offered 
him  and  at  the  cheapest  price,  under  a 
guarantee,  perhaps,  that  they  will  com­
ply  with  the  requirements  of  the  pure 
food law of  the  State.  This  may  be  true. 
The  goods  may  pass  the  test  of  purity, 
but  do  not  possess  the  rich,  aromatic 
flavor  of  the  finer  grades.  Does  it  pay 
any  grocer  to  sell  cheap  goods,  simply 
because  he  can  buy  them  a  trifle 
cheaper?  Most  consumers  want  the best 
and  are  willing  to  pay  for same,  and  if 
they  find,  later,  that  they  have  been  de­
frauded,  what  do  they  do?  Do  they 
take  the  goods  back  and  enter  a  com­
plaint  to  the  dealer?  No.  They  try 
some  other  dealer  and,  when  they  find 
one  who  always  gives  them  good  goods, 
they  stay  with  him.  The  grocer,  him­
self,  is  often  deceived,  but  he  need  not 
be 
if  he  exercise  care  in  buying;  and 
when  some  salesman  offers  him  ground 
spices  at  a  less  price  than  he  can  buy 
them  whole,  he  should  scrutinize  the 
goods  very  carefully.  Any  good  grocer 
can  by  comparison,  satisfy  himself  as 
to  the  qualiites  of  ground  spices,  mus­
tard,  etc.,  if  he  will  take  the  trouble  to 
try. 
If  he  can  do  no  other  way,  he  can 
take  a  sample  home  and  test  them  as  it 
is  used.  A  pure  pepper,  for 
instance, 
can  be  made,  and  is  made,  by  mixing 
damaged  Singapore  pepper  with  East 
India  pepper  (a 
long  pepper  used 
whole  only  for  pickling).  It  looks  well, 
but  try 
it  on  a  beefsteak.  You  would 
not  care  to  repeat  the  experiment  were 
you  compelled  to  eat  the  steak.  A  pure 
mustard  can  be  obtained  from  the cheap 
California  seed,  but  mix  it  with  water 
and  let  it  stand  two  or  three  minutes  to 
draw  and  then  compare  it  with  a  mus­
tard  made  from  the  higher  grades  of 
California  or  English  yellow  or brown 
Trieste  seed.  The  one  has  a  rich, 
pungent  odor  and  will  bring  tears  to 
your  eyes,  while  the  other  is  almost  de­
void  of  odor  and  has  no  pungency  and, 
after  standing  a  few  hours,  is  flat  and 
insipid.  Any  grocer 
can  detect  the 
difference  and  need  not  take  the  word 
of any  salesman  as  to  quality.  The  real 
trouble  is  the  indifference  of  the  dealer. 
He 
judges  by  the  label,  instead  of  the 
goods.
Let  every  grocer  qualify  himself  to 
judge  of  the  quality  of  the  goods  he 
sells  and,  if  he  cannot  do  that,  let  him 
employ  an  expert  to  do  the  work  for 
him.  Who  would  buy  a  horse  simply 
because  it  was  put  up  in  the  form  of  a 
horse,  or  a  cow  simply  because 
it 
smelled  of  the  stable  and  he  was  told 
it 
was  a  cow?  Again,let  me  urge  upon  the 
grocer  his  duty  to  his  customers  by  se­
lecting  the  best  goods  on  the  market.

President Wolverine  Spice  Co.

A.  D.  P l u m b ,

Prices  Reduced—Quality  Maintained.
John  Phillips  &  Co.,  of  Detroit,  offer 
oak  show  cases,  highly  polished,  seven­
teen  inches high,  of double thick  French 
sheet  glass  throughout,  bottoms  covered 
with  cotton  plush,  at  $1.75  per  foot—the 
best  show  case  made  for  the  money.  664

New  Bank  at  Linden.

Dr.  B.  C.  Sickles,  of  Ashley,  has  re­
moved  to  Linden  for the  purpose  of  es­
tablishing  a  private  bank,  to  be  known 
as  the  Bank  of  Linden.

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

Politics  and  Store-keeping  Not  Com­

patible.

Stroller in Grocery World.

I  recently  called  at  a  grocery  store 
whose  owner  is  one  of  those  fellows who 
in  mixing  politics  with  his 
believe 
business. 
I  think  that  if  anybody  who 
believes  that  this  scheme  is  a  good  one 
could  have  seen  the  condition  of  that 
man's  business  affairs,  as 
I  did,  he 
would  change  his  opinion mighty quick.
in  a  good-sized 
Pennsylvania  town,  nearer  to  Philadel­
phia  than  it  is  to  Pittsburg.  He  ought 
to  do  a  business  of  at  least $75»000 every 
year, 
judging  by  the  fact  that  he  was 
unable,  when  I  called  there,  to  settle  a 
little  bill  of  Sio,  and  that  he showed  me 
conclusively »that  he  was  unable,  he 
isn’t  doing  the  half  of  that.

This  grocer 

lives 

There  was  nobody  in  the  store  when 
I  got  there  except  a  small  boy,  who  was 
too  busy 
looking  at  a  dog  fight  in  the 
lane  beside  the  store  to  pay  attention  to 
anybody  so  unimportant  as  a  customer. 
After  several  efforts  1  learned  that  the 
proprietor  was  over 
in  the  city  hall 
“ tending  a  meeting  of  the  county  com­
mittee.”
Meanwhile  several  customers came in. 
The  boy  waited  on  them  in  a  slovenly 
sort  of  way,  and  flew  back  to  his  dog 
fight  hardly  before  they  were  gone. 
Once  or  twice  he  snapped  out  a  surly 
answer  w’hen  a  lady  asked  him  a  ques­
tion. 
I  wanted  to  kick  him  clear  out  of 
the  window,  but 
1  didn’t  know  how 
large  his  father  was,  so  I  repressed  my 
wrath.
In  about  fifteen  minutes  the  grocer 
himself came in,  heading  a  crowd of five 
or  six  men.
can  meet  right  here  in  the  store.”  
afterwards  found  out  that 
“ ward  committee.”

in,  boys,"  he  said,  ^  we 
I 
it  was  the 

“ Come  on 

The  meeting  opened  right  in  one  cor­
ner  of  the  store,  and  once  or  twice  the 
talk  got  hot.  Lady  customers  came  in, 
and  were  waited  on  if  the  grocer  wasn  t 
just  then  deep  in  some  political  debate 
with  another  of  the  heelers. 
If  he  was, 
the  lady  waited.
Even  while  he  was  waiting  on  cus­
tomers  he  would  put  his  oar  in  the  con­
versation,  yelling  clear  across  the  store 
and  paying  scanty  attention  to  the  order 
of  the  customer.  Once  when  he  was  in 
the  midst  of  wrapping  up  ten  pounds  of 
granulated  sugar,  one  of  the  rounders 
over  in  the  corner  said  something which 
excited  his  ire,  and  he actually  frothed 
at  the  mouth.  He  got  so  mad  and 
talked  so  loud  that  the  sugar  bag  broke 
open  in  the  shuffle  and  the sugar  poured 
out  all  over  the  customer’s pocket-book, 
which  lay  on  the  counter.

By  and  by  the  gang  of  heelers  left, 

and  the  grocer  got  time to talk  to  me.

“ You’re  quite  a  politician  down here, 

they  tell  me,”   I  said.
“ Oh,  yes,”   he  said,  swelling  per­
ceptibly  with  pride,  “ I ’ m  a  member  of 
the  county  committee,  chairman  of  the 
ward  committee,  school  trustee,  and 
now  the  boys  are  talking  about  making 
me  assessor,”   with  a  fat  laugh.
“  How’s  business?”   I  asked.
“ Very  poor,”   he 

said;  “ nobody 
I ’m  doing 

seems  to  have  any  money. 
less  than  I  did  last  year.”

like  giving 

I  didn’t  say  anything,  but  I  never 
a  man  some 
felt  more 
I ’m  afraid, 
good  advice 
though,  it  would  have  been 
casting 
pearls  before  swine  he  must  have 
weighed  at  least  250 pounds.

in  my  life. 

Little  Likelihood  o f  Further  Competi­

tion.

From the Shoe and Leather Gazette.

are 

The  daily  newspapers 

"filling 
columns  these  days  with  reports  more 
or  less  true  regarding  the  United  States 
Rubber  Co.  and 
its  alleged  troubles. 
Nearly  all  of  these  articles  refer  to  a 
new  rubber  shoe  factory  which  Joseph 
Banigan, 
the 
United  States  Rubber  Co,,  is  claimed 
to be  about  to  establish.

formerly  president  of 

In  the  rubber  trade  these  rumors  are 
discussed  and  considered  by  men  who 
usually  pay 
little  attention  to  daily 
paper  stories  of  trade  affairs.  So  late

IF YOU ARE LOOKING

For a  Bicycle that has more points  of  merit  about  it  thna 
anv you ever saw, and with  a  style  and  finish that  would 
sell  it  alone,  to  say  nothing  of  the  fact  that  it  will  pay 
you to handle it, correspond with us about

UTIE GULP V

Dealers wishing to secure  the agency  for  this wheel  are  invited  to  make  prompt  ap­
plication,  stating territory  desired.  Correspond  direct  with  the  factory,  as  the  Peninsular 
Wheel Co.  no longer holds the agency.

C.  B.  M E T Z G E R ,

SUCCESSOR  TO

P E N IN S U L A R  flA C H IN E  CO.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

as  the  present  week  I.  H.  Sawyer,  of  the 
rubber  department  of  the  Brown  Shoe 
Co.,  of  St.  Louis,  received  a  letter  from 
a  friend  recently  visiting  Providence, 
R. 
I.,  stating  that  Mr.  Banigan  had 
purchased  a 
large  woolen  mill  and 
would  convert  it  into a  rubber  factory.
Where  there  is  so  much  smoke  there 
is  doubtless  some  fire.  A  number  of 
influential  men  have  been  turned  down 
this  season  who  will  not  lie still.  How­
ever,  Mr.  Banigan  denies  that  he  will 
oppose  the  company  in  which  he  is  so 
large  a  stockholder  and  all  these various 
newspaper  stories  are,  after  all,  only 
rumors  of  the vaguest sort,  obtained usu­
ally  from  sources  that  are  distinctly 
prejudiced  and  naturally  disposed  to 
largely  magnify  matters.

The  establishment  to-day  of  a  dozen 
new  factories  would  not  have  the  slight­
est  effect  on  prices  of  rubber  boots  and 
shoes  this  year.  The  equipment  of  a 
rubber  mill 
is  a  slow  process  that  re­
quires  many  months  to  accomplish  and 
it  is  doubtful  if  a  new  company  could 
get  in  running  order  in  less  than a year. 
Moreover,  crude  rubber  has  advanced 
10  per  cent,  in  price  since  April  1,  and 
a  new  concern  would  be  unable,  were  it 
to  start  operations  at  the  present  time, 
to  compete  with  the  old  companies, 
which  are  heavily  stocked  with  crude 
rubber  bought  previous  to  the  rise. 
Events  of  the  present,  then,  have  no 
bearing  on  to-day’s  prices,  and  if  any­
thing  tangible  comes  from  the  mass  of 
rumors  it  can  only  be  interesting  to  re­
tailers 
influence  a  year hence, 
until  which  time  the  present  conditions 
are  positive  of  continuance.  No  hesi­
tancy  as  to  ordering  rubbers  need  be 
felt  by  any  one.

its 

in 

There 

is  one  thing,  however,  which 
retailers  may  be  assured  of  in  this  con­
nection, 
there  will  be  more  rubber- 
shoe  factories  built  on  paper  than  on 
Mother  Earth.  The  million-dollar  ex­
periment  of  the  defunct  Para  company 
is  too  fresh  in  mind for any  experienced 
rubber  man  to  care  to  tempt  fortune  by 
any  Napoleonic 
Rubber 
manufacturers  are  a  particularly  keen 
set  of  men  and  they  will consider a  long 
time  before  investing  the  vast  sums  of 
money  necessary  in  this "business  for the 
purpose  of  fighting.  A  solid  business 
basis  will  not  be  lacking  in  any  enter­
prise  launched  by  an  experienced  rub­
ber  man.

venture. 

To  Clean  Windows.

Choose  a  dull  day,  or  at  least  a  time 
when  the  sun  is  not  shining  on  the  win 
dow ;  when  the  sun  shines  on  the  win 
dow  it  causes  it  to  be  dry-streaked,  no 
matter  how  much  it  is  rubbed.  Take  a 
painter’s  brush  and  dust  them 
inside 
and  out,  washing  all  the  woodwork 
side  before  touching  the  glass.  The 
latter  must  be  washed  simply  in  warm 
water  diluted  with  ammonia.  Do  not 
use  soap.  Use  a  small  cloth  with  a 
pointed  stick  to  get  the  dust  out  of  the 
corners;  wipe  dry  with  a  soft  piece  of 
cotton  cloth.  Do  not  use  linen,  as  i 
makes  the  glass  lirity  when  dry.  Polish 
with  tissue  paper  or  old  newspapers. 
This  can  be  done  in  half the  time  taken 
where  soap  is  used,  and  the  result  will 
be  brighter  windows.

illness, 

insurance  against 

The  compulsory  contributions  of  the 
German  working  people  to  the  National 
insurance  funds  have  grown  in  a  few 
years  to  enormous  sums.  The  last  re 
ports  show  that  the  fund  for  insurance 
against  accident  was  94,300,000  marks 
at  the  end  of  1894;  that  for  insurance 
113,643,000,  and  that 
against 
for 
invalidism  and 
old  age,  303,570,000  marks.  The  sum 
total  of  510,000,000  marks,  or  more  than 
$125,000,000,  is  so great  that  the  Ger­
man  government  is  embarrassed  to  find 
satisfactory 
The 
last  suggestion 
is  that  as  much  of  the 
money  as  cannot  be  lent  on  real  estate 
shall  be  used  to  build  model  houses  for 
workingmen,  which  shall  be  let  at 
low 
rentals  to  industrial  workers.

investment  for 

it. 

Out-of-style  goods  should  never  be 
sold  for  other  than  what  they  are,  for 
the  customer  will  sooner  or  later dis­
cover  that  he  has  been  swindled,  and 
then his trade  goes  elsewhere.

FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR CUSTOMERS

  NOT  THE  WHOLE  HOG, 
  BUT  THE  GUT  HOG
II  HOGGISH  TALK 

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■   THE JAMES  STEWART  CO.,

All brands of  Short  Cut,  Family,  Heavy  Mess  and  Butt 
Pork, $$.25 per barrel.
Pure Lard, 5}4 cents.
Compjund Lard, 414 cents in 50 lb. tins.
Sugar Cured Hams, 8?4 cents.
Shoulders, 5M cents.
Picnic Hams, 5L4 cents.
Bacon Strips, 7>4 cents.
Armour's Potted Ham, Tongue and Devilled Ham,  >48,  38 
cents tier dozen;  l/iS, 78 cents per dozen;  2  lb, Canned  Beef 
and  Roasi Beef, $1.80@1.75 per dozen, as to brand and quality.

By  special  request  we  quote  our  provision  list,  prices 

Terms, cash with order in current exchange.

good until May 27:

(LIM ITED )
SAGINAW,  MICH.

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honest,  ard  I  don’t  want  any  more  of 
your  trade.  Take  your  eggs  and  go.”

Brown  then  relapsed 

into  a  statue 
again,  remaining  in  that  position  until 
Mrs. 
Jinks  and  her  eggs —minus  the 
one  that  collapsed—had  left  the  store. 
The  strain  of  invective  that  flowed  from 
Mrs.  Jinks,  mouth  ceased  not  until  the 
innocent  old  horse  had  turned  the  cor­
ner,  and  then 
it  gradually  died  away 
in  the  distance.  Poor  Brown  was  crest­
fallen ;  and  he  has  been trying  to  gather 
up  his  plumes  ever  since.  All  he  said 
after  the  piratical  old  Jinks  had  sailed 
aw ay was,  “ That  makes  me  tired !”

E.  A .  O w e n .

The  bargain  hunter 

is  always  with 
you,  and  old-fashioned  goods, 
if  not 
too  old-fashioned,  are  legitimate  prey 
for  those  who  want  something  under 
price.

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Note these  Prices: 

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has been  used  in all ages to  indicate the height of perfection, 
and  it  is  with  this  idea  in  view  that  the name  is applied  to 
this flour.

^LAUREL  FLOURS

is manufactured from the best  hard  Spring  Wheat  grown  ifi  the  Northwest 
and by the latest  methods, and  the best possible  results have been obtained.
We guarantee it to be equal to any and  superior to many  of  the  Spring 

Wheat Flours offered.

A trial order will convince you of the truth of our statement.
Banners and  printed matter supplied.

WORDEN  GROCER  CO.,

G R A N D   R A P ID S,  M lC fl.

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Sells when other flours lay around the 
store  to  gather  dust  and  feed  mice. 
There’s no money  in  raising  mice  nor 
in  accumulating  unsaleable  relics. 
You don’t want  any  “chestnuts.”  You 
want  sellers  and  there  are  none  on 
the market like

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Brown,  Mrs.  Jen ks  and  the  Eggs.

W ritten f o r  t h e  T r a d e s m a n .

Brown 

is  baldheaded.  Some  people 
say  he  has  born  baldheaded.  The  bald 
head  has  nothing  to  do  with  this  little 
episode—I  merely  mention 
it  by  way 
of  describing  Brown.  Brown  is  a  con­
firmed  old  bachelor, 
just  why  he  never 
married  I  cannot  say.  His  neighbors 
say  it  is  because  he  is  too  stingy  to  buy 
a 
license;  but  close  observation  of 
Brown’s  manners  in speech and his gen­
eral  deportment  would  leave the impres­
sion  that  the  reason he  never  married  is 
because he never met a woman he thought 
was  good  enough  to  be  his  wife.  Brown 
is  a  descendant  of  proud,  aristocratic 
ancestors,  and  he  moves,  acts  and  ex­
ists  with  a  full  consciousness  of  this— 
to  him—pleasant  fact. 
Even  the  smile 
that  illumines  his  ruddy  round  face  and 
some  of  the  adjacent  territory  where  the 
hair  ought  to  glow  shows,  as  plainly  as 
the  handwriting  on  the  wall  of  Belshaz­
zar’s  diningroom,  that  Brown  knows, 
better  than  anyone  else,  that  the  blood 
which  courses  through  his  veins  con­
tains  some  of  the  same  red  corpuscles 
that  distinguished  his  forefathers  in  the 
early  days  of  the  settlement.

Brown 

is  exceedingly  exact 

in  his 
habits,  and,  if  there  is  one  thing  more 
than  another  that  will  throw  his  liver 
into  a  fit  of  sulkiness  and  disturb  the 
serenity  of  his  mind,  it  is  a  hint  from 
one  of  his  patrons  that  a  flaw  has  been 
discovered  in  his  method  of  conducting 
business  affairs.  To  earn  a  dollar  in  a 
manner  that  will  bring  down  on  the  'top 
of  his  bald  head  cool  and  refreshing 
showers  of  praise  from  those  who  make 
the  earning  of  the  dollar  possible,  and 
then  to  cling  to  that  cold  dollar  with the 
tenacity  of  a  drowning  man  to  the  oft- 
quoted  straw,  is  Brown’s  only  ambi­
tion,  earthly  or heavenly.

If 

Brown  keeps  a  general  store  on  one 
of  the  principal  “  four  corners”   of  the 
village,  and  the  other  day  something 
it  had  occurred  in 
occurred  there. 
any  other  store, 
it  would  have  been 
passed  by  as  a  common, 
everyday 
affair;  but  it  happened  at  Brown’s,  and 
it  shows  that  even  the  smiling,  aristo­
cratic,  baldheaded,  imperturbable  Mr. 
Browir  is  not  exempt  from  the trials  and 
tribulations  that  fall  to  the  common 
lot 
It  made  Brown  a 
of  store-keepers. 
trifle 
‘ ‘ weary,”  
and  he  has  been 
‘ ‘ tired”   ever  since.

A  sun-browned,  vinegar-visaged  fe­
male  on  the  down  side  of  40,  accom­
panied by a homely,  freckled-faced  boy, 
drove  up  in  front  of  Brown’s  store  with 
a  horse  that  wore  a  sad countenance  and 
looked  as  though  he  had 
just  passed 
through  his  twentieth  winter  on  a  diet 
of  rye  straw;  and  in  the  wagon  were  a 
dishpan,  a  market  basket  and  a  tin 
pail,  all  full  of  eggs.

‘ ‘ Good  morning,  Mrs. 

Jin k s,”   said 
the  bland  Mr.  Brown  as  the  woman  and 
the  boy  came 
in  with  the  hen  fruit; 
“ you  have  quite  a  lot  of  eggs  for  these 
warm  days,  but  I  suppose  they  are  all 
nice and  fresh?”

injured 

‘ ‘ Course  they  b e!”   snapped  Mrs. 
inno­
Jinks,  with  an  air  of 
‘ ‘ Do  ye  ’spose  I ’d  bring  rotten 
cence. 
aigs  to  the  store  to  sell?  Now,  them 
there  aigs 
is  all  counted ;  there’s  jest 
ten  dozen  in  that  there  pan,  eight  dozen 
in  that  basket  and 
five  dozen  in  this 
here  pail.  Bub,  here,  seen  me  count 
’em—didn’t  ye,  Bub?”   But  “ Bub”  
was  examining  the  interior  mechanism 
of  a  newfangled  mouse  trap  and  did  not 
hear  the  question  addressed  to  him.

Brown  knew  that  Mrs.  Jinks  was  a 
most  difficult  customer  to  get  along

with,  and  so  he  put  the  eggs  on  a 
counter  by  themselves,  so  that  there 
might  be  no  occasion  for  dispute  as 
to  the  number  of  them.

just 

“ There  are 

dozen,’ ’ said
Brown. 
“ You  must  have  made  a  mis­
take,  Mrs.  Jinks,  in  counting  them,  for 
they  fall  short  a  dozen  and  a  h alf.”

‘ Fall 

fetched 

short!’  ”  

contemptuously 
“ No,  they don’t  fall 
snorted  the  Jinks. 
I  guess  I  know  how  to 
short  neither. 
count  aigs—I ’ve  counted  aigs  all  my 
life—and  I ’ll  take  my  solium  oath  that 
I 
jest  23  dozen  aigs  into this 
here  store—didn’t  I,  Bub?”   Her  ap­
peal  to  the  urchin  was  made  in  vain, 
for  he  was  out  on  the  sidewalk  trying  to 
work  up  a  jackknife trade. 
“Brown  put 
on  one  of  his best smiles,  and proceeded 
to  demonstrate  the  correctness  of  his 
count;  and,  while  thus  engaged, 
the 
smile  on  his  face  grew  stronger—so  did 
the  tongue  of  Mrs. 
Jinks.  All  at  once 
there  was  a  explosion. 
It  was  the  first 
of  a  series  of  explosions  that  followed 
each  other 
The 
first  one  came  from  the  crate  of  eggs 
that  was  being  rehandled. 
It  left  its 
visible  effects  on  Brown’s negligee  shirt 
front—its 
invisible  effects  were  pain­
fully  apparent  to  every  one  in  the  'store 
who  had  not 
lost  the  sense  of  smell. 
Brown  rose  up,  and  when  the  top  of  his 
bald  head  reached  high-water  mark,  he 
was  something  terrible  to  behold.  His 
smile  was  all  gone,  and  there was  some­
thing  spread  all  over  his  face  that  in­
dicated  wounded  dignity.

in  quick  succession. 

“ Mrs.  Jin k s,”   said  Brown,  in a  voice 
that  suddenly  checked  all  merriment  on 
the  part  of  the  two  or  three  disinter­
their 
ested  spectators,  and  changed 
into  one 
feeling  of  cool 
of  almost  tearful  sympathy  for  him 
in 
his  great  tribulation,  “ take  your  eggs 
and  g o !”

indifference 

Mrs.  Jinks  stamped  her  No.  7  cow­
hide  shoe  upon  the  floor  in  a  fit of  rage. 
She  said  she  would  take  her  eggs  and 
go,  and  would  never  come  back  again 
either.  She  accused  Brown  of  stingy- 
ness  and  everything  else  she 
could 
think  of,  and  charged  him  with  trying 
to  steal  a  dozen  and  a  half  of  her  eggs, 
and  told  him  he  put  the  rotten  egg 
among  her  eggs  and  broke  it  purposely 
in  order that  he  might  the  more  effec­
tually  succeed  in  his  thieving  schemes. 
During  this  violent  tirade,  Brown  stood 
as  motionless  as  a  statue. 
It  was  the 
calm 
that  precedes  the  storm.  The 
growing  darkness  on  his  face  showed 
that  even  the  self-contained  bachelor, 
Phineas  Brown,  Esq.,  could  not,  at  all 
times  and  on  all  occasions,  preserve 
the  even  tenor  of  his  ways.  Had  he 
chosen  any  other  calling  in  life  it might 
have  been  different,  but 
in  a  life  be­
hind  the  counter  experiences  are  en­
countered  that  would  upset  the  serenity 
of  the  Angel  Gabriel.  At  last  Brown 
exploded.

“ Take  your  eggs  and  g o !”   he  said; 
and  to  his  credit  be  it  said,  he  did  not 
tell  her  where  to  go  with  her  eggs. 
Not  many  fellows  placed 
in  Brown’s 
position  would  have  made  this  omis­
sion.

‘ ‘ Take  your  eggs  and  go.  You  can’t 
play  any  of  your  tunked  little  tricks  on 
me  any 
longer.  You  have  caused  me 
more trouble of mind  than  all  the  rest  of 
my  customers  put  together.  Your  but­
ter  is  not  fit  to  eat,  and  I  am  compelled 
to  sell 
it  at  a  loss  as  grease,  and  your 
eggs  always  fall  short 
in  count.  You 
soak your dried apples  in  water,  and  you 
are  always  finding  fault,  and  you  are 
never  satisfied  with  anything  you  buy. 
In  fact,  you  are  mean,  tricky  and  dis­

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NUM ERICAL RELATION  OF S E X E S .
The  present  has  been  called  "W om­
an’s  A ge,”   because  women  are  making 
their  way  with  extraordinary  activity 
into  trades,  occupations, 
and  rapidity 
and  business  and 
industrial  pursuits 
which  were  formerly  monopolized  by 
men.

This  state  of  things  has  largely  re­
sulted  from  the  fact  that,  whereas,  for­
merly,  the  women  were  supported  by 
their  fathers,  husbands,  brothers  and 
other  male  relatives, 
later  years 
many  women  have  not  only  found  it 
necessary  to  maintain  themselves,  but 
in  not a  few  cases  they  have  been  re­
quired  to  care  for  male  dependants.

in 

Naturally,  a  great  social  movement 
of  women  out  of  home  life,  and  into 
business  and  even  public  careers,  has 
had  the  effect  to  arouse  to 
independent 
action  many  women  who  are  not obliged 
to  toil  for  their  own  living,  and  thus  a 
great  social  revolution,  set  in  motion 
by  a  variety  of  causes  operating  in 
concert,  is  rapidly  approaching  a  cul­
mination,  the  consequences  of  which, 
to  politics,  morality  and  religion,  enor­
mous  as  they  may  grow,  can  be  but 
in­
distinctly 
imperfectly 
foretold.
From 

the  rapid  and  remarkable  de­
velopment  of  the  woman  movement,  the 
inference  would  seem  plain  enough  that 
there  is  an  excess  of  women  in  the  pop­
ulation  of  the  United  States  where  the 
evolution  is  most  active.  An  examina­
tion  of  the  facts,  however,  shows  that 
this  inference  is  without  real 
founda­
tion.

foreseen 

and 

The  truth  is,  as  shown  by  the  census 
of  1890,  there  were  then  in  the  United 
States  nearly  a  million  and  a  half  more 
of  men  than  women.  The  fact  most 
remarkable,  as  shown  by  these  figures, 
is  the  excess  of  women  among  the 
negroes.  The  whites  show an  excess  of 
in  the  proportion  of  51.30  per 
males 
cent,  to  49.70.  The  civilized 
Indians 
show  a  preponderance  of  men  in  the 
ratio  of  52.04  to  47.96,  while  the  wild 
Indians  on  reservations  have  50.33  per 
cent,  of  men  to  49.67.  The  Chinese 
and  Japanese  are  nearly  all males,  since 
but  few  of  their  women  have  ever  been 
brought  into  this  country.

The  statistics  show  that  of  the  other 
races  native  to  the  United  States,  or 
domesticated  here  by  centuries  of  resi­
dence,  the  males  outnumber the  females 
in  an  average  ratio  of  51.22  to  48.78; 
but  the  negroes  violate  this  rule  in  a 
most  striking  manner,  showing  an  ex­

cess  of  women 
49.87  of  men  to  50.13  of  women.

in  the  proportion  of 

There  are  in  the  United  States  nearly 
; a  million  and  a  half  more  males  than 
! females  of  the  human  race;  but,  when 
I the  distribution  of  the  sexes  is  consid­
ered,  it  is  apparent  that  the  conditions 
are  very  peculiar.  There  are  many 
states  in which  the  women predominate, 
and  others  where  there  is  an  excess  of 
men.  The  States 
in  which  the  women 
predominate  are:  New  Hampshire, 
Massachusetts,  Rhode  Island,  Connect­
icut,  New  York,  Maryland,  District  of 
Columbia,  Virginia,  North  Carolina,
I South  Carolina,  Georgia.

is  that  there 

113.  The  states 

In  all  others  men  are  in  a  majority.
I  Louisiana,  however,  comes  nearest  of 
all  to  having  the  sexes  in  equal  num- 
| bers,  the  males  being  559,35°.  while  the 
females  are  559,237.  the  excess  of  men 
being 
in  which  the 
deficiency  of  males  is  found  are  the  old 
states  of  the  East,  which  have  lost  their 
men 
in  great  number,  party  by  the 
civil  war  and  partly  by  emigration  to 
the  West.  The  men  who  went  westward 
to  grow  up  with  the  country  were  in 
most  cases  unmarried,  although  not  a 
few  husbands  took  part 
in  the  migra­
tion,  leaving  their  wives  behind.  Thus 
it 
is  not  a  Western  State 
but  has  an  excess  of  men.  Of  the  for­
eigners  who  immigrate  to  this  country, 
the  greatest  numbers  are  men,  and  they 
help  to  create  the  disparity  of the sexes.
It  appears  from  the  census  of  1890 
that  there  is  an  excess  of  women  in  the 
cities  and  of  men  in  the  country.  The 
preponderance  of  women  in  cities  has 
commonly  been  attributed  to  the  fact 
that  there  they 
find  greater  scope  and 
opportunity  for  self-support,  and  this 
is  undoubtedly  the  true  explanation  un­
der  the  conditions  which  are  impelling 
the  sex  to  extraordinary  effort  for  self- 
help. 
It  must  be  noted  that  in  the  Old 
World  countries  of  Asia,  except  where 
the  female  population  is  limited  by  the 
general  murder  of  the 
infants  of  that 
sex,  the  excess  of  women 
is  provided! 
for  by  the  system  of  polygamous  rela­
tions.

In  Christian  countries,  where  monog­
amy 
is  the  rule,  there ought to  be  some 
general  distribution  of  the  population, 
so that  there  would  not  be  communities 
where  there  are  thousands  more  of  men 
than  women,  or  thousands  more  of 
women  than  men.  The  superabundant 
women  of  the  Eastern  cities  would  be 
a  grand  blessing  to  the  lonely  and  en­
forced  bachelordom  of  the  Far  Western 
States  and  Territories,  yet  there  is  no 
provision 
in  the  social  system  of  this 
boasted  age  of civilization to accomplish 
the  exchange.  A civilization which  fails 
to  remedy  such  an  evil  is grossly  defect­
ive.

A  curious  feature  of  the  outflow  of 
gold  from  this  country,  during  the  pres­
ent  month,  is  that  none  of  it  has gone 
to  London,  France  and  Germany  hav­
ing  taken  all  of  it.  While  the  amount 
exported  seems  large,  some  $12,000,000 
having  gone  already,  there 
is  nothing 
unusual  or  that  need  cause  uneasiness. 
In  only  two  instances,  during  the  past 
ten  years,  has  the 
import  of  gold  ex­
ceeded the  export,  while  in  May  of  1894 
there  was  an  excess  of  the  export  of 
$23,000,000;  in  1893,  $15,000,000;  1891, 
$30,000,000. 
It  will  be  remembered 
that,  last  year,  the  Treasury  was  under 
the  protection  of  the  Belmont-Morgan 
syndicate,  which 
interfered  with  the 
natural  course  of  finance.  Thus  it  will 
be  seen  that  there  is  nothing  unusual 
or  that  need  cause  uneasiness 
in  the 
present  situation.

TRADE  O UTLOO K.

Political 

Trade  seems  to  have  settled  down  to 
a  condition  of  waiting  for  something  to 
turn  up. 
conventions  and 
their  declarations  of  policy  are  so  soon 
to  occur  that  there  seems  a  disposition 
to  await  the  outcome.  Crop  decisions 
are  also  causes  of  waiting  and  this  dis­
position  is  increased  as  a  result  of 
iron 
and  other  combinations.  The  fact  that 
unexpected  demand  has  developed  in 
leather  lines  on  account  of 
shoe  and 
indicats 
good  demand  for  consumption 
that  the  caution  which  has  so 
long  .ob­
tained 
in  other  lines  may  be  found  to 
hold  trade  down  until  the  needs  of  con­
sumers  will  put  a  new  face  on  the 
matter.

The  most  favorable  reports  come trom 
boot,  shoe  and leather lines.  The  whole­
sale  demand 
indicates  that  too  much 
caution  has  been  exercised  in  buying 
and  stocks  have  run  short.  May  trade 
has  been  exceptionally  good  and  there 
is  a  disposition  to  buy  more  freely  for 
summer  delivery.

feature 

favorable 

The  most 

in  the 
iron  situation  is  that  there  is  a  greater 
demand,  two  to  one,  for  steel  rails  than 
last  year.  The  general  dullness 
at 
Pittsburg,  however, 
intensi­
fied.  Bessemer  pig  is  quoted  still lower, 
and  the.  general  demand 
for  finished 
products  is  very  slack.  There  is  prom­
ise,  however,  in  the  outlook  for  struc­
tural  demand.

is  even 

Complaint  still  continues  that  the 
prices  of  cotton  goods  are  too  low  for 
the  price  of  cotton.  The  tendency  has 
Wen  for  cotton  to  keep  up,  through 
speculative 
interest,  while  the  unprec­
edentedly  low  quotations on prints,  etc., 
continue.  These  conditions  are  result­
ing  in  still  further  closing  of  mills  and 
in  some  cases  reductions  of  wages  in 
spite  of  threatened  strikes.  Wool  has 
moved  more  freely,  though  with  decline 
in  price.

In  the  stock  market  the  tendency  to 
wait  seems  most  marked.  The  Spanish 
incident  last  week  exerted  a  bearish 
tendency,  which  was  of  short  duration. 
Among  industrials  the  only  ones  show­
ing  much  activity  are  the  Diamond 
Match  and  New  York  Biscuit.  These 
have  changed  rapidly  within  a  range  of 
eight  or  ten  points  enough  to  make 
them  interesting  for  speculators.

The  ratio  of 

failures  keeps  up,  265 
against  267  last week and  210 in the same 
week  one  year  ago.  Bank  clearings 
continue  about  the  same  and  exceed  the 
billion  mark.

ruptcy  bill  seems 
likely  to  be  left  in 
committee.  The  bill  for  the  adoption 
of  the  metric  system,  while  not  of  so 
importance,  en­
immediate  economic 
countered  a  satirical 
speech  which 
in  such  a.light  that 
placed  the  matter 
no  one  seemed 
inclined  to  take  it  up 
again—it  was  simply  buried  under  un­
reasoning  ridicule.

The  country  seems  to  have  accepted 
the  situation  gracefully  and  to  have  re­
signed  itself  to  waitng  until  there  can 
be  more  harmonious  action. 
In  the 
the  results  may  be  more 
long  run 
beneficial  than 
if  there  had  been  too 
radical  steps  taken  for  the  remedying 
of  temporary  conditions.____

A  T Y PIC A L  ST R IK E .

The  Milwaukee  street  railway  strike 
was  of  passing  interest  in  that  it  was  a 
typical  set-to  between  a  municipal  cor­
poration  and  unionism.  Depending  on 
the  influence  of  popular  sympathy,  the 
to  every  possible 
strikers  appealed 
authority  for 
interference  and  arbitra­
tion.  Fortunately,  there  was  sufficient 
recognition  of  the  danger  of  such  inter­
ference  on  the  part  of  the  city  council, 
to  cause 
it to  stand  aloof.  The  efforts 
of  the  State  Board  of  Arbitration  were 
of  no  avail  as  to  the  position  taken  by 
the  company  that  it  could  not  consist­
ently  recognize  the  union.

The  company  found  no  difficulty  in 
supplying  the  places  of  the  strikers 
with  experienced  operators,  recruited 
from  several  different  cities,  including 
about  seventy-five  from  Grand  Rapids. 
Thus  about  700  men  were  put  to  work 
in  place  of  1,000  strikers,  and  the  serv­
ice  was  soon  restored,  although  the con­
tinued  manifestation  of  public  sym­
pathy  by  the  patronage  of  other  con­
veyances  provided  by  the strikers  great­
ly 
lessened  the  patronage,  so  that  the 
smaller  number  were  sufficient  for  the 
work.  The  company  adheres  to 
its 
proposition  to  keep  those  who  have 
taken  the  place  of  the  strikers  em­
ployed,  but  signifies  its  willingness  to 
take  on  the  old  men  as  fast  as  openings 
mav  be  found  for  them.

The  results  of  a  strike  ol  this  kind  to 
the  rank  and  file  of  the  workmen  de­
mand  the  greatest  commiseration ;  and 
yet,-  if  their  misguided  efforts  should  be 
successful  in  the  establishment  of  union 
control  over  such  industries,  the  results 
would  be  so  far  reaching  that the  suffer­
ing  which  would  be  caused  by  the 
in­
follow  would  be 
evitable  contests  to 
many  times  greater.

WAITING  FOR  HARMONY.

The  session  of  Congress  now ¡drawing 
to  a  close  has  been  remarkable  for  the 
number  of  measures  ' introduced  of  an 
industrial  or  economic  character  and 
for  the  small  number  of  such  measures 
which  have,  or  will  at  this  session,  be­
come  laws.  The  industrial  depression 
early  engaged  attention  and  measures 
for  relief  were  prosecuted  vigorously. 
It  looked  as  though  something  effective 
would  promptly  result.  But  when  the 
political  situation  became  manifest 
it 
was  found  that  the  differences between 
the  two  houses  and  between  them  and 
the  Executive  was  such  that  no  decis­
ive  action  could  be  consummated.  Thus 
a  truce  of  an  agreement  to  wait  for 
other  changes  seems  to  have  been 
tacitly  agreed  upon;  and  such  meas­
ures,  after  long  discussion  were  left  in 
committee  or  buried  between  the  two 
houses.

This  is  the  situation  as  to  measures 
for  the  relief  of  the  Treasury,'and  for 
the  increase  of  revenue.  The  bank-

As 

The  continued  depression  and 

irreg­
ularity  of  prices  in  cotton  and  woolen 
manufactures  seem  to  have  no  influence 
in  discouraging  the  establishment  of 
in  those  industries  all 
new  enterprises 
over  the  South. 
indicating  the 
rapidity  with  which  the  Southern  de­
velopment  of  these  manufactures 
is 
progressing,  an  association  of  seventy 
concerns  has  been  organized  at  Atlanta, 
called  the  Southern  Textile Association. 
It  certainly  looks  as  though  this  line  of 
industries  is  destined  to be  transplanted 
to  the  warmer  clime.

While 

speculative 

securities  have 
been  very  dull  in  the  London  markets 
recently,  it  is  significant  that  the 
inci­
dent  of  offering  a  block  of  $4,000,000 
New  York  City  3 ^   per  cent,  bonds 
should  have  provoked  a  vigorous  com­
petition,  and  that  the  prominent  firm 
which  made  the  successful  bid,  in offer­
ing  them  at  a  price  which  would reduce 
the 
income  to  3  per  cent.,  quickly  se- 
| cured  an  oversubscription  to  the  bonds.

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A  DEMAND  SU PPLIED .

in  the 

An  interesting  illustration  of  the  say­
ing  that  a  demand  will  always  create  a 
supply  is  found  in  the  methods  of news­
paper 
illustrating  now  so  generally  in 
use.  Within  the  memory  of  all  who 
have  attained  majority  illustrations  in 
the  daily  press  were  practically  un­
known,  and 
illustrated  weekly 
and  monthly  papers  the  preparation  of 
the  engravings,  while  limited  in  quan­
tity,  constituted  a  very  large  proportion 
of  the  cost.  Until  quite  recently  the 
only  practical  method  of  producing  en­
gravings  for  use  in  newspapers  was  by 
laboriously  cutting  them  in  the  surface 
of  an  especially  fine  grained  wood  with 
steel  gravers.

Those  familiar  with  the  art of engrav­
ing  remember  that  there  was  a  great de­
mand  for  illustrations  which  could  not 
be  supplied  by  the  resources  of  wood 
engraving.  A  few  coarsely  engraved 
portraits  of  prominent  men,  with  an  oc­
casional  rough  diagram  or  map,  were 
about  all  that  that  costly  process  could 
achieve  for  daily  newspapers;  and 
these,  on  account  of  the  limitations  of 
coarse printing,  were ugly,  hard-looking 
productions.

The  demand for some  practical  means 
of  artistic  illustration  became  more  and 
more  urgent.  As  a  consequence,  a  large 
number  of  “ processes”   were  devised 
which  yielded  more  or  less,  generally 
less,  successful  results,  until  finally  one 
of  the  first  to  be  tried  and  abandoned 
was  taken  up  again  and,  through  a  few 
“ kinks’ ’ 
its  management,  became 
practical.  This  has  now about  driven 
all  other  methods  from  the  field ;  and  it 
is  an  exception  to  pick  up  any  daily 
in  this  country  without 
paper  printed 
finding  a  considerable  number  of 
illus­
trations  by  this  process  in  its  pages.

in 

in 

As  might  be  expected,  the  growth  of 
the  art  element  in  this  class  of  illustra­
tions  was  very  slow.  For a long  time,  if 
not,  indeed,  in  the  majority  of  cases 
yet,  the  portraits  and  sketches  were 
laughably  crude  and 
inartistic.  R e­
few  artists  have 
cently,  however,  a 
taken  hold  of  the  work 
in  a  way  to 
make  a  revelation  as  to  its possibilities.
It  is  a  matter  worthy  of  note  that  the 
illustrating  daily 
element  of  art 
papers  has  made  the  greatest  advance 
in 
the  West.  While  the  New  York 
papers  content  themselves  with  ama­
teurish  delineations  of  the  faces  of  not­
able  men,  the  Chicago  press  has  devel­
oped  the  highest  grade  of  work  in  that 
line  of  art  in  this country.  Some  of  the 
artists  engaged 
in  this  field  have  dis­
covered  the  fact  that  the  process,  in  its 
use 
in  the  coarsest  methods  of  fast 
newspaper printing,  is peculiarly  adapt­
ed  to  a  strong,  artistic  handling.  The 
results  of  their  work  are  remarkable  for 
the  evident  fidelity  of  the  likeness  in 
the portraits,  with the  boldest  treatment.
Thus  this  demand  for  supplementing 
the  text  with  graphic  representation  has 
been  the  means  of  developing  an  in­
dustry  of  great  magnitude,  which  seems 
likely  to  create  a  new  school  of  art 
in 
“ black  and  white.’ ’  While  the  progress 
of  the  industry  has  been  considerable, 
the  artistic  features  are  only  just  begin­
ning  to  become  apparent  and  the  prom­
ise  of  future  development  in  this  line 
seems  almost  unlimited.

A  SLCfW  D EBTO R.

The 

little 

incident  recently  reported 
from  Washington  relative  to  the  allow­
ance  to  an  old  Texan  by  Congress  of  a 
small  claim  of  thirty  years’  standing 
is 
illustrative  of  the  fact  that,  in  spite 
of  a  popular theory  to  the  contrary,  the

Government  is  one  of  the  most  dilatory 
and  unfeeling  debtors  in  the  world.

The  country 

is  full  of  slow  debtors, 
some  because  of  unavoidable 
inability 
to  meet  their  obligations  and  others 
from  absolute  meanness,  but  none  of 
them  take  their  time  in  standing  off  a 
creditor  as  Uncle  Sam  does.  The  city 
of  Washington  is  filled  annually  with  a 
large  number  of 
lobbyists,  who  are 
lobbyists  in  no  offensive  sense,  but  are 
there  urging  the  payment  of  hundreds, 
even  thousands,  of  old  claims that ought 
to  have been  paid  years  ago.  These  un­
fortunate  creditors  who  trusted  Uncle 
Sam  on  his  reputation  have  gone  year 
after  year to his representatives,  seeking 
common  justice,  but  have  as  often  met 
disappointment.  Many  of  them  have 
grown  gray 
in  following  their  claim, 
and  have  lost  money,  strength  and mind 
ip  the  ceaseless  rounds  and  heartless- 
ness  and  red  tape  of  the  Circumlocution 
Office,  and  yet  haunt  the  capitol  and 
department  corridors  as  so  many  ghosts 
of  a  former age.

Persons 

familiar  with  Washington 
are  familiar  with  these  pitiable  objects 
of  governmental  misuse.  There  are  In­
dian  and  border  depredation  claims, 
French  spoliation  claims,  claims  for 
materials  furnished  and  services  per­
formed,  where  the  cause  of  action  oc­
curred  long  years  ago,  that  have  never 
been  paid,  and  never  will  be,  and  that 
are  yet  honest  obligations  of  the  Gov­
ernment.  Uncle  Sam 
is  not  the  high- 
souled  and  scrupulously  honest  debtor 
he  is  often  supposed  and  reputed  to  be. 
Salaries  are  generally  paid  promptly, 
but,  when  the  average  citizen  does  the 
Government  a  good  turn  at an opportune 
time,  or  has  his  property  destroyed 
when  the  Government  was  responsible 
for  its  protection,  not  to  get  the  cash  at 
the  time 
is  not  to get  the  cash  at  any 
time  for  years,  possibly  never  to  get  it.

like,  and 

The  ideal  man  has  been  found  at last. 
It  has  heretofore  been  supposed  that 
heaven  was  his  home,  and  piactical 
people  have  not  wasted  much time  logk- 
ing  for  him  on  this  wicked  earth.  An­
other  reason  that  he  has  remained  so 
long  incognito  is  that  no  one  knew  just 
what  an 
ideal  man  was  like,  or  what 
they  were  looking  for.  Prohibitionists 
thought  he  didn’t  drink  or  use  tobacco. 
Club  women  thought  he  would  stay  at 
home  and  tend  to  the  baby  o’  nights. 
Young  girls  thought  he  always  treated 
to  soda  water.  Rev.  Anna  Shaw,  how­
ever,  had  a  distinct 
idea  of  what  he 
was 
the  minute  she  saw 
Prof.  Edward  Griggs,  of  the  Stanford 
University,  in  California,  she knew  him 
to  be  the  ideal  man  she  had  been 
look­
ing  for,  for  more  years  than  the  census 
taker  wots  of.  She  didn’t  recognize 
him  by  the  strawberry  mark  on his  arm, 
but  by  his  sentiments.  He  made  a 
speech  on  “ The  Modern  Change 
in 
Ideals  of  Womanhood,”   and,  as  soon  as 
he 
and 
triumphantly  announced  that  here  was 
the  perfect  one  of  his  sex,  the  ideal 
man.  This  was  greeted  with tremendous 
applause,  as  the  audience  was delighted 
to  be  let  in  at  once  on  the  ground  floor, 
as  it  were,  of  such  an  important discov­
ery.  As  Miss  Shaw  is  a  Michigan  wom­
an-  albeit  she  now  resides  in  Boston— 
her  judgment  may  be  relied  upon as ex­
cellent. 

finished,  Rev.  Shaw  arose 

_________________

The 

The  exports  of  gold  for the ten months 
ending  with  April  amounted  to $86,- 
290,157. 
imports  for  the  same 
time  were  $30,301,054.  Thus  the  ex­
cess  of  the  exports  of  gold  were $55,- 
989,103.  The  excess  for  the  correspond­
ing  time  of  the  preceding  year  was 
$36,219,392.

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CONTAINS

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Handsome  Show  Cards, 

Hangers, 

Posters,  Etc.

ONE  L A R G E   B O T T LE

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Keep a pitcher full  and  serve  all 
your  customers  free,  and  you 
will sell  a “ Hummer’’ Case every 
day.

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By ordering the big

This outfit is  packed  In  three 

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15 doz.  8 oz., 25c. size;  retails
1  doz. 24  oz., 50c. size;  retails
............................. . 
Total, $51.

for......................................  $45
for 
$6
(Will last small  store  one  week.»

ATABLESPOONFUL  MAKES A QUART
f Read  This, Mr.  Retailer:

These  goods  are  rapidly 
taking  the  place of  lemons. 
Everybody drinks it.  Every­
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Is complete without it.  Root 
Beer  « Not in it.”   We have 
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Order to-day of  your Jobber
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The idling mods FREE:

One 1-gal on jug, for  sampling, 
makes  2,000  glasses;  one  tray; 
two 
six  glasses;  one  pitcher; 
muslin  banners: 
ten  colored 
signs;  large posters;  twelve beau­
tiful  oil  painting  reproductions 
in fourteen  colors, size 12x17. one 
free to  each  purchaser  of  a  50c. 
bottle.

We guarantee this to be the orig­
N.  B.—In i rdering say so  many 

inal Thompson’s goods.
“ Hummer” or “Demonstrator.”

Special Triple  Extract  for soda 
fountains  and  soft  drink  trade. 
In  one gallon  bottles;  price.  $2. 
Will  make  thirteen  gallon*  fine 
syrup at a cost of only  50c.  a  gal­
lon.
-24 oz  50c. size,  1 doz.  in a case;
price.......................................$4.00
8-oz. 25c. size,  less than case lots; 
price, per doz........................$2.00

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H a rd w a re

D ESPO T  OF  THE  NAIL.

How  One  Man  Controls  a  Vast  Man­

ufacturing  Interest.

From the Chicago Times-Herald.

In  an  office  at  608  Sears  building, 
Boston,  Mass.,  is  a  man  whose  power 
is  more  despotic  than  that  of  the  Pres­
ident  of  the  United  States,  and  whose 
annual  income  is  several  times  as large. 
His  word 
is  sufficient  to  close  one  or 
fiftv  large  industrial  establishments,  to 
throw  an  army  of  men  out  of  employ­
ment,  or  to  build  up  or  partially destroy 
the  fortunes  of  many  business  men.

jobber 

formed 

His  title 

Of  course,  he  is  a  multi-millionaire, 
and  it  can  be  added  that  at  his  present 
rate  of  progress  he  will  soon  distance 
the  illustrious  Li  Hung  Chang,  with  or 
without  the  peacock  feather  and  yellow 
jacket.
is  a  modest  one  and  is  not 
paraded  before  the  public. 
In  fact,  if 
it  were  possible  to  conceal  it,  the  exist­
ence  of  his  office  would  remain  abso­
lutely  unknown,  except  to  those  directly 
interested.  To  ever  nail  manufacturer 
or 
in  this  country  he  is  known 
as  “ commissioner”   or  treasurer  of  the 
“ nail  pool.”   All  do  not  yet  know  that 
he  occupies  a  similar  position  with  a 
recently 
association,  which 
“ boosted”   the  price  of  machine  bolts 
and  nuts  50  per  cent,  last  week.  The 
is  thoroughly  conver­
trade,  however, 
sant  with  the  fact  that  he  succeeded 
in 
“ boosting”   the  price  of  tacks 
150  per 
cent,  a  few  years  ago,  at  a  time  when 
the  trade  was  in  an  utterly  demoralized 
condition  and  the  cost  of  manufacture 
lower  than 
it  has  ever  been  before  or 
since.
The  title  of  “ commissioner”   is  fit­
ting,  as  the  man  in  question  has  a  com­
mission  to  hold  the  pool  of  nail  manu­
Inci­
facturers  and 
dentally  he  receives  a  commission  of 
1 
cent  a  keg  on  all  the  nails  sold,  as  long 
as  he  succeeds.  This  last  little  item 
amounts  to §6,750  a  month,  or  §81,000  a 
year,  on  the  basi-  of  allotment  agreed 
on  for  April.  The  allotment  for  the 
current  month  is  not  generally  known, 
though  it  was  fixed  at  a  meeting  held  at 
the  Wellington  Hotel  in  this  city  about 
two  weeks  ago.
This  little  item  of  §81,000  per  annum 
is  regarded  by  knowing  ones  as  only  a 
little  side 
line  when  compared  with 
the  revenue  from  freight  rebates.  Out 
of  deference 
interstate  com­
merce  law,  however,  the  latter  question 
is  tabooed  and  the  whole  matter  is  a 
subject  of  conjecture. 
is  neverthe­
less  unquestioned  that  prices  of  nails  at 
all  points  in  the  United  States  are  the 
same  as  at  Pittsburg,  w ith   the  open, 
published  freight  rate  from  that  city 
added. 
if 
the nails are shipped from a mill near the 
point  of  consumption,  as  often  hap­
pens,  the  difference  goes 
into  some­
body’s  pocket.

If  a  less  rate  is  secured,  or 

its  prices  intact. 

to  the 

It 

is  §3.30. 

The  benefits  which  haye  accrued  to 
the  general  public  from  the  practical 
workings  of  this  pool  can  best  be  il­
lustrated  by  a  few  figures.  Less  than  a 
year  ago  sixty-penny  nails  sold  in  Chi­
cago  as  low  as 95  cents  a  keg.  Their 
Lathers’  nails, 
price  now 
technically  known 
“ three-penny 
fine,”   sold  then  at  §2.55,  now  at  $4.40. 
These  sorts  represent  extremes  of  com­
mercial  sizes.
Practically  all  of  this additional price, 
ranging  from  S i.85  to  §2.25  on  a  single 
keg,  goes  to  the  nail  manufacturers. 
The  jobber  gets  practically  nothing,  the 
retailer  gets  little  more  and  the consum­
er  pays  the  freight  on  the  whole  trans­
action.

as 

in 

The  method  of  keeping  the  wholesale 
line  under  this  jug-handled 
dealer 
arrangement 
is  simple  but  effective. 
There  are  only  three  or  four  mills  out­
side  the  combination,  an d   these  are  not 
sufficient  to  supply  Chicago alone.  The 
treasurer,  therefore,  notifies  the  jobber 
that  he  is  entitled  to  10  cents  a  keg  re­
bate,  provided  he  buys  of  certain  mills ] 
which  the  treasurer  shall  designate  and 
does  not  sell  below  the  stipulated  price. 
As  the  payment  of  the  rebate—on which 
the commissioner meanwhile  draws  in­

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

in 

terest—is  deferred  six  months,  the  buy­
er  is  in  the  iron  grasp  of  the  commis­
sioner.  The  purchases  of  the  buyer 
during  the  six  months  are  necessarily 
so  large  that  he  has,  at all times,  several 
thousand  dollars  in  rebates  on  deposit 
with  the  combine.  All  this  is  lost  if 
the  dealer  buys  of  a  mill  outside  the 
association,  and  it  can  thus  be  seen  that 
the  outside  mills  have  a  very  hard  time 
selling  their  products  to  any  buyer 
whose  needs  are  large.
The  nail  mills  in  the  pool  have  been 
kept 
line  heretofore  by  a  “ gentle­
man’s  agreement,”   which  has numerous 
additions  and  variations.  The  chief  of 
these 
is  to  cut  down  the  allotment  of 
total  production  to  the  basis  of  actual 
demands  for  consumption,  apportion 
this  as  nearly  as  possible  among  the 
various  millsi 
say,  75 
cents  a  keg  from  the  price  of  every 
nail  made  above  that  figure  by  any 
in­
dividual  mill  and  give  the  75  cents  to 
such  mills  as  do  not  manufacture  their 
allotted  total.
The  basis  of  allotment  is  fixed  every 
month,  and  the  pool  alternates  its  meet­
ings,  between  New  York,  Pittsburg, 
Cleveland  and  Chicago.  The  last  ad­
vance  of  15  cents  a  keg  was  ordered  at 
New  York 
in  March  and  reaffirmed  at 
the  April  meeting  in  Chicago.

then  deduct, 

in  which  the  reduction 

The  pool  practically  guarantees 

its 
prices  for  a  month,  but  will  not  sell  for 
delivery  more  than  a  month  ahead. 
It 
also  behooves  every  dealer  to  keep  sold 
up  close  every  month,  as  a  part  of  one 
o f  the  clauses  of 
its  guarantee  to  the 
jobbers  reads:  "N o   abatement  will  be 
made  on  any  invoice  shipped  prior  to 
the  first  of  the  month,  next  preceding 
the  one 
is 
made. ’ ’
The  profits  that  the  commissioner  de­
rives  from  his  nail  business  and  its  col­
laterals  are  presumed  to  be  very  much 
larger  than  those  he  receives  from  the 
recently  formed  “ bolt  association,”   but 
the  particulars  of  the  latter  have  not  yet 
floated  to  the  surface.  The  only  par­
ticulars  so  far  known  to  the  trade  are 
that  the  price  has  advanced  50  per cent, 
within  a  week.
is  the  “ trade  general”  
].  H.  Parks 
who  successfully 
scheme 
which  brought  the  nail  mauanufactur- 
ers  out  of  a  condition  in  which  they 
were 
into  a  condition 
where  they  are  now  coining  it.  He 
is  a  fine  looking  but  unassuming  man, 
and  his  work  is  as  fine  in  its  way  as 
is 
its  projector.  His  inspectors  have  ac­
cess  to  all  the  books  and  works  of  the 
men 
in  the  pool,  and  he  is  constantly 
informed  if  any  of  the  mills  run  ahead 
or  behind  their  proportion.
His  prestige  was  gained  as  organizer 
of  the  Atlas  tack  corporation,  a  con 
cern  which  bought  up  the  Taunton  tack 
company,  Loring  Parks,  Field  &  Co., 
Shelton  &  Co.,  and  many  of  the  other 
great  corporations  of  the  East.  This 
concern 
is.  now  in  a  legal  tangle,  said 
to  have  been  due  to  trouble  among  the 
managers,  and  the  United  States  courts 
have  appointed  J.  T.  Lathrop and  James 
P.  Stearns receivers  to  adjust  its  affairs. 
Both  these  men  have  offices  in  the Sears 
Building,  Boston,  the  same  building 
which  shelters  Mr.  Parks.

losing  money 

floated  the 

The  Drummer’s  Leap.

Three  drummers  sat 

in  a  Broadway 
cable  car  the  other  day  telling  stories. 
The  conversation  had  run  to  tales  of 
railroad  accidents,  and  two of  the  men 
had  told  of  several  narrow  escapes  they 
had  had.  The  third  was  silent  for  a 
moment,  and  then  he  took  up the  thread 
of  the  conversation.

“ While  up  the  state  yesterday,”   he 
said,  “ I  jumped  from  the  Empire  E x ­
press  while 
it  was  flying  at  the  rate  of 
sixty  odd  miles  an  hour  ”   Then  he 
stopped  and  watched  the  effect  of  his 
statement.
“  You  jumped  from  the  Empire  E x ­
press?”   inquired the other two drummers 
in  unison.
then  he added: 
when  I  made  the  jum p.”

“ Yes,  s ir,”   replied  the  other.  And 
“ I  was  on  the  track 

It 

is  seldom  advisable  to  urge  any­
body  to  buy,  for  people  are  suspicious 
of  that  which  you  are  so anxious  to  get 
rid  of.

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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 1

C lerks’  C orner

A  Diploma  Not  Essential  to  Success.
There  is  a  good  deal  of  human  nature 
in 
the  young  fellow  who  works  just 
over  the  way.  There  isn’t  a  lazy  bone 
in  his'  body,  and 
it  doesn't  make  any 
difference  whether  the  boss  is  around  or 
not,  if  there  is  anything  to  be  done  he 
takes  right  hold  and  does  it.  He’s  at 
the  store  the  tirst  one  in  the  morning, 
and  there  doesn  t  seem  to  be  anything 
like  getting  tired  about  him.  One  can’t 
see  a young  fellow  like  that  without  lik­
ing him,  and one  can’t  likeanother  long 
without  getting  to  know  him  better; 
and  so,  from  time  to  time,  there  have 
been  occasional  meetings  between  us, 
until  I  think  I  know  the  boy  pretty well.
He «improved  on  acquaintance  but  he 
has  been  so  careful not to  "g e t  too  thick 
all  at  once"  that  I  began  to  fear  that  I 
should  never  know  him.  The  other day 
howe/er  le  came  d i.vn  handsomely—it 
was  probably  due  in  part  to  the  spring 
fever,  in  part  to  hard  work  and  the  rest 
to  the  home  feeling  which,  in  the  lan­
guid  spring  weather,  lays 
irresistible 
hold  on  a  fellow—and  then  I  knew  that 
the  boy  whom  I  had  put  down  as  a 
fu­
ture  ‘ ‘ man  of  m ark"  in  the  commercial 
world  doesn’t  want  to  be  that  kind  of 
man  at  all.  His  dream  is  the  life  of  a 
physician  and  his  "crown  of sorrow"  is 
the  lack  of  a  college  education.  What 
would  make  that  boy  the  happiest  one 
above  ground 
is  a  diploma  from  the 
State  University  at  Ann  Arbor;  and 
here,  while  I  was  thinking  that  he  was 
working  to  get  his  foot  on  the  next  step 
of  the  commercial  ladder,  he  was  quar­
relling  with  the  fate  that  keeps  him 
from  having  the  only  thing  in  the  world 
which, in  his  mind,  is  worth the having.
Well!  The  time  to  say  something,  if 
it  was  ever going  to  be  said,  had  come. 
A 
sentence,  with  him,  was 
enough,  and  here  it  is:  " I f   a  boy  nine­
teen  years  old  wants  a  college  training, 
the  way  to  get  it  is  to  stop  scolding  and 
led  to  further 
go  to  studying."  This 
talk  and  some  planning;  and  there 
is 
going  to  be  a  physician,  one  of  these 
days, 
liberally  educated,  a  success  in 
his  profession,  and  that  physician  is 
the  hard-working  clerk 
just  over  the 
way.

single 

It 

So  much  for  that.  But  there  is  an­
other  side  to  this  question  which  will 
bear  talking  about:  This  clerk  isn’t 
the  only  one  who  thinks  that  the  best 
part  of  the  world  is  on  the  other  side  of 
a  college  diploma,  and  that  he  never 
can  be  anything  until  he  gets  on  that 
other  side.  The  mistake  lies  in  the  be­
lieving  that  a  college  diploma 
is  the 
end  and  aim  of  existence,  and  that, 
with  that  in  hand,  the  rest  of  life  is  but 
is  no  such  thing.  The 
a  holiday. 
diploma  tells  this  brief  story: 
"T h e  
bearer  has been  allowed  to  pasture  for 
the  last  tour  years  in  the  college  clover- 
lo t"—that’s  all. 
It  doesn’t  say  whether 
the  boy  made  the  most  of  his  opportu­
nities ;  whether he had to wear a’ ' poker’ ’ 
most  of  the  time  to  keep  him  from 
jumping  the  fence,  or  whether  he  stood 
at  the  bars,  dewlap  deep  in  clover,  and 
bellowed  until  he  got out. 
It  says,  sim­
ply,  that  he  has  had  a  chance  to  im* 
prove  the  quality  of  the  beef and,  so,  of 
the  animal—that’s  all  there 
is  in  the 
diploma. 
I  know  of  a  barber  who  has 
a  diploma  from  a  medical  college;  but 
he  found,  after  the  precious  document 
was  in  his  possession,  that  he  could  do 
better  cutting  hair and  shaving,  and  he 
is  doing  so. 
Is  that,  my  clerk,  what 
you  want  of  a  diploma  and  of  the  col-

lege  training 
it  is  supposed  to  repre­
sent?  I  know  of  a  college  graduate  who 
is  driving  a  street  car  for  a  living,  and 
who  is  said  to  be  using  his  diploma  as 
a  liver  pad ! 
Is  that  what  you  want  of 
yours?

"B u t  a  man  with  a  college  training 
has  a  better  chance  in  the  world,"  you 
say.  Yes,  if  he  knows  how  to 
improve 
it.  Read  this :  Two  boys  went  to  col­
lege  with 
just  money  enough  to  take 
In  due  time,  with  d i­
them  through. 
plomas 
in  hand  and  letters  of  recom­
mendation  to  a  large  shipbuilding  firm, 
they  asked  for  employment. 
"W hat 
can  you  do?”   asked  the  man of millions 
of  the  first  graduate  presented  to  him. 
" I   would 
like  a  place,  sir,  that  will 
comport with my acquirements. "  "W ell, 
sir, 
I  will  take  your  name  and  address 
and,  should  we  have  anything  of  the 
kind  open,  will  correspond  with  you. 
Good  morning,  s ir .”   The other  gradu­
ate  was  admitted.  "W hat  can  you  do?’ ’ 
"Anything  that  a  green  hand  can,  s ir ."  
The  manager  touched  a  bell  and  a  su­
"H ave  you any­
perintendent  came  in. 
thing  to  put  a  man  to  work  at?”  
"W e 
want  a  man  to  sort  scrap 
iron."  And 
the college graduate went to sorting scrap 
iron.  A  week  passed,  and  the  Presi­
dent,  meeting 
superintendent, 
asked  how  the  new  man  was  getting 
along. 
*‘ Oh, ’ ’  said  the superintendent, 
"h e   did  his  work  so  well,  and  never 
watched  the  clock,  and  so  I  put  him 
over  the  gang. ’ ’  A year  later,  this  man 
had  reached  the  head  of  a  department 
and  an  advisory  position  with  the  man­
agement  with  a  salary  of  four  figures. 
His  fellow  student  who  was  after  " a  
place  comporting  with  his  diplom a" 
found 
in  a  livery  stable— 
washing  harnesses  and  carriages!  Do 
you  think,  boys,  that  the  stable  would 
be  improved  any  with  the  young  man’s 
diploma  framed  and  hung  up  there?

it  as  clerk 

the 

And  yet,  if  the  graduate,  with  the 
nonsense  taken  out of him,  has found his 
place  and  knows  that  he  has  found 
it, 
the  real  college  training  behind  the  di­
ploma  will  show  itself. 
In  the  eyes  of 
men  the  work  may  be  humble;  but,  if 
the  college  graduate  be  true  to  himself, 
the harnesses he cleans  and the carriages 
he  washes  will-hint,  in a thousand ways, 
of  the  culture  and  the higher life,  which 
the  commonest  employment  can  never 
hide. 
longing  for  the  cul­
ture  and  the  higher  life,  fight  for  them, 
boys,  as  Lincoln,  and  Grant,  and  Gar­
field  fought  for  them  and  won  them; 
but,  if  it  is  only  the  miserable  diploma 
you  are  after,  give  up  the  struggle  at 
once,  for,  when  it  is  over  and  the  cov­
eted  paper  is  yours,  you will find,  as  did 
the  car  driver,  that 
it  is  fit  only  for  a 
liver  pad—and  not  a  first-class  liver 
pad  at  that.

If  you  are 

U n c l e   B o b ,

No  Danger  o f  Contagion.

Jorkins—I  am  going  to  have  my  bank 
bills  disinfected  before  I  handle  them.

Mrs.  Jorkins—For  what  reason?
Jorkins—To  remove  the  danger  of 
Mrs.  Jorkins—I  never  heard  of  your 

contagion  to  my  family.

family  being  exposed.

The 

forcing  of  a  sale  against  the 
judgment  and  inclination  of  the  buyer 
reacts  upon  the  seller.

S c a le s !

Buy  direct and save 
middlemen's  profit. 
Write for pi ices and 
. - 
description  before
purchasing  elsewhere.  Se  les  tested  and  re­
paired.  Satisfaction guaranteed.
GRAND  RAPIDS  SC A LE  WORKS,
39  &  41  5 .  Front  S t., 
Grand  Rapid*.

I

Hardware  Price  Current.

Snell’s ... 
Jennings 
Jennings

AUGURS  AND  BITS

.......................  
70
genuine...........................................25*10
im itation........................................60*10

 

AXES

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

BARROWS

R ailroad..................................................112  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................................. 
Wrought  Narrow.................................

70
75*10

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

BLOCKS

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

CROW  BARS

CAPS

Ely’s  1-10..................................................perm  
Hick’s C. F .............................................. per in 
G.  D .......................................................... per m 
M usket.....................................................perm  

70

4

65
55
35
60

CARTRIDGES

Rim  Fire.  ..........................................................50&  5
Central  Fire......................................  ..............25*  5

Socket  Firm er... 
Socket  Framing. 
Socket  C orner... 
Socket  Slicks__

CHISELS
80
........................................  
......................................... 
80
80
.........................................  
...........................................  80
DRILLS

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

ELBOWS

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

EXPANSIVE  BITS

Clark's small, $18;  large, $26...........................?0&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
I;

Discount,  75

15 
OAUaES

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.......................................   $15 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 & Clark'*.................  
Coffee, Enterprise............................................  

MOLASSES  GATES

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

 

Advance over base, on  both  Steel  and  Wire

NAILS

80 
2  85 
50 
60 
75 
90 
1  20 
1  60 
1  60 
65 
75 
90

Steel nails, base. 
Wire nails, base. 
10 to 60 advance.
7 and 6.
4 ..........
3 ..........
Fine 3 ...............................................................
Case 10.................................................................
Case  8................................................................
Case  6................................................................
Finish 10............................................................
Finish  8 ............................................................
Finish  6 ............................................................
Clinch 10............................................................
Clinch  8 
......................   ...............................
Clinch  6 ............................................................
Barrel  %............................................................

PLANES

PANS

Ohio Tool Co.’s,  fancy....................................  @50
Sciota B ench......................................................60*10
Sandusky Tool Co,’s,  fancy...........................   @50
Bench, firstquality...........................................  @50
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood.............. 
60
Fry, A cm e................................................... 60*10*10
70*  5
Common, polished...................................... 
60
Iron and  T in n e d ............................................. 
Copper Rivets and Burs..................................  
60
“A”  Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 25 to 27  9 20 

PATENT  PLANISHED  IRON 

RIVETS

Broken packages Vic per pound  extra 

HAMMERS

Maydole & Co.’s, new  list....................... dis  33VS
Kip’s  ............................................................dis 
25
Yerkes & Plumb’s ......................................dis 40*10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.................... 30e list
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel  Hand 30c list 40*10

HOLLOW  WARE

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 
60*10
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 3..................................   dls 60*10
State..............................................per  doz. net  2 50
80

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

WIRE  GOODS

HINGES

B right.................................................................
Screw Eyes........................................................
Hook's.................................................................
Gate  Hooks and  Eyes......................................
Stanley  Rule and  Level C’o.’s ...................dis
Sisal,  V4 inch and  larger.......... ......................
Manilla...............................................................
Steel and  iron. 
Try and Bevels 
M itre...............

LEVELS
ROPES

SQUARES

V4

80

N(

com. smooth. 

SHEET  IRON
.............................«3 30
3  30 
3  45
3  70 
3  80

com. 
$2  40 
2  40 
2  60 
2  70 
2  80 
2  90
18  and  lighter,  over  30  inches 

Nos.  10 to  I t 
Nos.  15 to  17 
Nos.  18 to 21 
Nos. 22 to 21 
Nos. 25 to 26
No.  27.......
All sheet
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
SAND  PAPER
50
List  acct.  19, ’86..............................
SASH  WEIGHTS
Solid  Eyes............................................ per ton  20 00
Steel, Game.................................................. 
60*10
Oneida Community, Newhouse's..........  
50
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s 70*10* 10
Mouse, choker..............................per doz 
15
Mouse, delusion...........................per doz 
125

TRAPS

.dis 

WIRE

Bright Market.................................................. 
75
75
A nneal'd  Market............................................. 
70*10
Coppered  Market.......................... 
Tinned M arket..................................................  62V4
Coppered Spring  Steel.................................... 
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized  ..............................  2 35
Barbed  Fence,  painted........................................  2 00

 

HORSE  NAILS

WRENCHES

Au Sable....................................................... dis 40*1C
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
50
Bird  Cages  ................................................ 
Pumps, Cistern..........................................  
75*10
Screws, New List.......................................  
85
Casters,  Bed and  Plate.............................. 50*10*10
Dampers, American..................................  
40*10
6Q
600 pound  casks.................................... 
■ • • 
Per pound......................................................... 
6%

MISCELLANEOUS

METALS—Zinc

SOLDER

V4@V4.....................................•........... .  •.
The prices of the many other qualities of solder 
in the market indicated by  private  brands  vary 
according to  composition.
10x14 IC, Charcoal............................................. $525
14x20 IC, C harcoal................................................  5 25
20x14 IX, Charcoal................................................  6 25
14x20 IX, Charcoal.................................................   6 25

TIN—Melyn Grade

Each additional X on this grade, $1.75.

TIN—Allaway Grade

40
40
40
30

10x14 IC, C harcoal................................................  5 00
14x20 IC, C harcoal................................................  5 00
10x14 IX, C harcoal................................................  6 GO
14x20 IX, C harcoal................................................  6 00

Each additional X on this grade, $1.50. 

ROOFING  PLATES

14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean......................................  5 00
14x20 IX, Charcoal, Dean......................................  6 00
20x2S IC, Charcoal, Dean....................................  10 00
14x201C, Charcoal, Allaway Grade..............  4  50
14x20 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade...................  5 50
20x28 1C, Charcoal, Allaway Grade.................  
9 00
20x28 IX, Charcoal, Allaway tirade...................   11 00

BOILER  SIZE  TIN  PLATE

14x56 IX, for  No.  9  Boilers, f * 

iS ’ i or  S ° '  §  S°iiers’ [ per pound... 

1

9

TINWARE.

We carry a full stock of 

Pieced and Stamped  Tinware.

Wjfl.  BflUJIWIELER  4  SONS

Mannfacturers and Jobbers of TINWAR8.

Dealers  in  Rags,  Robbers, Metals, etc.

260 S.  Ionia St. 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

1 2

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

A  CO U N TRY  DRUG  ST O R E.

A  country  drug  store  is  an  unrecog­
nized  quantity  to  the  city  pharmacist. 
To  conduct  such  a  drug  store  with  a 
reasonable  amount  of  success  requires 
more  tact,  patience  and  perseverance 
than  is  generally  supposed.

The  usual  routine  of  store  work  must 
be  followed  as  closely  in  a  country  drug 
store  as  elsewhere.  The  fact  must  be 
remembered  that  one’s  patrons  some­
times  go  to  the  cities  and  while  there 
closely  note  the  comparison  between  the 
city  store  and  the  one  at  home.

One  must  be  at  all  times  ready  to  en­
ter  into  sympathy  with  every  caller,  no 
matter  what  the  subject  may  be,  but 
the 
line  must  be  drawn  at  family  jars 
and  the  encouragement  of  loafers.

If  one  be  located  in  a  town  boasting 
of  but one  drug  store,  his  stock  must  be 
more  complete  than 
in  the  city  where 
he  has  a  neighbor  from  whom  to  borrow 
or  buy;  he  must keep  a  small  supply  of 
all  the  patents  usually  advertised,  be­
side  old-timers,  and  as  good  a  stock  as 
is  usually 
in  any  drug  store. 
.Nothing  advertises  a  store  like  having 
just  what  is  wanted.  We  must  also  have 
certain  specialties  for  the  doctor.

found 

A  country  drug  store  should  have 
among 
its  assets  a  good  mailing-list, 
with  names  of  all  heads  of  families and 
prominent  residents  who  call  at  that 
post  office  for  mail.  A  mailing-list  for 
all  towns  not  over  ten  miles away should 
also  be  at  hand;  it  may  be  of  no  bene­
fit,  but  surely 
it  will  do  no  harm,  for 
the  continual  sending  of  advertising  to 
all  will  bring  customers  who  would  not 
come  to  town  for  anything  else  but what 
their  attention  has  been  called  to,  as  I 
have  seen  demonstrated  many  times 
in 
this  village.

Having  had  many  years’  experience

returns.  We 

in  business  in  cities  and  country  towns,
I  find  no  difference  in  the  running  of  a 
store.  The  work  is  the  sam e;  the  same 
knowledge  is  required  in  the  country  as 
in  the  city,  with  the  addition  of  some 
knowledge  of  diseases  of  animate,  etc.
Frequently,  something  occurs  during 
the  absence  of  the  doctor;  another  doc­
tor  from  a  distance  who  is  not  in  sym­
pathy  with  our  store  might  be  called 
in.  To  prevent  it  we  give  some  remedy 
to  assist  and  quiet  the  patient  until  cur 
doctor 
immediately  tell 
him  what  we  have  done;  we  work  to­
the  doctor  and  I,  and  between 
gether, 
us  we  can  hold  the  fort. 
It  must  be 
distinctly  understood  that  we  do  no 
counter-prescribing—rather  prefer  that 
the  doctor  do  that.  Of  course  we  talk 
up  a  remedy  that  somebody  wants,  but 
when  any  one  wants  our  opinion  as  to 
who  is  the  best  doctor,  why,  of  course, 
the  one  who  looks  out  for  our  store  is 
in  the  world.  We  try 
the  only  doctor 
to  succeed 
in  keeping  clear  of  such 
gossip  as  one  frequently  hears  in  the 
city,  as  of  certain  doctors  and  druggists 
being  on  "th e  outs.”   Such  things  are 
absolutely  uncalled  for  in  the  majority 
of  cases.  Little  differences  and  mis­
understandings  can  be  settled  by  an  in­
the  doctor  and 
terchange  of  view s; 
druggist  must  work  together. 
Letting 
the  general  public  become  acquainted 
with  their  differences  has  a  very  bad 
effect  from  a  business  point  of  view, 
does  no  good  to  either,  but  on  the  con­
trary  does  harm. 
I  am  not  a  physician, 
but  this  I  will  venture  to  say  for them— 
there 
is  not  a  sane  doctor  in  the  uni­
verse  but  will  meet  a  druggist  half  way 
if  the  proper  diplomacy  be  used.  They 
expect  to  be  humored,  and  unless  the 
druggist  does  it  he  will  be  the 
loser,  if 
not  finally  forgotten.

Now  a  city  pharmacist  would  think 
a  soda-fountain  a  useless  ornament  and 
entirely  out  of  place  in  a  country  drug 
store.  So  I  thought  when  I  came  here 
nearly  five  years  ago.  There  was  an 
in  another  store, 
antiquated  fountain 
run  in  an  indifferent  manner. 
I  set  up 
a  good  one,  a  Tuft's  Crusader,  No.  2, 
with  twelve  syrups, 
together  with  all 
the  etceteras  connected  with a  fountain. 
Many  thought  I  was  doing  a  foolish 
thing.  I  knew  our  town  of  six  hundred 
souls  all  told  would  not  support  such  an 
outlay.  Well, 
I  got  out  my  mailing- 
list  and  sent  out  six  hundred  and 
more 
invitations  to  test  the  new  foun­
tain.  About  fifty  of  the  free  invitations 
came  back ;  I  sold  a  reasonable  amount 
of  soda-water;  the  fountain  is  up  yet, 
and  paid  for 
long  ago.  One 
must  not  forget  that  the  people  living 
in  the  country  have  the  same  wants  and 
desires as those living  in the cities.  How 
often  does  one  hear  the  remark  that 
such  a  druggist  has  a  good  country 
trade!  That  remark  would  never  be 
heard 
in  the  country 
kept  a  proper  stock  of  goods  to  supply 
everyday  wants.

if  the  druggist 

itself 

is 

A great  many country drug  stores  have 
a  large quantity  of  commissioned  med­
icines  on  their  shelves.  My  experience 
in  that  line  is  that  it  is  far  better  to 
own  what 
in  the  store  than  to have 
the  space  filled  up  with  some  one  else’s 
property. 
If  the  goods  have  any  sale 
or  merit,  a  suitable  supply  can be easily 
obtained  from  one’s  jobber;  and  beside 
that,  should  a  fair opportunity be offered 
to  sell  your  store,  you  would  not  be 
hampered 
in  getting  rid  of  the  com­
missioned  goods.

Now  look  at  the  difference  in  expense 
of  running  a  store  in  the  country  and 
the  city. 
I  know  of  stores  in  two  cities

doing  but  very  little  more business  than 
is  done  here ;  the  rent of the one is  $600, 
the  other  $500  per  year.  Their  store­
rooms  are  not  nearly  as  good  as  we 
have.  Our  rent 
is  $100  per  year,  and 
we  don’t  sell  a  drop  of  alcohol  or  whis­
ky,  only  on  a  genuine  -  prescription 
from  a  doctor  whom  we  know.

Occasionally  drummers  will  come 
along  with  some  proprietary  articles 
without  a  reputation.  We  cannot  buy 
of  everybody. 
If  we  fail  to  give  them 
an  order, «they  sell  to  some  one  in  town, 
they  care  not  whom  if  they  are  sure  the 
account  can  be  collected.  As  soon  as 
the  goods  are  on  sale  we  get  a  small 
supply  and  sell  at cost,  which effectually 
shuts  off annoyance  from  that  quarter. 
Besides  that,  it 
frequently  brings  the 
manufacturer to time with a lithographed 
letter-head  and  a  beautiful  type*written 
explanation  and  promise  to  do  better 
in  the  future.  The  proprietors  are  the 
managers  of  the 
incubator  where  the 
cutter  is  hatched.

The  business  of  the  country  druggist 
would  be  greatly  benefited  if  legislation 
would  step 
in  and  prevent  the  grocer 
from  handling  drugs,  spices  and  flavor­
ing  extracts,  which  of  right  were  once 
part  of  our  business,  and  which  we 
dream  may  some  day  be  restored to  the 
trade.  The  dream  would  be  realized  if 
the  pharmacists  could  only  be  brought 
together  as  a  well-disciplined  body,  all 
working  as  one  and  for  the  benefit  of 
all.  Maybe  it  is  but  a  dream.

S a m u e l   H .  H i l l .

There  are  comparatively  few  unsal­
able  goods,  for  even  the  worst  lines  will 
if  the  price  is  right;  ar.d 
sell, 
if  the 
is  right,  and  the  representation 
price 
correct,  no 
injury  is  done  the  buyer  or 
the  seller.

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Credits  and  Collections.

F. R. Boocock in Hardware Dealer.

its 

To 

into  any 

importance.  There 

It  is  not  the  purpose  of  this  article  to 
go 
lengthy  treatise  upon  the
topic  of  Credits  and  Collections,  nor  to 
advance  any  novel  ideas  as  to  the  sys­
tem  that  should  be  adopted  in  the  con­
duct  of  a  department  for  the  considera­
tion  of  these  subjects,  but  simply  to 
give  expression  to  some  thoughts  that 
have  been  given  birth  by  careful  study 
and  developed  by  ample  experience. 
The  approval  or  disapproval  of  orders 
is  a  problem  that  is  extremely  intricate 
and  important.  So  many  houses  in  the 
past,  of  high  commercial standing,  have 
been  forced  to  surrender  their  proud po­
sition  by 
losses  entailed  by  overcon­
fidence  in  their  customers’  integrity and 
worth,  and  by  reason  of  lax  methods 
in 
the  making  of  their  collections,  that the 
subject  has  been  raised  to  a prominence 
worthy  of 
is 
scarcely  any  department  of  a  large busi­
ness  so  closely  identified  with 
its  suc­
cessful  management  as  that  pertaining 
to  credits.  So  widely  has  this  been  re­
cognized  that  the  position  of  credit man 
has  become  almost  a  profession.  A 
man  that  would  successfully  handle  so 
important  a  branch  must  serve  a  faith­
ful  apprenticeship,  and  devote  himself 
to  the  study  with patience,  devotion and 
imagine * that  any 
determination. 
one  is  adapted  for  this  class  of  work 
is 
a  mistake  that  has  been  proven  fatal  in 
practice  upon  more  than  one  occasion.
It  is  an  easy  matfer  to  simply  approve 
or  disapprove  an  order,  but  to 
intelli­
gently  analyze  a  man’s  affairs,  to  know 
the  condition  of  that  part  of  the  country 
in  which  a  debtor  resides,  to  learn  as 
to  his  character  and  business  acumen, 
how  exacting  his  competition,  what 
in  his  local  community, 
his  standing 
and  various  details  entering 
into  a 
debtor’s  success,  requires  adaptability, 
system,  tact,  a  wholesome  regard  for 
details,  and  quickness  in  drawing  con­
clusions.  These  qualifications  are  all 
essential,  and  can  only  be  attained  and 
perfected  by  natural  ability,  diligence 
and  practice.
There  is  one  other essential,  however, 
to  full  success  in  the  management  of  a 
credit  department. 
The  credit  man 
must  be  unrestricted  as  to his  judgment 
and  have  full  power  to  act  according  to 
his best  beliefs.  His  judgment  may  be 
accurate,  and  based  upon  the  very 
soundest  reasoning  and  closest 
investi­
gation 
in  the  conclusion  to  decline 
further  shipments;  yet  the bill  of  goods 
goes  out,  by  reason  of  the  counter  deci­
sion  of  some  member  of  the  firm  who, 
owing  to  personal  acquaintance,  or  the 
flattering  expressions  of  some  salesman 
as  to  the  debtor’s  standing,  believes 
it 
wiser  to  take  the  risk.  Result,  a  con­
instances 
siderable  loss. 
is  not 
has  this  proven  the  case.  This 
business,  and  there 
is  scarcely  any 
credit  department  that  will  not  make  a 
better  showing  as  to  losses  when  its  de­
cisions  are  respected  and  sustained. 
The  first  great  essential,  therefore,  to  a 
wise, 
judicious,  and  successful  man­
agement  in  this  department 
is  the  se- 
lection'of  a  trained  and  highly  compe­
tent  man  for  the  position.  The  fullest 
and  most  desired  result  of  such manage­
ment  will,  however,  depend  upon  the 
second  essential—that  such  a  depart­
ment,  once  wisely established,  be  given 
entire  power,  full 
independence,  and 
its  rendered  decisions  subject  to  no  in­
terference,  but  considered  as  binding 
and  unalterable  other  than  by  the  credit 
man’s  own  volition.  No  man  holding 
such  a  position  and  with  full  confidence 
reposed  in  him  will  fail  to recognize the 
full  responsibility  resting  upon  him, 
and  act  in  every  instance  with  a  desire 
and  determination  to  best  serve  his 
firm’s  interest.
No  credit  department  can  produce 
the  best  results  acting  merely  as  such. 
Credits  and  collections  must  be  coupled 
together and  managed  by  the  same  au­
thority. 
In  many  houses  the  mistake  is 
made  of  having  collections  under  one 
department  and  the  approval  of  credits 
under  still  another.  They  are  bound  to­
gether  by  all  sense  of  logic,  and  cannot 
be  separated  without  more  or  less  dis­
aster.  The  system  perfected  for  the  ap­
proval  of  orders  should  be  sufficiently

In  how  many 

extensive  to  embrace  as  well  the  proper 
collection  of  accounts. 
They  should 
dovetail  one 
into  the  other,  so  as  to 
make  a  consistent  and  efficient  method.
Is  that  system  not  open  to  question, 
which  is  so  largely  adopted  by  promi­
nent  houses,  of  placing  a 
limit  on  an 
account  and  then  filling  orders  to  that 
amount  regardless  of  whether  previous 
shipments  are  not  already  past  due,  and  i 
the  bills  thus  being  lapped? 
Is  it  not a 
safer  rule  to  adopt,  that  no  shipment 
shall  be  made  while  a  former  invoice  is 
past  due? 
It  is  in  accordance  with firm 
belief  in  the  accuracy  of  the  later  prop­
osition  that  we  conduct  our  own  depart­
ment,  and  we  can  but  report  the  very 
best  results.  So  long  as  it 
is  generally 
known  that  this  is  the  rule  of the  house, 
there  need  be  no  fear  of  offense  being 
given.  The  best  accounts  will  never 
be  subject  to  this  regulation,  and  the 
slow  payers,  to  whom  the  rule  applies, 
need  at  the  best  to  be  watched  closely 
and  placed  under  some  restraint.

The  consideration  of  this  subject  nat­
urally  brings  forth  discussion  as  to  the 
enforcement  of  prompt  payments.  To 
the  writer  the  value  of  a  strict  regula­
tion  in  this  respect  is  beyond  question, 
i  Such  a  system  should  be  adopted  that 
provides  for  statements  being  promptly 
submitted  as  accounts  fall  due,  to  the 
consideration  of  the  credit  man,  and  by 
him  treated  according  to  his  judgment, 
but  never  being  out  of  mind  until  set­
tlement  has  been  made.  True  it  is  that 
some  customers  may  prefer  to  deal  with 
other  houses  where  they  can  take  more 
time,  and  have  more  of  their  own  way, 
but  the  accounts  thus  lost  are  not  al­
ways  a  great  sacrifice.  Such  customers 
must  either 
illustrate  poor  business 
methods,  or  a  deplorable  financial  con­
dition  that  prevents  promptness 
in 
meeting  their  obligations. 
In  either 
is  not  satisfactory, 
event  the  account 
and  sooner  or  later  the  merchant  will  be 
forced  to  surrender by  more  competent 
and  enterprising  competitors. 
There 
are  exceptions,  of  course,  but  the  large 
percentage  finally  reach  that  end.  Now, 
on  the  other  hand,  experience has taught 
us 
increase 
sales. 
In  the  first  place,  such  a  regula­
tion  gives  a  house  a  prominence  that 
commands  the  greatest  respect.  Such 
methods  rapidly  become  undertsood, 
and  the  impression  is  created  of 
inde­
pendence  and  exclusiveness.  The  name 
of  such  a  house  as  a  reference  by  any 
debtor 
is  almost  a  guarantee  of  his 
standing.  The  consequence  is  that  the 
best  merchants  throughout  the  country 
seek  to  do  business  with  a  house of  such 
high  regard.

that  prompt  collections 

In  the  second  place,  a  larger business 
even  will  be  done  with  those  merchants 
who  were  formerly  slow  in  their  pay­
ments.  Often  a  customer  owing  a  house 
bills  past  due  will  go  elsewhere  to  re­
plenish  his  stock,  rather  than  submit 
himself,  by  sending  in  a  new  order  to 
his 
larger  creditor,  to  a  request  for  a 
check.  Let  the  account  be  paid  up 
closely,  and  a  customer  feels  proud  of 
his  relations,  and  orders  without  hesi­
tation  as  frequently  as  his  demands  re­
quire.  To-day  competition 
is  so keen 
and  goods  are  sold  so  close  that  the 
margin  of  profit  provided  by  the  cash 
discounts  is  not to  be  sacrificed  without 
justifiable  reasons.  Merchants  who  per­
sistently  decline  to  take  advantage  of 
such  profits  are  certainly  open  to  criti­
cism,  and  their  accounts  should  be  sub­
jected  to  close  scrutiny.

We  can  scarcely  conclude  the  ex­
pression  of  these  thoughts  without  add­
ing  a  few  lines  relative  to failures.  Has 
it  not  seemed  during  the  last  few  years 
that  failures  have  been  growing  more 
and  more  prevalent? 
Is  there  not  a 
reason  for  such  a  condition  other  than 
poor  business,  poor  management,  or 
lack  of  capital?  When  affairs  are  such 
that almost any  merchant,  with  a  good, 
bad,  or  indifferent  reputation,  can  fail 
and  offer  a  cash  compromise  of  from  25 
to  40  per  cent,  with  a  reasonable  assur­
ance  of  its  acceptance,  is  it  not  placing 
a  premium  on  such  transactions.  We 
heartily  believe  that  creditors  are  alto­
gether  too  ready  to  accept  compromise 
settlements,  especially  from  a  certain 
class  of  unscrupulous  merchants,  and 
thereby  are  unintentionally,  but  never-

|  Hit Stinpi  Comping  Scale

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Declared  Honest  by the  Court  and 

all  dealers  and  their customers.

Nothing  is more  important to the  retail 
Grocer than a  perfect scale.  \V hy waste 
time and  increase  liability of mistakes by 
using a complicated  scale  that  must  be 
adjusted  with absolute accuracy to  every 
change  in price  and  which  at  best  only 
gives  one-half  the  information  sought?
The Stimpson gives both weight and value 

by  the  movement  of  one  poise 

without adjustment  of 

any  kind.

Customers prefer to trade with  grocers  using  the 
Stimpson  Scale, which  gives  pounds  and  ounces 
as well as money value.

BARBER & CRAW

L. O. Barber. 
C. B. Craw.

Fruits, Groceries and 
Lowell,  Mich.,  March  16,  1896.
-Vfter using the Stimpson  Computing  Scale  for  two  months 
we are pleased to say that we are perfectly satisfied  with them and  no  money 
could take them off our counter. Thev are laving money  for us every day. 

Farm   Produce. 

Gentlemen :

BARBER  &  CRAW.

Write for circular giving  full  particulars.

TECUMSEH,  MICH.

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R E P R E S E N T A T IV E   R E T A IL E R S .

H orace  Hoffman,  the  M anceiona  G ro­

cer  and  Meat  Dealer.

Horace  Hoffman  was  bom  in  Union 
county,  Pa.,  Jan.  15,  1854,  his  antece­
dents  being English  on  his  father's side 
and  German  on  his  mother's  side.  Un­
til  16  years  of  age  he  worked  on  a  farm 
summers  and  attended  district  school 
winters,  when  he  decided  to  strike out 
for  himself, 
landing  at  Tiffin,  Ohio, 
where  he  worked  about  three  years  in  a 
meat  market  and  then  removed  to  La- j 
Grange,  Ind.,  where  he  worked  in  meat 
markets  for  five or six  years,  after which j 
he  devoted  a  half  dozen  years  to  the : 
management  of  a  market  on  his  own : 
account.  He  then  removed  to  Sturgis,  j 
where  he  conducted  the  meat  business ; 
three  years,  when  he  removed  to  M an-; 
celona  and, for  three  years,  managed  th e; 
meat  department of the  Antrim  Iron  Co.  i 
He  then  entered 
into  partnership  with  , 
Thos.  A.  Price,  under  the  firm  name  o f ; 
Price  &  Hoffman,  conducting  a  meat | 
market  about  two  years.  He  then  em-1 
barked  in the  grocery  and  meat  business | 
on  his  own  account,  which  he  still  con­
tinues.  Mr.  Hoffman has  acquired  con­
siderable  property, 
including  the  two- 
story store building  in which  he conducts j 
business,  a  residence  in  Manceiona  and  | 
a  farm  of  80  acres  located  about  a  mile { 
from  his  place  of  business.  He  is  also 
a  stockholder  in  the Antrim  County  Sav­
ings  Bank  and  has  several  other  invest­
ments  of  a  desirable character. 
In  con­
nection  with  his  merchandising  busi­
ness,  Mr.  Hoffman  buys  and  ships  :on- 
siderable  quantities  of  cattle to  the  Buf- j 
falo  market,  he  being  the  first  man  who i 
ever  shipped  live  stock  in  carlots  out  of j 
Antrim  county.

Mr.  Hoffman has never been  married, 
his  home  being  presided  overby  his 
mother  and  sister,  his  father  having 
passed  away  a  couple  of  years  ago.  He 
is  an  Odd  Fellow  and  a  member of  the 
Masonic  fraternity,  in  which  organiza­
tion  he  has  filled  the  position  of  Past 
Grand  Master.

Mr.  Hoffman  attributes  his  success  to 
hard  work  and  to  his  habit  of  giving 
people  value  received  on  every  occa­
sion ;  and  those  who  know  him  best 
in­
sist  that  he  has  correctly  interpreted  the 
cause  of  his  success.

theless  certainly, 
forging  chains  that 
eventual I v  may  crush  the  life  out  of rec­
titude  and  honest  business  principles. 
We affirm  that  it  is neither equitable nor 
just  to  place  the  honorable  but  unfortu­
nate  merchant  upon  the  same  plane 
w.th  the  man  whose  record  and  the  cir­
cumstances  of  whose  failure  brand  him 
as  decidedly  unprincipled.  The  first 
deserves  all consideration,  and  is worthy 
of  having  helping  hands  extended  to 
place  him  upon  his  feet  and  to  give 
him  the  start  once  more  that  his  repu­
tation  and  character  deserve. 
The 
second  should  be  treated with  contempt, 
and  such  action  be  taken  as  to  force 
him  from  the  ranks  of 
competitive 
merchants,  at  least  so  far  as  reputable 
houses  are  concerned. 
In  some  cases 
not  so  large  a  settlement  might  be  ob­
tained  as  by  accepting  the  compromise 
offered,  by  reason  of  the  injustice  of 
our  various  state  laws  permitting differ­
ent  methods  of  defrauding  confiding 
creditors;  but  it  would  be  paying  but  a 
small  amount  for  the  improvement  of 
commercial  conditions, 
the  reform  of 
trade  customs,  and  the  establishment  of 
a  better  and  higher-moraled  class  of 
merchants  throughout  the  country.  To 
this  end  we  believe  that  the  New  York 
Credit  Men’s  Association  could  wisely 
establish  a  department  of  investigation 
that  could  in  every  instance  of 
failure 
look 
into  conditions,  examine  assets 
and  liabilities,  inquire  into  the  man's 
reputation  and  character,  and  then  re­
port  to  the  creditors  whether  or  not 
compromise 
should  be  entertained. 
There  should,  furthermore,  be  a  bind­
ing  obligation  resting  upon  the  mem­
bers  of  such  an  association,  preventing 
them  from  ever  selling  any  man,  or  any 
firm  with  whom  such  a  man  is  em­
ployed 
in  a  confidential  capacity,  who 
has  been  indentified  with  the  perpetra-  ] 
tion  of  a  fraudulent  failure.  There  are 
always  two  kinds  of  failures,  the  one 
honest  and  the  other  just  the  reverse. 
A  marked 
illustration  of  the  first  was 
again  brought  to  the  attention  a  few 
days  ago,  when  Mr.  Micheál  Doyle,  of 
New  York,  called  upon  all  of  his  once 
creditors,  bearing  with  him  a  check  for 
the  balance  of  the  amount  owing  them 
over  and  above  the  compromise  settle­
ment  accepted  at  the  time  of  his  failure 
some  two years  ago. 
It was  but  a  moral 
obligation  resting upon him,  but how in­
frequently  these  obligations  are  recog-I 
nized.  To  such  men  merchants  should 
be  ever  willing  to  express  their  sym -  j 
pathy  in  case  of  their  misfortune,  and  j 
ever  willing  to  compromise  their 
in­
debtedness  on  such  a  basis  as  will  per-  : 
mit  their  proper  continuance 
in  busi- j 
ness.  Such  men  create  that commercial 
confidence  on  which  credit  is  based,and 
should  be  supported  by  the  combined 
efforts  of  all  dealers;  for  should  that j 
condition  ever  arise  wherein  every  fail-1 
ure  is  open  to  suspicion,  the  very  foun-  I 
dations  for  credit  will  have  crumbled 
into  a  broken  mass,  and  cash  be  the 
sole basis  for all  transactions.  May  we 
do  nothing  to  encourage such  a  fright­
ful  catastrophe,  but  rather  let  us  study 
foster  all  that  is  hon­
to  preserve  and 
orable  and  meritorious 
in  our  present! 
system,  and  that  will  surely  prophecy  j 
a  better  and  more  prosperous  future.

Conspicuous  by  Its  Absence.

Business  Man—“ You  remember  that 
ad.  I  had 
in  your  paper and  took  out 
two  months  ago?  Well,  I  want  to  have 
it  put  back  again.’ ’
I 

thought  you  said 
that  no  one  noticed  it  while  it  was  in. ”  
(humbly)—  ‘  They 

Business  Man 

Editor—“ Why, 

didn’t seem  to  until  I  took  it  out. ”

The  Way  Women  Look  at  It.

Lawyer  (in  will  case)—“ Were  you 

acquainted  with  the  deceased?’ ’ 

Witness—“ Yes,  sir.”
Lawyer—“ Did  she  exhibit  any  signs 

of  insanity?”

Witness  (promptly)—“ Yes  sir;  she 

never  went  to  a  bargain  sale. ”

Shop-worn  goods,  goods  a 

little  out 
of  style  and  goods  which  are  not  in 
popular  demand  are  not  in  any  sense 
unsalable,  as they  can  be  sold,  and  their 
sale  does  not  injure  business.

Nebraska  Trade  Journal:  Rev.  Sam 
Jones  never  uttered  a  better  thing  than 
when  he  named  the  traveling  men  “ the 
angels  of  commerce.”  
It  is  the  good 
fortune  of  the  Trade  Journal  to  know 
many  of  these  gentlemen,  and  no  bet­
ter,  true-hearted  men  exist  anywhere 
than  they.  Genial  and  companionable, 
as  their  business  necessarily  compels 
them  to  be,  they  are  the  most  delightful 
companions  on  a  journey,  and  they  are 
They  are  the 
welcomed  everywhere. 
barometers  of  business, 
and  “ the 
house”   regards  them  as  its  most  reliant 
support.  The  spirit  of  fraternity  has 
been  cultivated  by  them  to  a  very  great 
extent,  and  their orders  are  steadily  in­
creasing  in number,  and they are becom­
ing  the  most  respected  by  all  classes  of 
business  men.  They  are  good  citizens 
—among  the  best  we  have.  Although 
compelled  to  rove,  the  love  of  home  is 
a  distinctive  feature  in  their  ranks. 
In 
all  the  trades  and  industries  the  travel­
ing  men  bear  an  honorable  position, 
and  many  a  merchant  has  amassed 
wealth  by  the  efforts  of  “ the  boys  on 
the  road.”   Many  of  these  most  suc­
cessful  merchants  have  carried  the  grip 
themselves,  and  the  experience  they 
gained  while  traveling  has  made  them 
pillars  of  strength  in  business  and  hon­
ored  citizens  of  the  communities 
in 
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which  they 
always  takes  off 
its  hat  with the  pro- 
foundest  respect  to  the  traveling  man 
and  the  calling  which  he  honors  so  con­
spicuously  by his  industry  and  integrity 
—always  the  characteristic  of  the  high­
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M RS.  D RIFTER ’S   BANK  BOOK.

Story  o f  a  Woman  Who  Wanted  to 

Share  Duties  and  Income. 

Drifter  and  his  wife  had  been  chums, 
in  the  truest  sense  of  the  word,  ever 
since  their  marriage.  If he  felt  a  yearn­
ing  for  an  afternoon's  revelry  at  the 
base  ball  park,  Mrs.  Drifter  was  eager 
to  go  along  and  share  his  hopes and dis­
appointments.  To  him  all  Mrs.  Drift­
er’s  hats,  wraps  and  furbelows,  when 
exhibited  for  criticism,  were  “ dreams, 
my  dear,  simply  great.  No  other  wom­
an  could  have  done  so  well  on  so 
little 
money. ’ *

So  far  so  good.  But  when  the  Drift­
ers  got  the  suburban  fever  and  settled 
upon  their  home  in  a  cottage  at  Graves- 
endhurst  there  came  an  interruption  to 
the  comradeship.  As  Drifter  says : 

“ The  little  girl  was  never one of  your 
know-it-all, 
self-reliant,  head-cf-the- 
firm  women.  Not  much.  She  always 
said  that  figures  bothered  her  and  that 
when  she  wanted  more  money  than  I 
gave  her,  or  she  could  find  in  my  pock­
ets,  she’d  ask  for  it.  Some  kind  friend, 
while  on  a  shopping expedition with  my 
wife,  threw  a  brand 
into  the  Drifter 
circle.  That  night  I  got  this  piece  of 
information:

“   ‘ Drifter,  every  wife  should take  her 
share  of  the  responsibilities  of 
the 
household.  Woman  should  not be  afraid 
to  handle  business  ’affairs.  Experience 
teaches  us  that  woman  is  a  better  man­
ager  of  the  home  finances  and—’
“   ‘ What  the  dickens  are  you  driving 
at,  little  one?’  I  asked.

“   ‘ Hold  on!  hold  on!’ 

“   ‘ A  woman  loses  her  independence, 
sacrifices  her  individuality  and becomes 
merely  an  ornament,  a  plaything,  a—’ 
I  gasped. 
joined  the  Female  Society 
'H ave  you 
to  Prevent  Husbands'  from  Caring  for 
Wives,  or 
is  this  a  notice  of  proceed­
ings  for  separation,  Madam?’

leaned  upon  you  too  much. 

“   ‘ D rifter,’  came  the measured reply,
41  have 
I 
must  not only  be  a  sharer  in  your pleas­
ures,  but  in  your  trials  and—and—I—I 
m-u-s-t  have a  separate  bank  account. 
T here!’

“ Conversation  flagged  that  evening. 
The  next  morning  I  learned  that  Mrs. 
Drifter 
intended  to  purchase  the  new 
furniture  for  our  Gravesendhurst  cot­
tage,  to  buy  groceries  in  quantities  and 
run  the  affair  entirely  on  her  own 
plans.

“   ‘ It  will  give  me  something  to  do,’ 
she  said. 
‘ The  storekeepers  will  have 
’’more  respect  for  me,  too,  and  you won’t 
have  any  bother  at  all  about  fitting  up 
the  house  or  running  it.’

“ That  day  I  devoted  largely  to  start­
ing  my  wife  out  on  her adventures, 
those  of  a  young  woman  with  her  first 
I  wrote  my  check  for  a 
bank  account. 
round  amount  and  handed 
it  to  the 
cashier  of  a  bank  near our  suburban 
home,  with  the  request  that  he  enroll 
my  wife  as  a  depositor.  The  usual 
formalities  were  complied with and then 
trouble  commenced.  With  bank  book 
and  pocket  check  book  in  hand,  Mrs. 
Drifter 
independence. 
She  decided  to  raid  the  bank  at  once.

felt  her  new 

“   ‘ I  will  draw  some  money  out  now,’ 

she  said,  sweetly.

“ I 

let  her  proceed.  She  didn’t get 
far.  The  old  cashier  kindly  insinuated 
that  in  the banking  business  it  was cus­
tomary  to  realize  upon  checks  or  drafts 
deposited  on  a  new  account  before  hon­
oring  demands.  He  told  her that  her 
husband  would  have  no  difficulty  in 
getting  a  small  check  cashed  for  her 
shopping  needs.

“ That  nearly  upset  the  little  woman. 

We  went  out. 

I  took  her  to  lunch.

“  

I  don’t  think  much  of  that  bank,’ 
‘ Why,  they’ve  got  the  use  of 
she  said. 
interest  and  all 
my  money,  drawing 
that  and  then  to  tell  me to  wait  a  day  or 
so.  Perhaps  you  will 
lend  me  some 
money  until  that  funny  old  cashier finds 
out  who  I  am. ’
“ I  gave  her  a  few  pointers  as  to  the 
checking  out  of  funds;  showed  her  the 
importance  of  simple  subtraction  as  ap­
plied  to  bank  balances  and  dwelt  at 
some 
length  on  the  necessity  of  enter­
ing  on  each  stub  the  name  of  payee 
and  for  what  purpose  each  check  was 
drawn. 
I  also  advised  her  to  call  on 
me  from  time  to  time  to  look  over  her 
accounts.  Then  woman’s  new  sphere 
of  activity  dawned  upon  me.  Said  my 
w ife :

“   ‘ Now,  Drifter,  dear,  once  for  all, 
do  stop  joking.  You  look  over  my  ac­
counts  and  keep 
’em  straight?  Not 
much. 
I ’ ll  trouble  you  simply  to  give 
me  some  more  checks  to  put  in  that 
funny  little  window  there  at  the  bank 
and  I  will  do  the  book-keeping.’

the  thing  went  along. 

“   ‘ Go  it, ’  1  remarked;  and  she  did. 
Well, 
I  didn't 
monkey  any  with  the  books  of  my  for­
mer  chum.  When  at  home  together  I 
saw  that  there  was  a  tired  look  about 
her  eyes,  an  expression  which  seemed 
to  say,  ‘ I  wish  the  darned  bank  ac­
count  was  in  a  hotter  place than Graves­
endhurst, ’  but  I  let  her  new  venture  se­
verely  alone.  When necessary  I  handed 
over  checks  for  her  to  deposit.  That 
was  all.  She  got  the  furniture,  fitted  up 
the  house,  meanwhile  getting  thinner 
each  day  and 
companionable. 
Finally  a  crash  came.  The  telephone 
rang  with  emphasis.
“   ‘ Mrs.  Drifter 

is  very  sick,  sir. 
Keeps  calling 
saying, 
“ Come  home,  I  give  up,  I ’ll  never  do 
I ’ve  been  trying  to  find  you 
it  again.’ ’ 
for  an  hour,  sir. 
I ’m  so  scared  for  the 
poor,  dear  lady. ’

for  you  and 

less 

“ This  from  the  new  girl.  Of  course,
I  got  home  as  quickly  as  the  street  cars 
could  carry  me.  Then  the  secret  came 
out.  Between sobs  and  moans  I  learned 
that  some  grocer  of  whom  Mrs.  Drifter- 
had  ordered  a  bill  of  goods  had  grossly 
insulted  her.

“   ‘ He 

insulted  me,  me,  your  w ife,’ 
she  sobbed, 
‘ the  woman  who  has  no 
one  to  protect  her  if  you  fail  her.  Why, 
why  should  a  weak,  frail  woman  have 
to  stand  the  insults  of  rude,  rough  men 
when  she  has  a  husband  who  ought  to 
attend  to  all  the  business  matters?’

“ This  was  rich,  indeed,  but  I  didn’t 
load  my  six-shooter  and  sail  out after 
the  offending  tradesman. 
I  soothed  the 
little  woman,  assured  her  that  I  was  a 
brute  to  have  allowed  her  to  wrestle 
with  the  worldly  problems  of  trade, 
barter  and  bills,  and  begged forgiveness 
for  having,  as  she  said,  imposed  upon 
her  the  whole  work  of  furnishing  the 
house  and  worrying  her  poor, 
tired 
brain  with  prices  and  figures  and horrid 
old  bank  books.

“ I  found  that  the  grocer’s  insult  con­
sisted  in  returning  a  dishonored  check 
drawn  by  Mrs.  Drifter  on  her  own  and 
only  bank  account 
$53.16,  and 
marked  plainly  in  red  ink  at  the  bank,
‘ N.  G. ’  That  was  all  except  that  the 
grocer  had  written: 
return  your 
check.  Evidently  some  mistake.  Shall 
I  send  the  bill  to  Mr.  Drifter?’

for 

“   ‘ What does  he  mean  by  disfiguring 
my  check  with  horrid  slang?  Tell  me. 
How dare he put “  N.  G. ’.’  on  one  of  my 
checks?  What  can  be done to him?  Isn’t 
it  the  same  as  forgery?’  asked  my  wife.

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Q uart..................................  
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“ Must  be  some  mistake,”   meekly 

suggested  the  druggist.

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‘ ‘ I 

looked  over  her  books, 

found 
that  her  additions  and  subtractions were 
sadly  mixed  and  that  two  other  checks 
were  due  to  come  back  also  disfigured 
with  those  horrid  words 
‘ N.  G .,’  for 
she  had  overdrawn  her  account  to  the 
tune  of §208.  And  those  stubs !  Bless 
her  heart!  she  took  me  literally.  She 
tried  to  keep  track  of  her  expenditures 
so  as  to  give  me  a  surprise  in  book­
keeping.  She  succeeded.  To  give  you 
an  idea : 
Instead  of  filling  out  the  stub 
thus:
Apr. 1.

M. M acaroni......................

For groceries.

from  spaghetti 

Mrs.  Drifter  had  actually  endeavored 
in  every  case  to  put  down  each  separate 
item  on  each  bill  paid  by  check.  The 
one  given 
in  payment  of  an  order  of 
groceries  was  a  dream.  The  order  em­
braced  everything 
to 
roach  powder,  and  the  poor  woman with 
a new and separate  bank  account had  en­
deavored  to  transfer  all  the  items  to  the 
stub.  She  religiously  filled  that  stub  in 
her  fine  handwriting,,then  started 
in 
and  covered  two  sheets  of  note  paper 
and  pinned  those  to  the  suffering  stub.
“ She  doesn’t  .  run  a  bank  account 
“ And  she’s 
now,”   concluded  Drifter. 
gained 
ten  pounds  since  becoming 
again  my  chum  and  'an  ornament’  to 
the  cottage  at  Gravesendhufst. 
N.  Y. 
S u n . ______ „ 
______
Used  the  Lice  Killer  the  Wrong  Way. 
W ritten f o r  the T r a d e s m a n .

He  jerked  open  the  door  of  the  drug 
store,  jerked  himself  in,  and  then  shut 
it  with  a  bang.  Then  he  hitchingly] 
strode  half  the 
length  of  the  store, 
walked  up  to  the  first  space  of  counter 
that was not covered with a show case and 
threw  down  a  package  with  a  force  that 
rattled  the  card  of  corn  cure  prepara­
tion  off the  show  case  onto  the floor.  He 
rammed  his  hands  into  his  pockets  and 
impatiently  awaited  the  approach  of 
the  proprietor.

The  newcomer  was  a  well-to-do  farm­
er  of  the 
locality,  one  of  the  kind  of 
men  who  do  everything  with  a  rush. 
He  was one  of those small,  wiry,  nervous 
men,  always  on  the  go  and  of  an  impa­
tient  temperament.

The  stove  which  warmed  the  room 
was  back  of  the  prescription  case,  out 
of  sight  from  the  front. 
It  was  a  cold, 
blustry  day  and  several  of  us  were gath­
ered  about 
it.  The  tiller  of  the  soil 
must  have  been  aware  of  our  presence, 
laughing  as  he  came  in.
for  we  were 
Our  friend,  the  proprietor,  realized, 
as  he  advanced  from  behind  the  pre­
scription  case,  that  there  was  some­
thing  seriously  wrong.  There  was  a  set 
expression  to  his  face  which  indicated 
to  us  that  he  was  going  to  put  forth  an 
extra  effort  to  retain  his  irate  customer.
“ How  do  you  do,  sir,”   he said,  with 

a  strain  to  appear  natural.

“ There,  there,  sir,  there’s  your  dope 
—take  it—I  ain’t  no  use  for  it—take 
it 
and  give  me  my  money  back,  and, 
I  don’t  agree  not  to 
mind  you, 
come  back  on  you 
for  damages  be­
sides!”   ejaculated  the  man  of  corn  and 
potatoes,  each  word  being  delivered 
in 
a  higher  key  than  the  preceding  one.

sir, 

“ Why—w—what’s  the matter?”   asked 
the  bewildered  druggist,  picking  up 
the  package  and  nervously  commencing 
to  untie  the  string.

“   ‘ What’s  the  matter?’  ”  

shrieked 
the  now  furious customer.  “ You’ll think 
there’s  a  good  deal  the  matter  by  the 
time  you  pay  for  three  pullets  and  the 
ninety-two  point 
rooster 
that  your  tarnel  old  mixture  has  killed 
for  m e!”

full-blooded 

“   ‘ M istake!’  You’ll find there was,and 
a  mighty  dear  one  it’ll  be  for  you,  too 
—and  the  very  fowls  I  wanted  to take  to 
the  fair  this  fall.  Come,  no  use  looking 
at  the  package—it’ s  the  same  measly 
stuff  you  sold  m e,”   said  he,  this  last  a 
shade  milder  and  extending  his  hand 
in  a  manner  suggesting  the  retrun  of 
his  money.

“ 1  don’t  just  understand  it,”   was  the 

hesitating  reply.

“ Now,  see  here!”   said  the  farmer, 
again  firing  up;  “ if  you  stiff-necked, 
linen-collared,  silk-necktied  druggists 
think  you  are  going  to  get  us  farmers’ 
hard-earned  cash  for  a  little  of  your  old 
patent  right  lice  killer,  and  kill  off  all 
our birds  besides,  I ’ll 
just  give  you  to 
understand  that  we’ll  make  you  band- 
box  fellers  sweat  for  it !”

The  druggist  threw  the  package  down 
on  the  counter,  “ chucked”   his  hands 
into  his 
pockets,  straightened  his 
shoulders,  drew'a long breath,  “ gritted”  
his  teeth,  thought  of  all  his  resolutions 
to  hold  his  customers,  if  possible,  and— 
picked  up  the  package again.

“ Now,  see  here,  my  friend,”   he  be­
gan 
in  a  tone  that  indicated  an  effort 
to  control  himself,  “ did  you  follow  di­
rections  closely 
in  using  this  vermin 
exterminator?”

“ Following  them  there  directions 

’ ll 
kill  off  the  hens  as  well  as  the  lice 
every  time, ”   was  the  positive  answer.
Our  friend  turned  the  package  about 
with  one  hand  and  scratched  his  head 
if  trying  to  study  a 
with  the  other,  as 
way  out  of  the  situation. 
Then  he 
began  reading  the  label  on  the  package 
half  aloud,  in  a  mechanical  sort  of way, 
evidently  hoping  to  gain  time  and 
find 
a  loophole  out  oi  which  he  could  crawl  :
‘ ‘ Use—brush—and—cover—with—this 
• the — walls —floor —and—roosts—of— 

the—”

“ Eh?”   come  from  the  farmer.
‘ ‘ It  says  to  cover  the  floor,  walls  and 
roosts  of  the  henhouse  with  this  prepa­
ration, ”   he  answered.

the 

finished, 

Before  he 

customer 
grabbed  the  package  and  gazed  at  it  in 
blank  amazement.  Then  he  dropped  it 
on  the  counter  with  a  dull  thud,  and  we 
heard  him  mutter,  in  no  uncertain  tone 
something  to  the  effect  that  he’d  be 
hanged  if  he  wasn’t the  ding  dastedest 
“ I  just 
fool  out  of  the  insane  asylum! 
glanced,”   he  continued 
in  a  shame­
faced  manner,  “ at  the  big  letters on the 
label,  and  I  declare  if  I  didn’t  go  and 
paint  them  there  three  pullets  and  my 
ninety-two  point  prize 
rooster  all 
over!”  
raised  his  head 
quickly,  as  if  he  suddenly  appreciated 
his  predicament,  and  whispered  (but 
not  so 
low  but  that  it  reached  the  ears 
behind  the  prescription  case),  “ Say! 
do  you  suppose  the  cigars  would  make 
them  fellers back  there keep mum  about 
this?”

Then  he 

“ You  might  try  it,”   said  our  friend; 

and  he  did.

But  there  was  one  who  didn’t  smoke!
“ S a y !”   said  the  druggist,  after  the 
chagrinned  hayseed  had  taken  his  de­
parture,  wiser  than  on  his  tempestuous 
entrance,  “ I  came  pretty  near  getting 
mad  there  once.  If  I  had,  and  had  said 
what  I  felt  like  saying,  I  should  have 
lost  h im ;  but  now  I  have  a  customer 
dead  sure—providing  I  never  mention 
hens. 
Say!  it  pays  a  business  man 
never  to  get  mad. ’ ’  And  we all  agreed 
with  him.

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Out-of-style  goods  need  not  be  un­

salable.

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he  largest  jobbers  in  nearly  every  city  are  handling 
5th  Avenue  Java  and  Mocha  Coffee.  We  handle 
O’ Donohue  Coffee Co.’ s entire  line,  5th Avenue included.
That  is  why  you  find,  our  coffee  fast  taking  the  lead 

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K inney  Salmon  Steaks, 

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A  cake  which  will  please  your 
most  fastidious  customers,  su­
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serve with  ices.

These goods are made from the choicest of ingredients and  you  can 

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Fallacy  o f  Railway  Competition. 

W ritten  fo r the T r a d e sm a n .
“ Railroad  building 

in  the  United 
States  has  been  carried  on  beyond  the 
limits  of  existing  or  reasonably  pros­
pective  demand.”  
“ That  our  trans­
portation  facilities  are  greatly  in  excess 
of  our  requirements 
is  a  fact  now,  if 
never  before,  made  prominently  and 
most  disastrously  manifest  by  the  num­
ber  of  railroad  systems  which,  as  finan­
cial 
invalids,  are  either undergoing,  or 
just  recuperating  from,  the  heroic treat­
ment  of  reorganization. ”   These  words 
from  a  recent  article 
in  The  Bond 
Record  indicate  a  condition  that,  if  re­
alized,  for  some  reason,  finds  very  little 
expression.  The  confidence  in  the  po­
tency  of  the  iron  rail  to  bring  prosper­
ity 
to  any  region,  especially  with 
competition,  is  so  great  that  those  who 
intimate  there  may  be  too  much  of  a 
good  thing  are  accounted  economic 
heretics.

In  the  tendency  of  the  American  peo­
ple  to  avoid  paternalism  in  government 
is  to  be  found  one  of  the  principal  rea­
sons  for  the  undue  expansion  of  the 
railway  systems.  The  idea  of 
leaving 
economic  questions  wholly  to  the  de­
cision  of  natural  economic laws,  instead 
of  estimating  results  to  be obtained and, 
by  deliberation,  adopting  means  to  the 
work,  is 
in  harmony  with  the  spirit  of 
American  liberty;  but  it 
is  a  tremen­
dously  wasteful  method,  in  this  regard, 
comparing  with  many  other of  the  oper­
ations  of  nature.  Many  things  can  be 
safely 
left  to  the  care  of  the  Great 
Mother;  but  there  are  some  things  in 
which  her  ministrations  may  be  made 
more  economical  by  the  exercise  of 
in­
telligent  supervision.

In  the  matter of the  regulation  of  rail­
way  traffic  between  the  states  there  has 
developed  the  necessity  of  a  consider­
able  degree  of  government  paternalism, 
which  is  manifested  in  the  constitution 
and  operation  of  the  Interstate  Com­
merce  Commission.  The  dealings  of 
this  tribunal  have  been  found  to be  of 
vast  benefit,  and  have  demonstrated  the 
possibility  and  practicability  of  some 
kind  of  intelligent  supervision  of  trans­
portation  economics. 
In  some  of  the 
states,  too,  boards  of  supervision  are 
being  established 
for  the  regulation, 
among  other  things,  of  projects  for  rail­
way  extension.

But  the  great  extension  of  all  the  sys­
tems  was  without  regulation.  The  idea 
of  railways  for  the  development  of  new 
country,  and  old  as  well,  became  a 
craze.  And  after  the  systems  began  to 
it  was  found  that  there  was  a 
extend 
monopoly 
in  prices  which  demanded 
some  kind  of  regulation.  To  meet  the 
demands  caused  by  some  of  the  most 
flagrant  overcharges  the  state  legisla­
learned  that,  in  granting 
tures  early 
charters,  and 
later  by  state  laws,  there 
must  be  some  limits  provided.  Thus 
the  very  general  provision 
limiting 
fares  to  three  cents  per  mile.  This  and 
the  provisions for  physical  safety  were 
about  all  that  legislatures  would  venture 
to  do.

As  there  seemed  to  be  a  necessity  for 
further  regulation,  the  public  mind  be­
gan  to  look  for  means to  secure  it.  The 
first  to  be  suggested  was  competition. 
The  effects  of  this  factor  in  the  general 
trade  of  the  country  at  that  time  were 
beneficial—“ Competition  was  the 
life 
In  many  cases  it  is  benefi­
of  trade.”  
in  re­
cial  now,  but  its  rapid  increase 
cent  years  has  brought 
it  to  a  point 
where 
appropriately  be 
denominated  the  death  of  trade.

it  may  as 

In  all  those  localities  where  the  sin-

for 

fact  that 

gle  line  of  railway  had  a  monopoly  of 
the  carrying  business  the  people  began 
to  clamor 
“ competition.”   No 
other  possible  means  could  be  suggest­
ed  for  the  restriction  of  prices  and  the 
regulation  of  methods  of  traffic.  A 
town  with  a  single  line  of  railway,  not­
withstanding  the 
that  was 
more  than  ample  for  all  transportation 
requirements,  was  in  a  hopeless  condi­
tion  unless  it  could  secure  a  competing 
line.  The  result  was  the  competition 
craze,  a  continuation  and intensification 
of  the  railway  development craze.  This 
was 
the  natural 
economic  method  of  regulation.  Thus 
in  a  short  time  there  were  provided 
nearly  or  quite  double  the  routes  and 
means  of  transportation  that  the country 
warranted.

looked  upon 

as 

To  what  extent  has  the  competition 
proved  beneficial?  There  is,  of  course, 
no  question  that 
in  many  cases  it  has 
served  to  prevent  extortionate  charges, 
made  possible  without  any  regulation, 
but  in  many  more  cases  the  remedy  has 
been  found  worse  than  the  disease. 
In 
the  long  run  these  things  must be  regu­
lated  by  the 
laws  of  supply  and  de­
mand.  So  that,  with  a  given  amount of 
transportation  to be  done,  the  provision 
of  double  the  means  required  propor­
tionately 
increases  the  cost;  for  these 
laws  work  both  ways.  For  self-preser­
vation  there  must  be  combinations  on 
prices  where  the  work  is  thus  divided, 
and  these  establish  high  rates  for  com­
parison  and  regulation  of  prices  where 
there  is  not  actual  combination.  Thus 
the  effect  of  this  competition,  on  the 
whole,  is  a  vast  increase  in  the  cost  of 
transportation — certainly  a  wasteful 
method  of  regulation.

in  which 

It  is  easy,  in  the  light  of  experience, 
to point  out  ways  by  which these matters 
could  have been  regulated more econom­
ically.  The  degree 
it  has 
been 
found  practicable  to  regulate  by 
government  action  is  sufficient  to  dem­
onstrate 
commissions 
might  have  prevented  this  tremendous 
overgrowth  and  waste.  Such  commis­
sions  could  have  decided  what were  fair 
rates  of  traffic  and  these  could  have 
gone  to  just  roads  enough  to  sufficiently 
serve  the  needs  of  the  country.

railway 

that 

But  now  we  have  the  railroads.  About 
all  that  can  be  suggested  is  a  patient 
waiting  for  the  “ country  to  grow  up  to 
the  roads.”   This  may  be  facilitated 
by  turning  all  the  energy  to  be  com­
manded 
in  the  direction  of  judicious 
highway  improvement.

W .  N .  F u l l e r .

Summer  Homes.

These 

fished  out. 

In  the  Lake  regions  of  Wisconsin, 
Iowa 
Northern  Michigan,  Minnesota, 
and  Dakota, 
there  are  hundreds  of 
charming  localities-pre-eminently  fitted 
for  summer  homes.  Nearly  all  are 
lo­
cated  on  or  near  lakes  which  have  not 
resorts  are 
been 
easily  reached  by  railway  and  range 
in 
variety  from  the  “ full  dress for dinner”  
to  the  flannel-shirt  costume  for  every 
meal.  Among  the  list  are  names  famil­
iar  to  many  of  our  readers  as  the  per­
fection  of  Northern  summer 
resorts. 
Nearly  all  of  the  Wisconsin  points  of 
interest  are  within  a  short  distance 
from  Chicago  or  Milwaukee,  and  none 
of  them  are  so  far  away  from  the  *4 busy 
marts  of  civilization”   that  they  cannot 
be  reached  in  a  few  hours  of  travel,  by 
frequent  trains,  over  the  finest  road 
in 
the  Northwest—the Chicago,  Milwaukee 
&  St.  Paul  Railway.  A  description  of 
the  principal  resorts,  with  list  of  sum­
mer  hotels  and  boarding  houses,  and 
rates  for  board,  will  be  sent  free  on  ap­
plication  to  Harry  Mercer,  Michigan 
Passenger  Agent,  7  Fort  street,  West, 
Detroit,  Mich.

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especially 
if  they  are  wet  or  slippery, 
it  is  wise  to  go  at  as  nearly  a  right  an­
gle  as  possible,  at  leasf  with  the  front 
wheel.

*  *  *

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B IC Y C L E S   A S  T R U N K S.

W ritten for the  Tradesman.

in 

Gradually  the  bicycle  is assuming  a- 
defined  position  and  obtaining  recogni 
its  utility  and  the 
tion  on  account  of 
prospect  of  universality 
its  use. 
There  are  still  many  who  criticise  it 
and  claim  that 
it  is  an  intruder  upon 
the  rights  of  pedestrians  and  that  it 
should  be  subjected  to  this,  that and  the 
other  annoying  regulation,  so  that  there 
is  a  constant  contest  going  on,  in  which 
the  victories  for  the  wheel  are more  and 
more  frequent  as  the  number  in  use 
increases.

its  restriction 

Perhaps  the  most  bitter  fight  is  that 
with  the  railroads.  At  the  first  these 
seemed 
inclined  to  show  indulgence, 
but  there  was  something  so  peculiarly 
unmanageable  about  the  wheel,  espe­
cially 
in  the  hands  of  the  baggagemen 
inexperienced  in  handling  articles  with 
such  a  tendency  to  “ go”   in  them,  that a 
decided  prejudice  early  became  mani­
fest,  and  in  a  short  time the majority  of 
the roads refused  to  handle  them  as  bag­
gage.  The  fight  was 
long  and  bitter, 
until  the  railroad  men,  as  a  class,  came 
to  hate  the  wheel  with  a  bitter  hatred ; 
and  they  have  been  active  in  striving 
for 
in  the  city  streets. 
Thus  the  Vice-President  of  one  of  the 
great  railway  systems,  in  an  interview" 
recently,  objects  to  their  use  on  princi­
pal  streets  and  would  not  allow  riders  to 
pass  street  corners  without dismounting. 
This  is  undoubtedly  a  manifestation  of 
the  antagonism  engendered  by  his  con­
sideration  of the transportation question.
But  the  increasing  power of the  wheel 
through  multitude 
is  rapidly  bringing 
the  railroads  to  time.  State legislatures 
have  taken  up  the  question.  The  New 
York  Assembly  passed  a  law,  not  long 
before 
its  adjournment,  requiring  the 
railroads  of  the  State  to  carry  wheels  as 
baggage. 
In  a  recent  speech  Chauncey 
Depew  observes  that  the Legislature  de 
cided  that,  “ instead  of  a  vehicle,  the 
wheel  is  a  trunk.”   At  first  the  railways 
proposed  to  test  the  constitutionality  of 
such  legislation,  but  after  considering 
the  growing  power  of  the  wheel  and  the 
universal  antagonism  they  were  likely 
encounter—an  antagonism  which 
to 
might  manifest 
in  unfavorable 
legislation  on  other  railway  questions— 
they  seem  to  have  decided  to  surrender. 
Thus  the  Pennsylvania  management-has 
issued  orders  that  the  wheel  shall  be 
transported  as  baggage  over  its  entire 
system.  This  surrender  is  likely  to  in­
volve  the  concurrence  of  all  other  roads 
eventually,  although  the  Western  lines 
manifest  an  inclination  to  continue  the 
fight.

itself 

N a t e .

News  and  Gossip  o f Interest to  Dealer 

and  Rider.

A  good  deal  of  nonsense  is  talked and 
some  printed  about  the  danger  of  slip­
ping  on  wet  asphalt  pavements.  An as­
phalt  pavement  that  is simply wet  is  not 
specially  dangerous  if  one  rides  care­
fully  and  in  a  straight  line,  or as  nearly 
straight  as  possible.  A sudden  curve  or 
swerve  is  to be  avoided  most  carefully. 
It  is  when  the  pavement  is  muddy  that 
it  is  really  dangerous.  Then  the  rider 
must  exercise  special  caution  to  escape 
a  tumble  and  possibly  some  broken 
bones. 
It  is  well  to  bear  in  mind  that 
the  rear  wheel  of a  bicycle  may slip  two 
or  three  inches  without  producing  se­
rious  results,  but  a  slight  slip  with  the 
front  wheel  may  lead  to  a  sudden  dis­
mount  or a  fall. 
In  crossing  cartracks,

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Our  Line  of Wheels  at  $50.00  and  $60.00 are 

Great Sellers.

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Wholesale and Retail Bicycles, 
NO.  la  WEST  BRIDGE  STREET.

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TANDEM  TRUTHS.

1.  An  expectant  public  is  Just  beginning to  realize  the 

pleasures that come from Tandem riding.
2.  Long wheel base,  excessive  strain  on  the  front  fork, 
clumsy steering, and many other disagreeable features  have 
heretofore  made  Tandems  inconvenient  and  undesirable.
3.  The Tally-Ho, the result of careful experimenting, en­
tirely overcomes all these objections.
4.  The Tally-Ho is distinctly a Tandem, and, unlike many 
5.  You should write for  further particulars.

others, is not constructed of bicycle  parts.

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One  of  the  things  that  a  man  who  has 
had  one  or  two  wheels  looks  after,  when 
providing  himself  with  a  new  mount,  is 
whether  the  wheel  that  he  contemplates 
purchasing 
is  easy  to  clean  or  not. 
There  is  a  good  deal  of  difference  be­
tween  the  different  makes 
in  this  re­
spect.  Certain  devices  on  certain  styles 
of bicycles  seem  designed  to  catch  dust 
and  dirt  and  to  make  it  difficult  to  get 
rid  of  them.  A  rider  with  a  new  wheel, 
it  is  usually  noticeable,  is  much  more 
careful 
it 
than  he 
it  has  been  ridden  a 
year. 
It  pays,  however,  to  take  good 
care  of  a  wheel  all  the time.  A  machine 
that  has been  carefully  looked  after  and 
kept  free  from  rust  and  other  signs  of 
use  can  be  sold  for  a  good  price  or 
turned 
in  at  a  good  advantage  when  a 
new  purchase  is  made.
*  *  *

in  cleaning  and  polishing 

is  after 

The  most  practicable  plan  of  carry­
ing  wheels 
in  baggage  cars  seems  to 
be  to  have  hooks  suspended  from  the 
ceiling  of  the  car  on  which  the  bicycles 
may  be  hung,  the  hooks  being  covered 
with  -rubber  hose,  in  order  to  prevent 
injury  to  the  enamel  of  the  machine. 
There 
is  one  strong  objection  to  this 
method  of  dealing  with  bicycles  on 
which 
lamps  are  carried,  unless  they 
can  be  hung  up  without  being  turned 
In  this  position  the  oil 
upside  down. 
from  the 
lamps  would,  of  course,  run 
out  and  cause  trouble. 
In  many  lamps 
a  sort  of  absorbent  cotton  is  used  in  the 
reservoir,  which  prevents  the  oil 
from 
jarring,  or  even  when  the 
spilling  by 
bicycle  is  laid  down  on  its  side,  but 
if 
the  lamp  were  turned  bottom  up  a  few 
drops  of  oil  at  least  would  be  likely  to 
flow  out.

*  *  *

“ Have  you  any  footless  bicycle stock­
ings?”   was  the  question  put  to  a  sales­
man 
in  a  store  where  sporting  goods 
and  garments are  sold.  The clerk looked 
surprised,  and  there  was  a  decidedly 
incredulous  smile  on  his  face as  he  re­
peated  the  word  “ footless”   and  gave  a 
negative  answer. 
“ I  have  never  had  a 
call  for  them  before,”   he  said,  with 
the  air  of  a  man  who  knew  it  all.  Yet 
the  footless  bicycle  or  golf  stocking  has 
been  on  the  market  for  several  months, 
and  is  a great  convenience.  Many  men 
object  to  heavy  woolen  stockings  in  the 
warm  weather,  and  have  good  reason 
for  doing  so.  The  footless  stocking 
is 
drawn  over  an  ordinary  sock,  and  has  a 
thin  band  of  material  to  hold  it  in place 
by  passing  under  the  hollow  of  the  foot.

*  *  *

Complaints  are  heard  in  reference  to 
inaccuracy  of  cyclometers,  not  al­
the 
ways  with 
just  cause.  No doubt  there 
are  some  poor  cyclometers  on  the  mar­
ket,  but  the  standard  makes  may  be  re­
lied  on. 
It  sometimes  happens  that  a 
rider  goes  out on  his  wheel  on  the  road 
where  the  miles  are  marked  off  with 
posts,  and  fails  to  find  that  his  record 
agrees  with  the  measurement  of  the sur­
veyors.  He  overlooks  the  fact  that  the 
survey  was  made  in  a  straight  line,  and 
in 
that  it  is  impossible  for him  to  ride 
if  the  road 
a  straight 
line,  even 
is 
wholly  unobstructed. 
Every  time  he 
makes  a  swerve  to  right  or  left,  or 
turns  out  to  pa6S  another  rider  or a  ve­
hicle  of  any  kind,  he  is  adding  to  his 
distance. 
In  a  run  of  five or  six  miles 
is  thus  easy  to  add  a  half-mile  or 
it 
more,  which, 
the 
rider  may  lay  to  the  inaccuracy  of  the

inexperienced, 

if 

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cyclometer.  A  cyclometer attached  to 
the  rear  wheel of  a  bicycle  would  meas­
ure  the  distance  covered  more  accuarte- 
ly  than  one  on  the  front  wheel,  since 
the  kfront  wheel 
travels  considerably 
farther.

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vogue 

Wooden  handle-bars  are  having  a 
just  now  and 
considerable 
promise  to  gain  rapidly  in  favor. 
In­
deed,  the  prediction  is  ventured  that  in 
a  year  or  two  they  will  displace  the 
metallic  ones  as  completely  as  wooden 
rims  have  ousted  those  of  steel.  Some 
riders  have  long  wanted  wooden handle­
bars,  but  could  not  buy  them.  Now 
several  manufacturers  offer  them 
for 
sale,  although  the  dealers  do  not  seem 
to  have  a  large  supply  on  hand.  The 
is  $2.50  to $5  apiece.  The  chief 
price 
advantage  of  them 
is  that  they  absorb 
vibration.  Wheelmen  often  complain  of 
a  numbness  of  the  hands  and  wrists 
after 
long  rides,  and  even  after  short 
. ones  over  cobblestones.  The  wood  is 
springy,  and  prevents  this  after  effect, 
as  well  as  adding  to  the  pleasure during 
the  ride.  Then,  too,  there  is  a  saving 
in  weight.  A  wooden  handle-bar  was 
found  to  weigh 
ounces,  against 
25^   ounces  for  the  steel  one  which  it 
is  only  a 
replaced.  This,  however, 
secondary 
consideration. 
There 
is, 
perhaps,  little  choice 
in  strength  be­
tween  the  two  kinds. 
It  is  confidently 
asserted  that  any  accident  which  would 
break  a  bar  of  elm  or  hickory  would  do 
serious  damage  to  one  of  hollow  steel, 
such  as 
in  general  use.  The  new 
handle-bars  are  covered  with cork where 
they  are  grasped  by  the  hand.

1 7

is 

The  Merchant  Saw   the  Joke.

A   merchant  bought  a  lot  of  suits  of 
clothes  for  a  small  amount  of  money  for 
the  purpose  of  selling  them  at  cost  as 
a  “ leader”   or  advertisement. 
The 
suits  were  certainly  a  great  bargain  at 
the  price  charged for them—§5.  One  of 
the  suits  he  placed  upon  a  glass-eyed 
dummy  and  stood 
it  in  his  show  win 
dow  with  an  alluring  placard  about 
its 
neck.  Then  he  prepared  for  a  great 
rush  of  customers.

For  several  days  he  waited 

in  vain 
The  space  before  the  window  was 
crowded  almost  every  hour of  the  day 
with  people  who 
looked  at  the  suit 
laughed  and  went  away. 
“ The  people 
of  this  town  don’t  know  a  good  thing 
when  they  see  it,”   said  the  merchant

One  day  a  friend  oi  the  merchant 
stopped  to  look  at  the  suit.  The  friend 
laughed,  went 
into  the  store  and  sai 
to  the  merchant:

“ That’s  a  great 

joke  you’ve  put  on 
that  card,  but  I  can’ t  see  that  it  brings 
much  trade. ”

“ Jo k e!”   exclaimed  the  merchant, 

“ that’s  no  joke.  Th at’s  as  serious 
proposition  as  I  ever  made,”   whereat 
the  friend  laughed  more  heartily.

“ Come  out  here,”   he  said,  “ and look 

at  that  sign. ”

Together  they  went  forth.  The  crowd 

stood  back  and  the  merchant  read  h 
sign: 
“ They  won’t 
heard  some  one  say;

long,”   and 

last 

“ I  don’t  see  how  a  suit  of  clothes  for 
I suppose  now, 
$5  could  last  very  long. 
that  suit  of  clothes  would  fall  to  pieces 
in  about  two  weeks.  Anyhow,  that’s  an 
honest  merchant.

The  merchant  read  that  sign  again 
and  interpreted  it  as  the  people  had.  In 
about  five  minutes  another  sign  took  its 
place,  on  which  was printed,  “ They  are 
going  fast,”   and  they  did.

Laziness 

is  the  right  name  for  about 
in 

three-fourths  of  all  the  shortcomings 
business.

The  Bicycle  Now  a  Slave  to  Modern 

Commerce.

The  bicycle  can  no  longer  be  termed 
a 
luxury  or  a  means  of  pleasure  only, 
for  it  has  now  become  the slave  of  mod­
ern  commerce.  For  many  years  the 
wheel  has been  merely  the  plaything  of 
man,  but  henceforth  it will  be his  slave.
into  the 
service  of  trade,  and  the  vista  of  its 
possibilities  opens  out  as  wide  as  the 
boundless  future,  and  its  number  may 
yet  tax  the  multiplication  table.

has  already  been  called 

future. 

in  the 

in  numerous 

The  past  two  years  has  seen  the  bi- 
ycle  and  tricycle  introduced  as  a  fac­
tor 
lines  of  business  all 
over  the  country,  and  their  success  in 
this  first  stage  gives  promise  of  a  mar­
It 
velous  expansion 
opens  up  a  new  era  in  human 
ingenu- 
ty,  is  another  means  of  encouraging 
energy,  and 
is,  therefore,  an  addition 
the  sum  total  of  man’s  happiness. 
The  beginning  of  this  transformation  is 
so  overshadowed  by  the  rapidly  chang- 
ng  scenes  of  life  that  the  casual  ob 
its  significance,  pos- 
server  may  miss 
ibly  the  fact  itself,  but  the  bicycle 
is 
evidently  a  new  wheel  in  the  machinery 
of  business  that  has  come  to  stay.

Always  the  faithful  servant  of man,  as 
ras  the  horse, 
the  wheel  has  done 
plendid  work  in  its  new  field,  and  the 
past  year  is  a  pledge  that  its  capacity, 
with  the  pneumatic  tire,  is  almost  un- 
imited.  Men  who  have  made 
it  a 
study  to  watch 
its  work  and  count  the 
cost  have  been  moved  to  turn  prophets 
and  predict  that  the  time  will  come 
when  everybody  and  everything  will  be 
run  on  pneumatic  tires.  They  are  prac- 
ical  men,  but  their  prophecies,  to  the 
unknowing  and  unthinking,  may  have 
the  color  of  the  extravagance  of dreams. 
The  thinking  men,  however,  remember 
the  marvels  of  the  last  two decades,  and 
give 
the  prophet  a  respectful  and 
friendly  bearing.

its  power. 

The  bicycle  and  tricycle  carrier  have 
not been  taken  into  business  as  a  tran­
sient  whim,  or  for  the  sport  of  the  em­
ploye  who  uses  them.  The  cycle  has 
proved  a  time  and  money saver. 
In  the 
work  of  the  telegraph,  postoffice and ex­
press,  time 
is  one  of  the  biggest  ele­
ments,  and  the  cycle  robs  that  enemy 
of  some  of 
In  the  work  of 
mercantile  houses,  the  same  as  in  any 
other  business,  money  is  an  all-impor­
tant  consideration.  The  tricycle  and 
boy  are  taking  the  place  of a  man,  a 
boy,  a  horse  and  a  wagon  in  the  deliv­
ery  of  goods.  The  wheel  doesn’t  eat, 
as  the  horse  does,  while  the  boy  pays 
for  his  own  shoeing,  so  that  the  cost  is 
as  one  to  three.  The  tricycle  delivery 
is  coming  into  more  general  use  every 
day,  and,  ultimately,  the  consumer  will 
receive  the  benefit  of  this  saving  of 
horseflesh  and  human  energy.

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

A  prearranged  railway  collision  is  to 
be  one  of  the  features  at  the  opening  of 
a  pleasure  resort  near  Columbus,  Ohio. 
The  Columbus,  Hocking  Valley  and 
Toledo  Railroad  has  assigned  two 
thirty-five-ton  locomotives  which  have 
outlived  their  usefulness  for  economical 
service,  and  to  each  of  these  will  be  at­
tached  three  old  gondola  cars  and  a 
caboose.  A  siding  1,000  feet  long  has 
been  laid,  connected  at  each  end  with 
the  main  track,  and  the  trains  will  be 
started  from  points  about  half  or  three- 
quarters  of  a  mile  from  the  middle  of 
the  siding. 
A  trial  trip  has  shown 
that a  speed  of  forty-five  to  fifty  miles 
per  hour  may  be  expected.  The  en­
gines  are  to  carry  120  pounds  of  boiler 
pressure,  and  are  to  have  the  throttles 
wide  open.  The  event  is  being  adver­
tised,  and  great  crowds  will  in  all prob­
ability  witness  the  prearanged smashup.

D e a r   S i r :

Your scale arrived  all O.  K.  W e 
are  using  it  now  for  about  a  month, 
and  like  it  very well,  as it is  accurate 
and  very  sensitive—a  small  piece of 
paper  bringing  up  the  balance.  Are 
sorry  that  we  didn’t  discard  any 
sooner  our  Stimpson  Computing 
Scale, which  we  have used  only about 
six  months.

Yours truly,

B E C K   &   SC H W E B A C H , 

Dealers in  general  merchandise.

To  the  Computing  Scale  Co.,  Day- 

ton,  Ohio,  U.  S.  A.

A
GREAT
DEAL

Of trouble and loss might be 
saved  by  the  retailer  if  he 
would  buy  his  flour,  feed, 
bran,  com  and  oats  and 
everything in the milling line 
in  mixed  car  loads  of  one 
firm.  There  would  be  less 
freight, no tom or soiled flour 
sacks,  no  shortages  and  no 
delays.  A great deal depends 
on how you manage the little 
things, and pennies are little 
things, but if you are trying to 
make a great deal of  money

M  valley City

BO.,

Sole m akers of

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

EVERY
CENT
COUNTS

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

M A N U F A C T U R IN G   T H E   B E S T   D A K O T A   A N D   M IN N E S O T A

Owned and Operated  by

IN   T H E   W O R L D .

JOHN  H.  EBELING Green  Bay,  Wis

l i i p i

DAILY  HILL  CAPACITY,  500  BARRELS

ELEVATOR  CAPACITY,  65,000  BUSHELS

LOOK  OUT===Don’t  Wreck  Your  Business

Fur  the  want  of  a  lit  le  foresight.  To 
notice  the  difference  in  the  quality  of  a  his 
it  may  he  enough  to  sii  k  you.

Buy  where  you  w  II  be  p r -te- ted.  We  ( 
nesota  lim i  Spring  Win at.  uniform  in  qua 
the  market.

Write  it'  for  samples  and  delivere  ì  prie 

p r   c e s   to  u e t  th e m .

teapest  is  not  always  safe.  You  might  not 
urand  that  of  a  slightly  inferior  Flour,  but

We  want  your  orders,  and  wdl  combine  High  Grade  Goods  with  low

I lu .i. ON,  M ass  .

NEW  YORK.  N.  Y.,

W m.  M ay,  4 >2  C h a m b r o t  Commerce. 

J a.aus  M  Ben h a m ,  445  Produce  Exchange,

BRANCH  OFFICES
WASHING I ON,  D.  C.,

S.  C  Cropley,  Allan  io  Build ini 

MILWAUKEE,  Wis  ,

Dünner  Bros.,  Reed  Street.

MACON,  Ga  ,

T urner  & Co ,  Board  of Trade. 

PHILADELPHIA,  Pa., 

W m.  B.  Potts,  126  Second  St.

Correspondence  Solicited

JOHN  H.  EBELING,  Green  Bay,  Wis

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

2 1

Fora  firm  to  compel  its  force  of  trav­
elers  to  economize  at  every  point  in  the 
matter  of  expense  is  “ penny  wise  and 
pound  foolish. ”   The  enterprising  firm 
in  this  matter,  for  it 
knows  that  such  a  policy  impresses  the 
customer  with  an  idea  of  cheese-paring 
meanness  that  leaves  a  very  bad 
im­
pression.

not  niggardly 

has  been  reinforced.  The  new  man 

P.  Steketee  &  Sons’  salesman  force 
is 
hustler  and  means  business  every 
me.  He  may  be  addressed,  for  the 
^resent,  care  W.  H.  Van  Leeuven,  559 
South  Lafayette  street. 
It  might  be 
added  that  the  newcomer  has  a  chance 
to  grow;  he’s  not  one  of  the  know-it-all 

ind.  Weight,  io  pounds.
Be  decent  in  your  relations  with  your 
competitor.  Don’t  sneer  when  his  name 
s  mentioned  in your presence,  and don’t 
make  a  holy  show  of  yourself  by  abus- 
ng  him. 
It  isn’t  so  much  the  question 
of  the 
injury  you  will  do  him,  as  the 
hurt  you  will  do  yourself.  Be  generous 
and  open  with  your  competitor;  some 
day,  who  knows?  you  may  be 
in  need 
of  his  friendship.

of 

C.  S.  Kelsey,  chairman  of  the  Rail- 
ray  Committee 
the  Michigan 
Knights of  the  Grip,  has  been  in corres­
pondence  with  A. 
J.  Smith;  General 
Passenger  Agent  of  the  Lake  Shore, 
with  a  view  to  obtaining  better  trans­
portation 
for  traveling  men 
between  Grand  Rapids  and  Allegan. 
As  a  result  of  the  correspondence,  an 
jrder  has  been  issued  from  the  operat­
ing  department,  directing  that  freight 
train  No.  551  hereafter  stop  at Hopkins, 
Hi’ Hards,  Dorr  and  Byron  Center  on 
signal  for  passengers.

facilities 

Frank  R.  Streat,  Flint;  John  A.  Mur­
ray,  Detroit;  A.  G.  Ellis,  Saginaw;  1 
George  A.  Reynolds,  Saginaw.

Bay  City  was  chosen  as  the next  place 

of  meeting.
In  the  evening  a  reception  was  ten­
dered  the  visitors  at  the  Hotel  Vincent, 
followed by a banquet.  At the conclusion 
of  the  menu,  Mayor  Baum  made  a  very 
happy  address  of  welcome  and  Grand 
Treasurer  George  A.  Reynolds,  of  the 
U.  C.  T.  of  America,  responded  to  the | 
Mayor  in  well-chosen  language  and 
in- 
traduced  Dr.  O.  P.  Barber,  whose 
brief  but  witty  remarks  brought  forth 
peals  of  laughter.  Grand  Councilor  F. 
R.  Streat  responded  to  the  toast  ' ‘ Sub- 
ordinate  Councils  of  M ichigan.”   He 
reviewed  the  history  of  the  order  and 
eulogized 
its  rapid  growth.  Samuel 
Rindskoff  spoke  of  “ The  Commercial 
Traveler,  his  present  and  future relation 
to  the 
commonwealth,”   which  was 
pictured  vividly  and  contained  a  num­
ber  of  practical 
J.  Evans 
made  some  quaint  remarks  on  “ Soft 
soap  and  other  soaps,”   and  John  P. 
Hemmeter  sang  two  selections,  receiv­
ing  vigorous  applause. 
“ Saginaw  \ al­
ley,  present  and  future”   was  responded 
to  by  Samuel  E.  Symons.  He  eulogized 
the  many  advantages  of  the  city  and 
its  resources,  giving  the  number  of 
its 
facts, 
industries  and  many  practical 
concluding  by  urging 
that  oppor­
saying 
and 
improved 
tunities  be 
citizens 
that  prosperity 
awaits 
its 
“ Cut  Rate  D ruggists”   was 
re­
sponded  to  by  M. 
S.  Brown, 
and 
the  evening’s  entertainment  was  con­
cluded  by  Hon.  C.  L.  Benjamin,  who 
was  in  his  happiest  mood,  and respond­
ed 
in  his  characteristic  manner  to  the 
toast,  “ The  Ladies.”

ideas. 

J. 

Promoted  to  a  Larger  Field.

J.  Ed.  Blackall,  who has  repiesented 
the 
in  Western

the 
Standard  Oil  Company 

lubricating  department  of 

GLIFTOH HOUSE

Michigan’ Popular  Hotel.

Remodeled and  Refitted Throughout.

Cor.  Monroe  and  W abash   A ves.,

CHICAGO.

Moderate  rates  and  special  attention  to  De­
troit and  Miciiigan  guests.  Located  one  block 
from the business center  Come and see us.
GEO.  CUMMINGS  HOTEL CO.,

Geo.  Cummings.  Pres. 
Geo. Cummings is an  Honorary  member  of  the 

Michigan Knights of the Grip.

SELL  THESE

1  C IG A R S

®  

and  give  customers  good 

satisfaction. 

®(S)<S)®'»)<SX*Xs)®<SXSXSKSXS>®<S)^

HOTEL  BURKE

G.  R.  &  I.  Eating  House.

CADILLAC,  MICH.

All mode n conveniences.

C. BURKE,  Prop. 

W. 0. HOLDEN, Mgr.

The  Bradstreet 
Mercantile  Agency

THE BRADSTREET COMPANY 

Proprietors. 

E x e c u t i v e   O f f i c e s —

279, 281, 283  Broadway,  N.Y. 

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

CHARLES F. CLARK, Pres.

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

Room 4, Widdicomb  Bldg.

HENRY  ROYCE, Supt

Commercial T ravelers

Michigan Knights of the Grip. 

President,  S.  E.  S ym o n s,  Saginaw;  Secretary, 
Geo.  F.  Owen,  Grand  Rapids;  Treasurer,  J.  J.
F rost, Lansing.
Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’  Association. 
President, J.  F. C o o per,  Detroit;  Secretary  and 

Treasurer, D. M o r r is , Detroit.

United Commercial Travelers of Michigan.

Chancellor, H.  U.  Ma r k s ,  Detroit;  Secretary, 
E d w in  Hudso n,  Flint;  Treasurer,  g e o .  A.  R e y ­
n o ld s,  Saginaw.

Michigan Division, T. P. A.

President, G eo.  F. Ow e n ,  Grand  R ap id s ;  Secre­
tary  and  Treasurer,  J a s .  B.  M cIn n e s,  Grand 
Rapids.

Gripsack  Brigade.
To  sell  goods  on  the  road 

looks  easy 

—but  it  is  not. 

It  is  really  trying.

No  half-hearted  knight  of  the  grip 
achieves  permanent  success.  He  must 
love  his  vocation  and  believe 
in  his 
house  and  his  goods.

Success  on  the  road  isn’t  the  result  of 
accident.  The  trade  doesn’t  come  to 
you  by 
liking,  or  for  ac 
quaintance’s  sake.  It  comes because you 
deserve  it.

luck  or  by 

Don’t  show  importance  and  irritabil­
ity  if  you  cannot  finish  a  customer 
in 
time  to  make  an  outgoing  train ;  don’t 
attempt  to  force  things,  for  such  tactics 
never  pay.

The 

lazy  man  on  the  road  who  lies 
abed  while  the 6  a.  m. "train  is  pulling 
out  from  the  depot  is  just half  a  day  be­
hind  his  competitor,  who  does  not  wail 
for  the  io o’clock  train.

Michigan  members  of  the  T.  P.  A, 
hang  their  heads  in  shame  over  the  re 
port  that  Debs  is  likely  to  be  invited  to 
address  the  annual convention  of that 
ganization  at  Terre  Haute  on  June  2.

Success 

in  business  means  nothing 
more  than  the  use  of  good,  sound  com 
mon  sense. 
is  the  result  of  doing 
things  as  they  should  be  done,  in  the 
most  expedient  and  effective  manner.

It 

Sometimes  a  whisper  can  be  heard 
farther  than  a  scream.  The  traveling 
salesman  who  steps  about  noiselessly 
“ gets  there”   equally  with  him  who 
heralds  his  coming  with  a  brass  band 
Don’t  imagine,  now that  summer  is  at 
the  door,  there 
is  no  opportunity  for 
good  trade.  There 
is  business  all  the 
time  and  the  salesman  who  comes  out 
eventually  on  top 
is  he  who  continues 
the  same  efforts  in  June  as  he  does 
December.

The  old  method  of  quietly  sitting 
down in your  sample  room  and  awaiting 
your  customers  to come and look through 
your  line  has  all  played  out.  You  hav 
to  get  up  and  hustle  if  you  want  to  be 
in  the  lead,  or  else  you  are  going  to  be 
left.

Don’t  attempt  to  make  a  veteran  on 
the  road  believe  that  you  are  selling 
“ immense  quantities of  goods,  that  you 
are  making  electric 
light  towns  only 
and  that  you  have  a  girl  at  every  stop­
ping  place.”   He  knows  better.
All  things  being  equal,  the 

law  of 
average  allows  the  man  who  fishes  eight 
hours  per  day  more  fish  than  the  man 
who  fishes but  two  or  three  hours  a  day. 
The  same 
law  holds  good  as  you  go 
along  working  your  territory ; the  longer 
you  work  the  more  orders  you  will  se­
cure.

Freeport  Herald :  Valda  Johnston  and 
from 
wife,  of  Grand  Rapids, 
rode 
their 
Grand  Rapids  to  Freeport  on 
wheels  last Friday forenoon and returned 
in  the  afternoon.  Mr.  J.  is  salesman 
for  a  grocery  firm 
in  the  Valley  City 
and  travels  independent  of  the  railroads 
most  of  the  time.

F.  E.  Bushman, 

traveling  represen- 
;ative  for  Ruhe  Bros.  &  Co.,  of  Allen­
town,  Pa.,  has  arranged  with  the Hazel­
ine  &  Perkins  Drug  Co.  to ¡turn  his 
trade  over  to  that  house  and  travel  for 
the  engagement  to  date 
the  company, 
from  June 
1.  Mr.  Bushman  expects  to 
call  on  his  customers  every  sixty  days, 
and, 
in  order  to  be  in  constant  touch 
with  the  business-  it  will be maintained 
as  a  distinctive  department by  the  Drug 
company—he  will  remove  his  family 
from  Kalamazoo  to  Grand  Rapids,  tak­
ing  up  his  residence 
in  the  southern 
part  of  the  city.  Mr.  Bushman  is  a 
salesman  of 
judgment  and  experience 
and  will,  undoubtedly,  achieve  as  large 
a  measure  of  success  in  his  new  con­
nection  as  he  did in his  former  relations 
with  Ruhe  Bros.  &  Co.

Annual  Convention  o f  the  U.  C.  T .  of 

Michigan.

Saginaw,  May 

the  entertainment 

16—The  annual  con­
vention  of  the  United  Commercial 
Travelers  of  Michigan  was  held  here 
yesterday, 
features 
being  under  the  auspices  of  Saginaw 
Council,  No.  43.
The  reports  of  grand  officers and com­
mittee  was  most  gratifying,  the  mem­
increased  dur­
bership  having  largely 
ing  the  year.  The 
following  officers 
were  elected :

Grand  Chancelor—H.  U.  Marks, 

Detroit.

Jackson. 
Grand 

Flint. 

Grand  Junior  Chancelor—F.  L.  Day, 

Secretary—Edwin  Hudson, 

.

Grand  Treasurer—George  A.  Rey­

nolds,  Saginaw. 

Grand  Conductor—Dell  C.  Slaight, 

_

.  .

Flint.

City.

Grand  Page—James  J.  Evans,  Bay 

Grand  Sentinel—John  A.  Murray,  De­

troit.
Executive  Committee—M.  J.  Moore, 
Jackson;  Herman  Vassold,  Saginaw; 
Samuel  Rindskoff,  Detroit;  Frank  C. 
Tentt,  Bay  City.

Representatives to  Supreme  Council—

in  this 
Michigan,  with  headquarters 
city, 
for the  past  three  years,  has  been 
promoted  and  transferred  to  Colorado, 
with  headquarters 
in  Denver.  Before 
coming  to  Grand  Rapids  Mr.  Blackall 
operated  in  the  same  line  at  Detroit  for 
some  time.  He  has  had  long  experience 
in  the  lubricating  oil  trade,  which,  with 
his  thorough  business  qualities,  insures 
him  abundant  success  in  his  new  field.

The  Dodge  Club  cigar  is  sold  by  F. 

E.  Bushman,  Kalamazoo.
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 
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STATE  BOARD  OP  PHARMACY.

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

C. A. B u g b e e , Charlevoix
- 
S.  E. P a r k il l ,  Owosso
F. W. R. P e r r y , Detroit 
-  A. C. S c h u m a c h er,  Ann Arbor 
G eo .  G u n d r u m , Ionia

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President, C. A. B u g b e e , Charlevoix. 
Secretary, F. W. R.  P e r r y , Detroit. 
Treasurer, G eo. G u n d r u m , Ionia.

Coming Meetings—Detroit (Star Island), June 23.

Lansing, November 3.

MICHIGAN STATE  PHARMACEUTICAL 

ASSOCIATION.

. 

_ 

. .  

( S.  P. W h itm a r sh ,  Palmyra;

President, Geo. J. W a r d , St. Clair.
Vice-Presidents  -j q  ^  P h il l ip s ,  Armada. 
Secretary, B. S c h bo u d er, Grand Rapids. 
Treasurer, W m. D u po nt, Detroit.
Executive  Committee—F.  J.  W u r z b u r g ,  Grand 
Rapids:  F.  D. St e v e n s, D etroit;  H. G .C o lm an, 
Kalamazoo:  E. T. W e b b ,  Jackson:  D.  M. R u s­
s e l l , Grand Rapids.

The  Drug  Market.

Acetanilid—Prices  continue  the  same 

and  demand  inactive.

Acids—Carbolic  and  oxalic  are 

in 
good  demand  and  prices firm.  Advanc­
ing  prices  for  crude  materials  have 
strengthened  tartaric.

Alcohol—Unchanged.  Wood continues 

strong.

Arsenic—Increase 

in  competition  is 

resulting  in  depressed  prices.

Balsams—Copaiba 

in  good  demand 
with  strengthening  prices.  Tolu,  Peru 
and  Canada  fir  dull,  prices  nominally 
the  same.

Beans—Mexican  vanilla 

in  fair  de­

mand,  especially  from  jobbers.

Cacao  Butter—Dull.  Prices  the  same.
Cascara  Sagrada—Prices  firm  with 

active  jobbing  demand.

Cassia  Buds—Strong,  as  supply 

is 

limited.

C i nchon i d i a — Quotat i ons  unchanged 

and  supply  in  small  lots  only.

Cocaine  Muriate—Dull.  Prices  un­

changed.

Cod  Liver  Oil—The  opinion  seems  to 
the  decline  has  about 

obtain 
reached  its  limit.

that 

Cream  Tartar—Quotations  remain  the 

same  with  fair  demand.

Cubeb  Berries—Prices 

with  small  demand.

unchanged, 

Essential  Oils—Foreign  demand  has 
improved  the  situation  except  that there 
is  further decline  in  citronella.

Flowers—Unchanged.  German  cham­
omile  continues  scarce  and  will  remain 
so  until  new  crop  the  last  of  June.

Glycerine—Fair  demand.  Prices  un­

changed.

Gums—Domestic  refined  camphor 

is 
in  small  demand. 
Japanese business  is 
better  notwithstanding  conflicting  . re­
ports  as  to  foreign  markets.  Aloes 
in 
good  demand  for  consumption.  Chicle 
dull  and  unchanged.

Leaves—Short  buchu  dull.  Prices  un­
im­
in 

changed. 
Senna  strong  at  the 
proved  prices.  The  cholera  scare 
Cairo has  its  influence.

Lycopodium — Demand  good,  espe­
cially  for  future  delivery.  Moscow  and 
Hamburg  report stocks nearly exhausted.
Manna—Situation  unchanged.  De­

Morphine—Prices  remain  unchanged 

but  the  demand  is  better.

Opium—Foreign  quotations 

remain 
the  same,  but  there  is  a .better  feeling 
in  the  domestic  demand,  although  con­
sumption  is  not active.

Quicksilver—Prices  unchanged  with 

quiet demand.

Quinine—Trade  fair  and  prices  firm.
Roots—Ipecac,  demand  continues  un­
Jamaica 
is  creating  a

usually  good  for  the  season. 
ginger, 

foreign  demand 

mand  only  for  small  lots.

Menthol—Weak  and 

prices  still  declining.

irregular  with 

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

scarcity,  though  prices  are  still  un­
changed.  Senegal,  golden  seal  and ser­
pentaria,  quiet  and  unchanged.  Ga- 
langal  is  slightly  advanced  on  account 
of  scarcity.  Gentian  continues  firm  at 
better  prices.

trade 

Seeds—Canary  dull, 

light. 
Dutch  caraway,  prices  have  declined on 
account  of  the  condition  of foreign  mar­
kets.  Celery,  new  crop,  is  lower.  Rus­
sian  hemp 
firm.  Mustard,  without 
change  and  dull.  Coriander,  in  fair  de­
mand,  but  prices  tending  to  decline. 
German  quince 
is  scarce  and  prices 
strengthening.

Sponges—The  tone  of  the  market 

is 
firm  on  account  of  small  stocks,  but  de­
mand  is  light  for  consumption.

Sugar  of  M ilk—Unchanged.  Business 

moderate.

Druggists  and  Liquor-Selling.

It  is  seriously  proposed  in  Chicago  to 
for  a 
tax  the  druggists  $250  per  annum 
license  to  sell 
liquors,  on  the  ground 
that  liquors  are  actually  sold  by  the 
drink  in  many  of  the  drug  stores.  The 
daily  papers  argue  that  there  is  no  rea­
son  why  druggists  and  grocers  should 
not  pay  a  liquor  license  tax  so 
long  as 
the  liquor  dealers  are  obliged  to  pay  it.
that  many 
druggists  in  all  large  cities  and  in many 
small  towns  do  sell  liquor  by  the  drink ; 
but  that  is  no  reason  for 
imposing  the 
expense  and  disgrace  of  a  liquor license 
upon  the  whole  trade. 
It  would  seem 
insult  to  the  pharmaceutical 
to  be  an 
profession  to  class 
its  members  with 
saloon-keepers  and  whisky-back-room 
grocers.

is  undoubtedly  true 

It 

Why  would  it  not  be  best  for  all  self- 
respecting  pharmacists,  under  existing 
circumstances,  to  absolutely  refuse  to 
sell  or  dispense  any  whisky,  brandy, 
gin,  or  wine,  even upon the prescription 
of  a  physician?  These  stimulants  can 
be  obtained  of  as  good  quality  from 
wine  merchants  as from  the  drug  stores, 
and  the  total  value  of  all. the  wines  and 
liquors 
legitimately  sold  by  any  phar­
macist  can  never  amount  to  enough  to 
require  the  least  consideration financial­
ly. 
If  the  medical  profession  and  the 
public  have  so  little  appreciation  of  the 
guarantee  of  purity  which  goes  with  the 
wines  and  spirituous  liquors  dispensed 
by  pharmacists,  as  to  classify  the  drug 
store  per  se  with the saloon,  the pharma­
cist  should  refuse  to  sell  wines  or 
liquors  for  any  purpose  whatever. 
If 
honest  men  are  to  be  fined  for  furnish­
ing  pure  wines  and  liquors  for  medic­
inal  uses,  they  can  scarcely  be  blamed 
for dropping  the  hot  end  of  the  poker.

The  Untruthfulness  of  Morphinoman- 

iacs.

From Medical Press and Circular.

The  mental  and  moral  destruction 
which  occurs 
in  a  victim  to  the  mor­
phine  habit  is  a  fact  which  unfortunate­
ly  has  been  only  too  frequently  demon­
strated.  This  point  has 
led  to  some 
discussion  respecting  the  expediency  of 
rejecting  the  testimony 
in  a  court  of 
law  of  thos'e  who  are  known  to  be  ad­
dicted  to  the  use  of  morphine.  One 
authority  has  even  gone  so  far  as  to say, 
“ I  would  not  believe  a  man  who  is  a 
victim  of  the  morphine  habit  on  oath.”  
No  doubt  the  moral  obliquity  as  to 
truthfulness  present 
in  such  a  person 
would  be  perfectly  uncontrollable,  un­
der  any  circumstances,  and unrestrained 
even  although  he  had  sworn  to  tell  the 
truth.  But  before  coming  to  any definite 
decision  upon  the question  of  receiving 
or  rejecting  the  evidence  of  such  a  wit­
ness,  it  would  first  of  all  be  only  expe­
dient  to  determine  what  constitutes  a 
person  whose  mental  and  moral  capac­
ities  have  been  tainted  by  the  use  of 
morphine.

The  House  Committee  on  Interstate 
and  Foreign  Commerce  has  reported 
favorably  on  the  Mahon  Nicaragua 
Canal  bill  providing  that  the  capital 
stock  shall  be  $100,000,000,  of  which 
the  United  States  Government 
is  to 
subscribe  $70,000,000,  in  return  for  the 
guarantee  of  the  bonds  to  be  issued  by 
the  company.

The  Dodge  Club  cigar  is  sold  by  F. 

E.  Bushman,  Kalamazoo.
Celery  Booms  the  Gum 

Trade.

The addition of Famous  Kalamazoo  Celery  to 
Chewing Gum  has  given this popular article an 
added  boom  in  public  favor.  J. F. Farnam,  of 
Kalamazoo,  Mich.,  the  most  extensive  grower 
and shipper of Celery in the world, has combined 
the  pure  essence  of  celery with pepsin and pro­
duced a chewing  gum  th at corrects and aids di­
gestion  and  has  a  pronounced  beneficial  effect 
upon the nerves.  It has all the elastic properties 
and  flavors  that  go  to  make  chewing  gum  the 
next thing  to  a  confection  and  the.addition  of 
Celerv and Pepsin gives it actual value and med­
icinal effect.  Celery  is  one  of  the  most  potent 
nerve remedies in existence and its constant use 
co  ¡pled  with  pepsin  in  chewing  gum  must  be 
productive of great benefit to the entire  system 
For this reason it has been highly recommended 
for nervous disorders and stomach trouble  Gum 
chewing  has  been  the  target  for  every  funny 
writer in the land, but until  something  else can 
be  substituted  that  will  give  as  much  actual 
benefit as Farnam’s C- lery and Pepsin Gum there 
is no doubt but w hat the majority of people will 
continue  to  chew  and  thereby  have  stronger 
stomachs and  better  nerves.  Dealers  generally 
have  taken  hold  of  this  new gum because they 
can  readily  see  wherein  it  must  inevitably  be­
come  the  first  in  popular  favor.  The  trade  is 
supplied by all good jobbers.

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WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

Declined—Gum Camphor.

© 18
Morphia, S.P.& W ... 1  65©  1 90 Sinapis......................
© 30
Sinapis, opt..............
Morphia,  S.N.Y.Q.&
C.  Co...................... 1  55©  1 80 Snuff,  Maccaboy, De
© 34
© 40
Voes........................
Moschus Canton__
© 34
65© 80 Snuff,Scotch, De Vo’s
Myristica, No. 1.......
© 10 Soda Boras...............
7  © 10
Nux V om ica.. .po.20
15© 18 Soda Boras, po......... 7  © 10
26® 28
Soda et Potass Tart
Pepsin  Saac, H. & P.
©  1 00 Soda,  Carb...............
2
154©
D. Co......................
5
3©
Soda.  Bi-Carb..........
Picis Liq. N.N.Vigal-
4
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©  2 00 Soda,  Ash.................
doz...........................
@  1 00 Soda, Sulphas..........
Picis Liq., quarts__
2
©
©  2 60
© 85 Spts. Cologne............
Picis  Liq., pints.......
50@
@ 50 Spts.  Ether  Co........
Pil  Ilydrarg... po.  80
©  2 00
© 18 Spts.  Myrcia Dom...
Piper N igra... po.  22
©   2 49
© 30 Spts. Vini  Rect. bbl.
Piper  Alba__ po.  35
@ 2 54
7 Spts.  Vini Rect. 54bbl
Piix  B urgun............
©
@  2 57
10© 12 Spts.  \  ini Rect.lOgal
Plumbi  Acet............
@  2 59
Pulvis Ipecac et Opii 1  10©   1 20 Spts.  Vini Rect.  5gal
Pyrethrum, boxes H.
@  1 25 Strychnia, Crystal... 1  40©  1 45
& P.  D. Co., do z...
3
27© 30 Sulphur,  Subi..........
Pyrethrum,  p v ........
2© 2H
8© 10 Sulphur,  Roll.........
Quassi®.....................
8@ 10
37© 42 Tam arinds...............
Quinia, S.  P. & W ..
28© 30
30© 40 Terebenth Venice...
Quinia, S. G erm an..
42© 45
35© 40 Theobrom®..............
Quinia, N.Y..............
9  00© 16 Op
12© 14 V anilla....................
Rubia Tinctorum ...
7©
24© 26 Zinci  Sulph..............
SaccharumLactis pv
8
Oils
Salaein...................... 3 oo© a 10
BBL.  GAL.
40© 50
Sanguis D raeonis...
70
12® 14 W hale, winter..........
10® 12 Lard,  ex tra..............
60
43
© 15 Lard,  No. I ...............
Sapo, G......................
43
Siedlitz  M ixture__ 20  © a j  Linseed, pure  raw..

Less 5c gal.  cash  10 days.
254©

70
40
40

2 8

Linseed,  boiled...  . 
Neatsfoot, winter str 
Spirits Turpentine..
Paints
Red  V enetian.........
Ochre, yellow  Mars. 
Ochre, yellow  Ber.. 
Putty, com m ercial.. 
Putty, strictly  pure. 
Vermilion,  P r im e
American...............
Vermilion,  English.
Green, P a ris ............
Green,  Peninsular..
Lead, R ed.................
Lead, w hite............
Whiting, white Span 
Whiting,  gilders'... 
White, Paris Amer.. 
Whiting, Paris  Eng.
c liff........................
Universal Prepared.

42
65
33
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144  2 
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Prepared  Paint
Made by A. i  DEAN,

306 N. BURDICK ST., KALAMAZOO, Mich. 
W rite for samples and pr ces. 

It is the m ost durable 

paint made.

Acidum

Aceticum.................*  8©» 
iu
75@  80
Benzoicum, German 
@ 
Boracic....................  
15
‘3 © 
Carbolicum............. 
40
Citricum.................  
44@ 
46
Hydrochlor............. 
3© 
5
Nitrocum................ 
8© 
10
Oxalicum................ 
10© 
12
Phosphorium,  dil... 
©  15
Salicylicum.............  
55© 
65
Sulpnuricum...........  19i@ 
5
Tannicum..............   1  40@  1  60
Tartaricum.............. 
38© 
40
Ammonia

Aqua, 16  deg—
Aqua, 20 deg —
Carbonas...........
Chloridum........

4©
6©
12©
12©

Aniline
Black.......................   2 00© 2 25
«0©  1  00
Brown....................  
R ed.........................  
45@ 
50
Yellow . 
................  2 50@ 3 00
Baccae.
Cubesee...........po. 18 
Juniperus...............  
Xanthoxylum.........  
Balsamum

13© 
25© 

15
8
30

35©  65
Coni um  Mac............ 
90©  1  00
Copaiba..................... 
Cubebae.
1  50©  1  60 
1  20©  1  30 
E xechthitos..........
1  20®  1  30 
E rigeron.................
1  50©  1  60 
G aultheria..............
©  
75
Geranium,  ounce.. 
50©  60
Gossippii, Sem. gal.
Hedeoma.................
1  25©  1  40 
Junipera..................
1  50© 2  00 
90© 2  00
L avendula..............
1  30©  1  50
Limonis...................
2  25©  3 00 
Mentha .Piper........
2 65©  2  75 
Mentha V erid.........
Murrini®,  g al........
2 00@ 2  ¡0
Myrcia, ounce........
®   50
75© 3 00 
Olive........................
Picis  Liquida........
12 
10©  
Picis Liquida, gal..
©  35
R ic in a ....................
91®  96
©  1  00 
Rosmarini...............
6  50©  8 50 
Ros®,  ounce..........
40©  45
S u ccin i................
90©  1  00 
S abina....................
2  50@  7 00 
San tal......................
50©  55
Sassafras...............
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Sinapis, ess.,  ounce.
Tiglii..........................  1  25@  1  30
50
Thyme 
Thyme,  opt.. 
Theobromas

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15
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12© 
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16© 
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50©  55
90©  3 00 
30©  31
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Potassium
Bi-Barb......................
Bichromate  ............
Bromide....................
Carb..........................
Chlorate, .po. 17@19(-
Cyanide.....................
Iodide........................2
Potassa, Bitart, pure 
Potassa, Bitart,  com 
Potass Nitras, opt...
Potass Nitras............
Prus8iate...................
Sulphate  p o ............
Radix

20©
Aconitvm ................. 
A lthæ ........................ 
22©
12©
A nchusa................... 
Arum po....................  
@  25
C alam us................... 
20@  40
12©
G entiana.........po  15 
18
16@ 
G lychrrhiza.. .pv. 15 
@ 
30
Hydrastis Canaden . 
Hydrastis Can., p o .. 
35
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Hellebore,Alba, p o .. 
15© 
20
Inula, po................... 
15©  20
Ipecac, po.................   1  65©  I  75
Iris plox__ po35@38 
35©  40
Jalapa,  p r..............       40© 
45
Maranta,  J£s............ 
@  35
Podophyllum, po__  
15@ 
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Rhei  . : ...................... 
75@  1  00
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Rhei, c u t................... 
75©  1  35
Rhei,pv..................... 
Spigelia.....................  
35©  38
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Sanguinaria.. .po.  15 
15
Serpentaria.............. 
30© 
35
Senega...................... 
55©
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Similax,officinalis II
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Smilax,  M.................
10©
Seill®..............po.35
Symplocarpus, Foeti-
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Valeriana, Eng. po. 30 
Valeriana,  German.
12©
Zingiber a .................
23@
Zingiber j .......... ......  
Semen
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Anisum..........po.  20
Apium  (graveleons)
4©
B ird,Is......................
10©
Carui..............po.  18
Cardamon.................  1  00@  1
8@
Coriandrum.............  
Cannabis  Sativa__   3v,@
Cydonium................. 
75©  1  00
C henopodium ......... 
10@ 
12
Dipterix  Odorate...  2  90©  3  00
15
Foeniculum.............. 
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Foenugreek, po........  
6©  
8
L in i............................  2 Vi© 
4
Lini,  grd __ bbl. 2Vi  3Vi@ 
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L ob elia..................... 
4
Pharlaris  Canarian.  3V4@ 
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R apa..........................  4V4@ 
Sinapis Albu............ 
7@ 
8
Sinapis  Nigra..........  
11© 
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Spiritus

Frum enti, W.  D. Co.  2 00© 2 50 
Frumenti,  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.................
Nassau sheeps  wool
carriage.................
Velvet extra  sheeps’
wool, carriage.......
Extra yellow sheeps’
wool,  carriage__
Grass  sheeps’  wool,
carriage.................
Hard, for slate use..
Yellow  R e e f,  for 
slate  use................
Syrups
A cacia...................... 
Auranti Cortes........  
Zingiber....................  
Ipecac......................  
Ferri Io d ................... 
Rbei Arom...............  
Smilax Officinalis... 
Senega.............., ___ 
Seill®.........................  

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®   50

50© 

Copaiba....................  ^  
@40©
Peru.
Terabin, Canada —
75©
Tolutan......................
Cortex 
Abies,  C anadian....
Cassi æ  — . ..............
Cinchona Flava.......
Euonymus atropurp 
Myrica  Cerifera, po.
Prunus Virgin!........
Quillaia,  gr’d ..........
Sassafras................. .
U lm us...po.  15,  gr’d 
Extractum
Glycyrrhiza  Glabra.
Glycyrrhiza,  po....... 
Hsematox, 15 lb box 
Hsm atox, I s ............ 
H sm atox, Vis..........  
Haematox, Ms..........
Ferru
Carbonate  Precip..
Citrate and Quinia.
Citrate Soluble........
Ferrocyanidum Sol.
Solut.  Chloride.......
Sulphate, com’l ....... 
Sulphate,  com’l,  by
bbl, per cw t.......... 
Sulphate,  pure  ....... 

24©
28©
11@
J3@
*4©
16©

Flora

60

15 
2 25 
80 
50 
15
*
¿5
7

14
25
25

A rn ica...................... 
A nthem is..  ............ 
M atricaria................ 

¡2@ 
Jjj© 
18©

15@  20
18©
25©
12©
8@

Folia
fiarosma....................
Cassia Acutifol, Tin-
nevelly...................
Cassia Acutifol,Alx.
Salvia officinalis, 14s 
and  Vis................... 
Ura Ursi
Gummi 
@
Acacia,  1st picked..
©
Acacia,  2d  picked..
@
Acacia,  3d  picked..
©60©
Acacia, sifted sorts.
Acacia, po.................
14©
Aloe, Barb. po.20@28 
®
Aloe, Cape —  po.  15 
©
Aloe, Socotri. .po. 40
Ammoniac...............  
55@
Assafcetida__ po. 30 
25
22© 
50@  55
B enzoinum .............. 
43
©  
Catechu, Is................ 
«
Catechu, Vis.............. 
©  
16
Catechu, ?4s.............. 
©  
Camphor®...............  
55
52© 
Euphorbium ..po.  35  @ 
10
Galbanum................. 
©   1  JjO
65©  70
Gamboge  po............ 
Guaiacum.......po. 35 
@  35
K ino............ po. $3.00 
@  3 00
M astic......................  
@  65
M yrrh..............po.  45 
@ 1 9
O pii.. - po. $3.20@3.40 2  25@  2 30
Shellac......................  
40@  60
Shellac, bleached... 
40©
T ragacanth.............. 
50®

Herba

Absinthium..oz. pkg 
Eupatorium .oz. pkg
Lobelia.........oz. pkg
M ajorum __ oz. pkg
Mentha Pip. .oz. pkg 
M entha Vir..oz. pkg
R ue................oz. pkg
TanacetumV oz. pkg 
Thymus,  V..oz. pkg 
Magnesia.
Calcined, Pat............
Carbonate, P at------
Carbonate, K. &  M..
Carbonate, Jennings
Oleum

55©
20©
20©
35©

30@ 

Absinthium............  3 25@  3 50
Amygdal®, Dulc__  
50
Amygdal®, A m ara .  8  00© 8  25
A nlsf.........................  2  90©  3 00
Auranti  Cortex.......  2 30@  2 40
Bergamii...................  3 00©  3 20
75
Cajfputi..................... 
60
Caryophylli.............. 
Cedar......................... 
65
© 2 5 0
Chenopadii...............  
Cinnamonii..............   2  50©  2 60
Citronella.................  
, 60

70© 
55@ 
35© 

55© 

Miscellaneous 

50 
50 
50 
50 
75 
50 
I  50

1  00 
50 
50 
60 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
35 
50 
60 
50 
60 
50

Seill® Co...................
T olutan.....................
Prunus virg..............
Tinctures 
Aconitum Napellis R 
Aconitum Napellis F
Aloes..........................
Aloes and Myrrh__
A rn ica......................
A ssafcetida..............
Atrope  Belladonna.
Auranti  Cortex.......
Benzoin.....................
Benzoin Co...............
B arosm a...................
Cant ha rides............
Capsicum ............
Cardam on..........
.
Cardamon  Co__  
Castor........................
Catechu...................
Cinchona...................
Cinchona Co............
Colum ba...................
Cubeba......................
Cassia  Acutifol.......
Cassia Acutifol Co  .
Digitalis ...................
E rgot.........................
Ferri Chloridum __
G entian....................
Gentian Co...............
U uiaea.....................
Guinea ammoii.........
Hyoseyamus............
Iodine........................
Iodine, colorless__
Kino...........................
Lobelia.....................
Myrrh........................
Nux  Vomica............
O pii...........................
Oi ii, camphorated. 
Opii,  deodorized —
Q uassia...................
Rhatany....................
Rhei...........................
S anguinaria............
Serpentaria..............
Strom onium ............
Tolutan....................
V alerian...................
Ve rat rum  Veride ...
Zingiber....................
30© 35
.¿Ether, Spts.  Nit. 3 F 
34© 38
iEther, Spts.  Nit. 4F
3
254©
4
3©
Alumen, gro’d. .po. 7
40® 50
Annatto...................
5
4©
Antimoni,  po..........
55© GO
Antimoni et PotassT
©   1 40
A ntipyrin................
© 15
Antifebrin .  ............
© 55
Argenti Nitras, oz ..
10© U
Arsenicum................
38© 40
Balm Gilead  Bud  ..
00©  1 10
Bismuth  S.  N..........
9
Calcium Chlor.,  is..
©
© 10
Calcium Chlor.,  Vis.
© 12
Calcium Chlor.,  54s. 
© $5
Cantharides, Kus.po 
© \j
Capsici  Fructus, a f.
© 15
Capsici Fructus,  po.
© 15
Capsici FructusB,po 
10© 12
Caryophyllus..po.  15
©  3 75
Carmine, No. 40.......
50© 55
Cera Alba,  S. & F
40© 42
Cera Flava...............
© 40
Coccus......................
© 25
Cassia F ructus.........
© 10
Centraria...................
© 45
Cetaceum..................
60© 63
Chloroform...............
©   1  35
Chloroform, squibbs 
Chloral Hyd Crst__   1  15©  1  30
Chondrus.................. 
2u© 
'£
Cinchonidine,P.& W 
15©  21
Cinchonidine, Germ  7  @ 
14
Cocaine....................   5  30©  5  50
Corks, list, dis.pr.ct. 
65
Creosotum................ 
@  35
©
Greta...............bbl. 75 
Creta, prep...............  
©
9©
Creta, precip............ 
Creta,  Rubra............ 
©
C rocus......................  
50©
24©5©
Cudbear
Cupri Sulph..............
10©
Dextrine....................
75©
Ether Sulph.............
©
Emery, all  numbers
©30©  35
Emery, po.................
Ergota..............po. 40
1 
12©  
Flake  W hite............
©   23
Galla.  ......................
8©  
9
Gambier....................
©   60 
Gelatin, Cooper..  ..
3b®  50
Gelatin, French.......
60,  10&1Ü 
Glassware, flint, box
60
Less  than  box__
Glue,  brow n............
13®
Glue,  white
19©
G lycerina.................  
©
Grana  Paradisi
Humulus................... 
25@
©
Hydraag Chlor  Mite 
@
Hyd raag Chlor  Cor. 
Hydraag Ox Rub’m. 
®
®
Hydraag Ammoniati 
HydraagUngueutum  45@
Hydrargyrum..........  
©   60
Ichthyobolla, A m ...  1  25©  1 50
Indigo........................ 
75©  1  00
Iodine, Resubi.........  3 80© 3  90
Iodoform............
Lupulin.  ..
Lycopodium............ 
Macis..........................
Liquor  Arsen et Hy-
drarg Iod...............
LiquorPotassArsinit
Magnesia,  Sulph__
Magnesia, Sulph,bbl
Mannia, S. F ............ 
M enthol..................... 

60©
©

60©
65©

HAZELTINE 

PERKINS
DRUGS

Im porters and Jo b b ers of

(¡(picáis ami Patent  medicines

Dealers in

Paints,  Oils 
and  Varnishes

Full line of staple  druggists’  sundries.
We  are  sole  proprietors  of  Weath­

erly’s Michigan  Catarrh  Remedy.
We have  in  stock and offer a  full  line 
of  Whiskies,  Brandies,  Qlns,  Wines, 
and  Rums.

We  sell  Liquors  for  medicinal  pur­

poses only.
We  give  our  personal  attention  to 
mailorders  and  guarantee  satisfaction.
All  orders  shipped  and  invoiced  the 
same  day  we  receive  them.  Send  a 
trial order.

HIZEITIIE k PEWS

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

GROCERY PRICE CURRENT.

The  prices  quoted  in  this  list  a re ‘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 im­
possible to  give quotations suitable  for all  conditions of purchase,  and  those below are  given as representing av­
erage prices for average conditions of purchase.  Cash  buyers or those of strong credit usually buy closer  than 
those  who  have  poor  credit.  Subscribers are earnestly  requested to  point out any errors or omissions,  as it is 
our aim to  make this  feature of the greatest possible use to dealers.

AXLE  GREASE.

doz.  gross
Aurora............................55  6 00
Castor O il.......................60  700
Diamond........................50  5 50
F razer's......................... 75  9 00
IXL Golden, tin boxes 75 
9 00
Mica.........  ...................70 
8 00
Paragon..........................55  6 00

BAKING  POWDER.

Absolute.

Acme.

M lb cans doz..................... 
*4 lb cans doz..................... 
1 
M lb cans 3 doz................... 
*4 lb cans 3 d o z................  
1 
Bulk.......................................  
M lb cans 4 doz case......... 
J4 lb cans 4 doz case....... 

45
85
lb cans doz.....................  1  50
45
75
lb cans 1 doz..  ..............  100
10
45
85
lb cans 2 doz case.........  1  60
35
55
90

M lb cans 4 doz case......... 
y% lb cans 4 doz case........  
1 
lb cans 2 doz case........  

Home.

JaXon

Lynch.

Our Leader.

M lb cans............................. 
*4 lb cans............................. 

45
90
lb cans.............................  1  20
¡4 lb cans............................. 
45
V4 lb cans............................. 
75
l 
lb cans........ ....................  1  50
American...................................70
English........................................80

BATH  BRICK.

BLUING.

c g s s s s D

C O F F E E .

Green.
Rio.

Santos.

....18
F a ir ....................................
.. .19
G ood..................................
P rim e................................ .......21
....21
Golden  .............................
Peaberry  .......................... .......23
.... 19
Fair  ..................................
Good  ................................. .......20
P rim e...................• .......... .......22
Peaberry  .......................... .......23
Fair 
Good
Fancy 

Mexican  and  Guatamala 

...................................... 24

Maracaibo.

........................................23
............................. 24
Java.

Prime 
Milled.
In terio r...............................
Private  Growth.................
M andeb ling........................
Im itatio n ..........................
Arabian  .  ..........................

Mocha.

19  95 
19  95

Roasted.

Quaker Mocha and Java. 
Toko  Mocha and J a v a .... 
State House Blend...
Package.
A rbuckle...................
Jersey..........................
how To f f e e
ft» ilk. PMKA6B .Without
69 feu . Ounces  Net.

(MES 
et»  K 
lbs.j

-  

inn ik.'I  equality  Price 
60  “ J  less 2c  per lb.
C abinets 120 lbs. Same P rice . 
©0* E xtra  for Cabinets. 
ivi-aughim’s  XXXX.  ...  9  9*

KOFFA-AID.

1 doz. Counter Boxes...  .
12 doz. Cases, per gro........

BROOnS.

CANDLES.

No. 1 Carpet..........................
So. 2 Carpet.........................
No. 3 Carpet.........................
No. 4 Carpet.........................
Parlor G em ..........................
Common W hisk...................
Fancy Whisk........................
Warehouse.......... .................
Hotel 40 lb boxes.................
Star 40 lb boxes....................
Paraffine...............................
CANNED  GOODS. 
ITanitowoc  Peas.
Lakeside M arrowfat..........
Lakeside E.  J ......................
Lakeside, Cham, of Eng—  
Lakeside, Gem, Ex. Sifted. 
pints.......
Columbia, 
Columbia,  54 pints.......
CHEESE.

CATSUP.

40 
4  50

2  20 
2  00

1  75 
1  60
2 50 
85
1  00 
2 50

..10

1  00 
1  30 
1  40 
1  65

4  25
2  50

Amboy......................
Acme.........................
Lenawee...................
Riverside...................
Gold  Medal..............
Brick......................
Edam.........................
Leiden.......................
Limburger................
Pineapple..................
Sap  Sago...................
Chicory.
Bulk
Red 

© 9:A£
@ 9
@ 9
© 914
© 10
©1 00
© 20
© 15
© 24
© 18
5
7

22
..31

1  00 
1  20- 
1  40 I 
1  60 
1  80 
80

W alter Baker & Co.’s.

..............
CHOCOLATE.
German Sw eet..............
Premium.........................
Breakfast  Cocoa...................
Cotton, 40 ft, per  doz..........
Cotton, 50 ft, per  dez..........
Cotton, 60 ft, per  doz..........
Cotton, 70 ft, per  doz..........
Cotton, 80 ft, per  doz..........
Jute, 60 ft,  per  doz..............
Jute, 72 ft,  per  doz...............

CLOTHES LINES.

CLOTHES  PINS.

5 gross boxes.........................
COCOA SHELLS.
20 lb  bags..........................
Less quantity...................
Pound  packages..............
CREAn  TARTAR. 
Strictly Pure, wooden boxes 
Strictly Pure, tin b o x es...  . 
T artarine............'...................

COUPON  BOOKS.

“ Tradesm an.”

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

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

2  50
3  00
3  50
4  00
5  00

6  00

“ 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 
quant* ty discounts:
200 books or over...  5 per cent 
500 books or over... 10 per cent 
1000 books or over.  .20 per cent

Coupon Pass Books,

denomination from $10 down.

Can be made to represent any 
20 books  ..............7...........   1  00
50 books..............................   2 00
100 boobs..............................   3 00
250 books.......... ...................  6 25
500 books 
.10 00 
.17 50
1000 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.......................... ©  3V4
Evaporated 50 lb boxes. ©  6H

California  Fruits

Apricots........................... 9  ©11
Blackberries....................
N ectarines...................... ö‘/2@
Peaches............................ 5  ©14
Pears................................. 8*4@
Pitted Cherries...............
Prunnelles.......................
Raspberries...........
California  Prunes.

100-120 25 lb boxes.......... ©  4M
90-100 25 lb boxes.......... @  4&
80 - 90 25 lb boxes.......... ©  5
70 - 80 25 lb boxes.......... @  5*4
60 - 70 25 lb boxes.......... @  6
50 - 60 25 lb boxes.......... @  6îi
40 - 50 25 lb boxes.......... ©  7M
30 - 40 25 lb boxes.......... ©  7?¿
M rpnl less In bses 
Raisins.

London Layers...........1  00@1  i
3! 
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown 
4 
Loose Muscatels 4 Crown 
5 

FOREIGN.
C urrants.

Patras bbls......................... @  4
Vostizzas 50 lb cases........ @.  4
Schuit'sCleaned 25 lb bxs®  6^ 
Schuit’sCleaned 50 lb bxs@  5 
Schuit’s Cleaned  1 lb pkg@  7 

Peel.

Citron  Leghorn 25 lb  bx  @13 
Lemon Leghorn 25 lb bx  @11 
Orange Leghorn 25 lb bx  @12 

Raisins.

Ondura 29 lb boxes........714@8
Sultana 20 lb boxes........7  @
Valencia 30 lb boxes__   @

EGG  PRESERVER.

Knox’s, small size......................4 80
Knox’s, large size....................... 9 00

Farina.

Blscuitine.

F A R IN A C E O U S   G O O D S .
3 doz. in case, per doz....... 1  00
3
B u lk ....................................
Walsh-Deltoo  Co.’s .......... 2 00
Barrels  ............................... 3 25
Flake, 50 lb.  drum s.......... 1  50
4
D rie d ..................................
Maccaroni and Vermicelli.
60
Domestic,  10 lb. box.........
Imported,  25 lb. box......... 2 50

Grits.
Hominy.

Lima  Beans.

Pearl Barley.

Empire  .............................
C h ester.............................

Peas.

Rolled  Oats.

Green,  b u ..........................
Split,  per lb ......................
Rolled Avena,  bbl........ 3 00
Rolled Avena,  *4bbl........ 1  65
2 85
Monarch,  bbl.................
Monarch.  14  bbl..............
15 5
Private brands,  bbl__ 2  65
Private brands,  54bbl__ 14 5
Quaker, cases................... 3 20
Oven  Baked..................... 3 25
Lakeside  .......................... 2  25
G erm an.............................
4
East  India........................
3
Cracked, bulk...................
24 2 lb packages............... 2  40

W heat.

Sago.

1 \ m
90
2V4

F i s h .

Cod.

13
10
55
6 50
2  30
1  10
10

Georges cured.............
@ 4M
Georges  genuine........
@ 6
Georges selected.........
©   6 M
Strips or  bricks..........   6 ©   9

Halibut.

Chunks..............................

Herring.

Holland white hoops keg
Holland white hoops  bbl
Norwegian........................
Round  100 lb s...................
Round  40 lbs...................
Scaled.................................

riackerel.

88 
73 

Trout.

W hltefish.

13  00
5  50
1  45
11  75
5  00
1  32

Sardines.
Stockfish.

No.  1100 lbs.......................
No. 1  40 lbs.......................
No. 1  10 lbs.......................
No. 2 100 lbs.......................
No. 2  40 lbs.......................
No. 2  10 lbs......................
Family 90 lbs.....................
Family 10 lbs.....................
55
Russian kegs.....................
No. 1 ,1001b. bales............ .  10*4
No. 2,100 lb. bales............ • 
8%
5  50
No. 1100 lbs.......................
2 50
No. 1  40 lbs......................
70
No. 1  10 lbs.......................
59
No. 1  8 lbs......................
No. 1  No. 2 Fam
2  25
100 lbs............  7 25  6 75
40 lbs............  3 20  3  00
120
38
10 lbs............ 
83
33
8 lbs............  
71
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS.
Jennings’. 
D.C. Vanilla
2 oz........1  20
3oz........1  50
4 oz........2 00
6oz........3 00
No.  8. . .4 00 
No.  '0.  .6 00 
No.  2 T.l  25 
No.  3 T.2  00 
No.  4 T.2  40 
D. C.  Lemon
2 oz .  ...  75
3 oz........ 1  00
4 oz........1  40
6 oz........2  00
No.  8. .  2  40 
No.  10 . .  4  00 
No.  2T .  80 
No.  3 T.l  35 
No.  4 T.J  50

Soudera'.

Oval bottle,  with  corkscrew.

Regular
Grade
Lemon.

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

Regular
Vanilla.

doz
2 oz......... 1  20
4 oz......... 2  40

FLY  PAPER. 
Tanglefoot. 

’•Regular” Size.

Less than one case, per box 
32 
One to live 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.
1  75 
Half P in t...............................
3 50
P in t........................................
Q u a rt.....................................  5 40
Half Gallon...........................  7 75
G allo n ....................................14 40
Knox’s sparkling....................1 10
Knox’s acidulated..................1 20

GELATINE.

GUNPOWDER.
Rifle—Dupont’s.

Choke  Bore—Dupont’s.

K eg s.........................................3 00
Half Kegs................................ 1 75
Quarter Kegs........................... 1 00
1 lb  cans.................................  30
H  lb  cans...............................   18
K egs.........................................4 00
Half Kegs................................2 25
Quarter  Kegs..........................1 25
1 lb  cans.................................  34
K eg s.........................................8 00
Half Kegs................................ 4 25
Quarter Kegs...........................2 25
lib  cans...................................  45

Eagle  Duck—Dupont’s.

HERBS.

LYE.

JELLY.

INDIGO.

Sage.........................................   15
H ops........................................  15
Madras, 5  lb  boxes..............  55
S. F., 2, 3 and 5 lb  boxes__   50
15 lb  pails...............................   33
17 lb  pails...............................  40
30 lb  pails...............................  60
Condensed, 2  doz  ................ 1  20
Condensed,  4  doz.................. 2 25

LICORICE.

| S8 §

P ure.........................................   30
Calabria  ................................   25
Sicily........................................  14
Root.........................................   10

MINCE MEAT.

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

HATCHES.

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

riOLASSES. 
Blackstrap.
Sugar house...............
Cuba Baking.
Ordiiiarv.
Porto  Rico

P rim e. 
Fancy

. I0@12 
12@14

New Orleans.

F a ir...................................... 
G ood....................................  
Extra good.......................... 
C hoice................................. 
Fancy  ................................. 

Half-barrels 3c extra. 

18
22
24
27
30

PICKLES, 
riedium.

Small.

Barrels, 1.200 count............  3  60
Half bbls, 600 count............  2  30
Barrels, 2,400 count............  4  75
Half bbls,  1,200 count.........  2  88
Clay, No.  216........................   1  70
Clay, T. D. full count......... 
65
Cob. No. 3.............................   1  20

PIPES.

POTASH.

48 cans in case.

Babbitt’s ...............................  4  00
Peuua Salt  Co.’s .................   3  00

RICE.

Domestic.

Carolina head.........  ...........  6H
Carolina  No.  1  ...................  5
Carolina  No. 2.....................  444
Broken  .................................  ¿54
Japan,  No. 1........................  5
Japan.  No. 2......................  
4^
Java, No.  1............................  43$
Java, No. 2..............................  4m
P a tn a ....................................   4

Imported.

SALERATUS.

Packed 60  lbs. in  box.

Church’s ................................3 ac
Deiand’s  ...............................3  is
Dwight’s ................................3  30
Taylor’s ..................................3  00

SAL SODA.

SEEDS.

Granulated, bbls...............l  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,  M alab ar.......  80
Hemp,  Russian...............  
4
Mixed  B ird........................  
454
654
Mustard,  w hite.................  
Poppy  ................................. 
8
R ap e.................................... 
4
Cuttle Bone..........................   20
Scotch,  in bladders..............  37
Maccaboy, in ja rs.................   35
French Rappee, In  ja rs.......  43

SNUFF.

SYRUPS.

Corn.

Barrels................................. 
14
Half  bbls............................  16
Fair  ......................................   16
Good....................................   20
C hoice.................................  25

Pure Cane.

SPICES.
Whole Sifted.

Pure  Oround in Bulk.

Allspice  .................................  954
Cassia, China in m ats.......... 10
Cassia, Batavia in  bund__ 15
Cassia, Saigon in rolls.........32
Cloves,  Amboyna..................15
Cloves, Z anzibar................... 10
Mace,  B atav ia ....................70
Nutmegs, fancy..................... 65
Nutmegs, No.  1..................... 60
Nutmegs, No.  2..................... 55
Pepper, Singapore, black... 10 
Pepper, Singapore, w hite.. .20
Pepper,  shot......................... 16
Allspice  ...........................10@15
Cassia, B atavia............ .'___17
Cassia,  Saigon.......................35
Cloves,  Amboyna..................15
Cloves, Zanzibar....................10
Ginger,  A frican....................15
Ginger,  Cochin..................... ¿0
Ginger,  .Jamaica................... 22
Mace,  Batavia................60@65
Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. .20
Mustard, Trieste.................. 25
N utm egs,.........................40@60
Pepper, Singapore, black9@12 
Pepper,Singapo re, whitel5@18
Pepper, Cayenne............17@20
Sage.........................................18
“ Absolute”  in  Mhl.  Packages.
Allspice............^ ...............  65
Cinnamon.............................  75
Cloves....................................  70
Ginger, Cochin....................  75
Mace.......................................... 2 10
M ustard.................................  75
Nutmegs....................................2 10
Pepper, c ay e n n e ................  75
Pepper, white  .....................  75
Pepper,  black shot...........   60
Saigon........................................1 50
“ Absolute  “ Butchers’  Spices.
Wiener and Frankfurter__ 16
Pork Sausage........................ 16
Bologna and Smoked S’g e ..l6 
Liver S’ge and H’d Cheese..16

3 doz in case.........................  5  25

Extract.

Valley City % g ro ss....... 
Felix H  gross................... 
Hummel's foil *4 gross... 
Hummel’s tin %  gross... 

75
1  15
85
1  43

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 ........................................... 5 75
Champion  ...........  
Magnolia 
Dime 

4  50
..............................4  25
3  35

 

2i4
3
4

Peerless evaporated  cream .5  75

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

Jas. S. Kirk & Co.’s  brands. 
American  Family,  wrp’d ...3  33
American Family, plain__ 3 27

Thompson A Chute’s Brand.

Candies.
Stick  Candv.

SALT.

Diamond  Crystal.

W orcester.

Common Grades.

Cases, 24 3-lb  boxes....................1 60
Barrels,  1"0  3 lb bags.........2  75
Barrels,  40  7 lb bags.........2 50
Butter, 56 lb  bags.................  65
"Butter, 20  14 lb  bags............3  00
Butter. 280 lb  bbls............... 2  50
100 3 lb sacks............................... 2 60
60 5-lb sacks... ......................1  85
28 11-lb sacks..............................1 70
50  4 
lb. cartons................3 25
115  2(4lb. sacks......................4 00
60  5 lb. sacks......................... 3 75
22 14 lb. sacks......................... 3 50
30 10 
lb. sacks....................3 50
28 lb. linen sacks..................   32
56 lb. linen sacks...................  60
Bulk In barrels............................2 50
56-lb dairy in drill bags.......  30
28-lb dairy  in drill bags.......  15
56 lb dairy in  iinen  sacks...  60 
56-lb dairy in  linen  sacks 
60 
56-lb  sacks.............................   22
S aginaw .................................  85
Manistee  ...............................   85
B oxes........................................5(4
Kegs, English........................   4%

Solar  Rock.
Common Pine.

Ashton.
Higgins.

W arsaw.

SODA.

STARCH.
Diamond.

 

5

Common  Corn.

Common Gloss.

Klngstord’s  Corn.

SUMMER  BEVERAGES.

64  10c  packages  ................. 5  00
128  5c  packages...................5 00
32 10c and 64 5c packages...5  00 
20 1-lb packages.....................  6*4
40 1 lb packages.....................  6*4
Klngsford’s  Silver  Gloss.
40 1-lb packages.....................  6(4
6-lb  boxes  ............................7
20-lb  boxes............ 
40-lb  boxes.......... .....................4M
1-lb  packages  ......................   4V4
3-lb  packages.......................... 4 (4
6-lb  packages  ........................ 5m
40 and 50 lb boxes........................  2*
B a rre ls.....................................2%
Thompson’s 
Wild  Cherry 
Ph o s p h  a t e  
“H  u m m e r 
Case” 
c o n- 
tains  3  doz. 
25c  8  oz  bot- 
11 e s, 
¡£5  00. 
One  Big  Bot­
tle  Free.  24 
oz.  50c  size, 1 
doz. to a  case 
4  00.  Special 
Soda  Foun­
tain  Extract 
per gal. $2  00. 
Big  Demon­
strator 
1 011- 
tains  15  doz. 
25c size, 1 doz 
50c size, 1 jug 
and  fixtures.

______   See add.
TOBACCOS.

Cigars.

G. J. Johnson’s  brand

w ....................................35 00
Q u in tette...............................35 00
New  B rick............................ 35 00
Absolute..............................  35  00

11. & P.  Drug Co.’s brand.
Clark Grocery Co.’s  brand.
Michigan Spice Co.’s brand. 

SOAP.
Laundry.

Gowans & Sons’ Brands.

C row .........................................2 Si
German Fam ily....................  1 85
American Grocer  100s.........3  00
American Grocer  60s........... 2 40
Mystic  W hite.......................  3 80
L o tu s.....................................  3 91’
Oak Leaf..................................3 00
Old Style...................... 
2  55
2  85
Happy Day.................

 

JAXON

Single  box...................................3 00
5 box lots, delivered...........2 95
10 box lots,  delivered...........2  85
Lautz  Bros. &  Co.’s  brands.
Acme  ...................................... 3  25
Cotton  Oil...................................6 75
Marseilles.....................................4 00
M aster..........................................3 70

Henry Passolt’s brand.

Single box.
5 box lots, delivered . 
10 box lots,  delivered. 
25 box  lots, delivered.

OM
6M
5M

Almonds,  Ivaca..........
Almonds,  California,
soft  shelled..............
Brazils new .................
Filberts  .................   ..

Square Oyster, XXX..........
Sq. Oys. XXX. 1  lb  carton.
Farina Oyster,  XXX..........
SWEET  GOODS—Box«
10*4 Almonds,Tarragona.. @13
A nim als...............................
Bent's Cold W ater..............
@
12
8
Belle  Rose...........................
8
Cocoanut  Taffy...................
@12(4
8
Coffee Cakes........................
@  8
@10
11
Frosted Honey.....................
8 Walnuts, Gren., new .. @12(4
Graha m Crackers  ..............
6% Walnuts,  Calif No.  1. @12
Ginger Snaps, XXX round. 
6*4 Walnuts,  soft  shelled
Ginger Snaps, XXX  city...
Gin. Sups,XXX home made 
6(4
6)4 Table Nuts,  fancy__
@12
Gin. Sups,XXX scalloped..
Table  Nuts,  choice...
@  9(4
Ginger  V anilla...................
8
Pecans, Texas  11. P ...
Im perials.............................
@  9
8
Hickorv  Nuts per bu.,
11
Jumoles,  Honey.................
@
O hio..........................
8
Molasses  Cakes...................
Cocoannts,  full  sacks @1  00
15
Marshmallow  .....................
Butternuts  per  b u __
Marshmallow  Creams.......
16
@
814 Black Walnuts per bu @
Pretzels,  hand  m a d e .......
Pretzelettes, Little German
Sugar  Cake..........................
8
S ultanas................................   12
Sears'Lunch........................  7(4-
Sears’  Zephyrette..................10
Vanilla  Square...................  8
Vanilla  Wafers  .................  14
Pecan  W afers......................  15(4
Fruit Coffee............................10
Mixed Picnic......................  1014
Pineapple Glace..................  1514

Fancy,  H.  P.,  Game
Cocks................  .....
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Flags
Roasted.....................
Fancy, H. P., Associa­
tion Roasted............
Choice, H. P., Extras. 
Choice,  H. P.,  Extras, 
.................

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

Peanuts.

Roasted 

©

bbls.  pails 
6(4®  7 % 
61/*®  7(4 
6‘4@  7 Vs 
7(4@  8‘4 
cases 
@  8(4 
@ 8(4

Standard............
Standard H.  H .. 
Standard Twist. 
Cut  Loaf............
Extra H. H ...............
Boston  Cream........

Mixed Candy.
Standard...................
Leader  .....................  -
Conserve...................
R oyal.......... .............
Ribbon......................
Broken  .....................
Cut  Loaf...................
English  Rock..........
Kindergarten..........
French  Cream........
Dandy Pan........
Valley Cream..........

F an cy -In  Bulk.

Lozenges, plain.......
Lozenges,  printed..
Choc.  Drops............  12
Choc.  Mouumentals
Gum  Drops..............
Moss  Drops..............
Sour Drops...............
Im perials.................

@ 8 

@  7 
®   7! 
@ 8 
@
@
C(t
@  81/ 
@  9 
@  9 
@10 
@13

@ 9 
@ 9 
@14 
@13 
@ 5 
@ 8‘4 
@ 8(4 
@  9

Fancy—In  5  lb.  Boxes.

@50
@50
@60
@,65
@75
35 @50
@50
@55
@60
®60
@65
@.-0
@50
80 @90
60 @80
@90
@60
@55

Lemon  Drops..........
Sour  Drops..............
Peppermint Drops..
Chocolate Drops__
II.  M. Choc.  Drops..
Gum  Drops..............
Licorice Drops.........1 00 @
A.  B. Licorice Drops
Lozenges,  plain__
Lozenges,  printed..
Im perials.................
M ottoes.................
Cream  B ar...............
Molasses Bar  ..........
Hand Made Creams.
Plain  Creams..........
Decorated Cream s..
String Rock..............
Burnt Almonds.......1 25 @
Wiutergreen Berries
Caramels. 
No. 1 wrapped, 2  lb.
boxes  .....................
No. 1  wrapped, 3  lb.
boxes  .....................
No. 2 wrap, ed, 2  lb. 
boxes 
...................
Fruits.
Oranges.

@30

Fancy Navels

126........ 

 

Fancy  Seedlings

150-176-200 ................  
Messinas 200s...........  
Lemons.
Strictly choice  360s.. 
Strictly choice  300s.. 
Fancy  360s...............  
Fancy  300s...............  
Extra 300s  ...............  
Bananas.

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

Foreign Dried  Fruits.
12  @

Figs,  Fancy  Layers
20 lb s.................... 
Figs, Choice  Layers
101b........................ 
Figs,  Naturals 
in
bags,  new .............. 
Dates,  Fards in  101b
boxes..................... 
Dates,  Fards in 60 lb
cases  ..................... 
Dates,  Persians,  G.
M. K., 60 lb cases.. 
Dates,  Sairs  60  lb 
cases  ..................... 
Nuts.

@10
@ 6
@ 8
@ 6
@ 514
@ 4

4  00

4  00
4  50

@3 50
@3 50

@3  75
@4  00
@4  00

Single box..............................3 00
5 box lot, delivered............2 95
10 box lot, delivered............2 s5
25 box lot, delivered............2 75
Old Country  80  1-lb..............3 20
Good Cheer 60  1-lb............... 3 90
White Borax  100 M-lb.......... 3  65

Allen B.  Wrisley’s  brands.

Scouring.

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

TABLE  SAUCES.

Lea & Perrin’s,  large.......4  75
Lea & Perrin's, small
Halford,  large..........
.3  75
Halford sm all..........
.4  55 
Salad  Dressing, large 
Salad Dressing, Small 
.2 65
VINEGAR.
Lerotix Cider............................*10
Robinson’s Cider, 40 grain..  .10 
Robinson’s cider, 50grain. 
.12

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  niarket  in  which  he 
purchases to hisshipping point, 
including  20  pounds  for  the 
weight' of the barrel.

Cut)6S
.5  50
Powdered  ..........................
.5 62
XXXX  Powdered..............
Mould  A.............................
.5  50
.5  25
Granulated  in bbls............
.5  25
-Granulated in  bags..........
.5  25
Fine G ranulated...............
.5  37
Extra  Fine G ranulated...
.5  37
Extra Coarse Granulated.
.5 25
Diamond  Confec.  A ........
5  12
Oonfee. Standard A..........
.4  87
No.  1..................................
.4  87
No  2..................................
.4  81
No.  3..................................
.4  75J
No.  4  ................................
.4  69j
No.  5..................................
.4  62 1
No.  6..................................
.4  56
No.  7  ................................
.4  50
No.  8 ..................................
.4  37
No.  9..................................
No.  10..................................
.4  37
.4  31
No.  11..................................
4  25
No.  12..................................
.4  18
No.  13..................................
No.  14..................................
.3  87
No.  15.................................. .  3  62
.  25
No. 0, per gross...................
No. 1, per gross................... ..  30
No. 2, per gross...................
.  40
.  75
No. 3, per gross...................
Crackers.

WICKING.

The N. Y.  Biscuit  Co.  quotes 

as follows:

Butter.

Seymour XXX.....................  5M
Seymour XXX, 3 lb.  carton  5%
Family XXX........................   5M
Family XXX, 3 lb  carton..  S-5£
Salted XXX....................... .  5M
Salted  XXX. 3 lb carton...  5%

So da.

Soda  XXX  ..........................  6
Soda  XXX, 3 lb  carton__   6*4
Soda,  City...........................   7
Crystal  W afer.....................  10(4
Long Island  W afers..........   11
L. I.  Wafers, 1 lb carton  ..  12 

Oyster.

Fresh Fish.

Fish  and  Oysters
Per lb.
W hitefish.................   @  8
T ro u t........................  @ 
8
Black Bass...............   @  15
H alib u t.....................  15@
Ciscoes or  H erring..  @ 
4
Bluefish.....................  @  10
Live  Lobster..........  
@ 1 5
Boiled Lobster.........  @  15
C o d ...........................   @ 
10
Haddock................... 
8
No.  1  Pickerel.........  @ 
8
Pike............................  @  7
Smoked W hite.........  @ 
8
Red Snapper............   @
Col  River  Salm on..  @
Mackerel 
...............   @  25
Oysters, per  100..........1  25@1  50
Clams,  per  too..........   90@1  00

Shell  Goods.

Oysters.

F. J.  D ettenthaler's Brands.

Per Can.
Per  Gal.

Fairhaven  Counts__   40@
C ounts..........................
@
Extra Selects...........
@
Medium  Selects..........
@
Anchor  Standards__
©
Standards.....................
Scallops  ......................
®
C lam s...........................
@@1  25
Shrim ps........................
Oscar Allyu's Brands.
Per  Can. 
40@ 
30@ 
25@ 
22@
18@

C ounts...............
Extra  «elects...
Plain  Selects__
I X  L ...................
Standards 
.......
Grains and Feedstuffs
W heat....................................
64
W inter  W heat  Flour 
P a te n ts.................................
4  15 
Second  P atent.....................
3  65 
Straight...............................
3  45
Clear......................................  3
Graham 
.............................   3 35
B uckw heat..........................  3 35
R y e ......................................  2 65
Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour in  bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.
Worden Grocer Co.'s Brand.
Quaker,  }£s..........................   3  60
Quaker, %s..........................   3  60
Quaker,  14s...........................3  60

Local  Brands.

W heat.

Spring  W heat  Flour. 
Olney A Ju dson’s Brand.

Meal.

Entire W heat Flour. 

Ceresota, (¿a........................   4  00
Ceresota, Ms........................   3  90
Ceresota,  14s ........................   3 80
Ball-Barnhart-Putman's Brand.
Grand Republic,  54s............4  00
Grand Republic, 54s............  3  90
Grand Republic,  14s............3 80
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Laurel,  54s
...  4  00 
Laurel,  Ms.....................
...  3  90 
Laurel,  14s.....................
.. .  3  8) 
Lemon A  Wheeler Co.’
Brand. 
Parisian,  %a..................
...  4  00 
Parisian, Ms.......................
...  3  90 
Parisian,  14s.......................
3  80
William Callam A Sons  quote 
as follows, delivered  in  Grand 
Rapids:
Wood...................................   4  00
10 lb. cotton sacks...............  4  00
l-16s........................................3  85
l»s.........................................
3 75
B olted................................
G ranulated........................
Feed and  Millstufifs.
St. Car Feed, screened__
. 13  50 
No.  1 Corn and  Oats.........
. 13 00
No. 2 Feed..........................
Unbolted Corn Meal.........
. 12 So 
W inter Wheat  B ran.........
.10  00
W inter Wheat  Middlings.. 10 50
Screenings............................  9  50
The  O.  E.  Brown  Mill  Co. 
quotes as follows:
Corn.
Car  lots.................................33
Less than  car  lots..............  35
Car  lots.................................23
Less than  car  lots..............  25
No.  1  Timothy,  ton lots  ...16  00 
No.  1 Tim othycarlots.........14  50
Hides  and  Pelts.
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol 

2  00

Oats.

Hay.

Hides.

lows:
G reen........................... 3  @ 4
Part  cured...................  @  4M
Full Cured.....................4(4@  5(4
D ry ...................................5 @ 7
Kips,  green...................   3 @ 4
Kips,  cured.................   4(4@ 5H
Calfskins,  green.........  4  @  5 %
Calfskins,  cured........   554®  7
Deaconskins  .............. 25  @30
Shearlings ..  ...............10  @30
L am bs............................40 @1  00
Old  Wool.....................4(j  @  75
Washed 
..................... 10  @17
U nw ashed....................  5 @13
T allow ...........................  2 @  24£
Grease B utter...............  1 @ 2
j Switches  .....................  154®  2
Ginseng.......................2 50@2  90

Hiscellaneous.

Wool.

Pelts.

P r o v i s i o n s .

6

S  75
9  75 !
9 50 I
8  75  1
1M hi  ;

The  Grand  Rapids  Packing  j
and  Provision Co. quotes as fol-  [
lows:
Barreled  Pork.
Mess  ................................
Back  ..........   ...................
Clear  back.......  ..............
S hortcut...........................
Pig......................................
Beau  ................................
Family  .............................
Dry Salt  Meats.
B ellies...............................
Briskets  ...........................
Extra  shorts....................
Smoked  neats.
Hums,  12 lb  average  .  ..
Hams,  14 lb  average 
...
Hams.  161b  average.......
Hams, 20 lb  average__
Ham dried beef  .............
Shoulders  (N.  Y. cut).  .
Bacon,  clear....................
California  bam s..............
Boneless ham s.................
Cooked  ham .....................
In Tierces
Compound........................
Fam ily...............................
G ran g er...........................
M usselman's Gold  Leaf..
Worden's Home  Made...
Worden's  White Clover.
Cottolene..........................
Cotosuet  ..........................
55 lb Tubs.......... advance
80 lb Tubs.......... advance
501b T in s .......... advance
20 lb Pails.......... advance
10 lb Pails.......... advance
5 lb Pails.......... advance
3 lb Pails.......... advance
B ologna............................
Frankfort..........................
P o rk ..................................
Blood 
...............................
Tongue  .............................

9(4
9M
9
9*/s
6M
8
6M
8
10*4
4M
4M
6
5^4
7
6M
5 Vi
5*4

Sausages.

Lards. 

6 Vi

H

*

1

j

Beef.

Tripe.

Casings.

Pigs’ Feet.

6 
Extra  Mess...................... 7  00
Boneless  .......................... 10 00
Kits, 15lbs........................
80
[  ^   bbls, 40 lbs................... 1  65
(4  bbls, 80 lbs................., 3  IX)
75
Kits,  15 lbs........................
M  bbls, 40 lbs................... 1  50
(4  bbls, 80 lbs................... 2  75
P o rk ..................................
25
5
Beef  rounds.....................
7
Beef  middles...................
Rolls,  dairy.....................
10
Solid,  dairy........   ..........
9
Rolls,  creamer)1 ..............
Solid,  cream ery..............
Canned  Meats.
Corned  beef,  2  lb .......... 2 00
Corned  beef.  15  lb .......... 14  00
Roast  beef,  2  lb .......... 2  00
75
Potted  bam,  Me..........
Potted  ham.  54s.......... 1  25
75
Deviled ham,  Ms..........
(4s.......... 1  25
Deviled ham, 
75
Potted  tongue  Ms.......
Potted  tongue 54s .......... 1  25

Butterine.

F r e s h   M e a t s .

Beef.

C arcass.....................  .  5 @  7
F orequarters..............3 ©   4
Hind  quarters............  6 @  8
Loins  No.  3................. 10 @12
Ribs...............................8 @12
R ounds......................   6 ©  7
Chucks................... 
4 @  5 
j
Plates  ..........................  2! »© 3 
1
Pork.
D ressed........................  4 @  4M  I
L o in s............................ @  7  1
Shoulders.....................
©  5(4
Leaf Lard..................... @  6(4
C arcass........................6 @  7i4
Easter Lambs..............
Carcass 

@10
...................... 4 @  5

M utton.

Veai.

O i l s .

Barrels.
@11
Eocene  ........................
@  9
XXX W.W.Mich.lldlt
|  W  W Michigan............
@ 8M
High Test H eadlight.. @  7%
D., S. Gas......................
@  9(4
Deo. N ap th a ...............
@  8M
C ylinder...................... 30 @38
Engine..........................11 @21
Black, w inter..............
@  9
I  Black, summer............
@  8M
Eocene.......................... @  9M
XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt.
@  6M
@  7
D. S.  Gas.....................

From Tank  Wagon.

Barrels.

Scofield,  Shurmer  &  Teagle 

quote as follows:
Palacine......................  @12
Daisy  W hite...............   @11
Red Cross, W. W........   @ 9
Water  White H dlt__   @  3J£
Family  H eadlight....  @ 8
N aphtha......................  @  8M
Stove Gasoline............  @  954
P alacine......................   @10
Red Cross W.  W .........  @ 6M
Gasoline.....................  @754

From  Tank  Wagon.

2 5

Crockery  and

Glassware.

LAMP  BURNERS.

No.  0  Sun............................. 
45.
50
No.  1  Sun............................. 
No.  2  Sun.............................  
75
Tubular................................  
50
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

F irst  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 

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

top,
top,
top,

No. 
No. 
No. 

CHIMNEYS.
Pearl  Top.

No.  1  Sun,  wrapped  and
No. 2  Sun,  wrapped  and
No. 2 Hinge, wrapped  and 

labeled...............................  3  70
labeled...............................  4  70
labeled.................................4  8s

Fire Proof—Plain Top.

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

La  Bastie.

No.  1  Sun. plain  bulb,  per
doz  ....................................  1  -¡5
No. 2  Sun,  plain  bulb,  per
doz  ....................................  1  50
No.  1 Crimp, per doz..........   1  35
No. 2 Crimp, per doz.......... 1  00

Rochester.

No.  1,  Lime  (65c doz)........   3  50
No. 2,  Lime  (70c doz).. 
..  4  00 
No. 2, Flint (80c  doz):.  ...  4  70 

Electric.

Miscellaneous. 

No. 2, Lime  (70c doz)  .......  1  00
No. 2, Flint  (80c doz).........  1  40
Doz.
Junior,  Rochester.............. 
50
Nutmeg  ............................... 
15
Illuminator  Bases..............  1  00
Barrel  lots, 5 doz...............  
90
7 in.  Porcelain Shades__   1  00
Case lots,  12  doz.................  
90
Mammoth  Chimneys for  Store 
Lamps.  Doz.  Box 
No. 3 Rochester, lime  1  50  4  20 
No. 3  Rochester, Hint  1  75  1  80 
No. 3  Pearl 
top,  or
Jewel  glass............  1  85  5  25
No. 2 Globe incandes.
lim e..........................  1  75  5  10
No. 2 Globe Incandes.
f l i n t ........................  2 00  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 iron A A  W.......  7 50
5 gal Tilting cans,  M’li’eh  10  50 
5 gal galv Iron  Njcefas  ...  9  00

OIL  CANS. 

Pump  Can.«

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

LANTERNS

No.  11 T ubular....... 
..  4  50
No.  1  B  T ubular............... 6  00
No. 13 Tubular Dasl............6  00
No.  1 Tub., glass fo u n t...  7  00 
No.  12 Tubular, side lamp. 13  00 
No.  3 Street  L a m p ..........3 75

LANTERN GLOBES.
No. 0 Tubular, cases  1  doz.
each, box 10 centi............ 
No. 0 Tubular, cases 2  doz.
each, box 15 cents............  
No. 0 Tubular,  bbls  5  doz.
each,  bbl 35....................... 
No. 0  Tubular,  bull  s  eye, 
cases 1  doz.  eacu __  
LAMP  WICKS.

45
45
40
1  25

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

M U T I L A T E D   PAGE

2 6

GOTHAM  GOSSIP.

News  from  the  Metropolis— Index  of 

the  Market.

Special  Correspondence.
New  York,  May 

16—'Trade  during 
the  week  has  been  quite  good  in  the 
jobbing  grocery  district.  A  good  many 
large 
buyers  have  been  here  and  a 
amount of  merchandise  has  passed 
into 
the  usual  channel.  New  York  has  been 
somewhat  handicapped  by 
fear  of be­
coming  the  second  city  in  the  country; 
but  now  that  her  prestige  will  soon  be 
established  as  “ having  no  superior  in 
point  of  size,’ ’  we  may  safely  assume 
that  she  will  continue  to  reign supreme. 
Brooklyn,  however,  will  add  in  no  per­
ceptible  degree  to  the  wholesale  grocery 
for,  with  one  or  two  exceptions, 
trade, 
wholesale  grocers 
are 
* * small  potatoes. ’ ’
Sugar  has  met  with  a  good  even  de­
mand  during  the  week  and  prices  have 
fluctuated  scarcely  any.  The  supply 
has  been  constant  and  few  if  any  delays 
in  delivery  have  been  noted.  A  fleet 
of  six  iron  canal  boats  from  Cleveland 
is  here  and  will  soon  return  with  a  full 
cargo  from  the  American  refineries.

Brooklyn 

in 

An  average 

inquiry  has  existed  for 
coffee  and  prices  have  shown  little,  if 
any,  fluctuation.  Perhaps  it  is  putting 
it  rather  strong  to  say  that  an  average 
demand  exists,  for  inquiry  shows  that 
trade  has  not  been  as  large  as  in former 
weeks.  Rio  No.  7  is  held  at  14c.  Mild 
coffees  have  sold 
in  a  somewhat  more 
encouraging  way,  although  prices  have 
generally  been  kept  private.

“ This  fine 

Teas  are  dull  and 

lower,  if  such  a 
thing  can  be  possible.  The  auction 
room  attracted  the  usual  throng  of  buy­
ers,  but  some  slept  and  others  listened 
to  the  monotonous  harangue  of  the  auc­
tioneer. 
lint  going,  going 
—as  fine  tea,  gentlemen,  as  ever  grew 
—gone,  at  8}4  cents!”   Time  was,  a few 
years  ago,  when  this  auction  was  worth 
going  to  see,  and,  occasionally,  it  was 
as  lively  as  . the  Stock  Exchange,  but 
those  days  have  gone,  never  to  return. 
Ceylon  and  India  teas  are  being  readily 
taken  and  at  fair  prices.

former 

it  or  leave 

Rice  is  firm.  You  can  bank  on  rice. 
It  is  always,  or  nearly  always,  firm,  or 
at  least  steady.  Holders  make  no  con­
cessions,  and  would-be  purchasers  do 
not  argue.  They  can’t.  They  can  only 
it.  Between  foreign 
take 
and  domestic  the 
is  having 
rather  the better  inquiry.
In  molasses  the  demand  is  moderate, 
but  available  stock  is  held  at  firm  rates. 
Dealers  in  the  interior  seem  to be pretty 
well  supplied  and  there  have  been 
few 
buyers  here.
Syrups  are  equally balanced as  to sup­
ply  and  demand.  Best  grades  are  at 
times  rather  difficult  to  procure  and  sell 
at  full  figures. 
“ Off”   grades  are  not 
asked  for.
Spices  languish.  They  always  do  at 
this  season.  Spring  trade  is  as  good  as 
could  have  been  expected  and  prices 
have  not  been  lowered  for  some  time.
Canned goods seek for buyers,  but  find 
none  except  at  the  low  prevailing  rates. 
There  is  still  an  abundance  of  vile m ix­
tures  on  the  market,  the  only  attractive 
thing  about  which  is  the  label.

Fancy  creamery  butter  is  in  fair  de­

mand—only  fair—at  i 5 ^ @ i6c.

Cheese 

is  quiet.  New  State  full 

cream,  6X @ 8jlc.

Eggs  are  steady.  Nearby  are  held  at 

lie   and  Western  at  gj£@ioc.

There  were  a  dozen  interesting  res­
taurants  near  New  York  several  years 
ago  which  were  known  only  to  the 
in­
itiated,  and  prized  accordingly,  but 
they  have  lost  the  charm  that  made 
them  popular  with  the  New  Yorkers 
who  sought  them  out.  They  were  un­
assuming  little  restaurants  run  by  ex­
cellent  French  or  Italian  cooks,  and 
New  Yorkers  who  sought  them  out  in 
the  country  found  them  delightful  be­
cause  of  their  good  dinners  and  the  ex­
cellent  service.  Moreover, 
fact 
that,  with  the  exception  of  a  few  of  the 
visitors,  these  restaurants  were unknown 
outside  of  the  neighborhood  where  they 
happened  to  be  located,  gave  them  an 
additional  charm.  Several  of  these  lit­
tle  dining  places  were  on  Staten  Island,

the 

and  others  were  near  the  Bronx  River, 
and  along  the  Hudson.  They  made  a 
pleasant  object  for  a  little  excursion  in­
to  the  country,  and  the  initiated  found 
pleasure  in  introducing  their  friends  to 
them.  The  bicycle  has  changed  these 
restaurants  sadly.  The  army  of  riders 
soon  found  out  their  advantages,  and, 
as  a  result,  the  proprietors  are  doing  a 
bigger  business  than  they  ever  dreamed 
o f;  but  the  old  patrons  are  not  pleased. 
Instead  of  the  excellent  service  of  the 
proprietor  and  his  wife, 
there  are 
careless  waiters,  and  guests  from  New 
York  are  not  a  novelty  enough  to  in­
duce  the  cook  to  serve  the  “ specials”  
that  were  enjoyed  by  the  old  patrons. 
They  are  suffering  from too  much  popu­
larity.

It  was 

“ Paddy’s  Market,”   which  was  estab­
lished  years  ago  when  New  York  wasn  t 
half  the  city  that  it  is  now,  still  flour­
ishes  on  Ninth  avenue  on  Saturday 
its  hundreds  of  torches 
evenings,  and 
light  one  side  of  the  avenue 
from 
Thirty-eighth  street  to  Forty-second.  It 
is  a  series of  bargain  wagons  for house­
in  a  supply  of 
wives  seeking  to  lay 
food  for  Sunday 
in  full  blast 
last  Saturday  night,  and  it  suggested  a 
section  of  Essex  street  during  business 
hours.  Carts  stand  along  the  curb  as 
closely  as  they  can  be  crowded,  and  in 
each  is  a  loud  voiced  huckster  extolling 
his wares, which may be fish,flesh,fowl  or 
vegetables.  Frequently  cut  flowers  and 
potted  plants 
for  sale. 
Prices  below  the  regular  market  rates 
prevail,  and  the  crowd  of  buyers  surge 
back  and  forth,  picking  up  a  bargain 
in  meat  here,  a  basket  of  vegetables 
there,  and  waiting  at  the  next  cart  to 
hear  the  amusing  or  pathetic  tale  of  the 
huckster.  They have  a  rough  and  ready 
wit,  those  street  venders,  and they know 
that  they  frequently  make  a  customer 
by  a  quick  response  to  a  casual  remark. 
This  market 
like  that  to  be 
found  in  a  country  town  on  the  market 
day  of  the  farmers.
“ For  business 

are  offered 

is  more 

followed 

reasons,”   said  an 
Omaha  man,  “ when  I  came  last  week  I 
registered  at  a  Brooklyn  hotel,  and  the 
experience  that 
shook  my 
nerves  a bit.  The  clerk  assigned  me to 
a  100m  that  was  large  and  light,  and  in 
every  way  satisfactory.  There  was  the 
usual  hotel  bureau  at  one  side  of  the 
room,  and  as  soon  as  my  baggage  came 
up  I  unpacked  my  clothes  and 
laid 
them  on  the  bed  preparatory  to  putting 
them  away  in  the  bureau  drawers.  Two 
solid 
looking  metal  handles  were  at­
tached  to  the  top  drawer,  and  as  I 
grabbed  them  to  draw  it  open  the  sen­
sation  that  took  possession  of  me  made 
me  suspect  that  I  had  received  a  stroke 
of  paralysis. 
It  was  a  fierce  shock  that 
snapped  my  chin  down  hard.  I  released 
the  handles  with  difficulty  and  rang  the 
bell  for  aid.  As  I  sat  there  waiting  for 
the  hall  boy  I  pinched  my  legs  and 
arms,-and  found  that  there  was  feeling 
I  could  walk,  and  I  came  to 
in  each. 
if  I  had  suffered 
the  conclusion  that 
from  a  stroke  of  paralysis it was  a 
light 
one.  The  bell  boy  summoned  the  clerk, 
and  when  the  latter  saw  the  room  that  I 
was  in  and  heard  my  story  of  the  shock 
he  laughed  and  then  apologized.  They 
had  assigned  me  to  a  room  frequently 
occupied  by  the  proprietor’s  son,  who 
was  a  mechanical  genius.  To  protect 
the  bureau  drawer  he  had  brought  down 
the  electric  light  wire  and  attached 
it 
to  one  of  the  metal  handles. 
I  got  the 
full  force  of  the  current,  and  my  nerves 
weren’t  right  during  the  rest  of  the day.
I  am  very  shy  of  Eastern  hotel  bureaus 
now.

A  congenial  combination  of  young 
men  whose  business  hours  are  short, 
and  who  cannot  get  away  during  the 
summer  for  a  long vacation,  have solved 
to  their  own  satisfaction 
for  several 
summers  past  the  problem  of  how  to  be 
happy 
in  hot  weather.  Each  summer 
large,  comfortable  sailing 
they  rent  a 
vessel,  that 
is  dubbed  a  yacht  by  her 
owner,  although  she  started  out 
life 
as  a  small  freighter.  She  isn’t a  slick­
looking  boat  by  any  means,  but  she 
is 
i roomy  and  a  good  weather  boat.  When 
the  young  men  who  hire  her get  through 
their  work  they  go  down  to  Bay  Ridge 
or  the  Battery  or one  of  the  piers  where 
they  may  have  tied  up  in  the  morning

in 

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

Strawberries and New Potatoes

We are  Headquarters for New 
Fruits and  Vegetables..........

BUNTING  &  CO  20 an<* 22 ^ . . G r a n d   Rapids, filch.

ESTABLISH ED  1876.

m r e i / P   S E E D S .
S s& sr  b &k SKsaBN* ¿sa s&r u m s s  “a

V ehavea  full  line  extra  choice  Common  and  German 
p Me  Glovers and Grass Seeds.  No. 1 Pine and  No.  2  \V hitewood kgg cases. 

W hite,  G r^ n   and  S w teh  Field
jno.  i  ana ino.  «s

M O SE L E Y   B R O S.,

Wholesale  Beans, Seeds, Potatoes, Fruits. 

26, 28, 30, 32 Ottawa  St., Oraad Rapids, Mich.

SALT

SALT

SALT

If you want anything in the line of  salt,  write  to  us  for  prices.

It will be to your advantage to do so.

JO H N   L .  D E X T E R   &  CO.,

12  G risw o ld   St.,  D etro it.

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our  Brand  of Vinegar to be an A B SO L U T E L Y   P U R E  A P P L E  
JU IC E  V IN EG A R .  To any  one who  will  analyze  it  and  find 
any deleterious acids, or anything that is  not  produced  from  the 
apple, we will forfeit

O N E  H U N D R E D   D O L L A R S

We also guarantee it to be of not less than 40 grains strength.

ROBINSON  CIDER  &  VINEGAR  CO.,

BENTON HARBOR, fllCH.

ROBINSON, Manager. plane money  op Eggs.

Buy them  when  cheap and keep them absolutely fresh 
by using Knox’s  Egg  Preserver.  Then when prices are 
high you can sell at a nice profit.  Costs less than  V4c per 
doz., and will keep Eggs for one  year.  Nothing like It.

Send  tor  Booklet To-day.

C H A S .  B .  KNOX. 

Also maker of the celebrated Knox Gelatines, the only Pure 

Gelatines  made.

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attention.  We  are  c o n - 
stantly  adding  such  to  our  <>
line in  both  fine  and  penny  i 
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A.  E .   BROOKS  &  CO., 

5  &   7  south  Ionia  S t.,
GRAND  RAPIDS,  m C tL  

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TRY  HANSELM AN’ S  

Fine Gnocoiai.es and son eons i
H A N S E L M A N   C A N D Y   C O .,  j

Goods which are sure to please.  Once used always used.  Sold  by 

all dealers.  Also fruits, nuts and  fireworks. 

KALAMAZOO, MICH. 

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

2 7

PERTIN EN T  REASO N S.

Why  You  Should  Use  Ebeling’s  Spring 

Wheat  Flour.

Because  from  the  same  sack  or  barrel 
you  obtain  a  flour  that  will  yield  more 
and  better  bread  than  can  be  made from 
winter  wheat  flour.

is  grown 

The  wheat  that  makes  spring  wheat 
flour 
in  the  rich  and  fertile 
fields  of  Minnesota  and  Dakota—fields 
which  have  for  a 
long  time  been  ac­
knowledged  to  be  the  richest  wheat 
growing  fields 
in  the  world.  We  have 
our  own  elevators  throughout  Minnesota 
and  Dakota,  hence  have  the  choice  of 
the  best  wheat  grown.

In  Pennsylvania,  the  early  home  of 
the  winter  wheat  flour,  spring  wheat 
flours  have  for a  long  time  held  a  lead­
ing  place. 
In  Michigan,  Ohio,  Kansas 
and  the  Carolinas,  spring  wheat  flour 
is  daily  becoming  more  popular  and 
is  now  permanently  established  as  the 
leading  flour.

The  professional  baker  has  learned 
that  spring  wheat  flour  is  cheaper,  be­
cause  in  his  daily  baking  he  finds  that 
spring  wheat  flour  will  produce  from 
forty  to  sixty  pounds  more  bread  to  the 
barrel  than  any  winter  wheat  flour.

TARTARINE

The new substitute for 

Cream  of Tartar,

Is, in fact, better than Cream of Tartar 
for  all culinary purposes and is a whole­
some product.

HIS  HI  MM

Superior  to  any  50  cent  powder 
on the market and  retails  at  half 
the money—25 cents per  pound.

Manufactured  by

WOLVERINE SPICE CO.,
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

For Sale by all Wholesale Grocers.

isXsXsXa)®<SxS><a>®®<S)®®<S)<SxS)«x*)<sX5x®<s>®®C

and  Field Seeds
Garden 

In  Bulk.

Wholesale and  Retail.

All  Fresh Stock.

GRAIN,  FEED,  HAY and S tra w , 

Wholesale and  R-etail.

We buy  P o tato es  in  car  lots  and  Beans 

in  carlots and less; also Eggs 

and Country Produce.

B each , Cook  &  Co.
128-130-132 West  Bridge St. W. T. Lamoreaux’s 

old  stand.

Grand Rapids,  Mich.

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BLANK  BOOKS 
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The  housewife  who  uses  but  two  bar­
rels  a  year  gets  equally  as  good  results 
from  Ebeling’s  flour,  and  for that reason 
she 
is  gradually  turning  from  winter  •j*  
wheat  to  the  use  of  spring  wheat  flour;  ^  
but,  above  all  things, 
the  professional 
*
baker  and  housewife  are  learning,  not 
*   L yon, B eech er 
only  that  they  get more bread  from  their 
barrel  of  flour,  but  that  they  get  a 
more  healthful  bread,  because  of  the 
nutritious  quality  of  the  wheat  from 
which  spring  wheat  flours  are  made.

And  all  Office  Supplies.

& K ym er, 
successors to EATON.  LYON S CO.

is 

and  go  aboard.  At  a  certain hour agreed 
on 
in  the  morning  they  set  sail,  and 
such  members  of  the  party  as  have  not 
appeared  are 
left  behind.  Sometimes 
they  sail  up  the  Hudson  and  anchor  for 
the  night,  and  again  they  may  go  up 
the  Sound  or  down  the  Jersey  coast. 
instructed  to  lay  his 
The  skipper 
course  always 
in  such  a  way  that  in 
case  of  a  dead  calm  his  passengers  may 
row  ashore  in  the  morning  and  reach  a 
railroad  or  some  other  means  of  trans­
portation  that  will  bring  them  to  New 
York 
in  time  for  business.  When  the 
wind  is  brisk  they  sail  back  to  the  city, 
and  go  to  work  refreshed.  They  have 
a  good  cook  and  skipper,  and  the  ex­
penses  for  the  summer  are  not  much 
more  than  the  expense  of  living  in  a 
good  boarding  house  or 
in  bachelor 
quarters.  _____  

______

suffering. 
Young 

Th is  Is  No  Dream,  Young  Man.
The  Canadian 

Journal  of  Commerce 
discusses  the  “ bright  side’ ’  of  business 
failures.-  A  strange  theme,  truly,  but 
not  illy  chosen!  The  “ brightness’ ’  lies 
in  the  resulting  relief  of  that  conges­
tion,  engorgement,  over-competition— 
call 
it  what  you  will—from  which  all 
branches  of  trade,  and  notably  the  drug 
business,  are 
They  are 
"overdone.”  
investors  with 
more  ambition  than  capital  and  dis­
cretion  have  crowded 
in ;  profits  have 
been  reduced,  and 
in  the  stress  of  un­
due  competition  many  perforce  suc­
cumb.
No  sooner  does  a  clever,  pushing, 
saving  clerk  in  a  prosperous  establish­
ment  find  he  is  owner  of  a  thousand,  or 
even  a  few  hundred  dollars,  than  he 
becomes  anxious  to  run  a  business  for 
himself.  Most  young  men  have so  little 
experience  they  run  away  with  the  no­
tion  that  the  difference  between  the 
cost  and  selling  prices  of  goods  repre­
sents  profit.  A  young  clerk  acquires  a 
knowledge  of  cost  prices,  and  knowing 
the  sale  prices  are  at  an  advance  often 
of  25  to  50  per  cent.,  he  supposes  a 
turnover  of  even  $100  a  week  will 
lead 
him  on  to  fortune.  Buoyed  up  by  am­
bition,  hope,  and  an  earnest  and  often 
most  commendable  desire  to  advance  in

display,  the  interest  upon  the  value 
which 

item  he  never  calculated

is  an 

Service 

the  till  is  a  serious  temptation  to  spend 
more  than  his  business  profits  warrant— 
if  he  knew  what  they  were. 
In  ninety 
cases  out  of  a  hundred  the  younger 
store-keepers  are  wholly  in  the  dark  as 
to  what  net  profits  they are making  from 
month  to  month.
is  unfortunately  becoming 
more  and  more  distasteful,  and  down­
right  hard  work 
is  repellent  to  the 
young  men  of  the  day—except  on  the 
lacrosse  or  football  field.  Burn’s  fine 
line,
“The glorious privilege of being independent,” 
is  utterly  misinterpreted  by  young  men 
who  leave  service  to  find  the  most  try­
ing 
form  of  slavery  consists  in  being 
chained  to  circumstances  which  are 
dragging  them  to  ruin.  The  weeding 
out  of 
large  numbers  of  traders  is  no 
certain  proof  cf  business  depression,  as 
it  is  largely  attributable  to  far too  many 
being  tempted  to  engage 
in  business 
without  adequate  financial  resources.

Preparation  o f  Chicory.

the 

roots  are  dug, 

The  chicory  root  resembles  the  pars­
nip. 
It  is  long  and  tapering  and  white 
in  color.  At  the  end  of  the  growing 
season 
topped, 
washed  and  dried 
in  a  kiln  or  dry- 
house.  The  dried  roots  are  sliced  or 
cut  up 
into  small  pieces  and  browned 
in  a  roaster  to  the  condition  of  roasted 
is  ready  for  grinding, 
coffee  when 
and  used  as  a  beverage 
in  place  of 
coffee.

it 

Most  bakers  and  houSfe-wives  hesitate 
about  adopting  spring  wheat  flour,  be­
cause  they  fear  they  will  have  to  exper­
iment  in  order  to  learn  how to  make  a 
good 
loaf  of  bread.  This,  however,  is 
not  the  case,  and  after  one  trial  they 
will  find  it  is  much  easier  to  bake  from 
it  than  from  any  winter  wheat  flour.

Give  this  flour  a  trial  and  you  will 
obtain  the  best  and  most  nutritious 
bread  made.  Write  us  for  prices.

J o h n   H.  E b e l in g .

Green  Bay,  Wis.
Novel  Advertising  Trick  Recalled. 

Prom Fame.

Some  recent  attempts  to  secure  free 
advertising  in  the  Gotham  newspapers 
recalls  the  trick  played  by  a  Chicago 
house  several  years  ago.  One  of  the 
partners  went  into court  and  asked  for 
an  injunction  to  restrain  the  other  part­
ner  from  sacrificing  the  goods 
in  their 
store  at  figures  far below  first  cost.

The  plaintiff  said  his  partner  had, 
with  some  insane  desire,  marked  all the 
goods 
in  the  store  down  below  cost. 
Then  he  went  into details  and  showed 
how  different  articles  were  being  sacri­
ficed,  notwithstanding  his  protest  and 
asked  the  court  to  issue  an  injunction 
and  restrain  the  fractious  partner.
It  was  a  strange  fight  and  the  news 
papers  took  it  up  and  devoted  columns 
to  the  novel  case.  The  result  was  that 
people  on  the 
for  bargains 
flocked  to  the  store  and  purchased 
goods.
in­
junction  was  delayed  and,  finally,  when 
the  free  advertisement  had  been  worked 
to  its  end,  the  suit  was  dismissed  with­
out  prosecution,  the  whole  cost  to  the 
firm  for  thousands  of  dollars’  worth  of 
advertising  being  about  $150  in  attor 
ney’s  fees.

Day  after  day  the  hearing  for  an 

lookout 

A  notable  contribution  to  the  cause 
of  the  abolishment  of  days  of  grace  on j 
is  made  by 
commercial  paper 
the 
adoption  of  a  bill 
in  Congress  to  do 
away  with  the  custom  in  the  District  of 
Columbia.  Similar  action  has  already 
been  taken  by  several  of  the  states  and 
this  endorsement  by  Congress  will  un­
doubtedly  expedite  the  concurrence  of 
the  rest,  and  thus  the  usage  will  take  its 
place  among  the  curiosities  of  obsolete 
customs.  The  act 
is  to  take  effect  on 
January  1,  1897.

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH. 

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I  want you for a customer.

Ask for our weekly quotations

F. J.  DtlientUaltr,

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Grand  Rapids.

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Includes all the latest Novelties in  ad­
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T H E   M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugar—The  market  was  strong  and 
excited  last  week,  owing  to  the  receipt 
of  stronger  news  from  Europe  and  the 
fact  that  both  trust  and  independent  re­
finers  were  oversold.  Contrary  to  ex­
pectation,  a  decline  of  % c   was  an­
nounced  Monday  morning—all  of  which 
goes  to  prove  .that  the  motives  of  the 
trust  are  ’ ’past  finding  out.”

Pickles—The  jobbers ¡have  advanced 

their quotations  50c  per  bbl.

Pineapples—The  quality  of  the  fruit 
improving  as  the  season  advances. 
improvement 

is 
There  is,  also,  a  decided 
in  the  demand.

Cheese—Arrivals  of  new  stock  are 
coming 
in  so  freely  that  the  price  has 
dropped  J<@ic,  with  every  prospect  of 
still 
in  the  near  future. 
The  recent grains  have  still  further  im­
proved  the  pastures,  so  that  the  output 
of  the  factories  is  increasing  daily.

lower  prices 

Bananas—Without  particular  change, 
so  far  as  price  is  concerned,  but  the av­
erage  quality  of  the  fruit  is  steadily 
improving.

Lemons—The  cooler  weather  prevail­
ing  since  iast  Friday  has  had  a  tend­
ency  to  check  consumption,  resulting in 
checking  the  advance  which  had  been 
stimulated  by  the  ‘ ‘ warm  spell.”

fruits 

Canned  Goods—In  spite  of  the  ad­
and  vegetables, 
vent  of  new 
the 
low  prices  ruling  on  both  have  in­
creased  the  consumptive  demand  to 
that  extent  that  stocks 
retailers’ 
hands  are  unusually  low.

Coffee—Maracaibo  is  scarce  and  the 
is  firm.  Rios  are  strong  and 

market 
advancing,  albeit  the  market  is  dull 

in 

Raisins—Late  reports  from  California 
indicate  that  the  growing  crop  is  likely 
to  recover  form  the  recent  frosts,  owing 
to  the  advent  of  warm  weather  anc 
needed  rains.

Tea—Japans  are 

lower  than  a  year 
ago.  Several  shipments  of  Jap  grades 
have  aleady  reached  San  Francisco  and 
a  large  number  of  vessels  are  now  on 
their  way  to  this  counry  from  Japan 

Molasses—The  shortage  at  New  Or­
leans,  which 
is  now  conceded  on  all 
sides,  is  now  reinforced  by  reports  of 
a  shortage  in  the  crop  at  Porto  Rico.

Dates—Competent  authoriites  predict 
higher  prices  later  in  the  season,  owing 
to  the 
is  not  stock 
enough  to  last  until  the  new  crop  ishar 
vested  and  marketed.

fact  that  there 

F r u its   a n d   P r o d u c e .

Asparagus—30c  per  doz.  bunches. 
Beans—The  market  has  been  steady, 

but  without  special  feature.

Beets—50c  per  doz.  bunches.
Butter—The  market 

is  glutted—s< 
much  so  that  local  handers  are  endeav 
oring  to  find  an  outlet  for  the  accumu 
lation  by  shipping  East.  Local  dealers 
are  permitted  to  take  their  pick  of  all 
offerings  of  dairy  on  the  basis  of  10c, 
while  factory  creamery  is  hardly  more 
active  at  14c.
doz.  Mobile  stock,  much 
Mississippi,  is  held  at  50c  per  doz.

Cabbage—Mississippi,  stock  75c  [per 
inferior  to 
Clover  Seed-  $ S @ S -25  f° r “Mammoth, 
$4.85@5  for  Medium,  $4.75  for  Alsyke 
$3 @3-25 
for 
Alfalfa.
Cucumbers—40c  per  doz.  for  Southern 
stock  and  50c  per  doz.  for  home  grown.
large 
amount  of  stock  going  into cold  storage 
stocks  are  accumulating  and  handlers 
find  much  difficulty 
in  moving  them. 
Local  quotations  are  on  the  basis  of  8c 
lots  and  7J^c  in  5  crate  lots.
in  crate 
Green  Onions—Scullions  5c  per  doz. 
bunches.  Silver  Skins  I2>^c  per  doz. 
bunches.

for  Crimson  and  §5.50 

Eggs —  Notwithstanding 

Lettuce—7@8c  per  lb.
Maple  Sugar—Fancy  commands  7c 

per  lb.  Fair  to  choice  brings  5@6c.

the 

Maple  Syrup—6o@ 70C  per gallon,  ac­
Millet—Common  6o@6sc;  German, 

cording  to  grade  and  quality.
65@70c ;  Hungarian,  7o@75c.
Onions—Home  grown  are  in  fair  de­
mand  and  ample  supply,  commanding 
25c  per bu.  Bermudas  command  $1.50 
per  bu.  crate.

Pieplant—Home  grown  is now in mar­

ket,  commanding  J^c  per  lb.
Pop  Corn—Rice,  3c  per  lb.
Potatoes — Mississppi 

com­
mands $1.25  per bbl.  Old  stock  is  dull 
and  quotations  are  nominal.

Radishes—In  ample  supply  at  8c  per 

stock 

doz.

Spinach—25 @300  per  bu.
Strawberries—$2  per  crate  of  24  qts.
String  Beans—$1  per bu.
Timothy—S i.65  per.  bu  for  prime  to 

strictly  prime  and  $1.75  for  choice.

Tomatoes—S3.50  per 6  basket  crate  of 

Florida  stock.

Wax  Beans—$1.50  per  bu.

The  Grain  Market.

It 

local  talent 

is  also  reported  that 

Wheat  has  been  very  uninteresting 
during  the  week.  The  trade  has lacked 
vim.  There  was  no  outside  buying  and 
the 
in  wheat  centers  did 
what  is  called  a  scalping  business.  The 
world’s  supply  of  breadstuffs  is  about 
18,000,000  to  20,000,000 bushels less than 
last  year,  but  the  fine  weather,  the small 
exports  and  the  large  Northwestern  re­
ceipts  were,  as  usual,  bearish  influ­
ences. 
the 
French  crop  will  be  exceptionally  good, 
so  that  France  will  do  some  exporting 
instead  of  importing.  The strong  points 
to  be  considered  are  the chinch bug,  the 
Hessian  fly  in  the  winter  wheat  states, 
the  small  acreage  seeded  and  the  wet 
weather 
in  the  Northwest,  but  there  is 
plenty  of  time  yet  for  a  good  crop  to 
mature.  The  visible  decreased  only 
about  854,000 bushels,  when  a  decrease 
of  about  2,500,000 bushels was expected, 
against  3,139,000  bushels  for  the  corres­
ponding  week  last  year.  This  all  assists 
to  depress  the  market.  We  still  think 
we  will  see  better  prices  when  the  new 
crop  comes  in.

There 

is,  virtually,  no  change 

in 
coarse  grains  and  they  remain  station­
ary.  However,  they  are  very  low  and, 
with  the  present  outlook,  we  see  no  rea­
son  why  they  should  not  go  lower,  un­
less  there  is  a  frost  which  will  kill corn.
The  receipts  were  moderate—wheat, 
31  cars;  corn,  7  cars  and  5  cars  of  oats.

The  mills  are  paying  64c  for wheat.
C. G. A. V o i g t .

light.  When  the  arc 

The  Washington  Star  announces  that 
the  two  species  of  large  water  bugs  that 
have  come  to  be  called  electric-light 
bugs  have  put  in  an  appearance  around 
the  electric  arc  lights.  ‘ ‘ A  most  curious 
thing  about  these  bugs,”   it  says,  ‘ ‘ is 
that  before  the  introduction  of  electric 
lights  they  were  considered  to  be  com­
paratively 
rare.  They  were  seldom 
seen,  as  they  Were  not  attracted by ordi­
nary 
light  ap­
peared,  however,  the  bugs became  enor­
mously  noticeable.  Upon  their  appear­
ance  in  such  prodigious  numbers  ento­
mologists  were  of  the  opinion  that  after 
two  or  three  years  both  species  would 
grow  scarcer,  but  the  numbers  do  not 
seem  to  be  decreasing  in  the  slightest. 
While  neither  the  Belostoma  nor  the 
Benacus 
is  distinctly  poisonous,  both 
have  strong  beaks,  capable  of  inflicting 
severe  wounds,  and 
it  will  be  wise  to 
handle  them  with  great  care,  if  at  all. 
The  very  large  black  water  beetle  will 
also  be  seen  among  the  water  bugs 
around  electric  lamps  in  the  proportion 
of  about  1  to  100.”

In  France  the  pharmacist  must  not 
only  determine  whether  the  prescription 
is  in  order  so  far  as  medicaments  and 
dosage  are  concerned,  but  must  be  sure 
that  it  is  written  by  one  lawfully author­
ized  to  prescribe.  A  heavy  fine  has  re­
cently  been  imposed  upon  a  pharmacist 
who  neglected  to  observe  the 
last  part 
of  this  rule.

The  Depression  in  Pineapples.
From the New York Commercial Bulletin.

insurrection 

The  receipts,  while 

The  depression  in  the  pineapple.mar- 
ket  is  attributed  to  three  causes. 
First 
of  these  is  that  the  very  high  prices  of 
last  month  and  for  some  time  previous, 
being  followed  by  a  reaction, 
induced 
buyers  to  hold  off 
in  ¡the  expectation 
that  prices  still  more  favorable  to  them 
would  be  made.  Then  came  the  rather 
large  receipts  of  the  current week,  three 
steamers  with  a  total  of  between  8,000 
and  9,000  barrels.  The  arrivals  coupled 
with  the  cool  weather,  were  enough  to 
keep  buyers  out  of  the  market,  but 
added  to  this  is  the  fact  that  the  atten­
tion  of  the  consuming  trade  has  been 
diverted  to  strawberires,  which  have 
been  plentiful  and comparatively cheap, 
the  market  being  supplied  by  ship­
ments  from  the Southern Atlantic States, 
from  Florida  to  Virginia,  inclusive.  In 
the  West,  similar  conditions  have  pre­
vailed,  liberal  receipts  of  berries  from 
Southern  Illinois,  Missouri,  etc.,  seem­
ing  to  have  drawn  attention  away  from 
pineapples.
comparatively 
large  the  past  week,  are,  for  the  season 
to  date,  fully 
18,000  barrels  less  than 
they  were  for  the  corresponding  period 
last year.  This  is  attributed not so  much 
to  the 
in  Cuba  as  to  the 
lateness  of  the  crop,  owing  to  unfavor­
able  weather.  The  influence  of  the  in­
surrection,  it 
is  believed,  will  be  felt 
later  and  possibly  immediately,  as  it  is 
stated  that  it  is  problematical  whether 
shipments  from  Havana  can  be  made 
with  regularity  and  in  sufficient  quan­
tity  to  supply  trade  requirements  owing 
to  the  unsettled  condition  of  the  coun­
try.  A 
letter  received  here  from  one 
of  the  shippers  states  that  no  guarantee 
can  be  given  a$  to  when  shipments  will 
be  made  or  what  quantity  will  be 
shipped.  The  war and  its  results  have 
discouraged  the  growers  and  shippers, 
it  is  said,  and  although  at  the  begin­
ning  of  the  season  prospects  for  a  good 
supply  of  Havana  pines  were  very  fair, 
the  outlook 
The 
planters  are  especially discouraged,  and 
it 
is  said  have  neglected  their  fields 
more  or  less  since  the  early  spring, 
fearing  they  would  be  unable  to  market 
their  crops  on  account  of  the  war.
is  also  several 
weeks  later  than  usual,  but  promises  to 
be  a  full  one,  and 
is  thought  that 
shippers  there  will  send  more  than  the 
average quantity  to  this market  to  make 
up  for  any  deficiency 
in  Havana  or 
Florida  fruit.  The  first  cargoes  of  Ba­
hamas  are  expected  here  about the  mid­
dle  of  the  month.  There  will  be,  it 
is 
reported,  about  the  usual  quantity  of 
canned  fruit  packed 
in  the  Bahamas, 
for  although  one  of  the  large  packers 
has  retired  from  the  business,  his  place 
will  be  taken  by  another.  It  is  expected 
that  considerable  quantities  of  pines 
packed  Florida  style,  in  cases,  will  be 
received  here 
in  addition  to  the  bulk 
cargoes  this  year.

The  Bahama  crop 

is  now  uncertain. 

it 

The  Florida  crop  has  recovered  par­
tially  from  the  effects  of  the  frost  blight 
a  year and  a  half  ago,  but  there  seems 
to  be  still  some  uncertainty  as 
to 
it  will  be  an  important  factor 
whether 
in  the  market  this  season.

increase 

How  much  of  a  factor  the  bicycle  has 
become 
in  the  business  world  is  indi­
cated  in  a  movement  which  has  started 
among  assessment  accident 
insurance 
companies  to  advance  the  rates  on  all 
wheelmen’s  policies.  So  great  has  been 
the 
in  the  last  few  months  in 
the  number  of  bicycle  risks  assumed  by 
the  various  companies  that  it  has  been 
deemed  advisable  by  several  of  them  to 
advance  the  rates 
for  self-protection. 
The assessment  companies  interested  in 
this  movement  are  agitating  two  propo­
sitions,  the  adoption  of  either  of  which 
would  be  satisfactory  to  them.  One 
plan  that' has  been  proposed 
is  an 
agreement  to  pay  two-thirds  of  the  ben­
efit  of  a  policy  to  a  bicyclist  instead  of 
the  whole  amount  as  at  present.  The 
other  proposition  is  to  increase  thejrates 
for  wheelmen. 
It  is  said  by  the  assess­
ment  insurance  representatives  that  the 
existing  rates,  ranging  from  $12  ¡to $15 
a  year  on  policies  paying  $5,000  in  case 
of  death  and  approximate  sums  for  dis­

ability,  are  too  low  for  accident  poli­
cies,  and  such  companies  report  that 
they  are  losing  money  under these rates. 
A  call  for  a  meeting has been discussed, 
and the assessment  companies  that  favor 
a  change  will  take  action  before  long. 
As  an  indication  of  the  rush  of  business 
in  insurance  circles  accompanying  the 
growing  popularity  of  bicycling,  sev­
eral  concerns  report  that  they  had  three 
times  as  many  applications  last  month 
as  for  April,  1895.  George  C.  Sterling, 
general  manager  of  the  accident depart­
ment  of  the  Aetna  “ for  Greater  New- 
York, ”   as  he  put  it  said :  ‘ ‘ The bicycle 
feature  has  made  a  great  difference  in 
accident  insurance.  The  business  for 
the  present  period  surpasses  that  of  . the 
same  time 
I  have 
heard  of  the  movement  among  assess­
ment  companies  to 
increase  the  rates 
for  bicyclists  or  to  pay  two-thirds  bene­
fit  of  policies,  but  the  Aetna  will  not 
take  such  action.  This  company  will 
hold  the  old  rates.  This applies only  to 
men.  No  woman  bicyclist,  nor  any 
woman, 
insured 
against  accident. 

last  year  threefold. 

for  that  matter, 

N.  Y.  Tribune.

is 

The  quality  of  salesmanship  is  not  in 
bulldog  tenacity,  or  in  heroic  manipu­
It  is  in  polite­
lation  of  the  customer. 
ness,  discretion,  advice, 
suggestion, 
always  as  much  in  the  customer’s  inter­
est  as  to  the  benefit  of  the  seller.

W ANTS  COLUMN.

Advertisem ents  will  be  inserted  under this 
head  lor  tw o  cents  a  word  th e  first  insertion 
and  one cent  a  word  for  each  subsequent  in* 
sertion.  No advertisem ents taken for less than 
35 cents.  Advance paym ent.

B U SIN E SS  CHANCES.

TO  DRUGGISTS—I  HAVE  FOR
XTOTICE 
,  ___ __  good  stock  of  drugs,  paints,  etc.,
|
IN   sale
usually found in  a  first-class  drug  store;  good 
location.  For  particulars,  address  L.  B.  Lull, 
Sparta, Mich. 

village  of  900  people  in  good  farming  locality; 

IpOR  SA LE-TH E  ONLY  HARDWARE  AND 

furniture business  in  lively  manufacturing 
nearest  competition  twelve  miles;  reason  for 
selling, this Is a branch store a. d cannot attend 
to  It.  Would  sell  one-half  interest.  Address 
S. A. Howey, Lake City, Mich. 

33

31

IpOR  SALE—A  FIRST-CLASS------------------

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

881

M ISCELLANEO US.

35

26

WANTED—TRAVELING  SALESMAN  TO 
W ANTED-SECOND-HAND 

carry our fall line of samples of  “ Slick  as 
a W histle” children’s suits, as a  side  line.  Ad­
dress Monroe Manufacturing Co., Detroit.  34
S H I N G L E  
machine.  Address Sawmill,  Lock  B o x 8, 
TO HEAR FROM SHIPPERS  OF 
IV.  C 

Orangeville,  Mich.
i ?  seasonable  produce  and  fruits. 
Robb & Co., 82 West Woodbridgest., Detroit. 30

Shippers should write Cougle Brothers, 178 
South  Water  Street,  Chicago,  for  daily  market 
reports. 

Bu t t e r ,  e g g s ,  p o u l t r y   a n d   v e a l
WANTED—POSITION  AS  TRAVELING

salesman, house salesman,  clerk  or  office 
man  by  married  man  thoroughly  acquainted 
with the grocery and general merchandise  busi­
ness.  Best of  references.  Salary  not  so  much 
an object as  permanent  position.  Address  No. 
22, care Michigan Tradesman. 
22
W ANTED—BUTTER, EGGS, POULTRY, Po­
tatoes, onions, apples, cabbages, etc.  Cor­
respondence  solicited.  W atkins,  Axe  &  Co., 
23
84-86 South Division St., Grand Rapids. 
W ANTED—TO  SELL  THE  BEST  PATENT 

in the United States to make money outof. 
Will sell one-half interest  or  all.  Address  Box
1121, Traverse City, Mich.__________________ 4 _
ANTED, BY APRIL 1—A LINE OF GOODS 
for Lower  Michigan  or  Upper  Peninsula; 
last six years in  Upper  Peninsula;  the  highest 
reference to character and ability.  Address No. 
970, care Michigan Tradesman. 

An t e d   t o   c o r r e s p o n d   w it h   s h i p -
pers of butter and eggs  and  other  season­
able produce.  R.  Hirt, 36 Market street, Detroit.
_  SEVERAL  MICHIGAN  CEN- 
W At?a!ED-
,  , 
mileage  books.  Address,  stating
price, Vindex, care Michigan Tradesman.  869

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