Volume  XIU.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  MAY  27,1896.

Number  662

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is 

found 

tendency 

indication 

The  downward 

favorable  reports  come 

in  prices 
when  they  had  already  reached  a  point 
lower  than  had  been  known  could  not 
fail  to  increase  the general  dulness.  A 
favorable 
in  the 
act  that  producers  and  dealers  seem  to 
have  become  reconciled  to  the  waiting 
policy.  The  fact  that  the  number  of 
business  failures  has  fallen  off  is  an  in- 
ication  of  more  confidence.  The  un­
from  all  the 
rincipal  centers  except  those  of  the 
Southwest— St.  Louis  and  Kansas  City.
While  the  railroads  are  now  falling 
off 
in  earnings  on  account  of  the  sea­
son,  the  showing  for  the  quarter  has 
been  unexpectedly  favorable,  all  lines 
except 
the  coal  roads  having  shown 
ncreased  earnings  over  last  year,  some 
of  them  ranging  from  15  to  25  per  cent.
in  cereals 
continues,  wheat  having  declined  sev­
eral  points  and  others  in  proportion.

The  downward  tendency 

Cotton  and  wool  situation  continues 
the  same  unfavorable 
features.  Raw 
cotton  advanced  a  little  through  specü- 
ation  but  there  is  now  a  decline.  Man­
ufactured  products  of  both  are  dull  in 
spite  of  the  continued  lessening  of  out­
put,  and  prices  have  declined  still 
further  in  several  lines.

The  branch  of  manufacture  showing 
the  most  encouraging  features  is  that  of 
boots  and  shoes.  Demand  has  been 
sufficient  to  warrant  an advance in hides 
and  leather  and  most  of  the  shoe  facto 
ries  report  orders  for  some  time  ahead

in 

The  unfavorable  conditions 

the 
iron  market  are  continued.  Combina 
tion  and  speculation  are  keeping  up 
prices  of  finished  products  in  spite  of 
decreasing  demand,  while pig  is  quoted 
discouragingly  low.

The  feature  of  the  stock  market  has 
been  unusual  dulness. 
The  outflow  of 
gold,  which  had  caused  some  uneasi 
ness,  declined  to  less  than  usual  at  the 
season.  A  few  of  the  industrial  stocks 
have  shown  some 
interest  but,  on  th 
whole,  quietness  is  the  rule.

Bank  clearings  are  2.7  per  cent,  be 
low  last  week,  which  brings  them  below 
the  billion  mark  again 
Failures,  216 
last  week,  as  against  265  for  the  pre 
ceding  week.

THE  TIMIDITY  OF  CAPITAL. 
Capital 

is  to  finance  what  the  nerve 
is  to  the  body— always  on  the  alert  and 
at  the  approach  of  danger  promptly 
sounds  the  alarm. 
In  April,  British 
consols  reached  the  highest  point  in  the 
history  of  trade  and  to-day  the  financial 
centers  of  Europe  are 
flooded  with 
money,  because  Capital  is  scared.

He  has  been  watching  the  signs  of 
the  times  and  he  sees  danger  in  every 
quarter.  For  years,  the  currency  sys 
tern  of  the  United  States  has  been  un 
settled.  Too  much  has  been  said  of 
single  standard  and  of  a  double  one, 
He  fears  that  something 
disastrous 
lurks  behind  this  talk  of  strained  con 
ditions  between  the  East  and  the  West 
His  marrow  tingles  at  the  very  sug 
gestion  of  the  silver,  and,  as  a  result 
he  wisely,  as  he  thinks,  puts  his  money 
where 
for  fa 
weather.  Last  December,  when  there

is  safe  and  waits 

it 

was  every  promise  of  a  quarrel  between 
England  and  Venezuela,  the  President 
of  the  United  States,  weary  of  English 
dalliance  and  delay,  in  terms  not  to  be 
lisunderstood,  insisted  that  there  were 
ghts  in  Venezuela  which even England 
must  respect.  A  panic  in  England  was 
the  result  and  English  Capital  could 
hardly  wait  for  his  turn  at  the  wires  to 
call  in  what  he  had  invested  in  Ameri­
can  railway  securities.  For  a  time  the 
Johannesburg  mines  were  in  full  blast. 
Then  the  English  pick  comes  in  con­
tact  with  a  foreign  substance  harder 
than  gold-bearing  rock  and 
instantly 
the  Bank  of  England  has  more  money 
than  it  knows  what  to  do  with. 
It turns 
out  that  Germany  has  something  to  do 
ith  matters 
the 
ing  of  one  of  the  African  tribes  re­
ceives  a  medal  from  the Czar; the Turk, 
nder  the  shadow  of  the Russian throne, 
keeps  up  his  nefarious  business  in  Ar­
menia;  Italy  and  Spain  are  on  the 
verge  of  bankruptcy,  and  the  French 
Republic,  it 
its 
house  upon  the  sand.

is  feared,  has  built 

the  Transvaal; 

in 

full  to  overflowing. 

This  unsettled  state existing the  world 
over  has  but  one  effect  on  money— it 
gets 
into  the  strongest  place  it  can  find 
and  stays  there—and,  as  a  consequence, 
vaults  on  Threadneedle 
the  London 
street  are 
The 
is  earning  nothing—a  condition 
money 
of  things  almost  as  alarming  to the  cap- 
talist  as  its  loss—and,  with  a  feeling 
akin  to  frenzy,  he  asks  why  there  is 
such  a 
lack  of  confidence  in  the  busi­
ness  world  when  there  is  the  most  need 
of  it.

then, 

It  seems, 

that  the  problem 
which  needs  solving  most  is,  What  is 
the  remedy  for  the  timidity  of  capital? 
With  that  question  satisfactorily  an­
swered,  there  may  be  wars  and  rumors 
of  wars,  but,  with  capital  no 
longer 
afraid,  the  business  world,  in  the  midst 
of  such  commotion,  will  go  on— with 
reefed  sails,  indeed,  but  without  fear— 
richer  for 
its  fearlessness,  manlier  for 
its  courage  and  nobler  for  the  example 
it  has  set  when  such  an  example  was 
needed  most.

“ Sweet  are  the  uses  of  adversity,’ ’ 
but  it  takes  a  philosopher  to  appreciate 
the  fact  that  poverty  is  his  best  friend. 
We  all  admit  that  it  is  necessity  that 
drives  mankind  to  its  best  work,  but 
it 
is  a  blessing  we  want  bestowed  on  some 
one  else. 
In  a  recent  magazine  article, 
Andrew  Carnegie  says:  “ Weshould  be 
quite  willing  to  abolish  luxury ;  but  to 
abolish  poverty  would  be  to  destroy  the 
only  soil  upon  which  mankind  can  de­
pend  to  produce  the  virtues which  alone 
can  enable  the  race  to  reach  a  still 
higher  civilization  than 
it  now  pos­
sesses.”   Notwithstanding 
true 
view  of  the  case,  there  is  a  general  de­
sire  to  do  away  with  poverty. 
Indeed, 
it  is  to  the  individual  effort  to  abolish 
poverty  that  the  world  owes  the  eleva­
tion  of  the  race.  Most  of  us  agree  with 
the  sage  who  said  that  it  may  not  be  a 
disgrace  to be  poor,  but it is  exceeding­
ly  inconvenient.

this 

The  truth 

in  a  nutshell  is  an  honest 

worm  that  has  bored  his  own  hole.

COMMERCIAL  READJUSTMENT.
It  was  felt  and  freely  expressed  by 
many  whose  opinion  in  commercial  cir­
cles  was  thought  to  be  valuable  that  the 
panic  of  ’93  was  one  of those unaccount­
able  disturbances  which  would  go  as 
suddenly  as 
it  had  come  and  that  the 
financial  world  would  promptly  repair 
damages  and  be  all  the  better  for  the 
These  hopes,  however, 
“ shake  up.”  
have  not  been  realized. 
In  spite  of 
promising  predictions,  the  hard  times 
are  still  with  us,  with  no  encouraging 
signs  of  a  speedy  departure  and  the  ac­
counting  for  the  present  condition  of 
things  is  still  going  bravely  on. 
is 
beginning  to  be  believed  that,  sudden 
as  was  the  coming  of  the  panic,  it  was 
long  in  gathering,  and  to  attribute  it  to 
any  one  cause  is  as  wrong  as  it  is  un­
reasonable.

It 

it 

in 

For the  last  twenty-five  or  thirty  years 
there  has  been  in  the  industrial  world  a 
period  of  unrest.  This  unrest  still  con­
tinues,  and 
is  reasonable  to  believe 
that  the  hard  times  will  last  until  there 
has  been  a  readjustment  of the  elements 
which  have  created  this  disturbance and 
a  quiet  settling  down  to  existing  condi­
tions  has  taken  place.  During  this  time 
land  have  been  settled. 
vast  areas  of 
The  West  has 
increased  enormously. 
Railroads  have  been  built  and  along 
these 
lines  the  settlers  are  testing  the 
question  of  success  or  failure.  New 
wants  have  appeared  and  old  ones  have 
been  increased ;  new  manufacturing  in­
dustries  have  sprung  up to supply  them ; 
better  and  more  rapid  methods  are 
made  use  o f;  and  all  these,  or  many  of 
them,  are  still 
the  experimental 
period.  The  settling  is  going  on,  but 
it  cannot  be  hurried.  There is  no  ques­
tion  but  what  there  has  been a  rapid  in­
crease  of  wealth,  nor  is  there  any  ques­
tion  that  this  has  been  accomplished  in 
the  midst  of  much  disturbance.  The 
fact,  however,  shows—and  it  is  a cheer­
ing  sign— that  the  accumulation  is  due 
to  an  early  adaptation  to  the  changing 
conditions  and  that,  when  this  adapta­
tion  is  completed,  a  new  era  in  the 
in­
dustrial  and  commercial  world  will  be­
gin. 
there  have  been  “ inflated 
values,”   these  will  strike  a  fixed  stand­
ard  of  worth. 
If  there  has  been  an 
overproduction  in  certain  lines,  a  read­
justment  must  take  place  before  there 
is  a  settling  down.  There  will,  prob­
ably,  be 
less  discounting  of  the  future, 
a  less  dependence  placed on prospective 
gains,  a  greater  reliance  on  things  tan­
gible  in  the  trading  world  and,  best  of 
all,  a  general  belief  that  real  prosperity 
depends  more  upon  sterling  worth  and 
hard  work  and  less,  or  not  at  all,  upon 
chance.  With  this 
the 
“ settling  down”   may  be  slow,  but  it 
will  be  sure,  and  the  good  times  which 
rest  on  such  a  foundation will  be  lasting 
and free from  that  feverish  unrest  which 
exists  in  the  business  world  to-day.

for  a  basis, 

If 

By  the  time  a  boy  gets  a  bicycle  with 
tickets  he  finds  in  his  cigarette  packs, 
he  will  have  a  heart  failure  that  pre­
vents  him  from  riding.

A  great  many  people  are  wondering 
where  they  will  go  this  summer,  and 
wondering  where  they  will  get 
the 
money  to  go  with.

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

Rise  and  Fall  of  the  Oatmeal  King.
From the Chicago Times-Herald.

It 

“ the 

In  the  $2,000,000  assignment  of  Fer­
oatmeal 
dinand  Schumacher, 
kin g,’ ’  is  another  evidence  of  the  dan­
gers  that  attend  the  handling  of 
large 
sums  of  money. 
is  possible  for  a 
man  to  start  on  a  salary  of  $50  a  week 
and  become  wealthy.  Give  the  same 
man  $50,000  a  week  and  it  is  more  than 
an  even  chance  that  he  would  waste  the 
principal  or  property  producing  such 
income  and  die  poor. 
It  is  one  thing 
to  make  money  and  quite  another  to 
keep 
This  financial  truism  Mr. 
Schuamcher  would  doubtless  earnestly 
endorse.

it. 

Schumacher  is  one  of  those  frequent 
products  of  America—a  self-made  man.
He  has  realized  the  full  promise  of  the 
republic  to  the  industrious,  the  thrifty, 
and  the  honest  man.  He has  not  been 
of  the  class  of  self-made  men  who  have 
been  given  over  to  earnest  worship  of 
themselves.  He  has  always  thought well 
of  himself,  as  he  had  every  resaon  to 
do,  but  his  self-respect  never  amounted 
to  veneration.  He was  in  a  way  a  phi­
lanthropist  and  has  backed  the  business 
enterprises  of  many  who  would  have 
been 
commercial  wrecks—small  but 
total  losses—had  it  not  been  for  his aid 
Mr.  Schumacher’s  great  fad  was  tern 
perance.  He  devoted  much  time  and  a 
great  deal  of  money  to  the  cause,  and 
in  1884  showed  his  good  faith  by  ac­
cepting  the  nomination  as  candidate 
for  Governor  on  the  Ohio  prohibition 
ticket.  He  may  have  received  2,000 
out  of  a  possible  million  or  so  of  votes, 
or  the  number  may  have  been  10,000.  It 
was  a  hopeless  candidacy  then,  as  it 
ever  has  been,  and  Mr.  Schumacher 
knew  it  when  he  went  on  the  ticket  and 
made  good  the  expenses  of  the  cam­
paign.  He  believed 
in  prohibition  as 
a  policy,  and  regarded  it  as  his  duty  to 
keep  life  in  the  sentiment.
The  business  career  of  Mr.  Schu 
machei  is  interesting.  Forty years  ago. 
when  he  settled 
in  Akron,  O.,  he  had 
scarcely  a  dollar.  The  greater  part  of 
the  united  possessions  of  himself  and 
his  wife  was  energy  and  thrift.  Neither 
of  these 
in  their  raw  condition  can  be 
realized  upon.  At  that  period  of  the 
country’s  development  oatmeal  was  al 
most  unknown  as  an  article  of  diet 
Occasionally,  a  Scotchman  could  be 
found  who  would  admit  the  use  of  oat 
meal  as  food,  in  remote  sections  of  hi: 
home  land,  but  he  was  not  disposed  to 
make  boast  of  the  idiosyncrasies  of  his 
countrymen.  Oats 
in  Ohio  were  re­
garded  as  good  for  horses,  but  wholly 
unfit  for  human  consumption. 
The 
young German  settler  started  in  to  prac­
tically  combat  this  theorv,  and  he  won 
the  fight  and  wealth.  He  had  learned 
in  Germany  the  secret  of  separating  the 
hard  husk  from  the  kernel  of  the  oat, 
and  he  further  had  acquainted  himself 
with  the  nutritive  qualities  of  the  meal. 
Schumacher’s  first  mill  was  the  kitchen 
of  his  home.  The  other  room  was  the 
family  parlor  and  bedroom.  The  first 
“ run’ ’  of  meal  Schumacher  carried 
about  the  small  town  in  a  hand  basket. 
His  neighbors  bought  from  him  more 
from  a  desire  to  help  him  along  than 
from  any  confidence  in  oatmeal  or  any 
appetite  for  it.  Schumacher  took  well 
and  was  generallly  esteemed  in  the  vil­
lage.
Presently  his  trade  enlarged  to  such 
an  extent  that  he  was  forced  to  buy  a 
little  push  wagon  or  hand  cart  to  de­
liver  the  oatmeal  to  the  regular  sub­
scribers. 
large 
enough  to  furnish  the  necessary  mill 
capacity,  and  he  erected  a  10  by  12 
building  in  his  yard,  wherein  to  shuck 
oats  and  manufacture  meal.  Soon  he 
had  to  buy  a  horse  and  wagon,  so  great 
had  his  enterprise  become,  and  in  time 
samples  of  his  product  were  required 
by  Cleveland  and  Pittsburgh  merchants. 
Then  came  heavy  orders.  The  mill 
was  enlarged  until the buildings covered 
acres.  A  large  part  of  Akron’s 
indus­
trial  importance  is  due  to  the  evolution 
of  Schumacher’s  domestic oatmeal  mill. 
The  miller  in  twenty  years  was  worth

The  kitchen  wasn  t 

$500,000,  and  in  thirty  was  accounted  a 
millionaire.  He  branched  out 
in  the 
cereal  business,  built  a  mansion,  and 
made  investments  of various  characters. 
He  built  strawboard  mills,  one  of  them 
in  Marseilles,  111.,  and,  with  other 
in­
dustries  which  he  established,  practi­
cally  built  the  town.  Three  years  ago 
he  combined  his  various  milling 
inter- 
ests 
into  one  general  corporation,  the 
American  Cereal  Company,  and  estab­
lished  his  headquarters 
in  Chicago. 
When  Mr.  Schumacher  had  his  inter­
ests  all  within  the  city  limits of  Akron, 
all  went  well  in  a  business  way.  When 
his 
investments  became  divided,  be- 
tween  strawboard  mills,  real  estate,  and 
the  manufacture  of  hygienic  food,  and 
passed  beyond  his  personal  oversight 
and  control,  the  meal  monarch's  affairs 
proceeded  ill.  At last  came  the  assign­
ment.  It  is  known  that  Mr.  Schumacher 
will  pull  a  hundred  or  two  thousands 
out  of  the  fire,  for  his  assets are  far  bet­
ter  than  the  other  side  of  the  book. 
With  his  simple  tastes,  the  ex-king  can 
struggle  along  fairly  well  on  what  he
will  have  left. 
.
Mr  Schumacher  retained  his  early 
habits  of  frugality  throughout  all  hrs 
improving  fortunes. 
If he  was  conspic­
uous,  it  was  by  reason  of  the  plainness 
of  his  attire.  H e  had  one  fondness— 
that  was  for  good  horses.  He kept these, 
not  for  speeding  purposes,  but  because 
likes 
he  has  a  fondness  for animals  and 
them  well  bred.  An  anecdote 
illustra­
tive  of  his  thrifty  habit  is  told  in  Ak­
ron.  Along  in  the  days  of  the war,  when 
economy  was  necessary,  Mr.  Schu­
macher  took  to  himself  one  of  the  old- 
style  army  cape  overcoats  for  his  winter 
wear.  Whatever  may  be  said  of  these 
garments  touching 
their  utility  as  a 
weather  shield,  it  cannot  be  said  they 
are  stylish.  The  great  miller  wore  his 
for  twenty  years,  and  during  the  last 
few  seasons  of  its endurance,  he cinched 
it  to  his  form  with  a  rope  or  a  strap. 
His  other  raiment  was 
good,  but  hardly  elegant.  The  towns­
folk  took  a  mild  pleasure  and  modest 
pride  in  pointing  out  to  the  stranger  in 
town  their  celebrated  neighbor,  driving 
a  team  of  $5,000  standard-bred  horses 
in  a  $500  Portland  sleigh,  himself wear­
ing  an  overcoat  that  cost  $6 a  quarter  of 
a  century  before,  and  whose  whole  per­
sonal  equipment  would  not  sell  for  $8  at 
a  forced  sale. 
It  was  another  verifica­
tion  of  the  proposition  that  only  a  rich 
man  can  afford  to  wear  poor  clothes.

in  keeping 

Pies  and  Persecution.

There  is  little  doubt  that  the  pie  has 
been  the  cause  of  much  misery.  People 
who  ate  rich  mince  pies  have  felt  un­
themselves.  Men 
happy  afterwards 
have  reproached 
their  wives  with  not 
making  pies  like  their  mothers,  and 
philosophers  who  lived  on  a  steady 
diet  of  pie  have  written  gloomy  phi­
losophy.  Now  a  pie 
is  figuring  in  a 
police  court  in  New  York  as  the  cause 
of  discord  between  husband  and  wife. 
He 
is  a  pie  peddler,  and  he  forced  his 
wife  to  subsist  on  pies  alone.  More 
in  the 
than  that,  she  had  no  choice 
kind  of  pie  she  had  to  eat. 
If  there 
was  a  run  on  mince  pies,  she  had  to  eat 
custard  pies. 
If  the  capricious  taste  of 
the  fickle  public  inclined  to  apple  pie, 
she  was  forced  to  banquet  on  weather 
beaten  mince  pies. 
¡' 
rained,  and  the  pies  became  mixed 
and  then  she  supped  on  a  conglomera 
tion  of  all  sorts  and  conditions  of  pies 
The  woman  sickened  of  pies.  The  day 
came  when  she  could  no  longer  look  a 
mince  pie  in  the  face^and she  abhorred 
the  very  sight of  a  custard.  She  wanted 
meat  and  bread;  but  her  husband  re 
fused  to  give  her  money,  holding  that 
it  was  unreasonable  and  extravagant  not 
to  be  willing  to  live  on  the  luxuries  he 
provided.  The  judge,  fortunately,  was 
not  a  man  addicted  to  pie  eating,  and 
he  gave  a verdict  in  favor of the woman

Sometimes 

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.  064

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 torn or soiled flour 
sacks,  no  shortages  and  no 
delays.  A great deal depends 
®n how you manage the little 
things, and  pennies are little 
things, but it you are trying to 
make a great deal of  money

Sole m akers of

LILY WHITE FLOUR

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

-   Did  You  Ever 
— 

, 
Have  a  good  customer  who  wasn t 
particular  about  the  quality  of  her 
flour?  Of course not.  W e offer you a  —g
flour with which you can build up a pay-  —
ing trade.  The  name  of  the  brand  is  —^

f— 
^  

i
g

And  every  grocer  who  has  handled 
the brand  is  enthusiastic  over  the  re­
sult,  as  it  affords  him  an  established 
profit  and  invariably  gives  his  cus­
tomers entire  satisfaction.  Merchants 
who  are  not  handling  any  brand  of 
spring wheat  flour should get into line 
immediately,  as the  consumer  is  rap­
idly being educated to the  superiority 
of  spring  wheat  over  winter  wheat 
flours for breadmaking purposes.  All 
we  ask  is  a  trial  order,  feeling  sure 
that this will  lead  to  a  large  business 
for you  on  this  brand.  Note  quota­
tions in  price  current.

GRAND  RAPIDS

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

The  Decadence  of  the  Apprenticeship 

System.
From the Scientific American.

it 

fed,  has  more  money 

We  who  are  privileged  to live  in  the 
clcsing  years  of  the  nineteenth  century 
are  forever  telling  ourselves  what  a 
magnificent  age 
is;  and  we  never 
weary  of  hearing  and  repeating  the 
count  of  our  numbers,  our  wealth,  and 
our  wisdom.  More  often  than  not,  this 
self-satisfied  recital  is  rounded  off  with 
a  contrast between  what  our  forefathers 
were  and  what  we  have  grown  to  be.  In 
the  main,  the  comparison  is  a  just  one, 
for,  as a matter of fact,  man, individually 
and collectively,  is to-day better  clothed, 
better 
in  his 
pocket,  and 
in  morals  and 
person  than  he  was  fifty  or  one  hundred 
In  the  midst  of  this  general 
years  ago. 
advance,  and 
in  some  measure  as  the 
result  of  it,  the  student  of  social  eco­
nomics  can  detect  here  and  there  the 
signs  of  a  decided  retrogression.  Hap­
pily  such  cases  are  few;  but  they  exist, 
and  no  amount  of  material  prosperity 
should  be  allowed to blind us to  the  fact. 
Among  the  many  customs  of  our  fore­
fathers  that  have  fallen 
into  disuse, 
there  are  some  whose  lapse  can  only  be 
regarded  as  a  misfortune,  and  whose re­
vival  would  prove  to  us  that  those  cus­
toms  were  the  outcome  of  experience, 
and  that  they  were  prompted  by  solid 
wisdom.

is  cleaner 

There was a time  in  this  country  when 
the  entrance  door  into  every  trade  was 
strictly  guarded,  and  the  boy  who  as­
pired  to  the  dignity  of  being  ranked  as 
a  journeyman  carpenter,  machinist,  or 
builder  could  only  hope  to  do  so by  be­
coming  bound 
in  an  apprenticeship  of 
greater  or  less  duration.  His  instruc 
tion,  which  was  carried  out  with  the 
characteristic  thoroughness  of 
former 
days,  commenced  with  the  very  alpha 
bet  of  his  trade;  and  each  department 
was  fully  mastered  before  he was  passed 
to  the  next.  He  attained  at  once  man 
ual  dexterity  and  a  knowledge  of detail 
incidentally  he  acquired  also  ; 
and 
thorough  respect  for his trade,  efficiency 
in  which  could  only be  gained  after 
many  years  of  training.  At  the  close 
of  his  apprenticeship  he  was  entitled  to 
be  called  a  skilled  workman,  and  could 
command  a  journeyman's  wages.

But  to-day,  as  the  French  would  say, 
“ we  have  changed  all  that.”   Appren 
ticeship  is  no  longer  the  invariable  rule 
— it  is  the  rare  exception.  The careful 
detailed 
instruction  of  the  apprentice 
by  the  master  mechanic  has  given place 
to  a  “ hit-or-miss,”   “ get-there”   system 
or,  rather,  lack  of  system,  in  which  the 
boy’s  instruction  is  dependent  upon  the 
caprice  of  the  journeymen  whom  he 
is 
told  off  to  assist. 
In  place  of  the  regu­
lar  day-by-day instruction of the  appren­
tice,  who,  by  virtue  of  his  articles  of 
agreement,  was  entitled  to  continous 
employment,  the  boys  of  to-day  have 
to  take  their  chance  of  picking  up 
knowledge  and  acquiring  manual  skill 
at  the  odd  times  when  they  may  be  so 
fortunate  as  to  secure  employment.

It  was  taken 

Under  the  old  arrangement,  the  boy 
was  sure  of  receiving  instruction—his 
master  was  pledged  to  give 
it  him; 
and,  moreover,  he would be  at  times  in­
trusted  with  a  job  which  was  a little  be­
yond  his  powers. 
for 
granted  that  he  would  spoil  some  of  his 
work ;  and  to  a  certain  extent  he  in  this 
way  offset  the  profit  accruing  to  the 
master  from  his  unremunerated  labor.
Under  the  present  system  there  is  no 
obligation,  and certainly  no  disposition, 
to give  the boy  helpers  any  work  which 
they  are  likely  to  spoil.  They  are  en­
gaged  to  do  menial  labor,  and  it  is  only 
in  rare  cases  of  emergency  that  they  get 
an  opportunity  to  try  their hand  at  a 
class  of  work.  A 
more 
in  a  machine  shop  is 
“ green”   hand 
never  regarded  as  a  pupil.  He 
is 
judged  from  the  standpoint  of  profit 
making,  and  the  tendency 
is  to  keep 
him  at  work 
indefinitely  at  the  ma­
chine  with  which  he  is  familiar.  The 
apprentice  was  moved from drilling  ma­
chine to  shaper;  from  shaper  to 
lathe ; 
from  lathe  to  vise ;  and  by  this  varied 
experience  he  acquired  an  all-’round 
knowledge  and 
efficiency.  But  the

important 

specialization  of  work  in  these  days  has 
limited  the  range  of  a  boy’s  opportuni­
ties  to  such  an  extent  that  he  can 
never  hope  to  gain  much  knowledge  or 
execution  outside  the  particular  class  of 
work  to  which  he  is  assigned.

It  must  be  admitted,  however,  that, 
excellent  as  were  the  results  under  the 
old  apprenticeship  system,  it  would  be 
impossible  to  carry 
it  out  under  the 
present  industrial  conditions.  The  ap- 
arent ice  was  “ bound”   to  his  master, 
ived  under  his  roof,  and  ate  at  his 
board.  Modern  social  conditions  and 
the  modern  temperament would  not  lend 
themselves  to  a  compact  in  which  the 
position  of  the  boy  was  one  of  very 
pronounced  servitude;  and  the  keen 
competition 
in  the  various  industries, 
the  close  margin  upon  which the  master 
mechanic  has  to  figure  in competing  for 
share  of  the  trade,  the  speed  and 
thorough  system  which  are  necessary  in 
a  modern  workshop,  all render  the  care­
ful  training  of  green  hands  in  the  shops 
a  practical  impossibility.  Neither  the 
master  mechanic  nor  the  journeymen 
can  spare  the  time  for  such  personal 
oversight;  and  work  which  has  been 
contracted  for  upon  the  smallest  margin 
of  profit  cannot  be trusted  to the clumsy, 
if  willing,  hands  of  a  beginner.

But  if  the  old  system,  good  as  it  was, 
is  impracticable to-day,  and the methods 
of  to-day  are  so  faulty,  What,  it  will  be 
asked,  is  to  be  the  remedy?  We  think 
that  it  will  be  found  in  an  arrangement 
which  shall  embody  the  best  features  of 
both  systems,  and  which  shall  be  sup 
plemented  by  that  admirable  institution 
known  as  the  trade  school.

The 

idea  of  oversight  was  an  excel­
lent  one;  and,  so  far as  it  can  be  exer 
cised  without 
interference  with  shop 
routine,  it  should  be  encouraged—at  the 
same  time  the  term  of  service  should  be 
very  much  reduced,  and  the  relation  of 
the  boy  to  the  master  mechanic  ren 
dered  more  elastic.

The  National  Association  of  Builders 
has  recommended  that  a  lad  who  wishes 
to  enter  a  trade  should  go  first  to  i 
trade  school,  and  discover  in  which  di 
rection  his  tastes  and  aptitude 
lie 
After  passing  an  examination by a  com 
mittee  of  master  mechanics  at  the  close 
of  his  course,  he  should  enter  the  work 
shop  as  a 
junior.  Here  he  would  ac 
quire  speed  and  execution,  and  by  the 
time  he  was  capable of  doing  a  “ full 
day’s  work”   he  would  be  subjected  to 
a  second  examination,  the  passing  of 
which  entitled  him  to  be  ranked  as 
journeyman. 
“ Proof  of  ability,  not 
length  of  service  is  the  test of what  con 
stitutes  a  mechanic  in  this  system.”  

These  suggestions  are  excellent,  and 
they  are  thoroughly  practical. 
The 
hope  for  the  future  of  the  American 
workman  lies  in  the  hearty  co-operation 
of  the  master  mechanics  and  the  jour 
neymen  with  the  trade  school  system 
If  the  American  boy 
is  to  have  any 
chance  of  holding  his  own  against  the 
incoming  tide  of  skilled  foreign 
laboi 
some  radical  change  must be  made  i 
existing  conditions.  As  we  have  shown 
it 
is  now  well-nigh  impossible  for  him 
to  attain  the  all-’round  efficiency  which 
marks  the  foreign  journeyman,  and  en 
ables  him  to  secure  work  at  almost  the 
first  application.  If  the  master  mechan 
ics  would  follow  some  such  scheme  as 
was  outlined  by  the  National  Associa 
tion,the inefficient,or,as he isexpressive 
ly  known,  the  "botch”   workman,  would 
cease  to  exist.

Creditor 

A  Candid  Reply.
-When  are  you  going  to pay

Debtor— My  friend,  you  put  me 

me  that  bill?
little 
mind  of  a  little  child,  because  a 
child  can  ask  questions  that  the  wisest 
man  cannot  answer.

A  Cool  Suggestion 

is  an  attracti 

To  your  customers 
fan,  with  your  advertisement  neatly 
printed  thereon.  The  Tradesman  Com 
pany 
is  prepared  to  furnish  you  wi 
fans,  at  the  lowest  prices consistent with 
good  goods. 
Send  for  samples  and 
prices. 

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The  much-traveled  salesman  has  long 

ago  found  out  that  “ there  are  others,

WONDER

WONDER

FANCY  ROLLER  MILLS 

SPRING  W HEAT

F f c O U R

For Sale Only by

MUSSELMAN  GROCER  CO.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

WONDER

WONDER

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To  Grocers  in  Grand  Rapids  and  dealers  generally:

Entire Wfieat  Floor

Why pay  enormous  prices  for  “ Entire  wheat” 
flour from  the  Eastern  States  when  you  can 
buy it  from  a  Michigan  mill,  equally  good, at 
a much  less  price?  We  have  special  machin­
ery for  the  purpose  and  would  like  to  confer 
with you on the subject.

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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

s manufactured from  the best  hard  Spring  Wheat  grown  in  the  Northwest 
nd 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 

Vheat  Flours offered.

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

WORDEN  GROCER  CO.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

FLOUR, GRAIN, 

SHIPPERS  OF

O.  E.  BROW N  FULL  CO.

BALED HAY

In  Carlots.

Western  Michigan  Agents  for  Russell  &   Miller 

Milling Co.  of  West  Superior,  Wis.

Office 9 Canal street, 

Grand  Rapids.

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

Benton  Harbor— Soule  &  Co.  succeed 
Carrie  H.  (Mrs.  F.  1.)  Soule  in  the  gro- 
I eery  business.

Fisher’s  Station—Wm.  Van  Bruggen, 
general  dealer  at  this  place,  has  dis­
posed  of  his  stock  and  will  remove  to 
Maxwell  City,  New  Mexico,  where  he 
will  re-engage  in  the  same  business.

their  business 

Croswell— Mary  C. 

Grand  Marais— The  wheel  craze  has 
struck  this  town  hard.  There  is  nothing 
but  sand and sidewalks,  but about thirty- 
five bicycles  are  in  use.  One  family  has 
four  wheels  out  of  seven  possible riders.
(Mrs.  John  H .) 
Richardson  has  merged  her business  in- 
a  stock  company  under  the  style  of 
e  Richardson  Dry  Goods  Co.  The 
irporation  has 
a  capital  stock  of 
,000.
Kalamazoo—Brownson &  Rankin  have 
into  a  stock 
merged 
company  under  the  style  of  the  Brown- 
son  &  Rankin  Dry  Goods  Co.  The 
stock  of 

irporation  has  a  capital 
0,000.
Albion— Leonard  &  Carty,  grocers, 
have  uttered  chattel  mortgages  to  the 
mount  of  $984.  They  have  been  wait- 
ng  to  sell  out  for  some  time,  so  as  to 
retire  from  business.  The  mortgages, 
no  doubt,  will  have  the  desired  effect.
Holland— Thos.  Price  has  sold  a  half 
.nterest  in  his  meat  market  to  Cornelius 
M.  Phernambucq—formerly  engaged  in 
the  meat  business  at  467  South  Division 
street,  Grand  Rapids—and  the  new  firm 
11  be  known  as  Price  &  Phernam­

saloonists  will  try  to  file  their  liquor 
bonds.  At  present  the  thirsty  portion  of 
the  population  are  compelled  to  walk 
four  miles  to  Wetmore  or  carry  a  jug.

Manufacturing  Matters.

Ada— John  Smith  has  purchased  the 

flour  mill  of  Van  Keppel  Bros.

Sears—A.  A.  Boyd 

is  getting  in  a 
stock  of  timber and  will start his shingle 
mill  here  in  a  few  days.

Ludington—E.  P.  Rowe  succeeds 
Rowe  &  Cartier  in  the  manufacture  of 
fruit  packages  aiid  mops.

Bay  City—The  style  of 

the  E.  J. 
Vance  Box  Co.  has  been  changed  to  the 
E.  J.  Vance  Box  Co.,  Limited.

Oscoda— The  Oscoda Lumber  Co.  will 
start 
its  mill  here  as  soon  as  the  log 
drive  on  the  Au  Sable  River  gets  down, 
which  will  be  about  June  1.

Bay  City—The  yard  here  of the Young 
&  Fulton  Lumber  Co.  will  soon  be 
closed  up.  The  lumber  on  hand  will  be 
shipped  to  the yard of  the  firm  at  Cleve­
land.

Detroit— The  Merchants'&  Manufac­
turers’  Exchange  has  sent  a  circular 
letter  to  all  its  members  asking  them  to 
urge  their  representatives 
in  Congress 
to  work  for  the  Torrey  bankruptcy  bill, 
Manistique— The  Weston furnace  Co 
will  not  go  into  blast  this  year,  on  ac 
its  inability  to  dispose  of  the 
count  of 
In  March 
pig 
preparations  were  made  for  going 
into 

iron  already  on  hand. 

Around  the  State

Movements  of  Merchants.

Moor  Park -Frank  Pixley  succeeds 

Will  Shick  in  general  trade.

Lansing— Owen  Jones  succeeds John 

H.  Bangbart  in  the  meat  business.

Kalamazoo— Fred  J. 

Zeeb,  meat 

dealer,  has  sold  out  to  S.  D.  Gage.

Charlotte—S.  Lamport  has  removed 
his  harness and  cigar stock toTekonsha.
Quincy—W.  L.  Knapp  succeeds  J.
B.  Van  Asdale  in  the  grocery  business.
Muskegon—G.  R.  Karling,  boot  and 

shoe  dealer,  has  removed  to  Joliet,  111.  1 

Kenton—The  Kenton  Meat  Co.  suc­
ceeds  Wm.  Shingler  in  the  meat  busi­
ness.

Howell— D.  W..  Newell 

succeeds
in  the  grocery  busi- 

Sweet  &  Newell 
ness.

Kalamazoo—Michael  Brink  has  sold 
his  bakery  business  to  Herder  &  Opt- 
holdt.

Lansing— Nathan  A.  Young  has  pur­
chased  the  drug  stock  of  Chas.  A. 
Seeley.

Howell— Sweet  &  Newell,  grocers, 
have  dissolved,  D.  Warren  Newell  suc­
ceeding.

Buchanan—Otis  Bros.,  dealers  in  tin­
ware,  curtains,  etc.,  have  removed  to 
Delton.

Port  Huron—Arthur  H.  Tibbits  has 
purchased  the  grocery  stock  of  V.  R. 
Conway.

Coldwater— Stephen Spurlock,  general 
dealer,  has  removed  from  Sherwood  to 
this  place.

Jackson— M.  H.  &  F.  A.  Lincoln have 
purchased  the  grocery  stock  of  Melvin 
Thompson.

Kalamazoo  -John  \ andelaare succeeds 
C.  Yandelaare  &  Son  in  the  wood  atic 
coal  business.

Lowell—Yeiter  &  Wadsworth  succeec 
J.  B.  Yeiter  in  the  furniture  and  under 
taking  business.

Dowagiac— Schmitt  Bros, 

succeed
Schmitt  &  Onen  in  the  hardware,  paint 
and  oil  business.

Kalamazoo—C.  S.  Ranney  is succeed 
in  the  fruit  and 

ed  by  Geo.  McCarty 
confectionery  business.

Muskegon— Van  Zarit  &  Clug,  dealers 
in  groceries  and  meats,  have  dissolved 
Wm.  H.  Clug  succeeding.

Mancelona— H.  W. 

has 
opened  a  bakery  in  the  building  oppo 
site  the  Mancelona  House.

Bascom 

Beaverton—The  wind  storm  May  i 
nearly  wrecked  the  store  building  of  E 
A.  Coon,  racking  it  badly.

ten  notes  given  the  Bank  during  the 
year.  On  April  20,  two  chattel  mort­
gages  were  given  the  officers  of  the 
company,  one  to  Jacob  Kock,  Presi­
dent,  for  $31,100,  the  other  to  Henry 
Kock  for  $15,000.  The  mortgages  will 
not 
interfere  with  the  company’s  doing 
business.

from 

The  South  .Shore 

now  the  more  convenient 

Marquette— The  weekly  shipments  of 
ore  from  the  Marquette  docks  of  the 
Duluth,  South  Shore  &  Atlantic  Rail­
way are  from  60,000  to 70,000  tons,  or  at 
the  rate  of  nearly  2,000,000  tons  for  the 
entire  season. 
is 
moving  more  ore  than  ever  before  in  its 
history.  Owing to  a  cut  in  the  head-of- 
the-laíce  ore  rate,  the  large  amount  of 
Gogebic  range  ore  which  was  to  have 
been  shipped  by  way  of  Escanaba  has 
The  Chicago  & 
not  materialized. 
Northwestern  system  ships 
the 
Gogebic  mines  by  way  of  both  Esca­
naba  and  Ashland,  and  the Ashland  haul 
to  the 
mines  because  of  the  shorter  distance 
for  rail  transportation.  The  Lake  Su­
perior  &  Ishpeming,  the  new  ore  line 
being  built  by  two  of  the  local  mines, 
jhould  be  able  to  handle  some  ore  this 
fall,  though  it  is  not  likely  that 
it  can 
be  completed  in  season  to  be  a  very  im­
portant  factor  in this season’s  ore  traffic.
Saginaw—The  railroads  made  a  very 
good  showing  in  moving  lumber  out  of 
the  valley  in  1895,  and  the  figures  attest 
the  revolutionary  methods  of  handling 
lumber 
in  the  last  few  years.  Fifteen 
years  ago  the  bulk  of  the  lumber  manu­
factured  on 
the  Saginaw  River  was 
moved  to  market  by  water.  It  was  man­
ufactured,  piled  on  the  mill  docks,  sold 
in  blocks  in  the  rough,  ranging  from  a 
single  cargo  to  one,  two,  three  or  more 
million  feet,  and  shipped  out  to  Ohio 
ports  and  to  Buffalo,  Erie,  Tonawanda, 
thence  to  Albany,  etc.  With  the  dim i­
nution  of  the  output  of  the  mills  came 
the  necessity  of  getting  more  out  of  the 
lumber,  and  factories  and  sorting  yards 
sprang  up,  and  the  stock  that  had  gone 
out 
lake  sought  rail 
transit  and  a  wider  method  of  distribu­
tion;  hence  to-day  the  lake  method  has 
been  crowded  to  the  rear,  nearly  every 
manufacturing 
the  Saginaw 
River  handling  a  portion  or  all  of  its 
output  by  rail.

in  the  rough  by 

firm  on 

FLAGS — all 
sizes and prices.

BUNTINGS—  

all kinds, at

P.S T E K E T E E  

&  SONS, 

Grand Rapids.

Change  in  Time  of  Meeting.

Grand  Rapids,  May  22—On  account 
of  the  annual  meeting  of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association,  which  oc­
curs  at  Montreal  August  12,  the  date 
for  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Michigan 
State  Pharmaceutical  Association  at 
Mackinac  Island  has  been  changed  to 
August  4,  5  and  6.

B e n j .  S c h r o u d e r ,  Sec’y.

Want 

to  Cross  Bats  with  Grand 

Rapids.

Grand  Haven,  May  18— The  business 
men  of  Grand  Haven  would  like a game 
or  two  of  base  ball  with  the  business 
men  of  Grand  Rapids  during  the  sum­
mer  season.

C.  N.  Ad dison.

The  Dodge  Club  cigar  is  sold  by  F. 

E.  Bushman,  Kalamazoo.

bucq

Sault  Ste.  Marie  This 

is  a  typical 
summer  town.  The  visitor  sees  many 
strange  faces  at  this  time  of  the  year, 
owing  to  the  habit  merchants  have  of 
aging  new  clerks  for  the  summer 
trade,  who  are  let  go  in  the  fall.  Only  a 
few  clerks  are  hired  by  the  year.

Hungerford—John  W.  Rutherford  was 
surprised  to  find  his  general  store  taken 
possession  of  by  a  “ mob  of  friends, 
as  he  expresses  it,  a  few  evenings  ago. 
They  assembled  there  as  a  rendezvous 
for  a  surprise  party  on  his  wife  in 
celebration  of  the  anniversary  of  her 
38th  birthday.

Marquette— Capt.  Hursley,  of  Sault 
Ste.  Marie,  who  purchased  the  wrecked 
schooners,  Kent  and  Moonlight,  which 
went  ashore  on  Chocolay  Beach  during 
the  gale  last  fall,  has  succeeded  in  puli­
ng  them  off.  They  will  be  towed  to 
Duluth  for  repairs.  Capt.  Hursley  is 
to  be  congratulated.  He  is  new  in  the 
wrecking  business.  The  Inmans,  of 
Duluth,  and  Grummond,  of  Detroit 
tried  to  release  the  boats  last  fall,  but 
abandoned  the  undertaking.

last.
Grayling— Sailing,  Hanson  &  Co 
have  purchased  the  large  tract  of  pine 
south  of  Twin  Lakes  from  Pack,  Wood 
Co.  It  is  estimated  to  cut  15,000,000 
is  not  made 

feet.  The  consideration 
public.

Kalamazoo— L.  D.  Railsback,  of  In 
_ianapolis,  is 
in  the  city  for  the  pur 
pose  of  organizing  a  stock  company  to 
manufacture  a  rotary  disc  plow,  which 
he  claims  is  superior  to  any  now  on  the 
market.

Alpena— D.  A.  Stratton,  of  Alba, 
Mich., 
is  considering  the  project  of 
establishing  a  hardwood  manufacturing 
plant  at  this  place.  He  wants  the  city 
to  furnish  the  site  and  will  begin  build- 
ng  as  soon  as  the  site  is  handed  over.
Manistee— Buckley  &  Douglas  have  a 
new  scheme  to  save  burned  timber. 
They are  damming  a  lake  in  the  middle 
of  their  timber  and  will  put  the  burned 
logs 
them  until 
needed.  The lake  covers  about  40 acres.
Albion—The  Elms  Buggy  Co.  has 
given  trust  mortgages  to  H.  M.  Dear- 
.ng,  of  the  First  National  Bank,  as  a 
matter  of  protection.  The  company  has 
plenty  of  assets,  but  cannot  realize  cn 
them.  The  business  will  be  continued 
as  usual.

in  there  and  hold 

Menominee— The  drives  on  the  Paint 
and  Brule  will  be  out  the  last  cf  this 
week.  There  were  over 9,000,000  feet  of 
logs  in  the  Brule,  and  nearly  5,000,000 
in  the  Paint.  Both  streams  have  been 
thoroughly  cleaned  of  logs  this  spring 
in  two  successful  drives.

Negaunee—The  Buffalo  mines  are 
adding materially to  their  forces  and  are 
getting  out 
large  quantities  of  ore 
Unlike  nearly  all  the  other  large  mines 
of  the  Marquette  range, 
the  Buffalo 
group  was  idle  for  several  months  dur­
ing  the  winter  and,  as  a  consequence, 
began  the  shipping  season  with  prac­
tically  no  ore 
in  stock,  while  all  the 
other  mines  had  large  stock  piles  to  be­
gin  shipping  from.

Detroit— The  American  Brass  and 
Metal  Works  has  filed  a  chattel  mort­
gage  in  favor of  the  Citizens’  Savings 
Bank  for  $20,225,  the  amount  due  on

Merrill— P.  L.  Perkins  continues  the 
general  merchandise  business  formerly 
conducted  by  Melze  &  Perkins.

Belleville—Osier  &  Earing,  dealers 
implements,  have  dis 

in  agricultural 
solved,  P.  G.  Osier  succeeding.

Marion-  Henry  E.  Walsworth,  un 
dertaker  and  furniture  dealer,  is  dead 
He  was  a  Mason  and  Maccabee.

Munising— R.  Peters  &  Co.  hav 
i 

erected  an  addition  to  their  store 
which  to  put  dry  goods  and  boots  and 
shoes.

Albion— The  Culver  &  Espie  grocery 
stock  has  been  taken  possession  of  by 
Frank  Culver  on  a  chattel  mortgage 
and  he  will  close  it  out.

Muskegon—J.  B.  Wallace,  the  Pi 

street  feed  dealer,  has  established  a 
branch  store  on  the  corner  of  Eighth 
street  and  Clay  avenue.

Saugatuck—Geo.  A.  Pride  has  been 
admitted  to  partnership  with  E.  S. 
Pride 
in  the  furniture  business.  The 
new  firm  will  be  known  as  E.  S.  Pride 
&  Son.

Rogers  City— The  Chicago  Supply 
Co.  is  meeting  with  the  same  sort  of 
defeat  it  met  in  Wexford  county  in  at 
tempting  to  enforce  collection  on  its 
notes  against  Presque  Isle  county  farm 
ers.  W.  J.  McCutcheon,  of  this  place, 
was  recently  sued  before  a  justice  of 
the  peace  at  Posen,  resulting  in  the  de 
fendant’s  securing  a  judgment  for  the 
inj 
costs.  Piesque  Isle  county  justice 
not  satisfactory  to  the  Chicago sharpers 
who  announce  their  intention  of  taking 
an  appeal.

Munising— Hon.  Peter  White  and 
Hon.  E.  y .  Towar,  of  Marquette,  have 
been  instrumental  in  organizing  a  State 
bank  here.  Dwelling  houses  are  going 
up  rapidly.  There  are  about  forty  bus 
ness  places,  either  erected  or  in  course 
of  construction.  Water  mains  are 
lai  ’ 
and  sidewalks  are  being  built.  Every 
thing 
is  booming.  Lots  on  the  mai 
street  sell  at  $100  per  foot  front.  The 
first  corporation  election  will  be  held 
June  1  and  immediately  afterward  ten

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

5

Grand  Rapids  Gossip

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugar— In  addition  to  the  decline  of 
yfrc  on  Monday  of 
last  week,  another 
decline  of  Y%c  occurred  on  Wednesday 
last,  excepting  powdered,  which  de­
clined  a  sixpence.  On  Monday,  how­
ever,  the  trade  was  surprised  by  an  ad­
vance  of  'Ac  all  along  the  line  and  the 
market 
is  strong  at  present  writing, 
with  prospects  of  still  further  advances 
in  the  near  future.

present 

Fruit  Jars—The  market  continues  to 
strengthen  and  prices  are  confidently 
expected  to  advance  $i@2  per  dozen 
beyond 
The 
strengthening  of  the  market  is  not  due 
to  any  shortness  of  supply on  the  part  of 
manufacturers,  hut  to the  prospect  of  a 
large  fruit  crop  everywhere,  which  pre­
sages  an  unprecedented  demand.

quotations. 

Tea— Reports  from  New  York  are  to 
the  effect  that  several  shipments  of  new 
Japs  have  arrived  and  that  the  quality 
is  exceptionally  fine.

Syrups— There  is  a  considerable 

im­
provement  in  demand,  both for  medium 
and  better  grades.

Currants—The general tendency  of  the 
is  easier,  both  abroad  and  in 

market 
American  markets.

Prunes—Without  material  change  in 

price  and  demand  nearly  nominal.

the 

Lemons—While 

auction  sales 
marked  a  slight  decline,  prices general­
ly  have  not been marked down from what 
they  were  a  week  ago,  and  the  general 
expectation 
is  that  the  market  will  be 
steady  from  now  on.  The  supply  of 
stock 
is  ample  in  this  country,  unless 
there  should  be  an  unprecedented  pe­
riod  ot hot weather,  which  might deplete 
stocks  to  the  extent  that  prices  would 
go  skyward.

tobacco 

and  Partidos 

is  that  for  months  past 

Cigars—The  edict  of  Gen.  Weyler, 
prohibiting  the  exportation  of  Vuelta 
Aba jo 
from 
Havana,  has  not  caused  much  surprise 
among  the  manufacturers  of  clear  Ha­
vana  cigars  in  this  country,  for  the  rea­
son  that  all  who  had  cash  at  their  dis­
it  some  weeks  ago. 
posal  discounted 
This  does  not  mean 
that  there  is  a 
wealth  of  these  tobaccos  in  this country 
for,  owing  to  the  difficulty  of  keeping 
these  fragrant  tobaccos  in  perfect  con 
dition  for  more  than 
twelve  months 
after  the  crop  has  been  harvested,  no 
factory  carries at any time  a  large  stock 
is  the  case  with  factories  using  do 
as 
it  does 
mestic  grown  tobacco.  What 
mean 
it  has 
been  understood  that  little or  no  tobacco 
of  the  1896  crop  could  be  expected,  ow 
ing  to  the  insurgents,  frightening  away 
the  farmers,  and  in  some  cases  destroy 
ing  the  fields  of  growing  le a f;  conse 
quently  such  tobacco  as  was  brought  in 
to  Havana  and  was  suitable  for  the 
American  market  was  snapped  up  by 
the  capitalists.  The  wrapper  stock  of 
this 
is  said  to  be  very  small,  anc  the 
best  informed  people  of  the  trade  think 
that  not  more  than  four  or  five  firms 
will  be  able  to  make  clear  Havana 
gars  for  a  period  extending  longer  than 
six  months 
firms 
have  not  tobacco  wrappers  enough 
last  them  for  more  than  two  months 
When  it  is  remembered  that  about  200 
000,000  clear  Havana  cigars  are  made 
in  this  country  every  year,  the  defi 
ciency  in  wrappers  becomes  important, 
as  the  workers  in  these  factories  will  be 
out  of  employment  unless  some  other 
type  of  tobacco  is  used  to  work  up  the 
more  plentiful  filler  stocks. 
It  seems 
likely  that  some  factories  will  do  this,

from  now.  Many 

than  work  other  tobacco 

but  there  are  others  of  the  legitimate 
high-grade  type,  owned  by  Spaniards, 
who  declare  that  they  will  never  resort 
to  such  an  expedient.  So  stubborn  are 
these  people  that  they  may  close  down 
rather 
for 
wrappers.  Most  of  the  American  firms 
that  have  bought  tobaccos  in  expecta­
tion  of  the  edict,  or  a  prohibitory tariff, 
are  said  to  have  the  bulk  of  their  to­
bacco  here.  The  total  new  crop  for  the 
current  year  was  three  weeks  ago  esti­
mated  to  amount  to  about  120,000 bales, 
but  at  present  it  is  estimated  by  one  of 
the 
leading  leaf  tobacco  men  in  the 
country  to  amount  to  less  than  75»000 
bales,  much having  been  destroyed,  and 
it 
is  very  problematical  how  much  of 
this  will  ever  reach  Havana.  At  pres­
ent  it  is  unmatured  and  if landed  in this 
country  would  not,  in  his  estimation, 
be  worth  five  cents  a  pound.

Cheese—The  supply  of  new  cheese 

is 
increasing  from  day  to  day,  and  the 
light  supply  of  the  old  has  enabled  re­
ceivers  of  new  to  dispose  of  their  stock 
readily  at  full  prices.  Full  grass  cheese 
is  looked  for  about  June  1  and  the  qual­
ity 
fine.  The 
tendency  of  the  market  is downward and 
the 
lowest  prices  will  probably  be 
reached  during  the  months  of  July  and 
August,  when  shipments  are  heaviest.

likely  to  be  very 

is 

Salmon—The  fishermen  ontheColum- 
_.a  River  are  still  holding  out  for  the 
continuance  of  the  old  price,  and  the 
ackers  for  the  reduction  of 
ic  per 
pound.  Although  several  weeks  of  the 
_pring  season  have  gone,  no  salmon 
have  as  yet  been  packed  along  the  Co- 
umbia  River.  Some  time  ago  it  was 
.eported  that  one  or  two  of  the  packers 
had  given 
in,  and  were  packing,  but 
this  was  afterward  denied.

Provisions— Nearly  everything  in  the 
provision  line  has  felt  the  effect  of  the 
better  market  with 
the  exception  of 
.ard,  which  continues  to  rule  easy. 
Compound  remains  unchanged,  with 
prices  about  steady.  The  trade  looks 
foj higher  prices  in  pickled and smoked 
meat  and  stocks  are  not  very  heavy. 
No  dealer 
is  carrying  large  stocks  in 
the  face  of  the  dull  market  and  general 
lepression.

Flour  and  Feed.

Notwithstanding  the  very  damaging 
crop  reports  during  the  past  week,  the 
market  has  continued  to  drag  heavily, 
n  sympathy  with  the  bearish  tendency 
of  speculation.

The  demand  for  flour  is  of  the  hand- 
to-mouth  character  and,  in consequence, 
many  of  the 
large  flouring  mills  are 
unning  but  half  of  the  time,  even  in 
the  Northwest  where  wheat  is  plentiful.
This  condition  of  things  seems  likely 
to  continue  until  the  market  foi  wheat 
and  offal  improves  and  the  demand  for 
flour  increases.  The  city  mills  are  cur 
tailing  their  output,  in  keeping  with 
the  present  conditions.

Feed  and  millstuffs  are  dull  with  but 
in  prices  for  the  past

little  change 
week. 

„   _

W m .  N.  R o w e

New  Sugar  Cards  for  Grand  Rapids 

and  Jackson.

The  Retail  Grocers'  Associations  of 
Grand  Rapids  and Jackson  promulgated 
new  sugar  cards  last  week,  as  follows : 

cents  per  pound.

6 
\'/2  pounds  for  25  cents, 
pounds  for  50  cents.
pounds  for  $1.

17 

A  man  is  as  young  as  his  rheumatism 
will  allow  him  to  be.  A  woman  is  as 
young  as  her  photograph  forces  her  to 
be.

Fruits  and  Produce.

Asparagus— 30c  per  doz.  bunches. 
Beans—The  market  is  utterly  without 1 
feature,  receipts  being  nominal  and 
prices  being  dull  and  without  change. 

Beets— 50c  per  doz.  bunches.
Butter— The  market  is  in  a  little  bet­

stock 

Cabbage — Cairo 

ter  condition  than  a  week  ago,  strictly | 
fancy  stock,  showing  full  grass  flavor, 
commanding  12c  at  the  outside,  al­
though  more  offerings  are  taken  on  the 
basis  of  ioc.
commands 
$1.25  per  crate  of  i'A  doz.  Mississippi 
stock  brings  $2.50  per  crate  of  about  4 
dozen.
Clover  Seed—$5@5,25  f°r  Mammoth,
S4.S5@5  for  Medium,  $4-75  f°r  Alsvke, 
$3 0 3 —5  for  Crimson  and  $5-5° 
f°r 
Alfalfa. 
,
Cucumbers—25@300 per doz. for South­
ern  stock  and  50c  per  doz.  for home 
grown.
EggS_T he  market  is  somewhat firmer 
for  strictly  fancy  stock,  which  com­
mands  8c  per  doz.  This  price  holds 
good  only  with  stock  which  is  candled 
and  closely  graded.  Prices  are  some­
what  higher  at  Eastern  markets  and  the 
market  generally  is  in  a  firmer position.
ioc  per 
doz.  bunches.  Silver  Skins, 12c  per  doz. 
bunches. 

Green  Onions— Seed  stock, 

Greens—Beet,  40c  per  bu.  Spinach, 

r 

.

25c  per  bu.

Lettuce— 7@ 8c  per  lb.
Millet—Common,  60065c;  German, 

65070c;  Hungarian,  7o@75c.
in  small 
Onions— Home  grown  are 
demand  and  ample  supply,  command­
ing  25c  per  bu.  Mississippi 
stock 
brings  $1.50  per  bag  containing  \'A  bu.
Peas—Home  grown,  $1.25  per  bu. 
This 
is  the  earliest  home  grown  stock 
ever  known  on  the  Grand  Rapids  mar­
.*  ..
ket. 
Pieplant -Although  quoted  nominally 
at  ¿ c   per  lb.,  the  demand  is exception­
ally  small,  owing  to  amount  of  stock, 
lo­
which  is  now  grown  in  nearly  every 
cality. 
. .  
•
Potatoes— Tennessee  and  Mississippi 
stock  commands  $1.25  per  bu.  and 
$3-5  per  bbl. 

. . . .

, 

,

Radishes— ioc  per  doz.  bunches. 
Strawberries— For  the  next  day  or 
two  the  market  will  be  supplied  by  In­
diana  stock  in  24  qt.  cases  at  $2  or  less 
and  St.  Joe  stock  in  16 qt.  cases at  Si. 40 
or  less.  The  market  is  tending  down­
ward  and  may  go  to  5@6c  before  the 
end  of  the  week.  Home  grown  is  begin­
ning  to  come 
ioc 
Tuesday. 
It  is  expected  that  consider­
able  quantities  of  home  grown  will  be 
marketed  by  Saturday  and  that  next 
week  will  be  the  big  week  of  the  straw­
berry  crop.  All  reports  agree  that  the 
crop  is  large  and  prices  are  expected  to 
rule  low.

in,  commanding 

String  Beans— 75c  per bu.
Timothy—S i.65  per  bu.  for  prime  to 

strictly  prime  and  $1.75  f°r  choice.

Tomatoes— Florida  stock 

is 

about 
stock  com­

played  out.  Mississippi 
mands  $2.25  per  4  basket  crate.

Wax  Beans— $1.25  per  bu.

The  Grain  Market.

insects 

Wheat  only  held  its  own  during  the 
week,  notwithstanding  there  were  a 
great  many  strong  arguments  to advance 
it.  Among  them  were  the  wet  weather 
in  the  Northwest,  the  droughts  in  other 
localities,  the 
in  Ohio  and  In­
diana,  while  the  growers  of  our  own 
State  complain  bitterly  of  rust  and 
in­
sects.  While  there  is  some  damage  be­
ing  done  by  the  Hessian  fly,  we  have 
doubts  as  to  the  effect  of  the  rust,  as 
it 
leaf  and  it  looks  to  us 
is  only  on  the 
as  if  the  stalk  is  free from  rust. 
In  our 
opinion,  the  rust  is  only  temporary  and 
a  great  many  reliable  farmers  are  of  the 
same  opinion—but  time  will  tell.  Our 
exports  were  about  the  same  as  the  pre­
vious  week,  being  1,906,000  bushels. 
The  visible  decreased  1,847,000  bushels, 
which  was  more  than  was  expected,  as 
the  decrease  was  so  small  the  two  pre­
vious  weeks.  Still,  the  Recrease  was 
2,243,000  bushels,  or  nearly  400,000

from 

other 

bushels  more  than  the  corresponding 
week  last  year.  The  bear  argument 
is 
the  small  exports.  The  foreigners  are 
buying  wheat 
countries 
which  sell  cheaper  than  America.  How­
ever,  should  the  prediction  that is  made 
come  true  of  the  damage  on  both  winter 
and  spring  wheat,  we will,  undoubtedly, 
see  higher  prices.

There 

is  not  much  to  be  said  about 
corn  and  oats.  These  cereals  remain 
quiet,  as  is  usual.  Corn  is  a  trifle  high­
er,  while  oats  are  about  ic  lower.

The  receipts  were  of  a  diminutive 
character,  being 
thirty  eight  cars  of 
wheat,  two  cars  of  corn  and  three  cars 
of  oats.

The  millers  are  paying  64c  for  wheat, 
against  78c  the  corresponding  day  last 
year.  These  prices  are  wide  apart,  as 
our  visible  is  only  3,000,000 bushels  less 
than  at  the  corresponding  time 
last 
year,  and  it  looks  now  as  if  the  farmers 
will  receive  better  prices  for their wheat 
than  they  are  getting  at  present.

C.  G.  A.  V o ig t.

Purely  Personal.

S.  A.  Sears,  Manager  of  the  Grand 
Rapids  end  of  the  New  York  Biscuit 
Co.,  is  spending  a  couple  of  days  in 
Chicago.  He 
is  accompanied  by  his 
wife.

D.  H.  Armstrong  has  taken  the  posi­
tion  of  office  manager  of  the  Cappon  & 
Bertsch  Leather  Co.,  at  Holland.  Mr. 
Armstrong  is  an  office  man  of  excep­
tional  ability  and  will,  undoubtedly, 
achieve  a 
large  measure  of  success  in 
his  r.ew  position.

Wm.  H.  Anderson,  Cashier  of  the 
Fourth  National  Bank,  has  been  elected 
a  director  of  the  Peninsular  I rust  Co., 
in  place  of  Vv'm.  H.  Van  Leeuvven.  Mr. 
Anderson 
is  a  gentleman  of  rare  dis­
crimination  and  remarkable 
judgment 
and  will  prove  a  tower  of  strength  to 
the  Peninsular  Co.

S.  W.  Peregrine  has  been  elected 
Secretary  of  the  Grand  Rapids  Seating 
Co.,  in  place  of  Jas.  B.  Furber,  who 
recently  resigned 
to  accept  an  office 
position  with  the  Manitowoc  Seating 
Co.,  at  Manitowoc,  Wis.  Mr.  Peregrine 
also  resumes  his  old  position  as  super­
intendent  of  the  manufacturing  depart­
ment  of  the  corporation.

The  Grand  Rapids  Gas  Light  Co. 
paid  a  2%   per  cent,  dividend  last week, 
the  net  earnings  having 
increased  to 
that  extent  to  warrant  an  increase  in  the 
dividend  rate  from  4  per  cent,  to  5  per 
cent,  per  annum.  This  has,  naturally, 
had  a  bouyant  effect  on  the stock,  which 
has  advanced  to  55@57-  The  net  earn­
ings  for  April  were  $8,138,  an 
increase 
of  15.9  per  cent,  over  April,  1895.  The 
net  earnings  for  the  first  four  months  of 
this  year  were  $43* 185,  rm  increase  of 
11.7  per  cent,  over  the  same  period  in 
1895.  Considering  the  times,  the 
in­
crease  in  earnings  is  little  less  than  re­
markable,  as  it  demonstrates  the  ability 
of  the  management  to 
the 
volume  of  the  business  without  incur­
ring  a  corresponding 
in  the 
expense  account.

increase 

increase 

Brooks T.  Bearss & Co.  have arranged 
to  open  a  drug  store  at  Fostoria.  The 
Hazeltine  &  Perkins  Drug  Co.  has  the 
order  for  the  stock.

Wilbur  DeLong  succeeds  E.  H.  Day 
in  the  grocery  and  meat  business  at  300 
South  Division  street.

Miss  Pullman  married  a  mechanic 
when  she  could  have  chosen  a  palace- 
car  porter.

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Shoes  and  Leather

Effect  of  the  Rise  in  Crude  Rubber. 
From the Shoe and  Leather Gazette.

It  is  an  axiom  of  the  trade  that when­
ever  crude  rubber  goes  up  it  is  sure  to 
come  down  again.  But  after  such  a 
marked  advance  as  has  occurred  re­
cently  the  most  optimistic  manufacturer 
is  apt  to  be  concerned  about  the  date 
for a  decline.  The  situation 
that 
there  is  a  definite  amount  of  Para  rub­
ber  visible,  less  than  usual  at  this  time 
of  the  year,  with  no  more  forthcoming 
until  the  beginning  of  another  crop. 
The  problem  is,  who  will  be  obliged  to 
buy  rubber  and  how  much?

is 

The  shoe  factories  are  usually  sup­
plied  ahead  with  rubber  and  nothing  in 
the  present  conditions  of  the  trade  war­
rants  such  activity  as  would  make  them 
liberal  buyers  of  material  soon.  The 
same  is  more  or  less  true  of the mechan­
ical  goods  trade.  Certainly  manufac­
turers  who  are  short of  rubber  will  not 
buy  at  present  prices  to  make  goods  to 
fill  their  stores  and  prudence  would  de- 
ser  them  from  pushing 
the  sale  of 
products  for  which  rubber  had  to  be 
bought  at  the  top  of  the  market.  The 
chief  activity 
in  the  rubber  industry 
just  now  appears  to  be  in  tires,  but here 
even  the  best  informed  operators  are  at 
sea  as  to  the  requirements  of  tubber  for 
the  remainder  of  the  season. 
It  may be 
said  to  rest  with  this  class  whether  the 
consumption  of  rubber  for  the  summer 
months  will  be  so  great  as  to  cause  a 
greater  advance  or  so  limited  as  to  per­
mit  the  market  to  become  easier.

is 

In  the  crude  rubber  market  the  exist 
is  denied  of  all  speculative  ele 
ence 
ment  farther  than 
involved  in  the 
very  nature  of  buying commodities  with 
a  view  to  their  sale  at  a  profit.  Leading 
manufacturers  seem  disposed  to  con­
cede  this,  so  that  there  is  room  only  for 
the  inference  that  the  rate  of the world’s 
consumption  has  really  exceeded  that 
of  production,  despite  the 
largest  out 
put  for  a  year yet  known.  In  the  United 
States  there  are  indications  in  abund­
ance  that  the  volume  of  rubber  manu­
facture  has  been  maintained,  without 
taking  tires  into  account.  One  leading 
concern  assures  us  that  within  a  year 
past  they  have  made  more  goods  than 
in  any  similar period before,  while other 
companies  report  having  at  least  kept 
up  to  their  former  figures.  There  are 
reports,  too,  of  a 
large  production  of 
goods 
in  Europe  and  especially  of  an 
increase  on  the  Continent,  showing  that 
consumption  is  not  to  be  judged  alone 
from  the  conditions  of  American  manu­
facture.

over  her  head.  Her  arms  were  bare  to 
the  elbow  and  very  fair  and  round.  She 
wore  a  neat  dress  and  a  clean  apron. 
There  was  no  burned  clay  pipe  or  to­
bacco  pouch  mixed  with  the  tools  on 
her  bench.  The  way  her  nimble  little 
fingers  followed  the  pegs  in  her  lap  and 
drove  them  home 
into  the  red  leather 
was  a  caution.  She  had  no  careful,  gin­
gerly  way  of  handling  her  hammer,  but 
could  rattle  them  like  fun.

When  we  entered  she  looked up,  noted 
look  of  astonishment  on  our  faces 
“ You  do  want  some 
laughed. 
in 

the 
and 
boots  sewed  down?  ’  she  asked 
broken  English. 

‘ No,  my  boots  are  all  right,  but  do 

.

vou  work  at  this all  the  time?

• * Oh,  yes,  me  do  mend  shoe  here now 

a  week.’ ’

“ Where  did  you  learn?’
“ Canada,  they  teach  me.”
“ Do  many  women  do  it  there?
“ Oui.  My  father,  he  learn  how  and 

tell  me  and  some  other  girl  dere.

She  had  completed  the  tap  and  pro­
ceeded  to  stick  on  a  small  patch,  which 
she  accomplished  in  a  neat manner,  and 
then  blackened  the  boots.
A  rosebush  stood  in  the  corner  of  the 
room  and  a  broken  pitcher  held  a 
“ shoot”   of  geranium.  We  heard  the 
other  young  woman  call  her  Elize  Le- 
may,  before  we  went.  She’s  a  hustler, 
is  Liza,  and  she’ll  succeed.

Nothing  to  Do  but  Work.

a  moment  and 

Men  who  have  nothing  to  do  but  to 
go  down  to  business  every  day  are  al­
ways  reminding  women  of  what  a  nice 
idle  time  they  have,  with  nothing  to  do 
but  keep  house  and  look  after  the  chil­
dren.  A  short  time  ago a  delicate  little 
woman  of  the  housekeeping  profession 
was  on  the  witness  stand,  and  it  was 
necessary  to  establish  just  what  she  did 
between  the  hours  of  8  and  9 a.  m.  She 
thought 
then  said : 
“ Well,  I  washed  my  children  and  got 
them  off  to  school. 
1  sewed a  button  on 
Nellie’s  dress  and  mended  a  rent  in 
Johnny’s  coat.  Then  I 
tidied  up  my 
sitting-room  and  made  up  two  beds, 
and  watered  my  house  plants,  and 
glanced  over  the  morning  paper.  Then 
I  dusted  the  parlor  and  set  things  to 
rights,  washed  the  lamp  chimneys,  and 
combed  the  baby’s  hair,  and  sewed  four 
buttons  on  her  shoes;  then  I  swept  out 
the  front  entry  and  brushed  the  chil­
dren’s  Sunday  clothes  and  put  them 
away,  and  wrote  a  note  to  Johnny’s 
teacher  asking  her  to  excuse  him for not 
being  at  school  on  Friday.  Thep. I  fed 
my  canary  bird,  gave  the  grocery  man 
orders,  swept  off  the  back  porch,  and 
then  I  sat  down  and  rested  until  9 
o’clock.  That  was a ll.”   It  is  this  free­
dom  from  cares  and  work  that  makes 
the 
life  of  the  average  woman  such  a 
soft  snap  that  everybody  wants  to  be  a 
woman.

The  Cobbler’s  Daughter.

From the Boot and Shoe Recorder.

As  the  writer  was  passing  165  Lin­
coln  street,  Lewiston,  Me.,  he  heard  a 
girlish  voice  singing 
in  French,  and 
between  the  words  he  heard  the  tapping 
of  a  cobbler’s  hammer.  Some  cobbler’s 
daughter ,  singing  to  him  to  cheer  the 
monotony  of  his  work-a-day  life,  was 
the  thought.  The  tune  changed  and  a 
more  lively  song  was  sung,  while  the 
man  stood 
in  the  street  staring  at  the 
house  and  wondering  what  the  singer 
was  like.  As  he  opened  the  door  to  go 
in,  the  song  died  away,  but  the  noise 
of  the  hammer  continued.  There  w  ere 
but  two  people 
in  the  room,  and  both 
were  girls  under  twenty.  One  had  a 
shawl  over  her  head  and  was  leaning  on 
a  counter  looking  at  the  other,  who  was 
fresh-faced,  strong  and  rugged  and  who 
was  seated  on  a  cobbler’s  bench tapping 
a  boot!  Talk  of  your  new  woman !  The 
woman  who belongs  to  seventeen  clubs 
and  can  tell  you  when  the  Moors  were 
driven  out  of  Spain  isn’t  half  as  new 
as  some  of  her  humbler  sisters.  Here 
was  a  woman  earning  her  living  by 
mending  shoes,  and  was  overflowing 
with  music  all  the  time,  too.  Her  hair 
was  short!  Not  cut  around  her  head 
with  a  pair  of  sheep shears,as they make 
the  pictures  of  the  soldiers  of  Joan  of 
Arc,  but  standing  out  in  little  curls  all

She  Wanted  to  Sell  Shoes.

Pingree  &  Smith,  of  Detroit,  recently 
received  a  unique  application  for  a  po­
sition  as  traveling  salesman 
from  a 
young  woman 
in  a  Michigan  town,  as 
follows:

traveling 

I  would  like  very  much  to  have  a  po­
sition  as 
saleswoman  for 
your-company.  I  never  have had any ex 
peri ence in such work,  but I  have  been  a 
book agent.  Of course, I know that selling 
books  and  selling  shoes  are two different 
things,  but  the book  business  gives  one 
an  idea  of  human  nature. 
If  you  wish 
to  employ  me  I  will  come  to  Detroit 
I  am  21  years  of  age, 
when  you  like. 
5  feet  6 
inches  tall,  dark  hair,  blue 
eyes,  and  weigh  ninety-six  pounds. 
Hoping  to  hear  from  you  soon,  1  am,

Manager  Howarth  concluded  that  the 
employment  asked  for  was  hardly  suit­
able  for  even  the  new  woman  to enter.

O f f i c e   S t a t i d i w r i i
^ g l- T E R ^ O Í É   •'‘ “b i l l h e a d s  
STATEMENTS, T radesman 

. 1  COMPANY,

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

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

mis is one ol our “Up to Date”

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

T he  Nobbiest  and  the  Best.  O ur 
advance styles lead  them   all.

H erold - B e r t s c h   S hoe  O o.,

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

Rindge, Kalm bach &  Co.,

12,14,16 Pearl Street,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Our Factory Lines are tie Best wearing Sines on Earn.

W e  carry  the  neatest,  nobbiest  and  best  lines  of  job­
bing  goods,  all  the  latest  styles,  everything  up  to  date.
W e  are  agents  for  the  best  and  most  perfect  line  of 
rubbers  made— the  Boston  Rubber  Shoe  Co.  s  goods. 
They  are  stars  in  fit  and  finish.  You  should  see  their 
New  Century  Toe— it  is  a  beauty.

If  you  want  the  best  goods  of  all  kinds— best  service 
and  best  treatment,  place  your  orders  with  us.  Our 
references  are  our  customers  of  the  last  thirty  years.

Is your stock  complete for spring trade?  _  Look  it  over  and 

write  us for samples in  Misses and  Children s.

Our Bob and  May  is the best grain  shoe made.
For a  Kangaroo calf, we can  give  you  one  that  competitio

cannot  meet. 
Dongola;  this  is the  neatest shoe out for spring.

You ought to see our  Berlin  Needle  toe,  Misses  and  Childs 

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

Our Little Gents’ 9-13,  1-2  is on  Needle  Toe  and  as  tony  a
"
Our Rochester  Misses and Childs  Dongola they all swear by 
Send  us your order for turns 2-5  and 4-8.

any made. 

, 

.

Hirth,  Krause  &   Co.

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

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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.

CHAS.  A  COYE
Tents jwnings,

Manufacturer  of

Horse,  Wagons  and 
Binder  Covers.

GRAND  RAPIDS.

11 PEARL  STREET,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  fllCH.

Send for prices.

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7

We  Pay  HIGHEST  MARKET  PRICES  In  SPOT  CASH  and  Measure  Bark  When  Loaded 

Correspondence  Solicited.

»  

MiiDer Co.

Grand  Rapids, Mich.
508. 509 and  510 
Widdicomb Bid.

I

N.  B. CLARK,

Pres.

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

Sec’y and Treas.

__________ -----------------  

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

Send  in your orders now for your

We have a full line of

FISHING OUTFIT
Mackintoshes,  Wading 
Pants  and  Boots  and
Rubber Goods 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.

STU DLEY  S   BARCLAY.

4  Monroe St.

Grand  Rapids.

ÔNETHÎN6QNLY

BOSTON  RUBBERS

The largest and most complete stock in the country.

W. A.  ricGRAW & CO..

DETROIT,  MICH.

ITS  EFFECT  ON  TRADE.

The  Bicycle  a  Boon  to  Some  Lines 

and  a  Curse  to  Others.

From the Dry Goods Reporter.

Over  one  million  wheels  sold  in  1896! 
This  means  between  fifty  and  seventy- 
five  million  dollars  spent  for  the  silent 
steed.  Even  in  flush  times  this  amount 
of  money 
is  not  to  be  laughed  at,  but 
in  times 
like  the  present  it  represents 
something  almost  beyond  'the 
imagina­
tion.  And  when  it  is  remembered  that 
it 
is  expended  for  something  midway 
between  necessity  and luxury,  for  some­
thing  which  most  people  can  get  along 
without,  the question at  once  arises,  “ Is 
not  the  public  robbing  Peter  to  pay 
Paul?”

The  purchase  of  a  bicycle  means  an 
extra  expense  of  from  $40  to  $100. 
In 
hard  times  the  average  mortal  will  have 
to  plan  very  closely  to  realize 
this 
amount,  and  in  the  majority  of  cases 
will  be  obliged  to  cut  off  other  expense 
in  order  to  make  such  a  purchase.  Thi 
he 
inevitably  does,  and  while  he  pay 
the  bicycle  dealer  more  than  usual  he 
pays  somebody  else  less. 
It  cannot  be 
supposed  that  the  enormous  amount  of 
capital  which  has  flowed 
into  the b i­
cycle  industry  this  season  has  not  been 
in  part  diverted  from  its  former  chan­
nels.  The  man  who  bought  a  wheel  for 
his  wife  didn’t  buy  her  the  watch  he 
thought  of  presenting  to  her,  and  the 
young  man  who  bought  a  cycle  in  order 
• to  ride  out  with  his  girl  who  already 
owned  a  bike,  does  not  now  hire  the 
livery  rig  in  which  he  was  wont  to  take 
her  riding  of  a  Sunday.
*  Wheels  are  fast  becoming  a  necessity 
instead  of  a  luxury.  They  are  almost 
an 
indispensable  part  of  modern  life 
and  it  is  doubtful  if  the  “ bicycle  fad,’ 
it,  will  ever  die.  As  one 
as  some  call 
dealer  puts 
it:  “ Either  wheels  will 
grow  so  cheap  and  common  that  they 
will  be  presented  as  premiums  with  tea 
and  coffee,  or  they  will  become  the 
great  necessity  of  modern  times.  The 
wheel  has  invaded  all  branches  of  busi­
ness,  from advertising  to  preaching,  and 
soon,  unless  things  alter,  we  shall  see 
a  nation  become  willing  slaves  of  the 
wheel,  before  which  the  old  story  of  th~ 
wonderful  lamp  will  fade  into  nothinf 
less. ’ ’
Some  businesses  have  been  serious 
affected  by  the  bicycle  craze.  Tailo 
look  upon  the  great  craze  as  a  curse 
them.  The  greater  number  of  tailors 
say  that  the  popularity  of  the  wheel  has 
driven  many  of  their  customers  to  the 
ready-made  clothing  stores.  The  young 
man  who buys awheel  feels  that  he must 
have  a  bicycle  suit  When  he  has  pur­
chased  one  he  finds  that  he  has  not  the 
usual  amount  to  put  in  a  spring  suit,  so 
he  either  goes  without  one  or  buys  one 
ready-made  for  less  cost.  In  either case 
the  tailor  gets  the  fag  end.  Some  young 
men  make  a  bicycle  suit  serve  for  sum­
mer  attire.  They  excite  no  comment  at 
their  business  place  or  on  the  street 
when  dressed 
in  a  cycle  suit,  and  on 
Sundays  they  are  dressed  just  right,  for 
Sunday 
is  the  cyclist’s  busiest  day 
awheel.
But  in  the  big  department  stores  the 
cycle  craze  has  brought  an 
increase  of 
business.  These  stores  have  been  quick 
to  see  the  opportunities  which 
the 
wheel  has  brought  them,  and  have  de­
voted  unlimited  space  to  wheels,  cycle 
costumes  and accessories.  Ready-made 
costumes  for  men  and  women  have  at­
tracted  hundreds  of  new  customers. 
Mr.  Selfridge,  manager  of  Marshall 
Field  &  Co.,  retail,  thinks  the  bicycle 
business  is  just  so  much  in  addition  to 
the  rest. 
“ We  have  merely  added  a 
new  department  without  affecting  those 
already  in  operation. 
I  cannot  find  any 
place  where  the  big  call  for  cycling 
goods  has  cut  into  our  regular  business. 
I  do  not  think  that  bicycling  supplies 
supplant  other  articles. 
It  is  my  obser­
vation  that  the  man  who  buys  a  bicycle 
suit  or  shoes  gets  them  for  riding  and 
not  for  general  wear. 
I  believe  we  sell 
both  kinds  of  goqds  to  the  same  peo­
ple. ’ ’

But  the  business  which  has  reaped 
the  harvest  from  the  bicycle  craze  is 
that  of  ready-made  clothing.  And  this 
s  true  of  cycling suits and regular cloth- 
ng  both.  One 
large  ready-made  con­
cern  said:  “ The  bicycle  has  brought 
us  a  new  branch  of  business,  and  a 
profitable  one.  Take,  for  example,  the 
business  man  who  rides  a  wheel.  He 
has  a  pair  of  knickerbockers  made  to 
¡de  in,  a  pair  of  trousers  to  wear  when 
off  the  wheel,  the  same  coat  and  vest 
going  with  both  pairs  of  trousers.  This 
has given  birth  to  a  demand  for  combi­
nation  suits  of  this  kind.  Besides  the 
suits  there  are  the  sweaters,  shirts, 
•stockings  and  shoes,  all of  special  make 
and  design.  We  have  sold  thousands  of 
these  articles  where  formerly  we  sold 
dozens. ’ ’

The  shoe  stores  have  also  gained  by 
the  growth  of  the  bicycle  habit. 
It  is 
the  opinion  of  the  shoe  dealers  that  the 
man  who  cycles  wears 
just  as  many 
shoes  as 
formerly,  plus  the  bicycle 
shoes.  One  State  street  merchant  ex­
pressed  the  following  opinion :  “ The 
regular  spring  sales  have  not  fallen  off, 
while 
impossible  to  get 
enough  bicycle  shoes  to  supply  the  de­
mand. 
I  do  not  believe  that  people 
wear  the  cycle  shoe  so  generally  that"  i‘ 
cuts  into  our  other  lines  of  goods. ”

is  almost 

it 

The knitting  mills  likewise  are  feel 
ng  the  beneficial  effects  of  the  bicycli 
habit.  Special  hosiery  for  riders  has 
jprung 
into  such  wide  favor  that  some 
mills  have  been  fitted  out  with  special 
facilities 
for  making  this  class  of 
goods.  Then there  are  sweaters,  tights, 
knitted  underwear, 
leggings,  belts, 
caps  and  gloves,  the production of which 
has  stimulated  the  knitting  mills  to 
their  fullest  capacity.

Meeting  of  Butter,  Egg  and  Poultry 

Shippers.

Hudson,  May  21— The  Tri-State  But­
ter,  Egg  and  Poultry  Association  of 
Michigan,  Ohio  and  Indiana  were  in 
session  at  the  Comstock  House  in  this 
city  yesterday.

This  Association 

is  composed  of  the 
representative  car-load  shippers  of  the 
States  named,  and  their  object  is  the 
downing  of  the  strawboard  and  filler 
case  trust,  which  they  claim  has  forced 
upon  them  exorbitant  prices  at  times 
when  the  shippers  were  unable  to  de­
fend  themselves.
Several  representatives  of  the  trust 
were  present  at  the  meeting,  but  their 
propositions  to  “ square”   matters  were 
rejected. 
to 
grant  them  more  time  in  which  to  re­
consider  the  matter  and  submit  new 
propositions.  If  the  trust  does  not  come 
to  time 
it  is  the  intention  of  the  Asso­
ciation  to  start  a  strawboard  and  filler 
factory  of  its  own.

It  was  voted,  however, 

eggs 

The  fraud  practiced  by  speculators  in 
holding 
and  selling  them  as 
“ fresh”   was  denounced,  and  the follow 
¡ng  resolutions  were  adopted :

Whereas,  Fraud  is  being  practiced 
by  speculators  and  holders  of  eggs  in 
selling  the  same  as  fresh  and  thereby 
causing 
the  shippers  to  make  thei 
prices  according  to  the  loss^ thus  sus 
tained,  thereby  compelling  the  honest 
farmers  and  producers  to  accept  a  price 
based  on  such  loss  off,  there  also  being 
great  danger  of  dumping  upon  our  dis 
trict  large  quantities  of  stale  cold-stor 
age  eggs,  which  is  demoralizing  to  the 
shipper,  consumer and  producer;  there 
fore,
Resolved,  That  we,  the  shippers  of 
Michigan,  Indiana  and  Ohio,  will  from 
June  1  buy  all  eggs  at  their  value  and 
deduct  from  our  receipts  all  stale  eggs 
and  buy  dirty  and  small  eggs  at  half 
price,  all  old  and  stale  eggs  to  be  re­
jected. ”
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will  be  held  in Ypsilanti about August  1.

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in  such  work  are 

Among  the  commonest  annoyances  in 
trade, are  the  demands  for  consideration 
from  persons  or  organizations 
from 
philanthropic  or  semi-charitable  rea­
sons. 
It  is  peculiarly  the  misfortune  of 
religious  movements 
many  excellent 
that  they  depend 
largely  on  resources 
derived  from  voluntary  contributions. 
To  obtain  support  those  actively  en­
gaged 
compelled 
either  to  directly  solicit  contributions, 
or  to  put  themselves  in  such  a  relation 
to  their  special  cause  and  the  business 
world  as  tb  have  it  understood that there 
must  be  financial  favor  shown  them  in 
all  dealings. 
It  is  owing  to this charac­
teristic  that  the  ministry  throughout  the 
country  is  provided with half-fare passes 
It  is  not  to  be  under­
on  all  railroads. 
stood  that  such  a  spirit  is  prevalent 
in 
all  religious  organizations;  there are not 
only  notable  exceptions,  as  in  the  Cath­
olic  and  Jewish  denominations,  which 
are  conducted  on  correct  business  prin­
ciples,  but  the  better  class  of  Protestant 
churches 
in  the  cities  have  outgrown 
this  spirit  of  mendicancy.  But  the 
needs  of  religious  work  among 
the 
poorer  classes  keep  such  a  spirit  alive 
and  prominently  manifest.

to 

The  demands  made  upon  business 
houses  by  the  representatives  of  semi­
char ¡table  undertakings  are  endless. 
If 
donations  of  goods  or  money  are  not 
in  the  worthy  cause, 
solicited  to  aid 
usually  some  auxiliary 
religious 
work,  the  merchant  must  advertise  in 
the  "program”   or  other  scheme,  re­
gardless  of  the  fact  that  he  well  knows 
that  such  advertising 
is  practically 
worthless. 
it  is  within  his  province 
to  furnish  any  goods  to  be  used  in  the 
undertaking,  there  must  at 
least  be  a 
in  the  price.  Excel- 
large  concession 
people  who would  not  think  of  such 
a  thing  as  asking  a  concession  in  a 
price  for  their  own  benefit  will  bar­
gain  like  an  Arab  when  it  is  in  behalf 
of  some  charitable  cause.

If 

The 

influence  of  this  spirit  is  espe­
cially  pernicious  in  its  effect  on  a  large 
in  their  dealings 
class  of  the  clergy 
with  those  who  supply 
such  church 
needs  as  may  come  within  their  opera­
tions.  For  instance, 
there  is  usually  a 
considerable  printing  to  be  done,  per­
haps  the  publication  of  a  church  paper. 
Too  many  of  the  worthy  clergymen 
would  feel  much  aggrieved  if  they  had 
to  pay  the  regular  price  for such  work— 
they  must  have  the  "benevolent price. ” 
And,  unfortunately,  this  habit  of  solic­
iting  for  their  cause  is  apt to degenerate

into  an  expectation  of 
"benevolent 
prices”   in  all  their  personal  dealings 
as  well.

It  would  not  be*suitable  in  this  place 
to  question,  for  a  moment,  the  worthi­
ness  of  such  causes  or  the  desirability 
of  giving  them  proper  support. 
In  the 
present  condition  of  society  there  must 
be  voluntary  contributions  to  philan­
thropic  undertakings;  but  it  is  a  perti­
nent  question  as  to  the  degree  in  which 
such  causes  are  entitled  to  special  con­
siderations  in  business  dealings.

It  is  a  vexed  question,  on  the  part  of 
many  dealers,  as  to  the  extent  to  which 
they  should  submit  to  this  unwritten 
law  of  concession  to  benevolences. 
In 
many  cases  there 
is  a  social  prestige 
and 
influence  brought  to  bear  which 
seem  almost  to  compel  them  to  submit 
to  such  exactions—they  are  nothing 
less.  What  can  be  don<j  about 
It 
would  seem  as  though  this  is  a  matter 
worthy  of  consideration  in  business  or­
ganizations.  One  dealer  alone  may  not 
be  able  to  take  the  proper 
independent 
stand,  when  by  so  doing  he  may  be 
playing  directly  into  the  hand  of  a com­
petitor.

it? 

The  position 

to  take,  when  made 
practicable  by mutual agreement,  is  that 
business  and  benevolences  must  be  en 
tirely  separated.  Charitable  and  phil­
anthropic  organizations  and  their  rep­
resentatives  must  be  educated  to  the 
standard  of  dealing  with  each  on  an  in­
dependent  basis.  The  better  class  of 
churches  and  ministers  have  already 
learned  this  lesson ;  and  an  independent 
stand  on  the  part  of  dealers  will  rapidly 
increase  the  class  in  this  regard.

it 

The  present  method  is  most  unsatis 
factory 
in  every  way.  The  dealer  i 
asked  to  at  least  give  up  his  profit,  and 
then 
is  considered  a  favor  to  give 
him  the  custom ;  he  gets  no  credit  for 
the  donation.  And 
in  too  many  cases 
he  finds  such  customers  among  the  most 
unsatisfactory 
in  the  matter  of  collec­
tions—he  must  "aw ait  the  action  of 
committees,”   etc.,  etc.,  and  he  must 
not  manifest  impatience  lest  he  offend.
If  the  dealer  wishes,  or  ought,  to  do­
nate  to  a  cause,  the  best  way  is  to  make 
the  donation  outright,  independent  of 
any  business  transaction.  Thus  he  will 
be  enabled  to  put  his  customers  all  on 
the  same  footing  in  his  dealings,  which 
is  the  only  correct  business  principle.

This  subject  is  worthy  of  considera­
tion ;  and  the  difficulties  which  may 
arise  from  taking  the  independent  busi­
ness  stand  will  in  most  cases  be  much 
less  than  anticipated.

MUNICfPAL  RECK LESSN ESS.
The  careless  manner 

in  which  mu­
nicipal  projects 
involving  the  use  of 
vast  sums  of  money  are  treated,  in  this 
country,  has  long  been  a  matter of  con­
in  the  cities.  The 
cern  to  taxpayers 
proverbial  American  wastefulness 
is 
more  manifest  in  this  regard,  perhaps, 
than  in  any  other.  A  forcible 
illustra­
tion  of  this  characteristic  is  found  in 
the  recent 
investigations  of  the  latest 
project  for  rapid  transit  in  New  York 
City.

in  that  city 

One  of  the  most  serious  problems 

in 
municipal  affairs 
is  the 
question  of  relieving  the  congested  con­
dition  by  the  provision  of  adequate 
means  of  transportation.  Elevated  and 
surface  roads  have 
long  been  insuffi­
cient,  and  so  the  project  of  an  under­
ground  railway,  which  would  seem  to 
afford  the  only  hope  of  relief,  was  taken 
up  and  seemed  in  a  fair  way  of  accom­
plishment.  Estimates  were  prepared 
and  submitted  by  the  city engineers and

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

steps  were  about  to  be  taken  for the 
commencement  cf  the  work.  As  in  all 
such  undertakings, 
there  were  some 
property  owners  concerned  in  the  right 
of  way  who  objected  to  the  project  and 
took 
legal  steps  to  secure  tbeir  rights 
n  the  matter.

In  the  investigation  which  followed, 
t  transpired 
that  the  engineers  on 
whose  reports  the  work  was  about  to  be 
commenced  had  given  the  subject  so 
superficial  an  examination  that  they 
had  overlooked  errors involving millions 
of  money,  in  one  case  having  made  an 
error  of  nearly  a  mile  in  computing  the 
distance  the 
line  was  to  extend.  The 
matter  was  carried  to  the  court  of  ap­
peals and a decision obtained, which can­
not  be  reviewed,  that,  on  account  of 
these  errors  and  the  indefinite  condition 
of  the  estimates,  the  injunction  to  re­
strain  the  project  shall  be  permanent. 
Thus,  through  the  criminal  negligence 
and 
carelessness  which  characterize 
nearly  all  matters  of  city  expenditures, 
most  necessary  public  work  will  be 

prevented  for  a  long  time  to  come.

any  other  language.  There  is  also  an­
other  bill  pending  which  prcvides  for 
consular  inspection  at  the  port  of  sail­
ing.

Both  of  these  measures  are  excellent 
in  their  way,  and  the  immigration  laws 
would  be  the  better  for  their  adoption. 
They  would  go  far  towards checking  the 
only  class  of  undesirable 
immigrants 
not  now  excluded  by  law,  namely  the 
illiterate. 
Illiterate  persons  cannot  be 
expected  to  make  good  citizens;  hence 
they  should  be  excluded.

immigration. 

It  is  a  mistake  to  suppose  that  the ad­
vocates  of  these  measures  believe  in  the 
total  stoppage  of 
Immi­
gration  of  a  proper  character  should  be 
carefully  encouraged,  as  the  advent  of 
people  of  that  sort  cannot  fail  to  benefit 
the  sections 
in  which  they  may  finally 
settle.  It  is  by  no  means  the  case  that  a 
majority  of  the 
immigrants  arriving 
every  year  are  of  the  undesirable  kind ; 
far  from 
i t ;  but  the  percentage  of  the 
unwelcome  class  of  immigrants  is  large 
enough  to 
induce  the  people  to  put  a 
check  upon  the  arrival  of  such  persons.

that, 

found 

It  was 

Another  manifestation  of  the  same 
tendency  is being  brought  to  notice 
in 
the  investigation  of  the  pay  roll  frauds 
in  Chicago. 
in 
some  cases,  50  per  cent,  of  the  wages 
paid  to  gangs  of  workmen were  claimed 
by  hangers-on,  dummy  workmen,  saloon 
keepers,  etc.,  some  of  whom  received 
two  or  more  of  the  envelopes  given  out, 
by  taking  places  in  the  line  the  second 
time.  Thus,  in  the 
investigations  in­
stituted,  regularly  organized  gangs  of 
plunderers  of  the  public  funds  have 
been  unearthed,  and the  extent  to  which 
the  conspiracy  extends  can  only  be  con­
jectured.

The  careless  manner  in  which  public 
works  and  funds  are  managed  in  every 
city  gives  more  or  less  opportunity  for 
such  rascality.  There 
is  a  crying  de­
mand  for  reform  in  the  manner  of  man­
aging  such  affairs  in  all  our cities,  in 
but  few  of  which  there  have  not  been 
examples  of  gross  mismanagement,  and 
Grand  Rapids  is  not  one  of  the  few.

Recent  revelations  are  creating  a  de­
mand  for  such  a  reform  and  for  tte  de­
vising  of  a  system  of  managing the pub­
lic  business  which  shall  make  such 
carelessness  and  criminality impossible.

THE  PROBLEM  OF  IMMIGRATION.
There  can  be  no  denying  that  there 
in  favor  of  more 
is  a  strong  feeling 
stringent  immigration  laws  growing  up 
among  the  masses  of  the  people. 
is 
realized  that  the  present  restrictions 
placed  upon 
immigration,  while  they 
may  keep  out  a  proportion  of  the  unde­
sirable  elements,  do  not  successfully ex­
clude  all  that  should  be  kept  out  in  the 
interest  of  the  country.

It 

That  persons  convicted  of 

crimes 
should  be  kept  out  of  the  country,  as 
well  as  sick  persons  and  paupers  likely 
to  become  a  public  charge,  everybody 
will  promptly  admit;  but  it 
is  evident 
that  such  exclusions  as  are  already  au­
law  do  not  fully  cover  the 
thorized  by 
case.  That  the  unlimited 
immigration 
ignorant  and  illiterate  persons  such 
of 
as  are  not  now  excluded  under  the 
present 
is  dangerous  to  the  per­
manency  of  American  institutions  and 
calculated  to 
lower  the  general  moral 
level  of  the  population  would  seem  to 
be  too  evident  a  proposition  to  be  ques­
tioned.

laws 

To  meet  this 

latter  feature  of  the 
case,  a  bill  is  now  pending in the House 
of  Representatives  which  provides  that 
no  person  be  allowed  to  come  into  the 
country  who  cannot  read  English  nor

is 

STREET  CAR  STRIKES.
The  extent  to  which  a  fear  of 

incur­
ring  the  displeasure  of  the  "walking 
delegate”   will  sometimes  operate  to 
create  a  condition  of  business  prostra­
tion  and  panic 
illustrated  in  the 
present  condition  of  things  at  Milwau­
kee.  Failing  in  other  means  of  coer- ^ 
cing  the  street  railway company,  a  boy­
cott  was  declared  upon  all  who  would 
not  boycott 
it.  The  fears  excited  by 
this  threat  and  the  accompanying  at­
tempt  were  sufficient  to  paralyze busi­
ness  for  several  days.  Of  course,  that 
situation  could  not  continue  long.  As 
soon  as  the  more  intelligent  of  the  busi­
ness  community  had collected  their  wits 
and  gotten  over  the  scare,  a  movement 
was  started 
to  break  up  the  boycott. 
This 
is  being  easily  accomplished,  as 
it  was  really  more  a  panic  than  a  boy­
cott,  and  a  general  movement  among 
merchants  to  resume  business  will  soon 
restore  confidence.

The  conditions  in  Milwaukee  are  al­
most 
identical  with  those  which  pre­
vailed  in  this  city  during  the  street  car 
strike  of  five  years  ago.  There  was  the 
same  fear  of  the  power  of  the  unions, 
which  enabled  the  strike  managers  to 
run  lines  of  ramshackle  omnibuses  and 
antiquated  wagons. 
It  was  not  long, 
however,  before  the  public  discovered 
the  real'weakness  of  the  boycotting  ele­
ment  and 
its  patronage  was  quickly 
transferred  to  the  street  cars  again;  and 
the  managers  of  the  strike  and  boycott 
gathered  up 
the  proceeds,  for  which 
they  were  responsible  to  no  one,  paid 
as  few  bills  as  possible  and sought  fresh 
fields  for  conquest.  The  chairman  of 
the  strike  committee  established 
the 
finest  saloon 
in  Chicago  directly  after 
his  position  became  unprofitable  here.
There  may  have  been  the  difference 
in  the  situation  that  Milwaukee  is  more 
strongly  union,  on  account  of  the  beer 
interests,  which  warranted  the  attempt 
to  coerce  the  people,  after  the  exam­
ple  of  Grand  Rapids;  but, 
from  the 
fact  that  Toledo 
is  on  the  eve  of  a 
similar  strike,  the  inference  is  warrant­
ed  that  these  movements  are  caused  by 
those  who  hope  to  profit  from  the  agita­
tion,  and  that  the  poor  dupes  who suffer 
in  the  movements  have  little  idea of  the 
significance  of  such  failures  as  the  one 
referred  to  here, 
the  Brooklyn  and 
Philadelphia  strikes  and  many  others 
all  over  the  country.

United  States  Consul-General  Harel 
at  St.  Petersburg  reports  that  he  has 
seen  $30,769,115  of  American  gold  coin 
in  the  coffers  of  the  Russian  govern­
ment.

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FOREIGN  SUGAR  BOUNTIES.
The  bill  to  increase  the  bounties  on 
the  exports  of  sugar  has  practically 
passed  the  German  Reichstag,  and,  as 
a  result,  Germany  will  be  able  during 
the  coming  season  to  ship  more  sugar 
abroad  than  ever and  to  compete  more 
successfully  with  sugars  produced 
in 
other  countries.

As  the  United  States 

is  one  of  the 
important  markets  for  German 
most 
sugars,  the  new  bounties  will  make  it 
possible  to  ship  sugar  to  this  country 
more  profitably  than 
is  now  the  case, 
and  the  lower  price  of  the German sugar 
will  force  a  decline 
in  the  price  of 
American  beet  and  cane  sugars.  The 
active  competition  of  German  sugars 
due  to  the  export  bounty system  induced 
Congress,  two  years  ago, 
to  place  a 
countervailing  duty  upon  all  sugars  im­
ported  from  countries  paying  a  bounty 
on  imports. 
It  was  partly  to  overcome 
the  effects  of  this  countervailing  duty 
that  Germany  has  now  resolved  to 
in­
crease  her  export  bounty.

If  it  were  proper  to  place  a  counter­
vailing  duty  on  sugars  from  bounty­
paying  countries  two  years  ago,  it  is 
surely  proper  to 
increase  that  duty  in 
proportion  to  the  increase  made  in  the 
foreign  bounties. 
If  the  existing  law 
no  longer  suffices  to  prevent  the  compe­
tition  of  bounty-fed  foreign  sugar,  then 
it  would  appear  to be  in order  to  amend 
the  law  so  as  to  augment  the  counter­
vailing  duty 
in  proportion  to  the  in­
crease  in  the  foreign  bounties.

In  order  to  bring  about  the  adoption 
of  proper 
legislation  to  offset  the  ill 
effects  of  the  enhanced  German  boun­
ties,  the  Louisiana  sugar  industry  sent 
lo  Washington  to  urge 
representatives 
leading  men  in  Congress  the 
upon  the 
necessity  of  protecting 
country 
against  the  competition  of  the  German 
beet  sugar.  As  a  result,  several  bills 
dealing  with  the  situation  have  been 
introduced;  among  others,  a  bill  known 
as  the  Perkins  bill.

the 

It  appeared  that  the  Senate  was  dis­
posed  to  consider  the  bill  favorably, 
when  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  Carlisle 
sent  word 
to  the  Senate  that  it  would 
be 
impossible  to  enforce  the  measure. 
This  opposition  of  the  Treasury  De­
partment  to  the  Perkins  bill  has  made 
its  chances  of  success  very  poor.  This 
is  to be  regretted,  as  the  bill  undoubt­
edly  dealt  with  the  foreign  export  boun­
ties  successully,  and  would,  if  adopted, 
have  afforded  the  desired  relief.

THE  BALANCE  AGAINST  US.
When  it  comes  to  swapping  visitors 
during  the  year  Europe  has  a  tremen­
dous  advantage  over  America.  Europe 
sends  us,  among  the  several  hundred 
thousand  of  her  citizens  coming  this 
way  annually  to  spend  more  or less  time 
with  us,  about  a  hundred  thousand  pau­
pers,  who  manage  to  get  in  in  spite  of 
immigration 
the  bulk  of 
whom  become  a  burden  upon  the  coun­
try  in  one  way  and  another.

laws,  and 

We  treat  the  Europeans  better.  We 
send  them  annually  about  a  hundred 
thousand  visitors,  who  spend  more  or 
less  time  with  them,  and  who  are  cred­
ited  with  spending  on  an  average  about 
a  thousand  dollars  each 
in  the  Old 
World,  and  assisting  materially in light­
ening  the  public  burdens by  thus  put­
ting  a  hundred  millions  of  extra  dollars 
in  circulation.  This  year  the  visiting 
season  has  opened  earlier  than  usual. 
The  reports  last  week  showed  some  two 
thousand  and  odd  passengers,  for  con­
tinental  points,  carried  by  the  big 
lin­
ers,  and  this  has  been  the  record  for

some  time.  Berths  are  taken  far  in  ad­
vance  on  all  the  lines,and  the steamship 
companies  say  the  bookings 
indicate 
that  their  capacity  to  handle  travel  will 
be  taxed  to  the  utmost  the  entire  sum­
mer and  fall.

This  annual  migration  of  the  Ameri­
can  globe  trotter  and  tourist  to  Europe 
means  a big  pull  on  our  gold  reserves. 
The  estimate  of  a  hundred  millions  is  a 
conservative  one,  and 
in  addition  to 
this 
is  the  vast  amount  of  interest  and 
dividend  payments  to  be  made  during 
the  summer  in  gold.  The  drain  means 
tight  gold  markets,  and  tight  gold  mar­
kets  mean  a  rush  on  the  Treasury 
again,  and  so  the  endless  chain  is set  in 
motion  once  more.  Coupled  with  the 
stagnation  of  a  presidential  election 
year,  the  outlook  is  not  the  most encour­
aging.  And  yet  this  annual  travel  and 
extravagance  show  how  rich  the  Ameri­
can  people  are  as  a  Nation.  No  other 
nation  duplicates such costly restlessness 
and  sightseeing,  and  while  the  rich  are 
richer  than  the  nobles  of  other  lands, 
the  poor,  fortunately,  so  far,  are  better 
off  than  the  poor  of  any  other  country— 
the  extremes  of  wealth  and  poverty  are 
in 
not  so  striking 
Europe,  but  the  gulf  between  them 
is 
still  too  wide.

in  America  as 

The  Inwardness  of  Trouble.

It  is  not  a  new  theory  that  most of  the 
trouble  in  the  world  is  caused  by  what 
people  eat.  A  man  who  partakes  of  a 
midnight  supper  of  indigestible  food  is 
bound  to  be  a  pessimist  of  the  deepest 
dye  the  next  morning.  He  can  believe 
anything  of  the  depravity  of  the  human 
stomach  and  heart.  Most of  the  divorces 
occur  in  the  early  stages  of  matrimony, 
when  the  wife  is  presumably  learning 
to  cook.  A  man  will  stand  a  good  many 
shortcomings  from  a  woman  who  is  a 
tiptop  house-keeper.  A  learned  scien­
tist  has  recently  been  investigating  the 
effect  of  food,  particularly  vegetables, 
on  the  human  character.  He  finds  that 
a  diet  of  carrots  ameliorates  harshness 
of  character  and  reduces  nervous 
irri­
tability ;  peas create fatty  tissue  and  en­
courage  joyousness ;  while  turnips  have 
a  depressing 
influence.  Celery  taken 
in  excess  causes  eye  trouble,  while  cab­
bage  is  good  for  pulmonary  complaints. 
Lettuce  acts  as  a  sedative,  owing  to 
juice.  Red  beets 
opium  in  its  milky 
will  add  plumpness  to  the 
thinnest 
form,  while  potatoes  are  also  fattening. 
With  such  a  delightful  schedule  ar­
ranged,  we  can  eat,  drink,  and  acquire 
all  the  virtues  by  the  delightful  process 
of  dining.

authorities 

The  Transvaal 

have 
reached  a  decision  in  the  cases  of  fifty- 
nine  of  the  members  of  the  Reform 
Union  who  were  recently  convicted  in 
connection  with  the  conspiracy  against 
the  South  African  Republic.  A  number 
of  these  prisoners  will  be  released  im­
mediately,  and  others  will  be  given 
their  freedom  at  the  expiration  of  three 
months,  while  a  part  of  those  still  re­
maining  in  custody  will  be  allowed  to 
renew  their  requests for a cancellation of 
their  sentences  after  five  months  shall 
have  elapsed,  and 
four  of  the  con­
demned  men  will  be  given  the  same 
privilege  at  the  end  of  a  year  from  the 
date  of  their  sentence.

When  Weyler  wants  corn  he  issues  an 
order  to  the  effect  that  anyone  having 
corn  and  failing  to  bring  it  in  at  once 
will  be  regarded  as  a  traitor  and  shot. 
This  state  of  affairs*  exists  within  a 
hundred  miles  or  so  of  the  Great  Re­
public,  when  one  word  from  our  Chief 
Executive  would  end  for  all  time  such 
barbaric  methods.

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In  flew  Quarters

We  beg  leave  to  Inform  the  trade  that  we  have  removed  our  office  and 
sales rooms from our old location to  30  North  Ionia  St.  (opposite  Hall-Barn- 
hart-Putm«n Co.), where we  have  enlarged  capacity  and  increased  facilities 
for meeting  the  requirements  of  our  customers.  Besides  being  the  largest 
handlers of vinegar in the State, we are headquarters for

which have a wide reputation for purity and strength.  We  solicit  an  inspec­

tion of our new location.

MICHIGAN  SPICE  CO.,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

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WITHOUT  GLAZINQ. 

WOOLSON  SPICE  CO,

TOLEDO, OHIO, and  KANSAS CITY, MO.

PIDIIR’S  P E W   SPIRES

W e  assert  that  all  goods  put  up  under the  above  style  are  not only 
genuine,  but  that  the selections fo r  the  m anufactured  articles  are 
m ade from the  highest  grade  of stock,  are  of  the  highest  possible 
grade of commercial  purity,  and  packed  net weight  and  will  also 
be  found  always unsurpassed  in  style  of  package,  m illing  or m anu­
facture.  As proof of  this statem ent,  we  take  pleasure  in  subm it­
ting  the following testimonial  from  the  State  Food  Commissioner:

CHAS.  E.  STORKS,

Dairy and Food Commissioner.

Lansing, Mich., Feb. 3a, 1896.

E.  B.  MILLAR  &  CO., Chicago, 111.,

entlemej  December  number  of  the  Bulletin  of  this  department 
contains  the  analysis  of  a  sample  of  Pepper from R. B. Shank & Co., of
L InSare-exam ination of this Pepper it has been found that a mistake was 
made in classifying it as an adulterated product, which corr* ction will be 
published in the next number of the  Bulletin.
Respectfully yours,

(Signed) C.  E.  STORRS,

Dairy and  Food Commissioner.

E. B. MILLAR & CO., 

■

Importers and  Grinders. 

CHICAGO.

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

Getting the  People

Why  It  Pays  To  Advertise  in  Trade 

Journals.

W ritten for the T r ad esm an.  Copyrighted, 1895.
Few  trade  papers  have  large  circula­

tion.

There  is  little  reason  why they should.
A  trade  paper  cannot  have  a  circula­
tion 
larger  than  the  number  of  stores, 
offices  or  factories representing the busi­
ness.

A  few  trade  papers  have  circulations 

exceeding  io,ooo.

Most  trade  papers  do  not  print  over

5.000.

Some  trade  papers  print  less  than

2.000.

The  reading  circulation  of  a  trade 
paper 
is  from  twice  to  ten  times  as 
much  as  the  reading  circulation  of  any 
other  class  of  advertising  mediums.

The  good  trade  paper  is  read  by  from 

one  to  fifty  people.

The  trade  paper  is  only  read  by  those 

directly  interested  in  the  business.

There  is  no  waste  to  trade  paper  cir­

culation.

Every  copy  goes  into  the  store,  office 

or  factory  of  a  probable buyer.

The  reader of  a  general  magazine  or 
paper  may  be  only  a  possible  buyer, 
but  every  reader of  a  trade  paper  must 
be  directly  interested  in  the  goods  of 
his  trade,  or he  would  not  be 
in  that 
trade.

Trade  paper  circulation  is  limited  to 

probable  buyers.

The  circulation  of  all  other  mediums 

is  limited  to  possible buyers.

The  advertising  columns  of  a  good 
trade  paper  contain  as  interesting  mat­
ter  as  the  reading  pages.

A  trade  paper  is  a  mirror of its  trade, 
a  sort of reflecting hopper  into which  are 
poured  suggestions,  ideas  and  facts.

The  advertising  columns  of  the  trade 
paper  are  not  directories,  are  not  dic­
tionaries,  but  they  are  encyclopedias  of 
salable  goods  and  profitable  things.
All  trade  paper  readers  are  not  suc­
cessful,  but  no  successful  man  is  with­
out  his  trade  paper.

The  daily  paper may be skipped.  The 
magazines  may  be  thrown  away,  but  the 
business  man  of  brains,  sense  and profit 
reads  his  trade  paper,  and  turns  it  over 
to  his  partners,  his  clerks,  and  his 
workmen.

The  trade  paper  circulates 

into  the 

inside  of  the business  pocketbook.

It  is  studied  from  cover  to  cover,  and 
read  and  re-read,for  every business  man 
knows  that  a  single  paragraph  or  a  sin­
gle  advertisement  may  give  him 
infor­
mation  absolutely  necessary  in  the  con­
duct  of  his  business.

The  circulation  of  a  thousand  copies 
among  a  thousand  actual  and  constant 
buyers  will  sell  more  goods  or  will  as­
sist  in  the  sale  of  more  goods  than  will 
five  times  the  circulation  of  a  general 
medium.

Trade  paper  advertising  does  not 
take  the  place  of  general  advertising, 
nor  does  general  advertising  take  the 
place  of  trade  paper  advertising.  They 
are  different  lines  but  net  opposed  to 
each  other.

The  maker  or  seller  of  something 
must  have  a  line  of  trade  customers  and 
these  customers  are  as  much 
interested 
in  his  trade  paper  as  he  is  himself.

The  trade  paper  without  circulation 
hasn’t  any  value  and,  all  things  being 
equal,  the  trade  paper  of  the largest cir­
culation  is  the best advertising medium ; 
but  any  trade  paper  with  decent  circu­
lation  has  a  right  to  claim  advertising

value  because  it  has  it  and  has  a  differ­
ent  kind  of  value  from  any  other  me­
dium.

Circulation  counts  even  with  trade 
papers;  but  the  circulation  of  a  trade 
paper  cannot  be  compared  with  that  of 
one  of  general  circulation,  and  its value 
for  advertising,  inch  for 
inch,  is  from 
ten  to  twenty  times  greater,  because  it 
goes  just  where  you  want  it  to  go,  sim­
ply  because  it  cannot  go  anywhere  else.
N a t h ’l   C.  F o w l e r ,  J r ., 
Doctor of  Publicity.

Overdoing  the  Advertisement-Writing 

From Business.

Business.

inevitable 

is  overdone. 

Almost  every  line  of  enterprise  at  one 
In  the 
time  or  another 
into  the  busi­
hope  of  gain,  men  rush 
ness,  whatever 
it  may  be,  who  are 
poorly  qualified  to  succeed  therein,  or 
insufficient  capital  for  the 
who  have 
In  due  season  there  follows 
purpose. 
The 
the 
result. 
general 
standing  of  the  trade 
is  lowered  and 
more  or  less  ridiculous  things  are  done 
which  are  directly  opposed  to  the  credit 
of  the better  men  in  the  ranks.  All  that 
we  have  said  above, having  in  mind  for 
the  moment  the  usual  mercantile  call­
ings,  is  applicable  as  well  to  certain 
classes  of  professional  work.  For  ex­
ample,  take  it  in  the  department  of  ad­
vertisement-writing.  As  pointed  out by 
one  of  our  exchanges,  advertisement- 
writers  have  recently  sprung  into  exist­
ence  like  earthworms  after a rain.  Some 
of  them  apparently  have  very  little  cap 
ital  (ability  and  skill),  and  others 
none  at all.  The  business  public  is  of 
late  flooded  with  aphorisms  on  advertis­
ing,  and  with  smart  writing  in  general. 
These  candidates  for  employment  labor 
to  say  something  bright,  and  what  they 
put  forth  from  time  to  time  ranges  from 
the  really  good  to  the  very  poor.  The 
overdoing  in  the  trade of advertisement­
writing 
is  the  presence  of  untried  men 
who  rush  in  where  those  of more experi­
ence fear  to  tread.  A  reaction  is  bound 
to  come,  and  business  men  who 
in  the 
past  have  been  made  ridiculous  by  the 
irrelevent  and  nonsensical  talk  of  their 
advertising-writers,  will  ere  long 
learn 
to  discriminate  most  carefully. 
A 
really competent advertisement-writer  is 
a  jewel  of  the  first  water,  an  indispens­
is  to 
able  adjunct  to  any  business  that 
be  pushed  to  a  successful 
issue ;  but  it 
is  not  every  witty  and  bright  sentence 
that  is  in  fact  a  good  advertisement  or 
a  good  introduction  to an advertisement. 

------------------------

industrial 

revolution 

According  to  the  London  Chronicle 
the  ^ remarkable  activity  in  the  bicycle 
trad'e  during  the  past  six  months  is 
causing  an 
at 
Birmingham  and  other centers.  Thous­
ands  of  skilled  mechanics have deserted 
the  gunmaking  and  other  industries  for 
the  bicycle  factories,  where  they  are 
working  double  time  and  are  earning 
big  wages. 
Incidentally,  American  bi­
cycles  are  making  headway  here.  At 
first,  they  were  strongly  condemned. 
The  Chronicle  observes,  in  this  connec­
tion,  that  “ British  makers  must  reduce 
the  weight  and  simplify the adjustments 
of  bicycles  or  suffer  greatly  from  com­
parison  with  the  American  wheels, 
which  are  five  to  seven pounds lighter. ’ ’ 
Land  and  Water  learns  that  a  new  bi­
cycle 
is  looked  upon 
as  likely  to  supersede  pneumatic  tires 
is  shortly  to  be  presented  to  the  public. 
It 
is  vaguely  described  as  “ a  bicycle 
frame  pneumatically  slung,  while  the 
wheels  are  solid-tired.”  
It  is  claimed 
there  is  no  danger  of  puncture,  the  re 
silience 
is  an  entire 
absence  of  vibration,  and  the  machines 
can  be  produced  at  half  of  the  cost  of 
the  present  machines.

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which  can  be  used  in  your  advertising 
displays  and  obtained  at  very  small 
expense.

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Originator of  Novelties,

210 Jefferson  Ave.,

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

THE  BACK  OFFICE.
It  is  Horace’s  tuneful  verse,

“It is pleasant and sweet for our country to die,” 
w h ic h   w ill  b e   on 
th e   lip s   of  m a n y   a t 
th e   clo se  of  th e   w eek,  fo r  all  d a y   long 
th e   a ir   w ill  b e  
th e   so u n d s  of 
p re p a ra tio n   a n d   th e   c ity   w ill  e arly   b e ­
g in  
to   p u t  on  th e   a ttir e   w h ic h   th e   d a y  
d e d ic a te d   to   th e   d e a d   d eserv es.

fu ll  of 

There  is  no  need  now  of  commending 
a  custom  which  the  third  of  a  century 
has  sanctioned,nor  is  there any  fear  that 
the  time  will  come  when  the  hands  will 
grow  weary  of  placing  flowers  on  the 
graves  of  our  soldiers. 
It  is  painfully 
true  that  every  year  finds  new  mounds 
made  where  the  soldier  has 
lain  down 
to  sleep.  It  is  painfully  true that,  before 
many  years  are  gone,  the  last  hero  of 
the  rebellion  will  be  at  rest,  and  that 
the  tales  told  now  above  the  graves  ol 
the  brave  defenders  will  soon  be  only 
the  recital  of  what  memory  has  written 
to  keep  their  names  a liv e ;  but,  so  long 
as  the  spring  comes  back  and  the  blos­
soms bloom,  so  long  will  there  be  hands 
to  gather  flowers  from  the  field  and  gar­
den  and  place  them  with  grateful  recol­
lection  on 
the  graves  of  those  who 
fought  and  died  for  their  country.

all  that  we  mean  when  we pay  tribute  to 
these  men  who  have  made  life  a  bless­
ing  by  dying  for  the  land  they  loved ; 
and  there  is  no  place  quite  so  fitting  for 
the  expression  of  this  something  more 
as  the  graves  o f these  brave  men—the 
altars  of  our  country.  There,  if  any­
where,  should  the  fires  of  patriotism  be 
kept  alive;  and  the  Nation’s  song  sung 
there  on  Saturday  and  the  words  said 
would  have  a  deeper  meaning,  if  the 
floral  offerings 
then 
mingled  their  fragrance  with  that  of  the 
flowers  which  had  been  planted  there 
and  cared  for  from  spring  to  spring; 
and  boys  and  girls,  young  men  and 
maidens,  middle  life  and  tottering  age 
would  think  no  less  of  “ God  and  their 
native 
land”   if  these  graves  had  been 
so  cared  for  by  their own  loving  and 
revering  hands.

strewed 

there 

That,  in  the  minds  of  many,  would 
be  a  better way.  That  would  make  of 
these  ceremonies  something  more  than 
an  empty  form ;  and  the  young  life  up­
on  which  so  much  is  so  soon  to  depend 
would  earlier  feel  the  force  of  the  pa­
triot  poet’s  pen  when  he  wrote  the  Na­
tional  hymn  of  the  world  in  the  single 
line,
“ It is pleasant and sweet for our country to die.”

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

it 

To  those  who  have  been  glad  to  see, 
year  after  year,  the  decoration  of  the 
soldiers’  graves, 
there  has  come  the 
thought  that  the  custom  may,  in  time, 
die  out;  that  the  day  devoted  to  these 
sacred  rites  may,  in  the future,  be given 
to  irrelevant  things—not  from 
lack  of 
loyalty,  not  from  forgetfulness  of  what 
has  been  done  and endured,  but because 
a  stated  ceremony  becomes,  in  time, 
only  a  form,to  be  gone  through  with  be­
cause  custom  exacts  it,  meaning  noth­
ing  and  dying  because 
is  meaning­
less.  The  graves  themselves  suggest 
this.  The  crowds  will  go  to  them  on 
Saturday  with  arms  and  basketsful  of 
flowers.  They  will  place  on  every  grave 
*‘ the 
forget-me-nots  of  the  angels.”  
Glowing  words  will  picture  the  glowing 
deeds,  stirring  songs  will  be  sung  and 
then  the  long  procession  will  come 
back,  to  repeat  the  journey when  spring 
shall  bring  again  her  buds  and  blooms.
But,  from  Maytime  to  Maytime  what 
of  the  soldiers’  graves?  The  old  story 
of  neglect.  After one  setting  of  the  sun 
the  flowers  will  be  dead  and  the  green 
leaves  will  have  turned  to  brown ;  and, 
long  before  the  summer  has  gone,  only 
the  string  which  twined  them  will  be 
left  to  tell  of  an  undying  devotion  for 
these  men  who  found  it  ‘ ‘ pleasant  and 
sweet  for  their  country  to  d ie.”  
In 
well-kept  grounds  the  gardener  gathers 
the  dead  blossoms,  but  where  the  sol­
diers  sleep  they 
from  spring  to 
spring,  hidden  only  by  the  grass  which 
grows  uncut  and  uncared for— mute,  sad 
symbols  of  neglect,  if  not  of  a  waning 
gratitude.  Are  they  signs,  as  well,  of 
a  waning  patriotism?

lie 

That  love  of  country 

is  much  to  be 
questioned  which  is  kept  alive  only  by 
the  firing  of  guns  and  crackers  and  by 
the  floral  adornment,  once  a  year,  of 
soliders’  graves.  To  those  who  remem­
ber  those  terrible  years  there  is  a  mean­
ing  which  these ceremonies convey;  but 
the  boys  and  girls  who  know  only  by 
hearsay what mighty  deeds  were  done  in 
the  old  times  before  them— the  times 
ere  they  saw  the  light—know  nothing  of 
all  this.  They see only  the  mound  where 
the  patriot  lies  at  rest,  and  the  hero 
is 
little  in  their  eyes  whose  name  is  men­
tioned  only once a year,  when a  bunch of 
wild  flowers 
is  hurriedly  placed  above 
him.  This,  in  its  way,  is  well  enough; 
but  something  more  is  needed,  as  the 
war  memories  fade  away,  to keep  alive

Futility  of  Shoe  Labels.

From the Shoe and Leather Gazette.

Shoe 

in  selling  cigars. 

label  agitation  is  again  storing 
the  shoe  labor  world  and  an  organizer 
has  been  making  the  rounds  of  the 
country  on  a  mission  of  talk.  He  se­
cured  the  usual  promises  of  support 
from 
labor  unions  and  on  his  return 
home  to  Lynn  was  received  with  the 
usual  enthusiasm.  This  performance  is 
gone  through  with  every  year  or  two 
and  while  it  is  going  on  the cause of  the 
label  appears  to  be  in  a  flourishing con­
dition.  Prominent  firms  consider 
its 
adoption;  some  adopt  it,  but  it  doesn’t 
pay  them  to  any  extent.  The  label  is 
no  greater  factor "in  selling shoes  than  jt 
is 
“ Union  made”  
is  not  a  sign  of  quality  or  of  anything 
except  that  the  cost  to  manufacture  is 
greater  than  it  would  be  possibly,  if  the 
label  were  not  there.  This  is  not  a  good 
selling  argument  and  even  union  men 
are  not  attracted  by  it.  On  the  contrary 
they  ask 
for  something  cheaper  and 
spend  their  money  according  to  the 
it  will  buy,  label  or  no  label. 
amount 
Even 
its  advocates  do  not  support  it 
with  their  dollars.  This  lesson  has  been 
taught  time  and  time  again,  but  the 
delusive  hope  that  the  label  will  bring 
about  the  reforms  that 
it  really  should 
seems  as  excellent  a  bait  for  labor  agi­
tators’  hooks  as  ever.

Revised  Psalm  of  Life.

in  noble  rage, 

At  twenty,  when  a  man 

is  young,  he 
thinks  he  knows  it  a ll;  he  likes  to  wag 
his  active  tongue  and  exercise  his  g a ll; 
he  struts  around 
the 
world  is  all  his  own;  he  laughs  to  scorn 
the  world  of  age,  and  lists  to  self  alone. 
He  wears  a  window  in  his  eye  to see his 
whiskers  grow;  he  thinks  the 
ladies 
pine  and  die  because  they  love  him  so. 
At  forty  as  you  may  suppose,  he’s 
knuckled  down  to  biz;  ’tis  not  till  sixty 
that  he  knows  how big  a  chump  he 
is.

of 

the 

Among  the  other  absurdities  now 
passing  current  with  respect  to  the  al­
leged  prevalence 
‘ ‘ cologne 
habit,”   is  the  statement  that  “ ladies”  
rapidly  acquire  the  custom  of  tippling 
with  the  liquid,  taking  a  sip  to  sweeten 
the  breath!  Fancy  the  fragrant  breath 
of  any  one  imbibing  a 
liquid  contain­
ing  80  to 90  per  cent,  of  alcohol!  Co­
logne  may  be  a  pernicious  beverage, 
and  in  certain  quarters  it  may  be  serv­
ing  as  a  temporary  means  of  evading 
legislation,  but  it  is  certainly  not  likely 
to  beguile 
its  victims  by  its  seductive 
charms  as  a  breath-sweetener.

Unsalable  goods  should never be  sold, 
except  by  auction  men  and  transient 
dealers.

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owner  to  and  from  his  labor.  Among 
the  wealthier  classes  the  adoption of  the 
wheel  is  becoming  as  rapidly  universal 
as  possible.  The  craze  for  its  use  spares 
neither  age  nor  sex— the  schools  are 
constantly  crowded  with  novices,  and 
many  more  than  those  who  take  lessons 
at  the  schools  are  learning  elsewhere. 
There 
is  no  doubt  that,  as  quickly  as 
production  can  bring  such  a  condition 
about,  the  use  of  the  wheel  will  become 
practically  universal. 
The  extension 
of  opportunity  for  its  use  by  the  prepa­
ration  of  suitable  roads  and  paths  will 
also  progress 
in  a  similar  increasing 
proportion.

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Bicycles

BICYCLE  OF  THE  FUTURE. 

W ritten fo r the  T radesman.

It 

The  bicycle  occupies  so  much  of  the 
attention  of  the  present  that  specula­
tions  as  to 
its  future  are  of  interest. 
Perhaps  the  first  query  to  arise  is,  What 
will  it  be  called?  Whenever a  mechan­
ical  device  or  economic  scheme  of  any 
kind  is  contrived  which  it is  hoped  will 
be  universally  adopted,  it 
is  usual  to 
look  for  a  name  in  terms  derived  from 
the  classic 
languages.  Unfortunately, 
many  of  these  terms  do  not  lend  them­
selves  kindly  to  the  English  tongue. 
Thus,  one  of  the  most  serious  obstacles 
in  the  way  of  the  adoption  of the  metric 
system  in  this  country  is  that  the  terms 
employed 
in  the  nomenclature  are  so 
uncouth  to  ears  not  educated 
in  the 
classics. 
In  the  same  way  the  names 
naturally  suggested  for  this  mechanical 
aid  to  walking  are  not  such  as  would  be 
apt  to  come  into permanent popular use. 
The  first  name,  velocipede,  swift-foot 
machine,  is  eminently  appropriate,  but 
English  speech  would  not  adopt  it;  and 
the  next,  bicycle,  descriptive  of  the 
number  of  wheels,  is  not  to  be  assimi­
lated  without  difficulty. 
is  an  un­
pleasant  word  to  pronounce  and 
is  not 
susceptible  to  any  modification  which 
will  help  the  matter.  To  abbreviate 
it 
by  dropping  the  first  syllable  is  no 
im­
provement,  and  the  other,  bike,  ad­
mitted  into  the  dictionaries  as  slang,  is 
not  to  be  tolerated. 
So,  discarding 
is  adopting 
scientific  phrase,  custom 
he  natural  term,  wheel.  The  same 
is 
being  done 
in  other  languages.  This 
word,  while  perhaps  not  the  best  that 
might  have  been  suggested,  lends  itself 
to  the compound,wheelmen,nicely,while 
bicyclist  is  atrocious. 
It  is  safe  to  pre­
dict  that  the  name,  in  the  future,  will 
be  wheel,  and  the  only  danger  to  be 
feared  is  that  the  slang term,  bike,  may 
be  an  intruder  after  bicycle  and  its  un­
fortunate  derivations  become  obsolete.
What  will  be  the  extent  of  its  use? 
Some  writer  has  said  that  the  bicycle, 
as  every  notable 
improvement  in  the 
environment  of  man,  makes  the  poor 
below  a  certain  standard  still  poorer. 
This  may  be  true  in  the  present,  but the 
indications  for  the  future  are  such  that 
the  poor  who  will  not  be  able  to  com­
pass  the  possession  of  a  wheel  will  be 
indeed  poor.  The  greatness  of  the  de­
mand for wheels  is  operating  to  increase 
facilities  for  its  manufacture  in  a  won­
derful  degree.  While  vast  plants  are 
still  being  installed  for  the  building  of 
the  general  steel  work  of  the  wheel, 
many  others  are  undertaking  the  manu­
facture  of  special  parts  exclusively. 
Tire  factories,  wooden  rim  factories, 
spoke  factories, 
tube  factories,  saddle 
factories  and  factories  for  the  smaller 
specialties  are  springing  up  at  a  rate 
that 
indicates  a  gradual,  though  slow, 
lessening  of  the  cost  for  a  long  time  to 
come.  Differences 
in  grades  of  style 
and  finish  will,  doubtless,  be  more  and 
more  pronounced,  and  there  will  be 
cheaper  and  cheaper  grades. 
Then 
what  is  to  become  of  the many hundreds 
of  thousands  of  the  secondhand  wheels? 
These  continue  serviceable  for  an  in­
definite  time  after  they  are  discarded 
by  their  first  well-to-do  owners,  and  are 
still  practically  serviceable  when  the 
price  has  become  a  very  small  amount 
indeed. 
It  will  not  be  long  in  the  fu­
ture  before  the  grade  of  poverty  will  be 
very  low  which  precludes  the  possession 
of  a  wheel,  especially  considering  its 
economic  value  in  quickly  carrying  its

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t.  Yn  expectant  public  is  just  beginning to  realize  the 

pleasures that come from Tandem riding.
2.  Long wheel base,  excessive  strain  on  the  frout  forte, 
clumsy steering, and many other disagreeable features  have 
heretofore  made  Tandems  inconvenient  and  undesirable.
3.  The Tally-Ho, the result of careful experimenting, en­
4.  The Tally-Ho is distinctly a Tandem, and,  unlike many 

tirely overcomes all these objections.
others, is not constructed of bicycle  parts.

5.  You should write for  further particulars.

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anv you ever saw, and with  a  style  and  finish that  would 
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you to handle it, correspond with  us about

“t ie  n m i r

is 

What  kind  of  a  machine  will 

the 
wheel  of  the  future  be?  That there  will 
be  changes  in  styles  and  fashions  goes 
without  saying,  and  there  are  still  pos­
sibilities  of  radical  impprovements  in 
construction.  The  pneumatic tire  is  ex­
pensive  and  perishable.  The  pneumatic 
principle 
in  springs  will  always  be 
used,  as  it  is  the  most  nearly  perfect  in 
elasticity ;  but  the  method  of  applying 
it  may  be  changed,  at 
least  so  as  to 
give  a  more  durable  tread  to  the  tire.
It 
improbable  that  the  mechanical 
movement  will  ever  be  superseded,  for 
the  reason  that  it  is  now  the  most  nat­
ural  and  least  fatiguing.  Many  invent­
ors  have  spent  time  and  effort  in  devis­
ing  other  movements  which  should  be 
theoretically  more  effective.  There  has 
always  been  a  quarrel  with  the  crank, 
because  it  gives  the  utmost  of  its  power 
only 
in  a  small  part  of  its  revolution. 
Devices  have  been  made  which  should 
give  the  strongest  impulse  to  the  wheel 
throughout  the  whole  downward  move­
ment  of  the  foot,  by  the  use  of  levers 
and  clutches;  but  these  have  all  been 
failures,  doubtless  for  the  reason  that 
the  crank  gives  the  foot  and  leg  its 
most  natural,  and  consequently 
least 
fatiguing,  movement.  Those  who  have 
tried  a  direct  up  and  down  movement 
of  the  feet  know  that  it  is  quickly  tire­
some.  While  the  chain  and  sprockets 
are  not  yet  entirely  satisfactory  as  a 
means  of  transmitting  the  motion  to  the 
wheel,  it  is  probable  that 
improvement 
will  continue 
line  of  bringing 
them  to  a  higher  degree  of  perfection, 
instead  of  superseding  them  by  other 
contrivances.

in  the 

It  is  probable  that,  in  form,  the  gen­
eral  type  has  been  reached  and  that, 
like  buggies,  it  will  be  continued  from 
year  to  year  with  but  slight  change. 
The  fact  that  there  has  been  practically 
no  change  in  general  form,  for  the  past 
two  years,  other  than  the  changes  in  the 
sizes  of  tubing  lends  probability  to  this 
conjecture.

The  wheel  of  the  future  will  be  a  fac­
tor of  no  small  significance  in economic 
life.  The  lengthening  of  a 
and  social 
inches  to  ten  to 
footstep  from  twenty 
sixteen  feet 
is  an  increase  in  celerity 
of  movement  which  can  but  have  its j 
economic  value.  This  value  is  further 
increased  by  the  fact  that  the  practical | 
wheelman  can  continue  the  movement 
for  many  hours  with  little fatigue.  The 
consequences  in  social  life  are  worthy 
of  consideration.  The 
impetus  given 
to  healthy  athletic exercise among young 
men 
is  of  great  importance  in  a  sani­
tary  and  moral  sense.  There  is  no ques­
tion  but  that  saloon  trade already  suffers 
from  the 
influence  of  the  wheel,  and 
there  has  already  been  a  great  improve 
ment  in  physique  and  in  manly,  moral 
tone.  For  young  women  the  wheel  is 
proving  a  physical  emancipation.  The 
indolent,  sendentary  lives  of  the  women 
as  to  heathful  physical  exercise  had  be­
come  a  matter  of  serious  concern.  The

Dealers  wishing to  secure  the  agency  for  this wheel  are  invited  to  m ake  prom pt  ap­
plication,  stating  territory  desired.  Correspond  direct  with  the  factory,  as  the  Peninsular 
W heel  Co.  no longer holds the agency.

C.  B.  M ETZGER,

SUCCESSOR  TO

PENINSULAR HACHINE CO.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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wheel 
is  changing  all  this;  and  in  the 
future  the  significance  and  value  of  the 
change  will  become  more  and  more  ap­
parent. 
im­
portance,  perhaps, 
the  same  may  be 
said  of  those  of  more  advanced age.

In  less  degree  and  of  less 

The  wheelmen  of  the  present  have 
but  recently  commenced  the  exercise. 
Those  of  the  future  will  have  grown  up 
with  it,  and  there  will  thus  be  a  greater 
adaptation  to  it.  This  adaptation  will 
eliminate  the  fatigue  which  is  now  felt 
by  some.  Thus,  the  wheel  will  become 
the  universal  and  sufficient  means  of 
ordinary  progression,  and  a  remem 
brance of  the  time  when  people  depend­
ed  upon  walking  will  be  more  curious 
than  that  of  any  other  change  in  eco­
nomics  that  has  ever  occurred.

N a t e .

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It  Was  Never  Told.

Six  or  eight  of  us  had  lighted  our 
cigars  in  the  smoking  car  when  a  man 
whom  anybody  would  have  sized  up  as 
an  eastern  drummer  began  to  cackle 
and  chuckle  and  tinally  exclaimed :

‘ I  think 

it  was  the  funniest  thing  I 

ever  heard  in  all  my  life-—ha,  ha,  ha!

“ Sir,  are  you  a  drummer?’ ’  inquired 
an  oldish  man  with  reddish  gray  hair, 
who  sat  in  front  of  him.

“ Yes.”
“ Drummer  from  New  York?"
‘ ‘ Yes. ’ ’ .
“ And  you  want  to  tell  us  a  funny 

le v e r 

“ Id o. 

story,  eh?”
heard  related,  and  too good  to  keep.”  

It’s  the  funniest  story 

“ Well,  sir, 

I’ve  a  word  to^say  to 
‘  1  like 
you,”   continued  the  old  man. 
fun  myself.  Up  to  a  year  ago  I  was  al­
ways  on  the  grin. 
If  anything  tickled 
me  I’d  laugh  till  I  fell  down from weak­
ness. 
thirteen  hours 
without  a  break  at  a  story  a  drummer 
told  me. 
I  brought  on  heart  disease 
from 
laughing,  and  the  doctors  have 
warned  me  to  be  very  careful.  The 
story  is  mighty  funny,  is  it?

laughed 

I  once 

“ It  is,  sir.”  
“ Got  a  roaring  climax  to  it?'
“  Y es. ”
“ Pretty  certain  to  convulse  the  audi­

.

ence,  I  suppose?”

“ I’ll  warrant  it  to.”
“ Then  please  excuse  me,  and  I'll  go 
into  the  next  car  for  a  few minutes.  I  m 
certain  it’s  a  funny  story.  I  know  you  11 
tell  it  in  such  a  way  that  I  shall  have  to 
bust  right  out  in  spite  of  all  I  can  do. 
If  I  bust  I’m  a  goner. 
I  want  to  hear 
the  story  mighty  bad,  but  I  also  want  to 
live  as  long  as  I  can.  Just  excuse  me.

He  picked  up  his  grip  and  left  the 
car,  and  the  drummer’s  smile 
faded 
away,  and  he  culled  out  a  newspaper 
and  began  to  read.  Somehow  we  didn  t 
like  to  ask  for  the  story,  and  somehow 
he  didn’t  seem  to  care  about  telling 
it. 
By  and  by  I  went  into  the  other  car and 
found  the  old  man  and  asked:

“ Were  you  really  honest  in  what  you 

said  about  your  heart?”

“ Well,  no,”   he  replied.^
“ What  was  your  object?”
“ S im p ly   to   sto p   h is   y a rn . 

tra v ­
e lin g  
lin e   of  go o d s  fo r  a 
C h ic a g o   h o u se  a n d   I  w a n ted   to   h u rt  h is  
fe e lin g s   a s  m u ch   a s  I  could.

th e   sam e  

in  

I’m 

dust  Like  a  Charm.

Customer,  howlingly— This  toothache 
stuff  you  gimme  is  the  rankest  kind  of 
a  fraud.  And  you  warranted  it  to  work 
like  a  charm.

Druggist,  blandly—Well,  did you  ever 

know  a  charm  to  work ?

Chinese  blouse  waistmakers  of  San 
Francisco  went  out  on  a  strike  for high­
er  wages,  and  their  places  have  been 
filled  with  American  girls,  who  work 
for  the  wages  the  Chinamen  refused  to 
accept.  They  make  from  50  to  75  cents 
a  day.

Satisfied  customers  are  good  advertis­
ers.  Such  are  the  customers  who  use 
Robinson  Cider  Vinegar,  manufactured 
at  Bentor  Harbor,  Mich.  You  can  buy 
Robinson’s  Cider  Vinegar  from  the  I. 
M.  Clark  Grocery  Co.,  Grand  Rapids.

Neither  Pockets  nor  Privileges.
It  seems  that  women  are  never  to  ac­
quire  pockets,  no  matter  what  kind  of 
a  dress  they  wear  The  matter  is  no 
longer  a  mere  matter  of  inconvenience.  I 
It  has  become  a  reproach  and  a  by­
In  San  Francisco,  a  few  days 
word. 
ago,  a  man  addressing  the 
large  and 
representative  body  of  women  assem­
bled  there,  dared  to  throw  the  matter 
up  to  them. 
“ You  women,”   he  said, 
“ are  more  tyrannized  over  by 
your 
clothes  than  your  husbands.  You  need 
pockets  more  than  you  do  the  ballot,” 
and  the  women  who  had  their  car  fare 
in  their  gloves,  and  their  handkerchiefs 
in  their  hands,  hung  their  heads. 
It 
was  promised  that  in  the  rational  dress 
there  would  be  pockets ;  but,  alas !  even 
in  bloomers  there 
is  no  place  for  a 
pocket.  Last  week  a  young  woman  bi­
cyclist  was  arrested  in  Brooklyn  for rid­
ing  at  night  without  a  light.  When 
brought  up  before  the  judge  she  said 
that  her  lamp  went  out,  and,  as  she  had 
no  pockets  in  her  bloomers,  she  had  no 
way  te  carry  matches.  The  judge  let 
her  off  with  an  admonition  to  go  home 
and  put  a  pocket  in  her  clothes.  The 
woman  movement  lies  in  a  pocket.  Un­
til  they  get  a  pocket  they  can  find  in  an 
emergency,  women  will  never  be able to 
compete  with  men.

In  no  other  vocation 

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ambassador  of  commerce: 
It  embraces 
almost  the  whole  range  of his requisites.

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JANE  CRAGIN.

How  Decoration  Day  Was  Spent  at 

Milltown.

“ if 

store-keepers  were 

It  was  a  cold,  raw,  rainy  day 

in  the 
middle  of  May.  The 
fire  which  had 
been  allowed  to  go  out,  it  was  supposed 
for  the  summer,  had  been  lighted  again 
and  the 
sitting 
around  it  to  keep  warm.  There  was  no 
sign  of  any  trade  so  early  in  the  day, 
and  Jane  Cragin,  with  the  instinct  of 
her  sex,  was  wondering 
there 
couldn’t  be  a 
little  putting  things  to 
rights  somewhere  about  the  place, 
while  Cy  and  Jim,  with  the  instinct  of 
theirs,  were  wondering  “ why  it  would­
just  as  well  to  stay  right  there 
n’t  do 
where 
it  was  comfortable  and  let  the 
straightening  out  go  until  there  was  a 
little  sunshine  to  help  matters  along.’ ’ 
There  was  no  use  of  putting  the  ques­
tion  to  vote— it  had  come  down  to  a 
question  of  sex,  and  so  would  stand  a 
tie.  The  discussion  was  getting  to  be 
lively  and verging on the personal,  when 
there  was  a  vigorous  turning  of  the 
doorknob  and  a  flaxen-haired  boy  of  8 
came  in.

“ Good  morning,  Herbert,”  

said 
Jane. 
“ Come  right  straight  to  me  and 
give me  a  good  big kiss.  There!  Now 
what  is  it  that  has  brought  you  out  this 
cold,  rainy  day?’ ’

“ ‘ Tain’t  very  rainy  and  boys,  you 
know,  don’t  care  for  the  cold.  I  wanted 
to  come. 
’a ’  come  sooner  if  my 
mamma  had  let  me;  I’ve  been  a-want­
ing  to  come  a  w-h-o-l-e  year.”

I’d 

“ Mercy  on  us!  A  whole  year!  Let 
xne  see—didn't  I  give  a  lemon  ball  to  a 
boy  about  your  size  less  than  a  week 
ago  over  there  at the  candy  counter?”

• ‘ M—yes,  and  mamma  says  I  m ust 
never  ask  anybody  for  anything  like 
that,  and  I didn’t—but I see  you  got  lots 
more  and  they're  a-w-ful  good !

“ Well,  now,  while  Jim  is  picking  out 
the  very  smallest  one  there  is  there— ”  
“ My  mamma  says  that  lemon  never 

hurts  me— ”

the 

“ Don’t  Jane.  Jim,  bring 
I  want  one  myself.”  

jar 
along. 
And, 
after  Cy  had  put  a  big  lemon  ball  in 
each  of  the  child’s  hands  and  another 
into  his  mouth,  he  asked  him  to  tell 
what  he  had  been  sent  after.

“ My  mamma  told  me  to  ask  you 

if 
you  got  any  soldiers’  flags,  and,  if  you 
ain’t,  she  wants  to  know  if  you  got  any 
red  cloth  and  white  cloth  and  blue 
cloth,  ’cause  she wants to  make a  flag, 
a  piece  of  elocution  which  Cy  had  mis­
chievously  anticipated  and  one  which 
easily  recalls  the  old  story  of  De­
mosthenes  and  the  pebbles.

“ Tell  your  mamma  that  we  haven’t 
a  single  flag,  but  that  we  shall  have 
some  in  time  for  Decoration  Day.  That 
was  what  she  wanted  flags  for,  wasn’t 
it?”

“ M—hm.  Last  year”   (type  and  or­
thography  fail  to  reproduce  what  the 
child  was  earnestly  saying,  to  the  great 
amusement  of  his  hearers),  “ mamma 
didn’t  get  any,  because she  thought  they 
was  a-going  to  put  one  on  grandpa’s 
grave—he  was  killed,  you  know,  in  the 
battle  of  Winchester—and  when  she  saw 
them  go by  and  they  didn’t  go  there  at 
all— they  forgot  it,  you  know— she 
just 
cried  and  cried.  And  all  of  us  went 
there  in  the  afternoon,  and  papa  cut  the 
grass  on  the  whole 
lot  and  spaded 
grandpa’s  grave,  and  mamma  set  out 
flowers,  and  I  watered 
’em— mamma 
says  everybody  must  do  something  for 
a  soldier’s  grave,  because  they  died  for 
their  country— I’ve  going  to,  when  I 
grow  up!—and  then  mamma  hung  a

wreath  tied  with  red  and  white and  blue 
ribbon  on  the  gravestone,  and  then  we 
sat  down,  and  she  told  us  all  about  the 
battle  and  how  brave  grandpa  was. 
Then  we  sung,  ’ My  Country,  'Tis  of 
Thee’— I  know  some  of  it—and  then  we 
went  home.  My  grandpa  was  a  what 
they  call  a 
‘ hero,’  Miss  Cragin,  and 
when  I  grow up  I  hope  there’ll  be  a  war 
so  I  can  be  one  and  have  my  grand­
children  as  proud  of  me  as  I  am  of  my 
little  fellow,  with 
grandpa!”   and  the 
head  erect  and  flashing  eyes,  stood 
for 
a  moment  as 
if  he  were  the  center  of 
several acres of admiring grandchildren.
temptingly 
holding  up  a 
lemon  ball  to  take  the 
place  of  the  one  almost  dissolved  in  the 
child’s  mouth,  “ that  you’ll  have  a great 
time  on  the  Fourth.”

“ I  suppose,”   said  Cy, 

The  last  crunching  of  the  vanishing 
lemon  ball  was  quickly  followed  by  the 
reaching  forward  of the  half-open  child­
ish  mouth  for  another  one,  which  Cy 
deftly  slipped  between  the  eager  lips.

* ‘ My  papa  says  that  I  may  have  a 
whole  dollar— that’s  a  great  deal  of 
money  for  a  little boy,  you  know—for 
Fourth  of  July;  and  I’m  going  to  have 
lots  and  lots  of  firecrackers  and  torpe­
does  and  p in wheels— you  stick  ’em  in 
a  board,  you  know,  and  light 
’em  and 
they  whirl  and  the  fire  flies  like  the 
dickens!—and  I ’m  going  to  sit  up  till 
’most  nine  o’clock!”

“ Well,  well!  There ain’t many  fellers 
of  your  size  that’ll  beat that.  You  must 
have  a  pretty  good  papa.”

“ Yes,  some  ways.  He  says  he  will 
give  me  the  dollar;  but  he  wants  me  to 
con-sid-er  if  I  hadn’t  better  not  celler- 
brate  so  much  and  give  part  of  the 
money  to  buy  Jim  Black  a  pair of shoes. 
He  isn’t  going  to  ask  me  until  just  be­
fore  the  time,  and  then,  he’ll  do  just  as 
I  think 
I  say  with  the  money. 
it’s 
pretty  hard;  but 
I’ve 
thought  and 
thought.  You  see,  it’s  Fourth  of  July, 
and  that  comes  only  once  a  year;  and 
it’s  a-w-ful  hard  work,  when  you 
love 
your  country  and  expect  to  die  for  it, 
not  to  cellerbrate  all  you  can.  I’m  will­
ing  to  do  'most  anything ;  but  a  fellow 
hates  to  miss  a  single  cracker  on  the 
Fourth,  don’t  you  think  so?”

“ Yes,  that  is  tough. 

I  don’t  see  how 

the  thing’s  coming  out,  do  you?”

“ Pretty  near.  You  see,  anybody  who 
deserves  to  have  a  country  ought  to 
cellerbrate,  now  oughtn't he?”

"T h a t’s  right.”
“ So  I ’ve  got  to  do  that  anyway;  and 
I 
just  thought 
it  all  out,  and,  if  papa 
wants  me  to  try  to  make  Jim  happy, 
I’m  going  to  let  him  help  me  fire 
’em 
off.  That  would  be  a  pretty  big sacker- 
fice  for  me,  now  wouldn’t  it?”

“ And  then  Jim,  you know,  could  give 
up  the  shoes— it’s  right  in  summer  and 
he  goes  barefooted  anyway— because, 
you  know,  our  forefathers  went  bare­
footed  even 
in  the  winter  at  Valley 
Forge  and 
left  their  bloody  tracks  in 
the  snow.  So  that  will  be  Jim’s sacker- 
fice;  and  I  should  think  one  from  each 
boy  would  make  it  all  right  with  papa, 
shouldn’t  you?”

“ Well,  I  should  think  it  ought  to.”  
the 
“ I’m  very  much  obliged 

for 

lemon  balls.  Good  by.

‘ ' Well,  I  swan!  That  beats  all, ’ ’ was 
C y’s  exclamation  as  the  young  patriot 
disappeared.

in  Jim,  “ to 

“ ’Twas  a blamed  shame,  anyway, ”  
put 
leave  Kenworthy’s 
grave  without  a  flag  or  a  blossom.  But 
what  can  you  expect  when  that  drum 
major  of  a  Bill  Whitlock  has  the  thing 
in  hand?  All  he can  do,  anyway,  is  to

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flowers  whispered 

get  on  a  pair  of  white  cotton  gloves  and  tri-colors  was  hung  upon  the  footstone
and  a  flag  was  left  at  the  head.  And 
play  peacock. ’ ’
the 
their  tender 
thoughts  to  the  silent  forms  below.

“ It  all  comes  of  this  Yankee  country 
way  of  everybody’s  having  a  graveyard 
This  year  the  Kenworthy  grave  was 
of  his  own,”   said  Cy. 
“ Of  course, 
It  was  almost  a  mile 
not  forgotten. 
there  are  only  a  few  of  these  soldiers  in 
from  the  village  and  the 
last  to  be 
town ;  and  it’s a mighty  long march from 
visited ;  and  here,  when  the  brief  cere­
grave  to  grave;  but  it’s  tough  to  have  a 
mony  was  over,  the  Elder  told  the  story
fellow  like  Kenworthv 
left  out  in  the
cold  like  that,  and  I  guess  we'll see that [ of  the  fight  where  the  hero  lost  his  life, 
isn’t  done  again.  W h o ’ s  s e e i n g   t o   I and  how  the  action  of  the  brave  soldier 
it 
at  their  feet  had  helped  to  turn  defeat 
the  matter  this  vear?’ ’
into  Northern  victory.  When  he  had 
finished, 
the 
young  grandson  into  the  carriage  by  the 
side  of  the  surviving  old  soldier,  and  so 
carried  him  home.

I  heard  Whitlock 
say,  the  other  day,  that he’d  got  enough 
of  it.  There  ain’t  but  one  soldier  in 
town,  and  he  can’t  march  with  one 
leg 
and  a  crutch;  and  I  guess  there  won’t 
be  any  decorating 
this 
year. ’ *

the  villagers  whisked 

“ Nobody,  I  guess. 

in  Milltown 

“ Well,  there  w ill!”
It  wasn’t  often  that  Cy  and  Jane, 
either  intentionally  or  unintentionally, 
spoke  in  concert;  but,  when  they  did, 
and  when  there  was  the  emphasis  in 
each  voice  that  was  noticeable  now, 
it 
was  safe  to  say  that  the  thing  deter-
mined  upon  would  be  carried  out.

The  sun  was  up  bright  and  early  that 
thirtieth  of  May,  but he was behindhand 
— dreadfully behindhand— for  Milltown.
The  very  instant  there  was  the  faintest 
sign  that  he  was  opening his  eyes,  there 
was  a  bang  that  shook  the  windows  of 
the  post  office  and  rattled  every  sash 
in 
the  neighborhood.  That  Jim  Hankson 
had  somehow  got  hold  of  a  cannon,  and 
he  and  Joe  Tipton  fired  as  fast  as  they 
could  load,  a  shot  for  every  state  in  the 
Union.  With that  first  boom  the  church 
bell  began  and  rang  for  a  quarter  of  an 
hour  as  if  it  were  the  old  Independence 
Bell  itself. 
It wound  up  its  part  of  the 
program  with  thirteen right loyal strokes 
for  the  original  States  of  the  Union; 
and  the 
last  peal  had  hardly  begun 
when  every  window  and  door  and  flag­
staff— every  dooryard  had  one  in  Mill- 
town  this  year—burst 
into  such  mar­
vels  of  red,  white  and  blu6  that  every­
body  had  to  go  out  to  see  and  cheer.

You  ought  to  have  seen  the  Milltown 
store, 
though!  Every  window  was 
ablaze  with  the  National  colors.  The 
whole  front  was  covered  with  fluttering 
flags;  and  when,  from  the  tallest  flag­
staff,  which  Cy  himself  had  cut  and  put 
up,  was  unfurled  the  handsomest  flag  of 
its  size  he  could  find,  it  did  seem  as 
if 
Milltown  couldn’t  hold  the  patriotism 
that  was  being  given  expression.

Long  before  ten  o’clock,  it looked like 
circus  day.  Every  stall  in  both  meet­
ing-house  sheds  was  taken,  and 
the 
meeting-house  steps  where  the  “ exer­
cises  ’  were  to  be  held  were  black  with 
country  folk.  Promptly  at  ten  the  Elder 
stood  up  with  uncovered  head  and  out­
stretched  hand,  and  the  stillness  of  the 
country  Sabbath  came  down  upon  the 
crowd,  and  every  head  stood  bare  and 
bent  while  the  good  man  “ talked  with  «A* 
God. ”   A song  that  war  times  had  made j 
sacred  was  sung  and  then  the  proces­
sion,  so  dear  always  to 
the  popular 
heart,  headed  by  “ the  only  soldier  in 
in  a  carriage,  marched  with 
town,’ ’ 
banners  and  flags  to 
graveyard 
where  the  soldiers  were  juried.

the 

There  was  a  delighted  “ Oh !”   heard 
on  every  side  when  these  graves  were 
reached.  Long  straggling  grass?  No. 
Mown  and  flower-sprinkled?  No.  Every 
grave  was  a  bed  of  growing  pansy  blos­
soms.  This  one  was  rich  with  the  dark­
est  purple;  that  one  was  white ;  here  a 
pale  blue  spread  covered  the  lowly  bed, 
and there the sleeping soldier was  tucked 
in  with  a  pansy  quilt  of  gold.  A 
wreath  of  ground  pine  fastened  with

Then  there  was  a  picnic  dinner  in the 
old  meeting-house,  where  “ all  hands 
got  together  and  had 
just  one  good 
tim e;”   then  the  “ men  folks”   sat  under 
the  trees  and  smoked  and  the  ‘ ‘ women 
folks”   picked  up  the things and visited. 
'bout  four  o’clock  or  so,  they 
“   ’ Long 
hitched  up,  so’s  to  get  home 
time 
enough  to  do  the  chores,”   and  by  sun­
down  Milltown  was  ready  to  take  down 
its  flags  and  go  to  bed.  So,  when  the 
sun  went  down,  the  old  cannon  boomed 
“ Good  night,”   the  flags  were  hauled 
down  from  the  poles,  where  they  had 
waved  all  day  for  “ God  and  their  na­
tive  land,”   the  colors  were  taken 
in, 
and  every man, woman  and  child  went to 
sleep  with  clearer  ideas  of  what  Deco­
ration  Day  means  than  when  that  day 
began.

The  lesson  at  the  graves  was  not  lost. 
As  the  summer  came  and  went,  the 
pansies  gave  place  to other flowers,  and, 
when  Decoration  Day  dawned  again, 
every  soldier’s  grave  was  bright  with 
blossoms  which  the  preceding  months 
had  cared  for,  and  they  showed,  better 
than  words  could  tell,  that  the  dead  had 
not  been  all  the  rest  of  the  year  forgot­
ten ;  that  brave  deeds  live  long in men’s 
minds,  and  that  the  best  way  to  trans­
mit  the  memory  of  these  is  to  make  our 
grandchildren  as  proud  of  us  as  we  are 
proud  of  those  heroes  whose  graves  we 
shall  decorate  on  Saturday  with flags 
and  with  flowers.

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

A  traveling  salesman  can’t  sell  goods 
on  account  of  a  pretty  face  and  a  hand­
some  moustache.  Nor 
is  the  question 
of  a  man’s  figure  any  consideration,  if 
the  figures  on  his  samples  are  not  at­
tractive,  but  the  ugliest  mortal  on  the 
road  can  win  trade 
if  his  goods  and 
prices  are  right.  The  public  doesn’t 
care  a  rap  as  to  what  you  Io o k  like— it 
w'ants  to  know  that  it  can  get  the  best 
goods  of  you  at  the  least  price.

There  is  neither  sense  nor  reason 

doing  business  without  a  profit.

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AUQURS  AND  BITS

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

AXES

First Quality. S. B. B ronze...........................   5  50
First Quality, D. B. Bronze...........................   9  50
First Quality, S.  B.  S. Steel...........................   0  35
First Quality, I).  B. S teel...............................  10  25

BARROWS

R ailro ad ..................................................$12 00  14 00
Garden......................................................   net  30 00

BOLTS

Stove................................................................... 
60
Carriage new lis t..  .........................................  
65
Plow..................................................................... 40*10

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

BUCKETS

BUTTS,  CAST
Cast Loose  Pin, figured.............. 
70
Wrought  Narrow...............................................75&10

 

 

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

BLOCKS

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

CROW  BARS

70

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CAPS

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

CARTRIDGES

■ 50&  5

Rim  Fire__
Central  Fire.

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

CHISELS

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.......................... 30*10
Ives’, 1, $18; 2, $24; 3, $30............................

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

GALVANIZED  IRON

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List  12 
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17

Discount,  75

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GAUGES

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

KNOBS—New List

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

70
80

MATTOCKS

Adze Eye.........................................$16 00, dis  60*10
Hunt Eve........................................ $15  00, dis  60*10
Hunt’s .'.........................................   $18  50, dis  20*10

MILLS

< ’oft'ee, Parkers Co.’s ...............................   .... 
Coffee,  P. S. & W.  Mfg. Co.'s  M alleables... 
Coffee, Landers, Ferry & Clark's................. 
Coffee, Enterprise............................................  

40
40
40
30

MOLASSES  GATES
Stebbin’s Pattern................................
Stebbin's G enuine..............................
Enterprise, self-m easuring..............

NAILS

..60*10
..60*10
30

Steel nails, bas 
Wire nails, base. 
10 to 60 advance.

Advance over base, on  both  Steel  and  W ire.^ ( 
2  85 
50 
60
90 
1  20 
1  60 
1  60

Fine 3 ...................................
Case 10.......................................
Case  8.......................................
Case  6.......................................
Finish  10..................................
Finish  8 .................................
Finish  6 ..................................
Clinch 10 ...................................
Clinch  8 ..................................
Clinch  6 ..................................
Barrel  %..................................
PLANES
@50
Ohio Tool Co.’s,  fancy.......  .
Sciota B ench......................................................60*10
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fancy...........................   @o0
Bench, firstquality..........................-...............  @60
Stanley  Rule and Level Co.’s wood.............. 
60
Fry, A cm e...................................................60*10*10  |
Common, polished
Iron and  Tinned 
Copper Rivets and Burs
“A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 
“B” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 25 to 27 

PATENT  PLANISHED  IRON 

HAMMERS

Broken packages * c  per pound  extra. 
33*
Maydole & Co.’s, new 
list......................dis
25
Kip’s  ...........................................................dis
Yerkes & Plumb’s ................................... • - dis 40*10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.................... 30c list 
70
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel Hand 30c list 40*10

RIVETS

PANS

70*

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS

HOLLOW  WARE

Stamped Tin Ware............................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..................................   dis 60*10
State.............................................. p erd o z.n et  2  50

HINGES

WIRE  GOODS

B right.................................................................  
Screw Eyes.......................................................  
Hook’s................................................................. 
Gate Hooks and  Eyes...................................... 
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s ...................dis 

LEVELS

ROPES

Sisal, *  inch and  larger................................. 
Manilla.......  ..............................................
Steel and Iro n .. 
Try and Bevels. 
M itre.................

SQUARES

80
80
80
80
70

5*
9

com. smooth.

SHEET  IRON
..............................*3 30
................................3  30
................................3  45
..............................  3  55
3  70 
3  80

com. 
$2  40 
2 40 
2  60 
2  70 
2 80 
2  90
All sheets  No.  18  and  lighter,  over  30  inches 

N ob.  10 to 14. 
Nos.  15 to 17. 
Nos. 18 to 21. 
Nos. 22 to 24. 
Nos. 25 to 26. 
No.
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
List  acct.  19,’86...........................................dis 

50

SAND  PAPER
SASH  WEIOHTS

WIRE

TRAPS

WRENCHES

HORSE  NAILS

Solid Eyes.............................................per ton  20 00
60*10
Steel, Game.................................................. 
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ..........  
50
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s70*10*10
Mouse, choker...............................per doz 
15
Mouse, delusion........................... per doz 
1  25
Bright Market.................................................. 
75
Annealed  Market............................................. 
75
Coppered  Market...............................................70*10
Tinned M arket..................................................  62*
Coppered Spring  Steel.................................... 
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized  ...........................   2 35
Barbed  Fence,  painted..................................   2  00
Au Sable........................................................dis 40&1C
Putnam ......................................................... dis 
5
Northwestern...............................................dis 10*10
30
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled........
50
Coe's Genuine......................................
80
Coe's Patent  Agricultural, wrought
80
Coe’s Patent, malleable.....................
MISCELLANEOUS
50
Bird  Cages  ......................   ................
75*10
Pumps, Cistern...................................
85
Screws, New List......................................... 
Casters,  Bed and  Plate.............................. 50*10*10
40* 10
Dampers, American..  .............................  
METALS—Zinc
6Q6&
600 pound casks.............................
Per pound.......................................
12*
.....................................
The prices of themauy otherquaiitiesof solder 
in the market indicated by  private  brands  vary 
|  according to  composition.
10x14 10, Charcoal............................................ $  5  25
14x20 IC, C harcoal......................................
6  25 
20x14 IX, C harcoal......................................
6  25
14x20 IX. Charcoal.......................................
Each additional  X on this grade, $1.75.
10x14 1C, C harcoal......................................
14x20 1C, C harcoal......................................
10x14 IX, C harcoal......................................
14x20 IX, C harcoal......................................
Each additional  X on this grade, $1.50. 

TIN—Allaway  Grade

TIN—Melyn Grade

5  00
5  00
6  CO 
6  00

SOLDER

ROOFING  PLATES

14x20 IC, Charcoa1, Dean.........................
14x20 IX, Charcoal. Dean.........................
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean...........................
|  14x20 1C, Charcoal.  All  way Grade........
14x20 IX, Charcoal,  \ 11away Grad
¡ g  ¿ fillrcoaj; Ai,away Grade
10x28 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade..........
14x56 IX, for  No.  8  Boilers. I 
pound 
14x56 IX. for  No.  9  Boilers. )  f,tr *OU11U'

BOILER  SIZE  TIN  PLATE 

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

T I N W A R E .

We carry a full  stock  of 

Pieced and  Stamped  Tinware.

Will.  BiPIlHELER  S SONS

Manufacturers  and  Jobbers of  TINWARE. 

Dealers  in  Rags,  Rubbers, Metals, etc.

260  S.  Ionia St. 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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Illuminating  and  Lubricating

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Naptha and  Gasolines

Office, Mich. Trust Bldg.  Works, Butterworth Ave. 

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BULK  WORKS  at Grand  Rapids,  Muskegon, Manistee,  Cadillac, 
Big  Rapids,  Grand  Haven,  Traverse  City,  Ludington, 
Allegan,  Howard City,  Petoskey,  Reed City.

Highest  Price  paid  for  Empty  Carbon  and  Gasoline  Barrels

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pacity  he  remained  for  three  years.
The  income  from  this  kind  of  work 
was  not  sufficient  to  satisfy  the  desires 
of  the  young  man  and  he  determined  to 
turn  his  attention  to  merchandise.  Lo­
in  Manistee,  he  formed  a  part­
cating 
nership  with  Charles  R.  Milton,  a  man 
with 
in  trade 
than  that  possessed  by  himself,  under 
the  firm  name  of  Milton  &  McGuire, 
dealers  in  groceries and provisions.  The 
inexperience  brought  to  this 
degree  of 
business  had 
its  natural  result  in  the 
course  of  a  year,  although  the  reason 
for  its  discontinuance  was  attributed  by 
some  to  a  disinclination  on  the  part  of 
Mr.  McGuire  to 
injure  the  business  of 
a  newly-acquired  brother-in-law,  John 
Hellsvig,  by  competition ;  which  brings 
us  to  the  fact  that  on  September  15, 
1887,  Mr.  McGuire  was  married  to  Miss 
Lillian  E.  Olsen,  of  Manistee.  Three 
girls  have  been  born  to  them,  but  they 
had  the  sad  misfortune  to 
lose  two 
of  them  when  about  a  year  old.  The 
remaining  one 
is  now  three  years  old, 
and,  as  may  be  imagined,  is  the  object 
of  the  utmost  solicitude.

in 

the 

After  closing  his  mercantile  venture 
in  Manistee,  Mr.  McGuire  concluded 
that  fortune  awaited  him  in  the  career 
of  a  Boniface  and  he  purchased  the 
Metropolitan  Hotel, 
thriving 
town  of  Chase..  Unfortunately,  this  en­
terprise  was  undertaken 
just  as  the 
career of that town  came  to a  sudden  end 
— in 
less  than  a  year  the  Metropolitan 
was  about  all  there  was  left  of  the town. 
The  next  venture  was  the  St.  Charles 
Hotel  at  Reed  City.  A  year  or  so  of 
experience  in  this  enterprise  led  him  to 
the  conclusion  that  there  were  more 
profitable  openings 
for  a  hustler  than 
the  keeping  of  hotels  and  he  sold  out 
to  take  a  position  as  traveling  salesman 
for  Comfort  Bros.,  manufacturers  of 
cigars  at  Manistee.  After  a  couple  of 
years  of  this  work,  he  took  a  position 
with  Alexander  Kennedy,  of  this  city, 
handling  wholesale  wines  and  liquors. 
After  five  years  in  this  capacity  he  last 
September  entered  the  employ  of  Hul­
man  &  Beggs,  Terre  Haute,  lnd.,  in 
the  same  line,  with  the  State  of  Michi­
gan  as  his  territory.

Mr.  McGuire  has  been  too  busy  to 
give  much  attention  to  social  matters, 
although  he  has  found  time  to  become 
a  member  of  Saginaw  Lodge,  No.  47, 
Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of 
Elks;  of  Manistee  Lodge,  No.  99, 
Knights  of  Pythias,  and  Uniformed 
Rank,  Division  37.  Of  course,  he  be­
came  a  member  of 
the  Michigan 
Knights  of  the  Grip  soon  after  com­
mencing  his  work  as  a  traveler,  joining 
Post  E  of  this  city.

Mr.  McGuire’s  family  resides  at  the 
Warwick,  in  this  city,  spending  their 
summers  at various shore towns along the 
line  of  Lake  Michigan.

16

S U C C E SS FU L   SALESM EN.

A.  E.  McGuire,  Michigan  Representa­

tive  for  Hulman  &   Beggs.

On  the  day  on  which  the  subject  of 
this  sketch  made  his  appearance on  this 
sphere  of  action  -December  2,  i860— 
bis  native  town,  Aylmer,  in what  is  now 
the Province  of  Ontario,  had  the  honor 
of  a  visit  from  His  Royal  Highness, 
Albert  Edward,  Prince  of  Wales.  This
circumstance accounts for  the  fact  of  the 
coincidence  in  names  and  indicates that 
his  parents  had  a  loyal  regard  for the 
members  of  the  royal  family.

As  may  be  inferred  from  the  family 
name,  the  parents  of  our  hero  were  of 
Irish  origin.  They  were  both  born  in

the  northern  part  of  Ireland,  the  por­
tion  which  furnishes  much  of  the  har 
dihood  and  enterprise  of  that  race  that 
find  their  way  to  our  shores. 
In  their 
youth  they  emigrated  to  what  is  now 
the  capital  of  the  Dominion  of  Canada, 
Ottawa,  while  that  town  and  the  region 
about 
it  were  still  quite  new.  Here 
they  were  married  and  their  union  was 
blessed  with  ten  healthy  children,  of 
whom  Albert  is  next  to  the  youngest.  It 
is  pleasant  to  record  that  the  family 
circle  remains  unbroken  by  death,  the 
parents  still  living  in  happiness in their 
Canadian  home.

When  Albert  had  reached  the  age  of 
5  years  his  family  removed  from  the 
city  of  Aylmer  to  a  farm  about  thirty- 
five  miles  distant,  in  the county  of  Pon­
tiac.  Here  the 
life  of  the  young  man 
was  the  story  of  the  typical  farmer  boy. 
Until  the  age  of  12  he  was  in  constant 
the  district  school. 
attendance  upon 
After  that  time  the  school  was 
limited 
to  the  winter  months,  the  summer being 
devoted  to  the  usual  boy  duties  of  farm 
work  until  he  had  attained  the  age  of 
17.  This experience gave him a thorough 
common  school  education and developed 
his  naturally  rugged  physical  constitu­
tion,  which  gives  him  a  physique  to  be 
envied.  His  farm  experience  is  a  most 
pleasant  recollection  and  visions  of  a 
return  to  rural 
life  occasion illy  flit 
across  his  mind.

But  the  boy  of  17 began to have aspira­
tions  for  wider  experience.  He  first 
went  to  the  early  home  of  his  parents, 
Ottawa,  and  obtained  employment  as 
tallyman  for  a  lumber  company  in  that 
city.  He  remained  in  this  position  un­
til  he  was  19,  when  his 
ambition 
prompted  him  to  try  his fortune  in  “ the 
States,”   and  he  came  to  Michigan. 
Here  he  found  employment  as  a  brake- 
man  on  the  Flint  &  Pere  Marquette 
Railroad.  After  two  years’  experience 
in  this  position  he  was  promoted  to  the 
position  of  baggageman,  in  which  ca­

They  say  that  American  dentists  are 
getting  rich  so  fast  in  Vienna  that  the 
Viennese  dentists  called  a  meeting  to 
inquire  into  the  reason  of  the  extraor­
dinary success  of  these  foreigners  in  the 
Austrian  capital. 
It  was  unanimously 
agreed  that  the  American  dentist  “ does 
not  abandon  his  patient  to  melancholy 
reflection,  but  while  attending  to  his 
scientific  duties  discourses entertaining­
ly  upon  a  variety  of  subjects. ”   The 
Viennese  dentists  are  credited  with 
promptly organizing conversation classes 
to  promote  the  interests  of  their  profes­
sion, 
feeling  the  necessity  of  acquiring 
linguistic  graces  to  assist  them  in  their 
business.  That  American  dentists  usu­
ally  get  rich  in  foreign  cities  has  long 
been  well  known.

Keeps axles bright and  cool.  Never Gums. 

4 doz. in case.
1  lb. ) 
14 doz. in case.
3 lb. V  TIN  BOXES ■< 2 doz. In case, 
I 2 doz. in case.
g lb. j 

25 lb. Wooden  Palls.
Half Bbls.  and  Bbls.

Scofield,  Shurmer  &  Teagle,

K&3

Commercial T ravelers

Michigan Knights of the Grip. 

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

Treasurer, D. Mo r r is, Detroit.

United Commercial Travelers of Michigan. 
Chancellor, II.  U.  Marks,  Detroit;  Secretary, 
E dwin Hudson,  Flint;  Treasurer,  Geo.  A.  Rey­
nolds,  Saginaw.

Michigan  Division,  T.  P.  A.

President, Geo.  P. Owen,  Grand  Rapids;  Secre­
tary  and  Treasurer,  J as.  B.  McInnes.  Grand 
Rapids.

Gripsack  Brigade.

The  “ hustler  on  the  road”   is  often 
the  mildest  mannered  man  one  meets. 
Fuss-and-feathers  must not  be  estimated 
as  more  valuable  than  quiet  effective­
ness.

Above  all 

things,  be  honest— with 
your  house  to  the  uttermost degree,  with 
your  customer 
spirit. 
Rather  miss  a  sale  than  make  a  mis­
representation.

letter  and 

in 

It  is  bad  business  policy  to  run  down 
a  rival  in  your  line.  Such  tactics  will 
is  unworthy,  your 
never  win.  If  he 
trade  will  find 
it  out  quicker  without 
your  aid  than  with  it.

Recognize  the  fact  that  it  is  not  pos­
sible  for  you  to  have  the  earth,  and  that 
your  competitor  has  equal  rights  with 
yourself.  Get  all  the  business  possible, 
but  not  by  abusing  him.

Vanity 

in  a  commercial  traveler  is 
never  admired and  vanity  perse  doesn’t 
pay.  It  is  the  “ direful  spring  of  woes 
unnumbered”   to  the  traveler  who  is  in­
judicious  in  his  indulgence  in  it.

John  O ’ Neil,  an  old  traveler,  has  em­
in  the  cigar  and  tobacco  busi­
barked 
ness  at  Sault  Ste.  Marie.  John  will  be 
missed  on  the  territory  he  has  traveled 
for  fifteen  years— Detroit  to  Duluth.

(Chicago), 

W.  R.  Smith,  the  popular  repesenta- 
tive  of  Hibbard,  Spencer,  Bartlett  & 
Co. 
is  brushing  up  a  new 
suit  of  clothes  and  s#lling  hardware  on 
the  side  to  the  Lake  Superior  trade  just 
now.

The  intense  competition  on  the  road, 
which  is  one  of  the  factors  of  business 
as  conducted 
in  this  fast-moving  age, 
has  its  redeeming  features  for  of  neces­
sity  it  brings  out  the  best  there  is  in  a 
man.

instructions 

Obedience  to 

is  one  of 
the  primal  requisites  in  the  satisfactory 
traveling  salesman.  Many a good  sales­
man  has  lost  his  job  through  «failure  to 
obey  the 
fundamental  rule  of  strict 
obedience  to  orders  from  his  house.

When  a  customer puts  dependence  in 
you  or  your  house,  see  that  he  is  never 
disappointed. 
If  he  leaves  anything  to 
your  judgment,  be  sure  to  do  what’s 
right 
You  will  thus 
gain  his  entire  confidence  and  confi­
dence  begets  trade.

in  the  premises. 

The  man  who is addicted to gambling, 
dissipation  and  gross  immorality  is  not 
fitted  for  “ the  road. “   He  retains  his 
position  with  a  respectable  firm  only 
so  long  as  he  is  able  to  conceal  these 
bad  habits  from  its knowledge,  and  it  is 
only  a  question  of  time  till  he 
is 
‘ ‘ fired. ’ ’

No  one  ever  found  speech  eloquent 
enough  to  convince  Time  that  it  was 
unnecessarily  swift.  Don’t  undertake 
to  dispute  unanswerable  propositions, 
but  remember  that  the  only  argument 
available  with  a  cold  norther  is  putting 
on  your  overcoat.  Don’t  quarrel  with 
the  inevitable.

You  might  as  well  try  to  instruct  a 
man  how  to  write  a  play  as  wonderful

as 
‘ Hamlet”   as  to  endeavor  to  teach 
tact  to  one  in  whom  its incipient growth 
is  not  evident.  The  tactless  man  had 
leave  the  road  at  once  and  not 
best 
waste  time 
in  attempting  to  compass 
the  difficulties  of  a  traveling  salesman’s 
vocation.

The  commercial  traveler  who  lacks 
intimate  knowledge  of  the  details  of  all 
the  goods  he  offers  for  sale  is  heavily 
handicapped.  Hence  study  your  line 
closely  and  keep  posted  on  its every  de­
tail,  for  your  trade looks upon  you  as  an 
authority  on  the  latest  style  and  prices 
and  you  are  supposed  to  be  a  "  ready 
reference”   for qualiites  and  a  diction­
ary  of  terms.

A  New  Competitor.

Written for the Tradesman.

It 

is  a  current  belief  in  the  United 
States  that  Egypt  doesn’t  amount  to 
much.  Her  greatness  has  departed. 
She  belongs  to  the  period  of  the  Sphinx 
and  the  Pyramid.  To  all  intents  and 
purposes  she 
is  as  dead  as  Cleopatra’s 
Needle  and  as  useless  as  the  mummies 
which  make  up  to-day  her  chief  article 
of  export.  There  is  a  possibility,  how­
ever,  that  this  idea  is  a  false  one;  that 
old  Nile  mud  has  lost  none  of  its  fertil­
ity  in  the  progress  of  the  ages;  and 
if 
its  crops  are  not  needed  now  to  fill  the 
granaries  of  the  world,  as  they  were 
in 
it  may  be  possible  to 
Joseph’s  time, 
furnish  material 
to  clothe  the  world 
with  a  quality  of  cotton  whose  superior­
ity  is  nowhere  excelled.

the  Egyptian  product 

This  superiority  lies  in  the  long-fiber 
cotton  which 
is  there  produced.  The 
only  variety  with  which  it  can  be  com­
pared 
is  the  Sea  Island  cotton  of  the 
United  States;  but  if  recent  reports  are 
true, 
is  easily 
important  this  is  getting 
ahead.  How 
to  be  can  be  learned  from  statistics  of 
the  shipments  from  Alexandria  to  the 
United  States, 
to  whose  ports  were 
shipped,  according  to  Bradstreets,  less 
than 
i  per  cent,  of  the  crop  ten  years 
ago.  To-day  we  are  ftceiving  over  7 
percent.,  and  the  question  to  be  square­
is,  whether  this  increase  is  to 
ly  met 
continue. 
“ Just how  important  the  im 
port  of  Egyptian  cotton  into  this  coun­
try  has  become  may  be  gathered  from 
the  fact  that  the  estimated 
import  this 
year  will, 
if  realized,  equal  the  total 
production  of  Sea  Island  cotton  in  the 
United  States 
last  season,  the  heaviest 
on  record.

question  which  the  Tradesman  raised 
some  time  ago,  that  it  is  the  policy  of 
the  American  producer  to  furnish  what 
he  thinks  the  markets  need,  not  what 
they  call  for.  They  are  asking  now  for 
long  fiber  cotton.  They  are  ready  to 
pay  a  good  price  for  what  they  ask  for; 
but  the  American  cotton  grower,  with 
the  land  of  the  Pharaohs  crowding  him 
out  of  the  market,  insists  on  planting 
the short-fiber variety—and  then wonders 
why  he  gets  so  little  for  his  crop.  As 
the  matter  now  stands,  it  is  the  mummy 
versus  the  Yankee,  with  the  odds  large­
ly  in  favor  of  the  mummy.

R euben  M.  S t r e e t e r .

Outcome  of  the  Bicycle  Craze.

From the Chicago  Post.

The  wanderer  had  returned  after 
many  years  and  was  inquiring about  his 
old  friends.

“ Brown,”   he  said,  " is   in  the  whole­

sale  clothing  business,  I  believe?”  

“ Wholesale  clothing  and  bicycles,’ ’ 
corrected  the  native.  “ The  firm  carries 
a  side  line  of  bicycles,  you  know.”

“ And  Jones  has  a  grocery  store,  I’m 

told?”

“ Yes.  Full  run of  groceries  and  Bull 
Run  bicycles.  He’s  the  agent  for  the 
Bull  Run wheel. ”

“ Smith  went  into  the  manufacturing 

business,  didn’t  he?”
“ Oh,  yes.  He  got 

interested 

in  a 
sewing  machine manufactory,and a little 
later  they  took  up  bicycles  and  are  do­
ing  a  rushing  business.  1  understand 
they  have  a  capacity  of  over  100  wheels 
a  day.

“ And  what’s  White  doing?”
“ He’s  the  agent  for  a  famous  gun- 
Sells  all 

maker  and 
kinds  of  guns,  pistols  and  bicycles.” 

is  doing  well. 

“ And  Johnson?”
“ Oh,  he’s  a  manufacturing  jeweler, 
and  he  turns  out  a  mighty  good  wheel, 
too.

“ Billings,  I  suppose,  is  still 

in  the 

furniture  business?”

“ Yes,  but  1  understand  that  he  turns 
out  a  better  bicycle  than  he  does  desk 
or  bureau.

The  returned  traveler  began  to  betray 

some  surprise.

in  the 

“ Is— is  Wilson  still 

livery 
business?”   he  asked  with  some  hesita­
tion.”
“ Certainly,  but  he  devotes  most  of 
his  time  to  the  little  bicycle  repair 
shop  in  the  rear  of  his  stable. ’ ’

“ Ah!  there  goes  old  Bones,  the  sex­

ton.  The  old  fellow  is-----”

“ Oh,  he’s  agent  for  an  automatic 

pump  for  inflating  tires. ”

“ Is  there  anyone  who  isn’t  in  the  b i­
cycle  business?”   asked  the  returned 
traveler  sadly.

“ I  don’t  think  of  anyone  just  now,”  

replied  the  native.

This  is  the  fact;  and  it  remains  to  be 
seen  whether  the  cotton  growing 
ir- 
terest  in  this country will make any effort 
to  prevent  what  seems  to  be  the  inevi­
table. 
It  is  a  question  of  long  fiber and 
short  fiber,  of  Sea  Island  climate  and 
soil  versus  the  climate  and  soil  of  the 
If  it  depends  and  must 
Nile  country. 
depend  upon 
the 
knowledge  and  skill  of the cotton grower 
amount  to  nothing ;  the  old  methods  of 
the  old  civilization  are  equal  to  those 
of  the  new ;  times  and  customs  have 
not  changed  and  the  old  Nile  god  of 
the  dead  Pharaohs  is  still  alive  and  re­
ceiving  the 
increasing  tribute  of  the 
world.

these  conditions, 

It  remains  to  be  seen  whether  this 
in  the  cotton  interest 
state  of  affairs 
will  continue.  The  wonder 
is  that  it 
has  been  allowed  to  exist.  For  years 
the  Sea  Island  cotton  has  been  the  ac­
knowledged best on account  of  its  length 
of  fiber,  sought  after  and  paid  for  ac­
cordingly ;  but  the  real  bulk  of  the  har­
vest  crop 
in  the  United  States  has  not 
been  of  the  Sea  Island  production,  but 
of  the  inferior,  short-fiber  quality  which 
the  Nile  cotton  is  rapidly  superseding. 
It  seems  to be  an  illustration of  the old

Grand  Rapids  Retail  Grocers’  Asso­

ciation.

At  the  regular  meeting  of  the  Grand 
Rapids  Retail  Grocers’  Association, 
held  at  Retail  Grocers’  Hall,  Tuesday 
evening,  May  19,  President  Winchester 
presided.
The  special  Committee  on  Licenses 
presented  its  final  report,  which was  ac­
cepted  and  adopted.
The  appointment  of  special  commit­
tees  to  manage  the  annual  picnic  in 
August  was  deferred  until 
the  next 
meeting.
A  member  called  attention  to  the  fact 
that some,  if not all,of the Hendrie drays 
carry  the  advertisement  of  the  Morse 
department  store. 

J.  Geo.  Lehman  brought  up  the  mat­
ter  of  the  grocers’  exchanging  berry 
boxes  with  the  growers  and deplored  the 
fact  that  some  of  the  new  grocers  had 
got 
in  the  old  rut.  He  expressed  the 
belief  that  it  is  the  business  of  the  man 
who  raises  fruit  to  furnish  packages and 
asserted  that  the  best  class  of  growers 
never  think  of  taking  back  their  boxes. 
Peddlers,  of  course,  insist  on  exchang­
ing  boxes,  but  those  growers  who  insist 
on  getting  their  boxes  back  are  those 
who  raise  the  poorest  berries  and  give 
the 
smallest  measure.  Mr.  Lehman 
thereupon  offered  the  following  resolu­

*

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tion,  which  was  unanimously  adopted :
Whereas,  The  sale  of  the  package 
is  conducive  to  both 

with  the  fruit 
health  and  convenience;  therefore

Resolved,  That  we  reaffirm  our  belief 
in  the  rule  adopted  by  the  Association 
several  years  ago,  prohibiting the return 
of  berry  packages  to  growers.
meeting  adjourned.

There  being  no  further  business,  the 

President  Cleveland  is  certainly  to  be 
credited  with  a  gentle  rebuke  to  one  of 
those  Anglomaniacs  who are accustomed 
to  shake  hands  at  an  elevation  of  ninety 
degrees.  This  person  was  a  lady,  and, 
when  she  reached  the  President  at  the 
regular  reception,  her  hand  was  about 
as  high  as  her  head.  The  President, 
in  a  quiet  tone  of  voice,  was  head  to 
remark  that  he  never  shook  hands  in 
that  way,  and,  if  she  wished  to  shake 
hands  with  him,  it  must  be  in  the  good 
old  American  style.  This  rebuke  was 
keenly  enjoyed  by  all  present  who 
chanced  to  hear 
is  one 
thing  a  President  of  the  United  States 
knows  how  to  do,  it  is  to  shake  hands, 
and  any  dudess  trying  to  give  him  the 
idiotic  minuet  shake 
liable  to  be 
called  down.

If  there 

it. 

is 

GLIFTOK POSE

Michigan’ Popular Hotel.

Remodeled and  Refitted Throughout.

Cor.  Monroe  and  Wabash  Aves.,

CHICAGO.

Moderate  rates  and  special  attention  to  De­
troit and Michigan  guests.  Located  one  block 
from the business center  Come and see us.
G E O .  C U M M I N G S   H O T E L   C O .,

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

Michigan  Knights of the Grip.

SELL  THESE

CIGARS

and  give  customers  good 

¡g, 

satisfaction.

® 
ft 

HOTEL  BURKE

G.  R.  &  I.  Eating  House.

CA D ILLA C ,  M ICH.

All modern conveniences.

C. BURKE, Prop. 
W. 0. HOLDEN, Mgr.
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 
aud support of the traveling  public.  They  will 
conduct the Cutler House as a strictly first-class 
house,  giving  every  detail  painstaking  at­
tention.

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Drugs==Chemicals

STATE  BOARD  OF  PHARMACY.

One Year— 
- 
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.  Pe r r y , Detroit
-  A. C. Schu m ach er,  Ann Arbor 
G eo.  G u ndrum, Ionia

- 
- 
- 

- 

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

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

Lansing,  N ovem b ers.

MICHIGAN STATE  PHARMACEUTICAL 

ASSOCIATION.

. 

„  

. .  

q   P h il l ip s,  Armada. 

( S.  P.  W h itm ar sh,  Palmyra;

President, Geo. J.  W a r d , St. Clair.
Vice-Presidents  -j 
Secretary, B. Sch r ou d kr,  Grand Rapids. 
Treasurer, W m. D u po n t, Detroit.
Executive  Committee—F .  J.  W u r zb u r g ,  Grand 
Rapids;  F.  D. Ste v e n s, Detroit;  II. G .C olm an, 
Kalamazoo;  E. T.  W e b b ,  Jackson;  D.  M.  Rus- 
s e l l , Grand Rapids.

The  Drug  Market.

Acetanilid— Producers  report  demand 
light  and  prices  weaker.  There  has 
been  some  jobbing  movement.

Acids— Fair  jobbing  demand.  Tar­
taric  cutting  of  manufacturers’  prices 
has  had  a  demoralizing  effect  and 
prices  have  declined  ic  per  pound  and 
are  unsettled.  Phosphoric,  prices  have 
been  stengthened  by  better  demand.

Arsenic— Prices  still  declining  as  a 
result  of  speculation.  The  fact  that  for­
eign  markets  are  strong  will  probably 
influence  conditions  here  soon.

Balsams—Copaiba 

continues  strong 
jobbing  demand.  Tolu  is 
with  good 
increased  de­
becoming  scarce  with 
mand.  Peru  and  Canada  tir  continue 
dull.

Beans— Mexican  vanilla  continue  the 

same  strong  conditions.

Cocao Butter— Dull, prices unchanged.
in  tone  but  not 
Caffeine— Stronger 

much  demand.

mand.

Cascara  Sagrada— Strong  jobbing  de­

Cassia  Buds— Prime  still  scarce  with 

strong  demand.

Cinchonidia—Conditions  of  scarcity 
in  a  slight  advance  in 

have  resulted 
prices.

Citrates— Easier  with 

lower  quota­

tions.

Cocaine  Muriate— Demand  continues 

small  with  no  change  in  quotations.

Cod  Liver  Oil— Demand  active  for 

future  delivery.

Colocynth  Apples  — Demand  weak.
Cream  Tartar  —  Prices  unchanged 

with  fair  demand.

Cubeb  Berries— Easy  with  some  de­

mand.

Cuttle  Fish  Bone— Fair demand  with 

little  change  in  prices.

Ergot— Demand 
changed  quotations.

steady  with  un­

Essential  Oils— Remain  with 

little 
change  in  prices  and  no  great  activity.
Flowers—German  Camomile,  prices 
continue  firm  and  offerings  are  quickly- 
taken.

Glycerine— Demand  steady  with  little 

change  in  quotations.
Gums— Asafetida, 

fair  demand  at 
same  quotations.  Camphor,  decline  in 
the  foreign  markets  has  compelled  the 
refiners  to  reduce  prices  quite  material­
ly.  The  decline  affects  Japanese  also. 
Chicle,  dull  and  unchanged.

Leaves— Short  buchu, 

jobbing 
demand.  Senna,  while  quotations  re­
main  unchanged,  there  is  good demand.
Lycopodium— Prices  still  strong  for 

fair 

future  deliveries.

Manna— Quiet with a  decline  for  large 

Menthol  —  Still  unsatisfactory  with 

flake.

further  decline.

Morphine— Prices  unchanged  with 

Opium— Market  continues  dull  with 

Quicksilver— Prices  unchanged  and 

fair  demand.

abundant  supplies.

demand  steady.

Quinine— Prices  continue  firm  with 

improving  demand.

Seeds—Consumers’  demand  has  been 
fair and changes in quotations are  slight. 
Canary,  dull  but  prices  unchanged. 
Celery,  unchanged. 
un­
changed  with  demand  for  small  quan­
tities  only.  Mustard,  California  yellow 
somewhat  stronger,  but  not  much  move­
ment.  California  hemp  and  rape,  un­
changed.

Coriander, 

Spermaceti— Prices  unchanged,  dull. 
Sponges— There 
little  movement, 
but  firm  prices,  waiting  the  result  of 
the  present  Florida  catch.

is 

Sugar  of  Milk— Unchanged,  moderate 

demand.  ____

The  World’s  Gold  Field.

W ritten  fo r the T r a d esm a n.

It  is  not  easy  now  to  picture  the  de­
spair  of  Colorado,  when  tidings  came,  a 
few  years  ago,  that  the  mints  oi  India 
were  closed  to  the  coinage  of  silver,  al­
though  that  event  is of comparatively  re­
cent  occurrence.  The  news  came  with 
a  shock  that  paralyzed  the  State.  Mines 
that  were  looked  upon  as  an  exhaust­
less  source  of  wealth  became  worthless 
as  rubbish.  Costly  machinery,  every 
its  ponderous  shafts  producing 
turn  of 
a 
suddenly 
stopped ;  rust  instead  of  silver  was  the 
only  product;  men  with  nothing  to  do 
crowded  the  streets,  and  the  great  State 
stood  powerless.  Congress was  urged  to 
furnish  relief  by  passing  a  law  for  the 
free  coinage  of  silver,  but  refused ;  and 
then,  with  the  courage  which  made 
Pike’s  Peak  and 
its  legend  a  type  of 
the  “ new  American,”   the  men  of  Colo­
rado  started  with  their  picks  for  the 
mountains  to  hunt  for  gold.

income,  was 

princely 

Up  to  that  time  the  amount  of  gold 
produced  was  sm all;  but  when,  after  a 
year  of gold  mining,  it  was  found  that 
§15,000,000  was  the  work  of  the  twelve 
months,  and  that  the  State  had  become 
the  greatest  gold  producer  in the  Union, 
the  panic  began  to  lose  something  of  its 
terror,  if  not  to  be 
looked  upon  as  a 
blessing 
in  disguise.  This  feeling  is 
increasing,  for,  as  time  goes  by,  there 
is  every 
indication  that  the  enormous 
production  in  Colorado  is  only  a  begin­
ning. 
It  has  already  been  found  that 
the  gold  belt  extends  over  an  area  of 
several  hundred  miles,  and  there 
is 
every  indication  that  the  precious metal 
is  nominally  untouched.

With  these  facts,  it  is  safe  to  predict 
a  most  prosperous 
future.  A  single 
year,  with  the  discouragements  attend­
ant  upon  a  new  undertaking,  has  result­
ed  in  $15,000,000.  With  the  experience 
gained  and  the  skill  which  comes  with 
it,  it  is  reasonable  to  conclude  that  this 
sum  will  be  largely  increased,  so  that, 
when  this  gold-bearing  area  of  several 
hundred  miles 
is  mined,  as  it  will  be, 
the  Centennial  State  will  not  only  re­
main  at  the  head  of  the  list  as  a  gold 
producer,  but  she  will  be  looked  upon, 
what  has  already  been  predicted,  as 
the  chief  gold  field  of  the  world.

R e u b e n   M.  S t r e e t e r . 

Denver,  Colo.

The  Dodge  Club  cigar  is  sold  by  F. 

E.  Bushman,  Kalamazoo.

n c r ’ l / t c   HEADACHE...........
r C v I V   ^
.............. POWDERS
Pay the Best Profit.  Order from your jobber

WHITE  SEIL

Pure
Rye.

A PERFECT 
WHISKY.

Hulman &  Beggs,

Sole  Proprietors,

Terre  Haute,  Ind.

Batavia GrusDBiI Fruits

and  Fruit Juices

the best in the world, 
guaranteed

ABSOLUTELY  PURE.

W rite for price list to

111J  CO..

Gum  Chewing Not a 

Joke.

The day  has  passed when  gum  chewing was 
considered  a  fad  for  the  sole  inspiration  of 
funny  writers.  Now  and  then  a  joke  breaks 
out, but it is considered a back num ber  and  the 
chewing goes placidly on. 
It has settled  into  a 
habit— one of those staid, set habits that, because 
of  its  general  prevalance,  ceases  to  be talked 
about.  This is largely due to the  fact  that  the
action  of  chewing  gives  assistance  to  the  di­
gestive organs;  keeps the mouth from becoming 
parched and otherwise promotes  health  or  pre­
vents habits or appetites sncta  as  a  craving  for 
candy, tobacco, etc.  J. F.  Farnum,  of  Kalama­
zoo, Mich., probably the largest grower of celery 
in the world, has  discovered  a  process whereby 
the pure essence of  celery  is  extracted  and  in 
combination with pepsin has produced  a  che.w- 
ing gum that not only promotes  digestion but is 
a positive remedy for  nervous  troubles  as well. 
Celery occupies a high  place in Medicine for  its 
known value in nervous disorders, and Fam nm ’s 
Celery & Pepsin Gum is a happy  combination of 
two of the best remedial  agents  known.  Drug 
gists  and  dealers  generally  are  taking hold of 
this  gum  and  find  a  ready  response  trim   the 
public.  The  price  is  five  cents for five sticks. 
The trade is supplied by all good jobbers.

WE CREATE THE DEMAND

A. E. McGUIRE, DA VE IVtcG ANN, M ichigan R ep­
resentatives,  headquarters at Grand  Rapids,  M ich.

This ad.  below will  run  in all th^leading State papers.

Pays the  Druggist a  Handsome  Profit.

Order of your Jobber.

t A complete line of staple  goods  at  un­

heard  of  prices,  together  with  all  the 
novelties  in  penny,  five  cent  and  ten 
cent  articles,  in  the  market.  Get  our 
price list, mailed free on  application.

1  A.  E.  BROOKS  &  CO.,
V 

5 and 7 S. Ionia St., Grand Rapids.

I IRECRACKER

¡REWORKS
LAGS

S M O K E

SOL. SMITH RUSSELL

WM. TEOGE,  M anufacturer,127 Jefferson Ave.,Detroit.

CIGAR

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WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

Advanced-

Declined—Gum Camphor.

Acidum

Aceticum...................#
Benzoicum,  German 
75©
Boracic......................  
@
Carbolicum .............. 
29@
44®
Cltricum
3®
H vdrochlor.........
8@
N itrocum ............
10®
O xalicum ............
@
Phosphorium,  dil
Salicylicum..............  
**0
Sulphuricum............  1?£@
T an n icu m ...............   1  40®  1  00
Tartaricum ...............  
3»g. 
40
Ammonia
Aqua, 16  deg............ 
Aqua, 20  deg............ 
Carbonas................... 
Chloridum ...............  
Aniline

4@ 
0® 
}9@ 
1*® 

6
*
¡4
14

13@
6@
25®

45@
®  :
40®
7s®

niapk 
..........   2 00® 2 25
B ro w n '...:................ 
80®   1  00
R e d ............................ 
45@
Y ellow ......................   2 50® 3 00
Baccae.
Cube see............po. 18 
Junlperus.................  
Xantnoxylum ..........  
Balsamum
Copaiba.....................  
Pefu............................ 
Terabin, Canada.... 
Tolutan...................... 
Cortex 
Abies, Canadian—
C a s s is ......................
Cinchona Flava.......
Euonymus atropurp 
Myrica  Cerifera, po.
Prunus Vlrgini........
Quillaia,  gr’d ..........
Sassafras................. .
Ulm us...po.  15,  gr’d 
Extractum
Glycyrrhlza  Glabra. 
Glycyrrhiza, po....... 
H¿matox, 15 lb box 
Haematox, I s ............ 
Haematox, M s..........  
Haematox, Ms..........  

24®
-8®
1
]3@
J4©
,6®

Ferru
Carbonate  Precip. •
Citrate and Q ulnia..
Citrate Soluble........
Ferrocyanidum  Sol.
Solut.  Chloride.......
Sulphate, com’l .......
Sulphate,  com’l,  by
bbl, per cw t..........
Sulphate,  p u r e .......
Flora

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

Folia

12®
18®
-
18@

15®
nevelly..............   18®
25® 
12®
8®

Barosma..................... 
Cassia Acutifol, Tin-
Cassia Acutifol,Alx. 
Salvia officinalis, 14s
and  Ms...................
Ura Ursi.....................
Gummi 
65 
Acacia,  1st picked.. 
@
45 
Acacia,  2d  picked.. 
35 
Acacia,  3d  picked.. 
@
28 
Acacia, sifted  sorts.
@
80 
60®
Acacia, po.................
1& 
14®
Aloe, Barb. po.20@28
12 
®
Aloe, C ape__ po.  15
30 
@
Aloe, Socotri.. po. 40
60 
Ammoniac...............  
55@
25 
Assafoetida__ po. 30 
22®
55
B enzoinum .............. 
50@
13
Catechu, Is.
©
14 
Catechu, Ms..............
@
16 
@
Catechu, $4s..............
52 
48®
Cam phors .
. —  
10®  1  00 
Euphorbium ..po.  35
@
Galbanum.................
65®  70
Gamboge  po............
@  35
Guaiacum.......po. 35
@ 3 00 
Kino............po. $3.00
®   65
M astic......................
®  40
Myrrh..............po.  45
O pii...po. $3.20@3.40 2  25®  2 30
Shellac......................  
60
Shellac, bleached... 
45
T ragacanth.............. 
80

4f© 
40® 
50@ 

.

Herba

25
20
25
28
23
25
39
22
25

Absinthium..oz. pkg 
Eupatorium .oz.  pkg 
Lobelia.........oz. pkg 
M ajorum __ oz. pkg 
Mentha Pip..oz. pkg 
Mentha Vir..oz.  pkg 
R ue................oz. pkg 
TanacetumV oz. pkg 
Thymus,  V..oz. pkg 
rtagnesia.
Calcined, Pat............ 
60
55® 
Carbonate, P at......... 
20®  22
20@ 
25
Carbonate, K. &  M.. 
Carbonate, Jennings  35@  36

30@ 

Oleum
Absinthium..............  3 25®  3 50
Amygdalae, Dulc__  
50
Amygdalae, Amarae .  8 00®  8 25
A nisf.........................   2  90@  3 00
Auranti  Cortex.......  2 30®  2 40
Bergamii...................  3 00@  3 20
75
C ajiputi..................... 
Caryophylli.............. 
60
Cedar......................... 
65
@ 2 50
Chenopadii...............  
Cinnamonii..............   2  50®  2 60
Cltronella.................  
55®  60

70@ 
55® 
35® 

Copaiba.

G aultheria..............
Geranium,  ounce.. 
Go8sìppii, Sem. g al.
Junípera.............
Lavendula.........
Limonis..............
Mentha  P iper... 
Mentha V erid...
Myrcia, olinee.......
Olive......................
Picis  Liquida.  ... 
Picis Liquida, gal.
R ic in a ...................
Rosmarini..............
Succini 
Sabina .
Sassafras...................
Sinapis, ess.,  ounce.

Thyme,  opt.. 
Theobromas ,

Potassium

Carb..........................
Chlorate., po. 17® 19c

Potassa, Bitart, pure 
Potassa, Bitart,  com 
Potass Nitras, opt...
Potass Nitras............
Prus8iate................... 
Sulphate  p o ..........
Radix

Arum po....................
C alam us...................
G entiana.........po  15
G lychrrhiza... pv. 15 
Hydrastis Canaden . 
Hydrastis Can., p o .. 
Hellebore, Alba, p o .. 
Inula, po................... 
Ipecac, po................
Iris plox__ po35@38
Maranta,  Ms .......
Podophyllum, po
R h e i...................
Rhei, cu t.............
Rhei, pv............
Spigelia.....................  
Sanguinaria... po.  15

Similax,officinalis H
Smilax, M.................
Scillae............... po.35
Symplocarpus, Foeti-
dus,  po...................
Valeriana,Eng. po.30 
Valeriana,  German. 
Zingiber a .................

Semen
Anisum..........po.  20
Apium  (graveleons)
B ird,Is......................
C arui..............po.  18
Coriandrum.........
Cannabis  Sativa. 
Cydonium............
Dipterix  Odorate.
Fœ niculum ..........
Fœnugreek, po__
L in i........................
Lini,  g rd__ bbl. 2
Pharlaris  Canarian.
R ap a..........................
Sinapis Albu............
Spiritus

35® 65
90®  1 00
50((£  1  00
20®  1 30
20@  1 30
50®  1 60
75
®
50® 60
25©  1 40
50®  2 00
90@  2  00
30®  1 50
25®  3  00
6r©  2 75
00®  2 ÎC
® 50
75®  3  00
10® 12
© 35
91© 96
©   1  00
50® 8  50
40® 45
90@  1 00
00
50® 55
® 65
25®  1  30
40® 50
@  1 60
15® 20

15© 18
13® 15
48® 51
12® 15
16® 18
50® 55
90®  3 00
30® 33
@ 15
8® 10
9
7®
25®
25® 28
15© 18

20® 25
22® 25
12@ 15
® 25
20® 40
12® 15
16® 18
© 30
© 35
15® 20
_
15®
15® 20
65® 75
35© 40
40© 45
© 35
15® 18
75® 00
@ 25
75® .35
35®
35© 38
@ 15
30® 35
55® 60
® 40
@ 25
10© 12
® 25
© 25
15© 20
12@ 16
23® 25

© 15
14® 16
6
4®
10® 12
[  00©  1  25
8® 10
3M@ 4
75® 1  00
10® 12
Ì  90®  3  00
® 15
8
6®
2M@ 4
3 M@ 4
35© 40
3M@ 4
5
7®
8
11® 12

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

Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage.................   2  50® 2  75
Nassau sheeps  wool
@ 2 00 
carriage.................
Velvet extra  sheeps'
@  1  10
wool, carriage.......
Extra yellow sheeps’
@  85
wool,  carriage__
Grass  sheeps’  wool,
@  65
carriage.................
Hard, for slate u se..
Yellow  R e e f,  for 
slate  use...............
Syrups
A cacia......................
Auranti Cortes.........
Zingiber....................
Ipecac......................
Ferri I o d . ............
'Rhei A ram ."............
Smilax Officinalis...
Senega......................
Scillae.........................

50®
®

1  40

Morphia,S.P.4 Yf... 1  65® 1  90 Sinapis......................
® 18
© 30
Sinapis, opt..............
Morphia,  S.N.Y.Q.4
C.  Co...................... 1  55® 1  80 Snuff,  Maccaboy.De
® 34
Voes.................—
® 40
Moschus Canton__
© 34
65® 80 Snuff,Scotch, DeVo's
Myristica, No.  1.......
7  © 10
© 10 Soda Boras...............
Nux Vomica...po.20
15® 18 Soda Boras, po......... 7  © 10
Os  Sepia...................
26® 28
Soda et Potass T art.
Pepsin  Saac, H. 4  P.
1M@ 2
® 1  00 Soda,  Carb...............
D. Co......................
5
3®
Soda.  Bi-Carb..........
Picis Liq. N.N.Mgal.
3M@ 4
® 2  00 Soda,  Ash.................
doz...........................
2
® 1  00 Soda, Sulphas..........
Picis Liq., quarts__
©
© 2  60
® 85 Spts. Cologne............
Piftia Liq., pints__
® 50 Spts.  Ether  Co.........
Pil H ydrarg.. .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.'/»bbl
Pilx  Burgun............
©
© 2  57
10® 12 Spts.  Vini Rect.l0gal
Plumbi  Acet............
© 2 59
E*ulvis Ipecac etOpii 1  10® 1  20 Spts.  Vini Rect.  5gal
Pyrethrum, boxes II.
® 1  25 Strychnia, Crystal... 1  40© 1  45
&  P. D. Co., do z...
2 M@ 3
27® 30 Sulphur,  Sub!..........
Pyrethrum,  pv........
2® 2lA
8@ 10 Sulphur,  Roll.........
Quassiae....................
8® 10
37® 42 Tam arinds...............
Quinia, S.  P. 4  W ..
28® 30
30® 40 Terebenth Venice...
Quinia, S. G erm an..
42® 45
35® 40 Theobromae..............
Quinia, N.Y..............
12® 14 V anilla..................... 9  00®16 On
Rubia Tinctorum ...
7®
8
24® 26 Zinci  Sulph..............
SaccharumLactis pv
Salacin...................... 3 00® 3  10
40® 50
Sanguis  Draconis...
BBL. GAL.
12® 14 W hale, winter..........
70
70
Sapo,  W ....................
60
53
10® 12 Lard,  ex tra..............
Sapo, M......................
43
40
® 15 Lard, No. 1...............
Sapo, G......................
40
43
Siedlitz  M ixture__ 20  @ 22 Linseed, pure  raw..

Less 5c gal.  cash  10 days

Oils

50® 55 1

Linseed,  boiled. . . .  
Neatsfoot, winter str 
Spirits T urpentine..
Paints
Red  Venetian.........
Ochre, yellow  Mars 
Ochre, yellow  Ber. 
Putty, commercial. 
Putty, strictly  pure 
Vermilion,  P r im e
American.............
Vermilion,  English
Green, P a ris..........
Green,  Peninsular.
Lead,  Red...............
Lead, w hite............
Whiting, white Span 
Whiting,  gilders'... 
White,  Paris A m er.. 
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
c liff........................
Universal  Prepared.

45
42
70
65 
33 
40
LB'
BBL. 
Hi  2  @8 
13ä  2  @4 
1*£  2  @3 
2>i  2V¿@3 
2*  2íí@3
15
13®
70®
15  ®
13® 
5M@ 
5M@
70
@
@  90
®  1  00
®   1  10 
1  00®  1  15

Paint your buildings with

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

It is the m ost durable 

paint made.

HAZELTINE 
& PERKINS • 
DRUG CO.
DRUGS

Importers aod Jobbers of

SQemleals and Patent medicines

Dealers  in

Paints,  Oils 
and  Varnishes

w 

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,  Gins,  Wines, 
and  Rums.

We  sell  Liquors  for  medicinal  pur­

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

BflZELTINE 

kPERKINS  Dili CD.

GRAND  RAPIDS.

Prunus virg..............
Tinctures

A rn ica......................
Assafoetida..............
Atrope  Belladonna.
Auranti  Cortex.......
Benzoin.....................
Benzoin Co...............
B arosm a...................

niscellaneous 

1  00 
50 
50 
60 
Cinchona Co............
50 
Colum ba...................
Cubeba......................
50 
50 
Cassia  A cutifol.......
50 
Cassia Acutifol Co  .
D igitalis..........   ....
50 
E rgot.........................
50 
35 
Ferri Chloridum __
50 
G entian.....................
Gentian Co...............
60 
50 
G uiaca......................
60 
Guiaca ammon.........
50 
Hyoscyamus............
75 
Iodine........................
75 
Iodine, colorless__
50 
Kino...........................
50 
Lobelia.....................
50 
Myrrh.........................
50 
Nux  Vomica............
75 
O pii............................
50 
Opii, cam phorated..
1  50 
Opii,  deodorized__
50 
Q uassia.....................
50 
R hatany....................
50 
Rhei...........................
50 
S anguinaria............
10 
Serpentaria..............
60 
Stram onium ............
60 
Tolutan....................
50 
V alerian...................
50 
Veratrum Veride ...
20
Zingiber....................
35
^Ether, Spts.  Nit. 3F  3U® 
38
/Ether, Spts.  Nit. 4 F   34®
3
A lum en.....................  2Q®
4 
3®
Alumen, gro’d .. po. 7 
50
A nnatto..................... 
40®
4®
Antimoni,  po..........  
Antimoni et PotassT  55®  60
A ntipyrin................ 
©   1  40
A ntifebrin................ 
15
®  
@  5
Argenti Nitras, oz .. 
Arsenicum................ 
10® 
1
38®  4
Balm Gilead  Bud  .. 
Bismuth  8. N .......... 1  00®  1  10
© 
9
Calcium Chlor.,  Is.. 
®  
10
Calcium Chlor.,  Ms. 
©  
Calcium Chlor.,  Qs. 
1
® 
Cantharides, Kus.po 
75
®  
Capsici  Fructus, af. 
1
15
©  
Capsici Fructus, po. 
Capsici FructusB.po  @ 
15
12
10® 
Caryophyllus.po.  15 
Carmine, No. 40....... 
@ 3 75
Cera Alba, S. & F  .. 
50® 
55
Cera Flava...............  
40©  42
©   40
Coccus......................  
Cassia Fructus......... 
®   25
Centrarla..................  
© 
10
Ce tace um
Chloroform............... 
60®  63
©   1  35
Chloroform, squibbs 
Chloral Hyd Crst__   1  15®  1  30
Chondrus.................. 
25
20© 
Cinchonidine,P.& W 
15®  20
Cinchonidine, Germ  7  @ 
14
Cocaine.....................  5  30©  5  50
Corks, list, dis.pr.ct.
Creosotum............. 
@  35
Creta.............. bbl. 75 
©
@
Creta, prep................ 
Creta, precip............  
9© 
®
Creta, Rubra............ 
C rocus......................  
50®
C udbear................... 
®
Cupri Sulph.............. 
i
5® 
Dextrine.................... 
10®  C
75® 
Ether Sulph.............. 
90
Emery, all  numbers  @
Emery, po.................  
@
Ergota..............po. 40 
30®
Flake  W hite............ 
12®
@
Galla........................... 
8®
Gambler..................... 
Gelatin, Cooper..  .. 
@
Gelatin, F rench....... 
30®
Glassware, flint, box  60,  10410
Less  than  box__
Glue,  brown............
13®
Glue,  w hite.............. 
19®
G lycerina.................  
Grana  Paradis!  .
@
Humulus...................  
25®
®
Hydraag Chlor  Mite 
@
Hydraag Chlor  Cor. 
Hydraag Ox Rub’m. 
®
Hydraag Ammoniati  @
HydraagUnguentum  45®
Hydrargyrum..........  
@  60
Ichthyobolla, A m ...  1  25®  1  50
75®  1  00
Indigo........................ 
Iodine, Resubi.........  3 80® 3  90
Iodoform................... 
@ 4 "“
@ 2 25
Lupulin.  ..
60® 65
Lycopodium
65© 75
Macis.......................... 
65®
Liquor  Arsen et Hy­
® 27
dra rg Iod...............
10® 17
LiquorPotassArsinit
2®
Magnesia, Sulph__
®   1M
Magnesia, Sulph,bbl 
Mannia,  S.  F ............ 
60®  63
Menthol..................... 
© 5 5 0

11

2 0

g r o c e r y  p r ic e  c u r r e n t .

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

The  prices  quoted  in  this  list  areHfor the trade  only,  in  such  quantities  as are usually purchased  by  retail
dealers  T'hev  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 price?for average  conditions  of purchase.  Cash  buyers or those  of strong credit usually buy closer  than 
thole  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
doc.
6 00
...55
Aurora...........................55
7 00
..60
Castor O il..................... 80
5 50
..50
Diamond.......................50
» 00
75
9 (X)
es 75
IXL Golden, tin  boxes 75
8 00
...7«
Mica...............................70
6 00
,. .55
Paragon.........................55

BAKING  POWDER

Absolute.

K lb cans doz....................  
V4 lb cans doz..................... 
1 

45
85
lb cans doz.....................  1  50

Acme.

JaXon

Home.

H lb cans 3 doz................... 
45
V4 lb cans 3 doz................... 
75
1 
lb cans 1 doz...................  1  00
Bulk.......................................  
10
45
H lb cans 4 doz case......... 
lb cans 4 doz case........  
85
lb cans 2 doz case.........  1  60
lb cans 4 doz case........  
35
Vi lb cans 4 doz case 
90
t  
lb cans 2 doz case 
45
K lb cans...................
Vi lb cans.............................  00
lb cans............................. 1  20
45
75
lb cans.............................   1  50

X lb cans............................. 
Vi lb cans............................. 
1 

Our Leader.

Lynch.

BATH  BRICK.

Am erican..................................70
English.......................................80

BLUINQ.  ______

copasp
b S S ic

1 doz.  Counter boxes....... 
40
12 doz. Cares, per gro.........  4  50

BROOnS.

No. 1 Carpet..........................  2 20
No. 2 Carpet..........................2 00
No. 3 Carpet..........................  1  75
No. 4 Carpet..........................  1  60
Parlor G em ..........................  2 50
Common W hisk................... 
85
Fancy Whisk........................  1  00
W arehouse............................2 50
Hotel 40 lb boxes.....................10
Star 40 lb boxes........................  ■  9
Paraffine...................................10

CANDLES.

CANNED  GOODS, 
flanitowoc  Peas.

Lakeside  M arrowfat...........  1  00
Lakeside E.  J .......................  1  30
Lakeside, Cham, of Eng....  1  40 
Lakeside, Gem.  Ex.  Sifted.  1  65 
Colombia, 
pints.............. 4  25
Columbia,  Vi pints..............2 50

CATSUP.

CHEESE.
@ 9
E lsie ..........................
@ 9
Am boy......................
@ 84£
Acme..........................
Jersey........................
@ 8J4
Lenawee.................... @ 8V4
@ 9
Riverside...................
Gold  Medal..............
@ 10
Brick..........................
@1  00
E d a m ........................
@ 20
Leiden.......................
@ 15
Limburger................
@ 24
Pineapple..................
@ 18
Sap  Sago...................
Chicory.
5
Bulk 
..........................
7
Red 
...................

CHOCOLATE.

W alter Baker & Co.'s.

CLOTHES LINES.

German Sw eet.......................... 22
Premium..................................... 31
Breakfast  Cocoa.......................42
Cotton, 40 ft. per  doz........1  00
Cotton, 50 ft, per  dez........1  20
Cotton, 60 ft, per  doz........1  40
Cotton, 70 ft, per  doz........1  60
Cotton, 80 ft, per  doz........1  80
Jute, 60 ft,  per  doz..............  80
Jute, 72 ft,  per  doz...............  95
5 gross boxes..............................45

CLOTHES  PINS.
COCOA SHELLS.
201b  bags.......................... 
Less  quantity................... 
Pound  packages.............. 
CREAn TARTAR. 
Strictly Pure, wooden boxes.  35
Strictly  Pure, tln.boxes.........37
T artarine..................................  25

2Vi
3
4

Souders*.

Oval bon  e,  wilh  corkscrew. 
the 

in  the  world 

for 

Best 
money.

Regular 
Grade 
Lemon.

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

“Little” Tanglefoot.

FURNITURE 

Cleaner  and  Polish. 

Henderson’s "Diam ond.”

H alf P int...........: ..................  1  75
P in t...............................................3 50
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
Vi  lb  cans...............................   18
K eg s............................................. 4 00
H alf Kegs.................................... 2 25
Quarter  Kegs..............................1 25
1 lb  cans.................................  34
KegsTT.................................... 8  00
Half Kegs.................................... 4 25
Quarter Kegs............................... 2 25
llb c a n s ...................................  45

Eagle  Duck—Dupont’s.

HERBS.

Sage.........................................   15
H ops........................................  15
Madras, 5  lb  boxes..............  55
S. F., 2, 3 and 5 lb  boxes__   50

INDIOO.

JELLY.

15 lb  palls...............................   33
171b  pails...............................   40
30 lb  pails...............................  60
Condensed, 2  doz  ................1  20
Condensed, 4  doz.......................2 25

LYE.

LICORICE.

Pure.........................................   30
Calabria  .................................  25
Sicily............................. 
14
Root.

 

MINCE  MEAT.

nATCHBS.

Mince meat, 3 doz in  case. .2 75
Pie Prep. 3 doz In case.........2 75
Diamond Match Co.’s brands.
No. 9  sulphur.........................1  65
Anchor  Parlor....................... 1  70
No. 2  Home............................ 1  10
Export  Parlor....................... 4 00

nOLASSBS.
Blackstrap.

Sugar house.........................10@12

Cuba Baking.

O rdinary.............................. 12@14
Porto Rico.
P rim e................................... 
20
Fancy 
30
...............................  

New Orleans.

F a ir...................................... 
G ood....................................  
Extra good.......................... 
Choice................................. 
Fancy  ................................. 

Half-barrels 3c extra.

18
22
24
27
30

PICKLES.
rtedium.

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.

B abbitt's...............................4  00
Peuua Salt  Co.’s .................  3  00

RICE.

Domestic.

Carolina head......................   6Vi
Carolina  No.  1.....................  5
Carolina  No. 2.....................  4V4
Broken..................................   2Vi
Japan,  No. 1........................   5
Japan.  No. 2........................  4t<
Java, No.  1............................  444
Java, No. 2............................  4H
P a tn a ....................................  4

Imported.

SALERATUS.

Packed 60  lbs. in  box.

Church’s ................................3 3C
Deland’s  ...............................3  15
D w ight's................................3  30
Taylor’s ..................................3 00
Granulated, bbls...............1  10
Granulated,  100 lb cases.. 1  50
Lump, bbls.......................... 
1
Lump, 1451b kegs...............1  10

SAL SODA.

SEEDS.

A u ise ...................................  13
Canary, Smyrna.................  
6
C araw ay.............................   10
Cardamon,  M alab ar.......  80
Hemp,  Russian...............  
4
4Vi
Mixed  B ird........................ 
Mustard,  w hite.................  
6Vi
Poppy  ................................. 
8
R ape.................................... 
4
Cuttle Bone........................  20
Scotch,  In bladders..............  37
Maccaboy, in Jars.................   35
French Rappee, in  Jars.......  43

SNUFP.

SYRUPS.

Corn.

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

Pure Cane.

SPICES.
W hole Sifted.

Pure Ground in Bulk.

Allspice  .................................  9Vi
Cassia, China in m ats........... 10
Cassia,  Batavia in  bund___15
Cassia, Saigon in rolls......... 32
Cloves,  Amboyna..................15
Cloves, Zanzibar....................10
Mace,  Batavia  ...  ..............70
Nutmegs, fancy...................65
Nutmegs, No.  1...................60
Nutmegs, No.  2...................55
Pepper, Singapore, black... 10 
Pepper, Singapore, w h ite.. .20
Pepper,  shot........................16
Allspice  ...........................10@15
Cassia, B atavia..................... 17
Cassia,  Saigon.......................35
Cloves,  Amboyna..................15
Cloves, Zanzibar....................10
Ginger,  A frican...................15
Ginger,  Cochin..................... 20
Ginger,  Jam aica................... 22
Mace,  Batavia................ 60@65
Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. .20
Mustard, Trieste....................25
N utm egs,.........................40@60
Pepper, Singapore, biack9@12 
Pepper,Singapore,whitel5@18
Pepper, Cayenne............17@20
Sage..........................................18
“ Absolute”  In  Vtbl.  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’ge. .16 
Liver S’ge and H’d.Cbeese..l6

 

 

COFFEE.

Green.
Rio.

F a ir ............................................. }8
Good........................................... J®
Golden  ...................................... 21
Peaberry  ...................................23

Santos.

Fair  ............................................19
Good  ..........................................20
P rim e..........................................22
Peaberry  ...................................23

Mexican  and  Guatemala.

Maracaibo.

F air  ........................................... 21
Good  ..........................................22
Fancy 
...................................... 24
........................................23
Prime 
Milled..........................................24
In terio r...................................... 25
Private  Growth.........................27
Mandehling............................... 28

Java.

Mocha.

Roasted.

Im itatio n ...................................25
Arabian  ......................... 
28

Quaker Mocha and Jav a ........32
Toko Mocha and Java.............28
State House Blend................... 25
A rb u c k le ...........................   19  95
Jersey................................   19  95

Package.

l i o n  T o f f e e
fc? m 8IMM6D.>hTHMHGuaMK
C?Ptsw, Ounce*  Nct. 
j
IgMUlOO  tbs.\  ^ uality  Pr,ce 
60  ”  J less 2C  per lb.  S
C abinets 120 lbs. Same P rice,  I 
0 0 *  Extra  for Cabinets. 
(
. ..L«i.KU .ia  B  A AAA.......... til  9

■ 

:k o f f a -a id .

3 doz in c a s e .......................  5 25

Extract.

Valley City Vi gross  —  v 
Felix  Vi  gross................... 
Hummel’s foil Vi gross... 
Hummel’s tin Vi  gross... 

75
1  15
85
1  43

CONDENSED  MILK.
4 doz. in case.

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  50
$ 2  books, per 100 ...............  3  00
$  3  books, per 100 ...............  3  50
$ 5  books, per 100...............  4  00
$10 books, per ' 100 ................  5  00
$20.books,'per .100 ...............   6  00

“ U niversal.”

$  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,

Can be made to represent any 

denomination from $10 down.

20 books..............................   1 00
50 books..............................  2 00
100 books..............................  3 00
250 books..............................  6 25
500 books...............................10 00
1000 books...............................17 50

Credit Checks.

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

Apples.

Sundried..........................  @ 3Vi
Evaporated 50 lb boxes.  @ 6Vi

California  Fruits.

Apricots...........................9  @11
Blackberries..........*........
N ectarines.........................5Vi@
Peaches............................   5  @14
Pears.......  .......................  8Vi@
Pitted Cherries...............
Prunnelles.......................
Raspberries....................

California  Prunes.

100-120 25 lb boxes..........  @ 4Vi
90-100 25 lb boxes..........  @  45£
80 - 90 25 lb boxes..........  @ 5
70-80 25 lb boxes..........  @ ‘Vi
60 - 70 25 lb boxes..........   @ 6
50 - 60 25 lb boxes..........  @6%
40 - 50 25 lb boxes..........  @7)4
30 - 40 25 lb boxes..........  @7%
M cent less In hags 
Raisins.

London Layers...........1  00@1  25
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown  3)i
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown  4
Loose Muscatels 4 Crown  5

FOREIGN.
C urrants.

Patras bbls..'......................@ 4
Vostizzas 50 lb cases.........@  4
Cleaned, bulk  ...................©  5
Cleaned, packages............ ©  5Vi

FARINACEOUS GOODS.

Biscuitine.

3 doz. in case, per doz...... 1  00
B u lk .................................... 
3
Walsh-DeRoo  Co.’s ..........2 00
Barrels  ...............................3  25
Flake. 501b.  drum s..........1  50

Farina.
Grits.
Hominy.

Lima Beans.
Dried  .......................... 
4
Maccaroni and Vermicelli.
Domestic,  101b. box.........  60
Imported,  25 lb. box.........2-50

■ 

Pearl Barley.

2)i

Peas.

Rolled  Oats.

Empire  ............................... 
244
C h ester................................144@2
Green,  b u ............................  90
Split,  per lb ........................  
Rolled Avena,  b b l.........3 00
Rolled Avena, Vibbl.........1  65
Monarch,  bbl.................... 2  85
Monarch,  Vi  b b l...............1  55
Private brands,  bbl...... 2 ®
Private brands, Vibbl...... 1  45
Quaker, cases....................3 20
Oven  Baked......................3  25
Lakeside  ............................2 25
G erm an............................... 
4
East  India.......................... 
3Vi
Cracked, bulk..................... 
3
24 2 lb packages................2 40

W heat.

Sago.

Fish.
Cod.

Halibut.

Herring.

flackerel.

Sardines.
Stockfish.

Georges cured.............  @  4Vi
Georges  genuine........   @  6
Georges selected.........  @  6Vi
Strips or  bricks..........6  @  9
Chunks................................  
}6
Strips............................••••• 
*0
Holland white hoops keg. 
55 
Holland white hoops  bbl.  6 50
Norwegian..........................  _ M
Round 100 lb s.....................  2  30
Round  40 lbs.....................  1  1®
Scaled................................... 
1®
No. 1100 lbs........................   13  00
No. 1  40 lbs........................  5  50
No. 1  10 lbs........................   145
No. 2 100 lbs........................  10 50
No. 2  40 lbs........................   4  50
No. 2  10 lb s........................   120
Family 90 lb s......................
Family 10 lbs......................
Russian kegs.....................  
55
No. 1 ,1001b. bales..............  10V4
No. 2,100 lb. bales................ 
8Vi
No. 1100 lbs........................   5  50
No. 1  40 lbs........................  2 50
70 
No. 1 
59
No. 1
Fam 
2  2E 
100 lb s.... ....  7  25
1  20 
40 lb s__ ....  3 20
38 
10 lb s__ .... 
88
33
8 lb s__ .... 
73
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS.
Jennings*. 
D.C. Vanilla
2 oz.........1  20
3 oz.........1  50
4 oz........ 2  00
6 oz........ 3  no
No.  8. ..4 00 
No.  10.  .6 00 
No.  2 T.1  25 
No.  3 T.2  00 
No.  4 T.2 40 
D. C. Lemon

No. 1 No. 2
6  75
3 Oil
83
71

10 lbs.
8 lbs................
W hlteftsh.

Trout.

N.  Y.  Condensed  Milk  Co. 

brands.
Gail Borden  Eagle................... 7 40
Crown  .  ................................. 6 25
D aisy............................................5 75
Champion  ..............................4  50
Magnolia  .........  
4 25
Dime 
3  35

 

 

Peel.

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

Raisins.

Ondura 29 lb boxes........7Vi@8
Sultana 20 lb boxes........7  @
Valencia 30 lb boxes—   @

EGG  PRESERVER.

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

Peerless evaporated  cream .5  75

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, 2801b  bbls................2  50
100 3 lb sacks.......................... 2  60
60 5-lb sacks...........................1  85
28 11-lb sacks.........................1  70
lb.  cartons................. 3 25
50  4 
115  2(41b. sacks..................... 4 00
60  5 
lb. sacks.....................3  75
22 14  lb. sacks.....................3 50
lb. sacks..................... 3  50
30 10 
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 ilnen  sacks.  .  60 
56-lb dairy in  linen  sacks 
60
56-lb  sacks.............................   22
Saginaw  — .........................   85
Manistee  ...............................   85
B oxes........................................514
Kegs, English........................   4%

Solar  Rock.
Common Pine.

Ashton.
Higgins.

W arsaw.

SODA.

STARCH.
Diamond.

Common  Corn.

Common Gloss.

SUMMF.R  BEVERAGES.

.5  00 
64 10c  packages  ..............
.5 00
128  5c  packages..............
32 10c and 64 5c packages.. .5  00 
Kingstord’s  worn.
20 1-lb packages.....................  6**
40 1  lb packages.....................  6*
Kingston!  s  Silver  Gloss.
40 1-lb packages.......................614
6-lb  boxes  ............................7
20-lb boxes.............................   ®
40-lb  boxes.............................   4%
1-lb  packages........................  414
3-lb  packages........................   414
6-lb  packages  ......................   514
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 
t i e s ,   $5  00, 
One  Big  Bot 
tie  Free.  24 
>z.  50c size, 1 
ioz. to a  case 
4  00.  Special 
Soda  Foun 
tain  Extract 
per gal. $2  00. 
Big  Demon­
strator 
con­
tains  15  doz. 
25c size, 1 doz 
iOc size, 1 jug 
and  fixtures. 
See add.

IUBACCOS.

Cigars.

G. J. Johnson’s  brand

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

Thompson A Chute’s Brand.

Candies.
Stick  Candy.

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..........  
K indergarten..........  
French  Cream......... 
Dandy  Pan............... 
Valley Cream.......... 

bbls.  pails 
614®  714 
614®  714 
614®  714 
714®  814 
cases 
@  814 
@  814

@  7
,®   7(4
@ 8
@ 8
®
®
fta
@  854
@ 9
@  9
@10
@13

F an cy -In  Bulk.

Lozenges, plain....... 
@  9
Lozenges,  printed.. 
@ 9
Choc.  Drops............  12  @14
Choc.  Monumentals  @13
@ 5
Gum  Drops.............. 
Moss  Drops.............. 
@ 854
Sour Drops...............  
@854
@ 9
Im perials.................  

Fancy—In  5  lb.  Boxes.

Lemon  Drops..........
Sour  Drops..............
Peppermint  Drops..
Chocolate Drops__
H. M. Choc.  Drops..
Gum  Drops..............  35
Licorice Drops.........1  (X)
A.  B. Licorice Drops
Lozenges,  plain__
Lozenges,  printed..
Im perials.................
M ottoes.....................
Cream  B ar...............
Molasses Bar  ..........
Hand Made Creams.  80
Plain  Creams..........   60
Decorated Cream s..
String Rock..............
Burnt Almonds.......1  25
W intergreen Berries
Caramels. 
No. 1 wrapped, 2  lb.
b o x e s.....................
No. 1 wrapped, 3  lb.
boxes  .....................
No. 2 wrapi ed, 2  lb. 
boxes  ..... .............

Fruits.
Oranges. 

Fancy Navels

126 ............................... 

Fancy  Seedlings

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

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

@30
@45

4  00

4 25
4  00
5  00

@3  50
@3  50
@4  00
@4  00
@4  50

A  definite  price  is  hard  to 
name, as it varies according  to 
size  of  bunch  and  quality  of 
fruit.
Medium  b unches...1  25  @1  50
Large bunches.........175  @2 26

Foreign Dried  Fruits. 

12  @

Single box............................. 3
5 box lot, delivered........... 2
10 box lot, delivered...........2
25 box lot, delivered........... 2
Allen B.  Wrisley’s  brands.
Old Country 80  1-lb —
Good Cheer 60  1-lb.......
White  Borax  100% lb..

.3 20 
.3  00 
.365

Scouring.

.2  40
Sapolio. kitcben, 3 doz
Sapolio. hand. 3 d o z ............2 40

TABLE  SAUCES.

Lea & Perrin’s,  large........ 4 75
Lea &  Perrin’s, sm all........ 2 75
Halford,  large....................3 75
Halford sm all......................2 25
Salad Dressing, large........4 55
Salad Dressing, 3mall........2 65
Leroux Cider.............................10
Robinson's Cider, 40grain.....10 
Robinson’s <  ider. 50 grain.  ..12

VINEGAR.

SUQAR.

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 his shipping point, 
including  20  pounds  for  the 
weight’ of the barrel.
Cut  Loaf............................... 5  87
Domino.................................5  75
C ubes....................................5 50
Powdered  ............................. 5  56
.. .5  62
XXXX  Powdered.
. .5  50
Mould  A ......................
Granulated In bbls.....................5 25
Granulated in  bags................... 5 25
Fine G ranulated........................ 5 25
Extra Fine G ranulated....... 5  37
Extra Coarse G ranulated.. .5  37
Diamond  Confec.  A ..................5 25
Confec. Standard A ........ 
5  12
1.................
................. 4  87
No
................. 4  81
No. 3.................
.................4  75
No. 4 ...............
... .4  69
No. 5.................
................. 4  62
No. 6.................
................. 4  56
No. 7  ...
................4 50
No.
8.................
.4  S 
No.  9...........................
.4  S 
No.  10...........................
A  31 
No.  11............................
4  25 
No.  12............................
A  18 
No.  13............................
.3  87 
No.  14............................
3  62
No.  15............................
WICKING.
No. 0, per gross............
....  30 
No. 1, pergross.
....  40
No. 2, per gross.
No. 3, per gross......................   75

Crackers.

B utter.

T heN . Y.  Biscuit  Co.  quotes 

as follows:
Seymour X XX.....................  5%
Seymour XXX, 3 lb.  carton  5%
Family XXX........................  5%
Family XXX, 3 lb  carton..  5%
Salted XXX..........................  5%
Salted XXX. 3 lb carton...  5% 

Soda.

Soda  XXX  ..........................  6
Soda  XXX, 3 lb  carton__   61*
Soda,  C ity............................  7
Crystal  YVafer.....................1054
Long Island  W afers..........   11
L. 1. Wafers,  1 lb carton  ..  12

Oyster.

Square Oyster, XXX..........   5%
Sq. Oys. XXX, 1  lb  carton.  6%
Farina Oyster,  XXX..........   514

SWEET  GOODS—Boxes.

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

21

Fish  and  Oysters

Provisions.

Crockery  and

Fresh Fish.

W hitefish..............
T ro u t.....................
Black  Bass............
H alib u t.................
Ciscoes or Herring
Bluetish....................
Live  Lobster..........
Boiled Lobster........
C o d ...........................
Haddock...................
No.  1  Pickerel........
Pike............................
Smoked W hite........
Red Snapper............
Col  River  Salm on..
Mackerel 
...............
Shell  Goods
Oysters, per  100.........
...
Clams,  per  100 
Oysters.

Pe» lb.
@
@
@15@
@

@@

@
@
@
@
@
@
@
@
©

1  25@1  50 
90@l  on

Per Can.
Per  Gal.

F. J. D ettentnaler’s Brand
Fairbaveu  Counts__ 4U@
C ounts.........................
@
Extra Selects............... @
Medium  Selects..........
@
Anchor  Standards__
@
Standards.....................
Scallops  .....................
@
C lam s..........................
@
Shrim ps......................
@1  25
Per  Can.
40®
3n@
25@
22®
18@

C ounts..........................
Extra  'e le c ts............
Plain  Selects..............
I X  L...........................
Standards  .............

Oscar Allyn’s Brand s.

Grains and Feedstuffs

W heat.

W inter  W heat  Flour.

Local  Brand
P a te n ts.........•............
.......  4  15
.......  3 65
Second  Patent..........
Straight......................
....  3  45
.......  3 00
Clear...........................
.......  3  35
Graham 
...................
.  ...  3  00
B uckw heat...............
Subject  to  usual 
cash  dis-
Flour in bbls., 25c per bbl. ad-
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.

count.
ditional.
Quaker,  54s ..........................   3  65
Quaker, 14s ..........................   3 65
Quaker,  148...........................  3  65
Lemon A  Wheeler Co.’s  Brand.
Parisian,  14s.  .....................   4  (JO
Parisian, Ms.........................3  90
Parisian.  14s.........................  3 80
Ceresota, 14s ........................   4 00
Ceresota, 14s ........................   3  90
Ceresota, !*s........................   3  80
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand
Grand  Republic, 14s............4  u0
Grand Republic, 14s............3  91
Grand Republic, 14s............3 80
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Laurel,  14s...........................   4  00
Laurel. 14s ...........................   3  90
Laurel, 14s............................  3-8

Olney A Ju d so n ’s Brand.

Spring  W heat  Flour. 

Entire W heat Flour. 

Barreled  Pork.

8  75
9  75
9  r.O
11  00

6%
6)4
8
10(4
4(4
4^4
6
5^
6(4
5l/j
(4
H
M
%
%
1

The  Grand  Rapids  Packing  | 
and  Provision Co. quotes as fol­
lows:
Mess  ................................. 
Back  ................................. 
Clear  back......................
S hortcut.........................
Pig....................................
Bean  ...............................
Family  ...........................
Dry Salt  Meats.
B ellies.............................
Briskets  ..........................
Extra  shorts...................
Smoked  Heats.
Hams,  12 lb  average  .
Hams, 14 lb  average
Hams, 16 ID  average__
Hams, 20 lb  average__
Ham dried beef  ............
Shoulders  (N.  Y. cut).
Bacon,  clear
California  h m is..............
Boneless ham s.................
Cooked  bam
In Tierces.
Lards. 
Compound..
Fam ily.........
G ran g er__
Musselman’s Gold  Leaf..
Worden’s  Home  Made...
Worden's  White Clover.
Cottolene ...
Cotosuet  ...
55 lb T ubs... __ advance
80 lb T ubs... __ advance
50 lb Tins  .. __ advance
20 lb P ails.. __ advance
10 lb P ails.. __ advance
5 lb Pails..
. . . .advance
3 lb P ails.. __ advance
B ologna............................
Liver..................................
Frankfort..........................
P o rk ..................................
Blood 
...............................
Tongue  .............................
Head  cheese.....................
Extra  Mess......................
Boneless  ..........................
Kits, 15 lbs......................
14  bbls, 40 lbs...................
54  bbls, 80 lbs..................
Kits, 15 lbs......................
14  bbls, 40 lbs.................
14  bbls, 80 lbs.................
P o rk ................................
Beef  rounds...................
Beef  m iddles.................
Rolls,  dairy.....................
Solid,  dairy.....................
Rolls,  cream ery............
Solid,  cream ery............
Canned  Meats.
Corned  beef, 2  lb .... ...  2 00
Corned  beef, 15  lb .... ... 14  00
Roast  beef, 2  lb .... ...  2 00
Potted  bam, M s.... ... 
75
(4s.... ...  1  25
Potted  ham,
75
Deviled bam, M s.... ... 
(4s.... ...  1  25
Deviled bam.
75
Potted  tongue (4s ....
Potted  tongue V4s..........   125

Pigs’ Feet.

Butterine.

Sausages.

Casings.

7 00 
10 00

1  65 
3 00

Tripe.

Beef.

614

Beef.

Fresh  Meats.

4
4
3
@  7
3 75 Fore quarters.......... ..  3 ©  4
Hind  quarters........ ..  6 @  8
1 75 Loins  No.  3.............. . .10 ©12
Ÿ, 00 Ribs............................
.  8 @12
R ounds..................... .  6 @  7
4 @ 5

William Callum & 80ns  quote 
as follows, delivered  in  Grand
OO
W ood...................................
00
[0 lb. cotton sacks.............
l-16s....................................
(48.........................................
Meal.
B olted.................................
Sranulated 
......................
Feed and  Millstuffs.
St. Car Feed, scree  ed  ... 13 50 < h u ck s...................
No.  1  Corn and  Oats......... .13 00 Plates  ...................... ..  21
No. 2 Feed.......................... 12 00
Pork.
Unbolted Corn  Meal......... .12 5u D ressed..................... ..  4 @ 4M
9 50 L o in s........................
W inter Wheat  Bran........
@ 7
W inter Wheat Middlings. .10 00 Shoulders  ...  .........
@ 5(4
©   6(4
9 00 Leaf L ard.................
Screenings..........................
M utton.
quotes as follows:
@  7(4 
Corn.
@10
Car  lots...................................31(4
@  5>
Less than  car  lots..............  31
Car  lots................................   23
Less than  car  lots.............. 25
No. 1 Timothy, ton lots  ... 14  00 
No.  1 Tim olhycarlots........ 13 00

C arcass........................  6
Easter Lambs..............
Carcass 
...................... 4

The  O.  E  Brown  Mill  Co. 

Oils.
Barrels.

Oats.

Veal.

Hay.

Hides.

hides  and  Pelts.
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol­

lows:
G reen............................3  @ 4
Part  cured...................  @ 5
Full Cured.......  ...........5  @ 6
D ry ...................................5 @ 7
Kips,  green.....................3 @ 4
Kips,  cured...................  5 @ 6
Calfskins,  green..........   1 @  5(4
Calfskins, cured............6 @7(4
Deaconskiiis  ..............25  @3(1
Shearlings.....................10 @30
L am bs........................... 40 @1  on
Old  Wool.....................4o  @  75
  10  @14
Washed 
U nw ashed....................  5 @12
T allow ...........................  2 @ 2(4
Grease B utter...............  1 @ 2
Switches  .....................  1(4@  2
Ginseng........................2 50@2  90

Hiscellaneous.

Wool.
...........  

Pelts.

Eocene  ........................  @10(4
XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt  @  8%
W  VV M ichigan............  @  8(4
High Test Headlight..  @  "(4
D., S. Gas 
...................  @9(4
Deo. N ap th a...............   @  8%
C ylinder......................30  @38
Engine.........................It  @21
Black, w inter.............. 
©  9
Black, summer............  @8(4
Eocene..........................  @ 8%
XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt.  @ 6(4
D. S.  Gas..................... 

From Tank  Wagon.

@ 7

Barrels.

Scofield,  Shurmer  &  Teagle

quote as follows:
Palaclne......................  @12
Daisy  W hite...............   @10(4
Red Cross, W. W.........  @  8%
Water  White  Hdlt__   @  8(4
Family  Headlight  ...  @  :M
Red Cross S.  Gasoline  @10(4
Stove Gasoline............  @  9>4
N aphtha......................  @  8)4
Palacine......................   @10
Red Cross W.  W .........  @ 6)4
Gasoline.......................  @7)4

From  Tank  Wagon.

Glassware.
FRUIT  JARS.

Mason—old style,  pints...  6 75 
Mason—old >tyle, qu arts..  7  00 
Mason—old  style, 54 gal..  9  50 
Mason— I (doz in case, pts.  7 25 
Mason—1 doz in case, qts.  7  50 
Mason—1 doz in case,54 gal 10  CO 
Dandy—g ass  cover, q ts.. 
-00
Dandy- glass cover, V* gal  12 00 

LAMP  BURNERS.

45

No.  0  Sun.......
No.  1  Sun.......
No.  2  Sun.......
T ubular..........
Security, No.  1 
85 
Security,  No. 2
50 
Nutmeg  .........
1  15
Arctic..............
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, 
1 Sun, 
2 Sun, 

wrapped and  labeled....  2  10 
wrapped and  labeled__   2  25
wrapped and  labeled__   3  25

crimp  top,
crimp  top,
crimp  top,

No. 
No. 
No. 

XXX Flint.

No. 
No. 
No. 

0 Sun, 
1 Sun, 
2 Sun, 

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

crimp  top,
crimp  top,
crimp  top,

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 88

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

Rochester.

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

Electric.

. 

OIL  CANS.

No. 2, Lime  (70c doz)  .......  4  00
No. 2, Flint  (80c doz).........  4  40
Miscellaneous.
Doz.
50
Junior,  Rochester.........
15
Nutmeg  ..........................
Illuminator  Bases.........
.  1  00 
90 
Barrel  lots, 5 doz..........
1  OO 
7 in.  Porcelain Shades..
90
Case lots. 12  doz 
...
Mammoth  Chimneys for  Store 
Lamps.  Doz.  Box 
4  20
No. 3 Rochester, lime  1  50 
4  80
No. 3 Rochester, flint  1 
top,  or
No. 3  Pearl 
5 25 
Jewel  glass............  1  85
No. 2 Globe lncandes.
5  10
lim e..........................  1  75
No. 2 Globe lncandes.
5  85
f l i n t ..........................2  00
No. 2 Pearl glass.......2  10
6  00 
Doz.
.  1  60 
1  gal tin cansw ith  spoilt..
2 00 
1 gal galv Iron with  spout.
3  25
2 gal galv iron with  spoilt.
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’n’eh  10 50
9 00
5 gal galv  iron  Nacef* 
Pump  Cane. 
..10  50 
3 gal  Home  Rule —
..12 00 
5 gal  Home  Rule.........
. . In 50
3 gal Goodenough.
5 gal Goodenough...............12 00
9  50
5 gal  Pirate  King
4  50 
No.  (-Tubular................
No.  1  B  Tubular..........
6  00 
U 00 
No. 13 Tubular Dash. 
.
7 00
No.  1 Tub., glass fount.
No.  12 Tubular, sid.- lamp. 13 00
No.  3 Stre* t  Lamp  .........  3 75
LANTERN Ol.OBriS.
No. 0 Tubular, cases 1  doz.
each, box 10 ceutr............
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.  eac-i

LANTERNS

1  25

45

LAMP  WICKS.

No. 0 per gross..................... 
24
No.  1  per gross...  .............. 
:-6
No. 2 per gross..................... 
50
80
No. 3 per g ro s s ...................  
Mammoth per doz.............. 
75
JELLY  TUMBLERS—Tin  Top. 
>4  Pints, 6 doz  in  box.  per
box  (box  00)  ...................  1  70
>4 Pints. 20 doz In  bbl,  per
doz  (bbl  35)....................... 
23
(4  Pints,  6  doz in  box, per
box  (box  00)... 
.......  1  90
)4 Pints,  18 doz  In bbl,  per 
doz (bbl  35).. 
26
................ 

S. C. W ..:................................... 35 00
Q uin tette...................................35 00
New  B rick................................. 35 00
Absolute..............................  35  00

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

SOAP.
Laundry.

Gowans & Sons’ Brands.

C row .............................................3 10
German Fam ily........................   2 15
American  Grocer  100s.........3  30
American Grocer  60s................2 75
Mystic  W hite.......  ............   3  80
3  9-'
L o ta s ............................. 
3 00 
Oak Leaf.. 
3  20 
Old Style.  . 
3  10
Happy Day.

JAXON

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

Henry Passolt’s brand.

Single box.................................... 3 00
5 box lots, delivered...........2  95
10 box lots,  delivered...........2  85
25 box  lots, delivered...........2 75

Fig'-,  Fancy  Layers
20 lbs..................... 
Figs, Choice  Layers
10 lb ........................ 
Figs,  N aturals 
in
bags,  new .............. 
Dates, Fards in 10 lb
b oxes..................... 
Dates,  Fards in 60 lb
cases  ..................... 
Dates.  Persians,  G.
M. K„ 60 lb cases.. 
Dates,  Sairs  60  lb 
cases  ..................... 
Nuts.
Almonds, Tarragona..
Almonds, Ivaca..........
Almonds,  California,
soft  shelled..............
Brazils new .................
Filberts  ......................
Walnuts, Gren., new .. 
Walnuts,  Calif No.  1. 
Walnuts,  soft  shelled
C alif.......................
Table Nuts,  fancy__
Table Nuts,  choice... 
Pecans, Texas H. P ... 
Hickory  Nuts per bu.,
Ohio  ........................
Cocoanuts,  full  sacks
Butternuts  per  b u __
Black Walnuts per bu 

A nim als...............................  1014
Bent's Cold W ater..............  12
Belle R ose............................  8
Cocoanut  Taffy...................  8
Coffee Cakes........................  8
Frosted Honey.....................  11
Graham Crackers  ..............  8
Ginger Snaps, XXX round.  6*4 
Ginger Snaps, XXX  city ...  614 
Gin. Snps,XXX home made  654 
Gin. Snps.XXX scalloped..  614
Ginger  V anilla...................  8
Im perials.............................   8
Jumnles,  Honey.................   11
Molasses  Cakes...................  8
Marshmallow  .....................  15
Marshmallow  Creams.......  16
Pretzels,  band  made  .......  814
Pretzelettes, Little German  614
Sugar  Cake..........................  8
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Game
S ultanas...............................  12
Sears’ Lunch........................  714
Fancy.  H.  P.,  Flags
Sears'  Zepbyrette..................10
Roasted.....................
Vanilla  Square...................  S
Fancy.  H. P.. Associa­
Vanilla  W afers.................   14
Pecan  W afers.......... ...........   15(4
tion  Roasted.
Choice,  H. P., Extras.
Fruit C  (fee..........................  10
Mixed Picnic......................   1014  I Choice, H. P.,  Extras,
Pineapple Glace..................  1514 

Peanuts.

Roasted 

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T H E   M ICHIGAN   T R A D E S M A N

How  to  Select  Good  Cheese.

In  many  parts  of  the  country  there 
have  been 
increasing  complaints  dur­
ing  the  past  year as  to  the inferior  qual­
ity  of  the  general  supplies  of  cheese 
in 
the  markets.  Merchants  and  consumers 
have  found  it  difficult  to  get  a  grade  of 
cheese  to  suit  their  wants. 
In  very 
many  cases 
jobbers  and  retailers  have 
purchased  cheese  from  houses  of  estab­
lished  reputation,  under  written  guar­
antees  as  to  make  and  quality,  which 
has  proved  so  poor  as  to  be  unsalable, 
causing  serious  loss  to  the  holders  and 
discouragement  or  disgust  on  the  part 
ot  consumers.  As  a  result  an  impres­
sion  prevails  to  some  extent  that  good 
cheese  is  no  longer  made  in  quantity  in 
the  United  States.  This  is,  undoubted­
ly,  erroneous  and  can  be  easily  ex­
plained.  This paper  will  also  endeavor 
to  briefly  describe  how  those  who  will 
take  proper  precautions  in selection  and 
purchase  can  be  almost  certain  to  pro­
vide  themselves  with  good cheese.

1895. 

the  year 

in  different  sections  of 

There  are  several  causes  for  the  ap­
pearance  of  so  much  poor  cheese  in  the 
markets 
the 
country:  First,  makers  and  dealers 
have  tried  to  meet  a  somewhat extended 
for  a  fresh  and  mild- 
popular  demand 
flavored 
cheese 
by  hurrying  stock 
through  the  curing  rooms  and  distribu­
ting  a  large  quantity  which  was 
imma­
ture  or  poorly  ripened.  However  good 
the  materials  of  which  such  cheese  was 
made,  its  merits  were  destroyed  by  un­
due  haste 
in  making  sales.  Second, 
there  was  an  unusual  stock  of  cheese 
“ off  flavor”   and  of  second  grade,  or 
lower,  during 
The 
marked  decrease  in  cheese  exports  from 
this  country  had  caused  a  surplus  dur­
ing  the  winter of  1894-1895,  which  came 
out  of  cold  storage  during  the  spring 
and  summer  much  impaired  in  quality. 
To  this  was  added  the  usual  supply  of 
skimmed  and  partly  skimmed  cheese, 
which  always  endeavors  to  find  a  place 
by  underselling  better  goods.  The  re­
sult  was  a  large  accumulation  of 
infe­
rior  cheese,  which  speculators  and  ped­
dlers bought  at  their  own  price and  suc­
ceeded  in  scattering,  especially  through 
the  Southern and Western States,  by  rea­
son  of  the  very  low  rates  at  which it was 
sold.  Third,  the  improvements  made  in 
the  manufacture  and  consequent  ap­
pearance  of “ filled' ’ cheese have enabled 
those  who  have  been  willing  to  act  as 
its  distributing  agents  to  practice  de­
ceit  and  fraud  more  successfully  than 
ever,  by  forcing  this 
imitation  onto 
It  has  been  most  un­
innocent  buyers. 
scrupulously  branded 
in  all  sorts  of 
ways,  with  the  purpose  of  deceiving, 
and  large  dealers  who  have  heretofore 
borne  a  good  reputation  have  offered 
these  fraudulent  goods  and  guaranteed 
them  in  most  positive  terms  to  be  full 
cream  cheese.  Many  merchants  unac­
customed  to  making  a  critical  examina­
tion  of  the  cheese  handled  by  them,  but 
who  have  depended  for  years  upon  the 
honesty  of  those  from  whom  they  or­
dered  supplies,  have  been  thus  grossly 
deceived. 
In  this  way  “ filled,”   or 
neutral  lard,  cheese  has  found 
its  way 
into  nearly  every  state  which  has  not 
strict  laws  on  the  subject  of 
imitation 
and  adulterated  dairy  products.  Even 
in  states  having  good  laws  this  cheese 
has  obtained  a  foothold  in  trade,  unless 
the  agencies  for  enforcing  such  regula­
tions  proved  vigilant  and  efficient.

It  may  be  well  to  state  in  passing 
that  “ filled”   cheese  differs  from  the 
genuine,  old-fashioned  article 
in  but 
one  essential  particular,  so  far  as  its 
Instead  of
composition 

is  concerned. 

fat 

The 

there 

for  buttermaking, 

the  natural  fat  of  milk,  cream,  which  is 
extracted 
is 
is  known  as  “ neutral 
substituted  what 
lard,”   made  from  the 
leaf  fat  of  the 
hog.  This  article,  claimed  to  be  ex­
ceptionally  pure  and  good  of 
its  kind, 
is  used  at  the  rate  of  two  or  three 
pounds  to  every  100  pounds  of  skim- 
milk. 
cheese  resulting  carries 
about  30  per  cent,  of  (lard)  fat,  which 
is  rather  less  than  the  average  of  (but­
ter) 
in  good  whole-milk  cheese. 
The  casein  and  other  components  of  the 
two  are  practically  the  same  in  kind 
and  proportions.  From  this  statement 
of  composition  one  can  judge  for  him­
self  whether  this  filled,  or  lard,  cheese 
is  a  legitimate  article  of  food,  whether 
it  is  “ wholesome,”   and  whether  he  de­
in  the  diet  of  himself 
sires  to  use 
and  family. 
is  made  of  compara­
tively cheap materials,  costing from  one- 
half  to  two-thirds  as  much  as  good  full- 
cream  factory  cheese,  and  its  market 
price,  wholesale  or  retail,  should  cor­
respond.  At 
its  best,  this  is  a  cheap, 
inferior  article  of  cheese;  it  is  almost 
devoid  of  flavor,  oily  or  greasy  when 
warm,  and  never 
the  dry, 
consistency  of  a  well-cured 
crumbly 
cheese. 
It 
is  sold  when  only  a  month 
or  two  from  the  press,  in  imitation  of 
mild,  immature  cheese.  U  is  claimed 
that  it  does  not  keep  well,  especially  if 
subjected  to  temperature  above  60  de­
grees.  No  one  acquainted  with  first- 
class  full-cream  cheese  would  ever ac­
cept  the  filled  product  as  a  substitute, 
but 
it  may  be  successfully  passed  as  a 
genuine  article  of  second  grade.

attains 

it 
It 

find 

There 

is  plenty  of  good  cheese  still 
made 
in  the  United  States,  and  it  can 
be  secured 
if  buyers  will  but  make  a 
little  effort  to 
it.  The  States  of 
New  York  and  Wisconsin  together  pro­
duce  two-thirds  of  all  the  cheese  made 
in  the  country,  and  the  reputation  of 
the  factories  of  these  States  for  high 
quality, 
cheese  has  been 
long  established.  The  product  of  these 
factories  of  the  standard,  or  Cheddar, 
form  of 
large  cheese  stands  second  to 
none in  the  markets of  Great  Britain,  as 
well  as  of  America.

full-cream 

to 

imitate 

The  two  States  named,  as  well  as  oth­
ers,  absolutely  prohibit  the  manufac­
ture  and  sale  of  filled  cheese  within 
their  borders  and  the  marking  of  skim 
cheese 
full-cream  goods. 
These  laws  are  well  enforced.  Several 
states  especially  provide  by 
law  that 
distinctive  brands  may  be  placed  upon 
the  bandages  of  full-cream  cheese  made 
in  their  factories,  and  also  upon  the 
boxes  in  which  the  cheese  goes  to  mar­
ket.  These  official  brands  are  num­
bered  and  registered  and,  so 
far  as 
known,  have  never  been  actually  coun­
terfeited,  although  some  have  been 
closely 
Strangely  enough, 
many  factory  managers  fail  to  avail 
themselves  of  these  laws  which  permit 
them  to  identify  and  guard  their  prod­
ucts.  Their  cheese  is  sold,  unmarked, 
to  dealers  who  prefer  to  place  upon  it 
their own  brands  or  trade-marks.  The 
factories  thus  lose  the  advantages  con­
ferred  by  law  and  permit  “ the  near-by 
dime  to  hide  the  more  distant  dollar”  
in  their business.

imitated. 

When  cheese  and  package  are  found 
branded  in  accordance  with  the  stated 
provisions  of  law,  the  article  may  safe­
ly  be  accepted  as  genuine  and  guaran­
teed.  Others 
just  as  good  may  be  on 
the  market  unbranded,  or  without  the 
state  brand,  but  such  cannot  be  bought 
with  equal  confidence.  Manufacturers 
who  do  use  the  official  brands  for  the 
identification  and  guarantee  of  their

CHARLES  MANZELMANN,

BR O O nS  and  BRU SH ES

Largest M anufacturer in Michigan.

741-749  BELLEVUE  AVENUE, 

DETROIT.

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Japan Teas open  up this season about 3  cents  under 
last year.  For early  picked and  high  priced  teas,  the 
sharp  advance  in  freights  and  exchange  offsets  one- 
half the decline.

When any  firm  advertises  that  the  great  decline  in 
Japan teas will allow teas that sold  last year at 50 to 60 
cents, to be retailed at  40  cents  this  season,  they  are 
"talking through their hat.”

Our  customers  will  get  a  finer  tea  to  retail  at  50 
cents, but  the  price  will  remain  unchanged. 
Import 
ordeis are generally given for the best teas at a certain 
laid down cost.

The decline of this  year will  go  into  the  quality  of 
the teas,  not into lowering the  standard  10  to  20  cents 
per pound at retail.

The truth  of  the whole  matter  is,  50  cent  teas  are 
hard to sell,  the splendid values offering  in  teas to-day 
at a  range of  15  to  19 cents, to retail at  25  to  35  cents, 
cents, are the teas  most  called  for  by  the  retailers  of 
Michigan.

We  will  gladly  mail  samples  upon  application  to 
any one desiring the best values for the money  against 
all  competition.

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products  are  entitled  to  all  benefits  re­
sulting  from  such  action.

With  this  explanation,  the  following 
advice  may  safely  be  offered  to  buyers 
of  cheese. 
It  must  be  understood  that 
these  remarks  apply  only  to  cheese  of 
the  customary  factory  form,  weighing 
from  twenty  to  sixty  pounds  each,  and 
sold  and  shipped 
in  round  boxes,  one 
or  two  cheese  in  a  box.  This  descrip­
tion  covers the  great  bulk  of  the  cheese 
of  commerce  in  the  United  States,  but 
necessarily  excludes  a  large  number of 
other  kinds  and  fancy  forms  of  cheese 
more  or  less  familiar  to  trade,  but  all  in 
comparatively insignificant quantity  and 
less  subject  to  imitation  and  adultera­
tion.

thoroughly 

reliable  and 

Merchants  buying  cheese  should  deal 
they  con­
with  agents  and  firms  whom 
sider 
from 
whom  redress  can  be  obtained  in  case 
of  deception  and  loss,  even  if  uninten­
tional.  They  should  become  familiar 
with  the  authorized  or  official  markings 
for  full-cream  cheese  made  in  the  prin­
cipal  producing  states  and  should  spe­
cifically  order  only  such  cheese  as  is  so 
marked.  Upon  arrival,  every  cheese 
should  be  examined  and  none  accepted 
which  cannot  be  definitely  identified  by 
its  markings  as  the  article  ordered  and 
desired.

Retail  dealers  should  take  the  same 
precautions  and  should  either  keep 
cheese  in  the  boxes  in  which  bought,  or 
preserve  the  boxes  until  the  cheese  is 
all  sold.  Every  cheese  should  be  so 
cut,  for  retail,  as  to  keep  the  mark  on 
the  bandage,  to 
identity,  until 
the  last  piece  is  sold.

insure 

Consumers  should  inform  themselves 
as  to  proper  markings  in  like  manner 
and,  when  they  buy,  should  insist  upon 
seeing  the  markings  upon  the  cheese 
and,  if  necessary,  upon  its  box,  in  or­
der  to  fully  identify  the  article  as  one 
officially  branded.

These  simple  directions,  if  followed, 
will  make  it  reasonably  certain  that  the 
buyer  secures  a  full-cream  factory-made 
cheese,  guaranteed  under  the  laws of the 
state  indicated  by  its  brand.  While 
it 
will  be  thus  possible  to  obtain  cheese 
made  from  whole  milk,  pure  and  un­
adulterated,  it is  not  possible in any way 
to  guarantee  skill  in  making,  age,  and 
proper  ripening  to  develop  the  special 
-flavor  desired.  Flavors  differ and  tastes 
differ. 
In  these  respects  “ The  proof  of 
the  pudding  is  in  the  eating.”

person  or  firm  from  whom  it  was  pur­
chased  and  the  date  of  purchase.

H en ry  E .  A lvord, 

Department  of  Agriculture.

Business  Affectation.

W ritten fo r the T r a d esm a n.

It 

is  a  wise  provision  in  the  mental 
equipment  of  most  of  the  members  of 
the  human  family  that  there  is  included 
a  desire  to  receive  the  approbation  of 
their  fellows.  Consciously  or  uncon­
sciously,  conduct  and  appearances  are 
guided  to  command  the  approving  no­
tice  of  those  about  us.  This  provision 
is  universal.  Even  in  those 
instances 
where  there  is  apparently  a  total  disre­
gard  of  the  opinions  of  others, 
there  is 
generally  a  sufficient  pride  in  the  posi­
tion  assumed  to  show  that  there  is  more 
or  less  posing  for  effect.

Now,  this  characteristic,  I  say,  is  a 
I  need  not  picture  the  con­
wise  one. 
dition  of  society  without  it.  But,  like 
many  other  of  the  mental  attributes,  it 
is  liable  to  receive  too  much  conscious 
or  unconscious  consideration  and  so  be­
injurious.  This  danger  is  espe­
come 
cially 
imminent 
in  cases  where  it  is 
thought  possible  to  supply  personal  de- 
ficiences  by  appearances  not  based  on 
actual  conditions.

In  no  walk  of  life  is  sincerity  more 

desirable  than  in  business.  The  bus 
ness  man,  to  be  successful,  must  be 
genuine. 
It  does  not  follow  that  he 
must  wear  his  heart  on  his  sleeve,  but, 
whatever  appearance  he  does  manifest 
must  be  backed  up  by  fact,  in  both 
character  and  business.  In  many  cases 
love  of  display  will  cause one  to  assume 
the  position  that  he  is  doing  a  tremen­
dous  business—he 
is,  perhaps,  loaded 
down  with  the  weight  of  responsibility 
and  care.  Such  an  affectation  is  very 
transparent  unless  backed  up  by  facts.
The  successful,  active,  genuine  busi­
is  a  man  of  distinction, 
ness  man 
which 
in  his  bearing. 
Such  a  man  is,  naturally,  the  envy,  and 
frequently  the  object  of  emulation,  of 
the  younger  aspirants  for  business pres­
tige.  The  airs  of  a  young  man  who  thus 
affects  to put  on  ‘  the  business  manner”  
often  verge  on  the  ridiculous.  He  as­
sumes  a  brusqueness,  perhaps,  which 
he  fondly  imagines  makes  him  appear 
the  man  of  affairs.  Such  an  affectation 
is 
very  manifest  and  only  excites 
amusement  among  the  intelligent,  and 
it 
intelligent  whose  approval  is 
most  generally  desired.

is  manifested 

is  the 

Those  who  desire  to  obtain  skim 
cheese,  or  partly  skimmed,  or  filled 
cheese  can  get these articles by  special­
ly  inquiring  for  them,  and  at  prices  to 
correspond  with  the  quality  of  the  arti­
cle,  being  always  considerably  below 
the  current  prices  for  the  state  brands 
of  full-cream  cheese. 
Several  states 
provide  by  law  that  these  lower  grades 
shall  be  so  branded  on  cheese,  or  box, 
or  both,  as  to  show  exactly  what  they 
are ;  but  these  laws  are  so  diverse  as  to 
prevent  concisely  describing  them.

it 

laws 

intended 

Merchants  and  consumers  can  do 
much  towards  increasing  the  efficiency 
of  these 
to  guard  the 
purity  of  food  products  if  they  will  re­
port  any  case  coming  to their knowledge 
where 
is  believed  that  brands  have 
been  counterfeited  or  improperly  used. 
Such  report  should  be  made  to  the  State 
Dairy  and  Food  Commissioner  of  the 
state 
in  which  the  article  purports  to 
be  made,  at the  capital  of  the  state,  and 
to  the  United  States  Department  of  Ag­
riculture  (Dairy  Division)  at  Washing­
ton,  and  should  exactly  describe  the 
marks  on 
its  box, 
and  state  the  name  and  address  of  the

the  cheese  and 

A  business  appearance  cannot  be  put 
on.  Business  is  something  serious  and 
earnest.  To  be  successful 
it  one 
must  be  natural  and  sincere.  To  ac­
quire  the  business  manner 
it  is  only 
necessary  to  do  the  work  heartily  and 
naturally  that  one  finds  to  do,  carefully 
avoiding  shams  of  all  kinds  or  anything 
which  savors  of  insincerity.

in 

Not  unfrequently,  a  dealer  will  fall 
into  the  habit  of  shamming  about  his 
business.  He  will  carry  on  convesation 
with  some  of  his  clerks  for  the  benefit 
of  customers,  intended  to  convey  a false 
impression  as  to  the  magnitude  of  his 
operations,  for  instance.  Even 
if  the 
customer  is  not  quick  witted  or 
intelli­
gent  enough  to  see  through  such  pre­
tense,  as  happens  oftener  than  is  usual­
ly  supposed,  the  habit  is  demoralizing 
to  the  clerks  who  may  hear  it  or be  a 
party  to  it.

Put  the  best  foot  forward,  certainly. 
Make  the  best  display  possible  of  what 
you  have;  but  be  sure  you  have 
it. 
There 
is  no  foundation  for  a  business 
structure  like  fact;  and,  however  hum­
ble  the  fact  may  be,  if  made  the  most 
j of,  eventual  success  is  assured, 
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Representing the

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FRUIT  and 
VEGETABLES

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GOTHAM  GOSSIP.

News  from  the  Metropolis—-Index  of 

the  Market.

Sp ecial  Correspondence.

country 

New  York,  May  23— The  political 
cauldron  is  sending  out  so  much  steam 
here  now  that  business  is  of  secondary 
importance.  A  tour  of  the  jobbing  dis­
trict  discloses  a  prodigious  amount  of 
talk  relating  to  the  Man  from  Ohio,  the 
financial  outlook  and  everything  save 
selling  goods.  There  have  been  quite 
a  good  many  buyers  here,  but  their pur­
large,  al­
chases  have  not  been  very 
though,  of  course,  altogether, 
the  sum 
is  large.
Very  little  is  doing  in  coffee  and  the 
market 
is  about  as  quiet  as  it  has  been 
for  a  long  time.  Quotations  are  almost 
nominal  and,  while  there  has  been  no 
decline  in  prices,  the  situation  is  tend­
ing  that  way.  The  visible  supply  for 
this 
is  about  200,000  bags 
smaller  than  at  the  same  time  a  year 
ago,  but  larger  than  two  years  ago. 
Trading  in  1111 Id  coffees  has  been  of  a 
more  active  character and at  the moment 
the  market  is  cleaned  up  so  closely  that 
holders  can  now  practically  have  their 
own  way.  For  No  7  Rio  the  quotation 
is  14c.
refined 
sugars  has  become slack.  1 he difference 
in  views  of  sellers  and  buyers  of  raws 
has  become  so  great  that  business  at  the 
moment 
is  very  light.  Granulated  is 
meeting  with  rather  light  demand,  al­
though  at  this  period  of  the  year  busi­
ness  should  be  very  good.  The  change 
may  come  at  any  moment  and  the  de­
mand  be  greater  than  can  be  readily 
taken  care  of.  For granulated  the  rate 
is  5.18c.
leas  have  been  moving  in  the  same 
old  channel  and  "nothing  new”  
is  the 
stereotyped  answer  to  the  inquiry  as  to 
business.  Careful  investigation  shows 
a 
iittle  better  trade,  perhaps,  than  has 
recently  prevailed,  but  at  the  auction 
sales  very 
little  animation  has  been 
shown  and  the  amount  of  tea  changing 
hands  is  not  large and  what  is  doing 
is 
at  very  low  rates  indeed.

in  both  raw  and 

Trading 

instances. 

is  quotable 

In  rice  the  volume  of  trading  done 
has  been  of  average  character  and 
prices  are  very  well  adhered  to.  Japan 
rice 
is  in  most  spirited  inquiry,  as  the 
varieties  are  more  varied and prices  can 
be  made  at  every  possible  fraction. 
Domestic  sorts  are,  also,  meeting  with 
considerable  attention  at  steady  quota­
tions.
The  molasses  market  is  firm  for  the 
better  sorts  and  the  inquiry  is  sufficient 
to  keep  the  market  pretty  well  cleaned 
up.  Lower  grades  show  some  sagging 
and  the  demand  is  hardly  sufficient  to 
take  care  of  stock  offering.  Prime  to 
choice  New  Orleans 
at 
21 @250.
is  a  quietude  in  syrups,  and 
There 
prices,  while  to  all  appearances  as  firm 
as  last  week,  have  been  slightly  shaded 
in  some 
Choice  to  fancy 
sugar  syrups  are  worth  21 @240.
Canned  goods  are  quiet,  but,  upon 
the  whole,  there 
is,  perhaps,  a  better 
tone  to  the  market  than  a  week  ago. 
The  packing  of  peas began much earlier 
than  usual 
in  Maryland  and  good  au­
thority  states  that  the  crop  will  be  large 
and  the  quality  excellent. 
is  also 
stated  that  packers  are  inclined  to  offer 
their  output  at  very  low  figures.  The 
peach  crop  promises  to  be  the  “ very 
biggest”   ever  harvested  from  the  Pen­
insula  and,  altogther, 
the  outlook  is 
good— for  the  consumer.
lower  by  about  25 @500 
per  box  and  Sicily  are  quotable  at 
§2.25@3.50  per  box.  Oranges  are  steady 
and  the  demand  is  sufficient  to  keep  the 
market  well  cleaned  up.  Pineapples 
are  steady  and  movement  is rather  slow.
Dried  fruits  of  all  sorts  move in about 
the  usual  way,  with  prices  unchanged 
and  very  low.

Lemons  are 

Little  is  doing  in  the  market for peas, 
although  the  export  movement  has  been 
of  rather 
larger  volume  than  usual. 
Choice  marrow  beans  are  worth  $1.35 ; 
choice  pea,  $1.12j4@i. 15.
Eggs  are  higher.  They  are  "w ay  up 
in  G. ”   That  is,  the  very  best  near-by 
stock 
fetches"! 2C.  Michigan,  North­
ern  Ohio  and  Indiana  are  held  at  n c.

It 

is 

in 

little 

Butter 

lighter  receipt  and  the 
market  shows  a 
improvement. 
For  Western  extra  creameries  the  rate 
at  the  moment  is  about 
The
amount  on  hand  is  rather  large  yet  and, 
until  there 
is  some  decrease,  we  shall 
not  have  materially  higher  prices.

is  quiet  and  quotations  are 
practically  unchanged.  The  supply  of 
new  stock  is  becoming 
larger  and  the 
recent  rains  will  have  an  immediate 
effect  in  the  enlargement  of  supply.

Cheese 

Eighteen  More  Peddlers  Licensed— 

More  Free  Permits,  Too.

Since  the last  issue  of  the Tradesman, 
licenses  for  ped­
eighteen  additional 
dlers  of  fruits  and  vegetables  have  been 
issued  by  the  City  Clerk,  as  follows:

L.  Kramer,  473  Ottawa  street.
J.  Norman,  216'Clyde  Park  avenue. 
Henry  Nollis,  334  Vine  street.
J.  Vander  Werde,  197  Thomas  street. 
Will  Bouma,  42  Ney  street.
Henry  DeWitt,  32  Woodward  avenue. 
A.  Stone,  93  West  Bridge  street.
L.  Levi,  188  Fifth  street.
A.  Finkensten,  20  Walbridge  street. 
A.  Kromick,  33  Mason  street.
Peter  Pelon,  23  Dozema  alley.
J.  Grams,  288  Hamilton  street.
A.  Silverman,  19  Walbridge  street. 
Jake  Delries,  23  Flat  street.
G.  Skeelman,  385  Vries  street.
A.  Hootkins,  272 South  Lane  avenue.
A.  Kosten,  327  Quimby  street.
B.  Owant,  161  Jackson  street.
This  makes 

forty-three  hucksters’ 
licenses,  with  about  sixty  peddlers  in 
the  field.  The  police  department  has 
begun  an  active  crusade  against  the 
peddlers  who  are  pursuing  their  call­
ing  contrary  to  law  and  several  arrests 
will  probably  be  made  during  the  next 
two  weeks.

Four  additional  permits  have  been 
issued  by  the  Committee  on  Licenses, 
as  follows:

Lee  Chelsey,  165  Dexter  (notions), 

July  1,  1896.

Frank  Ingeldum,  22 Plainfield  (brooms 

and  brushes),  May  13,  1897.

G.  V.  Telder,  120  Hilton  (fruits  and 

vegetables),  June  25,  1896.

E.  E.  Deuel,  44  Clinton  (fruits  and 

vegetables),  July  1,  1896.

It  was  hoped  that  the  issuing  of  per­
mits  was  at  an  end,  but  those  who  cher­
ished  such  a  hope  are  doomed  to  disap­
pointment.

Jackson  Jottings.

M.  M.  Whitney,  local  representative 
of  the  Fleischmann  Yeast  Co.,  has  a 
different  hat  from  the  one  he  has  been 
used  to  wearing.  The  cause  is  supposed 
to  be  the  advent  of  a  new  boy,  who 
came 
two 
bright  sisters.  The  arrival  of  the  boy 
at  the  time  of  the  performance  of  the 
Forepaugh-Sells  show  seems  conclusive 
evidence  to  the  girls  that  that  boy  came 
from  the  circus.
M.  E.  Beebe  has  moved  his  stock  of 

to  keep  company  with 

groceries  to  1104  Francis  street.

J.  E.  Collins  has  moved  his  stock  of 
groceries  and  fixtures  from  1104  Francis 
street  to  his  new  building,  corner  of 
Francis  and  High  streets.

W.  Billig  has  opened  a  grocery  store 
lunch  room  opposite  the  L.  S.  & 
and 
M.  S.  Railroad  and  C.,  J.  &  M.  Rail­
way  station,  316  South  Water  street.

H.  Travis  has  bought  the  stock  of 
groceries  from  Geo.  W.  Lewis,  62c 
Cooper  street,  and  has  moved  his  stock 
from  the  corner  of  Mechanic  and  Trail 
streets  into  the  new  location  on  Cooper 
street.

W.  V.  Parmelee  has  purchased 

the 
stock  of  groceries  and  fixtures  in  the 
Library  block  from  A.  J.  Winches  and 
wil.  continue  the  business.

There  is  legal  tender,  and  boarding­
locomotive 

house  steak  tender,  and  the 
tender,  all  tough.

Women  wore  trousers  long before  men 
did.  They  have  a  right  to  return  to 
them.

The  Dodge  Club  cigar  is  sold  by  F. 

E.  Bushman,  Kalamazoo.

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

Death  o f a  Veteran  Hardware  Dealer.
S.  S.  Dryden,  who  was  prominently 
identified  with  the  hardware  trade  of 
Allegan  for  twenty-one  years,  died  May 
16  from  the  effects  of  a  third  stroke  of 
paralysis.  Deceased  was  widely  known 
and  universally  respected.

The  Tradesman  is  indebted to  the  Al­
legan  Gazette  for  the  following  epito­
mized  sketch  of  his  career:

Samuel  Shrewsbury  Dryden  was  born 
in  Charleston,  V a.,  now  West  Va., 
Sept.  27,  1827,  and  was  the  youngest  of 
a  mmily  of  three  sons and one daughter. 
He  was  of  Scottish  descent  and  came 
from  a  very  honorable 
family.  His 
grandfather  was  Col.  Quarrier,  of  the 
Revolutionary  army.  His  boyhood  days 
were  passed  in  Charleston.  After grad­
uating  from  Marrietta College,  Ohio,  he 
went  to  Piftsburg,  Pa.,  and  learned  the 
tinner’s  trade.  Having  completed  his 
apprenticeship,  he  returned  to  Charles­
ton  and  opened  a  stove  and  tinshop. 
Becoming  dissatisfied  with  his location, 
he  removed  to  Maysville,  K y.,  and, 
after  remaining  there  a  short  time,  sold 
out  to  his  partner  and  went  to  Louisa, 
Ky.,  to  work  at  his  trade.  His  next 
removal  was  to  Mt.  Vernon, 
Ind., 
where,  Nov.  2,  1853,  he  married  Miss 
Julia  A.  Lee.  Mrs.  Dryden  died  Feb. 
23,  1866.  The  same  year  he  sold  his 
business  to  John  Barter  &  Co.  and  re­
moved  to  Cincinnati,  where  he  acted  as 
purchasing  agent  for  country  merchants 
and  as  representative  for  Eastern  man­
ufacturers.  He  was  also  connected  with 
a  tannery,  but  this  venture  was  not  suc­
cessful.  After  residing  a  year  and  a 
half  in  the  Queen  city,  he  went  to  Ko­
komo,  Ind.,  and  engaged  in  the  hard­
ware  business.  There  he  married  his 
second  wife,  who  survives,  Miss  Eliza 
J.  Leas,  of  Bunker  Hill,  Ind.,  March 
23,  1868.  At  Kokomo  two  stores  were 
consolidated  and  business  was  conduct­
ed  under  the  name  of  the  Dryden  Hard­
ware Co.  In  1872  Mr.  Dryden  sold  to his 
partners,  Dixon  &  Trueblood,  and  re­
moved  to  Allegan,  where  he  purchased 
the  business  of  Chas.  R.  Wilkes,  and 
formed a partnership  with  James  B.  and 
Charles  Follett  under  the  firm  name  of 
Dryden,  Follett  &  Co.  About  a  year 
later  he  bought  the  interests  of  his  part­
ners  and  continued  the  business  by 
himself  until  March  1,  1882,  when  he 
formed  a  partnership  with  his  sons, 
John  F.  and  Thos.  E.,  under  the  name 
of  S.  S.  Dryden  &  Sons.  The  success­
ful  career  of  this  firm  is  well  known  to 
Allegan  people  and  to  many  outside. 
January  1,  1893,  the  stock  was  sold 
to 
Abell,  Phillips  &  Co.,  who still conduct 
the  business.

Movements  o f  Clerks.

Cadillac—Carl  L.  Maurer,  prescrip­
tion  clerk  for A.  H.  Webber,  has gone to 
Germany  on  a  visit  to  his  father  and 
sister.  He  will  spend  a  couple  of 
months  in  the  Fatherland.

Eaton  Rapids— E.  D.  Corbin  has 
gone  to  Port  Huron,  where  he has  been 
engaged  by  Martin  Bros,  to  take  charge 
of  their  grocery  department.

WANTS  COLUMN.

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

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

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from 

IaOli  SALE  OK  KXCH AN G E—STRI OT L Y 

tirst-class 80-aere fruit  and  grain  farm,  lo 
cated  in  Northern  part  of  VanHuren  county, 
railroad,  church  and 
one-half  mile 
schools;  just outside the corporation of a  thriv­
ing village of 800 people-  Property  will bear the 
closest investigation and anyone  who  wishes  a 
pleasant home and wants to retire from business 
can exchange a general stock or  drags  and  gro 
ceries or hardware, with or  without  store build­
ings, for this farm.  There are 20  acres  in  bear­
ing  fruit—grapes,  currants,  go  seberries,  rasp­
berries;  balance A 1 farming land.  Computable 
house and buildings.  Will exchange on a  busi­
ness basis, value for value.  Owner is a widower 
and  has  no  use for farm.  Address No. 38, care 
Michigan Tradesman. 

I NOR SALE—DRUG STOCK AND  FIXTURES,

invoicing about $2,000.  Can be  bought  at  a 
bargain.  Surrounded by  best  farming  country 
in  Michigan.  Best of  reasons  for  selling.  Ad- 
dress No. 36, care  Michigan Tradesman. 
W ANTED—TO EXCHANGE  A  NEW SEVEN 
room house  and  lot  in  Grand  Rapids  in 
first-class  shape,  with  fine  plastered  cellar, 
price, $1,500, for stock shoes.  Will  pay  a  small 
cash  difference.  Address  box  87,  Bowling
Green, Ohio._________________ ___________ 37_
CIAO  EXCHANGE—A  GOOD  LIVERY  STOCK 
X   and barn in one of the best towns of  North­
ern Michigan for a stock of  goods.  Address No. 
40, care Michigan T r a d e s m a n . _______ 40

INOR SALE—GENERAL  STOCK  MERCHAN- 

■  dise;  doing good  ca*-h  business;  best  town 
of 2,000population in  Michigan;  stock  invoices 
$2.500.  Address Lock Box 04. Portland,  Mich.  39 
■VTOTL  E  TO  DRUGGISTS—I  II a VE  FOR 
i_A|  sale  a  good  stock  of  drugs,  paints,  etc., 
usually found in  a  first-class  d rug  store :  good 
location.  For  particulars,  addres-  L.  B.  Lull, 
Sparta, Mich. 

IjAOR  SALE—INTEREST  IN  BICYCLE  RE- 

pair  aud  jobb ng  shop—only  one  in  city.
Apply to S. W.  Wells,  K a la m a z o o .______29
IjAOK  SALE-STAPLE  AND  FANCY  GRO- 
X   eery stock, i>  voicing about $1,400, located in 
live Southern Michigan town of 1,200 inhabitants; 
good trade, nearly all cash.  Reasons forselling, 
other business.  Address No. 907, care  Michigan 
Tradesman.______________________  

ÌAOK  SALE—A  FIKST-OL.\S>  HARDWARE 

1  and implement  business in  thriving  village 
in good farming Community.  Address  Browu A 
Sehler, Grand  Rapids.  Midi.______________881

907

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MISCELLANEOUS.

S H I N G L E
W J  A N TK U —SECO N D- H A '  D 
V t  machine.  Address Sawmill,  Lock  Box_8,
Orangeville,  Mich._________________  
35

ANTED—TOHEAK FROM SHIPPERS  OF 
seasonable  produce  and  fruits.  W.  C. 
Robb & Co., 82 West Woodbridgest-, Deiroit. 30
Bu tter,  eggs,  poultry  and  vea l
Shippers should  wr.te Cougle Brothers,  178 
South  Water  Stieet,  Chicago,  for  daily  market 
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reports. 
ANTED—POSITION  AS  TRAVELING
salesman, house salesman,  clerk  or  office 
mau  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. 
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■ ANTED—BUTTER,  ECUS,  POULTRY, P o ­
tatoes, onions, apples, cabbages, etc.  Cor­
respondence  solicited.  Watkins,  Axe  A  Co., 
84-86 South Division St., Grand Rapids. 
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W 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
970, care Michigan Tradesman. 
ANTED  TO  CORRESPOND  WITH  SHIP- 
pers of butter aud eggs  and  other  season­
able produce.  R.  Hirt,36 Market street, Detroit.
951
ANTED—SEVERAL  MICHIGAN  CEN- 
tral  mileage  books.  Address,  stating 

price, Vindex. care  Michigan Tradesman.  869

 

THREE  PRIZES
KNOX’S  EGG  PRESERVER

given  in connection with

$25  to  the man who packs the most eggs with Knox’s Pre­
server and gives the longest and  best  test.  $15  to  the  sec­
ond best and $10 to the third best.
Now you  have  a  double  chance  to  make  money.  Send 
for Booklet.

PUAQ  R  tfMflY  m a n u f a c t u r e r ,
UHHO.  D.  MXUA,  JOHNSTOWN,  N.  Y.

Also makers of the  celebrated  Knox  Gelatines,  the 
only pure gelatines made.

