Volume XIII.

GRAND  RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, JULY  8,1896.

Number 668

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The  P. 

J.  Sorg  Co.,  of  Middletown, 
Ohio,  has  been  taught  a  lesson  by  the 
wholesale  grocery  trade  of  Michigan 
which  it  will  not soon  forget.  For  years 
it  has  been  the  policy  of  the  company to 
enter 
into  all  manner  of  schemes  and 
offer  all  sorts  of  b aits;  to  drop  the 
price  on  the 
jobber  as  soon  as  he  had 
ordered  a  full  stock,  and  to  raise  the 
price  as  soon  as  he  had  taken  orders  for 
goods  not  yet  in  stock ;  in  fact,  it  has 
appeared  to  be  a  mania  with  the  Sorg 
house  to  attempt  to  entrap  the  jobber  on 
any  and  every  occasion.  Thoroughly 
disgusted  with  fhe  vacillating  policy  of 
the  house,  and  angered  at  repeated  acts 
of  alleged  treachery,  the 
jobbing  trade 
have  finally  taken  matters  in  their  own 
hands  and  dealt  the  house  a  blow  from 
which 
it  will,  probably,  never  recover 
in  this  territory.
The  occasion 

for  taking  decisive 
action  was  the  attempt  of  the  Sorg house 
to 
introduce  Q  and  Q  plug  at  a  price 
that  would  enable 
it  to  compete  with 
Battle  Axe.  The  usual  price  for  this 
brand  was  30 cents,  but  on  May 
15,  the 
Sorg  company  issued  a  “ highfalutin”  
circular  to  the  trade,  announcing  that  it 
had  concluded  to  put  Q  and  Q  on  the 
market  in  two  space  cuts  at  15  cents  a 
pound,  so  that  the  consumer  could  buy a 
pound  of  the  goods  for  20  cents  or  one- 
half  pound  for  10  cents.  The  jobbers  of 
Michigan  took  hold  of  the  goods  with 
energy  and  succeeded 
in  selling  large 
quantities  of  the  brand  on  the  basis  set 
forth  in  the  circular letter  of  May  15,  as 
the  cut  was  considered  an  unusual  one 
and  the  goods  were  regarded  as  good 
value.  The  remainder  of  the  story  can, 
perhaps,  be  best  told  in  the  words  of  a 
local  jobber,  who  said :

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The  Drug  Market.

Acetanilid—Small  demand  and 

in­
creasing  competition  have  resulted  in  a 
reduction  in  prices.

Alcohol—Grain  is  unchanged  in price, 
with  fair  demand.  Wood  is  firm  and  in 
good  demand.

Arsenic—Foreign demand has strength­
ened  the  market  for  powdered  white  un­
til  prices  have  been  advanced.

Balsams—Copaiba  is  in  good  demand 
and  prices  are  steady.  Tolu  continues 
firm.  Peru  and  Canada  fir  remain  quiet.
Barium,  Nitrate—-Strong  demand  for 
consumption  has  resulted  in  an  advance 
in  price.

Beans—Vanilla  continue  in  good  job­

bing  demand  with  firm  prices.

Cacao  Butter—Quiet,  but  prices  con­

tinue firm.

bing  demand.

of  good  demand.

Caffeine—Quiet,  with  only  small 

job­

Cassia  Buds—Prices  firm  on  account 

Cocaine,  Muriate—Prices  are  main­
tained  notwithstanding  small  demand.
Cod  Liver Oil—Continued  dulnesshas 

resulted  in  further  decline  in  price.

Colocynth  Apples—Advances  in  for­
eign  quotations  have  caused  a  strength­
ening  here  amounting  to  an  advance  on 
inside  prices.

Cream  Tartar—Fair  demand  with  no 

change  in  quotations.

Cubeb  Berries—Quiet  and  unchanged. 
Cuttle  Fish  Bone—Fair  consuming 

demand  with  prices  steady.

Essential  Oils—  Anise  and  Pepper­
mint  are  weaker  and  prices  of  some 
brands  have  been  reduced.  Other  oils 
are  unchanged  but quiet.

Flowers—Arnica,  small  demand  has 
unsettled  prices  and  market  is unsteady. 
German  camomile 
is  strong  with  good 
demand.  American saffron  is  quiet  and 
moves  only  for  jobbing.

Glycerine—Prices  continue  firm  un­

der  quiet  demand.

Gums—Asafoetida,  demand 

fair  at 
same  prices.  Camphor  is  in  quiet  de­
mand,  but  prices  are  firm,  as  a  result  of 
foreign  advices.  Kino  is  in  fair  request 
as  season  approaches.
Leaves—Buchu  are 
Senna,  quiet but  firm.

fair  request. 

Manna—Quiet  but  unchanged.
Menthol—Has 

in 
price,  on  account  of  reaction  in  foreign 
markets.

again  declined 

Morphine— Quiet  with  unchanged 

in 

quotations.

quotations.

Opium—Quiet,  with  little  doing. 
Quicksilver—Dull,  with  unchanged 

Quinine—Unchanged  and  steady. 
Roots—Ipecac,  quiet  and  unchanged. 
Jamaica  ginger  continues  firm  notwith­
standing 
foreign  conditions. 
Mexican  sarsaparilla  continues  to  ad­
vance.

easier 

and 

Seeds—Canary,  quiet 

steady. 
Dutch  caraway  and  Russian  hemp  are 
easier.  Mustard  is 
in  small  demand, 
which  has  unsettled  quotations.  Ger­
man rape,  unchanged and  steady.  Celery 
continues  its  downward  tendency.  Cori­
ander  is  in  small  request  and  unsteady.
Spermaceti—Firm,  with small offerings 

on  account  of  scarcity.

Sponges—Quiet  and  steady.

Sugar  of  Milk—Price  has  declined 

somewhat  and  market  is  unsteady.

Strontia,  Nitrate-Continues  firm  at 
the  advanced  price  with  active  demand.
The  Other  Side  of the  Controversy. 
Walton,  July 6—In  your  issue  of  June 
24,  I notice  an  article,  headed  “ Robbed 
Her  Husband, “   which,  in  justice  to  all 
parties,  needs  some  corrections.

In  the  first  place,  Mr.  Levinson  says 
he  had  been  married  but  a  short  time 
when  he  “ discovered  a  systematic  pil­
fering  from  his  stock,”   which  he  traced 
to  his  wife,  she  acknowledging  her 
guilt.  He  also  says  that  the  “ money 
and  goods  had been shipped clandestine­
ly  to  her  people. ”
is  that 
Mr.  Levinson  had  no  stock  to  pilfer 
from  during  the  first  two  and  one-half 
years  of  his  married  life,  he  being  em­
ployed  as  clerk  by  his  father,  and  it was 
during  that  time  that  his  wife  received 
all  those  “ evidences  of  his  generosity,”  
which  were  discontinued  when  his 
father discharged  him.

Now,  the  truth  of  the  matter 

After  having  been  left  to  his  own  re­
sources  for  about  a  year,  his  father  con­
cluded  to  try  him  again  and  sent  him  to 
Sault  Ste.  Marie  with  a  stock  of  goods, 
where  they  remained  about  a  year  and 
then  returned  to  Petoskey,  losing  about 
$400  worth  of  goods 
in  shipping,  he 
claimed.  His  next  venture  was  at  Ben­
ton  Harbor,  where  he  failed  in business.
Now,  the  goods  which  were  “ shipped 
to  her  people”   were  goods  which  they 
had  bought  and  paid  for,  for  themselves 
and  their  neighbors,  in  answer  to  his 
w ife’s  representations  that  he  was  sell­
ing  goods  so  much  cheaper  than^the 
regular  dealers  could  sell  them  (which 
was  true).
So  far  as  his  decrease  in  stock,  with­
out  a  corresponding 
increase  at  his 
banker’s,  is  concerned,  it is  directly  the 
result  of  his  love  for  the  gaming  table, 
with  which  he 
is  about  on  a  par  with 
the  horse  that  can  trot  just  fast  enough 
to  lose.

Mr.  Levinson  appears  to 

ignore  his 
stay  at  Benton  Harbor,  where  he  took 
locked 
his  w ife’s  clothes  from  her  and 
them  up  in  the  store  and  otherwise 
ill 
treated  her  until  he  drove  her  to  leave 
him  and  return  to  her  home,  where  she 
remained  over  six  months  and  until  he 
came  to  her  and  begged  and  promised 
everything  that  was  good  if  she  would 
go  back  to  him ;  neither  does  he  speak 
of  Petoskey,  where  he  managed  to  make 
her  carry  a  black  eye  a  good  share  of 
the  time,  and  where  he  got  a  sound 
thrashing  from  a  total  stranger  for  mis­
using  her  before  said  stranger knew  that 
she  was  his  wife  and  he  had  a  perfect 
right  to  abuse  her;  nor does  he  say  that 
he  carries  a  loaded  cane  to  protect  him­
self  from  molestation  in  future,  should 
he  conclude  to have  a  little  divertion  at 
the  expense  of  his  wife.
In  your  article  above  referred  to  you 
say  that  his  “ integrity  has  not been  as­
sailed.”   Why?  Because  he  is  among 
strangers,  who  do  not  know  his  record, 
but 
if  you  could  be  present  at  every 
place  where  he  has  lived,  when  that  ar­
ticle  is  read,  you  would,  probably,  hear 
remarks  that  would  cause  you  to  think 
there  was  no  integrity  in  the  case  to  as­
sail.
The  money  that  Mr.  Levinson  found 
and  took  from  his  wife  was  a  paltry  $4 
which  she  had  saved  from  her  house­
keeping  allowance,  and  the  valuable 
silks  and  ribbons  were  small  remnants 
that  he had  given  her  from  time  to time 
for  her  own  use.
I  hope  this  will  be  satisfactory  to  you 
and  that  you  will  be willing  to  give both 
sides  of  the  case  a  fair  showing.

H.  D.  T a b e r .

“ We sold  450  butts  of  Q and  Q at 

15 
cents,  but,  for  reasons  best  known  to  it­
self,  the  house  failed  to  ship  us  but  55 
butts,  and  a  little  later on  we  were  sur­
prised  to  receive  a  circular  from  the 
factory  announcing  that  the  price  had 
been  raised  from  15  cents  to  17  cents  a 
pound.  On  communicating  with  the 
other 
jobbers  of  the  city  and  State,  I 
found  that  they  had  been  caught  in  the 
same  trap  and  a  meeting  of  the  E xec­
utive  Committee  of 
the  Michigan 
Wholesale  Grocers’  Association  was 
convened  at  Detroit  to  consider  the 
matter.  The  Committee  went  over  the 
matter 
in  detail  and  decided  to  notify 
the  Sorg  company  that  it  must  fill  the 
orders  already  booked  in  good 
faith  or 
cancel  the  orders  for  Q and  Q sent  in 
by  the  wholesale  grocery  trade  of  Mich­
igan.  The  company  refused  to  ship  the 
goods,  preferring  to  cancel  the  orders, 
and,as  a  result  of  its  action,no  Q and  Q 
is  being  sold 
iq* this  State;  in  fact, 
there  is  a  feeling  all  along  the  line  that 
the  jobbing  trade  of  Michigan  will  sell 
just  as  little  of  the  Sorg  brands  as  pos­
sible,  as  we  believe  that  we  ought  to 
put  an  end,  once  for  all,  to  the  mach­
inations  of  a  house  which  treats  the 
-  jobbing  trade,  the  retail  trade  and 
its 
I  own  salesmen  as  though  they  were  foot- 
|  balls,  to  be  kicked  about  at  pleasure."

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Sunday  in  Berlin.

Written fo r  the T r a d e sm a n .

land,  and  he 

Give  an  American  a  week  in  a  for­
is  ready  to  write  a 
eign 
book  on  what  he  has  seen  and  heard. 
Give  him  a  month  and  he  declares, 
“ This  is  plaguy  interesting  over  here. 
How  I  wish  I  knew  enough  to  write  on 
this  ‘ stuff.’  ’ ’  At  the  end  of  a  year  he 
declares  he  knows  absolutely  nothing 
about  the  country.

Any  one  can  easily  go  through  just 
such  an  experience  in  the  city  of Berlin 
alone,  that  cosmopolitan  city  where  Jew 
and  Gentile,  white  and  black,  rich  and 
poor,  high  and 
low,  sit  next  to  each 
other  in  the  street  cars  or  brush past one 
another  on  the  streets.  One  minute  one 
is  forcing  his  way  through  the  narrow, 
crooked  streets  of  the  Middle  Ages,  the 
next  is  rushing  to  catch  an  electric  car.
Is  it any  wonder  that  a  German  is  never 
surprised  over  anything?  But  the Amer­
ican—well,  he  is  different;  he  constant­
ly  finds  something  to  open  his  eyes 
over.

over 

But  nothing  is  a  greater  revelation  to 
him  than  the  manner  of  observing  Sun­
day  in  this  great  capital.  The  Germans 
long  ago  came  to  the  conclusion  that 
Sunday  was  made  for  man,  not  man  for 
is  surprised, 
Sunday.  The  American 
dumbfounded, 
horrified, 
his 
cousin’ s  version  of  the 
law.  He  de­
clares  at  once  that  the  American  Mis­
sionary  Society  ought  to  send  delegates 
to  this  benighted  land.  He  assumes  the 
office  pro  tem  and  goes  to  work.  But 
little  slow—to  ac­
the  Germans  are  a 
cept  inconsistencies—in  fact,  reason 
is 
not  lacking  in  their  composition,  and — 
the  tenderfoot  has  become  ac­
well, 
climated. 
It  reminds  on#  of  the  story 
of  the  man  who  was  lodged  in  Bedlam 
Asylum  on  account  of  the  disagreement 
as  to  whether  he  or  the  world  was 
crazy.

dence  at  morning service.  The  “ Haus- 
frau”   must  stay  at  home  and  get  din­
ner,  ' * for, ’ ’  as  she  declares,  * ‘ the  pota­
toes  would  not get  cooked  if  she  went.”  
There  is  something  unaccountable about 
the potatoes,  which  must  resemble  the 
race  in  solidity.  No  matter  how  early 
the  stranger  gets  up,  the  potatoes  are 
being  pared  and  the  pot  is  on  the  stove 
ready  for  business.  But  the  sermon— 
well,  it  has  a  fam iliar  strain  even  in  a 
strange  tongue.  The  only  difference 
between  the  American  and  the  German 
preacher 
is  that  the  one  cannot  speak 
his  mind  freely  on  account  of  the  Em ­
peror,  the  other  because  of  his  rich  and 
influential  parishioners.

The  service  closes  in  time  to  attend 
a  concert  at  noon.  Some  of  the 
finest 
concerts,  in  which  artists  take  part,  are 
given  at  the  same  hour  the  Grand 
Rapids  man  is  standing  in  file  waiting 
for  his  mail.  All  the  leading  orchestras 
give,  also,  a  concert  at  6  p.  m.  The 
lighter 
music,  though  classical,  is  in  a 
strain,  and  this  night  smoking 
is  not 
forbidden.  The  phlegmatic  Frau  eats 
her 
she  has  brought 
wrapped 
in  a  piece of  newspaper,  and 
drinks  her  beer,  while  her  substantial 
“ man”   drinks  his  beer  and  smokes. 
The  air  gets  bluer  and  bluer  until, 
finally,  the  musicians  are  scarcely  to  be 
distinguished  through  the  thick  haze, 
and  one  finds  himself  with  red and  tear­
ful  eyes.

lunch,  which 

The  theaters  generally  each  give  cue 
play  or  opera—and  sometimes 
two. 
The  tickets  are  cheaper  Sundays,  and 
so 
it  has  become  a  family  time,  when 
fathers,  mothers,  brothers  and  sisters 
are  out  in  full  force,  and  in  gayest  at­
is, 
tire;  and,  it  matters  not  where  one 
there  is  always  food  to  be  obtained. 
In 
Germany,  one  does  not  have  to  depend 
on  hat  lunch  boxes  and  cane  drinking 
cups.

in  Berlin. 

But  Sunday  morning 

In 
the first  place,  the  visitor  is  cheated  out 
of  his  extra  morning  nap.  The  car­
riages,  omnibuses  and  street  cars  keep 
up  a  regular  clatter,  in  which  cannot 
the  sound  of  loaded  wagons  rolling  over 
the  paved  streets  plainly  be  distin­
guished?  But  he  has  the  consolation  of 
finding  mail  at  his  plate  at  the  break­
fast  table,  and, 
is 
not  at hand,  he has the  comfort  of  know­
ing  it  may  come by  the  second delivery. 
He  has  scarcely  time  to  finish  his  coffee 
and  rolls  when  the  sound  of  churchbells 
warms  the  cockles  of  his  heart.  Serv­
ice  begins  at  9 130  in  a  few churches  but 
in  a  majority  at  10 o’clock.

if  the  right 

letter 

fairly  shine 

The  streets  wear  a  different  air  after 
their  extra  Saturday  night  cleaning. 
The  faces  of  the  “  Droschke”   drivers 
look  broader,  ruddier  and  jollier  than 
on  weekdays,  and 
from 
soapsuds.  Even  their  blue  coats  have 
had  an  extra  brushing,  the  capes  are 
laid  back  with  extra  precision  and 
those  who  have  been  rewarded  with 
plenty  of  “ Trinkgeld”  
the  previous 
week  proudly  wear  buttonhole  bouquets. 
The  street  car  conductors  look  as  digni­
fied  as  the  country  boy  studying  for  the 
ministry.  The  provision  shops  are  all 
open  and  people  are  hurrying  to  and 
fro,  as  though  it  was  their  first,  last  and 
only  chance  to  obtain  something  to  eat, 
“ for,”   as  the  German  Frau says,  “ must 
we  not  eat  on  Sundays  just  the  same  as 
on  other  days?”

Many  of  the  church  buildings  have 
great  age  to  lend  to  their dignity.  Some 
are  crowded,  some  are  empty.  Though 
it  is  estimated  that  there  are  ten  women 
to  every  man 
in  Germany,  a  prepon­
derance  of  the  fair  sex  is  not  in  evi-1

If  one 

is  more  inclined  to  go  to  the 
museums  or  art galleries,  he  finds those, 
also,  full  of  families.  The  Mutter  is 
carrying  a  bouncing  babe,  while  the 
Vater 
is  dragging  a  couple  of  frisky 
boys  by  the  hand,  while  several  sedate 
lads  and  lassies  follow  in  the  rear.  The 
patience  of  the  German  parents  ought 
to  become  as  proverbial  as  Job’s.  They 
will  stand  before  masterpieces  of  art 
and  explain  all  the  details  to  the young­
sters,  who  are 
just  aching  to  run  and 
play.

But  one  finds  the  parks  even  better 
places  to  study  family  life.  These  re­
sorts  are  crowded,  in  pleasant  weathef 
—or  would  be  were  there  not  so  much 
room.  There  are  always  several  bands 
stationed  at  different  points  about  the 
grounds,  who  alternate 
in  making  the 
air  sweet  with  sound.  The  children 
have  plenty  of  room  to  frolic  and  are 
allowed  to  to  their  hearts’  content.  No 
matter  what  pretty  clothes  they  wear, 
there  is  never  a  shrill  voice  near  at 
hand  telling  them  to  keep  out of  the 
dirt.  The  fathers  and  mothers  sit  in 
the  shade,  sip  at  their  beer  and  talk 
philosophy—perhaps.  The  Germans  are 
connoisseurs  of  beer.  The  whole  fam­
ily  will  sample  the  same  glass  and  pass 
judgment  thereon.  All  goes  merry  until 
evening  when,  tired  out,  all  make  a 
dive  for the  street  cars.  The  little  dirty 
hands  of 
still  clasp 
straggling  branches  of  wilted  flowers, 
as  they  nod  and 
finally  fall  asleep  in 
their  seats.  The  mother  wears  a  care­
worn  but  calm  look  as  she  tries  to  catch 
two  winks  of  sleep.  The  father  sits, 
impassive,  looking  neither  to  the  right 
nor  the  left.

children 

the 

The  American,  after  he  has  seen  all

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is 

itself  in 

fills  the 

a  paper  collar  or  a  tin 
prevalent  yet  a  mistaken 
man  has  a  character  he 
latchkey—if 
it  up  with  a 
not
he  has  none,  being  in  business  will 
In  our 
supply  the  missing  article. 
in  Noah’s 
business  establishments,  as 
Ark,  the  clean  and  the  unclean, 
the 
lamb  that  eats  grass  and  the  wolf  that 
eats 
lamb  are  all  enclosed  in  the  same 
establishment.

this,  is,  no  doubt,  ready  to  go  to  even-  shape,  as 
ing  service.  There  is  a  German church  soldier,  is 
connected  with  the  American  Metho-  notion. 
If 
dist  Society  which  is  much  attended  by  cannot  hang 
Americans.  The  service  begins  at  6 
p. 'm.  The  congregation  belong  to  the 
people. 
“ The  young  men  and  women 
are  solicited  to  come  forward  and  help 
with  the  singing.”   The  instrument ex­
presses 
jaded  tones,  but  the 
young  voices  are  clear  and  true.  The 
sermon  boasts  not  of  oratory  but  is  sim­
ply  an  earnest  appeal 
from  the  heart.
Then  there  is  a  recess.  The  congrega­
tion  cordially  greet  one  another  and 
visit  together;  but  all  seem  to  be  wait­
ing.  Presently  a  little  humpbacked  sis­
ter  comes 
into  the  room,  tugging  a 
great  pitcher  scarcely  smaller  than  her­
self.  She 
large  mugs  with 
steaming  coffee,  and cracks a  joke  while 
she  passes.  She  is  followed  by  another 
little  dump  of  a  woman,  lugging an  im 
mense basketful  of  sweet  rolls,  after  the 
style  of  Franklin’s  penny  loaves.  All 
eat,  drink  and  are  merry,  trying  to  fin­
ish  the  mountain  of  bread  and  the  sea 
of  coffee,  “ for,  do  not  the  proceeds  go 
to  the  church?”   Then  the  women  and 
the  men  congregate  in  separate  rooms 
for  their  “ society  meetings.”  
The 
women  begin  to  sing. 
If  the  tune 
not  pitched  right,  several  try  to  get 
it 
right. 
It  is  growing  dark  and  there 
is 
no  chance  to  use  books,  but  the  hymns 
are 
janitor  gropes 
around  to  light  the  gas;  but  the  people 
wait  patiently  fifteen  or  twenty  minutes 
it.”   The 
-until  he  “ gets  the  hang  of 
minister’s  wife  reads  a  discourse  which 
she  has  prepared  on  “ The  Wisdom  of 
Solomon,”   “ The  Trials  of 
Job”   o 
“ The  Work  of  Moses.”   This  is  fol 
lowed  by  a  practical  discussion.  Some 
one  wants  a  servant,  or a  new  boarding 
place  is  sought,  and  an  appeal  is made,
Mrs.  Johanna  Eichelsdoerfer’s  troubles 
are  talked  over.  Each  and  all  are  in 
terested,  talk  freely  and  express  thei 
opinions  unreservedly. 
they 
kneel  down  and  pray  for  help.  Next 
they  turn  around,  find  out what  time 
i 
is  and  make  a  bee  line  for their hats,  as 
everybody  must  be  at  home  by  ten 
o’clock.

This  menagerie  will  always  exist and, 
no  matter  how  business  men  may  organ- 
ze  for  mutual  protection  and  how  per­
fectly  they  may  formulate  their  maxims 
of  trade,  the  vices as  well  as  the  vir­
tues  of  men  will show themselves.  Uni­
formity  of  character 
impossible, 
either 
in  cats  or  dogs,  men  or  women. 
Hence  the  secret  of  much  that  is  dis­
creditable,  selfish  and  irregular  in  busi­
ness  lies beneath  the  lining  of  the  vest 
and  the  curvature  of  a  rib.  Bad  debts 
are  piled  up  in  pyram ids;  the  constable 
and  the  sheriff  rake 
in  the  fees  at  all 
seasons  of  the  year;  dishonest  men  fill 
up  their  shelves  with  goods  that  are 
never  paid  for;  men  rush  into  business 
with  as 
little  fitness  for  it  as  a  blind 
man  would  have  in  running  a  locomo­
tive,  and  others  seil  goods  at  a  loss,  ex­
pecting  to  find  golden  eggs  in  the  nest 
of  a  dead  goose.  All  this  is  possible 
behind  a  stone  front  and  a  gilded  sign­
board,  or an  elegant  office  chair,  or 
in 
an  artistic  enclosure  of  bronzed  lattice 
work.  Hence  the  world  of  business  can 
never  be  free  from  its  troubles  and  un­
certainties, 
its  knaves. 
There  might  be  less  of  these,  however, 
if  these  evils  were  not  encouraged  as 
In  pushing  busi­
they  too  often  are. 
ness,  prudence 
in­
ducements  are  offered 
to  unreliable 
men  and  risks  assumed  that  savor  more 
of  a  betting  ring  than  a  business  house. 
Prices  are  butchered  and  values  demor­
alized,  and  one  might  as  reasonably  ex 
pect  to  make  a  necktie  of  a  rainbow  a: 
to  secure  prosperity  by  such  means. 
It 
is  done,  however,  every  day  and  those 
who  hire  the  piper  must  pay  for  the 
music.

Steel  wool  has  been  introduced  as 

Hardware  Notes.

is  often  forgotten, 

F r e d   Wo o d ro w .

fools  or 

familiar. 

The 

Then 

its 

As  one  crosses  his  own  threshold,  he 
finds  the  father  still  romping  with  the 
children,  and  the  mother  doing  a  bit  of 
sewing  by  the 
lamp.  Across  the  way 
are  merry  dancers,  treading  the  light 
fantastic. 
soon  silence  reigns, 
broken  only by  passing  cabs  or cars  and 
the  voices  of  revelers  going  home.  The 
moon  and  stars  look  down  on  a  sleep­
ing  city.

But 

Za id a   E.  U d e l l .

Berlin,  Prussia.

The  Mercantile  Guerrilla.

There  can  be  no  question  but  that 

ir­
regular  methods  of  doing  business  are 
among  some  of  the  more  prominent 
causes  of  demoralization  and  disaster.
It  is  an  old  saying  that  there  is  no  sen­
timent  in business,  and  in a strictly com­
mercial  sense  this  is  so.  It  is,  however, 
impossible  to  separate  the  man  from  his 
If he  is  avaricious  or  tricky, 
business. 
lacks 
if  he  is  vain  or  pretentious,  if  he 
in  judgment  or  is  overloaded  with 
im­
pulsiveness  or 
indiscretion,  he  carries 
his  vices  or  failings  into  his  business, 
as  he  does  his  skin  into the bathtub.

He  may  be  submerged  in  groceries, 
dry  goods,  hardware  or  pig  iron,  but 
the  man  in  the  center of  the  pile  colors 
his  business,  as  the  glass  of  a  signal 
light  makes  it  red  or  green.  The 
idea 
that a  man  leaves his character,  whether 
good  or  bad,  on  the  street  side  of  his 
office  and  is  cut  and  dried  to  a  certain

substitute  for glass  paper  in  Germany. 
It  is  made  of  threads  of  shredded  steel 
with  sharp  cutting  edges,  works  more 
quickly  and  uniformly  than  sandpaper 
aoes  not  gum  or  clog,  and,  being  flex 
ible,  can  be  used 
in  smoothing  elabo 
rate  carvings.
Hardware  men have  not,  as a  rule,  ad 
vertised  to  the  same  extent  as  those 
engaged  in  other  branches  of  trade,  nor 
can  the  reason 
for  such  abstention  be 
discovered.  Their business  is  fully  a 
capable  of  expansion  and  would  un 
doubtedly  feel  the  benefit  of  good  ad 
vertising  to  as  great  an  extent  as  any 
other  we  could  mention,  but  a  conserv­
ative  feeling  has  prevented  them  from 
availing  themselves  of  the  undoubted 
■ power and  push  of  printer’s  ink.

The  manager  or  a 

large  St.  Louis 
hardware  store  has  adopted  a  simple 
little  device  to  aid  in  keeping  up  his 
stock  that 
is  worthy  of  mention.  On 
every  shelf  box  he  hangs,  by  means  of 
a  screw-eye,  a  small  washer.  This 
washer 
is  painted  red  on  one  side  and 
white  on  the  other.  When  a  clerk,  in 
making  a  sale  to  a  customer,  finds  that 
the  goods  in  the  box  need  replenishing, 
he  simply  turns  the  washer  with  the 
white  side  to  the  front;  otherwise  the 
red  side  shows.  The  stock  clerk  can 
thus  tell,  by  simply  glancing  along  the 
shelves,  what  goods  need  his  attention, 
and  the  manager  has  only  to  run his  eye 
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in  a  new  style  of  pad­
lock  or-  anything  else  the  demand  for 
which  he  wishes  to  test,  he  makes  a 
cross  with  a  red  pencil  on  the  shelf  box 
containing 
it,  and  the  clerks  are  in­
structed  to  specially  display  these.

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Around  the State

Movements  o f  Merchants. 

Muskegon—J.  D.  Sheridan  has  as­
signed  his  drug  stock  to  John  T.  Ryan.
Battle  Creek—A.  Greaves  &  Co.  suc­
ceed  A.  M.  Shearer  in  the bazaar  busi­
ness.

Grand  Blanc—E. 

J.  Cross  has  pur­
chased  the  grocery  and  dry  goods  stock 
of  Salisbury  &  Cross.

Lansing—The  Potter  Cowles  Co., 
which  was  engaged 
furniture 
business,  has  dissolved.  The  business 
will  be  continued  by  Cowles  Bros.

in  the 

Lansing—Wm.  E.  Trager,  meat  deal­
er,  has  admitted  his  brother  to  partner­
ship.  The  business  will  hereafter  be 
conducted  under  the  style  of  Trager 
Bros.

Benton  Harbor—Rahn  Bros,  have 
opened  a  new  shoe  store  at  113  East 
Main  street.  They  will  manufacture  a 
line  of  their  own,  besides  carrying 
those  of  outside  firms.

Kalamazoo—H.  P.  Kauffer  and  E.  S. 
Roos  have  bought  the  quarter  interest 
held  by  Edward  H.  Ranney 
in  the 
Dunkley  Celery  Co.  Mr.  Ranney  will 
retain  no  interest  in  the  business.

Belding—J.  E.  Doherty  &  Co.,  who 
recently  opened  a  branch  of  their  Clare 
furniture  store  here,  have  shipped  the 
stock  to  Coleman  and  abandoned  the 
field,  satisfied  that  one  furniture  store  is 
adequate  to  meet  the  demands  of  the 
town.

Reed  City—R.  D.  Wood  and  Mrs.  L, 
M.  Buck  have  formed  a  copartnership 
under  the  style  of  R.  D.  Wood  &  Co. 
and  embarked 
in  the  bakery,  confec­
tionery  and  fruit  business.  The  new 
firm  began  business  July  2  in  the  build­
ing  formerly  occupied  by  Kirk  Bros. 
&  Co.

Charlotte—W.  C.  Hubei  transferred 
his  shoe  stock  June  30 to  C.  S.  Ship 
man,  of  Sturgis. 
July  3,  Ainsworth  & 
Wickenheinser,  of  Toledo,  attached  the 
stock  on  a  claim  of  §1,200 on  the  al­
leged  ground  that  the  sale  was  fraudu­
lent  and  without  proper  consideration. 
Hubei  has 
left  town  and  his  present 
whereabouts  are  unknown.

Holly—The  grocery  and  saloon  of 
John  Forester  have  been  closed  on  a 
chattel  mortgage,  held  by  an  Ypsilanti 
brewery.  Last  Friday  Forester  shot  at 
a  traveling  man  named W.  A.  Smith,  of 
Pontiac,  because  he  thought  he  saw  the 
man  in  a  comprorriising  position  with 
bis  wife.  The  two  events,  following  so 
closely,  caused  considerable  comment.
Manistee—Somerville  &  Wood  cele­
brated  the  Fourth  early  this  year.  A 
windowful  of  fireworks  exploded  July 
3,  and  only  energetic  effort  prevented  a 
Cannons, 
general 
fire 
crackers, 
and  Roman 
candles  were  promiscuous  for  a  while, 
but  the flames  were  confined  to  the  win­
dow  and  the  damage  did  not  amount  to 
over $25.

conflagration. 

rockets 

sky 

it 

Lansing—A.  Spanolio,  an Italian fruit 
dealer  who  has  been  in  business  here 
several  years  and  made  a  snug  little for­
tune,  has  disappeared,  with  his  family, 
thought 
and 
is  about  to  sail  for 
is 
Italy.  He 
left  the  town  owing  the 
Caribbean  Banana  Co.,  of  New  York, 
for  a  carload  of  bananas,  and  officers 
hope  to  stop  him  before  he  sets  foot  on 
an  Atlantic  steamship.

St.  Johns—The  Union  National  Bank 
of  Chicago  has  commenced  suit  against 
Robert  M.  Steel  for $16,264,  attaching 
his  hotel  property.  Mr.  Steel 
justly 
indignant  over  the  action  of  the  Bank, 
in  view of  the  fact  that  be  is  in  an  ex­

is 

cellent  financial  condition,  and  asserts 
that  he  will  move  to  set  the  writ  of  at­
tachment  aside  and  also  commence  suit 
against  the  Bank  for  heavy  damages.

West  Bay  City—A  prominent  mer­
chant  here  made  up  a  firecracker  of 
great  size  and  put 
it  in  his  window. 
Some  unsophisticated  person  feared  that 
f  it  were  exploded  some  one  would  be 
killed  or a  brick  block  would  be  blown 
down.  This  led  to  a  petition  to  the 
Common  Council  remonstrating  against 
the  discharge  of  the  cracker.  There 
were  a  dozen  signers.  They  are  now 
kicking 
learned 
that  the  cracker  was  simply  for  adver­
tising  purposes  and  did  not  contain  any 
explosive  material.

themselves,  having 

Manufacturing  Matters.

Manchester—G.  E.  Schultz  &  Son 
have  sold  their  flour  mill  to  E .  S.  Ha- 
german.

Galien—John  Redden  is  succeeded  by 
Frank  Redden  in  the  flouring  mill  busi­
ness.

Kalamazoo—The  Botsford  Paper  Mill 
Co.  has  changed  its  name  to the Wolver­
ine  Paper  Co.,  the  Kalamazoo  Circuit 
Court  entering  such  an  order  Monday.

Jackson—The  Leggett  Spring  &  Axle 
Co.,  of  Pittsburg,  which  recently  at­
tached  $8,000  worth  of  axles  belonging 
to  the  Collins  Manufacturing  Co.,  has 
accepted  a  compromise  settlement  and 
released 
the  property.  The  Collins 
works  will  start  up  soon.

Saginaw—The  report  of  the  State  Salt 
Inspector  for  the  month  of  June  shows 
the  following  figures:  Manistee  county, 
190,050  barrels;  Mason, 
73,122;  St. 
Clair,  49,729;  Saginaw,  38,822;  Bay, 
27,672;  Iosco,  25,0 11;  Wayne,  9,683; 
Midland,  400.  Total,  414,489  barrels.

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Saginaw—The  George  W.  Robinson 
Co.,  dealer  in  lumber,  has  assigned  to 
Thomas  Jackson.  Liabilities  are  about 
$26,000,  with  assets  estimated  at  from 
$15,000  to  $17,000.  The  continued  busi­
ness  depression  proved  too  much  for 
imited  capital.  The  company  removed 
from  Detroit  to  Saginaw  about  two years 
ago. 
Good  Advice  to  Country  Merchants.
July  3—When  you  have 
McBride's, 
farm  produce  to  sell,  do  not be too hasty 
indisposing  of  it,  just  because some one 
in  the  commission  business  quotes  you 
a  higher  price  than  the  market  will  al­
low,  as  those  are  the  men  (or  would  be 
called  men)  who  intend  to  rob  you,  and 
that  kind  of  a  thief 
is  the  worst  we 
have  to  contend  with.  They  are  much 
worse  than  a  murderer  or  a  highway­
man,  as  they  break  and  steal  the  chain 
of  pleasure  in  business  life —confidence 
in  mankind.  When  you  learn  of  a  dis­
reputable  concern  that  is trying to  “ do”  
their  fellow  man  in  the manner in  which 
the  gang  that  has  just  been  broken  up 
by  the  Tradesman  has  been  doing,  if 
you  will  notify  the  Tradesman  it  can 
soon  dispose  of  that  kipd  of  robbers. 
The  country  merchants  of  Michigan  can 
thank  the  Tradesman  for  breaking  up 
one  of  the  worst  gangs  of  robbers  that 
ever  operated  in Western  Michigan;  and 
any  merchant  who  is  not  a  subscriber  to 
the  Tradesman  should  send  in  his  dollar 
at  once  and  thus  show  his  appreciation 
of  the  good  work  done.

C.  H.  L a F lam boy.

Trot  Out  Your  Back  Numbers.
Grand  Rapids,  July  6—If  any  drug­
gist  has  any  back  numbers  of  the  pro­
ceedings  of  the  Michigan  State  Phar­
maceutical  Association  prior  to  1894,  I 
would  be  glad  to  hear  from  him,  as  J 
have  several  requests  from  pharmaceu­
tical  colleges  which  wish  to  have  them 
on  file.

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

The  Dodge  Club  cigar  is  sold  by  F. 

E.  Bushman,  Kalamazoo.

Further  Particulars  Relative  to  the 

Mackinac  Meeting.

is 

it? 

Grand  Rapids,  July  7—Only  thirteen 
years  ago  a  few  druggists  of  this  State 
met  at  Lansing,  banded  together,  and 
styled  themselves  the  Michigan  State 
Pharmaceutical  Association.  Out  of  it 
sprung  the  Pharmacy  Law,  which  every 
one  who  is  conducting  a legitimate  drug 
business  will  say 
is  of  great  benefit  to 
himself;  for,  if  everyone  was  allowed  to 
handle  drugs,  druggists  would  soon  find 
a  great  difference  in  their  daily  sales.
is  true  the  law  is  not  what  it  might 
It 
be,  but  whose  fault 
I  say  it  is 
our  own  fault;  because  we  do  not  lend a 
helping  hand  to  our  Association;  be­
cause  we  do  not attend  the  yearly  meet­
ings ;  because  we  do  not  pay our  yearly 
dues,  and  no  one  will  miss  the $1  a year 
spent  in  our  own  cause  when  its  returns 
are tenfold.  Excuse  the  “ curtain”   and 
stop 
some 
thought.
The  coming  meeting  on  August  4,  5 
and  6,  which  will  be  held  on  Mackinac 
Island,  will  be  one  of  exceptional 
in­
terest.  Mackinac  Island,  the  most  pic­
turesque  spot 
in  the  universe,  is  the 
place  where  everybody  has  a  good  time.
If  you  have  never  been there  do not miss 
this  chance,  for  you  will  be  royally  en­
tertained.
Between  this  coming  and  the  next 
meeting  the  Michigan  lawmakers  will 
have  another  session,  at  which  session 
we  want  a  few  important  changes  made 
in  our  law,  which  we  cannot  obtain  un­
less  we  stand  as  a  unit.

long  enough  to  give 

it 

Come,  Brother  Druggists,  spend  a 
few  days  with  us  at  Mackinac,  get  a 
little  recreation  and  you  will  feel  as 
if 
you  have  done  some  good  to  your  fellow 
being  and  yourself.  All pharmaceutical 
associations  are  the  fountain  head  of 
our  pharmacy  laws,  so,  if  your  Associa­
tion 
is  not  a  success,  your  law  is  not 
what  it  should  be.  Every  druggist  and 
sweetheart, 
drug  clerk,  wife  and 
is 
invited.  Should 
it  be 
impossible  for 
you  to  be  present,  send  your  $1  mem­
bership  fee  or,  if  you  are  a  member, 
send  your  $1  for  dues  to  the  Secretary.
special  committees 

following 

The 

have  been  appointed :

Entertainment—M.  G.  Bailey,  Mac­
kinac  Island;  O.  S.  Boyington,  St. 
Ig- 
nace;  F.  W.  Perry,  Detroit;  Dr. 
John 
R.  Bailey,  M ackinac;  Geo.  Gundrum, 
Ionia;  C  H.  Wilber,  St.  Ignace;  I.  S. 
Cooper,  Cheboygan;  C.  A.  Bugbee, 
Traverse  City.

Reception—Pres.  Geo. 

J.  Ward,  St. 
C lair;  D.  E.  Prall,  Saginaw;  C.  E. 
De  Puy,  Stockbridge;  S.  P.  Whitmarsh, 
Palmyra;  Michael  Reidy,  Corunna;  S. 
E.  Parkhill,  Owosso;  Dr.  C.  B.  Col­
well,  Jackson ;  H.  J.  Brown,  Ann Arbor ; 
Fred  Price,  Sault  Ste.  M arie;  J.  E. 
Peck,  Grand  R apids;  Prof.  A.  B.  Pres­
cott,  Ann  Arbor;  C.  N.  Anderson,  De­
troit;  James  Vernor,  Detroit;  Geo.  Mc­
Donald,  Kalamazoo;  F.  D.  Stevens, 
Detroit;  M.  G.  Bailey,  Mackinac 
Island.
Games  and  Boat  Races—That  Man 
Church,  Detroit;  B.  E.  West,  Grand 
R apids;  E.  C.  Varnum,  Jonesville.

Excursions  and  Refreshments—D.  S. 
Cooper,  Cheboygan;  A. 
J.  Dayton, 
Grand  R apids;  Geo.  S.  Seibert,  Iron 
Mountain;  A.  O. 
Speckhard,  Forf 
Wayne;  A.  M.  Todd,  Kalamazoo.

For  the  Waltz  Party  at  the  Island 
House—Dorian  M.  Russell,  Grand 
R apids;  F.  F.  Ingram,  Detroit;  Thos. 
Hefferman,  Baldw in;  H.  Kephart,  Ber 
rien  Springs;  F.  Inglis,  Detroit.

H.  L.  Thayer,  Superintendent  of  the 
Mackinac  Island  State  Park,  writes  Mr. 
Bailey  as  follows:

In  reply  to  your  verbal request,  also to 
the  letter  of  Benj.  Schrouder,  regarding 
the  use  of  one  of  the  buildings  here  at 
the  fort,  and  also  of  part  of  the  grounds 
for  “ a  carnival  of  games,”   etc.,  by  the 
“ Michigan  State  Pharmaceutical  Asso 
ciation, ”   for  its  meeting  this  year,  you 
may  reply  in  the  affirmative.  Probably 
the  building  will  be  the  “  Hospital, ’ 
near  the  eastern  part  of  the fort grounds 
The  writer  will  be  pleased  to  do all  ii 
his  power  to  assist  in making your meet 
ing  pleasant  and  successful.

Come  one,  come  a ll!

B e n j. Sc h r o u d e r , Sec’y.

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

u

Catches all the Flies  and Bugs.  Fits 
any width of window.  Lasts always. 
Shipped to  any address on receipt of 
75 Cents.

GRINGHU1S  &  CO.,

129 Canal St.,  Grand Rapids.

REDUCED  PRICES

A r e   y o u  
prepared  for 
a  b ig   d e- 
d a n d  ? 
If 
n o t , 
o rd er 
n o w .

Prices sub­
ject tochange 
without  no­
tice.

Terms  60 
a p ­
d a y s  
proved  cred­
it or 2 per cent 
cash  10 days.

P R IC E S   TO D A Y :

nts. Porceia'n-litied Cap. 1 doz. in  box...  *** 

.  6 50 
quarts. Porcelain-lined Cap, 1 doz.  in box.
..  8 50 
14  Gal., Pori elain-lii ed Cap,  1 doz. in box. 
Quarts. Porcelain-'ined Cap, 8 doz. in box..
.  6  00 
.  8  00 
>4 Gal., Porcelain-lined Cap. 6 doz. in box.,
2 75 
"aps and  Rubbers only, ti doz. in box.........
30
..ubbers, packages 1 gross, (soft black)......
Rubbers, packages 1 g  oss, (white).............  w>
No charge for package or cartage.

AKRON  STONEWARE.

We have full stock  all  sizes  crocks,  milk  pans, 
jugs, preserve  jars  and  tomato  jugs.  Are  you 
prepared for  the  extra  fruit  season?  Mail  or­
ders shipped quick.

JELLY  TUHBLERS.

Tin Tops.

Ass't bbls. containing 12 doz. 34 pt., 19c....... S2 23
Ass't bbls. containing  6 doz.  Yt pt., 21C...........   1 26
Barrel.............................................................. 
35
$3 89
% pint, in barrels 20 doz , per doz................ $  19
Vt pint, in barrels 18 doz., per doz................   21
M  pint, in boxes 6 doz., per box......................... $1 55
*4 pint, in boxes 6 doz., per box........................   1 75
ject to change without notice.  Mail orders to

No charge for boxes -nd cartage.  Prices  sub­

Barrels, 35 cents.

H  LEONARD  l  SONS,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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

Grand  Rapids  Gossip

The  Morning  Market 

is  now  very 
much  in  evidence,  and  for  thenextthree 
months  it  will  be  worth  a  day’s  journey 
to  visit  Grand  Rapids  for  the purpose of 
inspecting  the  largest  and  most  diver­
sified  assortment  of  fruits and vegetables 
to  be  found  anywhere  in  the country.

Jos. 

J.  Tucker  and  VVm.  E.  Barrett 
have  formed  a  copartnership  under  the 
style  of  Tucker  &  Barrett  for  the  pur­
pose  of  opening  a wholesale lumber  yard 
at  Benton  Harbor,  using  the  same  yard 
formerly  occupied  by  the  Globe  Lumber 
Co.  The  firm  will  make  Grand  Rapids 
headquarters,  all  the  office  business  be­
ing  transacted  at  this  end  of  the  line.

Chester  A.  Lamb,  who  was  arrested 
by  the  United  States  Marshal  on  a 
charge  of  using  the  mails  for  fraudulent 
purposes,  had  a  hearing  July 
i  before 
Commissioner  McQuewan,  who  consid­
ered  the  evidence  sufficient  to  remand 
the  respondent  to  the  grand  jury  and 
increased  the  amount  of  his  bail  from 
$500  to  $1,000.  Only  two  witnesses  were 
sworn—John  W.  Rutherford,  of  Hunger- 
ford,  and  the  editor  of  the  Tradesman, 
the  former  being  the  complaining  wit­
ness  in  the  case.

is 

to 

the  outrageous 

The  Tradesman  has  heretofore  called 
attention 
express 
rates  exacted  by  the  Western  Express 
Co.  for  transporting  packages  to  Upper 
Peninsula  points.  The  charge  for 
100 
pounds  from  Grand  Rapids to Marquette 
is  $2.75,  which 
identical  with  the 
rate  from  Grand  Rapids  to  New  York. 
Agents  of 
local  express  companies  as­
sert  that  they  are  powerless  in  the  mat­
ter,  inasmuch as the Western Express Co. 
institution 
is  a  Canadian 
and  not 
amenable  to  the 
laws  and  customs  of 
this  country.  Unless  some  concessions 
are  made  soon,  shippers  will  become 
discouraged  over  the  prohibitive  rates, 
which  act  as  an  embargo,  and  discon­
tinue  express  shipments  altogether.

its 

The  telephone  situation  has  become 
decidedly 
interesting  during  the  past 
week.  Contrary  to  general  expectation, 
the  Bell  people  removed  all  the  phones 
ordered  to  be  taken  out  July  1—various­
ly  estimated  at  from  450  to  750  instru­
ments.  The  withdrawal  of  so  many 
phones  has,  necessarily,  crippled  the 
service  to  that  extent  that  the  Bell  sys­
tem 
is,  practically,  valueless,  and  the 
Tradesman  would  not  be  at all  surprised 
to  see  the  Bell  people  abandon  the  field 
entirely  in  the  course  of  a  few  months. 
In  the  meantime,  the  Citizens  company 
has  added  daily  to 
list  of  connec­
tions,  has  steadily  improved  its  service 
and  is  making  friends  by  the  dignified 
course  it  is  pursuing  in  the  face  of  com­
petition  of  a  decidedly  peculiar  char­
acter.  The  management  claims  it  has 
already  more  telephones  in  use  than  the 
Bell  company,  and  that  within  a  month 
it  will,  probably,  have  double  the  num­
ber.  Connections  are  gradually  being 
made  with  outside  exchanges  and  in  a 
short  time  the  State  service  of  the  local 
company  will,  probably,  be  superior 
in 
this  section  of  Michigan  to  that  ever 
enjoyed  by  the  Bell  company.  The Cit­
izens  company  is  meeting  with  some 
trouble  from  line  cutting and  other  diffi­
culties  of  a  peculiar  character,  but  the 
people  are  exceptionally  patient and  put 
up  with  inconveniences  with  commend­
able  forbearance.

Cyclone  value  in G illies’  (New York) 
Our Jar brand  Japan  tea.  Visner,  agent.

Robert  G.  Steel,  the  well-known  St. 
Johns  business  man,  was  married  July  7 
to  Miss  Nettie  Conn,  of  St.  Johns.  The 
bridal  tour  includes  a  large  number  of 
interesting  points  in  the  East.

Harry  Stowitts,  head  clerk  for  E.  J. 
Herrick,  has  been  confined  to  his  bed 
two weeks with malarial fever.  He is now 
convalescent,  but  will  not  be  able  to  re­
sume  his  duties  behind  the  counter  for 
a  couple  of  weeks  yet.

Daniel  Steketee  (P.  Steketee  &  Sons) 
started 
in  on  a  three  weeks’  vacation 
Monday.  With  a  view  to'  witnessing 
the  “ greatest  circus  on  earth,’ ’  he  has 
gone  to  Chicago  to  act  as  a  spectator  in 
the  Democratic  convention.

E.  M.  Sly, 

the  Bay  Shore  general 
dealer,  was  recently  married  to  Miss 
Ethlyn  Seegmiller,  of  Cadillac. 
The 
bride  and  groom  are enjoying the honey­
moon  in  the  copper  country,  and  will be 
at  home  at  their  new and  spacious  home 
at  Bay  Shore  after  July  25.

Sidney  F.  Stevens 

left  Tuesday  for 
Detroit  to  attend  the  annual  meeting  of 
the  Michigan  Hardware Association,  be­
is  scheduled  to  read  a 
fore  which  he 
subject  of 
paper  Thursday  on  the 
the  Arrangement  of 
“ Clerks 
Stores.’ ’  Mr.  Stevens 
is  accompanied 
by  his  wife.

and 

Angus  J.  Rankin, 

the  Shelby  hard­
ware  dealer,  was  married  June  30  to 
Miss  Maud  Carroll,  the  ceremony  oc­
curring  at  sunrise  at  the  home  of  the 
bride’ s  parents  in  Shelby.  The  happy 
immediately  started  on  their 
couple 
bridal  tour,  which 
includes  visits  to 
Niagara  Falls,  the  Thousand  Islands, 
Montreal  and  the  birthplace  of 
the 
groom  in  Quebec.

Geo.  P.  Stark,  the  veteran  merchant 
at  Cascade,  is  probably  the  only  man  in 
Michigan  who  uses  a  fireproof  safe  as 
a  carriage  block.  The  circumstances 
which  led  Mr.  Stark  to  utilize  his  safe 
in  this  manner  were  very  unfortunate. 
Burglars  raided  his  store  in  1887,  drill­
ing  a  hole  in  the  door  of  his  safe  large 
enough  to 
insert  a  fuse,  the  explosion 
of  which  blew  open  the  door.  No  money 
was  kept  in  the  safe,  but  it  was the con­
tainer  of  a  large  number  of  valuable 
papers—mortgages,  notes  and  contracts 
—all  of  which  were  taken  by  the  ma­
rauders  and  never  returned,  although 
every  effort  was  made  to  regain  posses­
sion  of  the  documents,  which  were of  no 
possible  value  to  anyone  but  Mr.  Stark. 
The  absence  of  the  papers  rendered  it 
exceedingly  difficult  for  Mr.  Stark  to 
effect  collection,  in  some  cases,  as  those 
who  had  uttered  notes  and  other  evi­
dences  of 
indebtedness  demurred  pay­
ing  anything  on  account  until'  assured 
that  the  original  obligations  would  not 
turn  up  against  them.  The  safe  was 
rendered  useless  as  a  receptacle  for 
documents  of  value  and  has  since  done 
duty  as  a  carriage  block.

The  Grain  Market.

There  were  no  strong  features  devel­
oped 
in  the  wheat  market  during  the 
week.  Cash  wheat  held  its  own  and  fu­
tures  are  about  ic  higher.  Harvesting  is 
nearly  completed  and  the  threshing  is 
looked  forward  to  to  verify  the  opinions 
regarding  the  yield.

The  visible  made  a  small  decrease  of 
661,000 bushels,  which  put  a  damper  on 
any  upturn.  St.  Louis  reported  81,000 
received,  most  of 
bushels  of  wheat 
Kansas  supervisors 
which  was  new. 
report 
in  wheat 
than  the  Government  crop  report  shows 
—a  discrepancy  somewhere. 
In  about 
increase,  in­
two  weeks  we  may  see  an 

1,000,000  acres  more 

in  the  visible. 
stead  of  a  decrease, 
limited,  being  only 
The  exports  were 
against  2,672,000 
2,076,000  bushels, 
last 
bushels  the  corresponding 
year.  This  was  all  used  by  the  short 
operators  to  depress  prices.  We  cannot 
see  anything  at  present  to  change  our 
views  regarding  the  price  of  wheat. 
Taking  all  things 
into  consideration, 
wheat  is  very  low.

time 

There  is  nothing  new  to  report  in  the 
coarse  grain  market.  The  large amount 
of  corn  on  hand  and  the  fine  condition 
preclude  any  advance.  The  same  is 
true  of  oats.  Oats  are  cheaper  than 
they  have  been  at  any  time  during  the 
last  thirty  years. 
1847  they  were 
sold  at  10 and  12c  per  bushel.

In 

The  receipts  during  the  week  were 
rather  diminutive,  being  only  27  cars  of 
wheat,  2  cars  of  corn  and  4  cars  of  oats. 
The  receipts 
in  Grand  Rapids  during 
the  month  of  all  grains  were  190  cars, 
being  128  cars  of  wheat,  25  cars  of  corn 
and  37  cars  of  oats.  During  this  period 
Detroit  received  only  188  cars  of  grain, 
66  of  wheat,  58  of  corn  and  64  of  oats— 
not  a  bad  showing  so  far  as  wheat  is 
concerned. 

Grand  Rapids  received  nearly  double 
the  amount  of  wheat  that  Detroit  did, 
and  it  was  all  by  rail.  Millers  are  pay- 
ing  55c  for  old  wheat.  While  new  wheat 
is  being  talked  of,  none  has,  as  yet, 
been  seen,  except  some  small  samples.
I  hope  to  be  able  to  say  something 

«

about  new  wheat  in  my  next  report.

C.  G.  A.  V o ig t .

Fruits  and  Produce.

it  has 

Apples—75c  per  bu.  for home  grown. 
Beans—Receipts  are  small  and the de­
mand  light,  causing  a  slight  easing  off 
in  values.

Beets—15c  per  doz.
Butter—Fancy  dairy 

fetching 

is  coming 

in 
for  several 
more  slowly  than 
in  consequence  of  which  the 
months, 
ic,  best 
market  price  has  advanced 
grades  easily 
Factory 
12c. 
creamery—as  predicted  would  be  the 
case—has  sustained  a  similar  advance, 
being  now  held  at  15c.

Cabbage—60c  per  doz. 

for  home 
grown.  The  advance  in  price  is  due  to 
the  growth  of  the  heads,  which  are  fully 
25  per  cent,  larger  than  a  week  ago. 

Cucumbers—20@25c  per  doz.
Currants—Cherry  command  80c  per  16 
qt.  case.  Small  red  are  in  fair  demand 
for  preserving  purposes  at  50c  per crate.
Eggs—Common  candled  command  gc 
per  doz.,  while  seconds  (bakers’  stock) 
bring  6c.  The  market  is  dull  and  all 
offerings  meet  with  slow 
sale.  Un­
candled  stock  brings  7@8c.

Muskmelons—Little  Gems  bring  75c 
Onions—Home  grown,  $1.25  per  bu. 

per doz.
Green,  10c  per  doz.  for  Silver  Skins.

Peaches—The  first  lot  of  Alexanders 
put  in  an  appearance  July  7  and  sev­
eral  bushels  were  brought  in  the  next 
morning.  The  stock 
is  worthless,  ex­
cept  to  look  at,  but  the  novelty  of  be­
ing  able  to  handle  home  grown  peaches 
at  least  a  week  earlier  than  ever  before 
impelled  local  dealers  to pay about  $1.50 
per  bu.  The  price  will,  probably,  go 
to  75c  per  bu.  before  the  end  of  the 
week.

Peas—Marrowfat,  50c  per bu.
Potatoes—The  market  is  fairly  steady 
at  40c,  although  occasionally  a  break  to 
35c  occurs.  The  stock  is  now  coming 
from  Southern  Illinois  and 
is  excellent 
in  quality.
Radishes—Charters  command  10c  per 
doz.  bunches.  China  Rose  bring 
15c.
Raspberries—Black,  6o@65c  per  crate 
16  qts.  Red,  75c@$i  per  crate  of 

of 
16  qts.

Seeds—Hungarian  and  Common  Ger­

man  Millet  brings  6o@75c  per  bu.

String  Beans—50c  per  bu.
Tomatoes—Illinois  stock  brings  90c 
per  4  basket  crate.
Watermelons—The market is  well  sup­
plied  with  Southern  stock,  commanding 
i6@20c,  according  to  size  and  quality.

5

Whortleberries—The  stock  now  com­
ing  in  is  much  improved  in  quality  and 
condition,  readily  commanding  $2  per 
bu.  The  demand  is  good  and  the  pros­
pects  are  excellent  for  a  long  and  pros­
perous  season 
for  both  shippers  and 
dealers.

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugar—On  account  of  easier  markets 
in  Europe  and  a  decline  here  in  raws, 
refiners  announced  a  decline  Monday—
3-16c  on  No.  4  and  %c  on  all  other 
grades.  The  demand  is  steady,  but  not 
large  as  was  expected  considering 
as 
that  the  fruit  season 
is  here  and  that 
canning  is  going  on  all  over  the  coun­
try.  What  turn  the  market  will  take 
next  is  a  conundrum—except,  of  course, 
to  the  gentlemen  of  the  American  Sugar 
Refining  Co.,  who  manipulate the  mar­
ket  to  suit  themselves.

Salt—The  Michigan  Association  an­

nounces  a  decline  of  5c  per barrel.

Cheese—The  cheese  market  has  ruled 
steady  during  the  week,  with  a  good de­
mand  and  receipts  well  cleaned  up. 
Considerable  quantities  of  cheese  have 
been  taken  during  the  week  for  cold 
storage,  despite  the  unfortunate  experi­
ence  of  previous  seasons.  Prices  are 
gradually  moving  upward.  The Lenawee 
county  makers  have  advanced their  quo­
tations  Yz c.
Grand  Rapids  Retail  Grocers’  Asso­

ciation.

At  the  regular  meeting  of  the  Grand 
Rapids  Retail  Grocers’  Association, 
held  at  Retail  Grocers’  hall,  Tuesday 
evening,  July  7,  Vice-President  Wagner 
presided.

The  special  soliciting  committee  of 
the  annual  picnic  announced  that  it  had 
already  secured  pledges  of  voluntary 
contributions  to  the  amount  of  $182. 
The  report  was  accepted.
On  motion  of  J.  Geo.  Lehman,  the 
Executive  Committee  was  instructed  to 
contract  for the  printing  of  the  picnic 
program  on 
the  most  advantageous 
terms.

On  motion  of  H.  Klap,  the  Secretary 
instructed  to  invite  the  grocers  of 
was 
Holland,  Grand  Haven  and  Muskegon 
to  join  with  their  Grand  Rapids  fraters 
in  celebration  of  the  anniversary.

On  motion  of  Mr.  Lehman,  E.  A. 
Stowe  was  requested  to  see  that  the 
event  received  the  proper  publicity  in 
the  daily  papers.

■ Jhere  being  no  further  business,  the 

meeting  adjourned.

Flour  and  Feed.

The  flour  trade  the  past  week  has 
been  exceedingly  quiet,  buyers  evi­
dently  expecting  lower  prices  with  the 
movement  of  the  new  wheat  crop,  and 
while  they  may  hold  the  key  to  the  sit­
uation,  we  are  inclined  to  look  for  a 
gradual  strengthening  of  values  during 
July.  The  disappointing  yields,  as  re­
ported  by  thrashers  from  the  Southwest, 
and  the  damages  from  rust  and  cool 
weather 
in  the  Northwest,  will  have  a 
tendency  to  check  short  selling  to  some 
extent.

Owing  to  the  taking  of  the usual semi­
the  city  mills  were 

annual 
shut  down  a  day  or  two  last  week.

inventory, 

Millstuff  continues  dull,  with  prices 
dragging  on  the  bottom,  although  the 
demand  is  sufficient  to  absorb  the  out­
put  from  week  to  week.

W m.  N.  R o w e.

Doing  Well.
“ So  Russet  has  gone 

business.  How  is  he  doing?’ ’

“ Fine.  He’s  selling  his  goods  right 

into  the  shoe 

and  left.

A  New  York  genius  has  invented  a 
magnetic  hairpin.  For  what  object  the 
intended 
new  article  for  female  use 
is  not  stated,  but  the  presumption  is 
that  it  will  not  drop  out  of  the  coiffure.

is 

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

Bicycles

FEW  DECORATED  W HEELS.

Cyclists  Practical  about  Their Clothes 

and  Machines.

From the New York Sun.

it 

that 

the  boulevards. 

The  bicycle  has  been  recognized  as 
a  machine  so  distinctly  practical  in 
its 
purpose  and  intended  for  real  use,  and, 
moreover,  hard  use, 
is  rarely 
subjected  to  any  greater  decoration 
than  the  bunches  of  colored  ribbons 
which  a  year ago  appeared  with  great 
frequency  on 
Even 
these,  to  the  relief  of  most  riders,  have 
disappeared  and  every  ardent  bicyclist 
believes  that  nothing ornaments  a  wheel 
so  much  as  the  evidences of  a  long  hard 
ride.  There  is  usually  more  conscious 
in  this  decoration  than  a  gilded 
pride 
wheel  and  a  solid  gold 
lamp  would 
bring  to  the  face  of  a  genuinely  enthu­
siastic  wheelman. 
in 
light  colors  are  seen  more  or 
less  but 
they  usually  have  some  especial  signifi­
cance,  indicating  the  maker  or 
the 
rider’s  club  or  possibly  nothing  more 
than  a  vagary  of  the  owner  s  taste.  The 
frames  are  not  painted  in  pale  blue,  red 
or  yellow  with  the  idea  of  ornamenting 
them  but  to-m ake  them  easily  distin­
guishable.  The  taste 
for  the  simple 
businesslike  wheel  has  grown  so  within 
the  past  year  that  even  the nickel-plated 
machines,  once  the  ambition  of  every 
beginner,  have  grown  rarer.  Greater 
familiarity  convinces  every  rider  that  a 
bicycle 
is  meant  for  business  and  any 
effort  toward  decoration  seems  a  reflec­
tion  on  the  owner’s  purpose.

Painted  frames 

Riders  go  through  something  like  the 
same  process  in  regard  to  the  develop­
ment  of  bicycle  costumes.  After  they 
have  once  learned  to  ride,  the  details  of 
the  suit  become  the  absorbing  question. 
'  may  be  a  man  or a  woman  but  in
It  M , ____
either  case  the  interest  in  this  question 
becomes  equally  great.  The  tint  and 
pattern  of  the  stockings,  the  color  and 
texture  of  the  suit,  the  shape  of  the  cap 
and  the  problem  of  shirt  and  necktie 
occupy  the  new  wheelman's  profoundesl 
thoughts.  Combinations  of  pink  shirts 
and  dark  brown  suits,  of  blue  shirts  and 
gray  plaids,  run  through  his  mind  dur­
ing  his  waking  hours  and  trouble  his 
dreams.  The  cut  of her skirt,  as well  as 
the  color,  whether  she  shall  wear  an 
Eton  jacket  or  a  Norfolk,  whether  high 
boots  or  leggings  are  more  comfortable 
and  whether  a  sailor  hat  or  a  Tam  o’ 
Shanter  is  more  becoming,  are  some*of 
the  questions  that  worry  the  woman  be­
ginner. 
It  is  only  after  they  are  settled 
that  one  can  safely  prophesy  whether 
or  not  the  interest  in  riding  is  going  to 
be  lasting  or a  fad  that  will  not  survive 
the  accumulation  of  the  wardrobe.

if 

Faint-hearted riders generally  exhaust 
in  their  preliminary 
their  enthusiasm 
details.  After 
these  questions  have 
been  decided,  the  interest  in  the  wheel 
abates,  even 
it  proves  still  strong 
enough  to  accomplish  a  few  discreet 
rounds  of  the  Park  and  a  possible  jour­
ney  to  Claremont  as  a 
long  trip.  But 
thé  bicyclist  with  real  possibilities  of 
becoming  a  steady  rider  soon passes  be­
yond  the  question  of  the  frivolities  of 
the  toilet.  What  is  merely  smart  or  be­
coming  yields  to  what  is  comfortable 
and  useful.  Highly  polished  tan  shoes 
and  gaiters  give  place  to  the  low  b i­
cycle  footgear,  which  is  comfortable  if 
hideous.  Gradually  the  whole  outfit un­
dergoes  this  transformation,  and  many 
a  man  who  commenced  his  career  with 
the 
idea  of  being  at  once  the  gloss  of 
fashion  and  an  expert,  persistent  rider 
develops 
lightly  clad,  peak- 
capped  scorcher  in  baggy  gray  woolen 
clothes,  without  a  regret  for  his  aban­
doned  grandeur. 
In  a  terse  degree,  the 
women  submit  to  the  same  process, 
once  they  have  become  regular  riders, 
without  a  pang  or  a  secret 
longing  for 
what  constituted  more  attractive,  if  less 
comfortable,  bicycle  togs.

into  a 

When  the 

interest  of  a  rider turns  to 
decorating  his  or  her  wheel,  however, 
there  is  grave  cause  for  doubt  as  to  his 
real  interest  in  the  machine  for  its  own 
sake.  Fitting  it  out  with  cyclometer,

is 

in  solid  silver,  had 

an  elaborate  kit,  and  every  possible  ap­
pliance  that  may  make  it  appear  more 
useful 
is  a  stage  of  the  mania  which 
everybody  who  can  afford  it  is  likely  to 
pass  through.  There  is  not  necessarily 
any 
indication  of  real  danger  in  this. 
The  best  riders  have  gone  through  this 
phase  of  the  disease  and  come  out  safe.
But  the  women—usually  it  is  a  wom­
an—who  have  taken  to  silver  or gold 
plated,  ivory-handled,  and  jewel-lamped 
bicycles  have  naturally 
incurred  the 
suspicion  of  having  got  the  wheel  for 
something  more  than  the  sake  of  riding 
it.  There  have  not,  as  yet,  been  many 
of  these  wheels  manufactured,  and  of 
the  few  turned  out  several  were avowed­
ly  made 
for  purposes  of  advertising. 
Some  of  them  have  accomplished  that 
result  without  the  same  candor  on  the 
part  of  their  owners.  But  the  con­
viction  on  the  part  of  the  riders  that  a 
bicycle 
intended  for  business  has 
kept  down  the  number  of  these  ma­
chines  to  a  figure  surprisingly  low  in 
view  of  the  enormous  number  of  wheels 
in  use.
Lotta,  the  actress,  was  one  of  the  first 
women  to  buy  a  silver-plated  wheel, 
and  that  was  more  than  a  year  ago, 
when  only  a  few  had  been  manufac­
It  was  not bought  for  her  own 
tured. 
use,  but  intended  as  a  wedding  present 
It  was  rather  elaborately 
for  a  friend. 
decorated 
ivory 
handles,  and  was  throughout  silver- 
plated. 
Lotta  herself  rides  a  more 
serviceable wheel,  and  is  earnest  enough 
in  the  sport  to  take  more  interest  in  the 
use  of  her  machine  than 
its  ap­
pearance.  Lillian  Russell’s  gold-plated 
bicycle  may  be  as  useful  to  her  for  rid­
ing  as 
is  to  her  press  agent,  but  it 
has  proved  valuable  enough  to  him  to 
make  the  investment  a  good  one  what­
ever  she  paid  for  it.  There  are  other 
actresses  who  have  silver-plated  wheels, 
but  few  of  them  have  been  so effectively 
used  for  advertising  purposes  as  Miss 
Russell’s. 
Few  men  have  bought 
them.
Richard  Mansfield’s  agent  sent  out  a 
report  to  the  effect  that  the  actor  was 
contemplating  the  purchase  of  a  wheel 
of  solid  gold,  but  nobody  ever heard 
whether  or  not  he  really  bought  it. 
Probably  he  didn’t.  A  man’s  wheel 
silver  plated  and  decorated 
in  solid 
silver  was  exhibited  for  months  last 
jewelry  store  on  upper 
winter 
Broadway. 
It  attracted  a  great  deal  of 
attention,  and a  knot  of  people  stood  all 
day 
front  of  the  place.  But  it  has 
not  been  sold  yet.  With  it  was  a  wom­
an’s  wheel  costing  $450,  and  this  was 
bought  shortly  after 
it  was  finished. 
The  man’s  wheel  cost  only  $325.  It  had 
ivory  handles  with  decorated 
silver 
ends. 
fork,  which  was 
decorated  with  applied  scrolls  of  solid 
silver,  was  nickel  plated.  The  rest  of 
the  machine  was  silver  and  nickel 
plated,  and  the  lamp  and  watch  at 
tached  to  the  bicycle  were  of  silver 
plate.  But  this  finery  evidently  ap­
pealed  only  slightly  to  men’s  taste,  for 
it  succeeded  in  creating  no  demand  for 
more  machines  of  the  same  kind.  One 
conviction  of  every  man  on  the  subject 
of  the  bicycle  is  that,  however  fine 
it 
may  be,  $100  is  about  the  highest  price 
to  be  paid  for  it.

front 

in  a 

The 

in 

in 

it 

A  Chicago  firm  which  had  one  of 
its  wheels  decorated  by  a  jeweler  in  or­
der to  use  it  for  an  advertisement  was 
willing  to  pay  $2,000  for  the  job,  but 
that,  of  course,  had  no  bearing  on  the 
public  demand  lor  such  machines.  An 
Englishman  of  title  who  was  wandering 
through  a  famous  jewelry  shop  up town, 
one  day  last  winter,  looked  in  vain  for 
something  to  take  to  his  wife  as  a 
specimen  of  the  American  silversmith’s 
work.  He  had  bought  her  a  bicycle, 
and  the  jeweler  suggested  that  he  com­
bine  both  gifts  and  let  him  decorate 
the  wheel.  The  Englishman  accepted 
the  advice,  and  one  of  the  most  elab­
orately  decorated  wheels  ever  made 
in 
this  city  went  to  the  Englishman’s  wife 
abroad,  where  doubtless  it 
is  regarded 
as  the  sort  of  wheel  used  by  every 
American  rider.  Some  wheels  have  had 
decorations etched or  engraved  on  them. 
Other  wheels  have  the  monogram  or  ad­
dress  of  the  owner  marked  on  the  silver 
or  nickel-plated  fork  of  the handle bars. 
But  this  process,  useful  as  it is for iden­

tification,  damages  a  wheel  when  it 
comes  to  disposing  of  it,  and  for  this 
reason  the  practice  is  not widespread.

Really,  magnificence 

in  a  wheel, 
with 
such  possible  decorations  as 
precious  stones  and  applied  gold,  has 
still  to  come,  and  doubtless  such  deco­
rations  will  be  long  delayed.  Nothing 
pleases  the  rider  so  well  as  a  neatly 
kept,  businesslike  machine,  unless  it  is 
the  temporary  marks  of  hard  usage. 
Silver  and  gold  ornaments  work  against 
any  such  good  purpose,  and  precious 
stones  would  be  fatal  to  hard  work  and 
usage.  When  such  luxury  begins to  ap­
pear,  the  decadence  of  the' wheel  will 
have  commenced  and  it  will  be  a  toy 
instead  of  an  article  of  utility.  The 
absence  of  any  demand  for  richly  deco­
rated  machines  shows  how  remote  any 
such  view  is  at  present.  The  average 
man  or  woman  rejoices  too  much  in  the 
possession  of  a  good  wheel  to  trouble 
about  the  applied  silver,  the  etchings, 
or  the  precious  stones.  The  early  dis­
appearance  of 
the  colored  ribbons 
proved  how  slight  a  part  any  aesthetic 
considerations  play 
in  bicycle  riding 
among  people  who  care  for  it  for  its 
own  sake.

Which  Got  the  Trade?

One  enterprising  merchant  put  in  his 

window  a  sign  which  read :

“ We  back  our goods  with  our honor. ”  
The  merchant  two  doors  west  put  up 
sign  also.  His  sign  read :
“ We  back  our  goods  with  a  cash 

guarantee. ” _____ 

^ _____
A  Soft  Cushion.

She  laid  her head  on  the  easy-chair 
against  his  head  and  murmured :  “ How 
do  love  to  rest  my  head  against  your 

head,  Mr.  Soule!”

“ Do  you?”   said  he. 

you  love  me?”

“ Is 

it  because 

“ No;  because  it  is  so  nice  and  soft

* ‘ I  never  pay  old  debts. ”  

“  And  new

ones?”  

“ I  let  them  grow  old.”

Bushman  has  the  cigars.

A wheel  that  you  can 
retail at $50 to $60 and 
make good margins.

Also write about our

“ A M E R I C A ”  
“ W O R L D ”   a n d  
“ P R E M I E R ”

$100 wheels.

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL BICYCLES.

BUILT  for  BUSINESS

It always pays to buy the best, and doubly so when the best costs no more 

than one not so good.  The

QARfrANB

is the highest type of  standard  high  grade  bicycles.  Being  one  of the handsomest and prettiest 

wheels, it is the lightest and strongest.

We want a few more good live agents. 

It is worth your while to write  us  for  catalogue  and  dis­

counts.  First come, first served.

C.  B.  METZGER,

PEN IN SU LAR  MACHINE  COMPANY.

SUCCESSOR TO

GRAND  RA PID S.  MICH.

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

7

What  Modern  Methods  Have

for  the  Bicycle.

R. H. Kane in Hardware Dealers' Magazine 

It 

is  amusing,  when  one  comes  to I 
think  of  it,  to  hear  the  croakers  cry  out 
against  the  way  bicycles  are  ruining  all 
sorts  of  trade.  Recently  a 
local  paper 
sent  out  a  man  to  look  up  the  matter, 
and  he  found  the  livery  stable  keepers, 
the  theaters,  the  carriage  builders,  the 
jewelers  and  lots  of  other  people  setting 
up  a  yell  that  the  bicycle  was  sending 
them  all  headlong to bankruptcy.  While 
trade  may  be  dull  with  these  people, 
there  is  no  truth  in  the  charge  that  the 
is  to  blame  for  it,  or at  least 
bicycle 
very 
little  foundation  for  the  charge.  | 
The  bicycle  business  is  going  ahead  of 
other lines  of  trade  simply  because  it 
the  only 
line  of  business  that  is  up  to I 
date  and  in  keeping  with  the times.  B i­
cycles  are  built  on  modern  ideas;  they 
are  improved  every  year.  Many  makers 
don’t  wait  a  year,  but  take  up  any 
im­
in  bicycles  as  soon  as  it  is 
provement 
suggested.  They  spend  thousands of dol­
lars  in  experiments,  many  of  which  re­
It  would  be  a  very 
sult  only 
is  more  money 
safe  wager  that  there 
spent 
in  attempts  to  im­
prove  the  bicycle  than  has  been  spent 
in  trying  to 
improve  carriages  in  the 
last  twenty.

in  one  year 

loss. 

in 

the 
boom  their business  in  that  way?

Done  bicycle  show.  Do the  carriage  builders, 
jewelers,  the  tailors,  and  what  not 
is  not  with  the  bicycle;  it 
is  with  the  other  trades,  which  attempt 
to  do  business  to-day  with  the  methods 
of  fifty  years  ago.

The  fault 

Dictator  and  Dictated.

A  very  pretty  young  girl  was  sitting 
in  a  Wealthy  avenue  car  the  other  day. 
At  the  corner  of  Sheldon street a grocery 
salesman  boarded  the  car  and  sat  down 
beside  the  young  lady.

“ Why,  N ellie,’ ’  said  he,  “ wherehave 

you  been  so  long?”

“ Home,”   said  Nelly  demurely. 
“ Thought  you  were  hammering  some 

s I old  typewriter  for  Plunk  &  Plunk.”  

“ Well,  I  ain’t.
‘ ‘ What  are  you  doing?”
“ I ’m  married.
“ M arried!”   exclaimed  the 
“ Whom’d  you  marry?”
“  Horace  Plunk. ”
The  face  of  the  youth  grew  blank. 
“  I  can’t  see  what  you  married  him 

youth. 

Nellie  blushed,  and  then  dimpled 

for.
to  an  amused  smile. 
having  him  dictate  to  me.

in­
“ I  got  tired  of 

A  man  may  be  judged  by  the  com-

if  tht

pany  he  keeps,  especially 
pany  happens  to  be  dogs.

Five  years  ago  the  average  bicycle 
weighed  fifty  pounds.  This  year  they 
average  under  twenty-five, 
it’s  doubtful 
f  the  modern  carriage  is a pound lighter 
than  it  was  ten  years  ago.  Bicycle  mak­
ers  and  wheelmen  spend  thousands  of 
iollars  and 
issue  tons  of  literature  ad­
improved  roads.  How  much 
vocating 
have  the  carriage  makers  ever  spent 
in 
that  way?  The  makers  of  half  a  dozen 
leading  bicycles  spend  more 
of  the 
is I ter,  N.  Y.,  prices,  styles, 
is 
money  advertising  their  wheels  than 
spent  by  all  the  carriage  makers  in 
the  guaranteed.
country.  Take  the  bicycle  shows  in  the 
country  and  consider  the  thousands  of 
persons  who  are  amused  and 
interested 
at  a  cost  of  millions  of  dollars  to  the 
makers.  No  other  trade  in  the  country 
attempts  anything  in  that  line.  Every 
its
town  of  any  size  in  the  country  has 

Grateful  for  past  favors,  I  announce 
full  line samples Ready Made Clothing, 
Fall and  Winter trade,  ten  trunks  in all, 
Men’s,  Boys’  and  Children’s,  have  also 
closing  out  bargains  Summer  trade,  14 
years  with  MICHAEL  KOLB  &  SON, 
oldest  Clothing  Manufacturers,  Roches- 
fit  always 

WILLIAM  CONNOR,

Will be at Sweet’s Hotel, Grand Rapids, 

Thursday and  Friday, July 9 and  10.

MARSHALL,  MICH.

Box  346,

WON  AND  LOST.

How  a  Fortune  Slipped  Through  the 

Fingers  of a  Poor  Tailor.

From the New York Sun.

it 

is 

lottery  ticket 

For  the  first  time  in  many  years  the 
police  of  this  city  are  making  war  on 
the  East  Side 
lottery  men.  Next  to 
policy,  the  traffic  in  lottery  tickets  has 
for  many  years  been the most flourishing 
gambling  business  in  the  Hebrew  quar­
ters.  Scarcely  a  man  among  the  thou­
sands  who  crowd  the  tenements  of  E s­
sex,  Stanton,  Eldridge,  and  other  East 
Side  streets,  but  has  purchased  his  lot­
tery  ticket  as  regularly  each  month  as 
he  has  eaten  his  breakfast  each  morn­
ing.  The 
looked  on 
with  awe  when  the  head  of  the  house 
digs  it  up  from  the  bottom  of  the  stock­
ing,  where 
is  kept  with  the  other 
family  valuables,  to  compare  the  num­
ber  on 
it  with  that  on  his  neighbor’s, 
and  the  holders  never  stop  hoping  that 
some  day  the  drawing,  away  off  in  trop­
ical  lands,  will  bring  them  the  fortune 
they  have  been  awaiting  so  many  years.
You  hear  of  policy  and  craps  and 
other  gambling  games  all  over  the  East 
Side.  The people  there  play these games 
openly,  but  one  rarely  hears  mention  of 
the  lottery.  The  players  talk  about  it 
among  themselves,  but  they  don’t  dis­
cuss  it  with  outsiders.  That  is the  result 
carefully  planned  system  to 
of 
which  the 
lottery  agents  have  brought 
the  sale  of  tickets.
told  that  to  talk  about  his  ticket  or  the 
lottery  to  anybody  puts  the  organization 
in  danger,  and  that  means  that  the 
ticket  he  holds  is  absolutely  valueless. 
The  holders  of  tickets  are  made  to  feel, 
too,  that  they  are  a  part  of  the  great 
game,  and  their  fears  are  worked  upon 
by  the  information  that  they  are  liable 
to  arrest  and  imprisonment  if  the  fact 
that  they  have  purchased  or  hold  lottery 
tickets  becomes  known  to  the  police 
These  and  other  clever precautions have 
contributed  to  make  the  lottery  business 
on  the  East  Side  a  comparatively  safe 
one.

Every  one  who  purchases  a  ticket 

the 

A  little  story,  told between heart-rend 
ing  sobs,  by  a  poverty-stricken  Polish 
Jew  tailor,  who  has  for  years  worked 
fifteen  hours  a  day  for $5  a  week,  has 
brought  the  matter  to  head,  however, 
His  story,  more  than  anything  else, 
should  help  to  break  up  the  traffic,  fo 
it  shows  how  vain  are  the  hopes  and 
ambitions  stored  up  in  every  Hebrew 
household  for  the  glorious  future  which 
is  to  come  through  the  medium  of  the 
lottery  ticket 
Perhaps  the  experiences 
of  Jodek  Simon,  whose  home  is  a  mis 
erable,  windowless  room,  many  floors 
up  in  an  Orchard  street  tenement,  w 
serve  better  than  anything  else  to  illus 
trate  the  way  the  average  Russian  and 
Polish  Jew  is  brought  into  the  toils  by 
the  dealer  in  lottery  tickets.

Simon 

is  a  Polish  Jew,  and  he  came 

to  this country five  years  ago.  He  was 
tailor  in  the  old  country,  and  he  left  h 
wife  and  five  children  behind  when  h 
came  to  America,  meaning  to  send  for 
them  as  soon  as  he  had  saved  enough 
money.  For  a  year  the  man  earned 
about  $3  a  week.  Then  his  fidelity  was 
rewarded  by  the  people  for  whom  he 
worked,  and  rates  were  so  materially 
advanced  that  he  managed  to  earn  $5 
week  after  that.

Prosperity  had  a  bad  effect  on Simon 
He began  to  mix  a  little  more  with  the 
people,  and  on  Saturday  nights  h 
would  visit  the  saloons  and 
coffee 
houses  where  his neighbors  were wont 
congregate.  There  he  learned  to  shak 
dice  and  to  play  cards,  and  there  h 
heard  the  talk  of  lottery  tickets.

Once  a  week  a  dapper 

little  man 
would  come  into  the  saloons  and  coffee 
houses.  He  wore  a  small  leather  satchel 
slung  across  his  shoulder  by  a 
long 
strap.  Time  and  again  Simon  saw  this 
man  come  and  take  a  position  in  a  cor­
ner.  Then  he  would  draw  out  a  pack­
age  of  tickets  from  the  satchel,  and 
Simon’s 
and  neighbors 
would  surround  him,  each paying  a  sum 
of  money  and  getting  a  ticket  in  ex­
change.  When  everybody  had  been 
supplied  the  dapper  man would shut  the 
satchel  with  a  snap,  take  a  drink  with 
anybody  who  asked  him,  and  walk  out.

countrymen 

When  Simon  asked  what  it  all  meant,
he  got  peculiar  winks  and  significant 
leers.  This  went  on  for  a  long  time, 
and  then  some  one  told  Simon  about 
the  lottery,  about  the  great  chance  a 
man  had  to  win  a  fortune  on  the  invest­
ment  of  one  dollar,  and  Simon  went 
home  with  his  head  in  a  whirl.

The  next  month  Simon  bought  a 
ticket.  A  friend  introduced  him  to  the 
dapper  little  man  and  for  three  years 
"   mon  was  a  regular  purchaser  of  lot­
tery  tickets.  Sometimes  he  bought  one, 
sometimes  two  and  three,  the  money 
for  them  coming  out  of  the  iittle  money 
he  could  save  from  his  meager  earn- 
gs.  He  says  that  he  frequently  went 
days  without  proper  nourishment  in  or­
der  to  get  together  enough money to pur­
chase  his  tickets.  During  all  o.f  this 
me,  he  says,  he  never  won  a  cent. 
in  a  while,  a  neighbor  who  had 
Once 
been  purchasing 
years 
would  win  §5  or $10,  and  then  every­
body  would  congratulate  him  on  his 
luck,  and  the 
in  his 
mmediate  vicinity  would  take  on  a 
boom.

lottery  business 

tickets 

for 

But  six  months  or  so  ago,  when  a 
rawing 
in  the  lottery  took  place,  it 
rent  around  the  district  like  wildfire 
that  some  one 
in  New  York  had  won 
the $15,000  prize.  Simon  was  only  one 
of  the  hundreds  who  rushed  home  that 
ight  and  dug  up  the  lottery  ticket  they 
had  been  cherishing,  to  see  if  it  bore 
the  winning  number.  And  the  poor 
lor almost  fainted  when  he  saw  that 
he  had  won.  He  went  around 
the 
neighborhood  like  a  crazy  man,  telling 
everybody  of  his 
luck  and  of  how  he 
could  now bring  his  wife  and  children 
over  to  America.  The  few  dollars  that 
e had  left  to  his  name  went  for  drinks 
for  the  friends  who  sprung  up  on  all 
sides  to  congratulate  him.  And  that 
ight  Simon  slept  with  the  winning 

ticket  clutched  tightly  in  his  hand.

Two  or  three  days  later  the  dapper 
man  came  around  inquiring  for  Simon. 
When  he  saw  him  he  took  him  to  one 
ide  and  told  him  that  he  was  author- 
zed  by  the  lottery  company  to  cash  all 
winning  tickets.  By  that  he  meant,  he 
said,  that  he  would  forward  the  ticket 
to  Honduras.  Then  he  explained  that 
there  would  be  commissions,  bribes  to 
customs  officials  and  others,  express 
charges,  insurance,  and  a  dozen  other 
expenses  which  would  bring  the  win­
nings  down  to  about  $8,000.  At  least 
six  months  must  elapse  before 
the 
money  would  reach  New York,  and  per­
haps,  after all,the  agent  said,  it  would 
be better  for  Simon  to  sell  the  ticket  for 
cash  and 
let  some  richer  man  do  the 
waiting.

And  so,  after  much  parleying,  Simon 
accepted  a  $7,000  check  for  the  ticket, 
signing  a  receipt  for  $15,000.  After 
giving  him  the  check  the  agent  offered 
to  get  it  cashed.  That  would  cost $200, 
he  said,  and  Simon  agreed  to  the  pro 
posal.  When  he  got  his  money  it  was 
just  $6,800,  and  he  considered  himself 
in  great  luck  to get  that,  as  he  undoubt­
edly  was.  He  gave  a  relative  the  $800, 
and  with  the  balance  he  started 
for 
home.  The 
lottery  business  went  on, 
the  dapper  man  sold tickets each month, 
and  everyone  hoped  to  some  day  dupli­
cate  Simon’s  experience.

Three  weeks  ago  a  ragged,  half- 
starved  looking  man  made  his  appear­
ance  in  Orchard  street.  No  one  recog­
nized  him  until  he made himself known, 
and  then  they  saw  that 
it  was  Simon, 
the  man  who,  they  all  supposed,  was 
rolling  in  wealth  and  luxury on the other 
side  of  the  water.  Simon’s  tale  was  a 
short  one.  The  Russian  customs  offi­
cials  received  information of his coming 
from  this  side,  he  said.  They  asked 
him  for  the  money  he  had,  and when  he 
denied  that  he  had  any  told  him  that 
they  knew better.  They  searched  him, 
stripped  him of  every  cent  he  had,  kept 
him 
in  confinement  a  few  days,  and 
then  sent  him  back.  That  was  Simon’s 
story,  and 
it  spread  around  the  East 
Side  with  wonderful  rapidity.  His  old 
employer  heard  of  it  and  gave him back 
his  old 
job,  and  once  more  Simon  is 
working  for  $5  a  week—only  he  isn’t 
buying  lottery  tickets  any  more.

Wait  for  Bushman,  of  Kalamazoo.

General  Stampede 

From  the  Curse of Credit.

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

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

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BICYCLE  LAWS  AND  PO LICE 
The  operation  of  the  bicycle  ordi­
nance,  recently  enacted  by  the  Grand 
Rapids  Common  Council,  has  been  a 
interest  to  amount 
matter  of  sufficient 
to  a  sensation. 
Instead  of  incorporating 
the  provision  first  proposed,  requiring 
the  use  of  bells  when  necessary  to  warn 
pedestrians,  the  section  on  that  subject 
is  made  to  require  the  ringing  of  bells 
thirty  feet  before  passing  a  crosswalk— 
a  plan  which  has  been  tried  and  dis­
carded  in  many  cities  and  villages.

For  two  or  three  days  after  the  ordi­
nance  became  operative  this  provision 
was  disregarded.  Then  arrests  began, 
and  the  first  day  over  400  riders  were 
stopped  by  the  police.  The  offenders 
were  not  taken  to  police  headquarters— 
their  names  and  addresses  only  being 
taken.  Among  these  were  many  of  the 
most  prominent  citizens—business  men 
lawyers,  etc.  As  might  be expected,  the 
raid  resulted  in  an  amount  of  bell  ring 
ing  which  quickly  became  a  nuisance 
Some  riders  put  as  large  a  number  of 
bells  on  their wheels  as  possible  and  all 
sorts  of  schemes  were  projected  for  the 
ringing  of  the bells  automatically.  For 
two  or three  days there  was  a bell  ring 
ing  carnival.

testing 

intention  of 

Soon  after the  enactment of  the  ordi 
nance,  Morris  White,  a  bicycle  sales 
for  Perkins  &  Richmond,  ex 
man 
pressed  his 
its 
validity.  For  two  or three  days  he  was 
unmolested,  but  when  the  arrests began 
he  soon  became  a  victim.  Notwith 
standing  the  fact  that  his  offense  was 
exactly  the  same  as  that  of  the  great 
number  apprehended,  his  treatment  by 
the  police  officials  was  decidedly  differ­
ent.  He  was  taken  promptly  to  police 
headquarters  and,  after being  subjected 
to  the  indignity  of  a  search,  was  placed 
in  a  cell,  pending  the  arrival  of  his 
bondsmen.

This  disgraceful  and  outrageous  con­
duct  on  the  part  of  the  police  officials  is 
without  excuse  or  palliation.  That  Mr. 
White  should  have  expressed  a  wish  to 
test  the  ordinance  was  in  no  sense  a  re­
flection  on  the  police  department,  and 
the  excuse  given  by  some  of  the officials 
that  he  was  ‘ ‘ carrying  a  chip  upon  his 
shoulder”   is  entirely  impertinent.  The 
insult  was  wholly  gratuitous  and  indi­
cates  a  degree  of  petty  vindictiveness 
on  the  part  of  those  concerned  in  it  that 
is  a  disgrace  to  the  city. 
It  argues 
a  low  appreciation  of  the  importance 
and  dignity  of  their  position  as  conser-

citizens 

vators  of  the  public  peace that such  men 
should  arrogate  to  themselves  judicial 
functions 
in  discriminating  between 
respectable 
in  a  technical 
offense  of  this  kind  and  inflict  penalties 
in  accordance  with  their  petty,  childish 
spites. 
It  was  a  fitting  termination  of 
the  episode  that  it  should  transpire  that 
the  arresting  officer  had  sworn  falsely  in 
his  information  in  that  Mr.  White  was 
arrested  before  he  had  passed  a  cross-
ng-

TRADE  SITUATION.

The  general  trade  situation,  as  might 
be  expected  in  view  of  the  midsummer 
season  of  taking  accounts  of  stocks, 
shutting  down  for  repairs,  etc.,  with 
the  increased  political 
interest,  repeats 
the  story  of  dulness  with  still  greater 
intensity.  About  the  only  line  in which 
there  is  a  favorable  exception  is  that  of 
leather  and 
its  manufactures.  Prices 
in  these  lines  continue  remarkably  firm 
and  shoe  factories  are  busily  employed. 
Petroleum and anthracite coal  are  slight­
ly  advanced.  Aside  from  these,  the sit 
uation 
in  every 
quarter.

is  decidedly  bearish 

The  promising  prospects  of  the  wheat 
crop,  both 
in  this  and  foreign  coun­
tries,  are  sufficient  to  account  for  the 
continued  downward  tendency 
in  that 
cereal,  and  the  same  condition  obtains 
with  corn  and  other  grains.  The  prob 
ability  of  any  material  advance  in  these 
products  seems  decidedly  remote.

The  iron  situation  continues  the  same 
tendency  of  demoralization  combina 
tions  contending  against  diminishing 
demand.  The  only  change  is  that  the 
shutting  down  for  repairs,  etc.,  and  the 
efforts 
in  the  direction  of  curtailing 
output,  have  produced  some  results  and 
the  stocks  on  hand  are 
increasing  with 
less  rapidity,  or  even  diminishing.

it 

In  textiles 

is  the  same  old  story. 
The  small  margin  between  the  cost  of 
cotton  and  the  manufactured  goods  is 
compelling mills  to  close in an increased 
ratio.  The  reduction  in  prices,  in  some 
cases,  has  been  sufficient  to  move  goods 
quite  largely,  but  there  is  little  comfort 
in  this  when  it  is  necssary  to  go  so  low 
as  2%  cents  in  prints  for  that  purpose.
As  might be  expected,  the situation in 
the  stock  market  has  suffered  no  less 
than  other  lines.  There  has,  however, 
been  the  encouraging  feature 
in  that 
foreign  demand  has  been  greater  than 
could  be  expected 
in  view  of  the  silver 
controversy  in  this  country.  The  little 
activity  that  has been  manifested  is  al­
most  entirely  owing  to  foreign  inquiry.
There  is  a  favorable  indication  in  the 
increase  of  the  bank  clearings,  which 
considerably  exceed  the  billion  point, 
amounting  to  $1,103,000,000.  Failures 
were  257,  against  218  for  the  preceding 
week. 

___________

A  new  soporific,  to  which  the  name 
pellotin  has  been  given,  has  been  dis­
covered 
in  a  Mexican  cactus  called 
anhalonium.  The  native  Mexicans  eat 
slices  of  the  plant,  which  they  call 
"pellote. ”  
Its  hypnotic  alkaloid  has 
been  separated  by  Dr.  Hefter,  of  Leip­
zig.  One  grain  of  pellotin  is  equal,  in 
its  effects,  to  fifteen  and  a  half  grains of 
trional  and  to  thirty-one  grains  of  hy­
drate  of  chloral. 
quieting  delirium  tremens  only  in  large 
d o s e s . ________________

is  effective 

It 

The  commercial  traveler  who  is  not 
gentlemanly  and  considerate  of  the  best 
interests  of  the  man  whose  business he’ 
after 
is  likely  to  do  more  harm  than 
good.  The  days  of  "th e  cheeky  travel­
ing  m an"  are  past.

T R A D E S M A N

SIX  HUNDRED  TO  ONE.

A  Bay  City  dispatch  conveys  the  fol­

lowing  information:

The  strike  in  Wheeler  &  Co.’ s  ship­
yard  will  be  one  of  the  most  serious dis­
agreements of the kind which has ever oc­
curred  here.  The  company  refuses  to 
discharge  one  employe,  a  non-union 
man,  and  600  members  of  the  union  say 
they  will  not  do  a  tap  of  work  until  that 
one  objectionable  employe 
is  disposed 
of.  The  company  is  protected  in  its con­
tracts  against  loss  arising  from  strikes, 
and  fears  nothing  in  that  regard.

is 

Such  boy-play  on  the  part  of  union 
men 
thoroughly  characteristic  of 
union  methods.  Six  hundred  workmen 
may  lay  idle  and  600  families  may  go 
hungry,  rather  than  permit  one  poor 
devil  of  a  non-union  workman  to  earn 
his  living 
in  an  honest  manner.  Such 
s  the  magnanimity  of  unionism!  Such 
s  the  "brotherhood  of  man, 
concern- 
.ng  which  the  unions  prate!  And such  is 
the  "universality  of  mankind,”   which 
is  predicted 
in  such  glowing  colors  by 
labor  leaders  for  the  halcyon  days  of  the 
future  when  unionism shall  be  trium­
phant  and  all  shall  bow  their heads  to 
the  mandate  of  the  walking  delegate.

Senator  Perkins,  of  California,  is 

in 
a  peculiar  plight,  owing  to  certain  rash 
promises made sixteen years ago when he 
was  Governor  of  the  State.  He  was 
very  popular,  and  it  got  to  be  quite  the 
fashion  to  name  baby  boys  after him. 
The  fond  fathers  and  mothers kept  him 
informed  of  these  christenings,  but  in 
stead  of  sending  a  check  to  each  name' 
sake,  as  was  doubtless  expected,  Mr, 
Perkins  wrote  letters,  in  which  he  said 
all  manner of  nice  things,  winding  up 
as  follows: 
"When  George  Perkins 
Jones  is  grown  let  me  know,  and  I  will 
send  him  to  college."  He  never 
im­
agined  that  he  was  to  be  United  States 
Senator  sixteen  years  later,  but  there  he 
is,  and  the  letters  are  coming  home  to 
roost.  Already  four  young  men  named 
George  Perkins  Something  have  put 
in 
their  claims for  a college  education,  and 
the  Senator  thinks  there  are  at  least 
thirty  more  of  them.  " I ’llhave  to  honor 
their  drafts,”   he  says,  with  a  grimace 
"even  if  it bankrupts  m e."  The  man 
who  wants  to  perpetuate  the  name  of 
Perkins  should  pay  for  it.

Grand  Rapids  is  to  be  congratulated 
on  her  emancipation  from the operations 
of  the  Bell  telephone  monopoly.  For 
years  she  has  paid  heavy  tribute 
alien  capitalists,  but  the  appearance 
local  competition 
in  the  field  has  re 
duced  the  price  of  telephone  servie 
about  one-half;  and 
if  there  are  any 
profits  on  the  business  on  this  basis, 
they  will  be  divided  among  Grand 
Rapids  people,  instead  of  still  further 
enriching  Detroit  and  Boston  capitalists 
who  are  so  fortunate  as  to be  the  pos 
sessors  of  muchly-watered  Bell  stock.

It 

is  estimated  that  250,000 bicycles 
are  owned  within  a  radius  of  fifty  miles 
of  London.  As  the  majority  of  them  are 
medium  grade  wheels,  they  are  said  to 
represent an  outlay of .£3,000,000.  From 
Jan.  1  to  the  last  day  of  April,  twenty- 
seven  new  bicycle 
companies  were 
formed  in  England,  with a  capital  stock 
of  a  quarter  of  a  million  sterling,  and 
last  year  fifty  companies  were  formed, 
with  an  aggregate  nominal  capital  of 
over  half  a  million  sterling.

Business  should  be  a  life  work  with 
the  man  of  business.  Every  detail 
in 
his  line  of  business  should  be  carefully 
prepared  for,  thoroughly understood  and 
built  on  a  plan  to  stay  and  grow  with 
I the  years.

1. 

in 

in 

1892, 

1,025; 

1,284; 

The  records  of  new  railroad  building 
.n  the  United  States  in 
1896,  published 
in  the  Railroad  Gazette,  show  that  717 
miles  of  road  have  been  built during  the 
first  half  of  the  year.  Last  year 622 
miles  of  new  road  were  built  up  to  July 
1,  and  the  record  in  1894  was  495  miles 
In  1893»  it 
between  Jan.  1  and  July 
was 
1891, 
1,704,  and  in  1890,  2,055  miles. 
It  will 
be  seen  how  greatly  railroad  extension 
has  been  checked  by  the  conditions  of 
the  past  few  years,  and  there  are  no 
substantial  signs  that  any  large  relative 
increase  is  to  be  expected 
in  the  near 
future.  Much 
largest  mileage 
credited  to  any  one  company,  out  of  the 
total  given 
for  the  six  months,  is  that 
built  by  the  Kansas  City,  Pittsburg  & 
Gulf,  nearly 
in  Arkansas, 
Texas  and  the  Indian  Territory.  The 
detailed  statement  of  the  new  mileage 
by  states  shows  that  California  built  102 
iles  of  road,  much  more than any other 

140  miles, 

the 

s t a t e . _________________

The  position  Grand  Rapids  is  assum- 
.ng as  a grain market is a matter of much 
comment  among  the  trade.  For  years 
this  city  stood  second  to  Detroit  in  this 
respect,  but  she  has  now  distanced  the 
City  of  the  Straits  and  expects  to be 
able  to  retain  possession  of  the  cham- 
»ionship  belt.  During  the  month  of 
une  Grand  Rapids  received  190  cars  of 
grain,  while  Detroit  received  188.  The 
receipts of  wheat  were  128  cars here  and 
66  in  Detroit.

The  Tradesman  heartily  commends 
the  project  to  enlarge  the  scope  of  the 
Northern  Michigan  Retail  Grocers’  As­
sociation  and  change 
its  name  to  the 
Michigan  Retail  Grocers’  Associa­
tion.  The  work  undertaken  and  accom­
plished  by  the  organization  has  never 
in  character  or  effect 
been  sectional 
and  there 
is  everything  to  gain,  and 
nothing  to  lose,  by  increasing  its  scope 
and  influence.

The  general  supposition  that  the  Ger­
man  system  of  working  things  in  the 
War  Department 
is  beyond  reproach 
would  be  disproved  by  a  recent incident 
connected  with  the  dispatch  of  a detach­
ment  of  troops  to  Africa.  It  was  discov­
ered,  after  the  troops  had  departed,  that 
the  telegraphic  apparatus  had  been 
left 
behind.

Shippers  should  always  ascertain  the 
standing  of  commission 
firms  before 
consigning.  A  long  list  of references  is 
not  sufficient. 
In  many  cases  the  banks 
or  agencies  referred  to  do  not  know  the 
house  giving  the  reference,  or,  if  they 
do,  would  refuse  to  say  anything  unfa­
vorable  as  to  their  responsibility.

The  connecting  link  has  been  found. 
It 
is  the  bicycle  scorcher.  A  good 
specimen,  stooping  over  on  his  wheels, 
with  his  back  humped  up,  is,  for  all the 
world,  a  near  resemblance  to  a  hand-or­
is 
gan  man’s  monkey  when  the  animal 
running  along  a  gallery  railing  to  make 
collections.

If  the  devil  had  not had  considerable 
experience  with  political  campaigns,  it 
might  make  him  nervous  to  hear  the 
edict  going  forth 
from  each  political 
party  that  the  whole  country  is  going  to 
invade  his  regions  unless  the  other  side 
can  be  defeated.

■ When  two  men  get  in  a  beer  saloon, 
and  get  about  half  drunk,  the  way  they 
lie  about  the  country  and  their  wrongs 
is  simply  scandalous.

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

9

United  States  revenue  marine  and  the 
the 
efforts  of  the  Spanish  warships, 
landing  of  filibustering 
expeditions, 
with  men  and  supplies,  goes  on  practi­
cally  without  cessation. 
Scarcely  a 
week  elapses  without  the  report  of  the 
successful  landing  of  an  expedition.

How  so  many  expeditions  can  suc­
ceed  in  landing  on  Cuban  soil  without 
meeting  with  opposition  from  the Span­
ish  cruisers  surpasses  comprehension. 
It  certainly  argues  gross  inefficiency  on 
the  part  of  the  naval  branch  of  the 
Spanish  government.  Were  a  proper 
force  of  vessels  maintained  in  Cuban 
waters,  and  the  coasts  thoroughly  pa- 
troled,  it  would  be  practically 
impos- 
ble  for  large  expeditions  to  success­

fully  land.

In  the  meantime  definite 

information 
from  Consul-General  Lee 
is  being 
anxiously  awaited.  General  Lee’s  mil­
tary  experience  and  training  enable 
iim  to  form  a  very  accurate  idea  of  the 
exact,  state  of  affairs 
in  Cuba  from  a 
ilitary  point  of  view,  and  the  govern­
ment  will,  no  doubt,  be  largely  gov­
erned  by  the  advices received from him.
here  are  many  signs  that  the  new Con­
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Laurel is  meeting with  the  success we  predicted 
for it.  Those who are using  it  say  it  is  the  best 
Spring  wheat  Hour  they  have  ever  had.  Those 
who are not  can be easily  convinced  if  they will 
give it a trial.  We are exclusive  agents.

WORDEN  GROCER  GO.,

GRAND RAPIDS,  MICH.

You  can’t  fool 
The  people  all  the  time

You buy  inferior  bakery  goods  because  they  are 
cheap and the salesman  who sells them is a “good 
fellow,” but the trade will  soon learn which grocer 
keeps the best  goods  and will  patronize  him. 
Is 
it not so?

f Sells on  its merits.
I  Retails profitably at a low figure.
1  Is in constant demand:
I  Is an all-around cake for- every occasion.

Not  a  Single  Slow  Thing  about  It.

It is not made from poorflour, in­
ferior fruit and rancid butter, but 
will bear the strictest analysis.

Its pleasing flavor recommends it to everyone.

HE DEW  «   BISCUIT  GO.

GRAND  RAPIDS.

CAMPAIGN  STU FF.

Now  that  the  political  campaign  is 
fairly begun,  the  people  are  being  re­
galed  with  facts  and  figures  tending  to 
prove  the  statement  that  we  are  the 
worst  of  slaves  and  that  a  few  wealthy 
men  own  the  country  and  are  riding  it 
to  death.

The  very  reverse  is  true.  No  country 
on  earth  comes  so  near being  owned  by 
the  bone  and  sinew,  the  middle  class, 
so  to  speak,  the  voting  population,  and 
therefore  the  governing  power,  as  the 
United  States.  Referring  to  the  esti­
mates of  the  wealth  of  the  fifteen 
lead­
ing  nations  of  the  earth,  made by  an 
in  which  the 
English  statistician,  and 
United 
first,  with 
something  over  sixty-four  billions  of 
dollars’  worth  of  property,  a  contem­
porary  comments:

is  placed 

States 

“ While  the  statement 

is  gratifying 
from  one  point  of  view,  it  is  likewise 
appalling  from  another.  It  is  gratifying 
to  our  National  pride  to  know  that 
America  heads  the  column  of  rich  and 
powerful  Nations.  At  the  same  time  it 
is  most  appalling  to  know  that  all  this 
wealth 
in  the  hands  of  a  favored 
few.

is 

All  this  wealth  in  the  hands  of  a  fa­
vored  few!  There  are  about  14,000,000 
voters  in  the  United  States  and  of  the 
number  some  7,000,000  own  homes. 
There  were  four  and  a  half  million 
farms  owned  by  almost  as  many  owners 
in 
1890,  according  to  the  census,  and 
their  value  alone  was  but  little  short  of 
one-fourth  of  the  aggregate  wealth  of 
the  country.  There  were 
as  many 
more  homes  or  lots  owned  in  corporate 
towns  and  cities,  of  a  value  as  large  as 
the  farm  lands,  thus  showing  that  half 
the  voting  population  of  the  country 
owned  homes  and  half  the  wealth  of  the 
nation!

Of  course,  many  thousands  of  these 
farms  and  homes  have  been  temporarily 
mortgaged,  the  mortgages represent in 
the  means  of  obtaining  homes  in  a  new 
country,  but  the  holders  of  the  actual 
wealth  in  the United States  are  far  from 
“ few ,”   and  the  average  life  of  a  mort 
gage  with  us  is  less  than  five  years.  N 
people  on  earth  ate  so  independent  as 
the  middle  classes  in  America.  There 
are  many  great  fortunes,  it  is  true,  but 
many  of  these  are  fictitious  and  fluctua 
ting  in  their values.

The 

fact 

is,  there 

is  no  campai 

stuff  so baseless  to-day  as  these  calam 
ity  howls  about  a  poverty-stricken  and 
oppressed  people  in  the  United  States 
There  is  poverty  and  there  are homeless 
people,  but  not 
in  proportion  to  the 
population  as  found  everywhere  else  on 
earth,  and  not because  a  “ few  people”  
own  the  others.  This  is  a  grand  coun 
try  and  with  the  grandest  possibilities 
for  the  poor  man  of  any  other  nation 
the  world.

TH E  SITUATION  IN  CUBA.

It  is  now  very  clear  that  no  recogn 

is  to 

tion  of  Cuban  belligerency 
hoped  for  during  President  Cleveland 
administration,  unless 
the  Spaniards 
themselves  force  such  a  course by harsh 
treatment  of  Americans  or  by  gross 
mismanagement  of  their  campaign.
Now  that  the  rainy  season  has  set 

in, 
active  campaigning  has  in  a  measure 
ceased,  and  both  sides  are  seeking  to 
impor­
avoid  as  much  as  possible  any 
tant  engagements. 
The  Cubans  are 
utilizing  the  respite  for  active  recruit­
ing  and  the  importation  of  supplies  of 
arms  and  ammunition,  while  the  gov­
ernment  forces  are  endeavoring  to  pro­
tect  themselves  as  much  as  possible 
from  the  deadly  effects  of  the  climate.
Notwithstanding  the  activity  of  the

I  

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Time  to  Put  Stock  in  Order.

Those  who 

inventory  twice  a  year 
will,  of  course,  have  the  fact  clearly be 
fore  them.  Those  who  do  not  may  be 
apt  to  overlook'the  fact  that  the  time  is 
so  near  and  maybe  put  off  the  duty  of 
redqcing  the  stock  until  necessity  com 
pels  them  to  do  so  in  order  not  to  carry 
goods  over  to  the  next  season.

It  is  high  time  to  begin  to  get  stocks 
n  order.  A  comparatively  small  cut 
now,  when  people  are  buying  freely, 
will  move  many  slow  lines  that  would 
otherwise  develop  into  regular  stickers 
and  be  slow  at  any  price  thirty  or  sixty 
days 
later.  Call  the  attention  of  your 
help  to  this  fact.

Do  more  than  th is:  make 

it  a  rule 
for  them  to  place  all  old  goods  and  slow 
sellers  on  the  counter  for  your 
inspec 
tion  at  least  once  a  week.  Be  very 
suspicious  of  the  department  in  which 
the  clerks  tell  you  there  are  no  such 
goods  to  be  found.  That  department 
usually  makes  the  worst  showing  when 
facts  and  figures  appear  in  black  and 
white  on  the  inventory.

Don’t  grumble  and  find  fault  with  the 
clerks  because  slow  goods  are  found 
and  cuts  have  to be  made.  This  is  the 
surest  way  to  make  them  smooth  things 
over and  try  to  hide  the  real  condition 
of  the  stock,  and  this  smoothing  over 
always  leads  to  rocky  roads  later  on 
Clear the  way  as  you  go  along,  and  you 
will  have  steady  and  easy  traveling 
The  people  who  richly  deserve  repri 
manding  are  those  who  are  too  lazy  and 
too 
indifferent  to  push  the  boulders  out 
of  the  way—who  will  not  avert  them 
selves  to  try  to  work  off  old  stock  and 
slow  sellers.  With  these  be  very  severe

The  Country  and  the  City  Boy.
It  is  said  to be  a  singular  fact  that 

country  boy  will  succeed 
in  the  city 
and  become  a  partner  in  our  largest 
firms  much  oftener  than  a  boy  born 
the  city.  The  great  secret  of  the  sue 
cess  of  the  average  country  boy 
is  h' 
perfect  willingness  to be  useful,  and 
do  what he  is  required  to  do  and  do 
cheerfully;  and,  secondly,  they  do  the 
"work  well.  A  city  boy  has  many  ac 
quaintances;  a  country  boy,  none,  and 
the  latter  is  not  called  to  stop  and  talk 
when  sent  out  by  the  merchant.

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

E   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  —m  
flour with which you can build up a pay- 
1 he  name of  the  brand  is
ing trade. 

^

► — 

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.

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

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Causes  and  Remedies  of  Fraud  and 

Embezzlement.

Statistics  show  that,  during  the  past 
ten  years,  bank-wreckers,  embezzlers, 
and  defaulters  have  robbed  the  people 
of  this  country  of  over  $100,000,000,  an 
average  of  over  §10,000,000  per  annum , 
and  this  state  of  things  has  been  grow­
ing  worse  the  past  two  years,  for  the 
year  1892  shows  robberies  by  the  above- 
mentioned  methods  of  about $9,000,000, 
while  1893  shows about $19,000,000,  1894 
about $25,000,000,  and  1895  showed  over 
$4,000,000  to  July  1.

These  sums  probably  do  not  represent 
what  was  actually  taken  during  those 
years,  but  simply  the  amount  of  the 
robberies  discovered,  the  money  having 
been  taken  during  a  period  of  possibly 
many  years,  and  the  fraudulent  acts 
covered  for  the  time being  by  falsifica­
tions  and  false  reports.  The  depressed 
latterly  prevail­
condition  of  business 
inability  of 
ing,  and  the  consequent 
those  who  were  using  the 
funds  in­
trusted  to  their  care for illegal purposes, 
to  realize  on  their  schemes,  have  forced 
their 
institutions  to  the  wall,  and  in­
vestigation  has  developed  the  true  con­
dition  and  discoverfed  the  robberies. 
I 
speak  of  these  acts  as  * ‘ robberies, ’ '  for 
I  believe  in  calling  them  by  their  true 
name.  Whatever  may  be  the  social  po­
sition  of  a  man,  when  he  makes  illegal 
use of  the  funds  of  a  public  office  or  of 
a  financial 
intrusted  to  his 
care,  or  connives  with  others  in  so do­
ing,  he  becomes  a  thief,  just  as  much 
so as  the  man  who  at  night  blows  open 
the  safe  and  takes  what  he  can  find.

institution 

Any  state  of  affairs  which  will  allow* 
the  robbery  of  over  one  hundred  mil­
lions  of  dollars  in  ten  years  is  certainly 
appalling,  and  calls  for  active  meas­
ures,  first  to  ascertain  the  cause,  and 
next  to  provide  the  prevention.  The 
cause  may  be  attributed  to  that  desire, 
which  seems  to  pervade  all  classes,  to 
“ get  rich  quickly”   and  to  live  extrav­
agantly. 
the 
riches  are  obtained  are  too  little  con­
sidered. 
It  is  unfortunate  that political 
and  social  power  are  too  often measured 
by  riches,  and  the  temptation  to  attain 
such  power 
is  greater  than  many  men 
can  withstand.

The  means  by  which 

Banks  are  public  institutions,  institu­
tions  of  trust,  and  the  public  have  the 
right  to  feel  that  their  interests  are fully 
protected  there.  But  at  present  there 
seems  to  be  more  danger 
from  the 
trusted  officer  and  employe  than  from 
the  burglar.  Formerly the greatest  dan­
ger  was  to  be  apprehended  from  the 
skilled  burglar,  who  could  blow  open 
the  vault  doors,  “ crack”   the  safe,  and 
make  off  with  the  money;  but  now  it  is 
the  skilled  financier  or bank  clerk,  who 
coolly  and  quietly  abstracts  or  misap­
plies  the  funds,  falsifies  the  accounts, 
and  makes  away  with  millions  where 
the  burglar  got  thousands.  The  bur­
glar,  a  rough  character,  brought  up  to  a 
life  of  crime,  makes no pretense  of  any­
thing  else;  the  other,  reared  with  all 
the  advantages  which  education,  refine­
ment,  and  moral  surroundings  can give, 
poses  as  an  honorable  gentleman;  often 
is  at  the  head  of  Christian  and  chari­
table  organizations;  stands  as  a  leading 
pillar 
in  the  church;  wins  the  confi­
dence  of those around  him,  and  then  de­
liberately  robs  them,  by  using  illegally, 
in  private  speculation,  the  money  in­
trusted  to  his  care,  seeming  to  forget 
that 
it 
is  not  his  own,  but  is  only  held 
in  trust.

As  a  general  rule  these  robberies  by 
in  one 
in  a  while  an  officer  or

fiduciaries  are  not  committed 
stroke.  Once 

employe  deliberately  helps  himself  to 
all  the  money 
in  sight  and  leaves  for 
foreign  parts,  but  much  more  often  the 
money 
is  drawn  out  by  degrees,  as 
needed 
for  the  schemes  at  hand,  and 
taken  in  such  a  way  as  to  disarm  sus­
picion.  The  delinquents  almost  always 
begin  in  a  comparatively  small  way,  of 
course 
intending  to  return  the  money 
abstracted  as  soon  as  the  profits  from 
the  scheme 
into  which  they  have  em­
barked  are  received;  and,  of  course, 
every  such  scheme  is  “ a  sure  thing. ”  
Once  in,  the  demands  for  more  money 
to  carry  on  the  undertaking  increase, 
the  profits  do  not  materialize,  the  first 
wrong  step  has  been  taken,  and  there  is 
no  such  thing  as  stopping.  Years  may 
gradually  becomes 
elapse;  the 
greater  and 
falsifications 
have to be  made  and  false  reports  sworn 
to,  until  finally  a  financial  crisis  takes 
place,  all  business 
is  depressed,  the 
wrongdoer  cannot  realize  on  his  specu- 
lationk,  his  institution  totters  and  final­
ly  falls.  Then  an 
investigation  takes 
place,  his  criminal  acts  are  discovered, 
and  the  prison  doors  close  upon  the  last 
scene,  or  he  becomes  a  fugitive  from 
justice. 

greater; 

load 

*

is 

flyer”  

induced 

“ temporary 

to  “ take  a 

In  the  case  of  the  employe,  he  gen­
erally  begins  by  keeping  bad  company 
and  needs  money  to  continue  his  dissi­
by  a 
pation ;  or  he 
“ friend”   (?) 
in 
stocks  or  wheat  or  cotton,  so  he  makes 
a 
loan,”   or  aids  his 
“ friend”   outside to  do so,  by  falsifying 
the  accounts,  and  so  takes  his  first  false 
step. 
It  is  then  only  a  question  of  time 
when  the  end  will  come.  Many  cases  of 
robberies  by  employes  never  reach  the 
public,  friends  settling  the  loss,  and  the 
employe  being  allowed to resign quietly.
Besides  this  ignis  fatuus  of  specula­
tion,  by  which  many  a  good  man  has 
been  ruined,  there  are  the  many  gam­
bling-houses,  especially 
in  our  cities, 
where  unfortunately  too  often  both  the 
trusted  official  and  employe are patrons. 
No  man  who  gambles 
in  any  way  or 
patronizes  the  horse  races  or  pool  rooms 
should  be  allowed  to  fill  any  position  in 
a  financial  institution.  No  one  can  ob­
ject  to  a  man’s  investing his own  money 
in  legitimate enterprise  of any kind,  but 
the  public  have  a  right  to  know  whose 
money 
is  being  invested  by  one  filling 
an  office  of  public  trust  or  in  a bank.

Too  often  a  banker  enters  the  politi­
cal  field.  He  aspires  to  be  a  political 
leader,  to  go  to  Congress,  or,  perhaps, 
to  be  governor.  To  do  -this  requires 
money,  plenty  of  it,  and  the  spending 
of  it  freely.  He  must  be  “ hail  fellow”  
with  the  “ boys,”   and  must  contribute 
liberally  to  the  campaign 
fund;  he 
checks  heavily  on  the  bank,  overdraw­
ing  his  account,  thus  misapplying  the 
bank's  funds;  the  institution  is wrecked 
and  with  it  his  reputation.

With  banks  the  heaviest robberies  are 
generally  committed  by  means  of  dis­
counts  and  overdrafts.  Some  may  claim 
that  the  term  “ robberies”   should not  be 
used  in  reference  to  acts  of  that  nature; 
that  money  obtained  from  the  bank  by 
an  officer by  means  of  notes  discounted 
unsecured,  or  checks  paid  with  no 
money  to  his  credit,  is  not  a  robbery.  I 
contend  that  an  officer  of  a  bank  natur­
ally  stands  in  a  different  relation  to  the 
bank  than  does  a  depositor;  that  he 
is 
in  duty  bound  to  protect  the  interests  of 
the  bank ;  that,  if  he  overdraws  his  ac­
count 
in  that  bank,  he  misapplies  the 
funds  of  the  bank;  that,  if  he  obtains 
money  from  the  bank  by  means  of  un­
secured  loans,  for  the  purpose  of  using 
it 
in  speculative  schemes,  he  misap-

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wherever  our  flour  has  been 
used  it has given  the  best  of 
satisfaction.

V0LLEY CITI IHliUlIC CO.

in 
Michigan  handle  our  winter 
wheat  flour,  and  we  would 
like to  have  all  of  them who 
sell  any spring wheat flour at 
all  order 
our 
“Crosby’s Superior” the next 
time  they  send  in  an  order. 
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individual  notes  of 

Many  banks  have  been  started 

plies  the 
funds  of  the  bank.  Many 
banks  have  been  wrecked  by  the  mis­
application  of  funds,  and  the  depositors 
and  stockholders  robbed.  And  this  is  a 
crime,  as  stated  in  Section  5209  of  the 
Revised  Statutes  of  the  United  States.
in 
fraud,  the  “ capital  stock”   being  paid 
for  by  the 
the 
stockholders, 
these  notes  never  being 
paid,  but  renewed  when  the  bank  ex­
aminer  is  expected.  Yet  it  is  reported 
as  “ capital  stock  paid 
in ,”   the  whole 
scheme  being  to  start  a  bank  for  the 
purpose  of  obtaining  deposits  and 
thereby  getting 
funds  with  which  to 
speculate.  Companies  have  been  or­
ganized  by  the  officers  of  banks,  with  a 
few  outside  “ in  the  ring,”   for  the  ex­
press  purpose  of  having  other  names  by 
which  loans  could  be  obtained  from  the 
bank,  not  daring  to  use their own names 
further.  The  names  of  fictitious  per­
sons or companies, or mere “ straw men, ”  
have  been  used  upon  paper,  the  main 
object  being  to  obtain  the  money  from 
the  bank 
in  an  apparently  legitimate 
manner,  to  allay  suspicion  so  far  as 
possible.

Loans  have  been  obtained  from  other 
banks  by  the  officers  upon  purely  “ ac­
commodation  paper”   of  outside  par 
ties,  the  beneficiary  not 
indorsing  the 
paper,  the  money  being  drawn  by  the 
officer,  or  credited  to  his  account,  by 
means  of  a  credit  slip  signed  by  the 
officer,  no  record  appearing,  however 
as  to  the  beneficiary. 
Loans  have 
been  obtained  by  officers  upon good  and 
well-secured  paper,  which  has  been 
from  the  bank  and 
afterward  removed 
worthless  paper  substituted. 
I  hav 
seen  unsecured  overdrafts  by  officers 
and  their  friends  up  into  the  hundreds 
of  thousands  of  dollars,  the  ledger pages 
torn  out  upon  the  advent  of  the  bank 
examiner,  and  the books  falsified ;  and 
these  proceedings  have been  carried  on 
for  years,  until  failure  came,  and  the 
careful  investigation  that  followed  dis 
closed  the  facts. 
I  have  known  banks 
to.have  their  individual 
ledgers  made 
without  any  numbering  to the  pages,  for 
the  express  purpose  of  enabling  them  to 
remove  leaves  without  exciting  susp' 
cion,  whenever  necessary  to  conceal 
fraudulent 
some  heavy  overdraft  or 
transactions.  Double  sets  of 
ledgers 
have  been  kept  by  an  officer  of  a  bank 
when  drawing  funds  from  the  bank 
■ legally,  one  ledger  representing  the  true 
condition,  the  other  falsified  so  as  to 
cover  the  frauds,  the  bank  examiner 
seeing  only  the  falsified set.  Failure  of 
the  bank  and  investigation  discovered 
the  real  state  of  affairs.  Officers  of 
banks,  while  acting  as  tellers,  have  ab­
stracted 
it  to 
“ notes  discounted,”   and,  upon  the  ad­
vent  of  the  bank  examiner,  have  substi­
tuted  fraudulent  paper manufactured for 
the  purpose,  with  either  forged  or  fic­
titious  signatures,  and  appearing 
to 
have  been'entered  upon  the  discount 
register.

the  money,  charged 

Banks  have  been  robbed  by the  fraud­
ulent  use  of  certificates  of  deposit  and 
clearing-house  due  b ills;  but,  if 
the 
records  of  these  are  properly  kept*- it 
is 
impossible  to  continue  this long  without 
discovery  unless  there  be  collusion,  or 
the  officer  himself  keeps  the  record, 
latter  should  never  be  allowed. 
which 
In  the 
issuing  of  all  vouchers  of  this 
character,  it 
if 
they  be  signed  by  two  officers,  one  of 
them  keeping  a  separate  record,  thus 
making  a  check  upon  the  clerk  or  offi­
cer  issuing  the  voucher.

is  a  great  safeguard 

Clerks  sometimes, 

through 

fear  of

if  they  refuse,  feel 
being  discharged 
obliged  to  make  entries 
in  the  books 
which  they  know  to be  false  and  intend­
ed  to  cover  fraudulent  transactions. 
It 
ould  be  better  if  the  clerk  would  re­
fuse  to  be  a  party  to  any  such  trans­
action,  as  otherwise  he  becomes  an  ac­
complice  and  is  liable  to  criminal  pros­
ecution.  The  moment  the  clerk  makes 
is  first  false  entry,  whether  in  book, 
statement,  or  report,  knowing  it  to  be 
false  and  for  the  purpose  of  deceiving, 
he  places  himself 
in  the  power  of  the 
officer  who  directed  him  to  make it.  He 
then  within  the  meshes  of  the  net 
that  will  sooner  or  later  drag  them  both 
down.  Clerks  who  derived  no benefit 
rom  the  fraudulent  transactions of their 
superiors  are  now  serving  their  sen­
tence 
in  the  penitentiary  for  just  such 
acts.  Whether  they  are  convicted or not, 
however,  their  standing  is  affected.  My 
advice  to  all  such  is  to  be  firm  in  refus- 
ng,  take  a  careful  memorandum  of  the 
transaction  and  its  fraudulent  bearing, 
and  all  facts  relating  to  it,  for evidence, 
and  inform  the  Comptroller  of  the  Cur­
rency  at  Washington,  D.  C .,  who  will 
no  doubt  be  glad  to  receive  any  private 
nformation  to  aid  in  the  discovery  of 
fraud,  and  a  word  to  him  will  be  suffi 
cient  to  set  a  proper  investigation  on 
foot  that  may  avert  a  failure. 
If  every 
bank  would  have  printed,  in  plain type 
copy  of  Section  5209  of  the  Revised 
Statutes,  and  hang  it 
in  a  convenient 
place  within  the  working  body  of  the 
bank,  it  might  be  the  means  of  deter 
ring  some  from  making  the  first  false 
step,  for  comparatively  few  clerks  know 
of  this  section  or 
its  provisions  and 
penalties.  Some  now  serving  sentence 
would,  I  know,  have  thus  been  saved 
have  had  it  from  their  own  lips.

I  doubt 

The  innumerable  methods  adopted  to 
obtain  money  from  banks  illegally,  and 
the  consequent  falsifications  in  the  at 
tempt  to  deceive,  or  to  conceal  such 
actions,  are  surprising. 
if 
would  be  wise  to  detail  them  further 
an  article  of  this  kind.  But  it  may  be 
set  down,  almost  as  a  rule,  that,  where 
there  has  been  embezzlement  or  misap 
plication  of  funds,  falsification  of  the 
accounts  or 
sometimes 
both,  may  also  be  found  as  a  natural 
accompaniment.

false  reports, 

How  to  prevent  the  peculations,  em­
bezzlement  and  falsification  of  accounts 
by  employes  has  been  the  subject  of 
much  thought by  bank  officers.  Some 
employ  the  expensive  method  of  keep­
ing  a  double  force  of  clerks,  one  set 
working  at  night  to  verify  the  work  of 
those  employed  during  the  d a y ;  some 
shift  the  clerks  from  desk to desk  at  un­
certain  periods;  some  organize  an  ex- 
aming  committee  among  the  clerks; 
some  employ  experts  to  make  a  com­
plete  audit  once  or  twice  a  year;  and 
some  contract  with  an expert to examine 
and  audit  one  department  a  month,  no 
one,  not  even  the  bank officers,  knowing 
which  department  will  be  examined 
next.  Of  the  methods  named  I  have 
I seen  the  most  satisfactory  results  ob­
tained  from  that  of employing experts to 
make  an  audit,  either a  general  audit 
or  by  departments,  monthly.  An  audit 
made  by  experienced  men  who  have  no 
interest 
in  shielding  any  one,  and  who 
will  thoroughly  examine  and prove  each 
department,  and  make  an  honest  re­
port,  is  certainly  one  of  the  most  satis­
factory  safeguards  a  bank  can  employ. 
How  to  prevent  the  robberies  by  officers 
institutions,  and  public 
of  financial 
officers, 
is  a  more  complex  question, 
but  a  complete  and  impartial  audit  by 
outside  and  disinterested  parties,  at  ir-

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T H E   “ A B S O L U T E ”   B R A N D .

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

regular  periods,  is 
safeguard  here.

Too  many  banks  pay  their  employes 
insufficient  salaries,  the  responsibility 
not  being  considered  as  it  should  be. 
This  is  an  unwise  policy.  Some  of  the 
best  banks  not  only  pay  their  employes 
well,  but  induce  them  to  become  stock­
holders,  thereby  making  them  personal­
ly  interested.  I  think  this  will  be  found 
by  those  who  try  it  thoroughly  to  be  the 
best  plan.

Too  little  care  is  often  evinced  in  the 
selection  of  officers  and  employes  for 
financial  institutions,  the  former  being 
too  often  chosen  on  account  of  popular­
ity,  and  the  latter  too  much  for 
influ­
ence. 
In  some  sections  a  reprehensible 
practice  prevails  in  obliging  employes 
to  obtain  a  certain 
line  of  deposits. 
This  should  never  be  done;  no  employe 
should  ever  be  placed  in  a  position  of 
obligation  to  a  customer.  Such  a  situ­
ation  has  often  proved  the  snare  by 
which  he  has  been 
led  to  temptation 
and  ruin.  It  is  the  duty  of  the  directors 
and  stockholders  to  try  to  influence  de­
positors  to  bring  their  accounts  to  a 
bank,  and  this  should  never  be  made 
the  duty  of  employes.

The  habits  of  officers  and  employes 
should  be  well  known  and  should  be 
considered  at  all  times.  An  officer  or 
employe  with  a  salary  of  $1,500  to 
$3,000,  for  instance,  who 
is  known  to 
be  living  at the  rate  of  $5,000  or  more 
per  annum,  should  be  a  subject  of  most 
careful  investigation.  There  should  be 
ne  sentiment  in  it,  and  any  director  or 
stockholder  knowing  the  facts  should 
take  steps  to  see  that  such  an investiga­
tion  is  made.

A  very 

stringent 

it  a  crime 

law  should  be 
for  any 
passed,  making 
broker  to  either  solicit,  directly  or  in­
directly,  or  to  speculate  for,  any  officer 
or  employe  of  a  financial  institution. 
The  temptation  and  risk  are  too  great.
The  directors  are  those  elected  by  the 
stockholders  to  manage  the  bank  or 
financial 
They  elect  the 
executive  officers  and  should  be  in  a 
measure  held  responsible  for  the  acts  of 
those  officers. 
It  too  often  happens  that 
the  officers,  with  one  or  two  directors 
who  are  in  “ the  deals”   with  them,  are 
allowed  to  run  the 
institution  to  suit 
themselves,  holding  a  meeting  possibly 
only  once  a  year  to  elect  officers.

institution. 

No  officer  or  employe  should  be  al 
lowed  to  have  an  account  with  the  bank 
with  which  he  is connected,  unless  it be 
the  only  bank 
in  the  town,  and  then 
only  under  rigid  restrictions.  Severe 
restrictions  should  be 
laid  upon  the 
power  to  obtain  loans  or  discounts  from 
their  bank,  either  directly  or indirectly 
by  officers,  directors,  or  employes.

No  officer  or  employe  handling  tb 
money  should  be  allowed  to  make  the 
records,  and  all  the  transactions  for  the 
receiving  and  paying  of  money  should 
if  possible,  be  recorded  twice,  by  sepa 
rate  individuals,  one  being  a  check  up 
on  the  other.

The  discount  register,  as  it  is  usually 
kept  ,is  incomplete. 
It should  be acorn 
plete  history  of each  piece  of  paper.  As 
usually  made,  it  stops  with 
when 
due”   and  “ amount;”   it  should  further 
state  “ when  paid  or  protested”   and 
“ amount  paid  or  protested,”   the  pai 
ink  and 
items  being  entered  in  black 
those  protested  in  red  ink. 
It  will  then 
be  a  comparatively  simple  matter  for 
anyone—a  committee  of  directors,  bank 
examiner,  or  the  discount  clerk  himself 
—to  prove the  notes  on  hand. 
It  should 
also  have  an  extra  column  for  numbers, 
in  the  case  of  re­
which  should  show 

newals  the  subsequent  and  preceding 
numbers,  that  renewals  may  be  easily 
traced.  Every  renewed  piece  of  paper 
should  retain 
its  original  number  as 
well  as  its  new  number.
Wherever  the  bank 

is  large  enough 
to  permit  of  the  extra  force,  the  indi­
vidual  ledger  book-keepers should never 
be  permitted  to  balance  the  passbooks 
of  customers,  this  being  done  by a  clerk 
especially  designated. 
In  any  cases 
where 
impossible  to  obtain 
the  passbook,  the  checks  and  the  de­
posit  slips  should  be  obtained  by  this 
clerk  and  the  account  verified 
from 
these  vouchers.

it  seemed 

Looseness  and  carelessness in methods 
are  often  the  door  through  which  fraud 
enters.  Many  banks  make  a  great  mis­
take 
in  permitting  their  clerks  to  ab­
breviate  or  make  “ short  cuts”   in  writ­
ing  up  the  records. 
It  often  enables 
them  to 
leave  the  bank  earlier  in  the 
day  than  otherwise,  but  something more 
than  that  should  be  considered. 
In  no 
business  should  the  records  be  more 
in  all  their  details  than  in  a 
complete 
bank. 
“ Short  cuts”   often  open  the 
way  for  irregular  transactions  that  may 
be  intended  to  cover  fraud.

In  so  many  cases  it  has  occurred  that 
an 
investigation  after  the  failure  of  a 
bank  has  developed  the  fact  that  fraud­
ulent  acts  have  been  committed  for  sev­
eral  years,  and  apparently  successfully 
concealed  from  the  bank 
examiner, 
that  it  has  raised  the question  as  to  the 
real  value  of  bank  examinations  by 
National  bank  examiners.  From  the 
nature  of a bankexamination,  as usually 
carried  on,  and  the  large  number of 
banks  that  the  examiner  has  charge  of, 
t  is  almost  impossible  by  such  exami 
nations  to  prevent  frauds’ being  com 
mitted  and  being  concealed  for  a  pe 
riod. 
Instances  have  no  doubt occurred 
where  the  bank  examiner  has  failed  to 
do  his  duty,  either  through  negligence 
or  by  permitting  himself  to  be  influ 
enced  by  friendship  or  otherwise.  Bank 
examiners, 
I  am  sorry  to  say,  are  not 
beyond  the  reach  of  temptation.  They 
have  been  known  to  commit  peculations 
when  examining  banks,  by  abstracting 
small  sums  from  the  “ reserve  cash”  
while  counting  it,  knowing,  as  they  do 
that  this  cash 
the 
vault,  seldom  being  recounted  except 
when  a  portion  is  needed  for  use,  and 
the  longer  the  time  before  the  discovery 
of  the  shortage  the  less  liability  of  be 
ng  suspected.  They  have  borrowed 
heavily  from  banks  in  their  district,  i 
many 
loans  never being 
repaid,  thus  putting  themselves  under 
obligation  to  the  banks  they  are  ex 
pected  to  examine  impartially.

is  kept  intact  in 

instances  the 

list  of 

It  is  too  often  the  case  that  bank  ex­
aminations  are  made  hurriedly,  and 
consequently  important  detail  is  natur­
ally  overlooked. 
I  have  seen  examina­
tions  made  of  the  teller’s cash,  where,  if 
the  examiner  had  taken  the  trouble  to 
look  at  the  previous day’s settlement,  he 
would  have  seen  a 
carry- 
items,”   represented  by  checks and tick­
ets,  running  into  the  many  thousands  of 
dollars,  which  did  not  appear  in his  ex­
amination ;  and  he  would 
futher  have 
found,  had  he  taken  the  pains,  that 
these  “ carry-items”   were  checks  of  an 
officer  of  the  bank,  and  that  they  had 
appeared  daily  for  many  months,  and 
had  been  added  to  the  “ legal  tenders”  
and  reported  as  part  of  the  “ reserve”  
in  the  “ reports  of  condition”   to  the 
Comptroller  of  the  Currency,  and  had 
suddenly  disappeared  on  his  advent. 
Had  this  clue  been  found  and  followed,

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a  systematic  robbery  could  have  been 
prevented.

The  fee  system 

in  the  payment  of 
bank-examiners  is  no  doubt  responsible 
for  much  of  the  hurried  and  superficial 
examinations,  as  it  is  to  the  interest  of 
every  examiner  to  have  as  many  banks 
under  his  charge  as  possible,  some  men 
taking  more  than  they  can  possibly  do 
justice  to.  If  bank  examiners  were  paid 
a  stipulated  salary,  instead of fees,  were 
obliged  to  give  a  bond  for  the  faithful 
performance  of  duty’  and  were  selected 
more  for  their  knowledge  and  experi­
ence,  as 
judged  by  an  examiantion,  it 
would  be  a  great  benefit  to  banking  and 
the  community  at  large.

A  small  corps  of  competent  men  as 
special  examiners  would,  I  think,  prove 
a  useful  addition  to  the  force.  Such 
men  could  be  sent  to  banks  reported 
weak  or 
irregular  in  their  methods  by 
the  bank  examiner,  and  make  such  in­
vestigation  as  seemed  necessary  to  dis­
cover the  real  cause  of  the  weakness  or 
irregularity. 
examination 
might  prevent  more  serious  trouble  and 
loss  to  the  depositors.  The  failures  of 
financial 
institutions  shake  the  confi­
dence  of  the  people,  and  everything 
should  be  done  to  ward  off  such  a 
calamity.  These  men  would  also  be 
useful  in  examining  failed banks  where- 
ever  criminal  action  is  suspected.

Such 

an 

Men  cannot  be  made  honest  by  legis­
lation ;  but  such  restrictions  can  be 
placed  upon  their  actions,  and  they  can 
be  put  under  such  supervision  while 
acting 
in  a  fiduciary  capacity,  as  to 
for  them  to  do  much 
make 
it  difficult 
injury  before  discovery.  This 
is  as 
much  as  we  can  hope  to  do  under  pres­
ent  conditions.  Many  of  the  laws  gov­
erning  the  acts  of  financial  agents  are 
loosely  drawn.  Even  Section  5209  °f 
the  Revised  Statutes 
is  so  drawn  that 
shrewd  and  unprincipled  men  have 
taken  advantage  of  it  and  escaped  pun­
ishment.  Several  attempts  have  been 
made  to  have  this  section  amended,  but 
without  success.  The  rules  and  regula­
tions  governing  the  actions  of  both  offi­
cers  and  employes  of  financial 
institu­
tions  should  be  very  plain  and  positive, 
and  should  be  enforced  with  military 
exactness.  There  should  be  no  division 
of  responsibility,  and  each  man  should 
be  held  to  a  strict  accountability.

Beyond  all  these  rules  and  safeguards 
must  be  a  higher 
idea,  the  idea  that 
high  character  should  stand  first;  that 
any  wealth  obtained  through  other  than 
strictly  honorable  means  is  nothing  less 
than  robbery  and 
In­
culcate  these  ideas  in  the  minds  of  the 
young  and  growing  generation,  and  our 
“ era  of  fraud  and  embezzlement’ ’  will 
pass  away.

is  a  disgrace. 

A.  R .  B a r r e t t .

Only  Complete  Sets  Sold.

¡^ A   young 
lady  was  asked  the  other 
day  by  her  uncle  to  make  some  pur­
chases  for  him,  of  which  he  gave  her  a 
written  list.  The  first  item was  “ Scott’s 
Emulsion,”  and,  after glancing at  it,  the 
intelligent  young  woman  made  straight 
large  book  s h o p ,  where 
for  a  certain 
she  was  received  by  an  equally 
intelli­
gent  salesman.

“ I  want  a  copy of  Scott’s Emulsion,”  

said  she  casually.

“ Scott’s  what?”   said  the  clerk.
“ Scott’s  Emulsion,”  

replied 

the 

“ Oh,  yes,”   was  the  answer. 

maiden.
“ Well, 
you  see,  we  don’t  sell  Scott’s  works  ex­
cept  in  complete  sets.”

It 

is  said  that  Comptroller  Eckels 
will  take  a  position  in  a  Chicago  bank 
at  the  close  of  the  present  administra­
tion.

A  Safe  Investment.

From the Omaha Trade Exhibit.

It 

invest 

If  a  business  man  were  asked  if  he 
would 
in  an  article  that  would 
yield  him  one  thousand  per  cent,  he 
would  be  likely  to  answer  in  the  affirm­
ative.  Every  business  man  has  this  op­
portunity.  Some  embrace  it  and  some 
do  not.  The  article  that  pays  this enor­
mous  per  cent,  is  within  the  easy  reach 
of  every  man. 
is  so  cheap  and  so 
easy  to  acquire  that  some  people  ignore 
it  and  will  not  give  it  room  in  the  es­
tablishment.  Yet  right  here 
is  com­
mitted  one  of  the  most  expensive  mis­
takes  it  is  possible  for a business man  to 
make. 
It  has  been  the  cause  of  many a 
failure  and  its  liberal  use  has  built  up 
many  a 
lucrative  business.  All  good 
business  men  understand  this  and  seek 
its  aid.  It  is  nothing  more  nor  less  than 
politeness,  the  genuine  sort.  Not  that 
strained,  shamy  kind,  that  says  plainly, 
you  feel  it  a  duty  incumbent  upon  you, 
and  that  you  will  endure  it  as  well  as 
possible  because  your  interests  demand 
it,  but  true  and  natural  politeness  that 
is  no  respecter  of  persons.  The  man 
who 
innately  polite  has  one  of  the 
chief  requisites  for  a successful business 
career. 
It  is  capital  upon  which  to  do 
business  and  it  brings  sure  and  certain 
returns.

is 

In 

The  man 

in  business  should  never 
forget  to  be  a  gentleman.  A  churlish 
answer may  drive  a  customer away  from 
a  store.  No  matter  how  trivial the  pur 
chase,  the  man  who  rightly  understands 
his  business  will  be  all attention  toward 
the  customer.  Courtesy  shown  the  pur 
chaser  of  a  spool  of  thread  to-day  may 
lead  to  the  sale  of  a  dress  pattern  next
innate  good  breeding  n 
week.  Real 
always  shown 
in  matters  of  small  mo 
ment.  Any  merchant  is  likely  to  be  po 
lite  to  the  purchaser  of  a  large  bill,  but 
it  does  sometimes  require  real  fortitude 
to  keep  from  showing  annoyance  with 
some  fussy  customer  who  insists  upon 
looking  at  everything  in  the  store  and 
then  goes  away  without  buying  any 
such  cases  the  merchant 
thing. 
should  remember 
is  the  customer’ 
way, 
that  he  pursues  the  same  course 
at  every  store  he  goes  into.  Eventually 
they  have  got  to  purchase  and,  if  you 
have  not  offended  them,  they  are  likely 
to  come  back  to  you,  for such  customers 
are  not  uni formally  well  treated.  They 
may  riot  deserve  to  be,  but  this  does 
not  matter. 
If you  allow  yourself  to  de 
viate  from  a  certain  line  of  conduct  on 
one  occasion,  you  make  it  easier  to  do 
it  another  tim e;  and  again  it  is  not  all 
of  politeness  that  it  is  due the recipient 
One’s  own  self-respect  is  at stake.  They 
owe 
it  to  themselves  if  to  no  one  else, 
and,  if  they  so  far  forget  themselves  as 
to  treat  a  customer  discourteously,  or 
even  show  annoyance,  they  themselves 
are  the  greater  sufferers.
in  politeness  and  see 
that  every  one  connected  with  your  es­
tablishment  uses  it  freely.

Invest  freely 

it 

He  Knew  Too  Much.

A  story 

is  told  of  a  meek-looking 
stranger,  with  a  distinctly  ministerial 
air,  who  applied  for  permission  to  look 
over  a  large  rubber  factory.  He  knew 
nothing  at  all  about  the rubber business, 
he  said,  and,  after  a  little  hesitation, 
he  was  admitted.

showed 

superintendent 
him 
The 
about 
in  person,  and  the  man’s  ques­
tions  and  comments  seemed  to  come 
from  the  densest  ignorance.  Finally, 
when  the  grinding-room  was  reached, 
he  lingered  a  little,  and  asked  in  a  hes­
itating  way:
curious  stuff  for  my  cabinet?” '

“ Couldn’t  I  have  a  specimen  of  that 

“ Certainly, ”   replied the superintend­
ent,  although 
it  was  a  compound,  the 
secret  of  which  was  worth  thousands  of 
dollars,  “ certainly,  cut  off  as  much  as 
you  wish.
With  eager  step the visitor approached 
the  roll  of  gum,  took  out  his  knife, 
and  wet  the  blade  in  his  mouth,  and —
“ Stop  right  where  you  are !”   said 
the  superintendent,  laying  a  heavy  hand 
“ You  are  a  fraud 
upon  the  stranger. 
and  a  thief.  You  didn’t  learn 
in  a 
pulpit that a dry knife won’t cut rubber. ”
So  saying,  he  showed  the  impostor  to 

I the  door,  and  the  secret  was  still safe,

i

Very truly yours,

Stim p so n   G om putlna  S c a le   G o..

The  Stimpson Computing  Scale  Co.  begs 
to  inform  the  trade that they have  recently 
re-organized  their company  under  the  laws 
of the state  of  Indiana,  with a capital  stock 
of $100,000, and that they are now building a 
new factory in the city of  Elkhart,  Ind., and 
which will be ready for  occupancy  the  15th 
of June.  The officers of  the  new  company 
are  H.  E.  Bucklin,  Pres.;  Isaac  Grimes, 
Vice-Pres.;  Mell  Barnes,  Sec.  and  Treas.; 
Edwin  Finn,  General  Manager.  After the 
15th of  this month our address  will  be  E lk­
hart,  Ind.

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ELKHART,  IND.

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New  1896  crop  J E W E L L   CH O P  JA P A N   T E A S  
just  arriving.  Rich,  delicious,  delicate.  Quality  this 
year finer than  ever before.  Many jobbers throughout 
the country  still  have  on  hand  a  large  stock  of  1895 
c r o p ,  private chop mark  Japan  Tea,  and  must  unload 
them on  you  or the other  fellow.  This  is  not  the  case 
with us.  Not a pound  of old  Jewell  Chop  Japan  Tea 
instock.  Buy Jewell  Chop  Teas  of  us,  and  you  will 
get JU S T  W H A T  YO U   B U Y ,  nice,  tender  leaf,  frag­
rant  1896 crop tea.

. M. CLARK GROCERY GO.

1 4

One  Way  to  Advertise  a  Cash  Busi­

ness.
Written  for the T r a d e sm a n .

The  grocer 

In  a  certain  village  in  Ontario  there 
is  a  grocer  who  has  adopted  the  ready 
pay  system  and,  judging  from  appear­
ances,  he  is  making  a  success  of 
it. 
He  commenced  business  several  years 
ago  and  fell  into  the  common  habit  of 
trusting  Tom,  Dick  and  Harry.  Of 
course,  the  experience he gained was the 
common  experience  of  all  who  extend 
credit  to  this  proverbial  trio.  Tom, 
Dick  and  Harry  are  the  same  old  fel­
lows  the  world  over.  Tom  pays  his 
bills  promptly;  Dick  pays  his,  too,  but 
it  generally  costs  about  all  they  are 
worth,  in  shoe  leather,  stationery,  post­
age  stamps,  patience  and  all  the  other 
Christian  graces  and  virtues before  you 
can  get  him  to  make  up  his  mind  to 
and  Harry—well,  Harry 
pay  them, 
never  pays. 
in  question 
owns  a  fine  farm,  besides  considerable 
village  property,  and  so  it  required  an 
experience  of  several  years  to  clearly 
demonstrate  the  fact  that  a  business  run 
on  this  plan  must,  sooner or  later,  make 
its  exit  from  the  little  end  of  the  horn. 
If  he  had  been  blessed  with  less  capital 
he  might  have  learned  this  great  truth 
sooner and  saved  much  valuable  time. 
But  he  learned  it  just  the  same  as  all 
others before  him  had  learned 
it,  and 
just  as  all  who  follow  in  his  footsteps 
will  learn  it.
When  this 

learned  one  of 
two  things  must  be  done—either shut  up 
the  ledger  or  shut  up  the  shop.  Some 
effect  a  sort  of  compromise by retaining 
Tom  in  full  fellowship,  anathematizing 
Harry  and  putting  Dick  on  a  kind  of 
probation.  Those  who  effect  a  com­
promise  of  this  kind  are  still  learners 
in  the  school  of  experience.  They have 
another  important  lesson  to  learn;  and, 
when  the  task  is  ended,  they  will  know 
that  compromises  of  this  kind  are  im­
practicable. 
Experience  teaches  that 
Tom,  Dick  and  Harry  are  interchange­
able  parts  of  one  inseparable  whole 
and so,  when we trust Tom,  we  frequent 
ly  find,  to  our  sorrow,  that  it  was  Harry 
we trusted,  and,  when we deny Harry,  we 
sometimes  find  that we have killed Tom 
and  we  find  this  to  our  sorrow  also.

lesson 

is 

in  experience. 

Our  grocer  was  satisfied  with  his  first 
lesson 
Life  was  too 
short  to  fool  away  any  more  valuable 
time  sitting  at the  feet  of  Experience, 
and  so  he  put  into  practice  the  know! 
edge  already  gained.  He  made  up  hi: 
mind  to  trust  no  man,  let  his  name  be 
Tom,  Dick  or  that  other  fellow ;  that  he 
would  have  his  pay 
in  either  cash  or 
produce  for  every  dollar’s  worth  of 
goods  that  went  out  of  his  store,  and 
that  he  would  buy  all  produce  offered 
and  pay  the  market  price—less  trans 
portation  charges—in  either  cash  or 
mechandise.  This  was  two  years ago 
and,  as  before  stated,  he  is  making  an 
apparent  success  of  it.

The  man  who  sells  for  cash  can  sell 
cheaper  than  he  could  when  he  sold  on 
credit,  especially  if  he  sells  as  much  as 
he  formally  did.  No  sane  man  will 
deny  this  proposition;  but  the  trouble 
is,  to  find 
has  always  been,  and  still 
some  certain  way  of 
impressing  this 
fact  on  the  mind  of  the  public.  The 
public  is  skeptical  in  judging  the  pre­
tentions  of business  men,  whatever  may 
be  the  adopted  form  of  their  presenta­
tion.  A  practical  demonstration  is  the 
only  way  of  overcoming  this  natural  in­
credulity  on  the  part  of  the  buyer. 
Show  him  in  some  positive  manner  that 
he  is  saving  money  by  trading  with  you 
and  he  will  stick  to  you  like  a  brother.

There  are,  of  course,  different  ways  of 
doing  this.  But  one  way  might  prove a 
success 
in  one  place  and  be  an  utter 
failure  in  another.

It 

But  my  object  in  writing  this  article
to  show  how  one  grocer  does  it. 
There  are  three  stores in the village,  two 
of  them  giving  credit extensively.  The 
village  trade  comes  mostly  from  the 
farms.  The  credit  merchants  advertise 
quite  freely  by  poster  and  in  various 
other ways,  there  being  no  paper  pub- 
ished  in  the  village;  but  our  cash  gro­
cer does  all  his  advertising  by  word  of 
mouth  behind  his  own  counter.  He 
keeps  posted  on  his  neighbor’s  prices.
It  matters  not  how  often  they  may 
change  their  prices,  this  man  will know 
t  at  once. 
is  an  essential  part  of 
his  peculiar  system of  doing  business  to 
keep  posted  on  this  subject  and  he  has 
ways  and  means  of  accomplishing  it. 
He  sells  every  article  a  little  cheaper 
than  the  others  d o;  and,  when  the  sale 
s  effected,  he  tells  the  buyer  what  he 
would  have been  obliged  to  pay  at  the 
other stores.  He  never  omits  this  stat­
ing  of  the  number  of  cents  saved  by 
buying  of  him,  even  though  the  cus­
tomer  may  have  purchased  similar  ar­
ticles  two  or  three times  before  during 
that  same  day.  Of  course,  he  is  a  thorn 
the  flesh  of  his  competitors  and 
everybody,  even  his  own  customers, 
calls  him  an  old  crank.  He  seems  to 
glory 
in  this,  however,  for  he  realizes 
that  it  is  the  very  thing  that brings  him 
in  the  dollars.  His  competitors  carry 
heavier  stocks,  not  because  they  have 
more  capital,  but  because  they  carry 
more  lines  and  sell  on  credit.  He  con­
fines  his  stock  to  staple  lines;  and,  as 
he  always  has  the  cash  with  which  to 
replenish,  he  is,  therefore,  in  a position 
to  keep  up  his  stock  with  a  smaller 
working  capital. 
It  matters  not  what 
tactics  his  rivals  may  adopt,  he  always 
keeps  a 
inside  of  their  selling 
prices,  and  he  proves  it  to  every  cus­
tomer  at  every  saie.  He  keeps  posted 
on  the  cash  market  price  of  produce, 
and  from  this  he  never  deviates,  re­
gardless  of  the  prices  the  other  fellows 
may  offer.  They  pay 
in  trade  and  he 
pays  in  cash  or  trade;  and,  as  trade  at 
his  store 
is  better  than  cash  spent  at 
the  other  stores,  a  good  share  of  the 
produce  he  handles  is  paid  for  in  trade. 
That  paid  for 
in  cash  brings  him  no 
direct  profit,  of  course,  but  neither  does 
it  occasion 
loss;  and,  while  the  other 
fellows  stand  about 
idle  during  these 
dull  times,  he  is  always busy,  which,  of 
itself, 
is  far  more  profitable  to  any 
man.

little 

In  explanation  of  the  statement  made 
that  trade  at  his  store  is  better than cash 
spent at  the  other  stores,  it  is  only  nec 
essary  to  remember  that  this  is  a  local 
country  trade. 
In  the  cities  and  the 
towns  a  merchant  may  adopt  a  sliding 
scale  of  prices  to  suit  all  cases;  but,  in 
a  place  like  this,  he  cannot  do  this with 
safety  to  his  business.  Farmers,  above 
all  other  classes,  are  suspicious  and 
mistrustful.  They  watch  the  merchant 
and  they  watch  each  other.  A  bait 
thrown  to  one  would  be  scented  by  the 
others before  the  sun  went  down,  and 
then  the  merchant  would  have  music 
about  his  ears  that  would be  lacking 
in 
harmony,  to  say  the  least.

The  case  in  point  shows  that  the  cash 
man  can  sell  goods  cheaper  than  the 
credit  man—that 
is,  on  a  safe  and 
profitable basis,  of  course;  and  it  shows 
that,  when  the  cash  dealer  does  sell 
cheaper,  he  must  demonstrate  the  fact 
to  the  public  in  some  practical  way  be­
fore  the  public  will  believe  it.

E .  A.  O w e n .

Vittoria,  Ont

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The  Potato Bug is abroad 

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LEVELS

Getting the People
Is  There  an  Eighth  Commandment  in 

Advertising?

John Tweezer in Keystone.
A  bright  New  York 

is 

journal  devoted 
to  the  art  of  advertising 
largely 
made  up  of  reduced  facsimiles  of  the 
best  current  advertisements  printed  in 
the  daily  newspapers  in  all  parts  of  the 
country.  The  argument  of  its publisher 
to  the  prospective  subscriber 
is  that 
these  superior  samples  can  be  profitably 
employed  by  the  reader  in his own  busi­
ness by  making  slight  changes;  or with­
out  change,  in  many 
instances,  except 
as  to  name  and  address. 
It  is  a  bold 
renunciation  of  the  Eighth  Command­
ment,  in  respect  of  the  fruit  of  one’s 
brains—a  challenge  to  the  rights  of 
property  in the literature  of  advertising.
Is  the  publisher  of  the  advertising 
journal  right  or  wrong?  And,  first,  is 
there  such  a  thing,  at  this  tail  end  of 
the  Nineteenth  Century,  as  pure  and ab­
solute  originality 
Is  not 
every  one  who  puts  pen  to  paper  an  un­
conscious  thief,  however  honest  his 
in­
tentions?

in  literature? 

The history  of  advertising  in 

literary 
form—an  art  which  has  only  been  de­
veloped  in  the  past  decade—is  too  brief 
to  afford  data  for  conclusions  based  on 
the  philosophy  of  history;  we  shall 
therefore  consider  the  question  from  the 
standpoint  of  general 
of 
which  advertising  is  a  part.

literature, 

its 

lost 

labels. 

that  has 

I  believe 

it  could  be  easily  proved 
that  there  had  been  no  absolute  “ in­
itiation  of  what 
is  essentially  new”  
since  the  first  roots  of  thought  were 
planted  in  prehistoric  times.  Our  very 
speech  is  the  fruit  of  numberless  mar­
riages  of  dialects.  We  are  the  final 
product,  mentally,  of  every  thinker  who 
has  lived  for  forty  centuries.  The  wis­
dom  of  Solomon,  the  fervor  of  the 
in­
spired  prophets, 
the  speculations  of 
Plato,  the  singing  verse  of  the  poets 
of  all  time,  the  deductions  of  Bacon, 
Kant  and  Newton,  the  despair of Dante, 
the  hope  of  St.  Paul,  the  genius  of 
Shakespeare,  the  melody  of  Bach,  have 
all a part in the fiber of the modern brain. 
We  could not shut ourselves out  from  the 
influence  of  the  past  if  we  would.”  
In 
spite  of  our  most  heroic  determination 
to  be  original,  we  are  all  literary  resur­
rectionists. 
“ Our brains  are  full  of  old 
material 
Goethe  says  that  all  that  is  wise  has 
been  already  sa id ;  our  business  is  only 
to  improve  the  form  of  its  saying;  “ All 
truth,”   says  Matthews, 
“ is  a  unit, 
hence  every  man  who  has  mental 
strength  to  break  through  the  shell  and 
husk  of  things  and  penetrate  to  their 
very  heart  and  core,  must,  of  necessity, 
bring  back  the  same  report  as  his  pred­
ecessors. ”   Since  the  truth  is  the  same 
always  and  everywhere,  it  must,  in  the 
nature  of  things,  suggest the  same  ideas 
—aye,  the  same  words,  often—to  differ­
ent  writers,  living  at  different  periods, 
speaking  different tongues.  No  one  but 
the  Creator  is  continually  creative ;  the 
human  mind  is  essentially  passive  and 
receptive.  The ancients called  Memory 
the  mother  of  the  Muses ;  it  is the germ, 
the  root,  of  all  mental  products.  When 
Shakespeare  wrote,  all  that  had  ever 
been  written  or  thought  before  was  cen­
tered 
in  his  wonderful  brain,  and  he 
assimilated  this  material  into  his  own 
mental  capital.  He  vitalized  what  had 
already  existed.  Lander  said  of  him, 
when 
it  was  shown  that  Shakespeare 
pilfered  freely  from  the  Italian  poets, 
r,Yes,  but  he  was  more  original  than 
his  originals.  He  breathed  upon  dead 
bodies  and  brought  them 
into  life. ’ - 
The  fact  is  beyond  question  that  every 
man’s  mind  is  modified  by  every  word 
and  every  suggestion  which  he  ever  al­
lowed  to  act  upon  his  consciousness. 
Shelley  was  right  when  he  said  that  the 
poet  is  “ in  one  sense  the  creator,  and 
in  another the  creation,  of  his  age.”  

Who  can  put  his  finger  upon  any  one 
of  the  thousand  thoughts that flit through 
his  brain  and  declare,  “ That 
is  my 
very  own?”   Who  can  trace  the  origin
of  every  one  of  the  myriad  of  ideas  that 
have  fallen  upon  his  mind  like  dust, 
since  infancy,  impalpable  and  ever  ac­

as  we  breathe,  and 

cumulating?  We  absorb  thought  un­
consciously, 
it 
thence  becomes  an  undistinguishable 
part  of  ourselves.  Rusk in  says  that  all 
men  who  have  feeling  are  taught  by 
every  person  they  meet,  and  enriched 
by  everything  that  falls 
in  their  way. 
The  greatest  is  he  who is oftenest aided. 
Emerson  asks,  “ What  is  a  great  man 
but  one  of  great  affinities,  who takes  up 
into  himself  all  arts,  all  sciences,  all 
knowables  as  his  food?”

in 

thief” ), 

I  could  fill  this  page  with  examples 
of  literary  pilfering  by  the  most  “ orig­
inal”   of  all  the  great  writers  of  ancient 
and  modern  times,  from  Homer  to  this 
latest  day. 
In  many  instances  these  ap­
parent  pilferings  are  merely  the  coinci­
dence  of  saying  the  same  thing  in  the 
same  way—even  in  the same  words;  but 
in  a  vastly  greater  number  of  examples 
the  “ borrowing”   can  be  traced.  Aris­
totle,  Virgil,  Dante,  Milton  (“ the  ce­
lestial 
Shakespeare,  Pope, 
Voltaire,  Goethe,  Coleridge,  Brougham, 
Calhoun, 
Lincoln,  Choate,  Moliere 
(who  was  “ only  Plautus 
in  a  French 
court-mask” ),  Chaucer,  Adam  Smith, 
Mirabeau—every  writer, 
fact,  who 
has  left  a  name  in  history  has  used  the 
thoughts  and  ideas  of  others  in  his  own 
compositions.  They  were  not, 
there­
fore,  plagiarists,  petty  pilferers, 
ig­
noble  thieves;  but  were  endowed  with 
what  Professor  Flint  calls  “ that  most 
valuable  sort  of  originality  which  en­
ables  a  man  to  draw  with  independence 
from  the  most  varied  sources—the origi­
nality  of  Aristotle  and  Adam  Smith.”  
As  there  is  nothing  new  to  say,  he 
is  most  original,  in  these  latter  days, 
who  gives  to  other  men’s 
inchoate 
thoughts  artistic  development  and  ex­
pression ;  who  lays  a  firm  hand  upon 
shapes  that  have  floated  vaguely  before 
a  thousand  eyes,  and  gives  them  fixity 
upon  the  canvas;  who  nourishes the  bud 
until 
“ The  question  is 
not  one  of  priority,  but  of  truth;  not  of 
chronology,  but  of  successful  assimila 
tion  and  expression;  not  whether  we 
have  nicely  discriminated  our  borrowed 
thoughts  from  our  own,  but  whether  we 
have  breathed  our  own  convictions  into 
the  thoughts  that  have  got  mixed  up 
ii 
our  skulls.”   Emerson  somewhere  fine 
ly  says  that  thought  is  the  property  of 
him  who  can  entertain  it,  and  of  him 
who can  adequately  place  it.

it  fructifies. 

The  whole  question  as  to  the  prcpr 

ety  of  adopting  another’ s  advertising 
idea  to  one’s  own  uses  hinges,  I  think 
upon  the  form  of  one’s  adaptation  of 
the  idea—upon  the  manner  of 
its  use 
One  can  gather  from  the  whole  field  of 
advertising  the  valuable  material  which 
he  afterward  can  work 
into  his  own 
creation—as  a  bee  rifles  a  thousand 
flowers,  to  organize  the  stolen  material 
into higher  forms  of  good.  But  if, 
in 
stead  of  extracting  the  honey,  and  mak 
ing  a  new  compound  distinct  from  its 
constituent  substances, 
the  advertiser 
transplants  the  flowers  bodily,  stalk  and 
root,  into  his  advertising  space,  he  is 
thief,  pure  and  simple.  The  difference 
is  illustrated  in  the  dispute  between  the 
two  broom  sellers: 
“ I  do  not  under 
stand  how  you  undersell  m e,”   said  one, 
“ for  I  steal  my  materials.”  
“ The  ex 
the 
planation 
other;  “  I 
ready 
made. ’ ’

steal  my  brooms 

sim ple,”  

replied 

is 

other  men 

One  can  have  no  guaranty  as  to'the 
originality  of  his  ideas  and  the  novelty 
of  his  conceptions;  but  he  can  be  orig 
inal  in  the  form  in  which  he  expresses 
them.  The  only  real 
iniquity  which 
tempts  him  is  to  assert  that  these  stole 
sweets  are  his  own  creation—to  claim 
original  authorship  of 
ideas,  forms  or  expressions.  Let  him 
steer  clear  of  deception  in  this  particu 
lar,  and  not  avow  original  ownership  of 
his  borrowed  wealth.  Let  him,  as  di  ' 
Moliere,  “ take  his  property  where  he 
finds 
ideas  from 
other  advertisers,  where  he  w ill;  let 
him  filch  an  idea 
in  typography  here, 
a  turn  of  expression  there;  but  let  hi 
so  assimilate  these  gathered  fragments 
so  marshal  and  arrange  them,  as 
make  them  his  own,  and  so  furnish 
the  next  gleaner  the  rich  treasure  of  an 
original  product. 
for  him  the 
Eighth  Commandment  shall  have  no 
terrors 1

it ;”   let  him  gather 

And 

BUCKETS

BUTTS,  CAST

BLOCKS

CROW  BARS

CAPS

BOLTS

Stove ...................
Carriage new list. 
Plow...................

60
65
.40A10

ell,  plain...............................   ................. *3 25

Cast Loose  Pin, figured...............................  

70
rought Narrow...........................................75&10

70

4

65
55
35
60

80
80
80
80

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

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

ly’s  1-10..............................................per;m 
Hick’s C. F ............................ ..............perm  
D....................................... .............perm  
Musket.................................................per m 

Rim Fire........................................................ 50&  5

CARTRIDGES 

Socket Firmer... 
Socket  Framing. 
Socket Corner... 
Socket  Slicks....

CHISELS
.......................................  
...................................... 
.......................................  
.......................................  
DRILLS

Morse’s Bit Stocks...................................... 
60
Paper and Straight Shank............................50& 5
Morse’s Taper Shank.....................................50A

ELBOWS

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

EXPANSIVE  BITS

lark’s small, *18;  large, *26........................ 30&10
Ives’, 1, *18; 2, *24; 3, *30..............................

FILES—New  List

New American.............................................. 70&10
Nicholson’s.................................................... 
70
Heller’s Horse Rasps.....................................60&10

GALVANIZED  IRON

Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 25 and 26;  27.........  
1st  12 
Discount,  75

16........

13 

14 

15 
GAUGES

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

28

KNOBS—New List

Door, mineral, jap. trimmings....................
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings.................  

80

MATTOCKS

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

MILLS

Coffee, Parkers Co.’s....................................  
loffee, P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables... 
Coffee, Landers, Ferry & Clark’s................ 
Coffee, Enterprise......................................... 

MOLASSES  GATES

Stebbin’s Pattern...........................................60&10
Stebbin’s Genuine.........................................60&10
Enterprise, self-measuring.........   ............. 
30

NAILS

Advance over base, on  both  Steel  and  Wire.

Steel nails, base..............................................  2 80
Wire nails, base.. —.......................................   2  85
50
10 to 60 advance........................................... 
60
8...................................................................  
7 and 6............................................. 
 
75
4...................................................................  
90
3 ................................................ .................. 
1 20
1  60
2.............................................................   ... 
Fine 3 ..........................................................  
160
65
Case 10........................................................... 
Case  8. ............................................. ...........
90
Case  6........................................................... 
Finish 10.......................................................
Finish  8 ....................................................... 
90
Finish  6 .......................................................
Clinch 10.......................................................
Clinch  8 ....................................................... 
80
Clinch  6................................ 
 
90
Barrel  %.........................................................  1
PLANES
Ohio Tool Co.’s,  fancy.................................  @50
Sciota Bench................................................. 60&10
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fancy.........................  @50
Bench, firstquality.......................................   @50
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood............
Fry, Acme................................................60&10&10
70& s
Common, polished...................................... 
I
Iron and  T inned......................................... 
Copper Rivets and Burs.,............................  
1
“A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27  10 : 
“B” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 25 to 27  9 ! 

PATENT PLANISHED IRON 

RIVETS

Broken packages %c per pound  extra. 

PANS

 

HAMMERS

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

70

9
80

ROPES

Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s.................dis 
Sisal, Vt inch and  larger..............................
Manilla.......................................................... 
Steel and Iron............................................... 
Try and Bevels__ •.......................................
M itre.............................................................
com. smooth.

SHEET  IRON

SQUARES

WIRE

TRAPS

SAND  PAPER
SASH  WEIGHTS

com. 
$2 40 
os. 10 to 14..................................*3 30
2 40 
os. 15 to 17.  ............................... 3 30
2 60 
os. 18 to 21......................... .........3 45
2 70 
Nos. 22 to 24...................................  3 55
2  80 
os. 25 to 26..................................   3 70
2 90
No.  27 .........................................   3 80
All sheets  No. 18  and  lighter,  over  30  inches 
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
List  acct. 19, ’86.......................................dis 
50
Solid Eyes.........................................per ton 20 00
Steel, Game............................................. 
60&10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s .........  
50
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton's 70&10& 10
Mouse, choker............................per doz 
15
Mouse, delusion.........................per doz 
1  25
Bright Market.............................................  
75
Annealed  Market......................................... 
75
Coppered  Market...........................................70&10
Tinned Market.............................................   62V4
Coppered Spring  Steel................................. 
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized  ...........................  2 25
Barbed  Fence,  painted....................................   1 90
Au Sable...................................................dis 40&1C
Putnam.................................................... dis 
5
Northwestern...........................................dis 10&10
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled....................  
30
50
Coe’s Genuine............................................... 
Coe’s Patent  Agricultural, wrought  .........  
80
80
Coe’s Patent, malleable...............................  
50
Bird  Cages  ............................................ 
Pumps, Cistern....................................... 
75&10
Screws, New List.................................... 
85
asters, Bed and  Plate............................50&10&10
40&10
Dampers, American...............................  
6M
600 pound casks..........................................  
63K
Per pound.................................................... 
H@K............................................................  
12K
The prices of the many other qualities of solder 
n the market indicated by  private  brands  vary 
according to  composition.
TIN—Melyn Grade 
10x14 IC, Charcoal........................................ t  5 25
14x20 IC, Charcoal...... .................. 
5 25
20x14 IX, Charcoal.......................................  6  25
14x20 IX, Charcoal........................................  6 25

MISCELLANEOUS

METALS-Ztnc

HORSE  NAILS

WRENCHES

Each additional X on this grade, *1.75.

SOLDER

 

TIN—Allaway Grade

40
40
40
30

10x14 IC, Charcoal.......................................  5  00
14x20 IC, Charcoal.......................................  5 00
10x14 IX, Charcoal.......................................   6  00
14x20 IX, Charcoal.......................................   6  00

Each additional X on this grade, *1.50. 

ROOFING  PLATES

14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean..............................  5 00
14x20 IX, Charcoal, Dean..............................  6 00
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean............................   10 00
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   4 50
14x20 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   5 50
20x28 1C, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   9 00
20x28 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade.............  11  00
n
14x56 IX, for  No.  8  Boilers, I 
14x56 IX, for  No.  9  Boilers, \ per pound — 
9

BOILER  SIZE TIN  PLATE 

TINWARE.

We carry a full stock of 

P iec e d  an d   S ta m p e d   T in w a r e .

Wm. BRUmiDELER & SONS

Manufacturers  and Jobbers of TINWARE. 

Dealers  in  Rags,  Rubbers,  Metals, etc.

2ÓO 5 .  Ionia St. 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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

16

Clerks’  Corner

The  Liquor  Habit  from  a  Business 

Standpoint.

From the Shoe and Leather Gazette.
Not  long  ago  there  came 

in  rags  almost,  his 

into  the 
Gazette  office  in  St.  Louis  a young man.
He  was^dressed  like  a  tramp.  His  hat 
was  originally  a  low-crowned  felt.  His 
face  was  clean,  but  unshaven.  His 
coat  as 
flannel 
shirt  as  bad  and  a  worn-out  belt  sup­
ported  a  pair  of  trousers  that  had  seen 
better  days  months before.  On  his  feet 
were  a  pair  of  big,  ugly,  rough brogans, 
that  had  already  begun  opening  to  the 
weather  and  that  showed  the  effect  of 
weary  miles  of  walking.  He approached 
my  desk  and,  seeing  me  busy  with  a 
gentleman,  sat  down  to  wait.

♦   * 

♦

As  I  glanced  at  him  something  struck 
me  as  familiar  under  that  repulsive  ex­
terior,  but  it  was  not  until I  was  at  leis­
ure  and  he  spoke  to  me  with,  “ Well, 
don’t you  know  me?”   that  I could place 
him.  That  voice  carried  me  back  to  a 
country  town  hundreds  of  miles  away 
and  I 
looked  at  the  owner  of  it  in  an- 
astounded  way  as  I  shook  his  hand.
I  was  surprised  to  see  him  because  the 
last  I  had  heard  of  him  he  was  a  shoe 
clerk  in  a  California  town  in  charge  of 
a  successful  store. 
I  was  dumbfounded 
to  see  him  m  such  garb because  the  last 
time  I  had  seen  him  he  was  dressed, 
figuratively  at 
silks  and 
satins  and  had  obtained  for  the  asking 
whatever  his  fancy  craved.

least, 

in 

*  *  *

in  the  town 

That  young  man’s  father  was the rich­
est  man 
in  which  1  was 
bom.  He  owned  a  big  shoe,  dry  goods, 
clothing  and  grocery  store,  a  grist  mill 
and  acres  of 
land.  That  young  man 
was  an  only  child  and  whatever  he 
asked  for  he  was  given.  Every  sum­
mer  his  parents  went  to  the  seashore 
and  the  boy  had  traveled  all  over  the 
East  before  he  was  sixteen.  At  home 
he  was  the  master,  practically,  and  he 
received  every  advantage  of  education 
that he  could  be  made  to  receive.  He 
was  bright  and  quick  to  learn,  a  good 
musician  and  an 
interesting  conversa­
tionalist.

*  *  *

leaving 

and  died, 

During  those  years  he  and  I  were 
playmates  and  friends  until  he  left town 
and  went  to  a  near-by  city.  Then  his 
father  lost  most  of  his  fortune  through 
speculation 
the 
widow  just  about  enough  to  live  on  the 
rest  of  her  life.  The  young  man had  in 
the  meantime  changed  rapidly  from  a 
upright  and  petted  youth  to  an  arrogant 
young  man with a  penchant  for  fastness. 
He  drifted  westward,  found  a  place 
in 
a  Spokane  shoe  store,  became  a  com­
petent  salesman  and  manager  and  rose 
to  such  esteem  that  he  was  sent  to  a 
California  town 
in  charge  of  a  shoe 
store.

*  *  *

He  did  well  there—too  well,  for  his 
lead 
prosperity  made  him  ambitious  to 
the  local  society  and  the  pace  became 
swifter  and  swifter  until  his  dissolute 
habits  hurt  the  business ;  his  employer 
heard  of  how  things  were  going  and 
hurried  down  to 
into  matters. 
Needless  to  say,  he  discharged  the 
young  man,  who  left  town,  continued 
his  debauches  and  only  ended  them 
when  his  money  had  run  out.  Then  he 
found  work  on  a  railroad,  drifted  to 
Texas,  dropped 
lower  and  lower  and 
finally  landed  in  St.  Louis  a  tramp.

look 

*  *  *

No  one  who  knows  me  will  accuse 
me  of  being  a  prude  or  a  temperance 
lecturer,  but  I  want  to  say  here  that  I 
wish  every  clerk  who  reads  this  could 
know  my  feelings  when  I  shook  that 
young  man’s  hand  and  thought  of  the 
old  days,  when  he  said  to  me,  with 
shame  showing  through the  sunburn  and 
beard,  “ You  never  expected  to  see  me 
in  this  shape,  did  you?”  
It  was  an  ob­
ject  lesson  that  a  man  would  be an  idiot 
not  to  profit by.  And  yet  such  things 
happen  every  day.  Some  of  my  read­
ers  who  are  to-day  occupying  excellent 
positions and  who are  esteemed  and  “re­

spected  may  be  to-morrow  in  the  same 
condition  as  this  old  friend  of  mine.

*  *  *

This  subject  has  a  peculiar 

influence 
on  me  just  now  because  this  week  that 
young  man’s  mother  was  reported  to  me 
as  being  much  worried  over  him.  He 
had  written  that  he  was  clerking  in  an 
East  St.  Louis  shoe  store  and  since  the 
tornado  of  May  27th  nothing  had  been 
heard  of  him. 
I  don’t  believe  he  was 
in  an  East  St.  Louis  shoe  store.  With 
all  his  faults  he  had  the  redeeming  trait 
of  being  ashamed  to 
let  his  mother 
know  his  actual  condition.
*  *  *

One  day  this  week  I  was  in  a  local 
jobbing  house  when  a  man  came  in 
asking  for  knives  to  sharpen.  One  of 
the  proprietors  pointed  him  out  to  me 
and  asked  if  I  knew  who  he  was. 
I  did 
not. 
“ No?”   said  he,  “ why,  that  fel­
low  is  one  of  the  best  shoemakers  in  St. 
Louis.  Put  him  in  any  place  in  a  shoe 
factory  and  he  will  hold 
it  down.  He 
and  his  brother  used  to  manufacture 
shoes  here  as  Blank  Bros.”   “ What, 
I 
exclaimed,  “ he’s  not  a brother  of  Jim 
Blank!”  
“ Yes,  that’s  who  he  ¡sand  if 
he  would  let  whisky  alone he  could  se­
cure  a  good  position  with  any  shoe 
house  in  town  instead  of  picking  up  a 
precarious  living  sharpening  knives.”

*  *  *

When  will  men  realize  the  injury they 
are  doing 
themselves  by  drinking 
liquor  to  excess  or  cultivating  a  taste 
for  the  deadliest  enemy  they  can  have?
I  am  speaking  only  from  a  business 
standpoint,  not  from'the  stronger  moral 
one. 
It  is  an  absolute  impossibility  for 
a  man  to be  a  drunkard  and  manage  a 
business. 
is  an  impossibility  for  a 
drunkard  to hold  respect.  The  embryo 
man  of business  should  mark  this  down 
as  the  first  rule  of  his  career,  on  strictly 
business  grounds,  “ Let  liquor  alone.

It 

*  *  *

There  are  many  good  business  men 
who  take  a  drink  now and  then.  There 
are  many  who  like  beer  and  who  like 
whisky.  On  mere  business grounds  you 
cannot  say  that  these  men  who  take  a 
drink  now  and  then  or  who take  limited 
quantities  at  certain  stated  intervals are 
to  be  condemned.  They  abstain  from 
its  use  sufficiently  to  prevent  the  liquor 
affecting  their brains.  This  is  danger­
ous  ground  and  it  is  certainly  unbusi­
nesslike  for  a  young  man  to  endanger 
his  whole  life,  his  reputation  and  his 
self-esteem  for  the  gratification  of  a 
mere  habit.

*  *  *

look  at 

Clerks  should  take  this  matter  under 
it  from  an 
consideration  and 
impartial  standpoint. 
It  is a  big,  a tre­
mendous  question  and  merits  all  the  at­
tention  that 
it  can  be  given.  Every 
young  man  who  drinks  liquor  is  con­
fronted  with  the  same  possibility  that 
confronted  the  two  men  above  men­
tioned.  Both  weie  able,  well  educated 
and  possessed  of  discretion,  yet  both 
fell.  You  can  look  about  you  and  find 
any  number  of  similar  examples. 
Is 
the  example  to  be  profited  by?
Decidedly  Inaccessible.

In  a  Western  town  a  small  number  of 
zealous  people  decided  to  put  up  a  Y. 
M.  C.  A.  building.  A  committee  was 
appointed  and  they  sent  fora contractor 
to  undertake  the  work.

When  he  came  the  first  thing  he  did 
was  to 
in  a  very  worldly  and 
matter-of-fact  sort  of  a  way  into  the 
financial  resources  of  the  organization. 
The  President  replied:

inquire 

“ Never  fear, 

sir;  we  are  sure  of 

“ That 

funds;  the  Lord  is  on  our  side.”
is  all  very  w ell,”   replied  the 
contractor,  “ but  I  want  some  one  I  can 
send  the  sheriff  after  if  necessary.”

A  feature  of  the  Paris  Exposition  of 
1900  will  be  a  section  devoted  to  the 
history  of  Christianity  from  the  begin­
ning  to  the  present  day,  with  represen­
tations  of  the  temple  of  Jerusalem,  the 
scenes  of  the  life  of  Christ,  pagan  and 
Christian  Rome,  Constantinople 
and 
the  lives  of  the  saints.

“ Is  Bookman  a  fashionable  tailor?”  
“ Y e s;  he  gives  six  months’credit.”

1

LITTLE  JAKE

Made in three sizes.

3 for 25c. 
lOc straight. 
12 for a

HEMMETERCIGAR CO.

HANUFACTURERS,

S A G I N A W .  M IC H .

Will you allow us to give you

POINTER

The S. C  VV. is the only nickel 
cigar.  Sold  by  all  jobbers 
traveling from Grand  Rapids. 
We do not claim  this  cigar to 
be  better  than  any  10  cent 
cigar made,  but  we do  claim 
it to be as  good  as  any  a cent 
cigar that is sold for a  nickel.

"

Parisian  Flour
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Cpa
pa3 Lblllul(  a  VV liuuiul buiipiiy,
3
0c
Parisian  Flour

SOLE  AGENTS.

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6HRISTENS0NS XXX BUTTER

If you want a GOOD Cracker ask  your grocer for

CHRISTENSON  BAKING  CO.

Manufacturers  of  Crackers 
and  Sweet  floods.......

G RA N D   R A P ID S ,

M ICH.

Pine Chocolates  and  Bon  bods

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

T R Y   H A N SE L M A N ’ S

all dealers.  Also fruits, nuts and  fireworks.

H A N S E L M A N   C A N D Y   CO.,

KALAMAZOO,  MICH.

Commercial T ravelers

Michigan  Knights of the Grip.

President,  S.  E.  S ym o ns,  Saginaw;  Secretary, 
G eo .  F.  Ow en,  Grand  Rapids;  Treasurer,  J.  J. 
F k o s t , Lansing.
Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’  Association. 
President, J. F. Co o per, Detroit;  Secretary  and 

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

United  Commercial Travelers of Michigan.

Chancellor.il.  U.  Ma r k s ,  Detroit;  Secretary, 
E dw in H udso n,  Flint;  Treasurer,  G eo.  A.  R e y ­
n o l d s,  Saginaw.

Michigan  Division, T.  P. A.

President, G eo.  F .  Ow en ,  Grand  Rapids;  Secre­
tary  and  Treasurer,  J a s .  B.  M c In n e s,  Grand 
Rapids.

Gripsack  Brigade.

Dollars  are  good  friends.
Necessity  is  the  mother  ot  the  blues. 
Stick  to  your  business  and  your  busi­

ness  will  stick  to  you.

Never  put  off  until  to-morrow  that 

which  you  ought  to  do  to-day.

“ The  business 

is  waking  up,”   said 
the  hotel  porter,  as  he  aroused  the 
drummer  for  the  early  morning  train.

Make  a 

legitimate  profit  on  your 
sales.  This 
is  something  every  com­
mercial  traveler  ought  to  bear  constant­
ly  in  mind.

A  good  buyer 

is  one  who  can  buy 
salable  goods  at  the 
in 
quantities  which  he  can  conveniently 
handle  and  pay  for.

lowest  price 

Move  your  business—don’t  let it move 
you.  Quiescence  is  contrary  to  the  laws 
of  the  universe;  everything 
in  the 
world  is  constantly  moving.

in  the 

It  is  only  the  best  business  policy that 
pays 
long  run,  and  you  should 
make  it  your  business to investigate  and 
find  out  what  that  policy  is.

If  at  your  first  visit  you  don’t  sue 
ceed  in  securing  an  order  from  a  pro 
spective  customer,  try him again on your 
next  trip,  but  never  give  up  trying.

for 

Geo.  P.  Cogswell, 

formerly  Western 
Michigan  representative 
the  old 
firm  of  H.  S.  Robinson  &  Burtenshaw 
is  now  on  the  road  for  Snedicor &  Hath 
away,  of  Detroit.  He  is  handling  aline 
of  specialties.

The  traveling  man  who  erects  a  plat 
form  of  trickery  to  assist  him  in  secur 
ing  trade  is  not building  on  a firm foun 
to
dation.  Such  a  platform  will  go 
pieces  every  time  because  it  has  flaws 
in  it;  it  cannot  hold.

Cornelius  Crawford  can  be  found  an 
bright  Sunday  morning  at  Comstock 
Park,  where  he  has  two  horses  in  train 
ife
ing  for  the  fall  races.  Next  to  his  wi 
and  children,  Cornelius  admires  h 
horses  more  than  anything  else  he  pos 
sesses.

You  must  have  entire  confidence 
the  line  you carry  if you want  to  make 
success  of  it,  for  if  you  feel,  before  you 
take  hold  of  a  matter,  that  you  can 
it’s  worth,  then  let 
push 
alone,  because  it  is  nine  to  one 
it  wi 
prove  a  failure.

it  for  all 

If  trade  is  slack  on  the  road  for  a  li 
tie  while,  don’t  get  discouraged  by  si 
ting  down  and  grumbling  over  the  mat 
ter.  Such  a  course  won’t  help  things 
along  a  little  bit,  for  at  such  times  it 
always best  to  keep  up  a  cheerful 
and  redouble  your  efforts.

front I 

Investigation  discloses  the  fact  that 
John  Shields  (Lemon  &  Wheeler  Com­
pany) 
is  not  paying  his  hotel  bills  at 
the  American  House  (Cadillac)  with ac­
counts  against  Landlord  Parker,  pur­
chased  on  the  basis  of  25  cents  on  the 
dollar.  He 
is  trading  out  an  account 
which Parker  owes the Lemon & Wheeler 
Company.  The  Tradesman 
is  pleased 
to  make  this  statement,  in  justice  to  all 
concerned.

Every  traveling  man  can  call  to  mind 
certain  co-travelers  who  seem  to  suc­
ceed  in  securing  business  where  others 
fail.  This  class  of  hustlers  are  usually 
said,  by  the  boys, 
to  be  lucky,  but 
none  know  the  fallacy  of  this  popular 
supposition  so  well  as  the  successful 
alesmen  themselves.  The  latter attrib­
ute  their  successful  efforts,  to  a  large 
degree,  to  energy,  because energy  is  the 
power  that  bridges  difficulties  every 
ime.
A  traveling  salesman  who  was  going 
from  New  York  to  Boston  by  the  Fall 
River  boat  was  arrested 
for  asking 
passengers  who  had  no baggage to check 
a  trunk  through  to  Boston  for  him. 
The  salesman  had  eight  trunks,  and  as 
only  150  pounds  of  baggage 
is  allowed 
on  one  ticket,  he  took  this  method  of 
getting  all  eight  through  without  extra 
charge.  When  the  salesman  was  ar 
raigned  in  a  police  court  the  presiding 
magistrate  discharged  him,  as  there 
no  State  law  or  corporation  ordinance 
prohibiting  a  man  from  getting  other 
people  to  check  his  baggage  on  thei 
tickets.

Grove  F.  Ballard,  son  of  Chas.  F 
Ballard  (New  York  Biscuit  Co.),  is  ex 
pected  home  in  August  for a  fortnight  i 
visit  with  his  father.  The  young  man 
entered  the  Navy  as  an  apprentice  when 
14  years  of  age  and  has  cruised  around 
a  considerable  portion  of  the  globe,  hi 
last 
cruise  being  to  the  Sandwich 
Islands  on  the  Bennington.  During  the 
past  few  months  he  has  been  a  student 
in  the  gunnery  school  at  Washington 
and,  on  the  completion  of  his  vacation, 
he  will  go  to  Newport  to  finish  his 
course  at  the  gunnery  school  there. 
In 
case  he  becomes  sufficiently  proficient 
in the art,  he  expects  an  appointment  as 
ship’s  gunner  on  one  of  the  warships 
of  the  White  Squadron.

John  Phillips  &  Co.,  of Detroit,  sell 
1  highly  polished  oak  show  case,  12 
nches  high,  made  of  double  thick 
French  sheet  glass,  full  sized  mirrors, 
cloth, 
paneled  bottom,  covered  with 
for 

).  b.  Detroit,  at  §1.50  per  foot, 

cases 6  feet  long  or over.

The  Dodge  Club  cigar  is  sold  by  F. 

E.  Bushman,  Kalamazoo.

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

GUFIOJI HOUSE

Michigan’  Popular Hotel.

Remodeled and Refitted Throughout.

C o r .  M o ijr o e   a n d   W a b a s h   A v e s .,

CHICAGO.

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

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

Michigan Knights of the Grip.

WHITE  PLUME  CELERY

Finest Flavor.  Just coming

OSCAR  ALLYN,

Sole Agent for Grand Rapids,

■ 06  CANAL  STREET.

D r o m p t   R e t u r n s   f o r   C o n s i g n m e n t s   o f

Dressed  and  Live  Poultry, 
Veal,  Butter and  Eggs.

Personal attention to ail orders.

Our  Prices are 
Lowest on  .  . .
Home  Grown  Celery, 
Georgia Water  Melons, 
Nutmeg  Melons.

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CO M M ERCIAL  HOUSE

Lighted  by  Electricity.  Heated  by  Steam. 

Iron  Mountain,  Mich.
All modern conveniences.

$ 2   P E R   D A Y .

IR A   A .  B E A N ,  P r o p .

HOTEL  BURKE
C A D ILLA C ,  M ICH .  •

G.  R.  &  I.  Eating  House.

All modern conveniences.

C.  BURKE,  Prop.

W. 0 .  HOLDEN, Mgr.

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

Philip  Wendover has  retired  from  the 
grocery  business  at  816  Hall  street  and 
gone  on  the  road  for  the  Equitable  R e­
fining  Co.,  manufacturer  of 
lubricating 
oil  at  Cleveland.  His  territory  includes 
all  the  available  towns  in  Southwestern 
Michigan  and  Northern  Indiana.

A  commercial  traveler  follows  his  vo­
cation  for  a  living.  He  also  proposes 
to  hold  onto  his  trade  year  in  and  year 
out  and  to 
increase  its  volume  if  pos­
It  stands,  therefore,  to  reason 
sible. 
that  he  can’t  afford 
sales 
through  misrepresentation  of  goods  and 
lying.

to  effect 

To  cut  prices  below  the  percentage 
of  profit 
is  something  that  should  be 
avoided,  if  possible,  by  every  commer­
cial  traveler.  Such  proceedings  only  es­
tablish  a  precedent  that  will  be  difficult 
for  you  to  overcome  sooner  or  later  and 
that 
is  bound  to  react  on  the  firm  you 
represent,  as  well.

Brains  are  certainly  needful 

in  the 
make-up  of  a  traveling  salesman,  and, 
hile  brains  cannot  be  purchased,  they 
can  be  developed  by  study  and  prac- 
c e ;  but  with  the  largest  equipment  of 
rains  success  does  not  follow  unless  a 
fellow  shows  application,  industry  and 
energy  on  the  road.

Samuel  B.  Morrison,  formerly  on  the 
road  for  the  Olney & Judson  Grocer  Co, 
but  now  representing  the Shields-Morley 
Grocer  Co.,  of  Colorado  Springs,  is 
ii 
town 
for  a  few  days,  the  guest  of  hi 
brother,  Jas.  A.  Morrison.  Sam.  puts 
most  of  his  time  in  Cripple  Creek, 
which,  with  its  environs,  he  reports  as 
having  a  population  of  35,000  people.

the  purpose  of  listening  to  the  report  of 
the  special  committee  appointed  at  the 
December  meeting  for  the  purpose  of 
recommending  needed  changes 
in  the 
working  plans  of  the  organization.  The 
report  was  printed  in  full  in  the Trades­
man  three  weeks  ago.  Sentiment  ap­
peared  to  be  about  evenly  divided  be­
tween  those  who wished  to  see no change 
made,  those  who  favored  the  adoption 
of  a  graded  assessment  and  those  who 
believed  that  the  maximum  amount  of 
nsurance  caried  by  each member should 
be  reduced  from  §2,500  to  §2,000.  The 
subject  was  discussed  at  some  length, 
when  final  action  was  deferred  until  the 
annual  meeting  in  December.

Urgent  Appeal  for  Assistance.

Chicago,  July  3—I  dislike  very  much 
to  burden  you  or  impose  on  your  time 
and  generosity,  but  my  circumstances 
are  such  that  I  am  in  need of immediate 
assistance,  and  respectfully  ask  you  if 
you  can  kindly  interest  yourself 
in  my 
behalf  and  see  some  of  the  boys,  with  a 
view  to  their  coming  to  my  assistance. 
Since  writing  you  before,  I  have  been 
informed  by  the  President  of  the  Home 
for 
Incurables  that  they  will  admit  me 
to  that  institution  and  care  for  me  the 
remainder  of  my  life  on  the  payment  of 
§200. 
I  have  $30  of  that  amount.  I  sin­
cerely  trust  that  you  will  kindly  interest 
yourself  in  my  behalf.

R.  E.  L u e t k a .

A  Cool  Suggestion 

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

Send 

A  special  meeting  of  the  members  of 
the  Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’ 
Association  was  held  at  the  Hotel  Cad­
illa c   (Detroit)  last  Friday  afternoon  for

BUTTER and  EGOS  EXCLUSIVELY

98  S o u th   D iv is io n   S t .,  G rand  R a p id s,  M ic h .

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

other,  and 
is  frequently  the  means  of 
doing  a  large  business.  When  custom­
ers  are  far  apart,  it  is  then  businesslike 
to  make  a  call  and  solicit  an  order. 
The  opportunities  offered  are  great  and 
manifold 
in  this  direction.  Attention 
to  the  trivial  package  of  tacks  is  as 
much  required  as  to  the  ton  of  nails. 
Life  is  composed  of  little  things  which 
make  or  mar  each  of  us  and  determine 
our  results.  An  alertness,  an  attention,

and  an  easy  manner  to  the  small  cus­
tomer  go  far  to  Duild  upon,  and  make 
us  fitted  for  larger  opportunities.

B.  F.  C u m m i n g s ,  J r .

The  Dodge  Club  cigar  is  sold  by  F. 

E.  Bushman,  Kalamazoo.

H E A D A C H E ...............
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Pay the Bert Profit  Order from yonr jobber

WE CREATE THE DEMAND
LECTRic  p il e  Cu r e

This ad.  below will  run  in all the leading State papers.

18
Drugs==Chemicals

STATE  BOARD  OF PHARMACY.

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

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

- 

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

Coming Meetings—Marquette, Aug. 7 and 8.

Lansing, November 4 and 5.
MICHIGAN STATE  PHARMACEUTICAL 

ASSOCIATION.

. 

.. 

IS.  P.  W h itm a r sh ,  Palmyra;

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

Price-M arking  G oods.

One  of  the  most 

important  matters 
connected  with  the  mercantile  business 
is  the  marking  of  goods. 
In  doing  this 
three  objects  should  be  kept  in  view : 
Profit  to  the  merchant,  ready  sale,  and 
satisfaction  to  the  customer.  This  last 
object  is  often  lost  sight  of,  but  we 
in­
sist  that  a  policy  on  the  part  of  the 
salesman  which  does  not  aim  at  secur­
ing  satisfaction  to  the  customer  is  a 
slighted  one,  and  will  ultimately  prove 
quite  disastrous  to  the  dealer.  A  cus­
tomer  will  pay  for  a  suit  of  clothes  a 
price  which  will  yield  to  the  merchant 
a  fair  profit,  and  yet  be  content with  his 
bargain,  but  were  a  sack  of  sugar 
marked  to  yield  half  as  large  a  profit,  a 
customer  would  feel  that  an  attempt  had 
been  made  to 
impose  upon  him.  On 
some  kinds  of  goods,  then,  customers 
will  willingly  allow  the  merchants  a 
good  profit,  but  others  they  will  pur­
chase  only  at  a  very  small  margin above 
cost.

It  is  the  duty  of  the  salesman  to  con­
sider  all  the  circumstances  attendant  on 
this  feature  of  his  business,  as, 
the 
invested  ought  to 
amount  the  capital 
earn,  the  probable  amount  of  the  year’s 
sales,  the  running  expenses  of  the  es­
tablishment,  the  kinds  of goods handled, 
the  competition  to  be  met,  the  class  of 
trade  catered  to,  what  will  and  will  not 
satisfy  his  customers,  etc.  A  volume 
could  be  written  upon  this  one  feature 
of  mercantile  business,  but practice,  ex­
perience  and  native  good  judgment  are 
the  only  means  by which  a  salesman  car. 
become  proficient  in  it.

It 

Having  considered every circumstance 
which  ought  to  influence  him  in  mark­
ing  the  goods,  the salesman should  make 
his  prices  and  then  adhere  to  them.  A 
rumor  that  a  house  has  two  or  more 
prices,  according  to  the  customer who  is 
buying,  will  spread  rapidly  and  soon 
create  a  distrust  very  hurtful  to his busi­
ness. 
is  unfair,  undignified  and 
downright  dishonesty  to  make  different 
prices 
to  different  customers,  other 
things  being  equal,  such  as  quantity, 
time,  etc.  Uniform-dealing,  one-price 
houses  command  a  respect  among  cus­
tomers  which  sliding-scale  dealers never 
enjoy.

Careful 

investigation  has  shown  that 
in  nearly  all  cases  of  bankrupt  retail 
dealers  a  large  proportion  of  the  goods 
on  their  shelves  were  unmarked,  and 
hence  in  a  condition  of  confusion  which 
could  not but  result  in  loss  and  disaster. 
The  retail  dealer  who  puts  his  goods  on 
the  shelves  without  marking  them 
is 
tolerably  certain  to  learn  by  bitter  ex­
perience,  sooner  or  later,  the folly of  his 
course;  and  the  wholeale  dealer  who 
fails  to  keep  a  suitable  record  of  prices 
as  the  market  fluctuates  is  omitting  a 
vital  feature  of  success.

It 

To  have  a  system 

in  all  our  depart­
ments,  it  must be  obvious  to  every  one, 
is  of  the  most  vital 
importance.  With­
out  it  one  can  be  disturbed  with  every 
wind  that  blows,  and  at  the  end  of  his 
financial  year  he  does  not  know  how 
much  profit  or  loss  he  has  summed  up 
during  the  year.  His  books  are  left  un­
posted  for  months,  accounts  are  neglect­
ed,  invoices  are  heaped  in  one  corner, 
and  his  stock,  while  almost  empty  in 
one  department,  is  crowded  in  another.
In  buying  from  different  manufacturers 
adopt 
the  plan  of  having  a  printed 
sheet  with  the  name  of  the  different 
goods  bought  from  them,  with  stock 
quantity marked  above;  all that  has  then 
to be  done  is  to  look  over  those  articles 
enumerated  on  the  sheet,  and  mark 
against  them  the  amount  of stock actual­
ly  held  at  the  moment.  This  principle, 
it  will  be  seen,  provides  against  over­
stocking  and  saves  a  large  amount  of 
time  and  trouble.  A  stock  book  should 
be  kept,  into  which  the  amount  of  each 
invoice should  be  posted,  and  into which 
the  cash  and  credit  for  each  day  should 
also  be  entered.  You  could  thus  sum 
up  your  stock,  cash  and  debts  within  an 
hour.  Of course,  all  would be entered  at 
cost  price. 
is  now  more  than  ever 
necessary  to  know  “ how  to  stand’ ’  as 
you  go  along,  and  this  system  might  be 
adopted  by  many  with  very  great  ad­
vantage.  To  obtain  a  firm  basis  it  is 
imperative  that 
it  must  be  of  slow 
growth.  We  cannot  grow  in  a  day  to 
the  full  strength  of  manhood,  or  reach 
the  zenith  of  our  fame  in  a  few  years.
It  takes  a  period  of  time  of  somewhat 
long  duration  to  attain  a  firm  footing, 
therefore  no  one  should  allow  the  fre­
quent  struggles  and  disappointments  of 
life  to  render  him  incapable  of  carrying 
on 
its  affairs.  Courage  is  one  of  the 
most  ennobling  attributes  bestowed upon 
man. 
It  can  only  result  from  a  sound 
moral  aim  and  a  determined  resolution 
to  face  the  difficulties  of  life  as  they ap­
pear.  It  we  have  made  an  entrance  into 
commercial  life  with  a 
limited  capital 
it  becomes  necessary'  to  live  carefully. 
Goods  should  be  bought  often  and  in 
small  quantities,  so  that  anything  new 
may  be  picked  up  and  sold  whiie  it 
bears  a  good  profit.  Many  have  a  de­
cided  enmity  toward  new  goods,  but 
if 
they  are  caught  up  at  the  proper  time— 
that 
is,  before  your  competitor  in  the 
trade  has  an  opportunity  to  do  so—the 
great  majority  of  them  obtain  a  ready 
sale  and  are  influential  agents  in  bring­
ing  back  your customers.  Having  stock 
on  view  to  the  public  is  one  of  the  best 
means  of  attracting  attention. 
If  we 
could  but  tell  the  hardware  dealer  of 
fifty  years  ago  the  amount  of  money  he 
lost  by  having  stock  out  of  sight,  he 
might  admit  that  we  are  advancing  and 
obtaining  a  handsome  sum  by  the  prog­
ress  made  in  this  direction.  A  com­
plete  frontage  of  glass,  with  enough 
space 
in  front  to  have  on  view  some 
leading  lines  outside,  is  a  valuable  ad­
dition.  The  front  of  the  store  should  be 
laid  out  with 
long  tables,  whiie  shelf 
goods should  be  neatly  kept  at  the sides. 
Customers  will  walk  along  and  pick  up 
many  an  article  merely  because 
is 
in  view.  Occasional  changes 
in  the 
display  cause  a  renewed  attraction,  and 
have the desired effect of retaining a hold 
upon  the  public.  Windows  should  be 
well  dressed  and  changed  in  accordance 
with  the  season  of  the  year.  What  is 
termed  “ pushing  the  trade’ ’  is  almost 
compulsory  in  these  days  "of 
increasing 
competition.  A  call  occasionally  upon 
customers,  although  no  orders  are  ob­
in  touch  with  the
tained,  keeps  one 

it 

Pays the  Druggist a  Handsome Profit.

Order of your Jobber.

W F P £FIS A/D  T F F  F P /C F  
/ F  A/OT S A  r/SFA C T Û P Y .

HULMAN l BEGG8,

A   meritorious  whisky  suitable  for 
fine trade.  Write  for prices.

Distillers and Wholesale Liquor Dealers,

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SOLE AC

SOLE  PROPRIETORS,

TERRE  HAUTE,  IND.

A.  E. McGUIRE,  Headquarters Grand  Rapids 
DAVE  McCANN,  Headquarters Grand  Rapids 

)  Michi 
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Representatives. 

SMOKE THE

H A Z E L

S o   C I G A R

Hand made long Havana filler.  Send me a trial  order.  Manufactured by

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The  Etiquette  of  Gum  Chewing.
More properly speaking there are certain rules, 
not etiquette as some  would  have  it,  to  be  ob­
served in abstracting  the  sweetness  and  reduc­
ing the obstinacy of a stick of gum.  In the first 
place one should have an object  in  view.  It  Is 
more than probable that chewing gum merely to 
keep the jaws in operation will  not produce any 
marked  benefits. 
If  one  is  troubled  with  dis­
ordered  stomach,  however,  the  right  kind  of 
gum will not only correct the  trouble,  but  keep 
the  breath  from  becoming offensive.  There is 
but one gum made that is  really  meritorious  as 
a medicinal gum, and that is Farnam’s  Celery &
Pepsin.  Mr. J. F. Farnam of Kalamazoo, Mich., 
is  the  most  extensive  grower  of  celery in the 
world,  and  his  knowledge  of  that  toothsome 
plant has been turned to account in the  form  of 
the  pure  essence  of  celery  which he has incor­
porated  with  pure  pepsin  into  chewing  gum.
Celery  is a splendid nerve remedy and pepsin  is 
equally valuable for stomach disorders.  To use 
this gum regularly after meals  there  can  be  no 
question  as  to  the  ultimate recovery from indi­
gestion or  any  other  form  of  stomach  trouble.
Druggists  and  dealers  generally  are  finding  a 
ready  demand.  The  trade  is  supplied  by  all 
good" jobbers.

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

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WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

Advanced-

Declined— Gum Camphor.

@ 40

Morphia, S.P.& W... 1  65®  1 90 Sinapis....................
@ 18
@ 30
Sinapis, opt............
Morphia,  S.N.Y.Q.&
C.  Co.................... 1  55®  1 80 Snuff,  Maccaboy, De
Voes......................
® 34
Moschus Canton__
65® 80 Snuff,Scotch,DeVo's
34
Myristica, No. 1......
«
Nux Vomica.  . po.20 @ 10 Soda Boras..............
7  @ 10
Os  Sepia.................
15® 18 Soda Boras, po........ 7  © 10
26® 28
Soda et Potass Tart.
Pepsin Saac, li. A P.
@  1 00 Soda,  Carb..............
154® 2
D. Co....................
3® 5
Soda,  Bi-Carb.........
Picis Liq. N.N.!4gal.
354© 4
@ 2 00 Soda,  Ash...............
doz........................
@  1 00 Soda, Sulphas.........
2
Picis Liq., quarts__
©
© 2  60
@ 85 Spts. Cologne...........
Picis Liq., pints......
50® 55
© 50 Spts. Ether  Co........
Pil Hydrarg.. .po.  80
© 18 Spts.  Myrcia Dorn...
© 2 00
Piper Nigra.. .po.  22
@ 30 Spts. Vini Rect. bbl.
© 2  49
Piper Alba__po.  35
@ 7 Spts. Vini Rect. 54bbl
@ 2 54
Pilx  Burgun...........
@ 2 57
10® 12 Spts. Vini Rect.lOgal
Plumbi  Acet...........
Pulvis Ipecac etOpii 1  10®  1  20 Spts. Vini Rect.  5gal
® 2 59
Pyrethrum, boxes H.
@  1 25 Strychnia, Crystal... 1  40® 1  45
& P. D. Co., doz...
254® 3
27® 30 Sulphur,  SubI.........
’yrethrum,  pv........
8© 10 Sulphur,  Roll........
2® 254
luassise...................
37® 42 Tamarinds..............
8® 10
'uinia, S. P. & W ..
28® 30
30© 40 Terebenth Venice...
'uinia, S. German..
42® 45
35® 40 Theobromae............
>uinia, N.Y.............
12@ 14 Vanilla................... 9 00® 16 Oo
:ubia Tinctorum...
7® 8
24® 26 Zinci  Sulph............
SaccharumLactis pv
Salacin.................... 3 00® i 10
40© 50
Sanguis Draconis...
BBL. GAL.
70
12® 14 Whale, winter.........
70
Sapo,  W...................
60
53
10® 12 Lard,  extra.............
Sapo, M....................
43
40
@ 15 Lard, No. 1..............
Sapo, G....................
43
40
Siedlitz  Mixture__ 20  @ 22 Linseed, pure  raw..

Less 5c gal.  cash  10 days.

Oils

45 
Linseed,  boiled......  
42
70 
N eatsfoot, winter str  65 
40
33
Spirits Turpentine.. 
Paints  bbl.
LB' 
@8 
Red Venetian........ 
154  2
@4 
Ochre, yellow  Mars.  154  2 
Ochre, yellow  Ber.
154  2  @3 
Putty, commercial.
214  2V4@3 
Putty, strictly  pure 
2-4  254@3
Vermilion,  P r i me
13®  15
American............
70®  75
Vermilion, English
Green, P aris.........
Green,  Peninsular.
Lead, Red..............
Lead, white...........
Whiting, white Span 
Whiting,  gilders’. .. 
White, Paris Amer.. 
Whiting, Paris  Eng.
cliff......................
Universal Prepared.

15
554®
554®

@  1  40 
1  00®  1  15

Paint your buildings with

Prepared Paint.
M e by  A .I. DEAN.

306 B.  BURDICK ST., KALAMAZOO, Mich.
Write for samples and prices. 

It is the most durable 

paint made.

Acidum

Aceticum.................$  8@$  10
Benzoicum, German  75©  80
Boraclc....................   @  15
Carbolicum............  
29®  40
44®  46
Cltrlcum.................  
Hvdrochlor........ 
3@ 
5
Nitrocum................... 
8® 10
Oxalicum..................  
10@  12
®  15
Phosphorium,  dilr.. 
Sallcylicum............. 
55®  65
Sulphuricum........... 
5
Tannicum ..............  1  40@  1  60
Tartarlcum................. 
38®  40
Ammonia
Aqua, 16 deg........... 
Aqua, 20 deg........... 
Carbonas.................... 
Chloridum................. 

4@ 
6
6® 
8
12©  14
12®  14

Aniline

Black........................  2 00® 2 25
Brown....................... 
80© 
45®  50
R e d ............................ 
Yellow . 
................  2 50® 3 00

Baccse.

45® 
® : 
40® 
75®

Cube see...........po. 18  13@  15
Juniperua................... 
5®  8
Xantnoxylum.........  
25@  30
BaUamum
Copaiba...................... 
Peru
Terabin, Canada—
Tolutan....................
Cortex 
Abies, Canadian —
Caasiae......... I.........
Cinchona Flava......
Euonymus atropurp 
Myrica Cerifera, po.
Prunus Virgini........
Quillaia,  gr’d .........
Sassafras.................
Ulmus...po. 15,  gr'd 
Extractum
Glycyrrhiza  Glabra.
Glycyrrhiza, po...... 
Haematox, 15 lb box. 
Haematox, I s ........... 
Haematox, 54s.........  
Haematox, Ha.

24®
28®
11®
13@
14®16®

Ferru

Carbonate Precip. - ■
Citrate and Quinia..
Citrate Soluble........
Ferrocyanidum Sol.
Solut.  Chloride......
Sulphate, com’l ......
Sulphate,  com’l,  by
bbl, per cwt.........
Sulphate, pure  ......
Flora

Arnica.......................  
Anthemis ..  .............. 
M atricaria................. 

Folia

14

¡2®
18®
18@

12®

13@  20
Barosma.....................  
Cassia Acutifol, Tin-
nevelly.................... 
18®  25
Cassia Acutifol,Alx.  25@  30
Salvia officinalis, 5is
and 54s .................
Ura Ursi..............
Gumml 
Acacia,  1st picked..
@@
Acacia,  2d  picked..
@
Acacia,  3d  picked..
Acacia, sifted sorts.
@60®
Acacia, po................
14®
Aloe, Barb. po.20@28 
Aloe, Cape ....po. 15 
@
Aloe, Socotri.. po. 40
©
Ammoniac................. 
55®
Assafoetida__ po. 30 
22®  25
Benzoinum...............  
50@  55
Catechu, Is..................   @ 13
Catechu, 54s.................  @ 14
Catechu, 14s.................  @ 16
Camphor®................  
47©  50
Eupnorbium..po.  35  @  10
Gafbanum................  @100
Gamboge  po........... 
65®  70
Guaiacum...... po. 35  @  35
Kino...........po. $3.00  @ 3 00
M astic........................   @ 65
Myrrh............ po.  45  @  40
Opii.. .po. $3.20@3.10 2  25® 2  30
Shellac....................  
60
Shellac, bleached... 
40®  45
Tragacanth...............  
50@  80
25
Absinthium..oz. pkg 
20
Eupatorium .oz. pkg 
25
Lobelia........oz. pkg 
28
Majorum__oz. pkg 
23
Mentha Pip. .oz. pkg 
25
Mentha Vir..oz. pkg 
39
Rue...............oz. pkg 
TanacetumV oz. pkg 
22
Thymus,  V..oz. pkg 
25
rtagnesia.
55©  6C
Calcined, Pat.............. 
Carbonate, Pat........ 
20®  2S
Carbonate, K. & M.. 
20®  2E
Carbonate, Jennings  35@  3(

Herba

Oleum

Absinthium............   3 25@ 3  50
Amygdalae, Dulc__  
30@  50
Amygdalae, Amarae .  8 00® 8 25
Anisi........................  2 90® 3 00
Auranti  Cortex......   2 30® 2 40
Bergamii.................   3 00© 3 20
Cajiputi................... 
70@  75
Caryophylli............. 
55®  60
Cedar....................... 
35®  65
Chenopadii..............  @250
Cinnamonii.............  2 50@ 2  60
55®  60
Citronella................ 

Conium  Mac.............  
35®  65
Copaiba.....................  
90® 
Cubebae....................  1  50@  1 60
Exechthitos...........  1  20®  1 30
Erigeron.................   1  20®  1 30
Gaultheria..............  1  50®  1 60
Geranium,  ounce...  @ 
75
Goasippii, Sem. gal.. 
50®  60
Hedeoma.................  1  25®  1 40
Junípera..................  1  50® 2 00
90® 
Lavendula................. 
Limonis...................  1  30®  1 50
25@  3 00 
Mentha  Piper. 
Mentha Verid.
2 65® 2 75
Morrhuae,  gal.........   2 00® 2  10
Myrcia, ounce.........   @  50
Olive.......................  
75® 3 00
Picis  Liquida.........  
10@  12
Picis Liquida, gal... 
®  35
R icina....................  
91@  96
Rosmarini...............   @  1  00
Rosae,  ounce...........  6 50@ 8 50
Succini  ................... 
40@  45
90®  1  00
Sabina................... 
Santal......................  2 50® 7 00
Sassafras.................  
50®  55
Sinapis, ess.,  ounce.  @  65
Tigli!.......................   1  25©  1  30
40®  50
Thyme....................  
Thyme,  o p t..„ ......   @  1  60
Theobromas........... 
15@  20
Potassium
Bi-Barb.................... 
15®  18
13®  15
Bichromate............  
48®  51
Bromide................... 
Carb.......................  
12®  15
Chlorate..po. 17@19e  16®  18
Cyanide...................  50®  55
Iodide......................  2 90@ 3 00
Potassa, Bitart, pure 
Potassa, Bitart,  com 
Potass Nitras, opt...
Potass Nitras...........
Prussiate.................
Sulphate p o ...........
Radix

®8®

7@
25®
15@

^ 50

30®

1  &I

20®
Aconitvm.
Althæ...................... 
22®
Anchusa
12@
Arum po...................
Calamus.................
20©
12@16®
Gentiana........po  15
Glychrrhiza.. .pv. 19 
Hydrastis Canaden .
@
Hydrastis Can., po..
@15®
Hellebore, Alba, po..
Inula, po.................  
15®
Ipecac, po................  1  65@  I  75
35®  40
Iris plox__po35@38 
Jalapa, pr...
40®
Maranta,  14s 
@15®
Podophyllum, po
R h e i.......................  
75®  1  00
Rhei, cut
1  25 
Rhei.pv...................
75®  1  35 
Spigelia...................
35@  38
Sanguinaria... po.  15
@  15
30®
Serpentaria.............
55®
Senega....................  
Similax,officinalis II
Smilax, M................
@
Scillae..............po.35
10©
Symplocarpus, Fceti-
dus,  po.................
Valeriana,Eng. po. 30 
@
Valeriana,  German.
15®
Zingiber a................ 
12®
Zingiber j. 
..........  
23®
Semen
Anisum......... po.  20
@14®
Apium  (graveleons)
Bird, Is....................
4®
Carui............. po. 18
10©
Cardamon................  1  00®  1  25
Coriandrum
8®  
10 
Cannabis  Sativa__
4
314© 
Cydonium...............
75©  1  00 
Cnenopodium........
10®  
12 
2  90®  3 00 
Diptenx  Odorate...
Fceniculum.............
@  15
Foenugreek, po........
8 
6© 
L ini.........................
2>4@ 
4
Lini,  grd__bbl. 214  __
314© 
4
Lobelia................... 
35®
Pharlaris  Canarian.  3!4@
Rapa........................  414®
Sinapis Albu........... 
7®
Sinapis  Nigra.........  
11®
Spiritus

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

Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage................  2 50® 2 75
Nassau sheeps  wool
carriage................  @  2 00
Velvet extra  sheeps’
wool, carriage......  @  1  10
Extra yellow sheeps’
wool,  carriage__ 
@  85
Grass  sheeps’  wool,
carriage................  @  65
Hard, for slate use..  @  75
Yellow  Reef,   for 
slate  use..............  @  1  40

Syrups
Acacia....................
Auranti Cortes........
Zingiber...................
Ipecac....................
Ferri Iod.................
Rhei Arom..............
Smilax Officinalis...
Senega....................
Scillae.......................

@
i
@
50®
@
Ô

20

1  00

2 00

ITIscellaneous 

Scillae Co.................
Tolutan...................
Prunus virg.............
Tinctures 
Aconltum N a pel li s R 
Aconitum Napellis F
Aloes.......................
Aloes and Myrrh__
Arniea....................
Assafoetida............
Atrope  Belladonna.
Auranti  Cortex......
Benzoin...................
Benzoin Co..............
Barosma.................
Cantharides...........
Capsicum..............
Cardamon...............
Cardamon  Co.........
Castor......................
Catechu...................
Cinchona.................
Cinchona Co...........
Columba.................
Cubeba....................
Cassia  Acutifol......
Cassia Acutifol Co  .
Digitalis.................
Ergot.......................
Ferri Chloridum__
Gentian...................
Gentian Co..............
Guinea....................
Guinea ammon........
Hyoscyamus...........
Iodine......................
Iodine, colorless__
Kino.........................
Lobelia....................
Myrrh......................
Nux  Vomica...........
Opii.........................
Opii, camphorated..
Opii,  deodorized__
Quassia................. .
Rhatany..................
Rhei.........................
Sanguinaria...........
Serpentaria............
Stromonium.........
Tolutan..........  
...
Valerian................
Veratrum Veride..
Zingiber..................  
.¡Ether, Spts. Nit. 3F  30® 
.¡Ether, Spts. Nit. 4 F  31®
Alumen...................  2*4®
3@
Alumen, gro’d .. po. 7 
Annatto................... 
40®
Antimoni,  po.........  
4®
Antimoni et PotassT  55®
Antipyrin..............  
@
Antifebrin..............   @
Argenti Nitras, oz .
10®
Arsenicum.............
38®
Balm Gilead  Bud  .
Bismuth  S. N........
1  00®   1  10
Calcium Chlor.,  Is.
Calcium Chlor., J4s.
Calcium Chlor.,  )4s.
Cantharides, Rus.po 
Capsici  Fruetus, af.
@ 
Capsici Fruetus, po.
Capsici FructusB,po 
@
10®
Caryophyllus-.po. 15
Carmine, No. 40......
50®
Cera Alba, S. & F  ..
40®
Cera Flava..............  
Coccus....................   @
Cassia Fruetus........ 
@
Centrarla.................   @
Cetaceum.................  @
Chloroform.............  
60®
Chloroform, squibbs  @  1
Chloral Hyd Crst__  1  15®  1
Chondrus................  
20®
Cinchonidine,P.& W  15® 
Cinchonidine, Germ  7  @
Cocaine...................  5 30® 5
Corks, list, dis.pr.ct.
Creosotum............... 
®
Creta............. bbl. 75 
@
Creta, prep..............  @
9@
Creta, precip........... 
Creta, Rubra........... 
@
Crocus....................  
50®
Cudbear.................   @
Cupri Sulph............. 
5®
Dextrine..................  
10®
Ether Sulph............  
75®
Emery, all  numbers  @
Emery, po................  @
Ergota...........po. 40  30®
Flake  White........... 
13®
Galla........................   @
Gambier..................  
8®
Gelatin, Cooper..  ..  @
Gelatin, French...... 
30®
Glassware, flint, box  60,  10&10
Less  than  box__
9®
Glue,  brown........... 
Glue,  white  ........... 
13®
*9®
Glycerina................ 
@
Grana  Paradisi  __  
25®
Humulus.................  
Hydraag Chlor  Mite  @
@  65@ 
Hydraag Chlor Cor.  @
Hydraag Ox Rnb’m.  @
85@  95
Hydraag Ammoniati 
45®  55
HydraagUnguentum
@  60 
Hydrargyrum.........
1 25®  X  50
Ichthyobolla, Am...
75®  1  00
Indigo...................... 
Iodine, Resubi........  3 80@ 3 90
Iodoform.................   @470
Lupulin...................  @ 2 25
Lycopodium........... 
60©  65
Macis.......................    65®  75
Liquor Arsen et Hy-
drarg Iod..............  @  27
LiquorPotassArsinit  10®  12
Magnesia, Sulph__ 
3
2® 
Magnesia, Sulph,bbl  @  154
Mannia, S. F ........... 
60®  63
Menthol...................  @550

1

HAZELTINE 
PERKINS 
lUG CO.

DRUGS

Importers and Jobbers of

Clplcais and  Patent  medicines

Dealers  in

Paints,  Oils 
and  Varnishes

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

erly’s Michigan  Catarrh  Remedy.

We have  in stock and offer a  full  line 
of  W h is k ie s ,  B ra n d ies,  G in s,  W in e s , 
an d   R u m s.
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.

grand  rapids.

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

GROCERY PRICE CURRENT.

The  prices  quoted  in  this  list  are  for the trade only,  in such quantities as are usually purchased  by retail 
dealers.  They are prepared just before going- to press and  are an  accurate index of the local  market. 
It is im­
possible to  give quotations suitable  for all  conditions of purchase,  and those below are given as representing av­
erage prices  for average conditions of purchase.  Cash buyers or those of strong credit usually buy closer  than 
those  who  have  poor  credit.  Subscribers are earnestly requested to point out any errors or omissions, as it is 
our aim to make this  feature of the greatest possible use to dealers.

AXLE  GREASE.
Aurora............ .......... 55
Castor Oil....... ...........60
Diamond........ ...........50
Frazer’s ......... ...........75
IXL Golden, tin boxes 75
Mica................
Paragon......... ...........55

........TO 8 00

doz. gross
6 00
7 00
5 50
9 00
9 00
6 00

BAKING  P O W D E R .

Absolute.

Acme.

lb cans doz...................  1

54 lb cans doz...................
54 lb cans doz...................
1 
54 lb cans 3 doz.................
% lb cans 3 doz.................
1 
Bulk....................................
1 
*4 lb cans 4 doz case........
54 lb cans 4 doz case........

Dwight’s.

lb cans per doz............  1

lb cans 1 doz.................  1

lb cans 2 doz case........  1

JaXon

Home.

Our Leader.

54 lb cans 4 doz case........
14 lb cans 4 doz case........
1 
lb cans 2 doz case........
»4 lb cans..........................
14 lb cans..........................
I 
lb cans..........................   1
American..............................
English..................................

BATH  BRICK.

BLUING.

C O N SE N T ) 
pearl > ; 
§ L uiW<j

1 doz. Counter Boxes...  .  40
12 doz. Cases, per gro........  4 50

BROOHS.

No. 1 Carpet....................... 2 03
No. 2 Carpet.......................   1  65
No. 3 Carpet.......................   1  50
No. 4 Carpet.......................   1  20
Parlor Gem.......................   2 00
Common Whisk.................  
85
Fancy Whisk......................  1  00
Warehouse.........................  2 25
Hotel 40 lb boxes...................914
Star 40 lb boxes.................... 814
Paraffine... 
.....................9

CANDLES.

CANNED  GOODS. 
JTanitowoc  Peas.

Lakeside Marrowfat.........   1  00
Lakeside E. J ....................   1  30
Lakeside, Cham, of Eng__ 1 40
Lakeside, Gem. Ex. Sifted.  1  65 
Columbia, 
pints............. 4 25
Columbia, 14 pints.............2 50

CATSUP.

JC H E ESE.

5

7

Amboy....................   @  8
Acme.......................   @  7 \
Elsie.........................  @  8
Gold  Medal.............
Ideal.......................   @  8
Jersey......................  @  7*4
Lenawee..................  @  8
Riverside.................   @  8
Sparta....................   @  8
Brick.......................   @  10
Edam ......................  @1  00
Leiden........................   @ 20
Limburger...............  ©  15
Pineapple...'...........   @  20
Sap  Sago.................  @  18
Bulk 
Red 

Chicory.
.......................  

................................. 
CHOCOLATE.

Walter Baker & Co.’s.

CLOTHES LINES.

German Sweet........................22
Premium..................................31
Breakfast Cocoa.....................42
Cotton, 40 ft, per  doz......... 1  00
Cotton, 50 ft, per  doz......... 1  20
Cotton, 60 ft, per  doz......... 1  40
Cotton, TO ft, per  doz......... 1  60
Cotton, 80 ft, per  doz......... 1  80
Jute, 60 ft,  per  doz.............  80
Jute, 72 ft,  per doz..............  95
CLOTHES PINS.
5 gross boxes........................... 45
COCOA SHELLS.
214
201b  bags........................ 
Less quantity.................  
3
Pound  packages............. 
4
CREAfl  TARTAR. 
Strictly Pure, wooden boxes.  35
Strictly Pure, tin boxes........  37
Tartarine................................ 25

C O F F E E .

Green.
Rio.

F air......
Good —
Golden  . 
Peaberry

Santos.

Fair  ....................................
Good  ......................................
Prim e......................................
Peaberry  ................'..............
Mexican  and Guatemala. 
Fair  .......................................
Good  .....................................

Maracaibo.

Java.

Mocha.

Prime ... 
Milled...
25
Interior.
Private  Growth...................... 27
Mandehling.............................28
Im itation................................25
Arabian  ................................. 28
Quaker Mocha and Java....... 32
Toko Mocha and Java........... 28
State  House Blend..................25
Arbuckle.......................   21  30
Jersey..............................  21  30

Package.

Roasted.

E f

.11 li%'^i3lw'i®SS
r & s u  (too  a,v^  Equality  Price 

fcO  '  )  less ac  per lb.
S abimts  1 2 0   lbs. Same Price. . 
9 C* Extra  for Cabinets.
rtcLaugb  '<t’s  XXXX........21  30

- 

KOFFA-AID.

Extract.

3 doz in case......................   5 25
Valley City 14 gross......  
75
Felix V»  gross......... ....... 
1  15
Humxne I ’s foil 14 gross... 
85
Hummers tin 14  gross... 
1  43

C O N D E N S E D   M IL K .
4 doz. In case.

N.  Y.  Condensed  Milk  Co.’s 

brands.
GaiJ  Borden  Eagle..................7 40
Crown......................................6 25
Daisy........................................5 75
Champion  ...........................4 50
Magnolia  ............................ 4 25
Dime 
3 35

 

Peerless evaporated cream. 5 75

Biscultine.

Lima Beans.

Pearl Barley.

Farina.
Grits.
Hominy.

F A R IN A C E O U S  G O O D S.
3 doz. in case, per doz.......1  00
B ulk................................. 
3
Walsh-DeRoo  Co.’s.......... 2 00
Barrels  .............................3 25
Flake, 501b.  drums.......... 1  50
D ried................................  4
Maccaroni and Vermicelli.
Domestic.  10 lb. box........  60
Imported,  25 lb. box.........2 50
E m pire............................  
234
Chester.............................134@2
Green,  bn.........................   90
Split,  per lb................ 
Rolled  Oats.
Rolled Avena,  bbl.........2 80
Rolled Avena, %bbl.........1 55
Monarch,  bbl......................2 55
Monarch,  54  bbl................. 1 40
Private brands,  bbl.......2 10
Private brands, 54bbl......
Quaker, cases..................... 3 20
Oven  Baked.......................3 25
Lakeside  ......................... 2 25
German............................  
*
354
East  India........................ 
Cracked, bulk................... 
3
24 2 lb packages..................2 40

Wheat.

Sago.

Peas.

254

Fish.
Cod.

Halibut.

Herring.

riackerel.

@ 4 
@ 5 
© 6 
@ 9

1054

Sardines.
Stockfish.

55 
6 50
2 30 
1  10
10
13 00 
5 50 
1  45 
8  00
3 50 
95

Georges cured............
Georges  genuine........
Georges selected........
Strips or bricks.........   6
Chunks.............................
Strips.................................
Holland white hoops keg. 
Holland white hoops  bbl.
Norwegian.......................
Round 100 lbs...................
Round  40 lbs...................
Scaled...............................
No. 1 100 lbs......................
No. 1  40 lbs.....................
No. 1  10 lbs......................
No. 2 100 lbs......................
No. 2  40 lbs......................
No. 2  10 lbs......................
Family 90 lbs....................
Family 10 lbs....................
Russian kegs....................
No. 1,1001b. bales...........
No. 2 ,1001b. bales...........
854
5 50 
No. 1100 lbs......................
2 50 
No. 1  40 lbs......................
70 
No. 1  10 lbs......................
59
No. 1  8 lbs......................
Fam 
No. 1  No. 2
1  75 
100 lbs...........  7 25  6 25
40 lbs...........  3 20  2 80
1  00 
33 
10 lbs...........  88 
78
29
8 lbs........... 
65
73 
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS.
Jennings'. 
D.C. Vanilla
2 oz........1  20
3 oz........1  50
4 oz........2 00
6 oz........3 00
No.  8. .  4 00 
No.  10.  .6 00 
No.  2 T.l 25 
No.  3 T.2 00 
No.  4 T.2 40 
D. C. Lemon

Whltefish.

Trout.

COUPON  BO O K S.

j

ü h

“ Tradesman.”

$  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

“ Universal.”

$  1 books, per  100..............  3 00
$ 2 books, per  100..............   3  50
$ 3 books, per  100 ..............  4  00
$ 5 books, per  100 ..............  5 00
$10 books, per  100..............  6 00
$20 books, per 100 ..............  7 00
Above prices on coupon books 
are  subject  to  the  following 
quantity discounts:
200 books or over...  5 per cent 
500 books or over... 10 per cent 
1000 books or over.  .20 per cent

Coupon Pass Books,

denomination from $10 down.

Can be made to represent any 
20 books  .........................   1  52
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 ...... 3 00
1000, any one denom’n ...... 5 00
2000, any one denom’n ......   8 00
Steel  punch..................... 
75
DRIED  FRUITS—DOnESTIC 

Apples.

Sundrled.........................   @ 354
Evaporated 501bboxes.  @  654

California Fruits.
Apricots.........................  9  @11
Blackberries..................
Nectarines....................   554®
Peaches..........................  5  @14
Pears..............................  854@
Pitted Cherries..............
Prunnelles.....................
Raspberries.......... .......
California  Prunes.

100-120 25 lb boxes.........  @  454
90-100 25 lb boxes.........  @  434
80 - 90 25 lb boxes.........   @5
70-80 25 lb boxes..T 
  @554
60-70 25 lb boxes.........  @6
50 - 60 25 lb boxes.........   @ 654
40 - 50 25 lb boxes.........  @754
30 - 40 25 lb boxes.........   @734
54 rent less In ha.tr«
Raisins.

London Layers.........'.1  10@1  30
454 
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 
Loo'-e Muscatels 3 Crown 
5 
Loose Muscatels 4Crown 
6

FOREIGN.
Currants.

Patras bbls.........................@ 354
Vostizzas 50 lb cases....... “@ 334
Cleaned, bulk  ..................© 554
Cleaned, packages............@ 534

Peel.

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

Raisins.

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

EGG  PRESERVER.

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

Souders’.  -
in  the  world 

Oval bottle,  with  corkscrew. 
the 

for 

Best 
money.

Regular 
Grade 
Lemon.

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

Regular
Vanilla.

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

«

 
Flavoring 
Extract^

.1  75 
.3 50

FLY  PAPER. 
Tanglefoot.

“Regular” Size.

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

“Little” Tanglefoot.

FURNITURE 

Cleaner and  Polish. 

Henderson’s “ Diamond.”

Half Pint.................................   1 75
P int...........................................3 50
Q uart........................................5 40
Half Gallon.............................. 7 75
G allon.....................................14 40
Knox’s sparkling...................... 1 10
Knox’s acidulated.................... 1 20

GELATINE.

G U N P O W D E R .
Rifle—Dupont’s.

 

HERBS.

Eagle  Duck—Dupont’s.

Choke  Bore—Dupont’s.

K egs......................................... 4 00
Half Kegs................................. 2 25
Quarter Kegs.............................1 25
1 lb  cans..............................  30
54  lb cans............................   18
Kegs......................................... 4 00
Half Kegs.................. 
2 25
Quarter  Kegs...................... 1  25
1 lb  cans..............................  34
K egs......................................... 8 00
Half Kegs................................. 4 25
Quarter Kegs.............................2 25
lib  cans...............................   45
Sage......................................  15
Hops....................................   15
Madras, 5  lb  boxes.............  55
S. F., 2, 3 and 5 lb  boxes__  50
15 lb  palls............................   36
171b  pails............................   44
30 lb  pails............................   66
Condensed, 2 doz  ...............1  20
Condensed, 4  doz.....................2 25
Pure......................................  30
Calabria  ..............................  25
Sicily.........................  
  14
Root......................................  10

LICORICE.

INDIGO.

JELLY.

LYE.

 

MINCE MEAT.

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

HATCHES.

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

nOLASSBS.
Blackstrap.
Cuba Baking.
Porto Rico.
............................  

Sugar house.......................10@12
Ordinary............................12@14
Prim e..................................... 
Fancy 

30

. 20

New Orleans.

F a ir................................... 
Good.................................  
Extra good........................ 
Choice.............................. 
Fancy  .............................. 

Half-barrels 3c extra. 

18
22
24
27
30

PICKLES.
/Tedium.

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

PIPES.

POTASH.

48 cans in case.

Babbitt’s ............................   4 00
PennaSalt  Co.’s................  3 00

RICE.

Domestic.

Carolina bead....................   654
Carolina  No. 1...................  5
Carolina  No. 2...................  454
Broken................................  254
Japan,  No. 1......................   5
  454
Japan.  No. 2................. 
Java, No. 1.........................   434
Java, No. 2............... 
 
  454
P atn a.................................   4

Imported.

SALERATUS.

Packed 60 lbs. in  box.

SEEDS.

SAL SODA.

Church’s ............................. 3 3C
Deland’s ............................. 3  15
Dwight’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
A nise...............................  
13
Canary, Smyrna................  6
Caraway........................... 
10
Cardamon,  M alabar......   80
Hemp,  Russian.............. 
4
Mixed  Bird......................   454
Mustard,  white................ 
654
Poppy  ..............................  8
Rape.................................  4
Cuttle Bone......................   20
Scotch, In bladders.............  37
Maccaboy, In jars................  35
French Rappee, In  jars......   43

SNUFF.

SYRUPS.

Corn.

Barrels.............................. 
14
Half  bbls.........................   16
Fair  .................................  16
Good.................................  20
Choice ..............................  25

Pure Cane.

S P IC E S .
Whole Sifted.

Pure Ground in Bulk.

Allspice  ..............................   954
Cassia, China in mats........ 10
Cassia, Batavia in bund__ 15
Cassia, Saigon in rolls........32
Cloves, Amboyna...............15
Cloves, Zanzibar.................. 10
Mace,  B atavia................... 70
Nutmegs, fancy..................65
Nutmegs, No.  1..................60
Nutmegs, No.  2..................55
Pepper, Singapore, black.. .10 
Pepper, Singapore, w hite.. .20
Pepper,  shot...................... 16
Allspice  .........................10@15
Cassia, Batavia....................17
Cassia,  Saigon.....................35
Cloves,  Amboyna................ 15
Cloves, Zanzibar..................10
Ginger,  African..................15
Ginger,  Cochin................... 20
Ginger,  Jamaica..................22
Mace,  Batavia...............60@65
Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. .20
Mustard, Trieste..................25
Nutmegs,.......................40@60
Pepper, Singapore, black9@12 
Pepper,Singapo re, whitel5@18
Pepper, Cayenne...........17@20
Sage.......................................18
“ Absolute" in  541b.  Packages.
Allspice.............................  65
Cinnamon.........................  75
Cloves...............................   70
Ginger, Cochin.................  75
Mace................................. 2  10
Mustard............................   75
Nutmegs...........................2 10
Pepper, cayenne.............  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 Cheese..16

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SALT.

Diamond  Crystal.

Worcester.

Common Grades.

Cases, 24 3-lb  boxes............1  60
Barrels,  100  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
605-lb sacks...................... 1  85
28 11-lb sacks.....................1 70
50  4  lb. cartons..............3 25
115  2)41b. sacks..................4 00
60  5  lb. sacks..................3 75
22 14  lb. sacks................. 3 50
30 10  lb. sacks................. 3 50
28 lb. linen sacks...................  32
56 lb. linen sacks...................  60
Bulk In barrels.................. 2 50
56-lb dairy in drill bags......   30
28-lb dairy in drill bags......   15
56-lb dairy in iinen  sacks...  60 
56-lb dairy in linen  sacks 
.  60 
56-lb  sacks...........................  22
Saginaw  ..............................  68
Manistee  ............................   5°
Boxes.....................................534
Kegs, English.......................  45i

Ashton.
Higgins.
Solar Rock.
Common Pine.

Warsaw.

SODA.

STARCH.
Diamond.

Kingsford’s  Corn.

64 10c  packages  ................& 00
128  5c  packages.............,..5 00
32 10c and 64 5c packages...5 00 
20 1-lb packages...................
40 1 lb packages...................  634
Kingsford’s Silver  Oloss.
40 1-lb packages...................¡>34
6-lb boxes........................... 7
20-lb boxes...........................*
40-lb  boxes...........................
1-lb  packages......................  4V4
3-lb  packages......................
6-lb  packages......................
40 and 50 lb boxes................
Barrels  ...............................
SUMMER  BEVERAGES.

Common Gloss.

Common  Corn.

Wild Cherry Phosphate. 

“Little'Giant”  case,  28-15C  bot­
tles ............................  2 50
“Money Maker” case,24-25c and
24-lSc bottles.................  5 00
Free  with  above,  Large  Bot­
tle, Easel and Advertising  Mat­
ter.
Concentrated Extract for  Soda
Fountain, per  gal......2 00
Root  Beer Extract,  3  doz  case,
$2 25, per doz............ 
75
Acid  Phosphate,  8  oz.,  per
doz...  ......................   2 00
Beef, Iron and Wine, pints,  per 
d o z ..............................  3 00
Thompson’s 
Wild  Cherry 
P h o s p h a t e  
“H u m m e r 
Case”  co n ­
tains  3  doz. 
25c  8  oz  bot- 
11 e s,  $5 00.
One  Big  Bot­
tle  Free.  24 
oz.  50c  size, 1 
doz. to a  case 
4 00.  Special 
Soda  Foun­
tain  Extract 
per gal. 62 00. 
Big  Demon­
strator  con­
tains  15  doz. 
25c size, 1 doz 
50c size, 1 jug 
and  fixtures. 
See add.

TOBACCOS.

Cigars.

G. J. Johnson’s  brand

JlXON

Single  box................................3 00
5 box lots, delivered..........2 95
10 box lots,  delivered..........2 85
Lautz Bros. A Co.’s  brands.
Acm e....................................... 3 25
Cotton  Oil................................5 75
Marseilles................................. 4 00
Master

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
Jas. S. Kirk A Co.’s  brands. 
American Family,  wrp’d...3 33
American Family, plain__3 27

Thompson A Chute's Brand.

Single box............................3 00
5 box lot, delivered...........2  95
10 box lot, delivered...........2 85
25 box lot, delivered...........2 75
Allen B.  W risley’s brands.
For  special  quotations  on 
Old Country ask traveling man.
Doll, 100 bars.......................2 50
Good Cheer 60  1-lb..............3 90

SUGAR.

Scouring.

VINEGAR.

TABLE  SAUCES.

WOLVERINE
Single box, delivered 
......3 25
5 box lots,  delivered......... 3 00
10 box lots, delivered........2 90
25 box lots,  delivered......... 2 80
Sapolio, kitchen, 3 d o z...... 2 40
Sapolio. band. 3 doz...........2 40
Lea A Perrin’s,  large........4 75
Lea A Perrin’s, small....... 2 75
Halford,  large.................. 3 75
Halford small....................2 25
Salad Dressing, large....... 4 55
Salad Dressing, 3mall.......2 65
Leroux Cider...................... ...10
Robinson’s Cider, 40 grain.. ..10 
Robinson’s Cider. 50 grain.  ..12 
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  njarket  in  which  he 
purchases to his shipping point, 
including  20  pounds  for  the 
weight of the barrel.
Cut  Loaf...................................5 37
Domino.....................................5 25
Cubes........................................5 00
Powdered  ...........................5 00
XXXX  Powdered.....................5 12
Mould  A...................................5 00
Granulated in bbls...................4 75
Granulated in  bags..................4 75
Fine Granulated...................... 4 75
Extra Fine Granulated.......4  87
Extra Coarse Granulated.. .4  87
Diamond  Confec.  A............4 75
Confec. Standard A..................4 62
1........... ...
No.
................4 37
No
2................
................4 37
................4  31
No. 3................
No. 4  ..............
................4 25
No. 5................
................4 25
No. 6................
................4  18
No. 7  ...
................4  12
No. 8................
................4 06
No. 9................
................4 00
................3 94
No. 10................
No. 11................
................3 87
............   3 81
No. 12................
No. 13................
.............. 3 75
No. 14................
................3 50
No. 15................
No. 0, per gross.....................  25
No. 1, per gross....................   30
No. 2, per gross....................   40
No. 3, per gross....................  75

WICKING.

Fresh  Meats.

S. C. W...........- ................. 35 00
H. A P. Drug Co.’s brand.
Q uintette...........................35 00
Clark Grocery Co.’s brand.
New  Brick......................... 35 00
Michigan Spice Co.’s brand. 
Absolute...........................   35  00

SO A P .
Laundry.

Go wans A Sons’ Brands.

Crow.................................... 3  10
German Family................... 2  15
American Grocer  100s........ 3 30
American Grocer  60s.: —   2 75
Mystic  W hite......   ...........  3 80
L otus..........................  
3  90
Oak Leaf............................   3 00
Old Style.............................. 3 20
Happy Day........................... 3  10

Beef.

Carcass.........................5 @634
Forequarters............... 3 @ 4
Hind  quarters............  6 @ 8
Loins  No.  3................   9 @12
Ribs.........................   .7   @9
Rounds......................  534@  634
Chucks.................  
4  @5
Plates  ........................  234@ 3
Pork.
Dressed...................
Loins......................
Shoulders................
Leaf Lard................
Mutton.
Carcass...................
Easter Lambs.........
Veal.
Carcass 

4 @ 434
@  6)4
@ 5
@ 6
5 @ 6
@ 8
& @ 6

.....................5

Candies.
Stick  Candv.
bbl

pails 

Fancy-In Bulk.

Standard...........
6  © 7 
Standard H.  H.. 
6  © 7 
6  © 7 
Standard Twist.
Cut Loaf...........
7)4@ 8)4 
cases 
Extra II. H ..............
@ 8)4 
Boston  Cream........
@ 8)4
Mixed Candy
Standard.................  
@7
Leader  ................... 
© 7)4
Conserve................. 
@8
Royal...................... 
© 7)4
Ribbon....................  
@
Broken  ................... 
©
Cut  Loaf.................  
to
English  Rock.........  
©
Kindergarten.........  
©  8)4
French  Cream........ 
@9
Dandy Pan.............. 
@10
Valley Cream.........  
@13
Lozenges, plain......  
@  8)4
© 814
Lozenges,  printed... 
Choc.  Drops...........  12  @14
@13
Choc.  Monumentals 
Gum  Drops............  
@5
@8)4
Moss  Drops............. 
Sour Drops.............. 
@ 814
Imperials................ 
@9
©50
Lemon  Drop
@50
Sour  Drops.............
Peppermint Drops..
@60
@65
Chocolate Drops__
@75
II. M. Choc. Drops..
@35
Gum  Drops............
@75
Licorice Drops........
@50
A. B. Licorice Drops
Lozenges,  plain__
@55
@60
Lozenges,  printed..
@60
Imperials................
@65
Mottoes...................
Cream Bar..............
@.i0
Molasses B a r.........
@50
Hand Made Creams.
@90
Plain  Creams.........
©80
@90
Decorated Creams..
String Rock...... »...
@60
Burnt Almonds...... 1
@@55
Wintergreen Berries 
Caramels. 
No. 1 wrapped, 2  lb.
boxes ...................
No. 1 wrapped, 3  lb.
boxes ...................
No. 2 wrapped, 2  lb. 
boxes  .................
Fish and  Oysters

Fancy—in  5   lb.  Boxes.

@30
@45

Fresh Fish.

Grains and Feedstuffs
Wheat................................. 
55
Winter  Wheat  Flour. 

Wheat.

Local Brands.

P atents..............................  4 00
Second  Patent...................  3 50
Straight............................   3 30
Clear...................................2  90
Graham 
...........................  3 25
Buckwheat.......................   3 00
R ye..................................   2 65
Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour in bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.
Worden Grocer Co.'s Brand.
Quaker, 34s........................  3 35
Quaker, 54s........................  3 35
Quaker,  34s........................ 3 35

Spring  Wheat  Flour. 
Olney A Judson's Brand.

Ceresota, )&s.......................  3 85
Ceresota, 34s.......................  3 75
Ceresota, 34s.......................  3 70
Ball-Barnhart-Putman's Brand.
Grand Republic, 34s...........3  85
Grand Republic, 34s..........  3 75
Grand Republic, 54s...........3 70
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Laurel, 34s.........................   3 80
Laurel, 34s .........................   3  70
Laurel, 54s.........................   3 60
Lemon A Wheeler Co.’s  Brand.
Parisian, 34s......................   3 85
Parisian, 34s.......................3
Parisian. 34s.......................  3  70
Entire Wheat Flour. 
William Callam A Sons  quote 
as follows, delivered  in  Grand 
Rapids:
10 lb. cotton sacks 
l-16s......................
34s............................................  3 75
Meal.
Bolted...............................   1
Granulated.......................   2
St. Car Feed, screened__13
No. 1 Corn and  Oats.......... 12
No. 2 Feed.......................... 12
Unbolted Corn Meal.......... 12
Winter Wheat  Bran........... 9
Winter Wheat Middlings.. 10
Screenings.........................   8
quotes as.follows:
Corn.
Car  lots.....................  
30
Less than  car  lots............  32
Car  lots................................20
Less than  car  lots............  23
No. 1 Timothy, ton lots__13 I

The  O.  E.  Brown  Mill  Co. 

Feed and Millstufifs.

Oats.

Hay.

Whitefish..............
@ 8
@ 7
T rout.....................
Black Bass.............
© 10
H alibut................. .1234®
Ciscoes or Herring.
@ 4
Bluefish.................
@ 10
Live Lobster.........
@ 15
Boiled Lobster......
@ 17
Cod........................ .  © 10
Haddock................ .  @ 8
No.  1  Pickerel...... .  @ 6
@ 7
Pike.......................
© 7
Smoked White......
Red Snapper......... .  @
Col  River Salmon.
@
Mackerel 
............. •  @ 20
Oysters, per  100......... 1  25@1  50
Clams,  per  too.........   90@1  00

Shell Goods.

Fruits.
Oranges. 

Fancy  Seedlings

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

@2

@3

P r o v i s i o n s .  

C

HI
8 00  r
9 00  Î
8  75  1
7 50  2
10 00  "
E

34
H
Vz
&

The  Grand  Rapids  Packing
and Provision Co. quotes is fol-
lows:
Barreled Pork.
Mess  ..............................
Back  ..............................
Clear back......................
Shortcut.........................
Pig..................................
Bean  ..............................
Family  ..........................
Dry Salt  Meats.
Bellies............................
Briskets  .........................
Extra  shorts...................
Smoked  Heats.
Hams, 12 lb  average  __
Hams, 14 lb  average 
...
Hams, 16 lb average......
Hams, 20 lb  average......
Ham dried beef  ............
Shoulders  (N. Y. cut).  .
Bacon,  clear...................
California  hams.............
Boneless hams................
Cooked  ham...................
Lards.  In Tierces.
Compound......................
Family............................
G ranger.........................
Musselman’s Gold Leaf..
Worden's Home Made...
Worden's White Clover.
Cottolene.......................
Cotosuet  .......................
55 lb Tubs......... advance
80 lb Tubs......... advance
50 lb T in s......... advance
20 lb Pails......... advance
10 lb Pails......... advance
5 lb Pails......... advance
3 lb Pails......... advance
Bologna.........................
Liver...............................
Frankfort.......................
P o rk ...............................
Blood  ............................
Tongue  ..........................
6
Head  cheese...................
Extra  Mess.................... 7 00
Boneless  ....................... u  00
Kits, 15 lbs......................
80
34  bbls, 40 lbs................. 1  65
34  bbls, 80 lbs................. 3 00
75
Kits, 15 lbs......................
34  bbls, 40 lbs................. 1  50
34  bbls, 80 lbs................. 2 75
25
P o rk ..............................
5
o  Beef  rounds.................
7
Ï  Beef  middles................
-  Rolls,  dairy...................
834
Solid,  dairy...................
8
Rolls,  creamery...........
Solid,  creamery...........
Canned  Meats.
Corned  beef,  2  lb........ 2 00
Corned  beef, 15 lb........ 14  00
n  Roast  beef,  2 lb........ 2 00
75
0  Potted  ham,  34s........
1  25
Potted  ham,  34s........
75
Deviled ham,  34s........
1  25
5  Deviled ham,  34s........
75
0  Potted  tongue 34s........
n  ------------------------------- 1  25
9  Potted  tongue 34s........
3  Hides  and  Pelts.
fol-

Perkins  A  Hess  pay  as 

Pigs’ Feet.

Butterine.

Sausages.

Casings.

Tripe.

Beef.

1
5
6
6

Soda.

Wool.

Hides.

Butter.

Oyster.

miscellaneous.

Crackers.

The N. Y.  Biscuit  Co.  quotes 

@10
@ 6
@73
@6
@5
@4

Foreign Dried  Fruits. 
12  @

@ 4 
@ 5 
@  6 
@7 
@ 4 
@  6 
@ 5) 
534® 7 
25  @30

lows:
Green.............................3 i
Part  cured.................
Full Cured................... 5
D ry .............................. 5
Kips,  green................  3
Kips,  cured................  5
Calfskins,  green........  4
Calfskins, cured..
Deacouskins  ......
Pelts
Shearlings..................   5 @
10
Lambs..........................15 @  25
Old  Wool.................   4q  @  75
Washed 
....................10  @15
Unwashed.................... 5 @12
Tallow.......................... 2 @2)4,
Grease Butter..............  1 @2
Switches  ...................  134® 2
Ginseng................. :. .2 50@2 90

name, as it varies according  to 
size  of  bunch  and  quality  of 
fruit.
Medium bunches...1  25  @1  50
Large bunches........1  75  @2 00
as follows:
Figs,  Fancy  Layers
20 lbs................... 
Seymour XXX...................  534
Seymour XXX, 3 lb.  carton  5%
Figs, Choice  Layers
Family XXX......................  534
101b......................
Figs,  Naturals 
in
Family XXX, 3 lb  carton..  b%
Salted XXX........................  5)4
bags,  new............  
Salted XXX, 3 lb carton...  544 
Dates, Fards in 10 lb
boxes................... 
Dates, Fards in 60 lb
Soda  XXX  ........................  6
cases  ................... 
Soda  XXX, 3 lb  carton__  634
Dates,  Persians,  G.
Soda,  City.........................   7
M. K„ 60 lb cases.. 
Crystal  Wafer.....................IO34
Dates,  Sairs  60  lb 
Long Island  Wafers.........   11
cases  ................... 
L. I. Wafers, 1 lb carton  ..  12 
O ils.
Square Oyster, XXX.  ......   534
Sq. Oys. XXX, 1  lb carton.  6)4
Farina Oyster,  XXX..........  5)4
Barrels.
Nuts.
Eocene  ......................
SWEET  GOODS—Boxes.
XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt
Animals............................   IO34
W W Michigan...........
Bent’s Cold Water............   12
Almonds, Tarragona..
High Test Headlight..
Belle Rose.........................   8
Almonds, Ivaca.........
D., S. Gas.  .................
Cocoanut Taffy.................   8
Almonds,  California,
Deo. N aptha..............
Coffee Cakes......................  8
soft shelled.............
Cylinder.................... 30
Frosted Honey...................  11
Brazils new................
Engine........................11
Graham Crackers  ............   8
Filberts  ....................
Black, winter.............
©  9 
Ginge r Snaps, XXX round.  634 
Walnuts, Gren., new.. 
Black, summer..........
@ 8)4
Ginger Snaps, XXX  city...  6: 
Walnuts,  Calif No.  1. 
Gin. Snps.XXX home made 
Walnuts,  soft  shelled
634
Gin. Snps,XXX scalloped..
Calif.......................
634 Eocene......................
@ 8)4
8
©  6)4 Table Nuts,  fancy__
XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt
© 7 Table Nuts,  choice...
8
D. S.  Gas..................
Pecans, Texas H. P ...
1 1
8
Scofield,  Shurmer A  Teagle Hickory  Nuts per bu.,
15
Ohio.......................
Cocoanuts,  full  sacks
16
Barrels.
@1134 Butternuts  per  bu__
834 Palacine...................
@1034 Black Walnuts per bn
634 Daisy  White............
Peanuts.
• 8
. 
Red Cross, W.  W......
@ 8V2
12 Water  White Hdlt...
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Game
@  8
Cocks......................
734 Family  Headlight...
©  7
Red Cross S.  Gasoline  @1034 Fancy,  H.  P„  Flags
.10
8
Roasted...................
Stove Gasoline.........
@ 934
14
@  834 Fancy, H. P., Associa-
Naphtha...................
1534
tion Roasted...........
@ 9)4 Choice, H. P., Extras.
Palacine...................
10
Choice, H. P.,  Extras,
1034 Red Cross W.  W......
© 6
© 734 1  Roasted 
................
1534 Gasoline...................

Pretzelettes, Little German
Sultanas......
Sears’ Lunch. 
Sears’ Zephyi

@13
©
@1234 
@ 7 
@10 
@1234 
@11

@ 12  
@10 
@  9

@3  F0
@

@ 7 
@ 4)4
@  6

@10)4 
@  834 
@   8 
@ 7 
@ 934 
@ 834 @38 @21 

From Tank  Wagon.

quote as follows:

—

Glassware.
FRUIT JARS, 

n—old style, pints...  5  25 
ii—old style, quarts..  6 00 
a—old  style, 34 gal..  8 00 
a—1 doz in case, pts.  6  25 
n—1 doz in case, qts.  6 50 
a—1 doz in case,34 gal  8  50 
y—glass  cover, qts..  9 00 
y—glass cover, 34 gal  12 00 
LAMP  BURNERS.

45
50

1  Sun.

No.  1
No. 2

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

5V6
5 
>
>
5 
>
994 
'I
934  S
85 
934  b
50 
9)4  >
1  15
934 
i
,
LAMP  CHIMNEYS—Common.
7 
*■
5%
Per box of 6 doz. 
7/4 
>un...........................  1  85
î
íoy,  }
J
0.  2 Sun..........................   2 80
4^4
434
o. 
f>y%  I
wrapped and  labeled__   2  10
5
o. 
634
wrapped and  labeled__ 2 25
0. 
51/2
wrapped and  labeled__  3 25

top,
top,
top,

First  Quality, 
0 Sun,  crimp 
1 Sun,  crimp 
2 Sun,  crimp 
XXX Flint.
0 Sun,  crimp 
1 Sun,  crimp 
2 Sun,  crimp 
CHIMNEYS,
Pearl  Top.

o. 
wrapped and  labeled__  2 55
o. 
wrapped and  labeled__  2 75
o. 
wrapped and  labeled__  3 75

top,
top,
top,

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

labeled.............................. 3 70
" abeled............................   4 70
labeled.............................. 4 88

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  .................................  150
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).. 
..  4  00
No. 2, Flint (80c  doz)..........4  70

Electric.

No. 2, Lime  (70c doz)  ......   4 00
No. 2, Flint  (80c doz)........  4 40
Miscellaneous.  Doz.
Junior,  Rochester............. 
50
Nutmeg  ............................  
15
Illuminator  Bases.............  1 00
Barrel  lots, 5 doz.............. 
90
7 in. Porcelain Shades__   1 00
Case lots, 12  doz................ 
90
Mammoth  Chimneys for  Store 
Lamps.  Doz.  Box 
4  20 
No. 3 Rochester, lime  1  50 
4  80
No. 3 Rochester, flint  1  75 
No. 3  Pearl  top,  or
Jewel  glass...........  1  85
No. 2 Globe Incandes.
lime.......................   1  75
No. 2 Globe Incandes.
flint  ........................2  00
No. 2 Pearl glass...... 2  10

5  10
5 85
6 00 
Doz.
1  60 
1 gal tin cans with  spout.
1  75
1 gal galv iron with  spout
2 gal galv iron with  spout.  3 00
3 gal galv iron with spout.  4 00 
5 gal galv iron with  spout.  5 00 
5 gal galv iron with  faucet 6 90
5 gal Tilting cans..............  9  00
5 gal galv iron  Nacefas  ...  9 00

OIL  CANS.

Pump  Can.«..

4  50 
6  00
6 0G
7 00 
.13 00
3 75

5 gal Rapid steady stream.  9  00 
5 gal Eureka non-overflow 10 50
3 gal Home Rule................10  50
5 gal Home Rule................12 00
9 50
5 gal  Pirate  King........
LANTERNS
No.  0 Tubular...... ..
No.  1 B  Tubular.........
.
No. 13 Tubular Dash. 
No.  1 Tub., glass fount.
No. 12 Tubular, side lamp
No.  3 Street  Lamp  ........
LANTERN GLOBES.
No. 0 Tubular, cases 1  doz.
each, box 10 cents........
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.  each__
LAMP  WICKS.

40
1  25
21
No. 0 per gross................... 
No. 1 per gross................... 
:-6
50
No. 2 per gross................... 
80
No. 3 per groes................... 
75
Mammoth per doz............. 
JELLY  TUMBLERS--Tin  Top. 
34 Pints, 6 doz  in  box.  per
box (box  00)  .................   1  55
34 Pints, 20 doz in  bbl,  per
doz (bbl  35)..................... 
19
34  Pints,  6 doz in  box, per
]  box (box  00)................. 1 75
34 Pints, 18 doz  in bbl,  per 
1  doz (bbl  35). 
.  ...........  
21

22

GOTHAM  GOSSIP.

News  from  the  Metropolis— Index  to 

the  Market.

Special  Correspondence.

in  an 

closed 

Friday 

New  York,  July  4—The  weather  has 
turned  intensely  hot and,  as  the  week  is 
rather  given  over  to  the  holiday,  there 
is  no  great  amount  of  interest  shown 
among  grocery 
jobbers.  Many  of  the 
exchanges 
as  _  well 
as  Saturday  and,  altogether,  trading  is 
of  small  volume.  There  have  been  no 
important  transactions,  nor  any  remark­
able  changes  in  prices.  The stock  mar­
ket has  taken  a big  slump  without  any 
reasonable  cause  and  it  is  likely that the 
whole,  movement  has  been  that  of  spec­
ulators.
Coffee  has  attracted  about  as  little  in­
terest  as  anything  and  the  volume  of 
business  has  been  very  light,  scarcely 
anything  passing 
invoice  way. 
Quotations  are  unsettled  and  the rates  as 
given  must  be  considered  nominal.  On 
Thursday  there  was  a  sale  of  2,000  bags 
Rio No.  7 at 11 ^c,prompt shipment.  We 
have  here  this  week  a  representative 
from  one of  the  old  coffee  firms  of  Rio, 
who  says  Brazil  will  have  the  largest 
crop  this  year  she  has  ever  produced,  so 
the prospect  is  good  for  cheap  coffee  for 
some time  to  come.  The visible  supply 
of  the  world  July  1  is  likely  to  show  an 
increase  of  mo,000 bags.
Sugar,  both  raw  and  refined,  is dull. 
Cables  from  abroad  were  all  of  an  “ ir­
regular”   or  “ dull”   character,  and  the 
whole  tone  of  operations  was  of  a  holi­
day  nature.  Refined  has  fluctuated  frac­
tionally,  and  at  the  close  granulated 
is 
worth  4^c.  There  has  been  a  better 
demand,  which  was  anticipated.  De­
liveries  have  been  promptly  made  and, 
upon  the  whole,  the  market  is  in  fairly 
good  condition.

“  dull, ”  

change, ”  

In  teas  the  market  is  summarized  as 
* ‘ no 
“  same  old
story.”   These are  the  replies  received 
by  the  seeker  after 
information  among 
those  who  are  supposed  to  be  in  a  posi 
tion  to  know  how  things  are  running 
The  market  is  in  a  state  of  suspended 
animation.  Those  interested  are  hoping 
for  a  turn  for  the better after  a  little.

While  the  rice  market  has  been hardly 
as  active  as  last  week,  prices  have  been 
very  well  adhered  to,  and  this  applies 
both  to  foreign  and  domestic.  For  the 
better  sorts  of  the 
latter  there  is  in 
creased 
inquiry,  and,  at  times,  it  i 
with  difficulty  that  a  sufficient  quantity 
can  be  obtained  to  meet  the  require 
ments. 
Pepper  is  firm.  When  you  have  said 
this  you  have  said  about  all  there  is  to 
be  said  in  the  spice  line.  The  demand 
is  not  active 
in  any  line,  but  dealers 
are  not  expecting  a’  great  amount  of 
animation  at  this  season.  Manufactur­
ers  require  a  minimum  amount of spices 
at  this  period  and  no  great  activity 
is 
looked  for  for  the  next two  months.

Japan  is  worth  4@4K C-

In  molasses  there 

is  a  small  volume 
of  business  being  done 
in  the  better 
grades  of  domestic,  which  fetch  full 
rates.  Under  grades  are  dull  and  are 
quoted  at  nominal  prices.

In  syrups  there  is  a  steady  volume  of 
trading  going  on,  but  the  volume  of 
business 
is  not  large.  Prices  are  said 
to  be  well  maintained and  it  is  probably 
as  good  a  time to buy  as  has  existed  for 
some time.
Canned  goods  have been  going  out  at 
quite  a  satisfactory  rate  during  the 
week  and 
in  some  things  the  stock  of 
old  goods  must  be  pretty  closely  sold 
up.  Prices  have  shown 
little  fluctua­
tion.  Tomatoes  have been  doing  pretty 
well  and,  if  anything,  the  tendency 
is 
upwards. 
fruits  are  well 
held  and,  although  the  demand  is  as  yet 
rather  small,  the  prospect  is  not  at  all 
discouraging  for  the  packers  of  the 
Golden  State. 
Crop  prospects  con­
tinue  splendid  and  from  the  peach  re­
gions  of  Maryland  and  Delaware  come 
glowing  reports,  while  the  arrivals  from 
Georgia  are  becoming  quite  free  now. 
Canned  goods  of  1896  will  be  very  much 
.in  evidence  this  fall.

California 

There  has  been  a 

in 
lemons  for  the  Fourth,  but  they  are  still 
here  in  such  large  supplies  that  the  tone 
is  not  materially better.
of  the  market 

little  spurt 

for 

There 
oranges,  bananas  and  pineapples.

a  moderate  demand 

is 

Cheese 

is  doing  nothing.  A 

Butter  shows  a  large  amount  of  stock 
affected  by  the  heat.  First-class  goods 
bring  about  the  same  prices  as  have 
prevailed  for  a 
fortnight.  Upon  the 
whole,  the  market  is  lifeless.
little 
trading  has  been  done by  exporters,  who 
seem  to  want  the  cheapest  stuff  they  can 
get.  Arrivals  have  aggregated  about 
the  usual  number  of  boxes  and  a  good 
share  of  them  have  been  put.  into  cold 
storage.
Eggs  are  firmer.  There  is  sufficient 
enquiry  for  strictly  fresh  goods  to  keep 
the  market  well  cleaned  up,  but  much 
s  going  into  cold  storage.

Peas  and  beans  are  doing  better  and 
for  the  latter  the  demand  is  very  good 
for  the  season  of  the  year.  Prices  have 
advanced  a  trifle  and  are  well  held.

Dried  fruits  are  dull,  with  very  few 

transactions  taking  place.

Provisions  continue  on  the  low  plane 
lately  reached  and  the  prospects  are  not 
good  for any  immediate  advance.
Stocktaking  has  been  in  progress  this 
week,  and  this  has  been  another  cause 
is  hoped  the  returns 
of  dull  trade. 
it  is  probable 
will  show  up  well,  but 
that  there 
for 
improvement. 
Next  week  will  be  one  of  the  most  in­
teresting  periods  for  New  York  since 
the  war.

is  room 

It 

this 

The  Giving  of  Presents  with  Tea.
Tea 

is  the  favorite  line  of  the  men 
who  give  away  chromos  and  crockery, 
and 
recently  moved  President 
Rohrs  in  addressing  the  New  York  R e­
tail  Grocers'  Union  to  say  to  them  that 
the  grocers  usually  pay  too  little  atten­
tion  to  tea  and  too  much  to  other 
things.  He  urged  his  associates 
to 
“ talk  tea”   and  convince  the  public 
that  they  sold  better  and  cheaper  tea 
than  the  gift  enterprise  men.  As  the 
chromo  man  depends  largely  on  adver­
tising,  Mr.  Rohrs  advised  more  abun­
dant  and  aggressive  advertising,  and 
he  made  an  extremely  good  point  when 
he  urged  the  retail  grocers  who  desired 
to  suppress  the  gift  nuisance  not  to  pat­
ronize  manufacturers  who  resorted  to 
the  same  device  to  popularize 
their 
wares.  Men  who  will  not  give  presents 
must  not  receive  them.  The  gift  evil 
is  a  very  real  evil,  and  there  is  no royal 
remedy  for  it.  The fundamental  fact  is 
that  a  man  who  gives  away  crockery 
and  glassware  cannot  sell  as  good  tea 
for a  given  price  as  the  man  who  does 
not;  part  of  the  public  is  hopeless,  but 
another  great  part  can  be  convinced,  if 
the  grocers  go  about  it  in  the right  way, 
that  the  cost  of  the  gift comes  out  of  the 
quality  of  the  article  purchased,  and 
that  they  are  not  receiving  something 
for  nothing.
There  is  delight  in  visiting  a  store  in 
which  goods  are  nicely  displayed  and 
cleanliness  abounds.  What  is  the  ap­
pearance  of  your  store 
interior?  Look 
about  you  and  decide on  some  improve­
ment.

A  Suggestion  of  Economy.

Lady  (in  dry  goods  store)—I  will look 

at  your  material  for  towels.

Clerk  (recently  transferred  from  the 
dress  goods  department)—Yes,  ma’am ; 
something  that  won’t  show dirt?
Illustrated  Advertising.

Drop  a  postal  card  to  the  Michigan 
Tradesman  for  a  catalogue  of many  new 
and  attractive  cuts  o f  different  sizes 
which  can  be  used  in  your  advertising 
displays  and  obtained  at  very  small 
expense.

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.

India  rubber  has  been  generally  con­
sidered  absolutely  water  tight,  but  ex­
periments  with  a  hermetically-sealed 
rubber  bottle  of  water  show  that  it  is 
not.

Ure  Unkle  is  at  Bushman’s.

T H E   M ICH IG A N   T R A D ES M A N

Evidently  Struck  a  Poor  Market.

From the Way land Globe.

One  of  our  fruit  growers  shipped  24 
crates  of  currants  to  the  Pottlitzer  Bros. 
Fruit  Co.,  Fort  Wayne,  Ind.,  and  the 
statement  received  by  him  read  as  fol­
lows :
24 Cases Currants........................... 
Express..........1............................... 20
Commission....................................  >20 

$12 00
8 40
$3 60
De a r   S i r —We  trust  this  sale  will  prove  to 
your entire satisfaction and be  the  recipient  of 
future shipments from you.  Yours resp.

P o t t l it z e r   B ro s.  F r u it   C o.

The  agent  of  this  house,  who  has been 
here,  we  are  told,  informed  the  owner 
of  the  fruit  that  he  would  pay  $2  per 
case,  or 8  cents  per  quart,  and 
in  this 
way  induced  the  shipment  to  be  made. 
The  shipper  paid  ¡56.96  to  put  the  cur­
rants  on  the  cars,  thereby  making  him 
the  loser  of  the  fruit  and  $3.36  in  cash. 
The  beauty  of  the  whole  thing  is  the 
note of  explanation  at  the  bottom.  We 
do  not  publish  this  to  injure  the  com­
mission  house,  for  we  dare  say  the  fruit 
was  handled  to  the best  of  its  ability, 
and  at  other  times  might  have  netted 
the  shipper  a  good  profit.  We  refer  to 
the  matter  so that  our  readers  may  un­
derstand  some  of  the  disadvanatages 
fruit  growers  are  liable  to  undergo.

F. J.  ROHRIG,  Jr.,
Wholesale  and Retail Dealer in

com  and  wood  - flour  and  FEED

HAY and siiuw.

Recleaned Oats a Specialty.

Mack A ve. and Belt Line, 

DETROIT.

FRUIT  and 
VEGETABLES

are good and very cheap. 

Send your orders to

Um  i.  VinKemuider.

G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  M IC H .

Guaranteed  that prices will be  right.

I  want you for a customer
NO  MORE  BROKEN  EGOS 

Every Grocer Who Uses

Everything  in  cigars  at  Bushman’s.

Fancy Lemons, 
New  Celery, 
Water  Melons, 
Bananas, 
Fruits and 
Vegetables

F. J. iittiiiiiin.

117 and  119 Monroe street,

Grand  Rapids

(No. 1  Holds One Doz. Eggs.)

THE  DUPLEX  EGG  CARRIER

In which to deliver eggs to customer? 

SAVES  MONEY.

Every family should have a  Duplex  in which 
to keep eggs in ice boxes or  refrigerators  or  on 
pantry shelves.  For sale  by  all  wholesale  gro­
cer« and jobbers in woodenware.

GEO.  0 . CLEMENTS, 42  River  St.,  Chicago.

NEW  POTATOES

NEW  CABBAGE

GEORGIA  WATERMELONS

NUTMEG  MELONS

We are  Headquarters.

BUNTING  &  CO.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

20 and  22 Ottawa St.,

HUGH T  ALLERTON. 

ALLERTON  &  HAGGSTROM

WILLIAM HAGGSTROM.

GENERAL  COMMISSION  MERCHANTS

and Wholesale Dealers In

FRUIT,  VEGETABLES,  VEAL,  POULTRY 
BUTTER,  EGGS  and  C H EESE..................

REFERENCES-^ Putnam CandyOa  GRAND RAPIDS,  MICH. TELEPHONES] bI iU248.1248'

I Worden Grocer Co. 

,¡57  Lo„js S t, 

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

WHOLESALE DEALERS.

Bushel and Half Bushel Baskets and Covers.  Send us your  orders for  baskets.  Can  make  de­

Fancy 300 and 360 Size Lemons.  Egg Cases and Egg Case Fillers.

livered price baskets and covers carlots.

We handle all kinds Field Seeds.  Buy Beans carlots or less.  Send us your orders.

MOSELEY  BROS.,  26 t o  32  O tta w a  S t .,  G rand  R a p id s,  M ich .

WATERMELONS

NEW  POTATOES 

BANANAS

Lowest market price guaranteed.  Produce consignments solicited.

ST ILE S  &  PHILLIPS,

W h o le s a le  F r u its  a n d  P r o d u ce ,

G R A N D   R A P ID S .

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How  He  Changed  from  Credit  to 

Cash.
Stroller in Grocery World.

The  cash  system  in  all  right. 

I ’m  as 
heartily  in  favor  of  it  as  any  man  pos­
sibly  can  be,  for  I  see  so  much  credit 
misery  in  circulating  among  grocers  all 
over  the  country.  The  cash  system  has 
to  be  watered  properly,  however,  or  it’s 
a  boomerang.

One  thing  I  had  forcibly  impressed 
on  my  mind 
last  week  was  that  every 
grocer  who  attempts  to  change  from  a 
credit  to  a  cash  basis  ought  to  let  peo­
ple  know  it  a  while  beforehand.  It  does 
no  good  to  spring  it  on  them  suddenly. 
As  a  rule  it  makes  them angry  and  costs 
the  grocer  their  trade.  That  was  the 
deduction  1  drew  from  the  experience  I 
had  last  week.

While  on  business  in  a  certain  nearby 
neighborhood  I  slipped  over  to  a  grocer 
who  is  an  old  friend  of  mine.  He  has 
always  done  business  on  a  credit  basis, 
and  many's  the  sermon  I ’ve  given  that 
man  to  turn  from  the  error  of  his  ways 
and  do  a  strictly  cash  business.

Greatly to my surprise,on my last visit,
I  found  that  he’d  changed  from  credit 
to cash,  and  I  happened  to get  there  on 
the  very  day  when  the  new  scheme  went 
into  effect.
“ Hello,  old  man,”   he  said  as  I  went 

in,  “ I ’ve  been  converted.”

“ What do  you  mean?”   I  said.
“ I ’m  a  cash  grocer,”   he  said,  beam­
ingly.
1 
instantly  congratulated  him,  and 
asked  him  how  the  new  idea  was  work­
ing.
isn’t  working  at  all  yet,”   he 
said;  “ it  only  goes  into  effect  to-day  at 
9  o’clock.”  
It  was  then  nearly  that 
hour.

“ What  have  you  done  to  announce 

“ It 

it?”   I  asked.

“ How  do  you  mean?”
“ Why,  by  advertising,  circulars,  or 
let 

like  that.  Haven’t  you 

anything 
people  know  about  it?”

“ Oh,  no,”   he  said;  “ they’ll  have  to 
find  it  out  for  themselves. 
If  I ’d  told 
them  they  would  have  stayed  away. 
Now  they’ll  come  to  the  store,  and when 
I  tell  them  they  won’t  like  to  refuse  to 
buy,  and  there  you’ve  got  an  entering 
wedge  for  their  future  cash trade.  These 
cards  will  tell  ’em .”

He  pointed  to  several  cards  tacked 
June 
about  the  store: 
29th,  I  will  commence  selling  for  cash 
only. ’ ’

“ On  Monday, 

I  saw  at  once  that  his  whole  scheme 
it  was  started 
would  be  a  failure,  for 
I  didn’t  tell  him  so, 
terribly  wrong. 
however,  for  1  knew  that  he’d  discover 
it himself  soon  enough. 
I  decided  to 
spend  the  morning  with  him  in  watch­
ing  the  way  the  new  thing  worked.

Nine  o’clock  came  pretty  soon,  and  I 
saw  my  friend  the  grocer 
involuntarily 
brace  himself.  He  seemed  to  scent  the 
conflict  afar.

The  first  customer  was  a  little girl, 
evidently  the  child  of  an  old  credit  cus­
tomer.

“ Mamma  wants  six  pounds  of  gran­
ulated  sugar,  two  pounds  of  rice  and  a 
dozen  nice  lemons,  and  if  you’ll  please 
wrap  them  up,  I ’ll  take  them  home  my­
self.”

The  goods  were  wrapped  up  and  the 
“ Fifty- 

grocer footed  up  the  amount. 
eight  cents,”   he  said.

“ Just  put 

it  on  the  book,  please,”  

said  the  little  girl,  handing  it  up.

Then  came  an  awkward  moment  for 
the  grocer. 
If  it  had  been  a  grown  per­
son  he  could  have  talked  intelligently, 
but  the  child  couldn’t  undertsand  his 
long  explanation.

“ Why,  you’ve  always  put 

book  before,”   she  piped,  not 
whether  to  cry  or  not.

it  in  the 
sure 

Miles  more  of  explanation  from  the 

grocer.

“ Well,  I ’ll  have  to  go  then, ”   said the 
“ Mamma  told  me  to  have  the 
if 

child. 
things  put  in  the  book. 
she  gives  me  the  money.”

I ’ll  be  back 

The three  packages  stood  on  the coun­
little  girl

ter  the  whole  morning.  The 

if 

“ and 

didn’t  come  back,  though  the  grocer 
said  she  lived  just  around  the  corner.

An  old  gentleman  came  in  next. 
“ Gimme  a  pound  of  coffee,  Rio  and 
Mocha  m ixed,”   he  said, 
it 
ain’t  any  better  than  that  you  gave  me 
last  I ’ll  send  it  back.”

I  saw  the  grocer  wince,  as  he  thought 
of  the  explanation  he’d  have  to  make 
this  gouty  old  party  in  a  minute.

When  the  coffee  was  wrapped  up  the 
old  man,  also  apparently  a  credit  cus­
tomer,  grabbed 
for  the 
door.  The  grocer  hesitated  a  moment 
but  rose  to  the  occasion.

it  and  started 

“ Mr.  Brown,”   he  began.
The  old  man  turned  impatiently.
‘ ‘ I  must ask  you  for the cash for that, ’ ’ 
“ I  start  a  cash  busi­
said  the  grocer. 
ness 
to-day.  You  see,”   he  went  on 
apologetically,  “ I  can’t  afford  to  extend 
cred—”

I  was  watching  the  old gentleman dur­
ing  this  explanation  and  saw  him  get 
j  purpler  and  purpler  with  indignation.
I  thought  for  a  minute  he  was  going  to 
bite  somebody.  While  the  grocer  was 
going  on  with  his  little  tale of  woe  the 
old  fellow  cut  him  short  by  slamming 
the  bag  of  coffee  down  on  the  counter. 
The  bag  burst  with  a  slash  and a  shower 
of  coffee  flew  everywhere.  The  grocer 
paused  to  pick  one  out  of  his  collar.

if 

“ Do  you  mean  to  insinuate,  young 
man,”   said  the  old  fellow,  in  a  voice 
that  could  be  heard  a  mile  away,  “ that 
I ’m  not  to  be  trusted?  Why,  what  do 
you  mean  by  insulting  a  man old enough 
to  be  your  grandfather?  Why, 
I 
thought  you  meant  that  I ’d  break  your 
impudent  neck!”
“ Oh,  my  dear—’ ’  started  the  grocer. 
“ Shut  u p !”   roared  the  enraged credit 
customer,  who  wasn’t  particularly 
im­
pressed  with  the  beauties  of  the  cash 
system 
“ Keep  your buggy 
old  coffee! 
I ’ll  never  come  into  your 
one-horse  place  again !”   Then  he  went 
out.  The  grocer  started  to  sweep  up  the 
avalanche  of  coffee.  He  looked  a  little 
sad.

just  then. 

“ You  made  a  big  mistake,”   I  said, 
“ in  not letting  everybody  in  this  place 
know  you  were  going  to  do  a  cash  busi­
ness.  You  see  what  you’ve  got  yourself 
into,  don’t  you?  A  whole  day  of  this 
sort  of  thing  will  kill  you!”

Fortunately  a  teriinc  storm  came  up 
just  then,  and  it  lasted  the  greater  part 
of  the  day, 
thus  keeping  the  people 
away  from  the  store.  At  my  suggestion 
he  had  a  half-column  advertisement 
in 
his  local  paper  that  afternoon  announc­
ing  the  change  to  take  effect  one  week 
hence.  But  he  lost  the  old  man’s  trade.

Correspondence  Indianapolis Sentinel.

Searching  for  Names  for  Cigars. 
I  am  told  by  a  man  from  whom  I 
sometimes  buy  cigars  that  there  is  a 
wholesale  cigarmaking  firm 
in  New 
York  which  has  offered  $1,000  for  the 
best  name  for  a  new  brand  which  they 
are  at  present  selling  as  “ the  un­
named.”   He  went  on  to  say  that  the 
number  of  trade-mark  names  which  the 
manufacturers  throughout  the  country 
pay  the  Government a  fee  for  register­
ing  would  astonish  the  average  citizen, 
and 
judging  by  a  recently  issued  list 
which  he  showed  me,  he  is quite correct 
I  was  particularly 
in  his  opinion. 
struck  with  the  manner 
in  which  the 
current  events  of  the  time  were  seized 
upon  for  names.  The  worlds  of  the 
drama,  of  music,  of  politics and  of  his­
torical  events  have  all  provided  names 
for brands  of  cigars  recently,  and  even 
if  they  are  not  all  put  on  the  market, 
the  manufacturers,  so  my 
informant 
said,  would  make  use  of  the  majority 
of  the  titles.  For  instance,  a  Philadel­
phia  firm  has  registered  such  up-to-date 
brands  as  the 
“ Gen.  Weyler” —how 
they  expect  a  Cuban  workman  to  make 
such  a  brand  I  cannot  imagine—“ Prof. 
Roentgen,”   “ New  X   Light,”   “ New  X 
R a y ,”  
“ Popular  Loan,”   “ President 
Krueger,”   “ Transvaal”   and  “ Richard 
Olney, ”   while  a  New  York  firm  has  the 
“ Dr. 
“ The 
Fram, ”   which, 
I  hardly  need  add,  is 
the  name  of  Dr.  Nansen’s  little  ship. 
Another  local  firm  exploits  the  fame  of 
a  recently  prominent  prima  donna  by 
registering  five  brands  named  “ Y aw ,”  
“ Yaw  Bouquet,”  
Flor  de  Y aw ,”  
“ Yaw ’s  Choice”   and “  Yaw ’s’High G. ”

Fridtjof  Nansen”   and 

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When  the  King  of  Denmark  first  be­
gan  to  learn  the  typewriter  he  derived 
considerable  amusement  as  well  as 
profit  from  practicing  on  two  sentences, 
“ John  quickly  extemporized  five  tow 
bags,”   and  “ The  quick  brown 
fox 
jumped  over  the  lazy  dogs.”   He  was 
told  that  both  of  these  sentences  con­
tained all the letters of the alphabet,  and 
by  writing  and  rewriting  them the posi­
tion  of  the  letters  becomes  fixed  in  the 
mind.

The  file  cutters  of  Manchester,  Eng­
land,  and  district,  owing  to  the  brisk­
ness  of  trade,  are  pressing  their  em­
ployers  to  return  to  the  prices  which 
were  departed  from  over  twenty  years 
ago.

A  Chinese  firm  has  commenced  the 
manufacture  of  wine  and  champagne  on 
a  large  scale  with  the  grapes  ot  North­
ern  China.  Hitherto  the  grapes  have 
been  used  only  for  eating.

SALT

SALT

SALT

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

It will be to your advantage to do so.

JOHN  L.  D E X T E R   &  CO.,

12  G r isw o ld   S t.,  D etro it.

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WORTH

We are expert blenders of teas  Not mixers but blenders.  We have little 
opposition.  Our  specialty  is  black  teas.  Cash  is  our  motto.  We  want 
your  black  tea  trade;  with  first  order  (only)  for  100  pounds  we  give 
absolutely  free  as  extra  inducement  very  handsome  mirror  canister, 
100 size, worth $6.00.  We will pay  freight-  and  send  goods  on  approval. 
We pay return freights if goods are  ret  satisfactory  to  you.  If  your  tea 
trade is small our goods will increase it.  If your tea  trade  is  large  there 
is still room to do more.  If  you  are  prompt  pay  and  appreciate  a  good 
thing we can do a trade with you, and respectfully solicit trial order, with 
canister to be shipped on approval, or a request for samples.

GEO.  J.  JOHNSON,

Importer and Jobber of Teas,

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263 Jefferson  Ave.  and  51  &  53  Brush  St., 

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DETROIT,  MICH.

a   OPPRESSED TIMES AND 

DEPRESSED PRICES

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“Where are we at?”  is  puzzling the brains 
of many a merchant at the present  time, but 
“Where are we drifting to?” is a more serious 
question.
It begins to look very much like a fight for 
existence and prudent  merchants  are  keep­
ing close to the shore, buying only what they 
cannot  get  along  without  and  paying  cash 
for all purchases.
We are  not  accepting  any  new  credit  ac­
counts, but sticking close to our platform and 
we are gratified at the results.  We  have  re­
ceived  more  cash  mail  orders  the  past  10 
days than ever before.
We repeat our  offer  of  a  handsome  onyx 
table  with  every  order  for  three  one-half 
chests  of  tea.  We  have  also  added  a  new 
line  of  cigars,  put  up  in  a  handsome,  at­
tractive manner, to sell at $35 per  M.  In  or­
der to  introduce  them  rapidly  we  will  give 
the table with 500 cigars.  We guarantee  en­
tire satisfaction.
We  have  just  picked  up  a  line of  Japan 
teas to sell at 12 cents, good fair leaf and style, 
weighing 70 pounds;  it is a decided bargain.
We quote Extra Fancy lemons at  $3.75 per 
box, Fancy at  S3 25  per  box.  Foth  lots  are 
300’s.  We also quote our Bon Ton  cheese at 
6Ji cents and rolled oats (Douglas & Stuart’s) 
at $2.40  per  barrel.  All  standard  brands  of 
roast and canned beef, 2’s, at $175 per dozen. 
Special  lot  of  one-half  pound  cans  potted 
meats at  70  cents  per  dozen.  Armour’s M’s 
at 35 cents per dozen;  i4’s, 75 cents per dozen. 
This beats Armour’s own  price,  but  we  are 
overloaded  and  want  to  sell.  Armour’s 
Brawn at 11.60  per  dozen.  Terms, as  usual, 
cash, with order in current exchange.

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Hints  to  Hardware  Dealers.

is  to  be  recorded  the  paper 

Lewis Garrison in Hardware Dealers’  Magazine.
Large  dealers  in  hardware  all over  the 
country  are  acquiring  the  use  of  the 
duplicate  slip  for  the  record  of  sales  m 
their business.  The  duplicate  slip  is  a 
inches  long, 
pad  of  paper  about  ten 
with  a  carbon  paper between.  When  a 
sale 
is 
turned  over,  and  what  is  written  on  the 
top  sheet  is  copied  on  the  other side  by 
means  of  the  carbon  paper.  The  slips 
are  torn  apart and  one  goes  to  the  cash­
ier  with  the  cash  and  list  of  goods  sold, 
and  the  other 
is  put  by  the  clerk  in  a 
box  under lock  and  key.  If the goods  are 
to  be  charged  and  no  cash  is  paid,  it  is 
written  on  the  duplicate  slip  and  the 
purchaser’s  name  and  address  given. 
The  box  that 
is  under  the 
charge  of  the  proprietor  or  manager, 
and 
in  the  evening,  after  the dose  of 
the  day’s  business,  he  counts  over  the 
cash  slips  and  notices  if  they  balance 
with  the  book-keeper’s  account.

locked 

is 

Under  the  old  system  a  clerk  that 

in­
clined  toward  dishonesty  could  sell  a 
knife,  for  instance,  to  a  friend  for  $i 
that  was  marked  to  sell  at  §1.50,  or 
again,  he  could  get  the  regular  selling 
price  and  only  turn  in  §1.  The  man who 
checks  up  the  cash  slips  at  night  is  en­
abled  to  know  what  price  the  articles 
should  sell  for  by running over the prices 
and  numbers  that  are  written  on  the 
slip.
The  duplicate  slip  is  handy  and  ac­
curate 
in  the  recording  of  the  sale  of 
steel  goods,  paints,  refrigerators,  or 
any  of  the  heavy  goods.

The  method  of  marking  goods 

The  case  of  goods’  being  returned 
for  exchange,  and  the  difficulty  of  some 
dealers 
in  ascertaining  the  price  that 
the  goods  sold  for,  should  not  trouble 
any  merchant.  All  goods  in  a  hardware 
store  ought  to  be  marked,  and  by  so  do­
ing  it  protects  both  customer and dealer.
in 
hardware  establishments 
is  principally 
by  the  use  of  characters  for  the  cost 
price.  The  selling  price  is  marked  by 
letters  which  all  firms  are  familiar with ; 
such  as  X-B-L-O-C-K-H-E-A-D.  _  Some 
object  to  marking the  selling  price  on 
articles 
in  plain  figures  for  the  reason 
that  some  regular  customers  expect  a 
little  lower  price  to  be  made  them.  As 
all  reliable  retail  merchants  wish  to  sell 
■  at  one  price,  it  is  better to  have  a  plain 

from  dead  stock,  is  to  go  through  it  and 
lower  the  prices. 
I  know  a  firm  who 
have 
invoiced  certain  articles  for  six­
teen  years.  They  would  not  bring  $10 
now,  as  they  are  out  of  date.  Years ago 
they  should  have  been  sold  for  cost  or 
less,  when  the  dealer  saw 
it  was  dead 
stock.  The  cost  for  the  lot was estimated 
to be  $50.  Suppose  the  dealer  had  re­
ceived  $50  cash.  Turning 
it  over  in 
goods  in  his business  three  times  a  year 
would  have  been  $150,  besides  the  profit 
on  the  new  articles. 
It  would  have 
made  a  man  almost  worth  enough  to  re­
tire  at  the  end  of  sixteen  years.

One  of  the  best  systems  for  the  listing 
of  catalogues  and  price  lists  has  been 
originated  and  is  now  in  use  by  a  firm 
in  Columbus,  O.  Previous  to  the  new 
system  the  hundreds  of  catalogues  re­
ceived  from  different  firms  were  put  in­
to  bins  that  were  numbered.  On  a paper 
was  written  the  article  which  the  cata­
logue gave  the  price  and  description  of.
A  great  many  manufacturers  make  more 
than  one  line  of  goods.  Some  make 
planes,  rules  and  other  things,  and  these 
are  listed 
in  the  same  catalogue.  The 
difficulty  came  in  when  the  books  were 
to  be  filed.  The  clerk  did  not  know 
whether  to  put  it  in  bin  No.  3»  that  was 
under  the  heading  of  “ planes  on  the 
paper,  or  whether  it  should  be  classsed 
as  “ rules.”  
It  necessitated  the  order­
ing  of  as  many  catalogues  as  articles 
delineated.  Even  then  the  catalogues 
were  apt  to  be  placed  in  the  wrong  bin 
after  use,  and  would  consequently  get 
mixed  up  in  a  short time.

Catalogues  for reference are  now  filed 
by  this  firm  alphabetically  and 
indexed 
in a book  for  the  purpose.  For  instance, 
all  catalogues  from  firms  that  deal  in 
a special  article  like  sporting  goods  are 
filed  under  the  letter  “ S .”   The  various 
lines  they  manufacture  are  entered  in 
the  index  book.  All  the  various articles 
that  a  firm  manufacture  are  classified, 
and  the  names  of  the  manufacturers  are 
placed  under  various  lines.  Of  course, 
an  experienced  buyer 
is  supposed  to 
know  the  firm  that  make  a  certain  ar­
ticle,  but  this  system  is  done  as  a  safe­
guard,  and  for  rapid  and  easy  reference 
is  unexcelled.
Annual  Convention  of  Northern  Mich­

igan  Grocers.

store. 

Price  lists  are  important  features 

mark.
in 
a  hardware  establishment. 
If  a  man 
from  a  distant  city  writes  for prices,  the 
in  a book 
quotations  should  be  copied 
tor  the  purpose,  and  indexed. 
If orders 
are  received,  all  that  is  necessary 
is  to 
turn  to  the  list  book  and  find  the  prices 
quoted.  This  careful  system 
is  more 
valuable  on  account  of  the  fluctuations 
of  prices 
in  the  hardware  market. 
Screw,  bolt  and  other  lists  that  are  sent 
by  manufacturers  to  retailers  should  be 
placed 
in  a  conspicuous  place  in  the 
store  for  ready  reference.
The  display  of  goods  to  advantage 
hampers  the  thoughts  of  hardware  men 
as  much  as  anything  else.  About  15,000 
different  articles  compose  the  stock  of  a 
well-regulated  hardware 
The 
box  system  is  the  best  way  to  show  up 
the  greater  amount  of  goods.  The  box 
system  is  a  series  of  drawers  that  slide 
in  shelves,  with  samples  of  the  contents 
disclosed  to  view  on  the  outside.
The  best  way  to  get  rid  of undesirable 
or  siow  selling  goods 
is  to  “ put  a 
price”   on  them.  Every  dealer  knows 
what  that  means.  The  cut  price  on  the 
articles  can  be  widely  advertised  in  the 
daily  papers  and  it  will  not  be  long  be­
fore  the  undesirable  goods  are  turned 
into  cash.  The  advantage  of  turning 
slow  selling  goods  into  cash  can  readily 
be  seen.  An  article  that  sells  for $10 
might  be  kept  on  the  shelf  for  ten  years 
in  order  to  get  a  profit.  If  sold  for $8 
here 
is  the  figuring.  The  money  ob­
tained  can  be  placed  into  good  goods. 
The  other  way  of  keeping  goods  ten 
years  to  make  a  profit  will  prove  a  loss 
in  the 
long  run.  Figure  buying  three 
times  a  year,  and  in  ten  years  the  mer­
chant  would  have  turned  his  money 
over  thirty times,  and  got  a  profit  on  the 
articles  each  of  the  thirty  times.

The  best,  and, 

in  fact,  only,  way  to 
keep  the  stock  of  a  hardware  store  clear

The  annual  convention  of  the  North­
ern  Michigan  Retail  Grocers’  Associa­
tion  will  be  held  at  Grand  Rapids  on 
Wednesday  and  Thursday,  Aug.  5  and 
6,  convening  at  10  o’clock  on  the  day 
first  named.  On  the  afternoon  of  the 
second  day  those  in  attendance will  join 
the  Grand  Rapids  retail  grocers  in  cel­
ebrating  their  tenth  anniversary  picnic 
at  Reed’s  Lake.  Among  the  special 
topics  already  assigned  are  the  follow­
ing :

Mutual  relations  of  grocer  and  fruit 
grower—Hon.  Chas.  W.  Garfield,  Grand 
Rapids.

laws  again—Robert 

The  exemption 
Johnson,  Cadillac.

Co-operative  buying  among  grocers— 

N.  H.  Beebe,  Big  Rapids.

Money 

in  the  potato  business—Jess 

Wisler,  Mancelona.

the 

re-enactment  of 

What  steps  should  be  taken  to  secure 
the 
township 
peddling  law?—Hon.  C.  K.  Hoyt,  Hud- 
sonville.

My  experience 

in  shipping  produce 
outside  of  Michigan—E.  E.  Hewitt, 
Rockford.

How  the  food  laws  should  be  enforced 

—Hon.  E.  N.  Bates,  Moline.

Is  the  basket  branding  law  enacted  by 
the  last  Legislature  a  desirable one?— 
John  W.  Densmore,  Reed  City.

The  Grange  and  the  P.  of  I.—What 

next?—John  E.  Thurkow,  Morley.

Is  it desirable  to  pay  cash  for  produce 
instead  of  store  trade?—J.  H.  Schilling, 
Clare.

Some  rules  which  dairy  and  egg  ship­
pers  should  always  observe—M.  R. 
Alden,  Grand  Rapids.

The  dead-beat—New  thoughts  on  an 
old  subject—W.  D.  Hopkinson,  Paris.
It  is  not  unlikely  that  this  convention 
will  witness  a  considerable  change  in 
the  organization,  a  movement  being  on 
foot  to  enlarge  its  scope  and  change 
its 
name  to  the  Michigan  Retail  Grocers’ 
Association.  The  work  of  the  organiza­
tion  has  never  been  of  a  sectional  char­
acter,  and the Tradesman  sees nothing  to 
lose  and  everything  to  gain  in  the  pro­
posed  change,  inasmuch  as  such  an 
in­
novation  would  give  the  grocers  of 
Michigan  a  representative  organization, 
the  same  as  the  druggists  and  hardware 
dealers  of  the  State  have  in  their  re­
spective  associations.

As  the  Republican  State  Convention 
will  be  held  at  Grand  Rapids  Aug.  5, 
delegates  to  this  convention  can  take 
advantage  of 
the  low  transportation | 
rates  accorded  those  who  attend  the  for­
mer  gathering.

The  Hardware  Market.

in  staple  goods,  but 

General  trade  for  June has  been  very 
in  a  general 
fair 
way  it  has  not  been  up  to  the  average. 
Steel  and  wood  goods  for  use  in harvest­
ing  have  been  unusually  brisk  and  in 
many  lines  jobbers,  as  well  as  manufac­
turers,  have  more  than  sold  their  prod­
uct.

it 

Wire  Nails—The  Association  has  re­
affirmed  the  existing  prices  for  July, 
which  are $2.65  rates  at  mill  and  $2.85 
rates  from  stock.  The  principal  outside 
mills  who  were  cutting  prices  have 
joined the Association,  and  it is believed 
that 
is  now  stronger than  ever  and 
that  it  is  able  to  hold  the  present  figures 
during  the  remainder  of  the  year  if  the 
management  deem  wise  to  do  so.  The 
jobbers  of  the  country  are  anxious  for 
the  Association  to  reduce  the  price,  but 
whether 
it  will  accede  to  the  jobbers 
wishes  is  an  open  question.

Barbed  Wire—As  the  season  is  nearly 
over,  prices  are  not  as  firm  as  they  were 
and  desirable  orders  are  accepted  at  a 
trifle  lower  price.

Window  Glass—Owing  to  the  regular 
summer  shut-down,  an  advance  of  5  per 
cent,  has  been  made  and  the  present 
is  70 and  5  by  the  box  and  65 
discount 
and 
10  by  the  light.  Should  there  be 
any  difficulty 
in  arranging  terms  with 
the  glass  workers,  so  that  the  shut-down 
should  extend 
into  the  fall  months,  we 
may  look 
for  still  further  advances,  as 
the  stock  of  glass  in  the  hands  of  job­
bers and manufacturers is  not  very large.
Steel  and  Wood  Goods—Owing  to  the 
splendid  crops  everywhere  prevailing, 
the  demand  for  these  goods  has  been 
unusually  heavy.  Stocks  of  cradles  and 
rakes  have  been  completely  cleaned  out, 
and  the  makers  claim  they  have no more 
timber on  hand  out of  which  to make  up 
more,  and  by  the  time  they  could  get  it 
ready  the  demand  would  be  over.

Sheet  Iron—Orders  have  been  placed 
for  fall  shipments  and  the  market  is 
firm.

Bar  Iron—Is  firm,  as  all  the  iron mills 
are  now  closed  down,  waiting  for an  ad­
justment  of  the  wage  scale  with  the 
workmen.  According  to  newspaper  ac­
counts,  there 
is  a  good  deal  of  feeling 
and  it  is  doubtful  if  any  easy  settlement 
is  secured.

Augers  and  Bits—A  new  discount  has 
been  adopted  in  this  line and  a  uniform 
discount 
is  now  made  of 65  per  cent. 
The  list  on  augers  has  been  changed, 
which  can  be  had  from  your  jobbers  for 
the  asking.

Conduct  business  on  business  princi­
ples  and  it  will  yield  satisfactory  results 
all  ’round.

Association Matters

Michigan  Hardware  Association

President, F. S. C a r l e t o n ,  Calumet;  Vice-Pres­
ident,  H e n r y   C.  W e b e r ,  Detroit;  Secretary- 
Treasurer, He n r y  C. M in n ie ,  Eaton Rapids.
Northern  Mich. Retail Grocers’ Association 
President, J. F. Ta tm a n, Clare;  Secretary,  E. A. 
S to w e,  Grand  Rapids;  Treasurer,  J.  W is l e r , 
,  _
Mancelona. 
Next Meeting—At Grand Rapids,  Aug.  4  and  5, 
1896.
Traverse  City Business Men’s Association 
Ho l l y ;  Treasurer, C. A. Ham m ond.
Grand  Rapids  Retail Grocers’ Association

President,  T hos.  T.  B a t e s ;  Secretary,  M.  B . 

„ 

, 

President,  E. C. W in c h e s t e r ;  Secretary, H o m er 
K l a p ;  Treasurer, J.  G eo .  L eh m a n .
Regular  Meetings—First  and  third  Tuesday 
evenings of each month at  Retail  Grocers’ Hall, 
over E. J. Herrick’s  store.

Owosso  Business  Men’s  Association 

President, A. D.  W h ip p l e  ; Secretary, G. T. C am p­

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

Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association 

President, B y r o n  C. H i l l ; Secretary, W .  H.  Po r­

t e r  ;  Treasurer, J. F. H e l m e r .

Alpena Business Men’s Association 

President,  F.  W.  G il c h r is t ;  Secretary,  C.  L. 

P a r t r id g e .

Lansing  Retail Grocers’ Association 

President,  F.  B.  J o h nso n;  Secretary,  A.  M. 

D a r l in g ;  Treasurer, L. A. G i l k e y .

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B U S IN E S S   C H A N C E S.

Fo r s a l e—r e t a il  g r o c e r y on o n e o f

the best corners  in  Grand  Rapids.  Liberal 
terms  if  well  secured.  I  want  to  retire  from 
active business.  Grand opportunity for grocery 
man.  Address C. K.  Gibson,  659  Cherry  street.

¿ O K .  CASH  WILL  BUY  A  REMINGTON
(Jp^O  typewriterin first-class condition.  Thum 
Bros. & Schmidt. Grand Rapids, Mich._____ 54

sale  and  retail  business.  Bpst  location  in 
Grand Rapids.  Address S. A.  Potter,  500  South 
Division street. Grand Rapids, Mich._____ 52

I ¡'OR  SALE—A  BAKERY,  DOING  WIIOLE- 
ITIOR  SALE—GOOD  P AYI NG  GROCERY 
IrtOR  SALE—STAPLE  AND  FANCY  GRO- 

1  store  and  stock  in thriving town.  Address 
E. D. Goff, Fife Lake, Mich._____________ 
51
eery stock, invoicing about $1,400, locatcal in 
live Southern Michigan town of 1,200inhabitants; 
good trade, nearly all cash.  Reasons for selling, 
other business.  Address No. 907, care  Michigan 
Tradesman._________________  ________ 907

M IS C E L L A N E O U S.

WANTED—STOCK  OF  GENERAL  MER- 
chandise in exchange for 160 acres of finest 
hardwood  timber  land  in  Wexford  county, 
Michigau,  close  to  Grand  Rapids  &  Indiana 
Railroad, and two mills  valued  at  $2,000.  Ad- 
dress Lock box 4S, Reed  City, Mich._______ 61
WANTED—TO  EXCHANGE  GOOD  GRAND 
Rapida  real  estate  for  stock  of  mer­
chandise.  Address  No  969,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman.___________________________969

COMPLETE  DRUG  STOCK  AND  F ix ­
tures, to exchange for real  estate.  Will  in­
ventory apout $1,500.  Dunton Rent & Collection 
Agency, Grand Rapids.__________________59
\X7ANTED—AN  ASSISTANT  REGISTERED 
W   pharmacist.  Address No.  57,  care  Michi­
gan Tradesman______  

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RICK  STORE  FOR  RENT.  NASHVILLE, 
Mich  Best  opening  in  State  for  general 
stock.  Address  W.  A.  Aylsworth,  79  Clark 
street, Chicago,  I1L____________________ 56

Bu t t e r ,  e g g s,  po u l t r y   a n d   v e a l

Shippers should write Cougle Brothers, 178 
South  W ater Street,  Chicago,  for  daily  market
reports. 
96
ANTED, BY APRIL 1—A LINE OF GOODS 
for Lower  Michigan  or  Upper  Peninsula; 
last six years in  Upper  Peninsula;  the  highest 
reference to character and ability.  Address No. 
970, care Michigan Tradesman.___________970
W ANTED  TO  CORRESPOND  WITH  SHIP- 
pers of butter and eggs and  other  season­
able produce.  R. Hirt, 36 Market street, Detroit.
WANTED—SEVERAL  MICHIGAN  CEN- 
tral  mileage  books.  Address,  stating 
price, Vindex, care Michigan Tradesman.  869

951

Every Merchant

Who uses the Tradesman Company’s 
COUPON  BOOKS,  does  so  with  a 
sense  of  security  and  profit,  for he 
knows he is avoiding loss and annoy 
ance.  Write

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