Volume XIII.

GRAND  RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY,  AUGUST  19,  1896.

Number  674

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I  took  occasion  last  week to call atten­
tion  to  the  fact  that  Armour  &  Co.  had 
placed  their  line  of  soaps  with 
the 
Morse  department  store,  and  asserted 
that  Mr.  Morse  was  selling  the  goods 
below  the  regular  prices  asked  by  the
legitimate  retail  trade  because  he  was 
given  a  "special  deal”   by  the  manu­
facturers.  As  a  result  of  this  publica­
tion, 
letter 
from  Armour  &  Co.  :

I  received  the  following 

in 

We are  just  in  receipt  of  a  clipping 
from  your  paper  bearing  upon  our  re­
cent  work 
introducing  our  line  of 
soaps  in  Grand  Rapids.

Inasmuch  as  you  do  us  an 

injustice 
by  stating  that  Mr.  Morse  was  given  a 
special  deal  which  was  not  open  to  the 
legitimate  retail  trade,  we  trust you will 
pardon  us  for  troubling  you  with  an  ex­
planation,  in  order  that  no false impres­
sion  may  be  left  in  your  mind.

We  state  positively  that  Mr.  Morse 
was  given  no  special  deal whatever,  and 
that  any  buyer  willing  to  take  the  same 
quantity  as  Mr.  Morse  would  be  en­
titled  to  exactly  the  same  terms.  You 
will  note 
in  Mr.  Morse’s  circular,  he 
states,  "T h ey  wanted  us  to  maintain 
their  prices.  The  soap 
is  ours.  We 
have  bought  it  and  paid  for  it."

You  will  appreciate  that  we  had  no 
control  whatever  over  the  prices  Mr. 
Morse  chose  to  sell  at.  The  property 
was  his,  and  if  he  was  so  disposed,  he 
might  have  given  it  away.

It  is  our  intention,  in  all  our dealings 
on  soap,  as  on  our  other  products,  to 
treat  every  buyer  with  equal  justice and 
fairness,  and  we  will  indeed  be  sorry  if 
you  should  see  lit  to  misjudge  us  after 
this  explanation.

Armour’s  action, 

I  repeat  my  statement  of  a  week  ago 
to  the  effect  that  the  Morse  Co.  was 
given  a  "special  deal”   by  Armour  & 
Co. 
If  the  latter  hanker  after  a  bill  of 
particulars,  it  can  be  produced  on  short 
notice. 
in  selling 
Morse  is  in  line  with  his  policy all  over 
the  country 
in  filling  up  the  jobbing 
trade  and  then  selling  the  retail trade at 
equally  low  prices,  or  filling  up  the  re­
tail  trade  and  then  selling  the  consumer 
on  equally  advantageous  terms.  Mr. 
Morse  made  no  overtures  to  Armour 
looking  toward 
the  handling  of  his 
goods,  but,  failing  to  get  the  goods  into 
the  hands  of  any  considerable  number 
of  the  retail  trade,  Armour’s representa­
tive  conceived  the  idea of punishing the 
retail  grocers  of  Grand  Rapids  for  not 
giving  the  product  of  his  soap  factory  a 
more  hearty  reception  by consummating 
a  deal  with  Morse  which  would  deprive 
the 
legitimate  grocery  trade  of  any 
considerable  profit  on  the goods actually
purchased  by  them.  The  cold-blooded 
statement  of  Armour  &  Co.  that  they 
"had  no  control  whatever  over  the 
prices  Mr.  Morse  chose  to  sell  at”   is 
the  stereotyped  reply 
in­
dulged  in  by  those  manufacturers  who 
place  their  products  anywhere  they  can 
find  an  outlet,  no  matter  how  much  the 
interests  of  the  legitimate  trade  are 
jeopardized  by  such  a  policy.  The  true 
friends  of  the  retail  trade  are  those 
houses  which  do  as 
little  business  as 
possible  with  cutters  and  slashers  and 
who  never  go  out  of  their  way  to  assist 
department  stores  to  demoralize  trade 
and  unsettle  values  by  according  them 
“ special  deals”   which  are  withheld 
from  the  regular  trade. 
I  am  glad  to

invariably 

note  that  the  retail  grocery  trade  of 
Grand  Rapids  propose  to  stand  their 
ground  and  resent  the  attempt  of  Ar­
mour  &  Co.  to  introduce  their  goods  by 
the  cut-throat  methods  of  the  depart­
ment  store,  and 
I  shall  be  very  much 
surprised  if  any  considerable  number  of 
reputable  grocers  consent  to  place  the 
Armour  soaps  on  their  shelves  until  the 
manufacturers  do  as  Swift  &  Company 
did  under  similar  circumstances—aban­
don  the  policy  of  antagonism  to  the 
retail  trade  and  concede  that  even  re- 
I tail  grocers  have  rights  which  million­
aire  manufacturers  are  bound to respect. 

*  *  *

An  occasional  correspondent  asks  me 
to  define  the  meaning  of  the 
term 
“ scab,”   as  applied  to  the  man  who  re­
fuses  to  wear  the  yoke  of  union  serf­
dom.  From  my  view  of  the  case,  a 
“ scab”   is  a  man  who  is  a  free  Ameri 
can  citizen  and  is  not  ashamed  to  assert 
independence  and  his  manhood; 
his 
who  assumes  the  right  to  work 
for 
whomsoever  he  chooses, on  any  terms  he 
pleases,  refusing  to  be  dictated  to  by 
the  representative  of  any  class,clique  or 
clan,  no  matter under  what  name  it  may 
masquerade  or  what  object 
it  may 
avow.  Specifically,  the  term  "s c a b "  is 
applied  to  a  man  who  refuses  to  bow 
his  head  in  submission  to  the  mandates 
of  the  drunken  bummer 
and  venal 
schemer  who  are  continually  seeking  to 
create  and  perpetuate  strife  between 
employer  and  employe,  in  order  that 
they  may  milk  the  laborer  in  their  ca­
pacities  as  "w alking  delegate”   and 
"strike  m anager."

*  *  *

Probably  no  more  peculiar  man  does 
business  in  Michigan  than  Charley  Mc­
Carty,  the  Lowell  grocer.  During  the 
past  dozen  years  I  have  had  occasion  to 
relate  many  interesting  incidents  in  his 
career,  illustrating  his  remarkable  abil­
ity  as  a  trader  and  speculator,  but never 
until  this  week  have  I  been  in  a  posi­
tion  to  couple  his  name  with  a  snake 
story. 
It  appears  that  a  reptile  of  un­
usual  size  recently  made  his  appearance 
in  the  vicinity  of  Lowell,  causing  con­
siderable  uneasinesss  in  certain  circles 
for  fear  the  snake  might  bite  a  child  or 
in  the  woods  or  on  the 
a  cow  alone 
highway. 
Realizing  the  opportunity 
thus  presented 
for  showing  his  public 
spiritedness,Charley immediately posted 
a  sign,  purporting  to  give  a picturesque 
representation  and  minute  description 
of  the  reptile,  together  with  a  reward  of 
$50  for  his  capture  dead  or  alive.  The 
next 
the  programme  was 
thoroughly  characteristic  of  the  man— 
he  marshaled  his  forces,  including  only 
his  immediate  family,  and  proceeded 
to  ascertain  the  whereabouts  of 
the 
snake  and  slay  him 
forthwith, 
thus 
keeping  the  reward  in  the  fam ily!  Of 
course,  some  people  are  so  uncharitable 
as  to  hint  that  Charley  had  the  snake 
corralled  before  he  offered  such  a  hand­
some  reward  for  his  capture,  but  those 
of  us  who  have  known  Charley  for  the 
past  twenty  years  spurn  such  an  intima­
tion,  as  we  have  come  to  realize  that  he 
is  utterly  without  guile  and  never does 
an  act  of  that  sort  with  malice  afore­
thought.

act  on 

I  Another  Crisis  in  the  Window  Glass 

Industry.

From the New  York Shipping List.

in 

for 

since 

independent 

The  combination  of  window  glass 
manufacturers 
is  being  dissolved  by  a 
natural  process,  and  the  agreements 
now  in  force  to  restrict  production  and 
support  prices  are  not  considered  bind­
ing,  as  six  manufacturers  have  quietly 
unloaded  their  stock  on  hand  without 
letting  the  combination  into  the  secret, 
and  the 
factories  have 
prospered  while  the  others  mourn  the 
loss  of  profit.  The  plan  of  selling  win­
dow  glass  through  two  central  agencies 
has  been 
thirteen 
months.  The  Pennsylvania  and  In­
diana  manufacturers  joined  hands,  with 
two  or  three  notable  exceptions,  and 
the 
latter  have  been  free  lances  in  the 
trade  ever 
the  compact  was 
formed.

in  existence 

The  dull  season 

found  the  combine 
large  stocks  which  had  to  be  held 
with 
at  uniform  figures. 
In  order  to  relieve 
the  situation  the  factories  ceased  opera­
tions  for  six  weeks 
January  and 
February,  and  the  annual  summer  clos­
ing  was  ordered  one  month  earlier  for 
the  same  reason. 
It  is  claimed  that  85 
per  cent,  of  the  money  secured  on  the 
glass 
through  the  combination 
agenies  had  to  be  paid  out  for labor and 
other  expenses,  and  that  the  interest  on 
the  balance  of  the  glass  still  held  wil 1 
absorb  all  the  margin  of  profit.  The  six 
firms  who  disposed  of  their  entire  stock 
of  glass  without  consulting  the  agencies 
are  ready  to  start  up  next  month,  but 
the  other  houses  in  the  combine  cannot 
see  their  way  clear  to  commence  opera­
tions  until  after  the  national  election.

sold 

Manufacturers  are  disgusted  with  the 
results  of  co-operation  and  declare  they 
will  not  continue  the  agreement  or  bind 
themselves  to  any  other  obligation  of 
the  sort  unless  every  manufacturer  is 
included  in  the  arrangement.  The  two 
or  three  leading  independent  manufac­
turers  cannot  be  influenced  to  enter  into 
a  combination,  as  they  fared  much  bet­
ter  than  those  working  under  agree­
ments.  The  agency  system  has  not  been 
satisfactory,  and 
it  will  have  to  give 
place  to  some  other  method  of  organiz­
ing  the  trade  if  it  is  desired  to  prevent 
overproduction 
low 
prices.  The  outlook  is  threatening.

extremely 

and 

Curtailment  o f  Output  Continues.
Fall  River,  Aug.  17—The transactions 
in  the  cotton  cloth  market  during  the 
past  week  have  been  very  small 
in 
amount  and  there  seems  to  be  no  dispo­
sition  on  the  part  of  the  consumers  to 
take  the  product  at  any  price.  Manu­
facturers  have  signified  a  willingness  to 
dispose  of  goods  at  the  quotation  which 
lowest  point  on  record 
remains  at  the 
but  buyers  are  not 
The 
curtailment  amounted  to  146,000  pieces, 
or  about  two-thirds  of  the  full  produc­
tion,  but,  for all  that,  the  stock  on  hand 
has  been  reduced  only  5,000  pieces. 
The  mills  are  not  generally  engaged 
ahead,  and  as  the  inclination  is  to  pile 
up  unsalable  goods  or  to  continue  to  let 
the  machinery  be 
idle,  the  indications 
are  that  the  curtailment  will  be  contin­
ued  by  many.

interested. 

Tobacco  Novelties.

A  Broadway  tobacco  merchant  has  a 
penchant  for  plaster  of  Paris  tobacco 
boxes  made  in  exact  imitation  of  hu­
man  skulls.  The  top  lifts  off  and  the 
cavity 
is  filled  with  the  weed.  The 
dealer  says  "sw e ll”   women  sometimes 
buy  the  smaller  sizes  and  put  jewels 
in 
them.  With  feminine  logic  they  argue 
that  no  burglar  would  be  bold enough  to 
look  into  a  skull  for diamonds.  He  does 
quite  a  trade  in  the  skulls  and  they  are 
unique.

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Fruits  and  Produce.
News  and  Gossip  of  Interest  to  Both 

Shipper  and  Dealer.

Reports  from  the  Chicago,  New  York 
and  Philadelphia  markets  indicate  that 
the  annual  deluge  of  off-flavored,  soft 
and  slushy  butter  is  going  into  the  mar­
kets.  Every  year,  when  the  hot  weather 
comes  there 
is  an  immense  amount  of 
poor  butter  made,  but  this  season  there 
seems  to  be  more  of  it  than  ever.

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If  the  legitimate  commission  firms  of 
Chicago  would  frame  a  bill  that  would 
put  a  stop  to  the  thieving  operations  of 
its  skin  “ commission  merchants,”   it 
would  render  the  shippers  of  the  West a 
great service.  There  are a dozen  sharks 
on  South  Water  street  whose  address
should  be  changed  to  Joliet,  111.

*  *  *

There  is  undoubtedly  a  heavier  make 
of  butter  at  this  time  of  the  year  than 
ever  before.  Pastures  are  in  excellent 
condition  throughout  the  entire  dairy 
districts  of  the  Northwest,  and 
instead 
of  a  sudden  shrinkage  in  the  make  of 
from  thirty  to  fifty  per  cent,  during  the 
hot  period—in  July  and  August 
the 
make  will  keep  up  remarkably  well 
The  flies  and  the  extreme  heat  have 
caused  the  makes  to  shrink  from  ten  to 
twenty  per  cent,  thi  year,  but,  with the 
frequent  and  heavy  rains  and  cooler 
weather  we  are  having,  it  is certain  that 
there  will  be  continued  heavy  produc 
tion  right  through  the  season.

News  of  the  failure  of  S.  D.  Watters 
the  crooked  “ commission  merchant 
in  New  York,  will  cast  a  gloom  over 
scores  of  shippers  in  the  West,  who gave 
him  the  perference when  it  came  to  the 
selection  of  a  house  to  whom  to  entrust 
their  consignments.  Watters  never  had 
any  standing,  and  was  known  by  th 
trade  generally  to  be  questionable,  yet 
he  found  a  great  many  creamerymen 
who  believed  he  could do better for them 
than  the  old-established houses of known 
reputation  with  whom  they  were  ac 
quainted.

*  *  *

storage  at 

Answering  a  question  from  a  corres 
pondent,  Ice and  Refrigeration  says that 
butter  will  keep  perfectly  unchanged 
frozen  at  a  temperature  of  twenty  de 
grees  Fahrenheit  during  the  season  of 
six  months  or  more,  and  that  ordinary 
cold 
thirty-three  degrees 
gives  satisfaction  if  the  air  is  perfectly 
excluded  and  the  butter  is  kept  covered 
with  brine.  The  same  paper  says  that 
a  four-ton  ice  machine  will  take  care  of 
about  18,000  feet  of  storage  space,  more 
or  less,  according  to  circulation  of  air, 
etc.,  and  that  about  300  feet  of  one  and 
one-fourth-inch  pipe  will  be  sufficient 
per ton  of  refrigeration.
*  *  *

E.  V.  McConkey  &  Co.,  of  Chicago, 
are  denounced  as  a  fraudulent  concern 
by  the  Chicago  Produce,  which  asserts 
that  the  house  refers  to  the  Hide  and 
Leather  National  Bank  without  first  ob­
taining  permission  to  do  so.

Divination  in  the  Watermelon.

,

“ I  can  read  character  by  the  way 
people  eat  watermelon,  too,  ”   said  the 
young  woman  who  understood  palmis-
try. 

Everybody  at  the  table  stopped  eat­
ing,  with  a  guilty  air,  and  looked at the 
young  woman who understood palmistry. 
“ Y o u ,”   she  said  to the  young  man  on 
her  right,  “ are  a  person  of  orderly 
habits. 
I  know,  because  you  make  a 
clean  cut of  the  melon  the  whole  length 
of  the  slice,  as  close  to  the  rind  as  you 
intend  to  go,  and  then  begin  at  one  end

and  take  the  melon  out  in  even  blocks. 
And  you,”   she  went on,  turning  to  the 
man  on  the  other  side  of  her,  do 
just 
the  reverse.  You  cut  out  a  cube  here 
and  an  oblong  there  and  it  leaves  the 
remaining  part 
looking  rough  and 
I  will  venture  to  say  from  that 
jagged. 
that  your  office  desk 
is  piled  up  with 
letters  and  papers  and  books  and  one 
thing  and  another  two  feet  deep.”
Then  she  looked  across  the  table. 
Y o u ,”   she  said,  “ always  want  the 
best  of  everything  and  are  not  over-sav­
ing. 
I  can  tell  that  because  you  do  not 
eat  your  melon  down  close  to  the  jind. 
You  leave  a  good,  wide  margin  of  red 
on  the  green,  because  you  don  t  like 
that  part  of  the  melon  so  well  as  the 
heart. 
If  you  were  of  frugal  habits  you 
would  eat  everything  down  close  to  the 
green.  As  for  myself,  you  see  that  I 
show  my  prudence  and  foresight  by cut- 
;ing  off  the  heart  first  and  then  keeping 
t  to  eat  last,  because  it  is  the  best  part 
of  the  melon.  The  rest  of  you  don  t 
think  about  that,  and  you  eat  the best 
first  and  keep  the  poorest  part  until  the 
last,  when  you  will  not  have  so  good  an 
appetite.”  
,
And  such  is  the  terror of  being  found 
out,  on  the part  of  good  and  bad  people 
alike,  that  for  the  next  week  everybody 
at  that  table  tried  to  eat  his  watermelon 
n  some  unusual  way.
Unsuccessful  Experiment  with  Car­

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bonic  Acid  Gas.

From the Chicago Post.

Fruit  can  be  shipped  without  ice.
Last  Friday  A.  Block,  a  buyer  and 
shipper  of 
fruit  at  San  Jose,  Cal.,  put 
about  three  tons  of  peaches,  plums  and 
pears  into an  ordinary  fruit  car,  which 
had  been  fitted  with  a carbonic-acid  gas 
arrangement,  but  not  an  ounce  of  ice, 
and  shipped  them  from  his  town  to 
Chicago,  consigned  to  Porter  Brothers, 
South  Water  street.  And  at  noon  to­
day  a  whole  lot  of  fruit  men  gathered 
down  at  the  west  end  of  Michigan street 
and  stood  about  like  a  lot  of  mourners 
while  the  car  was  opened. 
It  was  so 
solemn  in  appearance that,  when the first 
truckful  of peaches  came out,  every man 
took  off  his  hat,  as 
if  in  token  of  re 
spect  for  the  dead.
And  they  were  dead.  Those  peaches 
They 
smelled  as  they  passed  by. 
smelled 
just  as  do  kettlefuls  of  fruit 
in  preserve  time  when  the  women  tie 
aprons  about  their  heads  and  spend  all 
the  money  in  the  house  for  sugar.  The 
boxes  looked  well.  They  had  come  all 
the way from San Jose without getting the 
least bit tanned.  But the peaches were not 
good.  They  were  about  half  cooked- 
which  was  either  too  much  or  too  little 
The  plums  were  much  the  same. 
i 
safe  to  say,  if  an  unpopular  speaker 
takes  the  stump  in  the  neighborhood  of 
Kinzie  and  Kingsbury  streets,  he  will 
carry  away  more  California  fruit  on  his 
clothes  than  he  ever  willingly  put  i~ 
them.
August  Bowser,  who  personally  con 
ducted  the  fruit  from  San  Jose  to  Chi 
cago,  says  he kept  the temperature  at  72 
or  74  when  that  outside  was 90.  But he 
must  have  slipped  a  cog somewhere,  for 
a  fruit  man  who  slipped  a  thermometer 
into  the  car  half  an  hour after  it  had 
been  unsealed  found  a temperature of  93 
—and  still  rising.
The  theory  was that  carbonic  acid  gas 
would  destroy  all  germs  which  incite 
the  fruit  to  rot,  and  so,  if  kept  at  nor 
mal  orchard  temperature,  would  pre­
serve  fruit 
ice 
It  made  a  difference 
would  be  needed. 
of  about  one-half 
in  the  cost  of  ship­
ment.  Furthermore,  if  successful,  the 
fruit  could  be  left  on  the  trees  until bet­
ter  matured,  so  that  we  could  get  Cali­
fornia  fruit  almost  as  good  as  the  Illi­
nois  variety. 
is 
thought  necessary  before  ice can be ban­
ished  from  the  fruit  business.

indefinitely,  and  no 

another  trial 

But 

It 

What  the  country  most  needs  is  not 
more  dollars  per  capita,  but  more  sense 
per  citizen.

We  would  rather  take  our  chances  as 
the  father  of  lies  than  as  the  mother  of 
gossip.

Respect  is  more  than  reverence.

-  -  PEACHES  AND  PLUMS  =  =

.  

F I N E S T   C E L E R Y   G R O W N .

Allerton  &  Haggstrom,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

DON’T  DELAY

ORDER  PEACHES AT ONCE

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®  

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GRAND  RAPIDS.

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you returns promptly and satisfactorily to  bid  for  future 
consignments,  correspond with

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of Detroit, who guarantee shippers highest m arket prices.

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESM AN

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C RO O KED  DEALERS.

Necessity  of  Special  Laws  to  Correct 

Present  Abuses.
Correspondence Chicago Produce.

It  is  plain  to  all  who  have  given  the 
question  any  thought,  of  late,  that  there 
must  be  something  done  in  this  country 
for  the  protection  of  shippers  who  are 
compelled  to  entrust  their goods  with 
commission  merchants 
in  the  leading 
markets.  This  question  has  bobbed 
up  from  time  to  time  and  is  one  that 
must  have  a  solution  in  the  near  future.
The  reader  will  probably  say,  if  he 
“  Is  not  the  shipper  al­

is  informed : 
ready  protected  by  law?”

stringent 

regarding 

I  answer  yes  and  no.  To  a  certain 
is  protected 
extent  he  is.  That  is,  he 
laws  which 
to  this  extent:  There  are 
are 
the 
handling  of  commission  goods.  They 
give  the  shippers  many  opportunities 
to  protect  themselves.  But  they  throw 
the  entire  burden  of  the  prosecution  up­
on  the  shipper,  and 
in  this  day  and 
age,  with  the  prosecuting  attorneys  so 
wrapped  up 
in  work  they  think  more 
important,  it  is  almost  impossible to  get 
a  prosecution  carried  forward  without 
the  personal  attention  of the prosecuting 
witness.

very 

It 

In  other  words,  while  there  is  a 

law 
upon  the  books,  there  is  nobody  to  en­
force  it  or  collect  evidence.  The  shark 
who  desires  to  take  advantage  of  the 
confidence  of  the  shipper  succeeds,  as  a 
rule,  in  covering  up  his  tracks  well 
before  the  cumbersome  wheels  of  the 
¡aw,  as  now  administered,  get  around 
to  the  case. 
is  almost  impossible  to 
secure  a  conviction  under  the  present 
law,  despite  the  large  amount  of  whole­
sale  robbery  going  on  from  year  to  year 
in  many  of  the  leading  markets.

When  such  a  condition  exists  it  is 
plain  that  there 
is  something  wrong 
somewhere.  All  who  know  the business 
know  that  this 
is  true.  There  are  a 
large  number  of  causes  which  make  it 
almost  impossible  to  secure  conviction 
in  such  cases.  Foremost  among  these 
causes  is  the  lack  of  co-operation  upon 
the  part  of  those  who  might  furnish evi­
dence. 
It  would  seem  the  easiest  thing 
in  the  world  to  send  in  a  decoy  ship­
ment  to  one  of  these  houses,  then  go 
and  buy 
it,  and  obtain  both  account 
sales  and  bill  of  goods.  But  where  one 
of  these  houses 
is  doing  a  fraudulent 
business  he  is  very  cautious  about  the 
identity  of  his  buyers,  and  nobody  but 
one  in  whom  he  has  confidence  can  get 
a  straight 
lot  of  anything.  Many  of 
these  sharks  will mix two shipments  and 
sell  them  together 
in  order  that  evi­
dence  may  not be  had  against  them  on 
either  sale.

The  laws  of  the  State  are  such  that  it 
is  possible,  in  case  the  judge  so orders, 
to  force  one  of  these  concerns  to  bring 
its  books  into  court.  But  these  concerns 
take  very  good  care  to  see  that  no books 
are  kept  that  would  expose  their  meth­
ods  to  the  public 
in  case  they  were 
opened  up  and  examined,  and  again 
justice  is  defeated  by  a  weakness  in  the 
law.

The  commission  business  is  as  much 
of  a  public  trust  as  the  banking  or  in­
surance  business.  When  a  shipper con­
signs  his  goods  to  a  commission  mer­
chant,  that  merchant  is  as  much  a  cus­
todian  of  his 
interests  as  the  banker 
with  whom  he  deposits  his  money  or 
the 
insurance  company  with  which  the 
safety  of  his  property  rests.  And  no­
body  would  ever  think  of  permitting 
banks  and  insurance  companies  to  do 
business  with  the  public  without  pro­
viding  a  special  law  and  means  for  en­
forcing 
it  for  the  protection  of  their 
patrons.

In  the  city  of  Chicago  there  are  prob­
ably  no  fewer  than  600 firms  and 
indi­
viduals  engaged  in the commission busi­
in  fruits  and  produce.  As  it  is 
ness 
now,  the  business 
is  open  to  anybody 
who  cares  to  go  into  it,  without  regard 
to  character  or  previous  record.  The 
laws  are  such  that  the  field  is  a  great 
temptation  for  the  unscrupulous,  and  it 
is  to  the  great  humiliation  of  the  repu­
table  merchants  engaged  in the business 
that  there  are  many 
in  it  who  should 
not  be  and  who  are  fast  ruining  the 
business.  The  influx  of  the  class  of

The  question 

locations;  and 

for 
those  doing  a 

people  who  should  not be  in  the  busi­
ness 
is  so  great  that  prices  on  stores 
have  advanced  because  of  the  enormous 
the 
competition 
profits 
for 
legitimate 
business  have  been  greatly  reduced. 
In 
fact,  the  condition 
is  such  that  some 
kind  of  stringent  measures  for  the  pro­
tection  of  the  business  of  the  legitimate 
merchant  and  shipper  is  demanded.
i s :  What  shall 

that 
action  be?  Leagues  and  organizations 
may  protect  some  shippers,  but  not  all, 
and  work  done  by  them  must  neces­
sarily  be  more  in  the  nature  of  preven­
tion  than  in  cure.  Then  even  in organ­
ization  there  is  not  a  great  deal  to  be 
accomplished,  as  there  is  always  a  lack 
of  harmony 
in  the  ranks  of  the  trade. 
It  looks  as  if  the  only  relief  to  the  situ­
ation  must  come  through  the  enactment 
of  special  laws  to  cover  the  condition. 
Such  laws  may  be  had  for  the  asking, 
and  they  should  be  asked  for. 
If  the 
reputable  commission  firms  do  not  ask 
for  them  soon,  the  shippers  will.  And 
they  will  be  perfectly  right  and  be  jus­
tified  in  doing  so.

Look  on  This  Picture  and  Then  on 

From  Brains.

That.

in  grocery 

In  contrasting  two  styles  of  store­
keeping 
lines,  we  are  in­
vited  to  look  upon  these  two  pictures: 
One  kind  of  a  corner  grocery—Sawdust 
on 
the  floor,  kerosene  and  molasses 
mixed  with  i t ;  everything  topsy-turvy 
and  nasty;  some  men  smoking.  An­
other  kind  of  corner  grocery—A  hand­
some  reception  room 
in  front;  carpet 
or  pretty  matting  or  rugs  on  the  floor;.a 
really  pretty  table  in  the  center  of  the 
room,  with  clean,  appetizing  samples 
of  green  groceries  on  it;  a  light  spray 
of  water  falling  over  the  vegetables  and 
fruit  from  a  tiny  fountain;  windows 
neatly  decorated.  The  whole  to  look 
like  a  parlor.  Not  a  speck  of  dirt  in 
this  front  room.  All  goods  delivered  at 
and  taken  from  the  side,  and  none  of 
them  ever  brought  into  the  front  room, 
excepting  such  neat  packages  as  cus­
tomers  are  to  carry  away  with  them. 
Women  are  the  customers  of  groceries. 
Which  of  these  two  kinds  of  grocery 
would  be  apt  to  attract  the  women  of 
the  neighborhood?  Somebody  will  some 
day  see  this  point  and  we  shall  have 
grocery  parlors  where  women  won’t 
have  to  hold  up  their  skirts  and  be 
afraid.

Stands  Well  at  Home.

From the  Mancelona Herald.

The  Northern  Michigan  Retail  Gro­
cers’  Association,  at  their  recent  meet­
ing  in  Grand  Rapids,  paid  a  high  com­
pliment  to  the  ability  and  worth  of  Jess 
Wisler,  by  electing  him  President  of 
the  organization.  Mr.  Wisler  is  one  of 
our  foremost  business  men  and  the  peo­
ple  of  Mancelona  recognize  and  appre­
ciate  the  distinguished  honor that  has 
been  so  worthily  bestowed  upon  one  of 
the  town’s  representative  citizens.  That 
he  will  fill  the  position  with  credit  ad­
mits  of  no  question  of  doubt.

NO  MORE  B R O K EN   E G O S 

Every  Grocer Who Uses

(No. 1 Holds One Doz. Eggs.)

THE  DUPLEX  EGG  CARRIER

In which to deliver eggs to customers 

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
cers and jobbers in woodenware.

GEO. H. CLEMENTS, 42 River S t, Chicago.

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

.........O F ...........

F.  J.  Deitendaier,

117 and  119 Monroe street,

Grand  Rapids

F.  J.  ROHRIG,  Jr.,

.Wholesale  and Retail Dealer in

COAL  and  WOOD-FLOUR  Olid  FELD

HAY and STRAW.

Recleaned Oats a Specialty.

DETROIT.

Mack Ave. and Belt Line. 

Every Dollar

Invested  in  Tradesman  Company’s 
COUPON  BOOKS  will  yield  hand­
some returns in saving book-keeping, 
besides the assurance  that no charge 
is forgotten.  Write

TRADESMAN  COMPANY,  Grand  Rapids

BEAUTIFUL  NEW   CROP-----------------------------------------------------

TIMOTHY  HAY  AND  OATS

from  first hands.  Car lots.  Write for special  terms.

N I M S   Si  H O U F S T A T E R ,

L A K E   O D E S S A ,  M IC H .

HOME GROWN

“WHITE  PLUME”  CELERY

ia!4c and  15c per dozen.

A very hardy variety.  Stands shipment well.  Finest flavor.

OSCAR  A LLY N ,
MOSELEY  BROS.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

26-28=30-32  O ttaw a  S t., 

- 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  niCH.

-----WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN-----

Clover  and  Timothy  Seeds

And all kindsof Field Seeds.  Also Jobbers of

Peaches,  Pears,  Plums,  Apples,  Etc.

Bushel and  Half-Bushel Baskets—Buy  and Sell  Beans Car Lots—Send us your orders.

mmmmm

THE  SILVER  MIZE

We have 800  packages  of  new  crop  Japan  teas,  just  ar­
rived, splendid  values, at 18,  19 and 29  cents  for  leaf, 9and 
10 cents for package dust and 8 cents for bulk dust.

We will  guarantee  quality  and  price  equal  to  any  teas 
offered  in  this  State,  and  with  every  order  for  one-half 
chest we will  present  the  purchaser with  three  new Mex­
ican silver dollars.

If you are a  believer  in  silver,  you  have  11  finer  dollar, 
intrinsically, than the American.  If you  are  a  gold  man, 
you  can  sell  the  Mexican  dollar  for  50  cents.  We  will 
credit them up at this valuation at any time.

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mmmmivss

We still offer  Fancy  lemons  at  $4,  Extra  Fancy  at  $1.50 
for  3oo’s,  Bon  Ton  cheese  at  6H  cents,  Armour's  Potted 
Meats,  'i's ,  at  30  cents,  V4’s,  at  60  cents per dozen.  Best 
Minnesota fiour,  !4’s cotton sacks, at $3.65, Michigan second 
patent at $3.20 per barrel

THE  JHIHES  5TEWHHT  GO.,

Terms as usual, cash with order in current  exchange.

SAGINAW,  MICH.

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4

Around  the  State
Movements  of  Merchants. 

Munising—R.  H.  Thoenen has opened 

a  tin  shop.

Cheboygan—G.  C.  Dodd  &  Co.  have 

opened  a  new  grocery  store.

Norway—Oscar  Gustafson  has  started 

a  new  boot  and  shoe  store  here.

Howell—Tooley  Bros,  have  purchased 

the  meat  business  of  Floyd  Walton.

Kalamazoo—Frank  C.  Friend has sold 

his  grocery  stock  to  W.  E.  Burland.

Saginaw,  E.  S .—Frank  Baumgarten, 
clothier,  has  sold  out  to Peter Bauer,  Jr.
Horton—D.  H.  Elliott  has  opened  a 
new  hardware  store  in  the Bishop  build- 
ing.

Gladstone —  Bergman  &  Erickson 
succeed  John  Bergman  in  the meat busi­
ness.

Hillsdale—Manheimer  Bros,  succeed 
Levi  Guggenheim  in  the  clothing  busi­
ness.

Charlotte— Harlow  &  McGrath  suc­
in  the  grocery 

ceed  B.  W.  Hodgeman 
business.

Dowagiac—Chas.  Bakeman  succeeds 
Chas.  Bakeman  &  Co.  in  the  grocery 
business.

Grand  Marais—A.  D.  Martin  suc­
in  the  bakery 

ceeds  Shaw  &  Martin 
business.

Ypsilanti—A  receiver  has  been  ap­
pointed  for  the  meat  firm  of  Fairchild 
&  Kuster.

Middleton—Eesley  &  Son,  of  Maple 
Rapids,  have  reopened  a  flour  and  feed 
store  at  this  place.

L ’Anse—Geo.  J.  Bnvee  has purchased 
the  confectionery  and  stationery  stock 
of  J.  F.  Orr  3c  Co.

Alpena—Mark  C.  Bostwick announces 
that  he  will  close  out  his  shoe  stock  on 
account  of  ill  health.

Ann  Arbor—Muehlig  & 

Schmid 
have  completed extensive improvements 
to  their  hardware  store.

Escanaba—Chas.  Lefebore  &  Son
continue  the  grocery  business  formerly 
conducted  by  Chas.  Lefebore.

Ashley—Jerome  F.  Bush  announces 
that  cash  will  be  king  at  his  hardware 
establishment  on  and  after  Sept.  i.

Newberry—Wm.  Dollar  has  com­
menced  the  season’ s  work  of  logging. 
D.  McLoud  will  do  the  same  Sept.  i.

Lake  City—Eugene  Turner  has  em­
barked  in  the  grocery business  near  this 
place,  naming  the  location  Turneryilie.
Monroe—L.  W.  Newcomer  has  pur­
chased  the  clothing  and  men’s  furnish­
ing  goods  stock  of  E.  C.  Rauch  &  Co.
Iron  Mountain—An  attachment  has 
been  put  upon  the  dry  goods  stock  of 
Brande  &  Shear  and  the  store  closed  by 
the  sheriff.

Port  Huron—The  Prescott-Winchester 
Co.  has  uttered  chattel  mortgages  on  its 
wall  paper  and  paint  stock 
the 
amount  of  $3,563.

Plainwell—Mark  Rumery  has  pur­
chased  a  half  interest  in  the  bakery  for­
merly  owned  by  Spencer  &  Andrews, 
Mr.  Andrews  retiring.

to 

Homer—E.  A.  Ward,  of  Chelsea,  suc­
ceeds  Geo.  N.  Burgess  in  the grocery 
and  bakery  business,  Mr.  Burgess  re­
tiring  on  account  of  poor  health.

Paw  Paw—Harry  Waters,  the  haid- 
ware  merchant,  while  riding  his bicycle 
rapidly  down  Main  street  last  Friday, 
crashed 
into  a  team  and  was  perhaps 
fatally  injured.

Ignacfc—C. 

J.  McArthur,  of  the 
hardware firm of McArthur  Bros.  &  Co., 
is  spending  the  summer  as  clerk  of  the 
steamer  Ossafrage,  on  the  Soo-Cheboy- 
gan  route,  on  account  of  ill  health.

St. 

Cedar  Springs—An  almost  empty  gas­
oline  barrel  exploded  Monday  and  in­
the  hardware 
jured  A.  Nickerson, 
dealer.  He 
in  a  precarious  con­
dition.  He  was  examining  the  barrel 
with  a  lighted  match.

lies 

Munith—Fred  Walton, 

formerly  en 
gaged  in  the  grocery business at Homer, 
has  purchased  the  general  stock  of 
Chapin  &  Sherman,  at  Mason,  and  re­
it  to  this  place,  where  he  will 
moved 
engage 
in  business  under  the  style  of 
Walton  &  Co.

Detroit—About  seventy-five  retail gro­
cers  met  one  evening  last  week  and  de­
cided  to  organize  an  association.  Dun­
can  King  was  elected  temporary  Chair­
man  and  Edward  Marks  temporary  Sec­
retary.  Another  meeting  will  be  held 
Thursday  evening  to  complete  the  work 
of  organization  and  elect  permanent 
officers.

the 

North  Dorr—John  Schichtel,  Jr.,  and 
Charles  Himmler  have  formed  a  co­
partnership  under 
style  of  J. 
Schichtel,  Jr.,  &  Co.  and  purchased  the 
general  stock  of  Schichtel  Bros.,  who 
recently  succeeded  Geo.  Schichtel.  The 
mortgage  on  the  stock  will  shortly  be 
discharged,  as  the  new  owners  have 
sufficient  capital  to  liquidate  all  the  in­
debtedness  of  the  former  firm.

aggregating  $44,274.03. 

Detroit—Winans  &  Co.  have  uttered 
chattel  mortgages  on  their  dry  goods 
stock, 
The 
mortgages  were  given  in  one, two,  three 
order,  the  Union  Trust  Co.  being  first 
protected.  The  first  mortgage 
is  filed 
in  their  favor,  the  consideration  being 
notes  for  $1,000,  $2,000,  and  $3,000, 
covering  all  goods  in  stock.  The  second 
mortgage  runs  to  Hood,  Foulkrod  & 
Co.,  of  Philadelphia,  and  is  in  the  sum 
of  $26,059.38,  covering  the  same  stock, 
and  also  the  household  goods  at  736 
Cass  avenue,  the  residence  of  Mr.  Wi­
nans.  The  third  mortgage  is  in  favor  of 
Edson,  Moore  &  Co.  and  Burnham, 
Stoepel  &  Co.,  the  former  being  pro­
tected  in  the  sum  of  $7,197-55»  the latter 
to  the  extent  of  $5,017.10.  The  mort­
gages  are  all  given  in  the  name  of  Eva 
Winans,  wife  of  W.  N.  Winans,  in 
whose  name  the  business  transactions 
of  the  firm  have  been  carried  on.

due 

various  wholesale 

Detroit—Hatch  &  Boyle,  wholesale 
dealers 
in  grocers’  and  butchers’  sup­
plies  at  135  Jefferson  avenue,  have  filed 
two  chattel  mortgages  on  their  stock  of 
goods  and  on  their  book  accounts  and 
bills  receivable.  One 
instrument  was 
filed  last  Saturday  after  office  hours  and 
named  Lincoln  R.  Meserve  as  trustee, 
and  the  mortgage  covers  a  large  num­
ber  of  small  debts,  aggregating  $16,- 
735.16,  most  of  them  in  sums  of  $400 or 
less, 
firms 
throughout  the  country.  The  schedules 
include  $11,383.47  in notes and $5,351.61 
in  book  accounts.  Another  mortgage 
filed  Monday  morning,  names  Durbin 
Newton  as  trustee and provides,  first,  for 
the  payment  of  the  expenses  of  the 
trust;  second,  for  the  payment  of  a  note 
running  to  the  Home  Savings  B an k; 
third,  for  two  or  three  small  accounts, 
and,  fourth,  $500  rent  due  the  Francis 
Palms  estate.  The  store  of  Hatch  & 
Boyle  has  been  closed  since  Friday  for 
inventory,  being  in  charge  of Mr.  New­
ton,  who  is  connected  with  the  law  firm 
of  Maybury  &  Lucking,  attorneys  for 
the  embarrassed  firm.  Mr.  Lucking 
says  that  the  embarrassment  of  the  firm 
is  due  to  no  other  reason  than  meager 
business,  caused  by  the  prevailing  hard 
times.  The  amount  of  the  first  mort­
gage  given,  which  secures claims  of  the 
Home  Savings  Bank,  is  about  $9,000, 
in-
and  Mr.  Newton  seems  to  have  the 

side  track 
in  the  matter,  although  his 
mortgage  was  filed  last  in  the  office  of 
the  city  clerk.  However,  it  was  the  first 
mortgage  given.  Mr.  Meserve,  as 
holder  of  the  second mortgage,  attempt­
ed  to  get  possession  of  the  store  and 
stock,  but  could  not  do  so,  and  finally 
desisted.

Manufacturing  Matters.

Dundee—Stone  &  Moore succeed Geo. 

Stone  in  the  lumber  business.

Kalamazoo—Dewing  &  Sons 

sash 

and  door  factory  has  been  shut  down.

Berlin—J. 

J.  Robson  has  leased  the 
E.  J.  Squires  grist  mill  and  will  con­
tinue  the  business.

Holland  —  The  Wheeler  Window 
Screen  Co.  has  been  incorporated  under 
the  style  of  the  Wheeler  Co.

Benton  Harbor—The  S.  E.  Burnham 
Co.  succeeds Laas  &  Burnham in the bi­
cycle  manufacturing  business.

Goodrich—Williams  & 

Longmore, 
who  operated  a  creamery  at  this  place, 
have  dissolved.  The  business  will  be 
continued  by  G.  H.  Williams.

Forest  Grove—The  Jamestown Cream­
ery  Co.  paid  a  cash  dividend  of  17  per 
cent,  out  of  the  profits  of  the  business 
for  the  first  six  months  of  1896.

Alpena—F.  W.  Gilchrist  has  begun 
the  manufacture  of  maple  flooring.  At 
present  this  is  something  of  an  experi­
ment  with  Mr.  Gilchrist,  but,  if  the  re­
sults  are  as  satisfactory  as  he  antici­
pates,  a  large  plant  will  eventually  be 
put  in.

Marquette—F.  H.  Begole  &  Co.  have 
purchased  a  tract  of  timber  near  this 
place  owned  by  the  Iron  Cliff  Mining 
Co. 
James  Norton,  of  Ewen,  has  taken 
the  contract  to  cut  the  logs,  and  has  be­
gun  operations.  The  logs  will  be  sawed 
at  Marquette.

Detroit—The  Detroit  Gas  Engine 
Company,  with  a  capital  stock  of  $40,- 
000,  all  of  which  is  represented  to  have 
been  paid  in,  has  filed  articles  of  asso­
ciation  with  the  county  clerk. 
The 
stockholders  are  John  B.  Hicks,  1,50c 
shares;  John  W.  Welch,  of  New  York, 
1,425;  William  V.  Moore,  trustee,  900; 
William  V.  Moore,  125;  Duncan  Sym­
ington,  50.

Detroit—The  Hawley  Down  Draft 
Furnace  Co.  has  filed  articles  of  asso­
in  the  county  clerk’s  office. 
ciation 
The  paid 
in  capital  stock  is  $100,000. 
The  principal  stockholder  is  Chas.  E. 
Bleyer,  of  Chicago,  who  owns  9,940 
shares  of  stock.  Frank  E.  Kirby,  Chas. 
A.  Strelinger,  F.  D.  Hinchman,  E d ­
ward  W.  Voigt,  Geo.  Peck  and  Henry 
A.  Harmon,  of  this  city,  each  own 
ten  shares.

Ecorse—The  Tecumseh  Salt  Works 
has  finished  the  foundation for the  sheds 
in  which  it  will  store  its  salt.  The com­
pany  will  commence  operations 
in  a 
few  weeks.  The  daily  output  for  this 
year,  after  the  works  are  in  operation, 
will  reach  1,500  barrels. 
It  is  expected 
that  the  works  will  eventually  produce 
5,000 barrels  of  salt  daily.  An  official 
of  the  company  asserts  that  the  cost  of 
producing  a  barrel  of  salt  will  not  ex­
ceed  5  cents.

10,000,000 

Menominee—The  Kirby  Carpenter 
Company  shipped 
feet  of 
lumber  during  July.  This  was  less  by 
10  per  cent,  than  shipments  in  July  last 
year,  but  the  falling  off  is  not  serious. 
The  company’s  entire  shipment,  so  far 
this  season,  by  lake  and  rail,  has  been 
something  more  than  43,000,000  feet, 
against  46,000,000  feet  during  a  corres­
ponding  portion  of  last  year.  A 
large 
percentage  of  the  company’s  shipments 
this  season  go  by  car  ferry.

Detroit—Papers  have  been  filed form­
ing  the  Detroit  Sprocket  Chain  Co., 
Ltd.,  with  an  authorized  capital  of 
$25,000,  of  which  $10,000  is  subscribed. 
The  officers  of  the  new  concern  are 
Theodore  D.  Buhl,  Chairman;  Thomp­
son  H.  Simpson,  Treasurer;  L.  B. 
Ball,  Secretary  and  Superintendent.  A 
plant  will  be  established  here  at  once 
for the  manufacture  of  detachable 
link 
belting,  malleable  iron  buckets,  sprock­
et  wheels,  and  elevating  and  conveying 
appliances.

interested 

Detroit—The  controversy  between  the 
stockholders  and  others 
in 
the  affairs  of  the  Universal  Elevator Co. 
culminated  Monday 
in  the  filing  of  a 
bill  for a  receiver  of  the  concern  in  the 
Wayne  Circuit  Court.  Chas.  W.  Moore, 
the  President,  is  the  complainant 
in 
the  bill.  The Court  is  also  asked  to  de 
clare  void  the  trust  deed  of  the  property 
executed  by  certain  officers  to  Wm. 
Livingstone,  Jr.,  and  an  order  is  asked 
for  the  sale  of  the  property  to  satisfy 
creditors.  The  bill  estimates  the  assets 
of  the  corporation  at  about  $25,000  and 
the  debts  at  about  $29,000.  Mr.  Moore 
says  he  has  advanced  $300  on  the  com­
pany’s  account  and  has  also indorsed  its 
paper 
to  an  amount  approximating 
$6,200.

The  Grain  Market.

W'heat  seems  to  be  controlled  almost 
entirely  by  the  money  market.  Not­
withstanding  everything  points  to  high­
er  prices,  the  money  question  seems  to 
be  the  cause  of  the  depressed  market. 
Trade  on  September  wheat 
is  well 
evened  up,  so  that  there  is  no  fear  of 
an  excessive  amount  being  thrown  on 
the  market.  The  difference  between 
September  and  December  wheat  has 
widened  to  4c  per  bushel.  The receipts 
in  the  Northwest  have  fallen off slightly. 
The  exports  during  the  month  ot  July 
were  4,000,000 bushels  more  than  dur­
ing  the  corresponding  month  last  year 
and  the  winter  wheat  receipts  are  very 
unsatisfactory.  Much  of  the  wheat 
comes  in  damp  and  unfit  for  use.  How­
ever,  there  is  not  so  much  in  this  mar­
ket as  in  wheat  centers.  Very  few  farm­
ers 
in  this  locality  were  so  careless  as 
to  let  their  wheat  spoil  after  it  had been 
harvested.

The  visible  decreased  only  553,000 
bushels,  when  a  decrease  of 
1,000,000 
was  expected.  This  had  a  depressing 
effect  on  the  wheat  market  and  it closed 
about  2c  lower  than  one  week  ago. 
It 
is  always  gloomiest  before  brighter days 
and  we  hope  it  will  be  so  in  this  in­
stance.

Corn,  also,  had  a  relapse  and,  not­
withstanding  prices  were  so  extremely 
low,  they  sagged  about  ic.  Oats,  owing 
to  the  small  amount  harvested,  remain 
very  steady  and  strong.  At present writ­
is  only  about  ic  higher  than 
ing  corn 
oats—rather  out  of 
line,  but  the  great 
common  law  of  supply  and demand  reg­
ulates  this.

The  receipts  during  the  week  were: 
wheat,  47  cars;  corn,  2  cars;  oats,  2 
cars—rather  small  for  coarse  grain.

The  mills  are  paying  55c  for  wheat.

C.  G.  A.  V o ig t.

The  word  “ safety,”   as  applied  to  a 
it 

bicycle,  refers  to  the  one  who  rides 
and  not  the one  who  collides  with  it.

Cultivate  the  ambition  to  be  famous, 
but  work  for  the  right  kind  of  fame.
is  a  failure  seldom 

The  man  who 

claims  to  be  a  self-made  man.

No  man  can  reap  everything  he  sows, 

or  sow  everything  he  reaps.

THE  MICH IQ AN  TRADESM AN

5

Grand  Rapids  Gossip

The  Grocery  Market.

1.145,000. 

increase  of 

inducement  than 

Sugar—Although  the raw market,  both 
home  and  abroad,  showed  some  fluctua­
tions,  there  was  no  change  in  refined 
until  Aug.  17,  when  there  was  a  decline 
of  3-16C  in  No.  15  and  all  grades  from 
Nos.  1  to  7,  inclusive,  and  %c 
in  all 
other  grades.  The  immediate  future  of 
the American market in refined depends, 
to  a  great  extent,  upon  the  European 
market.  The  consumptive  demand  has 
been  fairly  good,  and  should  increase 
from  now  on  as  the  full  tide  of  the 
peach  season  develops.  Grocers  have 
no  very 
large  stocks  on  hand  now and 
are,  therefore,  in  good  position  to  buy.
Provisions — Western  packers  have 
killed  170,000  hogs  the  past  week,  com­
pared  with  130,000  the  preceding  week, 
and  125,000  for  the  corresponding  time 
last  year,  making  a  total  of  6,725,000 
since  March  1,  against  5,580,000  a  year 
ago—an 
The 
supply  has  been  ample  for  the  calls  of 
packers,  under  the  existing  position  of 
prices.  Several  of  the  prominent West­
ern  concerns  are  now  closed  and  not 
likely  to  renew  operations  until  there  is 
more 
can  now  be 
found.  Prices  of  hogs  have  declined 
and  the  average  for  prominent  markets 
is  about  20  cents  per  100  pounds 
lower 
than  a  week  ago.  The  trade  continues 
to  be  surrounded  with  a  variety  of  ele 
ments  calculated  to 
interfere  with  an 
important  shaping  of  prices  upward. 
The  offerings  of  hogs  have  somewhat 
exceeded  the  expectations,  and,  there 
being fewer buyers,  prices naturally have 
become  weaker  under  the  lessened  com­
petition.  As 
the 
speculative  feature  of  the  market is held 
in  check  by  the  monetary  situation, 
which 
is  becoming  more  and  more  an 
element  of  restriction  to  business  oper­
ations.  There 
is  a  fair  current  distri­
bution  of  product,  especially  of  sugar- 
cured  meats,  and  some 
indication  of 
better  call  for  lard  from  abroad.  Last 
week’s  export  clearances  of  meats  were 
exceptionally  large,  and  decidedly 
lib­
eral  of  lard.  Values  at  the  close  are 
lower  than  a  week  ago. 
considerably 
lard  at  Chicago  are  a 
The  stocks  of 
feature  of  considerable  comment. 
In 
order  to  account  for  the  quantity  report­
ed  on  hand  and  to  have  been  shipped 
during  the  five  months  from  March  1  to 
Aug.  1,  the  average  yield of lard per hog 
must  have  been  about  70 pounds,  by  ex­
cluding  other  products  as  mixtures, 
which  have  to  some  extent been  used,  at 
least 
in  the  compound  product,  which 
has  an  established  trade.  The  relation 
of  prices,  of  late,  has  precluded  the  ab­
sorption  of  other  edible  fats  in  the com­
mercial  lard.  A  computation  relative 
to  the  meat  product,  taking  into consid­
eration  the  stocks  at  the  beginning  and 
end  of  the  five  months’  period  and  the 
reported  movement,  indicates  an  aver­
100  pounds  per  hog  at 
age  of  about 
is  consistent  with  the 
Chicago—which 
showing 
In  other 
words,  the  indicated  total  yield  is  about 
170  pounds  per  hog,  which  is  about  70 
per  cent,  of  the  average  weight.

in  other  channels, 

in  regard  to 

lard. 

Plug  Tobacco—Sorg  announces  a  de­
cline  in  Spearhead  to  35c  and  in  Nobby 
Twist  to  36c.  The  decline  is  likely  to 
be  only  temporary.

Fish—Whitefish  has  declined  $oc@ $i 
per  bbl.  and  the  market  is  still  weak 
and  unsatisfactory.  The  receipts of  do­
mestic  mackerel  in  the  East  have  been 
very 
is  very 
strong.  The  only  way  in  which  the  heat

light  and  the  market 

affected  the  market  was  in  the  way  of 
preventing  the  advance  which  would 
otherwise  have  surely  occurred.  Large 
new  mackerel  of  good  quality  are  ex­
pected  to  advance  at an early day.  The 
Canadian  mackerel  catch  this  season 
is 
a  complete  failure.
Molasses—There 

in 
price  on  any  line  of  molasses,  although 
all  figures  could  be  shaded  if  business 
could  be  done.  Fancy  grades  of  open- 
kettle  are  rather  scarce,  but  the  lower 
grades  of  centrifugals  are  in  plentiful 
supply.

is  no  change 

It 

Rice  (Shipping  List)—Prices  have 
not  been  altered 
in  essential  features 
during  the  week  and  the  old  range  is 
therefore  repeated. 
is  claimed  by 
holders  that  the  fullest  prices  are  ob­
tained  for  the  stock  passing  into  the 
hands  of  buyers.  The  market 
is  firm 
in  the  North,  while  at  the  South  there 
is  a  strong  market,  with  a  fair  move­
ment.  Crop  accounts  are  in  the  main 
favorable, 
the 
latest  Government  report  stating  that 
the  rice  crop  there  is  in  excellent  con­
dition.

in  Texas, 

especially 

Purely  Personal.

Morris  A.  Heyman,  wife  and  two 
children  are  spending  two  weeks  at 
Evart, 
Heyman's 
brother,  Benjamin  Wolf,  and  Mr.  Hey- 
man’s  sister,  who 
is  Mrs.  Benjamin 
Wolf.

visiting  Mrs. 

Lester  J.  Rindge  has  been  spending a 
couple  of  weeks  at  St.  Andrews,  N.  B ., 
and  is  now at  Boston  for  a  few  days  on 
his  way  to  Nantasket.  He  is  accom­
panied  by  his  daughter,  Miss  Annah 
Rindge.

J.  C.  Foster,  Secretary  of  the  M.  R. 
Manhard  Co.,  Ltd.,  Newberry,  was  a 
delegate  to  the  Republican  State  Con­
vention  and  took  advantage  of  his  trip 
to  Grand  Rapids  to  run  down  to  In­
dianapolis  and  get  married.

David  Holmes  and  the  Elk  Rapids 
Iron  Co.  parted  company  Aug.  1,  great­
ly  to  the  regret  of  many  friends of  both. 
It  is  announced  that  the  vacancy  caused 
by  the  retirement  of  Mr  Holmes  will 
be  filled  by  R.  G.  Bruce,  formerly  of 
East  Jordan,  who takes the reins Sept.  1.
Wm.  Logie  (Rindge,  Kalmbach  & 
C o.)  and  family  are  now  pleasantly  set­
tled  in  their  new  summer  home  at  Mac- 
atawa  Park.  The  cottage  is  located  in 
the  open  space  between  the  bluffs,  with 
ample  frontage on  Lake  Michigan,  and 
is  generally  conceded  to  be  the  most 
completely  equipped  cottage  on  Black 
Lake.

Geo.  L.  Medes,  who  has  been 

iden­
tified  with  the  Herold-Bertsch  Shoe  Co. 
since  the  organization  of  the  corpora­
tion,  has  sold  his  stock  in  the  company 
to  Christian  Bertsch  and  will  seek  an 
opening  elsewhere.  The vacancy  caused 
by  the  retirement  of  Mr.  Medes  has 
been  filled  by  the  election  of  Russell 
W.  Bertsch  as  Secretary.

Temple  Emery, 

formerly  President 
of  the  Holland  &  Emery  Lumber  Co., 
at  East  Tawas,  states  that  he  has  some 
excellent  offers  in  Bay  City  to  take  the 
management  of  the  lumbering  affairs  of 
two  or  three  different 
lumber  compan­
ies,  but  as  yet  has  not  accepted  any  of 
them.  He  deplores  the  combination  of 
circumstances  which  compelled  him  to 
retire  from  the  Holland  &  Emery  Lum­
ber  Co.,  but  asserts  that  he  has  plenty 
of  pluck  to  enable  him  to  forge  his  way 
to  the  front  again.

Ronan  &  Mason  succeed  L.  L.  Ronan 
in  the  boot  and  shoe  business  at  207 
South  Division  street.

Much 

The  Morning  Market.
is  said,  and  properly,  in  the 
way  of  commiseration 
for  the  poor 
farmer  who  must  be  up  and  doing  the 
greater  part  of  the  night  to  meet  the 
demands  caused  by  the  early  Morning 
Market,  but  less  consideration  is  given 
to  the  dealer  who  must’ meet  him  there. 
Much  the  most  laborious  and  taxing  of 
the  duties  of  the  grocer  who  handles 
fruit  and  vegetables  are  the  ones  per­
taining  to  this  department  of  his  busi­
ness.  The  successful  grocer,  as  a  rule, 
is  the  one  who  does  his  own  buying. 
It 
is  not  alone  that  he  must  be  up  and  on 
the  market  at  4  o’clock ;  constant  v ig i­
lance  must  be  exercised  in  the handling 
and  disposing  of  this  class  of  his goods. 
The  quick  deterioration  and  spoiling  of 
fruits  and  green  stuffs  necessitate  the 
exercise  of  the  most careful judgment  in 
buying  and  in  fixing  prices  and 
in  the 
proper  display  and  management  of  the 
selling.  There 
is  no  line  of  trade  in 
which  quickness  of  action  is  so  impera­
tive  as  in  the  work  of  the  green  grocer. 
A  considerable  element  of  the  anxiety 
and  care  is  due  to  the  custom  of  dis­
playing  and  selling  outside  the  store. 
For  instance,  the  checks  possible  on the 
dishonesty  of  clerks  in  indoor  trade  are 
inoperative  here.  The  proprietor ought 
not  only  to  be  the  buyer,  but it would be 
if  he  could  do  all  the  selling. 
well 
There  must  be  a 
limit,  however,  to 
what  one  man  can  do ; but  the  tempta­
tion  to  constant  work  in  this  line for the 
dealer 
is  a  strong  one.  Happy  is  the 
grocer  who  can  content  himself  to  omit 
this  branch  from  his  business,  if  he  has 
any  particular  regard  for  personal  ease 
and  comfort.

The  most  notable  feature  of  the  Mar­
ket  continues  to  be  the  remarkable  dis­
play  of  fruit  and  vegetables  so  far  in 
advance of their usual  season.  The  early 
varieties  of  peaches  are  offered  in  great 
abundance. 
It  was  estimated  that  no 
less  than  5,000  bushels  were  marketed 
Saturday,  and  the quantities  have  been 
still  greater  this  week.  There  are,  also, 
large  offerings  of  plums  and  pears,  and 
the  abundance  and  varieties  of  apples 
are  without  a  parallel  at  this  time  of 
year.  Some  apprehension  has  been  ex­
pressed  that  the  winter  variety  of  the 
latter  fruit  are  ripening  so  rapidly  that 
it  will  be  at  the  expense  of  their lasting 
quality,  and 
that  they  will  become 
scarce  in  the  winter.  There  is  the  same 
early  abundance  of  vegetables,  of  all 
kinds,  including  many  wagonloads  of 
home  grown  melons  of  all  varieties, 
which  are  not  usually  expected  for some 
weeks  yet.

As  might  be  expected  from  this  state 
of  affairs,  prices  are  low.  The  rapid 
ripening, with the quick softening caused 
by  the  hot,  moist  weather  of  recent 
weeks,  has  compelled  sales  of  fruit  at 
almost  any  price.  The  present  cooler 
weather 
is  exerting  a  favorable  influ­
ence  on  the  condition  of  the  fruit  and 
will,  doubtless,  improve  prices.
Fruits  and  Produce.

  •   ♦ —

—   ♦

Apples—Dealers ask  i5@25c for choice 
eating  varieties  and  io@i5c for  cooking 
grades.  The market  is  in  a  gluted  con­
dition,  the  daily  offerings  being  in  ex­
cess  of  the consumptive requirements of 
the  market.  There 
is  no  distributive 
demand,  owing  to  the  fact  that  home 
grown  stock  is  meeting the requirements 
of  the  trade  in  nearly  all  localities.

Beets—30c  per  bu.
Cabbage—$3  per  100  heads.
Carrots—25c  per bu.
Celery—Fine  in  quality  and  excellent 
as  to  size,  commanding  I2j^@ i5c  per 
bunch.

Corn—3@5c  per  doz.  ears.

Butter—Receipts  continue  small  and 
the  firmness  which  was  a  feature  of  the 
market  a  week  ago  continues,  with 
strong  probability  of  still  higher  prices. 
Fancy  dairy  meets  quick  sale  at  14c 
and 
factory  creamery  is  improving  in 
demand  at  16c.

Dressed  Poultry—Owing  to  the  pro­
lan­

longed  heated  spell,  the  market 
guished  and  the  demand  is  weak.

Eggs —The  advent  of  cooler  weather 
has  improved  the  demand  and  will  soon 
have  a  salutary  effect  on  the  quality  of 
receipts.  Prices  are  fully 
J^c  higher 
than  a  week  ago,  fancy  candled  bring­
ing  gj'zc.

Grapes—Wordens  are 

lower  than  a 
week  ago.  Five  pound  baskets  are 
billed  out  at  12c  and 8 lb.  baskets at  16c.
Muskmelons—Home  grown  of  excel­
lent  quality  and  unusual  size  are  in 
ample  supply  at  75c  per  doz.  Osage 
and  Benton  Harbor  bring  about  $1  per 
doz.

is  cause  for  general 

sustained  by  shipping 

Onions—40c  per  bu.
Peaches—The  termination  of  the  hot 
wave 
rejoicing 
among  both  growers  and  dealers,  as  the 
warm  weather  was  crowding  the  crop 
along  too  fast  to  be  handled  advanta­
geously.  Dealers complain bitterly of the 
losses 
early 
peaches  to  markets  48  hours  distant, 
but  the  fruit  now  coming  in  reaches  its 
destination  in  excellent  condition  and 
the  returns  are  as  satisfactory  as  could 
be  expected,  considering  the  fact  that 
prices  are  low all  along  the line.  Moun­
tain  Rose  are  billed  out  at  40@50c, 
Barnards  at  5o@6oc  and  Early  Craw­
fords  at  6o@75c.  These  prices  are,  of 
course,  not  satisfactory  to  the  grower, 
but  they  are  all  the  people  will  pay.

Pears—Bartlett  are  in  ample  supply 

at  5o@75c  per  bu.

and 

Plums  —  Lombards 

Imperials 
bring  6o@qoc  per  bu.,  according  to  size 
and  quality.

Potatoes—15@20C  per bu.
Summer  Squash—ic  per  lb.
Tomatoes—The  crop  is  large  and  the 
price  low.  Dealers  bill  out  fancy  stock 
at  2o@25c  per  bu.

Watermelons—io@i5c  apiece,  accord­

ing  to  size  and  quality

Flour  and  Feed.

As  we  might  naturally  expect,  there 
has  been  a  dull  dragging  market  the 
past  week  or  ten  days.  To be sure,  trade 
is  usually  light  during  midsummer  and 
the 
intense  heat  for  the  past  ten  days 
has  had  a  tendency  to  further  curtail 
business,  a  great  many  buyers  having 
gone  to  the  resorts.

The  movement  of  wheat  has  been  a 
little  better,  but,  as  the  season  ad­
vances,  continued  unfavorable  reports 
from  threshers  confirm  the  belief  that 
the  shortage 
in  winter  wheat  will  be 
much  greater  than  has  been  looked  for. 
Millers,  realizing this,are holding prices 
firmer,  not  caring  to  sell  ahead  until 
they  know  where  the  wheat  is  to  come 
from.

There  has  been  some  export  trade  the 
past  week,  but  prices  have  been  ex­
tremely  close.  A  good  many  foreigners 
seemed  to  think  that  wheat  had  not 
reached  bottom  and  their  offers  were, 
therefore,  a 
little  too  low  to  permit  of 
much profit  to the miller.  Ocean freights 
were  weaker,  however,  and  some  busi­
ness  was  booked.

There  is  nothing  new  in  the  mill  feed 
market,  prices  being  unchanged  and 
demand  continuing  light.

The  further  decline  in  both  corn  and 
oats  makes  it  necessary  to  note  another 
drop 
in  prices  on  ground  feed,  meal, 
etc.  Best  quality  No.  1  ground  feed 
(old  oats)  can  now  be  had  at  $12  per 
ton. 

W m.  N.  R owe.

Gillies'  New  York  Teas,  all  kinds, 
grades  and  prices.  Phone  1589.  Visner.

The  Dodge  Club  cigar  is  sold  by  F . 

E.  Bushman,  Kalamazoo.

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THE  M ICHIGAN  TR A DESM A N

T o   increase  cash  sales  and

stop  losses  on  credit  sales:

flash  {faVs-

Loss on  Credit SaV-

A   great  loss  in  retail  stores  is  due  to  the  failure  to  charge  goods  sold 

on  credit.  O ur  systems  stop 

it.  T h ey  also 

increase  cash  sales,  make 

profits 

larger  and  save  time  and  worry.

We  have  furnished  thousands  of  retail  stores  all  over  the  country  with  such  systems.  We  would  like 

to  interest  you.

If  you  will  answer  the  questions  asked  below, draw  a  rough  map  of  your 

store  in  the  space  left  for  that  purpose,  tear  out  this  page  and  mail  it  to 

us,  w e  will  send,  free  of  charge,  a  handsomely  illustrated  system  used  in 

stores  like  yours.  T h e  National  Cash  Register  Com pany,  Dayton,  Ohio.

Make  map  of  store  below.

N o.  a

Show, by pencil, location of front door, counters, show-windows, 

show-cases, safe, cashier’s desk or cash-drawers.

Each square to represent five feet.

Answer  the  questions  below.

Business----------------------------— -----------------------

Name________________ — -------------------------------

Toum.____ _____________________ :—State 

Street  Address-—----------------------------------------------

1.  How many clerks?___________________________
2.  Do clerks receive payments on account?
3.  Do clerks pay out money?
4.  How many cash-drawers?
5.  Do clerks make change?

I  6.  Are clerks’ sales kept separate?

—

__

7.  Have you a cashier?
8.  Have you a bookkeeper? 
9.  Have you a head clerk or manager?
10.  Do you buy country produce?________________
11.  Have you cash boys?________________________
12.  Have you a cash c a r r ie r ? __________________
13.  What per cent,  of sales on credit?_____________
14.  Are credit sales entered in a blotter?_______
15.  Are credit sales entered on  duplicating slips?
16.  Are cash sales recorded as soon as made?______

17.  Do your drivers take orders?__________________
18.  Do you send out goods C.  O.  D.?_______
19.  Do you use pass books?___________________ _
20.  Are sales of different goods recorded separately?
21.  Are bills given  to customers at time of purchase?

This is a portrait  of M r. T .  P.  Hunter, 
the  famous  Philadelphia  grocer.  He 
owns  and  conducts  twenty-one  retail 
grocery stores in Philadelphia and vicinity. 
Here is what  he says  about  the  National 
Cash Register System, as he uses it:

“ I  am  using  twenty-one  of 
your No. 79 National Cash Reg­
isters.  By their use I am able to 
tell  at  a  glance  how  business  is 
running, whether trade is increas­
ing  or  decreasing,  and  which 
clerks are making the most sales. 
I would  not  attempt  to  run one 
of my stores without your No. 79 
National Cash Registers.”

—'

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7

MEN  OF  MARK.

H.  V.  Hughes,  Manager  of the  Alder- 

ton  Mercantile  Co.

Herbert  V.  Hughes  was  born  at  Wa­
terford,  Oakland  county,  July 
io,  1853, 
his  father  being  of  Irish  descent  and 
his  mother  of  Welsh  ancestry.  When  he 
was  one  year  old  his  parents  removed 
to  Saginaw  City,  where  his  father  con­
ducted  a  blacksmith  shop  for  several 
years,  subsequently'  becoming 
landlord 
of  the  old  Washington  House,  which  he 
conducted  for  several  years.  H.  V.  at­
tended  school  until 
16  years  of  age, 
when  he  was  apprenticed  to  learn  the 
trade  of  brickmaking.  He  subsequently 
acted  as  scaler  for  a  lumberman  for  two 
or  three  years,  when  Keho  Bros,  placed 
him 
in  charge  of  their  branch  grocery 
store  at  St.  Louis.  Liking  the  business, 
he  decided,  after  a  year’s  experience,

four  of  whom  are  still  living,  ranging 
from  2  to  14  years  of  age.

Mr.  Hughes  is  a  member of  the  Court 
Street  Presbyterian  church  of  Saginaw, 
West  Side,  and  has  proceeded 
in 
Masonry  as  far  as  the  Chapter.  He 
is 
a  member  of  Imperial  Lodge,  K.  of  P ., 
and  Daisy  Lodge,  B.  P.  O  E.  (Grand 
Rapids),  and  has  recently 
joined  the 
K.  O.  T.  M.  (St.  Johns).

Mr.  Hughes 

is  thoroughly  posted  in 
the  grocery  business,  having  made  a 
study  of  each  department  of  the  work, 
both  from  a  practical  and  scientific 
standpoint.  He  is  a  cautious  buyer  and 
possesses  the  happy  faculty  of  arrang­
ing  his  stock  to  most  excellent  advan­
tage.  During  the  time  he  conducted  a 
retail  store  in  Saginaw  he  achieved  the 
reputation  ol  having  one  of  the  best  ar­
ranged  grocery  stores 
in  Michigan. 
While  it  will  take  him  some  little  time 
Johns  to  bring  about  all  the 
at  St. 
changes  he  has 
in  contemplation,  the 
Tradesman  has  no  hesitation  in express­
ing  the  belief  that  he  will  ultimately 
have  one  of  the  most  attractive  mercan­
tile  establishments  in  Michigan.

Freight  Competition.

W ritten for the  T radesman.

The  fact,  which  is  constantly  becom­
ing  more  patent,  that  competition  of 
more  railways  than  are  needed  to  do  a 
certain  service  means  additional 
tax 
for  their  support  is  directing  attention 
to  the  problem  of  the  proper  regulation 
of  co-operation 
in  the  management  of 
interests.  The  general  tend­
railway 
ency  of  legislation  and  the  work  of  the 
Interstate  Commerce  Commission  has 
been  in  the  direction  of  the  prohibition 
of  pooling  or  combining 
interests  in 
any  way.

Competition  is practically of no effect 
except  at  points  where  the  competing 
roads  are  both  represented  by  stations, 
which,  of  course,  comprise  but  a  small 
percentage 
in  the  closest  competing 
lines. 
In  the  natural  operation  of  com­
petition  these  points  were  the  only  ones 
benefited,  as  the  roads  were  compelled 
to  charge  sufficiently  high  tariffs  at  the 
non-competing  points  to  make  up  for 
the  loss  at  the  others.  This  was  a  mat­
ter  which  early  received  the  attention of 
the  Commerce  Commission  and  legisla­
tion  was  enacted  which  partially  cor­
long  and 
rected  the  evil  known  as  the 
short haul  provision.  But  in  the 
long 
run  the  effect  of  this  has  practically 
been  the  neutralizing  of  the  effects  of 
the  competition.

the 

investment. 

In  the  development  of  railway  freight 
transportation 
it  has  been  found  that 
prices  must  be  gauged  by  the  cost  of 
maintaining  the  service  and paying  fair 
returns  on 
In  the 
gradual  crystallization  of  the 
freight 
traffic  systems  the  amount  of  revenues 
necessary  for  this  has  become  fixed  and 
defined.  To  support  a  road  doing  a 
systematic  traffic  requires  a  certain 
in­
come. 
It  might  do  twice  or  three times 
that  traffic  with  comparatively  small  in­
crease  of  cost  of  operation.  Hence 
it 
follows  that  to  support  two  lines  where 
one  could  do  the  work  means  nearly 
doubling  the  cost.  The  principle  of 
this  sort  of  competition  has  been  so 
largely  employed  that  it  has  resulted  in 
arbitrary  schedules  of  cost  for  proper 
returns  for railway  support;  and for self- 
preservation  it  has  been  necessary  for 
the  roads  to co-operate  to  the  extent  of 
agreeing  upon  these  schedules  even  at 
competing  points.  Thus  competition 
is  nullified  and,  when  the  high  and  ar­
bitrary  rates are subjected to the scrutiny 
of  the  Commission  or  legislatures,  the 
showing  of  income  decides  the  reason­

in  the  grocery  trade  on  hi: 
to  embark 
own  account,  and 
for  the  next  twelve 
years  he  conducted  a  retail grocery store 
at  Saginaw  City,  during  which  time  he 
erected  the  Hughes  Block,  a  two-story 
building  comprising  three  stores,  which 
is  still  in  the  possession  of  the  family. 
Failing  health  compelled  him  to  retire 
from  the  grocery  business  in  1888,  when 
he  sold  out  to  Henry  J.  P.  Graebner, 
who  still  continues  at  the  same location. 
After  a  year  of  enforced  idleness  in  re­
covering  his  health,  Mr.  Hughes formed 
a  copartnership  with  Calvin  W.  Clark, 
traveling  salesman  for  Uwinell,  Wright 
&  Co.,  and  embarked  in  the  wholesale 
tea,  coffee,  spice  and  grocers’  sundries 
business.  Lack  of  capital  was  found  to 
be  an  unsurmountable  obstacle  to  the 
success  of  the  business,  which  was 
closed  out.  Mr.  Hughes  removed  to 
Grand  Rapids,  where  he  followed  vari­
ous  occupations  for  a  couple  of  years, 
subsequently  taking  the  agency  of  the 
Champion  Cash  Register  Co.  in  Wis­
consin, 
Iowa.  He  then 
accepted  the 
local  agency  of  the  Na­
tional  Cash  Register  Co.,  but  naturally 
availed  himself  of  the opportunity to get 
back  into  the  grocery  business  on  being 
tendered  the  management  of  the  Alder- 
ton  Mercantile  Co.,  at  St.  Johns,  which 
succeeded  the  St.  Johns  Mercantile  Co. 
in  general  trade  about  three months ago, 
at  which  time  Mr.  Hughes  became  a 
stockholder  and  director  in  the  corpo­
ration  and  was  elected  Secretary  and 
General  Manager.

Illinois  and 

Mr.  Hughes  was  married  March  31, 
1881, 
to  Miss  Mary  Baum,  sister  of 
Hon.  Wm.  B.  Baum,  who  is  now  serv­
ing  his  third  term  as  Mayor of Saginaw. 
the  union,
F ive  boys  have  blessed 

ableness 
the  service.

instead  of  the  proper  cost  of 

The  country  is  burdened  to  a  tremen­
dous  degree  with  the  undue  cost  of 
railway  transportation.  The problem  is 
coming  to  engage  increased  public  at­
tention.  Many  of  the  old  axioms  and 
theories  are  coming 
to  be  proven 
fallacies.  The  axiom  that  competition 
brings  down  rates  has  been  shown  to be 
false,  and  even  the  theory  that  there 
must  be  no  pooling  or  combination  of 
interests 
is  coming  to  be  questioned.
As  it  has  been  shown  that  the  mainte­
nance  of  so great  a  number  of agencies, 
stations,  etc.,  means 
increase  of  cost 
that  the  public must pay,  the  question  is 
being  raised  as  to  whether  there  may 
not  be  a  consolidation  of  these  to secure 
reduction  of  cost  and  increased  conven­
ience. 
Coercion  Never  Wins  Over  an  Oppo­

W.  N.  F.

nent.

No  man  interested  in  the  progress  of 
labor  toward  higher  and  better  condi­
tions  but  sincerely  regrets  any  act  of 
violence  perpetrated 
in  the  name  of  a 
fair  demand  for  justice.  That  such  acts 
will  occur  without  premeditation  or  en­
couragement 
in  times  of  excitement, 
everybody  admits.  Human  nature  has 
to  be  taken  for  what  it  is,  and  not  al­
ways  for  what  it  ought  to  be.  If  all  men 
were  wise,  prudent and  just,  there would 
be  no  cracked  heads  either  in  political 
or  industrial  agitation ;  but,  as  a  matter 
of  fact,  these  virtues  or  qualities  are 
not  so  much  in  evidence  as  they  ought 
to  be  in  so  advanced  a  stage  of  civili­
zation  as  we  sometimes  pride or  delude 
ourselves  as  having  reached.  The  bar­
barian  and  the  brute  are  by  no  means 
extinct.  They  are  simply  under  re­
straint. 
It  is  largely  a  case  of  personal 
or  social  repression. 
It  breaks  out 
sometimes  as  a  fire  does  when  the  hose 
is  on  the  reel,  or  as  the  wild  animal 
does 
in  a  tame  cat  when  the  canary  is 
in reach  of  its  paw.  It  is  the  spirit  that 
makes  a  cockpit  attractive,  or  a  prize 
fight  more  interesting  than  an eclipse  of 
the  moon.  The  jingo  has  his  stock  ar­
gument 
in  this  weakness  of  human  na­
ture,  and the oppressor and the despot are 
the  agency  of  his  triumph.  We  can  as 
well  expect  a 
leopard  to  lunch  on  let­
tuce,  or  a  wolf  to  dine  on  clover,  as  to 
expect  every  man  to  abstain  from  vio­
lence  when  his  passions  are  aroused. 
This  admitted,  it  does  not  follow,  by 
any  means,  that  intimidation or  assault 
are 
in  cases  of 
labor  disputes. 
In  nine  cases  out  of 
ten,  the  opposite  policy  is  not  only  the 
best,  but  the  only  means  of  removing 
industrial  friction  and  securing  recog­
nition  of justice.  Protests  are  not made 
either  logical  or  successful  by  brick­
bats.  Coercion  by  the  bludgeon  can 
never  right  a  wrong  or  change  the  con­
viction  of  an  opponent.  There  is  no 
light  thrown  on  a  labor  dispute  by  an 
incendiary  torch;  it  simply  reveals  the 
scoundrel  that  carries  it.  Cracking  the 
head  of  a  policeman  or  pulling  the  ears 
of  a  militia  man  are  blind  methods  of 
correcting  the  pay  roll  of  a  foundry  or a 
street  car  line.  Yet,  even  at  the date of 
writing,  this brutishness is  mistaken  for 
a  solvent  of  grave  labor  problems.  Does 
any  man  really  suppose  that  breaking 
the  nose  of  a  non-union  man inspires  an 
affection  for  unionism,  or  that  public 
sentiment  can  be  won  over  by  any  such 
method?  We  venture  to  say  that  such 
acts  as  these  have  done  more to estrange 
relationship  and  to  blind 
industrial 
labor  dis­
men  as  to  the  real  causes  of 
content  than  almost  any  other 
impedi­
industrial  harmony  and  prog­
ment  to 

justifiable,  especially 

ress.  We  may  blame  hoodlums,  toughs, 
and  scoundrels  at  large  for  many  of  the 
vicious  and  criminal  acts  that  are  done 
during  strikes,  but  however  strongly 
this  may  be  proven,  the  fact  remains  in 
too  many  instances  that  the bludgeon  is 
in other  hands.  When  labor  goes  further 
than  a  verbal  protest  against  this  vio­
lence  and  promptly  ejects  all  such  fools 
from  its associations,  the  crimes against 
order  and  human  rights  will  be  saddled 
on  wild  asses  and  not  on  those  who 
just  cause  for  dispute  or  agita­
have  a 
tion.  When  we  need  a  Gatling  gun 
in 
the  Supreme  Court  we  may  need  the 
bludgeon 
in  strikes.  As  it  is,  justice 
and  fair  play  are  worth  more  than a pile 
of  rocks. 
Jackson  Grocers  Score  their  Fifth 

F r e d   W o o d r o w .

Success.

Jackson,  Aug.  15—The 

fifth  annual 
excursion  of  the  Jackson  Retail  Gro­
cers’  Association  was  held  at  Baw 
Beese  Park,  near  Hillsdale,  Aug.  12.  A 
terrific  storm  during  the  night  of  the 
nth  and  a  cloudy  morning  following 
caused  a  goodly  number  who  had  made 
calculations  to  be  with  us  to  back  out. 
For  this  reason  we  had  not  so  large  a 
number  of  guests  as  we  anticipated,  but 
we  had  a  most  excellent  party  and  a 
glorious  time.  The  excursion  was  made 
up  of  two  sections—fifteen  coaches-—the 
first  one  leaving  Jackson  at  7:50  a.  m. 
and  the  second  one-half  an  hour  later, 
reaching  the  grounds  at  Baw  Beese 
Lake  between  9  and  10 o’clock.  The 
day  proved  to  be  an  ideal  one  for  pic­
nics.  The 
rain  of  the  night  before 
had  cooled  the  atmosphere  and  the  tem­
perature  of  the  day  was 
just  as  near 
right  as  anyone  could  wish.  Upon  our 
arrival  at  the  grounds  we  found  that  N. 
H.  Widger,  the  manager,  who 
is  con­
siderable  of  an  artist,  had decorated  the 
arch  at  the  entrance  with  a banner bear­
ing  the 
Jackson 
Grocers,’ ’  including  pictures  of  bar­
rels  of  flour,  chests  of  tea,  boxes  of 
soap,  starch,  spices,  etc.  The  banner 
was  very  tastefully  arranged  and  the 
courtesy  was  appreciated  by  every  one. 
Mr.  Widger  was  not  satisfied  with  this 
kindly  act,  but  kept  adding  to  his 
credit  all  the  day.

“ Welcome, 

legend, 

There  have  been  many  attractions 
added  to  the  Park  and  Lake  since  our 
previous 
excursions,  which  make 
Baw  Beese  Park  resort  more  attractive 
than  formerly.

Our  Jackson  people  devoted  the  day 
principally  to  riding  on  the  steamer, 
the  row  boats,  the  toboggan,  and  the 
water  circus.  The  attractions  at  the 
bathing  places  were  such  that  the  water 
was  full  of  people  from  morning  until 
night.  Very  many  of  our grocers  and 
their  guests formed parties in advance of 
the  day  and,  when  they  arrived  at  the 
grounds,  chose  a  table  for  their  use 
and  kept  “ open  house”   all  day.
In  the  afternoon  the  game  of  base 
ball  for  the  retail  grocers’  silver  trophy 
was  played.  Only  eight 
innings  were 
played,  the  contestants  being  the  nine 
of  the  wholesale  grocers,  and  the  nine 
of  the  retail  grocers.  The  wholesalers 
won  the  trophy 
last  year  at  Diamond 
Lake,  but  this  year  they  were  ‘ ‘ not  in 
it, ”   as  the  score  stood  8  to o  in favor  of 
the  retailers.  Dancing  was 
indulged 
in  by  those  who  cared  for  that  kind  of 
amusement  all  the  afternoon  and  even­
ing,  the  music  being  furnished by Boos’ 
First  Regiment band and orchestra,  who 
accompanied  the  excursion.

The  officers  of  the  Association  and 
committees  were  everywhere  present, 
to  give 
information  and  assist  in  the 
pleasures  of  the  day,  to  which  fact  may 
be  attributed  a  great  share  of  the  suc­
cess,  making  everybody  feel  that  they 
had  enjoyed  a  day  of  pleasure.

The  trains  left  the  Park  on  their  re­
turn  trip  at  6:30 and 9  p.  m .,arriving  at 
Jackson 
in  very  seasonable  hours,  and 
with  our  good  record  continued  of  not 
an  accident  or  misfortune  to  mar  the 
pleasure  of  the  grocers’  excursions.

While  the  number  of  our  guests  was 
not  so  large  as  on  previous  occasions, 
we  had  ample  numbers  to  defray  all  ex­
penses  and 
leave  a  balance  for  the 
treasury. 

W.  H.  Po r t e r ,  Sec’y.

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WEDNESDAY,  -  •  •  AUGUST 19,1896.

A  PANIC  N O T  A  PANIC.

The  most  salient  characteristic  of  a 
financial  panic 
is  the  failure  of  great 
numbers  of  fiduciary  and  mercantile 
enterprises.  The  other  distinctive  fea­
tures  are  depression  of  values  and  pros­
tration  of  industries.  The  failures  are 
the  direct  result  of  the  fright  or  panic 
which  causes  the  sudden  withdrawal  of 
credits,and  demand  for  liquidation  nec­
essarily  bringing  disaster  to all who may 
be  caught  unprepared.

The  abnormal  depression  of  values 
and  the  stoppage  of business accompany 
ing  such  storms  are  generally  consid­
ered  as  consequences  of  the  distrust 
and  hesitation  caused  by  the  scare. 
There  is  also  to  be  considered  the  inev­
itable  reaction  from  fictitious  or  boom 
values  which,  as  elements  of  specula­
tion,  constantly  exist.  These  effects  of 
the  panic  have  come  to  be  confounded 
in  the  mind  with  the  panic  itself,  so 
that  the  period  of  depression 
is  called 
by  that  term.

important 

About  ten  days  ago,  there  was  such 
a  “ panic”   in  which  sudden  fright  was 
not  an  element;  and 
it  also  differed 
from  ordinary  panics  in  that  there  were 
no 
failures.  But  the  other 
characteristics—depression  of  values 
and  prostration  of  business—were  de­
cidedly  in  evidence. 
It  should  not,  by 
any  means.be  said  that  distrust and  fear 
are  not  elements  of  this  reaction ;  but 
the  causes  leading  up  to  it have  been  so 
many  and  have  operated  so  gradually 
that  the  country  has  escaped  the  dis­
astrous 
from 
sudden  fear.

consequences  resulting 

Indeed,the  reaction  has  been  so  grad­
ual  that  few  realize  the  extent  to  which 
it  obtains,  and  the  statement  that  the 
average  of  speculative  stock  values  was 
less  than  it  had  been  before  since  the 
close  of  the  depression  resulting  from 
the  panic  of 
1873  will  take  many  by 
surprise.  That  is  to  say,  it  was  not only 
lower  than  the  panic  of  1890  caused  by 
the  Barings  failure  in  London,  but  was 
lower  than  that  of  1893.

is 

financiers 

The  principal  cause  to  which  the 
present  reaction  has  been  attributed  by 
leading 
the  apparent 
strength  of  the  ultra  silver  sentiment  in 
the  country.  Plausibility  seems  to  be 
given  to  this  explanation  in  that,  since 
the  manifestation  cf  this  sentiment 
seemed  to  reach  a  culmination some  ten 
days  ago,  there  has  been  a  decided  re­
covery  in  stock  values.

The  experience  of  a  panic  without  a

panic  is  unique  in  recent  times  in  this 
country.  Whether  it  is  that  the  causes 
leading  up  to  it  have  operated  so  grad­
ually  and  have  been  so  openly discussed 
as  to  eliminate  the  element  of  fright,  or 
whether  business  methods have been im­
proved  so  that  the 
financiers  of  the 
country  know  better  how  to  avert  the 
disastrous  consequences  of  panic,  the 
lesson  will  be  a  salutary  one  and  will 
serve  to  avert  much  of  the  evil  conse­
quences  of  such  reactions  in  the  future.

TRADE  C O N D IT IO N S .

During  the  past  week  there  has  been 
a  very  substantial  improvement 
in  the 
financial  situation  all  over  the  country. 
In  the  great  money  centers  of  the  East 
more  confidence  in  the outlook  has  been 
manifested  and  there  has  been  an  im­
provement  in  the  value  of  securities.  It 
is  true  that  money  rates  stiffened  for  a 
time  in  New  York ;  but  there  has  been 
a  gradual  relaxation 
in  that  respect 
also,  because  the  higher  rates  served  as 
an 
inducement  to  draw  money  from 
abroad.

One  of  the  most important indications 
of  the 
improvement  has  been  the  de­
cline  in  the  rates  for  foreign  exchange. 
So  great has been  this  decline  that  there 
was  some  talk  of  possible  gold  imports. 
This  weakening  in  exchange  has  been 
due  to  the  investment  of  foreign  money 
in  the  United  States,  owing  to  the 
higher  rates  of  interest obtainable.  This 
decline 
in  exchange  makes  it  certain 
that  there  will  be  no  further  exports  of 
gold  until  next  spring.  Within  a  few 
more  weeks  there  will  be  a  free  enough 
export  movement  of  cotton  and  grain  to 
furnish  all  the  exchange  needed  to  meet 
balances  due  abroad,  and,  if  the  crops 
prove  as  good  as  they  promise  to  be, 
the  exports  will  be 
large  enough  to 
create  a  very  satisfactory  trade  balance 
in  our  favor.

While  there 

is  such  a  decided  im­
provement  in  the  general  financial  out­
look,  the  actual  movement  of  trade  has 
been  slow  and  the  industrial  situation 
continues  discouraging.  Of  course,  it 
would  be  too  much  to  expect  any  ma­
terial 
intensely 
heated  term  which  extended  over  the 
entire  country  until  within  the  last  few 
days.  This,  with  the engrossing  politi­
cal  interest,  has  been  a  sufficient  hin­
drance.

change  during 

the 

The  iron  situation shows little change. 
The  combinations  seem  determined  to 
maintain  prices  and  to  lessen  the  out­
put  until  the  demand  comes  to  the  res­
cue.  The  minor  metals  have  shown  a 
tendency  to  weakening  in  prices.

The  continued  favorable  crop  pros­
pects  have  kept  the  prices  of  cereals 
declining,  while  the  movement  has 
been 
large,  50  per  cent,  more  wheat 
having  come  from  the  farms  during  the 
week  than  was  marketed  during  the 
corresponding  week  of 
last  year,  and 
since  July  1  nearly  double  the  amount 
for  the  same  period  of  last  year.

is 

In  textiles  there 

little  yet  of  en­
couragement.  Woolen  mills  are  reduced 
to  a  third  of  their  capacity  and  the cur­
tailment  of  the  output  of  cotton 
fabrics 
is  about  as  great.  Prices  and  move­
ment  of  goods  show  no  improvement.

Bank  clearings  declined  about  7  per 
from  the  preceding  week  and 

cent, 
failures  were  258,  against  269.

It  requires a  considerable  amount  of 
brains  to  make a success of business,  but 
there  are  hundreds  who  possess  enough 
mind-  and  to  spare—who  do  not  make 
the  effort;  they  have  the  necessary  tools 
but  they  do  not  make  use  of  them.

FAST  OCEAN  TRAVEL.

The  record  for  speed  in  making  the 
passage  across  the  Atlantic  has  again 
been  broken,  this  time by  the American 
Liner  St.  Paul.  The  steamer St.  Louis, 
also  of  the  American  Line,  held  the 
record  for  the  fastest  voyage  for  about 
a  week,  breaking  the  record  of  the  St. 
Paul  in  June,  when  the  latter  lowered 
the  time  of  the  New  York. 
It  will 
thus  be  seen  that  the 
three  fastest 
transatlantic  liners  sail  under  the Amer­
ican  flag,  and  two  of  them  were built  in 
this  country,  the  third,  the  New  York, 
being  a  British-built  ship, 
to  which 
American  registry  has  been  granted  by 
special  act  of  Congress.

The  St.  Paul  made  the  run 

from 
Southampton  to  New  York  in  six  days 
and  thirty-one  minutes.  This  is  about 
five  hours’  better  time  than  was  made 
by  the  St.  Paul  in  June,  and  one  hour 
and  fifty  three  minutes  better  than  the 
record  of  the  St.  Louis  on  August  7* 
Prior  to  June 6 of  the  present  year,  the 
New  York  held  the  record  for  the  best 
run  over  the  Southampton  course,  and 
held  it  for nearly  two  years.

The  efforts  made  by  the  transatlantic 
lines  to  make  the  fastest  possible  time 
are  steadily 
increasing  the  dangers  of 
the  trip  across  the  Atlantic.  These 
great  vessels  maintain  their speed  with­
out 
interruption,  no  matter  what  the 
character  of  the  weather  may  be,  run­
ning  through  fogs  and  darkness  at  the 
same  high  rate  of  speed  as  when  the  at­
mosphere 
In  this  way  the 
danger of  collision  is greatly  increased. 
What  a  collision 
in  mid-ocean  might 
mean  for  one  of  these  great  ships  was 
startlingly  illustrated  in  the  loss .of  the 
German 
liner  Trave,  something  more 
than  a  year  ago,  with  the  loss  of  several 
hundred  passengers.

is  clear. 

It  is  a  fact,  however,  which cannot  be 
got  over  that  the  best  and  most  lucra­
tive  class  of  travel  always patronizes  the 
fastest  ships;  hence  the  inducement  to 
lower  the  record  is  too  great  to be  over­
come.  As  long  as  travelers  will  insist 
upon  fast  ships,  and  will  be  willing  to 
risk  their  lives 
in  order  to  arrive  at 
their  destination  a  few  hours  sooner, 
the  constant  effort  to  lower  the  speed 
record  will  be  kept  up.

The  traveling  public  argue  that  a  few 
knots  more  or  less  of  speed  would  make 
little  difference 
in  the  event  of  col­
lision;  but  if  less  anxiety  were  shown 
to  make  records,  shipmasters  would  be 
more  careful  to  slow  down when running 
through  fogs  or  during  thick  weather. 
The  desire  to  travel  at  a  high  rate  of 
speed  seems  to be  inborn  in the average 
American,  however,  and  it  would  prob­
ably  be  folly  for  the  more  prudent  to 
struggle  against  so  pronounced  a  trait 
of  character.

M ETR IC   SYSTEM   IN  TRADE.
A  significant  feature  which  has  de­
veloped  in  the  advocacy  of  the adoption 
of  the  decimal  system  in England is that 
a  considerable  part  of  the  German  suc­
cess  in  supplanting  the  English  in  for 
eign  markets  has  been  owing  to the  fact 
that  Germany  uses  the  same  system  of 
weights  and  measures  as  the  countries 
with  which  she  trades,  while  England 
uses  the  same  lumbering,  unsystematic 
tables—they  cannot  be  called  methods 
or  systems—that  we  do.

At  first  glance  the  difficulties  intro­
duced  by  these heterogeneous  standards 
of  measurement  would  not  seem  to  us 
who have  had  lifelong  familiarity  with 
them  of  any  great 
importance;  but 
when  we  stop  to  consider  the  need  of 
clearness  in  all  information  pertaining 
to  trade  matters,and  the great  care  with

which  advertisements  and  circulars  are 
prepared,  we  will  readily  see  the  utter 
absurdity  of  offering  quotations 
in 
terms  which  are  Greek  to  the  recipient. 
He  might  be  sufficiently  interested  to 
take  steps  to have  them  translated  into 
something 
intelligible;  but,  even  if  he 
did  this,  he  would  find  arbitrary  quan­
tities  and  fractions  which  would  make 
it  very  difficult  for  him  to  form  a  cor­
rect  idea  of  the  comparison  with  com­
peting  goods  described 
in  terms  with 
which  he  is  familiar.

England  has  been  conservative  in  the 
matter  of  reform  in  currency  and  meas­
urements,  partly  on  account  of  a  gen­
eral  conservative  tendency—especially 
against  anything  that  is  not  “ English, 
you  know” —and  partly  on  account  of 
a  real  sentiment  for  that  which  comes 
down  to  them  as  an  inheritance.  But 
such  sentiment  is  not  sufficient  to  cope 
with  important  and  manifest  disadvan­
tages  in  trade.  Thus it  will  require  but 
little  of  such  argument  to  secure  the 
speedy  adoption of  the universal system.
In  the 
comparatively  limited  dealings  we  have 
hitherto  had  with  the  metric  using  na­
tions  this  feature  has  not  been  of  great 
importance;  but  we  want  more  of  such 
dealings,  and 
it  would  be  the  part  of 
wisdom  to  prepare  for  them  by  learning 
to  describe  and  measure  our  goods  in 
terms  understood  by  all  the  world.

for  us? 

is  the 

lesson 

What 

The question  wtiy  the  Common  Coun­
cil  does  not take  some  action  with  ref­
erence  to  the  disposal  of  the  market 
bonds  continues  to  be  a  live  one.  While 
it 
is  waiting  for  its  last  bidder  on  its 
advertisement  to  catch  its  counsel  on 
journeyings  through  Europe  with 
his 
the  papers 
in  the  case,  there  is  an  oc­
casional  bid  volunteered  on  the  part  of 
those  who  evidently  think  the  bonds  are 
It  passes  comprehension  why 
begging. 
is  permitted  to be  delayed 
the  matter 
by  such  pretexts. 
If  there  are  questions 
of  legality  to  be  considered  there  is cer­
tainly  legal  talent  enough  that  is  not 
traveling  in  Europe  to  afford the needed 
information. 
It  is  a  crying  shame  that 
market 
interests  of  the  magnitude  of 
those of  this  city  continue  to be  kept  on 
the  open  streets  with  no  more  accom­
modation  than 
in  a  country 
village;  and  at  the  present outlook there 
is  no  prospect  of  these  conditions  being 
changed  for another  year.

is  found 

The  resolution  passed  by  the  Board 
of  Education  at 
its  session  Saturday 
night  forbidding  the  consideration  of 
bids  from  any  of  its  members  is,  un­
questionably,  a  move  in  the  right direc­
tion.  While it  is  not  probable  that  there 
has  been  any  unfair  dealing  in  the  com­
mittees  through  advantages  given 
to 
members,  it 
is  a  fact  that  suspicions 
have  been  aroused  by  intimations  that 
certain  persons  were  so  situated  as  to 
get  “ inside  information.”   The  harm 
of  such  suspicions  lies in  the temptation 
they  suggest  to  others  to  take  financial 
advantage  on  account  of  their  official 
connection  with  the board  by  accepting 
commissions on  its transactions  or  other­
wise.  Just  how  far  the  resolution  should 
be  carried,  however,  may  be  a  matter 
worthy  of  consideration. 
It  would  be 
ridiculous  to  make  a  provision  that  no 
firm  or  corporation  in  which  a  member 
is 
interested  could  submit  bids  for  its 
contracts.  Such  an  interpretation  would 
exclude  such  of  our  most  active  and 
enterprising  business  men  as  have  in­
terests  in  many  enterprises  from  mem­
bership,  or  boycott  all  the  concerns  in 
which  they  might  have  interests.  A 
consistent  construction  might  be  made 
to  the  effect  that  no  concerns 
in  which 
members  of  the  board  are  managers, 
or are  concerned  in preparing estimates, 
shall  be  eligible as bidders.

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9

PURELY  C O N JE C TU R E .

The  extreme  heat  from  which  so  much 
of  the  continent  of  North  America  suf- 
ered  during  the  first  half  of  August  has 
naturally  caused  much  remark.  Scien­
tists  have  been 
figuring  as  to  its  rela­
tions  to  the  peculiarities  of  climate  of 
other  parts  of  our  world ;  while  others, 
whether  weatherwise  or  otherwise,  have 
been  theorizing  and  guessing  at  it.

The  Chicago  Chronicle  has  a  notion 
that  the  hot  spell  was  due  to  causes 
which  have  been  operating  in other por­
tions  of  the  surface  of  this  planet  and 
are  making  the  circuit  of  the  globe. 
The  Chronicle  notes  that,  some  six  or 
seven  months  ago,  there  was  an extraor­
dinary  season  of  heat  and  drought  in 
Australia,  and 
it  puts  forth  the  notion 
that  the  Australian  hot  weather  is  mov­
ing  around  the  earth  in  a  great  circle 
inclined  about  45  degrees  from  the 
equator.

rect  or  perpendicular  rays  of  the  sun 
might  be  marked  on  our  globe in  a  suc­
cession  of  spiral  curves  projected  ob­
liquely  to  the  equator.

It 

is 

is  probable  that  all  weather  is 
caused  by  the  sun.  That  body,  in  all 
probability,  is  a  mighty  generator  of 
electricity  as  well  as  of  heat.  Since  no­
body  knows  how  weather  is  generated, 
and  where 
its  primary  cradle,  it  is 
impossible  at  this  time  to  do  more  than 
conjecture.  When  we  shall  have  daily 
reports  of  the  weather  in  all  continents 
as  thoroughly  as  we  have  from  all  parts 
of  the  United  States,  then 
it  will  be 
possible  to  construct  a  schedule  of  the 
world’s  weather.  For  the  present  we 
must  make  the  most  of  the  daily 
infor­
mation  afforded  of  American  meteor­
ology.  So  far  there  is  no  knowledge  of 
the  relations  which  American  weather 
bears  to  that  of  the  Southern  Hemi­
sphere. 

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N A TURALIZED  C IT IZ E N S .

The  information  from  Washington  to 
the  effect  that  Russia  is  obstinate  in  its 
position  that,  once  a  Russian,  always  a 
Russian, is not news,although  it relates to 
recent  diplomatic  negotiations  between 
the  government  of  the  czar  and  the 
Government  at  Washington.

The  process  of  naturalizing citizens in 
one  country  is  a  process  of  correspond­
ing  expatriation  as  to  some  other  coun­
try. 
It  required  great  effort  and  some 
years  of  time  to  induce  several  of  the 
European  governments  to  recognize,  as 
international  courtesy,  the 
a  matter  of 
operations  and  results  of  our  very 
lib­
eral  naturalization  laws. 
In  some  latter 
day  treaties  the  rights  of  naturalized 
citizens  are formally acknowledged,  but, 
as  a  general  proposition,  this  acknowl­
edgement  is  yet  purely  a  matter of cour­
tesy.  Russia  has  persistently  denied, 
and  still  denies,  the  rights  of  her  citi­
zens  to  forswear  allegiance  to  the  czar. 
Wherever  Russian 
influence  or  power 
extends  a  Russian  is  regarded  as  still  a 
Russian  whatever  he  may  have  done  to 
expatriate  himself  or  disavow  his  Rus­
sian  allegiance.

It  is,  therefore,  no  special discourtesy 
towards  the  United  States  that  Russia 
refuses  to  admit  that  we  have  made 
American  citizens  out  of  former  sub­
jects  of  the  czar,  and  whenever  such 
naturalized  citizens  set 
the 
czar’s  territory  they  do  so at  their  peril. 
Nor  can  we  battle  for  their  rights  under 
such  circumstances  as  we  could 
if 
they  were  native  born  Americans. 
In 
the  absence  of  a  treaty  covering  the 
point  we  are  without  rights  to  demand 
and  dependent  upon  international  cour­
tesy  only.

foot  on 

Nations  generally  refuse  to  surrender 
up  political  refugees,  and  it  is  for  this 
reason  that  the  Muscovite  emperor  is  so 
tenacious  on  the  point  at 
issue.  Grant 
him  the  right  of  extradition  of  political 
criminals  and  he  would  doubtless  be 
glad,  in  exchange,  to  recognize our  nat­
uralization  laws.  As  it 
is,  the  former 
Russian  subjects  should  be  careful  not 
to  fall  again  under  the  power  of  the 
Russian  authorities.  We have  had  sim­
ilar  troubles  with  Germany  and  Austria 
and  it  is  yet  the  safest  policy  generally 
for  our  new-made  citizens  of  foreign 
birth  to  stick  as  closely  as  possible  to 
the  land  of  their adoption.

A  summer  vacation  means  a  great 
deal  to  a  man  who  is  obliged  to  work 
and  cannot  have  one,  but 
it  means  a 
great  deal  more  to  the  poor  man  who 
has  no  work  and  must  take  a  vacation.

The  down  grade greases  itself.

The  Chicago  paper  premises  that 
in  the  Southern  Hemisphere 
January 
in  the  Northern. 
corresponds  to  June 
Summer 
in  the  Southern  Hemisphere 
occurs  at  the  time  winter  is  prevailing 
in  the  Northern,  and  summer  in  the 
Northern  while  it is winter in  the  South­
ern.  The  position  of  Australia  south  of 
the  equator  corresponds 
in  a  general 
way  to  that  of  the  United  States,  north 
of  that  line,  Australia  being  consider­
ably  nearer  to 
it  than  is  this  part  of 
North  America.  Australia  generally  is 
120  degrees  west  of  the  longitude  of  the 
United  States  and  diagonally southwest.
The  Chronicle  records  the  fact  that 
during  the  Australian  hot  spell,  seven 
months  ago,  in  the  dog  days,  the  ther­
mometer  reached  over  III  degrees  in 
various 
that 
point  repeatedly.  The  mercury  was  al­
most  constantly  above  90,  and  was  often 
at  100,  day  and  night.  The  scorching 
heat  was  accompanied  by  a  drought 
which  continued  for  two  months.

localities,  and  touched 

The  Australian  drought,  like the heat, 
was  excessive.  There  were  no  rains  nor 
dews.  The  minor  streams  and the wells 
dried up.  The  scarcity  of  water,  added 
to  the  heat,  produced  intense  suffering. 
Domestic  and  wild  animals  perished 
everywhere  for  the  want  of  water.  The 
crops  "withered.  The  country,  which 
should  have  presented  a  scene  of  the 
greatest  luxuriance,  became  like  a  des­
ert.  The  vegetable  and  flower  gardens 
withered.  Great  trees,  leafless and  sap­
less,  died  down  to  their  roots. 
It 
seemed  as  if  all  the sources  of  vegetable 
life  would  become  extinct.  When  at 
length  the  rains  came  the  relief  was  be­
yond  description. 
It  was  like  a  resur­
rection.  Comfort  was  brought  to  man 
and  beast,  and  the  face  of  nature  was 
renewed,  but 
it  will  take  years  to  re­
cover  from  the  loss  of  crops  and  cattle 
caused  by  the  appalling  heat 
and 
drought.

the  21st  of  March 
line  on 

What  has  all  that  to  do  with  a  heated 
season  and  drought  in  North  America 
six  or  seven  monhts  afterwards?  Six 
months  ago,  the  sun  (speaking  in  the 
terms  of  the  almanac)  was  south  of  the 
equator.  On 
it 
its  northward
crossed  that 
march,  and  about  the  21st  of 
June 
reached 
its  highest  or  farthest  point 
north  of  the  equator,  and  is  now  slowly 
moving  southward,  when 
it  will  cross 
the  line  to  the  south  and  remain  there 
for  six  months.  The  range  of  the  great 
luminary  north  and  south  of  the  equa­
is  23J4  degrees  each  way.  As  the 
tor 
earth  revolves  on 
its  own  axes  while 
moving  around  the  sun,  alternately  tilt­
ing 
its  north  pole  and  then  its  south 
pole  to  that  great  source  of  heat,  the di­

IO

Getting  the  People
Getting  the  Advertisement  Read. 

John C. Graham in Printers’  Ink.

It 

Unless  advertisements  are  read  there 
is  no  use  in  their  being  written. 
is 
safe  to  assert,  however,  that  all  adver­
tisements  are  read  by  some  people  and 
some  advertisements  by  many. 
The 
great  object  in  using  display  type  and 
in  securing  good  positions  has  been  to 
“ get  the  ad  read. ’ ’

I  believe  in  a  good  “ eye  catcher’ ’  for 
this  purpose.  An  attractive  word  or 
phrase  arrests  the  eye  and  interests  the 
mind.  Sensible,  relative matter  follow­
ing  such 
is  certain  to  be  read.  The 
catch-line 
is  but  a  trick  to  get  the  at­
tention,  of  course,  but  it  is  a  harmless 
ruse  and  offends  no  one.  The  best  eye- 
catcher  I  ever  saw  in  my  life  appeared 
in  a  New  York  paper  a  few  weeks  ago. 
It  read,  “ Here's  a  funny  story,”   and 
it  is  but  natural  to  suppose  that  ninety 
per  cent,  of  those  who  saw  that  line 
read  what  followed.
Some  firms  come  out  boldly  and  offer 
prizes  for  the  best—that 
is,  the  most 
masterly—criticism  of  their ads.  This, 
in  itself,  attracts  attention  to  the adver­
tisements  and  causes  a  more  careful 
study  of  them,  which  is  a  great  point 
I  am  disposed  to  think  that  is 
gained. 
an  unusually  good  idea. 
11  the  ads  are 
only  fairly  good,  nothing  can  be  lost  by 
drawing  attention  to  them,  but  a  great 
deal  may  be  gained.

The  best 

idea  I  ever  heard  of  for 
“ getting  the  ad  read”   was  tried  by  a 
patent  medicine  firm  some 
little  time 
ago,  and 
I  believe  it  was  very  success­
ful.  At  the  foot of  their  ordinary  ads 
in  the  country  weeklies  they  attached  a 
paragraph  reading something  like  this: 
“ We  will  give  a  cash  prize  of  $10  to 
the  man,  woman  or  child  in  this  county 
who  will  read  the  above  advertisement 
aloud  to  the  greatest  number  of  people 
before  the  first  of  next  month.  Compet­
itors  must  secure  the  signatures  and  ad­
dresses  of  all  those  persons  who hear the 
ad read,  and  the  money  will  be  given  to 
the sender  of  the  largest authentic list.”
Now  there  was  a  scheme  that  could 
not  fail  to  cause  considerable  talk  and 
bear  good  fruit.  It  did  not  take  long,  in 
small  places,  for  the  entire  population 
to  have  that  ad  dinned  in  their  ears  un­
til  some  people  knew  it  by  heart. 
In 
one  county  the  winner  of  the  prize  was 
a  clergyman,  who,  in  addition  to “ but­
ton-holing”   his  personal 
friends,  read 
the  advertisement  aloud to his congrega­
tion 
in  chapel  and  secured  their  indi­
vidual  signatures  as  his  flock  left  the 
building.  And  that  was  an  ad  contrived 
“ ■a  double  debt  to  pay,”   for  the  volu­
minous 
lists  of  names  and  addresses 
that  came 
in  from  every  part  of  that 
state  fully  recompensed  the  firm  for  the 
number  of  prizes  it  paid  out.

To  get  the  ad  read  is  the  great  object 
of  advertisers  and  they  often  effect  that 
object  by  ‘ ‘ ways  that  are dark and tricks 
not  always  in  vain.”

The  Art  of  Drawing  Custom. 

Correspondence Printers’  Ink.

You  may  have  noticed  what a peculiar 
faculty  some  men  have 
for  drawing 
trade,  and  bow  others  seem  built  to  re­
pel  it.  No  matter  where  the  first-named 
class  go,  they  make  friends,  both  in  a 
business  and  a  social  sense.  And  no 
matter  what  opportunities  the  other 
class  may  have,  sooner  or 
later  they 
come  to  grief  and  they  are  always  and 
in  all  places  unpopular.  The  skilled 
business  man  knows  the  best  way  to  get 
trade  and  hold  it.  He 
leaves  no  stone 
unturned  to  obtain  custom  and  strains 
every  energy  to  keep  it  when  obtained. 
He  popularizes  his  store  by  populari­
zing  himself.  He  never  wilfully  makes 
an  enemy,  particularly  in  business.  He 
is as  liberal  an  advertiser  as  his  means 
will  allow,  and  knows  full well the value 
of  advertising.  His  store  is  a  model  of 
neatness  and  good  management.  Com­
plaints  are  few  because  of  the  latter 
cause  but,  when made,  they are promptly 
investigated,  and  with  pleasure.  His 
manner  and  methods  are  copied  by  his 
salespeople  and  employes  generally. 
They  are  polite  even  under  just  provo­

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESM AN

It 

cation  to  the  contrary.  They  have a 
smile  of  greeting 
for  all—buyers  or 
merely  “ shoppers.”   The statement  that 
it  “ it 
is  no  trouble  to  show  goods”   is 
not  simply  an  advertised  assertion—it 
is  an 
inherent  principle  of  the  house. 
Goods  are  exchanged  without  delay  or 
grumbling.  He  gets  the  reputation  of 
treating  the  public  well  and  the  public 
reciprocates  by  treating  him  well.

is  folly  to  assert  that  this art  of 
drawing  custom  cannot  be  learned  by 
those  who  wish  to  acquire  it.  There  is 
nothing  difficult  about  it  for  those who 
are  willing  to  learn,  but  it will  be found 
very  difficult  to  run  a  business  upon  op­
posite  principles.  Yet  how many  there 

are  who  try  to  do  so.-♦ • ♦-

Peculiar  Deception  Practiced  by  a 

Paris  Grocer.

A 

splendid  monument  of  Pierre 
Cabochard,  grocer,  stands  in  a  conspic­
uous  position  in  the  cemetery  of  Pere la 
Chaise.  It  bears  a  pathetic  inscription, 
ending :
” His  inconsolable  widow  dedicates 
this  monument  to  his  memory,  and  con­
tinues  the  same  business  at  the  old 
place,  No.  167  Rue  Mouffotard. ”

A  gentleman  had  the  curiosity  to  call 
” 1  came  to  see  the  widow  Cabo­

at  the  address  given.
chard,”   said  the  caller.

“ Well,  sir,  here  she 

is ,”   said  the 

man.

“ but  I  wish  to  see  the 

“ 1  beg  pardon,”   said  the  gentleman, 
lady  herself.”
“ S ir,”   was  the answer,  “ I  am  the 

widcw  Cabochard.”

I  saw 

at  Pere 

yesterday 

“ I  don’t  exactly  understand,”   quoth 
the  visitor. 
“ I  allude  to  the  relict  of 
the  late  Pierre  Cabochard,  whose  monu­
ment 
la 
Chaise. ”

“ I  see,  I  see,”   was  the  smiling  re­
joinder. 
“ Allow  me  to  inform  you that 
Pierre  Cabochard  is  a  myth,  and  there­
fore  never  had  a  wife.  The  tomb  you 
admire  cost  me  a  good  deal  of  money, 
and  although  no  one  was  buried  there, 
it  proves  a  first-rate  advertisement,  and 
I  have  had  no  cause  to  regret  the  ex­
pense.  What  can  I  sell  you  in  the  way 
of  groceries?”

Only  Honest  Advertising  Can  Win. 

From the Chicago-Dry Goods Reporter.
While  all  honest  advertising 

is  not 
successful,  all 
successful  advertising 
must  be  honest.  Deceptive  advertising 
may  win  for  a  time,  but  no  success 
built  on  deceit  can  last.  First  of  all,  a 
business  must  be  right  in  every  way  be­
fore  it  can  succeed.  Then  advertising 
can  aid  in  pushing  such  a  business. 
It 
would  even  attain  a  measure  of  success 
with  very  poor advertising,  or  no adver­
tising  at  all.  On  the  other  band,  no 
business  which  is  not  right  can  achieve 
permanent  success  even  through  good 
advertising.  Advertising 
is  powerful 
but  not  omnipotent.  It cannot  overcome 
the  public’s  disapproval  of  high  prices, 
poor  styles,  trashy  goods,  or  poor  man­
agement.  Men  who  thoroughly  under­
stand  this  will  not  attempt  to  advertise 
unless  the  conditions 
justify  them  in 
expecting  returns.  Those  who  do  not 
understand 
it  are  the  ones  who  claim 
that  “ advertising  does  not  pay.”

No  More  Advertising  Schemes.
The  merchants  of  Marlboro,  Mass., 
have  agreed  to  give  no  advertisements 
hereafter  to  programme  fakirs.  Thi- 
includes  the  circus  programmes,  posts 
office  clock  schemes,  labor union direct­
ories,  express  office  lists,  hotel  registers 
and  hotel  business  directories  and  map 
directories.

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.

How  Jack  Haverly  Gave  a  Young 

Man  a  Start. 
Correspondence New York Press.

In 

Thirteen  years  ago  I  sent  to  Jack 
Haverly,  a  young  friend  who  wanted  to 
go on  the  stage.  Haverly was  a  big  fish 
in  the  theatrical  pond  then,  having  half 
a  dozen  theaters  on  his  hands  in  the 
large  cities of  the  country.  The  youth 
found  Jack  rehearsing  a  play  on  the 
stage  of  the  Fourteenth  Street  Theater, 
but  not  too  busy  to  listen  to  all  that  he 
had  to  say. 
less  than  ten  minutes 
the  manager  satisfied  himself  that  the 
boy  was  of  no  use  to  him.  He  advised 
him  to  give  up  thought  of  being  an 
actor,  and  to  get  into some  legitimate 
business.  The  youngster  said  that  he 
had  tried  everything,  was out  of  money 
and  could  find  no  work.  Haverly  wrote 
a  letter,  which  he sealed  and  handed  to 
him,  with  a  request  that  he  take 
it  to 
Mr.  G .,  a well-known  merchant.  When 
Mr.  G.  opened  it,  he  sa id : 
“ Well,  my 
friend,  when  do  you  want  to 
young 
start 
in?  Mr.  Haverly  has  deposited 
with  me  $100 to your  credit,  which  will 
go  to  you as  wages at  the  rate  of  $20  a 
week.  When  that 
is  all  gone  we  shall 
decide  whether you  are  of  any  use to us,

and  it  may  lead  to  your  permanent  em­
ployment. ”   That  boy  is  to-day  a  pros­
perous  merchant, 
thanking  the  Lord 
that  he  was  kept  off  the  stage.  Long 
ago  he  repaid  the  loan  with  extravagant 
interest,  and 
it  came,  too,  at  a  time 
when  Jack  needed  a  dollar.  Haverly’s 
mines  are  said  to  have  yielded  him  al­
ready  over  a  quarter  of  a  million,  and 
the  fun  has  hardly  begun.

Bacon  Now  Cured  by  Hops.

A  new  use  has  been  discovered  for 
bops,  namely,  the  curing  of  bacon. 
It 
is  found  that  a  sprinkling  of  hops  in 
the  brine  when  bacon  and  ham  are  put 
in  pickle  adds  greatly  to  the  flavor  of 
both,  and  enables  them  to  be  kept  an 
indefinite  period,  says an  English paper.

Not  a  Bad  Idea, 

In

many  business 

establishments
signs  are  being  hung  which  announce 
that,  “ Our  hours 
for  talking  politics 
are  before  8  a.  m.  and  after  6  p.  m. ”  
Many  other  houses  might  profitably  fol­
low  this  example.

A  man  is  known  by  the  company  he 
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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESM AN

11

to  assume  the  active  management of  the 
Knights  of  the  Grip,  it  would  prosper 
under  his  administration.

Large  in size,  commanding  in appear­
ance,  jovial  in  disposition,  loyal  to  his 
friends,  faithful  to  his  business,  with  a 
heart  as 
is  himself,  Mr. 
Hammell  has  every  reason  to  regard  his 
success  with  satisfaction  and  his  future 
with  complacency.

large  as  he 

Two  Great  Men.

“ Out  of  the  way,  fellow,  and 

pass,’ ’  shouted  the  man 
buggy.

let  me 
light 

in  the 

“ Git  out  of  the  way  yourself,”   re­
plied  the  man  on  the  load of hay.  “ Who 
air  you,  anyway?”

“ I  am  the  Judge  of  the  Superior 

Court, ”

“ Jedge  of  the  Court?  Well!  An’  ef 
you  was  to  die  they  couldn’t  git  no 
other  one,  could  they?”

“  Y-yes.
‘ ‘ Oh,  they  could?  Well,  I  guess  then 
I  m  more  important  than  you  air. 
I'm 
the  only  man  in  the  hull  township  that 
knows  how  to  make  a  good  ax  handle.”

Where  It  Hurts.
“ Come,  old  man,”   said 

the  kind 
friend,  “ cheer  up.  There  are  others." 
“ I  don’t  mind  her  breaking  the engage­
ment  so  very  much,”   said  the  despond­
ent  young  man,  “ but  to  think  that  I 
have  got  to  go  on  paying  installments 
on  the  ring  for  a  year  to  come  yet ! 
That  is  what  jars  m e.”

SU C C E S S FU L  SALESM EN.

Jas.  F.  Hammell,  Manager  Hammell 

Cigar  Co.

Jas.  F.  Hammell  was  born  on  a  farm 
near  Brighton,  Livingston  county,  Aug. 
13,  1859.  His  antecedents  were  Celtic, 
his  father  having  been  born  in  Ireland, 
while  his  mother  was  of  Irish  descent, 
although  she  was  born  in  the  Empire 
State.  When  old  enough  to  do  so,  he 
began  attending  district  school  during 
the  winter  months,  working  on  his 
in  the  summer.  At  the 
father’s  farm 
19  he  became  a  pedagogue, 
age  of 
teaching  district 
schools  during  the 
winter  and  attending  school  himself 
during  the  spring  and 
In 
the  spring  of  1881,  he  went  to Williams- 
ton  and  opened  a  grocery  store,  which 
he  continued  with  only  a  fair  measure 
of  success  for  three  years.  Disposing  of 
in  January,  1884,  he  went on
the  stock 

fall  terms. 

stock  and  attends  to  the  selling  of  the 
goods,  traveling  no  inconsiderable  por­
tion  of  the  time  himself,  his  territory 
comprising  the  D.  &  M.  and  D.,  L.  &
N.  Railways. 
Three  other  salesmen 
are  employed—J.  S.  Dunn  in  Central 
in  Southern 
Michigan,  Theo.  Gale 
Michigan  and  Northern 
Indiana  and 
Ohio  and  M.  K.  Collins  in  Northern 
Michigan  and  the  Upper  Peninsula.

Mr.  Hammell  was  married  Aug.  13, 
1883  ( it  happening  to  be  on  the  anni­
versary  of  his  birth),  to  Miss  Elleanor 
Williams,  of  Williamston.  Two  boys 
grace  the  family  circle—Jas.  F .,  Jr.,
11  years  old,  and Geo.  L.,  9 years of age. 
The  family  have  a  pleasant  home  at  909 
Michigan  avenue,  East,  and, 
if  Mr. 
Hammell  has  a  weakness  in  his  make­
up  anywhere, 
is  the  partiality  he 
shows  for  his  family  and  the  efforts  he 
puts  forth  to  render  their pathway pleas­
ant.

it 

Mr.  Hammell  has  always  taken  more 
or  less  interest  in  local  politics. 
I11  the 
spring  of  1892  he  ran  for Mayor  of  Ionia 
on  the  Democratic  ticket,  being  de­
feated  by  only  42  votes.  His  opponent 
was  Hon.  Frank  D.  M.  Davis,  who  was 
elected  Circuit  Judge  the  next  spring 
after  his  election  as  Mayor. 
In  view  of 
Mr.  D avis’  popularity,  Mr.  Hammell’s 
run  is  still  looked  upon as a phenomenal 
one.  He  was  recently  elected  to  serve 
his  ward  at  Lansing  as  alderman  for  a 
second  time  and  has  achieved  consider­
able  distinction  in  the  Common Council 
for  the  efforts  he  has  made  on  behalf  of 
his  ward  and  city.

from 

Mr.  Hammell  has  always  been  an 
ardent  advocate  of  organization  among 
traveling  men,  having  acted  on  the  as­
sumption  that  only  by  organization  can 
the boys  accomplish  the  best  results 
in 
obtaining  concessions 
railways 
and  hotels  and  reform  the  abuses  which 
are  the  bane  of  the  traveling  man’s life. 
He  was  an  early  member  of  the  T.  P. 
A.  and  a  delegate  to  the  National  con­
vention  at  Minneapolis  in  1889.  He  was 
a  charter  member  of  the  Michigan 
Knights  of  the  Grip,  holding  certificate 
No.  11.  He  was  Vice-President  for  the 
Fifth  District  for  a  number  of  years, 
and,  at  the  annual  convention  in  Grand 
Rapids  in  1894,  was  elected  to  serve  on 
the  Board  of  Directors,  in  which capac­
ity  he  has  distinguished  himself  for  the 
faithful  service  and  energetic  effort  he 
has  given  the  organization.  He  is  serv­
ing  his  second  term  as  Chairman  of 
Post  A,  having  taken  a  prominent  part 
in  all  the  arrangements  made  for  the 
entertainment  of  the  guests  of  the  city 
on  the  occasion  of  the 
1895  convention 
of  the  Michigan  Knights  of  the  Grip. 
He  had  charge  of  the  candidacy  of  J.  J. 
initial 
Frost  for  Treasurer,  and  the 
election  of  Mr.  Frost  was  due,  in 
large 
measure,  to  the  remarkable  nominating 
speech  made  by  him  on  that  occasion.
the 
logical  candidate 
for  the  next  Presi­
dency  of  the  Michigan  Knights  of  the 
Grip,  but  candidly  asserts  that,  if  the 
members  think  another  can  serve the or­
ganization  to  better  purpose  than  he 
can,  that  man  will  find  no  more  faithful 
supporter  than  Mr.  Hammell  himself. 
He 
is  not  an  aspirant  for  the  office  in 
the  ordinary  sense  of  the  term,  being 
anxious  only  that  the  position  shall  be 
filled  by  some  one  who will  give  the A s­
sociation  the  painstaking  effort and con­
servative  management  which  serve  to 
render  the  organization  popular  with 
the  boys.  The  fact  that  Mr.  Hammell 
has,  in  the  short  space  of  seven  years, 
built  up  a  large  business  of  his  own 
is 
a  pretty good  indication  that,  if  he  were

is,  undoubtedly, 

Mr.  Hammell 

the  road  for  Beatty,  Fitzsimmons & Co., 
Detroit,  for  whom  he traveled in Central 
and  Southern  Michigan  for  two  years. 
Jan.  1,  1886,  his employers discontinued 
the  traveling salesmen system,  when Mr. 
Hammell  engaged  to  cover  Central  and 
Western  Michigan  for  the  Globe  To­
bacco  Co.,  with  whom  he  remained 
three  and  one-half  years,  when  he  was 
compelled  to  resign  on  account  of  poor 
health.  From 
June  until  November, 
1889,  he  was  so  ill  with rheumatism  that 
many  of  his  friends  thought  he  would 
never  recover,  and  there  were 
times 
when  he  was  afraid  that  the  worst  fears 
of  his  friends  would  be  realized.  Not 
illness  would 
knowing  how 
to  start  a  small 
continue,  he  decided 
business,  and  on  Nov. 
1,  1889,  began 
manufacturing  cigars  on  a  small  scale 
at  Ionia  under  the  style  of  the  Hammell 
Cigar  Co.  The  business  met  with 
in­
stantaneous  recognition  at  the  hands  of 
the  trade  and  the  volume  of  sales  in­
creased  so  rapidly  that  a  large  force  of 
employes  was  soon  on  the  pay  roll  of 
the  company. 
In  April,  1893,  the  in­
stitution  received  such flattering induce­
ments  from  the  Lansing  Improvement 
Co.  to  remove  to  Lansing  that  it  was 
thought  good  policy  to accept them,  and 
the  factory  of  the  Hammell Cigar  Co.  at 
the  Capitol  City 
is  now  one  of  the  in­
dustries  which  is  pointed  to  with  much 
pride  by  the  people  of  Lansing.

long  the 

In  May,  1881,  Mr.  Hammell admitted 
to  partnership  his  brother,  P.  J.,  who, 
for  eighteen  years  previous  to that time, 
identified  with  the  banking 
had  been 
establishment 
& 
O’ Hearn,  at  Howell.  P. 
J.  attends  to 
the  credit and  collection  departments  of 
the 
institution,  while  James  buys  the

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BEHIND  WITH  ORDERS.

Wholesale Grocer.

The following  is a sample of  the way  orders  are  coming  in  daily 
from the best wholesale and  retail  dealers throughout the country
Office of R. A.  BARTLEY, 
T o ledo, Oh io, July 28,1896.

Stimpson Computing Scale Co.,  Elkhart,  Ind.

Ge n t l e m e n :  The  last  shipment  of  scales  is  just  received.  The
scale now certainly is a beauty, as well as the most perfect scale on the market. 
Ship us 1 dozen more as soon as convenient.  We have been compelled to hold 
orders tor want of scales right along of late.

Yours very respectfully.

(SIGNED) 

R.  A. BARTLEY.

STIMPSON  COMPUTING  SCALE  CO.,  Elkhart,  Ind.

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THE  M ICHIGAN  TR A D E S M A N

Labor  Troubles  and  Socialism.

Every  stage  of  progress  creates  new 
problems,  and  men  naturally  look  to  a 
higher  civilization 
for  their  solution. 
Accumulation  of capital  and  division  of 
labor  were  essential  steps  in  the  devel­
opment  of  productive 
industry;  but 
now  it  is  complained  that  this  advance 
has  been  achieved  at  too  great  a  cost  of 
individual  independence  and  security, 
and 
it  has  become  a  question  whether 
civilization  can  provide  a  remedy  for 
the  ills  which  this  particular  triumph 
has  entailed.

There  was  no  proletariat  as  long  as 
men  owned  the  tools  of  their  own  trade, 
or  as  long  as  every  handicraftsman  had 
an  opportunity  to  learn  and  practice 
the  whole  of  his  trade;  but  the  estab­
lishment  of  the  factory  system  brought 
about  a  division  of  labor which confined 
the  employment  of  the 
individual  la­
borer  to  a  special  branch  of  the  trade 
in  which  he  was  engaged,  and  made 
it 
impossible  for  him  to  learn  that  trade 
as  a  whole.  So  it  has happened,  for  in­
stance,  that  the number of  actual  watch­
makers  has  become  very  small,  though 
more  watches  are  made  now  than  ever 
before.  The  same  may  be  said  of shoe­
making,  and of  nearly  all  the  old  handi­
crafts.  A  man  is  employed  in  a  watch­
making  factory  to  make  mainsprings, 
and  nothing  but  mainsprings;  another 
in  making  nothing  but 
the  hands. 
When  one  of  these  men  loses  his  place, 
he  must 
for  a  vacancy  in  some 
other  watchmaking  factory.  He  cannot 
go  to  making  watches  on  his  own  ac­
count ;  he  does  not  know  how  to  make 
an  entire  watch. 
If  he  did  know  how, 
he  would  be  very  little  better  off,  for 
he  cannot  compete  with  the  expensive, 
ingenious  and 
fast-working  machinery 
in  the  factory.  So  he  must  wait
used 

look 

the  organization  of  trades  unions and la­
bor  societies.  This  effort  has  not  been 
wholly  fruitless.  It  has  helped  to  main­
tain  a  fair  standard  of  wages,  albeit  it 
has  arranged  class  against  class  and 
man  against  man,  resulting  in  endless 
irritation  and  incessant  ill  feeling.  The 
frequent  strikes  and  boycotts  ordered 
and  conducted  by  venal  and  unscrupu­
lous  leaders  have  reacted  on  the  work­
ers,  because  capital  can  better  afford  to 
lie  idle  than  labor  can  when  those  two 
mutually  dependent  elements  assume  an 
attitude  of  mutual  defiance.

Then,  again,  tne  inventive genius  of 
the  human  mind,  stimulated,  as  it  is, 
by  the  prospect  of  immense  rewards,  is 
another  and  a  constant  menace  to  the 
man  who  depends  upon  to-day’s  work 
for  to-morrow’s  bread.  Here  are  two 
sides  to  this  question  and  plausible  ar­
guments have been  made  on  both  sides; 
but,  while  it  is  true  that  the 
invention 
of  a  new  machine  makes  a  new  trade 
and  calls  for  labor  in  a  new  direction, 
it  is  also  true  that  it  throws  men  out  of 
work  who  know  no  trade  but  their  old 
one.  The  new  machine  may  make  cer­
tain  articles  so  cheap  that  many persons 
can  afford  to  buy  them  in  abundance 
who,  before 
invention,  never  pur­
chased  those  articles  at  all,  or,  at  the 
best,  but  sparingly.  That  much  may  be 
admitted;  but  there 
is,  nevertheless,  a 
certain  displacement  of labor,  with  con­
sequent  hardship  of  the  sorest  sort  to 
many  families.  And,  beyond  all  these 
causes  of 
industrial  distress,  there  are 
those  monetary  revolutions  and  disloca­
tions,  failures  of  commercial  enterprise 
and  speculation,  and  seasons  of  general 
business  depression,  which  may  occur 
either  through  the  scantiness  of  crops, 
or  through  the  cultivation  of  new  and 
larger  areas  of  agricultural 
lands,  or

its 

through  the  operation  of  remote,  ob­
scure  and  inexplicable 
influences—and 
all  of  these  things  weigh  most  heavily 
of  all  upon  the  laboring  class.

Well,  what  remedy  can  a  higher  civ­
ilization  provide  for  the  ills  here  enu­
merated?  There  is  a  growing  tendency 
in  some quarters  to  look  to  socialism  for 
a  cure.  There  are  many  who  profess  to 
believe  that  a  thorough-going  system  of 
socialism  would  get  rid,  once  for all,  of 
the  evils  that  grow  out  of  competition, 
provide  all  the  benefits  that  follow  com­
bination,  and  reap  all  the  increase  and 
improvement  which  are  gained  by  a  d i­
vision  of  labor,  without  sacrificing  the 
security  or  dwarfing  the  manhood  of 
the  laboring  man.  On  the  other  hand, 
it  is  not  difficult  to  point  out  many  and 
very  serious,  not  to  say  absolutely  in­
superable,  obstacles 
in  the  way  of  the 
adoption  and  practical  working  of  any 
such  scheme. 

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

The  Market  Value  of Cast-Out  Teeth. 
From the  London Truth.

I  wonder  whether  all  my  readers know 
the  value  of  old  artificial  teeth  when 
they  contain  gold  in  any  quantity. 
If 
they  do  not,  I  should  advise  them  to get 
good  advice  on  the  subject  before  sell­
ing,  for  there 
is  an  enormous  demand 
for  such  articles 
in  the  advertisement 
columns  of  the  papers,  and  I  suspect 
that  a  good  deal  of  swindling  is done  in 
the  trade.  There  is  one  advertisement 
in  which  those  who  have  teeth  for  sale 
are  recommended  to apply to a manufac­
turing  dentist  rather  than  to  a  wardrobe 
buyer.  A  lady  responded  to  this adver­
tisement  the  other  day,  and  got  an  offer 
of  £ i  for  her  set,  but,  being  dissatisfied 
with  the  offer,  she  took  the  goods  to  a 
pawnbroker,  who at  once  offered  her  £'¿ 
If,  therefore,  a 
14  shillings  for  them. 
manufacturing  dentist 
is  a  better  pur­
chaser  than  an  old  clothes  merchant,  a 
pawnbroker  would  seem  to  have  the  ad­
vantage  of  both.

for  a  vacancy  in  a  factory—not  for  any 
vacancy,  however,  but  for  one  in  his 
own  special  branch  of  the  business.  He 
has  become  a  mere  cog  on  a  wheel,  a 
part  of  a  machine.

Such  a  man  feels,  when  he  reflects 
upon  these  things,  that  he  is  not  free, 
and  certainly  it  would  be  hard  to  show 
that  he  enjoys  that  degree  of 
industrial 
freedom  which  belonged  to  the  watch­
makers  of  a  former  time,  who  owned 
the  tools  of  their  trade  and  were masters 
of  all  its  branches.  The modern  watch­
maker  is  free,  indeed,  in some respects. 
He  has  civil  freedom  and religious free­
dom ;  he  may  vote  as  it  pleases him and 
he  may  announce  his  opinions  on  any 
subject  without  fear  of  persecution;  but 
neither  his  time  nor  his  position  in 
business  belongs  to  him.  He 
is  not 
independent,  and  he 
is  not  secure  in 
his  employment.

It  used  to  be  said  that  competition 
was  the  life  of  trade,  but  capitalists,  at 
least,  have  long  doubted  the  soundness 
of  that  maxim.  Capitalists  competing 
with  capitalists  lowered  rates,  destroyed 
profits  and  demoralized  the  market.  Of 
late  years  they  have  taken  a  hint  from 
experience,  and  the  consequence  is  the 
formation  of  trust  companies,  or similar 
business  organizations,  which  are  sim­
ply  so  many  attempts  to  solve  the  prob­
lem  by  substituting  combination 
for 
competition.  Formerly  there  were  too 
many  capitalists,  too  many  companies, 
in  the  same  business;  but  by 
engaged 
this  new  plan  production 
is  limited, 
and  rates  are  fixed—the  price  of 
labor, 
to  some  extent,  as  well  as  of  the  things 
produced  by 
labor 
labor,  while  capital 
competing  with 
combined  with  capital,  was 
in  a  bad 
way,  and  a  great  effort  has  been  made 
to  get  rid  of  that  source  of  hardship  by

labor.  Of  course, 

THE  QUESTION  OF  THE  DAY

GOLD  OR  SILVER?

I t   w ill  require  close  stu d y  and  deep  thou gh t  to  d ecide  w h ich   is  the  better. 

T h is   m eans  w ear  and  tear  o f  the  system .

B ra c e   up  on  good

R O A j S * ® b   C O W ® ®

and  be  happy.

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W.  J.  GOULD

Importers  and  Coffee  Roasters,

&  CO.,

DETROIT,  MICH.

REPRESENTATIVE  RETAILERS.

B.  C.  Hill,  President  Jackson  Retail 

Grocers’  Association.

Byron  C.  Hill  was  born  in  Albion, 
Orleans  county,  N.  Y .,  Jan.  6,  1850.  Be­
ing  left  without  a  father  at  the  age of  14 
years,  he  earned  his first  money  by  do­
ing  errands  for  the  Whitmore  &  Carson 
Store  Co.,  for  which  he  worked  about  a 
year,  thereby  assisting  in  the  support  of 
his  mother  and  younger  broher.  He 
was  then  apprenticed to  learn  the  paint­
ing  and  graining  trade,  which  occupa­
tion  he  followed  until  1889,  in  which 
year he  went  to  Jackson  and  engaged  in 
the  grocery  business  with  his  brother, 
Chas.  G .,  under  the  style  of  Hill  Bros. 
The  firm  has  since  added  a  meat  mar­
ket  and  also  carries  side  lines  of  hay, 
straw  and  feed.  Business  is  conducted

in  [.twoj  stores 'fronting  on  Main  street, 
furnishing  employment  to  five  clerks,  a 
book-keeper and  a  cashier.

Mr.  Hill  was  married  in  1870  to  Miss 
Lizzie  Dickerson,  of  Manchester.  Two 
children  are  included  in  the  family  cir­
cle—Eugene,  aged  21  years,  who 
is 
now  shipping  clerk  for  the 
Jackson 
Grocery  Co.,  and  Jessie,  a  'daughter  of 
14  years.

Mr.  Hill 

is  a  “  jiner, ”   being  a  re­
spected  member  of  Jackson  (F.  &  A. 
M .)  Lodge  No.  50,  Royal  Arch  No.  3 
and  Jackson  Commandery  No.  9.  He 
is  popular  among  all  classes,  possessing 
the  respect  of  all  who  enjoy  his  ac­
quaintance.  His 
election  a  second 
time  to  the  Presidency  of  the  Jackson 
Retail  Grocers’  Association  is  an 
indi­
cation  of  the  esteem  in  which  he  is held 
by  the  retail  grocery  trade  of  the  Cen­
tral  Citv.

A  Remedy  for  Depression.

From the Commercial  Bulletin.

We  hear a  great  deal  about depression 
these  days.  We  say  business  is  de­
pressed,  and  the  statement 
is  true. 
Some  tell  us  that  it  is  due  to  the  cur­
rency,  or  to  the  tariff,  or  to  speculative 
unsoundness,  or  to  other  causes,  all 
more  or 
less  true.  We  recognize  that 
all  of  these  factors  are  contributory  to 
existing  conditions,  but  we  deny  that 
any  one  of  them  is  the  sole  cause.  All 
enter  into  the  question.

We  don’t  believe  in  theoretical  busi­
ness,  but  rather  in  the  practical  side  of 
things,  the  side  that  takes  hold  of  a 
matter  in  earnest  and  produces  a  result. 
Let  us  take  the  farmer  and  look  at  his 
case.  The  farmer  complains  a  good 
deal,  and  some  of  the  politicians  say  he 
is  downtrodden,  in  other  words robbed. 
Is  the  statement  true?  We  think  not.

for 

There 

is  too  much  disposition  to 
place  responsibility 
unfavorable 
things  upon  Providence,  and a  tendency 
to charge  up individual  conditions to the 
Government. 
If  a  city  is  torn  to  pieces 
by  an  earthquake,  we  comment  upon I 
the  mysterious  providential  interference 
of  God,  when  there  is  nothing  mysteri­
ous  about  it,  for  God  has  told  us  by  a 
law  as  clear  as  the  daylight 
natural 
that  certain 
locations  along  the  sea­
shore are  at  times  liable  to visitation  by 
these  forces.  Because  man,  with  this 
knowledge,  deliberately  builds  a  home 
where  these  disturbances  are  bound  to 
is  nothing  mysterious  or 
occur,  there 
providential  about  it,  so  far  as  there 
is 
special  intervention.  And  so  when  we 
find  the  farmer  charging  his  failure  to 
the  Government,  when 
is  a  well- 
known  fact  in  his  neighborhood  that  he 
doesn’t  half  work,  what  can  we  infer?
Is  the  Government  to  blame  for  his fail­
ure,  or  is  he  to  blame?  We  must  answer 
in  favor  of  the  latter,  all  other  things 
being  equal.

it 

is  because  there 

Taking  the  same  soil,  the  same  cli­
mate,  the  same  neighborhood,  and 
if 
one  farmer  succeeds  and  prospers,  all 
others  of  equal  resources  should  do  the 
If  they  do  not,  so  far  as  general 
same. 
conditions  go,  it 
is 
something  wrong  with  their  farm  man­
agement,  not  with  the  Government,  or 
with  markets,  for  the  successful  farmer 
has  placed  himself  free  of  debt  with the 
Government  and  the  markets.
Some  of  this  poor  management  comes 
it  comes 
from  ignorance,  and  some  of 
is  complete 
from  laziness.  The  result 
failure  or  partial 
failure,  no  matter 
what  the cause be.  A farmer thinks,  be­
cause  he  works  hard  and  does  not  suc­
ceed,  that  there is something wrong  with 
the  Government,  when  the  fact  is,  in 
the  connection  which  we  are using here, 
the  fault  is  with  his  management.  He 
is  doing  the  wrong  thing  to  produce de- 
ired  results,  and  he  may  work 
just  as 
hard  on  the  wrong  thing  as  he  would 
have  to  work  on  the  right  thing.

is 

It 

just  as  true 

The  farmer  doesn’t  stand  alone  in 
in  any  other 
this. 
business  as  in  his.  But  he  seldom  sees 
that.  The  reason  we  have  millionaires 1 
s  because  men  think  and  then  act,  and 
they  are  shrewd  enough  to  act  on 
lines 
that  produce  results.  This  is  not  a  de­
fense  of  all  methods  used  by  m illion-! 
aires,  but  is  rather  recognizing  a  sim­
ple  fact.  They  get  results,  because  they 
have  reasoned  a  line  of  action correctly.
A  farmer  who  fails  with  favorable soil 
conditions  loses  because  he  hasn’t  rea­
soned  correctly.  He  has  utilized  too 
much  of  his  land  in  the  pasture  of a few 
sheep,  when  if  he  had  known  the  best 
way—and  his  state  farm 
is  teaching 
him—he  could  have  sown  half  the 
ground  used  to  rape  grass  and  had  half 
the land to use for something else,besides 
getting  better  results  with  the  sheep. 
In  this  way  he  would  have  enlarged  his 
income.  The  millionaire  knows  how  to 
utilize  all  odds  and  ends  to  increase  the 
income—the  farmer  does  not.
The  remedy  for  one  kind  of  depres­
sion, then, is agricultural education.  The 
farmers  should  know  more  about  their 
business. 
It  requires  brains  to  run  a 
farm.  It  will  be  better  for all  concerned 
to  get  down  to  more  practical 
ideas  at 
home  rather than  to  worry so much about 
the  Government. 
If  we  will  first  correct 
defects  that  depend  on  our  own  effort, 
we  will  be  surprised  to  find  that  after 
all  it  wasn’ t  the  currency,  or  the  tariff, 
or  any  of  the  things  we  had  supposed, 
but  ourselves,  that  needed  attention.

New  York  Grocer  in  Trouble.

Annie  Zenuck,  five  years  old,  of  New 
York,  died  early 
last  week,  and  her 
mother  is  in  a  very  critical  condition, 
both  having  been  poisoned,  it  is alleged, 
by  some  canned  sardines  they  ate.  Soon 
after  eating  the  sardines  they  were  at­
tacked  with  cramps.  A  physician  was 
summoned,  but  despite  his  efforts  the 
girl  died.  William  O  Connor,  a  clerk 
in  the  grocery  store  where  they  made 
the  purchase,  was  locked  up.

A  needle,  slightly  greased,  will  float 
on  water,  because,  not  being  wet  by  the 
liquid, 
in 
which  it  is  supported.

it  produces  a  depression, 

THE  MICHIGAN  TR A DESM A N

13

y   Did You  Ever 

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

^  

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

GRAND  RAPIDS.

^ l u u a u u m u u u u u u u u u u ^

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 
in  stock.  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.

I. M. CLARK GROCERY CO.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

14
Shoes  and  Leather
Why  the  Clerk  Should  Be  Progressive. 
From the Shoe and Leather Gazette.

In  many  a  country  store  whose  pro­
prietor  is  indifferent  to  modern methods 
and  up-to-date  business  ways,  clerks 
are  employed  who  are  themselves  am­
bitious  at  the  beginning,  but  who,  from 
lack  of  appreciation  of  their  efforts, 
grow  slipshod  and  careless  and  prac­
tically  rust  out. 
If  you  are  in  this  po­
sition  and  your  employer  fails  to  en­
courage  you  in  your  efforts  to  make  his 
store  bright  and  more  attractive,  do  not 
become  discouraged.  Don’t  sit  down 
‘and  fold  your hands  and grumble.  Keep 
your  ambition.  Remember  that,  while 
you  are  working  for  him  to-day,  you 
will  not  always be,  and  that  the  habits 
formed  now  will  stick  to you longer than 
while  in  his  employ.

*  *  *

If  a  clerk  is  content  to  follow  the  ex­
ample  of  a  slovenly  and  careless  em­
ployer  who has  been  fortunate enough  to 
secure  possession  of  a  store  which, 
through  unusual  and  favorable  circum­
stances,  needs  no  pushing,  such  a  clerk 
does  himself  an  injustice  and an  injury. 
If  the  merchant  cannot  see  the  advan­
tage  of  attractive  window  displays  or 
the  benefit  of  a  neat  and  inviting  store 
appearance;  if  he  will  not  advertise, 
or,  in  fact,  adopt  any  of  the  modern 
methods  of  conducting  business,  it  is 
difficult  for  even  the  ambitious  clerk  to 
retain  his  energy  and  not  rust  out,  but 
he  should  prevent  this  at  any  cost.

*  *  *

It 

is  probably  true  that  a  vast  num 
ber  of  clerks  do  not  take  into  consider­
ation  sufficiently  the  fact  that  they  are 
not  laboring for their employers,  merely 
but  tor  themselves.  Because  their  em 
is  a  slow  coach  and  insists  on 
ployer 
doing  business  to-day  as 
it  was  done 
fortv  years  ago,  is  no  reason  why  the 
clerk  should  cheat  himself  by  drifting 
into the  same  rut.  He  should  keep  up 
with  the  times  under  all  circumstances 
and, 
if  he  cannot  practice  modern 
methods  where  he  is,  it  is  usually  ad­
visable  for  him  to  become  connected 
with  a  merchant  whose  ideas  are  more 
in touch with Nineteenth  Century wants.

As  a  matter  of  fact,  however,  there 
are  few  merchants  who are  not  willing 
that  clerks  should  be  as  progressive  as 
they  desire  so long  as  it  does  not  inter­
fere  with  their  own  satisfied  condition. 
The  clerk  will  find 
it  to  his  ultimate 
advantage  to  push  things  as  much  as 
possible.  His  present  employer may  not 
appreciate 
it  at  first,  but  he  is  pretty 
sure  to  become  aware  of  the value of  the 
clerk  before  many  moons  and  in  one 
way  and  another  encourage  his  new­
fangled  ideas  and  gradually  learn  to  re­
pose  confidence  in  him.  On  the  clerk's 
side  the  advantage  is  great.  His  clerk­
ship 
is  neither  more  nor  less  than  an 
apprenticeship  and  in  after years,  when 
he  has  become  a  full-fledged  merchant, 
the  experience  gained  in  his  early  days 
will  serve  him  splendidly  as  a progress­
ive  retailer.  Work  for  yourself,  and 
don’t  be  afraid  that  your  employer  may 
reap  a  little  of  the  benefit.

The  Popular  Pointed  Toe.

From  the Shoe and  Leather Gazette.

When  tan  shoes  first  came  on the mar­
ket  several  years  ago  a  great  howl  went 
up  that  the  new  craze  was  merely  a  fad 
and  would  not  last.  Manufacturers  of 
shoes  did  not  want  to  see  it  become 
permanent,  any  more  than  did  tanners, 
and  retailers  were  loud  in  their  denun­
ciations  of  the  departure  from  old-time 
black.  The  wish  was 
father  to  the 
thought  and  merchants  in  all  branches 
of  the  trade  became  convinced  that  the 
popularity  of  tan  shoes  would  be  but 
momentary  and  the  fad  go  out  as  sud­
denly  as 
in.  Trade  papers 
were  unanimous  in  predicting  an  early 
decline 
footwear,  and  had 
good  reason  for  the  prediction.

in  colored 

it  came 

All  these  views,  however,  proved  ut­
terly  erroneous.  To-day  colored  foot­
wear  is  in  greater  favor than ever before 
and  during  the  summer  months  pushes 
black  goods  closely.

It  looks as if  pointed  toes  would  prove 
a  repetition  of  this  occurrence.  During 
the  past  six  months  or  more  most of  the 
papers  in  the  shoe  trade  have  occupied 
themselves  with  predicting  the  early 
end  of  the  demand  for  shoes  with  the 
extremely  pointed  toes.  These  papers 
have  claimed that  the Bull-dog and Coin 
toes  were  rapidly  succeeding  the  Razor 
and  Needle  and that this fall the demand 
would  be  almost  wholly for those shapes.
Orders  now  coming  in  prove  the  fal­
Lastmakers 
lasts  to-day_ in 
every  center 
in  the  East,  from  which 
the  report  had  formerly  come  forth  that 
Razor  toes  were  no  longer  in 
Shoe 
manufacturers  find  that  the  demand  for 
women’s  shoes  is  as  heavy  as  ever  for 
extreme  toothpick  points. 
In  men  s 
goods  there  is  more  conservatism  and 
the  Bull-dog  and  Coin  toes  are  in  some 
request,  though not driving  out  the  more 
pointed  styles  in  any  degree.

sity  of  these  predictions. 
:  selling  pointed-toe 

it 

Despite  the  desire  of  manufacturers 
to  abolish  the  pointed  styles,  which 
is 
shared  by  retailers  as  well,  the  public 
evidently  does  not 
intend  that  the 
pointed  toe,  which  has  struck  its  fancy 
as  being  the  neatest  and  daintiest  foot­
wear  style  yet  brought  out,  shall  take  a 
back  seat  for  anvthing  so  ugly  and  un­
gainly  as  the  Bull-dog,  and  it  certainly 
seems  at  this  time  that  the  Razor  toe 
shoe  will  be  as  popular  a  year  hence 
with  women  as  it  is  to-dav.  With  men 
a 
less  radical  style  will  gain  some 
strength,  but  the  pointed  toe  will  not be 
retired  for  many  months  to  come.  The 
people  like  it  and  they  will  have  it,  no 
matter  what  the  tradesmen  and  trade 
press  say  about  it.

Patented  Footwear  Designs.

From the Shoe and Leather Facts.

caused 

generally 

During  recent  years  many  designs  of 
footwear  have  been  patented 
in  this 
country,  and  on  some  of  these  consid­
erable  fortunes  have  been  made,  but the 
rapidity  with  which  the  styles  have 
changed  has 
the 
originators  of  novelties  to  try  to  pro­
mote  their 
interests  by  other  methods 
than  that  of  the  legal  monopoly  of  their 
ideas.  The  great  obstacle  to  be  con­
fronted  has  been  the  capitalist,  who, 
patent  or  no  patent,  has  usually  stood 
ready  to  appropriate  the  ideas of  others, 
Some  infringements  have  escaped  de 
tection ;  others  have  been  noticed,  and 
in  consequence  of  their  discovery 
law­
suits  were 
instituted,  which  usually 
proved  very  expensive,  whether  the  re 
suits  were  satisfactory  or  not  for  the 
one  who  instituted  them.

It 

individuality  somewhere  which 

The  thought  is  suggested  in  this  con 
nection  that  fashions  in  footwear,  as 
ii 
dress  in  general  in  these  modern  times, 
are  largely  what  might  be  characterized 
as  a  social  product.  Sudden  revolutions 
are  scarcely  known. 
It  is  by  a  process 
incessant,  lawful  modification  that 
of 
old  fashions  are  lost  and  new  created 
The  product  of  scarcely  any  two  fac 
tories  is  exactly  alike.  There  is  a  touch 
of 
easily  detected  by  the  eye  of  the trained 
observer,  and  which  stamps the goods  of 
one  house  as  superior  to  those  of  the 
other. 
is  this  peculiar  seasoning  of 
an  otherwise  common  dish  that  makes 
it  worth  while  for  every  manufacturer 
to  do  his  utmost  to  excel  his  competi 
tors  and,  in  many  instances,  pay  high 
salaries  to  designers  and  others  in  his 
employ tooriginatemodificationsand im­
provements on a generally-accepted style.
A  manufacturer  who  gives  his  own 
best  thought  and  employs  first-class  tal­
ent  to  excel  in  the  direction  indicated 
very  naturally  protests  against  the  ap­
propriation  by  others  of  designs  for 
which  he  has  paid.  His  protest  is  more 
earnest because,  usually,  a  style  which 
he  has  brought  out  is  imitated  in  infe­
rior  material  and  offered  at  a 
lower 
price.  Without  a  patent  upon  which  to 
rest  his  claim,  he  has  to  content himself 
solely  with  the  advantage  gained  by  be­
ing  first 
in  the  field  with  the  styles 
worked  out by himself  and his employes, 
and  with  the  consolation  that  his  pro­
ductions  are,  at  any  rate,  good  enough 
to be  worthy  of  imitation.  Nevertheless, 
the  results  show,  in  most  instances,  that 
rewards  for  superiority  in  the directions 
indicated  are  not lacking.

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The  Motocycle  Coming.

Written  for the T r a d e s m a n .

The  growth  of  the  bicycle  movement 
has  not  yet  reached  its  climax,  and  so 
it  still  engrosses  the  public  mind  to  an 
extent  which  largely  excludes  consider­
ation  of  other  novelties  in  the  way  of 
progression.  This  and  the  fact that pub­
lic  thought  in  general  is  so  largely  oc­
cupied  by  politics have apparently over­
shadowed  the  cause  of  the motocycle un­
til  many,  no  doubt,  think  the  subject 
has  entirely  lost  attention.  As  a  matter 
of  fact,  the  development  of  the self-pro­
pelling  vehicle 
is  having  a  steady, 
healthy  growth.  There  is  no  cessation 
in 
the  Old  World 
countries,  especially  France;  and 
in 
this  country,  while  noisier  causes  seem 
to  engross  attention,  a  host  of  mechan­
ics  are  at  work  on  the  problem,  and 
their  work  is  receiving  recognition 
in 
many  ways.

the  movement 

in 

Last  year  saw  the  beginning  of  races 
or  competitive  contests  to  show  the  va­
rious  points  of  superiority.  These  at­
tracted  wide  attention  on  account  of 
their  novelty  and  thus  served  their  pur­
pose  as  an  advertisement  of  a  great 
newspaper. 
year  marks  their 
recognition  in  the  regular  agricultural 
exhibition  races,  some  of  the  state  and 
other  societies  having  offered  prizes 
and  scheduled  them 
in  their  regular 
lists.

This 

The  development  of  the  motocycle  in 
country  offers  problems  which 
this 
necessarily  make 
it  slow.  As  in  the 
case  of  the  bicycle,  many  of the ideas to 
be  embodied  will  develop  in  England 
and  France.  But 
in  the  adoption  of 
these  there  will  be  such  improvement 
that  their  originators  will  scarcely  rec­
ognize  them.  As  the  American  wheel 
is  acknowledged  to  be  far  superior  to 
that  of  any  other  country,  so  eventually 
will  the  American  motocycle  be  without 
a  peer.

system,  by 

The  eastern  countries  have  one  de­
cided  advantage  in  the  race  of  develop 
ment,  however,  in  that  they  have  roads. 
In  this  country  these  may  be  said  to  be 
practically  yet  to  be  built;  progress  in 
this  line  is  rapid,  but  in  its  broad  ex 
panse  the  work  is  incomparably  greater 
here  than 
in  any  other  country  which 
has  undertaken  it.  But  the  motocycle 
is  not  to  wait  for  the  completion  of  the 
improved  highway 
any 
means. 
Indeed,  the  very  fact  that  it  is 
to  be  built  for  use  on  other  than  the 
best  roads  will  give  it  a  greater  excel­
lence 
in  the  hands  of  the  Yankee  in­
ventors.  This  fact  is  well  illustrated  in 
the  case  of  the  American  locomotive. 
England  could  build  the  railways,  on 
account  of  their  comparatively 
limited 
settled  country, 
extent 
with 
solid 
rigidity.  This  led  to  a  correspondingly 
unyielding  and  solid  locomotive,  the­
oretically  the  best,  perhaps,  in  that  re­
gard,  but  practically  worthless  on  such 
roads  as  are  possible  to  be  built  in 
less 
densely  settled  regions.  The  American 
locomotive,  on  the  other  hand,  while  it 
has  developed  in  an  equal degree  in  ac­
curacy  and  excellence  of  construction, 
has  also  such  provision 
for  elasticity 
and  accommodation  to  imperfect  road­
bed  that  it  is  driving  English  and  all 
other  competition  out  of  the  new  coun­
tries.  Shipload  after  shipload  of  Bald­
win  locomotives  has  been  sent  to  the 
Russian  Siberian  railways in spite of the 
disadvantages  their  builders 
labor  un­
der 
in  the  higher  cost  of  American 
work.

the  smoothest  and  most 

in  a  densely 

In  the  same  manner  the  American 
motocycle  will  become  the  best  in  the

ideas  and 

world.  The  more  exacting  conditions 
here  have  given  us  the  most  skillful  de­
signers  and  the  best  mechanics.  Euro­
inventions  will  aid  in 
pean 
the  work  and,  as 
in  the  case  of  the 
wheel,  the  European  vehicle  at  some 
time  may  seem  to  be  in  the  lead ;  but 
the  type  of  motocycle  destined  to  be­
come  universal  will  finally  be  one  con­
structed  by  American  mechanics.

N a t e .

Outlook  for  Hosiery  and  Underwear. 
From the Dry CJoods Reporter.

The  outlook  in this line  is more cheer­
ful  than  present  trade  conditions  would 
lead  one  to  expect.  The  policy  of  man­
ufacturers  to  make  goods  only  on  order 
gives  assurance 
that  overproduction 
will  not  make  price-cutting  necessary 
later  in  the  fall  and  retailers  can  place 
I orders  with  the  knowledge  that  their 
goods  will  at  least  be  worth  what  they 
paid  for  them  to  the  end  of  the  season. 
In  fact,  it  is  more  likely  that  there  will 
be  a  shortage  than  an  oversupply  of 
desirable  styles  and  qualities. 
Some 
manufacturers  are  reported  to  be  work­
ing  overtime  to  fill  orders,  while  others 
are  working  on  short  time,  not  having 
enough  orders  to  keep  them  busy. 
It is 
a  healthful  sign,  however,  that the latter 
are  not  making  goods  they  have  no  sale 
for 
in  the  hope  of  unloading  them  at 
cut  prices.

An  average  fall  business  is  expected 
in  both  hosiery  and  underwear,  and 
some  jobbers  report  an advance business 
in  excess  of  last  season.  A  good  house 
trade 
is  also  looked  for,  though  it  will 
start  a  little  later  than  usual.
The  goods  which  will  be 

in  demand 
are  mostly  staple  lines.  In  hosiery  some 
attention  will  be  paid  to  fancies,  but 
the  great  bulk  of  the  business  will  be  in 
blacks  and  tans.  In fancy hose  the  plaid 
styles  will  be  prominent  in  all  grades, 
from  cotton  to  silk.

Retailers  have  shown  a  disposition  in 
placing  early  orders  to  piece  out  the 
lines  carried  over  from  last  season,  and 
is  looked  on 
this  conservative  policy 
with 
it  insures 
that  their  customers  will  not  overbuy, 
and  are  therefore  more  certain  to  have 
a  satisfactory  season.

jobbers,  for 

favor  by 

Some  State  street  buyers  report  a 
growing  tendency  among  consumers  to 
wear  cotton  hose  throughout  the  year, 
and  have  kept  this  fact  in  mind  in plac­
ing  orders. 
In  stores  selling  to  the  bet­
ter  class  of  trade  a  good  business  is  ex­
pected 
in  fine  cashmere  and  silk  hose. 
Special  lines  of  fine  underwear  are  also 
growing 
in  favor,  and  this  tendency  is 
being  encouraged  by  the  better  class  of 
retailers,  as  it  insures  a  more  profitable 
underwear  business.

favor,  especially 

The  union  suit  still  continues  to  grow 
in 
ladies’  and 
children’s  wear,  and  bids  fair  to  show 
largely  increased  sales  the  coming 
fall 
season.

Manufacturers  and 

jobbers  are  well 
satisfied  with  the  fall  business  up  to 
date,  and  if  retailers  have  as  favorable 
a  season,  and  indications  are  that  they 
will,  the  fall  season  of  ’96  will  be  re­
membered  as  a  prosperous  one  in  this 
line.

for 

To  Protect  Their  Business.

The  merchants  of  Billings,  Mont., 
have  suffered  from  the  competition  ob 
traveling  salesmen  who  sell  goods  di­
rectly  to  the  consumer  long enough,  and 
have  succeeded 
in  getting  the  follow­
ing  amendment  added  to  the  peddling 
ordinance  of  the  city :
It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  traveling 
man  to  sell  at  retail,  groceries,  fruit, 
confectionery, 
stationery, 
blank  books,  cigars,  jewelry,  clothing, 
boots  or  shoes,  hardware,  harness  or 
merchandise  of  any  kind;  or  to  take 
any  orders  for  the  future  retail  delivery 
of  any  of  the above  mentioned  articles 
in  this  city,  without  first obtaining from 
the  city  treasurer  a  license  therefor,  for 
which 
license  the  city  treasurer  shall 
demand  and  collect  the  sum  of  $50 
per  week,  and  no  license  shall be issued 
for a  shorter  time  than  one  week.

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Tendency of me Times

Owing to the introduction of improved  labor-saving machinery, which 
enables ns to materially reduce the cost of the output of our coupon  book 
department, we have decided to  put  the  knife  into  three  grades  of  our 
coupon books and make a sweeping reduction in the  price  of  our Trades­
man, Superior and Universal grades to the following basis:

50 books, any denomination, $  1  50 
100 books, any denomination,  2 50 
500 books, any denomination,  11  50 
1,000 books, any denomination,  20 00

Notwithstanding the reduction, we shall hold  the  quality  of  our  out­
put up to its  present  high  standard,  making  such  further  improvements 
from time to time as will add to the utility and value of our system.

We shall still follow the practice of the past dozen years  in  prepaying 

transportation charges on coupon books where cash accompanies order.

We are the only m anufacturers of  coupon  books  who  stand  back  of 
our output with  a  positive  guarantee,  paying  $1  for  every  book  of  our 
m anufacture found to be incorrectly counted.

The trade are warned against using any infringements  of  our  coupon 
systems, as the m anufacturers will protect  their  rights  and  the  rights  of 
their customers, and will prosecute all infringers to the full extent of  the
Since engaging  in  the  business,  a  dozen  years  ago,  we  have  spent 
thousands of dollars in perfecting our system and bringing  it  to  its  pres­
ent  high  standard  of  excellence,  having  put  in  special  machinery  for 
nearly every department of  the work,  and  keeping  constantly  employed 
a force of skilled workmen who have had many years’ experience in the cou­
pon book business.  We still lead  the world  in the m anufacture of special 
coupon books for special purposes, and  solicit  correspondence with those 
who use. or wish to consider the  adoption  of,  something  more  elaborate 
than our regular books.

TRADESMAN  COMPANY,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

THe  MICHIGAN  TR A DESM A N

tunities  to  speak  of  his  store  from  their 
personal  knowledge  of 
it;  to  excite 
their  gratitude;  to  stimulate  their  sense 
of  obligation;  to  cause  them  to  men­
tion  his  name  with  dancing  eyes  and 
happy  hearts.  It  need  cost  only  a  trifle. 
Instead  of  sending  off  the  little  fellow 
who  asks,  ‘ ‘ Please gimme a card, ”   with 
surly,  “ No,  haven’t any  for  you—get 
out,”   say,  “ Certainly,  sir—and  here  is 
one  for  your  sister”   (if  he  has  one). 
Let  the  cards  be  picture  cards,  of  the
nd  children  like;  and  they  will  take 
no  offense  at  your  business  card  on  the 
back  of  them.  Of course,  another young­
ster  will  appear  in  the  wake  of  the  first 
comer,  and  a  dozen  more  at  his  heels, 
and  a  hundred  to  follow;  but  what  of 
it.  Cards  are  cheap,  and  good  adver- 
ising  costs  money.  The  main  thing  is 
not  the  distribution  of  the  cards  (since 
ttle  profit  will  result  from  that  trite 
form  of  advertising),  but  the  nianner 
of  the  giving.  Convey  to  each  little  re­
cipient  the  idea  that  you  are  a  pleasant 
person;  a  gentleman;  a  friend  and  a 
well-wisher.  These  small  people  are 
wonderfully  sympathetic;  their  hearts 
ire  open  and  honest;  they  are  not  cyn- 
cal  and  skeptical.  They  have  good 
memories.  They  possess  quick 
intu- 
tions.  They  fulfill  the  Golden  Rule. 
Your kindly  words,  your  pleasant  smile, 
will  be  “ as  bread  cast 
the 
waters.
Start  them  in  the  “ guessing  games”  
which  have  been  found  to  excite the  in­
terest  of  men  and women,  the  “ children 
of  a  larger  growth. ’ ’  Put  a  jar  of  beans 
n  your  window, 
the  number  to  be 
guessed  by  children  under  fifteen  only, 
and  provide  prizes  that  are  “ worth 
while.”   Give  to  each  little  body  who 
enters  your  store  (not  with  a  purchase- 
condition  to  the  giving)  an 
inconse­
quential  gift  of  some  sort. 
It  may  be 
the  veriest  trifle,  but  must  be  worth 
carrying  away.  Entertain them en masse 
as  you  can  afford—say,  a  public  kite­
flying  on  a  holiday,  or  a  Punch  and 
Judy  show,  or  prizes  for  running,  or 
swimming,  or  bicycling,  or  any  of  a 
dozen  projects  which  will  come  to  your 
mind.  And  let  the  advertising  monster 
not  bring  his  head  and  claws too plainly 
nto  evidence!  The  direct  advertising 
must  be  subordinated,  because  your 
scheme 
is  not  that  the  people  shall  be 
told  by  you  what  a  good  fellow  you  are, 
but  that'the  children  shall  perform  that 
laudatory  office,  in  their  own  way. 
If 
you  attempt  any  other  means  of  trans­
lation,  you  defeat  the  intent  and  prove 
yourself  incapable  of  the  higher  flights 
of  the  fine  art  of  advertising.

upon 

for  direct 

The  suggestions  above  given  con­
template  that  the  children  will  be  at­
tracted  to  you  and,  through  the exercise 
of  their  good  will  and  the  resultant 
missionary 
influence  which  they  will 
exert  on  the  heads  of  the  family,  thei 
parents  will  be  brought  to  deal  at  your 
store.  But  there  is  another  argument, 
and  one 
results:  These 
children  will  rapidly  grow  into the  age 
when  they  themselves  become  buyers. 
It  is  amazing  how  soon  childhood  gives 
way  to  young  womanhood.  Do  not wait 
until  the  buyer  is  grown  to  win  her  as  a 
customer.  The  child  has 
fewer  but 
stronger  prejudices  than  the  adult,  and 
is  less  calculating.  A  kind  word wings 
its  way  to  the  tender  heart  of  the  little 
maid,  while  it  might  fall  unheeded  on 
the  adamantine  heart  of  the  worldly 
grown.  A  favor  to  wee  Bessie  of  ten 
doubly  appreciated  as  against  the  favor 
to  Miss  Elizabeth  of  twenty.  Wee  Bes­
sie has  the  better  memory  and  you  have 
less  competition.  Miss  Elizabeth  is ac 
customed  to  hearing  pleasant  speeches 
from  gallant  gentlemen,  and  accepts  fa 
vors  and  compliments  as  a  matter  of 
course.  You  would  do  well  to commence 
your  campaign  while  she 
is  yet  wee 
Bessie.

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IN TER ES TIN G   T H E   C H ILD R EN .

Good  Will  of  the  Little  Folks  as  a 

Factor  in  Business  Success.

From the Keystone.

The  children  do  not  usually  figure 

in 
the  jeweler’s  calculations  except  to  the 
limited  extent  to  which  they  use  small 
rings  and  pins  and  other  infantile  gew­
gaws.  They  are  generally  regarded  as 
beneath  the  dignity  of  more  than  a 
casual  notice.  Tommy  and  Bessie  are 
not  serious factors  in the business world ; 
and  their  little  needs  are  a  small 
item 
in  the  total  of  the  year’ s business.  They 
are  considered  at  their  present  value 
only;  and  that  value  is  trifling 
in  pro­
portion  to  the  value  of  their  elders  in 
the  jeweler’s  estimate.  Hence  Tommy 
and  Bessie  are  shoved  to  the  side  or 
patronizingly  permitted  to stand  in their 
modest  places  near 
the  door  while 
the  grown  folks  are  elaborately  courted 
over  the  counter.
It  is  a  mistake;  and  many a merchant 
who  marvels  at  his  standstill  might 
find  the  explanation  in  his  wrong  con­
ception  of  the 
influence  of  the  little 
ones.
is  undoubtedly  true  that  women 
It 
buy  nine  tenths  of  all  the  merchandise 
sol'd  in  the  jewelry  store,  and  they  are 
behind  the  purchase  of  the  remaining 
is  sold  to  male  humanity. 
tenth  which 
The  shrewdest  advertisers 
in  all  the 
great  department  stores  persistently  di­
rect  their  efforts  to  winning  the  favor  of 
womankind, 
that 
they  are  paramount  in  the  buying  and 
that  their 
influence  directs  the  largest 
proportion  of  purchases  which  are  for 
purely  masculine  purposes.  This  pre­
eminence  of  woman  in  the  buying  field 
is  a  discovery  of 
late  years,  and  this 
tendency  of  shrewd  advertisers 
in  all 
lines  to  attempt  to  win  woman’s  favor, 
in  the  confident  expectation  that  men 
will 
lead,  is  the 
corollary  of  an  established  fact.
The  keen-witted  merchant  is  now  go­
ing  a  step  farther  in  the  fine  art  of  ad­
vertising.  As  women  influence  the  men 
in  the  purchase  of  things  intended  ex­
clusively  for  male  use,  so  do  the  little 
children  influence  the  mothers ;  and  an 
increasing  number  of  shrewd  merchants 
are  awakening  to  the  fact  and  planning 
their  trade  campaigns  accordingly.

follow  where  women 

rightly  calculating 

invariably 

smile  and 

It  is  related  that  Foote,  who began his 
business  career  in  a  modest  little  store 
on  a  narrow  street  in  London  far  from 
the highways of  trade,  made  it  a  special 
point  to  be  extremely  attentive  to  the 
little  people  who  were  sent  to  his  store 
for  a  spool  of  thread,  a piece of  braid  or 
a  dozen  buttons,  invariably  accepting 
their  little  sums  tendered  in  payment 
with,  “ Thank  you,  my  dear,”   accom­
panying  them  to  the  door  with  a  pleas­
ant 
handing 
them,  on  their  leaving,  a  picture  card, 
or  a  flower,  or  a  bit  of  candy,  or  some 
such  trifle,  with  which  he  always  kept 
himself  plentifully  supplied  for  these 
wee  customers.  The result  was  that  the 
little  folks  were  his  enthusiastic  friends 
and  advertised  him  persistently 
in  the 
homes  of  London.  Grateful  mothers, 
pleased  fathers  and  appreciative  sisters 
and  brothers  were  led  to  Foote’s  by  the 
children,  who  would  not  hear  to  another 
choice;  and  Foote,  a  merchant  of  only 
fourth-rate  ability 
in  the  estimate  of 
unprejudiced judges,  died a millionaire.
A  clothier  in  a  Western  city  is  prac­
ticing the  same  general  idea to-day,  and 
with  marvelous  results. 
In  addition  to 
continual  efforts  which  secure  the  lively 
interest  of  children,  he once a year gives 
a  monster  picnic  to  all  the  children 
in 
the  city;  conveys  them  to and from  the 
grounds,  provides 
bands  and  other 
music,  has  plentiful  wholesome  eat­
ables,  furnishes  sports  and  entertain­
ments  to  amuse,  and  sends  thousands 
of  happy  youngsters  to  bed  with  a  con­
viction  in  each  little  head that,  if  father 
and  mother  patronize  any  other  clothier 
than  the  host  of  the  day,  they  will  be 
traitors  to  the  sense  of  right and  justice.
The  average  jeweler  cannot  afford  the 
large  expense  of  such  a  monster  enter­
tainment;  but  he 
can  employ  the 
children  as  missionaries  in  his  cause, 
in  smaller  ways.  The  thing  to  do  is  to 
secure  their  good  w ill;  to  please  them 
with  attentions;  to  give  them  oppor-

sons  can  talk  well  enough  to  give  vent 
to  their  offensive  charges,  but  just  you 
try  to  say  a  word  in  defense  and  they 
can’t  hear  a  thing. 
I  had  a  lady  cus­
tomer  who  had  traded  with  me  a  good 
while.  She  was  a  widow  and  so deaf 
she  had  to  use  a  trumpet. 

'i.  ^

One  spring  she  decided  to  break  up 
keeping  house  and  wanted  her  stoves 
stored  for  the  whole  season.  We  gave 
her  our usual  price,  which  was  satisfac­
tory.  We  sent  for  the  stoves,  put  them 
all  in  good  shape  and  blacked  them  up 
and  stowed  them  away.  Three  or  four 
weeks  later  when  we  had filled our store­
room  with  a  lot  of  stoves  for  other  peo­
ple,  this  woman  changed  her  mind  and 
wanted  her  stoves  taken  back  and'set 
up  again.  To  get  at  them  we  had  a jo t 
more  trouble.
She  asked  the  price,  and,  of  course, 
t  was  the  same  as  if  we  had  kept  them 
i  month  or  twolonger.  She  went 
into 
the  air  and  gave  me  a  regular  setting 
up,  with  her  trumpet  to  her  ear  all  the 
time  to  hear  her  own  words. 
I  put  my 
mouth  to  the  trumpet  to  explain  that we 
had  had  more  trouble  with  her  stoves 
than  if  she  had  left  them  the season out, 
but  the  moment  I  began  to  talk  she 
grabbed  the  trumpet  away  and  was  deaf 
as  a  post.  ThenjTshe  began  again  and 
called  me  an  extortioner,  a  cheat,  and 
other  pretty  names.  She  would  never 
trade  with  me  again  a  cent’s  worth, 
and  none  of  her  children  ever  should.  I 
did  my  level  best  to  reason  with  her, 
but she’d grab the trumpet  away  the  mo­
ment  I  began  to  talk.  Sh  went  off,  and 
suppose  she’s  blowing  me  up  now 

wherever  she  goes.

Method  in  His  Absent  Mindedness.
“ Tickets,  please,  gentlemen,”   said 
the  conductor,  and  they  were  all  pro­
duced,  save  that  of  a  poor,  feeble  old 
gentleman,  who  searched  all his pockets 
in  vain  for  his,  and  the  fellow  passen­
gers  growled  exceedingly.

“ Train  is  waiting  for  you,  s ir,”   went 
“ Why,  there  it  is  in 

on  the  conductor. 
your  mouth,  sir,  all  the  tim e.”

And  the  train  moved  on.
“ Do  you  suffer  much  from  absence  of 

mind?”   asked  a  satirical  passenger.
“ Absence  of  mind  be  hanged, ”   re­
turned  the  poor,  feeble  old  gentleman. 
“ 1  was  sucking  the  date  off  a 
last 
week’s  ticket. ”

The  silver  lining 

wrong  side  of  the  cloud.

is  always  on  the 

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Never  Give  Offense  to  a  Deaf Person 
From the Lewiston Journal.

"O ne  of  the  serious  mistakes of life, 

says  a  down-east  stove  dealer,“  is  to  get 
a  deaf  person  offended  against you.  You 
never  can  explain  anything  to  set  it 
right.  Somehow,  when  a  person 
loses 
his  hearing,  he  is  apt  to  become  extra 
sensitive  and  suspicious,  and 
it  takes 
but  little  to  give  him  offense.  Such per

Is  wbaf  you  should 
advise  your  custom* 
ers.  People who have 

used  it  say  it  is  the  B E S T .

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

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Commercial T ravelers

Michigan Knights of the Grip. 

President,  S.  E .  S ym o n s,  Saginaw;  Secretary, 
G eo.  P .  Ow en ,  Grand  Rapids;  Treasurer,  J.  J. 
F r o st, Lansing.
Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’  Association.
President, J.  P. Co o per, Detroit;  Secretary  and 

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

United Commercial Travelers of Michigan. 
Chancellor, H .  U.  Ma r k s ,  Detroit;  Secretary, 
E dw in H ud so n,  Flint;  Treasurer,  G eo .  A .  R e y ­
n o ld s,  Saginaw.

Michigan Division, T. P. A.

President, G eo.  P. Ow e n ,  Grand  Rapids ;  Secre­
tary  and  Treasurer,  J as.  B.  McInnes,  Grand 
Rapids.
Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Mutual  Acci­

dent Association.

Treasurer, J .   H.  M c K e l v e y .

President, A.  F .  P e a k e , Jackson;  Secretary and 
Board  o f   Directors—F .  M.  T y l e r ,  H.  B.  F a ir - 
o h ild ,  G eo .  F .  Ow en ,  J .   H e n r y   Da w l e y ,  G eo. 
J.  H e in z e l m a n ,  C h a s .  S.  R o b in s o n .

Gripsack  Brigade.

Homer  Hutchinson  has  gone  on  the 
road  for  the  Belding  Shoe  Co.,  of  Beld- 
ing.

Business  energy,  to bear fruit,  must be 
supplemented  by  broad,  impartial  judg­
ment.

Samuel  R.  Evans (Ball-Barnhart-Put- 
man  Co.)  is  putting  in  a  fortnight’s  va­
cation  at  Oneonta,  N.  Y.

S.  L.  Rice  has  resigned  his  position 
representative 

as  Southern  Michigan 
for  the  Lemon  &  Wheeler  Company.

When  trade  is  dull  the  customer wants 
the  biggest  value  for  his  money and will 
deal  with  the  salesman  who  can  give  it 
to  him.

Selling  goods  on  the  road  has  its ben­
efits  and  its  evils,  but  if  merits  and  de­
merits are weighed against each other the 
first  will  kick  the  beam.

Frank  Burke  has  resigned  the  South­
western  Michigan  territory  for  W.  J. 
Quail  &  Co.  The  same  will  be  looked 
after  by  Frank  H.  Clay.

David  L.  Hempstead,  traveling  rep­
resentative  for  Walter  Buhl  &  Co.,  is 
said  to  be  booked for  the  position  of As­
sistant  Assessor  of  Detroit.

Mrs.  Bert  Gilette  has  engaged  to  rep­
resent  Wilson  Bros.,  of  Edgerton,  Wis., 
in  Southwestern Michigan.  Mrs.  Gillete 
resides  in  Benton  Harbor.

C.  J.  Bulger,  of Fort  Wayne,  succeeds 
J.  W.  Birdenbaugh  as  Southern  M ichi­
gan  and  Northern  Indiana  represent­
ative  for  the  Pliny  Watson  Co.,  Toledo.
There  are  two  kinds  of  thrift  in  trade 
—the  one  of  the  open  palm  and  the  one 
of  the  hooked  claw.  The  one 
is  the 
thrift  of  the  gentleman  merchant,  the 
other  of  the  rag  and  junk  man.

A.  W.  Gammer,  of  Coloma,  is  spend­
ing  a  few  weeks  among  the  retail  trade 
of  Grand  Rapids  in  the  interest  of  the 
Summit  City  Soap  Co.,  of  Ft.  Wayne, 
and  Wilson  Bros.,  of  Edgerton,  Wis.

Willis  P.  Townsend  (Christenson  Bak­
ing  C o.)  knocked  off  last week  to  take  a 
long  breath  and  get  acquainted  with  his 
family.  His  route  was  covered  in  the 
meantime by ‘ ’ Uncle John”   Christenson.
Fred  Truscott,  Lake  Superior  repre­
sentative  for  Burnham,  Stoepel  &  Co., 
was  in  Detroit  last  week  for  the purpose 
of  assisting 
in  the  selection  of  a  new 
dry  goods  stock  for  McDougal,  Smith  & 
Co.,  of  Munising.

W.  F.  Blake  (Worden  Grocer  C o.) 
last  Wednesday  with 
came  home  sick 
bilious  fever  and  has  been  confined  to 
his  home  ever  since,  being  so  ill  Tues­
day  that  his physician  forbid  his  seeing 
any  but  the  members  of  his family.  H ;s 
route  is  being  covered  in  the  meantime 
by  Henry  Brink,  son  of  Adrian  B r:nk, 
the  Grandville  avenue  merchant.

Reputation  as  a  first-class  traveling 
man 
is  the  direct  result  of  acting  hon­
estly  and  conscientiously  towards  your 
trade  and  then  having  something  meri­
torious  continually  for  sale.  There 
is 
no  secret  about  it  at  all.

Chas.  B.  Lovejoy,  formerly  engaged 
in  the  grocery  business  at  Big  Rapids, 
is  now  on  the  road  lor  Wilson  Bros.,  of 
Edgerton,  Wis.  His 
territory  com­
prises  Northwestern  Michigan 
from 
Grand  Rapids  to  the  Straits.

M.  K.  Collins  has  taken  the  position 
of  Northern  Michigan  and  Upper  Pen­
insula  traveling  representative  for the 
Hammell  Cigar  Co.,  succeeding  J.  B. 
Tucker,  who  has  represented  the  Lan­
sing  institution  for  the  past  four  years.
Some  of  the  boys  say  “ no”   so  grace­
fully,  when  it  comes  to  granting  credit 
to an undesirable customer,  that,  instead 
of  offending,  it  is  satisfying.  There  is 
a  knack  about  it.  You  can  do  it,  too, 
provided  you  don’t  get  excited  and  lose 
your  temper.

Belding  Banner:  A  garrulous  travel­
ing  man  told  an  Ionia  minister  that  he 
had  seen  more  wickedness  within  an 
hour 
in  that  town  than  he  had  seen  in 
Grand  Rapids  for a whole  week,  where­
upon  the  civic  federation  was  hastily 
summoned  together,  and  a  brand  new 
crusade  against  sin  has  been  com­
menced.
Grave  Charge  Against  the  Tomato. 
During  the  past  two  weeks  every 
leading  grocery  trade 
in  the 
United  States  has  received  a  marked 
copy  of a  Pittsburg  daily  paper contain­
ing  an  article  headed,  “ Have  You  To­
mato  Heart?”   The  article  sets  forth  a 
long  list  of  alleged  evils  which  follow 
the  use  of  the  tomato,  and  advises 
everybody  to  let  it  alone.  By  inference, 
grocers  are  also  advised  not  to  sell 
them.  The  source  of  this  movement 
against 
is  a  mystery. 
Whether  it  springs  from  a  desire  to  de­
press  the  already 
limp  canned-tomato 
market  we  cannot  say.

journal 

tomato 

the 

the 

This  article  embodies  an  interview 
with  a  Pittsburg  physician  and  claims 
to  give  the  results  of  his  experiments. 
The  assertions  in  it  are  said  to  be based 
upon  observations conducted  over fifteen 
“ At  least  one-half  of  those  who 
years. 
use  tomatoes,”   asserts 
article, 
“ suffer  more  or  less,  without themselves 
being  conscious  of  the  exact  cause, 
while  one-fourth  are  obviously 
injured. 
Only  a  small  number  exhibit  the  evi­
dences  of  acute  poisoning.  The  first 
effects  are  upon  the  stomach and digest­
ive  tract,  shown  by  uneasiness,  burn­
ing,  water  brash  and  heartburn.  These 
are  succeeded  by  sour  and  gaseous 
eructations  and  sometimes  vomiting. 
The  contents  of  the  intestines  take  on  a 
fermentative  action,  causing  distension 
that  occasionally  interferes  with  breath­
ing.  When  these  symptoms  arise  there 
is  a  craving  for  drink,  which  is  the  re­
sult  of 
irritation  of  the  mucus  surface 
of  the  stomach.  The  excretions  are  acid 
and  the  sweat  is  of  a  sour  odor.

“ The  fluttering  of  the  heart  and  its 
irregular  action  continue  for  some  time 
and  are  associated  with  headache  and  a 
sense  of  general  weariness. 
In  extreme 
cases  there  is  disturbed  vision,  floating 
objects  in  the  visual  field,  beating  and 
singing  in  the  ears,  giddiness  and men­
tal  apparitions,  numbness  and  general 
perversions  of  the  senses.  Speech  is 
sometimes  difficult,  articulation 
is  al­
most  impossible.  There 
is  occasional 
incoherence  of  thought,  and  several 
ideas  seem  to  seek  expression  at  the 
same  time.  The  most  marked  cases 
may  present  a  complete  panorama  of 
these  symptoms  within  two  hours  after 
introducing  into  the  stomach  from  two 
to  three  ounces  of  tomato  fruit.

“ The  most  serious  and  permanent 
trouble  is  in  the  direction  of  the  circu­
latory  apparatus.  The  more  or  less  con­
stant  use  of  the  tomato  causes the bodily 
fluids  to  become  acidulous  from  the  to­
mato  acid  and  its  ferments,  and this,  in 
turn,  reduces the  normal  alkalescence  of

is  compelled  by 
the  blood.  The  heart 
its  irregular  action  to  do  more  than 
its 
normal  work.  The natural  result  is  that, 
as 
in  exercise  of  other  muscles,  it  en­
larges,  accompanied  with  the  forceful  I 
heart  throb,  often  audible  to  the  subject 
himself.  There  are  irregularity,  loss  of 
an  occasional  heart  beat  and  sometimes 
pronounced 
palpitation,  with  accom­
panying  shortness  of  breath.  The  next 
stage  is  that  of thinning of the wall,  with 
dilatation  and  pulling  apart  of  the 
valves  so  that  they  cannot  close  the 
openings.  This  constitutes  one  form  of 
valve  disease. ’ ’

After  describing  these  symptoms,  the 
physician  who 
is  responsible  for  this 
interview  recommends  that  the  use  of 
tomatoes  as  an  article  of  diet  during 
the  period  of  heart  development,  espe­
cially  that  marking  the  rapid 
increase 
in  growth  between  adolescence  and  ma­
turity,  should  be  avoided  as  likely  to | 
precipitate  evil.  Women  should  not I 
use  tomatoes  when  there  is  a  pre-exist­
ing  nervous  irritability,  and  under  cer­
tain  other  conditions  their  use  would  be 
foolhardy.  All  who  suffer  from  rheu­
matism,  heart  disease  or  functional  de­
rangement  of  the  heart  and  circulation 
should  carefully  avoid  tomatoes.  He 
further  concludes  that  those  in  charge 
of hospitals,  almshouses and  other public 
institutions  should  expunge  them  from 
the  lists  of  foods.  The  supplies  for  the 
military  should  not  include  this  vege­
table,  as  it  cannot  be  in  the  interests  of  j 
hygienic  and  economic  food  supply.

We  reproduce  a  small  portion  of  the 
article  that  grocers  may  see  the  views 
some  people  hold  upon  this  popular 
vegetable.  We  have  never  before  seen 
any  such  charges  laid  at  the  door  of  the 
tomato,  and  would  be  sorry to  learn  that 
they  were  not  exaggerated.
Suggestions  to  Salesmen  by  a  Busy

B u y er.

The  following  suggestions to traveling 
salesmen  hang 
in  a  conspicuous  place 
over  the  desk  of  a  busy  buyer  not  a 
thousand  miles  from  this  city:

When  you  enter  a  store  act  as 

if  you 
owned  it;  if  the  buyer  is  busy  interrupt 
him,  and  thus  create  a  good  impression 
on  the  start.
If  the  buyer  is  writing,  so  much  the 
better;  spread  your  samples  on  his 
books,  so  that  he  will  be  sure  to  see 
them.

Make 

several 

remarks  about  the 
weather,  as  folks  in  stores  don’t  know 
whether  it  is  summer  or  winter  unless 
you  tell  them.

If  the  buyer  is  starting  for  his dinner, 
step  between  him  and  the  door;  he  will 
relish  his  dinner  better  if  he  has  to wait 
for  it.

If  you  should  secure  an  order,  carry 
it  around  for  a  few  days  before  send­
ing  it  to  the  house,  as  the  goods  might 
be 
in  the  merchant's  way  if  received 
too  soon.

If  you  don't  book  an  order,  tell  the 
buyer  he  is  ignorant  and  doesn’t  know 
what  he  needs.

Don’t  be  civil  to  the  clerks;  they 
might  think  you  are  trying  to  bunco 
them.

If  the  buyer  says  he  doesn’t  want any­
thing,  go  over  the  whole 
list  seven 
times;  he  has  nothing  to  do  but  listen.
When  you  have  finished  your  work, 
talk  for  at  least  half  an hour,  as the buy­
er  is  in  the  office  for  a  social  time,  not 
business,  and  would  rather  sit  up  half 
the  night  to  catch  up  with  his work than 
miss  a  good  visit.

17  per  cent, 

The  net  earnings  of  the Grand  Rapids 
Gas  Co.  during  July  were  §6,495,  which 
is 
in  excess  of  the  net 
earnings  for  the  same  month  last  year. 
The  company’s  net  earnings  for  the 
first  seven  months of  1896  show  an 
im­
provement  of  14  per  cent.,  as  compared 
with  the  same  period  last  year.

There  are  times  when  every  man  re­

alizes  that  he  has  too  many  friends.

Don’t  hit  a  man  when  he  is  down ;  it 

is  much  easier  to  step  on  him.

The  Dodge  Club  cigar  is  sold  by  F. 

E.  Bushman,  Kalamazoo.

New  Price  on  Fruit 

Jars.

to 

H.  Leonard  &  Sons,  of  this  city, 
being  obliged 
remove  a  few 
carloads  of  Ja rs  from  a  factory, 
are  making  a  price  for  a  few  days 
that  is  unprecedented  at  this  sea­
son,  viz, 
for 
pints,  $5.50  for  quarts  and  $7.50 
for  half  gallons.

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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 
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Drugs==Chemicals

STATE  BOARD  OF  PHARMACY.

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

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

- 

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

Coming Meetings—Lansing, November 4 and 5.
MICHIGAN  STATE  PHARMACEUTICAL 

ASSOCIATION.

President, G. C. P h il l ip s ,  Armada.
Secretary, B. S c h r o u d er, Grand Rapids. 
Treasurer, C h a s.  Ma n n , Detroit.
Executive Committee—A. H. W e b b e r , Cadillac; 
H. G. Oo lm an,  Kalamazoo;  G eo.  J.  Wa r d ,  St. 
C l a i r ;  A.  B.  S t e v e n s,  Detroit;  F.  W.  R. 
P e r r y , Detroit.

The  Passing  of the  Apprentice.

From the Pharmaceutical Era.

Some  recent  writers 

in  the  pharma­
ceutical  journals  claim  that  the  system 
of  apprenticeship  in  the  drug  business 
is  rapidly  passing  away;  indeed,  they 
do  not  hesitate  to  assert  that  it  has  al­
ready  gone.  We  are 
inclined  to  agree 
with  them,  even  in  the  extreme  asser­
tion. 
It  may  be  possible  to  find  a  few 
of  the  old-time  variety  of  apprentice  in 
some  old-time  stores  under  the  tutelage 
of  old-time  apothecaries,  but  it 
is  un­
deniable  that,  as  a  class,  the  apprentice 
has  already  become  naught  but  a  mem­
ory.  This  change  is  fraught  with  deep 
significance;  whether  it  is  for  better  or 
worse  is  the  problem.  There  are  those 
who  see,  in  the  passing  of  the  appren­
tice,  an  indication  that  pharmacy  of  to­
day 
is  not  learned  with  that  thorough­
ness  and  prosecuted  with  that  diligence 
and  earnestness  which  were formerly ac­
corded 
it,  and,  ergo,  pharmacy  is  in  a 
bad  condition.  We  must,  before  assent­
ing  to  this  conclusion,  inquire  whether 
an  adequate  equivalent  to apprenticship 
has  been  and  is  substituted.  There 
is 
no  royal  road  to  learning,  but  often  it  is 
possible  to  get  to  the  goal  by  any  one of 
several  paths,  and  the  shortest  and  best 
should  be  one’s  choice.  Perhaps  the 
modern  methods  of  shop  training,  the 
college  of  pharmacy  education,  may 
in 
shorter  time  supply  that  which  the  ap­
prentice  could  gather  only  from  crude 
methods,  unsystematic  training,  and 
hard,  laborious,  unremitting  toil.  But, 
however  this  may  be,  it  may  be  said 
that  the  old-time  apprentice,  when  his 
term  of  service  was  over,  was  well 
grounded  in  his  calling  and  sure  to  be­
come  a  good and  competent  apothecary. 
Can  as  much  be  said  of  all  the  gradu­
ates  of  to-day?
We believe  the  old  apprentice  system 
was  a  good  thing.  It  was  founded on the 
principle  that  the  way  to  succeed  at  a 
calling 
is  to  begin  at  the  bottom  and 
work  up.  Now  there 
is  a  tendency  in 
all  lines  of  activity  to begin  at  the  top, 
and  the  result  often 
is  that  we  work 
down  to  failure.  A  material  as  well  as 
an  ethical  value  attached  to  apprentice­
ship ;  the  boy  had  to pay  a  premium  for 
the  privilege  of  learning  the  drug  busi­
ness. 
(This  plan  still  obtains  in  some 
countries  abroad.)  Now  the  young  man 
must  be  paid  for  the  favor  he  grants  in 
working 
in  the  store,  waiting  on  cus­
tomers,  selling  soda  and  cigars,  and  in­
cidentally  picking  up  a  knowledge  of 
compounding  and  dispensing  medi­
cines.  The  apprentice  had  the  right  to 
demand 
instruction  from 
his  preceptor;  the  fin  de  siecle  drug 
clerk  is  made  to  earn  his  wages.
No  doubt  the  work  of  the  apprentice 
was 
distasteful,  discouraging 
drudgery,  but  he  knew  and  held  what 
he 
learned.  Practical  experience  de­
monstrated  that  the  jalap  tuber  is  of ex­
ceeding refractoriness toward the process 
of  comminution  and  powdering.  To­
day’s  clerk  must  rely  upon  his  memory 
of  a  text-book  phrase.

interest  and 

often 

changing  conditions 

Pharmaceutical  educators,  for a  num­
ber  of  years  past,  have  realized  the 
rapidly 
in  the 
pharmaceutical  world,  have  been  dis­
cussing  the 
experience”  
problem  in  all  its  phases  (vide  the  Pro­
ceedings  of  the  A.  Ph.  A.,  the  college 
catalogues  and  the  columns  of  the  phar­
maceutical  journals),  and  have  not  yet

“ practical 

come  to  definite  and  united  conclusion 
regarding  what  substitute  for  the  old- 
time  apprenticeship  must  be offered and 
enforced.  Nothing  can  replace  shop 
training  entirely,  but  much  of  the  re­
sults  cf  its  former  laborious  and  ill-ap­
plied  effort  can  be  quicker  and  better 
attained  by  the  systematic  college  drill 
of  to-day.  Much,  we  say,  not  all,  can 
be  replaced ;  the meat of  the  question  is 
what  portion. 
The  answer  must  be 
worked  out  by  such  discussion  as  we 
have  instanced,  through experiment  and 
oft-times  failure,  but  we  have  faith  to 
believe  that  evolution  in  pharmacy,  as 
in  other  fields  of  professional and  indus­
trial  effort,  is  upward,  not  downward. 
The  old-time  apprentice  has  gone;  we 
shall  have  a  better  representative  in  his 
stead.
But  while  noting  the  abolition  of  the 
system  itself,  the  sound  principles  upon 
which  it  was  founded  must  not  be  dis­
carded.  Whatever 
let  it  be 
thorough. 

is  done, 
_______

Anticipating  the  Demand.

From the Pharmaceutical Era.

Every  druggist 

is  aware  of  the  im­
portance  of  having  certain  goods 
in 
stock  in  certain  seasons,  and  he  usually 
anticipates  seasonable  demands  by  or­
dering  goods  in  advance.  As  ordering 
goods 
is  easy  compared  with  selling 
them,  just  as  much  atttention  should  be 
bestowed  upon  the 
latter  as  upon  the 
former.  Advertisements  should  be  con­
structed  and  placards  written  days  or 
weeks  before  they  are  needed.  For  in­
stance,  when  the  druggist  hears  a  good­
ly  number  of  his customers  or  neighbors 
comparing  notes  on  bad  colds,  he  may 
safely  conclude  that  a  little  epidemic  of 
influenza 
is  worrying  people.  Now  if 
he has  several  advertisements  and  show­
cards  already  prepared  describing  his 
favorite  cough  remedy,  he  has  an  op­
portunity  to  bring  himself  into  notice 
just  when  the  public  is  willing to notice 
him.  If  he  has  neglected  this  important 
matter  he  will  probably  put  it  off  for  a 
day  or  two,  and  miss  those  issues  of  his 
local  paper  which  should  contain  his 
seasonable  cough  cure  advertisement.

appearance 

disinfectants 

There  are  many  other  drug  store  ar­
ticles  which  might  be  called  emergency 
goods,  things  that  quite  a  number  of 
people  are 
likely  to  want  all  at  once 
and  on  short  notice.  There  are  antisep­
tics, 
and  deodorizers 
which  they  are  very  anxious  to purchase 
whenever  a  contagious  disease  makes 
in  a  neighborhood. 
its 
insecticides  which  a  whole 
There  are 
community  may  want  within  a 
few 
days.  Water  supplies  may 
fail  tem­
porarily  or  become  contaminated,  and 
many  people  would  buy  mineral  or 
table  waters  if  they  were  just reminded. 
The  enterprising  druggist  will  be  pre­
pared for  all  these  things.  His  window 
signs  will  go  up  and  his  advertisement 
into  the  newspaper  upon  the  first  indi­
cation  that  the  public  is  going  to  want 
any  of  his  “ emergency  goods. ”

Seven  Pass  at  Marquette.

Detroit,  Aug.  15—The  following  were 
the  successful  candidates  at  the  exami­
nation  held  at  Marquette,  Aug.  7 and  8 :

E.  W.  Bromiey,  Port  Huron.
R.  W.  Edling,  Menominee.
H.  F.  Miller,  Ann  Arbor.
W.  H.  Roberts,  Lorium.
W.  H.  Rezin,  Iron  Mountain.
L.  M.  Sawyer,  Chicago,  111.
C.  F.  Watkins,  Manton.
These  were all registered pharmacists.
The  next  meeting  of  the  Board  will 

be  held  at  Lansing,  Nov.  4  and  5.

F .  W .  R.  P e r r y ,  Sec’y.

Nocturnal  Construction.

Teacher—Tommy,  when  was  Rome 

Tommy—In  the  night.
Teacher—How  came  you  to  make 

built?

such  a  mistake?

Tommy—You  said  yesterday  Rome 

wasn’t  built  in  a  day.

A  minister 

in  Columbus  says  that 
women  have  more  nerve  than  men  as  a 
rule.  This,  he  says,  is  especially  the 
case  when  it  comes  to  marrying.  Some 
time  ago  he  was  called  to  marry  a 
in  what  might  be  called
young  couple 

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

if 

the  aristocratic  circle.  The  young  man 
was  very  much  excited,  but  was  trying 
to  put  on  a  bold  face  for the emergency. 
To  show  that  he  was  not  frightened 
in 
the  least,  he  concluded  to  ask  the  min­
ister 
it  was  customary  to  kiss  the 
bride.  After  stuttering  for  some  time 
he  finally  broke  out,  “  Is  cussing  kis- 
tomary?”   The  minister kindly  informed 
him  that  it  was  not,  under  the  circum­
stances,  and  the  young  man  was  led  to 
the  altar  like  a  lamb.

liquors. 

The  value  of  buttermilk 

is  not ap­
preciated  as  it  should  be.  As  a  bever­
age  it  is  highly esteemed ;  a  proper  and 
it  will  greatly  reduce 
constant  use  of 
and  sometimes  cure  the  craving 
for 
alcoholic 
It  alone  will  often 
remedy  any  acidity  of  the stomach ;  lac­
tic  acid,  needed  by  some  persons,  is 
supplied  by  it  much  more  than  by  any 
other  drink  or  food.  One very important 
effect  of  buttermilk 
is  said  to  be  the 
alleviation  of  the  oppression  around 
the  heart  from  which  many  old  people 
suffer.

The  Dodge  Club  cigar  is  sold  by  F. 

E.  Bushman,  Kalamazoo.

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
In the first 
ing the obstinacy of a stick of  gum. 
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 p  oduee 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 
out 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  ultim ate 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 
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G u a ra n te e d  to k e e p  your cider  s n d   fruits  pure  and  sweet  without  changing their flavor or color. 
No  salicylic  acid  or  ingredients  injurious  to  the  health.  Send  for  circulars  to  m anufacturer,

J.  L,  CONGDON  &  CO.,  Pentwater,  Mich.

Congdon’s 

Cider Saver and 

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

W HOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

Advanced—Cocoaine, Gum Kino.

Declined—Alcohol,  Quinine, Oil Peppermint.

55
5
1 60
38

6
8
14
14

80©  1  00
45®  50

2 25

3 00

13@ 
15
6® 
8
25©  30

45© 
50
@ 260
40@  45
75©  80

4© 
6@ 
19@ 
12© 

Acidum
8@l
Aceticum...................$ 
75©
Benzoicum,  German 
@
Boracic....................... 
C arbolicum .............. 
29®
d tric u m ...................  
44®
3®
H vdrochlor.............. 
8©
N itrocum .................  
10®
O xalicum .................  
®
Phosphorium,  d ll... 
Salicylicum..............  
50© 
Sulphuricum............  1M@ 
T an n lcu m ................  1  40© 
Tartaricum ...............  
36© 
Ammonia
Aqua, 16  deg............ 
Aqua, 20 deg............ 
Carbonas................... 
Chloridum ...............  
Aniline
Black..........................  2  00© 
B ro w n ......................  
R e d ............................ 
Y ellow ......................   2  50© 
Baccee.
Cubesee............po. 18 
Juniperus.................  
Xantnoxylum ..........  
Balsam um
Copaiba.....................  
Peru............................ 
Terabin, Canada__  
Tolutan...................... 
Cortex 
Abies,  Canadian —
Cassise......................
Cinchona Flava.......
Euonymus atropurp 
Myrica Cerifera, po.
Prunus Virgin!........
Quillaia,  gr’d ..........
Sassafras...................
Ulmus  .  po.  15,  gr’d 
Bxtractum
Glycyrrhiza  Glabra. 
Glycyrrhiza, po....... 
Hsematox, 15 lb box. 
Haematox, I s ............ 
Haematox, Vis..........  
Haematox, H b..........  

24©  25
30 
28©
12
11@
13®  14
14©  15
16@  1

15
2  25
80
50
15
2

12© 
14
18©  25
18©  25

Ferro

Carbonate  Precip... 
Citrate and Q ulnia.. 
Citrate Soluble........  
Ferrocyanidum Sol. 
Solut.  Chloride....... 
Sulphate, com’l ....... 
Sulphate,  com’l,  by
bbl, per cw t..........
Sulphate,  pure  .....
Flora

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

Folia

15©  20
18®  25
25©  30
20
12© 
8©   10

Barosma..................... 
Cassia Acutifol, Tin-
nevelly................... 
Cassia Acutifol,Alx. 
Salvia officinalis, 14s
and  %b................... 
Ura Ursi........................  
Gummi
Acacia,  1st picked.. 
©   65
Acacia,  2d  picked.. 
©   45
Acacia,  3d  picked.. 
©   35
Acacia, sifted  sorts. 
@  28
Acacia, po.................  
60©  80
Aloe, Barb. po.20@28  14© 
18
Aloe, C ape__ po.  15 
@ 
12
©   30
Aloe, Socotri..po. 40 
Ammoniac...............  
55©  60
AssafcBtida__ po. 30 
22©  25
B enzoinum .............. 
50©  55
13
@ 
Catechu, Is................ 
Catechu, Vis.............. 
@ 
14
16
Catechu, V4&.............. 
© 
C am phor»...............  
47©  50
Euphorbium. .po.  35  @ 
10
Galbanum.................  
@ 100
Gamboge  po............ 
65©  70
Gualacum.......po. 35 
©   35
Kino............ po. $3.50 
@  3 50
M astic......................  
©   65
©  40
M yrrh..............po.  45 
Opii.. .po. S3.50@3.70 2 50©  2  60
Shellac......................  
40©  60
Shellac, bleached... 
40©  45
T ragacanth.............. 
50©  80

Herba

25
20
25
28
23
25
39
22
25

Absinthium..oz. pkg 
Eupatorium .oz. pkg 
Lobelia.........oz. pkg 
M ajorum __ oz. pkg 
Mentha Pip. .oz. pkg 
Mentha Vir..oz. pkg 
Rue................oz. pkg 
TanacetumV oz. pkg 
Thymus,  V..oz. pkg 
riagnesia
Calcined, Pat............ 
Carbonate, P at......... 
Carbonate, K. A M.. 
Carbonate, Jennings  35©  36

55@ 
20©
20©

60

Oleum

30© 

Absinthium..............  3 25© 3 50
Amygdalae, Dulc__  
50
Amygdalae, Amarae .  8 00© 8 25
A nisi.........................   2 60©  2
Aurant!  Cortex.......  2  30©  2  40
Bergamii...................  3 00® 3  20
C ajiputi..................... 
70©
Caryophylli.............. 
53©  58
Cedar..........  ............  
35© 
65
Chenopadii...............  
©  2 50
Cinnamonii..............  2 25© 2  30
Oltronella.  ..............  
55©  60

Conium  Mac............ 
35©  65
Copaiba..................... 
90@  1  00
Cubebae......................  1  50@  1 60
Exechthitos  ............  1  20©  1 30
Erigeron...................  1  20@  1 30
G aultheria...............   1  50©  1 60
Geranium,  ounce...  @ 
75
Go8Sippii, Sem. gal.. 
60
50® 
Hedeoma...................  1  25©  1 40
Junipera....................  1  50@ 2 00
Lavendula...............  
90© 2 00
Limonis.....................  1  30©  1  50
Mentha  Piper..........  1  60@  2  20
Mentha V erid..........   2  65© 2 75
Morrhuae,  g al..........   2 00©  2  10
Myrcia, ounce..........  
@  50
75© 3 00
Olive.......................... 
Picis  Liquida..........  
12
10® 
Picis Liquida, gal... 
©   35
R ic in a ...................... 
96
91@ 
@  1  00
Rosmarini................. 
Rosae,  ounce............  6 50© 8  50
40© 45
S u ccln l..............
S abina...............
90©  1  00
50© 7 00
50© 55
Sassafras...................
@ 65
Sinapis, ess.,  ounce.
25©  1  30
Thyme  __
40® 50
©   1  60
Thyme,  opt.
15© 20

Potassium

Bromide.
Carb.......
Chlorate. po. 17@19c

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

Althae .
Arum po....................
C alam us...................
Gen ti ana........ po  15
G lychrrhiza.. .pv. 15 
Hydrastis Canaden . 
Hydrastis Can., p o .. 
Hellebore, Alba, p o ..
Inula, po...................
Ipecac, po.................
Iris plox__ po35®38
Jala pa,  p r.................
Maranta,  }4s ............
Podophyllum, po__
R h e i..........................
Rhei, cu t...................
R hei.pv.....................
Spigelia.....................
Sanguinaria... po.  15

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

Semen
Anisum..........po.  20
Apium  (gravefeons)
Bird, Is......................
C arui..............po.  18
Cardamon.................
Coriandrum...........
annabis  Sativa__
Cydonium.................
C nenopodium .........
Dipterix  Odorate...
Foeniculum..............
Foenugreek, po.........
L in i............................
Lini,  grd __ bbl. 2Vi
L ob elia.....................
Pharlaris  Canarian.
R ap a..........................
Sinapis Albu............

15® 18
13© 15
48© 51
12© 15
16© 18
50@ 55
90©  3 00
29© 32
© 15
8© 10
9
7©
25© 28
15© 18
20@ 25
22© 25
12© 15
@ 25
20© 40
12© 15
16® 18
@ 30
@ 35
15© 20
15@ 20
1  65©  1 75
35© 40
40@ 45
@ 35
15© 18
75®  1  00
© 25
75©  1  35
35© 38
© 15
30© 35
55© 60
© 40
© 25
10@ 12
@ 25
© 25
15© 20
12© 16
23© 26

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

Spiritus 

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

©  2 00 
©  1  10
©  85

©  1  40

Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage.................   2  50@
Nassau sheeps  wool
carriage.................
Velvet extra  sheeps’
wool, carriage.......
E xtra yellow sneeps’
wool,  carriage__
Grass  sheeps’  wool,
carriage.................
Hard, for slate use.. 
Yellow  R e e f,  for 
slate  use...............
Syrups
A cacia......................
Auranti Cortes.........
Zingiber....................
Ipecac......................
Ferri Iod...................
Rhei Arom...............
Smilax  Officinalis...
Senega......................
Scillae.........................

50©
©
©

50 
1  50 
50

niscellaneous 

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

ScillseCo...................
T olutan.....................
Prunus virg..............
Tinctures 
Aconitum N apellis R 
Aconitum Napellis F
Aloes..........................
Aloes and M yrrh__
A rnica......................
Assafoetida.............
Atrope  Belladonna.
Auranti  Cortex.......
Benzoin.....................
Benzoin Co...............
B arosm a...................
Cantharides............
Capsicum ...............
Cardam on................
Cardamon  Co..........
Castor........................
Catechu.....................
Cinchona...................
Cinchona Co............
Colum ba...................
Cubeba......................
Cassia  A cutifol.......
Cassia Acutifol Co  .
D igitalis...................
E rgot.........................
Ferri Chloridum __
G entian.....................
Gentian Co...............
G uiaca......................
Guiaca am m on........
Hyoscyamus............
Iodine........................
Iodine, colorless__
Kino...........................
Lobelia.....................
Myrrh.........................
Nux Vomica............
O pii............................
Opii, cam phorated..
Opii,  deodorized__
Q uassia....................
Rhatany....................
Rhei...........................
S anguinaria............
Serpentaria..............
60 
Stram onium __ ___
Tolutan......................
60 
50 
V alerian...................
50 
Veratrum Veride ...
Zingiber....................
20
35 
Ait her, Spts.  Nit. 3F  30© 
38
ASther, Spts.  Nit. 4 F   34©
3
A lum en.....................  2V4@
4 
Alumen, gro’d. .po. 7
50
40©
Annatto.....................
4©
5 
Antimoni,  po..........
60
55©
Antimoni et PotassT
©  1  40 
A ntipyrin................
15 
A ntifebrin...............
5Í 
Argenti Nitras, oz ..
1
Arsenicum................
Balm Gilead  Bud  ..
1  00©  1  10
Bismuth  S. N ..........
Calcium Chlor.,  Is..
Calcium Chlor.,  Vis.
Calcium Chlor.,  Jís. 
Cantharides, Rus.po 
Capsici  Fructus, a f .
Capsici Fructus,  po.
Capsici FructusB.po 
Caryophyllus..po.  15
Carmine, No. 40.......
Cera Alba, S. & F  ..
Cera Flava...............
Coccus......................
Cassia F ructus.........
Centrarla...................
Cetaceum.................. 
Chloroform............... 
Chloroform, squibbs  @  1  35 
Chloral H ydC rst....  1  15©  1  30
Chondrus..................  
20©
20 
Cinchonidine,P.&W 
15© 
Cinchonidine, Germ  7  ©  
14
Cocaine.....................  5 55©  5  75
Corks, list, dis.pr.ct.
Creosotum................
Creta...............bbl. 75
Creta, prep...............
Creta, precip............
Creta, Rubra............ 
Crocus......................  
Cudbear  ...
Cupri Sulph 
Dextrine,
Ether Sulph..............
Emery, all  numbers
Emery, po.................
30©
Ergota..............po. 40
12©
Flake  W hite............
©   23
Galla......................
8©
Gambier....................
Gelatin, Cooper..  ..
©
30©
Gelatin, French.......
60,  10&10
Glassware, dint, box
Less  than  box__
9©
Glue,  brown............
13©
Glue,  white.
19©
G lycerina.................  
<©
Grana  Paradisi  __  
Humulus................... 
25©
©
Hydraag Chlor  Mite 
Hydraag Chlor  Cor.  @
Hydraag Ox Rub'm. 
©  
Hydraag Ammoniati  @
HydraagUnguentum  45©
Hydrargyrum..........  
@
Ichthyobolla,  A m ...  1  25©  1
Indigo........................ 
75©  1
Iodine, Resubi.........  3 80© 3
Iodoform................... 
@ 4
Lupulin..................... 
©  2
Lycopodium............ 
60©
Macis.......................... 
65©
Liquor  Arsen et Hy-
drarg io d ...............
LiquorPotassArsinit
Magnesia, Sulph__
Magnesia, Sulph,bbl
Mannia, S. F ............
M enthol.....................

©
©
©
9©
_
50©
©   24
5©
10©

10©
38©
©
©

10©
50©
40©

©
_
60©

60©

3

85

©   5  50

Morphia, S.P.& Vi... 1  75©  2 00 Sinapis......................
© 18
Morphia,  S.N.Y.Q.&
Sinapis, opt..............
© 30
1  65@  1 90 Snuff,  Maccaboy, De
C.  Co......................
Moschus Canton__
© 40
Voes........................
© 34
Myristica,  No.  1.......
65© 80 Snuff,Scotch,DeVo’s
© 34
N ux Vomica... po.20
@ 10 Soda Boras...............
7  © 10
Os  Sepia...................
7  © 10
15© 18 Soda Boras, po........
Pepsin  Saac, II.  A  P.
Soda et Potass T art.
26® 28
2
©   1 00 Soda,  Carb...............
D. Co......................
1*4©
Picis Liq. N.N.Vi gal.
5
Soda,  Bi-Carb..........
3©
©  2 00 Soda,  A sh.................
doz...........................
4
3 Vi®
©   1 00 Soda, Sulphas..........
Picis Liq., quarts__
2
©
@ 2 00
© 85 Spts. Cologne............
Picis Liq., pints.......
@ 50 Spts.  Ether  Co........
Pil Ilydrarg.. .po.  80
50© 55
© 2 00
Piper N igra.. .po.  22
© 18 Spts.  Myrcia Dom...
Piper  Alba__ po.  35
© 30 Spts. Vini  Rect. bbl
©  2 39
@ 7 Spts. Vini Rect. Vibbl
Pi ix  Burgun............
©  2 44
10@ 12 Spts.  Vini Reet.lògal
Plumbi  Acet............
© 2 47
1  10©  1  20 Spts.  Vini Rect.  5gal
Pulvis Ipecac et Opii
© 2 49
Pyrethrum, boxesH.
@  1 25 Strychnia, Crystal... 1  40©  1 45
27© 30 Sulphur,  Subl..........
Pyrethrum,  pv........
2Vi@ 3
10 Sulphur,  Roll.........
Quassiæ....................
2©
8 ©
Quinia, S.  P. & W ..
34© 39 Tam arinds...............
8@ 10
28© 35 Terebenth Venice...
i.uinia, S. G erm an..
28© 30
32© 37 Theobromse..............
42® 45
'uinia. N.Y..............
12© 14 V anilla....................
;ubia Tinctorum ...
9  00@16 On
24© 26 Zinci  Sulph.............
SaccharumLactis pv
8
7©
Salacin...................... 3 00© 3 10
Oils
40© 50
Sanguis D raconis...
BBL.  GAL.
12© 14 Whale, winter..........
Sapo,  VV  ...................
70
10© 12 Lard,  ex tra..............
Sapo, M......................
60
Sapo. G......................
43
@ 15 Lard,  No.  1...............
Siêdlitz  M ixture__ 20  ©
35
Linseed, pure  raw..

Less 5c gal.  cash 10 days.

oÖOCL

70
53
40
32

19

34 
Linseed,  boiled....... 
37
70
Neatsfoot, winter str  65 
30 
Spirits Turpentine.. 
35
Paints  BBL. 
LB.
13S£  2  ©8
Red Venetian......... 
Ochre, yellow  Mars.  15£  2  @4 
Ochre, yellow  Ber..  1%  2  ©3 
Putty, commercial..  2Vi  2 Vi@3 
Putty, strictly  pure.  2%  2?i@3 
Vermilion,  P r im e
American.............
13©
15 
75 
70©
Vermilion,  English.
Green, P a ris ............  15
24
16 
13©
Green,  Peninsular. 
Lead, Red.................  5Q@
5* 
Lead, w hite............ 
5Q@
54<
Whiting, white Span 
@ 
70 
90 
Whiting,  gilders'... 
@ 
@
White, Paris A m er.. 
1  00
Whiting, Paris  Eng.
©   1  «0
c liff........................ 
Universal Prepared.  1  00©  1  15

Paint your buildings with
Prepared  Paint

Made by A. i. MAN.

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

It is the m ost durable 

paint made.

HAZELTINE 

PERKINS
DRUGS

Importers and Jobbers of

Glpicais 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  Whiskies,  Brandies,  Gins,  Wines, 
and  Rums.

We  sell  Liquors  for  medicinal  pur­

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

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RAPIDS.

20

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

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.  _________________________________________

COUPON  BOOKS.

COCOA SHELLS.
20 lb  bags.......................... 
Less quantity................... 
Pound  packages.............. 
CREAil  TARTAR. 
Strictly  Pure, wooden boxes.  35 
Strictly  I’nre. tin boxes...  .  37 
Tartarine 
25

214
3
4

AXLE  GREASE.
Aurora............................55 
Castor O il.....................60 
Diamond........................50 
Frazer’s ..  ...................75 
IXL Golden, tin boxes 75 
Mica................................70 
Paragon..........................55 

doz.  gross
6 00
7 00
550
9 00
9  00
8 00
600

BAKING  POWDER.

Absolute.

M lb cans doz....................  
54 lb cans doz..................... 
1 

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

Acme.

54 lb cans 3 doz................... 
45
lb cans 3 doz................... 
75
1 
lb cans 1 doz..  ..............  1  00
10
Bulk....................................... 

Dwight’s.

lb cans per d o z .............  1  50

1 

JaXon

54 lb cans 4 doz case........  
14 lb cans 4 doz case 
 

45
85
lb cans 2 doz case.........   1  60

Home.

54 lb cans 4 doz case......... 
14 lb cans 4 doz case........  
1 
lb cans 2 doz case......... 

35
55
90

Our Leader.

14 lb cans................................ 
14 lb cans................................ 
l 

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

45
75

BATH  BRICK.

A m erican...................................70
English........................................80

BLUING.

C0 N H f D
^ P E A R L j * ;
B l u i m G

1 doz. Counter Boxes...  . 
40
12 doz.  Ca>es, per gro.........  4  50

BROOJT5.

No. 1 Carpet..........................  2  00
No. 2 Carpet.........................   1  65
No. 3 Carpet.....................  ..  1  50
No. 4 Carpet........................  1  20
Parlor G em ..........................  2 00
Common W hisk................... 
85
Fancy W hisk.. 
.................   1  00
Warehouse..............................2 25

CANDLES.

Hotel 40 lb boxes.....................914
Star 40 lb boxes.......................  814
Paraffine.......................... ....9

CANNED  GOODS, 
rianitowoc  Peas.

Lakeside M arrowfat..........   1  00
Lakeside E.  J ......................   1  30
Lakeside, Cham, of E ng....  1  40 
Lakeside, Gem, Ex. Sifted.  1  65 

CATSUP.

Columbia, 
Columbia,  14 pints........ .......2  50

pints.....................4 25

@  714

CHEESE.
Amboy......................
Acme  ........................
E lsie ..........................
Gold  Medal..............
Id e a l..........................
Jersey........................
Lenawee....................
Riverside.. 
............
Sparta......................
Brick..........................
Edam.........................
Leiden......  .............
Llmburger  .............
Pineapple..................  @
Sap  Sago...................  @

@  71
@  n
@  71
@  75
@  7
@  10 
@1  00 
@  20 
@  15 
@  20 
18

Chicory.

Bulk
Red

CHOCOLATE. 

W alter Baker & Co.’s.
German Sw eet....................
Premium.................................
Breakfast  Cocoa...................

CLOTHES LINES.

Cotton, 40 ft, per  doz..........
Cotton, 50 ft, per  doz..........
Cotton, 60 ft, per  doz..........
Cotton, 70 ft, per  doz..........
Cotton, 80 ft, per  doz..........
Jute, 60 ft,  per  doz..............
Jute, 72 ft,  per  doz...............

CLOTHES  PINS.

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

N.  Y.  Condensed  Milk  Co.'s 

brands.
Gail Borden  Eagle................... 7 40
C row n..........................................6 25
D aisy ........................................... 5 75
Champion  ..............................4 50
Magnolia 
..............................4 25
Dime 

3 35

1  00 
1  20 
1  40 
1  60 
1  80 
80 
95

.45  Peerless evaporated  cream .5  75

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  1 Crown............  @654
Sultana  5 Crown............  @8
Valencia 30 lb boxes —   @

EGG  PRESERVER.

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

Mince meat, 3 doz in  case. .2  75 
Pie  Prep. 3 doz in case........ 2 75

HATCHES.

Diamond Match Co.’s brands.
No. 9  suU>hur......................... 1  65
Anchor  Parlor....................... 1  70
No. 2  Home............................ 1  10
Export  Parlor....................... 4  00

nOLASSES.
Blackstrap.

Sugar house.........................I0@12

Cuba Baking.

O rdinary..............................12@l-i
Porto  Rico.
P rim e................................... 
20
Fancy 
30
...............................  

2 oz .  ...  75
3 oz........1  00
4 oz........1  40
6 oz........2  00
No.  8...2 40 
No.  10 . .  4  00 
No.  2T.  80 
No.  3 T.l  35 
No.  4 T 4  50

Biscultine.

FARINACEOUS  GOODS.
3 doz. in case, per doz.......1  00
B u lk .................................... 
3
Walsh-DeRoo  Co.’s .......... 2 00

Farina.
Grits.

Hominy.

Barrels  ...............................3 25
Flake, 50 lb.  drum s.......... 1  50

Lima  Beans.

D rie d ..................................  
4
Maccaronl and Vermicelli.
Domestic.  10 lb. box.........  60
Imported,  25 lb. box.........2 50

Pearl Barley.

Peas.

Rolled  Oats.

Empire  ............................... 
254
C h ester.............................. 1?4@2
Green,  b u ..............................  90
Split,  per lb ........................  
254
Rolled Avena,  b b l.........3  60
Monarch,  bbl.................... 3 35
Monarch,  54  bbl...............I  80
Private brands,  b b l...... 3  10
Private brands, 54bbl...... 1  69
Quaker, cases....................3 20
Oven  Baked......................3  25
Lakeside  ............................2  25
G erm an............................... 
4
East  India.......................... 
354
Cracked, bulk..................... 
3
24 2 lb packages................2  40

W heat.

Sago.

Souders’.

Oval bottle,  with  corkscrew. 
the 

in  the  world 

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

.1  50 
.3 00

.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.

Fish.
Cod.

Georges cured.................  @354
Georges  genuine........   @454
Georges selected.........  @ 5
StripBor bricks.......... 5  @ 8

Halibut.
Chunks................................
Strips....... 
........................
Herring.
55 
Holland white hoops keg. 
Holland white hoops  bbl.  6 50
Norwegian..........................
Round 100 lbs......................  2 30
Round  40 lbs......................  1 10
Scaled..................................   1054

ITackerel.

No.  1 100 lbs.........................   13 00
No. 1  40 lbs.........................   5 50
No. 1  10 lbs........................   145
No. 2 100 lbs.........................   8 00
No. 2  40 lbs.........................   3 50
No. 2  10 lbs........................ 
95
Family 90 lbs......................
Family 10 lbs......................

Sardines.
Stockfish.

Trout.

Russian kegs......................  
55
No. 1 ,1001b. bales..............  1054
No. 2,100 lb. bales................ 
854
No. llOOlbs.........................   5 50
No. 1  40 lbs.........................  2 50
70
no. 1 
59
No. 1
No. 1  No. 2 Fam
1  75
100
33
29

100 lbs ..........   6 25
40 lbs .......... 2  80
10 lbs ..........  
78
8 lbs ..........  
65

1U I UH.................
8 lbs..............
W hlteflsh

5 75
2  60
73
61

FLAVORING  EXTRACTS.

GELATINE.

Knox’s sparkling.........................1 10
Knox’s acidulated...................... 1 20

GUNPOWDER.
Rifle—Dupont’s.

K eg s............................  
Half  Kegs.....................................2 25
Quarter Kegs................................1 25
1 lb  cans.................................  30
54  lb  cans...............................  18

4  00

Choke  Bore—Dupont’s.

K eg s............................................. 4 00
Half Kegs.................................... 2 25
Quarter  Kegs.............................. 1 25
1  lb  cans.................................  34

Engle  Duck—Dupont’s.

K egs............................................. 8 00
Half Kegs.....................................4 25
Quarter Kegs............................... 2 25
1 lb cans...............  

45

 

 

HERBS.

INDIOO.

Sage.........................................   15
H ops........................................  15

Madras, 5  lb  boxes..............  55
S.  F., 2, 3 and 5 lb boxes__   50

JELLY.

15 lb  pails...............................   35
17 lb  pails...............................   44
30 lb  pails...............................  65

LYE.

Condensed,  2  doz  ................ 1  20
Condensed,  4  doz.......................2 25

LICORICE.

Pure........................ ’ ..............   30
Calabria  ....... 
25
Sicily........................................  14
Root.........................................   10

 

 

MINCE  MEAT.

COFFEE.

Green.
Rio.

F a ir............................................. 18
Good............................................19
P rim e..........................................21
Golden  ...................................... 21
Peaberry  ...................................23

Santos.

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

Mexican  and  Guatemala.

F air  ........................................... 21
Good  ..........................................22
Fancy 
...................................... 24

Maracaibo.

Prime 
........................................23
Milled....................."...................24

In te rio r...................................... 25
Private  Growth........................ 27
Mandehling............................... 28

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

Java.

Mocha.

Roasted.

Quaker Mocha and Jav a .......30
Toko Mocha and Java............ 27
State  House Blend................... 24

Package.

A rb u ck le..........................  18  00
Jersey.................................  18 00
ricLaughlin’s  XXXX.........18  00

KOFFA-AID.

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

Extract.

Valley City  14 g ro ss....... 
Felix  14  gross................... 
Hummel’s foil 14 gross... 
Hummel’s tin 14  gross... 

75
1  15
85
1  43

CONDENSED  MILK.
4 doz. in case.

Tradesman Grade.
50 books, any denom ... 
100 books, any denom ... 
500 books, any denom ...
1.000 books, any denom ...
Economic  Grade.

50 books, any denom ... 
100 books, any denom ... 
500 books, any denom ...
1.000 books, any denom ...

.  1  50 
.  2  50 
.11  50 
.20  00

1  50
2  50 
II  50 
20  00

Universal Grade.

50 books, any denom —   1  50 
100 books, any denom ....  2  50 
500 book8, any denom .... 11  50 
1,000books, any denom  ...20 00

Superior Grade.

50 books, any denom —   1  50 
100 books, any denom —   2  50 
500 books, any denom .... 11  50
1,000 

books, any denom — 20 00
Coupon Pass Books,

denomination from $10 down.

Can be made to represent any 
20 books  ...........................   1  00
50 books..................................   2 00
100 books..................................   3 00
250 books.................................... * 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-DOriESTIC 

Apples.

Sundried..........................  @ 354
Evaporated 50 lb boxes.  @  654

California  Fruits.

Apricots...........................  9  @H
Blackberries....................
N ectarines......................   654@
Peaches............................ 8  @14
Pears.................................  854®
Pitted Cherries...............
Prunnelles.......................
Raspberries....................

California  Prunes.

100-120 25 lb boxes.........  @
90-100 25 lb boxes..........  @ 4%
80 - 90 25 lb boxes..........  @ 5
70 - 80 25 lb boxes..........  @554
60 - 70 25 lb boxes..........  @ 6
50 - 60 25 lb boxes..........   @654
40 - 50 25 lb boxes  ........   @754
30 - 40 25 lb boxes.........  @7%
54 cent less In hssrs
Raisins.

London Layers...........1  10@1  40
454
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 
554
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown 
Loose Muscatels 4 Crown 
6

FOREIGN.
C urrants.

Patras bbls...*.................. @ 4
Vostizzas 50 lb cases........@454
Cleaned, bulk  ...................@ 554
Cleaned, packages........... @  6

13

New Orleans.

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

Half-barrels 3c extra. 

18
22
24
27
30

PICKLE5. 
rtedium.

Small.

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

PIPES.

POTASH.

48 cans in case.

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

RICE.

Domestic.

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

Imported.

SALERATUS.

1

Packed 60  lbs. in  box.

SEEDS.

SAL SODA.

Church’s ................................. 3  3C
...............................3  15
Dei ami’s 
Dwight’s ................................. 3  30
Taylor’s ...................................3 00
Granulated, bbls...............1  10
Granulated,  100 lb cases..!  50
Lump, bbls............................. 
Lump,  1451b kegs...............1  10
Anise  .. 
 
6
Canary, Smyrna.................... 
10
C araw ay...............................  
Cardamon,  M alab ar.......  80
4
Hemp,  Russian...............  
454
Mixed  B ird........................  
Mustard,  w hite.................  
654
8
Poppy  .................................... 
4
R ape....................................... 
Cuttle Bone..........................   20
Scotch,  in bladders..............  37
Maccaboy, in ja rs.................   35
French Rappee, in  ja rs.......  43

SNUFF.

 

SYRUPS.

Corn.

14
Barrels................................... 
Half  bbls..............................  16
F air  ......................................   16
G ood......................................  20
C hoice...................................  25

Pure Cane.

SPICES.
Whole Sifted.

Pure Ground in Bulk.

Allspice  .................................  954
Cassia, China in m ats........... 10
Cassia, Batavia in  bund__ 15
Cassia,  Saigon in rolls.........32
Cloves,  Amboyna..................15
Cloves, Zanzibar....................10
Mace,  B atav ia ..................... 70
Nutmegs, fancy.....................66
Nutmegs, No.  1..................... 60
Nutmegs, No.  2..................... 55
Pepper, Singapore, black.. .10 
Pepper, Singapore, w hite.. .20
Pepper,  shot...........................16
Allspice  ...........................10@15
Cassia, B atavia.......  ........... 17
Cassia,  Saigon.......................35
Cloves,  Amboyna..................15
Cloves, Zanzibar....................10
Ginger,  A frican...............   .15
Ginger,  Cochin..................... 20
Ginger,  Jam aica................... 22
Mace,  B atavia................60@65
Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. .20
Mustard, Trieste................... 25
N utm egs,.........................40@60
Pepper, Singapore, black9@12 
Pepper,Singapo re, whitel5@18
Pepper, Cayenne............17@20
Sage.......................................... 18
“ Absolute”  in  541b.  Packages.
Allspice...............................   65
t 'innam on...........................  75
Cloves.........................  
70
Ginger, Cochin..................   75
Mace.....................................2  10
M ustard...............................  75
Nutmegs................................... 2 10
Pepper, c ay e n n e ..............  75
Pepper, white  ...................  75
Pepper, black shot...........   60
Saigon........................................1 50
“ Absolute  “ Butchers’  Spices.
Wiener and Frankfurter__ 16
Pork Sausage..........................16
Bologna and Smoked S’ge. .16 
Liver S’ge and H’d Cheese..16

 

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESM AN

21

Grains and Feedstuffs

Provisions.

Crockery  and

JAXQN

Single  box.
5 box lots, delivered..........2
10 box lots,  delivered..........2
Lautz Bros. &  Co.’s  brands

A cm e.........
Cotton  Oil.

American Family,  wrp’d. 
American Family,  plain..

SALT.

Diamond  Crystal.
Cases, 24 3-lb  boxes.........
Barrels,  l'X)  3 lb bags.
Barrels,  40  7 lb bags..
Batter, 561b  bags..........
Butter, 20  14 lb  bags....
Butter, 280 lb  bbls.........
Common Grades
....2  60
100 3 lb sacks...................
60 5-lb sacks............................1 85
2811-lb sacks..........................1 70

....1 eo
..!.2   50
__   65
....3  00 
....2   50

Worcester.

50  4 
lb.  cartons.................. 3 25
115  2541b. sacks......................4 00
60  5 
lb. sacks......................3 75
22 14 
lb. sacks......................3 50
.3  50 
30 10 
lb. sacks.................
.  32 
28 lb. linen sacks...............
.  60 
56 lb. linen sacks..............
.2 50
Bulk in barrels..................

56-lb dairy in drill bags..
28-lb dairy in drill bags.

56-lb dairy in linen  sacks 

Warsaw.

Ashton.

Higgins.

.  30 
.  15

60

60

56-lb dairy in linen  sacks 

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

Solar  Rock.
Common Fine.

S aginaw ................................. 
¡j8
Manistee  ...............................  b8
B oxes......................................
Kegs, English........................

SODA.

STARCH.
Diamond.

64 10c  packages  ................ 5  00
128  5c  packages..................»  oo
32 10c.and 64 5c packages.. .5  00 
20 1-lb packages...................  674
40 1 lb packages.....................  6«*

Klngslord's  Corn.

Klngslord’s  Sliver  Gloss.
40 1-lb packages.....................¡554
6-lb  boxes  ............................7

Common  Corn.

Common Gloss.

20-lb  boxes.............................  8
40-lb  boxes.............................
1-lb  packages........................
3-lb  packages........................
e n I K  K a v o g 
i n  
....
6-lb  packages  ......................
40 and 50 lb boxes
Barrels  ..................................   **
SUMMER  BEVERAGES.

115^

8 %

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
d o z .............................  2 00
Beef, Iron and Wine, pints,  per
3 GO
doz..

TOBACCOS.

Cigars.

G. J. Johnson’s  brand

S. C. W ........................................ 35 00
Q uin tette...................................35 00
New  Brick................................. 35 00
Absolute..............................  35  00

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

SOAP.
Laundry.

Gowans & Sons’  Brands.

C row .............................................3 10
German Fam ily........................  2 15
American  Grocer  100s..............3 30
American Grocer  60s.
Mystic  W hite..............
Lotus
Oak L eaf...
Old Style.  .
Happy Day

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

Mixed Candy.

Fancy—In  5  lb.  Boxes.

Fancy—In Bulk.

Candies.
Stick  Candy.
bbls pails
6 @ 7
00
Standard................... 
6 @ 7
85 Standard  H.  H ........  
6 @ 7
Cut  Loaf...................  7)4@ 8)4
Standard Tw ist....... 
«n Extra U. H.........
cases
75 Boston  Cream........ @ 8)4
00
70 Standard................... @ 7
Leader  ..................... @ 7)4
33 Conserve................... @ 7)4@ 7)4
Ri bbon...................... @
<©
Broken  ....................
Cut  Loaf................... @
English  Rock.......... @
Kindergarten_____
Freuch  Cream........ @ 9
@10
Dandy Pan........
Valley Cream.......... @13
Lozenges,  plain....... @ 8)4
Lozenges,  printed.. @ 8)4
Choc.  Drops 
@14 
Choc.  Monumentala
@13 
@5 
Gum  Drops..............
Moss  Drops..............
@ 854 
Sour Drops...............
@  854 
@ 9
Im perials.................
Lemon  Drops.
@50
Sour  Drops..............
@50
Peppermint Drops..
@60
Chocolate Drops__
@65
H.  M. Choc.  Drops..
@75
Gum  Drops..............
@35
Licorice Drops.........
@75
A. B. Licorice Drops
@50
Lozenges,  p lain__
@55
Lozenges,  printed..
@60
Im perials.................
@60
Mottoes.....................
@65
@0
Cream  B ar...............
Molasses B a r ..........
@50
Hand Made Creams.
@90
Plain  Creams..........
@80
Decorated Cream s..
@90
String Rock..............
@60
Burnt Almonds.......1
@@55
W intergreen Berries 
Caramels. 
No. 1 wrapped, 2  lb.
boxes .....................
No. 1 wrapped, 3  lb.
boxes  .....................
No. 2 wrapped, 2  lb. 
boxes  ................  .
Fish and  Oysters
Per lb.
W hiteiish..............
@ 8
® 7
T ro u t.....................
Black Bass............
@ 8
H alibut.................
Ciscoes or Herring
@ 4
Bluefish.................
@ 10
Live  Lobster.........
@ 18
@ 20
Boiled Lobster__
C o d ........................
@ 10
Haddock...............
@ 8
© 6
No.  1  Pickerel__
Pike........................
® 6
Smoked W hite__
@ 7
Red Snapper.........
@
Col  River  Salmon
@
Mackerel 
............
@ 20
Oysters, per  100.......... 1  25@1  50
Clams,  per  11» ..........   90@1  00
Fairhaven counts in cans 
40
Crackers.

Shell Goods

Fresh Fish.

@30
@45

12)4©

Butter

The N. Y.  Biscuit  Co.  quotes 

as follows:
Seymour XXX.....................  5)4
Seymour XXX, 3 lb.  carton  a%
Family XXX........................   5)4
Family XXX, 3 lb  carton..  5%
Salted XXX..........................  514
554
Salted XXX. 3 lb carton.

Soda.

Oyster.

Soda  XXX  ......................
Soda  XXX, 3 lb  carto n ..
Soda,  City........................
Crystal  W afer.................
101-
Long Island  W afers..........   11
L.  I. Wafers. 1 lb carton  ..  12 
Square Oyster, XXX..........   5)4
Sq. Oys. XXX.  1  lb  carton.  6)4
Farina Oyster.  XXX..........   514
SWEET  GOODS— Boxes.
A nim als........................ ....  10)4
Bent’s Cold W ater....... ....  12
Belle R ose..................... ....  8
Cocoanut  Taffy............ ....  8
Coffee Cakes................. ....  8
Frosted Honey.............. ....  11
Graham Crackers  ....... ....  8
Ginger Snaps, XXX round.  6)4 
Ginger Snaps, XXX  city ...  6)4 
Gin. Snps,XXX home made  6)4 
Gin. Sups.X XX scalloped..  6)4
Ginger  Vanilla  ...................   8
Im perials...............................   8
JumDles,  Honey.................   11
Molasses  Cakes.....................  8
Marshmallow  ......................  15
Marshmallow  Creams.......  16
Pretzels,  hand  m a d e .......  8)4
Pretzelettes, Little German  6)4
Sugar  Cake............................  8
S ultanas................................   12
Sears’ Lunch..........................   7)4
Sears’ Zepbyrette..................10
Vanilla  Square...................   8
Vanilla  W afers..................   14
Pecan W afers.........................15)4
Fruit Coffee...........................   10
Mixed P icnic........................  10)4
1 Pineapple Glace...................  15)4

W heat.

55

W heat................................... 
W inter  W heat  Flour.

Local  Brands.

P a te n ts.................................  3 80
Second  P atent.....................  3 30
Straight...............................  3  10
Clear......................................  2  70
Graham 
.............................   2  90
B uckw heat..........................  3  00
R y e ......................................  2 50
Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour in  bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.
Worden Grocer Co.'s Brand.
Quaker,  54s ..........................   3 50
Quaker, 54s ..........................   3  50
Quaker,  )*s...........................  3  50

Spring  W heat  Flour. 
Olney A Ju d so n ’s Brand.

Ceresota, )%s..............................  3 90
Ceresota, 54s ..............................  3 80
Ceresota, 54s .........................  3  75
Ball-Barnhart-Putman's Brand.
Grand  Republic, 14s...................3 90
Grand Republic, 14s...................3 80
Grand Republic, ),s..............3  I
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Laurel,  ) |s ...........................
Laurel, J4s ............................  3  7c
Laurel, 54s .................................  3 65
Lemon &  Wheeler Co.’s  Brand.
Parisian,  )£s.  .....................   3  90
Parisian, 54s.................................3 80
Parisian.  14s..............................   3 75

Meal.

B o lted ........................................  1 70
G ranulated...............................   t 96

Feed and  Millstuffs.

St. Car Feed, screened__ 12  50
No.  1 Corn and  Oats........... 12 00
No. 2 Feed...................................11 50
Unbolted Corn  Meal........... 11  50
W inter Wheat  Bran.............9  uO
W inter Wheat Middlings.. 10 00
Screenings.................................  8 CO
The  O.  E.  Brown  Mill  Co. 
quotes as follows:
Corn.

Car  lots................................   3014
Less than  car  lots..............  3214

Oats.

Car  lots......................
Less than  car  lots...

2314
2514

Hay.

No. 1 Timothy, ton lots  ...11  00 
No. 1 Tim othycarlots........   9 50

Fruits.
Oranges.

Fancy  Seedlings

Rodis 200s................. 
Lemons.
Strictly choice 360s.. 
Strictly choice  300s.. 
Fancy  360s...............  
Fancy  300s................ 
Bananas.

@5 00

@6  00
@6  00
@5  00
@7  00

A  definite  price  is  hard  to 
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
Figs,  Fancy  Layers
20 lbs..................... 
Figs, Choice  Layers
101b........................  
Figs,  Naturals 
in
bags,.......................  
Dates, Fards in 101b
boxes..................... 
Dates,  Fards in 60 lb
cases  ............' ___  
Dates,  Persians,  G.
M. K., 60 lb cases.. 
Dates,  Sairs  60  lb 
cases  ........   ......... 
Oils.
Barrels.

Foreign Dried  Fruits. 
@
@10
@ 5
@ 7
@ 6
@ 5
@

Eocene  ........................  @10)4
XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt 
@  8)4
W W  M ichigan............  @ 8
High Test H eadlight..  @  7
D., S. Gas......................   @9)4
Deo. N ap th a...............   @ 8)4
C ylinder......................30  @38
Engine......................... 11  @21
Black, w inter..............  @  9
Black,; summer............  @  8)4
Eocene..........................  @ 8)4
XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt.  @  6)4
D. S.  Gas.........  ......... 
@ 7

From Tank  Wagon.

Scofield,  Shurmer  &  Teagle

quote as follows:

Barrels.

Palacine......................   @11)4
Daisy  W hite...............   @10)4
Red Cross, W. W.........  @8)4
Water  White H dlt__   @ 8
Family  Headlight—   @ 7
Red Cross S.  Gasoline  @10)4
Stove Gasoline............  @ 9)4
N aphtha......................   @ 8)4
P alacine......................   @9)4
Red Cross W.  W .........  @ 6)4
1 Gasoline......................   @7)4

From  Tank  Wagon.

1014

Lards. 

Sausages.

8 25 
8  00
9  00

The  Grand  Rapids  Packing 
and Provision Co. quotes as fol­
lows:
Barreled  Pork.
Mess  .................................
Back  .................................
Clear  back........................
Short c u t...........................
Pig......................................
Bean  ................................
Family  .............................
Dry Salt  Meats.
B ellies...............................
Briskets  ...........................
Extra  shorts.....................
Smoked  Heats.
Hams,  12 lb  average  .
Hams,  14 lb  average 
...
Hams,  161b  average.......
Hams, 20 lb  average.......
Ham dried beef  ..............
Shoulders  (N.  Y. cu t).  .
Bacon,  clear....................
California  ham s..............
Boneless ham s.................
Cooked  ham .....................
In Tierces.
Compound........................
Fam ily...............................
K ettle................................
Cottolene.........................
Cotosuet  ..........................
55 lb Tubs...........advance
80 lb Tubs...........advance
501b T in s .......... advance
20 lb Pails...........advance
10 lb Pails...........advance
5 lb Pails...........advance
3 lb Pails...........advance
B ologna...........................
Liver..................................
Frankfort..........................
P o r k ..................................
Blood 
...............................
Tongue .............................
Head  cheese.....................
Extra  Mess......................
.10 00
Boneless  ...................
Pigs’ Feet
80
Kits, 15 lbs........................ 
M  bbls, 40 lbs...................  1  65
%  bbls, 80 lbs...................  3 00
Kits, 15 lbs........................... 
75
14  bbls, 40 lbs...................  1  50
V4  bbls, 80 lbs...................  2  75
P o rk ..................................... 
Beef  rounds........................  
Beef  middles....................... 
Rolls,  dairy.................... 
Solid,  dairy.......................... 
Rolls,  cream ery..............
Solid,  cream ery..............
Canned  Meats.
Corned  beef,  21b............  1 90
Corned  beef,  15  lb ............13 00
Roast  beef,  2  lb ...........   1 90
54s ..........  
Potted  ham, 
75
54s ...........   1 25
Potted  ham, 
54s ..........  
Deviled ham, 
75
Deviled ham, 
) |s ...........  1 25
Potted  tongue 14s ............ 
75
Potted  tongue )4s...........  1 25
Hides  and  Pelts.
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol­

Butterine.

Casings.

Tripe.

25
5
7

Beef.

  8!

8

Hides.

lows:
G reen............................3  @ 4
Part  cured...................  @4)4
Full Cured...................  3V4@  4)4
D ry ...............................  5  @ 7
3  @  4 
Kips,  green............
Kips,  cured............
3)4©  4)4
Calfskins,  green...
4  @  5)4 
Calfskins,  cured...
5)4@  7
25  @30
Deacouskins  ........
Pelts.
5  @  10 
Shearlings ..  .........
15  @  25 
L am bs....................
Old  Wool...............
40  @  75
Wool.
Washed 
...............
.10  @13 
U nw ashed............
@ 10
Tallow ..........................2  @ 2)4
Grease B utter..............  1  @ 2
Switches  .....................  1*4@  2
Ginseng........................2 50@2  90

Hiscellaneous.

Nuts.
Almonds, Tarragona..
Almonds, Ivaca..........
Almonds,  California,
soft  shelled..............
Brazils new .................
Filberts  ......................
Walnuts, G ren .,.........
Walnuts,  Calif No.  1. 
Walnuts,  soft  shelled
C alif..........................
Table Nuts,  fancy__
Table  Nuts,  choice...
Pecans, Small..............
Pecans, Ex. Large —
Pecans,  Jum bos.........
Hickory  Nuts per bu.,
O hio..........................
Cocoanuts,  full  sacks 
Butternuts  per  bu —  
Black Walnuts per bu 
Peanuts.
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Game
Cocks...............   —
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Flags
Roasted....................
Fancy, H. P., Associa­
tion Roasted............
Choice, H. P., Extras. 
Choice, H. P.,  Extras, 

Roasted 

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

@13
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@ 12) 
@ 6) 
@10 
@12) 
@11
@
@11
@ 10
@ 5)
@10
@12

@3  F0
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Glassware.
FRUIT JARS.

Mason—1 doz in case, pts.  5  25 
Mason—1 doz in case, qts.  5  50 
Mason—1 doz in case,V4 gal  7  50 
Dandy—glass  cover, qts..  9  UO 
Dandy—glass cover, % gal  12  00

LAMP  BURNERS.

45
50
50

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

No.  0  Sun.........
No.  1  Sun.........
No.  2  Sun.........
Tubular............
Security, No.  1. 
Security, No. 2.
50 
Nutmeg  ..........
1  15
Arctic................
LAMP  CHIMNEYS—Common.
Per box of 6 doz.
No.  0  Sun.............................  1  86
No.  1  Sun.............................   2 00
No.  2  Sun.................   .........  2 80

First  Quality.
0  Sun,  crimp  top,
1  Sun,  crim p  top,
2  Sun,  crimp  top,

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

No. 
No. 
No. 

XXX Flint.

No. 
No. 
No. 

0  Sun,  crimp  top,
1  Sun,  crimp  top,
2  Sun,  crimp 
top,

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

CHIMNEYS.
Pearl  Top.

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

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

Fire Proof—Plain Top.

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

La  Bastie.
per
No.  1 Sun. plain  bulb,
doz  ............................
No. 2  Sun,  plain  bulb,  per
d o z ..........................
No.  1 Crimp, per doz.
No. 2 Crimp, per doz.
Rochester.

No.  1, Lime  (65c doz)..
No. 2, Lime  (70c doz)..
No. 2, Flint (80c  doz)..

1  50 
1  35 
1  60

3  50
4 00 
4  70

Electric.

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

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

Pump  Cans.

5 gal Rapid steady stream.  9  00 
5 gal Eureka nou-overtiow 10 50
3 gal  Home Rule..................10  50
5 gal  Home  Rule.....  ..........12  00
5 gal  Pirate  King..................9  50

LANTERNS

No.  (»Tubular.......................4  50
No.  1 B  Tubular..................6 00
No. 13 Tubular Dash.......... 0 00
No.  1 Tub., glass fo u n t...  7  00 
No.  12  Tubular, side lamp. 13 00
No.  3 Street  Lamp  ........   3 75

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.

45
45
40
1  25

24
No. 0 per gross..................... 
No.  1  per gross..................... 
36
50
No. 2 per gross..................... 
No. 3 per  grout..................... 
80
75
Mammoth per doz.............. 
JELLY  TUMBLERS-TIn  Top. 
14  Pints, 6 doz  in  box,  per
box  (box  00)  ...................   1  55
14 Pints, 20 doz in  bbl,  per
doz  (bbl  35)......................  
18
)4  Pints,  6  doz In  box, per
box  (box  00).....................1  75
)4 Pints, 18 dot  In bbl,  per 
do*  (bbl  35).. 
.  ............  

20

Single box........................
5 box lot, delivered.......
10 box lot, delivered...........2  so
25 box lot, delivered...........2  75

Allen B.  Wrisley's brands.

Old Country, 80 1-lb. b ars...3  00 
Good Cheer, 60 1-lb. bars— 3  !)0
Uno, 100 *(-lb. bars...............2  80
Doll,  100 io-oz. bars..............2  25

Single box, delivered 
.......3 25
5 box lots,  delivered..........3  00
10 box lots,  delivered.........2 90
25 box lots,  delivered.......... 2  80

Scouring.

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

TABLE  SAUCES.

Lea & Perrin’s,  large....... 4  75
Lea Jk Perrin’s, sm all. . .  .2 75
Halford,  large......................3 75
Halford sm all....................... 2 25
Salad Dressing,  large....... 4  55
Salad Dressing, .Small.......2  65

VINEGAR.

Leroux Cider.............................10
Robinson's Cider, 40 g rain ..  .10 
Robinson’s Cider. 50 grain .  ..12 

SUGAR.

Below  are  given  New  York 
prices on sugars,  to  which  the 
wholesale dealer adds the local 
freight from New  York to your 
shipping  point,  giving  you 
credit  on  the  invoice  for  the 
amount  of  freight  buyer  pays 
from  the  market  in  which  he 
purchases to his shipping point, 
including  20  pounds  for  the 
weight of the barrel.
Cut  Loaf..................................5 37
Domino....................................5 25
C ubes.......................................5 00
Powdered  ..............................5  00
XXXX  Powdered..............  .5  12
Mould  A..................................5 00
Granulated inbbis.................4 75
Granulated In  bags...............4 75
Fine G ranulated....................4 75
.4  87 
Extra Fine Granulated..
.4 87 
Extra Coarse Granulated
4  75 
Diamond  Confec.  A .......
4  62 
Confec. Standard A .........
.4  50 
No.  1.................................
.4  50 
No  2......................   .....
.4  50 
No.  3.................................
.4  50 
No.  4  ...............................
No.  5.................................
.4  41 
.4  37 
No.  6............................... 1
No.  7 ...............................
.4  18 
No.  8................................
.4  12 
.4  06
No.  9................................
No.  10....................................... 4 00
No.  11....................................... 3 94
No.  12...................................... 3  87
No.  13.......................................3 81
No.  14.......................................3 69
No.  15.......................................3 37

WICK1NG.

N o. 0, per gross......................   25
No. 1, pergross......................   30
No. 2, per gross......................   40
No. 3, per gross......................   75

Fresh  Meats.

Beef.
C arcass.................
Fore quarters.......
Hind  quarters__
Loins  No.  3..........
Ribs........................
Rounds  .................
Chucks...................
Plates  ...................
Pork.

5  @ 614
3  @  4
6  @   8 
9  @12 
7  @  9 
514@  614
4  @ 5 
214@  3

D ressed........................  4
Loins  ...........................
Shoulders.....................
Leaf L ard.....................

Mutton.

C arcass..........................5
Spring Lambs................7

@ 414 
@  8 
@  514 
@ 514
@ 6 
@ 8

Veal.

Carcass 

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

5 )4@  6)4

22

The  Doorstep  Politicians  of  Whey 

Corners.
W ritten for the T radesman.

located 

It  is  a  hot,  sultry  Saturday  night—the 
one  particular  night  in  the  week  when 
the  doorstep  politician  crowd  takes  on 
the  character of  a  mob.  There  is  noth­
ing  in  this  fact  peculiar  to  Whey  Cor­
ners—it  is  a  scene  that  is  being enacted 
this  very  moment  in  front  of  hundreds 
of  other  corner  groceries 
in 
hundreds  of  other  crossroad  villages. 
The  regular  D.  P. ’s  are  all  present,  but 
they  are  almost  lost  among  the  Satur- 
day-nighters  who  have  come  in  from 
the  farms  to  stock  up  on  “ tobaccer”  
and  other  necessaries,  swop harvest field 
lies  and  post  up  on  neighborhood  gos­
sip. 
It  is  the  one  weekly  opportunity 
these  tillers  of  the  soil  have  for  social 
commingling  during  the  long  busy  sea­
son,  and  they  make  the  most  of it.  The 
tree  toads  are  clinging  to  the  window 
ledges  wherever  there 
is  an  available 
spot  to  cling,  and  the  doorstep  and 
threshold  are  holding  up  ten  men  by 
actual  count.  Sixteen  men,  besides  old 
Tim.  Dolan,  are  sitting  on  the  outer 
edge  of  the  walk  under  the  eaves  of  the 
broad  awning.  Between  these  two  rows 
the  walk  is  filled  with  a  shifting,  jost­
ling  crowd  of 
labor-stained  men  and 
dirty,  bare footed boys, who go and come, 
climb  in  and  out  the  store  over legs  and 
through  clouds  of  tobacco  smoke,  spit, 
swear  and  joke  each  other good natured- 
ly,  but  in language that would  ignite  the 
fireproof  cheek  of  any  member  of  the 
typograpical  union 
if  he  attempted  to 
put  it  in  type.  These  men  pay  no  re­
spect  to  modest  ears  when  they come  to­
gether  like  this  in their rough-and-ready 
everyday  attire.  Why,  you  wouldn’t 
know  some  of  these  fellows  to-morrow 
if  you  met  them  with  hymn  books  in 
hand  on  their  way  to  church. 
It  beats 
all,  what  a  change  comes  over  the spirit 
of  their  dreams  after they have scrubbed 
and  shaved  themselves  and  got 
into 
clothes.  Why,  sugar 
their  Sunday 
wouldn’t melt  in  their  mouths  if  it  was 
hot  enough  to  melt  the  heart  of  a  note 
shaver.  But  to-night—oh,  my,  it’s  d if­
ferent  to-night.  Why,  they  seem  to  vie 
with  each  other  in  the  effort  to  see  who 
can  incorporate  the  greatest  amount  of 
low  profanity  and  vulgar  slang  in  the 
least  possible  number  of  sentences;  and 
they  do  not  seem  to  realize  that  other 
ears,  although  unnoticed  by  them,  are, 
most  unfortunately,  not  deaf  to  what 
they  say.  They open their  mouths  wide, 
but  they  shut  their  eyes  tight  to  the  fact 
that  the  cheeks  of  many  a  lady  whom 
they  wot  not of  are  made  to  tingle  with 
shame,  and  that  many  a  little  urchin  is 
taking 
in—manliness?  Surely, 
any  modest  woman 
in  Whey  Comers 
unencumbered  with  men  folks  will  fast 
over  Sunday  rather  than  run  the  gaunt­
let  of  getting  into  that  grocery  for  sup­
plies  on  a  Saturday  night!
is 

Captain  Puncheon 

louder  than 
ever.  His side-splitting  guffaws  can  be 
heard  ’way  the  other  side  of  the  cheese 
factory,  and  the  residents  in  that  end  of 
the  village  do  say  that,  whenever  this 
two-footed  animal 
in  front  of 
Brown’s  grocery  at  the  same  time  the 
the 
tavern-keeper’s  big  mule  brays, 
is  unable  to  catch  the 
hostler 
least 
sound 
the  open-mouthed  four- 
from 
footed  one,  although  standing  by  his 
side 
in  a  boxstall  a  full  quarter  of  a 
mile  away  on  the  other  side  of  the 
creek!

lessons 

laughs 

The  present  cause  of  the  Captain’s 
super-exuberance  is  the  bolting  of  the 
New  York  Sun  from  the  Democratic 
“ Haw,  haw,  haw !”   roared  the
party. 

THE  M ICHIGAN  TR A D E S M A N

Captain ;  “ what  do  ye  think  o’  the  sit­
I  say,  Tim,  would  ye  ad­
uation  now? 
vise  me  ter  subscribe 
for  the  great 
X-ray  of  the  democracy,  that  there  N. 
Y.  Sun,  and  post  myself  up  on the great 
questions  of  the  day?  That’s  what  ye 
advised  me  ter  do  t’other  night,  an’ 
hanged  ef  I  ain’t  a  notion  ter  take  yer 
advise.  Haw,  haw,  haw !”

“ Say,  Capt’n ,”   said  old  Tim ,  “ the 
Lord  furgive  me  fur  givin ’  ye that hasty 
advice. 
I  don’t  want  ye  ter go back  on 
yer own  papers.  Stick  to  yer  own  party 
organ,  the  Detroit  Tribune,  an’  I'll  bet 
a  fried  egg  ye’ll  come  out  all  right. 
Ha,  ha,  ha,  ha,  h a !  oh,  he,  he,  he,  h e ! 
ha,  h a!”

At  this  point  the  crowd  caught  the 
refrain,  and,  when  the  little  Captain 
saw  old  Tim   churning  up  and  down  on 
the  sidewalk  and  getting  shorter  and 
shorter  in  breath,  he  opened  his  mouth 
and  belched  forth  a  series  of  guffaws 
that  paralyzed  every  sound  within  a 
half-mile  radius  and  brought  everybody 
in  the  village  out 
into  the  street  in 
open-mouthed  amazement.

The  bald  head  of  the grocer protruded 
through  the  door  during  the uproar  and, 
when  it  subsided,  he  wanted  to  know 
what had  happened

’ere 

’as  lost 

’e  once 

“ Happened!”   repeated  the  perspir­
ing  Captain,  as he mopped off his Gothic 
forehead  with  the  red  bandana  he al­
ways  carried  in  the  crown  of  his  hat. 
“ I ’d 
like  ter  know  wot  ain’t  a  hap­
penin’  nowadays!  Our  old  Democratic 
frien’ 
’ is  rudder  an’  ’e 
don’ t  know  any  more  where  ’e  ’s a t ! 
’e  now  ’ates, 
Things 
loved 
an’  things  ’e  once  ’ated 
’e  now  loves. 
’ Es  knocked  over  ’ is  political  god,  the 
great  Grover,  an’  now  ’e  ’s  a  tryin’  ter 
set  up  a  silver  calf  on  the  old  pedestal. 
Just  tb’  other  day,  ’e  swore  by  the  New 
York  Sun,  an’  now  ’e  swears  at  it-  The 
Detroit  Tribune  ’as  always  been  rank 
poison  to  ’ is  soul,  but now  ’e ’s  a  rollin’ 
it  under 
’ is  tongue  like  ’e  ’ad  a  sweet 
morsel,  an’  is  a  advisin’  of  ever’body 
ter  take  it  regurlelly  every  mornin’ ,  on 
a  empty  stummick. 
’earkened 
ter 
silvery-toned  voice  of  the 
tempter  an’  turned  ’ is  back  on  the  true 
Moses. 
’E ’s  jined  the  cowboys  of  the 
Wild  Woolly  West,  an’  I  want  ter  tell 
ye,  my  ole  frien’ ,  that,  ef  ye  succeed 
in  yer  idolertrous  designs 
in  a  settin’ 
up  this 
’ ere  false  god  o’  silver,  the 
judgment  o’  heaven  ’ll  be  on  this  R e­
public.  Me  ’n’  you’ll  die  an’  be  buried 
in  the  wilderness,  an’ 
forty 
year  before  our  children’ll  git  a  squint 
o’  the  Promised  Lan d.”

it’ll  be 

the 

’as 

’ E  

“ Well,”   said  Tim ,  “ ye  must  think 
the  people  o’  this  ’ere  great,  free  kin- 
try  is  a blamed  pack  o’  ’eathen !  Don’t 
ye  know  that  the  nationes’s,  pro’bition- 
es’s  and  poppeles’s are  all  a  goin’  ter 
vote  fur  free  silver?”

“ an’  so 

“ Oh,  yes,  o’  course,”   replied  the 
Captain, 
’re  the  anarchis’s, 
socialis’s,  an’  all  the  other  rag,  tag  an’ 
bobtails. 
’ ith  the 
hide,  o’  course.”

tail  go 

Let 

the 

“ Look  here,  Puncheon,”  

said  a 
homey-handed  son  of  toil  with  bare, 
sun-burnt  arms  and  a  greasy  four-year- 
old  straw  hat  on  his  head,  “ if  the  rest 
o’  your  carcass  was  in  proportion  to  yer
mouth,  ye’d  be  a -----of  a  man. 
I ’m
not  ashamed  o’  bein’  a  pop’lis’  an’  I 
won’t  be  called  a  tail  by  ennybody!”

“ Why,  my  dear  feller,”   explained 
the  Captain,  “ I  didn’t  call  ye  a  tail. 
I 
—haw,  haw,  haw!—I  was  only  alludin’ 
ter  the  hide  o’  the  old  Democratic 
party,  an’ 
jist  merely  suggestin’  that 
the  tail  ought  ter go  ’ith  the hide.  Did 
’ ithout  a  .tail?  I
ye  ever  see  a  hide 

A large number of hardware dealers handle

THE. OHIO  LINE FEED  GUTTERS

OHIO  PONY CUTTER

F ig .  7 8 3 .  N o .  1 1 % .

Made by SILVER  MAN’F’G  CO.,

Salem,  Ohio.
This  cutter  is  for  hand  use  only,  and  is  a 
strong, light-running machine.  It is adapted  to 
cutting  ITay,  Straw  and  Corn-fodder,  and  is 
suitable for parties keeping from one  to  four  or 
five animals.

There is only one  size, and  is  made  so  it  can 
be knocked down and  packed  for shipment, thus 
securing lower  freight  rate.  Has one 1IJ4 inch 
knife, and  by  very  simple  changes  makes  four 
lengths of cut.

We also have a  full  line  of  larger machines, 
both for  hand  or  power.  W rite  for  catalogue 
and  prices.

ADAMS  &  HART,  General  Agents,  Grand  Rapids.

gr

3,000 Sold  in  this 
State  last  year.
Use  no other. 

¡jjk

P A T E N T E D   A P R IL   3 0 t h ,   1 8 0 5 .

A   4-legged  tripod.  A  winner  from  the start.

W   T I 10   f l n l v   I  a A Aar-  which adjusts itself to any uvevenness 

* **v  VJIlIj  L ,uU U C r  ¡n the surface of the  ground.

A\0 
m  

)rfi 
jAH 

T h e»   O n  lir  I  a A Aar-  which does not require careful
I n e   u n i y   L a u u e r   adjustm ent before use.

T k «   A n l v   I  a d  Hot*  which does not fall if one leg
1 He  " Illy   h d u u cr  sinks down unexpectedly.

These  ladders  were  made  by  the 
Priestly  Wagon  and  Sleigh  Co., 
but as they have gone  out  of  busi­
ness, we have bought what stock they 
had, and are closing  it out  at  a  re­
duced  price.  We  now  have  on 
hand as follows:

3 0  
5 0  
5 0  

5   fe e t long.
6  feet long.
7  feet long.

And will sell them at  15 c  a  foot.

Get in your orders at once if you want any.

FOSTER,  STEVENS  J  GO.,

THE  M IC HIG AN  TR A D E S M A N

28

W O M EN  AND  W ATCHES.

Hardware  Price  Current.

guess  ye’ve  got  the  wrong  pig  by  the 
ear  this  time,  Mr.  Fodder. 
I  didn’t 
say  you  pop’lis’s  was  a  goin’  ter  vote 
fur  Byran. 
It  was  yer  ole  Democratic 
friend,  Dolan,  over  there  that  said  that, 
an’  ef  ye  feel  personally 
insulted  over 
it—as  1  would—ye 
’d  better  fix  it  up 
’ ith  him. ”

This  was  followed  by  another  horse 
laugh  and  a  remark  about  the  touchi­
ness  of  the  crowd  and  then  the  Captain 
started  for  home.
it’s 

’baout  time  we  had  a 
new  clerk,”   said  Fodder,  after  Punch­
“ That  fool  of  a  tailor  ’as bin 
eon  left. 
in  office  s’  long  'e  begins  ter  think 
’e 
owns  the  hull  town !”

“ I  think 

“ I  used  ter  think,  b ’  gosh,  that Cap’n 
Puncheon  knowed  a  heap,”   said Jimmy 
Gim ble;  “ but  enny  man  that’ll stick  up 
fur  gold  w’en  the  kintry’s  ’baout  ready 
ter bust  all  to  smithereens  hain’t  fit  ter 
be  clerk,  b’  gosh !”

This  was 

followed  by  a 

flash  of 
loud  peal  of  thunder 

lightning  and  a 
and  the  crowd  began  to  disperse.

E.  A.  Owen.

The  National  Bank  of  Norway. 

Probably  the  most 

independent  and 
aristocratic  bank 
in  the  world  is  the 
Norges,  or  National  Bank  of  Norway.
It  seems  to  be  wholly  indifferent  to  do­
ing  business  of  any  kind,  and  what  it 
does  do  it  insists  upon  doing  in  its  own 
deliberate  way.
Socially  the  bank  is  of  considerable 
importance.  The  directors  meet  twice 
a  week,  and  these  friendly  gatherings 
aie  said  to  be  most  enjoyable  affairs. 
Loans  and  discounts  form  the chief sub­
jects  of  conversation.  No  loan  or  dis­
count  can  be  made without  the  approval 
of  three  of  the  directors.

look 

Suppose  the  directors  are  to  hold  a 
meeting  on  Wednesday,  and  you  want 
to  borrow  ^1,000  on  Monday.  You  ap­
ply  to  Norges  Bank,  and  are  told  that 
the  matter  will  be  taken  under  consid­
eration  at  the  directors’  meeting  on 
Wednesday,  and  you  may 
for  an 
answer  to  your  application  by  Thurs­
day.  It  does  not  matter  in  the  least  that 
you  want  the  ^1,000  on  Monday  and 
not  Thursday—  you  simply  have  to wait.
The  origin  of  this  institution  was  as 
peculiar  as  its  management  is  unusual. 
Soon  after  the  nominal  union of  Norway 
and  Sweden  in  1814,  the  latter  country 
began  to  feel  the  need  of  greater  money 
facilities  to  meet  the  demands  of  the 
rapidly-increasing 
The 
problem  of  securing  the  necessary  capi­
tal  for  a  great  national  institution  was 
a  very  simple  one  for  the  Norwegian 
government.

commerce. 

It  raised  stockholders  for  the bank 
just  as  it  raised  soldiers  for  its  armies. 
Every  well-to-do  citizen  was  compelled 
to  take  so  much  stock.  He  was  always 
at  liberty  to  take  more  if  he  chose,  but 
always 
in  amounts  divisible  by  five. 
Book-keeping  was  made  easy  on  a  new 
principle, 
in  accordance  with  which 
sums  ending 
in  other  figures  than  five 
and  zero  were  to  be  excluded  from  the 
books.
This  national  bank  is  also  a  national 
pawnshop. 
is  authorized  by  law  to 
lend money on any non-perishable goods, 
provided  they  can  be  deposited 
in  the 
bank  and  kept  under  lock  and  key.  For 
this  service 
it  charges  rather  less  than 
the  usual  pawnbroker’s 
interest,  which 
may,  perhaps,  account  for  the  rarity  of 
private  pawnshops  in  Norway. 
In  the 
regular  loan  department  the  curious 
rule  is  enforced  that  loans  may  not  be 
made  for  less  than  one  month,  nor  for 
more  than  six,  and  only  for  sums  of  at 
least  ¿24. 

_______

It 

No  Trouble  to  Show  Goods.

The  Largest  Living  Lady,  from  the 
neighboring  dime  museum,  looked  into 
the  druggist’s  showcase.

“ You  don’t  seem  to  have  the  kind  of 
face  wash  I ’m  used  to  buying,”   she 
said,  turning  away.

“ We’ ve got  some  giant  powder  in  the 
back  room,  ma’am,  ’  replied  the  new 
clerk,  fearful  he  was  about  to  lose  a 
sale.

Why  They  Seldom  Go  Well  Together. 
From Harper's Monthly Magazine.

It 

A  man  gets  great  pleasure  out  of  a 
is  a  most  beautiful 
good  watch. 
piece  of  mechanism. 
It  is an  ornament 
and  a  companion.  He becomes  attached 
to  it  for  its  individual  qualities  and  ex­
cellences.  Every  watch  has  a  character 
of  its  own—that 
is,  every  good  watch 
that  has  any  character  at  all—for  it 
must  be  confessed  that  the  great  major­
ity  of  watches  of  the  trade  have  not  so 
much  distinct  character  as  the  majority 
of  men  and  women.  Even  the  excellent 
watches  made  by  machinery,  with  in­
terchangeable  parts,  are  not alike.  The 
fine  watch  is  a  sensitive  thing ;  it  needs 
a  good  master  who  appreciates 
it  and 
its  own  system  of  regular­
partakes  of 
ity ;  and 
it 
is  sensitive  to  the  weather, 
to  change  of  position,  and,  I  sometimes 
think,  to  the  personal  temperament  of 
the  one  who  carries  it.  This  is the  rea­
son  why  women  and  watches  seldom  get 
I  doubt 
on  well  together. 
if  a  fine 
watch  has 
feminine  qualities 
those 
which  makes  women  so  attractive. 
if 
The  watch 
is  nothing 
is  not 
methodical  and  regular. 
It  is  exasper­
ated  by  fitful and  jerky  treatment.  And 
this  quality  of  steadfastness  makes  it 
not  loved  of  women  as  men 
it. 
They  like  it  as  an  ornament,  as  a  deco­
ration,  like  the  ring  and  the  brooch, 
and 
is  sometimes  a  convenience  in 
order  to  tell  them  about  (not  exactly' 
what  time  it  is.  Women  do  not,  as  s 
rule,  except  in  cases  of  entire  emanci 
pation,  care  what  time 
is  exactly 
They  can  go  without  a  watch  with  no 
sense  of 
incompleteness  in  their  lives, 
whereas  a  man  feels  lost  without  his 
faithful  time-keeper.

love 

it 

it 

it 

in 

its  various  functions. 

The  relation  of  woman  to  the  watch 
needs  to  be  seriously  considered  for  the 
light 
it  may  throw  not  only  upon  the 
differentiation  of  the  sexes,  but  upon 
their  adaptation  for  keeping  this  world 
going 
It  is 
possible  that  here 
is  a  kind  of  touch­
stone  which  can  be  applied.  For  in­
stance,  if  a  woman  finds  that  she  has 
the  same  feeling  towards  a  watch  that  a 
man  has,  is  she  not 
justified  in  con­
cluding  that  she  has the qualities needed 
for  success  in  what  are  still  called  mas­
culine  occupations?  And 
in  trying  to 
bring  about  the  Reform,  that 
is,  the 
Complete  Emancipation  (the  word  is  an 
it  is  used  here  be­
awkward  one,  but 
cause  it  has  the  syllable  “ man”   in 
it), 
should  not  the  first  effort  be  to  put  the 
sex  into  proper relations with the watch? 
There 
is  evidently  a  great  truth  here 
somewhere,  and  the  topic  is  worthy  of 
an  essay.

It 

is  no  doubt  the  exactness  of  the 
watch  as  a  time-keeper  that  pleases  a 
man  and  adds  to  his  egotism  as  the 
owner  of  it.  He  is  jealous  of  its  repu­
tation.  He  resents  criticism  of 
it. 
Nothing  sooner  raises  heat  in  the  male 
mind  than  a  comparison  of  another 
man’s  watch  unfavorable  to  his.  He 
trusts  his  tried  machine.  He  has  in­
finite  satistaction 
in  knowing  that  he 
has  the  exact  time.  Nothing  more  up 
sets  him  and  lowers  his  self-esteem than 
to  have  a  favorite  watch  go  back  on 
him.  To  lose  confidence  in  it  is  some­
how  to  suffer  a  fundamental  shock  in 
the  general  integrity  of  things.

Confidence  can  add  more  cash  to  the 
rculation  than  mountains  of  metal 

coined  and  padlocked.

1

1

wnoiesoie cioming Monuiaciuiers.

Mail  orders  promptly  attended to, or write  our 
representative,  WILLIAM  CONNOR,  of  Mar­
shall, Mich., to call upon you  and  you  will  sie 
a replete line for all sizes and ages or  meet  him 
at  Sweet’s  Hotel,  Grand  Rapids.  He  will  be 
there all the  State  Fair  week,  beginning  Mon­
day, Sept. 7th, to Saturday, Sept. 12th.

AUGURS  AND  BITS

Snell's.................................................................  
70
Jennings’, genuine..........................................25&10
Jennings’, Im itation.......................................60 A10

AXES

First Quality. S. B. B ronze...........................   5  00
First Quality,  D. B. Bronze...........................   9  50
First Quality. S.  B. S.  Steel...........................   5  50
First Quality. D. B. Steel.........  ...................  10  50

BARROWS

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

BOLTS

Stove............................................................  
60
Carriage new list........................................ 65 to 65-10
Plow.............................................................. 
40&10

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

BUCKETS

BUTTS,  CAST

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

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

BLOCKS

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

CROW  BARS

CAPS

Ely’s  1-10....................................................perjm 
Hick’s C. F ................................................per m 
G. D — .....................................................per m 
Musket...................................................... per m 

70

4

65
55
35
60

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

CARTRIDGES

CHISELS

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

80
80
80
80

DRILLS

ELBOWS

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

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

60
50

EXPANSIVE  BITS

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

FILES-N ew   List

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

GALVANIZED  IRON

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

13 

14 

28
17

Discount,  75

15 
GAUGES

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

KNOBS—New List

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

70
80

MATTOCKS

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

MILLS

Coffee, Parkers Co.’s .) .............................—  
Coffee,  P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  M alleables... 
Coffee, Landers, Ferry & Clark's.................  
Coffee, Enterprise............................................  

40
40
40
30

MOLASSES  OATES

Stebbin’s P attern...............................................60&10
Stebbin’s G enuine.............................................60&10
Enterprise, self-m easuring............................ 
30

NAILS

Advance over base, on  both  Steel  and  Wire.

Steel nails, base................................................  2 80
Wire nails, base............  .................................  2 85
10 to 60 advance............................................... 
50

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

4 
90
3 ...'........... .......................................................  120
2 ..........................................................................  1  60
Fine 3 ...............................................................  
1  60
Case 10................................................................
Case  8.................................................................
C ase  6 ..........................................................................
Finish 10............................................................
F in ish   8 .....................................................................
Finish  6 ............................................................
Clinch 10............................................................
Clinch  8 ...........................................  ..............
C lin ch   6 .....................................................................
Barrel  %.............................................................  1

PLANES

Ohio Tool Co.’s,  fancy....................................  @50
Sciota B ench......................................................60&10
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fancy...........................   @50
Bench, firstquality...........................................  @50
Stanley  Rule and Level Co.’s wood.............. 
60
Fry, A cm e....................................................60&10&10
70&  5
Common, polished..................................... 
50
Iron and  T in n e d .................................. 
 
Copper Rivets and Burs..................................  
60

RIVETS

PANS

PATENT  PLANISHED  IRON 

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

Broken packages tic per pound  extra. 

HAMMERS

Maydole & Co.’s, new  list.........................dis  33ti
Kip’s  ............................................................dis 
25
Yerkes & Plumb’s........................................dis 40&10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.................... 30c list 
70
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel Hand 30c list40&10 

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS

Stamped Tin W are............................new list 75&10
Japanned Tin W are......................................... 20&10
Granite Iron  W are........................... new list 40&10
Pots.................  
60&10
K ettles................................................................60&10
Spiders  ...... 
60&10

HOLLOW  WARE

 

 
HINGES

Gate, Clark's, 1,2,3..................................   dis 60&10
State.............................................. per doz. net  2 50
80
B right................................................................. 
Screw Eyes......................................................... 
80
Hook's............................................... 
 
80
80
Gate Hooks and  Eyes...................................... 

WIRE  GOODS

 

LEVELS

ROPES

Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s ..............................dis 70

Sisal, H inch and  larger................................. 
M anilla...............................................................  
Steel and Iron.................................................... 
Try and Bevels..................................................
M itre..................................................................

SQUARES

5H
9
80

SHEET  IRON

com. smooth,  com.

Nos.  10 to 14....................................... $3 30 
Nos.  15 to 17.......................................  3 30 
Nos. 18 to 21......................... 
  3  45 
Nos. 22 to 24 ......................................  3 55 
Nos. 25 to 26.......................................  3  70 
No.  27 ............................................  3 80 
wide not less than 2-10 extra.

2  90
All sheets  No.  18  and  lighter,  over  30  inches 

$2 40
2 40
2 60
2 70
2 80

 

SAND  PAPER
SASH  WEIOHTS

List  acct.  19, ’86...........................................dis 
50
Solid Eyes............................................ per ton  20 00
Steel, Game.................................................. 
60&10
50
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ... —  
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton's 70&10& 10
Mouse, choker...............................per doz 
15
Mouse, delusion........................... per doz 
1  25

TRAPS

WIRE

HORSE  NAILS

75
Bright Market.................................................. 
75
Annealed  Market............................................. 
Coppered  Market...............................................70&10
Tinned M arket..................................................  62H
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
Coe’s Patent, malleable..................................  
50
Bird  Cages  ................................................  
Pumps, Cistern..........................................  
80
Screws, New List.......................................  
85
Casters, Bed and  Plate.............................. 50&10&10
Dampers, American..................................  
40&10

MISCELLANEOUS

WRENCHES

METALS—Zinc

600 pound  casks..............................................
Per pound.........................................................
t4@V4..................................................................   1214
The prices of the many other qualities of solder 
the market indicated by  private  brands  vary

SOLDER

according to  composition.

TIN—Melyn Grade

10x14 IC, Charcoal............................................ $ 5  75
14x20 IC, C harcoal.......  .................................  5  75
20x14 EX. C harcoal...........................................  7  00

Each additional X on this grade, $1.£>.

TIN—Allaway Grade
10x14 IC, C harcoal...........................................  5  00
14x20 IC, C harcoal.............................  
5  00
10x14 IX, C harcoal...........................................  6  00
14x20 IX, C harcoal................. 
6  00

Each additional X on this grade, $1.50. 

 

 

 

ROOFING  PLATES

14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean................................   5  00
14x20 IX, Charcoal, Dean................................  6  00
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean...............................  10  00
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade..............  4  50
14x20 IX, Charcoal,  Allaway Grade..............  5  50
20x281C, Charcoal, Allaway Grade..............  9 00
20x28 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade..............  11  00

BOILER  SIZE  TIN  PLATE 

14x56 IX, for  No.  8  Boilers,
14x56 IX, for  No.  9  Boilers, • per pound.

ank« st

L 6t « R . M 0 T e
STATEMENTS* *1 
ENVELOPES, 
COUNTER BILLS.

*H B IL L  HEADS
T radesman
COMPANY,
1  G R A N D   R A P I D S

Otto  C.  J.  B e r n t h a l

New  York  Electro  Platlno  &  Mi’o  60.

in  GOLD.  SILVER,  NICKEL,  BRASS  and  BRONZE;  also  LACQUERING. 

Electro  Platers 

J ohn  T .  F .  H o r n b u r g

West  EndjPearlcSt. 'Bridge. 

3  doors  South  of  Crescent  Mills. 

Gas  Fixtures  Refinished  as  Good  as  New.
Citizens 

^ . p . ß g   M,CH
GRAND  r a p id s ,  M ien.

80

24

G O THA M   GOSSIP.

News  from  the  Metropolis— Index  to 

Special  Correspondence.

the  Market.

New  York,  Aug.  15—One  would  have 
to  search  the  records  for a  good  many 
years  back  to  find  a  duller  week  in  job­
bing  grocery  circles  than  the  past  has 
been. 
It  will  be  an  era  to  date  future 
events  from—and  certainly  there  can  be 
no  worse  time  for  man  or  beast.

is  over, 

Still,  when  we  compare  the  grocery 
trade  with  other  lines,  there  is  not  so 
very  much  reason  to  complain,  after 
all.  Something 
is  doing  all  the  time, 
and  there  is  at  least  an  element of hope­
fulness  among  many  of  our  larger  deal­
ers. 
we’ll  see  a  different  state  of  affairs.

“ When  the  campaign 

One  thing  has  been  making  some 
lively  demonstrations  and  that 
mighty 
is  the  gay  and  festive 
lemon.  Orders 
have  been  coming  in  from  every  part of 
the  country  and  prices  have  gone  up, 
up,  up,  until  the  advance  has been fully 
§2  a  box  over  last  week.  The  market 
has  been completely cleaned out and  still 
the  cry  is  strong  for  more  and  the  pres­
sure  is  for  still  further  advances  on  ar­
riving  quantities.

The  coffee  market  is  dull  and  quota­
tions  have  been  made  on  a 
fractionally 
lower  basis  than  prevailed  a  week  ago. 
Transactions  on  the  street  have  been 
made  on  a  basis  of  11c  for  Rio  No.  7> 
and,  indeed,  this  has,  possibly,  been 
shaded.  There  are  afloat  496,736  bags, 
against  538,342  bags  at  the  same  time 
last  year. 
In  mild  coffees  there  has 
been  a  fairly  good  trade  and  quotations 
are  quite  firmly  adhered  to.

The  tea  market  remains  about  as 
usual.  There  have  been  quite  a  good 
many  orders,  but  nearly  all  for  small 
amounts  for  stocking-up  purposes.

The  supply  of  refined  sugar  has  not, 
as  yet,  overtaken  the  demand  and  or­
ders  coming 
in  contain  the  “ hurry”  
clause  with  great  frequency.  The  de­
mand 
is  fair  and  it  could  not  well  be 
less  than  “ fair”   at  this  season  of  the 
year.  Raw  sugars  are  quiet  and  holders 
are  hoping  for  a  stronger  market  soon.
is  depressed. 
Prices,  while  practically  unchanged, 
are  certainly  not  inclined  to  go  higher. 
The  demand  is  light,  orders  being  for 
very  small  quantities.

In  spices  the  market 

While there has been a  light demand  in 
rice,  dealers  generally  report  that  quo­
tations  show  no  weakness  and,  upon  the 
whole,  the  market  is  firm.  Crop  news 
is  of  an  encouraging  nature.  Reports 
from  New  Orleans  are  firm.

Molasses  is waiting for cooler weather. 
Very  little  of  interest  has  taken  place 
during  the  week  and  dealers  are  not 
working  themselves  to  death.  Open 
kettle  is  said  to  have  been  sold  in  New 
Orleans  at  32c—equal  to  about  36c  here.
The  syrup  market  is very listless.  For 
the  very  finest  grades  there  is  some  re­
quest  from  fancy  grocers,  but,  as a rule, 
the  hot  weather  has  been  too  much  for 
the  general  trade.

in  every  direction  and 

In  canned  goods  very  little  animation 
exists.  Brokers  are  cutting  down  ex­
penses 
there 
seems  no 
immediate  chance  for  a  bet­
terment  of  affairs.  Reports  of  a  large 
pack  come  to  hand  from  all  parts  of  the 
country.  Maine  promises  well  for  corn 
and  Maryland  cornes  up  smiling  for  a 
large  output  of  tomatoes.  Alto­
very 
gether,  we  are  not 
likely  to  suffer  for 
want  of  canned  goods  this  winter.
As  intimated,  the  demand  for  lemons 
has  been  something  of  the  nature  of  a 
boom  and  at  the  moment  there  seems  to 
be  no  means  of  meeting  the  demand. 
Oranges  have  not  been  very  actively 
enquired  for,  yet  prices  are  very  firm. 
Bananas are quiet.  The  market  has re­
mained  practically  unchanged 
for  a 
long  time  and  the  range  per  bunch  for 
firsts  is  from  § i . io @ i . 25.

Potatoes  are  worth  from  goc@Si  per 
bbl.  in  bulk  and  the  supply  is  “ all  that 
could  be  desired.”   Sweet  potatoes  are 
held  from  § i@ i . 25  per  bbl.  Celery, 
2o@4oc  per  doz.  bunches.

There  has  been  a  very  noticeable 
falling  off 
in  the  demand  for  butter 
during  the  week.  Supplies  have  shown 
a  good  deal  of  stock  that  is  not  up  to 
requirements  and  the  hot  weather  has

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

been  particularly  severe  on  shipments 
from  a  great  distance.  Western  cream­
ery  is  worth  from  i 5J£@ i6c.

The  demand 

Arrivals  of  cheese  have  been  of  mod­
erate  proportions. 
for 
home  use  is  moderate,  while  for  export 
there  has  been  a  trifle  more  activity. 
Large  size  full  cream  is  worth  7%c.
Dealers  assert  that  they  have  never 
seen  so  large  a  proportion  of  the  arriv­
In  fact,  there 
als  of  eggs  go  to  waste. 
fancy  eggs  to  be  had. 
are  no  really 
Stock  that  will  bear 
investigation  is 
worth  I4@ i6c.

Trading  in  beans  has  been  very  quiet 
during  the  week  and prices are nominal­
ly  as 
last  quoted.  Choice  pea,  $ 1 ; 
choice  marrow,  $1. 

Dried  fruits  are  dull—extremely  so. 
New  evaporated  apples  are  worth,  for 
Sept.-Oct.  delivery,  5c  for  fancy  stock 
and  about  4Lie  for  average  prime.

15.

The  Drug  Market.

Acetanilid—Manufacturers issued  cir- 
cnlars  last  Wednesday  promulgating  an 
advance  of  2c  per  pound.

Acids—Fair  demand  from  consumers 
Salicylic, 
is  somewhat  easier and  a  trifle 

for  seasonable 
market 
irregular.  Oxalic  is  still  steady.

varieties. 

Alum—Moderate  demand 

from  con­
suming  channels.  No  change  in  prices.
Arsenic—Powdered  white  is  quiet and 

values  are  down  a  notch.

Balsams—Not  much  change 

in  any 
description.  Trade demand  for  copaiba 
is  good  and  values  are  firm.  Tolu  re­
mains  strong,  while  Peru  continues 
quiet.

Barium,  Nitrate—Moderate 

request.

jobbing 

Bismuth  Preparations—Old  prices 

rule  for  jobbing  inquiry.

Cacao  Butter—Prices  of  bulk are firm, 
influenced  by 
the  exceedingly  small 
available  stock,  but  demand  has  con­
tinued  slow,  nevertheless.

Cantharides—Slow  sale,  prices  mostly 

nominal.

Cassia  Buds—Stock  of 

desirable 
closely  concentrated  and 
Jobbing  request  very 

is 

grades 
values  are  firm. 
fair.

Castor  Oil—Condition  abroad  has 
met  with  a  further  improvement,  and 
the  market  here  is  firm,  with  about  an 
average  business going  forward.

Chloral,  Hydrate—Prices  nominally 

steady,  no  new  features.

Cocaine—Values 

firm  on 
both  sides  the  water,  and  the  late ad­
vance  is  well  maintained.

continue 

Colocynth  Apples—The  different  de­
scriptions  are  meeting  with  a  con­
tinued  good  trade  demand. 
Foreign 
markets  are  firm  and  prices  are  kept 
up.

Cream  Tartar—There  is  no  mention- 
able  change  in  prices,  but  there  seems 
to  be  a  moderate  movement.
Cubeb  Berries—Market 

featureless, 

with  quotations  nominal.

Epsom  Salts—Are  still  scarce  on  the 

spot  and  prices  are  firm.

Ergot—Small 

lots  only  are  enquired 

for.  Values  are  unchanged.

Essential  Oils—Consuming  demand 
is  reported  as  quiet,  but  dealers  exhibit 
interest  and  there 
a  degree  more  of 
are  some  few  changes  of  more  or 
less 
consequence  as  regards leading descrip­
tions.  Citronella  has  again  declined,  as 
has  also  sweet  orange.  All  varieties  of 
peppermint  have  dropped  in  price,  un­
der  the  influence  of  the  abundant  yield 
of  new  crop.  Market  is  slightly quieter 
as  to  natural  wintergreen.

Flowers—Arnica  are  meeting  with  a 
limited  jobbing  demand  at  the  former 
range.  Market 
is  steady  for  German 
chamomile,  but  there  is  no  fresh  busi­
ness,  in  consequence  of  no  recent  ar­

rivals  of  new  crop.  Prices  for  Ameri­
can  saffron  are  nominally  steady.

Gycerine—Demand  slow,  no  change 

in  values.

is  moving 

Gums—Asafoetida 

in  a 
fairly  good  way.  Domestic  camphor  is 
still  firm.  Tcne  of  the  demand  is  active 
for  Japanese 
in  one  ounce  cakes,  and 
English 
is  still  steady.  Kino  has  ad­
vanced,  on  account  of  reduced  supply.
good  demand  for
short  buchu.  Senna  prices  are  well 
maintained,  due  to  the  seasonably  ac­
tive  request.

Leaves—Fairly 

Lupulin—Tendency  of  prices  is  to the 
nominally  steady.  Demand  is  limited.
Menthol—Demand  is  about  the  same 
lupulin,  with  the  tone  of  the 

as  for 
market  easy.

Morphine—The 

limited  business 

is 
mostly  of  the  contract  character.  How­
ever,  prices  are  maintained  and 
the 
tone  of  the  market  seems  to  be  steady.
Opium—Demand  has  been  extremely 
dull  since  the 
Although 
prices  have  been  favorable  to  buyers, 
there  has  not  been  a  corresponding  de­
mand.

issue. 

last 

Quicksilver—Business  is  still limited, 

at  the  old  range.
Quinine—Very 

consuming  channels.

firm  demand 

from 

Roots—No  new  features  for 
and  prices  are  nominally steady. 
shows  no  change. 
mains  very  firm,  under  the  same 
ences  as  were  at  work  a  week  ago.

ipecac 
Jalap 
Jamaica  ginger  re­
influ­

is 

Salicylate  of  Soda—Quotations  have 
met  with  a  decline  at  the  hands  of man- 
facturers.

Seeds—Primary  sources  have  reduced 
prices  for  Italian  anise.  The  market 
is,  in  consequence,  depressed  and  spot 
values  are 
lower.  No  specially  new 
features  to  report  for any  of  the  varie­
ties  of  canary  and  prices  are,  for  the 
most,  unchanged.  All 
varieties  of 
mustard  are  at  a  standstill.  Poppy  quo­
tations  are  very  firm.  Russian  hemp, 
also,  is  firm.  Tone  of  the  market  for 
millet 
still  easy  but  prices  are 
steady.  Although  the  demand  for  cori­
ander  remains  fair,  there  is  no  better­
important 
ment  to  note  in  values.  No 
changes 
job­
bing  business  being  at the former range.
Sponges—The  spot  market  is still dull 
and  without  mentionable  change,  with 
but  little  business  going  forward,  buy­
ers  being  denominated  reluctant,  but 
values  of  really  desirable  goods  are 
steady.  No  new  situation  in  producing 
localities.

in  celery,  the  moderate 

Sugar  of  M ilk—Excellent  home  con­
sumptive  demand  has resulted  in  a  very 
active  market.  Same  is  true  of  the  ex­
port  trade,  and 
large  sales  are  being 
made  at  the  old  quotations^

Strontia,  Nitrate—Moderate  consum­
ing  trade  and  prices  continue  fairly  ac­
tive.
Advertising  Device  Used  by  a  Cigar 

Dealer.

An  enterprising  local  cigar  dealer has 
realized  that  something  must  be  done 
to  counteract  the  commercial  depres­
sion  of  a  presidential  election  year. 
The  following  announcement 
is  made 
on  a  large  sign  placed  in  front  of  his 
establishment: 
“ Your  felt  hat  cleaned 
free  of  charge  by  purchasing  25  cents’ 
worth  of  our  own  full  Havana  cigars. 
Satisfaction  guaranteed.”   A  mulatto  is 
seated 
in  the  window  engaged  in  the 
operation  of  refurbishing  old  derbies  by 
means  of  some  electrical  machinery.

Association Matters

Michigan  Hardware  Association 

President,  He n h y C.  VVe b k k ,  Detroit;  Vice-Pres­
ident. C h a s.  F.  B o ck,  Battle Creek;  Secretary- 
Treasurer,  He n r y  C.  Min n ie ,  Eaton KapidB.

Michigan Retail Grocers’ Association 

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

President, J. W is l e k ,  Mancelona;  Secretary,  E. 
A.  S to w e,  Grand  Rapids;  Treasurer,  J.  F. 
Ta t m a n ,  Clare.
Next Meeting—At Grand  Rapids,  Feb.  3  and  4, 
1897.
Traverse City Business Men’s Association
Ho lly ;  Treasurer, C. A.  H ammond.
Grand  Rapids  Retail Grocers’ Association
President,  E. C.  Win 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 i p p l e ; Secretary,G. T .C a m 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.  Hi l l ; Secretary,  W.  H.  P or­

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 n so n;  Secretary,  A.  M. 

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

Grand  Rapids Retail Meat Dealers’ Association 
President, L   J .   K a t z ;  Secretary, P h il ip  Hi l b e r ; 

Treasurer, S. J.  H u f fo r d .

W ANTS  COLUMN.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

85

86

stock,  invoicing 81,800, for $500  in  cash  and 
balance  in  real  estate.  Address  No.  86,  care 
Michigan  Tradesman. 

i l*OR  SALE-CLEAN  AND  PAYING  DRUG 
IJiOk  SALE.  CHE VP—BAKERY  AND  RES- 

tau-ant  near Paw Paw Lake resort;  the only 
. 
bakery  in towu.  Other  business  cause  of  sale. 
Address  L.  Vernand,  Box 168,  Watervliet,  Mich.
ljTOR s.\L E —ONE OR TWO  VALUABLE PAT- 
r   eats  cheap,  or  would  Interest  a  pushing 
m anufacturer. 
Jos.  Lauhoff,  326  Russell  St., 
Detroit._________________________________ 82

I NOR  SALE—ESTABLISHED  CONFECTION- 

ery and Cigar business,  including ice cream 
parlors.  Slock and fixtures will inventory about 
>2,000.  Rent, $1,200 per  year.  Location  on  best 
business street in  Grand  Rapids.  For  particu­
lars, addiess No.  77,  care  of  Michigan  Trades­
man. 

I7K)R  SALE—ONE  OF  THE  BEST  PAYING 

little grocery  stocks  in  the  city  of  Muske­
gon.  Fur  particulars  address  A.  B.  Payne  A 
Son.  Muskegon. 
TT'OR  SALE—SMALL  STOCK  CLOTHING, 
r   furnishing goods, stationery  and  groceries. 
Good reasons  for  sell:ng.  For  particulars  ad­
dress Lock Box  I, Clarksville,  Mich. 

I NOR  SALE—GOOD  P A Y I N G   G R O C E R Y  

store  and  stock  in thriving towu.  Address 
E.  D. Goff, Fife Lake, Mich._________________51

76

77

71

. 

MISCELLANEOUS.

84

83

80

W /  ANTED  TO  EXCHANGE—EQUITY  IN  A 
VV  double  tenement  renting  for  $1,600  an­
nually, in heart of Grand Rapids, for farm or city 
proi>erty.  Address  No.  84,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 

I HAVE  TWO  RESIDENCE  LOTS  IN  EAST- 

ern portion  of  Grand  Rapids  which  I  will 
exchange for  clean  stock  of  general  merchan­
dise.  Address  No.  83,  care  Michigan  Trades­
man. 
A  SINGLE MAN OF  FIFTEEN  YEARS’  BX- 
1 tl  perience in a general  store wishes  position. 
Can give good  references.  Dick  starling,  Cen­
tral Lake,  Mich. 

INVOICING 
ANTED — DRUG  STOCK 
from $1,500 to $2,500, in  exchange  for  pro­
ductive real estate.  Address No. 75,  care  Mich­
igan Tradesman. 

farms  for  stock  of  merchandise;  splendid 
location.  Address No. 73, care Michigan Trades­
man. 

F OR  EXCHANGE-TWO  FINE  IMPROVED 
W ANTED—TO  EXCHANGE  GOOD  GRAND 
Bu t t e r ,  e g g s ,  p o u l t r y   a n d   v e a l

Rapids  real  estate  for  stock  of  mer­
chandise.  Address  No.  969,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 

Shippers should write Cougle Brothers, 178 
South  A ater  Street,  Chicago,  for  daily  market 
reports. 
ANTED  TO  CORRESPOND  WITH  SHIP- 
pers of butter and eggs  and  other  season­
able produce.  R. Hirt, 36 Market street, Detroit.
951
W ANTED—SEVERAL  MICHIGAN  CEN- 
Every  Merchant

price, Vlndex. care Michigan Tradesman.  869

tral  mileage  books.  Address,  stating 

969

26

75

73

The  man  who  is  constitutionally  tired 
is  highly  endowed  with  the  ability  to 
make  other  people  tired.

Business  is  suffering  from  the  dry  rot 

of  inactivity.

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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