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MANUFACTURED

BY

Kneipp Malt Food Co.

C.  H.  STRUEBE,  Sandusky,  Ohio,

Agent for Ohio, Indiana and Michigan.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  NOVEMBER  18,1896.

Number 687

We can sell you

Snedicor & Hathaway

LIME OR CEMENT.

S.  A.  MORMAN  &  CO., 
19 Lyon St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

80  to 89  W.  Woodbridge St.,  Detroit, 
Manufacturers  for  Michigan  Trade. 

DRIVING  SHOES.

MEN'S AND  BOYS’  GRAIN  SHOES. 
C. E. Smith Shoe Co., Agts. for Mich., O. and Ind

PERKINS i  NESS, * r  HMfiS, Furs, wool awl Tallow

We carry a stock of cake tallow for mill use.

Nos.  iaa and  134  Louis St., 

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Parisian  Flour

Lem  & Wheeler Company,

SOLE  AGENTS.

Parisian  Flour

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Established 1780.

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Dorchester, Mass.,

The Oldest and 

Largest  Manufacturers of
PORE, HIGH GRADE
COCOAS
GHOCOLATES

on  this Continent.

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No  Chemicals  are  used  la 
their manufactures.
Their  Breakfast  Cocoa Is absolutely pars, 
delicious,  nutritious,  and costs less than asm 
cent a  cup.
Their  Premium  No.  1  Chocolate  is  tbs 
best plain chocolate in the market for family 
use.
Their Oerman  Sweet Chocolate Is good to 
eat and good to drink.  It is palatable,  nutri­
tious  and  healthful;  a great  favorite with 
children.
Buyers  should ask  for and  be  so n  that 

they get the genuineWalter Baker & Co.*s

goods, made  *t

Dorchester.  Mass.

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One that you can  depend  on  giv­
ing  your  trade  the  best  possible 
satisfaction?

It’s a  strictly  high  grade  Min­
nesota  Patent  Flour and we  guar­
antee every  sack  or  barrel  to  be 
unsurpassed.  Drop us a  line  for 
delivered prices.

We will make high grade goods 
and  low  prices  an  inducement  to 
buy your flour and millstuffs here.

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OF  COURSE 
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But  not  so  busy  that  we  cannot  give 
prompt  attention  to  every  letter  of  in­
quiry, every letter asking for  quotations, 
and  every  order 
received, 
whether  for  one  barrel  of  flour  or  ten 
carloads of mixed goods.

We  have  a  Western  Union  operator 
in our office and direct  line  to  Chicago. 
We are posted  on  the  markets  and  we 
will be  glad  to  keep  you  posted.  We 
will advise you to the best of  our  ability 
if you  write  or  wire.  We  have  a  long 
distance  “ Phone.”  We  have  every 
modern  appliance  for  doing  business 
quick.  We  are  constantly  improving 
all along the line.  We have competent 
men  watching  every  detail.  We  buy 
and grind  only  No.  1  wheat.  We  are 
selling more

“ LILY  WHITE  FLOUR”

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than ever before. 

Is it any wonder?
VALLEY CITY MILLING CO.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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C.  G.  F reeman,  Treas.

The  Lamb

Glove and Mitten Co.

PERRY,  MICH.,  U.  S.  A.

MANUFACTURERS OF

High  Grade  Gloves  and  Mittens

Made from  Pure American and 

Australian  Wools and the Finest Quality  of Silks.

Season of 1896-97. 

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This Company controls a  large  number of the  latest  and  best  inven- 
tions of Mr. I. W. Lamb, the orieinator and inventor of the Lamb Knitting 
Machine, who is recognized as the Leader in originating designs for High 
Grade Gloves and Mittens, in the invention of machines for their produc- 
tion, and also in the manufacture of the goods.

We will be pleased  to send  samples  for  examination — Express  pre- 
paid — to responsible dealers in any part of the  Union.  Any  portion,  or 
all, of these samples may be returned at our expense.

Dealers will consult their own interests by examining these goods. We 

are sending out THREE lines of these samples, as follows:

Line No. 1, for Men, Women and Children, consisting of 18 pairs.
Line No. 2, for Men and B  ys onlv, consisting of 12 pairs.
Line No. 3, for Ladies,  Boys and Children  consisting of 12 pairs.

In ordering samples please to say which line you wish.
Goods i-hipped at one  . and satisfaction guaranteed.

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SOAP 

ARMOUR’S WHITE:

Absolutely  pure  snow  white  Floating  Soap,  10 oz.  and 
6 oz. cakes.  Nothing finer made.

ARMOUR’S  LAUNDRY:

A  guaranteed  pure  neutral  Laundry  Soap,  it  oz.  oval 
cake, fits the hand.

ARMOUR’S  FAMILY:

Best  Soap  made  for  all  Family  purposes,  16  oz.  solid 
cake of Pure Soap.

ARMOUR’S COMFORT:

12 oz. square cake pure Laundry Soap.  There is comfort 
in its use.

ARMOUR’S WOODCHUCK:

10  oz.  Wrapped  Cake  Floating  Laundry  Soap.  “It’s  a 
wonder and a winner.”

ARMOUR’S  KITCHEN  BROWN:
ARMOUR’S MOTTLED GERMAN:

A pound bar of good Scouring Soap.

A  Soap  of  wonderful  cleansing  and  lasting  properties. 
Cut in pound bars.

ARMOUR’S WASHING  POWDER:

Superior  to  all  washing  compounds,  elixirs,  etc.  It  is 
the perfection of quick acting,  labor  saving  “cleansers.”

ARMOURSOflP WORKS,6iii6aQ0,

ARMOUR & CO.,  Proprietors.

C O R T I C E L L I WASH  AND  FILO

A L L  T H E   L A T E S T  C O L O R S .

»DETROIT  BRUSH  WORKS«

L.  CRABB & SON,  Proprietors.

P.  STEKETEE  &  SONS,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

30  and  32  Ash  Street,  Detroit,  Mich.

DUCK,  MACKINAW  AND  KERSEY 
COATS,  KERSEY  PANTS,  LUM­

BERMAN’S 

SOCKS,  MITTENS, 

BLANKETS AND COMFORTABLES.

Weatherly

Pulte,

99  Pearl St., 
GRAND  RAPIDS.

Plumbing  and  Steam  Heating;  Gas 
and  Electric Fixtures;  Galvanized  Iron 
Cornice and  Slate Hoofing.  Every kind 
of Sheet Metal  Work.

Pumps and Well Supplies.
Hot Air Furnaces.

Best equipped and largest concern in the State.

VOIGT  HERPOLSHEIMER  i   CO..

WHOLESALE  DRY  GOODS.

GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICH.

Contains  over 90 per cent,  pure  Trinidad  Asphalt 
when dry.  You can get full  information  In  regard 
to this material by writing

WARREN CHEMICAL AND MANUFACTURING GO.,

81 Fulton street, NEW YORK.

m o  Chamber of Commerce. DETROIT.

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Number 687

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state of Michigan  on  Descent  and  Distribution 
of Property.”

CARRIAGES,  BAGGAGE 
AND  FREIGHT  WAGONS
■5 and 17 North Waterloo St., 

Grand Rapids.

Telephone 381-1 

(Limited)

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Reports and  Collections.

411-412*413 Widdicomb Bids, 

Grand Rapids.

NOTICE TO HOOPJDHKEBS

CASH  PAID  for  round  and  racked  hoops  at 
shipping stations  on  D..  L  &  N.,  C.  &  W.  M 
G. R  A t   T., S. &. M., M. C., A  A., D.,  G.  H.  & 
M., M. & N. E ,  L. S. & M. S. railroads.

ROUND  &  RACKED  HOOP  CO.,

a  rand Rapids, filch

433 Widdicomb Bldg., 
Every  Dollar

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

TRADESMAN  COMPANY,  Grand  Rapid»

will  be  at  Sweet’s  Hotel,  Grand 
Rapids,  Mich.,  on  Friday  and 
Saturday,  Nov.  87  and  v’8,  with 
his  Fall  and  Winter  line  of 
Michael  Kolb  &  Son’s  Ready 
Made  Clothing.  He then  leaves 
for  a 
for  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
complete  line  of  Spring  goods. 
Those  wanting  anything 
right 
away drop a  line  to  Mr.  Connor, 
Box 346, Marshall,  Mich.,  and  he 
will soon be with you.

The.

PREFERRED
BANKERS
LIFE
ASSURANCE
COMPANY

......of AVICHIGAJI
Incorporated by 100  Michigan  Bankers.  Pays 
all  death  claims  promptly  and  in  fall.  This 
Company sold Two and One-half Millions of In­
surance In Michigan  in  1896,  and  is  being  ad­
mitted into seven  of the Northwestern  States  at 
this time.  The most  desirable  plan  before  ike 
people.  Sound  and  Cheap.

Home  office,  DETROIT,  Michigan.

WORK AT GOOD PAY.  For particulars ad­

dress  the  CLASP COMPANY,

BUCHANAN,  MICH.

source  of  a gold  supply  in  case  of  need, 
and  a  shifting  in  the  balance  of  trade 
may  at  any  time  induce another  raid 
upon  the  Government’s  gold  reserve. 
No  such  danger  could be apprehended  if 
the  greenbacks  and  the  treasury  notes 
of  1890  were  retired  once  for  all  from 
circulation.  The  so-called  Baltimore 
plan  was  proposed  with  that  end 
in 
view.  Mr.  Carlisle  suggested  a  similar 
plan  with  some  modifications.  Comp­
troller  Eckels  recommended yet another. 
The  Baltimore  bankers  looked  mainly 
to  the  fact  that  the  present  basis of bank 
issues  would  be  gone  with  the  redemp­
tion  of  the  bonds  which  constitute  the 
guarantee  of  their  circulation. 
The 
treasury  officials  were  mainly  impressed 
with  the 
importance  of  getting  rid  of 
the  drain  upon  the  treasury  consequent 
upon  the  enforced  redemption  of  the 
Government’s  demand  notes. 
But 
Congress  rejected  all  of  these  plans, 
and  no  man  of  any  party,  neither  in  the 
House  nor  the  Senate,  was  able  to  for­
mulate  a  plan  which  could  command  a 
majority  support.

So  the  case  stands  to-day. 

It  would 
be  vain  to  expect  relief  from  Congress 
its  present  inchoate  condition;  but 
in 
it  now  appears  probable  that 
in  the 
next  Congress  there  will  be  a  majority 
for  the  gold  standard 
in  both  houses. 
In  that  case,  there  ought  to  be  no  in­
superable  barrier  to  constructive  and 
remedial  legislation.

F r a n k  St o w e l l.

Shirt  Waists  for  1897.

From the New York Dry Goods Economist.

Regardless  of  the  disfavor  with which 
separate  waists  have  been  looked  upon 
by  leading  foreign  and  domestic  mo­
distes,  the  present  indications  are  that 
they  will  renew,  if  not  surpass,  their 
old-time  popularity  during  the  coming 
spring  and  summer  seasons.
This  method  of  gowning  has  never 
been  favored  by  dressmakers,  owing 
principally  to  thè  fact  that  it is econom­
ical  to  the  wearers  and  results  in  a  loss 
of  business  to  them.  During  the  past 
two  seasons  leading  Parisian  designers 
have  tried  in  vain  to  popularize  some 
fashions  which  would  surplant  a  mode 
of  dressing  so  injurious  to  their  busi­
ness,  especially  among  their  American 
patrons,  where  the  shirt  waist,  accepted 
as  an  American  institution,  prevails.
Judging  from  the  care  and  expense 
which  are  being  bestowed  in  the  prepa­
ration  of  these  lines  for  the  coming  sea­
son’s trade,  and  the attractive and varied 
assortments  of  inviting  styles  in  which 
they  will  be  obtainable,  nothing  but  an 
upheaval  can  prevent  them  exceeding 
their  former  popularity  with  the  fash­
ionable  trade.

is 

line 

The  variety 

in  designs  of  fabric  is 
quite  as  large  as  that 
in  the  style  of 
making  up,  while  the  production  of 
each 
jealously  guarded  by  its 
maker,  in  the  hope  of  preventing  copy­
ing  and  the  expectation  of  springing  a 
grand  surprise  on  both  competitor  and 
customer  on  the 
final  opening  day, 
is  generally  set  for  about  the 
which 
middle  of  the  month.

The  English  experience  of  the Pacific 
Coast  Borax  Co.  has  been  profitable. 
It 
was  last  June  that  the  international  con­
nections  were 
formed,  and  the  busi­
ness  since  then  has  earned  a  dividend 
of  12  per  cent,  on  the  ordinary  capital. 
Stockholders  received  6  per  cent,  and 
the  balance  was  carried  over.

Necessary  Financial  Legislation.

Difficulties  to  be  dealt  with  in  any at 
tempt  to  relieve  the financial embarrass 
ments  of  a  national  government  may  be 
either  economical  or  political.  There 
insuperable  barrier on 
is  certainly  no 
in  the  case  of  the 
the  former  account 
United  States.  Nothing 
in  modern 
history  is  more  wonderful  than  the  un 
impaired  credit  of  the  Government  of 
this  country  when  all  the 
elements 
which  underlie 
its  solvency  are  taken 
into  consideration.  Two  factors  have 
been  all  along  involved,  the  honest 
in­
tention  and  the ability  of  the  nation  to 
meet  all 
its  obligations  in  the  strictest 
sense  of  public  honor,  in  the  spirit  as 
well  as  in  the  letter of its contracts.  The 
ease  with  which  enormous  sums  have 
been  recently  raised  by  the  sale  of 
bonds  at  a  moderate  rate  of  interest, 
and  the  premium  which  those  bonds 
have  commanded  in  the  markets  of  the 
world,  attest  beyond  all  cavil  the  faith 
which  everywhere  prevails  in  the  integ­
rity  and  resources  of  the  people  of  the 
United  States. 
faith  was  but 
slightly  shaken  by  the  great  struggle 
just  been  brought  to  a  for­
which  has 
tunate  conclusion. 
investors 
did,  indeed,  await  the  development  of 
events;  but  they  waited with confidence, 
and  this  country  and  the  world  abroad 
have  happily  escaped  the  consequence 
of  the  panic  and  general  demoralization 
of  trade  and  industry  which  a  different 
feeling  on  their  part  might  very  easily 
have occasioned.  The  evident  resolu­
tion  of  this  great  nation  not only  to  pay 
the 
interest,  but  actually  to  pay  off  its 
mmense  war  debt  in  the  world’s  best 
money,  and  the  rapidity  with  which 
that  debt  has  been  reduced,  have  been 
the  sufficient  guarantees  ot  this  confi­
dence,  over  against  the  fanciful  pro­
posals  of a  numerous  school  of i mag ¡na­
ive  and  speculative 
financiers.  The 
conclusive  fact  of  prompt  and  actual 
payment  was  always  in  evidence,  and 
the  people  of  the Old  World  have  still 
been  ready  to  trust  the great  republic  of 
the  Western  Hemisphere.

Foreign 

This 

The  financial  difficulties  with  which 
the  Government  ot  this  country  has  to 
deal  are,  therefore,  purely  political. 
It 
would  be  a  great  mistake  to  suppose, 
however,  that  they  have  been  wholly 
obviated  by  the  triumph  of  a  sound- 
money  victory  in  the  last  national  elec­
tion.  The  conclusion  determined  by 
that  election  is quite  general  in  its  na­
Practical  questions  of  detail, 
ture. 
questions  of  prodigious 
importance, 
press  for  immediate  and  definite  settle­
ment.  It  is  not too  much  to  say  that  the 
currency  system  of  the  United  States 
is 
intricate  and  complicated,  or 
unduly 
that 
unnecessary 
imposes  wholly 
it 
burdens  and  no  embarrassments  upon 
the  General  Government.  The  story  of 
the  origin  of  that  situation  would  be 
overlong  to ¡tell 
in  one  brief  article. 
Its  conclusion  is  all  summed  up  in  the 
statement  that  the  Government  has  been 
forced  into  the banking  business. 
It  is 
compelled  to  meet 
its  own  notes  with 
gold  upon  demand  to  the  tune of  some­
thing  like  $500,000,000,  and  the  present 
law  does  not  permit  it  to  retire  those 
it  has taken
notes  once  for  all  when 

this 

It  has, 

them  up. 
It  has  been  contended,  and 
it  need  not  be  denied,  that  a  strict  con­
struction  of  the  law  would  allow  the  re­
demption  of  those  notes  in  silver;  but 
it  has  been  the  uniform  judgment  of 
every  administration  which  has  had  to 
deal  with  this  question  that  the  parity 
of  gold  and  silver dollars  could  only  be 
maintained  by  the  unhestitating  re­
demption  of  the  Government’s  paper 
in  gold  upon  demand.  Every  private 
as  well  as  every  public 
interest  hinges 
upon  the  possibility  of  carrying  this 
policy  into  effect;  but  plainly  the  Gov­
ernment  cannot  undertake 
task 
without  assuming  the 
functions  of  a 
national  bank.  The  Government  has 
gone  into  the  banking  business;  it  is  in 
the  banking  business  without  the  or­
dinary  resources  of  normally  constituted 
banks. 
in  point  of  fact,  prac­
It  re­
tically  no  resource  but  taxation. 
ceives  no  deposits  which  it  is  at  liberty 
to  use  as  other banking  institutions  use 
their deposits.  Every  dollar  of coin  de­
posited  with  the  Government 
is  repre­
sented  by  a  gold  or silver  certificate  in 
circulation,  which  must  be  redeemed  in 
the  appropriate  metal  upon  presenta­
tion.  On  the  other  hand,  taxes  may  be 
paid 
in  any  lawful  money.  The  Gov­
ernment  has  no  certain  means  of  secur- 
1892,  until  quite 
ng  gold,  and  since 
recently,  it  has  been  able  to  maintain 
ts  goid  reserve  only  by  the  sale  of 
bonds. 
In  this  way  an  enormous  inter­
est bearing  debt  has  been  gradually  ac­
cumulating,  without  reducing  to  the  ex­
tent  of  one  dollar  the  already  existing 
non-interest  bearing  debt  in  the form  of 
greenbacks  and  the  treasury  notes of 
890.  The  Government’s  demand  notes 
not only  represent  a  debt  in  themselves 
but they  are  the  source  of  another  am 
constantly  growing  debt.

It 

is  not  worth  while  to  dwell  upoi 
the  absurdity  of  this  anomalous  condi 
tion.  The  practical  question  is:  Hov 
can  the  country  best  escape  from  it 
At  the  close  of  Mr.  Cleveland’s  firs 
term,  ninety  per  cent,  of  the  duties  a 
the  port of  New  York  were  collected 
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gold.  The  Government  received  a  re 
dundant  income  and  had  gold  to  spare 
n  those days  there  was  no  question  ol 
the  Government’s  ability  to  redeem 
it: 
notes 
in  gold,  and  there  was  no  sucl 
thing  as  a  run  upon  the  treasury.  Th< 
ide  changed  with  the excessive expend 
tures  of  the  succeeding  administra­
tion  and  the  passage  of  the Sherman law 
in  1890.  When  Mr.  Cleveland  returned 
to  office  the  surplus  was  gone,  and  the 
treasury  was  in  sight  of  a  deficit.  The 
gold  receipts  at  New York had dwindled 
to  four  or five  per  cent.,  and  for  some 
weeks  before  the  extra  session  of  Con­
gress  was  convened,  in  1893,  not  a  dol­
lar  of  gold  was  collected  at  that  port. 
The 
the 
stormy  and  angry  agitations  of  free  sil­
ver since  that time,  may account  for  the 
continued  unwillingness  of  importers  to 
pay 
in  gold.  What  measure  of  relief 
will  now  ensue  upon  the  popular  tri­
umph  of  the  cause  of  sound  money  is 
problematical.  Something,  no  doubt, 
may  be  hoped  on  that  account;  but  ex­
porters  have  fallen 
into  the  habit  of 
looking  to the treasury  as  the  cheapest

indeterminate  propositions, 

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Getting  the  People
Side  Lights  on  Advertising.

Advertise  your business and  not  your­
self.  You  are  not  for  sale—it  is  your 
goods.

*  *  *

The advertiser  and  the  poet  possess  a 
common  grievance,  for  it  is  seldom that 
either  secures  a  rate  per  line  entirely
satisfactory  to himself.
*  *  *

The  goat  eats  up  the  posters,  the 
wastebasket gets  the  circulars,  the  rag 
man 
lugs  off  the  haudbills,  but  news­
papers  with  their  advertisements  are 
saved  and  read  by  the  people.

*  *  *
Your  advertisement 

jury  of  public  opinion. 

is  your  witness 
before  the 
It 
must  tell  the  truth,  and  nothing  but  the 
truth,  for  a  discredited  witness  is  not 
only  no  help—it  is  a  positive detriment. 

*  *  *

It  is  far better  to  simply  mention  the 
article  you  have  on  sale,  in  conjunction 
with  the  sale  price,  than  to persuade the 
public  into believing  that  you  are  giv­
ing  them  two  dollars  for  one  if  you  are 
not.

*  *  *

The  orator,  by his  immediate presence 
and  by  a  strong  voice,  influences  the 
emotions  of  the  public  on  public  ques­
tions. 
The  advertiser  at  a  distance 
silently  directs  the  feelings  of  the  pub­
lic  on  their  private  expenditures.

*  *  *

The business  man  who  would  prosper 
will  find  it  as necessary  to  pay  advertis­
ing  bills  as  grocery  bills. 
It  may  be 
remarked,  in  passing,  that  the  business 
man  who  has  no  advertising  bills  to 
pay generally finds  it  difficult  to  pay  his 
grocery  bills.

*  *  *

It 

is  no  disgrace  to  use  another’s 
ideas  to  your  own  profit. 
It  is  rather 
creditable  to  a  man’s  sense  of  good 
judgment  to  be  able  to  appreciate  the 
merit  in  a  clever  suggestion  and  so  far 
forget  his  false  pride  as  to  come  out 
boldly  and 
indorse  the  cleverness  by 
adapting  it  for his  own  gain.

*  *  *

No  matter  how  small  an  advertise­
ment  is,  don’t  let  it look crowded.  Bet­
ter  leave  out  something  than  to 
it 
with  small  type  close  to  its  limits.  Bet­
ter  sacrifice  display  type  and  drop down 
into  solid  agate  than  not to  have  white 
space  enough  to  give  a  readable  look 
to  it.

join 

*  *  *

You  recognize  an  old  friend  wherever 
you  see  him.  Advertisements  become 
old  friends  when  you  see  them 
in  the 
same  dress  of  type  or display,  year after 
year,  and  your  eye  will  pick  them  out 
in  the  most  crowded  page  or  publica­
tion.  This 
is  the  argument  that sus­
tains  the  man  who  never  changes  the 
general appearance of bis advertisement, 
no  matter  how  much  he  changes  the 
matter  in  it.

*  *  *

If 

it’s  good  policy  to  rent  display 
windows  in  the  main  city  thoroughfare, 
where  a  couple  of  thousand  of  possible 
buyers  will  see them every day, it’s much 
better  policy  to  rent  display  advertising 
in  the  leading  newspapers, where  tens of 
thousands  of  possible  buyers  can’t  help 
seeing—not  when  they  are  hurrying 
through  the  crowded streets in  any  mood 
but  that  of  buying,  but  when  they  are 
sitting  down  quietly  at  home  in  the 
mood  of  considering  what  they  want  to 
buy  and  where  to  buy  it?

*  *  *

A  bouse  which  stands  well  commer­
cially,  and  has  frequently  been  compli­

mented  upon 
its  progressiveness  and 
push,  has  on  more  than  one  occasion 
advertised  in  aw ay  which  was  offensive 
to  many,  both  because  of  the  wording 
of  the  reading  matter  and the suggestive 
character  of  the 
illustrations  accom­
panying  the  same.  This  house  is  about 
to  issue  more  advertising  matter  of  the 
same  style,  consequently 
it  must  have 
been  found  sufficiently  profitable 
to 
warrant  its  continuance.  Such  advertis­
ing  attracts 
immediate  attention,  but 
publicity  is  not  the  only  requirement  of 
advertising,  and  it  is a question whether 
anything  which  is  vulgar,  and  to  many 
objectionable,  pays  as  well  in  the  end 
as  the  clean,  bright,  newsy  advertise­
ment  which  amuses  and  instructs  with­
out  arousing  any  unfavorable  criticism. 

*  *  *

four  times, 

We  are  told  by  the  proprietor  of  a 
manufacturing  establishment,  who 
is 
necessarily  familiar  with  the  facts,  that 
there  has  been  during  the  present  year 
an  immense  increase  in  the  sale  of  cer­
tain  patent  medicines. 
In  a  number  of 
cases  which  he  mentioned  as  within  his 
knowledge,  the  sales  have  been  twice, 
thrice, 
five  times  or  ten 
times  as  great  as  those of  any  previous 
year.  It  is  his  opinion  that this increase 
is  due  to  the  extent  to  which  these 
preparations  have  been  advertised  this 
year.  The  regular physicians of the city, 
who  are  prohibited  from  advertising  by 
the  code  of  medical  ethics,  must  be  in­
terested 
in  knowing  what  we  have 
learned  about  this  subject.  Huge  for­
tunes  are  built  up  by  the  owners  of  the 
patent  medicine  factories.

♦   *  *

Following  are  a  few sample advertise­
ments,  clipped  from  Michigan  news­
papers,  which  exhibit  excellent  taste 
and  possess  strong  drawing  qualities:

Shoes for 
Every Occasion.

Ours is  a  coin) lute shoe  store; 
nothing  is  missed.  We  scour 
the markets for the best  things 
and  we  buy  of  those  who can 
sell them to us cheapest.
Whether you want a walking 
boot,  a  patent  leather  dress 
shoe,  a  working  shoe,  or  a 
party slipper, it is here!  Come 
for it!
Shoes and slippers for the in­
fants, shoes and slippers for the 
old  folks.  And  prices  are  al­
ways right.

“Doctor Up.”

Changeable weather between two 
seasons  encourages  your  chrouic 
trouble and inflicts upon you much 
petty sickness.  Better  ward it  off. 
A few cei ts may  prevent  it  where 
many dollars would not cure it.  If 
you bave a prescription to be  filled 
bring it to us.  We handle only the 
purest and best drugs.  Your wants 
are  given  the  most  careful  atten­
tion by experienced pharmacists.

Genuine

vs.

Bogus.

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There was a $5,000 violin  stolen 
in  New  York  recently.  At  the 
trial  of the  supposed  thief  sev­
eral  violins were shown, costing 
but  a  few  dollars  each,  whica 
were painted and shaped  to  look 
just  like  the  precious  Stradiva- 
rious.  This was done to fool  the 
jury.  A  witness  played  the  in­
strument  and  the  fraud  was  at 
once detected.  They  are  doing 
the  same  thing  with  Overcoats 
now-a-days.  A  little  wear  will 
at once detect  the fraud, though. 
Ours  are  the  right sort,  right  in 
fashion and in  fabric.

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

H. Leonard & Sons’ Letter.

Grand Rapids,  Nov»  18,  1896» 

To Subscribers of  the Michigan Tradesman:

Gentlemen:-We are very well pleased,  in­

deed, with the responses to our recent  letters 
to dealers  in our line through this_medium»
We are happy to  say that we have heard from 
them from many unexpected sources and that we 
are now crowded with orders to a larger ex­
tent  than ever before at this season»  Our 
lines are  constantly being filled up from 
late foreign importations,  our receipts for 
this week being one  entire carload from 
Europe, besides very large  lots fromTfactories 
in various parts of  this  country»  You will be 
especially well pleased with our assortment, 
which is  larger than ever before,  and also 
with our prices,  which are much cheaper than 
in former years»

The fact  is,  people are  just beginning to 
realize  that decorated china of a thin,  fine 
quality is now for the first  time within the
reach of the smallest purse»  This  is,  un­
doubtedly,  the reason that  is making our line 
of  china so popular»  Many of  our customers, 
who have  come  in intending to place a com­
paratively small order for holiday goods, have 
found the variety so  large and the prices  so 
low that  it  seems almost  invariable that  or­
ders are doubled or trebled beyond their 
first  intentions»  Customers who bought  their 
first bills of fancy china for the holidays 
sixty days ago have been obliged to fill up 
their stocks  several times since»  We are 
therefore very anxious that  the trade  should 
know and appreciate the fact that  they can 
buy a complete  line  of holiday goods from us, 
and that  they should come  in and see our 
lines  in person,  whenever possible»  If  it  is 
so  that any dealers  cannot well  leave  their 
stores, we  shall be pleased to  correspond with 
them,  to  the  end of making some arrangement 
by which we  can show our line»

With thanks for many favors,  we remain, 

Sincerely yours,

H» LEONARD & SONS»

T H E  MIOHIQAN  T R A D ESM A N

3

GOTHAM  G O SSIP.

News  from  the  Metropolis— Index  to 

the  Market.

Special  Correspondence.
New  York,  Nov. 

14—One  of 

the 
nicest  grocery  departments  New  York 
has  ever  seen  was  that  which  occupied 
the  basement  of  the  store  of  the  defunct 
firm  of  Hilton,  Hughes  &  Co. 
It  em­
braced  first-class  goods  of  all  kinds  and 
the  arrangement  was  perfect. 
The 
whole  stock,  of  course,  came  into  pos­
session  of  John  Wanamaker,  of  Phila­
delphia,  who  has  sold 
it  to  Thomas 
Martindale  & Co.,  also  of  Philadelphia, 
whither  it  has  been  transported.  There 
were  ten  or  a  dozen  carloads  of  goods, 
is  that 
and  the  consensus  of  opinion 
Wanamaker  has  done  well  to  dispose  of 
it. 
is  a  prejudice 
among  the  best  class  of  people  against 
having  their  satins  and  silks  and  sugar 
and  sausages  from  the  same  establish­
ment.  Of  course,  the  retail  grocers  are 
pleased,  for 
it  takes  away  a  big  com­
petitor.

Someway 

there 

is  a 

In  the  streets  in  the  vicinity  of  Wash­
ington  Market  the  sidewalks  have  been 
for  many  years  occupied  by  stands,  and 
an  effort  is  now  being  made  to  remove 
the  obstructions.  There  seems  to  be 
hut  one  retailer  among  them  all  who be­
lieves 
in  keeping  the  sidewalks  clear 
and  he  has  brought  vials  of  wrath  upon 
his  head  by  the  stand  he has taken.  The 
fight 
lively  one  and,  while  it  is 
hoped  that  they  may  succeed 
in  clear­
ing  the  sidewalks,  the  authorities  have 
a  big  job  on  hand.
Business  during  the  past  week  has 
been  satisfactory.  The  weather  has been 
better  and  more  buyers  have  been  in 
town.  With  so  many  mills  and  facto­
ries  springing  up  all  over  the  country, 
the  people  are  buying  more  liberally  in 
all  directions. 
If  this  condition  keeps 
up,  it  is  altogether  likely  that  1897  will 
be  what  Armsby  of  Chicago  used  to  call 
an  “ eating  year. ”   Prices  are  firm 
in 
nearly  all  lines  and  on  some  there  has 
been  some advance.

is 

The  coffee  market 

is  hardly  as  firm 
as  a  week  ago.  Rio  No.  7  on  the  spot 
is  now  quoted  at  io ^ c  and  this  seems 
to  be  the  top.  Stocks  are  large  and  the 
prospects  are  that  the  supply  will  con­
tinue  to  be  more  than  sufficient  to  meet 
the  demand  for  the  remainder  of  the 
year.  The  visible  supply  in  this  coun­
try 
123,417  bags  more  than  at  the 
same  time 
last  year  and  about  188,000 
greater  than  two  years  ago.  There  is 
a  rumor  on  the  street  that  the  Brazilian 
government 
to  be 
shipped  to  the  United  States.  This 
rumor  has  exerted  a  rather  depressing 
influence.  Mild  coffees  are  steady  and 
there  has  been  a  pretty  fair  demand. 
Supplies  are  quite  sufficient  and  there 
has  been  no  change  in  quotations.

is  buying  coffee 

and 

improvement 

The  sugar  market  has  felt  the 

The  tea  market  continues  firm  and 
the  recent  advances  are  still  held,  es­
pecially  for  Formosa  Oolongs,which  are 
steady.  More  confidence  is  shown 
in 
green  teas  and  Japan  grades  are  steady.
influ­
in 
ence  of  the  general 
business 
raws  have  advanced. 
Sales  are  made  at  figures  which  show 
considerable  confidence  in  the situation. 
Refined,  in  sympathy  with  raws,  are 
higher  and  firm  ancl  the  demand  has 
been  so  good  as  to  overtake  production. 
Refiners  are  behind  with  their  orders, 
although  they  will  not  remain  so  many 
days.  At  this  writing  granulated 
is 
worth  $4.50.  The  output of  beet  sugar 
in  October,  in  Germany  and  Austria, 
was  much  largei  than  was  expected  and 
this  has  caused  a  weakening  of  foreign 
markets.

The  tide  of  the  rice  market  is  steady, 
although  there  has  been  no  material 
change.  The  demand  is  hardly  as  brisk 
as  dealers  had  hoped  for  and  those  who 
purchase  seem  to  be  taking  only enough 
for  daily  needs.  Carolina  and Louisiana 
choice  to  fancy  are  quotable  at  S@5%c- 
Prices  for  domestic  are  much  above 
those  of  foreign,  which  may account  for 
the  enlarged  demand 
in  the  imported 
sorts.

The  spice  market  is  decidedly monot­
onous.  There  has  been  scarcely  any 
change,  one  way  or  the  other,  and  the 
general  situation  shows  no  improve-

ment.  Trading  has  been 
invoice  way.

light  in  an 

Fancy  grades  of  new  crop  open-kettle 
molasses  are  firm.  The  receipts  are 
moderate  and  the  demand  is  sufficient 
to  keep  the  market  well cleared up.  The 
range 
is  from  25@3Sc  for  common  to 
prime.  Foreign  molasses  meets  with 
about  the  average  demand.  Porto  Rica 
is  selling  from  28@33c.
The  syrup  market  is  practically  un­
changed,  although  there 
is,  perhaps, 
more  inquiry  for  the  best  grades.  Quo­
tations  remain  without  change.

In  canned  goods  there  is  a  good  de­
mand  and  the  market 
is  firm  at  the 
highest  figures  made  this season.  Stocks 
in  first  hands  are  light  and,  now  that 
is  trying  to  buy  goods,  they 
everybody 
find  that  canned  goods  are  not  to  be had 
at  the  old  figures,  and  sellers  are 
in  a 
position  to  tell  buyers  to  “ take  them  or 
leave  them. ’ ’  Peas,  tomatoes  and  corn 
are  among  the  articles most  sought  after 
and  the  demand  for  these 
is  excellent. 
As  time  goes  on  it  becomes  quite  evi­
dent  that  there  will  be  no  great  surplus 
of  these  staples  and  quotations  promise 
to  advance  still  further.  Philadelphia 
and  Baltimore  both  report  strong  mar­
kets.

Lemons  and  oranges  are  rather  quiet, 
the  former  being  in  especially  light  re­
quest.  Supplies  are  amply  sufficient  to 
meet  all  wants.  First  shipments  of  Cal­
ifornia  oranges  are  now  due,  and  this 
will  tend 
lower  prices  for 
Jamaicas,  which  have  constituted  our 
supplies  for  sometime.  Bananas  and 
pineapples  are  selling 
in  an  everyday 
manner  and  prices  remain  without 
change.

to  make 

to 

There 

The  butter  market  is  firm  and,  with 
better  demand  and  smaller  supplies, 
quotations  have  advanced 
2o^c 
for  strictly  fancy  fresh  creamery.  The 
market 
is  firm  at  this  figure.  A  good 
share  of  the  stock  arriving  is  hardly  up 
to  the  mark.

is  no  material  change  in  the 
cheese  situation.  The  market  is  quiet 
and  dealers  are  indifferent.  There  is 
not  an  excessive  supply  of  fancy  Sep­
tember  cheese;  still  there  is  enough  to 
meet  the  demand.  Some  October  made 
10c, 
white  cheese  sold  on  Thursday  for 
but the quality  was  excellent.  The  gen­
eral  quotation  is  from  9
Smal l  
size  full  cream  quiet.

Receipts  of  eggs  are  light  and  quota­
tions  have  advanced  to  a  price  that  has 
checked  demand.  When  the  wholesale 
price  of  eggs  reaches  24c,  as  is  the  case 
at  present,  people  are  not  using  them 
to  any  great  extent. 
Fancy  near-by 
from  26@2jc,  choice 
eggs  are  worth 
Western,  24c.
The bean  market  is  rather  weak,  the 
choicest  grade  of  marrow  beans  being 
quoted  at  $1.15,  nominally;  medium, 
$1.25 ;  pea,  $1.15.

Temptation  Was  Too  Great.

“ Whatever  induced  you  to  marry  me, 
anyway,  if  I  am  so  distasteful  to  you?”  
he  asked  fiercely.

she  said.

“ I  think  it  was  the  advertisements,”  
“ The  what?”
“ The  advertisements.  The  household 
bargains,  you  know. 
I  thought  it  would 
be  so  lovely  to  go  to  the  department 
stores  and  buy  icepicks  for  nine  cents, 
real  eight-cent  dippers  for  only  one 
cent,  and  all  that  sort  of  thing.  Of 
course,  I  had  no  use  for  that  sort of stuff 
as  long  as  I  remained  single. ”

The  Clerk  Was  Candid.

Customer  to  clerk—Will  this  piece 

of  goods wash?

Smart  clerk—No,  madam,  it  will  not. 
It  will  run,  fade,  shrink  and  ravel,  but 
it  will  not  wash.  I  am  afraid,  madam, 
you  will  be  compelled  to  have  your 
washing  done  in  the  same  old  way.

Her  Bargain  Craze.

“ I  saw  Mrs.  Shopper  going  into  an 
Isn’t  her  craze 

auction  sale  Monday. 
for bargains  extraordinary?”

“ Yes,  indeed. 

I  believe  she  would 
die  happy  if  she  could  be  laid  out  on  a 
bargain  counter  and  be  buried  as  a 
remnant ’ ’

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Spice Co.) and are in shape to fill all orders for brands of 
goods  formerly  carried  in  stock  by  that  house,  except 
coffees,  which  we  decline to  take on account of our con­
nection  with  Dwinell,  Wright  &  Co.,  whose  brands  are 
universally  acknowledged  to  be  superior  to  any  others 
on the market.

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Peter  Lankester,  formerly  manager  of  the  Michigan 
Spice  Co.,  who  will  be  pleased  to  hear  from  his  old 
friends in his new connection.

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Around  the State
Movements  o f  Merchants.

Belding—G.  V.  Snyder  has  opened  a 

new grocery  store.

Baraga—The Nestor  estate  has  started 

four camps  since  election.

Vermontville — Folger  &  Campbell 

have  opened  a  meat  market.

Morenci—Fred  E.  Osgood  succeeds 
Shaftoe  &  Osgood  in  the  laundry  busi­
ness.

Big  Rapids—Chas.  VVinebrenner  has 
opened  a  meat  market  in  the  building 
south  of  the  City  Bakery.

Jackson—Charles  Patterson,  formerly 
with  E.  T.  Webb,  has  been  engaged  as 
manager of  the  Brooks  Drug Co. ’s store.
Big  Rapids—J.  K.  Sharpe &  Co.  have 
purchased the grocery  stock  of  C.  Wine- 
brener and  it  will  probably  be placed  in 
charge  of  T.  J.  Sharpe.

Kalamazoo—Hyman Bros,  have opened 
a  grocery  store  at  the  corner  of  Portage 
and  Vine  streets.  The  stock  was  fur­
nished  by  B.  L.  Desenberg  &  Co.

St. 

Belding—Geo.  W.  French  has  sold  a 
portion  of  his 
jewelry  stock  to  Will 
Ricaby  and  will  move  the  remainder of 
it  to  Ionia,  where  he  has  leased  a  store.
Ignace—Miss  Dora  M.  Ramsay, 
who  has  been  book-keeper for McArthur 
Bros.  &  Co.,  will  return  to  Cheboygan, 
now  that  McArthur  Bros.  &  Co.  have 
sold  out.

Leroy—Frank  Smith  announces  his 
intention  of  closing  out his general stock 
here,  when  he  will  remove  to  Manton 
and  devote  his  entire  attention  to  his 
general  store  at  that  place.

Manistique—The  Weston  Furnace Co. 
is  getting  ready  to go  into  blast.  This 
is  one  of  the  largest  charcoal  furnaces 
in  the  country,  having a  capacity  of  ioo 
tons  of  pig  iron  per  day. 
It  has  been 
out of  blast  two  years.

Hudsonville—C.  K.  Hoyt  &  Co.  have 
sold  their  general  stock  to  W.  G.  Barn- 
aby  and  F.  L.  Chamberlain,  who  will 
continue  the  business  under  the  style  of 
Barnaby  &  Chamberlain.  Mr.  Hoyt  has 
removed  to  Grand  Haven  to  take  the 
position  of  County  Clerk,  to which posi­
tion  he  was  elected  two  weeks  ago.

Owosso—Chas.  C.  Duff  has  retired 
from  the grocery  firm of Duff &  Detwiler 
and  will  spend  the  winter  in  the  South. 
He  has  been  actively  identified with  the 
business  interests  of  Owosso  for  thirty- 
one  years  and  insists  that  he  is  now  en­
titled  to  a  weil-earned  rest.  The  busi­
ness  will  be  continued  at  the  same  lo­
cation  by  Mr.  Detwiler.

Ovid—B.  Marvin,  Ovid’s  pioneer  dry 
goods  dealer,  has  filed chattel mortgages 
covering  bis  entire  stock  of  dry  goods 
and  clothing.  Mr.  Marvin  owns  quite 
an  amount of  property  and  it  was  gen­
erally  supposed  that  he  was  doing  a 
successful  business.  He  was  at  one 
time  the  heaviest  property  owner  in 
Ovid  and  did  much  toward  building  up 
the  town.

Lansing—H.  Schoeman recently  came 
here  for  the  avowed  purpose  of  estab­
lishing  a  retail  dry  goods  store.  He or­
dered  several  hundred  dollars’  worth  of 
fixtures  and  engaged  a  contractor  to  re­
model  the  interior of  the  old  post  office 
building.  He  also  engaged  board  with 
a  widow,  subsequently  disappearing.  It 
is  believed  to  be  a  case  of  getting  a 
week’s  board  for  nothing  aud  posing  as 
a  Napoleon  of  finance  for  a  few  days.

Manufacturing  Matters. 

Reading—Win.  Taylor,  manufacturer 
of  cough  drops,  has  removed  to  Grand 
Ledge.

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

Allegan—M.  A.  Nelson  has purchased 
the  Michigan  Stamp  Works,  manufac­
turer  of  rubber  stamps,  of  F.  Corbin 
and  will  continue  the  business.

incorporating 

Detroit—Articles 

Huron  Bay—The  sawmill  of  Mitchell 
De  Haas  has  shut  down  for  the  season. 
Logging  will  be  continued  this  winter 
to  a  considerable  extent  in  this  section.
the 
Screwless  Door  Knob  Co.,  with  $10,000 
paid  in  capital,have  been filed by James 
C.  Guillot,  William McC.  Cuaig,  Louis 
R.  Montgomerie  and  Oscar  Stoddard.
L.  Marshall,  Harbor 
Springs,  J.  B.  Delbridge,  Isaac  A.  and 
Agula  M.  Darr,  Detroit,  have  filed  ar­
ticles  of  association  as  the  Darr  Turf 
Goods  Co.  They  will  manufacture  all 
manner of  turf  goods,  in  this city,  on  a 
capital  stock  of $16,000.

Detroit—E. 

stock 

interest 

Detroit—Articles  of  association  of 
the  Shattock  &  Davis  Lumber  Co., 
Ltd.,  have  been  filed  with  the  Register 
of  Deeds.  The 
is  placed  at 
$20,000 and  is  held  as  follows:  William 
Shattock, 
in  real  estate  and 
lumber,  $9,650;  Robert  J.  Davis,  real 
estate  and  lumber,  $9,650;  Herbert  H. 
Ellis,  cash,  $500;  James  F.  Hickey, 
cash,  $200.  Deeds  conveying  the  inter­
est  of  Shattock  &  Davis  in  about  150 
lots  in  the  Columbian  subdivision  were 
also  filed.

Belding—Ten  years  ago,  in  order  to 
location  of  a  silk  mill,  a 
secure  the 
number  of  residents  of  Belding  sub­
scribed  amounts  ranging  from  $15  up  to 
$250,  the  fund  thus  raised  to be  used  to 
pay  the  taxes  on  the  new  plant  for  ten 
years,  those  being  the  terms  on  which 
the  mill  was  secured.  When  the  sub­
scriptions  were  made,  the  money  was 
invested  in  mortgages  and  other  securi­
ties.  By  careful  management,  together 
with  the  comparatively 
low  rate  of 
taxes 
in  the  village,  the  fund  has  in­
creased  until  this  fall,  when,  the  ten 
years’  time  having  expired,  each  sub­
scriber  received  back  the  full  amount 
he  had  subscribed,  with  nearly  50  per 
cent,  additional  as 
his
money  during  the  time. 
In  addition  to 
this,  the  securing  of  the  mill  at  that 
time  proved  the  nucleus  for  other  in­
dustries  which  have  made  a  prosperous 
city  out of  the  then  small  village.

interest  on 

Ishpeming—Resumption  of 

active 
work  at  the  Rockefeller  properties  on 
the  Mesaba  range 
is  slated  for  next 
week.  The  Lake  Angeline  mine,  of 
this  place,  will  also  be  reopened  with 
500 men  in  a  short  time.  Many  of  the 
mines  which  have  been  working  re­
duced  forces  will  gradually  increase  the 
number  of  men  from  now  on  and  in  the 
Gogebic  district  considerable  activity 
is  hoped  for  during  the  winter.  The 
iron  miners  voted  for  McKinley  almost 
solidly,  despite  strong  efforts  to  enthuse 
them  for  a  change  of  financial  policy, 
and  now  they  are  looking  for  their  re­
ward.  The  first  slice  of  their  reward  is 
looked  for  in  the  restoration  of  the  7  to 
10  per  cent,  cut  from  their  wages  in 
September  and  October  and 
it  will 
probably  be  given  to  them  soon.  If  not, 
there  will  be  bad  blood  on  their  part, 
with  the  prospect  of  labor  troubles  in 
the  spring.

Marquette—All  indications  are  favor­
able  to  a  heavy  business  in  iron  and 
steel  next  year,  but 
in  the  nature  of 
things  the  Lake  Superior ore mines can­
not  fully  share  in  the  prosperity brought 
about by  increased  business next season. 
The  ore  consumption  of  1895  was  the 
largest  on  record  in  this  country.  With 
the opening  of  the  shipping  season  the 
docks  at  lower  lake  ports  had  been  well 
cleared  of  ore accumulated  in  previous

years  and  the  demand  for ore was heavy, 
the  production  reaching  the  enormous 
figure  of 
10,250,000  gross  tons.  Al­
though  prices  were  about $1.10  a ton less 
at  the  opening  of  1895  than  at  the be­
ginning  of  the  present  year,the  demand 
was  larger  and  the  employment  of  labor 
steadier  than  they  were  in  the  season 
now  ending.  The  1896  output  will  fall 
1,000,000  tons  short  of  the  high-water 
mark  of  last  year and  the amount  of  un­
sold  ore  at  lower  lake  ports  at  the  close 
of  the  season  a  month  hence  will  be  the 
largest  ever  known,  unless  a  stronger 
is  now  antici­
buying  movement  than 
It  will  require 
pated  should  set 
in  the  furnaces  during 
brisk  business 
the  first  quarter  of 
1897  to  leave  the 
docks  with  only  the  normal  amount  of 
ore  on  hand.  Outside  of  these  unpleas­
ant  factors  in  the  situation  the  outlook 
for  the  mines  is  good.

in. 

Small  Things  That  Count.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

it 

George  Redmond  brought  a  stranger 
home  to  dinner  with  him  one  night  last 
week,  and  the 
family  were  quite  de­
lighted  with  his  appearance.  He  was 
a  young  Eastern  man,  full  of  life  and 
energy,  and  although  he  talked  trade  a 
good  deal,  he  did 
in  such  an  easy 
it  wasn’t  at  all  offensive. 
way  that 
Business  was  so  dull 
in  the  East,  he 
said,  that  he  thought  he  would  take  a 
little  run  through  the  West and  look  up 
some  of  his  customers.  He  was  quite 
shrewd  enough,  however,  to  avoid  being 
drawn 
into  any  financial  controversy 
with  Papa  Redmond,  and  seemed  much 
better  pleased  to  take  part  in  a  general 
conversation  with  the  whole 
family, 
with  a  slight  concession,  perhaps,  in  fa­
vor  of  George’s  sister,  Julia.

*  This  has  been  a  great  season  for  the 
flag  business, ”   he  casually  remarked, 
as  he  dextrously  steered  Papa  Redmond 
from  the  crime  of  ’73. 
“ My  Uncle  Joe 
writes  me  that  there  has  been  a  won­
derful  demand  for  penny  goods.  Uncle 
sells  flags,  you  know.’ ’
“ What,  penny  ones?”   said  Julia,  in 

some  astonishment.

“ Oh,  all  kinds.  H e’s  President  of 

the  Cohasset  Bunting  Company.”

I’ve 

There  was  silence  for  a  moment or 
two,  and  Julia  concealed  a  portion  of 
her  flushed  face  behind  a  teacup.

“ There  must  have  been  a  lively  busi­
ness in campaign buttons, ”  said George.
“ Wonderful,“   cried  the  young  East­
erner.
“ When  I  was  in  New  York  last  week 
brother  Jim  said  they  were  still  going 
forgotten  how 
like  hot  cakes. 
many  gross  of  street  outfits  he’d  sold.”
“ D oes—does  your  brother  sell  buttons 
on  the  street?”   asked  Julia.
“ Not  exactly. 
Jim  is  manager  of  the 
Eagle  Novelty  Company,  up  at  Spring- 
ville. ”

her  blushes.

“ O h!”
Again  Miss  Julia  was  forced  to  hide 
guest, 
“ Unfortunately,”   said,  the 
“ we  are  not  all 
in  buttons  just  now. 
Cousin  Charley  Stow  was  down  from 
Maine 
just  before  I  left,  and  said  that 
toothpicks  were  a drug on the market. ’ ’
“ I  shouldn’t  think  that  there  was  any 
profit  in  toothpicks  when  you  can  get  so 
many  for  a  nickel,”   commented  Mrs. 
Redmond.

sell?”  

“ Oh,  Charley’s  factory  at  Plum  Lake 
has  paid  handsome  dividends  up  to  the 
present  year.  He  turns  ’em  out  in  bil­
lions,  and  makes  spools,  too,  you  know. 
But  I ’m  afraid  Cousin  Joe  Hooker  is 
going  to  suffer  more  than  any of  the  rest 
of  us,  poor  chap. ”
George.

“ What  does  he 
“ Slate  pencils.”
“ Slate  pencils?”   echoed  Julia,  and 
“ Yes,  he’s  got  a  mill  of  his own  up 
in  Goshen  with  all  the  improved  ma­
chinery,  but  with 
so  many  public 
schools  shutting  down  on  slates,  I ’m 
afraid  he'll  have  to add  something  to 
the  plant.  He’s  talking  of  making 
lamp  chimney  cleaners.”

blushed  again.

inquired 

“ Any  money 

in 

that?”  

inquired 

George.
“ Oh,  yes,  indeed—and  he  may  add 
mouse traps. ’ ’
Miss  Julia  almost  echoed  the  “ mouse 
traps,”   but  she  refrained  just  in  time.
in  a  manufacturing 

“ Are  you  also 

business?”   she  sweetly  inquired.

and  breathed  hard.

“ Y es,”   he  answered,  “ fly  paper.”
“ Fly  paper?”
“ Yes,  and  shoestrings.”
Miss  Julia  leaned  back  from  the  table 
“ Shoestrings?”   she  softly  repeated.
“ Yes. 
I  have  a  quarter  interest 

in 
Brother  Tom’s  fly  paper  factory  over  in 
Hoboken,  and  a  year  ago  my  father  set 
me  up  with  a  shoestring  plant  in  As­
toria.”
“ And  do  shoestrings  pay—and—fly 
paper?”   quoth  Miss  Julia.
“ Why,  yes,  certainly,”   replied  the 
guest. 
“ Fly  paper  gave  up  a  12  per 
last  year,  and  I  have 
cent,  dividend 
eighty  men  at  work  in  Astoria. 
I guess 
our shoestring  output  will  reach  pretty 
close  to  a  couple  of  hundred  thousand 
by  December. ’ ’

Miss  Julia  looked  at  him  with  dilated 

Then  they all  went back  to  the  draw­

eye.
ing  room.

Until  within  the  last  few  years  all 
the  jalap  of  commerce  came  from  Mex­
ico,  but  now  the  cultivation  is  carried 
on 
in  India  on  a  small  scale,  and  the 
plant  has  been  established  on  cinchona 
plantations  of  Jamaica,  where  it  thrives 
remarkably  well.

W ANTS  COLUMN.

Advertisements  will  be  inserted  under this 
head  for two cents a word  the  first  insertion 
and one cent a word  for  each  subsequent  in­
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35 cents.  Advance payment.

BU SIN ESS  CHANCES.

DRUG  STOCK  FOR  SALE—THE  BEST  Lo­
cated suburban  store in Kalamazoo,  Michi­
gan.  Stock is clean;  rent  low.  Address  Hazel- 
tine & Perkins Drug Co., Grand Rapids,  Mich.
138
I TOR  SALE—ONE  KIT  TINNER’S  TOOLS, 
nearly new.  Will sell  cheap.  B. W. & I. E.
Hewitt, Maple Rapids, Mich.  ___________  137
I TOR  SALE-  AT  A  BARGAIN  THE  WAT- 
1  rous’  drug  stock  and  fixtures,  located  at 
Newaygo.  Best location and stock in  the town. 
Enquire of Ilazeltine & Perkins Drug Co., Grand 
Rapids, Mich._________________________136
I TOR  SALE—WELL-ESTABLISHED  GOOD- 
'  paying  business  in  Grand  Rapids;  capital 
required from $5,< 00 to 10,000.  No  brokers  need 
applv.  Address  Business,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman.__________________________ 134
I TOR SALE—«2,SCO  STOCK  OF  GROCERIES 
1  in  a  hustling  town  of  2,000  Inhabitants  in 
Southern Michigan;  best stock  and  location  in 
the  town,  rents  reasonable,  trade  established. 
The place is  bound  to  grow.  Good  reason  for 
selling.  Address No. 132, care Michigan Trades- 
man, for full particulars.______________ 132
I TOR SALE  OR  RENT—A  FINE  NEW  GRO 
'  eery store, with dwelling attached for room­
ing  ana  boarding  students  and  others,  in  the 
best locality in  city  of  Ann  Arbor  for doing an 
exclusively cash grocery business.  Meat business 
may be combined;  better than  any  other  place 
in the  State  for  that  business.  For  terms  ad­
dress Hudson  T.  Morton,  46  South  University 
Avenue. Ann Aroor, Mich._____________ 131
W ANTED—A  FEW  HUNDRED  CORDS  OF 
first-class,  thoroughly  seasoned  16-inch 
beech and  maple wood, in  exchange  for  fieur, 
feed, meal, grain, hay or  anything  else  in  our 
Thos.
f o  b.  your station 
line.  State  price 
E. Wykes & CO., Grand Rapids,  Mich. 
129
OR SALE—IMPROVED  80 ACRE  FARM  IN 
Oceana  county;  or  would  exchange  for 
merchandise.  Address  380  Jefferson  Avenue, 
Muskegon. 
LIOR  EXCHANGE-TWO  FINE  IMPROVED 
-I?  farms  for  stock  of  merchandise;  splendid 
location.  Address No. 73, care Mich igan Trades­
man. 

110

73

M ISCELLANEOUS.

Mic h ig a n  st a m p  w o rk s,  a l l e g a n ,
Mich., rubber stamps,  stencils,  dies,  seals, 
etc.  Satisfaction  guaranteed.  M.  A.  Nelson, 
135
Proprietor. 
EW  MERCHANTS’  PRICE  AND  SIGN 
markers,  12.50  a  set.  Send  for  circular. 
Will J. Weller, Rubber Stamps, Muskegon, Mich.
139
WANTED—POSITION  BY DRUGGIST.  E x ­
perienced  in  both  wholesale  and  retail 
business.  Can furnish  best references.  R.  F. 
127
Graves, 297 Clancy street, Grand Rapids 
W ANTED  TO  CORRESPOND  WITH  SHIP- 
pers of butter and eggs  and  other  season­
able produce.  R. Hirt, 36 Market street, Detroit.
__________________________________ 951
TXT ANTRP—SEVERAL  MICHIGAN  CEN- 
tral  mileage  books.  Address,  stating 
1 1  
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I ........ ... 
Grand  Rapids  Oossip
John  Led  will  shortly  remove  his  gro­
cery  stock  from  the  corner  of  Turner 
and  Fifth  streets  to  47  West  Bridge 
street.

J.  C.  West  &  Co.  have  purchased  the 
Frank  J.  Wurzburg  drug  stock  of  the 
Peninsular  Trust  Co.,  the  consideration 
being  $2,250.

Bear,  Son  &  Co.  have  sold  their  gen­
eral  stock  at  1161  South  Division  street 
to  Geo.  H.  Kirtland,  who  will  continue 
the  business  at  the  same  location,  open­
ing  a  meat  market 
in  an  adjoining 
store.

John  DenHerder,  meat  dealer at  the 
corner  of  Hall  and  South  Lafayette 
streets,  has  sold  out to  Edw.  F.  Porter, 
who  will  continue  the  business  at  the 
same  location,  Mr.  Den  Herder  to  go to 
Holland  to  reside.
“   Jacob  Sanford,  who  has  conducted  the 
meat business  for  the  past  five  years 
in 
the  McCarth  building,  at  the  corner  of 
Hall  street  and  Madison  avenue,  has 
sold  out to  John  Coeling,  who  will  con­
tinue  the  business  at  the  same  location.

The  Produce  Market.

Apples—The  market  is  without  ma­

terial  change  from  a  week  ago.

Bananas—With  the  cleaning  up  of 
other  varieties  of  fruit  on  the  market 
the  banana 
is  getting  better  attention. 
There 
is  no  change  in  quotations  and 
the  movement  is  larger  and  the  supply 
is  kept  up  to  the  demand.
“ Beans—Without  material  change.
Butter—Supplies  are  a 

little  more 
liberal,  in  consequence  of  which  choice 
dairy  is  hardly as  strong  as  a  week  ago, 
although  still  held  at 
14c.  Factory 
creamery  has  advanced  to  19c.

Cabbage—40350c  per  doz.,  according 
In  carlots  dealers 

to  size  and  quality. 
are  quoting  $10  per  ton.
Celery—I2@ i5c  per  bunch.
Cider—8@ioc  per gal.
Cranberries—-The  expected  advance 
was  made  the  latter  part  of  last  week, 
when  dealers  moved  their  quotations  up 
to  $2.25  per  bu.  and  $6  per bbl.  for 
choice  Cape  Cods.

Eggs—Fresh  stock 

Cheese—The  cheese  market  has  ruled 
about  steady  during  the  week.  The  re­
ceipts  have  been  about  equal  to  the  de­
mand,  which has shown no  special  activ­
ity  on  account  of  the  large  use of earlier 
made  cheese,  which 
is  nearly  as  fine 
as  fresh  made,  and  is  selling  for a little 
less  money.  This  gives  it  the  prefer­
ence  over the  highest  grades.
is  scarce,  being 
practically  out  of  market  a  portion  of 
the  time.  Prices  have  not  advanced 
very  rapidly  as  the  consumption  of  fine 
storage  eggs 
large,  and  this 
helps  to  piece  out  the  supply sufficiently 
to  maintain  prices  about  on  their  pres­
ent  basis.  Shipments  from  all  points 
seem  to  have  stopped  simultaneously, 
as  there  are  no fresh eggs  of  any  amount 
in  any  part  of  the  country.  Dealers  ask 
18c  for  strictly  fresh,  16c  for  cold  stor­
age  and  15c  for  pickled  stock.

is  very 

Grapes—Home  grown  Niagaras  com­

mand  12c  for 9  lb.  basket.

Honey—Arrivals  have  fallen  off  con­
siderably,  the  receipts  being  unequal 
to  the  demand,  which  has  been  greatly 
stimulated  by  the  low  range  of  values. 
Prices  the  same—12c  for  white  clover 
and  ioc  for  dark  buckwheat.
steady  to 
Lemons—The  market 
is 
firm.  The  supplies  in  sight  are  heavy, 
but  the  stock  on  hand  is  moving  out 
well  at  the  present  prices.

Nuts—Ohio  hickory,  $1.50  per  bu.
Onions—Spanish  are  in  fair  demand, 
commanding  $1.50  per  bu.  crate.  Home 
grown  are  in  fairly  good  demand  at  25 
@3oc  per bu.
Potatoes—The  welcome  concession 
granted  by  the  Central  Freight  Asso­
ciation 
last  week  will  stimulate  ship­
ments  as  soon  as  Michigan  buyers  can 
look  up  outside  markets  and  establish

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

5

the 

low  they  persist 

connections.  The^price  will  be  low  for 
a  time—I2@i5c—but 
indications 
point  to  a  gradually  ascending  market.
Poultry—Shippers  should  send  noth­
ing  hereafter  but  dressed  stock,  al­
though  the  weather  does  not  absolutely 
forbid  the  shipment  of  live  yet.  The 
market  for  live  is  out  of  proportion  to 
that  for  dressed,  although 
it  is  better 
than 
it  was  a  week  ago.  The  country 
seems  full  of  chickens  and  be  the  price 
high  or 
in  coming. 
Cooler  weather  will  help  out  the  trade, 
however,  and  dealers  are  stocking  up 
more 
The 
Thanksgiving  trade  will  call  for  a  good 
supply  for  the  coming  week  and  ship­
pers  will  do  well  to  look  at  what  is  said 
as  to  shipments 
in  another  column  of 
this  issue.
Squash—Hubbard  brings  $1  per  100 
lbs.  or $15  per  ton.
Sweet  Potatoes—The market continues 
to  advance,  Baltimore  and  Virignia 
stock 
$1.75  per  bbl., 
while  genuine  Jerseys,  kiln-dried,  bring 
$2.50.

commanding 

formerly. 

freely 

than 

--- ..................

Purely  Personal.

Druggist  Charles  E.  Stanger,  of  Dun­
dee,has  had  the  misfortune  to  break  his 
leg.

E.  L.  Keyser,  owner  of  the  Central 
Drug  Store,  at  Pontiac,  is  down  with 
muscular  rheumatism.

A. 

H.  Golds has opened a grocery store 

at  359  East  street,  near  Sherman  street. 
The  Ball-Barnbart-Putman  Co. 
fur­
nished  the  stock.

Austin  K.  Wheeler,  Treasurer  of  the 
Lemon  &  Wheeler  Company,  is  spend­
ing  the  week  with  his  old  trade  in 
Southern  Michigan,  Northern  Ohio  and 
Indiana.

Geo.  D.  Van  Vranken,  the  Cadillac 
druggist,  was 
in  town Tuesday,  on  his 
way  home  from  Hartford,  where  he  had 
spent  several  days  with  friends  and 
relatives.

J.  Clark,  President  of  the  I.  M. 
Clark  Grocery  Co.,  is  recovering  from  a 
severe attack  of  fever.  He  expects  to 
be  able  to be  about  again  in  the  course 
of  a  week  or  ten  days.
Chas.  C.  Philbrick 

is  spending  the 
week  in  Philadelphia,  attending  the an­
nual  meeting  of  the  National  Hardware 
Jobbers’  Association,  of  which  Foster, 
Stevens  &  Co.  are  loyal  members.

M. 

A  Marquette  bank  clerk  went  deer 
hunting—saw  a  deer—shot  at  him—got 
excited—chased  the  deer—got 
lost  in 
the  woods—remembered  his  compass  in 
his  pocket—pulled  it  out—didn’t  know 
which  end  pointed  north—laid  out all 
night—was  found  next  day by  compan­
ions—says he  will  never go deer hunting 
any more.

M.  D.  Elgin  (Musselman  Grocer  Co.) 
spent  Sunday  and  Monday  in  Chicago. 
He  says  there 
is  more  bustle  on  the 
street  there  now  than  there  has  been 
since  the  booming  times  of  1890,  1891 
and  1892;  that  the  improved  condition 
of  things 
is  reflected  in  the  manner  in 
which  the  people  rush  along  the  side­
walk  and  the  way  they  greet  the  caller 
at  their  places  of  business.

Frank  Proctor,  the  Hersey  general 
dealer,  made  a  wager  with  the  village 
Marshall  that  if  McKinley  was  elected 
he  would  shovel  gravel  on  the  street  a 
day,  the  Marshall  agreeing  to  carry  po­
tatoes  a  day  for  Proctor  in  the  event  of 
Bryan’s  election.  Of  course,  Proctor 
failed  to  win  the  wager  and  last  week 
he  squared  himself  with  the  winner  by 
putting 
in  eight  hours’  work  on  the 
street,  wearing  a  silk  hat  he  won  on 
Cleveland’s  election  four  years  ago.

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.

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugar—No  change 

in  price  has  oc­
curred  since  the  decline  of  %c 
last 
Wednesday.  The  market  is  weak  and 
a  lower  range  of  values  is  not  unex­
pected.

Tea—Sales  of  all  sorts  of teas are good 
at  full  prices,  and  tea  seems universally 
to be  regarded  as  good  property.  There 
has  been  no  further  quotable  advance 
over  last  week’s  quotations,  but  the 
market  seems  to  be  growing 
firmer 
every  day.  Retailers  are  buying  much 
more  largely  than  they  have  been,  and 
testify  to  a  somewhat increased demand, 
in  a  consuming  way,  as  the  result of  the 
reopening  of  so  many  manufactories. 
Low-grade  teas  can  be  said  to  have  ad­
vanced  20  per  cent.,  but  some  of  them 
have  been  ruling  fully  that  degree  un­
der  actual  cost.

Coffee—The  demand  has  not  been  es­
pecially  active,  due  to  a  general  liberal 
buying  previously,  but  the  time  will 
come  shortly  for  further  replenishing  of 
stocks,  and  as  there  seems  to be nothing 
in  the general  situation  to  warrant-other 
than  a  cheerful  outlook  for  the  future, 
in  the  market  is 
no  material  change 
looked  for. 
Javas  are  very  strong,  and 
the situation  is in excellent shape for still 
higher  figures.  Mocha  scarce  and  mar­
ket  strong.  Maracaibos  and  Central 
American  sorts  are  likewise  in 
limited 
supply  and  prices  well  held.

Provisions—No  striking  changes  have 
in  the  pro­
occurred  during  the  week 
vision  trade,  the  lard  market  disclosing 
more  evidences  of  weakness  than  other 
leading  articles.  The  current  shipping 
demand  for  meats  has  been  good,  but 
speculative  trade  for  forward  delivery 
has  not  been  active.  The  week’s  export 
clearances  of  lard  were  liberal,  and  of 
meats  were  decidedly  large.  The  indi­
cations  appear  to  reflect  a  fairly  confi­
dent  sentiment  among  the  trade  that 
prices  are  not  likely  to  recede  much 
from  the  present  basis.

Flour  and  Feed.

Buyers  seem  now  to  be  taking  about 
what 
is  needed  for  present  uses.  The 
advance  of  about  50  per  cent,  in  the 
value  of  wheat  within  the  past  few 
weeks  has  made  the  trade  very  cautious 
and  the  wise  course  now  to  pursue  is, 
undoubtedly,  a  conservative  one. 
In 
comparison  with  other  products,  wheat 
is  high  now,  even  if  the  crop 
is  short, 
and  to  put 
it  up  much  above  present 
values  and  keep  it  there  will  require  a 
large  speculative  interest  in  the market. 
Flour 
is,  no  doubt,  good  property  at 
present  values,  but  there  is  not the same 
incentive  to  carry 
that 
existed  a  month  ago  when  the price  was 
25  per  cent,  lower.

large  stocks 

The  city  mills  are  running  steadily, 
with  orders  booked  for  a  month  ahead.
Feed  is  steady  and  unchanged  for  the 
week.  Millstuffs  are  in  fairly good  de­
mand,  with  prices  well  maintained.

W m.  N.  R o w e.

The  Grain  Market.

ic  to  2>^c  daily,  but 

The  wheat  market  had 

its  ups  and 
the  past  week,  varying 
downs  during 
is  now  at 
from 
about  the  same  point  as 
it  was  one 
week  ago.  This  was  caused  by  the  in­
crease  in  the  visible,  which  was  larger 
than  was  anticipated,  being  1,085,000 
bushels,  while  last  year  it  was  nearly 
3,500,000  bushels;  but  the  increase  last 
year  was  very  large.  Export  shipments 
were  very  large,  being  4,600,000  bush­
els.  The  world’s  shipments  were  also 
large  (9,000,000  bushels).  The  North­
western  receipts  were  1,259 cars>  being

about  the  same  as  the  corresponding 
week  last  year.  The  strong  points  were 
large  shipments  from  Chicago  to  To­
ledo,  Detroit,  Sandusky,  Cleveland  and 
other  points,  where  280,000  bushels  are 
supposed  to  have  been  absorbed  by  the 
milling  interest.  One  peculiar  feature 
is  that  winter  wheat  is  at  a  premium 
of  12c  per bushel  over  spring  wheat. 
It 
seems  now  that  there  will  not  be  much 
variation 
the  high  premium. 
Wheat  seems  to be  moving  more  freely, 
as  farmers  are  satisfied  with  the  prices 
and,  consequently,  are  ready  sellers.

from 

Com  and  oats,  as  is  usual,  followed 
is  down  about  yic 
latter  is  quoted 

wheat.  The  former 
per  bushel,  while  the 
about  1 y2c  lower.

The  receipts  during  the  week  were 
62  cars  of  wheat,  4  cars  of  oats,  but 
none of  corn.  The  receipts  of  wheat 
were  rather above  the  usual  amount,  as 
many of  the  cars  contained  1,000 bushels 
each.

Millers  are  paying  85c  for  wheat.

C.  G.  A.  V o ig t .

Stocks  and  Corporations.

Geo.  E.  Parker,  of  Boston,  was  in 
town 
last  week  and  picked  up  several 
hundred  shares  of  stock  of  the  Heaton- 
Peninsular  Button  Fastener  Co.  on  the 
basis  of 
15  per  cent,  of  the  par  value. 
It  is  understood  that  Mr.  Parker  made 
the  purchases 
in  behalf  of  a  syndicate 
of  Boston  gentlemen  who  have  confi­
dence 
in  the  ultimate  success  of  the 
corporation  under  the  present  auspices.
The  Grand  Rapids  Gas  Light  Co. 
made  net  earnings  of  $11,730  during 
October,  a  decrease  of  3 ^   per  cent,  in 
comparison  with  the  net earnings of the 
corresponding  month  of  last  year.  This 
is  the  first  time  the  company  has  fallen 
behind  its  previous  record,  the  decline 
being  attributed  solely  to  the general 
prostration  of  business  during  October. 
Both  the bonds  and  stock  of  the  corpo­
ration  have  advanced  since  election, 
the  bonds  commanding  89391  and  the 
stock  bringing  62@66.

The  vacancy  on the Board of Directors 
of  the  Kent County Savings Bank caused 
by  the  death  of  A.  J.  Bowne  has  been 
filled  by  the  selection  of  Jas.  R.  Wylie, 
who  recently  acquired  the  stock  held  by 
the  deceased.  Mr.  Wylie  took  an  active 
part  in  the  management  of  the  Petoskey 
City  Bank  for  about  fifteen  years  and  is 
still  financially 
in  that  and 
several  other  banking  institutions.  He 
is  a  gentleman  of  varied  experience 
and  excellent  judgment  and  will  prove 
a  valuable  addition  to  the  managerial 
force  of  the  Little  Giant  of  the  Grand 
Rapids  banks.

interested 

Corticelli 
Silks  and 
Twists.
Write for 
prices to

P. Steketce & Sons.

Ask  about  G illies’  New  York  Spice 

Contest.  Phone  1589. 

J.  P.  Visner.

E m p ty
Honey Cans  ..  .

We  have  on  hand  a large number 
of empty  Honey Cans,  packed two 
cans  in case, which we  will  sell  at 
very low prices for immediate ship­
ment.

New York  Biscuit  Co.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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Fruits  and  Produce.
News  and  Gossip  o f  Interest  to  Both 

Shipper  and  Dealer.

At  the  last  annual  meeting  of  the 
Michigan  Retail  Grocers’  Association 
resolutions  were  unanimously  adopted 
expressing  the  sense of that organization 
that  the  freight  classification  on  pota­
toes  should  be  changed  from  fifth  to 
sixth  class.  As  the time  was  approach­
ing  for  shipments  to  begin,  the  matter 
was  taken  up  by  the  Tradesman  and 
urged  through  its  columns  and  through 
correspondence  with  the  officers  of  the 
various  roads  and  those of  the  Central 
Freight  Association,  thus  securing  the 
attention  of  the  latter body  at  its  meet­
ing  in  Chicago  last  week.  Those  inter­
ested  have  learned  through  the  daily 
press  that  the  desired  action  was  taken, 
making  a  reduction  of  from  three  to 
four  cents  per  hundred  to  most  points 
where  shipments  are  made  from  this 
territory.

*  *  *

In  the  opinion  of  the  Tradesman  all 
the  parties  concerned  are  to  be  congrat­
ulated  upon  the  result.  Considering  the 
weak  condition  of  the  market,  the  fifth- 
class  rates  were  likely  to  be  prohibitive 
to  shipments.  The  cost  of  transporta­
tion  to  comparatively  near  markets 
would  have been  greater than  the  buy­
ing  price  of  the  potatoes. 
It  is  the 
opinion  of  most  jobbers  that  this  reduc­
tion,  amounting  to 
from  20  to  25  per 
cent.,  will  be  sufficient  to  secure  the 
movement  of  the  crop,  a matter  of  great 
importance  to  shippers  and  local  deal­
ers,  as  well  as  to  the  growers  and  trans­
portation  companies.

*  *  *

Speaking  of  the  situation,  Moseley 
Bros,  said :  ‘ ‘ We consider the action very 
important.  The  new  rate, will  transport 
the  potatoes  to  most  Indiana  points  for 
7  cents  per  bushel.  This  rate  will  en­
able  us  to  buy  and  ship,  while 
to  2 
cents  more  per  bushel,  as  under  fifth 
class,  would  be  sufficient  to  prevent  it. 
The  reduction-from  here  to  Spring- 
field 
is  from  20  cents  to  17  cents.  By 
the  way,  this  rate  was  17  cents  on  fifth 
class  before  the  revision 
last  April. 
The  reduction  from here to Bloomington 
16  cents  to  13  cents,  and  from 
is  from 
here  to  Evansville,  an 
important  mar­
ket,  from 
18  cents  to  14  cents.  Yes, 
we  are  unqualifiedly  pleased  by  the ac­
tion,  but  should  have  liked  also  to  se­
cure  an  adjustment  of  rates which would 
have  put  Grand  Rapids  on  more  of  an 
equality  with  points  in  the  State  east  of 
us.  For 
instance,  Lansing  and  other 
points 
in  that  region  are  given  a  cent 
per  hundred  better  rates  to  Western  In­
diana  and  Illinois  points  than  are  made 
from  here,  and  what  makes  this  seem 
unreasonable  is  that  the  shipments  from 
those  points  must  pass  through  Grand 
Rapids.  Flint,  Lapeer and  Port  Huron 
are  classed  the  same  as this city to many 
of  the  points  named.”* * *
C.  N.  Rapp  expresses  himself  as 
much  gratified  and 
is  of  the opinion 
that  the  reduction  means  the  moving  of 
the  crop,  which  would  have  found  a 
similar  fate  to  that  of  last  year  if  the 
action  had  not  been  taken  promptly.

* * *

It  has  been  urged  by  some  that  the 
temporary  reduction  last  winter  was  in­
effective  and,  therefore,  the  change  this 
winter  will  have  a  similar  result;  but 
the  conditions  are  different.  Last  win­
ter  there  was  almost  no  market  for pota­
toes  anywhere 
in  the  country.  This 
year,  while  values  are  low,  there  is  a

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

Michigan 
W hite  Clover

Virginia

and

Jersey

market.  The  Tradesman  predicts  that 
the  experience  will  be  more  in  accord 
with  the  movement  of  the  corn  crop 
early  this  season  on  the  Western  roads. 
These  put  down  their  rates  to  a  point  at 
which  the yellow  cereal  began  to  move, 
and  with  the 
increase  of  movement 
came  a  strengthening  and  advancement 
of  prices,  which  made  an  unusually  fa­
vorable  season  for  both  shippers  and 
growers,  and  the  advance  has  warrant­
ed  an  increase  of  freight  rates  again.

♦ * *

in  exactly  the  same  way. 

Minneapolis  Commercial  Bulletin :  A 
farmer • once  estimated  that  he  lost  a 
thousand  dollars  on  acorns  all  in  one 
year. 
It  happened  because  he  didn’t 
have  the  hogs  to  eat  them  up.  The  New 
York  and  Michigan  farmers  are  going 
to 
lose  thousands  of  dollars  on  apples 
this  year 
I 
was  speaking  recently  with  a  man  who 
is  handling  hundreds  of  cars  of  apples 
this  fall,  and  in  speaking  of  the  apple 
crop  of  the  nation  he says  there  are  not 
men,  women,  children  and  hogs  enough 
in  oqr  broad  land  to  eat  up  the  apples 
that  have  grown  this  year.  The  Cali­
fornia  Fruit  Grower  gives  a  table  show­
ing  the  crop  of  apples 
in  the  whole 
country 
last  year  to  have  been  about
65.500.000  barrels;  for  1894  about  57,-
500.000 
and  1889,  57,250,000  barrels.

barrels  and  for  the  census  year 

Lemons,  Oranges,  Cape Cod Cranberries,  Spanish  Onions.

B U N T IN G   &  CO.,

20 & 22 OTTAWA STREET, 

ORANO RAPIDS,  MICH.

W e  ,re. S . P e " ple SWEET POTATOES

Cranberries,  Grapes,  Spanish  Onions,  Oranges,  etc.

STILES  &  PHILLIPS,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

M A YN A RD   &  CO O N

Jobbers Fine Mexican

O R A N G S j S

Quality equal to Floridas.  Fresh stock received daily.

54 S.  Ionia Street, Grand  Rapids.  Telephone  1348.

1895. 

Speaking  of  the  crop  of  apples  for 
this  current  year  the  same  paper  says: 
We  shall  have  some  five  or  more million 
barrels  more  than  the  crop  of 
If 
the  editor of  that  paper  had  said four or 
five  times  as  many  as  the  crop  of  1895 
he  would  have  hit  the  truth more nearly. 
Four  or  five  million  barrels  have  been 
raised  in  any  two  good  counties  of  New 
York  State  this  season.  The  Pacific 
coast  has  not  yet  waked  up  to  the  fact 
that a  miracle  in  apples  had  been  per­
formed  in  the  East.  We  could  paint  the 
Pacific  slope  all  red  and  green  and 
yellow  with  the  surplus  of  the apple 
crop  of  the  East  this  fall.  Suppose  we 
take  the  crop  of  1895  at  65,000,000  bar­
rels  for  the  entire  United  States,  and 
compare  it  with  the  crop  of  this  season 
as  far  as  estimated.  The  State  of  New 
York  alone  has,  it  is  estimated,  95,000,- 
000 barrels  of  apples  this  season.  This 
is  as  much  as  the  whole  country  raised 
last  year,  with  almost  50  per  cent, 
added  to  it.  And 
last  year  was  not  to 
be  sneezed  at  as  an  apple  year.

*  *  *

New  York  leads  the  list  of  states  with 
an  estimated  95,000,000  barrels  of  ap­
ples,  and  Michigan  follows  second  with 
30,000,000  barrels,  almost  half  the en­
tire  crop  of  last  year.  New  England  is 
a 
great  apple  country.  Appletrees 
there  grow'  wild,  and  grow  old,  and 
raise  just  as  good  fruit  as  though  they 
were  raised  in  a  hothouse.  New  Eng­
land  will  have  over  50,000,000  barrels, 
they  say.  Now,  we have  not  yet  spoken 
of  the  states  of  the  Middle  East,  or  the 
South,  which  would  be  said  to  have 
raised  a  big  crop  had  not  the  East  done 
so  much  greater  things. 
It  is  believed 
that the  total  crop  of  this  year  will  foot 
up  210.000,000  barrels.  This  would  give 
every  man,  woman  and  child 
in  this 
country  three  barrels  of  apples.  We 
know  that  three  barrels  is  about  all  an 
average  man  or  boy  can  use,  while  any­
one  will  admit  that  the  women  and  the 
babies  will  not  eat  three  barrels 
in  the 
course  of  the  season.  Moreover  it  is  not 
every  woman  and  baby  that  will  have 
the  opportunity  to  eat  apples  by  the 
barrel,  for  some of  them  will  not  have 
the  wherewithal  to  buy  apples,  even 
if 
they  had  to  pay  but  the  freight  charges.

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He Oyster Season is Here

.2 7   LOUIS  s t r e e t . 

_  

Are  you  ready  for  it?  Not  unless  you 
have  one  of  our  Oyster  Cabinets.  Will 
pay  for  itself  several  times  in  a  single  sea­
son.  They  are  neat,  durable,  economical 
and  cheap.  No  dealer  who handles oysters 
can  afford  to  be  without  one.  Made  in 
sizes  from  8  to  40  quarts.  Write  for  in­
formation.

Chocolate Cooler Co.,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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THE  EGQ  KING  OF  MICHIGAN  IS

P .  W   B R O W N .

O F   I T H A C A .

HEN  FRUIT

Is  always  seasonable.  Eggs  “just  laid"  get 
the  very  highest  market  price  with  me.

R.  HIRT,  JR .,  Harket St.,  Detroit.

M.  R.  ALDEN

COMMISSION

EXCLUSIVELY

98 S.  DIVISION ST., GRAND  RAPIDS.

W E   C A N   F U R N I S H

FINE  FULL  CREAM  CHEESE

Suitable for winter trade, if ordered at once, at 9c lb.

FRED  M.  WARNER,  Mfr.,  Farmington,  Mich.

A P P LES,  ONIONS

CABBAGE,  ETC.,  in  car  lots  or  less. 

QUINCES,  SW E E T   APPLES,  GREEN  PEPPERS,  GRAPES.

Correspondence with me will save you money.

Telephone  1091. 

HENRY  J.  VINKEHULDER,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

It  is  a  fact  that  people  have not as much 
money  this  year  as  they  used  to  have  in 
the  days  gone  by.  Though  grapes  have 
averaged  this  year  but  io  cents  a  bas­
ket in this market,  there have not been as 
many  sold  as  during  1892,  when  they 
averaged  18  to  19  cents.  So  it  is  but  a 
matter  of  how  many apples  we  can  save 
from  rotting  on  the  ground  this  year. 
The  foreigners  will  not  do  much  for  us. 
The  largest  export  trade  we  have  ever 
had  was  3,000,000 barrels.  Suppose  we 
export  10,000,000  barrels  this  year,  it 
will  only  take  a  drop  out  of  the  over­
flowing  bucket.  We  shall  have  to  lie 
down 
in  the  midst  of  our apples  and 
give  it  up.  The  apple  was  too  much  for 
us  this  season.  We  shall  go  into  the 
winter  with  about 
150,000  barrels  of 
in  store  here,  to  have on  hand 
apples 
during  the  winter  “ shust  for  sickness,”  
as  the  Dutchman  said  who  put  in  his 
barrel  of  sauer  kraut.

How  to  Dress and  Ship 

Game.

Poultry  and

the 

skin, 

breaking 

Chicago,  Nov.  16—In killing  chickens 
and  turkeys,  they  should  be  kept  from 
food  twenty-four  hours.  Kill  by  bleed­
ing  in  the  mouth or opening the veins  in 
the neck ;  hang  by  the feet  until  proper­
ly  bled;  head  and  feet  should  be  left  on 
and  the  intestines  and  crop  should  not 
be drawn.  For  scalding  poultry, 
the 
water  should  be  as  near  the  boiling 
point  as  possible  without  actually  boil­
ing ;  pick  the  legs  dry  before  scalding; 
hold  by  the head  and  legs  and  immerse 
and 
lift  up  and  down  three  tim es;  if 
the  head  is  immersed  it  turns  the  color 
of  the  comb  and  gives  the  eyes 
shrunken  appearance,  which  leads  buy­
ers  to  think  the  fowl  has  been  sick. 
The  feathers  and  pin  feathers  should  be 
removed  immediately,  very  cleanly  and 
without 
then 
“ plump”   by  dipping  ten  seconds 
water  nearly  or  quite boiling  hot,  and 
then  immediately  in  cold  water.  Hang 
in  a  cool  place  until  the animal  heat 
is 
entirely  out;  it  should  be  entirely  cold, 
but  not  frozen  before  being  packed. 
Dry  picked  chickens  and  turkeys  sell 
best,  and' we  advise  this  way  of  dress 
ing,  as  they  sell  better  to  shippers 
scalded  chickens  and  turkeys  generally 
are  sold  to  the  local  trade.  To  dry  pick 
chickens and  turkeys  properly  the  work 
should  be  done  while  the  bird  is  bleed 
in g ;  do not  wait  and  let  the  bodies  get 
cold,  as dry  picking  is more  easily  done 
while  the  bodies  are  warm.  Be  careful 
and  do  not  break  and  tear  the  skin 
Pack  in  boxes  or barrels,  boxes  holding 
100  to2oo  pounds  being  preferable,  and 
pack  snugly;  straighten  out  the  body 
and 
legs  so  that  they  will  not  arriv 
very  much  bent  and  twisted  out  of 
shape;  fill  the  package  as  full  as  pos 
sible  to  prevent  shuffling  about  on  the 
way.  Mark  kind  and  weight  and  ship 
ping  directions  neatly  and  plainly  on 
the  cover.  Barrels  answer  better 
for 
chickens  and  ducks  than  for  turkeys 
geese.  When  convenient  avoid  putting 
more  than  one  kind  in  a  package.  En 
deavor  to  market  all  old  and  heavy 
cocks  before  January 
1,  as  after  the 
holidays  the  demand  is  for  small  round 
fat  hen  turkeys  only,  old  Toms  being 
sold  at  a  discount  to  canners.
For  geese  and  ducks  the  water  for 
scalding  should  be  the  same  tempera 
ture as  for other kinds  of  poultry,  but  it 
requires  more  time  for  it  to  penetrate 
and  loosen  the  feathers. 
is  a  good 
plan,  after  scalding,  to  wrap  them  in 
blanket,  providing  they  are  not left long 
enough  to  partly  cook  the flesh.  An­
other  method,  and  no  doubt  the  best  for 
loosening  the  feathers,  is  to steam them, 
and  whenever  proper  facilities  are  at 
hand,  we  advise  this  process. 
is 
poor  policy  to  undertake  to  save  the 
feathers  dry  by  picking  them  alive  just 
before  the  killing,  as  it  causes  the  skin 
to  become  very  much 
inflamed,  and 
greatly 
injures  tfie  sale.  Do  not  pick 
the  feathers  off  the  head  and  it  is  well 
to  leave  them  on  the  neck,  close  to  the 
head,  for a  space  of  two  or three inches. 
The  feet  should  not be  skinned,  nor  the

It 

It 

bodies  singed,for  the  purpose  of  remov- 
ng  any  down  or  hair,  as  the heat  from 
the  flame  will  cause  them  to  look  oily 
and  bad.  The process  of  plumping  and 
cooling  is  the  same  as  with  turkeys  and 
chickens.  There  is  no  kind  of  poultry 
harder  to  sell  in  this  market  at  satisfac­
tory  prices  than  poor,  slovenly  dressed 
geese  and  ducks,  and  those  who  send 
n  such  must  not  be  disappointed  at low 
prices.  No  poultry  of  any  kind  sent  to 
this  market  should  be  drawn.

Game  must  not  be  drawn  except  in 
warm  weather,  and  then  ice  should  be 
used.  Wild  turkeys  and  ducks  should 
be  packed  in  their  natural  state.  Par­
tridge,  grouse  (prairie  chickens),  wood­
cock  and  quail  arrive  in  better  order 
and  sell  better  when  wrapped  in  paper. 
Trapped  birds  sell  better  than  those 
that  have  been  shot;  those badly  shot 
should  not  be  packed  with  others,  as 
they  may 
injure  or  spoil  the  whole 
package.  Pack  large  game 
in  barrels 
and  small  game 
in  boxes.  Venison, 
when  shipped  whole,  should  have  the 
iver  and 
lights  removed,  as  they  only 
have  to  be  thrown  away  here.  When 
sending  saddles,  strip  the  skin  from  the 
forepart  of  the  deer  and  wrap  about  the 
saddle  to  keep  it  clean  and  in  good  or­
der.

Spr a g u e  Co m m ission  Co.

Buying  Cheese  by  Rhyme.

for  cheese 

E.  A.  Haven, 

the  Bloom ingdale, 
Mich.,  cheese  manufacturer,  recently 
received  the  following  rather  unusual 
order 
from  Desenberg  & 
Schuster,  the  Kalamazoo  grocers :
Your postal just received to-day.
In answer, we have this to say:
Your cheese have pleased us full and well—
Much more so than what others sell.
Our patrons never cried, “enoueb.”
No wonder, for it’s “H(e)avenly” stuff.
Your politics, so true and chaste,
Make It so much more to our taste.
If, then, you have full cream and straight,
Yon may again send six or eight.

“ fine 

frenzy 

rolling,”  

On  receiving  this  effusion  Mr.  Haven 
apparently  had  a  dangerous  attack  of 
the 
for  he 
promptly  evolved  the  following  rather 
dubious  reply:
This morning, when I went up town,
I strolled the postoffice around,
\nd there a nice letter I found,
Which pleased me as I heard the sound 
Of praise bestowed on the cheese I made, 
it seemed so  awfully gol-darned funny 
That any man who had the money 
To buy some cheese, so nice and fine,
Should order more of this same kind,
And not howl and kick about the price 
And try his best to beat me  down 
A half a cent or more a pound.
It must be owing to the fact 
That the people elected William Me.,
And not young Billie B.,
So that our dollar, don't you see,
Is worth 100 cents, instead of 53;
Then, too, the letter it has shown 
That your firm does not do 
As many others I have known,
Who think that cheese can  be  used like  broom:
And left around in their warerooms
With turnips, cabbage, kerosene
And other rank, ill-smelling stuff
And still keep its flavor “ up to snuff:”
Or, if a skipper should be found—
Although the cheese had been around 
Their stores for three weeks or more—
Will  write,  “ Mr.  Cheesemaker,  you  dishonest 
You never again can sell cheese to us.”

cuss.
The  readers  of  the  Cheesemaker  will 
probably  be  glad 
learn  that  Mr, 
Haven  turns  out  better  cheese  than  h< 
does  poetry,  and  they  will 
join  the 
Cheesemaker 
in  expressing  the  hope 
that his  “ po'ms”   may be better cured in 
the  future.

to 

Thanksgiving  Oysters.

To  supply  your  customers with oysters 
worthy  of  the  day,  order  only  the  cele­
brated  Anchor  brand.  F. 
J.  Detten- 
thaler,  of  Grand  Rapids,  receives  daily 
shipments  from  Baltimore  and,  in  order 
to  get  the  choicest  and  freshest  just 
when  you  want  them,  you  should  notify 
him  as  early  as  possible,  to  avoid  the 
rush.

Good market in  Detroit  Write

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our brand of vinegar to be an absolutely pure apple juice  vinegar.  To  any 
one who will analyze it and find any deleterious  acids,  or  anything  that  is 
not produced from the apple, we will forfeit

ONE  HUNDRED  DOLLARS

We also guarantee It to be of not less than 40 graius strength.

ROBINSON CIDER & VINEGAR CO.,

BENTON  HARBOR.  fllCH

I.  ROBINSON, Manager.

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REGULATION OF CORPORATIONS.
One  of  the  prominent  features  of  the 
recent  political  campaign  in  Michigan 
was  the  development  of  the  fact  that 
there  is  a  strong  popular  feeling  antag­
onistic 
to  corporations.  One  of  the 
successful  candidates  attributes  the  fact 
that  he  ran  far  ahead  of  his  ticket  to 
the  interest  of  the  people  in  this  ques­
tion,  and  he  promises  to  give  the  cor­
porations  a  thorough  overhauling  when 
his  opportunity  presents.

There  are,  doubtless,  some  questions 
connected  with  the  public  relations  of 
corporations 
in  the  State  of  Michigan 
which  warrant  attention  or  investiga­
tion.  These  may  include the considera­
tion  of  the  rates  for  public  service, 
equality  in  charges  (involving  the  abo­
lition  of  passes  and  special 
individual 
rates,  as  half  fare  tickets),  the  matter 
of  proper  taxation  and  the  prevention 
of  frauds  in  promotion  and  over  capi­
talization.  There  is  a  great  work  to  be 
done  in  these  lines  and,  should  the 
in­
coming  administration  undertake  it,  its 
efforts  would  be  seconded  by  the  busi­
ness  men  of  the  State.

It  is  the  fear  of  the  Tradesman,  how­
ever,  that  in  the  consideration  of  these 
subjects  there  will  be  so  much  intro­
duced  of  a  general  character  that  there 
will  be  little  specific  result.  The  decla­
rations  of  the  speakers  were  largely  the 
expression  of  general  antagonism to cor­
porations,  rather  than  an  antagonism  of 
these abuses.  There  was  too  much  of 
“ playing  to  the  galleries,’ ’ which seems 
to  have  served  its  purpose  effectively  in 
securing  popular  endorsement.  Among 
the  declarations  epitomized  by  the  rec­
ognized  authorities  on  the 
incoming 
policy 
“ The  suppression  of 
trusts  and  monopolies  as  far as the State 
can  go  in  that  direction.’ ’

is  this: 

In  the  suppression  and  regulation  of 
' ‘ trusts, ’ ’  as  far as  that  term  may  mean 
an  unjust  use  of  the  power  of  combina­
tion  to 
interfere  with  the  natural  and 
proper  course  of  trade,  this  policy  will 
be  seconded  universally.  But 
in  the 
combination  of  the  term  with “ monopo­
lies”   there  is  suspicion  of  a  regard  for 
the  popular  ear  and  the  declaration  as­
sumes  the  form  of  a  general  antagonism 
of  corporations.  For  most  corporations 
are,  to  a  greater  or  less  extent,  monopo­
lies.  A  railroad  connecting  two  points 
without  other communication  is  neces­
sarily  a  monopolist  in  the  traffic.  The 
operation  of  a  street  railway  is  neces­
sarily  monopolistic.  It  is  the  same  with

a  municipal  gas  company,  or any  com­
pany  furnishing  a  special  product. 
In­
deed,  the  principle  of monopoly  obtains 
wherever  there  are  special  facilities  for 
any productions which will  furnish  them 
so  cheaply  as  to  prevent  their  produc­
tion  by  others.  Thus  a  pledge  for the 
suppression  of  monopolies  is  a  sweep­
ing  one,  and  its  execution would change 
the  production  of  commodities to a basis 
on  which  all  could  compete,  a  basis 
which  means  the  doing  away  with  spe­
cialization 
in  all  business  enterprises. 
But  the  declaration  really  means  the 
expression  of  an  antagonism  to  corpora­
tions  to  meet  the  prejudices  of  popular 
ideas,  instead  of  any  consistent  defined 
purpose.

the 

Corporations  are  not 

terrible 
monsters  of  popular  prejudice.  Many 
of  them  are  the  creations  of  the  public 
for  the  public  service.  Their  conduct 
is  regulated  by  the  laws  the  public  has 
made,  and  as  far  as  these  laws  may  be 
imperfect  or  incomplete  it  is  the  fault 
of  the  public,  and  the  correction  of 
these  will  meet  universal  commenda­
tion.  The  corporations  are  public  ser­
vants.  The  work  they  do  cannot  be  ac­
complished  by  other means.  None  but 
corporations  could  operate  our  street 
railway 
lines  sometimes  at  a  loss  for 
years,  trusting  to  municipal  develop­
ment  for  remuneration  in  the  future.

But  much  of  the  popular spleen  has 
been  expended  against  the  great  mo­
nopolies having to do with special  indus­
tries.  A  most  prominent  example  is 
the  Standard  Oil  Company.  This  has 
been  subjected  to  the  most  opprobrious 
names  and  epithets  in  the  English 
lan­
guage.  And  yet  who  shall  presume  to 
say  that  its  product  could  be  served  so 
cheaply  and  of  such  uniform  quality 
if 
the  work  were  done  by  hundreds  of 
companies,  instead  of  by  one?  And  so 
with  many  other of  the  large  companies 
where  the  purchase  and  distribution 
of  materials,  and  co-operation  in  modes 
of  production  and  of  distribution  of 
product,  give  an  advantage  over  the 
smaller local  concerns. 
It  is  an  advan­
tage  which  operates  for  the good  of  the 
community  or  these  could  not  exist.

If  the 

incoming  administration  will 
devote  its  energies  to  the  elimination of 
the abuses  in  public  corporation  man­
agement,  it  will  receive  the  hearty  co­
operation  and  commendation  of  the 
business  public.  But  a  general  war 
against  corporations,  as  indicated by the 
anti-corporation  sentiment,  will  be  un­
profitable  and 
involve  serious  interfer­
ence  with  many  of  our best  industrial 
interests  if  successfully  prosecuted.

One of  the  most  notable  incidents 

in 
connection  with  the  development  of  the 
transmission  of  electrical  power  was  the 
turning  on  of  the  current  at  the Niagara 
power  houses  Monday  morning  for  the 
use  of  the  Buffalo  street  railway  lines  at 
a  distance  of  about  twenty-eight  miles. 
The  franchise  given  by  the  city calls for 
the  delivery  of  10,000  horse  power  by 
June  i,  1897,  and  an  increase  of  10,000 
more  annually  for  four  years. 
It  is  con­
trary  to  the  usual  rule  in  installing great 
enterprises  of  this  character  that  the 
projectors  should  have  anticipated  the 
time  by  over  six  months. 
In  the  trans­
mission  of  the  current  it  is  necessary  to 
transform  a  2,200  volt  current  to  one  of 
11,000  volts  and  then  to  reduce  it  again 
by  a  “ step-down  transformer”   to  its 
original  voltage  as 
it  enters  the  city. 
The  progress  of  the  experiment  will  be 
watched  with  the  greatest  interest,  as  it 
is  the  most  extensive  ever  tried  in  that 
direction.

GENERAL  TRADE  CONDITIONS.
improvement  which  became so 
The 
decided  upon  the  decision  of  the  elec­
in  nearly  all  lines. 
tion  has  continued 
The  resumption  of  work 
in  the  idle 
factories and  the  increase of  hours  and 
forces  in  others  have  been  very  remark­
able.  Bradstreets  is  authority  for the 
statement  that nearly  200 mills  and  fac­
tories  started  up  during  the  week  and 
that  130 others  made  increase of time  or 
force. 
is  active  for 
dry  goods,  clothing,  millinery,  shoes, 
leather and  hardware.  The  tendency  of 
most  prices  has  been  to  advance,  al­
though  there have been some speculative 
reactions,  noticeably in the  wheat trade.
While  the  iron  situation  is  not  yet en­
tirely  satisfactory,  there  is  decided  im­
provement. 
iron  and  steel  ad­
vanced  $2  per  ton 
in  Chicago.  The 
combinations  are  continuing  the  strug­
the  various 
gle  to  maintain  rates  on 
products,  but  they  are  cut  in  numerous 
instances.

Jobbing  demand 

Bar 

The  transactions in  wool  in  five  weeks 
aggregated  46,000,000  pounds,  but  it 
is 
now  decreasing,  although  the  price  is 
on  the  advance.  Many  mills  have 
started,  but  the  demand 
is  not as  en­
couraging  as  should  be  expected.  Cot­
ton  has  declined  ic,  on  account  of  fa­
vorable  crop  reports.  The  demand  for 
its  products  is  not  yet  active.
The  grain  market  continues 

its  gen­
eral  upward  tendency,  except  that  there 
is  a  decided  reaction 
in  wheat  this 
week,  probably  speculative,  to  be  fol­
lowed  by  recovery.  Corn  and  oats  are 
generally  on  the  up  grade.

In  the  financial  and  stock  markets  the 
general  condition  of  strength  and  ac­
tivity  has  continued,  except  that there 
is  something  of  a  reaction  this  week 
in  the demand  for  industrials  and  there 
has  been  a  falling  off  in  prices  in  many 
instances.  On  the other  hand,  the  bond 
market  has  shown  remarkable  activity 
in  prices, 
and  a  general  strengthening 
the  result  of  a  desire  to 
invest  the 
money  which  had recently been hoarded. 
The  same  cause  has  made  the  money 
market  easy  and  the gold  reserve  in  the 
Treasury  has  increased  over  $7,000,000.
The  increased  volume  of  business  has 
continued,  until  the  bank  clearings  be­
gin  to  respond.  The  increase  for  last 
week over the preceding week was  20 per 
cent.  On  the  other  hand,  there  has  been 
an  increase of  failures  of  35,  amounting 
to  258. 

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SELLING  MUNICIPAL  BONDS.
During  the  period  of  greatest  depres­
sion  included  in  the  last  six  months  an 
interest  to  suffer  most  severely  was  that 
of  municipal  bonds. 
It will  be  recalled 
that  $75,000  of  Grand  Rapids  bonds, 
improving  of  a 
for  the  purchase  and 
market  site,  was  the  football  of 
the 
bond-buyers 
five  months. 
This  was  a  condition  which  was  repeat­
ed  by  a  large  proportion  of  the  cities  of 
the country.  Public  enterprises  of  all 
kinds  depending  on  municipal expend­
iture  have been  held 
in  abeyance  for 
the  reason  that  funds  could  not be  ob 
tained  for their  prosecution.  This  has 
worked  hardship 
in  that  employment 
could  not  be  given  to  the  many  thou­
sands of  the  needy.

for  nearly 

This  condition  has  now 

suddenly 
changed.  Since  the  settlement  of  the 
financial  policy  of  the  country  there  has 
sprung  up  an  active  demand  foi  such 
bonds.  During  the  summer  New  York 
City,  which  has always  stood  among  the 
best 
its  financial  credit,  undertook 
to  sell  a  block  of  its  bonds.  The  result 
of  the  offer  was a  humiliating  failure,

in 

as  the  bids  were  so  low  and  few that  the 
bonds  had  to be  withdrawn.  Since  the 
election  that  city  has  ventured  to  try 
the  market again  by  offering  over  $16,- 
000,000 of  3K   Per  cent,  bonds.  The  re­
sult  was  astonishing.  The  bids  aggre­
gated  more 
than  twelve  times  the 
amount of  the bonds  offered,  exceeding 
in  quantity  any  former  sale.  The  sale 
was  made  at  a  premium  of  $755,794. 
Several  other  large  cities  have  ventured 
in  the  same  direction  and  with  unex­
pected  success  in  every  case.

GENERAL  M ILES’  REPORT.

General  Miles,  the  Commanding Gen­
eral  of  the  United  States  army,  has 
presented  bis  annual  report  to  the  Sec­
retary  of  War,  in  which  the  work  of  the 
army  during  the  past  year  and  its  pres­
ent  condition  are  reviewed.  General 
Miles  reports  that  there  have  been  but 
few  demands  upon  the  troops,  either  to 
punish  hostile  Indians  or  to  enforce  re­
spect  for  the  law  on  the  part  of 
lawless 
mobs.

The  Commanding  General  of  the 
army  renews  his  last  year’s  recommen­
dation  as  to  an  increase  in  the  army. 
He  says  that  the  present  force  is  no 
longer  proportionate  to  the  increased 
population  and  wealth  of  the  country. 
He  suggests  that  the  minimum  enlisted 
strength  of  the  army  should  be  one 
soldier 
for  every  2,000  of  population, 
and  a  maximum  strength  of  one for 
every  i,coo,  the  exact  figure  to  be  de­
termined  by  the  President  according  to 
the  necessities  of  the  public  service. 
This  would  give a  minimum  strength  of 
about  35,000  men,  or  10,000  more  than 
the  present  strength  of  the  army,  and  a 
maximum  strength  of  70,000 men.

is  very  doubtful 

As  to  the  proposed 

increase  in  the 
army,  it 
if  Congress 
will  be  induced  to grant  it.  Such  an  in­
crease  would  not  be  popular  with  the 
masses,  although  there  is  abundant  evi­
dence  that  it  is  needed.

There 

is  considerable 

speculation 
among  the  retail  trade  of  the  State  as  to 
the 
identity  of  the  new  Food  Commis­
sioner  which  Governor-elect  Pingree 
will  appoint  to  succeed  the  present 
in­
cumbent  of  that office.  No  poorer  ap­
pointment  could  possibly  be  made  than 
the  selection  of  Mr.  Storrs  by  Governor 
Rich,  and  unless  the  new  officer  makes 
more  stir  than  Mr.  Storrs  has  made, 
the  Legislature  will  probably  come  to 
the  conclusion  that  the  office  is  not a 
necessary  one  and  abolish  it  altogether. 
It  is  claimed  by  the  friends  of  John  I. 
Breck,  of  Jackson,  that  he  has  prior 
claims  on  the  position,  but  those  who 
are  most  intimate  with  Mr.  Pingree  as­
sert  that  he  has  not  yet  reached  a  con­
clusion  in  the  matter  and  will  not  do  so 
until  be  has  carefully  investigated  the 
merits  of  the  several  candidates.

The  Tradesman  heartily congratulates 
the  Michigan  Retail  Grocers’  Associa­
tion  and  the  produce  shippers  of  the 
State on  the  valuable concession secured 
at the  hands  of  the  Central  Freight  As­
sociation  last  week. 
It  also  congratu­
lates  the  members  of the Central Freight 
Association  for  taking  a  broad-minded 
view  of  the  situation  and  granting  the 
concession  early  in  the  shipping  season 
and  continuing 
it  until  the  season  is 
practically at an  end.

The  New  York  Tinjes  calls  attention 
to  the  fact  that  popcorn  is  pushing  the 
omnipresent  peanut  hard  for  first  place. 
It  has  an  assured  position  at  summer 
resorts,  and  its  sale  is daily  increasing.

interests; 

SOME  EFFEC T S  OF  UNIONISM.
If  intelligent  conservatism  in  the con­
duct  of  trades  unions  were  the  rule  un­
doubtedly  these  organizations  would  be
of  benefit,  and  this  not  only  to  their 
members  but  to  their  employeis  and  the 
community  as  well—all  these 
interests 
are  interdependent.  But  unfortunately 
the  management  of  these  organizations 
does  not  recognize  the  principle  of  co­
operation  with  other 
their 
work 
is  entirely  and  narrowly  selfish, 
and  the  attitude  toward  the  employer’s 
interest,  at  least,  is  that  of  antagonism.
The  first  operation  of  unionism  is  the 
leveling  of  all  workmen  to  one  common 
standard  and  the  entire  suppression  of 
individuality.  To  the 
incompetent  or 
lazy  this  is  a  desirable  object.  To  the 
man  of  ability  and  energy  whom  cir­
cumstances  may  compel  to submit to the 
leveling  process 
intolerable 
slavery,  and  such  strive  to  break  away 
from  the  bondage  by  change of location, 
becoming  a  proprietor  or  in  any  way 
which  may  present.  Many lines of  trade 
are  subjected  to  undue  competition,  for 
the  reason  that  the  more  enterprising 
workingmen  whom  unionism  would 
compel  to  work  on  the  level  of  the poor­
est  establish  themselves 
in  business 
that  they  may  have  opportunity  to assert 
their  individuality.  Under  conditions 
recognizing  personal  differences  many 
such  would  prefer  to  work  as  employes, 
and  if  they  could  do  so  it  would  mate­
rially  mitigate  the  serious  overdoing  of 
many  lines  of  work.

is  an 

it 

Then  as  soon  as  the  reduction  to  a 
dead  level  is  attained  the  next  thing 
is 
to  secure  as  high  a  rate  of  wages  as  can 
be  forced  from  the  business.  This  is 
the  feature  of  unionism  which  com­
mends 
itself  most  forcibly  to  the  least 
intelligent  of  the  workingmen,  and  un­
fortunately 
it  seems  to  them  to be  the 
one  thing  to  be  desired,  to the exclusion 
of  all  others.  This 
is  something  tan­
gible,  which  they  can  comprehend,  and 
the  ones  among  the  leaders  who  will de­
vote  their  energies  to  the  utmost  to  the 
work  of 
increasing  wages  are  the  ones 
who  secure  the  allegiance  of  all  who 
can  see  nothing  beyond  the  week  or 
month  of  the  present.  To  satisfy  the 
clamorings  of  such  the  scales  of  wages 
must  be  put  up  to  the  highest  level 
which  employers  can  be  compelled  to 
pay.

Now,  there 

is  a  limit  beyond  which 
the  forcing  of  wages  may  be,  and  usu­
ally  is,  an 
injury  to  the  best  interests 
of  the workingmen ;  and many times cir­
cumstances  compel  employers  to  accede 
to  demands  beyond  this  limit. 
In  many 
individual  enterprises  it occurs  that  the 
wages  demanded  are  so  far  beyond  the 
scale at  which  the business  can be made 
profitable  that  the  employer  is  obliged 
to  restrict  operations  by  a  lessening  of 
his  force  and  many  must  seek  employ­
ment  elsewhere.

When  an  enterprise  has  become  ex­
tensive,  with large  interests  in plant  and 
local  facilities,  the  scale  of  wages  may 
be  pushed  to  the  greatest  extent  and 
the  employer  must  submit  or fight,  as 
he  cannot  remove  without  great  loss. 
Sometimes  such  concerns are  profitable 
to  their  owners  on  account  of  patents  or 
other  interests  and  the  wages  are  thus 
permitted  to  be  unduly  increased,  to the 
injury  of  all  enterprises  of  the  locality 
involving  similar  mechanical  trades. 
The  forcing  of  wages  beyond  the  actual 
market  value  may  seem  to be  an  advan­
tage  to the  recipient,  but  this  condition 
is  always  transient.  To  the  workman 
without social ties,  who prefers to change 
his  location  frequently,  the present gain

is  preferred  to  permanence.  However, 
there  is  no  real  gain  even  to  these,  for 
they  are  the  ones  whose  accumulations 
will  not 
let  the  receipts  be 
what  they  may.

increase 

The  union  towns  with  unwarranted 
in  these  “ protected" 
scales  of 
labor 
trades  quickly 
lose  the 
industries  in­
volved  that  are  susceptible  to  competi­
tion.  Contracts  quickly  go  to  the towns 
with  reasonable  prices  and  the  more 
permanent 
industries  gradually  follow 
them.  The  condition  of  the  labor  mar­
ket  as  affected  by  these  considerations 
is  becoming  one  of  the  most  serious 
questions 
in  locating  industries.  This 
element  is  sufficient  to  make  or  unmake 
industrial  centers,  and 
it  will  be  a 
serious  matter  so  long  as  the  utmost 
obtainable  cent  for  to-day,  regardless 
of  transition,  is of  more  importance than 
permanent  homes  and  social  ties,  that 
are  of  value  to  those who  constitute  the 
better  elements  in  a  community.
TO  BE  RID  OF  SAMOA.

There  are  many  evidences  that  the 
authorities  at  Washington  would  gladly 
recede,  if  they  could,  from  the  Berlin 
treaty  concerning  the  island  kingdom of' 
Samoa.  The  United  States,  in  accord­
ance  with  the  provisions  of  the  treaty 
formulated 
in  Berlin,  at  the  close  of 
Mr.  Cleveland’s  first  administration,  is 
jointly  responsible  with  Great  Britain 
and  Germany  for  the  peaceable  govern­
ment  of  the  Samoan  Islands.  Affairs  in 
Samoa  have  been  anything  but  peace­
able  for  several  years  past,  and  there 
has been  constant  friction  between  the 
representatives  of  the  treaty  powers  re­
siding  in  the  islands.

country 

The  maintenance  of  a  representative 
in  the  islands  is  a  source  of  consider­
able  expense,  and  this 
is, 
moreover,  morally  responsible  for  the 
In  the  way  of 
course  of  events  there. 
benefits  there  are  absolutely  none. 
It  is 
difficult,  however,  to  see  how  the  re­
sponsibility 
incurred  can  be  avoided 
without a  shameful  disavowal  of  all  the 
claims  this  country  set  up  at  the  time 
that  Germany  was  prevented  from  de­
claring  a  protectorate  over  the 
islands, 
as  it  was  clearly  her  intention  to  do.

It  will  be  remembered 

that  there 
arose  a  serious  controversy  with  Ger­
many  over  the  course  of  that  power 
in 
Samoa,  and  a  squadron  of  American 
warships  was  sent  to  Apia  to  maintain 
our  position.  The  destruction  of  that 
squadron,  as  well  as  the  German  war­
ships,  by  a  storm,  will  also be  recalled, 
that tragic  event  having  a  more  sober­
ing  effect  upon  all  concerned  than  even 
the  efforts  of  the  diplomats  engaged 
in 
reaching  a  solution  of  the  problem.

It  may  have been  better  had  we  never 
gone  into  the  Samoan  arrangement  with 
Great  Britain  and  Germany;  but,  now 
that  we  are  involved  in  it,  it  is  difficult 
to  see  how  we can  evade  the  responsi­
bilities  with  honor.

It 

A  comparative  anatomist  says  that 
the  little  toe  has got  to go;  that  it  is  a 
useless 
appendage,  already  showing 
signs  of  degeneration  or  withering 
away. 
is  proved  that  the  horse,  in 
the  course  of  several  centuries,  has 
dropped  four  toes  and  now  travels  on 
one,  and  some  think  that  man’s  pedal 
extremities  are  bound  to  follow  a  simi­
lar  line  of  evolution. 
In  the  horse  it  is 
the  middle  digit  which  has  survived  as 
the  fittest. 
In  man  it  will  be the  first  or 
great  toe.  _________________

Don’t  watch  your  competitors  with  a 
view  of 
imitating  them,  but  rather  to 
see  that  your own  methods—or  at  least 
the  most  important  ones—are  original.

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

One of  the  changes  which has resulted 
in­
from  the  development  of  American 
dustries  and  modes  of  business 
is  a 
greater degree  of  permanence  in  avoca­
tions. 
In  the  early  days  the  most  no­
ticeable  characteristics  remarked  by ob­
servers  from  the  more 
conservative 
countries  were  the  wonderful  versatility 
and  changeability  of  the  Americans  in 
their  business  enterprises  and  employ­
ments.

It  is  not  strange  that  in  a  new  society 
there  should  be  opportunity  and  de­
mand  for  frequent  change and  adapta­
tion  to  new  surroundings  extending  to 
most  of  the  ordinary  pursuits.  All  will 
recall  to  what an  extent  this  quality  was 
carried 
in  the  opening  of  new  settle­
ments  on  the  frontiers,  especially  in  the 
mining  regions,  where  the  spirit  of 
adaptation  was  manifest  to  an  astonish­
ing  degree.  The  newcomeis  into  those 
localities—and  all  were  newcomers— 
were,  very  many  of  them,  obliged  to  do 
any  work  that  might  present,  to  fill  any 
niche,  regardless  of  previous  surround­
ings  or  “ conditions  of  servitude.”  
Many  stories  have  been  told  how  in  the 
stage  driver  or  the  hostler  has  been 
found  the  village  trained  doctor  or  law­
yer  and 
in  the  faro  banker  or  saloon­
keeper  one  trained  to  a  still  higher call­
ing.  Of  course,  this extreme versatility 
is  to  be  accounted  for  in  the  necessities 
of  the new  surroundings  and  frequently 
the  need  to  do  anything  obtainable  for 
existence.

there  was  a  time,  still 

But  as  society  became  older there  was 
still  the  tendency  to  frequent  change. 
Thus, 
in  the 
recollection  of  many  business  men, 
when  all 
lines  of  trade  were  subject  to 
much  more  frequent  innovations  from 
the  other  pursuits  than  is  now  the  case. 
At  that  time  the  farmer  who  had  accu­
mulated  enough  capital  for  a  beginning 
did  not  hesitate  to  drop  the  plow  and 
engage  in  trade,  perhaps  with  the result 
of  making  a  success.  Or perchance  the 
grocer  found  a  favorable  opening  as  a 
Boniface  and  secured  a  competence  as 
landlord  of  a  hotel,  and  so  on  through 
the  list.  Not  that  such  changes  always, 
or even  usually,  proved  advantageous— 
the  penalty  of  change  even  then  was 
most  frequently  failure.

But  the  time  has  long  passed  since 
such  changes  could  be  made  with  fre­
quent  probability  of  success.  The  farm­
er  who  essays  merchandising  at  the 
present  day  usually  achieves  failure, 
and  that  right  early.  There  may  be  an 
occasional  exception  to  this  rule  in 
in­
dividuals  of  phenomenal  ability,  but 
these  are  not so  frequent  as  to 
invali­
date  the  rule.

The  advance  of  social  and  business 
organization  has  reached  a  point  where 
special  training  is  essential  to  success. 
The  successful  merchant  to-day  is  the 
one  who  has  been  trained  to his  calling 
or  who  has  worked  his  way  from  small 
beginnings  in  a  manner which has given 
him  such  a  training.  And  this 
is  not 
alone  the  case  with  the  merchant—the 
farmer  who 
is  successful  was born  on 
the  farm,  and  has  made  the best  use  of 
his  school  and  other  advantages. 
It  is 
the  same  with  the  railway  manager—he 
began 
in  the  shop  or  construction  de­
partment ;  and  so,  as  a  rule,  in  all  lines 
of  modern  work—the  successful  man 
is 
the  one  “ to  the  manor  born.”

This  feature  of  our  later  life  is  one 
that  is  increasing  in  proportion  as  so­
ciety  and  business  methods  crystallize 
under the  influence  of  advancing  civili­
zation  and  competition.  The  day  of 
sudden  opportunity  in  business,  in  this

9

country,  is  past  or  is  rapidly  passing. 
The  time  has  come  when  the  shoe­
maker,  to  be a  success,  must stick  to  his 
last.

It 

But  there are  many  who  have  this  les­
son  yet  to  learn. 
is  natural  that 
other avocations  will  seem  more  ^attrac­
tive  to  the one  who  is  only  experienced 
in  the  disagreeable  elements  and  disad- 
vanatages  of  his  own ;  so  that  change  is 
yet  too  frequently  occurring,  launching 
the  venturesome  voyager  into  the  whilr- 
pool  of  disaster.

T H E   S I T U A T I O N   IN  C U B A .

The  total  force  of  Spanish  troops 

The  announcement  from  Havana,  to 
the effect  that  Captain-General  Weyler 
has  taken  the  field  in  person,  and  pro­
poses  to  conduct  the  winter  campaign 
with  energy,  is  a  confirmation  of  the 
report,  published  some  time  ago,  that 
the  Spanish  government  was  to  make  a 
supreme  effort  to  crush  the  rebellion be­
fore  next  March.  General  Weyler  is 
said  to  have massed a considerable  force 
in  the  province  of  Pinar  Del  Rio,  and 
proposes  to  open  an  energetic onslaught 
on  the  positions  held  by General Maceo.
in 
fully  200,000  men. 
Cuba  amounts  to 
This  force 
is  scattered  all  over  the 
island,  being  garrisoned  for  the  most 
part  in  the  large  towns.  A  considerable 
strength 
is  massed  along  the  military 
line  known  as  the  “ trocha, ”   in  Pinar 
Del  Rio,  and 
is  no  doubt  this  sec­
tion  of  the army  that  General  Weyler  is 
about  to  use 
in  his  operations  against 
Maceo.
Unless  signs  fail,  there  is  likely  to  be 
some  hot  fighting 
in  Cuba  shortly. 
Maceo 
is  well  armed  and  has  a  consid­
erable  force.  He  holds  some  of  the 
strongest  positions 
in  Pinar  Del  Rio, 
and  is  in  a  position  to  accept  battle  or 
avoid  it,  as  it  may  seem  best.  On  the 
other hand,  General  Weyler  is  a  soldier 
of  ability  and  determination,  and  will 
no  doubt  do  his  best  to  bring  on  a  de­
cisive  engagement.  Should  Weyler  fail, 
and  there  is  no  reason  to  expect  that he 
will  succeed  better  than  did  General  de 
Campos,  it  will  become  evident  even  to 
the  most  patriotic  Spaniard  that  the 
struggle  is  hopeless,  and  that  a  further 
continuation  of the  war  would  be  a  use­
less  waste  of  blood  and  treasure.

it 

It 

As  matters  stand,  Cuba  can  be  of 
little  practical  use to  Spain  for  years  to 
come.  Owing  to  the destruction  of  the 
sugar 
industries,  the  revenues  of  the 
island  for  the time  being  are  practical­
ly  nothing,  while,  even  should  the  war 
terminate 
in  the  near  future,  it  would 
take  years  before  the  island  could  re­
cover  from  the  shock  its  business  in­
terests  have  received.  The  great  cost 
of  the  war  to  date  must  also be  saddled 
onto  the  debt  of  Cuba,  and  for  years 
will  be  an  additional  drain  upon  its 
revenues.
is  evident  that  sooner  or later  the 
friendly  offices of  the  United  States  will 
into  requisition  to 
have  to  be  called 
settle  the  controversy. 
It  is  to be  hoped 
that  the  initiative  may be  taken  during 
Mr.  Cleveland’s 
administration,  as 
is  a  greater  assurance  that  so 
there 
knotty  a  problem  would  be bandied with 
tact  and  conservatism  by  the  retiring 
President  than  by  his  successor,  Mr. 
McKinley,  who  has  had  no  experience 
in  dealing  with  intricate  foreign  prob­
lems,  and  who  will  have  his  hands  too 
full  with  domestic  affairs  for  some  time 
after  his  inauguration  to  give  proper at­
tention  to  the  Cuban  question.

Mr.  Cleveland  has  earned the hostility 
of  a  large  number  of  people  because  of 
his  conservative  course  in  dealing  with 
the  Cuban  problem;  but  there 
is  no 
doubt  that  because  of  his  policy  he  is 
now 
in  a  better  position  to  offer  the 
friendly  offices  of  the  United  States  to 
Spain  in  the  way  of  mediating  between 
her and  her colony  than  had  be  pursued 
a  different 
If  there  is  to be  any 
action  on  the  part  of  the  United  States 
at  all,  it  would  certainly  be  much  better 
for  the 
initiative  to  be  taken  by  Mr. 
Cleveland  than by  his  successor.

line. 

IO
How  the  Drummer  Found  His  Wife. 
Written for the Tradesman.

“ Well,  well,  Charlie!  I  have  found 
you  at  last, “ said  a  well-remembered 
voice.

As  I 

looked  up  from  the  counter,  I 
gladly  grasped  the  extended hand  of  the 
speaker,  my  old  schoolmate,  and  heart­
ily  welcomed  him  as  in  days  of  the long 
ago.

Edwin  McKenzie  and  I  were  com­
panions  a  quarter  of  a  century  before 
but  for  years  had  drifted  quite  apart. 
We  were  both  drummers,  and  had 
started  out  as  such  at  a  comparatively 
early  ag e ;  but,  more  through  good  luck 
than  merit,  I  had  left  the  field  and  be­
come  a 
joint  proprietor of  the  store  in 
which  he  found  me,  in  Northern  Ne­
braska.  Business  and  a  small  family 
on  my  hands  had  so  completely  en­
grossed  my  mind  and  time  that  private 
correspondence  had  been  almost  com­
pletely  dropped.  We  had  both  at  first 
secured  positions  to  travel 
for  New 
York  firms;  but,  after  a  time,  through 
personal  friends  I  secured  a  better  sit­
uation,  with  a  wholesale  grocery  house 
in  Chicago,  with  an  extended  route over 
the  then  boundless  West.  About  every 
two  months  I  visited  the  merchants  of 
Nebraska,  which  at  that  time  was  set­
tling  up  rapidly.  There  was  an  open 
frankness  and  hearty  greeting  from  the 
broad-minded  early  dealers  of  those 
rich  prairies  which  was,  to  me,  con­
tagious,  and  my 
first  six  months’  ac­
quaintance  caused  me  to  fall  in  love 
with  everything  there.

“ Not  with  the  ladies,  did  it?”   inter­
posed  McKenzie,  with  a  smile,  to whom 
I  was  directing  my  last  remarks.

“ Yes,  indeed!”   I  replied.
“ Then  you  are  a  bachelor no  long­
invited  him  to

er?”   said  Mack,  as  I 

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

become  the  guest  of  Mrs.  Walker and 
myself  while  he  remained  in the village. 
is 
“ Did  I  ever  meet  the  lady  who 
now  your  wife?”   he  inquired,  with 
in­
terest  in  eye and  voice.

"Probably  not,”   I  replied. 

“ Her 
parents  brought  her  here as  a  child,  and 
she  was  never  out of  the  State  but  once 
afterward,  and  that  was  with  me 
in 
Chicago.  But  you  must  remain  with  us 
a  few  days,  and  I  will  relate  ‘ how  it all 
in  the  story 
happened, ’  as  they  say 
books,  although 
it  is  a  faithful  little 
picture  of  real  life,  after  all,  and  for 
which  we  are  both  ever  truly  thankful. 
I  saved  the  lady’s  life,  and  she,  prob­
ably  feeling  indebted  to  me,  and  con­
sidering  cash  no  equivalent,  kindly con­
sented  to  care  for  me  the  balance  of  my 
days,  when  I 
intimated  that  1  would 
like  ‘ remuneration’  though,  of  course, 
money  was  not  to  be  considered as such. 
There  was  a  double  surprise  in  the oc­
currence  I  will  relate,  yet  the  most 
curious  part  of  it  was  that  I  may  have 
saved  two  lives  instead  of  one.”

The  evening  of  the  following  day  1 
devoted  to  visiting  with  my  friend,  and 
related  to  him  the  following  startling 
incident:

“ 1  had  made  my  fourth  or  fifth  trip 
into  Nebraska,  and  each  time  had  sold 
a  satisfactory  invoice  of  groceries  to my 
present  father-in-law,  Mr.  A.  Matthews. 
A  Canadian  by  birth,  I  found him,  from 
the  first,  a  candid,  affable,  noble-heart­
ed  man,  and,  like  most Canadians,  gen­
erous  and  hospitable  almost  to a  fault. 
Thus  I  received  an  early introduction  to 
his  family,  and to  my  present  wife,  who 
was  then  his  book-keeper  and  cashier.
“ From  the  first  I  admired  the  beauty 
and  grace  of  the  daughter—Perdita  by 
name—who  gave  me  the  orders 
for 
goods;  yet  no  thought  of  lovemaking

entered  my  mind.  She  being  an  only 
child,  her  parents  had  given  her  the 
best  educational  advantages  the  new 
territory afforded,  and  she  early  became 
her  father’s  confidential  clerk  and  ad­
viser,  at  the  same  time  assisting  her 
father  and  the  one  clerk  in  acting  as 
saleswoman  a  portion  of  the  day.  Thus 
it  happened  that  she  often  attended  to 
the  book-keeping  and correspondence in 
the  evening,  and  occasionally  she would 
be  left  alone  with  her  work  until  quite 
late.  But  at  such  times  she  always 
locked  and  bolted  the  doors.  She  did 
her  work  by  the  light of  an  oil  lamp  on 
If  a  familiar  voice  asked  for 
the  desk. 
admission, 
it  was  granted,  but  stran­
gers  were  politely  told,  if  their business 
was  urgent,  to  call  on  her  father,  whose 
residence  was  but  two  doors away.

“ In  building  his  store  Mr.  Matthews 
had  followed  the  old  Canadian  custom 
of  constructing  heavy  wooden  blinds  for 
his  windows,  and  these  were closed each 
evening,  an  iron bar being placed across 
them,  and  they  were  bolted  and 
locked 
on  the  inside.  The  only place then left, 
even  to  look  into  the  store,  was  a  cir­
cular  window  about  six  inches  in  di­
ameter,  in  the  blind  opposite  the  desk, 
which  was  sixteen  feet  distant.  Not 
more  than  four  feet  beyond  this  desk, 
with  a  screen  to  hide 
it  from  view 
through  this  window,  stood  a  first-class 
safe—for  that  date—the  door of  which 
opened  behind  the  broad 
counter. 
The  village  was  new  and  contained only 
one other store,  in  which  was  the  post- 
office,  and  the  entire  number  of  dwell­
ings  alone  could  have  been  counted  on 
the fingers  of  two  hands.  This  by  way 
of  explanation  of  what  follows:

“ One unusually dark and stormy night, 
after  the  late  hour  of  ten,  the  train 
dropped  me  at  the  nearest  point  by  rail

to  this  village,  a  station  two  miles  dis­
tant. 
1  had  ordered,  by  mail,  a  young 
farmer  to  meet  and  convey  me  and  my 
two  satchels  of  samples  to  the  village 
hotel.  Repeated  outcries  for  my  con­
veyance  were  answered  only  by  the 
echoes  of  my  voice.  The  station  was 
locked  and  abandoned  for  the  night 
and  there  was  no  dwelling  in  any  direc­
tion. 
I  afterward  learned  that  my letter 
to  the  farmer  had  miscarried,  it  arriv­
ing  five  days  after  I  did.  Although  the 
night  was  dark  as  Erebus,  with  a 
satchel  in  each  hand  I  set  off  on  foot for 
the  village. 
I  know  I  was  more  than 
an  hour  making  the  two  miles,  and  it 
must have  been  some  time  after  eleven 
when  I  came  in  sight  of  a  light 
in  the 
Matthews  store,  the  rays  streaming  out 
faintly  through  the  circular  window.

‘ ‘ The  lateness  of  the  hour gave  me an 
uneasy  feeling  of  alarm.  Hastening  my 
walk,  and  dropping  my  satchels  near 
the  building, 
I  hurriedly 
glanced 
through  the  circular  window.

“ 1  am  quick  to  act,  and  a  single 
glance  brought  everything  under  my 
vision  and  gave  me  almost 
instant 
power  of  action. 
I  saw  Perdita  in  her 
chair at  the  desk,  bound  and  gagged, 
her  open 
ledger  before  her,  with  her 
face  turned  partially  from  me,  while 
behind  the  counter  two  stalwart  men, 
one  of  them  with  his  coat  off,  were 
working  at  the  door  of  the  safe  with 
heavy hammers,from which only  muffled 
sounds  reached  my  ears.  The  light  used 
was not  in  sight  and  must  have  stood on 
the  floor,  and,  although  my  face  was 
within  a  few  inches  of .the  window,  the 
intense  darkness  prevented  my  being 
seen  from  the  inside.

“ Certainly  I  was  not  half  a  minute 
in  noting  everything  taking  place  with­
in.  Snatching  up  my  luggage,  I  fairly

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flew  with 
it  to  the  house.  Hastily 
arousing  Mr.  Matthews,  I  hurriedly  told 
him  what  I  had  witnessed,  and 
in 
scarcely  a  minute  both  cf  us,  and  his 
man  of  all  work,  who  lodged 
in  the 
house,  were  armed  with  loaded  shotguns 
and  a  Winchester and  on  our  way  to  the 
store.  Priding  myself  on  being  an  ex­
tra  good  shot,  I  was  given  the  Win­
chester,  and  stationed  myself  at  the  cir­
cular  window.  The  man  of  all  work 
stood  guard  at  the  rear  of  the  building, 
while  Mr.  Matthews  violently  rattled 
the  front  door,  calling  out  to  the  bur­
glars  to  open  the  door and  surrender  if 
they  would  save  their  lives! 
I  stood 
watching  events  through  the  window.

“ At  the  sound  of  Mr.  Matthews’ 
voice,  one  of  the  men  jumped  over  the 
counter  and  cautiously  approached  the 
door.  The  other dropped  his  tools  and 
stood  stock-still,  for a  moment  the  pic­
ture  of  despair.  Perdita,  recognizing 
her  father’s  voice,  was  now  exerting  all 
her  strength  to  loosen  the  rope  which 
bound  her,  but  was  unable  to  make  the 
least  noise.  The  man  standing  before 
just  then,  saw  her 
the  safe,  turning 
frantic  efforts  to  release  herself. 
Just  as 
she  loosed  one  arm  and  was  reaching 
toward  the  gag,  he  drew  an  old-fash­
ioned  pistol  from  his pocket, deliberate­
ly  cocked  it,  and  was  raising  his arm as 
if  to  shoot  her,  when,  quick  as  a  flash,
I  fired  through  the  window,  the  shot 
striking  a  few  inches  above  the  wrist, 
breaking  both  bones  of  the  right  fore­
arm.  The  pistol  fell  upon  the floor,  un­
discharged,  as,  with  a  smothered  oath 
and  an  agonized  cry  of  pain,  the  fellow 
commenced  to  plead  for  his  life.  Mr. 
Matthews  was  calling  out  to  the  man 
near  the  door to  make  no  resistance  if 
he  valued  his  life,  but  to  open  the  door 
at  once,  as armed men  were  there  to  ar­
rest  them. 
the 
wounded  man  had  fainted  from  pain 
and 
fallen  to  the 
floor,  and,  while  Mr.  Matthews  and  his 
servant  were  binding  the  man  who 
opened  the  door,  I  was  busy  releasing 
Miss  Matthews.

loss  of  blood  and 

the  meantime, 

In 

“ This  accomplished, 

I  approached 
the  man  I had  wounded.  As  I  turned  up 
the  light  of  the  dimly  burning  lamp,  I 
shall  never  forget  the  expression  as  he 
raised  his  eyes  to  mine.  His  fall  had 
produced  a  reaction  by  the  prone  posi­
tion  of  the  body  and  the  brain  was  now 
active  and  busy. 
‘ My  G od!’  he  ex­
claimed,  ‘am  I  Charlie Walker’s prison­
er?’  and  the  man  turned  his  face  from 
me  and  groaned  aloud.

“ With  the assistance  of Mr.  Matthews 
we  raised  him  to  his  feet  and  placed 
him  in  a  chair,  when  I  recognized  him 
as  Lyman  Terry,  one of my  former com­
panions,  whom  I  had  neither seen  nor 
heard  from  for  many  years.

“ Our  other  prisoner  was  at  once 
locked  in  a  room  for  safe-keeping,but  I 
insisted  upon  taking  the  wounded  man 
to  the  hotel,  and  at  once  called  a  phy­
sician  to  his aid. 
I  felt  sure  he  would 
take  no  advantage  of  my  kindness.

“ The  history  of  Terry’s  life  was  a 
pitiful  one.  He  had  married  and  re­
moved  to  Kansas. 
Extreme  poverty 
and  evil  associates  had  driven  him  into 
crim e;  but  this  was  his  most  serious 
offense.  While  conversing  with  him 
after  his  wound  was  dressed,  he  raised 
his  eyes  to  mine  and  said :

‘ Walker,  from  the  depths  of  my 
heart  I ’m  thankful  to  you  for  breaking 
my  arm,  for  it  saved  me  from  being  a 
murderer. 
Joe,  my  comrade  and  pal, 
instructed  me  beforehand  that,  if 
had 
any  one 
interfered  with  us,  and  that 
girl  made  any  attempt  to  release  herself

so  as  to  scream,  I  was  to  shoot  her  dead 
before  she  could  do  so !  When the  com­
mand from outside came to surrender and 
I  realized  my  position,  I  was  simply 
crazed,  and  a  moment  later,  seeing  the 
frantic  efforts  of  the  girl,  with  her  right 
hand  free  so  that  she  could  remove  the 
gag  from  her  mouth,  there  was  no  time 
to  think,  only  to  obey  the  order  on  the 
instant!  As  God 
is  my  judge,  there 
was no  murder  in  my  heart.  I  was  sim­
ply  an  automaton,  and,  had  you  sent 
the  ball  through  my  heart,  you  would 
have  been  justified.’

in  money 

“ This  incident  in  my 

life,  Mack,  is 
the  cause  of  my  being  here. 
I  made  a 
rather  longer  visit  than  usual  with  Mr. 
In  talking  over 
Matthews  that  time. 
the  robbery,  I  asked  him 
if  his  loss 
would  have  been  heavy  had  the  men 
succeeded 
in  opening  the  safe,  also 
why  the  scoundrels  did  not  compel  his 
daughter  to  open  it. 
‘ You  are  aware,’ 
he  replied,  ‘ that  we  are  a  long  distance 
from  any  bank,  also  that  they  are  far 
from  reliable  in  this  State;  consequent­
ly,  I  have  kept  my  own  deposits,  and 
had  §5,300 
in  my  safe  that 
night. 
I  alone  have  the  combination  to 
that  safe,  and  lock  it  the  last  thing each 
night  before  I  leave,  and  open  it  each 
morning,  and  a  printed  notice  to  that 
effect,  with  my  written  signature  at­
tached,  is  pasted  on  the outside  of  the 
door.  No  one  can  unlock  it  except  my­
self.  So  you  see  the  reason  why  my 
daughter  was  not  tortured  or threatened. 
The  way  the  men  got  in  was this:  Per­
dita  was  expecting  a  customer earlier in 
the evening  to  purchase  a few groceries, 
and,  although  it  was  after  eleven  when 
the  rap  came  at  the  door,  it  was  exactly 
the  same  signal  as  agreed  upon,  so  she 
unbarred  the  door  without  question. 
I 
owe  to  you  a  debt  of  gratitude,  Mr. 
Walker,  I  can  never  repay—not  only  for 
saving  my  filthy  lucre,  but’—and  his 
voice  choked—‘ far  more  than  the  paltry 
dollars,  my  only  daughter!’  Recover­
ing  from  his  emotion,  he  continued: 
‘ Edwin,  you  and  I  have been friends for 
a  long  time,  and  I  wish  you  would  stay 
with  me.  My  business  is growing  rap­
idly.  Can  you  not  be  persuaded  to  take 
an  equal 
interest  with  me  here?  The 
capital  required  shall  be  no  bar  to  the 
copartnership. 
Put  whatever  amount 
you  please  into  the  firm  of  Matthews  & 
Walker,  and  place  the  balance  on  the 
debit  side  of  the 
ledger.  You  see, 
Charlie,  I  mean  business.’

“ I  thought  the  matter  over  seriously. 
The  ladies  of  the  household  had  added 
their  persuasions,  so the  end  of the mat­
ter  was  I  yielded,  and  to-day  have  rea­
son  to  bless  those  burglars!

interceded  at  the 

“ Terry,  for  whom  Mr.  Matthews  and 
I  both 
trial,  was 
let  off  with  a  year’s  service  in  prison, 
while  his  companion  was  given  ten 
years,  with  hard  labor.”

F r a n k.  A.  H o w ig .

Very  Different.

He  fixed  a  steady  glare  on  the  grocer 

and  began :

“ I  bought  a  chicken  of  you,  after 
asking  you 
if  it  was  a  spring  chicken 
and  being  informed  by  you  that  it  was. 
It  was  so  tough  that  it  turned  the  edge 
of  the  carving  knife.”

the  grocer. 

“ I  did  net  tell  you  it  was  a  spring 
chicken,”   said 
“ You 
picked  the  fowl  up  and  asked  me  if 
that  was  what  1  called  a spring chicken, 
and  I  said  it  was  what  I  called  a  spring 
chicken. 
If  you  had  asked me  direct  if 
it  really  was  a  spring  chicken,  of course 
my  devotion  to  truth  would  have  com­
pelled  me  to admit  that  it  was  nothing 
of  the kind. ”

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

GERMANY

HOLLAND  % ENGLAND

F R A N C E

During the  entire week  of  October  19-24  tw o  hundred 

and  fifty  National  Cash  Register  sales  agents  from  all  over 

the  world  were  in  convention  at  the  Grand  Opera  H ouse, 

Dayton,  Ohio*  T he  foreign  delegates  studied  the  secrets 

of  successful  American  storekeeping*  T hey  contributed, 

also,  many  new  ideas  of  the  m ost  prosperous  European 

merchants*  There  were  practical  discussions  by  experts  on 

window  dressing,  store  organization,  proper  system s  for 

handling  sales,  and  other  vital  questions  to  retailers*  A ll 

this  information  can  be  had  for  the  asking  as  soon  as  our 

printing  presses,  which  are  running  night  and  day,  can  get 

it  out*  Requests  will  be  filled in  the  order  they  are  received* 

Send  in  your  name  and  address  at  once*  Address  Dept*  D , 

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How  the  Bicycle  Cured  Caleb  Brown. 
Written for the T radesman.

Caleb  Brown  did  not  mean  to  be 
selfish,  Caleb  Brown  did  not  mean  to be 
a  crank,  but  he  had  sunk  so  deep in the 
quicksands  of  prosaic  habit  there 
seemed  no  way  of  pulling  him  out.

life 

His  had  been  a  hard  life.  But  not 
harder  than  a  hundred  others  who  do 
not  wear  their  trials  on  their sleeves. 
Whose 
is  not  hard  and  strangely 
twisted  if  he but  have  the  mind to dwell 
ever  on  the  seamy  side?  No  sky 
is  so 
fair  that  some  clouds  do  not  loom  up, 
and  these,  examined  at  the  proper 
angle,  can  quite  swallow  up  the  blue.

To  begin  with,  Caleb  had  been  a 
farmer’s  son.  But  is  that  the  worst  fate 
that  can  befall  one?  Let  the  great  men 
testify  to  their  own  experience.  But, 
after  all,  the  trouble 
lay  with  Caleb 
himself.  He  took  life  so  hard  and  se­
rious.  While  the  other  boys  worked 
with  a  will  and  played  with  even  a 
greater  vim,  Caleb  concentrated  all  his 
energies  on  his  work  and  tried  to  do  a 
man’s  share  with  a  boy's  strength.  He 
didn’t  trade  pocketknives—oh,  no!  He 
didn't  run  away  from  school  warm  days 
in  September  when  the  birds were  prac­
ticing  their  farewell  songs,  the  bees 
droning  in  the golden  rod  and  the  water 
in  the  brook  under  the  willows  was  just 
right  for  swimming.  He  was  never 
caught  in  any  appletrees  on  somebody 
else's  land.  The  watermelons 
in  his 
own  patch  tasted 
just  as  sweet  as  the 
fruit  of  others’  labor.  As  to  the  even­
ings,  he  was  tired  enough  to  go  to  bed 
with  the  chickens  and  leave  the  fun  to 
those  who  enjoyed  it.  The  simple  jokes 
of  the  boys  and  the  giggling  of  the 
girls  were  quite  wasted  on  him.  And 
he  was  conscious  of  his own superiority, 
for  he  was  born  with  tine  instincts.  He 
laboriously  taught  himself  to  eat  with 
his  fork,  instead  of  his  knife,  and  it 
quite  went against  the grain  to  see  his 
father drink  out of  the  waterpitcher and 
his  mother use  her  own  knife 
in  serv­
ing  the  butter  to  others.

Yes,  he  thought  much 

in  his  own 
blind  fashion.  But  he  always  tended 
to  his  own  business.  At  last,  he  over­
did,  which  brought  on  a  long  fit of sick­
ness.  When  he  recovered,  he  found  a 
good  position  in  a  distant  city.

Soon  he  married.  One  would  have 
expected  him  to  marry  a  woman  pas­
sionately  devoted  to  work,  a  woman 
contented  to  plod  all  day  long  through 
dish-washing,  baking,  sweeping  and  all 
the  other drudgery  about a  house.  But 
no.  Caleb  Brown’s  wife  was  cut  after a 
newer  model.  She  was  full  of  life  and 
spirits,  magnetic,  and  attracted the best 
people  to  her.  Though  she  was  an  en­
thusiastic  worker  and  accomplished  no 
end,  she  never  seemed  to  be  busy  and 
always  had 
leisure  for  enjoyment and 
entertainment.  Evenings  she  was  at 
her  best,  and  wanted  to  accept  the 
numerous 
invitations,  to  feast  on  the 
operas  and  plays,  to  be  a  member of 
some  of  the  popular  clubs.  But,  dear 
m e!  Caleb  was  always  too  tired  to go 
with  her.  His  sole  wish  was  to  settle 
down  to  his  newspaper after  supper and 
go  early  to  bed.  Of  course,  it  goes 
without  saying  that  he  was  not  interest­
ed  in  that  sort  of  thing.

But  there  was  one  thing 

in  which 
Caleb  was  interested :  He seemed  to  be 
willing  to  sell  body,  mind  and  soul  for 
his  religion.  As  he  was accustomed  to 
say,  he  loved  his  church  next  to  his 
home  and 
family.  But  Sarah  Brown 
many  times  felt  that  it  stood  first.  She 
was~not  an  enthusiastic  church-goer.

She  simply  went,  out  of  respect  to  her 
husband.

It  was  a  pity  that  Caleb  never  felt 
any  compunction  to go  with  his  wife  to 
places of  amusement,  instead  of  com­
pelling  her  to  depend  upon  other  peo­
ple.  At  first,  the  poor  dear  stayed  at 
home  and  her  spirits  steamed  like a tea­
pot  at  the  boiling  point.  Gradually, 
she  became  more  and  more  accustomed 
to  depend  upon  her  friends  and  neigh­
bors  to  accompany  her  wherever  she 
wished  to  go. 
and 
interests  were  getting  widely 
Sarah’s 
separated.  How  widely  the  gulf  would 
have  grown,  who  can  say?

Truly,  Caleb’s 

It  was  about  this  time  that the bicycle 
began  to  be  so  popular.  Of  course, 
Sarah  wanted  one.  She  was  going  to 
make  the attempt  to  persuade  Caleb  to 
buy  her  a  wheel.  So  one  evening  she 
put  on  her  red  dress,  of which he  was  so 
fond,  and  had  for  supper  baked  beans 
and  brown  bread  “ made  after  his 
mother’s  receipts.’ ’ 
(Oh  the  arts  of 
women!)  His  dressing-gown  and  slip­
pers  were  waiting  by  a  blazing  grate 
fire.  While  he  was  getting  ready  to 
stupidly  settle  down  for  the  evening  she 
timidly  began:

“ Caleb!  do  you  know  that  both  Mr. 

and  Mrs.  Yocum  have  wheels?”

“ No!  but  I  should  expect  such  rattle­
headed  creatures  to  take  up  with  such 
outlandish  machines!’ ’

the 

There  was  a  pause  and  Sarah 

looked 
hard  at  the  burning  coals.  Meanwhile, 
Caleb  had  drawn  his  chair  to  the  side 
of  the  table  holding 
lamp.  He 
opened  up  the  paper,  cleaned  his  eye­
glasses  with  the  clean  corner of  his  five- 
days-used  handkerchief  and  then  began 
reading  the  headings  of  the  first  column 
on  the  first  page.  There  was  no  glanc­
ing  over the  paper  with  Caleb.  He  be­
gan  with  the  latest  railroad  accident  or 
blizzard  and  read  through  every  word  to 
the  end  of  the  fascinating  story on  some 
patent  medicine.  The  coals  were  get­
ting  ruddy.  Mrs.  Brown  did  not  take 
up  any  work.  She  was  waiting  for 
Caleb.  Anyway,  the  light  was  not  good 
where  she  sat.  At  last,  he  stretched 
himself,  went  to  the  window,  looked 
out,  pulled  the  shade  a  trifle  lower,  re­
turned  to  his  seat  and  once  more  took 
up  the  sheet,  when  Mrs.  Brown  put  in 
her  oar:

“ Oh,  Caleb!  I  want  to  tell  you!  Mr. 
Reed  is  so  delighted  with  his  bicycle, 
that he  ordered  the  same  wheel  for  Mrs. 
Reed,  and  she  is  to  have  it  in  the morn­
in g!”

By  this  time,  Caleb  was  in  the  mid­
dle of  an  article  on  the  silver  question 
and  had  ears  for  nothing.  But,  at  last, 
the  paper  was  finished  and  tossed  in 
the  corner  for  Mrs.  Brown  to  pick  up 
and  fold.

in 

Sarah  Brown  knew  now  was  the 
chance  for  the  double  stroke.  Caleb  al­
ways  ate  two  or three  apples  before  go­
ing  to  bed.  He  did  not  choose the  fresh 
rosy  fruit 
the  dining-room,  but 
hunted  for  decayed  stuff  in  the  cellar. 
He  soon  came  back  with  several  spec­
imens  whose  days  had  been  numbered 
some time  ago,  and  laid  them,  without 
ceremony,  on  Mrs.  Brown’s  new  silk 
table-cover.  He  opened  the  large blade 
of  his 
for 
the  paper  he’d  thrown  aside,  and  began 
to  peel  away  for  dear  life.  He  offered 
to  share  his  treasures  with  Mrs.  Brown, 
but  she  was  not  feeling  hungry  at  that 
particular  moment.  He  began,  in  his 
matter-of-fact  way,  to  tell  of  the  small 
happenings  of  the  day.  She  listened 
patiently  for  a  while.  Then  she  said, 
not  in  the  least apropos  of  his  remarks:

jack-knife,  reached  down 

“ The  ladies  of  the  L.  H.  S.  formed 
themselves,  to-day,  into  a  bicycle  club. 
They  are  to  hold  monthly  meetings  to 
arrange  for  excursions  every  week  to 
study  the  historical  ground  around  De­
troit.  Many  of  them  hoped, 
in  the 
summer,  to  cover  New  England on their 
wheels  and  see  for  themselves  the  prac­
tical  evidences  of  early  American  his­
tory  among  the  colonies.”   Her  eyes 
sparkled,  her  cheeks  glowed,  the  words 
did  not  come  fast  enough  as  she  dilated 
on  the  rich  treats  in  store  for  the  Club, 
of  which  she  was  President.  She  ended 
with,  “ Isn’t  that  lovely,  Caleb!”

Caleb  was  chanking  apple,  but,  when 
thus  appealed  to,  he  deliberately  laid 
on  the  table  the  newspaper  containing 
the  peelings,  wiped the  stained  blade  of 
the knife  on  a  corner  of  the  newspaper, 
it  with  an  ominous  click,  and 
closed 
stuck 
it 
in  his  pocket.  Then  he  an­
swered  with  precision:
“ Look  here,  Sarah, 

I  don’t  know 
what  you  are  aiming  at;  but,  if  you  are 
hinting  for a  bicycle,  just  drop  the  no­
tion  out of  your  head  once  and  for  all, 
for,  as  long  as  your  name  is  what  it 
is, 
you  won’t  have  one. 
It’s  bad  enough 
for  the  men  to  make  such  fools  of them­
selves,  but  for  respectable  women  to be­
come  such  guys—why,  they’re  simply 
fit  subjects  for a  lunatic  asylum ! 
I  am 
proud  to  say  that  I  can  hoof  it  better 
than  nine  men  out  of  ten.  As  for  you, 
if  you  are  such  a  weakling,  I ’ll  get  you 
a  lady’s  horse  to-morrow,  if  you  say  the 
word."

Mrs.  Brown  did  not  say  the  word, 
but  she  clicked  her  lips  together  with 
such  decision  that,  had  she been  facing 
the  light,  Caleb  would  have  realized 
it 
meant  business.

The  days  passed  rapidly.  Blustering 
March  had  rudely  taken  his 
leave. 
April  had rained  in and slid out and jolly 
May  had  come  dancing 
in.  The  word 
“ bicycle”   had  not  been mentioned from 
that  day  to  this.

Caleb  was 

in  the  depths  of  despair 
these  days.  He  had  been  brought  up  to 
go  to  church  twice  every  Sunday  what­
ever  the  weather  and  whoever  the  min­
ister,  and  he  could  not  understand  why 
everybody  else  did  not  feel  the  same 
way.  The  new  generation  seemed  not 
to  know  the  meaning  of 
the  word 
“ duty,”   but  questioned  only  “ whether 
the  sermon  was  interesting.”   Already, 
when  the  warmer  days  of  May  had 
come,  the  congregation  had  dwindled 
until  only  a  few  old  bald-headed  men 
and  violet-hatted,  wabble-jawed  women 
were  left  to  preserve  the  dignity  of  the 
church.  What  should  be  done?  All  at 
once 
it  occurred  to  Caleb  Brown,  as  if 
by  inspiration,  to  change  the sermon for 
a  service  of  song  in  the  evening.  He 
rushed  at  once  to  the  Reverend  Howard 
Johnson’s  house.

“ I  am  so  sorry  that  Mr.  Johnson  is 
not  at  home,”   said  the  worthy  gentle­
man's  worthy  wife.  “ Perhaps  you  know 
he  has  a  wheel?  These delightful  warm 
days  he  has  taken 
it  into  his  head  to 
ride  out  in  the  country  and do bis study­
ing  there. 
in  a 
couple  of  hours.  Urgent?  Then  you 
had  better  take  the  street  cars.  Such  a 
round-about  way,  and  you  will  have  a 
twenty  minutes’  walk  afterwards!”

I  expect  him  home 

Caleb  Brown  found  the  minister  deep 
in  his  books,  but the  Reverend  Howard 
slapped  him  on  the  back.

‘ * Glad  to  see  you,  old  man!  But  what 
brings  you  here at this  time  o’  day—and 
on  the  street  car,  too?  Why,  that  is  an 
all  day’s 
job.  You  ought  to  have  a 
wheel  like  mine.  Greatest  thing  in  the 
world!  Every  pleasant  day,  I  ride down

here  for  the  morning  and,  when  pos­
sible,  remain  until  the  middle  of  the 
afternoon.  A  few  weeks ago,  I  was  so 
tired  and  worn  I  feared  I  would  not  be 
able  to  get  through  with  the  spring’s 
work.  But  the  bicycle  has  made  a  new 
man  of  m e! 
I don’t  feel  a  day  over  20!
I  get  a  lunch  at a near-by farmhouse and 
have  plenty  of  pure  milk  and  genuine 
hen’s  eggs.  There  seems  to  be  some­
thing  wonderfully 
inspiring  about  the 
woods,  for  I  do  double  my  usual  work, 
and  that  with  less  fatigue.  Mrs.  John­
son  thinks  I ’m  a  crank  on  the  subject; 
but  I ’d  rather be  a  crank  than  a  worn- 
out  tool.  Why  don’t you  get  one?”

Caleb  did  not assign  any  reason.  He 
just  said,  “ Nonsense!”   and  went  on 
with  the  matter  in  hand.

That  week  he  seemed 

just  fated  to 
run  against  the  bicycle  snag.  Every 
particular  person  he  wanted  at  every 
particular  moment  seemed  to  be  riding 
a  wheel  on  ail  occasions.

One  evening,  when  he  went  to  call  on 
his  special  friend,  George  Winter,  he 
found  him 
just  returned  from  a  long 
bicycle  ride.  He  suggested  (merely  as 
a  joke)  that  Caleb  should  try  his  ma­
chine.  Caleb  did  try  it,  and  went  home 
delighted,  though  he  did  not  mention 
the  matter  to  his  wife.  But  he  rented 
a  wheel  the  next  morning  and  practiced 
all  his  spare  time  at  the  riding  school.
A  few  evenings  later,  he  took  Mrs. 
Brown’s  breath  quite  away  by  riding 
onto  his  lawn  on  hi$  new  safety!

He  simply 

“ You  see, 
Sarah,  I  have  learned  to  ride  a  wheel.”
“ Yes,  I  see!”   (with  perceptible  sar­

remarked; 

casm. )

“ Never  mind  about  the 

“ Well,  I  guess  you  had  better  learn, 
too.  I don’t find it  so  bad  as  I  thought.”
learning, 
Caleb;  but  I  should  enjoy  a  wheel  of 
my  own.  You  see,  I 
just  had  to  learn 
on  account  of  our  Club;  and  I  have 
used  a  rented  wheel. 
I  hope  you  do  not 
mind,  Caleb,  do  you?”   she  said,  in  her 
bewitching  way.

There  was  no  reply.  But  the  next 
morning,  the  finest  wheel  in  town  was 
ordered  for  Mrs.  Brown !

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Brown  began  going  out 
They  suddenly  discovered 
together. 
they  had  a  great  deal  in  common.  They 
joined  many  parties,  for  none  was  con­
sidered  complete  without  Mrs.  Brown, 
and  for  the  first  time  Caleb  realized 
what a  treasure  he  had  in  his  wife,  who 
seemed  to  fit 
in  everywhere  and  to  be 
equal  to  any  and  every  occasion.  Caleb 
grew  so  enthusiastic  that  he  joined  the 
husbands  of  some  of  the  members  of the 
L.  H.  S.  and  they  all  went  on  the  ex­
cursion  to  New  England.

From  that  time  he  was  a different 
man.  He  began  to  understand  people 
better and  to  enjoy  society—so  much  so 
that the  next  winter he  was  present  at 
most  of  the  important  gatherings.  And 
Mrs.  Brown  does  not  any  more  have  to 
hunt for  excuses  on  account  of  her  hus­
band’s  absence.  His  business  now  pros­
pers  as  never before;  and  every  one  has 
a  good  word  to  say  for  him.  Yes,  he 
seems  truly  happy  for  the  first  time  in 
his  life,  and  is  ready  to  exclaim,  with 
the  Reverend  Howard  Johnson,  that  the 
bicycle 
in  the 
world! 

is  the  greatest  thing 

Za id a  E.  U d e l l .

Dresden,  Germany.

A  woman  with  money  is  never  found 
on  the  remnant  counter.  She  is  picked 
up  quick  from  the  bargain counter when 
first  displayed.

The  only  smoke  the  insurance  agents 
are  not  afraid  of  is  that  of  the  S.  C.  W. 
Sc  Cigar.  Best  on  earth—sold  by all 
jobbers.

14

Shoes  and  Leather

Realize  the  Situation.

From Shoe and Leather Facts.

is 

Our  English  contemporaries  have  un­
doubtedly  been  accomplishing  a  great 
in  the direction  of  educating  the 
deal 
members  of  the  shoe  and 
leather  trade 
in  that  country  to  a  proper  appreciation 
of  the  true  situation  and  what  is  neces­
sary 
in  order  to  enable  them  to  gain 
what  they  have  lost  by  reason  of the 
continued  pursuance  of  antiquated  or 
obsolete  methods.  The  Boot  and  Shoe 
Trades  Journal,  in  a  recent  number, 
frankly  states  that  English  manufacto­
ries  are  almost  destitute  of  efficient fac­
tory  superintendents. 
Its  comments  on 
this  subject  are  sufficiently  important 
to  warrant  us 
in  quoting  them  at 
length,  as  follows: 
“ It  may  be  there 
must be  a  new  creation,  though  there  is 
need  now,  and  their  services  are  in­
dispensable  to  the  further  well-being  of 
the  trade.  How 
it  that  in  the  same 
classes  of  goods  the  Americans  are  still 
able  to  beat  us  in  the  price  of  manu­
factured  articles?  We  buy 
the  same 
leather  at  equal  or  lower  rates.  We  have 
their  machines,  and  our  labor 
is  no 
dearer.  Our workmen  are  no  less skilled 
in  the  art  of  bootmaking,  and  cannot 
be  inferior 
in  technical  skill,  when  we 
remember  that  the  average  shoe  opera­
tors  in  America  are  usually  drawn  from 
all  sorts  of  trades  and  possess  no  tech­
nical  training,  but  take  their  place  at 
their  machines  and 
in  a  brief  period 
are  classed  expert  operators. ’ ’
He  then  proceeds  to  frankly  admit 
that,  despite  all  these  apparent  disad­
vantages  under  which 
the  American 
labors,  he beats  his  English  competitor 
in  most 
instances,  making  use of  this 
most  significant  statement: 
“ The  pro­
ductive  departments  of  the  shoe  trade 
are  as  a  well-controlled  army  with  most 
efficient  weapons,  but 
modern  and 
without  captains,  generals  and  com­
manders,  and 
in  this,  we  would  ven­
ture  to  say,  lies  the  answer  to  the  prob­
lem  why  we  are  beaten  by  American 
competitors. ”

It  is  an  oid  saying  that  to  recognize 
one’s  own  weakness 
is  a  long  step  to­
ward  remedying  the  defect,  and,  if  this 
be  true,  our  English  brethren  can  be 
expected  to  make  wonderful  progress 
during  the  next 
In  the 
meanwhile,  however,  American  manu­
facturers  can  be  depended  upon  to  take 
advantage  of  the  situation,  and that they 
are  doing  so  is  well  illustrated  by  the 
growth  of  our  export  trade,  as  indicated 
from  month  to  month  in  the  tables  of 
statistics  published  by  us.

few  years. 

is  not  at  all 

That  the  American  manufacturers  are 
going  to  stand  still  and  wait  until  the 
English  manufacturers  catch  up  with 
them 
likely,  and  the 
chances  would  seem  to  be  that  John 
Bull  has  undertaken  a  greater  task  than 
he  imagines. 
It  is  fair  to  suppose  that 
what  the  Americans,  with  their  native 
ingenuity  and  vigor  of  action,have been 
able  to  accomplish  only  after  long  years 
of  patient  effort  cannot  be  approached 
in  any  shorter  period  by mere imitators.

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

Two  or  three  years ago,  when  English 
manufacturers  first  awoke  to  the  true 
status  of  affairs,  they  seem  to  have 
thought  that  all  that  was  necessary  for 
them  to  do  was  to  secure  American  ma­
chinery,  but  they  have  since  learned 
that  a  machine,  however  perfect,  is, 
after  all,  but a  machine,  while  its  util­
ity  is  gauged  very  largely  by  the  skill 
of  the  operator.

The  Keynote  of Success.

From the American Grocer.

law  which 

From  small  to  great  results  seems  to 
be  the 
leads  to  success  in 
the grocery  world,  as  in  the  physical  or 
the  spiritual  world.  The  representative 
grocery  firms,  both  in  the  wholesale and 
retail  trade,  and  the  manufacturing 
in­
terests  allied  therewith,  without  excep­
tion  began  in  a  small  way  and  step  by 
step  grew  into  greater  and  greater  pro­
portions.  When  growth  stops  it  is an 
evidence  that  decay  has  begun.  As  one 
recalls  instances  in  support  of  the above 
is  almost  startled  by  the 
statement  be 
rapidity  with  which  a  great  business 
is 
established,  and 
it  naturally  leads  one 
to  study  the  methods by  which  success 
has been  achieved.  The  farmer boy  of 
New  York  State 
is  the  Armour  of  to­
day ;  the  retail  druggist  of  Indiana*is 
the  Hoagland  of  the  baking  powder 
trade ;  the boy  with  a  counter  in the cor­
ner  of  his  father’s  bakery  for  the sale  of 
molasses  candy 
is  the  Huyler  of  the 
present;  the  congressman  from  Massa­
chusetts,  now  serving  his  fourth  term 
and  whose  stove  polish  is  a  household 
word,  has  made  a  fortune  since  he 
left 
the army;  the  multi-millionaire  Russell 
Sage  was  formerly  a  grocer  in  Troy; 
Joseph  Park,  the  greatest  retail  grocer 
in  the  world,  started  forty  years  ago 
in 
a 
little  store  on  Sixth  avenue;  James 
Butler  ten  years  ago  was  a  hotel  stew­
ard ;  Thomas  Mart indale  came  from  the 
oil  regions  and  started  a California store 
in  Philadelphia;  Hans  Jevne  went  to 
Los  Angeles  a  poor  man  to  find  health, 
and  won  that  and  wealth.  We  might 
m ultiply  such 
instances  by  the  thou­
sands,  but 
in  every  case  we  would  find 
that  simple  principles  are  put  into  op­
eration,  viz.,  industry,  economy,  perse­
verance  and  brains.  The  exercise  of 
these 
confidence  and 
creates  an  environment which stimulates 
growth.  When  strength  is acquired  the 
is  intensified  and 
power  of  resistance 
the  life  of  the business  fortified.
its  deep,  far- 
spreading  roots  and  wide  spread  of 
limb,  is  unmindful  of  the  smaller  trees 
that  struggle  for  life  in  the  same  forest. 
They  all  live  and  grow,  but  the suprem­
acy  of  the  oak  is  undoubted,  notwith­
standing 
it  started  from  an  acorn  and 
took  its  chances  with  the  other trees.
These  remarks  are  prompted  by  some 
made  to  the  writer  by  a  retailer  into 
whose  neighborhood  had  come  a  new 
and  formidable  competitor,  and  who be­
lieved  that  the  advent  of  the  new  store 
meant 
increased  trade  and  no  trouble­
some  rivalry,  for,  said  he: 
“ We  have 
grown  into  our great business,  which  is 
the  result  of  twenty-five  years  of  faith­
ful  service,  which  has  welded  the  rela­
tions  between  our store  and  its  patrons

The  sturdy  oak,  with 

traits  begets 

and  whose  confidence  we  have,  which 
competition  cannot  wrest  from  us.”

The  same day,  in  a  conversation  with 
the  manager  of  the  new store,  he  re­
marked:  “ The  only  influence  we  will 
have  on  the  older stores  will  be  to 
in­
crease  their business,  for  we  shall bring 
new  people  into  this  district  to  do  their 
shopping.”   We  believe  both  men  are 
right.
Most  of  our  successful  grocers  laugh 
at  the  idea  that  the  competition  of  the 
department  stores 
injures  their  trade. 
Several 
in  different  large  cities  admit 
that  their  trade  has  increased since their 
advent.  They  tend  to  increase  demand, 
for  they  are  extensive  advertisers,  and 
their  policy  of  small  and  quick  profits 
results 
in  the  sale  of  shelf  and  propri­
etary  goods  upon  small  margins,  which 
increase  the  use  of  such  articles.  Their 
faith 
in  themselves;  their  record  of 
years  of  successful  service;  the  experi­
ence  gained,  coupled  with  enterprise 
and  a  determination  to  keep  up  with 
insurance
the  times,  is  not  only  an 

against  decay,  but is evidence of growth, 
and  that 
is  the  keynote  to  success  in 
storekeeping.

Train  Your  Memory.

From the Dry Goods Chronicle.

The  merchant  who  cannot  address  his 
customers  by  name  after  a  first  greeting 
had  better  not  meet  them.  He  should 
have  their  name  on  his  tongue  when  he 
addresses  them,  even  if  he  has  to  post 
himself  especially,  a  minute  before  he 
speaks  to  them.  There  is  a  subtle  flat­
tery  in  the  fact  that  you remember one's 
name  and  recall  it  familiarly  that  ap­
peals  to  one’s  self-conceit  and  even 
flatters  one's  self-respect.  The  mer­
chant  who  can  walk  familiarly  up  to  a 
customer  with  a  pleasant  greeting  and 
salute  that  person  by  name  has  an  open 
way  direct  to  that  person’s  good  opin­
ion.  On  the  contrary,  the  man  who 
can’t  do 
it  can  never  hope  to  have  a 
personal  claim  on  people's 
individual 
regard.

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Governmental  Inspection  a  Cure  for 

Business  Failures.

Written for the Tradesman.

“ You  may  talk  about  the  retailer’s 
grievances  and  the ways  and  means  of 
correcting  them,”   said  an  old  merchant 
the  other day,  “ but  an  experience  of 
over  thirty  years  as  a  retailer  of  mer­
chandise 
in  three  different  towns  has 
convinced  me  that  the  thing  that  tries 
merchants’  souls  the  most  is  the  meet­
ing  of bankrupt stock competition.  Give 
us  an  even  chance  in  a  fair game  and 
merit  will  take care  of  itself;  but,  when 
the  fellows  who  pay  ioo  cents  on  every 
dollar  their 
invoices  call  for  have  to 
face  a  stock  of  goods  as  good  as  their 
own  which  have  been  compounded,  or 
sold  to  some  bargain  hunter,  at  50  cents 
on  the  dollar,  business  brains  cut  no 
figure.  Like  the  pulling  of  a  tooth,  it 
doesn’t  last  very  long  but  it  hurts  like 
sanko  while  it does  last!  Many  a  good 
sound  business  has  been  undermined 
and 
into  a  condition  of  insol­
vency  by  these  too-frequently-occurring 
trade  eruptions,  and 
is  high  time 
something  was  being  done  to  check  the 
evil.

forced 

it 

“ What  would  I  suggest  as  a  remedy? 
inspection. 
Why,  simply  governmental 
I  know  that  a  corner gro­
D on’t  laugh. 
cery  store 
is  not  considered  a  fiduciary
institution  by  the  wise  men  who  are  at 
present  charged  with  the  duty  of  formu­
lating  laws  for  the  protection  of 
legiti­
mate  business.  The  retail  merchants 
are  not  entrusted  with  the  people’s 
money,  but  they  are  entrusted  with  the 
products  of  our  factories  and  the  goods 
of  wholesalers;  and,  when  gross  reck- 
lessuess  or  flagrant  incompetency  ends 
in  bankruptcy,  the  defaulters  not  only 
cause  loss  and  sometimes  ruin  to  those 
who  placed  trust 
them,  but  the 
wreckage  they  have  made has  a  devital­
izing  effect  on  legitimate  business 
in­
terests  generally.  Yes,  I  would  apply 
the  remedy  that gives  the  banking 
in­
terests  such  a  strung,  healthy  tone,  and 
thus  keep  all  criminally  negligent  and 
totally  unfit  persons  out  of  the  business, 
and  prevent  those  who  do  engage 
it 
from  playing  the  usual  confidence  game 
or filling  up  too  full  of  wind.

in 

in 

“ How  would  I  manage 

it?  Well,  in 
the  first  place,  I  would  appoint  a  state 
inspector  of  retail  stores  and  endow 
him with  governmental  authority  for en­
forcing  the  prescribed  regulations. 
I 
would  have  every  retail  merchant  pay  a 
government  license  fee,  annually,  for 
the  privilege  of  engaging  in  the  busi­
ness,  said  fee to  be  a  nominal  sum  suffi­
cient  to  cover  inspection  expenses,  and 
graduated  according  to  the  size  of  the 
business  or  amount  of  capital  invested.
I  would  make  the  granting  of  a 
license 
contingent  upon  the  applicant’s  sworn 
statement  setting  forth  the  line  of  busi­
ness  to  be  followed,  his  qualifications 
for  the business  and  the  amount  of  cap­
ital to  be  invested.  The  regulations  for 
conducting  the  business  of 
retailing 
merchandise  would  be  embodied  in  a 
general  law. 
In  this  enactment  provi­
sion  would  be  made  for  appointing  an 
inspector,  also  as  many  deputies  as 
might  be  required,  and  their duties;  for 
fixing  a  limit  beyond  which  no  retailer 
could  obtain  credit,  said  limit  to  be  a 
certain  percentage  of actual capital used 
in  the  business;  for the  compulsory  tak­
ing  of  an  inventory  at  least  once  dur­
ing  each  year,  and  for  the  periodical 
rendering  of  sworn  statements  to  the  in­
spector  or  his  deputies  showing  the 
exact  financial  status  of  the  business.
I  would  have  it  also  provide  for  giving 
inspector  power  to  wind  up  any
the 

business  concern  found lacking  the  stat­
utory  requirements,  and 
it  would  be 
highly  necessary  that  all  business  state­
ments  be  published  in  a  sort  of mercan­
tile  Blue  Book,  to  be  accessible  at  all 
times  by  all  parties  concerned.

imprisonment. 

“ Is  a  wind-up  by  the  inspector  as de­
moralizing  to  the  trade  as  any  other 
kind  of  wind-up?  Yes,  and  no.  Yes 
as  to  the  disposal  of  such  bankrupt 
stock,  but  No  as  to  the general  effect, 
for  I  would  make  all  business  failures 
caused  by  downright  recklessness,  will­
ful  negligence  or the  obtaining  of  more 
than  the  prescribed  maximum  amount 
of  credit  a  criminal  offense,  punishable 
by  fine  or 
You  see, 
there  would  be  no  incentive  to  fail  for 
gain,  as  is  the  case  now.  Ninety-nine 
smash-ups  in  a  hundred  may  be  attrib­
uted  to  the  three causes  just  mentioned ; 
and,  instead  of  playing  sharp  with their 
creditors  on  a  17  per  cent,  basis,  there­
by  starting  off  on  a  grander  scale  than 
before,  they would be  adjudged  criminal 
offenders  and  be  punished  accordingly. 
Under  the  new  plan 
fellows 
wouldn’t  fail;  and  the  small  percentage 
of  failures  caused  by  honest 
incompe­
tency  would  not  end  in  sudden  collapse 
through  ignorance,  as  at  present,  as  in­
spection  requirements  would  show  them 
‘where  they  were  at’  before  it  was  too 
late  to  dispose  of  their  unprofitable 
business.

these 

license 

“ Kick  at  governmental  interference? 
Who  is  it  among  our  hotel-keepers  that 
kicks  at  the  government 
in­
spectors?  It  is  generally  the  very  fellow 
who  is  most  unfit  for  the  business  and 
who, 
if  he  were  not  under  control, 
would  make  a  public  nuisance  of  him­
self  and  cheat  everybody  with  whom  be 
had  dealings.  Do  the  bankers  kick? 
Do  they  consider  it beneath  their  dig­
nity  to  comply  with  the  governmental 
regulation  of  their  business?  Do  they 
hedge  and  squirm  when  required  to 
state  the  true  condition  of  their  affairs? 
Most  certainly no.  On  the  contrary,  the 
bank  business  manager  who  keeps  his 
business 
in  a  safe,  sound  condition  is 
only  too  willing  to  avail  himself  of  this 
most  excellent  means  of  impressing  a 
knowledge  of  the  fact  on  the  minds  of 
his  patrons.  Why,  if  a  man  is  doing  a 
thriving  business  on  a  safe  and  honor­
able  basis,  it  would  be  the  very  essence 
of  sound  business  policy  to  let  his  pa­
trons  know  it.  How  can  he  do  this?  If 
from  his  own 
he  proclaim  the 
fact 
housetop,  it  would  be 
looked  upon  as 
arrogance  and,  instead  of inspiring con­
fidence,  would  arouse  suspicion.  But, 
when  his  business  is  subjected  to  gov­
ernmental  inspection,  his  good  standing 
is  made  known  to  the  public  by  official 
declaration,  which  is  the  most  effective 
in  this 
way  of  accomplishing 
way  he  secures  the benefit  without 
im­
pairing  his  modesty.  And,  suppose 
the  trade  did  squirm  a  little  at  first  at 
the  thought of  turning themselves inside 
out,  would 
it  not  be  better  to  cause  a 
little  squirming,  in  the  pricking  of  all 
bubbles  in  their  incipient  stage,  than  to 
cause  a  panic  of  squirming,by  allowing 
the  bubbles  to  swell  up  in  the  darkness 
of  ignorance,  and  finally  burst  suddenly 
and  unexpectedly  on  a  hoodwinked  and 
confiding  public,  causing  utter  confu­
sion  and  sometimes  downright  ruin 
in 
the  ranks  of  legitimate  trade?”

it,  and 

The above  suggestions  are  submitted 
to  the  readers  of  the  Tiadesman  with 
the  assurance  that  they  come  from  a 
man  who  has  made  a  success  of  busi­
ness  and  thoroughly  believes  in  what  he 
says.  He 
is  very  much  in  earnest  in 
inspec­
his  advocacy  of  governmental 

tion  as  a  general  tonic  for  the  retail 
trade,  and  believes  that  the  time  is  not 
far  distant  when  this  old  and  well-tried I 
business  principle  will  be  extended  and 
applied  to  the  business  of 
retailing 
merchandise. 

E.  A.  Owen.

A  Commercial  Calculation.

From the Washington Star.

successors to

REEDER  BROS.  SHOE  CO.

Michigan Agents for

it?”

“ I  called  to  see  you  about  this  note 
of  mine,”   said  the  man,  who  walked 
briskly  up  to  the  counter.
quired  the  clerk.

“ Do  you  wish  to  take 

it  up?”   in­

“ No,  I  want  you  to  extend  it. 

I ’ve 

just  made  a  discovery.”

“ It’s  a  perfectly  regular  note,  isn’t 

“ It  may  be  regular,  but 

isn’t  fair. 
This  charged  me  just  as  much 
interest 
for  thirty  days  of  September as  you  did 
for  thirty  days  of  June,  notwithstanding 
the  fact  that  the  days  are  hours  shorter 
now  than  they  were  then. ’ ’
difference. ’ ’

“ I  don’t  see  that  that  makes  any 
“ Of  course  you  don’t—you don’t  want 
to  see  it.  But  the  principles  of  eternal 
justice  and 
the  calendar  are  both 
against  you.  If  the  note  had  read  thirty 
days  and  nights,  you  might  have  had 
some argument,  but  in  its  present  form 
I  don’t  see  how  you  are  going  to  escape 
the censure  of  a  fair-minded  public  un­
less  you  help  me a  little.”

A  Business  Crisis.

Senior partner—Vhere’s der office poy?
Junior  partner—I  shoost  fired  him. 
He  orter  be  in  Sing  Sing.  He  led  dwo 
bosdage  stambs  ged  stug  togedder  und 
dere  vas  a  dead  loss  of—
Rachel!  two  cends !

Senior  partner—Two  cends !  Merciful 
Junior  partner—Even  vorse  dan  dat.
I  dried  to  ged  dem  abard  und  shpoilt 
both  of  dem. 

(Both  faint.)

and Jobbers of specialties  In  Men’s 
and  Women’s  Shoes,  Felt  Boots, 
Lumbermen’s Socks.

Lycoming  Rubbers  Lead  all  other 
Brands  in  Fit,  Style  and  Wearing 
Qualities.  Try them.

This stamp  appears 
on  the  Rubber  of 
all  our  “ Neverslip” 
Bicycle  and  Winter 
Shoes.

DO  YOUR  FEET  S U P ?

The “ N ev erslip ”   gives elasticity  and 
ease  to  every  step  taken  by  the wearer. 
It breaks the shock  or jarring of the body 
when walking, and is particularly adapted 
to all who are obliged  to be on their  feet. 
None  but  the  best  of  material  used  in 
their  makeup. 
Every  walking  man 
should have at least a pair.

We  have  cigars  to  burn.  G.  J.  John­
the 

son  C igar  Co.,  m anufacturer  of 
S.  C.  W.  5c  Cigar.

P IN G R E E   &   SM IT H ,  Manufacturers.

— Remember

The largest stock of  Ladies'  and  Gentlemen’s

Mackintoshes

In  Michigan  is with

Studley &  Barclay,

Grand  Rapids.

Send for..................

SAMPLES  OF  CLOTH,
PRICE  LISTS  AND  DISCOUNTS.

Special H u n  on Clippers.

“Gol'verneuk, N. V., Oct  2nd, 1896. 

Grand Rapids Cycle Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.

Dear Sirs:—

I am so well satisfied  with  the  business  associations  we 
have had that I am pleased  to say your postal  of Oct.  1st,  is correct 
in every  way  Better value,  belter  service,  and  better  treatment 
than we get as a rule from Bicycle Houses.  I  especially value your 
promptness and  willingness  in  the  repair  line. 
I  have not  sold 
as many wheels as I anticipated this  year, but shall .make  a special 
run on  New  Clippers  next  year  and  hope,  the  times  being  better 
perhaps, to do a good business.

Thanking you for all favors, I remain,

Pratt 217. 

Q^/èuf^âflpei9 ofy'íujQJjfyxr.s 

Very truly,

E.  D.  BARRY.”

pp|

16

C ler k s’  C o rn er

Clerks  Should  Have  Opinions—Care 

in  Making  Change.
From the Shoe and Leather Gazette.

item 

Not long  ago  the  Clerks’  Corner  Man 
saw  an 
in  a  business  paper ad­
monishing  clerks  not to  be  eager  to give 
their opinions  or to  relate 
incidents  or 
adventures 
in  which  they  figured,  be­
cause,  as  the  paper  went  on,  it  appears 
like  an  effort  of  the clerk  to  place  him­
self  on  a  plane  of  equality  with  the cus­
tomer,  which,  continues  this  adviser,  is 
very  frequently  displeasing  to  the  pa­
tron.  What a  lot  of  rot this  is  to  place 
If 
before  the average  country  clerk. 
it 
was  intended  for  salespeople 
in 
large 
department  stores  in  the  big  cities,  it 
might  have  some claim  to  attention,  but 
it  wasn’t. 
It  was  written  for  and  to 
country  clerks,  and  to  them  almost alto­
gether.

*  *  *

Unfortunately  there are a  great  many 
persons  living 
in  the  cities  who,  be­
cause  of  some  property  accumulations, 
have  come  to  regard  themselves  as  of 
better  clay  than  was  used  in  the  con­
struction  of  ordinary  mortals  and  these 
specimens  of  “ quality”   are,  as  a  mat­
ter of  course,  offended  if  they  are  ap­
proached  on  an  apparent 
footing  of 
equality  by  those  unfortunates  who  have 
been  so  unlucky  as  to  have  been  born 
into  the world  outside  the limited sphere 
of  their  social  “ set.”   The  average 
clerk  in  city  stores  is  familiar  with  this 
class  of  snobs  and  can  usually  tell  them 
at  a  glance,  and  is  sensible  enough  to 
humor  them  by  remaining  passive  and 
attending  strictly  to  business  and  noth­
ing  else.

*  *  *

is  not  an 

But  there  are  not  many  such.  Most 
people  are  of  a  common  sense  class who 
ao  not  consider  themselves  one  whit 
better  than  the  clerk  and  are  as  ready 
to  converse  with  him  on  ordinary  topics 
as  on  the business  matter  in  hand.  The 
clerk 
inferior  person  nor  is 
his  vocation  one  of  which  he  need  be 
ashamed.  The  writer  does  not  believe 
he  should  refrain  from  stating  his  opin­
ions  lest  the  customer  be  offended  at 
his  presuming  himself  to  be  the  cus­
tomer’s  equal.  He 
is  the  customer's 
equal  in  nine  cases  out of  ten and often­
times  the  customer’s  superior  morally 
and  mentally 
if  not  financially.  The 
writer  does  not  believe  the  counter  a 
dividing  line between  the  elect  and  the 
inferior.

*  *  *

This  does  not  mean,  however,  that 
clerks  should 
impress  every  customer 
with  their  views  as  to  what the customer 
should  or should  not  buy.  On  the  con­
trary,  the  good  salesman  will  carefully 
keep  himself 
in  the  background  until 
his  personal  opinion  is  asked  for,  and 
many  of  the  best  clerks  will  not give 
it 
then.  Neither  wiil  the  good  clerk  re­
gale  the  customer  with  an  experience 
of  bis  own  or an  adventure  or a  funny 
story  unless  the  customer  gives  him 
some first-class  reason  for  doing so.  But 
the  reason 
is  not  that  the  customer 
might  thereby  take  offense  at  the  clerk 
for  presuming  to  consider  himself  an 
equal,  but  that  the  average  customer 
comes  in  to  buy  goods  and  a  recital  of 
his  troubles  by  the  clerk  is tiresome and 
uninteresting.

*  *  *

In  country  towns  this  rule  won’t  often 
hold.  Here  everybody  knows  everybody 
else,  all  are  neighbors  and  all  are  inter­
ested  in  everybody else.  The  clerks are 
usually  “ up”   in  society  and  on  excel­
lent  terms  with  everybody.  Waiting  on 
customers  is  a neighborly sort of occupa­
tion,  in  which  politics,  the  weather and 
ordinary  news  topics  enter.  The  clerk 
is  expected  to  be  friendly and  the  idea 
of  his  hesitating  to  relate  personal  ex­
periences  or  crack  a 
joke  is  in  most 
cases  absurd.  The  opposite  course  pays 
is  not  a  great  factor  and 
best.  Time 
customers  like  to  sit  and  gossip. 
It 
makes  the  clerk  stand  more  “ solid”  
with  them  and  of  course  he 
is  not 
averse to  talking.

*  *  *

In  most small  towns  the  clerk  can  ad­

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

vance  his  opinions  with  perfect  safety, 
but  it  isn’t  always  policy  to  do  it  even 
under  such  conditions.  Talk the  shoes ; 
tell  what  they  are ;  call  attention  to  the 
style;  note  the  counter;  speak  of  the 
weight,  and  make  every  point  tell.  Let 
If  the  clerk’s  ad­
the  customer  decide. 
vice 
is  asked  for 
it  should  be  given 
plainly  and  honestly.  The  clerk  will 
lose  nothing  by  honesty.  Neither  will 
the  merchant.  The  customer  who  finds 
that  he  can  rely  on  what  is  told  him  at 
a  certain  store—particularly  a  shoe store 
— is  pretty  sure  to  cling  to  that  store. 
In  the  same  way,  if  one  clerk  lies about 
his  goods  and  another  is  known  to  tell 
the  truth,  the  latter  clerk  is  the  favored 
one,  other conditions  being  equal.

*  *  *

Drifting  off  onto  another  topic,  still 
in  keeping  with  the  spirit  of  Clerks’ 
Corner, 
the  writer  would  suggest  to 
salesmen  that  whenever  money 
is 
handed  them  by  customers  they  should 
be  careful  to  mention  its  amount. 
In  a 
shoe  store  the other day a clerk neglected 
to  do  this.  A lady  tendered  a $5  bill  in 
payment  for  a  $3.50  pair of  shoes.  The 
“ I  gave  you 
change  came  back  $1.50. 
a  $10  b ill,”   said  the  customer, 
“ I 
should  receive $5  more.”

“   I  beg  your  pardon,  but  you  are 
mistaken,”   returned  the  clerk,  “ it  was 
a  five.”   The  lady  insisted  that  it  was 
a  ten;  that  she  had  only  the  one bill 
in 
and  her  husband  had  given  her  that 
the  morning,  specifically 
remarking 
that  he guessed  $10  would  last  her  until 
night.  The  cashier  was  appealed  to, 
but  there  was  no  tener  in  the  rive  com­
insisting  that  she  had 
partment.  Still 
been  beaten  out of  $5,  the  lady 
left  to 
lay  the  matter  before  her  husband. 
In 
ten  minutes  she  was  back  smiling  and 
apologetic. 
she  exclaimed, 
“ that  was  all  my  mistake. 
I  remember 
now  I  paid  $5  to  the  grocer  on  my  way 
it. 
down  and  I  had  forgotten  all  about 
I  saw  his  wagon  down  the  street  and 
it 
came  back  to  me  at  once.  I  am  awfully 
sorry  I  made  so  much  trouble  about 
it, 
but  I  had  entirely  forgotten  paying 
that $5.”

“ Oh,”  

*  *  *

g § s i t i s i i S 8 i ^ . « i i i ^ 8 i ^ æ ! a s œ s æ M r a ® ^ s

of  competition  availeth  naught  against 
the reputation of our

SEYMOUR  BUTTER  CRACKERS

which  have  achieved  fame  throughout  the  country wholly  on  their 
merits  and  have  a  stable  foundation  firm  as  the  rock  of  Gibraltar.

Because—They are made  from the finest ingredients  procurable 
and are the result of years of careful  study  and  experience. 
Because—They are an all-around family cracker.
Because—They have a crowning flavor  emphatically  their  own. 
Because—They are superior in hundreds of ways to  other crack­

ers which are claimed to be just as good.

ON  EVERYBO DY’ S   T A B LE —who  values  a  wholesome 
and  nutritious cracker.  ARC YOU SELLING THEM?

THE  NEW  YORK  BISCUIT  CO.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

it 

if 

These  incidents  occur  periodically  in 
a  gerat  many  stores  where  the  clerk  re­
ceives  money  from  the  customer without 
a  word, 
in  other  stores  the  salesman 
will  invariably  mention  the amount  re­
ceived,  even 
is  only  a  nickel. 
“ Twenty-five  cents,  thank  you,”   is the 
usual  way  of  expressing  it  if  it  is  exact 
change,  or  “ One  dollar,  your  change 
will  be  here 
in  a  moment,”   if  the 
money  has  to  go  to  the  cashier.  If  the 
clerk  makes  the  change  himself he says, 
“ Two  dollars,  65  cents  change.  Thank 
you.”   The  clerk  should  be  careful  in 
this  matter  and  equally  careful  to  see 
that  the  change  is  correct  to  a  cent.
His  Share  of the  Partnership.

Two  boys  walking  along  the  street 
into  a  tobacconist's  window  at 
gazed 
some  pipes.  Said  one  boy: 
“ Those 
If  I  had  an­
are  nice  pipes  for a  cent. 
other  cent  to  get  some  tobacco  I ’d  buy 
one.”   Said  the  smaller  boy: 
“ I  have 
a  cent,”   so  he  was  persuaded  to  part 
with  it,  and  the  big  boy  purchased  a 
pipe  and  tobacco,  and  walked  along 
smoking  vigorously.  The  smaller  boy 
wanted  a  smoke,  but  was 
refused. 
indignant,  he  said,  “ Well,  I 
Growing 
chipped 
in  on  that  pipe  and  tobacco. 
Where do  I  come  in?”
a  stockholder—you  can  spit.”

“ Oh,”   said  the  big  boy,  “ you  can  be 

Paper  can  now  be hung by machinery. 
The  device  has  a  rod  on  which  a  roll  of 
paper  is  placed,  and  a  paste  reservoir 
with  a  feeder  is  placed  so  as  to  engage 
the wrong  side  of the  paper.  The  end  of 
the  paper 
is  fastened  to  the bottom  of 
the  wall  and  the  machine  started  up  the 
wall,  being  held  in  place  by  the  oper­
ator.  A  roller  follows  the  paper as  it 
unwinds  and  presses  it  against  the wall. 
When  the  top  of  the  wall  is  reached  the 
operator  pulls  a  string,  which  cuts  the 
paper  off  from  the  roll.

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After  Nov. 

1896,  the  retail  cigar 
dealers  will  give  you  a  light  every  time 
you buy an  S.  C.  W.  5c Cigar.  This offer 
remains  good  until  further notice.

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Because  they  are  grown,  handpicked 
and  packed  by  an  experienced  force. 
They  have  thus  become  a  "Standard 
of  Excellence.”

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

SU CCESSFU L  SALESMEN.

J.  B.  Heydlauff,  Traveling  Represent­

ative  for  Frank B.  Taylor  &  Co.
J.  B.  Heydlauff  was  born 

in  Detroit 
in  1853,  his  antecedents  being  a  combi­
nation  of  Anglo-Saxon  and  Teutonic, 
his  father  having  been  born 
in  Ger­
many,  while  his  mother  was  born 
in 
Canada,  being  of  English  descent.  Mr. 
Heydlauff  resided  in  Detroit  until  1859, 
when  his  parents  removed  to  Muir.  He 
attended  the  common  school  of  that 
place  until  15  years  of  age,  when  he en­
tered  the general  store  of  Stevens  Bros., 
of  Muir,  as  clerk.  He  remained  with 
this  firm  a  number  of  years,  when  he 
was  employed  by  Harl  &  Stevens,  also 
general  dealers. 
In  1880  he  removed  to 
Jackson  and  took  a  position  as salesman 
in 
the  retail  store  of  Tuomey  Bros. 
Three  years  later  he  resigned,  to  take  a 
better  position  with  L.  H.  Field,  also

the  upp  r  story  to  the  Masonic  Lodge, 
which  is  about  to  be  established.  Trav­
eling  men  should  wear  old  clothes  and 
smoke  corncob pipes when they go there. 
They  may  then  escape  the  assessment 
fee  for  honorary  membership.  The mer­
chants  are  laying  for the  boys.

Geo.  F.  Owen  notified  his  firm  about 
two  months  ago  that  he  proposed  to  re­
turn  to  his  old 
line,  furnishing  goods, 
the  coming  year.  Yesterday  he  closed 
a  contract  with  the  Peerless  Manufac­
turing  Co.,  of  Detroit,  and  will  cover 
the  same  territory  for  them  that  he  has 
for  the  last  seventeen  years.  The  en­
gagement  dates  from  Dec.  I and George 
will  be  out  on  the  warpath  shortly  after 
that  date.

Another  death  has  occurred  in  the 
ranks  of  the  Michigan  Knights  of  the 
Grip—Geo.  M.  Stone,  who  held  mem­
bership  certificate  No.  2,743,  having 
joined  the  organization  Jan.  27,  1893. 
Deceased  passed  away  at  Archibold, 
Ohio,  Oct.  29,  as  the result of erysipelas, 
terminating  in  an  abscess,  the  original 
cause  being  blood  poisoning 
in  one 
finger.  The 
interment  took  place  at 
Hudson,  Mien.,  Oct.  31.

The  death  of  Member  Stone  reduces 
in  the  death  fund  of  the 
the  balance 
Michigan  Knights  of  the  Grip  below 
the  constitutional  limit  of  $500,  render­
ing  another  assessment necessary. 
It  is 
probable  that  this  assessment  will  be 
authorized  by  the  Board  of  Directors  at 
their  meeting  at  Lansing  on  Saturday 
of  this  week,  in  which  case  the  notice 
of  the  assessment  and  the  notice  of  the 
annual  dues  for  1897  will  be  sent  out  at 
the  same  time.
Grand  Rapids  Retail  Grocers’  Asso­

ciation.

At  the  regular  meeting  of  the  Grand 
Rapids  Retail  Grocers’  Association, 
held  at  Retail  Grocers’  Hall  on  Tues­
day  evening,  Nov. 
17,  President  Win­
chester  announced  the  following  stand­
ing  committees:

Executive—A.  Brink, 

J.  Geo.  Leh­
man,  L.  John  Witters,  H.  M.  Liesveld, 
Frank  J.  Dyk.
Trade  Interests—B.  S.  Harris,  J.  J. 

The  matter  of  closing 

Wagner,  Edwin  White.
the  grocery 
stores  at  an  earlier  hour  evenings  was 
then  introduced  as  the  special  order  of 
business.
J.  Geo.  Lehman  suggested  that  the 
Association  decide  upon  some  hour that 
would  be  mutually  agreeable  to 
the 
members  of  the  Association  and  then 
refer  the  matter  to  a  committee  from 
each  ward  to  secure  the  approval  of  the 
grocers  not  members  of  the  organiza­
tion.
Homer  Klap  stated  that  the  only  op­
position  to  the  undertaking  came from 
the  grocers  who  conducted  meat  mar­
kets 
in  connection  with  their  stores. 
The  matter  had  been  referred  to  S.  J. 
Hufford,  Treasurer of  the  Grand  Rapids 
Meat  Dealers’  Association,  who  stated 
that  he  would  bring  the  subject  to  the 
attention  of  his  organization  at  the  next 
meeting.

Commercial Travelers

Michigan Knights of the Qrip.

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

Treasurer, D. Morris, Detroit.

United Commercial Travelers of Michigan.

Chancellor, H.  U.  Marks,  Detroit;  Secretary, 
FîBwin Hudson,  Flint;  Treasurer,  Geo.  A.  Rey­
nolds,  Saginaw.

Michigan Division, T. P. A.

President, Geo. F. Owen,  Grand  Rapids;  Secre­
tary  and  Treasurer,  J as.  B.  McInnes,  Grand 
Rapids.
Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Mutual  Acci­

dent Association.

Treasurer, Geo.  F. Owen, Grand Rapids. 

President, A.  F. Peak e, Jackson:  Secretary and 
Board  of  Directors—F.  M.  T y l er, H.  B.  F air- 
child, Geo.  F. Owen,  J.  Henry  Daw ley,  Geo. 
J.  Heinzelman, Chas. S.  Robinson.

Lake Superior Commercial Travelers’ Club. 
President,  W.  C.  B rown,  Marquette;  Secretary 
and Treasurer, A. F.  Wixson,  Marquette.

Gripsack  Brigade.

A  good  salesman  keeps  his  eyes  and 

ears  open  and  his  mouth  shut.

Thanksigving 

is  close  at  hand. 

If 
trade  is  good  with  you,  give  thanks  for 
that;  if 
it  is  poor,  be  thankful  it  is  no 
worse.

Attend  strictly  to  business  in business 
hours. 
If  you  have  any  outside  busi­
ness  look  after  it  in  time  which  is  your 
own  and  not your  firm’s.

The  mission  of  the  knight  of  the grip 
began  with  the  day  of  man’s necessities 
and  to-day  he  is  looked  upon  as  a  part 
of  the  bone and  sinew  of  our  Nation.

Ed.  Lustre  succeeds  E.  I.  Peck  as 
Lake  Superior  traveling  representative 
for  Morley  Bros.  Mr.  Lustre  would 
make  a  good  lamplighter,  being  over 
6 hi  feet  tall.
Business 

is  on  the  mend—at  least  so 
say  the  traveling  men,  and  what  they 
say  must  be  so. 
“ Anyhow,  dealers  are 
purchasing  with  more  confidence and  in 
much  more  liberal  quantities  than  some 
months  back,”   is  what  the  boys  all  re­
port.

The  trials,  responsibilities  and  cares 
of  the  commercial  traveler’s  wife are 
legion—for  upon  her,  to  a  great  extent, 
devolve  the  training,  moulding  and 
guidance  of  her  children,  while  the 
husband 
is  out  hustling  business  for 
weeks  and  months at  a  time.

R.  D.  Warner,  Jr.,  for several  years 
past  with  the  Michigan  Spice  Co.,  will 
take  the  position  of  specialty  salesman 
for  the  Musselman  Grocer  Co. 
“ Little 
D ick,”   as  he 
is  familiarly  called,  has 
made  rapid  progress  in  the art  of  sales­
manship  and 
is  destined  to  make  his 
mark  in  the  occupation  he  has  selected.
Post  A  (Lansing)  has  unanimously 
endorsed  the  candidacy  of  James  F. 
Hammell 
for  the  presidency  of  the 
Michigan  Knights  of  the  Grip. 
“ Big: 
Hearted  Jim ”   has  served  the  organiza­
tion  faithfully  in  several  capacities  and 
richly  deserves  promotion  to  the  high­
est  office  within  the  gift  of  the  associa­
tion.

A  report  having  gained  circulation  to 
the  effect  that  Hub  Baker  would  change 
houses  Jan.  i,  the  Tradesman  is  author­
ized  to  state  that  he  has  been  retained 
by  the  I.  M.  Clark  Grocery  Co.  and will 
continue  his  visits  to  the  trade  of  his 
old  territory.  Mr.  Baker  is  an  energetic 
and  aggressive  salesman  and  carries  a 
full  supply  of  sunshine  with  him where- 
ever he goes.

A  few  business  and  professional  men 
at  Grand  Marais  have  organized  a  club. 
They  will  erect a  club  bouse  and  lease

of  Jackson,  as  clerk  in  the  linen depart­
ment,  where  he  remained  five  years. 
Having  a  desire  to  go  on  the  road,  he 
engaged  with  Frank  B.  Taylor  &  Co., 
wholesale  and  retail  crockery  dealers  of 
Jackson,  and  has  represented  them  in 
Central  and  Northern  Michigan  for  the 
past  nine  years.

Mr.  Heydlauff  was  married  to  Miss 
Hattie  E.  Hall,  of  St.  Johns,  in  1873, 
and  has  two  daughters—Gertrude,  aged 
20,  who  graduated  from  the  Jackson 
high  school  with  the  class  of 
1895,  and 
Maude,  19  years  of  age,  who  is  now  at­
tending  the  high  school  at  Jackson.

Mr.  Heydlauff  became  a  member  of 
the  Michigan  Knights  of  the  Grip  in 
1887  and  was  elected  chairman  of  the 
Board  of  Directors  in  1892.  He  was also 
chairman  of  Post  B  (Jackson)  during 
the  year  1803  and  at  a  recent meeting  of 
the  Post  was  unanimously  endorsed  as 
a. candidate  for the  position  of Secretary 
of  the  State  organization.  He  has  had 
his  eye  on  the  position  for  some  years, 
having  equipped  himself  for  the  work 
by  giving  his  elder  daughter a  business 
education  at  Devlin’s  commercial  col­
lege.

Mr.  Heydlauff  is  affiliated  with  Jack- 
son  Lodge,  No.  50,  F.  &  A.  M.,  is  a 
member  of  Amity  Council  No. 
120, 
Royal  Arcanum  and  belongs  to  Jackson 
Council  No.  57,  U.  C.  T .,  in  which  or­
der  he  holds  the  office  of  Past  Senior 
Counselor.

Personally,  Mr.  Heydlauff  is  well  re­
garded  where  he  is  best  known.  The 
fact  that  he  has  remained  with  one 
house  continuously  for  nine years speaks 
well  for  his  wearing  qualities,  and  in

B. 

S.  Harris  moved  that the President 

appoint  a  committee,  tobe  composed  of 
grocers  from  each  locality  in  the  city, 
to  call  on  the  trade  and  secure  signa­
tures  to  an  agreement  to  close  the  stores 
at  6:30  o’clock  five  nights  in  the  week 
and  9:30  on  Saturday  nights,  from  Dec. 
i  to  May  1,  1897.

The  motion  was  adopted  and  the 
President  appointed  as  such  committee 
A.  Brink,  B.  S.  Harris,  Frank  L.  Mer­
rill,  H.  M.  Liesveld, 
John  Witters, 
Frank  J.  Dyk,  J.  J.  Wagner,  E.  White, 
Fred  W.  Cole,  Cornelius  J.  Seven,  J. 
Geo.  Lehman,  Arthur  Manley,  Homer 
Klap.
meeting  adjourned.

There  being  no  further  business,  the 

All  traveling  men  do  not  agree  on  the 
silver  and  gold  question,  but  they  all 
agree  that  the  S.  C.  W. 
is  the best 
nickel  cigar on  earth. 

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case  he 
is  successful  in  achieving  the 
position  to  which  he  aspires,  he  will 
have  the  hearty  co-operation  and  sup­
port of  the  rank  and  file of the organiza­
tion.

Through fields of corn.

Through  Fields  o f  Corn.
In solemn hush of dewy morn 
What glory crowns the fields of corn!
A joy and gladness In the land,
The lithe green ranks of beauty stand; 
Broad acred vales from hill to hill 
The lifted plumes and tassels fill,
While birds sing in the cool sweet morn 
Like palms that shade a hidden spring 
The reeded columns sway and sing;
The breathing censers swing alway.
The leafy cymbals clash and play,
And when the breezy voices call 
The sea-grown billows rise and fall.
And music swells and  joy is bom 
To fields of corn the summer brings 
The rustline blades, the blackbird’s wing, 
The sharded locust's strident tune,
And the idle raven’s mocking rune,
The bobolink’s exulting strain,
And cuckoo prophesying rain 
In low sweet whistle in the morn 
In bannered fields of corn unfurled 
God grows the manna of the world;
He waits to bring the yellow gleam,
The harvest song, the reaper’s dream;
And still as through the Syrian gold 
Of Galilee in days of  old,
He leads again, this Sabbath morn, 

Through fields of corn.

Through fields of corn.

Through fields of com.

B e n j .  F .  L e g g e t t .

EUROPE AN HOTEL.  Entirely New 
J. T. CONNOLLY, Proprietor, Grand Rapids, 
52 S. Ionia St., Opposite Union Depot.
Cutler  House  in  New  Hands.
H.  D.  and  F.  H.  Irish,  formerly landlords at 
the  New  Livingston  Hotel,  at  Grand  Rapids, 
have leased the Cutler House,  at  Grand  Haven, 
where  they  bespeak  the  cordial  co-operation 
aud support of the traveling  public.  They  will 
conduct the Cutler House as a strictly first-class 
house,  giving  every  detail  painstaking  at­
tention.

COMMERCIAL  HOUSE

Lighted  by  Electricity.  Heated  by  Steam. 

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All modem conveniences.

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IRA  A.  BEAN,  Prop.

THE WIERENGO

E. T. PENNOYER, Manager,

MUSKEGON,  MICHIGAN.
Steam Heat, Electric light and bath rooms. 
Rates, $1.50 and $2.00 per day.

HOTEL  BURKE

0.  R.  &  I.  Eating  House.

CADILLAC,  MICH.

All modern conveniences.

C.  BURKE, Prop. 

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Drugs—Chemicals

STATE  BOARD  OF  PHARMACY.

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

- 

-  C. A. Bugbee, Traverse City
- 
S. E.  Paiikill. Owosso
F. W. R. Perry, Detroit
- 
-  A. C. Schumacher, Ann Arbor 
-  Geo. Gundrum, Ionia

President, C. A. Buobee, Traverse City. 
Secretary, F. W. R.  P e r r y , Detroit. 
Treasurer, Geo. Gdjdrcm, Ionia.

MICHIGAN STATE  PHARMACEUTICAL 

ASSOCIATION.

President, G. C. Phillips,  Armada.
Secretary, B. Schrouder, Grand Rapids. 
Treasurer, Chas.  Mann, Detroit.
Executive Committee—A. H. Webber, Cadillac; 
H. G. C o l m a n ,  Kalamazoo;  Geo.  J.  Ward,  St. 
Cla ir;  A.  B.  Stevens,  Detroit;  F.  W.  R. 
Perr y, Detroit.

The  Drug  Market.

Acids—Manufacturers  have  reduced 
is  fair 
quotations  on  citric.  Demand 
for  carbolic  crystals 
in  bulk ;  the  re­
cent  higher  cables  from  London resulted 
in  an  advance  for  pound  bottles.

Alcohol—Movement 

in  grain  is  still 

steady.  Prices  maintained.

Alum—Consuming  demand  moderate­

ly  active;  values  firm.

Balsams—Copaiba,  very  strong  feel­
ing ;  tendency  upward.  Tolu  is  experi­
encing  a  demoralized market  and  quota­
tions  are  very  irregular.

in  values 

Beans—Demand  is  still  strong  for  all 
varieties  of  vanilla,  with  the  tone of  the 
market  upward,  and  Mexican  show  a 
marked  advance 
for  both 
whole  and  cut.  From  present  indica­
tions,  the  new  crop  will  be  short.  Old 
crop  arrivals  have  been  principally  of 
inferior quality,  and  high-grade  goods 
of 
1895-6  crop  are  scarce.  New  crop 
Angostura  are  firmly  held.

Cacao  Butter—Prices  are  firmer.
Castor  Oil—Values  of  prime  have  ad­

vanced  ic  per  pound.

Cinchonidia—Offers  are  sparing  and 

only  small  parcels  are  obtainable.

Colocynth  Apples—All  kinds  are 

strong;  demand  good.

Cuttle Fish Bone—Prime  Trieste,  firm 

at  the  late  advance.

Essential  Oils—Anise  has  dropped 
again,  with  the  tendency  downward, 
due  to  offerings  for  future  delivery  at 
reduced  prices.  Citronella,  demand 
has  been  more  active.  Peppermint  is 
looking  up,  and  prices  for  bulk  have 
advanced  about  10c  per  pound.  Sassa­
fras 
is  firm  and  higher.  Wormseed, 
very  firm.

Flowers—German  chamomile, 

tend­
ency  is  toward  higher  prices  and  quo­
tations  are  ruling  firm.  Powdered  in­
sect,  demand 
is  good  and  market  very 
strong.

Glycerine— Although 

the  market 
seems  to  continue  quiet,  the  undertone 
is  strong  and manufacturers  of  C.  P.  are 
not  anxious  sellers.

Gums—Camphor,  continued  advances 
abroad  in  values  of  both  crude  and  re­
fined  have  strengthened  the  market  on 
this  side.  Although  American  refiners 
have  not  yet  altered  quotations,  an early 
advance  is  looked  for.

Leaves—Short  buchu,  consuming  de­
mand  is  good  and  values  are  higher,  in 
sympathy  with  stronger  markets  across 
the  Pond.

Lycopodium—Tone  of  the  market  is 
downward  and  values  have  met  with  a 
reduction.

Menthol—Scarce  and market is firmer.
Opium—There  has  been  a  somewhat 
better  enquiry.  The  market  has  been 
unsettled  of 
late,  first  there  being  an 
advance,  which  was  followed  by  a  re­
action.  At  the  close  the  tone  was  steady 
in  character.

Roots—Jamaica  ginger  is  firm,  being

very  scarce.  Golden  seal  is  strong.  The 
supply  of  both  mandrake  and  gentian 
is  very 
light,  in  consequence  of  which 
quotations  have  advanced.

Seeds—Prices  of  Smyrna  canary  have 
advanced  on  this  side,  owing  to  higher 
cables  in  regard  to  the  primary  market. 
Coriander,  demand  is  good  and  prices 
are  tending  upward.  Celery  is  selling 
quite  freely.  Dutch  caraway 
is  firm. 
Demand  for  poppy  has  improved.  Quo­
tations  of  English  rape  have  advanced. 
The  active  demand 
for 
cardamoms 
causes  continued  advances.

Higher  Prices  for  White  Lead. 

From the New York Shipping List.

Indications  point  to  an  early  advance 
in  the  price  of  white  lead.  The  course 
of  pig 
lead  values  is  in  that  direction 
and  delayed  improvements  are  now  be­
ing  pushed  forward  which  require  paint 
on  a  large  scale.  The  demand  for  white 
lead  since  election  day  has  been  unusu­
ally  urgent.  Dealers  appreciate  the  fact 
that  the  market  is  on  a  comparatively 
low  basis  and  that  it has  become  very 
sensitive  since  the 
improving  condi­
tions  set  in.  For  this  reason  there  is a 
disposition  to anticipate  wants.

Corroders  held  a  conference  in  New 
York 
last  Tuesday  to  consider  trade 
matters.  They  expressed  themselves  as 
satisfied  with  the  prospects,  asserting 
that  this  country 
is  entering  upon  a 
new  period  of  prosperity. 
In  regard  to 
prices, 
it  was  decided  to  make  no 
change  at  present,  although  the  situa­
tion 
justifies  a  slightly  higher  range. 
The  corroders  feel  that  a  better  price 
must  be quoted,  sooner or  later,  in  sym­
pathy  with  the  movement  of  raw  ma­
terial  and  general  business  improve­
ment.  Stability 
is  a  prominent  char­
acteristic  of  the  white  lead  market,  and 
it  is  the  aim  of  manufacturers  to  retain 
that  feature.  Changes  are  never  made 
without  good  cause,  the  last  one  hav­
ing  been  ordered  on  Jan.  23  for  the  rea­
son  that  the  trend  of  all  values  was 
downward.  At  that  time  there  was  a 
reduction  of  %c  per  pound  and  it  is 
likely  that  prices  will  be  put  back  to 
the  old  figures  in  the  near  future.
How  Cheap  Honey  Is  Said  be  Made.
A  certain  compound  is  packed  into  a 
neat 
labeled  “ Honey,”   and  sent 
into the  market,  where  it  enjoys  a  great 
sale.  The  raw  material  of  this  mixture 
is  obtained  by  acting  on  potato  starch 
with  oil  of  vitriol,  to  which  are  added 
a  plentiful  quantity  of  cheap  sugar  and 
a  small  proportion  of  real  honey,  just  to 
give  the  compound  the  correct  flavor. 
It  may  be  very  toothsome,  and  not  very 
is  not  honey.  And 
it 
deleterious;  but 
are 
skillfully 
so 
ingredients 
these 
it  is  a  matter  of  some 
mingled  that 
difficulty  to  detect  the  fraud.

jar, 

A  Possible  Advance  in  Bottles.
The  bottle  manufacturers  of  the 
United  States  held  a  conference  in  Chi­
cago  last  Tuesday  to  discuss  trade  con­
ditions. 
is  understood  that,  in  view 
of  the  expected  improvement  in  busi­
ness,  an  advance  on  a  level  of  10  per 
cent,  will  be  made  in  ordinary  bottles.

It 

A  Society  Incident.

Caller—Can  I  see  Mrs.  Van  Vooner?
Servant—Not at  present,  madam,  but 
if  you 
like  to  sit  down  and  wait  until 
she  has  read  all  the  bargain  sale  adver­
tisements 
in  the  morning  paper,  I  will 
send  in  your name. 
I  would  not  dare  to 
disturb  her before  then !

While  You  Wait.

Customer—You  have  a  sign  in  your 
window,  “ A  suit  of  clothes  made  while 
you  w aiL”   Do  you  really  do  that?
Tailor—Yes,  sir.  You  leave  your  or­
der  with  a  deposit,  and  then  wait  till 
the garments  are  finished.

G IN SEN G   ROOT

Highest price paid by

Write us, 

PEOK  B R O S.

Cider! 

Cider!

Save your cider by  using  Geo.  McDonald’s  Cider  Saver.  Absolutely safe and 
harmless  and  does  preserve  the  cider.  Contains  no  Salicylic  Acid  or poison of 
any  kind.  Does  not  change  the  natural  taste or color of the cider.  Equally good 
for  preserving  Grape  Juice,  Wine,  Vinegar  or  Preserved  Fruits.  Originated  and 
manufactured by

O r d e r  from Who’esale Druggists 
If they cannot supply you write to me direct.

G E O .   M c D O N A L ^ D ,

K A  I ^ A  M  A  Z O O ,   M I C H .

10  Per  Cent.  Discount

Have you our Holiday Catalogue? 
If not let  us  know.  We  carry  the  best  line  of 
Dolls in the State and our prices are the  lowest.  We  want  you  to  see  them.  On 
orders for Dolls amounting to S35.00 and upwards ordered from our catalogue  prior 
to December  1,  1896, with this ad.  attached,  we  will  give  a  discount  of  10  per 
cent, for cash with order.  Our  Holiday  Line is complete in every  respect.

Frank  B.  Taylor & Co.,

Jackson,  Mich.
TRY  flflNSELMflN’S  SUPERFINE»

6fl0G0LflTES  FOR  HOLIDAYS

Order  early  and be in the push.

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Chocolate Nunkeys, 
Chocolate Montevidoes, 
Chocolate Clito, 
Chocolate Shell Bark, 
Chocolate Nougat, 
Chocolate Sour Orange, 
Chocolate S' ur Lemon. 
Chocolate Marshmallow, 
Chocolate Angelique, 
Chocolate Almonds, 
Chocolate Filberts, 
Chocolate Pecans, 
Chocolate Walnuts,

Chocolate Cherries,
Chocolate Brandy,
Chocolate Opera Drops,
Chocolate Opera Caramels, 
Chocolate Peppermint,
Chocolate Wintergreen,
Chocolate Raisins.
Chocolate Extra Pralines Assorted, 
Chocolate Extra Vanillas, 
Chocolate Pineapple,
Chocolate Hand Made Small, 
Chocolate Hand Made Large, 
Chocolate Shoo File ■,

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GYPSINE

Is the only Permanent Cement Base Wall Finish 

made that does not  set or settle in the dish.

It is what the consumer wants, for it works easily 
and  satisfactorily, and  gives  beautiful  and  varied 
results.

It is well  advertised  and  well known  and prolit- 

able to handle. 

Send for color card, copy of “Gypsine Advocate” 

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and plans of local advertising, to 

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OF PURE LOAF SUGAR.

A.  E.  BROOKS  &  CO,

CHARLES  riANZELHANN

BROOM S  AND  W HISKS

M A N U F A C T U R E R   O F

D E T R O I T ,   M I O H . ____________

THE  JIM  HAMMELL 
HAMMELL’S  LITTLE  DRUMMER  AND 
HAMMELL’S  CAPITAL  CIGARS 

are made of the best  imported stock.  !

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

Morphia, S.P.A W ... 
Morphia,  S.N.Y.Q.&
C.  Co....................
Moschus Canton__
Myristica, No. 1......
Nux Vomica.. .po.20
Os  Sepia.................
Pepsin Saac, H. & P.
D. Co....................
Picis Liq. N.N.%gal.
doz........................
Picis Liq., quarts__
Picis Liq., pints......
Pil Hydrarg.. .po.  80 
Piper Nigra.. .po.  22
Piper Alba__po.  35
Pilx  Burgun...........
Plumb!  Acet...........
Pulvis Ipecac et Opii 
Pyrethrum, boxes II.
& P. D. Co., doz...
Pyrethrum,  pv........
Quassi*..................
Quinia, S.  P. & W.. 
Quinia, S. German..
Qujnia, N.Y............
Rubia Tinctorum... 
SaccharumLactis pv
Salacin....................
Sanguis Draconls...
Sapo,  W...................
Sapo, M....................
Sapo, G....................
Siedlitz  Mixture__

1  75® 2 00
1  65©  I  90 
®  40
65©  80
@ 
10 
15®  18
®  1  00
© 2 00 
®  1  00 
©  85
®  50
®  18 
@  30
7
© 
12 
10®  
•  10®   1  20

30®  33
8®  
10 
27®  32
23©  28
25®  30
12®  14
24©  26
3 00® 3  10 
40@  50
12®  14
10©  
12
20  ©

Sinapis.................... 
©  18
Sinapis, opt............  
©  30
Snuff, Maccaboy, De
Voes.....................   @  34
®  34
Snuff, Scotch, DeVo’s 
Soda Boras......... ’...  6  ® 
8
Soda Boras, po........  6  @ 
8
26®  28
Soda et Potass Tart. 
Soda,  Garb.............. 
2
14® 
5
3© 
Soda, Bi-Carb.........  
Soda, Ash...............   3%@ 
4
Soda, Sulphas......... 
® 
2
Spts. Cologne...........  @ 2 60
Spts. Ether  Co........ 
50®  55
Spts. Myrcia Dom...  @ 2 00
Spts. Vini Rect. bbl.  @ 2 37
Spts. Vini Rect. 4bbl  @ 2.42
Spts. Vini Rect. lOgal 
© 2  45 
Spts. Vini Rect.  5gal  @ 2 47 
Less 5c gal.  cash 10 days. 
Strychnia, Crystal...  1  40®  1  45
Sulphur,  Sub!.........  2H@ 
3
Sulphur,  Roll........ 
2®  2%
Tamarinds.............. 
8® 
10
Terebenth Venice...  28®  30
Theobrom*............   42®  45
Vanilla..................   9 00@16 Oo
Zinci  Sulph............  
8

7® 

Oils

BBL.  GAL.
Whale, winter.........  
70
70 
45
Lard,  extra...............  40 
Lard, No. 1................  
35  40

19
35
37
70
39

32 
Linseed, pure  raw.. 
Linseed, boiled......   34 
Neatsfoot, winter str 
65 
Spirits Turpentine.. 
34 
Paints 
Red Venetian.........
Ochre, yellow Mars. 
Ochre, yellow  Ber.. 
Putty, commercial.. 
Putty, strictly  pure. 
Vermilion,  P rim e
American.............
Vermilion, English.
Green, Paris...........
Green,  Peninsular..
Lead, Red...............
Lead, white...........
Whiting, white Span 
Whiting,  gilders’. .. 
White, Paris Amer.. 
Whiting, Paris  Eng.
cliff......................
Universal Prepared.
Varnishes

B B L . 
L B .
1*   2  @8 
1*  2  ©4
Hi  2  @3 
2*   2H@3 
24  2*@3
15 
13® 
70® 
75 
15  ® 
24
16 
13© 
5Q® 
5* 5*
5 M@
70 
90 
1  00
®  1  Í0 
1  00©  1  15

1  10®  1  20
No. 1 Turp Coach
Extra  Turp........
1 60®  1  70
Coach Body........
2 75© 3 00 
No. 1 Turp Furn. 
1  00© 1  10 
Extra Turk Damar
1 55©  1  60
Jap.Dryer.No.lTurp  70®  75

SALE  PRICE  CURRENT.
Ca“ V^or’ Gum Opi«“  oil Sassafras, Castor Oil, Golden Seal Hoot 
e, On Bergamot, Lycopodium.

Ani!

Conium Mac........... 
35@
Copaiba..................  
go®  l
Cubebse....................  l  50©  1
Exechthitos...........  l  20©  1
Erigeron.................  1  20®  1
Gaultberia..............  i  so@  1
Geranium,  ounce...  @
Gossippli, Sem. gal.. 
50®
Hedeoma.................  l  O'®  1
Junipera.................  l  50® 2
Lavendula.............. 
go@ a
Limonis.....................   l  30@ 1
Mentha Piper.........  l  60® 2
Mentha Verld.........   2 65® 2
Morrhuse,  gal.........   2 00@ 2
®
Myrcia, ounce......... 
Olive....................... 
75® 3
10@
Piets  Liquida.  ......  
©
Picis Liquida, gal... 
R icina.................... 
93®  l
Rosmarini............... 
®  i
Ros*,  ounce...........  6 50@ 8
Succini..................  
40®
Sabina..................  
90®  l
Santal......................  2 50® 7
Sassafras................. 
5g@
Sinapis, ess., ounce.  @
Tlglfi..........................  1  20® 1
Thyme....................  40®
Thyme,  opt............   @  l
15@
Theobromas........... 
Potassium
Bi-Barb.................... 
15®
Bichromate......... 
13®
Bromide..................   48@
Garb.......................
Chlorate., po. 17@19e  16®
Cyanide..................  
50®
Iodide.........................  2 90® 3
Potassa, Bitart, pure  27® 
Potassa, Bitart,  com  @ 
Potass Nitras, opt... 
8®
Potass Nitras........... 
7®
Prussiate................. 
25®
15®
Sulphate po  ..  ......  

Radix

Aconitvm...............  
20®
Althse.............  
22®
 
12®
Anchusa................. 
Arum po..................   @
Calamus................. 
20®
Gentiana........po  15 
12®
Glychrrhiza.. .pv. 15  16@
Hydrastis Canaden.  @
Hydrastis Can., po..  @
Hellebore, Alba, po.. 
15@
Inula, po................. 
is®
Ipecac, po...............   1  os®  I
Iris plox.... po35@38  35©
Jalapa, pr...............   40®
Maranta,  J^s...........  @
15@
Podophyllum, po.... 
§¡|e5  ••••................. 
75@  1
Rhei, pv..................  
75®  1
a5@
Spigelia................... 
Sanguinaria., .po. 15  @
Serpentaria .. „__  
30®
Senega....................  4o@
Similax,officinalis H  @
Smilax, M............  
@
Scill®.............. po.35 
10@
Symplocarpus, Foeti-
Valeriana,Eng.po.30 
Valeriana,  German. 
Zingiber a...............  
Zingiber ]...............  
Semen
Anisum......... po.  15  @ 
12
13® 
Apium  (graveleons) 
15
B*rd..ls.................... 
4® 
6
Carui..............po. 18 
10@ 
12
Cardamon...............   1  io@  1  50
Coriandrum............ 
8® 
io
Cannabis  Sativa__  3%®
Cydonium............... 
75®  1
Cnenopodium........ 
io®
Dipterix  Odorate...  2 90@ 3
Foeniculum............   @
Fcenugreek, po........ 
6®
Li«?.........................  2V4©
Lini  grd....bbl. 2%  3H©
Lobelia..................  
,15@
Pharlaris  Canarian.
............   4*@
Sinapis Albu........... 
7@
Sinapis Nigra.........  
li®
Spiritus 

dus,  po.................  @  25
©  25
15®  20
12®  16
25©  27

Frumenti, W. D. Co.  2 00© 2 
Frumenti,  D. F. R..  2 00© 2
Frumenti...............   1  25®  1
Juniperis Co. O. T..  1  65@ 2
Juniperis Co...........  1  75® 3
Saacharum N. E__  1  90© 2
Spt. Vini Galli........  1  75® 6
Vini Oporto............   1  25®  2
Vini Alba...............   1  25® 2

Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage..  ........... 2 50© 2 75
Nassau sheeps  wool 
carriage...............
@ 2 00
Velvet extra  sheeps’
wool, carriage......
©  1 10
Extra yellow sneeps’
wool,  carriage__
© 85
Grass  sheeps1  wool, 
carriage...............
© 65
Hard, for slate use..
75
Yellow  R eef,  for 
slate  use..............
©  1 40
Syrups 
Acacia....................
Auranti Cortes.......
Zingiber..................
Ipecac....................
Ferri Iod.................
Rhei Arom..............
Smilax Officinalis...
Senega....................
Scill»......................

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

10
80
15
40
46
5
IO
12
15
50
5
60
36

6
814
14
! 25
0050
! 00

15
30

60
60
45
85

18
1218
30
20
12
10
12
15

25
30
12
14
15
17

15
25
80
50
15
2
35

14
25
30

20
25
30
20
10

65
45
35
28
80
18
12
30
60
25
55
13
14
16
58
10
0070
35
00
65
40
40
6ii
45
80

25
20
25
28
23
25
39
22
25

60
22
36

50
50
25
60
40
30
58
65
50
50
15

Scill* Co.................  @
Tolutan...................  @
Prunus virg............   @

niscellaneous 

50 
I  50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
?0 
60 
60 
50 
50 
20

I  00 50 
50 
60 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
35 
50 
60 
50 
60 
50

Tinctures 
Aconitum Napellis R 
Aconitum Napellis F
Aloes.......................
Aloes and Myrrh__
Arnica....................
Assafoetida............
Atrope  Belladonna.
Auranti  Cortex......
Benzoin..................
Benzoin Co..............
Barosma.................
Cantharides...........
Capsicum...........
Cardamon..............
Cardamon  Co.........
Castor.....................
Catechu..................
Cinchona.................
Cinchona Co..........
Columba.................
Cubeba....................
Cassia  Acutifol......
Cassia Acutifol Co  .
Digitalis...............
Ergot......................
Ferri Chloridum__
Gentian..................
Gentian Co............
Guiaca....................
Guiaca ammon........
Hyoscyamus...........
Iodine......................
Iodine, colorless.. *.
Kino........................
Lobelia.................[’
Myrrh.................... "
Nux  Vomica...........
Opii.........................
Opii, camphorated..
Opii,  deodorized....
Quassia..................
Rhatany................  ’
Rhei...................... ”
Sanguinaria  .  ..
Serpentaria............
Stromonium .. .•__
Tolutan...................
Valerian.................
Veratrum Veride... 
Zingiber..................
Aither, Spts. Nit. 3 F  30© 
ASther, Spts. Nit. 4 F  34®
Alumen...................  2Q@
3©
Alumen, gro’d. .po. 7 
Annatto...................  40®
Antimoni,  po......... 
4®
60 
Antimoni etPotassT  55©
Antipyrin.............. 
©
1  40 
Antifebrin.............. 
®
15
Argenti Nitras, oz
@
Arsenicum...........
12 
10®  
Balm Gilead  Bud 
38®  40
Bismuth  S. N.  ...
1  00®  1  10 
Calcium Chlor.,  is 
9
Calcium Chlor.. u¡
hlor., >4s.
10
Calcium Chlor.,  Qs. 
Cantharides, Rus.po 
Capsici  Fructus, af 
@  18 
Capsici Fructus,  po 
©  15
Capsici FructusB,pc 
®  15
CaryophyIlus..po. 15 
10©  
12 
Carmine, No. 40...
© 3 75 
Cera Alba, S. & F -
50®  55
Cera Flava.............. 
40@
42 
Coccus....................  @
40 
®
Cassia Fructus...... . 
27 
Centraria.................  @
10 
Cetaeeum................  
®
45 
Chloroform.............  60®
63 
1  35 
Chloroform, squibbs
Chloral Hyd Crst...  __ „
1  15®  1  30
Choudrus................  
20®
Cinchonidine.P.A W  20©
Cinchonidine, Germ  15®
Cocaine..................   4 30® 4  50
Corks, list, dis.pr.ct. 
65
Creosotum........ 
@  35
Creta............. bbl. 75
2
Creta, prep..............
5 
©
Creta, precip...... . . .
11
@
Creta, Rubra......... 
8 55
50®
Crocus.................... 
Cudbear................. 
©
24
Cupri Sulph......... 5®
6 
Dextrine.................. 
10®
12 
Ether Sulph............
75©
90
Emery, all  numbers
8 
Emery, po....... ........
6 35 
30®
Ergota...........po. 40
Flake  White...........
15 
12®
Gal la...................... |
23 
Gambier................ .
9 
8©
60
Gelatin, Cooper..  ..
30®  50
Gelatin, French......
60,  10&10 
Glassware, flint, box
60 
Less  than  box__
Glue,  brown...........
9®
12
Glue, white
25
......  
13C
19©
Glycerina................ 
26 
15
Grana  Paradisi
®
Humulus................. 
_
Hydraag Chlor  Mite  @  75
Hydraag Chlor Cor.  @  65
Hydraag Ox Rub’m.  @  85
Hydraag Ammoniati  @  95
HydraagUnguentum  45®  55
Hydrargyrum.........   @  60
Ichthyobolla, Am...  1  25®  1  50
Indigo................  
 
75®  1  00
Iodine, Resubi........  3 80© 3 90
Iodoform................. 
© 470
Lupulin...................  @ 2 25
Lycopodium........... 
50©  55
Macis.......................  65®  75
Liquor Arsen et Hy-
drarg Iod.............
27 
LiquorPotassArsinit
12 
Magnesia, Sulph__
3
Magnesia, Sulph,bbl
©  1H 
Mannia, S. F ........
50©  60
Menthol...  .  .........
© 3 50

©
10®

© 
©  

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Seasonable
Products

Of  our 
Laboratory

White  P ine  Expectorant

Popular with  Physicians for the 

treatment of Throat and  Lung  Diseases.

$3.00 per gallon.
$5.00 per dozen.

Syrup  Hypophosphites  Comp

(Churchill’s)

Syrup  Hypophosphites  Comp

With  Iron.

Syrup  Hypophosphites
With  Iron,  Quinine  and  Strychnia.

$3.00  per gallon. 
$5.00  per dozen.

Cod  Liver  Oil

Norway.

In pints, $4.50 per dozen.

Cod  Liver  Oil

Palatable.

In pints, $6.00 per dozen.

Special prices for quantity in bulk.
We guarantee the quality of our preparations.

Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co.

W holesale  Druggists  and 
M anufacturing  Chemists,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.
g p g s s e

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

GROCERY PRICE CURRENT.

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

344

Biscuitine.

FA RIN A CEO U S  GOODS.
..1  00
3 doz. in case, per doz..
B ulk............................
.. 
3
Walsh-DeRoo  Co.’s__ ..2 25
Barrels  .......................
..3 25
[  Flake. 50 lb.  drums...... . .1  50
Lima  Beans.
Dried  ..........................

Farina.
Grits.
Hominy.

.. 

Peas.

n  Macearon! and Vermicelli.
n  Domestic,  10 lb. box__ ..  60
5  Imported,  25 lb. box__ ..2 50
0 

Pearl Barley.
Common......................
Chester.......................

1%
2
g  Empire  ......................... ..  244
0 
n  Green,  bu..................... ..  90
0  Split,  per lb.................. ..  244

Rolled  Oats.
Rolled Avena,  bbl__ . ..5 00
Monarch,  bbl...............
.4 50
Monarch.  44  bbl.........
..2 50
.  4  35
Private brands,  bbl..
Private brands, 44bbl..
..2 30
Quaker, cases..............
.  3 20
Oven  Baked................. .  3 25
4
344
3
. .2 40

9 
•  German.......................
)  East  India...............
Wheat.

Cracked, bulk..............
24 2 lb packages...........

Sago.

.. 

9
5 

F!sh.
Cod.

Georges cured............
Georges genuine........
Georges selected........
Strips or bricks.........   5

Halibut.

Herring.

Chunks...........................
Strips..............................
Holland white hoops keg 
Holland white hoops  bbl
Norwegian......................
Round 100 lbs.................
Round  40 lbs.................
Scaled..............................

Mackerel.

No. 1 100 lbs....................
No. 1  40 lbs....................
No. 1  10 lbs....................
No. 2 100 lbs....................
No. 2  40 lbs....................
No. 2  10 lbs....................
Family 90 lbs...................
Family 10 lbs....................

Sardines.

12
10
60 
8 00
2 50 
1  30 
10

11  75 
5 20 
1  32 
8 00
95

Trout.

Stockfish.

Russian kegs....................
No. 1,1001b. bales...........
No. 2,100 lb. bales...........
No. 1100 lbs......................
No. 1  40 lbs......................
No. 1 8 lbs......................

1044
844
4 75 
2  20
Od
53
No. 1 No. 2 Fam
100 lbs .........   6 50
2 00
40 lbs ......... 2  90
1  10
10 lbs .........  
80
35
8 lbs .........  
67
31
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS.

5 75
2 60
73
61

Whltefish.

CLOTHES LINES.

Cotton, 40 ft, per  doz.........1  00
Cotton, 50 ft, per  doz.........1  20
Cotton, 60 ft, per  doz.........1  40
Cotton, 70 ft, per  doz......... 1  60
Cotton, 80 ft, per  doz......... 1  80
Jute, 60 ft,  per  doz............   80
Jute, 72 ft,  per doz.............   95

CLOTHES  PINS.

5 gross boxes..........................45
COCOA SHELLS.
201b  bags.... ..................  
214
Less quantity................. 
3
Pound  packages............  
4
CREAfl  TARTAR. 
Strictly Pure, wooden boxes.  35 
Strictly Pure, tin boxes ...  .  37 
Tartarine  .............................  25

COFFEE.

Green.
Rio.

F air.........................................17
Good...................................... 18
Prim e.....................................19
Golden  .................................. 20
Peaberry  ............................... 22

Santos.

 

Java.

Mocha.

Roasted.

Package.

...... 
Maracaibo.

Mexican  and  Guatemala.

Fair  ....................................... 19
Good  ..................................... 20
Prime..................................... 22
Peaberry  ............................... 23
Fair  .......................................21
Good  ..................................... 22
Fancy 
24
Prime......................................23
Milled......................................24
Interior.................................. 25
Private  Growth...................... 27
Mandehling............................ 28
Im itation.................... 
25
Arabian  .................................28
Quaker Mocha and Java.......29
Toko Mocha and Java...........2*
State House Blend................. 23
Below  are  given  New  York 
prices  on  package  coffees,  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 
weight  of  package.  In  60  lb. 
cases the list is 10c  per  100  lbs. 
above the price in full cases.
Arbuckle.......................  17 50
Jersey.............................   17 50
McLaughlin’s  XXXX........17  50
Valley City 44 gross...... 
75
Felix 44  gross................. 
1  15
Hummel’s foil 44 gross  .. 
85
Hummel’s tin $4  gross... 
1  43
Knelpp Malt Coffee.
1 lb. packages,  50 lb. cases  9 
1 lb. packages, 100 lb. cases  9
CONDENSED  MILK.
4 doz. in case.

Extract.

AXLE GREASE.

Aurora............ ..........55
Castor Oil......
......... 60
Diamond........
.........50
Frazer's.........
IXL Golden, tin boxes 75
Mina
70
Paragon.........
......... 55

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

BAKING  POWDER.

Absolute.

% lb cans doz..................  
44 lb cans doz..................  
1 

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

Acme.

El Purity.

M lb cans 3 doz................. 
45
75
44 lb cans 3 doz................. 
lb cans 1 doz.................  1  00
1 
Bulk...................................  
10
lb cans per doz............  
75
44 lb cans per doz  ...........  1  20
lb cans per doz............ 2  00
1 
lb cans 4 doz case........ 
45
85
44 lb cans 4 doz case____ 
lb cans 2 doz case........  1  60
35
55
90

H lb cans 4 doz case........ 
14 lb cans 4 doz case........ 
l 
lb cans 2 doz case........ 

JaXon

Home.

Our Leader.

H lb cans.......................... 
14 lb cans.......................... 
1 

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

45
75

BATH  BRICK.

American............................... 70
English....................................80

BLUING.

commm
J^P E A R L V ;

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

BRoons.

No. 1 Carpet........................  1 90
No. 2 Carpet........................  l 75
No. 3 Carpet........................  1 50
No. 4 Carpet........................  1 15
Parlor Gem........................  2 00
Common Whisk................. 
70
Fancy Whisk.....................  
80
Warehouse...........................2 SS

CANDLES.

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

.0

CANNED GOODS, 
rianitowoc  Peas.

Lakeside Marrowfat.........  1  00
Lakeside E.  J ....................  1  30
Lakeside, Cham, of Eng__1  40
Lakeside, Gem, Ex. Sifted.  1  65

CATSUP.

Columbia, 
pints............... 4 25
Colombia,  14 pints..............2  50

CHEESE.

Acme......................  @
Amboy....................  9% @
Butternut..............   @
Byron......................  @
Carson City............. 
<a
Gold  Medal............
Ideal................... 
.  @
Jersey......................  @
Lenawee..................  @
Oakland County.....   @
Riverside.............  10  @
Sparta....................  @
Springdale............   @
Brick.......................   @
Edam.......................  @
Leiden.....................  @
Limburger...............  @
Pineapple.......  ....  60  @
@
Sap Sago................. 
Chicory.

Bulk
Red

1014
10%
10
9
10
914
1014
10
10
10
10%
lu
1014
9
75
19
95
20

N.  Y.  Condensed  Milk  Co.’s 
brands.
Gail Borden  Eagle............. 7 40
Crown................................. 6 25
Daisy...................................5 75
Champion  ...........................4 50
...........................4 25
Magnolia 
Dime 
3  35

 

CHOCOLATE.

Walter Baker it Co.’s.

German Sweet............... 
22
Premium................................. 31
Breakfast Cocoa.................... 42

Peerless evaporated ¡cream.5  75

COUPON  BOOKS.

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... 
lOO^books, any denom... 
500 books, any denom...
1.000 books, any denom...

Universal Grade.

50 books, any denom__
100 books, any denom__
500 books, any denom__
1,000  books, any denom_

Superior Grade.

50 books, any denom__
100 books, any denom__
500 books, any denom__
l,000J)ooks, any denom__
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...........................  6 25
500books........................... 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—DOMESTIC 

Apples.

Sundried.......................  @  3 44
Evaporated 50 lb boxes.  @444

California  Fruits.

Apricots................1044@1144
Blackberries...............
Nectarines.................  6  @
Peaches...................... 5  @9
Pears..........................  @
Pitted Cherries...........
Prunnelles..................
Raspberries................

California Prunes.
100-120 25 lb boxes.....   @
90-100 25 lb boxes..  @ 5%
80 - 90 25 lb boxes.........  @ 5%
70 - 80 25 lb boxes.........  @ 6%
60 - 70 25 lb boxes..  @ 6%
50 - 60 25 lb boxes...  @7%
40 - 50 25 lb boxes.........  @ 7%
30 - 40 25 lb boxes.........  @
% cent less in bags
Raisins.

London Layers 3 Crown.
London Layers5 Crown.
Dehesias.......................
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown
Loose Muscatels 4 Crown

FOREIGN.
Currants.

1  60
2 50
3 50
5%
6 X
7%

Patras bbls...................... @ 54Í
Vostizzas 50 lb cases...... @  544
Cleaned, bulk  ............... @ 6
Cleaned, packages......... @  7

Peel.

Citron American 101b bx  @14
Lemon American 10 lb bx  @11
Orange American 101b bx  @11

Raisins.

Ondnra 29 lb boxes....... @7%
Sultana  1 Crown........... @844
Sultana 2 Crow n......... @9
Sultana a Crown........... @944
Sultana 4 Crown........... @10
Sultana 5 Crown........... @11

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
XX  Orade 
Lemon.

.1  50 
.3 00

GUNPOWDER.
Rifle—Dupont’s.

Kegs...................................4  00
Half Kegs...........................2 25
Quarter Kegs...................... 1  25
1 lb  cans.............................   30
44  lb cans............................  18

Choke  Bore—Dupont’s.

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

Eagle  Duck—Dupont’s.

Kegs...................................8 00
Half Kegs........................... 4 25
Quarter Kegs.......................2 25
1 lb cans...............................  45

HERBS.

Sage.. 
Hops .

INDIGO.

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

JELLY.

15 lb  palls............................  33
17 lb  pails............................  43
30 lb  palls............................  60

LYB.

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

LICORICE.

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

MINCB MEAT.

Ideal, 3 doz. in case............2 25

New Orleans.

F air..................................  
Good................................  
Extra good.......................  
Choice.............................. 
Fancy  .............................  

Half-barrels 3c extra.

18
22
24
27
30

PICKLES.
Medium.

Barrels, 1,200 count...........  3 50
Half bbls, 600 count...........  2 25

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

PIPES.

Clay, No.  216......................  1  70
Clay, T. D. full count........ 
65
Cob, No. 3..........................   1

48 cans in case.

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

RICE.

Domestic.

Carolina head....................  6%
Carolina  No. 1  .................  5
Carolina  No. 2...................  444
Broken.................................  3

Imported.

Japan,  No. 1......................  5%
Japan.  No. 2......................  5
Java, No. 1.........................  4%
Table  ................................   544

SALERATUS.

Packed 60 lbs. In  box.

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

SAL SODA.

Granulated, bbls..............1  10
Granulated,  100 lb cases.. 1  50
Lump, bbls.......................... 
Lump, 1451b kegs.......... ! 1  10

1

SEEDS.

A nise.................................  J3
Canary, Smyrna..................  4
Caraway............................ 
Cardamon,  M alabar......  80
Hemp,  Russian...............   4
Mixed  Bird......................  4^
Mustard,  white................ 
644
Poppy  ................................ 
g
Rape................................  
5
Cuttle Bone................  "   20

jo

SNUFF.

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

SYRUPS.

Corn.

Barrels.............................  
Half  bbls........................... 

Pure Cane.

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

Choice.................  

 

15
17

1«
25

SPICES.
Whole Sifted.

Allspice  .............................   9^
Cassia, China in mats..........10
Cassia, Batavia In bund__ 15
Cassia, Saigon in rolls........32
Cloves, Amboyna................15
Cloves, Zanzibar................. 10
Mace,  B atavia................... 70
Nutmegs, fancy...................65
Nutmegs, No.  1...................60
Nutmegs, No.  2................... 55
Pepper, Singapore, black... 10 
Pepper, Singapore, white.. .20 
Pepper,  shot........................ig

Pure Oround In Bulk.

Allspice  ........................10@15
Cassia, Batavia................... 17
Cassia,  Saigon.....................35
Cloves,  Amboyna................ 15
Cloves, Zanzibar..................10
Ginger,  African..................15
Ginger,  Cochin................... 20
Ginger,  Jamaica..................22
Mace,  Batavia.............. 60@65
Mustard, Eng. and Trieste . .20
Mustard, Trieste................. 25
Nutmegs,....................  40@60
Pepper, Sing., black---- 10@14
Pepper, Sing., white__ 15@18
Pepper, Cayenne............17@20
Sage......................................18

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

MATCHES.

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

MOLASSES.

Blackstrap.

Sugar house.......................[0@12

Cuba Baking.

Ordinary...........................12@14

Porto Rico.

Prime............................... 
............................ 
Fancy 

20
30

2 oz .  ...  75
3oz....... 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.l 50

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

SALT.

Diamond  Crystal.

Cases, 24 3-lb  boxes............1  60
Barrels,  100  3 lb bags....... 2 75
Barrels,  40  7 lb bags....... 2 50
Butter, 56 lb  bags................  65
Butter, 20  14 lb  bags...........3 00
Butter, 280 lb  bbls..............2 50
100 3 lb sacks.......................2 60
60 5-lb sacks.....  ................1  85
28 11-lb sacks.....................1 70

Common Grades.

Worcester.

lb. cartons.............3  25
50  4 
115  2141b. sacks..................4  00
lb. sacks.................3  75
60  5 
22 14 
lb. sacks.................3  50
3010 
lb. sacks.................3  50
28 lb. linen sacks.................  32
56 lb. linen sacks.................  60
Bulk in barrels...................2 50
56-lb dairy in drill bags......  30
28-lb dairy In drill bags......   15

Warsaw.

Ashton.

Higgins.

56 lb dairy in linen sacks...  60 

56-lb dairy in linen sacks...  60 

Solar Rock.

56-lb  sacks..........................   21

Common Pine.

Saginaw.............................   60
Manistee  ............................  60

Boxes.................................... 514
Kegs, English......................  43i

SODA.

STARCH.
Diamond.

64 10c  packages  ............... 5 00
128  5c  packages.................5 00
32 10c and 64 5c packages.. .5 00 

Kingsford’s  Corn.

201-lb packages...................  t a
40 1 lb packages...................  6
Kingsford’s Silver  (Boss.
40 1-lb packages...................  614
6-lb boxes.......................... 7

Common Corn.

20-lb boxes..........................   5
40-lb  boxes..........................   4514

Common Gloss.

1-lb  packages......................  414
3-lb  packages......................  414
6-lb  packages......................  ha
40 and 50 lb boxes...............   234
Barrels  ...............................  254

SOAP.
Laundry.

Armour’s Brands.

Armour's  Family..............2 70
Armour’s  Laundry...........  3 25
Armour’s Comfort............   2  90
Armour’s White, 100s........  6 25
Armour’s White, 50s.........   3 20
Armour's Woodchuck  __ 2 55
Armour’s Kitchen  Brown.  2 00 
Armour's Mottled German  2  65 
Crow.................................. 3  10
German Family.................  2  15
American Grocer  100s...... 3 30
American Grocer  60s........  2 75
Mystic  White....................  3 80
L otus................................ 3 90
Oak Leaf............................2 85
Old Style............................3 20
Happy Day.........................  3  10

Gowans & Sons’ Brands.

JAXON

Single  box..........................-85
5 box lots, delivered.........2 80
10 box lots,  delivered.........2 75
Jas. S. Kirk & Co.’s Brands. 
American  Family,  wrp’d...3 33
American Family, plain__3 27
Acm e..................................2 85
Cotton  Oil..........................5 75
Marseilles........................... 4 00
Master................................3 70

Lautz Bros. &  Co.’s Brands.

Henry Passolt’s Brand.

Single box.............................2 85
5 box lots,  delivered.........2 80
10 box lots,  delivered.........2 75
95 box  lots, delivered 
........2 65

Thompson & Chute’s Brand.

Allen B.  Wrisley’s Brands. 

Old Country, 80 1-lb. bars...3 00
Good Cheer, 60 1-lb. bars__3 90
Uno, 100 34-lb. bars............. 2 80
Doll, 100 10-oz. bars............2 25

Scouring.

Sapolio, kitchen, 3 d oz......2 40
Sapolio, hand, 3 doz...........2 40

SUOAR.

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 12
Domino................................5 00
Cubes...................................4 75
Powdered  .......................... 4  75
XXXX  Powdered.................4 87
Mould  A.............................. 4 75
Granulated in bbls...............4 50
Granulated in  bags..............4 50
Fine Granulated.................. 4 50
Extra Fine Granulated.......4 62
Extra Coarse Granulated.. .4 62
Diamond  Confec.  A............ 4 50
Confec. Standard A..............4 37
No.  1...................................4 25
No  2...................................4 25
No.  3...................................4 25
No.  4  .................................4  18
No.  5...................................4 12
No.  6...................................4 06
No.  7...................................4 00
No.  8...................................3 94
No.  9.................................. 3 87
No.  10...................................3 81
No.  11...................................3 75
No.  12...................................3 69
No.  13...................................3 62
No.  14...................................3 56
No.  15...................................3 50

TABLE  SAUCES.

Lea & Perrin’s,  large....... 4 75
Lea & Perrin’s, small....... 2 75
Halford,  large..................3 75
Halford small................... 2 25
Salad Dressing, large....... 4 55
Salad Dressing, small.......2 65

TOBACCOS.

Cigars.

G. J. Johnson’s  brand

S. C. W................................35 00
Quintette........................... 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. 

VINEGAR.

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

WICKING.

No. 0, per gross....................  25
No. 1, per gross....................  30
N o. 2, p e r g ro ss ..........................  40
No. 3, per gross....................  75

Fruits.

Oranges.

Fancy  Seedlings

Mexicans  150-176-200  @3 50
Jamaicas bbls......... 
@5  50
Lemons.
Strictly choice 360s..
Strictly choice 300s..
Fancy 360s..............
Fancy 300s..............
Bananas.

@3 50 
@4  50 
@
@5 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

Foreign Dried  Fruits.

Figs, Choice  Layers
101b.....................  
Figs,  New  Smyrna
20 ib.....................  
Figs,  Naturals  in
30 Ib. bags............. 
Dates, Fards in 10 lb
boxes..................  
Dates, Fards in 601b
cases  ..................  
Dates, Persians,G. M.
K., 60 lb cases, new 
Dates,  Sairs  60  lb 
cases  ................... 

@11
@14
@ 7
@8
@6
@ 7 
@

C a n d i e s .
Stick Candy.

Mixed CandV.

Fancy—In Bulk.

bbls.  pails
Standard.................
554@ 7
Standard H.  H.......
554@ 7
Standard Twist......
6  @ 7
Cut Loaf.................
8% 
cases
Extra H .H ..............
@ 854
Boston  Cream........
@ 814
Competition............
@ 6
Standard.................
@ 654
Leader  ..................
@ 7
Conserve.................
@ 7
Royal  ......................
@ 754
Ribbon....................
@
Broken  ..................
@ 8
Cut  Loaf.................
@ 8
English Rock.........
@ 8
Kindergarten.........
@ 814
French  Cream........
@ 9
Dandy Pan.............
@10
Valley Cream.........
@13
Lozenges, plain......
@ 854
Lozenges,  printed.. 
@ 854
Choc.  Drops...........
11  @14
Choc.  Monumentals
@1214
Gum  Drops............
@ 5
Moss  Drops...........
@ 714
Sour Drops............
Imperials............
@  814
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,  plain__
@55
Lozenges,  printed..
@60
Imperials...............
@60
Mottoes..................
@65
Cream  Bar..............
@50
Molasses Bar  .........
@50
Hand Made Creams. 80  @90
Plain  Creams.........
60  @80
Decorated Creams..
@90
String Rock............
@60
Burnt Almonds......
Wintergreen Berries
@55
Caramels
No. 1 wrapped, 2  lb.
boxes  ..................
No. 1 wrapped, 3  lb.
boxes ..................
No. 2 wrapped, 2  lb. 
boxes  .  ..............

Fancy—In  5  lb. Boxes.

@30
@45

25  @

F r e s h   M e a t s .

.  5  @ 7
.  4  @ 6
-  6  @ 714
.  9  @12
.  7  @  9
5!4@ 614
414© 514

Beef.
Carcass...................
Fore quarters.........
Hind  quarters........
Loins  No.  3............
Ribs.........................
Rounds  ..................
Chucks.................
Plates  ....................
Pork.
Dressed...................
.  4  @454
Loins.....................
@7
Shoulders...............
@ 5
Leaf Lard...............
@ 7
Mutton.
Carcass.................. ..  5  @ 6
Spring Lambs.........
Carcas»

■  614@ 714
5!4@ 7

Veal

@4

Crackers.

Soda.

Butter.

Oyster.

The N. Y.  Biscuit  Co.  quotes 

SWEET  GOODS  Boxes.

as follows:
Seymour XXX...................  534
Seymour XXX, 3 lb.  carton  614
Family XXX......................  5%
Family XXX, 3 lb  carton..  6*4
Salted XXX.......................  554
Salted XXX. 3 lb carton...  6a  
Soda  XXX  .......................  6a
Soda  XXX, 3 lb  carton__  6%
Soda,  City.........................  714
Zepbyrette.........................  10
Long Island  Wafers.........   11
L. 1. Wafers, 1 lb carton  ..  12
Square Oyster, XXX.........   554
Sq. Oys. XXX, 1  lb carton.  6%
Farina Oyster,  XXX.........   554
Animals............................  1054
Bent’s Cold Water..............  12
Belle Rose..........................   8
Cocoanut Taffy...................  8
Coffee Cakes.......................   8
Frosted Honey....................  11
Graham Crackers  ..............  8
Ginge r Snaps, XXX round.  7 
Ginger Snaps,XXX  city...  7 
Gin. Snps.XXX home made  7 
Gin. Snps.XXX scalloped..  7
Ginger  Vanilla...................  8
Imperials............................  8
Jumoles,  Honey.................  11
Molasses  Cakes...................  8
Marshmallow  ....................  15
Marshmallow  Creams......  16
Pretzels,  hand  m ade......  854
Pretzelettes, Little German  654
Sugar  Cake.........................  8
Sultanas.............................  12
Sears’ Lunch......................  714
Sears' Zephyrette................10
Vanilla  Square.................. 
8
Vanilla  Wafers.................  14
Pecan Wafers— ..............  1514
Fruit Coffee........................   10
Mixed Picnic....................  10t4
Cream Jumbles..................  11
Boston Ginger Nuts...........  8
Chimmie Fadden..............  10
Pineapple Glace................  1614

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

Grains and Peedstuffs

Provisions.

Wheat.

Wheat............................... 
Winter  Wheat  Flour.

83

Local Brands.

Patents.............................   5 25
Second  Patent..................   4  75
Straight............................  4  55
Clear..................................  4 00
Graham 
..........................   4  40'
Buckwheat.......................  4 00
R ye..................................  3 00
Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour in bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.

Worden Grocer Co.'s Brand.
Quaker, 14s.....  
4  75
Quaker, 54s............................   4 75
Quaker, 14s........................  4  75

 

Spring  Wheat  Flour. 
Olney & Judson's Brand.

Ceresota, 14s...........................  5 00
Ceresota, 14s...........................  4 90
Ceresota, 54s...........................  4 85
Ball-Bamhart-Putman’s Brand.
Grand Republic, 14s.................5 00
Grand Republic, 54s..............   4 90
Grand Republic, 14s.................4 80
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Laurel,  %s.......................    5
Laurel, 14s .........................  4
Laurel, j|s .........................  4
Lemon & Wheeler Co.'s  Brand.
Parisian, 14s................ 
  5  00
Parisian, 54s...........................   4 90
Parisian. l|s...........................   4 80

Meal.

Bolted....................................  1 75
Granulated...........................   2 00

Feed and Millstuffs.

St. Car Feed, screened__ 13 00
No. 1 Corn and  Oats..........12 50
No. 2 Feed...............................12 00
Unbolted Corn Meal..........12 00
Winter Wheat  Bran..........10 00
Winter Wheat Middlings.. 11  00
Screenings.............................   8 00
The  O.  E.  Brown  Mill  Co. 
quotes as follows:
Corn.

Car  lots.............................   29
Less than  car lots............   32

Oats.

Car  lots............................... 21
Carlots, clipped.................. 22
Less than  car lots............   23

Hay.

No. 1 Timothy carlots......   10 00
No. 1 Timothy, ton lots  ... 11  00

Fish and  Oysters

Fresh Fish.

Per lb.
@ 9
Whitefish...............
T rout...................... @ 8
Black Bass.............. @ 10
@ 15
Halibut..................
Ciscoes or Herring.. @ 4
Bluefish..................
@ 11
@ 18
Live Lobster.........
@ 20
Boiled Lobster.......
Cod......................... @ 10
Haddock................. @ 8
@ 8
No.  1  Pickerel.......
Pike......................... @ 6
Smoked White........ @ 8
Red Snapper........... @ n
Col  River  Salmon.. @ 12‘/,
.............. @ 20
Mackerel 

Oysters in Cans

F. H. Counts........... @ 35
F. J. D. Selects........ @ 27
Selects .................... W 22
F. J. D.  Standards.. @ 21
Anchors.................. @ 18
Standards.........  ... @ 16“
Favorite  ................ @ 14

Oysters in Bulk.

Counts.....................
Extra Selects...........
Selects.....................
Anchor Standards...
Standards...............
Clams  ....................

- 

Shell  Goods.
Oysters, per  100.........
Clams,  per  1Q0.........

1  76
1  60
1  40
1  05
95
1  25

25@1  50
90® l  00

Oils.
Barrels.

Eocene  .....................   @1014
XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt  @ 8*4
W W Michigan...........  @814
High Test Headlight..  @ 714
D., S. Gas....................  @914
Deo. N aptha..............  @ 854
Cylinder....................30  @38
Engine.......................11  @21
Black, winter............   @9

9  00 
8 00 
9  50

10)4
4)4

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554
554
11
1034
IO34
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The  Grand  Rapids  Packing 
and Provision Co. quotes as fol­
lows:
Barreled Pork.
Mess  .............................
Back  .............................
Clear  back 
Shortcut..
Pig...........
Bean  ......
Family  ..........................
Dry Salt  Meats.
Bellies............................ 
Briskets  ......................... 
Extra shorts..................  
Smoked  fleats.  •
Ilams, 12 lb  average  __ 
... 
Hams, 14 lb  average 
Hams,  16 lb  average...... 
Hams, 20 lb average......
Ham dried beef..............
Shoulders  (N. Y. cut).  .
Bacon,  clear..................
California  hams............
Boneless hams...............
Cooked  ham..................
Lards.  In Tierces
Compound......................
Family............................
Kettle.............................
55 lb Tubs..........advance
80 lb Tubs..........advance
50 lb T ins..........advance
20 lb Pails..........advance
10 lb Pails..........advance
5 lb Pails..........advance
3 lb Pails..........advance
Bologna.....................
Liver............................
Frankfort....................
Pork............................
Blood  .....................
Tongue .......................
Head  cheese...............
6
Extra  Mess................. ..  7 (JO
Boneless  .................... ..10 00
Pigs’ Feet.
Kits, 15 lbs..................
80
a   bbls, 40 lbs.............. ..  1  65
14  bbls, 80 lbs.............. .  3 00
Kits, 15 lbs....................
a   bbls, 40 1 bs...............
14  bbls, 80 lbs...............
Pork.............................
Beef  rounds.................
Beef  middles...............
Rolls, dairy..................
Solid, dairy..................
Rolls,  creamery...........
Solid,  creamery........
Canned  Meats.
Corned  beef,  2 lb........
Corned  beef, 15  lb........
Roast  beef,  2 lb........
Potted  bam, 
14s........
Potted  ham,  14s........
Deviled f 
, 
J4s........
,.m,  54s........
Devil 
Pc 
tongue 54s......
.ted  tongue 14s........

Butterine.

Sausages.

2  00 
14  00 
2  00

Casings.

Tripe.

Beef.

5
6
6

Hides.

Hides  and  Pelts.
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol­

lows:
Green.........................5  @6
Part  cured.................  @614
Full Cured.................  6*4@ 714
D iy ............................5  @7
Kips,  green...........  .  5  @6
Kips,  cured............... 6!4@  714
Calfskins,  green........  514@
Calfskins, cured__ .. 7 ©  814
Deaconskins  ......... . .25 @30
Shearlings.............. ..  5 @  10
•  *0 @  73
Old  Wool..............
Wool.
10 @16
Washed 
..............
..  5 @12
Unwashed...........
i @ 2
.  U4@ 2
.2  50@2  7

Grease Butter........
S w itch es
G in sen g

Hiscellaneous.

Pelts.

Nuts.
Almonds, Tarragona..
Almonds, Ivaca.........
Almonds,  California,
soft shelled............
Brazils new...............
Filberts  ....................
Walnuts, Naples.,__
Walnuts,  Calif No.  1. 
Walnuts,  soft  shelled
Calif.......................
Table Nuts,  fancy__
Table Nuts,  choice...
Pecans, Small............
Pecans, Ex. Large —
Pecans, Jumbos........
Hickory  Nuts per bu„
Ohio, new...............
Cocoamus,  full  sacks
Butternuts  per bu__
Black Walnuts per bu 
Peanuts.
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Game
Cocks.....................
Fancy,  II.  P.,  Flags
Roasted..................
Choice, H. P., Extras. 
Choice, H. P.,  Extras, 

Roasted 

...........

@13
@
@1214 

@  8 @11 @12 

@11
@12 
@12 
@10 @ 6 
@10 
@12
@1  40 
@4 00 
@  60

@ 454
@ 6*4 
@ 4
e  514

21

Crockery  and

Glassware.

AKRON  STONEWARE 

Butters.

14 gal , per doz..............
1 to 6 gal., per gal...........
8 gal., per g a l.................
10 gal  , pur gal..................
12 gal., per gal..................
15 gal. meat-tubs, per gal .
20 gal. meat-tubs, per gal..
25 gal. meat-tubs, per gal- 
30 gal. meat-tubs, per gal..
2 to 6 gal., per gal............
Churn Dashers, per doz... 

Churns.

Milkpans.

614
1U

85

14 gal. flat or rd. bot., doz.
60
1 gal. flat or rd.  bot., each  51 
Fine Glazed Milkpans.
54 gal. flat or rd. bot., doz.  65 
1 gal. tint or rd. bot., each  5 

Stewpans.

54 gal. fireproof, bail, doz.  85 
1 gal. tireproof, bail, doz.l  10 
54 gal., per doz.................
14 gal., per doz..................
1 to 5 gal., per gal............

Jugs.

40

Tomato Jugs.

70

54 gal., per doz.................
1 gal., e«ch.....................
Corks for 14 gal., per doz..
Corks for  1 gal., per doz- 
30
Preserve Jars and Covers.
14 gal-stone cover, doz...  75 
1 gal., stone cover, doz. ..1  00 
5 lbs. in package, per lb -. 
2
LAMP  BURNERS.

Sealing Wax.

45

No.  0 Sun...............
No.  1  Sun...............
No.  2  Sun...............
Tubular...................
50
Security, No.  1........
85
Security, No. 2................... 
50
Nutmeg  ............................ 
Arctic................................   1  15
LAMP  CHIMNEYS—Common.
Per box of 6 doz. 
No.  0 Sun............ .............  1  75
No.  1  Sun
No.  2 Sun..........................
crimp  top.
No.  0  Sun, 
wrapped and  labeled....
2  10
No.  1  Sun, 
crimp  top,
wrapped and  labeled__  2 25
crimp  top,
No.  2  Sun, 
wrapped and  labeled.
3 25

First  Quality.

XXX Flint.

2 55

No.  0  Sun, 
No.  1  Sun, 
No.  2  Sun, 

crimp  top,
wrapped and  labeled__
crimp  top,
wrapped and  labeled.
crimp  top,
wrapped and  labeled 
CHIMNEYS -Pearl  Top.
No. 1  Sun,  wrapped  and
labeled..............................3 70
No. 2  Sun,  wrapped  and
labeled............................  4  70
No. 2 Hinge, wrapped  and
labeled..............................4 88
No. 2  Sun,  “Small  Bulb,”
for Globe Lamps............
80

3 75

La  Bastie.

Electric.

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OIL CANS. 

No.  1 Sun. plain  bulb,  per 
1 25
doz
No. 2  Sun,  plain  bulb,  per
1 50 
doz  .........................
1  35 
No.  1 Crimp, per doz..
1  60
No. 2 Crimp, per doz..
Rochester.
No. 1, Lime  (65c doz)........3 50
No. 2, Lime  (70c doz).. 
..  4  00
No. 2, Flint (80c  doz)........  4 70
No. 2, Lime  (70c doz)  ......  4 00
No. 2, Flint  (80c doz)........  4 40
Doz. 
1 gal tin cans with  spout..  1  60
1 gal galv iron with  spout.  1  75
2 gal galv iron with  spout.  3
3 gal galv iron with spout.  4 
5 gal galv iron with  spout.  5 
5 gal galv iron with  faucet 6
5 gal Tilting cans..............  9
5 gal galv iron  Nacefas  ...  9
5 gal Rapid steady stream.  9 
5 gal Eureka non overflow 10
3 gal Home Rule................ 10
5 gal Home Rule................ 12
5 gal  Pirate  King................9
No.  11 Tubular.....................4
No.  1 B  Tubular................6
No. 13 Tubular Dash......... 6
No.  1 Tub., glass fount__  7
No.  12 Tubular, side lamp. 14
No.  3 Street  Lam p........  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.

Pump  Cans,

LANTERNS.

 
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No. 0 per gross__
No. 1 per gross___
No. 2 per gross__
No. 3 per gross__
Mammoth per doz

45
45
40
1  25
20
25
3858
70

22

The  Hardware  Market.

General  trade  during  the  past  week 
has  been  characterized  by a  much  more 
hopeful  tone  than  for  a  long  time  past. 
The  removal  of  the  uncertainty  in  re 
gard  to  our  finances,  which  has  been  i 
disturbing  element  for years,  has  given 
the  business  world  a  feeling  of  confi 
dence  and  security  which  has  hitherto 
been lacking,  even  in  relatively  prosper 
ous  times.  The  expectation  is  now  very 
general  that there  will  be  a  speedy  re 
turn  to  healthful  business  conditions, 
with  renewed  activity 
in  trade,  and  a 
large  increase  in  enterprise  on  the  part 
of  both  merchant  and  manufacturer, 
There  are  indications  already  of  a  bet 
ter  state  of  things,  and  the  hardware 
market  has  a  still  mote  hopeful  tone. 
Both  retail  and  wholesale  dealers  are 
feeling  the  effects  of  this  condition  and 
are  placing  orders  with  greater  freedom 
than  has  characterized  the  trade  for 
many  months  past.  While  manufactur 
ers  are  anticipating  better  returns  for 
their  products,  they  are  not  disposed 
to  make  any  advances  which  are  not 
fully  justified  by  the  low  prices  which 
have  been  prevailing  in  the past.  There 
is  no  desire  on  the  part  of  any  one  to 
boom  prices.  All  that any  one  wants  to 
get  is  a  fair  value  for  what  he  sells.

is  not  believed  there  will  be  any  cut­
ting  on  these  figures.

Window  Glass—Conditions  existing 
in  the  window  glass  market  for  some 
time  past  show  no  change.  No  agree­
ment  has  been  reached  between  the 
manufacturers  and  their  men  and,  as  it 
looks  now,  it  will  be  near  January  1  be­
fore  any  new glass  is  made.  Stocks are 
in  all  parts  of  the 
very  much  broken 
country  and 
is 
impossible  to  get  a 
well-assorted  car  from  any  one  place. 
Glass  stocks  in  the  hands  of  jobbers  are 
also  very  much  broken  and  prices  have 
been  advanced  by  them  all.  We  quote 
at  present  glass  by  the  box 60 and  20 
per  cent.  ;  by  the  light,  60 and  10  per 
cent.

it 

Sheet  Iron—In  sympathy  with 

the 
in  steel  billets  and  pig 
slight  advance 
iron,  all  grades  of  sheet  iron  have  ad­
vanced  at  the  mill  25c  per  100  pounds. 
No  change  has  yet  been  made  by  the 
jobbers.

Corn  Poppers—Prices  on  this  line  of 
goods  seem  to  be  somewhat  lower  than 
prevailed  the  past  season.  We  quote  at 
present  as  follows:
1  qt. square...................................per doz.  $  65
2  qt. square...................................per doz. 
1 25
4 qt. square................................... per  doz.  3 00
is  not  believed  that  these  prices 

It 

will  suffer any  change  this  year.

Wire  Nails—There  is  little  change  in 
the  volume  of  business,  although, 
in 
view  of  the  condition  of  stocks  and  the 
pressing  necessities  of  some  merchants, 
small  orders  to  meet 
immediate  re­
quirements  are  being  received  by  the 
in  fair  numbers.  The 
manufacturers 
whole  situation 
is  characterized  by  a 
good  deal  of  uncertainty  and,  while 
there  has  been  no  change  made  by  the 
Association  in  the  price  at  which  nails 
are  to  be  sold,  in  many  jobbing  centers 
their  price  is  being  cut.  At  the  jobbing 
points 
in  Michigan,  we  have  heard  of 
no  deviation  from  the Association price, 
but 
it  may  come  at  any  moment.  At 
this  rate 
it  seems  impossible  that the 
present  price  can  be  maintained  for any 
great  length  of  time. 
It  is  confidently 
believed  that  on  or  before  Dec  1  we 
will  see  a  material  decline  in  the  price. 
It  is  believed  that  it  will  be  at  least  $1 
a  keg,  if  not  more,  and  that  the general 
revision  of  the  card  of  extras  will  make 
the  small  sizes  take  a  much  greater  de­
cline.  We  quote  at  present §2.85  from 
stock,  and  $2.65  from  mill.

Barbed  Wire—While  there  is  no  wire 
moving  at  the  present  time,  the  price 
is  much  firmer  and  manufacturers  are 
declining  to  make quotations  based  on 
low  prices  which  have  been  pre­
the 
vailing. 
In a  few  weeks  the  prices  will 
be  established  for  spring  shipment  and 
we  will  then  advise  the  trade  as  to  what 
they are.

Wrought  Iron  Pipe—The  market  for 
wrought  iron  pipe  is  characterized  by  a 
firmer  tone,  with  a  disposition  on  the 
part  of  the  trade  to  purchase  somewhat 
more 
Prices  have  been  ad­
vanced  by  most  of  the  manufacturers 
from  5  to  10  per  cent.

freely. 

Cordage—Further  improvement  is  re­
ported 
in  the  condition  of  the  cordage 
market  and  prices  are  now  higher  than 
they  were  a  week  ago.  We  quote  sisal 
rope  at  6c  per  pound and  man ilia  at  9c.
Poultry  Netting—An  agreement  has 
been  reached  by  the  manufacturers  of 
poultry  netting,  establishing  a  some­
what  higher  price  on  this  line  of  goods 
for  next  season.  The general  quotation 
on  ordinary  small  lots  is  80 and  10  per 
cent.,  while  on 
lots  of  50  rolls  or  more 
the  discount  will  be  80  and  15  per  cent. 
Comparatively  few  orders,  it 
is  stated, 
have  been  placed  at  the  low  price,  so  it

lay 

Snow  Shovels—As  this  is  the  time  for 
dealers  to 
in  their  supply  of  snow 
shovels,  we  find  the  following  quota­
tions  ruling  in  this  market:
Long Handle Bent.......................... per doz. #1 80
Long Handle  Straight....................per doz.  170
Long Handle Common....................per doz.  1  25
Extra for D. Handle....................... per doz. 
15
Wolverine Steel Snow Shovel....... per doz.  3 50
Cyclone Steel Snow Shovel............per doz.  3  0
Proposes  to  Levy  a  Special  Tax  on 
Joseph Kroch in Chicago Record.

Department  Stores.

The  department  store  evil  will  be  the 
main  issue  in  the next spring campaign. 
The  candidate  for  mayor and  the  can­
didates  for  aldermen  will  be  business 
men  whom  we  know  and  can  trust  to 
carry  out 
legislative  measures  of  this 
character.  No  political  organization  of 
any  party  can  triumph  against  us,  for 
we  have  seven-eighths  of  the  people  on 
our  side.  The  reformation of this burden 
upon  the  commercial  body 
is  now  at 
hand.  We  will  not  trust  our  salvation 
to  either one  of  the  old  political parties. 
Every  man—I  should  say  candidate— 
running  on  our  platform  will  be  one 
whom  we  can  confidently  rely  on.  Our 
method  consists  of  a  tax  schedule,  or 
icense,  upon  every  line  of  goods.  All 
classes  of  merchandise  will  be  properly 
classified;  any  class  or  line  of  goods 
carried  outside  of  this  classified  ar­
rangement  will  be  subject  to a  tax  fee 
of  $5  more;  for  more  than  one,  $10 ; 
three 
lines,  $20;  four,  S40;  five,  $80; 
ix,  Si60;  seven,  S320;  eight,  $640; 
nine,  $1,280;  ten,  $2,560,  and  so  on  up­
ward.  The  measure  is  legally  constitu- 
ional,  as  we  have  submitted  it  to  com­
petent  legal  authority,  and  they  declare 
t  to  be  legitimately  within  the  author- 
ty  of  a  municipal  body  to  enact  into 
I  know  of  no greater  menace  to 
aw. 
constituted  government,  such  as  ours  is 
supposed  to  typify, 
than  the  depart­
ment  store. 
is  gradually  reducing 
the  small  merchant  to  beggary,  and  if 
not checked  soon  will  in  the  course of a 
few  years  completely  exterminate  from 
business  the  lowly  store  keeper. 
It  is 
but  proper  that  we  have  remedial  legis­
lation  controlling  the  further  spreading 
of  this  enormous  parasite.

It 

No  Reduction  in  Price.

“ Eternal  vigilance,”   shouted  the ora­
liberty!”   The 
tor,  “ is  the  price  of 
glances. 
women  electors  exchanged 
‘ That  is  the  same  price  as  last  year,”  
they 
their 
shoulders.

remarked,  and  shrugged 

Are your goods  and store  more  attract- 
ve  than  they  were  last  year at  this sea­
son?  They  ought  to  be  to  entitle  you  to 
be  classed  as  progressive.

T H E  MIOHIQAN  T R A D ESM A N

TIGHT
H EATERS

FROfl $3.50 TO $9.00  EACH

Send for Catalogue.

FOSTER, STEVENS & CO

GRAND  RAPIDS.

A large number of  hardware dealers  handle

THE OHIO  LINE  FEED  GUTTERS

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OHIO PONY CUTTER

Fig. 783.  No. 11)*.

Made by SILV E R   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  Hay,  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 11)4 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.  Write  for  catalogue 
and  prices.
ADAMS  &  HART,  General  Agents,  Grand  Rapids.

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H ardw are  Price  Current.

AUQURS  AND  BIT5

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

 

AXES

First quality. S.  B. Bronze..........................   5 00
First Quality, 1). B. Bronze..........................   9 50
First Quality. S. B. S. Steel..........................   5 50
First Quality.  D. B. Steel.... ........................  10 50

BARROWS

. BOLTS

Railroad............................................ $12 00  14 00
Garden......................-.........................   net  30 00

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

BUCKETS

BUTTS.  CAST

Well,  plain................................................... $325

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

BLOCKS
Ordinary Tackle.....................  
CROW  BARS

 

 

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

CAPS

Ely’s  1-10........................................
Hick’s C. F ...............................  ...
G. D................................................
Musket...........................................

...per m 
...per m 
...per m 
.. .per m

CARTRIDGES

Rim Fire........................................
Central  Fire..................................

CHISELS

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

DRILLS

Morse’s Bit Stocks.......................
Taper and Straight Shank............
Morse’s Taper Shank....................

ELBOWS

Com. 4 piece, 6 in...... 
55
Corrugated.............................................. 
1  25
Adjustable..............................................dis 40*10

.................doz. net 

EXPANSIVE  BITS

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

FILES—New  List

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

GALVANIZED  IRON

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

14 

13 

28
17

Discount,  75

15 
GAUGES

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

KNOBS- New List

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

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  Malleables... 
Coffee, Landers, Ferry & Clark’s...............  
Coffee, Enterprise........................................ 

40
40
40
30

MOLASSES  OATES

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

70

4

65
55
35
60

50*  5 
25<& 5

80
80
80
80

60 
50<&  5 
50*  5

PANS

RIVETS

Fry, Acme..............................................60*10*10
Common, polished.................................. 
70* 5

60
Iron and  T inned........................................ 
Copper Rivets and Burs...........................   . 
60
“A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 25 to 27  9  20 

PATENT  PLANISHED  IRON 

Broken packages *c per pound  extra. 

HAMMERS

Maydole * Co.’s, new  list.....................<lis  S3*
25
Kip’s  ......................................................dis 
Yerkes & Plumb's.....   .......................... dis 40*10
Mason's Solid Cast Steel.................. 30c list 
70
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel  Hand 30c list40*10 

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS

 

 

HINGES

WIRE  GOODS

HOLLOW  WARE

Stamped Tin Ware.........................new list 75*10
Japanned Tin Ware.............. 
20*10
Granite Iron  Ware.........................new list 40*10
Pots.................................................  
60*10
K ettles......................................................... 60*10
Spiders  ...... 
60*10
Gate, Clark's, 1,2, 3...............................dis 60*10
State......................................... per doz. net  2 50
Bright.................. 
80
 
80
Screw Eyes................................... 
Hook’s..........................................................  
80
Gate Hooks and Eyes.................................. 
80
70
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s.................dis 
Sisal, *  inch and  larger............................. 
6
9
Manilla......................................................... 
Steel and lion.............................................. 
80
Try and Bevels........... 
.........................
Mitre...........................................................

LEVELS
ROPES

SQUARES

 

SHEET  IRON

WIRE

TRAPS

SAND  PAPER
SASH  WEIGHTS

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

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.
List  acct. 19, ’86...................................... dis 
50
Solid Eyes........................................per ton  20 00
Steel, Game............................................  
60*10
Oneida Community, Newhouse's......... 
50
Oneida Community, Hawley * Norton's 70*10*10
Mouse, choker........................... per doz 
15
Mouse, delusion........................ per doz 
1  25
Bright Market.............................
Annealed  Market.......................
Coppered Market.......................
62*
Tinned Market............................
50 
Coppered Spring  Steel..............
Barbed  Fence, galvanized........
2  10 
1  75
Barbed  Fence,  painted..............
HORSE  NAILS
dis 40* 1C 
Au Sable.....................................
dis 
5 
Putnam......................................
dis 10*10
Northwestern..............................
WRENCHES
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.................... 
30
50
Coe’s Genuine..............................................  
Coe’s Patent  Agricultural, wrought  .........  
80
80
Coe’B Patent, malleable............................... 
Bird  Cages  ...........................................  
50
Pumps, Cistern......................................  
80
Screws, New List...................................  
85
Casters, Bed and  Plate........................... 50*10*10
Dampers, American..  ..........................  
50
600 pound casks......................................... 
Per pound......................................................  

MISCELLANEOUS

MET ALS—Zinc

 

SOLDER

6*

63i

The  Battle  of the  Brave.

The bravest battle that ever was fought,
On the maps of the world you’ll find  It  not: 

Shall I tell you, where and when?
’Twas fought by the mothers of men.

Nay, not with cannon or battle shot,
Nay, not with eloquent word or thought 

With sword or nobler pen I
From mouth of wonderful  ment

But deep In a walled-up woman’s heart—
But bravely, silently bore her part—

Of woman that would not yield.
Lo!  there is the battlefield.

No marshaling troop, no bivouac song,
But oh, these battles!  they last so long—

No banner to gleam and wave!
From babyhood to the grave!

J oaquin  Miller.

A  Backward  Glance.

Written f o r  the T r a d e s m a n .

Between  the  old  and  the  new,  as  we 
move  onward  across  the ocean  of  time, 
the  wake  that  seemingly  connects  the 
two  grows  fainter  and  fainter.  Between 
the  village  store  of  olden  days  and  the 
plate  glass  fronted  building  of  to-day— 
often  aligned  into  ranks  with  others  of 
equal  pretensions—the  resemblance 
is 
fast  disappearing.  The  old  ox-cart  or 
longer brings  an­
lumbering  wagon  no 
tiquated  specimens  of  womankind 
in 
calico  and  poke  bonnet  to  chaffer  and 
dicker  for  bargains  with  the  slow  clerk 
or  easy-going  proprietor. 
Instead,  the 
in  vehicles,  drawn  by 
newest  marvels 
gaily  c iparisoned  horses,  dash  up  the 
village  street,  and  discharge  bevies  of 
well-groomed customers  that,  in  tact  for 
shopping,  rival  their  counterparts 
in 
Broadway.  The  farmer  in  homespun  is 
but  a  reminiscence—to be  read  about  in 
novels,  yet  seldom  seen  except  in  the 
back  settlements  where  the  shriek  of 
the 
In  his 
place  appears  the  wide-awake  granger, 
up  to  date  in  dress  and  manners by con­
tact  with  the  world,  and  thoroughly 
posted,  not  only  on  every  topic  con­
nected  with  nis  calling,  but  he 
is  also 
an  acute  observer  of  what  is going on  in 
the  great  world  outside  his  own  limited 
range  of  activity.

iron  horse  is  never  heard. 

Inside  the  country  store  the  differ­
ence  between  the  past  and  the  present 
is  equally  apparent.  There  are  modern 
fittings,  high  ceiling,  larger  area  for 
the  display  of  goods  and  a  bewildering 
variety  pt  stock  crowding  the  shelves, 
counters  and  show  cases.  There 
is  a 
harmony 
in  the  arrangement  of  wares 
that  appeals  to  cultured  taste,  and  their 
abuudance  promises  a  wide  range  of 
choice  to  fanciful  customers. 
In  addi­
tion,  there  is  an  air  of  courtesy  on  the 
part  of  clerk  and  employer  that  estab­
lishes  a  feeling  of  complaisant  satis­
faction  in  the  minds  of  shoppers  and 
elevates  the  once  dingy  store  into  the 
dignity  of  an  emporium.

The  old  box  stove,  once  the  target  for 
careless  or 
intentional  expectoration, 
and  bearing  the  marks  of  needed  atten­
tion,  has  given  place  to  the  modern 
massive  wonder  of  the  molder's  skill, 
that  sends  a  glow  of  heat  from  wood  or 
anthracite  around  the  chilly  visitor. 
No  longer  is  seen  the  group  of  rough— 
though  it  may  be  well-meaning—loun­
gers,  killing  time  and  patience  with 
boasts  of  wood-chopping,  harvesting  or 
husking  feats.  The  old  box  stove  in  the 
shed  no  longer  blushes  at  the  exaggera­
tions  always 
inseparable  from  stories 
exploiting  personal  adventure.  The  at­
mosphere  echoes  no  more  the oft-told 
tales  of  hunters  stating  the  exact  num­
ber  of  rods  between  the  deer  or bear and 
the  trusty  rifle  that  laid  him  low;  nor 
the  yarns  piscatorial  that  detail  the 
actual  weight  and  length  of  the pickerel 
that  proved 
itself  to  be  royal  game  by 
getting  away  after  a  hard  struggle.  The 
neighborhood  gossip  that  used  to  sift 
ear—spiced  as
through 

tongue  and 

often  with 
indignation  as  with  sym­
pathy—has  taken  a  change  of  venue  to 
the  village  newspaper,  where  it  is  more 
delicately  handled. 
The  bores  who 
were  all-day  sitters,  and  the  sitters  who 
were  all-day  bores,  are  now  “ conspic­
uous  by  their  absence.”   The  spirit  of 
progress 
is  abroad  and  has  swept  old 
things  into  the  dust  heap  of  dim  recol­
lection,  and  a  new  order  has  been 
evolved,  crowded  with  aspirations  that 
continually  press  for  recognition.

Perhaps  there  are  a  few  who  regret 
the change  and  mourn  over  the  degen­
eracy  of  the  present.  But  to  the  major­
ity,  upon  whom  modern 
innovation 
works  no harsh memories by  way  of  con­
trast,  every  such  change  is  only  a  nat­
ural  movement  from  good  to  better,  or 
from  better  to  a  best  that  has  no  limit 
to  its 
improvement.  Occasionally  may 
be  heard  a  croaking  cry  from  the  poli­
tician  that  this  change  is  not  real  but 
only  seeming.  He insists  that  the  pros­
perity 
is  but  misery  clothed 
in  an  optimistic  veil  of  pretense,  which 
direct  calamity  will,  in  time,  rend  and 
reveal  to  the  mistaken  advocates  of  an 
opposite  party  as  the  result  of  their 
selfish  policy.

indicated 

But  the  philosopher,  carefully  scan­
ning  the  trend  of  modern  progress,  is 
inclined  to  view  the business conditions 
illustrated  by  the  evolution  of  the  coun­
try  store  as  a  bona  fide  improvement  in 
the  wealth-earning  power  of  the  people 
in  territory  adjacent,  to  whom  the  store 
is  a  necessary  factor  in  the  distribution 
of  products.  Because  all  who  till  the 
soil  do  not  attain  uniform  success  does 
not  prove  that  farming  is,  in  the  main, 
a  profitless  occupation.  Commerce  and 
manufactures  also  languish  at  times, 
from  well-known  causes,  and many have 
been  the  failures  recorded  of  enterpris­
ing competitors  in  each  of  these  depart­
ments  of  the  world’s 
industry.  Under 
our  free  system  of  government  the  mass 
of  earnest  workers  are  sure  to  rise, 
though  all  may  not  attain  an  equal 
measure  of  prosperity,  by  reason  of  un­
equal  natural  powers  or of  individual 
conditions.  The  influence  that  propels 
in  the  direction  of  progress 
the  mass 
comes  from  the  spirit  of 
invention, 
which 
is  never  restful  after  a  triumph 
but  is  continually  aspiring.

We  have  noted  the  country  store  as 
one  instance  of  modern  progress and de­
velopment.  But  the growth  of  cities  is 
much  more  wonderful  in  this  age—this 
splendid  age—until  they  are  likely  to 
absorb  half  the  population.  We  may 
well  rejoice  at  every  sign  of  progress 
which  appears 
in  rural  districts,  be­
cause  in  the  latter  larger  proportionate 
benefits  can  be  realized  by  each  indi­
vidual,  owing  to  the  lessened  cost  of 
living.  The  country  store 
is  getting 
nearer  to  the  people  whose  wants  it 
serves,  thus  saving  many  days  of  travel 
each  year  to  larger  centers  of  business. 
The  knight  of  the grip,  who  was  never 
known  to  miss  an  opportunity  to  in­
crease  trade,  has  aided  much  in  devel­
oping  the  enterprise  of  its  proprietor. 
In  spite  of  the  fact  that  excessive  com­
petition  has  increased  the  number  and 
lessened  the  profits  of  each,  one may ac­
cept  the  decadence  of  the  typical  coun­
try  store  of  the  olden  time  as  a  token  of 
commercial  progress,  and  hail  its  suc­
cessor  as  a  visible  proof  of  its  being  in 
touch  with  the  demands  of  the  present.

S.  P.  W h it m a r sh.

NAILS

 

Advance over base, on  both  Steel  and  Wire.

Steel nails, base.......................................  
  2 80
Wire nails, base................................................  2 85
50
10 to 60 advance.......................................... 
80
8..................................................................  
7 and 6......................................................... 
75
4..................................................................  
90
3 .......................................................................  1 20
2 ..................................................................   1  60
1  60
Fine 3 ................................................  .  ... 
Case 10..........................................................  ©
75
Case  8..........................................................  
90
Case  6..........................................................  
75
Finish 10...................................................... 
Finish  8 ...................................................... 
90
Finish  6 ...................................................... 
10
Clinch 10...................................................... 
70
80
Clinch  8 
Clinch  6 ...................................................... 
90
Barrel  X........................................................... 
' 75

 

 

PLANES

Ohio Tool Co.’s.  fancy................................   x*50
Sciota Bench................................................ 
60
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  faucy.........................  @50
Bench, firstquality......................................   @50
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood............  
60

* @ * ..........................................,v .  ...... 
12*
The prices of the many other qualities of solder 
in the market indicated by  private  brands  vary 
according to composition.

TIN—Melyn Grade

10x14 IC, Charcoal........................................* 5 75
14x20 IC, Charcoal......................................   5  75
20x14 IX, Charcoal......................................   7 00

Each additional X on this grade, $1.25.

TIN—Allaway Grade

10x14 IC, Charcoal......................................   5 00
14x20 IC, Charcoal......................................   5 00
10x14 IX, Charcoal......................................   6 00
14x20 IX, Charcoal......................................   600

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, Alla way Grade............   11  00
8
14x56 IX, for  No.  8  Boilers, I 
14x56 IX, for  No.  9  Boilers, f per pouna " ' 
9

BOILER  SIZE TIN  PLATE

nollnd 

I  ■ q   O V l  V P  A   D O   How  much  you  have  lost  by  not  sending  or- 

T   t A R O   ders  to  us for our superior quality

U U K  

Now  that  the  smoke  of  the  campaign 
has  cleared  away,  you  will  see  more 
smoke  from  the  S.  C.  W.  You  do  not 
need  silver  or gold,  but  only  a  nickel  to 
get  the  S.  C.  W.

BARCUS  BROTHERS,  flanufacturers  and  Repairers,  Muskegon.

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

One  could  not  be  afraid  within  sound 
of  that  cheery  music.

They^say  * ’All things come to him who 
waits ;” so  the  wish  of my  life  to  be sea­
sick  was  granted  Thursday.  The  waves 
were  long  and  slow  and,  as  the  little 
boat  lifted  and  fell,  the water felt greasy 
and "gave  me  the  most awful  sensation. 
The  Captain  said 
it  was  a  dead  swell, 
and 
it  came  near  to  making  a  dead 
woman  of  me.  At  4 o’clock  we  reached 
Ludington  and  I  was  glad  to  find  rest 
and  a  chance  to  recover  at  the  Read 
House.  Friday you  know  was,  also,  the 
13th-  an  awful  combination  to  combat. 
Fortunately,  the  air was clear  and  crisp 
and  cold  and  I  set about  my  work  with 
a  grim  determination  to  defeat  any  evil 
effects  of  either  Friday  or  the  13th. 
My  task  was  increased  because  Captain 
Read  said  I  must be  very  careful  not  to 
walk  over a  cellar  door,  as  it betokened 
“ bad  luck.”   There  must be  a  million 
in  Ludington  and 
1  was  dizzy  with 
dodging  in  and out to avoid them.  Well,
I  landed  thirteen  orders  and  they aggre­
gated--well,  a  goodly  sum. 
Friday 
night  I  came  on  to  Manistee.  At  Man­
istee  Junction  our  train  was  held  one 
hour  and  five  minutes. 
I  am  sure  you 
would  have  been  edified  at  the  patience 
and  good  humor  with  which  we endured 
the  delay,  for  which  there  was  no  ap­
parent  excuse.  Our good  host,  Killean, 
met  us  with  a  smiling  face. 
I  am  sure 
six  more  weary  knights  never  struck 
camp.

life  worth 

Yesterday  I  was  abroad  early  with 
grip  and  grit—my  measure must  not  fall 
short—so the  day  must  give  forth  suc­
cess.^  Saturday 
is  the  grocers’  “ busy 
day,”   and  yesterday  seemed  filled  with 
the  spirit  of  rush.  1  stopped  and  asked, 
Is 
living?  How  quite 
ludicrous all  this  wild  rush,  for  no  pur­
pose  save  to  feed  and  cloth  a  lump  of 
I  think 
day. 
is  Amelia  Barr  who 
“ Is  death  worth  dying?”   and 
asks, 
replies, 
les­
sons  are  all  finished  and  a grave  is  well 
earned.”   So  I  presume  I  must go  on 
until  I ’ve  earned  my grave.
Among my customers here is J.  A.  John­

“ No,  it  is  not  until  life's 

it 

son,  one  of the  pioneer  residents  of  the 
State.  He recounts the most intensely  in­
teresting stories about early  days  here  in 
Manistee  and  his  experiences.  He  was 
in  a  reminiscent  mood  yesterday  and 
among  other  things  he  said  that  in  1844 
—I  think  I  have  the  date  correct—he 
was 
in  business  here  and  got  his  sup­
plies  from  Grand  Haven  on  the  backs 
of  Indians,  having  sent  them  from  here 
after  them.  He  also  said  that at  that 
time  Chicago  was  only  an  unpromising 
village,  and  bought  all  her  goods  in 
Kalamazoo.  Conceive,  if  you  can,  K al­
amazoo  supplying  Chicago!  A  Mr. 
Gale,  after whom  Galesburg  was  named, 
went  to  Chicago  and,  on his return,  said 
he  didn’t  think  Chicago  would  ever 
it  was  too 
amount  to  much,  because 
near  to  Sheboygan. 
tricks 
Time  plays! How  little  we  can tell when 
we and  our  small  affairs  may  serve  him 
as  a  plaything,  to  carry  into  favor  or  to 
destroy!

Strange 

And  now  I  have  another  Sunday  al­
most  spent.  As  I  write,  the  bells  for 
evening  service  are  calling  the  faithful. 
Sunday  means  to  all  laborers,  save trav­
eling  men,  rest;  to  him  it means unrest. 
If  the  day  be gloomy,  then  he,  too,  is 
gloomy  and  distrait;  if  it  be  bright  and 
sunny,  then  his  very  soul  sickens  with 
longings  for  home  and  the  dear ones ; 
and  the  brighter  the  day  the more lonely 
and  homesick he is.

M r s.  W.  R .  A l l e n .

England’s  Food  Laws  Weak.

The  pure  food  laws  of  Great  Britain 
are  supposed  to  be  most  effective,  but  a 
forty-page  report,  by  a select  committee 
of  the  House  of  Commons,  alleges  cer­
tain  difficulties 
in  their  enforcement. 
The government  analysts  have  found  in 
the  markets 
large  numbers  of  samples 
of adulterated  butter,  the  majority,  it  is 
claimed,  coming from foreign countiies.
A  Boston  tailor  says by sign :  “ Trou­
sers  sponged  and  pressed 
for  10  cents 
It  is  hoped  the  man" 
while  you  w ait.”  
has a  warm  shop  for  the  poor dude  who 
■ s  waiting  without  trousers.

Notwithstanding  the  recent  advance  in  silk,  we 
quote prices that will bring  us  some  good  orders. 
We will send one piece  of  each  good  staple  color 
in  each  width  on  memorandum  or  samples  and 
color card on application.

Nos.

Nos.

All  Silk S  &  0 .  0 .  Safe  Brand  or  Honesty.
5

7 

9 

12 
$0.63 

16
$0.75

$0.30

$0.39 

$0.51 

22
$0.90

40
$1.05

Extra  Quality  Estelle.

2

12 
$0.27 $0.60  go.75  $1.00  $1.25 

9 

7 

5 

16
$1.50

22
$1.75

40
$2.50

10 per cent, trade discount.  Regular  10  per  cent, 

discount on all orders of $20 or over.

This chance to buy your ribbons for Holidays good 

for 20 days only.

3 4

W EEK  ON  THE  ROAD.

Incidents  of  Seven  Days’  Travel 

along  the  Lake  Shore.

I. 

Manistee,  Nov. 

15—My  visit  to  the 
Tradesman  office  last  Monday  morning, 
brief  as  it  was,  did  me a  world  of  good 
and  has  helped  to  a  week  of  success. 
If  all  the  traveling  men  knew  how  ex­
hilarating  a  visit  to  the  Tradesman  is, 
I  think 
it  would  become  the  Mecca 
from which all would start on their  week­
ly  pilgrimage.  I  remained  long  enoufih 
to  miss  the  G.  R.  & 
train  and 
had  to  take the  West  Michigan.  This 
landed  me  in  Muskegon  one  hour  later 
and  forced  me  to do  some  “ hustling”  
in  order  to  make  my  Monday’s  work  a 
fit  pattern  for  the  remainder  of  the 
week. 
I  have  imbibed  the  popular  idea 
that 
“ as  goes  Monday  so  goes  the 
week. ”   In  my  opinion  the  adage is true 
—perhaps  because  it  ensures  one  hard 
day’s  work  and  its  fruit,  success.  Suc­
cess  incites  to  renewed  effort  and  thus, 
day  after  day,  interest  grows  and  the 
result  proves  the theory.  What  a  quaint 
old  town  Muskegon  is!  How perceptible 
the  proofs  of  vanished  lumber  booms 
and  business  and  how  promising  the 
new  era  of  factories!  To  me  all  towns 
are  alike  and  consist  of  depots,  hotels 
and  grocery  stores.  There  may  be  a  few 
churches,  parks  and  city  halls,  but  m 
eyes  are  not  focused  properly  to  tak,, 
them  in. 
In  grocery  stores  Muskegon 
is  peculiarly  blessed,  there  being  over 
eighty  within  the  city  limits,  and  as 
they  all 
look  prosperous,  the  peopl 
must appreciate  them.

it.  All 
who  would  fail  to  appreciate 
foreordained  to  the 
women  were  not 
keeping  of  home any  more  than  are  all 
men  equal  to  making  one. 
In  my  judg­
ment  we should  do  the  work  that  comes 
to  our  hands,  conscientiously  and  care­
fully,  and  then,  failing  of  success,  we 
need  have  no  remorse. 
Forgive  my 
homily,  but  I  feel  so  deeply  on this sub­
ject. 
I  am  trying  so  hard  myself,  and 
it  is  a  very  tender  point  with  me.

Let  me  tell  you  some  more  of  my  ex­
periences  this  week:  Wednesday  was  a 
typical  day  on  the  road,  one  of  those 
hurry-skurry  kind  which  I  do  enjoy— 
rushing  from  one  small  town  into  the 
next  and  then  fairly  flying  to get  out 
and  onward  to  another.  At  noon  I  loca­
ted  a  freigth  train  in  the West Michigan 
yards  and  by  good  luck  found  the  ca 
boose  just  as  the  engineer  pulled  out. 
At  1  o’clock  I  arrived  at  the  twin  cities 
of  Whitehall  and  Montague,  both “ good 
towns”   from  the grocery  man’s  point  of 
view.  A  drive  in  a  higglety-pigglety 
wagon  to  Montague  and  return  resulted 
in  an  empty  order  book  and  an  emptier 
stomach.  A  good  supper  mended  the 
latter,  and  Mr.  Sveningston,  the  buyer 
for  A.  Mears  &  Co.,  filled  the  gap  in 
the former,so  the 9 o’clock  train  carried 
a  satisfied  “ drummer”   into  Shelby  for 
It  must  be  that  the  landlord 
the  night. 
in  the 
of  the  Shelby  hotel  believes 
“ early  bird”   theory;  anyway  we  were 
all  shoo’d  off our  roosts  at 6  o’clock 
in 
the  morning,  while  at  6 ¡30 a  few  lag­
gards,  who  had  not  responded  to  the 
first  call,  were 
just  pulled  out  nilly 
willy.  Shelby 
is  a  wide-awake  little 
town,  has  four good  grocery  stores  and 
a  good  table at  the  hotel—quail  on  toast 
and  venison  steak  for  breakfast.

in 

in  Muskegon 

Odd,  isn’t  it,  how  what one day seems 
a  curse  proves  a  blessing  the  next 
When 
last  summer  I  al 
most  said  wicked  words  because  every 
two  blocks  I  would  have  to  take  off  my 
shoes  to  pour  the  sand  out,  but  now, 
it  poured  rain  all  day 
blessed  sand! 
Tuesday,  yet  a  borrowed  umbrella  and 
the  sand  made 
it  possible  for  me  to 
come  in  at  nigth  dry  of  foot and  only  a 
little  damp  and  disheveled  as  to  head, 
also  with  a  fat  order  book  and  a  happy 
heart.  I  guess  “ confidence  is restored,”  
as  I  noticed  all  the  “ other boys”   were 
also  busy  copying  orders.  After  I  had 
completed  mine  and  had  written  my 
regulation  billet  doux,  I  re-read  the  ar­
ticle 
last  week’s  Tradesman  about 
a  wife  who  undertook  to  help  her  hus­
band  and  how  he  lost  his  ambition  and 
went  to  the bad  altogether.  The  moral 
“ woman,  sick  to  your 
pointed  was, 
knitten. ”  
I  had  upon  first  reading  felt 
quite 
indignant  that  this  isolated  case 
should  be  held  up  as  an  awful  warning 
and  example,  showing  the  result  of  a 
woman’s  effort  to  do  that work for which 
she  was  best  fitted,  rather  than  that  to 
which  popular  opinion  condemns  her. 
However,  on  second  reading,  the  gran­
deur  of  this  woman’s  character,  as 
depicted—it  would  seem unintentionally 
—by  the  writer,  was  revealed  to  me. 
First, 
the  wifely  devotion  which 
prompted  her  to  put  her  hand  to  the 
plow ;  then  the courage  which  enabled 
her  to  meet  and  surmount  the  obstacles 
which  women  in  business  must  always 
meet,  and, 
tender 
and 
loving,  toward  the  husband  when 
he  rewarded  her  by  neglect  and miscon­
duct. 
Is  there  a  man  who  would  act  so 
noble  under  such  provocation?  No,  I 
am  sure  he  would  simply  go  off and  get 
drunk.  With  this  new  view  of  your 
story,  my  indignation  has  cooled  and  I 
now  feel  impelled  to  thank  you  for  your 
compliment  to  the  “ women who work.”
I  am  not  a  sentimentalist,  neither  do  I 
cry  out  for  woman’s  rights,  but  I  do be­
lieve  man's  sense  of  justice  will  grant 
to  woman  all  the  privileges  and  rights 
that  she  proves  herself  able  to  earn. 
Fate  has  made  me  a  worker. 
I  have 
minded  my  business  to  the  best  of  my 
ability  and  taken  what  I  could  get. 
I 
begun  to 
realize  at  a  very  early  age 
that  woman  has  her  limitations—not  a 
very  pleasant  discovery—but  I  set  about 
adjusting  my  talents  and  qualifications 
to  my  scope. 
I  think  if  more  women 
would  put  aside  pride  and  idle  habits 
and  put  their neck under  the  yoke which 
their  husbands  are  dragging  so  hope­
lessly,  they  would  be  happier,  health­
ier and  wealthier.  Few  men  there  are I

last,  her  patience, 

By  the  10  o’clock  train  Thursday  I 
continued  my  pilgrimage.  Made  Mears 
four  times  and  reached  the  town  of 
Pentwater  for  dinner.  Apropos  of  noth­
ing,  here 
is  a  funny  story—a  true  one, 
too—vouched 
for  by  Mr.  Wren,  the 
veteran  conductor  of  the  C.  &  W.  M. 
I ’ll  first  say  that the  town  of  Hart  is  on 
a  spur of  the  railway,  four  miles  east  of 
Mears,  so  that  the  train  stops  at  Mears 
station  both  going  to  and returning from 
Hart.  A  gentleman  last  summer  made 
the  trip  from  Muskegon  to  Pentwater 
and  return  in  one  day. 
It  was  his  first 
trip  over  the  road.  Going  north,  the 
brakeman  called, 
“ M ears!”   A  little 
while  after,  as  the  tiain  again  reached 
the  station  on 
its  way  from  Hart,  the 
call  again  sounded,  “ M ears!”   Return­
ing  to  Muskegon,  the experience was,  of 
course,  repeated.  Reaching  Muskegon 
depot,  a  hackman  approached  him  and 
enquired  if  he  wanted  a  hack.  The man 
said,  “ Do  you  go  to  Mears?”   The  as­
tonished  hackman  replied,  “ No!  cer­
tainly  not.”  
“ All  right  then,”   said 
the  man,  “ if  you  don’t  goto Mears,  I ’ll 
go  to  a  hotel. ’ ’

Have  you  seen  Pentwater?  Well,  you 
ould  be  reminded  of  that slang phrase,
1  popular  a  while  ago,  about  “ biting 
off  more  than  you  could  chew,”   be­
cause  here  stands  a  mammoth  pile  of 
brick  and  stone  some one  had  hoped  to 
make  into  a  grand  hotel  and  only  suc­
ceeded  in  evolving  a  dismal  failure. 
I 
am  told  there  are  hundreds  of  miles  of 
it—and  the  work­
electric  wiring 
In  this  town  Sands 
men  not  yet  paid. 
&  Maxwell’s  store 
is  the  goal  toward 
which  all  traveling  men  turn  their  toes. 
Charley  Moody,  the  buyer,  is  so  genial 
and  courteous  that  one  hardly  realizes 
he  has  been  turned  down  until  he gets 
outside  and  the  blank  page  proves it.  A 
new  cash-carrier  system 
is  being  put 
in  their  store  and  they  report  trade 
“ looking  up.”

in 

The  little  steamer  Maxwell  signalled 
to  sail  at  2  o  clock,  so  I  hied  me  away 
to  Ludington. 
Just  as  the  boat  passed 
out  from  the  harbor  into the  lake,  there 
was  the  most  terrific  crash  you  can  con­
ceive. 
I  shouted,  “ We  are  lost!”   The 
Captain  answered  tersely,  “ Struck  bot­
tom.”   “ Bottom!”   I  exclaimed,  while 
visions  of  my  lifeless  body  lying  un­
claimed  at  the bottom  of Lake Michigan 
flashed through my mind and recollections 
of  all  I  must  leave  behind  came  to  me.
Bottom  of  the  boat, ’ ’  he  responded 
and  went aft  whistling  “ Sweet Marie. ”  
How  reassuring  a  whistling  man  is!

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PAINT  AND  VARNISH

A .  W .  S M IT H

915  E.  MAIN  STREET, 

JACKSON,  MICH.

Travelers*  Time  Tables.

CHICAGO

Sept.  7,  189#

and Wert Michigan R'y

can reach.

We aie offering t«» the trade the genuine  article,  and  at  a  price that all 
Onr paints are suitable for any u*e where a nice raven black is required. 
< ontatns no Coal Tar, and «  11 not crack, blister or peel.  Sold in  quan­

tities to suit purcnaserp.

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GRAND  R A PID S,  M ICH.
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Office, Mich. T rust Bldg.  W orks, Butterw orth Ave. 

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

Highest  Price  paid  for  Empty  Carbon  and  Gasoline  B arrels

M an’f ’r  
S trictly 
Hand Made 
Brooms 
and
W hisks

It is a  big,  pure,  full  weight,  solid
r»und bar (16 oz.) which retails for  only 
cents.  Get the price you can  buy It  at 
from  your  Wholesale  Grocer  or  his
Agent.  One trial  and  you  will  always 
keep it in stock.

DOLL  SOAP

10U Bars In Box, 18.50.  This is a Cracker 
Jack to make a ran on, and  it  will  be  a 
winner for you both ways.

Manufactured only by

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CHICAGO.  '

5  AND 7  PEAPL STREET.

Going to Chicago.

Muskegon via Waverly.

Returning from  Chicago.

Manistee, Traverse City  and  Petoskey.

Lv.  G’d. Rapids...........8:30am  1:25pm  tll:00pm
tr. Chicago.................  3:00pm 6:50pm t 6:30am
Lv.Chicago................ 7:20am  5:00pm tll:30pm
Ar. G’d Rapids............1:25pm  10:30pm  t 6:10am
Lv. G’d.  Rapids............ 8:30am  1:25pm  6:25pm
Ar.  G’d. Rapids............. 10:15am 
........... 10:30pm
Lv. G’d Rapids........  7:20am  6:80pm  ........
Ar Manistee...............  12:06pm  10:25pm  ...........
Ar. Traverse City......  12:40pm 11:10pm  ............
Ar. Charlevoix......... 
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Ar.  Petoskey................  4:55pm  ........................
Trains arrive from north at 1:00p.m.  and  0:50 
p.m.
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Chicago.  Parlor cars on afternoon trains*and 
North.  Parlor  car  for  Traverse  City  leaves 

sleepers on night trains.
Grand Rapids 7:30am.

PARLOR  AND  SLEXPINO  CABS. 

3:15pm 

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Others week days only.

DETROIT

Jnno *8,1896
4 Lansing ft Northen R. R.

Going to Detroit.

Returning from  Detroit. 

Saginaw, Alma and St. Louis.

Lv. Grand  Rapids..........7:00am  1:30pm  5:25pm
Ar. Detroit.................... 11:40am  5:40pm 10:10pm
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Lv. Detroit..................... 7:40am  1:10pm  6:00pm
Ar.  Grand  Rapids........12:30pm  5:20pm 10:45pm
Lv. G R 7:00am 4:20pm  Ar. OR 11:56am  0:15pm 
Lv.  Grand  Rapids..........7:noam  1:30pm  5:25pm
Ar.  from Lowell......... 12:30pm  5:20pm 
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Parlor cars  on all trains  between  Grand  Rap­
ids and Detroit and between Grand Rapids  and 
Saginaw.  Trains run  week days only.

To and from Lowell.

THROUGH CAB SBRVICB.

Gao.  Di Havbn,  General Pass. Agent.

GRAND Trank Railway System

Detroit and Milwaukee Dlv.

Eastward.

tNo. 14  tNo. 16  tNo. 18  *No. 8« 
Lv. G’d Rapids.6:45am  10:20am  3:25pm  11:00pm
\f.  Ionia........7:40am  11:25am  4:27pm  12:35am
Ar.  St. Johns..f :25am  12:17pm  5:20pm  1:25am
Ar.  Owosso 
9:00am  1:20pm  6:05pm  3:lOam
Ar.E.Saginaw 10:50a-i  3:4'pm  8:00pm  6:40am 
Ar. Bay City.. 11:30am  4:35pm  8:37pm  7:15am
Ar. Flint........10:06am  3:45pm  7:05pm  5:40am
Ar. Pt.Huron. 12:05pm  5:50pm  8:50pm  7:30am 
Ar. Pontiac..  10:53am  3:05pm  8:25pm  5:37am 
Ar.  Detroit..  11:50am  4:05pm  9:25pm  7:05am 

Westward.

For G’d Haven and Intermediate Pts__*7:00am
For G’d Haven and Muskegon............... +1: tf)pm
For G’d Haven and Intermediate Pts__t5':05pm
For G’d Haven and Milwaukee..............10:05pm
tDaily except Sunday.  «Daily.  Trains arrive 
from the east, 6:35a.m„ 12:50p m.,  4:48p.m.  10:00 
p.m.  Trains  arrive  from  the  west,  6:40a.m., 
10:10a.m., 3:15p.m.,  9:55p.m.
Eastward—No.  14  has  Wagner  Parlor  Buffet 
car.  No. 8 Parlor car.  No.  82  Wagner  sleeper.
Westward—No. 11 Parlor  car.  No.  15 Wagner 
Parlor Buffet car.  No. 81  Wagner sleeper.

J as. Ca m p b e l l , City Pass. Agent.

GRAND  Rapida  & Indiana Railroad

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“ Its  as  good  as  Sapolio,”  when  they  try  to  sell  you 
their  experiments.  Your  own  good  sense  will  tell  —S  
you  that  they  are  only  trying  to  get  you  to  aid  their  —g  
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public?  The  manufacturers,  by  constant and  judi-  —S  
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very  presence  creates  a  demand  for  other  articles.

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Northern  Dlv.

Leave  Arrive 
Trav. C’y, Petoskey & Mack...+ 7:45am  t 5:15pm 
Trav. C’y, Petoskey & Mack.. ,t 2:15pm  t 0:30am
Cadillac................................... t 5:25pm til :10am
Train  leaving  at  7:45  a.m.  has  parlor  car  to 
Petoskey and  Mackinaw.
Train leaving at 2:15  p.m.  has sleeping  c arta 
Petoskey and Mackinaw.

Southern  Div.

Leave  Arrive«
Cincinnati...............................t 7:10am  t  8:25pm
Ft. Wayne............................... t  2:00pm  t   1:55pm
Cincinnati..............................* 7:00pm  * 7:25am
7:10a.m.  train  has  parlor  car  to  Cincinnati. 
7:00p.m. train has sleeping car to Cincinnati. 

Muskegon Trains.

GOINS WEST.

LvG’dRaplds.............. t7:35am  tl.-OOpm t5:40pm
Ar Muskegon..............  9:00am  2:10pm  7:06pm
Lv Muskegon.............t8:10am  til :45am  t4:00pm
ArG’d Rapids............ 9:30am  12:55pm  6:20pm
A. ALMquisT, 

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

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