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Volume XIV.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  MAY  12,  1897.

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Number  712

Notice to the Grocery Trade

Many  men representing to sell  Elsie  Cheese  are  selling 
other makes  under our name.  Elsie Cheese can  only  be 
bought direct from the  Factory  or  from  the  Musselman 
Grocer  Co.,  of  Grand  Rapids.  Elsie  Cheese  are  all 
stamped  “Michigan  Full  Cream,  Factory  No.  12.”
Elsie Cheese has maintained its high reputation for twenty 
years and  is the best selling  Cheese on the market.

M.  S. DOYLE, eL S I E .   M IC H .

DEALERS IN

ILLUMINATING  AND LUBRICATING

OILS

NAPHTHA  AND  GASOLINES

Office and  Works,  BUTTERWORTH  AVE., 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH,

Bulk works at Grand  Rapids,  Muskegon,  Manistee, Cadillac,  Big Rap­
ids,  Grand  Haven,  Traverse City,  Ludington, Allegan, 
Howard  City,  Petoskey,  Reed  City,  Fremont,  Hart. 
Whitehall, Holland and Fennville.

Ighest  Price  Paid  for  Em pty  Carbon  and  Gasoline  Barrels. 

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PEBKIH8 & HESS, T  HR, FUTS, WOBl iM TallOW (

We carry a stock of cake tallow for mill  use.

Nos.  m i and 13 4 Louis St., 

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Grand Rapids.

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is  here.  Winter  flours  are  in  good  de­
mand.  Especially the household favorite,

LILY WHITE

This is a very white, pure flour, as its name 
implies. 
It  is  a  native  of  Michigan.  At 
the same time it has  become  popular  not 
only 
in  Michigan  but  in  several  other 
states.  A  great  many 
families  have 
adopted  it as their  family  flour,  and  they 
will have no other.  A great many grocers 
have  it  for  sale  because  these  families 
come after it  time  and  time  again  and— 
buy  their  groceries where  they  buy  their 
flour.  A great many grocers who have in­
troduced it  in their  town  continue  to  sell 
it  for  the  same  reason.  Do  you  need  a 
trade winner?  We  suggest “Lily  White."

VALLEY  CITY  MILLING  CO.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Prepared  Cake  Frosting

Put  up  in  12 oz.  glass jars,  in  Lemon,  Vanille,  Chocolate and  Rose.  2  do/.,  jai 

A   quick  seller and  a trade  winner.

:>rted  Hovors in a case.

For sale  by  L E E   &  C A D Y   and  W. J.  G O U L D   A-  CO., Jobbers,  Detroit,  Mich. 

M a n u f a c t u r e d   b y   T O R G E S O N ,   H A W K I N S   C O . ,   K a l a m a z o o ,  M i c h .

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Hanselman Candy Co.,

Name stamped on each piece of the genuine.  ♦

Kalamazoo,  Mich.

426-428*430  East  Main  Street,

“The  Famous  Festival”  “Monarch”

“Our  Purity”  “ Michigan  Best  Roller”

ARE THE BRANDS THAT ARE 
MAKING  US  FAMOUS

Wm' Proprietors* ^  

ALLEGAN  ROLLER  MILLS,  Allegan, Mich.

Will  be  a  Trade  Winner  for  you  or  from  you. 

Be up to date  and  introduce 
it into your town.
Write for special  price.

Jonathan  Hale & Sons

L yons,  M ich.

HALE’S
ENTIRE
WHEAT
FLOUR
Store,  Window and
Porch

All Shapes,  Colors and  Shades.

WIESINGER  AWNING  CO.,  Hfrs.,

Phone 1824.

2  W est  Bridge S t., Qrand Rapids, Mich.

J. A. MURPHY, General Manager. 

The Michigan Mercantile flgencu

FLOWERS, MAY & MOLONEY. Counsel.

SPECIAL  REPORTS. 

LAW   AND  COLLECTIONS.

Represented in every city and county In the United States and Canada.

Main  Office:  Room  1102,  Majestic  Building,  Detrrit,  Mich.

N.  B.—Promptness  guaranteed  in  every  way.  All  claims  systematically  and  persistently 
licient service.  Terms 

bandied until collected.  Our facilities are unsurpassed for prompt and 
and references furnished on application.

INCLUDES  THE  ITEM

“ Ice  Cream  Lost  or  W asted.”

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MUD’S  SLUG  SHOT  WORKS

T h e   v a lu e   o f  a ll  w o r k   o r  a c tio n   m u s t  be 

m e a su re d   b y   th e   u ltim a te   r esu lt.

There  has  been  sold'  through  the  seed  dealers 
considerably over five million pounds of S lu g S h ot. 
Unless S lu g S hot had  proved  a  useful  and  valua­
ble  article  for  common  use,  no amount of advertis­
ing  could  have  developed  the trade or held it.  A s 
a general  Insecticide it stands  unrivalled. 

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B E N JA M IN   H A M M O N D . 

For pamphlet  address,

F is h k ill-o n -th e -H udson,  N.  Y .

D E C O R D   OF  *
^   W OOL  PURCH ASES

Wool  dealers  should  provide  themselves  with 
one of the Tradesman  Company’s  Improved  Wool 
Records, by means of  which an accurate  and  com­
pact  account  of every  purchase  can  be  kept.  Sent 
postpaid on receipt  of $i.

T radesm an  C om pany,

Grand  Rapids.

The  New  Round 
Qrand  Rapids 

Ice  Cream  Cabinet

W ill  make  ciphers  of  the 
figures  opposite  this  item.

It  is handsome  and  in  keeping  with  Soda  Foun 
tain surroundings.  Its  looks  please customers.  Its 
convenience enables  the dispenser to serve  custom­
ers  promptly. 
Its  economy  in  Ice  and  cream  will 
please  every owner of a fountain.

Made in sizes from 8 to 40 quarts.
Send for Description and prices.

Save Dollars n u n  coupons Chocolate  Cooler Co.,

QRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

S ir e  T  ro u b le 
Save Losses 

Our  Star

Attraction

Seymour

Crackers

Pulverize one in your  hand  and  feel  the  grain. 
Taste one and learn the flavor.
The best cracker to  buy  is  the  cracker  which  is 
best.  Grocers who  choose  this  motto  buy  Sey­
mour Crackers.
The quality of your  stock  is  the  main-shaft  of 
your business.
Seymours are all stamped in the center with  an 
“S” (note border of ad).
Write for sample.  Manufactured only by

The New York Biscuit go.

Grand  Rapids.

Manistee,  Mich.

A .  O., W H E E L E R ,

M.  B.  W H E E L E R . 
S.  D.  K O P F . 

Private  Line 
Phones

W e  have the best at reasonable  prices. 
When  you  are  ready  to  connect  your 
house and  store,  office and  factory,  etc., 
write  us  for  prices  and  information.
They  are  not expensive.

M.  B.  Wheeler  &  Go.,

25 Fonatain St., Qrand Rapids.

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*  HOLLAND I Barrels, full white hoops.......   $6  50 | HERRING

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Subject to being unsold.

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Have only 20 barrels and  15  half barrels.

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QRAND RAPIDS.

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Volume  XIV,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  MAY  12,1897.

Number  712

For  Sale  and  Rent  because  of  Old  Age
N ew stock  of  Furniture,  now opening,  just  from 
factories,  for  $Soo.  W ill  rent  the  largest,  best- 
equipped  furniture store  in  Kentucky,  three stories 
and  basement;  large elevator; can  make fair  part of 
rent storing;  houses,  120x43,  surrounded  by largest 
retail  and  wholesale  houses  in  city. 
I  am  74  years 
old; must  quit.  Rare  opportunity  for live  furniture 
man.  Rent,  $1,000  for  one  year;  or $900 per year, 
5  years,  monthly  payments.

Address,  F R A N K   L.  HALT,#,  Owensboro,  Ky.

COMERCWL  CREDIT  CO.,  LIU.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Private Credit Advices.

Collections made  anywhere 

in  the  United  States  and 

Canada.

S U S P E N D E R S !

L O O K !  Non-elastic  web shoulder 
pieces.  Best leather sides.  Special 
iron!  tubes.  Retail  at  25  cents.
Write

GRAHAM  ROYS  &  CO.,

FITCH  PLACE,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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Twelve  Dozen  is  a  Gross,  Sir! 

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Cost Bootr wtll help you keep  tab 
on  what  your  goods  COST—“by 
the  Gross”  or  “by  the  Dozen.”
You can then BUY RIGHT.  Send 
for sample leaf and prices.

BARLOW  BROS.,

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GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 
H SH 5H 5H SH 5H 5H 5H 5¿H ESe

He Preferred Bankers 
Ufe Assurance Go.

Incorporated  by100 M IC H IG A N

B A N K E R S

Maintains a Guarantee  P'und. 
Write for  details.

Home Office,  Moffat Bldg.,

DETROIT,  MICH.

TO  CLOTHING  MERCHANTS

W e still have on  hand  a  few  lines  of  Spring  and 
Summer Clothing and  some small  lots  to  be  closed 
at  sacrifice.  Write  our  Michigan  representative, 
WILLIAM  C O N N O R ,  Box  346,  P.  O.  Marshall, 
Mich.,  and  he will call  upon you,  and  if he  has  not 
what you  want,  will  thank you  for looking and you 
will learn  something  to  your  advantage  about  our 
coming  Fall and  Winter line.  Mail orders promptly 
attended  to  by

MICHAEL  KOLB  &  SON,

Wholesale Ready Hade Clothing rianufacturers, 

Rochester,  N.  Y.

Established  nearly  one-half a century.

PATENT  M EDICINES
Order your patent medicines from

PECK  BROS.,  Grand  Rapids.

IS  HÇ  A  GROCER?

Interesting  Point  Raised  by  Miss 

Rogers,  of  Copemish.

individuals  and, 

Copemish,  May  7 -Knowing  full  well 
the  contempt  in  which  “ kickers”   and 
“ soreheads"  are  rightfully  held,  I  yet 
run  the  chances  of  being  classed  with 
those  unpleasant 
in 
behalf  of  all  the  competitors  in  the  re­
cent  prize-essay  competition  who  are 
bona-iide  retail  grocers,  1  rise  to a point 
of  order. 
I  wish  to  know—and  it seems 
to  me  that  others  also  will  wish  to  know 
— why  the  original  conditions  laid  down 
by  the  National  Cash  Register  Co.  in 
its  letter  of  Dec.  15  to  the  Tradesman 
were  not  rigidly  adhered  to.

That  letter  was  published  a  number 
of  times  in  the  Tradesman  and  I  think 
all  copies  of  it  were  identical.  A  prize 
of  $25  in  gold  and  a diploma was offered 
for  the  best  essay  written  by  a  retail 
grocer  on  the  subject,  “ How  to  Suc­
cessfully  Conduct  a  Retail  Grocery 
Store. ’ ’

The  point  I  raise  is  simply  this— Is 
Mr.  Conklin,  to  whom  the  judges  have 
awarded  the  prize  in  the  competition,  a 
retail  grocer?  If  a  list  of  the  retail  gro­
cers  of  the  city  of  Grand  Rapids  were 
to be  made,would  he  be  included  in  the 
list? 
If  not,  why  was  he  allowed  to 
compete?  You will  observe  I  do  not  find 
fault  with  the  judges  for  pronouncing 
his  essay  the  best— I  simply  want  to 
know  why  he  was  allowed  to  enter  in 
the  competition?  No  question  but  Mr. 
Conklin  is  a  good  trotter,  but  why  was 
he  allowed  on  the  track?

As  I  understand  the  ordinary  use  of 
the  word,  a  grocer 
is  one  engaged  in 
the  sale  of  certain  articles  of  food,  such 
as  tea,  coffee,  sugar,  etc.  After  a  man 
has  ceased  to  be  engaged  in  such  busi­
ness,  if  we  speak  of  him  as  a  grocer  at 
all,  it 
is  as  an  ex-grocer  or a  retired 
grocer.  A  man  may  be  justly  styled  a 
doctor  long  after  he  has  ceased  to  prac­
tice  medicine—or,  indeed, 
if  he  has 
never  practiced  at  all—because  the 
meeting  of  certain  educational  require­
ments  constitutes  him  a  doctor;  but  I 
think  the  word  grocer  is  not  used  in this 
way. 
If  a  man  made  several  changes 
in  business 
in  a  year,  starting  in  as  a 
grocer,  selling  out  and  going  into  dry 
goods,  then  selling  again  and  embark­
ing 
in  the  hardware  business,  would 
you  still  style  him  a  grocer?  The  bio­
graphical  sketch  of  Mr.  Conklin  does 
not  state  just  at  what  time  he closed 
out  his  mercantile 
to  his 
nephews. 
If  that  sale  was  made  pre­
vious  to  the  time  Mr.  Conklin  wrote  his 
essay,  I  cannot  see  how  he  was  entitled 
to  consideration  in  the  competition. 
It 
would  be  a  somewhat  strained  use  of 
language  to  call  him  a  retail  grocer  for 
some  years  previous  to  this  transfer.

interests 

If  the  committee  will  consider  how 
many  retired  merchants  have at  some 
time  in  their lives  been  engaged  in  the 
grocery  business,  and  the  fact  that  their 
having  been  successful  enough  that they 
could  retire  makes  them  the  hardest 
people  in  the  world  to  compete  against, 
they  will  see  why  we  should  not  want 
any  such  in  the  contest,  unless  they  had 
full  right  to  enter  it.  I  cannot  see  why 
the  “ rules  of  the  game”   should  not  be 
as  strictly  applied  in  a  contest  of  this 
kind  as  in  a  ball  game  or a  prize  fight; 
but  if  it  can  be  made  clear  to  me  that 
Mr.  Conklin 
is  a  retail  grocer,  I  will 
cheerfully  withdraw  all  objections.

it  was  promised  that  a  com­
mittee  of  three  judges  should  determine 
the  award,  I  do  not  find  fault  with  the 
matter  being  determined  by  only  two, 
since they,  no  doubt,  tried  to  act  with 
all  possible  fairness.

While 

E ll a  M.  R ogers.

While  the  criticism  relative  to  the 
terms  of  the  offer  for  this  competition 
may  seem  to  have  some  pertinence,  the 
Tradesman 
is  not  prepared  to  agree 
with  all  the  propositions  offered  by  its 
esteemed  correspondent.  For  instance, 
a  distinction 
is  proposed  between’  one 
who  has  acquired  a  profession—as  a 
physician—and  one  who  has  learned  the 
retail  grocery  business.  The  Tradesman 
fully  agrees  with  the  writer  that  the 
fact  that  one  has,  at  some  time  in  his 
life,  carried  on,  or  attempted  to  carry 
on  that  line  of  trade,  should  not  consti­
tute  him  a  retail  grocer;  but  when  one 
has  made  that  branch  of  trade  a  profes­
sion  for  many  years,  has  learned 
it 
most  thoroughly  in  all  its  elements  and 
complications  in  the  efficient  school  of 
successful  experience,  the Tradesman  is 
scarcely  able  to  see  the  difference  be­
tween  the  retired  grocer  and  the  retired 
doctor,  so  far  as  their  professional  rec­
ognition  is  concerned.  The  Tradesman 
did  not  understand  that  the  offer  was  to 
be  restricted  to  those  who  might  be 
keeping  a  grocery  or  actively  engaged 
in  dispensing  the  necessaries  of  life 
over  the  counter  or  it  would  have  been 
necessary  to  have  had  the  contestants 
submit  vouchers  as  to  their  qualifica­
tions.  As  far as  any  evidence  at  band 
is  concerned,  it 
is  not  entirely  clear 
whether  the  writer  of  these  strictures 
would  be  technically  qualified,  if  the 
strict  interpretation  indicated  should  be 
insisted  upon,  although  the  able  article 
she  submitted  for  the  contest  would 
seem  to  indicate  the  correctness  of  the 
inference  that  she 
is  a  retail  grocer. 
However,  there  is  no  such  name  on  any 
list  of  the  retail  grocers  of  Michigan  to 
which  the  Tradesman  has  access.

in 

line, 

in  that  special 

Had  the  award  been  given  to  one  not 
actively  engaged  in  the  trade  and  who 
had  not  been  qualified  by  many  years of 
experience 
the 
“ point  of order”   would  have  been  well 
taken;  but, 
inviting  to  such  con­
test,  the  intention  is  to  get  the  best  that 
practical  experience  and  study  can give 
and  to  exclude  such  as  have achieved 
their  success  and  are  resting  on  their 
laurels  would  be  to  exclude  those  best 
qualified  as  teachers  in  the  profession 
just  at  the  time  when  their  advice  is 
most  authoritative  and  valuable.

As  to  the  point  suggested,  that  the 
decision  was  made  by  a  committee  of 
only  two  members,  the  Tradesman  begs 
leave  to  state  that  the  essays  were  sub­
mitted  to  the  members  of  the committee 
separately,  and  each  without  the knowl­
edge  of  the  decision  of  the  other,  de­
cided  upon  the  same  article.  Of  course, 
the  calling  in  of  another  member  could 
not  have  changed  the  decision,  and 
would  seem  to  have  been an unnecessary 
matter of  form.
Standard  Oil  Company  Sues  a  Town­

interesting 

ship.
lawsuit  is  soon  to  be 
tried  over  the  right  of  township authori­
ties  to  exact  a  license  fee  from  dealers 
who  deliver  goods  to  customeis.  The 
plaintiff 
is  the  Standard 
Oil  Co.,  which  has  sued  the town  au­
thorities  of  Mount  Holly,  N.  J.,  to  re­
cover  the  amount  of  a  license  fee  col­
lected  from  the  driver  of  one  of  the 
company’s  wagons. 

in  this  case 

An 

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UNIVERSAL  POSTAL  CONGRESS.
There  is  now  in  session  at  Washing­
ton  the  fiftieth  congress  of  the  Inter­
national  Postal  Union,  and 
is  an­
nounced  that  considerably  more  than  a 
hundred  delegates  are 
in  attendance. 
A  building  has  been  especially  fitted 
up  by  the  Government  for  the  accom­
modation  of  the  congress,  and  every 
preparation  has  been  made  for  the  en­
tertainment  and  reception  of  the  dele­
gates.

the 

All  the  nations  of  the  world,  with  the 
exception  of  the  Orange  Free  State,  in 
South  Africa,  and  Corea, 
little. 
Asiatic  kingdom  over  which  Japan  and 
Russia  are  disputing,  are  members  of 
the  Universal  Postal  Union,  and  it  is 
understood  that  these  two  countries  will 
join  the  Union  at  the  coming  congress. 
It  will  thus  be  seen  that  the  congress 
will  witness  the  final  consummation  of 
the  aims  of  the  founders  of  the  Univer­
sal  Union,  as 
it  will  witness  the  spec­
tacle  of  the  whole  world  united  under 
a  uniform  set  of  rules  in  the  matter  of 
communication  by  letter.

The  congress  will  sit  for  about  six 
weeks  and  will  discuss  many  subjects 
connected  with  the 
international  mail 
service.  Reforms  in  methods  of  trans­
porting  and  handling  mail  matter  will 
no  doubt,  be  projected  and  possibly 
adopted,  and  every  possible  effort  will 
be  made  to  bring  about  improvement  in 
the  means  of  communication  with  dis­
tant  parts  of  the  world.

Although  the  Universal  Postal  Union 
was  organized at  a  convention  at  Berne, 
in  Switzerland,  called  on  the  invitation 
of  Germany,  it 
is,  nevertheless,  a  fact 
that  the  United  States  took  the  first 
steps  in  the  direction  of  bringing  about 
a  general  understanding  among  the  na­
tions  on  the  subject  of  handling  mail 
matter.  ’ From  the  very  beginning  this 
country  has  been  a  stanch  advocate  of 
the  Universal  Union,  and  has 
initiated 
many  of  the  improvements  in the handl­
ing  of  mails  which  have been  generally 
adopted.

The  manufacture  of genuine  French 
is  the  latest  American  indus­
absinthe 
try.  This  is  guaranteed  to be  the  real 
stuff,  straight  from  the  boulevards. 
It 
is  made  from  the  common  wormwood 
which  is  found  in  many  old  New  Eng­
land  gardens  and  from  which  a  thick 
oil  is  distilled. 
It  has  been  found  by 
an  examination  of  custom-house  exports 
that  sixty  years  ago  large  quantities  of 
this  American  wormwood  were exported 
from  New  York  and  Vermont to France, 
where  it  was  used  in  making  absinthe. 
But  so  large  has  the  home  consumption 
now  grown  that  we  now  use  all  the 
wormwood  for  our  own  production,  as 
well  as  five  times  as  much,  which is  im­
ported  from  France  and Germany.  The 
American  wormwood  is  regarded  as  the 
best  in  the  world.

Manchester  and  Liverpool,  which  are 
only  an  hour  apart  by  rail,  are  fighting 
a  great  commercial  duel.  Manchester 
has  spent  an  enormous  sum  to  construct 
a  ship  canal  to  divert  the  trade  of 
Liverpool,  and  the  latter  city  has  put 
$45,ex» ,000  into a  new  system  of  docks.

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DRESS  REFORM  CN  BIKES.

Proper  Attire  for  Wheelwomen—Tips 

on  Caring  for  Wheels.

From the New  York Sun.

seem 

When  the  biking  sisterhood 

can’t 
wheel  they  can  talk,  and  that’s  the  way 
they  put  in  their spare  time.  Wherever 
some  of  them  gather  together,  in  the 
Park,  along  Riverside,  or  in  any  one  of 
the  many  bicycle  academies,  the  chat 
is  sure  to be  about  wheels,  wheelers,  or 
wheeling.  At  present  the  enthusiasts, 
young  and  old,  are  very  much  taken 
with  the  new  woman  instructor,  Mrs. 
Axtell.  She 
is  kept  busy  answering 
from  morning  until  night. 
questions 
The  good-humored  cyclists 
to 
think  that  her  opinions  concerning  the 
infallible. 
sport  are 
In  the  academy 
where  she 
is  employed,  when  not  on 
the  road  giving  instruction,  she  stands 
at  a  desk  in  one  corner  shut 
in  by  a 
high,  strong  wire  lattice.  And  well  she 
may  be  for  safety's  sake,  so  one  thinks 
after  watching  her  for awhile.  A  stream 
of  fat  women,  thin  women,  women  with 
stunning  figures,  old  maids 
in  short 
skirts  and  young  girls  in  shorter  skirts, 
followed  by  a  mob  of  children,  come 
and  go  in  front  of  her  cage  and  ask  her 
questions. 
It’s  funny  to  stand  near by 
and  listen  for  a  while, and  a  novice  can 
pick  up  a  great  many  good  pointers  by 
doing  so.  The  first  sister  to  poke  her 
face  through  the  little  opening  was puff­
ing  and  panting.  She had  just  come  in 
from  a  morning  spin  and  jerked  out  be­
tween  puffs:

I’m  no  novice.  Why, 

“ Can  you  tell  me  why  it  is  I  get  so 
winded? 
I’ve 
been  riding  over  a  year  and  can’t  to 
save  my  life go  over  ten  miles,  and then 
I  have  no  breath  left  in  me. 
I’m  not 
so  very  stout,  you  see,’ ’  she  continued, 
smoothing  down  her ample  sides,  “ that 
is,  considering  the  size  of  my  frame.
I  only  weigh  189  pounds.”

“ Size,  madam,  has  nothing  to  do 
instruc­
with  it,”   answered  the  woman 
tor. 
“ You  wish  me  to  be  frank  with 
you,  of  course?  Yes?  Well,  then,  your 
corsets  are  too  tight,  and  that  is the rea­
son  you  get  out  of  breath  so  easily. 
If 
in  a  chair  your 
you  should  sit  down 
breath  would  be  cut  right  off.  The 
same 
is  true  of  seven  out  of  every  ten 
women.  When  a  woman  sits  down  nat­
urally  her  figure  bends.  It  isn’t  perfect­
ly  straight,  as  it  is  when  she  stands.  Of 
course,  the  corset  bends  with  the  figure 
and  shuts  off all  chance of  her  taking  a 
full,  long  breath.  Some  women  go  all 
their 
lives  without  even  enjoying  per­
fect  freedom  in  breathing.  Now,  when 
you  sit  on  the  wheel  your  position,  if 
correct,  is  almost  that  which  you  as­
sume  in  sitting  on  a  straight chair,  and, 
of  course,  a  tight  corset  cuts  off  the 
wind. ’ ’

“ Whenever  I  go  to  make  a hill, “ said 
the  stout  woman,  “ my  mouth  flies  open 
almost  automatically,  and  then  I  begin 
to  puff  and  pant  and  pant  and  puff  like 
an  old-fashioned  fire  engine.”

“ Certainly,  you  do,”   answered  Mrs. 
“ And  you  get  a  slight  pain 

Axtell. 
about  the  heart,  too,  don’t  you?”

‘ “ Yes,”   answered  the  woman,  and 
an  echo  came  from  all  down  the  line, 
“ So  do  I.”
“ It  all  comes  from  being  tightened 
up,”   continued  the  authority,  “ and 
then  people  have  a  chance  to  say  that 
wheeling  is  bad  for  the  heart.”

it  is,”   put 

“ I  believe 

in  a  pretty 
brown-eyed  girl,  “ for  I  know  I  have  no 
heart  affection,  and  yet  I  always  feel 
that  nagging  pain  at  my  heart  after 
making  a  hill.

“ How  should  a  woman  dress  for  cy­
cling?”   asked  an  elderly  woman  away 
down  the  line 
“ l  know  columns  have 
been  written  about  it  and  lecturers  on 
dress  reform  have  reeled  off  yards  of 
advice  about  tne  proper  dress 
for 
cycling,  but  you.  as  an  invalid  who  has 
been  competely  cured  by  the  wheel,  tell 
us  what  you  think  about  it.”

“ Then  I  can  answer  all  of  your  ques­
tions  in  one,”   said  Mrs.  Axtell  with  a 
laugh,  “ because 
if  you  dress  as  I  say 
the  puffs, and  the  pants  and  the  pains 
about  the  heart  will  all  disappear.  Now 
that  summer 
is  almost  on  us  wheel- 
women  should  dress  most  comfortably

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

.   n n u   —   •  

_ _  .  ■  —  
a |   w f  are reinforcing their frames.  Reinforced name.
T U B S   H A P P Y   I”  A n f l  I L   I   are an absolute necessity it  maximum  strength
minimum 
weight  is 
d e s ir e d . 
Some  makers  are  not  rein­
forcing  their  frames.  A  bi­
cycle  fiame  without  rein­
forcement m ay  stand  up;  most  of them 
probably will.  Our cheapest Clipper,  the 
.No. SO,  (toO DO)  is made of 1)6 Inch 18 gauge 
seamless  tubing  in  main  frame,  %  rear 
stays  and  \  tapered  rear f orks,  with  no  rein­
forcements except in rear forks.  In '96 we made 
5 ooO  of  these  frames.  We  had  five  times  as 
many broken ones returned for repair as we had 
of an equal number made  of  1)6  Inch  20  and  22 
gauge reinforced seamless tubing of same make 
and  same  carbon.  The No.  80  weighed  28  lbs., 
the others from 22 to 25 lbs.
Did you ever see  a reinforced Clipper  frame 
broken!  We  have, but they  are  “ as  scarce  as 
hen’s teeth.”  You may not  pay  quite  as  much 
for a Clipper with  reinforced  frames  as  others 
ask,  but  that  does  not  signify  that  Clippers 
cost less to make.  Expensive advertising  must 
be paid for by somebody.  The spiral name plate 
tell s you the' wheel to buy.  Any Clipper  dealer 
will tell you the price you  ought to pay.
GRAND  RAPIDS  CYCLE  C O ., 

MADE  BY

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

IF  YOU  ARE

A dealer and thinking of adding a line of  Bicycles, 
or a dealer with a line of  Bicycles, or a  rider  in the 
market, you are

INTERESTED

in knowing what there  is_on the market.

We  presume  you  know  something  about  Cy­
cloid,  Keating,  Winton,  Columbus  and  Stormer 
Bicycles. 
It’s certainly worth a cent  (or  postal) to 
get catalogues and  prices.

We  have  a  very  attractive  proposition  to make 

to you.  Spend a cent.

Stud ley  &   Jarvis,

Grand Rapids. Mich.

Use Tradesman Gompanu’s Bicycle  Contracts

it 

for  warm  weather,  and  to  save  the 
breath,  first,  last,  and  always.  Never 
ride  without  wool  next  to  the  skin.  The 
most  comfortable  material  is  a  wool and 
silk  mixture  called  pongee.  Even  those 
most  sensitive  to  wool  can  wear this, 
is  soft  enough  to  put  on  a  new­
as 
born  babe. 
It  comes  in  union  suits  or 
in  vests  and  equestrienne  tights;  some 
women  prefer  to  wear  all  in  one,  others 
the  two  separate  pieces.  The  wool  ab­
sorbs  the  perspiration  and  the  silk  is 
cool  and  keeps  the  garment  from  stick­
ing  to  the  body.

“ If  one  must  wear  a  corset,  wear  a 
bicycle  corset,  which  is  very  short  over 
the  hips  and  abdomen ;  and  wear  it  so 
loose  that  it  just  hangs  on.  Take  care 
that  it  hasn’t  a  stiff  bone  in  it,  and  that 
it 
is  as  pliable  as  possible.  But  go 
without  a  corset  if  your  figure  will  pos­
sibly  admit  doing  so.  Wear  a  closely 
woven  ribbed  corset  cover  instead,  and 
then  you’ll  find  that  your  mouth  won’t 
fly  open  when  you  face a  hill  or  buck 
against  a  strong  headwind.  The bloom­
er as  an  undergarment  has about  bad  its 
day,  and  women  who  wheel  for  pleas­
ure  wear  instead  knickerbockers  with  a 
cuff  at  the  knee.  Of  course  I  don’t 
mean  tight  knickers,  but  those  with 
about  as  much 
fullness  as  a  man’s 
bloomer.  Over  the  knickers  wear  a 
short  skirt;  short,  mind  you. 
1  don’t 
mean  one  that  comes  just  below  the 
knee,  but  neither  do  I  mean  one  that  is 
ankle  length.  Women  have  lengthened 
their bicycle  skirt  this  spring,  and  it  is 
a  great  mistake.  The  ready-made  suits 
all  have  longer  skirts,  and  the  tailors 
say  that  their  orders  are  nearly  all  for 
longer  skirts.  That’s  the  resaon  you 
see  so  many women  on  wheels  clutching 
at  their  skirts  nowadays.  A  long  skirt 
for cycling is ungraceful,  uncomfortable, 
and  daneerous.  When going  for  a  ride, 
covering  any  distance,  always  wear  a 
sweater;  but  a  shirt  waist  is  more  com­
fortable  for  a  short  spin  in  town.  The 
feet  should  be  clad 
in  golf  stockings 
and  low  shoes,  and  above  all  things  do 
not  wear  trimmed  hats  when  wheeling. 
It  is  exceedingly  bad  form,  and  my  ad­
vice  is  not  to  wear  a  veil.  A  veil  looks 
inappropriate  with  a  cycling  suit.  You 
are  out  for the  air and  you  shouldn’t  try 
to  take 
it  sifted  through  a  yard  nr  two 
of  chiffon  or  net. ’ ’

“  But one’s hair  blows about  so,”   said 
a  young  woman  whose  locks  showed 
that  they  knew  the  tortures  of  the  curl­
ing  iron.
“ Let  it  blow ,”   said  Mrs.  Axtell  era 
phaticaHy. 
“ T he  women  who  have  the 
most  beautiful  hair  are  those  who  let 
it 
loose  so  that  the  a ir  can  get  to  it  on 
every  possible  occasion.  And  it  is m uch 
better  for  the  eyes  and  com plexion to go 
w ithout  a  veil.  Clothed  in 
I 
have  advised,  you  wheelwomen will find 
freedom.  T he  steepest  hill  will  not 
even  bluff  you,  and  you  will  know  the 
joy  of  breathing  in  a  full supply of fresh 
a ir and  sunshine.

the  way 

“ Another 

suggestion.  When 

two 
women  ride  together  they  talk  all  the 
while  like  a  couple  of  buzzsaws  running 
against  each  other.  Just  before  coming 
to  a  hill,  or  when  riding  against  the 
wind,  learn  to  keep  your  mouth  shut, 
breathe  through  your  nose. 
is  a  lit­
tle  bard  at  first,  but  it  is  worth  the  sac­
rifice  m  the ease and comfort it brings. ’ ’
“ But  about  the  heart?”   reminded  the 

It 

plump  girl.

“ It  has  been  said,”   the  instructor 
went  on,  “ that  no  one  should  ride  a 
wheel  without  consulting  a  physician. 
This 
is  very  good  counsel,  providing 
one  consults  a  doctor  who  knows  his 
business  Nearly  every  one  will  be  ad­
vised  to  ride  if  such  a man  is consulted; 
but 
if  a  wise  physician  tells  a  woman 
not  to  ride  a  wheel  and  gives  her a 
satisfactory  reason  why  she  should  not 
do  so,  then 
let  her  follow  his  advice 
Every  woman  who  complains  of  that 
pain  about  the  heart  hasn’t  heart  dis 
ease  by  long  odds.  You  never  hear  old 
time  wheelwomen  complain  of  it,  the 
women  who  ride  for  health  and  pleas­
ure.  These  complaints  come  from  two 
classes  of  women.  One  is  composed  of 
the  women  who  ride  to  show  them­
selves.  They  usually  have  elegant  fig­
ures  and  they  lace  themselves  into  fine 
suits  and  mount  a  wheel  because  they

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8

know  that  they  will  be conspicuous.  We 
hear  a  great  many  complaints 
from 
them  about  the  injury  that  the  bicycle 
does  to  women.  The  other  class  is  com­
posed  of  sensible  women,  who  ride  for 
pleasure,  but  through 
ignorance  dress 
improperly,  and  so get  these  little  tug­
ging  pains  about  the  heart  back,  and 
limbs. 
In  certain  diseased  conditions 
of  the  heart  cycling  has  proved  very 
beneficial.  Taken  in  moderation  it im­
proves  the  nutrition  of  the  organ  and 
develops  the  muscular fibres,  thereby en­
abling  the  heart  to  perform  the  work 
that  the  Creator  intended  it  to  perform. 
Scorching,  hill  climbing,  and  century 
runs  are  not  moderate  forms  of  wheel­
ing,  and  only  women  of  perfectly  sound 
physique  should  attempt  them.  The 
pains  that  the  average  woman 
feels 
about  her  heart  do  not  come  from  a  dis­
eased  heart,  but  from  the  terrible  mus­
cular  effort  necessary  to  pump  enough 
air  into  her  tightly  squeezed 
lungs  for 
breathing  purposes.  To  go  without  cor­
sets  may  not  be  so  romantic  as  to  have 
heart  disease,  but it’s a  sight  more  com­
fortable. ”

“ Do  you  think  that  a  woman  can ever 
learn  to  care  for and  adjust her  wheel?”  
asked  a  willowy  blonde,  pushing  her 
way  to  the  head  of  the  line.

“ Very  few  women  can  learn  to  ad­
just  a  wheel, “   answered  the  authority 
promptly,  “ and  comparatively  few  men 
do. ’ ’

“ Where  would  a  woman  learn  to  ad­
just  a  wheel?  She  would  have  to  go  to 
a  man  who  thoroughly  understands  a 
bicycle,  and  bicycle  mechanics  for  the 
last  three  seasons  have  had  no  time 
in 
which  to  teach  women  to  adjust  their 
own  wheels.  Anyway,  not  every  man 
has a  head  for  mechanics. 
I  don’t  say 
that  no  woman  can 
learn  to  adjust  a 
wheel. 
I've  jumped  off  mine  many 
times  to  adjust  some  man’s,  but  I  own 
frankly 
came 
through  my  husband,  who  understands 
mechanics  perfectly.  He  had  to  bang 
and  bang  before  I  got  all  the  points 
through  my  head. ’ ’

that  my  knowledge 

“ Well,  you  see  I  try  to  care  for mv 
interrupted  the  blonde, 
it  really  takes  nearly  all  the 

own  wheel,”  
“ and 
pleasure out  of  riding. ”
young  and  old.

“ Yes,  it  does,”   cried  a  dozen  voices, 
instructor, 
“ No  woman,”   said  the 
“ can  take  care  of  her  wheel  properly 
and  not  have  nervous  prostration. 
It  is 
much  better  to  store  one’s bicycle,  espe­
cially 
in  New  York,  where  room  is  so 
valuable  that  dwellers,  especially 
in 
apartments  and  boarding  bouses  (and 
the  vast  majority  of  riders  are  such) 
find 
it  inconvenient  to  provide a  place 
for  bicycles.  When  a  woman  comes  in 
from  a  ride  she 
is  tired  and  wants  to 
take  her  bath,  change  her  clothing,  and 
rest.  She  does  not  want  to  stop  and 
spend  an  hour  or  two  cleaning  her 
wheel,  which  is  absolutely  necessary  for 
its  preservation;  so  she  puts 
it  off. 
After  she  gets  her  bath,  she  does  not 
want  to  get  all  mussy,  as  she  expresses 
it,  so  she  puts  off  cleaning  it  again. 
When  she  is  ready  for another  ride  she 
finds  her  wheel  still  uncleaned,  and  of 
course  it  takes  away  the  greater  part  of 
if  sne  has  to  stop  and 
the  pleasure 
clean  it  before  starting. 
It  is  worth  a 
great  deal  more  than  the  little  it  costs 
to  store  a  wheel.  No  woman  can  take 
her  wheel  apart  and  clean  it  properly. 
She  hasn’t  the  tools  with which  to work, 
and  after getting  it  apart  she  couldn’t 
get  it  together again. 
If  she  stores  her 
wheel  it  is  thoroughly  cleaned  by  an ex­
pert  every  time  she  comes  in  from .the 
road,  and  if  she should want  to  use  it  in 
three  hours  again  she  would  find  it  in 
apple-pie  order. 
Indeed,  a  woman  is 
foolish  to  wear  herself  out  keeping  her 
mount  furbished  up,  especially  when 
she  can’t  half  do  it.”

Bicycles  Scare  the  Birds.

From the Chicago Tribune

“ Birds 

in  the  park?”   said  the  old 
South  Park  policeman,  “ naw,  not  now. 
There  used  to  be  lots  of  them,  building 
nests 
in  every  bush  and  singing  on 
every  tree,  but  nowadays  there’s  noth­
ing  but  sparrows.  Sometimes  there’s  a 
bird  or  two  that  tries  to  nest,  but  they 
don’t  -stay  long.  The  bicycles  are  too 
much  for  them.

“ You  see,  it's  like  this,”   he  contin­
“ Before 
ued  to  his  interested  listener. 
the  bicyclists  got  so  numerous  most  of 
the  people  in  the  parks  and  boulevards 
stuck  pretty  well  to  the  roads and walks, 
and  were  only  around  in  the  daytime. 
But  since  the  bicycles  have  brought  us 
such  crowds  the  whole  place  is  entirely 
overrun  with  people,  who  find  every 
shady  spot,  walk  around  every  bush, 
and  lean  up  against  every  tree.  Espe­
cially  they  make  night  into  day,  and 
lucky 
indeed,  is  the  poor  bird  which 
can  find  a  roosting  place that is  not  dis­
turbed  by  the  presence  of  the  omnipres­
ent  riders.

“ The  result  of  this,  in  my  observa­
tion,  has  been  the  almost  entire  lack  of 
the  little  songbirds  that  used  to  make 
thé  parks  a  pleasure  to  walk 
in  during 
summer.  There  were  orioles,  thrushes, 
catbirds  and  robins  in  the  larger  trees, 
and  quantities  of  yeilowbirds,  flycatch­
ers  and  warblers  in  the  bushes. 
In  the 
fall,  when  the^  leaves  dropped,  there 
could  be  counted  nests  in  the bare limbs 
by  the  hundreds.  Nowadays  the  few 
nests  you  see  are  principally  sparrows'. 
Ugh!”   And  the  big  policeman  turned 
away  disgustedly.

to  be  getting  very 

English  professionals  in  bicycling are 
having  a  bard  time  this  season  in  se­
curing  contracts  to  ride  for  wheel  man­
ufacturers,  and  those  who  get  the  con­
tracts  seem 
little 
money.  An  English  cycling  paper says: 
“ A  well-known  rider  who  has  recently 
jumped  suddenly  into  fame  was  offered 
£20 a  week  for  six  months 
in  Paris. 
This  offer,  however,  he  refused.  On 
his  return  to  England  the  best  offer  he 
could  get .was  ¿\o  per  week.  The  rac­
ing  man 
is  finding  it  much  more  diffi­
cult  to  fix  up  this  year,  and  several 
well-known  world's  record  holders  are 
still  open  to  ride  any  make  of  tire  or 
machine.  Some  of  the 
lights 
have  even  had  to  purchase  their  racing 
machine. ”

lesser 

It 

is  better  for  a  young  man  to  rest 
with  the  chickens  at  dark  than  to  go  on 
a  lark  in  the  night.

We pre Having a Hood
Trade in Biegcle Bargains.

On  receipt of check,  with  size of  per­
son  wanting wheel,  we ship  S econd 
H and  W h eels  subject  to  approval.

Gents’  Wheels  -  $20  to $25. 
Ladies’ Wheels  -  $25 to $30.

.... and new  wheels__

Gents’ 
Lauies’ 

- 
- 

$27  to  $35.
.  $30 to  $40.

You  take no  chances,  for  if,  on  arri­
val,  wheel  is  not  satisfactory,  ship  it 
back  and  we  will refund  freight paid 
as  well as  money sent us and you  will 
not  be  out a  cent.  W e  refer  you  to 
this  paper as to our integrity.

C. C.  FOLLMER & CO.

WHOLESALE  SHINGLES,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

His  Offence  Magnified.

From the Chicago Daily Tribune.

“ The  charge  against  you,  prisoner,”  
said  the  magistrate,  “  is  that  you  were 
caught 
in  the  act  of  purloining  haber­
dashery. ’ ’

“ It  ain’t  so,  y ’r  Honor,”   snivelled 
the  abject  wretch,  “ an’  de  cop  knows 
it.  All  I  wuz  doin’  wus  stealin*  neck­
ties.”

W e  make a compact contract drawn 
up by one of the ablest  attorneys in 
the  country,  which  we  are  able  to 
furnish  at  following  prices:

100, $2;  500, $3;  ltOOO, $4.

No  bicycle dealer  can  afford  to  get 
along  without  this  form.

TRADESMAN  COMPANY,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

WHEELS!  WHEELS!  WHEELS!

While you are buying wheels, do not neglect the

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leaf.  Body,  9  ft.  Capacity,  1,500  to  i,-oo  pounds.  Hand  made  and  fully  warranted  drop  tail  gate. 
Price,  $50.

Concord  steel  axles, 

No.  2 

i)4  Concord steel axles. 

tread  Sarven  patent  wheels.  Oil  tempered  springs,  [¡4-5  and  6

leaf.  Body, 9 ft.  Capacity,  1,800 to  2,500 pounds.  Drop tail gate.  Price,  $55.

Here’s  the  wagons and  here’s your prices 1  Take your choice 1 

Full  value in each  wagon for the money I

BROWN,  HALL  &  CO.,

Manufacturers of  BUGGIES, W AGONS AND  HARNESS,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

GREAT  BICYCLES

THE WORLD 
THE HAMILTON 
THE AMERICA

Write  for  Catalogues  and  Prices.  A  few  more  good 
Agents Want- d.  Bicycle Sundries. 
Is97  Catalogue now  ready.

ADAMS  &  HART,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

State Distributing Agents.

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Around  the State
Movements  of  Merchants.

Stronach— Frank  Schons  has  opened 

a  meat  market.

Wetmore—Cox  Bros,  succeed  W.  F. 

Cox  in  general  trade.

Cheboygan—C.  M.  McDonald  has 

opened  a  new grocery  store.

Holland— Will  Z.  Bangs  has  removed 

his  drug  stock  to  Milwaukee.

Temple—Jay  West  has  purchased  the 

general  stock  of  Chauncey  H.  Jones.

Grand  Ledge— D.  B.  Freeman  has 
opened  a  new  dry  goods  and  shoe  store.
Coopersville— Fred  Phillips  succeeds 
Smith  &  Phillips  in  the  meat  business.
Bay  City—J.  L.  Seebeck  has  pur­
chased  the grocery  stock  of  M.  P.  Lum.
Bessemer—The  I.  J.  Lucia  Co.  suc­
ceeds  Lucia,  Waters  &  Co.  in  the  meat 
business.

Beaverton— M.  O.  McFarland,  gen­
eral  dealer,  has  removed  from  Coleman 
to  this  place.

White  Pigeon—Wm.  Dow  has  opened 
a  grocery  store.  Berdan  &  Co.,  Toledo, 
sold  the  stock.

Saginaw  (W.  S .)—F.  M.  Prentice 
succeeds  F.  L.  Carter  &  Co.  in  the gro­
cery business.

Ann  Arbor— Frank  Koebele  has
in  the  old  Haskins 

opened  a  bakery 
store  on  Cross  street.

West  Bay  City— Miss M.  Dunn  is  suc­
ceeded  by  W.  J.  Dunn  in  the  grocery 
and  bazaar business.

Mackinaw—D.  A.  Trumpour  &  Co. 
have  sold  their  wholesale  and  retail  fish 
business  to  W.  E.  Robinson.

Ironwood— Darwin  &  Garaglity  suc­
ceed  Peter  Darwin  in  the  wholesale  and 
retail  confectionery  business.

Charlotte— H.  A.  (Mrs.  N.  E .)  Gib- 
bard 
is  succeeded  by  E.  V.  (Mrs.  E. 
J.)  Abel  in  the boot  and  shoe  business.
Benton  Harbor— Mrs.  J.  F.  Willitts 
has  sold  her  meat  market  to j.  S.  La- 
point,  who  will  continue  the  business  at 
the  same  location.

South  Fairfield—Stillwell  &  Franklin 
have  sold  their  stock  of  general  mer­
chandise  to  Wm.  P.  Luke,  who  will 
continue  the business.

Barryton—John  I.  Helmer  has  begun 
the  erection  of  a  two-story  frame  store 
building  which  he  will  occupy  with  a 
furniture  and  undertaking  stock.

Laingburg—Whitney  &  Bailey  have 
sold  their  grocery  business  to  F.  M. 
Dodge  and  E.  Bixby,  who  will  continue 
the  business  at  the  same  location.

Carson  City—Fred  Holmden  and 
Charles  R.  Culver,  Jr.,  have  gone  to 
Portland,  where  they  have  embarked  in 
the  bakery  and  restaurant business.

Kalkaska—L.  Grathwohl  has  pur­
chased  the  building  recently  occupied 
by  Mrs.  F.  E.  Turrell  as  a  millinery 
store and  will  occupy  it  as  a tailor shop.
Zeeland— P.  Van  Den  Bosch  has  sold 
his  boot  and  shoe  stock  to  John  M.  and 
Theodore  Van  Zoeren,  who  will  con­
tinue  the business  at  the  same  location.
Kalamazoo—Cornelius  Crawford  has 
sold  his  drug  stock  to  C.  Guy  Putnam 
and  Dan  D.  Putnam,  who  will  continue 
the  business  under  the  style  of  Putnam 
Bros.

Menominee— W.  A.  Kimpel,  of  Sey­
mour,  Wis.,  will  open  a  general  mer­
chandise  and  flour and  feed  store  in  the 
Cota  building,  210  Bellevue  street, 
in  a 
few  days.

Fremont—Albert  O.  Hoyt  has  sold  his 
interest  in  the  drug  firm  of  Norton  & 
Hoyt  to  his  partner,  who  will  continue 
the  business  under the  style  of  Lorenzo 
E.  Norton.

Tustin— Lee  Haybarker  has  sold  his 
meat  market  to  R.  B.  Farr and  will 
hereafter  devote  his  time  to  his  farm  in 
Rose  Lake  and  his  general  store  at 
Milton  Junction.

Moline—J.  D.  Noah  has  disposed  of 
his  stock  of  hardware  to  W.  J.  Cook, 
who  will  continue  the  business  at  the 
same  location.  Mr.  Noah  will  continue 
in  the  lumber  trade.

Saginaw—Dorr  &  Austin,  who  have 
conducted  a  grocery  and  general  store 
at  the  corner  of  Perry  and  Hamilton 
streets  for  several  years,  have  added  a 
hardware  department.

Thompsonville— W.  A.  Anderson  has 
sold  his  stock  of  general  merchandise 
and  will  devote  his  entire  attention  to 
the  lumber  trade.  He has  a  mill  at  Tur­
tle  Lake  at  work  now.

Mancelona—John  M.  Flanagan  has 
purchased  the  N.  J.  McCullough  cloth­
ing  and  shoe  stock,  at  Alma,  and  will 
remove 
it  to  this  place  and  consolidate 
it  with  his general  stock.

White  Pigeon— D.  W.  Rank  has  sold 
his  grocery  stock  and  bakery  fixtures  to 
Edgar  Franklin,  of  South  Fairfield. 
Mr.  Rank  had  been  engaged  in  trade 
here  for  nineteen  years.

Jackson—Charles  H.  Patterson  has 
purchased  the  Brooks  drug  store  and 
will  carry  on  the  business  hereafter. 
Mr.  Patterson  has  been  manager  of  the 
store  for  the  past  six  months.

Ann  Arbor—The  firm  of  W.  G.  &  E. 
Dieterle  has  been  dissolved  by  mutual 
consent,  Enoch  Dieterle  assuming  en­
tire  control  of  the  undertaking  business 
formerly  carried  on  by  the  firm.

Saginaw—C.  L.  Sanderson  has  pur­
chased  the  grocery  business  which  has 
been  conducted  for  many  years  by  Mrs. 
A.  J.  Poetter  at  814  Gratiot  street.  He 
will  continue  it  on  the  cash  plan.

Lowell—Chas.  H.  Alexander,  for  sev­
eral  years  book-keeper  and  right-hand 
man  for  Charles  McCarty, has  purchased 
the  bazaar  stock  of  the  late  O.  G.  Hale 
and  will  continue  the  business  at  the 
old  stand.

Grand  Haven— Klaas  Leunenga  has 
sold  his  meat  market  to John  Meyer,  of 
Chicago,  who  will  continue  the  busi­
ness  at  the  same  location.  Mr.  Leun­
enga  will  embark  in  the  string  butcher­
ing  business.

Petoskey—Geo.  W.  Bump  has  sold 
his  grocery  stock to J.  E.  Martin,  of  La- 
Porte,  Ind.,  who  has  taken  possession. 
Mr.  Bump  had  been  engaged 
in  trade 
for  twenty  years  and  was  one  of  the 
landmarks  of  the  place.

Tawas  City—Some  of  the  creditors  of 
H.  Cohen,  the  deceased  shoe  dealer, 
have  agreed  to  assign  their  claims at 
37/4  cents  on  the  dollar.  A  circular 
letter has  been  sent to  all  the  creditors, 
asking  them  to agree  to  this.

for 

Ithaca— Willis  Russell, 

several 
years  pharmacist  at  the  drug  store  of 
Crawford  Bros,  here,  and  afterwards 
manager of  a  drug  store  at  Fowler,  has 
been  employed  by  Crawford  Bros,  to 
take  charge  of  their  new  store  at  North 
Star.

Coldwater— Dudley  St.evens,  formerly 
of  this  city,  but  who  for a  short  time 
past  has  been  engaged  in  the  jewelry 
business  at  Dundee,  has  decided  to  re­
turn  to  this city and has opened a jewelry 
store  in  the  vacant  half of  the  McLane 
block.

Detroit—A.  A.  Vlier,  who  was 

in 
charge  of  the  meat  departmeift  of  F.  J. 
Dettenthaler,  of  Grand  Rapids,  for  sev­
eral  months,  has  removed  to  this  city 
with  his  family  and  embarked  in  the 
meat  and  provision  business  at  301 
Woodward  avenue.

Byron  Center— Frank  Bark  has  re­
moved  his  drug  stock  to  Sears,  wheie 
he  was  formerly  engaged  in  trade.

Marquette—Charles  W.  Johnson,  of 
Flint,  has  come  to  the  city  to  assume 
charge  of  the  prescription  department 
of  the  new  drug  store 
in  Gooding  & 
Ormsbee’s  old  stand.  Mr.  Johnson  has 
been  employed 
laboratory  of 
Williams,  Davis,  Brooks  &  Co.,  of  De­
troit,  for  a  number  of  years.

in  the 

Saginaw—The  building  formerly  oc­
cupied  by  the  Hoyt  Dry  Goods  Co.  has 
been  leased  and  will  shortly be reopened 
by  the  Sibley,  Lindsay  &  Curr  Co.,  of 
Rochester,  N.  Y .,  who  will  stock 
it  up 
with  dry  goods  and  conduct  business  oti 
large  scale.  This  corporation  has 
a 
about  ten  dry  goods  establishments 
in 
different  cities  of  the  country.

Saginaw—Eugene  Ringler,  who  has 
conducted  a  drug  store  for  many  years 
at  118  South  Hamilton  street,  contem­
plates  retiring  from  business  and  visit 
ing  his  old  home 
in  Germany.  Mr. 
Ringler  is  upwards  of  70 years  of  age 
and  is  one  of  Saginaw’s  many  men  who 
have  passed  the  three  score  and  ten 
limit  and  are  still  hale  and  active.

Detroit—Coulson  &  Morhous  have 
merged  their  stove  and house furnishing 
goods  business 
into  a  stock  company 
under  the  style  of  the  Coulson  &  Mor­
hous  Co.  The incorporators are Nicholas 
Coulson  and  William  A.  Morhous,  645 
shares  each,  and  Geo.  W. ‘Radford,  10 
shares.  The  capital  stock 
is  $25,000, 
of  which  $13,000 has  been  paid  in.

Manufacturing  Matters.

after 

factory 

Mesick—L.  J.  Tripp  has  started  his 
broom  handle 
several 
weeks’  rest.  He  has  put  in a new boiler.
Alma—The  Alma  Anti-Coffee  Co.  has 
begun  the  manufacture of  its  new  prod­
uct,  which 
it  will  shortly  place  on  the 
market.

Mt.  Pleasant  Judson  Cole  has  sold 
his  interest  in  the  planing  mill  of  Cole 
&  Root  and  has  gone  into  a  flouring 
mill  at  Brighton.

Alanson— S.  A.  Ingraham  and  A.  F. 
Darling  have  purchased  the  Sinclair 
sawmill  property  of  Mr.  Phillips  and 
will  operate  the  mill  to  its  full  capac­
ity.

Lake  Odessa—J.  L.  Broughton,  of 
Middleville,  has  effected  a  deal  where 
by  he  obtains  control  of  the  Lake  Odes­
sa  creamery.  He  will  commence  oper­
ations  at  once,  making  both  butter  and 
cheese.

Robinson—DeWitt  Bros,  are removing 
their  shingle  mill  to  Charlevoix  where 
they  have  a  five  years’  contract  to  cut 
cedar  shingles  J.  DeWitt  will  remain 
at  'this  place  and  continue  the  general 
store  business.

Saginaw—The  American  Potato Flour 
Co.  is  now  working  up  about  800  bush­
els  of  potatoes  daily,  and  will  soon  be 
shipping  a  carload  of  potato  flour  a 
week.  The  company 
is  preparing  to 
make  contracts  with  Saginaw  county 
farmers  for  their  potato  crop.  The 
price  has  not  been  definitely  fixed,  but 
will  probably  be  about  2a  cents  per 
bushel.

Sebewa—E  L.  Lowe  has  purchased 
the  Sebewa  grist  mill  and  will  operate 
it  to  its  fullest  capacity.

Saranac—Mercer  &  Wallington  have 
their  new  dairy  establishment  nearly 
completed.  They  will  make  butter  and 
sterilize  milk  and  cream 
for  the  city 
instead  of  making  cheese,  as 
trade, 
first  intended.

Kalamazoo—P.  L.  Abbey  has  pur­
chased  the  lot  at  the  corner of  Willard 
and  Walbridge  streets  and  will  erect  a 
laboratory  building,  60x80  feet  in  di­
mensions,  at  an  expense  of  $3,500,  to  be 
occupied  by  the  Celery  Medicine  Co.

New  Richmond—Jacob  Van  Putten, 
of  Holland,  is  putting  new  machinery 
in  his  sawmill  and  will  soon  manufac­
ture  bottoms  for  Climax  fifth  baskets. 
He  will  employ  twenty  people  and  ex­
pects  to  start  his  facotry  in  two  weeks.
Saginaw—The  Central  Lumber  Co. 
has  concluded  a  purchase  of  5,000,000 
feet  of  white  pine  logs  in  the  Lake  Su­
perior  region  and  expects  to receive two 
rafts  before  the  end  of  the  month.  The 
mill  at  Carrolton  will  be  started  about 
the  middle  of  the  month.

Detroit—The  Mascotte  Cigar  Co.  will 
remove 
its  factory  from  Oxford  to  this 
city.  W.  J.  Tunstead,  who  was  here 
looking  up  a  site,  says  cigars  can  be 
produced  much 
in  Detroit 
since  the  cut  in  the  bill  of  prices  made 
by  the  cigarmakers’  union.

cheaper 

Cheboygan—The  National  Salt Co.,  of 
Cleveland,  has  contracted  with  Swift  & 
Clark  for  a  quantity  of  staves  to  be 
made  from  slab  wood,  the  staves  to  be 
used  for  making  salt barrels.  The staves 
will  be  shipped  in  bundles,  the  same  as 
elm  staves.  The  other  mills  will  prob­
ably  make  similar  arrangements.

Detroit—A  syndicate  composed  of 
Robert  McKay,  J.  B.  Howarth,  Frank 
C.  Pingree,  Gov.  Pingree,  Jerome 
Croul  and  F.  H.  Croul  have  sold  an 
important  patent  to  the  McKay  Never- 
Slip  Sole  Co.,  of  this  city.  The  patent 
covers  a  valuable  invention  in  the  man­
ufacture  of  shoes,  the  consideration  for 
the  transfer  being  $40,000.

Stanton—Cadwell  Bros,  have  broken 
ground  for  their  elevator  and  warehouse 
at  the  corner  of  Main  street  and  the 
railroad,  and  the  work  will  be  rapidly 
pushed  to  completion.  The elevator  will 
be  large  enough  to  accommodate  all  the 
grain  that  may  come  to  this  market, 
and  the  warehouse  and  potato cellar will 
be  ample 
in  size  to  take all  the  other 
products  the  firm  can  handle.

Saginaw— Having  driven  the  Hem- 
meter  Cigar  Co.  out  of  the  city  by  the 
arbitrary  methods  invariably  pursued by 
trade  unions,  union  men  are  now  ap­
pealing  to  the  public  to  invest  capital 
in  another  enterprise  to  take  the  place 
of  the  Hemmeter  concern.  Those  who 
are  familiar  with  the  situation  politely 
decline  to  invest,  as  they  do  not  care  to 
invest  their  surplus  in  a  business  which 
can  be  ruined 
in  a  day  through  the 
efforts  of  walking  delegates  and  strike 
managers.

G illies’  N.  Y.  Great  Clearance  Tea 

Sale  now  on.  Phone  Visner,  1580.

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Grand  Rapids  Oossip
Geo.  D.  Clinton  has  opened  a  meat 

market  at  1166  Wealthy  avenue.

A.  M.  Kennedy  has  opened  a  grocery 
store  at  Saugatuck.  The  Musselman 
Grocer  Co.  furnished  the  stock.

N.  P.  Gould  has  opened  a  grocery 
store  at  Tallmadge;  The stock  was  fur­
nished  by  the  Musselman  Grocer  Co.

H.  O.  Miner,  meat  dealer  at  Yuma, 
has  added  a  line  of  groceries.  The 
Clark-Jewell-Wells  Co. 
furnished  the 
stock.

Dr.  F.  W.  Neal  has  arranged  to  open 
a  drug  store at  Newberry.  The  Hazel- 
tine  &  Perkins  Drug  Co.  has  the  order 
for the  stock.

Chas.  R.  Smith  has  again  engaged  in 
trade  at  Cadillac,  this  time  in  the  gro­
cery  business.  The  stock  was  furnished 
by  the  Olney  &  Judson  Grocer  Co.

Morse  &  Miller  have  engaged  in  the 
grocery  and  shoe  business  at  Miner 
Lake,  five  miles  north  of Allegan  The 
Ball-Barnhart-Putman  Co. 
furnished 
the  groceries  and  the  Herold-Bertsch 
Shoe  Co.  supplied  the  shoes.

The  street  market,  which  has  sponta­
neously grown up at the old location from 
which  it  was  removed  by  the  Common 
Council  two  years  ago,  continues  to  in­
crease as  the  season  advances  until  the 
locality  begins  to  manifest  its  old-time 
For  the  distance  of  a 
appearance. 
couple  of  blocks  the  street 
is  pretty 
well 
lined  with  vegetable  wagons  and 
already  there  is  quite  a  trade,  although 
the  vehicles  are  geneially  small.  The 
hucksters  and  peddlers  are  naturally 
pretty  well  in  evidence  in  proportion  to 
the  size  of  the  market  and  theirs  seems 
to be  the  lion's  share  of  the  business  so 
far.

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugar—The  sugar  market 

is  strong, 
and  may  be  advanced  to  cover all  the 
decline  made  by  the  change  in  freights 
to  water  points.  The  possibilities  of 
the  tariff  still  have  a  strong  effect  on 
the  market,  and  inasmuch  as  an  added 
duty  is  liable  to  pass,  the  market  is  not 
likely  to  be  lower  than  at  present  for 
some  time.  The  trade 
in  this  market 
is  light,  as  it  seems  to  be  the  country 
over.

Coffee— Package  coffees  are  quotably 
the  same  as  last  week,  although  the 
weakness  caused  by  the  coffee  war  is 
still  a  feature  of  the  market.  Some 
cheap  lots  of bulk  roasts  have  been  sold 
this  week.  At  the  prices  made  the 
bulks  are  cheaper  than  the  package 
coffees.  The  market  may  be  called 
steady  at  present  quotations.  Reports 
from  Rio  show  a  stronger  tone  to  the 
market,  induced  by  foreign  purchases.
is  strong  and  is 
stimulated  to  still  higher  figures  by  the 
prospect  of  a  duty  to be  added,  and  by 
the  small  stocks  of  domestic  rice.

Rice—The  market 

Some  very 

in  sardines. 

Canned  Goods—Some interest is being 
shown 
fine 
grades  of  these  fish  are  being  packed 
on  the  coast  of  Maine,  and  a  good  and 
profitable  sardine  industry  is  springing 
up  on  the  California  coast.  There  have 
been  some  very  poor  goods  packed  on 
the  Atlantic  coast,  and  the  country  has 
been  filled  with  cheap  sardines,  that 
have 
the 
American  product,  and  to  such  a degree 
that  the  better  grades  of  American 
goods  are  branded  with  a  French  trade­
from  the  Columbia
mark.  Reports 

injured  the  reputation  of 

River  canneries  show  that  indications 
are  for  higher  prices.  The  early  catch 
is  very  light.  The  fishers also  are  ask­
ing  more  for  fresh  fish  than  the  sales  of 
future  canned  stock  will  warrant. 
It 
now  looks  as  though  some  of the canner­
ies  that  have  sold  ahead  will  have  to  fill 
orders  at  a  loss.  The  present  condition 
of  tomatoes  and  corn 
is  steady,  with 
nothing  to  indicate  a  lower  market.

important  and  - the  position 

Provisions—The  changes  in  the  pro­
vision  market  during  the  week  have  not 
been 
is 
about  the  same  as  a  week  ago,  there  be­
ing  more  weakness  relatively 
in  lard 
than  in  other  articles.  With  the  advent 
of  warmer  weather an enlarging demand 
for  meats 
is  looked  for.  The  export 
clearances  of  product  for  the week  were 
notably  large  of  both  lard and meats and 
a  healthy  demand  from  abroad  appears 
to  be  maintained.  The  stocks at  Liver­
pool  on  May  I  were  somewhat  larger 
than  a  month  previously  for  bacon  and 
lard,  and  moderately  reduced  for  hams 
—the  totals  being  considerably  larger 
than  a  year  ago.

The  Produce  Market.

Asparagus— Home  grown  50c  per  doz 

bunches.  Southern,  out  of  market.

Beets—50c  per  doz.  bunches.
B utter—Separator  cream ery 

is  held 
at  I4K @ i 5c.  D airy  grades  are  very 
plentiful  and  Command  only  8@qc  per 
lb.  for  the  best.

Cabbage  -85c  per  doz. 

for  Mobile 

stock.

Southern 

90c  per  doz. 

Cucumbers— Home  grown  command 
fetch  60c.
Eggs—The  cold  storage  people  have 
ceased  taking 
in  stock  to  any  extent, 
in  consequence  of  which  the  paying 
price  has  dropped 
to  7@7C>£  on 
track.  The  quality 
is  not  up  to  the 
standard  of  a  month  ago  and  the  aver­
age  of  the  offerings  is  much  smaller 
in 
size.
in  fair de­
mand  at  I2@i3c.  Buckwheat  is  not  so 
salable,  bringing  8@ioc,  according  to 
quality  and  condition.

Honey—White  clover  is 

Lettuce— Grand  Rapids  forcing  10c 

Maple  Syrup  and  Sugar—There  are 
fair  supplies  of  new  stock  on  the  mar­
ket.  The  market 
is  steady  at  prices 
Hitherto quoted.  The  demand  is  mod­
erate.

Onions—Green  fetch  10c  per  dozen 

per  lb.

bunches.

P iep lan t—T he  m arket  is  glutted  with 
hom e  grown.  Which  com m ands  i]4c  per 
lb.

Pineapples—$1.50© 1.75  per doz.
Potatoes—New  Bermudas  command 
$1.50  per  bu.  Home  grown  are  still  dull 
and  sluggish.

larger,  the  quality 

Strawberries— The  receipts  are  grow­
ing 
is  fine  and  the 
demand  is  good.  The  market  is  steady 
at $3  for  24-quart  boxes.  The  arrivals 
are  cleaning  up  well,  and’ the  shipping 
demand  is  uausally  large.  The  medium 
and  lower  grades  of  berries  are  weak, 
with  prices  going 
lower.  Receipts  of 
berries  are  now  regular,  and  almost  any 
order  can  be  filled  with  certainty.
Tomatoes—60c  per 6  lb.  basket.
Wax  Beans—$2.25  per  bu.  crate.

The  G.  J.  Johnson  Cigar  Co.  has  in­
creased 
its  working  force  as  fast  as 
competent  workmen  could  be  secured, 
but  it  is  still  behind  with  its  orders  and 
is  compelled  to  crave  the  indulgence  of 
its  customers  for  a  few  days  until  the 
present  rush  of  business  can  be  over­
come. 
In  the  meantime,  it  would  be 
well  for  those  handling  the  Johnson 
brands  to  keep  their  surplus  stock  in  as 
dry  a  place  as  possible.

It 

is  estimated  that  the  annual  pro­
duction  of  wine  in  the  world  is  3  671,-
973,000  gallons. 
The  United  States 
ranks  twelfth 
in  the  list  of  wine-pro­
ducing  countries.

’Tis  easy  enough  to  be  pleasant,

When  life flows along like  a song;

But the man worth  while is  the  one  who will  smile 

When everything goes dead wrong.

GAINED  A  PO INT.

Retail  Grocers  Score  Another  Victory

over  the  Hucksters.

The  Grand  Rapids  Retail  Grocers’ 
in  getting 
Association  has  succeeded 
the  annual 
license  fee  paid  by  city 
hucksters  increased  from  $21  to  $26.  At 
the  last  meeting  of  the  Association,  a 
special  committee  was  appointed to pre­
sent  the  matter  to  the  License  Com­
mittee  of  the  Common  Council  and  on 
Thursday  evening  J.  Geo.  Lehman  ap­
peared  before  the  Committee  as  spokes­
man  for  the  delegation  and,  in  a  few 
well  chosen  words,  presented  the  case  to 
the  grocers  so  concisely and convincing­
ly  that  the  Committee  unanimously  de­
cided  to  recommend  that  the  request  of 
the  grocers  be  granted.

The  matter  came  up  for final  action 
in  the  Common  Council  Monday  even­
ing,  when  Alderman  Verkerke  showed 
his  “ fine  Italian  hand”   by  getting  Al­
derman  VanHekken  to  move  as  an 
amendment  that  the  fee be  kept  at  the 
old  figure—$21  a year.  The  amendment 
was 
aldermen  voting 
against  it  and  ten  for  it,  as  follows:

fourteen 

lost, 

Anderson, Benjamin, Dykema, Peck, 
Saunders,  Stein,  Teachout,  Tibbetts, 
VanHekken,  Verkerke.

The  report  would 

thereupon  have 
been  adopted  had  not  Alderman  Stein 
moved  that  the  fee  be  fixed at $26  which 
was  adopted  by  fifteen  affirmative  and 
nine  negative votes,  the affirmative votes 
being  as  follows:

Anderson, 

Benjamin, 

Campbell, 
Dykema,  Forbes,  Gibson,  Lambrix, 
Peck,  Saunders,  Slocum,  Stein,  Teach­
out,  Tibbetts,  VanHekken,  Verkerke.
As  usual,  the  Tradesman suggests that 
the  retail  grocers  of  the  city  cut  out  the 
record  of  these  two  votes  and paste them 
in  their  hats,  where  they  can  be  re­
ferred  to  from  time  to  time  as  the  al­
dermen  present  themselves  for  re-elec­
tion  to  the  Council.

is 

The  license  matter 

in  excellent 
shape  this  year,  inasmuch  as  annual 
licenses  only  can  be 
issued,  and,  be­
sides,  the  licenses  are  not  made  trans­
ferable,  as  has  been  the  practice 
in 
some  previous  years;  furthermore,  the 
bond  feature— each  peddler  being  com­
pelled  to  give  a  bond  with  two  sureties 
in  the  sum  of  $50  each—still  remains, 
and,  with  the  efficient  work  of  the  po­
lice  department 
in  shutting  out  un­
licensed  peddlers,  the  grocers  are  to  be 
congratulated  over  the  results  of  their 
efforts. 
in­
creased  $5  a  year  during  a  period  of 
financial  depression,  they  can  do  better 
another  year,  when  the  depression 
is 
less  in  evidence.

If  they  can  get  the  fee 

The  Grain  Market.

Wheat  followed  in  a very narrow chan­
nel  during  the  week—varying  not  more 
than 
ic  per  bushel,  and  cash  wheat 
closed  at  the  same  point  as  it  did  one 
week  ago. 
Spring  and  winter  May 
wheat  is  about  4c  per bushel higher than 
it  was  at  the  corresponding  time  last 
week.  Cash  winter  wheat 
is  still  far 
above  spring  wheat,  but  the  probabili­
ties  are  that  the  differential  will  soon 
be  less.  The  visible  showed  a  decrease 
of  2,550,000 bushels,  or  about  1,000,000 
bushels  more  than  was  generally  ex­
pected, 
in  sight
31,862,000  bushels,  against  54,000,000 
bushels  last  year.  The  visible 
is  now 
the  smallest  in  twelve  years,  except 
in 
1889,  1890 and  189L  The  Government 
crop  report  shows only  80.2  per  cent,  of 
an  average  crop,  against  82.7  per  cent, 
in  1896 and  82.9 per cent,  in  1895.  The 
world's  shipments  were  4,743,000  bush­
els,  against .3,500,000 bushels  last  year.

leaving  the  amount 

The  reports  from  California  are  of  a 
bullish  nature,  especially  as  the  drought 
continues.  We  hear  of  complaints'from 
the  Eastern  part  of  our  own  State,  but 
we  cannot  complain  in this section.  The 
French  crop  seems  to  have  been  cut 
down  by  being  winter  killed  to  about 
300,000,000  bushels,  while  last  year  it 
amounted  to  340,000,000  bushels.  Look­
ing  at  the  market  from  a  statistical 
standpoint,  wheat  will  sell  far  above 
the  present  prices  and  the  writer does 
not  see  how 
it  can  be  kept  at  present 
low  prices.  To  be  sure  the  receipts 
from  the  Northwest  are  of  a  formidable 
proportion  and  the  seeding  in  Minne­
sota  and  the  Dakotas  goes  bravely  on ; 
so  we  really  expect  another  bumper 
crop—barring  accidents.  The  receipts 
of  winter  wheat  at  inital  points  are,  in­
deed,  very  moderate  and  show  no  signs 
of  increasing  in  the  near  future.  The 
demand  for  flour  is  fair.  The  mills  are 
not  running  at  full  tilt  and  will  have  to 
slacken  down,  owing  to  the  scarcity  of 
winter  wheat,  as  stated  in  our  previous 
letters.  Mill  feed  is  in  good demand  at 
full  prices.

As 

is  usual,  corn  and  oats  follow  in 
the  wake of  wheat,  so  there  is  virtually 
no  change  since  our  last  report.

Mills  are  paying  85c  for  wheat,  but 
this  is  about  ic  above  what  it should be. 
As  heretofore  stated,  the  millers  prefer 
to  have  a  steady  market  here,  so  do  not 
always  follow 
it  up  and  down.  Hope 
we can  make  a  better  report  in our next.
The  receipts  during  the  week  were  34 
cars  of  wheat,  8  cars  of  corn,  10  cars  of 
oats  and  2  cars*of  rye.

C.  G.  A.  V o i g t .

The  Market  Situation.

to 

In  an 

interview  on  the  outlook  for 
making  the  market  site  available  for 
the  needs  of  this  year’s  business,  Aider- 
man  W.  H.  Gibson,  chairman  of  the 
Committee  on  Market,  gives  the  follow­
ing  outline  of  the  situation 
the 
Tradesman:

"T h e  reason  why  work  could  not  be 
undertaken  sooner this  spring  is that the 
Island 
is  so  soft,  on  account  of  the 
long-continued  high  water  affecting  the 
earth  put 
in  during  the  winter,  that  it 
will  not  sustain  a  roller.  The  attempt 
to  begin  rolling  was  made  last  Monday, 
but  the  heavy  roller  first  tried  could  not 
be  used. 
It  is  thought  the  lighter  one 
can  be  put  to  work  soon.
"T he  work  of  street 

improvement 
and  construction,  which,  of  course,  is 
under  the  supervision  of  the  Board  of 
Public  Works,  will  be  pushed  as  rap­
idly  as  possible after  the  ground 
in 
suitable  condition. 
Bids  have  been 
received  and  probably  some  of  the  con­
tracts  for  the  street 
improvement  are 
already  let.  The  work  of  filling  in  the 
approach  to  the  Island  will  begin  in  a 
few  days.

is 

"T h e  present  improvements  contem­
plate  a  series  of  streets  separated  by 
walks  fifteen  feet  wide,  to be  graveled 
and  provided  with  stone  paved  gutters. 
Spaces  on  these  streets  are to  be  rented 
to  the  growers,  so  that 
it  will  not  be 
necessary  to  take  possession  so  early 
in  the  morning  as  in  the  street  market. 
There  will  be  some  sheds  for  hay,  etc., 
built  this  year  and,  probably,  a  restaur­
ant  and  office.

"O f  course,  it 

is  impossible  to  pre­
dict  the  time  when  the  improvements 
will  be  sufficiently  advanced  for  the  use 
of  the  market  to  begin,  but  there  would 
seem  to  be  no  reason  why  it  should  not 
be  ready  by  July  1. 
It  is  probable  that 
most  of  the  strawberry  market  will  be 
in  the  old 
location,  but  the  later  fruit 
harvest  will,  no  doubt,  be  sold  in  the 
new  market.”

8

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Fruits  and  Produce.
How  Two  Grocers Treated  Salesmen. 
Stroller In Grocery World.

During  the  last  six  months  I  have  run 
across  two  grocers  whose  methods  of 
treating  salesmen  are,  perhaps,  worthy 
of  a  part  in  this  discussion,  in  the  light 
of  a  curiosity,  if  nothing  else.  One  of 
the  two  I  refer  to  does  business 
in 
Maryland  and  the  other  in  Virginia.
The  first  man  is  one  of  the  best  fel­
lows  on  earth,  but  a  mighty  poor  busi­
ness  man.  There’s no  business  in  him. 
He’s  too  big-hearted. 
If  a  salesman 
goes  into  his  place  and  gives  him a  tale 
about  having  worked  hard  all  day  and 
taken  no  orders,  he’ll  order a  lot of  stuff 
he  don’t  need  and  can’t  sell,  just  to 
help  the  pocr  fellow  along.  Then  when 
the  bill  comes  due  he  nearly  ruins  him­
self  trying  to  scrape  enough  money  to­
gether  to  pay  it.  He  does  a  fine  trade— 
that  grocer—he  could  be  comfortable 
without  half  trying,  but  he’s  too  soft­
hearted.  Possibly  soft-hearted  isn’t  ex­
actly  the  word.  A  man  can  be  soft­
hearted  and  still  be  a  business  man. 
This  grocer 
is  actually  weak,  for  he 
can't  resist  determined  persuasion.

I  well  remember  my  first  visit  to  this 
man’s  store.  It’s a  large  place,  possibly 
50x75  feet,  but  there  was  packed  into  it 
enough  stock  for  a  place  fully  half  as 
large again.  There  were  boxes  piled 
in  the  front  of  the  store  clean  up  to  the 
ceiling,  and  groups  of  barrels  here  and 
there  all  over  the  floor,  so  that  the  pass­
age  way  was  actually  obstructed.  One 
of  the  clerks  told  me  that  the  cellar and 
the  second  story  were  even  fuller.

When  I  got  the  ear  of  the  grocer  I  ex­
pressed  my  surprise  at  the  size  of  his 
stock.

“ Great  Scott!”   I  said,  “ You’ve got 
enough  stuff  here  for  two  stoies!  What 
do  you  buy  so  much  for?  This 
isn’t  a 
very  big  town.”

“ Well,”   he  said,  hesitatingly,  “ you 
see  these  fellows  come  in  here and  talk 
me  into  buying  things. 
It’s  hard  to  re­
fuse  ’em. 

1  know  1  buy  too  much.”

He  had  stuff 

in  that  store  that  he 
couldn’t  turn  over  in  a  year— probably 
not  in  two  years.  Great  big  stocks  of 
fancy  goods  of  limited  demand,  such  as 
canned  soups,  pate  de  foie  gras,  and 
such  things.

A  salesman  came  in while I was there. 
He  represented  a  Baltimore  tea  house.
“ Surely,”   I  said  to  myself,  “ this fel­
low  won’t  buy  any  more  tea.”   There 
were  five  half  chests  in  plain  sight  be 
hind  the  counter.

But  I  saw  as  soon  as  the  salesman  be­
gan  to  talk  that  the  grocer  couldn't help 
buying.

“ M r . -----, "   began 

the  salesman,
“ I’ve  got  one  of  the  greatest  bargains 
in  Formosa  teas  you  ever saw. 
I  tell 
you  frankly  that I  never  saw  such teas at 
the  price  in  my  life!”   “ I—, ”   began 
the  grocer,  weakly,  but  the  salesman 
choked  him  off at  once.

“ There!”   he  said  bolding  out  a  sam­
ple. 
“ What  do  you  think  of  that? 
Thirty-five  cents!  Thirty-five  cents!”
The  grocer  was  clean  hypnotized.  He 
took  the  sample,  smelled  it  and  ran 
it 
through  his  fingers.  He  didn’t  want  to 
do  it,  but  he  simply  had  to.

The  salesman  had  his order  book  out 
and  stood  with  pencil  poised  above  it.
“ How  many  half  chests  shall  I  have 

sent  to  you?”   he  asked,  briskly.

“ Oh,  I  guess  I— ”   started  the  grocer.
“ Three?  Five?”   persisted  the  sales­

man,  imperturbably.

“ Eh?"  asked  the  victim,  vaguely, 
forgetting  that  he  who  hesitates  is  lost.
“ Suppose we say three”  said the sales­
man. 
“ Three,  eh?  All  right.  Be  here 
day  after to-morrow.  Good-bye.  ’ Bliged 
to  you.

The grocer  hadn’t  said  anything,  but 
he  allowed  the  order  to  be  practically 
given,  and  that  settled  it.

That  gave  me  a  good  insight  into this 
grocer’s  weakness,  even  it  1  hadn’t seen 
two  more  salesmen 
load  him  up  with 
several  barrels  of  pickles  and  about  a 
ton,  more  or  less,  of  paper  bags. 
I'll 
bet 
if  I  go  to  see  that  man  in  a  year 
from  now,  he'll  still  have  some  of  that 
tea,  not  counting  what  he  has  been bun­
coed  into  buying  since.

The  other grocer of  the  two  I  referred 
to at  the beginning  of  this  article—the 
Virginia  man—used  radically  different 
tactics  in  his  dealings  with  salesmen.  I 
can  best  show  his  attitude  toward  trav­
eling  men  by  a  sample  instance  which 
occurred  while  I  was  at  his  store  one 
day.
This  Virginia  grocer  was  a  hustler, 
and  in  many  ways a  first-class  business 
man.  He  was  sharp  and  shrewd,  knew 
a  good  thing  when  he  saw 
it,  and  bad 
made  a  success  of  his  business.  His 
one  glaring  fault  was  the  attitude  he 
assumed  toward  salesmen.

I  was 

in  his  store  one  day  when  a 
salesman  came  in.  In a  few  minutes  he 
got  to  talk  with  the  grocer,  and  began 
to  say  his  piece  when  the  grocer  broke 
in :—

“ I  don’t  want  ye  to  tell  me  no  lies, 
now!"  he  said. 
“ I'm  dead  onto  you 
fellows.  You’re all  liars,  every  blamed 
one  of  you !  You’ll  slip  up  on  a  man 
every  chance  you  get. 
I  know  when 
you’re  tellin’  the  truth  an’  when  you’re 
not,  so  keep  straight!”

The  salesman  reddened,  but  he  kept 
his  temper admirably  and didn’t flounce 
out  of  the  store,  as 
indeed  he  would 
in  doing. 
have  been  perfectly  justified 
Instead,  he  kept  steadily  at 
it,  and 
ended  by  selling  the  grocer  a  bill  of 
goods.
Following  close  on  his  heels  came an­
other  salesman,  who  got  precisely  the 
in  nearly  the  same 
same  treatment, 
words.  The  grocer  seemed  to  look  upon 
the  little  speech  I  have  reproduced  as  a 
standing  introduction  to  all  of  his inter­
views  with  salesmen.

The  second  salesman  wasn’t  so  well 
contained,  and  he  got  very  wroth  and 
left. 
I  didn't  blame  him  at  a ll;  prob­
ably  I  would  have  done  the  same thing.
After  he  had  gone  the  grocer  came 

over  to  me.

“ Dura  these  salesmen!" hegrumbled. 
“ I  have  to  talk  to  all  of  ’em  like  a 
Dutch  uncle. 
I  always  make  it  a  point 
to  call 
’em  down  at  the  start,  so  they 
won’t  impose  on  me.  When  they  know 
I'm  layin’  for  ’em,  they’re  more apt  to 
be  square. ”

“ You  use  pretty  sharp 

them,”   I  observed 
liars,  and  all  that  sort  of  thing.”

language  to 
“ Calling  them 

“ You  have  to  use  strong  language  to 
’em,”   he  persisted,  “ if  you  don't 
they’ll  cheat  the  eyes  out  o’  you.”

When  I  went  back  to  the  hotel  where 
I  was  to  stop  for  the  night,  I  found  the 
first  salesman  there. 
I  scraped  his  ac­
quaintance,  and  after awhile  expressed 
my  sympathy  at  the  way  he  had  been 
talked  to.

“ I  don’t  mind  a  little  thing 

“ Oh,  that's  all  right,”  he  said,  jaunt­
ily. 
like 
that.  The  fellow  will  pay  for  the  scur­
rilous  way  he  talked  to  me,  all  right, 
though. ’ ’

“ Pay—how”   I  asked.
“ Did  you  see  me  sell  him  that rice?”  

court.

prisoner.

“ On  Fifteenth  street,”   responded  the 

“ Well,  make  it  $15  and  costs,  then,”  
said  the  Justice,  as  he  wrote  the amount 
of  the  fine opposite  the prisoner's name.
“ Gosh,  I'm  lucky  that  I  do  not  live 
on  Fiftieth  street,”   Mahoney  said  as 
the  officer  led  him  from  the  prisoner’s 
dock.

he  asked.

“ I  did.”
“ He  paid 

it 

just 

And  there 

i  cent  a  pound  over 
the  market  price  for  it,”   said  the  sales­
man,  quietly. 
“ You  don’t  think  I  will 
allow  a  man  like  that  to  call  me  a  liar 
and  not  make  him  pay  for  it,  do  you?”
is.  There  are  the  two 
extremes  of  dealing  with  salesmen,  but 
the  effect 
just  the  same.  The  first 
man,  who  couldn’t  help  buying  whether 
he  wanted  goods  or  not,  was  badly 
im­
posed  on,  and  the  second  man,  who 
looked  on  all  salesmen  as  emissaries  of 
Satan,  got 
These 
offer  a  magnificent  instance  of  the value 
of  the  happy  medium.

imposed  on, 

too. 

is 

John  Mahoney’s  Luck.

From the Chicago Daily News.

Disorderly  conduct  was  the  charge 
which  confronted  John  Mahoney  when 
he  was  arraigned  at 
the  Desplaines 
street  station.

“ Where  do  you 

live?”   asked 

the 

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On ANY  Vegetables  or  Fruits, such  as  Strawberries, 
Radishes,  Onions,  Spinach,  Lettuce, Cucumbers,  To­
matoes,  Sweet  Potatoes,  Oranges,  Lemons,  Figs, 
Bananas.

ST IL ES  &  PH ILLIPS,

9  NORTH  IONIA  ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

Both Telephones  10. 

Illinois  Strawberries

Are  now  in

They  are  Fresher  and 
Cheaper.

Onions,  Spinach,  Radishes,  Lettuce,  Cucumbers, 
Tomatoes,  Oranges,  Lemons,
Fancy  Honey.  All  seasonable  Vegetables.

2 0   6.  2 2   O TTA W A   S T .. 
G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  M IC H .

BUNTING  &  GO.

Strawberries Radishes,  Spinach,  Cauliflower, 

Green  Onions,  Cucumbers,  To­
matoes,  Bermuda  Onions,  Lem* 
ons,  Oranges, Bananas, Asparagus, 
Lettuce,  Parsley,  Green  Peas,

Wax  Beans,  New  Beets,  New  Potatoes,  New Cabbage,  Rhubarb,  Etc.
ALLERTON  &  HAGGSTROM,  Jobbers,

Both Telephones 1248.

127 Louis Street.

Grand  Rapids, filch.

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GOTHAM  GOSSIP.

News  from  the  Metropolis— Index  to 

Special  Correspondence.

the  Market.

New  York,  May  8— The  number  of 
merchants  who  came  here  during  the 
the 
Grant  ceremonies  has  stimulated 
energies  of  many  of  our  wholesalers and 
they  are  making  a  determined  effort  to 
have  an  excursion  season  at  least  twice 
a  year. 
It  has  taken  them  a  long  time 
to  wake  to  the  advantages  of  such  an 
arrangement,  but  there  appears  to  be 
no  reason  why  the  scheme  cannot  be 
carried  through,  thus  giving  every  re­
tailer  within  500  or 600  miles  an  oppor­
tunity  to  visit  New  York  and  see  for 
himself  the  bargains  that  are  offered.
A  big  fire  in  a  Chambers  street  stor­
age  warehouse  Thursday  night has made 
that  thoroughfare  for  about  a  block  a 
receptacle  for  eggs,  egg  crates,  butter 
tubs,  etc. 
“ Eggs,  only  slightly  dam­
aged  by  smoke  and  water, ’ 1  may  be 
purchased  now at  a  great  discount  The 
loss  was  about $225,000.

Our  markets  have  been  rather  unin­
teresting  as  to  the  course  of  prices. 
It  was  intimated  in  this  correspondence 
a  week  or  so  ago  that  there  was  conso­
lation 
in  the  thought  that  prices  had 
touched  bottom.  But,  alas  for  human 
hopes!  Here  come  canned  tomatoes, 
an 
important  part  of  every  retailer’s 
stock,  falling  down  with  a  sickening 
thud.  They  can  be  had  now almost  for 
the  asking.

The  coffee  market 

is  sagging,  too, 
and  we  have  few  orders  to  record.  For 
Rio  No.  7,  futures  have  sold  at  7%c 
and  spot  have  held  at  8c.  Jobbers  re­
port  dull  trade  and  nominal  prices. 
Mild  grades  have  been  somewhat  neg­
lected,  although  the  situation  is  rather 
more  cheerful  than  with  Brazil  sorts. 
The  stock  of  the  latter afloat  aggregates 
704,603  bags,  against  349,602  bags  last 
year—an  increase  of  over  100  per  cent.
.  The  mere  expression  of  opinion  that 
f$a  tariff  might  be  imposed  on  teas  has 
had  a  stimulating  effect  upon  the  arti­
cle.  For  the  first  time  in  many  months 
we  have  what  may  be  called  a  really 
active  tea  market. 
It  includes  line  lots 
and  orders  have  come  from  all  sections 
from  dealers  who  are  getting  ready  for 
the  tariff.  Some  large  lots  of  Formosa 
Oolongs  have  changed  hands— in  all 
about  10,000  packages.  Prices,  taking 
the  market  as  a  whole,  nr"  perhaps  2C 
higher  than  before  the  agitation  began, 
the  demand  being  best  for  Formosas. 
Good  to  fine  grades  of  the  latter  are 
worth  ig(£z28c,  while  choice  reach  4o@ 
47c,  the  latter,  of  course,  being  top 
notch.

There 

is  a  stronger  feeling  in  raw 
sugars,  in  view  of  tariff  complications 
Importers  are  unwilling  to  make  any 
concessions  and  refiners  are  so  well 
stocked  that  they  seem  to  show  very  lit­
tle  interest  in  cargoes  now  here.  They 
have  made  large  purchases  within  the 
past  few  weeks  and  are  resting  on  their 
oars.  Refined  sugars  have  been  marked 
up  i-i6c.  The  demand  has  been  very 
brisk  during  the  week  and  telegrams 
have  been  coming  from  every  part  of 
the  country  for  supplies,  as an  advance 
is  evidently  expected,  in  addition  to 
the  one  just  made.  Granulated  closes 
at  4  9-16C.

The  rice  market  is  hardly  as  anima­
ted  as  might  be  wished ;  in  fact,  the 
Southern  points  seem  to  be  discounting 
New  York  just  now  as  to  price  and,  for 
the  moment,  we  have  scarcely  anything 
to  chronicle.  Foreign  grades  are  work­
ing  out  well  and  prices  are  firm.

The  spice  market  is  quiet,  but  quo­
tations  are  well  adhered  to.  Singapore 
pepper  has  advanced  and  is  hard  to  ob­
tain  at 
less  than  current  quotations. 
Nutmegs  and  cloves  are  going  out  slow­
ly  at  unchanged  quotations.

In  molasses  the  demand  has teen slow 
for  all  sorts  and  what  little  business  has 
been  done 
in  the  low  grades.  The 
supply  is  sufficient  for  all  demands  and 
the  outlook  is  hardly  one  that  will 
jus 
tify  a  higher  range  of  quotations  in  the 
immediate  future.  Syrups  are  selling 
in  an  everyday  manner.  No  one  seems 
to  want  more  than  enough  to  meet  tem­
porary  wants.  Prices  are  practically  un­
changed.

is 

In  canned  goods  there  is  almost  an 
absolute  lack  of  demand  and  this  is 
causing  goods  to  be  worked  off  at  ruin­
ous  quotations.  Tomatoes,  Maryland 
brands,  have  sold  here  for  only  60c  per 
dozen;  N.  J.  brands,  good  goods,  65c. 
Standard  N.  Y.  corn  has  sold  at  s°@ 
55c.  or,  rather,  has  been  offered  at  that 
and  found  few  who  care  for  it,  even 
then.  Harford  county  corn  has  sold  as 
low  as  42^c—certainly 
less  than  the 
cost  of  production.
Lemons  and  oranges  are  both  in much 
better  request  and  orders  have  come 
from  all  sections.  The  supply  seems 
sufficient  to  go  around,  but  the  tendency 
is  upward.  Bananas  and  pineapples 
are  selling  slowly  at  unchanged  rates.
low  rates.

Dried  fruit  goes  slowly  and  at  very 
The  butter  market 
is  firm  and  good 
prices  have  been  steadily  realized.  The 
supply  of 
really  desirable  Western 
creamery  is  hardly  sufficient  to  meet the 
demand and  I7@ i8c  has  been  the  ruling 
rate.

Cheese  is  firm.  Large size,  full cream, 

is  held  at  ioj^c;  small,  iij^c.

The  egg  market  is  in  a  very  satisfac­
tory  condition.  Best  Western  stock  is 
selling  freely  at  io@u>£c.

Beans  are  quiet.  Choice  marrows, 
$1.25;  choice  pea,  90c.  Red  kidney, 
$1.7031.75.

Asheville,  the  Attractive.

The  sun  has  never  shown  upon  a  spot 
fairer  than  the  Asheville,  North  Caro 
lina,  country.  The  climatic  advantages 
and  the  beautiful  scenery  of  Asheville 
have  won  for  that  section  of  our  country 
that  enviable  name,  “ The  Laud  of  the 
Sky.”   So  attractive 
is  Asheville  that 
Mr.  Vanderbilt  has  chosen  it.  above  all 
others,  as  the  place  for  his  magnificent 
new  chateau,  costing  many  millions  of 
dollars.  The  elegant  tourist  hotels  at 
Asheville  and  Hot  Springs,  N.  C.,  are 
open  the  year  around.

The  line  to  this  “ Land  of the Sky”   is 
the  Southern  Railway.  Wm.  H  Tay- 
loe,  Assistant  General  Passenger  Agent, 
Louisville,  Ky., 
furnishes  handsome 
souvenir  books  of  the  country.  The 
Asheville  country 
is  reached  through 
Cincinnati  or  Louisville on conveniently 
arranged  schedules  via  Queen  &  Cres­
cent  and  Southern  Railway.

“ My  dear,”   asked  a  grocer  of  his 
wife,  “ do  you  think  it  is  true  that  ‘ man 
wants  but  little  here  below?’  ”   “ That 
sometimes  depends  whether  he  has  to 
pay  cash  down  for  it  or  not. 
If  you 
trust  some  men,  they  will  take  all  they 
can  get. ’ ’

Association Matters

Michigan  Hardware  Association 

President,  Hen ry C. W e b e r , Detroit; Vice-Pres­
ident. C h as. F .  B ock,  Battle Creek;  Secretary- 
Treasurer,  Hen r y C.  Min n ie,  Eaton Rapids.

Michigan Retail Grocers’ Association 

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

President, J. W is l e b ,  Mancelona;  Secretary,  E. 
A.  Stowe,  Grand  Rapids;  Treasurer,  J.  F. 
T atm an,  Clare.
Traverse City Business Men’s Association
Holly ;  Treasurer, C. A. H ammond.
Grand  Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association
President,  E. C. W in c h e ste r:  Secretary, Homer 
K l a p ;  Treasurer, J.  G eo.  L ehman.
Regular  Meetings—First  and  third  Tuesday 
evenings of each month at  Retail  Grocers’ Hall, 
ovèr E. J. Herrick’s store.

Owosso  Business  Men’s  Association 

President, A. D. W h ip ple ; Secretary, G. T. C amp­

b e l l ;  Treasurer, W. E.  Co llin s.

Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association 

President, B yron C. H il l ; Secretary.  W.  H.  Por­

t e r ;  Treasurer, J.  F.  H elmer.

Alpena Business Men’s Association 

President,  F.  W.  G ilc h r ist;  Secretary,  C.  L. 
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P a r tr id g e. 

Lansing Retail Grocers’ Association 

President,  F.  K.  J oh n so n;  Secretary,  A.  M. 

D a r l in g :  Treasurer, L.  A. G il k e y .

Grand Rapids Retail Meat Dealers’ Association 
President, L. J. K a t z :  Secretary, Ph ilip Hilrkr : 

Treasurer, S. J.  Hutpord.

Adrian  Retail Grocers’ Association 

President,  Martin  Gafney;  Secretary,  E.  F. 

Cleveland;  Treasurer, Geo. M. Hoch.

Elgin  System  of 
Creameries.

It  will  pay  you  to 

investigate  our 
plans, and  visit  our  factorii s, if  you  are 
contemplating  building  a  Cieamery  or 
Cheese  factory,  All  supplies  furnished 
at low est prices.  Correspondence so ­
licited.

R.  E.  STURG IS,

A lle ga n ,  M ich.

Contractor  and  Builder  of  But­
ter  and  Cheese  Factories,  and 
Dealer in  Supplies.

Wm,  H. Thompson  &  eq„

Wholesale

Potato

Commission
Merchants

156  and  158 South  Water St.,  Chicago. 

R e f e r e n c e :

Bank of Commerce,  Chicago.

H arvf.y  P.  M il l e r .

E v e r e t t  P.  T easdale.

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601  N.  Third  Street,

ST.  LOUIS,  MO.

Consignments solicited.  Advances made.

Reference:  American  Kxchange  Bank,  St.  I-mils.

BUTTER AND EGGS

Mark  your  next shipment of Butter to .  ..

HARRIS &.  FRUTCHEY,  Detroit.

They pay cash on track at your station for  Eggs.

Correspondence solicited. R. HK Jr.,

Market St., Detroit.

Eggs are  always  in demand with  me.
Will  buy  same  at  point  of  shipment, 
or  delivered,  in  small  or  large  lots. 
Write  for particulars.

5 aSHSH5 H5 eSriSHSH5 a 5 HSHS5 5 H5 aSaSH S2 5 a S E S ^
■ ELKHART  EGO CASE  CO.,  Elkhart,  Ind.l

M anufacturers of  EGO  CASES  AND  FILLERS,

Are placing on the market a Grocers’ Delivery Case. 

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This  case, being  shipped  folded  flat,  goes  at  low  freight  rate,  and  occupies  little  room  on 
counter.  Contains a complete filler, carries eggs safely.  W ill  he  printed with your  “ad.”   free 
when  ordered in  thousand  lots.  Price $10 per thousand.  Can  be returned  and used many times.

W e  are  largest  manufacturers  E g g   Case 
Fillers in  U.  S., and  our cold  storage filler 

not equaled.

This FARMERS’ case  ( 12 doz.)  is just
right for  taking eggs  to market,

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Devoted to the Best Interests of Business Men

Published at the New Blodgett Building, 

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Subscribers  may  have  the  mailing  address  of 
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No paper discontinued, except  at  the  option  of 
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say  that  you  saw  the  advertisement  In  the 
Michigan Tradesman.

E.  A.  STOWE,  E ditor.

WEDNESDAY,----- MAY 12, 1897.

TH E  TO O   GENEROUS  PUBLIC.
One  of  the  most  remarkable  and  yet 
popular  and 
legitimate  cases of  silent 
bull-dozing  on  record  was  that  at  Syra­
cuse,  N.  Y .,  when  the people assembled 
in  mass  convention 
in  the  Common 
Council  chamber  to  overawe,  by  their 
presence  simply,  a  lot  of  aldermen  who 
were  preparing  to  give  away  valuable 
city  franchises  for  an  indefinite  period 
to  their  favorites.

The  press  of  the  city  had  protested 
against  giving  away  such  valuable  con­
cessions. 
It  was  charged  that  the  street 
car  companies  and  others  were  "greas­
ing”   the  aldermen  while attempting  to 
rob  the  city  of  rights  and  franchises 
that  were  inalienable  and  that  ought  to 
be  granted  to  others  only  for a  valuable 
consideration  for  temporary  use—that 
a  limit  should  be  fixed  to  the  time  of 
the  use  of  the  franchise,  and  that,  too, 
a  reasonable 
limit  and  under  proper 
safeguards  for  forfeiture  and  an  ascend­
ing  annual  rental.  The  aldermen  dis­
regarded  these  suggestions  of  the  press, 
and  then  the  people  were  aroused  to 
storming  the  Council  chamber and  the 
scheme  was  abandoned  for  the  time. 
The  silent  but  emphatic  protest  from 
the  hundreds  of  representative  and 
watchful  citizens  who 
the 
Council  hall  was  too  much  for the aider- 
men,  and  the  ordinances  went over.

thronged 

The  Syracuse  press,  as  the  Cleve­
land  press  recently,  and  the  papers  of 
other cities,  insisted  that  the  city  had  a 
valuable  reserve  power  for  raising  rev­
enue  from  the  city  franchises,  and  that 
this  source  of  revenue  was  constantly 
in  value  as  the  population 
increasing 
increased. 
These  public 
franchises 
should  always  be  held  sacredly  in  trust 
for  the  whole people,  and only be farmed 
out  for  reasonable  fixed  terms  and  for 
fixed  compensation.  The  use  of  such 
concessions  is  always  profitable  to  those 
who  do  not  attempt  to  make  them  meet 
extraordinaiy  charges  on  plants  and  the 
public  paying  for  the  service  given  by 
the  companies  or  individuals exercising 
the  franchise  can  justly  demand  remun­
eration  for  the  concessions.  Water  com­
panies,  light  companies,  transportation 
companies,  or  any  other  companies, 
using  the  streets  belonging  to  a  city, 
should  as 
justly  pay  a  reasonable  and 
adequate  rental  or  percentage  of  profits 
to  the  public  as  an  individual  should 
pay  rent  to  another  individual  whose 
property  he  uses.

This  view,  it  is  gratifying  to  see,  is 
now  attracting  more  and  more  attention 
ail  over  the  country. 
It  is  seen  that  the 
community  has  a  source  of  large  rev­
enue  in  the  direction  indicated  that  has 
not  been  sufficiently  utilized  heretofore, 
and  better  business  sense  is  entering 
into  municipal  management.  Many 
cities  financially  embarrassed are waste- 
fully  and  recklessly,  or  negligently,  al­
lowing  the  use  of  thé  public  franchises 
without  receiving  a  dollar  of  compensa­
tion,  but  the  public  is  slowly  becoming 
more  enlightened  in  these  matters.

BEET  SUGAR  INDUSTRY.

The  Secretary  of  Agriculture  has  dis­
tributed  sugar-beet  seed  to  about  20,000 
farmers.  Requests  for  seed  have-  come 
from  all  parts  of  the  United  States,  the 
Southern  demand  coming  from  close  to 
the  sugar-cane  line.  While  it  is  deemed 
improbable  that  the  Southern  climate 
will  prove  favorable  to  the  profitable 
raising  of  sugar-beets,  the  Secretary  has 
supplied  all  applicants.  He  desires  to 
encourage  trials  of  beet  culture  and  to 
be  able  in  due  time  to  point  out  to  cap 
italists  and  agriculturists  the 
lands 
from  which  the  sugar  for  which  the 
United  States  now  pays  abroad  $100,- 
000,000  can  be  produced.

Farmers  have  experimented  for them­
selves.  California  soil  and  climate  are 
adapted  to  sugar-beet  culture.  So,  too, 
are  those  of  the  states  east  of the Rocky 
mountains  on  the  same  parallels. 
In 
Utah  a  beet-sugar  refinery  is  in success­
ful  operation.  Another 
in  Nebraska. 
In  Western  New  York  there  is  reported 
to  be  forming  a  company  to  establish  a 
refinery.  Central  New  York  is  equally 
favorable  to  the  cultivation  of  sugar 
beets.  But  to  the  profitable  engagement 
in  the  beet-sugar  industry  two  factors 
are  necessary—the  beets  and  the  fac­
tory,  production  and  capital.  The 
in­
dividual  farmer  cannot  turn  his  product 
into  sugar,  nor  can  two  or three  or a 
dozen  profitably.  One  factory,  or  re­
finery,  will  convert  the  beet  production 
of  a 
is 
costly,  exceeding  the  financial resources 
of  the  average  farming  community.

Its  machinery 

large  region. 

is  here  that  the  Agricultural  De­
partment  is  taking  a  helpful  part. 
Its 
investigations  will  aid  the  capitalists 
and  farmers  to  come  together—the  for­
mer  to  establish  the  factory  and  the  lat­
ter  to  turn  their attention  to  the  raising 
of  sugar-beets.  Thus  there  is  opening, 
as  seems  entirely  probable,  a  new  in­
dustry  to  the  farmers  of  Michigan. 
Their  lands  are  too  valuable  for  wheat 
raising,  in  competition  with  the  broad 
acres  of  cheap  and  rich  Western  lands. 
For  sugar  there  is  a  home  market,  and 
there 
is  promise  of  profit  from  thou­
sands  of  acres  of  New  York  lands  from 
sugar-beet  culture  and  beet-sugar  man­
ufacture.

It 

The  pending  tariff  bills  are  particu­
larly  interesting,  from  the  point  of  view 
of  their  influence  on  the  production  of 
beet-sugar  in  the  United  States.  The 
Dingley  bill  affords  the  producers  the 
more  encouragement.  The  refiner has 
preference  for  the  Senate  bill.  Under 
either  protection  of  sugar  production 
will be afforded.  Under either the United 
States  can  be  made  as  independent  of 
the  rest  of  the  world  in  the  matter  of 
sugar  as  it  is  in  the  matter of iron.  The 
administration  appears  to  be 
intelli­
gently aiding  to  that  end.

The  Chemist  of  the  Agricultural  De­
partment  in  Washington  thinks  that  the 
oil  made  of  sunflower  seed,  which  he 
says  is a  perfect  substitute  for olive oil, 
is  the  coming  salad  oil.

TH E  BELL  SCARECROW.

Nowithstanding  the  displayed  head­
lines  with  which  sensational newspapers 
have  heralded  the  Sweeping  Victory  of 
the  Bell  Company  in  the  United  States 
Supreme  Court,  in the  suit  begun  by  the 
Government  to  annul  the  Berliner  pat­
ents  for  fraud  in  delaying  the 
issue  of 
the  same  so  as  to  secure  a  longer  mo­
nopoly  in  telephoning,the  decision  real­
ly  amounts  to  nothing  and  settles  noth­
ing.  The  Government  took  an  unusual 
step 
in  commencing  the  suit  in  equity 
to  set  aside  the  patent.  Usually private 
parties 
interested  are  left  to  do  the 
fighting  over  patented  inventions,  but 
in  this  case—because  of  a  suspicious 
occurrence 
involving  some  of  the  most 
important  rights  of  the  entire  popula­
tion— Uncle  Sam  took  the 
initiative. 
That  occurrence  was  nothing  more  nor 
less  than  the  patent  hanging  fire  for 
about  thirteen  years  in  the  Patent  Office 
and  then  being  finally  granted  and  fall­
ing  into  the  hands  of  the great  Bell  oc­
topus.  The  Supreme  Court’s  decision 
amounts  to  the  Scotch  verdict  of  "not 
proven;"  in  other  words,  there  was  no 
direct  proof  that  the  patent  was  thus 
delayed  for  fraudulent  purposes.  The 
decision  cuts  no  figure  whatever  in  de­
ciding  the  validity  of  the  patent  on 
its 
merits.  There are some twenty-six differ­
ent  defenses  which  may  be 
set  up 
against  a  patent  in  the  Federal  courts 
when 
its  claims  are  sought  to  be  en­
forced.  Not  one  of  these  have  thus  far 
been  invoked.  Nor  have  the  Bell  peo­
ple  even  attempted  to  push  the  Berliner 
patent  at  all.  When  they  do,  and  when 
the  independent  companies  get a chance 
at  it,  then  the  dignified  movements  of 
the  Government  in  attempting  to  right 
its  own  wrong  will  be  replaced  by  the 
united  action  of  a  set  of  business  men 
interested  in  their  manufactories  of  tel­
ephones  and  telephone  supplies;  and 
companies  which  have  invested  money 
in  legitimate  ventures  in  opposition  to 
the  Bell 
lines  and  exchanges  will  en­
deavor  to  ascertain  whether  the Berliner 
patents  are  worth  the  paper  they  are 
written  on  or  not;  and  until  after  four 
or  five  years  of  sharp  fighting,  when  the 
case  may  reach  a  terminal  point  in  the 
Supreme  Court  our  people  can  go on 
with  ease,  comfort  and  economy  to  use 
the  hundred  and  one  better  telephones 
than  the  Bell  company  foist  on  the  pub­
lic.

GENERAL  TRADE  S ITU A TIO N .
The  general  bear  tendency  of  manu­
facturing  prices  continues  to  prevail  in 
iron  and  most  textiles,  but  in  many 
lines  there  is  a  continued 
increase  of 
activity,  especially  in  the  country  job 
bing  trade 
in  much  of  the  West.  The 
export  of  gold,  which  was  expected  to 
be  considerable,  has  fallen  off,  only 
$2,500,000  going  out 
last  week,  or 
$9,000,000  since  the  movement  began. 
A  notable  feature  of  the  situation  is  the 
stimulation  of  imports  on  account of'the 
tariff  work  in  Congress.  At  New  York 
all  records as  to amount  were  exceeded, 
the  figures  being  given  at  $18,382,019, 
and  the  excess over  exports  at over $11,- 
000,000.  When  it  is  taken  into  consid­
eration  that  prices  are  materially  less 
than  when  the 
imports  have  been  the 
.heaviest  before,  it  will  be  seen  that  the 
quantity  of  merchandise  coming  in  is 
enormous.  Money  rates  continue  easy 
and,  while  stock  transactions  are  of 
small  volume,  prices  tend  in  the  right 
direction.

Wheat  has  held  very  steady  for  a 
week  past,  with  a  tendency  toward  a 
higher  level.  The visible  supply  in  this

country  and  afloat  is  the  smallest  since
1801.

While  the  downward  movement  of 
iron  prices 
is  very  slow  it  seems  to be 
steady  and  positive.  Grey  forge  is  now 
quoted  at  $8.40  at  Pittsburg  and  Bes­
semer at  $9.40.  Common  bar  iron  is  90 
cents  per  100  pounds.  The  demand  has 
fallen  off  for  nails  and  structural 
iron, 
but  works  are  busy  on  old  orders.

The  textile  situation  still  continues 
unsatisfactory.  Prices  of  prints  are  at 
the  lowest  point  ever  known.  Sales  of 
wool  have  slackened  and the demand for 
woolen  goods  is  still  disappointing.

With  a  slight  decline 

in  the  leather 
market  and  the  fear  of  greater, 
the 
movement  of  boots  and  shoes has dimin­
ished  somewhat.  Women’s  goods  are 
still  in  fair  demand,  but  men’s  wear 
is 
very  quiet.

Bank  clearings  have made an unusual­
ly  good  showing,  exceeding  the  billion 
point  again—$1,120,000,000.  Failures
are  228  against  244  for thd preceding 
week. 

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GREATER  NEW  YORK.

The  bill  providing  foi  the  consolida­
tion  of  New  York,  Brooklyn  and  several 
other  neighboring  communities  into  a 
single  municipality,  known  as  Greater 
New  York,  has  been  finally  signed,  and 
is  now  fully  accom­
the  consolidation 
plished,  although  the  actual 
inaugura­
tion  of  the  new  regime  will  not  take 
place  until  Jan.  1  next.  In November an 
election  will  be  held  for mayor,  munici­
pal  officers,  aldermen  and  councilmen 
of  the  new  municipality,  and  with  the 
installation  of  the  officers  then  elected 
will  commence  the  life  of  the  second 
largest  city  in  the  world.

Greater  New  York  will  have  a  popu­
lation  of  nearly  4,000,000  people,  or 
more  than  half  the  population  of  the 
State  of  New  York.  She  will  then  rank 
next  to  London  among  the  big  cities  of 
the  world.  Of  course,  there  will  be 
many  critics  who  will  hold  that  the  ele­
vation  of  New  York  to  second  place 
is 
not  based  upon  honest  growth,  but  is  a 
sort  of  piracy  practiced  upon  neighbor­
ing  communities.  This is  not  the  case, 
however.  All  great  cities  have  become 
great  by  absorbing  outlying  towns  and 
villages,  by  so  growing  as  to  swallow 
up  their  trade  and  separate  industrial 
life.  The  cities  which  will  be  consoli­
dated  have  every 
interest  in  common 
with  the  metropolis.  Their  people,  for 
the  most  part,  transact  business  or  find 
employment 
in  New  York  and  their 
prosperity  and  advancement  are  influ­
enced  by  every  circumstance  which 
affects  the  great  city.  There  is,  there­
fore,  nothing  abnormal  in the consolida­
tion.

The  municipal  government  of so great 
a  city  becomes  a  matter  of  very  great 
importance,  of  greater  moment,  in  fact, 
than  the  government  of  any  one  of 
seven-eighths  of  the  states  of the Union. 
It 
is,  therefore,  to  be  hoped  that  the 
people  of  Greater  New  York  will  make 
a  wise  choice  of  officers  at  the  election 
in  November  next,  it  being  especially 
desirable  that  the  new  city  government 
be  inaugurated  under  the most favorable 
auspices  possible,  and,  consequently,
with  the  very  best  class  of  men 
in 
charge. 

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A  method  of  getting  rid  of the rabbits 
in  Australia  has  at  last  been  found. 
It 
is  to  ship  them  ready  dressed  to  the 
It  having  been  found 
English  market. 
a  profitable  undertaking 
in  Victoria, 
New  South  Wales  has  determined  to  en­
ter the  field,  and  has  appointed  com­
petent  officials  to  superintend  the  clean­
ing,  grading and packing of the  rodents.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

9

WRAPPER  TOBACCO.

The  Dingley  bill  restored  tobacco  du­
ties  to  the  figures  of  the  McKinley  law. 
Leaf  tobacco  suitable  for  cigar  wrap­
pers,  unstemmed,  was  made  dutiable 
at  the  rate  of  $2 per pound ;  if stemmed, 
$2.75.  The  Senate Committee bill makes 
wrapper  tobacco  unstemmed  dutiable  at 
$1.50  per  pound;  stemmed,  $2.25—a  re­
duction  on  each  class  of  50 cents  per 
pound.  The  rates  on  unstemmed  and 
stemmed  filler  tobacco  are  35  and  50 
cents  respectively.  The  Dingley  rates 
were 65  and  80  cents.  The  Senate  bill 
explains  that  the term “  wrapper tobacco 
as  used 
in  this  act”   means  all  wrap­
pers;  ‘ ‘ filler  tobacco  means  all  other 
leaf  tobacco. ’ ’

Representatives  of  the  tobacco  grow­
ers  of  the  United  States  profess  amaze­
ment  at  the  Senate’s  changes  and  will 
make  earnest  efforts  to  have  the  Mc- 
Kinley-Dingley  rates  restored.  Their 
argument 
is  founded  on  the  protective 
principle,  the  needs  of the Treasury and 
the  tariff  levied  by  England  on  tobacco. 
The  exports  of 
leaf  tobacco  from  the 
United  States  to  England  last  year  were 
79,063,780  pounds  at  10  2-5  cents  per 
pound.  England  levied  3s  6d  duty  per 
pound  on  this  10-cent  per  pound  tobac­
co.  That  is,  English  users  of  United 
States  tobacco  paid  $8,239,451  to  the 
American  producer  and  $69,000,000  to 
the  British  exchequer  in  duties  thereon.
The  value  of  wrapper  tobacco  im­
ported  by  the  United  States  in  1896  was 
about  $4,181,015.  On  this  there  was 
collected 
The 
rates  of  duty  proposed  by  the  Senate 
are  the  Wilson 
law  rates.  The  fifty 
cents  reduction  from  the McKinley rates 
increased  imports  in  competition  with 
American  producers  nearly 
100  per 
cent.,  but  added  only  $1,500,000  to  the 
revenues,  an 
increase  of  about  25  per 
cent.

in  duties  $6,286,523. 

The  contention  of  the  tobacco growers 
in  behalf  of  the  higher  rates  is  justified 
by  their claim  to  protection.  The  qual­
ity  of  their  product  for  wrapping  pur­
poses  is  approved  by  the  large  demand 
for  it  abroad.  The Treasury figures show 
an  increase  of  imports  under  the  lower 
rate  disproportionate  with  the 
increase 
of  revenue.  And  when  the  extent  of 
the 
is  considered  and  its  im­
portance  as  an  employing  agency,  the 
demand  that  the  home  market  be  pro­
tected  for  the  home  producers  appears 
to  be  reasonable.

industry 

U TILIZIN G   FLOOD  WATERS.
The  Tradesman  recently  called  atten­
tion  to  the  fact  that  vast  areas  of  the 
arid  and  barren  lands  of  the  West  could 
be  made  fruitful,  if  the  numerous  rivers 
which  drain  that  region  were  dammed 
and  their  waters  impounded  and  used 
for  irrigation.

Unless  those  lands  can  be  irrigated, 
they  will  remain  unproductive  deserts, 
because  that  region  is  practically  rain­
less,  and the streams  which  flow  through 
those  dry  plains  get  their  waters  from 
the  mountains  where  they  take  their 
rise.  By  damming  the  mountain passes 
whence  these  rivers 
issue,  vast  lakes 
could  be  created,  and  from  them  the 
water  could  be  led  upon  the  arid  plains 
wherever  it  might  be  needed. 
The 
American  plains  of  the  West  are  ex­
if  only  they  can  be  ir­
tremely  fertile 
rigated,  and  this  can  be  done 
if  the 
Government  will  permit  the  erection  of 
the  dams  on  public  lands.

The  Chicago  Times-Herald,  treating 
this  subject  particularly  in  connection 
with  the  Satte  of  Wyoming,remarks that 
four-fifths of  that  State  is  composed  of

forests  and  grazing  land,  which  cannot 
be  reached  by  the  State  or  by  the  peo­
ple  under  the  existing  land  laws.  These 
lands  cannot  be  entered  under the home­
stead  law,  are  not  cultivable,  and  there 
is  no  way  of  reducing  them  to  private 
ownership.  Fifty  millions  of  acres  of 
grazing 
land  are  an  open  range,  upon 
which  herds  of  cattle  and flocks of  sheep 
are  maintained,  or  have  been  main­
tained,  to  the  exceeding  detriment  of 
the  native  grasses,  which  are  fast  being 
utterly  destroyed.

The  grass  is  only  found  in  the spring, 
and  on  the  approach  of  the  dry  season 
becomes  parched  and  worthless.  The 
result  is  that  the  grazing  lands  are  fast 
becoming  irreclaimable  deserts.  With 
the  disappearance  of  the  grass  the cattle 
interests  necessarily  decline,  and  thus 
the  citizens  of  Wyoming  see  one  of  the 
great 
industries  of  the  State  destroyed 
through  the  mere  greed  of  those  en­
gaged 
in 
it,  and  they  are  helpless  to 
prevent  it.

The  Times-Herald  urges  that  the 
proper  and 
just  course  for  the  General 
Government  to  pursue  is  to  make  a  gift 
of  all  the  public  lands  of  the arid region 
to  the  States  in  which  they  lie,  so  that 
they  may  be  dealt  with  as  the  Legisla­
tures  of  those  States  deem  best.

into 

These 

lands  could  then,  by  means  of 
irrigation,  be  converted 
.verdant 
and  fruitful  expanses of cultivated farms 
and  grass  lands.  Then,  not  only  would 
the  people  of  those  States  be  vastly 
benefited,  but  the  people  living  on  the 
lowlands  along  the  Mississippi  River 
would  be  proportionately  relieved  of the 
flood  waters  which  would  be  so  diverted 
to  agriculture.  Not  only  Wyoming,  but 
Montana,  the  Dakotas,  Colorado,  Ne­
braska  and  Kansas  would  be  immensely 
benefitted  agriculturally,  while  the  flood 
waters  of  the  Missouri  and  the Arkansas 
would  be  largely  curtailed.

for  a 

‘ ‘ cereal  coffees.”  

In  another  portion  of  our  issue  a  no­
tice  appears  from  the  Postum  Cereal 
Co  ,  Limited,  of  Battle  Creek,  Michi­
gan,  to  all  manufacturers,  as  well  as 
wholesale  and  retail  merchants,  making 
or  selling 
It  seems 
that  the  Postum  Co.  were the originators 
of  the  term  ‘ * cereal  coffee, ’ '  and  were 
the  original  manufacturers  of  that  sort 
of  beverage.  As  we  understand,  they 
do  not  claim  they  were  the  original 
makers  of  a  “ coffee  substitute,”   but 
their  advertising and  energy  have  made 
a  widespread  demand 
‘ ‘ cereal 
coffee, ’ ’  and  they  are  protected  by 
It  is  a 
the  United  States  patent  laws. 
fact  that  a  large  number  of 
imitations 
of  Postum  have  sprung  up  in  various 
parts  of  the  country,  and,  as  a  rule, 
they  take  some  of  the  wording  or  form 
of  engraving  from  the  Postum  package, 
and,  in  some  cases,  use entire  sentences 
abstracted  from  the  Postum  Co. ’s  ad­
vertising  or  their  package.  This  has 
been  done  with  an  intent  to  deceive  the 
public.  The  rulings  of  the United States 
courts  are  very  clear  on  this  subject. 
These people are an  energetic,  progress­
ive  crowd,  and  with  means,  as  well 
as  legal  and  business  ability,  they  will 
make  a  vigorous  effort  to  clear  the  mar­
ket  of  a  vast  amount  of  rubbish  that 
is
being  sold  as  this  or 
that  “ cereal 
coffee”   in  imitation  of  the  original.  In 
any  event 
is  quite  certain  to  cost 
merchants  some  money  if  they  persist 
in  the  sale  or distribution  of  the  imita­
tio n ‘ ‘ cereal  coffees. ”  
It  will  be  ob­
served  that  the  Postum  Co.  state in their 
notice  that  they  have  no  contest  with 
legitimate  competitors  and  they  make 
particular  mention  of  one  competitor 
they  esteem  to  be  honest—a  barley  or 
malt  coffee  that  stands  on  its  own  repu­
tation  conducts  its  business  without an 
attempt  to  steal  the  ideas  and  valuable 
franchise  belonging  to  another.

it 

The  Cost  of  Bad  Roads.

Written fo r the T rad esm an.

involved;  indeed, 

Undoubtedly,  the  greatest  economic 
problem  receiving  consideration  in  this 
country  to-day  is  that  of  road 
improve­
ment.  Not  many  realize  the  vastness 
of  the  interests 
the 
bare  statement  of  some  of  the  more 
the  question—the 
salient  features  of 
items  of  cost 
involved—is  almost  too 
great  for credibility.  For instance,  it is 
estimated  by  the  Secretary  of  the Farm­
ers’  National  Congress,  on  bases  ac­
cepted  by  other  statisticians,  that  the 
cost  of  wagon  transportation 
this 
country  amounts 
to  $965,000,000  per! 
annum.  This  estimate  is  based  on  the 
generally  accepted  statement  that  the 
average  cost  of  highway  transportation 
is  25  cents  per  ton  per  mile.  Of  this 
vast  expense 
it  is  estimated  that  two- 
thirds  should  be  charged  to  the  trans­
portation  of  farm  products,  and  the  re­
maining  third  to  merchandise,  building 
material,  farm  machinery,  etc.

in 

It  is  estimated  that,  if  the  roads  were 
! improved  by  graveling  or  otherwise  to 
the  greatest  practicable  extent,  the  cost 
of  this  transportation  would  be  reduced 
to  one-third  of 
the  enormous  sum 
named.  But,  while  this  may  be 
too 
great  a  result  to  accomplish,  the  im­
provement  of  such  roads  as  would mani­
festly  pay  would  reduce  the  cost  one- 
half.  Thus  we  are  sinking  in  the  mire 
every  year  nearly  $500,000,000,  a  sum 
about  equal  to  the  entire  expense  of 
running  the  Federal  Government.

Tremendous  as  this  loss  seems,  it  by 
no  means  represents  all  that  should  be 
charged  to  the  account.  Another  item 
more  difficult  to  estimate,  and  perhaps 
of  greater  economic  importance,  is  the 
interference  caused  by 
disturbance  or 
the  embargoes  of 
impracticable  roads 
extending  over  so  much  of  the  year. 
This  is  a  feature  of  the  subject  which 
has  had  less  notice,  perhaps,  than  most 
others.

Every  merchant  knows  how  sensitive 
his  trade  is  to the  condition  of  the roads 
tributary  to  his  trade,  and  so  this  point 
has 
received  considerable  attention. 
But  the  consequences  of  impracticable 
roads  go  farther  than  the  temporary  in­
terference  with  the  merchants’  trade. 
For 
instance,  how  frequently  flouring 
mills  depending  on  local  supplies  are 
compelled  to  suspend  operations,  throw­
ing  employes  out  of  work  for  want  of 
the  grain  unprofitably  burdening  the 
farmers’  bins.  Could the farmers realize 
on  the  crop,  they  could  pay  debts  and 
purchase  the  supplies  necessary  for  a 
healthy  commercial  movement,  and  at 
the  same  time  keep  dependent  indus­
tries 
is  only 
when  we  follow  the  trade  disturbance 
and  loss  to  all  the  consequences that  we 
begin  to  realize  the  extent  of  the 
inter­
ests  involved.

in  active  operation. 

It 

is  that  the 

A  reason  why  the  seriousness  of  the 
road  question  cannot  be  fully  compre­
hended 
interests  are  so 
greatly  divided.  The  losses  come  upon 
so  many,  and  come  in  so  many  differ­
ent  ways,  that  it  is  impossible  to  bring 
a  realization  of  the true magnitude ;  and 
for  the  same  reason  it  seems  impossible 
to  rouse  the  active 
inteiest  of  any  in 
that  which  is  the  business  of  all.

The  farmers  can  scarcely  be  blamed 
that  they  do  so  little  to  secure  road 
im­
provement.  The  amount  they  are able to 
pay  in  local  taxation  is  so  pitiful  in  the 
face  of  the  magnitude  of  the  work  to  be 
done that  it  is  not  strange  they  should 
selfishly  strive  to  have  used  it  where  it 
will 
improve  their  local  surroundings. 
The  fact  is  slowly  coming  to  be  recog­

nized  that  the  problem  must  be  under­
taken  by  state  and  county  action.  It 
is 
only  thus  that  all  the interests concerned 
can  be  made  to  bear  their  proper  pro­
portion  of  the  cost.  Several of  the  states 
have  undertaken  the  work,  and  their 
operations  are  being  watched  with great 
In  some  of  these  the  experi­
interest. 
ments  have  so  far  advanced  that 
it 
seems  nearly  time  that  the  work  should 
be  undertaken  by  the  rest.

W.  N.  F u l l e r .
Cocaine  and  Corrosive  Sublimate 

in 

Solution.

Corrosive  sublimate and hydrochloride 
of  cocaine  are  occasionally  prescribed 
in  combination,  and  Lamanna  gives 
the  following  method  of  producing  a 
clear  solution  of  the  two salts:  The  par­
ticular  formula  under discussion  called 
for  2  parts  of  corrosive  sublimate,  10 
parts  of  cocaine  hydrochloride,  and
1,000  parts  of  water.  He  dissolves  the 
cocaine  and  corrosive  sublimate  sepa­
rately  in  test  tubes,  each  of  which  con­
tains  one-half  of  the  water ordered,  and 
then  adds  one  or  two  drops  of  the  co­
caine  solution  to  the corrosive sublimate 
solution. 
If  no  precipitation  occurs, 
he  adds  the  cocaine  solution  drop  by 
drop  carefully,  until  the  cloudiness  ap­
pears. 
In  case  any  precipitation  does 
appear,  on  adding  the  cocaine  solution 
to  the  sublimate  solution,  the  only thing 
to  be  done  is  to  add  glycerin  or  sodium 
chloride  as  may  be  agreed  to  by  the 
physician  ordering  the  mixture.

Use  Capital  Wisely.

Go  slow  in  investing  capital,  and  do 
into 
not  allow  yourself  to  be  drawn 
every  plausible  scheme  which  presents 
itself  to  your  view.  Remember  that 
this  selfsame  capital  is  usually  secured 
through  much  self-denial,  and  should 
be,  from  this  very  fact,  highly  prized. 
A  good 
investment,  though,  should  be 
carefully  weighed,  for  it  is  the  part  of 
wisdom  for  anyone  who  has  capital  at 
disposal  to  seek  profitable  avenues  in 
which  to  put  the  same.  The  circula­
tion  of  money  is  what  makes  the  wheels 
go  round.

On  a  railroad  siding  tour  miles above 
Hollidaysburg,  Pa.,  stands  thirty-two 
Pullman  palace  cars,  closely  guarded 
day  and  night  by  watchmen  whose  only 
duty  it  is  to  see  that  no  one 
interferes 
with  the  process  of  decay  and  despolia­
tion  which  the  elements  have  inaugura­
ted.  The  cars  are  the  property  of  the 
Pennsylvania  Railroad  Company,  and 
represent  an  outlay  of  about  $400,000. 
These  handsome  coaches  have  been 
dragged  through  the  slow  and  tortuous 
processes  of 
for  over  five 
years.  Both  the  railroad  and  the  Pull­
man  Company  have  claims  on  the  cars, 
and  until  a  final  decision  is  rendered  in 
the  courts,  these  magnificent  vehicles of 
travel  by  rail  are  left  to  rot and crumble 
in  the  open  air,  exposed  to  all  kinds  of 
weather,  and  will  soon  be  unfit  for  any 
use  except  kindling  wood  and  old  scrap 
iron.

litigation 

in  the  press, 

In  France  the  manufacture  of matches
is  a  state  monopoly  and  under  state 
control,  and 
in  view  of  the  numerous 
cases  of  illness  among  the  workers  and 
the  many  complaints  which  have  been 
made 
in 
charge  has  asked  the  Academy  of Medi­
cine  to  draw  up  rules  for  the  regulation 
of  the  government  factories.  It seems  to 
be  chiefly  a  matter of  hyigene,  for  in 
two  factories—namely,  at  Algiers  and 
A ix—there  has  not  been  a  single  case 
of  phosphorus  poisoning 
for  twelve 
years,  owing  to  the  strict hygienic  rules 
which  have  been  in  force.

the  minister 

IO

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Clerks’  Corner

How  a  Long-Headed  Dealer  Dealt 

with  Erring  Clerks.

In  a  store 

in  a  country  town  with 
which  I  am  familiar  four  clerks  are em­
ployed.  Their  employer  is  an  easy  sort 
of  man  to  work 
lor  and  they  are  not 
ruled  with  a  rod  of  iron  by  any  means. 
When  he  is  in  the  store,  however,  the 
four  are  always  attentive  to  business 
and  apparently  stand  in  no  need  of  dis­
jolly  young  fellows 
cipline.  They  are 
and  are  weli 
liked  by  the  patrons  of 
the  store  as  well  a-  by  their  employer.

une  dav  recently  the  merchant  left 
the  store  intending  to  be  gone  a  couple 
of  hours.  Shortly  alter  he  left  some 
young  ladies  of  the  village  came  in, 
made  their  purchases  and  as  there  were 
no  other  customers  in,  sta\ed  to  talk  to 
the  boys  about  a  party  that  was  on  the 
tapis. 
Inside  of  ten  minutes  three  of 
the  boys  were  waltzing  with  the  girls  in 
an  L  part  of  the  store,  while  the  fourth 
was  posted  near  the  door  to  give  the 
alarm  in  the  event  of  an  interruption.

Suddenly  the  watcher  gave  the  signal 
whistle  and  made  a  dive  for  a  feather 
duster  to  busy  himself,  for  the  mer­
chant,  being  disappointed 
in  his  en­
gagement.  was  at  the  very  entrance  be­
fore  the  watcher  saw  him

Back  in  the  L,  however,  the  dancers 
were  too 
interested  to  think  of  signals 
and  the  whistle  was  not  even  heard. 
Their  surprise  and  consternation  was 
great,  therefore,  when  they  beheld  the 
merchant  in  the  doorway.

The  group  was  rather  crestfallen  and 
an  outburst  was  expected  from  the  mer­
chant,  but  none  came.  He  merely  took 
in  the  situation,  turned  on  his  heel  and 
went  into  his  office.  Nothing  was  said 
concerning  the  incident  except  by  the 
clerks  to  each  other.

At  supper  time  the  merchant  sent  the 
whole  four  away  at  the  same  time,  say­
ing  he  wanted  to  leave  in  an  hour  and 
wanted  them  all  there  before  he  went.

When  they  returned  there  were  four 
large  packages  ranged  along  the grocery 
counter,  looking 
like  a  dollar’s  worth 
of  sugar 
in  each  package.  Meantime 
the  merchant  had  changed  his  mind 
about  leaving.

Closing  time  came,  but  there  was  no 
reference  made  by  the  merchant  as  to 
the  propriety  of  putting  out  the  lights; 
in  fact,  he  sat  at  his  desk  writing  and 
was  apparently  dead  to  all  idea  of time. 
The  afternoon's  adventure  made  the 
clerks  shv  about making any suggestions 
and  they  just  waited.

It  was  almost 

io  o’clock  when  the 
merchant  stopped  writing,  slowly  ar­
ranged  matters  on  his  desk  and  finally 
looked  at  his  watch. 
“ My,  my,  it’s 
late.  Why  didn’t  you  boys  tell  me  how 
late  it  was  getting  Cover  np  the  stock 
and  we  ll  go  home. ’ *

When  the  stocks  were  covered  he 
called  one  of  the  clerks  into  the  office, 
closed  the  door  and  talked  to  him  in  a 
kindly,  business-like  way,  of  the  bad 
influence  on  trade  of  cutting-up  in  the 
store,  hoped  it  wouldn’t  happen  again 
and  wound  up 
in  a  pleasant  manner. 
Then,  as  if  be  had  forgotten  all  about 
it,  he  referred  to  the  packages  on  the 
counter  and  said  one  of  them  must  be 
at  a  certain  house  in  time  for  breakfast. 
Would  he  take  it  and  a  note  to  the  man 
who  had  bought  it? 
It  was  too  late  to 
take  it  that  night,  but  he  could  carry  it 
home  and  get  up  early  and  finish  the 
errand.

The  clerk  couldn’t  refuse
The  merchant  wrote  the  note  hurried­

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it 

in  an  envelope  and  sent  the 
ly,  put 
clerk  out  the  back  door,  it  being nearer.
Each  clerk  in  turn  was  called  into the 
office  and  each 
left  with  one  of  the 
heavy  bundles  and  a  note.  All  four 
were  directed  to  deliver  the  bundles  at 
precisely  6:30,  so  as  to  be  in  time  with 
them.  When  they  were  gone  the  mer­
chant  chuckled.  He  had  reason  for  it. 
The  four  notes  were  all  directed  to  the 
same  party  and  were  all  alike.  They 
read:

I  have  sent  Harry,  Ned,  Ed  and Dick 
all  to  your  house  with  sacks  of  sand  as 
a  sort  of  punishment.  They  are  to  be 
there  at  6.30 a.  m.  Keep  the  first  one 
that  arrives  until  the  others  come  and 
then  show  them  these  notes,  tell  them 
where  they  can  dump  the  sand  and  you 
will  oblige  me.  The  boys  haven’t  been 
getting  exercise  enough 
the  store 
in  the  L  and  1  think 
without  dancing 
this  scheme  a  healthier  one.  An  early 
morning  walk  will  be  good  for  them.

in 

The  merchant  remarked  to  me  the 
other  day  that  he  didn’t  believe  there 
would  be  any  more 
informal  hops  in 
the  L.

When  I  asked  one  of  the  clerks  about 

it  he blushed  slightly  and  said :

“ Well,  I’ll  tell  you. 

It  made  us  feel 
rather  cheap,  but  it  was  the  best  pos­
sible  rebuke. 
If  Mr.  —  had  gotten 
angry  and  made  a  good  deal  of  fuss 
about 
it  on  the  spot,  it  wouldn’t  have 
had  half  the  effect  of  the  little  lecture 
and  the  goose  chase. 
It  made  us  feel 
small  and  I  don’t  believe  that  in  future 
there  will  be  any  cause  for  complaint 
on  this  score.—Shoe  and  Leather  Ga­
zette.
Abuse  of  the  Delivery  Wagon  System. 
Prom the Csdill  c News.

The  delivery  teams  and  wagons  of the 
Cadillac  grocers  are  the  pride  of  their 
owners  and  their  equipments,  for  the 
most  part  are  equal  to  those  in  larger 
cities.  They  are  seen  speeding  along 
the  various  streets  ¿t  all  hour> of  tl>« 
day.  w hen  not  receiving  goods  at  the 
store  of  the;r  owners  or  disrharging 
their  load  at  the  door of some  purchaser. 
Goods  are  d e liv e re d   free as  far  north  as 
Haring  and  south  as  far  as  the  Hector 
farm.  They  stop  at  the  homes  of  those 
who  dwell  along  the  lake  side  driveway 
and  go  east  to  the  Crosby  farm.  A  ton 
of  feed  or a  two  cent  yeast  cake  are  de­
livered  with  equal  promptness  and  ac­
curacy.  Some  exacting  patrons  want 
their  parcels delivered  with  bewidering 
swiftness  On  a  recent  rainy  morning 
a 
lady  desired  a  yeast  cake,  her  entire 
purchase,  delivered  at  her  home  several 
blocks  distant  from  the  store.  The  busy 
delivery  clerk  was  excused  from  carry­
ing  other  parcels  until  the  yeast  cake 
order  was  filled.  As  some  delay  was 
experienced 
it  started,  the 
yeast  cake  parcel  reached  its  destina­
tion,  carried  in  a  bushel  basket  behind 
a  delivery  team 
just  as  the  lady  pur­
chaser  with  umbrella  and  in  waterproof 
wraps,  who  had  walked  directly  from 
the  store,  arrived  at  her  home.  The 
incident  is  related  by  a  delivery  team­
ster  who  has  had  varied  experiences 
during  many  years  service  in  this  city.

in  getting 

Weariness.

W eary,  so  w e a r y ;  oh,  weary  o f tears,
W e a ry   o f  heartaches,  and  w e a ry   o f fears, 
Weary  o f m oaning’ and  w e a ry  o f pain;
Weary,  so  weary,  o f hoping*  in  vain.

W eary,  so w eary,  o f  the burdens  o f life ,
W ea ry   o f toilin g and  w e a ry  o f strife,
W e a ry   o f  pa rtin g and  w ea ry  o f n igh t,
Weary,  so  weary,  and  lo n g in g   for  ligh t.

W e a ry ,  so  w ea ry ,  o f waiting  alone,
W e a ry   o f as k in g  —r e c e iv in g  a sto n e;
W ea ry   o f  w atch in g,  w eary  o f jeers,
Weary,  so weary,  o f taunts  and  o f sneers.

Wearv,  so weary;  but sometime I ’ ll  rest, 
D rea m le ssly  sleep in g,  hands  crossed  on  m y 

breast,

N o  m ore  to sorrow ,  no more  to  weep,
O n ly  to lie  d ow n  and  q u ietly sleep.

If  you  get  a  hard  knock  in  business, 
straighten  up  and  remember  vou  are  so 
much  more  able  to  meet  the  next rebuff.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

1 ,

AN  OLD  DESK.

The  Luck  It  Brought  the  Purchaser.
Written for the T radesm an.

The  War of  the  Union  was over.  The 
Southern  Confederacy  no  longer  existed 
and  the  old  stalwart  Union  was  slowly 
settling  down  to  business  unce  more. 
Harvey  Warren  and  Martin  Healy,  two 
of  the  boys  in  blue,  were  wending  their 
way  across  the  country  from  Memphis, 
through  Tennessee  and  Kentucky,  to 
their  homes  in  Ohio. 
It  was  the  month 
of  June.  The  weather  was  delightful 
and,  as  money  was  none  too  plentiful 
among  the  “ boys,”  the  two  Iriends  con­
cluded  to  save  as  much  as  possible  by 
making  the  journey  on  foot.

idle  curiosity 

Reaching  a  small  hamlet  southwest  of 
Nashville,  one  night,  they  sought  lodg­
ing  for  the  night. 
In  an  unoccupied 
dwelling  near  the  hotel  an  auction  sale 
of  household  goods  and  lurniture  was 
taking  place,  and 
in­
duced  the  young  men  to  drop 
in.  The 
building,  before  the  war,  was  the  resi­
dence  of  an  old  and  wealthy  planter, 
now  no 
longer  living.  His  “ contra­
bands”   were  scattered  over  the country, 
and  the  family  were  disposing  of  the 
antique  furniture,  as  a  matter of  neces­
sity.  Among  the  pieces  offered  was  an 
old-time  writing  desk  made  of  white 
oak,  finished  natural,  and with curiously 
carved  ornaments,  still  more  curiously 
fastened  in  their  places.  The  name  of 
the  maker  and  the  date  of  the  work 
it  were  sometime  in  the 
carved  upon 
In  shape  it  was  a 
seventeenth  century 
nearly 
eighteen 
inches  deep  at  the  hack,  and  slanting 
on  an  incline  to  six  inches  at  the  front. 
Inside,  several 
for 
papers  or  legal  documents,  were  within 
easy  reach.  Evidently,  it  was  intended 
to  find  a  place  upon  any  plain  office 
table  or  counter,  and  was  for  ornament 
as  well  as  use.  A  quantity  of  very  old 
and  apparently  legal  papers  were  pro­
miscuously 
its  floor, 
some  of  them  bearing  a  date  fifty  years 
previous.

square  box,  about 

scattered  over 

drawers, 

small 

The  ancient  desk  was  curiously  ex­
amined  by  many  persons,  as  it  was  de­
posited  near the  auctioneer’s  stand  and 
offered  for  sale.  But  few  seemed  to 
care  to  possess  it  and  the  bids were low. 
It  was  finally sold  to  my  friend,  Harvey 
Warren,  for  the  trifling  sum  of  $9,  when 
in  any  of  our  larger  northern  cities  it 
would  have  quickly  brought $75  or  $100 
just  as  a  curio.  Mr.  Warren  had  the 
desk  stoutly  boxed,  and  shipped  it  to 
Cincinnati  the  following  morning,  and 
the  two  young  men  then  resumed  their 
journey.

They  had  often  discussed  the  subject 
of  engaging  in  some  branch  of commer­
cial  business  after  the  war  closed,  and 
Mr.  Healy  already  had  $1,000 at  interest 
which  he  was  wil  ing  to  invest  in  part­
nership  with  his 
friend.  So  Mr.  H 
now  congratulated  Warren  on  having se 
cured  his  first  rich  and  useful  piece  of 
store  furniture!  Warren's  mother  wa>- 
a  widow  in  good  circumstances  and  ha<' 
promised  to  assist  him  when 
the  right 
time  arrived;  but he  preferred  to  be  in 
dependent.

In  due  time  the  antique  desk  reached 
the  home  of  Mr.  Warren,  in  Ohio,  when 
he  at  once  proceeded 
to  thoroughly 
clean  and  brighten  its  appearance,  and 
for  the  present  he  gave  it  a  place  in 
his  own  room.  First,  the  papers  pro­
miscuously  thrown  into  the  body  of  the 
desk  were  carefully  examined.  None 
seemed  valuable  except  for  the 
inci­
dents  they  recited,  their great  age  and 
quaint  style  and  diction ;  but  they  were

carefully  preserved.  The closely-fitting 
drawers,  almost  glued  to  their  places by 
long  disuse,  were  with  difficulty  re 
moved,  and 
found  to  contain  many 
curious—and  at  this  late  date  useful- 
letters  pertaining  to  the  mercantile 
business  of  our  country  as  far  back  as 
1720. 
In  the  efforts  made  to  remove 
these  drawers  the  floor  beneath  the  two 
lower  ones  was  broken,  exposing  an 
opening  below  them  twelve  inches long, 
six  wide  and  four  in  depth.  These  se­
cret  receptacles  were  packed 
full  of 
some  hard  substance,  well  covered  with 
many  thicknesses  of  woolen  cloth.  This 
being  removed,  there  was  revealed  a 
quantity  of  apparently  new  silver  coin, 
which,  strangely 
the 
stamp  of  the  American  eagles  and  half 
eagles  of  the  earliest  mintage;  and  in 
each  drawer  were  also  seyeral  narrow 
stout  vials  of  either  medicines  or  chem 
icals,  and  a  few  others  entirely  empty. 
luster  of  the  coin  was  as  brilliant 
The 
as 
if  fresh  from  the  mint;  and  yet  be 
neath 
its  brightness  appeared  a  little 
worn  with  use.

enough, 

bore 

Mr.  Warren  called  in  a  few  personal 
friends  in  whose  judgment  he  had  con­
fidence,  who  pronounced  the  coin  coun­
terfeit  gold,  and  accounted  for  its  re­
semblance  to  silver by  the  makers  hav­
ing  been  amateurs  at  the  work  who 
blundered  in  the  mixture  of  the  metals 
employed.  It  was,  therefore,  left  in  the 
openi 1  g.and  nothing  done  with  it.

Two  years  later,  I  visited  my  friend 
at  his  Ohio  home,  and  was  shown  his 
venerable  desk  and  its  contents,  includ­
ing  the  “ counterfeit”   coin. 
I  saw  at 
once that  I  could  unravel  the  mystery.
I  obtained  a  perfectly  smooth steel plate 
about  a  foot  square  and  placed  it  on  a 
hot  stove  with  the  temperature  at  about 
90  degrees.  Then  I  carefully  covered 
it  with  a  single  layer of  the coin, and in 
a  short  time,  with  the  aid  of  this  heat, 
the  silvery  whiteness  entirely  disap­
peared. 
It  proved,  as  I  had  supposed, 
to  be  genuine  old  gold  coin  of  the 
United  States,  amalgamated  or  blended 
on 
its  surface  with  quicksilver!  The 
empty  vials  found  in  the  drawers  with 
the coin  I rightly  inferred  had  contained 
nitric  acid and quicksilver,  which,  com­
ined,  have  an  affinity  for gold.  These 
had  united  with  the  surface  of  the 
metal.  The  corks  had  become  loosed 
from  the  vials  and  their  contents  had 
found  its  way  over  and  among  the  coin, 
when  time  and  alchemy  completed  the 
work,  giving  it  a  dull leaden  color  such 
as  spurious  silver  might  have,  and  my 
90  degrees  of  heat  had  simply converted 
the  quicksilver  into  vapor  which at once 
passed 
then 
washed  it  in  soft  water  with  a  pinch  of 
soda  added,  when 
its  restoration  was 
complete.  Applying  the  proper  tests 
for  gold,  there  was  no  longer  a  doubt  of 
its  value  Although  some  of  the  coins 
were  much  worn  by  use,  still,  for  all 
purposes  of  trade,  they  were  worth  their 
face  value;  and  upon  counting  them, 
there  was  found  to  be  over $1,500!

into  the  atmosphere. 

I 

Did  my  friend  Warren  restore  this 
money  to 
its  rightful  owner?  Like  an 
honest  man,  he  made  every  possible 
effort  to  find  the  family;  but,  so  far  as 
he  could  learn,  they  had  become  so  dis­
gusted  with  “ Yankees”   and  the  loss  of 
their  slaves  that 
it  was  believed  they 
had  left  the continent forever.

Warren  and  Healy  embarked  in  the 
dry  goods  trade  in  Texas,  where  I  used 
occasionally  to  pay  them  a  visit,  by 
special  invitation,  the  letter  enclosing 
a  draft  covering all expenses  each  time; 
and  Mr.  Warren  has  never  forgotten  to 
commission  Santa  Claus  to  visit  me  as 
his  special 
representative  each  year 
since.  He  always  says  that  I  was  the 
“ instrument”   to  furnish  him  the  means 
for  obtaining  a  life  competence.

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JANE  CRAGIN.

Who  Will  Win—the  New  Love  or  the 

Old?

Marjory  Marchland  went  to  her  room 
from  the  supper  and,  late  as 
it  was, 
looked  out  upon  the  night.  She  looked 
at  the  stars.  But  she  did  not  see  them. 
Finally,  in  wrapper  and  slippers,  she 
unbound  her  hair,  and  “ with  golden 
comb  she  combed 
it,”   thinking  the 
while  of  the  delightful  evening  she  had 
been  having—and  of  Miss  Cragin’s 
friend.

The  apartments  which  had  been  ar­
ranged  with  so  much  care  were,  as  she 
had  predicted,  an  indication  of  the  oc­
cupant.  He  was  a  handsomer  man  than 
she  had  imagined;  he  was  larger.  She 
liked  that  shade  of  hair.  The  color  and 
the  setting  of  the  eye  pleased  her.  He 
had  the  breadth  of  chest  and  shoulder 
that  told  of  unlimited  strength,  and, 
more  than  all  and  better  than  all,  what 
an  unbounded  delight 
it  was  to  look 
upon  a  man  whom  health  had  built  up 
and  crowned  as  a  masterpiece!  She 
liked  to  look  at  him ;  and,  as  if  suiting 
the  action  to  the  word,  she  looked 
long 
and  earnestly  at  the  mental  photograph 
which  she  had  taken  that  evening,  and 
pronounced  it  good.

stop 

She  did  not 

there— physical 
health  and  strength  were  one  thing,  but 
by  no  means  the  greatest.  The  clum­
siest  clod  that  held  the  plow  on  the  es­
tate  at  home  had  these,  and  thought 
nothing  of  them;  but  with  this  man 
they  were  only  incidentals.

“ How  coolly  he  picked  up  the  chal­
lenge  I  fairly  threw  at  him,  and  how, 
when  swords  were  drawn,  he  parried 
every  thrust and  finally  turned  the laugh 
against  me. 
I  didn't  like  it  at  first—no 
woman 
likes  to  be  beaten  when  she  is 
the  one  who  begins  the  attack ;  but  1— 1 
am  glad  he  did  beat  me. 
If  he  hadn't, 
I'm  afraid  I  should  have  despised  him 
— in  spite  of  his  robustness  and  his 
handsome  moustache  and  his  stubborn 
chin.”

She  stopped  her  combing  while  she 
talked;  but,  as  she  watched  the  comb 
as 
it  again  found  its  way  through  the 
glossy  tresses that  rippled  down  on  her 
shoulders  and  over  her  breast,  the 
thinking  went  on.

“ I  think  it  was  the  red  rose  that  first 
caught  his  eye”   (her  hand  fairly  ca­
ressed  the  silky  wavelets  which  had 
partly  concealed 
it,  and  so  had  aided 
her  in  carrying  out  her  design),  “ and 
1  shall  always  bless  Jane  Cragin  for  the 
hint  she  unconsciously  gave  me—that 
and  the  Cragin-cared-for  room.  The 
other  girls— I  wonder  what  they  think 
now! 
I  don’t  know  about  that  Carrie 
MacDonald.  She  and  her  young  min­
ister  may  have  settled things—!  haven’t 
just been  able  to  make out;  but,  for  all 
that,  there  was  mischief  in  her eye  at 
the 
table.  And  Miss  Birkenmayer, 
while  she  is  ordinarily  harmless,  under 
the  spur  of  the  Pennsylvania  beauty 
there  is  no  knowing  what  may  happen. 
I  don’t  like  the  way  Captain  Walker 
exchanged  glances  with  Mr.  Smith  once 
or  twice  during  the  evening;  and  the 
minute  Miss  MacDonald  took  them  into 
her  confidence  I  knew  that  something 
was  brewing.  When  those  three  get 
their  heads  together  we  are  sure  to 
hear  from  them— I  don’t  see,  however, 
why  they  need  to  trouble  me. 
If  Mr. 
Huxley  found 
it  convenient  and—and 
pleasant  to  look  constantly  in  my  direc­
tion,  I  don’t  see  why  I  am  to  be blamed 
for  it. 
It  was  a  trifle  awkward  for  him 
to  turn  squarely  around  every  time Miss 
MacDonald  insisted  on  talking  to  him ; 
and  why  she  should 
insist  after  she

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

saw,  or  might  have  seen,  how  disa— 
well,  inconvenient— it  was,  I’m  free  to 
confess  I  don’t  know.  Then  there  is 
Miss  Cragin— I  can’t  understand  her  at 
all.  She  appealed  to  me,  days  ago,  to 
help  her  make  Mr.  Huxley’s  stay  agree­
able  to  him,  even  going  so  far  as  to 
teach  him  how  to  spell;  and  now,  when 
I  give  the  man  the  first 
lesson,  she 
looks  as  if  she  were  saying  to  herself, 
‘ Did  you  ever  see  anything  quite  equal 
to  that!’  Then,  as  if  to  partially  con­
firm  what  Miss  MacDonald  had  said  of 
her,  she  concluded  her  self-communion 
with,  not  the  second  verse  of  Solomon’s 
song,  but  with something which sounded 
very  much  like,

•*I am the rose of Sharon!” 

and  was  soon  w andering  through dream ­
to  herself  all  sorts  of 
land  and  saying 
nonsense  which, 
in  her  w aking  mo­
ments,  would  certainly  have  surprised 
her.

The 

young  woman’s  keenness 

in 
reading  what  was  going  on 
in  Jane 
Cragin’s  mind  would  have  startled  Jane 
had  she  suspected  it.  But 
it  must  be 
admitted -that  the  hostess  of  the  evening 
did  not  wholly 
like  the  idea  of  being 
taken  so  literally  at  her  word,  and  espe­
cially  did  she  not  at  all  fancy  having 
“ her  Cyrus”   so  promptly  surrender 
himself  to— to —that  young  woman,  who 
had  so  artfully  fastened  some  red  roses 
about  her  remarkably  becoming  attire, 
and  then  amused  herself  by leaning over 
the  table  towards  him  and  “ making 
eyes”   at  him.  Why  couldn’t  she  have 
looked 
just  as  pretty,  and  not  put  any 
notions  into  Cy  Huxley’s  head  the  first 
thing!  And  Jane  kept  recalling  how 
the  charming  girl,  with  sparkling  eyes 
and  smile-parted 
lips,  sat  leaning  and 
listening 
to  Cy’s  “ ridiculousness!”  
with  the  light  graspng  at  her  dimples. 
Then  Lilian  Willowby’s 
letter  came 
back  to  her  and  she  wondered  if  Cy 
“ got  smitten”   with  her as  he  evidently 
had  with  Miss  Marchland—only  Marjory 
Marchland  knew  more  in  five  minutes 
than  that  senseless  Lilian  did  in  all 
her  life.  After  all,  what  did  they  both 
think  of  themselves,  making  up  to  each 
other 
in  that  ridiculous  way  right  be­
It  was  possible—perhaps 
fore  folks! 
probable—that 
lovely  Miss  Marchland 
had  been  captivated  at  first  sight—she 
must  admit  that  Cy  did  look  his  hand­
somest—handsomer,  anyway, 
than  she 
had  ever  seen  him  before;  but—but 
hadn’t  Cyrus  told  her,  Jane  Cragin, 
time  and  time  again,  that  she  was  the 
only  one  in  the  whole  wide  world  that 
he ever  could  care  for,  until she dreaded 
to  have  him  come  and  see—to  know 
about,  that  is,  to—well,  no  matter  what 
she  was  going  to  say;  it  was  simply 
ridiculous  for  those  two  to  carry  on  so 
the  very  first  time  they  saw  each  other, 
and  she  should  just  give  Cy  Huxley  a 
pointer  the  first  chance  she  could  get  in 
the  morning.  Then,  having  reached 
that  womanly  conclusion,  she,  too,  went 
to  sleep  at  last,  to  return  again  to  con­
sciousness  to  find  that  it  was  almost day 
alter  to-morrow.

Miss  Marchland  was  not  the  only  one 
who  saw  Jane  Cragin's  chagrin.  Miss 
MacDonald  was  much  too  busy  with her 
own  schemes  and  Miss  Marchland’s to 
know  or care  for Jane  Cragin;  but  Miss 
Birkenmayer, 
deliberate  and 
amused,  watched  with  the  instinct  pe­
culiar to  the  sex—and,  shall  it be  said, 
with 
the  pleasure?—the  commotion 
which  was  going  on  within  and  which 
was  connected 
in  some  way  with  the 
guest  they  had  come  to  honor.

calm, 

What  could  it  be?  If  Miss  Cragin  and 
Mr.  Huxley  were  only  friends  there  was

nothing  of  the  remarkable  in  his  mani­
fest  admiration  for  Miss  Marshland,  the 
prettiest girl  and  one  of  the  most  ami­
able  she  had  ever  known;  nor  was  it 
strange  that  she  should  admire  Mr. 
Huxley,  a  man  who,  so  far,  had  shown 
himself  in  every  way  deserving  the  re­
ception  he  had  received. 
If  there  were 
a  love  affair  between  the  host  and  her 
guest,  what  conclusion  could  be reached 
in  regard  to  the  relations  existing  be­
tween  Miss  Cragin  and  Doctor  Day? 
Her  own  eyes  bore  testimony  ot  things 
which  meant  more  than  a  common  re­
gard  between  them ;  and  the  chaffing  of 
Mr.  Smith  and  the Captain showed what 
they  thought  of 
it  be  that 
Miss  Cragin  was  like  the  rest  of  her 
sex,  after  all,  and,  while 
she  had 
thrown  away  the  old  love,  was  still  un­
willing  that  another  and  a  charming 
woman  should  take  up  and  idolize  what 
she  had  long  since  discarded?  It  looked 
like  it;  and  the  affair  would  be  well 
worth  watching.

it.  Could 

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

A  Commercial  Conundrum—Who  Will 

Solve  It?
Written for the  Tradesman.

There  are  wonderful developments go­
in  the  matter  of 
ing  on  all  the  time 
cheapening  products,  especially  those 
handled  by  grocers,  and  the  wonder 
grows  more  unaccountable  when  it  is 
considered  that  they  affect  mostjy staple 
goods  bearing  the  least  margin  of  profit 
for  the  retailer.  To  read,  for  intsance, 
the  market  report  of  wholesale  prices 
of  coffee  and  then  note  the  competitive 
rates  made  by  some  retail  grocers  has  a 
tendency  to  confuse  the  mind  with  an 
overpowering sense of discrepancy some­
where.

But,  when  one  observes  the  varying 
prices  asked  for baking  powders  of  dif­
ferent  brands,  all  other  commercial 
conundrums  must  take  a  back  seat. 
In 
the  former case  we are  sure  someone 
is 
losing,  or  the  tastes  of  consumers  differ 
as  widely  as  civilization  and barbarism. 
In  the  latter,  the  distance  between  the 
minimum  and  maximum  price,  both 
wholesale  and  retail,  shows  a  gap  too 
wide  to  he  spanned  by  any  ordinary  in­
tellectual  effort.  The  cheapest  coffee, 
if  genuine,  is,  at  the  worst,  a  fruit  of 
inferior  quality,  perhaps 
injured  by 
causes  that  deteriorate  strength  and  fla­
vor  but  still  do  not  wholly  destroy  its 
value  for  human  consumption.  Baking 
powder,  however,  as  now  placed  on  the 
market,  is  a  compound  mystery  as  to 
its  constitutent  parts,  and  also  the  price 
at  which 
is  offered  to  consumers. 
The  scaling  process  to  which  it  has 
been  subjected  by  competition 
has 
leavened  the  whole  product  with  such  a 
bad  reputation  that  many  grades  can­
not  secure purchasers without a premium 
thrown 
in  as  a  bait  to  settle  the ques­
tion  of  equivalent  value 
in  the  mind 
of  the  buyer.  Between  the  dearest  and 
cheapest  what  awful  probabilities  hover 
as  to  the  nature  of  the  ingredients! 
Yet  each brand is confidently guaranteed 
by  the  maker to  be  pure,  wholesome and 
effective  for  the  only  purpose  for  which 
it  is  used.  A  mechanic  would  not  rec­
ommend  with  greater  assurance a  ma­
chine  of  the  very  simplest  construction 
whose  value  can  be  tested  by  the  dullest 
senses.

it 

I  have  before  me  a  price  list  of  the 
highest  grade,  which  has  no  doubt  de­
servedly  a  world-wide  reputation  as  a 
strictly  pure  product.  The  wholesale 
rate  is  S4-IS  Per  dozen  pounds;  while  a 
circular  just  received  offers  another 
brand  in  lots  of  too  lb.  cans  at  the  rate

of  72c  per  dozen, 
freight  prepaid, 
coupled  with  the  assurance  that  if a sin­
gle  customer  should  be  dissatisfied  the 
whole 
invoice  may  be  returned  at  no 
expense  to  the  dealer!

The  difference  in  price  between  these 
two  products  sold  under  one  general 
name  for  universal  consumption  and the 
same  domestic  use  constitutes  a mystery 
worthy  the 
investigation  of  an  expert 
chemist  whose  function  it  is  to  disclose 
the  secrets  of  compound  substances  un­
der  pure  food  laws  for  the  benefit  of  the 
public.  Laws 
intended  to  prevent  the 
sale  of  impure  drugs adopt some definite 
standard  by  which  to  test  the  proper 
strength  and  composition  of  each article 
sold,  either  separately  or  combined 
in 
prescriptions  No  druggist,  under  such 
a  law,  would  be  allowed  to  handle  sev­
eral  grades  of  any  staple  compound 
known  by  the  same  name  and  requiring 
a  uniform  dosage,  but  sold  at  very 
widely  divergent  prices,  without  sub­
jecting  himself  to  the  suspicion  at  least 
of  an  intent  to  defraud  his  customers.

in 

As  most  component  parts  of  baking 
powder are  familiar  to  the  general  pub­
lic,a  bill  has been  proposed  in  the  Leg­
islature  to  compel  manufacturers 
to 
print  the  formula  of  each  brand  on  the 
label,  so  that  consumers  might  the  eas 
ier  select  those  most  desirable,  both  as 
to  price  and  quality.  There  are  good 
arguments 
its  favor  from  the  con­
sumer's  standdoint;  but  it  was  strongly 
opposed  by 
the  producers,  on  the 
ground  that  it  would  oblige  them  to  re­
veal  to  competitors  business 
secrets 
which  they  claimed  as  vested  rights. 
The  chances  are  that  the  bill  will  not 
become 
law ;  and  so  dealers  will  still 
continue  to  stock  up  on  a  staple  prod­
uct  that  varies  in  market  value  about  50 
per  cent.,  yet  each  brand 
is  warranted 
to  be  “ a  wholesome  article”   and  di­
rections  for  using  are  almost  identical.
The  increasing  output  of  new  brands 
and  the  expensive  methods  of  advertis­
ing  to  obtain  a  standing  in  the  market 
indicate  that  there  is  a  large  margin  of 
profit  to  manufacturers 
in  disguising 
formulas  of  a  pioduct  that,  although 
actually  a  staple  in  houshold  economy, 
has  become,  tor  trade  purposes,  a “ spe­
cialty, ”   with  all  that  the  name  implies, 
and  which 
is  playing  havoc  with  the 
ethics  that  should  govern  commercial 
equivalents.  It  is  to  be  hoped  that  some 
expert  professor  of  political  or domestic 
economy  will  throw  some  light  on  this 
dark  mystery  and  restore  normal  condi­
tions.  Thus,  the  public  who  consume 
may  in  time  learn  how  much  alum,  am­
monia,  soda,  starch,  flour  and  chemical 
acids  the  stomach  can  receive  with  im­
punity,  and  be  able  to  select  each  for 
himself  the  combination most suitable to 
his  digestion. 

P e t e r   C.  M e e k .

Switzerland  is  not  addicted  to  giving 
away  franchises.  In  the  permit  for  a 
railway  to  the  top  of  the  Jungfrau  the 
Swiss  legislature  requires  $20,000 
to 
erect  an  observatory  on  the  summit,  and 
$200  a  month  to  pay  for  weather  reports 
and  other  scientific  work.  The  fare 
is 
fixed,  and  the  government  reserves  the 
right  to  buy  out  the  company  after a 
cettain  number  of  years.  A  passenger 
pays  $8  and  the  ascent  will  be  made 
in 
100  minutes.

The  British  government  has  a  scheme 
under  consideration  for  tunneling  be­
tween  Ireland  and  Scotland.  The 
idea 
is  not  a  new  one,  and  is  reckoned  by 
competent  engineers  to  be  perfectly 
feasible.  The  route  will  probably  be 
from  a  point  in  Scotland  just  north  of 
Port  Patrick  to  a  point  in  Ireland,  near 
Carrickfergus.  The  estimated  cost  is 
$35,000,000.

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13

AH  M akers or S ellers of  B everages  U nder th e  N am e of *4Cereal Coffee** are Liable to  Prosecution 

for  In frin gem en t on  th e  V ested  R ights and  U nited  S ta te s Trade  M ark of th e

Postum Cereal Co.,  Limited, whose name and advertising has made a wide-spread demand for “Cereal Coffee,’’ and all other beverages made or sold 
as “Cereal Coffees” are made and sold for the express purpose of securing trade under the fame and  reputation  of  the  original,  and  are  clearly  in­
fringers and trespassers.  No conception of  Hygienic, or food value enters into the plan of the producers of the counterfeits of  Postum  Cereal  Food 
Coffee.  Their only and  sole motive  is to make up something that the grocers can hand out to inquirers for  Postum as “just as good” when they hap­
pen  to be out of the genuine  (and that  is a good part of the time  in too many cases).  Dozens of samples have been examined,  and they consist of an 
appalling lot of  rubbish— peas, beans, chicory, cocoanut shells,  peanut  shells,  rye, barley,  corn.  These are  browned  and  ground,  then  to  give  the 
composition a coffee taste,  some manufacturers put in a little cheap coffee and others put in some sort of drug or root.  These compositions are then 
put up  in  packages, either cardboard or tin, some of them quite handsome in appearance, with nice sounding names  of this or that "cereal coffee”  or 
with some name ending with O;  in nearly all cases, copying some of the wording on the  Postum  Cereal  Company’s  package. 
In  some  cases  users 
are advised to mix  the decoction with coffee;  but in no case that has come under our notice has any  attempt  been  made  to  produce  an  article with 
any food value.  Seldom  do manufacturers of counterfeits know how to prepaVe such a article, their entire effort being expended  in  the  direction  of 
making a  plausible counterfeit.  We feel justified in saying  that there is  no other  "cereal  coffee”  made  in  America  and  sold  as  a  "cereal  coffee” 
that  is manufactured  with the honest purpose of  producing a pure, hygienic food drink based upon scientific investigation  and research.  There is a 
barley coffee, honestly made and  honestly sold, not seeking to deceive people  into believing they are buying the original  “cereal  coffee.”  The  best 
sample of a “cereal coffee” that we have examined  is made by a so-called health food company, and they are honest  enough  in  their  advertising  to 
state  that  their  “cereal  coffee”  does  not  contain  any  nutritive value whatever, but  is simply a pleasant drink  and “substitute” for coffee.  Now, on 
the  other  hand,  when  Postum  was  discovered,  skillful  and well-known food experts proceeded carefully, thoughtfully and methodically to make a 
pure cereal coffee, and  if possible to so prepare the cereals that when the product was brewed,  it would  have the rich  color and  much of the  piquant 
pungent  taste  of  coffee;  this  was  deemed possible, provided the preparation of the ingredients in the manufacture was such as to bring about much 
the  same  result  as  in  the  proper  preparation  of  coffee.  The problem was a very difficult one to solve, and the experimentors occupied  something 
over one year  in their experiments, with probably several hundred failures.  It was known to be an easy matter to  brown  some  grains  and  make  a 
dark  colored  liquid, but that would  not solve the problem.  The  final  result, now known as  Postum  Cereal  Food Coffee, has about 66 per cent, of its 
total  from a part of the wheat berry that contains the albumens and  phosphates, absolutely demanded by the human economy  from which  to  rebuild 
the  lost  gray  matter  in the nerve centers. 
In this portion of the wheat berry exists an element that under proper heat, moisture and time,  will  pro­
duce diastase, the one thing  that will digest or transform  starch  into maltose or sugar.  About 24 per cent,  of  Postum  consists  of  the  starchy  parti­
cles of the cereals, which, when  properly digested,  go to the rebuilding of the fatty parts of the  human  body.  This  element  is  not  inclined  to  add 
to the  tissue of people who are already too fat, but  its use is to build  up the body in such places as seems to be  demanded  by  nature.  The  remain­
ing  10 per cent, of  Postum  consists of a saccharine or sugar product from one member of the cereal family.

The  proper  treatment of these different ingredients required experiment and thought to perfect.  The result is known to hundreds of thousands 
of people who have made  Postum their regular table beverage and  whose words of thanks we have in hundreds of letters  in our office.  For well-de­
fined  reasons  the  words  in  the  trade  mark,  “it  makes red blood,” were adopted, for it is a fact that  Postum Cereal  Food  Coffee rebuilds the human 
system  in a most pronounced manner, and the blood corpuscles quickly assume their proper shape and  color,  if  the  imported  coffee  is  left  off  and 
the  Postum  Cereal  Food  Coffee  used.

A  volume  as  large  as Webster’s unabridged dictionary might  be printed with testimonials of Postum, but their very numbers would make them 
tiresome to the  reader.  When, however, the food experts, the physicians, the scholars and educators of the country,  unite  in  praising  Postum,  after 
careful  tests  and  continued  use,  it  is  evidence  that  they  appreciate  the  difference  between  the  use of some  rubbish  mixed  up together to imitate 
coffee or as a “substitute” for coffee, and the benefit they derive from an article prepared by scientific men and on a scientific basis.

Prof.  Arthur  R.  Spade,  Principal  of  the Du  Pont School, Wilmington,  Del., who is a well-known educator and writer, states:  “ I  have not used 
tea or coffee for three years or more, for after noting the effects of these stimulants upon my system,  I  decided that they were  injurious.  After using 
Postum  Cereal two weeks,  I  found  I  had gained four pounds in weight and  my appetite had increased.”

Dr.  David  H.  Reeder, an  instructor  of  the  Ralston  Health  Club,  says:  “ I  have  found  Postum Cereal  Food Coffee a delicious and  wholesome

article. ”   We have learned that the Doctor advises the use of  Postum to his classes.

Mrs.  Sarah Tyson  Rorer, one of the  greatest  food experts in the world, head of the  Philadelphia Cooking  School and  in charge of a department 

of the  Ladies  Home Journal,  is a  user and great admirer of  Postum.

Bishop  Fallows,  D.  D.,  L.  L.  D.,  of  the Chicago University Association, says:  “ We are greatly delighted as a family with  Postum Cereal. 

It 
I  can, therefore, most heartily recommend its use to all who desire a healthful and 

has taken the place of coffee and  is asked  for three  times a day. 
agreeable lood coffee. ”

Dr.  C.  L.  Thompson,  of  Muskegon, Mich., writes:  “ I  recommend this coffee in all cases, but more particularly for nursing women.  It increases

the flow  of milk  and  makes it richer.  I  have never seen anything equal to it for this purpose.”

A  member  of  the  Boston  Board  or  Health  states  that  they had analyzed all of the cereal coffees and found foreign substances  in  most  all  of 

them, but found  Postum Cereal just as  represented.  They were very much pleased with it and would recommend it.

Dr.  H. C. James,  of  1939  9th  street,  Washington,  D.  C.,  says:  “ I  consider  Postum  a  very healthful and nourishing drink, and my family and 

myself have all  gained  in flesh and strength since using the same.”

Letters of this character could be multiplied almost without end, and come from many  of  the  most  widely  known  physicians  and  other  public 

men in the United  States.

The success of  Postum Cereal  Food  Coffee has  been the cause of this great flood of rubbish all over the country.  The plan  pursued by shrewd 
and  unscrupulous men has been  to make up an  imitation and  place it  in the hands of the grocers throughout the country, on consignment,  promising 
to put samples around at the houses and  otherwise  advertise their  so-called  “ cereal  coffee,” knowing that grocers will  undertake to  work off  goods 
they may have on their shelves to customers who come and enquire for  Postum. 
It is a comm >n occurrence to hear the grocer say to the  enquiring 
customer,  “ Yes,  I  keep  Postum,  but am out of  it at present.  Here  is  something  that is highly recommended as being as good as  Postum.” 
In  this 
manner a great many tons of deleterious  goods have been  worked off at a large profit to the manufacturers and a large temporary  profit to the  retail 
grocer, who has perhaps not given  the subject thought enough to realize that such  work hurts his value in the eyes of desirable customers.

The  Postum  Cereal  Co.,  Limited,  have been driven  to a point where it has become an  absolute necessity that they proceed  through the United 
States courts to compel  some of the manufacturers of these counterfeits to desist from their manufacture and  sale.  Suit has been brought against the 
makers of Grain-O.  Others will  follow,  and  they will also bring action against  wholesale  and  retail grocers to prevent their  selling  the  counterfeit 
articles  to  purchases  who  call  for  the genuine.  This procedure  is in  the interest of pure food and drink,  and the  Postum Cereal  Co.,  Limited,  pro­
pose to carry on an active campaign  against all  those who aid and abet  in any  way the spread of articles of  that class.  The action has created  some 
consternation  among  merchants  who  have been chuckling over  ill-gotten  profits  from deceived  customers, but  it is a  pleasant evidence of the gen­
eral high  character of grocers, to know that  in the main they are very glad  to  second  the  efforts  of  the  Postum  Cereal  Co.,  Limited,  in eliminating 
from the market these spurious articles, the use of which  in many cases  is a definite harm and  injury to the human stomach.

Our  Corporation  Attorneys  will  persecute no one, but they will  relentlessly prosecute  merchants,  both  wholesale  and retail, who insist  upon 
aiding  and  abetting  the  unlawful  distribution  of  any  article  sold  as  “ cereal  coffee ”  or  any  cereal  beverage  packed  in  cartons with  red seals or 
wording in any manner deceitfully copying the packages or wording of  the original.

PO STU M   C E R E A L   CO.,  Lim.,  Battle  Creek,  Mich.

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14

Shoes  and  Leather
How  the  Shoe  Store  Prospered—A 

Sister’s  Share  in  the  Success. 

James  McAlister  unexpectedly 

fell 
heir  to  a  modest  legacy  of  a  few  thou­
sand.  He  was  a  young  man,  but  had 
already  felt  care  and  responsibility,  as 
his  parents  having  died  several  years 
before,  James,  as  the  eldest, 
took  his 
father’s  place  to  a  great  degree  in  the 
providing  for  his  younger  brother and 
sister.

Ned  had  graduated  at  the  Newton 
Academy,  and  was  a  book-keeper  in  a 
grocery  store.  James  had  been  for  sev- 
earl  years  in  a  shoe store.  Dolly,  pretty, 
lively  Dolly,  was  housekeeper  and 
mender,  and  the  sunshine  of  the  simple 
but  dainty  little  home.

Now,  when  James  received  this  un­
expected  windfall  from  an  older  maid 
en  sister  of  his  father  he  wondered  how 
he  should  best 
invest  it.  After  much 
thought,  and  seeking  for 
information, 
he decided  to  open  a  shoe  shop in Aber­
deen,  a  thriving  town 
in  one  of  the 
Middle  States.

Dolly  shed  a  few  tears 

in  private 
over  leaving  her  old  home,  but outward­
ly  she  was  all  smiles  and  brave  words 
of  encouragement.  Ned  would  be  book­
keeper  of  the  new  firm.  After  reaching 
the  town  the  three  went 
to  a  quiet 
boarding-house  until  they  could  find  a 
suitable  house,  and  decide  upon  the  sit­
uation  of their  new  store  room.

But,  alas! 

the  first  day  was  dark, 
dreary  and  rainy.  The  two  brothers 
started  off,  leaving  Dolly  with  a  new 
magazine,  “ to  drive  off the blues,’ ’  they 
said.  But  after  reading  awhile  Dolly 
grew  restless. 
“ Why  shouldn’t  she  go 
out  as  well  as  those great  boys?  She 
had  a  new  mackintosh,  cap,  rubbers 
and  umbrella.  She  would  know  a  little 
about  her  new  home.

After a  rather  forlorn  supper,  Dolly 
and  her  brothers repaired to their rooms. 
They  gathered  in  Dolly’s  about  a  grate 
fire.

‘ ‘ I  declare  I  never  dreamed 

there 
were  so  many  shoe  shops  here, ’ ’  ob­
served  James,  in  a  dejected  tone.

“ We  counted.six,  and  Aberdeen  isn’t 

very  large,”   said  Ned.

“ Yes,  in  the  western  part,”   Dolly 
isn't  one  in  East 

affirmed,  “ but  there 
Aberdeen. ”

The  boys  stared. 

“  How do  you  know 
there  are  two  parts?"  they  asked  in­
credulously.

“ A  small  creek  called  the  Indianola 
is  the  most 
divides  them.  The  west 
aristocratic,  but  the  east  is  thickly  pop­
ulated. ”   Dolly  spoke  as  if  reciting  a 
lesson  in  geography,  but  her  eyes  twin­
kled.  Then she  leaned  forward  earnest­
ly:  “ Now,  boys,  I’m  sure  the  east 
is 
‘ ‘ There are  few 
your  place, ’ ’  she  said. 
people  there  very  well  off,  but  the  me­
chanics  and  factory  employes  have  reg­
ular  wages,  and many  of  the  citizens  are 
employed  by  the  railroads.  They  must 
come  so  far  to  the  west  side  to  shop. 
There  is  a  nice  grocery  over  there,  and 
the  proprietor  told  me  that,  although 
only  started  a  few  years  ago,  he  had 
done  unusually  well.  Why  shouldn’t  a 
good  shoe  shop  do  as  well?  People 
must  have  shoes  as  well  as  things  to 
eat. ’ ’

“ Dolly  McAlister!  haven’t  you  been 
in  this  room  all  this  afternoon?”   de­
manded  James, 
in  a  would-be  stern 
manner.

“ No,  I  couldn’t  keep  still,  James; 
let  us  talk  it  over, ”  

don’t  scold,  but 
urged'the girl.

The  boys  laughed  at  Dolly,  but  they 
had  found  by  experience  that  she  had  a 
sensible  little  head  on  her  shoulders.  So 
now,  after  a 
they  dis­
cussed  the  matter as  seriously  as  Dolly 
desired.

little  chaffing, 

The  end  of  the  matter  was  that  next 
morning  James  went  to  explore  East 
Aberdeen,  while  Ned  and  Dolly  went  to 
visit  the  house  James  had  already  dis­
covered.

The  result  of  each  was favorable.  The 
household  furniture  was  moved  at  once 
to  the  little  home  in  East  Aberdeen  and 
James  rented  a  store  room  of  moderate 
size  for  his  new  venture  in  business.

Dolly  was  busy  enough  these  days, 
but  she  was  healthy  and  happy,  two  im­
portant  “ b’s. ”   She  flitted  back  and 
forth  between  the  new  home  and  store. 
In  a  burst  of  self-denial  and  generosity 
she  gave  up  a  large  old-fashioned  mir­
ror  which  had  belonged  to  their  grand­
mother  to  the  place  in  the  store  back  of 
the  window  partially  screened  by  a  gay 
but  pretty  homemade  screen.  Added  to 
this  ghe  donated  one  of  her  couches, 
and  covered  several  pillows  with 
inex­
pensive  gingham  and  demin  to  heap 
upon  it. 
It  made  a  veritable  cosey  cor­
ner  when  finished  for  ladies  to try  on 
shoes.

further 

Then  a 

inspiration 

seized 
Dolly.  At  home  she  had  been  famous 
among  the  little  folks  for  drawing  and 
painting 
in  water  colors  wonderful 
paper  dolls.  Now  she  turned  this  talent 
to  account  for  “ the  business.”   She 
made a  few  immense  dolls  to  put  in  the 
one  large  show  window.  There  was  a 
dainty  maiden 
in  a  blue  gown,  with 
apron,  collar  and  cuffs  and cap of white. 
In  her hand  she  held  up  to  view  a  card 
bearing  the 
“ The  prettiest 
ladies’  slippers  at  McAlister’s .”

legend, 

Another  doll  was  a  tall  sailor lad  in  a 
perfect  sailor’s  costume.  His  placard 
was  larger  than  the  girl’s  and  read:  “ I 
bring  the  Orient’s  treasures  from afar, ”  
to  advertise  the  Oriental  slippers.

Dolly  did  this  work  in  the  evenings, 
it  took  much  time  and  labor,  but 

and 
the  result  satisfied  her.

Every  Saturday  she  rearranged  the 
window,  because  on  that  day  the  small 
army  of  country  people  came  in  town  to 
buy.

One  day  she  exhibited  a  huge  wooden 
shoe  she  had  used  at  a  church  fair at 
her  old  home,  and  which  Ned  had 
carved  a  little  and  painted. 
In  this, 
tumbling  out  of  it  and  seated  on  its toe, 
were  little  Holland  maidens  and  boys 
of all  sizes,  in  quaint  Dutch  costumes. 
Along 
in  front  flowed  a  canal—a  long, 
narrow  tin  vessel  reaching  almost across 
the  broad  window,  and filled with water. 
This  was  covered  with  real  moss  Dolly 
had  bribed  some  little  boys  to  bring  her 
from  the  woods,  and  made  a  carpet  for 
most  of  the  window  seat,  with  here  and 
there  on  it,  and  hung  above,  the  differ­
ent  styles  of  shoes.  This  scene  attracted 
a  great  number,  especially  children, 
who  dragged  fathers  and  mothers  to  the 
fascinating  spot.  One  tall,  beautifully 
dressed 
the  store,  and 
while  purchasing  a  pair  of  shoes  for  the 
little  girl  she  led  by  the  hand,  asked 
if 
dolls  similar  to  the  ones  in  the  window 
could  be  bought  or  ordered. 
James 
glanced  enquiringly  at  Dolly,  who  came 
forward  at  once  and  said  that  she  would 
fill  any  order.

lady  entered 

The 

lady  looked  relieved.  “ I  want 
quite  a  number  to  send  away,”   she 
said.  She  was  from  the  west  side,  and 
told  her  friends  of  “ the  artistic  dolls 
Miss  McAlister  made,”   and Dolly made 
many  an  extra  dollar  from  her  original

dolls.  Meanwhile,  James 
found,  as 
Dolly  had  predicted,  a  good  sale  with 
generally  ready  pay.  His  customers 
were  men  on  a  salary,  who,  if  thrifty, 
hated  to  get  behind,  and  had  only  so 
much  to  spend  each  month,  but 
it  was 
regular.  James  was  surprised  at  the 
number  of  his  customers.  They  found 
his  goods  reliable,  and  then  it  was  so 
much  more  convenient  than  tramping 
over  to  town;  while  now  and  then,  a 
West  Ender  was  attracted  eastward  by 
the  tempting  display  at  McAlister’s.  So 
three  years  came  and  went,  bringing  its 
ups  and  downs  to  the  new  firm;  but  the 
“ ups”   grew  steadily  as  the  “ downs”  
decreased.  One  day  Dolly  had  a  great 
surprise.  James 
informed  her  that  at 
last  he  was  able  to  carry  out  the  desire 
of  his  heart  and  marry  the  girl  of  his 
choice  from  his  old  home.  Dolly  knew 
and  admired  stately  Katherine  Eliot

and  threw  herself  into  the  preparations 
for  the  coming  bride  with  her  usual  ar­
dor.  But  after  the  pretty  wedding  and 
visit  among  old  friends,  and  Dolly  had 
come  back  to  Aberdeen  to  await  the 
homecoming  of  the  bride  and  groom,  a 
novel  sinking  of  the  heart  came  to  the 
cheery  young  girl.  Hitherto  she  bad 
been  the  chief  manager  of  the  house; 
henceforth  she  must be  but  an  assistant. 
James  would 
love  her,  but  she  was  no 
longer  necessary  to  his  comfort.  She 
realized,  with  a  sudden  flood-tide  of 
knowledge,  that  the  old  life  was  over. 
She  decided  after  a  good  cry  that  she 
must  accept  the  secondary  place  with 
grace  and  dignity.  She  must  never  al­
low  her  new  sister  to  imagine  that  she 
was  a  usurper  or  that  Dolly  felt  any 
vain  regrets  over  the  change.

It  was  not  easy  to  do,  but  Dolly  ac­
She  was  Katherine’s

complished 

it. 

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way. ’ ’

“ But  I must  wait  for  my  change,  any­

* * Not  at  a ll;  we can send it C.  O.  D. ’ ' 
“ But  it’s  only  63  cents.”
“ That  makes  no  difference. 

It  will 

be  delivered  this  evening;  sure.”

“ Very  well,”   and  the  lady  sauntered 
away,  wondering  why  the  clerk  was  so 
anxious  to  send  so  small  a  package  to 
Brooklyn,  and  put  the  establishment  to 
the  trouble of  collecting  63  cents.

The  mystery  deepened  at  the  home  of 

the  lady  in  Brooklyn.

“ A  package  for  Miss  Blank,”   said 
the  driver  of  the  delivery  wagon,  and 
urried  to  leave.
“ He’s  forgotten  to  collect  the  63 
“ Stop  him, 

cents, ”   cried  the  lady. 
Bridget!”

Hey!”   cried  Bridget.
That’s  all  right,”   rejoined the  driv­
er,  and  disappeared  around  the  corner.
The  mystery  was  explained  at  the 
office  of  the  father  of  the  lady  in  New 
York.

Are  you  Mr.  Blank?”   asked  the 

dapper  young  man.

“ Yes,”   said  the  father.
“ The  father  of  a 

daughters  in  Brooklyn?”

large  family  of 

‘ Yes.”
‘ A C .  O.  D.  package  was  sent  to 
your  home  the  other  day.  That  sug­
gests  that  perhaps  you  would  like  to 
open  an  account  tor  your  family  at  our 
store. ’ ’

•Eh?”
‘ The  advantage  would  be  mutual. 
Ou  our  side  we  would  have  the  trade  of 
1  large  family  of  young  ladies.”
“ So?”
“  Large  families  of  young  ladies  are 
n  great  demand  as  charge  customers. ’ ’ 
“ Huh!”
“ And  so  we  should  be  very  glad  to 
open  the  account.  On  your  side  the 
advantage  would  be  equally  great.  Our 
store  is  a  long  way  from  Brooklyn.”  

“ H-m-m. ”
“ And  so  your  daughters  would  not be 
apt  to  buy so  much  as  they  would if they 
had  an  account 
in  a  Brooklyn  store. 
Therefore  you  would  save  money. ’ ’ 

“ Yes?”
“ Yes.”
The  father  looked  over  his  glasses  at 
the  dapper  young  man,  and  the  dapper 
young  man  stretched  out  his  legs,  thrust 
his  bands 
into  his  trousers  pockets, 
and  began :
search  out  large  families of daughters?

‘ So,  then,  you  make  it  a  business  to 

“  Yes. ”
“ And  omit  to  collect  money  due  on 
C  .O.  D.  packages  so as to  have a  basis 
for  starting  an  account?”

“ Yes.”
“ The  plan  is 

ingenious.  But 

it 

not 
ingenious  enough  to  succeed  with 
the  father  of  a  large  family  of  daueh 
ters.  How  old  are  you?”

‘ * T wenty-seven. ’ ’
‘ * I  am  57. 

If  you  are  the  father  of  a 
large  family  of  daughters  when  you  are 
57  you  will  know  more  than  you  do 
now. ”

“ Yes?”
“ You  will  have  learned  that  if  one 

store  is  twice  as  far  away  as  another, 
woman  will  feel  herself  obliged  to  buy 
twice  as  much  as  at  the  other  to  make 
up  for the  difference  in  distance.”  

“ Yes?”
“ You  will  have  learned  also  that  she 
will  feel  herself  obliged  to  keep  on buy 
ing  as  much  as  ever  at  the  near  store 
just  because  it  is nearer than the other. ” 

“ Yes?”
* * So that  the  net  result  wculd  be  that 
my  daughters  would  buy  three  times  as 
much  as  before  I  opened  an  account 
with  you. ”
“ Yes?”
“ Ordinary  reasoning  won’t  apply  to 

“ Then  you  don’t  want  to  open  the 

helper,  but  she  spent  more  time  at  the 
store  to  relieve  James  and  allow  him 
more  time  with  his  wife.  A  cold,  raw 
autumn  day  saw  a  handsome,  merry­
faced  young  man  entering  the  McAlis­
ter’s  store. 
It  was  a  traveling  man  for 
a 
large  New  York  house,  Tevis  Van 
Buren.  Dolly  had  met  him  several  * 
times,  James  was  off  to  the  west  side 
helping  his  wife  select  some  house­
hold  treasures;  Ned  was collecting.  But 
the  young  man  seemed  to  think  Dolly  a 
sufficient  representative  of 
firm. 
Finally  he  smiled,  “ Why,  Miss  McAl­
is  anything 
ister,  I  wonder  if  there 
to,”   he  said.
you’re  not  fully 
“  Your  brother  ought  to  take  you 
in  as 
partner. 

I  shall  tell  him  so.”

’ up' 

the 

But  the  conversation  drifted  to  other 
subjects  far  enough  away from “ trade. ”  
Young  Tevis  talked  well  and  Dolly  was 
glad  to  listen,  except  when  some  re­
mark  challenged  her  dissent.

I’ve 

All  at  once  there  was  a  pause.  Mr. 
Van  Buren’s  ready  tongue  seemed  to 
fail  him.  Dolly  tried  in  vain  to 
inter­
est  him.  To  her  amazement  he  burst 
forth  in  a  totally  changed  voice:  “ Miss 
Dolly,  traveling  men  can’t  do  as  they 
like.  They  must  live  in  a  hurry.  Here 
I  must  be  off  in  two  hours.  But  I  have 
thought  of  nothing  else  but  this  visit 
loved  you 
since  I  was  here  last. 
from  the  first  time  I  saw  you. 
I  can’t 
hope  that  you  have  learned  to  love  me, 
but  I  cannot  leave  without  asking  you 
if  I  may  carry  away  with  me  the  hope 
that  some  day  I  may  win  you  for  my 
w ife.”   He  came  nearer  and 
took 
Dolly’s  hand.  “ Oh,  Dolly,.  Dolly,  don’t 
make  me  miserable. 
is  your 
brother,  quick,  -say  something.”   But 
already  James’  quick  steps  came  nearer 
and  Tevis  Van  Buren,  his  heart  beat­
ing  fast,  his  suspense  unbearable,  had 
to  become 
in  a  moment  the  shrewd, 
practical  man  of  business.  Shoes,  not 
hearts,  must  be  the  subject  of  the  hour. 
Dolly  sat  on  the  broad  couch,  thinking 
very  hard.  To  her  surprise,  she  dis­
covered  a  most  novel condition of affairs 
in  that  brief  introspection.  At  last  the 
transaction  was  over  and  Van  Buren 
came  to  the  couch  to  bid  Dolly  good­
bye.  James  was  busy  replacing  boxes 
on  the  shelves.

There 

“ Dolly,”   whispered  the  young  man, 
I  have 

“ have  you  no  word  for  me? 
only  time  to  catch  my  train.”

Dolly's  eloquent  eyes  looked  into  his 
for  one  blissful  moment. 
“ I  have  just 
found  out  that  I—1  d—o  care.  Are  you 
in  too  great  a  hurry  to  come  back  here 
—'Some  time?”   she  said  in  a  low  voice. 
The  shriek  of  the  distant  locomotive 
sounded  as  Tevis  tore  himself  away.

“ He’s  a  real  up-to-date 

fellow,” 
James  observed  a  moment  later;  “ but 
somehow  to-day  he wasn’t like himself— 
kind  of  nervous  and  restless—and  said 
once  that  he  thought  business  ‘ perfectly 
charming.’  But  he  kind  of  choked  and 
went  on  all  right.  Perhaps  he’s  had 
some  trouble.”

“ Perhaps,”   said  Dolly,  demurely.— 
in  Boots  and  Shoes 

Rhodes  Campbell 
Weekly.
Business  Enterprise  Foiled  by 

the 

Wisdom  of the  Father.

From th 3 New York Sun.

The  foundation  for  the  mystery  was 
in 

in  a  department  store 

“ Do  you  wish  to  have 

it  changed? 

developed 
New  York.

said  he.

“ No,  thank  you,”   said  the  lady.
“ Shall  we  send  it  to  you?”
“ It  is  so  small  that  it  is  hardly  worth 
“ It’s  no  trouble,  and  you  will  avoid 
is  being 

while.”
waiting  while  the  package 
wrapped  up.”

Good Things Said  by  Up-to-Date Shoe 

Dealers.

The  people  are  not  blind. 

They 
read  our  daily  announcements.  They 
hear  of  our  low  prices.  They  know  of 
the  reliable  goods  we  sell.  They  come 
to  our  store  and  are  convinced.—J.  D. 
Alkire’s  Sons,  Denver,  Col.

The  onward  march  of  our  great  shoe 
business  is  the  direct  result  of  the  well- 
directed  efforts  of  each of  the nearly half 
a  hundred  employes  of  our  three  stores, 
and  of  the  hundreds  of  skilled  shoe­
makers  who  have  shaped  and  fashioned 
the  charmingly  pretty  new  spring  shoes 
that  are  creating  such  a  furor  this  sea­
son  among  the  Washington  shoe  wear­
ers.—William  Hahn  &  Co.,  Washing­
ton,  D.  C.

Every  shoe 
in 

in  stock  has  been  made 
for  Barr’s 
factories  renowned  for 
shoe  goodness,  and  a  special  brand 
made  expressly  for  Barr’s  from  care- 
ully  selected  stock  has  been  christened 
Barr’s  perfection  shoe.  Charming 
in 
shape,  following  the  natural  lines  of  the 
foot,  composed  of  especially  selected 
stock,  the  price 
is  made  astonishingly 
low-  $4.00  a  pair.  Ask  for  them.— 
Barr’s,  St.  Louis,  Mo.

Splendid  shoe  news  to  crowd 

this 
store  this  week!  Way  back  in  Maine 
we  found  a  shoe  factory  that  knew  more 
about  making  good  shoes  than  getting 
good  prices  for  them.  We were  looking 
for a  good  $3  shoe,  and we found  it ;  but 
the  maker asked  such  a  low  price  for  it 
that  we  decided  to  make  a  furor  with  it 
Altoona—and  will  sell  it  at  $2.— 

George  F.  Streit,  Altoona,  Pa.

Our  styles  are  bound  to  be  the  newest 
and  best.  As  makers  of  women’s  foot­
wear  we  are  not  excelled  in  all  this  city 
of  fine  manufacturing.  We  stand  at 
the  top.  Our  own  retail  trade  has  the 
advantage  of  buying  direct  from  the 
maker  at  prices  beyond  competition. 
‘ A  usual  $4  shoe  for  $3. 
That's  the 
ratio  here.— P.  T.  Hallahan,  Philadel­
phia,  Pa.

It  is  as  desirable  to  get  what  you  pay 

for  as  to  pay  for  what  you  get.

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LYCOniNG,  as and 5 off. 
KEYSTONE,  35 and 5 and  10 off.

These  prices  are  for  present  use  and 
also for  fall  orders.  Our  representative 
will call  on  you  in  due  time  with  our 
specialties in

Leather  Goods,  Felt  Boots, 
Lumbermen’s  Socks 
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and  a  full  line of the  above-named  rub­
ber  goods,  and  we hope  to receive  your 
orders.

Geo.  H.  Reeder  &  Co.,

19 South Ionia St.,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

This represents our  Boys*  and  Youths*  Oil 
Grain  Water  Proof Shoes, made of very best 
stock  to  wear,  nice  fitting  and  good  style; 
size  of  Boys*,  .3*5»  Youths*,  12-2.  Every 
pair  warranted.  W rite   for prices or send for 
samples on approval.  These shoes  keep feet 
dry,  look  nice  and  no  rubbers  are  needed.

SS1DIC0R  &  HATHAWAY  CO.,  Detroit,  Mich.
Also  makers  of  the  celebrated  Driving 
Shoes.  Grain  Creedmoors  and  Cruisers.

527 and 528 
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Grand  Rapids, Mich.

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W.  D.  WADE,  Vice- 

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account?”
“ No.”
“ Good  day.”
‘ ‘ Good  day. ’ ’

He  wore no rubbers in  the snow,

Nor likewise  in  the floods of spring;

But in  the ripened summer  glow 

He found those shoelets just the thing.

For in the dry and sultry streets 

He*d feel the water *twixt  his  toes,

While  wading through the  glassy  sheets, 

When  neighbors  sloshed  the  garden  hose.

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S IX TY   YEARS  AGO.

Personal Recollections of Gotham Busi­

ness  Methods.

Written for the Tradbbman.

Soon  after  my  experience,  as  narrated 
in  my  last  contribution  to  the  Trades­
man,  there  came  a  break  in  my  hitherto 
unruffled  domestic arrangements,  caused 
by  a  double  event  that  ushered  into^ the 
world  one  life and  was  the  exit  for  an­
other. 
fifteen 
months  of  unalloyed  domestic  life  “ the 
silver cord  was  loosed,  the_golden  bowl 
was broken.”   This  event,  followed  -by 
unremitting_aUention_to_  business,  to 
quiet,  melancholly  recollections,  result­
ed  in  a. prolonged  course  of  fever,  from 
which  I  was  slow to  recover.

interval  of 

After  an 

During  my  sickness  my  kind  employ­
er  visited  me  almost  daily,  and  his 
words  of  encouragement  and  hope  were 
better  than  medicine  during  my  conva­
lescence.  One  day,  after  I  Jiad  recov- 
ered  strength  enough  to  visit  the  store, 
and  was  hopefully  speaking  of  soon  re­
turning  to  my  place  behind  the counter, 
my  employer  said:  “ Mr.  Welton,  much 
as  I  regret  to  part  with  your  services,  I 
have  been  consulting  Dr.  Cheney  about 
your  case.  He  tells  me  it  won’t do  for 
you  to  resume  your old  place  and  duties 
here— that you need a change,  not in your 
active pursuits, but in your surroundings.”
(Dr.  Cheney  was  an  old  and  dear 
friend  of  our  family.  My  father  was  a 
minister  of  the  Episcopal  Church,  and 
had  officiated  at  his  wedding  in  1816.)
In  surprise  I  asked,  “ What  am  I  to 
I  have  no  money  to  meet  the  ex­

do? 
pense  of  travel,  and  I  can’t  be  idle.”

In  thinking 

His  characteristic  reply  to  this  was 
“ I  have 
prompt  and  to  the  point. 
thought  that all  over,”   he  said. 
“ The 
Doctor  tells  me  you  need  to  breathe  the 
salt  water,  and  I  have  already  written  a 
letter  to  my  friends,  the  Messrs.  E., 
of  New  York  with  whose  methods  of 
doing  business  you  are  somewhat famil­
iar  through  handling  the  invoices  and 
goods  that  I  have  purchased  from  them. 
I  have  no  doubt  they  will  appreciate 
your  services  and  you  will  soon  feel  at 
home  in  their employ.”
it  over, 

I  have  often 
asked  myself  the  question.  How  many 
employers  at  the  present  day  would 
manifest  the  same  noble  solicitude  un­
der  like  circumstances?  He  would  not 
listen  to  any  thanks  for  his  kind  offices, 
saying,  “ Consult  your  mother  and sister 
and,  when  you  have  made  up your mind 
what  is  best,  come  to  the  store again.”
Under  the  sheltering  wings  of  this 
devoted  mother  and  sister  the  little  new 
life  had  found  a  mother’s  care. 
It  was 
soon  arranged  that  I  should  follow  Mr. 
Gorham’s  advice  in  looking  for  health 
and  future  success  in  a  new  field  of  la­
bor.  After getting  letters  of 
introduc­
tion  and  recommendation  from  other 
business  men,  I  took  a  regretful  leave 
of  family  and  friends  and  started  for 
New  York.

At  the  time  of  which  I  write  what 
is  now  the  great  New  York  Central 
Railroad  between  Albany  and  Buffalo 
was  made  up  of  seven  separate  railroad 
corporations,  as  follows : 
the  Albany  & 
Troy;  Troy  &  Schenectady;  Schenec­
tady  &  Utica;  Utica  & Syracuse;  Syra­
cuse  &  Auburn;  Auburn  &  Rochester, 
and  the  Tonawanda  to  Buffalo.  Each 
was  independent  of  the  others 
in  rules 
and  running  regulations.  No  through 
baggage  checks,  each  line  checking 
only  to 
its  terminus,  where  they  were 
exchanged  for  others.  The  conductor’s 
cry,  "Change  cars  here!”   was  followed 
by  the  confusion  of  a  general  turn-out 
of  the  passengers  and  a  scramble,.to

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

their  baggage, 

claim 
change  their 
checks  and  buy  their  tickets  to  the  next 
transfer.  On  some  of  these  roads  the 
conductor  collected  the  tickets  from  the 
outside  through  the  windows.  Most  of 
the  coaches  were  neither  wanned  nor 
lighted. 
In  contrast  with  present  rail-! 
road conveniences,luxuries and facilities 
for rapid transit can anything more crude, 
confused  or  perplexing  be  imagined !

From  Albany  to  New  York  by  the 
Hudson  River  boats  was  then,  as  now, 
one  of  the  most  agreeable  of excursions. 
The  usual  time  required  for  this  dis­
tance of  140 miles  was  twelve  hours,  or 
a  little  less  than  twelve  miles  an  hour! 
When  the  steamboat  “ Hendrick  Hud­
son”   made  the  trip  in  eight  hours  the 
public  were  surprised. 
I  think  the 
Hudson  River  Railroad  now  covers  the 
same  distance  in  four  hours.

I  arrived  in  New  York  the  third  day 
after  leaving  home,  and  met  a  warm 
greeting  from  the  Messrs.  E.  to  whom 
Mr.  Gorham’s  letter of  introduction was 
addressed.  Every  merchant to  whom  I 
carried  letters  of  recommendation  gave 
me  full  and  cordial  permission  to  refer 
to  them 
if  necessary.  The  day  was 
pleasantly  spent  in  making  these  calls. 
The  next  morning  I  called  again  on 
Mr.  Gorham’s  particular  friends,  the 
Messrs.  E.,  in  Pearl  street.  This  time 
I  met  both  the brothers,  “  Brother John”  
and  ‘ ‘ Brother  Ed, ’ ’  as  they  called  each 
other. 
I  was  particularly  struck  with 
their  similarity  in  every  way.  They  en­
quired  how  I  had  been  received  by  the 
persons  to  whom  I  had  letters  of 
intro­
duction. 
I  replied,  “ In  every  instance 
very  kindly.”   Their  next  enquiry was, 
“ Have  you  made  any  arrangements, 
Mr.  Welton,  or  can  we  help  you  in  any 
negotiations?”  
I  replied  that  I  had ap­
plied  to  some  of  them  (mentioning their 
names),  but  that  no  conclusions  had 
been  reached;  that  their  friend,  Mr. 
Gorham,  before  I 
left  home,  had  ad­
vised  me  to  consult  them  (the  brothers) 
before  closing  any  arrangements.

Here  occurred  a  characteristic  exam­
ple  of  the offhand  way  the  brothers  had 
of  coming  to  the  end  of  a  negotiation : 
“ Well,”   said  Brother  John,  “ if  (men­
tioning  a  salary  beyond  my  expecta­
it  will  be  agreeable,  you  may 
tions) 
consider  yourself 
in  our  employ  from 
this  day— ”   “ and,”   added  Brother  Ed, 
“ I  will  pay you  a  commission  on all  the 
grocery  trade  you  can  send  to  me  over 
in  West  street.”  
(I  afterwards  learned 
that  this  arrangement  had  been  partial­
ly  considered  between  Mr.  Gorham  and 
the  Messrs.  E.,  even  to  the  amount  of 
salary,  before  I 
left  home,  subject  to 
their  decision  after  seeing  me.)

The  readers  of  the  Tradesman  will 
pardon  me  for  giving  them  here  a fuller 
introduction  to  my  new  employers. 
I 
can  do  so  no  more briefly  than  by  refer­
ring  those  who  have  read  that  best  of 
all  the  creations  of  Charles  Dickens— 
Nicholas  Nickleby—to  their  counterpart 
in  the  Brothers  Cheerable,  so  exquisite­
ly  portrayed  in  that  masterpiece  of  fic­
tion.  Brother  Ed  was  the  head  of  their 
wholesale  grocery business in West street 
on  the  North  River  Side,  while  Brother 
John  managed  the  extensive  wholesale 
stock  of  cloths,  cassimeres,  vestings and 
trimmings 
in  Pearl  street  on  the  East 
Side.  They  were  equal  partners,  never 
seeming  to  disagree 
in  anything.  Al­
though  members  of  different  Christian 
churches,  their  benevolence  ran  in  the 
same  channel;  they  were  one  in  every­
thing.

My  services  were  all  required 

in  the 
dry  goods  store 
in  Pearl  street.  The 
trade  of  both  stores  was  confined  to

New  Jersey,  Western  New  York  and  the 
city,  with  the  exception  of  a  circle  of 
mercantile friends in Virginia and Geor­
gia  that  Brother  John  had  made  while 
previously  in  the  employ  of  a  house  do­
ing  a  large  Southern  business.

It  was  interesting  to  observe  the  loose 
business  methods  of  many  Souther» 
merchants  in  those  days  of  slavery  and 
high  prices  for  cotton.  Their  purchases 
were  made  but  once  a  year,  not confined 
to  any  particular  time,  but  usually  oc­
curring  when 
they  sold  their  cotton. 
All  the  cotton  crop  was  handled  by  the 
local  merchants,  and  was  used  by  them 
as  a  medium  of  exchange.  After  con­
signing 
it  they  usually  came  to  New 
York  to  attend  the  cotton  sales  and 
make  their  purchases.  With  the  excep­
tion  of  linen  and  cotton  goods  suitable 
for  men  and  boys,  and  negro  cloths,  our 
stock  did  not  supply  their  wants;  but 
we  filled  their  orders  from  outside  pur­
chases  just  the  same.

Then  was  my  busy  time. 

It  was  an 
for  a  merchant 
ordinary  occurrence 
into 
from  Georgia  or  Alabama  to  come 
the  store  and,  after  the  usual  saluta­
tions,  throw  his  memorandum  book  on 
the  desk  and  say,  “ Fill  that  order at 
the  best  rates  you  can,  and  hold  the 
goods  until  I  see  you  again. ”  
In  the 
meantime  he  would  be  attending  the 
cotton  sales  or  betting  at  the  Long 
Island  races. 
In  selecting  goods  for 
family  use,  about  the  only 
planters’ 
question  asked  by  the  merchant  was, 
“ Is  this  the  newest  and  best thing  in 
ihe  market  regardless  of  cost?”   They 
wore  but  few  woolen  fabrics,  except 
flannels  of  the  finest  kind.  The  richest 
silks  and  ribbons,  the  finest  and  most 
brilliant  colored  French  lawns  and mus­
lins,  both  cotton  and  linen,  with  gloves 
galore,  were  some  of  their  wants.  To

longer.  When 

supply  the  negroes  and  white  trash  they 
bought  gaudy,  outlandish  patterns  and 
colors.  The  yellower  and  redder  they 
were  the  better  they  suited.  Sometimes 
we  did  not  see  them  again  for  two  or 
three  weeks  or 
they 
made  their  appearance  they were always 
in  a  hurry  and  the  first  question  asked 
was,  “ Is  my  bill  ready?”  
I  usually 
replied,  “ Yes,  but  I  have  left  one  box 
open,  in  case  you  had  anything  from 
outside  you  wished  to  have  packed. ”  
If  he  was  entirely  through,  the  buyer 
would  say,  “ Stuff  it  with  nigger  cloths 
and  nail  it  up.”   Then  he  would  make 
a  break  for  the  office,  to get his invoice, 
which  he  seldom  looked  over,  but  set­
tled,  either  by  paying  cash  in  full  with­
out  discount,  or giving  a  time  draft  on 
his  cotton  consignee. 
I  think  if  it  had 
been  my  friends  Paul  Steketee or Henry 
Spring  that  were  paying  out  five  or  ten 
thousand  dollars  for  an  invoice  of goods 
just  purchased,  they  would  have  been 
reaching  out  for  the  discounts.

As  an  illustration  of  the  offhand  way 
that  some  Southern  merchants  had  of 
doing  business 
in  times  when  every­
body  was  supposed  to  be  honest,  I  give, 
from  memory,  a  characteristic  order  by 
letter  the  house  received  from  a  large 
dealer 
in  1844, 
covering  a  draft  for  a  large  sum :

in  Atlanta,  Georgia, 

Gentlemen:
Your  Mr.  Welton  sold  my  neighbor, 
John  P.  Settze,  a  large bill  of  goods  last 
month. 
invoice 
It  suits  me.  Tell  him  to  dupli­
over. 
cate  that 
invoice  at  the  same  prices, 
and  ship  to  me,  and  place  the  avails  of 
the  enclosed  draft  to  my  credit.

I  have  looked  that 

Yours  truly,

J o h n   ¿ . . C a r m ic h a e l .

How  much  such  an  order  would  sur­
prise a  jobber  in  this  Year  of  our  Lord, 
18971 

W.  S.  H.  W e l t o n .

Owosso,  Mich.

ALWAYS  TO  TIE  FRONT

in  our  Hosiery  department.  The shrewd buyer insure to get  our  prices 
before buying.  And the variety ?  W e feel confident  of suiting everyone.

Just received  a case  of  Misses*  Hosiery  in  the  new  Oxblood  shade. 
Ladies’  Seamless  Hosiery  from  45c  per  dozen  up.  You  should  see 
those 75c  per doz.  Ladies*  Fast  Black  Hosiery.  They  are  worthy  of 
your  inspection.  Just  received  a  new  supply of Tan  Hose.  Ladies’ 
and  Misses, all sizes.

Socks  in  all  qualities,  from 25c  per doz.  up.  W e  have the  best quali­

ty  of 75c  per  doz.  Socks  in  the  market.  We  want  you  to investigate.

F*. S T E K E T E E  St SO N S

We are Showing

Novelties  of  all  kinds  for 

ladies’  and  men’s  wear.

voigi Herpoisnelmer & Go.

w i m  Dry Bools, 
Grand fiopils, mid.

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Commercial Travelers

Michigan Knights of the Grip.

Président, J ab. F. Hamm ei.l . Lansing;  Secretary, 
D.  C.  Sla g h t, Flint;  Treasurer,C has.  McN o lty, 
Jackson.
Micnigan  Commercial  Travelers’  Association. 
President, S.  H.  Hart,  Detroit;  Secretary  and 

Treasurer, D. Morris, Detroit.

United Commercial Travelers of Michigan. 
Chancellor, H.  U.  Ma r k s,  Detroit;  Secretary, 
E dw in Hudson,  Flint;  Treasurer,  G eo.  A.  R e y ­
n old s,  Saginaw.
Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Mutual  Acci­

dent Association.

Treasurer, G eo.  F.  Ow en, Grand Rapids. 

President, A. F. P e a k e , Jackson:  Secretary and 
Board  of Directors—F.  M.  T y l e r , H.  B.  F a ir - 
c h ild , J a s. N. B r a d fo r d , J  H e n r y Da w l e y .G eo. 
J.  Hein ze lm an, C h as. S.  R obinson.
Lake Superior Commercial Travelers’ Club. 
President,  W.  C.  B row n,  Marquette;  Secretary 
and Treasurer, A. F. W ixson,  Marquette.

Gripsack  Brigade.

John  Fell  is  now  on  the  road  with  the 
well-known  shoe  line  of  the  Bradley  & 
Metcalf  Co.,  of  Milwaukee.  He  has 
been  out  since  April  i  and  reports  ex­
pected  success. 

fffyiMRpnt  C.  I.  Richfield  has  resigned  bis  posi­
tion  as  foreman  for  the  Postum  Cereal 
Co.,  Limited,  at Battle  Creek,  to  take  a 
position as  traveling  salesman  for  P.  F. 
Olds  &  Son,  at  Lansing.

Ed.  Bailey,  formerly  of  the  Bailey 
House,  Ionia,  has  leased  the Hotel Dex­
ter  for  a  term  of  years.  Everybody 
knows  Ed.,  as  he  is  deservedly  popular 
with  the  traveling  public.

Stephen  T.  Bowen  has  engaged  to 
cover  Michigan,  Indiana,  Ohio and  Illi­
nois  for  John  G.  Miller  &  Co.,  manu­
facturers  of  clothing,at Chicago.  He ex­
pects  to  be  able  to  see  his  trade  about 
three  times  a  year.

J.  J.  Frost, 

traveling  representative 
for  Clark  &  Co.,  at  Lansing,  is confined 
to  his  house by  reason  of  his  having run 
a  needle  in  his  foot  on  Sunday,  May  2. 
He  expects  to  be  able  to  resume  his 
work  on  the  road  in  about  a  week.

J.  L.  Lazier,  who  traveled 

last  year 
for  the  Stebbins  Manufacturing  Co.,  of 
Lakeview,  has  again  entered  their  em­
ploy  and will carry their line of premium 
goods  and  novelties,  covering  the  east- 
1 rn  and  soutbein  portion  of  the  State.
D.  S.  Fleming,  formerly  engaged 

in 
the  grocery  business  at  Jackson  under 
the  style  of  the  Parker  &  Fleming  Co., 
was  in  town  last  week  for  the  purpose 
of 
the 
Yucca  Manufacturing  Co.,  of  Los  An­
geles,  with  which  enterprise  he  is  now 
identified,  both officially and  financially. 
He  met  a  cordial  reception  wherever  he 
exhibited  the  Yucca  line,  which consists 
of  splints  for  physicians’  use  and  art 
panels  for  the  use  of  artists.

introducing  the  products  of 

John  Cummins  (Olney  &  Judson  Gro­
cer  Co.)  is  laid  up  for  a  week  or  ten 
days  by  reason  of  his  attempting  to 
in­
terview  a  gasoline  stove  in  an 
inflam­
mable  condition  on  his  return  home  last 
Saturday.  His  first  work  was  to  extin­
guish  the  flames  around  his  wife’s 
dress,  when  he  proceeded  to  cast  the 
stove  out  bodily,  burning  both  bands 
and  the  end  of  his  nose  and  singeing 
his  moustache  and  eyebrows 
the 
effort.  John  says  he  is  familiar  with  the 
business  end  of  a  mule  and  was  once 
inducted  into  the  mysteries  of a hornet’s 
nest,  but  for  genuine  amusement  and 
downright  cussedness,  a  blazing  gaso­
line  stove  is  entitled  to  the  palm.  Bert 
Van  Duren 
is  covering  his  trade  this 
week,  but  John hopes to regain the use of 
one  hand  to  that  extent  that  he  can 
carry  a  grip  again  next  week.

in 

Wm.  Connor  was  in  town  early  in  the 
week  on  his  way  home  from  Harbor 
Springs,  where  he  attended  the  opening 
of  VVm.  J.  Clarke  in  his  new  building. 
Mr.  Connor 
is  enthusiastic  over  the 
manner  in  which  the  occasion  was  cel­
ebrated.  The  store  was  crowded  from 
morning  until  night  and  at  times  the 
crowd  was  so great  that  the sale of goods 
had  to  be  discontinued  altogether.  Not 
only  the  store,  but  the  entire  block,  in­
cluding  the  offices  and  lodge  rooms  on 
the  upper  floors,  were  thrown  open  to 
the  public,  being  brilliantly  lighted 
in 
the  evening  by  gas  manufactured  on  the 
premises.  The  ladies  of  Harbor Springs 
presented  Mr.  Clarke  with  a  large  bou­
quet  of  flowers,  arranged  in  imitation  of 
an  umbrella.  Music  was  furnished  by 
a  string  band  from  Petoskey  and  fre­
quent  speeches  of  a  taking  character 
were  made  by  Mr.  Connor,  who  proved 
to  be  a  special  favorite  with  the  ladies.

The  Peddling  Bill  Recalled  by  the 

House.

Lansing,  May  7—Two  attempts  were 
made  to  recall  our  hawkers  and  ped­
dlers’  bill  after  the  farmer  members 
discovered  that  it  had  passed.  The  last 
one  was  successful  and.  reached  the 
Governor  just  as  he  was  in  the  act  of 
signing  the bill;  in  fact,  he  would  have 
it  had  not  Col.  Alkinson  inter- 
signed 
ferred.  The  bill 
is  now  back  in  the 
House.  We  have,  so  far,  been  success­
ful  in  preventing  the  House  taking  ac­
tion  on  it,  but  will  let  it  come  up  about 
next  Tuesday  and  will  make a  big  fight 
to  keep  the  farmer.  members 
from 
changing  it  in  any  way.  If, in the mean­
time,  you  can  get  us  any  help,  do  it 
at  once,  for  we  will  want  it  bad.

S.  W.  M a y e r .

Representative  Mayer’s appeal  for as­
sistance  was  immediately  responded  to, 
many  letters  having  been  sent  out  to 
different  parts  of  the  State,  urging 
prompt  action  on  the  part  of  merchants 
in 
interviewing  their  Representatives, 
either  personally  or  by  letter.  Effective 
work  can  yet  be  done  by  merchants  who 
feel  so  disposed  and,  as  one  vote  may 
decide  the  fate  of  the  bill,  the  Trades­
man  urges  every  one  interested  to  com­
municate  with  his  Representative  with­
out  a  moment’s  delay.

Flour  and  Feed.

There  has  been  a  better tone  to  the 
flour  market  the  past  week  and  prices 
are  considerably  firmer, 
in  sympathy 
with  wheat,  with  a  good  fair  volume  of 
business,  but  entirely 
for  domestic 
trade.  Export  trade  is  very  dull,  there 
being  nothing  doing  from  the  other 
side,  and  any  offers  coming  in  are  from 
one  to  two  shillings  out  of  line,  al­
though  ocean  rates  are  very  low  and 
should  tempt  a  little  business.

Trade  on  millstuffs  has  been  slack 
and  prices,  in  consequence,  have  eased 
off  about  $1  per  ton.  Ground  feed, 
corn,  oats,  etc.,  remain  unchanged. 
There  is  very  little  corn  and  oats  mov­
ing  from  first  hands  and  the  price  is  a 
little  firmer  if  anything.

W m.  N.  R o w e .

National  Encampment  G.  A.  R.,  Buf­
falo—Low  Rates  via  Mich.  Central.
For  the  above  occasion  a  very 

low 
rate  of  1  cent  per  mile  in each direction 
for  the  round  trip  has  been  authorized 
via  the  above  line.  With  its  superior 
train  service  and  equipment,  the  Mich­
igan  Central 
is  the  foremcst  Michigan 
line 
in  competition  for  Eastern  trade. 
A  fine  view  of  Niagara  Falls  from  Falls 
View  Station 
its  trains. 
Full 
information  regarding  rates  and 
train  service  can  be  obtained  by  ad­
dressing  O.  W.  Ruggles,  G.  P.  &  T. 
A.,  Chicago,  111.,  or  Jos.  S,  Hall,  M. 
P.  A.,-  Detroit,  Mich.

is  had  from 

The  Drug  Market.

Acetanilid—Reduced  in  price  2c  per 

pound.

Acids— General  tendencies  have  been 
toward  decline  partly  on  account  of 
putting  the  crude  material  on  free  list.

Arsenic—Continues  steady  but  dull. 
Balsams—Tolu  and  Peru  quiet  and 

unchanged.

Beans—Vanilla,  fair demand  in  small 

lots at  well  sustained  prices.

Burgundy  Pitch— Prices  are  strong 

with  fair  demand.

Cacao  Butter— Prices  unchanged  with 

fair  demand.

Cantharides— Prices  unchanged.  Job­

bing  demand  moderate.

Cassia  Buds— Limited  supply  makes 

quotations  strong.

Castor  Oil—Unchanged.
Choral  Hydrate---- Prices 
steady  with  limited  offerings.

continue

Cinchonidia—Light  jobbing  sales  at 

steady  prices.

ferings.

Cocoaine— Prices  firm  with  small  of­

Codeine— Quiet,  with  higher  quota­

tions  from  manufacturers.

Cream  Tartar—The  placing  of  argols 
on  the  free  list  by  the Senate Committee 
has  caused  a  decline  in  quotations.

Cubeb  Berries—Dull,  steady.
Ergot— Dull,  nominal  prices.
Essential  Oils—Cassia  shows  a  down­
ward  tendency.  Croton  is  quoted  lower. 
Natural  sassafras,  easier and  wormwood 
steady.

Glycerine—Continues  strong  at  recent 

improvement.

Gums—Camphor,  active  with  output 
of  manufacturers  generally  contracted. 
Prices  firm.  Asafeotida,  fair  demand. 
Tragacanth,  quiet  and  unchanged.

Juniper  Berries— Best  quality  in  good 

demand  at  firm  prices.

Leaves— Buchu,  better  demand 

for 
the  better  grades.  Senna  show  fair con­
sumptive demand.

Lycopodium— Prices  unchanged  with 

fair  demand  for  small  lots.

Menthol—Dull,  prices  unchanged.
Morphine— Firmer on  account  of  ad­
vance  in  opium,  but  no  material  change 
in  quotations.

Opium— The  probability  of  $1  per 
lb.  duty  has  stimulated  prices  some­
what  in  all  lines.

Quinine— Reduced quotations amount­
ing  to  2  cents  are  offerd  by  domestic 
manufacturers  to  meet  foreign  condi­
tions.

Rochelle  Salts—Quiet,  with 

lower 

tendency.

Roots— Ipecac  has  advanced  in  price 
on  account  of  small  supplies.  Mexican 
sarsaparilla,  quiet  and  unchanged  quo­
tations.  Jalap,  dull.  Golden  seal  firm­
er,  in  good  demand.  Jamaica  ginger 
strong  and  steady.  Bloodroot,  supplies 
about  exhausted.  Hellebore 
in  better 
demand  than  usual  at  this  season.

Salicin— Unchanged  with 

fair  de­

mand.

Seeds—Dutch  caraway,  quiet,  steady. 
Millet  is  lower  in  price.  Mustard,  un­
changed  with  firmer  tendency.

Silver  Nitrate— Quiet  and  with  tend­

ency  to  decline.

Spermaceti— Little  demand  with  quo­

tations  nominally  unchanged.

it 

new  plan,  as 
is  to  their  interest  as 
well  as  ours  that  we  make  it.  We  pro­
pose  to  mark  our goods  down  to  rock- 
bottom  prices  and  sell  for  cash  only. 
We  have  many  customers  we  would  be 
glad  to  sell  on  time,  but  if  we  sell  for 
cash  we  will  be  compelled  to  refuse 
credit to  our  best  friend  or  nearest  rela­
tive.  So  don’t  think  hard  of  us.  We 
have  tried  since  we  came  here  to  be 
very  careful  in  giving  credit;  still,  we 
have  a  great  many  accounts  that  we 
would  sell  for  twenty-five  cents  on  the 
dollar;  and  this  experience  is  the  same 
as  that  of  every  merchant  who  under­
takes  to  conduct  a  credit  business.  The 
credit 
system  kills  nineteen  out  of 
twenty  and  the  day  has  come  and  gone 
when  a  man  may  win  on  a  ledger  plan. 
King  Credit  ipust  so  and  all must plank 
down  the  Almighty  Dollar.  Cash 
is 
King,  and  we  propose  to  prove  it  by 
our  method  of  buying  and  selling  for 
cash,  upon  the  system  of  the  smallest 
percentage  and  the greatest  aggregates. 
Therefore  on  May  1,  1897,  our  books 
will  be  laid  aside  and  not a  dollar’s 
worth  of goods  will  go  out  of  our  store 
without  the  cash.

Purely  Personal.

Frank  Jewell,  Vice-President  of  the 
Clark-Jewell-Wells  Co.,  is  spending  a 
couple of  days  in  the  Chicago market.

S.  C.  Rowlson,  formerly  editor  and 
proprietor of  the  Standard,  of Hillsdale, 
is  now  identified  with  the  management 
of  the  Decoy  Fly  Paper  Co.,  of  Detroit.
Frank  J.  Dyk,  the  Jefferson  avenue 
grocer,  has  returned  from  New  York, 
where  he  spent  a  couple  of  weeks  in 
search  of  health  and  recreation.  E.  J. 
Carrel  looked  after  the  store during  the 
absence  of  the  proprietor.

NEW  REPUBLIC

Reopened  Nov.  35.

FINEST  HOTEL  IN  BAY  CITY.

Steam heat,

Electric Bells and Lighting throughout. 

Cor. Saginaw and Fourth Sts.

Rates,  $1.50 to $3.00.

GEO.  H.  SCHINDHETT,  Prop

THE WIERENGO

E. T. PENNOYER, Manager,

MUSKEGON,  MICHIGAN.
Steam Heat, Electric light and bath rooms. 
Rates, $1.50 and $3.00 per day.

CARRIAGES,  BAGGAGE 
AND  FREIGHT  WAGONS
15 and 17 North Waterloo St.v 

Telephone >381-1 

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Commercial  House

Iron  Mountain,  Mich.

Lighted by Electricity, Heated by Steam.

All modern conveniences.

52 per day. 

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EA G LE  H O TEL

SI  Per Day. 

GRAND RAPIDS.

Equal  in  every respect to a $3 house.  L a r g e  room s. 

G ood  beds.  S u perb Table.

J.  K.  JOHNSTON, Prop.

Cash  Is  King.

E.  A.  Phillips,  the  Vermontville gro­
cer,  is  out  with  an  announcement  to  the 
effect  that  he has abandoned King Credit 
and  embraced the doctrine of King Cash. 
His  change  of  front  is  imparted  to  his 
customers  in  a  circular  reading  as  fol­
lows :

We  want all  out  customers to  read our

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D rugS"=Chem icals

MICHIGAN  STATE  BOARD  OF  PHARMACY.
Term expires
Dec. 31,1896
C. A. B u o b e e, Traverse City 
-  Dec. 31, 1897
S. E. P ar kell, O wosso 
Dec. 31,1898
- 
P.  W. R. Perry, Detroit 
A. C .  Schum ach er, Ann  Arbor 
-  Dec. 31,1899 
Geo. Gumdrum,  Ionia  - 
- 
-  Dec. 31,1900

--------  
- 

President, S. E. P a r k il l ,  Owosso.
Secretary, F .  W.  R.  P e r r y , Detroit.
Treasurer, G eo.  Gumdrum, Ionia.
Coming Examination Sessions—Star Island (De­
troit), June 28 and 29;  Sault  Ste.  Marie,  Aug.
---- ;  Lansing, Nov. 2 and 3.
MICHIGAN STATE  PHARMACEUTICAL 

ASSOCIATION.

President, G. C. P h illips,  Armada.
Secretary, B . Schrouder, Grand Rapids. 
Treasurer, C h as.  Mam s, Detroit.
Executive Committee—A. H. W e b b e r , Cadillac; 
H. G. C olmam, Kalamazoo;  Geo. J.  W a r d ,  St. 
C l a ir ;  A .  B .  Ste v en s,  Detroit;  F .  W.  R. 
Pe r r y , Detroit.

A  New  A dvertising  M ethod  Explained. 
Written for the T r a d e s m a n .

Readers  of  city  daily  papers  may 
have  noticed,  of  late,  sundry paragraphs 
lurking  singly  at  the  foot  of  a  column, 
the  peculiar  style  of  which  reminds  one 
of  the  mutterings  of  a  person  talking  at 
random. 
I  quote  two  as  samples:  "N o 
honest  dealer  will  try  to  sell  what  he 
knows  the  customer  did  not  order  or 
does  not  want.”   Again,  "T h e  publisher 
of  this  newspaper  will  be  glad  to  learn 
of  any  case  where  an  attempt  is made to 
give  a  customer  a  substitute  for  some 
proprietary  article  of  established  repu­
tation.”

Having  no connection  with the context 
nor  with  each  other,  the  first  thought  to 
strike  the  casual  reader  is  that  they  are 
a  series  of  moral  apothegms  interjected 
for  the  purpose  of  filling  space,  which 
is  a  common  practice 
in  many  offices 
in  preparing  forms  for  the  press.  But, 
on  closer  inspection,  there  can  be  per­
ceived  a  snarling,  malicious  thread  of 
insinuation  strung  through the lines  that 
suggests  a  feeling  of  hostility  towards 
some  person  or  persons  who are  not  to 
be  mentioned  by  name.

It  is  as  though  one  should  put  in  the 
personal  column  of  a  paper an  adver­
tisement  like  this:  "T h e  well-dressed 
but  ill-mannered  dude  who  unblusbing- 
ly  offered  himself  last  Sunday  evening 
as  escort  to  the  lady  in  a  pink dress had 
better  desist  from  such  folly  in  future, 
or he  will  hear  something  to  his  disad­
vantage. ”   One  like  the  following  is 
equally  cute  and  effective  as  a  corrector 
of a  dishonest  practice  not  yet  wholly 
obsolete:  “ He  who  drops  25  cents 
into  the  church  collection  plate  and 
takes  therefrom  half  a  dollar  is  neither 
honest  with  himself  nor  with  his 
Maker.”

The 

language 

In  those  first  quoted  there  seems  to 
be  a  burden  on  the  writer’s  mind  too 
powerful  or  too  dangerous  for  intelli­
gible  expression. 
is 
shaded 
in  constantly-varying  verbiage 
that  conceals  a  sting  meant  for  the  pos­
sible  object  of  his  resentment—just  as 
the  hunter  of  wolf-scalps  hides  poison 
intended  for  bis  special 
in  the  bait 
scatters 
quarry  or  a  spiteful  person 
tacks  in  a  cycle  path  to  gratify 
ill  hu­
mor  against  certain  individuals  without 
risk  of  discovery.

It  is  evident  to  anyone  who  has  kept 
in  touch  with  the  news  furnished  by 
drug 
journals  that  a  combination  for 
mutual  benefit  has  been  formed between 
the  proprietors  of  certain  patent  reme­
dies  and  their  advertising  agents.  At 
a  consultation  held  not  long  ago,  there 
was  a  scheme  developed  to  whip 
into 
line  the  druggists  of  the  country,  or 
punish  them  for  their  revolt  against  the 
double  dealing  of  proprietors  towards 
the  natural  distributers  of  their  prod­
"D iana  of  the  Ephesians”  being
ucts. 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

in  danger,  all  advertising  agents  whose 
interest  has  been  to  sustain  the  power 
that  brought  them  profit gladly acceeded 
to  the  request,  and  forthwith  began  to 
defend  their  allies  through  thick  and 
thin,  by  fair  means  or  foul.  Soon  the 
large  city  dailies  commenced  bombard­
ing  the  public  with  thundering  editor­
ials  (paid  for  at  wholesale  rates)  on  a 
topic  upon  which  the  mind  of  the  aver­
age  editor  had  never  before  been  exer­
cised.  Like  Hessians  of  the  revolution, 
they  were  put  forward  in  the  fight,  not 
because  of  a  conviction  of  its  merits, 
but  solely  for  revenue.

After a  series  of  broadsides  had  been 
duly  delivered  at  contract  rates  with  no 
very  damaging  results  to  the  enemy,  it 
was  deemed  expedient  to  change  tac­
tics ;  and  the  system  of  paragraphing  in 
disguise  was  substituted,  as  mentioned 
in  the  beginning  of  this  article.  A 
little  cowardly,  ’tis  true,  when 
judged 
by  journalistic  ethics—since  the  anony­
mous  writer has  always  been  considered 
a  creature  worthy  to be outlawed  by  the 
virtuous  press.  But  commercial  emer­
gencies  sometimes  have  to  be  met by 
heroic  measures;  and  herein  is seen  the 
animus  of  the  sharp-shooting  now  go­
ing  on  all  along  the  line with a reckless­
ness  of  purpose  and  an  ill-directed  aim 
that  furnish  a  key  to  what  would  seem, 
at  first  view,  a  whimsical  freak  of  the 
penny-a-liner.

While  watching  this  peculiar  literary 
fusillade, 
it  may  be  worth  while  to 
analyze  the  wordy  shells  thus discharged 
into  space 
in  hopes  that  some  fatal 
missile  may  reach  the  desired  target  or 
scare  the  obnoxious  insurgents  into sub­
mission—not  because  druggists,  as  a 
class,  may  be 
in  any  real  danger,  but 
to  enlighten  the  public  as  to  one  of  the 
new  methods  of  this  inventive  age.

Long  ago  the  producers  of  household 
remedies,  seeking  a  profitable  market, 
chose  wholesale  and  retail  druggists  as 
distributing  agents.  The  system  of  sell­
ing  on  commission,  aided  by  local  ad­
vertising,  then  used  to  create  demand 
was,  as  an 
initial  step,  fairly  encour­
aging,  and  proved  a  powerful  help  in 
future  sales,  by  holding  what  had  been 
gained.  Retail  druggists  especially 
worked  faithfully  to increase local trade, 
in  harmony  with  the  interests  of  pro­
ducers.  Later,  they  became,  by  direct 
purchase,  the  sole  purveyors  for  the 
public  in  these  products,  at  great  risk 
and  expense  to  themselves,  by  reason  of
irregular  demand  following  the  pres­
sure  of  newer  medicines  claiming  pop­
ular  favor.  Their  shelves,  to  this  day, 
testify  how  promptly  they  sought 
to 
meet  every  possible demand  and  resist 
the  increasing  flow  of  competing  reme­
dies. 
In  the  latter  may  be  found  the 
real  cause  for  genuine  complaint  made 
by  proprietors  of  patents,  which  is noth­
ing  more  nor  less  than  overproduction 
and  useless  duplication  of  similar  rem­
edies.

But  this  did  not  satisfy  the  greed  of  a 
few,  who,  like  the  horse 
leech,  cannot 
be  content  with  an  unfilled  vacuum. 
Reasonable  sales  were  not  enough—they 
aspired  to  the  trade  of  the  world,  and  to 
be  millionaires,  pushing  by  the  power 
of  advertising  carlot  distribution  where 
once  great  gross  lots  met  their  highest 
ambition.  Not  willing  to accept  profits 
gained  by  the  natural  law of  supply  and 
demand,  they  chose  the  plan  of  putting 
their  goods  into  new  channels,  particu­
larly  into  the  hands  of  department  store 
proprietors,  to  be  used  by  them  as  a 
side  line  and  sold  at  a  nominal  margin 
of  profit,  if  not  less  than  cost,  within 
their  respective  localities.  This resulted

latter 

in  great  loss  to  retail  druggists,  through 
whom  the  trade  had  been  originally  es­
tablished.  The 
in  self-defense 
began  to  strengthen  their  position  and 
recoup  losses  forced  upon  them  by  this 
procedure.  Who  can  deny  that  they 
were  justified  by  the  well-known axiom, 
"Self-preservation 
is  the  first  law  of 
Nature?”   Yet  they  continued  to  carry 
patents,  and  sold  them  whenever  called 
for  by  those  with  whom 
they  were 
household  favorites.  But,  when  asked 
for  their  judgmept  upon  any  common 
remedy 
in  ailments  where  customers 
usually  made  their  own  disagnoses,  they 
advised  and  sold  their  own  compounds 
based  upon  known  and  approved  for­
mulas,  as  they  had  an  undoubted  right 
to  do.

The  cut-rate  problem  was  further  met 
by  co-operation 
in  manufacture,  and 
special  purchases of non-secret remedies 
prepared  by  careful  and  responsible 
firms  Perhaps,  in  one  case  out  of  a 
thousand,  there  may  have  been  found 
the  only  kind  of  substitution  of  which

anyone  may  rightly  complain  while,  on 
the  other  hand,  it  is  only  in  department 
stores  that  the  flagrant  offense  of  sub­
stitution  has  been  practiced  in  its  most 
offensive and  indeiensible  sense.  This 
the  proprietors  who  sell  to  them  are 
aware  of,  but  still  encourage  their  ad­
vertising  allies  to  construct  and  publish 
broadcast  paragraphs  designed  to  con­
vey  false 
impressions  to  all  who  may 
give  them  more  than  careless  attention. 
The  man  of  straw  against  whom  the 
public  are  warned  exists,  so  far as drug­
gists  are  implicated,  in the  feritle  brain 
of  the  paragraphist,  and  makes  him 
amenable  to  the  title  of  an  anonymous 
scribbler,  and  also  a  libeler  by  wilful 
intent.

Thus,  in  brief,  is  the  head  and  front 
of  the  offending  charged  upon  drug­
gists.  This,  too,  in  brief,  is  a  fair  ex­
planation  of  the  idiotic  drivel  now  run­
ning  by  contract 
in  the  daily  press, 
which  shows  to  what  meanness  men  of 
instincts  will  stoop  to  gain 
avaricious 
their  ends 
in  this  age  of  mercantile 
progress.  Their  efforts,  however,  are 
so  puerile  that  one  can  almost  forgive 
the  evident  intent  in  pity  for  the mental 
weakness  displayed.

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

A

I R

  S H I P

As  photographed  by  Prof.  Leo  Shiappocasse  at  Chicago,  111.,  April  9,  1897.

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in the factory which  we  control, and bv  the 
advantage  we enjoy  in  this  respect, we  ere 
able  to  offer  the  quality  which  is  seldom 
found even as low as $33 00 per M.  Although 
our salesmen have  had samples  but  a  short 
time, we are receiving daily repeating orders 
for the goods.
We have in this brand a $30.00 cigar which 
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When in want of a new  roof  or  repairs  you  can  save  money  by  employing 
skilled mechanics In this line.  We have representatives covering the State of 
Michigan regularly, ''nd if you have a defective roof,  drop  us  a card  and we 
will call on you, examine your roof and  give  you  an  estimate  of  the  cost of 
necessary repairs or putting on new  roof.  Remember  that we  guarantee  all 
our work and our guarantee Is good.

H. M.  REYNOLDS  &  SON,

PRACTICAL  ROOFERS, 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

ESTABLISHED  1868.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

19

35
37
70
40

Morphia, S.P. AW ... 
Morphia,  S.N.Y.Q.&
C.  Co....................
Moscbus Canton 
Myristica, No. 1. 
Nux V omica... po.20
Os  Sepia.................
Pepsin Saac, H. A. P
D. Co...............  ..
Picis Liq. N.N.k gal
doz..................
Picis Liq., quarts 
Picis Liq., pints.
Pil Hydrarg.. .po.  80 
Piper Nigra.. .po.  22
Piper Alba__po.  35
Pilx  Burgun...........
Plumbi  Acet............
Pulvis Ipecac et Opii 
Pyrethrum, boxes H. 
& P. D. Co., doz...
Pyrethrum,  pv........
Quassise..................
Quinia, S. P. & W .. 
Quinia, S. German..
Qujnia, N.Y............
Rubia Tinctorum... 
SaccharumLactis pv
Salacin....................
Sanguis Draconis...
Sapo,  W..................
Sapo, M....................
Sapo, G....................
Siedlitz  Mixture__

1  95® 
1  85®

2 20
2  10 40 
80 
10 
15®
18
@  1 00
@ 2 00 
@  1  00 
@  85
@  50
@  18 
@  30
12 
1  20
1  25 
33 
10 
29
27
28 
14 
26
3  10 
50
14 
12
15 
22

24® 
22® 
23® 
12® 
24® 
3 00® 
40® 
12® 
10® 
@20  @

10® 
1  10®

Sinapis....................   @  18
Sinapis, opt............  
@  30
Snun, Maccaboy, De
Voes......................  @  34
Snuff, Scotch, DeVo’s 
Soda Boras............  6  @  8
Soda Boras, po........  6  @  8
26®  28
Soda et Potass Tart. 
Soda,  Carb.............. 
2
lk@ 
5
Soda, Bi-Carb.......... 
3® 
Soda, Ash...............   314® 
4
Soda, Sulphas.........   @ 
2
Spts. Cologne...........  @ 2 60
Spts. Ether Co........ 
50®  55
Spt/  Myrcia Dom... 
@  0 00
Spts. Vini Reet. bbl.  @ 2 42
Spts. Vini Rect-Hbbl  @2 47
Spts. Vini Rect.lOgal  @2 50
Spts. Vini Rect.  5gal  @ 2 52
Less 5c gal. cash 10 days. 
Strychnia, Crystal...  1  40®  1  45
Sulphur,  SubI.........   2k@ 
3
Sulphur,  Roll........ 
2®  2*4
8®  10
Tamarinds.............. 
Terebenth Venice... 
Theobromse............  
42®  45
Vanilla....................  9 00® 10 On
Zinci  Sulph............  
7® 
8

Oils

Whale, winter.........   70 
Lard,  extra...............  40 
Lard, No. 1................  
35 

BBL.  SAL.
70
45
40

28® 30

Linseed, pure  raw.. 
32 
Linseed, boiled......   34 
Neatsfoot, winter str  66 
Spirits Turpentine..  34 

@ 34

Paints  B B L . 

L B
Red Venetian.........  
IX 2  @8
Ochre, yellow Mars, 
lx   2  @4 
Ochre, yellow  Ber.. 
IX  2  @3 
Putty, commercial..  2V  2*4@3 
Putty, strictly pure.  214  2X@3 
Vermilion,  P rim e
American.............  
13®  15
Vermilion, English.  70®  75
Green, Paris...........  1314®  19
13®  16
Green,  Peninsular.. 
Lead, Red...............   514® 
6
Lead, white............  514® 
6
Whiting, white Span  @  70
Whiting,  gilders*...  @ 1 0
White, PansAmer..  @  1 00 
Whiting, Paris  Eng.
cliff......................  @ 140
Universal Prepared.  1  00®  1  15

Varnishes'

No. 1 Turp Coach...  1  10®  1  20
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

W HOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

Advenced—Ipecac  Root,  Opium,  Opium Po. 
Declined— Quinine.

S@l 10
Aceticum.................8
80® 85
Benzoicum, German
© 15
Boracic....................
29® 41
Carbolicum............
44® 46
Citricum.................
3® 5
Hydrochlor............
8® 10
Nltrocum...............
12© 14
Oxallcum...............
® 15
Phosphorium,  dil...
Salicylicum.............
45© 50
Sulph uri cum...........
5
IX©
Tarinicum..............  1 40®  1  60
38
36(8»
Tartaricum..............
Ammonia
4®
6
Aqua, 16  deg...........
6® 8
Aqua, 20 deg...........
12© 14
Carbonas.................
12® 14
Chloridum..............
Aniline
2 00® 2 25
Black............... . 
80©  1  00
Brown....................
45® 50
R ed.........................
................  2 50® 3 00
Yellow . 
Baccse.
13® 15
Cubesee...........po. 18
6®
8
Juniperus...............
30
25®
Xantnoxylum.........
Balsamum
60® 65
Copaiba  .................
@ 2 60
Peru........................
Terabin, Canada — 40® 45
80® 85
Tolutan...................
Cortex
18
Abies, Canadian__
12
Casslse  ....................
18
Cinchona Flava......
30
Euonymus atropnrp
20
Myrica Cerifera, po.
12
Primus Virgin!.......
12
Quillaia,  gr’d .........
12
Sassafras....... po. 18
15
Vlmus.  .po.  15,  gr’d
Extractum
24® 25
Glycyrrhiza  Glabra.
28® 30
Glycyrrhiza. po......
11® 12
Hsematox, 15 lb box.
13® 14
Hsematox, is 
........
14© 15
Hsematox, H s.........
16® 17
Hsematox, Xs........
Perm
15
Carbonate  Precip...
2 2b
Citrate and Quinia.
80
Citrate Soluble.......
50
Ferrocvanidum Sol.
15
Solut.  Chloride......
2
Sulphate, com’l ......
Sulphate,  com’l,  by
35
bbl. per cwt.........
Sulphate,  pure  ......
Flora
Arnica  ................
Anthemis............
Matricaria.............. 
Folia

12@  14
18®  25
30@  35

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

Barosma.................. 
»'assia Acutifol, Tin-
nevelly................. 
Cassia Acutifol,Alx. 
Salvia officinalis, >48
and  148................. 
Ura t’rsi..................
Qumml 
@  65
Acacia,  1st picked.
@  45
Acacia, 2d  picked.
®  35
Acacia.  3d  picked.
Acacia, sifted sorts
@  28
Acacia, po...............  
60®  80
Aloe, Barb. po.20®28 
14®  18
Aloe, Cape .... po. 15  @  12
Aloe, Socotri.. po. 40  @  30
Ammoniac.............. 
55®  60
22®  25
Assafcetida__po. 30 
50®  55
Benzoinum............  
@  13
Catechu, Is.
®  14
Catechu, Hs............
®  16 
Catechu, >4b............
8®  55
Camphone..............
Euphorbium.. po.  35 
@  10 
@  1  00
Gälbanum.
Gamboge  po........... 
65®  70
Guaiacum......po. 35 
®  35
Kino...........po. *4.u0  @4 00
Mastic....................  @  60
Myrrh............ po.  45  @ 4 0
Opii.. .po. *3.80@4.00 2 00®  2 65
40@  60
Shellac.................... 
Shellac, bleached...  40®  45
Tragacanth............  
50®

tierba

25
20
25
28
23
25
39
22
25

Absinthium..oz. pkg 
Eupatorium .oz. pkg 
Lobelia........oz. pkg 
Majornm__oz. pkg 
Mentha Pip..oz. pkg 
Mentha Vir. .oz. pkg 
Rue.............. oz. pkg 
TanacetumV oz. pkg 
Thymus,  V..oz. pkg 
riagnesia.
Calcined, Pat........... 
55®  60
Carbonate, Pat____ 
20®  22
Carbonate, K. & M..  20®  25
Carbonate, Jennings  35®  36

Oleum
Absinthium............
Amygdalae, Dale__
Amygdalae, Amarae .
Anisi.......................
Auranti  Cortex......
Bergamii.................
Cajiputi...................
Caryophylli............
Cedar.......................
Chenopadii..............
Cinnamonli.............
CHronella.  .............

3 25® 3 50 
30®  50
8 00®  8 25 
2  10®  2 20 
2 00®  2  20 
2 25® 2 30 
75®  80
55®  6J 
35®  65
@ 4 00 
1  80® 2 00 
45®  50

00@ 4 50

35®  65
Conium  Mac........... 
Copaiba..................   i  10®  1  20
Cubebae......................  
90® 1 00
Exechthitos...........  1  20®  1  30
Erigeron.................  1  20®  1  30
Gaultheria..............  1  50® 1  60
Geranium,  ounce...  @  75
Gossippii, Sem. gal.. 
50@ 60
Hedeoma.................  1  00® 1  10
Junipera.................   1  50® 2 00
Lavenduia................  
90@ 2 00
Limonis...................  1 
20®  1 40
Mentha  Piper.........  1  60@ 2 20
Mentha Verid......... 2  6f© 2 75
Morrhuae,  gal.........   i  50©  1  60
Myrcia,...................   4 
Olive....................... 
75® 3 00
10®  12
Picis  Liquids......... 
Picis Liquids, gal...  @  35
Ricina.................... 
99® 1 04
Rosmarini...............  @  1  00
Rosae,  ounce...........  6 50® 8 50
Succini..................  
40®  45
Sabina..................  
90® 1  00
Santal......................  2 
50® 7 00
Sassafras.................  50®  55
©  65
Sinapis, ess., ounce. 
Tiglii.......................  1  40®  1  50
40®  50
Thyme 
................. 
Thyme,  opt............   @  1  60
Theobromas........... 
15®  20
Potassium
Bi-Barb.................... 
15®  18
Bichromate  ........... 
13®  15
Bromide..................   48@  51
12®  15
Carb....................... 
Chlorate..po. 17@19c  16@  18
Cyanide..................  
50®  55
Iodide......................  2 65® 2 75
Potassa, Bitart, pure  29®  31
Potassa, Bitart,  com  @  15
Potass Nitras, opt... 
8@  10
Potass Nitras........... 
7@ 
9
Prussiate................. 
25®  28
Sulphate p o ........... 
15®  18

Radix

Aconitvm...............  
20@  25
Althae.....................  
22®  25
12®  15
Anchusa................. 
Arum po..................  @  25
Calamus................. 
20®  40
Gentiana........po  15 
12®  15
Glychrrhiza.. .pv. 15  16®  18
Hydrastis Canaden .  @  35
Hydrastis Can., po..  @  40
Hellebore, Alba, po.. 
15®  20
Inula, po................. 
15®  20
Ipecac, po...............   I  90® 2 00
Iris plox....po35@38  35®  40
Jalapa, pr...............   40®  45
Maranta,  Us..........   @  35
Podophyllum, po__  22®  25
75®  1  00
Rhei  ....................... 
Rhei, cut.................  @  1  25
Rhei, pv..................  
75®  1  35
35®  38
Spigelia................... 
Sanguinaria... po. 40  @  35
Serpentaria............  
30©  35
Senega.................... 
40®  45
Similax,officinalis H  @ 4 0
Smilax, M...............  
©  25
Scillae............ .po.35 
10®  12
Symplocarpus, Foeti-
dus,  po.................  @  25
Valeriana, Eng.po. 30  @  25
15@  20
Valeriana,  German. 
Zingibers...............  
12®  16
Zingiber j ...............  
25®  27
Semen
Anisum......... po.  15 
@  12
13®  15
Apium  (graveleons) 
Bird, Is.................... 
4® 
6
Carui............. po. 18 
10®  12
Cardamon...............   1  25® 1  75
Coriandrum............ 
8@ 
10
Cannabis  Sativa  ...  3H@ 
4
Cydonium............... 
75®  1  00
Chenopodium........ 
10®  12
Diptenx  Odorate...  2 90® 3 00
Pceniculum............   @  10
9
Fcenugreek, po........ 
7® 
L inl.........................  2K@ 
4
Lini,  grd.... bbl. 2%  3k© 
4
Lobelia..................  
35®  40
Pharlaris  Canarian.  314®
Rapa.......................  414®
Sinapis Albu........... 
7@ 
8
Sinapis Nigra.........  
11®  12
Spiritus 

Prumenti, W. D. Co.  2 00® 2 50 
Prumenti,  D. P. R..  2 00® 2 2!
Prum enti.......................1  25®  1 50
Jimiperis Co. O. T ..  1  65® 2 00
Juniperis Co...........  1  To® 3 50
Saacharum N. E__  1  90® 2  10
Spt. Vini Galli........  1  75® 6 50
Vini Oporto.................  1  25® 2 00
Vini  Alba....................  l  25® 2 00

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

 

 

rtiscellaneous

Scillae Co.................  @  50
Tolutan..................   @  50
Prunus virg............   @  50
Tinctures
Aconitum N apellis R 
60
Aconitum NapellisF 
50
60
Aloes....................... 
60
Aloes and Myrrh__ 
Arnica.................... 
50
Assafcetida............  
50
60
Atrope  Belladonna. 
Auranti  Cortex...... 
50
Benzoin..................  
60
Benzoin Co.............. 
50
Barosma................. 
50
Cantharides........... 
75
Capsicum.............. 
50
Cardamon............. 
75
Cardamon  Co.........  
75
1  00
Castor...................... 
Catechu..................  
.  50
Cinchona................. 
50
Cinchona Co........... 
60
Colum ba..............  
50
Cubeba....................  
50
50
Cassia Acutifol...... 
50
Cassia Acutifol Co  . 
Digitalis.................  
50
50
Ergot......................  
Perri Chloridum__ 
35
Gentian..................  
50
Gentian Co.............. 
60
Guiaca.................... 
50
60
Guiaca ammon........ 
Hyoscyamus........... 
50
Iodine...................... 
75
75
Iodine, colorless__ 
50
Kino........................ 
50
Lobelia...................  
Myrrh......................  
50
Nux Vomica........... 
50
Opii......................... 
75
Opii, camphorated.. 
50
1  50
Opii, deodorized.... 
50
Quassia................... 
Rhatany..................  
50
Rhei........................  
50
50
Sanguinaria........... 
'0
Serpentaria............  
Stromonium........... 
60
Tolntan...................  
00
Valerian................. 
50
50
Veratrum Veride... 
20
Zingiber.................. 
30®  35
.¡Ether, Spts. Nit. 3 P 
?4®  38
.¡Ether, Spts. Nit. 4 P 
Alumen..................   2Q@ 
3
3® 
Alumen, gro’d .. po. 7 
4
Annatto..................  
40®  50
Antimoni,  po.........  
4® 
5
Antimoni et PotassT 
55®  60
®  1  40
Antipyrin.............. 
Antirebrin..............  @  15
@  55
Argenti Nitras, oz .. 
Arsenicum..............  
10®  12
Balm Gilead  Bud  .. 
38®  40
Bismuth  S. N.........   1  40®  1 50
Calcium Chlor.,  Is 
Calcium Chlor., 54s.
Calcium Chlor.,  %s. 
Cantharides, Rus.po 
Capsici  Fructus, af.
18 
15 
Capsici Fructus, po.
15 
Capsici PructusB.po 
Caryophyllus..po. 15
12 
Carmine, No. 40......
3 75 
Cera Alba, 8. 4 P ...
55 
Cera Flava..............
42 
Coccus....................
@  40
@  33
Cassia Fructus........
Centraria.................
@  10 @  45
Cetaceum................
60®  63
Chloroform.............
@  1  35 
Chloroform, squibbs
1  15®  1  30
Chloral Hyd Crst__
20®  25
Chondrus................ 
Cinchonidine,P.&W  20®  25 
Cinchonidine, Germ  15®
Cocaine..................   3 55® 3 75
Corks, list, dis.pr.ct.
Creosotnm..............
Creta.............bbl. 75
@
Creta, prep..............
Creta, precip...........
9®
Creta, Rubra...........
Crocus.................... 
30®
®
Cudbear................. 
5®
Cupri Sulph............
10®
Dextrine..................
75®
Ether Sulph...........
Emery, all  numbers
s
Emery, po......  .......
@30®
Ergota..........po. 40
Flake  White...........
12®
Galla........................
@  23
Gambier..................
8®
@  60
_
Gelatin, Cooper..  .. 
35® 60
35®
Gelatin, French...... 
60,  10&10 
Glassware, flint, box
60
Less  than  box__
9® 12
_
Glue,  brown........... 
13® 25
13®
Glue, white  ........... 
Glycerina........
M@ 20
@ 15
_
Grana  Paradisi 
25® 55
Humulus................. 
25®
@ 80
Hydraag Chlor  Mite 
® 70
Hydraag Chlor Cor.
© 90
Hydraag Ox Rub’m.
Hydraag Ammoniati 
® 00
HydraagUnguentum  45®
Hydrargyrum.........  @  65
Ichthyobolla, Am...  1  25®  1  50 
Indigo...................... 
75®  1 00
eo@ 3 70
Iodine, Resubi.
■  4 20 
Iodoform.........
Lupulin.
2 25 
55

50®

©

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

.........

@ 50 Lycopodium...........
@ 50 Made 
@ 50 Liquor  Arsen et Ey-
drarg Iod.............
@ 60
@ 50 LiquorPotassArstnit
© 50 Magnesia, Sulph__
50® 60 Magnesia, Sulph,bbl
® 50 Mannia, S. F ...........
® 50 Menthol.................

10®
65®
®
10®
2®
®
50®
©

Chamois

Sponges

W e  have  a complete 
line  of  all  grades  Sponges 
in  bales;  also  bleached 
in  cases.

A ll  numbers  of  Chamois 
at  attractive  prices

Hazeltine &  Perkins 
Drug Co.

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

G R O C E R Y   P R I C E   C U R R E N T .

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

COUPON  BOOKS.

Tradesman Grade.

50 books, any denom__  1  50
100 books, any denom__ 2 50
500 books, any denom__11  50
1.000 books, any denom 
20 00
Economic  Grade.

50 books, any denom__  1  50
100 books, any denom__2 50
500 books, any denom__11  50
1.000 books, any denom__20 00

Universal Grade.

50 books, any denom__  1  50
100 books, any denom__  2 50
500 books, any denom__11  50
1.000 books, any denom__20 00

Superior Grade.

Coupon Pass Books,

denomination from $10 down.

50 books, any denom___  1 50
100 books, any denom___ 2 50
500 books, any denom___11 50
1.000 books, any denom___20 00
Can be made to represent any 
20books.........................  1  00
50 books...........................  2 00
100 books...........................  3 00
250 books...........................  C 25
500 books........................... 10 00
1000 books.............. 
17 50
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—DOflESTIC 
Sundrled.......................   @ 2%
Evaporated 50 lb boxes.  @ 4 

 
Credit Checks.

Apples.

California Fruits.

Blackberries...............
Nectarines..................  6  @
Peaches......................   7H@ 9
Pears............................. 8  @
Pitted Cherries...........
Prunnelles................. .12
Raspberries................
California Prunes.
100-120 25 lb boxes.........  @3%
90-100 25 lb boxes.........  @3%
80 - 90 25 lb boxes.........  @4%
70-80 25 lb boxes.........  @5
60 - 70 25 lb boxes.........  @5%
50 - 60 25 lb boxes.........  @6
40-5025 lb boxes.........  @7%
30 - 40 25 lb boxes.......   @
% rent less In 50 lb cases 

Raisins.

Li-ndon Layers 3 Crown. 
London Layers 5 Crown. 
Dehesias..........................  
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown 
Loose Muscatels 4 Crown 

1 55 
2 50
3 25
5
5%
6%

FOREIGN.
Currants.

Peel.

Patras bblB....................... @ 5%.
Vostlzzas 50 lb cases........ @ 5%
Cleaned, bulk  .................@ 6*4
Cleaned, packages........... @ 7
Citron American 10 lb bx  @14 
Lemon American 10 lb bx  @12 
Orange American 101b bx  @12 
Ondura 28 lb boxes.....   6%@ 8
Sultana  1 Crown...........  @ 8V4
Sultana 2 Crow n.........   @9
Sultana 3 Crown...........  @ 9%
Sultana 4 Crown...........  @ 9%
Snltann  R C*mwn 
@icj£

Raisins.

FLY PAPER. 
Tanglefoot.

CHEESE.

Acme  .........
a   to
Amboy........
@  HH 
Byron.........
@  10 @  10% 
Elsie...........
Gold  Medal.
10
@  10*i 
Ideal...........
Jersey.........
@  10V4 
Lenawee..  .. 
@@  10%
Riverside..
Sparta.........
@@  10K 
Brick...........
@ 75 
Edam..........
Leiden.........
@  19 
@ 15
Limburger.
Pineapple...............  43  @  85
Sap Sago.................  @  18

Chicory.

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

Bulk 
Red 

5
7

CATSUP.
Columbia, 
Columbia, % pints 

pints............. 4 25
..........2 50

............ 40

CLOTHES  PINS.

5 gross boxes..... 

COCOA SHBLLS.
201b  bags....................... 
Less quantity................. 
Pound  packages............ 
CRBArt TARTAR. 

2%
3
4

Strictly Pure, wooden boxes.  35
Strictly Pure, tin boxes........  37

COFFEE.

Green.
Rio.

F air.........................................17
Good....................................... 18
Prime......................................19
Golden  .................................. 20
Peaberry  ............................... 22

5antos.

 

Fair  .................. 
19
Good  ..................................... 20
Prime..................................... 22
Peaberry  ............................... 23

Mexican  and  Guatamala.

Java.

Fair  ............ 
21
Good  ..................................... 22
Fancy 
.................................. 24
Maracaibo.

Mocha.

Prim e......   ............................ 23
Milled..................................... 24
Interior..................................25
Private  Growth......................27
Mandehllng............................ 28
Im itation..................... 
25
Arabian  ................................ 28
Roasted.
Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brands
Fifth  Avenue......  
......... 30
Jewell’s Arabian Mocha__30
Wells’ Mocha and Java.__25%
Wells’ Perfection  Java.....2554
Saneaibo  ........................... 23
Valley City Maracaibo.  — 20
Ideal  Blend........................16
Leader Blend.....................1354
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brands
Quaker Arabian Mocha.....31
Quaker Mandehllng Java. .31 
Quaker Mocha and Java. ...29
Toko Mocha and Java.......26
Quaker Golden Santos...... 23
State House Blend.............21
Quaker Golden Rio............20

Package.

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.......................  12 00
Jersey.............................  12 CO
ricLaaghlln’s  XXXX........ 12  00
Extract.
75
Valley City 54 gross  . 
. 
Felix 54 gross...............  
1  15
Hummel’s foil 54 gross  .. 
85
Hummel’s tin 54  gross... 
14;-
Knelpp Malt Coffee.
1 lb. packages,  50 lb. cases  9 
1 lb. packages, 100 lb. cases  9
CONDENSED  MILK.

AXLE  GREASE.doz. gross
6 00
7 00
4 00
9 00
9 00
9 00
6 00

Aurora.................
Castor Oil........... ......60
Diamond............ ......50
Frazer’s .............. ......75
EXL Golden, tin boxes 75
nica, tin boxeB... ......70
Paragon.............. .  ...55

Acme.

Absolute.

El Purity.

BAKING  POWDER.
M lb cans doz..................  
45
% lb cans doz..................  
85
1 
lb cans doz..................   1  50
M lb cans 3 doz.................  45
J4 lb cans 3 doz.................  75
1 
lb cans 1 doz.................  1 00
Bulk...................................  
10
% lb cans per doz............   75
% lb cans per doz  ...........  1 20
lb cans per doz............ 2  00
1 
35
% lb cans 4 doz case........ 
% lb cans 4 doz case........ 
55
lb cans 2 doz c a se ......  
90
J A X O N
Ü lb cans, 4 doz case......  
% lb cans, 4 doz case........ 
1 
Id lb cans..........................  
% lb cans..........................  
1 
1 lb. cans  ......................... 

45
85
lb cans, 2 doz case........  1 60
45
75
lb cans..........................  1  50
85

Our Leader.

Peerless.

dome.

BASKETS.

Per doz.
Standard Bushel..............  1  25
Extra Bushel...................  1  75
Market.............................  
30
% bushel, bamboo del’ry.  3 50 
% bushel, bamboo del’ry.  4 00 
1  bushel, bamboo del’ry.  5 00 
Diamond Clothes, 30x16...  2 50
Braided Splint, 30x16......   4 00
American............................... 70
English....................................80

Iron strapped, 50c extra. 

BATH  BRICK.

BLUINO.

C o n d sn se i)
Ö L uitfC

BROOflS.

1 doz. pasteboard Boxes...  40
3 doz. wooden boxes.........   1  20
So. l Carpet.......................  l  90
So. 2 Carpet.......................1  75
No. 3 Carpet..................   ..  1  50
No. 4 Carpet.......................  1  15
Parlor Gem.......................  2 00
Common Whisk................. 
70
Fancy Whisk..................... 
80
Warehouse............ ...........2 25
Nacretoin, per doz............ 2 25
Two doz. In case assorted flav­
ors—lemon, vanilla and rose. 
8s..........................................7
16s  .........................................8
Paraffine................................8

CAKE FROSTING.

CANDLBS.

CANNED OOOD8.
.Tan 1 to woe  Peas.

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

CHOCOLATE.

Walter Baker & Co.’a.

CLOTHES LINES.

German Sweet...... .................22
Premium..............................  81
Breakfast Cocoa 
42
Cotton, 40 ft, per  doz.........1  00
Cotton, 50 ft, per  doz.........1  20
Cotton, 60 ft, per  doz......... 1  40
Cotton, 70 ft, per  dot......... 1  60
Cotton, 80 ft, per  doz......... 1  80
Jute, 00 ft,  per  doz.............  80
Jute, 71 ft,  per doz..............  96

4 doz in case.
Gail Borden  Eagle.... ........6  75
Crown..................................... 6 25
Daisy.......................................5 75
Champion  ...........................4  50
Magnolia 
.........................  4 25
Challenge................................. 3 50
Dime.........................................8 35

Regular, per box...............  30
Regular, case of 10 boxes..  2 56
Regular, 5 case lots...........2 50
Regular, 10 case lots.........   2 40
Little, per box...................  
13
Little, case of 15 boxes......  1  45
Little, 10 case lots..............  1 40
Holders, per.box of.50......  ><75

FARINACEOUS  GOODS.
Farina.
B ulk.................
...  3
Grits.
Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s ... ...2 00
Hominy.
Barrels  ..............
..  2 25
Flake, 50 lb.  drums... ...1 00
Lima  Beans.
Dried 
.....................
3V4
Macearon! and Vermicelli.
Domestic,  10 lb. box. ...  00
Imported,  25 lb. box.. ...2 50
Pearl Barley.
Common....................
.. 
1%
Chester.....................
...  2
Em pire......................
...  2%
Green,  bu...................
...  80
...  2%
Split,  per lb...............
Rolled  Oats.
Rolled Avena,  bbl.. .. .3 30
.  .2 80
Monarch,  bbl............
Monarch.  %  bbl..... ...1  55
Private brands,  bbl. ...2 75
Private brands, % bbl. ...1  50
Quaker, eases........ ...3 20
Sago.
German..............
...  4
East  India..........
...  3*
Wheat.
Cracked, bulk........ ....  3
24 2 lb packages...... ....2 40

Peas.

Halibut.

Herring.

riackerel.

F is h .
Cod.
Georges cured.......
@ 2%
Georges  genuine..... @ 4
Georges selected..... @ 5
Strips or bricks......... 5  @ 8
10
Chunks............................. 
Strips................................  
9
Holland white hoops keg 
60
Holland white hoops  bbl  7 50
Norwegian.......................
Round 100 lbs...................  2 50
Round  40 lbs..................   1  30
Scaled............................... 
14
No. 1100 lbs......................  11  00
No. 1  40 lbs......................  4 70
No. 1  10 lbs......................  125
No. 2 100 lbs......................  8 00
No. 2  40 lbs......................  3 60
No. 2  10 lbs.................... 
96
Family 90 lbs....................
Family 10 lbs....................
Russian kegs.................... 
No. 1,1001b. bales............
No. 2  1001b. bales............
No. 1 100  bs......................  4 25
No. 1  40 'bs......................  2 03
No. 1  10 lbs.................... 
58
No. 1 
49
 
No. 1  No. 2  Fam

Sardines.
Stockfish.

100 lbs...........  6 75  5 25
40 lbs 
........  3 00  2 40
10 lbs........... 
68
8 lbs  ...... 
57
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS.

Whltsflsh.

8 lbs  . 

Treat

83 
69 

56

 

Jennings'.

D. C Lemon
D.C. Vanilla
2 oz.
2 oz.
.1  20
75
3 oz.
3 oz.
.1  50
.. .1 00
4 oz. ....1 40
4 oz.
.2 00
6 oz.
6 oz.
.3 <10
...2 00
No. 8 4 00
No. 8...2 40
No. 10.
No. 10.. .4 00
.6 00
No. 2 T.l 25
No. 2 T. 80
No. 3 T.2 00
No. 3 T.l 35
No. 4 T.l >k)
No 4 T.2 40
Sage.....................................  15
Hops....................................  15
Madras, ó  lb  boxes...........  66
8. F., 2,3 and 5 lb boxes__  50
15 lb  palls............................  80
171b palls............................  34
30 lb pails............................  60
Condensed, 2 doz  .............I  20
Condensed, 4 doz.............. 2 25

INDIGO.

HBRBS.

JBLLY.

LYB.

Souders’.
in  the  world 

Oval bottle,  with  corkscrew. 
the 

for 

Best 
money.

Regular
Vanilla.

doz
2 oz....... 1  20
4 oz....... 2 40
XX  Orade 
Lemon.

.1  50 
2oz 
.3 00
4 oz.
XX Grade 
Vanilla.

ILEGANr
^ F lavoring

Royal^ A
DAYT0N.0.1

2 oz. 
4oz.

.1  75 
.3 50
per doz.
Jackson Liquid, 1 oz.........  
65
Jackson Liquid, 2 oz.........  
98
Jackson Liquid, 3 oz.........   1  30

GLUE.

GUNPOWDER.
Rifle—Dupont’s.

Eagle  Duck—Dupont’s.

Choke  Bore—Dupont’s.

Kegs  .................................. 4 25
Half Kegs...........................2 40
Quarter Kegs.......................1  35
1 lb  cans.............................   30
%  lb cans............................  18
Kegs................  ................. 4 00
Half Kegs...........................2 25
Quarter  Kegs.................... 1 25
1 lb  cans........................ .  .  34
Kegs...................................8 00
Half Kegs...........................4 25
Quarter Kegs...................... 2 26
llbcans...............................  45
Pure.....................................  80
Calabria........-....................  25
Sicily.................. 
 
14
Root........................... 
10
MINCE MBAT.
Ideal, 3 doz. In case........... 2 25
Diamond Match Co.’s brands.

flATCHBS.

LICORICE.

 

 

 

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

nOLA5SBS.
New Orleans.

Black.  ............................. 
11
F air.................................. 
14
Good................................  
20
24
Fancy  .............................  
Open Kettle......................25@35

Half-barrels 2c extra.

PIPES.

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

65

48 cans in case.

Babbitt’s.................................. 4 00
Penna Salt  Co.’s ......................8 00

POTASH.

PICKLES.
riedlum.

Barrels, 1,200 count...........  3 40
Half bbls, 600 count...........  2 20
Barrels, 2,400 count...........  4 40
Half bbls, 1,200 count........  2 70

Small.

RICB.

Domestic.

Imported.

Carolina head....................  6%
Carolina  No. 1  .................  5
Carolina  No. 2..................  
i%
3
Broken  ............................ 
Japan,  No. 1.................... 
5»
Japan.  No. 2..... 
........... 
5
Java, No. 1__ *..................   4%
Table  ................................  5%
A nise...............................  18
Canary, Smyrna...............   4
Caraway..........................  10
Cardamon,  M alabar......  80
Hemp,  Russian.............. 
4
4ft
Mixed  Bird...................... 
Mustard,  white...............  
S%
8
Poppy  .............................  
Rape................................  
5
Cuttle Bone.......  
.....  20

SEEDS.

SALERATUS.

Packed 60 lbs. in  box.

Church’s .............................3 3t
Deiand's.............................3  15
Dwight's.............................3 30
Taylor’s .............................. 3 00
Granulated, bbls............. 1  10
Granulated,  100 lb cases.. 1  50
Lump, bbls.......................  
1
Lump, 1451b kegs............. I  10

SAL SODA.

SALT.

Diamond  Crystal.

Cases, 24 3-lb  boxes.............. 1 50
Barrels,  100  3 lb bags.........2 75
Barrels.  40  7 lb bags.........2 40
Butter, 28 lb. bags.................  30
Butter, 56 lb  bags.................   60
Butter, 20  14 lb bags............ 3 00
Butter, 280 lb  bbls............... 2 50

Common Grades.

100 3 lb sacks........................ 2 60
60 5-lb sacks.........................1 85
2811-lb sacks....................... 1 70

Worcester.

50  4 
lb. cartons............... 3 25
115  2%lTo. sacks....................4 00
60  5 
lb. sacks...................3 75
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 hags......  30
28-lb dairy In drill bags......  15

56-Jb dairy In linen sacks...  60 

Warsaw.

Ashton.

Higgins.

56-lb dairy in linen sacks 

60

Solar Rock.

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

Common Pino.

Saginaw...............................  70
Manistee  ..............................  70

SNUPP.

Scotch, in bladders..............   37
Maccaboy, In Jars.................   35
French Rappee, In jars  ___  48

SPICES.
Whole Sifted.

Pure Ground in Balk.

Allspice  .............................   9
Cassia, China in mats......... 10
Cassia, Batavia In bund__20
Cassia, Saigon in rolls........32
Cloves, Amboyna................15
Cloves, Zanzibar.................  9
Mace,  Batavia....................60
Nutmegs, fancy................  .60
Nutmegs, No.  1................... 50
Nutmegs, No.  2...................45
Pepper, Singapore, black...  9 
Pepper, Singapore, white.. .12
Pepper,  shot........................10
Allspice  ..............................12
Cassia, Batavia...................23
Cassia,  Saigon.....................35
Cloves,  Amboyna................20
Cloves, Zanzibar..................15
Ginger,  African..................15
Ginger,  Cochin...................20
Ginger,  Jamaica................. 22
Mace,  Batavia.................... 70
Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. .20
Mustard, Trieste................. 25
Nutmegs,.................. : ,40@E0
Pepper, Sing., black... ,10@14
Pepper, Sing., white__15@18
Pepper, Cayenne...........17@20
Sage....................................18

SYRUPS.

Corn.

Pare Cane.

Barrels.............................   12
Half  bbls.........................  14
Fair  ................................   16
Good................................   20
Choice.............................   25
Boxes..................................514
Kegs, English.....................   4%

SODA.

SOAP.
Laundry.

Armour’s Brands.

Armour's Family..............2 70
Armour’s  Laundry...........  3 25
Armour’s White, 100s........  6 25
Armour’s White, 50s........... 3 20
Armour’s Woodchuck__ 2 55
Armour’s Kitchen  Brown.  2 oO 
Armour’s Mottled German 2 40 

SOAP.

J A X O N

Single box.............................2 85
5 box lots, delivered........... 2 80
10 box lots, delivered.........   2 75
ilAS. 8.  KIRK 5 CO.’S BRANDS.
American Family, wrp’d....3 33
American Family, unwTp’d.3 27
Dome.....................................3 33
Cabinet................................. 2 25
Savon....................................2 50
Dusky Diamond, 56 oz.........2 10
Dusky Diamond, 58 oz.........3 00
Blue India............................3 00
Kirkoline..............................3 75
Eos...................................... .8 66

Lantz Bros. & Co.’s Brands.

Common Qloss.

l-lb  packages......................  4
3-lb  packages......................  4
6-lb  packages......................  4M
10 and 50 lb boxes...............   2M
Rarrels 
..........................2M

STOVE POLISH.

' cue. 70 1 lb. cakes!

Acme, 60 1 lb  cakes.

Single box............................3  43
5 box lots..........................  3  35
10 box lots............................3 28
25 box lots............................3 23
Single box..........................  3 00
5 box lots..........................  2  90
10 box lots  ..........................2 85
25 box lots............................2 80
One box free with 5;  two boxes 
free  with  10;  five  boxes  free 
with 25.
Single box..........................  2 85
5 box lots............................2 75
10 box lots.................................2 70
25 box lots............................2  65
Single box..........................2 85
5 box lots................................ 2 75
10 box lots..........................  2 70
25 box lots............................2 65

Acorn, 120 cakes, 75 lbs.

Acme, 5 cent size.

Marseilles White.

100 cakes, 75 lbs.

Single box..........................  5 75
5 box lots  ........................   5 65
10 box lots........................  5  60
25 box lots  ........................  5 50
Single box..........................  4  00
5 box lots........................... 3  90
10 box lots............................3  86
25 box lots..........................  3 80

100 cakes, 5 cent size.

Schulte Soap Co.'s Brand.

Schulte’s  Family................. 2 75
Clydesdale........................... 2 85
No Tax................................. 2 50
German Mottled  .................1  85
Electro................................. 3 25
Oleine, white  .....................2  55

Thompson A Chute’s Brand.

Single box 
 ...................... 2 80
5 box lot, delivered.......... 2 75
10 box lot, delivered...........2 70
25 box lot. delivered  .........2 65
Wolverine Soap Co.’s Brands.

Single  b o x ..............................2 65
5 box 
10 box 

lots, delivered.........2 60
lots, delivered.........2 50
Allen B.  Wrisley’s Brands.
Old Country, 801-lb. bars  ..2  20
Good Cheer, 60 1-lb. bars__3 75
Uno, 100 M-lb. bars..............2 50
Doll, 100 10-oz.  bars............ 2 25

Scouring.

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

STARCH.

Kingston!’«  Corn.

40 1-lb packages..................   6
20 1 lb packages..................   6M
Kingston!’« Silver  Qloss.
40 1-lb packages.....................6M
6-lb boxes.......................... 7

Diamond.

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

Common  Corn.

20-lb boxes..........................   4M
40-lb  boxes..........................   4k

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN
Grains and Feedstuffs

Candies.
Stick  Candy.

Mixed Candv.

Fancy—In Bulk.

Fancy—In  $  lb.  Boxes.

bbls.  pails
Standard................. 
5M@ 7
7
Standard H.  H........ 
Standard Twist......  
6  @7
Cut Loaf................. 
7 M@ 8M
cases
Extra H. H.............. 
@ 8M
@ 8M
Boston  Cream........ 
Competition............ 
@ 6
@ 6M
Standard................. 
@7
Leader  ................... 
Conserve................. 
@7
@ 7M
Royal...................... 
@
Ribbon.................... 
Broken..................  
@8
Cut  Loaf.........  
@ 8
English Rock.........  
@8
@ 8M
Kindergarten.........  
@9
French  Cream........ 
@10
Dandy Pan.............  
Valley Cream.........  
@13
Lozenges, plain...... 
@  9
@ 9
Lozenges,  printed.. 
Choc.  Drops...........  11  @14
Choc.  Monumentals 
@12M @ 5 
Gum  Drops.
Moss  Drops.
© ?M 
Sour Drops.. 
@ 8M 
Imperials.
©  8M
@50
Lemon Drops.........  
Sour  Drops............  
@50
Peppermint Drops.. 
@60
Chocolate Drops__ 
@65
H. M. Choc. Drops.. 
@75
@30
Gum  Drops............  
@75
Licorice Drops........ 
@5o
A. B. Licorice Drops 
Lozenges,  plain__  
@55
@55
Lozenges, printed.. 
Imperials...............  
@55
Mottoes................... 
@65
Cream  Bar.............. 
@50
MolassesBar.........  
@50
Hand Made Creams.  80  @90
Plain  Creams.........   60  @80
Decorated Creams.. 
@90
String Rock............  
@60
Burnt Almonds......1  25
Wintergreen Berries 
@55
Caramels.
No. 1 wrapped, 2  lb.
boxes ..................
No. 1 wrapped, 3  lb.
boxes ..................
No. 2 wrapped, 2  lb. 
boxes  .................
Fresh  M eats.
Carcass...................
6  @ 7
Fore quarters........... 5  @  6
Hind  quarters.........
7M@  9
Loins  No.  3..............
9  @14
Ribs.........................
9  @12
Rounds  ....................
6M@ 7
Chucks................
4  @ 5
Plates  ......................
© 4
Pork.
Dressed....................
@ 5
L oins.......................
@ 7
Shoulders....   .........
@  6
Leaf Lard.................
5M@ 8
Mutton.
Carcass.................... 7  @ 9
Spring Lambs........... .  9  @10
Clareas»

@30
@45

Veal.

Beef.

5  @ 6M

Crackers.

Soda.

Butter.

Oyster.

TheN. Y.  Biscuit  Co.  quotes 

as follows:
Seymour XXX...................  4
Seymour XXX, 3 lb.  carton  4M
Family XXX......... ............  4
Family XXX, 3 lb  carton..  4M
Salted XXX.......................   4
Salted XXX, 3 lb carton...  4M 
Soda  XXX  .......................   4
Soda  XXX, 3 lb carton__  4 yt
Soda,  City.........................  5
Zephyrette.........................  10
Long Island Wafers.........   9
L. I. Wafers, 1 lb carton  ..  10
Square Oyster, XXX.........   4
Sq. Oys. XXX, 1  lb carton.  5
Farina Oyster,  XXX.........   4
SWEET  GOODS—Boxes.
Animals............................  9
Bent’s Cold Water............   13
Belle Rose.........................  6
Cocoanut Taffy.................  9
Coffee Cakes......................  8
Frosted Honey...................  10
Graham Crackers  ............   6
Ginge r Snaps, XXX round.  5 
Ginger Snaps,XXX  city...  5 
Gin. Snps,XXX home made  5- 
Gin. Snps,XXX scalloped..  5
Ginger  Vanilla.................  7
Imperials..........................   6
Jumbles,  Honey...............   10
Molasses Cakes.................  6
Marshmallow  ...................  12
Marshmallow  Creams......   13
Pretzels,  hand  m ade......  6
Pretzelettes, Little German  6
Sugar  Cake.......................  6
Sultanas............................  10
Sears’Lunch......................  6
Sears’ Zephyrette............... 10
Vanilla  Square...............  
7
Vanilla  W afers...............   12
Pecan Wafers....................   12
Fruit Coffee.......................   9
Mixed Picnic.....................  10
Cream Jumbles.................  11M
Boston Ginger Nuts..........   6
Chimmie Fadden..............  9
Pineapple Qlaeo.................  13

Wheat.

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

84

Local Brands.

Spring  Wheat  Flour. 

Patents.............................  5 00
Second  Patent..................   4 50
Straight............................  4 30
Clear..................................  4 00
Graham  ...........................   4 00
Buckwheat.......................  3 40
R ye..................................  2 65
Subject  to usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour in bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Quaker, Ms.........................  4 40
Quaker,  ms........................   4 40
Quaker, Ms.........................   4 40
Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brand.
Pillsbury’s Best Ms...........  4 70
Pillsbury’s Best Ms...........  4 60
Pillsbury’s Best Ms...........  4 50
Pillsbury’s Best M* paper..  4 50 
Pillsbury’s Best ms paper..  4 50 
Pillsbury’s Bakers Pat. Ms.  4 40
Pillsbury’s Bakers Pat. 140s 4 40 
Ball-Barnhart-Putman's Brand.
Grand Republic, Ms............ 4 65
Grand Republic, Ms..........  4  55
Grand Republic, Ms............ 4  45
Lemon A Wheeler Co.’s  Brand.
Parisian, Ms......................  4  60
Parisian, Ms............................. 4 50
Parisian. Ms.......................  4  40
Ceresota, Ms...........................  4 65
Ceresota, Ms...........................  4 55
Ceresota, Ms...........................  4 45
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Laurel, Ms.............................   4 65
Laurel, Ms.............................   4 55
Laurel, Ms..............................  4 45
Bolted....................................  1 50
Granulated..............................l 75
St. Car Feed, screened__ 12 00
No. 1 Com and  Oats..........11  00
Unbolted Corn Meal..........10 50
Winter Wheat  Bran........... 9 50
Winter Wheat Middlings.. 10 00
Screenings.............................   8 00
The  O.  E.  Brown  Mill  Co. 
quotes as follows:
New Corn.
Car  lots....................  
26M
Less than  car lots............   28M
Car  lots............................... 22M
Carlots, clipped.......   ........ 24M
Less than  car lots............   26
No. 1 Timothycarlots......  11  00
I No. 1 Timothy, ton lots__ 12 00

Olney A Judson’s Brand.

Feed and Millstuffs.

Meal.

Oats.

Hay.

 

Med’t  Sweets.

F ru its.
Oranges.
Seedlings
96-112.......................
@2 75 
250............................
@2 50 
150-176-200...............
@3 50
@3 25 
128..........................
150-176-200  ..............
@3 75
Navels.
96  ..........................
@3 75 
@4 00
126............................
Messinas.
@4 00
Fancy  200s..............
Valencias.
Cases of 420............
@6  00
Lemons.
@3 00 
Strictly choice 360s..
@3 25 
Strictly choice 300s..
@3 50 
Fancy 360s..............
@4  00
Ex.Fancy  300s........
Bananas.
Medium bunches.. .1  25  @1  50
Large bunches........1  75  @2 00
Figs, Choice  Layers
101b......................
Figs,  New  Smyrna 
14 and 20 lb boxes.
Figs,  Naturals  in
30 lb. bags,............
Dates, Fards in 10 lb
boxes...................
Dates, Fards in 60 lb
cases  ...................
Dates,Persians,H.M.
B., 60 lb cases, new 
Dates,  Sairs  60  lb 
cases  ...................
N u ts.

@10 
@12 
@ 6 
@  8 
@ 6 
@  6 
© 4M

Foreign Dried  Fruits. 

Almonds, Tarragona..  @12
Almonds, Ivaca.........  @11
Almonds,  California,
soft shelled............   @12
Brazils new...............   @  7M
Filberts  ....................  @10
Walnuts, Grenobles ..  @12M
Walnuts,  Calif No.  1.  @10
Walnuts,  soft  shelled
Calif.......................  @12
Table Nuts,  fancy__  @11
Table Nuts,  choice...  @10
Pecans, Med.........  ...  @
Pecans, Ex. Large__  @10
Pecans, Jumbos........  @12
Hickory  Nuts per bu.,
Cocoanuts,  full  sacks  @4 00
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Game
Suns.......................  @7
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Flags
Roasted..................   @ 7
Choice, H. P., Extras.  @ 4
Choice, H. P.,  Extras,
<  Roasted.................  @6

Ohio, new...............   @

Peanuts.

Provisions.

... 

Beef.

Tripe.

10
9M
13
12M

6M
6M
6M
6
9
6M

Canned  Meats.

Barreled Pork.

Smoked  Heats.

Swift  A  Company quote  as
follows:
Mess  .......................
8 75
... 
Back  .......................
9  75
Clear back...............
... 
9 50
Shortcut...................
9 25
... 
...  12 50
Pig............................
Bean  __: ................
... 
8 50
Family  ....................
... 
9 50
Dry Salt Meats.
Bellies......................
5M
Briskets...................
5
Extra shorts............
5
Rams, 12 lb  average
10
Hams, 14 lb  average
93Í
Rams, 161b  average.
9M
Hams, 20 lb  average.
8M
Ham dried beef.......
...  UM
Shoulders  (N. Y. cut •  ■ 
6m
Bacon,  clear............
California hams......
...  6M@7
Boneless hams.........
8M
Cooked  ham............
11
... 
Lards.  In Tierces.
Compound.................
8%
Kettle.......................
5M
55 lb Tubs......... advance  M
10 lb Tubs......... advance  M
50 lb T ins......... advance  M
20 lb Pails.........advance  M
10 lb Pails.........advance
5 lb Pails......... advance 
%
3 lb Pails......... advance 
1
Sausages.
Bologna..................
Liver.........................
Frankfort.................
P o rk ......................... .... 
Blood  .....................
Tongue ....................
Head  cheese.  .........
Extra  Mess.............. ....  7 00
Boneless  ................. ....  9 50
Rump....................... ....  9 50
Pigs’ Feet
Kits. 15 lbs............... .... 
80
M  bbls, 40 lbs...........
M  bbls, 80 lbs........... ....  2 80
Kits, 15 lbs...............
M  bbls, 40 lbs........... ....  1  40
M  bbls, 80 lbs........... ....  2 75
Casings.
Pork......................... .... 
18
Beef  rounds............
Beef  middles...........
8
Sheep.......................
60
Butterlne.
Rolls, dairy..............
Solid, dairy.......   ...
Rolls,  creamery...... .... 
Solid,  creamery...... . . .  
Corned beef,  2 1b... ....  2 00
Corned  beef, 14  lb... ..  .14  00
Roast  beef,  2 1b... ....  2 00
Potted  ham,  Ms.  . .... 
60
Potted  ham,  Ms... ....  1  00
Deviled ham,  Ms.  . .... 
60
Devil ed ham,  Ms... ....  1 00
Potted  tongue Ms..
60
Potted  tongue Ms... __   1  00
H ides  and P elts.
Perkins  A  Hess  pay  as  fol-
lows:
Hides.
Green......................
.  4M® 5M
Part  cured...............
©  6M
Full Cured............... •  6M@  <M
D ry .........................
.  6  © 8
Kips,  green.............. .  5  © 6
Kips,  cured.............. •  6M@ TM
Calfskins,  green__ ■  5M@ 7
Calfskins, cured__ .  0M®  8
Deaconskins  ........... .25  ©30
Pelts.
5©  10
Shearlings..............
25@  50
Lambs.....................
Old  Wool................. 60©  90
30©  90
Mink........................
30©  80
Coon.........................
30®  70
Skunk.....................
12©  17
Muskrats, spring......
Muskrats, winter__
8@  13
80©  1  25
Red Fox...................
30©  70
Gray Fox................
Cross Fox  .............. 2 50® 5 00
25©  50
Badger....................
10@  25
Cat, W ild...............
10©  20
Cat, House..............
Fisher...................... 3 00© 5 00
Lynx...................... 1  0€@ 2 00
Martin, Dark.......... 1 50© 3 00
75@  1  50
Martin, Yellow......
4 50@ 7 50
W olf....................... 1 C0© 2 00
Bear.:..................... 7 00@15 00
Beaver..................... 2 00© 6 00
Deerskin, dry, per lb.  15@  25
Deerskin, gr’n, per lb
10©  12M
Wool.
Washed 
...............
Unwashed..............
Tallow.................... -.2   @ 2%
Grease Butter.........
Switches  ...............
Ginseng...................
Oils.
Barrels.
Eocene  ......................
XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt
W W Michigan...........
High Test Headlight..
D., S. Gas....................
Deo. N aptha..............
Cylinder....................25
Engine.......................11
Black, winter............

.  1  @ 2
•  1M© 2
.2 50®2 75

fliscellaneous.

.10  ©16
.  5  @12

Furs.

@11M 
@ 8M

@  8 
© 7M @36 
@21 
© 8

2 1

Crockery  and

G lassw are.

AKRON  STONBWARE. 

Butters.

M gal., per doz.................  50
5M
1 to 6 gal., per gal........... 
6M
8 gal., per g a l............... 
6M
10 gal., per gal.................. 
12 gal., per gal..................   6M
15 gal. meat-tubs, per gal..  8 
20 gal. meat-tubs, per gal..  8 
25 gal. meat-tubs, per gal..  10£  
30 gal. meat-tubs, per gal..  10 

Churns.

2 to 6 gal., per gal............  
5M
Chum Dashers, per doz...  85 

Milkpans.

M gal. fiat or rd. bot., doz.  60 
1 gal. fiat or rd. bot., each  5M 

Fine Qlszed Milkpans.

M gal. flat or rd. bot., doz.  65 
1 gal. fiat or rd. bot., each  5M 

Stewpans.

M gal. fireproof, bail, doz.  85 
1 gal. fireproof, bail, doz.l  10 

Jugs.

M gal., per doz.................   40
M gal., per doz..................  50
1 to 5 gal., per gal............  

6M

Tomato Jugs.

M gal., per doz.................   70
1 gal., each......................  7
Corks for M gal., per doz..  20 
Corks for  1 gal., per doz..  30 
Preserve Jars and Covers.
M gal., stone cover, doz...  75 
1 gal., stone cover, doz. ..1  00 

Sealing Wax.

5 lbs. in package, per lb...  2

LAMP BURNERS.

First  Quality.

wrapped and  labeled__  2  10
wrapped and labeled__  2 25
wrapped and  labeled__  3 26

No. 0 Sun..........................   45
No.  1  Sun.......................... 
50
No. 2 Sun..........................   75
Tubular.............................  
50
65
Security, No. 1................... 
Security, No. 2...................  85
Nutmeg  ............................ 
50
Climax...............................  l  50
LAMP  CHIMNEYS—Common.
Per box of 6 doz.
No.  0 Sun..........................  1  75
No.  1  Sun...................  ....  1  88
No.  2 Sun..........................  2 70
No.  0 Sun, 
crimp 
No.  1 Sun,  crimp 
No.  2 Sun,  crimp 
XXX Flint.
No.  0 Sun,  crimp 
No.  1  Sun,  crimp 
No.  2 Sun,  crimp 

top,
wrapped and labeled__  2 55
top,
wrapped and  labeled.  ..  2 75 
top,
wrapped and  labeled__  3 75
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,”
80
for Globe LampB............ 

top,
top,
top,

La  Bastie.

No. 1 Sun. plain  bulb,  per
doz  ........  ......................  1 26
No. 2  Sun,  plain bulb,  per
doz  ................................   1  50
No. 1 Crimp, per doz.........   1  35
No. 2 Crimp, per doz......... 1  60

Rochester.

No. 1, Lime  (65c doz)........  3 50
No. 2, Lime  (70c doz).. 
..  4  06
No. 2, Flint (80c  doz)____  4 70

Electric.

OIL CANS. 

No. 2, Lime  (70c doz)  ......  4 00
No. 2, Flint  (80c doz)........  4 40
Doz.
1 gal tin cans with  spout..  1  25
1 gal galv iron with spout.  1  65
2 gal galv iron with spout.  2 87
3 gal galv iron with spout.  4 00. 
5 gal galv iron with  spout.  5 00
5 gal galv iron with  faucet 6 00
5 gal Tilting cans..............9 00
5 gal galv iron Nacefas  ...  9 00 

Pump  Cans

LANTERNS.

5 gal Rapid steady stream.  9 00 
5 gal Eureka non-overflow 10 50
3 gal Home Rule............... 10 50
5 gal Home Rule............... 12 00
5 gal Pirate  King..............  9 50
No.  0 Tubular..................   4  25
No.  1 B  Tubular..............  6 50
No. 13 Tubular Dash......... 6 30
No.  1 Tub., glass fount__  7 00
No. 12 Tubuiar, side lamp. 14  0C
No.  3 Street  Lamp  .........  3 75
LANTERN OLOBBS.
No. 0 Tubular, cases 1 doz.
each, box 10 cents........... 
45
No. 0 Tubular, cases 2 doz.
each, box 15 cents...........  45
No. 0 Tubular,  bbls 5  doz.
each,  bbl 35....................   40
No. 0  Tubular,  bull’s  eye,
cases 1  doz.  each...........  1  25
No. 0 per gross.............  ...  20
No. 1 per gross...................  25
No. 2 per gross...................  88
No. 3 per gross...................  58
Mammoth per  doz.............  70

LAMP  WICKS.

SUOAR.

No. 4, 3 doz in case............  t  F0
No. 6, 3 doz in case............  7 20
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  be 
purchases to his shipping point, 
including  20  pounds  for  the 
weight of the barrel.
Cut  Loaf.................................. 5 t3
Domino....................................5 00
Cubes.......................................4 75
Powdered  ...........................4  75
XXXX  Powdered.................... 4 88
Mould  A.................................. 4 75
Granulated in bbls...................4 50
Granulated in  bags..................4 50
Fine Granulated....................   4 50
Extra Fine Granulated.......4 63
Extra Coarse Granulated.. .4  03
Diamond  Confec.  A................4 50
Confec. Standard A................. 4 38
No.  1.......................................4 23
No  2.......................................4 25
No.  3.......................................4 25
No.  4  .................................4  25
No.  5.......................................4 1®
No.  6.......................................4 06
No.  7  .................................4  Oil
No.  8.......................................3 88
No.  9.......................................3 75
No.  10.......................................3 69
No.  11.......................................3 56
No.  12.....................................  3 44
No.  13.......................................3 31
No.  14.......................................3 25
No.  15.......................................3 19
No.  16.......................................3 13
Lea & Perrin’s,  large.......4  75
Lea A Perrin’s, small.......2 75
Halford,  large......................3 75
Halford small.......................2' 25
Salad Dressing, large.......4  55
Salad Dressing, small.......2 65

TABLE  SAUCES.

TOBACCOS.

Cigars.

Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s brand.
New  Brick..............................35 00
Morrison, Plummer & Co.’s b’d.
Governor Yates, 4M in.......58 00
Governor Yates, 4% in.......65 00
Governor Yates, 5M in. .• ..70 00
Monitor.................................. 30 00
Quintette............................... 35 00
G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand.

H. A P. Drug Co.’s brand.

WICKINa.

VINEOAR.

Fresh Fish.

S. C. W...............................35 00
Leroux Cider..........................10
Robinson’s Cider, 40 grain... .10 
Robinson’s Cider, 50 grain.  ..12 
N o. 0, per gross....................   25
No. 1, per gross....................  30
No. 2, per gross....................  40
No. 3, per gross....................  75
P ish  and  O ysters
Per lb.
Whitefish...................  @ 9
T rout.........................  @ 8
Black Bass.................  @ 10
Halibut..................   @  12M
Ciscoes or Herring..  @  4
Bluefish......................  @ 12
Live Lobster.........   @  16
Boiled Lobster-.......  @  18
Cod............................  @ 10
Haddock....................   @ 8
No.  1  Pickerel........  @  7
Pike............................  @ 6
Smoked White........  @  7
Red Snapper..............   @ 13
Col  River Salmon..  @
Mackerel 
.................  @ 20
F. H. Counts...........  @  40
F. J. D. Selects........  @  30
Selects.......................   @ 25
F. J. D.  Standards..  @  20
Anchors.....................   @
Standards...................  @
2 00
Counts..................... 
1  60
Extra Selects........... 
Mediums................. 
1  10
Clams  .................... 
1  25
Shrimps..................   @  125
Shell Goods.
Oysters, per  100......... 1  26@1 50
Clams,  per  100.........   9001  00

Oysters in Bulk.

Oysters In Cans.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

22

Hardware
The  Hardware  Market.

With  the  continued  pleasant  weather, 
trade  continues 
in  a  very  satisfactory 
condition,orders  coining  in  quite freely, 
as  the  retailers  find  their  stocks  quite 
depleted  and  are  obliged  to  order  from 
day  to  day  such  goods as  are  called  for, 
on  which^they  find  they  are  very  low. 
While  trade  is generally  good  in  differ­
ent  parts  of  the  country,  it 
is  not  of 
such  a  nature  as  to  disturb the manufac­
turers,  as  they are  perfectly  able  to  take 
care  of  all  orders  that  are  sent  them and 
while  they  would  like  better  prices  on 
many  lines  of  goods,  they  do  not  see 
their  way  clear at  present  to  make  any 
higher  prices. 
It  is  believed  that  trade 
for  May  will  be  quite  satisfactory  to 
both  retailer  and  jobber  unless  some­
thing  unforeseen  happens.

Wire  Nails—The  demand  continues 
good  and  the  factories  are  quite  prompt 
in  filling  orders.  There  is  no 
indica­
tion  of  any  higher  prices  being  made, 
and  we  should  think  from  the general 
tone  of  the  market that unless an unusual 
demand  starts  up—far  beyond  the  ca­
pacity  of  the  mills  to  take  care  of  it— 
we  should  not  be  surprised  to  see  lower 
prices  prevailing  before  many  weeks. 
However,  at  present  there  is  no  change 
in  the  market.  Prices  remain  as  quoted 
in  our  last  report.

Barbed  Wire—The  factories  are being 
able  to  take  care  of  their  orders  with  a 
little  more  promptness  than  they  have 
been  in  the  past,  although  direct  ship­
ments  from  mill  take  fiom  a week to ten 
days,  before  shipment  is  made,  after 
order  is  received. 
It  would  be  well  for 
dealers  who  wish 
factory  shipments 
made  to  take  these  facts  into  consider­
ation  and  anticipate  their  wants  as 
much  as  possible;  then  they  will  not  be 
disposed  to  censure  the  jobber  for  any 
delay  that  may  occur.  The  same  con­
dition  exists 
in  plain  wire and,  owing 
to  the  unusual  demand  for  galvanized 
wire  for  private  telephone  lines,  the  de­
mand  for  No.  12  has  been  something 
very  unusual  and  it  has  been  quite  im­
possible  to  get  prompt  shipment  on  this 
number.

Rope—There  is  no  change  in  the rope 
Prices  continue  weak  and 

market. 
trade  is  not  very  good.

Bar  Iron—The  demand for  bar  iron  is 
very  good,  although  prices  are  not  con­
sidered  satisfactory  by  the  manufactur­
ers,  being  lower than  have  been  known 
in  the  history  of  the  iron  trade.

Changes  in  Mercantile  Methods. 

From Hardware.

If  some of  the  hardware  dealers  now 
deceased,  who  were  the  leaders  in  mer­
cantile  enterprises  forty years ago,  could 
be  made  aware  of  the  expensive  meth­
ods,  small  percentage  of  profits,  and 
mammoth  transactions  that  are  to-day 
the  features  of  their  venerated  indus­
tries,  they  would  turn  over 
their 
graves  and  despair  of  the  future.

in 

Realizing  by comparison how econom­
ical  were their own  views,  bow  slow 
in 
the  way  of  business  detail,  how  prodi­
gal 
in  the  expenditure  of  the  poorly 
paid  time  of  the  individual  employe, 
we  feel  there  were  no  short  cuts  to  pros­
perity  believed  in  or permitted;  conser­
vative  estimates  placed  a  limit  to  spec­
ulative  tendencies,  and  sufficient  for 
each  year  was  considered  the  customary 
profits  thereof. 
current 
quotations  on  general  hardware  weie 
indeed  and  rarely  above  a  normal 
few 
or  5  percent.,  the  terms  of  payment 
four  to  twelve 

Changes 

from 

in 

being  anywhere 
months.

To-day,  how  different  is  everything ; 
what  an  evolution 
is  apparent;  goods 
are  retailed  at  profits  on  which  by  the

old  methods  the  dealer  would  have 
starved  to  death ;  and  the  present  profit 
on  wholesale  transaction  frequently  is 
no  larger  than  the  5  per  cent,  addition 
to  the  net  cost  by  which  the  old  mer­
chants—who  died  as  millionaires—con­
sidered  a  “ marked  cost”   on  which  to 
base  their  profit. 
In  the  old  days,  sim­
plicity and  economy  created  merchants 
of  quiet,  intelligent  aspirations,  without 
the  soul-hairowing  strain  which  seems 
so  natural  now,  in  our  desire  to  obtain 
wealth  by  modern  methods.  Simplicity 
and  economy  everywhere  pervaded,  ex­
travagance  was  held 
in  check,  and  a 
man  wearing  a  silk  hat  while  smoking 
a  cigar  and  carrying  a cane  into  a  busi­
ness  house,  would  find  such  peculiari­
ties  made  his  credit  questionable,  and 
subjected  him  to a  searching 
inquisi­
tion.

The principal  stumbling  block  to  get­
ting  back  our  business  on  a  platform 
is  the 
promising  pecuniary  rewards, 
fact  that  our  national  habits  are ground­
ed  on  a  higher scale  of  ease  and  com­
fort,  a  state  of  indulgence  we  are  loth 
to  sacrifice,  and  to  continue  which 
seems  impossible  with  profits  in  an 
in­
verse  ratio  to  the  amount  of  business 
transacted.

The  result  has  been  that  the  higher 
priced  intelligence,  always  considered 
necessary  to  the  successful  prosecution 
of  any  business,  has  in  many 
instances 
been  compelled  to  give  w ay;  younger 
and  less  experienced  men  have  grasped 
the  helm  of  the  ship,  and  when  the 
breakers  loomed  up  ahead,  frequently 
found  that 
judgment  and  nerve  de­
manded  by  an  emergency  new  to  them, 
could  not  be  picked up  “ off-hand,”   but 
that  the  situation  required  treatment, 
the  product  only  of  a  wise  experience.

An  Undertaker’s  Dilemma.

From  the  Philadelphia  Record

“ I  have  had  many  queer  experiences 
in  my  business, ’ ’  said  a  pawnbroker, 
whose  three  gilt  balls  hang  in  the vicin­
ity  of  Twelfth  street  and  Columbia 
avenue,  “ but  I  ran  up  against  some­
thing  the  other  day  that  simply  took 
my  breath  away.  A  man  very  shabbily 
dressed  in  black,  and  looking 
like  a 
into  the 
broken-down  minister,  came 
private  office  and  asked  to  see  the  pro­
prietor. 
I  went  out  to  him. 
‘ I ’m  an 
undertaker,'  said  he,  ‘ and  I  want  you 
to  help  me  out  of  a  difficulty.  You  can 
it  without  any  risk  to  yourself  if 
do 
you  want  to. 
I  may  as  well  confess  to 
you  that  business  is  pretty  bad  with me, 
but  I’ve  got  a  case  now  which  will  pay 
me  well,  if  I  can  only  carry  it  through.
I  just  need  a  little  money  to  do  so.  You 
see,  I’ve  failed  in  my  business  several 
times,  and  it’s  pretty  hard  for  me  to  get 
credit,  but’— 
‘ Well,  well,  hurry  up,’
I  interrupted,  ‘ what  do  you  want  me  to 
do?’  ‘ I’m coming  to  that  now,’  said  he; 
‘ I  was  going  to  say  that  I  managed  to 
prevail  on  the  cabinetmaker  to  give  me 
a  casket  on  time,  and  so  I've  got  that 
all  right.  But  the  relatives  of  the  de­
ceased  refuse  to  advance  me  any  money 
until  I’ve supplied the shroud.  1 haven’t 
got  a  cent,  and  the  funeral  is  fixed  for 
to-day.  Now,  I  want  you  to  take  the 
casket  with 
its  silver  trimmings  as  a 
pledge,  and  give  me  enough  money  on 
it  to  buy  a  shroud.  Then,  you  see,  I can 
get  enough  from  the  bereaved  family  to 
redeem  the  casket  in  time  for  the  iun- 
eral.  What  do  you  say?’ 
I  told  him, 
after  I  had  recovered  my  breath,  that  1 
couldn't  think  of  such  a  thing,  and  he 
went  away  very  despondent. 
I  don't 
know  how  he  got  out  of  his  difficulty, 
or  whether  the  deceased  has been buried 
yet. ’ ’

The  stories  of  the  magnetic  moun­
tains  which  exert  an  attraction  on  all 
.vessels  coming  near  them  are  not  with­
out  foundation  in fact.  The island Born­
holm,  in  the  Baltic,  may  be  regarded 
as  a  huge  magnet.  Although  the  power 
of  attraction  is  not  so  great  as  to  draw 
nails  and  bolts  out  of 
approaching 
ships,  the  magnetism  works  a  good deal 
of  damage,  in  that  it  deflects  the  needle 
of  the  compass  so  that  it  cannot  be  de­
pended  upon.  The  effect  is  perceptible 
at  the  distance  of  nine  and  one-half 
miles.  A  rocky  reef  near  Bornholm 
is 
also  made  of  the  same  magnetic  sub­
stance.

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f j a r n e s s

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Grand  Rapids, Mich.

761  E. Fulton SL

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

2 3

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS-

HOLLOW  WARE

Stamped Tin Ware.........................new list 75&10
Japanned Tin Ware.....................................20A10
Granite Iron Ware.........................new list 40&10
Pots................................................................60&10
K ettles..................................................... ...60&10
Spiders........................................................ 60 A10
Gate, Clark’s, 1,2,3................................dis 60&10
State.........................................perdoz.net  2 50
WIRE  GOODS
80
Bright...................................... 
80
Screw Ryes........................................ 
 
Hook’s..........................................................  
80
Gate Hooks and Eyes.................................. 
80

HINGES

 

LEVELS

ROPES

Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s.................dis 
70
Sisal, % Inch and larger..........................  5)4
Manilla..................................................  8
Steel and Iron..............................................  
80
Try and Bevels..........................................
M itre............................................................

SQUARES

SHEET  IRON

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 

Sbs. 10 to 14............ ....................$3 30
...................  3 30
Nos. 15 to 17.............
Nos. 18 to 21............
...................3 45
Nos. 22 to 24............
Nos. 25 to 26............ ....................  3 70
No.  27.................... ....................3 80
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
List  acct. 19,’86...................................... dis
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 
i  25
WIRE
75 
Bright Market.....................
75 
Annealed  Market...............
70&10 
Coppered Market.................
62)4 
Tinned Market....................
50 
Coppered Spring  Steel........
2 05 
Barbed  Fence, galvanized  . 
1  70
Barbed  Fence,  painted......
HORSE  NAILS
An Sable......................................
.dis40&lC 
Putnam........................................
dis 
5 
dis ÎO&IO
Northwestern..............................
WRENCHES
30
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.......
50
Coe’s Genuine...................................
80
Coe's Patent  Agricultural, wrought
80
Coe’s Patent, malleable..................
MISCELLANEOUS
50
Bird  Cages.......................................
80
Pumps, Cistern.................................
85
Screws, New List..............................
50&10&10
Casters, Bed and  Plate.....................
50
Dampers, American.........................
600 pound casks.............................
SH
Per pound........................................
6*

METALS—Zinc

... 
... 

__  

SOLDER

5 75

.................................................................  12)4
The prices of the many otherqualitiesof solder 
in the market indicated by  private  brands  vary 
according to composition.

TIN—Melyn Grade

10x14 IC, Charcoal........................................ $575
14x201C, Charcoal................................  
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......................................   6 00

Each additional X on this grade, $1.50.

 

 

ROOFING  PLATES

14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean.............................  5  00
14x20 IX, Charcoal, D ean...........................   6 00
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean............................  10 00
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   4 50
14x20 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   5 50
1 65
20x28 1G, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   9 00
20x28 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   11  00

BOILER  SIZE  TIN  PLATE

14x56 IX, for  No.  8  Bdilers, I 
14x56 IX, for No.  9  Boilers, f 

P°una 

9
“

G .  R .  IXX  D A I R Y   P A I L .

Hardware  Price  Current.

AUGURS  AND  BITS

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

AXES

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

Kailroad............................................ *12 00 14 00
Garden................................................   net  30 00

BARROWS

BOLTS

60&10
Stove...................................................... 
Carriage new list..  ...............................  70 to 75
Plow.......................................................  
50

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

BUCKETS

BUTTS,  CAST

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

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

Cast Steel...................................... 

 

 

.. per lb 

70

4

CAPS

Ely’s  1-10.............................................. per m 
65
Hick’s C. F ........................................... per m  55
35
G. D......................................................per m 
Musket................................................. perm 
60

CARTRIDGES

CHISELS

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

Socket Firmer..............................................  
Socket Framing........................................... 
Socket Comer..............................................  
Socket Slicks............................................... 

80
80
80
80

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

DRILLS

ELBOWS

Com. 4 piece, 6 in............................doz. net 
55
Corrugated..............................................  
1 25
Adjustable.................: ...........................dis 40&10

EXPANSIVE  BITS

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

PILES—New  List

New American............................................. 70&10
Nicholson’s................................................... 
70
Heller’s Horse Rasps....................................ec<fci0
Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 25 and 26;  27.........  
28
List  12 
16.......  
17

GALVANIZED  IRON

14 

13 

Discount, 75 to 75-10

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  GATES

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

NAILS

 

Advance over base, on  both  Steel  and  Wire.

Steel nails, base..................................... 
 
Wire nails, base.............................................  1 75
20 to 60 advance...........................................   Base
10 to 16 advance.........................................  
05
8 advance...................................................  
10
6 advance...................................................  
20
30
4 advance...................................................  
45
3 advance................................................... 
2 advance............................................... 
70
Fine 3 advance.................................   .  ... 
50
15
Casing 10 advance....................................... 
Casing  8 advance....................................... 
25
Casing  6 advance.......................................  
35
Finish 10 advance  ....................................  
25
35
Finish  8 advance........................................ 
Finish  6 advance........................................ 
45
Barrel % advance....................  
 
85

 

 

PLANES

Ohio Tool Co.’s,  fancy................................   @50
Sciota Bench................................................ 
60
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fancy........................   @50
Bench, first quality......................................   @50
60
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood............  

How  a  Couple  of  Shoppers  Were 

Saved  from  Starvation.

From the New York Sun.

“ Five  and  ten  and  eight,”   said  the 
blonde,  counting  on  her  fingers  and 
looking  at  her  pocketbook. 
“ That’s 
twenty-three;  and 
I’ve  only  twenty- 
four.”

“ Dollars?”   asked  the  brunette.
‘ * N o;  only  cents. ”
“ That’s  better  than  m^;  I’ve  only  18 

cents. ’ ’

“ Not  a  bit  of 

it;  it’s  worse.  You 
have  five  for  car  fare  and  ten  tor  soda, 
and  three  over;  but  I’ve  got  to  get  8 
cents’  worth  of  braid  still.”

“ That  gives  you  i  cent  for  extrava­

gance. ”

“ But where’s luncheon to come from?”  
“ Oh,  you  don’t  want  any.”
“ Yes,  I  do;  I’m  hungry.”
“ So  am  I,  now  that  you  mention  it. 
Why  will  you  put  such  ideas 
into  peo­
ple's  heads?”
How  talking  about 
gry-”
satisfy  my  ap p etite  on  i  cen t?”

“ It’s  funny  about  hunger,  isn’t  it? 
it  makes  you  hun­
“ I ’m  ravenous  now,  and  how  am   I'to  

“ Or  mine  on  three  cents?”
“ What  a  fraud  ice  cream  soda  is!”  
“ Yes?”
“ Yes. 

If  you  take  it  before  dinner 
you  can’t  eat  any  dinner  at  all,  it  fills 
you  up  so;  and  yet  it’s  no  good  at all  if 
you’re  really  hungry.”

“ No,  it  isn’t  filling  that  way.”
A  pause.
“ Say,  did  you  ever  try  a  delicatessen 
“ A  delicatessen  store?  Oh,  I 
love 

store?”

them!”

“ Did  you  ever  go  in  one  and  order 
something  or  other,  just  as  a  pretext, 
and  while  you  were  waiting  go  snoop­
ing  around  and  pick  up  pickles and bits 
of  cheese  and  samples  of  everything 
that  isn’t  locked  up?  Oh,  it’s  perfectly 
grand.

“ Can’t  we  do  that  now?”
“ It’s  really  nicer  to  get  a  lot  of  little 
bites  of  real  nice  things  than  it  is  to  go 
into  a  restaurant  and  order  something 
and  have  to  make  your  meal  on  that. ’ ’ 
“ Oh,  I’d  love  to  do  it.  Let’s  get  our 
luncheon  that  way  now.”

“ But—but  we  haven’t  any  money  to 

pay  for  what  we  order.

“ Couldn’t  we  order  four  cents’  worth 

of  cheese?”

“ I  tell  you  candidly  I’d  be  afraid  to 
order  four  cents’  worth  of  cheese  and 
then  go  about  picking  up  things.  They 
always  watch  you  so  dreadfully  if  you 
don’t  buy  a  lot. ”

“ Yes,  that’s  so.”
“ And  then,  the  worst  of 

it  is  that 
women  are  usually  behind  the  counters 
in  delicatessen  stores,  and  you  can’t  do 
anything  with  them.”

“ Yes.  you  can  always 
men,  and  do  as  you  like.”

laugh  with 

“ And  even  men  in  delicatessen  stores 
I wonder  why 

are  not  very  susceptible. 
it  is. ”

Another  pause.
“ Say,  why  don’t  people that you know 

live  near  the  shops?

“ Yes,  and  then  we  could  drop  in  and 
have  luncheon  with somebody or other. ”  
least,  they  would  give  us  some 

“ At 

tea. ”

“ Oh,  I’m  so  hungry.”
“ And  I’m  really  starving.”
Another  pause.
“ Say!  do  you  know  what?”
“ What?  Luncheon?”
“ Yes!  Do  you  want  a  regular  lunch­

eon ? ’ ’
through  and  back  again.”

“ I  could  eat  every  bit  of 

it,  straight 

“ Beginning  with  bouillon?”
“ I’m  positively  fainting  for  some 

now!”

“ And  then  griddle  cakes,  and  tea 

. 

and  chocolate  and  wafers?”

“ Are  you 

in  earnest?  Don’t 

with  me  in  this  condition!”

trifle 

“ And  I  don’t  know  how  many  other 

things,  if  we  have  luck.”
“ Where  is  this  feast?”
* * Why—si m-ply- in-the-grocery-depart- 
ment  of  the  store across the street. 

“ Oh?”
“ Yes.  They  give  away  samples  of 
all  kinds  of  things  to  eat,  and  we  will

eat  them  and  they  will  save  us  from 
starvation. ”

“ But  those  samples  are  so very tiny.” 
“ Then  we  will  go  to  another store 
and  eat  their  samples,  and  then  to  an­
other,  and  so  on  until  we  have  had 
enough. ”

“ What a  splendid  idea!”
“ And  it  won’t  cost  us  a  cent.”
And  so  they  were  saved  from  starva­

tion.

The  flour  mills  of  Seattle  are  said  to 
be  running  night  and  day  because  of 
the  great  demand  for  breadstuffs  from 
China  and  Japan.

,WM.  BRUMMELER  & SONS,  GRAND RAPIDS

Pa;  the  highest  price  in  cash for

MIXED  RAGS,
RUBBER  BOOTS  AND  SHOES, 
OLD  IRON  AND  flE TA LS.

Send  us a list of what you have  and  we  will  quote 

you our best  prices thereon.

Secure the agency  for  the  best  Gasoline 
and  Blue  Flame  Stove  made  on  earth. 
400,000  now  in  use.  The  Blue  Flame 
Kerosene  Stoves  are  a  success.  They 
are  built  with  brass  tanks  and  burners, 
also  aluminum  chimneys,  with  a  simple 
wick  adjustment. 
The  Quick  Meal 
Gasoline  Stove is  known the  world  over 
as the  Best.  For  Beauty,  Durability and 
Service,  they have  no equal.  Write  for 
catalogue and discount.  Mention ad.

Y a n m  & Witman,

State  Agents,

106  Monroe  St. 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich

__________Phone  386.
*  SHIP  YOUR  FREIGHT 

AND  TRAVEL  via the

THE MOST POPULAR LINE TO

CHICAGO

AND  ALL  POINTS  WEST.

Leave nUSKEGON at 6:00 p.  in. 
Leave GRAND HAVEN at 9.00 p.  m. 
Tuesday,  Thursday,  Sunday,  arriving 
in  CHICAGO  the  following  morning  in 
time for the outgoing trains.

THIS  IS THE  SHORT  LINE TO CHICAGO.

Passengers should see that their tick­
ets  read  via  this  popular line.  Call 
on  any ticket agent, or on Jas. Camp­
bell, City Passenger Agent D. &  M., 
Grand  Rapids,  for  tickets  and  de­
tailed  information.

H.  A.  BONN,  Gen’l  Pass.  Agent, 

CHICAGO.

PANS

RIVETS

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

Iron and  T inned........................................ 
Copper Rivets and Burs............................... 

60
60

PATENT  PLANISHED  IRON 

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

Broken packages %c per pound  extra. 

HAMMERS

May dole & Co.’s, new  list................................dis 33X
Kip’s  ......................................................dis 
25
Yerkes & Plumb’s............................................. dis 40&10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.................. 30c list 
70
Blacksmith’! Solid Cast Steel Hand 30c list 40410

Write  for  quotations  and  monthly  illustrated 

Catalogue.

W fl.  BRUMMELER  &  SONS,

Manufacturers and jobbers of 
Pieced and Stamped Tinware. 

a6o  S. Ionia St. 

- 

Grand Rapids, Michj

Telephone  6 4 0

2 4

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Urgent Appeal to the Common Council.
The  Merchants  and  Business  Men’s 
Association,  of  Grand  Rapids,  whose 
membership  now  includes practically all 
retail  dealers  in  this  city,  appeals to  the 
local  pride  and  patriotism  of  our  fellow 
citizens  to  aid  us  in  correcting  certain 
quasi-fiauds  on  the  rights  of  the  mer­
chants  and  impositions  on  the  consum­
ing  public.

Of  course,  personal  interest  is  one  of 
our  motives,  but in  these  times  of  limit­
ed  trade  the  very  welfare  and prosperity 
of  the  entire  city  are  involved,  for  the 
good  of  each  is  the good  of  all.

For  example:  “ Birds  of  Passage" 
stores  and  traders  are  in  the  habit  of 
dropping  down  on  the  public, 
twice 
each  year,  during  the  flood  tide  of busi­
ness,  with  wares  more  or  less  worth­
less,  which  they,of course,freely promise 
to  warrant,  knowing  full  well  their  exit 
will  be  sudden  and  under  cover  of dark­
ness,and  by  advertising, “  Bankruptcy, ”  
“ F ire,"  “ Chattel  Mortgage,”   “ Trus­
tee, "   “ Half  Off"  and  other  delusive 
named  sales,  frequently  allure  unthink­
ing  persons,  usually  those  who  cannot 
afford  to  waste  their  scant  wages  for 
worthless  and  impure  merchandise.
These  people  pay  no  taxes,  contribute 
nothing  to  the  moral  and  civic  welfare 
of  the  community,  and  impoverish  the 
already  scant  money  supply  by  takiiig 
thousands  of  dollars  away  to  be  per­
manently  invested  in  other  localities.

Ten  dollars  spent  here 

represents 
many  times  the  amount  in  the  renewal 
of  business  activity.

The  workman  gets 

it  for  wages,  he 
pays  it  to  the  grocer,  who spends it with 
the  dry  goods  merchant,  who  uses  it  to 
buy  shoes,  the  shoe  man  buys  furniture, 
and  the  furniture  dealer  orders  new 
goods  from  the  manufacturer  to  replace 
those  sold,  and  the  manufacturer  pays 
out  the  same  ten  dollars  to  the  same 
workman  for  making  the  new  goods. 
But  ten  dollars  was  employed,  yet  in 
making  the  circuit  it  has  done a  hun­
dred  dollars  of  business,  benefitted  a 
score of  fellow  citizens  and  returned  to 
bless  the  original  owner. 
If  the  ten 
dollars  had  been  spent with the transient 
trader  it  would  have  disappeared  from 
the  community,  trade  would  have  be­
come  more  stagnant,  all  of  the  dealers 
would  have  sustained  loss,  the  manufac­
turer  would  not  have  made  the  new 
goods,  and  the  workman  would  be  out 
of 
own 
thoughtless act.

employment—through 

his 

Every  line  of  business  is  at times thus 
disturbed.  Just  now 
it  happens  to  be 
shoes and  bicycles.  Besides  the  shoe 
concern  now  operating  a  temporary 
store  here,  an outside shoe  firm  has  been 
sending  letters  here  announcing  that 
their canvassing  agent  would  soon  ap­
pear and  take  orders  for  shipment  here 
for  distribution  from  the  hotel.  The 
persons  to  whom  these are addressed  are 
largely  property  owners  and  business 
men,  who, 
through  rents,  dividends, 
etc.,  are  directly  interested  in  the  pros­
perity  of  local  trade  and  enterprise.

local 

That 

establishments 

supply 
goods  of  the  best  quality  and  style,  and 
at  exceedingly  moderate  prices,  no  one 
who  has  had  opportunity  to  make  com­
parison  with  other towns  will  deny.

We,  therefore,  ask  the  cordial  co-op­
eration  of  all  our  fellow  citizens  in  our 
attempt  to 
improve  the  business  and 
prosperity  of  Grand  Rapids,  and  we 
request  the  aid  of  the  newspapers  to 
this  end,  and  respectfully  ask  that  they 
refrain  from 
loaning  the  influence  of 
their advertising  space  to  the  upbuild­
ing  of  these  hostile  conditions,  and  the 
promotion  of  these  frauds  on  the  peo­
ple.

We  ask  this  co-operation  with  full 
confidence  that  mutual 
interest  and  a 
right  public  spirit  will  bring us a cheer­
ful  and  hearty  response.

We  also  respectfully  ask  the  Common 
Council  of  the  city  of  Grand  Rapids  to 
devise  and  adopt  such . ordinances  as 
will 
insure  us  the  full  co-operation  of 
law  and  the  public  authorities  in  our 
determination  to  remedy  these  public 
evils  and 
institute  these  and  other 
needed  local  reforms.

W A N TS  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
sertion.  No advertisements taken for less than 
35 cents.  Advance payment.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

291

292

290

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W ANTED—TO LOCATE A GOOD TIN SHOP 
in a live town of 1,000 to 5,0C0 inhabitants. 
Address 80 Popular Avenue, Battle Creek, Mich.
IP  WANT  TO  SELL  ALL  OR  PART  YOUR 
stock  write  Jeter,  the  salesman,  now  at 
Ravenna,  Ohio. 
UMBER  MILL  FOR  SALE—LOCATED  ON 
cotton  belt  railroad,  ample  water  facili­
ties, 1,832 acres heavy timber, 60 per cent,  white 
oak,  improved  band  mill,  gang  edger,  planer, 
dry kiln, etc., etc., 30,000 feet daily capacity,  for 
sale at an exceptional bargain on easy terms, no 
better  opportunity  in  the  State.  Refer  to Mer­
chants  &  Planters  Bank.  Address H. G. Cady, 
Pine Bluff,  Ark. 
ANTED—WE  ARE THE  OLDEST, LARG- 
est and best laundry in the  city  of  Grand 
Rapids.  We  do  considerable  business  out  of 
town and  want more of it.  We  want  good  live 
«gents in towns wher“ we  do not now have any. 
We pay  a liberal commission and  give  satisfac­
tory service.  Terms on application.  American 
Steam Laundry, Otte Brothers, proprietors.  289 
\ \ T ANTED—A  PARTNER~WITH  $1,500  CAP- 
“ » 
ital  to  take  one-half interest  in  my  real 
estate  and loan bnsiness, and to  look  after  the 
office business.  Address L.  C. Townsend, Jack 
son, Mich. 
W" ANTED—PARTNER WITH *500 TO TAKE 
half  interest  in  established  business pay­
ing good  profits.  No  salary,  but  handsome re­
turns  on  investment  guaranteed.  Address  No. 
282, care Michigan Tradesman. 
282
For sa l e—drug stock,  has b e e n  ru n
four years;  everything new and late  in  bot­
tles and cases;  inventories $900;  located  in  cen­
tral  VanBuren county.  Address  No.  231,  care
Michigan Tradesman._________________ 281
AN TED—SECONDHAND  OUTFIT  FOR 
cheese factory, with the exception of boiler 
and  engine.  Sena  full  particulars  and  quote 
lowest  prices,  including  a  statement  as  to  the 
length  of  time  machinery  material  has  been 
used.  L. S. Hills, Irving, Mich. 
ARDWARE  WANTED—NO.  1  LOCATION, 
cheap  rent,  no  competition  in  eighteen 
miles.  Address  S. S. Burnett, Lake  Ann, Mich.
___________________ ________________278
ANTED  TO  EXCHANGE—CHOICE  RES1 
Idence in Charlotte for stock  of  merchan­
dise.  Cash for difference, if any.  Address Box 
643, Charlotte, Mich.___________________ 277
RARE  CHANCE—GLOVE  AND  MITTEN 
machinery for sale.  Plant donated  to right 
party.  Address Lock Drawer 42, Mendon, Mich.
273
rp O   EXCHANGE—A  FARM  OR  A  HOUSE 
JL  and lot in this city for a  stock  of  merchan- 
dise.  E, R. Reed, 115 Ottawa, Grand Rapids.  266 
OR  SALE  OR  TRADE  FOR  STOCK  OF 
merchandise—180  acres  of  choice  timber 
land  on  Section  2  of  the  Haskel  land  grant, 
Buchanan county, Virginia;  title o. k.  Address 
No. 262, care Michigan Tradesman. 
262
I^OR  SALE—THE  WHITNEY DRUG  STOCK 
and  fixtures at  Plainwell.  Stock will inven­
tory $1,000 to II,200;  fixtures are first-class;  rent 
low;  terms,  small  cash  payment,  long time  on 
balance.  Address F. E. Bushman,  South  Bend, 
Ind., or apply to  E.  J.  Anderson,  at  Plainwell, 
who is agent and has the keys to store. 
229
IfiOR  SALE  CHEAP—STOCK  OF  SECOND, 
hand  grocery  fixtures.  Address  Jos.  D-
Powers, Eaton Rapids, Mich._________  
233
UEBER  STAMPS  AND  RUBBER  TYPE
Will J. Weller, Muskegon, Mich._____ 160
EXCHANGE—TWO  FINE  IMPROVED 
farms  for  stock  of  merchandise;  splendid 
location.  Address No. 73, care Michigan Trades 
man. 
73
TXT ANTED—1,000  CASES  FRESH  EGGS,
Tv  daily.  Write  for  prices.  F.  W.  Brown, 
Ithaca, Mich.___________________  
MISCELLANEOUS.

____________________  

286

288

ANTED—STENOGRAPHER  AND  BOOK- 
keeper with  experience,  young  man  pre­
ferred.  Address, in  own  handwriting,  stating 
experience  and  wages  desired  No.  288,  care 
Michigan Tradesman 
ANTED—STEADY  POSITION  BY  FIRST - 
class  job  and  newspaper  printer  having 
twelve  years’  experience.  Not afraid  of  work. 
Good references.  Address  Wm.  D.  Turner,  128 
WeBt Bridge Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.  283 
ANTED—POSITION  BY  EXPERT  AC- 
countaut.  Books opened, closed, balanced, 
or any  work  In  accounting promptly and satis­
factorily attended to.  Twenty years’ experience 
in  and  about  Chicago.  Address  W.  R.  Allen, 
care Michigan Tradesman. 
\ \ T ANTED—SITUATION AS  BOOK-KEEPER 
tv  by a young  man  of  25.  Thoroughly  com­
petent and can make  himself  generally  useful 
n  an  office.  Best  of  references.  Ten  years’ 
business  experience.  Address  W., care  Michi­
gan Tradesman. 
GENTS  MAKING  *50  PER  WEEK  INTRO- 
ducing our new Patent Chemical  Ink  Eras­
ing Pencil.  Sells at sight.  Everybody wants it. 
Particulars  free.  If looking for  profitable  busi­
ness write at once.  Monroe Eraser Manufactur-
IngCo., X, 54, La Crosse, Wis.___________ 271
EGISTERED  PHARMACIST  DESIRES  A 
situation.  Ten  years’  experience;  strictly 
temperate and no tobacco;  references furnished. 
Middle  aged.  Address  Box  114,  Woodland, 
Mich.________  

287

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231

Save Trouble 
Save  Losses 

Save  Dollars TBflDESjnBN CODPOJIS

25.ocx)  Barrels  Made  Every  Day, 

Largest  Production  in  the  World. 

Always  of  Uniform  Excellence.

249

Makes  the  Best  Bread.

Makes  the  Most  Bread.

Makes  the  Whitest  Bread.

Giark-Jeweii-Weils  6o„

Western  Michigan  Agents,

Grand  Rapids.

Travelers*  T im e  T ables.
fiisr“’
Ch ic a g o  

Going  to  Chicago.

Returning from  Chicago.

Muskegon and Pentwater.

Manistee, Traverse City  and  Peto*key.

Lv.  G’d. Rapids...........8:30am  1:25pm  tll:00pn
Ar. Chicago..................   3:00pm 6:50pm 
Lv. Chicago................ 7:20am  5:00pm tll:30pn
Ar.G’dRapids......... ..  1:25pm  10:30pm  + 6:10an
Lv. G’d.  Rapids............   8:30am  1:25pm  6:25pn
Ax.  G’d. Rapids............ 10:15am  ..........10:30pc
Lv. G’d Rapids...........  7:20am  5:30pm  ...........
At Manistee...............  12:05pm  10:25pm  .........
At.-Traverse City......  12:40pm 11:10pm  ..........
Ar. Charlevoix.............  3:15pm 
....................
At.  Petoskey................  4:55pm 
...................
Trains arrive from north at 1:00p.m.  and  9:55
pm. 
Chicago.  Parlor cars on afternoon trains anc 
sleepers on night trains.
North.  Parlor car on morning train  for  Trav­
erse  City.

PARLO R  AND  SLEEPIN G   CABS.

Others week days only.

Gbo. D e H a v e n ,  General Pass. Agent.
DETROIT Qr>11>d Raplds ^ Western.

tKvery  day. 

Going to Detroit.

Returning from  Detroit.

Lv. Grand  Rapids........ 7:00am  1:30pm  5:25pn
Ar. Detroit....................11:40am  5:40pm 10:lOpn
Lv. Detroit....................7:00am  1:10pm  6:00pn
Ar.  Grand  Rapids.......12:30pm  5:20pm 10:45pn
Lv. G R 7:10am 4:20pm  Ar. G R 12:20pm  9:30pn 
Lv.  Grand Rapids........7:«0am  1:30pm  5:25pi>
Ar.  from Lowell.  .......12:30pm  5:20pm 

Saginaw, Alma and  Greenville.

To and from Lowell.

.......

THROUGH  CA B   SERVICE.

Parlor cars on all trains  between  Grand  Rap 
Ids and Detroit and between Grand Rapids  anr 
Saginaw.  Trains run  week days only.

Gbo.  DkHaven,  General Pass. Agent.

GRAND Trank Railway System

Detroit and Milwaukee Dir

(In  effect  May 3,  1897.)

WEST

EAST. 

Leave. 
Arrive,
t  6:45am..Saginaw,  Detroit  and  East..t 9:55pm
+10:10am......... Detroit  and  East.  ..  .  + 5:07pm
t  3:30pm. .Saginaw,  Detroit and  East.. +12:45pm 
*10:45pm.. .Detroit, East and Canada.. .* 6:35am 
* 8:35am....Gd. Haven  and  Int. Pts  ...* 7:10  m 
+12:53pm.Gd. Haven  and Intermediate. + 3:22pm 
+ 5:12pm  Gd. Haven Mil. and Chi 
+10:05am
* 7:40pm  Gd  Haven Mil. a n d ,h i 
* 8:15am
+10:00pm........Gd. Haven  and Mil..........+ 6:40am
Eastward—No. 14 has Wagner parlor car.  No. 
18  parlor  car.  Westward—No.  11  parlor  car. 
No. 15 Wagner parlor car.
»Daily.  tExcept Sunday.

E. H. H u g h e s.  A. G. P. & T. A. 
Ben. F l e t c h e r ,  Trav. Pass. Agt, 
J a s .  C a m p b e l l , City Pass. Agent, 
No. 23 Monroe St

GRAND Rgplds  & Indiana Railroad

Sept.  1 7 ,  1896

Northern  Dlv.  Leave  Arrlvi 
Trav. C’y, Petoskey <fe Mack...+ 7:45am + 5:15pir 
Trav. C’y, Petoskey & Mack... t  2:15pm  + 6:30air
Cadillac.................................. + 5:25 pm +11:10air
Train  leaving  at  7:45  a.m.  has  parlor  car  tr 
Petoskey and  Mackinaw.
Train leaving at 2:15 p.m.  has sleeping  cartr 
Petoskey and Mackinaw.
Southern  Dlv.  Leave  Arrivt
Cincinnati...............................+ 7:10am + 8:25pm
Ft. Wayne................................+ 2:00pm +  1:55pn
Cincinnati..............................*7 :00pm * 7:25an
7:10a.m.  train  has  parlor  car  to  Cincinnati 
7:00p.m. train has sleeping car to Cincinnati. 

Muskegon Trains.

GOING WEST.

LvG’dRapids...............+7:35am tl:00pm  +5:40pm
Ar Muskegon..............  9:00am  2:10pm  7:05pm
Lv Muskegon.............+8:10am  +U:45am  +4:00pm
ArG’d Rapids............9:30am  12:55pm  5:20pm
A.  A lm<ju ist, 

tExcept Sunday.  »Dally 
T ic k e t   A e t.U n .  Sta.  Gen  P ass.  A   T k t   A e t.

C. L.  L ockw ood,

GOING  BAHT.

The  Best 

On  Earth

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KNËIPP
¡L MALT 
Coffee

Awnings  a n d   Tents

Manufactured by

Schulte  Soap  Co.,

Detroit,  Mich.

Premium  given  away  with  Clydesdale 

Soap  Wrappers.

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A Free 
Salt  Seller.

D IA M O N D   C R Y S T A L  
S A L T   is  a  “ free”   sfeller  be­
cause  it  is  free  from  all  salt 
objections.  No  odor  and  no 
grit— nothing  but  pure  salt.

See  Price Current

DIAMOND  CRYSTAL  SALT  CO.,  St.  Clair.  Mich..

Best  goods  and  lowest  prices  in  the  State.  A 

work guaranteed.  Send  for  prices.

CHAS.  A.  COYE,  11  Pearl Street.

A

PURE
MALT
SUBSTITUTE

F O RCOFFEE
MANUFACTURED
Kmeipp Malt Food Co
C.  H.  STRUEBE,  Sandusky,  Ohio,  REED  &   CO., E agle, M ich.

for you to  show  the 
Michigan  Galvan­
ized  Iron  Washer 
with  r e v e r s i b l e  
washboard. 
A n y  
kind  of wringer  can 
be  used.

Write  for  special 
inducements  to  in­
troduce  it.

BY

Agent for Ohio, Indiana and Michigan. 

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Four  Kinds 01  goudou  b o o k s

Are manufactured by  us and all  sold  on  the  same  basis,  irrespective of size, shape 

or  denomination.  Free samples on application.

TRADESMAN  COMPANY,  Grand  Rapids.

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“It’s  as  good  as  Sapolio,”  when  they  try  to  sell  you 
their  experiments.  Your  own  good  sense  will  tell  —g  
you  that  they  are  only  trying  to  get  you  to  aid  their 
new  article. 

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public?  The  manufacturers,  by  constant and  judi- 
cious advertising, bring customers to your stores whose 
very  presence  creates  a  demand  for  other  articles.

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Ebeling’s  Flour  Brings  Big  Margins 

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a s  toid  by  -i  T he  R etailer 

T he  Jobber

Write for  Particulars.

JOHN  H.  EBELING,  Green  Bay,  Wis.  %

For  the  want  of  a  nail

the  shoe was  lost. 

For  the  want  of  a  shoe

the  horse  was  lost. 

For  the  want  of good  scales

much  trade  is  lost.

For  the  want  of  Dayton  scales

much  profit  is  lost.

For  the  want  of  a  horse

For  the  want  of  profit

the  leader  was  lost 

the  store  is  lost.

For  the  want  of a  leader

For  the  want  of  a  store

the  battle  was  lost.

Our  Money Weight  Scales  are the  B E S T  Scales 

for a merchant.  W e  make  all  kinds; 

write us  before buying.

the  merchant  is  lost.

THE  DAYTON

M ONEY-W EIG H T SCALE

THE  DAYTON

Money-W eight Even  Balance.

For quick and light weighing. 
Capacity, 28 lb s; finish, enamel with 
nickel trim m ings;  agate or 
steel bearings.

THE  COMPUTING 
SCALE  COMPANY,

DAYTON,  OHIO. WEIGHS  AND  HANDLES  GOODS

as accurately as money can be changed.

A n y  dealer  knows  that  a  Stove  Polish  which  other  manufacturers
try  to  imitate  is  the  Polish  for  him  to 
sell.  The  enormous  sale  of

Enameliite

The Modem STOVE POLISH
proves  that  dealers are  friendly  to  it,  and that consumers  will  accept no 
substitute  for  E N A M E L I N E .  W hy?  Because  it’s  THE BEST!

TIME IS MONEY 
LIFE  IS  SHORT

And  Rapid  T ransportation1 is 
a  N ecessity...............

To secure  the  mos* prompt delivery of goods at the least ex­
penditure  of time and  money  it  Is  essential  that  the  mer­
chant have  a delivery  wagon  of  the  right sort.  We make 
just that kind of a wagon and sell it  as cheaply as  is consist­
ent with good work.  For catalogue  and  quotations address

BELKNAP  WAGON  CO.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

